Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 28, 1881, Page 2

2 ilxratlxll and that a spnco of not less than two Toesnats he left nt fho rne el of te bollcts opposit thy back conneotlon ddvors Atwt freteht steniiiers of 100 tons and Lo Inspeeted [ accordanee with the i tlinses, with the excoption that the pus 4 e .. the pear end of the Luiler therein provided for shinil bn required. £ UlyFesdlution wits sufporrad hiv 4 tajor- Hty ol the Committee, Tho resolution was aceompanied by o statement giving the VIEWS OF A MINORIFY MIMDER of tho Commwittes b the subject. 1l says:. 1t appears from tho records of the Hoard pervising Inspectors that the nile re- orred to was first enactsd ns Rule 53 ab ity + gpecial meeting held In June, 1871, AL @ - speelal meeting held in October of the spine Lyear it wis referred to the Comppittea on " ules and Regulutions for amengdnent, but 110 further netion seemed to frve been taken At asubsequent meeting of the Bonrd he same rule was reéineted na Rule 16, and ab its meeting in January, 1835, was rednacted as Rule 10, its present number, showtng that (gl rule fas recelved L VERY PARTICUBAR ATTENTION Lrum tho Bourd ns well as by different See- * retaries of tho ‘I'rensury, who have approved It and gave it the foree of law utnter g vro- vislons of See. 1,405, Revised Statutes Thery 1918 no evidence that Role 10 was founded npon See, 4,470 of the statutes, whieh relutes 1o the danger of fire, but wus enacted yinlor the general powers offered by See, 4,405, Re- yised Statutes, sixteen fnches of space belge the room requbred for an ortdinary person to onable hine to examine all pirts of the shell of g boiler, ay avell ns giving romn 10 & workman to make repmis whon needed, The Investlgation — of tile enuse of the oxplosion of the steamer Adelphin's huilor, whereby many lives werg Tost, developead the Tnet that there wus n- suilieient room uround it to make the teces o sary examination, the Ut of whiel wis the ultmate eansy of explasion, ‘I'lils steamer was hallt, however, hefore_the rnle in question was enaeted, i conelnsion, my own experience white I connpand at difer- ent times ot the steamships United States and Crescent Clty (hoth having been seton five In consequence of the too elose proxim- ity of” the woodwark to the boiters) make it msi <Ivulr to protest against n.chung.: of this sulet? % "I'ho foltowing 1s the textof Rulo 10 asii now stamdss - Rulo 10, AU steamers herenftor construeted Igating the ocean, sounds, kes, bays, undl subject 10 tho Jurisdiction of shull have u clear spiee of not lusy thn sixteen inehes on wil - sides af th boilers, and ut the buok endof ull such bollers thore shall be u elear apee of two feat, tegardhue the practicabllity of changing this rule, the fin[m i Inspector-ticnera nys thit the only. moditiention of the ru houbil be nade, will be with refer to small steaniers of 200 tous or under, Gen, Dumont colneides” with the minority report of the Committee on tha sublect. A, TELEPIHONE PATENT, DANICL DRAWNAUGIVS FORTUNES, Telegram to St, Pt Ploneer I'reas, Wasmisaroy, D, C, Jdan, 5, n-ay the counsel for the Peovle’s Telephone Company of New York filed In ths Patent-Otieo their side of the apptieation of Danfel Drawbaugh applieation for a patent for u telephone. This oponsup w pecullar und Interesting phase of affuirs fn this counectlon, The fhst telephone patent was granted fn 1876, and sinee.then the patents of Gray, Edison, aud Bell, with the Bluko transuiltter, have been consoliduted into what is known as the Bell- Awerican, Telephone Company.” ‘The Ieo- ple’s Telephone Company Is composed of n nuwber of gentlemen who formed a com- pany and.purchased the Interest of Danlel Drawbauch of Eberly’s Mills, Cumberland County, I'a. Drawbaugh, as Is proved by about u hundred living avitnesses, nelghbors and others, Invented anmd liad in practieal operntion aspeaking telephone In the yedrs 1870, 1871, 1672, 18T and 1873, lle was . VERY POON, IN DERT, with o large and fielpless famity dependont upon hint- for support, and was from this sause unable to pitent or cavent his inven- Hon, or manufacture or market it. The men somposing the Teople’s Felephono Company sought his clntms and some patents that com- ploted the Ingtewment, and made applieation for Drawbaugh in 1850, and proposed to fur- nish telephones for about one-third the cost of tho Bell telephone, preswming upon the . validity of thelr clalin,: Thoy hooled the Com- + pany’s stoek, spent about £50,000, and started into the bemnning of the work with plenty of capltal to go whead on, “The Betl Comnpany L thereupon eansed an injunetionund suit, The ) Drawbaugh patent was rejeeted about two \ months ago, on the grounds that the patents had been granted to others, and printed deseriptions published by . the others prior to the date of Drawbaugh's application, The religaring o{ the casy now, comes on and Is presented on thres questions of Inw, which are upheld by bigh legal authority .und printed Judielal decislons, und the bollef pre- yalls that either Drawbuugl will get o patent or the Inventlon he given to the publie, L 35 ‘NOTES, SUTTING BULL. Sipeciat Dispaten to The Chicagn Tridbune, . WasiNaroy, D. €, Jun, 2.~The recent Iallure of the Government to hying Sitting Bull to ferms has bedn naturally lald at the _door of the War Department, 1t is suld by Carmy people.that the iden did not orlginate (n the War Departiment, or with (len, ‘Lerry, but that it was a seheme of Seeretary Sehurz, who_prevailed upon the President to sdopt it In accordanee with this idea, army of- ficers suy, the order wus Issued to Gen, Torry, tlzoush * the War Department, to ei- fer Tuto negotintions with Sltting - Bull, Lerry's own fdei, §tis salil, was to treat Sit- ting Byl ng an atien, and to “hold the Gov- ernment of Cannda resbonaible for any rald e might make on tho territory of the Unlted Stutes, The plan finnlly ndopted was o part of ) ehurz’s pouce potley, and, lud 1L sue- « v ceeded, [t was In contem; i to send the hostile bund to the Indian Territory, where they were to bo allotted Inmds in severalty, . mnd chmtredd by easy stages from hostile sav- nges to law-ubiding Tavmers, The uriny peo- 3 Elu clabm that Mr, Sehurz shastld have the fanie whichmust attach to the sifair and the negotiations. G dineme ety el et 1 | | { | i i ! N TR e I I ooy PRy Py i o b Hi % OV, JEWELL Chalrman of the Sepubliean Nutlonud C wittee, hng been sunmoned here by the Cos, _nittee Investhgating the abuses of tho franke Iz prdv 1{:0. und” will testliy to-morrow, Guy. Jewell siuys that heean tell all ho knows iu five minutes: that no speeehes wers eyer feanked rront the National Republlean head- quarters, aud that the speeches which wera sent from Washington, although entitted 1o Trunk, were most of them sent by oxpress, us they camo In large bundles, 1OCUSTH COMING, Profe Rletly, Chief of tho J'Inlmlmln(;ln-ul Commlssion, predlets o grent switru of Lo+ ~ custs this summer, particulucdy i the Soutl ¢ ern States and the southern portlon of 11li- nole. 1o says that tho tarmers of that sue- Hon may expect to siifer mih damage from thelr dépradations,’ + oy THE LAKE-FRONT, o T the Waatern Aszoctated Press, JWasindron, D, G, i, 47~Tha 1House + + Committan on Bublie Lands oitay aeread 10 mlum luvurnhlf to the {lousy” Aldrich’s (1) bR Lo conlirm to the Clty of Chicago tha titlo to cortuin publle_grownds, with i snendient authovlzing the Cliy af Chieago tolense orsell and convey the I;mululu.l serving the right of all vaflrond’ companies that are willlng to foin oa cqual terms by . puylng their proportion of cost of the lense, TIE TREASURY DEPARTMENT urchased to-duy 15,0% otuees of fing silver ., for dellyery at the New Oslcans Mint, ¢ TIE JOUSL COMMITTEE ON MILITARY Ab- s reed to-duy to_report fuvorably upon the lc‘iwrur ho’Becreniry of War, recommend- b the Samstruction’ of & curvluge way ut Jelersouville, _Ind, (from the clty to the . “Oovernment- depot), und {nstructed Ropre- o kentutive Birowne to ask for sn approprine - w dlow, tobe Included in tho Sundry Civil Ap. 3, SA Pruuriu\lun bill, for this purpose, ur to move - lgus s amendwent to the bill when it % i_mflchgn the House for consideration, S0 T EXAMINING ARMY OFFICERS, ‘Lo Connnltteu also agreud to report favors ably to thu Hopse ot Lepgesentutives, Spurks’ bitly which uuthorizes und direets lhu'!:’s. (i - tary of War to constitute w Boswd, to con- sist of onu Mujor-General, one lrigadier- Geoeral, and thiree Cotonels, threo-of satd offieers to be selected from umong those p‘nmhumltu the redularariny on account of dlatingulslicd servivo In thy voluntoer forees uehye the fate War, und befoye whom tho Sucrotary of War shull causo to appear all eticers of tha aymy deenied by hiw unfit for RiByer tuschqxgu of thelrduty froiu uny e e el S ot 12 bt S oo TR E A e ey e Iy i I e P . portlon of this fssie.] It wue listenod to with . THE CHICAGO TRIBUNI:: cause oxeept from age, fnjury teceived, or diseasa contrneted fn the line bf their duty, And creets said Hoard to examine ond repore Tuily and specitieally the nature and exten: of ainel alleged unfitness, and that, on recom- mendation of s Blonrd, tha President:shall muster ont of tha service any of sabd offferrs 80 reported with ong year's pay,but that anel imtstor-ont shall not bo ordered with- allawing sneh oflicers a hearlug before such Bonrd to show eause against it THE MONROE DOCTRI ‘The hearine before the Ilonse Commitice on Farclgn Affairs_on Crapo’s joint resolu- tlon to reafMrm the Monroo douirine ip con- nectlon with the Panamn ship vanal, eame to n conelusion to-duy. Ex-Seeretary "Thomp- 80n, Ameriean represontative of the Panama Canal Company, ¢losed” the urgunient an tho part of that Company, and the sibjeet now ioces to the Sub—(‘nmmlhcfl, of whicli 11ill, of Ohiy, Is Chalrman, GOFY GOES orf, Secrotary of the Navy Goff has gono to West Virginia for a day of two. THE QUINCY BUTLDING, Senator Davis tried to get the Senate to take tip amd pass the bill nuthorizing the con- strnetion of n publie building at Quiney, 1., reported favorably from the Committes on Publle Buildings and Grownde, but objection wag made and the bill went over, SENATOR DLAINE . 9ays he Is not golng to Mentor, 43 reported, THE FUNDING QUESTION, The Senate Finanes Committes hns been nothxd, nml o um{urlty Tfound to favor a loug :&L{ |:‘ur cont bond, and 800,000,000 short-time onds. EIMSODE, A well-dressed white woman, giving her name w3 Annie Purkins and Yesidonce as Providence, . L, came to the Seventl Preainet Statlon “Tnst uight and rw’u«- nd lodging for the nlght, stating that she was ot of money and vory sick. = Siie was ne- commodated, but had not been In the station over an hour when it became evident that o doctor was necessary, Ono was ealled, ad i1t u short thne the pupulation of tho United Stutes was Inereasedd by u bounciag baby, Wasmixaroy, D, C., vresented w petition signed by John Welsh, Blshop Shnpson, the Rev. Joseph Cook, Wendell Phillips, and. 82,000 others, besides churches, benevolent and other soclbties, representing in all more than 50,000 citlzens, praying that Congress obsurve the treatles mado with the Indian tribes, and In future to do justlee to the remnants of that people. The bulky package Liclosing the petition was conveyed from the Senator's desk, whera 1t had attracted much attention, to the Viee Prestdent's tably, and, with an accompany- ing explanatory letter from tho Indiun t'reaty Keoplng Assoclation, of Philadelphin, wis ve- ferreed Lo the Comtnlitee on Indian AfTalrs, Mr. Vost reported favornbly the ULl for a pub- Me butiding ut Quiney, 11, Mr. Junua (Fln), from the Committee on Pub- fle Buitdings and Groumnds, reported favorably tho Senate bill to provide for the purchese of & alte ond crectfon of n public bulldiug nt Minncapolls, Miun, Mr. Morrill, from the samo Committee, re- ported favorably on n jolut resolition for thy erection of n monument ut Wyandotte Misslon, Upper Sandusky. . Nills were Iutroduced and reforred: Iy Mr. Gurland—"To establish n uniform sys- tem of bankruptey. RReferred to Committee on Judieinry. By Mv, Voorhees—Approprinting £75,000 for tho improvement of the Wabasb Itiver. Mr. Heek nddressod the Senato for un hour In advoeney of froe ships, tuking us his toxt his regglution, submitted ou Monday, for the repenl of " nit laws prohibiting our citizens from pur- chnalng ships to enguge In u freign earrying trade, or which provent the registration of them as° Aworlenn ships whon owned, cone manded, and ofticered by United States vitizend, {Thespeeen will be found in full {n another —Mr, Dawes markad ana thoughtful Interest by nlinoat n full Henuto and crowded gullorles,—tiio compliment of aunanlinous voto belug tendered him upon the expiration of the morning hour to enablo thin ta proceed. Mr. Blning followed In reply to Mr, Ieok. 1le construed the Senator's speich ns an admission that Lils policy louked forwird to and proclaimed the perminnent depondence of this country upon England for ber ships, It wus 0 remarksble 1t thut, for twenty yeurs, or from tho time of the War to this hour, the Cangress of the Unlted Htates had not done one solitary thifg to uphold iho navigation [nterusts of the United Siates, The great mwarch forward of our oid commorcinl rival hod benn witnessed and usverywhere recognized, and the represcutatives of tho peoploof the Unitod States had sat in thoir two hinlls of legixintion ns dumb ng though they could ot spenk, und hind not offered u ringlo remedy or nld, untll the Scontor from Keatucky (1lock) ud risen in his sout and pro- pewed to muko o Rmulnmmlan of the perputual neo of this country upon Bugland fo Mimeree #8 sha tony enjoy, holdtug up to us Gerinany, ltaly, and other” European ¢oun- trins that are a8 wkbsolutoly “dependent upon {ireat Bvitain for tho commnoreo thoy enjoy s the District of Columbla 18 wpon Congress. Dure Ing thess twanty yenrs this Cougress had passed ninety-1wo nuts 1 or internnl trankmisslon by vall, 1t ud giv 200004000 teres of public land,wort hito-dny $1,000,000,000in tnoney, to which it hnd ndded $50,000,000 10 cush to the Anme e, and yeu It had not oxtonded tho ald of & »ingle dollir to that vist oxteraal transportution, Wwhodo finportunco bad not hoen oxusim-rum.l by Benator from Kontueky, The United States could not win in this geent international ntrig- wle withont sdopting exactly tho sume means that had achievoed victory for othors, Whit wns that? It waanot to holp Jobi foxob, or any- hody olsu, but to make it great aud comprobens #iva volloy that slell glve overy man and evory compny specitio nld of ko much per milo for Alch i term of yours, Lot tho Americun marlie foul that the Giovernment of the Unlted Btutes 13 tehind thom. Let the United Btates nnly take trom her Trewsury por annum §4,000,000, tha sanmo sum that Great Britain i8 vay. ing only na n pustseript 10 her 200,000~ 0" of Investmont, and let that Lo uscd fn n fund tosthnulato uny company from: iy ortaf tho Unitod States’ to nny foreign port. Mr, Binfno kald he was not n prophot or a sun_of uno, but If this was dore, ho yentured o pradiot thut u long-deforred and much-desirad event, tho rvevival of tue Amorican steam marine, would suon arelvo. 1o would have tho country slo ano thing more, to whick Engiand had paint- ed the way for us. Wohnve nitu navy-yurds, and uro without wunvy, I we would put tho oXpoIse OF thoso wivy-yards into tho building up of great private shipyards, this woulkd form eubsldy cnongh, or ald envugh, If Bountor Beek Iiked thut word better, 1t woulid help enongh from gaving t tho construgtion of naval vessuls 10 flunt this wholo schemo for w revival of Amerlean nnvigntion. The olection bad shown thut the qubllu upinfon of this country wits in fuvor of keoping up Awmerlean ayafnst forel manufactitrers, and ho would kay to tho upholdera of proteotton thut this conld not be donu by tho dustruction of tho commercinl mn- ring af tho country, Mr, Beekebriotly replied, Ho sntd ho was glnd it hin presuntation of what hie thought wis tho beat polioy bad culled forth the Promicr of tho next Adminlsteation. The Senator from Mulne hadd pot donled, beeauso ho kiow It was true, thit wo hind no foroign cartying teadus nor thut it had dwindleyl sluee the Wirs nor that wo gave EE0,400,000 per year to butld up the trande of our rival aud weakon ousolves: nor that while wo givo 1ho eleht to Germany, England, and Francw 10 curry OUr Koods trom our purty in chenp free slups, wo ure handicappiing oucsclves; noe that, nstend of Buving 80500 or WA Ainerienn wall- ors, 63 wo hud fu the War, wo now have nune, Lo Senator (Blule) denjed none of the facts assurted by Mr. Beek, but bia (Minine's) yemedy for it all wos o furthor taxation of tho people, fur substdes meant inxaton, and uothing elie, aud the policy of & subsidized line under Johi Hoach, ur wny othor fudividusl, would bo to dedtroy the compethtion of its rivi.e, tbon tonble It chinrges wnd crwato a wonopoly, After roferencs 1o the alleged monopoly of tho coustwlso trade, Mr. Heek repliod to My, Blnjuo's uliuston to the Homocratio Iaef-fur-rovenus plank by stuting thut i struoger plank was cons, tnined § the pietform of that party fu 1870, wheu that party currled tho country, though. cheuted out of thoe victory, and Liat, us the pops ulur vota in 1880 ulso showed w mafority for the Domoeratle candidate, tho nlleged coitdenfiu- Uon of tint polloy could not bave: beoit Yary ome phitie, aitor nil, . 3 ‘I'he rosolution was thon Iald vn tho tablo withe U ititon ot 3. Windom, tho ¥ i iotlon ol Mr, Windom, tho Sonuto took u the Nuval Approprintion bjll, 3 [y T Windum stuted tho wiondments of the Comuittey, und that tho net umount added _to tho b, us pussed by the Tluuse, wus 259,760, mukiug the total, a8 ruported to the, Benuto, 1,720,387, which wus $301,66) loss then tho edtls E:fimmd FIH.V6T L1 oxcoss of tho LI ot Just vasion. In comuilttco of the whole, the wmendmonts af tno Senuto Cummities wero agroed to, as also 1hu utnendmont o0erod by Mr, Burnsido' adumit- tlug boys tu the nuval iralning school at 44 in- Ktend of 16 vears of iie, The bIll wus thon reporjed to tho Seuate, aud pussed Bunily, Il'tficdxulluwmu Vllls wero then soverally cou- ed: Ou motlon of Mr, Alilson, the House Defilonvy blil, setuting 10 the intercat on tho 3.45 bonds of, tho Distriet of Columbly, passed, ) R s O R ou Stonmer Dessong, Passed oo FEpeon Ou tnotion of My Iluwmb for the sale of certain porduns of the Furt Leuvenworth wilitary res- ervation, Pasied, < A o of e, Conlng o putor e UL of u Al bridge seross Nlugarg Rlver. Pasiod, with an g} ‘\n:,uly Ollica in tho City of 8t, Lonls. umendmnnt granting to Congress the right to nitet or asnend the el Lt On-motion H0 Mrl Cockroll,"to osvlnhl:nh1 an "sed, Mr. Teeler submitted resolutions requosting tha Seeretary of tho Interfor ta forward to tha Sonate tio 1ite Commisston’s report.nid also ¢alle e for sllcorreapondoned hetwean tho Sceretary and tho Contmission, ani betweon the Heeretary and tha Governar of Coloendo conecerning the Ute lml‘lnv:s,’nln-w March, 1830, Both tosolitions wero ndoptod, ‘Tho Indlan Land-in-Soveralty bill woe taken up na unlinishod business, > The Scnate adjoutrned. | THOUSE, Tha I'osl-Routo bill was reported and recome mitted, Mr.8peer, at the expiration of tho morniug hour, enlled up the contested election easo of Veates va, Martin, Me, Congor Inquired swhethor this was 1 ques- tlon of bighor privilege than the question be- fore the House yusterdny, Ho had nuderstood the Chalr to deehie when the othior question was up that he coulil not ‘imngine n quedtion of lgher priviiege than one which fnvolved tho clection of n Presldunt, The Speaker replied that tho Chale hind not oen naked to reemgnize any member upon that auestion, (The gentleman In chinrge of tho resos Iutton was not pressing it. My, Congor rownrked, sarcastienlly, that, If there was o newd of uny urgeney from his siie ol thu Hlouse, he was réndy Lo ftrko it 'The election ense was thion taken up. _Mr. Spoce urgued it favor of tho contestant, eates, Tho rdlscudslon was protracted, Mr. Keffer presentedd the cian o the contesteo Murtin, and, ut tho conclhision of a nruuun. wurned the Domovratie party that if it did not plees tho wenl of disapproval upon such pruce Uced ns hid beon resorted to in the cryo, the day Wit comtug wheu i would be swept trom k0 halls of Congress by tho Ameelenn people. Mr, Husselt wiso warned the Demoeratie party that I the rewsonioks of the Committee i Elections were adopted, some fitteen or tiventy gentjoren from tho South in tho next Congress would walk oif souie morning and kive plics to men who hnd bren counted In, whother clested or net, A Dsmoerat—We wlll ree about that, At tho cunclusion of Mr. Rusacll’s speech Mr, Hpriger detnsuded tho previous guestion, and, tho Repubifenns refusing to vote, the House was laft without n quorun, Adjourned. FIRE RECORD. IN CIIICAGO. The nlarm from lox 73 nt 4:30 yesterdny uorning was coused by afire in the base- wment of No. 525 Clark street, owned aud oc- cupied as a rag-shop by 3L H. Harrls, Causo of fire, supposed to be spontancous combus- tion of the ragy. Dannge, S0, Tho wlarm from Box 89 at 5:20 yesterdny afternoon was eaused by nn overheated fur- nace In Room 21 ot the Central Block, N sl 86 Market s ocenpled by L, oyes, maifactirer of n patent dictionoe ‘The building, which is owned by only slightly damaged, Dan- age 1o oyes' stock, 850, upon which there is no insurauce. - ‘The alirm from Box 262 at 6 o'clock Inst evesing was eaused by nfire on the third floor of n threestory” and basement brick bullding ut No. 62 West Lake street, owned h‘\' Mrs. Bernwuer, and ocetipled by Frad W, Wolt, architect and mechantenl engineer. 'The cuttse of the fire Is_supposed to have been sparks from tho boiler-room. The building. was pretty well -drenched with water, the englneer haying had a stenn-pump tirned on - for some thme beforo the alarm wag tarned In, e damaege to machinory and stoek helonging to My, Wolt witl proba. bly not exceed $300, which s fully covered by lnsuranee. AL AVOCA. IA. Couxcir Breres, ln., Jan, 27.—A speelal to the Nonparell trom Avoen, o town ontho Rock [sland Rond, glves the partionlars of the burning Inst night of Jolin Coates’ livery- stuble, fn which John Chenoworth, n hostler, wis ronsted to death, toxether with filteen or more lorses, The entire contents ot tha barn—bugssles, wagons, grain, ete—~were de- stroyed. “There is but slight insurance, AT NEWARK, N. J. NewAnx, N. J, Jan. 27.—~The pork estab- Ushment of Mr, Selby, on Seventh street, waits purtly destroyed by fire last night, "The origin of the fire is unknown. The approxi- mnte loss on stoek and bulidings was stated 10 be 210,003 [nsurance, $2,000, in New York compuinles, NEARl VALPARAISO, IND, Bpeeiat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribuine. Vavreanaiso, Dk, Jan, 97, —Eacly this aft ernoon tho farm-houss of M, I'huriss, near town, wus eu(lrc|f destroyed, together with most of the furnlture und. fixtures, Loss, 81,0003 Insured for $300, CAUCUSING. The IRepublican: Members of tho Il nols 32ousy Doliborate Over u Lino of Polivy to Bo Adowted—Thu Meeting Produetive of TMuch Marmony. Bpectal Diapateh to The Chicago Tridune, SemNorisiy, 1, Jun, 25—~The Repub- Hean members of the Iouse held u caueus to-night to deliberate aver a generat line of policy for the winter, but more particularly Lo agree upon n plan of action In resand to the coming Raliroad and Warchouse Investl- gatlon, As s niready been explubied, and a4 ‘tho voteon the MeWillfams resolution itself shows, there was not that mmnlmllf 1 of mind on the Roepublican side whic! usually eharacterlzes thelr auts, ‘Tl cauens to-nlght was productlye of more harmony than " has existed within the past fow dnys, and o more complels ugrees ment s fikely to be brought abont when the next one shall be held, which wiii probubly ba wiithin a few days, Whils the doors of the roum In whieh the eaueiy was hehd were securely locked and guneded, and wverybody put up two hands in token ot his whllngness to kuur the thing n doad sceret, onough has leaked out upon which to baso o uess which is redingly apt to b vorifled hy futuro events, "The Speelal Invcstl[zmlm! Committee, when sppointed, will in a1l brob- abllity defer uction untll the report of the Rullrowd Commities on the complaints which have besn made to the = Roflvoad and Warchouse — Bonrd, togethor with the disposition made thereof, Thly necords with the line of argument pur- sued by the opponents of the MeWilliums resolutfons—namely: that It wias unneces- sary to uppoint i Speelnl committeo until it wis $how that thoro wus m:umllysuumlhlmi‘ to Iuvestigate, 1t obvintes,.too, whit would have been a very plain blunder hud the cau- cus deelded, as somo of the members uro snld to - have advised, the reconsilora. ton of the McWillinms resolutlon after It had been ndopted malnly by Republlewn yotes. 'To have donn that woiild huve heon worsg than o confession of weakness, ‘I'he Bulh'y finally agrevd ttpon meets the views of oth cloments,—tho ones who bolieve in fn- vestigntion auyway, and those who prefor to defer 1t until somothing mory tanglble s pro- sented than Is at present In sight, J e A NEW OIL EXCHANGE, TLEUsVILLE, I'n,, Jan, 87, —T'o-day the now Thusville Ot Exchange, the finest In the coyntry, wus formally dedieated with I poshig ecremonies. ‘The Bradford aud Ol City Exchanges ndjourned to partielpate, Speciul tralng wego run, and delegutes were presunt from New York, Pittsburg, Philg- “dolphia, wnd the QI reglon, A doren ud- dresses wore made. “Phy lcmlluF ony wo3 made by tho Ton, B K, Brewer, ~of “Westfold, N, Y, a contomporary of Col, Drake, A Comuilttes was appolnted, conslsting ot L, [, Smith, of the Now York Exchunge, Senutor Robyrts, and I3 D, Benson, to ke iunsures for the ubrwzilnn of o monument to the late Col, rake, ; Intheevenlnz n grand ball_and banquot were held ii the Exchange, Two thousand peoplo worn presont, and tho oveasion wasa vory brililant one, e — YALE ALUMINI ASSOCIATION, . . CLEvenaNn, O, Jun, 3T—Tho Yalo Alutn! Associatioy of Cleveland andvicinity hetd its fiest annual reunlon and banquet to- night. The wembership numbers ‘over a hundred, neluding lymahlmn Hayes, The ofticers ure the Hon, Johm A, Foot, Dresi- dent: the Roev, Charles ‘Porey Colllns, Vice- President; J. 1. Webster, Sceretary, - e ——— e EDUCATIONAL APPOINTMENT, . dune, Bpectal Disputeh (o The Uhicago Ty UALENA,; Ll Jan, 3,—James V. Mellugh, of this olly, has hoen nppofnted Asslstant Profussor of Muthowatics lu the’ Linols: State Norwal School at”Normal, 3y, Me- Mugh 13 an accomplished mattewatlcian,and one of tho best Ingiruetons lu the State, - - NEW YORK. Abstract of tho Agrooment Coneolidating the Tele- grapli Companies, Values on the Stock Ex- change Still Favoring the " Bulls.” An Easy Tone Provailing in the Money Market at a Decline in Rates, The Low-Pricod Railroad Shares Now Commanding the Principal Atten-" tion of Speculators, A $s500,000 Conflagration in the District Given Over to Dry Goods and Notions. Dastardly. Atlempt 1o Drug Hughes, the Leading Pedestrian in the Walk- ing Match. Hughes Bents the Record of Itowell, tho Champion, by Over a Mile. A-Bloodthirsty Bloodhound Runs Amuck Through the Prin= cipal Streets. Proposed Reorganization of the Gov- ernment of the Motropolis— Thurlow Weed. TITE TERMS OF Tt TELEGRAPIL CONSOLIDATION. -wlal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. New Yonux, Jen, 27.—The followlng is o careful ubstract of the agreement by which the Western® Unfon Telegraph Conmpuny purchuses tho-tssets, plant, patents, fran- chises, renl esinte, and stocks owned by the American Unfon snd Atiantie & Pacific Telegraph Companles, and the first that has been made which Is absolutely correet. ‘T'lio pirchuse fneludes wl the property of the two Companies ex- cept thetr franchises to be corporations. y1'he consizteratton pald to the Amerlean Unlon Is 150,000 shures of thoe Western Unlon stoek (par value £100), to be delivered to tho Unlon ‘Irust Company °for distribution + fn exchauge for 100,000 shares ot Ameriean Unlon stock and the 85,000,000 of Aanerlenn Unfon bonds, The stoek I8 to bo exclhienged shiare for share and the bonds at pur for stoek at pur. ‘Uhe Awmer- lenn Unlon . - CONTRACTS 'TO DELIVER ITS PROPERTY free of llons and incwmbrances, that its In- dobtedness does not and shull not exeeed the £5,000,000 In bonds, and Lt I3 capltal stock doces not exceed 100,000 shares, and that the entire umonnt of its bonds, not less than—— shures ol its stock, shull birexchanged within thres days atter notice that the Western Unlon stock is ready for exchange. Thy consideration pald to Atlanile & T'acific s £4,000 shares of Western Unlon stock, to Lo 1ssued In return for 140,000 shares of Allantie & 'aclfic stock nt- 2100 a share, X TS EXCHANGE al50 is to be mude by the Unlon Trust Com- pany at the rate of three shares of Western Union for five shures of Atlantle & Pacitie, ‘The 72,010 shares of Atlantie & Pacific stock belonging already to the Western Union nre to be Included in the oxchange, the Western Unlon shares oxchanged for them to bo ‘dellyered directly to the holders of the prasent capltal stock of Western Union. Claims for [fractions of Westorn Unlon shares when united so ns tu conntitute n vnlueo?unl to the parvulue ot three shares will ho exchanged for five shares of Atlantic & Pacifie, All the Amceriean Unlon, nud Atlantie & Pretils stock 18 to he deliversd by the Unlon Trust Compuny to the Western "Union ‘l‘«lefimph Company. Itis next agreed that the West- ern Union . SIALL INCRI Dy 883,038 500, ¢} Union’ rust a3 follows: 13 1T CAPITAL STOCK 2 ssue to be dellvared to the Compnny for distribution S15,624,50010 tho -holders -of the bresent ., shares of Western Unlon o ropresent ita Invesiment of euarnings In construetion and pur sinea duly 1, ), andtho restdue (S23,400,- M? for the purchuse of Ayieriean Unlon und Atlantle & Paeltic a3 ubove deseribed, There shall also be distributed 1o tho Western Unlon shaveholders tho 85,855,650 of stock _now in the Company's treasury, Western Unfon undertakes all the telegraph and othier contraels of the other companies, aml purtlenlarly the Anrienn Unlon agreos ment to lease for cablo messazes certaln Wwires to the ewnurs of the now cables about to bu JALd veross the Atlantie, provided that, if the Western Unlon dlflmlull uny of thess contraets, It shull earey them out only ns the pirahianed compinies would have beéen ablo and beund to do ir- THE TRANSFER . had not faken place, nwd provided that it. 1s not_intondud to inelude any of the Atlantic & Paellie continets or alleged contracts with uny persons or bodies corporate now in litfeation, or In rvegurd (0 which any Hilgation” o ndversy claln has arlsui, Thy rights, priviteges, mnd {nlerests seeured to the Amerlenn Utilon by tha acreement of Feb, HE0, with “the Baltimore & Olilo Rudtrond aro partienlarly excepted trom the contracts ~ assmmwd - by the Weatern' Unlon, .and it Is espeolnlly agreeil that e - pulrond’s ¢ rlghts arlstge under ghis agreement shall bu pratected und observed, "It 18 stipulated that tho Wostern Union shall "he put into passesslon of Jts purchuse on - Fab, 24, aiul hiat 1L shall dellver the stock to the Trust Company for exchange on or bufore thut dute, buf that ¢ VI PURCITASE AND SALE shall bo held to dule from Jan, ! last, and that all carnlags and oxpenditires o elthar of thy rurcluwul<(.‘am|mmcs sinco that date _shnll be tor' acconnt of the Woste arn Unlon, ‘The Amerlean Unlon stip- flates that tho -aasels of tho Central Construetion Cumrnny, atud all it propuortles, rights, and frianehises’ ramaining aftee the dischurge of Its debts shatl bo turned over to the Western Union, a4t I8 wrveed that It any of tho puartles to the agree- ment " are unable,-to seeure the cor- parate fauthority yequislt for tho cone sunsmation ~ of “the genoeral awreemont uo Habllity for damages svall arlso there fromy but the ngreement shall bo void, and that [n theevent of delay from legnl -process no HALHIty shall seerue therefor Lo the party Afocted, but thu vights of tho parties to thy l':"l(rumuum shall not be otherwlso aifvcted ereby, 2 t S WALL STREKT, CILE BAME STORV=—UPWALD, Bpectat Dispaten 10,47 Chicaso Tridune, New Yousx, Jan, 37—The share specula- tlon at the Block Kxehuuge wus gulte getive ngnin to-duy, and, alphough In the late denl- fugs sules to reallze prolits cuused a decline In prices from the highest polnt touohed, yot the closing quotations showed I ahnost overy Instanee an udvince on tho finul sajes of yesterday, The uisrket opencd strong jn tone, nud at the firgt Bosrd an advance rang- Ing from 3¢ 10 B3¢ pep cent wuw rocorded In tho general” lat, the latter in Moblle & Ohlo, Chicago,: Burlington & Quinoy,. the Chest- peake & Ohlo shares, and Alton & Terre Hnnto bolag also prominent in the improve- ments About midduy there wns : A FRACTIONAL NEACTION, J whiel was followed by anothor mivance, In, whieh Deaver & Rio Grande led with a ridd of 4 poreent as compared with yesterday's cloalug quotatlons. Durlag the afternoon the speelation was frregular, the ehange In pricey, however, belhg slight, excepl in the cnse of Central Paclile, which declined 3 per cent, In the late dealings the general llst felloff }f to 13§ per cent from the highest polnt, the atter Mobite & Ohlo, swhile Chica- g0, Burlington & Quiney declined 4 per cent, Amoug the Miscellaneous shares Indiana, Bloomimgton & Western was notably strong, and advanced 6 per cent on the day’s teang- netions, In TIE MONEY MARKEY nvery ensy lono prevatled, and tlie great ma- Jority of tho transactions tn call Ioans on pledge of atock collnteral worn effected ab o per eent, with oxceptional transnctions as high 03 6 pee cent, Tho enrrent gnotation at the close wis 4@5 per eent, The Covern- ment bond deaters supplied. their require. ments nd 3@ per cent. ‘limelonns nul prime discounts are unchanged. The sterling exchange market was dull but firm, aml the " nominal nsking rates wera unehanged. Tho supply of commerelal bills does not keep up to tho regulroments of busiuess, whieh 1s now entirely legitimate, coming from tho regular remitters and not for the acconnt of gold imoportations. "The basis o which ACTUAL TRANBACTIONS were effected was ns follows : Sixty day bills AN0A(GEH40L¢ s demand, 48314624845 cablo trans- fors, 4843@4841¢; commerelal bills, 478%@ AN, RAILROAD MOWTGAQRS, were [n briskc demniid and’ wera generally strong and higher, Doston, Hurtford & Krle firsts deelinedd from 654 to 623, und recov- ered to 033, Columbus, Chicago & Indinna Central supplementary irsts advanced from 04 to T, and reacted to T2g. Lrle con- soliduted seconds fluctunted botween 10147 owd 101, and elosed b 10124, Erie funded 53 advanced from 9% to 06l¢, Mobile & Ohlo first dobentures advanced from 8415 to 863¢; dltto second debentures sold up from 4647 to b, veacted to 523, and rallled to 5314 ditto third debeutures rose frome 40 to 44, aml ditto fourth debontures rom 40 {042, Ohio Central firsts advanced from 1085 to 107, and elosed ab 106345 ditto Invomes sold up from 601050, nnd rencted to 693, ‘l'exas Paclfte landl graut Incomes roso from 76l to 503, and reacted to T8¢ ditto firsts (Rio Grande Divislon) ndvanced from 993§ to 100}, Burlington, Cednr Rupids & Northern firsts fell off from 101 to 10043 Erie fdurths (ex- tended) from 1084 to 108, and Now Jersey Central adlustments from 11334 to 118, Chesapeake & Ohlo ts (Class 1) ADVANCE from 62 to 84: (o currency 03 from 4944 to 513 Central fowa coupon debentures from 83 to - Calro & Fulton firsts from 11034 to 1L Denver & Rlo Gramde coustruetion 08 from 11135 to 113143 louston & Texns (main line) seconds from 1241 to 125: Indinna, Bloow- | higton & Western incomes from 75 to 7746 80§ Indinnupolls, Decatur & Springfield s ond incomes from 624 Lo 633¢; Kansas & Texns firsts from 11137 to 112Y; Lehlgh & Wilkesbarro consols (assented) from 110 to 110!¢; lmke Frie & Western Incomes from 50 to 81; Minueapolls & St Louls firsts; Jown Extension, from 1101 to 111143 Ohla & Misslssippl seconds, from 195t 120; Peorln, Deentur & Evansville lncomes, trom &ito 81 Sunthern Pacifie of Callfornln, firsts, fronn 163 to Io:l{f',Unlu‘n "neitie fivsty, from 114 10 114170 i New York, Penngylviain & Ohlo fiest icomes from 62t 63, 1n STATE JIONDY, Loulsiana consols sokl nt 5415, At presont 1be tide.of speenlation is running in the low- el securdties, Inetuding Ontarjo & West- 1, which s sald to be good for n further rise ot B@i0 lmr cent, 1f certaln tegotin: Ing ure suceesstul, Irie & weri 8 belmg oy purehused for Boston and Western aecount. ‘CheSouth- western stocka luve Just begun to move, A gentleman who 1s ‘thoroughly conversant with the Ohilo Central rrmmrly‘ having buen no of the butfders of tho rond, says that this Company owns 12,600 ucres of tho best coal Inuds In‘the country, which Col, Tom Scott anee bitd 81,000 rur were for, and the Com- pany is now selling 2,500 tons. per day ntw brofit of 75 cents per ton, 1t was reported this worning thatMr, Van- derbilt had yesterday Suully signed the Cane adn Southern freight contruet, ~ It Is claimed b THE UPWARD TURN IN Wil will ho greater on the present movement thun bofore. 1t fs reported on_execllent nu- thorlty that the Union Pacitle Railway Com- uany [$now earning ab the rte of 17 per cent per aonum upon tho stock, and that the quatterly dividends will bo fixed at. ¢lther 182 or 2 per cont. The stoek dividend " will bo cqual to 4 and b per cent. o\ sharp furthor rise in Union Pacile Is predicted, but It muy bo postponed untll after the stoek sells ~ex-dividend next week, It i reported that Jay Gould willon the 10th prox. uy the Atlantle, Mls- xlsxlrul & Ohlo_ Raitroad, one of “the leadlng lines fn Virginin, which Is to be sold on that date. If this expectation by realized, which I3 consldered certain, Nor- folk, Vit., will be the eastern terminus of A GREAT SOUTHENN THANSCONTINENTAL BAILEOAD, . and will soon be one of tho largest, us it Iy now one of the most vrqslmrolm cliies In the South, It was rumored Lhis afternoon that the Erio Raflway Company had made an Tm- portant tratlle agregment with the lndlumxl)- olis, Bloomington & Western Baltrond, prot- ably through i connection over the Atlantic & Great Western Rond, : CENTRAT, PACIFIC'A DIVIDENDS, 'Tho Brening Post says: “'Tha deeline in Central I'nelficis on o rumor that n bond would not be furnished, which rumor, we nr ed, 1s unfrue,™ The swne papel As the amonnt of the Fubruary div- 9 81,778,205, tho fact that a bond for 870,000 13 accepted by the Governmont indie eates that the anount In dispute 13 - less than the dividend, and tho fact that leading oftlew, of the Company are willlns to 1{‘[\'9 thelr p sonnl bond for 8750,06 shows they have cone fdencs fn tho Justico of thelr position.” TIE FAVORIT STOCKA, In tha share speculation It is noticenbls that the older stocks, particularly those whieh have had o lurgo rise, are ghvitg place to low-priced stoeks of tho fture. OF these, the strongest have been Moblle & Olo; Ches- aprake & Ohlo, Ohlo Central, Taky Erlo & Western, Keokuk & Des Moines, Loulslina & Missourk liver (its tirst appearancs on any stago), and Centrat Iown, IMMIGRANT RATES, THE WAR STILL BAGING, Spectal Dispateh ta The Chicag Tribiue, NEW Youx, Jan. 27—Tho New York Con- tral und the Krio, which have beon taking Immigrant business ut 40 per cont off the reg- utur prices since I'nesdny lnst, were to- day compelled to mako somo attempt at meeting the &0 per cont reduction by the Tennsylvania, ‘I'hls they did meet by selllng tickets at hait price and by glving thelr out- slde agenta numd canvassers o coni- migslon of 10 per eent. Thus whilp tho two Companien nre obliged to disposs of their tiekets ut one-hall tho schedule rates thoy allow tha Imml{:nmln tho benefit of anly 40 por cent of It, giving the vemainkg 10 to & eommlsslon ugent, 1U1s probable thug S LOTTOM PRICEs have about been reached in the vallrond war, ‘The rlval Companies wro now carryiug fmmls grants, cheaper thun they can aflokd, amd the dispute s eviduitly apyronchs g o ellmax, Meantho the Ewmlgra- tion, . Commlssioners — will make, another uttampt to solve the problem of how to recunelle the contlieting Intorests at o speelnl meating of the Board, to be held Am v ny. other lnteresting ang spley dlacussion probably tike plice, hut 1t Is not - vory olear what.pawer the Comumission hus to compel | the Rallvond Companles to sign » truce, i tas MORY; CONHOLIDATION, THIS TIMEIN TR INSUBANGE LINE "Spreial Correspoidence of The Chicago Tribune, New Youw, dan, 2L—~"he ll(flm FireTp- surinee Compaity, one of the oldest fnstitu- tlonsof the kind pu-this city, is ubout to b merged ‘into tho Sterlng Pire:Iusurance «Coupany. ‘Lo-dny the Directdrs of the latter, approved the conditions nt- the* proposed db- sorption. -I'he Hopo Yegan busttess on July . pust five years.it hos keenly felt the strain ot .of capital, "I'ho «cly this hornlng, when it bounded -past EXULOSION OF A% umfl““‘-‘ o Tl - e L SiniL S Ie | g extindon, nf oo SIE o "Mgg cinet; - ut Jludson an nuzyvort streets, '_ i Mg ..'bu;nfl" b Mo ¥ ofifeer fired at 16 twles, but {l‘lfi;‘,};‘:\t;’r;"}fifjl‘,',‘fl'!f 3&’1,"[’)‘:&‘)“&:5 T 13 i aad Jouiey FRIDAY, JANUARY 98, 1881—_TWELVE. PAGLS. : : oo s s —— In D, d. Carroll's limber-yar I'welfth atreet and Eleventh nwu}m:'g l'llfl!. the forenoon, when Miyly + A HEQE URAY BLOUDNOMY, Y ran In: from the street amd felf i with great l‘ur,]'. 1t foamed ut gy, bey | awd its eyes tolled wildly, Befure (o conld ape both hid been it abg, Hid s, antmnl next surddenty ypeat Lleventh strect, coming npon twy T iy tearing thelr clothes, 1t was fiyeq n:;:‘"“ eseaped, 1t was at length n-urnvrq-‘f n"“‘ soms lumber, nind a policeman (-m'.\llngm"'l 1ho Jamber piles emptied Iy rovaly “f"m o iy 10, 1850, WitHl a cupital of $150,000, - During thé phst ten years, and mors espeeially by the competing with companies of larger eapitals At the elose of- 187, the Company's net surpitis had: dwindled down to 834,080, Iis stafoment for last year shows that lts operations resailed in o slight improvement me contemplates . TI COMPLETI 'ANSORPTION of the eapital stock and nssets by the Ster- lng, which shall assumo In Hew théreof all the lbilitles of the Hope, 1t I undurstood fhat two or thice of tho Dircotors of the Uta Dody and_Killed 1 - Fward Wiyg,: Storling wilt retiro to ninke raom for sallor on' tho steamer “Adrintie, gng 3 . ol Wi ve boen serv- | steward of the steamer, Idwa 1ty llllllfl‘l‘l)\‘l, n’rls‘::;)x'llllmm.n who have been ser T et Fol Uit (s Uy, in n simllar capacity, "Fhe Y ehange contemplated In conneet with the nnagement i the apportime: Louls I’ Buyard, of_ths Hope, 1o be Se tary, In place of J. K. Renssier, who is to bo Vice-I'resident, DISASTRROUS FIRE. IT INVOLVES A LUsSS OF $300,000, Bpecial Dispatch lo Tue Chieago Tribune, Nrw Youw, Jan, 27.—The most dlszastrous fire that has oceurred In ‘the ilry-ggomls dis- trict for muny months broke out this even- ing in the six-story brown-stone butilding on thenorthwest corner of Broadway and Frank- I street, ovetipled by threee Inrgo firms, and although, through the exertions of the fire- moen, only s commparatively sinall: purtion of the structure wus burned, the loss, which i3 v!ulclly by water, will fool up nearly $500,000. , I 3 will . fal h““"ll'l'?"“,’[:: ‘llh"l)flh(l)?tr:ll()l!i:. purtiments are redueed to_one, ¢ suriice cotpanics, 4 | Clirities and Correctlon, Taxes shortly after the bullding had been closed tlon, "Taxes and ,\m‘s’smems, ‘:\'l’::l for tho nleht, and the occupants had left | o in g allowed two Commilssione for their homes, whon the firo was dlseov- | Parle Degrrlment 1o have vontrol o ered In the rear. "Phis portion of the huild- | and the sidewnlks adjoning the sume I Ing was oceupled by 8, and M. Davidson & | 'The Mayor Is charged with the duty of cleg, Co., shirt mminfacturers, nud Is helioved to "“’I‘I{“ hrouts, s IL"": ‘:' f el o Litinay have orlglnnted In thelr packing-room, Ryl Asessuony.t.lu e N1 l.r‘fdfi[‘“"?! THE COSFLAGRATION RAGED FOR OVER | (ho log e TWO HOUIS. . three eltizens, taxn (0 WS ‘I'ha Toases by tho fire, ny far us could be ng- | neeted with the City G tr Wit ayy certalned to-night, are ny follows: Mussrs, | Board, Commissloin, or oilice supported by Sweetzer, Pembrook & Co., dealers in dry | (e salary of wileh fs pald ‘Trom the Gy goods, white goods, and Yankeo notlony, oc- cupyed tho first floor, basemont, and’ sub- cellar ot the bullding., Mr. Willlam 1l Bones, one of the membors of the fir, suld that In the hight of thie season thelr stoek of goods on hand gen-. ernlly reaches 41,000,000 0. Lo firm had com- menced receiving I'.'\rf.:e consignmenty, und he placed 500, U, bitton’ by n_dog_on \\'cnILuustuy lh\;;‘i:'(;;“"' stenmer’s pler, No &, Further |"],”M'-‘u the antmal are expeeted to ho Tepurted, by CITY GOVERNMENT, A TILL SECURING REFONM AND oy, New Yorx, Jan. 27.—Senntor MeCartyy from the Speclal Commlttee of the State g(" ate to investigalo affalrs In New Yorg Q‘““ for tha purpose of seenring more Leonym; 3 the City Government, reported by bii o, Lt Il provides: 1. For the election i Ay of u Mayor and Board of Aldermen, o Fy the appuintment by the Muyor of the hnd’ of dupartments, Lolice Justices, wng lh: alinls, without confirmation by the Hoarg ,} Aldermen, aud for thoe removal of the lmi, of depurtments aud Marshals withont 1, approval of the Govenor, Tho heuds of dn seept Py Corres, Polly, 1} , the Controller, 4, NOf ‘Lreasury. "The people of ) glvena lieariig upon the subje TIE TURI, THE RACING YUSD Fon 1581, New Yous, Jan, he Spirit of py Pimes says the vacing fumd in this coly | tor1sst will elosely spporoximate §1,000,0m. our breedersand turfmein entered thelrliore us liberally ay thelr English confrires doty valueof our reelng stukes and puisey wopy reach 85,290,000, Independent of trotting: gy 1t wo hul o Natlonal Jockey Clu thetady fund would exeeedj3:3,000,006,0n five yenrstng this date. It is glven out that v much g ek wil] of ncllmkr: he value of the present stock nt . 'The loss, whieh is entirely by water, wonld, in his aplntou, amount to 59, ver cont, or £250,000, "This foys Iy FULLY COVERED BY INSURANCE, The secoml and sixth flours of the - building are occupied by Lawson Bros,, inporters of nees and white-goods. The. firm was about to move to n° nehghhoring | S50 perday will be upprowriated Lo g building, and nearly all their . gootts | ruelig fund ut the Coney Islind Joekey Cht were, puckedt up ready for vemoval, A menber of the firm esthunted the valuo of thelr stock at $250,000, aud thair losy at §100,- 000, ‘Tho third, fourth, and fifth_tigors were ocenpled by 8, & M. Davidson & Co. "Tho gentor member of tho fiom sald the stock on hand was worth between $150,000 and $200,+ 00, and estlmates the loss at from §75,00 to #80,000, meeting, or a total of. 41,500, : THE CONEY TSLAND oUp will be run for June 5, Kentueky, Tunns sue, and Missourl cach claim the whing, notwithstanding Luke Blackburn s gy inst, Durbng the lost sutunn meeliney Jerome Fark nn Tuglisl 1, unda’| the assumed namn of S staridd TIE TOS8 ¥ 2 § » is fully covered Ly insurance, bl w3 auin Mdos tn ‘The struet- | irrcd s known ns | ispe Awround that they were the nueky are hn” which tho |fre the ’l‘n"lnr Bulliding, and was ereeted i 1853 wlln?urm e x‘n‘u‘:;:;r h‘ll'icrlll)l:;‘ K‘J:fi,;"sfi",‘ifi‘ by Willinm “Tuylor, who fitted up the fiest | jad ot 18 1s now ghven ont that l tioer umlI Dmflinl t as u restuarant and lee- | yordeg yave nrrived, Including the two cream suloon ch an elegaut manner that ths pluce beewme noted notouly in this eity bt llul'«'nmglmut the Unllhs‘d Slult’ex. : ’{‘hu upper floors were aceupled o8 the Inter | o o i national Hotel, ‘The buNding was purelinsed venture, “:m 1 l",m pit \lthl i In 1860 by tho Merchnnts’ Unlon Iixpress : NI QYksS i Company for £400,000, which soon arter was | whether American horse: Hur, w we fisld, morged o the Amerlenin Express Come- | they do, from .cifimntic eanses when trae pany, which Comuny still retains the owner- | ferred to England, * The Ide I3 to bring be ahip of the bullding, It hay n frontage of | kilsh Torses hure, and, It they prove to i fiity feet ou Brondway and n depth of 150 | better than A merfeans, that will settle gy ituded to, and strong relnforeements il thld port fine Mureh and April, 3 orsey seleeted, ns a vide, wee untyied ey feot on Franklin street, un alle ay [nthe [ auestionso Intag i dtispute as to the disy rear, known s * Frankiln atiey,” dividing it | that English thoroughbred deterorues sk from tho stroetures in the rear, 'l‘lm‘flw bronght to thls conutrys No pains will 4 spured by the buekers of this 1 malke it suceesd, An Bl i alsu conin over, and the hope Is to services of one or more ¢ ble joi SPEDESTRIANISM. i 2 TP EM: © TR O'LEARY DELT WALK. ‘) PIE M N Your, Jun 2%.—lecourse to-day NEw Yok, “The Herald s chundoned the contest for the O'Leary Inter- | worning publishi er from Chiel Jir uational belt. The score at noun stomd: | theo Daly, Presidont of the Amerfean G Uughes, 293 miles; Cox, $0; Howard, $48;5 | graphleal Soelety, to President Hayes,ad Albert, 8185 Krohnie, 3105 Vint, 3395 Phillips, | ing attentlon to the protonged absence of #8173 Curran, 207, und Campana, 259, telligence from the Aretie steamer Jenud Hughes' record 18 within six milles of the | and recliing the unusual severity of the tree was entirsly contlned to the upper floors, but tho entire strueture is defuged with water, ’l‘he‘)r&}mpuu to the building i3 estimated at ehture et sl et 820, ITE, best in any country nud clevenw miles | enf winter, ‘TheJwdgs urges the neesl nhenrd of the best ever inade In tho | of fitting ontwsenrch and rellef steanal United Slates. The Graphte says: | ship atoneo for northern Intltudes, and re “The people are begluning to nwaken to the baretaced swindling which is being per- vetrated In tho matter of walking-matches, 1o mny he doubted whethor there has ever buen o falr raco sitien the doy O’ Leary won the first Agricultural Jiall ruce in Loudow. * Papered’ houses lewl the public to beliove that enthuslustic oroway attend the mutches. “The Amerlean lustitute building wus dense- Iy erowded on Sunday night, and from 7,000 100,000 persons were present, ‘Lhers were, howevor, 1,000 ‘bill-board? tickets out, und probubly 2,000 complinientaries, Cards could he had for asking ot any of tho, down-town saloons.” ¥ A unknown person sent a bowl of soup to Hughes, s wife tusted Fy, nid she be- eume very siek, Precantions have beci tnken to provent lughes feowm belag drugged, Trapels MeLnughtin, of 1 '}'Im seora at 3 o'elack wass Higrhes, 8555 | sued Messes, Campbell & Thiy Haward, 8573 Albert, 8583 ( w5 Krohne, | of the linsved-ail works ut W il Vint, i3 Phillips, 20 onumends the steamer Galeng, now ata Yo iterranean station, for tho purpose, THE IMMIGBANT PASSENGER WAL ‘The strugxle between the three greatrh road trunk lines, the' Penusylvanin, the Net York Central, and the rle, to sceure rous:dv ob'tha funmigrant passenzor traflie from (e tlo Garden, s nssumed serlots proportisi ‘The Pennsytvania is now tking business ¥ o per cent ot (o all compeling jolnts ot cltles und towns which are ol by three lnes or thelr leased vouds, Ous feat af the Castly tarden war is that It atfectsos alone the Tnnnigrant bushiess, but thezd eral pussenger trafile, ingmnel as nmn*’!{“ sons who are not immsrants and whodosd objeet ta {raveling seeond-class, go to Gt Grrden to buy tekets, T A RUIY FOR DAMAG B, pklyn, B T optelh shinglon Curan, Front streets, in the Kings County Sopret Cunpnaa, 200, | Courty before Judize Cullon, for, w,twdeti AtYp, i, the scores stood: 1lnghes, 4645 | nees, Tor porsonul Injuries, plicd Atbert, 33573 Cox, 553 Howard, #3575 Krobne, | was employed by defendnnta on N Hii e \'\n(, TG I’hlfllps,‘ M0 Curran, $55 | to ropairahollaer In thelr plice, Al wasies | ¢ Campann, 113, JLughes went thto hls room at 10522 with n seure oL 419 miles, und resained there wntil 10355, when he ngain enme oit the truck nnd broke Into w brisk run. 1113 intention wos to beat Rowell's record of 470 aniles. Phillips, the colored mun, ovept slowly around the track, walklyg very fame, and louking ny thowgh e would drop at any minute. At | Prosidont, s 1. 11, Mofta 1125 Tughes hal aceomplishod 41437 wiles, dont, of the. Littie Pittsburg Minhe 0 and had only ons and eneguarter miles 1o 2o | gany, The question 15 whietlier the cotn 1 order to m-uixhu best recordd In the world, liu;.' afticers of thy mintng cowpad, eal' W wnd hind twentiive minutes 1o whieh to do | yade Hable in damuges. for making o and With speed, wl a fow - seconds lnter L onier TIRED OF EXISTENCE. . turned another lop, whieh gave him for Mrs. 1L Munning, of Brooklyn, who B nliety-six hours tha hestrecord in the world, | M. I Munulng, af Hrookiyin S, At inidnlcht the scors stood: Hughes, 417 ‘"5“"‘ coutined, tolier b"",' e e miles and 165 yandss Cox, 502 miless Alvart, | 0F di flulrl!um _!ur‘ VT ] 190 Vint, 5005 Howard, #8: Kroline, 3853 | stluhle yestorday uftenoos -y 1l.‘xx;‘_m # Pirlllips, 3543 Curran, 03 Camping, - 820, "lr pulsun “\l‘“?‘ "‘ .“l'“ aghes mude his Jast ity I clevon mires {I“'!‘I“Im{' ; 15, 'I\‘ i, o il bwelve seconds and rothed to bis tent, {18 81 lfil Q l‘“}‘i ‘,L"“ l'“““_ o beats Rowell's record one mito and 105 | rus. Bho dled tvo hours att yurds, and Hurt's by twelve miles wd 105 {0 * ¢ 0 WILLIAM DAIZELL e pards, Dutting stands sven on Hoghes, S to ] William Dalzell, who caused the “r'.\k' ngainst Howard, i 1o Lwgningt Albert, 10 to | Vanluuten and . Gerrott Rock, :u' 0 Lwninst Kronne, aml 25 to 1 ngeninst Vint | son, N, J., 0 May lnst, was t) i '"”",, At mitunight only Howaed and Vint were on | antIn s trlnk In that elty yestend: putm f . . f charged with lllmmh:y‘y conduety the truck, . . acquitted, it A BLOODIIOUND LOOSE, * FOWTUNATE RELATIVES AND FUESS,, EXTHAGRDINALY EFISODE, The late Ueorge Riear p'”“‘l,‘:“‘h,'h»u New Yonw, Joan, 2T—A wavage blood=| Witlinuiburi Suvinks Bunk, feft 3400 ] hound of great sizo ran about the West Sldo | Yulntives and frionds, ribly busned by stopping iito © Dot bed of vonls, witleh Inulhéul rovered with s il to which his attention not ca\lé'} The defendunts claln contributary w genee. ‘ . THE LITTLE PITISOURG F1z2iE ; In the S;mmm? L‘m.lln. H.”I 5,]!;15:": ¥4 4 (B U ¢ i hegin o suit agninat Jov o t, of+the ity on Wednesday night and this CEXYUNORE PORTER ) J 2 ix-dudge Portop died at his reslld i b Né‘w lluc‘f)ullu o rl'm!sdxw night ut * veople, The unlmal was supposed w by mad, Jtwas very savage, md did n great denl of hwrm before 1t waa ot Inat Killed by policeman, On Wednesday nlght John Cavannugh ecamo to Chambers-Streot 1os- vital with the inurks of Its teoth on hs right hund and wilst, T6was nest seen at 4 o'clock o vy closliIe vineod e of 05 yeurs, 1l was CUppy lated to-CominodorePortr, and “’(’,‘ij osteemietl:: From 1810 to 1845 b Wi g 1louse Cl)mlill. joner n this el By afturward el eoted Judge, Durli :ruh Do was Piymaster fn tho United Stteicy aiid Wi s‘l\rseqn\-ully elocted Tollve Ju at Rochelle, it wisged, when the' anhmal disappeared In the darkness. ‘The noxt trace of it was atGa, m,, when' Mrs. Weed, of Variek street, ox- ibled hor taen ond bleu)\(:u{’ hands In the into the cellar of n house on the ucl' e of tm;nnmt.‘unuu th‘ur? ,‘.‘;,“fl.l&‘;‘l‘éum sy gerof mrother . und mor it -lon‘, 1ho supply wis eut oft and e wo Prince Street Statlon, o snme thme | findipg the Junk begun. " N Henry Mentetl, of No, 83 Thompsen street, .., INWTANTLY KILLED: bt WS S - “-, Ti; Tidhart, aged 60, wis Sl EXUINTING EXACTLY 8IMILAR INJURIES | Jocomotive on the New Jersey tfl.mu,uy. in the Churles- Street Police Station, From | in Elizabeth, N, J., yesterday, w 2 the duwrlrnun It was the sune blood- | killed, % hound, The .dog’s next uppenruncs was | - - THE WEATHER ”m“w In -Hudson -street, where It snupped Thu weather horo tu-duy ls«fl‘;..l“l‘ ab, - Alr o Rymer und tors -his clotlies, | Temperture at 0t up, 16 degeeesi but without- Injuring him. A carman | 153 at noon, 17, 5 nayted Barelny, who “went to Mr, Rymur's - © U WHESTIANG AT -ulxmucc,‘wusl:llwn.Flnll‘l:klcul.llhnm- Tho Mulduon-Whistler G betweeny Tonth and Eleventh '“"“th wrestiing watefi ended 18 scorluig u full, . Wom i Buapped at Charles Bellman, and fasioned Its ¥ i NDRUOKOUNLWIRES uNDR o 4&,’?3(‘5 o G a draw B 1 but mlssed, - It turned ad. van on Tenth ttflh in-his cout, Mr. Sethuun fited a shotat enue, Jumpl over the gliotlder of & mu A bill was futroduced® 18 '&.’xfi FEYD ;h;;ull'f 'L f itl day providing that twlogravh W his hat. Dunlel Fitzgera ougherty were’ qulutly nsm\?/uxk undergrouud, ¥ YN