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z THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MARCH 14, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. ‘Ways and Means by the arguments presented by the} ulp and paper manufacturers will be en- tirely unfavorable to Mr. Fort’s bill or any other of alike nature. The misfortune fas been that ‘the newspaper publishers and the/consumers of paper generally were not better represented in | this hearing, but the Committee isa high-tarif Committee. THE TREASURY. RESIGNATION OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY HAWLEY. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wasnincrox, D.C., March 13.—John B. Haw- Jey bas burned his bridges behind him. He to- day resigned his position as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury to enter more actively into the canvass for Governor of the State of illinois. Mr, Hawley is, therefore, no longer under the shadow of the Sherman candidacy, and is free to manage his own campaign independent even of the suspicion of any relationship to Mr. Sherman's Presidential interests. The successor toGen. Hawley is to be Mr. J. K. Upton, long time Chief Clerk of the Treasury Depart- ment, who will next Monday be nominated to be ‘Assistant Secretary from the ist of April next. Mr. Upton’s promotion is perhaps the most conspizuous instance of our improved Civil Service since the present Administration came into power. He has worked his way up from one of the lower grade clerkships, to which he was appointed in 1863, to the second it in the artment. Mr. Upton Rigner as fps epee ate tered the Treasury without political intiuence. He curiy develo; great knowledge of finan- cial affairs, and showed himself possessed of ex- cellent executive abilities. Mr. Upton has ‘won every promotion that he has received on his own merits. The position to which he is promot- ed is one which has speciul charge of the finan- cial operations of the Treasury, and for the last tro years Mr. Upton has been Secretary Sher- man's right-hand man in all the entire refund- business. in being asked why he resigned his office, Gen. Hawley suid: “ I did so simply because as a can- didate for nomination to the officeof Governor of the State of Miinols I felt it due to mysclf and friends to give more time to the can- to : asa than Iwas able to do while holding the of- fee of Ass ecretary.”” DETROIT BRIDGE. ARGUMENTS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. WasnisaTox, D. C., March 13.—Before the Joint Commerce Committee of the two Houses, Mr. Ely, of Cleveland, concluded his argument to-day against the construction of a bridge cross the Detroit River, on the ground that it would seriously obstruct pavigation. He said that there were 3,057 vessels with s registered onnage of 597,3;6 tons engaged in lake cum- merce.. Of this number, 198 were steamers, #23 »ropellers, 386 tow-barges, and 1,575 schooners. sith an aggregate carrying capacity of 969,739 wns on vessels that register only 597,316 tons. Railroad traffic crossing the river could be greatly accommodated by a ferry system or oy tannels, but he claimed that it was am invasion “of the rights of the peo- cle, as unnecessary as it is unjust, © construct bridge. The construction of a andge would paralyze the vast system of lnke tommerce, and this was asked tobe done in the " anterest of rajlroad corporations whose perma- ent advantage could best be secured by we BUILDING OF A TUNNEL. The interests of the people are not suffering for the wantof a bridge. The States and Territo- ries of the Far West are dependent almost en- tirely upon the water-way asithe means of mor- tng their products to market. In conclusion Mr, Ely said he only asked for such action upon the sill as would secure to the people the free, un- sbstructed use of this Narional water-way. Capt. Judson, an experienced lake captain, ex- plained to the Committee the difficulty of han- Umg vessels on the Detroit River. He stated shat the barges now used were so large that they ‘equired four times the space they formerly did, td towed four, five, and six vessels at a time. 2e produced a large chart of the river, and en- leavored to show the Committee thatit would ve almost fmpossibie to navigate the river, if a aridge should be constructed, without serious njury to life and property. CONGRESSMAN HUBBELL liso argued against the building of a bridge. He iid be thought it was his duty to protestagainst his scheme. He had heard a good deal about aublie sentiment created through the State of Michigan in favor of the bridge, bug be had aever received a letter from any of his Gonstitu- nts askiag him to aid it. ‘To the Western Associated Press. Wasuinctos, D. C., Marck 13.—The Senate: Zommittee heard further ansument to-day on the Detroit River bridge question. The com- . Mittee-room was crowded with persons Interest- ed. Congressman Hubbell, and Capt. Judson, and Charlea Ely, of Cleveland, argued inst che proposed authorization on the ground that ‘the bridge would obstruct the navigation’ of “the great National highway of the Straits,” and thereby increase the rates of treight between the West and East for millions df tans of fron-ore, stone, lumber, wheat, ete, ‘which are now transported by the water route. Mr. Ely also presented to the Committee certi- fed vopies of remonstrunces by the Legislatures 2f Obio 2nd Wisconsin, and by the Board of aie of Cleveland, Milwaukee, Pittsburg, and rant James F. Joy, of Detroit, in behalf of the dele- gation from Michigan, made an argument, claim- tog thar the proposed bridge would practically. be no obstruction to navigution, and even if it should prove an obstruction to some extent, the Advantages that it would be to the West are of vastly greater consequence. He took the posi- tion that the railroads are much more important factors in the development of the West than any and all lines of water communication. BEN HILL. HE HAS A WORD FOR ASS LOCKWOOD. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. ‘Wasurncros, D. C., March 13.—Senator Ben Hill replies to the charges of the lawyer Belva Lockwood in thismanner: “It is a miserable, desperate libel, and the woman must be crazy to write such aletter. It is outrageous to refer to persons in the gencral way she does, and at- tampt to scandalize whole families. Lhave never put but one person in any position here. Dutside of tho Capito, I did get the Public Printer to give an old Whig friend of mine, an old journalist, a place in the Govern- ment Printing-Office. I ,have not influence enough with this Administration to get offices for persons. Now I don't know why this woman Lockwood pursues me in the way she docs, un- Jess it is because I opposed her bill when it was before the Senate.’ Inot only voted against it, but refused to see her upon seyeral oc casions when she sent her card to me, and one day when I was passing through the corridor or lobby she undertook to stop me to talk tome about her bill. I refused to Stop or to hold any conversation with her, and I did bear about that time that she was threaten- ig to get even with at bo Scuetay rae op- rete a at a ee ane effect that she has failed to substantiatd her first attempt aguinst me, and therefore she makes new allégations. Now, as to Kellogg, 1 have never id anything about him in con- nection with this affair. 1 neither accuse nor ‘ecquit him.” THE PUBLIC PRINTING. SHORT OF FUNDS. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, WASHINGTOS, D. C., March 13.—The Democrats have at least been successfut in crippling ant im- Portant branch of the public eervice. The pub- ‘dc printing stops for want of funds, owing to the failure of Congress to pass the Deficiency Appropriation bill. The public printer is un- willing to encroach any further upon the ap- Propriation for ihe entire fiscal year. The Con- gressional wil] not appear again until money is appropriated to print it. Some Con- grese¢men are raising the point that they sce no te.son why the Government should spend $400,- 30 to print ‘speeches of members of Congress for free distribution throughout the country, a practice thet is not followed by any other Purllamentary Government to such an extent. The discontinuance of the printing is already HAVING A SERIOUS EFFECT apon the progress of public business, as the Committees cannot proceed with their inquiries in the absence of printed testimony. The Freedmen’s Bank Investigation Committee, for instance, met to-day, but was compelled to ad- Journ without doing anything for the reason that the testimony of the preceding meeting had not been printed, the Government Printer re- fusing to proceed with it without money, in the face of a direct statute whien would make it an impeachable offense for him to do so. One argument in favor of the publication of she Congressional Record at the outsct was that it was desirable to havea faithful and accurate secord of thé proceedings,—a sort of verbal ph>- : tograph of the debates. This argument, how- over, * _No LONGER HAS ANY FORCE, as the Record is nota faithful and accurate thronicle of the proceedings of Congress. On the contrary, it is often used by Congressmen as & means of concealing what really occurs in both Houses of Congress, and mem- bers do not hesitate to alter muate- tially the speeches which -they have - themselyes delivered, but even to take Hberties whee the ‘speeches ‘of others. Within a week even it has been proved in the House that one ‘rember cut-out 2 portion of his own speech, whick in cooler moments seemed to him objec- donable, notwithstanding the fact that another member had used that very objectionable por- tion as a text for a speech which was left in the Record, and was thus < ADIED AT KOTHING. - . It isa cheap trick with some Congressmen to sa wild and reckless things on the floor, eliminate them from their speeches, and then charge the newspapers who print the actual sentences tbat have been spoken with a deliberate falsification of the Record. The first resort of a Congress- man. who has made a gpecch of which he ought to be ashamed, one which the press nas faith- fully reported, is to ch: the speech in tho Record, and then charge the newspapers with lying, and the Congressional Record, 23 doctored by themselves, is an efficient agency in helping the Congressmen to suppress their own speeches i= ‘ and to seem POUT THE PRESS IN THE WRONG. The official stenographers also often are com- pelled to make materia! changes in some spoken speeches in order to make them grammatical, or even rational, so that the record is in no sense a truthful transcript of Congressional proceed- THE EXODUS. ” ANOTHER COLORED MAN'S STORY. ‘Wasnincton, D. C., “March 18.—Before the Exodus Committee to-day a colored man, Henry Adams, testified that, in 1865 and 1806, in De Soto Parish, La., he was shot at twice by bands of white men, the reason given for the assault be- ing that he was trying to get negroes to leave the parish. Witness had been in Arkansas and Texas on the Society's business, and found the condition of the negroes in Texas very bad. He did not wish to tell all his business. He expected to get killed, if he went back, for what he had already said. The negroes favoring migration had more pouble from negro teachers and politicians than irom anybody else. E Mr. Vance examined the wituess regarding the amount the negroes could make by agri- culture, the result of which was the final ad- mission that the dishonesty of merchants and planters alone prevented negro cultivators from making plenty of money. Witness would hardly admit that the negroes were better treated under Democratic than under Republican rules but thought such a-result might be expected, be- cause when thé Republicans were in power the Democrats were tempted to gain an election here and there by Intimidating the negroes, whereas now the Democrats have control they find it easier merely the count out the negro votes, The ne; have to pay more taxes now than under Republican rule, and formerly the whites paid more than now. + Witness explained this on the theory that Democratic otticers were enabled through the dgnorance of the negroes to caliect more than Was really due from them. NOTES AND NEWS. COUNTING THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE. Svectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. WasuincTos, D.C., March 13.—A member of the Special Caucus Committee of Democratic Senators belonging to the Committee on Rules, which fs engaged in considering some pian for the counting of tho Electoral vote, says to-night that there is no prospect of the passage of any bill, but that it did now seem probable that the two Houses will agree upon a new joint rule by which the vote shall be counted. z = * POSTPONED. ‘To the Western Associated Press, Wasntxaros, D. C., March 13.—The letting of contracts for steamboat routes for the South- east has been postponed until April 1, and bids will be received to that date. DISMISSED, Adispatch from Admiral Rogers at Panama reports the dismissal by the Peruvian authori- ties of the officers who arrested Assistant-Sur- geon Russell and Cadet-Midshipman Glennon while on leave of absence in a mountain village. CHIEF-JUSTICE RYAN. Some of the Peculiarities of His Men- tal Malady. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. MILWAUKEE, March 13—A Madison special press dispatch to a Sunday newspaper says that the exuct condition of Chief-Justice Ryan's health from time to time is as much a mystery ascan well be imagined. It is the subject of inquiry by all who come here, including mem- ers of the Bar and newspaper men, but no sat- isfactory. information is received. There does notappearto be any doubt that his physical health is good, or would be but for his mental distemper. He is a confirmed hypochondriac, and insists that he is dangerously and hopelesly ill, and he has frequent spells when his seymp- toms are very threatening. But his greatest ailwent is his mind, which appears tobe de- cidedly unstrung. The violence of his tem- per, and the frequent tornadoes and tem-, pests.of passion in which he has indulged through life, have at length borne their inevit- able fruit, and his mind has become totally un- balanced, without symptoms, however, of soft- ening of the brain. It is reported that his at- tending physician, Dr. Phil Fox, on his regular ‘tall the other day, was asked by the Chief Jus- tice foran honest opinion as to his complaint, the nature of bis illness, and the remedies which were being administered. “Jdo not think,” was Dr. Fox's reply, “that you will eversofar reeover as to be able to resume your place again upon the Beucn.”- “WhetherIcango upon the Bench again or no is my business and not yours,” roared the in- furiated invalid, “But it is my business tofit you for your duties again, is possible,” courteously responds the physician. A tigerish snarl was all the reply vouchsafed. A few days ago Dr. Kempster, Superintending Physician of the Northern Lunatic Asylum, went, at Dr. Fox's request, with him on bis pro- fessional call on the Chief-Justice, Dr. Kempster carefully watched the symptoms and indications in all their various features, and does not hesi- tate to say that the dementation bas proceeded so far as to leuve no hopes of a recovery of the intellectual faculties, and that the Chicf-Justice cannot again go upon the Bench. At the same time there fs no reason, apparently. why he may not live many years in the enjoyment of com- paratively good physical health, but with bis mind so impaired as to unfit him for official pro- fessional labor. ‘The Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce case nard vs. Backhaus), involving the validity of option contracts, and the whole system of Board of Trade business, is still undecided. It wag referred to the Chief-Justice, after a very elab- orate argument at the Bar, to write the opinion, in December lust, and the announcement of the decision wns expected in January. But he hus not yet touched it, and the sense of delicacy of the other Justices has prevented them from taking it out of bis hands. 50, although it is known that the case bas been actually decided by an unanimous court, the announcement is withbeld, and nobody knows what it is. The mental distemper of the Chicf Justice is - not of such a nature as to impuir the wonderful force and vitality of bis intellect In professional. research or Jabor, if his mental condition would ermit him to undertake and prosecute it. But dge | Eis thonghts are filled with thousands of brood- ing fancies, with bypochondriac gloom, and ap- prehensions of death. When he is inhiscalmest states, or when his temper js aroused, which is at the most trivial events, a storm of emotion takes possession of him, and rages like a cyclone, after which exhaustion follows, pro- ducing those physical conditions in which death is regurded as imminent. Ashe recovers from these periods of depression he is very much like bimselt again until the next outbre: A current story at 3indison wil! be read with interest in this connection, When, a few months since, it became necessary for Mrs. Nelson Dewey, on account of her mental condition, to seek seclusion in the Madison Hospital for ‘the Insane, it was with great difficulty that she was persuaded to take this step. Argument and so- icitation, with the probubility that force would be used for ber removal if she further refused, at length induced her to enter the carriage with ‘her physician, Dr. John Faville, to be conveyed tothe asylum. As they were prssing Chief-Jus- tice Ryan's residence Mrs. Dewey sa‘d: “ Duc- tor, whut form do you consider that my mental aberration has assumed. or what is its nature?" “Well,” said Dr. Faville, in his blandest ang most deliberate tones, * Mrs. Dewey, we will call it the excesses of an ungovernable temper.” «Doctor, hadn't we better stop and take in the Chief Justice on the same grounds?” was the reply, quick as lightning, of the patient, whose mental disease really resembled greatly that of Judge Ryan, from which, however, she has, hap- ily. 80 fur recovered as to be restored to her Private Madiees dispatches to-d {Private Madison dispatches to-day speak more encourayingly of the condition of the Chick Jus- tice than the above account indicates, and say that he is sowellas to have dismissed his at- tendant.} ————____ TELEGRAPHIC NOTES, oN. X., 13.—The present cold spelt has again suspended navigation on the Hadson River. Ice rapidly formed last night. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wuryoxa, Minn., March 13.—Prof. William F. Bhelaas sate Principal of the first State Normal School here, and now Superintendent of Pr Schools in this city, bas just received. the band some medal and diploma awarded him by the Parts Exposition in 1878 in recognition of big ¢ Servis 8S an educational writer and BANK DIRECTORS SUED, ew Oxuraxs, March 13—Suit has been brought against the Directors of the Mechanics’ and Traders’ Bank to recover $145,000, the amount due depositors and other creditars,, The Directors are. charged with valuing assets at SEAR "Hy a ae ee was, to the kno © of tho “Directors, iscle vent fora year “GENTLEMAN JO.” Another Chapter Concerning His Wonderful Epistolary Antics. Dr. Dix and the Rev. Randolph Me- Kim Duly Interviewed. They Relate Their Experiences, Which Are Grievous and Manifold. A Saloonkeeper Becomes the Victim of the Anonymous Soribbler, And Is Drawn Almost to the Verge of Insanity. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, New York, March 13.—The singular and mys- terious annoyances to which Dr. Morgan Dix, the widely-known Rector of Trinity, has of late been subjected, formed the topic of town talk to-day. The case is generally admitted to be most baffling, both as to the purpose and the perpetrator. Opinions vary between malice and practical joking, with a large majority in favor of malicé, and all owning the ability of the originator of 80 remarkable a scheme of perse- cution. The Rev. Dr. Dix, in an interview with a Times. reporter to-day, said: “For days together my mails were loaded down with a mass of letters and circulars from tradespeople, clergymen, and others deceived. Many of them were of such a character and from such sources I felt bound to reply to them, which entailed much time and expense. I re~ ecived communications from all the cities men- tioned in the Times and from a great number of . others SCATTERED OVER TWELVE STATES of the Union, ranging from Bangor, Me., to Lex- ington, Ky.” “ Have you any idea as to the author?” “Not the slightest. I can think of no one, clerical or lay, who could have the slightest provocation for attempting such a thing; yet it seems hardly possible a per- fect stranger could have undertakbn it. The style of writing, chuice of language, thorough acquaintance of titles and residences of Bishops and clergymen, and the wholesale and persistent. way in which the work was car- ried on, would indicate the author a person of leisure and of some means, and pretty thor- oughly versed in church affairs. The hand- writing on all the letters, postal cards, etc., was exactly the same. He had not taken the trouble to disguise itor employ others, so as to divert attention. Every scrap of writing from begin- ning to end is - IN ONE HAND, and if wecan but trace that hand our work is done.” “What was the character of the writing?” “It was of medfum size, well inked, not par- ticularly bold or prominent, yet not feminine. It did not have the smoothness and uniformity of a clerk's or bookkeeper's writing, and was ap- Parently that of some one accustomed to fre- quent writing, yet not particular about the style or finish of his productions. In one thing he was peculiar, He was very economical, always using postal-cards when possible. Even invita- tions to. dine with the Lord Bishop of Excter were written on post-cards, with his Lordships full title. He was exceedingly ingenious in devising new and Ivdicrous means of annoyance, and covering his tracks and confus- ing those who might seek to unmask him. With all his cunning, however, be has: put himself within the meshes of the law, for, though he cannot be prosecuted for blackmail, he can for trespass and Hbel. Some of the communica- tions were clearly libelous, and I am advised a prosecution can be based on them. Some have suggested the whole affair is the work of a hulf- insane person scized with asudden craze for penning malicious letters, The system and method, however, are more suggestive of 8 per- son with full wits.” In reply to the question whether the missives could have have emansted from some person discharged or supplanted in Trinity's employ, Dr. Dix said he « eines ' COULD THINK OP NO 5UCH PERSON,~ that he knew of no one who considered himself personally agzrieved at any act of bis, or would, even if aggrieved, take such eccentric revenge. “Of course, I can think of fifty who might, under conceivable circumstances, attempt something ofthe sort. But there is uo one to whom we can trace anything. The whole affair isa mystery, and if it is not a sorry sort-vf practical joke it is certainly the most extracrdinury exhibition of causeless malice I have ever heard of.” Although lawyers and detectives “have been engaged for days in hunting evidence, nothing has been discovered toward disclosing the scoundrel’s identity. Dr. Dix bas taken meas- ‘ures to secure the publishing of the fac similes of the letters, which will be widely circulated in the hope of gaining some clew to the author. AMONG THE CLERGYMEN annoyed by the mysterious persecution is the Rey. Randolph McKim, Rector of Holy Trinity in Harlem. Last September he received a short letter purporting to comefrom Dr. Dix, the contents of which mystified and perplexed him, ‘The letter read: “ REVEREND AND DEAR fin: Your card in the New York Herald is certuinlya mistake, You call for a centennial celebration of the adoption of the Common-Prayer Rook, but the Common- “Prayer Book was not adopted in 1579, but in 178. Pardon me for correcting this mistake, and be- Heve me very truly yours, MoxgGas Dix.” “Not being familiar with the handwriting of Dr. Dix,” said Mr. McKim, “I was naturtlly astonished at the reccipt of s0 enigmatical a letter. had published uo card about the Com- mon-Prayer Book, or on any other subject: I at once wrote a brief note to the Doctor, confessing my inability to understand bis com- munication and requesting an explanation. [n answer | received a reply inclosine my note, and telling me he did not ‘understand me. The matter was becoming complicated, and I hunted up piecesof thé originul letter in the waste- busket, pasted them together, and sent them to the Doctor. I believe this was ONE OF THE FIRST MOVES of_the parsecutor.”” Some few weeks afterwards Dr. S{cKim's mys- terious correspondent begun paying attention to Dr. Dix and personating McKim. The latter received a letter from Dr. Dix inclosing @ postal card * forwarded {in bis name. The tera showed the card hud been posted at Station E, Oct.5,5p.m. It was ad- dressed the “Rey. Morgan Dix, candidate for Assistant Bi ishop of New York, 27 West Twenty- fifth street.”” ‘This ‘address wus impertinence, as there is no cundidute for the Bishopric. The address and note were written in a fine and somewhat cramped hand. This card reads: “ Rey. Morgan Dicks—Dear Sir: Inreply [would say I regret to say 1 cannot support you, my choice being the Rev. Mr. Morritl, of St. Helens Church; my second choice being the Rev. Father Hall, of Boston. Regret not being able toobliga you. Yours truly, H. McKim, Harlem." Dr. McKim thinks the author of the annoy- ance is eltnor a crazy, illiterate person not re- sponsible for his act, or some one whose object isto press annoyance 50 fur as to make ita ground for * ae EXTORTING RLACKMATL. trict- Attorney Phelps was confident the of- fender could not be punished. There was no statute covering such a case, the writer hi r4 made no threat to extort_moncy or other yalun- ble consideration. Mr. Phelps regretted that the Jaw contained no provision for the punish- ment of the perpetrator of so malicious an out- rage. The case brought to light by the Times was a oral one, and the framers of the law hud made no provision for it. it appears that Dr. Dix.bas a companion in his fae oeaninn Daniel Huckley, argue of a r-saioon at avenue and Ninth stree: bas been ¥ PERSECUTED IN THE SAME MANNER, and tHere is ground for suspecting the author of the misobief is the sume in nears Satur- day, Feb, 21, Buckley was surprised to see a iet- ter in the Heraid, signed with his name, offering to donate the proceeds of his business for one day to the Irish Relief Fund. Before he hud time to cull at the newspaper office todemandn explanation,be received postal-card purporting to come from the office of the peper thanking him for his noble zeal in bebalf of -Irish charity. He went to:the ollice and discovered the postal- card was bogus, while his own card had been Printed in goud faith. ie Same cYening a sec- ond postal-curd reached him. This was without aimnature, and read: “Friend Buckle. don"t you think we're about even now? Isaid-we joule be, and my card in to-day’s paper proved On the following Monday, Feb. 23, another nostal was received, g: “It you'll give $10, 11 tell vou who got that curd in the paner, It satisfied, answer in Porswials, +All Tight." G. J." Of this communication Buckley -took no Police, euspecting it Wing mother, trick of his threatened to eee aes BECOME SERIOUS FOR BUCKLEY. Eight avenue. Boden; expressed himself. in Ho received a postal from James Boden, No. 67 .| rms of strong re} jon; said he was much surprised at. Tecolviny i postal from him the Brovious day demandi: pamene for sundry rinks and cigars pana ad been. consumed some Weexs before.s “As you don’t know me,’ wrote the gentleman, “and as [never was within the doors of yaur. saloon, it looks much as though you were to blackmail me. The bewildered Buckley rushed across town to Boden, who admitted.the authorship of the card, and, in justitication, thrust under the eyes of his ast ed visitor.a postal-card which read thus: : * ‘*Jumes Boden—Dgar. Sin: You will please call immediately and settle that little bill for Whisky, etc. Ihave some bills to Pay, and must have money. If you dé not settle by Monday I, eball take summary measures to compel you.. uckley explained the peculiar, = isting between himself and his unknown cnemy, and Boden was satisfied: Ps ‘The culmination of Buckley's embarrassments was reserved tor Thursday, Feb. 25, when he re- ecived another card- purporting to come from Boden which was a for ery It said, “Since [ saw you 1 have recalre -another impudent postal-card, and [am now satisfled you are the author, Lam going to sue you ‘for 315,000 damages.” The next time you hear from me it will be through the Supreme Court. About noon ayor Graham, of Paterson, N. J., with the Chief of that city, entered the saloon, and, taking Buckley into his private olfice, en- deavored to extort a confession that he was the murderer of the woman, Miss Hink, recentl; killed in her bed in Paterson. After he hai satisfied them of his innocence they SHOWED RIM THE POSTAL-CARD which had caused their visit: “New York, Feb..23.—Your Honor: A man who livesou the corner of Third avenue and Ninth street, New-York, named D. Buckley, might tell you somethin about thee murder of thee woman. He talked pretty free of it whilo he was drinkin last nite. A honest mechanick who don’t waut tobe known.” At5 o'clock the same afternoon a gentleman entered the saloon and inquired for Buckley. He approuched the postal-card victingand low- ering his voice to a whisper suid:¥ “I ams $16." Buckley: exclaimed irritably; “The devil you are. Well, what do you want?” “T brought the money for the coat, you. know,’ said the stranger, making an attempt to smilenaturaily. Just then another gentleman called the victim aside, and announcing himself anid he was ready to pay the money for his jew- elry. Stille third strangerentered and demand- ed bis goods for which he was prepared to pay the ransom agreed upon. ‘After a while an ex- lanation was brought about. “A B 46" had lost u Valuable overooat_in Brooklyn, and ‘+ A SD" a poses Wall street. man, had lost Jewelry. E: of these gentlemen hud received a letter stating that the property would be returned ~ FOR A‘CERTAIN SUM OF MONEY, and that if they were willing to pay the sum they might notify the writer, “Gentleman Jo,” through the personuls in the paper referred to. decnrtianly ee personals were inserted; the gentlemen in answer received a letter directing them to go to Buckley's, puy him the money, and receive their goods. As “Gentleman Jo™ was the pseudon taken by the man who offered to relieve Dr. Dix upon payment of $1,000, it would indicate Buck- ley's tormentor and Dr. Dix's were tho sume erson. The experience of the 2thof February letermined Buckley, to take active mens- ures to put an’ end ‘tothe persecution. He engaged a detective, and since then hus re- ceived nq more postal-cards. About the same time, also, the annoyance to Dr. Dix came to an end, and Buckley's theory is that the man or men, discovering they were watched, became alarmed and suspended operations, POLITICAL. MILWAUKEE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, MILWAUBEE, March 13.—That faction of the Republican party in this city who are endeavor- ing ‘to bring about the nomination of T. H. Brown teel highly elated over the announce- ment just made that W, P. McLaren is out of the race. The latter has written a letter in which he declines wo have his name used in the Convention. His reason is that he does not pro- pose to engage in a scramble for office. He sees ‘that those who are bitterly opposed to the pres- ent Mayor and Chief-of-Police are determined to have Brown nominated, and that the party is likely to become badly divided in making the nominations. This he does not wish to be responsible for. Were it not for the fact that Brown is vigorously opposed by the Herald and the Germania, bis nomination would now be assured. These are Republican journals of grent intluence, and withvut their aid tho arty cannot be successful ina local contest. Messra. John Rugee and E. P.. Matthews are coming to the front. Senator Van Schack is, in reality, the strongest man the Republicans could run, but he has private reasons of a Bolitical complesio0: for wishing to be left out. . I. Hale and C.M. Sanger are also available. The Convention willbe held on Thursday, March 23. The Democrats ‘vill probably have their aneeting on the following. Sonday.or Tuesday.; -They are.not in the. most hopeful condition, and: feel the necd of a guiding spirit. THE INDIANS. MILES? RECENT OPERATIONS. ‘The following telegram, confirming the re- ports already printed in THe TRIsuNe, was re- ceived at military headquarters yesterday: Fort Kzocu, M. T., March 10,—I have the honor to report that depredations committed by war parties from the hostile Sioux camp, that have recently come over the line on the pre- tense of hunting, have been very annoying to the citizens of this vicinity. Quite a large amount of stock has been stolen, and two citi- zens are now in this hospital wounded by hostiles. Troops have been out out daily during the intense cold to check the evil. On the &th, fourteen head of ponies were stolen from Chey- enne Indian scouts. The Indians were followed by Lieut. Miller and a detachment of the Fifth Infantry and five Cheyenne scouts, Tho Sioux were surprised in their camp twenty mitos south of the Yellowstone, and fifteen miles west of the Roseoud, where a sharp fight ensued, resulting in the killing of three Sioux, capturing eight head of stock and what camp equipage the In- diuns had, including several guns and a large amount of ammunition. Lieut. Miller lost two Cheyenne scouts killed. The Indians that es- caped-ernssed the: Yellowstone Inst night, and are belng closely pursued by Capts. Baldwin and Hamilton. This is the second war party that has been broken up within the past five months, Mines, Commanding. OBITUARY. CAPT. HUGH OWENS. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Racixu, Wis. March 13.—The citizens, and particularly tha vesselmen, were startled to- day by the announcement of the death of Capt. Hugh Ovens, who died at his residence this morning at 2 o'clock after a short and pain- ful illness. Capt. Qwens was one of the best- Known men on the lakes, and a man who gained the respect of all with whom be came in contact by his pleasant way .and gentlemanly manner. Ho wus Master for many years of the schooner Blackhawk, and had y purchased an interest in the schooner recen’ Gilbert’ napp, which vessel he intended to sail the col season. He leaves a wife and three children in comfortable circumstances, | whe have the sympathy of the entire community in their great affliction. SPRINGFIELD. - Appointed Clerk. of the United States District Court—Licenses to Organize. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. SPRINGFIELD, Il., March 13.—Col. BM. B. Con- verse was to-day appointed Clerk of. the United States District Court, to succeed the late George P. Bowen. Col. Converse has been connected with the office for the past twelve years, is emi- nently well qualified. for the position, and his appointment by Judge Treat {s not only in strict accordance with Civil-Service rules, but gener ally satisfactory. Liconsca to organize were, to-day issued by the Secretary of State, as fallows: as The Cloth Ws at Company, Chicago; capital, $10 0s conepentors, Wiliam 'S. Sead, Walter P. Cottle, and: William AL Cox. 2 ‘he Lake View Publishing Company, Chicago; capital, $25,000; corpurators, Charles W. Arm- Strong, Thomas J, ‘fyrell, William S. M. Mc- Clevey, and David E. Paden. The Arlington Heights’ Excelsior Thresbing- Machine Company, Arlington Hei; ats capiti, $25,000; corporators, Henry Russell, Jobn Koll- . und Henry Kolllag. ‘ iat’ Galeael ‘Telephone Company, Galena; cap- ane Metallic Collar Company, Rochelle; capi- ‘The Cushing & Thomas Printing Company, Chicago; capital, 39,000; corporators, Charles Cushing, James O/Thomas, and W. G, Press. A certificate of organization wus filed by Whittier Post, No, 7, Grand Army of the Hepub- He, Chicago. < —————— i - BRITISH * COLUMBIA. Sax se iS March 13.—A Victoria dispatch says: The express brings deplorable news from the upper country. Cattle, sheep, horses, and dogs of tho pack-trains. are dying with great rapidity, ill through Nicola, Kam- loops, O'Kanagan, and Lillonet the destruction of stock is going on..; Nearly all the live stock 5 I is estimated will perish before rhe loss is estimated Gives no evidence of thaw. No hospital necdea for paticnte that use Hop Bitters, a3 they cure so specdily at homme, -prosd thelr Intontion of fatio PRESIDE A New York “Sun” Writer Con siders Sherman Out of the Race, And Looks upon Elihu B. Wash- burne as the Coming Man. “Cumberland County, Pa., Ignores the Instructions of Cameron's Convention. THE OUTLOOK. 4S VIEWED By A NEW YORK “ SUN" MAN. * Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wasuinetoy, D. C., March 13.—A writer in the New York Sun gives the following summary of the Presidential outlook here from an Inde- pendentstandpoint: - : “ It is well known in Washington circles that , Grant will cut short his tour in Mexicoand hurry back to the United’ States by. the urgent advice of those who have his canvass particularly in charge. ‘They say it doesn’t look well for. him to seem to be unwilling to star in his own country ex- cept when he is governing it on a large salary. ‘The belief that Grint will be nominated at Chi- cugo does not fain strength at the Capital. Itis adinitted on ail sides that Sherman fs a failure. The opinion guthers momenium that, after ail, and in some way or other, the outcome at Chi- cago will be Elihu B. Washburne.”” 3 NOTES. SOLID FOR BLAINE. A Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, CARLISLE, Pa., March 13.—A vote was taken in Cumberland County to-day on acall issued by the County Committee for the instruction of the delegates to Chiengo in disregard of the instruc- tions of Cameron's State Convention. The day was very inclement, but 2 good vote was polled io this borough. The bullot stood: For Blaine, 486; against, 6. The possible vote is 550. The rest of the county will show a Uke result. SEYMOUR. New Yonk, March 13.—The World is informed that ex-Goy. Seymour has never, in any way, expressed or entertained an idea of allowing his name to be presented to the people asa candi- dute for the Presidency; nor will he allow it to be so used under any circumstances whatever. DORSHEINER'S OPINION. Ex-Lieut.-Gov. Dorsheimer expresses the be- lief that the Democrats have nochance to carry the Presidentia! election against any Republican candidate except Grant, and, further, that the ex-President is the only candidate whom Tilden could beat. . . : MENRY WARD BEECHER’S CHOICE. Crxornnati, March 13.—Henry Ward Beecher spent last night here and left for Loutsville this juoroing. ie talked freely to a reporter on po- litical affairs. He prefers Grant as the best rep- resentative of American common sense, but doesn't think the Shanty would go to Smash without or with him, and does not consider it'a vital question who is made President, as the people will rule and it will be a country acyway. He had lost respect for Blaine on ac- count of his position on the Chincse question. He says Buyurd is his Srst choice on the Demo- cratic side, Bayard has shown more statesman- ship than any other Democrat in the country. ARKANSAS REPUBLICANS. Lrrriz Rock, Ark., March 13.—The Republic- an State Central Committee met in this city last night. bai pat was present. A resolution ywas adopted calling a State Convention at Little Rock on April 23, to nominate Presidential Electors and select delegates to the Chicugo Convention. A NEW HAMPSHIRE STRAW. New York, March 12.—The Tribune has an interesting dispatch from. New Hampshire, showing Kepublicun sentiment on the Presi- dency in that State. The editor of the Nushua Be raph made arrangements to have the ite- | publicans polled by printed ballots at the town meetings, incident to the town elections, from which 3.42 ballots have been received from many. different towns, and they are divided a3 follows: - Secretary Sherm: And others scattering. TAMMANY, New Yore. March 13.—Three hundred mem- beraof the Tammany General Committee ex- ing to the Cinciunati; onal “Convéation. » commissioner ‘soon: goes forward to secure quarters. CHICAGO. THE LOCAL BLAINE CLUB. A regular meeting of the Chicago Blaine Club was held last evening in the large club- room at the Grand Pacific, Mr. 0. M. Henderson presiding. There was a full attendance, the room being uncomfortably filled. The Chair- man made a brief but stirring speech highly culogistic of Mr. James: G. Blaine, and stated that there was a very large number of good Re- publicans who would so far as possible advocate the claims of Mr. Blaine in adv&nce of the meeting of the Convention. If their man were defeated in the Convention, they would bow to the wishes of the majority, even a3 Mr. Blaine himself bowed to the decision of the Cin- cinnati Convention. At the same time they held ‘hat Mr. Blaine was the one man who should be selected to carry the Republican banner to vic- tory. Mr. Kirk Hawes was called upon to speak, and began by complimenting the Club on the wise selection of oflicers made at the last session. He thought it wise to so represent the points jt isue to the great, flouting popu- ution that they should consider the claims of Mr. Blaine. he understood. it, the saarniis bad been narrowed down to two men,—James G. Blaine and Gen. Grant. Sofar as the money question was concerned, there wis no ible chance for an issue be- tweon the Republican and Democratic parties. That subject was out of the question, and he kmew of Do Nutional issue on which to go to the people. Of course the Republicans would have to wave the “ bloody shirt,” as it was called. for they could never forget what had passed. But they had got to put up a man against whom there was absolutely nothing, and he thought James G. Blaine was just such a man. Mr, Hawes reviewed the bistory of the Grant Administration, and showed that the Republican party completely lost its grip during that term. The trouble was not with Gen. Grant so much as with the crowd whom he attracted around him. ‘The speaker pronounced himself unqualifiedly opposed to“ third-termism” {n all its branches, asentiment which was loudly applnuded. He quuoted the famous Pennsylvania resolutions against the third term, and said that the Cam: eron and Conkling gangs were straining every nerve to once more inflict Grant upon the peo- le. Ho did not belseve that Gen. Grant's triphad fone him good, or thathe bad learnt anything of national or international importance du: it journey. If they nominated 3tr. Blaine {great applause] they would eclect aman who would be electad and would sce he was inaugurated. They did not -propose to give a “boom” to Grant. Mr, Willard Woodard spoke at length on the National issues involved, and was followed by Mr. Brainerd. A person named Thompson, who was not on the list of spoakers, interfered with some erratic remarks, but was promptly squelched, and the mecting adjourned. ————— RECEPTION DINNER. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, “New Yous, March 13.—Postmaster James and his chief assistants gave « reveption dinner to- night to Assistant-Postmaster Squiers, Superin- tendent M. Hubbard, and Auditor Upham, of the Chicago Post-Office, who are here on a tour of inspection of Post-Offices, with a view to as- certain such improvements in their internal ar- rangementsas may be available for adoption in the new Post-Office building in Chicagn.’ Among the other ries were Assistant-Postmaster ot Philadelphia; Brigham, ex-Superintendent Vail, of the Railway fail-Service, and several prominent citizens. A MILLIONAIRE'S ESTATE, Speclal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. CLEVELAND, O., March 18—The demurrer-to the potition of Mrs. Elizabeth Gaylord Stannard of Chicago, elaiming an interest in the estate of Leonard Case, Jr., millionaire, was sustained to- day in the Common Pleas Court, thus excluding Mrs. Stannard and all other reiatives of Mrs. Leonard Case, Sr., from interest in the estate, and declaring that the only heirs thereto are the direct descendants of Leonard Case, Sr. The matter will be uppesled. : = MILWAUKEE MILLERS. . » Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, MULWAUKEE, March 13.—Tho most determined of those millers who have been keeping their mills idle, awaiting lower prices for wheat or higher prices for flour, announce the intention of resuming operations during the co: There has been a better demand ee tage some of the’ special brands in the loca! market, with indications of a’ slight improvement gen- erally. a ., | affair last -night, and went to Ivy's office and le shot him inthe shoulder, A ;servant informed ‘|, Miss Seymark of the affair, and she fled from her | the MARRIED HIM, Enizaperd Ciry, N.C.; March 13.—Miss Flor- ence Seymark had arranged to elope with Jona- than Ivy. te-dus, Her futher got wind of the room in-ber night-clothes and joined her lover, and {n this garb was mareied before her father | discovered ber absence: CRIMINAL NEWS. AN AWFUL TRAGEDY. Special to St, Louis Republican, MARSHFIELD, Mo., March 12.—News from a reliable source reached here to-day of a terrible tragedy which recently occurred in the southern part of Howell County, this State. An old man had drawn a pension, and $80 of the money re- mained io.his possession. . He resided on a farm with his two grown daughters. He had gone from home and left the money, $400 J with cach of his daughters. About dark of the night of the murder a stran- ger appeared and desired lodging for the night. The young Isdies explained their lonely condi- tion, and refused to entertain the stranger. He persisted, and, being quite an elderly man of good appeurance, the young ladies finally con- sented to lethim remain. At bedtime the younz Indies repuired-to their apartment in the second story, and left the old gentieman tosleep in a room below. * In the latter partof the night he was awak- ened by a noise up-stairs as if some one were strangling, and, being armed with a revolver, he proceeded cautiously up the stairs and to the door of thg room in which the young ladies hud retired. When at the door of the room he dis- covered the form of a man in the room, and at about the samo time the man discov- ered him, started towerds him, and struck at him with a knife, but missed him. Then the old man fired, and the intruder felldead, The old man then rushed out of the house, beard chickens crowing, and ran in that direction until he came to a’ house where he found a woman’ sitting the fire. He explained hia mission and what- he hed dune. The woman. said, “That is my husband and the uncle of the girls; he went there to rob thein.” The stranger took a fresh scare, and started on a run to find another house, which he did in about haifa mile. The neighborhood was alarmed and a posse gathered, and before dayUght they were at the scene of the praneny. ‘The uucle was found dead on the floor with $800 in one hand and the knife in the other. The two young ladies were found in bed with their throats cut. The villainous uncle obtained en- trance by rheas of a ladder through one of the upper windows. | KENTUCKY ITEMS. Lovisviuue, Ky., March 13.—-Last night pris- overs confined in the Frunkfort Jail made their escape by prying astone in the ceiling of the cell out of position with a portion of the floor, and passing between the ceiling and the roof to the end of the jail, making a hole in the brick gable, and climbing down the outside. They were Robert Morely, white, who murdered Oliver in anderson County a year ago, confined for safe- keeping; a mob having threatened to hang him in Lawrencebure; Frank Sims, colored, con- victed a few days ago of malicious cutting and sentenced to the Penitentiary; and George Hazelwood, colored, under indictment for at- tempted poisoning. 5 This afternoon a bold attempt was made to assasinate Mayor Baxter. Fortunately no in- jury was done him. The ‘would-be murderer was Samuel Redd, formerly boss of a gang of street scrapers, A day or two ago Mayor Bax- ter discharged Redd from the force on sccount of drunkenness. At meeting to-day Redd ac- costed the Mayor end raised his. hand as if to shake hands. Baxter stretched out his hand, when Redd drew a pistol and leveled it at bim, saying something about family troubles and ‘iug the bread from his children’s mouths. Before Baxter ‘perceived what he was do- jug, Redd fired. At the timé the men were not three feet apart, and the, pistol almost touched the Mayor's clothing. Before Redd could fire agzic he was seized and pulled of by another person. Mayor Baxter asked the man why he ad shot at him, and Redd'replied, * D—n you, you've discharged me.” Itedd was arrested, and was half drunk. CixcInNaTI, O., March 13.—4 Commercial spe- cial from Stanford, Ey biys fwo brothersnamed Cobb, on Sine Creek, Rock Castle Cotinty, shot and killed a man named ‘Decker in a quarrel over a stolen horse. The Cobbs were arrested. FOUND GUILTY. “Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune Bosron, Mass., March 13.—The trial of Nathan H. Pratt, who is oharged with the embezzlement of funds of the Reading Savings Bank, was con- cluded to-day. Judge Colburn delivered the charge to the jury, who, after several hours' de- liberation, brought in a verdict of guilty on twenty-nine counts, Sydney Pratt, son of the prisoner, has made a confession in which he says that he is tho’guilty party, and asserts the innocence of his father, ~ + been found guilty on twenty-nine counts. The case gocs to the Supreme Court. Pratt's bail was fixed at $95,000. Shortly after Pratt's conviction a startling paper in the possession of Pratt's counsel was mude public. It is the confession of Sidney P. Pratt, son of the prisoner, and up to within a few months chief clerk, bookkeeper, and cashier of the bank of which father was Treasurer. He takes the entire responsibility of the defulcations, and details the manner in which the stealings were effected. He abstract- mortgages, insurance policies, etc., from the bank, realized “upon em, and repluced them with cunningly-exe- cuted forgeries. He .stole £10,000 in’ Goy- ernment bonds deposited ‘in the bank as collateral, substituting in:the envelope old paper. He negotiated paper with other banks to the ex- tent of $70,000, and systematically stole from de- positors when they handed in their deposits. All his transactions were kept from the knowledge of the bank officers, but he says the excr- cise of ordinary care on their part would bave prevented any wrong-doing by him. His stealings 4; Rated over $130,00, and will make the bank, insolvent and entirely without assets to pay some 800 depositors. The son tled before the father was and his where- abouts are now unknown. 2 DISAGREED, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribuna, Broominoron, NL, March 18.—The celebrated murder trial of The People of Logan County vs. Shepard S. Beil, for the murder of Henry Talbot in Lincoln Jan. 1, 1879, tried here on a change of venue, terminated to-day by a disngreement of the jury, The case was bitterly contested. Bell, by marriage, is connected with one of tho wealthiest and most influential families in Logan County, and his victim wus a leadin: young farmer ‘near Lincoln. ‘Tho case laste; two weeks, during which half of the Town of Lincoln was here. The case went to the jury jast WedneSday: noon, The jury stood eight for acquittal and four for conviction. It is prob- able that the case will not-be tried again. INDICTMENTS DISMISSED. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, SPRINGFIELD, Il, March 13.~In-the United States District €ourt to-day the joint and in- dividual indictiients pending against William ‘T. Edds, John D. Mc{ntire, Mindret Wanple, Frank Cossell, and George T. Reisinger, of the busted Pekin whisky ring, of unsavory memory, of E. Weinland & Son was robbed Other buildings adjoinin, were alco ones ‘Mnaking the aggregate loss $35,000—fully insured, FIRES. fe cMicaco. . whe alarm from Box 8 at 8:18 last was caused by a fire {ua barn in the rear of so G21 State street, owned by George E. Wells No. 101 Washington street, and Occupied oe Goss & Phillips. The damage was conf some loose hay in the barn, which wos weed to set on fire by some negligent employs, Probably The alarm trom Box War Ld) pecterday af noon was caused by an oil-can tipping o} a the kitchen of No. 1704 Michigan srg OPE fa damage done was ye: ht. The The alarm from ‘Box 2 at 6:35 yeste; morning was caused by a fire on the Toor y two-story frame building at No.1 Woe gt & Buren street. owned by Dr. N. Mathie. and oat iec ‘idence ry Du mage ae a to ee ate si rm to Engine Cor Ne yesterday forenoon wns caused ty gst its meat-market at No. 36 Clark street, owned } : Woelner & Bressell. Cause,’ barrel Hoey waste paper cutching fire from unknown, causce, AT TIOPE, IND. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Triduna, Suevsy, Ind., March 13—The stores of Bo Weindland & Son. Robert Spaugh & Son, Shanb & Keer, and George Stabb, situated in a small villare south of here, were dostrepeeet fire this morning, the work of an” Incenc if Loss, $15,000; insurance, $4,500. ‘The Safe of RB O. Weindland was robbed of $500 in cash. IN NEW YORK. New York, March 13.—The dry-goods house of Stephen McKirtland, 613 Eighth avenne, wag damaged by fire $50,000 worth last night. Ane erson’s tea-store, adjoining, was - 000; insured. - Spmaae $8) CASUALTIES, BURIED ALIVE, . , Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Leavenworta, Kas., March 13.—F, Bi miner, was buried bencath a mass of falling slate in the coal shaft this afternoon, the tine bers having given away. His voice could be heard at first by a party of comrades engaged ig the work of rescuing, but it ceased before be was reached, and at the end of a half, when reached. he was dead Helens family. Twenty other miners employed with him barely escaped by an alarm being given in me. : STEAMER DAMAGED. SHREVEPORT, March 13.—The river ig now fife teen feet. The stoamer Silver City struck aq obstruction, while underway, at Long Branch, thirty-five miles below here, at 7 p. mand knocked a hole in ber hull, which filled with water, She was prevented from sii throwing overbcard 500 bales of cotton. hole wus stopped and the water pumped ocr, She will procced on her wuy to New Orleanst. morrow. The cotton in the hold and in the Jower tier wus damaged, No Lives lost. FROZEN TO DEATH. CHEYENNE, W.T., March 13.—The body of a2 old man named L. Tenant was found to-day on the plains two miles from Hot Creek, 150 miles north-of here. He was frozen to death during the recent storms’ which prevailed’ throughout Wyoming, the mercury indicating trom zero t9 16 degrees below for three days pust. apy BURNED TO DEATH. iy Norwicn, N. ¥., March 13.—Mrs. David Grif. fing yesterday mado her will, and this morning her house burned and she perished in the flames. CANADA. ‘The Princess Louise—Winkster to Lone -don—Seeking New -Homes—Canadian Wool. ae Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribuns, . OrrawA, March 13.—Her Royul Highness,-the Princess Louise, has not yet uppeared in public, although she has nearly recovered from tha effects of the late. accident. It isnot probable that any drawing-room receptions will be this session. F Sir A. T. Galt, Canadian Minister to London, is, expected to leave for England in two weeks, He is at present in the city recelying iostrac: tions. , ‘ Last year 1,900 persons left the Ottawa Valley for Manitoba and Dakota. This year thenum- ber will be even greater. A second party leaves next week. 3 ; if Special Dispateh’ to’ Tha Chicago Tritune, MontTRrAL, March 15.—The receipts at tha Parnell meeting’ hero netted $1,147, which gocs tothe Land League Fund. * . ‘ Considerable interest has been created in busie ness circles by the action of the United Stateq customs authorities in detaining several ship ments of wool, and by the energy manifested by some persons to cffect a conviction and confisea- tion. Last month one of our leading wool firms shipped to Boston a lot of wool velued at $13,000, ‘The wool passed through the customs at Bt Al- bans, but was detained in Boston. by Special Revenue Agents, who contended that jt wag improperly classified as “combing” ‘wool, claiming that it wis clothing wool An agreement was arrived’ tit betweon the sbippor andthe American customs authorities that the matter should be left tothe judgment of ex- perts, and three experts were accordingly chosen to represent the Cnited States Governinent Ap- raiser and two the Canadian owner. mmittee of fire, atter a thorough examinae tion, unanimously pronounced the wool tobe “combing,” and not liable to the double duty claimed. “But this did not satisty the Special Revenue Agents, and a portion of the wool was ‘again seized, this time for alleged undervaluation, in its havin, entered at the American Customs at & Instead of 8 ‘cents. The wools seized were bought in England, costing 14 pence. ‘The United Btates Collector for this district, Gon. Wells, has ax- pressed his determination to bave justice done to the Canadian shippers, but there is an im- ton here that « ocrtuin intlucade at Boston at work iu the opposit direction, and that no Stone will be left unturned to bring abouts eo tion. DENIS KEARNEY. Mis Case Taken Under Advisement= me Prosecution Indifferent and Care+ Jess. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribunt, - Saw FRANcrsco, March 13.—In Kearney’s cas8 Judge Rix reserved his decision till Monday. The case for the prosecution was weakly conducted, and the compinint appe:red loosely and careles- ly worded. The policeman merely noted the ob- noxious remarks on his tinger-nail, and was, therefore, unable to swear thereto. Altogether there was an air of indifference about the entir? Proceedings; affording little encouragement that Kearneyism could be stamped out in this man- for conspiring to obstruct the administration of justice by running off Charlie Johnson, Goy- ernment witness, were dismissed by the District- Attorney, by ugreement, ‘ut defendants’ costs. ‘The defendants having all pleaaed guilty in the revenue cases against them and settled their fines it was not considered worth while to press this cuse any farther. * WORKING FOR A PARDON. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. HARRISBURG, Pa., March 13.—Counsel for W. H. Kemble, Representatives ‘Rumberger and Petroff, and two others, adjudged guilty of cor- ruptly soliciting members. of the Legislature, were circulating petitions this afternoon here praying for the pardon of the criminals on the ground that they have already been sufficiently Bonsnet A UR BEACvely: small number of signatures was obtained to ii these generally were from inredoesene ont sons. Althourh ninety-nine out o! every hun- dred peuple tere are opposed to Executive orident as the'thine of tae senses eons ime that they will be pardoned, eases ROBBED THEIR GUESTS. Sax Frasctsco, Cal, March 13.—P, F. Benson, one of: the proprietors of the Grand Central Hall, Oukland,and H. Hurget, porter of the hotel, were arrested for purloining valuables of mests during the fire which destroyed building Tuesday morning. A lance apenas Lega Esler eh ; a Ras. beon shown that, the epee Yoandth I under was part of ANOTHER MINISTER IN TROUBLE. JLESEY City, March 1%—Miss Kate Leonard, of Parsippany, hus begun suit against the Rov. Mr. Bisece, of the Arlington M. E. Church, charging him with being the father of her child, ‘The subject will be brougnt bofore th " Conference in Paterson Text week. - o General TO BE HANGED. Waseixcron, D. C., March 13—Judge Hagner has refused to grant a new trial in the case of the negroes, Bahe Bedford, Edward Queenan, and Sandy Pinn, convicted. of the murder of George Phillip Hirth, on the evening of Jan. 7 last, and sentenced them to be hanged April 0. . INCENDIARISM. Stage of the procecdii Coxcrsnatr, March 13.—Lost night at Hope, skxteen miles squth of Shelby ville, Ind, the store | ‘To the Western Associated Prest. SAN Francisco, March 13.—In the Police Court this afternoon Kearney was placed on trial for use of vulgur language and thrents to kill. The defense waived a jury trial. Testimony was f- troduced to show that language was used aS stated in complaint. Kearney wus the only wit- ness for the defense, and in one of the cases only immateriaily modified in bis evidenre the language as given in the complaint. In the so ond case the lunguage was admitted. Kearney’s counsel moved a dismissal of the case on the ground that the language did not tend to create a brench of the peace, it being directed In one case aguinst a person not present, and in either against noone in particular, belng a vague gen eral threat, The case wus’ submitted without argument and taken under advisement uaol Monday. —— Where the Witness Was. Savannah (Ga.) News. 2 A perplexing answer was given by a witness during the trial of the cnse of- the State. against Burrett, in the Superior Court. Col. Lester, of counsel for defendant, asked tho witness if b9 Wus present at the shouting which, as is knowD, Securred on the pavement in front of the Screved -House, the day nfter the Jnsper Centeunial).who Tepiied that he was. Col. Leater, proceeding wi his questions, asked if he wus in the hotel ut time, and again the witness. answered, + No, :was not.” ‘Then cume the question, “ Were yout “outside of the hotel at the time?” und again the witness answered, “No,he was not.” At this ings the veneruble Judge Fleming, adjusting hiy spectactes, addressed ths witness thug: “ How Is it possible that rou were neither inside nor outside of the hotel, and xe Std gay that you were present atthe shoo! ‘ou surely must have been elther inside or oul side of it,—that is certain.” ‘The witness, with & twinkle in his eye anda knowing smile about the corners of his mouth, quietly replied: “ You see, Judge, I was seated on x four-lej stool, two legs of which wero Instde the door and two legs were resting on the pavement, so that I was neither-inside of the house nor outside of it, t The Judge, with a sigh of relict, settling himsel back in bis chair, said: “I see how it was pos: sible now, but Iwas greatly puzzied until For explained, Proceed with your questions, Lester.” » 3 Hatred of Jews In Boumania.. The bitterness of feeling against the Jews in Roumaaia Is-curiously shown In the story told o! Q murder at c place called Folticzay. A-Greek murdered a Jew there under the most disgrace: ful circumstances, with no excuse whatever 1° be pleaded for him. Nevertheless a jury acu ted the Greek, and ‘the rusian was. aftert™? verdict, paraded through the Jewish quatite amid gegcyal popular rejoicingr ar