Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 26, 1881, Page 6

v 1] : CRIMINAL NEWS. i S’irigular Termination of 'a Trial 1: - . for Arson at Shelby- 5 ville, Il SEet The Chie! -Witness for tho State Adjuged " Insane, and Sent fo an Asylum. e AT A Homicido at St. Louis Which 18 Surrounded by Much “ Mystery. ¢ Aléonishinz Recital of the * Green” ¥ Countryman Who Was Bent 5 on Scoing Sights, Testimony for the Prosceutlon in - the Colby VPerjury Case : 2 All In, N -/ Wade, the Indiann Murderer, to Bo ", Given an Rohearing’ by the . Buprema Court. : '_mut of an Erhbezzler in Boston~An Old ‘Man in Memphis Foind Mur dered in His Store, 5 A QUEER CASE. ;’.5 ST. Louis, Mo., Jan. 25.—In an ailey which ‘L:runs east and west between Seventh, Elghth, .}PIne, and Chestuut streets, there was found iilast night o man with a ghastly knife-wound 4+ Hin his thront. Who he was no ono knews Awho the murderer‘is no one knows, A col- E‘oml man knows around the_neighborloml passed the place ab 8 o'elock Afilng home, A :faw steps on tho other slile he heard o feeble .lfcry for holp., Il turied to see whenes it - ficame, . After o minuto of silence tho ery was “Exepented, This timo \hie located it toming from the ey, laa little whilo n Loy came up he- ween them, and they mustered up suflicient ! conrage to enter the darkness and Investi- itgite. The oxplorers found a man lymg on qhh back, his head to the west. Awaro of éflmir presence, e gasped once more: ¥ For FGod’s sake, help me!” Alexander, whose brain was confused by fright, fold the boy to |8tay by hiw, and ran i search of a police- $iman, | The next® remarkuble Ineldent in the.mysterious oceurrence happened nbous i ve minutes after those just. detafled. I [‘A party of threa cypriaus, Mollie Murphy, 4, Minnie Curtls, and Nora Fay, In company ‘with a man named Frank Warminghus, were tanaing on the corher of Elghth and St ' | Charles streets when u man nppronched them ‘whosa actions lpressed them as oxtraordl- ‘Foary.” Ho was gestienlating and talking to “himself, holding the while something in his Lright hand which proved lo be a knife, 1le Avalked up to them and snld *Stop, I have ikljed two men in the alley ncouple of blocks 'from herg. One — —— — Isdead. 1saw .flhlm drop. Ile klcked ilke a ehlcken with his - whead cuttoff. LI kil you If you giveme away.” v o During tho conversation with him the girls gleaned a sort of connected statement that 'he was coming through the allgy i was set upon by three men who ‘trled to rob him, % LT'wo of them lie stabbed; one dropped dead, ,fand the other two ran off. } “Then the man went to n saloon on the cor- [ fnerof Ninth and Locust streets, where tho “iiurderer washed his ands and took a drink, whils scarch was being made for n police- fnan, ;. Tho murdprer turnced suddenly, say- - |!ing he had business-to attend to. and went - ynortl, ', - 8pectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribtines .. Louts, Mo., Jan, 25.~The man found dead with his throat cat In the alley in the renr of Plne street, near Edehth, last night, .plins been identlfied as Frank McDonald, & - J‘nfllmer Inte In the employ of Flesh & Mool, =o' this clty, 113 murderer was eaptured at 5 o’clock this morning, At that tme Ollicor iiCreery was sitting in the oec of the Fair +KGrounds Sub-Stutlon, when he heard somo ,-:-‘,ono‘lrnm;:lng arqund ot the platform out- ;‘sldo; a8 if trying tofind the dogr, e went itd look ont, and was necosted by a rather countrified speelmen of humanity,, who at once applied for ndrink. He hnd mistaken the statton for an all-night house* of unothor '‘character. Creery nvited the fellow in and i sized himup” Thoefe was u mingled lovk iof fenr.and cissipation on his fice, mud his lfilorles were nnt sutisfactory, Furthormors, Auhis honds bore stalny ou them, The oflieer ‘had nlready received o description of tho Fman wanted, ond while ho held hus visltor o telerraphed for mare detalls, In reply to dithe answer he sall he bolleveu he dhd the wan wanted, and was dl- ‘rectéd to bring hine down. Shortly after * freaching tho Four Courts, tho prisoner, mde apthe. following stntement: * “My name s E,Thuums Jo Stull, and ney home s I’ Jlamil- “ftan County, 1oy, near MeLeansboro, { siamh furmer, 1 was on my way to visit iny + julstgrs, Novth, and_ stopped over in St, Louls Jdora little fun, L heard thero was good beer <:herg, and women, Well, lnst night Lwas out ..o & Jitide lark, and had tukon severnl drinks, }m(vqsn't drunls, but the beer mide me siek, v-‘?nml I vomited, 1 wont Into nsaloon, just .p\vh‘cmvl‘(lnu’l know, and fell in with threo ‘ tmen.who were stranguers lo e, Weo luul o idrink or two togetlor, anl they came ont Jawitiime, As wo-wero going atong the streot I bagan to think about whut 1 had heard yabout St Louls' betng a hard place, mud L ’[llnouglxl. maybe somebudy might try to rob simes Bo 1 opened wny kulfe and had 1t open ‘i jumy-pockot. Just as wo eame near on alloy Mo stopped a minute, and, sl at onee, the stsnen Jumpod on to i and begitn to push me &Illlotlm alley, I got my knlfe ont and just . [fought. my way through. think I cuttwo iof them, and the other ran nway, One that twas cut fell down and Kleked, Aftor 1 got i} lout of tho place 1 met a conple of wonon . jand w man. With thom 1 took several drinks, sjand finally went by myself. I drank somo finore, and stoppad somewhere, 1 don’t inow the place, and hind four hours' sleep, 'Then JiLlwent out and wandered nround untll 1 got Jito what L thought wus a saloon, but It wis ita statlon. 1 wasn't drunk, but I wag pretty foll,and didn’t toll o stralght story, -tLean now, though, If they wilt letme,’ Those fellows tried to rob e, ar 11 fought mysolf Hawiy from them, That's all thore 18 to It, \Thers was blowd on my hands, but Ienn clear .s_n'x)'aoll of haviug doue nuything out of the i[wayd? Although this story sounds well ‘gnough, the fuct that the murdered e rppckets were found turned Insido out re- A nalus, and points strongiy to the murdered- for-his-monvy theory, . WIIO IS GUILTY ¢ . ,8pectal Dispalch to The Chicago Tridune, ‘BHELBYVILLE, Ind, Jin, 25—Four years o naxt mouth the barn sdcontents of Mr, Lypectod young farmer of this county, was t on fire and entirely destroyed, entuiling o i 0f more than $3,000. 'The clrémmsiunees dote: that It seemed almust fmpossible to rret out the gullty partles, Alv, Deacon felt mself 60 outrneed thut he detenained, if 48ibld, to runthe fiends down who did the bd and wnko them sufter tho full penaity the law. .In order to do this detec- yes were sent Into the country, who epe ‘nov loug du, gettng a elew, ul, a8 they thought, » had fouml man;. When a chain of evidence, which D, o, rig % ey ’ . and honored citlzen, nand & nelgh- bor of Dencon, had been arrested for tho crime. Trimblo was necordingly Indlcted and civil cases brought aguinst hin for arsonIn the criminnl.canse, After the Jury hal boen chosen tho State entered nolle prosequl, amt the venue In the elvil cause was ciranged to Battholomew County, In n easo which lasted wore than two weeks a verdiet was rendered for the de- fendant, After his -acquittal ‘Iromblo -| bronght sult for false fmprisomnent and maliclous prosecution,which is pendimg now, I'he present teem of the Clrenit Conrt found an fndietment against another man naned McKea for the same offense, and sliee the 17th of thismonth tho enso has been ontrlal. From the beginnlng of this cause tho defenso has been claiming that the prose. eutlon was Dbetng made In tho Intor- est of 'Crimbig's elvll causes, 'I'ho Stato relled ehlelly for convietion on” the fact (hat Melee il confesseil to several persons that he did burn the barn, while tho defense proceeded Lo offer ovidenca tending to Inie peach the proseenting wl:nc«sus by e reet testimony, More than 200 wit- nesses were examined, _among whom was o mmned lasking, who o festified in behalf of the State. After he had been axmniied, which was on Inst. Snlnr(hl‘r after- noon, he told several men’ that he had sworn . falsy statement, and lad - been hired to do so h{ n prominent eiti- zem of this place, and that he pumett Deacon, pweunthy and highly. ro- purrquidine the Incendiarism were o incoms p theny seemed complete, had been warked cogiuty was startled by the announce- thas Nathan "fipuble, an old " destred to b reealled, that e conld eprrect his testimony.. An order of attnchment was dingly - fssned Dy the Judge, and * yesterday noon Hasking was brought in by the Sherlyt, So fearful had " he beeoma of the wmen who had Dilved him - to perjure’ “hlmselt tht he feared budlly harns, "Chis fear 0 Intense that as ho \\'nsmnm-lnf( the C Tousg Aoa_alunln?' nfternoon b drew o ver from his pocket and attempted le, but failed, ntlictlng only a siight wound, Soeon afier the shaottme it beeatne notsed about that 1iskins was fusane, and in less than two houra a Commission was ny- painted to Inquire into lus mental condition, This morainz s was xul{ugml Insnne and wiil D tuken to theasylum, 1t s generally believed herg to-night that his unprecedented action had been previously nreed upon in ovder to set asldu testimony tht was not liked by the Bl in order to save the arrest of a proutinent Demnocrat who proenreil falso statements by . bribery, After the Commisslon “hnad - ndfudged Tasking fnsane, the . Stale " announced the close of the cnse, wlmruu'mn the Judgs fn- strueted the jury to bring fn n verdiet for the defendint, whieh they did without leaving their seats. The wnexpected terming- tion of the ease wns wholly wnexpeet- ed, and has created profonnd eselte- ment, Severn] cases for false lmprison- ment il walfelous - prosecution are alrendy announced, and there i3 no teil- Ing wiere the matter will end. 'The action of the'man who had Iaskins In eharge is ' Jocked upon as a_complete setting nside of the laws nnd o surrender of the coutt 1o the ]m”(lclmm. enabling them to eseape the pun- stunent due them for their crimes, CHARGED WITII EMBEZZLEMENT. Spectal Dispatch to The Chieago Tribmn Lostox, Jan. 25,—0sear Rice Is held here In £10,000 bouds for removal to Now Orleans on a chargo of embezzlemont of some §15,000 of funds .belonging to the Government: ‘Tho offensa was contmitted four years ago, when Rice was Internal Revenue Collector for the ‘hird Distriet of Loulsiana. Some two years Ago w warrant was sent here for his arrest, but untll Inst ovening there was no {race of him, although living In East Dos- ton for the past two years, Riee i3 W yeurs of age, and peetably conneeted, and served ns Cuptaln of & comi- sany i the Forty-first Relhuent durlng the Var of the Iiebellion, nnd afterward ns Lleutenant of the Seventy-ifth Colored It ulur Infantry. 'The maoney, he states, wits nddvanced to politieal friends for wse durins campalgns In that State, and they neclected to refmburss hiu, s I8 very despondent, and when arrested declared his infention of committing suiclde father than sublect his family to the disgrace of 1tis convietion. THE COLBY CASE. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicagn Tribune. MILWAUKEE, Jqm. 25.~Tho prosecution In the Cpiby cnse coneluded Its testimony nmd argiments to-day, The Distriet-Attorney cinimed that it had been proven that Reed oxpended the $25,000 In question forihe bene- fitof the ruilway company, and nsked that the matter be ordered to trinl by jury, The defense does not present {estimony, and the arguments on that side will be delly- ered to-morow morning. Mr., Jonking will nsk to hiave the ense dismissed for tho reason that when 3fr. Colby neeused Judge Recd uf misnpproprinting the $:25,000 he believed thnt sueh was the fuet, and therefore ho bad not committed perfury in the nfll- duvit, even It Judge Reed shonld show that the money had not been expended for thy Company, 1t will b understood that Mr, Charles L, Colby was not Presldent of tho Wiscouslu Central at that time, Jidge Reed admitied that ho had pald the Madisen Dein- oerat 81,000 for its supposedd influence in the effort thon belnge madly to obtaln the Governs or's certlfieate that tho Compuny was entitled ta draw the Government Jands, WADE. Spectal Dirpateh to The Chicago Tribune, INvraANAvoLts, Ind,, Jan, 25, ~The Supreme Court this morning declded to grant Joseph W. Wade, juintly indicted with Mrs, Brown for the murider of ‘the Intter’s husbund, n re- hearing, 'Ihis restoves the ease to the samo position It oeeupled bofore the recont deelsion advorse to the granting of o now tilal, the “nppeal from the lower Court wending, "The caso will now bo resubmiitted to the Sunréme Conrd, and argued on the exception .noted in the record on the original trinl of the causc, 1t Is sakd that Wade's paramour, Mis, Drown, s settted down very contentedly to the washi-tub nt the Refonmatory, aid seoms In- clined to accept the verdict giving ier o Mifo punishmunt with satisfaction, 'Lhere nre no further indlentlons of fits or fointlhg spells, sueh ns sho was subject to (Iurmiz the time she remulned under sentence of doath, Itor ehilldren huve been tnken from the eare of v Rteddiek and “placed in the Orphany Ilome by thelr gunrdinn, COUNT MIYKIEWIEZ, #pectal Dispateh to The Ciiicago Tridunes Barroons, Md., Jon, 25,—Count Bugeno Mitklewiez, who erented sich a sensation in this city.aud Washington last spring by his neavy swindluuz operations as an extensivo conl-lealer, f¢ In trouble again, At that time ho was charged with fraudulont operations amounting to upwards of ons hundred thousand dollars, several of which cases are still, pending In the courts, o still lives tn tine style, howover, I this city. —Friday Mr, Frank W, Water- mun, vne of the many to whom the Count owes little bills, calledon hiw and usked o settloment, 11igh words pussed betweon the 1w, uml-.finullY tho Count ussaulted Mr, Waternan, and hustied” hine violently ont ot the house. Constable Cole s now for the Count with o warrant for his oolking nrrest, MURDERED IN IITS STORY, Atesents, Tenn,, Jan, 25.—Gray Varnell, aged 51, o Justice of tho Pence for this conns ty for the past five years, was found dead at noon to-day at his grocerystore Iy the north- crn purl of the elty, A lurge dent In the side of his hewd, from whieh blood was st oozing, . Inflicted with o hawmer, which was found l;) his side, told tho story of the murder, Some unknown Pumou hadd doubtipss engaged In a quarrel with the old wan, ‘and sttuek hime o bow which enused s death, In a safes which stood behitnd the counter wny® 8% [n’ovlm; that robhery was nob the causo of the murdor, ‘This afternoon a negro named Ransow Ben- yard was arrested on suspieion of porpetrate Ing the horrible erime, “Iho deccased Nad Iived ut Momphls more thun twenty yoars, — A BURGLAR, & Hpeclal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, DaTiLe Cuegk, Mich, Jon, 25.—Willlam Bena committed burglary and theft at Masshall City and fled here, 1o was ar- rested to-nlght and taken thore for trial, 1la 13 0 desperate character, and the ghicers hind o hard Illmnn seeprd him, being oblized to knock i over the fiead with hundeuffa, BURGLARIZED, Buecial Diapatch to The Chicapo Tribune. OuANA, Neb., Jan, 25,—~The dopat of the Burlington & Missouri River Rallroad {n Ne- Lraska gt Blooplagion Was burglarlzed 1o- \ . night. Five hundred dallors were stolen fram tha safe, which was blown open, The Durglars nde thelr eseape, leaving noe trail behind them, ——t PRAUDULENT VOTING. . CirAnrLEsToN, 8, Coy JJan, 25.—W, L Webl (white), of Georgetown County, convieted in the United States Court of frnudulent vot- ing, was sentenced to-day two months' fw- prisonment and a tine of 210, Lesides tho coyts, which amonnt to 8243, DISCITARGEIN Bpecial Disoteh ta The Chicage Tribune, Doxn ny Lac, Wis,, Jan, 25—Detective Kennedy, of Pinkerton's foree, arvested for murderous assnmit upon John annizan, was dlseharged from custodyat the examinne tons no canise of uction. TMPRISONMIE Ol LIFE, Braana, No Y., Jan, S5-Simmons, the prisoner fn the reformatory who killed Keep- er MeKelvey, has been found gullty of mur- der’in the seenml dogree nnd sentenced to Auburn Prison for life. . I WALLOCH MURDER CASE, SAN Fuaxcrseo, Jun, 25,—Counsel for I M. Kulloch moved to quash the entirs panel of furors becnuse the Judges have not slaned the Jury rolls, The Judges have been sum- moned to testify, CHARGED WITII' EMBEZZLEMENT, Togrox, Mass, Jan. 2 years ago th Internal Revenua Collestor for tho Lonistann District, has heen arrested on the charge of embezzling 313,000, THI WIEATILER. PREVALENCGE OF SNOW, Wastusaroy, D, C, Jan Snow wos reported early this morning in Now York, Pennsylvanin, Oblo, Mlissourl, and the far West.” Cloudy weatl enerally prevailed, PETERSBURG, VA, Prrensncig, Vo, Jan. 24—A very hieavy snow has prevalled to-day along the Wil- mington & Welden Ballroad, T'hu fast trin from the sonth was defayed three houes, "I SIGNAL SERVICE, OF TIE CIIEF St0NAL OFFICEN, WasiuNaroy, I G, Jan, %=1 a. m—For Qennessen amd the Ohlo Valley colder wul partty cloudy weather, occaslonal light snow, winds genernlly from southwest (o northwest, and statlonary orrising harometer, For the Lower Lake reglon, light snow and partly eloudy went! soufthwest to northwest winds, and slight changes in tem- perature daring the day, For the Upper Lake reglon, colder north- west to gouthwest winds, Hight snow, and tly clondy wenther, and stationary or e baronieter, For the Upper Mis: sourl Valleys, cold winds, partly clondy weather, and arens of 1ppi and Lower Mis- northerly to westerly light snow, :ml rising followed Dby falling burometer, i LOCAL OBSERVATIONS, CHICAGY. a1, 25! atitiytn temporature, 215 minltimo, 15, *Meitad snow, UENEMAT OUSEIVATIONG A0, dan, =113 pom, W, mwjurier S\ W Y Enpo; Denver, s Mol i tinrrs,d i Winnompe Yanktou... A QUESTION OF VERAC!TY. . What Carter L1 BXarrison Actunlly Did Suy ut Lockport Last Sumanier, I the Editor of The Chicags Tribune, Locxrony, 111, Jan. 25,—The following is A stutement from the Committee of tho Board of ‘I'raduof the City of Joliet, and of cltizens of Lockporl, whose testtmony L desire. to lve published to corroborate my statements in n letter publishesd in Tk Tinuse of the 15th Inst,, benring dite the 14th, und publiely dented by Mayor Hareison befora the Senato Commlttee in Springtiold lust Tuesday, the 15th Inst, Howuver wueh 1 may vegres the no- censlty of doing it, [ feel that fustlee tomyselt will adwmit of nothing less, as 1 was present at the denial, and thers prowised to prove my statements, RespeetSully yours, WiLLIAs THOMAS, [Copye| ‘Tho underalgned, muaitices of the Canal Comn- mitten ul the Jolict Bourd of Prwde, horeby cortity that thoy were ench of them prosent ut the Canal oftico In Loukport, 1L, un tho 8th duy of Juty, A, ), 1830, durliig o mueting of tho Hoard of Cunnl Counnissloners, Thut the Tion, Cuvter 11, Harelson, Mayorof tho City of Chleagu, wis, predont ot the sitno time, und dld show sovoral bottlesor water purporting 10 huve tiken out of the Soull lranch of tho Chleago Hiver /L varfous polntss that his Honoy did wtate that thu water in tho rivar wis solll- clontly cleny und pure for washing.und bathing purposus; thut tho Clty Of Chiuigo did not re- fualre tho turilior eleansiug of the Chleago ltiver or Annituey nor health purposes; that, i the water di C tho ewunl was foul und *fine pure, the ‘u{ ot Chivago — wi 1 0wiso vesponsiblo for the cuse; thut th City of Chicttigo did not nced the canul for sew- origo purposes; thut the "deep vul™ of the Tlinols & Michignn Cunal wus made for tho bonetit of navization, wid not for tho City of Chleaga; thut if auy,fuutt aroso trom tho A)nul- neds of tho wator tn sild eanal tho Commiaston- urs alone, und not tho City of Chicayo, nov $ty Mayor, wove responsiblo for the fuult, W, 8. $5100Ks, WiLnias Avan, Jocter, I, Jnn. 22,1831, 8. 1. Rego, The undorsigied eitizens of Lockport, Ik, vortify that thuy wirrs oncl of thom pressit ut the Canal ollve, in Lock port, on July B, 1850, and that thio foregolug siutcment is tries o B, MVENS, Gronee Gavroun, v WinLias MILNE, THONAS BEEOAN, oo A O, PAXEON, Locrronr, 11l Jan, 21, 1841, i i EXCESSIVE TAXATION, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicayo Tridune, Ocoxosowoc, Wis,, Jin, 25.—Chleago part tles owning summer resldences here should see that thelr property s not nssessed more than twico what it s worth, V. O, Turer, who 1s President of the North Chileago Rafl- rund Company, eluims that ho hus pald taxes on his )-mperl)' whicli lns been assessed ub threo thines whit he would bo glad to sl it for, nnd campliins bittorly ot the way hon- resldents afo treatod, i ————— MICHIGAN PUBLISHERS, JacksoN, Mich, Jan 25,—A wmeeting of the publlshers of the Interlor daitles of the State was held in this clty to-day to disouss Tmportant matters portaluing to tliekr tele- wraphic soevice, Every dully usine the As. socluted T'ress dispatches was rurrcsemanl, and such niensures adopted us will, it Is De- lvyed, result n enlurking their facllitios for gathering and publis lui important news, and morg especlatly that of our awp biate, A . ‘ . . THE RAILROADS. Opening of the New Southern Pa- cific Route Fixed for March. A Lively War on West-Bound Emigrant IRates front New P York. Work on the Mexioan Central to Bo Com- monced Emly in tho Spring, Chnnge. in the Presidency of the New Yotk & New England=Its Cone ditlon. '(’I'E'J'TL\'() READY FOR BUSINESS, A Joint cireular by tho Genoeral 'assenger and Tleket Axents o the Atehison, "T'opeka & Sunta 16 amd tho Southesn Pacifie faile roads to conneeting Hanes brings the Informa- lon that the new ‘Urancortinental routo v thiel lines will be opened positively for pi senger business about the mbddle of nest Mareh, and neral Tleket Agents of con- neetlng lnes are requested to at onca pre- pare coupon tiekets to polnts in New ) co, Arlzonn, Southern Califorala, mento, and San Franelseo, T'ho point hetween the Atehison, "Topeka & 1% nndd the Southern Pacitic Is to be ab Den- Inz, New Mexien, The clreulnr nlso states that the equip- mentof this new transcontinental route will Lo of the highest order, it all known ap- pllances will be uiilized towards making it the equal o any Jine of railway in the worlds . Tho arrangements and - connections with the Oceldental nml Orlental Stenmship Com- pany, Oregon Rallway and Navigation Come- pany, Pacitie Mall, and Paelite Const® Steam- slilp Companies, together with all other rall- rond aml steamghlp lines on the const, are In- thnate and dirdlt, una tho slieners of the cir- cular therefore usk for the smne ticket rep- resentatlon to points beyond San Franclseo ny I:lq aceorded o the Central Pacific Itnil- road, ‘Ihe speejal rates: for passengers *booked through,'" hetween Enrope nnd trans-Pacllic poris will be reeepled under the samg re- strictlons ns contained in joint tarifl of Nov. 1, 1890 (hetween Unjon Piellie Railway and Atehison, "Topeka & Santa F6 Rallway), All emigrant tlekets will he exchungzed at Atehi- sun, Kansas City, or jlmwuml polnts, DBamezage of u\'urf class and deseription witl be reehiceked nt Missonrd River termlbn and Junetlon points, hence no throngh gz cheeks whE bo required. One hundred Puumls of bagznge, consistingsolely of weer- iz nbarel, will be carrled freo Trom Mis- sourt River (o polut of destination on each through tieket, regavdless of clugs, It 1s understood that Wells, Fargo & Co. will control the entive express business from Kunsns City to Snn_ Franclseo, — The busi- ness over the Santa ¥é during the past fow years hns hoen controlled by the Amerfean and United Stutes Companles, but by wn r- rangement with the Lullrond Compnny they will be withdruwn, Several years ago Well Fargo & Co, purchaged tho Holluday ex- presy franchlse wese of the Missourl River, south of Dritish Amerien, and north of the Indkan Territory line, auc 1t Is through thelr right obtuined at that {hme that they now oy {n ur;cmlu tho entire lengih of the Sunta Fé tonrd, SE. THE WAIRR ON BEMIGRANT RATES. The wor on west-bound enigrant rates be- tween the New York trunk Hnes i3 getting nuite futeresting, Une reduction after an- other {3 mnde, mud now but halt the regular mtes are belng ehurged by the New York Central and rlo Rallways, The trouble commenced by tho sunouncement of the Pennsylvanin Rallrond Compuny that on bushuess from Castle Garden, New York, It would ullow a reduction of 20 per cent, Be- fore that the Peansylvanin Compuny re- celved but little :of]the - emigrant business from New York, beenuse 1t had an arrange- ment with tho: steamship line to Phita- delphln. I, however, wanted o larger share of the budliess from New York, and mude o reductton Lo get 1L 'The Brie and New York Central met the actlon of the Pennsylvanin by cutting tho rates 20 per cent, The Tennsylvanin thereupon announced that it wonld not only allow a rebnto of %0 per cent, but woull nlso pay a commission of 20 per cent. The two New York Ines, of course, contld not staud this, and they have now come forward with the annonncemont that they wonlit allow 40 per cent off from reguiar rates nud piy o commission of 10 per cent hesides, which makes o total reduction of H0 por cont. ‘This cuts out the Pennsyl- yanin agaln, but It Is hardly probable that |t wHl naw draw off and leave the field to the New York Centeal and Erfe Nonds, and 1t iy more than Mkely that it will cone to the front mgaln, sl go 1t still better, Every- thing Indicates that this war will beeome us sovers us the late war hetween the Alten and tha Wabnush, nl before 1t I8 settled rates wiit drop down to nominal figures, ‘Chore 18 one consolntion nbout the matter, and that 18 that the poor emlgrants read tho benefits ut(llm war by getting West nt unusuntly low rates, BURNING Ul BASSENGER CARS, b the Editor of The Chicugs Trtbune, Cuteacn, Jan, 25.—It 18 nol a necessary sequenco Lhat ralivond cars should take flve fromestoves or ofl uups when deralled or telescoped, Gus hins peon used to light the passenger ears of tha Philadelphin & Reel- Ingg Railrond sinee 18575 wad 'for many yeurs they have been lieated by stoves suspended uidler tho mididtle of the car,—warm aiv boing earrled to the feet of uvery passengor, 'T'his stove woulil probably becomo entlrely de- tuched from tho car If It was overturned, but In any ovent its construction prevents break- age nnd the seatterlng of live coals, It s the Invention of ‘M, John E. Wotten, tho General Munager of the rond, mel Jts exfst- ence I8 no donbt known to ear-huildars, win, however, generally prefer to furnish sofie- thiug cheap from thelr own patterns, as it is hong of thelr busliess to keep stoves Trom up- setting, Butthe publte should understand that It 13 nos absolutely neceasmy to earry tho materlnls for eremstion with them whea tln?' travel b order to keep warm, aud - that ralf- way manoagers enn guard the lives of their pissensers from this trighitul danyger by the adoption ol oxlating apparatus, Of coursy we Know lllof’ will do nothuyg of the kimd until leglslation prohibits the enreying of stoves In pussengor ears, Why? Becausu it will necessitate outlny, and that means n re- duetlon of dividends, * Even such lessons as Ashtabuln nrein vabi, Unfortunately the Itending Rallrond 15 not n tyunk ling, and transcontinental travolers bave -na ¢hiolea In through routes i respeet to danger fropm this partlealor form of nceldentul denth, . . W, Duntnas, i ARG RAILROADS PRIVATE INSTI« TULTONS To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Invisa. Pans, Jan, 24—The outspoken Impidence of that plutocrat, Leland Stan- ford, President of the Central Paclfic, de- cluring tho road o private Institution, and, therefore, not subject to complaints of the vublio regarding its charges, ete., nnd, at the snmo timo nssalllng Judge Black without gloves sluply beeauso ho did his duty In denounclug its management, cannot ho quietly overlooked by the Awerlean people, ‘Ihrough great bribery the Government was nduced to como forward and donnte publie landy amounting to mitlons of dollars in vidug to the Incorporntors of the concern, whao, Ifleft to themselves, coull not have bullt vven the snow-sheds aloug the line, Flrst, lot us ses what the Guvernment al- lowed.” 'The land-grant from the United Btates Government to tho Central Pacifle Rallroad Compnny of 12,600 acres por mile for 743 mylea i 0,497,000 neres, Then deduct for land previously granted and resorved, suy 1,600,000, lonves 7,007,600, ut the grant to the Comvany provides that when luands avo lost by renson of provi- 0us granis or reservations, they can bo made good from an_fudéinity grant of ten miles wide on clther sido of the twenty-mile limit, which Insnres to the Rallroad Company the tull amount of lands grantetl. ‘Fhe valug of 850 | at the Governmont minfmiun price for l\d]nlnlng lands—&2.50 anl per. acre— “Wonld “ADIoUnt 1o &2MB06,000, whigh, added . . EE, g to the above 7.097,000 ner me price, makes u_grand total of & 000, L Thy Company sold fo Oct. 1, 1810, 127~ 7 o100 weres -for $205,085.50, nvernring L per nere, ad up to Dee, 81, 1830, thera has been solid the tlmber of 11,618 50-100 | feres, amonnting to S20508,00, ween Oct,” 1, 1830, niul’ Dee, 81, 1879, B2, 1) Hi-100 neres waere sold for Si,751,800,27, |(l‘l| nverage of $7,18% per acre in gold by the fompuny, s . Bosides this {ho Company controls the Californla & Oregon Rallvond Company's grant, whieh ginou 12,500 nieres perlle for 201 wiles, belng 3,734,900 neres, Now let us Turn o the stock of the eoncern, The eunltnl stoek authorized is 8100,000,000, Cnp- Ital stocks subseribed 1s_ S63,608500, * Capital stack pald 1 In [64256,500, ot tho amount tibed, there s lield by the Company ELa0—an insiganitieant ~ sum In com- S0, i Unlled States Government havo ns- shated with over 250,000,000, and the publie have generously subseribed to 851,475,500, which lenves o bislanen of 88,000,000 not w\hl in to the ncorporators who now howl, The people make the Government, aud the peaply nire tho publie, hience the publiconght to hive ui oeeastonal right. to speak nnd bo heard swhen thelr aetual vights are abused. I leave the nmiter to the readers at Invge of Trk P to fudeo for themselves whethor the Central Paclfie Rativond s u privata in- stitutlon, Ve FLOBANCE, NEW YORK &' NUW ENGLAND, pecial Dispatch to The Chieage Trilmne, Tlosrox, Jun, 25, —The many wild runors of ¢hanges in the management of the New York & New England Railrond wero set at rest to-day by the Directors, who nceopted the long-pending ruslgnation of Willlam . Jlart, the Tresident, and appointed 1 his pluee Gen. Jumes 1L Wilson, the Viee-1'resl- dent and Manager, It hns heen claimed for some time that New York was bent on hav- Ing eharge af this road, and that it is only o anestion of time when the Erfe will swallow the New York & New England and uso it aa nn Liastorn Atlantic const ontlet; but the fact 13 that Mr. Hart hias for threo years heen dee strous of retiring, and . letter declining re- election hag been withdrawu reguiarly” fur that thne at the earnest request of tho Directors, In 1871 he tbok possession of the rond Ina dilaplidated congition, with- ottt means and without eredit, snd attacked on every side, but he so effeetunlty contended for the vights of the bondholders that lie now surrendors the Company i(s property ina groeatly improved condition, he having estab- Hshed'the eredit of the Company on n solid basis, secured for it the control of n system of ratlroads extending from Boston to the Hudson River, reaching all the Important centres of population in * Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, fmproved ii: physieal condition, Increased Its rofling-stoelk, and so extended I8 facilities for business that the Directors claim for It an Imewrlnnco, presunt winl prospeetive, second to that of no rallvoad in New Englad. WESTERN PASSENGER MUDDLE. The wmeeting of General Managers and General Passenger Agents of tho roads lend- g from Chiengo ml St Louls te Missourt River polnts, which it was expeeted would be held in this city this week for the pur- pose of reconsldering the recent arrange- ment by whieh the Weslern passenger war wat brought fo o close, and to make the ar- rangement more satisfavtory, lay been post- poned wntll next week because Mr, Cable, of the Rock Island, will not be able to attend Lefore that time. iAs alrendy stated, the present arrange- ment Is not satisfactory to some of the lines, espeelatly those Ieading to Kansas Clty, on the growml that $7.501s too high, and gives an advantago to the Wabash, It Is claimed that the Intter lins sold w lurge anjount of un- Ihnlted tiekets to Kansas Clty ns low as $5, mud theso are now being suld to Ynsxen ers hy the scalpevs at less rates than those ceuu‘uml by ‘the raftroads, and the Wabas therefors wels the bulk of ‘the busne: An effort will bo snde at the meeting next week to agree upon a $5rate to Kansns City, nt which figuro the sealpers will not bo uble to compele, 1t s nlso understood that plans for pooling the_business between Chiengo, St. Luuls, and Knusas City will be consid- ered and discussed at thnt meeting, . . READING,. Pinanerenes, Pu, Jan 25 —Counsel for Robert MeCalinout and others to-day filed a bl In equity contesting the legality of the Issug of deforred tneome bonds and the re- fundimz of the bonded ndebtedness of tho Philadelphin & Reading Rallrond, snd in connectlon with thn equity sult made the followlnez molfons: First, for the rovacation of the Comrts arder of Nov. 16 Inst, referrlig tn the deforred bondsy second, that the Masters be divected to report the evidence tuken upon the-petitlon of MeCnlmont nnd others for thg revoeation of the order of Nov, 16, ‘IhoJudgo ordered that the nrgu- ment upon the motlon to suspendd the order of Nov. 10 bo held Thursday nost, and the argument ||}mn the motion of revacation and applieation for Injunction bo heard Feb, 7 PENNSYLVANIA. Bpectal Dispatch to The Chicage Tribtine, Trrvsuuna, I'a, Ja, 25.—A riuntor has ob- tained “currency Ii New York and Phila- delphin that the Pennsylvania Railrond Com- pany lns deelded to {ssue $10,000,000 worth of 134 per cont gold bouds to run forty yenrs, Mr. Leggett, Seeretary of the Com- yany here, sald this evening In referonco to tho matter thut It was all news to him, but atkight have orlginated from tho eall fssted for n neeting to be held Maveh 21, at which it was understood some such schemo wonld b diseussed, The object of sueh nn issue wit refunding of present abligatlons at o Interest, An lnereaso of stock bu ndvisable, th lower rato of might ilso seem to TIN MEXICA RAL, S1. Lous, Mo, Jon, 25.—Col. 11, C. Nutt, ot Chilengn, therepresentutive of the Mexlean Contral Rallway, of which ‘Thomns Nicker- son, of Boston, 15 President, hins roturted from Ll I'nsg, on the Rio Grande, whither e went to determine where the rowd should cross that river, ‘This he deelded, nnd also socured over 100 neres of Innd at Bl aso for i depot, shops, ete,, for the roud, Col, Nutt snys the euglieers urg now in tho field sur- vuy Ings the e to Chihuahua, theneo to the Cily of Mexleo, tnd” teack-laylug south of £l Laso will propably commenco Aprll{, or as soon ns the Atchison, Topeka & Shnta Fo Rond renches that point, 2 TLEMS, . ‘The death of J, 1L, Scott, familiarly known a4 ** Long Scotty,” an ol and popular con- duetor on the Plttsburg, Fort Wayne & Chi- <agro Haflrond, at Crestiing, 0., a day or two ago, has enused much grief among tho “boys™ In this city, who held Mv, Scott In high esteem for his niany goud qunlltlgs. ‘I'ho Loulsville Courler-Joural snys: * The managers of the Kentucky Central do not thinik the wditors of the Cnrilsle Aferoury and of the I'arls Sun. hnvo loeen treating them falrly, and 50 they refuso tosond them annual passes, ‘The editors can better nifora to do without the pagses than the road can attempt I this manner to influenes the press, ‘his I3 ot the fivst thno the manager of the Ken- tneky Contral hawve shown themselves too nurrow-minded to run o great road.” And now tho Courler~Journal: will no doubt be rogulated In the suie manner., It Is announced that the Peorin, Decatur & Fyasvilld Rallroad Company carmed & surplus lngt yewr ufter fully providing for all expenses, fixed nlmrgesl‘mm tho Interest on its tncoms bonds.” The earnmgs fully cavered all the bonds lssued upon the Evaus. vitlo Division as well hs upon the old rond, The division of sixty miles will be finished to Evansyills next mouth, which will fur- nish tho key to n Iargoly fncreased businwss, ‘The Company Is now nogotlating with the Loulsville & Nashville Company “for builds dng n bridzo nt Evansvitle, which will thus culn{»lulo an Important connectionand which s m-cusauruy&)ruvu of great benelit to the Peoria, Decatur & Evansvilly Rond, A clreular just Issued by Johin ¥, O'Brien, Genernl Suporintendont of the Kast Ten- nessee, Virginln & Georgin Ratlrond Con- }m!u;‘d aniounces the following new appolnts netits? . Mz, JJ. B, Hoxsle has been n;molnted In- spector of Trunsportation of the consoll- datod Ino frowm Bristol to Selma, 2 Maj, Erank X, Huger has been appolnted Mastorof ‘I'rpusportation of the main stem, Coumitinieations In regard to transporta. tion un the main stem should be addressed to Ma}, Huger at Knoxvillo, Communica- tions lii reference to car balances, linproper uscand joading of cars. datention of same. \ , " eanal, and kindred matiers on elthor main stem or Selina Divislon, shonld be addressed to Mr. oxsle, & The New York Indleator says: **Anab- anrd nionor Is put forth, ns a reuson for the delny in the settlement of the Reading Rail- road froubles, that a plan is belng arranged for connections with the *Atlantie & Great Western aud'the Grand Trunk of Catnda for fonew throuel route that will ho n contpet- itor with the Pennsylvania Roliroad nnd tho Trle, Wa presume the rumor refors to con- neetions with the Great Weatern of Canadn Yin Suspension Rrkdge, ns has been anggested T tines pust. But by tho present condition of Reading, the stockholders have other amel more linportant mntters in hand just at this thno to secttre thelr own foothig, while nn solvent rowd Is pintiie for an opportunity to ik Its fortunes with nnregennte Iteading.” SPRINGFIELD GOSSIP, The Canal Committes Consldering tho Stk Questlon—=Tho Rallrond and Warehouso Bonrd—0Opposition to the Chlef Graln Inspector—=Tho Conteated Election Cano from Chicngo. ' Speetal Dispateh to ‘fhe Chicugo Tribune, SeriNaragnn, 1k, Jan, 25.—~The Senale Comuittee on Canals and Rivers held an nd- Jourued meeting this afternoon for the pur- vose of further considering the Munn reso- lutlon providing for the turntgof the waters of the Desplaines River Into the canal ns nn experimental means of relleving éanal towns from tho nolsome stenches and something worse than purgatorial torments which they ara now undergolng. Senator Munn opened the ball by reading u statement signed by W. D, Brooks, Willlam Adam, and D, I, teed, representlng the Canal Commis- slon of the Jollet Doard of Trade, and bucked up by W. D, Myers, George Gaylord, M. W. Milne, Thomns Beegan, and A, C. Paxson, eitizens of Lack- vort, setting forth the fact that thoy were all present nt the Lockport mceting on the 8th of Jannary Inst, and that Chleago’s Mayor, after showing several bottles of water pur- vorting to have been taken out of the South Branen, did then and thero make the follow- Ing statements: That the water In the river was sufliclently clenn and pure for washing and bathing vurposes; that tha City of Chi- engo did not require the further clennsing of the Cnicago River for sanitary purposess thint, if the water In the eannl was fou! and Impure, the Clty of Chicngo was in nowlse respoysivle for tho cause; that the Clty of Chieago i not need the canal for sewernge purposess that the deep cut of the 1llinnis & Miehlgan Canal was made for the benefit of navigation and not for the Clty of Chicago; that If any fault aross from - the foulness of tho water in said canal the Commissloners alone, and riot the City of Chicago nor the Mayor, werd responsible for the fault, Senator Mting, in order to further scitle the question of veraclty which has been raised as to what Mayor Ilarrison did or did notsny on that oceaslon, quoted from tho Chleago newspaper reports of the Lockport meeting for the purpose of substantiating tho foregoing statement. ‘e Committee then listened to the statements of Sol Hopkinsand Supervisor Muirhead, of the Town of Lake, in regyrd to the sewerage question as-it af- feets hat particular locality, and. the wiliingness of the business-men and people genorally to contribute 150,000 iIf Chicngo and the State would do the snme, towards the crection of pump- Ing-works which would clean out the Chi- eazo River, the Stock-Ynrds Branch, and thg caml. Oup of their plans provided for tho erectlon of pumping-works near the Inter- section of tho Stock-Ynrds Branch and Ash- loud avenue, but this woulil bo & merely tem- porary arrangement and less effeetive than tho grand scheme of n, new Stock-Yards Tiranch channal, with pumping-works to bo placed at tho intorsection of the nfore- pald chanmel and the cunnl af Ihirty-ninth street. A portion of this filthy branch is alrendy heing stralihtened wid the Town of LaSalle projeet 14 to : keep” on ‘straightening it and run It Into the eanal at the point - Indieated, Pumplug-works erected there, thoy elnled, waoulil not ondy druin the branch Itself, but tho unin river as well, and afford the. eanal all the water that is neeessary to dilute the sewage and render it Innoxious. The length of this proposed channel would be shont three miles, and its width twenty-four feet. I'he estlinated eost of this grand fmprove- ment Is siatea as belng some $450,000, and both gentlemen assured the Committeo that It Chiengo nnd tha State would do their part, the solld men of Luke woultl make up a purse of §150,000 and have this sewerage aquestion settled. d Dr, Raueh, Sceretary of the State Board of Ilenlth, called the Committeo’s attentlon to the results of his analysis of water taken from different points during the years 1877, 187, and 1880, On nn average nbout 7 per cent of tho pollution itn tho cannl eame from the South: Fork, and the remaining 63 per cont from the Chleazo River, though there wore times when inoro proceeded from the fork than' from the main river. 1o ulso stated to the Committee that he had_proposed a conneetlon between the South Fork and the cunnl ag far back ns 1372, and he still belleved that a conneetlon of this sort with pumping-works as Indi- cated would materlally assist in solving this problem of disposing of Chiengo's scwerage. Senator Munn, nfter consulting with a nutber of tho members, offercd tho, follow- Ingz amendinont to Scnntor Whiting's: previ- ously-published amendment to the resolu- tlon: . Provided, that tho Canal Commissioners shall first conler with the Muyor or other proper autboritius of thy unx of Chlengo, snd 1 suld city shull procued without defiy 1o cuuse n tlow into tho cinnl trom tho Chicnga Rtivor sufiiclont to dilito and purlfy tho water, and thus romody the ovils comnluined of, salid flow to. bo not less thin 60,000 ouble feot ‘a minute, Mneluding the ordinury flow Into the cannl from tho Chieagn River, anid {f thls atiall bo wecomplishod hy the 1st of Boutomber, 1l the Commbssioners may necept bt In'lloa_of obtainiug a supply of “water from the other !I:!II’L“E'& le‘:nod. 10 wit, tho Desplaines Rivor and e LY H Provtded, Furtuer, that sald. Commisslonars ara haroby “dircated to tuke ocaro of the 60,00 cubio feot por minute above contemnplated i so furnishod by tho City of Chicago. Senator Adams remarked that Chleago might have another Mavor before Sept. 1 1881, and thore was no telling how he would stand on tho question of pumping-works, Senatar Munn repliod that the amendmont covered that polnt when It roferred to other propor autharities, - Y/ 4 Sonator Adums opposed the' resolution in Its present shape, and wantad the Committeo. to report back n Il appropriating a sufll- clent sum of money to nsalst the city n this work, conferring the necessary additlonal powers upon the Canal Conmlssioners to give tho land on which to orect lnuuplnu- Works, and, in short, settiug forth tho wholo proposed systeny of dralungo through tha peaking for th Chi- o declured they wero favor »of these pumplng-works, the ~ possible exceptlon. of . ons city oficlnl, whose position In the mattor had alrondy recelved undue attentlon from the Commltte, and for whom ho did not pro- pose to have the City of Chleago made ro- sponsible, “ Bonator Munn said hoe proposod to Intro duca a bill suthorlzing the Commissionurs to lensa tho land i question for pumping works, Sunmo{ 1ell, of Pedriu, offered the follow- ng nddditlonul proviso to the resolution: - Provided, further, 'That the sdoption of this rusolution * shall *not commit ‘the Btato to a system of permunent dralnsge of Chi- coge sewago through cither . tho ou- or the ~ Desplaines or lllinois Rivers, but that tho Btuto resorvos tho right to require the City of Chizago in futuro yours to tako caro uf itasewago through othér channels. ‘The original resolutlon, nmended by the addition of the Munn and 'Bell provisos, was finnlly adopted, and the Clinirman Instructed to report it buck in that shape ta the Senate. Tho Committes then adjourned, Sunator Manier's actlon to-day in voting with the Democrats in theSenate Warehouse Committes nealnst the continmatlon of the three Rallvond and Warehouss Connnisslon- urs has been ohs of the toples of conversne tion to-night about which every ons who s at all luterested In this question has lighted upah to keep up tho supply of current gos- elp. 'The non-cm\nrmlng tepublican Sen- atar. has been syblected to o llitlo nressure n * In consequenca of his attitude in tho , but, 8o tar na heard from, his lmvnll{ml:fllle\w‘ J not heet ehingell, and appearniee: e ) S 0 he willvoto * 1o™ Whonever the qneatin o A como . “The Kailroad ame Warpg o, Commlyslonera, who ure on the groupg, Ho tray no uneasiness whatever, with gy p’"' ception of Robisison, tha new abpolntes. who has been plling up hotel bills for \vupf' in thy. expeetatln of seclig Ifsele o o firmed at n prospect of o zood, fag $alary ™ slxhl to'asslat In thelr Hauldation, The ni" Connnissioners, oven to Juhn Oberty, ,:,.“ #fford to take nntters with a show of llu[l;‘ ference, By law they holid aver ungil theie sticcessors are uppolnted and qualife), umr Oberly has made no seeret of {he anotint of enfoyment fo be oxtracted feom hi owinbility Lo draw from a Revnbliean Slnu} Governent the snug: st of S90 3 month while he 1s engaged 1y starting a new Demp. eratie paper. It 1sn't everybody who ean hold as good n stake as that, ‘Phe aliure'to seeure a voto for conflirmation i the Cop, miltes to-day hng bronghit out some of the seeret listory behitnd™ tho matier iy the Senate, which throws a deal of jieht Upan the motives and the animus of the’ fizh; |y that auarter. 14 was auletly to-night that when the y .r:‘..?l‘.'fi‘.’“,‘ aent in the names of § | Bogue, and Robinson he conveyed lnl:m'. ather niessngo Intended for ho Senate hiy wari desire that John 1, Reynolds Suceeed limself a3 Chlef Grain Insnector, gy message was effectunlly interpreted wnd held back, when the Goveriior's private secretary was m‘:lcmuly nssured by two nrominent Cook County” Senators that it wouln'de dn; that 1 Reyiolds’ yumo went in the Senaty would down him.as sure as death, It now appears that there are no less than five Cogly County Senators, nnd_ possibly more, tn s, nathie of reealeltrants from othior atinrters, wiho will linve none of hion, The Grain Recelyers’ Association of Chicago, moreover, Ting_divected Its battorles pgalust the In! nrcnumt Departnient rather than sgainst thy Ttallrond and Warehouse Board, cluston Is gradually minds of most foreing tsell upon tiy pcnplc that the fight tn m: Senate, nt lenst, Is primarlly one on Rey- nalds, while thesida licks at the Raflroad and Warchouse Board are but Incidental to the reneral skirmish nlonf the line, The Clief Grain-Inspector, ns is well ‘known, las considerable patronage to e stow In tho way of ofices, Aslde from the complaints “made ugninst tl n the niatter of Inspestion It alleged stubboraness, not to sy plehieaded. ness,of the Chief Grain Inspector himself, in refusing to correet whing arc claimed to by abuses, and his devotion to other matters out. slde of the oftie~ neluding his duties ns See. rc(m'f'nr the I4zposition, thiere Is good reason to belleve thnt his bestowmentof the political erumbs in his gift has notheen af 2 char. acter to sult somo rersons. who are now de termiied to down him, and whose menaries s‘xl}g‘u(l back to n somewhat recent clection, o > the cfforts o his — oflles wera combined agaiust them to prevent them ridmg Into power, In so far ns the Railrvad and Warchous Commission has the power of confirming or rejecting tho Chlef” Graln Inspector’s ap. paintments, that institution comes into the fight as_an incident to the gencral engage- menf, he nq-l(e{nnhls men dre fust as confident of their ability to down hiin now ais they wore when they prevented the send- ing of his nnme. In short, they are chinckling over the belfef that they hiold the key to the situation, and will be nble to bring about the nomination of a mors acceptable man by ade and the eon. . liering o the tacties which would now seem to have gulded them all along. ‘The Efectlon Committes of the Touse held another meeting to-night, and decided to send for the ballats, tho ballnt-boxes, the Judges, and the clerks In the Scharlau-Mier- oslawskl election ease befora proceeding ane other step in the fnvestigation, TFIRE RECORD. - AT VALPARAISO, IND, Bpectat Dispulch to The Chlcagd Tridune, Varnraraiso, Iy, Jan, 25.—Flint’s Hall, ono of tho boarding-honses attached to the Normnl College, burned this afternoon. Tho entire contonts were destroyed, Including the personal efleets of “nlnoty students! Loss, 12,0003 insured in the Phenix of Brookiyn, N. Y., for §7,000, AL MEMPIHIS. Mesrmg, Tonn., Juin 25.—A fire this morne Inge burned the grocery store of M. C, King and the drug house of W. Voorhoes, at the corner_of Lauderdale aivl Vauce streots. Loss, $6,000; fnsurance 00, < 1 AT MILWAUK! A MrwAvkee, Wis,, Jan, 25.—Zlon’s Church edlfice, corner ot Seventh and Walnut streets, cnught five from an overheated furnnce ut6 a'clock to-night, and was'damaged 3,00, Insured for 85,000, i s AT ALAMOSA, COLO. ArAMosA, Colo., Jan, 25.—A (ire early this mornng destroyed the Carter House, an ad- Joming saloon, and a' Chinvse Inundry, Loss about $7,000; Insurance, $:,000. SECRET SOCIETIES. KNIGITS O PYTHIAS. Spectal Dupatch to The Chicago Tridunes INDIANAvOLIS, Jan, 25.—Tho Grand Lodgs of the State Knights of Pythias met here to- day. The followling offjeors were elected for the eusulng yoar: Inst Grand Chancellor, James R, Carnahan; Grand Chaneellor, W. 1L Gllam;: Grand Viee-Chancellor, Jomes F. Darnally Grand Prelate, R. . Curran; Girnnd Master of the Exchequer, W, L, Digi lap; Grantl Ne#por of the Recards and-Seals, . B, Chidler; Supreme Representative James R, Carnnhany Trustees, Samuel Po Oglur, John B. Stump, Charles O. Lehman, WISCONSIN G. A, R, Mirwauges, Wis, Jan, 25,~The annual ‘Encampmont of the Wisconsin Dopartment of the Grand Army of the Republic began fn Milwankee to-dny, ‘The attendance fs very lavge, and the Order Is ovidently prosperous. The prineipal fenture of the dny was 81 able address of Commander Gritf J, Thowas, of Berlin. CONTAGION. MILWAUKERE, 8pecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tridunte MILWAUKEE, Wis,, Jan. 25.—Health-Officer Wight "1 dotermined to prohtbit the®im: vortation of contaglous discases, ‘The other. duy ho caused tho nrrest and arrajgnment before the Polico Court of two Germans who hud braught the body of a dead bmmért‘g tho cIl?' for intermant, whoso death result from d I?hmurlu. which was contrary tothe ellr ordlnunce In siicli cases made and pro- vided, "The young mon plended gullty, belng ignorant of the law, and the Health-Ofieer recommenled them to the merey of the Cou which the Court judiciously exerclsed. e MUNCIE, IND. Spectal Diapatch to The Chicago Tridunts Muxcig, Ind,, Jon, 25,—Searlot-fever an meunsles having become epidemic In this se tlon of Indinnn, the county schools are bolek closed in many locatlons, . . B'NAI B'RITH. Grand Lodgoe Closcs Xts Seaston 3¢ cland—Iteports of Commiileos= Llection of 0Moers. i CLEVELAND, 0,, Jan, 25,—At the thl" dny's session of the Grand Lodge, Disttct 9, Inal B'iith, the Commltwo'nmmfl“” adopted ndvarae to any further call on lm!i‘ for balances clalmed due on the Centent! statnary fund, and the Secrotary MSEP reeted to 50 notify the Scerotury © llll} nal ecutlve Commitiés of ~the Constitutlo! Grand Lodgs at Now York, | dum ‘Thie avallable assets of the'Orphun AsylHd fund wos reportod us $05,240, and real SITS E)t A, Weiner, of Clevelaul, wo8 Gleeted Asyium Trustee. stabe ‘The Commiittee report tavoring the c‘ o lishment of n Home for Aged and lnflruu” mtu jlurllsulcllou district was unaniuo! adopted. 3 m’rllnlu netions of lhe“ flcllfifl!l Clommltlce dor ¢ the year wore ull confirmed, )l'lm followlng oflicers were elected: !;l,’lec’k |lont.l Phitip_Schloss, “Terre Inuto 0 Presldents,. James Brown, Cincliua e M, A, Mirks, Madison, fnd.; “Tress Morrls Hauer, Cincinanti; hecm(nr)’;' T Abraham, Cinclunati; Sn-rxcnm-u‘t-;\n‘lld& Lehuan, Loulsviile; Generul Comitrty Alexander Buohman, 'Hoenry 31"&""_”‘1“‘,,,, Mack, ML H. Marks, Cincinnati; S . Louisvllla; Leon Kahn, Indianapolis. “fitljoumed to 1neet next Junuary in ————————— : . ! When the bralu {s weared, tho norvol Wt ! BiruBz, the musoles wopk, use Jow ikers - The -l Loulk