Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 21, 1881, Page 9

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1881—TWELVE PAGES, 9 extra expense, and should, therefore, go to the Committes on Conthiuzent Expunses, Ha alsv mada the polnt that in order to adopt the resolutlon the rules must first bo suspended, The Spenker hetl the point well tnken, aml the gentlemun from Montgomery moved to suspend the rules, Catr, of Greene, referred to the popular dissatistaction with the Rallrond and Ware- hbust Commisslon in the past ns well ns ot presost, nnd expressed the bellef that n little Investigation wonld not o out of order, Underwond, of Plke, had just started out to appose thd rdsolutlon, when Tarrington, of Kane;'ralsed tha polnt thut nothing was in order ckeept the motlon to suspend the rules. The polnt was: sustained, aml the yeas aid inys called on' the motioi to sus- pend. - It was lost by n vote of yeas 01, nnys 45, 0 two-thltds vota belng necessary. Tho voto was as follows: “THE STATE ML The Legislature at Springfleld 'glowly Gettingin’ Good Working ‘Order. A Senate-Bill for the Relief of Disabled Policemen and Firemen., The Railrond and Warehouso Hoard the Reclpient of the Usual At- VEAR, tention. Ames, Keon (Wayno), Plotke, ngs, roil, ahardaon Iiithe: Tinegs Cumberiandy A House Resolution Demanding | iirawn, T P whty W A Rtalirond Legislation by the | Gikindam JL (o0, nilinion, Natlonal Congresss e, AR bite), Hopores Claonnn, Mobionaia, " fumiey, olling. 3 J The Temperance Poople Get the Worat ('“333‘1‘.‘1 A %, “'03.'1‘?"':“”“'“' fif}fi{ffm.- Coult o, o of It inutlhenfiuflt Bout in fowar, Nock J m,‘,,&m;‘ o House, 3 00rc, ve Crandall, Margan, Btowell, Crowa, Btratfhn (Win) (C: nl){c'rlle. sullh‘nu.( * Mayor Marrison Tas n Conference with {},:')‘(']"' ;,;.‘.!:‘.,':f,:a... tho Legislative Committee on Canal | Dikius Hooratun, i, elul, dullup, WhiLe (Cook), The Subject under Disoussion Boing the mxl-nficum, Voo denoxs, Stiok Nuisance—Othor Committes Jnuies, Putrie, YoungUIod—S1: Keen (Wabnsh), Plerson(Oreone) | Work Yesterday. ow Allen, Garland, Tenrson (Cook),” Tultey, Grew, Turrin, THE SENATE. Tiakiatn, Htiierts (Cooky Puterson, RULEN, Bluck, yotte) Phicips, Speetat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune Hl" by, lI;mlvl- © spmtxarIELD, 1L, Jan 20.—The report of | piie” Tenor the Senate Comminittes on Rules was tuken up | Bundy, Luens, Shnmway, onthe opening of the sesslon this morning é‘,‘l'(};f_:“'-‘“- },‘l‘.‘"'\lglfi“l‘;‘-' {:!l{,'l"fi‘}‘,"“"- and euch ml:l: sunnmtlelly mnsl{ulercd. '”:;, ‘l:‘:mndfe(;, MeCiny, Laterwaod, eport wits ndopted with very few amend- | Chutilel MceRinley,' Voughey, Mty P wery Chimnolimt, Medatow Wehht- '(Ou g Collier, Fiienetl, Pirgel, A motion was made to Incrense the Sena- | Cook, 0.8, Murphy, Xuncey, toriut Committee on Apportionment, hut the H;’n”n‘rl Ukesod, Youug,—18, motlon was lost, Duetween the consideration of the Sennte rules and a dispute about jant- tors, policemen, cte,, nearly the entlre moru- 1y wus consumerl, y ‘The resolution thereupon went to the Com- mitteg on Contingent Expenses, RESOLUTIONS, Yancey, of Macouptn, offered o resolution reclting that some doubt existed ns to how long the County Clerks, County ‘L'reasurers, and County Judges now in oflice held their oftices under the terms of the constitutionnl mmendment ndopted t the lute election, and requesting the Attorney-General to furnish the Llouse with his opinfon npon the legal questions Invalved, Adopted, Nichols, of Clinton, offered a resolutlon setting forth the great influence and power obtained by ralirond corporations by means of consolidations and by the pooling scheme, and urging the llinols delegation in' Con- gress to secure tho pussage of such n meas- ure as will refleva commerce from unjust diserimination by the milromds und to pro- tect inter-State cummerce by law. Referred to the Connniitee on Rallronus, Murphy, of Perry, offered n resotution direeting the Committes un Contingent Ex- penses to report the number of ¢mployés ap- poluted by the Hou i . 5 MORE TIONT, Mann, of Vermillon, mudo o witty plea for more light, in the course of which hy ob- served that the Democratic side needed moro Infaemution than the: Republiean, innsmuch as It hau had no experfencs fn thg watter of contingent expenses of this or any other Gov- ernment for many years, [Lawghtor.] ! Morrls, of Ilnrdin, rejolesd with the gen- tleman, and prayed that they never would havenny of the experience In which they were now Iacking, [Langhter] JMann quietly replied that ho was greatly atrengthenced In mind when he retlected on the Seriptural statement that the prayers of REBOTAITIONS, Senator Needles introduced n resolution twklng toward the taxation of peddlers, whisky-denlers, express and telegraphcoms panles, ete. . Senstor Marshall offered n resolution pro- yiding for an Investigationof the manner and cost of printing bills of this General Asseni= RUY g Senator Bent stated that It wns estimated to cost $10,000 to print the bills and synopsts of the dnily proceedings of the Legtsiature, ‘The resolutlon was ndopted. VISABLED POLICEMEN AND FIREME Senutor White presented the following: A i for annet for tho reliof of disubled wuinbors of the Policeaniu Firo Depurtuients i eities wnd vilinged, and the familics of polic meuand firemon killed Iu tho sorvicoof tho clty or village. SECTION 1, Hde it enacted, ete., That tho City Couneld of nl eitles, nnd tho Prosident and Board of Trustees in ail villages, in this Stute, ure bore- by nuthorized and empowored whenever, und ns aften us they sbull dean it expedient; to appro- prigte uny siun or sums of money, intho way nat puy: be Judicend by suld City Counell or Pro: Hent uud Bonrd of "Mrustees modt ndvisable, fo tho reliet or fndemnity of uny ofticer or member of the Police ur Firo Dopurtuient who may suse i corporal injury or contrict slukness whilst in tho_ dischurics "of his duty, or” consequont therean, and for tho celicf of familios of po- i nor thremen killed in’ the sorvice of tho iy or Vil siet, 2, The Lity Councll in ottles, and tko Prestdent and loned of Trastees In villages, whall buvo power by ordinanee to flx the sum or uws wiich tho persons aforesuld sbull recolvo Inconsenuence of any mlur?- seelved, or sick- ness comracted 08 aforesndil, and at the time and modn of stich pyment, und sakd ordinunco Bl Ax the gross sinn to be patd to the wife In. wase of denth resulting from auny ncoklent to auy utember of the tolics or Fire” Dopartiment whilst ensgasced I the Mischurgo of hly du 100, If 1horo bo o wige Hviing, thon 10 bis cnile | the wieked availed not, [ Laughter.] dren; or 1T thera bo no wiie or chlidren, thion to "I'he resolution was ndopted. . wch member or members of his fumily depend- CLENKS, lug un bim for support. el Mann then offered n resolution providing for the appointment of o conmitte to aseer- tain whotber the force of clerks was suf- ficlent to prepare tho copy for the printed Journal. The resolution brought out u good denl of diseussion, some of tho old war- lorses on tha Democratie left using up all the thne they conld without any other ap- parent purpose than to hother tho W. C. T U. folks, somewhnt after the mauner of the dog worrylne the ecat.. Tho resolution was finally adopted, BILLS, hScumor Fuller offered & rond and bridge Senator Torrence presented several amends ments to the eriminal code, Senator Clarke offered s amendment to the hond nnd Bridge lnw, Ablll wus offered makine approprintions forthe officers mnd members of the Thirty- second General Assembly, Senator Condee presented a bl whieh, i€ passedd, wlil repeal Sees, 16 to B4, Incluslve, regarding landlord und tenant: or, in other words, taking nway from Jandlords all right o distress for rent, The Starkey Powoll elevator resolution, Whieh passed tha Jlous Sesperday, wus then taken up, . Senator Kelly moved to refer it to the Committco an “Bxpenses of the General Ad- sembly, The motlon was lost, Tho Tesolutlon was funlly coneurred In by e of yeus, 25 nays, 17, unator 'Thomis presented w bil which }‘"l,ill“fiinfimlwt(l)ml “Imllll“:“ ug xl‘d eur;mrnthfin ) td In 1850 to bullit n bridge over tho Mississlppt River at Carondelet, . i o THE STATI AUDITOIL, The Senate udopted Senntor Torrence's . Biow ur Chafee, of Shelby, offered the following, nnd moved a suspension of tho rules nud the adaption of the resolutlon: WuERgAs, This [House {e withaut adequate Information upon tho necessitivs fur falr and cquitable leghslation to control and regulnte rullronds and wurehouses; aud Wuengas, The orlainnl complaints mado totho Rallvond and Warchouse Comnission shoult by now In tho posscssion of sald Bonrd; therelure, Iterolved, Thut sufd Cowmnisslon shnll*bo re- t\\llll’ml to furnish to the Haflrond Committee of this House all letters or complaints which have béen filed with sald Commixsion, and ull answors mado by tho Commission thoreto within tha lust twelve " snonths, 80 that the Committee ean recominond judiclous legislution to this General Assemblys }::ulll“ml presented - yosterday enlling utlsl.),u“_:“l;tlnu Tl yrenllobhyavord o Ill{u sppointment "of a conunittes e : * ive to investizale the records | McWillams, of Montgomery, opposod the l o the State Auditor avith reganl | resolution because it provided forsugges- tonlleged violations of tho faw In jot re- wulring the fillug of names of umcers', stocks ) lulders, ote,, of corporutions, The oty e o lu’:;’ ¥ then adjourned until to-morrow tions ns to fnture necessary legistation from the Commissloners. This might or might' not be right, "The Commissloners stood abiout half-way between the rallroads and the peo- ple, and “complnints wero heard on overy hand that there hud been no suits agalnst the rouds on charges of diserining This, 1t true, shonll be .Inquired IM® Under the resolution the Commlsslonors could report ‘anything thoy chosey whereas what was wanted, and what was propoer under the cir- cumatances, was n full statement under oath, Tha objeot of the present resolution adopted, would be to defeat his own, which “ meant business aud o' falr and full show.” THE IIOUSE. OPENING FBOCKEDINGS, Bptetal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune N SemNartrin, 1L, Jan, 20,~The Ifouso el this morniug at the usual hour, . The ?“llm‘ yresented o strongly temperancs lemum n consequence of the unusually irse altendunico ot W, C. ‘I Ul people, who i :creon hand to witness the formnd Inaugu- “»:tlux‘l’n! thelr Dlennful enmpnign iy the ‘yoe B )enl:‘ tetlon of the famous Hinds billof two, | Rockwell, of Cuok, moved (o nmend the Aiu;-,“' . resolution &0 as $0 ke the luformation re- oo the rending of tha journnl, the { turnnbleto the Iouso Instead of to the tall- Bk T appolnted Messrs, Mitchell, Cartar, | rond Committes, mmm,uwhy a8 members of tho Jofnt Come Chafeo accepted the amendment, and In a “mm:n Itules, ""‘.I announced that, on the | brief speech oxpresscd his oplnfon that the "n-eu(m- of the Clerk, with tho present | clasy of people who had had complaints to (i clerks the dally publieation of the | muko agnlnst the Commisslon nd not been T ng 15 Inpossible, nt all wodest fn making them, ‘Thelr com- \fc\\'lll AOAT) AND WARENOUSE 1OALD, | plalnts wero stlll {n vxistence, amd the rece o) t 1_'\mn. of Montgomery, introduced | ords of the actlon takenon them, Mr, Chafoo i “\yn n“‘.““ rt'sul’ufloll, of which full warn- | alluded somewhat severely to country edl- mumlslgl\unln Wednesday's Tuisusg, sud | tors who had becomo soured at a falluro to :u.ml;! lfuune«unm adoption; sceure gecommodation In the shape of rall- “'bmhen‘n bar:."‘,;o?n:'fi”',“l committon of nine { rond passes, and to resolutions providing for m“' Xl P b a5, Ppeukor of the | Junketing commlitecs and free-lunches ud umpla 0 libitut, ‘Tho resolutton was further opposed by O i wbich have been mndo to the Hall- urchaquse Commlssionors since tho Tlotke, of Cook, and Corr, of Greene, who enme out strougly for n laat sension o T tho Ueneral Asseinbly Sumntico shall Buve powor o sond for warsons TUE WUQUTH OF THE IKOPLE and an Investigation, - mlf"‘\?‘“‘uuu to takg testimony uj:duruum. Youngblood, of Pranklln, whjlo. anxlous uny part of the - ety o auld cinlinitou it oo Nevesairs o Mlmmm"’lflhlw O thelr uppointinent, shd to KU 0y iy, L SEISC Wi Wddidanal Yy i il cepseary to protect el o it af VLGS ST, Lo bt | o pratect tho fhleredta of s constiuonts T ey, Tareliouke mon of this Stute; | Was ot afruld wid up and ‘clatm, equal Leleri o Of such committco shatl hiye gmw ar tha corpornte fntercsts of the tute, lo - thereforu fuvored the resolutlon. Cowen, of Muacunpin, remarked that the Counnlsston ought to huve ruported sll theso complaints to the General -Assembly, lle wasapposed to tho .resolutlon, and thought thut the McWillinms vesolution unrm toro- celve earoful considemtion, 'I'he louss, ho predleted, would find that the compluluts mada against the Board came from people ;\I'llo had been injured, and not merely from o, WHPIPLTS, Yuucey, of Macoupin, indorsed his col- league's rewacks and weut ln for the Me- Williams resolutior. P 8 Coltins, of Cook, salid the Iouse, under the MeWilllams n:wllllllm, Was put in the attl- atudy of n jury pussing upon certuin indetle uit gg'mplnmw, aud yet the gentlewan's & e d shufl bo all X puid thol 1 B N nturred T o discnanen ‘st ihers oty p'flllni from tha Cupltul; that tho clerk ¥ fod thio usyu! fuce fur '1ike services on el mulm_-luu v.wm-uu&truwuntnx- 50! of .the mmitiee and lndlnbe'—by tha Chuirmun of auid 53 T L6 b puld aut of tha euptingent Mitehelt, of Al : M ch"g;ol,?%ph an, asked If there were y, i 0 {Wfl' e hud not scon ! ledthaf there were charges, friends refused to_give the 1lousa the weees. sary information forgo passing upon thep, Y A RINULE COMPLAINT . hal been mentho I iper thing to do was to discover first whether there wits auy- thing to Investhgute, nud Chufee's vesolit- tlon was [ that direation, Youtgblood, of Frankiin, got In_another mnu:ylxnunl, providing that tho Commlssion- erg " repott whit getlon hivl ) tnken on the eompininta,” ‘Fhie amendment was ne- tedl, 3 Tha Chafee resolution, with the Itockwell and Younhlood amenduents, then adopled by u vote of yeas 110, nuys 25, ns fol- Allen, Giregg, Penrdon (Madle {imen, Jrarcis ook, g0l 3 erris(Fayetie),Penrein (C Battwin, el Blllings, Herrligton, Peterson, Hitler, Hoeryer, Phelps, luck, i Pierson(Greeno) Hackaby, Tohlon, l‘u\lmik, Hloyd, Keen (Wabash, Postel, Iirinvh, Keen (Waynel, Itichinrdson Cumbertund), Ureyun, . Ihickingham, Tunidy, nrdson Hutterileld, t'mlllplmlh Jupase, Yk artor, Lurington, uniluy, Chnfee, S Chundier, Martin (Wood- Bhuway, Chtahohn, ford), Kimansot, Colller, MoAiduras, Btrattnn (Jelere Collins (Cook), Meiune, an), Lolling (Wi, Mcbonuid, B Wi, on)! Ly cKinloy, ritekinun, ‘oul nhon, Cos, Mieuro, ' s, Srows, Mitoholl, Fhompson, Cronkrite, Mouk, Uunderwood, Invis, Morgun, Vaughey, Diggins, Muortland, Durfee, Murphy, Dyanrt, Nichols, ) Enylish, Niehuus, Whitu (Cook), Trwin, Okpsnn, ‘Winter, anllap, Olwin, W (Knnx), durland, O'Mura, Wood (DeKaib, Goudspeed, * Talsloy; aht (o), Qorinau, Dol gL, Urcen, Parry, Yunng=—110. NAYS, frocker, Moare, simith, Carr, Morris, Btover, Cloobun, Olnmny Htowell, LCownn, Petrle, sullivin, Crouk, Huser, arntoll, Kelly, < Plutk iz, Murtln (White), Boxto Wilbunks, MeLvod, Blutons, Ynneey =2 MeWilllnws, TEMPERANCE, Youngblood, of Franklby, rose to his teet with the Hinds bitl In his hands, and openced the first round in the temperanee fleht, e usked, In the natue of 200,000 mothers, wives, and sisters [Innghter] unanlmous consent to Introducs what wus Known s the Hinds bil, and have 1t reforred to Its approprinte com- mittee, 2~ \'nuglm{. of Alexander, ralsed the point that” the tntroduction of bills was ont of order, ‘I'he Speaker remarked thata member al- ways had tho right to aske for unanimons consent, whereat the pettieonted temuperance }umiylm in the gallerics clapped their hands or Jo, Perrin, of St. Cialr, rose to his feet with a stalwary 2 “1 omIEcT, and got nn" number of withering glances from the galleries for s paing, Youngblood was allowed the courtesy to go on with his presentation speeeh. Ile was sorry to uu( he remurked, that the gentle- ma who ol A]mel was from Egypt, like him- self, ‘The temperances senthoent could not be fznored. 1u the nume of the women of Iinolg, sustained hy the wamen of the Natfon, Qe -desired to present ) bl ‘herctofore known as the Hinds bhl, and to have It veferred to thy Canmittes on License: t provided, 1n Dbrief, that the mothiers, sisters, and wives of minors should be he: from thelr hearth- stones and their fireskdes in the matter of reg- wlating and controliing the sule of spirltuous Hlqnors, aud tho House could not wiford, in ustice to jtself, to deny the women u volee 1 the matter, Mr. Perrln now got tha floor and proceed- ed to speak his wing, e objected to the bill, first, beeause I8 introduetion was not In rumll:u-urdei noreover, he eonld not un- derstand why®this partientar blll should res celve any preference over uny other bill of eqnal fmportance, HE LOVED WOMEN himself, AMorrls, of Tardin, ralsed o lnugh by inter- rupting the -Speaker and Inauiring it the wolnen loved i, Lerrin amlled, but mado no answer, 1ls went on to observe, however, that some 40,000,000 ¥renchuien, the sume numbe Germans, snd gmul}y wllowanee of Itus. sinng, . Lallang, and other natfonalities bl mannged to exist for the Inst 1,000 years with- out temperanee lnws, and yet wero nbout ns prosperous natlons as the United States, This mighit be n bumbshell, but it hivt yet to come. ‘I'hie Nouse had yeb to face tho musle, and he represented noconstitueney who were fnter- osted I the question, and with whoso viow he was In ewrfccz aeeord. 'I'ho labor of the mountaln in bringimg forth the mouss weus not more ridietlous thun the suddenness with whicl tho Iouse sat down on thg 1linds bill for the present, and the lirst round in the fight resulted In o bluck eye for the tempernnes side, Itlehardson, of Adams, at the conclusion of Terrin’s m\‘\'." quletly got the tloor, mnd, be- . foro mxyhm[y wis expeeting Jt, clove moved 1o wdjourn till to-morrow morni ] ust the temper to tnke The House was in him tha nuon-tlny hour suggesting tho propriety of onting something, wnd the mo- tlon went througl” without & moment’s de- luy, while TI TEMPEBANCE DELEGATION clhmbed down from the gallerfes In anything but a pleasant stuto of mind. . A TATTLE INCIDENT which oceurred after adlonrnment shows something of thoe temper whielt prevails on this subject. Perrin: had no more thu renched the door on his way out, thun an angry female, tho honor of Whose acquaint- ance o did not ‘possess, rushed up to bl and hissed fn his eay, * 1low inuch were you puld to oppose our bR Thud the lmfu ror peen 1 man, the questlon would in all nrubnblmg' have been answered by u stinging Dlow, As wits, thy member gquivtly retorted, “You are o womnn,* and turned on his heel. Thy ngltator wilted, ‘The bill which gaya rise to #0 el bad Llood two years ugo, and which Inlikely to breed even more sipleasuntness this trip, hos passed nto history ws the Ilinds blil, and is u3 follows: AL for an ot to amond Scos. 8 and 4 of an act ontitled * An net to provide for the leens- fug 0f nng sgaingt ihe the ovils urising from the #alo of jutoxicating lquors,” approved Mureh 0, 1874, SECTION L J3e it enactal, ele., That Becs, 3 and 4 of un nct cntitiod *An et to provide for tho ltconsing of und aguinst tho evils urleing from tho sulo of_Intoxtenting Hattrs,” approves Murch 30, 1874, bo amondad so us to rond uy fol- v Bre, 0. ‘The County Hoards of each countymay grant lcousos to koep dnim-stops [n theircouns 1 opt within twa mites of wuy lncorparuted clty, town, or Vitluke, In whioh the corpurite au- thoriios hve pawcr to Heeso, ragulnte, ros struin, or preblbit the sulo of liuorss and ex- cept in auy placo whora tho sitlo of Intexicating Tiquors 14 probibited by I, ~Provided, kowever, that no such lieense shall be grantud by the County Board, excopt upon the applicution by potition of » majority of the roxlstered ros(- dents, malos or fomulos, of the town, who uro 21 yeurs ol uge, whero tho county I8 undor towns Buip arganization; und, If not under township orgunlztion, thon of n mujority of tho regls- tered vesidents, mules und tomulos, of the eleo- tlon preeinet o diatriot whoro the same s pro- posedl Lo bo loeuted; and exeept upon the puy- ment fito tho County troasury of such sum is ‘tho Hound iy roqulro, not fuss thun $30 nor more thun §500 for el Noense, Erovided, who, that the corporuto authurkies of fncorporaied oltios, tawnd, or vilinges shnll grane o such llcondo except upon tho potition ot 4 mwjority ur the reghiterod residonts, mules und fomualos, over tho ugo of’ 21 yeur, of the wapd or clection -distefut thoroin whera the lrumeshop I8 proposel to bo locuted; or, if thore bo nu divislon of wards or olection districty, thon upon the potition uf therosldents, (8 nfore- suld, of tho vutive town or viiuwe, Adud pro- vided, shat uny lleonse geanted . in contraveation of the provisions o thls ssetion shnll ho uttoriy null and vold, and tho poréons constltutiug the Jlourds of Kegistey for reglstering tho qualilied wlectors, s by tho leglstry luws of this Stute constituted, shull, whon thoy mnke the 1t or register of oloctors fn their respective distriots, ut the sutme thno und In the sutny pmner miky n separute st or reglater of all fulualo residents € el ulatelcts over tho uwe of 2L years, und who buve resided fu the United Siutes 11Ve yours, 1 1his Blaty uno year, 1 the county pinety duys, and in such distelot thirty days: und subd listut t f the ruvislon of (he rugistor of clectors shull bo revised and correcicd, ung cortified to by sald Bourd, and withln theeo duys theronfior 1o filed 1t 3ho same uitice und with tho suine oftiver thut the reglster of eluctor Iy ttlod; and suld Ust or reglstor of temales wnd the register of electors shuil Lo prims favie evideaco jo duterminiug the wutlicioncy of uy petition prosented under tho provisions of this acti und ull tho provisions and rostrictions of sald Fegistry biwd, sugfir us the sume uro necessary 1o carey into elfeot this act, sbull apply, be observed, und complicd with In maklug asd revisiug suld 1sts, uud for-y vio- Jation thereol on the &url Qf uly person or olll- cer In mukiug or yuyl \m&‘mu suing, the sutiy }uw: and ”f.‘.:,‘fi"" shall e {mposed as by sald aws prosoribed. = BEG. 4 ‘Tbo license sball state the twe for which it I8 granted, which shall not exceed ane ent, tha Maco where e driti-shap 14 1o b ept, ond shinll not be transferubie, nor shall the Tobsor licrisei Koep o dnmi-sip nt more thin ane place at the s gennted nuy bo revok or porate authoritive, nd the ease iy he, whenever thoy shall be satlsfied that tho person lennsed hus violated gny of tho provisions of this act, or keeps o dlsorderly or {ll-povernel hatso, or placo of rosort, for Tdle or digolute perqund, ar nllnwa '"fi illegnl gnming in hls firnm-shop, or §n any house or place mjacent thereto, : v e —— IN GENERAT, COMMITTEE WOIIK, Speciat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. Seaisarienn, s, Jan 20.—A fair lot of Committes work was dona this afternoon, the west important meoting held belng that of the Senate Committeeon Canal and Rivers, which met, more than anything else, to con- sider the Mumt resolution to turn the waters of the esplalnes into the eanal in order to relieve the Jollet people of the unhearablo smells now proceeding from the State diteh, Quite n delegntion of outslders was present, Including Mayor Harrison, City Engineer Cregler, Witllam Thomas, Superinterident of the Canal, Dr. Rauely, Secretary of the State Board of Henlth, nnd Commissioner Stewart, of Chicago, who was present In the eapacity of nsllent lookor on, Mayor IHarrison, at tho invitation of Sena- tor Munn, made an extended explunation of the deluy in the matter of tho Drldgeport pumping-works, As In ent Interviews published In Tie " TIBUNE, he procecded to show that the Council’s npproprintion of $100,000 for the pumping-works proved oo smnll In the tight of the propostls re- celved In angwer to the city's ndvertisements, Under the charter It was Impossible o make u further appropriation until nest spring, ex- ecut i u ense of emergency, and tho luw de- purtment had deeided that NO EMENGENCY EXISTED, In short, the city anthoritles, according to his statement, hait exercised even mors tvan due 1o In the matter, but Tramp by the Inwennd com- Jut the thing go over until el - b pelled to the Councll should nlmmprln enougl money to - erect the worl The Muyor had a . denl to sty about the alleged ‘i 1 0 of the Chicaro River, tho benetity by the Fullerton aventie condult, and the un- speakable nastiness of the Sonth Fork, which, I his u’nlulml was primarily responsible for the noxlous atforswhiel werawatted Into the pstills of the people a the canal ie Town of Lake, however, wias not the City of Chlengo. Hu fitrther showed that the nulyinee did "not proceed nlone from Chica- o, but that the want of dredging in the canul, und the emptyings of filth ditell by the peoplo along ity banks had a goot deal to do with the sti whiel smell to heaven, While he befleved inthe vrinelple of pumplme-works, it was Dis fivm hellef that, unless the; re 50 lo- ented us to connoet with and araw ot TIE FILTH IN THE SOUTH FOLK, they would full short of fulfilling the ex- pectutlons whieh had been placed in thewm. n siupport, of his assertluns as to the com- paratlve Bnnocence of Chicago proper In this matter, he atinded to the clty's exceptionally Tow deith-rute, and disposed of the allegation that the river was responsible for diphtherln aloni theeannl by statine that children living snear the river seented to grow faton It un were as healthy ss any fu the country. The Mayor had 6 good deal to say about the limijtatlons fmposed matter of ralsing revenue, | shecontributed betiveen o fifth of the State revenue children of the State, In fagt, su Chifeago’s growing heeds and such her fimle tations that he renlly didi’t sce how she would get along next vear, IHe expected to ga out.of oftice tu tho spring, and the dif- ficulties whieh n llerul»llunn Mayor would lui\'lc to contend with really inspired hlm with i ® FEELINGS OF PITY for his sucees ‘I'his little sido remark, It should be remembered, wis miudo to n e mitte, the majority of whom ure Republie- ans, and it apparently lmpressed sone of them with o better opiuion of Chicugo's Chief Moglstrate than they had previously entertained, In allnding to Senator Munmn’s resulution, hy she how tieertnin wi the flow I of watgr 1n _the l)_csrlxl\u( . and predicted that, if theSenntor’s’ pliln put in_ operation, the river would Lo praeti- cally ehoked up during o purt of the yenr, and” Chilengo would eventually seud m:u{)lu wlong tho ennal disense and pestilence, until the last state of that peopke should be- comns \'nstl{ worse than the tirst, Ilaving shown how much Chicago did for the sehool eliildren of the State und_ so o, the Mavar very deftly sugeested that i wounldn't bo at “all out of the way for the State {’o turn nlrultllml nnd Inilp IC!II|~ CIEO, y approprinting money to . help her 2 fmlhl( lier pinplng-works ta conneet with and draw off the sownge of the eity’and the tilth of the South Fork, Mayor's very evident inclination to dismount the high horse which he is vecnsionuily dls. posed to ride mule a favornble hupression upon the Committee, nud tho suggestion of an approprintion by the State SMET WITIT MORE PAVOR © than might have been atipposed. City Engineer Cregior fullowed with o staternont substuntinting the Mayor in resard to the city’s diligence In " tha nmtler of pumplng-work wnd Superintemndent Thomns wns glven the tloor to state tha positlon ot the canal Ycople. In the course of his remnrks, he referred 1o the Lockport meeting lust nnx’ln;i, il re- iterated the statement thnt Mnf’ur farrlson then declared that Chieago had no need of the catinl, that the canal was not nady for tho benefit of tho city, and that It 16 was o nulsanee it . wus thy fuult of the Canal Commissloners amd not of thy cltf'. Morcover, Mr. Thouns professed his ubility to bring witnesses to kxmvu the truth of his stutements, —‘The .lu*’ursluuuy denled having over sald any sueh thing, and nasured Mr, ‘Thomas that o st surely hnve misunderstood him, — The Iutter us stoutly Insisted that he hud L] HEARD THE MAYOR SAY 0, and the mntter was finally loft In just that shape, Mr, Thomas procesded at conslder- able length to defund the Cannl Commission- ors amd to duny the statement in regurd ton lnck ol drediing, 1l fully ndomed the ilen of punping-warks, nnd- showed that be hid donp all In Nls power to sceure thelr establistuent, Dr. Rauch followed with somu statisties regarding the ,nullullun of the, water in the canal and the IHlinols Biver, Whils n hlyv' canal was the ultimate solution of-the prot- ey, the thing to by done nowy-und: tha- only oue, In° fuct, was tho,. establish= ment of {nunphlg-\vurku at Drpdgéport, Un® this point o disugreed with tho “Alayor in, one respect, belioving that the lociition of thy warks ut the junetion of the canal and.viver, wonll necomplish the rosults slesired, In- Hmllnr the drainage of the Yurds ranell, S Senator Lanning sugzested that the Com- mitten atfourn wath Tuesday, s - that the 'tll'm\'uat ake peoplo bo heard Tram ol that e, s Aayor Harrison suggestod that, if the Com- mittee would substitute for the resolution » bl to approprinte $150,000 ta ald Chieago In the matier, the elfy jiself woukl comu to tho serateh with ” another 8150,000, il tho ~ Pown of Luake would do s well through prlvato subseriptions, — Thoe tolal i thus seoured—s4x,000—would set up the punping-works, clean out the river and o Stock-Yards Leanch, and solve the atink auestion nt onee, “Tho twe sugeeations striek thy Commlties Tavorablys wid an wd- Jonrnment was taken untll nost "Uuesday, ‘Lhie zenoral dden I3 that the Munn yesolu. tion will not ve \ir}:fle\i, and hat wn appro- printlon by the 10 to help Chieago out with her “pumpig-works Wil be- recom- mended, TUE SENATE COMMITTEE ON WARENOUSES held n meeting this wlternoon, Chairuan Cunilen Yn-uhlmu. 1t was deeided to post- pono sctlon on the question of 1he contlrmn- tlon of the Ratlrond aud Wurehonse Comnls- sloners until Tuesdny afternoon next, Al unm{nlxlluu aguinst Messrs, Smith and Bogug must bo mady to sahl Comnities beforo that tlme, 13 Senator Condes declares final netion on tho question will bo taken on that day. THE HOUSE CUMMLI 1 ON CONTINUENT BN met this afternoon, nid, muong othor things, considored tie Mafv 1/1jums Investignting r olution, 1ti8 stated upon good anthority thut five out of the nine menibors'composing suld Commltteanyp i favor of ruxlmlm: the resolution back o the House in -the megng with u fuvoruble recommendation, Mo fns und Sexton of Caok made long s betors the Committes fin support ot the lution, g e e Ftallan Quadrilntoral, ‘The dlsmantlement ot two of the forts com- Bucluu ‘h:‘x‘nin fumous Quadriluteral In Jtaly bus eon dod upon, ~ In the new vonditiona Which bave rvsuited Crow the capital being res blennial mecti; e e et et St e et et it g ~ moved to Rome, the Quadrilateral hna 1oat much of its utllity, and_has aven becomd an incon- ventouce, o enso of roverses it s Itomo that 1 have t covered, nnid tho army wonld quently hnve to draw binek hehind tho Ap- ennines, Itis feared that the lnmediate pro- tectlon afforded by tho Quadrllnternl might tnake a timid General losn glght of the real obe Jeet of tho defenso of Romne, Probably, thores fore, tho nuethorn fueo of the Quardrilatoral, Verona and Peschlern, whl be snerificed, ———— MILWAUKEE TELEGRAFH. Suceess of o Little Venture Which May Grow Inte a Great Eutorprise, Bpectal Dispateh ta The Chicagd Tribune, Mitawvavker, Wis., Jan, 20,—By interview- ingg prominent husiness-men here to-day T ‘Tmnese correspondent learns that arrange- ments are abant complets for extending the Itnes of the Chicago & Milwaukes 'lelegruph Company to competo with the Westorn Unlon, ‘The Injunctlon ngainst the proposed cwnullnlnl(nm may stop all the negotlations, ‘I'ie Chileago & Milwaukes Company, during less than two years' existence, hns heen re- markably successtul, ‘Ihe lne cost $15,000, amd nt the end of the first year a cash dividend of 50 per cent on their Investment woy vald over to thestockliolders, The rates are so chicap over thele wire that the graln and produce dealers use It without limit be- tween hereand Chleago. It costs ten cents for an order of ten words nud five cents for quotations, Atthe end of the year a dividend of 7 per cent will be pubd, and’ the net earn- ngs of the amount renired to do that will b used to rebate the senders of messages In proportion to the amount they have paid Into the Company’s treasury. The l:uuuignu"s oflicers now ares Preskdent, A, MeD. Young; Viee-President, W, Croshy, of Chieazas Seeretary wud Treasurer, Will- fum Digelow: Superintendent, C. G, Sholos: Directora—Willlnm 1, McLaren, A, K, Shep. anl, . D, llln[:luf'. aud nthers equally proml- nent aul solld, 'The greatsuccess of the line between liere and Chieago has detmonstrated beyond doubt tlat cheap rates pny, In citse Im)’. Jdn ease the projeet Is carsied ont, the ines will be used” entirely for commerclal purposes, und the stoek Wil be owned and controlled by the business-men for wiose benefit it would be huilt. SHERMAN AND .FOSTER. Speculutions ns to One of Them Golug nte Garfleld’s Cabinet. Speetal Dispatch to The Chicags Tribune, Cornusnes, 0., Jan. 2.—While in this clty yesterdny Seeretury Sherman dld not escape many Interrogatoriés on the subject of Gen, Gurfield’s Cablnety md whatever lnngunge the Seeretary may have useit while conversing on the subject Is not matetinl, but the lmpressions formed by w friend and.prominent gentleman, well kuown and in the conlidence of the leaders of the Nepubliean party, are fully: set forth in n private letter nddressed to o personal friend, and which by nechlent has come Into possession of Tup Tuisese correspondent, The letter bearing on the subject fully confirms the fn- fornintion telegeaphed Tup Fumuse last night, and reads us follows: “Iam ws much confused nbont the riunors as to the Cabluet us you sre. Subross, Ldonot know whether the Governor goes In o noly prospects yery strong that e will, - A pressure s belmg brought to benr on Gen. Garfield to. put Foster futo the Cabinet that he can hardly resist, 1f Seeretary, Sherman I3 kept In the Cabinet, Foster "will of course gu to the Sennte; but, If Shertman remnains In the Senate, I as cconvineed that the Governor will be Invited iuto the Cablnet. Garfleld’s diffieulty s i providing for the Treasury Department, When that is pro- vided for the rest will all full In like brick it nrow, “Chit Foster will zo Into the Cabiuet is generally conceded heve,” HIGHWAY ROBBERY. T'ho Perpetragors Bseape, Sheltorod by . tho Night nnd the Foz, The most during robbery of the year was reported to the police yesterday, A busiaess- mun of New Orleans nnmed 1obert MeCor- ek, who enme to this ety tor the dual pur- poso of visiting some friends and collecting' £200 diie hiin from o debtor, while hureylme along Canal street towards the Fort Wayne depot Inorder to eatelt s ontgolng traln Wednesdiny evening was suddenly attacked by two mett who were apparently lying wait uear Jagkson street for some sueh per- son, ‘Phere was o dense fog, and he did not weo theut untll Just after he had vassed thelr ll{lllng-pluw. when they both spriogg upon i, One wonmd an arm about his neck in true professionnt hizhwaynan 5tf'le. while the other threnteneil to sy w knife upon him It he made_uny, outery, loth ot the conts worn by Mr, "MeConnlek wero forelbly torm loose, and the thief, fiuding no woney or viluables in the - pantaloons or outer vest-puckets, slnshed the wpper buttons off his vest with a pocket-knlfe, and, diving down into an inner pockot, the fetlaw zot possesslon of S150 In bills, all that remalied of Mr. MeCormick’s colleetion, The two robbers wnde x speedy esenpe, and, owlng tu both the darkness and the fog, e was uhn- ble to follow them. 1e wised great out- miy. to whieh Ofiicer Henry O'Nelfll respond- ed, but tho thieves wero airendyout of reach. M. MeCormiek thought it useless to remain | Tonger In tho elty, us he could not ldentify he thieves, even” though the pollee should capture thenl. BLOOD-SHOWER. Blood Drizzllng from the Clouds at Virginin, Speeial Dispateh Lo The Chicago Tribune, Butstor, Vi, Jaw, 20,—Mr, James M. Quillen arrived here to-day from Nickelsville, and makes a statement, corroborated by tho Mayorand other prominent citizens of that pluce, In which lie afivms that yesterdny, nbout midday, n strange cloud was se hovering over o half-aero field on tho farm of v, Abram Sayler,’In tho lower end of ftussell, In o fow minutes a red shower be- gun to fall, und covered the ground aumd clothes of those who stond beneath with n red substapco which could mot bu' told from o, M, wlllen’s shivt-front nl hint'yere covered: with what nprieared to he bloofi-statns, The shower lnsted about a inute,and the red stull came down 1y alow und fine drizzle, The cloud then rolled ol gruduhlly, ” Tho slugube purt ot the oc- that ston in this one vlaca tho w ar, ‘Fho phenamenon eauses fi- tunso excitement umongst the colored:-and . finorautwhite veople, muny atticming - the appronch of tho et of thu world, THE EXPRESSMEN, - Thelr Mectlug in Clnclnnuti—Amend- nl:nl to tho Rules=~Klcction of Ol vors. CixersNATl, 0. Jan, 20.—The Fxpress- 1's Motuat Benefit Assoclation fnished Its fon to-dny il adjosrned, An umend- ment to the rules was adopted providing that & member hringime member to the So- ciety shall rocelve 82, or, upon the recom- wmendatlon of two mombers nud o Division Seerotary, now wewtbers may bo aduntted free. 8. M. Shoenmker, of Saltlnore, was ro- eleeted Preshitont. S, (3 Scaton, of Chicago, Viee-Presidents W G, Yutus, Glovetund; A Nuw York; A, Wygant, Chlen, Waltace, Elmirn, N, Y., o Bxecutivo ‘Commtittes. Souther- laud Do Witt, Elmlm, N, Y., was cleeted Grand Seeretwy nnd Treasurer. 'Tho ‘next I be hieldat Bulthmore, m| SALT. { Hpeclal Dispateh to The Chicaga Tribuné, Easr SaaiNaw, Mich,, Jan, 23, —Th nual meeting of the Michigan Salt Assu tlon coneluded Its sesslon this ovenlng. yeport of the Seerctury sliows that the Asso- ciatlon handled, b 1880, 3,040,000 barrels of slt, distributed over tyventy-one States and Pervitories, 14,000 ear-toads belng shipped by valle The recelpts by tho "Urensurer for tho yenr ware $3,180,88, (disbursements, §3,180, 3, ‘e Assoclation uxplres by Hultatlon March B0, nud w new Assoclution Wis ergau- fzed ndor the nume of the *Salt Assoclution of Michlgan,” for which aflieors wergeleeted s President, 16, Burt, of East Suglnuw; Viee-Prosident, ~ A, Miller, “of Wy Clty} Thomus Crinnge, of IL\Y G Jlullaaud, of East Suglnuw, ¢ I'renstire Seeretary, et Thoro are more 'cures made with Hop Ditters thuu il othor wedicined, ‘published nt Ugll‘lll.(lh tho resin|ts with rico-co) Clyie| | SORGHUM-SUGAR. Kansas as a Field for the New Saccharine Industry. Borehum @ Crop, of Special Value There, Because Unaffected by Drought. Satlsfactory Experlmenis In SngareMak- Ing by Mr. John-Benngworth,y of FPawnce Connty, Tho Former Great American Desert Soon to Become the Beat of Great Bugar- Producing Interesta. Hpeciat Corredbondencs af The Chieagn Tritnne, Toreka, Kus., Jun, 17.—~Tho subject of sor- whutn-growing and sugar-making, to which so much attentlon ls belug devoted in Kansas, has :J:c:»mu of such general Interest and importance u COMMISSIONER LE DUG makes it the particular fenturs of hisinst re- port. After detailing the tests mado with tho diferent varictics of cano upon the grounds of tho Agricultural Departmont at Washington, ko says: “lam warrnuted in nsserting thut it has been finally and practically proved that. one of the most important, expensive, and indispone #abld requisits of modern iife van bo profitably urown whero heretofore it was supposed not possible to produce it; that it can-bo manus Tuctured In quantities sufficient to meet any de- tund lkely to oceur, ot o remunerative ruto oven If the prico shomld fall one-thira below what it now Is; and that the smallest farmor, us well us tho lurgest planter, can profitably engage In Its production; and this [s in no limited uren of country, but in whatever placemalzo can bo srown successfully,—for thero sorghunt of soma variety will' grow, acd it will flourish und mmture its julee and sced in much of our soll 1t which maize Is by no means ucertain cron.” In uddition to tha work under the dircction of tho Commissioner of Agrieulture, tho experi- ment of convorting eorgbum fnto susar was tried In varlous States of the Unlon during. the past yenr, notably fn Minnesotn and Hiinots. Very completo testsin the cultivation of the sorghum-cane JIAVE BEEN 3MADE IN KANSAS for n perlod of ‘six yenrs. Tho followlng table will show the ncrengo and vulue of tho crup, ita Incrense and decrease, frowm 1874 to 1880: - 1874 No. of acres, Value of pru e, _ i 1875, N, 0f Rerehueees, Z0EN Tue,. 8651 Vaiuo .. Ine. €41 1850, No. of i T ul £1,80057 015 tl.!!rfi?‘.‘fll .. $608,7:5 Tt wlit bo noticed that tho report for 180 shows the largest nerenge and the largest percentage of Incrense,—which may be atiributed to the ine troduction of Improved varlotles of cane, better machinery, and ' hetter methods of handling the product. In the western portlon of the Btate, when there was & lack of men, tho sor- Khum-crop was found to be ONE OF ESPECIAL VALUE, the general experionce being, that onc rain to briug up tho geed was all that was needed to Su- Aure success. In sumo localities chinch-buys lu- Jured tho growing cune, but it was found thut grusshuppers wonld not touch it as long ns they could wet anything else, Correspondonts of the State Donrd of Agriculture fn sixty-two coun- tles—over three-fourths) of tho Btite—res ported favornbly on the - crop, the sentl- ment belng: M.\ grand success''; vt always oes well™; It 18 & sitro crop”; % Tho yleld never fails.” cte. In fifteon 'countles It was apoken of n8 a ** Falr crop*'; * Partial success”; “Lato und small.” Tho only caso of total fall- #ire reported wus nserlbed tothe “dry spring,” which killed the sced. =I'airty varietios of sorghum arc mentioned it ‘the correspondents’ reports. OF these, Amber was grown . twonty-one counties; Eurly Ame ber in nineteen; hinpbee in sixteen: Diack-Top in Bfteens Red-Top in cleven; Chiuese In nino; Liverian in six; White-Top In three; African in two; and other varleties in n singlecounty each, The thne of sowing sorghum, given from two countles, Is April, May, and June: seven in April; twenty-two in May; twenty-nine in both April and May; two fu May and June; und geven counties “at the thne of plante g corn The umouut of soed used used per mcre In cloven counties s placed ut one-hnlf to one quart, ln twelve countley, une and o half to two guarts; in four connties, two to three quarts, The price of seed, March 1, 180, Tunged from 10 to 10 cents per pound, neeording to the distance from market. No stutistics have been gathyred of the exnct operations in homo sugar-muking in Kaases for tlio year, but A LARGE QUANTITY WAS MANUFACTURED, und it Is known that the business will be more oxtensively tollowed bereafter, In fact, tho tondenuy imoni tho farmors of Kansas §s in tho dircction of speciuitics,~such s tho growing of broom-corn and rice-corn, breeding ot horses, &heep-cultiire, ote, Thore is no disguising tho fuct thut the continued drothts of the past fow years bave discournged the sottlers in tho western portlon of the State frum ullclllpllnx o thrive upoy the ordlnury routing of farming ns It is followed In other” States, They enntiot depend upon corn or wheat, or uny of tho stuple products of tho soll. Tho great majority of theni are not able to depend upon thess crops, and heuce feel that thui' must havo somothig upon which thoy gun rely even In a dry climate, "I'a show tlat this foollnir is sufllclently founded, it is anly necessary to state that during tho year 184 tho entire mmountof rain In_Konsas, in- cluding melted® snow, was ouly .05 Inches which [a2:3 Inches lefow tho averago annual nmount Yor thotwelve preceding years, Hain or unow tell on_ elghty-nlne diys in the yeur,— twolvo less than tho avergo. On cloven of oo dayy tho quANLILY was 1o small for incas- urenient, Thuse facts it relation to tho climate uro fur from oneouraging to tho industrious cluss of farmers with whom tho western counties ure peapled, and they ure becoming more aiid more convineod onuh senson that thoy must turn lhulrlmwnunu to somotbine ‘thut glves more promiso of Aucoess than **diversitied ngeri- culture?” I 8 country wherothoro is marely uuy diverdity i tho ehiracter ofv- tho wenther, 1lundreds of lettens reveived bore uttost tho du- sive among the sottlors FOR A CILANGE, The followiug from 1¥n O. Rich, living in Trego Cnllllll)' 225 miles west of Topoka, Is a fulr samplos w\Wo cannnt inim for Trogo County that it Is welt adapted for genemt tarming, © Wo havo tried U for threo years, uud 8o fur have fulied. First, onr “ground is ton new, It regutives wt leawt two yourd ta get ft under reasonnble cultivation, o that it will witnsand. tho drought, which 1 think is our greatest deawbnels, *Tho fntellige thinking furmcps weo this, und huve mudo n new dopurt- ure, Wb ¢ rutso millet, rica-corn, turnips, squnshes, eto. I nbundanve; but there 18 no markot for such produce,—honco the departure, Wo uro now ultmkluE up our furms and tho vaennt radlroud and suboot lands with enttls and shewp, Onr natursl grusses nre excellont in suminer und wintor, and whut litle feed wo raso enn bo used 1o advantuge in it our stock for markol, ‘I'ere uront present in Crego Conniy wt ienst 20,000 shicep wnd 10,00 eattle.” . Tho Connty of Puwnco seems to haveo boen tho contral polit. for nuw disvovorics i Kunsis frvaniug, utd what hug boon secomplishod thoro I8 0 fair test OF tho capubilitivs of othor counties i the Bouthwest, 0k TRinuse has ulreml.r ) in that county, 0 ¥unio county prodiced i 180 avor L,oJ tong of flne broamscorn, which was Duled and shipped to Chleago, where it was cs- peehitly i domund on uteount of tho execlient quulity of the straw,—the price rangiog from FHY to 190 por joit. THE MOST BATISFACTORY of wll tha exporfments (n Pawneo County, how- ever, wag thut of sorghum-growing und mfinr- muking, Tho Hon, John Ronusworth, realding et favned, huretoforo ane of tho st vxten- #ivo wheatsgrowens fn tha, State, lludluf HNetlo prospect for o |mylmg erdp "of wheat In 1550, plowaerd 4. soros -of wiound planted it 1y supghimneeniioy., o, I - the usot, and inimediatoly” thoraatter comuwneod tho orces tion af works for converthye fho prodilot Inta sugur. o mado soverat tefpa to Northera'iih- naig, whero sinillne works uro locatod, aud, owiuy to Inoxperietee und wimivotdable dolnys, the milil nt Lernod could not be put in operatfon untfl near the vloso of tho sugur-niaking seuson: bt enghigh. wis made 10 prove the success of tho undorinking, Tho tutulvust of this fuctory was $15,000, und 3l Bunnyworth made ubout 60,000 pounds of Ane, woll-gralued sugar, freo from auy tasto of sorghum, and provoutced by experts to be Tully equal 1o tho best artlele manufuetured in Loullung, The fagtory alsa turned out seversl buudeed’ burtels of_shrap of superior guality, lHoth suguy and dlrup met witl n rondy sute, A{mr the 1olll was ereotod und in rum\lnfl ore dar it was Cound tuat tho thiin bourd balldig, which wus built for temporary use, wus totally unsuited to the purposus that, ju order ta uge ¥ive st o Propor sohution of tho suar problent, a wariy Foom OF unlfonu leBipersturo requlslt,~othorwiae tho machluery tha {afluence af’ finnger of breaking, Tttt oot mece fan =i (mx:m r.\m‘u&gus are 1n process of construction In tho counties adjolulng Pnwneo: and the Agricultural l(nr«!)fi: reparing to vaeunf-pans and eentrifugnt drler, a which the workawill be dono by nTnnm, ! of l:l\l)nc't‘\‘ sutliulont to make n ton of Agar caclt day. Miila of thiseize will bo needed In overy coiaty wiiere sorghunt Is grown to uny extent, and will notonly he employed in the harveste season In milling the statks of sorghum diveat. from tho field, but will also, atter. harveat and during the winter, tuka the product. of the small open-pts mills (R welghing elght 10 twelve pounas), and rework that in - the vacusuniepan market, Mr. Iennyworth, who has taken tho lend in this matter, I8 at present representing hisdls trict th tho lower branch of tho Legislature, and 1a enthusinatic on the sugar question. o thinks it 18 bound tu bo n great industry in Kansag, Pk FOI TIE FOLLOWING NEASONS. . Tho cnne can be zrown fn any sensan, o In f yeir of extreme droughts (ot 2 It enn be uuitured In ninety-five days from the thue of planting,—the: carllest vorietics ripening uhout’ A, and, by reguinting the tiue In ,!lnmuu{. tho catio ean be ripencd us fast 04 requived, up to tho end of Novemler. i, Bugnr can be made from thoeane from Aug, 10 to Nov. 15, Sirup ean generally bo made from tho entie for a week or two nfter the frost oy spodled 1t for eranuinting. Thia s the Jongest wouson yet found In nny part of tho United Btates for working ripo cane, b 4. Owlng to the higher aititude and drier at- mosphere the eann Is richer in srechirine mut- ter, and the Juleeof 4 botter quulity, thau that pruduced in the Misalssippl \‘n)‘u)'. 5. In consequence of the longer season, ricker cang, the fine climate for drying tho crushed cane to use for fuel, together with tho certninty of tho erop, sukar can be manufuctured cheaper in Bouthwestern Kansns than in aurluuurlu- cast of tha Missouri River, 6, Tho cost of productlon 18 very light, and 1t will givo tothe farmerus not rovenuo of £2.60 pcrmu{ or $23 por gaere, bised on the light aver- ago yleld of ten tons of chuo per aere, 1 L0 thnke the Inmense forghum cron (n Kansng of any valite to the furmers, capitalistamust first oreet tho fuctories: but an enternrise that offers such promlising returns for the money invested ~ CANNOT LONG REMAIN UNDEVELOPED, A fuctory withn capneity 1or crushing 100 tons of cunu iand turaing out B0 pounds of sugmr and 200 gallons of sirup daily, supplicd with the most fnproved mnchinery, with i steam-heat- ing npparatus all cowpléte, cun be constricted 1 W, In those smoutha sich a mill can turn out 624,00 pounds of sugar and 15500 "éfif'&fi‘;’ of sirap, all worth at o low eattmute Tint tho uge of the machlnery in tho sugnr-miit 13 not llinlted to tho three months in which tha cang ripens. When tho milis are unce in opern- tion, purtles will be found to go aroiind nmong the furmiers withn stenm-englne, cane-critaher, defecktor, and boliing-pan, all arounged for travellug through tho country In the same wiy that steim thrushing~mnchines aretaken about: nnd by this meuns the cano can_be reduced to u slrup spe r prepared for use at tho- lurge sugar-mills, where it " will always find 0 rendy morket. Tho slrup can kept {n this condition il winters and, by baving Inrqy tanks {n whieh to store It, the milla e use thelr muchinery the grester part of the Fopn convertini thissirup into sugr. 0 nveatlintions of tho Agricultural Departe tent demonstrate thiv o " ; THERE EXISTS LITTLE DIFFERENCE n the varlous kinds of sorghuin ns sugnr-pro- ducipg plents; and, what s quite a lurpr!glmr result, each kind s, uta certaln perlod of its development, nenrly If not fully a5 rich in suc- ¢harine substinice ns tlio very best sugar-cane. Tho varieties geueeully used fn Kansus ure the Farly Ambur, Orunge, and Kansas Orange, Tho Eurly Amber recelves its nume from tho bright umber cofor which _chanietorizes its sirup when properly nade. Tho Orango I8 of a darker colur, and the Kansas Oranee a new varlety of. an exceedingly rich quality, Hoth these are luter I ripeniug thun the Amber, which {8 1n ad- yantage 10 (e planter, ns the threo varicties mature at convenlent Intervals, and can Le properly cared for in turn, § Thus it new industry 8 opened up In Kansas, which {8 sure to ho profitablo from tho start. Thore I8 abundant room hors fortho most e; tensive development, Of tho G2, within tho horders of tho State, only 5,000,000 ure in guhtivation,—n littlo ovor ohe-sixth tho nren of tho State. Tho United States now pays 8100,~ 00,600° antunlly to foreln countrles for sugar consumed here. It has been demonstrated be yond doubt that » very tlne article—cquni to the best fsland sugnr—can bo manufoctured lu Soutnwestern Kaias ut loss cost than In Cobn, and with all tho advantnges of o_houio market. ]Jllrlnic tho recent Convention of cunc-growers g 8t. Louls, parties from Central and Western Knneas predicied thut the former Great Ainerls can Desert would soon becomo the SEAT OF GREAT SUGAIPIODUCING INTRRe ESTS, both soil and climato being peculinrly ndupted - to tho wrowth of cane, with the furtlior ndvans tage thut, whilo in tho Valloy of the Missiasippl cane somotinges deteriorutes raplily If kopt uny , In Knnsus it can be” safely kept even months, If protected frou freezing. In tho Judgment of the most ox~ erfenced planters,” the sorghum can be grown ere o8 choaply ns Indinn corn, and with tho continued exodus of colored people from tho South 1n view, and tho presence here of an abundance of Inborers capable and willing to work I the flelds and ot the factories, it I8 not taxing tho imaginndon too heavily to picture the future transfer of tho canc-brakos of Loulss laua to tho plaing and valieys of Kansas, —_— THE RAILROADS AND THE RAILROAD BOARD b the Editor of The Chicago Tvibune. Criicaco, Jun, 20.—~Inall the *{fussnnd feathers'® rulsed over the Warchouse and Raitroad’ Coms missloners, it strikes mo us n curlops corpmens tary on the verdaney of tho averago leglslator, and tho oversight of you newspnper med, that you havo not, any of you, found tho malmprlnm of the nction tukeu “ngninst the Uoard, ™ For ways that uredark,” for tricks thnt ure Ingenlous and devices thut are Ingenuous for siestegle movemcents front, rear, aud liank,!glve mo u few }h‘ 0 ralirond-corporation-nttorncys and. thelr oy, To l’l‘wlhndmlmcvlnecdb n!fow Innocent Gran= gorgtodoaway with the loard §8_ofgpecunlary pareninge, und ls 8 deep-luld schemo on the part ot the rlironds to overthrow the lexlelution ot the Stato regurding the ronds. The Honrd s u stunding mennce to the rallrouds, (It is thu oembodiment — of 0 will " of tha people, the outgrawth of thoso ** Uranger Inws® that nftor yenrs of strigelo tho Supreme Court of tho United States hus declaren consti- tational. Buttied In tuolr attempts 1o defen lawa by dlroot nttacks ot them thrangl courts, tho rouds now invidiously scek to ntider- smine tho stricture, to do wwiy Wwith the creaturo Of those wisy luwd, and thus recover to theut- sulves tho old positions from which thoy cun hurl defianee to the people, and’ fear 10 nterteronee from u legully-constituted board of roviow, It i3 the . renewal of tho ond - fight, und tho nnocent () leglslators are wide cav'spnws of by tho ounnlue wonopolies. The lerisinturo would. of course riso in virtuous |udigoation §f tho sullroads mndo tho direct attack on thu Baard; but under cover of the funocent shippor, Who bas not beon eoddled by tho bonrd o his “desire. to Bomy wlvitntago aver . othor Kot perwonnl rival bito rise, will kafl in, ana protnbly. ke sasce ot themselves by elthor ul)'ullnulnwvllu: Honrd or wampering it, ot thus scoomplish tho - very* object Ui tho ruilrond monogolies §re plulni or, g B 1 freely confeds m{ Ignorance of thio chatges uguinst the Hounl. ,If there are churtes tanzible and Just, then holiestly und tharoughiy inveatls irante, uiid lop off uny aifending mombor.:, But It tho churges wro frivotous snd vindigive/let the e who huve urked on the Investigution Le Juatly condenined, and cousidered us servants ot thoso ruliromd utonopolics. in elther vasy the Hourd shionid e retained, und if any chunges are to bo made ItA powers and Scope shoult o onfnraed, 11 8 milroud i honestly conduetod At e nuthing 10 foar from the Honnd, 10 §t1s o monopoly, nrlmllnf thia puojilc, thot the Boand 8, or shonld Ly, s nuivsts, und tho Bourd's authority ought to Lo enforced overit, The Musanchusutts Honnd undg lwe wro exumples. wau was {*’lm of tha Lhn; Does it not ook u trifle strange to you that this Bonnd, formesd by the Btato ta stand betwoeld the people nad 1hoso glunt corporations, placed thure ws n Jeulous guardlun ot rights that vall- rouds nover respect, that this Lvard, of il others, shoulil b seleeted.as the targot for covert uttucks i the gulss of roform wud Justico? Hunven save tho mark! Q —m—— - ALL RIGHT, 70 (As Editor of The Chicago Tridunr, Cutgaun, Jan, 10.—In your lisuo of to-day you Rive my numo s M, U, Medlenus, ono vt the rots ten Jurors (s tho Friedberg caso, Now, iy name 18 noe 5. ¢, onts, but J, 1. MoMeaus, aod o resident o ago for (wouty-ivo yours, und 1 wunt tho publl to understand [ was bot Lflukud up on tha streat, bt u Halllle camo 1o my utse Wil subwended mo. Respeetfully, B, vUs, 87 North Oukley uvenue, . A Word or " Tho Adeinide tAdstralin) lowing story: A lady~orlg hnd lately arrlved In tho coluny. (we'speuk o cuty yeurs ugo) wias walkiugtheuugh 4 timboNd piddock near town, whe from high in alrsho beurd w bourse Voluos 5 Misgust-Mhsuet': Terrtiod . Low youd nensuTe, A duapdely duro&mave, but ut enzth nustex{iieissourage sho Joosml-alote, whon bor | ljwunposira s coniuleio, £of perebed on o lofty Hmb sut 0 noblo savago de= cidudty sllinly, attived. The suble warrlor, Wwho wys evidently” trupping the guy 'possim 10 bly nutlve Lafe, Woemod also a little traublod hoat somothing, for i n voleo of nuxious cntreaty ho catiedds *1 say, you, Missus; Missus, | say'=— polutlug to w dirty bundie ut ber febt,— daw'e you 'm and touch them trousens; they's glue.'** on, q el tolls tho fule d s Bewn on Littlo Rlils. B -hwmaé.} ot Scuduul, 5psin, bas declared from thd l\lllll L YHAT uny slek porsoin bmmglnx to b3 purish who hus teled to curo (bimsol? by Romeus uthy will, i the evont of death, be el the reason, and ventrifugal, makimie sigar aad sleup tor tha O2,000.000 neres ahippers, the gifted lawmukers feel, thoir. .