Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 15, 1881, Page 6

THE CHICAGO TRIN.NE: SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1881—TWENTY PAGES. NO. 111. Tolu, Rock, and Rye in the Sher- iff's Hands. Three of Lawrcnce & Martin’s Creditors Pounce on Them, And Clean Out All the Assets That Are : in Sight, The Lisbilities Abont $200,000 and the Assets $60,000. Oauses of the Explosion—Rock and Eye and - the Trotting Park. Beying Goods for the Purpose of at Once Hypothe- cating Them. About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a rumor was heard on the streets 1o the effect that the well-known liquor house of Luw- rence & Martin—the celebrated No. 111 Mad- ison street—had been closed and was in the hands of the Sherifl on executions held by certain unknown parties. People who flat- tened their noses against the outer door were able to convince themselves very speedily that there was something in the story, for the face of Mr. James Burke, one of the sharpest and best of the Deputy Sheriffs, could be seen ip the interior. The story passed from mouth to mouth rapidly, and. created considerable stir. The firm was remarkably well-known, not merely in Chicago, but throughout the country, on account of its former connection with the Chicago Trotting Park, and of the giving to the world the great ‘boon of *Tolu, Rock, and Iye™ -a cgneoc- tion of cheap granulated sugar, bad whisky, and bitters, which has been advertised all over the country, and can now be found in every drug-store from Northeastern Maine 10 Southiestern Texas. ALL CLASSES NEARLY have been acquainted with Lawrence & Martin. "After they severed their connection with Mike McDonald and set up for them- selves in the liquor business their identifica- tion with the Jockey Club brought them into close relations wiilh horsemen all over the country, aud their management of the Park nuturaty familiarized the tens of thousands who attended the race-neetings with their names and persons, while the blessings of rock and rye, attended with the advertising visits of Mr. Lawrence to various points in the East and South, has spread the knowledge of them . all over the country. So that this morning or to-morrow mormng when the lonely settler in the Everglades, the lumberman in the dis- tant woods of Jaine, or the salmon-catcner on the remote shores of the Pacific, reads his newspaper and drinks his zlass of rock and rye, he will drop into the latter a tear to the memory of his benefactors. A reporter weut down to No. 111 Madison street and flattened his nose against the pane. He saw the reaoubtable Burke, politically known as *Resolution Burke,” and after having obtained entrance into the long room he discovered that X BURKE MAD SEIZED THE PREMISES - on two executions in favor of A. 5. Trude, the lawyer, one for £17,294 and the other for §15,519; three in favor of C. F.Bush, one for £10.22, another for £3,859, and another for $6,075; and oue in favor of AL J inz for 54,625, —making a total of $57.6% ‘Two or thres people were busily fizuring, seated at a table in the rear, two or three more were engaged in 12king an inventory of the stock, and one individual was stand- Tng around looking in a very disconsolate manner at a number of barrels of wl . His appearance indicated such extreme uii- happiness that the reporter instinetively took im for a creditor wno had not been able to # E‘.flnpn time with his judgment. A little vestigation proved that such was about the Rtate of the case, and as this is ALMOST THE ONLY EPISODE sonnected with the affair it is worth stating. A certain Hebrew whisky-broker, now iopping at the Palmer House, received pri- rate advices from New York which con- vinced him that whisky was going to drop Bix or eight cents. The moment he got this information he rushed -around to Lawrence Martin’s for the purpose of disposing of his goods. 1In order to make it somewhat of en inducement to them he offered the stuff 8t two cents off the then price. ‘The whisky was bought,—about $5,000 worth,—and he returned to 8 the Palmer House to figure out on a tab just exactly what his profits were on the specula- tion, and to observe exultinzly that he had cleaned out the Gentile. This same individ- ual it was who, dropping into Lawrence & AMartin’s not so very much later, was looking with great disconsolateness at that identieal whisky while it was being appraised and in- yentoried by a more fortunate creditor who had seized it under an execution. One of the first persons whom the reporter Tan across from whom he could get an intel- ligible idea of the state of affairs was MR TRUDE, one of the judgment creditors. ““What is the matter, Mr. Trude?” said thereporter. ** The matter is,” said the gentleman thus interrogated, “ that 1 made up my mind yes- terday that it was time for me to secure my money. 1 had no doubt that I should be B:lrl what was due me, the relations between ;awrence & Martin and myself having al- ays been of a vleasant character,—tora long time those of a.lawyer and client,— but I had become convinced during the week that they must fail, and therefore decided, of course, as a matter of self-preservation, to save myself.” “ How long have they been in your debt 2" “They first borrowed money from me ghout three years ago,—first SL000 for a few days, then $2,000, then $3,000, and afterwards | large amounts which I myself had to bor- Tow in order to accommodate them with, At one time I was indebted myseif over $10,000 on account of loans which I had made to them; the total anount of my accommoda- tion to them at present is $32,000. I knew for some time back that they were hard pushed, but I had hopes up to the very latest moment that they could pull througi. They would | g;)ubtless if they bad been able to hang on | the Tolu, Rock, and Rye business litle - longer. I think even now that - that ~will ~ be a profitable investmeni if a ‘Trustee is appointed to take charge of the estate. The returnus from the $92,000 whichi they have spent in advertising will soon begin 10 cowme in. Last year they were very nearly bankrupt, and I suggested to them then that it would be better for me toclamp down on them, but they thouzht they would be able to pull through. This week they wanted to borrow $5,000 more frow me, a part of $15,000 which they said they had to raise in order to tide them the a over. I found ~out that they had been unsuccessful in their efforts to it from. Col Conley and e - from Albert Langley, the owner of the horse Monroe Chief, and ‘other parties were also appealed to, but unsuccessfully. So I de- cided, though with regret, that the best thing for me to do was to jump in. 1 knew too, or suspected at least,—a suspicion so strong as t be certainty,—that Bush, who is a borseman of New Orleans, and Bles ng, of Afemphis, were about to close down, and I new that Henry Jackson, a friend of Bush, “ad just been paid §12,000 by the firm.” So I went ahead, with the resnlt you see, and I _conclude that I am pretty nearly even.” = THE CHECKS. -Later in the evenimr in.his office Mr. Trude produced from his desk his check- books and a number of checks payable to Luwrence & Martin and indorsed by them, and bearing marks which showed that they had gone through the bank where that firm kept their account, and had been paid by J. L. Adsit, the banker upon whom they were drawn. Examination of the check-book stubs and checks snowed that the following ghscks had been given by Mr. Trude to the iTin o Sepr. 8§ 18719, check on J. M. Adsit for $2,000: Sept. 15. 1850, same for $500; Oct. 4, 183, for $500; Oct. 6, 1579, for S500; ‘Aug. 4, 1580, for $2,000; Sept. 25, 1530, for $1,500- Sept. 23, 1830, for $2,000; Feb. 5, 1850, for $500; March 18, 1880, for $4,200; Oct. 4, 1850, for Qet. 21, 1850 for 3600; Nov. 23, 1530, {gl'wmr ;{)“"' 13, .18%, for §1,000; Jan. a1, . Jhisides the above, amounting fo §17,400, ' Mr. Trude produced two nnmug. one dated / Sept. 30, 1880, for 52,000, and secured by fifty barrels of whisky; the other dated Nov. 4, 1880, for S , secured by thirty-eight bar- rels of whisky, which he discounted at J. M. Adsit’s bank, giving the proceeds'to Law- }'e‘noe fi:}nnrfin. ‘These notes Mr. Trude paid himself. Mr. Trude also said that in view of the fact that he had made no preparation to answer the question, the reporter had put to hin: his investigation of his checks, etc., had to be a hurried one, He handed the reporter the checks and check-books, which were in cor- rect shape, and explained that the balance of the amount due him was currency which he hada let the firm have from time to time. * In making this statement,” he added, * I take into consideration the fact that Law- rence & Martin have paid me a few hundred dotlars by check. In conlusion I would state that the amount due me by that firm—princi- pal, interest and attorneys’ fees—is $32,518.02, The reason why I hypothecated the whisky in the bank was because a necessity to use money in purchasing the Massasoit Ilouse had caused me to overdraw wy bank ac- count.” HARRY LAWRENCE. “ YWhat does this mean 2" said a reporter to Harry Lawrence, whom he found at the store last evening, sumewhat depressed in spirits. S really don’t know much,” said he, * be- cause I have been traveling for the last six- teen months. I returned home only a week ago, and W vmnuch surprised when the Deputy Sherill came in this afternoon with some executions and closed us up.” “To whom do you owe money “We owe some to Trudeand some to Charley Bush. of New Orleans.” ‘: Who is Bush 27 b e ¢ A sporting man,—a horseman.’ h'“ Ll::w dzdg,\'un cometo be Indebted to im ? “We have been borrowing from him fora Iong time.” ¥ * flow much do you owe him 2” - I think it is in the neighborhood of $20,- 000. 1le loaned us 310,000 in a chunk and nds from time to time.” ) ing, of Memphis.” porting man, tao.” “How much is due him?” “ About §4,500.” W] is the awmount of AMr. Trude’s at claim?> = “ Between $32,000 and $53,000.” * Did you borrow from him?* “Yes. He has Joaned us money off and on ever since westarted the race track. *Did these three have any secu: “XNo; simpliv Judgment notes.” tlxh ll?\’v long have you been borrowing from em? “At different times within the last six months. But I don’t know wuch about it, as Martin has been running the business.” “DO YOU OWE ANYBODY BESIDES TILE PAR- TIES NAMED?" yes, we owe considerable money to «QOn, others,” * Who are they 2 *1 couldn’t give you their names.” “Where do they live?” “In New York, Louisville, and Canada,— parties from whoin ne bought goods.” *1ow much are you indebted to them 2™ couldn’t tell.” ¢ are the amounts large 2’ “They run from $200 to $5,000; perhaps a little over.” T “Can you tell how much your liabilities ared” : “I have no means of knowing, but I should sav on a rough guess that we owe be- Tween $200,000 and $309,000.” **Are any banks involved 2" *We owe considerable to bank@® “Which 27 | ‘1don’t care about giving the names. They are secured by collateral—whiskies and wines.” : “ Are any of your creditors socured 2 “ Noj they have our notes.” “What will your assets foot up 2’ . vt tell until an inventory of the de; but Ishould think they would cover the liaviiities.” 1 ve you been doing mueh business Wehadalarge trade—halfa nill- CaT.’ hy couldn’t you take up your matured paper?” “ Well, we_have been borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. Some creditors pushed us. We bought goods and hypothecated them to get money to dobusiness with. ‘The trouble was we were doing too large a busi- ness far so sieall a capital.” *+What did you counnence with 27 “ About $49,000.” “Whereis it? * GONE—SUNK.” ve your expenses been heavy 2 We have spent $100,000 in Jost about S39,000 in our en you have been losing right alonz 2" *Yes, Tolu, Roek, and IRye broxe our backs. We have lost on it from the. start, bat that was to be expected as it had to be introduced to the public. We had just got to the point where the returns were comingin, and now we are closed up. 1Usrough, I tell you. Andour doors were closed by men who have all along been exhibiting the greatest friendship both in word and ecutions: were a i you have pulled through 2” “Yes, if we had had time.” ‘ 1lad you asked for an extension?”” “XNo. We had no idea that they wouid pounce upon us.” The reporter also saw 3R MARTIN, and asked him to tell his story. “ Well, we knew nothing until the Deputy Sheriff came in and took possession.” * Ilave you been losing moue; *Lsupposed we had been making some, but we haven’t had a chance to find ont_how we stand, the closing up was so sudden.” ¢ **Can you tell approximately how much you owe?” “ Icannot. Itwill take two or three days to find out.”” ¢ \What are your assets?” “ Perhaps 350,000 or $60,000, There is not more than that in the. store, show. but don’t amount to muc! “You owed borrowed money to the judg- meng creditors who have levied > “Yes. We have been borrowing from time to time,—from Trude ever since we went into the race-course,—31,009. §2,000, and as high as $5,000 at a time, until the amount reached §32,000.” ° Have you ever paid him anything 2" 0. He has been helping us right along.” “ Were you in the habit of hypothecating goods 2 Yes * What was the necessity for that 27 +We had todo it to carryon the business.” £ Your capital was too small 27 “That’sit; and what we had is all gone.” “*WHERE DID YOU DROP MONEY 2 *In Tolu, Rock, and Rye. We have paid out £100,000 for adverti: Our New York place—an elegant one—has cost us 830,000, And welost aout 54,000 on the race-track. How mueh did you sell it for 2?7 “On paper, $40,000; but we only got 515,000 out of 320,000 that was paid. And we got something, besides, for privileges,—bar, res- taurant, ete.”” *You had no idea of failing, though 2 *Not the least. We paid out S350 for li- censes to-day. We thought we would pull through, but Trude ot scared.” :A llgu\'(,:,you been doing a good business 2 es. “ How much did you sell last year?” “YIecouldn’t tell.” CAUSES OF THE FAILURE. There is much which is unsatisfactory in the informatiou obtained by the reporter as to the amonnt of the failure, the. persons. to Whom the firm_owes money and, the causes which led” to the smask up. ‘The y T 1 names of the individuals to whom the firm is Indebted will doubtless come out in a day or , because they will probably be istra- wo, howe urgent and excitedi n their d 4s soon as they learn of the 14 of the fact that about all th ssets have been swallowed up by t] enterprising creditors. - Thetwoban! made advances to theconcern are t National and _the Traders’,—the first t extent of £17,000, and the second for Really they owe the banks nothin T hold acceptances of business firn liey have discounted these from time to time, but hold 10 paver of Lawrence & Martin. - These ac- ceplances are of reliable business firms to whom they sold goods. The firm borrowed no money of banks, but simply discounted aceeptances. The creditors ~are chiefly whisky men from whom the firm bougtit from time to time, and are scattered all over the country. Thereal cause of the failure1s what Lawrence & Martin say—| tried to do TOO BIG A BUSINESS ON TOO SMALL A cAP- ITAL. Tobably Ent they They were probably getting alon, well enough until they went in%o this Jocke‘; Club speculauon. They say.that they losta con- siderable amount of money in it. At the me they sold out, it was said with a flourish that Haverly bought it for $40,000. It now ,(’:u.se goods | however, that the amount was actu- :Bpem $20,000, and that of that $1.000 was paid to Col. Cnnley for nexotlatmgvme trade, and another S1,000 wentRo H. V. Bemis, leaving - Lawrence”& Martln only $18,000. But if they did not actually lose in the con- cern the amount of mouney which they say they did, it must have interfered greatly with their business by taking them away from their legitimate trade, and causing them to waste their time in something which they were unacquainted with, and which formed no part of the affairs of the whisky house. They also lost much money in their attempt to make a splurge in New York. Itisan absurdity generally for a Western house, especially in their business, ta start a branch there. ‘They carried quite a large and ex- pensive stock, and in their attempls to intro- duce ** Tolu, Rock, and Rye” found itexceed- ingly up-hill work. Theiradvertising, which was done for them by Cook, who is believed to0 have had an interest in the beverage, was very large—some of it injudicious. It would have, however, begun to return their money had they been able to hold on longer. Considerable money was spent, too, by Lawrence in various trips around the country to Virginia, New Orleans, and other points, which, while ostensibly for advertis- ing purposes, yielded no adequate return. 1t appears, too, that after they got a little be- hind hand they tried to extricate themselves from their diticulties by shinning. This they did in two ways: By issuing kiting _bills of exchange ‘on their New York house, and by purch: inz whiskies on credit which they im- mediately hypothecated, thus _obtaining more money With which to pay oft the debts whieh were pressing them the most, and with which to buy on credit still more whisky, which was in_turn hypothecated, the bubble being continually expanded until at last it grew too thin to stand the pressure or the atmosphere. They nad to pay a high rateof interest for the loans they secured,—some- times 3 per cent a month; they had to pay in- surance on the gouds which they had pur- chased and hypotheeated, and, being unable to get from their business returns sufliciently large to pay for these extra_expenses, they inevitably wentto the wall. If *“T'ulu, Rock, and Rye” had begun making the Immense returns which they expected of ft, they would have been able to pull thewselves out of the hole, but, failingin that, the bubble collapsed. As for their statement that they did not expect the end, it is probably an ex- agzeration. They are too shrewd men not to have seen the end coming. CAPITAL AND LABOR. THE SWITCHMEN’S STRIKE. It is nmow about two wecks since the switchmen’s strike was inaugurated in Chi- cago. With very few exceptions the men have continued to remain **out” up to the present time, making the movement, so far as the strikers are concerned, one of unusual vitality and longevity a suceass, however,—that is, in the way that the strikers expeeted,—it has been a decided failure, and that its object will never Dbe attained seems now more certain than ever. The switchmen struck for an increase of so much per month; the railroad companies ofered them a fair advance, which, not bemng as much as asked, was retused; then the companies Imported road men to do the work left by the switch- wen; the latter interfered with the - *scabs,” solealled, and, by cutting trains and bull- dozing, seriously inconvenienced the | new men, who, at besi found the work very slow and diflicult; Chief McGarigle issued an order to have all the bulldozers arrested, and this frightened them into allowig the *‘scabs” to pursue their work uninterruptedly; the companies grad- ually secured full forces of these appren- tices, and the strikers fell back upon holding meetings, besgng money from other labor unions to pay for their loaling, and denoun- ety te radroad compitnies and ite Such is now the situailon. be denied that the strikers have accomplisiied one aesired object,—not the prim-.n‘f oneg, but one which they thought would lead to it,—and that is i ous interruption 1o strikers thougnt that thisiu force the companies to accede to weir de- mands, and perhaps so:me of them still ent, tain the same opinion. ‘There did a vast amount of ight accumulate, a good por- tion of whielt is still Iy dead, and the new men have not yer learned the ropes well enough to altow freizht to be handied desired, and merchants complain but it shoutd not_be forsotten that ¢ of a switchman’sapprentice isnot as long as that of a college student, and the new wen, wiuo are, atter all, old railroad bands, are rapidly becosung proficient in the muscular art of switching. They are able to hundle all city business, and will soon be able to get away with we_ transfer wraflic. ‘The rairoad ofici; i i two or three d; of all aceumu ZE can ge d then do all snug up.” in itis that every day added to e experience of the new men wakes the necessity of securing the services of the old hands just so mueh less Yesterday brougitt no cm note. A few of the stri sumed work on the Wisconsin Di e Northwestern Road quit work ing the day, but the Company took prompt measures to have their piaces supplied by other men, so that tnis little ripple did not affect the general condiiion, and it atforded a crumb of comfort and enconragement to the strikers that was exceedingly small. Knowing that the switch- men of the other roads were still “out,” the Northwestern had not placed much reiiance on the faith of the rew who had returned to work on the AVisconsin Division, and the Cpn::jpnny is still as determined as cver not to yield. On the Lake Shore Road about half a dozen strikers resumed work yesterday, and the ofticials of this road suid they had re- ceived nformation which indnced them to betieve that the strikers would all resume ;\‘qu Mounday. The strikers, however, deny ! i, ‘T'he diflierent raiiroad companies declare as cumphatically as ever that they will not yield to the strikers, and, as has been before Stated, the Chicago & Allon rinined not to hire any of the strikers aj ‘The swilchen held their d: meeting last night at Bohemia 1all on Taylor street. The reports tfrom the different roads zave the strikers much encouragement, and the belief was expressed that they would svon see the beginming of the end. 1t wasan- nounced that a number of business-men had offered to contribute to the support of any switchmen who migint be in need. Cunsuf— erable discussion ensued on the subject of receiving any outside help. It was rearcd that the idea would go abroad that the men were being driven to the wall, i should aceept any aid, but it was fin ed to accepy theoffer of whatev d kind- red labor organizations felt disposed to give. 1t was said that but few cases of need had been reported. A number of speakers scout- ea the idea of shoporting anybody, e was a worthless switchman who couldn’t stand a iic of a month, and it was feared that the endeavor to suvport men would put a pre- mium on imposition. ‘The whole matter was placed in the s of a Commitiee com- posed of the hould examine in- ief. Sume of the would seck other empioyment hut they would never aceept a dotiar of reliet funds. ‘The benediction was pronounced in the usual wa oting to stay I sunumer if necessary,—wlen the n adjonrned to weet to-night in De Koven Street,Bohemia Ifall. THE BOILER-MAKERS. ‘The Boiler-makers’ and Helpers’ Benevolent Association met last night In their hall, 5¢ West Lake street. The evening was mostly spent in the transaction of routine business, the most notable exception beinz a resolution of symyathy with the switchmen and of a willingness to aid them av any time should they need the same. Though their treasury was necessarily somewhat depleted by their late strike of six weeks’ duration, they ex- pressed the s as willing to do all they could to aid th ellow-workmen, some of the members offering to_head the’ subserip- uon with 5. The President of the Assoc tion, Mr. Thomas P. Dwyer, will leave town Monday for Detroit, Clevelund, Buffalo, and Erie, for the purpose of orzanizing a Nation- al Union, he having been invited to do so by the Unions of the saveral cities named. THE MACHINISTS. The Machinists' and Blacksmiths’ Union held its regular meeting last night at 5¢ ‘West Lake street, and initiated the men who gave in their names at the inass-meeting last Sunday. There will be no strike in this branch of labor, the employers having taken the initiative and advanced the wages in most of the shops without solicitation, and it is expected their example will be followed by the others. Instead of its being ! CONFLAGRATIOX. Destruction of a Building at Clark and Twelfth This Morning. . The Fire Attributed by Several Persons to Spontaneous Combustion. Statement of Such Partioulars as Could Be Gleaned at Late Hour. CHICAGO. The alarm of fire at 1:27 o’clock this morn- ing from BDox 68 was caused by the dis- covery of a formidable-looking blaze in the second story of the four- story brick planing-mill situated at the corner of South Clark and Twelfth streets. When first discovered the fire had gained such headway that there appeared to be danger of a general conflagration in that part of the city. - Therefore a second alarm was turned in a few minutes after. But few of the engines of the Department had arrived 'before the entire structure seemed wrapped in flames, whose light illu~- minated the city for blocks around. The boys in blue got rapdly at work, and within the space of half an hour from the time of the sounding of the first alarm the element was under control, and all danger of a spreading was averted. The building with - all its contents was a total loss, the walls of the top stories even having fallen in. Nothing was rescued. The building, or rather build- ings, were respectively 40x00 and 36x86 feet in dimensions, the larzer one—the mill proper—being four stories in hight, the smaller, used as an engine-room, being of two stories and all of brick, the walls one foot thick. The owner of the building is Mr. Johin Roper, the wholesale grocer, and tha occupants the firm of ‘Wintermeyer & Dempsey. On the first floor of the mill were | the heavy pieces of machinery,—one r sawer, one large surfacer, two matchers, and two planers,—which will probably ve total losses, owing to the damage by fire, wate fand faling walls. Oun the second floor hand-tools and quite a stock of material. The two upper floors were devoted to the manufacture of sashes, doors, and blinds, of which there were many on 1 hand, just now many could not be learned. seems to know. The only man on the premises at the time of the first discovery was Mr. A. King, the night watchman. e says that he was in the oftice of tne building and was not aware that anything unusual had happened tloor seenied one mass of flame. Ile ran out to give the alarm, and could not immediately finda box. Before he liad found one the bells rang out, some one else having evident- ly noticed the illumination. Ile had no idea as to the cause, but atrributed the fire to spontaneous combustion. e is sure that the start was not made in the engine-roon. There were no stoves nor lights burn- ing on the second floor, where the fire bigan, and only an hour before the had gone over his building and had noticed no sparks nor any smoldering. The men employedin the place were at work alt Saturday, and one of them might iave dropped a spark of some kind, ~but he did not see how that could well be, else he would, in his rounds, have discovered the fire in its in- cipieney. Surrounding the mill is a yard containing a goud deal of undre d lawber. 1t was in the main uninjured, though thoroughly soaked with water. On the railroad track, which are but a few feet to the west of the buildings, stood sev- erai freizht-cars belonging to the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Companies. They were somewhat scorched, but were drawn away before being seriously dam- aged. At an early hour this morning a TRIBGNE reporter called upon Mr. Wintermeyer at his lodgings in 2 house oun Green street, near Congress. Ile had not yet heard of the fire, and was unable to make any statement until informed that searcely any porticn of the contents ana none of theé buildmy were left intact. The firm had, he said, recently put in a lot of new machinery, the entire quantity was worth somewhere in the vicinity of 3,000, The stock cunmin&‘)lfl in the building he ag first vatued at § but upon reconsider- ing he said & would not cover { it provided it was altogether destroyed or badly damaged. The firm had a large stock of madi goods on hand—; upper stories of the buildmw filled with sashes, doo: a packing-boxes. The loss w en more t 000 if the material outside of the mill was at all injured. Upon both machinery and stock there wis an insurance of only $4,5)0, located in some four or five compan y Mr. Harrison, insurance agent, Mr. Winterme: didd not know the com- panies. The building was worth from $5,- 00) to $10,00, and is said to have been in- sured. "The mill is on land which has frequently been swept clean by fire, but since the pres- ent occupants took charge of it a few years ago it has been visited once only, and then tke fire originated -in the upper portion, which was sublet to another firur. this morning found only the corner walls standing, and the interior a mass of glowing | embers upon which the firemen were still aying. ‘The northeast corner seemed to be less dumaged nan the remainder of the building, and there may possibly be a little salvage there. A sidewalk nearly opposit the mill on Clark street broke bencath a e : bled to witness the fire, and Italians livi in the neighborhood were badly bruised. A still alarm to engine company No. 18 at 11 o’clock Friday nizht was cansed by the | explosion of a kerosene lamp in Theodore | Svunichsen’s drug store, at No. 249 Blue 1sl- and avenue. The proprietor was in the act of sceuring a window with some boards when hual:br:cidenmlly capsized the lamp. amage, $10. The alarm from Box 924 at 4 o’clock yester- ay afternoon was cansed by the burning out of a chimney ai No. 82 Fremont street, owned and occupied as a dwelling by August Makan, Damage, trifling. @ AT ITAMILTON, ONT- Spectal Dispatch to The Chicaco Tribune. AMILTON, Ont., 14.—Early this morning the round-house of the Hamilton & North- western Railway, in which are kept the engines of the company, was totally de- stroyed by fire. Shortly before 3 o’clock this morning, oneof the men who was working in another part of the building heard acra ling noise near the water-tank. Turning round he saw that.the place was on fire. Ifose was quickly Jaid and several streams turned on, but the pressure of the water was very light, and a stream could not be thrown many feet. ‘Che immense surface of the roof, which was covered with piteh, had been very much heated by the warm sun of the past few days, and the melting pitch ran down in streans trom the roof. Last night one of the night men had his hands and head severely burned from this {cause, the boiling pitch raising blisters wherever it touched the iesh. In the round- house were eizht locomotive engiues, three cars (two of them flats and a mail and bag- eage car), besides car-jacks and other prop- erty. The heatof the fire was so great that it melted the brass bells on five of the engines, The siokestacks are shriveled and twisted in every fantastic shape. The fire causes a serious loss to the Company. The round- house and fittings cost over $10,000, and with the engines and cars in the placethe destruc- tion to_proverty amounts to_about $£75,000, which is partiaily covered by insurance. Hayauros, Ont, May 14—The freight~ was the box factory, containmg some : { The engines in the engine-room were very badly damaged. Just what the ! cause of the fire was no one till he was made aware that the entire second | A reporter who was at thescene at3o’clock ‘sheds of the Hamilton & Northwestern Railway, and contents, burned this morning; loss $75,000. B AT PARK CITY, UTAH. Sart LAkE CrTy, Utab, May 14.—The Em- vire Holstiniy Works at Park City burned to-day with the smith shop, assay office, and tramway. The loss is hard to estimate at present. The cost of the buildings and ma- chinery was about $45,000; insured for $29,- 000; $5.000 in the /Etna, 54,000 in the Fire- man’s Fund of San Francisco, 52,500 in the California, $10,000 in the British & Mercan- tile of London, 57,500 in the Lmperial of Lon- don, Northern of London, and Queen of Liv- erpool, in equal portions. AT EAU CLAIRE, WIS. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. EAu Crameg, Wis, May 14—The Niagara House, situated on Water street, West Eau Claire, was wholly destroyed by fira this forenoon. 'The hotel was owned by Thomas J. Peerless, of Milwaukee, and was occupled by a Mr. Brittiz. Loss, $4,500, covered b; 2,400 insurauce, divided between the Newark and the Alliance. Furniture a total loss. AT LA CROSSE, WIS. . Bpecial Dispatch to The Chicaan Tribune. LA CrossE, Wis., May 14.—A fire broke out this evening at 9 o’clock in the engine room of A. Hirshheimer & Co.’s plow works. The fire department were promptly on hand and | soon had the tlames under control. The loss will be about 52,000, principally confined to machinery, which is badly damaged; fully insured. AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. St. Paur, Minn., May 14.—At 10 o’clock to-night a fire broke out in the chair factory of Gilman & McCullough, in Minneapolis, which was totally destroyed a few hours Iater, Loss estimated at §39,000 to $40,000, with an insurance of $15,000 to S18,000. Sev- enty men are thrown out of employment. A VESSEL ON FIRE. CuArLEsToy, S.C., May 14.—The DBritish bark Isabel Cragg, containing 1,547 bales of cotton for Havre, caught fire this morning. The dawage to the vessel is small, but the cotton is more or less injured by fire and wa- ter, AT CITARITON, TA. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Cmanrrox, I, May 14.—A fire occurred here last night, which destroyed a saloon Sportsman was recently purchased by Dr. Rowe, of Chicaxo, and hereafter will devote considerable space to trotting. St. Julien and the_rest of Hickok’s horses will go directly to Detroit and be trained there. The first engazement of the stable is at Rochester, July 4, where Santa Claus is entered in the stallion race. Hopeful has been sent to New York, and is being trained by Dan Mace, but whether or not that driver will look after him in races this season 1s not known, At present Mace has a stable of runners at Jerome Park. Burth, the jockey who pulled King Dutch- man at the New Orleans meeting, has been expelled. George Hokes has ulso been ruled off by the New_ Orleans Jockey Club for using disrespectful language to the judges. Tom Thumb, the little pasing midget, is 10 years old. 1In_his palmy days he could pull a wagon in $:00 or_ better, and xo it again. e is a hardy_little chap, meas- ures dlE-,"\{ hands, and weighs less than 500 pounds. 'The Trotting-Ilorse Breeders’ Stud-Book, ; which is being compiled by Mr. J. 1. San- ders, of this city, will be ready for distribu- tion in about two weeks. It will be the most complete work of its kind ever published, and valuable alike to horsemen and the gen- | eral public. ‘I'he Central Park Driving Association’s track will be opened to-morrow. Tickets may be obtained of either member of the Board of Directors, which is composed of Messrs. Aldrich, Ford, Albright, Davis, and Plamondon. The first matinée will be given one week from next Saturday. Our Friend, Clara D., Jennie B., and Alley have been declared out of the Board of Trade Handicap, to be run at the Chicago June meeting, a D.and Jennie B. are California horses, and from the fact of their withdrawing it would seem that Mr. Bald- win’s stable wiit not come East this year. Ar. Daniel Swigert, one of the best known and most successful turfmen in the country, has decided to sell all his horses at auction May 35, ‘The horses in training to be dis- posed ot are Callao, Carthage, Talisman, Asia Minor, Alexis, Maceo, Malaga, Piide, Cameo, Lydi; nset, Apollo, Ti The filly Aranza, that won the Maxwell Touse and Tennessee Stallion Stakes at Nashville, is entered in the Hotel and der- chants’ Stakes at St. Louis, the Clarendon, Relief, and Congress-Hall Stakes_at Sarato- #o, the September Stukes at Sheepshead Bur, and the Sewanee Stakes at the Nash- ville fall mecting. Although nothing definit has been Iearned by borsemen in this vicinity concerniny the building. Loss not b THE TURF. condition of Ilattic Woodward, thereis a gen- eral impression that she will not be able Lo trot this season, and strength is given to this view of the case by the fact that sne has not been entered at the Chicago trotting meeting, althoush her stable cowpanion, France’s i got together. They are six and seven years AN EXPENSIVE SECRET. It is now pretty well understood that pre- vious to the Two Thousand Guineas, Mr. Lorillard’s agent in England had informed that gentleman that of all the stable of American racers in_training at Newmarket Passaic was by far the best, and that there was, practically, no doubt of his ability to win the Two Thoeusand, since he had been given a trial with Iroquois and beaten that excellent colt easily. So anxious were the W : +-Bob Johnson obtained ti [ above, being sold shortly Alexander, will be here. Lady Mac, record 2:23, formerly owned by V. nderbilt, died cntl Schel +, Troin the etfects of a strain. She ¢ record mentioned fterward to Mr. Vanderbilt, who drove her, it company with Small lHopes, a mile over the Fleetwood- Park track in 2:23, which isstill the best double-team performance. The brood-mare Dame Gourlay, foaled few who were let into the secret to get their | 1530, by Planet out of Flora G., by Lexington, money on Passaic at the best possible odds | and the chestnut mare Flea, foaled 1872, & War Dance out of Endor, both the prover that they deferred action until the night be- fore the race was to be run. Maj. Hubbard, of the Spirlt of the Times, tells the follow- | ing story of how the preparations for the coup were made: It wns on ‘Tuesday night last that we stood of J. S. Boyd, of Cynthiana, Ky., died re- cently at his' place. The sime gentleman also lost- two yearlings, as follows: Jung- fran, chestnut filly, by Sprinzbok out of Dame Gourlay, by Planet, und chestaut colt by Springbok out of Nellie Grim, by As- upon the tlegstones in tront of Nos. 1iand 15 | teroid. West Twenty-elzuth strcct, Onis o fow borse- | «There was a storyafloat this evening,” men. in bunches of batf-dozens, bad appeared, | savs Vigilant,” in the London Sportsmar, and they hud iroquois on the brain, and now und | W5 e elfeer that Mr. J. B Keene, the owner ssed into the establishments mentioned, | theu and luid small sums ubout him, hoping be might be the Hrst American 1o land the Newmarket rize. Only slight spirit was manifested, and as | N the hours “pussed luzily, mutters zrew monoto- nous, Suddenly a enach, with its man in livery and footman. drove up, and stopped in_front. of No. 15, The door oy three gentlemen emerged from the vehi Luilding. ‘They were attendon: but dire couch, und another, e i with its coachman in Then followed coupés, | other carriages ad infinitum, until there was 1 fine crowd. It oon uscertuined that these seatlemen eame from the long-renowned Mur- ruy hll, Filth, und Madison avenues, und other i Stricts. icst they were reticent, but ft was mani- | fest thnt were out on business, and pretty soou a spokesman called for the odds on Iro- | quuis_far the Two Theusund, another caretesly | inquired about Barrett for the Durby. *What | will_you lay axainst Don Fulano for the Two | ‘Thouswud?” canie from a third, und at Inst cume | the plumper, **What ure the odds agninst Pus- | ‘fhc man bebind the counter gave the ! r. g then business besun, wid it was | right lively for a time. ‘There was evidently | something up. for the gentlemen ratrled Mr. Keily up right fively for uwhile. In the meun- time, some of them passed into No. 1%, nnd tri Mr. Crige. The whole thing bore a solemn, lent, earnest wiv. Aftern time the business was don ‘otiowed the sequel. Theso s of Mr. Pierre Lorillard, and, huving gotten their money on, one of them zave it out that Me. Pineus had brouzit Pussaic and Iroauois toxether i u trial, und the former.with eleven pounds extrn, had done the son of Leam- ington up with amazimz ease. Now came the turn of the outsiders, who at once took up the business, and u hedging scene followed, in which the backers of Iroquois played prominent parts. "[he hours grew late, but tho crowd lingered, and néded fact to fact, Just received by eable, cach contirming the Drowess of the newly- tledged son of Longfellow, nnul we actually be- beld the proprictor of the Koncocas tha happy passessor of both classic prizes, those at New- marketund Epsom. The next day we aroso livery and footmuin, iof of ing to the story of the sale, for if Jr. found that an animal w own at the weights was for sale he would only be too anxious 1o make the purchase.” for the trotting _mees i so on down, ed Peter (chestnut korse, 5 yewrs old, by ltermir, out of Lady am), who is trained in the same stable as the Yuukee-bred one, and later to-night I learn that the horse has been sold, the price being given as 87,500, but I only tell the story as it has bewn told to me, and there may not be much truth in the statement. Apd Lam told that the big horse_ean make an example Foxhall at the weizhts (City and Subur- ban), which would apparently give a color- Keene h could beat his reze number of entries i to be held in this city next J the Spirit of the Times says: *The Chicago ideas appear to be good ones Vi The beauties of the re MUt Conspicuo! y_the 2:42, in which there ure . and *several counties yet iis purse, 1t will be seen, 1 by the first installmen ents will be of it velvely tion. n the next slower ¢ h_but one exceptic ceable that, in the faster classes, the fields are such that nearly. all of the horses may be expected to make their final pay- ments, as we notice none among them that will be disposed to shrink from_any contest wilh their peers in the matter of record, and hence the financial suceess of the meeting may be considered nbundantly secured.” — THE SAFE-BLOWERS. Once during the past week attentign was called to the fact that a zung of safe-Wlowers who have been working the city, and par- ticularly in the West Division, all winter, still kept up their operations and seemed to Referring to the ber of ent with tko fondest hopes of good news before an- i xhibite other sun Should sef. The news came, but.aiust | 4LV the police. - If the latter exhibited the nd where all the hopes of | Sime ingenwty in suppressing crime that where was Pass the nizht previvus? Gone slimmering among the things that were— A school-boy’s tale, the wonder of an hour. A FINE TEAM. Mr. 11 V. Bemis, of this city, recently pur- chased for his own driving on the road one of the finest matched pairs of stallions ever old, dark chestnut in color, with he: manes and and were sired by Gift, the tirst stallion to trotin 2:20, of the fastest trotters of his day. "The team stands fifteen hands three inches high, cach es_in honor of Sotham and Mambrine Sturg his old friends Mr. city. and George W. Sturges, of Philad 14, the oldest member of the Bourd of Re- w of the National Trotting Associarion. They were purchased through Mr. William Hawmilton, of Flint, Mich., aud trotted a hulf- mile track in 2:53 the first time they were hitehed together. Mambrino Sotham has trotted a mile in harness in and his mate is quite as speedy. Their pedigrees are as follows: Mambrino Sotham (formerly Mambrino Til- den), chestuut norse, by Mimbrino Gift. son of Manibrino Pilot, “dumn " by Youny Black Huwk, son of Dav.d Hl’ll's”l}(d Biack Hawk. second daul otham, of this | is 50y they do In suppressing news of a criminal nature, this gang, as well as several others, would long since have been either _brought to justice or di out of town. ~ The blowers have been unusually industs recently, and taken some good tricks. lonz ago a s rucker 0., street, was blown open and insurance policies, deeds, notes, checks, or- ders, ete., the loss of which was a great in- convenience 1o the firm. The papers were of no value to the thieves, and they probably would nut have disturbed them had it not been for the fact that in several of the en- velopes thev found small sums of money, us B Not nmlé fire-pronf safe in the ofiice of No. 201 North Desplaines robbed of i horse weighing about 1,100 pounds and are 3 s well broken and perfectly gentle, They have 2{;“!“{3,;';gtd“.3§.,‘“§ig;;',';f,',‘. "{:}n‘g‘,\:‘édf‘“ \‘f‘r" been named by Mr. Bemis Mambrino | Druccker is quite certain that the barsiars h young men, one seedy and -triunp- and the other goond-looking and sed, who were hanging about inity all the day previons to the and_acting in a very suspicious manner. vice since the burglary Mr. Druecker has called at Central Station for the purpose of identityins suspeeted persons under arrest, but the police have not yet shown him the right men. —— SUICIDE. Des Moryes, Ia., May 14.—Tnhomas Smith, s of age, a gunsmith, committed sui- -loo) oey, third dum by im- | cide this morning by cutting his throat. Dported Messenger. Fouled Oct. 12, 1874, R R N B Mambrino Sturges (lormerl Mambrino Winchaster's Iiypophosphitas Frank), chestnut horse, by Mambrino Gift, son | wijj eure consumprion, couzhs, weuk lun, of Mambrino ilot, dam Ludy Muy, by Gen. Tay~ | broncnitis, wid. senerd detility. | Established lor, son of David Hill's Old Biuck Hawk, second | tyenty-one sonrs: dnm Huzelton, by George M. Patchen. Foaled Sept. 875, = Ty - S FURNITUEE. SPRING MEETING AT OAKLAND. o PP Sax Fraxcisco, May 14.—The spring meeting of the Pacific Blood Horse Associa- tion opened at Qakland Park to-day. There was a larze attendance. Weather and track good. The first event was a half-mile dash, and was won by Anita. Time, 514, The second event was three-quarter mile heats, and was won by Winfred in_ 1:18 and 1:20. The third evens was a_selling race, mile dash, aud wis won by Rondo. ~ Time, 1:45. The tourth event was « one-and-one-quarter mile dash, which was won by Counnor in 2:12%. The fifth and last race was a one- and-one-half mile dash, and was won by Duke of Norfolk. Time,2:35%. TRACK TALK. Gabriel kas a bad leg. Capt. William Connor will not send Gli- delia to Baltimore to fill her spring engage- ments at that place. The earnings of the get of-War Dance. who died recently, were $S101,503 in the years from 1875 to 1380, inclusive. Foxhall, the American colt that ran second. for the Two Thousand Guineas, is named for a son of his owner, Mr. J. R. Keene. Sannie G., record 2:27, and Fleming Girl, record 2:53, have been sold by W. H. Wilson, Cynthiana, Ky., to Commodore Kittson, of Minnesota. Joseph Cairn Simpson, formerly of this city, is writinz a"series oi articles on_toe ‘weights for the New York Sportsman. The 221 & 223 STATE ST. TRUSHES. RUPTURE con. 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