Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 13, 1881, Page 6

" THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1881—-EIGHTEEN PAGES. FOREIGN. - Marriage of the Baroness Burdett-Coutts to Her Young Lover. The Great Charities Which Have Made Her Name Famous. - Sketch of the Life of Ashmead Bartlett, Who Takes Her . Name, A Bitter Lawsuit Over the Es- tate Regarded as Imev- - itable. Impending. Dangers and the Disap- pearance of Parnell Throw His Party into a Panic. One Faction Sure He Wil Return—The Other Surz -He Wil = Not. " No Bemaining Doubt of the Extracr- dinary Character of the Papera v Found on Davitt. o Disgust of file Irish Press at the Lack of Sacrificial Vietims. The Britishers All Tmmensely Pleaged by. ‘a Oourteous Speech of Lowell, BURDETT-COUTTS. GREAT LAWSUIT. 2 . Spectal Cable. LoxDox, Feb. 13.—A great lawsuit 1s Jnevita- ble from the Burdett-Coutts wedding, which occurred yesteraay. All efforts to compromise with Mrs. Mopey have failed. It iS4 understood thata bill will be filed in Chancery on Monday pext to restraln the trustees in the will of the Duchess of St. Albans from - permitting tho' Baroness to cobn- tinue to receive the income heretofore paid ber under her life intercst in the property de- vised by the Duchess, {ncluding ber share {n the profits of Coums’ bank, the house] fn which she mnow resides in Piccadfily, and landed estates in Hampstead worth altogether £100,000 a year. The Baronness bas received hitherto not less than £50,000 a year from the bank alone. It is resolved that the suit will be contested on * 3 & TWO GROUNDS— first, that the provision of the will is fllegal, be- cause it is in restraint of marriage; second, be- cause Mr. Bartlett is not an allea, but a naoturalized subject. The will, however expressly provides that she shall forfeit the property mentioned if she marries a natu- ralized subject. Lawyers consider that, the - Baroness is sure to lose, but she in- tends to carry the appeal to the House’ of Lords. 1f the contested property be ; lost to her. The remainder will amount to &2, * 000,009, all of which will devolve on 3ir. Bartlett ; if he survives the Baroness. 7 SOCIETY 3 continges to regard the marriage with marked disapproval, oply intimato friends, !nclud- ing Lords Beaconsficld and Houghton, ap- pladding the affair, or accepting it as inevitable. The' ‘mere ~announce- .ment of the marrlage which _appeared this afternoon croated general commoton, ‘many friends having hoped that it would have ‘been abandoned at the last moment. JMARRIAGE OF THE OLD LADY TOQ THE YOUNG MAN SHE LOVES. Tb the TWestern Assoctated Press. % Loxpox, Feb. 12.—Baroness Burdett-Coutts : and William L. Ashmead Bartlett were married this moraing at Christ Church. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. Cardlll, assisted by the Rov. Henry “White, Chaplain of Savoy Chapel Rogal. None but the nearest relatives and most ntl- onte friends of the parties were present. Mr. ¢ Lacalta acted as best-man. Sir Francls Burdett, ' head of the family, gave away the bride. ‘The wedding party was afterwards catertained . at the residence of Mrs. Trevanuion, eldest sis- ter of the.bride, Whose health’ prevented her 3 presence in the church.” The Baroness looked ! remarkably well. Previous to the marriage Mr. Bartlett, in ac- cordsnce with the Duchess of 3t. Albans’ will, assumed the name of Burdett-Coutts before his | ownsurname. Ho and his wifo leave this ufter- ! moon tor the seat of Admirs! Gordon, in Eent. i - THE BRIDE. The Baroness Burdett-Coutts was born in 1814, was tho youngest daughter of Sir Fraucis Burdett, who obtained considerable distinction while 2 member of Parliament by proposing the colebrated inquiry into the Coldbath Flelds Prison. Her mother was Sophia Coutts, the third daughtor of Mr. Thomas Coutts, an emi- nent banker, who was born in173l. When bis brother Peter diod Mr. Coutts obtained sole | control of tho firm, aud under bis control it rose to o conditon of the highest prosperity. After the death of his first wife, in 1815, Mr. Couttsfell fnlove with the beautiful and popu- lar actress, Miss Harriet Mellon, and finally married her. ~ His three daughters violeatly opposed the mateh, and wero disinherited. AT HIS DEATH, ‘which occurred in 1822, he left his entire fortune, which was colossel, to his wife, who, after five Yeurs of widowhood, married the Duke of St. Albave. When she died, In 1837, she bequeathod an annual fncome of $50,000 to ber husband, and the rest of the great fortume to her first husband’s grand-daughter, Angela Bur- dett, whom she desired to take the name of Coutts. The selection of Angela as the sole heir was a most fortunate one_for the charitable and r2ligious institutions of England. The fortune which she received -from the hands of the.Duchess of St. Albnns was about $20,000,~ 000, and since that time she is said to bave spent between £1,000.000 and $1.200,000 a year in the Pprosecution of her philanthropic projects. She was a zealous church-woman and in endowing relizious institudons . she has always been exceedingly liberal. Every one who asked for contributions towards the building of churches and schools was sure of 4 generous ro- sponsc. She built at her own expense the hand- some Church of St. Stephen’s, Westminster, to- gether with fts three schools and parsonages. - Still acother church was erccted by her at Carlisle. at a cost of $50.0%. She endowed Bishoprics in Adetaide, Cape Town, and British umbia, and founded an establishment in South Australin for the Improvement of the hatives. The expenses of Sir flcnry James' sur- very of Jernsalem were all defraved by ber, and she even offered to assume the cost of restoring ‘thoe ancient aqueducts of Solomon to suppiy the city with water. The list of AISS COUTTS' BELIGIOUS CHARITIES is a long one, but that which comprises her efforts in behalf of the r and unfortunate of her own sex is still more extensive. Through ber exertions the teaching of household occupa- rions was introduced into the national schools. The ?flcm of having remowo rurul schools visited by Inspecting “schoolmasters owes its origin to her. formation also came fa for 8 large share of her attention, apd the & Home ™ for fallen women ut Shepherd’s Bush ‘was provided by her munificence. At Spitals- Held Miss Coutts” started s sewing ‘school for adult women, where not only instruction was given; but work and food furnished. From this place nurses arc senc out to the - siek, with medicine and other comforts. The newsboys ang bootblucks cume in for n large share of her beneficence. In 59 large num- bers of destitate boys were fitted out for the pavy or pluced in industrial homes. Laborers and tradespeople were induced by her to form mutual nid associations to protect themselves from starvation or to enable therd to cmigrate. Various low and squalld quarters of Loudon were, through her instrumeatality, raised to re- Epectability by the erection of comforthble ten- ement houses, which were jetar low prices. Bhe caused the erccton of drinking fouftzins at Victoria and Regent’s Park god at Columbia Russia and Turkey sbe (nstituted tho Turkish Compassionate . Fund, by which £3),000 were raised and thousands saved from starva- ton and death. ‘Her' private charities are very. .oxtensive and entirely beyond enumeration. She’ s a friend ° and patroness of art and artists. Her hospitality 18 famous, and the receptions which sho hns riven- have surpassed anything in a similur line ever siven in England. In July, 1667, she gaveat Holly Lodee a dinner-party at which 2.60 Bel- Fian volunteers and msuegts were present. In 1871 she was, by the‘advice of Mr, Glndstone, who is an lntimate friend, raised to the Peerage and bonored with the title of saroness. Lady Coutts has a country villa which she inherited from the Duchess of Bt. Al- buns, at Highgate, in view of the metropolis, ‘with which she has always been soclosely identi- fied. Her town-house {3 an immnse mansion, with numerous bay-windows,situated on Strat- ton street, which is a sort of cul-de-suc runuing alongside the walls of Devonshire House. (n Pics ndilly. From its windowsa fine view is bad of the Green Park und Buckingbam Palace. The mansion contalpe a great number Of costly works of art, among which is a cabloct valued at. | £18,000. X 1n -her personal appearance Lady nqrflue:-_ Coutts ~nnnot bo said to be very attractive. Sho 13 181) and thin, ond age lonz ago sel its mark upon her. In pontrast with these drawbacks she has a very amiable expression of counte- nance and a pleasinz volce. Her manner {8 en- tirely devold of-the stightest touch of arrogance or pretension. . IN THE EARLY PART OF HER CAREER she was, as might have been expected, pestared by sultors for her hand and fortune.—particu- lariy the latter. One -of tnese, u Mr. Duan, be~ cume such 2 nuisanco aud made himself so of- fensive that she had to apply far legul nterfer- ence to rid herself of him. " [t was belleved that mouey made her an old mald, and that she found compensstion {n being the most pupular woman in London. This theory, however, Lne been completely exploded by her present mar- riage. lis eccentricity is characteristic of her tamily. The marriage of her grandfather, Mr. Coutts, with the fctress Harriett Mellon, bus al~ rendy been referred to. His first wife, the andmother of the subject of this sketch, way Slizabeth Starkey, & woman of bumble origin, The Duke of .St. Albans, who married Mr. Coutts’ widow, was himeelf.descended from Charles Beauclere, the_son of the famousact- reas Nell Gwynne and Churles 1L . * ThAE @mooM. ‘ Mr, Ashmead Bartlett, the man whom Miss ‘Burdett-Coutts inally chose to be her husbund, after, it is said, haviog rejected two Peers und a wngditicent foreign ulliance, (s an Americun, and a native of Philadelphia. He has resided in London for some length of time, snd not very long ago became naturalized. He acted us Lhe private secretary of tho Baroness, and resided fo fier housg in Stratton strect. He nccompanied the Buroness and the celebrated actor. Mr. Irving, on a yacbting ex- cursion last year, but no one §t that time | dreamed of hi$ ever becoming her busband. The surprise when the firat report of their contemplated marriage was anoounced in tho London drawing-rooms was profound, and, it i8 soarcely necessary. to add, caused u great many ill-nstured remarks. London gossips found it impogsible to belfeve. that a young man of 23sbould entertain any love for an old Indy of 67, and vpenly charged him with marrying her simply for the sake of her money, in precisely the sume way that Mr, Coutt’s second wife mar- ried bim for hi3 money. It is szid that by this marriage the Baroness will sacrifice un anoual fncome of about $625,000. 1t is possible, however, that the arrangement by which Mr. Bartlett assumes the name of Burdett-Coutts-Bartlett, was effected for the ‘purposo of evading this provision of the will. ‘The *very people upon whum thé pew-made bride freely sbowed s0 maoy nolle gifts have, since the time that the marriage was announced to take place, treated he&)m ost shametully. On one occasiou o mob surrbunded ber house and throw stones through the windows. At another time, when it had been stated that her murriagr was tu take place in a cburch, a mob gathored around it for the purpvse of preventng the nuptizals from taking plice. The murringe was for this aud other reasons several times post- poned., & . SEETCH OF MR BARTLETT. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, PEILADELPUIA, Feb. 12.—The paternul ances- torof Willlam Lehman Ashmeud Bartlett was' Robert Bartlett, who came to_Plymouth, Mass., from Englund in the Aup, in 1623, and married Mary, daughter of Richard Warren, one of the passengers of the Maytlower. Ellis Bartlett died in New Bedford in 1832, leaving his widow with her two sons, 3 and 0 years of age. Anpa Ashmead, the sister of Mrs. Bartlett, having married Mr. Roape Brookin, an Euglish gentleman, and rone to Englund to re- side, Mrs. Bartlett was induced also to remove “to England in 186), with the hope and expecta- tion of educating her children for the ministry in tho English Church, of which she was 2 devoted member. Both were matriculated - at Oxford,—Ellis at Christ and “William at Keble College,—and while the honors of each were satisfactory, those of Eilis, the older son, were of & specially high . charseter. Both studiéd iaw, and became burristers of the Inper Temple. Ellis is cow the editor of tho.f Englandhn Congervative newspaper, & mem- ber of Parliament, and an uncompromising opponent to the Gladstone Ministry. Wililau, in whom the Baroness became early interested, throu, her acquaintance with' his_mother, which began soon gfter her arrival in England, offered his services during the Turco-Russian war.to proceed to Turkey aud aid Sir Henry Layard in admiinistering the Compassionate Fund, to which the Barones3 made large contri- butions. In recogaition of his eminent services he was 4 DECORATED DY THE SULTAN with the second-class order of the Medjidigeh, the first-class of which was conferred on tho Baroness, {n token of her munilicent charity. Overtaken by serious fliness brought on by his incessant exertions and hardships, he returned to Englund o mere convalescent, and won from the Baroness fresh tokens of regard in view of the dangers to which he had Deen exposed in her sorvice. Akmead Bartlett is a fine-built, muscular mau, with & profusion of brown bhairand a muddy cowplexion, and might be taken fora native of the country where he has been naturalized. He is a good cricket- er, belng on his college eleven, and_a powerful athlete, and won many local honors on the runoing path. Durng his career at Oxtord ho wus ALWAYS CONSIDERED TO BE A PROTEGE OF y TOE BARONESS. He spent his vacation at her town or country house, and was alwuys at ber side as a friend and companion. Of late years ho has been the dlst‘)ensor of her public aud private charities, and, whethsr ft be so 0r not, it was_always sup- posed by his Oxford friends that the Baroness contributed la; y if not entirely to the ex- penses of his education at the University. bas been preserved. This uacertalnty [“temporarily paralyzes the League. Méssengers duily pass betwee -Mr. Parnell and the leaders here, reither post nor telegraph being deemed safe for important communications. Mr. Forster's Coercfon bill will probably be- come n low by the 23d Jost., when numerous ar- rests will undoubtedly be made under its pro- visions, but . ° TOE FLIGHT FROM IRELAND hnsalready set in. Many Fenian syymathizers from Amerlea have trausferred their quarters from - the sister fsland to London, where they are are. closely watched by the -police. In several parts of lrelund the tennnts are beginning to puy rent again, and the Land League, Intely active and omoip- otent in the ° matter, no longer inter- fere. ‘The local agitators lLnuw' that tha police ure following thelr every movement, ana only awaiting the passage of Mr. Forster's Dill to strike, and this knowledge naturally in- spires them with caution. ° THE LEADERS FLYING. Spectal Cable. ¢ DunLIN, Fob. 12.—One undounted result of the Coercion bill will be an Increased dividend to the Transatlantic steamship companies. Such an exodus of disaffected Irish manhood has not been scen since the suspension of ‘the habeas carpus in 1588, which flooded New York with ex~ flesawho discovered that Irelaind was the finest country in the world to live outof. Mr. Egan nas gone to Parls, Mr. John W. Walsh to Australia, and minor local luminaries have salled for America. But the emigration of the agftatorsfs a bagatelle ns compared with the frantic efforts of the revolutionists to got away to E AORE HOSPITABLE REGIONS than those which are ruled by Chief Secretary Sorster. Fright, not ‘fight, is the motto of the Irish Republican Brotherhood men just at present, and thelr wisdom needs no commsnddtion, The organizers arc the B.'s are gone, the ceutres are going, on the wing, anda the hounts of the Generals know them no more. The only leaders who are holding their ground are the men in good situntions or proprictors of businesses which would pe ruined by their absence. 'THE UNCERTAINTY regarding the extent of the information which the Government possesses, and the doubts whether tho officials kaow eversthing, und they say. they' do, or nothing, have made a temporary cowara of .every consplrator, and the leaders of the Fenlan movement will ba absent trom the scene of action, and refuse to be men in the gap until the Coercion act haus beenin full swing for a_few weeks, and it has been seen by the arrests whether the police are act~ ‘ing on definlt kuoiwlede or striking blindly in the dark. 1f the Government do not obtain accu- rate information it I3 NOT FOR WANT OF ASSISTANCE. Dublin at present is full of Euglish detcctives of every grade. They are prowling about every quarter, doing their best to excite uneasiness and suspiclon in the "minds of tho most innocent. In one house in Blessington street no fewer than twenty-five of tnese gentlemen have been provided with temporary accommodations, their dnily exit becoming one of the sights of a rather dingy neighborhood. | IN THE HOUSE. To the Teitern Assoctated Press. LoxDOy, Feb. 12.—In the House of Commons 1ast night, 0'Donaell, Home-Rule member from Dungervan, moved to omit *high treason” from the Mst of crimes for the suspicion of which persons ave liable to arrest under the biil for the protection of person and property in Ireland. He dectared that there was not a scrap of evidence of the existence of a treasonable movement. The [fon. Hugh Law, Attorney-General for Ircland, snld that documents had been found in circulation fndicating the existence of n trea- sounablé conspiracy, und gave as an {nstaace the recent Fenlan proclamation. e Forster, Ciief Secretary for Ircland, ndded - that the Government bad reason to- believe that therg were faiw persons in Irelund who were capable of taking advantaze of tne present ex- cltement to inclte treasonable practices. 0'Donneil’s amendment wus then rejected. PARNELL'S ABSENCE. A correspondeut of the Manchester Guardian seys Purnell, by his coatinued absénce, IS en- dangering 8o much of his position as remuins fo bim. He has virtually abdicated the lcsdership of the Irish party in Parilament, which is now utterly disorganized. O'Kelly and Barry have not been in the House fora week,and their whereabouts is unknown to thelr colleagues. CALLING FOR SACRIFICES. DupLrs, Feb. 12.—The Nationulist press de- nounce tho arrest of Davitt, but there is.a marked moderation in most of the articles. They advisg the Land-Leaguers to stand fastand not leave the country. Figntwould, they say, xive more satisfaction to the Government than their arrest. Thelr kindred in America, who have contributed larzely towards the fund of the Land League, will not naturally be pleased with anything like a stampede from Ireland to escape from tyranoy. If Purnell and Breunan go to Ameriea, and Egan remains in Paris, it looks as if the organization was about to be left in the care of ladles. They are bardly ecqual to the dificiilt task likely tobe delegated to them by the superior sex. LAND-LEAGUER SENTENCED. At tho Loughrea Assizes, one Habon, n Land- Leaguer, has been sentenced to three months’ ‘imprisonment and bound over to keep the pence for one year for g seditious speech, fa which he declared himsclf an Irfsh Republican, owing no nlfeginnce to the British Crown, and calling on his hearers to strike o final blow for the inde- pendence of Ireland. EXPLANATORY. THE IRISH QUESTION. . IN A FOG. Spectal Cable. LoSDOY, Feb. 12.—Mr. Rarnell's disappearance demornlizes the Home-Rulers. Nobody knows whether he will return to England. One set of his friends say that he intends to safl for Amer- fea from France. direct, while others hope that e will resume the gutdance of his Parliamentary supporters, who dre now loaderless,” * GREAT DISQUIETUDE has existed during the week that is just closed inthecamp of the Land-Leagvers, owing to fears of new arrests. Those rpprehensions are ‘based, it may be sald. ou the knowledge of the lufid!)’fl that all the important secrets of their orgafilzation are now in the possession of the Government. 5 WHEN THE COERCION DILL COMES “IXTO OPERATION, nextto the arrests nothing will attract more attention thaun the operations of what are koown in military parlance- as the *flying columns.” 1t i85 expected in military circles that the columns will receive orders to march immediately on the passing of the Coercion bill, and the 20th of this month has been named 4n high quar- ters as the probsble dato. Owing to the formation of thess columns and the introduction of fresh regiments into the copn- try, unusual pressure has been put upon the military authorities. Rarely has so much nctiv 1ty prevailed in tho varfous departments. Every availsble regiment has been drafted into the country, there being' at this moment. not less than 27,000 well-drilied soldiers, compris- ing 4,000 cavalry, 2,600 urtillery, 20,500 infantry, Wwith 40,500 horses, and 70 guns. The force is principally distributed throughout the Provinces of Muaster, Lefnster, and Connaught. PROOFS OF AN INTEXDED RISINGIN IRELAND, = Special Cadie. B LoxDOx, Fob. 12.—The papers found on Dav~ ittat tho time of hi3 arrest were of tho most dumaging nature to more than one of the leaders of tho Land-League movement, and sinco his arrest still other proofs of their complicity with plans held to be treasonable have been received by the Government. Davitt carrled the documents upon hkis por- Eon 98 tho safest placo for thelr conceal- ment, entertaining, apparently, not the slightest 1dea of his apprehension, and his arrest was so suddenly made that there was no time to destroy them. An” armed insurrectidn was certainly plaoned in Ireland, the ristng'tobe simultan- coué with Fenian outbreaks {u‘ varfous purts of England. How far MR- PARNELL WAS IMPLICATED ia this hopeless scheme is known only to the Government, but undoubtedly his friends an- ticipated his arrest had he returned .to Lon- don st Thursday. It is mow very genm- erally “thought that he will not run’ therisk of .returning to England, but will go straight to New York, his ostensible object Marke:. THE CHARITIES OP 3MISS COUTTS were not confined 1o England. She alded the people of Girvan, Scotland, 1o emigrate to Aus- Tralia. Many other cases of & elmilar nature mightbe given, During the late war between Dbelng to collect more funds in America for tho Lesgue, Muny attempts bave been made to elicit from the Government some account of its intended action, and of the ex- tent of fts informadon with regard to the Land-Leaguers, but the strictest secrecy The Freeman®s Journal says the fact that Par- nell dia not remain all the time in Parfs was due to a frienaly intimacon that the French Gov- croment IS notto be depended on in case of emergency to fully recognize the rights ot pri- vate individuals to control money invested fn their names. Parnell, O'Kelly, Egan, Harris, Brennan, Dilion, and Bfpgar held n consulta- tion in Paris. Afterwards, Paroell, Dillon, Big- gar, and O'Kelly returned to_Loadon to particl- pate in Monday's sitting in the House of Com- mons. " Egan will remain in Paris. The others return to London Monday or Tuesdny. Walsh is still in London. % After the passage of the Coercion bill nbout a dozen Irish members, including O'Kell 0'Donoghue, Arthur, 0Conaor, Biggar, and Re mond, will proceed 1 Irelund.to address their constituencies and carry out the further organ- izntion of the Land Leseue.” THE POPE. PARIS, Feb. 12~The Memortal Diplomatique states that the Pope intends to address nuothor letter to the Irish Hishops strictly cnioining them not to oppuose the exceution of exceptional measures taken for tho government of Irelund. A MAN COMMITS SUICIDE WITI A FENIAN REVOLVER. o LONDON, Feb. 12.~Lieut. Percy Roper, a Royal Englucer, was found shot depd in Brompion Barracks last eveninz. A revolver was found Iying some distunce awny. The murder is be- lieved to have been committed by Fenians. THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE of the Home Rule party have deeided that, as Soon-as the Protection bill is passed, about a dozen members will proceed to Ireiand and hold meetings, lenving to.the Govornment the re- sponsibility for arresting them. - BRITISH NEWS. CARLYLE’S BIOGBAPHY, Spectal Cable. Loxpox, Feb. 12.—Mr. Froude,;Mr. Moncure . Conway, and Mr. Leckey are among the writers Wwho bave biographies of Carlyle inhand. Abun-~ dance of apocryphal anecdotes are floating about, but Mr. Conway claims to be the only genuine Boswell. Great care was taken to in- sure thestrictest privacy at the old man's funer- al, by the express desire of Carlyle himself, often conveved to his friends. THE INTEREST IN MONDATY’S ROAT RACE haeslocroased durlng the inst few days, and & Inrge crowd visited Putney to-duy to witness the Inst practice. Both men were in good condition. Hanlon rows in o Canadian boat. Laycock has the same boat which was in the previous matches. The race will come off at 2 o'clock fn the afternoon, There is very little Letting, but $1011s freoly accepted and offered on Hanlan. If Hanlan should ‘win he will become the absolute owner of the Sportsman © Champlonship Ciap, baving * al- ready defeated Eliiott and Trickett, Be- sides the cup and the stake, he will gain £100 promised by the donors of the cup. Hanlan sails. on Thursday next in the steamer City of Chester. He will be accom- panjed by Wallaice Ross. Trickett will visit Amerlea durinz tho spring to taxe part in the regattes. Laycock salls for Sydney onjSatur- day. T LOWELL TALEING FOR US. To the Western. Assoctated Fress, Loxpoyx, Feb, 12.—James Russell Lowell, the American Minister, made a very pleasant speech | existed in Havana over fifty yeors. | befors the Soclety of Musicians last evening. In the course of his remarks ho extoled the tate Prince Consort, and said he regarded himas having been tho - means-of_stopping a war.be- tween England and the United States by his {riendly counsel. -Lowell's remarks have pro- duced a splendid feeling. TIE STEAMER BATAVIA. The news brought by the Captainof thesteam- er Escuriel regarding the Cunard stenmer Bata- via contirms the views of the Cunurds as to the disaster to that vessel. At Pouta Delgada, on the Isling of St. Micbael, arv a foating dock and factory for the repairof vessels, and the Cunards believe that the Batavia, having a sparo propoller aboard; will have it adjusted at Porta Delgnda. Forty guineas premium on the Bata- viz wns paid at LIgyd's yesterduy to cover risks. The premium on the British steamer Bristol City, overdue at Rristol from New York, is now 80 guineas, : . Thirty-five thousand colllers are on & strike in Lancashire,'and the number increasing. COPYRIGHT. There fs a conference this afternoon on tho question of a copyright With the United States. ‘Wiltlam MoCullagh Torrens, member of Parlin- ment, presided. Various publishers, including Bentley, were present. -The first resolutiou adopted nccepted the draft of a proposal sub- mitted by Minister Lowell us the basis for negox; tiation, subject to the substituiifn of twelvo months for three months, as the minimum perlod within wiuch British nuthors could arrangefor a xeproduction of theirworksin the Unlted States. The second resolution contained the suggestion of the Board of Trade that, with the consent of muthors, American reprints of British ‘books should e freely admitted in Great Britaln, THE WAR. THE FALL OF LA New YORE, Feb. 12.—By the arrival to-day of the stenmer Athos, from Colon, the latest fn- formation concerning the fall of Lima has been veriied. The first engagement commenced on the morning of Jan. 13, at 4 o'clock. Toat morn- ing the Cbiliuns, cdncenled by a heavy fog, ad- vaoced ‘in three lines upon the Feruvians' position. Thelr approach to the latter was uavbserved until the second Chiltan llng was within 400 metres of their enemy, and thelir first line wns enguged in a hand-to-hund combat, which wns continued rwo hours. The Peravian eccutre nind right wing having been beaten, and the left wing having retired to Morro of Cho- rillos, the tight was maintained until 4 p. m. . This fore was outtlaaked, aud then compelled 1o retire on Miraflores, in. order to do which it had to cut {ts way through the Chiliun flanking force, which was accomplished with the loss of many prisoners, among whom was the Min[ster of Wur himself. A day or two after at Mira- flores the remuant of the Peruvian left wing united with 6,000 of the reserve, composed of the young men of Lima, and bere resisted the, Chilian advance, firing from their redoubts and breastworks, and loflicting great losses on thelr assailants, » ) THE FIGNT lasted from 2 p. m. to 7 p. m., the hour at which the Chilinns entered the town, which, as in the cnso of Chorillos nnd Barranco, taken on the 13th, they reduced to ashes. = The losses in killed and swounded in the two bottwes are estimated at 9,000 Peruvians and 7,000 Chillans. The Peruvien loss in artillery, arms, and war materinl s immense, and leaves the army of the centre without the means of earrying on tho war. The Chilians entered Lima on tho 17th without resistance, and established a local government with Mr. Goodal, the former Chiltan Minister in Ecuador, ns Prefect of Lima, The Capital is reported as quiet and orderly. The Chinese quarter in Lima was burned by the poputace Jan. 15, on account, itis claimed, that the Chineso are enemies of the country. _PIEROLA, the Commander-in-Chief, and™ President of - Pera, could do notbing to withstand the effect of tho surprise of the the 13th, nor the slaughter of the 15th. He fled with an escort to the interior. Before departure be gave orders if noy Peru- vian officers In command'of ships desired tosave themselves by flight, trusting to their superior specd, they were privilezed to do so. None made the attempt, andon the surrender of Lina and Callao forts, batterics, and ships. were blown up or burned. Several forts were blown up with consfderable lass, it is sald, to iuvaders, butthere was nof the slightest evidence that the city was so generally mined 0s the Peruvians claimed. g GEN. LACOSERA, commander of Peruvian reserve, Is aceusad of treason, cowardioe, and all sorts of crimes, and was forced to take. refuge. in the British Lega- ton. He went to Guayaquil by way of Santia- £o, and on the way suffered many indignities at the hands of the populace at varjous ports and from Peruvian passengers on board, The army of the centre. the'finest Peru ever put in the field, has been completely beaten, demoralized, and practically wiped vut of existence. . Montero was nppointed by Pierola it his flight commander of the army of the North, and Solar of the Soutn. The Army of the North consists of a number of scuttered bartalions without means of mobilization, and having neither head- quarters mor organization. The Army of tho South, with headquarters at Arequipa, numbers less than 10,00 men, and any operations from that quarter agalost Tacna and srica are suid to- bo imposaible. Chilian forces in considerable strength still hold those points. i RUSSTA. AMERICAN GIAIN St. PETERSBURG, Feb. 1l.—Considerable dis- cussion i3 golng on in the St.- Petersburg press in favorof an inercascof duty on jute sacks. The Finance Minister states that there is no chance of any change o thut dircctfon. This declsion is based on tho vital interests of Rus- sin'sgrain trade, Americun competition render- ing it necessary’ that no Impediments to trade shall be created by fncreasing tho cost of sucks largely used in the tramsportation.of corn and sceds. . : THE RETIREMENT OF THE MAIN ARMY is o certain indicntion that no considerable ad- vanee beyond Onno {3 at present intended, while the columns lett at Askubad and Geok-Tepe show no intentlon to retire from the Akbol- Tekke Oasls. . % TERKKES RETURNING TO THETR JIOMES. St PETERSBURG, Feb. 12.—Gen. Skobelef tele- graphs that, In consequence of his proclamation culilog upon the fekkes to return to their homes, they are gradually returning from the sand deserts and surrendering thelr ritles. Bevon thouand families returned. The peo- ple” ar? much inflcenced by the pres- cnée - of influcatinl Chlefs “in the Rus- sian ‘camp. A Provisional Government, with nadonnl representation, ‘'has been established, and necessitous families are being aided fromn supplies captured in tho fortress. The neighborhood ‘of Geok Tepe lis being dis- irfected. 5 . Eighty thousand people perished during the sfege.” Two thousand were cut down by the Russians during the pursuit. THE BOERS. THE ORANGE STATE. Dunnaxw, Feb. 12.—Itis reported that a largo party of Orange Free Stute Boers are encamped inNatal territory ata point commanding the road between Ladysmith and Newcastle. The !atest accounts from Orange Free State indicate that the older Beers oppose auy breach of neutrality, but the, younger ones are bastile. Large numbers of Boers have drawn off from the besfeged grrmsons to meet Gen. Colley. THE BASUTOS WANT AN ARMISTICE. Carx Tows, Feb. 12.—The Basuto Chief Letsea has requested the Cape Government to consent to an armistice for one week. COLLEY CALLS FOR REINFORCEMENTS. Loxpoy, Feb, 12.—A telezram bas been re- ceived nt the War Office trom Sir George P. Culley, asking for reinforcements. A confer- cuce i5 now being held respecting the regiments t0'be dispatched. THE EAST. . BROAD.VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT OF PROM ERTY. RAgUsA. Feb. 12.—Catholic Albaninn mount- Qinecers have soizeda large convoy on its way to *Tusi, and made the esgort prisoners. ROUMELIA. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 12.—The: first !nstall- ment of the Roumellan tribute to Turkey i3 paid. | MACEDONIAN CRY. The Christians of Macedonis are again ill- treated, and are leaving. k - cuBA. ; . DEAD. - HAVANA, Feb. 12~James C. Burnham, aged 90, the oldest American merchant in Cuba, died to-day. The firm of J. C. Burnham & Co. has "INCENDIARISM. A Sacrilegious Wretch Fires the Michigan Avenue Bap- tist Church. "The Interior of the Edifice Utter- -1y Consumed to Ashes. Original Cost of the Building, $120,- 000—Insurance, $30,000. Scenes and Incidents—History of the Church. . The Alleged Inosndiary under Arrest, The Michigan Avenue Baptist Church, one of the finest edifices in the cify, was destroyed by’ fire last night, the four solid walls and the tow- ering steeple bewng all that ls left to mark a former elegant and very costly place of wor- ship, Tho alarm rang out at 9:17 o’clock from Box 122, and the fireman responded quickly. As- sistant Fire-Marshal Musham was @rst at the cburch door, end soon directed his men where to Pput the streams of water with the best effect. He saw that the fire was spreading from three or four different parts of the maln auditortum, as If It- bad been "prepared and set u@ .1°:1 of t1 incendlary. The fiames spread rapidly and lighted up the great windows with a lurled glare. Soon thelr forked tongues broke through the stained gluss, and shot outward and upward, enveloping the rvof and bursting through it ina few minutes. Marshal Swenlo arrived shortly after the first alarm was given, and, seeing the threatening state of affalrs, TURNED IN A SECOND ALARY, . calling ndditionn! engines and hook-and-ladder trucks to fight the fames, ‘The beautiful organ, the splendld pulplt and its surroundings, the fiue pews, and church fur~ niture in the auditorium -were envel- oped fn & mass of fame and smoke 80 quickly that nothing whatcver could besaved from the general rufo. The Sabbath-sehool room fn tfie rear part of the building, and the lecture-room and the parlors of the South Side Librury avove it,/were involved In a brief spuce of time, and by 11 o’clock there was nothing left but the wulls and the smoldering mass they inclosed. It had been snowing just before the fire broke out,but it ceased, and the night wns brightened by the moon that shed its light through the passing clouds. The great volume of flame that burst from the tall edifice, and the quiet surroundings made the.scene an unnsual one. There were hundreds of people gathered from tha viclnity, but they were quiet spectators, bereft of nny excitemeat, and calmly viewed the ks WORK OF THE DESTROYING ELEMENT at respectful' distances. ‘Whether the high steeple and the four great stone walls caused the to remain 80 much further nway from the scene thun is customary.for spectators to do on similar ocea- sions is mutter for conjecture, That the walls wera dangerous wos soon evidenced by the fail of n pordon of the fagade, and the wisdom of the onlookers wus exempl- fed. It was n grand sight to witoess tha fire, but u sad one to contewplate. Maany of the members and artendunts at: the costly place of wworsmp were specrators of the contlagration, and viewed the destruction of the beautiful edi- fice with feelngs of regret. Finaocally it had had 0 checkered carcer from the . day of its dedieation, but {t hed zenerous supporters, und they were hopeful that ways and means would soon be devised und executed to rid it of 1ts burden ‘and place it In the front. runk of Buptist cburches,—where it ought to have been becruse of its superior lo- cation in a thickly settled and pros- perous district, its splendid arrangement and fittings, and the liberality of the gentlemen who were at the head of fts affairs. i A grand ‘building—sn evidence of Chicago en- torprise and au earnest of ts religious work- ers—hns becn destroyed, and o congreza- tion that' enjoyed its comfortablo - interior has Dbeen compelled to seek a temporary place of worstip on the eve of:u Sab- bath day, but its strong walls yet remain, und it may be that the energy displayed in its . construction will be renewed In its early recon- struction. : - THAT THE CHURCH WAS FIRED A an Incendlary- wss a matfor of gen- report among the spectucors, und the reports seemed to be well found- ed. Tuibill Kingz, an oid resident, occupies the frume building immediately adjoining the south side of the cnurch, and n young maun who was {n the house saw the fire through the win- dows, und in # moment. afferward discoverad a man jn his shirt-sleeves, and minusa hat Jumpting over the board feucc ind ruuning by eral across ~Mr. King's .yard in a south- westerly -direction, disuppearing in the alley. " That man wus said to .be the junitor of the chureh, aud it was currently roported that he was the incendiary. Assistant Fire-Murshal Musham imet o man at the main chtrance of the church, who said be was the Jupitor, and that person hnd on his overcont and bat. He did not avpear excited, nor act like one who bad but a moment be- fore fired a great editice. It was suid that the janitor had made some remarks to persons ubout the tire that exclied thelr sus- piciong, and caused'thom to think that he knew more nbout the fire thun hie would care to tell. A servun*-girl Enlglflyml by & family living on ‘Walinsh avenue, and whose house rbuts vn the church property, saw the fire in the windows of the janitor's apurtments in tho rear part of the chureh. v The broaking, out of tho fire cansed groat alarm at {irst among the residents whose dwell- ings jmmediately adjoln_tbetchurch. Tuthill King, living in No. 2322, informed a TRIBUXE re- porter that he had retired for the night, und as sooa as bo was alarmed by the cries of firo he had bis family removed ton neighbor's house. . AT THE SCENE. Of course thore was the usual crowd of sight- soers seattered about the scene ‘of the burning cdiice, although, the location veing so far out, the _on-lookers wero mot there in sufliclent numbers to be much of a hindrance to the police or ¥iro Department. Tha strect-cars- brought a fow people to the spot, but the crowd was mndg up almost entirely of peaple living in the inmedi- ate pelghborbood. The brosd steps of the Chburch of the Messiah dingoually opposit the fire on Michigan avenue were completely biaden by n crowded and sbivering mass_of humanity, uilin the yiure of the Humes. The streot in front wns covered by u net-work of hose, back and forth over which moved liremen, policemen, reporters and occusional little delejracions of citizens golng to or coming from the fire. Twenty-toird street from Michigan avenue west a8 fur as the ulley was pretty well crowded with spectatprs, for the best view of tho fire could ge had from that locatlon. The cogines, nine in all, were stationed, three at the cornerof Tywenty-ihird stroet and Wabash avenue, three more at the corocr ot ‘Pwenty-third street and Michizan avenue, and the others further down toward T'weuty-sccond street. . At aquurter befors 11 o’clock the progress of the fire was o MARKED BY AN INCIDENT which for a time created a terrible amount of alarm. Chief Swenle and about twenty of the tiremen—the boys from Nos. 8, 10, 15, and 10— were working directly in front of the church on the avenue,—nlnost at the very base of the” frout wall. This wall, to all ap- earances, was stlil in solid conditon; Eu( suddenly Chief Swenie thought be saw ovi- dences ot weakness in it, and be at once ordered the men to move to the south. Before the last mun bad reached the line of the south wall whole apex of tho tront wall—about twentsy: feet—tumbled to the ground with 2 loud, leaden crash. The firemen were seon to droj the nozzles and dush pell-mell east, north, an south, but In a second the place where they had stood wns wrapped in a cloud of smoke and steam, the bot stones sizzing like mad, and fora few minutes it was thought that one or two of tho firemen had been buried under the stones. Arter the first surprise ’|-there was a rush forward of the curious, who untlelpated seclug mangled forms draywed from undernenth tho stones. The poilce kept the crowd back with ditliculty at this juncture. However, it was soon ascertained that the only damuge done was the burying of about u hun- dred feet of hose. - The escupe was o exceed- ingly narrow one. THE CHURCH WAS CRUCIFORM M in shape, with a epire at the northeast corner ristog toa hight of 216 feet: 1t was ia the Gothic siyvle of architecture, and measured, ‘outside, 100x169 fect. The spire was conspicucus ig it= self, and the chime of bells which it contained was piainly to be seen from the street below. The nuditorium of thachurch was constructed very differently from that of any church exist- ing'at whe time thig was bullt. It was 80x80 feet, and 65 fect hizh, with & grolned roof and peirds aats, in the Liyzantine style, in which peculiarity it stood purticntarly alone. There were slx win- dows of stained glass, with atriple window In the east end, The orgun was placed several feet higher than the gpenker's platform. Opposit 1his, at the other side of the church, was & 8pa- clous gallery eapable of seating over 303 people. The gallery did not extend around the church as in otherbulldmga. The seating capacity was 2,000, but nearly doubie that number of people huve been pucked within the tour walls. There were ten rooms in the building, including the pariors, pastor's study, lecture-reom, prayer-room, three Sundayg-school rooms, one of them being very lu,rsi'lo, and all conilecting. - The spire wasiT2feet igh. ! ‘The organ was an. instroment of mediam size, having two manuals, The case was of Gothic | of fellowship by " eight, twenty-seven were trom rthe architcoture in black walnut, the pipes bet richly ornamonted in gold colors. . Ithad a com- puss of fifry-eight notes In the man- puls and wenty-seven notes in_ / the edals. It was built by E. & G. G. ook, of Boston, and was an instrument well calculated for the performance of compli- cated compositions. It cost $3,000, and was In- sured for $5.000 in the Mutunl of Boston. The bells which formed the chiwe, and which 003t $6,009, were taken out last 8pring and sold for 5,000, whick was applied to the reauction of tho deot. At the time of the dedication of the church, Mr. L. D. Boone, the Treasurer, stated (1 his re- port that the bulldings and grounds were worth abeut_$160,000, including the organ und furni- ture, but not the bells. About §I12L,0X bad actually been paid to the contractord on the building. HISTORICAL. The first meeting to organize the church was held at the residence of John L. Buchnnan, April 1856. The church was organized under the name of the _Third Daptist Church of Chicago,. At the first meot- I n il .was extended ‘to the . eal l?gv. Robert Boyd to the pastornte, and arrange- ments were also mada for the purchase of a lot for a house of worship at the corner of Harrison street and Edina place (Third avenue). On the 224 of the following moath (May) the Soofety ‘resolved to erect u church editico over this lot. As that moeting the name of the church _ was chnnged to “The Edina Pluce Baptist Church of Chlcago.” On the first’ Sabbuth of -October, 1836, four months from the time the church resolved to build, the house at tha corner of Hurrison strect and Edina place was dedicated, tho pastor elect, Dr. Bayd, preaching ln the worning, Dr. Hownrd, of the First Church, in the ufternoon, and the Ve A. J. Joslin in the evening. . ‘Fhe church was formally recognized by a reg- ular couneil Oct. 18, 185%. “The Rev. H. Harvey, of New York. preached the sermon of recogni- tion, The charge to the church was glven by the Rev. Charles DButton, and the hand the Rov. Joha Young. The constituent membership was composed of seventeen brethren and tweoty-one sis- of thirty- ‘irgt Church and five from the Tabernacle Church of Chica- g0, the remuining six from churches out of tha city. ‘The Hrst candidute for baptism was Joun Gregory, wno was received at the (r3t covenant meeting of the church, and baptized on the eveuing of Nov. 2, 1850, The (irst Deacons were J, T. Edwnrds, L. A. Wiliiard, J. S. Buchagan, sod J. Woodworth who were elected Dec. 5, 1333, 3 The first unniversary of the Church was an interesting one, replete with prosperity, though ayearof trying tinunclal embarrasiment. For- ts-nine additions were made to the membership, and tut two removed from the church. ‘The tirst letter of dismission was granted to George Hines, Aug. 9, 185i.—sixieen mooths after the organization of the church. During the first year and n half the church had raised and distributed for all purposes nearly 38,000, The first death nmong the constituent mem- bers was that of Sarah Edwards, Jan. 9, 1838, The queston of enlarzement und removal Was considered in the spring of 1660, and in March 1862, n decigion was reached to_locate it at the corner of Wabash avenue and Eighteenth street (or O1d street). . During this time Dr. Boyd's falling heaith made it necessary for him to bave an asdistant. The Church, upon the recommendation of the pastor, ordained J. E. Rhees to this work. The final service at Edina place was held in May. 1852, und the edifice wus: removed to tho corner of Wubush avenue and Eighteenth street. The house was enlarged and rededicated Aug. 38l.1802. During the four wouaths the Soclety wasout of thor louse they hud & place of wor- ship tondered them through the conrtesy of the Plymouth Congregarlonal Church, in whose house this church Hrat worshiped. In 1563 the church enjoyed a memorable te- vival season, under the luborsof BEldar Jacob Enapp. Over forty were baptized during the five weeks the meetinz continued, and othors afzor the meeting closed. Owwg to his fai z'heiflth. tho pastor, Dr. Boyd. tendered his resi¥nation July 22, 1363, to take effect at the end of Augusr, which closed his pastorate of seven yeurs. Sepr. 13, 1843, he prenched bis fareweil sermon. Up to this time Dr. Boyd tmd been n pastor twenty-seven years. During his pastorate of seven years this church 18 orsranized, and had recelved 3% members. ne month after Dr. Boyd's ‘resignation had aceepted, u call wus extended to the Rev. J. B. Thomas, which was declined, however: and in November following a call wu3 given to e Rev. E. J. in December, and Dr. upon bis work Feb. 14 and served the cburch earpestly and Buc- cessfully untl Oct. 23, 1855, a period of some eighteen months, when he resigned to accept o cali to the Gnion Park Church (now the Fourth Buptist Church) ot this city. = . On. the- following week a call was extended Dr.Samuel Baker, of New York. The cull wa accepted, and Dr. Baker began his pastorate i Novemuver, 1565, and romaimned with the church until November, 1563. On tke 5th ot "Decembery 1588, & unanimous eall was given to the Rev. J. B. Thomas, which was uccepted March 3, 1869, , - In the previous Februury (1863), the Church rosplved to purchase tho lot on which the ruin now stands, The name of the church was again chunged, owlng to their removal, to ters. Of this original membershi) Taylor ~entered tho present name., From “The Third Church” " it had changed = to_ that of *“Edinn Place.” ‘then to ‘ Wnbash Avenue,” from that to the present nnme. *Michizan Avenue Baptist Courch.” The Hoal service in the old church. at Wabash avenue nnd Elghteenth street, was held on the evening of Jan. 26,1651, and oo the 29th of January, 1571, the present house of worship was formally dedi- cated to the worsbip of God. Dr. Thomas re- signod in November, 1873, bi 3 A REPOLTER CALLED ON MR. HANSBROUGH, one of the Trustees of the church, and was the tirst to iaform him of the fire. He siated that the Michigan Avenue Church was dedicated Jun. 29, 1371, The building, with furniture, organ, and. chime, uot counting the ground, cost over.$120.00. It was considared one of the tinest church edifices 1 tho West. * When tho church wis built the Soclety was in | a lourishing condinion, but the panie seriously embarrassed meny of Its wealthy members, and it soon found its debt a heavy loud to earry. In 1878 the loun was in the neighborhood of $70,000. and a few years luter rumors were atlont that the partiés having 'the claims would fore- cloge. About three years 8ago it be- cume mecessary to _muké Some mew arrangoment coucerning the loan, and by dint of hurd work tho mortgage was cut <own to 353,00); which sdm was funded at 4 per cent in- terest,—the principal being payable in install- ments of about $5,0X) & year from 1883, which would make it run about ten years. ‘The loan was munde by the Unlon Mutual Life-Insurance Compauy of Malne, which enr- ried the insurance ot 330,000. The originat debt would have beon paid long ngo had it not been for the financial troubles in 1873. Since then the Soclety hus been gradunlly runuing down, and would probably have succumbed it it had not been for tho generous nid of sowme of its members. Recently the prospects for 'this churct bave Improved somewhat. 1ts debt, fuaded at a low ruto of interest, Was 0ot bur- densome, and there was some probability of out- siders coming In to Lft it out of the mire. In fact, thero has been cons derable talk of dis- bundlog the old organization. and reorgunizing under a new name. Several prominent Baptists who havo uttended the First Church have been anxious to get nearer town for some time pust, and are understood to have made a proposition to join the Micnigan Avenue Baptist uuder the conditions noted abuve. This change bas been merely in contempluation. 1t is not unlikely chat it will'now be eflected, and the caurch hu{ldlns e reconstiucted on n new bus 8. The value of the structure ns it stood yester- dny mornlng, with the ground iccluded. is . lim;tl;nd at sl‘.w.rlul. z(;lhe mg{u{nss considered worth $350 per front foot, ar $35,00, chere bef 100 feet. : o Or. L. D Boone was- the oldest Deacon in-the charen, aud the oldest Buptist fu tho city. join- ing tne Firstin 1336, He hus been a member of the Michigun Avenue Church since 1865, Dr, Boone has been une of its stanchest friends, He hns probavly given over :0.009 to the Soclety, and it i3 largely through bis exections and generosity that the ¢hurch bas been able to sustain itself during the Elust few years. Dr. Boone Is pow in Kuunsas. e will doubtless teel very sad when he learns of tho destruction of the houde of worship he has been o devoted to for i‘curs. “The other Deacogjfs Mr. W. J. Midler, Mr. Leonard Wil son, the third, ajed last Decentber. DURING THE PROGRESS OF THE FIRE 8 TRIBUNE roporter cnlled upon the Itev. Dr. K. B. Tupper, the Quslor of the church, at his resi- dence, No. 210t Wabash avenue. .The reverend geatleman felt very keenly tho loss sustained by his charge, and himself a3 well, - WIL is rer{' sad,” sald be, “very sndl -Wo wero inz _ to take the fnftintory steps to-morrow [to-dag] to- wards raising S2,0%. The resolution3 were all prepared. There wis to be $15,00) used towards iquidating the debt, ana 315,50) {owards a reno- vuuon of the building, which it'really needed.™ * Waat do you renlly think ubout the origin of the fire?” asked the reporter. * There can be no doubt in my mind but that it originated from Incendiary causes. We had a fire last Wednesday morning in the locture- room. which did about $1 worth of damuge. There was no tire in the building siace then, nnd :e'c.)'xurch wasnot to have beea used to-mor- W * What about your janitor?” * Well, his name 1s Lawrence Johnson. He, with bis father and mother, lived in the west end of the rear of the church, where they oceu- pled three rooms. ‘Ilie fact that both fires were incendiary donot make mesuspect hiin. Johnson iso%ounu’ man. a student ot the university, of good moral character, rather sullen at times; and guick-tempered and excitavle.” -, o He has nd trouble with the church?™ * Yes. he had some trouble with tho chnreh, beenuse he was not o good janitor, butl can Eg‘n‘él'y.bauuve that he would do sucn a thing for ** You heard, did you not. that e was se 7 leave the eniirch in his shirt-sfceves Jlu:e:r:: vious to the breaking out of the tire?"™ " L don’t know why- he should bave run out.“I thought it rather strange tiiit he did - not Tun around here and let me kaow, but n young man told me that he did try to send word to me.” ' W‘E\;; gfll Junn&gnrgzlschnrked?" Lo € was orde: to leave three weeks g0, but he stald because he could not find & a house. X s ¥ouheard that the police were: after himp* # Yea, the church did not like Johuson and he Taylor, which was accepted | atd not like the church, but 262 Bca 10 the buliding T u Bpeianc ba wog Dr. Tupper morved -some 61 volueicr: library a week or more ngu, which he nag of hig {n the church. He loses nine diplomagy orsd ber of roference books, plctures, ctc. fpg, W0~ per loses a trunkful of valunble and fipe . 2P ing. und a'lot of bedding. The financiy Lot Dr. Tupper will be about $70, but the gioyoS 2 books, and pietures, he canaat regplace, Plomas, INSURANCE, The church_was Insured sented by O. W. Barrett, as folionar221e8 epre. Continenal, New York. Mercbants', Newark., Newark Fire, Westchester. Aot Fire Association, Philadelphia, TOtAL cou cosovnccniancamens, On the organ: Bostou Mutual.. eeererasanns, CURIOUS PREMONITION. There happened {n connection with ourious instance of since it tis reported peréon at so gmrnldex;;d %enulno. \ “dm:y h‘bfi efore e _lire, a geutleman w; itk ihe Rev. fe "Tapper. the pitor npy r st before he s\nd‘ to him: 5 WESTIENELE At Tynpes * 1 am norvous about the church to. I was coming aling u little wnl’l‘:“" A saw a woman loitering ‘about there, ang fden ocourred to me tbat she was ufter mischler. So 1 went back and notitied (ug omd tor ‘(gnkeep & special wutch on the vremlsea."nl- ** What were you afruid of 2" tieman. 3 el e e *Ihaves presontimeat,” said * that the churet will burd down :&'3551"’"- 3 Well,” suid the gentlemun, *if" yoy g, pervous about it, L will stay and watch lqry‘ sel 2 said Mr. Tupper, *there is 1o ochas for wat, as { have no doubt that the 1:nlmr :fu" look out forit; but still, I have tigsss feelog, woich T cunnot sbiuke ol that fag peas? tag will bura down to-oigt.” ‘The gentleman lett, went 8s tar Thircy-ifth street, and, on his wy hack gl Sav the bluze from tho church and 4t once wegt over to the pluce. There he met Tapger, w10 sui . the Ber. Str, *'T'here, [ told you so. It has comg exaotly a3 [ thouyht it would!™ 2090 Jual A few duys ago Mr. Tupper bad 2 good call tg dto refuse, buraing this drey Premoniton, pheg trustwortny Philadelptiv, which be bad decide As. they were stand.ngin froatof the building this gentleinan said: * Well, I suppuse you will go to Phlladelphis now?” 1 thly ** No,"” said Mr. Tupper, * my work shall remain in this tleld, and bul{’d l:l’!pm chureh.”. ARREST OF THE JANITOR. Lawrence Johnson, the fanitor, was arrestéq uhnrda betore miduight by otticers from the Cote tuge Grove Avenue Statlon, who hsd beeg nocitied to keep u shurp lookout_for i ubout _the scene of the fire. H is o yousg man of abouc 2 yeary unda 18 & student at the: Chicago University. He answers ull questions freely, und, were (¢ noy for the downright proof which I3 'at hund, tne police might be eusily induced to believe by story. He claims be was asleep in bed when ity mother smelt smoke in the ballway, and shortiy afterwards zave tne alarm of fire. He jumped outof bed and run to suve whatever he could lay hands upon,and his sisters and maiher mady thoir way out of the burning structare ag besg they could. Ouly a small portion of thelr goods was saved. Tals Is substantwlly the story which Johnson tells the police, and he sticky to it, despite’ thelr asserton; to contrary. Outicer Jacob Ebinger wus {n the ime mediate vieinity of the church when the five wag discovered, und he reccived information from severul parties thata young mun, in hus shirte sleeves, hud been seen to leave the chreh by o rear door, rum @cross the gl Iéy. and jump = over a fence Ity a peighboring yard. The officer himself saw the waa runaing through the altey, but ut_the time thought nothing ot it. The family of Dep- uty-Sberl Stacy, living Just south of the churcy, and a wan named Crowley, employed in Daft's Hvery, and who lodges in & barn Dear the church, Saw the same wan, and they positively ideatified him as Lawreace Johnson, the junitor of the church. The evidence aguinst h.m thus appears to be of the most damaging nature. CRIMINAL NEWS. - BULLDOZERS’ ACCOUNT. The following dispateh, recelved lnst night from the wilds of Florids, recites a caseof homi- cide justified by self-defense, which &cmrml ! some time last week in Bisbec’s district, and ‘which hus beed, a3 it Is believed. truly detaled in recent Washington dispatches. Notive the. account furnished the Northera press at 2 post- puncd date: . . Special Dispaich to The Chicago Tridune. s MADISON, Fla., Feb..1l—Yeseraay, whilea Deputy United States lursbal, who nad coma here for the purpose of arresting eertain citle zens, was standimz In the Oouri-House, sire rounded by a purty of negroes, F. P, Pattersun, a young lawyer, came up, WhenCharley Savage, 8 negru, caught Prtterson uround the neck,and, pulliog out a pistol, shot him in hi3 trucks. act created consideruble excliement, in the midst of whioh Savage wag hurried off to jafl. Gov. Bloxham was nt'once notitied of the occurs renoe by wire, and immediately the Governors -Guards and Jefferson Ritles werp ordersd outta - guard the jail. It issnid that Denois Eagar, U ?nmd Florida desperado, told Savuge to Putterson. ’ NORTHAMPTON BANK ROBBERS. NORTHANPTON, Mass., Feb, 12.—The trial of “Shang" Draper for cowmplicity In the robbery of the Northampton Bunk .in 1876, which was fixed for Feb. 1, will not take piace. Thonext regular criminal term of court oceurs {nJuns Dritpar, * Red " Learys and Billy Conners éceupy contiguous cells, and are guardea by armed mea + day and night. These three, with Scott endDune . lap, are all who were engaged iu the robbery, with one Grler, who has been neither seen nor beurd of for threo years, and another who wis not positively ideatified. The robbers once of- fered to corapromise for $15),000, but the bauk only wanted to grive $I6J,000 for the reter of the securities. It is believed that & compromise is likely to be speedily elfected. Detective Pin- korton and others held a cousnitation with the suppnsed robbers lastoight, and thers wasadlis oussion among the bank people yesterday. —————— FIRE RECORD. AT JANESVILLE, WIS. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tridunts JANESVIZLE, Wis., Feb. 12—T. J. Cirns & Bros.’ dry-gocds end i tiopsistore wos totally destroyed by fire at's this'morning. Loss, about $8,56%; lusurance, 85,80 fn the Liverpool & Lon- don & Globe, Continental, Commercial-Taloss | and Imperial & Northesn. s AT MUSCATINE, IA. Specal Dispatch 1o The Chicago Tribunt. g, : MURCATINE, Ia., Feb.13.—A fire brokecutin Langridge. & Martio's flouring .and gristmill about 3o'clock this morning. Before theame® could be su\t\:od the mill and its contcats We: .destcoyed. Loss, _SI2000; iusuruace, siah Home, New York, §1,500: North British, §3, 008 . - NEAR HOWARD CITY, MICH. Special Dispatch to The Chan_MIIM = GRAXD RAPIDS, Mich,, Feb. 12=WillamO den & Bons’ shinglo mill, near Boward Ol burned list night. Loss, $2,500. s 3 —_— e ——— THE GERMANIA BALL. il Tho Germania Miunerctor held-its ano i Dal masque last evening in Bpand's Hall, coros of blark and Erie strcets, and It was marked b3 tho success which . has alwas3 character ized tho entertainmeats ‘of this 50@"'1"_-r i 1t was given only to tho members and thelf . friends, and the ottendance was auite large. The guests begun to arrive aboutd 0’ clo:h gfl_ at 10 Prince Caraival, lmncxsonmcdm); e "; e August Tievermann, appegred upon (56 B0 - of the ball, and suog & suag_ com twenty " oounston. He was uccompunted by BbOREURERL,. members of the Society,” who joined 18 ¢ the refrain. At the conclusion of tbo sO1ETH rocesaiun wns formed. Av its head wis B . und, noxt cume Prince Curnival and two 8t tonddats, and the ntuskers followed. Al few dances Jr. Max Moyer appeared U stage [n costume, and gave a very onj buriesque on Faust Ia the gurden scenc, 8 L composed by one of U clety. Dancing was then taken' P generul goud time was Indulged in. Ag clezs3 supper was served about 1 weloek. Th theérs tuates were quity eluborete. the Petrio brofié. and M George Fos3 uppearing o Gernas B2, ant boys, 3rs. L.C. Huck impersonating 4 pest, ant girl, and Mrs, Olson and Mis3 Z“’”fl(u [3 ropresenited Vivandieres. The Comunitioe oo Arrungemnents, Messrs. Eugene : “Adolph Schoepfiia, and Puui Noack, appet costumes of the time of GeorgeIV. . . 7 e R — SUICIDE. i pecial Dispateh to The Chicage v Axy Arzor, Mich., Sept. 12.—Miss Aod !Ba:_- % o Senfor medical studeat, drowned hersel 'ngv terday In Orlon Laise. Oakland Counts, neurm‘, former home. . She feft here Taursday mng:‘ 7l nnbeknown to her mothor, and weat w- Fvd where she drowned herself, She was s nervous person, and had great fears of neo"gn ing her examinations, which were €GR, " groundless, as she wis o unusually fin b deut. Her body was recoven:d’m- g Jvas 27 years of age. # ————— GOV. WASHBURN. : "“ Spectal Dispcten to The Chicago THbunes T La Ceosse, Wis., Feb. 12—The condition Gov. Washburn is haproved to-day. rested well, and reccives caliers dnu:" t uite_happy, conversing {reely. gi;?e“r‘.‘!g B. Washburne, will remnlnl{ll city some time. yet, til the Gavernor is 80 proved as not to require his preseuce. Hi e 12, & o the Ployable - ¢