Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 15, 1880, Page 4

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Yicht acf Twelve Page Pa} Bizteen Page J’ TRIBUNE BR. mre CHICAGO TRIBUNE has established branch tices for the recotpt of subscriptions and advertise- ns follows: VY YORK—Itoom 9 Tribune Building. F.T.Mo- Manager. , Scotland—Allsn’s American News 31 Kendeid-st. <, Evg.—American Exchange, 49 Strand. Brsny LLIG, Agent. WASHINGTON, SOCIETY MEETINGS. THOMAS J. TCRNER LODGE—The Siost Wor- mnviul Grand Master has decided, to receive the Ciand Mus:ers of the ditferent Grand Jurisdictions at 4. Turner Lodge, No. 48, A. F. & ning, Aud. IY, at Fre ris? Hall, 2 he Lodze will be convened at ¢ p.m, sbarn. Uihtors and wembers are requested to take notice ind govern thenmelves accordingly. Its expected Se ane UTPEAUS Tequested shat ‘all members of this Lodge “iil be tat the ize-reom. pierces TD. PETTIBONE, W. ML W. M. STANTON, Secretary. 1CAGO COMMANDERY, NO. 19, K. T.—Atten~ ‘Knights: You are hereby ordered to appear unr ers, Lake-Front, this (sundes) moras or ihe purpose of assisting the Grand the Grand Encampment to BERNARD COMMANDERY, NO. 55, K. T.— al Order No, 1—sir Kaizhis:| You are hereby red to assemble ar Lake-Kront headquarters thig Taiaguttorclock susep, fully armed whi equipped liniex end puuntiels excepied, ty nitend divine) ‘Gmce Chareb. Onicers wil! wear mauntiets; Linlguts white gloves withont cums. By order OLN D. M. CARR, Commander. 4.0. VICKERSON, Hecorder. HOME LODGE, No. 52, A. Fé A. M.A remnlar cation will be held at their bull, 131 and 16 friday evening, "1890, Tor ve ers ure requested to aticnd. Binster. asons are cordially invited. The halt si be ‘opened to visitors eve! uring the Tricnn! 1y Oay ONE EO. i. FOX, We an JNO, L.D, WESTERVELT, Sec's. ALCYONE COUNCIL, No. 412, ROYAL ARCANUM. empers—You 220 es e cular meeting of thls Council on Tuesday, 4, at the Council rooms. embers of Grand others are expect Per order of,Coun- ‘0. 6, FOSTEL, Regent. the fur, Aug. Ii. Coupe and cit, HESPERIA LUDGE, NO. 411, A.F. & A.W —Special ‘municaion.—Will meet: for work Wednesday, Auz. 13, até pm, sharp, ser Mavons und thelr Lats are cordially and fraternally invited to attend. {iu corner of Randolph and Halsted-xts. ‘JAMES SMITH, W. M. CILAS. EL BREN: eretary. APOLLO COMMANDERY. NO. 1, K. T.—The mem= bers of this Commandery who have not received Lice Quota of Invitations are requested to call ou the Rtecorder ou Monday, at 251 Fitth-uy., and recelvo tiem, a6 that will bo the. vers last opportuntiy. HS. TIFFANY, tecorder. APOLLO COMMANDERY, NO. 1, K. T.—You will estemble at headquarters in camip this (Sunday) qworning at 9:30 o'clock sbarp, gauipped (without Halarlek), for the, purpose of attending service at Grice Episcopat Church. : ORIENTAL LODGE, NO. 3, A. F. & A. M—Reg- iar Communteadon next Friday evening, August 2. Pusiness and work. Visitors alwava welcome. By order, WAL GARDNER, W. St CHARLES CATLIN, Secretary. A.& A. SCOTTISH RITE—There will be 9 rezular Assembly of Van Rensseiszer Grand Lodze of Pertec- Hon, 142, on Thursday evening nest By order of the a GoM. ED. GUODALE, Gr. Sec'y. EXCELSIOR LODGE, NO. 3K. OF P.—Will confer the Amplified Third Rank next Fridne evening. Vis- Slurs invited. GEO. A. BENNETT, KL & 3. ASTILAR LODGE, No. XS. 4. F. & A. M.—No meet~ tng Tuesday evening, Anz. 17. C. SL CRANE, Secretary. SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 1590. Tex prisoners escaped from jail at Gon- gales, Tex., Friday. Nine have been recapt- ured. Denrve the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880, the ftuports of gold to this country were $v7,- W503, | | Dr. TANNen threatens to lecture on the evercts of fasting, with special reference to his own long fast. ‘Tne Chicago Ball Club beat the Providence Club yesterday 5 to3; and the Bostons beat the Cincinuatis 6 to 2. | —_—_—=_— Crap prospects in Silesia and East Russia ars vers poor, and the farmers are quite dispir- ital in consequence. | ‘Ye Turkish Foreign Minister has asked. for turther time to enrry out the cession of Duicigno to Montenegro. | Mr. ALEXANDER W. Roo, senjor propri- etor of the Pittsburg Dispatch, died last even- ing. He was in his 55th year. Fonty-Frve young ladies made profession 2s nuns at the Notre Dame Convent at Govans- wwu, beer Baltimore, yesterdny. —s Tur Greek Government has, in addition to the 1,40) horses recently purchased in Great Lritain, bought 1400 others in Huvgary. | Minn1E WrLxinson was deserted by her huckman lover und committed suicide in o house of ill-repute at Denver yesterday. Leucrars stole $60,000 worth of jewelry and plate from the residence of the Ear! of Eldou, near Wareham, England, Thursday night. Mas. 1. H. xs, of Aurora, was nomi- -d for State Senator yesterday by the Repub- of the Fourteenth Seustorial District of Las State, THE CHICAGO THIBUNE “SUNDAY, AUGUS that an Afghan -Chief recently killed hadin his - jon to the Russisn the fact near Samarcand, Tartary. dispatches from Abdurrabman Gen. Kauffma! Gex. Greex B. Rava, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, leaves Washington to-day for Portland, Me., where, at the request of Senator Blaine, be will take part in the cam- paiga. Gen. C. M. SHeuBy has been nominated by the Democrats of the Fourth Georgén Dis- trict. Congressman Persons, 20 Independent Democrat, is the present Representative of the district. —_— —_—_— ‘A PORTABLE boiler in a sawmill situated about twelve miles due west of Altoona, Pa., ex- ploded sesterduy, causing thé death of the en- gincer, John Allen, and seriously injuring two bother mens —— a TRovBLE is brewing between Roumania and Bulgaria. The latter Power refuses to cede alice of territory to the former, and hence the frouble. Should 4ostilities ensue, Russia will have a hand in. Ir is stated by a San Francisco. newspaper thet over 1,000,000 cigars, manufactured by Chinese from Connecticuttobacco, were shipped from the Pacific Const for Western cities during the last thirty days. ‘Tre bull-fight which was to have taken place at New York yesterduy did not come off. ‘Vrne bulls were seized by the Sheriff to satisty the claims of certain boarding-house proprie- tors gguinst the owner of the animals. _—— ‘Tue Republican mass-mecting which is to be held in Chickering Hall, New York, tho 15th of September promises to bo unusually inter- esting. A lady orator will speak on the od easion, and a campaign club of 150 voices will ———— sing. 4 Tim Employers’ Liability pill passed the British House of Commons yesterday. Under the provisionsof this measure employers will bo liable for damages for accidents ‘which occur through carelesness on their part or defects in muchinery. a Lapy Burperr-Covrrs will bo married ‘Tuesday to her private secretary, Ashmead Bartlett. ‘The lady is 66 and the gentieman only 98, but the Jady is very wealthy and the gentleman is poor, which makes all the differ- nce in the World, ‘Twenty-one persons were tried by court- martial and convicted at Kief, Hussia, yester- day, for political offenses. Two were sentenced to death, three to twenty years’ imprisonment, ind sixteen to hard labor for terms varying from ten to fifteen yea! ae ‘Tre result of the reeent county elections in Tennesste indicate that tae Republicans will elect Congressmen in the First, Second, and Third Districts of that State by fair majorities. The First and Third Districts ure now repre- sented by Democrats. re ‘ Hosruarres have already commenced: between the Albanians and tho ‘Turks, and fn the first few skirmishes the little army of the Albanians bas been successful. Mustapha Pusha, at the head of the Turkish troops, has made no progress so far. Carr. Joux Eniessox. of New York, has fnvented a new engine on the caloric motor principle, which is said to be a very serviceablo and economical machine, It occupies a small spuce,and the cost of running it at full pressure is only three cents per hour. ‘Tre little Village of Red Hill, Colo., a sta- tion on the South Park Koud, hud every bause in it blown to atoms Friday night by tho ex- plosion of about 1,000 pounds of powder which was stored in the depot. ‘Two men wero killed and two others badly injured. TueRE is talk of a fusion between the Nebraska Democrats and Greenvackers of that State. The fusion, if it takes place, will not be able to overcome the Republican majority, which has been from 15,600 to 20,000, and which will bo largely-increased tis year. z AN effort will be made by the conlmine owners of Rhenish Prussia and Westphalia to compete with the English coal-mine owners at Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubeck, and other Bal- tic ports. With this end in view, the dealersasi for a cheaper freight-rate from the German railroads. GEN. GRANT has wisely determined to pay no attention to the recently-published charges made by the St. Louis whisky-thief and revenue- defrauder, McDonald. Gen. Grant’s character stands too high in the estimation of the public to be tarnished by the slunders of a convicted thief and parjurer. —_— Spantsn Liberals regard the immigration of the expelled French Jesuits into their coun- try with marked disfavor. The Liberal journals are very severe on Premier Canovas del Castillo for permitting the movement. They assert that since the arrival of the Jesuits plots for a Car- list restoration have been projected. - B.S, Ssaer, a farmer of Scott County, Minnesota, was out driving with bis wife and three sons Friday. He drove to the brink of a lake to water his team. The horses became restive and the wagon was. overturaed. His three boys were drowned, and his wife and bim- self hada narrow escupe. ‘Tne Board of Trade to-morrow will pass on the question of making summer packed mesa pork regular, and from the emphatic pro- test against a change, which has been signed by large number of prominent provision denlers and members, it would appear that very serious objection is made to any new departure. AFTER having beenin session for two days, and having taken 174 ballots without result, tho Republican Convention of the Eighth Iowa Dis- trict adjourned last evening to meet ‘tuesday morning. The present Congressman, Mr. Sapp, received yesterday within three of the number necessary for nomination, and will probably be guccessful Monday. ‘A Lance delegation of Germans from Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Mlinols called on Chairman Jowell at the Republican National Headquarters yesterday, and discussed with him the political situation. Tne delegation tendered {ts services.to the Republican party, and pre- dicted that the Germans of the States repre- sented would vote almost solidly for the party in November. Mr. KE. Pannucrsr, a young lawyer of Bath, N. ¥.,shot and killed Fannie Howell, the daughter of a prominent merchant of that town, yesterday. Parkburst then committed. suicide. ‘The murderer and his victim were married four years ago, but never lived together, as a legal separation was had immediately after the mar- riage. Parkhurst’s act was in consequence of Tne dome of the C Cathedral at «qno was finished last evening, and the peo- that city celebrated the event amid great rejoteings. Demont, the manager of a Parisian society us been senteneed to onc month's im- ninéat, and to pay a fine of 500 francs, for publisting indecent articles. = c | | Rrsornctions denouncing the British Monse of Lords and tho Irish Land laws were ndupted by un immense Home-Rule meeting eid at Glasgow, Scotland, yesterday. | Yrsrenoay, for the third time, the Cana- au ride team was beaten by the American ride team at Creedmoor. Auerican, 1,08 poi Canadiana, 1,022 points, 1axy, though seotched at Cincinnatl, cilled. .A call for 2 State Convention to nominuze a State tieketgits been issucd by that orgauization. ‘The-Og48Ention will meet Sept, 8. Tur. result of the caucuses held. vesterday., hroughvut the Third Wisconsin District ingures the renomizativn of Congressman Hazelton by te Republicans: Bir. Hazelton is.2 capable and ut Representative, and well deserves re- juatiua and revlection. A St. Pererspcrs correspondent of the London Datly News makes the sensational state-: inent that he hns good reason to believes that, there is 2 perfect understanding between Ay‘00D™ bun and Abdurrahman Khan, and hints that" hoth are acting in concert with Rassla.- This Bawment réceives considerable support from The score stood: ‘| hae young lady’s refusal to live with him as his wife, Tnomas McGraw, President of the Globe Tobacco Company, of Detroit, also of the Michigan Snvings Bank, a large real-estate owner, and for years the heaviest dealer in wool in Detroit and perbaps the Northwest, made an assignment yesterday for the benefit of his creditors. His assets emount to about $260,000, but the lisbilities are a great’ doal more. than that figure. The failure was owing to large losses in Wool transactions and ‘“overspecul- tion in real estate, ‘Tren is a prospect of a deadlock be- tweeri the Enzlish House of Commons and the English House of Lords on the Burials bil, and a consequent prolongation of the session, much to the chagrin of the sporting members of both Houses, as the .grouse-shooting season com- menced yesterday. The Radical members want the public burial grounds open to use by Chris- tians and freethinkers, but.the Lords and the Tories don't want to.permit any but persons who during their lives buye been Christians to be buried therei “Jopcr” JOHN BReNNas, of Sionx City, In., says that thore will be serious disturbances atthe Land Learue meetings which are to be held throughout the South and West of Ireland to-day. “Judge” Brennan-is Chairman of an Irish “ Revolutionary Committee,” and it is to . be. presumed that, in connection with O'Donoyan ossa and “ putriots” of that description, he bas encouraged u few hot-brained youths in the dis~ tricts of which he speaks to indulge in riotous proceedings. Breanan and Hossa are verr brave men about 4,000 miles from 4 battlefield. It is believed, notwithstanding their exalted opinion of their own influence, that 00 “rising " will take place, and that the yourg men of Ireland will take their advice at its proper market yalue. It isa matterof congratulation to Irish- men that they have discarded knavish or idiotic leaders of the Brennan-Rossa type, and have adopted in Mr. Parnell a cool, courageous, and at the same time a wise loader. —_—_—_— Wurte the wheat crop in the southern counties of England and In sothe of the enstero counties will be fully up to the average, zbe condition of the crop in the midland and north- ern counties is very pour, and not even the pre- yailing fine weather will be serviceable in (1a- proving its condition, The wheat crop of Frauce willbe from 20 to 90 per cent short of the esti- mates made last month, and about 15 pér cent lessthaniast year’s crop. ‘To meet the demand for breadstuffs a very large quantity of grain will have to be imported, and our farmers will doubtless find a good murket for their surplus wheat in both countries. The German wheat crop will be short und the quality poor, owing t0 the recent wet weather in that country. —_— — THE MASONIC PAGEANT. To the Inyman the Triennial Conclave of the Knights Templar in this eity during the present week will be simply'a grand pageant. There will be nothing in all the symbols, mottoes, and beauseants of significance to the general public, The progress of the world has outrun the influence of signs and legends, no matter how authoritative or sacred in their origin, and it is only the bright colors and infinit variety that now please the senses, without appealing to the heart or rea- son. Even to the Mason himself it ts prob- nble that the display of the clements of his craft arouses a pride in the power it exerts, the good it does, ahd the respect it commands much more than it revives any of the. old- time sentiments with which the organiza- tion was originally identified. The world of to-day is too practical, too active, too selfish, perhaps, to be wrapt up in avy legacy of sentiment that has come down from early epochs. The most studious and de- yoted Mansons of our time proba- ply bestow smail thought upon the original purposes and aims of the organiza- tion, no matter how well yersed they may be inits forms, nor how proud they may be of its great power; hence, it isnot surprising that the non-Masonic community should fail to be impressed with the spirit of a Masonic celebration, no matter how keenly it may ep- joy the display incident thereto. Asa pageant it is now entirely safe to pre- dict that the Chicago Conclave will exceed in nwmbers and brilliancy any similar gath- ering. of modern times. Much of this ex- pected success may be properly erédited to the energetic and untiring efforts of the Triennial Committee, and especially of its Chairman; butthe inspiration and encourage- ment to. the unusual effort that has been made come from Chicago and its characte istics. The same Conclave focated in any other city in this country would prob- ably fail to attain the dimensions and prilliancy which are already foreshadowed for the Chicago gathering. The name Chi- cago, of doubtful Indian origin and a pos- sible significance’ altogether unsavory, has more magnetism to the people of this country than a Latin version of a conquering signor prevailing truth. Itcan always be evoked upon a proper océasion to rally people by the tens of thousands, and to provide both ac- commodations and attractions for all classes. Everybody who lives in Chicago takes a special pride in all things identified with Chicago, and everybody who doesn’t live in Chieago eagerly avails hunself of a reason- able excuse for coming here. ‘There is one quality about Chicago people {hat develops itself in all monster demonstra- tions. They have the faculty of associating themselves intimately with the current sen- sation; they readily adapt themselves to every situation which has the elements of greatness; they are in the habit of doing all things ‘well and upon a scale of magnitude at “which other communities marvel. Just now everybody in Chicago is practically a Knight ‘Templar, to the extent, at least, of feeling a personal responsibility for the success of the Conclave and the en- tertainment of those who participate thercin. People who do not care a fig for Masonry in the abstract are ready to spend their money freely to hang Bfasonic banners on the outer walls for the time being, and will probably iry to enter into the spirit of the mottocs that are Greck to them, and even attempt to welcome their visiting friends with the Ma-" sonic grip. The town will be given up to the Knights and their ladies, and the craft will learn to regard Chicago hereafter as their headquarters, just as all other associa- tions, whether civil or wilitary, religious or secular, business or social, look to it as the natural rallying-point after having once tested its capacity. The Knights themselves will have no cause to complain of the preparations that have been made to receive and_ entertain them. The week will be a series of recep- tions, processions, and fétes. During the day to-morrow the bustle of receiving and locuting the visiting Commanderies will keep everybody busy. Inthe evening occur the formal receptions at Central, McCormick, and Farwell Ifalls, with addresses and music. On Tuesday the grand feature of the Con- clave will be celebrated by the procession along streets handsomely decorated with arches and appropriate devices, and passing buildings that are among the most glorious monuments to the Masonic craft. Tho crowd of spectators will be the grandest sight of all, -In the afternoon the Jake re- gatta, and in ihe evening the grand ball at ihe Exposition Building, will completea long and busy day. On Wednesday comes the competitive drill, and in the evening all the theatres and public halls of the city will be thrown open to the Knights with compli- mentary entertainments. ‘The remainder of the week may safely be given over to the visitors, both Masonic and Jay, to follow their sweet will, and it will be much too short for them to take in all tho peculiar features of Chicago life, This will be arare holiday-week in. Chi- cago. Assuch, it should be; and will be,- enjoyed by everybody, regardless of any bias in favor of or prejudice against Masonry.in itself, Every Chicagoan should feel him- selfa host; every Knight should be treated. asa welcome and honored guest. The Con- clave must add further renown to this ‘fa- mous city. CHICAGO AS A SPORTING RESORT. ‘The fascinating attractions of Chicago asa place of summer resort have been more than once proclaimed in the columns of Tux Cut caco Trisunx, and the whole country now acknowledges the justness of her claim, and flock to her gates, like swallows to the eaves, to enjoy her bright sunlight, cooling breezes, pure atmosphere, glorious lake, charming drives, wonderful markets, the rush ahd the push of her great business marts, the hospitality and enterprise .of her people, the beauty and grace of her- women, the gailantry and piety of her men, and the health-giving and bracing effects. of her. at- mosphere. These advantages-are now 80 thoroughly understood: and so generally conceded that it may not be necessary for ‘Tue CincaGo Trmune another season to reiterate them; but another great attrac- tion of this city has not yet received suf- ficient attention, and that is her wonder- ful advantages as a sporting resort. Chicago is -a cosmopolitan city, Her people are Americans, Germans, Irish, qi 15, 1880-SIXTHEN PAGES. i Scandinavians, Frenchmen, Swiss, Russians, Chinese, Greeks, Turks, Spaniards, negroes, South Americans, here and there an Afghan, and “ perhaps T-tal-i-an.” Such a heteroge- neous people require an olla podrida of amusements and every possible form_ of en- teriainment. She has proved herself equal same enter- to the emergency. The € prise which | has built the biggest hotels in the world, lined her streets with. “Masonic piles of architectural beauty, choked up the channels of commerce that lead to the énd of the world with her lumber, pork, and grain, and that by home industry and local attraction has swelled ‘her population to nioré than halt a million and. distanced’St. Louis, our Malthusian suburb, has accomplished the task of entertaining the -polygiot population with amusements suited to every taste and pocketbook. ‘Though itis not the music season, there will be more music here this week than most cities have in a whole year. Every after- noon and evening concerts will be given, or- ganized upon a grand scale, and including in their programs everything conceivable in the various schools, from that of Mr. Ludwig Van Beethoven to Mr. Stephen G. Foster, and arias of every kind, ranging from tho ahtperfido” to "Somebody's Coming When the Dewdrops Fall.” Every hallof any size will be resonant, with music. A great orches- tra of 160 pieces will discourse gay dances for thousands of flying feet. One hundred and twenty military bands, with 8,600 pieces, will troop through our decorated and arch- adorned stietts, blowing “silver snarling trumpets”? and’ shrill reeds, pounding the rattling drums and clashing elangerous cym- pals, and one day this mlghty nost will seek the distant prairié’ and unite in a muititud- inous pean that will rouse tne shade of Tubal Cain. Q£ the ten theatres in the city, though: it. is out of season, five will be in full blast, repilded, redecorated, refurnished, and good as new. Of these‘ten theatres, three may be called. minor establishments, and one of the three is the prettiest theatre in the country. It is worthy of note that these three are running stock companies with the legitimate drama, and are edueating actors for the Eastern cities. In this category we do not include the smaller places of amusement, the variety theatres, minstrel halls, and shows in tents and basements where, for. the infinitesimal” sum of ten cents, any hour of day or night, the impecunious multitude ‘may appease its cravings for en- joyment with entertainments just as piquant if not as esthetic as those provided for the well-to-do son of toil or the bloated aristocrat. Nor do we include the myriads of resorts necessary to the edification of sinners. Chi- cago provides for all within her gates, and if her sinners are more numerous and ob- durate than those of other cities,-so are her good men more numerous and devoted to duty, thus fulfilling Nature’s great laws of compensation. There are people so strangely constituted that they do not enjoy music; others Haveno taste for theatres, or think it wrong to £0. Chicago has provided for them with picnics of every description, with yacht-races and rowing-races, with steamboat-excursions, with pyrotechnic displays, with great sur- prises to eclipse anything ever before known in beauty and grandeur; with the strange spectaclé of hundreds of out peaceable citizens suddenly transformed into gal- Jant Knights, “without fear or reproach,” mounting barbed steeds in tilt and tourna- ment; and has decorated herself with flags, banners, beau’seants, streamers, evergreens, shields, mottoes, and devices to catch the eye and please the ta: Michigan avenue, for the distance of « mil¢e'or more, will be de- yoted to a carnival of enjoyment. The stranger in quest of entertainment will stop im at the base-ball park and witness the cham- pion Chieagos worry and worst their adver- saries; then he will go to the cir- eus and, its vast array of sideshows, and see the great <Aerialis ride her yelocipede between heaven and earth, wheel- ing her timid babe upon an invisible wire; the human being shot frqm a monster cannon. with real powder, and caught by a Jady hanging head downwards from the lofty trapeze; the leviathan hippopotamus, and the six-ton rhinoceros, and the“hundred peer Jess performers in the only mammoth cirens, except Saturn, that has two rings. Leaving the circus, be will travel on until he reaches tho Exposition Build- ing, transformed into a palace of myster- jes, and beyond this will he find the descend- danis of the gentlemen who routed the Sar- acens camped along the lake shore and disporting themselves with pageants and carnivals galore. . To-day Chicago will go to church, hear the ministers, listen to the exhortations, sing goodly psalms, and do her part towards con- verting the heathen in the uttermost isles of thosea. But to-morrow the doors of Vanity Fair will be wide open, and she will disport herse}f and invite all the world to come in to the show. nd THE TROUBLE IN IRELAND. An Trish landlord and his two sons wero shot at last Sunday night in the County of Eilkenny,—not Tipperary as some newspa- pers have it,—and forty-seven muskets were taken by a party of adventurous young men from a Norwegian bark in Queenstown har- bor a few days after. The English Tory newspapers anda few badly-informed jour- nals in this country have made both events texts on which to preach sermons about the lawiess character of the people of Ireland, their desire for blood, their murderous pro- pensities, and not a few papers have gone to the extent of predicting that there would be an immediate “rising” in the island. The English Tory journals, taking their cue from accounts of nightly drillings on the hill- sides, descriptions of mysterious strangers with goatees, slouch hats, and “ Yankeo” find that 400 stands of arms have been pur- chased recently in Dixblin by Irish peasants, and predicts in consequence many calamities to the landlords during the !ong dark nights. ‘To any person conversant with the situation, and who has followed the course of events iu election, the motive of this furore and these erals have failed to renew the Irish Coercion Compensation bill; and the landlords, who yest grown from the seed supplicd by American charity, are afraid that it will’ be no easy matter to either evict the farmers or plunder them of the fruits of their toll or the benefits of the Irish landlord organs, are filled with. i enactment, and hence the sittempt to make so much capital out of the killing ot Boyd in Kilkenny and the seizure of arms/by the “ disloyal ? young men of Cork. Now for the facts, and we will present them as they are given in the English news- pupers just to hand. We find in the London Times of July 29 the charge of Judge Law- son, in Qork, near which the recent arms robbery took place. He says, addressing the Grand Jury: Gentlemen, T fina on looking at the returns that there ja absolutely no business: for you ofa criminal nature to’ transact at the present assizes. ‘And this ts « city of 90,000 inhabitants where no session of the Criminal Court has ‘been held since the early part of March. We also findin the London Times of July 31 that the Chief Secretary for Treland, Mr. Forster, said in the House of Commons the night before, in reply to a question by an Srish member, that Judge Fitzgerald, ‘in ad- dressing the Grand Jury of Wicklow County, had used the following language: ‘There is but ore bill to go Vefore you, and that Dill does not properly” belong to the present assizes. The tact of the bill going. before you prevents iny getting from the Sheriff a pair of Floves. It{s not alone that the offenses are 50 Sunil in number and 60 peculiarly light in char- neter, but, in addition, the Chief of the Con- Stubulary has furnished me with a tabularstate- ment showing that even that low number is the Tesuit of gradual diminution. ‘Mr. Forster added on his own account the following statement: | The condition of the County of Wicklow is wut a reflex of ‘the condition of the County of Wexford, the City and County of Waterford, the City and County of Kilkenny, and the County of ‘Tipperary. The latter, he ol erved, appeared to bela model county, 06 it "was Tree from agrarian outriye and anything affecting tho public safoty ‘or calculated to create public alarm; and he could unhesitatingly sny that the five countics and two cities to Which be referred might well compare With any five countics and two cities in any part of the United Kingdom. * ” Tt should be borne in mind that these state- ments were made by an Englishman, just nine days before the shooting of Mr. Boyd and his sons in one of the counties referred to. The fact is, that the jandlords of Ireland are almost wholly responsible for whatever crimes are committed there. Under the cover of nefarious and vicious land code, they have plundered the poor peasantry by rack-renting; and when they can-saueeze no more out of them; when -the peasantry, act ing on the advice of their wisest leader, Mr. Parnell, protest against the contis- cation of: that-which {s the fruit of their ‘toil; when they resist extermination and extortion,—the landlord organs cry out for an addition to the Coercive Code. Mr. Boyd, the victim of the Kilkenny shooting, had served twenty-one ejectment notices, and was mediiating their enforcement just atthe season when the promise of abundant crops held out to the poor fanners the hope that they might, in time, meet his extortionate claims. What wonder is it that, maddened by the idea that they were to be robbed of that which is the result of their toil, which they “watered by their sweat,” they were driven to desperatemeasures? What wonder if, having their hopes of remedial legislation blasted by the autocrats of the House of Lords, they determined to take the law into their own hands, to enter terrible protest against the ‘confiscation of their only sup- port? The talk of a.“ rising” in the island is con- fined to lunatics like O’Donovan-Rossa, and he is too busy now airing his grievances and denouncing his fellows in the New York bar- rooms to engage in any such enterprise, even if he had the intention or the courage. Fenianism as an organization scarecly exists in Ireland. ‘The Fenian fiasco of *65 is too fresh in the minds of the people, and the complete failure of the American branch of the organization to fulfill its promises too well remembered to attempt another rebel- lion, or to*place much trast on the O’Dono- van-Rossas and braggarts of that kind in this country. THE CRIMINAL CLASS. During the last few months Chicago has been endaring some of the painful penalties of all large cities, one of which is the congre- gation here of Numerous criminals. ‘Che pro- fession of erime has primarily the end of rob- Dery,—the possession of money, or other property convertible into money, Without honest labor. Ordinarily, tbe burglar, if not disturbed at bis work and. al- lowed to take what he can find with- out objection, will not add_ personal violence to his other misdeeds. His object is plunder, and he rarely adds violence to the crime unless to cover his own retreat, as by killing his victim he destroys a witness by whom he might be identified. The cireum- stances governing the action of professional burglurs‘are: the greater number of places containing property to be robbed, the greater opportunities for escaping detection by the police, and the greater opportunities for conyerting the property taken into cash. In Chicago these three circumstances exist just now more completely than perhaps in any other large city, though they all exist in every large city to some extent. In the first place, movable property, such ag in the hands of a burglar or gang of burg- lars can find ready conversion, is to be found in liberal profusion in Chicago. Bere are found stores having large stocks of all those descriptions of wares which command the highest price proportionate to their bulk, —jewelry, diamonds, watches, plate,silxs, vel- vets, laces, fine cloths, etc.,.ete. There are not only such stores and warehouses heavily stocked, but there is a large number of them, Chicago has also fits full stock of banks, pub- lic and private, brokers’ offices, and. other depositories of inoney and valuables. Hence itisthat a city of this magnitude offers a field for burglars which, if successfully worked, will always yicld a good harvest. lence, also, the great attraction which draws to. this place the large number of professiun- als who are just now making their head- quariers in Chicago. The second circumstance controlling the movements of professional burglars is the accent, who have been visiting the island | possibility of éscaping police detection. ‘This lately. The. London Times is horrified to | is largely dependent upon.the numerical force of the police, and their skill and effect- iveness.. While a skillful force of trained men must also be Jarge enough numerically to be effective, mere numbers alone, without skill, and without a competent Chief, are of little protection to a city,-and serve very the British Parliament since the general | slightly as a deterrentto crime. Chicago covers a'very large area of terri- sensational accounts is palpable. The Lib- | tory, ‘and to offer even reasonable protection to persons and -property would require a net; the House of Lords has thrown out the} large force of mea, fully as, large as is au- thorized by law in’ this city; but it ‘is the purpose eviction or the seizure of the ha» | practice, we understand, to keep at least one- fourth of the patrolmen’s places vacant, in order to save that much of the annual ap- propriation and. build'up a reputation for economy. Keeping one-fourth of the places on the police furce+ vacant serves also to en- the bounty of their ‘sympathizing friends. '] able the appointing: power to promote its own The landlords hope by getting up a little ex- political purposes’ by appointing a guod citement just now that the Liberals may-be | striker onghe friend of a ward boss. In this frightened into renewing the Coercion act. ‘Then each exterminator could count on the way the. Executive has always on hand the capital of fifty to eighty much-sought offices, constant protection of several,Constables paid | and in case there is aconvention to be elected out of taxes extorted from his victims, or the total disarmament of the peasantry; and in case he should meet with the slightest acci- dent while carrying out his policy of .exter- of the right preferénces this whole capital can be profitably employed where it will do the most good. In the meantime, the burglars are fully mination and confiscation he could reckon on | aware that Chicago is comparatively. unpro- his fellow-landlords awarding him a large tected by the clty police, and that tne chances compensation out pf the county rates. To | of being caught in the act of crime are too the exterminating, confiscating landlord the Coercion act was a very convenient instru- ment, a much-loved boon; hence the attempt to coerce or frighten the Liberals into its re- remote-to be counted as desperate; more- over, a8 such a surprise would at best be the work of one officer, a simple bullet could. easily silence him, Theseond circumstance to be considered in the chances of the suc- cessful practice of burglary in- Chicago may be regarded a3 highly favorable to. the burglars. i The next, and by no means the least im- portant, question is the opportunity offered for the disposal of stolen goods in Chicago. In this respect we suppose there is no city in the world which offers such facilities. ‘There are hundreds of places where such goods are offered. forsale and purchased openly without an attempt at. disguise or Goncealment. So keen is the competition among the purchasers of stolen goods that it may be said with substantial truth that thieves laden with their spoiis are seized on the streets by dealers and forced into the dens where such things are purchased. This open traftic in stolen goods has been notorions in this city for years. All efforts of the law to break up the business.seem to be abortive. The law and the law officers are alike defied. Itis yet fresh in the minds of the public that one of these dealers in stolen goods actually engaged a company of pro- fessional burglars, designated to them the establishment to be robbed, armed the rob- bers, and when, some hours Iater, an officer questioned the occupant of a wagon from which the goods were delivered. at the shop of the instigator, that officer was shot to death. The facts were all established; one man was convicted eighteen months azo for murder, but has néver been executed: while the proprietor of the thieves’ shop and the instigator of the burglary has been car- rying on his business directly or indirectly in the old stand ever since. ‘We repeat that for the safe of the proceeds of ali kinds of robbery no place affords such facilities as does Chicago. a . The situation, therefore, is generally favor- abie to the pérpetration of crime in this.city. The price paid to thieves and burglars by the establishments wheresuch goods are pur- chased is now about 23 per cent of the actual value of the property. The chance of eapt- ure, trial, and conviction is about 4per cent. ‘The difference is the profit of thé criminal, and is sufficiently great, with other circum- Stances, to attract a larger share of the criml- nal class to the city this year than usual. * ‘Phe reason why there are not more private residences robbed and plundered in the dis- tricts occupied by the wealthier families, and where ordinarily the plunder would be greater, is the fact that the occupants of these districts maintain a police force of their own. There are several thonsand persons in this city who pay out of their pockets annu- ally from $30 to $50 each for poiicemen to guard their stores and warehouses end their dwellings, They thus secure that-protection for themselves and their property which the city police are unable to afford. ‘The numerical weakness of the police is attended by open acts of violence in the streets by day and by night. Persons are as- saulted and robbed, are “held up” and bru- tally beaten; indeed, members of the police are publicly assailed and shot down by gange of thugs and ruffians, all of the worst. class, who know there is not force enough cither to take them or to punish them. These facts are notorious. They are known to the public, to the police, and espe- cially to the thieves and ruftians who find shelter, and safety, and employment in this city. ‘The remedy is a plain one. The Mayor by proper exertions can drive this whole fra- ternity out of the city inside of thirty days. Let hin fill up the police force. Let himem- ploy additional men with the money he has saved from the appropriations. Let him put the city under police law. All these crimi- nals are known. Let him put bismen under the command of good officers, and Iet them hunt these criminals until they are captured. Let him reyoke the liquor-license of every saloon where these thieves resort, and keep them revoked. Let him in likemanner make the shops where traffic in stolen goods is car- ried on so hot that. they must close, and thus py alittle energy with the weansin his hands le can make crime too unprofitable to be practiced in Chicago. x COENERING THE FOOD OF THE WORLD. The American spirit of speculation appar- ently knows no bounds. There is no. hight tliat it will not attempt to scale and no ram- part that it fears to storm. It is not terrified by the possible loss of millions so long as there is a prospect of proportionate gain. Men of the time seem never to be satisfied with money-getting. The gambling pro- pensity is stronger than the attractions of ease, comfort, peace of mind, and personal luxury. Gigantic operations seém rather to allure than repel the modern speculative nature by their great risks. The chief gam- blers of the country long for new worlds to conquer, and their brains and dauntiess pluck are constantly devising schemes of venture which are simply startling to the man of moderate means and conservative | business habits. But there -is a limit to speculative possi- bilities. There is one thing that the specu- Jators cannot accomplish execpt under cir- cumstances that portend disaster to the world in common. With the resources/of this Continent staring thom in the face they cannot hope to get up.acorner on food. Uni- versal failure in the crops is the only condi- tion which will ever again render such an undertaking feasible. ‘The Northwest is the granary of the world, and Chicago is its depot. No one man nor any combination of men, though backed by all the wealth that the hope of a prosperons speculation will attract, can control this market-which fur- nishes mankind with itsyfood. There is too much of it; it Is too easily, quickly, and chexply produced to admit of “cornering.” The experience of Mr. Keene and those as- sociated with him in his last year’s wheat deal should teach ambitious speculators a useful lesson. When Mr. Keene came into the Chicago market to buy wheat and hold it for a rise, some months ago, he was engaged in a perfectly lezitimate business transaction, and one which would have proved profitable had it been confined to the limit of reason. But when he took others in with him and combined to contro) wheat to an extent that would enable him to dictate prices, he went beyond his depth. He miscalenfated’ the influences exerted by the ‘modern faciti- tivs for storing, caring for, and’ trans- porting grain. He underestimated the un- bounded richness and illimitable expanse of American wheat-growing territory, and the quick and /almost certain recurrence of a great crop. He “loaded up” to such an ex- tent that he was neyer- prepared to ‘unload without precipitating disaster upon himself, and at the last had to crawl out from under the great speculation with a confession’ of defeat at the best, and possibly with consid- crable less. It is pretty certain that “Mr. Keene will henceforth prefer to Broject “corners” in railroad stocks, public securi- ties, articles: of limited production; and it is also probable that other men, equally cle is limited and can be very definitly ag. certained, and the rules of trade prescribe certain conditions which exclude anysudden increase ofquantity. But the world’s foodig: ~. - thereby <ffected in price only collaterallyang : notat all seriously. Even the rage of specn.' lation will not be able to maintain mess pork as an article of commerce in any great quan~ tity in future years, anda corner on this par. ticular variety of the hog species will never be: a disaster. America has assured the world an abundance of cheap food for ages to come, in the absence of great natural calamities that cannot be foreseen or averted, BABIES. ‘ Babies come from the bosom of God, and bring with them the attribute of omnipo. tence. Absurd and incongruous as may ap- pear the application of the word omnipotent. to the baby,—as frail and delicate as the daisy. or the violet,—it is true, nevertheless, thot wherever there is civilization there the help. - less infant is the most powerful’ member cf the social circle. Ever since the wise men of the East sought out and bowed in humble. submission to the Christ-child, mankind have, acknowledged the autocracy of the baby in swaddling-clothes. The first faint ery of distress of the new-born infant summons the entire household to the rescue. Every member of the family gives ~ in his or her allegiance and becomes the bond-slave of the new master or mistress, "The baby is regarded with as muck wondér and admiration as if it were the first revels. tion of infanthood. Allits wishes are com- mands; all its whims have the force of Roy. -. alordersin council. Ifthereisa rustle of clothing in the cradle théreisarush and a * paiter of big and Ittle feet to its vicinity in hot hasté to anticipate the possible wants of. its little occupant. If the baby sleeps there is silence in the house; if the baby wakes there is a great hubbub. The baby stares, and coos, and crows, and‘ laughs when it has learned how to laugh, and the whole family stares, and coos, and: crows, and laughs in discordant concert. And each member of the pleased circle dis- pntes with all the others the privilege of holding, and kissing, and tickling the infant phenomenon; for every baby is a phenome non. Every baby, in its own household, is the prettiest, cunningest, brightest, and in all respects the most remarkable infant that. was ever born into the world. Hence the autocracy of the baby is logical; it rules by divine right of being the prettiest, cunning- est, brightest, and in all respects the most. remarkable baby in the land of the living, Nor is. it strange that the power of the baby is supreme in its circle, when it is consid- ered what grand achievements are possible to its future. ‘The baby isa boy. His face is a triffe too. red, and gets redder and redder, perhaps, as he flings his arms wildly about in the vain endeavor to seize his pink toes with the. view of inserting them between his tooth- less gums. He makes abortive passes at his ears, and at last probably suc ceeds in grasping and giving his own little pug-nose a violent wrench, where at he screams with infantile rage and bursts into tears. During this interesting episode of pugnacity the subjects of the baby—the family—watch him with absorbing attention, andat the denouement, after soothing his © lncerated feelings, they declare confidently that he is an infant Cwsar, or an Alexander, or a Napoleon (the first, not the third or. fourth), ora Grant. In a word, that he is. ° destined to military renown,—to save the Republic, or march over its ruins through seas of blood (the blood of other people). Or. -. the boy-baby ‘succeeds in’ capturing hls pink: toes instead of putting them in his mouth, fingers them one by oné methodically, care- fully, as ifcounting thein, and the excited auditory declare that he is destined to excel in mathematics, that he will be an. astron~ omer,~another Newton,—and advance from counting toes to counting stars. Doubtless when he gets away from his mother’s apron strings, and tumbles on a stone sidewalk, or gets knocked over by his big brother, he will see ® new constellation of stars. The baby- boy has a habit of running his chubby fingers through the thin locks of hair which adorn but do not cover his’ half-bald pate, and looks the while whsely out of his big brown or little bine eyes, and his adoring subjects detect the genius ofa philosophic mind, and discern in the drool- ing infant a new Plato, or aBacon, or a Des- cartes. There are more warriorsin the cradle than on horseback, and more mathematicians, philosophers, statesmen, poets, and painters in long clothes than are dreamed of in the waking or sleeping hours of old maids and old bachelors. Girl-babies are sweeter than boy-dabies. Their faces are not so red; their fingers and toes are of a more delicate pin hue; thelr feet are smaller; their hands are not so ehub- by; and'their arms are more shapely. Their noses ‘may be a trifle more “ puggy,” but heir eyes are soft and gentle, and-possess in | persuasiveness what they lack in command- ing force. They are’ more like violets and ‘daisies than boy-babigs are. There is infinlt- ly more character iffthe dimpled face of the girl-baby than in the puffy countenance of the boy-baby. As soon as the éyes of the girkbaby: open in wonder upon the world they seem to reflect faint glimpses of that in-* tuitive perceptive faculty which distinguishes ~ the female sex. The big boy-baby “doubles” his in a very suggestive but disagreeable way; the girl-baby Iles in the cradle with an open palm. The boy-baby scowls; the girl-bavy suntles seraphically, as if already familiar with the art of fascination. The boy-baby fiings his _ arms about frantically, and kicks off his” socks; the movements of the girl-baby are gtaceful, and if she wails her ery is protest- ing: rather than defiant like that of the boy- aby. Hero fs a girl-baby resembling the lily? grace, purity; and high purpose are evel now discernible in tho round, dimpled face, and she is pronounced a second Saint Cecilia. Another is the counterpart of the tuberos@ bud; an expression of gentleness mingled with firmness shines in the soft bine eyes the littie court surrounding the cradle point to the infant as a Laura waiting for her Petrarch. Another has the bearing of & Queen,—of a Victoria, or of a Maria Theres@ ° of Austria. Another beams forth rays. of compassion from every feature, foreshadow- ing a career of merey which shall rival that of Florence Nightingale in the British army hospitals of the Crimea. Another appeals for sympathy with the forecast of a life of devotion and suffering, calling to mind the fate of the Maid of Orleans. And so 08 through the catalog of*the world’s hero- ines. Then, too, the cradles of the land’ are doubtless now occupied by ~ infant Elizabeth Cady Stantons, Dr. Mery Walkers, Anna Dickinsons, Susan B Anthonys, Belva, A. Loekwoods, and 3a- st venturesome and able to comm: ve pny ean for some vane jane rom all attempé t roma ae pt to control the breadstuffs ‘The assumed success of an alleged c i pork in this market fs not ineonatstear gee this view of the case. The speculation is in iness pork—an article of food that would al- inust have disappeared from the market in this day of abundant and cheap preseived aneats if it had not been for the speculative activity. A virtual “corner’on pork” so called, therefore possible, becausa it Is ar- lificial, The amount of this particular arti- tilda Joslyn Gages. It may be difficult to realize that these estimable women were ever babies, and that they gouged their beau- tiful littlesoul-lit eyes with their thumbs with- out intending to, and sucked their finger and cried aloud for the nursing-bottle, and crept on all-fours, and howled when they tried to cut their eyc-teeth, and drooled all ‘over their little white bibs, as the very best- behaved babies always do. But they were the prettiest, cunningest, and brightest babies of their time. And their mammas hugged and kissed them, and their ied hugged andgekissed them, and so did their