Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1880, Page 2

z _. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: of Representatives, and a prominent candidate for the Presidency. so. prominent that the great State of New York cast her entire seventy votes for him, was on the train, and it was so crowded that he could uot obtain a sleeping-berth. The con- ductor of the train came to this Virginia delegate and asked him if he would not inake his servant surrender his berth to Mr. [andall; ‘that if he did not, Mr. Randall would have to sit up all night. The dele gate very promptly told him that . BE WOULD NOT; that it was a mere question of whether Mr. Randall should be uncomfortable all night or whether his servant should be uncomfort- able, and that Mr. Randall had as well be un- comfortable as his servant; and he went to the negro and told. him to let him know if any effort was:inade to deprive him of his berth, and that he would pr wtect him. Every Virginia delegate to the Convention can vouch for the truth of this statement. Now this delegate was in every way identified in the niost intimate manner with that eleinent in the Southern States which ‘The Foo!’ represents as hating the negro with an in- tense hatred, and yet he would nov consent to see his negro servant made uncomfortable to make the present Speaker of the louse of Representatives and possible future President comfortable.” would like to. see which one of ‘the foois’ who vex ‘the ear of the public with their sniveling Hes about the oppression of the negro would have done this, .Whichever one of them had’ been applied to, lie would have hastened with obsequious self-abasc- mentto kick his servant out that the great man might enjoy his ease.” Royal next DEFINES AND DEFENDS THE REBEL BRIG- : ADIER who, he says,, represents to the Northern mind an embodiment of all that is opposed to Jaw and order. “However much,” he says, “Northern men may declare that the act of the Southern man was treason, yet to the mind of ths Southern man his act was not only right in the sight of God, but en- joined upon hint by his law. Having failed in his contest he has loyally surrendered the propositions for which he fought, and he préposes loyally to abide by the covenant into which che entered at the end of the war. Should a Northern State attempt to secede fram this Union, no part of the country conid be relied upon so surely to coerce her to resume her proper relations to the Gen- t eral Governinent as the lately seceded States. The State of Virginia to-day affords * ‘A STRIKING ILLUSTRATION of the conservative character of the Rebel Brigadier. Before the late War that State had borrowed a large sum of money which had been expended in creating her rail- ronda, canals, and public Institutions, for which she had given her bonds. Within the past five years an effort headed by William Mahone, who was a Major-General in thie Confederate army, has been set ‘on foot to Tepudiate a Tare part, if not all, of this debt, in the faH of 1879 an election for members of the Legislature was held in Virginia, and the is- sue in that election was the repudiation of the debt, -{n that election all the negroes, who constitute the Republican party of the State, voted for Legislative candidates who favored repudiation, while every Rebel Brigadier in the State, save and except Will iam Mahone, voted to make the- State pay her debt! There exists to-day in every county in Virginia a feeling of bitterness between the repudiators and the debt-payers more intense than any that ever existed between any political factions in the United States. Duels have been fought over it, and constant personal collisions have occurred, and are occurritiz, and yet every single * Rebel Brigadier’ who now resides in the State of Virginia, except William Ma- hone, is on the side of the debt-payers.” Royal discusses in his sixth chapter the comparison between NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN CIVILIZATION, and says: “ It is quite the fashion t6 institute comparisons between the civilization of the Sonth and the civilization of: the North, always to the , very great disadvantage of that of the South. In Octo- ber, 1880, Senator Conkling made a speech in the City of New York, which nas been her- alded from one end of this Union to another by his clacquers asa very great production of avery great man.” * ‘ ‘He next pays his respects to Mr. Conkling: “Mr. Conkling was most unfortunate in his sélection for illustrating the barbarism of the South, Occasions may and do arlse in every Southern State when widows may exhibit the bloody shirts of: their slain husbands, and yet, while there is a deep. feeling of sympathy for the widow, there fs no fecl- ing of regret for the husband, and common consent, which has become common law, APPLAUDS THE ACT OF THE SLAYER. ‘These occastons arise when au outraged hus- band takes the law into his own hands, and staughters where he finds him, whether at church or at fair, the traitor who hasinvaded the sanctity of his home and corrupted the wife of his bosom. Mr. Conkling’s illustra- tion may well suggest the inquiry whether |" that is a lower civilization which justifies the outraged husband In slaying the man who has thus ruined his home and his life, even though it should leave toa widow the legacy of a husband’s bloody shirt,or whether that is a higher clvilization which exhibits ‘a terror-stricken husband thus wronged standing in the presence of his wife's paramour, shoteun in hand, yet trembling and afraid to shoot.” “The habit which in all the Southern States prevails to a greater or less extent of pro- ane character by holding him who assails it to A PERSONAL ACCOUNT is also constantly referred to as an evidence of the barbarisin of the Southern States. Ido not propose to say one Ward in justification df the duello, but this at least may be said-of those.regions where it is resorted to: the possessor of 2 fair charac- termay feel sure, unless he do somethmng to forfelt it, that he will pass his life in the full possession and enjoyment of it exempted trom all danger of having it besmeared and befouled with slanderous and calumnious statements regarding him. With this bless- ing attained by tolerating the duello, the in- qulry may well suggest itself. whether as an institution it is the ereatest evil with which society can be afflicted. Is it worse that a man should lose his life in a duel than that, after having lived biamelesly and with the respect and esteem of his acquaintances, he should be made the target for every irresponsibie slanderer who inay choose to defame him, and be brought down after a life of credit in sorrow and shame to the grave. i FOR INSTANCE, ““On the 25th of October, 1880, a journal published in New York City, called Truth, in an editorial article spoke of James Gor- don Bennett, Esg.: ‘1Well, it seems to be a desire on the part of Mr. Kelly to rid the community of one of the most de- spicable, Jow-lived, debauched scamps who ever disgraced his father’s name and brought odium on his very nationality. Mr. James Gordon Bennett since childhood has been a drunkard, an associate of women of the town, 8 night-brawler, a coward, acur. No respectable society will adunit him, no ladies ‘will acknowledge his suit, no gentlemen will shake him by the hand. He is forced to the companionship of the Gunny Bedfords, Weights, Sanfords, Iky Bells, Larry Jeromes, and other persons of more or less respecta- bility and notoriety.” Royal says: “ This publication is made of aman who Is the proprietor of the most in- Atuential newspaper in the United States, who fs one of the wealthy men ot New York City, who is a member of the Union Club of . a New York City, the. most prominent, soci institution in the city, who associates in that institution with ae mae LEADERS OF NEW YORK SOCIETY, and who visits at the houses of leaders of New’ York “sociéty. If these’ published charges be true what sort of a character can James Gordon Bennett have ? If they be false, what is the value of his character to him? Only those who know him personally, and they must necessarily be few, can Know that they are false, and tothe rest of the world, who only know him as_his character is pub- lished to the world, he is the sort of man that that publication proclaims him to be. Now, no man of any respectability can live in any community in any Southern State who allowed such a thing as this to bé published about him without risking his life in an encounter with’ the “ publisher.’ Conse quently no such publications are ever made unless concerning men notoriously without character. Which is the higher order of civilization, that which permits a man to secure to himself the enjoyment of that character which a long and blameless life has entitled him to. or that. which compels him to helplesly keep still whilst charncter-thieves stexlfrom lim? It does not therefore. follow because this insti- tution is tolerated to 8 certain extent in the Southern States,.that the people of those States are barbarians.”” THE TURF. Spring Meeting of the St. Louis Jockey Club. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. St. Louts, Dec. 25.—The spring race meet- ing of the St. Louis Jockey Club will com- mence immediately after that of Louisville, commencing June 4, and continuing six or seven days, during which time $10,000 or $12,000 will be given by the Jockey Club in purses and added money to the stakes. A steeplechase course will be laid out early in the spring, and several of those exciting races will take place during the progress of the meeting... The following stakes to be run at the spring meeting of 1881 are now open, to close Feb, 1, 1881: Boquette Stakes, for 29-year-old fillies, of S50 each, b. f., with $400 added, of which $100 to second, third to save stake; three- quarters of a mile, Jockey Club Stakes, for 2-year-old coltsand fithes, of $50 each, bh. f., with $500 added, of which $160 to second, third to save stake; three-quarters of 2 ile. § Hotel Stakes, for 3-year-olds that did not win prior to Jan. 1, 1881, of. $50 each, h. f., with $000 added, of which $100 to second, third to save stake; one and a quarter miles. Merchants’ Stakes, tor 3-year-olds, of $50 gach, h. £., with $700 added, of which $200 to second; third to save stake. The winner of Hotel Stake to carry five pounds extra, and the winner of any other stake after the closing of this stake of the value of $1,000 to carry seven pounds extra; of any two such stakes, ten pounds: one anda half miles. Brewers’ Cup, for all ages, $100 en- trance, h. f£., with $1,000 added. of which $200 to second, third to save stake; one and a half miles. In addition to the above stakes, the St. Louis Jockey Club are making arrange- ments and will open two or three other stakes te name and close April 1, 1881, a THE WEATHER, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasnaneron, D: C., Dec. 2-1 a. m.—For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, light snow orrain, northerly to westerly winds, becoming variable, rising barometer in eastern portions, and stationary or slight fall in temperature. For the Lower Lake region, generally cloudy weather and light snow, northeast to northwest winds, stationary or slight fall in temperature, and falling barometer in east- ern portion, followed by rising barometer. For the Upper Lake region, generally cloudy weather and light snow, colder north to east winds, shifting .to warmer easter! and southerly winds, and -a slight rise fol- lowed by falling barometer. For the'Upper AlissIssippi_ and Lower Mis- souri Valleys, occasional light snow and Partly cloudy weather, winds shifting to easterly and southerly, with stationary or slowly falling barometer, and in the southern Portion rising temperature. DaNVILtE, Va., Dec. 25.—A heavy snow- storm here to-day. - LOCAL OBSERVATIONS, CHICAGO, Dec. 25—10:18 p.m, ‘Time, | Bar. Ther.) Hu | Wind. Lod A'n. | Weather Uziba. ma. |H210} | 7 223 ¥ as pba 8 18 Maximum temperature, $i; minimam, 2 * Melted sleet, too smali to measure. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, CHTOAGA, Doe, %—19:18 p. m. Ther. | Ther. Stations. | 2:49 | 03 zn] Pave Lp. mp. m. z\ a |B 6 ao als 82 we] 2B we a 2b i B 3 2 a a) cts BR SB a a aL I~ os aw 2 2) 3 c aed i ie wR mie Fresh, Mar i|2 tea ay, a) 3 Cray. # a) 2 AVES XN a3 | or i | 1s ‘clay, Os 2 | w Fre: i~Is | “o a aim, 3 ae a eael 1, San ot aw | & i a | 3 para ring | va Bi Fre ray: 2 Kn saz—| 2 | 8 [ER Yankto (os ie el 9 a ie Pr _—— - SUICIDE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune Omana, Neb., Dec. 25.—A prisoner in the County Jail namea Emil Hoya, sentenced to six months for personating a United States ‘fevenue officer snd gbtaining $50 from a liquor dealer at Dakota City, Neb., for al- Ieged violation of the Kavenue law, com- mitted sulclde this morning in his cell by taking morphine, which he had accumulated from doses given him by a physician at va- mous get a valleys isease, He left a letter IF" tion to suicide, and “ddan hee ae mother, brothers, and sisters farewell, and directing his body to be sent to Milwaukee, lis former bone, tar interment, and re- | wi Q ing af cad Hite be laid beside him. go Mite + Sioux Crry, la. Dec. 25.—A special to the Journal from'Onawa says Joseph L. Pike, a proiinent stock man, was found witha ullet-hole in his head ‘in the harness-closet of his barn this morning. It is supposed he had snicited on the previous day, as he dis- appeared then. Financial embarrassment, growing out of live-stock 5; lations, thought to have been the cause S 2 _. OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. New Yon, Dee, 25.~Arrived, steamships Britannic and City of Moutreal, from Liver- pool; Australia, from London; Ferdinand de Lesseps, from Havre; Schleswig, from Cardfif; and Zealand, from Antwerp. Loxvox, Dec. 25. —The Batavia, from New Ray anal Leipsig, from Baltimore, have ar- Color-Blindness, Prof. Barratts, {0 a recent lecture on light at ington, Eng., said that color-blindoese at first investigated by the famous John Dalton, of Manvbester. An amusiog story of bis colom blindness was told by the lecturer, Dalton had to lecture at the Royal Institution, and, anxious toappear in a new suit of clothes, he London tailor, and, bet clety of Friends, orde: arab suit, He ut them on for the tirst. time wen ho gave his lecture, and appeared ta the audience in « flaming suit of scarlet. en Feeble ladies, aged persons, weakly child: pores of sedentary Babies, all os Hop ‘Bite pain caused by heart. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES THE ‘SRRAGUES. Rhode Island aleatiy Stirred Over Promised Rich Developments, Tales of the Governor's Former Habits and His Fature Intentions. e He Is Sprncing Up, Eschewing Drink, and Eager for the Legal Fray. — John Kelly Said to Be Preparing to Take a Hand in the Matter, His Blows to Be Aimed at His Arch-Enemy, Roscoe; Conkling. Hints as to Prominent Facts That Will Appear During the Trial With Reference to a Duel That Failed Through Friendly Inter- ference. IN PROVIDENCE. THE GOSSIPS BUSY. Bpectat Dispatch to The Catcago Tribune, Provence, R. I., Dec. 25.—The Sprague divorce case, which is expected to come to trial in about a month, promises an endless amount of gossip for people in all parts of the country, and especially in this locality, where all the parties interestedjelther directly or indirectly are so well known. Thecharges of infidelity made by Mrs. Sprague against her husband were of such a sweeping nature astorousea storm of indignation against her in Providence, where all the women with whom the Governor is alleged to have been unnecessarily intimate originally hail from. Their his- torles were given in THE ‘TRmBoxE’s New York dispatches yesterday, and a repe- tition is not necessary. There seems tobe no doubt that previous to his marriage Gov. Sprague was on intimate terms with Miss Vialt, this being freely admitted by his friends, and they do not deny very strenuously that the intimacy was renewed after a tem- “porary suspension caused by his marriage. ‘The woman is connected by the marriage of her sister : WITH THE BEST FAMILIES of the State, and, while Mrs. Sprague may have been fully justified in dragging this phase of her family troubles before the public, she has un- doubtedly raised against her cause avery formidable opposition, since the first families of Rhode Island now regard her as thelr. natural enemy. THE TRIBUNE man had talks to-day with several persons, at Jeast_ two of whom are to be depended upon as knowing everything they say to be true, and learned that A VERY EXTENSIVE MINE OF SCANDAL, which promises to exceed in richness any- thing yet heard of. in connection with this matter, will be laid bare to the public gaze when the divorce suit comes to trial. . During the rast two weeks a great change has come over Gov. Sprague. Frevions to that time he was extremely careless and even slovenly in his dress, and also patronized the flowing bowl to an extent that sometimes ex- ceeded his ability in that line; but now he has spruced up, and is believed to have en- tirely abandoned the use of liquor. I talked this evening with a member of the Sprague family, one who has been familiar with the troubles of Kate and her husband from their inception, and learned many things of interest that have not heretofore been made public. The sensational episode at Narragansett Pier, in which . Senator Conkling, aGerman tutor, and Goy. Sprague’s shotgun played such prominent parts, was gone over. My informant said the facts were that Sprague started after the German with a shoteun, but never had any idea of firing the weapon, his intention being sim- ply'to : BADLY SCARE THE MAN, so that he would desert Canonchet and an unpaid bill for services at the same time. Conkling was never threatened with the gun, but Gov. Sprague did take out his watch and hoid in front of the Senator’s nose, thereby conveying a delicate hint that it was time for him to go,—a conclusion to which Mr. Conkling seems to have assented with great alacrity. About six months previous to this Gov. Sprague quietly went to Washington and entered his wife’s house at Edgewood at midnight, his route being by way of the back door. He burst suddenly into Kate’s cham- ber,’but the gentleman whom he expected to find there : WAS ABSENT. Who that party was can easily be imagined. What will be the Governor’s answer to his wife’s bill is not known. The pretended in- terviews with him in two New York papers Were wholly without foundation, but it is believed he will soon break silence and tell his side of the story. fe was to have come to Providence from Canonchet to-day, but missed the train, and cannot get here before Monday morning, THE ACTORS. JOHN BELLY’s PART. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasutncron, D. C., Dec. %5.—If reports which have reached here to-day are correct, the Sprague divorce sult ts to be accompa- nied by even more sensational developments than have already been predicted. Sprague, {tis reported, bas secured some newspaper support, and will endeavor to turn their bat- teries upon his opponents, while Jobn Kelly, to satisfy his personal revenge for his po- litical overthrow (which he attributes In Rreat measure to Senator Conkling), is re ported to have served notice upon the latter that he intends to pursue him to the bitter end, and will follow him into all the details of his domestic relations, and has employed detectives for that purpose. Jobn Kelly is, of cbarse, now a desperate man. The kind oe personal warfare he is capable of mak- HAS VERY RECENTLY BEEN ILLUSTRATED by his violent assaults upon James Gordon Bennett, of the Herald. It was, to be sure, an uneven match for Kelly, as the Herald was a much greater power in New York and in the country than wag the Express, and the consequence was that Kelly’s raid upon Bennett proved to be an unprofitable invest- ment, Mr. Conkling, however, has no metropolitan newspaper which he can command, and in a newspaper warfare would not be well matehed with John Kelly, who really con- trols two newspapers in New York.. T€ support which Sprague can secure, or has secured, and the alliance, with Jaba Kelly promises to make < S 4 VERY FORMIDABLE AND. SENSATIONAL MATTEI: out of the divorce proceedings. ; ‘The latest story whjcf- Mas reached here is that Gov. Sprague pos toturn the tables one time upon bis wife, and. riot only will deny in tota all the direst ebartes of pher bill for divorce, ‘but will’ either fie &*cross-bill or. com- ence ‘an’ original suitFor dauiaged else- ‘where, the effect: of wil{ch will ‘be to charge “Senator Conkling. with ruin of the happiness of the Sprague family. The charge of Sprague, this report says, will be that Mrs. Sprague is the victim of Senator Conkling; that she is now simply hig instru- ment and tool, and that the divorce proceed- Ings were broughtat his instigation. This story Is Incredible, as Conkling cannot ‘want publicity. Gov. Sprague will also charge gtoss- extravagance in the management of his household, and among other things the purchase of very costly inces at a time when it was known that Sprague’s affairs were very much involved, anda genéral habit of expensive living will be attributed to her. In- fidelity, it is said, will also be charged. , Inthe course of the proceedings, it fs re- ported, the fact willbe brought out that at RSE SPRAGUR CHALLENGED SENATOR CONELING TO A DUEL” that arrangements had been madé‘for the afluir, the challenge being accepted’ and the seconds named, but that te peta finally interceded before the time appointed ' for the meating, and that the challenge (vas withdrawn, an apology made ‘by Conkling, and a proinise that no further pause should be given, if any had already been Biven, for complaint against him, tied Mr, Sprague’s friends positively say that all that was reported ns to the interview bée- tween him and Conkling at Candnchet Jast year was true; that Sprague did pursue him with s. shotzus, fally determined to’ kill him; and that he only desisted through fear of creating a séandal. ‘ Z Detectives are! now said to be working up the details of the careers of the principal parties to this unfortunate scandal, and, un- less proceedings are stopped by mutual con- cessions, sonie startling revelations will be made. It is ‘reported that efforts are now making to iiduce Sprague to consent to a divorce without publicity and without scandal, but ‘that the efforts to this end tlius tur have praved unsuccessful. sa BKATOR CONKLING, of course, “Ts not inclined to talk to newspaper men as to the latest reports upon this subject, but he does occasionally talk very freely with some of his intimate friends upon the whole iuatter. In these conversa- tions he denies every charge of wrong that has been made against him, and considers that he isthe victim of relentless persecu- tion. He thinks the newspapers are banded together against him, and that for some per- sonal reasons they desire to destroy his, good name. He knows that he has the enmity of sume and the disfavor of mavy newspapers, and that they avall themselves of every opportunity to feed their ancient grudge. To his efforts to imprison some of the Washington newspaper men at the time of the publication of the Washington Treaty and to his attitude on the Poland Press !aw is attributed some of thé newspaper oppo- sition, Conkling is especially aggrieved that his family should be brought into this pub- licity, and he deelares all of the charges to be MOST INFAMOUS AND MALICIOUS LIBELS, He says that it iseasy to convict aman of stealing a sheep, but that there is no remedy for aman who is robbed of his good reputa- tion (of all that one has to live for), and that one fs practically ‘at the mercy of the libeler. Tle thinks that the laws are grossly inade- quate for the protection of reputation or the punishment of slander. Mr. Conkling is represented asnever admitting to his friends that there is any ground for connecting his ‘name with these divorce proceedings, and as Insisting that he has never committed any indiscretion Which would warrant the sensa- tional newspaper publications of the day. pretoaseiatany . BRITTON. INTERVIEW WIL THE COUNSEL FOR THE it, PROSECUTION, Naw York, Dec. 23.—Winchester Britton, counsel ‘for Mra'-Kiétherine™ Chasessprague in the sult “for, divorce which she bas re- cently instituted against her husband, ex- Gov. Sprague, was met by a reporter to-day. . * Have you essen the statement in the Her ald that what’is commonly known as the shotgun. affair at Canonchet never took place ?” he wasasked. “Yes. The .story is absolutely false. Conkling was at Canonchet; invited there by Sprague himself on business. Then Sprague, who was drunk, made the house so unpleas- ant that all the, guests went away. There was no shotgun in the house: 1 madea thorough inguity into the facts of,that mat- ter, and the truth is that there was no col- lision or unpleasantness in word or deed between Gov.- Sprague and Senator Conk- ling.” “How do you suppose the statement be- came current?” “Thave no doubt it was PUT INTO CIRCULATION BY SPRAGUE. He is overflowing with a morbid desire for newspaper notoriety, and has lost no oppor- tunity, so long as 1 have known anything about the ease, to vilify and misrepresent Mrs. Sprague before the public,” “Did you seek to obtain an acquiescence in a decree of divorce from Gov. Sprague?” “Certainly. Mrs. Sprague especially re- quested me so to do, in order as far as possi- ble to protecther little girls, and I cheerfully complied, as well fur that reason as on ac- count of other members of the Sprague fam- ily, who are nat responsible for his miscon- duct, Ihave had interviews with friends of Gov. Sprague and members of the Sprague family, seeking the same object. They all expressed themselves anxious to carry out my views, but the result was that it became necessary to file the petition disclosing to the public the atrocity of his conduct.” “ Can it be that the allegationscontained in this petition areal true?” “ The half is not told. I made no allega- tions which Ido not believe to be true and which Ido not expect to prove.” ve “When will this trial probably take place ?” c “The next term of the court sits next February, afd we ae EXPECT TO BE BEADY. Mrs. Sprague has contemplated these pro- ceedings ever since the Governor, by his con- duct, drove her from her home, but they have been delayed partly by her-affection fpr her little girls and dread of the influence of a divoree proceeding upon their future, ahd partially, also, from the solicitations of Gov. Sprague’s friends, they urging that such a proceeding would be a serious injury to him in the settlement of his affairs; but it became impossible for her to endure -Hi¥ conduct longer, as he was constantly ssecking, through the press, by groundless aspersions upon her character, the source ‘huing con- cealed, to injure her and her feputadan. In this proceeding the real facts will: be dis- closep, and, unless I greatly mjstike, she will be triumphantly vindicated from all his aspersions.” 7G —————. OBITUARY, ay Special Dispatch to Ths Onicago THouns, Sovt Exety, lil., Dee. 25.—J. H. Holland, a farmer living about two miles west of here, dled last night about midnight: Mr. H. was educated fora lawyer, but never fol- lowed the profession. He was for some time a@ newspaper correspondent, writing princi- pally dairy articles. He leaves a family con- ! sisting of @ wife and four children. CESVELAND, O., Dec. 25.—A Leader spe- ie! from Meadville says: “David P. Ew- ig, of Fort Dodge. 1., 72 years old, dropped dead while attending a loan exhibition. Sup- posed to be apopiexy,”” rchaubion wrest ed Lak ereg at ex-cl , bronehial trouble. eae The Polson of Mary Stover’s Lips. rand stapids Press. poodle licked ber face ‘while ‘she was inher agony, ana the poison of her Hips kill dog. recover, : the | “q, WASHINGTON. Another ‘Exodus on a Large Scale’ Predicted for Next Summer. al a Kansas Colonists Urging Their Friends to Follow Their Example. he The Wenther Bureau Has Little Confl- dence in Vennor’s Predic« tons. Some Idea of the Designs of Claim-Agents " on the Treasury. ANOTHER EXODUS QENERALLY PREDICTED, Bpectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune: Wasuinartox, D. C., Dec. 25.—There aro increasing indications of a new exodus | movement in the spring. Indeed, Southern men say that they expect a larger movement than has, yet been made, and they regret it. A Louisfana planter who is here says'that the exodus which is expected in the spring threatens greatly to injure the planting in- terests, and that the planters fear it more from their experience of last summer in en- deavoring to induce negroes who had gone to Kansas to return. Several large Repub- Ucan planters sent a trusty agent to Kansas last summer, whom the negroes would consider friendly, but this agent returned without having been able to Induce a single negro to return South. Notwithstanding large wages and good treat- ment were guaranteed, the negroes replied that they were SATISFIED IN THE NORTH; that if their lot was not then good, it prom- ised to be better, and that they proposed to remain where their own prospects would per- | Manently improve, and where it was certain that their chitdren would have a career, One of the planters who made this experiment Jast summer, now here, says that he expects that the exodus will be resumed as soon as the warm weather begins. The "ne- groes, he says, are thoroughly convinced that their families will bein better condition in the North. They are restive In the South, They want to see more of the world. They wish to escape from the traditions of servitude, and, said this planter, ‘they will go.” Dan Voorhees and his tollowers will scarcely or- ganize an investigating committee to prove that this exodus is planned by Republicans in an off-political year. VENNOR. HAS A WORD ABOUT HIS PROPHESIES. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wasuinaton, D.C. Dee. 25.—Prof. Abbey, who is chief of the scientific staff of the Weather Bureau, commenting upon the pre- ictions of the Canadian weather proplit, Vennor, says that Vennor did not predict the present storm with any accuracy, but was five hundred miles short.of the mark; that to test the accuracy of his work the Weather Bureau has occasionally compared his predictions as published in the newspa- pers, which accounts of course contain tele- graphic and typographical errors, for which Vennor is not responsible,- with the real facts. The Bureau finds that ‘one quarter of his. predictions are verified, if they are intended for the St. Lawrence Valley. If they are meant for this locality, as ‘those Who would give him credit for predict- ing. the recent storms here must believe, then not 10 percent of his prophecies come true. In view of his continued failures, one or two brilliant successes would not justify us in “OLD PROB” adopting hia system of foretelling the Weather.” |. + Prof, Abbey says that Vennor keeps his system secret. “Vehnor’s theory seems tv be that weather moves in cycles, and his predic- tions are undoubtedly based on this system. He has the benefit of a great many weather statistics In Canada in making his estimates. RAIDING THE TREASURY. THE CLAMORS OF PENSION CLAIM AGENTS— EFFORTS TO REMOVE THE LIMITATION FROM THE ARREARAGE ACT-ATLEASTS250,000,000 ALREADY INVOLVED—THE PROPOSED EX- TENSION OF TIME MAINLY IN THE INTEREST OF CLAIM AGENTS... New Fork Tomeq, Wasurxcton, Dec. 93, Notwithstanding the fact that the Arrearage of Pensions act nearly doubled the amount of the anpual pension-roll, and, in addition, made the Treasury Mable for the payment of tens of million dollars for arrears, there are mem- bers of Congress who are striving to increase the public burden on this account by remov- ing the limitation imposed by the Arrearage act upon claims filed after July 1, 1980. The Arrearage act provides: that all pensions shall begin from the death or discharge of the person on whose account the claim has been or is hereafter granted, if the disability occurred prior to the discharge from the milftary sery- ice; and if the disability occurred after the discharge, then from the date of actual disa- bDillty. A proviso to the second section of the act requires that arrears shall be paid only to those whose applications are filed prior to July 1, 1880, and that pensions grant- ed on applications filed with the Commis- Bioner of Pensions subsequent to that date shall begin from the date of filing the appli- cations. This limitation does not apply to claims filed by or in behalf of insane per- sons and children under 16 years of age. When the Arrearage bill was under consid- eration in Congress, it was argued by its ad- Yocates that not more than $25,000,000 would be required to pay arrears. More than $50,- 1900,000 have already been drawn from the ‘Treasury on account of arrears, and it is es- timated thatto pay the claims filed under the act prior toJuly 1 last last will require at Jeast $250,000,000 more. ‘The enormity of these figures cannot fail to startle the coun- try‘and cause the people to demand that Con- gtessmen shall cease inventing schemes to add to the public burden under the plea of doing justice to those who served in the Fed- eralarmy aud navy during the Rebellion, Mr. Deering, of Iowa, is one of thosemem- bers;who are panting to do further “justice” by extending additional facilities to claim agents to raid on tho National Treasury. ‘That gentleman has introduced a bill to re- peal the limitation clause of the Arrearages act, and it Is. presented in such an innocent form that unless public attention is directed to it there fs danger that the bill will be qui- etly pushed through without its full scope and effect*being understood. It is safe to say that those who were wounded in the mil- itary .service are not asking for the legisla- tion proposed by Mr. Deering, and it is equal- ly safe to say that his bill was prompted by the army of-tlaim agents who are continual- ly hanging about Congress and demanding additional appropriations for pensions, There {is a‘ number of these claim agents’ in Washington who have estab- lishments in which ag many as 100 persons aré employad working up this pension busi- nest. Two of these men publish what they: call soldiers’ journals, but which are mere advertising sheets to make known their business, published in newspaper form‘ to evade the Postal laws and secure their transit through the mails at rates of postage prescribed for newspapers. These aa-called sqidiers’ journals are filled with angtithents for increase of pensions and eal ation of bounty allowance, and with appeals to those who served in the army and Gi Mary Stover ‘ook a dose of strychnine. A pet | niV¥i'to urge their Representatives in Con- gresaito demand more liberal appropriations for the payment of pensions. One of the alas'seferred to came hero about six years Sty Tat use: ilasy ago with very little pecuniary means, and } now estimated to be worth several hundred thousand dollars, made by publishing’ his soldiers’ journal at a nominal price and’ prosecuting claims for the payment of pen- sions. It is this class of mén that keep up the agitation in Congress about arrears of pensions and equalization of bounty, and it is this class alone that Mr. Deeriny’s bill will benefit. NOTES. THE MARSHALS? LITTLE BILLS. Spectal Dispatch to Ths Chicago Tribune, ‘Wasnrneroy, D. C., Dec. 25.—Some of the leading Republicans here are considering the advisability of attempting to secure au appro- priation at this session for the payment of United States Marshals and Deputy-Mar- shals. The.amount due, which the’ Democ- racy has refused. to appropriate, is now about half a million dollars. It is said that many Democrats, in view of the result of the campaign, would not be unwilling to vote this appropriation, and that others would rather vote for it or permit it to pass than to incur the risk of an extra session. ‘The subject is sti] under consideration. _ NAVAL BOARD. To the Western Associated Press. Wasurnaton, D. C., Dec. 25—A Board of Naval Officers’ will meet Jan. 6 to consider the case of cach commissioned officer on the active list below tne grade of Rear Admiral, and report to the Secretary of the Navy for his consideration the date from which in its judgment the length of service of officers should be estimated in determining thelr pre- cedence under the existing law. ‘ _———— eae CASUALTIES. BURNED TO DEATH. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, TorEvo, O., Dec. 25.—Particulars were re- ceived in this city to-day of a sad casualty which occurred last night near Weston, on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway, twenty-six miles south of this city. ‘The Grand Army fair was’ in progress at Weston, and among those in attendance was a well- to-do farmer by the name of Anthony, who lived one mile east of the town, and was present with .all of his family except two children, d 14 and 16 years respectively. When they’ returned they found thelr resi: dence in ashes, and in the midst of these the charred remains of two children burned beyond recognition. RAILWAY COLLISION. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Cepan Rapins, Dee. 25.—A collision oc- curred on the Burlington & Cedar Rapids Railway at Vinton this morning between two freight-trains. The advance train slowed up unexpectedly, and the following train was unable to check its speed in time. Con- ductor Thomas, of the head train, was badly injured, but whether fatally or not cannot be RUN OVER AND KILLED: Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 95.—A colored ‘woman named Sally Ford was killed by the incoming passenger-train on’ the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Road this morning. She was walking on the Hannibal & St. Joe track and stepped to the Wabash track, running parallel, when the engine of the-passenger- train killed her. FATAL RUNAWAY. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribiine, Sanpwicn, IIL, Dec. 25.—August Menke, a German farmer, living six milcs north of ; Sandwich, while coming from Hinckley about 6 o’clock last evening was thrown from. his wagon, the horses running away. ig heavy wagon-wheel passed over his hea causing instant death, . —— DROWNED. Fortress Monnoz, Dec. 25.—Corporal Nor- ton, of Battery K, Second Artillery, was drowned by the capsizing of a boat. Jacob Klein, a citizen in the boat with Norton, was picked up, but died: soon afterwards from exhanstion. 9 DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. ” New Xors, Dec, 2.—A locomotive on the Long Island Railroad went down an em- bankment, and George Rich, engineer, was killed. 2 THE BOOK OF THE FUTURE. Wil It Be Printed in Black or in Colors ?—The Pretensions of Chromo- typography. t don News. Loni What-is to be the prevailing characteristic of the book of the future? The question has been answered by M. Motteroz, a dis- tinguished Parisian printer, and in a less de- gree publisher, by the single. word chromo- typography. Ina paper which he has fur- nished to a French magazine of bibliography, Le Livre, which, started within the year, has already-produced some remarkable numbers, M. Motteroz states his opinion that the limi- tation of the colors of printed matter to black and white, with a rare occasional touch of red, will not suffice for our exacting and cultivated sons and successors. They will demand something “more perfect and more agreeable to the eye.” M. Motteroz grants freely that the principal ditference—likely to be imported into books by this exigence of the “superb person of the future,” a3 Walt Whitwan would term him, is likely to be confined to the illustrations or books. Yet if we muy judge from the ambitious efforts of certain Parisian typographers, of whom M. Motteroz himself is not one of the least emi- nent, this limitahon will by no means be ac- cepted. A month or two agoa curious vol ume was issued by the Parisian book trades as a entalog to the first annual exhibition of the Booksellers? Club. 'Inis cataloz con- tained the eltorts of divers printers, ink- sellers, papermakers, etc., to produce all that could be imagined in the way of mechanical novelty. It was beyond all doubt an inter: esting volume, and might be taken asa kind of practical illustration of M. Motteroz’s boast that the future of book-producing be- longs to chromotypography. But we doubt very much whether its total effect was ex- actly what its designers Intended. The his- tory of the application of color to printing and engraving is no doubt a curious and in- teresting one. Whether its lessons are in favor or agahist polychrome as an element of attraction is a question as to which M. Motteroz and we ourselves might possibly be found ou opvosit sides, : The question of illustration must, of course, be kept separate from the question of text. We are inclined to think that the gen- eral impression in England is against colored Illustrations to books, notwithstand: the astonishing progress which the art of produc! such iNustrations has recently made, ‘ost people now living can remeni- ber the beginnings of .chromolithography, and very loathsome beginnings they certain? ly were. The coarse, staring crudity of the colors. the greasinesa of the texture. the blurred outlines, the absence of inodification and prpportion inthe details set uot afew English critics irreeoneilably agairist the methods, Nor ‘have these objections been altogether overcome by the progress which the art has undoubtedly made since. The details of the various mechanical arts of book-producing are attended to with. much jnore care in France than with us, and such chromilithographs as those which oc- casionally appear In the Gazette des Beaux airts, or, to take an’ example of definit book-illustration, those which adorn the new edition of M.'Duruy’s “Ilistory of Rome,” have few equals on this side of the Channel. But M. Motteroz is right in saying that not a few even with us have decided in favor of this coarse and imperfect method of illustration, though it has never Justified it- self to those who look on a book as a thing tobe read. No one with the remotest prow tensions to literary or artistic taste could pretend that it has equaled, or shown any ikelihood of equaling the delightful aqua tints which, practically originat! from this island of ours, became popular both in France and in England at the end of the last century and the beginning of this. The genius of Rowlandson and fat its beginning) of Cruikshank almost alone sustains this tor- Rotten system of illustration with English Teaders. But the very best specimens of it probably came from the Didot Press in its palmy days. No one who has seen, let us say, the edition of Vadé, which’ the to the letter-press the company. ‘There js In these tgned to z With the text; none of the undm?,,¢!ashing ing vf the contours, which ‘Mt Motte phase mits to be the defect of chronig (Cttetoz dd. While the lizhter strokes sutter {O03t@bby, he also acunits, in the ehromolith! Baa ‘The aquatint engraving had. in face? engraving caiovet in ke oe a Wa ‘aving colored in the mos; ner by hand. One could pad ey while recognizing the black ‘and White coor nal, and this, if we mistake not, is ite Ouse of the whole matter. Any other nite secret black and. white are. on the Whole gt take in machine reproduced works ie nls raphy proclaims itself honestly ang apX0% sight to do such work. Therefore sient hag to do swith colar the better, 7? the less ‘This reasoning applies still 1 to printing of letterpress iu oer? sfronsly au initial objection to sueh printing wee to be found In the primitive tact ‘alread? is luded to, that letter-press ts, if only breve es¥, supposed to bo intended oF comte What is intended to beread should ob ‘ion furnish as few distractions to the miu? the reader as possible. Eecentricities of cott must, it is. to be feared, be aduriso! color such distractions, In titie-pa; tS vand such like exceptional com; versity of ink may be admissible, veys Sontlstnctory impression of delibers care and pains, But in the text we cam’ but think that the less diversity thercwt that M. Motteroz's 8 future “put Bis hand on the loafer's arm. famous finn preduced eighty or aloe years ago, can forget the perfect way in whi A the delicate colors adjust themselves not merely to the lines and details of the engraving, but judge without the facts be: In this ease. = The catalog already alluded WS gives a pléce de conviction, and the Spirit s efforts of certain Parisian publishers jn tne reprint of some of the minor classfe France give others. Polychrome Indeed in been resorted to in English printing sue to @ less extent and in different ways, “132 most familiar: examples are certain albuus or advertisements which are generally t be found on the tables of hotel reading-room. An experiment of the kind—imitatey go> by others—was tried many years ago in Me Palgrave’s edition of Stakspeace “Son nets,” where the centre of the page aestine] for the text was imbued with a nish, tinge, the border bei left white, “We de uot think that the result was satisfactory, Few English typogrphers, however, ‘out of the region of broad-sheet ‘udvertisemen and placards have_tried the experiments wnich of late years French printers and pa. lishers have ‘permitted themselves, Books printed in blue ink with the punctuation i lack, in'red ink with the punctuation blue, in blaek ink with the punetuation fo red have been tried. Encudrements and ornaments of allsorts of colors have been experimented in. ‘The same number of f¢ Livre on which we have comment contains, as an Iustration to this paper ¢ BL. Motteroz, an illustration printed (not lithographed) in six different colors, and bearing a certain, though we must confess a far trom favorable, resemblance to the aqua- tints already mentioned. Here, however, as in every example of the kind, the law to which we have already alluded, the unsuita. bility of color to mechanieal: work, makes {tself decidedly felt. It is needless to say this Jaw is not unfavorable to the ‘sparing use of vermilion as an ornament to typography. Red° titles, -red initials,—réd “boundary lines must be used with care—are certainly perwiss- dle, and add nota tittle to the beauty ofa book. But even these things have to be lin. ited scrupulously, so that they be nota diy turbance to the attention in reading, The polychrome system, in which blue jostics red and green clashes with yellow, is abs lately incompatible with the sober constroe tion of inind on matter which every boa must be supposed to deserve. The secret of the.question, in short, may be thought to be traced in the lines of Charles Lainb’s “Good Clerk.” | “Red ink for ornament, and black. for use.” The origina! had no reference to printing, but may very well be. transferred thereto, and it is needless to say that “red” may be extended to all unusual forms of perrEns AS qr itustratons it im particularly gratuitous to go a_ wandering after colors when the best torm of book illus tration, etching, has just-been revived, and {3 in process ot being popularized. Whea black and white are proved unequal to the demand on thein it will be time to go further afield, but we submit that neither in tex printing nor in illustration js this yet the case. NEW YORK LAND-LEAGUERS A Meeting of Irish Sympathizers Which the Mother of Parnell Wa , Present. + New Yous, Dec. 2.—A Land-Leagus Mmass-meeting was held last night in Wes Houston street. The hall was uncomfore ably crowded, and a number of ladies occas pied seats in the front row.’ Mrs. Parnell came to’ the meeting during the speech of Congressman-elect Robinson, and forsoms Minutes the applause was so great the speat- er could not be heard. She was conducted to a seat in the centre of the ball, and as she came down the aisle the audience rose and cheered, Mr. P. Walsh, who presided, introduced ss the first speaker Stephen J. Hoang, Who gave an account of his recent visit to Ireland and the workings of the Land League, Hesaid the work of the League in Irelsnt is gol on in an easy, ntleman- like manner, and that the alleged out rages are manufactured by 2 Briv ish Government to help the _ policy ot coercion. When Parnell'moved forward Ia the interests of the people, they would bs worse than fools, worse than knaves, if they were not quieted by his influence, The Irish people have too much sense to have com initted the crimes they are accused of, for they know if they now disgraced themselves by crime they only alienated the sympathies ot the,world, and subjected themselves to punishment, Mr. Meany complimented Gladstone as a great leader, and who would not yield to repeated clamors for coercion fa dreland, for in the present action of the peools he read the fulfillment of hisown propliery, that if the Compensation’ for Disturl Dill did not pass the British Parliament revo lution would be the result. There was 10 famine in Ireland, and the want of food arme from an artificial famine. While the Con steliation was entering the harbor of Cork with food from America, vessels Jaden with the products of Lreland were leaving. A3 {¢ the rent, nll the farmers were willing to pay rent on the basis of Griffith’s valaation.. Congressman-elect Robinson was enthu siasticover ‘* Boycotting,” which he graphic. ally. described. “He said that this system of ostracism was an American plan, impo! into ireland, and one that had met with muck favor here during the Revolugonary War. Mr, Meany then spoke of Mrs. Parnell, and said: “Her presence here to-night § 3 speech in itself, ‘The illustrious mother of the man now in thegrip of the Irish Govarnment comes here to give hersanction to this mect- ig. The mother of such a man must bat been a lover of Ireland, and her som had it from her. She bids mie tell you that ber heart and hopes are with Ireland, and she hopes that a little persecution will do her se Bagod: She advises me, also, vf the desir ity of extending the Ladies’ Land Leazue, In the case of a downtrodden nation, th is not a woman with a woman's blood In a veins, who breathed love for Ireiand wit her first breath, who will not come up a appeal of this lady.” of After My. Meany’s speech, a nomber Men and women subscribed money and tered their naines on the roll. ed Bound to Have It. . Wall Street vaity News Elder Traverse, who lately eied in Buttale.od and bent and full of years, was once - hoted man in Eastern Now York 2¢ 8 coop meeting leader. He had a powerful volce,. a eet fiuent speaker, and in the prime of life coul nid away le ‘any man who ever sought to dis! ismectings. The Elder was once holding a camp merry near Yonkers,. an ed bib” ior id word reach Rotorious rough known as “Chicago Bob” Fr tended to be on hand on Sunday for & TOW. Oy made no reply and tuok na precautions i when Bob appeared on the grounds with 8 Gag in his mouth and a alung-shor in bis seer oag Elder didn’t grow pale worth a cent. Bob tty come out there to run things, and be Were forward seat. When the people 3 fasion. he began crowing, and thus created coufmey “Robert, you bad better sit down,” ol the Elder, as he came forward. was OP “ Chicago Bob sits down for no man!’ reply. "Sit down, Robert,”" continued the Elder, s#># lore goes to clean out the crowd!” crowed Bob. a3 he pecled.off his coat. + Next instant the Elder hit him’ under tery and us be fell ovér a bench, he was followe and hit again and again, and while in 8 0 a, Conselous state bo was Carried of DY BST oe jext day he was the first one heeds prayers, “The Elder put bis bandon his and asked: ™ Robert, are you in earnest?” “ Ara you reall king after faith?” “ Are you really seel «You bet Tum? if faith helps aman or in bia work asquick as you did ay bound to have it if Ihave to sell my DAY sige He didn't get it very strong. bas more crowlng while the meeting