Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 9, 1880, Page 7

‘Anjurlous Insevts; and ta {HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1880—STXTEEN READ AND PELL, The British Commisstoners to In= vestigate American Agri» culture. Their, Report’ to Parliament upon “Our Wheat and Live- Stook, As to tho EMect of Thelr Competition with Products of. tho United ‘Kingdom. * Impression that tha Estimates of the Report Undorrato the Advantagos of tho Amer+ \can Producers, Bpectat Correepondence of The Chieaga Tribune, Losnen. Eng. Sept S—As last season was without doubt the worst, so this season Jus been about the best, for agriculpral pure qwiges, that has beer known in the British Isles for thirty years; and probably £15,000,- 000 sterling wil be kept at home which, 1€ aucls a yer as last lial been reuvated, world have had tobedtsbursed abroad. Shoikd this expectatlon be realized, tt is to be hoped that the whole of that tity sum will go Into. the pocket of the farmer; the inlller, the baker, and.even the poor consumer may surely count on ashare of It, since a full. harvest Is a gift of Providence not to one class of men, but to ali, 1f tha effect of plenty should bo to keep prices down, the farmer will bo moro thant cotupensnted by the greater quantity he fins to sell, and by un Increased constimiption of all that he produces, Indeed, he ought by this thne to have become awake to the deln- sion of identifying prosperity with famine- prices. a AMENICAN COMPETITION Ins settled that question for fim; and, ns to the fuiure ot Briush farming, that Isa prob- lem which he himself and hits competitor in the West have.to wark out between them, If the farmer cannot grow. wheat for us at the price for which we can obtain tt nbrond, he must make up hismind to give up growling whent; but he is not likely to be Induced to do this until he dnds that the American sup- ply Is certain to be malntatned, and that the rent of his-Jand has reached tts trea and equitable level. ‘The experience of thts year ant! last has aequainted hin with the worst he hing to fear.and the best he may expect from Mother Nature, and now Ite muagt tax mother wit to find him profit botween the two extremes. “Though he is generally regarded as the iust robust member of the British fam- tly, he hagof Intebeen dealt with as if he were the most deliente,—kept In humor with re- inlsstons of rent, petted with promises, coaxed with Agrteuttural Commissions, and lberal- Jy treated. to prognostications of better weather and bigger crops by-und-by, In hls futerest Messra, Read and Pell, two Members: of Parliament, were sent out on amission of inquiry to the stock and grain producing re- glons of Amerien; and these gentlemen have lately.isaued a report, In which an amiable deshe to extract a3 much comfort and en- colragemnent for thelr patient as a diagnosis of his case will permit, Is apparent. ‘The ro- port, at any rate, is not calenlated to darken the farmer's ylew of the situation, and muy have the effect of making hin besilr himselt for the Assistant Commissioners. are careful notte disivay him with toa unveiled a view of the advantities possessed by his Aanerican colupetitor, while applying a needed sumu- Jus'by presenting a vivid pleture of what Is being” Neomplished In the West by energy, enterprise, aul machinery far in advance of iis own. : . THE CONCLUSION that Messrs. Read aud Pell come to fs, that “Aner all Amerlen is no Paradise "3 yet they quote a.commuon saying of the emigrant Urnlrie-farmiers, tv the effect that, “Ur Hell ay fn the West, thoy would-cross Heaven to reach It? They also find that, ‘In the eon- st for agriculural supremacy, while fresh, TTT usted: soll, 0 level surface, and the nbsencve of stones are highly favorable for the prufitable use or modern machinery, and the munutacture of grain by a scourging course of cropping. still drawbacks ¢: which tll tn: favor of the Old Countr Untuely: “revere wiuters, putting a stop tong: reultnral employment; ihuygurotis arth: -the prattie-land 0 short supply of wood..water.? Yet, within the post week, Mr. Read has been tiling the Agricultural Assvclations thruughont the country that “ Hes puzzled to yee how they can crow whent ato profit, in the free of the competition with America.” But one is tempted to ask: Where ts the competition, If itbe true, as state he report, that the West cannot send wheat to Sngland nineh under GO shillings a quarter? The thing about which the British farmer wants authoritative Information Is THE PRICE WHICH PAYS THE WEST TO SEND WHEAT MEW, 4° and Messrs: Read & Pell fix this: price some- Where about 473, 0 per quarter of | 480 pounds, or 40s, 9d. por English eental of 600 pounds, whiet sum they estimate as the act- ual cost Incurred upon the wheat when it reaches the English market. The culegta- fun ost which this estinats 1s based {8 usfful- WAS . a ‘ *% 2a Cost of growing a quarter of wheat, In-, cludiuy delivery to local depot, Freight tw Chtengo..:.. ‘{nence to Now York... New York to Live: Huuuling In Atericn, Liverpout churges. Totals sees Accepting thesa figures for the present as tally representing e facts, the ting which Wiil atidke ugrieultusists In tia country 13 the large proportion, which the charges of transport bear tw the cost of productlon. Thut proportion gives 43 per cent of the whole cust of the wheat In Liverpool, and Juay suggest the question? Lf the mere trans. port ot Amerieay wheat Into the market fie pilea un sum nearly equal to the wholu cost o! producing ft, whit becomes of the advantage of having one's lind for nothing? NOTHING COULD NE MONE MISLEADING than such 9 presentation of the case, but still Ki gone whieh Is cateulated to gratify sls dMe-tminded men when © bie rent” ty What 1 atleliing In thelr throats, and also to give then a botter-uphilon of thelr own vhances in the competition. They are aware thatin England rent bears lo tay whole cost of produchig: Wheat a proportion: hardly ff at all greater than the proportion: borne by these charges of transpurs jn the case of American whet, A farming corre ppandent in the London fhacy gives the following Agures a8 repre. senting standard items of cout to the Engl grower!n producing an nere of wheat: ‘ Ahiltings, touping Carrying at Thruvotig.. Interest on Adovilug these figures, and adding to them Qiuithey sum of 10 shillings for manure, curing to railway station, and freight to Warket, and taking 40 shillings as the Aver S40 veut of wheat-land in Eigiand -and Scot iid, the proportion of rent ta the whole cost of praduction will be found ta be barely over 22 jer cent, or exactly the same ox charges oC tringyort In the other cose. Mureover, Averunig the yluld of wheat per gero: at twentyelent Dushels, @ common esilmate orthls country, ant assuming $5 shillings ber quarter ag the selling price of it, the rent Ot40 shillings porncre 1s lesy' than 25° per ccntot the valite of Lhe crop; but the trans. bort of American wheat to Liyorpool Anuunts to no less than 45 per cent of its Yaluy, wt the sainw selling price, ‘This price, Whleh ylelia the Brilsh tarmers clear vroflt ar 4, Od, pur vere, Must, aveording: to Alessrs, Real and Pell’s showing, net to bis Amerlean competttor a dead loss, hese are eatinutes which arecaleulated to make our preaent rate of rent aybear not so Putolorabte after all,and ought to content the bucutie mind on this side of the Auantic. we aiestion is) °° 1 WHETHER THEY ARE WAIRANTED, jo Chicago yout huvg thp best means of test- Mh this truth; but. here an impression pro- Nalls, that, white fairly representing the ratlo of trunsport-charges, they bardJy furnish au Pentre tee of the cust ‘and prait pr wheat n Amerlea, and err in pugting the Gus Wo high and thy other tuo low. Messra, ‘ing over the ordinary renper in te clean and Rend and Pell 0x the cost of producing an RAILROAD: nerg of wheatin Amerlen at $10; and then by taking the yleld per nere at an avernge of iwelva bushels, they arrive at 80068, oF eds, ons the cast of. product one quarter of &0 pounds. In the appendix to thelr seport thoy giveestiniates of the cust of praducitue at vere of wheat, Including cent, aces, aut local transpart, obtained from the {following gentlemen: Ar. andalph, Seere- tary ta the Chicaga Bourd of “Prade, who extlinated the cust at $8.75; Mr. Dalrymple, of Dakota, who set the cost of all craps atter the first at 88; Mr, Hubbard, of Mankato, Mhin, whe quoted $1017; and Mr FL, Underwood, of Kansas Clty, who re an estiinate of $0.10, ‘Those varlons extiinates show ait average of Si, or $1 tess than the esthuate Read and: Pell have adopted. With reg: to the production per nere, dese entlemen (an the ground that “The yild of wheat In the United Surtes over t long series of years Appears te have Just exceeded twelve bushels") basu nll” thelr calculations on twelve bushels, ‘There is an Impression here that that figure ts ANOUT ONE-HAL 700, LOW, and Indeed, on stilking an average from the Ununy estluates furnished to the Assistant Commissioners, typo this polut, Etna that elghtven bushels is abont the result obtal Assuming, therefore, that eighteen bushels 1s nearer the average yield than twelve, nud that $U1s tho cost of cultivation, the cost of the wheat at the local depot ts found to be 24 2 quarter, or 59 cents x bushel, *'Theaddl- tonal cost fneurred tn carrying it to the glish market yarivs with the mode of trar ports Gut Me, Randolph, of your cls. fixed : op A Reduction in Passenger. Rates to Eastern Points. Immense Volume ‘of Business Passing Through Chicago. * The Doings of the Wabash—Notes and Personals, EAST-BOUND PASSENGER RATES . cut z For-soine the past there has been consid: erable trouble among the General Passenger Agents of the vartous roads loadin cast front this city, ‘Tho trouble first commenced when the Baltimore & Oia put on a fast traln aud compellud the ather rants to follow sult. SInee that time ,rates -have been dls- turbed, but no open ent was made by‘ any of the rons up to yesterday, ‘Tlie benefit of the reduct{on was all given ta sealpers and outside agents In the shape of conimissions. While no tickets were sotd over the chunters of tho reguinr rallrond ticket’ offfjees ‘at less than regular rates, ft was well, understuod that a reduction of from §2:to $3 on tlekets to Ensturn seaboard halite stas made this thargo for Messrs, ‘Rend aud Pell at ay | at the scalping offices, Sinca yesterday, huw= peal rea seated pole Abr Ratbone, ever, Uckela to New York and other. Enstern of Liverpool, ed “18s, 2. as the nveraze | senboards are sold oyer the counters of the through rate per quarter froin Chicago é her fo Llverpool, 4 {nelliding alt churaes. railroad tieket offices for $17. ‘Lhe regular Practically these quotations are the sane; and that of Mr, Randolph, with the Liverpool charges added, britigs the vost of the quarter in that market up to 31s, 8d. a3 netlist Messrs, Read and Pell’s Eniate, Ais th—or nearly one-third less. Sold ut fy ‘uelish cental of 600 pounits, this No ofllcial announcenjent hasbeen made of the reduetlon, but a ‘Ininyé, reporter saw lickets old fur $17 to fA y Vurk yesterday, ane was Informed that 8s could be hii at Mua prteo over any Ge fateh fate: t As must he Eastern roads were inelined sane wheat shows a profit of 9s. pereental, | to lay the blame tor the ent won the Lake. or about £1 sterling per acres and ie ag with | Shore & Michigan Southérn, a Trtsune rep: oubextravaginice one mily sippose, 60 cen resentative cultud upons\General Passen- abushel at the local ‘depot not’ only covers | ger Agent. Johnson of- that road last the cust of cultivation, but alsy pays the | oveniug . to learn | what -explanation farmer. of the true wheat-region afar re- | he had to make, Mr. Jolson sald that ft turn, a more formidable camupleston is civen | Was the other partles who brought on, the to Western competition tha fs. stindowed | feht—he shaply Tollowed sult. “Ever since forth in the report of Messrs, Read and Pell, | he took charge of the Passenger Department It fy for his own Interest that’ tho Britlsh | of the Lake Shore he had found binself at a farmer shoukt realize what thls competition | disadvantage, owing to the fuetthat the Erie really consists Inj and Os report, whleh | & Chicago-Line and the Grand: ‘Trunk’ were falls of its purpose in so far ax It underrates | fot bound by tha. east-bound “passenger {ts profitnbleness to the Amerlean producer, | agreement, and tho former, he clahus, cut does not-fil in : i : tates In favur of the Fort Wayne, and the PRESSING COME OTHER FRATURES oF 17, | Halter in favor of the Miehigan Central, ‘To on the attentlon of ngrleulturisis fn this protect the interests of his rondy he tnstruct- country. For example, Mears, Real and | ttl is agents to sell thekets ab us low ra Vell note the “eager. readiness with which Sena slate by the Grand Trunk ani the kvie the Amerienn fariters welcome all things Paes it his uretits wero-sellliy Alekats nowy? aid the witingness with whieh they | guner thes mere the iitatie. heeatise te give thent a fair trint, ant remark that The other Hines mie the initiative, Air. Johnson rapidity with which’ new systems of dalry- sans Ap cmeminenL cont be careted-al mangement have spread would astoniah | Pak were not barlies t re and Grau tmny Hentai firmers, who are proverblaily This ouident. fram al Pat eould be learned, slow to chan They found good ma | iat this is oniy the bezinning of te war, and that jt ls the Intention of the rontls to wake still further reductions in order to beng tho matter to 2 focus as quickly us pose JUST BEFORE E BATTLE. Mr, Jolin G, Gault, General Manager of the Wabash, was ln the city yesterday, and the inunugers of the Western roads here thought thay he came for the purpose of discussing With them the freight and passenger com blicntlons that threaten to disrupt theexisting Western puols, but Mr. Guult kept shady all day, and did not see any of the Managers of rivitt ites, and in the evening left azalie tor St Louls, leaving everybody In the dark as to the real object of his eoting here, Everything indicates that there Is to be a fight, ana that the Wabash does not mean to retrace ity steps or abandon the position it hag ately taken, It was reported yesterday thut the Wabash tind given notice of witie drawal-fron tha Wenern weblehtog agree ment, ICthis fs true, it ds tantumottit to 2 dvelaration of war wid? a withdrawal from the Suutiiwestern Katlrond Assoclation, as it would Inulente the Ineution of the \, bash fo net Independently In all mutters, both trelght and pass THe Tanusxe re porwr could nat hold of | Mr, It whilg here to learn what he had to say avout. these matters, but nr gentioman whe hind seen Mr. Gault stated Wat thy hater toll hin that the Southwestern Association would certaln- ty. Fe to pleces, i ‘The wanngers of the various roads in this. city are mmazed ab the position lately uken by the Wabash, and elaimto be unible to comprehend ft. Mfr, Gault heretofore has been the flrmest supporter of the South- western Assuclation, mid supported all mens- ures taken In regard to the award of percent- ages to hig road when it was ready to com~ ence busluess, Everything wag believed to bo In the. best working order, and business Was equalized between the varlougvonds and divisions with the utmost promptiess and deetston, and never before was the business of the Missouri River poul in such splendid condition ag ut present. A few months ago one road Inthe St. Louls Division was over $80,000 short, and this has all been made good gluve, and ther ditferencu now Is fess than $1000. The Chicago rondsare also almustoven in their pereentuges. Now, when all were feellng good over these splendid resuls, the Wabash steps In and spofis everything, « ‘The Southwestern managers are yet at 2 Joss what to do tinder the clreumsianees, The provabilliles are that as 600n 98 tha Wu Dash fins moro fully declared its Intentions they will form o combination agatiat it. and one of the most gigantic figits on Western Lualness sill peau jjrton will Love fiaree ect uf Knocking rallroud securiies highe than Gilderoy’s kite. ee rate Is $20, thus making “pee of $3. chinery and finproved | finpleinents imtieh mmore common on American than Enyilsh Saris; but itis “the readiness with which tillers of the xoil take to machinery in Amere fen? even nore than the machinery itself, which wins thelr admiration, ard whieh is enleulated, they think, * to surprise some of tha farmers in the Old Country. “The tools are certainty lighter, better shaped, and beter made* than in) England, and " the skill and ease with which .thoy ara worked say something for the manufacturer, but still wore for the Intelligence of the farmer.” It anny be true that a good workman never finds fault with his tools, but {t Is truer stilt chat & Yankee tnborer fs too sensible ever to work with.a bad one.” At Windom, Mina, they saw one man unaided working two sulky- plows, each’ with o team of Uiree abreast; and regarded that as “a marvelous contrast to our three-hoarse team at Jength, requiring tivo men with two fads to get the sane nite ber of plows over the ground.” Asn sell. binder fs ninachine seldout [ever sean in this country, It was tobe expected that the aAssistant Commigsloners would draw atten- ton to the self-bindlny automatic harvester, which, “drawn by four horses or mules, and under the charge of a single man. cuts, gathers, and binds with wire about fifteen neres aidtny,’? and which etfvets re great save complete gathering of the ero; “whereas, when tho binding has tobe done by hand, two bashels per Rere at lenst is frequently Teft nud lost.” It aupenra, then, that Measrg. Read and Pell are of opiilon that the farmer in the Old Country i SP MAY LEARN SOMETIUNG “ from his brother. of the West; and If, as these gentilonen belleve, rallroad enterprise in American points to a cheaper rather thin fy higher rate for inland transit, It can hardly be doubted that the former will be afforded sufficient reason for practicing the lesson In the future, ‘ ‘The export of live cattle and dead iment also engaxed tho wttentlon of the Assistant Comnisstoners when in America, ‘Their Inveatizations ted then to the conclusion ‘that “for the present tho stockman tn the West 18 possessed .of singular advantages,— ‘and for nothing, and abundance of It”; and thelr estinnite Ts, tint really prime beet enn be delivered In Englund and) sold at a fate profit atOs¢d, per pounds that 7d, gives amar. fin for a most lucrative trade: but that Gl Is jardly suiticient to cover the risks, and would. leave Uttle or no profit to © tie exporter, This view of the trade and its prospecta will be cheerfully reecived by “the consumer In this country, he price of meat to him, notwithstanding the intge weekly Imports, {8 just as high now as.dver it was, namely: 18d. per pound for rump steak, and Md for fiferlor ents, Butchers here. will not cut oa porterhouse steak, but sell the whole sirluin for roasting —in which cuse ft ineludes x considerable welght-of bone and end meat—at Is, 0 pound overull, Ag for the farmer, the only effect whieh the American trade has had upon bhin istomake his inferior beasts fess market. able; and from thls circumstance the cons suiner has pipet derived some. Lenelit, in . SPIRITUAL ADVICE. Commissloner Fink hins Just Issued the fol- ‘lowing elreular: The Standing Committee of tho Joint Exeou- tye Commitice hos bad under consideration the carrying ony ot the apirlt aud” belng supplied with meat of better quality, | resolutione prsaed oy the Yuint Racgattey Come though tot of lower price, In the market | nulttce. aveording ty which freight ‘ should the urice rules steadily about 8d.,nnd Is often | bee Be on tho fill .and actual igher for prime meaty while itis very well | Welght of highwines, spirits, mignbol, Aud - kuown that in the shops all distinction hag | Whbiky. when tha cur-lond exceeded the mini- mum Of 24,000 pounds required by the cluaaitl- entions and as it uppears that’ the hetion fm THe trken bus not been entirely eitlcient in recom- piishing the fesirad result, the Branding Com- cody. ut tholr meoti ody Rug Colluwing euler ct f fr = seh mae ‘+ Hear red, ‘but, taking effect Oct. 11, 1880, In al cuung wird tho shippertillato 4ive tle Reeuat welght of carloads of highwines, apirita, aleubot, and whisky, that tho Western royds ure required, MM manfoatiog auch property, to vhirge on a maxinun wolghe of uu pounds to tho cur, Mnid that tho trank lines nyree towelgh the sumo on recelpt nt dicatinutlon paint and cerreat the manifesting to the nuual weights (but not to fone tot tle Aautlishs my imum. of 24! wis per cur), and rufund any ove Which nluy bo found to oxtare “2? SVerenarue Te will ba seen that no ditlentty, wilt he experi- enced by the whipper und no winecedsary jabor: incurred by tho railrouts os lou ag tho ahippor will furnish the actual wolght.* Its only wien tho shipper cither docs not furnish tho worght or whon be ylves Incorrect welyzht that overs ebaryes can possibly occur, Terminal Nines ry tho West aro reapectfully requested to carry out ‘Jong ceased to be made between English and Amerlean, Messrs. Read and Pell polnt out that the way In which the meat ts handled In ‘England isin striking contrast to % IME SCIENTIFIC CAM TAKEN OF IT DURING UTS THANSPORT, both on the American railroads and on tho stenmnships. "The quarters of beet are piled one on top of another In common treks, and thus huddled tuto Londen and the other, grent towns, As there ara ho Arrangements for storlug them on arriving at thelr destina- tlon, they have ta be sold” tnmediately, no jnutter how overstacked and deureclated tha anarket imny be." Several exporters toll them that, t¢ they could fnsuro their dead ment tha same treatment here that it received in aAineriea, they could afford to take reduced prices aud yet make more profit; and there. Hire, in outown tnterest, [Cnet in yours, It isto be hoped that this Teor will bo de means of introducing a better system of dend-meat transport, " Certalnly, te Britbsh this order, and to induce shippers to give th public are well disposed to eticouraxe this | gorrect wel, e +4 Ineat and enttla trady by avery mena in tholr | taht this leduder Baiearenne whi ee eer tae power, and are deeply aatureaty dn its pers ! stance be wolghed. ianeney, RANDOLPH, PF the at dea tt curtociauae a er teat the Walght. ¢ i. BIG Hust URS. |, +The immensity of the business: transacted by tho roads west and northwest tromCul- cago is gruphically illustrated by, the folluw- Jug sunimary of welghors* reports to tho Western Inilway’ Welghing. Association for the month of Scptember,'1880, Agcording to those reportay there were welghed for tho TUE SMOKE NUISANCE, - What Can He Done by Carefal Viring. There waa attachod to tho royular train on tho Mlnois Central leuving boro yesterday tnorotng, aspeciul car containing a numbor of, Aldermen and otbor clty ofletuls, and several citizens tu- terested In the important problem of smoke oon- sumption on railways, Mr. dalray, of the Wily | Chicago lorthweatern, 9,0%0~ curs: Chie nols Centrni, has long beca fir In the faith tat | chico, Burlington & Quiney, 0,488; a eee rom marwed wouotrid of the smoke nulaanoo | Sliwaukee at By Paul 5eyr iindls Cone fu locomotives was careful firings and tte little tral, 4,501; Chicago & Alton, dt); Chicago, Rock Island &: Puctiie, 2,02 Hastern Ulinals, HS Miineapolls . Touls, 4003 WV. " h ‘Total, $4, Ae St. Louis & Pacitio, 805, i $c The whole nuniber of, cars welghed trom trip on tho road with which bu tw connected waa for the purpaso of showing bow much can bo dene toot vite Ta a ey eee oe tremen. The » ‘ vs Rost So the fucauativer that tho visite ¢-Chicago & polls eS wo urs could bave aX opportunity of - gco- | Aug. 10 to Sept: &, vinclusive, ty as vB SO eae ove ot oir. dulfray'a idoa, Chico orth Wepre baa aae That guatleman binseif was unnblo to xo oW= | cago, Huriington & Quincy, ,ua4: Chieago, {ug to. business outaldo of tho city, buteue Of | AtilWwaukeg & St Payk: 27103 Titintoly Cen: Bis roproseutatives. was wlong, aid fully ox~ ry Huned the detuity to the gucsts. Tho trial was tral, i! 700; Chicuga & Fi Ww ies Chicaga, eton and anowed whas | stand & Pacific, ileugo & East- a rear areaT T pesis wo Chunpann | Eft Ulinals; igi hina & Be Louis, Wik made withnus the alyhtest. divcume | 409; Wibash, Bt Jouls &.. Puctiic, 305, mat fort apling from the uausl clouda of | jng a total of 40902 card. Averaging each cinders aud stnoke, and the Alderines wero | cur-load of Frelghe welgiien at "24,000 rautmoud tn the aplaton that 16 wll bo loco- jenna. it shows at frow' Aug. 16 to Sept, frelglit frow this tty, ab sieg pathy id be wo conteuiled, smoke burners ‘Tha party, during tholr brief etuy' at Champuign, vivited the State tndustelil Un erty where loomed. ‘Tho, fe for ‘ TTT i they ater anal wole x DIRECTORS UANGUETED, Lovisvitce, Ky., ‘Ovt.&—The merchants of Loulsvitle entertatued tha, Lieetury of the Loulavilla & Nashville: Rallroad at the Gals House today. Tho alfalr was arranged on very short notice, but it- wags unusually. pleasant and successful, About noon ubdut 100 merchants and a few profcsstonal geolle- ot Cy eager tiguaiéi At Yorkshire man (# now exhibiting bimectf (a the Prien ob the *Hortly and dng” at ldliugeon, England, who bay uoderuikea the wonderful feutof witting up wlgbt and duy for three weeks without sleep and onnsumiog regu lurly six weuly wduy—ig the twuuly-four hours during the eaticy tnturvuls » men gathered In the parlors of the house, aud wera Introduced tw the members of the Board, Shortly before 1 o'clock the doors of th@dining-room were opened and the hosts werd sented, ‘The gentlemen at the tablerep- resented an agaregate Individual enpltat of ‘$60,000,000 and enterprises tn which there are $1,000,000 nore. AMr. Corley, who presided, rapped for or. der, and, said it was with unusual feolings of pleasure that our business-nen hind suatohed afew. moments to ayend fn a soclal manner with thetr old and new frlends of the Louise ville & Nashville Directo "Shox reatizgst that nnch of the pros of the elly whs dependent on the why, if which that great corporation was conltieted, | Ex-Preghdent Neweomb .satd he had been fomillar frou bovhaud Mt thy this areal rowd and hte contd well relugniber a Tittle book his father used to-curynround, asking for subscriptions to ‘Whid it Then $100 waa more dificult to obtain than $100,000 =o new. | ‘Through all. thea yeurs the road had'been a household word With him, and the very beat years of his life had been given to dt. He eould say to the citizens that, though he had withdrawn from the Presidency and had taken his seat at the Board, the new management would ever be, as he had been, alive to everything that cun- cerned Loulaville. "The affair was in all respebts exceptionally pleasant. ‘The speeches were shorty ant pointed, and everybody was hippy, When Mee Corley called on Mre d Onib, he was greeted with warm spplause, whieh was enn tinued for some thie, showing the prent ine terest the city takes in Mr, Neweomb and his nemevements, Gen. Alexander, too, ‘re eafyed a welcome that mast have been very gratifying. SUIT TO RECOVEN, Loutavtj.LF, Ky., Oct. &—James C, Rudd, of Owensboso, entered suit in the Comnon Pleas Court to-day against the Nashville, Chattanooga é: St. Latis Ratlroad for $25,000, Plaintiff, ta lengths polition, acts up In sub- stance that in May,1879, and before that tine, tie Company defendant desired to gain con- trol of the through shie of-rallroad from St. Louis to some seaport town In South Caro- lina; that to make connection between Nash- yille and St. Louls they desired and Intended ta purchase the St. Louls & Southenstern Road, ranning from Evansville, Ind, to Nashville, but they were forestalled in the vroject by the “Loulsville & Nashville Roud before defendant could buy ity that the only, course defendant could purse then was to buy up the stuck of the Nashville & Owensboro Railroad, which was partly finished, cow plete it, and then extend jt from Owensboro to Sl. Louls: that defendant employed him to htint up the stock of the latter road and secre control of It to defendant, THe sa! he did buy up said stock, obtalnini far 000 what would otherwise Inve cost $20,000; that defendant had promised to compensate: fim for his Jubor and skill, and, though often requested by hiut, hus falied and refused to pay hin, Whioerefore he prays Judgment for $5,000, the — MINNESOTA, Bpectal Dtepateh to The Chleago Tribune, Sr. Paun, Alun, Oct, &8—F. M. Finney, General Manager, T. 1, Malone, General Frelght Agent, and James Barker, General ‘Ticket Agent, of the Wisconsin, Central, are visiting St. Paul and Minneapolis to make arraugements for the running of trains of the Wisconsin Central from Abbottsford to St Paul over the extension of the Central ‘and Eastern Divisluns of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha. ‘The extension of the Central from Abbotisford to Ean Claire Is all graded, and there is only eight- ven miles of track yet to be lad. Nov. 1 was fixed as the date for the opening of the road, Arrangements were iade fora daily train wach way between Abbottsfard and St. Paul. ‘The trali frum St. Paul will counvet with the trang on the matu tine a the Wisconsin Central running from Milwaukep to Ashland, TNE READING. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 8,—The Receivers of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company give notice that they will pay, Nov. 9, one-half of the July cotipons of the general mortgage bonds, They will! also pay, the jsame dute, the entire July coupons of. the ‘meneral mortgage deferred sterling scrip, Payment ts also ordered on the 2th of $200,- ‘mnking 2 total of $600,000 out of $1,00u,- Recel vers? certlile é ‘ 2 LEXINGTON & RIG SANDY. Cixcinsati, Vet. 8—The extension of the Lex! auton & Big Sandy -Rallroud, frou ‘Huntington, W. Va, to Ashland, Ky, was completed Tord There remains’ now but a shart gap to be tilled between the Rush Coal ‘Mines and Mount. Sterling unl the Chesa- pweake «& Ohio Rallrond will baye direct Vestern rall connections, i if + 1TEMS. The Rock Island Rultroad Company ls building a branch line from South Chicagu to Pullman, near Kensington, “ Mr. H. it. Mobart, editor: of tho Ratlway Age, hns been appointed Aldede-Camp on the staif of Gen. Torrence, commander ae the | Bilt Veterans, with the rank of oluncl, Mr, Archer Mills, M. P., from England, aud funily, arrived In the city yesterday and WHI leave todas tn Mr, Potter's private car onthe Chiengo, Burlington & Quincy on the way to New Zealand. Qen, Grant and tamtly, Col. Fred Grant and wife, ad Jesse Grantand wife left yester- duy afternoon for New York by tho Eriu & Chicago Line, They took this route to get a daylight view of the mugnillcent scenery on the Erle Railroad. . At noon yesterday tho taking of testimony in the Jong-aruwn-out case or the Wester Indianu Rallrogd against the Lake Shore & Miehigan Southern and Ciileago, Rock letand & Pacitic Rallroads was closed, and the Court having overruled amotton by defend ants to disiulss the sult, the arguments wore begun in the afternoon, It is expected that they will close this afternvon, sification of rupe-seed hing Jusdduen Issaed by Contuissloner Fink: “ Request Having been niide for 4 specific clisaltication of rapeseed, the question was referred to. the Clasulitca- tlon Conunittee. ‘The Committe voted ten in favor of. clussitylng rape-seed the spine a9 Hux-eved, and two amilnst stich elassiticntion, As the voto of the mijority appears tome eurrect, L will therefore announce that, tak Ing effect Oct, 15, and remalning In force un- dUehnnged by the Joint Exeenibve Comnlt- tee, the following addition ba made to the enst-bound classifications; Rapeseed same fas Hax-seed.” ey Au attorney prominently connected with the Htization now ponding between tbe Pens sylvanin Company wud the Chicago, Colum: bua & Indiana Central Railroad Company thinks that an explanation of. the large fy ing of tho secnrithes of thu Intter rond dy found In the fact that, while adeclaion of the ung-pending snit with the: Pennsylvania Company fs not likely to be reached for 9 ear and a half, negotiations are in.progress ‘or on ainivable aettement of-tha polite tne volved, whieh It is more than probable will take the case out of the courts at. an carly day, 5 & z It is'reported that Mr. W. HW. Firth, Gen- eral Paavo wy Agen of the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukeo Railroad, hag accepted the position of General Western assunger tiney, ent of the Chicugo, Burlington d& ¢ a are f ely vacated by Mr, DW. ifeheodk i ius Deen assigned to other duties. Alr, Firth 3 to give up his present position with the De- trot, Grand Haven & AL wwaukes Got, 80, and Wilagsime his duties on! the Burlington ov. f ‘Phe Detroit Post has the. fol- fowing about Mr Firth:: "Mr, Firth 3 a Veteran rallrond man, ag. it were, ag” traveling having. commenced in 1605 bi ly -continued with agent for the Wabash, » 1 fine read five yen ‘hen he necepted a stin- lar position with the Chicago, Buriington & Quinoy, where he continued six years. “In 187d he cumo to this-elty as Western Passen- ger Agent of the Great Western Ratlway, which position he held until July last, when shy necepted the position which hy naw holda, Mr, Firth is adairably: Wtwd for his work, buth by natural gli and by oxperlonce. . He bas 6 rvent number of warm porwanal trlenis fu Detrolt who wwill be sorry that hy is to leave this city, aud gt tho-same tlie’ will Rhy, be : abundant success ln his now ———— “THE EPIZOOTIC, New Yor, Oot. 8—Thore Is avory indl- catian now that’ the oplzodtle will soon soo {ts last days‘ here, ‘Tho weathgt hns bean very fue, and a ele just fan! tothe stables vy. er ow Maw are uf thy tallest form. « sp i i Nothtag ts too good . for our ‘baby,~i : even Cutivura Soup, iE baby,~—no, not, re : ‘Thy following elreular regarding the clas~ TO GERMAN VOTERS. Address of the eee ‘ow Yor! went A. Candid Cdiislderation of tho " ‘*pehding Issues. Naw Yor, Oct. 6, 1880.—To Our Fetlow- Citizens: ‘The undersigned, some of whom belong to the Independent Republlean or- ganization, are gratified, after a conselen- Yous examination of all pros and cons, to be able to support the Republican candidates at the coming Presidential election, ': ‘Ihe history of the Republican party, no less than the well-founded expectation that the splendid condition to which the country has been ralsed under Republican Adiminis tration Will last and “further Improve under Gartield, Justify this determination, It cannat often enough be repeated that It wag the Republican party WHICH 8AVED THE UNION from thy destruction with which it was threatened, The support which It received from the War Deniocrats should not be un- dervalued, Considering, however, the sym pathy which the great mnjority of the Demo- eratle party of the North bere to the Re- belllon—a sympathy which ata grand Demo- cratic meeting at the Cooper Institute led to resistance inst the conscription, the multitude enthuststically cheering—t sym pasty whieh In 1863 degenerated In thls chy: Inte oper rebeltion and bloody fightin: eyinnathy which even In 15G¢ cansed the tlunal Convention of the Democratic party, Le, the legithnate representatives of the Denioeracy from ali parts of the country, to declare the war agulnst secessiun a fulidre— cotsidering these and other Democratle manifestations we may well ossert that the Invaluable merit of having saved the Union does bulong without abridgment to the Re- publican party. notwithstanding the patriotic course of those War Democrats. We will not deny that during the eight years preceding Uhe election of Hayes the Re- publican party committed many errors, We will not d nye Iu particular, that the carpet- bag iéciine, Inatzurated during Ut period, contributed neither toward the welfare of the South nor to the glory of the North, But we niust also assert that ‘the reactionary ninistration of Johnson, which threatened to deprive the country of all the fruits of the vietory of the Union, excused many of these trrom and made sowe of them unavoidable. And since that time tho Republican party has given evidence that, IT EAMNESTLY WANTS PEACE, rly anxious to heal the wounds asion War has caused to the y. Candid Southerners confirin where, and He eulty appreciate the bencfictal Administration of Hayes, At is not contested that the material pros- perity Inis not been successful even with members of thelr own purty. We would not assert that there iy an abso Jute guarantee that the new Republican ad- ministration wil continue energetically to follow in every direction the safe pathy which the present Adiintstration has so successfully opened, But we cannot assume that It will net-contrary to its own Interests, that it will work the destruction of th ty. that It will commit sulelde as It t would be sufelde, Indeed, He the new Adinin- istration were to disturb the sectional peace, now developing with promising results, and to retard the grand march of prosperity uy deserting the Just, safe, honorable and peace: tul polley of the present Admimstration, On the other hand, we would neks Are there any guarantees, that the country will not be drawn into fi state of uneertalnty, confusion, calamity, and violence, In case the, Desmocratle party shouldebe called to take the reins of Government? Our reply to this question las No ANSOLUTELY NONE. Nothing- approaches even any surety that weshall not bave to deplore events which would destroy all achlevements of the Inst twenty years,—wihlely would fan inte flawe the chidersof Wseord now smnokleriug under the ashes,—which would threatep the wel- fare, the peace, the Hberty, nud even the unity of the country. We would not paint all black, because there are fortunately some elements uf suet notural strength that even the bad will of the Democratic pariy-could not subdue then But we do belleve -that a Democratic Ci rress, with even the best Democratic Prest- ent, would Introduce measures the ten- deney of which woul be aguinst the Union, axatost the Inst amendments to the Constl- vation, and agalust the prosperity of the cunntry. Tho prinelple of State sovereignty ts up- held by the Democratic party to tus full ox- tents ‘That party deni s the Federal Govarn- went the power to carry out the laws of the United States within the Umit of the States in denying that, the right of Huffrage can bo protected ‘by the Federal Government with ny the States, Ibis true, tt pretends that tha States wlll’ youchsafe to the cotured eltizen iall slghts guaranived to hint by the late Inmendinents, But the total disappearanceof the Republican patiy fram a niunber of Southern States proves the contrary. In sonic paris of the Sonth the nezro—aye, the Republican party—has no more righty than the dominant purty . SEES FIT TO CONCEDE TO IT, Or {s it Mkely that spects payment will Tema undisturbed if the | Democratic party shoukt be at the helm? We regret that there aro also somy elements tn the Republican party opposed to the payuient of the Ontted States bonds in, gold. It Is evident that such eluments predoul- nave in the Demucratic paity, ant that a re turn to [rredeeinable paper money Is gore to be feared under Democratic rufe, with inen ike Butler, Landers, Ewing, and ‘Bland, than under Repuulican adininistration, ‘The Democratic purty has oven formally de elured In fayor of frredeemable paper money fo Ita Presidential platform of 50s, and Gen, Hancock bas indorsed that pintform,. “What guarantes Is there that n wise reve- nue taht would bo Introduced under a Detocratle administration? For two years the Democratic party tag had undisputed inajorittes In Congress, and nothing hus been done by It to relleve the people by a reduction ofthe turf. In general, the Democratic party has not shown during these two years any disposition to benefit, the working classes by dlmlutshing direct or indirect taxation, while the Republican party has ever sine the cluse: of the War reduced, with traly astonishing rapldity, the United Stutes debt as well as the peoplo's burden, ‘On the contrary. there are numerons siens that the Democratle party Is contemplating to LAY MANY UNSUPPUNTADLE DURDENS upon the people’s shoulders, ‘The claims for Joss of.property, during the War amount to hundreds of millions now, They would Ine erense to thousands of millions. {3 not Tinprobabla that ft will be cinimed that the Federal, Government should assume Stute atobts, It is ta be feared that attempts will bo made to place the clalms for pensions of Confederate and of Unton soldlers on an equality. It is not aven.linpossible that, not- whristandinyg: ie Fourteenth Amendinent an attempt Will be nade to get compensation for asatined slave propery, A victory of the Democratic pay wonld relnaugurate the hierarchy of the South as before the Wat, hor can we estimate to what enormous tmount the debt of the United States inight Inennse by the victory of thelost but hot surrendered cause, Were the Govern: iment to come entirely. Into Domocratic hands, the greed of the 80,000 offine-seekors with which the Democratic party wants to snddle the country would know no Huilts, Sluce Jackson, that uvil spirit of Democracy, fitrodueed, Instead of the proper principle of changing Federal ofticers for causy only, the other principle that all oflices are spolla to the views, public service hus gone into de cadence nil the reform thereof, which un- der the present Adnilntatration has made auch a falr commencement, mist be consid: ered ua given up it the Government should pass over into Democratic Lands, ees ‘The foregoing reasons why we support the Republican purty are not weukened by . TUK CHARACTE OF THE OANDIDATES, We do not deny that It would bo better that Garleld'’s nano had ol-been mentioned in the Credit-Mobiller aifuir, and that ho hid hot beey concerned with the Doe Gelyer cons tractatall Buta consclentions exaimhiation Of these cases lus convinced us: that he has not been actuated in either of them by dis > ‘one, ponorable motives, “hw chiaray of Oakes Ames, who was ex- pulled from Congress, deserves no credit, and is without any value, whatever. But even thls charad wae nade for the tirat thug on the 24d of Jamiliryyte7t, while Ue sume ames had on the 17th Wt Devoniber, 1872, cons firmed the teatlaunry or" Hactetd, Lv was fase atier Mr. 'T. C, Tt a? fynner Pres q iran 1 -(dent of tho Credit Stohr in, ‘on'the 15th of January, 1873, testiiled that he hadthen In dis pocket n summons ugnlost Mr. Anes for thy return of thuse Credit-Alobiler shares which he had not disposed vf, In view of this danger of being forced to deliver up the aliares which he held in trust, he pro- duced a memorandum wherein he pre- tends to have sold one share fo Mr, Gar- fetd. But this valteless memorandum BEARS THT PROOF OF FALSITY ON ITB FACE. It credila Mr. Garfield with payment for a share whitelt uniispatably he never recelved, and which must be now in Afr. Ames’ estate, Unless the adininistration of the Credit Mobiller bas forced Hts surrender, It debits Mr. Garfleld with a check for $320, the date of which ts two days later than the date of the memorandum,—a check which, by the aRWworn testimony of the caslilur of the Ser- keantat-Arus, on whon it was drawn, was ait tuo day of {ts date cashed by Afr. Ames himself. Concerning the De Galrer contract, con Aingent fee of $5,000, whieh Mr, Garfield re- eelved. for professional services (while he would not have received anything in case the contract had been allotted to any of the other cighty bidders), Is entirely ju accord: ance with the customs of the country. No evidence whatever has been bratyglit that this fev in the lenst influenced Mr, Garfield's oNleial acts, or that the matter had any cone nection with his position ns member of Con- Eres, Both these charges appear incredible, cons aldering the fact that Mr. Gartield, ag Clinir- manof the Coninittee on Appropriations, had hundreds of opportunities of becointy a millionaire, {f he would use dishonest meats, while he has to tls day WEMAINED A POOIt MAN. Such being tha facts, the sanctimonious horror of disguised offtee-hunters or shady “honorables ? who expect to conceal thelr own villainy by unmeasured denunciation of the dishonesty imputed to Mr. Gartteld, which dishonesty they themselves do not be- leve in, cannot influence us to withhold our votes fram the Republienn candidates, We believe that, whasuever niay be elected, the country need not fear that the next President will hinself open the gates of cor- ruption, But we bdelleve, at the same linc, that the Republican party, after the splendl test It has stood during the JRst four years, presents a greater safety aalnst stich cor- ruption than the party which, after twenty years’ yearning, hopes at last to satisfy its desire for the fleshpots of Exspt Finally, as to the ability of the candidates between whom tha cotntry must choose, athat of Hancock lias so far ttood no test Garfield, on the contrary, stands o shining example of the hight a man inay rise to BY 18 OWN ENERGY AND HONEST LAUOR, even if nil extraneous ald be denied hin, It wlll not have esenped the render that we are by no means blind to the shortcomings of the Republican party and its candldittes, But (€ we were asked why we will not. sup- port the Democratic party, we should an- awer In the words of n renowned orntor, now in tha Democratic camp (Judge J. 1, Stallo), who suid ina speech dellvered on the 24th of February, 1802: “The former coquetting of the Democratic party with slavery, Its lite Jugzlery in our Hinanelal poltey, in fact, its whole conduct: slnee the end of the War, totally ex- clude any thought of acting with tt Even if the politichins, whe earry with then through the country. the elt torn” ant: faded Democratic flag, should express their will- ingnegs to Include In thelr program all those principles upon the practienl execution of which depends the welfare of the Republic, Lat least would reminder that fantom are delusive, and T could not resist the thought that behind all these pretty assurances lurks a dishonest design.” i, Wrsisnonck, ‘ Evwann SALomox, SroiwsUno KA: Fi IEDC H RUIN Acont, M. D., ScuweD.en M, D., Fist THOMAS ACIIELIS, Iivuman R, BALTZER, Zit Pau GoErPrn, Jons 0. HUNpT, Pavn Ba RD SCILACK, H. Gurtene. M. D., Jacon Scnokxuor, BREACH OF PROMISE. One of the Most Remarkable Cases on Kecord—Munting Evidence In Ole dom—A Lover Who Given 350,000 tor the Return of Letters—Princely Gitte .Vo the Falrs Petroteum World, — - Mr. John: B. Givsen, until rocontty the prin- elpul proprietor uf the Gibson House, Cincin- nuth, and one of the best-known citizens of the ‘Purls of America, was in Thinsvilie yestordas, with bis attorney, taking depositions In one of tho most remiurkably sults tur breach of prom- {go that was ever known in the unnuls of the courts, The cuse has shukea Cinvinnat to- eisty for some tnonths, and bas a local Interest here owing to the facet that n prominent olti- zen of tho ofl region, now tvsiding In Petrotia, {gan important witness, and that the pluintit, Mra, Churlotte Bruce, was in the employ of our well-known merchant. Mr, W. f, Audrows, while he wus in business tn Cineiamatl, Mr. Gibson, the defendant In the suit, and bie attorney, Mir, MeDousull, left ou the wy triin yosterday tur Potrotiit to take the deposiuon of the witness residing ot that pluce, ‘Their busl- ness in Titusvitto was to take the testimony of -anattaené of the Petrewn World regarding an article cunceruing the care whieh appeared ia the Cineinnntl Enquirer in Naveniver lust. There ste sume teutures of extraurdinary in- terest in the cnse, and. If the entire story could bo written, it would rend more Ike one of Durous’ novels thua an irvidont in everyday life. Mr. Gihson {ya gonticman of large means, and bis prominence in business ad society ndds to the Interest of the story. A fow of the lead- fox features might be brietly nuted, The case has oceagioned three or four trips to Europe, two by Mr, Gibson, and either one or eer the platutlt. Mrs. Hruce aues for &% S aud ‘bor petition to tho Court Includes fh, cause of -uction to recover npon notes, ulso the amount of 220,000, alleged tu buye beeo given In settlement of the Dreaad uf pruinive of Tinrelage. Mr. Gibsun stuted to & Wor d repre- sehitutive that bu atune tine give Sr, bruce his nates for &0.000 In consideration that ene would return to Bley bly letters writiun fo her during thelr courtship. ‘his wad In New York. After gettluy the aytes Mrs. Bruce did not gtve up the letters, nud they were afterward givun to y Ste, TE. D, Linedn, Mr Reruce's attoragy. The chief charucturiatic of these lotters, ag thes appeared fs print, wis their poor orthography. Ale. Gibson anya this wa twisted and. contorted by some one after thoy fefe bie hands, He was’ in Europe at the Ume of their publication, Mra. Hence is pow living elegantly upon the Interest of the money and sveuritics Sr. Gibson give ber at diferent Umes. He stuted yesterduy that he gave her at ‘one timo ¥25,000 Ih Cinciinatl Sovthora Hall- road bunds, which, to lessen hor tures, she bus converted into 4 por cents, In addition te this ho gave her notes at ditfere ont tines, one note betny for $10,000 and one for 16,00, We bolinve the $15,000 note was ylyen in Hewat the oue for , These notes ap- ear to have becn given in order that dirs. Bruce would be provided for in the easy of Sr, Glb- son's death. Among: the “lovers trinkets” riven to tho plalntit by tho defendant was a palrof dlunond cireriigs worth €2.400. Tn ad- ihtion to these and a score of other gifts, Mr, Gibson gave Mra, Ceitco’s sanettetaws a mun hanved Heate, $100, und lost it all, exoopt a ttlo he holds to a piece of swamp land in In- dinna worth, perbaps, 100, The son-in-law was supposed tu buve Invested the money Ina bua nesd with the firm of Norris & Co, of Cincinnati, He wag some months afterward ousted froin the em, they claiming that thoy wero fargo luacrs y bin, fra. Trico represonts that she was engaged to Mr, Gibeon for fourtcen yeurs. Durluy o few yeute of this thee she ‘clainia to buve bud & personal lucowe of a duy, and that about all the monoy sbo mude sho dopos- ited wit 3ir, Gibson. Sho adds, further, that she bid at ons time $50,000 Io bie bands, and accepted bid note for that amount. Much Of thia money, she says, waa mude by ber during: tho War, On the other band. sr, Gibson suys he never had above #4000 of ber funds, and the first monoy be tind tu invest for hor was uw your or more uftor the close of the War. It wag but a drop in the ocean compared to the suma ho had given ber without expecting ite return. dtr. Gibsun stated to n ropreauntutive of the Pee trotcum World yeaturday that bo met dire. Bruce guce jn New York at tho ruldenoe of dir. We Lt Andrews, publisher of Andrews’ Queen. Te wanted to negotinte for the return of his otters, She demanded 4 large sum of money, He ofurvd her suverul thousand dollars, Bird. Bruce suids “T want bale your fortune. If you ever marry any other woniin f want to be abte to suppurt gee us handsomely us you will support your wi fe." In addition to this. Mr, Gibeun wuss abe (hrentened to Kl any other woman that he would niuery, ‘They finally compromised on $50,400 tor thie return of the levers, but it ap pears Sew. Rruce recived then unl hur Attore noy had teu pallens Tho plulutht in (hid casa ta a remarkable womun, Sho was born ia Baulans of bauble wrentige. Hur excellent (aaty (a the mutter of reas wid her fortune. She cowimanded large aulurics from the lending dry-yocds oatubllahs tents lu Cincinnatl for cutting and fitting las dics’ dresses, and suggesting tu customers the kind of gouda und style of costume that would bust becoine then. Khe would study 8 lady's figure und conplesxton for y moment and tell ber: exuctly What sho ought to wear und how it should be tude. Mur customer wore the weultblest ludled of Cinchunatt aud Loulavitte. dir. W. Hf Androwa, wher fn Luslpess is Cincla~ butt, paid Her $240 a year. ‘Tue Vetrulla witnexd, who know Mra. Bruco wvuye, ls expected to goatlfy to sane | Was thiuud Ie“uNing ber chatacters. ‘ OUR ABLE DETECTIVES Arresting and Searching an Innocent Stranger—The “ Suspicions Cir- “-oumatances.” Refasing to Allow Him to Identify Him. solf, and Ordering Him to Quit the Town. Just about noon yesterday Ifr. D. 1. Sher- burne, one of the proprietors of the Windsor House at Minneapolis, wasstrolling leisur ly and innocently along Madison street, near LaSalle, Hehad come down to Chicago, were he once used to Ilve, for the purposo af transacting sone buafness, and was In- tending’ to. leave on the evening bont for the other side. of the inke, where he has some affairs to look after, Hels a good-lwoking man, with no h- ing of the scamp In hfs appearattce, and has never been charged with benring any resetn- Dlance to 2 sneak-thilef, u furger, or a burg- lar. While he was strolling along, a short, thick-set man, with dark hair and a German east of countenance, and n very {important alr, caine up to him and sald: “How long have you been In town 2” “1 got In yesterday,” sald Sherburne; “but excnse me, Ldowt know you. \Whatis your reason for asking 2?” . “Well, 1 guess,” said the man, “YLL TAKE YOU DOWN TO THE STATION.” “What do yor want me for?” said Sher- burne, Indienantly. “We will expiain allthat to you down there. What you want to do |x to como along, and make ho nolse nbott it.” With that the man threw open nls cont and showed a star, and stated that he belonged to the detective farce of Chicago, “You are mistaken in your inan,? sald Mr. Sherburne. “Itlon’t ant to go to the station with you. £ haven't tlng fori, 1 am going away this evening. Now I will tell you, Just ‘step srotind the corner with me on La Salle street, near Washington,— that is only a block frum where we are,—and Lenn {dentify inyself to you satiafuctarily.” . No, said the detective, “that won't do. No atteh came a3 that on me. No slipping up alleys and running off. Lave been tnir- teen years in thls business, and I never made a mistake In Hoy ia in oll dat thoe, am just golng to take you down to the statlons 8o cote atone giletly.”” And Mr, Sherburne went with all outyard airs. of quietness, but with great wrath ia bla henrt, de was taken Into the detectives’ room ot the Central Station, and told them who he was, and hig business in Minnespolls. Fup dewetlve sald io the pnteur in shares: E vere up that way and sf at tho Windsor didutt vou?” predee “Yes,” said the officer, “I was Introduced. Hy the proprietur and stopped there suing Ane, “ Don’t you know this man? sald the de- tective to Sherburne, pouting to the officer, “ie says that he stopped at your hotel for auie a thine? % “Do you suppose,” sald Mr, Sherburne, “that [know every —— fool that comes Into my house? You [the officer} didn’t siop there a'mouth, No tuan ever stopped there fs long ns that but what I knew hin. {f you were Introduced to anybody In the hotel, it unist have been to me, becuuse I am in the ottice nenrly all the thine.” He was then subjected to the HUMIMIATING OPERATION SEARCHED, One of the first things they came across was the diagram of a site, He fiat been around to one of the safe establishments for the pure pose of buying a new one for his hotel, The nioment the detectives saw this thelr eyes brightened and they sald: ““Look here, you are in this kind of busl- hess, tov, are you? "meaning that he was a sufebreaker, ‘ - ‘Then Alr, Sherburne broke out indignantly and sald that he wasn't ow thief,—that they had no right to abuse and search tlm tu that otuanner, ‘They had ar- rested hin without any cause, and all they had to do to satisfy themselves that he was the man he sal he was, and not the man that they took him to be, was tu walk a few jocks. . ‘The only reply he got was to “Shut up’; to whieh he responded: sot “Twill 1 will, You may lock OF BEING r Twill be d—d if Ine uy, bit you can’t shut up ny tooue.”” Wille they were examining hls inoney, of which he hind a good deal. they cume neross five $5 bus which were brand-new, and which he had separated from the others be- cuuse they Were so clean and crisp, Sald Sherburne, ag he saw them bandlin en ‘That looks klud of suspicious, too, don't “Yes, tt does look o Iittle off,” sald they, “T wander If they ain't queer.” * Then, after having hunted through all his pockets they locked lit up and lett fin 10 his meditation for a matter of half an hour or sv, baying no attention to his entrentles to -be allowed to send out to get somebody to Identify bin. Inaboutan hour they brought him out ogalu. It aveis that iu runumoaging through ills pocketbook, Where there were quite a number of papers, thoy hud found a reetpt of his Masonic iodgy at Minneapolis, There were, by tho ay, A number of other papers: to which he bad called their uttentlon; thore were suine letters nudressed to him, and also A pags inode out In-his name on the Alllwau- kee & St. Paul Road; but they told hi these things didn’t belong to bin, and fnsinuaed that he had stolen thom, When he was brought out they asked him If he was a Masou. He sald he waa, Then sald one of the detectives, 1 dan’t know but what FE have nade a uistake, but the best Uiing sou can do Ls to LIGHT RIVNT OUT OF TOWN.” “Twill not Hight out,” sald Mr. Sher- burne, “nuranenk out. Low notuief, and. Lheven't done anything diyreputable, and.L don't propose to slink out,” ‘, After this the detective, at Mr, Sherburne’s Urgent request, took hint Up to a coumisaion house on Lo Salle street tu order that he might zo through the farce of itentification, They went {ito the uftlve—a well-known on —aid Mr, Sherburne steprd up Ant oske his Chicngo friend what his A8 herburne’s) nine was. ‘The friend replied, of cours “You are D. L. Sherburne, of Minneapulls.” ‘Thereupan the detective bald he wus satis fled, and that It was “all right? “Now, sald Mr. Sherburne, "1 hope you , are convinerd. and that you have tearbed ance at least In your. thirteen years of tnful- Miilty that you hive made & uustake, just dike any other mints # whist’ tuong other things of w! 18 WHS re- Heved ut tho station was A CHECK Fon 118 VALISE, Ho did not discover unttl Inte In the after noon that it had not been returned to lim, Jie went back to the Ceutral for it, and asked. he person Jn charge where the detective was who had arrested hin, stating the reason why ho wauted ta sea him—to get his check, flo was informed that he wasnotin. Then Mr, Sherburne asked the person in charge to go up to the hotel and get tho vallse for bim, tid to explain. the .clrenmstanees tnder whieh he came to luse the check, That, however, he declined todo for him, saying that he hadne tine, And Mf Sherburne went away still more fndignant than before, stating that he would mako some of them suiart for thelr conduct, Heo went back tu hils friend, who succeeded in getting hie yallge for hilt, and left Chicago last night on the boat with probably: ® Very poor huapression of the way in which matters ore managed by the Chicnge police, It Is hardly necessary to woralize upon this story, It in a. shameful state of atuirs that a stranger of high stunts fuould by pleked up un the stresta, sau jd be carried - ta the poiles station ngalist hls will withous a worant, should be searelod put in a cell * Cull of allcrawling things, and Analy turned out with a natitication to leave the city ag‘ #008 AR posalbtes wnd all that, too, witen ts was In paar ofthe man who nrrested bin toliavesal Hed hihuself, within three mbintes, by walking half a block, that the person op, whon he had unlawfully tad bis hands was te the individual whom lie was huutlnyg for, Wt A MMR Ae trreprowchuble eharauter and guod standing, ‘ a TELEGRAPHIC NOTES, ° Ricnatonp, Vig Oct, 8—In the case of the City va. 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