Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 11, 1880, Page 3

‘THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE SUNDAY, JULY HI, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. HUNTING EVIDENCE. Pumping Out the Pond Near Which Johansson Was Killed. of an Old Boot, Working very Bisco the Wrong Spot. at qhe Prisoner Tells a Very Straight Story - of His Doings. friday afternoon Toe TRCNE made a sug~ escion t0 tbe Police Department that, if the arry-bole on the southeast corner of Chicago Western avenues were pumped dry, the re- galt might be the discovery of the missing coat of me murdered Swede, or even of the instru- Satysod inkilling him. ‘The representative of the originator of the idea was inatructed to further that one of the city’s fre cn~ Bes might beemployed to” advantage in the ‘when the matter was broached to Secre- tars Dosle heat once saw that the proposition ws : A YREY SENSIBLE ONE, f sod aconference with Marshal Swenie resulted preparations being made for the work. Tho why the quarry-hole was elected as the spot likely to contain the missing coat or weapon ‘paz cause it jg the gencrally-received theory hat It was On its banks that the struggle which ended ip Johansson’s murder was begun. The Grosés of tho Artesian Company, two eftpem at the time inside and one of them outside of its buildings, © unanimous in designating tho quarry-holo asthe epot from which the unearthly noises— undoubtedly the deatb-screamsof the murdered eat about half-past 8 o'clock on the “rening of the murder. ‘Then, again, it is the erally accepted theory that the murdered eran was induced by his companion or compan yee to take o bath in the quarry-hole, fporder that is condition might bo as defense- Jess a8 possible when they made their attack, gud that he was struck and “ downed" just as pehsd finished taking off his clothes and stood ready to go into the water. If this really ‘were 80, nothing could be more likely than that the weapon used would be thrown {nto the water by the murderers after they bad done with it, All this was duly explained to the police authorities, Who saw that the idea was good; and SO. having secured the hecessary pumping apparatus, they led it yesterday morn- ing past the quarry-hbole, brought it up to the side of the shallow pool 13 which thé body of the murdered man Was discovered, and proceeded: to pump it dry. (mE U TER USELESNESS OF THIS PROCEEDING canbe ceen at a glance. The articles hunted for wore the coat of the deceased and the weapon with which bisekull was crushed in. The pool ‘eing only an inch or two in depth, the coat, If dtbad been thrown in, could have been discov- ered ‘on the morning after the mur der, s$- it could not have = suri deep enough to have been hidden from observation. Onthe other hand the weapon. in all UkeHbood coupling-pin or other heavy iece of iron, would have sunk clear from view In the thin oore which forms the bottom of the pond, search among which might be con- Bueted for weeks without success. Tak- ing these things into consideration, the pumping dry of the puddi instend at the quarry hole, was a grand mistake. Tho job was commenced at a few minutes past 7 O'clock in the morning. Assistant-Murshal Petrie was in charge of the work and the motive power was supplied by Engine No. 7, a steamer Thich is now used a8 a sub-engine. Marshal Swenie estimated that the engine would draw the steamer fn constant operation for ten bours, tho inference is that the capacity of the engine was overestimated, as there certainly were not 190,- * OW galfons more water {n the puddle before than after the pumping. Ali day long the work was watched by an admiring throng of natives. Tae small boys came along witb their fishing-rods and had excellent sport in the graduallr- narrowing puddle. Long-le: men tucked up their trousers and paddied out into the decp, rank mud, and hauled the sunfish and Dullbeads in with their scoop-nets, It was sug~ gested to them that these same fish bad break fasted beartily early last. Sunday morning upon the clotted blood of the murdered man, butthey found no foree in the sickening reminder, and rung up their fish with an ovident determina~ tion to become cannibals at secondhand on the following day. ‘The day wns hot andthe work of pumping went on very slowly, Drinking-water not being available, a subscription was gotten up anda ker of ccitzer water was procured from a noigh- boring saloon, The detectives lolled about undersome convenient shade-trees, and dis- ‘cussed the subject of suppressed evidence. Five hours went by and the puddle. which, though not deep. extended overseveral acres of ground, was found, at noon, to have sunk ubout an inch. At about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. A SUSPICIOUS LOIKING OBJECT appeared inthe middle of the puddic. which at once caused the detectives to theorize. Super- fntendent O'Donnell viewed it carefully with hfs binocular, and pronounced it the end of a, ‘bar of piz-irén. Secretary Doyle felt surc that’ tt was the left cuff of the murdered man’s miss- ing coat. Lieut. Keating staked bis reputation asa purveyor of suppressed evidence on the opinion that he could tell better what it was after one of the boys bad gone in and gotten itout. This gentle hint moved Detective Bhea to take off bis boots and wade through the tire in search of the suspicious object. He drew {t from the mud, and it turned out to be & boot. The detectives investigated it with eye and nose. and. while the ocular examination did not enable them tocome to any definit conclu- sion, the nasal test (the boot being very mal- odorous) regulted in the belief that the boot must have been worn by the prisoner, Hultgren. It was accordingly carefully wrapped up in @ bundle; the bundle was sealed with the sen] of the Police Department, and after the letters “S.E.” had been written upon it, the parcel ‘was Inid aside to be locked up in a eafe with tho gther euppressed evidence until the day of the jal. 2 At about 5:30 p.m. it became clear to thb ‘ninds of the firemen that it would take some hours yet before the puddle was pareeet ary; Gnd the sub-engine was given arest. The mui ‘hich had been uncoveredsby the retiring water Yascarefully examined, but gave up nothing ef interest. The remainder of the puddle ‘wax padaied through, but without the iscovery of either ‘the coat of the deceascdfor the weapon with which he was Killed. The proportion of fish to water was greatly augmented by this time, and the men ‘8nd boys with the scoop-nets bad a fue wme of it making some good haulz.in Which some very Dandsome fish were caught. After tne search Was over, the police went their way to the Indi- anaétreet cars andthe firemen followed the suaine: on its Way home from its arduous day's It is not known just what importance the De- Parfmeat attaches to the discovery of ‘HE SUSPICIOUS BOOT. ‘The fact that there wasomly onc boot is looked Upon as momentous, and the terrible question arises, Could a one-legged'man have committod the crime? The pool. was a “right,” and the de- teetives feel certain that if, as is not impossible, the crime was committed by a one-legged man, # was beyond a doubt the left leg which be bad Tost. Itis clear,too,that the man had not an artificial leg as in that case he would have worn two boots. “Reyond a doubt the loss of his leg Was necounted for by the substitution of a Wooden stump. A horrible suspicion then bursts upon the mind,—could the one-legged man, after luring his victim to the water's edge, have un- screwed ‘his wooden extremity and—but itis hardly proper to infringe upon the departmental domuin of suppre=sed evidenco,und the weighty Importince attaching to the mysterious boot taust be kept hidden until the day of trint. Mayor Harrison had a lone talk yesterday aft srnoon with Licnt. Keating on the subject of the murder. He heard tho theories of tha Chief of Detectives and propounded ‘bis own. | His Honor is satisfied that the prisoner js tho” man who committed the murder, but i: opinion that is also of the HE WAS NOT ALONE IN THE CRIME. He believes that the man was induced to go in ewimming in the quarry-hole, and that he was knocked in the heud either just before going in ‘or while coming out of the water. How be got from the quarry-hole to the Well-puddle isa uystery which even his Honor's astuteness can- not fathom. Tuken altogether, the oy, ble one. ‘The Artesian Wel Ps aiting patiently for the sun to dry'up the wa- ter in the puddle so that they could proceed with the work they intend to do, were befriend- ed Ly the pumping process; but in the matter of evidence, the fateful boot nlone excepted, ‘the day's work was a failure. The quarry-hole Temains in tho same spot, however, and is ns open to investigation us ever. INTERVIEW WITH HULTGREN. One thorouchly posted'in criminal matters fa and about Chicago, if he takes a fair und im- Pattial view of the case,-may readily see it in au &spect quite favorable to the accused prisoner, and wholly unfavorable to the prosecution as thus far conducted by the. police, The pre- sumption that Hultgren was the murderer was Batural enoygh, but itwas by no means fair, besides being wholly unworthy of detective shrewdness. A reporter to whom the Possibilities of Hultzren’s innocence appeared most as probabilities, called upon him in his . pellar the County Jail last evening. Officer J. -Nelzon, a born Swede and a good talkerin tinnsuare, acted as interpreter. The con- rsation was commenced in a friendly nd atis {fis i is lit Hiodness and a kindly word was more than wee bas heard af since his incarceration, 4 @ppeared quite overcome. At first ho Was not a profita- Company, who were and therefore was sorely perple: sto What heshould dotosnrebimaa! Hes)” ExOMISED TO ANSWER TROTHFULLY any questions that might be put to hiv, but the reporter thought fit ta call to ming ‘that he was accused of making various statements, and that eleve him. Hultgren explatned that he had hitherto been forced to talk with Norwe- inns and Danes, whose lingunge was quite dif- erent from his own, and that he was not at all surprised to bear that he bad been acoused of falsifying. Officer Nelson, bo said, spoke bis Janguage correctly and there could bo no chance for a misunderstanding with him. “Where did you part with Jobansson that fatal night?” was tho first question asked. In order fur Hultgren to answer this correctly, it was necessary to show him a plat of the section of the city about tho corner of Western avenue and Indiana street. He knows the names of three streots only in the city; and tho interviewer is obliged to pick out the atreets he mentions by some particular mark. By a te- dious process it was ascortained that, after loav- ing the boarding-house on Elston avenue, tho two men WALKED DOWN MILWAUKEE AVENUE, snd thence weston Indiana street—a street-rall- y is the distinguishing mark of both—until ‘Western avenue was reached.. Thero the strect- railwayends. Hitherto it hasbeen supposed that they walked out the tracks on Kinzie street, and hence the theory that 2 coupling-pin was used in the murder. Hultgren .was able to exactly Jocate on tho plat, the saloon on Indiann street where Anderson, the they all three bad a gins This enloon only 8 short distance: esstof Western avenue. When asked to put s dot with a peucil on the plat. locating as nearly a8 possible the point where he and Johansson separated, he indicated x point just south of Indiana street,on Western avenue. Anderson had bis busket on his arm. and upon leaving the saloon went to the grocery. and Johansson walkod with him, he suys, to that point, and then they separated. Johansson sald he was going ‘back to the ssloon for another drink, and was then going to bis boardng-house, Hultgren ‘says he then went to the flag-house on Kinzie street, and that he DID NOT SEE HIB COMPANION alive after that. Now, this tallles exactly with the story told by Hultgren just after bis arrest, only his state- ments were Farbled and misconstrued. A detective would probably say tbat Hultgren had cvoked up this story after hearing the evi- dence at the Coroner's fnquest. This would be untrue. for it {s pluinly the first story tho pris- oner told, * Hultgren, upon being further questioned, srid Johansson’ pald for the beer, and must have ‘showed the pocketbook containing bis money in the saloon. There were a half- dozen people’ there whom uone of his party knew. Johunnssov certainly turned back to this saloon, and be soproeed, then, if he thought about it at all,taat Jobansgon would take the car back down town. Very well. The saloon is run by H. Scantan. It isa very low down groggery. The people in that vicinity could filla newspaper with stories of the goings-on there. The police have fre- quenuy threatencd to suppress it It is the hang-out for 2 notorious gang, Cal Hennossey, a former pal of the Hensley murderer, heading the fist. : i OTHER NAMES MIGHT BE MENTIONED, but distinctions in such a case are invidious. ‘The “slugging und bouncing™ is done by a deat } aud dumb athlote named Conley. Now, Is it not suite, possible that Johansson was followed ‘rom this place by some one who saw his money? May vot sume well-known thief. and not Hult- gren, be the murderer? A detective would an- Ewer: “Unlikely; because they would have no need of killing him. ‘string him’ up for his cash, and, after searing him with a kick, Iet him go, And, besides, everything goes to show that Jobansson was naked when murdered, and no robbers would bave stripped him first, and then cut his throat.” -Now he may or may not have been naked whon first struck. Hultgren was told that the pioce of patched money Was ‘A SAD PIECE OF EVIDENCE against him, and was asked to explain. He fs positive, be says, that the $0 bill referred to was given him by Johansson three weeks ago to-day in their boarding-house. Johansson gave Bhs two $5 bills for one $2 vill and $3 in silver coin. He was then told that the tanner identified the DIN us ono paid to the deceased the same night of the murder, . Then thore must be some mistake,” replied Hultgren. “Either two bills are’ patched alike or the tanner {9 mistaken. I am itive the Dill was in my possession for three weeks. We mado no changes of money recently, and every cont found with mo ‘WAS JUSTLY MY OWN, and not Jobansson’s.” Hultgren then Seared up that with a draft for $10.10 he had upon land- ing, be bad earned $38 on the railrond and $16’ at the tennery, | total of $2.10. Hig expenditurea were $18 for board at Storm’s and iat Mierko's.Avthe former place Mrs. Storm refused to take any money from him while sick. While on the ‘railroad he spent nothing, a8 nolther be nor bis chum drank a drop of anything. In. fact, he spent none of his savings until the last spree, and be was liberal with Anderson because ho feared be would spend all the money if he kept it.on bis person. "Now, the patch on the bill is simply A QUMMED LABEL end advertising dodger for Eden's Exoral. The right half of the label was uscd on the dill. In- guiry, at Mr. Eden's barber-shop doveloped the fact that thousands of these labels have been widely circulated, an¢ that, having a mucilagin- ous back, they have been extensively used in fix- ing torn money. This materially weakens the only reasonable item of proof thus far brought agent Hultgron. ‘hat Huttgren is espable of telling the truth is evidenced by tho story he told Jast night of his doings afver Saturday night. He allows hav-* ing entered a Darn in the rear of a saloon to sleep, ‘and having left within half an hour by & ow. THE PLACE WAS TOO HOT, and he returned to his frst lodging place under the switch-house. He details every particular of Peterson chasing bim and another man off his premises. Yesterday Mr. Livesey, corner Walnut and Western avenue, fold the reporter about Hultgren eitting ona fence rather tipsy, Sun- day morning, 2nd of -the two policemen coming along and soovetig. him. Miss Livesey thought they wee going to. arrest bim, 2s every one who passed | noticed him! But they passed on after speaking to him, snd he staggared slong after thom. Hultgren described this occurrence exactly to the Teportor Jast night. He was drunk albSun- day, Monday, and ‘Tuosday, but not ao drunk but that be . NEW BVERYTAING GUING ON ANOUT HIM, His conduct at Johnson’s house, No. 151 West Chicago avenue, pe explains by his intoxfcation. “In every other respect Hultgren tells a very good story, and he wil, with s fair interpreter, make a favorable impression on a jury. His Ther would simply clothing has deen taken from” him, and it, tagother with the razor. will pe: microscopically examined. Hulteren and says he fa certain ne blood hs at this, HP be fo ‘The razor is rusty will be found upon anything. and that is all, he claims. “But suppose the doctor says there is blood on it, what then 7” » Pies “But he will find none; there can be none, persisted Hultgren. And the interview ended. STRANGE SUICIDE. A Man Cuts His Throat and Jumps from a Railroad Viaduct. John Shebaba, 2 Bohemian tiving at No. 26 Dussold street, committed suicide yester- day afternoon by cutting his throat, and then ran to the viaduct over the railroad tracks at tha corner of Sixteenth and Canal streets, whence he jumped to the tracks below, a distance of about thirty-five feet. There is every indication that the man was insane. He had been acting curiously for some time past, and yesterday afterncon he called nt the house of his friend, Herman Zokel, No. 44 Burlington street, Her- man ‘was not home, and after a short conversation with Mra, Zokel he asked her to loan him Herinan’s razor, 28 his own was out of order, and he wished to shave him- self. She thoughtlesty gave him the razor, and opening It up, a5 if to see. if it was in guod order, Shebaba suddenly drew it across ‘his throat, almost from ear.toear. The wound was not 2 fatal one, as neither the windpipe nor main Dlood-yes- sels were severed. The maniac, upon seeing the blood streaming, down from the gash, ran wildly through the streets until the via~ duet, which is only «short. distance away, was reached, and then heprecipitated hitnself over the railing. He was picked up in& helpless condjtion, and was n first to the West Twelfth Street Station, and thence to the Couhty Hospital, where he was attended by ‘Drs, Fenger aud Verity, but he died within a short time. The injuries received by the fall were of the ‘most painful nature; both hips were broken, several ribs and the chest were entirely crushed in, It was these, and not the cut, which caused his death. The deceased was’ about 46 years of age, and left a wife and three small children Poor circumstances. >> SUICIDAL. Bpeetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Graxp Rarms, Mich., July 10.—Mrs. Peter Riecster, of this city, a woman of fam- ily, some 40 or 50 years old, took arsenic this evening, with the intention of committing suicide. Doctors were called at once, but at last accounts it was doubtful if she would mecovers Domestic difficulties were the cause. ————— 2 abead signaled verted. win Hste's Honey of ‘Horosouse ¢ wea tar. Pike’s Toothache Drans-cure in one minuter—-- CHICAGO FACTORIES. The Report Made Up by the Five City Inspectors. A Shockingly Imperfect and Discredit- able Document, From Which, However, a Little Informa- tion May Be Gleaned.’ The Workshop and Factory Inspectors, who were employed by the Health Depart- ment some months ago under an ordinance passed-to appease the Commune element of the Council, yesterday submitted a report in- tended to show in detail the number of factories in the city, and the number and sex’ of.those employed inthem. Tocallita faith- | ful exhibit, however, would be to deceive the public, for it is nothing of the kind, for the work has been bunglingly done, and out of the five Inspection Districts of the city the Inspectors themselves do not pretend to claim completeness except in the First. The following is THE SHOWING OF THE REPORT BY WARDS, and can be taken for what it is worth: Elesls ab lag 2 alge) 8 72 is :3 | 2 15,225} 6,492, 1,553} 370) 1,192; pie 437) 1) 5 2,083) Ut 2.22 5,123 247] 6,270 237 2M Bol 77 | 285) 2342 ae 3,497 me) BHT 70) pod weese Bp} s 28} 23 * FG) 4,586 Bt. ‘6 aT 564 237 01 #2] 1.893} 19) 2,083 53] 1,633} 185) 1,863 Totat..... 2.311) 43,632] 9.362] 52,004 When the Inspectors were appointed THEIR INCAPACITY AND ‘UNFITNESS was generally remarked, and their reports abundantly illustrate the truth of all that was ever'said about them. The exception is Joe Gruenhut, whose report is complete and creditable. They started ont with the city districted,—the First District embracing all of the South Side east of Clark street; the Second ali of the South Side west of Clark street; the Third all of the West Side south of Randolph street; the Fourth all of the West Side north ef Randolph; and the ‘Fifth all of the North Di- yision,—and after three months’ labor present a report'that can be of no possible value, because the work in four of the dis- tricts is nat completed, and most probably never willbe. Then, again, it is not only valueless because of its incompleteness, but also because of its bungling nature, it, being in such a shape ds to make it next to impos- sible to glean a single item from it affecting the industries of the city that can be relic on. In fact, they seem to have worked sim- ply to amuse themselves and draw their pay, each one in his own particular style and with the ntmost contempt for everything in the way of system. They were, presumably, for instance, told to + CLASSIFY THE TRADES, and, in the absence ‘of further and more exe plicit instructions, proceeded to do it, The result can be easily imagined under the cir- cumstances. Instead of following some form or system, they have been allowed tocall a chair factory a furniture factory, and vice versa, and, on tiie whole, have so mixed the trades and industries that it is Impossible to make anything out of their reports. Some of them made a note of the children under 12 years of age entployed in the factories and shops, while the others did not, and some re- ported by wards, while others reported by districts, and this spirit of eonfusion appears to have been constant. . ‘That the report is unreliable, under the circumstances, then, is very natural, and that it is unreliable is easilyshown. For instance, they found but twelve bookbinderies in the city,—a city’ of over half a million popula- tion,—when it. is well known that there are abont twice that number in the vicinity of Clark street alone. Then again they accredit the city with two distilleries, when the di- rectory gives it six, and they give nine brew- erfes, when almost any lover of lager and ob- server of beer-sign count sixteen in the city. These comparisons could be carried to almost any extent, showing thesaine discrep- ancies between the facts, and the figures ftren, but these will suflice for the present, In fact, so imperfect and) unrellable is the report that the comparisons the Inspectors-themselves make in the table given, are not correct, for all of the children enumerated under ‘12 yoars of age have been counted as women. But the strangest thing about the whole affair is that the report, such as it is, has been given to the public without any apology for its shortcomings. Lt certainly reflects no credit ‘upon any one ‘The Lispectors themselves admit that this report is ALMOST VALUELESS IN FOUR OF THE FIVE . DISTRICTS. There should be added 35 per cent to the Northern District, 20 per cent to the Northwest District, and 20 per cent to the Southwest section. In regurd to the small number, of employés for 00,000 in population, the Inspectors say that their census embraces ovly those who earn aliving in workshops or factories by manual labor. lt does not include clerks or book- , Ror does it’ include porters or'truck drivers. At the same time it pays no atten- tion to bricklayers, carpenters, laborers, and the hke, whose occupafions are carried on mostly in the open air. For instance, in Field. & Leiter's retail store, where fully 1,000 people inployed, only 200 are of the class recogni: by the Inspectors. In addi- tion to this fact the ctors for the most part passed over the litle shops and devoted their attention to the large factories. One fact which was demonstrated by the inspection, which doesnot appear from the report, is that A THE SKILLED TRADES 2 are almost entirely in the hands of foreign- ers, principally Gerinans and Scandinavians. For instance, -cabinetmaking, furnigure- working, and upholstering are almost entire- ly nionapel ized by Gernnins. The ciga makers likewise are almost wholly German "There are but very few apprentices to be found in any of the shops, and the demand is almost wholly firpeiied by the immixration of foreien skilled Jabor. “Almost no Ameri- ean boys. are found at work in the skilled | trades. The Germans have obtained almost complete cont of the Hi shop-work, such as shoemking, tailoring, dressmaking, turning, and the like, including all. trades usually carried on at least partially in the saine dwelling as the home of the operi- tive, Even in ntially Lrish and American: localities the Germans were found having al- most exclusive control of the retail nanu- factures and trade where the two are com- bined. ‘The Irish have apparently no stron, foothold in the trades. Even in the Fifth Ward the small shop-work is almost exelu- sively done by Germans, the Irish confining themselves to plumbing, horseshoeing, and work in the .rolling-nills, packing-houses, and glne-factory, ‘The.only trade a majority, is op pranohes of which only one- eigners. ‘fhe lithographers are mostly Ger- mani, but the engravers are well divided up. IN THE C. MALE LALOR the same startling fac! found to be true, that American girls have no trades, and are gent to serve as shop-girls .or saleswomen. Large aumbers of foreign female workers are found in laundries, dressmaking and jnillinery establishments, binderies, feather- duster factories, paper-box factories, inthe making of female apparel, corsets, artificial flowers, and in ready-made clothing shops. here are a few in the shoe-factories, cigar- factories, and establismments for canning eats, where they do the light work at very cheap pay. ¢ fact was also developed by the inspec- eon that the First Ward has become the workhouse of the city. The large establish- ments which need space, such as tannerics, planing-mills, ete., are located in the outlying: -histricts, where land is cheap, but the real wwork of the city is done .in the First Ward, work of role blocks of buildings, intended where the Americans have printing, in the dilferent fizth ure for- .| the case the neighbors caused the arrest of fe ly, have been turned into work- sou aehe Veeatistics which the inspectors quigbt have gathered they did not seo fit to gather, and tie additional facts can be only fained from the individual Inspectors ac- months spent in gathering an almost useless mass of figures as shown above. LOCAL CRIME. . HEARTLESS PARENTS. Officer Dudley, of the Humane Society, yesterday swore out a warrant before Jus tice Walsh, charging Christian J. Holn with desertion and cruelty to children. Holn™ is a Dane, who until last Tuesday lived in a shanty at No. 15 Keith street. That day he packed up all the few articles of value in the place, and, taking with him his eldest son and his wife, theyset outin an express wagon. He told the neighbors that he was going only 2 short distance away, and that after selecting. a yee of land upon which to “squat,” he intended to knock a few boards together for a house, and that he would then. return for his four other children, whom he locked. up inthe house. The inhuman father and the unnatural mother have neither been seen nor heard from since. The children were left alone in the house with no other eatables than one lgaf of bread. Had not the neighbors become cognizant of their condition as soon as. ey, did, the children might have-starved to death. ‘The quartet were before Justice Walsh yesterday, and were by him sent the Foundlings’ Home. Annie, the oldest, is § years, and is a bright, intelligent child. ‘The others are Stephen, 6 years: Stowe, 4 years; and Joseph, 2 years.’ The police have found no trace of Holn and wife thus far, and there are but little prospects of their arrest. Officer Dudley, of the Humane Society, is investigating a case of alleged cruelty to a child, which was recently reported by Blair street residents. J. Kapp, a German living at No. 33 on that street, is theonecomplaines against, and to insure a full investigation of Kapp and wife. Justice Ingersoll continued. the case in $500 bonds to the 17th. The com- plalnants aver that a child of only 5 years has een cruelly whipped and starved from time to time for paltry misdemeanors. SHOOTING AFFRAY. E Asaloon at No. 26 West Randolph street kept by James Alley, 4 place already notori- ous, was the scene at an early hour yester- day morning of a disgraceful . brawl, which culminated in a shooting atfray. Adley had been absent from the saloon during the evening and returned shortly after midnight, very drunk and very abusive. He accused his bartender, William Wolf, of having misappropriated a portion of the day’s receipts. The bartender was also intoxicated and in no mood to be trified with, for he drew, a 36-calibre revolver and ‘shot Alley in, the leftshoulder. The wounded man was taken to his home, ‘No. 3583 Portland avenue, and Dr, M: Jay, who attended him, probed for the bullet, but could not find it. He did not, however, consider. the wound danger- ous. Thomas Canfield, who was in the saloon at the time of the shooting, fearing that Wolf might kill his employer, disarmed him by dealing him two severe blows with aheavy cane. His left ear was badly cut by one blow, and his right eve was cut by anv‘her blow. Henry Price, West Licpold. Id Hunt, and Thomas Canfield were all arrested. THE FOOTPAD. John Riley, a boarder at No, 112 Third avenue, reported at the West Twelfth Street Station at an early hour yesterday morning that shortly before 2 o'clock, while he was walking north on Fourth ave- nue, near Polk street, he was at- tacked by three footpads, who cut his right ear almost off, while the others went through his pockets for a small sum of cash. Riley’s wounds were dressed by Dr. Hildebrand. He was all over mud, and the blood was dry and hard, and this, together with Iris intoxication, induced_the police to disbelieve his story. Officer Dollard was sent to investigate, but owing to the lateness of the hour he was unable to ascertain any- thing. Riley mysteriously left his boarding- house late last night, against the wishes of his landlady and the attending physician. A DEAD-BEAT. The young thief who last week went to prominent houses on the North Side solicit- ing aid to get to San Francisco, using a wound’in the head to excite female sym- pathy, bas transferred his attentions to the Grand boulevard, Thirty-fifth street, Vernon and South Park avenues, where he has been reaping a stnall harvest. He is an expert thief, and should be treated accordingly. TNE JUSTICES. The case of Mrs. Agnes Murphy, house- keeper for the Rev. Father Coté, charged with the larceny of a quantity of household goods from the residence adjoining the " church, yesterday was granted | a . continuance to the 18th be fore Justice Walsh, A considerable portion of the goods was found upon a search warrant in Mrs. Murphy's trunks, which were kept at the house of Mrs. Moore, No. 30 Green street. Mrs. Murphy claims to have brought to the residence @ large stock of table and other linens, and this is her. only excuse for packing away goods which did not belong to her. Moses Wayfer, the victim of an unpro- yokeu and milicious cutting affray at No, 100 Wayman, street, full particulars of which were given in yeSterduy’s paper, was lust evening resting as — comforta- bly as could be .expected under the circumstances. Dr. Bradley, who is in attendance, thinks he will get along nicely uniess violent inflammation sets in. Sir. Lit- tle and wife, the victims of an assault earlier in the evening, are all right, and are able to be about. At 5 o’clock in the morning the assasin, Thomas McGuire, was found crawl ing back into the house through a window some distance from the ground, and was ar- rested by Officer Jaies Derrig. McGuire is a dock-laborer, and used to board at the house. No, reason is known for his vin- dietiveness, and bad liquor was probably the cause of it all: . Justice Walsh held McGuire in $3,000 bonds to the 16th. While at th the prisoner was identified gan, of No, 9S Wayman street, as the man who assaulted and robbed him of a small sum of money in that_ vici one day about two weeks ago. Upon this charge, McGuire was held in an additional $1,000 bail. ARRESTS. Charles Boland, colored, wanted by De- tectives Duffy and McDonald for some recent depredations in the burglary line, was run in last night by Officer Peterson, John Kerwin, a would-be thief, is at the Armory, charged with stealing a watel from George Northrup, of No. 36 Adams street, at the corner of Van Bhreii “and Clark streets, last night. He snatched the watch and threw itinto a sand-heap, where it was recovered by the owner: Farther along the .street he snatched a wateh from William Smith, a saloonkceper at No. 2 West Van Buren street. : Dr. Catherine Wells, of No. 1317 Wabash ayenne, while standing at the corner of Wash- ington and State streets, ab5 o'clock yester- day afternoon, after having made some purchases at shops in the vicinity, felt wu hand in her pocket, and, - turni about quickly, she. saw her pock book in the hand of & young man. She snatched it suddenly from him, and he, taking the hint, ran off, east on Washington street. ‘The street was crowded at the time, and, the ery of ‘Stop thief” haying been i nessed the act, raised by soms one who Wi he was captured by. soine citizens and turned over: to Ofticer Nelson. ‘The prisoner gave the name of Robert Schulz. Lie claims to be of respectable a parentage, and udinits that he - is only recently out of the Work-House at St. Louis. B 3 SUNSTROKES. Thomas Devlin, a stone-cutter, 26 years of age, While employed ona wail being built along the Rock Istand Itailroad, south of Twelfth street, was sunstruck af 11 o’clock yesterday forenoon. Ue will recover at his home, No. 3708 Ellis avenue. Ps James Burke, while delivering ice at the cording to the best recollection after three | corner of Pine and Huron strects yesterday afternoon, was overcome by the heat, He was cared for by Mr. Hesing, who resides at that corner, and was thence-sent to the Alexian Brothers’ Hospital. It is thought he Will recover. Burke js employed by the Washington Ice Company, and lives at the corner of Canal and De Koven streets. ‘An unknown man suffering from .sun- stroke was found at the corner of ‘Swelfth street and Michigan avenue last night by Officer W. J. Mooney. It was atfirstthought that the man Was fering from delixium. tremens, but his condition was so bad that he was removed at once to the County Hospi- tal. The physician who attended him there thought he could not survive, The unfor- tunate was about 45 years of age, gray mixed hair, blue eyes, and light complexion, five feet six inches tall, and was clad in brown overalls striped fiannel shirt, and’ Dek, soft a ere was nothing upon him. which would Jead to his identity. CASUALTIES. FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Kansas Crry, Mo., July 10.—As a freight train on the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Cedar Rapids Road was nearing the approach to the bridge across the Missouri River at this point about 3p. m.,a terrible smash-up and fatal accident occurred. When within thirty yards of anopen piece of trestle a cow ranon to the track in front of the engine. The driver sawat aglanceif the animal reached the trestle before ne did the entire train would be ditched, as. he was going too fast to stop. He put on full "steam and knocked the cow from the track, but after the engine and three cars passed the animal rolled back, and nine cars were piled up in a heap below the embankment, about twenty feet. In one of the box-cars five tramps had secreted themselves, and two of them—W. McGee, residence unknown, and Jolin Haley, of Poughkeepsie—were in- stantly killed, their bodies being terribly mangled. As the cars went over they jumped and were caught in the wreck. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT., . Toxeno, O., July 10.—A distressing acci- dent occurred at the crossing of the Wabash & Toledo and Delphos & Burlington Railroad at 5:20 this afternoon, causing the almost in- stant death of 3fiss Carrie French, of Mount Vernon, O. An incoming freight-on the Wabash collided with a passenger-train on the Toledo, Delphos & Burlincton, just pre- vious to which Miss French attempted tojump from the train and was. thrown. under the wheels, which passed over her right shoulder. severing the arm close to the body. She died in five minutes. The body was removed to the residence of her uncle in this city. She was 25 years old, and a most estimable young lady. e other passengersescaped without injury. : \ " SCALDED TO DEATH. " RouGHKEEPSIE, July 10.—Mrs. Cora Walker, of New. York, who recently came here to visit her mother, was subject to epileptic fits. She went to-the bath-room yesterday, and some time after she was found in the-bath-tub with her clothing on, the tub full of water, and the hot-water faucet wasopen. The lower part of her body was found to be terribly scalded. She lin- gered till 1:30p.m. The surroundings sup- port the theory that, as Mrs. Walker entered the room, she was taken with a fit, and, while leaning against the side of the tub, threw her hand around for support, accidentally strik- ing the faucet and turning on the hot water, and that she then fell ack into the tub. “Her glothing must have stopped up the outlet in i : EXPLOSION Prrrssure, Pa., July 10.—This morning at 2o’clock one of the battery of seven boilers in Painter’s iron-mill, on the South Side, exploded with a loud report, killing Fred Grable, the engineer, and William Black, the fireman, who were buried under the débris and horribly mangled. Grabie leaves a fam- ily. Black was only 18 years old. The mil “had not started, and there were only three men in the boiler-room, The other .man es- caped. The ironclad building used as a boiler-house was completely wrecked; The cause of the explosion is unknown, The fact that thousands of gallons of water were thrown to a great distance shows that water was plenty. The joss on the building is $5,000, The Coroner is investigating the cause of the disaster. . BRAKEMAN KILLED, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Burureton, Is., July 10.—Bruce Graham, a brakeman on the Burlington & Southwest- ern Railway, met with a fatal accident to- day near Mount Sterling, Ia. He was pass- ing along the rod on the outside of the bag- gage-car when his head struck the spout of a water-tank, killfhg him, His remains were conyeyed to his home at Milan, Mo. BLED TO DEATH. Concuecs, O., July 10—By the fall of a scaffold at Prospect two carpenters, Williams and Cummings, were précipitated a distance of twenty feet, injuring Williams slightly, Cummings fell upon the’ handle of a hatchet, receiving an injury-in. the armpit which lac- erated the auxiliary artery. Death followed ina few minutes from hemorrhage. Cum- | mings was 22 years old. DITCHED. _ Special Dispatch to The Chicago Triture Wrvowa, Minn., July 10.—A passenger train coming to Winona to-night on the Green Bay & Minnesota Railroad was ditched between Whiteball and Independence, about forty miles from Winona. ‘The engineer, George Hubler, and Moses Demrose, fite- man, are reported killed. Mail-A gent George Hebbard is badly injured. GORED BY A BULL. INDEPENDENCE, Mo., July 10,—A bull be- longing to Col. John T. Crisp hooked and, it is thought, fatally injured a little son of ‘Asa Meader, of this city, last evening. The horn entered the boy’s side just under the short ribs, tearing a horriblehole. The same animal very seriously gored his owner 2 few montis ago. ? — KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, SHELBYVILLE, Ind., July 10.—To-day at noon Nymphus Bassitt, a well-toxto farmer, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. | He had been plowing corn ‘and was leaving the field during a thunder-storm when he received the fatal stroke. WENT ON A SPREE. Couummes, O., July 10.—A man named Lind was fornd dead by the side of the rail- yoad track near Newark to-day by his son-in~ law, Junius Muore. Lind was on a spree iy 5, and had not been seen until found to-day —————__— TREVINO, San Anrosto, Tex., July 10—A- gentle man from the Rio Grande says the Mexicans are making grand preparations for the recep~ tion of Gen. Trevino and bride when they reach that point, Gen. Trevino, it will be remembered. is to marry Miss Bertie, eldest daughter of Gen. Ord, ina few days. Among the features of the reception program will be + agrand bull-fight. Bulls are being-brought fram the interior, and the most skilled mata- dures to be found will be engaged for the arena. About $15,000 will be spent in the re- ception. OTTAWA ASSESSMENT. Spectat Dispatch to ‘The Chicago “orrawa, Ill, July 10.—The Ottawa As- sessor returned books to the County Clerk to-day showing an assessment of personal ones ‘of 31,800,793, and a total of all prop- erty of $2,21 <a FAILURE AT ST, LOUIS. Sr. Lovis, Mo., July 10.~It is currently reported on Change to-day thatthe Union Steam Mills Company, of which William H. Maurice is President. has failed. Liabilities, from $15,000 to $30,000, The assets are un- known at present. ——— OBITUARY. E NAsuvir-e, Tenn., July 10.—John B. Mor- ris, Chief Operator at the Western Union Telegraph office in this city, and formerly Associated Press Agent here, died at Warm Springs. North Carolina; Thursday night. —— John Quincy Adams on Vanity. “They say f am vain. Thank God I am s0. Vanity is the cordial_ drop which makes the bit- ter cup of life xo down. I agree with Mrs. Elizabeth Montague, szho wrote to her uncle, the Bishop, to inquire whether the text, ‘All is van- jty and vexation of spirit,’ was not badly trans- iated. Sbe thought it onght to be ‘All is vanity or vexation of spirit.’ She implied that what was not vanity was sure to be vexation, and THE FIRE FIEND. A $30,000 Blaze on North Des- plaines Street. Total Destroetion of the B. T, Hambrook Mill— Adjining Dwellings Inelnded. IN CHICAGO. ‘The alarm from Box 286 at 225 this morn- ing, and a combined second and third alarm six minutes later, was caused by the sudden breaking out of . fire in a large frame rookery ° sit- uated on Desplaines street, just north , of Kinzie street. The northwest corner of "Milwaukee avenue and Kinzie street is a, large fivestory brick building, owned by Mrs. ‘Oleson, and- occupied as the Hotel Dania. Adjoining this on the north is a double frame two-story . and ‘basement buildmg, owned by the North- western Railroad. Next north were three two-story and basement buildings, with numerous sheds, and small additions, The lots thereabouts are about 200 feet, and the five lots upon which these three buildings were situated, were almost entirely covered with frame’ rookeries. A small building in the middle and well to the rear of the lot, was the only. ‘brick structure in that section ‘of the block, This was the engine and boiler room, _and the entire area was occupied by the R. T. Hambrook Manufacturing Company, whose office is at No.17S Wabash avenue. Mr. Hambrook, President of the Company, lives at'No, 520 West Washington street, and could not be immediately apprised of the fire. North of the factory is an onen shed, and north of this again is a large two-story, doubleframe tenement oecupied from th basement to the garret by six dit ferent - families. This _ building Nos: 141 and 143, and the are burned over last night includes this, and all south to No. 123 Desplaines street. ‘The engines reached the scene promptly, but such was the infammable nature of the surroundings that the entire space was ablaze before the first stream could be turnec’on the fire. So fast did the blaze spread that scarcely an article of cloth- ing or furniture could be saved by-the unfor- tunate ininates of the tenement houses. In fact, they may consider themselves fortunate ifall gotsafely out. No. 129, up-stairs, asection of the factors, is occupied by Jacob Kolb, a day-workman, whose duty it is to see that the factory is ‘all right up to a certain hour in the evening. ‘Che fire last night was first discovered by Mrs. Kolb, who was resting uneasily all night. She saw a small space under a walk, near the engine- house, ablaze, and shotited to her husband; but before h¢ could reach the windows the flames broke ont on all sides at once. They shouted fire and ran for their lives. The fac- tory was used for the making of school furniture and refrigerators, and the machinery and stock was all of the most val- uable character. The loss cannot fall far short of $20,000. ‘Two horses and some Wagons‘ and buggies were burned in a barn in the rear of. the factory. Nos. 141 and 143 are occupied.as dwellings by Thomas Carroll, Michae} Guerin, Edwart Eckenberg, Mrs. Dempsey. Patrick Gleason, Edward Hoyt, and Lawrence Ryan. Only one, or tio of them saved any of. their goods. Nos. 125 and 127 are occupied by . L. Livingstone, coal-dealer, and the re- mainder of the building is occupied by four Ttalian families, chiefly: harp-players, several Indian families, including Joe -White and Joseph Royntz, aborigines. The building is badly damaged. Nos. 141 and 143 isowned by Mr. Nelson, having an office in the Metro- politan Block. The daniage to the building Will not be very great, as it was here that the firemen made their great effort to prevent the flames from spreading. ze ‘Adter burning with great fury for an hour the fire was gotten under control. ‘A still alarm to Engine Company No. 4 at 7:30 last evening was caused by the explosion of a kerosene lamp at_the-residence of Dr. Sheppard, of No, 25 Eugenie street. The fire was extinguished with a few pails of water. In running to the fire Hose-Cart No. 4 upset at the corner of Larrabee and Eu- genie streets. A snap on a line broke, and the horses became unmanageable. Charles Kroneke, the driver, was, thrown off and sustained stight injuries which will keep bim from duty a few days. | The alarm from Box 327 at 3:40 yesterday afternoon was caused by a fire in the two- story frame building No. 241 West Taylor street, owned and occupied by George Noonan. Damage trifling. Cause, a fire- exacker thrown into a pile of old rags. @: is IN CINCINNATI. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Crvcesxaty, O., July 10.—Mohr & Mohr’s whisky house, Nos. 49 and 51 Sycamore street, was wholly destroyed by fire this evening. The building belonged to thees- tate of Edmund Dexter. Loss, $16,000; fully insured. Monr & Mohr’s loss on stock is es- timated at $50,000, also fally insured. There |. were several explosions during the fire, but no one was injured. There was about $60,- 000 insurance on the stock and machinery, but,owing to the books being in the safe, only an imperfect listof it can be furnished to- night, as follows: Delaware Mutual, $5,000; Royal, $5,000; London & Lan- eashire, $5,000; British American, $5,- ; Eire Association of Phitadelphia, $2,500; Imperial,& Northern, ; Queen, of London, $5,000; Phonix Mutual, $5,000; Amazon, $1,500; ‘Milwaukee Mechanics’, $1,250; Cassidy's: agencies, $4,100. To-night it was, discovered that some workmen were at the time the fire broke out engaged in fix- ing the pump, and it is supposed ignited the ¥apor in the pump, which fired the high- wines in the tubs om the fourth floor. These exploded, and the building wassoon wrapped. in Hames. . aks AT OMABA. Spectat Dispatch to ‘The Chicago Trine, Oman, Neb., July 10,—The Omaha ele- yator, which was-destroyed by fire between midnight and 2a. m.,’was insured for $23,- 000, and the grain stored therein was insured for $42,800, Messrs. McCormick, Davis & Barringer, proprietors of the elevator, esti- mate their loss gt from $80,000 to $85,000. ‘The fire ‘was confined mainly to the elevator, the adjoining buildings being only slightly damaged. The origin of the fire is a. nys- tery. Some think it was caused’by friction of the machinery in the elevator, and that the fire was smouldering for some time. After getting all ablaze on. the interior it broke out in the elevator shaft and other por- tions simultaneously. It is probable that it wil! be replaced _iminediately by a larger and |- more substantial building. Milton Rogers & Son’s stock of stoyes in the warehouse was damaged about $5,000. Covered by insur- ance. : . _ AT JONESVILLE, MICH. Derrorr, Mich., July 10.—The’ flouring- mills of E. O. Grosvenor, of Jovesville, were burned this morning. Loss, $18,000. Bul- lock’s earriaze-shop followed with wloss cf $3,000, insured for $1,000; W. W. Pratt’s agricultural implements, Joss $1,000; Sinith Brothers and Loomis, of Jackson, two build- ‘| buildings. i ings, loss S150, and three or four smaller | ‘he total loss will aggregate $40,- 000, with little insuran ete i IN NEW YORE. , New York, July 10.—The fire which orig- inated in the extract department of the Thurber grocery establishment caused 2 loss io stock and buildings of $25,000. In- sured, a ‘The Dark Side of Things. Gatveston News, : Some people will persist in taking a gloomy view of everything. There {3 a tnanof that kind living in Ward No. 13. Ancighbor happened to drop iniv see him the other day, and found everybody lively except the head of the family. “How ate you all coming on?” . “We are all tolerable except Bob. He is laughing and joking because he {s going flsb- ing. Ijust know be ig going to come home drowned and howling with a fishhook sticking in nim somewhere.” ‘Well, the rest seem to be cheerful.” “Yes, sorter. Jemimy is jumping and ski ping about because she is going to a ‘capdy-pull- jog, but I know somotbing will happen to her. £ read of a girl ic Peace oy is yest who) was coming home from a cands-1 s+ drunken nan pirew his.wife outof a three-story fled her.” “Why, aero she is.” “Welt Pleat ‘have been her if she had been on. the renee below wheat the woman fell.’ “ Well, you are eG : ‘Tteel just like ig eenaniayho dsapped Yess 1 ; deaa in New York last week from heart-disease He was in high spirits and haa @ good appetit and them's just my symptoms.” ~~ “PPette ‘ CANADA. Dead Fish—A Sea-Serpent~An Amusing™ Blunder—The Bigras Case. + Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Keyesron, July"10.—Immense quantities of dead fish continue to float down the lake, and are washed ashore here. They are principally herring and shad. Dead shad are being burned. They are in such quanti- tiesas to cause alarm for the public health, ‘The cause of their death is not known. ‘Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. . Lonpow, Ont., July 10.~The slander case before the Lobo Magistrate has been séttled by the defendant making an apology and re- traction to the Rev. J. Laycock. ‘Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Sr. Jouy, N. B., July 10.~It is reported that fifty Chinamen are to be brought to New Brunswick to work in the Woodstock mines. ~ Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Orrawa, July 10.—The Civil-Service Conr mittee has ordered astatement to be pre- - pared showing the age, nationality, date of appointment, and length of service of all persons in the Civil Service. A blue-book containing this intormation will be printed. . Bishop Wilson has accepted the pastoral charge of the steformed Episcopal Church _ here. A veritable sea-serpent has been seen in Duchesne Lake. some eleven miles west of Aylmer, Que. The authority is worthy of credence, three trustworthy persons having seen it within a short time of each other. A year ago a French-Canadian fisherman reported having been startled by some marine monster while he was’ fishing one night, but his story was disbelieved. It is now authenticated, as the parties who claim to have seen it are reliable men. . The serpent is described ag appazently being front twelve to tifteen fect in length, and about as thick near the head as an ordinary telegraph- pole. ‘The water was Tt is dark in color. calm at the time, and attention to the strange object was attracted by the commotion it madein the water. Special ‘Dispatch to Tae Chicago Tribune, _- Quenec, July. 10.—An amusing blunder occurred the” other day. whereby Mr. Speaker Tarcotte and the Honse of “Assem- bly were taken in. It-appears that early in the afternoon two young gentlemen of, the Governor-General’s stati, who have remained behind at the Citadel since the departure ut his Excellency and the Princess,- met a prominent and well-known member of the egislative Assembly, and said, “We are coming down tenight to see the House, and hope there will be an interesting debate, in progress" ‘The member, who is also an ex~ inister of the Crown, understood thas the pronoun “We” included the whole Viceregal party, and immediately rushed to the Speaker .and to the Prime- Minister, to”. have fitting preparations made for the reception of the expected iilus- trious guests. : The Speaker, had a number of cushioned arm-chairs, with scarlet velvet covering, placed prominently upon the floor of the Ffouse, and the sas-lamps of the Chaun- ber brilliantly lighted. About half-past 3, two covered carriages drove up to the main entrance. The attentive Messenger advanced to receive the ladies as they alizhted fromthe carriages, attended by the gentlemen of their party, and conducted then up the Speaker’s private staircase to his apartments. Mean- while the Sergeant-at-Arms was on hand; but it was uot until the party reached the Speaker’s rooms that the Messenger discovered he had no Princess in tow. ‘The Speaker was informed of the blunder, and was not more surprised thereat than were the Ministers’ wives and friends who formed the party at the promised reception. ‘A few minutes later, two gentlemen in civi- ian dresses sauntered into the Speaker’s room, in happy ignorance, no doubt, of the amusing bkinder of which they had been the innocent cause. Being shown on the floor of the House, they seited themselves with grace in two ef the State chairs, doubtless un- aware of the reason for all the staring to which they were subjected by the occupants of the gallery, who, having heard of the sup- posed Viceregal visit, were the whole even- ing on the qui vive. 1t was at lost agreed in the House that the weather must have pre- vented the attendance of Royalty that night, ‘The Viceregal party have not yet re turned from their fishing cruise. They are now on the Cascapedit River, Bay of Chaleurs, and are not expected here for some time. Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. put forward by a Quebec priest for retaining the Legislative Council, according to the tes- timony taken in the Berthier election trial is, that itis a divine institution, established by Mosest ae ‘On the insolvenéy of the Moisie Iron Com- pany, Mr. Batrick Lynch, in his capacity as assignee to the Morris Run Coal Company, filed'a claim for $330,000. This wascontested by Messrs. F. W. Henshaw, W. J. Bucuanan, and F. J. Brady. Judgment has been given throwing out the claim. It was claimed that |. the debt arose br virtue of an‘agreement en- tered into by William Molson. E "There is_a rumor that. Vanderbilt, the American Railway-King. has soine interest in the Toronto & Ontario iteilway, being built, and that he has control of the charter. The rumor comes from Southeastern Rail- way men, Few people, however, would be found to object to its construct! ‘The case of ex-Sergezat wife-for attempting -to poison bin wis ae gued before the Police Court, and subwitted for the Magistrate's decision. it will be de cided in a day’.or two. The prosecution has proved by t3vo public lysts that there was antimony in the food given E ; he alleges, by his wife, The defi Bigras is insane; and the chi; religion from Koman-Catholic to: Prot was alleged by counsel for defer one of the grounds npon. eharged with insanity. The learned coun- sel said ‘that ‘the fact of Bigras, & man of limited — education, — havine abjured the - Catholic faith and embraced Protestantism, was of sumption of insanity. The coun prosecution | denied 1h AN ass whereupon the Mag’ te remarked that a difference to be made between a pray of if education, who, having read authorittes ard thought upon the subject, changed bi ajith. and, as in the present instance, aman of no such opportunities, who simply changed his religion upon outside impress! —<—<—<———_——— More-Fiction vs. Fact. Albany Evening Journ: “Strict maintenance of the pubile faith, State and National.”"—National Democrutlc Watfurne of 4850. ‘The American Almanaz ‘of Statistics tor 18°0 furnishes the following suggestive facts con- cerning State finances: ARKANSAS. $1,208,000 Fugding bonds repudiated. 986.778 Levee bonds repudiated. ‘000 Ruilroad bonds repudiated. “$8,631,775 Total repudiation. Arkansas in the-XLVIth Congress: ‘Senute—Democrats..2, a solid delegation. House—Democrats..4, a solid delegation. GEORGIA. 3 ‘The new Constitution, adopied 1877, declared yoid sundry bonds and State indorsemonts Issued inaidof railroads (amounting, approximately to 000,000). Georgia in the XLV Itn Congress: Senate—Democrats..2, # solid delegation. Hlouse—Democrajs..9. 2 solid delegation. LOUISIANA. All bonds issued now besr the date of Jan. 1, 1874, and bear the uniform rate of interest of 7 percent, These bonds have been made by re- ducing or funding the State Indebtedness at Cy cents on the dollur. The State debt ordinance, adopted with the new Constitatlun Des. 2, 14, provides for the payment of 2 per cent interest on all the consol Bonds for five years after Jan. 1, 1880, 3 per cent for the next fifteen years, $'per cent therexfter. : ‘Louisiana fn the Forty-sixth Congress: Scuate—Democrat, 1; dtepublican. 1. Flovse—Democrats, 6 (u sulid delegation). . MOAISSIPPE. : ots mainly for internal improvementa, con srasied Ferweea is and 13, amount to $i,- 10, Kepudiated. - oO Meoisst Dy Ba the Forty-sixth Congress: ‘Senute—Democrat, 1; Republican, 1. House—Democrats, 6 (a solid delegation). . NORTH CAROLINA. By the Funding law of February, 1879, $15,100,- 238 of the State debt was repudiated; ante-war ponds -were funded at 40 per cent of their face yalue3; new railroad bonds were “scaled” at 25 per cent, and the funding bonds of 1966 ant x63 were “scaled” at 15 per cents $11,407.00) special tux bonds ‘were repudiated in.JSvs. ‘Total repudiation, 28. ‘Porth Carolina in the XLVIth Congress: Senate—Democruts, 2. House—Demoerats, % Republicans, 1. An examination of the financial sturements of other Southern States would be merely a contin- nation of the same etory. This record muy be one that Democrats can hermenize with that which in their platform goes, by courtesy.as the “financial plank.” No one will bo deceived by the imposition. ‘Strict maintenunce-of the pub- lic faith! “Thou wear alion’s hide! Doff it for shame, and hang a calf's skin op ‘Special Montreat, July 10.—One of the reasons - x aud