Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 26, 1881, Page 2

evontog that thore was very litle hope, camo to tho sick-room, tooked tenderly upon tho reatioss Bufferer, and retired. The pbyalcinns, wearled and hopeless, are sleoping, ‘ DA. M. No chango haa been reported inthe Prestilont's Condition during tho Inst hour, and ho ie now esting quictly. a THD PATIENT. THR ANRCESS, Spectal Dispatch to Tra Chteago Tribune, Wasuixatox, D. G, Aug, %.—Tha abe scess In the neck continues to glve niarn. ‘There is great fear. that’ tho pus from that gland may bo pressing {ts way to the brain, the lungs,.and the upper cavity, ‘There are also graye feats, that the milder form of blood-poisoning.calicd’ septicemia Is chang- ing Into tho more fatal pywmin, ‘The Sur- geon-General of the navy, who was early in the case, and who has followed It in delall, is reported as saying that he can sco no hope, Other eminent surgeons express like opine fons, and of the nftending surméons only one this morning will express any hope. ‘here may bono immedjate change for a day or two; Meanwhile tho situation {4 one of anx- fous waiting. HI8 REALIZATION OF THE SITUATION, Now that the President's condition bas be- cone so critical, the Inquiry is often mado, “Does he reallze tho situation, and fs an op * portunity given him to discharge his mind on such sitbjects ‘as a person in great danger of death would be disposed to acty” With regard to this important question, the folluw- ing ean be sald: On the day of the shooting, when tho universal expectation was that the President would not survive more than a few houra, and when he as well as any one rec- ognized thé dangers which menaced him, he wasnsked whetherhe hadany communtention tomnke orany business to transact which ono in bia cofidition might be expected tobave, The “President replied, in substance, that he had not; that he was prepared to dio, and that it would be, aa he expressed it, 5 ALL MIGHT WHETHER 18 LIVES On DIES; that he met death without fenrand us a Chris- tlans that bis atfairs wero In order; that thore was nothing which ho wished particularly to do; oud that he cared to du nothing. Tbs being the case, It ls not thought necessary tocommunicate to him, from polltion! or lomnl rensoris, tho truo character and bearing of his situation, While his mind Ie not hnpalred and be could no doubt be nroused to perform business acts or make formal statements In a rational state of mind, thore woult! alivays he more or lesa legal cloud on nny transactions of the surt which might bo now undertaken, and, tho samo opportunity hoving Veen offered him white ho was Inpfull possession ot his faculties, In active working or- ficrand under similar conditions of probablo appronching denth, such a painful step would now be uncalled for. COLLAPSE OF THE BOWELS. It wag Iearnod this morning that certain ap- prebensions that have existed for a day or two respecting tho action of tho bowols are woll- founded. Tho bowels baye entirely given away. The fect of tho administration of nourighing Injections was known, !f lung coutinued, to be very weakening to the lower bowel, aud yestor- ny It was discovored that tho Injected dogo was at onco ofected involuntarily, aud nvothor effort wns made, cowbined with tho use of uplum, to compel tho bowals to retain it, without success, It was decided that ft would bo impossible unttl the bowels bad. bad an opportunity to regain thelr comparatively normal condition to resume + theso injections, Tho bowels, In short, have broken down froin overwork In supporting the system by theso unnatural means, and if now thore shonid bo any yieldiug of the stomach col- Jupse will bo x question of only n few huurs, “YEATS AND MOPES, To fhe Wreatern Assoclated Press Washixaton, D. C., Ang, 23.—To-day has been one of much anxicty about tho White Mouse and inthocity. The fear that tho President ts certalnly appronchimg lls end {s yory well de finod. Hope bas not disappoared, huwover, by any means, and there isn chance yet for recov. ery. Tho stomach reninins unreveliious, and he hua taken about the samo amount of liquid nourlebment to-day ns yesterday. fe retains the nourishment, and twico to-day has seomed torolish it, Thoswetling !n tho parotit gland hag not gone down.. ft is about the mmo os yemerday ‘after laucing, and, although it discharged some to-day, that dischargo“¥ns been very stigut and not what ought to bo termod satisfactory, The swollen glund i180 couso of continued feritation and pain. It troubles tho President toa vory vappreciablo oxtont. To-night's bulletin, com- pared with tho bullotin of the samo hour lust eveniug, Jaa bettor documont. Dut last night's ‘bulletin was fsaued after an uporation—tha opening of the gland—had been performed. Comparing tho butictiuof to-night with Tucsday night’s bulletin gives : A GUO} COMPATISON. : ‘This shows that the President ty not as well now as then, On tho contrary, ho !s considerably Worse. He seema to bo losing strength Instead of gaining It, and to gain strength is nbsulutoly Necossury'now tor any encouragemont ta ve given, Tho foud that ho takes doos not asalmi- fate and build up tho blood. The blood ecums to “become moro and more impoverished. There isno recuperation, iecuperation ty nocessury. that the mild form of blnod polsoning which 1a inthe syatom may bé climinated and thrown off, Tho doctors admit that tho pationt Is. weuker now than yestordny, though thoy nt tho samo tine eny that they think (hore fs no “ cause for any alarm. Tho history of the day And of to-night shows that the Prenitent ia loa- jug instead of- gaining strength, Tho lose fe Vory slight, but the fact that it is.a loss fs not an encouraging sign. Dr. Boynton this vvening told Mrs, Garfleld that tho President was, in his Opinion, a little worse than yesterday, and that tope Was not us bright. Mrs. Gartield said that aun CTED BUCIL INFORMATION, and added that she was yet hopeful. Tho do- siston of the physicians nol to ros move the Prosident was not commu. alcated to tho patient «until tats iwonlng. The Prostdont has in the past fow faye beon somowbat unruly on this polnt,in- isting that ho abould’ be removed olther to slentor or taken on a trip down tho river, Dure tg tho day he did not recur to this oft-repeat- od roquost, but to-night he became amin exor- aised about it.. He entd ne wanted to baamoved. aghtaway, Dr. Biles thon told him that there nad boon 9 consultation of ull tho phystolana, and a decision that thore should be uo removal atthistime. The Presidont sald in a whlsber {ho cannot talk’ above that tone}: “1 suppose you know bost, but I would like to got awny.* TRE MEMDERS OF THF CAMINKT were on band carly this ovening,.and remalned | until alate hour at tho Whito House. Most of them woro.accompanted by tholr wives, All that could be got from a stray: doctor now and, then that was of any Intorost was that no {nie provement could be announced, and that thoro was not thought te be any chango sinco yester- day, Certainly thero havo not appenred to-night any recuperatiyo signs, The air of gloom ovor everything ta pretty woll marked, aud, while thore is absolutely nothing’ to cauga junmediate Rrave Apprehension, — still there Ina great foar that all will not ond well, ‘Thore hus beon no change In tho treatment of the patlent, nor any now features of the casv, @ Thore bas been no new food adinintsterod, and v there bave been no signs of another crisis, TUE OLD MANSION AT ARLINGTON bas been offered axa pince to which the Presl- Went can be removed, A widow Indy who bas voutrol of the house has written, saying that tho whale manstun will be placed at the disposal of thy ‘President, and fttud up for his comfort and reception -if at should bo doclded'to removo him thither, Of course, {t baying beon decided not to remove hig, the invitation cannot be accepted, ‘Thore are, however, many who think that the adinire ably located old houso {8 a vory desirable loon. Hon for the Prosident, and one whlch would ta detter sulted to bis condition than elther a trip wa the rivor or removal to. Mentor or the Mdiers' Home, if be should be in such 8 condle don as to ronder a change advisable, , TH DocToRs. + BLU, Spuclat Disvater to ‘Tus Chicago Tribune, Wasuinatox,- D, G., Aug, 2-1 met Dr, 3ilss a8 he came out of ‘the White House his morning after the morning dressing aud sonsultation: He looked careworn, and his ‘niafiner was Jess composed and buoyant than usual He spoke .cheertully, however, and it was evident that he had not abandoned hope, Ie said the cause for fear was the Janson of the swollen gland. You see we. JCAGO TRIBUN cut Into it and got a little pus, bul the trouble {sto get out all the matter and keet it un- der control ‘Tho probability Is that te ts all around In’ the gland, and thore’s no telling where ft may burrow, It we should cut anywhere else In the Inflamed part we might sirike more, pus, aud sv on. It fs this fact which causes the greatest anxtaty.? “When will you know j SOMETHING DEFINIT AlfouT Tr?” | “Well, porhaps not for several days: cor- tainly not for two or three days, Meanwhile we must vo as ¢areful ng -posstble, and take what steps we can to control the gathering matter,” * 5 “Does the President suffer inuch from it? “Naturally {t hurts hima good deal It hurts him to move his head and mouth, as of course the slde of his head is very sore, You seo,. It 1s like a blg carbunele, and is necessarily very patnful'and a serious com- plication. Apart from this tueat trouble, he is gotting on very well, You saw that the figures this morning were abou! the sate ns thoy have boon. Thore wasn little higher pulso, ‘but this was due probably to some temporary cause, A yarintion of four or ix beata in the pulse docs not have any particular significance inn patient In hls condition, Before Lo woke Up this morning I found 1s PULSE To m: , After he awoke tho paln of moving, tho oxcite- mont of dressing coming on, etc., throw ble pulse up adittic, his is simply an Indication of bis dobilitated state,” “There was great alarm inat night, Doctor,— and grent nuxiety to learn the news, but nothing vory detintt could bo ascortainod." “Iknow," sald the Doctor. “1 wanted to como down and talk with the representatives of tho press, ‘and I bad sv Intended, but Ehad not slept any scarcely tho night and day before, and T was completely tired out,—so much so that I dropped asleep onco during tho gonsultation, When It was over at midnight I was comptetaly exhausted, and, knowing that I should have to bo up very carly ayaln this morning, T throw cc my clothes and wont to sleep, You can say a » ‘THE CONSULTATION ‘vos confined to tho matter stated in the dullot> Ins,—thst fa, the qttestion of removal: Wo all agreed that {t was yory desirnble, but somo thought it would bo too risky, We bave always intended to move him just 4S soon As wo could, Had there been & uay since the early stages of the injury whon ho could have been moved with any safety, it would bave Leon done; but wo havo folt that the motion and tho excltenont would havo beon tog niuch for him to ben." T asked the Doctor if they hud fottowed tho strict antisoptlo treatment called Metorism,— that Js, the trentmont with dressings impreg- Unted with carbolle aeld to destroy-all life in germs floating in the nlr which would cuuso du> composition of tho pus and induce pyremfa, * Yos,” suid be, “we have done thut very caro: fully from tho start. When we dress tho wound wo are enveloped in carbolio spray. There ia A TATTLE APPANATUS WORKED. BY STEAM whiuh (8 suspended over tho bed above, our hens, and, utithe time of dressing our persons, clothes, instruments, the pationt, and overy- thing te enveloped in this curbolio mist. This wo havo'done right along; for the purpose of se- curing 1 perfect safeguard agninat any pyaemla trouble.” =~ “You apprehend no new and immediate bad results then, Yoctor?” . “No, not atall, We must, of course, be pre- pared for; bad developments, Wo can only study the cnse and take such steps in view of such now emorgencies. ns muy be necessary, Probably nothiugaotinit will be known, as 1 have sald, for MWu or threo days, Wo dd uot fool ike entering into u discussion on THE POSSIBLE PRESENCR OF MALATIA in the caso, but postponed that. ‘his morning wo felt that so much had been said by outside doctors, whose opinions wero avery way deacry« log of respectful consideration on this subject, that we decited to go Into the mutter formally and fully,und we did sont the conaultation after tho dressing. Wo could not confer before the dressing, 18 tho President’ manifeated a destre rathor. earlier thas usual to bave bis wound dressed, and wo did so, ‘bis, will oxplain the auscnco of Information in the regular moroing bulletin. After that had beon prepared we mat and came te the unanimous conclusion that nothing gppenred to’ causo us fo believe that taloria was prosont, This fact, and the decision reached at tho same time abeut removul,.wo then proparad and published as a supplemen: tary butietin.* DH. BOYNTON, To tha Western ssoclated Press, WABHINGTON, D, C., Aug, 25.—Dr, Boynton, in 4n interviow with a reporter, replied to ques: tlons as follows: : “Hor ts tho Prositent to-day, Doctor, in your Judgmont?" * 2 4 Ido not think ho is any botter,” “ But does he hotd his own #"" 3 “Well, [can't polnt to any particular symp- tom, and say that it ts noticeably worse, but tho impreaston which bis general condition makes upon me to-day {3.0 tittle less favorable, I don't Eee quite ag much encouraged as I did yestor- lay.” “What nro tho features of the caso which som to you most disquicting?” “Tho condition of his blood and his extreme weakness.” 2 i “He hus not, then, made any gain-in strength alnoe yosterday morning?" *T cannot seo that howns.”” é sos os he not take bis food as well as yestor- day? i “Yes; quite na woll, & Ws stomacir ° scoina to malntaln Its {mprovod condition.” “Then if the stomach performs Ita functions Properly, and the nourishment continues to be well assimilated, will nat the condition of the |’ me blood change Cor tho better?" . “Itwill in timo,” ‘Tho potson will bo otimi- natod from the blood It thorpationt's stronuth und vitality hold out, Itiea question of timo and endurance". , “ Tuo wound continues todo wall, does it not?” “Yoa, but I don't think the condition of the Wound [8 80 important # consideration now, ‘Tuy Prositont 1s vory weak, and is'as you gain« lug etrength very slowly, if at all, Tho great «question Is,Cau ho bo sustained through thia period of prostration ?) 1f bo can, I think ho will eventually rally from tho depression caused ‘the soptio taint In thablood, and Hndily recove Di, AGNEW, PAULADRUPUTA, Aug. 2i.—Dr, Agnow returned from Washington to-day, Tie deelingd to be ine tervlowad, but In reply to u queation whathor or not It fs trite that tue glandular swelling in tho Prealdont's thront roaulted from fover produced by Boptidwiata, and that upon the ‘patient's power to rocuparate from tho oxbaustion pro. duced by fever would depend bis recovery, the Dovtor replied, “'Thnt te tho whole casa,” Ho | deellued to prodict what would he tho result, diel MRS, EDSON. : 4 A GLOOMY VIEW, Spec'al Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wastunatox, D, 0, Ang. 2.—Mra, Dr, Eilson ‘eame down from the sick-room at half-past U this eveuliug to mect hor sister in the waiting-room, nouch cast down, and #poke In a discouraged tone, Utherto sho has nunaged tg keep in very good spirits, and consequently har do- Jeeted manner to-day was the more’ notice able and signiticant. In answer to Inquiries, she said that the President had passed tho day in tolerable'comfort, and thore had been no apparent chang In his general appenre ance, except that hia throat was troubling Din again‘aud that bo was coughing and spite Ung at times owlng to tho phlegm in his throat, which caused bim considerable puty. Tho Inv Hamed gland gayo him a govdjdeal of palu, aud, in short, XP TSE neoess go a, \ + HE WAS QUITE RESTLESS, He managed to sloop, however, a good deal of the thine,” $ © How {a the gland noting?" . “Tuo. doctors. are rathor disappointed, J think, At least the swolling has wot zone down Or shown 9 disposition to yield to treatmunt, Tt bas pained bimy good deal, and. made bin quite rpstices, . Tho pus, however, la not burrows ing, a8 they fearod might be tho case, nor is the gland sloughing off, as may also bo feared in sho Olreusogtunces,” "= 2" Ge a * How bus tho Prosidant taken food to-day?" “ Not so auch nourishment purhups os yeaters day, “What he did tako, howover, ho relished.” “ How docs the stomuch tuko it?" UTho stomach ls acting as well ns could bo wiebod. It scoms quite strong agalu." “* How dyes ho appear?’ "Of course, hola very mut EMACIATED AND WEAK Re docs not seem to have lost anything in tho Fonernal condition, tHe seamsto be about tho name as yesterday. Thore fs no marked changu fn his features or manner to Indteate imme: Ulate sinking." i “Ts Mrs. Garfleld keeping up?" “Bho has been vory wnxtous Indood to-day, moro gu than aver before. Sho malntains, how- over, hur resolution, and occupies horsolf with her accustomed dutics Ingthe stokeroum. Nono of the Inmily bave beon summoned, and, 60 far as I know, will not ba at presont.” . “ Tauppose you are all thore?”* “ Yos, we, tho nurscs and attendants, are cone riled at tho bedside, or whero wo can bo usa: ful GUITEAU. ORDERLY AND QUIET. Bpectal Dispatch to The Uaicaca Tribunt. Wasitxatos, D.C, : Aug. %5,— Gen, Crocker says that since the nffray of Inst week Guitean hag been. very ordorly and atict, and nothing has oveurred to brenk the monutony of his prison life, + “Well, won't that monotony be Itable to Sho. was looking very | 4 bo interrupted on tho President's death 2” asked the roportor. . “As to that Tcan’t any," replied tho Warden, “Tho Jail te etronyly guarded, and we shall hope to keep him insite of tt in easo of any demon stration,” “avo you mado preparation for ine! ProtecUon In case of such a omorgenoy: “I have not," roplied tho Warden, + ‘That duty rests with Qe. Shorman, I suppose ho cau be depended upon to do what ls propor,’ —_— IN GENERAT A YLAINE!S AFTENNOON DISPATCIT Wasuinaton, D. 0, Aug. 25.—Tho follow= ing was sent this afternoon, JR, Lowell, Mintater London: ‘Tho President's condition shows no marked change. Tho sym} toms of yesterday aro repented tu-dny, At this hour, half-past t, his fover seems to Incroaso, whilo the parotid swelling has not diminished, He continues to swallow liquid food in auficient quantity, without disturbanco of ‘his stomach, James G, BLAINE, Sccrotary. 4 HIS NIGHT DISPATCH, At 9 to-night Secretary Blaine sent the fol- lowing dispatch: Lowell, Mintater, Loudon: Tho President has loat xround to-day. Some of his symptonis tl afternoon and evening aro of tho gravest vhal actor, The condition of the awollen gland and of tho pulso and tomporature suggest sorions And alarming complications. His mind at inter- ‘Vals baa been sumewhat clouded and wandaring. iis strongth fails, but ho still swallows Hutt fowl of a nourishing character, and uppurently aigesta It, On this ono fact reats the hope that’ 4s still loft for a reaction. HUAINe, Secretary, * od CYRUS W. FIELD, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribuns a New Youk, Aug, 44.—'1- have very little hope that President Garflelit will recover," sold Mr. Cyrus W, Field to-day, “and his condition makes me feel very an Indeed.?? 1t he should dle the whole of the $250,000 which was proposed tu be subserived for Mrs, Gar- fleld and fanily would be forthcoming, About two-thirds of the amount fs already = pledgeil,. and the remaining third could» be promptly —_ secured, Among: the wealthy gentlemen who have promised to subscribe tu the fund if the Hresldent’s wound proves fatal ts Willlam Hi, Vanderbilt, who has iatimated that he could bo dopended upon for st contribution of from 85,00) to $10,000, Even if tho President should sur- vivo Mr. Fold docs not tntuod to abandon the pinn of sccuriur tho full $259,000, ns It fs well known that a lnrge-sum of money will be needed to pay tho doutors' pills and othor heavy expenses attonding a long and serious Illness, THE PRESIDENT AND, IB MOTHER. Wishington Spectul to Ginennatt Baquinn, * Tntimate friunds of the President's houschold hero spenk of the affection betweon the Preale dent ood his mother a¢ somethine pecullany. Deautifutand touching, The General was but one week installed Intho Exevutive Slausion when his venerable mother, who hnd been pres, ontto welcumy bim within ite threshold, wat tuken herself very il, ‘Thu excitement and cores mony nttonding even tho first fow day's thora wero too toch for her fecble strength, and her Prostrated vondition-4 few hours after she com- plained at allot. fooling Ml aluemed the Pres deut yrently, and was tho first worry that mor aeod the thon envied nocupant of. tha pele House, Medical nid wus bustily aummoned, but little hope expressed that ‘ GRANDMOTHER GANFIELD 2 ‘ would recovor, sho seomod so utterly broke: dowa.' When the President came up to ber bede side with: , ‘ “Well, mother, bow do you feel?" i Sho answered: | Tmt nies, L fear} won't bo long with you." | i ‘Ub, 0, nother,” be quickly snid; “itis not as badas that, Cheer up) Tho new President vannot part with bis mothor already." ‘ biel d much to her own surprise sho rallied quickly, and inn few dnys wad Seth ing aboue gotting outef the atmosphere uf tho French cooking at the White Houso and home to hor duughter in Mentor. . She used to say thot the fancy dishes would not holp her nny, und If sho could only get home, why, thoy would give hor somothing goml to ent and sho would soon got weilasaln. Homv-made bread, mado by ‘ AN OLD NEAR AND DEAT NEIGHNOR, —» ‘wos what she Insulated bulit hor up any wy, bo- fore sho could got uway from hore to Ohlo. Tho saino repugnatce to fancy cookiug has alwayd beon prominent in tuo President, too, No mate ter of what the breakfustut tho White House might conalet, tho Presidout tovnrintily ato 9 goudlly portion of fried bacon avery morning it the year, and at bis dinner a pleco of broiled steuk would form the chief part of his meat diet. Slo hug always been extremely methodica! about what fe ate, and, once knowing what par- ticular food agreed well with him, bg did not agk for much variety in meeting a wood, healthy up. petite, Even during tho lity orit{ent days ‘the ‘old tnsto Ja displayed tn tho proferenco he shows for tho old-fashioned milk porridge prepared. by she nana of bis wife, und always u relished disi THE THRASHERS. Indications thut tho Whoat Vleld of the Northivest Will Bo Lurger than Mus Boon Predictod. : Special Dispatch to The Chéecoo Tribune, Br, Paul, Minn, Aug, 25,—Tho followlug erop dispateties wero recelyed ‘by tho Ploncer-Preia townights j Muntoryile—Wohvat ig turning out about ten bushels per acre’in this vicinity, mostly No, & Tho highest ylold reported 48 olubteon bushols per wore, Outs aro iybt-and tho yield modcrate, Bt, Cloud-Harvosting ts completud In this yiclulty, and nearly all the whent js atuckod, With tho exception of # few hours rain a weok nyo tho woather has been vory fayurablo, and the crops xeyerally bave been soeured In good shupe. The average per acre of wheat throughout the county will not do less than thirteon bushola, apd many farmers say foure tecn bushels, Tho vat-crop je unusually largo and fue, A . . Ortonvillo—The weather hus been vory ‘far vorablo tho past few duys for-thrasulng grala, Tho ylold nx fur og hoard from ranyes from twelve to tiitcon bushels per nero,—nvoraging qbout thirtoen, The bulk of the new grain roe ¢elved at the Ortonville Hlovator gradua No. 1. Glyndou—Saturday, Monday, and Wodnealuy havo beon good turusblug: and stooking Unys, Tho machinus show @ youd cightren Lushels Ho far, With plendint vitrluttons of twenty und twonty-four, but £ not like ty sa} bay Loony for an _avornge figure, All tha ow’ gvain from tho shuck.. ‘The woathor ta yory tnvorabla and cool, Somo wheut-yrowers fire little retfoent for commerctal reayona, It is ditiioult to be oxavt in reports, Grade No, 1 are ill, Duk.—A careful catimate of tho orops of Dukota plaves tho fvorage fils of whuat at about oleht bushols, oats fifty bustols, burloy “fiftcon. bushels, fax twelve buvh: ely corn forty bustioly, © This. vathnate Is bolow tho pyetuge yiold rathor than above, A Tow wheut-tields were not aut, owmg to wot Weathor in the curly epring, Some Nelde avers od twonty and atiers tye, . f The folowing are Northorn Pagifia Ratlroad reportss “*hico's—Btaokiag finished, Wheat ‘coming in quite rapidip goad quality, and tearly ali toasts 0. J. a c Aldrick-Weathor dry and warm; farmers busy thrashing. Wheat’ goca fiftron busbola to tho nore: outs from forty to fortyetlve bushels, : Wadena—Whoat 16 nearly all stacked, and {9 up in condition, A’ few ftarmors bavi idrasbed, wud the wheat proves to be a quality, and tho ayeruge esa fitle loss “than last yoar,. Ono . farmer roe ports fourtoon busbels: por wore, another . very prom int tewellun’ oy) an baat Ferhum—stuekiog Gui shrashing well dor way, ca will ‘uvorazo scycntoon to eightecn poate Tho la! woe are helping the Parka ltouy root and £8 28 Ail though thrash: 19 ‘wag to coms menen lust Mouday, the Idth, tho anxiety to vomplete stacking "bas allowed of Hitlo atteny Mon Wi other dirconous.’: Tho wheat is pros nguneed No, 1 baru, Wess geen Aan Weta ity~Wouthor fine, Wheat coming in » Average yield about Aftcen to vightean bushels tothe Kero, Nu 1 bard, Machieee »!| ruuuing, Startling Charges of Corruption in the San Francisco Mint. Py A Million of Government Gold, Ostensibly in the Re- i _ finery, Alloged to Hayvo Been Lonned to tho - Bank of Callfornia Without ‘Security. sis s Open Letter of Ex-Gov, Low to the Com. mission Now Sittiog’ in San Franoisoo, Special Dispateh to The Chleago Tribune. 5 BAN Fitanctaco, Aug. 23.—Tho Chrontete will to-morrow publish an opon lotter from ex-fov. Frodorick F. tow to tho Commission now. {ie Vostizating tho giairs of thp, fan Francisco Mint in which ho makes a startling exposé of the corruption whieh oxisted in that Institution when {twas runns a pollticnl machine in tho Interost of Sargent, Graham, and aga It with bo romembored that Low waa memberol tho Conunission uppulnted by Hayes to oxaming into tho Mint affairs In 1878, the Chroniete having charged that wross frauds wero bolng commit. ted. ‘Lhd report of the Commission resulted in tho romoval of Le Grange, who was then Super- Intendent. Low. now -stutes that since thnt ume ho has obtained full proofs of many things which were only suspected nt tho thnoof tho invostigntion. Hla chnrges are sweeping, and implicate a large number of prominent oiticlals, Tle saya: An exnmination of the books of tho Mint i DISCLOSED NOTHING going to show that such grive frregulnritica had existed, ner coukl evidenco be obtuinod to duatify usin sustaining tha charze ne proven, nlthough, sponking for myself, 1 was fully aytis- Hed from tho pvidence ubtatned that Le Grange had been. "in tha habit during — tho yeurs 187%, 1874, and 1875 of advancing Inrge amounts of gold ‘coln nominnily to tho San Francisco Reilnery, but really to the Bank of California, without having bullfon iy hand or any othar description of property: to secure the Goveramont ngarist lors, All parties to these transactlons were in tho eye of the law Bullty of felony; thorefure they could not bo expected to giva testiniony which might con- sign tnem to tho Penitentiury, aud ‘few outatdo of tho wuilty parties who were cognizant af tho facts were disposed to give wny information, na tho ‘publicity of these unlawful transactions would be a sortous dotrimont to the Bunk of Catifornia, whlch was at that date STRUGGLING TO REMAIMLITATE ITSELE, * Struggling to obtalu logit! and competent ndvico to fix tho reaponstbility, and Laying satiated itsolt that whatover funds that wight have been intsapproprinted bad been made good In some way, tho Commission decided to omit all mon- ton of tho tmutter in ity report; and singe thon, while MW had in my pos- session conclusive evidence of those grave Irregularities, I bavo for obvious ronsons main- talned a studtod altenco, but ae Mr. Page hus act himself up as special defender of tho honesty and economy Gon. Le Gringe's administration of tho mint, In’ dolng which ho haa attacked tho integrity and falrncss of tho Commissivnora, who, ho ‘aflirma, entered Inte a conspiracy to cause a vacanoy in the Superintendancy, Jus- tee to the dead na well ug living members of tho Cominission demands that tho Goveramont shall be informed of cortain facts whloh could not bo ostublishad In 1877, Tho followlng statement Is uiide on my own ‘responsibility, with tho assur. ance that, E 3 4 EVERY 17h CAN DE PROVEN, and Mr. Page and Geu,LoGrango are challonged to disputo or disprovo itg accurnoy, It 1g within my knowledge that for a long time. prior to August, “1875, Gen Le Grange woa in the habit’ of making latyo ndyances of gold coln, «nominally. to + tho San Frans elsco ; rotinery, ia. but., renily. to tho Bauk of -Callforulat thatthe ainount so ad= vanuod not jafreqiently reached the sum of nv inililon dothirs and upwards;: that for such nd- vances tu collateral or gecurity was deposited to sveure the “Govornmout nguinst loss; that the day previous to the suspension of the «Munk of Catlfornin In August, 1975, tho. retnery, or. bunk, or both, were in debted to tha United States ina gun excecding "$600,000; thut the inonay thus unlawfully taken from tho miut wag with: tho congont und. by dle reation of the thon Superintendent of tho Mint; that sume thine du} ing ie night preceding tho day when tho Bank of California suspended, UNDEI COVER OF DANIKNESS, tho bullion romaining in tho “San Franelsco ree finery, to tho vatuu of: between gu00,000 and $70u,000, wos surreptitiously and fetontouaty Uiken from the refinery to the: mint und sold; taut at that: tine Louis A, Garacte was Praul- dent ‘and Mannyor,. ana Jobn Howston, Je., Sur rintendent, of tho roiinory, and: Wiltinm 0, tulston was Proutdene and Thomas Brown Cash- for of the Bunk of California; that the bullion 80 tnkon from thd ronery was not the property: of that corporation, but belonged! to depositors who bad pliced tt in’ tho custody of Gar- nett &. Hewston to be retined: that the larger portion of tho bullion thug foloni- oudy pilenuronstaton. wus. - tho property ot Flood & O'Brien, or of mining companies tmunoged and controlled by thom, und that, une dura threat of oriminut frossaution of: those immediately councoted with tho misnpproprin- tons .of “thoir) ‘property, a settlement, of thelr clnim was’ offoctod the Bunk of Onllfornin, © by — whi that lirm became owners ot real oxtute belong. ing to the retlnegy and other property of the ap- proximate valuo of THE BULLION AUSTRALTED, d In viow of tho relations which formerly ‘oxlated’ between Gon, Le Gringe and Mr. Guruott, it is not surprising that the Inttcr should appear bo- fore your Comtulsston and attempt to defend tho adininistration of fils patron and ‘friend in crime, but when he voluntecred the state. Ment thatin hig opluion the reduery ty “tho. mint- should be elosed, thus forcing bullion producers aud dealers to make deposits In pri- Vato rollnerics, the ge of Impudence was renobed, Neproseuting, aa Ido, wu bunk that fy ono of the largest denters in bullion, 1 profer the security the Goyornmont words: to depositors in tho Mint, therefore L respectfully: protest ngalnst any sehume which conteiplates: tho ctosing of tho Mint ‘retinery, Such propusl- ons are constantly buing prossed, and thoro’ bos scarcely been a session of Congress alnce 1873 that un offert bas not been mude by gortaln monibers of the Cullfornts dulogntion to Congress to ongralt provisions on appropriation bills witha view of cirrying Into effect Mr, Garnvtt's suggestions, Woro tho Government to close rotining operations nt tho Mint, WHAT GUANANTER WOULD ‘THE PuBLiC . MAVE thut Mossrs, (arnott & Howston, thon, would net obtaln control uf ull private re- fnoriog in thie uity?, Little doubt existed in tho winds-of tho Commisstonors that othgr fraudy had been committed, WUE all thelr efforts to ab. tain competont tevtianony to eatabilyh the fot wero nuuyalling.. Thoy therotore did not fool dustinod in reporting thotr opinions in the nh- soneo of nctimt trutt, lest possitio injustion wight bo donu Gon, La Grange, Yho samo wie sruo in regard togupplics purchasos for tha uso Of tho Mint, ho prices puld secmod oxcosslye, and olroumatantial ovidence was not. wauting: ‘qolpy to show alther finorunce or venullty ti inuking Durchives, hutin tho wbsunce of poste Uve proof the Commission deemed it propor to glyo Gen, LaGvingo =. - THE DENKYIT OF THA pouNT, With rofercuce ty the candidney of W. T. Gare not fur Buperintundent of tho Sint ty 1877, montioned by Mr. Pago tn hig jamphict, 1 bey to aggre tho Commission that the first intimie don I over bid iat such was the fat wus when, raul Mr Vagos orice fow months singe, wid } should now be ineined to donbt the aecurnoy of Sir, Rags stitamant, Wore Jt Hot forthe Mut that tn November, 1877 alter the reviguation. of Gon. La Grange tind beon requested by tho Becrutury of the ‘Treas. ury, tho thon’) Supuriotendont purchased of Sly, Garnett afour your’ supply of copper ountstora Cor tho use of the mint at tho. ruta of counts per pound, when the wume vould have boon procured from the American ‘Tubu- Works of Howto at HS cents por. pound, In cuse Mr, Garner gag tae a a UEALLY EXPECTED He DE APPOINTED: * in placo of Lo Grange. this purchuso of su; pilos frou hia shows rare" Tudainone Torenuit, jor’ 46 would nat Jook -* wall "for. the now Buperintendyat. {o make purchases thetens of tndladrainistratinn oe Mt upon steportod up by cho Commission, there were senor of witch tuo - wae ” pow + {he -yo- oO i rap; 1 Noon! :- ule promiéo ‘that “thee? shield bo promptly corrected.):We founda mimbor of useless uinplo, 4 | Ronoyal dyparemane of the Mint whose salaries wero puld gue of rm: tnery earnings, whose chict (f not only, labor tobe to "work" convcotions whon- axe and his friends cainu up for Dom. ‘A'anipber of these, ey n ie ne p CEATICAT MENDICAR TS: en. Lo Grange promised to und ald dismi tho int of ‘Gctobor, 1877. Hei mydy iq. the im Dor arg tholy ermdlav Wn or men ike’ son bra nO refercnco is utter in the: report, nines found w te ihe “antendix, Pring Hi rellnory beon relloved of paying n Jarge numbor of -eni wo work Mts profita would hive abown a much larger balance, and tho vector of tho Mint work] have been eanbled ander tho tw to raduco rotintiye charges when Le Granire wie Superintendent, instead of bulng obligad to de- Toy until tho mint came under the con. trol and. tmanagemont of . dtr. Tho, retention, howover, af these Plovées by Vo Grangn served tho purpose st consuimed the profits of tho ratinary and pretouted Any roduation it charges amg mnide 0 the advantugo of . private retlieries, and oat tho snine | timo furitahed Mr. Pago.and his frlonds a conventont amber, Of robust follawora Whose duties at the Mint dit hot provont them from sponding thelr timo in} MASIUULATING CONVENTIONS, i whenovor thoir: services wor required, In this connection 1 may observe that ditring Ger, [ar Grango's Admintatration it wag n notorious foot, that aver oh ¥, 10 porson, wha: character and * quatttivations, and huwover highly he pny have: boen indorsed and recommended, could expect to be employed ti the mint unless he flrat obtained n paxaport froin althor Mr. Sars arett, Mr. Gorkany, or Mr Pawo in Washington which passports required to te be-lastiod by Mr. Carr bofore they anuld beeame nifoctiva."” : Ftinay bo necessary tondd thatif Gov. Low. had nino the disctosiires promptly nt fow pram inont citizens of Ban Wranelaco infght have aeon tho inside of a-prigon. They now enjoy Im= inuuity becuse the chur fs Outluwedl, ———— THE WHATHER. TIE SIGNAT SERVICE, —- ! Orrice or Ty CHike StaNAL Orvronn, Wasn- Inatos, D.C, Aug. 25—1 a. 1.—For ‘Lonnossen ond the Ohfo Vailoy, warmor, fulr woather, winda mostly easterly, lowor pressure. Yor the Lowor Luko region, slightly, warmer {alr wonthor, variable winds, mostly south- easterly, lower prossure. For.tho Uppor Lake rogion and Uppur Missis- sippt Valloy, partly cloudy wenther, occnsiontl rain, winds mostly southorly,-.stntonary. or bluhor temperature, lower pressure. For tho Lowor Missour! Valloy, partly cloudy wonthor and locul rains, warm southorly, abift+ ing tocoldor uurthwost wiuda, falling followed ‘by rlstug baroinctor. 3 Tho Chief Sigua} Officor of the Army furnishes tho following special bulletin: Local rains bave fallen tn tho Upper Misstsstpp! Valloy .and Dakotn; elsowbere fair weathor has prevalted. ‘Lhe continued vory heavy southonst and cast swoll ott tho North Carolitia const Indicates the rescnve of 1 BoVero Btorn) ut son, prune tha tirrienng reported aa being: Sonday ‘night north of St. Thoms, West Indies, The tempori- ture hua fallen aiiehtly In the Middlo Atintle, tho South Atluntic, and Hust Guilt states, and rison silguily In the othor districts, Warm, weathor ia contral in Minnosota and Dakota,’ theneo southward tu Texas, ‘Tho following wpecial tomporatures ara ro- prted to-nlwht: -Enstport, 60; Muritneton and ebee, G1; Montreal, 67; Alponu, 033 St Paul, 70: San Francisco, 60. = Fair woathor {a indicated for tho Guilt States, ‘Tonnosxve, and the Oho Valloy Saturday, «tho track of the burricnny at soa enst of North Cur olin enonot yot bo dotormined. LOCAL OURELVATION: ‘ cureagg, Aus, 18 De Hart | Ther. | Hu] Wind. Vell 2t'n.| Weather, s0]lene, dy al Fate [iystest tamporuturo, 14 Wout Lemporature, v2.0, GEKRILAT. UNBERVATION. CMICAG, Aug, 2510318 p, ma, * Suitiona wind.’ [real wave, 3.38. Ctewr. Light Clone. ceeccceeccece, Sees 3 3 BER Beenocce@ecoscol eseccee: ce: Se: Tet mene 2: SSGESPRAALSSSLESS: fot SPAS RSBVEUSRISR SSE fan anton{ess| ‘ot ‘Huron, Dakss! “Too sauil to mvasure. sh a . — fPhunder-atorm, | DAVENPORT, IA.: * f Epeclat Diepateh to The Chicage Tridise. | Davesvonr, In. Aug. 25,—Ono ot the heaviest! thunder and ightning storma thut ever v! sited thla acotion sot In avout 4 b’olock ‘this: morniny,: accompanied with coplou 8 rains, which lusted at. Auervals until 0 a. tu. Thiats tho first ralo in nine wocks, and it ts fourcd it fs too Into to bo; of muck use to corn, voxstabloa, and lato fruit. Lightulng struck a burn, destroying it and Its: contents, besides some live StOUKe ay NEW YourK ciry, : Speetat Dispatch to The Chieaco Tribunte Naw Yor, Aug. 25.—Tampurature at 8:30 De Ta, TH OD, M., 70; OP, 10, OF; 12 ., 05; average tomporatura, 03343 avornze tamporature for the worresponding date Inst your, 7434. ‘IRE-RECORD, * : . CHICAGO, Dee Ay Tho alarm from ox: 844. nt 1140 yeaterday morntuy wos caused by a fre ina oue-atory und Vasomont frame building at No, Ul Division strent, ownad and ocoupicd by Christian F. Bile: horn, wizou-makor and bineksnith, Tho dam- gy to pulling gid contonts is estimated at abort Bi hich Is fully. coverod by Insurance, ‘The auso'ot tho five ts not known, ea ae - +» AT'DANVILLE, ILL. DANyiLux, Ul, Aug, 26.—Tbis morutug an ine gondiary fro dustroyed Holden's tumboreyard And tho Hyery-stable of Kup hontai Uros. on Hazel strovt, with some sinall wbous $1,200, ee Be arte — AT St, JONN, NB. Br, Joun, No W., Aug. 2%3,—HMllyard Bros? tof enwe mill, on the Stralt shore, was burued, Loss, + Muny men aro | 8,000; purttully insured, thrown out of employment. “AT BRIDGEVPORT, PAL . Witiceauanne, Pas, Aug. 2—Tho snwvmill of Davis, MoMurtrio & Co., ht Bridgeport, and the Juinvor In. tho yards adjoining, burned last night.’ Hives, Gai Ae nO Peso ina? i ),000, «OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, os va New Youn, Aug 23—Arsived, the adis steamship Persian Sonurch, fn tow of thosteame . on Frange, . ? : aro 4 Loxnon, Aug, 95,~The steamers Gallia and Villo do Marvaltica, trom New York, the’ Hebon- zolleru, fram Laltimoro, Hoxton, have arrived out, . New Yor, Aug 25.—Arcivad, the Ohio, from ee : ay WAS IT MURDER? rs PAur, Minn, Aug, 25.—Kuta Hutton, for ‘9 long ‘time the niost notorious prostitite in Bt, Paul, wus abot fatally about miduiuhs to-night bya wun iu the hunds of ono Ed. Weight, hor nogro’ pyramour, with Whom . sho Was living on “tho Braise hort of. tho shy Wright clutms that tho shooting was uouldontul, DUETE 18 suspected thory was at least quipable carglodnoss, Tnobmiyder, i THE ELECTRIC-LIGHT;.. Ronoxnn, N. Jn At, 25.—Tho City. Cquyall. on. Monday: night mado’ a tive-yours contract for Ngbtiny the olty. with clootrla Hight, buts number of vltizons have procured an Injunotion restraining the Councll trom carrylug’ ous the contract, brig rt he coh : . EMBARRASSED, sis... Boszoy, Aur, 2,—The La) nin Tron Company. Of Portland, de, bas ploxod ftsroliogemilla, and bag nxread with ite croditors to extend Its paper reunite at Geet MERE Is The ot IG axoqad th Linbiltieas ce : Sa yTunnepresessarrerinerey 2 THE PHARMACIST: Chae KAneau O:ty,’ Mo, Aug. %~'Tha Arhorican Pharmaceutical Assovtdtion adjourned to-day to muet:at Niaware Falla tho asoofd Taesduy in Suptorn! a, A rund banguyt fe gown rosldouces, Loss, Pond indlod nud the Austrian, from. TILE FIRE ORDINANC How It Ia Doliborately Nullified by Justicos and Aldor- men, “Capt. ‘Bullwinkle Gives His Tiprorstons. Of tho Businoss—Tho Justico’s - : ry Story. No Power Undor the Prosont Law to Tear; ~ . Down'an Illegally Constructed * ; Building. - An Examination of. the Metords Shows Who Is Ree spaustble for This State. of Alfairs, JUSTICE AND ALDERMIN., THIS WAY IN WINCIT TIE, YIU ORDINANOH ig NULLIFIED 4 * : Sevon of tho porsone arrested on complalotof Cant, Bullwinkle for violating tho Dutlding or- dhianee wore arrulynad before Juaticu Watah at tho Wost Side Pollco Court yesterday morning, tholrensos having been sciected by Dultding- Inspector Wikio ag test onos, Tholr auuines,, residauves, ana tha charges againat thorl wore ua follows: Aupuat Crai }. 122 Samuol atrovt, building a abcd iduicione cot 2 Samual atrect, F ree Abi, 17 Samuol atrcot, bullding a shod: moro thin twelve fect eae sect ae Johu Geode, 117 Sunuel street, using a shod ag " ndwoilli . nooh, 303 North Paulina stroot, bulld- Conrad toy a wood addition, , Jninos Wolluun, 6 Samuel stroot, building n wood nddiuion, Frank Hust, £80 Augusta streot, butlding a * Franie Santeh, 108 Samuel etrovt, bulldiug 0 shod nddition. ‘The result of tha examination wae the {mpo- elton upon Crackon of a fine of $10, which. was immedintely suspended, and tho dlacharxlng of all the other defendants, ‘ A roportor calted last night upon 2 SUPLRINTENDENT JULTWINKLI, and found bim in high dudyoon over whut bo considerod tho =, unfate * and . ungoutle- tianly way in which hoe, his !uspect+ ora, and his work had buon treatod, not only by tho representative of tho Dullding Department, Inspector Wilkie, but by Justivo Walsh, before whom. . yesterday what purported tu bo test enses worg Ine quired into. “In the frat plice," vent the Superintondant, * these engos In court yesterday: Wero not oven fair samples of what we hava called to tho attention of the Bullding Dopart- ment. Mr, Wilkio bas simply picked ont tho wenkest cusos he could find, and presented thom ns) buses upon which to -Judye tho othorse’ Ho was probably md because wo had shown up so many violations In the district in which bo was supposed to superintend altars, and wiuted to gdown us." Ko whon I siw whit he was ulming at before Justice Walsh, . simply ologod == ny - connuc-: tion with the aifalr by informing him: und the Justice that 1 could not bo pluyed with, and left the court.” ‘ The Justice, tho Superintendent wont on to! suy, showed the greatest partiality in the cusca presented to him,- aud even ‘went so far, ws to deuhire that ho. “¢vouldn't go Into’ technicalities.” Addod to that wis tho antagon- famof Ald. Hinich aud Ald. Stauber, who up- beured In the Interest of ‘their constituents, and not only did all ein .tholr power to’ in-, fiuenco the Court In-.hls views, but wont so. for, 1s to. try. by utting thé cations in German to ‘bring out inewers yibie to thelr sida of tho case. -' Pa Af Wilkio, or toy other man-conneated with’ .tho Tuilding Department, wants to make somo Zenulne prosecutions tat him inqulro Into these Gases,” And therewith tho roporter wus glyen A LIST OF VIOLATIONS cog th reported as follows: ‘ eee No, 1u8 Sangamon steeat, a framo adaition two, stories lu bight, aes No, x0 Augusta stroot, roof of framo bullding’ 2x28 feet rulsed to alxtoon fect in bight. : When: relnspected found to have been ehanged to’ dwelltiy, und doors and windows put in. ae Erlo strect, n'throo-stury framo buililing, ‘184! Fete aes luthed and plastered, and avuuplod as! dwel pe Ne ‘ ‘ i Ttovkwood streot, Detweon Jnckson and Van: Tucete atrech ts nehod 20x00 foot in ground di-: HENSONS, ee “ + 4," Thou ‘aro usta few to show what sort of ‘bulla ings re being put up under the very oyes: of tha Building Departmunt eo ers | +“ Whitt’ wont: the ‘case of ‘that nan Cracken! who was iu court yestarday?”. * Seca * Ho was tinod $10, and tho {no Fomittod- bo- onuge of tho techiicalit: the violation. = Tho, technicality is just ¢ Croeken got two? (peruies at ulforent times to. bulld additions to; nis house, Ouc poriait wis accured Aug, 2 and, the othor Aug. 1). Opon tho tirst one-ho built! ap addition 16X20 feat in sizo,: and upon’ tho othor. an. addition . 14x20. fact, be “technical rs’ ‘In tho” tho foot that the Inw admits of. no such; dimousions; butit thoy aro techolvalitios, and the hiv disregards auch, | full to soo the bonallt! of tha law." Tho pubonlntanaone algo, added ; that in this case Wilkie, Instend of appearing: ‘pon ‘tho sido of the proscoution, seemed tu! 0 -mucl iy ‘eonvinalnug ~ tha: Court that tho ““oyersight": was s- mura) teunienttets and oven produugd from his pooket: ‘and ‘introduced in’ evidence “against tho sido! ‘whlol hoe was: stippused to represont tho tii permits which hid beon issued to Crackon, 1n the case of n man natned Gross, living nt No.: ‘7 Saroucl street, and who without any permit whatever hat mune-atory rare dwoll! aie 20 foot, and lived in tt, tho two Aldermon, Mire! and Stauber, and Wilklo-too, maintniied thut Gross was ignorant, of the luw, and thero-, fare not rosponsiblu; and that tho: car-i penter who built ‘tho seructuro ‘was the. only man to blarag and should be . prosvouted, « tsusiasod upon this zround. Grosa Gorman by Ald, Stauber what tho “abad * cust, sie ropliods “It vost 8175," which In tho oyes of amy one who knows the ‘cost of sheds will appoar to be an extravagant’ outlay ; Qf monoy upon a more shod,” In conoludiug-his romurks Suporintondont Dullwinkle sald that tho Court opeuly oxpreasad ‘ha sympathy with violatora:of tha bullding ordinance, and auid that, bad be been in tho Counetl whon a proposition to ‘repeal tha pros- ont fira-limite ordinance was’ yatod down, tc stould bive boen with the minority, ’ “Do you think,” asked tho roportor, “that thero Ia unything more than an angry Joalousy gud pique behind this attompt to tanke you op- pear ridiculous 7". “ [don't care to say that Tdo. You know how attoh things aro managed," said Bullwinklo, “i'l tetlyou one thing” put in one of tho Five Patrof Inspectors who had stood by through tha conversation, "tho. City Tuspectora work {8 ollictat, whilo oura in uuoiliclul. and even I huve several times been offercd money to refrain from reporting certain violations, That's all 1 havo to say.” ¢ ot is ‘| + SUSTICK WALSIL cll Tho reporter culled on dustico Walsh and asked if he uscd tho language uttribiited to bin, Yea," ho said. Attar one or two ensca bud boon disp sod of Bullwinkle 'nouusod Wilkie of: haying selectod tho wenkdst cuses, and bo wauld nat cone te the atant- and ‘testify, although L tukod him to eso. Ono of tho cases was that of u poor, ignorant Garman, who bud beoo in the country only three weoks, nnd ho couldn't spent uword of English, Ho. paid: a garpouter 8175 to bulld bin a house whitch he did whibout. wate, tng apernit, Wilklo preferred to take a none, suit, and summons the varpontor. Nona of tho’ defundatts could pune Eugilah, and, the vive lutions boing technical, thore was uo ‘desire on itkio to. proeevute, so ‘the unses weru. dilaritased: ity org wag no eviduice to ullwiukle nppearing to be buted at Sune man waafound guilty 2" You! ays et ear Ey sped be Quer “Ay OU ale Pors Ja fino! awe ' Tid ene the ebguaee oe Ma.” Tirsoh and han ft bad no power to suspend aiinge thas b would : just Gs soon draw through tha name and charge, a Innus that qnly two-thirds of tho Counolt could romitnh tine, Thay auld thoy would apply to the Council, und T suspended excoution, but tho writ can bo tasuod at any thie |, "sel THE VOMTION TAKEN DY NEAULY ALY THE ¢ PONCE WUSTICHS es {u reference to theso onsos of vinintion of tho Uuitding ordinance ta must discopraging. Ut bo an. object: te wy viay, the a who: bus failed to tuo nBbeatourt poudlordug, rucerut ta ull convernad, Whon she sluyor, and Hultdug Jyspuctors, and: Budd. and oye: pay. .conaoricd in the Lanjlniatration of the. faw. aro unwilling (0 one foroo tha fire ordinance, the only wondor ts that there ora HOt w hundsed Violatjous hero. thore ie now one, Fc na batten sty * WEWEN'S PLANING-LT4 F “What scomod to bo stops tuward the ropalrius Suara ean eet aeteeal rs he F ‘i ‘4 fy io Wednuslay night, mere take youonhy, but a Bulldlug Inapector eto) tho wore in weit inikbe be asoortiined whether on a beats daijaged 60 pur veute do on ints, avuounty tug rulll eqrinot be rebuilt teually, and if ie {ueutonanl whother the duinage by fire. ts not In oxcusd ol tho Hna}tation preauribed by the ordinaice. The Rooplo, awulag property in the vicinity da not, whyt the structury reatorvd, slpce ite Drowmaue aipravements, ‘an y hay ht tlie to the Counell nek tie its Fo ent mt pene "Dee, A DEBFECTIV Is Onn, a Wito Is IexPoxainee ANCE, Tum THIUUNE called attention t, ta tho fet that the ontinuttion peeailtet dr oli building ordinate tind heen ta the Muntelpal Coda recentiy: agente ttoa Counoll, aud that, owtig to tome et coutd erect any kind of a shauty he di eetion Arrested, py’ winall fino, and then 2 esbe and conte to Iva tt bis tenga MoT oing motestod by tho authoritiee 2? Mldoat ‘MI RODENT FAs who roviaed tho ordinances, we tny Yesterday, and wushod bis hands of tt Ho sald “hodld noti know of nay “Nine, chango tn the ordinance. 'Thoro wasn meee Tune not bead entictionad iy tre ens et partment, Judielary Committee, and feed elt, for all threo of thera Undies inne ome ordinances long Wofore they were sett uretundad to revise “thom: and geamint ett ordlannes, Wt. thore was fered Y urdinanoes ‘whon thoy eqn Hullding Bupertntentont'ne Tent sh hotteod and called attention ton, wlll bse not done so, and tho Comuntttes and Co a nlso failed fo Lato any changer qfeunela eyo whi wns feroutit Coe dhe owntest, toouee Ne Porter spent thy atcenoon ig LOOATH TH NeAPONAInttirry. and ho guececdod . appeur by what Tolfowe, He inact, yxy ond leweg hunted, nine, Whiok containe ee UD the ngs, gall Court (or proper fant: owksn odor tha ubatement of anette crontod by any violation OF this ony tsar shall give reasonable time for stich If then the olfender atall fail to Abute such xaneo within the tim’ Umited fun sge ae Jnont, thon and th auab eneo bu or ten ees held ton pumity of not mory than rf ld and every day silt nulsinee shall remaining tho timo granted in whtoh to abnig inset! Such nonalty may bo recovered tn kote feee dubt in tho uate of tho City of Chiesa’ 20 ot * C hauded a copy of the old ordinance to Tumlosun,” wuld Mr. Kirkland, Supers eoet Of tho Hulldinue Depaerment," and eee that, ‘There wis no talkeot ome Buchu, thing was rover contemplate sh eluuso : THE MAINSTAY OFeTHE onny without aie continuntion aul we ey un ha guaa” Wo f 0, Ofender toa, rod unt it | becor vemovo tho shanty, Ta ven when I tearned that the x arena aie a by abit authority it was loft ont, ‘ thurized It or suggested ft, 2 pointy fon Wnendinents but nono gotng to ordinance. I was present ft tho Inga of tho Judtclary Committee, tho butlding ordinance’ was conslieg hoard no talk about striking out that asouidaet ought to bo in the ordinance, and 1 Pros 5 ‘sending a communtention to the Council Mon. day night culbng attention to the ‘omission, and awicing that the gootion Uo rastored."" . ‘The roporter uext hunted up tho Clty Clerk's ony’ ol revisod ordinances—the ono given him by Mr. Jameson be foro, ‘the Council = mado any ‘Amend mants. IIo found that, not only bad ‘the. ponulty beon chunged.—out in two ‘by Mr umicson, but that tho continuation penalty Seation bad boon ignored by bim,—cut pred tlroly, As this copy was oxactly like the ons submitted to tho Judictary Committee for en ane fovislont that Commitres nut have made tho ebnn; seution wasn't thera to bo obanged: Ropausa CA “Tho Judlolary Comenitteo,” aqta : “ALD, siORKY, who wos Chairman of that Comumittoo last rear, nthe “did not strike tt out-becausa tt wasn’ book submitted to us by Bir, Juniesont Itt ad been ini don’t bellove it would have been. strickon out. | oevising ‘tho ordinances mug kreut undertaking, Bir. Jatleson spent two or three years Ju the work, and tne Jud iclary Com: initteo two or three ‘months fn golug over the ook, It wis impossivie tor thoi to axemise all tho old ordiaunees to sou if thera wer uny “omissions. Lut even with that clave out, [think tho Dopartimnant bo enough author ity. 1f It choose to cxerolga It, to prevent the Ofoction of framo bulldings. If orders were w#ivon to tho police to report violations, and {3 wits undorstood that a neglect of duty in that te spect would be followed by dismissal, tha oral. nunco could be enforced, “But Mayor Harrisog 4 opposod to the ordInunco, and, bolny the head of tho City Governutont, uo bias his way. there beon told that violations are winked at by tte Building Department," It ts unnecessary to ay auything furthor thee thnt the Aldermen who have tho welfare of tt elty at heart will onduavor to have the continu aon ponalty-clttuso restored as ‘soon at possible. . “"* i ; * ORIMINAL RECORD, , - MYSTERIOUS DEATH, Epeclat Dispateh to .Lhe Chicago Tridunt, «> Hantyonp, Coun.; Aug. 23,—Ruako-men att undoubtodly'responsible for tho death ot Hervey Allis, an aged gontloman of' this city, weslthy and ostcomed, whose corpse wns found tbls afternoon inn room over A restaurant; whieh had beon occupied by'n party of those scoun drals,: Deceased hns'resided: part of the tue tor years past with‘ his son, Casblor Iille, of the State Bank of: this-clty, and also with another son in Davenport, ‘In, A: Jury was ompaneled, but tho cause of death bn not yot been de tormiued, -Thero ara no marks of ylolenco oo his person, and the -waten, money, and other Yoluables ofthe deccasod wore not taken, Ills wos last’ scon ‘allva aboit noon, and bb is gupposed .. tht + he . was invelglel Dto tho room by devices usual to buuko-mec, a'that: tholr threats or his fright in tnding himeolf in a dangerous ‘place induced an attack of hodrt-disonse. A battle of chloroform wel found fn the ,room, but there was no cvidenss that tho drug hud boon teed, ‘Tho body was ac cidentally, digcoverod by u woman, Sho rate tho inforuiation to the police, who arrested nes aiving thelr names as George F. Jobuson, Danie #, Murphy, James Morris, Jamos Gallarer, ett Ionry Groen.: Somo of those arc fotltlous, bu it. ls Known that tho mon ure strangors following the races, aud have been concerned fn buote swindies; No oyldunco was obtained ny rury, the ‘opinion of « thut the real culneies fed tho town by tho air noon oxprogs. “Iho hold for oxamination to-morrow. a , (‘THE JAMES GANG, Apectar Dispatcis to Ths Caicoga Tribune Br) Paut, Minn, Aug. 2—A PoneerPrat special! fram Fargo auys a party recently” rivod from Grand Forks is bellovad to be et Jumes and bis gang, and {t {a feared that 6 t! ou somo ited Miver Valloy bank ts car tempinted. 1t" 18 assortod that tho noo rioug robbora ‘ wora {dontifled by 6 ree tlemun. who had. a plotaro of an Jnmes at tho ume of the Younger brothers! rie James’ attuek on the Northiicld Nank. Lead bankers fn thia section have been not! ae OF thorn uro fearful that thore ia dunger tempts ‘ou tholr bants, us largo ums ore Ch jug into” tho vatley for, Investment ace to handle oro Itinay be that Jumes am aod are at Grand Forks, for the reason ort 4 bed teaver Hie TAL Blak’ woke aunue toy wt Bix whiskers and eyes, ‘oie nor of te eft bast ““"PRAIN= WRECKING: wis Bpectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribunes “Poston, Aug, ‘25.—A: dlabolicul attomt tinde this worntng to wreck o train ome Colouy Hutlyoud near Hast Lirldgowater BS A pila of sloopors: tatd across tha tracl fate soon by tha. ongiucor too lato to athe ‘ol coliision, but fortunately only the hea : “ ‘pitut wero amashed, A fow inilos farther Fe ee raat er mons weesd i gta! pounds ‘cual ade the ‘second of uuother sleepers, : WHOLESALE POISONING. Special Diavatch to The Cleapo Ha ae Waunesira, Aug, 2.—A reliable nie wane cd berg to-day’ that @ man namod otowd mifsorable vag of 9 follow ving ia to plac Delaiiold, somg ten miles north of tint has poladnod bis wifo and poverat chil bad viel that bla wife aud two of tho vhil yeni miatert frum tho ofouts ofthe, dose, Ai neat OWA Oue tina 3 bapa able brute, Family troubles ty be the enuse, | ‘ : EN GAMBLERS ‘DRIVES cs BAN PHanuseco, Cal, Aug. 2h—citlzens Donson, Arizona, sclod tho voor a or sambltng-antoon, fougnod the furnItUFS OT ogy Acraa tho whol. party to leavo o8 reg of # traiu on puin.of bolus ere ae we out: 4 *- Doput, short we talgh during ‘ru altercation be two mumbore Of tho gauke “a bevrisny ot thle i ~_..! BEAGH: RO! ho om Lusixazon Moy Aug, STH, ot oe front whieh .wus .conyeying passongers tt Wabanit Watiroat 0 Saxiagton ty fait Gildas *thig, gvonjag: wie entero 1 Baan ay a au a wR ryale woes ci : ules, aud then tO, ‘Arpausa'Gt men avo gona nr pursdtt of O° bers aah Lge . ‘ AN-UNUANNY IMMTGE: pe Bed " Mostiake “Aug, 28—A. J. Whitton, Of the Welgbte’ and Mvusurod this ulty, hug become a houvy $oonded tg te Unjiag Alas Deweraad ia risonors, however, will 0} ed her) a