Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 30, 1881, Page 7

RAILWAYS. The Northwestern Railway World Excited by Rumors of Tre= -mendous Sales. Westburi’s Emphatic Denial of the Sale of Minneapolis to Northwestera. D'enil;I of Northern Pacific Pecple . that They Mesa to Surrender - * to St. Paul e .am of- the Canadian Syndicate ns Formulated by the St. Faol Members. Eisfiury-of the Great Ognfinsnte.l Scheme—An Alliance with -the ’ Erie. Tusids § Rugy Intersiew with the Engineer of {he Job— i Its Projectors’ Hupes. A 4TS CONTINENTAL SCIEME. There is evidently ** much ery and little ol 7 iu the Continental Railroad scheme, whieh, it is allesed, is to run a_double-track road On 81 alr-fine from New York to Oualig, with @ spur to Chicago. No raiiroad scheme las been proposed for many years {hat received 50 much puffing within a few days as this one, and itis eviden\z that sume ope well versed in advertising such schemes {s putting in good work with some newspa- per writers fn. Nesw Yark, whence the sensa- tional Secounts are tefegravhed to the lead- ing Western DRpLTS. Tue THBUSE a few d;\s ago published a long iuterview with &iun Humphreys, President of the Wabash Railway, one of the foremost railway mag- pates in the country, and who, as. & leading member . of the banking firm of .E D: Morzatr & Co., of New York, -is - n6 doubt well qualified to speak Intelligently gpon such subjects.2Ar. Humplreys showed that the bufiding of such road as is contem- plated by the Continental operators is en- tirely impracticable, and could inno way compete with the old established routes; that the cost of its construction through uxg mountains of New Jersey and Pennsylvania would be so ngi that its projectors goqld pever hope to secure any interest on their in- vestuent. Busides, Alr. Humplreys showed , that a yoad that left Chicago sixty miles to the porth, with simply aspurto this eity, would pruve of ne benefit to Chieago, but re- sult in the diversion of business from this point. Since that time nearly ever railroad mangger in ‘the city bas been questioned re- garding the feasibility of the stheme, and all puree with Mr. Huwmphreys, aud ridicule the jden of carrying.out a sghewe liike that pro- posed and-make itof any beunefit to shippers and producers. 4 e “ Suppasise,” said o prominent manazer of & Western -railrond, yesterday, *“that the toad -was built s provused, it would prove of no'behefit to the veople, " The rezular rate ou grafn from Chicagu to New YOIk is ab present 40 ceuts, - if the new. road would cowe in and 4 rate of 30 cents, the old roads wounld simply reduce their rate to the sawe fizure, and even lower, it pecessary. ‘Thus bottom rates would.soon Teached, ana the old roads, wi their largze and profitable local business tu tall back upon, would certainly get the H))J)El‘ hand of a road constructed without regard to Jocal traflic and whieh would have w de- pend almost entirely upon its through busi- ness>” The finat dufeonie . wonid. therefore be tant the parties Who invested their mongy in the enterprise would efther sell the road 10-enevf the-oldeplupanies -or euter—-imon pooling arransement with the otner lines, which would feave thé matter, as far as cow- petition is coucerned, just the, smme as if 1o such road had ever been, construeted. Itis not at allprobable that the parties en- ineering this selieme are actuated by a sole esire to benefit the people and to wiiurd re- Ylef from the- alleged’ railroad oppression. Capitalists are nov apt to invest their money for any such purpose a8 that. - Another thing whicl louks fishy about this wmaiter is the fact that not a sinele prominent railroad man or capitalist is named in connection with it This Continental Raiirond scheme wasorgan- jzed. abont ten yenrs agy for the parposgof building n railroad from New York tlirough New Jersey, Pepnsylvania, and Olio, as, far west as Owaha. Lhe same’auoutdt blow= ing abont the importance of the.scheme: 3 guhe then as now, and some graidi done, bur the panic of -1873 pri bubble. It has now been revived, apd the - same -old__tacti aré be- ing pursted. It Js Claiwed’ that the capital stock of the Company Is 5100,000,000, and 10 raisesuck an amount’some solid backing would certainly be nieeded. Not 4 single name of prominenceor financial stand- ingcan be found among its present officers and Directors. As far ascan bo learned their names are as_follows:.Jay T. Snead, Presi- deut; S. D. Cozzens, Vice-President; A.-G. Day, Treasurer; William Thorpe, Seeretary'y Jates E. Abbott, Chief Engineer; and Lev Cnainberiain, William Sionebncr, Warren P. Noble, Thomas P. Johnston, L S. Wells, William H. Wood, Robert S. Diggin: . Stewart, and George E. Jarrington, tors. Mr Snead, the President of E‘ml‘. Wwas au engineer, and that is ail that is known_zbout him. James' E. Abbott, the Clief Engineer, was assistant with Mr. Os- terberg, the Rockford, Rock Istend & Bt Louls " Railroad wrecker. He' was the eugineer and one of the constructors of that line. ~Nothing at all was known about the otbers named. Tlese arties either meau to pursue the tactics that Wwere pursued i securing tig money for the. kford, Rot and- & St. Louis, and in- ed the ek terest English and German capitalists in the scheme, or else they are acting in the inter- st of sowe one of the existing trunk lines to gain certain ends or concessions.” - Mr. Jay T. Snead, President, and James E. Abbott, Chief Engineerof tire Continental Raflrond Company, are at present In the city, . Eud are domiciled in Parlors 3,5, 7, ana 9, m:‘mtl Pacific Hotel, to work up the scheme this end, and make arrangements for T 2 8 portion of the proposed route, A KIUNE representative called upon them Swelalerda) to find out what theyare up to,and 31lat truth there is In the published reports. o L] Suead was-reticent, and would say Ty Ittle. He simply stated that the scheme L‘ls 2 bona fide one and would be carried out mhmposed. He was very sorry, he said, to o so able and bright a man as Mr. Humph- B throwing mud upon his seheme. ir. Islltill‘mhre)shml no cause to be unfriendly, A e Contipental Jine would be no com- fi tor with the Wabash, 1le then referred fulfepqner fa Mr. Abbott, who, he sald. was vsn T versed in the affairs of the new Com- o T, and would give all desired informa- emllu Ar. Abbott commenced to 1alk very x’h:t_mslnshc:xu)'lnt the proposed scheme,' de- L ngis glowing colors the many advan-- ng!s 10 be derived by the people from a new exle was tully 150 miles shorter than any sting Toute, and that would be able to Emarsxr 2l the business between the West and o 11 and make jmpossible such freight- wnf‘fid& as have ewbarrassed business this lfi‘l‘fi!h& ot sufficiently exhausted to al- ty % reporter to put 1n a word the foll ow- fiueguou was propounded : At does your Company mean to secure cfiquflfie terminal facilities at New York and '“ggu,to handle such immense trafiic 2’ Yoon ttalk about this,” he said. “It is thuu“ to say anything about that matter. tp eé! the time arrives-we shall find no W‘{v:{; :_r,nr getting all the terminal facilities “But T unde i ; “ erstand,”- said the reporter, that ali the terminal ' facilities on the New Jersey side of the Hudson for miles ups are’ 5 taken up by existing railroad com- }‘g{r‘?'mu here in Chicngo new terwinal G itles are not readily secured. It cost the of dfllfin & Western Indiana already willions ollars and an unjimited amount of Jiti- s mg‘mtéo %t the \Wabash, the Grand Trunk Street e Eastern Illinois as far as Twelfth b ‘t. and the Lord only knows when it wiil By (;!Irmer into the heart of the ¢ity.” hek i, -that is what Mr. llumphreys_says; ot nows nothing about the matter, ~ Plenty % I;;)E facilities can be secured at New York, 283 ken,~which is justas good a_puint c!nfl’se City,—and_besides the New Jersey seporal has fine facilities on the Hudson,— oan € 85 any rond there,—~and our Company a ifilke arrangements with them.” « - 4 8ee by the papers,” said tiwe reporter, | —_— that .you propose to build yufir road for $20,000 a mile. I donot see how a double- track road such as you propose to build ean be gonstructed for that amount. It will cost doitbie that amwount to Ruild such a road throngh the plains of the West, and much more through the mountains of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, where the most difficult eugineerig feats present themselves.” Are you a _railroad _engineer?” asked AMr. Abbott, surprised. 1 ain not,” responded. the reporter, ‘buf T know enough’ avout railroad building to estimate the cost of consiructing a railroad in‘ ‘lhe various parts of this country.” do not think I stated that the road would cost $20,600 4 mnile?% 5 5 ‘The reporter handed Mr..Abbott a paper In whiel be is eharged with _having made that assertion. After luoking over it he.said: . *That is a mistake. What Lsaid ias that it wonld cost $20,000 2 mite -tu construer'a sinele-track rond, and $40.000 & milefor a double-track road such 28 is proposed.”” = “You do not mean to-say -that you ean build a road,” put in the-reporter, “‘straight turough the mountains of New Jersey and Penusylvania for that amount 2’ dv “Qb, no,’ said Mr. Abbort, “I do not mean to say that. What I mean to say is that we can construct a double-track road through, the Prairie States, from Akron, O., to Quaha, for $40,000 & mile. Through New and Pennsylvania it would probably cost_ from $30,000 to §85,000 a mile of sinzle track, but this portion of the road we do nof wean to build right away.” Iy H “1 also have seen it statéd 'in the papers,” queried the reporter, “that the grades on ur proposed road will not exceed thirty to the mile east-bound and forty miles west-hound. Railvoad engineers In the city with whom I have conversed consider sueh fearimpossibie.” “‘These persons know nothing about it,” said Mr, Abbott. *I hsve been a railroad engineer for years, and laid out and con- structed many roads in the West, and 1 kuow what Tam apout. We do not mean torun through the valleys or along streams, but rian right on the top of the mountains.” “ But you must aseend the mountaing and get uver the gulehes 2 sald the reporter. ] ean’t explain thisin a few. words,” said Mr, Abbott, * but 1 will show you - the mups and profiles and drawings. which will show you all,” und be went fiito & side-rosm and brought out an armtulof pnkers and docu- ments that would take a week to look over 6 get a fair idea of the scheme. ] “Never mind about unfolding these, docu- ments,” said tha reporter; “1 really have not the time to look over them now. I have studied the map of s‘our route snmc‘mntl% to have a fair iden of what is proposed, had rather you ahswer my questions as point- eqlyas you can,” 2 He threw the bundles inta a . corner, ev dently uiueh rehieved himself; and suid: +Well, you had better come up to-morrow afterncon and L can explain all these matters wuch wore fully than I can now. .I .have not yet_had my dinner, and I have been bothered by people, all day. who wanted to know. fuller particulars about our road.” wIam 4 little under the weather,” snid the reporter, *and 1donot known whether T will be able to. call tomorrow, and I would therefore rather get all theinformation about you great selieme now, If Iean call up I will do so; however.” . “You are awfully inquisitive,” said Jr. _*“We do not wish to have our roud Wwritten up in the papers. We have not asked zmi'l]ody to say anything about us.” « Bat this is a matler of greatimportance,” said the reportery “and the Fcoplu Jike to know afl aboutit. Ios would the people Kkuow of the great benefit you mean to be- stow upon them unless it were published in the {mpurs{’" LE T *1Ve nre ready to give a]l the information weean,” replied Mr. Abbott. **So just ask your questions and I will answer you.” - «T see by the map,” said the repofter, that your road Tuns sixty miles south of Chicazo, and has buta spur to Chicazo runing noreh- west. This will give you agood straizht line to the: East from this point, but how will you get fo the West In such a roundavout way 2" = i ““\We do not mean to_yun TWest over this line, but'nse existing Chicago. roads in con- nection withi our awn for the Chicago busi- ness to and from the West.” “ Rut will these Chicagzo roads allow you such facilities® They are not usually,in the hiable of allowing their compétlors any suck advantages.” P ity This stagzered Mr. Abbott somewhat, but he svon recovered and said: *“ Don't you see that we needn’t go West from . Chicago, We can build to Chicago-und stop there, and -use our road just as a trunk line between Chie go and New YorkH el Felodpd “ The the 400 miles of road for which it yeported you have already given out.the con- tracts -Tun east irom Chicago?” asked the reporter, - “'That’s 1t said Mr. Abbott. * The 400 miles for the grading and construetion, of whicli contracts have been .awarded, run from Akrou, O., ta Tiilin, from -Tiffit to Fort Wayne, and from Fort \Vnyne to Chicago.” . %y earry out such a-scheme,”said_the reporter, * much capital is .needed. Who are the capitalfsts thet are backing you? Al the principal American capitalists are elther assoclated with Gould or Vanderbiit, .and they: will-certainly not u: ist you. and injure themselves.”” - % = # }'ean’t answer thet question,” responded Alr.” Abbott.” “ But you don’t” thiuk that Gould and Venderbilt have all the money, or that they are ommipotent in railway matters. There are Jots of capitalists in Europe who are willing to invest money just now in American Tailroads.” 3 ““"Then you mean to get the money from safd Mr. Ab- Europe 7 asked the reporter, bo‘t‘l can’t answer you thol” “\Would vou tell me,” asked the reporter, «ywho the contractors are to whom the con- tracts for the construction of the Toud froni Ak?l;yn, 0., to Chicago has been awarded to? “T won't fell vou that,” said . Mr. Abbatt; ¢ you must find out for yourself if you want to know anything aboutthis.” : “Rut eontractors are usually anxious.” said the reporter, **to huve their names pub- Jished when they sccure.large contraets. know contractors that -have climbed up five flights of stairs.at-12 o’clock at night to get such notoriety.” 3 «(h, this {s not_the case with our con~ tractors,” replied Mr. Anbott, = 3 Tt seews to me,” said_the reporter; *:that the real object of your Schemeis to Luild o line from Akron, O.. to Chicago to head off the proposed Chicago & Atiantic Raijiroad, whiieh s to afford_an_ontlet_to Chicago for the: Erie_and New York, Penusylvania & Ohio Railroads.” . 3 “ What gives you suchan idea,” regprmded 3ir. Abbott, greatly surprised. *WWe have Jiothing to do with the proposed Chicago & Atlantic Road.” 2 - " «] dul notsay you had,” said the reporter. «\What I said, was that you -meant tozet ahead of the Chicngo & Atlantic, and have the Erié and the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio use your road instead of that oneas their outlet to Chicago.” & 1owill tell you something privately,” cou- Hiingly Teplied. M. Abbott, “1f you will promise not to write this thing up for to-mor- TOW'Ss “paper. Y = You can cotue, up to-morrow afternoon and we will talk “the matter all over.and then you can publish it in Monday’s APET, a = 'P'le had- better not tell mo then,” snid the reporter, ‘asIdo not meau to ‘pledge myvself. 1am controlled by the instructions of superiors, and unless they allow me to keep this matter out of the paper 10-1norrow T could not do it. Besides, I think I know pow- about as much as I wanted to kuow.” | Yo, please don’t b too hard on us,” pleaded Ar. Abbott, *“and don’t abuse me in » i e 3 tha-papers 15 %Nl TrmusE never abuses anybodsy” said llhe n-p%t\-:r‘. ‘;)it"nlwnys tells the truth ana shames the devik . ] “w1ell, now, 1tell you,” sald Mr. Abbott, © that we expect to have the Erie and the ew York, Pennsylvania & Ohfo’ (Atfantic & Great Western) use our rond from Akron, 0..as o Western outlet, Dow’l_yun know who owns the Erle and the New York, Penn- sylvania & Ohio 2 1 g _ «They are owned principally’ by English capitalists -as_far ag I know,”. aid the fe- others who acquired it at the time of the reorganization of the Company. They are holding the stock as an invesument, with the confident belief that It will be a valuable proverty. “Thyre hns been but little stock on the market for sale, and that only In small amounts—not enough to ‘merit attention: Liarge blocks of it cannot be bought for less | ~1f it has been in the hands of speculators— than any-of the so-called Grauger: stocks. The..infererice to be drawn from this state:. ment is-that the Chicago, MMilwaukee & St. Paul parties; aven if they desired, have’ not Leen able to absorb the sliares, and hence have pot got control, and, as the holders:”,“Will not sell in - violation of their previously” expressed intentlons, ‘there fs. 10 lmuled{ te “probablility or .the much-tatied-about-consolidation of absorp- tion of the Nurthern Pacitic with the Chicay; Alilwaukee & St, Paul. ‘The Northern Pa- cilic Railrond Coniwany has ordered to be de- Tivered; during the present year, thirty lurge standard freight engines, 600 bpx-cars, ~§)0 stock-cars, 500 tint-ears, and a lot. of new slegpers. This is n littie more than the pres- ent wber of cars now owned by the North- urn Pacilie, and, when recelved, their rolling stock witl’' be doublé its present capacity. TFifteen new cabooses will also be buile.” WASHBURN LOYAL TO HIS VIL- 2R Y LAGE. e Special Dispateh o The Chicago Tribune. * St. PavL, Minn., Jan. 20.—A good-deal-of exeitewent has besn_caused here by the re- vortof the propused sale of the AMinuneapolis, & St. Louls Railroad to the Chicago.& North- | western, Congressman Washburn, ‘of Min- nesota, who is President of the formér Gom- pauy, telezraphs the following statement. to tlie newspapers liere from Washingtoqi: ™, 1 had barely left mybome In Minaeabolls th attend to iy dutles o Congross when Fbedume adyised that negotiations bud been on foot logk- ing to.tho sile, bodily, ot the Minneapolis.&St. Louis Railroad to the Chicago & Nurthwetern. I was asked to give- my assent to:this scligine. Ideclined most positively to have nnythfhg to 4o with, any such trausuction, and prowptly notifled the parties favoring it that 1 shoid re- sist the snme by all proper and legitimazo nieans atmy command, 1was informed thatiny por- oh of “The money ta be recefved wonld amount to something more . than,§500,000. . To this sig- grestion I replled that the Northwestern Hallwuy had not ioney enough to purchase my tock interest in the Compuny. I have thustaken, and will maintain, this positfve position, for TOE FOLLOWING REASONS, '+ which [ desire the peopleof Minucapoliyto fully understaind and considor: ThatIt)sa Violation of faith to the City of Minneavolls, voiing o3 ft d1d £%9,000In nld of the constructionsof this line, on the distinot. understanding “that this road was to Kept, if possible, under the ;contiol of cltizens of Minneapolis, ind to be’ operated as far ns practicable fn tho interests of the city. Further, 4 etk IT IS A VIOLATION OF FAITH! o the towns on the linc, notnbly the Town ot Wascen, which voted ajd for the constriietion of tho rund on the understandiog that it was to be overated, as far as possible, independontly of the Chicago pool -lines, and "with it8 base of operations ut Minneavolis, at St Paul, and at Lake Superior.. Further, that the consumma- uon of this profect further -destroys the possi- vitity of bullding up at Mindeapolis and St, Paul an independent commerclal centre, but will laave thewm-both ultimstely ns way-stutions on a great trunk lne to Chieago, beld in the embrace of the great pool lines as.with ap iron grip. : s A T WE NOW OWXN :AND OPERATE 218miles of rond from Minnéipolis to the grent conl-mines south of Fort Dodge. - The products from the eptiro line now come either to Minne- upolis, $t. Paul, or Duluth, and the returning merchandise is furnished by ove of tho three cities, Transfer the manngement to the North- westorn, and Mr. Hughitt will'come to the very doors, aimost, of our tnills, and take the wheat with & long houl and-without competition to Chicago and Milwaukee, and, returning, willload his curs with merchandise. - The fine Will then run as natarally foto Chicago ns water from a funocl. Assurances, pledges, and contracts will not amount to a rush_whéi- we shull ooce havo “entered- thé -Northwestern' parlor. Tho Northern Pacific Is* extending its lincs on the south shore of Lake Superiar, to.tho § .. Db soutt shora of Luko Suooriorta e Sttt Paul e TIED TO. THE CHICAGO RITE, . they ‘cannot long escape belng groutd up be- tween. the upper and nether mill-stones finer than-the superlative Hour madeIn our city. in snswer to .the suzgestion that the mu- picipalitics would ~ derive!. lnrgo - advantuges from the: . Northwestern - bufiding" -2 line : from - New . Olm, 1' will state that I'was on the pofut of closing an arrange- ment with our bankers in New York that would enable'the Company to oxtend its' line to Red- wood' Falls, and, likely, ta the east boundary of the Stote the "coming season when' this matter caule up, the only contingency belng the voting of aid on the line. This, ng doubt, can now be done with -that contingenc§. This extension will be bf much greatec advaatage to our city than any line tho Northwestera could give us. 'Che Ploreer Press will publisit to-marrow a series of interviews with leading citizens of Minneapolis, who are almost unanimous* in-deprecating the proposed sale. General- Manager Ifatch, of the Minneapolis & St Louis, in answer to'a question, said that a proposition for the sale had been made to the Cotupany, but it it had been rejected; and the offer has not been repeated. ItIs understood tbat Gen. C. C. Washburn, who owis & ma- jority of the stock of the road, is the person who is desirous of making the sale. ; THE CANADIAN ROAD. Speciat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Sr.Pavr, Jan. 20.—Representatiyes of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & daunitoba ;Rallway, whose ofticials are the chief membets of the Canada Pacific Syndicate, say that the more fmmediate efforts of the Company will be di- rected to the construction of that bortion the Cannda Pacific lying. west of Red River, and to the colonization ¢f the immense land- grant with which it has been endowed. Mr. A. B. Stlckuey, of St. Paul, who Is to have. charge of the construction of this sec- tion,. accompanied by Mr. Amzus, of the Manitoba, and DMr. Molntyre, of: the Canadiamr Central,” membels of the syndicate, left St. Paul yesterday ?or_ Mani- toba to make the loeal prepavations necessary to the commencement of the work of con- struction as soon as possible. Mr. Stephen, President of the Mnnitobn Railroad Com- pany, is in England, organi: ex tensive schemme of emizration to the territory to be traversed by thie Canada Pacifie, and ifak ing arrangements “materials, et Undeyc,the contract the new Canada Paclfic Railway will come into possession of the railroad al- ready built from :Thunder Bay -westward, and of several hundred miles «being built west of the Red River and in British Colum- bin, the Government having en, aged to com- plete these portions of the Toad sud trapsfer them to the new company. Ty ST. LOUIS & SOUTIIEASTERN, A decd of the St. Louls & Southeastern Railroad was made on:Tuesday Jagt by the- Commissloners who made the- sale to Witk fam F. Whitehouse, of Chicago, and Charles W. Opdyke, of New York, for the considera- tion ot $3,200,000. . T'hese partles have since conveyed tharond to the Southeast & St. Louis Raliroad Com- pany, which has exceuted 2 mortgage to Henry V..Smithers, William F, Whitehouse, orter. % - aoms ¥ * F “il'll;erc you see,” enthusiastically ex- clamed Mr. Abbott, * Won't these eapitalists help us to bulid our line, 2nd hasn’t the Erie several steamship lines running to Europe in connection with its line? Now you see that it is all a3 we have represented it.” “Tsce.” sald the reporter, nind then took Jeave of Mr. Abbott, Who once more made the Tequest not to be abused in.this inter- view. ¢ - NORTHERN PACIFIC. Speefal Dispatch to The Clicago Tribune. Sr. PAvL, Minn., Jan. 20.—With regard.to the rumors relating'to the alleged purpose of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. aul t0' lease or 6btain‘control of the Northern Pacific, prominent officials of the Jattor have naught but positive remarks to make. - Their line of argument is in the form of a statement of, facts, - The stock of the Northern. Pacifie is hetd by the original owners,—men who from the incorporation- of the enterprise, had pro- found faith Inits ultimdte suceess,~besides,. and Noble.C. Butler; {rustees, to secure the: bonds of the Louisyille & Nasnville Railroad Comvany for $6,500,000, which are pald as the purchase price. The road is a valuable outlet for the Louisville & Nashville, and nas Leen leased by it for a year past. ‘The bonds fif, the old road were ,Inrguly beld in Amster- m. - : OBBLED BY GOULD. - Special Dispatch to Tie Chicago Tribune MoxyouTi, Ill;:Jan.. 20.—At the annual ineeting of the stockholders of the Burlinz- ton, Monmouth & Eastern Narrow-Gauge Railroad Company; held in Monwmouth this week, the Directols were authorized to change the gauge-to standard gauge. It is rumored to-day that- Jay Gould has obtained possession of the-Tond, and- that it will be rapidly pushed to completion in’the spfln,vx and wili form' part of the great Wabash system. e ——— Tho only safe_and sure cure for gravel or urinury troubles i3 Hop Bittess. Pryvo i ©ite CITY SANITATION, Another Explorfifianiby ThevrTribi une Commissioners. Residence Blonks;, Tenements; ‘a.nd Omnibus . Buildings : Iives- tie/| Plumbing Everywiere No~ T ticeables: ivi . % difmol | Additions] Evideuos of 1 Ipeffcient Health e . Departmomh, —Tr " Mortality Bmfiafingfgfg’ffil%y for'the A Year 168, . v S lenml eon ] e AR B S Three localities—a bIoS ofg.three-story' and basement bricks,ca Y&y logeolnss tencment- bouse, and o burlding.pgeupled partly by oftices and partly by rooigrs—recgized the attention yesterdny of UNE Hoalth Commission- e Tho brick bigHk was th_ong sifunted on the " Boutheast cornor of ,Peoria and West Monrog Stroets—a very respegtable-looking row of rosi- ‘dences, gccupled ,partly by private familics and ftly by 'the kegpors of boarding-houscs. Ashnd Pproved-ad often_the cusg previousty, the exter- nal appearance of the place Was by nomeaus in- Hicative of tho sanitary condition of the insido, the block proving, from a hyglentc pointof view, scarcely tess dangeroud thun. any hitherto vis- ited and degeribed. e g Beginningat the enst end of the black 2 call was made at No. 222 West Monroe, where & thor- ough 'fnyestigation was made Of the.promises. The lady of the house was fiof éonversant with tho-sciverage question, but, When she stated that ' the presence of sewer gag jvas. often de- tected in different parts of ‘the house. & searol was at once commenced in the’sub-basement for tho cateh-basin: It was soon discovered, and the reatoval of its liddisclosed that it was full to the brim of that pecullar gray coze which results- from thelong continued dralnings'of cooking ,and wencral housekeeping. -The 1lady who knew futhing about the generul systom of dralnage was_quite nlivo to the fact’that the catch- tasin had more than once proved & very undesirable tenant ot ber sub-husoment, and it was with conslderable show.of feelng thai she explafned that though the .basin had been cleaned sinoe midsummer it badgiven forth sluce then u choloe variety of stenches, At the time it was cleaned jts contents werg running aliover the cellur und tllling the house with wascous emapetions of a wost trying-description. An examination was made of the ttles leading to and trom the catch basin and also. of the basin itself, but the evidences were that all were well built. and judiclously disposed. The simple fact was that the basin was too small forthe re- quirements of the famiiy—the’ fault which is observed In ninety-nioe casis oug of 100. The kitchen sink was found to have no trap- pings and the presence of sewer-gus was readily detected at the perforated topof the waste-plpe. _'The sume thing was observable in tho water- closet and sink in the bath-room. Besides the ever-distingulishable sewer-gadthere was pres- «ent o this room a very g ' DISAGREEABLE AND PUNGENT ODOR which s often observable 4n:such places, the cause of which and its cure it will be well enough to mention. Mauny, I careful bouse- keeper. takes the best possible cdre to keep the water-closet basin In perfect. clennliness, and yet inds_that u certain odor£canuot be wotten rid of. This is caused by aceretions of Huld on tho under side of the closet-basin, where they beeome iucrusted, and, being. kept continually dump, gend furth & most trying aud unbcaithy vdor. The only remedy for this is to secure the servicesof a ptumber, who willrcmove the basin und cleanse its befouled surfice with muriaiio neid. T'hls should be doge whenever the pecul- iar odor. which cun Dbe detecled in a mowegty mukes Its appearance. 7 BV The lady of the house, Whosé statement whs fndorsed by the other tenantd'of tho biuck, suid thut the propristor was veéry willing todpall that could-be done to Ingure; unitary condi~ e e R R t! 1) X Y s ey ‘At“ ?0. t‘l}he huu‘se next furshest. west, ti:'é_ cageh-basinwus found in this sume condition a8 the one just In ted, The-utter inndéquacy of most of the p utions tiken by the workers - in sewerize to Drovent escupe Of sCWer-gus was adwmirably- displuyed in thedfaspection of this busin, the top of which bad been so bermetically sesled with piaster that, thongh they koew ‘this wus aoything but-n preventive of the escape of* . the gus, the investigators'diduot like to” distur it in order to pry Into the basin’s interior:. A moment’s senrch around the basin-cup, hows cver, put an end to all misgivings as to Spolling the plasterers’ handiwork by discovering a side~ ‘way passuge lending' into ihe basin through whioh the noxfous gus -found ftg way fa an alurming manner, Through:tbis passage u fine view could be had of the vastiness within, and a stick- thrust through it returped luden with the filthy corruption. . i b An exitminatiod of the water and waste sew- . ‘ers revenled the fact that they were devold of teapplngs except in_one instance. On the sub- Ject of garbage the Dootor hnd- 8 very 1nterest- ing convereation with the lady of-the house. It rup s follows: kel ** Do the aushorities remoye your garbage and asbes for you?™ ROV “Noj they never come toourafley, The only way we can get thom.is_tg.watch them from afur und shout to thew. Injthat way wesome- times succeed In petung Ouf ashes and garbage removed. If you'll take‘s‘look through our alley you'll be'ntle to_find bow much attention we receive from she Health Department.™ & 1n order to bunch the blods on.the subject of garbuge-removal, it may bo 8t once stated that uli through he block ~ the experiencel 1bus mentioned was reiterated,and a walk through u:o’nllcy coafirmed the correctness of the com- plaint. A At No. 228 the Indy presiding dver the domi- clic was very emphatte In her complaints of the sunitary condition of the house,and throughout the fnvestization mude of the premises she took the deepest interess in what vas'going on. She sufd that from all the openmgs in the domestic plumbing upparatus evil smells emumatod from time to time, and that in the'warm weather they were especinily trying, The 'catch-bosin: was found in tho satne condition 13 those lrst inves- tiguted, the odor arising from its fuiiness of fiith belng if anything mare overpoweringly vile thun that of the otners. ‘The- Kitchen sink wus de- vold of trupping to_Its wasie-pipe, thus provid- fog the sewer-gis from the cuteh-Lasin with a freo exit to the lowerttoor of the house. In other partsof the house the same defects in the plumbing were obseryable-which ‘had been evl- - denced elsewhere, and ot gvery veat the’nose dotected the odor of Sewer-gas. L ANOTHER USIEALTIY FEATURE of the busement’s apparafus was a large wooden cistern tllled with Suagnant rain-water. The cistern mensured about six fect each way, and contained sovaral hundred gallons of the walo- dorous fiuid, wnich, being altogether unventi- lated, continues 'to increase . in iwpurity until, when the warm weathér £omds, the com-* bination of cistern and eatch-busin will make the housa n'very dangerous place td Tive in. *Whon was thly cleaned lust?"'+the Doctor nskod the lady” at No. 23,28 ho thrust the broomstick Into the . slimy recesses of the choked-up basin which ufide the basement of theoase smell Mkoa newls-opened ‘cemerery Vil B : I believo about a year and a half,”” was the lady's answer.. . £ The contents of the receptacle of tho kitchen slops uf the houst.bore out the truth of the as- ‘sertion.. They waere.soild trom lid to base of the cntch-basin and. covored on top with a hard -erust upon which half a dozen diffevent kinds of molds werc cking out an cxistence, There wus N swish-gwash 18 theinevitahle brogmstick was thrust into the unfragept mass, anda balf-dey mud cluug to the, stick .after it was withdrawn. The lavor of great nge was discernible in the odor it gave forth, ps \\ngllt might, considefing that the unsoluble, grefsylifth hud for cighteen months been left tolie Bi&Tut "and festerin its resting-place, 3w difve: oy : An_examination ; bathroom ¢ontents showed that the sojl- had beon properly trapped, but from thd “Auk-on the third loor above came o waste-pipbHhfétrentered the soil- pipe nbfivnuxlhu bm,e[ 5 Eg‘:* ggr;:l;?oal;ufiy trap- ping. e o W s had full sweeps and tho lfldy xgklxlwwleq ed that, it was frequent- Iy vers trying on her lnfidflcm and in the base- meut.” Tnis fact provilied @ cleur proof'of the value of. trapping. . On thetloor contafning the bathroom and wator- o‘l&tgu;wnufle am(-zngpe was pruperly trapped, the odor Wus s seldom dis- covered, while the u,mrggped sloksaf the other floors frequently gave trouble. + XY At No. v30 the catch-pusiu presented o'l ent, though not 2 more gatlsractory, appear: than the others whict Rud beeu already. 100k into, Compuratively liltle moisture was.toRe; found in . them,- while ~this one-iad above’ its “muddy- contents about three’ inches “of water which fitled it to‘overtiowing. The usual bropsmstick was procured and shoved to the bot- tom Of tho mnss. As It went into: the wmuddy Dottom little bubbles daficed to the surfice, trake, and sent forth & nusty effuyfum. . After the stick wa8 withdrawn itsecmed s though the spot it had lery wag convered juto a mudvelr cuno.’ The pent-up guses finding n handy axit along the truck left by the stick, burst_intg the wator and out of f¢_ with: & succession otiwild leaps, i3 the water, t ncbes as it 1oade its wi decided exhibition of the gas 118 way Into “*alr wabrgutho, 1y séconds, at the, 821,00 1) l of minor nug‘:vmI ’w:ure "mn h_of the MW ‘where:0 macl fwprisonied polson xmx“ One ef- been released. Tpee L tho coullltlon ieas the}fliinz of tho base- uf 60 thoroughly With the vile-smelling gas. umit:shie Inveattkitors wero only o0 glad “10 quit tal: L(nm of the premises, and! 0. a0 exam- fnatfon ofv\tl:fmwr and:, wWasto-scrvices of . the upper stotled. - s . THE FAULT 1n tHo othe) T There srere” cob &du bet wator pines ‘and the soll’sipes, through whichy owjnr o thembserice of any-intervening trap; khp,lewec;ggfl bad a most favorable opportunity: b S way all over.ths bouse. :That, it b¥uuBls- 80 fr_equenuy Jus ackpowledged by o tEagnt, who sald thattn the: wirm weather Fboy bd been frequently nearly'-overpowe Dy the stenches.:.... - - 22355 o o In the Iust house in'the row the catch-basin: ‘had been quito receutly clenned, ‘and the odly. noticeable piece of plumbing in the place was a siphon which had> been put into the outletolitie basin. ‘The tenant exalaigd that -the- plumper hud called this a ** l).h)k-vlga and he:res munriced that it wis woll named, &9, while the catch-busin hud 'sent forth o terrible smell “be= ‘fore'the nddicion had beon made, afterwards the stench was doubled In force.- o e gl Ou the whote the condition of the block was remarkably unhealthy, and amaongst other rem= edics necessary would be tho removal from the cellar of the' catch-busina, They should be pinced in the yard, and should -be of at least twice the alze of those now in vogue. 1ln one of tho honses where catch-basins were in & sgu- Inriy vile condition, the tenant—a boarding- house keepor—said that her * family ** consisted of twenty persons. Thoamount of kitchen waste rosulting from the cooking for so large & nuw- - ber of persons_is neeessarily very great, and in this place the basin should-be cleancd at least overy two months, instead of only about once & year, a8 {8 tho case. A A brief visit was pald to a tonement house on the west side of Green strect, just north of Madison street, ana under the sbadow of the Davey Block, which some duys awo received the benellcont attentions of Tar TRIBUNE'S Sanl- tary Commissioners. Bullt 'upon ground some fect lawer than the surrounding territory, the fow-sized frame bullding wus a declded eye-sore in the midst of a'vers respectable lot of build- -ings. e poor outside accommodations provided for tho tenanis were amply .evi- dencod by ‘the presence upon tbe ground of the usual' - ‘tenement-house - collection * of waste vegetables, coffoé-grounds, empty” cans, and vari-colored splashes of slops. Cooversa- tion with an intelligent: tenant of “the tenement fronting on Groen street Subplied the informa- tion that -the tenemont was occupied by ten faunifies, with a total population of forty-three. The tenunt suid that thero was no sewerage in the building, and_that the occupants threw their slops and gurbage out into ‘the oty 4 plece of information which’ by virtue of previoua ob- servation was quite superfluons, » *-This land’ hies pretty low,” tho Doctor ro- mirked; *how is 1t under your house in the summer time?”: v “ Always fuil of water except .in the very hot weathor.” 5 H % “Does the wator smell?” . % * Oh, yes, quite lively; In'the spring and fall it's grett strong.” + Bverhave your garbage removed?” - “ 0Oh, no: nobody, eyer touches it; it just col- lects there in the lot.” Four very dilaplddted outliouses supplied tbe natural necessities of the forty-thrce tenunts of the place. They were looked into. A look was suftictent, Onee agaln the reporter is obliged to fall buck upon the still usetul, though sa back- viue);‘eg phrase, “ beyond all’ power of descrip- on.” At the northeast corner of Halstod and Madi- son streetsis the Parker Block,a handsome stone- faced brick block, uceupled in the two lower storfes by stores and offices, in the basement by restuurants and laundrles, and in the uppor storiss by roomers, The block {37a Inrge une, and ftst otal population-cannot be far from a cauple of bundred peopie. The searct for Indi- eations of a fack of gynitary conditlom was bo- gun in the secund stary of tho building, whose oilices are largely occupled by gentlemen of the roedical profession. One of these brought the fitrention of the investizators in the direction of the two water-closers on this Hoor. They were found to be in a disgracefulcondition. The fetid ipcrustations of years of service were upon them, and tha stench which filied the spartment they occupied was appalling. . Old, out of order, \uncleaned, they conld not perform the offico re- quired of them properly, and were ‘merely the twin manufactories of deadly” gases whioh found thelr way fnto the hallway, {oto which the offices of the medical gentlemen opencd. At the outlet ofa sink in tho room tne unmistakable odor of sewer-gns vas upparent.” There were no trap- pings in-the waste-pipe below, aud the emana- tions cawe, direct from. some kitchen catch- basio. . . b ks, On_the’ floor above, where sarme thirty young women had rooms, the water-closet was in vers bad repule, and In dire need vf-a thorough clean- fng. The pume convenienco on the'floor above, algo occupied -by: roumers, was yery Imperfectly trapped, and as the witer, owinz to some defect in thé gervice, only occasfonully reuches “the Ince, its_condition was anything but healthy. | X Nung of the sinks on these Hoors wers trappe h they and tho water-closets . , ..z x ERE REDOLENT OF-SEWEB-GAB, : . r.closets nre. In- yery-bad shape.? the Rlanwc.?’.lwwk:d .the young.man having- cargno the upper ioors. Wel hé “replied. “T hav ; yoR they .ard for a fact, 'very bard work kéeping them clean. I' sometiines spend hours tn-getting' things out of* the. sofi-pipes. You see, we have a good ‘many- dances in , here, and often u feller goes in*there to take a drink out of @ bottie, , when jts atl done, b generally chucks 1t in *bere. I've'taken lots-of pop-bottles wut-of- there; ns -many as threo at u time sometimes, , e 8 This wus bad enought, but'it-was o the- base- ment of-the Quildiug- that the - worst -was dis- covered. .An oyster-saloon on the“corner’ was tirst fuvestigated. - Many tempting sigos, setting forth the tempting bivaivesin sppetizingshapes amd at very reasonuble-prices; miet the dye, but there was that in the atmosphére of the’ pluce— & heavy, damp.- pungeat, ublquitous smeil— which nroused the wonder- that any -one. could suminon the strength of stomach to eat in_the place. The Ductor’s discriminating nose- sug- gested ta him where first to look for the' source of the stench, and . hig-eye talling upon a useful siym upon the western wall of the fi[‘we‘ e led the way to_n spot benenth'the-Halsted street sidewalk. The appearitnceof the water-closets here found discounted that of the very shacking couple which had been seen on the sccond toor of the building. . After they had been thorough- - Iy fnvestigated the jpvitations to “‘pies,” and +stews,” and * raws" which bedecked the wulls of the restaurnnt secmed a mockery of the hol- Jowest description, und the sight of 8 very de- cent old geutleman sltllnqnlfllhln twelve feet of the abomination and getiing away hel\l’(“;’ with @« dozen rausted “tCounts,”” sud holding n re- serve balf o ple with whioh to enjoy the stenming cup -of collea before . him, frresistibly culled to mind the old saw which contrasted the blisstulness of Ignoriace with the folly of too much wisdom. The condition of the clossts expluined uway only one certain in- gredient of the compound smell Waich tilled the lage. There were still to be explained the Sum ness and the scwer-gas.. Walking along the tloor of the pince, especially in the kitchen to the rear, the rotton condition of the fooring became Appurent at overy step. w1 should liko to be able tolook under this flooring.” the Doctor remarked. “Ibelicve it must be quite damp.” . 2 wyou'll find no dieulty in dolng' that,” the cook replied. ** There's lots of rat-holes con- venjent.’ . X : This was: literatly correct. The kitchen floor waa riddled with them. A andle was procured and a few of, the rat-holes were investigated, the gronnd being about three inches below tho floorlng. 1t glistened brightly under the light's rays. A stick wus shoved nto it. - It snok to the depth of nbout five Inches, dnd returned coated with gray slime, dentically similar to that which B covered the sticks thrust.into the residenee’ catch-busins. _. T " \\"This stulf - benenth. the floor Is sewer filth, tho Doctor remarked. * Tho whole building rests over & deposit of it from four to six inches in.depth. . One or more unclenned catch-basing bave overfiowed and distributed their contents ‘The cook and his assistant both acknowledged that tho stench in the place wus often versy strong. . They often wondered what tho cause of it was; and now that they had Jearned, they fc- knowiedged ‘that they selt.very uncomfortable. A Jaundry shuated further north in the build- ing's bisement was visited, and underneath the fiooring tho same stute of affairs wus found to exist, leaving no doubtwhatever that the ground beneath tho biook was entirely overlaid by « de- posit of putreseible kitchen refuse. Search was- nade’ for the'catch-basin, but po ono in the Place knew anythims sbout it Some more of 1hewater-closets under the sidewaik wove looked at, and the same diszraceful state of affnird was, found to u‘e p;osen‘tl “t has before been faintiy— very falntiy—hlated at. ¥ ooked a{ from the ontslde, taa Parker Block is a very ncat and cleanly bullding. A very slight investigation of the interior of the build- ing will go to show that appearances aro some- lecepiive. s e who buiit tho block on - C. C. P. Holden, Al’)‘errdflen street whose sanitury condition was Gescribed in TRE TrIBUSE of Tuesday lust, hos written & communication in which be explaing tbat he built-the block in question in 1569 and touk especial pains aud spent money freely In order to sedure it o tbamushl{ eflicient eystem of seweruge. He explainsthat he provided each Douse with n Jarge catch:basin in the yard for the purpose of draining Off its kitchen wastes,: and ‘that the samil cateh-bagias in the Sub-base- ments were merely intended to carry off the Wwasta water of tho cellars. ., He considers that {t {5 not surprising if these are used, us they un- than they ted by Tire TRIDUNE investigators should .exist. He also explains -that the presence jot the: furnaces I the basement oaly @ {fow feot from tho cutch-basing was nota fanit ‘so.Junyr s they were ‘used only for their original and that the fault ties in the: improper hd'oten-busins—n- proposition whicl is Tue Taipuxs Health Commis- e ot time 1o study the bistory stem of encnfi h,‘f“’): 2‘“‘;% speals of- things s{miply,us_they find- them, & 'ssech comimunicitiony s Ar. Holden's, showln% the cause of the troable -and polnting out & sim’ ple and effcotive remedy. thesefor, are gratefully Titelved a8 valuable sssistance 'in the benevo- lu'&l work which TUE TRIBUNE I3 engu 1o ¥ THE BEPORTY OF SMALI-PO: repor! I3 use’ pertoctiy¥onnd.: slupers, who D of 'the"seway i o THE S OF i th’ Office ycsterduy £2gTeg ‘t{o.wrth:wfieu! E\mwsc:ha’,;.mem s no cessaton in ci ir.- Henpy Mester sesterday after- i 2t e Ll Lozl - diseases, 3.03; scariet-fever, -Fifth, T.89; Six 6.19; Ninth, 573';1_ that he had two hours befo: hat b re beon_called to X\hll Hurlbut street, -where there were four [ v{ren in. the Kleinhaus family down with the 8mull-pox, and they had apparentlv been sick dmme time. The cases were undoubtedly hid- on until the last moment; and tney have now develoded into very serious onca. This. but one block and.a hulf north of the now notorious St. Michael's School, through the ob- stindey ‘of whose authorities ‘much has beea done to-spread the disease on the Nortb Side. ’;ff:w"‘g“&“fcfi; l.;nused by this: school should -a- cason to th arge similar [nstitutions. . pas T e o No. 506 Purk avenue was found Frost, aged 25 years, who was !nn‘eflngagr‘:::t bad case of heworrhagic smull-pox. He wns taken to the hospital. “William Fyfe. of 484 West Huron street, is another victim. -He Is 83 years old.. -:l‘hn-.nmxklgn House, 66 and 83 Iihinots street, which bas been a regularnest for the dis- ease, reports another cuse, though & vers light oue. - At No. 316 Twenty-sixth street, Dr. Blathel reports that he:found a case which had been thereeight days. He was called in Friday night, and at:once reported the mattor to the health guthorities. The victim is a strapping big fel- low, s German by birth, and he has an exceed~ lngly bad cuse. - ne of tho worst cases reported was that of Kate Carrotl, aged 35, a native of Ireland, living at No. 125 West Juckson street. Maggie Spain, who died at the” Hospital, was taken il in thi3 house. The woman Carroll refused to allow any one to vaccinate ber, and the result I3 that she has s case of small-pox of the most malignant character, and her recovery i8 very doubtful. The new ambulance is more comfortable than }?e\svoll_\;nne. anda better effort is made to keep arm, The following cases of diphtheria were re- rted: At 301 Halsted street,06l Ohifo street. Two cases in the rear basement of 2,617 Cottage Gruve avenuc. ' Scarfet-fever. at 537 Carroll av- enue and 256 West Polk street. Measles at 93 Sedgwick street. z LAST YEAR'S MORTALITY. ‘The mortality report for 1880 was compieted yesterday by the Registrar of Vital Statistics. It shows that there wero 10,462 deaths in Chicago lnsy year, o daily average of 29.07. Of: these 6,200 were notives of this city and 1,38 werd bornin other parts of the United States; 1,089 wers natives of Germany, 718 of Ireland, 162 of Canada, 143 of England, and 65 were born in other forcign countrias; 5 were born on the ocean, and 48 nutivity not given. who died 3,147 were infants under 1 year old, znd 5840 under 5, the percentage under s years belng 53.52 per cent; 813 of the dccedents were over 80 years, and 3 over100. On a basis of the census Of 1880, the ratfo of deaths wns 2079 to each 1,000 Inbabitants, while the death-rate of 1879, eStimating the population ay 475,000, was 18.0L per 1000, - It is not_at.all congratulatingto know that 87,30 per cent.of tho total deaths weve cauged by zymotic diseases,—a _total of 3,903 aeaths from this’ source alone belng the record. - The year previous, from the sgme causes the deaths ag- gregated 3,160, equal to 38.08 per cent. . The highest martality fromzymotiec causes 00~ curred in the Fourtcenth Ward, where there were 702 deaths, equalto 8 percentage of 171.85, against & mortality of ffty-six in_the Third ‘Ward, & percentage of 143. In the Fourtecath Ward the deatha from so-called fith digeases amounted to_44.46 of the total mortality, while in the Third Ward It was but 20.63. The mortal- ity rate in New York was 26.47 to each 1,000 in- babitants, Brooklyn 23.33, Boston 23.53, Balti- more 24.21. 3 The déaths from the principal zymotic dis- eases in the years flvel};;’lnw wera a3 follows: 1879, 1878, 1877. 1876. Cholera {nfantul 673 625 BIT 5N T2 Croup..... 533 38+ 24 138 216 Diphtheria. 830 604 204 4 Diarrhea T 215 153 22T 1% Dysentery. 52 53 8 W6 Eunterocolitis. 4 98 . T 6l 62 Fever, cerebro- 77104 11 2 15 Fever, scarlet. 339 380 133 819 811 Ferver, typhold. 71 204 146 159 168 Measles. 129 51 8 5 1§ Ecysipels B o8 0 3 R Small-po: 43 1 21 4 29 The number of preventable filth, or what are knowa 08 zymotic diseases, by wards, are as fol- lows: First, 81; Second, 101; Third, Fourth, 145; Fifth. 375; Sixta, 305; Seventh, 206: Elghth, 20; Nigth, 101; 7enth, 121;_ Eleventn, 93 Twelfth. 123; - Thirteenth. 115; Fourteenth, 703 Fitceenth, 211; Sixteeth. 216; 'Seventeenth, 217 dfimcmh. 118; public institutions, 248.” Total, 3 = Diphtherfa carrfed off 930, by months, as fal~ lows: .hmuury.‘.l 107; February, 84 March April, 593 May, 44; June, 32; July, gust, 535 Sevmmbc{. October, 92; November, 24; December, 109, Entiro colitis’ burried off 144; erysipelns, 49; typho-malerinl fever, 22; pyemhs, 24} septicemin, 42 chicken-pox, 13 whooplng-, cough, 03;. hydrophobia, 23 s)'%bms.lfi: alcohol- ism; 86; delerium tremens, 15; inanitlon, 203; uphtnae, 2, and trichinosis, 2; consumption, £53; iufaotilo convuisions, 82i; congestion .of the: brain, 113; cercbral_meaingitis, 359; paralysis, 80; “organic heart disease, 130; velvulir heart. Qfsease, $8; bronchitis, 100; capillury bronchitis; 58; congestion of .the- lungs, 105; pneumonia, 509; Bright's disease, 132; railroad and street-car; accldents, 100;-falis 48; drowning, 59. - THE PERCENTAGE OF DEATHS - . by disenses most prevalent, other than Zymotic, was as follow: 3 A St B No. of Per , Deaths A * deaths.” .cent. per1,000. Consumption... 853 815 - -1.89° Pneumonia. &‘;‘ 129 EL s enense 2 _.” 158 & Th percontage of deaths from zymotic dis- enses- wag’ a8 follows; _Diphtheriu, 8.80; croup, 509; cholera infantum,”6.41; other digrrbeal 8.24; typboid fever, 1.63; cereoro-spinal fever, malarial fever, .68; mensles, 1.3; small-pox, .42; inapltion, 283, The rntio of deaths from zywmotic diseuses per 1,60 of population in_each ward was s follows: Firat, 2.0; Second, 5;. Third, 8.33; Fourth, 5.16; Si. %.48: Seventh, 7.10; Eightd, it Tenth, 7.673 Twelfth, 4.10; Thirteenth, 8.39; Fourteeoth, 12.42; Fifteenth, 9.89; Sixteenth, 8.09; Seven- teenth, 8.79; Eiglteenth,5.29. MORTALITY BY WARDS. The following shows the percentage of deaths from all diseases by wards: Topu Pmm‘z‘; Deaths - age per latton, Deaths. total 1,00, 1505 13 118 2B 264 189 1.80 408 013 8w 88 889 Gt B4 62 - 5.0t 265 258 o in 306 202 o 8.29 Thirtecnth - 8% . 338 Fourteeats 159 1508 - Fifteenth. 64 587 Sixteenth. 1 499 AW Eeventeen W R 510 Eighteenth. 125 2 The nges were ag-follows: Under 1 vear old, 8,147 1352 from 1 to 2, 685 from 2to3, 475 from ¥'to 4, 501 from 4 to 5, 782 from b to 10, 458 from 10 1020, 725 from 20 to 30, 818 from 30 L0 40, 689 40 t0'50, 532 from 50 to G0, 404 from 601070, 281 Trom 70 to 80, 108 from 80 fo 90, 18 from 90 to 100, and three wera over 100 years old. &ary, 185: - b{l{y. 7i0: June, 496 July, 1843; August, 1,0 Beptember, 813; Octaber, T0; November, j68: December, 830, There were 5,518 majes and 4,914 females; 2 unknown; 125 colored; 1898 married, 356 widaws, 212 widowers, 7,904 stugle. B TThe follow{ng table shows: the populatian and number of deaths during the past twel\'; years: g eatns Population. Deaths. per L. e Doas P Year. - 1409 THE DRAMA. - JOON M’CULLOUGH. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune, CrLEVELAND, O., Jap. 29.—John McCul- longh “closed a week’s engagement at the TFuclid Avenue Opera-House to-night. it e~ Ing the best ever known in this clty. Every night the sign **Standing room only’” was displayed, and the building could not hold all who came. Excursions -have come by special trains from fhe country round about each-night.* To-night ‘the’ orchestra were statloned behind the scenes, and their regu- Jar pldces' given up to the eager throng Ot those” CRIMINAL NEWS. Buford, the Kentucky Assasin of a Great Judge, Found “Not Guilty.” The Yerdict Returned hy His Friends on the Ground of "His, Insapity. Affegting Scanes During the .Sentencing of the Missouri Parricides. “XOT GUILTY.” . Bpectal Dispatch to The Chicaon Tridune. Owestoy, Ky., Jan. 20.—Much interest has been felt throughout this State in the trial of Tom Buford, charged with murder- Ing Judge Elliott, of the Court of Appeals of this State,'for decidinz o case in that Court against him. The trial has been In progress for more than two weeks, The testimony on both sides was concluded Thursday, and yesterday and to-day has been devoted to.the arguments on the part -of the State and the defense. The case was given to the Jjury after dinner, and at a late hour this evening the jury returned a verdict of now guilty, on the ground of insanity.at the time of the commission of the murder. . : PASSING SENTENCE OF DEATH. Special Dispatch to. The Chicago Tribunes MARYVILLE, Mo., Jan. 20.—A motion fora new trial and in arrest of judgment in the cases of Albert P. and Charles E. Talbott, who were yesterday found guilty of assasin- atng their father, in this county, on the 18th of last September, was. overruled by Judge Howell this afternoon. His Honor then asked Albert P. Talbott to stand up, and sald: “Have you any reason why the sentence of death should not be pronounced upon you?” Tha prisoner said: “In the first place, yes, because I am not puilty.” His Honor said: “The jury 8ays you are, and therefore, direct yott be confined inI' the Jajl of Neodm‘vx;a; County until the 25th day of March, 1881, and, on that day, the Sheriff shall take yow to the place of execution, :and thers hang -you by :: the--meck until you are dead. And m:fi God- have mercy [ {‘ournoor soul!” His Honor continued: * Charles E. Talbott, you, too, may stand up._ Have"you any reason why the sentence of death should not be pronotinced upon you?’ The boy, never flinching, said he was not guilty. ‘The Judgesnid: “The jury says You are, and 1, therefore direct thal you be contined in the Jail of. Nodaway County un- til the 25th day of March, , and, on that day, the Sheriff shall take you to the place of - execution and there hang you by the neck until you are dead. - And may God have merey on your soul!” It was a herrtrending scene “that followed the death-sentence. Waomen cried and shrieked asif in agony. Stronz men- wept. The mother, sister, and other relatives * of the convicted and sentenced boys, as they wrapped their arms around.their necks, wept as if their heurts would break. Albert broke completely down, wept_like a child. At & few minutes “before & o'clock - Court ad- journed, and thus ends the greatest murder- trial probably in the history of Missourt. SAN FRANCISCANS SWINDLED. Sax Frawcisco, Cal,-Jan, 20.—Joseph Goldwater, formerly of the firmof Goldwater & Bros., of Prescott, and Cherberg, Ariz., has left for Arizona, after victimizing a number of wholesale merchants - of this city fo _the extent of "from 80,000 to $100,000, The goods_ have been shipped:to “L Lyons, of Yuma,” who is aileged to be a confederate of Goldwater. ‘The matter has - been placed in the hands of detectives, butlt :is” questionable whether anything can done; as-Gold water bought osf.nj.y on credit, and the goods cannot be faun s, ¥ CHARGED. WITH POISONING. . MALONE, N. Y.; Jan, 20.—Emma Davis has- been held to answer the chargeof systém- atleally puisonmg Gertie Manning, the fifeca” of Warren 1. Manning, in whose establish-. ment the Davis girl was housekeeper,, It i3, thought that Miss Manning will die, - .. FRATRICIDE. SHREVEPORT, La., Jan. 20.—~Tha postet- gers on_ the .Caddo- Belfe. from- the- upper’ .river say that. on> Wednesday . evening Sam: B. 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