Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 13, 1881, Page 9

MiB STATE CAPITAL. Action fn the Senate Looking Towards tke Evadication of Pluro-Pneu- monia, Complete List of the Standing Committees of the Upper Mouse. Bills of Interest to Express Com~ panies and Real-Estate Owners. A Bill Presented in the House on the Subject of Food-Adultera- tion. Proposed Correction of the Practices of Justices of the = * ‘ Pence. * other Mattors of Interest Which Received the Attention of the Solons, THE SENATE. DINGS, Speetal Visputen to The Chicuge Tribune, Benixariney, I, Jan. 2%—The Senate met this morning at 10 o'clock, andl was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. layes. Secrest presente 9 resolution on Senator Set the subject of plenra-pnenmonia, similar to that Introduced terday in the, Mouse, re- - questing Congress to pass Inws to root uut the diseaso In the United States, Senator unt, from the Special Committe on Rules, presented an amendment inereas- ing the membership of some of the standing comunittees of the Senate, ‘Lhe amendment provailed, ‘Ihe same gentleman presented resolution naming TF STANDING COMSILTT: as follows: Judicliry—Hunt, Chairman; Munn, Campbell, Fuller, Clark, Condee, Fifer, Adams, Kuykons all, Torrence, Areher, shutt, Launing, Walker of Maconpin, Merritt, Calion, Shaw. Judicht Depurtinent—Clark, Chairman; Fifer, Fuller, Adaing, ‘Torrenee, Munn, Ford, Lewls, ni Neece, Bell. Walker of Fulton, Vande- sdwards, : Fuller, Chairman; Condeo, Necdles, farmer, Sent, Evans, White, Muy= uning, Shutt, Walker of Fulton, VWarehouses—Condee, Chalrmany Seerest, Ma- mer, Campbell, Thomas, thorn, Whiting Merritt, Kelly, Vaudeveer, Rachart. ‘WANE ard, Chalriming Needles, Condoc, : amneen ung, Parkinson, Vandeveer, Cheany, Kelly. Revenue—Necdles, Chairman: Fullor, Whitinsy, Ford, Bent, » Adams, Hunt, Campbell; Bandeeand), Merritt, Callon, Wilson, Lanning, Maytleld. Anpropriations Secrest Chairman; Kirk, Needles, Campbell, Ford, White, Bent, Sunder- land, Moifett, Lanner, Bell, Mayfield, Catton, Wilson, Shutt, iises of thé General Agsembly—Tanner, Secrest, Fifer, Articy, Ketly, Ed- SES OF THE SENATE, Chairman; = Tuller, Byanr, Conitee, Articy, Samer, » Shnw, Lemna, Merritt, rmiuin; Condee, Nec- inderiand, Berzaren, Lewis, White, Ford, A by pin, -Bhutt, pLanning, Ithics dwitr rporations—Munn, Chairman; White, Tent, Yanner, Artley, Needics, Evans, Secrest, Archer, ayfekl, Vandov Walker of Mu- coupit. Hunks rod Banking—Riee, Chat Adams, Wright, Mas‘teld, Vanda , Kolly. Suute Charitable Institutions. —lifer, Chalre uu; Ice, Artloy, Torrence, cher, Kirk, Fond, Wright, Condeo, Matfett, Cheany, Shaw, 8 Walker of Fulton, Archer. Penal and Iteforinatory Institutions.—Hent, Chairman; Kuykendall, Hunt, Wanner, Fuller, Tiergyren, Sunderland, Whiting, Manier, Parkine sun. Belly Wilson, dhobart, Kelly, Walker of wlton, Thomas, Neve, Insurance—Evans, ans Mune: Pablic Bultdinga and Grounds.—Kirk, Chalr~* Murshall, Noedtes, Kuykendall, Vitor, Blutt, Lemma, Merritt, ucation aud Edueatlonal Institutions.—Mar- 1, Charman; Mafett, Wright, Rico, Adams, Sat, De Lattin Torreneo, Wilson, Waikor of Fulton, Archer, Rdwards, Cheany, Canis und Hivers.—Lewis, Chafrmans White fog, Campbell, Adams, Munn, Jborn, Marshall, Hunt, ities, De fang, Archer, Lunming, Helly Muytleld, Walker of Fulton, Agcleniture and Deiinage—Moffott,Chairmans Thorn, Whiting, Wright, Sunderlund, Thoms, Munt, Clark, Lewla, Dont, Archer, Shuw, Lemn- mn, Newee, Mortien Selly. ure~—Parkinson, Chairman; Fletcher, Thorn, Ser rest, Cheany, Merritt, Edwards. Minea nnd Mining—thoriy Chalriman; Kuykendall, Thomas, Artley, Lewls, ning, Maytield, Walker of Macoup! Luter ‘and Mantfuctures—Ar Sictelh Munn, eevee, Lut Shut. ‘oy, Chalrinany Moffatt, horn, Rice, Wilson, Boll, Mere ritt, County and Township Organization—Kuyken- dail, Chatraminy cewls, Campbell, Thotn- 4 Wright, Ful Secrest, Parkinson, Kelly, Kinchart, Ca! E and Srlarles—Ber; Lang, Wright, Kupkendal t ‘Leminn, Edwards: Printing—De Lung, Chairman; Marshall, Park- dun, Dea Merggron, Artivy, Bell, Wilson, Military Affairs—Adams, Chairman ; Munn, h De Lag, Evans,Clark, orretice, Thorn, Contleo, dereiet, Cuilon, Necce, Wneburt, Walker of Kouds, Highways, and Bridecs — Fletcher, Chutrman; Moffett, Campbell, Bent, Inarn, Rico, Thomas, TLowls, Murshall, Bell, Wiisun, Leming, Cation, Vandoveer. Federal Relatiot ‘som Shav mirnian; Do Fieteher, ny — Torrence, Chalrman ¢ , Unt, Clark, Fifer, Munn, Areher, Walker of Mucoupin, * tlons — Wright, Chairman; Parkinson, pote Berggren, Do Laug, Callon, shaw, State. Tibrary—Sundertand, Chatrmans Mu Shall, Kirk, Lorrencu, Fletcher, Lhomus, Walker of Fulton, Vandeveer, Shute, Surelled and Engrossed Bills—Whiting, Chale muns DeLang, Clark, Vandoveer, Cheany. Gcoloxy and Sclunce—Thomus, Chutrma Tang, Fieteher, Munn, Kirk, Marshall, Cheany, Edwards, Noceo, wrt Mlany—Mamor, Chatrinan; Ford, Evans, q White, thorn, Sundoriand, Edwards, Biutt, Bell. ongsesstonul and Semitoriat “Apportionient ‘NM, Chairman; “Tanner, hint, Needles, White, Kent, Moffett, De Lung, Kuykon- ergy Ford, Thomas, Lanulng, Kelly, ker of Mncoupin, Miaeburt, Shaw, te Stato -Churituble Htutiona, Kirk and Nevou; Penal and Refore patory: Institutions, Kuykendall and Rineharts ‘dueationnl Institutions, Marsball and Walker of Fulton, ‘The resolution was adopted, A FURTHER RESOLUTION tre Was presented, grouping the committees and’ allowing a clerk and janitor to cach group. The resolution was adopted under a suspone slouof tho rules, e ‘The selection of all tho committees gives GENERAL SATISFACTION, 2 particularly the make-up of the Committees on Revenue, Raitronds, Corporations, and Insurance, Senator Fuller, Chatrman of the Committes on Itallroads, although quite a young nian, is one of adinitted ability and exellent qualifications for the place, Resolutions wero presented trom the Su- pervisors of Kane County requesting legisla. ton on the question of E . ADULTERATION OF Foon, Referred, Following ure tho resolutions: acl the Senate of the Lhtrtyexccond General A\ tt by of the State of Iinolas Atn meuting of tho Hoard of Supervisers of Kuno County on Mon- fay the 2d of Junuury, A. 0. 168}, the followlng fe salut fons were unt sly ndoptods a cHteas, Thy udultacation of human food ty i ‘ounterfelting of the products of tho soll, und yeytore Injurious to the Sustoa tural and ‘riras, Tho aduiteravion of food, Insteud ding to detracts from tho intriugle und nil irs alu of euch food preparations, and AN AENU Aa, ‘The tion into the human (amueh of hays quantities of nutritious In Liye te ia well culeuluted to dumuge the dle Eyitive ovgans und uuderiuine the whole physlo- pregtem), thus rendering thoay who tive such pains broper subjects for medical treut- Wititas, It ts nsserted by men of app? in the medical 1 teruted rand Profession that drugs are so uM f ho Rervious Bysten trl u Ukely to prove injurious to. iain ater att of those to whout thoy are D i Axe it ix clalmed by these mncdical gon- tetany ut tho’ uso of udulternted foodeand im erated druga ia probably one cause of the Hone aia disenuses und tho fnsanity now 6 vient among the pooples thervfure: perelue dey the Kune County toand of Su- Wa eos tae tho mManufucture and silo of Tse fe euted food aad drugs deaigued for human dee uot only u truud, bat aorkine that should Tea ppegeeed by Blututory enactment, wing ne , ‘That tho interests of the taxpayers auto ae pebPort paupcelam and the coarit- vila euHlons of tie country demand tht the Aerated et froin the sale and use of adul- eres, rugs be suppressed by law; , ‘FILS CIUCAGO 'TRIBUNIS THURSDAY, ° FANUAKY Reanly t ‘That It Is Ltws 118 tho duty of our legislators mince wii ciféetually protect tho people against tho drauds nnd the purical evils resulting From the ante and tise of slulterated food and drags, Renulved, ‘That neopy of these resolutions be forwarted to our Representitives In Cougress and Legielature of this State, MILLS INTRODUCED, Mills were Intraduced ng follows: ‘Yo amend the law ot emlnent domain go.os to provide for the payment of jurors called tu nssess dinnes. ‘Yo amen the interest laws of the State, 80 nstomnake the legal mteof Interest 7 per eont per annum, ‘Yo establish Inws preventing the manufact- ure and sale of olenghions substances or compounds of the same in initation of pure dalry products, ‘To provide for the safe-keeping of county surveys and records, ‘To organize tho IlInols State Dalrymen’s Y Associntlon, » To mmend the law establishing Appellate Courts, changing the time of bolding court In the Southern Distrtet from the first Monday iy February to the fourth, ‘Yo prevent the atulterntion of food, drink, and medicine, and providing punishment: therefor,” ‘To restratn Incompetent druggists from felllng preseriptions for medicines made by physicians. It requires that all drugulsts or clerks shall obtatna teense fromsome reg- ular physielan before they shall be per- mnitted to compound preseriptions, OF INTEREST TO EXPRESS CODA Senator Whiting introduced the fallowlag DI, whtel: was filed in the last Legisiatires Aint for an uct to tax express compunies, corporntions, or persons doing express bital- ness, SECTION I. He tt enacted, cle., That every core portion, company, or person, whether tieors porated, organized, or residing in this State or out of thls State, dolng express bualness on any’ rallrond ft this State shall make an tania re- portto tho Railrond and Warchousd Commits: aloners on or before tho Kecond iioailay in August next. and cech yeur therealter, which report shail state the nimber and iscation of thelr afices fn this Stnte, the railroad over which thoy conduct thelr business and to nuns ber of miles in this State thoy do express lust. ness, together with on stutement verified by oath of (ho proper officer ns to iy correctness, tating the gross amount of all their recelpty for tho year ending thy Ist day of August forall express matter carrled In this Stato and include A pro-rata parton atl express Dirsiness coming: from other States {nto this State, and all going froin this Stite to uthor State: Src, 2. Buch corporation, doing such express business shall pay tur annual tux to the Stite of 2 per cent on thelr gross earnings annually computed as stated ins The State Hoard of Equiatiaation ucthely annual meeting shill compute this tux from the returns: made of tho gross earnings, butif any eorpora- tion, company, or person going such express business shalt negteet or tall to inuke a report sneluding the gross oarnings heratn provided, the — Hourd of uuniszntion shall conn tho tex on sttel delinquent, at tho rate of 86 n mile, for us muy miles ta such corporation, company, or person do business un tho rallronds of this State, Sec. 3. Kvery such person, company, or corpo- ration so taxed shill pay his, thelr, or ite tux 10 the Stute Treasurer on or before the Ist day of Deeember in cach yenr, Incase nny of Uiese partles fall to pay sitch tax to the State Treas- urer by tho thie maimed herein for the sane to bo patd, It shall be the dy if eald Preasirer to #0 dnform: the Attorney-Goneral, aah thls officer shall proceed to collect. the Ramu by wt apy, OF person z netion of debt in tho name of the people of the Stato of Illinois, TO REATCRSTATE OWNERS. Senator White titreduced the following, which was referred to tho Commiftee on Municipalities: A Liu1 for an net in relation to local improye- ments In elties. SEG. 1. He tl enacted, ete, That wh ehall provide far tho fmprovement of ‘by the ting, curbing, and pavbiy, them, of such atreet, ino permanent mt by special nssessinent or special taxution of con tirvous property, or olberwise, It muy by tho sume ordinines provide that when tho xame shall be improved in tho tanner and by the imenns preseribed in the ordlunnee, to tho sitls~ faction of tho proper oillcer or department of the city, i aball not therenfter be filled, curbed, and pived, or either of them, 2s the caso pay cans of special vssessinent or special 2. That any elty may by ordinance pro- vide for tho {mprovement of imy street by the fling, curbing, and paying, or elther-of then, of slich street in a permanent munner, tobe preserited in tho ordinance, by and ut the ex pense of the ownors of property abutting on or contiguous tothe stract, or by any Individuals under the superintendeuce und direction of thy proper oilicer or department of tho city, und may also provide by the sume ordinnnce, that after such streot shall have boon go improved the satisfaction of the proper officer or depart. meut of said city, It shall not thoreafter bo filed, eurbed, and paved, or elther of thom, 1s tho cue: muy 0, by spect] agsessinont or by special taxation of contiguous pronerty Sec. 3. Nofiinprovement shall be ordered by virtue of this net, unless the same shall be af substantial und porumatient charactor, snd when any strect shall by Med, curved, and payed, or olther of th in accordanee withun ordinance paused as nfo Buch streat stall not thore. aftor be filled, curbed, and pived, or eithor of them, 18 tho caso muy bo, by speciul ussessment or by spociat taxation of contiguous property, «but only by general taxation, : SENATE WILLS to tho number of twenty-one, Including that of Senator Whiting {in relation to §the Iil- nois & Michigan Canal, were given a first reading and appropriately referred—that on the canal to the Committes on Wiver and Canal. After the adoption of a resolution inform ing tho House of the appointment of joint Committees on Visitation, the Senate ad- Journed untll to-morrow morning ut 10 o'clock. : to TUE TOUSE. PRELIMINARY, Bpectat Dispatch to ‘The Chicago Tribune. Smuxorienp, UL, dan 12—The Mouse met pursuant to adjournment at 2 o’elock this afternoon, ‘The venerable stalr-cllinber, Starkey Pow- oll, introduced n resolution authorizing the Seerotary of State lo put in an elevator for the uso ot the Mouse and the Senate, aut moved to suspend the rules in order to se- cure Its‘Immedinte adoption, ‘The requisit two-thirds yote was wanting and the elevator scheme coldly nipped tn the bud. ‘Tho oath was administered to 1, M, Little, of Fayette, who was absent when the House was sworn the other day. Mitchell, of MeLeau, offered a resolution providing forthe appointment of a special committee of three to look into the matter of tho ventilation of the House, and report the name of some competent person to take chargo of It, Referred te the Connuittes on Contingent Expensds, when appolnted, Collins, of Cook, offered a joint resolution directing the Secretary of Stata to appolutn printer, houkbinder, printor’s messenger, juuitors, ete,, ete., to serve during the session at tho tsunt rates of compensation. The whole number of employés contemplated by: tho resolution was thirty-one, ‘The mensure was advocated nt some length by the member from Cook on the ground of the necessity of employing such help to take eqya of and pre- servo the building and Ita belongings, Youngblood, of Franklin, ralyed a Inugh when he offered a proviso that no preference bo shown on necount of race, colar, religious or political condition of the applicant. ‘The amendinent was accepted. ‘Thu resolution was taken up soriatin, McCune, of Cook, distinguished himself by a couple of amendyents, which, if adopt ed, would have Increased the datly wages of the printer from 83 to $3, and the bookbinder from $2.60 to $50 per dlem, Tho House promptly gat down upon such economy, The resolution, as amended by Youngblood, was finally adopted, ‘ 2 Morris, of Iprdin, endeavored to provide for un extra policeman to act as mall mee senger between tha House and the Vost-Ofica at'$s per diem, but the effort falled to secure: the required numberof votes, ADULTERATION OF a MEDICINES, AND OUD, Mr. O. P, Chisholm, of Kune, submitted a. bil, of which the followlig ls acupy, to the House: i : t to \t Aiiitcradont artioles ‘ot food, Uruk and medicine, and salu thorvof 'whon adule sbull mix, color, stuin, or powder, or order or perilt auy other person to mix, color, stalu powder, any article of food with any wredient or material. go.ug tu. render the article injurious to health, with intent that the sui way be gold, aud na person shall Lor offer for asleauy suet article. so mixod, colored, atulied, or powdle: i No penion abil, except for tho purpose of canpuMnddg inthe necessary prenaration of medeing, mix, color, shun, or powder, of order: Or peenitany other peraan to nix, col or powder any teu or medicine with dent or miuteria) so ae to nfect dnjurtously quality or poteney of siteh drug oF tedlalng with: intent to sell the aime, or inl sell of olfer for sale any auch dea or mnediclie su mixed, cole cared, stated, or powdered. eG. No person shall wilx, color, stain, or powder any artlole of food, ‘drink, or medicine, or any article whiet enters Inte the conpusition drink, or medleiie with nny other ine ior mnterint, whether sojiriaua to th oor not, fer the purpose of gain or sell or offer the same for be so tnanufactired, ted, of aol, ov offered for alo tier its true ahd appropelate pane, and hotlee that tha aime ts mixed or fapure bs marked, printed, or atumped upon ented ptek= uge, roll, parce), or veasel conuuntay the Kame, so nd to be and remmate at all tines readily: visi= ley or thle tho person purchasing the: auine is fully informed by the seller of the trae name and Ingredients (0 other than such na fire Krown bythe common name thereat) of atteh article of food, drink, or medley of the time of muking sale thorcol or ulfering te sell thy snine, Si. 4. No person shall mix any gitteose or grape euyar With sirup or stir inte al for Inno food, or any alvomargurine suing, beet ft, dard. or any other foreign substance with nus butter “ov cheese Intended for hon food, oor whull ialx oor min- gio ounyoystieose or urtipu stig or dleomurgaring with any article of food without Alstinetdyy marking, Kounping or tabeling the artiele or prelate containing the siaine with the: true and nppropritte imine of stict: article and the pereentige ino which sitch glucose, grape- ugar, olvomargartic, or stine enters hte tts compodtion? nov shall any persot sell, or offer for sule, or order, or permit to, for gota nny stten article of Fo potion of whieh gltcose, or olvomarguring, or eniie b the same time infornliys the and the proportions in which wripesstgit. or oleomanmiriie, or suine his ubtered Into {ts composition. &i Any person convicted of violating any: provision of any of the forezolng scetions of this net shit. for tre frst offense, fined not list than 225 nor more than g20 the secont olfensy he slat be Med not leas than $100 nor fnore thin $800, Jor coniined in the County ‘doll net” less) thin one Month ner more thin six months, or both, at the dleeretion of the Court; ad for the thirdand eneh subseatent offense he shall be fined not Jess Tht $400 nee more then $2,000 and tapes oned In the Penitentiary not loss than one year flor more thin tive yents, BEC. Oe ren shill beconvicted wider any. of the forezoing seetlons: of this net if ho shows to the srtistuction of Court or jury that he did not know that he was Violating my of the provisions of this net, and tthe could pot with reasonable difienco have obtalned that know! Sec. 7, Oneshall of wil fines: colice the provisions of this net sual belong and be pald to the pergon making the complalnt, aad the remundce shalt belong and be paid into the School Punt of the county where conviction 1s bud. sult, or offered: id with the coms Wit, OF without 1 the c. 8 Tho Btate’s- Attorneys of this tute are: charged with tho enforcement of this net, nnd ft {3 hereby wile thelr duty tonttend to the proses thon of all platute under this ace fr their ree spective counties Ln all courts, ‘Suc. All nets and parts of nvts Inconsistent with the’ provisions of this net ure hereby 1e- peuled, "There beng little or nothing to do but to Kill thue, Maun, of Vermilion, offered a reso- hution damning the FILCHY WATER of the Sangamon River as unlit for the Lege istallye stomachs, and providing for the sub- stitution of pure water or some athor health- fulbeverage. [Laturhter,| ‘She latter clause was sulumnly ken out and the resolution adopted, ‘Yhe Speaker stated, for the benefit of the members, that he hid wrestled with the Com- mittee problem, and had, made considerable progress, though he had not yet heard from the Demoeratle slde, Ils desire had been not to put #TOUND PEGS INTO KQUANE HOLES, Denes he had Inbored slowly and carefully, Dut was stil unable to state definitly when tho committees would be announced, Weber, of Covk, obtained unanimous con- sent.and Sntroduecd the first bill of the ses- sion, Iwas anact amending the Park act so us to authorizes Vark Commissioners to dake by grant property for driveways, so 08 to make the cost of the improvement borne | by the property benefited. Ths esampletiuving been set, the mem- bers provecded to unload thomselves of thelr mental lucubrations in : TNE USUAL HEADLONG STYLE. Wilbanks, of Jefferson, Introduced a bill providing for an appropriation for the ex- penses of the Appollate Court of the Fourth District. : Sexton, of Cook, introduced 1 bill of spe- ehul importance to thoseause of justice In Cook County, It provides, In brief, that, In Justice Court sults tha sitinmons or writ shall issue from n Justice in the town where tho plantit, or elther of thom, reshle, or de- fendant, or either of thom, shall reside or be fount, or that the writ may Isso from a Justice of the Pence nt the county: seat. Summons in. garnishee sults shall issue from tho Justice before whom the original judgment was entered,—the summons in all eases to be made returnable between the hours of 8a, im. and 5 pan, The palpable object of the DIL Is to de away with the out-of-town JUSTICE ANAI-GAME OUTRAGE, As drawn, It neets all the objections urged agulnst a sitter bill introduced by the same member lwo years ago, Morris, of Mardin, tntreduced a stringent bIH to regulate the trafic In dend{y weapons, ‘The tloadgutes were new opened, and the prosyeetive rush of bills so hmininent and terriffé thut a call of tho roll for their iutro- duction was speedily agreed upon, Grege, of Saline, tntroduced a bi re quiring rallroad companies to erect. cattle guards nnd fences along their tracks, and providing for double danimges in cae of tne Juries to enttlo resultIug from a failure to comply with the Inw, vA MelLcod, of McDonough, Intraduced a bill providing for the holding af ANNUAL CHARTER ELECTIONS — In all elties at tho sate thav, and on the day of township olections, Smoner, of Winnebago, Intraduced Dil allowing fire-Insurance companies to fuse agalnet loss by flro, Hghtuing, or tornadoes, ‘Among the other bills Intraduced were one providing for: the compulsors edueatiqn of children; one for the payment of damuges aristng from the building of the Lenry dan; ore to ainend the xet in regnrd to . GARNISUMENT, so as to allow tho filling of written interroga- tories and answers thorcto, Instuad of ns Is at present required, the personal attendance of defendants also, a bill te enable cities to Teengg certaln well-known nyoentions; also, wt DIL to pgoviie for an appropriation for pas- senger Glevators in tho Stute-Iouse, Parish, of Cools, Introduced o bill, with an emergency clause, by the terms of which there will bo forty-elaht Aldermen in the City of Chicago next spring, Instead of Eaictyals, ng nt present, According to the . THE NUMUER OF ALDERMEN inacity, when not elected by minority rep- torated, » ‘ SECTION 1, Ho tt enacted, etc., That no person resentation, shall be as follows; Six tn cit- jes not exceeding 4,000 population; eleht in eclties: from §,000° to 5,000; ten in elles from 5,000 to 10,090; fourteen in cliles from 10,000 to 30,0003 and two addi- tonal Aldermen for every 14,000 Inhiabltunts, or a majority fraction over 10,000; provided, that. in elties of over 100,000 thore shall be elected forty-elglt Aldermen and no more, ‘The bul was referred to the Committes on Senatorial Apportionment, when appointed, Chicago, with half a million Inhabitants, has but thirty-six Aldermen, while St. Louls, with 100,000 fess, has moré than Culeage by ® considerable number, Under the new census Cook County will be entitled to ten Senators, or + ANINOREASE OF THRER oygr the present number, ‘Iwo of the three must como from the elty, unless the Senato- vial Districts are couxtonslye with tho Timit ofthe wards, Tho now apportionment will lead to interminable confugton, It will, of ,course, be Imposalblo to: provide for the Sen- atorlal apportionment and at the same tine haye the Senatorial Districts coaxtensive with the Muits of the wards, unless therg frog grenter number of the Jatter, The emergency clause was tuserted inthe bill merely to provide for the netion of the Come mon Counell fu thermatter before the General Assembly adjourn, so that after the Connell has neted the Assembly inay apportion the elly hy wards as they sin! then st. Thornton, of Patnam, threw a aruba ds: when he intro fn bil to prevent the bribery of public officinis by the railroad or transportation compnoies. ‘Thornton boasts that is ME NEVER RODE ON A PASa in bis Hfe, but always pald his fare and went, wid his bith would make ony raulroad or transportation company granting a fr to. the members of the Get ss Judges, State, city, and cottty ofichats guile ty of bribery und subject to puntslmentace cordingly, Le even goes farther than that when it provides thot the acceptance of such nfo vor shall be deemed bribery, and stil) work nforfelture of the ofiee of the persan ace cepthig tt. Troxecution wider the ditt is te be by Indictment, ‘Che measure ts Ikely to be strangted in the Judiciary Committee, ‘The sume reformer threw inte ‘VIE SCHAI-IE fn bl to prohibit and regulate the sale of Ine toxienting Uquors withhiy two tiles uf an ba eorporated fon or village, ‘Tha whole wunber of bills Introduced on the first beat was thirty-seven, As usual, there was the sine old proportion of utterly © une fiiportant ones, for whose sureess or fallure nobudy but thetr authors will care. Only measures to whieh any interest. or ine portange attaches have been given, uid some of them will be lost In the state of commlt- tee work and be heard of no more wut jthe. nest session, After this pliply eruptlitt of Hills the House nijourned until tesnocrow afternoon nt! aelock, when another ote breuk may be confidently expeeted a SHAY CAGED. An Tlusteation of Che Way tn Which Certain Alleged Lawyers Get a Live fLarite ‘Thomas J. Shay, the “attorney” who was arrested on Inst Friday an the charge of cans- ing the absence of in witness fia erimtnal had an examination yesterday moming befere Justice Summerticlt, ease wns set for 1 o'clock, but half au hour tetore that, thie arrived Shay, who was huiging rbout the courtroom, was dumbfounded hy the appearance before him uf Detvetive Guile Iagher, who had a warrant for hs arrest on tho charge of obtalning money under false pretenses from Hannah ‘Topnsto, an Ttallany; living at Ne. 63 Polke street. Althongh terribly crest-fallen ub thats finding itn self so much deeper in thejmire, the “at torney? coultt no nothing but submit tu the merelless dictates of the hu, and was soon Tanguisting in acoll of the Central Station. 3, IN4I— TP WISLV is But more oF this case further on, AtiLotelock Shay was brought from bis cell and arratgned: before dustlee Summer field for AN EXAMINATION IN THE FIUST ‘No understand this casa it shoutl by lected that Henry Burger, a verdant young German, was beaten ont of Sakhat) Frances Wilson's dive, on Clark street, and tint li engaged Shay to -proseette Fraaces Ws nnd two or three of the damiates who wer arrested by Detectives Edwards and Kory for the tivft of the $260, When e qyentnst the women was called Slay was on hand but’ his client was not, an so the | women were let ogo, the entry on the record ine the preinlses belie “isintssed for want of prosecution” Short- ly after Burger appeared in court and ox. mained that Shay had told him he need ot we there until2:0o’eloek,—hall an hour later than the exse was set for, As Shay luut been seven In consultation with: the women, It be- came evident. that ehleanery had been prac- tieed somewhere, and accordingly the“ at- torney” was arrested, aud iw warrant was ls sued for the rearrest of the women, HUNGER TOLD 11s STORY first yesterday worming. He sald that Friday atterioon about. 1830 o'clock le met Shay ant one Sim SUilinger in the suloow under the court-ruom, this bet after the “atlors ney” had-been pad $4 a8 w retainer, and Shay toll bh to go to a sloon on dolph st with Sollinger to return by 2: and At the situon Sol- Huger had Induced witness to remiin longer o'clock. that hewanted to, saytug that thers was no necessity of being tn court wntil o'clock. Witness sald further that Shay had told ht that Sollinger was his“ rimner.* Shay and Sollinger both dented that they had asked Burger to go to Randolply stree and elated that they had tried to get him to return to the court-room by 2 o'clock sharp. "The Court saul it ind seen Shay eal the women out into the hall and. consult. with them, and was satisfied that Shay and Sol- linger both had «hand Ino keeping. Bury from the courtroom, “it Is tine that this ng money from both sldes of of justlee iy stopped.” thing ease at the ©: Stray was li “PE RESULT OF THE BECOND CASE: was more fortunate for tho prisoner, It seems that the woman Hannah ‘opasio had quarreled with her husband, Antonio ‘Lo- poss and sha employed Shay to secure for her wadivorce from her lege lord. Stuy, she elafined, promised to get her the divorce for $10, and she ratsed the snoney fer hin hy pawning her jewelry, ‘Then sho was tn duced to sign paper at Justice Meecl’s Court whieh she suipposedl, on Shay’s repre: sentation, was the first step in the divorce sult, It proved, however, to be only a was- Traut for tho arrestof her lusband for disor derly conduet. “This so mugered her that she unade it all up with Antonio, and the twa de- elared war against Shay, and hat fil argest for obtaining money under false pres Pa nw warrant Issued by Justice Wallace, ‘Tho ense was called at 2.o'clock yesterday afternoon, and sent on achinge of venue to dustlee Summertell’s. The prosecuting witnesses spoke English 80 finperfectly tint it wasn hard matter for the Court to inuke Head or tail ont of, thei story, “ho woman std she had asked for the tlvoree, or the “revalz ? as she eatled it, because her hus- band had tHelreated: her, and, a8 sho knew so little Enellsh, it was easy to understand how it had been thought at Justica Meveh’s that she wanted her iusband arrested for abuse her, Hence tho issiung of the warrant, Justices Summerfield sald he did tot knaw whether Shay had been misted hy the won an's tall, or whether he had tuken advantage of her ignoranee to lnpose an tier and ds tlee Meech: us it was, no caso hil been made agalnst the defendant, who was necordingly discharged, Shay was still kept o, prisoner, however, having been unable to give the $00 bond in tho other case, ———_—_- THE COLORED MEN, They Arrive in Cleveland, but Decline to Tali Much—They Vo Not Want Any ONicen, ‘ ChuevEnAND, Q., Jun. 12—James 3, De- yeaux, of Georging Samuel Lee, D. A. Straker, and Robert B. Etlott, of South Car- linn; Georke W, Price, dr, and George L. Mubson, of North Cavallua, colored men, ar- rived here this evening. In an literview they anid thoy aretha forerunnors of the rep- resentative colored men of the South who are expected to mect hero to-morraw. and confer, after whieh, probably on Fritay, to 4x0 to ‘Mentor in a body aud wait ae Gon, | Garfield, Bolng ‘asked for what purpose they have traveled so far to sta hi, thay decllued to suy wnything Inadvanes of the conference, excopt that thoy wish to represent to hil the condition of the colored people of the South as they know it is, dn reply to the query why they taku such pains ‘to present that subject at thls partlenlar thao wd inthis manner, thoy -agked to bo excused from answerlng at present, but disclaimed any ine tentlon of pressing tho elalms of Senator Bruce, J. SE Langston, or any othar colored nian fora Cabinet appolutment or ollies of any kind or degree, ————__—- INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE, Burvara, Jan, 13—The frat Convention of the Natlonal Land and Industrial League met here to-day, with delugates present from all poliits of the country. + N + ‘This statement Is to show, writes Mr, Jolin Dieifenbacher, “Strasburg, O., thay Lf have been ailleted with rhenmation for saveral as past, and contd nob eet any reller untll used St. Jacobs Ol, By the use of one bottle £ was much relieved, and with the see- ond [ was us nearly cured #3. ft fs possible to cure rheumatism In one of my -age, belny now 64 years old. PAGES, AX-FORGERIES. The South Town Personal-Prop- erty Warrant Tampered With. The Taxes of a Number’ of Leading Firms Meterially Reduced. Great Ignorance of the Aforesald Firms on the Subject. gc Tho Way in Which the. Alterations Were Probably Mada, ‘The desire to avoid the payment of taxes Is universal, but oly a few, comparatively, of those who have to give tp tuoney for this purpose will resort. to questionable, Ef not criminal, means to retain possession of thelr engl, Untiliwoor thre years age such people used te bribe the Deputy Assessors, imany of whom were Corrupt, to put. their Assessincuts at a low figure, und thus escape bearing Whelr flr share of the public bur dens, Dut th posure of this business by the newspape: ond the arrest of sev ern! of the vennl offielals put a stop to It; men of Integrity were elected Assessors, and they selected — stbordi- nates who could not be purehased. ‘hts. elunge, however, has not prevented the He mil reduetion of- nssessmien although nothing Is now done fn that dlreetion wattl after the Assessor's books passed [tite the hatas of the County Ch A year ago one of the clerks In the South 'Yown Collector's office fond on the persone al property warrant the firm nite of SONOMAS & HARKER, 812,000," The directory shed no light on thelr where abouts, so Assessor Drake's books were ree ferred to, and there was found, on the line where “Thomas & Baker” should have been the name of ‘Tovey & Booth, and $20,000 In- stead of $12,000, It was evident, therefore, that fergery . hit been resorted to by: some one in the inter of ‘Tobey: & Hooth, for the alteration could not have been ninistake, Fortunately the firm had not paid thely: taxes at the thie of the discovery, and, when notitied of the cor- rect amount dug (the County Clerk makthy the correetion),. promptly sent: thetr cheek, asking io questions. ‘The drew 3 Of this case were known to A! Oy auth-Powa Collector Farwell recelyed te warrants this. year, Mr. Drake looked up the name Tobey & Booth, and was greatly surprised to fut ul evidently beens ehange by ent this thine, cording 10 the Sis own VERY PLAINS In Sit tha uls- xtit at so fate a ly all the colleetions tad Mr. Drake went no farther, wet that the books if exam to other tire nd tore alter ylitticnlty, if uot Tey thongh he by Ined would [sha Haithe gone or tons it would have be impossible. to collect the excess of taxes wileh the mprelants had: sa by the prty= wentot 10 or 14 per cent of tie amount to some one to attend to ¢heir tax matters.” ‘This year Mr. Drake got hold of the personal property warrat fn thine, ix, betare payments hal any ul oa tht whit was ast year lind been contin or Farwell of its obey & Booth, a warrantbuoks - (ther compared with the A tho amouits lis the former were running over the warrant-hooks casually quite whiunber of erastives aml substitutions were notleed, but these really amorited to nothing In thenselves, since they might have. grown out of the action of the County Com milties on Equalizatton, while, ax is known, changes tsussments, and, of course, the new yatuations have tobe put in thu place of thuse mile by the Assessor. TH Firma, D.Atard Hotton & Hille 39,000) vee ne[ 18,000} 10,000 Tooth] 20,000] 12,000} HE Tat & y +] 2,000) 1,500) Mot Ward &Co,..| 12,000 Hauullton, + Shourds&Co,} 4,000 ‘Tot Jn addition it was learned that Da Co, Whose assessment was $400, and Ei. Baton & Co, who were down for $5,600, hud been omitted altogether from the warrant. When tha checking was over, and these fucts were tn “hlaek and white,” Collector Farwell nul Assessor Drake sent for County Clerk Klokke, and mado hin aequainted with them. Mr. Klokke was not only aston: Ishedt but astounded—tpset completely in ini, and was as mad as a hernet whose had been stoned by boys. ‘There was no galnsnylng the theuress they wer eat as the miltipiient ble, But who were the pulity parties, was the question, Mr Klokke at once SET ‘LO WORK TO UNEAUTIE TEM, all who were aware of the alterations In the warrant azrealng to keep quiet so that the evidence coutd be collected ant the culprits wd before thoy lind a chance to run he best laid schemes of mice nd nen,” however, ? gang att aglee,” and a Erin: Tenors received an bitinntion yesterday of what wag going on. Unving- unearthed what is given above, and understanding that the OF no progress. it, if thoy Inve they’ ml not tell anything about it—he ei- vored to find out where tho alterations were made, and who, possibly, might have done the vrooked work, When the Assessor's books are returned to the County Clerk they are put into the vault, and ne one except clerks hi the ofttce his neeess to them, he warrant-books, onthe contrary, when made up, are tobe seen uny day, Witt durned over fo tho Col lectors, Iyhig on the desks of tho elorks, for the convenlenee ot the public, and any ‘0 inetined ean examine them to his content, As tho warrant-books atany | falsliled, (there were ehnuges ti all the South ‘Town ones) [tis not’ believed that any ein ployé of the County Clerk hada hand fh the forging, for, It 50, he would have ude the digures In the, Assessor's books correspond with tho substituted sum In the warrant fn order to Insure hhnself from detection tn ense of an investigation, Among the most frequent vistors to the County Clork’s office ara * THE TAX AQENTS,— men who make o lving.by getting up tax ab- stracts anid looking after the taxes on prop. yot ustutes and of wealthy men. ‘They lave necess to the warmnt-books, ant, 13 ‘they are all tho thine waking memoranta with these and other hooks before them, no clerk would pay any, attention to wn agent busy with pen and nk, and ho mightscrateh out many’ fgures and write in others without hindrance, A stranger could not do this, in tho tnstauces mentioned nbove, not only was the yaluatlon changed, but the footing atthe bottom of the page was reduced by the amount taken att the as sesgmunt; so nt least several wlnutes must have been required té do the work, ‘here ignhe doubt ‘that one, or posstbly more, of these tux ageita were concerned th the forgeries, but thelr identity remnlas to be revealed, . e THE MENCHANTS INVOLVED of course know nothing about the matter, "Thoy we perfectly Innovent of any wrongs No one npproached them and offered fora consideration to have holt assessments yo- duced, ‘Thay were perfectly satistled with Assessor Drake's valuation, as all in’ thelr Ing wore treated alike, ‘Tha reporter had iw talk with Mr 2. Norrls, who sald gone ono, perhaps, made the change in his cise intending to come around if it were not found out and claim 6 vewnrd. 1E any arrangement liad been ene tered Into tt ist have bean by ils book- keeper, who was sick; but be didn’t think that gentlenan would resort te crookedness to benetit the tir, Sr, Holton sald ho bad had nothing to de with'Bxing anybody. Ef an agreement had been made it waseutered into hy Mr Hil dreth, who, thotgh he had asked about it, would not contite $1 Me. Hidreth, It ved, stated that Hf anything had been done, it was done y Mr the hadn't made any are ia year with nny man about faxes; that heretofore people tized to come around, bul this year they had not. As to the reduction of his firm's assessment he hada't heurd of ft, and didn’t believe It WAS 80, This linegof Inquiry was so unprofitable that it was abandoned: Tt nay be that these Inerchutits were hnpesed apo bya seamp. A tas agent inay bave gone te them snd represented that he hut speelal faellities for reduelng thelr assessments, and Utey, sip: posing he could do so legally, and not wishin fo be bothered selves, Inns have handed lim $4) or 2100;0r promised lin so muelk in the event of success. So fur erasures have been‘ dtseavered only Inthe South ‘Town personal-property ware rants, but it fs belleverdt that QUITE A NUMUER WILL DG FOUND In that for the renity of the same division, and wn examination fs lo be made to see her ititis allrizhtor not. Phe Asses sors buols and warrants for the other towns Int Chiengo, both personal and realty, will sus be mpared, the che up of the South Town, bouks sesterday laying dis closed two omissions aggrecating $4,100, suilels would have been uw loss of $363 in ANUS. A doy or two tore Will probably bring to the surfites someting new. Couity Clerk Klokke fs understood to be doing all in his poner to ferret oul the offenders, atu tis not unlikely that the attention of the next Grand Jury will be called to the matter amt at Investization be had. ‘The inerehants naned, whose nssessinents could hardly have been reduced by a tax agent for Jove, wit then have, AN orponrusiry = a vO, TEL Kyoiv, ffansthing, under oath, Hid pay, or promised to suny att ture, hi oT. WHAT THEY Ifany one of them Xi Gx agent or rylees of steht tt nite the truth now, as tw be too Inte. ‘The erlm- Hastay be cnnit nit squeal, and then the Grand Jury might deem it necessary to find some lidietinents for congspjracy to, deface the public records,—a very serious offe iu the eyes of the law, the penalty upon conyvie- thon heing from one te seven years in the Penttentlary. r person for owhit to EPIDEMIC DRUNKENNESS. Common-Sense and Practieal Methods for tho Suppression of Intempers unCcee Keokuk Ua.) Gate City. During the hallduys there has heen a yast amount of drunkenness throughout the vountry. and resultant eine. The juvistte devil hy wleohel has done more miseblef tan commonly, We would hate to publish a piper hike Etheek, of Des Moines, that isn't much short of rred-hot champion of all the deviltry done by whist There svems. to us to be lots of working al eross-pur- poses nbout this inatter of intemperance, The Aimarlenns are sald to bes practical people, but they are not showhg much prac- feat senso in dealing with this question. The temperance people say, Probibluon or nothing, And they stiekle, and serenm, aud beat the afr, and hold meetings where they: all tink aifke, and they resolve that they are going to have prohibition, ‘They have it, too, after a fashion that doesn't dea bit of good, doesn't stop Intemperance, dovsi't stop any of the necursed mt: bauchery ef excessive drinking hibition or nothing they say, well ¢ the pructleat resist) is nothing. Ant that extent they are to some extent purtles to the. ex: cesses of intentper Now these impracticable people dre going ta get ready to demi that the Constitution shalt totally prohibll, as well as the statute, the making of to Wincorbeer, Hheving a plaster new on the body that dees no good, ley are golne to puta plaster on the back of that plaster, with perfect foreknowledge that. th thon fs of no other hand, superaddi- acenunt whatever. On the wen and the papers like Elbeeck’s may pi 4 to be tte faver of tent perance, but.practically they are withont re- serve on the side of all the deviitry, all the wretchedness, and debauchery, wid crime worked by wleohol. “Ti yn to be op. posed to the “temperar fanatics,” but they ave alealiol fauittics, and that's worse, it ought to be practienble with a peuple that have the good sense and the good fnputses: that the American people haye to devise methods to greatly get rid of the amount of deviltry that drunkenness" has caused tu the United States during the last two weeks, But the present methods are not going to effect anything. Lots of the best Intelilgence and best consclenee of the ecuntey hus no sympathy with present methods and has not lund for 5 When aman like James Freeman Clarke cannot tell his views as to right temperanes methods without being hissed by the shallow enthusiasts who will not hear of any methods but thelr own, there enn be perfect confidence that thoughtful people everywhers will not go to the trouble “that Mr. Clarke dla to be hissed; they will Jeave he shallow enthusiasts aut” their methods severely mone, ‘The result Is, the great part of men and women everywhere, and the men and women, too, thatare 13 good ns the Rest, leave the whole subject of temperance se. 9 % have got tired ot the empiricism of gush aud cluptrap aud. inipracticableness, and they Ieaye the whole subject of temperance alone as not du any shape to command thelr attention. And s Jatempurance and its wors ts are cone etautly ra’ Yet It imust be posstble to Organize inethods and. active measures to check Jots of harm that dntempernnce 1s doing, But if this is done the methods must be common-sense and practicnble, and in consomunes — with experience, Some things are sestablishe Prohibition fs not practicable, Nothing that is wholly unreasonable fs or should be practicable, Let the maklag and sala of chides, ale, beer, and wine ge on ns legitinute Industries. Do not try to put these under ban any mde (han the growlng ef corn or the manufacture of tobaceo, Get on the side of temperance all the friends of the usenna muking of these Mqulds. ‘The Germans, for instance, are at temperate people; they are opposed to drunkenness, ‘Shey ean: be made atlles of ony practicable policy of | reduc- ing - the amount of whisky-Intemper- ance, ‘Lomperanes methods hitherta have driven nearly nll Germans to the antl-tem- pernice side, It was only narrow and hiprac- Ueable policies that did that. Understand that the purpose in hand fs not te suppress carn, or hops, or sitenr, or alcohol, or appl or grapes, or cider, or wine, or beer, or whkk ky, but Intomperance aml the disastrous and destrietive results of intemperal And it the work Is brought’ to thts its. pre BEODL, nearly all, the men and women and force In the conmunity cnn be enlisted at once in favorof the suppression of lvtemperance nnd its consequences, ‘Tho vietias af drink woul be ghul to help break down Its griev- ollg results, We know n good puny saloonkeepers, and do not Know one that takes plenstre in in temperance, Lt would greatly help the of toinpernice to eet the siloonkeepers on that side. ‘Tho most af them can easily be got there by the right methods. ‘Tho ten of some temperiice people that a saloonkeeper should be made to fevl that ie isan outlaw mnita wreteb, 1s horriblep wn stlan, dine bolical,, Sopsigts people may well convince themselves thut tt they wantdto break dawn drunkenness, thoy nist get the saloonkeepers on theirside, If vmperance reformers would only bethink themselves how y thelr tusk would be if they could only He the people who get drunk on thelr side they would de vote themselves to dolng that, Aid one af the prime ways to do that Is to gel on thelr side thase whe sell what makes drunk, So fur the tempernee reformers and thelr tutile methods haye only got on thelr side tho very sood people whe drink nothin at all, and thoy Naven't got huld at all of the people who driik mitch ar ttle, or those who sell munch or fitle, No wonder that tomporaies reform hasn't made the right satisfactory, progress. Jaw it time for a change of method? Woe have aceon a quarter of century of protihition da woth tat and the county hover so much cursed: with such horrible -exeess of drunken erie twin the holiday season just elosed, Naw we should like to see something Uke thls tried; a polley aimed at suppressing not tent: peranee, hut’ iutemperaneess a policy that thoes what ls practeablo to get the ian who gety drank wil the man who sells what miokes drunk on the side of helping to sup press It, We think this entirely practicable, Vo would ns helpful te this end throw nse prolibltory: laws and polictes, vo would cousider the making, sale, anid use of wine, alo, beer, and clder as requiring Just so much legal cure and attention as the xalo of pork, beef, potatoes, wud tobacco; neither more nor less, If a man got drank snd disturbed the peace or security of any- body we would puntah bhn according toh, iu such w way that bu would be glad to keep, 9 sober. We would punish any salodnkeeper who had disturbance or drunkenness [it lily 1 house or sold ton drunken man. We would A hot impose any. punitive monetary Heense Npon the gale of bevarnges, Dut leave it stand in the same situation. as any other vovation, With this qualifications ‘that any per- son who did not conform to the jaw should bo prohibited from selling. Proper precaution should be taken to guard i law the purity of liquors. Thronglt the churches, through social organizations, through methods that took the saloonkeeper and the man who gets drunk In as helpers, Wwe would organize every practieahie clument - In soclety tn the effort. to break down the hors rible eurse of drinkenness, And to this end, we would think one of the first essentinis to Suecess world be to do away with the shal- low self-righteousness andl fally that persists In seeing no diffe: @ between a temperate inan wit an Intemperate one, or the making - ofa knife and the entting of a throat. A BIG ICE CROP. Two and a Half Million Tons Golag into the Upelindson Storehouse. aAthany Evening Jaurnal, Jan. 1, The harvesting of {ce along tho river is most uetive, From this city to Rondout the fee ranges in thickness from five tu elghteen inches, and is of superior quality, antherers: adinitting that they never cut finer ice, [tis very clear and free from snow. Some of the harvesters, fully conscious of Inst year’s re- sults, begin operations ns soon rs the artifls ela! ‘covering «would benr- a horse, and had housed considerab hye-lnch ice before e Frost in it its thick ness. Varker Hull was the first to have his houses full in this city, and tinmeidiately be- minonastack, ‘Lhe Kulekerbocker Uom- pany’s houses on the Isham above the elty followed, being full on ‘Tuesday last, and on Thursdny they began putting psa stack, tukloy the ice from the snme space out of whieh they had filled thelr houses, "Phe new crop ranges In thickness from efghtto twelve Inch ‘The ice i the northern part of the city attained a thlekness of sixteen Inches, whilu in the lower part of the town It wnensured but efght lnehes, and directly opposit, an the” Greenbush site, ice & foot thick was lurvested. ‘The _ price pald for labor fs from 2 to $8 per day for men und 34 to S450 for teams. Tee trom fourteen to sixteen Inches thick Is _eon- stdered the best for transport trade, and the New York companies Intend to but up stacks of tee of this thickness where- ever convenient, At present thers are about 6,000 nen nud bays. ane 1,800 horses at work on the river, and an estimate places the lars vest. when eampleted, ot 2,500,000 tons, nnd. the cust of gathering it wt 32,000,000, In 18% the total quantity housed was 1,408,500 tous; in 1598, 2,061,300 fons; and last winter but 150,(00 tons, | "These 2,500,000 tons, whieh will mike thls year's crop, can be taken front a slirfiee of 2.500 weres,—that Is supposing the cakes to be twelve Inehes in dilelness.” ‘The waste tn storage and handling is extimuted at from 30 to 59 per cent, whieh would leave tha tuneunt for netital constinption at from L20,00) te 2420000 tons, During the first two weeks of the present harvest: more lee Sa ettiereil nd? during the whole of Jast Wititer, OCAL OPTION. Stnte Convention {n Ohio—A Large Dine play of Pethtionx-No Business of ne terent Transucted, Conuanes, O., dan, A State Local Op> thin Convention met here to-day In response to weall fram the Ohlo AnteLiquor Abllince, Letween 400 and 500 persons were present from all sectlons of Okla, The stage uf the Yellall, where the Conyention imet, was lecorated with fis and mottoes and a Jarge portrait of Gov. St. dot, of Kansa Under this picture hung a scroll: bearing the words, supposed ta have been uttered by fiuy. St Jolin: “bean attord: not to be Gov. ernor, but} exnnot alford to saeriiice my principles.” : ‘The troutof the stage was eoveretl with petitions fave Hoption’ signed by 165,000) persons petitions aTé.to be presented to the Jezistature igs y OWail, of Cleveland, called the Con= Thomas Vearne, of Duy> ed Permanent Chairman, and S Nothing but 4, ton, wis cl Wk. Thon rontine pus! ed to-day. "LAKE SAKAEGAN,” * Soeetul Dispatch to The Chtcago Tribune, Oconomowoc, Wis., Jan, 12.—Not long azo there. appeared In-‘Tan Trav in artlela- uskhig readers to send In what. they knew of a lake known by the aboriginals, and men- toned by then In their treaties with the Frenehi, as Like Sakaegan,’—the Informa, tion being destred by the Smithsontan Insti- tution, to help complete a historynow In process of publication, As the mune of Dr Jahn A, Rice, of Mer+ ton, was mentioned as the person through: whoin the communications were to be made, heli Jn the course of the last three weeks, reeelyed many answers presenting different cntlrely Ideas as to the original luke by that name; but anong others are certain letters which agree with tis lens exactly, and sup ply the missing Inks whieh had ci xed hin to doubt, Amnon thesy was one from I, Ne Wheeloek, of Medford, Taylor County, Wis. which reads as follows: - * My father, B. i. Wheelock, now living at this phive, eame to Alwaukee In 18k, Short- Ty after his arrival, in conversation with Sol- olen Junent, My Jimena spoke of Pewat- kee Luke, calling it * Lake Sakaegan,’ meat Ing Snail Luke,’—the shape of the like giving it this name; and us such ft wis -known to the early fndians,” Dr. Mee was quite certain the Iske now as Pewaukeo Luke must be the one referred to lu the Frenct: and fndinn treaty: of L04,—It being the only one whieh an- swered wil the conditions; but the positive testhnony of Mr, Wheelock, resting upon the statements of Solomon Juneau, a man well versed G1 the Indian names of this region, must be conclust and, Hf so, then this litde lake has a greater historic huterest that any other Inke In this vicinity, as belng ono of the prominent polnts mentioned In tv treaty whieh will be referred. to ns long as Visconsin has it history. ‘The Doctor is now nuxious to seo the day when the nune of this Inke will be changed to lis anelent, historic, and righttul name; nnd spares no pains to }mpress ‘on the people fy that vicinity the necessity of the same, This lake will probably pe remembered by many of tho summer visitors who have been - this way as the lake on which: Lake Side” Is located.—one of the popular suminer-re> sorts fn Wisconsin. Dr. Rice leaves 1 xt February on the Mex- cursion, When his resenrelies will be, ted to other parts of this continent. ———— IOWA AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 8 Drs Monks, 1a, Jam. 12—At the meeting” of the State Agrleultural Soeloty to-day the olticers for the ensuing year were chosen as follows: President, Joh W. Post, of Iowa City; Viee-Presldent, C. F. Brockway, of Alnsworth: Seerctary, John R. Shatter, of Fairfield; ‘Treasurer, J. G. Rounds, of Des Moines, —————_— Sad Scono at a Graves Sanna, Ind. Jit, 11.—Faris Dalton was ong of the oll and esteemed citizens of thia (Washlige ton) County. One of bla dnughtéra dled last Thursday. The Suturlay following the body, followed byw tong procession of friends, was conveyed to the Hitle country cemetery nor by. The oged father and three daughters wore nour, the opuo grive. tho Underniker removed tho volllnelid, and tnvited the friends to take a Just took uf the deceased, Tho futbur stepped to the aiito of the collin, nat one ugonizing took upon the whlte fice of his daughter, and fell dead beside the bier, ne threo daughters fumedt+ ately awooned away, and wore uldo thought to be dead, ‘Tho scend that tollowsd beggars de- seription, = anizing soba came from ull presen, and for ne avery ono scomed paralyzed with awe and fear Crom what seemed an aweul eulatulty 4 ¥initation of God upon in enticn Faris Aftor tine tho threo daughters rovived. ‘Pho aged father's dead body was carried buck to bls home and prepared for burial; and S16 ells by sida Tather and duughter sleep in pefice, awatting the greut uwakenlog. —<<$—aa——— Wostern Farmers Al Getting Itich. Corresponience New York Jaurndl of Canimere?. Ciao, Jan. 8.—L asked the President of one of our most Hourishing country bunks the other: ovening at the Palmer House, “ low dia tho farmers meet thelr January lutercat?! “ Prompt+ ly and without no single default, ‘To teil tha truth,” be added, * most of thy interest on our fayma joans bad loon anticipated.” * Aro you making any. how towns for Kastera, parties’ None ut all.” Whyr! “ Farmera area Lorrowing very little money. ‘Tho crops and the deniaid now for all farin products have enabled furmers to puy off thelr debta very ust * “+ flow much money baye you placed lua sing! your an Western toring?” YW; As fig as 0.00." Do your Busteru correspoudente still send you, mouvy to foun upon farmer? aay + What do you do with ity “Beud It back, a8 I aave as place to put it”? . sty