Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 18, 1880, Page 6

6 Ae CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1880- MARINE NEWS. The Record of Storms and Disas- ters Continues Without Interruption. Coal-Laden Schooner Maria Martin Ashore on Beaver Island. Chicago Captains Fail to Assist the Crew of a Capsized Vessel. Serious Shipwrecks, with Loss of Life, on Lake Huron. A Gale at Buffalo Causes a Smash-Up Among Grain-Carriers. TNE RECENT GALES. The disastrous results of the southwest and northeast wales of the past week have only in a measure become known the public, Scarcely nu vessel bas arrived here withi the past twen- ty-four hours that docs not bear evidence of a severe struggle with the elements. This evi- dence consists principally of disordered deck- loads, broken light-spars, and demoralized can- yas. Thus every statement previously made of the violence of the wind and fearful weight of the seas is fully confirmed, and one naturally wonders that serious casualties were not more numerous. The southwest gale of Wednesday was felt here to an annoying extent, because of the vast quantities of dirt that were hurled through space. Of the gale from an easterly direction during Thursday night andthe greater portion of Friday Chicagoans knew very little, Decause this section appeurs to have been bare- Jy involved in the elemental disturbance. There was an abundance of rain, but the wind-force did not reach to this end of the lake. The storm uppears to have been central between the Manitons and Milwaukee. From the latter port w the islands the velocity of the wind could not hhave been leas than forty miles per hour on the swater, and, instead of rain, a blinding fall of slect and sow was experienced. Following so quickly r the southwest gale of Wednes- day this northeuster—for such it appears to have been toward the lower end of the lake—caused a heavy and dangerous cross-sea, that broke upon the decks of vessels almost incessantly while they remained within the limits of the storm centre, Capt. Clark. of the large schooner Eras- tus Corning, insists that the seas were the worst heever experienced. The waves lifted cheir crests fully four feet above the mizzen boom of his vessel, or to a bight of fully twenty-five fect above her loaded line. “I have seen the waves run fully as high as thison several occasions, once in 1863 particularly, during my experience as a navigator of the Jakes,” said Capt. Clark to Tue Tripunz reporter yesterday, “but then they were in long, regular nes, mov- {ug directly onward with the wind, whereas the seas of hursday night and Friduy were broken and crossed, and came tumbling upon the deck of the Corning from every imag- inable quarter. I am free to say that she shipped more water this iast time than in any previous gale." Capt. Clurk added that the sleet and snow congeuated upon tho suils and rig- ging, 50 thut it was extremely difficult to handie them. This may account for the joss of canvas noted elsewhere. Late Thursday afternoon Capt. Clark saw the schooner Maria Martin ashore near the bead of Beaver Islund. The stranded vessel luy headed Ww the northward in a bight or bay this side of the light, with her bow out at least three feet ‘upon the sandy bottom. She apparently had no water in ber hold, and was resting easy. Her position is Such that southwest, west, narth, or northeast winds cun do ro harm, but a south or southeast wind and sea might hurt her badly. Before the Corning arrived opposit the stranded craft the crew. were engaged in an_etfort*to kedge her off, but soon gave it up. The M: Martin is bound to this port, from Buffalo or Cieveland, with coal. Itis thought that she can be rescued without difficulty or serious damage. This disaster is supposed to have occurred dur- ing the southwest gule of Wednesday. ‘The Captain of the schooner Louise McDonald, which arrived here yesterday morning from Biunistee with lumber, made a decidedly sensa- onal report. He stuted that about 1U o'clock Friday forenoon, when fully fifty miles northeast of Milwaukee, his attenuon was attracted to a small lumber-laden fore-and- aft schooner with all her canvas stowed snugly except the foregafftopsail, which fluttered froin the masthead in ribbons. Upon her deck stood a man waving what appeared to be acoatusa signal of distress. ‘he McDonald bore up alongside ot the little craft with the view of rende assistance, but she carried her deck Jond intact and floated so high out of water as to appear all right. Therefore, although the man oh deck, who.was the only one in sight by tho wuy, sawed the air witb his hands and shouted to the McDonald, no attempt was made to hear what he bud to say, and the able vessel with her 2ble-bodied crew stood away for Chicago. No effort was made to discover the name of the vessel even. A later urrival was the schooner C. J. Roeder, whose Captain, John Botcher, reported that he passed 2 small vessel at 4 o'clock Friday after- noon, about twenty-five miles off Milwaukee, apparently waterlogged, and with only one mast Bourd, aig he was it the riselng waving = sipaat urd, and he was in the ing waving a sign: of some kind. The Roeder pussed the disabled craft ut a distance of halt a mile during a snow- storm. A brief cessation of the suowfall ena- bled Capt. Botehber to sce what he reported. He aude no effort to render assistance, he says, for the reason that he had all he could do to see the Roeder through safely. The little craft was 50 deep in the water that only her quarter rose above waves. When the man in the rigging saw that the Roeder would not heed his mute appeals he descended from his perch, only to reascend as if waiting for the approach of other craft, several of which were fn sight, about ten miles astern of the Roeder. The stories thus retuiled by the Captains of these vessels run like wildfire along the lumber market dock. cuusing much specula- lion xs to the name of the unfortunate craft, as well as criticisin of the conduct of the Captains Who permitted the crew, if all yet remained on , to continue what must have been a hope- Jess battle with the elements. A rumor soon Started the rounds to the effect that the vessel was the Kearsarge, bound from White Lake to Chicago with oak ties, but this was dis- proved later in the day by the arrival of the schooner G. Ellen, whose Captain reported that he bad left the Kearsarge barred in at White Lake harbor. With this contradiction guessi ceused, though the anxiety to glean additional tidings concerning the unfortunate craft con- Unued unebuted. A telegram to ‘Te TurBuNE, printed elsewhere, announces that the vessel in question was the Exchange, and that her crew were rescued by a propeller after having clung to her sides until relief ne yesterday morning. ‘The Captains of the Loulse McDonald and Roc- der will undoubtedly be pretty generally cen- sured for their desertion of. human beings in Buch dire distress. er : ‘The record of minor mishaps resulting from the gules is unusuatly large, as will be seen by the appended list, gleaued from the tieet which arrived bere Thursday night and yesterday: Schooner Erastus Corning — Centreboard sprung and two jibs carried away. * Schooner Sam Flint—Large anchor and thirty fathoms of chain gone. st in the Straits. Schooner Mystic—Maifisail used up. + Scow Marion Dixon—Sprung a bad leak. Schooner Flying Cloud—Flying-jib split. Schoover James C. King—Foresuil blown away and foregaff broken. Burge Brunette—Foresail ruined and other canvas damaged; foremast-head -sprang; large anchor and nine fathoms of ehain lost. Schooner One jib and mizzen split. thooner Mary Gregory—Jib blown away. Z chooner Jessie Hoyt—Fore-gaff-topsail blown way. . Schooner Lavinda—Foresail badly torn. Schooner Isabeli Sands—Flying-jib split. , Schooner Arendul—Cznvas damned. schooner Louise McDonald—Pilying-jib badly. torn. Schooner John M. Hutchinson —Jib-topsail Diown away; bobstavs carried away in the ice. Schooner L. M. Mason—One thousand cedar posts washed cif deck-load. re Scow Four Brothers—Part of deck-load of ties gone. Schooner J. Duvall—Foregaff broken. MISCELLANEOUS MISHAPS. In passing through Lake strect bridge yester- day morning the propeller Jay Gould carried uway-the jibboom, bowsprit, and a cathead of the schooner O. R. Johnson. ‘The schooner Kewaunce arrived here yester- day with her port-bow bulwarks, rail, stanchions, and anchor-stock broken. While entering Man- 4stee harboron Tuesday she struck the North Pier, with the above effect. As the schooner Erastus Corning was heing towed into the harbor yesterday, the crew at- tempted to hoist her disabled centreboard with tackle. A burton broke, and a block struck one of the men on nd shoulder and foot, injuring ae Ieee schooner Hunter Savidge wes tying in Grand Rivera few days since, x spurk trom a sawmill set fire toher foregaff-topsail and oer Laie Exile Wednesday the Northern Tran- sit propellerGranite State had ber gangways and Dulwarks- stove by heavy sens and a deck-load of feed ruined. ‘The orn in her holds also ve suffe: mage. eURe Roronte, Mail stutes that the schooners Baltic, Speedwell, and Twilizht lost canvas in a . Je on Lake Ontario. * the schooner H. J. Webb lost her 1a) end twenty-five eae oe cores in ke afew pcs cchoguer Fa. George: bad her stern anchor storm wrecked and mizzenboom by the propeller Dean Hichmond in the Straits, a week ago yesterday. ‘The propeller Nebraska had 2 hole knocked in her port bow while passing thraugh the ica in the Straits a week ago to-day. = At Amherstburg, on Friday, the barge Treat collided with a scow @d broke the latter up pretty badly,—sprung her planks, letting in con- siderabie water. One of her barges, the M.C. Cameron, is on the beach about three feet out. SUPPOSED TO NAVE [FOUNDERED. A Toronto dispatch of Friday says: ‘A large three-masted schoonerls supposed to have foun- dered opposit Port Credit late this afternoon.. She had ran within ten miles of Toronto, which port she was working for, but was compelled to run back, and go suddenly disappeared that it is feured she foundered. Her name was not as- certained, but every offort is beg made to find out particulars about ber.” A CREW RESCUED. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Luprxaton, Mich., April 17.—The, schooner Exchange cleared from Muskegon at 10 o'clock a.m. Thursday, with 23,000 feet of lumber, for, Sheboygan. She water-logged Friday morning. The crew stuck to her until this morning, when the propeller "Garden City took them off and brought them here. Capt. J. Monroe, J. Monroe, and John Kemp constituted the crew. The spars went out of the vessel and the crew clung to her sides for hours before being relieved by the pro-‘ eller. ‘They arrived here at 3:0 p.m. A Reavy snow-storm prevailed during the time they were aboard the wreok, and a yery bighsea was running. EDISASTERS ON LAKE TURON. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. AU SABLE, Mich., April 10, viu STANDISH, Mich., April 17.—A terrible gule is raging; wind north- east. The schooner Chriss Gryver went ashore at 9:30 last nightclose to the town. She lies torty rods from the shore, cach sea sweeping over her. Thig «fternoon hundreds of men were trying to save the crew. By way of experiment, they fired a cannon. two feet long, weighing 100 pounds, to throwaline over the vessel. The cannon exploded lengthwise in the centre, kill- ing John W. Glennie, and injuring John C. Gram and George A. Laud, but not seriously. Teams leftat noon for the Tawas life-saving station to gct assistance totake the crew off the'doomed vessel. E Glennie was a prominent man and Customs Collector. The town is shrouded in mourning over the awful visitation. The Grover is laden with stone, Frankfort, Mich., from Kelly's Island. ‘The schooner H. D. Itoot rin ashore this fore- noon at the Union steamboat dock nt Oscoda. She was scuttled by the Captain, and crew sa fe. The vrontes is anchored and holds out. The Athenian is in bad shape and damaged, tearing up the dock by the bow getting under. Special Dispatch to The Chicayo Tribune, Bay Crty, Mich., April 17.—The officers of the steamer Dove srteh arnived, to-day from Ta- was, report the following: The rehooner Chriss Grover, stone-laden, which went ashore south of Gram's Pier, Au Sable, Thursday night, broke in. two Friday. The sea was rolling terribly, and the crew, six men and one woman, the rigging. A small boat rescued three, but other attempts were fruitless. John W. Glennie, John Graves. and George Laud, lum- bermen, rigged an old cannon and attempted to shoot a life-line to the Grover, but the cannon burst, killing Glennie and injuring the others. Olficers of the Tawas Life-saving station arrived at6p. m., and at2a, m. to-day brought the re- maining ones safely ashore. The schoonenis said to be a total loss. The schooners Root and Athentan, barge Or- ontes, and others were scuttied at Au Sable on Friday to save being wrecked. It was one of the worst gales on record. - Shipments from this port for the week ending to-day: Lumber, 10,000,000; lath, 500,000; shin- Bles, 1,509,000; sult, 33,000, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Zribune. Oscopa, Mich., April 17.—The crew of the three-masted schooner Chriss Grover, ashore at Au Sable, were rescued at 1 o'clock this morn- ing by the Tawas life-saving crew in a tremen- dous sex. They had been exposed sixteen hours, huddled on the top of the cabin, clinging to the mizzenmast boom, the seas constantly breaking over them. The Grover is stone-laden, lies in five feet of water forty rods from shore, and is badly hogged if not broken in two. She nulls from Loraine. 0. ‘The crew could not have hung on much longer. All will recover. The schooner H. D. Root, scuttled in the storm, was raised and pumped out, and is ngain along- side of the lumber dock from which she broke bound to loose, not much injured. The barge Athenian, owned Hee the Oscoda Salt and Lumber Company, valued at $8,000, had her stern knocked off by pounding against the dock, her bulwarks broken and deck stove in by falling lumber piles. She sunkin nine feet of water, a total wreck. ‘ — THE GALE AT BUFFALO. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.* Burrato, N. ¥., April 17.—The wind blew ata terrific rate down the lake early this morning, and several vessels coming into this port had a rough experience. The direction of the wind was from the southwest, and the greatest veloc ity reached aras nearly forty miles an hour. ‘The schooner New Dominion was the first ves- sel toset the example of running into danger. She was caught out in the storm, and while try- ing to enter the harbor, at 3 o'clock, ran into the south end of the old breakwater. The tug Ash tried to get a line to her before she struck the pier, but the vessel drifted faster than the tug could steum, and ina few *uinutes after striking she filled with water and sank, Subsequently the tugs Dorr and Ash got abawserto the vessel, with the assistance of Capt. Williums,.of the life-saving crew, who at great risk got to the boat. The tugs, however, were unable to do anything, and operations wera suspended until the wind goes down, It isfeared that she will go to pieces, ag lute efforts to re- move ber bayve failed, The vessel is light. About half-pust 6 o’clock the schooner Save- Jand arrived ut the mouth of the river, and the tug Griffin went out to meet her. ‘The 'tug.was unuble to get hold of the vessel's head-line, and the Saveland, while paying off in order to avoid running into the schooner Ellen Spry, moored to the dock, became unmanageable. and ran bow foremost into the Delaware & Lackawanna’s coal dock on the Government pier. Over forty feet o fthe trestle-work, or about five shutes, were knocked to pieces, and: the schooner lost her bohstays and did some damage to her bow- sprit. ‘The schooner Minnie Slaugon, while coming in about the same time, also failed to get her linc tothe tug Orient. The tug threw her line to the vessel and tried to stop her, but the vessel was too much under the control of the wind, and be- fore she could be*brought up rin into the schooner C. C. Burnes, lying outside of the schooners Rutter and John Burt at the coal docks. The Barnes’ jibboom and ekthead were carried away, and the Slauson broke her jib’ poem and bowsprit, and had her head-gear car- away. The schooners Guido, Pfister and J. I. Case rounded while coming in outside of the stone lighthouse, and were. pulled off by tugs. Capt. Cunningham, of the schooner Miami Belle, which left this port yesterdny morning, States that when the vessel was seven or eight miles up the lake a man named Epbriaum ‘Tromblay fell overboard and was drowned. He was enguged in inaking the smuill boat fast to davits when the ring-bolt gave way, letting the down and throwing him backward into the water. Arrivals—PropellerChaunecey Hulbert.schooner W, Hf, Oudes, urain. Toledo; propeller Alcona, schooners John Kelderhouse, 8. V. 2. Watson, .J. Webb, grain, Chieugo; schooners George G. Honghton, Guido Ptister, J. L Case, grein, Milwaukee. Clenrances—Propellers James Davidson, coal; Alcona, C. Hurlburt: schooners Golden West, John Kelderhouse; barges Nilson, coal; J.H. Rutter. Chicago; schooners W. H. Oades, De- troit; H. J. Webb, Mayville. F DETLOIT. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Derrort, Mich., April 17.—Capt. C. K. Dixon, long and favorably known all along the lukes, died in the hospital here this morning. He suf- Yered amputation of one of his legs some time azo, which resulted in his death. He was about Gyearsofage. * ‘The Northern Transportatioa propeller Nashua is hard aground at Southeast Bend, St. Clair River, and report has it that she must be dredged off. She left bere last night for Chicago with a full cargo and Jarge list of passengers, The Canada wrecking tug Prince Alfred has gone to her. The tug Oswero takes the disabled schooner d the D. E. Builey through to Buffalo. jey got an anchor bere to-di The propeller Antelope, which. xrrived here last night..was leaking considerably. Protest was entered this moruing, and then she Icft for Buffalo. She was towing the schooners Empire Stateand William Crossthwaite. The latter was Jexking, and noted protest, and the former had* broken her windlass. The schooner C. K. Nims passed down this foreno:m with her maintopmast gone. Of the feet that Bassod down: to-day, the big schooner Richard Winslow was minus a foretop- tofa jibboum, and one anchor, the ley two anchors, and the San Diego one anchor. ‘The schooner George H, Warmington had no mainsail, her foresail was in tatters, and one topsail was zone. ‘The steam-burge Araxes was hailed to-day off Bar Point, Lake Erie. with her rudder gone. ‘The schooner Donaldson passed down to-day with her canvas under‘her bow. CHERBOYGAN. Special Dinpttch to The Chicago Tribune. CneEnorGan, Mich., April 17.—The schooner { Dobbins lost her mainboom and has sustained other dumuges. The Captain hasa leg broken. ‘The Mate takes charge of the schooner.. ~ But little,can be saved from the Hattie Johnston. Her fore, main, and mizzen sails are gone, The stern and pnrt of one side to'the forward riggivg are gone, and most of the coal washed away during yesterday’s gale from the jorthenst. me schooner Groton lost all of her head- sails, and was towed down by the tug Winslow. ‘Wind west to-day, moderato; weather fine.- . -OSWEGO.. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Oswrao, N. Y., April 17.—The schooner Great Western, lumber-laden,' which left Port Hope on Thursday night, encountered a severe gale, and, after trying to inake ‘various other ports, ran in bere to-day. She was repeatedly boarded by heavy seas, which swept awoy her yawl and part of her deck-load. She lost her foresail, and hus two fect of waterin her hole. The sebooner Cortez will leave for Milwaukee soon as storm subsides, with 300 tons of coal at 1 per ton. Z ze Sihe schooner David Andrews is going to feces, Pitne tug Morey has released the schooner Norris; ice-laden, ashore atSodus Point: © ~ Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago, Tribune. MiItwavkep, Aprii17.—The tug J: J: Hager- man returned this evening from an ineffectual search fora schooner reported to have been secnin a dismasted condition outside. The tug went below Racine, and ten to twelve miles off shore. : : : The tug Dick Davis has been raised and docked for repairs. 5 tye 33 The Schooner Truman Moss is in dry-dock stopping a leak. ‘The schooner George W. Davis arrived from below to-day, and the schooners Myosotis and Narragansett departed for Butfalo. Ea * .. MANITOWOC, Spiotal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Manrrowoc, Wis., April 17.—The steam-bargo Daisy Day, built for Jacobs & Guyles, of this city, was luunched from the yard of Hanson & Scove this afternoon. She isa very neat little craft, intended for the Manistee and Muskegon lumber trade. : : f The schooner Willnm Jones is still ashore at Horn’s Pier, waiting for Sturgeon Bay tugs to gether off. She is not much injured. ESCANABA. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Escanana, Mich., April 17.—Our harbor iscom- paratively free from ice to-day, and schooners have no dificulty in taking the berths at the docks with the assistunce of the tug Drake, which arrived to-day. z Arrived—Propelicr Nelly, schooners Warner, McGregor, Wells, C. P. Minch, Sophia Mingh. ALPENA. . Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. ALPENA, Mich., April 1%—The gale yesterday” and last- night, from the northeast, was one of the severest of tne season, the velocity of the wind in port being nearly forty miles per hour. About six inches of snow fell. Cleared from the river or bay to-day—Schoon- ers Sawyer, North Cape; tugs Torrent and Mast- ers; steamer Pearl. In port now—Steam-barges Westford and Ben- ton; schooners Montana, Seaman, and Rice; steamer Metropolis. ‘Wind—Southeast, light. i) ‘VESSELS PASSED PORT HURON. Port Huron, April 17.—Up—Propeliers Canis- teo, Granite State; steamers Keweenaw, Porter, Chamberlin and consort, Vienna and consort, Tempest and barges, Havana and consort, and barge Minnehaha; schooners Wabash, C. H. Johnson, June Bell, C. J. Magill, Porter, Lafrin- ier, Mineral State. Down—Schooners ‘rinidud, Reuben Doud, James Platt, J. Maria, J. Scott. Wind—Northwest; light. ‘Weuather—Fine. . Porr Huros, April 17—10 p. m.—Up—Propeller Wales and consort; schr Cleveland. Wind—Northeast; light. Weather fine. PASSED DETROIT. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Derroit, Mich., April 17.—Passed Up—Steam- barge Salina and barges; schooners Snowdrop; Surprise. ; Passed Down—Steam-barge Ira H. Owen and consort Enterprise; schooners Red Wing, D. E. Bailey, Charles K.. Nims, Naiad,- Donaldson, Angus Smith, T. W. Ferry, A. M. Péterson, Trinidad, J. W. Doane, L. Hanna. C.C. Trumpf,, Lem Ellsworth, J. Maria Scott, San Diego, Ric! ard Winslow, Lottie Wolf, Kate Darley, G. H. Warmington, Reuben Doud, James Plutt, Mary E. Perew, Ada Medora, Methina, Ostritch. Cleared—Unadilla, Sunrise, D. B. Bailey. ; CLEVELAND. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, CLEVELAND, O., April 17.—The vessels wind- bound yesterday got away this morning. Charter—Schooner John T. Mott, coal, Ash- tabula to Escanaba, 75 cents free, ERIE CANAL. ALBANY, N. Y., April 17.—boats to-day started westward on the canal. z ST. CATHARINES. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Br. CATHARINES, Ont., April 17.—There is quite a stir among the craft that have Wintered here, workmen: being busy- painting, “ upholstering, plumbing, etc., toan extent that has not been observable for the past three, years. Above Lock 3 are the propellers Ocean, Capt. A. Me- Naugh, Europe, Capt. J. Clifford, and Dominion, Capt. R. McNaugh. They will be ready to sail in a few days. On the level above Lock 2 - the propeller Persia, Cupt. Cav- ers, which expects to ‘sail Tuesday next for Kingston. Also Propeller Scotia, Capt. Scott, aud steam-barge Lincoin, Capt. Duneanson, and Clinton, Capt. Mandesley. The propeller Prussia, Capt. Zealand, leaves ‘Tues- day for Chicago. _The propeller. City of St. Catharines, Capt. James McMaugh, is on the dry-dock; very extensive repairs are being made to her, the most important of which are new arches, which will greutly strengthen the sides, The propeller Argyle, Capt. McLaughlin, hus also been put in good condition and is about ready to sail. All the vessels have been pooled logether under the name of the Merchants’ Line, to ply between Montreal and Chicago. and in addition will be reinforced by several other Prspetiere The schooners T. R. Merritt, Jnines i. Benson, G. M. Necion, Augusta, and Cunnda ars. also being fitted up,principally for the grain rade. — - GRAIN AND COARSE FREIGHTS, Grain freights have declined to 4 cents on corn and 4%4 cents on wheat to Buffalo. The charters reported yesterday were: Schooner S. H. Foster arid steam-barge Edwards, corn at 4 cents; propeller Wissahickon, wheat to Erie on through rate; propeller, Buffalo, wheat to Buf- Talo ut 4% and corn at4 cents; schooner P, B. Locke, corn to Oswego at-744 cents. Coarse freight engagements are as follow: Schooner J. F. Tracy, dry lumber, from Mic! gan City to Chicago, at $1.37% per 1,000 fect; schooner Lookout, cedar ties, from Little Stur- con Bay to Kenosha, at 614 cents npiece; scow Green Bay, cedar posts, from Sturgeon Bay to Chicago, at4 and 5 cents apiece; schooner Pe- ori, dry hemlock ties, from Muskegon to Chi- cago, at 6% cents apiece; schooner Bessie Boalt, wood and bark, from Sturgeon Bay to Chicago, ut $2.74 per cord; schooner Winnie Wing, wood, from Pentwater to Chicao, at $2.25 per cord; scow W. H. Dunham, dry lumber, from Frank- fort to Chicago, dt $1.50; schooner Two Brothers, cedar ties, from Ellison’s Bay to: Chicago, at 7 cenis, posts at 5 cents; schooner H.C. Winslow, cedar ties, from Rossa Point, Green Bay, to Ke- nosha, at 6% cents. LOST SSELS, The schooner Hattie Johnston, reported a total loss on Grosse Island Reef, in the Striits, was built at Port Huron by Fitzgerald’ in 1867. Her measurement wus 113 tons, rating A2, and valu- ation $15.00. The insurance upon her hull amounted to $12,000.. Her owners were W. and D. D. Prouoty and S. L. Watson, of Buffalo. : The sAnnie.Thorine, which has become 2-total Joss at Alaska Pier,on the west shore of Lake Michigan, was built at Munitowoe by Torenson in 1855, and rebuilt in 1873. Soe measured $9 tone burdn, ried Bl, and was worth probably -$3,000. She hailed from Manitowoe,.and was owned there, as stated in Tux -Ti iS owned 2 re in ‘RIBUNE Of PORT JOTTINGS. sy ¥ Nine cargoes of lumber were on the market yesterday. : {the Custom-House yesterdiy record was made of the sale of one-half of the tug F.S. Butler by E. Van Dalson to Conrad Van Dalson Lor $3,000, : = Peter Johnson commands th x Bree ri 6 schooner Beloit, Cupt. Clark, of the schooner Erastus ‘ning, reports thnt he passed ice in the Straits that was grounded iu seventy-five fect of water. The ice Pepe ora gate Point was in places twenty-five ‘eet high. -Vessels which arrived here yesterday. report that the stenm-burges ‘Tempest. Swallow, and Snook will unite in dredging 2 channel ten feet doep between the White Luke harbor piers. A telegram received yesterday by Mr. Joseph, from Horn's Picr, statés that the schooner Will- iam Jones is not hurt, and‘has but little water in her. Her deck-load is being shifted upon the schooner.Mary Nau, and an effort will be made ‘w get her off withont the assistance of a tug. Reports from Sturgeon Bay represent that the saw-mills are unable to start up for wantof logs. ‘The sume report comes trom Muskegon,, where dredging is being done to let the logs down, but ‘the channel fills up as fast us it is cut. ‘The schooner Sam Flint, Capt. John Perew, cwus the first suil vessel to urrive from: Buffalo this season, : ‘The. tugs Louie Dole, F. S. Butler, and- Triad are in com ion. Bee, oo The steam-barge Hilton refuses to lift from the bottom of the little lake at Manistee. Bo vessel Captains report. ‘Three tugs failed in an effort to tow the schooner JamesC. King to the coal dock in Magazine slip yesterday. Theyleft her hard aground. By reference to the port list it will be seen aa quite 8 fleet of lower-lakers arrived yester~ > ———_ AROUND THE LAKES. ‘The steam-bargp Van Allen has a contract for carrying several million feet of deals from Aah- land, Lake Superior, to Quebec. The propeller Empire State is in dry dock at Buffalo for repairs. to her keel, the Vanderbilt for répairs to her. stern bearings, and the tug Niagara to have her wheel tightened. Afinal decree has been enteréd by Judge Withey in the District Court at Grand Rapidsin the case of the Chicago. Lumbering Company against the steamer John A. Dix, assessing the, value of the briz Express, etc., sunk by colli- sion with the steamar, at $3,269. Annie Rbbinson is the name of the new tug just launched at Toledo. , ‘The steam-pump carried by the.tug Welcome —a Worthington—would not work in the wet corn of the schooner Ida Keith. Au effort was made to sceur ti Manistee, but none could be badge eee ‘i ‘ne Springweils Dry-Dock Company have li- beled the schooner Simin ¢, Huteninson for a claim of $500, arising out of the repair of dam- ares sustained by the schooner while ashore at Sand Beach last full... The owners claim that the ship-carpenters ‘overlooked several bolt-hole: in consequence of which the vessel wet seve! hundred bushels of ‘grain held in storage at De- troitduring the winter. They therefore refuse to pay the claim, and have bonded the schooner. At Cleveland, ‘Thursday, Union: snilors rided tha sehooners Escanabu and Oneida, and forced “scab” crews to quit work. ‘The steam-barge sf. Groh is having her boiler repaired at Muskegon. - g ‘he Toronto Globe says: ** Presque Isle cap- tains complain that 'the wreck of the schooner Trentun obstructs the entrance to their harbor and is not properly buoyed out. Her decks have | floated, and her cargo: of stone can bo seen. Authorities say it would be easy to throw it out, and she would at once float.” PORT LIST. eo ARRIVALS, © Stmr Muskegon, Muskegon, sundries, Prop W. L. Wetmore, Cleveland, coal. Prop Buffulo, Buffalo, sundries. Prop Jay Gould, Buffdlo, sundries. Prop Wissahickon, Erie, sundries. Prop B. W. Blanchard, Buifalo, sundries, Prop Messenger, St. eph, sundries,” * Prop Roanoke, ny City, sult. : Schr L. McDonald, Manistee, lumber. Schr Sam Flint, Buffalo, coal. Schr M. E. Cook, Hamlin, lumber. | Sebr Jesso Hoyt: Sturgeon Tay, cedar posta, Schr Marian’ Dixon, Grand Haven, Schr B. Boalt, Northport, woud. ‘nr S, Bates, Pentwater, lumber. chr Mystic, Manistee, lumber. * ir J. Duvall, Kewaunee, lumber. Schr M. A. Gregory, Benver Island, fish. Sehr Beloit, Kewaunee, bark. : Schr Whité Cloud, Sturgeon Bay, lumber. Schr South Side, Stoney Creek, railroad ties, Schr Oconto, Ashtabula, coal. Sehr C.J. Roeder, Empire Pier, wood. Schr Our Son, Erie, coal. Sehr E. Corning, Buffalo, con. Schr Windsor, Manistee, lumber. Schr L. M. Mason, Jacksonport, cedar posta. Schr Capella, Muskegon, lumber. Sehr Thomas A. Scott, Eric, coal. Schr P. P, Locke, Alpena, railroad ties. Schr City of Shebuyyan, Traverse Bay, railroad ties. Schr George L. Wrenn, Sturgeon Bay, wood, Schr Reed Case, Cleveland, cont. Schr gronsides, Traverse Bay, wood. Senr M. It. Bacon, Buffalo, coal. Schr Golden Fleece, Buifalo, cont. Sehr G, Ellen, White Lake, railroad ties, Schr H. A, Kent, Buffalo, coal. Sehr John B. wilbor, Cleveland, coal. Schr J. Mullin, Horn’s Pier, railroad ties. Schr Stafford, Alpena, lumber. Sehr J. Lind, Muskegon, wood. Schr J. M. Hutchinsor., Buffalo, coal. Schr A. Muir, Kingston, light. Schr M. E. Packard, Packard's Pier, lumber, CLEARANCES. - Tug J. H. Hackley, Mackinac, Schr Magnolia, Ludington. Schr J. Parker, Muskegon, Prop Truder, Muskegon. Schr C. J. Roeder, Manistee. Schr L, A. Burton, Manistee. Sehr W. Loutil, Manistee. Schr Sardinia, Montugue. Schr Carrier, Montague. Schr Melton, Montague. Sebr City of Grand Haven, Grand Haves. Schr Wolverine, Grand Haven. Sehr S. Bates, Pentwater. Schr South Side, Portage Pier. | Schr Beloit, Alaéka. Schr Perry Hannah, Jacksonport. Sehr J. Hoyt, Green Bay, : Schr William Sturgis, Sturgeon Bay, Scbr Gen. Worth, Flat Creek. Schr J. & A. Stronach, Abnapes. Schr E. P. Royce, Little Cedar River. Schr Lavinda, Hamlin. Schr J. B. Merrill, Traverse City. , Schr B. Boalt, Cross Village. Schr Topsey, Muskegon. 7 Schr J. F. Tracey, White Lake. = Schr F. Lester, Manistee. Schr Mystic, Manistee. Prop Charles Rietz, Manistee. Schr J. Duvall, Kewaunee. Schr Rosa Belle, Grand Haven. Schr Ida, Manistee. Schr Cecilia, Manistee. 7 Schr Two Brothers, Alice Bay. ‘ Schr Ataunto, Grand Haven. . Schr W. Wing, Pentwater, * Schr Newsboy, Green Bay, 50 bu oats and sun- dries, Schr Resumption, Ford River, 20 bris beef-and sundrie: 8. 8chr Nabob, Buffalo, 20,354 bu corn. Sehr Ironton, Buffalo, 50,000 bu corn. Prop Russia, Buffalo, 38,000 bu corn, 16,000 bu swheat. Schr Arqonant, Buffalo, 56,500 bu corn. Schr F. B.. Stockbridge, Collingwood, 17,020 bu rn. C01 MARRIAGE LICENSES. ‘The Record for the Week Which Has Sust Closed. A goodly number of men seeking licenses to marry wereaccommodated by Clerk Lund- burg last week,—the number reaching 123, The nuinber averaged about the same each day, with the exception of Friday, when only eight licenses were issued. One couple came all the way from the Pacific Coast to be joined in wedlock in Chicago, and several people from the surrounding States got their certificates here. One young man of 2 is among the licensed, and two girls of 17, In five cases the man was unable to write his name, and in a dozen other cases no one but the writer could tell what the name was.. The bride in one case was more than twice the age of the bridegroom,—her age being 55 and his 26. The record is as follows: MONDAY. Name. Age. Residence. § John Brankey, Jr.. . Lemont, HL. VEva Ulrich sae emont, Til. 4 Charles P. Ra; Libertyville, DL Jennie M. Scott. Bloom, Hl. -50 Norton. {award Wats, Kate Byrnes. Peter Fos { Caroline Strom. J David B. Jones, (Mary Tah. 4 Gonna Setieuicel. J Centre av. b 23 West Huron, 1123 West Huron. 7 South Water. -Chieago. ‘Chicago. Chicano. . ? 211 Portland av. 1s Bo cieedcld. Katie Burger. George Lowe { Annie Harpe! § William Te Freder'ka Langho! Frank Fran; { Antonia Kyiu (Sings ‘T. Hannah. Maggie MeEntee. James J. MeLaugiin. { Margaret Pow {ees te nZIe.BD. 36. Annie.B. Carnes Mathius N Deerticld, Tl. Des Moines, Ta. . 43 South Ashland av. 233 North Ashland av. qanton Wihasek Sozefa Hissmunn. 4 Jobn Shannahan Christina Brennan. .28 { Willian, Hart, Loui Smit 4 James E. Seurin; Mary L. Simpson § Paulus Malsch.. ( Barbara Schweiger..32. J aAndrew Patterson { Louisa Tedburg. 4§ Peter Zeier. { Lena Rundler. Jj Martin Caldwell. 1 Sustin J. Ricke: ‘Twenty-third, 387 Twenty-third, 113 Barber. * 219 Milwuukee-av, 23 We ie. mS, Adit { Mayzie Fay. 4 Frunk Murphy Muggie Brown ke, it. ..138 North Lincoln, 275 Fifth-av. He Burgeson....3L....Grand Crossing, 21, Jennie Hansen. 20....-South Chicago, see a Neary nna patrick: O'Donnell..21. Julius A, Kiester....25....Proviso, IIL } Lena D. Seegers.....20.... Proviso, UL. Eugene 8. Hravey. TChicago. j Jennie A, Ford. 21....Riverside, Il. Adolph R, Muni -Chicago. 4 Siinnie 2 erle.. 7180 Orchard. Charles H. Pete! ‘St. Paul, Minn, M. L. Glassbrook., ‘Chicago. Fritz Lesch. hicago. Lena Wiale....- Chicago. yonsville, UL Wiliam Wilson’ Yonsville, Il. Agnes Harrison. William H. Parsons. Indiana avenue. Delia E. Russell.....23... Baldwinsville, N. Y. WEDNESDAY. Porter J. Mellen.....2t Nancy A. Whitney..2: George Schreter. Mrs. Schmaddebt Gustav Wick. Bertha Heft William H. Lahmans6. Henrietta S. Arnes.22. Churles M. Winter. .29. Lula Emerhart. Wm. H. Jamieson. Mrs. Sarah A. Smith.41. | Luke Keane.. 500 Paulina. ¥ ‘Hoboken, N. Je } Pauline S. Rudolphy20....Chicago. Herman Pacth.......2% Chicago. Johanon Hupner....20....Chicago, Eddie Finley.. 21....92 School. '18....$2 School. - Lafayette, Ind. 438 Wabash av. Leonora ‘Totten. Mathew Lemon. Maggie EB. Kelley. | j Thoinnas Scott... | 8... 20, Mary A. Baue: A. Erwin King. Mrs. Mary E. Cs Jumes McMahon. SER es +e Chicigo, isiais igi ...-Chicago. - Blt Aberdeen. 25....400 Mason. 23....14 Nixon. 22,...170 Washtenaw av. THURSDAY. § John E. Nordstrom, .27. {Lena Johnson... 30. Adelina S, Burke Gunnerius A. Satre 239 Milwaukee av. Mathea Olsen... {6 Hubba JosephM.P.Fuernier23,...Chicago. | MarioS. B. Morrisset.2....Chicago. $Jeno N. lepatopsea et 145 West Erie, { Elsie Pedersen.......2 § Evgene L. Crawf t Minnie J. Crooks. J Frunklin’ J, BGll 2Orland, Mi. { Katie Moller.. icago. } Eugene H. W: 643 Hubbard. Td E, Beaubiet 287 Carroll av. j Mathias Zellmai fond du Lae, Wis. Anna Hettwer.. ond du Lac, Wis, 5 "230 Desplaines, -230 Desplaines. Alport. 31 West Randolph. Bal West Xandelph, 33. 33. 30. ‘Augusta Kohlmaier. Frank Lubareki.....30. { Antonie Tgnowsica..23. $ George H. Gilbert...23. 1 Clara Ehlers Peter Kuhn 844 Twenty-second. 86 Archer. .267 West Twentieth, Mary Ann Glandey. :J Michael Maloney. j | | | Robert G. Wier Mrs. P. Schwa1 228. C. Frederick Brown,28. Katie McNamara. C.H. Gerringer. Etta Lyods. \} Daniel Sulli (VENen Kearns. St....47 North Green. Charles E. Bhlert....27.... Chicago. Katie Gegenheimer.22....Chicago. Charles S.May.......26...:Albany, N. Ye Augusta G.Foreman2 Chicago. James R. Ward. Dominick Winandi. .: y ‘atherina Wilgens.27 iam Patel 7 Louisa Binn: James R. Duity Helen N. Tucker....17.. David Loscher....-..22 { | | | Hamleoinson. | re Grand Crossing, Tl. 34....Grand Crossing ae 39 Burlington, 28 Kansas. Chicago. <a SHELDON STREET. To the Editor of The Chicago-Tribune, Cincaco, April 17.—I see by Tre TrmecNe that among the list of streets to be paved or repaved the coming summer is Sheldon street, which comes under the latter head, being already paved. Now, asa property- owner on Sheldon street, I wish to say a fe’ words in protest against such a proceeding. The owners of property on Sheldon street having been once compelled to pay for pay- ing that thoroughfare, and the condition of the street not being any worse -than man: other paved streets in much greater use, an there being-no other paved street between it and Sanguinon street on the east, and none west of it (except AshJand avenue, which is macadamized' as far north as Lake street), why would it not bea much better idea pave some stréet at present unpaved, thus giving an additional paved thoroughfare, and let Sheldon street people off for another year or so? Property-OwxER. —<$<——— A Picturesque Tale. London Medical Record, The Berlin Gegemwart of Nov. 15, 1879, contains R report of some experiments made by Dunst- mitier to test the accuracy of Jiger’s theory, that the soul of every man and unimal is to be sought for in the characteristic odor exhaled in each ease. Dunstmaier, who unites in his own Person the physiologist and metaphysician, was, until these. experiments convinced him of his ¢rror, an outspoken opponent of Jiiger’s views. Ho is now, however, an enthusinstic convert. Dunstmaier’s method was no doubt sug; to him by his fumilinrity with experimental science. He considered that light and the soul—if' the soul is an odor—are both radiated, and that light can be, as it Were, collected and fixed by a photographic Plute coated with iodide of silver. What body, how. js as sensitive to odors us iodide of silver isto lightt Evidently the nerves of smell in a dog: In the centre of the laboratory a cage containing twenty hares was placed, and a dog wns aduitted to the room, fe at once ‘mace violent efforts to get at the hares, which, of course, in their terror, rushed to and fro in the cuge. After two hours of this torture the dog was killed, the nerves of smeli_and the mucous membrane of the nose removed, and rubbed up in @ mortar with glycerine and water. Tho twenty hares had been exhaling their souls for two hours, and the dog, during all his panting And snilling, inbaling them for the same length of time. ‘he glycerine might be expected, thon, to contain a certain quintity of-the soul of the hare, the main characteristic of which 4s, of course, timidity. That ‘this was the fact the ‘following experiments seemed to Prove. Afew drops of ‘the extract were ad- tninistered toa cat; she ran away mice instead of pouncing upon subcutaneous injection of ‘only, metresa largo two. cabi py ne ic centi-. mast was rendered 30 cowardly TWENTY PAGES. tune away from the cat. Bya similar caper nent in wi however, a young lion in a menagerie played the part of the hares Dunstmaier succeeded in iso! the i- substance of courage and in transmitting it to other animals. Still more inte: experi- nta showed Clearly that these “ psychotyplc glycerine extracts had a decidediet fect on the human species. Thus, after swallowing a small dose of psychotypic timidity, Dunstmaicr had not the courage to believe in his own great dis- covery. This effect coon passed off, however, ILLINOIS POLITICS. Why Chicago Should Have the Audit- orship—Candidates .for County and The suring fi ins in Republican The now going on circles ae ie State is not confined to the working up of sentiment for either Blaine, Washburne, or Grant. There is a legion of candidates for the six State offices to be va- cated on the first Monday in December, and they and their friends are working with the energy of beavers to secure trades on any and everything that will. further their indi- vidual chances. Nearly all of the candidates have honored ‘this county with their pres- ence, and nearly every one has secured a promise of something,-from.two delegates up toa ward. . z Ws Generally speaking, Cook County is elimi nated from the calculations of the candidates, and their efforts are mostly .concentrated upon securing a -majority among the dele- gates coming from the other 101 counties. Our Democratic brethren, who have no partieular hopes of carrying the State, are not doing much figuring. Once in awhile there is encountered one of the candidates but he has little to say except _on the subjec of Republican politics, and that only to. xet an expression on the Presidential question. ‘The following is a COMPLETE LIST OF THE CANDIDATES on both sides, asfar as heard from, though it is fair to state that"Mr. Seipp, who is men- tioned among the Democrats as a candidate for State Treasurer, has not announced him- self. He is,however,the choice of the “Young Democracy,” an organization largely pré- sided over by Hans Harting: Republican, Governor......9. M. Callom, ‘William Brown, jB. Ney, John H. Oberly, Laer, Gane betion Ce 8! lohn 5 Tark E. Corn ‘B. Truesdall. Clarl Col. Rinaker. Br ernor..Senator Hamilton, Gen. Southworth, wr 1 Benator Buykendall,Gen, Herdman. udge Bell, WEA Jamés, Becy of Btate-.Goorge it Harlow, B. Kramer, 7 Ma}. Reece,” Bok. Durfee. Senator Dement, larper, ‘Albert Leiber, Emil Dietzsch, ‘Treasurer. eW: Stet laugh: ry, ‘T. Butterworth, wR, We MeClaughry, Hawird Gute” —""Piekers, = Wal , W.c. Saipp. Atv'y-General.A.C.Matthews, E. i James Shaw, Eugene Cantield, a rifccurtney, Henry Wells, Auditor Thomas Needies, 1. Starkel. ssseeectnginas Needle It would seem to a layman that the present would be a good time for the Republicans of Cook County to insist upon the State Au- ditorship being given to this sity. This county pays almost one-hulfof the State ti and contributes much more to the Schoo Fund of the State than it receives therefrom. Cook County has no candidate for any office, ‘for the most unprejudiced looker-on cannot at present see any force to the candidacy of the gentleman who has been named for At- torney-General. Gen. John C, Smith was nominated and elected State Treasurer two years ago from Jo Daviess County, and, al- though he tor awhile lived here, cannot be credited to this city. THE STATE AUDITOR is ex-officio Chairman of the State Board of Equalization, to which the Counties of Coo! Du P: and Lake, constituting the firs three Congressional deni ag three representatives. Any measure introduced by these gentlemen looking towards relieving this county from the unequal burden of State taxation, under which 1t has for so many years patiently groaned, has always been summarily sat down on by the sixteen county members of the Board. The rural districts are not satisfied with this preponderance. They have always insisted on ‘“hog- ging” the Auditorship, and always t it, because the Cook County Selegation was so utterly lacking in sense as to besplit upby personal preferences for other candidates, in whom the county as a whole had not an interest with the vested right ina lost nickel, Chicago is the headquarters of the railroad business of the State. Here are to be met every day the managers of the roads which gridiron it, and from here radiate more miles of road, properly lying within the Sta than from Pane aot er point rithi its boundaries. It would seem to any but the professional politician that for this reason a Chicago man-should be elected to preside over the Board of Equali- zation, whose duty it is, under the law, to assess the value of the railroads within the State limits, and apportion the tax levied thereon among the counties through which ey run. There is still another and more cogent rea- son. The entire insurance business, fire and life-—a few Farmers’ Mutual Companies ex- cepted,—done in this State has its origin here. In this city. are to be found the attorneys of the companies. Here is first brought to light any weakness or fraudulent management. WithaChicago man at the head of the office, and the Auditor is ex-officio the Insurance Commissioner, it would be impossible, wers he to attend to his business, for wild-cat companies to run riot, as they did in yesrs which have hardly got cold. It is hardly likely that, with a hicago Auditor, the scandals connected with the winding-up of some disreputable companies two years or so ago would have occurred, First-class legal talent would have been employed to prose- eute the delinquent officials, and .no attempts would have been made to screen them. Chicago has a vital interest in having the best of insurance, for she has suffered grievously in the past, and for this reason, if for no other, to Cook County should be given the Auditorship; and for this reason the Cook County delegates to Springfield should solidly and unwaveringly demand it. COUNTY POLITICS. There is not much doing in local_politics, ‘The offices of Sheriff, Goroner, Recorder, State’s Attorney, and Cireuit Court Clerk expire this fall. John Hoffmann, the pres- ent Sheriff, is not a candidate for reélection.- Gen. O. L. Mann has been named as willing to accept the place. Charles H. Harris, bet- ter known as “Carl Pretzel,” is ambitious to fill the vacancy in the Coroner’s office. Recorder Brockway is a candidate for re- nomination, and Ed Filkins, the Clerk of the County Board, is giving him a hard race for the prize. Luther Laflin Mills is in favor of & second term, and it is presumable that Jacob Gross, like U. §, Grant, would not object to athird term, ‘There lis some talk of legisla- tive candidates. Robert Bruce, Democrat, is mentioned trom the First. Only three Sena- torial aspirants have been named,—Sol Hop eins sony the Second, andl qitomas arker is Mamer in the Fourth,—\ : Besh and Riddle retiring by linutation none ride CONGRESS, ere igmore animation.in the’ C sional race. Mr, William Aldrich, the: pres. ent incumbent, is mentioned for:a third form. ane oer candidates. are Trus Coy, mer Tay! x an DN Bh, : i lor, John R. Hoxie, in the Second District the candida! George R. Dayis, Present henmbert ae ‘arin Bort: and Vi alltam Be Mason. The ‘as a member of the last Assembly trom the Fifth District ek E, ems to be a marked scarcit - aidates in ne wee istrict, the Bee ‘one paul be jarber, the. present in- OHIO OR OIHO? To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cuicaco, April 17.—I see the city has been putting on new lamps on the lamp-posts corner of Ohio and Clark, On the Clark street side of the lamp it is correct, but on the Ohio street side it reads “Otho.” Has the Administration changed our streetnames, or did the fellow who marked the lamp stop and take a drink at each corner before reach- ing our street ? Onir Street. —————— Why the Chinéxe Do Not Become “asieioastae Naturalized. inds of reasons have been bi : Talla windante™ an te bce alleged ‘are “muntfestly Gbsusa tae eae probably the real one eapane | @eteecy ne is that the following un- injustice? It certainly cannot: -¥orit regiments peri be made * shall be confiscated, and their wives on © great office State. . . + -grandpare yc brothers and : .. The parents, grandchildren of parents, whther habitually living with thot unde same roof or not, shall be perpetually bangs to the distance of 2,000 leagues. All purposely conceal or connive at this ertae strangled. Those who inform against. inals of this class shall bo rewarded sine whole of their property. . . . If tl the contrived but not executed, the prinehecrime is be strangled and the accessori Tr3 to blows and banishment.” > PUUished wig ALLEGED PERJURY, Why John Alston Was Arrestea Why the Case Was Dismissea, Mr. John Alston, President ot the Manufacturing Company, and for many yi a well and favorably known as the coun partner in the wholesale paint and oj lows, of John Alston & Co., was Friday Tastar. rested. and tuken before Justice Meech charged with having committed Detj swearing that he had never been & stock. holder in the defunct Bank of Chica, Justice Meech discharged the prisoner with: out hearing the evidence, because the related to a suit pending in another court, .A TRwUNE reporter called upon My Alston yesterday to ascertain | |- THE FACTS IN THE c. est and the following is in substance the reg of the interview: aa: Mr. Alston stated that, in 1869, when the stockholders of the National Loan & Trust Company reorganized under the name of the Bank of Chicago, he was, requested to be come a stockholder, and consented to do 80, By some combination of circumstances hg never was called upon to pay a dollar into the institution, although it afterward ap peared that twenty shares of serip had deen assigned to him. This fact was discoye by Messrs. Shufeldt & Westover, attorney who wound wp the affairs of the concer: after its failure in 187. ‘This alleged ev. dence of Mr, Alston’s indebtedness consisted of the “stubs” of the shares found ‘in the scrip-book, and was immediately taken ad. vantage of, although every one of the stutg was marked across its face “canceled, Mr. Alston was in the course of time called upon to pay the face of these shares, and, re! to do so, proceedings were commen against him, Upon the examination he swore that, to the best of his knowledge and lief, he had never owned any stock in bank, and upon the basis of testimony he was arrested upon the charge of perjury. Mr. Alston claims. thas he never considered himself a stockholder in the Company, as he had not paid a dollar into the institution, nor received a single eer. tificate of stock. The friends of Mr, Alston claim that the late proceedings in the Justicg Court were wholly mnalicious, and commenced with a view of getting him to commithin. self in some way that -could be usedin a civi) suit already commenced against him, - A SUMEWHAT FULLER HISTORY oF’ Tay CASE Fe fog was obtained from other sources. It gives the other side of the story. It reads aboat as follows: a . In the latter part of 1873 Alexander (Con. ningham and Richard S. Brownell, through Shufeldt & Westover, their attorneys, brought suits against Mr. Alston befor Judge Gary for the purpose of enforcing his individual liability as a stockholder in thy Bank of Chicago, once the National Loan & Trust Company. ‘The defense put in ade murrer to the declaration, which, after being ied, was overruled. The defense then asked leave to plead, and Judge Gary said he would give Mr. Adston such leave if he would show that he hada meritorious defense to tne suit, Mr. Alston, through his attomey, said the defense was that he never been a stockholder in the-Com- pany, Mr. Alston’s attorney was then advised that there was a written subscription for stock in the bank with Mr. Alston’snams signed to it, and cautioned that it would be bad policy to allow Mr. Alston to sign any- thi the shape of an affidavit se forth a contrary state of facts. This pleceo! friendly advice seems to have been dis garded. In the course of a day ertwom affidavit was presented, declaring, in effect, that Mr. Alston, to the best of his and belief, never was a stockholder in National Loan & Trust Company or the Bank of Chicago. . Judge Gary held that the affidavit was evasive,—that the affiant didn’t come out squarely and say he wasn’t a stockholder and he accordingly refused to permit him to Plead, and rendered two judgments agalast im, one in each case, for an aggresale amount of about $2,000. The flston at took: an appeal, and the Appellate Court! THE AFFIDAVIT WAS A POSITIVE, AStr TION that the affiant was not a stockholder in ti bank, and, if it were true, that it was a de fense to the suit, and Jud: should have permitted the def to plead. Judgment was , acco reversed, and the case went back to Judge Gary. The same affidavit was filed ands formal plea entered. The case was for trial inthe early part of this. month ‘When it came up the defense movedfors continuance, which was refused: . Ti a Vo ee aed thereupon produced’ ‘an application for’ change of venue, sworn to by Alston a alleging that Judge Gary ,was preju against him. Therefore the change ‘w8 granted, and: the case went to Judge Smith On the 4th of April Mr. Shufeldt ~ MADE A COMPLAINT *: against Alston, setting forth the above facts regarding the affidavit. Alston was arrested taken before Meech, and the case set for tht 15th. It was then continued until the 16th— Friday, The facts of the existence of i suit and of Alston’s making the® affidarit were proved, and the orlginal subscriptor book of the National Loan & Trust Compaly produced, wherein John Alston’s name sr peared aniong the list of subscribers, to amount of $2,000. It was proved J signature was his beyond a doubt. 4 © ceipt for twenty sharés of stock, signed Y John Alston, ona * stub” in the stocker tificate book.of the bank, was also p ‘The signatures were admitted. ‘The defen made 2 motion to dismiss the pI on theground that, as the suit in which affidavit was filed had not been tri charge of perjury was premature. Autl ark ties were produced to sustain their posi and, after the usual amount of talk, the 10° tion w23, granted and the complaint dit missed. : qe ease before Judge Smith, who isnot sitting in the Criminal Court, cannot. ¥ if well come up before September, and no far ‘ther criminal proceedings can be hi n. : ASK THE ROADS. ° 4 To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune 7 Cutcaco, April 17.—Taking into- const eration the increased cost fof provisions and the advance in rents, is it possible, that Rock Island, Lake Shore, and other rail centering in this city have not raised the of their daily laborers, mechanics, etc:? if not, what reason ean they give i suche want of profits;judging by the stock quo tions, “Yours, 6 ae MY INQUIRER: ' An Emperor at Eighty-threée London Telegraph, March 23, Yesterday was the elgnty-third birthday 3 the venerable German Einperor, the Doyet a the world’s reigning monarchs, and the itp of an even more enthusiastic hero- eri. throughout the Fatherland than that (rryeri¢ accorded to his redoubtable ancestor, the Great. Upright, ruddy-cheeked,, Vigo and sprightly, this imperial patriarch eed lived all the friends of nis youth, and basis pass away generation’ mfter generation. of | men whose first commissions in tho Prussy army were signed by his father wheu be De, already risen, by long and faithful sc! ne General's rank, ang who, having attaloal oe topmost hight of their professional, ampitairs have died oif, one after another, full Chiat and honors, while he has remained, 9p) untouched: by the scythe of old Times whose privilege it is to see and speak wil dally are never weary of expauiating Upod 4 clearness of mind, cheerfulness of spiral extraordinary capacity for enduring Be fatizue without visible inconvenience. HOT early every morning, is “indefatigable. eats transaction of State and milita: asines fa with undiminished appetite, and kor 08° y oo horsebscl ate. foot, sitting firmly in his saddle for hours” stretch, or striding briskly along the front 4. far-reaching line of troops paraded , {0 Schloss-Platz of Potsdam. eee & For Thirty Nears - Ihave been affileted with kidroy Two packages of Kidney Wor baxg more good than e_medici have hud before. I believe it is a sure ares: Be done “writes an old lady from Oregon. * $a. No firm of more painsta! fanomakers in the world a. Ping, cientious, and. i. HG makerg of, the ste