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T CIirCAGO TRIBUNIS: 'LTUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, INSI—T'WELVIS PAGES., i , 9 T .ournment of Both Houses Yes- 'Adjgerday Without Doing Any s Business, estion of Confirming the Ware- L q?muse Board fo Be Taken Up To-Day. IR s Revenuo Bill for Taxing teceipts ot Certonin Corporations, | yinegn! Gross raph, Insurance, and Express T?léiml;m’nies the Ones Chief» ly Affegtod, The Railroads Understood to Be Indif- ferent Regarding the Success of the Bill, .TIB LEGISLATURE. 0 BUSINESS TIRANSACTED 1N EITIIER HOUSE, Ssprclat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, SURINGFIELD, 1L, Jan, 3L—Thore was n gparse seftlement In both 1louses this after- yton ab 5 0'clocks, and u speedy adjonrmment il to-MOrTOW MOrNING Was efleuu.ul with yery little fuss or bother, Speaker Thomns’ lace [n tho Jlouse was taken for the nonce Dby Baldwin, of Bureaw, Chinlrman of tho Ju- dielary Comunittee, and the Clerk had no more than read the dnte line of the journal tban there was the nsul motion to dispense with the further reading, followed by tho cx+ pected niotlon to adjourn. Speaker Thomns will ba here in the morn- ing, and the work fn both Houses will go on neusnak ‘Fhe only superlatively Interesting question to come up during the day, nccord- jng to present espectations, will be the ques- ton of contirmntion in the Senate of 4 TUE BAILROAD AND WAREIHOUSE COMMIS- SIONEIS. The mnjority of the Warchouse Committce will report in favor of confirmation, whille tha minority, composed of Mamer und the four Democrats on the Committes, will sub- niit the repurt already telegraphed to L'ne mnese, setting forth the fact that grave complaints have been mado agnlust the Grain-Inspection Department at Chlcngo, * aul recomimending that the question of ¢ firmation be held In abeyanee until an In tigatton ean bo had, Unless the ndvoeates of Jelay are very much mistaken in their men, they will have enough votes to “down? the umforlly report, nud an organized hiquiry into the subject of gratn-inspection may bo louked for. = . . PENDING LEGISLATION. LINEOAI'S REVENUE BILL, Special Dispateh to 'The Chicago Tvibune, § SriNarFieny, 1, Jan, 8L.—No one subject, perhaps, bn connection with the wvosslblo legisintion which the present session may bring to puss has exeited mors attentlon and more discussion in ‘a_guiet way. than the Linegar Revenue bill. 'The unture of the measurs itself, to sny nothing of its author’s reputation for legal ability and an unbounded smount of strong common sense, marked It fromtho first as une of the matters which was sure to receivo eareful and extended constderation instend of meeting the ignoble fate which attends the average legisiative luenbration,—death without benefit of clergy InCommlttee, Indeed, tho exceedingly fu- varablo-manner In which It was generally recelved was ab once n.notico to such ay were inclined to oppose it that it would be lstus well to look at the matter seriously Mid to discuss It ‘on its merits, The bill has aubcomo up In the Ifouse Revenue Commit- leo g yet, but will do so at Its meeting Wednesdny, when 1ts author will bo present tochamplon his offering in his own forcible way. 3 4 ‘I charneter of the bill has already been n;uulucdlu Tur TrIBUNE, bat, In order to Blow * THI: KCOPH OF TII DISCUSSION which has grown out of It, 1 reproduction of Its several features will be necossary, It proposes, fn hricf, to tax tho, rallronds on thelr gross receipts, and, in view of tho diffor- thee In carnings hetween the new and the sldand well-established ronds, divides them Into two clusses,—those which earn less than EL00 ver milo per annum, and which are to be taxed 3 per cent on thelr gross re- celts, and those which carn moro than that amount and. which are to bo taxed 4 per cent. "The bilt further provides a tax of 3 per cent on the gross recelpts ot ox- vress and tolegraph companles, and n tax of “percent on the gross recelpts of Insuranco companies, By the torms of the bill such faxes ura 1o bo in tlou of all other property taxes of nny character whatever. PIE PRINCIPAT OBJECTION, The chlef and abpout the only objection Which has been wrged agatnst tha mensure thus far Iy that it disregards and Is utterly “pposed to the prohitien in referenco (o fpecinl legislation. 'The common battle- kround seleeted on which to fight the matter utls Art, 0, Sees, 1 and 2, of the Constltu- flu{mr 1570, on _the much-voxed subject of BResenue.” ‘The doctrine there Inid down 15233 follow SECDION ), The Genoral Yide Ruch rovenue na may bi noedful by levyin, :\u by vuluation, so thut overy person an ‘}:&mm\_mn shnll piy i tax in proportion to the u e of his, her, ordts property, euch value 1o Hélxs«.-m-mmml by 80 person Or persons Lo bo m'iu:\l oruppoluted in such manner us thoGen- i embly shall dircot, and not otherwlao; tak tho Genoral Assambly shull kave power to p beddlers, auctlonecrs, brokers, bunkers, s mll."‘::m‘infi mintdsion |ucn.'bl‘:luu. nhu]»;tmgn. 3 T8, Krocery-keepe yudr- dealers, 'toll rluges,' furrion, insurunde, tolo- i und oxpress fntorests or business, vondors h““ltuuu. and persons or corporations owning or o trunchlacs and privilogos, in such min- mna Ituhall trom Umo to timn direcs by gone nmunlrorm 08 to the oluss upon which it Tho spcelfleation of the objects ana of tnxation stiull not deprive tho Gens Assembly shall pro- Hig llllv‘]u‘l! frl Aasembly ;I:I:!‘L'l'l: or nl{] Y o consistent Hon fixed i thiy Const tu b taxed In such mantior with the prinelples of taxne itution. A FINE JOINT, +‘and not otharwisa® has af- f:}:‘{\lfl‘llnmuur for any amount of construet ‘_Mu destruetive hnlr-splitting In the dis- mbj‘s-lrl.‘i‘ Which the DIl hns already been Tie ey 1ts author, rending the soction as o Inl‘llln(mllls ity o'y most people would blluul"‘!m 10 view it unless somebody g (1 EBESE u o contrary construction, hul"ltnh les sololy to the manner In Helectlon g Wolntyent, ! Tho phrase wikssessors—hy” election or ap- el e Theopponents of the D 11, how- the oo I tho words back 80 ns to apply to l.w“.lfimxlm:nnmun of the section and for- ”Umw;wh tho idea of an ad valorem (axus 4 mmlg DUe o1t pross recelpts, 'The polnt ke l4i1)~ fine une, but n good niany peopls Cainy hhl'\ulilscu\'urml it, und, probubly be- luake thg 1,20 e, to liave dotermined to lativg hm-')'("-"‘ of it In_the end, 153 legls- in angther i8I0 oue House and fifty-ono e ot WL bo eatlut upon 1o de- Copgt “lfh whit the ~ framers of I suno thyy gy 10 menn, and until that il e Birsplitting wil) o on I gy g ihinterrupted, Thonuthor thinks i leared gy Vey saawny all the cobwebs by the Tt I:L“h',,“,f""’ of the matter, and, aauufiunn s fnd that the Genernl Assembl krm;?',,l',fj'fl""wd from lmposing ‘a tax uit U b ‘i"”‘"- the next question Is whether botely] o "l""w" anything in che nature of kst oK slutlon,—thut Ty, In this case, 1) k“‘:)\l\!r burtfeular clnsses of corporas Mm;h, expr nTespoctlvoly” as rallroad, telo- Tt Uffll. I Insurdnee compitnies, of thiy iy TIOTITY 70 LEVY A TAX the firg s{fgml"m’@‘.‘ onie, it anywhers, from EXbros Ty f"l)~ Tho Insurunice, tolograph, thf Merests urospecially mentloned; to them thera would been, I vegard fur V*mho Nothing loft for argument, As ¢lineq gy m]mn‘l‘- Mmost persons wonld bo Tne Oiing o 0K that the phrase * corporations Woujy nhouf“."“ frnllu'llm anl privileges ' 05 of tng y SAVEE them, * In order to tax Relitlpneq 0trndes or kiudsof businesy d eglslaturo must, of course, of the power to require othor | | Assembly shall direet the |- iy fi. (the General Assembly) shall i to time dlreet by general Inw, unif tho elass upon which It operates,” (i futhor of the bl elnfmy, 8 preclaely what s measuro mnnumlflxmas when 1t provides for cortain classes of buslness Lo be tazed a certaln wniforn percentage on thely wross recelpts, the uniformity extending to the sev- ernl and Individunl compnnles Tuetnded tn the elass upon which tho bill, A2 1t should be- come law, will operate, TIE SECOND SECTION, It i clatined, shows coticlusively that it was hot the Intention of the frvmers of the Con- stitution to limit the means for raisng rovi nue, hut ‘merely to provide o mode by whic nssessments shinlk bo Jevied and taxes eo! leeted, Under the seetion, It i asseried, 1t Lealstatore iy extend the power to tax the grosy reesipts to any elass of property it may choose, [n short,” the author of the bill clalins that thew s wbsolutely no eonstity- tronal objeetton agamst hls ‘ineasure, and when it eomes to nrzuing the matter, elther in Committes oron the iloor of the House, nobody doubis that he will by able to defemd Is positlon and give the opponents of the bill about all they ean do If they attemnpt to get away with itm, THE OIECT OF THE BILL, manifestly, Is to supnrate the clnsses of prop- erty from whieh State und county revenues arc to be derlved, so a8 to prevent the clash- Ing of the severnl Iterests and the gross in- Justies which, 1t 18 elulmed, results from the operation of the present law. In othor words, it clngsitles tho property from whicl State taxes sre to hu derived, and relenses all othor property from taxatlon for Stale purposes, dolne awny with any real and netual nece sity for a State DBowrd of Equalizution and leavhng the property In counties to ha as- e i afde viduntion without ity he- ing subjected to n.disproportionats smotnt for Statc tay ¢ T nssessed value of all tnxable property in the Stade 1830, ns shown by e figur of tho State Board of Kqualization, was [80,610,801, anddl the nssessed vabue of farm lunds nnd property £58,02500, The furue ers of [llinols, In other wotds, pay ahgul. G0 per cent of all the taxes collected m Clllinels, Stato und county,~a 1 injustive, It I3 elaimed, Lo n eluss of men who do not derive one-tenth of the ben- eflt from tho State that other elnsses of prop- erty-owners do. Again, under the present systont of tnxation, o disproportionately lnrze burden falis u‘mu real estate ws compared with other kinils of ])rnpurly. ‘The total as- sessient upon lands amet towns lots was £080,65,70%, ny_against 8170,31%,500 for all othus classes of property, In “other words, thia real pronarty of the State pays move thin 70 per eent of nil the taxes, white it does not acension one-twentleth part of the expense of Stute ar Colinty Govermment, PRACTICAT WORKINGS, Out of the total equalizeil value of proper- ty for 1830 of $780,010,391, the assessed value of rallrond I)mpcrl{ in the State way TR The Linegar bill relleves this latter amount from taxation . for county and municipal purpose it relleves from State taxatlon ST and rives the several counties tho henefits of it, ‘The total assessed value of taxable prop- erty in Adams County, for insinnce, was Si7,160,806, and the cquall nsgessed vatlug of rallroad property $1,075,505 In Adums County, under the Linegar bill, tho lntter amount would ha relloved from connty tuxes, while $16,174508 would' bo_relenseil from Stufe taxation. In Cook County, coming nearer liome, the nasessed yvalueof nll elasses of property was S148,m3,301, and the assessel value of vailrond property 85,502,738, Undler 1ho overation of the Linegar bill 85,5013 would be rolensed from municipal taxation and $143,67,055 from State taxation, the State revenus coming from the percentage tax on the gross recelpis of the rallronds, whose property 13 assessed at $5,502,798, The anonnt of fuxes paid by the railronds.in 1tli- -nolg 101870, ns voported by the Kullromd and Warehousa Commission, was shout 4 pereent upon the equuli d value of nll rallrond property In the State, Their gross earnings for 1830 were $48,461,221, which woudd make the agerogate percentaga on ratlroad rruper(y. under the operntion uf the Linegar hilk, sbout 38 per cent, In' other words, very nearly tha simno tmountof taxes would be derlved on the gross recelpts of tha rallrond companies ns has been herefofore derived by nssessmont_upon thelr property by tho Stite Bonrd of Equalizatlon, THF RAILROAD COMPANILS, instend of opwosing the bill, are rather n favor of it, for the reason, among others, that'the propused modo. of nasessment amd collection would - relieve them of a ynst amount of trouble and bother to.which they are now subfected. Under tho new schemo they would simply dend with tho State Audl- tor and the State I'reasurer, nud eseape nll the troubloandall the detutl connected with Tneal taxatlon, The several countes, moreover, would not be anmoyed mul bothered nbous their nssessments, a8 now, in order to avoid un?‘lm: an unjust proportion ot Stale tnxes, Whilo the new method wottld impose no wi- ditional burdens upon the rallronds, hut wonllat the same tlme bea more conve Jent meatns of stepping up to the Captaln’s desk nnd settiing, it would be something of a now depurture for tho EXPRESS) TELEGRAPH, AND INSURANCE COM- PANIES, on whom M. Linegur Is supposed to liavo specinlly hnd hls cye, and to havo remeim- hered them In his bUL for the alleged reason that under the present law they hnve somie- how oy othor eseaped |mylmi muel of any- thing lu the shapo of tuses Into the Stale's strong-box, T'he loenl Insurance L'um‘umlcs, ot course, are to be excepted from this re- mark, inagmuch as thoy already pay n tax on thoir ] nntzlblo property, whilo tho forelgn com- panies, It is urged, como In amd transact husiness without the State hccomlni: much it any, the wenlthier for 1t—in tho slinpo of taxes. Tho Incal companies, therefore, will hardly opposu tha bill, for the reason that it puts them and thelr forelgn rivals upon tho same basls ns regards tusation and thus practically evens the thing up, ‘The above, in brief, uresomo of the polnts whieh aro being urged in favor of the bl i the diseussfons on it in committeo and on the tloor of the: 1ouse ure upt to o Loth oxtended and Interesting as the session - vauees, BUPREME COUNT CONHOLIDATION, Tho scheme to consolldate the Supremo Court has alrcady been partinlly blocked by the sharp tactics of the several Intercsts which aredesivous of having It moved around the State on wheels. 'I'he blll wns referreil the othor- day to the llouso Committeo on Judiein Department, and about the first lllhqi that ol'galflzmlan did was to ndopt the rulo that the bill wasw't fo be taken up in committeo upless all the memuers were presont, Dut Willinms, the resent Dowoerntie statesman from Mt, ernon, where the Court is now compelled to go acenslonally, is on tho Committes, and, unless the rule 1§ rescinded, as it shoulil bo the noxt tine the Conmlittea mecets, has 1t In his power to provent n full mitendaneo by simply remainig away from Committeo meetlugy, A LITTLE SCHEME NIPPED, ‘The Ilouss Commltteo on Canal and Rivor Improvements has got its oyes open to an fu- shilous schomo In the interest of o furry eompiny which manipulates the Misslssippl tiver butweon Eust St, Louls and St, Loitis, Mo, A vory Innocont-looking bill wasthrown into the hopper the other day, whose duly appar- ont purposo was ta extend tha thne of bulll- ing tho Eust St, Louls and Carondulet bridgo, which should oxpire In 1852 Tho Commit- teo ab first declded to recommend un extenston of flvo yours, Then it dlsoov- ered that the principal “stockholder In the bridge company wid tho ferry ecompany was one amd the saine person, and that the two institutions wers in gencral about ns ilko onv another-as two peas, As long 08 the brldie remains unbullt, the two companles will con- tinue to put Inonu,)lr In the common pursy without gotng to the expense of laying out uuythiug for vlers, spans, and things, while it will be cqually hinpossible for another com- pany to comwe in"amd secure a eharter for the 881N Purposo as loug as thie present one ro- mains In_exlstenco. When the Comumittee thus got Its oyes openod, it concludurl to posts pone the matter for two weeks inorder to got more light on 1t, g = . THE MORAL REFORMER In tho 1Touse this tinie ls an olil by tho name of Sam Martin, of White~the venerablo mossback who gut wp the first dny of tho sesston to present 4 resolution urging Congress to do the squara thing In the pens slon llne by the veteraus of tho Florldn, Blackhawk, and Mexican wars., Ilo ling lready infroduced two bills on the some. what kindred subjects of bastardy and sc- duction, ‘Lo jirst would huve mido it fm- vossible for tho young man i the case to compromise mattors, and the sccond would. hava made the erlme of seduction folony, to bo punishod by lmprisonmment anywhera from one to ten yenrs, ‘The Judlelary Comse mittes hns been hiandling theso two msnsures of late, and has at lnst concluded to report an amendument to tho rormer which will pre- vent auy settiemont In o basturdy enss” ex- cept with the approval of the County Court, shile as to the lutjer it will exprass lts opin- lon In thgse cold but familiur words, * Ve, the Commnittes, ote, elc., Jouommelm thattie Dill do not pasd.” 'Phus'do the roses fade, |t 0y to Thi entlemnn GO, i TO THE BOTTOM. Unsuccessful Attempt of a Pros pellor to Cross Lake Michigan. The Ieo Cuts o lfolo In Her Side~— Vessel and Cargo Totully Lost. The Crew and Passengers, Numbering Twenty-seven, Saved by the Small Boats, Reception of the News fn Chicago—His- tory of the ‘Vessel—Her Cargo ~Insurance. MILWAUKLE, Nptetal Dispadels to The Chicago Tribune. Mirawat Wis., Jan $L—"Thl3 commu- nity lins heen greatly agitated to-day o 1 marine disaster of no mean proportions. ‘The Northern nsportation Company's propul- ler St. Albans, Capt, Edward Casey, wns sunk I Loke Michigan twenty-five miles northenst of this port yesterday nfternoon. I'he crow and pussenzers, numberlng in alt twonty-seven, made their way hither In two fife-bonts und two yuwls, Not n Nfe way lost, and, althouglt severnt of the sailors nre severely frozen, it 1s to-nliht thought that ALL WILL RECOVER, "The St Albnns was a propeller of 435 tons. Shoe was buils at Cleveland in 1570, and ye- built at Port Huvron Iast senson. Her port ot reglster was Grand Huven, Clearnneo wis made from this port early Sunday morning for Iudington, nnd she earried six pussengers and acrew of twenty-one. Ier cargo con- “sisted of 2,500 harrels of flour and four head oflivestock, The pnssengers are Andrew Cinrk, LatdingtonJosenhine Millor, Milwiu- keo; Carrle Brown, Milwaulkeo; Tottio Mar- ton; and one man whoso name s unknown, he having left the rest of the survivors us Boon as they landed. TIE CREW Au: Cantain, Edward Cusey; First Mate, Thomas Leahy; Second Mate, Joseph Boyil; First Tagincer, Albort Calder; Secoul Englueer, John Ferrls; firemen, Teter Lemairo and Ilenry Davig; wheelsmen, Thomas Metnire and W. 1L Brown; porter, 1% I Collett; steward, T'rank MeQuillan; cook, George Drake; eabin-hoy, Wiitiam Robinson: wateh- men, Johun Qulnn, Fred Greenoughs de hands, Ilenry Johnson, John Fitzpatrick, John Fltzgerald, The nuimes of the other three of the crew are unknown. About halt- past 10 In the forenson a leak wasdlscovered aft, and the water mnde startling headway, The pumps were set to work, o, when' It wng found that the wyler was gaining, - the propeller was ‘put about in the hops of getting back to Milwau- kee. ‘Che break was caused by floating lee, which thickly covered the surfaco of the water (he entlre distanco out. Despite the hest exertlons at the pumps, it was soon ap- parent that the vessel could not ride the water long, and, assoon as the fives had been extinguished, the Captaln ORDERLD THE FOUR JOATS LOWERED, Most of the wardrobes and the lighter valu- ables helonging to the St Albans were packed In, togethier with il the bedding that it was practicabie to earry, The Cantaln hrought ten persons with him In one of the honts, the Tirst Muto five, First Engincer siy, and tho First Wheelsman two, 1t was 12:40 when they abandoned the vessel, and she was left in 150 feel of waler, direetly enst of Port Washington. They were in_the hoats from noon Sundayantil the middle of this fore- noon. The wind blew an avernge of thirty miles an hour, and it was bitterly cold, ALL BEUAVED WL COOLNESS AND BUA- iRy, although they hud little hope of reaching Innd, und, had the wind not beer blowin fn, they would have never been saved. 'Pwlce thoy signuled passing steamers by fivlng pistols aud wavinz torclies, but they were not observed. By daylight they were in ‘sight of Milwaukee, nll alive bub wet through, and several In n eriticnl conditlon from the long exposure. They were hero- feally worklig thelr way through the ieo In the bay when persons ut the Northwestern Dopot discovered them, £ . THT BESCUR was slowly made, but they were finally land- ed, and eighteen made comfortable In the Newhail. William Robluson, ‘I'homas Me- Gulre, nnd Lottie Marceon ave the only ones who nre not now out of danger, The loss on_the vessol s §:23,000, and that on tho eargo §21,000, Both were Insured, TI RESCULD, To the Westerny Assoctute Press, dMavackes, Wis, Jan, 8L,—The follow- Ingis u list of persons resened from the pro- poller St Albans: Crew—Capt. Edwuard Casey, Port 1luron, Mich, : First Mate, Thom- as Leahy, Milwaukee; Second Mate, Josoph Boyd, Preseott, Canada; First Englocer, Al- bert Calder, Clayton, N. Y.; Secoml-En- gineer, John Ferris, Chicazo; Steward, McQuillan, Ogdensburg, N. Y.; wheelsmon, Willinm Browe, of Ogdonsburg, aud ‘Thiomus Magalre, of Chicagus tiremen, Peter Lamoline, of Prescott, Cannda] and 1L, Davis, of Mil- wankee; couk, (icorgo Drake, of Ogmdens- burg, N. Y.; cabin boy, Frank Collett, of Milwaukeo; watchman, Johu Quinn, of Og- densburg, N, Y.; porter, I\ T Collett, of Alllwaukee; and John Fitzpatriek, Ilenry D, Johnson, 8. Johnson, John Maginnis, John Fitzgerald, and Albert Kueln, of 3Mil- wattkee, deck hands, Ono deck hand s miss- Ing, aud is undoubtedly lost, The prssengors wero: Andrew Clark aud Christian Kull, of Ludington, Mlch.; Carrle Brown and Josephing Miller, of Mii- waukee, and Lotile Maveeau, of Ogdensburg, ‘The women suffored vory little, All thelr bagengo was saved, 'Threo of the erew are rondly frozen, but it Is thought all will str- vive, CUHICAGO, The propeller St. Albang, of the Northern Ing near Milwankee, Dessmi, Atkins & Beckwith, of this city, recolved ndispateh yestorday that tho boat, with a full-eargo of flour und merchkandise, sunk Sunday about twenty milles out, A Inter dispatch stated that tho vessel sprung w lenk and wont down near Port Washington at 10w, . Sundny, ‘U'ho evew and pnssongers wers saved, ‘I'wo small bonts were In tho lcon long time, and the men suifered grently from cold, but were flunlly rescued, The St Albans camoe ont ANOUT ELLVEN YEARS AGO, ol was thoroughly overhnuled Inst fall, re- celving now urches the full longth of her hull, and her buws wero Ironed with two Inps’ runniug well back to protect her from Ice, the vessel having beon speciully fitted up for the winter trnde, She was beltvved to be in excellent ovdor, and capable of standing almost any Kind of weather, Thy vessel wns valued at nbout $10,000, and was {n- sured Inst fall In Port Iluron for tho winter season, 'The amount is unknown. ‘I'ho cargo, conalsting of -flour and merchan- dise, was Insnred for $14,000, dlvided equat- Iy hetweon tho Orlent, Mutual, nnd tho Me- chanles' & ‘I'ratders’ Companies, roprosented in this city by Atkins & Beckwith, and C. ', Iibbard & Co., rospectively, THE CUEW . o . numbered twenty-two men. Capt, 1. Casoy, of Prescott, hus had chargo of her'for elght yonrs, Sccond Mate, Il O'lirlen; Wheels- men, G, Thorpo and J. Bayd; Fireman, il Davis,—all of P'rescott, - My, R, Walsh, First l eeolt, Ozdensburg; Christine Kall, Luding- | i C Life-Saving Statlon, md the renminder at tho | mnlk Transportatlon Line, was Jost Sunday morn- | weeks on o vacatlon, and w Sz hanself yesterday'on his lu THE PROPELLE UANDEN CITY, tweon Milwaukee and Ludington, Fhey uro small honts, nnd are supposed to be especlally fitted for winter navigation. About three weeks ago the three hoats were frozen It off Ladington for thirtean days, and wood had 10 lie taken to them ndross the ice, Areporier ealled n% the Ineal oflee of tho Nuorthern Transportation Company yesterday afternoon, nml was Informed that no report of her loxs had heen: recelved except from the papers. ‘Uhey seemed o think the hoat wits flly qualified to jatand the weathor, the only dangerbeing thatshe might have drifted 1n shoro with disabled machlnery and the lee had macde hotes in hier. NOTES FROM SPRINGFIELD. The Supreme Courg Denles o JRehenrs Ing of tha Newberry Will Cuse—Lis caonsed to Organlzo—=The Late Gen, Fry~The (hicngo & Iowa Rullroad. Spectal Dispateh to:The Chicago Tribiune, Srxary, I, Jan, 8t—The Supreme Court to-day entered un order denying the motfon for arehearing In the case of Dlntch- ford et nl, va, Newberry et al, hetter known ns the Newherry will enso, ‘Fhe opinfon s very volumninous one, and s written hy Jus- tlee Sheldon, who stdtes that 14 Is substan- tially tho smme as tho opiulon previonsly filed fn thecase, 1t has been somewhat mod- ftled ‘as fo tha legal polnts volved, hut leaves tho cnse Just where It orixinally stood, and the 'I'rustdes whil not distribute thie estato until the debth of Mrs, Newberry, s0 that there Is no Immediate prospeet for the estublishment of the!Newberry Public Li- rary In Chicago, | ‘I'he Secretary of State to-day Issued license to orzanize tho Kellogg Newspaper Com- pany, of Chileagos capilal, £200,000; corpo- rators, A, N. Kelloggy B E. Pratt, Willlam 1L Thompson. Also, ’iul !ihu Brookmman Man- ufneturing Company, (Chicazo (KR uurluub‘rnlom,l .13"1[. :ln?llh. Gieorge M. Drake, W, Wax, The remnins of the Into Gen. Jacob Fry, of ireene Connty, arrlvid I the eity to-tlay at noon, and were met dt the Chiengo & Alton « depot by the Governor’s Guard, the State olti< cers and nimerous prominent eitizens, Gens, Jllllinrvl, l'ulnmr,_ MeGlernand, MeConnel, amd Tieeee, unid Col.| Wickersham neted us bearers. ‘Tho funernly cortdee proceeded to < Rldge Cetnctery, wliere the remuaing were Interred with military honors, the Rev, Al- bert Hale ofileinting, | o Supreme Court to-day granted a super- sedeas fiom the orderof te Appellate Conrt removing Holeomb, Recelver of the Chieagn & Towa Rallyond, anil ordering that the rond be delivered to D, ILiWaterman und others, ‘Thesupe 08 overrules this netlon andyre- stores the rowt to the 1linekley paty, The ovder of the Appeliats Court was 1n uteess of its jurlsdictton, and wus’so far final that the Supreme Cowrt has a right to veview it, i THE REV. MR. VAN METER. Father Gunuzzl and Others Do . Not Wellove Mt Story of Helng Robbed Wille Crossing the Englikh Channel, Special Dispateh fo The Chfcags Tribune. Prrrsuung, Jaw Si—Father Ganazzl, the famous 1tahan evangelist, addressed three large andiences Inst night aud one to-duy, When questioned n regard to the Loy, Van Meter's story of Josing o large sum ol woney while ‘crossing tho Eugilsh Chnnnel, an ne- count of which was, telegraphed to i Tmprse at tho thne, Father Ganazzl ex- pressed dishelief In the truth of the state- ment, but e added: “1 would vather not talk about it Mr, Vaun Meter hns given his oxplanatiot, aud I know mnothinz more nbout it, Ile soys he did not know the name of the bunk, Is that possible? If I pot u check hiere for £5,000 Lindiht have forgotten the name of tho bank on wihieh 1t was drawn, but, as Lsaid, I do not tell the storsg 1t is My, Vit Meter,” B 5 When asked as to Mr. Van Méter's g ing among Awmerleans at’ ome, Fuuicr vuzzl respottded only with e nunibor of dep- reentory gestures, und sayving arehly, %11 is too late for my v fhend to ity plllow, L nust go to the hotel,” hidrried off with his friends, Advices from Ruine, recelveil hero recently, go to show that the Itev, Mr, Van Meter was not robbeid of the money st all, but squandered it in nigh lving, CHOLERA, Gov. Blackburn, of lientucky, Predicts u Seawon of the Epldemic, und Pointy Out u Preventives Dispatch tr Cinetnnatd Enquirer, FraNgront, Ky., Jan. 28.~Uov. Blnckburn, of Kentucky, 18 an authorlty uvon fever anil cholern epldetnies, In a conversation: with his Lxcellenvy yesteraay ho told tho Enquirer that he lvaked for n cholern epluemnic soon, Indeed, bo expected It earller thun (his, It waa now in Chicngo in & mild form eallod cholerine, and wo might a8 woll prepure ourselves, Thls startllug snuouncement bud a very thrill- fuyr offect upon tho writer, who wns all alono with the Qovornor In his private oftice, and sn, recefving tho full benefit of tho. remark, felt that 1t was o solomn warning, to which Mothor Shipton's prophecy could not hold & cnnale, In answer to questions, the Governor unfolded his theory, Hosnld it uover fulled that n cholern epldemie fotlowed upon tho bieels of un intluen« 2t epidemic, “Wo huve just hud that. Men and horses have sulfered from It. Tho Influcnzn epldomies are duetotoo the great proportion of ozone in tho atmosphere, and tho deflelcney of it 14 the cons {dition for choleri, Nnture {8 constantly running to oxtremus, aud oxcess of ozono {3 foilowed l:i-n deficlency, 1 certafoly tve,” continued tho Doctor-Govornor, * beon expect- ing choleru to mnko {ts nppearaiics in this rec- tlon, and now that it hns nppeared in (.‘Illunflm it I8 moro thun lkoly thut we shuil huve it, “But,” #afd bo, “tharo 18 au lufalllble preveative for cholers, Whnt water do yon delnky” aaked the Guyurnor, suddenly, Recalllng the fow tines 1 had laken wuter ns u boveruge, I boldly ane swered cistorn-water, altogotber, “Thea you will not havo tho cholert, People who dlnk - clstern and frecstone: wator altos gether nover have bud and nover will have the ctiolern. ' Why, Dr, Detl, of Lontsvilly, woult givo overy tooth fn his head to find u cusa of cholora where tho patient had boen contined (o uistern ‘and [roustone water us u drlnk, 1 dofy the wholu warld to show u cusg. Lhava bren trytug for thirty yoars to goc Congress to npe point & cominltive to Investigate this mattor, and Iy down somao rules to be followed by tho Honrdd of Iealth throvghont tha couniyy, but without success, - in IRK, when tho choleny ruged 0 Loxtogion, but two familicd esoaped the sconrge, Dro - Renjamin Dude loy, tho great surgeon, and Farmer Dowees, They were tho only “famitlos in Loxington who bind’ clsteris und iaud clstern-water, Durhig the exlstenos of cholera o Versutllos, whon niye s0If and tivo othors only remained in tho town, 1 wns writton to by 13" MeClollan, of Philadets phin, futhor of Gun, G, 13, McClollan, asking mo for my thoory uhiout cholera, 1 facidentally upokoof tho Loxington famillos who had cx= caped, and stated the circnmeunces, o wrote in reply that that was undoubiwlly the secret, Bines thou [ have demonstrnted it, **There s an instance,” continued tho Gove eror, * i Cluek County, about elghtecn miles beyond Winichoster, whoro the granit or freos Htono cou begins, When the eholor raged In Winchester tho peoplo Hed to the Creestono eountey, or what fg commonly known ns tho lue «dlun Fields, whoro thuy found safety, Thy o dumto 1l not cross tha line. We who live fn n limestano country will be subject to eholera epi= tdemled unless wo' uso clitorn ‘water, and if wo Hy forsufoty, wo must gu 1o n "muu or freo- stono tountey, wheee tho water will bofroo frum tho soctitnent that ubounds fu that of the limo- slone country,' Waile, thorofore, Gov, Niackburn startied with his rruphuu , boullayed tho feurs ho lud uronsed by poluting out usimplo wuy 0 uvold the scatirges ‘Phero Iy, unquestionably, much in bis thoory, It inay wwet with the sncors of some, but ad to the nceurncy of his historio mots peoplo hero in Loxington can beur witness, The vity 18 now full of cisterns, und cistorn water is drink almost ullmrn(ln'r. In 1867, when tho cholera was nur.lnz n Cinelunath, - 1ot a singlo cuso ocourred horo, -~ All things considered, pors hups it would bo woll that the Governor's wurne g should be beedud, NOVEL ATTEMPT AT THEFT, James Dongherty, o wachiniat 88 yenrs of oge, 1s lockod up at tho West Madison Btroet Stutlon churged with attempting to stoal a large cas {rou ily=wheel from 1 front of MeUregor & Co's machinery dopot on Canal stroet, Dougherty called upou » Junk tnun und ofered to sell bl 0 wheel, and when the Juik man wanted tu seo the wheel, Doughurty showed bl the ono stund. Ing in frout of McUrogor & Co.’s store. Tho trua ownership was discovered by the deslor m’nuhu ‘was about to strike a Dargaln with ugherty for $15 ) e — Engloser, has been In this clty sevoral | Coughsl Use Brown's Bronobial Trochos, 3 eapital, 210,« | 1 congratulal- PUBLIC MEALTIL Gross Neglect in the Removal of Garbage. Why Does Not the Health Depart- ment Attend to Its Busi- ness? An Inspeetfon of Some Denth-Traps in the North Division, A Bpecimen of the Places in Which Ohil- dren Had to Live and Study. Some Blacks Which Are Infosted with Diph- theria—The Roason: Why. WIERE I8 TLE S1TAV NGERT The mauner in which the fealth Departinent | fads to attend o the removil of ashes und #urbage from the alloys, where they huve been placed to nwalt tho attentiony of the seavenger, Iits proved o constant matter of surpriss o ' Tursess: Health Commissloners as . they pus sucd thelr Investizations of uakealthy quarters n dUiTerent pacta of ‘the city, In ulmost ull the pluces visited the compluint bus been thnt the refuse wntier §s plnced by tho housekeepers in the alley, where 1t 1s atowed to nceutmlute und breed contaglon, undisturbed by the shovel of tho seavenyger, This §3 especlatly the case in | tho poorer distriets, where some of the plles of rulibish and rottenness are nebleving sueh proportionk as 1o glve the ulleys and emoty Tots they ueeupy the nppearanca of @ hilly coun- ry, dnstend of part of the vory fint pruirle tand ) vhich Chicio §8 Linlt. It may be sups posed that this s tho fault of the scuvengers, and that 12 13 t0 thoir, disregnrd of fustructlons reeeived nt heatquarters that the fullure to pere Tart this huportunt public seryvice I8 due, but i tle neldent which recently happened on the #1 Bide will show thut this i4 not the cone, adt Monday the oceapunt of - No. 255 West fison mtrect, thnting that tho ashes and yu In i buek niley were colleeting to nn e tent which began 10 be apprecleted fiya v unplensant mntmer, placed finy in tetephonfle coummunlention with the Health Deparunent, and nsked thom: * Why don't you come und rentove the gurbage Laele of iny plicer* I yuu keep a restaurant wo won't come.' “Hut we do nat keep 1 restau » * Well, wo wiil come rivbt up, three duys’ wulthiug tho oceupant thought 10 Jor the Depuritnent's memory, 8o by stublistied telephono relatioa withi fr, wod y don't yon send up und toke away tho buge ut the rear of No. 2l West Mudisun [ streets” nger wis there, and got that stufr The se rlny 7 ho wasi't. When complained to e sald he didn’t remove warbage from premlses oeen- pled by a restrurnnt,” *Well, he don’t! i m ' Hut thls Is not o restaurant: it 1s o bulding oceupied by n privato fumily of geven persons.’ Weit, wo will nttend to it.” Yo, sl On the following dey the seavenger made bis appearnnee, and removed all tho stnil except threo burrets of ashes and 1 barvel of kitchen- vhicl hu promisei to return for itmedl- after he bad dumped ond. T8 wus on Iny, but yip to yesterday oventug hi it uot reappenred, and tio burrels ol vef of them a stinking imuss of anfma) and v eorription—sthil remnin In the uliey, whi con- tning keveral othor harrels of Hke mutter, be- longing to other parties, and innumermble dump- fug pluces whero tho refuse of kitchens 1s ace cumuluting n heaps, which, when tng sun ve- auing llils power, will prove hotbeds of unbicalthy exhalutio In conbection with this loenlity the fact may be mentloned that, {n front of 8 5 West M- isun 6treet, a disgusting heup ot grrbage and ushes Jies pite up on the sidewalk, rigut undoer tho nases of the thousands of people who poss tio spot every duy. 1L I8 growig in size and oflensivanesy every week, and, If I I8 not at- tendod to, will soon steatelt Trom (o street-rall- }\t'n;y traek to the wall of tho house opposit which i3, » FRANKLIN STREED FRAM THithesto W L'uam Health Commissioners have confined thewsclves to thy West Shie lu thetr invostigationn of quarters Incking tho newe casnry sanitury qualilieations. Yesterday they ook @ turt on the Sorth 8ldo which proved fulte a8 prolifion source of domeatie nustiness s the West Side. Tho thst place visited was 4 block of framo tencinent-honses on tho enst sido of North Frauklin street, which were Fouml tobe fn s very promisiug condition for un outbrealk of dieliuess upon the first appearance of il weather. Throughout the catire block tho wasto-pipes feadluy from tho slnks of both the upper and lower tenentents were found to bede- voll of tho necessary -trappiogs, and to ompty In each case, In a woodon box fu the cellur, whleh lelt presumably to a cnten- busin, thongh diliwent search of tho premiscs and perslstent loquiry among the tenunty failed tadiscover the whereabouts of that cssentinl feature of Chicago drainage, In most.enses tho conneetion betwoen tho waste-plpe mmdd tho wooden box wus so carelesly made {hat tho refuse ran over tho hox and down its ldes into thto cellur, mnd even the cellar ivnlls wero cov- ered with it. Tho water-clusets {n these tene- monts wern situntod n tho cetlaw, but, with o siuglo exception, they wero found not to be in working onder, Tach was Incased in n eolld set- ting of fee, and filled 1o avertlowing with slops and garbage, unid thoro was that upon tha cellar floons which nbunduntly testifled to tho straits i which: the unfortunate tenunts had been pluced by the dlsgrrungement of tha necessary commadity, Up-stairs in No. Z7—the first of tho tencments vislted=the ludy complalned of the odora which nrosa from ber sink, which resulted from tho dccompositlun ot animal and vegetable matter 0 tho box which recelved tho vontents of tho whstesplpe. . 3 The up-stairs tenant In the houss furtbor south suid thut ko bad lived In the place two years and n holf, nud that tho eateh-brsin hnd 1ot heen elenned I that time, Bho spoke with conaiderablo foeling upon the subjeet of the cel- Inr's condition, und suid that tho landlord fed been veey unheaithy quacters tor a schoot-room | rhieit 1 from one of the tenants n remirk that cifuabile [nformntion on this subjeet eonhl arned from Mre, Kenemer, living at n desiz- hee on Wells stree B0 had been one s 0f thn school who wie kinown to 'y sleelded views In tho ense, lcurn gome fucts regarding the ranitary condition of u place which for five sears had hoen used as a pihblie achool, the in- Vestigators paid 1w vislt to taa lidy b guestion, who In very ungualified terma dénosnee] tho nlldie aa totatly lecking ol nitary qualificis tlons for the purppse for which it bad heon e« ployed, T tentios In tho hofiding were so vile, sho explained, that at last aho wis obliged to surrender (o thotr superlor power and tn ask tor remuyval to the Franklin School, which way granted her aliout two years ago, Sometimes, st Anld, when the wind was In o certain direetion, tha stenieh was 80 strone that it netus aliy ¥eumenl to her liko a living lelng In the oo, There waa no eacapoe from It Ventila- 1100 was resorted to without avall, s sho put At ** It sut right thero In the middle of the room and woull uot move.” There was much sick- nosy Iueotseguence nmongat the schofnie, utd quite n wwnsation was ealised two yours ago hy e readmisslon to school pri 8 Of 1 hoy whi, fiecoriing to the medieal vertifics recovered from nn attaclc of sen who coverad with sores resititing feont hig Mincss, The bov who ent next to him In tho elned togk the ditense from him and died, and i, too, lu fuee of the fuct that the medicul cortiflente of the convalescent \wus shned by uly uthorized prueticuns physician, Mrs, Kracmer atated thist sbe returned to tho #ehinol remuined there unti @ Bylldaye, and thac this timo {ts sanitor nditloifwis preg whint [t hui! beett durinz her provions oxpe of the place. Tho bufldlug was utterly bicki In fnnitution, aad untit to be uzed forso public apurpose, —— SOME VERY DEFECTIVE BLOCKS, On the south siide of Chestnut street, side of Wells stroet, stand twin blocks of tw story and bnsement brick dwetting-honses, which nt once recelved tho attentiou of the fu- | vestigators, Thu system of sewerage In both blocks wus found to ve identicws through- out, the fuults of one belng repeated In * tho othery, though in some cases tho evil results cl-basing | coutd not * seetned to be more apparent. The e were in the yurds, und consequentl; b readily fuvestignted, bt the fuct thas they wero suppllod f11 tho porportion of one basin to | three residences dechdedly interfered with tholr ublity to perform thelr useral nsston, 1n ahinest all cases tho tenpplngs of tie waters closeta were fouttid 1o ho i v onler, and, oy the connectlon he sinkcaud 1he soll-fipe’ was mad npper aud [ower scats of the closcls, channel wns provided for the exit of us Ing guscs at cack employment of the cius All througls Loth blocks, it iy by stn tenants clilimed that thefe usiies angd were never remuoved by tho ity s ItwusInthe biock ‘lying thnt the fnperfect condition between tho the kewerige hnd been followed by nost grevions eotsequenes, - Asin tho other block, thore wereno teupphig< on uny of the waste-plpes, sud tho same arranges ment between wistespipe and safl-plpo pros valed, causiizr unubundunt flow of sewer-ime, of which nlmost all the tenints consplulned. The sofl-plpe In thess houses ran through the nay daGrs, gad 1L sway right by tennnts discovared the pres) exbulations, ¢ thit muny of o noe of the deadiy Itis not otten that u tennnt Is pleased nt the | qur betng supplied that the ntmozpticre of thoe 10142 {3 tainted by sewer<gid, but an exeemlon to tho peneral rule was found yesierday fn o mnfv who, upon beltg apprised of the tuct, Joy- full anped Illur hunds' together and {rinphe caow it 5, Just s bome, and then—' "f.""'"" hna renched tiome and will placo the lady foreverinore ut the head of tho hionse, us far s its santury condition gnes, at any rate, Another remark wude by the sumy pluely lttle lTudy will 8erva na a gentle hint to Iun-llurds who «donot louk niter the sanltary \I‘l!ll;l‘lrl? of thelr tenunts, It was: I told doln s, OF At till Jobn wet s rdoubticss Juhn to #40; d otfer it to me for & now, I wouldn* ook ut tho pluce, Ob, that hor- rid sewer-an! At 24 the lady of tho house was not at houle, The servant wiid, and o also Wns sewor-gia in vers full quantity, and of u very prauounced No exnmimition wis niade ‘ot the pren 503, bt the kervant stated tho oceupants of 1h bouse had ull alony complalned ol sewer-iu, and not without very good resuson. Last year onu of tho fmlly, n stont boy, had been taken siek with diphtborla and died after three days’ | gleknesd, Luter ona younse man living jn thy houso bad hud thé same dlsense. Jie sot over It, bowever, but, .returping 1o colleye and * overworking himaclf, he hod hndd a rolapse, was stelcken with typholdsfever, and dled, Since then, ton, the futhor and mother ot the fumby had both had the diphthoriu and recovered, tho furmer being very sick und lylug i at tho polit of death for severnl duys, At No, tho house way found to be {nnn equaily unhenlthy condition, Eewor-gus pres vailled'tn each o The rooiny viited, the smell nt the lotding-doora ti the purlors bewwz siekeninge, Sevewt of the oeeipunts of tho hotse hul cliphtbierin durlig the past year, nnd Just Mureh. a [ittto givl hod died of (t. All throngh lnst sum- mer tho stongh” wis a0 overpoweray thut the tumlly ut tmes thought they couid nut remain un the premises The liwdy stuted that the cateh-hinsin which re« cefved tho Kitehen wustes af the three hutises at the west eand of tho bloek was clenned Tust fall, and thut this was the first tine Gt this neces- sary Job had been attemled 1o in foure years, AUNo. 2 thero vrere evidonves of tho pross enee of sewersgas, und one of tho tenants stated | that shoe bud been made sick by the foul viunna- tuns Frout the sewvor, For a five-house black cord wns n very been apponled to to remedy the matfer, but had pald no attention to tho request, About a year 0o, 8ho eald, somobody ktelo the wartespipoe (i thto cetlnr, cuttiug it off cluso to the flooring above; but, instewd of having n now pipe In- serted, ho put u wooden box its plaee, over since waleh thme, up to the very cold wenthor, i O than over, ut times being simply borrible. Burlior 1n the winter her boy hud nn attuck of diphtheria, which was undoubtedly caused by tho sowers #4s, which permeatoa tho entive block. An oxminination wus mude of tho pleco ot handlwurk which tho lndy bad mentioned, Tho hox wns discovercd just us sho b degeribed i, ‘The remunant of waste-plpe which the tlof hoad feft arely met the Lox, whoso 8ides wers cove ored wiih greuso, It wuk clenr that r""f batt of tho kitehon slops from alove mude tholr way Intotho cellar, large portion of thom bel daustied, as thoy lett: the plpu and knocked atguiust the top of the box, pll aver the cellar wittl,Another funteresting feature displayed 1 this collar waid n lurge colleetion ot ushes and gurbage which had been wathering . nl winter, tho tenauts horo stuting, ns did ull the uthersof tho block, that a ity seavengor nover mukes his uppenratico 1 the focality, At No. 26l the witer and wusto services were both found to leak lmmi'. und the cullection af feo intho cellur rosulting therefrom wis vers hu?c sutliciontly so (o tsure o dump collnr woll i Tt the wariiest NNt of sumior, I eone ueetion with which faot, Indienting an_ ubsolute disregund of the temnts’ comtort, it muy tw nmientioned that these small teneimnonts ruut for §18 on tho_ground fleor, and F17 on tho ooy above, u sufficlently lnrge rental 1o warrant the tenants In elulmlng fnmunity from such fneon- venfenee, I that mild word ndoquutely des- cribed tho case, ——— CHESTNUL AND WELL! On tho northwest corner of Chcstnut and Wolls stroots standa o lurgo Lrick bullding, the ompty uppearanco of whoso lower stories guve it a very meluncholy and desertod appearance, 1t 15 unjuhubltod up to tho third story, whoro it 18 occuplod by roomers, front vite of whom Jt was learned that the lower part of the bullding was for five years oceupled a8 u publio school up to the Christinas hollduys, when thy scholar went Into the Frunklin Scicol., The prelsca were Investizatod and found lnu very unbealiby condition. The plumblug was found 10 bo lapks {ng traps, and sowor-gus wos detected ut tho sink-holes, A plumiber was {u the houso re-, orguniziog & water-closot which bad recently Kotten out of vepatr, and an _examinution of Its fittings showed thut i vhe{‘ ‘rm;no : of V' o0r canstructlo tho bowl ng ?.ff."nuh’v cundition, and ..'~"...nug forth mu -bong Iuablo stench, Tho tenauts acl nowlfllfiul thag they often discovered bad swclls in tho place, but they wero not of the complaiule kind, und neceptod tho malodorous cundition of the prem- ldus without a muriour, A hunt wus wude for tho catch-basins, aud one was discovered in tho Lusemunt which proved ta bo fliled to the brim. A remark to the ¢ect thaitho placo must havo elugiient one, and the pro the sewernize of the phtee iroughIv reorgin- the contlige sundner will see a repotiton,on 0 el bigger reule, of the deckledly unhappy experlences of the st one. s e that, unless CALIFORNIA POLITICS. Interview with Unlted States Senator Jtllers : The Ilou. J. & Mlilor, the recontly elected Senator from Callfornin, areived in Chiengo yoso terday and stopperd nt the Palmer House, Sen- ator Miiter was onuof the ald settiers In this elty, and attended Hathawny's school In 18 He was vislted by @ reportor yesterduy and questioned on subjects of National Interest, Neganding the Chineso question, be sakd that It wis alwpys tho foreunst question ln tho politics of his soctlon. The peoplo of Californin wero In faver of restricting hmlgrution, and any legls- Iatlon In Congyess looking (o thut cnd would bo wdvoented by thom, I'ie new Chinese treaty was indorsed beeauso It vested in Congress tho power to restrlet tho Imanlgrn- tlon of the Inboring clnsses, althongh Jt wasa vexinz question on thie Pacifle Elope ns to whnt constituted the “laboring clusses,' Nuothing was sald atiout naturatizadon fu tho teeity, and many belleved that tho Inw or Cote resa Lniting nuturalization to tho whites utul glu qk8 would prevent the naturilization of the Chiniese, Senntar Miller beld that tho omlssion of this volnt In tho treaty left tho muntter with LCotueress, Rogarding tho meaning of the elauso » labar- Ing clusses,” Senntor Miller suid Lo understond itto wean *nall who labor with tholr hands,” What was objected to nll elassed of Chinese manml luboreis was their cconomleal manner of livityg, thelr low wages, thele unbealtby ami fmoral habits, und thelr ctustom of kel I's thelr carnings to China, The new treaty guve wenerul satlsfnetion, though, und might remedy the existing pvily, ' Another Guestion which was luteresting Cadfe forpians wis that of & shorter ocenn trtnsporin. tion botween the Pacitie Consd and kastern polnts, il the project of a cnnnl was widely dlscassid, Thoy wittted n quivker cotmmuidens | Hon botween tho_eivillzed und the commercinl world, and the Nicsrasin Cu Fehomo wis fuvored by the mwority, Souy Caiifors know from possunal experionee tho dang o bo feared in cnmln‘r tho Isthmus of Punuu, and thoy did not helievo o camil neross the lithmus wanld bo n sucoess, It was cértuin that clmu}'l wauter communication wis u necos- Ay, 18 nothing olso would provent such u gtut intho wheat murket us has oceurred during tho Dust your, 1n unswor to a nuestion nbout Presldent Ginr- floid's Cabluet, Honntor Milier suld that Duyls wig working for the Postituster-Generaiship, and Surgent fur the appolntmont us Socretary Of tho Nuvy. A number were in tiva seelug a Wedtorn lnan Beorotury of the Interlor, Lo cansa bo would Lo llkely to understund tho tns dinn question, The mention of Senntor Blawe's naino for tho Becrotaryship of Siito plensod Cale Itorntans, und they hoped ho would got it, I'ho * worklngmun's fricnd,” Denls Kearney, wis lnr!ulrcd ufter, but Senntor Miller suld bis pulitival dayd wero over, sud ho wis no longer i power on tho Siope, The Somutor lewves for Washington In twu weeks. ————— THE NEWBERRY ESTATE. As will boseen by a Springticld diepatch In this mormng's puper, the Bupremo Court hns mudo anothor decisjon In tho Nowborry will case, It was statod tho othor day that, on the motlon of tho Attorney-Geneval, representing | tho people of tha North Division, whose juterests | nre at stnke, uud who hud not hiad u biearing, the Court had set u doy fortho heaving of nrgu- ments us to the reopening of tho cuse in onder 10 glvo the peoplo u chanee to bo beard, Buton thls, as on provious occasions, the mujori- ty - of the Judyes wei I favor of that . consruction of tho - will which forbida tho trustevs to distzibuto the va- tuto uatil atter tho deuth of Mrd, Newlorry, und i ruhearing was thorefore refused, mul the uld opinfon, overruling thut of Judge Witllnws of tho Clreuit Court, und putting off tho dbitribne- don of the estalo 1o un Indelinlt period, wad ro- atirmod. 13 i b regrotiod that the peopio of | the North Divialon should be deprived for #o | long a time of the benetits of thy rubhu tbrary which they bad beon hopefully nuticlputing, wnd that thoy did not have un opportunity to pre- sent o 2||s vourt miore fully thun bns hoon tho ,€as0 tho arguinunts fu support of tholr ¢lufms, In tho Imlldlnlxl'm questton last year, nnr{ . n elthor el workinzg | the bund- | e wills In vlose proxhalty to tho folding- . learned u lesson whicks * Landlordd was poing to rafse my rent REMARKADLE SUICIDE. | s | Louis Grumme Kills Himself Be« cause of His Increasing Business. Ho Cuts an Artery, Takes Poson, and Then Hangs Himself, - In cases of sulcldo 1t Ia n very usual thing to be ablo to traco (ho cause to tho fnet that the vietn bad met with tinanclal roversos and feic Wbl to bear up under the mind torture cre- ated In cansequence, but for n man to concolyo 1he fden that ko fs wotting rich to fast, and thon to sever Lis connection with tho world (o nvold tho curn of increasiog business, 1a n wonderfully novel perforinnnce, th sny tho loast. One wonld suppose that, Instend of throwing away nis lfe, e would profer to treat his business In that mnancr. The sulelde of Lonis Grumme, how- over, f9 thonght to bnve beon churkcterized by Just murh u remarkable fenture, After liv~ Ing thirty-five yeags in -this world, teeumulutiig constdernble 1noncy and estab- isbing n rapldly-growing trade, ho voluntarily bade adicu to the world yestorday mnorning, or Sunduy niglit, for noother appurent reason than hedid hot feal equnl to iho task of attending properly to the manngement uf his business, which was beeomling more of . Buccess cvery day. Notonly was his conclusion n novel one, ut tho ngencles which he omployed to transport hissout from its earthly to ita oternal ahodo were cqually singular, being varied In characs + ter ond showlng nstonlshing determination, Grumine was a German sorp manufucturer, whose pluco of busiiuusa was at Nos, 405 and 403 Northavenue. e had nover taken unto him- self tho care of uwife, and hnd no_ refatives, living o this shle of the Atluntle. 1is room was ut o, 44 North Wells stveet, The sonp fuctovy, a lomr, twa-story feame hullaing, he put into operation four of five yoars ngo, turn- ngg ot toilet soapd principaily, and had mane aged o possess Limeaif of n e banlc nceount und avoid debts, whilo the orders ho received feom dllferent merchants of the clty wers i crensing In nunher datly, . Froni tho discoveric< sinee mnde, it secrms (ot Grimme proceeded fn the following manner to carey ont bis determination to kill bitpselr: Ie went (o tho fugtory wiun wo one clso was there, utd seated himself In the oflice, which ix the front oot on tho ticst floor. Then with sonm wharp Instrument, thought to have been a pointed tn-tine, he proceeded to sover the ars teries of his lert wrist by manking no loss than twelve ar fourteen ineislons, some of them ntern surntehied and others deep eitte, After dolng this he dropped the tage on the floor, aud let the woutnded aem hnuge over the baok of unold cushloied chulr which stood near by, | watebed He I8 LIFE EBUING AWAY througeh the ugly cits untll the blond had filed the hollow of thie cuslion und hed commened to trickle over onto e tloor. e now chaged the pusitlon uf the arm, pmlmhl( resting it on vue of his kuees, 50 18 1o ullow the blood to falt lireetly 1o thu - tlior between bis feot, whern nother of the horrible red pouls was formed. At il Junctura e diseovered thut the window- curtain ut his side was up, 8o be left his sent and lowered il He did not sl down again, bt leaned myalnst notall Iron safe mnd enlmly « waited until a third large pool of his blood burt fortied ltself on tho tluorat his right. By thix time, weil: us ho must bave been, ho thouzht thut llfe was: lngering with bim ns L. loth tu leave, and he uccordingly propured sotn #orl of n decoetion from suap colurings which he thought was paison, swallowed tho dose, and deliberutely concenled the bottle or cup from which hedrank, Not gatisfled with this, ho usod i thellttla strenieth bo Do left, for his dotermi- i natlon uppeared to Inereuso with his weakness, 10 diage Blmaell up-stofns 10 g Year room umons [ old, dirty vats and udorous grease, procuro & plees oCsmnll ropo and hame bimself by the necl: to n stout crurs-beamn, ‘Fhis cross-heam 15 nbott zeven feet from the floor, and to reach i tramme climbed on to i fittle hox, Aftor urds, Justiine tho rope sbout tho beum and then abont his neck, he stepped off the box. aud found thag (o rope was lony enough to aliow. bim tostund on the tioor with periect ease, But, lnstead of teylog It over ngaln, ho only bent his knees so us 1o Inuke the rope sustuln hia welght. 15 TS WAY 1E DIED, | About5:0 o'clock yestertay morning, when the workimen came th open tbe factory, tho front door was found locked, with n_key on the fuglde, A pane of gluss was Lroken from tho ¥ door, and by ihis means an ontriice wis ef- fected, Ax soon ns they suw the hioody tloor of th aftice tho men ealleil Offleer itlchnrdson, who traced o little tradl of blood from the ollice to tho huek stafed, thenee to the upper floor, ind flnally to Urumme's ghuatly corpse suspended from the begm, i Tho littio tin-tng of loor, ua mentioned was found on tha 010 wWits o knifu, anywhers neatr or In tho peckets of the snfelde. " The blond ot tho curtalnecord was feightfully plain, show- I that the 10an had lowered tho curtaln nfter Mgty 1nto Bis wrist with tho tin-tug, Asnl- rendy stated, no cup or bottls was found fu tho office to £how that Grumme had faken polson, tnt it hnd stalned hls Jips and beard, d drl!vm-d down over hls shirt bosom, or been £pilled there by hia weal and-trembiing hand, On ilny niorning about 1 o'cloek, when one of the workmen weat to the barn (o the rear of tho faclary to feed tho borses, he found that Grumme wns In the fuclory,—u very wnusunl rrenee,—-but he appenved In his ususl splrits, wak dreased with tho greatest care, o when his body wus Tound, Asaln ot 6 o'elock in i the evenlne when the workmat came to feold 1he harses, ho notleed that tho front itoor of thy fuctory waslocked und thit the koy was on tho Iuslde, bat this time he wont to tho barn with aut gomg theough the factory, - Grunimo may have alrcidy been dead, B Astothe eause of tho sulelde, Grumme lefe no note of explamtion, His bhusiness swos Hourishing, and, so fur u8 thu world know, ho bad only one trouble: For two or threo weeks B8 Luatness tnud heen Inczeasiug so rupldly (hat he fond bimsell unatilo to Hil unlcrfi‘pmmmlr. s bookkoeper told him bho would have o entarge Lia indnesg, but e expressed himseit as fecling (ncompetent to ienace a larger trade —feaved ho woultt muke a fuiluro It ho attompt- ed At Tho matter worrded him, Ho tuiked about It u great deal, and heenmeo morose and melinchaly nt thnes,—vut ho finully settiod tho aueation fo ‘The Curoner's Inquest developed nothing now, Grinnue's yoiatives all Hvo In Germany, and whil be ndvised of his death, Tho body 14 to be luterved in Gracolund, "THE COOK INQUEST. Strengent Censure of w Conductor on | the Mtlwuukeo & St Paul IRallway., Tho Corner's Investigntion into the clrcum- stuitees uttending tho death of Mrs, lelen M, Covk, wife of ex.All. A. B. Cook, on tho night | oJaa 10, fu u eollision on the Chicugo, Milwaukoeo { & St I'nul Raitrond, at Oak Glen, in this county, was conctided yesterday at his oflico futho Critinal Court Nullding. The Jury wus com- posed of David Beadley (fargunn), 1. (h Aldon, 8. % Dowoy, W, Meudsen, Dr, J. W, Hutehinson, und W. E. Dougherty, Although notifiod, thare wasno porson presont from tho Ruliroad Company. 3. Cook, who was sicconivanylug his wifo to tyvillu, 111, nt The thne ot the accldent, i% testimony substantinlly 0s it hus appenar~ TE 1 TRIGUNE, aid 0 fuswer 10 questions mut by Coroner Mutson and tho Jurors statod it Conduutor Brandecker, of the Libertyviilo tradn, used ull the precautions that ke posaibly eostld to kuep out of 1ho way _of the expross- teadn, which was following the Libertyvillo traln By vlosoly, A [frelghi-teadn between Pacltio dunotlon and Grayland caused some dolay th tho Liliertyvillo tealu, but whether tho cous duetor of the express-train was nware of thac ornot Mr, Cook dld nut know, Tho oxpress- - train bud slucked up threo tines previous io tho collision touyoll the Libertyville “trudn, whick was running faster than usual, D, A B Btrong, who attonded 3rs, Cook Whenshe was brought to her homo ut No, B West Adnmg streat, testified that sho oame to hevddenth from shock to hor nervous systew, euysed by tho extensive burning of hor hmlf.' ‘Tho Jury reudercd n vordict us to the direct cause of death, wnd, in tho absenco of any tos- thnony (rom tho Huilroud Company, decluved tha vonductor uf thy ut 1 o'clock on it of J ) last on thy Chivago, Milwankee & St Paul Hulivoad a4 uulllf of eriminal earcloaness tor not slaciking up his teafn, knowlwe thae tho Libertyville m! 1 wus abead of his train aud could not necessarily avold i, @ ‘' FENGES" IN TROUBLE, D, 8, Felsenthal, tha Juuk doulur, whoss arrest for reeviviug stolen propurty has nireudy beop entioned, was yesterday hold it bull to Thurss duy by’ Juatice Walsh, Officers Owons’ and “tunderdon veport huving found In his possession A quuntity of viothivg, twe clocks, a ritfe, and other urticles, warth $70, all of which bolonyed « to Henry' Brand, of No. 6kl Milwaukeo svenao, andd whith woere stolen by burglara ou_the night ot tho =kl from the coal olticw of 11 Plaaton & Con They sto repopt the mrtum of the thisves, Aunthony Diclusky, ollns v Blx-Fhgers,” August Koitz, und Joln Staller, The prisonera are alsa charzd with stoallig throo_tubs oF Lutter feont Partlament & Bapert, of No. 03 Sauth Water swroets toroo pulls und five tubsor butter from P, Teekuan, of No, L South Water siroet,. und 1wo wacks of coldoe from o delivery-wagon of 1., B MeLangblin, corner of Biato uud South Water wirvots, ull of which they suld to H, Wordon, keopur of u rostuurint uf No. 153 Lake street, | ‘Iuey ulso stolo twa eaddics of tobioco from Hest, Ruasell & Co., of No. 41 State streot, which thoy soll for $5tv E. A, llirnes, kwn,nr of restauzant ut No, 309 Dourborn streot. The jut=- ter hus buen b trouble seviral times befury for recolving stolen property, g = 2 . e Bhuker medicine=Corbott's Bhik. »rfi\' Eflhflfmu, for disouses of tho blood, liver, and kidueys. e