Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1881, Page 12

but modify the shrie]; Elind - thing),—expursated aud abbreviated plays whica 12 . TR CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1881 EIGHTEEN PAGES THE STAGE. The New Plays—My Geraldine and The Legion of Honor. The Passion-Play Again—A Plan for Its Production. Quixote: Telmage—Novel Scheme for the « Regeneration” of the Drama. Future Attractions at the Local The- tres—Current Theatrical News. NEW PLAYS, Mr. Bartley Campbell has had the eatisfaction of Sceing the auditorium of Hooley’s Theatre well filled at every performance of his new »lay, “ My Geraldine,” and on the whole the piece has made a favorable impression on the public heart, Our own opinjon of the pluy we gave te other day, and since then we have secn nothlng 10 chungo that opinion. -Mr. Campbell's aim in writing * My Geraidine” was to give us an Irish pioy witbout the Irish’typesof character made familiar by Boucieault, Edmund Faiconer, and the rest of the Hibernian dramatists, Iu doing s0, while he has scarcely presented a truthiful reflex of Irisk maaners, customs, aud character, Ire has furnished an interesting story and he bas worked in a few very effective situations, even Af €cme of them arv famillar. The story isvne of ratherstrong rorannticinterest; and. although there can be found throughout the same faulls —though not 60 itrongly marked—whjch the critics have found in all his works, except “ My _Partner,” the: public, we dare say, overlook those technical blemishes, and only sympathize with the sorrows of the.principal personages and find mirth o its excellent comeds. The guceess of the piece depends far moro upon the strength of its story and upon several effeets in situation than upon suy exposition of character, and for this reason the autbor my be counseled to cut much of the dialog in the earlier acts. It 18 very pretty in its way, but it impedes tho cur~ rent of the story. The laust act Is the best, dramatieally, in the play, :nd if the pre- ceding acts were as well -duiit Mr. Campbell could searcely have failed t¢ have ndded con- siderably to his reputatiorIwith this his latest work. Mr. Campbell bas s30wn in most of his plays great fertility of invertion, and, remem- Yering this, we were surprised to find that he had for his situation in the third act takea such a familiar incident as that of the Parson and Bily Piper, when the former takes the lutter to the edpe of the cliff and points t¢ the stars. Some of the other situations are sugrestive of some- thing seen before, but they are well used. There is eome noble sentiment in the dialog. A relig- jous vein is also noticeable. Some of the comedy is very fine, and most of the charucters fre- quently dip into poetry. The character of Geralding is vers charmingly drawn; there is vigor in that of Phil Carroll, a line type of high- minded manhood, and Mr. Gotthold ™ makes the figure tower over the rest of the drawmtis per- sonee. Terrence Creyan is another churucter thas may be placed among the best of Campbell's nage characters. The piece is very well placed upon the stage by Mr. Hool ‘The interior of Arden House is creditable in 1ts paintinc und in Jts furnishing, and the change 1n the fourth aet from a2 lendecape s effective- 10 2 ruined abbey is Iy made. Messts. Gotthold, MeMuuus, and Scan- Jan, the former as Carrvll, McManus as Cregan, and Scanlan in a comedy role, have won commendation during. tho week. - Miss Loutse Muldener is not, strong enough for the ‘emotional seenes, but gracefuily and chartni y euacts the lighter phuses of the charncter. Emily Buker is sympathetic, nnd admin®ly ! her difficult scenein the second act where her child is taken from ber, but it wouid bea great relief to the rudience if she woul frequently fndulge Mrs. Edwin_F. Thorne cleverly porirays a sntgirl, and Mr. Thojae acts the part of the over. My Geraldine” will be repeated every svening during the coming week. 3 “The Legion of Honor” at the Grand Opera- House was found to be an effective play, with a plot which in the bands of a more skillful ter than Dr. Callaban scems to be would have made & great play. The story hinges upon | the vindication of & husband’s wrongs arter i twenty years. The intercst is tolerably well sastained until the final drop of the curtain, &nd that fnterest could be easily increased by Judicious rewriting here and there. Some good acting i seen. Mr. Sam Piercy for the clea: ness apd care of his method 18 to De com- In. mended. Mr. _Louis Morrison does well. Mr. Forrest Robinson i3 a promising actor, who will show more art in his methods when he has had more expexi- ence. Miss Annie Graham has been seen in the exacting part of Elisc under great disudvantages during the week. Slckness and acting don't o together. Some of the other parts were well layed, others were wretchedly enacted. Mr. avenport and Miss Sherwood bad little of ‘the epirit of their charnctes Mr. Harry Wood should expend_some of his loose change upon a pronouncing dictionary: and Mr. Ayling was a very painful picture of a Freoch gealleman. The iast performance will be given this evening. “ THE PASSION-PLAY ™ AGAIN. Yesterday aiternoon Mr. Frank Gardner, manager of * The Legion of Hooor " company now playing at the Grand Opern-House, re- ceived an affirmative reply by telegraph to a ‘proposition made to Salmi Morse: to secure “ The Passion-Play " with costumes for production in New York City. Early in the week four capital- ists in this city proposed to put down $5,000 each if Mr. Gardoer could secure the play and would succeed in producing it. When Mr. Morse's answer was received yes- terday, we are told, the final arrangements were made With those capitalists,—who they are ‘we cannot say,—and Mr. Gardner will, he tells us, at once proceed to business, and if he canuot obtain a theatre he has already arranged for a large building somewhere in the vieinity of - Broadway and Twenty-sixth street. in which he ‘witl erect a stage. He bolds that there is nolaw that can prevent the production, and he 15 de- termined to take n fling at the sucred drama. Mr. James O'Neill will play the part of Christ, and Mr. Gardner hasin bis company three of the actors who appeared In the - ariginnl cast in San Franeieco, Mr. Sam Plercy plaved Herod, Mr. Lewis Morrison Pontius Piute, and r. Robinson the role of tho High Pricst. Mr. Gardner says he is actuated by one motive alooe,—and, of course Tnobody would doubt him. He thinks it for the benetit of soclety that this pluy should be given and that {ts good influence upon humarity will Dbe of the most stupendous character. Saimi Morse believes the same thing, and 50 does Jim- oy O'Neill, of course. TALMAGE. The Rev. Mr. Talmage, the Brooklyn Divine, mounted his stilts last Sunday dnd delivered himself of a scheme for the reformation of the drama, 8 favorit hobby of his, and a very popu- lar ope with his audience.” He has evolved many schemes with the same end in view, and he has made many onslaughtson the drama and its ex- ponents. He has been at it for the pustten years, and, singular as it may scem to that er- ratic doctor of divinity, the drama stands in about the same position as it did before he was heard of. Recognizing the dramatic instinct implanted in the human soul, he now wants to Toot out the present places of amusenent, build new ones, call them academies or halls,—not theatres.—and for the present etyle of drama £ubstitute entertuinmenis to be called * The Epectacular,"—(oot the Lydia Thompson sort of Christians could sce the day after partaking the sacrament, “Iwant toshow you,” said the re- Tormer to his people, ‘that the dramatic efe- ment may lawfully be taken into our recrea- tons,” agd this eleizent 5 to be Iawfully ken in by the establishinent of **Reformed Amuse- meny Associntions™ fn cvery city and town in the United States. nce ~ announced, an explaioed, and illustrated,” said be, * the Christian and philamtkropic capltulis ‘will come forward to establish it, and, as last week one of our citizens gave $53,000 to.the His- torical Library of our city, there will be public Epirited wen everywhere who will do this work forthe dramatic element of our pature. We need a new institution 10 meet, and recognize, and develop the dranatic elementof our nature. 1t needs to be distinct from everytbing thut is or has been.” It would be coughed down at the gtart, be thinks, but eventually it would revolu- tonize society. e would call it * The Spectac- ulee.” He “wouid have u Board of Trustees made of the most antellizent and the most unim- peacbable men and women of cach COMMUBILY. One-balf of them1 wouid bave professed and most pronounced Christinns, counccied with the chureties. [ would have this Reforined Amuse- Jment Assoclation, having in ehurze ¢The Spee- ‘Tucular,’ take possession of some hail or acude- mwy. It mightiake 2 smaller building at tho start, but it would soon nced the largest ball, and even that would not hald the people; for he ‘W0 opens an opportunity for rhe. gratitieation of the dramaric element jn humnan uature wiik- out compromiseand without dunger does the mightiest b of this century. Thbe teus of thousands of Christian homes in this country where parents are holding their sons and daughters tfrom the dramatic entertainments of the-duty would see ia the establishiment of this new institution anarrest of all their anxieties, and they would ery out on the openmug of *The Spectacular,’ *Thank God, that is what we all ant Then the Brooklyn preacher tells what saould be the characteristics of this grand moral ghiow. * The entertainment,” he thinks, * must not 11t more than onc hour and threc-quarters. ‘What kills sermons, prayers, lsctures, concerts, aud entertainments is their prolixity. At a quarter o 10 o'clock every night every curtain of public entertainment should drop, every church service end, every orchestra unstring Its instrumeénts. What is more tiin that comes to evil.” Talwmage says * the reuson thore are drinking bars connccted withso many places of nmusement 5 because people are exhausted wich the amusement, and they go In and sthinu- late in order tostand it.” At ali entertainments he says: * The first hour we are encbuoteds he nextbuif hour we like It pretty well, and whut remalus is spent in looking at our watehes end Fawning and wisking we were nt home. Oa the, platform of * The Speetacular’ shail bo placed a drama which bas before the occasion of ifs rendering been_ read, cxpurguted, abbreviated, and unanimously sanctioncd by the Loard of Trustees. 1f there be fn asShakspearean maf a phase of evil suggestion, they witl stlie it out. If therebeinita word of twomeanings, some other word will e substituted. Caterers 10 the public taste need to learn that a Shak- spenrean nustiness is_mo befter than 2 fonurevian pastiness. You suy: *Who dare take the respousibility of chanwing by nbbreviation _or_ expurgation one of Shak- gpenre's plays? Idare. The Trustees of * The Spectaculur’ will dare. I do not de; reciate an cntire pluy of Shakspearc because 1 do not want jt ali at one time without abbreviation. I like Yery much to hear thirly pages of Milton's ‘Paradise Lost, but I shoula ve very sorry to Bave to hear all the books read at one sitting. In our new institution nothing will be consid- ered it for the pluiform that would be unfit for the parior. Any attitude, any word, uny ook that would be an offense to you seated with ybur wife and your daughters by your own tireside will be prohibited. By nolaw of com- mon sense or of morality can that which is unfit for five peoplo to hear and see become fit for 1.500 people to hear and sce. All the scenesshall be as chuste as was a lecture of Ediward Everett or 4 seron by F. W. Robertson.” He will buve on this platform only “good men and women, and be, us a minister of the guod old Presby- terian Church, bless his soul, expects to sce the duy when be cango and seo In this sanctified moral theatre such plays as * Hamlet,” ** King Lear,” * The Mcrchant of Venice,” and “Joshua Whitcomb.™ If.1be Kev. Mr. Taimage would confine him- self to preaching the Gospel, instead of ventilat- Tar his views oo things he appurently knows nothing of, he might possibly not.obtain quite as much notoriety but he certainly would win more respect. — . DRAMATIC NOTES. John E. Owens will soon reappear in the East. Maggio Mitchell will appear at Hooley's on the l4th. 1t is said thut Kate Bateman is golng to retire from the stage. Edward P. Kidderls now inadvance of the Rice Surprise party. Harrigan and Hart have bought the Globe Theutre, New York. “Yacup,” with George Thompson, at the Na- tional the coming week. Dion Boucicault wilf safl from Liverpool for New York next Saturday. Rose Extinge will be in the cast of *‘Coralie™ &t the Tuion Square Theatre. Mrs. John T. Raymond fs smong the invalids. Sois Eloise Allen, the singer. The benefls to Matt V. Lingham, given recent- Iy in New York, netted $1,50. Rice’s Surprise Party will once more give us “Horrors” at Haverly’s on the 1th, The Leavitt burlesque troupe will appearat the Olympic, in this city, on the 14th. Agnes Leonard has closed her season. Itis Eaid the attempt to star cost her $16,000. “The Jersey Lily,” Mrs. Langtry, will be the mext sensution. She i3 going on the stage. Baker and Farron at JlcVicker's on the 4th. *Emigrants” is the name of their comedy. Oae of Daly's Nautch giris died the othor day. ‘The Americun climate was-too much for her. * The Arabian Night"” company will, after the 12th, be numbered among the things that were. Miss Clara Morris in New Yark_has been per- sonating Camills. Mr. Charies R. Thorme was her Arinand. Mr. Jobn Marshall, the dramatic reader, bas gone East. In New York and Baltimore he will 1ill engagements. **One Hundred Wives,” aftera successful tour through the South, wili be produced at Booth’s ‘Theatre on the lith. Harry Webber tried 2 new pieca on the Cana- dians last Saturday, but they wouldn't haveit It vas called * Strife.” 3Mr. Will J. Davis, of the Grand, bas entirely recovered, and will be at his post to-day for the first time since his sickness. **The Black Venus* at Niblo's appears to be pleasing the newspaper writers of New York more than it did when first produced. ‘The latest rumor fixes upon Gevrge Riddie, the Harvard actor, s Mary Auderson’s tree upon which the fruit of her beart is growing. The Mirror says a “Crities’ Club ™ is nbout to be formed fn New York. For many reasons such a club would have small chanco of success. The Cincinnatl Enquirer says that Harry Clap- ham has been eug‘n¥cd by Joe Brooks t0 imnau- age his grand elrcuitnext season, at a salary of $5,000 per year. “The Little Duke"” will bo given by the Ger- man company at McVicker's to-night. The Ducliess will be in the hands of 3fiss Wassman; iss Pagay will render the Duke. Tn England they have unenrthed a burletta by Charles Dickens. " Itis_entitled *Is She a Wite, or Somethunyr Singular?” and was first produced at London St. James Theatre in 1857, Bolton Rowe, a collaborator with Scott in the English version of Sardou’s * is rewriting the dialog of “The World” for \\, allack’s. This melodrama falled in San Frao- cisco. Mr. and Mrs. George Knight will to-morrow evening at the Grand Opcra-House appear in & new comedy by Burtley Campbell. It s calted * Government Bonds,” and s said to_be well suited to the clever couple who will assume the leading characters. Mr. Stoddard,who has been delivering a course _of illustrated lectures at the Central Music- Hall, has inet with a success far beyond that usually won by such entertainments. ~ His ob- servations on foreizn countries have been relished by large audiences. Haverls's position as o Chicago manarer, ac- cording to the Mirror, will for the present terminate on the 2d of May, having rolinquished 4 finul two months’ lease of his theatre for $24,- 000. No dennit steps bave as _yet been taken to secure & new theatrein this city. No less than 275 new vplays, operas, and ballets were produced in Yaris last year. Of this oum- bernot mere than ten were regarded a3 very successful, not more than 8ix were looked upon as great hits, and only about fifty were looked ‘upon as good enough for country towns. At the New York Park Theatre Mr. John T. Raymond will present for the tirst time Mr. A. C. Guuter's new play, ** Freah, the American. ‘The chief churactor in Mr. Gunter's new play is 0 highly-emphasized native, 'a pushing lover, ‘wha'is suid to be typical of our wonderful coun- tryinen. Itsscenes are lald u Parls, Naples, and Egypt. The hero of Joaquin Milter's 43" i3 a relic of the past in the Califoroia of to-day, end he I8 the centre of fncidents which aro suid to be both novel and interesting. The piece i3 in five acts, and the Scenes are liid un the plaios, in St Louis, and Virginiz City, by the Comstock lode. There are no red chirts or bowie-knives in tho play, which is a very gratifying fact. ‘There is no danger of * Forget-Me-Not* be- ing lost sizhr of. Wallack and Genevieve Ward are fhehting over it; Mando Giranger swears It is the same us ber *Two Nights fn Rome"; Jof- freys Lewls and Maunger Hayden contend that each owns the California rigat: James H, Meade ¢laims that the picce i3 his, baving bought the MS3. from Merivale six years ago. Next. The Poe memorial bencfit In New York oc- curred on Fridiy afternoon. The program in- cluded some tifteen features. Clurn Morris gave the sieep scene from “ Macbeth,” Wallack nnd his company wave the screen scene from * The Scbool for Seandal,” and Salvini, Miss Agnes Rovertson, itose Eytinge, Joha T. Raymond, and otber well-known people took part.” The. affair Wud 2 success tinancialiy. A Western paper remarks that Lawrence Bar- rett did not do very well at New York: the papers pitched juto his *“Yorick,” and the peopie did not turn out gs they vught. Perhaps Mr. Darrett now regrets thut sad waste of 1afly " down there about New York audiences beins * the grundest in the world, so keenly, coldly critieal,” and about his * watching them with asort of awe.” It didn't pay there, and the adjectives can’t very well be used over again-anywhere else. * Julia Bartet, the gifted rival of Bernhardt in Paris, hasjust been made a socieinire of the LCom¢dic Francaise, after only one yesr of serv~ ice. Mile. Lloyd, who has worked hard end faith~ fully with tie company for twenty yeurs, was advunced the same day. But thed one Is a renius and tho other is not. Bartet has every- hing in her favor at the Francalse,eventon son. which Is, says a letter witer, an articla K},réfl]\:fln;\:;l?x’l:!c&z\-d un ]nd!ifle{lsflhle adjunct by ¢s of the-compnny. In fac! few of them without u‘;&;’ e e A rear czono one woman filled so la a Space in ths public notice as did )fllm;fifiuh Bernbarde. Her quarrets, her cecentricities, her frenius, ber pictures, her sculptures, her roles, her movements, past. preseat, and to come, tilled columus of tne newsoapers. Her photo- £raph was in evers shop-wiadow, her nume was in everybods’s month. She wenf—and now she bas vanisbed as utterly from the art-world of Paris a5 a stone does beneath the surface of a deep sea. The splash and the ripple are over, and no trace remains of what has disappeared, The other day in the Licvieu at the Varietics an % h 15 _out of fashion,—wh S eaa about Sarah now?’ So tuc passaso hus been sup: been found tiresome, since the {mitation hgd b('e;‘l funiott(l'lnfi est come back and startle Puris ! figg:&\zml.‘v! in “La Dame aux Camellius,” or in S rou-Frou,” Lofore the waters of oblivion close over her and submerge her irretrievably.—~ Lucy H. Hooper's Paris Lelder. Miss Annie Pixley will to-morrow evening be- n ]ns: eng—uuemanny at MeVicker's Theatre.. She Wwill appear ju ** M'liss,” and will be x!up‘pm'ter.l by John L. McDonough, Lina Harrls, 3. C. Daly, Wiitine Jobnson, Georre S. ltobinson, Andrew Waldron, Hobert Haves, Ed Foster, Charles Raphael, Miss Florence 12obinson, and ' Miss Lil- 1lan Bradford. We need suy lttie in advance of Miss Pixley. She has, cumbered by a poor pluy, by her own merit become a favarit with the playgoors of this city. Durime the present Sea- son her increass in populnrity has been very marked. Her engugeinent here will be for oae week. . Ouc of tho most importaut coming engage- ments will be that of Tom Keene, the tragedlan. He will on the Jith—oue week from to-morrow evening—begin & series of perforinknces cover- ing two week. He will apen in ** Richelicu,” ana durlng tho first week will appear as Richard IIL, Hamlet. Iago: Shylucl, and he will probably revive “The Wife.”” During the second weelk he will, among other churacters, personate- Bertuccdo in “The Fool's Revenge™: Sir Giles Overyeach in Mussinger's comedy, *A New Wayto Pay oid Debts *; Cassius in” “Jullus Ciesur,” and prob- ably DBrutus in tho tragedy of that name. Mr. Keene, it will bo remembered, on the ith of Oc- tober lust mude his début asustarin this city. He has played since then in the South, in the East, and in the North, He bas drawn larger crowds to witness his perfurmances than any trugedian during his first season ever ¢id in this country. About a bushel basket of communications similar to the follawing ara sent intv this oflice very week. We print this as.a sample and ns n ning: *‘To the editor of Tuk TRIBUNE—Dear Sir; A party of young people, including myself and nine others, guve an_entertninaent st the Central Music-Hull for the benefit of the — —, and Miss — kindly offered fier services, and naw we would ¢ill on you to assist in giving her a little puft iy the_dramatie column of your paper next Sunday. If you cau possibly spare us tho rmom you would greatly and mostsincere- ly obllg a subacriber and an extensive advers tiser. Yours, ete.,—. Below you will find tho article: ‘Mfss —, a charming miss of 16, aston- ished u fashionable audience at the Central Mu- sic-Hull on — by her wonderful elocutionary powers (on behalf of charity) in the recital,’” ete., et o I Attho West Side Acedemy of Maslc the last performance of Boucicuuit's * After Dark ™ will be given to-night. Tho prescatation of this sensationn] melodrama has given great sat- Isfaction to Manager Emmett’s patrons. Con- siderable caro was Shown tn the mounting, and credit should be given the scenic artist, not only for his woodland set but for his picture of Lon~ don bridge by mooulight. The regular stock company acted the piece, the most striking characterizations belug those of Mr, Georze Leavock (Old Tom) snd Miss Katie Howard (&liza). In the coacert-room scene Miss Alice Wright, formerly of the Colville Folly Compuny, sang agrecably, aud the Cowill Brothers intro- duced an amusiag gketch. To-morrow evening J. Z. Little will presont McCloskey's new drama *“Nuggets,” and the usual variety fenture of the rogram will _include Stirk's bicvele riders, glmrpley and West, Lillie Ells, and the Carrolls. was a faflure. troubles his or cried the critics. pressed, having originul of the SUBURBAN. EVANSTON. . The Sophomore class has filled thq vacanoies on the debate contest, caused by tho fliness of Mr. Chartes Hosswell and tho death of Mr. Carl Moelman, by the election of Frank E. Lord and Martin Gridiey. The coutest will probably be postponed ou account of these elections. The followiug spenkers will appear fn the Adelphic oratorical contest Mondny evening, Feb.14: A. H. Brigus, “ Infidelity Ultimated” J.C. Butcher, ** A Supposed Scone in the En- glish Revolution of 1688": J.. M. Cormack, * Daniel Webster”; G. A. Foster, * Anglo-Sax- ment”: J. B. Nicbol, * Lessons !‘)‘f 3 ¥. H. Thatcher, ** Lord Beacons- 5 A jointsessionof the Hinman, Adolphic, and Ossoli Laterary Societies will “tuke pluce Friday evening in the chapel of the Woman's College, A meeting of the Boat Club will be held i the Uhniversity ofice to-morrow evening, when plans forn house will be submitted. Wednesday eventng at 60'cluck, at the resl- dence of the bride’s futher, will accur the wed- ding of Miss Ella Learned and Mr. Charles Betts, of Sun Fraucisco, Cal. 1t will bo a very private afluir, only the relatives of the contracting par- ties being Invited. The Rev. George (. Noyes, D. D., will preach this morning and evening in thy Presbyterian chureh. The Rev. Amos W. Patton will preach this morning and evening in the Methodist chureh. The morning ond evening services in St. Mark's Episcopal” Church to-day will be con-- ducted by the Rev. Frederick 8. Jewell. ‘The Rev. A. J. Scott will preach this morning und evening in the Conzregational church, ‘The Rev. George R. Pierce will preach this morping and evening in the Baptist chureh. ILDE PARK. * The statement that the child of Peter and Sophia Slmons, of Hyde Purk, died of scarlet- fover was incorrect. The cause of death wus neumonia, such being certified to be the fact Ey Dr. Jobnson, the attcnding physichun. ——— PAUDEEN O’RAFFERTY'S TEN COMMAND- MENTS. It is dedicated to exterminators and rack- renters, as also to the people who work. The creed of the Rt.-Hon. Lord Clanrackrent, Earl of Idleness, and Viscount Absentee: 1 I am thy lord, thy master, who paternally condeseends to tako charge of thy earnings i the shape of rent. 2. ‘Chou shalt have no other master butme, and no other use for thy money thau to be duly paid and delivered at my rent office upon every gaje day. in order that 'L may live in u state be- fitting my rank, and be sumptuously fed and delieately cared for, without stvoping to the ixnowiny of labor or fecling the hardships of want. &, Thou shalt not spenk disrespectfully or with covered head of thy master, his agent, bailif, footman, or dogman, or murmur or complain arzuinst the holy doctrine, ** Obey thy master.” 1. Thou shalt keep holy the Sabbath-Day by Inboriug to earn thy sacred obligations of rent, and win for thyselr that poverty which is essen- tiul to eterpal salvation. 5. Honor tby landiord, that thy toil may be loug in the land of thy Dirth, and thy reward at some not far distant day the romauce of evic- lulon. workhouse luxury, or accidental emigra- on, 6. Thou shaltnot kill any hare, rabbit, fox, or bird that may visiz thy farm; thou shalt not fish for, catch, or_eat any creature tound in the streums which flow through thy fields; or com- mit sucrilege by doubting the justice of these Jaws which give more protection to the game of tho flelds than to those who are molded in the imagu of thoir Creator. 7.~Toou shalt not violate the great moral law upon wy estate which prohibils the marringe of thy sons or duughters,—particulurly thy dungh- ters.—until myself or my ugent satisfy ourselves that such a step is agreeable or beneticiul tomy- self or my ageat. - & Thou shult not steal an idle moment, neither shall thy children, from the blessed occupation o Inbor in my service to indulge in tho worldly pleasure of readiug books, or newspupers, or to listen to iminornl teschinr againdt my snered prerogative us tly lord uud master. 9. Thou shalt not bear any witness agalnst the ditference between my rent end the vaiuation of, tbut arch-latidel Griflich, Neither shalt thou speak behind my buclk of the evil agents of the Nuauopal Lund Leaguc,~a soclety which aims at the destruction of the landlord law und vrder. and which must plunge i1s fanatical supporters ino eternal peasunt propriety. .1u. Thou shalt not covetn better condition of life or sizh for worldly wealth or comfort, in which there lieth evil both to body and soul; neither snelt thou envy my manorinl residence, carriagres, borses, hounds, or plensures, but con- tinue to cheerfully toil trom early morning till hunery evening, to rest sattsfied with thy mud- walled cabin, thy noble rags, and blisstul fgng rauce, in order that onc duy thy reward shail be reaped by the appearance at thy door of a lexion o spirits in the uaiform of R.I. C.to couduct thee and thy children to that mansion of penitentinl bllss which the English Govern- ment and myself have erected for Loy use. —— GOD IS KING. . For The Chicago Tribune. ‘When the hedrt is heavy, and all is drear, And life is a desert durk and scre; When jors are fading, and sorrow’s blight Comes stealing o'er you liks gloom of night; When cournge, and heart. and mnahood fail, As before the hattie of Life you quail— ‘Midst all tho gloom, to the Father cling, And remember the promise, “God s King." When the clouds of sorrow are pliing hi, Like beetling cliffs in the threat’ning slgylt‘ 4And the sun sinks low in Life's cheerless eve, ‘And sorrows come faster n3 pleasured leave— Poor, etagrering, sorrowfut, bursting heart, That in Life’s pleasures hast littie purt, To thy gluomy life let this promise bring A glimmer of hope: thy God Is King. Yes—God 3 King of the sea and lend; He holdeth your destiny in His hund; And out of the secthing tempest, wild, He heareth the cafl of His fafuting child; He will stay the tempest. Have faith in Him; Ife s stronger than powers of clouds or wind. Your bleediug heart on Hi¢ promise fling, And trust Him in all, for He is 3 There's nevar a I1fe of perfect rést, And not every cloud has a silver cres ty But there is o power, unseen and true, That out of the struggle is leading you. Build not your faith on tha things of life, ‘That are gained or lost by the bitter strife. In patience and faith to the Father cling; actress undertook to give an fmitation of the voice and manner of the late faol of the theatre- Roing public. Fno sceae was well done, butit You ars tne subject, and God is King. Ina C. EDWARDS, AULWAUKEE, Jan. 21, 1881, 1 Murphy, Samue] A. | did not kuow. JARRETT'S JUGGLERY. A Remarkable Release Given by the Trustees, Whereby tie Bondsmen are Freed from All Responslbiuty. ) The Alleged Authority for This Very Queer ‘Proceeding. The Extent of (ks Defit Has Hot ¥et Bein Fig- .ured o, The disclosures in yesterday's TRIBUNE con- corning the defaleation of E. M. Jarrett, Trens- urerof the school fuuds of Town i, Range 14, composed of the east half of Lake and the north half. of Hyde Park, created a profound sensation among the people of the two burgs, who have heretofore mot been exempt from municipal losses by' the malfeasance of officers to whom was 1intrusted large pecunlary respon- sibilities. The present defalcation inflicts a serious hardship upon the ischool-teach- ers of the twenty-six schools within the limits of the town, as the most of them are dependent upon their monthly salaries 1o meet the current expensesof living. The Collectors of the Towns of Hyde Park and Lake reccived the tax-warrants only a few days ngo, and it will'be some time before they can colleet enough to'pay the teachers their salarles for Junuary. © A MEETING OF TIIE TRUSTEES —Willinm Klinger, Frank T. Huines, and Levl Montromery—was to have been held yesterday afternoon at the ofice of ¥. L. Kimmey, in Unity Ruilding. All the gentlemen iere present, but tho mecting did not come off. And thereby hangs a tale. Alexander Graham, who was elected Treasurcr to succeed E. M, Jarrett, was present to file his bond, and was ao- companiead by his counsel, 1rus Coy, whose com- mission assuch wag to take eflect upon the ap~ proval of Mr. Graham's bond. Before the meeting should have been called to arder, Mr. Coy amused himself with looking over the record of the proceedings of tho meeting held on Weduesday, at which' Jarrett tendered his resignation and Alex. Grabam was elected to fill the vacuney. Bir.Coy, it-ds unnecessary to state, was considerably startled tofind spread on the records the following resolution, which was ndopted by & vote of 2 to 1, the yeas being Halnes and Klinger, and the nay Montgomery: ‘WHEREAS, Elwood M. Jarrett has tondered his resignation a8 Township Treasurer of Township 38, Range 14, 1n the County of Cook, fn the State of Tilinols, which resignation has been ac- cepted; and WueirEAs, The sgld Jarrett has conveyed to the Trustees of schools of Township 38, Range 14, all the real and personal property of which he 8 possessed, in full satistaction, payment, and discharge of the sums of money due from him to the Trustees of schools, Township 33, R;,\ ll:mdll. and the several school districts there- of; an WHEREAS, The- said Board of Trustees con- sider it for the best interests of said township and said school districts to accept suck convey- ance; therefore, Hesolred, That said deed is bereby accepted for the purposes hereuntofore expressed, und the Clerk pro tew. is bereby directed to huve such conveynuce recorded in the Recorder’s office of Coolc County, and the Treasurer-elect 13 hereby dirceted to take possession of personal praperty and take all stens, both legal and otherwise, which may be necessury to the assertion of the rights of said township and school districts. THAE RESOLUTION WAS IN TRUTH AN ASTON- ISHER. If it meant nnythini;. it meant that the Board of Trustees uccepted fu fall puymens of all cluims agalnsg the defaulting Treasurer his personal and redl property,—on the_latter of which there i3 a mortgage of $1,5000,—thercby relensing from all liability bis bondsmen,—Messrs. A. Burn- bam, Thomas Connelly, Auzust Schorling, Peter iowaer, A. C. Potter, C. M. Chase, J. J. White- er, A. B. Condit, Hardy, I 0. 3 bouse, Robert Clark, 'rad L. Kimmey. Coy culled the attention of the Trustees to what they bad done, and remarked that if they expect atany time to meet their consttuents they should wear cast-jiron shirts tor in the whale course of his experience he had never met’ with such asinine stupidity. A TiasuNe reporter obtained possession of the records for the purpose of copying in ex- tenso the minutes of the remarkable meeting, but the book was taken from him, on the plea that tho records were not public property, be- cause they bad not been approved. This, the reporter subsequently learned,wusa subterfuge, because at the conclusion of the meeting Wednesduy afternoon, after the conveyance had been signed and delivered, the record of the mecting was oflicially signed by the President and Secretury of the Bourd of Trustees. This fact the reporter did not ascertain until Inte in the atternoon, after the geatlemen intcrested bad lcft for their homes in Englewood and Hyde Park.. He, however, did obtain the resolution, After Mr. Coy hud made the startling discov- ery, the Trustees informally and secretly DISCUSSED THE SITUATION. They bad made n eontract with the defaulting Treasurer. 1t could not be reconsidered with- out his consent, and even if he concluded to do so the Trustees would bave to reconvey to him ull the personal and real property covered by the blanket conveyance before ful parties would stand in the position they occupied previous to Wednesduy's meeting. ‘While the confab was going on, ex-Transurer Jarrett, uccompanied by u friend, put in an ap- pearance at the threshold. of Mr. Kimmey’s of- fice. THE TRIBGNE scribe endeavored to ob- tain from bim some facts additional to those he had told the day before. All he would say was tbat he had no in- tention to do a wrong to any one; be had never in his hfe wrongfully obtained a single ceut, and he waa notified that his property would pay all that be was owing to the school tunds. “Superintendent Lane's report for tne year ending June 30 charges you with having on band at that date $5327%,” said the reporter. * How much, o round figures, did you receive since then?”” : My report was only to April,” replied Mr. Jarrett. \« How much did you receive after April?” ©A good deal from the County Treasurer, but Ihdo not remember how much. The books will sbow."” X “How do you account. then, for the fact that your books do not show how mueh you puid out?” ““Carelesness, I pald n great deal, and laid the vouchers aside. Some I carried in my pocket, und the books got behind. 1 may bave lost some of the vouchers.” “Lam told you suid you had been ROBBED OF, SOME OF THE MONEY. ‘When and how did it huppen?” 4 Mr. Jarrett hereupon wore a very dazed look, and began to talk incoberently about hisonce having played poker, and beton a ** iush * whiclh consisted of * three spades” and ** two hearts.” It was the oaly tinie he bnd ever played cards, and he never had tho slightest intention of Tobbing uny one, He hud never beaten auy- _body to the extent of a.cent, and his property would pay nll he owed. At this Juncture tweo or three gentlemen, pre- sumably some of his Englewood fricnds, cumo up, and after a whispered interview he took his departure with them. Y In the meantime tho Trustees had been wall ing up and down the corridor ruminating over the sttuatlon, and the consultations in the pri- Vate office wero freguent, but_only of moment- ary duration. RKlinger was the first of the Trustoes to depart. He had become tired “of waitlng, und wes tearful thut his “wet” grocery trade might suffer in his protonged absence. Hainesand Montgomery stoud around and talked. sometimes with each other, ometimes with Irus Coy, and again with Grabuw or Kimmey. Fiunily Huines took his departure. Montgomery iu the grandeur of his solitude called the meeting to order, announced that there wus no quorum, moved an adjoura- ment subject to the call of the Chair, declared the motion earried, and then depurted. Coy and Gribmun, the former’s capacious Inside pocket burdened with a copy of the resolution ziven above, linked arms and left for the Hyde Purk train, While the reporter was danclng attendance on the Trustces THE BOXDSMEN WERE IOLDING A CAUCUS fa the oftice of C. M. Hardy. They were all pres- ent except Mr. Kimmey and one other. Bir Hurdy occupied the chair, aad officially an- nounced whut ull knew,—thut the Treasurer, wh bond they had bigned last Muy, bad proved to be a defaulter tor 2n amount yet un- developed. The speaker bad hopes that the amount would prove much less than was now suspected, as vouchers und othier assets were coutlnunily turning up. He lelicved that the property turned over by MrJarrett would wipe out his indebtedness to the township. Ono_bondsman, in u_burst of enthusiasm, wished he knew then and there the amount of the defleit, a8 he would on sight give his check- for one-fourteenth of the umount. This evi- dencee of generosity, liberality, and ‘justice was received with genuine satistacton, 85 it was an unheard-of example of chivalry iu these degen- erate daya. - A TRIBUNE reporter entered the room at this stage of the meeting, and was informed that it was strictly private. . He subsequenity was in- formed thit the bondsmen nppointed & commit- tee consisting of H. 0. deDold, A. H. Veeder, and C. M. Mardy to employ an expert to act in connection with the Trustees in overbauling the books of tho delinquent Treasurer and as- certaining the emount owing by him to the School Fund. After naving contriluted $25 each for this purpose the bundsmen adjourned. The reporter nsked r. Hardy i the resolu- tion ndopted by the Trustees did not release the bundsme=n from all linbility. He replied that he He was satisfied there would be enough to settle all claims without calimg upon the'bondsmen. Later in the day the roporter called upon Mr. Veeder and congratulated him upon escaping liability. The gentleman Bald that the action of the bondsmen at: their meeting did not look us if - they had. escaped linbHity, for thuy bad appointed a committoe to aid {n examining the books, and subscribed £25 each to employ an expert to go through the vouchers apd papers, and make an inventory ana appralsement of the property turned over. *Who s Jarrett'zlawyer?'” queried the scribe. “Idon’t know.” & “It looks tunny that the resolution which is spread on the records of tne Trustees accepting s full payment of ail indebtedness the real and personal property of Mr. Jurratt should have becn brought to the meetinz ulready preparcd? “MR. JARRETT CAME WITH THE DEED AND BESOLUTION PREPARED, and stated that he had juvested some §22.000 of the .school moneys in bls business; he had louned other Sums to parties whom he did nat name, and proposed to turn over his property in satisfucion of atl clajms ngainst him. He further stated that if the Trustees declined to accept his proposition and mude a Gght on him, he would fight back, and In order to do so, ho \\:z}xld holdon to what ne had as long as pos- sible.” » As T undorstand, the meeting took place in your ofiice, and you, Hardy,Condit, and Kim- mey were present. 3r. Kimmey acted asSeore- tur; *Yes; and I took particular pains to announce that, a3 I was one of the bondsinen, and though 1 had ‘done soma legul business for tho Trustees In tho matter of some toreclosures, I must not be regrrded ns counsel for the township, and, therefore, could give the Trustees no opinion 28 to what course of action they should pursue. Mr. Montgomery asked me what he should do, aud I deelined 1o give him any opinion whut- ever. Blr, Hulnes usked Mr. Hurdy for bis opin- ion, and he refused to give any for tho same reason, ““1su't it a rather strange way of passing re- celpta?” ot stand alone. Thero are preces “Tc does dents for it 3 5 *DId you sce the resolutions,—the original manuseript?” N ¥ear < “ Do you know the handwriting?" No. Idomnot,” , On the bypothesis that the_property turned over by Mr. Jarrett fails to discharge his in- debtedness, do you think that, in: view of the adoption by the Trustees of the redolution me: tioned, there is no recourse against the bonds- men?” Mir. Vedder quickly assumed a statuesque posi- tion on his protessional rights, andreplied: = 1 have received .no retainer’ for answering that question. The reportertook his departure, and- subse- quently bad A BRIEF TALE WITH MR. RDIMEY, who has charge of the official books and papers of the ‘I'reasurer, *ifave you done anything in the way of ox- amining the books?"* querled the seribe. *Not yet. We won't do anything till sometime during the week.” 13 there anything new?’ Yes. Mr. Jurrett hus made ont a supple- mentul decd desorlbing the property conveyed to the ‘frustcea in tho blanket assigument which be made Wednesday.” 2 *Whnere is itz : . “There are Lot 5 in Sourbry & Otis’ Subdivis- fon_of Sublote2,3, 4,5, 6, and 7 o the subdivis- fon by Emma Rosenmerkle, of the south halt of Lot § inSchuol Trustees’ Subdivision of Sec. 16, 88, 14; ‘the south fourteen and a halt acres of the east half of the northeast one-fourth of See. 2, 37, 12 Lot 4 of Dunn’s Subdivisfon of the south 19 feet of the west half of Block X5 of the School Trustees' Subdivision of Seec. 16, 33, 14; seven lots in Gerber & Jurrett'a Subdivision in Sec. 21, 38, 14; lot_corner of Wallace and Sixty- Hrst streets, Sec. 16, U3, 1; also the half-intereat in the Brm ot Jarrett & Soerman.” * How much is this property incumbered?” One lot bus & mortgage on it for 1,3 * Has the blanket deed been placed onrecord?” “Yes. The supplomcntal decd has nut yet been presented to the Trustees.” * Does the blanket deed and the resolution re- lense tho bondsmen from ail Hability 2" *Ihat’s a question I am not prepared to an- swer. I have my doubts it the Supreme Court would g0 ¢onstruo it. You had bettor oxamine Sec. 41 relatiug to the School laws.™ The reporter on his return to THE TRIBUNE EXAMINED THE SECTION, and found it to read as foliows: . . . *“The said Board are hereby vested with general power and nuthority to make ail settieinents with persons Indebted to them in their otfciul eapacity, or recefve deeds of renl estute in compromise, and to cancel in such uurnner as they may think proper notes, bouds. mortzges, judgments, and decrees existing, or thit may hereafter exist, for the benofit of the township, when the fnterest of said towasaip or the fund concerned shall in their opinion re- quire it. and their nction shall be valid.” . . . This section gives the- Boaril power to make settlements with versons indebted tu the town, “whea the interest of said township,or tue fund coucerned, sball require The question nrises, Does the .resolutiom dis- churging the defaulting Treasurer, and by in- ference his “bondsmen—for the bondsiacn are his partners iu linbility, even if the property tarned over fail to cqual the amount of the fn- debtedness,—comply with that cluuse of tuesec- tion which provides that onmpromises can be made only When tho interest of the townaship shall require it? Does not the interest of the township require that the bondsmen be keld to the letter and spirit of the bond untit all the officiul Indebtedness of the principal be dis- churged? Tog THIBUSE understands tho scc- won to mean that no compromise or settiement shull be made until all recourse ut law shull bave been exirusted; and that after the property of the principal and his bondsmen shall have Le nugted, then, and not till then, can the Trustees coter upon any negotiations in the shupe of g compromise. % The Trustees have evidently blundered. Somebody st up the trap into which they fell and it is within the province of the Grand Jury to make r searching investigation of the man- ner in which It was englueered, and. if a corrupt purpose cun Le shown, an inlictment should speedily toliow. STRANGE AS IT MATY SEEM, nono of the sabool districts In the townshipseem to buve taken any definit nction with the pur- ‘poso of finding the exuct amount of their losses, except the First District, whose report is found in yesterday's paper 55 shout $7.000. The ex- pert of this distriet amiin looked over the ac- counts yesterduy, and found nothing new to re- port. 'I'his district is Lounded by Forty-third street, tho lake, the south line of Town 33, and the boulevard. District No. 2, bounded by Centre avenue, ‘Thirty-ninth street, Indiaoa avenue, and Sixty- fifth street, cluims to lose 20,000, aud no one s looking up the shortage, thouglr the oflicers can tell in a very littie time exactly what their loss 1=, In District No. 3. or_the QuKland District, the loss will not exceed $4,000. There isaulso are- port that this district {8 overdraivn. §8,000. Of the districrs of Svuth Englewand, the park, and tho packmg-bouse on northwest corner of the town, nothin: definit couid be obtained. In District No. 7, or Forrestville, it was re- ported on the street last evening that the loss was about 5!75000. o ————— A MORTGAGE FOR $45,000,000. St. Louss, Mo., Feb. 5.—A mortgage for 45,000,000, covering &Il the properiy of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railwny, includ- & ing the second-mortgage bonds of the Com- pany und cost of the extension of the road through Texas to the Rio Grande and City of Mexico, with provisions for the exchange of what are called the underlined bouds, is in coursa of preparation by an attoruey of the road, and will be recorded 1in each county in Aissouri, Kansas, and Texas through which the road runs. THE TRICHINA. MAHIETTA, O., Feb: 5.~Martin Donley and wife, living on Big Run, near Willininstown, died yesterday within a few hours of each other, in great agony, with undisputed symp-~ toms of trichince. They had eaten of raw pork a few days before. A portion of the meat was examined sand found to contain large numbers of the fatal worms, * The Tyranny of Buitons. Among ail the poasible arguments for woman's natural inferiority to man the'only one having reul force has never been formulated: this i3 her meclk and unquestioning submission to buttons. The buttons of the male habiliments are al- ways coming off,—notably before brenkfast, when the average husbund is about as amiable ns 1 beur with 1 sore head. AT this time, {t be finds 8 button loose, be gives It o “yank,” and then looks sbout helplesly for his victim,—the tirst womun coming iuto his flield of vision. He holds the button up before her, says it bas “come " off, and she is expected to sew it on strulghtway. Generally the victim is his wife; and though the baby may be-crying, and tho breakfust preparations in nced of supervision, while the tyrant himself has nothing on curth to do but muke his tollet, ana bus, mercover, sewing-mauterials right before bim on the bureauw or dressing-table, he never rises to the concep- tion of bis possible competence to supply his own wants. Woman, in his eyes, i3 the preor- dained supervisor of buttous; und a delicate considération for ber righls and prerogatives is his motive for relegating the. task 10 her: at Jeast this fs the way he upologizes, when in a playful mood, for his laci of deftness with “the ncedie, which. a3 a rule, f3wholly the fault of the women wbo hud charge of his boyhood. ‘I'bey should have taught him to replace the but- tons he is forever wreaching off with hfs rude fingerng. One or two lessons about the time the boy Uegins to go to sehool, a little work-box placed fu his room, containing ncedles, thrend, 1wo or three kinda of buttons, and aa open-top thimble.—the only kind that ever should be worn,—and the problem Is solved for & Hfetime; childhood one dozs easily and dexterousty. ‘Womenhave shown their capacity for aceom- plishients and attainments supposed to be ex- clusively masculine. ' Tv §s time for 2 cor- yesponding - display of ambiton and adaptd- bility on the purt of men: and they cannotmike @ better beginning than by learning to sew on their own buttons. , : HULTGREN’S CASE Arguments . by Mr. Swett and State's-Attorney Mills. The Jury Still Ol\lt—Proba!')i.\ity of a - Disagreement. The Hultgren murder cnse was resumed in the Criminal Court yesterdsy morning, in the presence of a large audience. MR SWETT N continued his arguwment to the jury in behalf of theo defendnnt. Taking up the question of the razor, he sald it might be argued that the blood bad been washed off, because none had been found upon it. Hultgren was not that kind of o man, tor he appeared before the jury with a character for carelesness. The fact that he had ‘been with Johansen was not a criminating but a natural civeumstance. They had lived and ‘worked together for years, and were intimate friends. The fact that’the prisoner was found in possession, after the murder, of a $5-bill be- fore owned by Johansen amounted to nothing. A young man had identifled the bill as having been pald the decensed, but simply by the patch upon its back. He bhad no doubta similar bill hed becn paid the mur- dercd man, but did not believe this circumstante at all criminating, or golug to fasten the crime upon ‘the prisoner. Supnose, for instance, he suid, that Hultgren had been found dead, and the patched - bill hnd been found upon Ander- son? Would that have proved Anderson a mur- derer? If euch circumstances weuld convict a persun, he wanted the jury to understand that every time any one of them took a patched bill hedid itin the shadow of the gullows. Hedid not believe, howover, that the bill had been suthelently identitied, though it had been sworn to. Certainly. it was not as strony eircumstan- tial evidence, In auvy cvent, us the weakest pos- sible direct evidence, and consequently did not ‘and could not come under tho rule of law. Then thore was In the favor of the prisoner his own testimony oun the subject. With tho gallows standing before him, and ‘his lite appurently hinging upon that patched bill, he told the truth, and refused to fabricate a story. He could bave suid that he bad loaned tho deceasedl S5, and that thebill in question had Dbeen paid him, a§ explalning how he came by it, but he did not do it, tor which he deserved credit. The fact thut the prisoner was . UNABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS WHERE- . ABOUTS between 8 and 11 o'clock the .night of the mur- der was nothing remarkabic,~it certainly did not conviet bim of the crime. It was nothis duty to prove where he was, but the duty of the prosccution, which they hud fuiled to do. They bud not shown that he wes at the pond where tho body was found, nor that e had anything to do with the murder. Mr. Swet next proceeded to roview the crim- inatlng circumstances discussed, aintalning tholr insufficiency, and took up what he called ‘“exculpalory facts, arguing that it was highly improbuble, if not im- possible, that bis clicat should have committed the murder. He did not believe the man's life hud been tuken at the pond, for the idea was in- copsistent with the theory that bis body bad been taken to tho pond to bescereted. Tho cries hud heon heard where the water was deep, but the body was ndt found there, and tho idea was ridicufous that the Kilting occurred in thut vicinity. Ho was satisfied thut the killing bad been done in the eity, and that tho budy was teken 1o the ponil to bo bid, and thet a mistake wus made in taking it to shallow water. Then, aguin, no hour had been fixed for tho homicide, . and noune could he. No otie kuew but {t occurred at midnight while the prisvaer was sleeping otf ndrunl in abara. It been wmintained by the prosecution, very naturally, that Jobansen bad been killed for the §10 he was supposed to bave had onhis person. ‘The jury well kuow, he thought, that 1this was bad reasoning, from the fact that if Hultgren bnd wanted the money be coutd bave borrowed ft from bis friend simply by nskng for it Ivwasa strong exculpetory fact, dlso, that they were friends, and the ood cbayecter of Hnultgren was 1a bis favor. [t was true that the prosecution had stolen or made . with o bouk of recom- mendatious frem the prizoner’s employers, but I8 rood character ad been established. 1n conclusion the speaker called upon the Jurors to do their dury, warning them that if they convicted fultgren that his spirit would return to haunt themn. He betieved that he was innocent of tuo crime, and left the case with them and God. ¢ STATE'S-ATTORNEY MILLS followed with the closing arzument for the pros- ecution. The coungel for the defense, lie suld, baa stated that he did not Koow bis client. He was sorry for him, and could reply by sayicg that he knew his clicnts. He bad spent his years with this people or Chicago who were his clients, and he koew them and loved them. He knew aiso the dangers which eavironed them, and the nccessity of the enforcement of all law ugaist the eriminal classes. Whether the.crime was burglary, murder, or any other, the assault was not timited to the immedinte victim, but it was upon- the people at large. The defenders of scoundrels, burglars, and murdecers always dwelt ugon the vigor, zeal, and ardor of the prosecution, and this case had been no e tion. He hud been -elected to do wha could towurd seeing that justics was done, und he had sworn to do “his duty. Ageinst the pris- oner be couid bave no ill-will. He bad ncver killed Lis son, or interfercd with bim, but he had violuted the rights of human nature, and this was nil be had winst bim. He was called upon, however, to nssist the jury in determining whetlier or not Hultgren was guilty of the mur- der of Johansen, and this he proposed;td do, He then read from authorities on the question of “circumstantial evidence,” which went to show that In the abstract it might not be as strong us positive evidence, but in the concrete it was otten sironger. All evidence, be said, was circumstantial, sud a juror was not at lib- erty to disbelieve as such, and believe as a man. Circumstantial ovidence was legal, and the au- thoritics had secmed to unticipate the defensg in this case. Mr. Swett had read cuses to shaw that it was unsafe to coavict upon circumstantinl evidence, but the purpose had been to frizhten tho jury and keep thom from doing their duty. They bud before them, bpweve tain facts, ed us {nfereuces, the s for'the defense to the contrary notwitastanding. Tuke one fact, for instance, and the jury had to inguire. tirst of its existence, and next of it3significance. but ‘before coming to & conclusivn would have to group all of the other facts in the case with it Take the fuct of TOE PATCHED BILL, and it appeared as Johansen's property, but arter his murder and the tinding of it on Fult- gren’ the scene was changed, which illustrated the necessity ot considering every fact o con- neetion with the watter. Then therc was the razor. Placing it upon the tuble amounted to nothing, but whex it was put into the hands of & nan near the Lody of the dend mun, with- his tirroat cut, he thought there was something in the circumstunces quite significant. The sneaker next adverted to tho facts in the case, The prisvner and murdered man had lived togeiher, and came to this country to- gether, but there was no evidence gotng t show that they were nny 1nore than acquaintances. They bad bourded together u few weeks, it wus true; but this was all there was toit. They wero not dear friends, or clse why did they separate in work and bouarding? ‘I'he evidence showed t Jobansen bad been au indusirions, bonest, sober man, but it was not so with the prisoner, who had been n spasmadic laborer, and a squan- durer of his mengre CATNIngs On & Viclous appe- ;ltg. According to Hultgren's own evidence, he u SPENT AS MUCH FOR DRINK AS HE HAD TOR BUEAD. s The defenso had argued that Johansen had begn kiiled for §10, but since he had constantly worked aud was cconomicai {t was fuir to infer that this was not ull tho money he bud. No one knew what he did have except tha murderer, Hultgren, and be bad not taken the long walk he did on the trogical eveniog to meet the de- ceased without u purpuse. Y'hey met and were together, and the evidence showed that after meeting they started for Storm’s piuce, from where Hultgren had been turned out in the morning, to et their clothes. The prisoner at the time had but a few mniclels, nt most, the only evidence to tha contrury being his own. Hebud not pald his bourd: bud never been known to mave any money before; aud there were three witnesses who bad testified that on July 3 be was substantiaily penniless. He did Tot belicve that the witnesseswere perjurers, for toeir gray bairs and relations with the prisoner, if nothing else, protected them from such a charge. Tho facts were the prisoner did not huve uny money, and that be was around bes- king a place to sleep, and the jury could have no reasouiable doubt™ on the subject. It wonld be impossible to convict the most desperate, red-hunded murderer in the Stateif his evidence was to be tuken ‘against three reputable wit- nesses, and, since it was well established thar Hultgren was without money, the infgrence was. uatural that when he met Johansen he told bim his circumstances, Why did they not go to Storm’s house? What divertea thém from their intention? Between 8 and 9:30 o'clock what were they doing? No one could answer the questions except Claus Hultgren, und he bad not. done it. He bad Told what pened in detail, could not account for without criminatine himself, and adding to the proof of his guilt ¢f the murder with.which be was churged. IE KNEW FULL WELL WHERE IIE WAS, fur-whatever one i3 accustomed to do from [ for he wus not drunk, and if he bad answered he would bave said that he was with Johansen un- til he left him dead on tho edge of the pond! Mr. Draper bad testitied to heitring crics of agony In the vicinity of the pond where the body wus found, and those crics were the cries of poor Johanzen. Mr. Draper bad been mistaken, Bow- cver, be thought, in focuting the direction from which the eries came, which was vers putaral, in proof of it the body was found in dircction the next morning. He beuev'é'é"g" Jobansen was killed Just where the body oot found. nud the fact that everything golng oy identif the remains had been removeq §°“““ strongly to- the prisoner's gujjy, 0 one but Huitgren would have desig to destroy his ICentity, but having been the erson scen with him it was natural for hig s e first accused of the crime under the eln:um‘? stances, and ho had appreciated the situatiog Hultgren's sutisfaction wus, after the diseasols of thebody.which he must have heard of by, noar’ Sunduy. that it could not boldentiticd. Thiar0y been u. puct of hie plan, 0o doubt. and bis grens hope of escaping arrest and punishment for the awful erlme. Instead of colng to bis old bogras ing-house that Saturday night be lodged 1y ' stable, and the next duy appeared with the mll.: of bills, and while brandishing a ruzorin 8- loon snid it bud done him servico the night b forc and would protect him ugain. The ruzg, could not be sneered out of eourt as was n‘.’ tempted by tho defense. 1ts being found upog the defendunt was particulurly signifieant, ang the fuct that the blade did not appess to contain any traces of blood cut no Hgure whatever. Hultgren had had amplo timg 1 wash tho blood off, and the jury should not {osa sight of the fuct that the murdered man's neck hud been cut frooi car to_enr with a sharp jg strument when the body was found. e THE NEXT CRIMINATING CIRCUMSTANCE considered was the patched $5 bill, which pag becu puid Johansen Saturday and found fg Tfultgren’s possession Rfter tho tourder. The person who had paid the money to the murdersq mun bad identified it. Mr. Mills exhibited the particular biil. called attention to tho marky upon it by which it bad been identilled, gy plained it8 being loaned to Anderson by Hujt. gren, and_dyweit it some length upon its coming into the possession of the prosecution, Urging that it was a elinching circumstance in favor of the prisouer’s guilt. In conciusiou, he urged that there could be no doubt ubout the prisoner hnving murdereq Johausen. . The circumstantial evidence, ho thought, could not well have been stronger, There was the association, the dead body, the money, the razor, and the patched $5 bill, wi of which were conclusive. Hultgren was murderer nd commitied the erime In the durk. ness of night, fe had sut through tho tria) without a tear, and his character had long sinee been read. Ho was capuble of any crime, and in the lmgrosz l:.:dp:;lbuu ‘;‘nu(mhs uad ool rove ernment, be asked that ull penalty of TG orlme be wwarded bim, Lot of e NO VERDICT YET. At ths conciusion of Mr. Mllls' argument Jury was instructed as to the law in the us‘uhnal Torta, tho Court addine an instruction, however, onthe question of circumstantial evidence, and the twelvo * gond and true men " retired o'clock to rench 1 verdict. Up to 0:30 they had not been heard from, and an adjournment was had until 7 o’clock. “At7oclock Judge Moran returncd and re- ceived tho report of the Grand Jury. but noth- ing was heard from the jury in question. Sup- er wapy ordered for them, however, and tha gudgn promized to return at a inter hour. Judge Moran returned at 11 o’cloc inquiry found that the jury had not that there was no likellhood thut they would be- fore morning. They were said to stund then ay they had when they frst retired,—a majority be- ing for acquictal,—xnd it was freely predicted that the result of thelr deliberutions would ba an acquittal or disagreement. The Judge will return this morning at 9 u'clock 1o sce what progress they have made, and. in the event of their not having' agreed, will rdetermine how much longer he will keep them out. —————— THE IRISH CRISIS. The Caercion Bill, and What Will Come of It. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cricaco, Feb, 5.—There can be no mistak- ing the purpose of the British Ministry to- crush the Land League, to put an end to agitation, and to imprison the Irish leaders. The London press hes wrought the British mind toa fever heat of iadignation azainst the Irish, and even Mr. Bright himszlf can- not stem the tide- of haie, prejudice, ang passion, which will ouly be turned by the enactment for the hundreth time of an Irish coercion code. “Tiat the proposed code will be & strinzent one; that it will be vigorously enforeed; that the jails of Ireland will be soon filled with he Land-Leaguers, therejean be no doubt. The temper of the Irisn Executive, of the Irish Seeretary, of the British-Cabinet leaves no doubt of this. But what witl the Irish people do? . Will they bend befors tha_coercion storm? Wil + they, fearing tue prison cell and ullitsat- tendant persecutions and privations, the petty tyranny of underlings, abandon hope in the .- future? those who are not imprisoned, fearing the power wliich under the Coerclon act will be placed in tite hands of landlord magistrates, abandon the Land Leagueor- ganizagon, submit to the former tyrants from whose rule they have enjoyed tempo- rary respit, fall back: into sullen subiission, or ‘betake themselves to enforcins the wil Jjustice of revenge from behind a hedge? Had Davitt not becn arrested, there is no question as to what their coursa woulid be, 1lis influence over the pgople would be suc- cessfully exercised to preserve the organiza- tion, to prevent dungerous, lawless, or erim: inal courses. Lven as it Is, there is good reagon to th:iuk _that his teacliings, his exam- ple, and the efforts of Parnell, Dilloa, and other mempers of Parliament, who can hard- 1y be imprisoned antil the close of the pres~ ent Parlinmentary sessiqu. will have the ef- fect of juspiring the people to courageously maintain their attitude ot passive resistance to unjust laws. The cailissued for the Land- League Convention; the manifesto of the Par- nellite members of Parliament: the deter-. mination of the leaders to stand their. ground and wnot flee the country: the quiet, vatient, and determined attitude which the people have assumed during the past_few days; and though last, not least, the determination of the women to step Into, the breach when the men ave imprisoned—ail point to the failare of the Coercion bill or any other steps which the British Govern ment uiay take to bend the people from their purpose or to break their spirit. Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Forster doubtless hope that by imprisoning the leaders and by aeceding tu a great measure to the clnims o the Irish Liberals on the land question, they can frighten a portion of the veopfe from fol- Jowing the lead of Parnell, and bribe anothet ortion of them to abandon him. That tha and bill to be soon introduced will be of 8 sweeping character than much 1ore s the one originally intended I3 now generaily conceded, Even the Marquis of Hartington is not obtuse enough not to know that to bring in a feeble measure of Iand reform now would be'to biand over the entlre representation of Ireland to Mr. Pac- nell, to wipe out the lnst vestige of Whig- 1 gery in the island, and wonld lead in thenear tutdre to the collapse of the preseut Miufé- try, and to a rule by Irish Jandlordsonly tem- pered by the bullet of the assasin, the torch of the Incendiary. 4 t But even a good land bill will no now_ be received as a gracious favor the Irish tenantry. They will look on as a measure wrtng from the fearsof Ministry, and from' the desire of Af. Gladstone and’ Mr. Forster 10 I ster up their party. To imprison the ‘men to whose exertions the peasan will acknowledge themselves inded will only make the imprisoned mor® worthy of fealtyand confidenceon their and only render the names of their persecutors still more odious in_ Irel & Parnell and Dillon and their comrades w1 emerge from the prison cell to be the lers of the Irisi people, to waya a still morete lentless war on every relic of feudal fawre maining in the_island. They will go back. to the British Parliament with a larzer Far liamentary following, to be the terror 0! Ministers and the Speaker, to demand nflhzlfl‘, omy for thelr-own country, which the g mocracy of England, and even the thln‘ide of Enzland, ncksno\vle0§e_must be pFante 5 the near future. The Irish_agitators Hate. snme reason to hope when' James Antlhony Froude say: TDespotism is out of date- Indlu?we cannot govern Ireland. Be It 10 Thenlet Ireland be free. . . . We cHfi kecp n peopln chuincd to U to ba peredne o, - wretcherd because It 3 Inconyenient to ustokeeh order umon them. In na indepeadant Irel the ublest aud the strongest would come 10 front end the baser eiements bo crushed. - =i 'Fhis, ton, i3 _ealled impossible; yer, it we fo neither rule Ireland nor allow the Irish to 'h‘;t. Nature and fact may tell us(h whether we will or no, an experiment which lasted for 700 years shall be tried no longer- b A people determined to be free must free soouer or luter. Lnism RiguTS. ——————— - E. B.. WASHBURNE. S BELLEVILLE, L., Feb. 5.—The on. E. B’ Washburne, of Chicago, who has been b8 guest of the State of Missouri ab Jefier{afl. City for the past two or three days, reaeli ok this city to-day, by special Iavitation of ow leading citizens, and had an cn{husinsdfi pub- lic reception. Belleville and vicinity are i > with German citizens, who'greatly hnnqr-‘:» Washburne. He will this evening ll‘eeli\é:lrzga address in the City Park Hall on * The S| of Paris.”” pi ————— i +Say, boy, eay!” exclalmed o hot-looking A% - . with nymuy what is the quickest wny,w:mv: v tu the cars! “Run,” yelled the boy; s 10~ bot-looking map was so pleased wuhtb:‘u 2 formution that if he could have got neur ca s to the boy he weuld have given him 80me" thing. hi Weo can g0