Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 6, 1880, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, hee .6, 1880—SIXTEEN. PAGES. RIMINAL NEWS. Day That Brought Forth a “rio of Legal Strangu- . lations. A ter Kilgore Disposed of Bee fore n Large Audience at Mexico, Mo. Wal +s Crime the Murder of a Farm- sie a Named L. D. Willing= ham. lifornia Assasin Exeouted After os Many Dolays of tho Law. rations of Ono Worms, o Con- tract-Swindler During the War. Tow Ho Played It Very Fine upon a Chicago Hotel-Keopen KILGORE MUNG, Bpeclal Dispateh to The Chteayo Tribune. Mexico, Mo. March 6.—Walkes Kilgore, tho murderer of l. Dow Willingham, was oxcouted here to-luy' In the presonice of over 5,000 persons, ‘Atexuctly 12:30, the doomed man, accompa- nied by Sherlif Gluscuck, Deputy Shoriff Hooton, tao priests, and a guard of twolvo men, loft the foil and proceeded to the place of execution, which was situated about ono milo cast of the town, Atl:th tho prisonor ascended tho scat fold with bls spiritual advisers, Fathors O'Leary and Stack, of this olty, tho Bhoritf, and the Deputy.: Kilgoro was attired fo a Heat sult of black clothes. appeared cool, enim, and collected, nover liking Bis eyes off tho’ cross ho hetd’ in is haads, A short mass was thon sald, the prisoner sbnocling, after tha death-wurrant was read by tho Sheriff. Kilgore repeated tha Lord's Prayer in a loud volee, perfectly audible to the thou- undspresent. Tho black cap was thon placed over bis head, and the noose adjusted, After bidding tho priests, Shoriff, aud attondants " pood-by, tho trip was sprung, and Waker Kilyoro had suffered the full penalty of tho a \ a waa pronounced dend by tho attending physieinns seventeen minutes after tho trap was sprung, ond at 2 o'clock, Just thirty min- utes after he fell, hls body was cut down and delivered to bis friends. He will bo buried to- morrow at the old Durrett farm, two miles from town. Thisis tho first execution that over occurred tn Audrain County, and ua carly as 6 o'clock tho city was fullof strange faces, all bent on tho same purpose,—to sce Kilgore hung, The pre: wos well represonted by correspondeuts of Now . Tork, Chicago, Bt. Louls, Kunens City, and many Jvcal papers. It Is oxpected a similar scene will tw enacted here on the 2d of April, when two colored men will be executed for murder In tho first degree, Your correspondent visited Kilgoro recently, and waa surprised at being ushered into the presence of a mero boy, beurdicas, small in nature, beng only 5 feot 8, and welghing but NY pounds. Lo wus very illiterate, could nelthor rend uor write, and therefore did not scem to reulize bia terrible fate, p Inanswer ton question as to whether hoe had anyihing to say or stntemont to make, he sud: “No; that he was willing to bo punished for what he had done, but thought he bad received too bard a sentence.” Iie sald ho was prompted todo tho deed * by uther persons.” Ho did not give this tosinony, a hia trial, as these ae persons" told him ft would do him no good. KILGORE's Cis, Abricf history of tho case is na-follows: Onthe Sit day of last January, two mon, named Chenowith and Clendennin, found 1. D. Willingham near the farm-hougo of a Mr. Krunkle, suven miles northenst of this place, in adying condition, Ho told thom that he waa baullug somo foddér from a fetd, when Kilgore Shot biin from bebInd @ tres: that thera wus no ghtor words passed ut all. Kilgore came to town the sume day and gave himself up to tho Authoritles, anyiog he had shot. Dow. Willing: bom, outnt tho farm, and Wwhilo neti In selt- defense. Ho claima ‘that he was out bunting Taubita wher ho shot Willingbamn. Kilgore was promptly tried and sentenced to behung on Dee. 6. An appeal was taken and granted, which gave him a now lenso of lite for afew months, but the Supreme Court aflirmed tho decision of the lower Court, and tho dnte of psexecution was thon xed for tho frst Driday dn Mareh, Up toa few days ago Kil) hnd stoutly de- clared his Innoceneesetill olinging to the rabbit rary and asserting tint ho shot Willingham tn elGdefense. Recently, however, ho vame out witha confession, addressed to ft. M. White, editor of tho Moxteo Ledger, of which tho foltow- joy Is an exact cones “Mexico JAIL, Feb. 0.—Ir. Raf. While: As itis your Faucet that Ishould make public con- cerning my trouble I will do so, knowing that death ty ut the door, T wish to Ray to. tho i of this connty that Tdfd not kil TL. D. Wi ham of my own accord. Willinghum was toy of obert Mulloy’s and my corn, which made Hatley very aoery at Willinghain. Rulley told ine to borrow Krankto's gun and shoot Wilting- bam—which I did, Cireifinatantial evidence lneed ime behind a tree, was not the trea when Willingham came flong,—wis standing close to the fence in tho fuad, Tepoke to him; he got angry’ and pulled Ais revolver,—got off ‘the wagon,—cuine towards ne, Ttald hin not. ta come any furthar, oF 1 Mould shoot. Ho kept advancing: I shot hin twlee; then went to Ratley’s house; met Mra. Halley; told her that 1 had abot. Willingham, but top Hie would get well, I did not want to id not ho gun with me that morning, but Rulloy sald. Yes, take tho fae and shoot him—-that Mingham would tll ino unless I shot itm. - £ did uot want to have any troublo with Willing- hom, but Rulloy kept urging mo on, and L would pever hnve becn in this trouble if Ratley had ietno atone, and not oxelted me_ into doing what T did, sWanren Kitgone.” |. Now that ho had mado it confession, and acknowledged to have committed tho murder, it in 4 mystery to all why ho wished to lay tho. lamon others, as he iiready woll know that {his last act of his would not better his enge at After publishing his oonfesilon, he tulked more upon the subject of religion, and joined the Catholic Church, Kilgoro's biography Is somowhat mixed; but, ‘ineur us can be wacertalned, he was an. ilies Sitlnute son of ono Hurlon’ Kilgore, and had fever known a mothors care. Ha bnd no relu- Vons ying except a hulf-brathor, who bus dane rene that could be dong in the prisoner's lf, Jthus boon atutoil that Kilgore tas a cousin of Milingham, the murdered ming tat, on eareful yury, this wag found to be ‘utterly untrue, Kilyoro's execution was the frat which hus vver taken placy fu this county. Sr. Lown, March &.—Two executions of mur- K phico in this State to-day, Watker + Years of nyo, was hanygod “at Moxtio for shouting L. D, Wi han Jan, eee Core, at Lebanon, for killing Mat September, futh wera public. o: Aud attunded by great erawdd of poople from ie Surrounding country. Nothing of special aye oceurred ut either plice, Hoth culprits ti led easily, and thoir remulna wore delivered to frlonds, Kilyora muda v conteasion, but male ned bis Junocence. Kilgn WORMS. Spectat Dispatch to ‘The Chicago Tribune, Pintavenputa, Ta, Marek 5.—During tho bata Courles Worms, In tho Quurtermns- ae Department at Now Orleang, being a brewd, shurp fullow, wuccucded In amasaing a Srtune of about balf million. In 1876 he ap: Paral At Chicago and got into the good graces + Newman, proprictor of the hotel at which the nie, staying. Ho Impreased Newman with teed en, that bo could secure for him a lucrative on Fact. Mesald be waaan Inspector connected 'b the Indiun Rureau and know “tho ropes" y which a fut contract oould be obtained ax Sregating €200,00, It would take a little " wonp- jake to wake things slide casy, however, and Nhe was asked tho sum noid $5,000 would ma Uko @ charm, Newman way flnully {n+ to go into tha arrangement, ar Went to Washington in compmy, rms promising to introduce Newman they Secretary Zachurlan Chandler, Wille fusee are on their way tothe Interior Depart- hot by Orns discreotly suggested that it would *xactly prudent for bit, u Government Olticg wget *ebedeen in compuny with the jutending ewinan accordingly deferred his visit prafwon wfterwurd Wormerciurned to tha betel, trace 18 doe ent purporting to bea con= for tn Hay $1,500,000 “worth of clothing OF Bea, 4 ndivng, bearing the —slyuatures Cone’ any Chandler und “Asaistant Secretary loforuinuton that tue Hise otc eeeet ae te iclul who “4 smut C88, $540 wus nono olor thus Ereuttent Grant. "4 fnewse, Sey came te Polludelpiiy ve praction 4 Reape y wught wo hotel on Wr but, tnd” Nluth,"Newiuan’ cook Ave $100 ceed td rf faced them in an envelope direct- Gupatencal eedent Grunt, Worse thea Vecy ge NSYan down-stalrs for a cuvelope Hip, Mng-wax cure ti] tu ho PB. ibefore Ni betta vtep Wwormg eae "hia ack ea ag ie “knowing tho man had found abitot wax, Worms had a \s reparcd fo fraud, and in thé short interval itheet Hed Hiren te In descending the atatra he hid aubatt- lited an cnyelopo natike tho othor a8!wo p's, bit } contalning, instead of five 81,000 notes, five nar- yow allps out from newspapers. ‘Tho unstiapeot- iy Newman sealed thi a eter, and oven took th 7 Precaution to havo ft registered at tho Post> Mice, Tho overjoyed hotelkeeper su tho lot- ie matied, and wont to hla rest with rosy viaiona of {nt contracts flashing before his mind's cye. ero Was A surprisc in stare for Presfdent Grant when ho reeeived an {nexplteable Inrgo yellow cnvelopa Inclosing iva nowspnper olip- es About Cirsneisin “and the third term, orms wrirgled out of town Jurt about the time that Nowmau discovered ‘tho importura {hat had beon practicad upon him. Ho traced Worms to Montreal, whers ho wan tir rented in Fobrunry, ‘but his counsel Inter sed no many legnl obstactes tint. ho kept in nit and was not oxtradited until April, 18, He ivan turned over to the enatody of the United Stutes, and was tried, convicted, and sentenced to au tniprisonment’ af Wires years and six months “and "a tine of $1,000, He served out hia term and — thirty-flyvo days over, and, nding himaelt unable to pny the tine of $1,000, made representations to ti hiceftect, slotting hia discharge under the Insolvent. jue: Tho United States Commmisstoner. heard tes: tinony to the effect that the motbor and four children, who reside i Montreal, are penniless, nid’ that the estate Worms possessed whe iu went to prison has been absorbe by lemil charges, ete, and nothing hus Deen coneented. An order of discharge wns imtde ont, Worms during the War had. hares of the transporte in Gen. Hanks' eclobrated Red River campaign, when Halley genlus in dovise lorsvilto and othor fights, and kos goo letters from Gen. Banks nnd othors. ie VILLAINS IDENTIFIED. Spectat Dispateh to The Chteaga Tribune. PHULADELIIIA, I’a., March 5.—Twvo villatnouse looking men, Jacob Raywiz, who his served a term in State's Prison under. the nung of Mika Lufferty, and John Dalley, wero brought up in court yesterday on tho charge of robbing the shops of the North Ponnaylvania & Reading Itallrond of sundry pieces of morchanilee, Among tho ‘spectators in court wag tan named Lernart Reose, who, ns adon us the prisoners wero called up, leaped tu his fect, with the exelamntion, “Thoro'a tho man who robbed me. Some exeltemont was created in court when Reese told tho clreumstancca of tho robbery, tho fuets being the game as recounted to tho police by him aweek ago, “About 10 o'clock,” Mr. Keose enid, * lust Wednoaduy eighty ns I waa re- turning to my home fn tho ortliorn part of the town, | waa wttacked by two men. During tho atrugale I wis struck with some wenpon which left me _insonslbie, hey must — have fhougtt ine dead, tor, after taking what moncy Thad about me and my coat (which the prisoner Dalloy hus now on), thoy carried me to 'Trentan avenue and Williams streot, whero I was teft Jnying on the track of the Philadelphia & dron- ton Kond. Here If wis found shortly afterward, but before consviousness was restored, by ono of my neighbors,” ‘Tho prigonors will have anothor hearlug tor ‘ve FOILED. Special Dispatch to The Chteago ‘Tribune, Granp Raving, Mich, Marek 5A pussenger train on tho Grand River Valley Rallroud fs re- ported by a passenger to have narrowly 28- coped destruction near Middleville, Inat night. A track min had placed a big atone on the trak to throw: the train aif, A woman near tho rond discovered {t, lagged the train with a red Mght, and stopped tt dustintime, Tho fetlow who placod the. atene on the track, namo not reported here, was ire rested and pluced Iu Juil, aud will bo summurily dealt with, A BOLD ATTEMPT, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Sr. Pavt, Minn, March 5.—A Bt Charles (Mlun,) special says that two mon induced J, A, Mosier, a Jewelor, to go to his store at 10 o'clock at night ona plea of getting a wateh left for ree palra, Ifo unlocked bls safe, when ho was solzed, thrown down, gagged and tied, and tho ght blown out, Shortly nfter tho robbers wero dutorrupted by the arrival of 2 friend of Mosler, who caino to the store,and they escaped nufter ‘iving two shots, Mosier was rescued filet in time to suve bm from death by sutfucution. A, CATAFORNIA ITANGING. BAN Francisco, Cul., March 5.—Churles Colby, whose execution, set for two weeks ngo, wis due layed on account of tho non-arrival of tho nec- esary docnments from the Supremo Court, was hunged to-day at Santa Cruz. He left a written stutoment usserting that bo killed Willlame in self-defense, and had been convicted on per jured testimony, and made a long, rambling speech on the gallows to the samo purpose, His demeanor was quiet. and tmmoved previous to tho exeention, though his uerves gave signe of breaking down Just before tho cup wis drawn on, ‘ PERJURY, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Graxy Ravivs, Mich, March 6.—Herman Blodgett, tho nan arrested on tho charge of por Jury in the Addis divorce cnsu yesterday, wus arralgned tu the Police Court and walyed an ox- amination, He was remanded to jul to await trintat tho next.term of the Supertor Court in April In default of thll in the sum of $12,000 with twosurctles, Ho scems much broken down and affected, Addis, who left town last night, 1s re> . ported to be here nyguin, but had nut been wr rested ut 10 o'clock, CONCERNING MITCUELL. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Minwavkex, Wis, March 6&—Tho Junes C. Mitchell who has beon go extensively written up In different parts of the country for forging and Jumping hotel bills, turns ont to be a well- known youny attornoy of this place, who was for some tinea partnor of N.C. Murphy. Ho Jeft numerous unpaid bills here, and has cheated hotela in Chicago, St. Paul, and clsowhere, He haa boon accustomed to dressing well and going: Ju good s_clety, QOUNTERFEITERS ARRESTED. Lowsvin.e, March &—Detoetlves urrived here to-night, having in charge RD, Welburn, of Puradlac, and E. C, Sull, of Rockport, Ky,, charged with countorfelting paper money. A fine plate greenback of 1848 was found ut Wel- burn’s honge, Ho hus long boon sought for by tho Government officers, oe FATALLY. STABBED. CinciNNatr, Murch 6.—About 8 o'clock this morniug Charles Link intlicted w fatal knife. wound on Louls Schmidt, the two haying pre- viously hid somo diticulty at a ball about a young woman, SENTENCED 10 PRISON, Toston, Muss, March 5—loyul 8, Conant, ox-Cashler of tho Elliott Natfonal Huuk of this elty, convicted of ombozzlement, was sentenced to-day to doven years’ Imprisonment, DIED OF His WouNnS, Pirrstoy, Pa,, Murch 6.—Warren Sebuoloy, the Uttlo boy shot Inst night, died to-day, SOUNDLY THRASHED, Mention was mude yesterday morning of an eneounter which took place on the Rack Island dummy between a young man, who resides at Washington Hotghts, and wludy who resides in Englewood, wherein tho aforcsald young man reeclved chastiacmnont with an umbrella ia tho bands of the Indy, for remarks which sho clalns howas continually making when ho sat near hor in the cara, Thursday evening there wasn second edition of tho sume trouble, It seoms thatthe gentleman to whom the Indy ta ene wigod tobe married shortly honrd of the mut- ter, and felt culled upon to contribute hls shire to tha Bepisnest of tha offender, ao he toak tho train for Bnglowood ‘Thuraday evening, Not apenas, io hud to have hin poluted out, and did not sucoced tn finding hin Ut just og the train was leaving Engle woul, und thon ho made @ mistake and SIEpEA 8 KenHeinan sitting in the samo seat with tho one he wanted In tho face, but, being told of the error, bo begged tho gentlemun's purdon, und proceeded to pay bia respecte to gio Tight tnun, who reoclyod n black eye and several scratches on tho face. Tho lady had followed, aud waa Inellied tu take a hund In again, when, tho brakemnn and conductor interfered and put a stop to the frucus, ‘Tho lady and gentleman left the trafh at the next station evidently satiae fed. ‘Tho lidy says that this puraon and a nuns bor of young mon have Leen in the hablt of making remarks about heraclf and other Indlus dn the curd in regard to thelr dress and looks, and she stood it ss long as sho could, and tually inado up bor mini tu teach him a lesson tho firat opportunity shehad, Wedneaday ovens ing, after having mado a number of remarks, the man Jouned forward and sald *Goodsnight, my dear,” as she was about to leave the cir, ‘and she could not help turnlog around and striking him. ‘Tho Bourd of Education of District No. 3 hold 8% meeting yeaterduy ut the Pullman School- House, ‘the Committee, to whom was refernid the matter of investigating the charges agatnst Mr. Homor Bevana, toachor ti tho Hi ig Baboul who wis nocused of ridiculing aud mal tug tg of the Bible, reported that from. tho evidence thoy beliuyed thut Mr. Bovans bad como as near touching no doctrine aa uny man could, A Pretty Bad Man, A citizen of Bedan, Kus, having disap) from that place, the locul paper says riddunco, because “he was an ovemy of onvaty, disloyal to his friends, no respectér of old age, a traitor to manhood, a slanderer of his benofucton, a rebel against God, tho terror of woo, fon, and a Ot companion forthe fallen auge! red t isa TILE WORLD'S WONDERS. George Augustus Sala Reaches Chicago, and Is Astounded. Our Hotels, Our Nowspapers, and Our City Itself. . Balate Lett he Nere York World and the Lone Mr. Bala's er to the Suara Curcaco, Feb. 21.—1 have beheld in my time most of the non-scholnstic Wonders of the World—from tho Victoria Hrldgo at Montreat to the Mont Cents Tunnel; from the Hotborn viaduct to the Magasins da Louvre; fron the levee at New Orleans to the railway neross the Semmering; from the fortifientions of Gibraltar to a British fronelad; from the sleam-printing mu- chine of a dally paper to Barclay & Perkins’ Brewery; from’ the digue at Cher- bourg to the West India docks; from the machine-shopg of the Southeastern Railway to tha gings anil electro-plating works ut Bir- milngham, Not since I have been In Americas have abundant materials been Incking to intnister tenn appetite for the wonderful, which Iown 1s growing somewhat cloyed and jaded, ‘The development of tho city of New York and the colossal luxury which wealth as colossal nas begotten there, the "I," railroads, the biown-up and dis- established Hell Gate, the Central Park, the some-day-to-be-fnished Brooklyn Brittge, the “Pinafore” madness, the Great Grant Boom, the inagnificent donation of the New York Herutd to the Irish Famine _ Relief Fund, tho assertions of Mr. Charles Stewart Parnell, the acquittalof the Rey, Mr. ayden the railway ferry over tho Ohlo River ut Cairo, the swanips surrounding New Or- loana, the Crescent City herself, the lant Mississippt steamer Robert 1. Lee, the Carnt- yal in Canal street, the cows In Auguste, and na villainous cookery at the refreshment houses on the Great Juekson Route, Mr, Gilmore’s Natlonal Anthem, the growth of Washington, the demeanor of the colored members of the Southern Logistatures, tho cotton-gins, “attachments,” and presses. of Louisinna, the tobacco and ment-juica factories of Richmond, the ‘Tredegar Iron Works, the Haxall flouring-nills, the resump- tion of suelo payments, the extortions of american hack-drfvers, the general absence of any disturbing elements in Amerienn politics, the milllons of Mr. Jiumes Keene, tho multitude of churches and the defelency of the odium thevlogtettan, the lectures of Col, Bob Ingersoll, and the facetia of the Rev. Do Witt ‘Talinage,—alt_ these have been fertile sgurees of wonder aud amaze ment fo me these three months past. But -1 frantely adinit that the won- tlrous Prairie City of the Stute of Illinois hus been as Aaron’s rod, and jing swallowed up all the other marvels. Stays was not the Temple. o! lana at Ephesus—tell me, “merest of schoolboys"—ons of the Old World’s Wonders? Astonishing no doubt was the fane that Erostratus burnt: but far more astonishing to Thy mind fs the Grand Pacific Hotel, which wig burned down be- fore it was finished, and bullt up again grander than aver, possibly before the Inhab- itants of Ashby-de-la-Zouch or the Place Royale au Manus had heard that there had been a fire at Chicago at all. Chicago! A sunny, smiling Sunday morn: ing. We checked our baggage for THE GRAND PACIFIC NOTED, Why, Treally do not know, I have no re- membrance of anybod) having speciully ree- onnnended the Grand Pacitic. Cho: Palmer House, the Sherman, the ‘Tremont House, are all tres colossal and palatial enravan- serais; but on Jong Journeys you feel v kul of intultive gravitation” towards. certain hotels, and ~ your fnstinet—at — jeast, such has been my experlence—rarely mis- Teads you. Let me seo—how many “blocks? are thore, structurally and topographically speaking, to a mile? Eight, L think. ‘The Grand Pacitic Hote! occupies half the black bounded by Jackson, Clark, Adams, and La Salle streets. The edifice ts of stone, six stories high, ming ntlyy decorated and summptuonsly furnished, ‘The house willbe fa- monsin history if forno other reason than for thls,—that Mr. Charles Stewart Parnell 1s te “put up” at the Grand Paeltic this night, Having no “mission? worth s Ing of, we drove quictly in tho omnibus to the ladies entrance of the hotel, When I stepped from the reception-room to the oftice to regis- ter my name I confess that there was one thing which astonished and toa slightextent alarmed mo more than the lofty Corinthian columns, the frescoed roof, and the tessellated marble pavement of the vestibule, Never in my {te before—no, never; I disdain all qual- itying adverbs—had L beheld such gorgeous hotel clerks, Diamond threaten to be- come “small potatoes” now, after the dis- eoveries of tho Scotch chemists and the can- did avowal of Mr. Maskelyne, else 1 might expatinte on the brilliant_breast-plng, studs, andsleaye-buttonsof the Grand Pueltic clerks, Besides, technical accuracy. should be the Journallst’s pride, and I am not preeisely prepared to mnke afldavit that. the clerical gentlemen wore dinmonds, |1t was thetr gen- eral Crassns-cumt-lotlisclitd aspect of splen- dor anddignity which Impressed and overs awed me. German Grand Dukes traveling Incognito, oflleers conmanding regiments o the Household Cavalry, cashiers of the Bank of ‘England, managing directors of fire Insurance companies, Captains of Iron elada in muftt—Pshaw! Comparison falls me Naught but themselves could bo thelr arallels, ‘To my anuzement—my deferen- Int aninzement—these Superior Belge were most affable and condescending, They spake mo falr, They even smiled upon me, shook me by the hand, and said that they were glad to Bee me; And tn att seriousness I wish to say that the clerical stall at the Grand Paeitic showed themselves to ns during our week's sojourn to be most courteous and obliging gentlemen, forestalling our wishes and dobyg everything they possibly could to render out alay plensint and eom: ortnb ly, L modestly conteased my unwortldness to oceupy a rivate parlor; and we were preseitl nstalled in a spacious and hand. some apartment on the first floor, of the excellent American pattern known ng an “aleoye” bedroom, 2 may very brietly dereribo it. Tight ab least fifteen feet, wo fuumenso plate-glass windows. Beautifully frescoed ceiling, Couch, casy-chairs, rock~ Ing-chairs, footstools in profusion, covered with erlmson velvet. Large. writing-table for gentleman, Pretty eseritolra for’ lady, ‘two towering cheval glasses, Uandsomely carved wardrobe and dressing-table, Com- manding pler-zlass over marble mantel ner Adjoining, bath-roam beautifully itted, Mich carpet. And, . finally, the bed ‘in’ a, deep ateove,’ tmpenetrably sercened from the | visitors’ raze by elegant lace curtalns, Now I call that abed- roo, and no mistake! The charges at tho Grand Paelfic Hotel vary, Loam told, from $3 to $5.0 day, board ineluded, aceording to the size of the room which ee aceupy, certainty shall not grumble i Lam made to pay tive guineas a day for our “ aleave ” and board at the Grand Pacltic, With the excep. tlon of tho Midland Grand Hotel, St. Pancras, and the Continental, Inthe Rude Rivell, t have seen no more splendid hotel in tho world, Andit fs as comfortable as it ty splendid. This 1 am falrlytentitled, I hapo, to. set down as Wonder No, 1 among the marvels of Chleagoan hotel Sencar which a cone. stitutlonally discontented and sore-hented Englishman can tal absolutely no ground of complaint, fhe sunvlea Is perfect, You just touch an electric bell, and dn an Instant Aemilllag brother of African descent, clu in a handsome livery, appears to ask your be- hests, Down-stalrs other dark brethren under, the guidances of experienced white command ers keep np a nojseless but most eflcient service of domestic votieg, gently but famly gilminating from tho vestibules that “lont- Ing” and “scalawag” element which Is so dire a nuisance in imany of the large ho- tela of the United States. ‘Ihe culsinvat the Grand Paelfic Is the very best that E have wet with out of New York, always excepting the French restaurants of New’ Orleans, where Moreau’s, Mme, Veuve Flechl’s, and Victor's certainly rival the Hotel Brunswick, and in cookery, although not In decorative maguifi- cence, equal Delmonico's, An tamense quantity of champagne 1s consumed in Chi- cago, and the very best brands ure to bo found, at no very extortlunate rates, at the hoteles but the elarct leavean great deal to be strad, ‘The Second Wonder of Chicago fs to mo i Hat ane Ary ene ij hope that during my briet sojourn on this Continent 1 have’ not dune intentional ine ustice to the American newspapers. Dean Stanley did not express any very Broat ad: wiratlon for thoin; but the exceliént Dean 1s nota veteran journalist, I venture to think that lam one, Tadmire the pawspapors of the United States for the wonderful ulversity of thelr Intelligence and for the versutite jngcnulty with which the items of that int ellgenieg are strung together, Since my arrival in this, country T have not set eyes upon o slngle Knyilsh dally uewsnaver, yet L +] they be punished for contempt, fnasmuch as yenture to. thini: that, thanks to the wonder- fullyaloveloped systum of telegraphile com- munication of wh the conductors of the newspapers are enabled to aval themsely tho Supreme Court Chambers. for an order for the Western Union Telegraph Company and Its aficers to show caine why they ahoutd not be punished fer contempt in violating the injunc 8, + | ton order granted on behalf of the American and the equa Sonderful | skill dis: | trntun Telegraph, Company, forhtdding the tors played by the “gentlemen who attend | mer to erect. Hales He Washington street, be= to the selssors and paste department, Lam not so very far benlndhand touching what has occurred in my native Iand and on the Continent of Enrope siice [eft Queenstown in the middle of November “Inst, The astonishingly coplots: satinngund! of olds and ends served up overy day in the columns of the Ainertcan papers make them the tween Cedar and Marelay. , Spretat Diepateh to The Crleazy Tribune. KAnxas City, Mow March 5.—Tho telegraph war hero {g asstiming decidedly gigantic propore tlona, and attorneys are arriving on nearly evey: fritn tobavod hand inthe fight. ‘The Western Union Company has engaged a largcarmy of tale ent, at the head of which in Judge Beckwith, of Chicago, and a bitter fight will take plnce at most diverting reading in the world. |. olathe, Kas, to-morrow. ‘Two inta are They are ag entertaining ae the Varis | to be argued-ihe tout, and et done Figaro ani Gantola, without the ine | Mackenzie, Superintendont of Mrehinery of the decency of the Boulevard — papers, | Kansas Pacifio Mtond, for contempt Inthe ine Junction order regarding the Western Unton wires, and tho recond on the order ta compel the Union Pacific Cpmpany to restore the wires: and poles seized. WRafternoon about 6 o'clock the attorneys for tho Western Union Company Med A pelition for an injunction against the Moreover, although personalities somatimes of a frivolous and often of urotesque ehar- eter abound In every transatlantic {ournal, from the Jordly dailies of New York to the Catawampus County Ribtickter and the Guinbo City Rovrbuck, personality that | Union Pacific Company et al. to restrale them iy rude, slanderots, or offensive {fs but | from interfering with their wires, rarely to be miet wilh, and antmad- yersiun rarely foes beyond that cnt OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, Taverroor, Sfarch 6.—Arrived, Pembroke, from Boaton. hunored bauter which we call “ chat’? The principal papers even lave ceased to fide Hnintual abuse and calumny, ant usually spenk of each other as “Our E.G." or estecmed cantoineorary, The drawback which to my darkened fntelligence 13 n conspicuously manifest in the American press is is persistent and aecintogly Ineurable A New Use for the Telophone. Retentife Arnerican, Pierre Valcour, n Frenchman of Lockport, N. ¥., claims to have invented a deep-nen teles Peal U H hone, by which vessels ean be kept in constant droliery, Nothing Is taken wu sericux. | Ennmuntcation, with, tho shore whily onesie comle | or, soml-coule heading | the ocean. Ho haa discovered how to ineuinte 4 Is given to tragic and = to hus | single wire ro thnt fmmeraion In water docs not morots occurrences allke; and the gen- tlemen who fndites the headings seems to be of the opinion that “ there's nothing new, and there’s Rothing true, and it ton't much impalr its transinisalon of Sleatriclly anid this wire is to be pald out froma ciyar-shaped me. tallie flout, thirty fect ling, in tow of the veasel. Leuden sinkers tre to be nutomaticully detached ee) vow i every 200 miles to keep tho wire on the ocean's Hanltye ROW AME, GHICAGO | DAILY | tndeand, if tho inventors clitine are reniized Funuxe, the Chicago Limes, and’ the | tho oecun passage will foee intel of Ita present Juter-Occan, the leading organs of the | isolation. wonderful Prairie. Ulty,. although enter- | tulning enough In’ ‘all eansel lence in BUSINESS NOTICES, , the diversity of their news and the droll- ery of thelr nnecdotes and thelr comments thereupon, are certainly. the most serous, substantial, and practical papers that I haye met with in the States. heiy predominant tone is of a nature ta suggest the Inference that the editor occaslonally ills up in the wniddls of ns funny “personal” or a Intmorous “item”? snd says to himself: “Come, come! too much of this sort of thing won'tde. We must remember that we ara writing for Chicago, and that Chicago fs the metropolis of the Great West, Noblesse oh- Uge, Weare bount to bear in mind the dig- nity of our dry-guods stores, our grain ele- yators, our Stuck-Yards, and our pork-pack- ing establishtnents,” So the Chidago news- papers are as aggregates most admirably edited, and are ns replete with valuable and aceurate information as they are well and clearly prinfed. 'To the energy of their “ine terviewing” reporters I bear willing but sor- rowlng testimony. The Lhird Wonder of Chicago Is undoubt- edly é CINCAGO NERSELF. Just ponder a Httle. Forty years ago this Arcnd’s Kumyan has been nacd with highly Qeneficinl results during the lust four yeurs in tho vartous formsof dyspepsin, gastritis, nnusen, general debility, consumption, ete. Ku: mys 18 not A medicine, it Is a pleasant, wii Uke beverage (n food); made from milk, peer jurly grateful to a delicate stomach. Nothing else makes flesh, and blood, and strength Fo fast, It enn bo safely relicd on for tho recuperation of those enses of low vitality in which medication or ordinary nutrition fall, Send for circular, Heware of imitations, Arend’s Kuinyea la not sold to the trade, Consumers supplied direct! by A. Arend, Chenilst, 17) Madison street, Chl- cago. a Why has a White Hose on S paler: lyro been adopted asa trade-mark by J. & BE. Atkins sont Tecause thelr toilet preparations have be- come pe popular that thoy ure extensively coun- terfelted, a Rody, Brain, Nerve _Wood.—Coldenta Liebie'a Iiqnid Extract. Beef gives heulth, strength, and nerve force. ‘Travelers, stop at the Astor Houne, New York, THE TRIBUNE WEATHER-MAP. From Observations Mado by the Signal-Service, U. 8. A., at 11 P, Mey . Washington Mean Time, March 5,.1880. . * om titeenwith [RAT SF ay EX VLANATIONG ee f state or wratirR, CHARACTER OF WIND.FORCE. yO ©, S. Fair, Cloud}. Rain, Brow, SAL lain fe BUC 96 f° Tans! TO Patent applies free Peanrry : - . S07 < Pembina | G QQ aresh. Gaie, Bi, poly ys al Bar 20, el Breckenridge es bis 8t.Po Rel’ / Bar Ce Har ay Ormp 2, por 29-74) La Crongh, Tonpte Jue i @r 36 Ths Sy Bar a0.007s\ rw’; a illwauke P.Dudge Pre Alba 2 BV nar 201 st.7) unalo par 20s 7 aie as yoAce Ceitretnna een. F ! a Qavenyt (2) ine 2008 Ravengiire 133 ie Se) pia, 2097 in sQ) |, Keokubheln cLeganporte TAD Pitteburgh, New Vorny fe Me FOOLS Sprincnera Ut tee Anne 20.95 ‘RAL rhd 5. Ta Os Srringned ras scataritos (GO) Ea H costo elpattbper wistingtone fp ndehapolie (evra " 5 TAQ Jevincennes BY Scott itil Pg Gu [oy ne aichmond, ig i fi r61Q) conners Mae ete Bye) ‘i z ahve, IAI sate * % a fompnig Qn ea ie ed a ny haitancoga , ~ Bee ty YX, hgZ : Se: mnrleston: ty WY JoMCOb Dirmingha Bar 24 Or * Vicksburg x Savannah (PRESSLY FOR THE BY EB RANDMO: Observations taken at the sanio moment of time at all stations, LOCAL OBSERVATIONS... CHIcado, Bfarch b Har.[ Ther. ia | Wind, Velt den, | Weather. (| INme. | Har.) Ther) itu] Wind.) Vel] den.| Weathers aia} sa Cloudy, jj 2p.m...| eal] 43 | St , Hed etoway, || Spemns ar |i. ig Cloudy, [stip] eos] | su. elty, whielt now contains 500,000 intial Hants, and in another fifteen will probably: contain 1,000,000, was a petty Indinn trading-post. The business portion of the city is now four- teen feet above the level of Like Michigun, It. was formerly mich - lower, but 1856 the entire district, was ralsed boi- fly ton hight of nine feet by menns of Juck-screws Inserted benenth the houses, and worked night and diay by halt-turns and with an imperceptible motion,” The elty stands on the ridge dividing the basin of the Missts- sippl from thatot the St. Lawrenee, and Is surrounded by a prairie extending several hundreds of “niles south and west. In 1870 tho yopulation. was about 300,000, Now mder yet agein, In Octuber, 1871, Chienzo was “burnt up." The fire orlginated on n Sanday evening ina sinall barn in De Koven street, In the south part of the Western Division of the elty,—the proxi- inate cause of the conflagration ‘being the np. setting of n kerosene-lainp, by the Hght of wiielia cow was being milked, ‘The kero- seno,Was Mantua and th y Cremona, HOSIERY, WEST END DRY GOODS HOUSE, Madison and Peoria-sts, OPENING OF SPRING HOSIERY, ‘The. houses In the Division We are now opening our Imported Styl wera mostly of wood, and” there wer pening our Imported Styles several litee thnbertyards. ‘al the | of Spring Hosiery, and feel confident we can bankot the idlacnbChicnan River, "through save our customers from 12 1-2 to 25 per ct. theao the flames swept with Irresistible fury, | Of their purchases in this particular line of and were carried hy a strong westerly witid Into the South Division, a district thtekly covered with stores, warehouses, and publle bulldings of stung or brick, many of which were erroneously uuppased te be tire proof, ‘The tlre raged dur ng the whole of Monday, erossing the-maln channel of the Chicago River and earrying all before It in the Northern Distriet, wikeh was eliletly ocen- pied by dwelling ‘houses, The last: louse which caught fire wassrenched on Tucadays morning, but the rulns,.gontinued to smoal- der for months afterward. | ‘The total area “burnt up” was nearly three and a hall aquare niles. Nearly 18,000 hotises were destroyed; 200 persons lust thelr Hyves, and 000 more were rendered desti- tute, fot Ineluding depreciation of reat estato and loss of busiiess, the total loss ocenstoned by the firs was set down at 100,000,000, out of which tremendous agare- ente Rome 10,000,000 were recovered hy ine suranee, although one of the first results of the fire was. to bankrupt the fire afflees gocds, ‘e have the most complete assort= ment of Ladies’, Children's, and Gentlemen's Hose, and would call attention to the follow- ing price list of a few of our leading numbers: LADIES’ BALBRICGAN THOSE, Extra long, full regular made, at........22¢ LADIES’ BALBRIGGAN HOSE, Extra long, silk clocked, full regular made, BL caw eeccecne screen ceeens vecens cone ASC LADIES’ FANCY STRIPED. COTTON HOSE Extra long, full regular made, at........ «40c LADIES’ SOLID COLORED COTTON HOSE In Cardinal; Navy, and Seal Brown, full Teguiar made, at,. eee ee ASC LADIES’ BALBRIGGAN HOSE, : firoughout. the aualany a alelts | ty Embroldered in Cardinal, Pink, and Blue ony, wits were, however, hel In english ofilees, which pat promptly, on the instep, full regular made, at, Bae ‘The Liverpool and London and Globe, for Children’s Faney Striped Cotton Huse, exumnpley is sald to have disbursed many Extra long, new and desirable styles, all :. q 4 " nilllfons of dollars, and: the consequence 1s that Enelish fire-Insurance companies have SIZES, Ate... ceeeee cere cenwes a5C tol honiense busines: ; evel alleen the Western busiest ene CHILDREN'S FANG COTTON HOSE, shown slans of a partonnble partiallty to Extra long, full regular made, Balbriggan tops, with Cardinal, Gendarme, and Seal Brown Boots, at, oe BSC CHILDREN'S FANCY COPTON HOSE, ered i lor, ates soe Centlemen’s Fancy Cotton Half-Hoso, Full regular made, at...... 2.00. ceeeee 256 Corts’ Solid Colors Cotton Half-tloso, Cardinal, Navy, and Seal Brown, full regular made, at.. 08 eeween ences SSC We have also opened full lines of Ladies’, Children's, and Gentlemen's Spring and Insure ‘tel property in oftices which do not “bust” when tre-risks fillin, ‘Thus, on that fatal morrow of the flre night the people of Chicago say with Seneen, Una dies ntereat titer nucvimim elvltaten et nulla, “One day betwixt a great elty and none, And so miny grievances froin otitward acel- dents nnd from ourselves, our own, {nilisere- tlon and inordinate appetites: one day be- twist a man and no man” Bue the Pratrie City saw not the end of her miseries in the giant blaze of 1871, In July, 1874, another reat fire awept over Chicigo, destroying elehtecn blocks or sixty neres ‘of bulldlngs in the heart of the elty, and aunthtlatin $4,000,000 worth of property, On the day night preceding my arrival h n vast rings of bonded” warehouses. went pe and one of tho headings inthe graphle Account of the disaster In tho Chieygo presy | Summer Merino Underwear, all the best ran this: “The Tnsuratco. Mi Muse Not | Manufacturers’ goods, and customers will Beginning to Cover the Losses.” A ctieerful | find it to their advantage to examine our prognostication! But Clicago has always | stock. (rover herself equal to “the oceasion,.| same goods at our North Stile Store, North Whether tha city was to bo screwed wp or Clark and Ertessts, burned down sho has preserved her hilgh untiring enterprise and jro- spirits and her aheadness, Onthe day after the first fire there appeared In the midst of n muss of smoldering ruins on pole sitrmounted by a board on whieh these words were welt large: “All Lost Exeept — Wite, Children, and Energy. eal state Agency Carried on ns Usual In tha Next Shanty.’ And the undismayed realestate agent ts alive to tell the tale—a pigsperous Beatle. man who proudly exhibits tho “Wife, Children, aud Energy? placard In his hinnd: sone office, He hus reson to be proud, The wonderful Pralrie City now ranks next In Anson eeReUNNEEE 1S StJacchs Oil commercial Importance to Now, York. ™ ™ " cH euimae eto eum | "The Great German Remedy. puse of Chicago's Board of” Trade ———_ Is concoded to ba tha most remarkable palu rallov- Ing and beating medicine over brought to the notlee of the peuple, It ls dully rolluying thousands uf pain, lnust be felt before Mark Lane and the Halle aux Blés can operate, Her Tumber trade is tremendous, She employs seventy thousand pairs ofhands in her fron and steel works,\ her flour-mllls, her cotton-facta: har boot tind Ite cures ore astonishing to everybody. ‘hase a sling m "4 hes rhe: an in Tho afactoris oN te Aaraniee wudering bodily pain Induced by such pliments as slaughtered ‘and packed 6,000,000 hogy and | MueumatismNouratals Rackactu,Vuuthucho, Sprains, Soros, Swolllngs, Collblains, Clhapped Wands, and similar troublos, can hnvo chonp provf of these nswure tons by procuring bottle of ST. JACOBS OIL, Costing, but 50 cents, 5,000 head of cattle, in addition to eurlng Innumernblo hams. ——————: THE RIVAL WIRES, Contest Between the ‘Two Tolegraph Companies in New Yorks Sptetat Dispatch to Tae Chteago Tribune, New You, March 6.—Onv of the phases of tho clegraph war was again before the Courts to- day on a motion ta commit for contempt John W, Garrett, the President of the Hultimore & Oblo Raitroad, in tho suit of the Atlantle & Pa. citte Telegraph Company agalnst the Baltimore & Ohio Nuilvoad, The former, on Feb, 28, oe tulned an injunction restraining the defendants from interfering with the plalntit’s tines along tho route of the rund. ‘The Injunction was sorved on the 28th, and on March 1 the plaintlit soryed the defendant corporation and John W.. Garrett with un order to show cause, roturnablu this morning, why, thoy should not Dirocttons In otovon Innguages scoompany evory bottle, All drugylats keup tt. Prof, €, 0, DUPLESHIN, Manager of the Chicuge Gymunstum, ayes “Wo usp I in prot uronco to everything wa know of or huve over triad,” pee A le Lio KL BISHOP S00, Corner State and Hoiroe-sts,, Tiavo now in stock all the now and nobb; spactaltive ius “ObMy Myles and Ceutlemen’s, Youths’ and Children’s Headivear thoy had violuted the Injunction ordor of Feb, 28 hy taking pessesuton, on tho following duy. of tho pluiutit’s Hnew und cutting its wires, ‘tho urguinent was on for a hearlig this_ mornin; {nthe Supertor Court, special worm, MoDunle! aud Souther Bnbencing, tor the pluintitf.on the motions; but Se. Field waked for an order to show cause why the Procoudtn should not be dismissed for waut of Jurisdiction, aud also be- ° ° ° Luletiy end ar. epi ue the sunONS _ “a | SOR a to” that “otfuct, “and. tho ‘hattern were SOFT CROWN AND STIFE HRIM HAT, adjourned uver til next Tuesday to, allow tue towerve copies of tha: ulliduvits on platautt's counsel, Mr. Bacon, of the firm of Field, Dorsey & Tu- cou. avolied this afternuen tu Judge Dini ty ‘Thy latest Spring Novelty, Just received. A. BISHOP & CO., 1164 State-st., corner Monroe, Maximum, 2; minimum, & INDICATIONS. OFFICE OF Te Citer SIGNAL OrFicEn, WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 6—1 2, m.—For Tennessee and the Ohty Valley rising barometer, colder westerly winds, cloudy weather, with occasional rain, followed by clearing weather, falling barometer, and winda shifting to warmer southerly. For the Lower Lake region, rising burometer, colder westerly winds, Blotay Wweathor, and oo- casianat snow, followed uy fail barometer and winds backing to warmor southeriy, For the Upper Lake region, faitin preceded in the Eastern portion by: al barometer, west- erly bucking to warmer southerly winds, occasional snow, fullowed by clear or fale weather. For the Upper Mirelsippi and Lower Missouri Valleys, falling barometer, warmer southerly winds, el her, followed by Increasing dt KUMYSS, THE GREATEST 5 OO N Chas. Gossage EVER OFFERED 10 SUFFERING HUMANITY. Sf Co. é Arend’sKumygs| «consaica sae Reduced. Prices! TO THE Plain, Colored, and Brocade , SILKS! So largely reduced, we add SILKS AND VELVETS. It Is both the daintiest of foods and the MOST POTENT TONIC! In Dyspepsia, Weak Digestion, Nausea, Gastritis, it acts like a charm, and it can be safely relied on for the recuperation of those eases of debility in which medica- tion falls. 20 PCS. Distress, Depression, and Unea- e' e siness vanish. Comtort and com- Rich Plaid Velvets parative happiness are the resuits, e Kunayss is NOT a medicine ; itis AT $2.50, ‘ a FOOD in form of 2 delicious milk wine, It represents all the elements of nutrition Ina vitalized and easily digested torm, and Nothing Else So Rapidly Enriches the Blood, It can never do harm, and is therefore preferable to medicines, Whantlradoftaking drugs, and when at a loss how to regalit health, do not fnil to try ARENDS KUMYSS Not sokl to the trade, ers supplied direetly by A. AREND, Chemist, 179 MADISON-ST. 179 Value $3.50 and $4.50 per yard! “Que Spring nporatins” prise alt the © Novelttes?? of the European marhets{! Chas. Gossage & Co. CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES. “WHITNEY’S EASTERN MANUFACTURED babylarriages For substantia}, accurate mako, superiority of finish, und beauty of duslin thuse woods need nu comment as thoy ari suMelontly Introduced, und. thulr spun quality universally appreciated. Buld atiunufacture era’ prleus, SCHWEITZER & BEER, Liuporters, Wholesale and Retail Dealers Fancy Goods and Toys, (1 State-st,, Chicago, Retwoen Washington end Madison, $27~ Cotalugues sent to dentors on application, Consum- “Treatise on Kuimyns" sent freo tony addtroni, FILTERS, Tf you want w drink pp winn PURE WATER, 3 Ubtatn one of Willy's Patent hha, rived Self. Cesrsing Reversib'e Pullers, Which renioves all impurities with which one present water supply lv contaminated, Chicago Filter Manufacturing Co, 142 La Salle-st. HONEY OF HOMEHOUND AND ‘TAI. HALE’S Hl —OFr— HOREHOUND & TAR! The Great Natlonal Specie for the Speedy Cure of COUGHS, COLDS, INFLUENZA, SORE THROATS, LUNG and all BRONCHIAL COMPLAINTS. The Honey of the Plant Florehound sootuxs and SCATTERS all irritations and inflammations, and the Tar Balm Abies Balsamea CLEANSES and HEALS the throat and air passages leading to the lungs, Five additional ine gredients keep the organs cool, moist, and in healthful action, A Cough may be fitly termed the preliminary stage of Consumption, _ amalady of which HALE'S HONEY OF HOREHOUND AND ‘ TAR Is the surest known preventive. Therefore, delay not a momeat to de. flake this CERTAIN SPECIFIC, CHILDREN derive great bencfig (rom Its soothing properties, when suffering wiih Croup and Whooping Cough, PRICES?-~300, und $1, Large Sino Chespeat, C.N. CRITTENTON, Sole Prop'r, NewYork. nanan nny wacienreiuatnnel Aidit petiiet_ sill. Derlshthtetieantb li PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DROPS QURE IN ONE MINUTE. : WANTED. Ttual Katate for choo) Bites in victnity of Frnklin und Muron-sta, sled cnet of Mutsted-at., unt suuth of Archur-ay, For further particulars see Huard of CAUTION! ‘Tho wonderful achievements and success of a if and Tar" by desu gid ules observe the nboyo: ‘Tradu-Murk duvico on the wrapber, enclosing eae boptie, without whlel none ts yenuing, For Sale by all Drugglsts. ACT