Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 16, 1881, Page 9

B caxo, B Autti fornn act to ‘THE THE STATE CAPITAL. Improving tho Taw Regarding Proof of Wills in Foreign Countries. The Judiciary Oommittee Takes Oharge of the Bill Giving the Canal Away, - Ignominious Death Over- takes the Dramshop Bill in the Senate. age in the House of a Bill a oh the Subject of Estrays. n Consolidation Not Belloved In by 0 Majority of the Same Body. Tow! fhe Committeo on Corporations to Report a Substitute for the Pharmacy Bill, Foll Text of a Bil Whieh In Effect Aholishes Life Sentences to the Penltentlary. Ypen Letter from “Baffalo’ Miller to Senator Whiting on the Pro- hibition Queation. SENATE, N INLLS, Sptetat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune.” “SputNaFiELD, Il, Feb, 15.—Prosident Pro 8 Tem. Campbell presided during the session of the Senate this morning in the absence of Presttent Hamilton, ‘Nothing was done until the order of Intro- duction of bills was reached, when quite a number were sent In, n3 follows: fly Senator Archer: Amending the-Inw governing depositions, so as to permit evi- dence to be taken In eases where deeds to wamp fonds lave been lost and never re- ey corded, By Senator Adams; Amending tho law of guardian and ward, so as to permit the tak- Ing away of children from drunken an& neg- lectful parents, ‘The bill was drawn by Gen, mG, W. Sinith, of Chicago, at the request of a 4 number of charitably-disposed Jadies of that ity. 3 ‘The same gentleman also Introduced a bill, approved by Judge Knickerbocker, of Chi- ‘TO CURE CRRTAIN DEFECTS in the Inw regarding the proof of wills in, B foreign countries.. The bill authorizes the taking of proof In'such cases before United States Consuls, or Consular Agents, and is belleved to bo a great {improvement vyer tho B present Jaw, which requires evidence to be taken before Judges, Mayors, ete, Thesame gentleman introduced a third ® bill appropriating $100,000 for the erectlon of @ Deaf and Dunb Asylum {n Northern Iil- hots, Tt was drawn by ex-Senator Delaney, President of tho Board of Education of Cnl- : \ Bcago * Senator Needies introduced Dill appro- B priating $10,000 for the payment to Eyerett g A. Clement for damages sustained by reason of tha Innbiitty of: the Bonrd of ‘L'rustces ‘of, the State Reform School to perform their contract with him, s . Senator Marshall introduced a bill amend- ing the school Inws of the State in regard to the establishinent of teachers’ Instltutes, Senutor Ilunt Introduced # bill giving to tho authorities of Penitentiuriesin this State bolic powers on ‘grounds owned or leased. by the Stte in connection with sald Pent- tentlarles, : LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAXES. Tho following bill was ordered. to a third Teadlng: , provide for tho lovy and collection of taxes, to pay Sudemonts ob- talned agniust cites, tawas, and villuzes. Stel, de tt enacted, etc. That whenever final [wdyrnent ns been or hereafter may be recov= fred against any clty, town, or vilinge, jucor= Pontedunder the general law, or way’ special wm Or charter of this Btnto, It shall be tho duty. Ls tho City Counell or Hoard of ‘Prustocs of sue uly, tow, or village to levy, in the inanner prom teed for tho levy and culloction of taxes In Hi shelty, town, or village, a suticiont tax upon tho ‘taxable Property’ within’ tho cor- porate Units of sich city, town, or age” to fay auch «judgment: — Pro- Me that tho rate of fuxution for tho a yinent of Judymonts, ns aforesald, in any year ta twbexcecd one-fourth of ove per contumn ponite ugureguto Valuation of. the taxable Letty of stich olty, town,or villuge, ay tho Torti §§ caualized for’ Stato"and county taxes uF tho precedinue your. ton La Should tho umount of monoy collected seule, Oto Yeur tinder the provisions ef the pro- Gen Section bo insutlieient to pay wll Jude tinerctofore recovered agalist such elty, pee Village, alike levy shill be mado i Aeailceceding yeur for stich purpose, 0 long tote tment remalns unsatistiod. No manoy. thls a by taxntion under the provisions of o peg thal be used for uny other purpose than Mee NCAE Of Sudgmonts recovered. nguinst tating 2gtOWn oF villuge collecting tho Kaine, rs iit any Judgment agnlnst such alts, town, taney ¢e Femuitng “uunwatistled. ‘Tho aMUUNL OF wt Provided for by this aot shall be oxelusive Judge tole necessury for tha payment of Ki ee obtulned -on bonded: indobteduess of BB ely, town, or village, IMANOIS & MICHIGAN CANAL. inate Bil No, 1, tutroiuced by Senator ial Prats we the Illnois & Michigan Ca- hited $I " q wen rend, States, was taken up on ete Was mado to refer tho bill, with iin Hial to the Judiciary Committee, fell aH Words, the * Graveyard *? organi- Non a tho Senate, ‘The motion provoked rh i Scusston, In which Senators Condeo, hae Hunt, and others took part, Finally the Const ee Mlaited hlaself tirmily on ‘on of 1870, aL 4 ese Homolog: ri nd at great lungth ain a Hunt asked Senator Archer If the” lee ae What woul become of certain Stein iw hablo Jand, ete. now held by tho Wie Shane of the Canal Commission- est Archer repliod by shrewdly dodg- site gitestion, It tho bill was recom sil eae Was the end of it, ‘Tho Sonate ttt sesslon six weeks, nothing hid ‘Nilone, It y + Mls tuportant ne Worso than-fally to bury Senator Chak titaneer tare Wanted to know if the ae- fet Wout the gltt by the General Govern- buttd tat! Net compel. the United States to othe branch eanal at Hennepin. ‘ator a haps et inyed the youthfut game We comma gy lane thought he could answer Bagh calls Sud made the wholu matter A few in ine pa Nae sup, NDOWnaie zzting tnt 3) Uru Bouaton Wnigeaorles ware Sould cary a advburtenances ” In the bill Qers of canal lame fragmonts and odd cor deteved hinaetwd” In tha State, and. inally the ces ion the bro) per notet and Senator A Uae, Mature, and dee ee cptalned (ne flour an tt 8 beifeck whiney testion. ‘The. bilt Spyurten When it passed, The wor een ones” in the bill” alvewtd he NUL the Fifer sald everybody w Hepared an but Watited the iit tenet “te sdudleluny Cond favored a reference G Le, aan wh wilting eplalned the foor, and an ha rp dle brevtous cake bh pt with cries Wa nso a MUAVELY STOOD 11d QHOUND, “S mude to wend the bill to the € nunmitte o Canals and Rivers, while! lost. Senator Whiting offered an amendment to the notion to refer to the Committes on the dudiclary, by requiring a report from that anization In two abtys,, or Hunt, who is Chairman of the Ju- Conuntitee, ~ thought Whiting's. oinendinent a siur on the Committee, and sold the amendment should be beatan, Senator Whiting withdrew the obnextous amendinent, and the bill was sent to the “vometery.? 1h was DILAM-sHtOL's, Senator Whiting’s dram-shop Tead 0 second thie. A motion was inde to devapitate It ‘Cho autestion was debated i long time. “At last Senator Whiting arose and “owned the earn, hy saying that the DI wis not v product of his brain, but ony Ahat was handed hha, and hie did not know tint he was in favor of it himself, ‘the areuinent of Seuntor Clark had convinced i, aud he desived the bil killed. — Ho understood that. the "Comuittea on MIs any had never considered the bill any- bi was Senator Mamer, Chairinan of that. organ- Saation, corrected Mr, Whiting by saying that the Dill had’ been ‘properly’ considered. In comuittee, . The motion to strike clause of the bill prevailed THE BALANCE. ‘The Chicago Library bE was advanced to third reading, «\ commiutiication was read from tho State Printer protesting against the actlon of the Senate requiring hin to do work belonging 0, Class 2 of his contract under Class (, The Clty Council of Belleville sent ins protest against the Inds bill, The Senate then adjourned until to-mor- row morning, out the enacting HOUSE. MILLS ON THIRD READING, Svectat Disatch to The Chteaco Tribune. Srusorinep, HL, Feb, 15.—'The House mot thls morning at the usual hour, nearly all of the “ flying? members having returned, and proceeded with the order of House bills on third reading, Tho first ono on the calendar was Carr's hedge-fence bill, which encountered the op- position of Allen, of Whitesides, who thought it more injurious to the public fiterests now. than It was befure $f was amended. ‘hero was little crough shade in Ilinots, anyway, —fow enough trees anywhere,—and the ‘proposition to make the thing even worse by cutting down all the hedge-fences to within five feet of the ground was one deserving of revrobation, Hetherefore moved to recom anit tho Dill, A motion to lay that motion on tho table was made, and promptly voted down, and tho bil was thereupon sent back to the Com- iittes on Ruads, Mlghways, and Bridges, to be pawed over and licked into better shape. ESTRAYS. ‘The next bill on the Hst was Crews’ little measure on the subject of estrays. It was read a third time, and went through without any diMeulty, about half the meimbers yot- ing. ‘The bill, as passed, fs as follows: ANILL for an act to umend Sec, Gof an act on- Utled “An aet to revise the Inw in regard to" eatrays and other lost property," approved Mareh 23, 1874, in force July 4, 1874. BECTION 1, Ne it enacted, ¢ ‘hat See, bof an act entitled “An net to reviso the ta in regard fo eatnty's and other fost property.” approved March <5, 1844, and in foree July 1, 1874, be and. fhe samo is lereby amended s0 a8 tu roud as fol- low: 6 Whoever takes up or bns at any tino upon bis Inclosed lands an estray, shall, a3 soon us Grantlealie. cuuss three notices to be posted and a notice tobe published ut least ones in ench week for two suceuasive weeks, In some newspaper published In tho county where the person taking up such estray may restde, or if Ho newspnper is published In said county, then in tho nearcat newspaper pubtished in the State, giving the residence of tho taker-up, and 4 pare ticular description of such cata ita nye, color, and marke, natural and urtifieltl, as near ns Tuy be, and stating beforo whut Juatico of the Penco In tha town or precinct where such taker= up may reside, and at what tine, not teas than five nor moro than ten days from tho lust pub- Ucution of such notice ns nforesuldy bo will ap- Ry, to have tho estray apprilsed. For the pub- Heution of such notice tho publisher of the newspiper shall bo pald by the taker-up the sum of $1, which amount shall boa part of the costs and charges of such tiker-up, and repaid to bim as provided for othor costs in See. of this act, TOWN CONSOLIDATION, . The Town-Consolliation bill introduced by Collitis, of Cook, was then taken up and read n third tine, and its author bridity stated its objects. ‘Tho billitself ts as follow: A Bunn for an act to amond an act entitled, YAn aot to revise tho law in rejution to townstip organization,’ approved and in force March 4, Beorion 1. He ft enacted, ete., That See. 12 of Art. 3 vf tho [nw in relation to township organi zution be ainended so ns to read us follows; Svo. #2. The County Hoard of cach county shull have full power and jurisdietion to uplte ‘two or more contiguous towns inte a1 such tuwa shall be united except lowing manner, tht Is to say ever one-fourth of the voters In ench of tho towns, or fn case the thule number vf voters in catch of atid towns amounts fo more than 4,000, then whenever not lest Un 1,000 of the voters li cach of the towns soughtto be uulted shall petition the County Board to unite such towns, sald County Honrd sail cause to be subinitted to the yoters of suld towns ut a goneral annunl clece on tobe hulden in each of such towns tho question of uniting, Notice of such olcetion shalt bo given by causing written or printed notices thoreof to be posted In tive public places 40 cach of sitid towns at lunat twenty dayd befora such election, und by publishing tho sare In at Jenst one newspuper (if nny there be published) in each of sald towns, or 8 nowspaper published: inguld counts. The Ballots cast at such etvo- ons to be written or printed, or partly writton aud partly printed, “For uniting" or Agninat uniting," to be Leanyussed Ih -Ilke man- ner us Votes for cofinty ollicers, aud roturned to no County Bord, who shuld cause tha votes to be cunvassed; and if 2 mnority of voters of enoh town youlug at such election shall vote for uniting atch towns, such County Board, at the Invouuy ut which such voto fs cunvussed, or at tho next succeeding meeting, shull proceed to declare such towns united, aud give tho united towns 2 name, aud deline tha boundaries thore- of; provided, that tho offiuers uf eel of auch towns sball continue to hold tholr respective olives, and discharge the duties thercof, durlug the remainder of tho term for which they woru reapectively. cleated: and, provided, that tho Commissioucra of Highways for cuch of aud towns In offico at the thine ‘of sald unlon shall continue jn and discharge tho duties of thelr ro- spective oftices during tho romalndor of. thy torma for which thoy wera olected, and in tho disuhurge of thelr duties shill act in conjunc. tions and, provided further, that the unton of Buch towrs shall not’ be completo until the ox- plration of tho torms of ull officers in auld towns who ure clected to serve for the porlod of ono yeur, Witte, of Cook, sailed in to oppose the bill, busing hls opposition an the objection that one-third of the people of a town lad Itin thelr power to compel the County Board to submit the question of uniting to the pso- ple, nad on. the ground that the consolidation would result !n the building up of a huge political machine which the taxpayers would find very hard to control. ‘Ihe peo- pie on the South Side partdeularly had had somo exportence with ring rule Mn thelr'fown Government, and they are not at all anxious to return to ft, 0.8, Cook, of Cook, opposed the bill on the ground of the unequal condition of the three towns. Inthe South Lown the 2 per cent an collections went to pay the town ex- poses. Inthe North and West ‘owns It was retained by the ‘Fown Collectors. If tho South ‘Lown cout do this, why could nob tho others% If tho othors did not do tt, why should a town, which did bo burdened by 9 unlon whieh must be a flnaneially and other- wise unfortunate ono? Besides, tt would not bo nimensure of economy, While two setsot Assessors, Collectors, Clorks, and Supervii- ors Would be Jonped off, there would be just ag many deputies and plerks in all the de- partments, If plot more. . Novkwell, of Cool, contended that the three towns wero in substantially the same financial condition, ‘and that the consolida- tion was desired by the Poona, Colllus, of Cook, in elosing the discussion, showed that the bill prosed to go but ane step further than was now provided by law. 1t shuply provided for subinitting tho question of uniting two or more contiguous towns to the people, and he wasn't afraid to have It ft thore, Ag for bhuself, he had no friends tn ottice on the South Slde or uny other alde to make him overanxious about retaining the balance of power, Durfree, of Macon, thought tho bill should pass because It proposed to cut down the huuber of tax-caters, But thy dlousa was evidently disposed to take a different view of boevalers, ‘aud pro- ceeded to sit down on the bill with all “the “hett” embodied In a vote of 78 nays to UL yeag. Those voting Jp favor of Ahobll were: Mock, Allen, Crews, * Buitoy, Durfee, Mortland, Buldwin, Erwin, . Puelps (Couk), i CHICAGO TRIBU. Plotks (Cook), Cnrland, Holden, Parish (Cook), Keen (Wabnth) ltoblugan, Kroll (Cook), Hockwell (Cook) Linegar, Himonson, MeCinie, lav hark Morris, Torts. Collins (Cook), Mann, The Cook County members voting against the DiI were: Hitner, Uinek, Hryun, Jhundy, Cook, 0. 8. MeMahon, Foxton, (iorman, MeKone, Suttivan, Harris, Migroslawskl, White, And those who didn't vote gaint It were ele absent or “dodging "—more “dodgy. Te. A motion will be made to reconsiler the ote, and sumething may come of the bill ‘ MISCELLANEOUS, Black's bill creating an additional term of ho Alexander County Cirenit: Court was passed with an emergency clause, ns was also Ames? bill to provide for the ustabilsi- ment of Probate Courts in counties having 40,000 Inhabitants, MeAdams’ Rock and Gravel Road blll was reeommitted, Shaw's bil on mortgages, providing for the acknowledgment of ehittel-mortzages by County Judges in towns or precincts Where no neting Justice of the Peace resites, was read a third ding and passed without any trouble, Olwit, of Crawford, offered a resolution instructing tho Revenue Commlttes to cone sider the expedleney of . AMENDING THT Tt 80 as to provide for the of taxes, If wns refe Connnittee, Hillvof MeLedn, made 2 cover the State Institutions when he sent up alone resolution denouncing the employment of the “sisters, cousins, and aunts” of the Supers tntendents and other offictuls connected with such Institutions, and Instructing the Visit- Ing Committee to look into the alleged. favoritism and report tothe House. It was referred to that Conunittee. a\fter nn announcenent, slened by Chafee, Olwln, Simonson, Wood of Knox, Wood of De Kalb, Dysart, Strattan of Jefferson e- Morris, Davia. Reno, V Blackaby, Morgan, and Rinuley, to. the effect that nll members of the House favornvle to further'restrictive legisintion an the sibject of the sate of aleohoile stttnulants were re- auested to meet in the Governor's reception= room In the evening, the Mouse adjourned until to-morrow morning, . PRONMIBITION, AN OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR WItITING, Spectat Dispatch to The Cheago Tribune. Sprivavtenp, I, Feb. 15-11, 3. Miller, of Riverton, President of the Riverton Al cohol Works, and iore famtiarly known in Chicago as “ Butfelo” Miller, — ex-County ‘Treasurer, hag written an open letter to Sen- ator Whiting on the temperunes questton, ‘The letter Is un unusually calm and thought- ful discussion of the subject froma purely business standpolnt, dealing direetly with the fucts in the caso and showing the bad re- sults which would Inevitably follow such radical mensures as the culd-tea fanatics pro- pose to curry out If thoy can. ‘Lhe letter Is as follows: To the Hon L. D. Whiling=My Dea sire Haying served with you one term inthe [nots Legisiature, and knowing you to bo conserva. Uyg and anxious to perform your duty fn such manner a8 will best subserve the interesta of tha peoplo of the State, and ja view of the leg. islutive action that 13 asked of your honorable body at the present session hy the various tem- benineo organizations throughout tho Btute, d the declaration by them that they would bo Batistted with nothing leas than the totul pro- hibition of both manufacture and sale of spire Stuous, vinous, und malt liquars, 1 witt present for your constidoration a vew facts that are per- Unent to the subject, ITS EFFECT ON AGHICULTURE, Tho export of xralu to Kurope in the Inst two years has been unprecedented. The tlmost, tot failure of tho crops iu Englund in 1873, aud grently dimlalshed crop in Continental Eucopo ‘or the same yeur, crentod such demand tor our coroals a8 never before existed, ningment- dug the price of wheat iu the Chicagu muurket to $1.0 per bushel, Tho failure in Enropo in 187) was but partial, and while the demand tor our cereals (s still netive, itis uta yfeutly reduced pre » Iteannot be In the nature of things that Europe should experience a succossion of full- ures, and when sho once gathers an abundunt crop the domand for our us Will greatly: diminish, und, as a consequence, the prico for tha saine will recedo etll further, necording to tha Inpxorable law of supply and demand. ‘Then, aynuin, emigration In our country fs cot atantiy and ceaselessly flowing West; new hom stnads are located, und. the Uxqud acres of our virglo soil aro more and more brought under tho subjection of the plow, adding constantly to our store of wrain. The area of wheut culture is also expanding with equal strides iu other parts of tho wortd, until fur-oif Indin und Australia have become our competitors inthe Buropean markots. ‘The Commissioner of Internul Revenue, in his report tor tho, fiscal year ending June 80, 183), Pagea 3) to 42, glves tho actual numberof bushels of grain consumed in tho manufucture of dis- tillud spirits nt 24,000,032. ‘The browera used, during tho sume time, ostlinating three bushels of mult ton barrel OF beer, 09,000,000 bushels of barley, which would make tho consumption of grain by thosn two Industries Gi0K59 bushels annually, | Deprive tho country of this mirket, or outlut, for this amount of surplus grain, and precipitate the game upon an ulrendy plethoric inurket, and it would require no prophet to fore- oll tho dixustrous result, In addition tu this, thousands of acres now devoted to the culture of the vino and hop would bhuveto be utilized for othor agricultural products, Sceretary Fisher, of our State Board of Agri+ culture, informs us that thore was ralsed of corn, in Utnols, tn the your 188), 24),607008 bushels, and that tho net margin of profit to the farmer on this crop amounted to $445.1. his would Ivo uw net profit of 13; cents n bushel, Wo know that grain atthe present tline, with all the con sumption olny on, ia-stagguring under the quantity offered. “Add to “it 62,000,000 bushels, and tho farmer ean ensily (gure whut the mur gln of profit in such caso would oF THE FINANCIAL QU ON, Tho finauctal question ts so closely allied to this ono that it cannot bo casily separated. tn bringing inte tine the rebellious States, tho United Stutes burdened ftsclf with a tearfully heavy debt. Under tho present order of thlogs Wo ure get lang wiong swiinmingly, reducing tho mimo od by doy, month by month, and year by year, The Coimimisstoner of Internal Revenud, in bis report, paye 4, recommends the Hition of all revenue ‘taxes oxc wt on upiriis, malt liquor, and tobacco, He si “ Kollance can be pliced on reackving $1:34,000,000 anqually from those three sourees.” The totul aim@unt recelved from tobacco during the Lust fiscal year amounted to $48,850, 140.08, ‘This would lenve for spirits nud inate [quors $85,000,000 annually. ‘This ly oxclusivoof tho finport dutios colleoted annually on tho same articles, Hy prohibiting entirely the munufaeturo and salu of these articles you wipe out 883,000,000 revenue, which $3 equal to cae aunuaily on evory nt wowan, and ebtld in the United Bates. ¢ provisions for ralsing this umount would hive to be made, 1 do not belleve the people of the Uultod Ktutes would agnin consent to 2 universal tax on all urtlelcs, Incoures, cto, It is more Ukely the Government would order: thia ainuunt rulyed by direct taxation, In such ense the tux woul’ bo apportioned por eupita, and tho peuple of the State of Iilinals, tn adel- tion to tha taxes wiready assessed on thuin, would have to pay €6,100,000 annually, which 15 agrenter amount, thin’ tho profit on tho entire corn cropof the State, How long would ie bo under such aatite of alfatrs until the dovtring of repudiation would be a8 populur in Itituola ad in some of the Southern Stites? 18 EFFECT ON THE GENERAL TRADE, Tho offevt of such icgisiaton, if enforced, would bo folt by tho farting community, first, in # decreased demand for thelr cereals dud un- remuncrative price for tho same. Whenever Qqur agriculturul interests flourish, all other Dranchos of trado are uctive and remunerative. Deproas agriculture, and reduco tho price of thoir product ton pulnt where there Js no profit, and tho pturehasing powcr of tho farmer is one, Tho product of our munufacturing estublish- nents would romnin in the funds of the manus fuvturer for want of purchasers; the jouds of the nierohants, for tho same curse, would re- main onthe shelf, and the locomotives in tha round-houges, for the price grain would bring would not pay, fortho transportation. Tn discussing this subject su fur, T have ene deavored to contin myself to fucts, and Lido not holleve 7 have exayyorated or overdrawn the visture. Whutover wo ty think of the ladles who are leading thls crusade, one thing bs certain: they have nover shown any ability to Krapple with tiauclal mutters, and they have trled thelr hunda on tton loth continonty; and the Professors, who nro tbo bungeni-en, aid who so glibly denounce the ruvenne systems of our Goy> crninent, would find bard work to imuke both suds iucot outside of thelr profegsions. Wo have now un tho statute book inwa suf olont, tf properly executed, to crush tho abuses complained of. In view of tha experlonces of othor States, ty it not better to ayold all legista- tlon on the subject until the people ure educated to enforces thosa laws? If it is afterwards found thoy ure defective, thon fs the the to amend thotn, With great reapeot, yours, ete, HB, Mitien, TOPICS: OF INTEREST, TUE PHAMSMACY WILL, Bvectat Dispatch to The Catcugy Tribune, Sprinarinun, Ill, Fob. 1.—The Mousa Committes on Corporations will report back a sltbatitute for the Pharmgcy bil, retaining mmuch of tho original, together with the un- merous amendments grafted on fn cominit: teo, ‘fhe most jmportant of these is ono which provides that druggists who dispense splrituous or other Nquors for other than sulely medicinal purposes shall not be ex- VENUE LAW ieainatial payment ed to the Re 2 ct would have been fn favor of the Dil. _ = empt from the penaltles provided in the Drau-Shop net. In addition thereto their certificates nny ho revoked, but they shall hot be civilly or erhninaily Hable where: the silo ot gift was made In good faith for the actual necessities of medicine to a person not.ainnoror in the habitot getting Jntoxteated, nyon the subscribed representa- tion of the purchaser or ‘reeiplent that the Nquor fs to be used solely for, medicinal purposs ‘The strict temperance element, find the Mberal element who DON'T OKC TO AN OCCASIONAL " N1? ata drig-store, foitght some tlie over the orlpinnl fon which bore on this subject, but finally agreed upon the provision as Just viven. ‘The section providing wu penatty for those who de get Hquors from thelr druge gists on the sly wns stricken ont, As anended, the Di] meets the views of all gle- ainents, and will very probably pass, ’ ‘Tha sane Conmnittes will send ina Com: inittee DIM authorizing any Incorporated ef ty or village to provide by ordinance for hole fe its annual and town elections on the samo day, ‘The House Committee on Jndiclal Depart- ment placed Itself ina curious position tu- day by sitting duwn on the Senate bul for the econsolldation of the Supreme Court, snd agreelng to vecomment the passage. of the House bill providing for the sume thing, The Senate bitleamaup first, and, owing to the absence of two or three who favar consotidas Hon, the voto stead fiveto six, Morris, of Jlardin, the Chairman, ts interested in keep tng the Court on wheels and having It visit hin oecasionally at-Mt. Vernon, and so cast the deelding vote with, the anti-consoli« datlon fellows, Chandler, of Cass, arrived from the depot about this time, but was REFUSED THE USUAL COURTESY of belng allowed to cast his vote, which When the fouse bill came up fer.consideration the nuijority was the other way, and the Ottawa and Mt. Vernon people subsided. ‘The con- solldution members will make n minority re- port on tho Senate bill, and the probabllity is that it will find more signers than the so- enlled majority report, the absentees belnge ‘generally favorable to the project. ‘I'he ad- vantage whieh the Ottawa and Mt, Vernon avernkeepers at present have Is, thot an alleged majority are In favor of king a bill whieh hus already passed one House, But it is quite likely that the House wilt sit down on them us heavily as they would like to sit down onthe bill, THERE WILL DUA LIVELY Fiat when the matter comes up, and the consoll- dation people are ‘confident of ecarrylng the ‘The Senate, 1s shown by tts prompt, deelsive action In the matter, Is almost unan- imously In favor of consoldation, and the inajority of the members in the House are belleved to he Hke-minded. Itturned ont that one of the names at- tuehed to the callin the House fora show of temperance hands got there by mistake, ‘Che custum of circulating petitions recummend- ing. people for positions of various sorts fs still) honored in the ob seryanee, Dysart, of Lee, — under the -fmpression that the call for this mecting was something of that sort, une hesitatingly and unwittingly put his name to it, When he heard himself announced as one of those who were In favor of more stringent temperance leeistation, lie made up his mind to rend everything hereatter be- fore slzulng it. Te was the moro quiet work among the members rather than the talk on the flour that killed THE TOWN CONSOLIDATION MILT. The chlet argument agalnst it was, bee under the consoldation of North, Suuth, uni West Clean, the Collector of the new-mnade town would Le required to give a bond of between tive and six millions, while earning a pitiful S100 for his services in dunolug people for taxes, Unless the pay were [n= creased, if was arened, no one of any char veter would take the offiec, and town af fulrs ‘would full) back into‘ the linnds -of such mien ns Mike Evans, Ed Phillips, and the f the pay y Increased the eeonom- Seal feature would be Jost, and. the expenses of the ‘Town Government’ would be about as thoy are now, while the whole thing would be unwieldy and enumbersoma inthe ex- treme, Calling, of Cook, made a stubborn fight In favor of the DIN, showlng that under the present law two towns ean be consoll- dated, and that the bill simply proposed to go a stew further and uthorize the Cgunty Bonrd, on petition, to subuit to the the question of consolluating two or more towns; but the arguments of the opponents of the bill, nnd the general feotine atuong the Crangers that consolidation and ventraliza- tlon were one and the same thing, Stronger, and the DUI was ruthlesly GOV. CULLOM RETURNE: ‘ople M this morning Itghly pleased with his visit to the President-oleét and his ex-colleagae in Congress. When asked as to the object of Als visit, the Governor very frankly adinitted that he went down to subinit Hinoly’ elalns toa place in the new Cabinet, though he hind noone in particular to urge, and certalnly Ho one te oppose, Hoe went pels andginle- Jy as nrepresentative of [lnots to finpress upon Preshlent Garfield the fact that thera Is any amount of roo Cabinet timber “in the Pralrie Stute, and to sugeest that somo of It night he utilized with propriety and to advantuge. While tha Governor didiv’t say so In so muanye wards, it was drawn out somewhat “ erabwisely ” that Gen, Garield, ont of hls very warm feels {ng to Utnots and her people, has had this mutter under consideration for some lttle tle, and is disposed to neknowledge the strength of the chums put forward by glving inols the War or Navy: Department with Robert f. Lincoln at Its head. ve Cultomn predlets that the new Cabinet will be a strong one, and ong which will give satis{actlon to the country atlare,, while the alm of the how Admintstratton will be to Insure the grentest. peospority to tho American peo- ple ahd tho best oluss of Republicans in the tepublican party. ANOLISHING LIP: The followlug 1s abolishing lif “SENTENCES, Senator Fualler’s bili ntences in the Penitentiary: A WiLL foranact w amend Sees, 42, 14, and 2H of wn act entivied “An uct to revise tho Jaw tn relution to criminal jurlaprudonce,” approved Murch 27, 1874, Reetion |. Bo (t cuaeted, ete That Sces, 142, M40, und 237 of an act entitled et to rev! the Jaw in rotation to criminal Surtaprudence auproved March 27, lit, be so°mmended as to read reapeetively as followers Sze, 42. Whodver Is guilty of murder stall suffer the puntshinent of death or Imprisonment in tho Penitentiary for a term not less tian fourteen years aad not exceeding thirty-three Years, If the nvcused 18 found wrullty bya Jury, thoy shall fie tha punishment by their verdict; upon a ploa of gullty, tno punishment shall ba fixed by tho Court. HEC. 18, Whoever ts yuilty of manslaughter shail be tmprisoned jn the Penltentiary fur a term not oxcocding thitty-thres yours. If the hecuged Is fonnd guilty by a Jury, they shall ix, the puuiahinent by thelr Verdot; upan a plea of puiityy tha punishment shull bo tixed by the Jot i. Raye ta tha carnal knowledge: W female toroibly and agalnst bee wilt, Every mato person of the age of 1 years und upc who sball hive carnal knowl. cdgu of any female ehitd wader the age of 10 qoure elfabr with or without her consent, shall h E we adudged to he guiltyof the crime of mipe, Every person convicted of the crline of rape shall be tinprisoned in tho Penitentiary tor a tern not fess than one year and not exceeding thirty-three years, ns EMBARRASSED, Bpectat Dispaten tu ‘Phe Crleago Tribune, Dernort, Mich. Feb, 15,—A groat deal at gure priae was created In bualness circtow bere to-day by w knowledge of tho fact that Freedman Uros., ono of the most prowlnent retall dry- woods and nation Arms Jn the city, bad given chuttel-mortuages to the amount of $100,000 to Protect thoir creditors, Three mortguges were placed on record to-day,—ong to Bates, Ried & Cooley, of Now York, dnted Nov, 11, for $45,000; one to the People's Savings Bunks, dated the 1th of thls month, for $19! tad. tho third to Lb, Dreytuos & Co. of New York, for nearly $8,000, The one ta the bane cuntiing # provisional cliuse enabling Leopold Freud, & Director, to take charge ortho establishment and convert tho dally sates 10 the liquidation of the depts duo the bunk poopie. rT JOURNALISTIC, Bpeclat Dispatch to The Chledga Tribune, « Vixcennes, Ind, Feb. M.—Tho Vincennes Commercial, a Republican dally of this city, was toeday purchased from 8. F, Morrall & Sona, former proprivtory and publishers, by (he Vin- connes Commercial Company, composed of leads Jog Ktopubliouns, with J.C. Adan defeated candidate for the Btatu Legislature, ay munag- ang editor. TILE ADDIS SCANDAL, Further Testimony in the Great Divorce Case at Grand Rapids, Mich. Willtam Addis, the Defendant, on the Witness-Stand Yes terday. He Donies Every Allegation of Lewd- ness or of Cruelty to His Wife, And Claims that He Is as Pure as the “ Beautiful Snow." Mra. Addis the Bight of Mls Life and the Bane of His Happiness. He Proposes to Show Up the Amours of the Ohief Attorney for Complainant. A Further Flood of Filth and Nasti- ness to Be Let Loose. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Grasp tapes, Mich, Feb, 16.—When Court opened this morning the examination of Omar HH, Provin was continned. My, Proyin produced: the note Addis indorsed for him, and the cone tract ns to collaterals yiven as security for such indorscment, sustaining his testimony. Ho bad been active in wetting Blougett's (who was his fathor-jn-law) ball reduced. Judge Harris, tho Police Judge, when he held him to the Superior Court for trial on the charge of perjury, fixed the ball at $1,000, Afterward Judge Holmes, through Provin's offorts, reduced it to $1.00. Bull was ulven, and be was reteased from Jail. ‘This mutter was gone Into fully to ascertain tho connection of fe THY ADDIS FAMILY with {t, None was shown save that Blodgett told the witness that Mra, Addis would not ave. him prosecuted, He had told Audis of the klas- ing scone, described yesterday, after the former trouble. He belleved that lodyett and Mrs. Addis bad been guilty of adultery, founding his opinion on Blodgett's testimony, and what he knew before the trouble, Frank F. Cutts, formerly Prosecuting Attorney, was thu itext culled by tho compluinant, He knew of the urrest of Blodgett on tho charge of perjury and of Addis on the charge of suborna- ton of perjury. He caused tho arrest. tle was nware that Godwin, Mry. Addis’ chief attorney, DID NOT DESIRE BLONGETT TO BE ARRESTED whon ho wae, but did not Know that Godwin then wanted 1 stenographic report of Blodgett’s confession that he hud sworn falsely, and that that way Godwin's desire for delay. Ho hud thought ft was for some othor purpuse, He had supposed that Blodgett was sultty of a terrible erline, and thought. the sooner he was safely arvested tho better, and in tho interests of distlee solely pushed the ense, even against the opluions of Mrs, Addis’ attorneys. He was not in any senso unfriendly to Mra. Addis or her cuse, and did not consult and adyise with her opponents, nor did he issue_a request to the Sberiif to keep visitora from Modgett with tho view of preventing Mrs, Addis’ friends from seeing him or getting 0 full stenographic repor of IIS CONBESSION, He diditeolely to keep Addis and his friends away, ou the theory that he, who was thon nac- cused of, suborning the perjury Blodgett was aecused of, rust be prevented trom acting in collusion with hin, Hts testimony was not eon. + elinied when he left the witness-stand, Hd. Shinkman, the Assistant Pallee Judge, who conductod the examination of Addis on the charge of subornation of perjury, was called. Ho discharged Addis because thore was < NO EVIDENCE’ AGAINST MIM, Mr. Kutts conducted the proscention, He gat us Pollea Judge bocuusesudge Harrisas he un- derstood, wus un attorney tn some way in the Addis trouble. Mow or what, be did not under- stand. Ife thought that Harris had auggested a low bail for Addis, but knew be bad sald that Addis could give larve ball as cnally as small. dotn Perry, Under Sherif, who arrested Blodgett and Addla both, swore,that hls Instrie- Mons from Prosecutor Kutts were im- partial, and, as he belleved, in the fu- tarests of justice: Thore was nothing In Kutts’ ucts or couversadon to indicat otherwise, -or nny unftlendiiness to Mrs. Addis. Walter 5. Gee, Deputy-Sherit and Turnkey at the jail, sald that Bludgett's friends were allowed to sea him; that dre, Addis’ attorneys never were re- fused nn opportunity to seo bim or get his con Tussion, and, go far as ho knew, never tried to wet it. WILLIAM ADDIS, THE DEFENDANT In tho case, was next called by the complainant, anda beginning mado of the direct examina: ton, Ho swore that his nuswer to Mrs. Addis" bill of complaint was drawn by tho Hon, Emery A. Storrs, of Chicago: that ho knew its contents, and that itwas true, [tsa specie denial of all,or nearly all of Mrs, Addis’ charges. He‘ awore that he nover struck her, choked her, kivked her, bout ber, or throntened her with ao revolver or pistol at uny thao or anywhere, HE DENIED IN TOTO THE CIARGH of criminal intercourse with Sirs. W, O. Sylycs- ter, or tut be bad ever patd her any imurney, or that be had ever udinitted to aoy one er told any one that ho had had ittlelt fatercourse with her, or that ho over pald Sylvester any money" on tteeount of the “ulleged —sleeptng-car ata, He admitted the payment. of z after Mra.” Sylvester's to ah vester” death, but did it to prevent scandal and trouble for himself and familly, He had. considered Sylvester's efforts bluckmalt, and had told hls wifo of tho tuatter, and ndvised her if Byivester Cotes on her to turn him out of the House. He hus INTERCEPTED THE ALLEGED CONFEASION of Mra. Sylvester, sent to Mra, Addis by Syte Vester, and probably burned ft, as he thought [te tho best and rignt thing to do, His bill of cot pitint war mide because he beHeved It tre nud ho had the confession of Mra. Addis to him wa tho busi of it, He was entirely will- ing the deeree abtalned ow it shoul be Vacated and uw further and more complete in= vestigation bad. He did not diamiss bis case tealust Mow Addis. (ly attorneys did it without hisndviee, consent, binta, or orders, Hu did yo to Wingsor, Canada, for three weeka, and while there called himavlf Willkim ‘Chonas to avont hows neber. reporters and the curious who hud card oF THE CRLEMLATED ADDIS CASK, Ho went because nis son and athor friemts ale vised ft, and in the hope of procuring u settle: ment of tho tranbies the better, Mo wis not afraid of criminal process, and nover had béen, as he bud done nothing wrong, and kuow bo could prove it. So when he got ready he telegraphed Ue ofcers that ho was coming, When he went away there Were no warrants ayalnst him, or charges mado. jo did return fa thy aleht to hid bouse during tho time to get persounl property, Ho catho on ono train nnd lete ou the next. HE NEVER MAD BEEN GUILTY OF ADULTHY witb Mrs. Pects, as churged {ub ts wito's bill, or ernel to Mr, Addis on hur account, though thoy. bud bad small auarrels on her account. Ho never had consurted = with lewd women . but asked It in ny way, when ey “had n hat Intorcourse with any woman ive bis wife during tho Afteen yours preceding the trouble deullned to unawer, lo had never usked hla wife to forgive him, for he was nut THE ONE THAT NEEDED FORGIVENESS for nny such offenso. Sho wus tho ono, He charged Godwin, her attorney, with making up ost of her bill of compliint uguinut blus out of Whole cloth, and when asked as to hls amours, retorted that Godwin, who was questioning him, know more about such matters and abused wives than he, Ho toll Godwin that before he yor through the cave ho would produce more of hls (Godwin) weltlag than be would like to see, ‘Yhis phusu of tho case, In its further devolop- mount, promised fo be among the most tupor- nt eutures Jn it, full of sunsations nu itnas COL, ————— ‘The Vending of Sawdust—A Suug Lite Uo Business of Two Millions a Your in New Work. New York Wortd, ‘There are about GN vouders of suwdust in thle elty, huving u capital of about Baxouu Invested $y und dom ao bushiess amounting to more than S200,00) annually, Forty an tay yours ayo,” said one of tho ploneems da the busines yeatorday, "you could get all the sawdust you wauted for nothing, and the ailiis were glad to have you cartit uway. When | began, about twenty-tlve yeurs ugo, they only charged titty conta w toad, but there ‘was “an fucrons|ng de> mand and the prices increased until now the average price la R00 y load. People think wo wot It for nothing, Duty see we baye to pay wood round price for it, ‘There were only a few men carting sawdust around, odd- dod Uke, ‘when beguy, but now it bos grown into a tnrge, regular legitl. wate business, We get aur sawdust from the tnills un-town, over tt Greenpolnt and. in es City, and from the box-factories aud planinr-mnills. “Thos al charge about the sum pries, Four orjive yeura ago Mr, 0. €, Newell vot outa patent machine to grind up shavings, and now we can get ground shavings fram four: of the large mitle, They aro coarser than saw- thst, and are shaken ont xo that thoy are not so «histy, and some people like them better, in the suminer tine the inills are busy and saw dust fs plonty and cheap, Tho demand for it 1s hot. so gedd ether, “Phis winter the supply hat been very reunt, for the inillsean't get the lum. her from Atbany and the Weet on neconunt of the cold nnd fee,and [have scon men pay f6and $5 Fora load of sawdust. Whoare our eray Why almost ‘The hotels, eat- img-shouses, anioone, gre tea, dry: goods, and other business’ houses, Sawdust ie wet and spread over ioors, faying the dust apd making the sweeping cleaner work, Mumbers a grent deal about pipes and. buritd walls and floors, Soda-water 1m of ginss and small articles of every . ddoils nod some Hving erentures are more or Jose wtuited with It. Almost everybody uses tt In one way oridnother, Washington Market tikes two or three loads today. and a great deal is loon the plers, and stables require many duy. Yellow pine makea the beet sav fs the tet ad has a wood, But a y wood dist will da, a grent deat of binek walmtt snw- here, but It will not sot, and wo they have tobure It, Our profitay They anat be falr, or there would nut ve so many fin tho business, You needn't guy so, but we make about twiee w4 mnuch on loud ns themlll men do, But our ex onsiderabie. Uh, it isa big uusiness LOCAL POLITICS. The Growing Opposition to Mayor Harrison's Re-clection, Efforts to Find a Good Candidale Who Docs Not Want the Place. THE MAYORALTY, STEADILY GLOWING OFPUSITION TO MI. HAR- RISON, 2 There is no denytug tho fact that everything that Carter H. Harrison has been doing of Inte a3 Mayor of Chicugo has been with as eye to ree election this spring, The’ opposition that hag grown up ngaing? hint fs more than politien!, and covers n wiiler range In imunieipal aifatrs than inere party, There are thuae who say that this Adiniuistration bas been anythiug but a bigbe toned or moral one, Tho gampler has hat a free and uurestricted away. Mike McDonald. hus been one of the teadhue advisers, His gambilng-bouse bas been run wide open, aud so has every other giumbling-bouse in town, with. out the slightest restriction. Tho most immoral saluon shows havo ritnon with untimited H- cense, concert-halls, whera the youth of both sexes ure brought together for tmmeorat pure pos have increased In number, until two of ther, in the very contenof the business heart of tho city, on Rundolph street, bave became ah eyesore, and created fn that quarter at united opposition to the retleetion of Carter 1. Harrison, Thay because of these facts thal the business-men and merchants of Chleau pro- pose to orgnolze and work agalnat Mr. Hurelson, und it cnn be stuted that UPWARDS OF 800 LEADING CITIZENS, regardless of party, bave itiready Plcazest them- selves ty vote—to work—ngainst his redlecuon, and thelr influence is reat wherever they ure kuown, Ibis only a few duysago that in a pel- vute uflice aver fifty leading busin MON IMneEe and canvassed matters thoroughly Aton those who were present or were in staat With the movement M red I. N. Eddy, Charles 2, August ir eG. Kelth, Edson Kelth, TW. Harv A. A. Curpenter, Herland, W. Fult T A. D. Houghtaling, Marry Ne Shortall, Heary W. Ring, Charte: Geome Sehnelder, W. T. Bak C 7 Baker, (. H. Case, Mason, Franklin MneVeagh, Jobn 8. I ‘hompson, tenes is,and M.A. F war. T. We Harvey presided, and an Executive cominittee was appointed, They considered tho good and bad polnts of diarrigon’s adminstration, {ln methods of dealing with city Sannces were commented on, aud credit W where jt belonged—to Con- n troller Gurney, His ability was recoguted. The manner fa whieh Harrison has dealt with low phices und gambling-nunses DREW DOWN UNFAVORANLE © One gentleman stated that Harrison revoked a Neense one dity and restored it the next, .to show bis poiver, and mu ‘iu dutuonkeeper his subse The Garden on State street, was mendoner au example. * Tals place is juet bs of u schoot-house. It hina been complamed uf time ana the agin, and us frequently hus the Heense been revoked and Just us often restored. His uetion on eleetion day Inet full, whieh ho bas since tried to excuse, wad commented upon, and it was stated that, (f Harrison was reblected. it would mean “bummer rule” during the next two years,—a rule whieh bad in part been kept in check By tho vigilinee of the peuple and press. dturing the past two years, but which could be hetd tu check no longer, owls to the pledges which Harrison hus been compelled to make itt onder to receive a renominntion. His bid for pollticu) notarial thromgh the medium of his emptoges In the Land Leagues also eame in for ashare of attention. ‘Thore was a unlvevsnl ex- pression of sympiuthy with tho Land-Leugue wultadion, Lut every inpu opposed its connection with lucul polities, ‘Tho nen who were discussed a3 AVAILAULE CANDIDATES wero Messra, Henry W. King, N. Kk. Falrbank, John Clark, the Third Ward Aldertnan, Franklin Mune’ Jesse Spalding, Eugene Cury, wad don U. Counley, President Chicago Mallenble ron Compuny, Sa far aa Mr, Fairbunk was concerned, hits abitity und public spirit were dis- cussed, but he would bave nono or it. Certain persong, It was sinted, deslred the place, but this wis not what the gentiomen wanted, ‘They want a man who hos no desire for the’ uttice, bit who will necept tt if be can obtain a nominution upon the platform of the Hepublican purty, whieh they believe will be for nn honest, economleal, ani municipal government. A cornmunieation was sent to IENRY W. KING ma asking if he would nceept a nomination if It RITICISM wero tendered, giving in dubstanes the facts 13 related above, and asking Mr. King to take inte consideration his daty a8 a eltien and tobe: -Willing to mike soniv xueriflves, As stated in yeaterduy’s TRInUNE, My. King mindy a very row pt rv Mr, King, in wubstance. std that. o recognized fully his dutyas at Taen, and wus wiiltng, a8 patriot, to hake sine Xue figes, bit wid ho taste for polltient position,— ho ambivon that way.—and, boslides, sa cht zen, he owed some dutles ty blinselt, and he feit. that to tedve his business two years tu uveept the alice of Mayor, under -any elreumetanves, would be too great a business steritce for hla iu nuke, and one which bo could not attard to i Bvershody spoken to dented the such ot commmiolcation yesterday; bn does exist, und that thu letter isin the hanas or Mr. ‘1. W, Hart suntiog le dented, Hemen oxpect to bo ealled togethor again wh jn ua few days to consider this missive, ua the eoeing wu Journed subjeot to the call of th Chale, ~ Jo this connection tt might bo stated that ft fd ~ proposed to call Inte existence agai Cor buel Hess the Municipal Reform Club, which was eo anecessfol Kame years gu, ‘hoy propose ty aeratinize tho Aldermanle tickets, and seo to 1b tint the City Administration {4 ran in the ine terest of the people during the next two years, CLUBS, SEVENTI WALD REPUTILICANS, A regulur meeting of tho Soventh Wand Kee publican Club was held but ulght at Maas’ all, corner of ‘Twelfth and Waller streats, Prealdent: Philip Mas in the chair, Very little business wad transucted, tion af Mr. G. W, Woodman, a coninit- latenes of z Onn teo was uppointed to walt upon the proper mu nlalpal authorities with a view to scouring of Republican representation in the nutter ‘a eleetion i cm in tho Seventh Ward at the coming cle jon, Just ua the meeting was about to udjourn Mr, Alex, Shunnon called attention ta the fact Hat two of the Judges who lad served in the Sixth Precinct of the Seventh Ward at the last spring clection were under indictinent, and that fram appourances they wero never solu to ba tried, Ib belng claimed that tmuteriul wity nesses could net be tound, ete. ‘Tho xentieman thucefore moved Uusitu committoe be aAppolnted to hunt np witnesses, and tla urge Upon Btate’s-Attornoy Mills his duty dn tho promises, The motion was carried, and Messed, J. 1, Ryan, HC. Heavey, and Jobu Schuulta were ippolnted ad the Committee. Another connmittes was then appointed to draw ipa, serlag of resolutions pertinent to tho subject to be presented tu Mr, Mills, thogy resolutions ty be ready ut the next nivetiue Tuesday night. THE CHICAGO DEMOCRATIO CLUB hold a meeting last eveniuy in the club-roam of the Tremont House, Owing to tho sinall attend> unee nothtug was done of nore hapertance than to udjuurn for two weeks, » IRISH, Special Dispaten tu ‘The Chicago Tribune, Jackson, Mich., Fev. U.—A muss mecting of tho Land Jeugue was held at Uulon Bait this eventug. ‘Tho attendance was very good. Bev eral prominent eltizens, representing ull Jeadure of political upluton, accepted sate on tho stage, Speeches were wade by Rdward Crome, the flon, B. 1. Beldan, 3.1L Brenan, and others, Quit: y umber of hidics were present, und the Meeting was Vigoruus and cnthusiuatic. Just before udjaurnnient meusures Cor ralviug wus Serial aiid were Inaugurated and well respoud- a 5 Onan, Neb, Fev. Vi—James Redpath dellys ered bls lecturv tast night under the auspices of the Irian Laud Lengue, THE BURNED CILURCK. How Unpleasant Rumors Concerning Dr. Tupper Were Started. The Reverond Gentleman Tells His Side of the Story (o n Reporter. Whore He Spont Saturday Evening, and How He Came to Visit the Ohuroh, ’ Future Prospocts and Plans of tha Soclety—Dr, Tupper to Remain In Chicago. Tho myatory attached to tho burning of the Michigau Avenue Baptist Church seems to in« erense with cach succeeding day, anid tha moat. emarkable feature ubout the whote affair is certalnly the extremely impleasant position In which the Rev. Kerr B. ‘Tupper, pustor of tho church. has bren placed. Certain publications and rimors have tended to direct suspicion foward the reverend gentleman regarding tho question of ineeudiariain, but te anyone talkiog With hin on the subject there could surety come no other convietion than that he had been outragvously wronged in the matter, and that the fault toy with persons who were Inelted by sellish prejudices tu seive birth to. the sttaplelou, Lawrence Jobnson, Janitor of the churel, who mag tag possiile tneendlacy. was the first one who endeavored ta {implicate “De, Tup- per, hut this wasonly when Juboring tnder the exeltement nid fear fintnediately following bla arrest, and h * AFTERWARD RETRACTED ALL, + and humbly bexyed Dr. Tupper's forelvencsa, Tue Junitor’s futher was the next to bint, in & ronndibout way, that the pastgr's behavior on the night of the fire was somewhat sttepiciots, but he, tog. nssimed an entirely: diferent Attl+ tide after his son had been discharged ty Jus- tee Wallace and was weltout of the altiicult: The last person whose views reflected upon I ‘upper was Mrs. Parker, who hul.at one time ovcupled upartmontatn tho church butlding, and served, [tts said, nen sort of Janttress, {t would apperr, however, that she wus actiated to this fram bnvtne heard that the pastor had talked as iT hea were i ak * A represontit this paper yesterday yisit« od Dr, Tupper at bla resid Ne Us Wabash fyentic, und hil quite i lenytithy convergation with bln converning the matter.” ‘The rererend xentleten hid net read the tornlug papers, hut had learned through friends of the terribly unjust aspersions that bad: Deen cast upon dim. Meing comparatively a stranger in the elty, and reling the need ot wise counsel und earnest, athy. he had that toruing telegraphed to Vu. for his father, who fs an aged nt divine of that city, Although feel- ing neurly henrt-broken that’ such un event should Lave arisen at the very outeet, almost, of . his ministerial career, the young mat appeared. Ju the coolest and frankest mood possible. He MADE THIS STATEMENT! “T can easily understand howcertnin alleged, facts would muke tt appear that Lmight be the Incendiney, but irone would only stop to ine quire what possible motive thors could be for the to fire tho building the absurdity of these suspietons would 1 he gullty one, but he now expresses us being exevedingly sorry that ho did Tn the rteroomn yesterdus morning old inmun Johnson positively denied thut he shad suited that he found ‘mo fusing about the organ in the dark on the ight of the tre—de- clired omphatically that) he aid not seo mein the suditeriam oat all Regard+ tho statement made by Mrs. Pare kev 2 will says thix:” ‘Toat Saturday night, after} had seen tho clouked flguce hurry down the alley way-at the south of tha churcl, 1 asked olleman dobnson if Mrs, Parker or her daughter over visited his farnilly, thinking that If they did It woutd explain the presence of the strange ture Psaw. Mry. Parker, heuring that Thad id thik quescdon, coubtéesa supporedt, Uhut T bad intended to throw suspicion upon her, something which never tered my mind. Thu ti wishere to see me yesterday, und [ told nt if there was anything i the world, which { mizbt do te uuteract the suspicion, L MN Most hippy to do ft. So far as my, of- money to keep quiet, tat is Rimvly afin, nd. 00 witl not say that 1 imade her eh of You wil not object,” questigned to telling Just : . YOU WERE THAT EVENING “Ry no means" answered Dr. Tupper. “1a the first place, Lbad iat been Inside of the nue, ditoriuin, where the fre sturted, aluee tly previ-. ous Friday morning, [bad been ta my mall-box outside of the dour nt the end of the alleyway twice dicing Katurday afternoon duking for [ahaa pea work whieh I am having pub- ished. Between 6 and G:iko'cluck I tuvk din ner, und then went to my room and did a litte iriting on tay work and correeting proof-slips, Somewhere in tho ne rhoul of 4% a’ctovk Lb startet for thy residence of Mes, Powell, a few doors this side of the chureb, on Michigan aves oO inform the Indy, who Is ane of our singers, that Kervices on the followtuy day 1 be bel in Avenue Hall Just wor bout ty ascend the steps of Mr Powell's resiionce J aaw a fyurea whlch was either Git oef a worn or a man with» Jong cloxk run acrost the street from the Church of the Messiah nad dleapporr down the alleyway at the south of our church. Ever Blove the Jugitor hud told me that be theugot Wednesday's tre was the work of an incendiary (he told hat Feld: Thad ferred that tha uv, without tiret sechiy hurried ‘atter the mysterious Uxure, tut contd see no ane. Going up to the rear duor Hit Pbuve inentloned, Dtrled it und found tt uniovked.—an unusual ogcurrence. Opening the dour, Pxtepped inside about two or three feet, and then ruttied the door to attract the uttention of the people up-staies, fustuntly a volve from the stalrway directly In frontar ing called que, © Woo's Unat? und this. volce I found to belotie tool man dotinwon, ‘etliig bln who Las and what! bad seen, 1 suggested that It would be well ta WATCH SHE CHURCH CAREFULLY that nicht, aud he answered that hy would, aity> fur that ret be wanted te gu somewhere aod iy earocery=bItL, We two then walked out ta Hehigin avenne ind there xepurated, Johnson wolug north and f wolng directly to Sea, Pows els, Ef reamined there not more thus theee ininutes, and then returved home. ft was thea twenty minutes to 8 and 1 eat down to prepare my sermon tor the following di wite and baby being {nthe room witht nat leave tho yoou ntl utter the news of the fre wag brought int. Pht fire must have beva hyhted tong thine after | ot bome,becnuse tue Fire Marsnai anys [t could not have been buroing for fiom ban half nu hour when the alucia was n" ations with the ehurct: uber and eugteedy the pleusantest charactor. Mbershiy had incesased dartuy my ten hor hero, and pone of the jmombers L to aie about my praspeets or my except Inthe must cneouruging manuer, ‘ad pitld only a Rinall sulury, and that by the Woek, DUC Was Butidiied tit the members would have dane more for me It they could baye af- om ay “fended -"If the church hnd nat burned, and those resolutions relutive to dishandlug hud beow nilopted as wed, what would probably hive been your positon after that?! “Well dthink thy church would hive been reorganized by tho Sunth Shie Buptists, that £ showid'probably have been retaised for' a few mouths us pastor, aid that De. Loriiner would ultimately have been given the charge, be being ok wentiuman whose ago und experlenve would atford bla greater (ittuence with the moneyed mon uf tha South Slde,—Just suck none wus needed to keep the chureb outot it Jioncial embarrisement, Lastly. Tintght huve then been culled to the First Habust Churetior to some othur in the “iy hat about your prospects for the future ows" “Lehall probubly sendin my resixnation to- morrow, but P shall certaiuly reamin jn Chivago nti after this diticulty, bas been settled, Bly wity and | bad contemplated a visit South, but alnece this dupleasant tatier came ip we hive: most emphutically decided to ranula here for a tine," a MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE, Spectat Dispatch to The Chieago Tribune, Koxona, Ind, Keb, 15.—Avout ono year ago * Germon tajer named John Myers came bere and oponed « shop, and, being steudy and Indu: Iwious, soun built up a thriving trade, He wae uurricd, and scemed most bapplly eltus ated in obits domestic —relations,~-taks ing great pains ti adding new comforts to bis homo as fast ws bls means would allaw, It xeeins that in hls travels through the work, ho tat collucted several valuable diumionds, and sumo three weeks ago bo sinitiod his luteus tlon of golog to Washington Clty, 2. C., to dis- pode of then, having bt view. the obJeotut bus at howe with the proceeds, He started ac~ cordingly on his imiasion, alice which tue no tidligs can bo hud from blur, His wife is almost distracted with grief, und, baying the fullest contd Of hin, thitks ho his been fuully deult with. Among othur things, Myers had tit ‘hit possession wu upron of nn antique pattera, that he chimed was made ucen of 8eotts while tioprisoned in England, fot cous ectured ure utlout as to the curses of bly disup- emranee, but us yet nothing delinit cau be eurned of bis whereabouts. . ————— SMALL-POX, Des Moines, In., Feb. 1.—Un0 vaso of small- pox and two cased. of varioivid were dereloped bore to-day. Prompt and olfective protective iuvusurca will be taken vy the Hourd of Health, Fute akin, cosy ebcek: Weetust breath Iu Hop buorantsplrits, and 0) itera, Sue notice, ee