Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 19, 1880, Page 8

\ MONDAY, JULY 19, 1880. THE CITY. GENERAL NEWS. °. Crantxs DeVauue, of London, is at tho Pater. 5, Joun A. Tlunren, of Salt Lako City, ls a gucst of tho Tremont, ‘i Lutien Drannor, of Havana, Til, fa a guest of tho Sherman, E. H. Harcon and family, of New Orleans, aro at tho Tremont, 3 M. Coon and family, of Philadelphia, are to" cated at the Sherman. Joux Tuostas and family, of Detroit, are 50° Journing at tho Tremont. Hi, Wt. Bruns and family, of Morehead, Minn, fre registered at the Shermun. Joun McCuntovan and William Campbell, of Edingburg, aro registered at the Paelfic. ‘Thomas I, Have, General Supertdtendent of tho Southern Pullman Car Company, is ut the Paimer. Joseri It. FRaNkutn, Genornl Mannger of tho Chicugo, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad; A. A. Gaddis, Superintendent of the Hoosag Tunnel Line; and J. Lawler, of the Chicago, Silwaukee & St Paul Ratlroad, are at the Pacitio. F‘A nextiva of tho Irish Colonization Sootety wus beld at Atbelter Hull yesterday afternoon. Favorite reports were revelved from tho Bu: elety's colonista located In Iteno County, Kansns. ‘The crops looked promising. aud everything was going on swiminingly. After the transaction of sume routing business the Society adjourned. Ny 8 yours of ave, Ilving at No, 177 venue, white playing the Lake Park ath o'clock yesterday afternoon, was badly cut bya picco of gluss In the ground. She was taken toa drug-store at the corner of Wabnast: avenue aud Harmon,court, where quite a severe cut in the left thigh was dressed by Dr. Barker, A REouLAn mecting of tho Laborers’ Union was held yesterday afternoon at No, 703 Milwau- Kee avenite, at which several amondments to the constitution were considered, but po importint business transacted. The Tenmsters’ Union, which was to have held n meoting nt tho sane piace, postponed its mecting until Saturday evening, ut No. 165 Handotph street. Cranes STHAND, 14 vera of nge, whose par- ents live at No. 16} West Indiana street, wits drowned at 1 o'clock yesterday in the mouth of thoriver. Ho hud gone into tho water for the purpose of attempting the feat of swimming irom the North Vier to the Government Pier just opposit, Me sticecssfully necompilshed his endeavor, but was drowned on the return trip. ‘The body was recovered and taken howe by tho police. Monnia ADLER, 45 years of ago, dled suddenly at his residence, No. 617 State streot, last even- ing ut 6:15 o'eluck. ‘Tuo Supposed eutigo, wus heart disense; but some of the nefghbors clatm tint Mr. Adler got two preaeriptions yesterday trum Dr.-Conn,—one for external application, and another to be taken internally, and that be ‘by mistake took tho Hulment internully. The decensed was a married tn, and left 2 wife and five children in comfortable circumstances. A MeeTING of Spiritualists, womnn suf- fragiste, souial reformers, ote., was held at No, 213 West Madison street yesterday afterngon, One gentleman made a speech to prove that Rpirituailsin was right, and that when people die they go Into the spirit world, Auother gen- tleman opposed this idea, becuuse he bad no evidence that it was so. Shakspeare, Byron, and other wreat men gave up the problem of an after life, and he was inclined to glve It up, too, ‘The discussion took a wide range, and at {ts con- clusion tho audience seemed no wiser than at the eommencement. ‘Tue South Park Commissionera have nt last ven people free Sunday music, and tho bicas- ings of the poor folks who have only aquarterto spend for fares and 2 trip along the Inke to the park descend upon their heads, with yome un- comfortable remarks upon thelr lateness in «is covering the needs of men. ‘That, the Sabbath wus made for man and not man for the Sabbath was shown yesterday in the Euat Park, whero there collected about two thousand people vo foot and perhaps threo thousand in enrriages to look ut the gruss and Isten to the Iakoand band, ‘True, tho wind that mundo the roar of the Inko took the music of the band In only onv direction, ‘but the people enjoyed It, and, githered aroun the padogn, they partook of solid comfort. While on the grounds some of the Park Com- tnissloners, together with the Superintendent, were discovered planning for o large sheiter which will necommodate 5,000 people, und which willbe directly to the cast of the purade grounds, Jt will be built of wood, and with stnooth flour for dancing. yi A PICNIC OUTRAGE. ‘Tho French Mutual Benevolent Association ‘held a plenic yesterday. at Taylor's Grove, South Chicago, which cuded lastevening with a serious row, ‘The Association I4 an eminently respecta- ble one, and composed of the best French- American citizens of Clicago, and the trouble was occasioned by n crowd of outside roughs, alded ond abetted, itis alleged, by a portion ot tho Hyde Park pative force. Everything .bad fone on smoothly up to about 6 o'clock. Tho rey, Frenchmen bud brought wlong tholr faml- tes, and with sungand dance and eht games, tho’ men, women, and children had had a very pleasunt time, At the hour mentioned, n person Who was present suys that Ed Cross led # gan of roughs into the rove, and thoy bi with thom three flyde | Park ailicers, two of whom wore Martin Murphy and Frod Miller, They went up to the bar and madu de- anand for drinks, Ed Cross thon jumped over the counter, followed by sevoral of his mub, and raided the Hquom. The police tooked on tn wonder and smiled. Of course tho nolse occa- sioned by tho, onsinught on the bar and bar- tender ut once ‘drew the crowd of plenickors to the scene, and the roughs commenced 1 bloody ongluught on the Ponveful people, men, women, and children being knocked dowa and trampled upon, creating the direst kind of confusion gud panic. Women aud children sercamed for iife, Men would be hit by tho roughs, and tho ofticers, it Is charged, would come up from be- bind and club and knock down the assailed par- ties, thus completing the outrage, Mr, La Fon- tine, the President, was knocked down by the ollicers, a8 Were a, number of othors, including Messrs. Sauvilia dad Mariét, Olticer Murph: ‘wus scen to knock down Mr, Mariét with hie club, and ho [s sald to have used a knife also, us one young mun received an ugly cut in tho. wrist, Tho police drew tholr revolvers and threatencd to tlre intu tho crowd ot women and obildren. Quite alurge number of tho plensuro- sceekera word hurt, agd the row successftl; broke up the pienle, After tholr return to Chi- cago the French Society held an indiguation meeting and oxpressed u determination to prog- ocute the pedee-disturbers to tho bitter oud, THE NEW BHARPSIOOTERS' PAT (8ehiitzen Park) of the North Chieago Sharp- shooter Society (Schiltzun Verein), which hus ‘Deen fald out at considerable expense, was ded!- cated yesterday, Tho now park Is yory plons- antly situated near the line of Luke View and Jetferson, aud borders on the North Branch, and 4s well adupted for the purposes to which it will be put. The mombers of the Bocicty assembled: at tho corner of Larrabew and North ayenuo yesterday and drove through the principal Streets of tho North Side in cnrriages, und thence to the park, Arrived at tho park, the ceromonles wero opened by tho presentation of the bulldings and por! dy the Building Committee to the Sovlaty with Appropriate spceches. During the afternoon Mr, Williqm Flotow delivered the oration, di coursing the objects and alma of the Assocla- ‘don and predicting for it # glorious and pros. perous future. The balance of the ufternoon ‘was spent in prize shooting, and iu the evento; thore was 4 grand summernights festival and concert. The festivities and prize shooting will ‘be continued during tho day, and this ovening the victors at tho targuta will be awardod tholr MILITIA NOTES. ‘Thy Sixth Battatlon will leavo Chicago at 11 o'clock tu-day, Gonpon H. Quinn bas been olected Captain of K Company, First Heyiment, r. Tuy Bixth Dattalion had a guard-mount drill at tho armory last Thursday night, __Tie First Regiment had a battalion drill upon re Liko Front last Thursday night. ‘Tux Firat Kegiment has just been prosented vie Wi5 blue blouses by the Citizens’ Assocla- jon, Puivate CHantxs J. Downey, Company F, requoats a tranafer to Compuny I, Firat Hegi- nient, Approved, Wittram Witson has beon elected First and Joseph H. Beblund Secon \- pane: Wirat Cavalry. id Lieutenant of 8 Com: Private Eowanp Verengen bas requested n transfer from Com Aw Heglmente Approved. Sompany:Gy Hime es J, Mounxdon, commanding G Company, th Dattulion, tenders us be Proved and forardud. > ® Fe¥lvation. Ape Carr, J. it, Tuxverr, oominanding D Company, Ninth fafautry, at Chi ; moore rites for} bis ‘oompRay eet Beans taaely ‘Te Firat Hegiment and sixth Battalion will indulge tn target practi Gonova Lake AWis this week, ComomoMoS aud gata een tae etn ot aoa npigout, and ¢: be visited by a large nutber cp aaa ie Lixut, E. 0, Coux, Quartermaste uattatieny iott too cle last Gutariey fot dente ane with # detuil of thirty men, to lay out tho LuivaTe Paanx B, Hanninaron, ¥ Com) 7 First itogthivnt, requests un honorublediacbarie ue sunount of rewovul from the State, Ap Cart, Buna SurtH, E Co! A + masa ran ests sto Honoraullauechargu of Fal ba OA fom, Ot wocount of removal Caer, Linvuay,G Company, First Healment, of - Bergt, juvets the be Chics ¥. Daniing aad “Comore also requests tho dischary: service," of Private John L. Reaubricn, on no eount of non-payment of dties and pon-attend- ‘nce at drills, a Mag. Toner Inst week recetved formal per- miaston from Gov. Cullom to take Batter; to ‘Geneve Lake, to participate in the Sixth But- talion encampment. Carr, Qronar W. Tayron, B Company, Sixth Infantry, recommends the bonorablo Mikcharge of Private Albert G. Webb, on account of re- ‘moval from tho State. CAPT, G. M, Honates, commanding F Company, Firat Regiment, ‘requests tho. Hanornble. tis charge of Private lorbert F. Pat, on acount of remaval from the State, Tue Becond Regiment had a street parade tn fatigue uniforms last Thuraday evening, which ‘was participnted in BF about 200 mombers, com- inanded by Licut.-Col, Hennessey, « Carr, Joun lt. Treverr, D Company, Ninth Battalion, recommends the dlacharge of Pri- yates James Braddock, J. W. McPherson, and Joseph Hunt, * for the good of the service." Tux dischargo of Private Charles Lewls, B Company, Sixth Infantry, fs requested pon 1. surgeon's certificate. ‘Tho same request Is mado on bohulf of Private Barnoy Tormocthin, eumo company. ‘Ox Friday next n special car ts to convey Gov, Cullom, staf, and fumily, Gon. Sheridan and ata, and Gen, ‘Torrence and. stat, to Ocono- mowod, ns RuCsts Of the First Regiment, Agila time {s'expeeted, THe acting Quartermastor-Gencril of tho Firat Brignde Inst. week recelved 18,000 pounds of cartridges from tho United States Cortridzo Company, of Lowell, Mass ordered by Ad- Jutant-Gonoral iilitard, ts Cart, Jonn I. Trevert, commanding D Com: puny, Ninth Infantry, at Champaign, recom meiids the honorable dischargeot Privates H. A. Btiiwell, Bd. Witkin, O. 1 Burnhum, W, C, Condit, WW. D, Rudy, and F. 6, Davidsoa, on tee count of removal from the State. ‘Te Second Reghnent will hold its annual picalg at Woodlawn on the 22d Inst. It 1s to bo hoped that the regiment. will minke It as profit. blo as the one held Instyenr, No pains havo been spared to make the venture a success, Carr, Horses, F Company, First Regiment, requests tha discharge of George A. Nelson, Williaw BR. Phelps, dunes 1G. Ryan, and Charles W, Danforth, * tor thd good of tho serviee,” on Account Of non-attendance at company-drills, etc, Cart. Gronag 8, Mines, commanding Com- pany A, First Infantry, requesta the honorable discharge of Private Witltam PJ. DeLand, on account of expiration of term of eervice, Also the discharge, * far thy good of the service, of Privates Henry H. Reardon and William 2, Bickle. ‘TH Sixth Battalion will start for Geneva Lake to-day, ‘The encampment will Inst a week, and the members ure expecting a very enjoynblo time. Col. Thompson asserts that ho will maine tain strict diseipllue while in camp, and, 80 fair a8 possible, make the oceasion ono of Instruc- ton for the nen. ALL tho militia of Chicaxo bas elther gous into camp or are proparing for plentes and ox- cursions, and It is Hvely times with the boys. ‘Ho Firat iteginent is Ini camp nt Oconomowoc, the Second {tegiment 14 completing Its arrange= ments for a plenic at Woodlawn on tho 22d Inst, The Sixth Huttalion and Battery D yo into camp at Geneva Luke, Wis. to-night, The First Cav- alry {8 contemplating doing something desper- ate, and tho Sixteenth uttalion ts plotting a pie: tw attend divine eervico on Sunday in a THE Sixth Battalion will march out of Chicago with Battery Ds to-day, with about 250 inen, to xo into camp at Kayo's Park, Qenova Luke, Col. ‘Phompson, Capt, Kobins, his udjutant, and a nuinber of tho fine officers were at thoir armory, corner of Wabush avenue and Van Huren street, last Saturday night until a inte hour, completing arrangements for the exenr- Bion. Quarterinaster Cole, with nu detall of thirty men, preceded the command lust Saturday: to lay out the cmp. On the same aay tho battery sent up two pleces of artillery. Col. ‘Thompson declures his intention of haying a sham battle nnd a lively thne gunernily white in cump. He bas issued about 1 elaborate invi- tations to his friends throughout tho State and Genova Luke to visit hls camp, Saturday, tho 2tth, isto be * fleld day,” at which time tho Colonel and his stat will receive ail guests for- mally. The Governor and bis staif, Gen, Sheri- dan and staif, Gen, Torrence and staff. huye re- celved personal Invitations, ns have also many prominent: eltizens, Gen. 8. 1, Sherer bas been Invited to Inspect the battalion. , THY FINST NEGIMENT CAMP, Licut. A. L, Bell, Quartermaster of the Firat Infantry Regiment, left hero lust Tuesday, with a detall of thirty men, for Oconomowoc, whither the squad went to Iny out Camp Cullom” for tho reception of the reglinent later, The com- any crtered Ocononiowoe ii command of Livut, sellin the midst of u blinding rain, Tho First Regiment is doomed to mevt with a rain or suow storm overy time it oes outside its armory. However, the boys wend to work with a will, and very soon the allotted ground began to nAsume qulte military proportions. ‘Tents Wore erected, gunirda wero posted wt night, and, In order to make it the thore interesting, Lieut, Bell constituted bimself * commander of tho pat," and mudo Hieut. Paulson his adjutant. [vate Corbett, of H Company, was promoted to. the rank of corporal pro tem, The town fs Mited with guests this sumiaer, and thoy, with the na- tives, fall out in force to watch tho movements of tho soldiers each day. Tho commander of the detail has roll-callat 6 In tho morning and ‘yun nt night, ‘The camp ta in a grove of onks, with uo clenr, running brook on ono side and the sloping shores of Lake Iu Belle on tho othor, about one mile from the tlepot. ‘The spot Is tho old stamping grounds of imuny picnics, and the grand vid trees cover a sulliclent urea of ground toshado tho entire eump, SUBURBAN. ENGLEWOOD, A largo delegation of the Ilibernian Society from tho Stock-Yuras and South Skle, headed by a band of mualc, marched to8t, Ann’s Cuthbolic Church, corner of Pavillon parkway and Wont- worth nyenue, yesterday morning, where they attended church in a body, Tho Rev. P.M. Flannegan otticiated, Tho Englowoud Kile Club holds its regular quarterly meeting this cyening at the Eye ollice. Next Saturday afternoon the Luke View Club will ahodt a match with the Kogtowood Club oa ey Took ive trnieue dlety-b t Lou ve trains of 'y-two cirs to convey tho French Benoy elery eaeneSE Ganda aasenge” © M8 lee pestis MORTUARY. 4 ‘Bpectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Wausutnuton, D. C., July 18,—The funoral of ox-Goy. J. A. Campbellf took place from his Inte residence yesterday, ‘The State De- purtinent was represented by Assistant-See retary John May; the Chief Clork, Mr, Brown; the Solicitor, Mr. O'Connor, and others; the War Department by Gen. A, D, MeUook, Col, Corbin, and Col, Mallory. Dr, Sunderland condueted most appropriate series ae basil was at Oak Hill, Few men of his age huve filled so many responst- blo posts, both military and vil, a had Goy, Campbell, lie wis faithful and efll- celent in alf public trusts, In private life he Was 8 nian Whose wholy, happiness contercd in Ils family and his friends, and a large clr ele throughout the country will e mourn it dunth, SPO MR CeUy NO YELLOW-FEVER, New On.wans, La, July 18—Dr. 6, B. White, Sanitary Director of the Auxiliary Sanitary Association, and Dr, Jones, Presl- dent of the Board of Health, certify that there is not a cuse of yellow-fever in thls elly. Nor has there been a ease in the elty this a Tho Mistorical Fortress of Janina, Januton, Globe, Among all tho‘lurkivu possessions which the Buropoan Arcopagus has just gracefully given Away none probably will touch the nutiotinl sen= Usnent moro than Janinn, tho stronghold of tho renowned All Pasha, ‘The celebrated mountain fortress in suid to occupy tho site the Tormplo of Dodona, but it hua no classical Interost in ttwelf At camo intoextstenco under the Lower Enipiro ‘under the title of Jounnini, or St, Johnstown, and {s now locally known as Yanine, Its modern history dates from Its solzuro by tho young Ale baulan chicftain, who, by a rare combluntion of diplonmey and recklesd during, obtained from the Porte a confrinution of bis conquest, Tho readory of "Childe Harold" wilt romembor the portrait which hen ched of this rennirke | able mun when ho visited him at bis birthplace of Topelen, His enterprising career boyan while he was yot a boy, and after making ait a self tnastor of Epirus, and portions of Acarnus ala and Attolla, ho annexed the Pashnlik of Skodra and reduced tho towns slung tho Gulf of Arty, one of bis most dariur oxplolts being the storming of Provesa. Though ut one tino in league with thom, he subsequendy gained much credit from the Porte by breuking the power of tho Klephts, the robber clunsof whoin wo shall Brebably bear uguin before tho Gneoo-Purklay OU nLLAY is Anully settled. Had tho ‘Turkish authorities vontured to uvail themsctyes frovly of tho extraordinary jatlusnce which thole for= midable vassal bad acquired, thoy might huyo succeeded in crushing tho Greek revolution, but tho full of All Pasha proved tho opportunity tor which the Grock patriots wore watching, As Junina wag the scone of the Pusba's carly trie uruphs, sp was it of bis death. When blq aie tesa law" bad become ouiburrassing to the Sule tun, he was uttacked by the Ottomua troops; and bering been shut out of the fortress by hls own followers ho retired to the ttle, iatand on. the luke which Mea ut the foot of dutyikell, And here bis witd curcor wan terminated by us- sasination in big @d year, In its palmy ny re o nt Pasha's cupital ated a populudon Jf the Grovks nuke good their Scqulaition us rope will look to thom to fultit thy bouate of which they arose prodigal, and reatore somowbut Of its lost prosperity, ; ale a White, soft, and yelyoty hunds fol of Guiiduen Medicinal Boupe , folew tHe uso Citizenship at Whe visor John |. Davenpit'As tonishing Testjgriny,: How © Democratic Juigo, Mado 1,800 Democratic Gusens 8 in Ono Day, |". Sixty-fonr Thousand Cortificates 1 1808— Extonding tho Fronds to Otho. States, New York Tribune, July 3, At the investigation of the Wallac Com- mittes yesterday, inthe Post-Oflice iutlding, in regard to theconduet of Chief Supervisbr John L. Davenport during the cleetion ty No-. Yember, 1878, Senators Wallace, McDonald, Hoar, and Binir were present, Mr. Dave port was the only witiess examines” was self-possessed, and gave Ing fects ant figures rapidly, clearly, and with efect.. His eyes twlnkled as he rolled yp tad testimony of Demoecratlé carruption, especially when he noted nny signp s€ disapproval on tho pit of the Democratic mefagars, He held a cigar In his month most ofthe aime, but nflowed it ta.gu out frequently hvsen on an Interet- ing lineof testinony. Tlie qiestioning vas mostly conducted by Senntor sir, Senagr MeDonald ovcnstonally cross<questionhg. The details of tho working of the Demoertic. eltizen mill were given clearly, and were pr- tified with documentary evidence obtahed from the court records by Mr. DaVenpon ét his deputies, ut I.am a United States Commissioner, sail Mr. Davenport, quietly, and Supervisor Elections. In 1876 1 Issued a number if Warrants for the arrest of persons using fraudulent naturalization papers, , In t86st was employed as cotinsel for the Unia Leagtte Clib to investigate tho frauds tint had been and-were still going on, and to pro pare proof and to'seenre witnesses, I sifted the muss of evidence obtained, and Jald tt before the committer, known as the Law renev Conunittee, amd following that cant thelr report. At the tirst election after [was appulnted Chief Supervisor f guve notice t€ all persons having naturatization papers is sted In 1808 to be cureful In their use anc praveedod! to necumulate additional evidence ‘o reach those who had committed the frauds, I found thnt there were persont who acted as-witnesses for lundreids anc thousands of people, and I accumulated in formation relative to the conduct of natural ization proceedings in that year, and in 18d ind 1867 also, NOW THE FRAUDS BEGAN, These wholesale naturalization proceed: ings began in 1866, before Judge Cardozo, in the Court of Common Pleas, In 1807 they were transferred to the Superior Court, be- fore Judge MeCunn. ‘Phe Court of Common Pleas had done the bulk of the naturaliza- tion buyiness, until it was stopped by Mr. Jarvis, the Clerk of the Court, a Democrnt, but ®anan of strict Integrity, T have here a mass of applications (exhibiting a pile of papers) on which the Clerk utterly refused to offer Hficates, In f868 the Court of Common Pleas was neglected, and ony Issued 3,145 certifentes, while the Superior Court fssued 20,000, and the Supreme Court, for tho tirst time in its history, was opencd for purposes of naturall- zation, In the Superior Court there were issued in December, 1868, 2.2485 [1 January, 1809, the Deputy Clerk of the Court issued 07, In October alone 18,472 certificates were given ont, In the Superlor Court, before one Judge, thera were issued in fifteen days of October, 1808, necordlng to the files of the Court, 18,~ iT certificates. ‘There was, ng nearly as can be ascertained, an additional issue of 20,000 in the two Courts, or which no records ap- penr on the books, In 1863 there were 61,000 such naturalization papers manufactured In these Courts, WORK IN THE SUPREME COURT, In tha Supreme Court, before Judge Bar- nord, there were 18,84, In the Superior Court, during October, live Judges took part {nthe procecdings, Judwo- Barber natiural- ized seventy-flve; Anthony M, Robinson the same numbers Samuel Jones, 1,000, From seven to elght-tenths of the number were be- fore Judge McCunn, and Judge Garvin had the remainders All except Judges Garvin and MeCunn attended to their ordinary dutles during the month, and Garvin did so part of the timo, doing Chamber business eceastonnlly, ‘This total of 18,824 In the Buprome Court Is 8,754 more than appears on the files of the “Court for 1860, as I learn from testimony other than that given by ML. Plum. Here a diversion occurred ; before the wit- ness put his statement In the concise form aboye given, Judge McDonald, ot the Demo- eratle side, objected to hearsay ovldence, Mr. Blair defended Mr, Davenport, and thought he should not be lmited by any ordinary rules for witnesses, ‘Tho oblention wus settled by Mr. Davenport's statement that lio had hig evidence Independent of hearsny, 3 MR. DAVENPORT NEGINS THY FIGHT. In 1872 and 4874, he continued, Instructions were ivan fo regard those specific cases where information was obtained relative to fraudulent naturalization papers, In 1875 I isstied an notice to the Supervisors to challenge, peremptorily every person who appeared for the purpose of registering on the ieG3 certificate, L had obtained so much in- formation that It was my desire to glve each herson notice that his rizht to the possession of such certiticnta would be contested, and to place him on fils guard as to thelr use, By 1878 1 had obtained additional facts, as I de- slred to sustaln myself, but not to uct hastily. Thelluved that a large number of those hold- ing such certificates lad been imposed upon, I sought Mr Kelly and proposed to him the Appointinent of a joint committes of Repub- leans and Democrats, and said that if they would work with ino T would ait during the evening, in order to allow the laboring men more facilities for appearing than they would have during the daytime, And f proposed that the Committes from ‘fammany,' all should ald me, in having the holders: of 68 papers uppear before nie in tho spring and suminer Of 1878; that these fraudulent papers should be taken up, and tha holders w permitted tu declare thelr intentions where they had not deciared thom: and that those who had declared thelr Intentions should obtain proper papers, ‘Thus wanted tosave the issuing of warrants, and, to pre- vent arrests and tho comulications which; would arise If such action was taken ab th election, Henry 1, Clinton, of Tammany Hall, wroté tome, ‘and. subsequently a committes was. appuinted) by Mr, Kelly's organizatlon— namely: Luke Cozzi, Judge Quin, and Henry D, Purroy. ‘They appointed one of thelr number to’ sit ln iny oflles during the proceedings. ‘Shey sat for two or threo days} and then withdrew for reasons unknow! to me, although I have my views. ‘They opened an ofllce In Reade street, and pent out clrent- lara printed In English and German to all hatders of papers ly 180s, het " Mr. Davenport here read p, copy of the clr- cular, Its purvort was to render the persons referred to suspicious of the Government's supervisors, and sesmedMespecially to warn them against appearing before Mr, Dayen- port An varly eqll at their office was ad- T procedded, sdid Mr. Davenport, resumin, bis story, durlng the summer, with the bask nesa, amid between 3,000 and 3,000 persons ap- peared before me, surrenderad thelr: thls paper and nade nftidavits as to-how tle: abtalt hem, OF these 1,000 men Und voted on the papers for eight years, ‘they were consiterably over age when they! rived in this country,—from 40 ty 60 yeary of age,—yot they wore naturaiized ag min without toelneing the} futentions, 1/183 the number of fraudulent cortiientes regis: tered was reduced tu ‘3,107, 1 ngalist 10,000. in 387, isso Warrants for 3,100 Holders of these paperag and — proe vented all except 1,240 from yoting, and in these cases it was not my tuult, a8ome of the 3,107 procured new paperé, -- |” SPECIMEN ¥RAUDS, In sifting this matter 1 learned first that the number of applications on file-nowhere: Nearly approached the numbegs isaued in 1863,“ Curtitlcates In blank Wero -iasned, under the seal of the Court, and with the clerk's slimature attached; und, jn 1b07 the sane thing wus done. (Mr Davenport here showed a certificate.) AVhere they were so jssuad, he continued, thoy were ready to uso by filllng inzthe names. 1 have fn my possession ks with one name erased by a knife, and ‘another filled in, Later this kind gf work was done with actd, and is almost f ple to detect, ‘This practice was carrlod o) a cons|uura- ble extent. L also learned that many cor. titientes were Issued in names of fictitious persons for whom, apblications wore made out and fited In the court, Many of them wero signed, tn good handwriting, by wit nesses Who cannot write at the present time, PROFESSIONAL. ITS * 2 Many of the persons engaged tn this wor were Sycting NB Stating professional witnesses, For instauve: kK Colt wast witness | for, ah ure sung, and Jot Moran for 10%, Ten persons were withess for 8.45 npplicants, In one anonth, as shown’ by the files of the Court, these witnesses, about 100 In number, made allidavits for nbave 30,000 peopl ‘They were, In fet, permanentiy itttached to, the’ courts during the naturalization proceedings, in that eapaelty and for that purpose, For October, Isis, thore were 37,000 ‘Synllentions: tor whieh thoy, made niidavit, ‘They acted In both gon the sie dd connteiek Gort Was withess mth Suprema ‘ tor 035 10th, 8255 ct. Teh, is 10th ti, BO; Bat, 20; -2XIy 18, John Moran was witness as follows: Oct. 7, for 9; 8th, 5 Otthy (5 10th, 20; 1th, Ws 1 Ws lth, UWS; 15th, 0; lth, 0 Fal 1M, 60; LOL, bls Bt, OSs Bd, dLy Aad, Jou Ward appeared for applicants as fol Patric! Pats lows: In the Supronie Court, Oct. 8, 445 Oth, ' 40z LOti, 17, Teh, 130; tL, 16d Tah, 10r! 1th, 0s Wrth 8s Wi, GF; BOHN, BS; atsi, 40; bed, Court + Hs and in the Superior Oot, 1, Se 8d, 235 Ha, 3s Heh, 17s bth, sth, 335 bth, tis "ton, 75 12th, 10; th, dy doth, ‘2s ‘ath, 8s? 10th, 1 20th, 2. Patrick MeCatfery in the Superior Court made allidavits-for 247 persons, and In the Sus. preme Courd for 67, dohn Ward appeared tor a total of 1,069 applicants, In these appll- entions the slanatures of tho applicants wera not there, but their names were used, “The witnesses obtained the certificates In the names of the applicants, and sold the papers to them at rates varying from 50 conts to 33. BYREADL WORK TO OTHER COUNTIE In the Supreme Court, Goff, in one day, obtained certificates for 1,005 persons, aii took to ngs County 400, Numbers wete nso delivered to nearly all the river coun fies—Westehester, Patinm, Orange, 2 tand, Lknow of 500 that were olfered in Saratoga County, In blank, to Mr. Curtls, of the State Conunittee, at St apiece, ANNOYED AT THE FACTS, Here Senator McDonald tnterrupted Mr. Davenport, saying: ° “7 propose te bring the witness to reason- able Hinits, He cannot verify by his onth every story told him of these papers, but what. he says may obtain strength before the country if Me, Davenport states tt.” Mr, Davenport—" 1 don’t propose to testify to what L can’t swear to.” . Senator Honr—lWo are to report to tho law: making power of the country such fuets as py lend to a ehutge of the existing laws affecting the purity of the ballot, nud the Counnittes will be laughed ont of sight If they apply to this Inuuiry the petty rales that govern evidence {na Police Court.” - Senator Blatr sald that on the petition of Fernando Wood and seventy others, pre- sented to the House in 1870, the Lynde Com- mittes was fonned, ‘Pho petition eatled for the impeachment and removal of Mr. Daven- port, ‘The report of tho Lynde Committes covered seventy closely-priuted pages, and consisted largely of hearsay ovidence, which fad been made the groundwork for investi- gntion by the Committee, “At a provions, session,” sald Senator Hoar, “ Senutor Gartield proposed that Mr. Davenport should state whit grounds ho hind for taking up these naturalization papers, and glye the souree of the fyformation which, led to his pursuing his course, The Cam- inittee had by ainjority vote decided that Mr. Dayenport shotud take that course, und now {tis proposed by Senutor McDonald to reverse that decision”? “ T have no doubt,” remarked Senator Me- Donald, stubbornly contesting the polnt, “that many of these stories ave manufact- ured, and Tdontt want to be us credutous as the Commissioner.” (Mr. Davenport). After considerable debate, it was inally agreed that Mr. Davenport shoukl state only, the matter that came within his own knowl- edge, and he continued: Lbelleve that « very largo number of cer- tifleates were issued for which there are no records and no appilention on fie anywhere incourt. 1 call the attention of the Com- mittee to the testhnony, before the Conxres- sfonal Co mmittce on Contested Sents In the case of Van Wyek against Green, and that from Orange aid other counties before. the Lawrence Comutittee, and ton Jetter written: hy me_to County-Clerie Gumbleton on Oct, 23, 1878, asklyg ATH If any noturalizations Tina been mate Aye the Supreme Court tn 1800, and to- i umbleton's reply in the negative, ML Otvenvort here stated that no certifientes wre printed for the Supreme Court until 1868,"* NOT INFORMED ON HISTORY, Tfere Is 4 certifieate, ho xald, in which tho person who tilled up the blank forgot that S73 was not the: hinaty-firet year of tho in- dependenes of the United Stites, and filled up the binnk as he liad been accustomed to do In 1868, instead of imnking It the ning sixth ren, of tude} dna certificate issued to James Phelin aud in. two othors the 6?" fg erased and 8"? written over it, The nang of Max.Welnhelm was not on the 4s certifiente, as none were presented to the Snperlor Court in that year, so the Court sent) another paper to his hougs. {tonainr tho certificate to Seun- tor McDonald)....1 also helivve that nite urallvation papers were glyen out in blanks, beenuse I have in my. ‘possession several papers for which there Is no appileation on le. ‘The clerks so lnformed my, and I have algo inspected the records, ' Many persons whom I questioned sald they got thole pavers at the City-IIntl, and this was undoubtedly true, But’ the Court only sat two nights af that placa; the papers were pce out from the clerk’s qfice. ‘The room in the basement was oceupled in October, 1808, by 0 largo nttuber of nen sent from the aliferent wards of tho city, ng standing wit- nesses, and the applications were filled up by thein, Out of 30,000 certificates printed for the Supreme Court, only 1,803 were lett when they got through, aa Mr. Lowe testified upon the Lawrence Comittee, nnd none were Issued exeopt by the clerk, Krom cor- tain facts obtained [learned that certificates ‘of! naturatization were obtained nt elub- rooms and bar-raoms, Very many of the professional witnesses were tiuler five or six ndictments ench on criminal charges, and both MeCuun and Barnard, who had been erlminal Judie OW the men pers sonally. Ln (808 United States Marshal Mur ray, belleving this work was being done, sent B number of fetitious nunes tothe Demo- ermtic National Committee, and inn few hours obtained certificates of nuaturallzation for ull, on the payment of $3 eveh, ppilene tous were made out at Demoerntic head atartery, and residences were given in atone- yards and yuennt lots, MAKING CITIZENS FOU NEW JERSEY, Nor did the Courts confiug their naturall- zation to this and adjoining countless they naturalized many porsons trou Nowdursey and other States, 1 know of the selzure of 3,000 certideates, contra for regularly to he delivered in Counce at 50 cents each, ‘Thoy were seized tis a liquor store at Prince and Mercer streets by the police, oh Mr. Davenport here gave the names of two persons from New Jersey naturalized In New york, Peter E. Kronkle, of Maboken, and George Hooten. ‘he latter was naturalized on declaration farm to whieh no declaras tlon is attavhed, but which contains this per- emptory orders. Give tls manhis certiflente, “Joun HM, MeCunn,!? According to the ratio in the Courts sinco » from 40 toh per cent of the persons natuadized should hays been on previous declarations of intetition, In 186%, out of 18,824 on file, onlye400 were on declaration, fn the Supreme Court the ratio should be; tha same, Out of 25,000 only 4,000 wero on declaration and discharges, fn the Court of HNO Pious & large number was on dec Tnration, made within two years, Whole streets were taken anid naturalized frow housg to house. | From ono disreputavio place fi Green, streut forty-two pere sons were registered. ‘The mmnber ran as high as 348 on the register, when there Were but 263 jn tho street, in the City-Iall place men were registered as igh as Nu, 343 when thore were only forty houses there, Out of forty-four howses on Vanderwater street 103 mou were maturalized in the Su- preme Court, On Greonwich, Jatues, Spring, Lhames, and other ‘streets numbers were given in excesy of the houses, and Patrick Golf, as a witness for these, gives his ad- jong dress tn, thirteen diiferent places,—ull } Another system adopted was for two aliens to uppear for each other, although the stutute requires that o witness must be a citizen of the United States, Some of the standing witnesses who had appeared durin, the mouth turned up on the iat day, an were themselves dyly naturalized, In reply to Seudtor McDonald's question, fy, Dayonport stated that he knew of this fact, of applicants appearing for each other, by the indlees of the courts, ‘These iudices, he said, until after arrests were made, in 1804, were simply alfabettcal Usts, made up months afterward, aud no pretense was made that they wero anythin else; as, for Instance, Inthe Supreme Court, on Feb. 19, 1871, the clerk had: Just bemun to make up the Inilees for 1868, There was no record of these naturstization proceedings, oxcept In these inilices. THE AFTE! stow SESSION, | a Upon tho reassembling of the Com- mites at hallpast “3. Mr, Davenport proceadedl with his statement os to what led to his official action. mentioned that in the Su rang Court, and in the Superior Court beford Judge MeCunn, ap- plicants were suldom if ever admitted to the court-roont. In the boom adjoining there was another braneh of the Stipreme Court where Judge Barnard dat. There wore dur- Ing tho time when tho, naturalization papers were issued in 1863 many professional wit- Nesaes who oeeupled nyroont connected with that in whleh Judge Barnard was holding court, a green door, throngh which the Judge, from time to Hine, went to laugh and jest with these professional witnesses, Pa- pers were Mle up ine that Toon, aid pros evedings generally avers condueted fin an feregutir manner. ‘Chey hind a mock court; olected a judy and court. He also had in mind, he satit, the fret that many persons who claimed fo have been naturalized 10 these courts had not been in the country five years; many of them, on the contrary, only a few months, sud some of than only a few weeks, Holiad'n letter writ- tea by one Carl Kroger, who, together with Atgtist Huefner Sternield and Henry Deer, arrived atthe Port of Now York. landing 1 Castle Garden from tho steamship Allemanin, ifram Hamburg. Kroger remained in New York, Stermfleld went to Vermont, and Beer aottled fn West, ‘Troy, Within one month Kroger was iad an Amerlean eitizen, and tn his delight thereat on Oct, 13 of the same year he wrote Sterntield a letter, of which he followhng Is-0 Hteral trausiations “New York, Oct. W—Dean Finennt The purpose of this letter, written by an Amerleareltizen, 13 shuply to ask that both you and [enry should come here as svon as posstble, if you feel Inetined to become elti- zens. Pleasu write to Henry immediately, a3 I do not know his address. © 1 am still work ‘ing at Witliatisburg, but that at night since last week, Loam, in haste, your sineere friend, Bh JHARLES,”? DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE, Mr. Davenport further sald that he had also in his anind, eases In whieh men were naturalized fwithhi thre weeks after their arrival. Ife had had In his possession, ns be- fore stated, nenrly 4.000. certifieates, nccom- “panied ino all instances by wlidavits of the persons to whom thiey referred, setting forth the varlous.faets in regard to thelr not having been in thls country saMtclently long legally to -obtuil “these “certificates, He called attention to tha fnet that tnstructlons to Suporfisory, found on page 462 of the Lynde Connuittes, testimony, were not Issued by him, but were shaply extracts from the laws which were printed on the inside of the cov. ers of thé Supervisors’ books, ‘The notices given to persons to surrender these bogus naturalization papers were subsequently re- newed to Sept. 21 and afterward to Oct, 125 and evaty opportunity was given for bring ing In the papers before the warrants. were issued or ny action taken, ‘The notices wore published in both English and Ger- man, ahd several thousand of the persons manned were informed personally or direct by anal, ; ‘The’ papers were surrendered from day to day, and each person was landed in return a paper of Instructions how to proceed to be naturalized, and all assistance to this end was given to them, When persons who had deelaved: thelr Intentions, or liad been dis- charged from the army, had Jost thelr papers, applleations wera made for duplicates for them, and they were in every case put upon the right track of obtaining citizenship. {cenRte Hour—At whose cost was this done? Mr. Davenport—It was done at my per- sonal cost; without charge to thei, Mr, Davenport deseribed the care taken to Instruct ench person how. to apply for citi zenship, and the various facilities provided: for them, When Senator Blair put a question in reference to the arrests made on tho day of election. “The number registered on these papers,” replied Mr, Davenport, as 1 have stated, tn 1970, was 10,000, Jn 1878 there were 3,200, If it had not been for the advice which I tind had been given to these men from the head- quarters I have before spoken of, but few, if any, of them would have so registered, Of tha 3,200 who dit so register in 1878, about 1,200 voted; and that any of thom vated was dus to the fact imuinly that the Marshals at the polling-places were absent at the Hime thes persons mado their appearanco at the poll, : “With regard to, clectlonday, I had not been out of this building further than the Astor House for a period of forty-clmht hours or more, My meals, sych as I liad, were served in the building here, I re- mained here the night previous, aud went from hera the followhig imorning about 6 oelock, I went tothe court and remained there until 9 In the evening, I had requested one of the Commissioners, In order to save bringing people the entire length of the island, to sit in the neighborhood of Ifarlem. Bridge and hold his court there, I ulso re- quested anothor Commissioner to sit _on tho other side of the Harlem River In what Is, known as tho annexed dis triet, to make more easy the transac. tion, of business there. Cominission- era Shields and Denel held a court In this building and certain other Cominisstoners: Were nppolited to try the cases of certain districts, ‘That was doug for the purpose of facilitating business, 80.25 not to keep the peopla any longer than was necessary, Whenever, on the day of the election, the persons arrested stated by themselves or Hroupte counsel that thoy would make no effort fo vote upon these papers, they were discharged ‘upon thelr own recognizances, Bo faras [icnew they sutfered no hardship other than that of having to remain in the court-room for a few hours, and in some ine stances for a tew moments onl; ; THE “RLAVE-PEN. Senator Blair—Will you please desertbotho Toout where they were kept, and ity subdl- visions? Mr. Davonport—It {is the room whore all pps arrested for offenses ngainst. the nited States laws In thisdistrlet, and who are brougit before the Commissioners here, are sent, and it is situnted on the fourth fluor of this building. It was not builtbyme, butby the United States, for the purpose or retain- ing prisoners until they can bu forwarded to Ludlow Street dull. Senator Blair—But desertbe tho room.- Mr. Davenport—This slave-pen, as it has heen callesh fs ubout tho size of this, with fron bars dividing off one end, Senatgr Blalr—What proportion of the room is for the prisoners ? -Mr. Davenport—The room is 313¢ feet by 44 feet, ‘The :so-cutled enge is 20¢ feet by 13 fe It takes up one end of the room, onator Biair—And how ts the rest of the nr oceupled ? Mr. Davenport—By. the Deputy Marshals, ator Hodr—Ia there any reason why a i mer shoul not be ns comfortable as a apnty, Marshal? Mr, “Davenport—None whatever, exeept that he cugnot walk out into the hall, and the Deputy Marshal can, Senntor Flour—That room 1s ns comfort. able tn itl sespecks us 0 lurge, well-lighted pirlor In the best hotel, with the exception of the irow grating which prevents persons from getting out? Air. Dyavenport——It is, sir. Senator Dluin—Who were the persons act- ually continued there? Mr, Davenport—Those who were held tn default of ball, or whose bull was fixed, but who were unable to get It. ‘They were ‘sont from there fra the to tine, us from other courts, ta Ludlow Street Jul, None stayed there all night. REMOVAL OF SUPERVISORS, + Senator Bhitr—In 1878 you removed, or enused to be'removed, 8 number of Super visors. For whit reason? Mr. Davenpart-—SMalnly for tho reason that thelr handwriting. was not good enough. 1 do not remember the nuniber, but it was shout elghty ovunety, Senator Blae+ar both pplitteal partles ? Mr, Davenport—Yes, ‘There would lave beun no object in discharging them on partl- pan ground fs, ws thar Supervisors ure. chosen by the two pagtics. ‘here was no citizon who made any cowplatnt to me, elthor dure ing registration onafterward, a8 to the Su- pervisors or Marshals. I fssucd warrants Qnd arrested twa, Supervisors, an they word "removed for uilscontduct. Outside of that I know nothing of any tnproper ucts by them, Ut was suggested befare the Lynde Caomnittes that several warp, arrested who were dls- churged before (th came before me; Lnever heard'of anyof these cases, ‘Senator Biulr—Haye the Democrats not ‘complained ? * Senator Hoa that's not evidence, © Senator Blalr—L would like to know if there has been no Jovalcomplaint; whether, dn this great Demog¢ratic city, there has been No compluint as ta the personal misconduct, of Mr. Davenport? -- Mr, Davenport—I. do not know, alr, I am reluluded of one gther thing in regard to these naturalication® papers ‘of 1663, Each polftical partyvhad' then, as ever since, & uaturalization cominittee, Of ‘the number of naturalization papers issued in that yenr, 9,800 persons applying exme from the Re- publican party; the balance came from Bomewhore else, Senator Binir—-I would Ike to have now natatement of your ylows of the Inw under which you acted—not the Election law, but the loen! statutes, Mr, Davenport—Thoso T shall be gia to give to-morrow. In reanrd to tho nrrests inade fn 1876 L should Tike to state he ineldont. At that tine I found some att delng nade in the courts yon a small to naturalize men Inuproperiys and T put offl- cers in the courts to follow these people up. Tt resulted in the nrrest of sume clght or ten, who. wero —indieted “In this Courts One of them, “We IL A. | Early, had registered fifteen mon, fourteen of whom wore had reskled in this coun try five years and in this State one yenr, the fret being that they lad not so resided, Shortly after his Incarceration an effort was made fo have him pardoned, wlieh effort T resisted by_alotter fo the President, dated Feb, 10, 1877, This letter showed. that the prisoner wasan intelligent, cduented person, fd must hve known that he was willfully breaking the Inw. It was by that letter that the pardon was prevented, but within a fow months of the tine wien his sentence exe pired L found he was walking tha streets of New York, and had even visited ‘Tarrytown. Tie hnd been sent to the Kings County Peit- tentlary. I made myself aware of all tho faets, and belleving that such a system was delng carried on In that Penitentiary, L made useof Envly’s knowledge and statement to corroborate what information I had recelved; and then recommended that he should be wrdoned tn consideration of the testimony he had feven. At this point the Committee adjourned to this morning at 10 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. OUR THEATRES. The engagement of the George Toltand company at Hooley’s came to an end last night, ‘Chey have appeared In “ Our Gentle- men Friends,” 9 farcleat comedy whileh has not proved particularly attractive to the public, and certainty not remunerative to the manager of tho house In which it has been seen, It appenrs. that Hooley made & contract with Mr. Holland similar to those ha frequently makes with what he considers risky attractions, It’ stipulated that the engagement should be for two weeks; that tho first $1,200 should go to the house, tho next $1,200 to the company, and that the batanee, ff any, should be divided. In necordance with this Mr. Hooley received the first week the first $1,200, Mr. Holland was not so lucky, how- ever, and caine out with $500, ‘According to preevident the first $1,200 of tho second week should have gone to Hooley again, but Hol- Jand insisted “that the contract did not read that way; thatthe diviston was In the re- celpts of two weeks and not of one. The upshot of the affair was that Mr, Holland took $1,200 out of the proceeds of the show during the week just ended, and Hooley was left without anything to reimburse hin for his expenses, ‘This morning the troupe will leave for New York, he Royal Middy” had ils finl representation Jast night, nid Bronson Howard's “ Wives’? will pe pro- duced at Haverly’s to-night. “ Wives ” Is a comedy made from Mollére's “L' Ecole des Femmes” and “1h ’Ecole des Maris.” Mr, Ed Arnott’s In Trust.” a melodrama, will receive ity first production this eventug at the Olympic. MUSICAL NOTES. Hershey Hall Is at present the scene of very attractive musieal entertainments in connection with tho normal course of the Hershey School. Miss May Pheenix gave a song recital Monday afternoon with 1 pro- gram of interesting and varied contents illus- trative of Italian, German, and English song literature. ‘Tho singing was done in exeel- lent style, the details of light and shade wero well defined, and a highly commendable clearness of _enunelation was, noticeable throughout, Miss Phonix has ‘9 beautiful and thoroughly s ympathetic voice, which she uses with much skill, an evidence of whichis the fact that her vocal resources scemerl not at all exhausted at the last number on the progrmun, Mrs. William H. Sherwood, of Boston, ave her second plano recital ut the hall Inst Thursday afternoon. Ter program was 0 choice one, containing several numbers neyer before played in Chicago, nec ther the six ‘Iumoresken” of Gries, with thelr strange Northern coloring, so ditterent from tho works of inost of our modern writers for the plane, Especially noteworthy was Mrs. Sherwood’s Interpretation of tho Beethoven “Sonata Appassionata,” which was played with exquisit taste and re combine tions of strength and delien Both the Sonata and the Humoresken created 1 deep finpression, ‘The third. recital takes place next ‘Thursday afternoon, This atternvon vt 8 o'clock Prof. James Gill will give a songz recital Inthe hall, He will bo assisted by Il, Clarence Eddy, DRAMATIC NOTES, Hooley’s Theatre will be closed for three weeks. Miss Catherine Lewis’ engagement with Daly closes this week, ‘Tho ‘Tony Pastor troupo passed through the city yesterday en route for New York, Barrymore, the actor, In hts cross-examina- tion during the Currlo trinl, testified that under his reat name, Blythe, he had won the Queensbury Cup as champlor amateur boxer of England, A rumor fs In circulation stating that Miss Geratdine “Maye will spend next senson abroad in a professional enpacity, Sho re- cently married Dr. Winston, of New York, At the time of hi uberlae it was said that alto Intended to permanently retire from the stage, 'Yho Chronicle of Sherman, Tex. says: “One of thatdistinguished jury which tured the tiger Currie loose had Just been released from tho Penitentinry, Another one of the jurymen, who neyer was known to have a cent, was sald to be fairly conted with green- backs after tho concertr was discharged.” Daly. will open lis preliminary senson in. New York about the middle of August with a melodrama, upon which he is now work- ing. ‘To his company there will be added Mr, dames Lewis, Mra. Gilbert, and Fanny Morant. in all probably the regular season will open with a farcical comedy from the German of Rosen. Abboy, on being questioned bya New York Herald roporter in regard to the terms of the Bernhardt engucement, sald; “In regard to the money tobe pald her f regret that she made it aetna qua non that it should not ba made public?” Then all these ¥ $2,000 n at are lnuubug?? A they aro all humbug.) Sarah insisted in the boil that she should have a ‘state cabin”? for herself in all the hoats, a full section in all the cars, and that Abbey should stand the expenses of her four malls, ‘he engage mont will Inst 100 nights, the prices of ad- mission will range from $3 to 50 cents, and ho intends to play hor in all the great elties, and feels very: contident of & popular and critical Indorsument of his endeavors, She will play twenty-four times In New York— twenty nights ‘and four matiiées—and sho ean at no tine appear in public anywhere without his written permission, ——————_—~ ‘Tho Flags of Franco, Boston Traveller, A fow facts about tho tlags of Franco may not caine amiss at this time, Sho has bad anys from tho blue clouk of St. Martin, adopted fy 498 by Clovis as his standard, There were 0 numbor of deyices for conturles, tho rad thug of Bt, Davis, also those of white and Liue, cach in- soribed with various emblems, The white thy, coused I 1700, aud on Oct, 2) of that year Me Monon’s proposition to muke tho tri-color tho flug of tue navy Was wtoptod, Lafayette sone thue previoudy huving induced the Paris Come jaune to necept thut combination. On July 17, 17a, the tri-color wus blessed at the Notro Damo by tho Arehblahip of Paris, cach of tho tligs thon “distributed | bearing tho words: “Discipline and Obedionce.' Acvoriding to Peltfor it would appear that tho tri-color originated with Louis XVI. himself, Ilo euys that In 1784 he invited forty farmers toding at Court, and when they had been seated be bade tho courtiers present, Including one Bishop, * to take nupking and survevur fathers.” In memory: of this ovent a trophy was erceted bearlny tha etigy of the King above represontation: three ostatos, tho nobility GA & noble ft and white, the clergy by a ilshop iu red, and tho commoners vy B furmorin blue. The lei toration brought ‘back tho white tase strown with lilles und ornamented with the escutcheon of Princo, the cugivs being repluced with spoar+ hoads. ‘These colors were presented by Louls XVIUIL and hie brother to tho troupe Sept, 7, 1804, On June 1, 1814, Nupoleon and bis brother gave the eagles back tu the troops, who swore hence: «forth never to recognize another rallying-polnt, and to defend the emblems. Lut on Murch 27, 1816, Louis XVII. distributed bis whito 1 a murked with Tulloyrand, when eked outha ho hud taken, “Tals Is my thirteentb— hope it may be tho last,” ‘The Communa of 180 niopted a black and red fing, hut. 1 it was replneed by tho trl-colar, nnd. ant Ret of that year thirty-tivo Haya wero wiven ing! of the Natlopal Gunrd. by Latayotta, woo? celved thom trom Louls Philippe, A Gailteer’. nurinounted cach of thesa ties, “There to been various other distributions of ays, tt that of tho Provisional Governmont on Angie 184d, to tat of «Tho Emporar Napuleun Hy oes SPORTING. HASE-BALIN Chicago has won a lead of fifteen games the championship race, with Cleveland and Providence 4 tle for second place, A letter recelyed yesterday from Capt, Ap, son announces that the Chicnzos and Troy, ny to-day, Instead of to-morrow ag i Eohedute dnte, Saturday's Lengue games resulted lows: Chicaga i "ahroy dy Wareester Cleveland 1: Providence 5,'Buttalo 45 Dog ton 4, Cincinnatt 0, PEDESTRIANISM. San Franetsco, July 18—Tho walking match was finished at mildnight, Score: Howard, 356; Young, 819; ‘Tobias, 345; Dey. man, #15; Donley, 303; Lee, 207. ‘The referee denounced the affair at the closing as a hip. podrome, and clremmstances scent tO Warnagy his statemont. : AGRICULTURAL, Tho Incronsed Valuo of FarmeLanis, Wasiinaton, July 15.—In the report of the Commissionor of Agrienlture that poy. tlon devoted to the prices of farming ang timbered Iands contains table. showing thas, {n nddition to the bounteous crops whic, tho farmers of nearly all sections will gnthe during the present year, the average marke value of thelr forms has fnerensed 8 per cent as compared with the valucs of on year ago, ‘Thmbered Innds evince o tend: ency to ndvance in price more rapldly thay cleared lands, showing that there iy a grow. Ing scarcity In lands of this character, ‘Thy Salles table gives the tnformation In de tail: Av. value per Av. value per Per acre vf cleared cereof thmber inet Tandin 159). lands in 189%, fy, $12.87 312.00 ws 15.00 moo si u a ry oe 3 7 a a 53 ry Lika 2 645 » Florida... 3.03 3 Alnbainn 4.08 i) are a Bos ‘9 4.00 i 43 na a AR a 8 re 23.68 KT 101.55 1.25 20.30 EREEERRES aes: BRREE GENEVA LAKE, Speerat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Geveva Lake, Wis, July 17.—The second hop of the season nt the Whiting House h¢ night was lorguly attended by the élite ot Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Lauls and Memphis visitors at this beantifal summer resort ‘There were 110 arrivals at the Whiting Houx to-day, Times: Our highost artiatain dentistry: To McChesnoy’s boyond doubt, though but $3 ast Buy tho Improved Howa8calcs, Teck & Co,, Agents, 07 Luke atrect. oo Physicians recommend and use Papillon dally. DEATHS. ItANLON—Tho fonoral of George Iinnion will ta pinew ne 10:00 o'eluck to-ctay, from tt Unio-at 19 Unitech of the Holy Namo, thence by carriages ¥ Calvary Comotery, ¥eienda vf tho family ary we ATRINGON-At. Kenwood, July 17, Ieaac Atkinwa, Ef ‘unoral, from St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Ker ‘wood, on Mtonday, 19th, wt 3 p. a, by carriages to Une ‘woods Cemotery, in Jeaves Iitinols Contral dept AC3i15, stopping at Firuoth-at. SPILLMAN—Tho funorut of the lato Roswell Spllinan will take placo at2o'cluck this wfteuat from hia lata reaidonce, lake Front, north of Lartr st, Kvanstun, Briends aru invited. RUNNION—At his realdence, M8 Wabash-ay, morning, duly 17, D1 Borden, Se ‘bash-ay,, Su . David Atunnion, (0 hued yout, Bonth wiiatho result of phyvieat prostrait from excosaivu heat, p Funoral seryicos from tho residence Monday att. m,, to witich frignds wre Invited, ‘he romatus wil sakon qouiracsland t ter In tho ‘day by 4 he fully eo no pall-boarora alone. ‘Io comply with the wishes the decoased, tt ls ddsired That vo Horal oduriags™ ni PRIDHAM—At Moywoud, Ml, Saturday, July & yee, Hawiny lntant aon uf Jumiée and Judnette Mridhwnt, a pionths, g.gumeral survices at residence Mfonday, July Iw m. ‘Albany and Montreai papars please copy. STLLWHLL—Juty 17, at 7 ofcluck p, m., Walter Beh only aan of Franklin and Alico C. Stliwoll, aged Let <ineral Mundy at ofeloek p.m. from reeloest sub lineoln-ay, Br "Nt Souls, Now York City, Oxdonabury (N.T Bitten to O'MARA—Iuly 18, Androw Jn, beloved gon of Jolt und Katio O'llara, aged 8 montha und 14 days. Funcral Monday, July 1¥, at 11 o'ctuek, fron the ret idence of hia parents, 145 South Sanganion-at. bya ringes to Calvary, MOOK —July 17, Ithodge Moore, from the execs! aunutroke recelved June Zh ayed 25 y ‘uneral at 12 o'clock noon Btu once of tis brothor, Willinm Mouro, 818 West 1 tyetiraten! y carrinyes to itosuhill, WHITELY—July 8 ot Mason Clty, IIL, of cho Jpfantum, loners winin, boloved atid uinty child overt and Addie Woitaly oF this elty, aged ft mont a . ADLER At 619 South Btato-st, July 18, tS o'clot PMingral aesday morning wt 10 o'clock sharat y i Wuldholm Coniatery, HEWLETT July 18, of dlphthorte, Vlora Hexlet nf MiMinoral {rom rosidonco, 163 Bitwaukeo-ny,, Jair Bt Wo'ctock u. m,, by carringos to Gracolund. MONICHOLAS—at bur son's rosldonco, Ww wut at, Mra, Ann McNicholas, beloved niother uf sot ail Patrlok MeNicholus, uifod 77 yours. ‘unural from Bt, Columbkil’s Chureh, ‘Tuctit morning at Wo'cluck, by cars ty Calvary Comoter. ROBERTH=In this city July 18 2B. Hoborts, ones. Banerat from 47 West Adams-st, Tuosdey 1! o'clock D. ma to Gracciaud, For Sorindseld (Sivas. paparaplonso copy. y OWimIn this city July 18, Es Cy, only 100 BU and wit ow ie Teerrse 4 fonts ‘Notice of ‘funeral bores! FAINCHILD§—In thls clty July 17, Walter, fsa son of J, Fulrchitds. Anorutont ‘Bt Coticordia Cemotory this mornings ‘ear unday from theres wWe'elock, WHAQAMS—July 18th, Arthur Willing, youset son of Juha P, Bud Anulo' Toot ayod Syiar ab Ta. . F 1 Hs ee AUCTION SALES. By GEO. P. QURE & C0., au Madison-st, REGULAR TRADE SALE DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING TUESDAY, JULY 20, 9:30 A, M. AKO, P, GORE & CO,, Auctioneers, OUR USUAL WEEKLY AUCTION SALE BOOTS, SHOES, SLIPPERS, On WEDNESDAY, July 21, at 10 a.m ussumpiegpamlualeaaa goes of Cono= * ‘Gk, v. Gone. slat CHICAGO AUCTI ON & STORAGE COy Win. A. Buttars & Com euloneers, I ¥ ionoral au us Lake-ast. THE ONLY GENERAL AUCTION HOUSE iy — GRAND AUCTION SALE... COMPLET PuURNITURE Margautoat at aes Hguse. st ou Atay wl suld. Ye SUN Vutec Wises, alone CANDY. Bend st, et, 8 Or foro eaninlt Fatal box by expraas of th Candios ta eric spar ges Fe Tat csiengs. aduses bicngo. blouga, Add fet oner, GUN usalsoueet Coc i