Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 11, 1881, Page 9

—_—— THE STATE CAPITAL, fenato Resolution to Adjourn from April 15 to Feb. 15, 1882. Lisbinty of Stockholders for the Entire Debts of a Cor- poration, A Measure to Deprive ‘Tax- Title Speculators of Their Occupation, Jne House Inaugurates the Prac- tice of Doing Its Own Praying. Aller Considerable Mutilation, the Phar- macy Bill Is Sent to a Third Reading. i es + ee and Time-Worn Canal Con- tractors Urging Their Claims Before Committ Their Pathetic Appearance Sccmis to Haro a Softening Effect on Some Members. Mr, Callon’s Bill for the Regulation of Insurance Companies Reviewad by an Irate Oorrespondent, SENATE, CLARK'S SHOT AT CORPORATIONS. Special Dispaten to The Chicago Tribune, SprinGricLy, IIL, March 10.—Tho Senate met prowptly at the usual hour, senator Clark presented a joint resolution tothe effect that, inasmuch as Congress had failed to make an apportionment, when the Legislature adjourn on April 15 it stand ad- fourned until Feb, 15, 1852, ‘The resolution was lald over under the rules, VILLAGE: ELECTIONS. Tho following bill was read a second ‘time andpassed, and is intended to correct an erorina bill of aslinilar nature passed two years ago? ABut for an act to amend Sec, 13 of Art. 11 of an act entitled * an net to provide for tho incorporution uf vitles wid viltages,” approved April 1, in toree duly 1, 18% fection 1. Be tt enacted, cle. Art Hof an net entitled "in ite incorporation of cities proved April 1U, 1873, tn f amended go as to read us follo Sce, 1. {Anni efeetions.| An annual olec- toa for three ‘Lrustees and a Clerk of viliages wall Lo beld on tho third Tucday of Aprilin tach peat | Procided. tut) tn villages tho terel= tral limits of whieh coincide with the territu- ral limits of any township, un election for ‘Trostecs, and a Clerk of villages shall be beld at the saine timo und at the same polling places us. the arnunl township clection—to wit: On tho tnt Tuesauy of April in caca year. Speclul vlecttons muy he huld tidor such regue lutiongas inuy be provided by urdinanco to filt tacareles, aud for other purposes, Src. 3. [Emergenoy.) “Whereas, tho inhabit+ ants of cortuin villages In this State are now fubject to the expunse of sn Unnecossiry olua- tio fo cach year, whereby an emergency exists, that this nec shail take elfect without, fla therefure, this uct sll! take effect and beln force from atid after Its passage. “THE VILLAIN STILL PURSUED HER.” -Thesveclal order forthe hour was then ‘thken up, being Senator Clark's bill, making sockhoklers flable for the entlre debts of the corporation. Senator Walker, of Mnconpin, presented Mhamendiment exempting negrleultural fates from the provisions of the act. This mnend- ment was promptly lost, Senator Campbell offered an amendinent. limiting the ability of stockholders for debts to the ountol their unpald stock, Seuator Cainnbell explained ils auend nent. it made stockholders Mable in three new cases, First, for such doubts ax were con treted before tho orlginal capital was pall {nj second, tho stockhulders should be Hable forthe umount of a reduction where capital steek wag dimlshed; third, all stockholders shoutd be jolncly and severally Mable for, waxes due employés. Senator Adams thought the bill too radi- cal. Campbell’s amendment would help It tone, There were grave reasons why stock- holders should not be Hable to employés. These debts were usually contracted when the corporatfon was In its Infancy, before the capital stock was fully pald in. For that Teason capltal would not be invested in cor- Porations when thelr MAMLITY WOULD BE INDEFINIT. This bit would leave o subserlber to stock wholly in the dark. A stockholder bya small subscription might be wholly wiped out of existence from a fnan- cal standpoint. = Labor and — capital should go together, hand in hand, Leaistation which alced the placing of capital ulvantaxeously helped the workingmun, Laws which restricted monvy wero n doath- bow to tho artisan. Senntor Adams ux- Dlalued his views at length, his Idea boing that labor and eupltal should U8 Invested ta gether every time. Moneyed men would trop investments in corporations like hot coals untess thelr Iubility for the «lebts thereof be mite. He was against the bill, ‘eter Callon presented an amendment to te Campbell ameniineut, which would Toaden the Nabliity of stockholders, making the measure 1 little more radical thin Suna- bor Campbell desired, Senator Callon sald effect of this amendment would be th fo weep OUT SNIDE CORPORATE ONH, ‘ Ss Would make the surviving corporations te healthy and substantlal. ‘There were 9 corporations in Illinals, Four-lifths of ip Were vand-banks, Intended to swindle ray They were legally Incorporated x enco guines, Ils iden was to maiko r Stuckholder Hablo for tho full amount of ble stock, fimater Rinehart sald he favored tho lene {t was originally offered, ‘Tho a should not by made 2 means Bin tecane for robbing corporations. i a ‘Ors Argde that corporations urs created ewe at the country. Such was not the borat iis mushreom growth of snide cor. alt ons under the law of this Stite pere ed barefaced larceny by these bodies, H thero Mr 8 desire to offer 0 : MREMIUM PO LARCENY whittle down this bill, Why should this ‘aislature enuet laws to allow corporations «scape from thelr honest debts ? ‘The nes toi, Was Shall corporations skip wway in indebtednesses, which private cltl- fant hud to pay? ‘Theyo “puny ine rae porattons wero iostly, frauds. Dlty with ho wants to Improve Ils commu- toner Hotlend his name toa sharklsh legal ae and uvold the payment of his iuno hg Ho will come up Iike 9 man, u3- Te responsiblity, and pay his debts, act to nad vi ¢ Meanresi rom sone OF INCOMPORATED SULYLOCKS, laren full of cages agulust defwult- y ekholders, He closed by urging the inch hare hh without amondment, aye {mukes very few speealies, gener vinta, “no? and aayuys Hoth, but hls marke rete fuestion were Hstened to with retater Launitig opposed the bill. ‘the ert MAW Was wood enor It would be to Die. Jeave the law ag itis than to assuine Merwoary (aeltity Wherg it cannot by done, Uke weve a personal lability at ed, but this bill would not accomplish any sueh thi. ‘The Callon amendment was lost. Senator Clark sald he had investigated the juntter fully. ‘The DUT did NOT WIPE, OUT CONPORATIONS, Such was not tho ease, It made them inere substantial In a commen partner. ship enelr member could control tho jolut property oof the — firm, This bi was, rlyht, in his opiuton, and should pass without amendment. To «ld nobdesire to repeat hls former argaments on this tople, Te was a question as to wheth- tr this Leglsinture would, wipe off the stat- Ate books the laws whieh permitted stack- otders to escape thelr Habliltles. If that desire ditt notexist, Hf the worthless fellows who could not xet credit under thelr own uiies organize under the State at a cost of erate tunler the broad seal of tho Stite— GO OUT FORAGING within capital of $10,000,000 and not a cent i their povkets, it night be best to Inerease: the Hinhility above tho present tay, but Ue OI should pass the Senate tn its bendltng orlginal shape, and see what the House would do with tt ‘The vital qnestion was Aniimilted Hnbility, Ile wanted this and would fight for it, Senator Hunt, with s view of testing the sens¢ of the Senate, presented an imendment increasing tho linbility under the law now ft foree to ni amount eaqnal to the amount of hisstock, inadditton to the Nablillty for the wupalil stock, if such there be, Senator Campbell suid this was of thagravestiinportance. It wi vorations be prrtuerships or not? would drive countless millions of eapltal out of the State. Rich men would not subserlbe to stock where thelr liability would: be ine definit, Ils amendments were good in his opinion, and te Senator procecdedt to ex- patin them at full length, “Senator Adams sald the bill retated to all corporations fn existence and to be estab ished fethe futtire, and ft should not pass, Semuor Clark sald the DIL was intend wake corporations Mable in the fature for their debts, tnd agaln prayed for its passage, Senator Adwnis agato. spoke jn opposition, ‘The bill compelled a stockhotder to enter inton new business relutlon, which he did not Intend to do. The Campbell amendment was lost. Senator Needtes sald the bill every particular, and moved that ing clause be stricken out. Senator Morritt urged the importance of the DI, whieh ie elalmed was wv good on and should pass, : After further debate the previous question was ordered, and the motion to strike out wits lost by a vote of 18 to 24—n3 follows: bad in the cinet- YEAS. Adums, Kuykendall, Sundertand, ‘Areher, Moifet, Torrance, Bolt, Needles, Watkor Campbell, Atlee, (lacotpin)y Chouney, Reerest, Whiting, Byane, Shutt, Wilson. Kelly, Artloy, Parkinson, Bent, Nnuehurt, Cullon, ‘Kanner, Clark, Vandever, De Lang, Walker wards, (Fi teher, White, lor, ‘Munn, Wright. Ihunt, ‘The bill was therefore ordered to a third reading. A ummber of reports from the standing committees recommending the passaze ot several batches of bis were presented, and ig bills were placed on file for second read- ng. és TH 2 INTROS FOLLOWING NEW BILLS W puc By Sennt rtley—Aimending the law rela: tlve to the redemption of Inds sold at t. snleg, greatly reducing tha penalties there huposed, and prohibiting speculators in tax: tides from cherging any penalty zreater than that charged -y the County Colleetor as speeitied Ine tho: dill ‘The amendment Isa righteous one, and should pass without a dissenting vote yy Senator Munn—Aniending the law of depositions so ay to adit contidential cam- munications to attorney's id physicians. By Senntor Archer—Amending the [nw of elections so us to permit the publication of election notices in newspapers, By Senator Hles—Amending the law of public adinfnistration so as tu give these of- fiers contral uyer personal property ng well as renl estate of decedents, By Senator 'Torrance--Giving Justices pow- er tu Issue exeentlons for costs agalast par- tles mating thom.” A Lousy resolution protesting against the evils experienced in the tobacco-rowing dls- trlets of the country in consequence of tho trade in France, Spain, Staly, and Austria bemz a G panent inenovaly, au asthe the Presldent to enter into diplomatic rela- tlons with the Governments of th OU tries with a view of removing tho evils com- plulned of, was read aud referred to the Com inittee on Federal Relations, ‘The Senate then adjourned until to-mor- row morning. IOUSE. DOING ITS OWN PRAYING, Byeetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Srnrincriety, IL, March 10—The Rev. Mr. Morgan, the venerable Demoeratle member from Moultrie, Inaugurated the vractico of home-made prayers this morning. Asimpler, better, and In all ways more ap propriate uppeal tu the Throne of Grace his not been made since the sesslon began. COMMITTER VERDICTS, ‘The Committees on Appropriations reemn- mended the passage of the bills refmbursing: the Citles of Anna and Shawnetown for money expended tn quarantining against yellow-fuver in 1870, ‘The Committeo asa reported favorably on the clatm of the widaw and children of the patriot Stelgebomer, another yietin of an explosion by a State gun. ‘The Committee on Clalms remenbered with favor the claltus oft cougle of more cannon victins, The Judiciary Comunittee unloaded a ble batch of reports, the more fmportantof which have alrondy been telographed, Among then was the Unaniinous report in favor of PAMISH'S JUATICE-OF-THI-PEACE MILL. The Revenue Committes reported unfavor- ably on the Linegar bill to tax the gross re- celpts of raflronds, telegraph, express, and insurance commantes, Linegar presentod a minority report, and the two were made 1 special order for ‘Lhurs- day uextat 11 o'clock, A largo number of other committee reports wore recelved, Including that of the Comuit- tea on Munictpal Affulrs, administering a death blow to West vark Commissioner Wil- cox’s scheme to fuerease the tx levy for park purposes on the West Side; two by the Committee on Corporations recommending the passage of the DeLang Pool bill and the Vello bill declaring the Lenevolent-codpera- tive Insuranee companies not subject to the Insurance laws of the State; and . THE WETRLANKET FINDING of the Commitice on Rallroads in vo the Tom Mitchell resolution asking for seven distinct aud separate billy to cover alleged abuses on the part of the railroads, ‘Choe reports, In- cluding the Inst, were duly concurred fa. ‘he Committes on Rules sat down on a resolution olfered by White, of Cook, uiak- Ing commmittes reports tho regular order the thrat thing every morning, Sullivan, of Cook, offerod a resolution pro- viding for oue session a day, beginning Mone day next, from 0 a m. until 2 p.m. The rules were suspended and the subject thrown open for general dlacussion, ‘Tho average legislator was apparently opposed to ex- changing the afternoon sesstons, already pro- vided for, for morntng sesslons beghililng at tho early hour of Oo'ulock, and the resolu. tlon finally went over for one day under the rules, i Martin, of Whito, pushed through his bill making the present Janunry and June terns of the Clreult Court of Witte County chans cory terms only, and providing for a chans cory and erhiual term for Mare, APOTHEOARIGS OF IIGIE DEGREE. ‘The Mouse then got back to the regular or der of bills on second reading, the pending invasure buing the Pharmucy bill, which was left somuwhere betweun wind and water by Wednesday's adjournment, Bitnor, of Carroll, moved to amen Sec, 4 so as ty provide thut Heentiites ln pharmacy niust ba persons with two ydars’ practical ox- perience ay druggists und at the sume thne have passed a satisfactory exawlnation be- Tore the State Bourd of stealth, Instead, ay in VHM UBICAGU 'TKIBUN BE: ERIDAY, MARCH 11 ’ 1881—TWELVE PAGES. (he reported bill, before tho Stale Board of Pharmacy, During the discussion of the amendment, Bltner and Joa Mann got into n wrangle, whieh was provoked by an insiiuntion of the former that the latter had been offered A FEE FoR OPPostNe THE MME. Mann got back In kind by saying that, If he lad desired a fee, he could haya gotten ote from the druggists, who were even now lob bylng the bil through the Mouse, while the people, whose Interests wero belng attacked, had nobody to lobby for them, and nothing to spend In the way of fees, ‘The amondment was lost. A number of others went thy same way, while a few une {important ones, designed RATHER TO PEMEECT THAN TO LOAD DOWN tho bill, were adopted. One extended the time of registration under the uct from sixty days to three months, Another provided that n “registered agsistant’s” certiientes shall notentide hin to engare In: lusiness on his own account unless he shalt have had at least. five years’ practical experience pharmacy at tho Une of the passage of the net. Another amendment provided fora return of the appticant’s money in ease of 2 failure to pass. a sutlsfactory exatmbtiation, ‘The see- Hon allowing the cross-roails physlelans to sell patent medicines provoked considerable discussion, but was finally adopted, with an amendment glying them the right te keep open store If they choose, ‘The prohibition seetlon was no sooner real than at teast balf-n-dozen of THE PROUIMITION BAN ATICS IN THE TOUSH Jumped to thelr feet ready with amendments. The section itself reads ns follows; % Phucnnelsts rexlstered 19 herein pro- shall have tho right eo keep and under such restrictions a4 are bereln pre earl drugs, mediel and perseriptions wuthorized Uy the Pharmieopaene and Daspensatory of the United Statea ox other eountries as of ‘reeog- nized medicinal ntititys provided, that nothhig herein contained shalt’ be constried to oxen uny registered pharnntelst who shull retail, sell, or give away nny spirituous, or vinous, or malt Hquors for other than solely medicinal pur- poses tram the pennitles provided for viekition of tho act. entitled “An aet to provide for the Heensing of and against the evils nrisine fram fC intosteating dquo: TTL and, in addition thore tileate or registration may Nk shall not be tieble in ne when such sale or gift is actunt necessitles of ned tan ne to wny’ peraon not pr or Ono Hot in the tabi of wotting tntox~ ated, upon the subeeribed representation of 8 purchuser or recipient chit it Is to be used Kolely for medical purposes, OUlwin, of Crawford, moved to strike out altatter the Word © revoked.” Collins, of Cook, contended for the tn- fegrity of. the section agit stood, Under the present Inw if was IAPOSSINLE FOR A wiMtagIsT To BOW coop FAT He might give Hquor to a fainting min ant yet not bo xble to show the Jury the clrenm- stances attending the case. ‘The provisions of the section as it stood met the approval of the prohibition men on the Committee, as it was, a drugelst was put under the provisions of the n= shop act for selling Hquor except for medicl- nal purposesy besides being mide Hable toa evucatton of Ws certitiente. Justice to the druggists demanded the insertion of a provis- ion tike that now sonzht to be stricken out, and he failed to seo why it did not meet the views of the prohibition people, Jov Mann, whose one controfling idea was to KHL tha DU, made a mock plea for the re- tention of the seetion as it was, and of | the institution ot drng-slure “nips? for the ben- wilt of fe altoman who were afridd fo will up fo the bar and call for thelr drink: STOWELL, THE CONCENTRATED ESSENC! miaorny, from Marshall, and a few others of the samo narrow mental bulld made a good deal of alleged cuptial by ridiculing the phrase “roud faith? and tnsisted thata fellow ought to have w physicians preseription to entitle him to his dram ata drug-store, Olwln confessed, before he got through with tho subject, that he was nelther a Chiris- than, & Methouist preacher, not a totalabst dence min, nnd that, while he favored pra- hibition legistation for other people, when he wanted a "bit of bovze” hiuiself he went: into a saloon and got lt boldly and without on nonsense about it, + The extraordinary feature of the debate was the position of Perrin, the antl-protlbi+ tlon man from St, Clair Counts, who favored the amendment nnd wanted drug-stores put on the same plane with saloons, ‘The umendinent thinly prevailed by x voto of yens, 113: nays, 10, Lastead of belng a tust vole or anything bike it, it was nbout as for from it as anything well could be, Chafee, of Shelby, the cold water and but termilk leader, managed to tuck on a couple of anendinents to the same section. One subjects the apotheearles to the adiitional penalties now provided for by any other law concerning tha sale of Intexfeating Mquors, oF whieh may hereafter be provided tor by tho Jaws of the State. Another provides that, upon a second conyletion, the certificate of the druggist shall ba reyoked and not be renewed for two yents. Phetps got ian amendment to prevent HE REFILEING OF OLD PRESCRIPTIONS without the written consent of the physician preserlbsins. ‘The House adopted ft, but saw ts mistake a faw moments Inter, when it realized, that the amenidinent was hn the Ine terestof the physlehins ant of the peo- V ‘The vote “was reconsidered and tho amendment knocked out of t ag It ought to have been, ‘Pho section, mpting regis= tered pharmnelsts from jury service was stricken out, wud the bili as amended sent to a tlitrd readtis, Allen, u€ Whitesides, entered a motlon to reconsider the vote by which Gregs's Appel- Jate Court DI was slaugiteres ‘The Jtouse segined to have gotten over {ts unxlety to commence afternoon sessions, when it adjourned, on mouon of Strattan, of Jefferson, untll to-morrow morning. OLTLA-PODRIDA. “yor A FRIEND.” Special Disputeh to The Chicugo Tritune, Spryariniy, March 10.—The HouseCom- mnittes on Canal and River Linprovement met this afternoon and foll to considering thit in- nocent-looking measure known ag House Bill 208, Introduced some weeks ago by Chattivld, of Kankakes, “for uw friend, under the wulleluss title of “A DIL for anacteoncerning 5 OF unsold canal lands and the disposttlon there of.” "Lhe bit, fn brief, authorizes ond directs tho Canal Commissloners to convey: any ennal Inds or lots now owned by tho State, except those comnected with water-power, the ninety fect strip, and tho ald hydrants works property, and to establish title and Teeover possession of such lands as may be in adverse possession, Having done this, the Commissioners are to pay the proceeds of sale, after deducting expenses, Into the Staty 'Treagury, to be credited to an account: to by known as the Canal Fund, TUE MEAT OF THE BILD occurs in the fourth section. Up to that polnt the measure looks a3 harness and as proper as ane shall ses dn suniner’s ‘This section merely provides Uhat, for the purpose of dscharghuy the just and equit- able clafins” of and bilance due to the orlglnal contracturs for the construction ant completion of the canal, the Auditor shall ateaw bis warrant, payable only out of this Canal fund, in favor of thy said contractors. or tholr legal representatives, There. are a small army of them, anid the total of thelr clalia is only some $048,000, ‘That Is, to properly explatn the thing, 13 faras the bill hus yet been matured, ‘The last elalm in the list fs that of one Alvxouler Bruce, which is followed by = tho word “thirty,” Tho supply of ink probably ran out at about that stage In the prosecution of the bul, or the type-wrlter got out of gear, or the fellow whe workéd It RAN HUORT OF FIGURES, rate; au ugly hiatus occurs between the word “thirty? and the conclaahg por- tion of the bi, which provides that the Auditor may wake pro-rata payatents from tine to time ns tha fund will Justify: it until the full amount of the claims are puld. ‘The balance of the fuhd ts to bo appited to the finprovement’ of the canal. The remaining claimants who aro res sponsible fur that hiatus will ‘probably yush tothe «front sand have the omlssion corrected us soun as they can make the necessary arrangements with the gentle wan why hay been secured by the others to “work” the bIH In the JTouse,—f, 11, is- bee, of Chicago, a member of tha Lower braneh in the last General Assembly. Mr Bisbee and a section of bis ellents had the floor In the Committee-room this: afternoon, Some of the latter wero IN THE SERE AND YELLOW LEAP, and the Loft this dlapiny was apparent. on one or (wo of the mora finpressionable members, ‘The seant-of-halr-and-oleaghions Bisbee made a Jong and feellng address to the leglstative jury, 11s clients, who wore the contractors referred to, had been com pelled to take: thelr pas in serip worth from I$ to 2 cents on the dollar, ‘Crue, they had diver a recelpt in full to the State fn ist tn order to get a bare 0 per eent of what was due thei, ond white, therefore, they had no legal claim on tha State Treasury, they had the strungest Kind of an equltable right. In Mr Bishee’s opinion, Jt was pure- ly the et of Providence, ussisted by the [Chleago fire, that oad mada this rround—the Lake Park and the dockage property wong the eandl—what twas, ‘There was no doubt whatever that the Canal Commissioners owned this land, and that It was Worth $5,000,000, If they could get that for It, and pay these equitable claims, whieh aluctun’t ct $700,000, It would, In his opine fon, be A GOOD THING TO Do, Watinlag up to his theme, Mr. Bisbee satd it ald seem to him as if Providence had rilsed the value oof this land for the very oo purpose of relimbursfhy tho oll. contractors, She Comnilsstone: owned ninety fect of ground on every eanuni-scetion bordering on the Chieago River, whieh ninety feet was reserved for Ke. publle doe Dut the City of Chienso Hind taken possession of it, and was to-day: xetting ainerely nominal rent from it. If that strip could be taken possession of by the Conunissioners ond rented, it would supply means enough to run the canal as lonzas anybody present would Jive. But for four years the Commissloners hiatl filled to assert the! rights and had let the strip wo to waste, ‘There was no donht whate: about their: owning the Dnke-Front) from Madison street to Park row, and from the enst line of Aletizan aye enue to the lake, and this, with the dock property, MUST Dy or to pay debts tr mith, D FOR CANAL PERY urred in improving the ‘Utherwise it would revert tu the United, updy ton qnestion from one of yburs, che clalmanty’ lawyer renuarked mnisstoners plitted the ex- ty feet on each public dock- ‘Y Test shle of the river, aud marked It aay Shaw, of Cass, another member, thought the Conmmissloners had an older th othe: Innd—naniely: in the net of the General Goy- ernment in 152, Mr, Dsbee dl not know qbout that, ‘The claimants, however, iat looked the tity up, and, as he fatimated, were entitled to sume eredit for Inia discovered just what a bonanza the State had.” Shaw thought, the recognition some years ago of the act of 1820 antedated any efalm of Unt sort. Stratton, Chairman of the Committee, who was visibly alfected by the slight of THE AGED AND TIME-WORN CoNTRACTONS, mark that the first ting to do tle whether the Stata had any If it hady’t, of course it couldn't pay anything, Vaushey, of La Salle, the dashboard arust, Juniped whh delight as he expatinted on the hewly-dlseovered bonanziy, and asserted, as If it were all fixed De that they had a right to sell what was thelrown. 10 mizht Inter- fore with Chicago, ty be sure, ant the ¢ mittee might expeet tu get a seourging: but thet didu’r, woutdn’t, or couldi’t seare bhi, Isat the great aet was-yet to be perfornw Bisbee produce his witnesses’ claltnts, aAmmstrong, Grangey, aid Lonergan, who agreed Iu their testimony that, while they were attest pald in good money, the State flatly put them off with serip whled didirt brig mere than from 2 to 25 cents on the doliun, Granger, who must have been THE ORIGINAL Phe OF TILE “1.0NI3 Fisitt Ny gaye speclal aid and comfort to the How is dervisner from La Salle when he remarked that he used to be a member of the Clty Counetl of Chivago, and that theeilty, Grough: the Connell, mueh aalust lls protest, bled the property [qu edit to Its own use. Having played his best card, Bisbee politely “proposed to withdraw, along with the cliiinants, and give the Connnittes a chance to consider the mut ter by themselves, Ilis proposition was thankfully accepted, and tha room was cleared of all save a couple of news: paper correspondents and the Committee. The guestion was argued somewhat belet ly. Nobody exactly tured to fndorse the chaltus, bit evaryboyy “allowed? that, if the Stite had any tle tu that property, it ought to recover it and devote it pare oF the pro- ceeds ut least to linproving the cnnal, or, whit was still better, building a ship-canat. Shaw Insisted that THE OLAIMANTS WERE NOT ENTITLED TO ANY ChEmt tor discovering the bonanza. The Canal Com- tolssloners had done that when they wrote to Cunpbell & Lawrence, of Chicago, for an opinion on the questlon'of tlle, “the opin- ion, he ndded, was to the effect that utle to the property was undoubtedly in the Stite. ‘The State hil already authorized the Com missioners, to Investigate the utiestion of Utle for this very purpose of selling the prop- erty. ‘Tho Conunlastoners would be present to-morrow and possibly throw further light on the matter, Parish, of Cook, moyed to reter the bill to & sub-committes of five to ascortaln, first, whether tha Canat -Commisslon had a goo title; and, 8 Aly, what, if any, amount was due th tants, “Lhe ellis Were by no means new, but, If they were Just, their ngs atone onght nov to ent them ont. If the State owed wnybody SUK OUGHT TO PAY TEI DENTS, and the Commlttes ought to know whether she did, and whether she had anything to pay them with. It should be remembered, he observed, that these contractors iad the privilege of quitting work under their con- “sub. ystlon and conyert- tracts Just us soot as the State bexan paylng” thom anything but netunl money, ‘This they fallil ta da, Tho serlp tiad all been finally redeemed, What anount, If any, had been transferred. by the -clatmunts to. theit * slstars, cousins, and thelr ants,” or th best friends, was also i pro! of inquiry, for tho serip certainly puld to semebody, jan Ii tall, “Phe two questions a justice of these elalins showld by considered, Tf the: land below Stute, don clearly there was he te turnlag tho cunalover to the General Goy- ernment for the purposes of a ship enna, Durfee, another pieinber, pertinently in- auived why these chilmnts dh not go be. tore the Comnifttes on Clans, whtell WOULD CREPAINLY HAY. THE PROPER COMMITEE aughey auleted Ishin with the romark that the object of the Sub-Committees was to more wes Jook Into tho labs. Parlst’s motion tinelly provatled, and the Chalrman appointed Parish, Shaw, Wood of Do Kath, ‘Phorncon, and Loblason as the Sub: Connnittes Cosmet inte tae thing Just how thy mbt Comadttiea stands it ts dinicult totell, ‘Cho sympathy whiten hus been werked up for the venorabls relies: of Batt thereabouts has evidently struck sonte of the members in i tender spot, but the nnfayorably conment which, the bill has reeelved, and the ilisposition ti soma quarters to charne: do Thats Something hot yery fur removed from a downright bare- fuced steal, dais had the unpleasant and une confortible eifect of P PUTTING THEM NETWEEN TWO FIRES, ‘There is little probability, with ‘the gener- ons alving the scheme tins: recelved, Unt tt will ever get on tts tt The Committes may, und probably will, report that the State has a goud title to thy canal tands, and ommend it) te go ahead and recover the property. ‘That ft will indore any of these clilins, however, is _deeldtedly problematte, 1 Tt should “the House will witttess any of the warniest fights of tho ses: 5 and the indleatlons wre that the bil dHgembowled about the thine It gets along towards second reading, if ft gets even that far In the words of wn observant menver of the ‘Third House howen Ue ground, the gentleman whe is bist faterested dn the DILL just at this mo- men COULDN'T GET THE WoUSE TO PASS TIE TEN COMMANDMENTS or the Lord's Prayer without striking out tie pacts er ita a fi ‘The xosstps in tha nooks and corners o Springtleld und in the lobby of the Leland ty that the latins have agreed, In case the DIN goes thlvugh, to whack up” with thelr next snb- was paudid tle and the ti | eeu the members of the two Houses who help It along, and that for this purpose $250,000 of the contingent altogether to $700,000, ting been seb apart to pay for favors to be re- ceived. ‘Thonins Lonergan, of Chieago, formerly well known In Cook County poli- t is the custodian of the fund req. sit for present nerds, such ts the furnishing of “wind? to the distinguished counsel who, on the strength of a reputation gained in the last session af the Legislature, has proved n tole erably fat goose for Iminertinte pluckime, with the hope of finully getting a few golden exes If the bird be not killed remorselesty in the committee-roon, CAUCUSING, ‘The Republican embers of the House hel a enuens to-night for the pmrpose of discussing the ahestions of Supporti and adjourninent, A great variety of views: were expressed, some dnellulng to the policy of making the Sendtorlal apportionment tify trip any way, whether tho Congressional was inndeor not, axl others holding that the Senatorial and Congressional apportionments showed be nine in conjunction, Seme were Infavorofr going aheaclwith both Independent of Congress: ditt, In view of the faet that the Prostdlent will soon deelde whether to cath extrn session or not, it was determined not todo anything with elther until, the recelnt of detinit news from Washington, On. the question of adjournment the eutenus came to ho agreement whatever, THE REPUBLICAN MESINERS OF THE SENATE also held a caucus to-night for the purpose of considering Seuator Clark’s Jolint res thow proposing an adjourninentof the vi Gieneral Assembly Troi ist, Senator Hint pr of the Gventyetii present ventilated hls views at great length. For a long thne it appeared as if tio two gereed in any particu. lar, but about midulgnt they all decided sWa, Amati tts C to stund by the resolution, pass it In the Senate, and urge concurrence Upon ft fn the House It ly not probable, however, that any re action wit be taken onthe qmatter until the temper of the House is a ately ascertalned. On the question of apportion the Senntors substantially agreed that they wouldirt ret at all this session niiless Cot- gress passed the Apportionment bill. THE HOUSE SUDICIARY, COMMITTER listened to a Jong and able argument this aft. ernoon by S.C. Judd, of Chicago, in support of the bil to enable religlans organizations to hold r ul personal property. The House Committes on Jndiciat Depart ment took an ecouomieat streak to-day and eut down the nuuber of HHH's Digests fo obe purehased by the State trom 1,090, ns alichually proyased In Yitliams? Dill, to 503, whieh would seein to be quite enough to help the dizest mnan out with his The same Comittee will report bly on Morris? Auti-Elopement and ction Will, '§ resolution proposing a prohibit- ory amendment to the Constitution will come up asa speelal orderiu the ffouse in the. morning, unless its author, as is quite likely, should deellne to enll It wp, and thus postpone what would otherwise be e“cireus.” “The prevailing opinion is that he has abandoned all Idea of amending the Constitution, and has centered his hopes In the mortified Hinds bill, whieltis nt present. slumbering in the License Conunittee, REGULATING INSURANCE COMPANIES, ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Ciucade, Mareh 10.—Mr. Calton, a Demo- eratle statesman from Jacksonville, proposes to “regulate the liabilities” of Insurance companies, and to this end has Introduced a Dill in the Senate, the first section af which reads as follows: That in all sults brought upon policies of ine Rurtnes nealnst logs or damage by fire tereafter issued or renewed the defendant eball nat be permitted to deny that the property lusured thervby was worth at the thie of the issulng of. thy polley the full umount Insured thereunder onsiid property, and" in case of the total loss of the property (isured Ue mitasure of damages shall Je the amount for whteh We xaine was tnaured, lesa whatever depreciation In value the property iuny have Bustulued between the time of the Isaulog of the policy and the tino of the loss, — nnd tha burden of proving such depreciation stall be upon tho defendant, ete, By one of the curious colneldences attend- ing much of the legisiation of the class to Which thts bill belongs, a bare majority of a Dare quortn considered this bill and recom: mended its passage, dt would be dificult to cancelve of 9 more hhleous monstrosity In legislation than whut is proposed In this bill Some half-dozen years since the State of Wisconsin, In the heat of the “Granger” frenzy, enacted 2 law providing that, In case of the total destruc- ton of an iAsured bulldluig, the amount writ- ten In the polley should be deemed the meas- ure of damages. Evey this attempt to "reg. wate the Habillties* of insurance companies, according to the offlelal report of the Com- milssioucr of Insurance for that State, has resulted In Inc ONMOUSLY THE CRIMES OF “AND INCENDIATISS It ls moreover condemned by the Governor of that State In hls late Inaugural in the most emphatic terms, for the reason that It * eneourages over-Insurance and consequent ineendiarism,” and “ offers a reward for raseality.” But this Jacksonville statesman proposes to distance the Wisconsin expetl- ment completely, for his bill appiies to ait descriptions of property. Let us see how it would operate. A man has w stock of merchandise valued at $10,000 which he insures for $5,000; In the course of trade ho reduces it to $1,000, and, without. fault on his part, this renmunt burns and be- comes a “ total Ioss."" He Is asked to state his elnin. Ife says to the Insurer: My logs ss $1000; but by a statute of Itlinols Lam entitted to recover the nimount for which the property was insured. My clin 18.55,0001 ov grala-shipper has 10,000 bushels of Wheat stored ina elevator, worth $1 per bustiel, and insured for $10,000; two-thirds of the wheat is shipped, and the remalnder Is darned. ‘Chere isno “depreciation,” there is no disputing that the property, at the Une itivea Lasured, was worth the sum insureds the assured pregents his claim for $10,000, and, without jutles ov Jury, the statute re- quites the Insurer te pay tls amounts ‘The second section at the bith Ty, tf possi- bles mora monstrous than the first. [t pros vides When fire-lnsurance policies shall be hereafter tasued or renewed by move than ene company upon the samo property, and sult shall bo brought upon aly of sald policies, the defendant shall not bu permitted to deny that the prop. erty Insured was worth ARETE gute of the several amounts for whieh it was insured ut the time the last policy was issued or renewed thereon, wiless frat is shown on the part of tho assured In obtaining such additional insurance, and tn such suit the awmensure of dumnes sliall svetion rat of this act,” ¢ XTENT TO WHICH FRAUD WOULD HE POSSE under such a law fs absolutely bewlldering, A wholesilo house in the lnblt of earrying large stocks could rin its Insurance to $1,000, 000, and, when threesfourtis or nine-tenths of the stock lind been disposed of, cautd burn the remalnder and eli the whole sum ine sired, and anny attempt to show fraud tn ah- taliing the Insurances would be absolutely futile, ‘The title of this but Is slznificant, Ieavontd “regutate the liabilities of tire Insiranee coins panles with a vengeance; so much so that no pradent and reputalte company would even think of assumbig a finbility on personal property should this bi becomes haw, mut ail the vast mereantile and personal property interests In this State would be compelled to go Unprotected, or els pay an enormous pr tor the five-fadd hazard that would at- nel te tho buslisdss as a whole wider sel a statute, Shottld it become a lew, Senator Callon hiaself would not tind a responsible insuymice company that would: lisure his own household goods What shall by sald of the dense lgnomnce with respect to the practieat bearing of lexls- Jative enactnents upon the anbjects to whieh they relate on the part of mich who father such bills as this, orof the lutelllgence of 0 Committes” that enn report in favor of the passage of such a measure? — lgnorauce, did taay? Dstand corrected; such bills are not the ollzpring wholly of Sgnoranee; fn Jegislative parkince they are Known: its “saneedurs,? wid scores of thon are futro- duced orere season, concerning which there fs not the slightest expectation that they will y become taws, but sliuply that someboly eeheus-lke—will “come down? Avothur statesman, aud hailing from Chie engo, desires to regulate Insurance compe nies. His little bP requires that these Instl- tutfons SHALL MAKE CP A STATEMENT OF THEI AFFALIN any thine, or fy number of tines, durtng the yeur, upon thirt dase notlee, to satisfy the panic that dhey are ina sound condition, It hig distinguished statesman bad searched boas provided In mong the taws of the State relating to Ine attranee, he would have discovered that the Auditor is cspowered to call upon any ine sitranes company doing bushiess In the State, whose soundness. fs suspected, for a state ment—net onpen thirty days? otlee, but at one hours notice if he dest Not only that, but he fs empowered to lnves- tluate Ws affairs from top to hottom, and, if he finds It. necessary, can revoke the authors ity of the Compariy examined to transact husiness, Tas the Auditor asked this Cook County statesinan to bring forward wuy sticl DH? Has any constituent of his made such request! Your Springfleld. correspondent, Messrs, Faltors, most trathfully let the daylight inte such «efernes Itt sour piper ot yesterday, in which lie says: “ Every day shows more con Senate Is the portion of the sent Legislature bn whiel bad measures are to be pushed ‘The great mae the members of the Senate are true wert as one of the memhera of the Tose ex: vl Lit last week, there is a" gang” in the Senate capable of alinust anything. Tf anybody supposes, howe that, the aforesaid Dlils—or any others of a kindred eharacter—will “draw blond? from the [n- surance fraternity, they will find themselves wotully tistuken, Ge UNITED GROCERS. A Prospective Combination in Piilas delphia to Matetain Prices and Check Bad Credits—The Cutting In Reform tn the Seniing of V and ‘ensures and Other Evia, Ke Phitatd tare, March 6, Within a month or so the grocers of Bt. Leute and Detroit banded tezether, and lust week Camnden saw ay organization effected inthe Ine terestof ten, and sugar, and soap. Jt Is eatl- ranted that there are 3,64 grocery stores In this elty, owned In whole or part by some 500 Indli- vieuals, and it 1s argued that, Hf united, thesa Mispensers of the sweets af life might mal themselves power before whieh the fegislator or the magistrate would tremble whose course of condnet was hostite ta commerciul Interest, Unfortunately, the members of the trade have hitherto been us.0 bonse dividert against Iteelf, and effort to bring them trmly together wad felt to be futile; but just) now all the weaker or more contentions having fallen Into the meshes of Lankruptey a moment has arrived, und: advane noof tt for the hindering of its, Strange wait may seem, the productor the eane hay wlways t one of contontl Tels sold that it ee a full third of eve grocery min's busines fee teuding article of the trade, and yet it has ny absab loss, Tt hue been used ns on balt to catch custom, and inany houses have gone fur us to offer [tte the public at Jess than rice, the difference und the expense of hottsing and handling boing all dead lows unless covered by oxtra profits on other articles, ‘This system continues even at this-day, though by nll nceounts it prevaita less rainousiy than it yearor 80 ago, buteven now a fri on Seven- Teenth street offers as gomd A paund of ten for 0 cents ng cun be got tnyswhere at that price, fund yeives besides a ent of two poids of grantiated sugar. The tea that first-rate bouses sell at) cents costa 3) to ik, and the sugar costs. at lenst nine cents pond, sy thi: profit that can be made on the trinsne- lon ds easily caleakited. Other goorls tn which uitting * cantus.s frequently: tr are proprictar, % Where the bu, enn be whsolutely” sure of the qnuillty of “the article he buys. A person will hesitate to tuke at didcontsatea aleged to bey as gol a8 tho average 6) vent quality, but he will not hesitate to buy cheap soup or ennned goods that Learn well-known trade-inurk, und go the. prices of those articles have from time to tine beet ruinoualy reduced to serve the ends of advertls- fog or drawing custom te Individual houses, Now one of thy principal objects of tnceting on ‘fuesday ulgbt isto eheck, if posalble, thls sort of competition. It it argued that it ix ne’ of advantage to tha publie. If they get cheap stisur they puy deurly tor something else, and perhaps ket unwholesome sugar, treated with nelds, to boot. On the other thatd, the trade 13 Infected with a spirit of speculation, it becomes uastendy, and legitimate protits are forfeited, The pametnal remedy proposed for this ovil 1s thitull the most respectable rns should 1sso- olute themselves inider pledge not ta sell any thing under cot: price, or under a certain rate covering the cost of putting it over the eaunter, Thomnas Martindale, of the iri of Martindale & Johnson, advocates this p He thinks the lesser houses gmomnt to nothing, and if the lead ing ones united to place sug losing basis und to. resist cutting op other arts te their action would give the trade great stu. i a H, Consty, South Second street, jnother: he great trouble," sal no hiw to stop the eile of adu! Suxarsare sold so full of act when burrel is opt B18 and I have in my stoi Tennnot put inn tin “0h, for it would ent through. Lwoull not sett it, but others dont Jow prices. .A powerful organization might haven good efleet in represalug the sale of such stall’ Other dealers are net 29 suns ‘uine its these two. 1 rel of inolasses that of Murket street, was fully ative to nil the evils that beset the tride, but saw no way You might get them ta make any agree- perald, “and when trade geta a tittle dul p they will comeduwn with thelr aurar, and what cunyou do?" Mr. Brady, of Devine, Brady & Co., thought the period for un organi- ation had passed, He thought the era of infu ridus compeution was practleally over, and that there was ne imemedinte ett for nny unto, and littic to he galned by It. SUL, be wag willing te codperate, If any geod could be dor Amony the other ends propused ar dny of stores at reasonabl bad credits, and reform In tho seating und measures, in the made of buying fruits and of gauging conl-oll4, HH dy pre that wh tho deniers w In should ag lose at about 7 o'clock eve “. Tho present: hours, espech sinaller stores, are deseriben ag a fri shipon both proprietors and employés, times extending from 4. in. tot p. tn, and it auested that it people were once made to understand that they inust buy carly or not at aul, there would be tio enll for any sich rifice oon tho part of the” trades The checking of bad. credita tobe aeubject of great shitlen ity ‘Tho custom umanding references from all applicants for credit and the preparation of Tete of withtal dos Hnquents are among the remedies proposed, The examination of weights and measures gives rise to complilut mainly among the smulter dealers, many) of whom assert that they are taxed &) 34 and & three mid four tines a year, contrary to low, ‘The trouble aboutalried fruits, sue ad ts and rutsing, fs that thoy nro sold fin boxes purporting 10 contain adetintt number of pounds, but atten the quantity falls ehuct. ‘The wrosa welyhe bal chedt. but the box fs often teh heavier thi it should be, and ko the Ero unless he makes gilowne uh tilation, &$ often atu loss, iy posed 8 to ares to buy bencetorth -by in weight only. ‘The coal-oil” prese shiniiar pos- tes of loss. The smell deniers buy: it i sat RO MACH H ellon, DUN the sutesing 18 t te, and amen oll i pald for than he method uf guugiig now pros ix and a hutt pounds of olf ent toon gnilon. The enre stamped ‘OW WOKE sed Tats it fs thought woukl be James Morgan, ry Mbt, excep eo, felt pra: barr often ree weighty of the barre inthe business, aud fale for all parties, INHUMAN OUTRAGE, Hovolting Treatment ofa White Wom-= an by Dinguised Flends tn Virginins My Telegraph to New York Herald, MteusOND, March &—lutelligence bas Just been revelved in this city of the recent porpes tration of a alngilar and horrible outrage by unknown and dinguised parties tt the Goose Creek nelghborhood of Bedford County. Ie ape pears that the Indignation of tho parties In ques> ton wes aroused by the open and seandious rotutions existhur betwean a colored blnekenith Named William Jones and a white wou, whose ard to vespectabls Samily cons iy suppresact, ‘Tho intimacy betwoen these persons hid gone on te the extent that child was born to the wou, of whieh tho Negro, or at lenst some negry, Wud He undoubts ed parent, Scundatlaed by this dtute of alteira and by the boldness with which the stimie oof the ibseezenitara was publicly avowed, w party of persons eatted on then beth atter nightfall recently and visited on cach of Abo, but espechslly on the female, punishment and warning of the most burbarons charactor, urrible whipping, wiiel ho bs suid to have recalved with peeat restate ton, In view of the report that nu worse: thing hetell him, ‘The won was viaited by a bodily und nalcioss injury, intended to express Hew. very cinpliitic aud nivfal unaner the conden nation in which ber mode of Ufo was reminded by the community. Tt wad necessary for her to souk the skilled nei i amiih fo relieve her from tho. btu quances at the mingkedl mon's Visit. he maskors Were white or black 13 not known, though i tho ter~ ror inapired by the oveurrence the negcoes int tho nelhborhood generally reported thie the Kho Klux bad done ir. As there wre not, and never have been, my Kla Klux da this ov tin aay section of Virginia, it by ent that thoy merely ciploy the term to describe tho muskers and the nysterions way ia wich thiy outrage, ittos gether without parallel i Virginia, was porbes trated in the hiweablding County of Bedford, Ttezeklalts Dodges Hezexinh Sturges was U2 years oll when be murried Mist Holknap, at Zanesville, Oblo, and sbo was2W. Hu hud 81%),000, und sho bad no money atall. Hefore the ceremupy, ho tnelius attoyly waked ber to ign us document alluwing hor, ho anid, 800 a yeur for ptnsmoney; but he lid not explain that by so doing she reboquished ali etal on bis estate after bis death, She bus Juct discovered that fact. utter boing hla wite ton years and at lust bocouiiuy bis widuw, a Dyspepsla, bittousness, pervousnesy, and ils crablyness, all cured with dup Bitters. 8 prise been t eonree, not of proft, but of | 9 GEORGE E. GOOCH. He Goes Under Owing Over a Hundred Thousand Dollars. Adulterated Butter ond Cheese the Cause of His Collapse, What Is Thonght of the Failure on Sonth Water Street—The Prinelpal Creditors, George FB. Gooch, one of the Incgost cheese ernoon inado an asaiiment to Joseph E. Otis for the henetlt of his creditors, According to the schedale Mled for record his assets consist of real ertate—n house and lot In Evanston—valued ttt $3,860, a lot of butter and cheese, oftice furnl- ture, ete, $20rO1S; Unbilltics, $0788. This showing, were it true, and the stuff would bring what it is rated at, would leave Gooch not onty in nu enndicion to salt right along, but goodly balance besided,—and no man who could shaw suck an actual condition would bave to“ shut up shop,” because n potty attach- ment of $10 is Horved out against him, A Tat Us afternoon in bis office in tho Howland Block. Mr. Wright refused the reporter access to the sworn scheiules, und coolly stated thut the fill~ ure amounted only tog trifle of $22,000, and ‘that the creditors would probably lose $5,000, ail told. ‘There were chanees that tho estate would pay 100 coats onthe dollar, and 75 per cent anyhow, ow, tho truth is, and every butter and cheeso Henier in the city fs cognizant of the fact, that faring nearly tho entire winter Mr. Gooch has IN A SHAKY CONDITION, Ile has, through his buyer of cheese, Unttorsby, and his butter-buyer, Daly, been pretty dadly caught. Both of thesa men bive purchased jaryely. and at times recklesly, and tho result has been heavy losses in shipment abrond. During oll this seusun Mr. Gooch has been in xreat straits to obtuln money to rin his busl- It Istroe that mitch of his stall Is mur- wined, but itis alvo trie that ho has recelved ad- $ ond goodly portion gf it. Tho bunks re tohonar his forelcn Mrafts, which loft hin on the shoals high nidary, He mo atone gd made money tnst summer, nnd hewlse did well until probably the Ist of dunuary last. Tt was tard butter which killed fin, South W he got bitten badly, too, on Jard-cheese, s0 f un- derstand, Last summer he bought a lot of mixed. xoods, and shipped them nerusy tho occan ag first-class stuit. OF course, he bought overy- thing with the understuoding that’ the yuols were ts represented, but when the drafts gut to Urtstol and Liverpool the partica went bnek on him. ile waa atso taken In badly inst fall when he purchased cheese in tho Wisconsin and Chi- cago murkets, [none or two eases he got hollot BADLY ADULTERATED Lots, aod the result wis that be hod to stand anothor Joss, $n this connection, L witht to say to you that, had the inukers of cheese and butter nnd rome of the South Water strect peapte sold to. tinoch whut he thought he was buylng,—and be vlieving that thelr yzogds were would not be in the mess ho know that adulteration killed kim, r. nud lard-cneese, and inti-hutt. Goveh blinseif, I believe, tricd to trade yin honest goods, but when hit shipments ere found defective fupait several occasions pirehnsers fost faith in him aud his goods went down on big hands, “'Thouch Gooch experienced all this trouble he did a nice business, He was tn large buyer, aud there was no troubie to throw alot of stult on hfs hands whenever a fellow hud an overplus on bund. You see Gooch bought an awful sizut of stutt, and Battersby and Jim Daly Jumped in- to the breach whenever they thought occasion demanded it. Despite all his drawbacks, Gooch, I think, made money, He did a ratttiog trade until in January. Then camo the snows blockades, and his souds were delayed In transit in this country. Add to this tho fuet that he eouldn’t sell hig foreign exehanye, and you can at onee that be was badly crippled. ne hobbled alonz us best he could un- Hil Wednesday afternoon, when bls checks wero thrown out by the banks, During tho day he had neonferetive with his creditors, und T think soe of them—perhups to the amoint of 821,00) or $22,000—agreed to make awn extension of his paper for sixty duys. ‘They also gave bim Authority to pay all hls smalier creditors, and believe he hud paid a few tn currency, whan S$. H. Davis & Co. clamped down on him for $00, That suemed to NRING THINGS To A Focus, i iKtoday. T lard: butte! Mr, T belle at if the creditors on tho dollar they'll be lnecky. Gooch has been ten years” on tho street us an exporter, und J guess three years ago ho bad o pretty rough Mege, and left a fow ceadltors to mourn, Gooch Is o good business-man, with a proviso, He Ian reckless buyer, I partnor who could keep him jn check there would be no trouble atall, But be is not sutl- cluntly, well balanced to run bis own business aloug.” <3 stated before, the lnbilitles aggreento about 3167.88. The creditors, on Soutn Water street Included, are: Charles Battz, $4,000; Cure Bet 50 cents tls & Switzer, a . Bogardus, Parliament & Esbert, $3,000; Alox- Fist ce A fe le 4 0 wad . White & Co, 8300, OF course there ure utbor creditors who have made advances on the ds, but Sr, Wright refused to glvo othorgetalls, He Josisted that the schedule could not WB got at for week, anyhow, aud he wouldn't allow a copy to be male. The failure of Mr, Gooch mny bring down others with bin. Mr. Mattoraby xtuted to u ‘Ttnune reporter that tho firm of S. I. Duvis & Co., who sued out an attachment for $0) agninst Mr. Gooeh, would have been pald by tho larger creditors, Last ner Battersby, on the reputation of the fuc- bought a lot of cheese muds by Meade, of Mlebron, IIL, which was warraunted pritag, and for which cents was paid. ‘This was shi ppod uerogs the water, and when ft arrived at Livers poot it was THROWN OUT AS NEING ADULTERATED withlard, Subsequently, it was learned that 3. 1. Davis & Co, sold Meade the tird neutrtl, and there was now a claim for damages pending- ayalnet Davia & Co, ‘One of the creditors remarked that Davis him- self failed some yours aga, and ha was thanktul then for any lenioney that might buve been shown bhi. Wirt it was di now. Mr, Alexander, of Al Fish & Co., sutd that ho would have given 81,000 to have kept Goovh runnin; During the figoch wis Tattor part of tho afternoon Mr. He sald that creditors to the xranted him all the ox- an Wednesday fast, Some to antke tim a present of the creditors ofered of what be owed thom rathar than to let bim yo down, My atu Llverpool, nt New ¥ neross tho water, ‘mitt te, “tk now at Bristol, rock, and In voutrso of transit bout $75,000 to S10, bod worth out that way. Sty lbil- fies ure nbane $22.00, ‘was “Iarid-but- ter and auti-hult cheese “whieh | tirat ket me (nto trouble, 1 never knowlugly Kold a pound of lard-tutter or Inrd-choese, always fought this dishonesty, as you know, aAnadvanee of one cent a pound on what Lbave on hand to-day would cleur mo 10thu, If the imarkot would rise two and a hulf cents it would pa y all L owe and Jeave men nice margin be aldes. ‘The cheesy market at present ts dull, and if the hutter was here today it would bring w large price in this uiurket. From all tho iIndica~ Hons, itis not very likely that Mr, Gooch will reatime business again very soun. —— MEASLES. Speetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Larayerte, lad. Maret 10,-Tho menstes cor Unue to proviil here to a hinge extent, and of a iuure severe type than n fow weeks ngo,—sev eraldeaths ovcurring. ‘The diseaso hus at toa entered the Orphans’ Home, south of tho city, where there ure at presout over 100 boys, more than belt of whown are at present sitorers trout this complatt Unter tho careful wursiug of the Sisters, no deaths havo yotocourred: but eee Home Is tittle else than a good-sized hospi- AL HOW. ed M'PHERSON'S STATUE. Cixuinnati, U,, March 10—An_ vlogant brooze statue -of Gen, J, 0. StePherson will bo une veited In this olty at the rounton of the Army of tho Tennessee on April 7 ely a few weeks, und will thon be rumoved to Clyde, 0. where the rumalns of the dead her are Interred, ny ——— nr THE OHIO CIDER-MAKERS, CavuMuys, U., Murch 1.—The State Cidor Mukers’ Association ta-ilay oleated the follows Ing ollicors: President, 1.1. MeSaaters, Leone ardsburg; Vice-President, C. C. Peot, Gypsona; Becretury, 0 O, Janus, Leanardsbur; Drogas urer, it Light, Osborne, ‘Nhe Association ad+ Journed to meet iu Gution next Murch, : rc enator Carpenter. Milwaukee Kevubtican, , Scnutur Carpenter used to tel; with much guste a comurk nude by hts son Paul several Pent tas Ata social gventiiy withering at the wauutors house w guest inquicut of the doy, © Puut, whit do you lntend ta de when you grow tu be a man” % “ Well" answered the boy, 1 should. tke to drive a huck, Lut Lanppose Senator," and butter exporters in Chicago, yeaterdny ntt- ho bad a- Ir willromalu tn thiy : reporter called on Joseph Wright yesterday | you It wns determlued to, make dn assignment, . u shall huve Cy by . Vaul hud aw notion, aud icwas not far from boing the truth, thut' bis futher waa compelted tobe Benutor of tho people, Mr. Curpenter always profeayed parsiiie Jarly warn feuling for poopla. Law speech after hia defeat for retlection, bo tu this feullug, *Uike the Irish,” vald musy, tke inysulf, thuy belony to God’, tion, the puur. Lady" fa that ally true Drugglst—" Yoay madain; De. Bull's Cough syrup wecule’ ta ul