Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1881, Page 9

— THE STATE GAPITAL oo New Bills on Military Mattors Reported in the Senate, goszponumont of Sopator Olark's Bill Amending tho Law of Qor- porations, rnoon Sessions of the House to Be Held After March 10. fhe Question of Consolidating ihe Grand Divisions of the Su. preme Court. Dofeat of the Measure by an Over- whelming Combination of Self-Interest. nflorunlnwskl Formally Confirmed in Iiis Bent by Ofiicial Sanctlon. Justor’s Very Propsr aud Muoh-Needed Justico Bill Advanced to Third Roading, BENATE. TESTERDAY'S PIOCKEDINGS. Bpectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribunes SeRINGFIELD, March 3.—~The Senate met #t the usual hour. The Senate Committes onMilitary Affairs reported three new bills on milltary matters. Thoy were drafted by the Chalriman, Senator Adams, and intended tobecoples of bills on the same topies now pending in the House. They refer to payihg the Sixth Infautry and a detachinent of the Flrst Regiment for services rendered durlne tho labor tiots of 1877, and fur the bullding of armories in counties of tho first class. The Intentlon of Senator Adams 1Is to pre- ventany confllet, and have the Senate and House bills on this topic pass identically the nawe. NEW DILLS. Bills were Introduced ns follows; By Senator Evans:—Anpropriating 821,400 forthecrection of & detached wurd at tho Elgin Insane Hospital for epllentic patients, to acenwodate thirty persous. . By Senator Vandasveer—Maiking railrond companies llable for damages resulting to employés from contributory negligence on thapast of other employés. In other words, it makes companies liable for all damnges toemployés that their own negligence does not cause. By Senator Evaus—Appropriating about §70,000 for the Elgin Fuszue Asylum, to con- struct side tracks, henters, ete., ete. By Senator White—An amendment to the Fire-Insurance law requiring the companles wmake n moro expliclt statement of thelr tondition to the State Audlitor, the statoment lobe called for in the same manner as the Coutrollor of the Currency calls on the Nu- lonal banks for their statomonts. Tho Sen- sor.hopes by this bill to prevent the can- panies from ** plugging” their nssots to nzkea gootl showing, as, it 1s alleged, many of thom are In the habit of doing. TO TUIRD READING, The following bills wers ordured to third eading: A BiLt for an net to nmend Sce. 4 of an nct en- (ditled “an aet fn regard to willa," approved March 20, 1872, In forco July 1, 1872, BECTION 1. Jle it enacted, el mact cutitled * an act in regard.to wills, proved March 0, 1832 10 foree July 1, imended 80 18 to rond ay fallows: 4. When any will, testutnont, or_codlcll thull be produced to the County or Probuto Courts for probute of the samo, And any witness Mtesting such wlll, testument, or codlcil shatl reside withiout tho limits of thls Stato, or the sounty In which such will, testament, or codleil I produced for probate, or shall bo unable to sttend sald Court, [t shall bo lawtul for such unty or Probate Court, upon the application of any person asking for probnte thoreof, snd upon such nutico to " parties Interested B sld court tnuy by speciul order di- rect, to fssue u - dedimus poteatatem, or tommlssion under the seal of the court antexed to such will, testument, or codiell, to- getber with such interrogutions fu chief or ross intorcogutories ns may be fled in sald Court, or ns smd Court muy direct to be pro- pounded to such witness or witnesses, touching the execugfon of such will, testument, or cadloll, whicl " cdmmission shull’ bu directed o any udge, Master I Chaneery, Notary Publlo, Jis- tieo of ho Peuco, Mayor or Chicf Muglstrato of [cll)‘l United Siates Consul, or Viee-Consul, Lonsular Agent, or Beoretury of Legntion, au- iicriziug and requiring him to cause such wit- bessor witicasos Lo como before him st such thno and Pltcu s ho ity destinnto tnd sppolnty and aitblully to tike his, hor, or tholr depositiona 1o oath or atlicasntion upot nil such Intorrogy- lories a8 1wy be incloked with or attuched to Weh commission, and nono other, and certify tho samo when 'thus ogether with the dad commission nud intorvogutories lnto tno fourt out uf which such commission ssued, with {he least posaiblo duluy. W hen so twkon and ro- urned inta thio court auch doposition or deposl= tona sbult have the sume_aperation, force, nd #llect, nl auich will, testament, or cudiel shall bo adinitted to probato in like manneras if such Mth or ullinnation iud been made In the court rom whence such comuiission lssued. o henever n commission shnll lssuo toany theur above mentionod nut by namo but slmply oY bis oltlolul title, thon tho sant af bis ollice it- dched to hin cotilicuta smll bo sufllcient ovi- euto of his {dentity and offiolnl chuructor, . CLAISIS COMMISSION, ‘lélu‘.{nrnu act In regard to the Jurlsdiotion of tho Commission of Clulmg, o Sl Tie W enncted, elc., ‘I'bat the Commission U tlatms s hereby lven'exclusivo jurlsdiction m‘l‘lm!cs of claling ngalnst tho Btute tor tho fatog or dimnging of private propesty by the m‘:"’ tor publio purposes in tha constriction or . the usa of any State mstitution, river, cunal, T otlior improvement. premiee; Siid Commission may go upon the taegses wllegedd Lo, bave buon taken or dame lll,:..nr miuy appotit u competent survevur to 12 ubon such lund und report_such_notes und Thy foeo8uch Commission ns the Comuission fydirect, Sald Cummintssion may award salil ©¥0r 4 roasunubie componsation for such lervlces, . ATACEIOLDENS' LIABL LITY. hBennmr Clavk’s bill umending the law of b"womllom was read a secomd tiwe. The !, with tho author’s explanutions thercof, B‘“ already appenred in Tuy ‘FRIGUNE. cuator Clark took the floor and clalmed dloak the present law throw tho iy lol legality around the most Mri‘ll frauds on earth, Ho fayed alive m'::‘l" corporations which had been fncor- L ted uuder the gencral law, rending thele es from w record ho had propared. 1o :’X_Ll these Incarporations were for the pur- ‘yw lul creening men from labills Uy, PHNing that the law allownd | M to organlze s corporation a :nfl,l'lxx{llcd thelr Individual liabllity, FEvery- A x” as Incorporated from “the higliest to ®» ln"‘l":'fl» even adetective soclety. It was o!u,us‘.!ow" town, The principal mover # Ptnlcrmlsu 13 now serving the State In ,enltentlury, where he ought to m‘ e lalclmnxu of lacatlon of corporations Tho S 0 law was {n many casos n fraud, 5 ‘::mr clted several vases of tuls kind, Ut of ul:alll:'bulu of tho Sl‘l‘lw wore swindled earn ngs and savings thereby. e B ke G 1Y OF Lhd atorkpoi Of the cor; 0 {ull umount of the debts be o mlf}pmluu. A stockholder should uy e ed to f’“f hls debts just the snme bllY g ..‘flifa"’{nl.‘i"{iifl' O iattavr Lo Would be wen of minplo menng, oo SENATOR ADAMY m“fif‘u‘” blll should be amended in some 1l 5o 110 Was 1ot prepared to arauw t lens{m. ‘T'ne law ol corporatlons ey ghy has bean grossly abused, but Abusy *1fuld lfi‘)’u‘}"’rfl’.fi (iesns to corredt thio measure. This ¥Oud delvo capita‘out of the sekie, This bill wotild destray corporatioys In th H ] 3 3 he state, There was o rinning cross-fire of qmrsun!(fn réllmr::ns\vum belween Senators Adams and nrk, Flnally Senator Clark took the flonr and made a ufl.hl-r«-xplmmllnnm'hlufilll. There wis a railway eonstruction company In the southorn part of the Stats which built rail- rordsand pald nobady auything, the State or atny hody else, Thres thousand corporations were mmds in this State by irresponsible partles far the purpose ot galnbng money u)u(l credit, Tturad corporntiong moved from the country 1o the elty, amt spread from veean to oeenins and now had oftiees on Plna street in New York, ‘The Senator gavo Bunierous lnstanees of banks elnnging 5|u|r locatlons, which he elajmed was enconrage- ment to men o commit frands ander the broad sead of this Stute, b Scnator Adims moved to strike ont See, § of the bill, which preseribes the record of }Ir‘finuv{;ru of stock witd tho liabllity of stoeks Senator Shaw, on several grotnds, cd to the bill, whieh ho clalmed would freeze out certaln corporntions made for the pure base of llm!lllf(lfl(([tll{. N tho rural aistricts, Senntor Hunt hoped "the seetion would not ho stricken ont, o did not besteve that the State should Ineorporato compunles for pur- poses which ought to be accomplished by privata eapital, “The corporattons hurt by Lhis bIIL did noL benelit the coumry, ‘Lo DL was = stringent and ought to bo 80, A stockholder should be person- ally lluble for “the detis of any sueh corporation. Lot o subseriber to sto g0 I with his eyes opun, The bl was not stringent enotgh In ity valaluus. Senator Adums sald Clark and Hunt thowght the present law governing the - bility of stoekhollers hroud enough. Tho debts of a corporation were not the debts of the stockholders. “T'hey did not incur the debt, und henco should not be compelled to pay i, Seitator Whiting pointed with pride to the nlow-fuctorles, conl-shafls, ete., seattered over the brond Stute of Ilinels. 16 was genernt dissertation on the benelits arising from munufacturing corporations, ‘Lhe door shiould by thrown open to men of small means to tnke a little stock In corporations oceaslonally, The motlon to strike out See. 8of the Lill was lost. Senator ITunt offered an amendment strik- i out Sec, 2 of the bill, which ropeals Sees, 16 and 21 of the originnla ‘The amendment was adopted. A, further amendment was ndopted which glves cred- ftors the right to include in suits'the corpo- ration and the stockbolders as well, An- other amendment, which lhnits the linbility of cach stockliolder to twice the amount of eapltal stoel held by hin, was ofticred. The further oonslderation of the bill wns post- noned untit ta-morrow morning, Senator Necedles' bl providing for the ns- sessment of eapltal stoek of eorporations by the Auditor of Stute, was recommitied, us (\fius.nlso Senator Merritt’s abolishing the s X, Senutor Shaw’s bill allowine cities and towns to maintain lridges outshle thelr lin- ity, went to n third reading, 'he Senato then sdjourned untit to-mor- row morning, objeet- IIOUSE. GETTING DOWN TO DUSINESS, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicage Tribune, SrntyorigLn, 1, March 3.—The Commit- teo on Rules claimed the attentlon of the House on the opening of the sesslon this morning by sendlug up a report recommend- ing the fnauguration of afternoon sesslons March 10, The report wus coneurred in, and the Speaker followed it up with & mild but égrnest lecturs for the benefit of such of the members as have evineed anoverweening desire to visit State Institutions in gangs nwmbering anywhere from five to twenty, TIE JMUSIC OF CONSOLIDATION, The Commitiee on Judicial Departinent turned In lts long-expected report, sitting down on the Senate bill providing for the consolidntion of the several grand divisions of the Supreme Court, Rockwell, of Cook, hurled in n minorlty report signed by-seven members of, the Com- mittee, and moved s adoption. The unususl spectaclo: was presented, he suld, of thres reports from the same Committee on the samo subject, for the Committee would no doubt soon send in a majority report in favor of the Iousoe bill, which wns defeetive in respect to the provis- ion relating to the clection of the Clerks, But mujority reports were not always such fn reality. Members were apt to bo detained by snow-storms. The Supreme Court of linols resembled the ARK OF THE COVENANT, wandering about anderecting the Templo of Justles fn three different sections of the State, Oneof the most mpartant branches of the State Government, 1t ought to he cen- tered in and riveted to the State Capital. Local pride, of course, clnmored for its oc- castonal visits te Dount Vernon and Ot- tawa, but it ought to be located whero nil sections at ull thnes conld find access to its doors, Tho mule, the mud-rond, and the cannl of carly days had given way to the {ron horse, and the old rensons for having theso grand divisions hid passed away aud wore 1o longer of any effeet. Personally, ho should prefer a branch of the court at Chien- go, but he was willing to sink his personal preferences in order that all sectlons might be served olike, ‘The Supremo Court of Illinols was the only supreme tribunal of any State which was now compelled to travel around on wheols, Oral avguments to-day were disconraged In the Supremo Court, and the Judges’ consnitations werebrief, eursory; and genorally unsatisfactory, while it was left to sume one Judgo to write the opinlon, All this would be obviited if the Court wero ANCHORED DOWN TO ANY ONE PLACH, with o stabie, fixed habliation, to which all citizens ot the State might present them- selvesat any time, Joe Mann, of Vermilion, without touch- ing on the merlts of consolldation, nolnted out the Inconsistency of declding ngainst o bitl arisine in the Sceante and at the same time of concurring In o shallar measure orlg Innting In the Honse. It was a question, in short, whether they should aet llke men or boys. Unless the question were settted now 1t would come up time ana ngain uutil it was sottled, for It wns n subject matter upon whicen trades coudd and would bo made. Old dMartin, of White, was apparently CUT TO 'TIIE QUICK, forhie Jumped to his feet and called on the gentleman to name the men who had traded, Binnn retorted that the rules forbade ref- erence to any member by name, 1l had charged no trading on anybody, but he did say that It was a subject-iatter upon which trudes could be and wounld be mnde, and he was propared to stand by that statement to the end of the chapter, “Judge not, that ye be not judged,” mumbled the veteran from White, “Never you mind me,” replied Mann, “I'It take eare of myself. - Movris, of Hardin, Chalrman of the Com- mittee, and one of the chlef ‘opponcnts of consulldation, took up the gauntlet which had been thrown down, and procesded to chargo that consolldation was being soughtIn order to subsorve the local Interests of the Clty of Springfield, ‘The lawyers, the saloons, and the proprictors of CERTAIN UNMENTIONAULE ESTADLISIENTS in Springlield wera ehletly Interested in this proposed cousolldation, [Laughter,) ) Smith, of Sangamon, asked if the State Bar Assoclatlon, cquposed of lawyors from all over the Stato, had not passed a resolu- tion favoring consolidution, MMorris admitted that it had, »I'hen why do you churge thav it is in the interest of Springhield alone Morrls took rofuge In the statement that he had & mind of his own, even it ho did be- long to the Stato Bar Assoclation, and a few oplntons of his own which he know encugh to malntain, He then proceeded to elalin that the constderation of the guestion In Come wittes had been fair and challenged the gen- tloman from Vormillon to show to the con- trary. X Mann asked hm if Chandler's vote ha not been refused In Committee, though he sought to v GET THERE IN TOIE, and had been prevented only by the lateness of o traln, fu consvquenve of » heavy snow- storn, (HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, MARCH 4, I881—TWELVE PAGES, The Speaker rapped with bis gavel, and lield the debate on this polnt out of order and unpariinmentary, Morrls was allowed to go on and pitech Into Springtield mud untit ealled to thne by Craok of Snngamon, who wanted to know It ho hadw’t earrled tho report about in his pockets for weoks, Muorrls practienlly adimitted that he had, but was proceeding to explain that somebody had choked him off every tme ho hd tried tosend up the report, when tha Speaker rapped again and shut off another section of personad debnte, ‘The rest of his remarks, delivered In the nsaal BLAM-BANG, IP-NOARING, TV KIYLE, wad devaoted to an attompt to show that the HARDIN COUN- Court didn’t want to-consolldute itself any- way, and that, 11t did, fts surroundings wattld be so lurgely |mllllm\| a8 o tnjure ity eflicleney, If not its integrity, — Besides, the Bir wasi't at all nbited on the question, amnd the Interests of Iitlgants at Iarge wonld nnt be wdvanced, bhut retarded, 1f consolldation took pluee. Viughey, to et 1ts 8l dropped A PEW VAPORINGS OVER THI DASHIOARD, and sat down with an inthuation that the thing was all fixed up i the Interest of anti- consolldution wny way, il Jthat wll the talk o1 the subject wis simply thrown away, Gregg, of Sallne, opposed consolidation ehlefly on the wround that Htkgtion would be moro ensive when everybody had to eomg to Springfielt lustead of goine ta Conrt In bisown front-oor yard, If My, Gregs wants anything more thananother it Ischeap Htlation and plenty of 1t Colling, of Couk, mude a short, sensible speech I favor of consolidation, ¢iting the example of other States in doling away with ity traveling judlelnl menageries, while O1- win, of Crawtord, who looks like a Method- 15t elrenit-rlder just over A SEVERE ATTACK OF JAUNDICE, naturally. favored an itinerating Cowrt, and made the celling rlnge with his howling and rinting, mieh nfler the manner of the camp- meeting exho Youngbloid, of Franklin, who has b slek un n\\'nrynhmu. hif the time, was well mmmi to Do on hund, make n vigorous sTLem: ) agadnst consolkdation, and then eut ol ull further debate by moving to lay the mi- ,uurll{ report on the table. The roll was mlll,m. and all hopes of consolidation this WEIRE SNOWED UNDI the declsivo vote of 83 to 49, Davls, Lit- tle, Ludington, Mitchell, and Phelps, n sub- committecof the Committee on Warehouses, tppointed to visit Peorin and - inquire into the feasibllity of placing the #rain Inspeetion ut that point in the hands of the State, left the llouse betore the vote wad taken, but ‘not until Ludington, who of La Salle, wha wants Ottawa iare of Supreme Court atiention, wonld bave voted no on the qu tion of laying on the table, had acranged to” pair with Nichols, and Pe- trie, who would linve voted no, to.pair with Plielps, of Cook, who, out of his dislike for the State mudhole, would have voted aye. The full vote was as follows: Yeas—-Ames, Baldwin, Iiecker, Dillings, Tit- Blnek, llluckub{’, loyd, lirown, Buek, Buckinghaw, - Camphelty Clurk, Cloonun, Colling — (Will), R Dufly, Dysart, Enzlish, srwin, Gullup, | Goodspeed, “Goraian, Green, Groyge, Hurria (Cook), Harrls (Fuyette), Tlor- rineton, (1ll, Keen (Wabnsh), Keen Wagno, sy | Lindiar, Loucks, Lucns, Mars (Wootfardy, = Martin' (Whjte), Me- Melaonald, MeKinloy, MeLeod Teyan, Chisholm 5] Mlcroglnwskl, Mleure, Morgan, Morrls, Mort-" Iand, Murphy, Oliver, Perrin, Peterson, Polluek, L, Reno, Richurdson Cumberlind), Itob! 2on, Suxtan, Sharp, Shemway, Sinmond, Sty Stowell, Bteattan (JelTerson), Stratton (V Sullivan,2=Thompeon, Thornton, Underwod, \'nuxnw‘y. ‘elle, Wel Whito (Cook), .Whites nun, Witbanks, Winter, Wood (Knox), Woad &Hu l\;nlm. Wright (Du Pugo), Young, Young- vod. Nuoys—Allen, Balley, Bundy. Buttorfield, Covw ter, Chintee, Chandler, Chnttield, Collier, Colline (Couk), Coultas, _Cowan, Cox, Crandull, we, Crook, ' Tusfee,’ Garlind, Hyes \'Lf. Holden, ~ James, Kroll, Muun, Me- Adming, MeKone, MewWiltlnms, Mocl, Nicubuus, Okeson, O'Murs, Otman, 1 Parry Poters, Penrson (Madiaon), * Poaraon (Cuook), Plerson, (tireene), Plotke, Parish, Riche ardson, (Adums), Rockwell, Rogers, It Bimnneon, Smith, Tontz, Wrikht, (Hoone) Alwent—Cave, Davis, Diggins, 1oey MoMahon, Mitchell, Powell, Ruser, Stry Sumner, ucy, White (Oule), Yanley, Spaun— 15, Patred—Nichols, Ludington, Potrie, Phelps—{. Dudying=—0. 8, Caok, Webior: pmsolidaters expressed thelr feel- g3 by 1 .slight bnrst of applanse, und the consolldaters now realized more fully than ever tho wenkness of a good eause wlien ar- rayed agalust AN OVERWHELMNING COMBINATION OF SELF- 1 N ‘The remainder of the proceedings seemed very much like painting the lily or throwing pecftine on the violst,—wasteful and tlous exee It was all one way, and verybody kuew it. ‘Che wnjority report on the Senate bitl was adopted by a vivi vocs vote, and Morrls eame up smlline with his njority report reconmending the passage of the House tll, which provided for pro- clsely the suie thing ns the bill Just kitled, Wilbanuks promptly moved to lay the bill o1 tho table, Munn, who had Introduced It, asked him to withdraw, so that the blil mfgIlL be eon- sidered on Hs merlts, Wilbanks thought the,merits of the ques- tiow had been pretty fully discussed, and {n- sisted on Wls motion, Tardhnez looked over his erowd, toll them the bill was the same g the one they had Just helped to bury, and virtuatly ortlered them to do the same with this, notiwithstund- fne 1t had recelved the unaninous report of Morrls’ Commiitice, TUE WHIP WAS CRACKED, sand the motlon (o table went through by vote of elghty to forty couple of the " anti-consoli noo coupls of the oty 4 fi refrained from voting through fudiile and the certulnty that thelr votzs coulil not ehaunge the result, Victors and vanguishe were evidently glud when at Just “the long- pected fight was over, ‘Tho remainuue half-hour of the sesston witnessed n good deal of lively work in the way of dispatehing routine buslness, The cninmlneo reports poured in by the bushels ul. The :\rnmprlntlum Committeo recom! mondeid the pigsage of the bllls which eame over from the Senale, unil a eouple of Honso Litls, muking an appropristion of S10,000 for the Improvement of the Little Wubash at Now Havew, and the resulur annunl output tor the Hinoks & Michigan Canul, ‘he Judiciury Commitieo sent i bateh of reporty, Lhe moro lmportant of which have already been telegraphed, Amoung tho dead measures was the heat little seheme at- verted to early in _the sesslon for increasing tho clrenlatlon of the Supreme Court Ite- porter’s boolis, wid, as - eonsequence, the supronw Court Reporter’s pay, Qld Martin, of White, juinper to his feet when he jount the Judiclry had SLAUGHTERED 1118 DASTARDY BILT, and in the hurry and confuslon of the mo- went suceeeded G getting it on tho road to 1o brinter, ‘I'he Election Committee mado n formal re- ]mn of thelr tludings in the Scharluu-Micros- awskl contested clectlon, the glst of which was telegraphed — sevoral days 0go. The report gave Scharlau 8,58 aid votes, and Mierostawskl BB07, or o majority tor the Jatter of 581§ votes, the Committen were unanimous Cin o thelr finding, und the 1ouse hmmedlately conenrved, whilo a ripple of nppluuse broke out on the Dewo- cratle slde, In “close proximity to the Four- teenth-Worder’s seat, The Connnlites on Munieipal Affalrs REPORTED FAVORABLY on Kroll's biil for outdaor velief, Miero- slawski's pawnbroker bill, and Ballwin's bill to tax forelgn insuranco compnnies 3 por cent tor the suppart of (lre depurtinonts, ‘Ll evenue Commities reported o sev- eral bills, but, by agreement, kept back the LPurlsh resotution, providing for a reve cominission, and e Linegar bill, taxig tho gross recelpts of rallvond, tetegruph, express, und jusurancs companies, ‘These will be put In next Tuesdny, Sexton got his Justice bill ndyanced to sed ond reading, and then worked Inun auen ment which strikes out the county-seat clause and lesves o bill g shaps which limita tho Jurisdietion of the Justies of the Pence o tho town in which the plaintiil or cither of them, o thy defendant or either of them, resides or may be found. In offering this nmendment he o states that it struck - out ull that was obnoxlous to the Conalitutlon— namely: the provisfon which guve u Justice nt the county-seat greater jurlsdiction than o Justics in other parts of the county. ‘The u:uululmulll} \\lrus n:]l‘uptcd and the bill'shoved slong to third reading, Harrls, of Cook, \l!lfl.he cause of {psucu u service by gotting Seastor White's Gurnlshs Juent DT advanced to a sceond reading, Runiley, of Iroquols, itroduced TAE ONLY BILL OF THE DAY, Rumley i5 Chulrman of the I'rintiug Cowms horter, Y mittee, il has been In g position tosee the disadvantag umider which the State has labored “In consequence of the many and varying Interpretations and eonstructions witlel linve heen placed npon the laow in re- fatlon o contracts for State printing, ant more partleularly upon — the question of elussification, and the loase definition” of what_eonstitues rule and figure work, With _ the laudable Intention of preventing future misunder- standunes between the Seeretary of State, the State Printer, and the Printer Expert, he has been formulating o blll which proposes briefly “to change the number of cliwsses of Stale prlnunr1 from six 10 ree, amd to tee the prices to 5 ety Tor plain, 70 cents for flgure, and %0 s for ruly and figure work, ‘The hill also defines exaetly what pile and izure waork s, amd in general simplifies the whate A NEW RULE, ) White, of Conl, gavenotice of a rulewhich ey 10 endl g tosmorrow, and whieh, it naovted, will do much to facilitate business, It provides that the first or- der v the morning afte aling nud correeting the jour stinll be reports from standing cominittees, to be eafled for in the order In which the committees are named i the rules As iy now, the commitjee repors are shoved I by consent at_any and all thies, to the confusion of business and the dcln)’ of ¢ work, The 1louse then ndjourned until to-mor- TOW morning, A FAMILY POISONED. Tho Doctors nt n Lo [to Know What Did It ; dpectat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, BURLIYVILLE, Tnd., Matel 3.~A most pecullar and nysterious case of polzoniug, in which o Tanlly of five persons are steleken down, oes curred bere this ufteenoon, Joe Kopp Is n Ger- man, and I8 earpenter by trude, s famlly consiats of bimselt, wife, nnd three little girls, y for ditmor they served heef-soup, hav- fug for sunce common grated horseradish. No othor edlble was on the table that would In any Hkellhood contaln polson, and to tho soup alone 15 uttrlbuted the cawse, It coutalned some substunee that hus perbaps fatully polsoned this cotiro family., Bach of tho persons nte very freely of the soup, aud about three hours therenfter one of the ehlldren was taken Wwith u vlotent simultancons vomiting and purg- . Mrs. Kopp, not tuinking of anyth ing serle wus, treated her cbild na nll mothers would, do- Ing sl #hie cauld for the little sutferer, but to no purpose, Inu fow minutes another cblld was slek (u the sme manner, und then the mother wais nttucked, nll sullering nlike. Mrs. Kovp, finding berself belpless with two sick children, sent for help, and sent for her husband. When he arrived home be wns up- porently In good health, but (n & short time be was tho sickest one of the famlly, The otbot elild wus nt school, wnd on being seat for was found 1o be nlinost us serlonsly Hl, snieringe exietly the same wuy as the other members of faily, A consiltution of physlcins was led, but after. u most thorongy search they were obliged to adinit thot e cuxes nud symp- toms butlieal their skill, Neitherof tho stricken ones sutfer the lenst patit, but the vomiting Iy continuous, wid the other compinint at the same time uncontrollnne, The physieinns suy thut the cise I8 tho mest pecutiar In - the bistory af thew practice, and they nee consequently ot thelr wits' ends to know _how to treat tho suf- ferers, To-nlght thoy are no better, and unless f chige snon-neeurs tholr condition will be yery eritical, Tho contents of tho futul digh thiat remained were thrown out, thus prevent- {izr nty wvalysis, Tho meat from which it was e was exinined this evening, and found to be perlectly pure, What cuused thu polsoning I8 0 ystery, und inny remiin 80, ‘Thero i3 omf f slight elew, and iCls very probabie that will be huated down to-morrow wd investigaled. 11 thds fnlls to materindize, then nothing 38 left save the kil ot tho doctors. . GAMBLING GALORE. ‘The St. Louls Polico Authorities Play= Ing It Wide Openy, After the Manuer or Qar Carter. Spectal Dlspateh fo The Chicago Tribunes &1, Lours, Mo, March 3.—The new Police Board that was 1o have Awept vies from tho Future Ureat 18 fust wearing and becoming prematurely okd. At the .organtzation of tho new Bumd of Pollee Commissioners ull but tive ofubout ninety-three jotigry-oflices n tho clty were closed, nud the managers vowed their i~ tention to quit the bushness. The Board and the Depurtment. then heensto perturtiod, and the police mutiers were subjeets of sullivient Interest to comnund all the attention of tho ollicluls. In the weanthino the lottery-men Baw WD opportunity to dunce while the oflicers of tho Board were ut o private picnlo of tholr own. They oaened o few oftices by way of experlment, und they received such encourngement thnt othors have been opened, and now nearly balf o tuudred are awoin (0 full blast. The othors will open wp dunbtless If (o oxisting stute of aifaies contine ues, Thu Lenndort seheme of Kentinoky drawe s 18 operating twenty-tureo oflices nlone, Be- andes the Jatter oflees” nll tha keno and faro hunses buvoe opened up eain, and are dofe i more Hourishing business thaa ever. ‘This stute of affaies bas been mnde known to the Solons at the Bute Capital, und now word comes from there to the cifect that the Governor bns dom anded the resienntion of Po- 1 MR ISIoN0 s inney and Motfet. esides all this, u bill bas beeir irodueed in the House by Charfes ' Johnson abolishing the Krl ent Board of Polico Commissioners in St. ouly, sid nuthorizing the Governor to appoint i new one. Bee. 4 of the bill reads: Owing to the disonanized conditon of the polica fareo I tho City 0€ St Loits, 8nd owing o the msnls 1 iown by i sjority uf wiiereby cHing in pors ey g bl contidunicy o salil Boatl ix domiroyed, ut todeo foree Is bronatit fiito disrepute, at mureney oxis, ote., wherciore s et sanll fuke offect und be 0 forco (row und uganr LS pussuge, Uu the whole 1t looks s thongh St, Louls was xllkuly to buve another new deal fa police wut- ers. e t— LOCAL CRIME, Witllam Rhodes, of No. 447 Btate streot, yes- torday reported that two nttempted to hald him up and rob him Wednesday oventige, shortly bufare Bo'clock, on Btutestreot, botween Schiller und Goethe. Both woru rubber shoes, und came up nolselesly bebind hlm, und struck him three beavy blows on tho back of the head with a fenee plekot, He was felled to tho ground, but, Lol i strong i, ho fought theim oif success- fully, and, hy his foud eries for help, cansed thent to tun’ off, ‘They gt notblog foe thelr puiny, but My, Rbodos sufiers considerabilly from hreo suvero contusions on the back of his hea Ownors sro wanted at tho West Chlengo Avenne Statlon tor four overvonts, well worn, und fur i brown sueq wero fotid b the possession ol the Cuy Iy, of No, 280 'L 1 y Who Were ree contly nrrested by Lieut, Kieele for the burglary ot u freihteenr on the Norihw rond contiuning Kooda [n trunsit Lo G Thy Currins ail Peter Liby wero yestorduy held by Justiee Wilan 1 bl to thu 1ith; and Wit fum O’ Donnoll, for receiving and aiding iu carts g away the pluder, wus beld In- ke boud to tho sutmo duto, Wednesduy night Joseph Rocseh, upon going o his roon i a Duildig at No. 128 Dewriorn strect, noticed that R bt been entered by burglars, and, upon looking nhout to wee whit tuc been tnken, enine upon tho burglne seerotd ibencuth the bed. Ho “proved 1o be o you mun numed Josoph Brocker, and wis turned over by Str, Hussch to Oflicor Switson, Upon belng seurched ut tho Arinory thero was found upoi I a bunceh of koyd, and a key which wus tho exuet counterpirt ot une uswd ut the sture whero Mr. looseh 18 employed, Brocker wis held in §100 buil to the Criminul Court, A rloh baul fu the overcont lino wuas made Wednesduy ovening ut tie Cuthedrul of B3, Peter und Puul, corner of West Wastington and Veorla etreets, Dueing services in tho cuurch guenk-thiet oF burglar gained entrunco 10 ony of the rooms ot the vestry used i u wardroho and holped bimsel? to Unriven overeonts uid o Nue senlskin oup, whilch bo soleoted out of o quuntity of clothing which bad been luft thera by imemibers ol the cholr und othors who were enguged I the services in tho church, Bne tranco wis elteoted, it is supposud, by menns of n duplieate key toa door i the rear of tho chureh, Just outside of which five of tho stalen couts wore found, ‘Puis door, §t I8 sald, was Iocked, and it was found locked when tho rob- bery was discovered, but everytilng indieates that 1t wid through it the thiet guined cn- tranee und oxit, The couts contuly gloves und n few othor urticles of valuu o the awnees, and In one instutee o small sum ofeash. ‘Pho tholt nust have oceurred shortly before ¥ o'clock i the evening, un hour when* :’lm Ppollce were busy ubuut the Jeiferson dtreet ro. ———— A FORTUNATE TOWN. Spectal Dispateh €. -+ - ribune, Prrrsiuggo, Pa., dlarch d-A gontlvnnn just £rom Y ounga* swn, O, reports thut o great busle Hess boom 48 nbout to strike thut pluce. A Les- sower steol manulactory 18 10 bo estabilsbed there as soon us possible, all the stoek, veurly $1,000,000, huving boen subscribed or promised within u fow days. ‘The Nhurod und Hriar HIHL furnuces nee to bo consolldated with tho new wurks. ‘The Compuny will include tho Curull wrses, McCurdys, Honnells, and othor Wealthy lwuplu, bendod by tho Todd wst; The Pitts- ey Cur- Works will goon by ved from Lhis ¢ty 1o Youngstow, Bowo twelye othor manu- fuctories uro prouilsed withln & year,—swopg othurs, & oAl mill, DAIRY PRODUCTS. Second Day’s Session of the Na- tional Butter, Cheese, and Egg Association, The Session Almost Wholly De- voted to the Denunclation of Olcomargarine. Relative Merits of the *“0ld " and “New" Way of Gather- ing Cream, A Birong Plea in Favor of tho Do- mestic Manufacture of Cheese. Speetal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. CrpAiItartog, In,, March 3,—The second ses- slon of the Nutlonal Butter, Cheese, and Egy Convontion began nt 10:3) to-duy, A number 0f teleprnins from anow-bound delegutes were rend, among tham the following from M, A, Puelps, at Turner Junction, NL: “Snowed in: can't wet there before night, For God's snke send somo cheese and erackers.” The flrst sub- Jeet taken up for discussion to-day wns * The Protection of the Ameriean Dalrs,” Bome very ubte and important sncecties were mude. The discussfon was opened by C. F. Dexter, of Chi- cngn, who sutd thut, after considering ull the Miiferent kinds or legislution with reurd -t edulterated butter, he helieved the most cifective Inw will be that which prohibits the sute of oleomurgarine, but« terlne, nod like compounds, under the name of butter, instend of agming to prevent the manu- fueturcof it. The genlus of the people in this conntry will not tolernto such speciul or clnss leglslntion as the prohibition of the manu- facture of olenmargarine would savor of, es- peeiully us thut business in itself 1s u legitimate one. Many States have Inws compelliug tho munufacturers of these nrticles w0 tubel each pnekuge with ita truo name nstead of that of butter. But thi4 does not reach the evll, for tho retall denler throws the cover of tho packe uges nnder the conuter and gells tho stull for butter, The objective point of our attack Is tho fraudulent sale by tho retull dealer of olco- muriearino for butter, 1 now it I8 punish- able under the common luw, as obtaloing noney under falso protenses, and if we wet such fure ther: leglsintion a8 will put a stop 1o the fraud- ulent eafo we bave gained our point, for If the article Is sold for olcomurgarine, justend of butter, peoplo will not buy it ‘The whote bustness Is based on the fraudulent’ sale by retsllers, nnd when that is stopped the business 13 destroyed, No onv s s0 poor that he witl voluntarlly buy and use on hia table oleomargnrine or butterine n the place of butter. The experience of the butter wen In Chlengo bus proven that such Inw enn be enforeed. They have sccured the pussage of such a law, and have prosecuted violitors of ft at thelr own expense, so that tue frandulent sale of theseartleles has been nimost entlrely stopped, nnd, &8 n consequence, little of it 1s consumed, and none Wil bo when' people know what It Js, It would be bad polley to ask for & law prohibiting the manufacture of thoe substunces, ne the lnw- yerawould tell us it was doubtul whether the biglier courts would sustaln it, and it isnlso coutpary to tho genlus of our Institutions, Sume bave thought s tax on each pound of theso artie cles would effectunlly suppress thelr manus facture, Hutsuch n tax would be contrary to Amerfean fdeas of liberty, and 1t {s not yet proven that the manufacture of butterine v oleomurgurine © §s enough of a public nulsanuee 1o warrunt such X, aftor we have thought of nil thuse & that the only vuluerble point of the opposition I3 thew framdulent sutens butter. As 2o thelr nerita ns fowd the manufacturens themselves, althoush they publish Jone usrticles on tho superiority of oleomurgarine to butter, never think of using iton theigown tables, Mr. Slmpson, President of the Boston «Produce Exchunge, followed with nvery carnest and entertaining midross. Ho sald” thut they in Boston, had not done as mich ns Chicuwo o the way of prosecutions, nor with tnoney, but thoy aid o good deal of talking, " and used the press to good aslvantnge, He stated that a petition hud been eirenluted pnd sent to Con- grega; contaluing the siguatires of Boston Lut- fer men, nsking that every puckuge and wenp- per on oleomargarine, butterine, ele., should be stamped with the nume of the article i lettera not less than ludt nn ineh in hight, with a fino of ¥10) In ease of violutons, bnif to go to tho Informmnt, 1t wa thought that the latter pro- viston would tacilitute tho apprehension of of- fenders, while it would make denlers most afreid to muko oy fraundu lent silo to auy one " for fonr thut the buyer should provo tu be u detective, In muny countries Amceriean butter tukes tho lead, und, It wo maintuin this standurd, the time 15 coming when America shall supply tho world with It. The sule of oleomargarine under the nwmoe of bLutter 13 an lnposition on the poorer clusses, and affeets thow more injurious. ' than uny other cluss, Thelr health Is fme pdred by §t, and ther pockets swindled by pay-= ‘:ur tho “sune price for Jard s thoy would for utter. Mr. Anderson, of New York, snld they had ralsed subseriptions and miude prosecutions, but bnd not been very successful. Mr. Lester, of New York, snld he belleved that thedr fuw wis to tho etleet that puckakes sbould Le fabeled i legible letters. Mr, Huston, of lowa, salil that it was his opine fon thut these prosecutions hid generally anded i failure, and a8 otier ndustries were pros tected by specinl legistation, bo was 1 fuvor of proteeting th dulry interests by like leglsintion rggninst tho manufucturers of oleomnrgarine, Mr, Satmpson, of lown, snld that whiis in Now York reeently o discovered an oleamurguring fuctory rning out 60,00 pounds per iy, the average price of which is 15 cents per ponail, and the cust 12 conty, bringing them a profit of over FLOONO yearty, Ho thougit tho iy facto- st over the country with like reventcs pose seased o Tund which enabled them to nearty de- ut uny legistutlon directad apainat thom, " Our Test hold fecto work with tho press and. Rginte the subject uncensingly. Mr, Muson, of Phifudelphin, sald they bed a tnw i Penusylvanid similur to that of Mussus chusotts und ‘New York, hut their prosecutions wero generally unsuceessful, and most ulk of the money ruised Tor thut pury generally found 113 waiy fnto the lnwyers’ binds, Mr. Slmpson ealloit attention to the great ex- tent to which cheeso In belng sduiterated, In Northern New York there 184 mun wha hus twenty factortes, and wili soon sot up twenty muchines for putthig lard fntw cheese, e Hone 8 8. Maun, of Eighy, 1., said the Eigin Bourd of Trade has uppointed u Com- mittee to propure legisintion, snd thut Commliten hag nvked the Leglslature to appolut & Stute Committen to fnepect tintier, and 10 autnorize tho loveruor to uppolit u Biitto (hspeotur to 1ty peut, welit, and brand butter and cheess and grant cectuleates thoreon, fo doubted that songress hnd power to puss any Natlonal inw un the subject., Seevetary Littlor salil thut Congross hnd pussed i nel withoridog the President to appolot 1 Comtmasion of three persois skilled (i chogilie ry utd sty selonce, to ivestigito the pro- thietion of Oleoiurgarine, and nd spproprinted F000 to defray expenses, A compninicietion wi din,of Hamilou, N. Y., fuvoring tho wdoption of u butter trade-murk, 8o that violations of it, inwnking froudulvnt sales of oloomurgarine, could bo proseenied, Murllv thie wiole of the nftarnoan gcssion woa devoted to tho discussion of thy relutive morits of (e twa systems of manufucturing butter from wholo milk or gathered erenn, Mr, Murkley, of Cedur Falts, suld the cronmery w of luowva 18 tho old &ystem of farmors rylug tholr milk to the cretmory and selhng it AVhnt 8 known as *the how depurts ur’ system B, tho ownor of the dalry sends his woagons out ever u given terrie tory and getd tho ercunt, puylne - thores for 0 mich an inch, ko bimsolf “was runnine two erenmerlos under tho uld plau und wne on the new, und the lntter plin workxd woll wheroull the proper conditions wers alforded by the farmer, 1€ the wilk s properly set at the right tempernture, skimmol ut tho proper e, und wo havo a good huttermuaker, we will hnve wood restits, Atter colit weathor came, wo did nut got we much butter from the sume suonlity of croan s In the summer thne. 1o I\lmlulll I gurmers couhl bu edug setthig tholr, milk properly, the gathered-creun systems would bo a_ goml one, s patrons received 25 centa per 10 pounds more under the old system for tholr nllk than wider tho now, Tt I the atter thoy hud tho skhnmed milk left 10 betier slapo, There Wirn clved from Mr, Har- 2 zs puny dvocates of tho new sys- tem b the Conventlan, most of whomn wilmitied thut durlng the coll weathbor tholr grudu of buts terhad fallen off, but thuught this was from causts which coukd bo cushiy controtled, Charles Mustin, of Wuubeck, sald tho tigensston of thy two plans bud - resolved fiselt t0° this: ~ Uwdor the old system only one muan bas to be edicuted 1 regard fo tho proper cupdition of milk fur tho dufry, whilo {n the othor all the putrons hud to o edueated. Tho nuw-departure men wore onthuslustio, Ono 1wun suld domo of his Ln\lnmu Kot $1.50%0 § per hundred for tholr milk, J. it Slurln, ot Cedur Rapids, sald ho wus operiting on both systems, uud was not pro- parcd to suy whbich was best. Ho did not cons lur it fulr to mako n comparison betweon & tew long establisbed with auother systow yot o lts lntaney. Ar, Buell “said Bo wishod to eutera protest agalnat the summary actting aside of the pri- vinte dufry, Many families conld manufieture L0 pounds of milk daily nt home to better ad- viintage than to hand tho mlik to o eremery. The Convestion decided not. to takoa voie on tho meritaof the t ems, but to nwalt the netlon of the Comm men, who would to- morrow test the butter made by the different processes without knowlng one from the othor. The gnthered eream system secins (o b grows fng In [avor nmonk Towu farmera, Jntlr(lng from tho feeling thut prevailed when a goud puint wus mide In |15 behalf, During the aiternoon seasion a telegram wos rend that the Preaident had vetoud the Funding bitl, which enuand a_sensation and brought forth hearty npplnuse. The gentlemen fran the Bnst were ynick to oXpress their pleasire thereat, The Conventlon will probably holil over 8ature iy, ax the ronda will huedly bee cleared to-1nure row, and good work {8 belng done for the yancement of the impartant Intorests under consideration, OBITUARY. GEORGE L. YAEGER, The funeral of the inte George 1. Yaeger, who died In tho bospital nt Aurora on Mondny jyat, was unnaunced to tnke place vesterday noon from thoe lodge-room of the 1L I% 0, Elks, over Hooley's Theatre. The decensed was an old resident of Chiengo,and edited the fnsurance Herald and the Shoe and Leather Review of this eity. He was a high Mason, belonging to Apollo Commandery, Waubansia, and Lincoln Park Laxdges, aud the 13, 1% O. Elks, No. 4, and It was his last request that the Chlengo Indse of Blks have charge of his burinl. The remalns cameon from Aurorn yesterdny morning, and wero pleced in an elegant cottiin In the lwdge-runm of the Ordor. On tho coflin were tho Intriuls * 13, 1, . . in lowers, n floral plllow Lenring the worids * Our Brother,” and A lnrge floral erow, A e nuinberof the members of the ledge and friends of the deceasud assembled to pay thelr pects 1o the dedd, d Ruler Gicorge Scherer ealled the lodgn toorder, wind Brother George Freyser sald i hind boen requested to state that it would benecs essury to postpone tho funeral until Saturdny noon, un account of the snow blocknde, hut that tho rervices wonld tie gone thrmugh with then, si13 Voss and Churles Davies ming the enrer My God to Thee,” after which Taompson offered prayer, The Ex- alted” Ruler then mede u few appropriate re- Ail the other ofiicers of A 10de ™ w ed with prayer by J prosent were allowed to lovk upon the face of the dead. Among those who took part in the rervices et Geargo Troysor, G lel, ) ' Georwe Seherer, . Dat- ek Norton, Goorge W, Thompson, ienry Joe Suits, Clark Hamiin, Joe Walker, [of 3 Diavies, Ed Lake, Car- asre. Wilson, Fistler, and nelster, e remains will bo takon to Tosehlll at 1 o'clock Sutaring, and witl be placed fn tho vanlt until tho Elk burial tot bus been secured. E. J. CUNNIFF. The many friends of Capt, £, J, Cunniff, one of the organizem of the Secoud Regiment and Cap- taln of Compuny A, will regret ta learn that that gentlemnn died Wednesduy morming nt his resi- dence, 18 Thirteenth place, corner of Thrvop for many years nssis- clll's but intely he com- meneed the urteery business, Funeral from hils Inte r nee 4t Y o'clock this morning, to St. Javiath’s Churell, thence vy curs to Calvary cemeters. THE REV., LUTHER TAYLOR. Special Dispateh to The Ciitcagn Trilunes LAvavnrre, Ind., March 3.—The Rtev, Luther ‘Tuylor, oheof the pioneers of Metbodism In Ine dinna, expired last night, ufter o ingering 11 ness. Deceased wus npon tho superannuuted list at tho time of denth, ho hietug well ulgh & but for more han haif a century he had vone about doipg good, procinlining the Master's chuse, e was a prominent member of the Ine dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and a mon universally respected. CORN IN ST. LOUIS. Heavy Arrivala and Shipments. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicagn Tribunes Br. Locis, Mo. March 8.-The way corn s rushing Into this market just now Is u great sur- . prise to gome partles who have for some thne been tulking short crops and smull stocks at country polnts. The recelpts of yesterduy and to-day combined wors nenr, 20,00 bushels, of which over 164,000 bushels camo in to-day. Onr markot {3 and bas been for some time past reln- tively igher thun other eomoeting murkets In the West, and now that the elevators ure enabled to recetve frecly once more a lnrge amount of corn has heen diverted to Bt. Loufs from points which befure shipped to Chicago and other mark Although recelpts nre inrge it Is pot_expected that the elevaiors will he blocked, ns the dully withidrawals fur river shipment ui nbout 500 bushets buving been tak ehipment 10 New Orl recelpts fatled to dep but, on the contracy, prices udvanced tion, which was ln_pait due to the urgency of purtles short for May, who were buying to tHl thetr outstandioyg contracts by defiveries. eI eem WHAT A CHICAGO BANKER SAYS OF THE CARLISLE CLAUSE, To the Lditor of The Chicugo Tribune. Cu10Aq0, March 2.—[ think your readers and tho publie will be fnterested in tho followlng conversiution, which 1 held yesterday with the President of one of the leading Nutlonal banks of this clty, and that it will serve to enlighten a Kreat many as to what the real ovjections are ‘which the banks bave tu tho Hefunding bill, and the real venson why the bankers huve sought to retive welr elvenintlon. Ielng mysoll n Green- backer, and opposed to perpetnnl. bonds as u basls of perpetual banks, 1 am agreeably sure prised to tind myself so nearly in accord with o ieading bunker. Tsald to Mr, B.: ** Arevoun ono of the bulldozs ers of Congress ou the ftefunding question?” =0 1o, skl Mre. 4 1 huve no immediste torest in the questlon, Wo retired $H1,000 of v eircalution three years ago, Wo hive only $45.000 now,—j1ist enough to Keep ony existenco us it Nationul bank.”" “ 15 the Merchitnts' Natlonal thounly Chieayo h‘unl;ihn: 18 desirous of redeeming Its clreuli- tion#"! * [ hetleve it i, All the othor banks have res tived their clrenlation, except #4500, the lowest um;vul ot which o bink cun rowin iy organls zation,” ** B3yt tell ;e whero the shoe plnches,—what |s tho ubjection that tho bank+ muis to the billy” & Woll, n the thrst place, thoy ure not oppised to thod per cent bonds per se. ‘The lioverns ment should refund ns fow s possible, 1t it s 10 the NIth scetlon of the bill, which compels 1o banks to redeem thelr bonds In tholr own hills, It would tke u"mlr()rlwo foruny bunk to call in s own ctrenfution, and it wondd ave 10 gy 0 preminm to got it i, which bunks cannot afturd toado, 1€ tho old bonds could be called tn and 3 per centd substitited without interering with the Natlonul currency, it wonld wuke no trouble, 5o far us tho banks aro concerned, “As the law 15, the bunks can deposit greenbucks to redeoin tholr cur p thoir hunds; Lut this bill compels them to depasit thelr own Dills, whieh they cannot do without thme and loss. ‘Fhe b bucks ud 1 * But, Mr. cuun Nutfon ton but &35, o menn o suy thut at ull tho Chi- thoir cireula- cupt tha Merchunts', do yon Tound ‘It for thels profit and, nurm‘y o do 2 Pt s exaetly whet 1omoan to sny, There 18 no udvantige i having ) bank erenlation as the lnw now i3, fu the oplnion of the Chlcigo Links, or they would lnive kept theie circulne tion, und of course there would bo fessonnd poe cent bond,” * Do you (unk this oplalon 18 geuerally bold by huierse 5 R no doubt. that bankers would rotiro thelr cireulation gencerully It compellvl to sub- stitute I por cont bonds."™ * Wauld you huve the old Btate banks biuok i "{”Ily no meaus, We oan nover go buck to tho old eystem, § think bunks would 1ot eire to ro- tuin their curreney, or o paper moliey, | tve ho objection to the Guvernmoent fssulng alk ehu puper money, thuikh 1o opposed 10 Government dotnig u bunking business,™ o you think bunkurs gonerally sbure your views * | hve no reason to dowby sutticivat mll\ 8L rth 1t, There Is not v Ni nal Dank Hite thuns 1o, and might bave Lo subwit to, wider tho luw us it now i, The feature 1 have referred to, of the Refundlug bl frightened tho banks wid thoy mude un_{nimedjule wove (o redeem tholr Doads undor the b s 18 gow 18, i groonbacks, In no sense w bulldozing mov went, but only @ heeessury pradential movement lml lll\'l; ml{mmwlvlrlu“ b‘l;um Leiug compelied to get in thole uwit bills before o lm‘!l thoir b‘f\‘iuls Lick, | do not think the peoplo uuderstand the Point ut (s exe aetly, |r tho nuwsp.nrunx would give che real pofinis 1ho peoplo wauld not fuil 10 see then “Thon you mean to bo understood us sy that you fuver tho retirement of tho Nativual- ank crynuucy and the substitution of greens ucks P " Not exaotly thut. 1 medn to say thut our Luuk preferred i, und it 13 ovidont that othor binks prefes it, But we huve sowe thice huas dred millions oF buuk eurreney joul, whi Iy Proof that many bunks prefor to'keep up their cireulntion, But 1 thiuk thnse buuks, excopt porbua, sone Bastorn banks, would not keep out their Lills ou s 3 per bond, 1 buve uo objection to (overument lssuiug ull tho puper maoitey, und wo have rotlred tho curreney: of our bunk. This is my own view, und 1 tblnk bunk- ure gonsrally uro coming (o 'seu thut this would bo best b the loug run. We must Lavo s por- petust debt (o REFPOIUALY the DIusunt Eysleny cly 4 L distasteful to the peopio. bo pald thero muse bo n change In our bank systome I cortainly don’t want tho State-bank with ovory bank (asulng bills, 1 enough of ‘that in years gono by. forin currency, good In overy Btate, and at a dis- tount nowbere. Oue thing ( am sure of, Therg 18 no_profit now for our bank fu trking enro of. 30,000 circulation. And this fs the renson why we retived [t three yenrs ago. Of courso thern would e less on’a 3 per eont bond, 1w in favor of colutug sllver and_ gold, and of keeping up the douhle standard, It tho Goye erntent recumnulntes coin, ket certificates bo fssued to represent It 1f Mr. Cartlsle wished ta take from the banks the power of suddon con- triaction, by the fifth rection of the Refundin Bitl even with that view [twas n mnistake, tho hunks showld could do, tho Goveray conteaeting tho curre: and perpetunl debt 1s I tho debt must ¢ eoull Drovent llmnnl by fasnting gold-core titleates, Jtut thure would be no voloutacy eone trnction by tha hanks, The iifthgacction of the Refunding bUE literally forced contraction, in the way I have pointed out."” 16 My (3.8 point. in sumno injustice im) tho itefunding biil, requiring ba “Thero 18 5o good renson for rs to first eall In thelr circulns Lion Lefore they enn get their bonds to exchange fur the DET CONER, Gokl or e Ko enough, 18 provided by nkiog lnw, with which to redeemn bankers' bonds, of curs reney. [ have not exiwmined the tifth section, it (3, Eanses 18 correet, Greenbnckers nra not In favar of it, and do_ not. bold themselves respousible for siich an injustice, Al T Gioven, RUSSIA. Her Fate In Casc of n War with Gore many. The constrietion of ruilroads has caused A marvelous development of the commercinl and Industrial relations of the worll. But warfaro and the urt of enrrying it on bave also been sube Jected ton great change by the preelsion and dispateh with which tremendous nrmies can now b concentrated nt u eertain point within a speclfied time, While, before the ern of raflroads. It wok mouths to move an army towards a, strategic pofut, under the rejlroad system of the present time a few days suflice to coneentrata enorinous armics it tho frontiers, in order to cirry the war into the cnemy's coun- try. What can be necomplisbed with the ald of an excellent rallrond aystem under tho direction of able leaders, the results of tho German war with France In 18i0-'71 plalnly demonstrated, Tor yearsltbag beon the stunding phrase fn UGermany: “A war with Russia is Inovita- ble.!” If this Ineyitable war should take placo, we have no resson to doubt that the Gore man nrms would he crawned with tho same esses In Russin that thoy won during -7l In France, before IRussia coutd be- #in and complete its rallrond eystem, now entirely Inadequate for military purposes, to the Gernun and Austrlan frontiers, The 8t Petersbitrys Zeltwug, u puper bitterly opposed to Giermany and Geriman Intluence in Rtussla, secems to bo \'1.~rIr much nlarmed nbout tho situntion, and publistes the views of o prominent Pruse slin oflicer and member of the general suff on on this eubject, Accordinir to the juformant of that paper, & “patrintic lugstnn born In Livoniu," that Prus- ;n:{n ofticer expressed himself In his presence as ollows: **1t Is oy positive convietion that n war with Rus«in must cowes the souner it comes the bet= ter for us, There I8 no danger, bowever, of suck it wur for the next ten yeirs, uniesa something very unespected ghould occur, heeause it wi tnkio Russin at lenst that lengib of thuo to cow etrict enouwh rallronds townrds tho Prusasias frontiera to be able to cope with us, The lnven- tion o rnlleonds s to-day of na much fm- portanco to the art of war as tho (nvention of wunpowder has been, und why the conc struction of rallways hus been so sadly negleeted by - the” Ruesian Govornment is inexplienble to mie. Without rallrouds the buitles of Woerth, Welsserberg, and Spichere lieights would have been impossible. It wouls have heen folly on our part to concentrata oue armies at the French frontier if France bud been in pussession of 0 botter raflrond systom leading to the Interfor thun we possessed ot ane side. ‘The P'rovinee of the Rulne, or somo ter tory more 10 the northoust, would have been th théutre of war, Ilow could it be possible with- aut raflronds to lodge wiln_safety after only six months of war, n_French army of 300.000 men, Including thelr Emperor, in ou) fortresses 2 Wheu and whero s u simitir foat been necomnplished in the history of tho world§ Witliout a rufliclent rullroad syetem such n pers formunee would huve been entirely out of the question. When we ook at the ‘map of Gors mnny, we see at onee what n complete net ot rallronds we have apin nlong the Russian front- ler, which woure dally perfeoting, With theso rullionds we can within thres duys theow ball u milllon of roldicrs neross tho frontler, aud earry thn war into Af. rien. In consequence of its defleient ralirond communicationy, Russln can moot us with only émuall urmies, without baviog tho least prospect of success. And we all know what a tremendous Impression , the flrst successtul blows hive upon the uriny and tho natdon - Hus- sla wiil ouly Le able to sohcentrate smuil armics nt the termiint of its four or ive rallrands, and It wiil eet there the German armles, far supe~ rlor in nuinbers, itlon only one Instance, Russin trite il of its guards and tho troops locited I nurthern cantonments by only” cua raflrond o Eydu uen, which will he thore Ly wvur urn of nt leasl 100,000 tmen, which we ean collect " there within two days, Wo would not attuck tho Hussinng with our superior forces, but coneentrate nt the sntne time nnothier army near Tilsit over the In- Rterbitrge HRulirond, for the purposo of crosstng the Husalan frontier, Withinn fewdays thisnrmy coutdl take n postion in the flank and rewr of the Russinns, snd their army near Eydtkuhnon woutd be compeiled 1o surrender witbout iring 1 8hot, This woull be tho first ltusslanarmy to be trunsporied Into German fortresses us prison- ers of war, Without constracting, nt least, one more rallrond theough tho Northory Daitia Provinevs, 1o tuke the gunrds and Northern troops towards the Prussiun frontier, Russiacan never declare war agnlnst Germuny. Al wlong the whole Germnn frontier the Husstans aro fn nbout the sume prediennent, Russin does not posyess u slugle rallroud over which it can move an urmy Aufliclent in pumMberd Lo obpuse our Sileslnn army. 'This army would coneentrato oq the frontler via the Ureslan & War- saw Ratlrond, Crogs 1t Immediately, ad ltussin ~ would only he proe pured to light the first battle near Lodez. A road from Lodez, raoning directly towards Wierns- zow, [8Of ne much strategical lnportance to Husslu ng the voad through the Northern Baltio Provinces x||ru|ulf' referred to. nis provesc earty that it would be tmpossi« 1 or Hussin to deelire war against us before 1t possess sufllelont riflroud counccellons with its German frontlers, because great acmica cannos bu concentrated quickly without rallcoad aid, i my uplilon, §f & grent Powor does not possoss sufticiont rullronds to carcy 18 troops,—just as If it did not possess uny o guns powder,—it censes 1o be great Powor, Hussiu ‘can exrey on a war with a smil Power ke Turkey, but ot with Stutea which can fm- mediutely appour on the flekd of nctlon with largo srmies, guickly concentrated. What im- portance wa attach 1o rallrosds uppenrs frow the fact tont we ure ready to expund niltions for tha ‘Jhruhm«! of tho Rbefn-Nibo Raitroad, whilch ylelds no roventie; but we need the road 1n order to lay down n second track, because Il was domonstiated durlng the Fronch war that tho cars which hud earried troups to the front conld not he roturned quickly cnough. ‘Tha roud now under construetlon in the Provinco of Bast I'russiu,conneoting all the largercities nlong tho Russtun frontler will never yield uiy rove- nue, birt we construct [t forthe purposeof bolng iile Lu coneentrite 1roups on tho frontieratasy Impertant point.” Lis Immnteriut whothor or not a ¢ prominent Prussiun ollicer of tho geueral siatf,'* vxpressed thoubove views 1o Hussinn, but 0 much 18 eortaln, that the informunt of the Nt Petersburg Zeltuny (uily swlerstandd and Judyes corcectly Germany's strength and Russin’s weakness i cuse of o war o botween theso two countries, Thers 18 uot u shudow of a donbt that a war belween Russia sud Ueemuny—diring tho uxistence of the pres. ent aituation of things—will pructicaily “oud with tho Bumo results us the war botween France und Germuny in 1870-'7), e ON THE QUESTION OF MARRIAGE, Special Dispateh to The Chicugo Tribune, Bostox, Mass, Murch d—="Tho full Honch of tho Supreme Court bus mado It Hrat rullug on tho questionof the legal murringe of nwonan deserted by her first husband, holting that o full 1erm of seven yours showtid clupse boloro con- tructing u econd toarvioge, 1u this cuse the woman was mmriod in 19075 desuried by hor hustund in 1850; In Murch, 1570, sho was again murried, and soon after was iguin desortod, und thon sho hiad to upply for town ald, Thers was © contest betweoll two towns In whileh hor htsbnuds bl resided as to tho liabllity, and the cuse wis taken to the Bupromo Court,which now ruels that there wis nothing 1o prove hor laws 1ulinurriuge to the second hudbuud - ——— WHEAT IN OREGON, BAx PraNcisco, Cal., March A Yortland dispatch suys the Farm Convention at Salem ta consider the wheat quistion in all Us beurings adopted a resolution condemning the law whicu rohibite thy purchuss of foreign-bullt ships, It s extiuinted that tho wheat now storod fur ox= port i tho Wilmutte Valluy Is 80,000 tous. e ———— A COAL-MINERS' STRIKE. Prrrsuung, March &—The minors of Connells- villo coke reglon struck yesterday for an uds vunco of fivo conts per wagon for miuing corl und 10 cents for drawing coke. Tho striko i3 quite extonsive, uffectivg soverul ‘houunml}xgnu. Nuarly uil of tho works bnve suspended, <~ e e A SUDDEN DEATHL Dereor, March S—David Odell, a prowiueut oitizon of 8. Clair, fn this State, & Justico of tho Peavo nud deputy Custom-House oflicer, foll dund lust ovenhue while purchnsing sQuo syt cled In i druig atordy i A redeem In mald, which they . \ £