Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 15, 1881, Page 9

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: 15 TUESDAY, MARCIH s 1881—TWELVE PAGES. 4 e TIE STATE CAPITAL. w Scattering Senators Meet and Toil for Eleven Minutes. ¢ Fe The House Does No Better, but Listcns to.a Few New Bills. pe Careful How You “Set *BEm up? for the Boys Here= after Tadications that Efforts Will Bo Mado to Throw the Inveatigation Wide Open. BENATE. A SHOBT HAGL OF TUE SEINE. Spectul Dtapateh to The Chtcuon Tribune, grmxorienn, 1L, Mareh H—A few seat- fering Senators convened In the Senate Chamber at the usual hour this morning, no quortin being present, fndetinit loave of nbsence was granted Benator Mawme who Iy sick tn Chieasgo, Senator Clark Introdueed o bill amending fees. 15 1% and 19 of the Chinneery uet, ny follows: . B Jtametids See. 17 by making tho vacation of aderree Imperative, where the defendunt Js served with progess, und does not enter his appearance #t tho tine when the decree 18 entered, und at the next term flles bis snswer, ete. Under the amendment the de- cree would statd until after the hearing of the canse, when the Court may vacate, ulter, or mmend 1t, In so farng 1t aifects property ights. S ; The amendment to See. 18 renders it man- datory on camplainants, in eases of default, to prove the allegations of the bill, The amendinentto See. 19 [hnits the setilng ashle, altering, or amending deerees to prop- rights, nnd fn all other respects n the iseretion of the Conrt. *“The bill 1s sald to _have beendrawn with a slew of giving acourt discretlon fn setting which may worl irreparable personal injury. 11 WILL NOT LET UP. Senntor Whiting presented o copy of his favorit measure 16 ax express companies @ pet cent on thalr ur enrnings, ‘Fhe gen- tlemen has the snme hill pending in the Rev- ennc Committee, and had this one referredto tho Committeo on Agrienlture wnd Drajunge, Ttbeing painfully evident that no further roceedings could be hiad, President Hamil- on antonneed that nothing wits in order but a call of the Ilouse or motion to adiourn, ‘The Intter course seemed to be the wiser of the two, and after eleven minutes’ toll the Kenate adjourned untit to-morrow morning. HOUSE, A BRIEF SESSION, Speciat Dispatch to The Chicayo Tribune, Srmyorien, 1, Mareh 14,—Collins, of Cuok, called the House to order pursuant to the adjournment; No quorumn wis present. The Commitiee an State Instifutions re- yorted back a large number of bills, They were referred to the Conumlitee on Appro- priations, ‘I'hie Connmities on State Institu- tlons evldently lias the utmost falth In the varlous State iustitutions, for it In almost every case glves them the amounts they nsk. Ilnrvey, of Logan, offered abllappropriats Ing §85,000 for the purchase of adaitional lnnd for the lustitution for the Feeble-mlnded at Lincoln, The snme bill" was introduced by Senator Mayfield Saturday. Guodspeed, of Livingston, presented n bill fo prohibit the pernicious habit of trenting. HEAVY PENALTIES ARE PROVIDED in ease n Jiberal-minded man ** sets ‘ent up” for the boys and gets eaught at 1t Tho patent antt-olopement and seduction bill, emanating from Morris, of Hardin, was ordered to secomd reading, s o The Conunittee on Judicial Department sent i bill permlttie private wirehouse- men to sell unclalmed goods. Enelish, of Gallatln, presented a bill puns gumz all those who may maliciously destroy ees, Rablnson, of La Salle, offered a bill to ex- tend the Jurisiliction ol County Courts, Crook, of Sa not, sentin o bill to pro- :,'efir"l‘llx‘x moneys of wminors In the hunds of ardians, Hill, ot McLean, presented a resolution callmg on Dr, Itauch to vacelnate the mem- bers of tha General Assembly, It was promntly lost, Adjourned until to-morrow morning. THE INVESTIGA'TTON, IT WILL BE BESUMED TO-DAY. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicagn Tribuna, SrmiNorieny, UL, Mareh 14,—Thero wlll be guorums in both Houses-in the mornle, judzimg from present Indications. The Sen- ate investization will be resumed, and, while mupy of the knowing ones inslst thal the battle is practically fought and ended, there are well-founded reasons (o disbelieve any such theory, As the Committes now stands, lus members are with the Comwmissloners, Uy agafust, One of tha wilnority, Mawmer, Is homeslck. This leaves four Democrats and Senntor Whitlng, Republlean, in the renr., It is plain to by seen tuat the wajorlty will tighten tho lnes and contine the proseen- tlon to the Iarding charges us pared down, Senator Callon, who leads the mfunr- Ity, returned from Chleago vin Jacksonville to-night, ang expresses hlmself freely on the course to pe pursued by the Democracy,” 1t seems that the winorlty will tnsist on tha grfdlumllon by the raflrond people of thelr riginal RECOURDS OF REBATES AND DRAWBACKS, or very complete abstrncts thercof. 'I'his proposition will most decliedly be defented by the miajority, s they have alrendy shown their intentlon so to do,” The minoritysvill ut ouce make u report of the actlon of the ma- lotlty und thelr_own_ deslves to go nlheu(l to the full Senate wnd usk it bosly to compel the praduction of houks aud papers, "This netlon, 10 tuken, as Callon solemnly deelures it will be, looks'liko nn nt- tewpt 1o throw thy whole fyvestigation wide open to A-veryhmlf' uniess the Republicans flsvln thelr ‘might and sit dowi on the uinority report, so us to nvold the nscless Jubof conalilerine n *eontempt ease.” Ono :»l«l Democratie hnvd hewd salid this evenling i fght reminded him of w couple of eats lllm fougint and elhmbed up on each other un- they nseemlea Into thin aly, disnppeared Toll Inartal gaze, snd for thres days noth- lxrt;alx'x:x (l{lnmlhmdnu;. Jorit other hand, the majority express no |lenrur the result. Tt I8 suld no effort will bo ‘:mdu 1o choke off the inveatigation. 1t 15 0t belleved by them that the Leglslature n:i‘s the right to compel the production by 2 Irond companies of books und papers, i Iinpiression provalls that THE TESTINONY WILIL BE CONCLULED THIS R WEEK, And thera nre vaguu hiuts that Smith and .ugun‘wlll be contirmed bofors the custon- “",J Feiday - adjournment, Iording and ":‘lghz arrlved frou - Chieago to-night, lflld I8 nnderstuod that” both “ure .llur:d to the wmuzzle with additfonal u‘t‘ and u\nvrl«m for the entertajnment of me Fillroad oRielals, who wili ariive n the oriing, 1t 15 wxpeeted, among other things, el an eifort will be mide to Tavive the old d"_{"]bl:nlms of the cnmribuat nen nnd gealy- lm ers along the line of the linely & Mlch. “x:n Canud gznimat the Roek Isud Rowd for lul‘"}!' diserimination, ‘Tlis subjeet wns M)) ventnted by Titr: Trinuse thres years b it sleo then there s been na’com- h_mil“l“\!\ :i_r'lh‘)" of u‘!uullluu. Sli sihd Superin- 1 ioinis, of the canal, to your cor- Fesbundent st Thuesduy. ——m—— C‘;':l Of Burning a Bond Body—Dr. I“)uu'- Executors Annwerlng Q1 Mous Abuut the Wushingion :lvlumry, fruixerroN, Pa., March 10.—The trustecs of :«'fi. Lo Moyuy Crentory I this ptucobuyvo had mu;:;lyqu ies put at them n relution to tho buyy n" \LXpunso, etc, uf cremation dhat thoy Pt m! tho Iulluwluf circulur printed and Tn reprioas desirng luformution: tiop FEBY to Sour fuqulries fn reguil 1o cremas ereet _&Ag\nulu sy that Dr. K Julius Lo Moynu of Dt‘: 18 creniutory for bls uwn uso and tat i u::n- Iu the nefgbborkood, and not for tho .uula“hhubflu‘ bid bupe belug that erematorics 4 0 erected in ditferent parts of the coun- Tow b bowever, ullowed the cremution of & Yodles, 10r tho purpose of keopluy this ros form betoro the publie, a3 well ns to gratily n strong desirn of thuse who hard no- other way o Ahowing thee nterest 1n the subject, 'Tho trustees endoavor to follow his wishes, nlthough helert nu directions (n tho matier, nor wtiy fand foF keeplur up tho crematory, hencs i small At 13 aeddled 1o the actunl coxt of ceemnton, e cremutory (8 sitanted at Washington, Washington County, P, Tho paco muy ho [;;m-lwvl by rail fram elthor Fitishueyg or Wicel- i trustees wil rccetvo no botes for cromn: o stitless thoy nire proviously satiailed that death I8 pecent” wnd from nutieal causes, Pl tufarmntion must he aceampnnled by neertiil= eute from the nttending physiclanand tho tlonrd of [Tealth, and eomo referces known (o both poarties nro destral) . A thnely notiy |y &on, It equired for another ron- Uired nhout hentysfour hoirs to rinee before the iniraduction ot to after tho iudy 1y lv)m‘!'ll I tho retort it {s atmed i abaut two hours bat from twenty to twentysfonr hours must be allowasd for tho ,”,',’,‘,’\","F‘" tha retort before the nshes ean he ro- ‘The indy 18 removed from the cofiln hefore cremions henee Ifn sheot be fukd In tho coflin smder tho body It can o NTted out more caslly, mmmulumunng and a plam coflin ure recori= mendad, The nshes are getierally placed b n senlod Lite box, and cnn be euerled nwny by the fricnds or fent by express, Tho welght of the nshes virles rou five Lo reven tonnds, The vost of eremuting n body Ia €15, Thig in- cluley il xpenses after tho body ren tho -rallroud station nt Wushingtui,—hourse, cars ringe, and Box, ns well na fuel, attendanee, ete. Hlaping you will fiad all vour questions satise factorily answered, we rul{gllll yours, ete,, HAnniNg, Junats L Slovae, I'rustees, BAY STATE POLITICS. Tho 'Fribes of FPon: and Ponknponga=— rosp " Pollilenl Fizht Bes Tassachusetin=Tho m of the Movemuoent tor Dnlng and Wianlng Carl Nelurz, Spectat Correspondence of Tie Chicago Tribune, Bosrox, Murch L2, —Jjust now the higher politi= eal, und to somo extent the suejul, cireles of this ¢ty uro in astate of subdued commotion con- cernlny the prospective banquet i honor of that retived publie functionury, the Hon, Carl Sehure, though the ostensibln cause of commos tion 4 not the banquet, nor the ex-Secretary ns un dndividuat, or, speaking generally, s an otticiul, but Lo, tho poor Pouea. Ellminnte the Ponen from his official history, and Wil Boston ean ‘alide Carl Schurz very W In fact, all who ure Inany view worth mentlon In respect to their stunding and Inlhience lke hitm to the point of ndmtratlon, barring tho Ponea business, Es- peclally they chorlsh gratitede for his timely and persunsivo speclespuymont nrgament, des tivernt iu Boston wheu tho rising tide of $3en- Butlerism uppenred about to sweep all the old politienl lundmurks from thele places, Tho min facts antecedent to the impending erigis your renders know through tefegrums of various dutes which buve nppenred during montis or e pust. Mow the Ponea was invited vy tho: Department of tho luterlor to leave his snow- clud hifls, und spend tho rest of lis i tho bulwmy cliimte ot the ludian Tor- ritory; how bushful ho wns at belng thuy singled vut aud honored, and, In conse- quence, aul o more pressing Invitation extended through Gen. Crook and bis tegulurs; how he went, und at nirst didn't Hie ity and afterwards et of his honsehold .did tike it and so declnred and dechded to stny, whilonnother purt persis.ed In tholr repugnunee, and tled northward through leagues,of forest and pralvie, und ropossessed the old hunting-grounds; how thero were llos- ton symputhizers for all theso distresses, who demanded to know who hud eut down tho sheltering: ancesttad Pouen tree; how Carl Eehurz rose up and sald, 1 did it with my little batehet”; bhow Bostot symputhizers then divided,—tho gone purty to glow for tho truthful Corl wod remind themsclves of his muny virties, and the other to demand of hlm penftential tears und that he excavate tho Tonen ground and plant another tree; how tho former party stunmoned hiu to wine, und dine, und smoke tho cutumet on Toesdny, March 22, undl low the lntter hyve sinee been ulking and nursing thele wrath,—ull 1y needs only 1o bo outlined wo bring the whole deama to minid. But this finale bus ot heen got Upon the hords ex- cept by means of n gowd many wires, whoets, and palleys which uro not visibie to tho ordipary speetator, ‘Pliey eajoy thy sitation most who knuw what I8 visible from behind us well a8 bu- fore the curtidn, A gl if tho nsido will chuble your reatlers (o shure fn thut pleasire, . Lot tho purties be nuamed the party of Pouen and the pirty of SEhurz; « Chief among tho for- mer arg Gov, Lowr and Scantors Dawes and Hoar of this Btnte, Next must consplenous, erliutps, are tho editors of threo of the Boston tepibllcun duitles: and then como o host, in number yet wwdetermined, of minidters, reform- ors, und philantbropiste, The Schurz party, who nro not all ltupublicans, has beon allg for i3 uppearanco before tia public In thy col« winns of tho newspupers with tho tuflest men in front, while the most setive as<umu humbier pluce, as appenrd by the printed Hst of signers to tho bupguet Invitation, Near tho top of tho 3t ure found tho nnmes of Charles Franes Adnms; G P Adams, Jr. Thomus Talbat, Lovernor; et of Har 1.V, O, W, 1ulme: i A Ames, sous ol Anies: P Putnom, Judie Justln Winsar, s Franels Parkng ke und Oeorgo B, a8, C, Cobbyy ox=Muyors of Dostos v, bauker; Bids wurd Atkluson, murchunts Wasulibeton Glids I8 B. Addrien, und U, Elot Norton, lterary Hut the real enterers and purveyors to the pulate of tho ex-Scerotiry uro for the most purt fower down dn tho colitnn. Among the ittle fact: ron the surfuce 13 1 elrcumspect i movers ln tho centerprisv, who, prior to getting mnybody tosien the furmul note ot Iuvitatlon, hud 1t submitted to the Sceretury bimselt Tor approval of its phrascology. Honee the Poned purty ure tomd of speaking of it as the Seeretary’s inviatk hlmself to himself, and they polut with Iny ous fluger to that purticulnr phruse wherein tho waords of prijse are * the murked Hdetity and ap- proved enceess with which you huve performed il your duties i Seerotary.” Bat nelchor pro- ex-Attarney-General; of the Superlor Libranan .:j' Hu Jo Co found sorvaw for the Poncas nor fastidlousiiess nur about the etipuet of dinner-luvitutions, both, will By accannt for the commaotion 3 hus been roferred to, Mussuchasetis s loyal Stutes (ndeed, in the diys of Jetfurson, and laie she wus used of being n * toyullse™ Stuto, Thnt was o wicked bypertiolo; but never have hor luading spirjts Deen overfond of strictly detnoeratic incthodss und, when [t comes to tho matter of bhor Chief-Maglstracy, they wunt to kiow not only who Is Governor huw, Dt who Is in the llue of suceession. Durlug the palmy Whig duys betore the War, tho legitinnito suc- COSSOr niwnys cainu to the throu Whlle tho anclen régline bus nover been restored, the old feelmg Bus not quite tled out, Ly all the lnws of legitmucy recognizedmnong the ralmg poflcs chitus, whun 1t beenmu Kisowa ‘i 1870 that tho (o, "Fhowmus Tulbot would, not agnin bun luuwlulu for the Governorshlp, 1t wud pereeivod tEE tho Hon, Henry L, Plereo was next in the Mue of sucecesion, and the slate was 0 mido wy, and the wnsuspecting lordss parmnonnt felt thot they hud done ugood thing, uid suoked thele grny benrds accordingly, Huat, when the duy of thu Reputlican nominating Conventlon nrerived, thed wore amuzed to fhud that their Junlors in yenurs und politicyl service, but, 18 It nppearesd, hot leas wdept in politicsl munipulaton, also prepured o slute, with the numo of Jobn D, Long at the top, - Protesting, they sabl Loug, o young tan, could utford to waity while Pisrce, u vuteran, could not, Neverthoiess, the Plerco glite wis smushed, und Long was nominated, Loyalty reguired the tteket to bo sustnlned at the polls, but n diy of retribution was nwal und now 18 thought 1t hus arvived, Tho play wos ' the thing to edtel tho congelenco of e Kl nd the Sehrs din- nue, b1y surmisod, will serve In the sume wiy Lo brimg the heeiless of the epubliea y 1o u pereeption ot whit fealty to tho par tions requiires thom 1o do, - Thu preseot Go orisi prononneed Lo of tho tocal Puien. Committoe, 1 e e ronehed and Bls politienl prestigo dostroyed, will bo w great victory's and, If Senators Dawes and Hoar got s bzt hits s the mdlée, they citns be gtven to understand fater that it was {in- chlontal only, amends eun bo mnao to thein persanutly someliow, Tho movement bus be workeilup by no Jousnoymnen, und tho politl effeet of 1t will bo witeied with intorest. Wheth- er tho adverse element will meet It by gt or by Hnease, doed net yot uppear; but petitury, atud it may wlio bo enld com- blementary, bulquet to Seoators Dawes and Taur Is tallad of, i protubly witl bo glven. A6 remurked, threo of the locul Republican newspupers are cordipnl fn tha Ponca Interest, while nuother % not less emphutio on tho othor side, und hus tha aid of A non-partien sheot which 5 rend by perhnps ws wuny l(o‘ulllllcun readers as th three of “Pouea predilectlo In enrty 1mos thoro was u tribo of Indus fu Stus. sachusetts callod Pangnpones, They wero los cuted on tho buarders of 4 beautitul fuko some twelvo mules distunt fram Boston. The lako stifl bpars tha tribnl mino, and the terrliory uround It 1 ull, or nearly ull, owned by tho Hlon, Itenry L. Pleree, Thére ho bus a palatinl suimer-retrent, oond there, from time to time, ho - ecelves aud entertiing his fricnda—hls political friends w3 often us any, T Bouston papers bave been wary thug fur In discusslug tue political nspoct uf the Pou- e question, und I uone of thow bus it been predvnted wo oxplicity ug ubove; but with the explunation Just made ubout the luke, your reders witt Bo ablo to nporoclate tho telling furce of 1hld reaiark contalied ina recent Poneiy dl Poesibly Mr. Sclirz blwselt would el 8o bighly fluttored 17 b that bo wero o L wsed as toxt for a locat politleal thery are not one, but twoop| eorued,—the Foncus und the ulent piro- uvre, I which cased colls niujougs e ——— l Nuotbor Whisker Dye equuls HIll's 60 conts. LUMBER. Mesting of the Lumberman's Ex- change Yesterday After- noon. An Inforesting Discusslon Concerning the Supply of Pine in Michigan. Goneral Belio! that Things Will Reach a Crisis In tho Next Ten Yoars, The Early Mistory of the Lomher Trade in Chi. cagn—An Exeeedingly luferesting Dorument. The Hoard of Direetors of the Lunberman's Tisghaneo mot yesterlny mornig and elected the following oill for the current year: Presle dent, A, G, Van' Sehaiek; VieesUresldent, 8. Ko Marting "Trensurer, Jolin MeLarent Excentivo Committen, A. A, Curpenter, B, L. Anderson, T Denn; Comumitteo on Docks, I Auten, J. 3 Laren, I, A, Keeps Committeo on Inspectio 1, Sheppard, C. C. Fhompson, Re Lo Hensy, B, Anten, A, A Carpenter, Mr, Gearge W, Hotche kles wns uppolnted Secretary, T KLY MEETING was heldat the Tremunt House, lunch being servednt 1 ¥ M. C. C. "Thompson, After luuch Mr. larves proposed a voto of thianks to Mr, Thompson, which was seconded by Mr., 1 Dean In his usund happy veln, and pussed. Mr. Thompson responded brielly, enylng hie was gind to seo all bis frieuds, especlally when thoy were hungry. He left tho old town of St, Louls In '3 tu locate iu Chicago—the hub, Ilo thanked them for thalr patronago, and thought 0 poer cent of the lumbermen wers on the Loril's sude. [Tuughter.] ir, Thompson then vaeuted tho ehilr, The newly-elected Prosident, Mr, A, G. Van Sehitek, nssumed the duties of presiding ollicer, and congratithited the nssentiy on the suceess of thy Exchange, which was B} Years old yester- s The question of the timber-supply In tho Nortuweat was then tuken up ind discussed at great length, | Mr. Pearson read A PAPER ON TUE SUIECT, compiled from recently eollected statlstics, of whieh the following 18 o brief summury: Mr. Person suld o had studied the Lopography of Northorn Michigan for the past ten or twelve f'mlrs. and that thora s now almost o timber- aud Lov fale In the Lower Penlnsuly, The irge sulus st yeur were ut pr und to mangfueturers chlofly. The general ese thuute of pine per nere §8 7,000 feet, und thero (3 not over 5,000 fest per nere i tha Upper Penin- #itln except perhnps in the Menominee reglon, I mated the quintity of standing pino In I ut 5,000.000,000 feet, of which not oyvar 0N, feet would come .to Chleago, Mr, Murtin's esthnnte wus that 5000000000 fect woulil ho received tiere In w singlo sear, which would exust tho supply of Aichigun In live yenrs, Otbor markots beskdes this vie must o supplied, 1L W, Suge's stetement, made five yeurs ago, that Chleugo would censo to he a grent lumber muarket ifteen_or twenty yewrs nenee, des 1 attention, The IJIII‘AIHJWII Val- ley was perhups destined to take tho lend in fut- ure, The coming yeur's receipts here would prolbly bo ns lurge va those of any former seu- sutt. 1usiness 18 vound to inerease, but tha veceipts of lumber would begin to diminisk In about tvo years, us pine trees would not #grow up as rapldly ns other erops. There wore suw-1uills enough’ in Michiyith now to'saw up wevery pine treo i tho State in ten years, It thoy werd run to thelr full capaeity, “Jio was sur- prised to learn how much bud been cut in the pust fow yonrs,—the resultof tieree competition, t would be woll to cat less and {wl aore for It. Ho estimnted that the Lower Penlnsulnor M e, north of Rinige 19, contuins 2H.000.000,000 foet, nnd the Upper Poninstia 10,0.000,000 feet. Tho supply for Chicago at the present rate of do- atructlon and ¢onsnmption esmld not Inst ren yeurs. longer. The cut In Michlgau this past winter was about 6,000,000,000 feet. In tho TLowor Penlnsulu the plne 'now stunding below Town 19 I8 uot morc than enough to cover the plains, lnkes, and burnt Inndds of the 300 townships containing plne north of that Hoe, Mr. Hotehkiss makes tho stoek of tho uu'vcr peninsuin at only 6K00RGM feet. With these figures the supply of the Stato is aboutFLM0.000,0. The avernge given places tho of (the Territory for ten yenrs nt 3.500.000,000 feet, which does not tepresent one half of it Tho apy-mills will e practically LESS PIVE YEATS HENCE, though the State will furnish pine, bemlock, and hard wood for tho next twenty-tive years, Mr, Martln thought the busfucss of tho denlers wid to handle the lumber, und not uegue o much nbout the supply, There mlt:m come timo when glues bouses would be in fashlon, nnd then less pine would be wanted, He thought thore was plonty of pinu timber yet, and tho cut this winter would be greater thin ever before, Tho mifls wero guttine more, boata were be- B built, and " tho lumber was_ cotmbus 1o Chicugo—the hub of tho business, Tho trade would not retlro Trom sueh a great commerelal city, Waora thoy eontined to the little State of Michigan?- Thore wore othor lnmber-produeinyg Btates, e expeoted to aeo lminber cumne here from the Sonth, and tosco & 8ip eannl to the Missiasippl River, Ilow wero wu goiug 1o stop itseoming? Pertinps Mibhizan would wive out, but that wis o question, Hia experieico wis, that tho estimates of wiitt i pine troct would furnish did not nlways tally with tho fucts, My, Skeolo sahi that, nccording to u recent do- alglon of dudge Tlden, rullronds could not be Inld down [n tho strects of Chleawo for nrivate fntorestd, I thls was truo the tracks could by takon up. and steps should bo taken 1o uscer- Tin this fact nnd ippeal to the Legislature to huve tho law chunyged. Such i law would dam- 1o the trado, ‘They could not lord ears in tholr yards §f tho tracks were torn up. Mr. Van Schiduk gald the discussion of tho tlinber-supply was proper. o did_not belove i1 tho thicory of u scarcity of pine. 1le thought thore was more thin oy supposed, and ¢33 thiu thers ought to e, Pine camo lrest from '} 'reo State. Bangor was the 0 budlness thero reached ity mnxlmu in 1872, and the ity beenme a great exporting point. Within forty-five yoeurs tho entire quattity of pino un the Penobscot was oxhausted, l'unnsf(vumn (liek the lariest mun- fucturine at oue thme, Flgures were rend to show that In fifty yenrs tho Stute had been greipped of pine In I8 prinelpal timber counties, Willimmsport wns the leading murket of that Stute to-day. Tl timnto of supply for Penn- sylvanli was now 1,600,000 feet. Ping was now hardly known ' Nuw' York, hemlock bo- ing tho chief produet. 'Tho markets of Albany g T'roy were supplied mostly l:'y Canndit, In Michigun the supply of pino will probably overrun tho estimates,” The West tnkes more from Michigan now than the East over used, and even It tho supply wers doubled . THERE WAS BALE FOR 1T, Common lumber would sell hero at Albony prices fu five yews, Wisconsin wid tho greatest umber State, und tho quantity that would nover bo murketed 1 mmonse, Widcons(n would send more 1o tho now Western Stutes thun v Eust, Minuesota adso hwd g bliz su) uutwork of ruilronds to conyey (Lin vvery direes ton, The speaker din not think Canada: woittd b ablo to furnish so much plino 18 wid generid- 1y supposed. Hy noted that tireen Buy aleeady tind toimport hinbey, aud Luke Superlor had not a grent supply. 'Tho mwnufaoturors now Bl caplitad wnd were not oblixed to got adviinces a8 furmerly, Plne lunds woro n good [nvest- mont, ani the question deserved study. eIy Dean thought Mr, Pearson argued In o peck-mensure. Tho Baginww districr, o Michi- gan, waa ot all, Thers seemod to be an nt- uch year to searo tho tridoe about the ~8lpplY, but tho secolpLs nerungud ovory qeon. "tnirteon yourd uru Huginiw was golng o huve o lumbersfumino in ten yours, Chilcugo b not yot redohied hee best duys as o lnmbor murt. The Luko Hulmrmr country wis just obening, and the Pucitie coust had untold mill- {ons of lumbaer, Pine bourds woull be sold for lcss money whon the Exchunge breaks up tho Feviprocily treaty, Thoiipson said 7,000 foot to tho tree was nothing in Callfornln and 150 trees to the nervo, Laughier., Me. Tallurd explained in regard tn Imllmms phivite rallvoid tracky, which the Counell hnd perinitted, but the Court declded 1t to bu ukalngt holaw, [lo moved that the mevthg request tho Dircetors of tho Exchunge to recommend tho uppolatment of a stunding leglslutlve come mittee, 1h_consist ot un clovator mun, o pueker, und u fumbor-munufacturer, W look nfter tholr interest in duch matters. Pissad, Ilio next meotiug will be held Saturday at the Tremont, thy Menomines ltiver Lumber Coms puny furnlshing the NIth lunch, . A price-1ist mooting [ eallod for to-morfow at 1l o'elock ut the rooms of the Exchange, . v, U, W. Hotehkiss, of the Northwestern Lume Derman, 48 wrlting A LISTORY OF THE LUMBER THADE OF CHI- cAuY, of which the following fs a short sumnmary to dute: Mr, Josephi Adams sottled In Chtleuxo n 188, whon only i few “framo and log Uildingy wero ta be seein botweon Michlgan avonuo aid Clurk street. ruft of buildue timber wus above his lieus, o trom tho Calumet ln 18K or Stunu and sold nfter sowe deluy for Cupt. Carver upenced the st lumtior-yurd n or 153 nour the presont slia of tho Stute street bridpw, aud w smull schooner brought wh tewood tmber hera from somo polnt tcross the laky, Owing tu thu swnd-bar at the mouth of thie river, this veasel dlscharged ber curgo on bouts, scows, and rafts, which were flouted bulf u whle ur 80 urvund the bar. In J&57 othor yards wero sturlod, Whup tho Governuent Pler was Hutsbed nheavy flood swept away the sand, and luft i good, deep chnanel from the rlver to the Inke. When Capt. [urrison's litlo schooner are rived with bor poxt carg's, aud wad able to vomo up the river, the peoplo turned” out end ro- Julced greatly. The Messrs. Cummach bad plt- will entlie North Urauch o 18%, und perbups tho fieat lmnbor used In Chiengo was mnnnfnct- wred to (i way, Witlinmn Lester eonstructed o wind suw-mill enr thy prosent wite of Kinzlo strest bridue DL Erver sold out fn IR to G, W, Snow, who d tho snpn Rt for yenra. M. [hiltlued 4 that the_earllest ftmber o arri N oph, Micl, but soon after hnedwatee and geneenl mer- thber from: Coneoe's will in fu @530 the North Slide was well beeved] with efm, onk, and whitewood, and o 1 packet saw-mill oeated aear th present 2o avenuo beliie wasconsidered 0 won- thing. In order to reaeh it they hnd often np from fog to log, Mr. [Hgeinson eone «l bnshiness iy 8KL, when (ho trade wis wly with farmers and Hoodlers, who used to enmp winder the trees on the ' Nerth Side. About this date thiere were sls vards I this viemity, Mr, igginsan recelved umber from Mot minee, [eantign, Do CGirand Hiven, St doseph. and Mugkegou, 1o 195 he Dought s eargn from the lntter port, running iEM4 per eent Lo hieh grndes for £3.55 por 10K L iwhleh wis thaught to be o goord price. Tho st itimber from Eninnw eame b 1815 14, nd attracted mueh notive, being the first sawed by to Jun ! A elrenlur siiw that wad ever seen hers, 1t wis sold tor §4 per L) feet to It Dunlap, In 18405 the receipts were L0000 feet, o 1457 the lumbeemen suffered - greatly from ) N. Jadington & Co, sturted a yard bere [ sk, and It sounds whl to say it was o branch of thelr Milwnukee business, WILHELM AND AUGUSTA. Marrfago Ceremonles of tho Crown Prince’s Son and the Yrincess of Send olntein=Weoddlug the Chupel aund Recepiion In the Whito Suloon, Bineo the trivmphnl entry of the German troops after tho vietorles of tholr Just grent eampuirn, ubout ten yenrs ago, ferlin hus nover presented sucn s sight ns was there witnessed on the 2ith ult, Tho eable has told how the Ttoyad Prassian hrlde was brought to her home, und the Berlin coriespondent of the London Tiines now tukes up the story of tho wedding thut was celebrated on the following day. The atreets still vetuined thele hollday nppenrance, und were scarcely less crowded. Tho ehfel gucatsdined with the Emperor in the afternoon, und shortly after 8 tho clvil pastof tho cere- mony required by the Inw was performed In the castie In prezenco of the Praseirn Royal family und the heads of the ilouse of Auvgustenbury, About this time, tov, the chapel began to 0l with wbrilltant erowd of minor and yet distin- gulshedd gueats, . Faney, over the maln archway of a huge squure bullding ol no particular style of urehitecture, & midutire dome of uul's, beptitully ndorned inside and so high th eyes are “painfully stralned to mnke out the cholr aml generdl spectutors In the elrenlare sallery wioft, and henenth a large space devord of seats and conmunienting by & corridor und which tho you some dea of the seene of the wedding ceremomy, By G oven the invited began to sppear, and soon by far tho wrenter purt of the lurge eirculnr space wis erowded with a dezziing multitude of Gen- crals, Minjsters, state ofliciils, the dipto- matie body, with . [adles aud officers of overy kiub n fufl dress, grave Professers n thalr robes of silice, Princts, Counts, Huarons, and ull the rest, tho representutives of every country in Burope, and some from Astu, All the wikest und tho bravest men of the I Em- plre are assembled thore, thungl: I'rinco Iy marck 14 nut visible any more thin he wasnt thn reception of the bride yesterday b the enstle, his Ehehness having excused himself ay the inst moment, But Marshal von Moltie 3 there, lenntng his baelcwatinst o plilar. Age nt Inst is beginntme to tell upon the Marshal, und the peror, who i3 un older man, 1noks eonsiderably ruunm-r. Meanwhile, towarn a quarter to 5, the oyul family, with the. bridal “palr and their unil slsters, .tho King and Queen of A tho Crown Prince und Brineess, with the downwer Duehicss, and tho Prin ] Chrlstinn (Prineess Hetonn) of Sehleswlie-lfol- steln, hang ussembled fu the Eleetor Chamber, ail the other princely and 'Illlmlmmlmd RUCSLS liuv- lirothors Bax ing met in o the geallery of upproach to thut About thia time, ton, the Ntoyal Pri ' erown wns brought, and tho Empre entered the so-oalled Chinese cabinet, aud - placed the - crown on the Bend of the bride. Meanwhile the muster of tho ceremonltes had nssiguod to all tholr resp pluces in the procession to tho chapel, and at 1 word from tha Emperor [t beeun to tove, It wan 08 nearly us possible 7 o’clock when the hutiy snd murmur of the chapel wereeundienly iusbied by une or Lwo sharp atrokes: from the haton of grovm=ln=waiting; "1ho organ pegan to play, nud uvery oye waa fnstantly directed to the entranee. Anid Prvwmu- the processidn entered, Alter rovernl Court oflichuts, whom it would be tedi ous to deserlbe, there eame, paning on the arm of 'rinee \\'fllhlII|—\\‘\'|||'IH){| 0w the epaulets of n Major 1 the Guards, Just preseuted to him by nis tiruu(\lllnlur—llm vedled whd blushibnge bride, her lonizand Howing satin robe (the gittol Queen Vietorius i ll:{ horie by four Conntesdes, After the Mistress of tho itobes to the Princess und the officer [n walting to tho Jrinee, appene the sumptuous howichold oflichils of the Bmperor, twonhrenst, heelding thenppronch of LS Mo jos- 1y Blmsolf in the unlform of a eneral of infnn- try, all his breast ablyze with orders, leading o his right the Qicen of Suxony and on his lert the Dowiger Duchess of Schieswig-1lolstein, mather of tho brid Thie Emperor was followed by u sulte of Generuls, ete, and u erowd of lidies wod gentlemen in walting, Nest camo the German Eimpress, nccompiivd on her right by the King of Snxony and on her left by the Irince of Wales, his searlet unlform forming g Hne contrast to the more sombro hues around, [ xt llnk o tho teafn was formed by the Princess of Prussin, escorted on her right by tho Crown 1'rinee of Sweden und on her feft by her brother-in-law, Prioce Christhin of Behleswig-1lulsteit, us representing the family of the bride. Receiving the bridal pair at the cntranco to thy ohapel, the Catho irul elergy, mnong whom, by the ‘wiy, was tho Rev. Herr Sroeker, of Jew balting otoriety, conducted them to tho uitar, nnd took thelr stund thom- seives beside 1t until tho traln hud all entered und beenme seated. Then D, Kdgel, the Chief Courl Chuplafiie begian wo deltver o short nddresy ina e aod enrnest volee, He referred to tho double weddings three yenrs ago, to the con- ftrination of Prince Henry before ho went to sed, and to tho gokien festivil of the Kmpo- ror's weddud [1fe, woleh bud wil been eslobrated there. ‘I'lion he veferred to the enrtily hopes which wore eentered in the bridal pair, Interest tnkou In tholr waion by the Que Ve England and othor Eurapeuat sovorelgn<, and to tho Joy and conikdenco witlh which the eveat wits regurded tn ol Germnny, but pactiealnrly § Schivswhr-liolsteln, AL tha olse Dr. '] stepped forward cesy, who idvanee tho Usual question: for NS purt. respon R.oyrs wero thon ox u shynal was canvesed to the garden spuce in front, and simultunconsty the chnpel khook with the thunder of eannon procluiming to all the ¢lty that the solenin net was over, Again and ugain did the artiliery penl, and tho sonnd did not seem wliogether out” of “harmony with tho * Hallelujahs ™ of tho choir and “orgaa, whioh turat forth na seon ns tho clorgy man hud pronounced the bencdtotlon, and cuntinued tlt 'rinee Willinm bad quitted the chinpel with bis wedded wifo, Tho Emperor, dn pacsoular, was deenly nifeeted during the progreds of tho cere- uys e rellglons ceromony thud beiug aver, the Zmperor and Bmpress,” followoed by all thew Cotirt aud gruests, went from tho ctrpel 1 tho arder in which thoy had comn to the Bramdon- burg and tho fted or Drap d'Or Cluinber to pro- sent thelr congratutnttons to:the newly-murricd eauple, nid that bolng da Dback ngain towed tho crowd 1o tho Walte Satooi, Muzing with erystul ehandelers, i order to hold high Court antl recelve obelsunca from tho nugttes left benlnd In tho chapol, who wero now aeshnling thumaulves to tio past the_throne (Dehliv-Caury, and lty tholr homstge at tho teet of thelr Mus Josticl and tho wedded pale, ving, tharos Tare, roturned to tho Whtto or “Throno Room, tho BEmpuoror und Empress, with the K ad Quoon of Baxony, and LPrineo aid * Peiieoss Willluin of Prussin, now tool thels stund boe nenth the goliden cinopy, being Hanked on (ho right and lert by tho Princes and Pein Wy tholr attendunt dames wnd cavaliens boig ho- it AN betige i readiness, the Bmperor puve tho slgn, tho duor teading Srom . tio ctipel How open, uuy sllently began 1o lldo 1n w cousclosy Btream O tithed and witormed dordd < and ludied, ‘Tho.various Indies of tho Diplomatio Corps cutue Nest, who all esled lowly twico e to tho assembled Court w sifently Illlfl,)l'm‘lnl u oho doting ier part nlory ' in this respeet than the Ubinese Ambassadr It was with no slight uppurebt sutlstuetion, almost an wudible alghor relot, that the brill- lunt throng beneath und avound tha golden cunnpy behiehl the lust of the gourtiers muko thalr entunm s disapy Then eame 1ho ttet i tho Hall of K Tho wuln ban- quuthyy board wid ealled 0 tuble of ceremony, and assurediy no observer of The progress of the fenst woulld bave felt nellsed to quarrel with ho nume, In tho centre of The imuin: or oross bty wnt tho nowly-wedded puir, on the Urine coss® loft heloy tho BEmperor, 106 Qlieen of Rix- any, the Crown Prinee of Sweden, uinl the Ger- it Crown Princes reapeetively, whils tho royul bridegroom was slmilarly anked by thoe K pross, thy Klng of Sixony, the Lownger bhichiess of Sehlvawly-Holsteln, and the Prince of Wales, ho othur guests boine distribited 1o nicoly eals ulnted o Meanwhlle the White Satoon 18 becommtge crowded with the diplomativ eps und the uthor gaests, Here presently tho Ewmperor and tho bride and beklegroom and e Prinves nnd Princesses return and tako thele placos under the golden vanopy and the trdie tlonad toreh dance Legins, which' lasta Tuto jnto the ulght and concliwies this intricato wedding corctontal, ) meet the Prinee and e How Ho Kaew IHm, Jumes Syae, the ominent Heateh surgenn and by Professor, wiss entively dovoted to the prufession. A well-known pabll churacter ut une tine consulted hing about somo atfeation of tho lungs, Years afteswitd be roturned on tho Bimo errand, On bemnge unnounced, ho was eegs tled o otseive that Mir, Syto had neithor any recoftection of bls fuce nor, which wus stll more wulling, wequainted with lils buine, Hu theres upon senuonedihe fuct of hia furnor visit, sl Bymo fuiled to remenber bl - Lut when the Protessur put his cur tu the putlent's cheat, and heard tho peenline_ sound the old atlment” hud mute chronie, bo exchnmed, *Ah! 1 remomber younow, L kuow you by your lung” TIE WEST PARKS. JAnnual Meoting of the Board of Com- missioners Yesterday. What Was Done In the Way of Inprove- menty Last Year, Tho Prasident Indulges in a Roseate Descrip- < fion of What the Fulure Will Produce. Reports of 1he Secretary, Treasurer, Ete.—Fleetion of OMeers for (he Fasung Year, The adjourned annnal imeeting of the West Park Board was held yesterdny afternoon, all tho tneinbers Letog present, President Wileox presented his annual report tothe Bonrd. The report states that the vross recelpts from all sources for the year ending Feb, 23, 1881, wero $165,102.52 The totnl disbirse- ments have heen $168,100,48, leaving a balance In the honds of thio Treasurer of $10.5WLM, Under un nct of tho Leglsintuye, tho Board was nuthorized to fund 80,000 of §ts (ndehted- uess, runniug twenty years, which It did by Issn- Iz honds bearing b per cent futerest. The act a3 required thut ke procecds of tho half-mill purk und boulevard tux be upplicd to the nay- meat of futereat. and the excess to eancellation of tho bonds, The half-mill tax hes beeu col- leeted and used In common whth tho Sjemill tax, Heeldes payig the Intercst to date, $45,19 of this money has been used, ‘I'ils sum should Lo nppropriated, President Wilcox aays, to the purchase of bos Here- alter the fund arlsing from the half-mill thx rhould be kept APART FROM ALL OTHER FUNDS on the houks, and every dolinr over whut i3 re- «quired to pay the Interest apolied to the pur- choae of these bomls, The report says that the three parks, beng in wilely-separated parts of tho West Division tend to ereate nn extreme local Interest in ench Ly those whoso property and Interest lics near cnch purk, and property-owners look with impa- tieneo upon Improvements which are mado In partlons in which they nre not directly intcrest- . Beveral large taxpuyers have unfavorably critfelsed the uetion of the Board, belng preju- dieeil Wy self-Interest. There 18 no favoritism shown fn the purk Improvements. The differ- cnee o the debit balances of tho parks Hes partly In tho first cost of the land ftuelf, ns shown by the Engineer's report. Tho total nrea of Humboldt and Douglas Parks Is #2041 ncres; cost, $300.98%01: haproved, 210 neres. The total dren_of Central Park (4 18057 neres; cost. $43,1000%: improved, M oneres, Clreuimstances wm said 1o have arisen which mude it seem mdvisable to carey on the develoys ment and Improvement {n ibout the propor- ton It bas been carried on without regurd to lo- cation, Central Park waa the experlmentil piirk, which wits thrown open to publle use four Venrs ‘bofure oithor of tho others and durig those four venrs while large debits were pluced ngainat the park for maintenanee, the rk miren were wnintog in e ence und wisdom which ueerded to the benelit of the other purks when netlon was eommenced thereln. The debit balanee of Central Park Witk itlso fnepen: by annbortive attempt to commemorite the great fire of 1871 by A MON T AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE which cost nearly 14,000, of which nothing s now visihie but n muss of brick and stone, which, unless proteeted, will ero long become u part of the surrounding eurth, The repart kavs that the campletion of this monument would be a worthy object of public enterprise, and that If the atrention of wealthy eitizens was enlled to ft :m!"l;l'!lndl for its completion could be ensily obe The artesinn well (nCentral Park I ns yet only paetinlly suceesstul, It bns been carried o i depth ol 2, feet, ut a cost of over 000, Hopes are eatertalned of its yet proviug o corm- Plato succoss . Tho nricsian selis: Wt DoIee and Humboldt Parks huve sfforded satisfictory restiits nt less thunj ane-balf’ the depth aud ex- penge of tho Central Park well, lmrm;r tho pist six years more work bas been done fir Humboldt and Dowglns Parks than i Central Purk, hence the Iatter kas fullen behlnd the _others i improvements of every kind, and Tund-awners In that vicinity bave compluined of it The Bourd has a revenuo of §100,000, from which all expense, botb of new work aud maln- tuinlug tho old, 18 taken, The report says that the greut bnlk of this Aum 18 required to main- tain the present improvements in the parks and along the line of the boulevards now completed. T'his current expense will nbsorh the Board's ine come, and future progreas n developing new ground st soon bo practically abandoned. President Wilcox suys some large tuxpayers have appreclited the situnt] and seen “the necessity of an nerensed revenue to the Board 101 tho work tiefore It. A potition has been pre- sented and n bill ntroduced o the Leglslitnre vroviding for an additionul tax of 233 uills, which, it Is estimated, wilt ADD $90,000 T THE INCOME of the Hourd, [le hopes that tho bill may re- ceive fevorable conslderatlon und becotne i taw, The Bonrd hnve appreelated the necessity for uood rondwuy which shunld conneet Daiglos unyg Central Furks, A gowd title for s rlght of wuy for bontevand purposes 2@ feet wide wus aequited In 1830, vxeept to o portion adjoinlng Central Furk an the south, contalning seven and on-half deres, and 1,30 feet long, This lutter hud been cotdemned, and an award 1o tho own- ora fixed ut §ied, “Tho titte was in ltigation, und was not settled for five years. when the legal owners refuged to take tho award un- 8 fnterest . was allutted durlog the Interim. 'ho cade ind been in tho courts for soma (ime, and 12 now pending In the Hinols Supreme Court, ero the loard bopes for a tavoribie declsion, Tho title to 1bls lund baving m aequired tho Board procecdwl to muketho mich-needed con- neetlon, which would have been finl last tull hid not the season heen 50 unfuvorable. he drivowny \\'lll.’vmhnbl)‘ Lo _opened o tho public on tho st otJuly next. It Is thirty-clght eet wido, und ronchos from the Humane fouut- uln in Central Park to tho matn_ drivewny in Douglys Park. The distance 18 1285751 feet. The President ealls nttention to the subject of und tree-plinting, which, when properly , o regieds ns a valinble investiment, Al [l ull-um dying trees should be ceplaced by oth- ut oree. Tho movement made by Property-owners on the line of Humboldt badlevard to secure tho hntding of o drivoway similnr to that connect- ing Contral und Humboldy Parky, which shall extend north and east, and_aventually connect with somo similae drivewny west of Lincoln Yurk, I8 cordinlly mentioned i tho report, 1L ks deemed of the wtmost importanco thaet the en- tre plght of way 1o mike a compleie contees ton between,gho West Hido parks, and Lineoin, and the South +rks bo loented and uequired at 1ho earliest possiule moment. Presidunt Wicox CLOSES IHS REPORT AS FOLLOWS! " In closing, 1 mny be permltted to state that, tuken us w whole, thero was !inllmlllr never un this continent, nor i the Gla World, such a wrand and colplete conception of pleasares wrounds and drives 0 8 bero presettod. A great commerelal muart of over balf mitllon souls, with rupully-inereasing wealth and populutlon, with untiriug encrgy, und evory conition neeessary to instes 88 Nituro position 8 the great metronolis of the continent, on- on overy sido by purk and drivewiy, so ed, Improved, and perfeetpd us shatl remder it 0 purden indeed; n restful epot, Lrenthing spuce of pure air, and fres us the drawn breath to the thousands who may seek its quiet reposus open to the son of tull pnd cupitudist nlike, and of ek nmple space as will muet tho demunds nf 1 eity of miltiohs; Burel tho upprobiension of this great idea was 'and {n wortliy of the fur-sighted appreeiation ot the intolligent eitizen ot Chleixo, und ot the combne Wunia of this grreat olty whion' ils ample weaith ehuil indist npon the developmens o esthutic us woll 0s tho muterind Krowth of {ts nbubitunts, “‘Cnis lden £8 not, of course, ns yot one of t - feet fralton, bint thoigh recontly concelved, fu 13 woll under way, and with siich enconrages mont und mutorsitl wkd w8 iy bo oxpected from the fntellizonce uid wenlth wilel mako up o clly's grentoess, one cun with rousun expect it we iy within our dny und generatlon cns Joy tho ploustiro of tweniy«live miles uf con- thwous driving, commencing ut Lincaln Park un the narth @ wonder 10 {tietf, thongh ooty purtinlly complote), thon west, south, und east, througli woodlund und grove, by gruvel roud uud rustle viwduet, by luke, and strouin, and bubbling fonutain, by greensward and volvety lwt, the air redolent with the pertume of o thonsund Howers, uid somg of bird as clear and freo ns in virgin furesty til South Park, with all {tx grund appolntments (8 reached on the soith. Then we shull uve eompluted o cordon aruund nenrly Dity squaro miles of busy Jife, within which lies” tha wonder and admiration of the worlt,—onE home—~Chivugo," Alter tho rendlng of the report, it was ordored recoived und ordered printed, but not adopted. Comwissloner Wood prosentod A IROTEST ngratnst sovernl rcommendutions in the repart, and espectally sucis a division of thu Tunds a4 was mnde Tt yoar,—numelys Douglay Park F0,05k wnd Centeal Park 15,82, 1la ntan ob- § emutions for doubling the taxution,—two und onehule to five millis,—and nyainst tho recomimendution et the sume pole ley be pursued with roferenco to tho purks us heretotore, ‘The Bogineer's roport wis read and ordered printed. fgives in detull e mumber of trecd plunted, oot of lnbor, ete., beskdus sowmo recois wotdutions Jor necessury haprovenients, "Plio Secreiury's Feport was also ready und or- dered printed.” Fho reeelpts from tho Town Ce Jector fur tnxes ot 1970 und 1560 wore &, County Colleutor, $L126,784.40: nitoty-duy B3 Pown ot Jelferson, §1,7. The total re- culpts from all sources woro $1861u52. The batunos o band was §10,55 o oit aid s §10 T ucc'mtu?' suys tho untlre tas-lovy for park purposes liy Tt DivTaion mnountod to uitly KON, of which wmount $307.0 wus roturaed 4 delins quent, and gil4 e rrotnide now relies 1snforded, it the Intar of Ko’ F prove the 50 aeres of unliproyed innas yet | eluded within the tmits of its Jorladiction, and satlaly the property-owners and Fesidents nene each of the three t piarks, Tho labilitiee 8 0Fe a8 followa; LEABILITIES, The lnbilitles of the Board Fo £ per eent bonds nutstand Land hugid ctatandmg th el for payment).. Total linbilities. Lo Reduetlon sinee lnst report AR In nddition to park and boulevard tands and lm- provements, and the urticles ennmernted in 1ho Inventory are: L2 Tux “certificates purchased by Ded. TIntbnrd (fnco value), . $ 1374 Tux certillentes purchised by 3. N, Clurk (face yalue), ,oovieenn saees NSAT 20 baghels eorn, ralsed on Centeal boslevatd and fu Humboldt Park. at 40 conts, deresesvie seresies Treesfnaursery at Norwood (estimnted) Clatm sizuinat flenry Greenebaunt, ..., Cashon hund,... liinriiiniianne Kbwnd nsed i mintaining proved, Unless leidative > sy , 1691, nro: 00,0000 P TR CIX ) Vot liabilities Fe, The Auditor's and ‘¥ also rewd und orderod printed, After the disposul of the reparta THE ELECTION OF OFFIC 100k che with the following resait: Pre B, 1L McCrea: Auditor, Winrd Woodanls "Frense urer, John Buchler; Seeretary, Thomas J. Sitde i Mr. McCren made n ahort spoceh, thanking the members for the honor they hadt done him, of Hes warmly {tnlorsed the reeommendations o retiring Preslde that tho Board lndorse the petition to the Legislnture for the Ave-mil Lex. A voto was subsequently tnken an 1 motion to Instruet the R prosentative and fenntor having ElS the bill In eharge In Springficld, that theTlonrd West | rk Commissioners indarse the bill for niil tax. Comm oners Wond and Woodurit voted nay on tho resolution, and Me- Cren, Wiken, Brenock, Rablfs, and Wileox yen. Another motion to rend to cuch member of “the Nlinms House and Sennte u copy of the report, and tu bave 20 extra coples printed for that pur- Pose, was unniimousty adoped, A eommuniention ‘wis ved from some Q"'p"" v-owners on Divislon street, Letween Milwaukee avenue and 1hanboklt Lowlevard, nsking that the Board lndorss thelr potition for # rebute on au nssessment ahout Lo be levied for improving the street, on the groutid that they were formerly taxed for the samo purpode angd the mouey expended wirler the direction of the Park Blonrd. The mntier was refercod to i con- miren compored of Commissloners Wil, Wilken, and Brenock, the connnittee 1o report at the next mecting, ‘The new Finanee Committee, when appolnted, was instrueted to investivate the elnfm neninst Heary Greenebaitm and report to the Board, The election of an Englneer was postponed until the next ineetin: After prasing o vate of thanks to the retiviug ofticers, the Boird adjonrned, THE AESOCIATED PRESS. What It Is, u scribed by ton. PUILADELMIA, March 1L—J, W, Sunonton, fienernl Manugerof the New York Assoclnied Prers, delivered n lecture lust night, oa * How We Get the News," toa erowded audience, e spoke of tho Importunce of the Assuefnted Press, aud mizconceptions of the pubtic in regurd to it, Tle rald it wus simply & combinntion of Journnls all over the conntry for the purposy of colleet- fng tho news, Organized In 1807, its sphure was enlnred In 1811, aud oeain In 1451 Ttisa busl- ness portnership,” whose urticles of ngrecment are a serles of rules, and (s not Incorporated, hns no sprelnl lexlslatlon or privileges at its back, and depends entirely on [tsell, Its owners, keven New York newspupers, colleet tho news primarily for themselves, and reduce the cost d What It Dovs, Dee neral=Maunger Niinon- by divitig the expense, though cconomy snot sought nfter by any weans, The speaker then deserived the toeal press nse gociutions in the varfons purts of the conntry, and their relution to the parent ussocintion. Ie expluined the distribution of news from ntl parts uf the workd, und suld the price papers out of New York pald for news was texible, and In roportion to their financial ablllty, the lnrg ournnls benring the heavier part of the burden, The dnlly enble weven the Assoclution, from £4X 1o &500 per oy, The office In_ London I8 nover cloged, nnd ne Trom all purts of the worid 48 culled for renders of newspapers ntull hours, The comments of the London newspre pers of the snme tnorntng can be read in our junrnais ut the brenkfakt-table, There i3 wi xnl'n:)' of news-gatherers I all portious of the wlobe, Mr. Stmonton then described the process xh which n picee of news passed from the time of ita reception unttl -§1 was deliverca to the newspapers, und tho method of sending out news from New' York to distunt cities, to do which work the Assoelition hnd a wire of its own hetween New York and Wushington, over whiett from 14000 o 30,00 words were sent dully. The operators must he men who enn understand 5 clicked by the _instrument us remdily ns poken by 1he tongne, Tt 1s oftén usked how nOWs eseapes X woulid be 8o L the Assoelnted Preag few who handlo it ret ont, bt leaks A8 the wast noted ense, Mr, Simonton ref 1 to the Philadelphly Morutug Post sea PhiR Wits 8ome years wgo, and it took a long timoe to diseoser the sourco of the lenkage, a3 the person engaged 1 (L wits so hieh an ofliclal that ho was not suspected, The Teak wus In New York, and tho newspuper fhat received the benelit wns in Phlladelphin. The whole sehene was finally discovored by o decoy Alspatel which supeared promply in tho Philn- detphin paper jmplicated, and “the leak wus um‘;pcd it nner, The spesker guvo an mnuslng aceount of the mistukes that oceur in dispatehes. A press-dis- pateh trom Omahn aunounesd that o eompnn; of fufantry had mot party of Indingd nnd we Sall seatpet” Te shonld brve read ** ullescap ~an Important ditference not_only to the eome pany, but to thelr fricids who woere fo read the disputeh, fald Mz, Simonton, *We killed o deal mule,” un operator rend n disphteh order- Ing arenrements for the roee) d bady, which should b S Semd 10,00 shingle: Willlumsport Tumbermu ll('llll?‘ thought that by tefegrnph and be dolivered to hisear: ent for aswmwple of wkat ho wnnted. cutple on their monton, aid ol npplinge rllrl of the mudlences, who rel ecturer is o beldegroom of mut at the depot by friends with # hearse, beeanse un operator hid tho word “hearse™ lustend of “horse.! dispateh from Queensland sald Gov, Ien nedy hed Sturned tho fiest sd ™ on some Impurtant work, buat tho operator pnvo the messar to tho London newspupers: * Gloverior ol Queensland, twins, Hrst so and the Lon- don Times gruvely remarked that Lady Kennedy hid been sufely delivesed of twing, of whivh tho cldest was nson, Mr, Simonton semurked that this mistake would not have been mndo by n vido-nwiko Assoointed Press reporter, for he would huve turned to the record and founnd it the Governor of Quecnsiind was w bachelor, To escapt from such errom, shurt, shrowid men ween needed o recelve the :llspulc]xun and prepare themn for the pupers, Tho Associuted Press is not o commerelul or- A young veduding-trip, remarked Mr, 8i- 14 lughier on the mbored thnt the gunization, but n coliperative umlon for exs chiging news. Tho Western Unlon Telegraph Compny asalats by mnkins thels chies o tor tha combinntion, "Some pupers oive o duly epltome of nows'for ¥15 or [vss, The Cushler of tho Assovinted Press prepares o weekly state- ment of dishurscients and recelpts, and thoe stitement alwavs shows a deflelt, This the soven wapers in New York pay, costing thom from g 10 #5000 por week. Ihis 8 the gencral lxmu of tho Assocluted Pross, which “woes nlonyg filing {18 mission thirough nlgbt and day. 1t seoks slmply tu glvo informntion, nnd it I8 not s clilcient us it will, perhiups, beeome, Pho speaker considerail thy objections to the Assuclnteil Pross, tho fact (it NEW NEWSPIEEES are not admitted, gha thint the telegraph and_tho Associated Press wre too closely nhlied. Thero 18 nothlng but o lul;l:wln which e dectured §twns nopoly, and bo wpplicd the uetion of tho tion 1o tho delinition ol the word by er, The man whe takes the Sun ot § tock In the morning 8 not n monopolizer, ery aua iy enjoy (b provided ho gots up early enough i tho vitorn i, Editors pontrat thoire news, and ne man can muke thom publish what thoy do not wish to. Ho overy complaint muy bounwwered. Noagus tent I8 nemled to prove its publie value, What choup postuge hus beett (o beople, the Assd cinted Press s to thom 1 business und socl oircles, The Old Warld has no such eystem, and thelr mengre dispatebes show . M Sltion- ton elased with un cluguent tribute 1o the power of the Ansocinted Ps 3 uring the evonlng, messnges were sent from tho platfors to Lomdon, Now Orlenns, San Frane cinen, atid Washington, mswors helng reeo)ved 11 Trom ive seeomds to fouy minutes, The mudi- enceupplauded these wondertal telegruphilo feuts lowdly. ' [Comuenting on the above, the Clneinuatl tinzette nuy lia Now Yok Associuted Presy conalsie Of soven Newspige Tha Western Asdociutid Press conslsts of ull, or nearty ull, th cotablishid duily papers in overy town In the grent centril part of tho Nation, Tho Western Ansoclnted U'eeas us 1ts owis contruet with the arranremont between thum, bu insts wia pericetly legitinute, notn Western Union Peleeupl Compuny, 1L exe chimges nows with the New Yark Assochitd Pross, and pays o bulenee 1o the Buaser wuble nows. Tho Western Assucluted F mueh tho lireest and strongest i hus 118 own oltices and ugents nt Ne ork Bostan, "Thut the bulance on exchunge of futes rlor and Westorn news for Eustern und cable NeWS 6 1O ot tho otlior Sidu, 18 becauso of 1ho. focul charue af the New Y ournnls,—u ch sves nothing of cone it The Now York Ase condltlon desiened o o ulring thut, if voe of the senuetity socluted Press Bus w WLRICL Cuterpriso by ved pupers has' a speeml, it shall xive it to all othor members pro ruta, i thoy wilt tukoe ft. On the vthor buud, the papers of the Westers Assos ‘Rotn - —) vlated Press pay tho tolegraph company more for specinls than the ussociution pays for its regulnr news.” CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. - Proposed Lawv for Its Abolition In Penunylvania=0pinlons of Eminent Jurints on the Subje Spectal Dirnateh to The Chitcagn Tridune Pittsuima, Ta., Mareh N‘—.‘,'x‘ho propased law fur G0 nbolitlon of capital prmishinent and the Aubstitution of. an extended Imprisonment, at tho option of the Judgo or Jury, hns created mtch futerest hern and called forth a variety of onintons, Jilie Kickpateick snld this morning: *1 think there onght to he n chango In the phn- Ishinent of murder of the second degree, As it 14, the punishient is not 20 wevero us tho puns Ishnent for mansinughter, atrango as it may seem, I think n maximum of twenty or tenty- five years would he sufficlent In murder of the reconddegree. As to manslaughter, I would fenve ftnait is, Itisclearto my mind that thero gt to ba n marked diifere in punishment. hetween theso offences.” Ho added that he was apposed Lo 1fe imprisonments thatdeath rhould o the omly punis the first depree, Jidie Stawe anld: I think the punishment for murder of the second degreo 18 . ogothor fnndequnte, The lnw 1 regard to marder of the first digrree 18 such that, fn nt least four cnses outof five whero the offense i3 really that, it 1s Jnposaible to show snch elenr evidonco of slefiberation and premeditation us will drive the consclences of twelva ordinary jimes to cone viet of a_crime punishable with death. ,They m to fear that in some possible way thore 3 be a mistake. The lnw should be 8o clllnuwml ns 10 muko n conviction pussible on or- dinur, e Ttoth Jidwes neren thatehinnges wero necessa- rf ond In that apinlon they ure borne out by the eltlzena in. general. These opinions also mect the views of nany who have earelully syatebed tho.procecdings In murder trials durlog the pust few yonrs. B A NEW BRIDGE. Nt. Lottis 1ins It~Pcople Cross tho Une finislied Structure Mfor ¥ 1 Oue Mun Sertously Injured by Spectal Dispateh to The Chicaga Tribune Lotis, March H.—Several thousand people vislted the new Jelfersan-avenue bridye to-duy. A few foolbandy ones tried the expetlinent of «rossing tho rullrond tracks by the lone girders. The clevation Is trom tienty to thicty fect, and - the walk woull not buve been perilous had the distances not been £o great. As It was, thoso who undertook the pnssugo found thut it ree wuired some straln of nerve. Tho painters wero atwork on the structurs allday, and the puss- Ingof passengers Interfered with thom consil- crably, Nevertheles no check was lmposed upon the - venturesome xtrinns, About 4 o'clock Michnel Uolifng, o roller atthe mill, ventured out on o eird Tle got ulong very well uinth he met a_painter and ate tempted to step arounit lm, e missed his bai- amee and went down, Tind he struck the tubls und tles it woulid have heen histant death, . As it wie, he londedon a ftat-car and luy there llinp und tu sl uppearnnees lifeless, An nxnminaton found the injuries to consist of n fractured hip, a Dhroken wrist, n badly eut fuee, numerous hridsed, nnd - internal fjuries, the estent of which eannot bu told at preseat. His recovery Is very doubtful. ————— - ENSILAGE, Speetat Lorrespondence of ‘Il Chicaga Trivune. Orozosowar, Wis, March 1%—1In Tus Trin- i of tho Gth ult, there was published an artl- ele from this place, wiving nn aeconnt of the ox- perlence of Dr, L. W, Weeks lu the sclentitio method ol preserving or pitting greon corn fods der, T'his method bas been sleseribed by muny dif- ferent ons In the press; but, either beenuso tue writers were wrongly informed, or beeause they themselves did not_ thornughly understand the methord, the public In wnany instances have been somewhat decelved. incouruged by thie suecess of Dr.Weeks, many In this vicioley are prepuring to bulld silos in tho epring. Among them I8 Mr. Henry Lapham, who thoroughly understands tne method; and from him your corregpondent harobtained much ugeful Infurtnation on the subject. * In u recent issuo of tho Amterfcan Agrienlturist (November, 189)a correspondent gI7es an nes count of a very conventent way ot bulkllug the stlog, or pits under tha barn, ms used on the dairy-farin of Buckley Brothars, of Port Jervis, N. V. ife says that “'Tho corn wis et in Bop- temuer, when rather dry: the Juleo did not squlrt out when pussed throueh the cutter, und tlie chuflings were ot even molst to the touch. When preked in the pita, n strong fermentation in very soon, Tho corn that hud been packed the duy before was steaming hot, no donbt buving n temperature of 10 to 12) degrees Fahrentelt, It had a vinous odor, which was very sweet and pletront.” Mb. Lupbam says that this corn was cut when ton dry: that, bnd “tho {emperaturo reached Aueh u hight, the fodder muat buve gono too fur toward combustlon, and therefore wasof ttlo uge ns food, or the writer was wrong, Heat I8 one of tho most necessary things to avod in keoplng ensiluge perfect, and this cannot b done when the ufr gets to ft. e, Lupbam hns commenced bullding & couple of pits Inrge onoupll to supply fodder to his sheep and cuttle throigh the winter, It hus been proven that nothing will sutisty tho appetite of wil animnls, und fatien thom for the bisteher, ko well us this Fodder whon well put up. Green buriey ds found - to contuln enough wlbumen to supply the deliciency in corn-stalls, and, IF mixed, 18 sald to_inerenso the benetielul results wonrderfully, Bome furmers hava tried weeds, thistles, and gruss with good succoss, nnd buve Fed thelr oxen und working horses with it. It peems the new Amcerican way of preserving It i8 much more expensive than {8 necessarys amd tat wny good, lugenlons farmer can et up his slio for “Nittle more than §1W,—one whic! will repay him with interest in less than thres jers, § If the vxperfimenters this year meot with ns Rgood suceess s those of lust, your correspond- ent bulleves that i five farmer without o silo will be far behind thmes, yours from nuw any 1(_l.m —————— ? A BANQUET. : Speciat Dispateh to The Chicaga Tribune. trams, 1, March 12=Tho magnilicout now bourding-house of the Elein Nauonal Watch Company—~tho Natonal Housn—was dhened to tho omployés to-duy. Lnst evenlog the menuge- ment guve the twenty foremen of dopartments In the wateh factory, the correspondents of the Chieago press, representatives of local pupors, and a few prowfuent cltlzens o supper ot the house, 1t wis a completo atfuir and very cujoy- able, holog propared in the Lest stylo of the chef, formorly eook for the Jockey Club of Chi= cigo. Tonsty wero responded ta by Dr, B A. Kiluourne, Col. Wilcox, it I McGliney, i1 F. Kelsoy, C. H. Snuth, Theodore Grivl, W, H. Hinek, and W, 8. Hewius. The Nutlonul House, which 14 just comploted, hns cost the Compnny in tho nelgbborhood of $50,000, and isn magniticent structure, bolug fulshed and turnished in modorn patace-botel style, 1t {8 heated Ly stenm und Lt by gus from tho fustory ¥ bollens und pas-works, 1t glll necolumodations . for 2o and 18 _private, being resecved for em- pHoyés only, “The rooms ure nely furalshod and . ‘lllml with hot und eold water, ote. Euch tlat hus bath-rooms and i Hre-ulurm u‘) . Tho purlors ure elegant roams, with costly fueniture wny fine ofl-puiutiog, Itls the anly real hotel 11 thio city, ———— SOCIAL MATTERS AT EFFINGHAM, ILL. Spectal Diavalch to The Chicapo Tribune. Brrixanas, Ul, March 14,—Mlss Mollie Gil+ mure, u beautiful: mud wlented youny lady of this city, the duughior of 8. I'. Gilmore, nged 14, ut the solleltation uf o lnrge munber of our citl- zenm, guve i publio reading nt Kingston Haltl to @ very lurgo stidience on butunluy eyening, Tho cntertalnment wus highly suecessful und eredits ulile Iv.u‘ lll:m hclmulllumry. who wus loudty ap- uded throughott. e “m S‘ 5rllu. editor ot the Mattoon Com- an lnturesting lecture this F this clty on the [ delivered evaiiing before the Lycoun o subject of thu priutiiyg-press. e ee— e A SOCIAL TIME. Speciat Dispalch o The Uhicago Tridune, aexeva, 1, March 14.—~The privelpal soolal event of late wus the clegunt reception plyon at School 1ull on Friday oveniug Ly tho ludies of tho Huequet Club, Dunclog begun ut 0 a'olook, to the entrancing struivs of Iund's orclestes, trom Chicayo, and, after the supper intorlude, wus resunied untll 2o'clock, Tho guoats wers from Chicugo, Aurori, avig, Gonova, Elglu, Hyewmore, sud otber nelghboring cltiod, —————— — A SECOND INQUEST. Noectut Dlapateh 10 The Chicago Tribuna, Fonr WAvNE, lod., Baveh 14.—The rowalins o Charles Freesv, who committed sulelde ubout Lwo wovky tuo, with Lo tatien up to-morrow, und seeond Inquest will be held by regueat of bls miother, who Is now here from Wheallng, Sho will prabubly tike the remnins bowmo with her. Froniie with the wite of decensed Dus been ex= pected, but sbo bus given bor consent. R — A BANKRUPT CHURCH SOCIETY. Hpectal Disputch (b The Chlcago Triduns. ELaty, ilL, March 1.—The First Presbytorian Church of this olty, buviog ita church editics hopelesly Incumbered by two mortgnged,—ono to the Homo Erection Committeo und tho othor: 10 purtive hore,—bus, ut u chusch meetiug, 1o~ structed hta T Trustees to dispuss of it propeciy W thy best udvantugo of its creditors. e— Coughs! Use Browu's Bronchlal Troches, hnent fn cuses of mitrder of