Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 23, 1881, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JANUARY 23, 1881—SIXTEEN PAGES, - INOTHER RIVAL. - ng the Chicago & Inter- tional Telegraph Com- 3 pany-. umstances Which " :3‘110113 Formation. - . P Agreement that It Will Neyer e 3§ gell Out. ¥ g2 Tl Plan M'exg?d in the Larger Enterprise. — mfl Siock Fired 2t 8 ¥illion—The Hen Whe nal o First treIn It ) Western Union and dation of the e erican Tnlon Telezraph Companies has e e suppositlon, In quariers which B e to have better facilities for ob- ST o than the L3TOS In stock opera- nllad i the Rigning of the necessary docu- « s there will be 2 marked advanco ip tele- Bl over tho COuREIY nat the reduced rates consequent upon « Eveo® tion which existed between the two e comPet atthe public was compelled to | Calom e telegraphic fucilities thaa the 8 i worth. A restoration of ersion B was in force previous. to the WA o of the American Union will 2o m: the public & burden aitogetter Wmfllmbe porn without a more or. less too gHeTO " The capital stock of the mjon hes veen gradually incrensed ‘“s‘:x:ygi from $300.000 to over $40,00,000, and tbe latter Eum there have been annually patd e sererel vears dividends rauging from6to 8 4 an Under the deed of consalidation it s to capitalize the three participants to P ehemo of plundering tho publio at $80.000, @, mon this basis_the stocknolders will re- eivean gmount of water variously estimated o from $15000000 10 £25,0:00.000. ’I‘h'e fortnpate POSSCSSOrS of sharesin this gigaatic aounpoly ill not consent o0 be treated any Sore shabbily thén werothe stockbolders fa yew York Central, when the late Commodore Tenderblls watered its stocl to tho extent of ¥ perceat. They demanded that thoA!pcr cent. Givitend should continue and itdid. Howig a5 secured evOxy farmer in (ho country knows. e sockbolders of the Western American \ Tion, will Dot forcgo their claim toan§ per cept divjdend, and the dear public, aiminst whose veifare the consolidation of capital is muking 1z uprelenting aod apparently resistless war, it be taxed to toot the bill. THE BOARD OF TRADE TELEGRAPH, astort line between this city snd Milwaulkee, solidy bullt and furnished with the most com- Jcsystem of instruments that has yet been devised for utilizing the capacity of the wires, { bat proved un unqualificd suceess from the gart. 1ts business is purciy of a commercial character, &nd from the duy of its cowplenon there hes been a steady {ncreuse fn the number of Its patrons and volume of traffic. So lurge werethe protits that nt differcut perlods de- ciéed reductions in the rates were made, and of e it "has been proposed to distribute b among. the patrons a certaln = amount of thie . profits, ~ proportionate to thc Trarly amonat of business furmished. What bus teen dunie ga @ st tinc, likohat Letween Chl- rrro tnd Milwaukee, with its business confined foa purely mercantile tralic, can be certainly accomplisbed om longer fines with active term- Inals gad lurge local points, and when to this comiweraial busmness is ndded 2 share of the press trafic, and ihe revenue derived from mis- cellancous sources, the inyesiment ougnt to be avers paying cae, notwithstanding the ciose competition of tbe Guhsolidnied Cnion. \A few days azo two partles of gentlemen well Xa0wn fn financiul and commercial circles, and scting independent of euch other, proceeded to ORGANIZE TWO DISTINCT COMPANIES sspartial rivals to the giant monopol One of tbe parties was compased of capitalists who aro farge._speculators in stocks aud bonds on the New York Stock Exchange. They bad. it is as- serted by persons who cluim 10 Know the lnyer workings of tho movement, Two reasons for theiraction. The first was caused vy thut uni- versal desire well known throuzhout the United £utes as “getting even.” It appears that Tor some weeks pust they had been speculating earily in the stocks of the great rivuls—West- e Talon and American Union. At first their fits were quile large fn both dirctions. 5 fancied that their “tips " were all correct, nd they sold short to an immense extent. At this juncture Vanderbilt™ and Gould jolned hands, the trap was #prung, aud the “shorts™ here, fik> the fambs in Wall street, were very tadly squeezed. What thes had made in for- mer deals, and thousands of doilars besides, was extracted from thelr refuctaut pocket- books and went to ewell the gains of the “Son of his Father” and the not over- scrupolousmantvulator of * Biack Friday.” The*“tfp"” was a “rotten” one. They wrath- flr paid tho difference, end some swore ven- nce. The other reflson was to obtafn cheaper tele- graph facilities for themselves then tne combi- Dadon would be likely 10 give them. It was 1heir intention to build a_tour-wire line from Coicago to New York, via Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Butfalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Albaoy, with offices at the intermedinte points Damed, the business to be restricted at the start toa purely commereial tratiic. This line, it wus Xmmfle\:‘ “enould be built in the most fubstantial manper, at & cost of from $300,000 to $500,00, and furnished with the most approved instruments. The New York rate for 1tn worda was to be fixed nt . 2>-cont rate,— WLich is the price for a like messuge between ¢ 207 two points on the Canadian lines. THE SECOND COMBINATION 4+ Wasorganized by a few of the Iargest mercan- tile and commission bouses iu the city, and was Imore extensive in us_scnqu. It included, In_ad- dition to the line to New York, Boston, uid Phil- adelphig, other lines to all the large citles, which 2re i direct commercial connection, with Chica~ £0, the Intention being w extend its ramifica~ 0D8 85 fast s circumstances might warrant. Tte following interviews with the parties fa Interest give the arigin. scope, and combination f futercst in the two companies, which, when ully undgr way, will prove a formidable rival 1o 53\9&::32:» hll}uuld bt:uuouuly: 4 Fou know about the new telegraph €ompany?*” gaid a reporter to mEED MR N, K. FAIRBAN hst‘:\'finlnx. S - Well, tho preliminary papers we: nt to bl{fl‘x‘;lneld 10-night,” fis lhfp:empl)'. Sy s pu':“fn‘e‘&: g‘\;{;cxh!n buildinys the line?” s Dol Chicaps pag e bugacss men uad tho peo- et 1t be used for purely “commerctal pur- “Not at all. It will be rated heaply as Dossible. and tho rutes for J_m‘usc Tt ks o "’{_hc_ benetit of the stociholders?” No; the public~anyhody who wants to usa the i m\;}crgcs.ml:ge business would not be altogether Y;E"Em ronte will the line run to New ldt huen't boen determined yet. Several g‘;?flt;mgn fhave made up their minds to builda Diogaapt loe, and the mones to do i 18 all Rt prosent 2+ 48 about the sitaadon of “ kPnow;’ l)mcs MONEY WILL IT COST 27 'robabls holf g mi ey { e nillion to construct the line Wil thero be Intermediate offices?” - There witl be stations in thy f o principal cltios ko people thero waat thom, and wili xive the .uuzj}en doyou expect the line will be in oper- - ldont know. The Sl Mo tipnts Rterprise has Just beea A been obtained, but M Ix‘l?&: $he cost will be' somewhers about half ~When constracted 1t will not be to 4 ¥ c T sale? _&g. :( will be Jike o Milwaukee line.” i &dmx{:nd;- puld for itseifs a yea mEsanes fortive and Woamary 1voad thay feka ew York Siness o that :I:e‘x"wo“ld do much more & ¥—300 per cent more.” 18 an ex; "’&!"‘“"“’Pmm"'fl radiating lines from here 20 o € couid not compete for general busl- ¢ ReshoSould notiieep up us many branch offices Now Yoroiern Unicn; bue between here and e Ork we could take all kinds of messages Y90 the commercial business.” -x&‘--fl"" night-of-way been secured?™ Do yon antioy . % L ipate any troublo as to that?™ ln}u.\uu 8lL ‘Therejs a very broad territory, five wires oL CeTtRinly be found for four ¢r “ihe GV ithout croiwding anybody.” wihe Compeny will have four or five Wires?” wyypTnng s will do te businese.'. ay po 18 the Dame of the corporation?” <wp) BES BOT been devided upon et _.fii::mhm b!;nn_cém’a.n’ ORIGINATE ?” e about spantancously. Friday Mr. ?;hp. Perry Smith, George & Walker, and cioas alking about the Teasmibility’ and Piflcabliity of # ew linc, and we decided to him 1o He Lled on Mr. Dexter and asked fem (AW up the Prelimioncy. papery 1o be Snmue‘sfldq”u"m‘ spoke to Henry W. King, Teatiomay, Mckerspn, and two or three other en. und asied them to join inas cor- f:n:u and mfi said they would do. 8o. Lyou woday at the Club, 1 spoke to Mr. John B. lflme'omnm the project, and he ssid he and Repgta nors biad already taken the preliminary h rganize, and Mr. Knles was geiting up 'Pers. Igafd it didn't muke apy difference ; 60 long us the mor q we would join them, * 18 there a lack of _t “E?fiv?, horo and New Yg;ig"rpphm facilities be- m-;gg caterprise does not grow ont of that, *No, but out of E THE FEELING l-‘AUSl‘L‘rD 1Y THE CONSOLIDA- 4 TION of all the lines. There is no_competition fiow, and tho Western Union can 15 Whitover rate 1t lcz?nll ?;‘:S'o mgnw;'llll brobably continue charging p'rz‘rk(or‘—"rmrml‘s“n‘ when we can do the independent Hoe would not be expensive. It could run directly to tha Corn Exehnpngo in New. York and tho Board of Trade here, and thero Would b no expense for delivering messages. We cauld, therefore. afford 1o taic them cheaper than the Western Union. And we could send rL:;!c \.rkgto&nugll'fl(lms n(él very much raduced ect 18 1o s = h“cn“xi: la dgnc.” 0 send messages as cheaply *-Will you have branc! J N¢ Al ¥ 2 'h offices here nnd}mhuw I ur&(}:flmble." e Cowpany could Py 'pany cover the stock busi- b g_eruxlnly," **You cannot tell when th opc{'nhflnn o c lines will be in * The matter is to be pushed and of for business assoon us%nss)blc."d S "%lé mmn«:‘ al needed fs pledgeds” “Yes; there are application: the AmOunt of stock,” LT Cioo0s £ Jmble o 3Vill tho stock be taken In large blocks?” No: the plan is to distribute it Aa8 let noono bave a larwe nmount. The idea 13 not to make 2 stack-jobblag company or to forw o Coustruee tion company und _divide the proceeds, but to ercct a telegeapn line ns cicuply us possible be- tween here and Nov York for the benefit of business-incn and others by giving thewm cheap rates, We want to show thut Chicago ean be in- devendent of Now York in the rautter of tele- gruphy as she is in the matter of railronds.” Apother gentieman intimasely aequainted with the plans of the projcctors of the new ling told the following story: ** 1t was early Friday morniug Iast thut a number of capitalists and business-men met {n the oflice of Messrs. George C. Walker & Ca., on Lua Sulle street. Previous 1o that Mr. N. K. Fairbank bad called upon Mr. Wirt Dexter requesting bun to drw up papers for the articies of incorporution of a new tole- gruph compauy, which was to run u line solely for mercantile’ purposes between Chicigo and New York. Mr. Fairbank had [n view tho estab- lishing of u finc and sceuring stockbolders aft- erwards. It chanced thnt Friduy a terrible stortn prevalied in the East, and no dispatches of a commercial character of any snccount reached Chicagu from New York. The rosule was that there was n decided shukiness in tha stock and grain @ murkets, which did not at all “suft the gentlemen. Thoy wuiked the matter o and _ such men os Perry H. Smith, N. K. Fairbank, George C. Walker, Jobn Willums, G. S. Van Ortwick, George L. Dunlap, $amuel Johnson, and others determined to establish a commereinl telegraph line, They proposed to secureun incorporation under the Stite laws, and go shead and build an underground telegrapt line, if it was feasible, which should not be atfected by snow, sieet, or other storms. The capital stock, to begin with, was to be 500,60, 1o be increased, {f it was neeessury, to ans tinount (at would' place the Yine fmr 1 working condition and ready for busi- ness. And just bere is where there canie o new development, and a very important one at that. Thie opposition to monopuly had alrendy tuken a tangible shupe. Up to 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon butone litle dispatch hud been re- ccived bere in regardto the condition of the wmarkets in New York. 1t was very brief in- deed, and, though it showed that stocks were steady, it gave but little satisfaction and less in~ formation. ~Previous to the attempt madp to organize company LS ‘airbank, Mr. Sidney A. Kent, Mr. John B. Kent, and several other (urgefy-fn- terested merchants end business-mea had called upon Messrs. F. H. Knles and Mr. Perry H. Smith,Jr., of the law tirm of Kales & Smith, end requested them to draw up articles of in- corporation far THE CIICAGO & INTERNATIONAL TELE- GRAPI COMPANY, which should bave its ramitications ultimately all over the United Stafes and Canada, and per- baps an ocesn eable to Burope. This firm drew up the necesstry papers. ana it Is statod they were forwirded 10 Springtield yesterduy The work oue rapidls &nd wittiout much apparent that the new Com- pany means busitiess, as will be seen from the nn!m which are connected with this new enter- pri M. PERRY JL SMITH was calied upon Ly a TRIBUNE reporter last evening at his hbome. Said the reporter: *3r. Smith, ¢can you give me any wiormation {n regard 1o the uewly-projected telegraph ine¥” 3 ~T ean tell you but very little about it. It was only vesierday (Friday) morning that Mr. Fuirbank, Messra. George C. Walker, Jobu Will- inms, G. 8. Van Ortrick,”George L. Duniap, Sumucl Johnson, and others talked of getting up & company for operating a line between New Y and Chicngo which could not be affected by storms such s we have been having. We agreed 10 start with S50, but yesterday moreing we found that Mr. Sidney A. Fent aud Mr. John . Lyon and other well-known reatle- men bad alendy cnzaged Messta. Kales & Smith to draw up the necussary articles of in- corporation for a compuny with a capital of 31,020,000, apd we at once determined o fall In jith that. Thatisall that I hnow about it." The reporter, in_searching for further facts, met 4 geuntleman who, upon the assurance that bianame would not bo mentioned, related the following: “Yes sl said be. “an orzanization will soon be cffected ot an independent telegraph line in the interest of commerce. Iteannot be doubted but that merchants and Boords of T'rade und patrons of that sort will be glad to bere of monopoly. This organization forbids its wmembers from seliing out to rival or competing corporations. It aimr to restrict it stock alomy jts lines in a manner to promote the interests of its patrons. THE OBJECT 13 PURELY COGPERATIVE, and is not bused on stock speculation at all Sofacas | can learn such men as Henry W. KizanSldney A. Kent, Perry H.'Smith, Georze L. Danlap, dson Keith, W. S, Crosby, Jopn B. Lyon, and other genticmen of equally hizh character and buainess standing are inierested in it, and will push it aloeg as rapidly as possi- As to its capital?” queried the reporter. *We hardly like 1o tell that, but the capital to start on will 'be $1U00.600, with an understand- ing that it cau be increased to any amount nee- essary to earry through the enterprise, the ob- Jeets of which are as stated. 1ts projectors bave these things in view: To construct a line of communication—telezraphic, telephonic, or otherwise—f{rom Chicago to every point in the United States and to Europe.”™ “Then the line will be international?” “The first line i3 projected to New York. The Compuny will ‘talke advantaze of every known improveient in telegraphy, The wires will be above ground, becsuse an uundergronnd line vould cost two much, but the number of wires will not be restrieted. The reflance upon its extension will_be largely based upon the ap- proval which the new line will receive from Pliciness-men wiroushout the country.” “You are zolng 1o fizht mosopoly, then?” “This Hue alms nol 0 much to” be 8 mere iu the demand for telegranbic communicariou, without relying solely upon an nciknowledged monapoly. “Waen will you open books of subseription to your stock?” “The organization will be promptly effected, and the néw enterprise bas he confidence of the Lusiness-men of Chicago. The stock will be offered in siaall blocks unoag the friends of tho enterprise nlong its line, so that it witl at ones be relieved of any stock speeulation of ool 2 i : feman turcher stated’ that Messrs. s & Smith were tho lozal ndvisers of tie corporntions, and be continye ‘J‘nls organizution by its by-la the sile of s TranchiSes and intercsts to or compethiz gorporations. ks _object is in sympaty with the mercsntile community. and 1is orzanizadon is Lrondened outsoastoin- clude all wwho desire to purtuke of its bunefits. S ——— SHOOTING AFFRAY. Mickey Scanlan and Jim Crotty, roughs in tho Bridgeport district, well known to the police, en- tered August Heming's suloon, No. 3013 Archer ovenue at 6 o'cleek ycs!(‘r:l:ly‘mornl:ll, L;l;nd sked for liquor, saying as they did so that they Fl:ldcno money, but wonld makKe it all right the next thme they came that way. They were re- fused and ordered out of the place. and attrib- uring this action of the saloonkeeper Lo somo- thing snid to him in German by Chrls, Moeach, a Baker, who nt the thue was delivering bread in the snioon. they resolved to get even with him. Waiting untit be came out, they called him all manner of filthy numes, snd _Crotty drew, s re- Volver ana fired,two shots which nartowly missed him. Ofticer Iolohan, assisted by a night wateh- mau suceeeded in capturtng both men, and a &~ culibre revalver wus found where Crotty had thrown it us ke was endeavoring to escape. CRUEL MUTILATION. Clayborne Muther, colored, appeared before Justice Walsh yesterday to swear out a warrant Tor the arrest of Lorenzo Gordon, also colored, alieginr mayhem. Mather's fuce was terrly battered up, und his lips wero bitten In tho most fearful munoer, one appearing to have bad a piece bitrun clean out. J'he Hzht was brought abous by some uspersjons upon the character of Mrs. Gordon; who rescoted it, and then calted upon ber busband to administer punishment, During the ény Lurenzo Gordon was arrested, aod wus gent by Justice VWalsh to the County Jallin detault of 500 bail. ) e eTR———— ATHLETIC. The sixteen gold .medal prizes, open to all Americun nuateurs for the ciampionship of the Northwest, in the various athletic and gymnas- tie sports In the tournament. to be given under the nuspices of the Athenreum at_the Ceatral Music-Hull Wednesday cyening, Feb. 16, are now on exhibition ja the show-window.of Will- oughby, Hill & Co.'s cloth!ar store, corncr Madl- .sou and Clarik strects. All persons desiring to ‘contest for nay of these prizes cun fing rales and articglars at the. Athenedm Gymnasium, 50 earblrn street. . o cents and moke money. An- CON TAGIOUS D]bEAbES. Further Investigations of The Tribune’s Sanitary Com- mission. Health-Inspector Elliott, of the Elev- enth Ward, Charged with Corruption. Interesting Inspection of West Washe -ington Stone Fronts and g Stylish Mansions, Dr. Do Wolf Pays No Attention to Gom- ; plaints of Bad Sewerage, In the regfons where THE TRIBUNE sanitary investigators have been making their recent re- | scarches, the evidences are abundaut that the fmpression they bave created is profound and quite likely to prove lasting and beneflofal. The landlords—quito contrary to the general rule— have visited the tenants and expressed a desire to amelforate thbo condition of affairs com- platned of, and even tha'emissariesof tho Health Department have surprised the parties whose resfdencos were commented upon by catiing upon them and locking after tho sanitary con- dition of their premises. 1t must be remembered by the thousands who read the reports ap- pearing from time to time In THE TRIDUNE upon the sanltation of various parts of the city, that the object in making these examinutions I3 10 show the exact sanitary condition of tho city: honceanything derogatory to saaltary law will be given ns facts jn concise and uhmistakable lunguage. A not very gentle hint, in the shape of the narration of a very questionable transaction, was glven in Tee TrRiBuNE's Inst sanitary article, tending to show that some of the employés of the Henlth Department added the error of ve= nality to the fault of incompetency, and the re~ porter who accompanied the sanitary expert yesterduv in a trip through some of the board- ng-houses on the West Side succeeded in find- fog further evidences of the peculiar transac- tions of theSuuitary Inspector whose shortcoms ings bud been previously noticed. . Before indicating the success which attended this hunt for oflicial shortcomings it may be staied as an interesting fact that on Thursdaey, the day upon which the last sanitary article ap- pearcd, the officiat which it complained of very scdulously visited a number of persons on the WestSide from whom he haa endeavored to so- cure favors by virtue ot bis officiaf position, and endeavored to “square” himself with them by attempting to tglk them into u more charitable appreciatiou of his motives. The person roferred to in last Thursday’s TRIBUNE 88 having improperly sought to ad- .vance his personal intercsts by virtue of his official position was . SANITARY-INSPECTOR ELLIOTT, analleged alien, who bas the health of the Elaventh Ward In Lis keeping, by virtue of his relatfonship to an intimate friend of Mayor Harrison. Quite accidentatly THE TRIBUNE re- porter happened yesterday upon a West Madi- son street drugglst who hnd a very eutertainfng story to tell of this officiul’s methoda of doing business. In the course of his duty Inspector Eiliott had occusion to ordor the removal from the roar of No. 338 West Madison street of o pile ot ashes which hud aceumulated there from Mr. ‘Walker's drug-store. Mr. Walker promised to havo the matter attended to, and endeavored to Qo0 50, but before it was accomplished the In- spector called round again, and peremptorily ordercd the ashes' removed. Mr. Walker ex- plained that bis intendons hud been good, und promised to have the job done as carly us possi- L!L’. The Inspeetur dilates upon the exceed- ingly unbeultby nature of whut ho_character- fzes us n nuisance, and insisted that the ash-pile should be inwedtately cartod off ; and, when the drupgist explained that bo had ditticuity in find- inga ter, ulfered to have the job doue in considerayon of $1.50, cush down. This scemed reasonnble and tho drugygist pald the amount, and tho luspector went of in good humor. He did not_return, aad the partiesd who were to re- move the ashes did not inake their appearance. Wecks and months passed by and the ashes con- tinued to accumulate. At last the atfair was re- orted to the Health Department and Dr. Do Wolf, after makiug an investhation, discharged tho oifender, who was relnstated in office within twenty-fours of his decapitativo, Tho reporter met with u barber on West Madi- son street, to whom the same oflicial made a proposidon that, In consideration of bis having the halr which accumulated in his shop and by anes removed, the barber should keep his hair cut, his chin shaved, and his boots blacked. The barber rejected the proposition and threatened to report the Inspector to his supcrior ufficer, whereupon Elliott by offertug to purchase a razor mad by being othorwise soliciiions of the barber's welfure, sought o sp him quict as to 1be tramsuction. he affair Probubly “would mot hmve <oue 1o lght had not the Inspector last Tnursday puid Auother visit to the burber, and made fur- ther cfforts to secure his siicncdas to tho trans- action. A West Madison street shoemaker also had a Hitie story to telf about the sume wan, who, he snid, by virtue of his official position aud prom- Ises to settle the neeount upon tho carlicst pay- dday, succeeded in sceuriog a quantity of goods from biw, dhly partial puyment of which bo bad been uble to secure, und that only by gen- erous use of X ESTREATING POSTAB-CARDS. So much for 3ir. Elliott's indiscretions in the venal hoe. HIs oflicial incapacity cun be shown in tho simple statement that it was he who wns recently sent to inspect a bluck of marble-front residences on Washington street, near Union Park, ana reporicd that their sanitaton was perfect, especinlly 4s to the system of sewer- age, when the facts In the case were that wot a sewer In the blacl Wwus trapped, 8 sanitary precaution which, though duys havo since elupsed, has not yot been ai- teniled to, cnd, unless the ametioration is. cfrected, the tenants of the uew bloek will beat the mercy of sewer-gas-tuinted atmosphero. us long ns they oceupy it “Ilic worst of it is that such men as the Inspec~ torof the Eieventh Wurd are - the ruic in the Health Department, and that, if the Aldermen of the othor wards will disptay as much cnergy in bringing thom toa proper apprecintion of their duty us Ald. Swift intends to employ in tho rectifiention of Mr. Elliott’s errors, the sanitary condition of the city cannot fail to be greatly ametiorated, 1un their investigations yestordey afternoou Tuy TuinuNe Commitiec on Sewer-Gus visited quite a different sort of loculity from those to which they bad hitherto given their attention. No crowded tenement charged with stenches provided them with disgruceful and Iszusting details; on thie other hand, the quaEter Investigated was West Wasbingtoh strcet where -some of the finest residencos are locuted, and though in the places visitea no such fiith was discovered as had tried thelr sturnachs in last Wednesday's tour, yet enough was Seen to shove that i the finust rhle-tronts upon this fashionable street are ta be found eesspools reeking with tho collect- ed nbonminatiuas of months of housekeeping. «The Committce of two canlined themselves almost exclusively to_boarding-hiou: clnss of domicile on West Washington strect which i3 almost certaln of being occupled fo its fullest Wholo rows of houses here are sur- cd to the tenancy of the landludy and her numerous family of boarders, and, judzing from the developments made, ail tiie rich food und all the fullness of its abundance will be neeessary 10 fortify their bodies nzainst thut low condinon of vitality In which the zerm-spreadivg sewer gus {5 uble to make its most deadly assaufia, ‘The tirst house visited was u brown-stone front on the southwest corner of Curpenter and Washiogton streets. This house is occupied by a full cowplement of bonrders, and the juvesti- srators were the more deeply interested fn ascer- tining something rezarding Its sanitary condi- tion from tha fact that thoy hud learned that the lundlady bad of late_made sowd very seri- ous strictures wpon it. The Iady, however, as- serted that, though she hud had greuat tronble up 10 & short time since from the bad condition of tho sewernge, which ?enurmcd sewee-gas in vol- umes and steaches fnnumernble, the 1andlord has lately had matters attended to, and she now had natbing o find fault with. g Further west fn the black o very different state of aalrs wus discovered. Here was found 1 house built and sewered on the old Lnglish pian, and, in eonsequence. plentifully supplied with sewer-gas and unhealthy odors.” The ludy. cxplained that the house was hardly ‘ever en- tirely free from vault cmanations, waich o the summer were hardly -to bo endured, and sur- even now made on occasionnl appear- ance. Tha lady led her vishors to nsort of shed leading from tho backof tho bouse, and showed them there a vault which, though not in service, was continmaily the source of -sickening exbalations. She did not know just whatother drainage-pipes the vault wag connected with, but she did , know that the carpenter who had the repairsof the house to astend to had assured ber that the stench was of the bealthiest possible nature.and that jt was the highth of folly to object to it. Dr. Willlams prenounced the smell to be pire and unadultersted sewer-gas, and that it was caused by the decompostrion of animal und veg- etable matter. In tho prevailing cwol weather, ho explained. the gases were not able to rise to qany extent, but with the recurrence of a higher temperature TOE 0DOR WOULD-BECOME UNSUPPORTABLE. The Iady explained that- she bad noticed consid- erable odor of the smme character, though In jesa vulume, throughout the house, and receutly wo different gentiemen, on entering the phice, exclaimed that the house was full of gas. This caused hor to bave the furnace examined, but it was found that it was in thorough order. There was no fault to be found with the cutch-basin, which had becn put in but a very short time be- fore. - s In un tospection of the pigo—xystcm within the house Dr. Williaras was informed by the serv- ant, who slept in a small, diirk chamber off from the kitcken, that if he-wanted to enjoy n good, strong smell he should give it a littie attention, Tho room was found to ba 8ll that the servang had deseribed, it atmosphere being surcharged with an exceedingly trylng ofior. Kunning per= pendieularly along the south wall of the room was a box inclosing the ‘wnste-water pipes which were disclosed by romoving tho outside - board of the box. The Iargpst of the pipes wag found 1o be a very old piece of metal which had bren mended in haif n dozen different places. The odor Incrensed o pungency after the pipes were uncovered and & snilf’ib. the point where they disappeared beneath,the tloor was re- warded with the appreciation of an exceedingly strong nauscous stench. The Doctor statod that sower-gns , was undoubtediy present, und thay the cvidence was that ‘beneath the floorfug was & colléction of decomposed_matter of an exceed- ingly unbealthy and nitby nnture. The seryant expluined that a youns col rl -who had slept in the room recently hnd been taken very sicic with tonsilitls, which, the’ Doctor sald, wis undoubtediy due to the condition of the atmos- 1t was also discovered hore that one sofl-pipe dld service for both' this house and the one next door, an cconomicnl plun_likely to be tollowed with'the most disastrous result3 to the tennnts of both. The lady bud a complalnt to make also of the manner in which the Health Depurtment tailed to remove the garbuge from her premises, a complaint which, it may bo mentioned. was shared by nil the housekeepers who were visited durmyg the afternoon. Ali :'umugb the block of browa-stono fronts tho sanitation was found to be simuly hurri- le. Tho west end of the®block, No. 204, is occupled by a lady who sublets ber apart- ments to otuers. In this . buflding, upon the four tlours, there have becn no less than nine persons so sick as- 1o be contined to their beds with throat troubles within six weeks, Although there hus not been o case of diphthe-~ rin, yet in_ench instance the iliness has been severo and observably characteristic, bothin the metnod of stinck and in the progress of the dis- cise. About three weeks u:odn Was apparent that sometbing wns wrong with the sewerage, and, upon making an investigation, it was found that the catch-basin, locared in the sub-base- ment, was lilled and overtlowing. The agent was notitied, but absolutely refused by letter to remedy the matter, and & sewer-builder was cailed in to correct the conditfon of the sewer- age. 'This person remarked that he was witling t0 risk his business repntation on the assertion that * the basin had not been cleancd before in five years.,' It was, he said, overrunning with grease und wastes from the kitchen, and its con- tents wero ‘Howing all over the sur- fn'l.'D of the ground beneath the buse- ment tloor. One¢ of the ladies, who had; been made sick beforo with sewer-gas in an Eastern city, sald that her recent {liness in thig house wag in every respect precisely like that which occurred before, and was, in her oplnion, due 10 the Same Cuus 1t is well enough to mention that in this case, as in eeveral oihers met with, the contents of tho catch-busin, after removal, wero turned undernenth the busement floor, adjacent to the obnoxious place tbey bad just been removed. frow, und that, in nll probability, when spring- time comes the gases, which aro certain to find theirway througn tho ight covering of eurth,will agmin continue to permeate through the various openings Into the apartments above. FURTUER WEST ON WASHINGTON STREET the investigntors pald some attention to a haand- some row of four-story marble fronts, the prop- erty of Philo Curpentér, aud, from their frequent use as boarding-houses. commonly known ju tha nelghborliood by the firreverent name of + Hash low,” a fact which 1s nteresting in con- nection with the investigntion 88 showing that the houses are upt to bave an unusuaily full number of tenants. In o genersl way, these louses were found to be in . a very unsatis- factory sanitary condition. 'The catch-basins of several of the Bouses were examiped, and, not- withstanding the lessees stated. ‘that they had been quite recently emptied, the evideaces were very plain that they were stili_full, and in many cnses overtlowing ind redolent of decomposabie vileness. The catch-basin of No. 336, where the evidences of an abnormal condition of affairs were most apparent, was opened and found to contain a stitf mass of decaying animal and vegetable mutter. A stick wus run Intolt to the depth of ahout four feet. Being withdrawn, 3 d to be covered with a which smelt most from 0" hopor it” had enterered nn indescribably asting stench floated up to the nostrils of those standing by, 'Tho sensatlon praduced by the gas was tat of stitling, and be Doctor or- dered the cover to be replaced lmmediately., In euch instance In these houses.whose tenants ackuowledged thu, though of Inte thes bad not been speeinlly troubled, thoy bad often suffered from sewer-ins, the catch-basins were found to be closely cementea over, aand on thls the tennuts geemed o rely for imuiuaity from gas- cous cxhalntions end 1o resultlng sickness. The Doctor cxplained the fallacy of this by showing that the bermetricnl sealing of the enteb-basin was detrimental rather thun o¥herwise, as much of the yras, inding an exit through its lid, might ape (rom the sub-basement lato the open air, berens, 43 it was, they wero forced back tarough tho pipes and distributed tbrough the rooms af the house. Dr. Williams Informed the reporter who ac- companied him that in alaryely-attended church on the West Side some: of the congregation, much to tha disgust of the trusteos, com- pluined that the atmospherc of the building wis not what it ought to be. In order to prove that notbing was wrong with the sgcwerage of the building, @ -sewer-builder was calied in to make an examination. He detected the odor of sewer-zas directly he cntered the place, but the Trustee present lipghed at him. He proceeded with his researches, and was very sogn cnabled ow that the tile leading -from the catc] in from the sewer was clogged, and the sew- ge generully In a bad condition. Another ge church was found ‘o baye {ts sewerago equunily at fault, and itls unnccessary to state that the Trustees of Lotk congregutions fm- medintely had all necessary repairs made. ‘The reuson for the overtowing of the cateh- basins, the Doctorexplained, was their not being sufliciently Inrge. "The ~Washington strect hoarding-nouses, being fulf of occupants, would equire them of af leust four times greater ze than those they are provided with, and, filling up 8s they do In a tshort time and helni: cleaned very seldom thoy aren con- stunt ncenuco to the bealth of the occupants of the immedizte residence and of the neighbor- hood at large, It was very improper, too, for them to be placed in the sub-basement, where the mnjority of them were found :cswrdrl\iy. 1t was miieh better for them tobe in'the ravd, and where they were placed bencuth the house thoy shoutd be'provided with a vent leading to tho top of the house and providing the sewer-gaus with an exit iuto the open air. DIPHTOERIA. Dr. J. M. Fleming, who resides on the corner | of Washluzton und Desplnines streets, is respon- sible for the following statement to o TRIBUN investigutor, in which be very emphatically de- uounces tho method which he claims to bein vosucin preventing the sprend of fnfections “"1?1 coutagious forms of dlseaso. The Doctor s 3 “1 am ready to verify the following state- ment: Mr, Arfold, of the firmof Arnold & Bros. resides at No. 6 North Peoria street. He has ha two deaths from diphtherla in bis fawily re- sulting, in my opinion, from imperfect sewerage. The ~ bulldings = fu ,south ou Ran. dolph street back up to Mr. Ar- nold's premises, and mnot being provided with any system of sewerugo the contents of the sinks and_other wnstes, garbnge, cte., are perinitted to be discharzed. uto the baseent Uelow or beneath the buildings. odoers em- anating from thesc decomposuble substaoces are positively fearful, that ys, when tho weather is watr, und render the atthosphere absolutely nuuscous in the neighborhood of Mr. Arnold’s windows. Dr. De Wolf was notified of the un- sunitary condition by Mr. Arnold ut the time of the lincss of bis family, but o, attention was pitid t0 tho complaint. Two months aftcrwards o VWOIf was ngain notided,but with the snme appurent cilect, When a postal card was nwiled to bim, askiog for au investigation, it met with the same result.” Finally, « Ward Inspector was aporoacbed, who stated, upon hearing the com- plutnz, that, elthougt it wag out of his district, he would report it to Dr. De Wolf. The premises are st present §u a horrible con- dition, and the frequent attempts hav- fug herctoforo proved o fruitiess, tho neigh- bors are loud in their " denunciations “of Health-Ofiice justice. 'Threc others were sick, ond are atleged to bave died from diphtteri within a block. The fnct is, the Health Comi soner pretends to do a great deal “townrds pr yeuting contagion.and in thefollowing manne! Wheuu cuse of gearlet-fever is reported at the Health-Office. 1« Ward Inspcetor is sent out four Guys after. who plucards the bouse withoutonce entering ft, or ¥ wny learning of the exist- ing fucts a8 to whether sny one i3 sick with seariet-fever or not. Having placarded the house hia duty s done. Now this is the exact method of tha inspection ‘given one house on Enst Waehington strect, Dwu%flnd as n lnundry. Inthis case. on account of business, the card was removed to a less conspleuous place, and.at ;u)' gflfimsum‘ the house wis thoroughly disin- | ecter SMALLTOX. ‘There wns one death from_small-pox and two new cyses reported at the ‘Health Office yester- day. There were reported new cases from No. 2194 Michigan avenue, where n little girl, aged 11 Ars, was uffficted with the discuse, ana No. 147 Trhraop strect.—that of George M. Boswell. Littlc Eddie . Murpby, aged. 3 years, who re- sided at No. 14 Currier streol,’ succumbed to the disease. Hodied ar bowme. -'The recklesness of those In churge of the PestiHouse is shown by tho facts related by residedts of Blue Island avende. who alleze 1omt.tho attendants 0 at Hospital come dowan In the street- 8, Will the 8nine clotbes-upon them rhat they cur {n uttending the puticatd. The ambulance- driver I8 at the Hospital with o bunged-up face, which he got whtle intoxicated by falling off the seut of the ambulance. The.Department needs a_thorouxn overbaulng by.ttie Council. There should be a_different class of ‘men employed as sanitary officers.” Many of 'them avo chnrged | with™ being corrupt, and nearly &ll " of them are notoriously igporant and {ncom- petent. ‘The Registrar . of.'Vital Statistics "should be replaced by -mu_ industrious and competent man, who could'be found at some time when certificates of dedth are desired. Tno vital statistics of Chicago are notoriously in- complete ana inaccurate, and it issimply be- cause there I8 no man placed in charge of them wn?‘hu the ability to put them together cor~ rectly. Dr. Do Wolt stated sesterday that he.hoped this week to be able to open & small-pox hospital exclusively for children, to be under the solo management and control of the Sisters of Chari- ty. and not to cost the city auything, Such a pince should be secured, for perfect isolation is ubsolutely necessary in order to successfully Bght small-pox, . The child at 14 Huron strect was reported as not expected to live, 7 Scarlet fever was reported as follows: 5029 Archer aveoue, 795 Seymour street, 97 Clybourn and 2543 Cottage Grove avenues, 574 South Canal and 16f Waluut streets: chickan-pox at No. 385 Mohnwk street; diphthoriant 63t Centre street, 227 West Randolph street, and 278 Mills sgreet. ‘A cnse of diphthoria wns reported on Chestnut street a few duys ago. The houso contalns gev- eral children, who are attending school just ns if notning had oceurred, and one of the windows of the house bears the luring sign, “Rooms to rent.” Is{tstrange that diphtheria continues .to spread? OBITUARY. JAMES M. WALRER. Between 4 and 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon James M. Walker, the well-known railrond so- licitor, died suddenly of heart disease at his residence, No. 1720 Prairie avenue. For 2 num- ber of years past he had suffered from attncks of this insidions malady, and of late the attacks bad increased -in frequency. He returned to the city Thurscay morning from the Enst,where he bad been_ on railroud business, which took him to New York and Boston. 1n the afternoon be went down to tho office 08 usual, but in the eveniog when he returned home be complained of a difficulty with his lungs, and expressed fear that he had taken a gevere cold. day he did not go oug all, but yesterdny be took brealkfast in his room as "usual, and, while not feeling well. made but little complaint. Shortly after 4 o'olock he had one of hisusual attacks. Dr. J. Adums Ailen, his brother-in-law. attended him, but nothing was able to avert the death which followed speedily in the mid¥of the sor- rowing family. James M. Walker, the deceased, was born in Clarerhont, N. H,, in 1821, and was withiz a fow months of being 60 yenrs of age. He removed to Washtenaw County, Michigan, when x young man. Ente:ing tho University of Michigan, he graduated with splendid prospeets in 1848, being admitted to the Michigan Bar in Ann Arbor. Wihin a very short time he was made State’s Attornoy of Washtennw County, and bad secured an _extensive practice. In the fall of 1853, desiring to exercisc his talents in A more extensive field, he established bimself in Chicago in connection with James F. Joy, and bas ever since main- tained Intimate relations with the friend of his early years. In the following year, while acting as the attorney of ths Michigan Central Rall- road, he beeame the junior partner in the tirm of Sedgyick & Walker. Subsequently he en- {ered (uto n close purtnership conncction with Wirt Dexter, which contiuued until the time of his death, the different tirms being Walker, Van Arnan & Dexter, Watker & Dexter,and Walker, Dexter & Smith. While in_this firin he was the solicitor of the Michigan Central and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroads. Subsequently he devated himself to the interests of the lutter corporation, of which he was finally made President about seven years ago, retnining for some years past the position of Director as well ns peneral constitutional andlegal adviser. For tho pust twelve years he has given up the general practice of law, and bas especially de- voted bimself to railroad and corporution inter- ests. He has appeared in court but little of late, having dovoled himself to _ading in the general business management of the -corpora- dons with which he was counccted. s con- necuon with corporutions brought bim into con- tuet with the greatest lawyers io this special depurtwent, and he was universally recoguized as tho peer of them all. For some time past much of his time bad been divided up between New York, DBoston, “end Chicago. In these visits he sacquired to an al- most unlimited extent the confidence of the Eastern capitalists, and from atiending 16 their legal necds he soon becume lurgely in- terested with them In a_business way. Thus it wus that at the time of his death he was I'resf- dent of tha Uuion Stock-Yards Company and of the Wilmington Coal Company, besides being l:\rgnly interested in other substantial corpora- tions, He lcaves a widow and two sons who are just entering upon manhood. The elder, Wirt Dexter Walker, who returned from college last June, is studying law under Mr. Dexter, as the latter senrs uro studied in the oflice of Mr. Wulker. The other son, Jumes, is living at home, being still but a bLoy. Miss Minnie Walker, the daughter, died eleven months ago, after a long ond painful illness. Mr. Walker's success in his profession assured to bim a fortune which was always generously applied. ‘The funeral will occur to-morrow at_an hour to be announced hereafter. Prof. Swing will officiate, the family having been constant at- tendants at the Central Church. e JAMES CONWAY. James Conway, the pipeman of Engine Com- pany No. 18, who was so badly crushed beneath o falling waill at the Mayer funiture factory fire, died of his injuries shortly .after 8 o’clock Inst evening ut his home, No. 61 Thirteenth place. 1ie wns ubouit # years of age, of Irish birth, an left u wife to whom be was married onif a few months . Arrangements for the funeral wilt probably be mude to-day. All of the others in- Jured at the tire are progressing favorably, and will doubtless recove THE WEATHER. Slush, Mud, and Snow, TFriday night about 10 o'clock the snow, which hnd been Iying on the ground for a week or so and was rapldly losing its identity fn grimy slush, begnn receiving stroug reinforcements from above, and the henrt of the festive cutter- rider was greatly rejoiced thereat. The white muntle continued increasing in thickness during the night, and DLy yesterday morning the original “disagreeable mixture of suow and dirchad been hidden from sizht. During tho dny, however, tho atmosphere became just wartn enough to about melt wway the spotless covering and present to pedestrians 2 worse state of aflairs than before; and, although the enowfall continued almost uninterruptedly througbout the day, the flakes found a resting- placo only to-wilt iato oblivien and dirt. it is supertluous to observe that the walking was horrible, the wet and coll finding its way throughshoe-leatkier as thaugh it werconty thick paper. 1twas an excellent day for remaining in-doore,—just such a day wheo bank Presidents and newspaper reporters are to be envied. The temperature yesterday, as observed by Manasse, opticlan, 88 Muadison strect, TRIDUNE Building, was as foflows: 8a. m., 29 degrees: 10 f. ., 20 12m,, 81: 3 p. m., & 8 p. m., 4. Ba- rometer, 8 . nt., 20.40; 8 p. m., 20.6. e e————— A SEVERE ACCIDENT. Yesterday forcuoon a young man named Frederick Campiden, 2 stranger in the city, hail- ing from New York, while passing along West Lake street, near Wood, fell into an epiletic fit and crashed Ris head through the show-window of Ald. Brady's ' bakery, No. 702 on. that thorouchfore. The falllng through the gliss sovered the posterior occipital urtery, and the bioud spurted out in a torrent from the cut. The releuse of the blood from tho base of the brafn nt once revived the youns man, bat there was an imminent danger of his bleeding 1o death. Ald. Brady atonce came to the fu- jured wan’s assistance, placing his finger upon the scvered artery holding it down so usto check the flow of bload, and assisted him to Moody’'s drug-store 1 the uelghborboad, wiere the wound was dressed, and the young man con- veyed to tho County-Rospital afterwards. Ald. Brady lost the value of ainrge pano of glss, o suit of clothes he hud on was spoiled withh the bload, yet, finding that the young man was & steangac in search of & brother and in need, ho gave bim other necessary #id. The young man was weak from (o3s of blood. but will recover. —————— SNEAK-THIEVING. ‘Mrs. Weber, of No. 431 State strect, upon en- tering a sleepiog apartment over the store At 5:40last evening, cRme upon n sneak-thief who tind in some way gamed access to that pnrfl:n lding, und who, after ransacking the fgogng:‘:l n:‘lfmbles, bad helpea bimselt to a rold watch worth €50, At her urpro‘.\ch the fel- fow tan - dowu-stairs and out luto the street, where he passed the swatch to u confederate, who ran off with it. Mrs. Weber pursued the thict until he was arrested by Otficers Leonard and Baonon, of the Twenty-second Street Sta- tion, und they recognized him &t once as Joseph Martin, & known soenk-thief. The coafcderate is known, and will soon be urrested. ATTEMPTED MURDER. Christopher Burdon i3 the mame given by young man of 18 years who attempted yester- day mornlng to kill J. F. Joerndt, one of two firemen who were strolitog about for a breath ot fresh air in the vicinity of the Clinton street tire. They came upon him as he was trying to steal from the débris a box of tools whick nad been only slightly dumaged, and beeause thes prevented him from carrsing them off he whippeid out a revolver und made a desperate attempt to sboot Joerndt. The butlet pussed so close to his kezd as to abraed and blacken the skin and singe hhis bcru’rlx ffl;.lhr;]ugcll;gea vsnetl::ld cld until the asrival of N :‘\‘uxgzgu. Justice Ingoersoll held bim in 00 bal. to Lhe 25th. Pretty cheap bond for an atteimpted.. murder. The Justice must buve & morbid sym- pathy with crime. e ma———— THE EXEMPTION LAW. 3fention was made yesterday of an altercation between Mr. R. A. Goodwillie and n Mrs. Pratt, who keeps u bearding-house on the West Side. From Mr. Goodwillie's statement it nppears that he. ns_coliectar. had a promissary note made by Alrs, Prati; thot he went to her boarding-touse, 2nd, introducing himselt as a person who de- sired to buy ner out, usted how wucd she would take for ber furniture, to which she sald $1200; that, !uhsuflnuuy. be stated that he had a noto of $3 sgulust Ber, .whereupon her feelings changed, and, ns the result ‘proved, the value of ber property diminished m?-eumy. He got an execution agalost her, and, when ft was served Ihe other day, she insisted on on appralsal ‘Three appralsers wereanpointed, she appolnting two of them, and thoy found the value of the Property to be $213.13. Mr. Gooduwillle does not consider that he did anything to warrant Mrs, Pratt in waking an assault upon him, .ond thinke he whs justitied fo taking the steps which he did to collect a debt which was honestly due. —————— U. S. CIRCUIT COURT, Petition to the President for the Ap- Ppointment of the Supreme Justice from This District. The following petition to the President of the United States for the appointment of an Asso- clate Justice,of the Supreme Court from the Seventh Judicial Circuft has been printed and will bo circulated among the members of .the. Bar for their signatures: To the President: The uudersigned, members of the Bar in tho Seventh Judlcial Cirenit of the United Stages, present some facts_for the pur~ pose of shéwing that an Assoclate Justice of the Supreme Court ousht to bo appointed from this circuit. Of the nioo Justices now on the bench, seven reside east of the zeographical ceatre and of the centre-of population. An examination of tho statistice of business in the Department of Justico’ will show that the Federal Courta for the Northern District of 1lli- OIS transuct three times as much civil business 28 any other district in the United States, and, in the Seventh Circuit, a larger amount ox civil business than any circult, N Illinois, lodiana, snd Wisconsln, composing the Seventh Circuit, le in the heart of the group of States In the Mississippi Valley, and are the centre of the ugricultural region, with a com:- merce second only to New York, aud & rapldly- increasing mapufacturing interest. The pro- priety of placing fa the highest judicial tribuoal one who, by residence and educatlion, is familiar with the customs, law, and business of these great States, will not bedenfed. Thers [snow a representative from every circuit on the bench, except the one embracing the capital, to which, gg “Slti?' the Chief Justice is assigned, and the ven| ‘While there is no constitutional or statutory provision requiring r Justice to be & resident of the circuit as a qualification, nor & Representa- tive in Cangress to be an lnhabitant of his dis- trict, yet the spirit of the Goverament and of American Institutions i3 such that 8 non-resi- dent of a district ha3 never been elected to Con- gress, and, before tha faterruptions of tho late War, Jastices of the Supreme Court were Se- lected with referencs 1o residence. The irregu- larity has now been corrected, except as to the Seventh Circuit. Until very recently two Asso- clate-Justices resided In the Third élrcult‘ and two, besides the Chief-Justice, in the Sixth Cir- cuit. Ih the last change the place of one from the Third Circuit has been filled by a resident of the Fifth, but who, by educgtion and practice in_the profession, is associated with the Sixth. The four circuits to wuich the Chief- Justice and Associate-Justices Swayne, Harlun, and Woods are assigned, embrace an area of 1,040,632 square miles, out of 2,080,117 square miles, and contain a population of 26,612,731, out of 49,370,43. The Seventh Circuit contalns 8,30~ 880 fnhabitants, an excess of nearly 1,000,000 over the average, and more than3,000,000 greater than the First Circult. Your petitioners, therefore, pray that an As- soclate Justice of the Supreme Court may be ap- poiated from the residents of the SoventhJu- dicla) Circuit. e a— JOSEPH A. COPELAND, His Shortage Abount Five Hundred " Dollars. A rcporter called yesterday at the office of Aldrich, Milne & Co., at No. 156 Washington street, to inquire Into the &fairs of Joseph A. Copeland, the late bookkeeper of the house, who committed suicide Friday night. The members of the firm stated that they first discovered a shortage in the cash account Thursday after- noon. Copeland was asked to explain, but could not comply with the request, aithough heclaimed that he had somo memorznda some- where which would make all straight. He was treated lenlently, and was requested to ‘*go home and sieep on ft.” afier hej bad staid at the office with Mr. Ald- rich uotil lutein the evening. He went bome, but did not return to the ottice at all during kri- day, although his wife caine down looking after him during the day. 'A partial examioation of the books yesterday showed that be was behind about £500. The members of the firm were sur- aned to find this out, as,so far us they have cen able to ascertain, be had no bad ‘habits whatever, Al his friends say the same of him, and it is Emsumed that the shortages cccurred through his attempt to muintain a better stylo of living than his salary warranted, The short- age seems to_have been an accumulation of smail sums. His comrades fn the veteran or- gunizations to which he belonged express great surprise at his actiop, although it is hinted that forsome tiwne pnst he had been afticted with melancholy, and that other members of his family have sulfered froma morbid, semi-insano disposition. b the Editor,of The Chicago Tridune. CHICAGO, Jan. 22.~In your report of the sui~ cide of Jaseph A.Copefand in your Saturday's issue strong gnd wholly uncatled-for reflections were cast upon his Integrity in regard to matters connected with his lodge. Brother Copeland was always a very zealous member of the Order, bas served as Master of Finance of Gauntlet Lodge, No. 4, Knights of Pythlas! for several terms, and had just been redlected. His ac- counts were found to be correct, and at the present time, upon_cxamination of the books, notking can be fonnd which would indicate any~ thing wrong with them. Taking into considera~ tion the fact that reports of this nature travel faster than contrsdictions of the same, it would seem but proper ana just that the truth should Dbe first ascertained before making charzes of so graved noture. Ly giving this corrcction as much prominence as you did the unfaverable report, you will but do justice to the dead. EORGE H. ACKERMAYN, Chancellor Commander of Guuntlet Lodge. —————— MINOR CRIMINAL, George S. 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