Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 28, 1881, Page 7

HO MORE CAKES AND ALE, Because the Lake Bluff Crowd Are Virtuous, All Mankind Must Swear Off. The Modern St. John Seeks to De- molish Dan Voorhees and Exalts Prohibition. A Week’s Painful ‘ Parturition Re- sults in the Birth of a Platform. Prohibition in the Planks, with a Fe- male-Suffrage Underpinning. There was another very unpleasant hitch yesterday in the program of proceedings at Lake Bluff, where the Prohibitionists are stlllencamped. Gov. St. John was expected io arrive on the early morning train froin Chicago, and the huge blackboard in front of the grounds bore the announcement that at 10:50 a.m. there would be delivered in the ‘Tabernacle a lecture by the Chief Executive and boss Prohibitionist of Kansas. The early morning train, however, arrived with only about a dozen passengers, among whom the Governor was looked for in yain. The next train from Chicago (stopping at Lake Bal) was not due until 12:15, but there ‘was a Chicago train to stop at Lake Forest— two miles South—at 11 o’clock, and a ear- riage was sent down there for the Governor, . it being thought possible that he might. have taken a wrong train. But he failed to show upat Lake Forest. He did, though, arrive at the Bluff on the noon train,—too late to lecture at the morning mecting, which meet- ing had listened to impromptu remarks from Mr. Woodford, Mr. Johnson, and others, while expecting every moment that a car- riage would dash up bringing St. John. - The Governor stated upon his arrival that there was NO ONE SENT TO ACCOMPANY HIM from Chicago, and that, not having been ad- vised as to exactly the time he was expected to speak, he took the train that was called the “popular Lake Bluff train.” The Gov- ernor was accompanied by his wife and daughter, It was finally decided that Gov. St. John should make a brief speech in the afternoon, HL immediately folowing Col. Bain’s lecture “A Journey to the Golden Gate,” to wh lecture, by the way, an admission fee of. 24 rents was charged,—and that he should also speak in the evening on “ Prohibition in Kansas.” This program was carried out, Col. Bain shortening his very entertaining lecture somewhat to give the Governor more of a chance. The Governor’s afternoon speech was brief. He devoted most of the time to answering the statements made by Senator Dan Voorhees in the recent inter- yiew with him on the temperance question, Voorhees, the Governor said, was u coward to state tl it would be an absolute (mpossibility to secure prohibition in Ludiana. The Senator had said that what a man ate or drank could not be regulated by law, but the Governor would give the Senator to.under- stand that we had outlived the fig-leaf period. LAW COULD EVEN REGULATE WHAT A MAN .WORE wo avery ereatextent. ‘The Senator had also stated that a man would do contrary to what ihe law would eudeayor to compel him to do, aut the Governor argued that, according to this theory, the way to make honest and law- sbiding men would be to pass a law ordering them to steal and commit murder. Further,. the Senator said that temperance meant mod- eration, and that moderation was proper. “Would you have a moderate thief, a mod- erate wife-beater?” asked the Governor. “Would the Senator have his wife love him only moderately?” ‘The speaker said that licensing the sale of Hquor was going against the fundamental principles on which the Government was founded,—life, liberty, and the pursuit of . happiness,—because liquor killed’ thousands upon thousands ‘of amen, Was the cause of 75 per cent of the crimes committed by the conviets now serv- ing their time, and also made thousands upon thousands of homes desolate. “The prohibitory provisions of the Kansas Consti- tution,” said the speaker, “are being ob- served by the citizens of the State.” The audience to which the Governor and Col. Bain spoke numbered between 300 and 400 people. A PROHIBITION PRONUNCLAMENTO. The Committee appointed to prepare a defined plan of work or platform reported the following, which was adopted, as the re- sult of the week’s work: The temperance organizations of the North- west, assembled in convocation at Lake Bluff, in putting forth a statement of their views and wishes, do not forget. that such. views may seem radical and perhaps ultra, to many persons, but they are the yi.ws of those who have been forced to these vositions by actual, per- severing work in xi inen from intemper- ance. They are uv. -- .vinions of idle the- orists. If false, taey will fade away; if true, the time will come when these ideas will be embodied in organized masses and crystallized into cystom law. The tem- perance workers of the Northwest -are agreed; 2 __1. The object for which they are working is the removal of intemperance and the evils “resulting therefrom. | 2. The basis of their work is the Christian system of philanthropy. The temperance work is the ripening of Christianity,—the ‘hristian method of building up character appeals to the education of the higher aature of the individual,—and the REMOVAL OF TEMPTATION by law is the only one which promises per- manent success. 3. The work of all organizations, based upon the cardinal principles of total absti- nence and prohibition, contributes to fi success, and there should be uo antagonism between them. ‘he spirit which seeks ‘to uestroy and uproot one form of organization by another, or to disparage one class of tried workers inthe interest of another, shouid be emphatically condemned. 4. Each organization should work to hold ull its present positions and join new-ones vhenever it can doso without injuring other gorms of organizations, and these va- jious organizations, in order to secure greater harmony in plans and methods of work, should at once combinein State and tounty alliances to be composed of delegates from all these organizations. 5. Lecturers who travel over the country without the indorsement of State organiza- tions iu the State in which they are working should not be encouraged. All lecturers should be required to have the indorsement ofaState organization in the State where they are working. . _6. Prohibition must include all alcoholic liquors; Jaws favoring beer and wine are DRAWN 1N THE INTERESTS OF DRUNKARD- . MAKING, and should be opposed as favoring dangerous heresies. daw 7. Concise and simple, prohibitory laws, which prohibit the manufacture and ‘sale of alcoholic beverages, place ‘the sale of ‘alco- holic liquors fur nedical, mechanical, sci- entific purposes in the hands of parties who will not have a financial interest in violating the laws;make liquors kent for illegitimate purposes contraband, and provide for search, seizure, and trial of the same; provide for the appointment of special officers by the Governor to. enforce the laws where the Jocal officers fail to do so,—are the only laws which will be accepted by the temperance peoule and for which they will be responsi- le. © The temperance people, while law-abid- ing citizens, favoring and asserting the en- forcement of all Jaws on the statute-books uutil repealed, emphatically refuse to be held responsible for the enforcement of liquor laws involving the pernicious prin- ciple of license, the enactment of which they opposed. DOWN ON SACRAMENTAL WINE. | 9, ‘The use of alcoholic wine in the Sacra- ment of the Lord's Supper_is not warranted Be Scripture, and its use for that purpose houla be most emphatically condemned. 10. The union of the best elements of the orth and South upon the principles of the temperance reform is a’ happy omen of the destruction of that sectionalisin which is so damaging to the welfare of our country, and the cause of bitterness, wrangling, and corruption. IL A political party, whose platform is based on constitutional and statutory prohi- bition of the manufacture and sale of. alco- holic beverages in the State and Nation, isa necessity, and, to give those who suffer most from the drink-curse a power to protect 6 themselves, their homes, and their loved ones, the complete enfranchisementof women should be worked for and welcomed. 12 The temperance people of the several States should call conventions for the pur- Pose of organizing in every State a Wome Protection party upon the basis of Art 11 of this plan. 13, While working to advance these princi- ples and achieve victory, personal efforts to reclaim the drunkard by all the methods known to an_ enlightened civilization must be kept ever in the front, The session of 18S2 will be held at Lake Bluff, and in connection there will be a nor- mal school for education in all branches of the so-called temperance work, and ‘all this will be succeeded by a session of the For- eigners’ “Temperance” Convoeation. ‘To-day is the ninth and last of the session, and there will be numerous meetings, al- though nearly all of the “leaders” left last night. To-morrow, ‘Teachers’ Day,” will ‘be under the auspices of the W. C. 'T. U. of Illinois. UP SHE GOES. Another Advance in Wheat for September Delivery. Corn Was Irregular and Rather Weak— Provisions Steady and Firm. The grain markets were active and unsect- tlea yesterday. The lead was taken by wheat, which closed 2@4!4 cents higher than on Friday, with a good dea! of excite- ment in the pit during the session. ‘The published reports about damaze to the En- glish harvest appeared to. be the first cause for the ‘strength, and then the shorts commenced to fillin. ‘The interest centered in the September future, which ran up from $127 to $1.80!¥, broke later about 1 cent, and afterwards touched $1.302¢, closing 2 cents above seller October. ‘The crowd were quick to.charge the flurry in Septem- ber wheat to the clique. It was said that they were bulling the market in, order to squeeze the shorts, and a curious rumor floated iu the undercurrent to the effect that the bulls information that a formidable combination of the bear element had been formed, which, in the event of the Presi- dent's dexth, intended to jump on the mar-* ket and smash it. The story goes. that the bulls very considerately put their horns under wheat and Jifted it away up out of the reach of the bears’ paws, thus credit- ing themselves with having averted a panic. Itis more likely, however, that the market jas run up on the clique itself. Some expe- Tienced observers think the Cincinnati crowd changed their tactics after they decided to rub a deal in October, concluding that {t would be inexpedient to du so and deliver the cash stuff on Septembersales. Accordingly they decided to buy back the September.and it is believed that they began to do so Friday afternoon, and continued the work yesterday till toward the close, when they were sup- posed to be selling. The crowd seemed to misunderstand the plan at first. but finally “tumbled to it,” and, with the aid of the outside shorts, who were forced. to cover, pushed September wheat up je above the closing figure of Friday. he suspension noted elsewhere. also perhaps helped to boost the price. August wheat stood at $1.38, and 2 good many of the remain- ing shorts are understood to have cz at the office of the Grand Mogul. and settled the deal, retiring with the single consolation that they had eseaped the threatened edict of royaity to fix the price at $1.59. October wheat sold at $1.27, up to $1.23}, and eased off to about $1.25}y. = CORN WAS IRREGULAR, and rather weak at the last. October sold at 631Z to GiZ cents, and closed at G3s¢@bt cents, It was said that the sudden fluctua- tions were due in part to the suspension of, John W. Rumsey & Co. ‘They are said to have sold out a good deal of long corn, which broke the price down, and afterwards filled in a line of short stuf, which sent the market up again. At the last the feeling was called tame. People were talking about larger receipts and an abund- ance of the cereal next season. Oats. fol- Jowed corn, breaking one-half cent, and ral- lying at the close under ordersto buy ina Jine of short trades. fs The provision market did not appear to be materially affected by the great tire at the Stock-Yards Friday night. ‘The feeling was stronger early, but easier later. Meats were called quiet and tirm. The loss by the fire was chiefly in meats, and when it an- nounced that. the ice-honse containing Mr. Uatety’s English cuts had also been de- stroyed the murket stiffened up some. The quantity of pork and lard burned up was not Jarge enough to have any noticeable influ- ence on the market. The only casualty of the day was the vol- untary suspension of John W. Rumsey & Co. The udvance on the September wheat options was the cause of it. Rumsey & Co. were spread over an_ immense space, and the demands for margins under the circum- stances would naturally come in faster than the same could be collected from, parties whose deals afforded a protit. ‘Those to whein Rumsey & Co. were short declined to give arelease and accept en licu.the parties ehind. This was the immediate cause of the trouble. At the close of business Friday nizht the firm’s books showed a profit of $49,000 if the deals could have been trans- ferred, As this could not be done, Rumsey & Co. resolved to go into voluntiry liquidation. Their short sales were bought in. under the rulé, and théir fong purchases will not be settled until Wednesday, the last day of the month, The firm is confident that the final balancing of accounts will leave them a fair profit, no one will have sustained any loss, and on Thursday they intend te resume busi- ness as if nothing had happened. __ > Mr, Rumsey has a great many friends in the Board who were quick to express their sympathy, and pleased to, learn that the sus- pension Was only temporary. ODDS AND ENDS. The ubiquitous broker was not on the Board yesterday. He and the nameless oper- ator gone out of town to spend Sunday. It rumored in the afternoon that some of the wheat in store here had been found to be out of condition, and that there was talk of having the Inspecting Committee called to investigate the matter. Parties who ought to know declared that there was 10 hot wheat in Chicazo, and intimated that 2 report of that nature might easily have been started by parties who are unscrupulous enough to say anything that they thought would turn the markets in. their favor. It was stated by good authority that the Coin- mittee had ‘not been called. Some people seemed to think the condition of the wheat was as good now as it lad been at any time. ‘The elevator proprietors consulted said they knew nothing about it, Now comes the report that the once cele- brated B. F. Alien “is at it again” on 7Change. His old colleague |“ Jack” Sturges has also been snapping his black eyes in the vicinity of the Board lately. A meeting of the packers was held yester- day on the Calf Board, and they agreed to stop killing hogs at the packing-houses for the present. Owing to the burning of Mr. Hate- y’s packinz-house, the watersupply at the Stock-Yards was:rather short yesterday, and the houses were closed to give time to fetch the reserve supply of water up to its ordi- nary limit. Mr. Walsh was requested not to use water in the parks till Tuesday. About 100 extra watchmen have been stationed about the packing-houses. . ‘A party who represents a large firm has mide a close examination of the corn crop in Towa along the line of the Northwestern Road. and says he found that the crop of early-planted. corn was in good condition, and’ many fields were looking fully as well ag they did last year. The late corn is im- proving, and if frosts holds off till Sept. 15 the yield will be fair. He says there is more corn in the cribs along the Northwestern at the present than at the corresponding time in any one of the last five years, and thinks there is perhaps not quite so much in the hands of the farmers as at this time a year ago. The farmers are delivering freely, and country shippers are forwarding this corn to market. Comparatively little of the crib- corn has been moved on this line yet. He thinks the Iowa crop will be three-quarters of that of 1880. : ‘A large receiver also stated that his infor- mation fed him to conclude that 7% per cent of the corn crop in Iowa and -Nebraska was still-in. the country. He said the crop in some sections of Kansas promised well, and at Wichita it would likely be the best one yet raised. Ry Both gentlemen agreed that: the “ hot forc- ing weather” had put corn fitteen days fur- ther-ahead than in former years, and thought it safe to predict the crop was two weeks out of the way of frost. ‘They said a great deal of the corn on high ground, which from arailroad-car appeared to be “burnt,” but oneljose inspection found to be dead ripe, the hot weather having hastened its develop- ment, The. receip! ere -were said to bé Jimited by the ability of. the transportation | companies to furnish room. BASE BALL. Chicago’ Still Leads. Nine Games in the Championship * Race. Detroit and Buffalo and,.Boston and. Providence a Tie for'Second: and Thirds er Defeat of the Champions« Yesterday at Buffalo Beaten by Oleveland 6 to 4, and Worcester by Providence 8 tol, THE CHAMPIONSHIY. | ‘The only material change im the League i ring the week past has mt of Detroit to an even position with Bufiato in the matter of games won. The other clubs remain the same as they were a weak.ago,—Chicago nine games ahead, oston arfd Providence a tie for third place, Cleveland; but one game behind them, ‘Troy seventh, ‘Worcester eighth. More than ever is it settled that Chicago re- tains the championship, while the probabili- ties increase that Detroit will succeed in capturing second place from Buffalo, leaving the latter to contest with Boston,. Provi- dence, and Cleveland for so good a position asthird. Just now the Chicagos are ata disadvantage by reason of the disability of one of their pitchers, and one of their best batsmen, base-runners, and fielders, but they } can lose two out of three games and yet win the championship. ‘The situation at the close of yesterday’s play was as follows: I OAL FEL com | mccerenen | “OD MONT Sl Te seicrerenns | ‘07009. Slewol anaes. DETROIT VS. CHICAGO. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Derrorr, Mich., Aug. 27.—The League champions were greeted bya large and en- thusiastic crowd to-day, who were not disap- pointed in the work which the home team did. Mullane, late of the Akrons, made his first appearance in the pitcher’s box here, and pitched a beautiful game. Uehas avery swift pace, which tells on the catcher, but the champions were unable to hit him to ad- vantage. Gerhardt, whe was called home by his father’s death, had a worthy substi-~ tute in Troy, formerly of the Albanys, white Moynahan, who used to play at Cleveland, had nothing to do at third. For-the visitors Corcoran at short carried off the fielding honors, while in batting there was hardly any choice. Houck and Hanlon made the + heayjest raps for the home team, and Knight gathered in five flies, Had it not deen for Houck’s fumble in the seventh inning tho score would have been9to0. Powell made a beautiful stop of a hot liner from Anson in the sixth inning. In the course of the game Mullane was presented with a beautiful basket of flowers. ‘ THE SCORE. Detro' Wood, L. f. Knight, r. f. Hanlon, ¢. £. Powell. 1b. menor | be sv01 Dy wom swenss | U Sl onvsemmere tb; Eres owt} looomesoos el coone: cai Total ...... Chicago. Dalrymple, 1. Kelly, r. f...2.- Withamson, 2b... Anson, Ib. Seco Nicol, ¢. f. ‘Total, mmninge— Detroit. alorwovworoo ul cocuoncce! Reson co] Bl on mnenssco 00]! cHotcHimn Blonorousne! & Bela] omcroumen Sloncmonannl sy EL 0 roit, 6. Two-base bite—Hanlon, Wood. ‘Three-base hits—Houck (2), Hanlon. Buses on errors—Detroit, 3; Chicago, 1, Left on bases—Detroit. 1; Chicago, 2. Struck out—Bennett, Burne, Passed balis—Beonett, 2, Wild piteh—Mullane. 1. ‘fime—One hour and fifty-seven minutes. Uimpire—Doescher. PROVIDENCE V8. WORCESTER, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Provipence, R. L, Aug. 27,—The homa team defeated Worcester to-day by batting out two earned runs, one x home run over the left field fence. Callahan’s umpiring was very unsatisfactory. ‘There were 600 people present, Score as follows: Innings— 12%¢456789 Worcester .. 00010000 0-1 Providence Ooo0201 43 Earned runs: idence, 2; Worcester, 0. Base hits—Providence, 6; ‘Worcester, 7. Fielding errors—Providence, 2; Worcester, 3. ‘Two-base hits—Hines, York, Stovey, Corey. ‘Three-base hit—Stovey. 2 Home ruu—Denny. First base on balls—Pike, Richmond, Bushong (2). First base on errors—Worcester. 4. : Struck out—Furrell, Ward, Brown, Radbourn, Denny. Dickerson, Caroonter. . Batls called—Ward, 111; Richmond, 74. Passed balls—Gilligan, 3. . ‘Time—T'wo.bours and ten minutes, Umpire—J. Callahan. CLEVELAND VS. BUFFALO. Specfat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune Burrato, N. ¥., Aug. 27.—After. the Buffalos had won the game, White by an error allowed the visitors to tie the score. Errors by Force and Brouthers gave the wiu- ning run. Reckless base-running lost several runs ‘to the Bisons. The postponed game of July 26 will be played Monday. Innings— 9 Buffalo... o-4 Cleveland. 1-6 Earned runs—Buffalo, 4; Cleveland, 1. Fotal fielding errors—Buffalo, 4; Cleveland, 0. Buse hits—Butfale, 9; Cleveland, Li. Two-bases hits—Nolan, Galvin, Glasscock, Force. ‘ ‘Three-base hit—White. First base on errors—Buffalo, 0; Cleveland, 3. First base on balis—Buffalo, 1; Cleveland, 2. Struck out—Butfalb, 4; Cleveland. 4. Left on bases—Buffalo, 3; Cloveland, 9, Double pliys—Buffalo, 1; Cleveland, 1, Time—Two hours and ten minutes. Umpire—Bradley. € ‘BALL GOSSIP. - ‘The Lake View Blues beat the Yales 18 to Ii. e es “City”: Knight is field-captain of the Detroit team. ‘ The éntry clerks beat the millinery clerks of D. B. Fisk & Co, 9 to 0. Itis rumored that Lynch will not rejoin the Buffalos this season. It is expected that Gross, of -ovidence, will bo unable to play again this season, S ‘Che Bostons have released three inen from their contracts this season, Buffalo two, Chic: one, Cleveland four, - Providence two, Troy one, Worcester four, and the De- troits thirteen. “4 It is said the Albanys have joined the League Alliance asa protection against fur- ther attempts by League managers to covert- ly secure additions to their nines at the ex- pense of the club in that city. Akron ought to do the same thing. “Admirer of the Game”: You ask to know too much, and are referred to the play-- ers themselves for information. If you can find out the salary of each player in the Chi- cago. who gets the highest salary in the League, you will be. lucky. It is * rumored, but not Known escent by the parties . Housths ot the season: read tow directly interested, that Anson receives $1,600 as player and $200,additional as captain and manager. MeBr- ye “G.G. She A. atéman may strike at a ball_that, béliind him if he is foolish enough,and it vill be called a strike. Theoliowing table shows the total num- ber oftirngs scored by the clubs and their op- parents for the League championship np to and ‘cluding Aug. 25, the end* of three- Opponent’s TUN. Clubs, wo ay ES 2456 FIRE ORDINANCE. THE Some Pertinent Questions for the Reviser of the Code. The Old Section on Daily Violation Should Be Re-enacted, A Good Chance for the Grand Jury to Do Some Creditable Work. In aletter published in yesterday’s Trrb- UNE, Mr. Egbert Jamieson, the reviser of the city ordinances, seeks to defend himseit against the charge of having mutilated the Building ordinance, that the ordinance as he provided it, and as it wa sed by the Council, while differing materially from the old one, in that it leaves out the clause providing for the continuous arrest and fining of aman who is violating the ordinance, is stronger than the old one, - providing, as it does, a quicker way of enforcing the law, This, however, is not the question at issue. The question is, by what authority did Mr. Jamieson make sucli a radical change in the ordinance without: consultation with any one, without specific inquiry of the Superintendent of the Bui ing Dopartment, without consultation with the Committee, on Fire and Water, without conferring with the Judiciary Committee, and without calling the matter finally to the attention of the Council. Itis not under- stood that he was employed by the Council tor the “purpose of making radical changes in the laws which govern the city. His duty was rather to codify, olassify, and arrange the vast mass of Council ordinances which had been passed since Tuley’s revision of 1873, and to imake a homogencous budy of them. it was’ not understood at the time that he, without consulting with any one, and that, tou, being ignerant of buildings, or of the best way of securing the construction of fire-proof ones, should boldly step in and make a change in Ure laws which he had not been specifically directed to make. Such a change looks badly, no inatter what plausible excuses may be put forth in support of it. faras Tun ‘Tru UNE reporters can find, nobody was’ con- sulted un this point. he Mayor was not. questioned in regard to it, the Building De- partment was not, no Committee was,—no- body was consulted, but Mr. Jamieson ap- pears to have done this of his own mere mo- tion, without any regard to the interests of the city or the wishes of. the Council. It muy appear strange that so vital a matter should have passed through the Council un- observed, but, on the other hand, it was the interest of many of the Aldermen not to see any change which WEAKENED THE FIRE ORDINANCE, while the mass ef matter considered, and the haste with which most of it was hurried through, eaily explain why other Alder- men, Who would have insisted upon the pre- servation of the old Jaw had they known that it was endangered, did not notice the grave modification which Mr. Jamieson had made, ABsome way this thing was slipped unseen “Through the Council by people who thought that in doing it they were playing a smart trick, and éntitling them- selves to tender consitleration at the hands of the same real-estate ring whose members were the arch movers in the recent attempg to ring round with a wooden wall, What should be done, if it be possible to do it, isto put back into the. ordinance the old provision on the subject,—to provide that a person who is continually violating the law may be continually arrested and con- tinually fined. Then the city officers, instead of letting suits go by default in their slothful way, should follaw them up vigor- ously and unrelentingly.. Jf a defendant appeal, they should fellow him to the Crim- inal Court, they should consult with the State’s-Attorney, have the case put upon the calendar, and see that it is brought to aspeedy trial. ‘Chere should be no let-up until the offender is fined out of existence. After a few violators of the law have been stripped of their money by a course ef vigorous fining, others will bezin to find that violation of the Jaw, in this respect at least, is unprofitable business, But it seems almost. hopeless to expect anything to be done, The Police-Court Jus- tices, with hardly au exception, the Building inspectors, the city authorities from fp. to hottom, seem to be determined to wink at violations -of the law, or, when they are toreed upon their attention, to deal with the offenders us leniently as possivle,—either to dismiss the case or to suspend the fine. The intluence of the evil example of the Mayor, his repeated declarations in favor of wooden buildings, his fuilure to issue any orders spurring up his subordinates in this matter, and the tampering with the Police-Justice Courts: by Aid. Lirseh and Stauber hiv done their work, and it looks now, unless some more vigorous steps are taken, as if disobedience to the law would run riot, and wooden buildings woul! go up, not only in the outskirts, but in the heart of the city, ‘There is, however, one remedy, it ought t» be applied. ‘The Grand Jury is now in session. It is within its power tu take notice of allderelictions of duty on the part of city ofiicers, the Mayor and Aldermen included. itis in the power of the Grand Jury to inves- tigate these complaints against negligent and slothtul city officers who draw larze vay and do nothing except wink at violations of the Building ordinance. After having satis- fied themselves that these oflicers are not dis- charging their duties, the jury should indict them, and the te’s-Attorney should push the cases to swift trial and certain convic- tion, in order that these drones who hang aroun the City-Ifall and the Police Courts. may learn that there is yet justice in th, eat {n no other way than thjs, it appears,. can the * “A CIty BE FREED from the danger which is hanging overit, of another conflagration which will’ inevitably follow in ease wooden buildings are allowed to gu up as freely as at present. wing to his own right-mindedness, or to the strictures of Tt BUNE, one Police Justice at least has shown a disposition to obey the law, and toimpose fines which mean something, and to see that they are paid. Justice Ingersoll yesterday, at the instance of Inspector Crowe, imposed the following fines for violation of the building ordinance: Gustav Gun; 3 Charles Lei : Eichendorfi, 3 Martin Zeboth, 325; Peter PeFuzek, $25; and A. Prince, $25. Several pd the fine and the others took an appeal. rshere is considerable commotion about the Ztlempt being made to rebuild the plan- ing-mill on Wells street which was partially destroyed by, fire Wednesday evening. ‘The property-holders in the vi- cinity have. remonstrated against the pro- posed rebuilding, and the Superintendent of Buildings has refused to grant the necessary permit, but yesterday fhe owners of te premises were rebuilding, notwithstanding they had been positively forbidden. Sr. Kirklani was informed of their conduct yes- terday, and again forbid their doing any- thing, and threatened to arrest the workmen, whereupon they desisted. The Building De- partment considers that. the damage to the building is over 50 per cent, and refused the permit for reconstruction, but the owner bas given notice: that he proposed to settle the question by arbitration, as the building ordi- nayee provides in such cases. ‘The owner of the. destroyed premises will azepint one arbitrator, the Building Department another, and the ‘two a third, and if they azrce that the damaga is 50 per cent or more, then the rebuilding wi] not be allowed. If they should agree, pwever, that the damage is less than 50 per cent, then the permit will be granted. But’ ‘the’ protestants are on the alert, and if the permiit should be granted an injunction will be applted for at once in the courts, and the fight wil dre bitter. —<—<————<— FOR-A DELIGHTFUL*DRINK take one of King’s Frozen Punches, v7 South Clark-st We use C, & G. fine old whisky. Ifo says, in his Jetter, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 1881EIGHTEEN PAGES. MARINE. NEWS. Grain Freights Still Firm Three-and One-Half Cents on Corn. at Both Steam and Sail Vessels In Very Active and Urgent Demand. A Protest Against Ald. Lawler’s Pro- posed Amendment to the Bridge t Ordinance. Around the Lakes—Arrivals and Depart- ures—Misoallaneous—Along . the Docks. LAKE FREIGHTS. GRAIN. ‘ Grain freights continned firm yesterday, the rate to Buffalo on corn being 313 cents, Room was very scarce, and in urrent demand, the en- gngements unnounced being all steam but one. For Kingston whent paid 7cents. The enzage- ments announced were: For Buffalo. Propeller Montana, corn. hae Propviler Milwaukee, cor Propeller Juy Gould, corn. Schooner S. H, Foster, corn.... For_ Kingston. Schooner George B. Sloan, wheat. Bushels. 40,000 64,00, Total capacity LUMBER, Lumber freights were firm yesterday, in sym- pathy with grain rates, though nochange was re= corded. But few lumber cargoes were in port, | and available carrlers wore taken quickly at the ruling rates. Charters were made yesterday ut the annexed fizures: From East Saginaw. From Manistee... From Ludington From White Laks Fron Grand Huy From Muskegon, From Bay City 3.00 ‘The above ratos are those paid for sailing ves- sels, steam-barges carrying lumber from dock to dock at 3214 cents less from Grand Haven and Muskegon. IRON-ORE. ‘Vessels are, still in demand for this trade, as quite a number of vessels now engaved in the fron trade will be drawn off to carry grain. The present rates are as followsfrom the polnts named: . From Escanabs to Chicago... $s 1,00 Froin Escanaba to Luke Brie por 1.250140 rom Marquette to Lake Erie ports. 2.002.253, By Lake Erle ports is meant any port on Lake Erie west of and including Erie to which ore is ‘consigned and from which coal is shipped. * COAL. : Coal freights at Buifalo are still reported very firm, with n tendency to advance. Hates from Oswego are also firm, with vessels in demand. The following are tue last reported rates at which charters wero inade: From Buffalo to Chicaza 1 From Butfulo to Milwaukee. 123 From Lake Erie ports to Chieago. 1256100 ‘From Lake Erie ports to Milwauke 2561.30 From Lako Erie ports to Escanaba. 1.00 From Luke Erie ports to Duluth .. 135 From Lake Erie ports to Detroi 50 From Cleveland to Buffal i From Oswego to Chicago. 2.10 From Oswego to Milwaukee, HOME GATHERINGS. A NEW IKON PROPELLER. The Union Dry-Dock Company of Buffalo re- ceived the contract for and will commence im- mediately the building of a large iron propeller fur the Union Steamboat Company. ‘The boat will bea very large carrier, with an estimated capacity of 2,500 tons. The craft will be 2S feet over all, 206 fect keel, 39 fect 5 inches beam,with adepth of % feet 6 inches; the depth from the base to the mania deck belng 17 feet. The keel sheets will be 12-16 of an inch thick, and the gur- board strakes 10-16.of an inch, extending to the bilge; from the bilge to the main deck the sheets will be &16 of an inch thick; from there to the ‘main-deéck shear strake 10-16 of an inch; (0 the upper deck 6-16 of an inch; the upper-deck shear strake will be 9-16 of an inch and double. The vessel will have six wing keelsoms 6-16 of an Inch thick, and a water bottom $ feet decp of fron 6-16 of an inch thick. She will have a water-tight bulkhead forward, and four other bulkheaus. The angie iron for the outside form will be 3x4 inches, and the reversed frames will be 3x3 inches. It is culculated that she will draw when light two feet of wuter forward and six fect aft. . ALD. LAWLER’S PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE BRIDGE ORDINANCE. ‘We have received the following communica- tion from a gentleman very largely interested in vessel-property, protesting wyatiust any fur- ther hindrance to the movements of vessels ia the river by the city guthorities. It explains it- To the Editor of cago Tribune. Curcaco, Aug. \saw in your paper this morning that Ald. Gawler proposes to in- troduce an ordinance to “put the brakes dowira little burder on the commerce of Chicago by closing the bridges x litle more eftectually aginst vessels by shutting them after 6:30 p. m. every ten minutes without regnid to the number of vessels that may accuulace while the bridges are closed during the evening. ALT o'clock Iast Wednesday night the propatler Argonaut came in londed with iron-ore, bound Yor the dock uf the Union Iron & Stee! Company, on the Soutb Brauch. She got as fur as Madison street aud there mot such # lurge nutuber of Doatg and yeseéls bound down. the river (tho accumulation of the . evening. hour) that took until 1 o'clock in the morning , to get them cleared out so she could proceed. On the next night, about the same hour, the propeller Escanuba, bound tothe same dock, met with the same experi- ence, and lost four hours getting down the South Branch. Now, if Ald, Lawler’s proposed amended. ordinance bad been in force the river would not have been free for navisution up stream before the 6o'eleck moraing ordinance would huve shut the bridges auinst these bunts, ata lurge loss of both time and money. ‘This is only a fuir sample of the way the bour system nifects navigation on the Chicago River. This ign very dull time for vessels. When business “pooms” bow willit be? Tho hour ordinance is working great injury to navigation, especially the evening closing, when vessels’ time is worth justas much as at any other hour of the day. While the people,.having fluished their day's In- bor, would lose simply ten minutes in getting to their homes (were the bridges opened and closed by the ten-mincte ordinance only), vessels will losoa great many thousands of dollars during the seasous of navigation on aecount of the evening hour ordinance: VesseL-OWNER. DOCK NOTES. Frank Butler's condition yesterday id but very slight lmprovement. th 'S’S‘*_ue propeller Skylark and steam-barge Alfred Soper “are in Miller Brothers’ docks receiving new wheels, Thore will be Sabbath services to-day at 3 o'clock on the lumber market for the benefit of suflors and tugmen. ‘The steata-barge B. J. Moore is in the docks of the Chicago Dry-Dock Company having repairs made in her hol and to be calked. Capt, Robert Robertson brs been put in tem- porary command of the schooner Lillie Pratt. Capt. Sullivan, her commander, belog very ill at present. Vessels londing at Marquette recently have been delayed by u strike among the railroad employés, which fora time stopped the supply of iron-ore. Aworkman, a Swede, whose name could not be learned, fell to the bottom of Milter Brothers’ dry-docks yesterday, and received fatal injuries. He was at work fixing the wheel of the steam- barge Soper at the time of the accident. Thomas Surphy yesterday morning recovered the body of William Gainey, who Jumped over- bourd from the steamer Kreamer and was drowned Friday, and carried it to Mr. Gainey’s late residence, No. 119 Green street. Mr. Mut- phy says wat he bas known Mr. Gainey for over twenty yerrs, and never saw bim under the in- fluence of liquor. He thinks he must haye been affected with temporary insanity. Vessels which passed Port Huron ten days ago bound for this port have not as yet put inan ap- pearapce, on account of the light winds which have prevailed the past week. During the last four or five days the wind has been light from the southeast and the gail arrivals at this port for that period have beea very few. Captains arriving in port state that they have been four days in coming from the cast shore. Commodore Wiiltain Harman, owner of the tug Tom Brown, was, yesterday served with a summons by Ofticer_ Florence Donahue to ap- pear before Justice Wallace on the 20;h Inst. ana answer to a charge of violating the whistle ordi- nance by baving a larger whistle on his tug than is allowed by the tity law, The Commodore gays he proposes to test the legality of the ordinance if he bas to take the matter up to the United Statea Supreme Cocrt. Asubseription paper was circulated among vessel and tug men yesterday by Henry Blew. of the Union Towing Company, and Willlam Deane, of the Veseul-Owners’ Towing Company, for the benefit of the widows of Oleson, the en- gineer, and McDonald, the Mnesman, of the un- fortunate tu Ward. and resulted in quite @ hgadsome sum of money deing collected, Ole- son left. wife and three children, and McDon- ald a wife, but no children, in destitute cireum- stances. = ‘The schooner Georgo B. Sloan, dismasted some weeks ago in a gale otf Waukegan, hus been fully repaired, and yesterday was at the Air-Line Ele- vator taking on # cargo. ‘As announced in Fridas’s Trrecve, Capt. Falcon, the submarine diver. made seyeral descents to the bottom of the lake at the Gov- erament Pier yesterday in seurch of watches, ‘jewelry, ctc., lost overboard by visitors to the old bumboats that were anchored there lust sumuicr. He succeeded in finding a sliver “watch, three rings, anc two revolvers. if the weather js calm be will make several more descents this afternoon. A vast crowd wit- nessed his operations yesterday. AROUND THE LAKES. WHERE THE LAUGH COMES IN. Nautical Gazelte: * We should very much like to see two excursion steamboats olficered and manned by editors, correspondents, and re- porters from the daily aewspupers. We would place the managing editor as Captain, the night editor as pilot, the financial cditor as purser, the associate editor as chief engineer, and dis- tribute the correspondents and reporters to the several subordinate positions. Each of these severnl gentlemen, when writing of a steamboat accident or of any slight mishap which a real steamboat man thinks nothing of it. at once assumes to know all about it, and at once begins to ‘sling ink" with a desperation quite in keeping with their skill as journalists, i “There is no honest industry in the country weich is so badly treated by the newspaper press as the steam-vessol Interest. It is maligned, misrepresented, lied atiout when a vessel meets with an accident,and when the steam-vessel fra- ternity at large asks fora relief of unjust tax- ation and burdens which have been crippling it for years, the press, with but rare exci turns a deaf ear to its woes and abu: ELEVATING TROUBLES AT BUFFALO. Buffalo Express: ** Messrs. C. J. Mann & Son are having some difliculty with the discharging of the grin consigned to them here. a3 owing to their refusal to join the Elevating Associa- tion, the vievators Iu the Assoctation refuse to handle or store. any grain consigned to them, except ut the rate of one cent per bushel, which they donot feel inclined to pay. ‘The Steam- barge Nahant, which arrived down Wednesday night with 40,000 bushels of corn consigned to C.J. Hamlin, and 13,000 bushels of corn con- signed to C. J. Mann & Son, was yesterday ele- vuling at the Wells Elevator; us soon ag Ham- lin’s 40,000 bushels wns. discharged the lez was withdrawn, and Messrs. Mann & Son notitied that their grain could not be received unless at the rate of one cent per busael for eclevuting.” BE ON THE LOUKUUT, BOY: Milwaukee Sentinel: “Tho revenue cutter Andy Johnson arrived yesterday from an ex- tended cruise around Lake Superior, during which time several vessels were muleted for violating the law relating to carrying a vessel's papers on bonrd. Cupt. Davis reports that he sighted the Canadian propeller Manitoba ashore atthe mouth of the Portage River last Friday afternoon, and be at once went to her assis ance, A line was run from the stranded craft to the Johnson, and after pulling a short time the intter succeeded in releasing her. The Maui- toba was ashore for twenty-lour hours with no prospect of getting olf had theJobnzon noteame up, [Her-passengers, some lifty in number, were considerably alarmed at their unpleasant pre- dicament.” SAD BEREAVEMENTS. Detroit Marine News : ** Last weok Capt. Lew Horn was showing among his more intimate friends a beautiful cabinet pieture of his 7 months old baby, May, Yesterday afternoon, with impressive ceremonies, surrounded with tributes of affection, the little form was laid to re s John MeDougal, first officer of the Empire State, mourns the deuth of his little t-year-old boy, who was buried at Buffalo lust Friday morning. Mr. McDougal reached home in time for the funeral. ‘A large circle of frleuds around the lakes deeply sympathize.” OSWEGO HARBOR. Oswego Palladium: “At a meeting of, the Board of Trade to-day a letter fron Capt. ‘Thomas Martin wa3 rend and referred to the Harbor Committee for their action. Capt. Mar- tin, who is an experienced sailor, thinks that to make the entrance to the barbor eusy for ves- sels an arm 300 fect long should be extended nearly northerly from the present end of the new west pier, 18 the piers, when completed ac- cording to the present plan, will leave a channel only 350 feet wide at the mouth, and that the westerly seas, unless prevented by such an arin as proposed, will drive a vessel avainst the eust pier.” LIGHTHOUSE INSPECTION. ‘The Government steamer Hazel arrived at Detroit Friday. She will take the Secretary of the Lighthouse Board on a trip of inspeggon to the lighthouses on Lake Erie and thdiBét. Lawrence. He is now inspecting the Upper Lakes. PORT AUSTIN. ‘Work on the new steam siren station at Port Austin will be begun a3 soon as Gen. Weitzel returns from his visit to Lake Superior. One siren will bein operation this fall, and another will be added early next spring. MISCELLANEOUS LAUNCH OF THE STEAM-BARGE BUSINESS. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. MILWavKeEE, Wis., Aug-27.—The new double- deck steam-barge Business, built by Wolf & Davidson for themselves, was successfully launched this afternoon. Her dimensions are as follows: Length of keel, 192 feet; over all, 205 feet; breadth of beam, 3! feet; depth of hold amidships from base. line,2u feet. Her main keelsons are four in number, and aro each lgxlf inches. She bas two rider keelsons 12x14, ali fusteued with 1-fuch iron. Her frames are molded out of 6-inoh flitch, with au extra floor timber under first and second futtocks. She hag dingonal brace 63 feet long from the side to strakes, which sre out :of the, way and add grently to her strength. The gurboard strake was edge-bolted to the kee} before tha frames were raised. There Is but three inches between tho. frames up to light-water mark. Her bottom being flat, eight feet from centre before the dead rise commences, and fives a good chance to make the timbers on account of being straight. Her dead-rise Is one and oue- half inches per foot, commenving at. this point eight fect from centre line. The bilges are raised bigher than usual in freignt vesselsywhich. will prove un advantage in loading and unload- ing at a dock where the water shoals next to the files, Sho has three floor tinbers, without a Buteonor neur the keel. Her planks, outside and inside, are narrower thun usual, nod are square-fastened with throuzh bolts and spikes. She has a raised floor formed by four keelsons running fore and aft, planked crosswise with three-inch plank, plunked lenethwise with two- inch maple. She hus three decks forward and aft, which adds greutly to her appearance. The main cxbin ig aft on the main deck. The en- gineer’s, cook’s, spare, wash, mess, and dining rooms, kiteben, and puntry are all fitted’ out in fine style. The Cuptuin’s and Mate’s rooms are forward on the main deck. The “beelsman’s and lookout’s rooms are on the third deck ad- juining the pilot-house. Her engine and boiler Were formerly io tho propeller City of Toledo, and have been thoroughly overhauled. Her cylinder i3 28x88; boiler, eighteen feet long by seven anda bali fect. She bas three masts, but only two are provided with sails. The third is to be used as a Serrick tounload her cargo, Her foreboam {3 thirty-five fect lung; main boom forty-five feet, with bout fifty fect hoist. She has Give hatches. She {3 sup- plied with an Emerson patent windtuss And capstan, and bas all modera Improvements. Tt igexpected that sho willbe completed und ready for sea by Sept. Sbeis as strong as wood and iron could make her. In model and style and manner of finish she will compare favorably with anything on the lakes. She sur- passes anything fn the line of steam-barges ever built at this port. She will cary 1.200 tons. She derived her name from the unanimous opinion of visitors who pronounced her a good business bout: hence the name “ Business."’ She is ex- pected to. muke eight or nine mile per hour. It is likely that Capt. Andersun, now in charge of the wrecking tug Leviathan, will take charge of her. REFUSE TO SAIL, Special Dispatch to The Chicaon Tribune, MonTREAL, Aug. 27.—Sorre sailors ia the ship Liewellyn refuse to go to sea in her. and alleye she is unseaworthy. The*Purt Warden Lus reported to the contrary, but the men still maintain thely story. A repo! on board to-day to look over the vessel, but was refused permission by tho Captain. The charge made by the-suilors 1s generully consid- ered well sustained. SEIZKD FOR SALVAGE. Spectal Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune. JALWAUKEE, Aug. 27,—The Kirtland, Wolf & Davidson Wrecking Conspany, unable to obtain a settiement with the underwriters ror releasing the schooner Nabob from the beach near Cana Island, to-day caused the craft to be for a salvage claim amounting to $8,700, 3 LACHINE CANAL. ipectal Dispatch to The Chicane T-tens. : MONTREAL, Aug. 27.—The forwarders here are complaioing bitterly about tho delay in opening the new locks in tho Lachine Canal. ay PORT OF CHICAGO. + ct ARRIVALS Stmr Sheboygan, Manitowoc, sundries. Grace Urummond, South Haven, sundries, Erie, sundries. nton Harbor. sundries. propG.d. Truesden, Ludington, lumber, Prop Favorite, Menominee, towing. Prop Maine, Suskezon, lumber. Prop H.C. Brittain, Montague. sandries, Prop (. Hickox, Muskegon, lumber. - Prop §.C. Hail, Muskegon, lumber. Prop Swallow, White Lake. Inmber. Prop M. Grob, Waite Lake. lumber. Prop Buckeye, Muskegun. lumber. Prop Messenger, Benton Harbor, sundries, Prop Georse Dunbar, Muskexon, Inmber. Prop Tecumseh, Kincardine, vosts and pals. Prop Conestogs, Buifalo, sund: Prop Montaoa, bafalo, sondries. Pron Farevio. Manlatec, lumben Schr Ottawa, Grand Haven, lumber. Schr City of Toledo, Manistey lumber. Scur Mars, Ludington, tumber. Schr A. A. Carpenier, Menominee, amber. Si Menominee, lumber. hr Lon “Marinette, lumber. chr Helte Walbridze, Duncan Cliy, lamber, chr Rett, Moutaue. 1umnDer hr Seud, Maskexon, lamber. he Willie Loutit, White Jal White Lake, lumt usxezon, lumber. Luskexon, umber. hr Mury Copely, Uswexo, cost. nr Lillio Pratt, Ladington. luinbor. be tis, Maskeven, lumber, 2. us Sehr it. B. King, hr North S ar, ‘kezon, lumber. Vaekatd’s Pier, lumber. iaek Creek, lumber. erroud, rathray lun. larber. Muscezon. suelph,, ‘ur Wollta, Rowe er. ‘kezun, lumber. vline. s Lu: Schr Windsor, Manistee, Inmber. Schr John B. Sturt. Cievef und. coal. rae Panta eon, su ities, Prop ILC. Brittaln, ‘undiries. Prop Badger state, Bu bu corn: and sum le: ries. Prop John B. Lyon, Prop Maine, Maske: Prop $, t. Hatt, itv Prop Favorite, Menoara i Prop Michact Grow, Mout Str Marske averse gon, ight. "i mnee, Nant, man, Me 5. AMstielth, NL nt White Lake, Hehe. Wa bu fuxyeed. Manistee, taht uu bu corn. BS hee, sundries. \t. fon, 12300 bu wheas 30 bu corn. nr oe! ny Ni hr Montpelier, Murkexun, list ity of Grand Rapids, G A. Wood. Marinette. i Sear Golder st 3 Sehr Annie Thorine, P: Schr It. Morwuod, Colli ent cht bu wheat. OTHER LAKE PORTS. PONT HURON. Port Hcnos, Mich., Aug. 27.—Passed up— Propellers Cuba, Nashun, Dean Richmoud, Le- high, J. S. Ruby, A. Turner and barges, Garden City and barges, Lothair and bages. Alpena and barges, Potomac and consort, Oukland and barges. Michigan and barges, Alcona and con- sort, Music and barges; schooners Flectwinz, Riverside, Our Son, Prince Alfred, F. L, Dan- forth, J, W. Donne, Queen ‘City, Maria Martin, argo, Seaman, John sfoutana. m Down—Propellers Fountain City, Scotia No. 2, Ogemzn, Gordon Campbell, B. W. Blanchard, 8. i. Hale with A. Bradley, Escanaba, Fayette Brown and J.T. Card, Germania and-barges: schooners Marengo, fF. W. Gittord, Guldo P ti ter, Granger, Mears, P. B. Locke, Pride of Amer- ica, S. H. Johnson, Abercorn; tug Maythao and barzes. = , Wind—West, light. Port Huros, Mich., Ang. 27-0230 p.m.—Passed up—Propellers Qzccula, Nyack, Kate Battron, Luterprise. and consort, Stickney and burxes, Maytham and barges. A. Everett with schooners F.A. Morse and Geurge H. Warmington, S. J. Macy with schooners John Burt and Ishpeming: schooner Grace Amelia, Down—Propellers Henry Howard and barges, Indiana and barges, Willinm Cowie and barges, Chiexzo, Vienns and consort; schooner C. Reed; tuuzs Stickney ana barges, and Castle and barges. Wind east, light. Weather smoky. 7 ESCANABA. é Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Escanaba, Mich., Aug. 27.—Arrived—Steamer™ it; Weathor fine. the upper tnd of the biick | Thomus; s of Green Bay, J.C. Harrison, and Watertown. Departed—Steamers H. D. Coffenberry. D. W. Rust, 3.C. Baldwin, and Norman: schooners Sunnyside, Scotia, John Schuette, Ll C. Wilson, Two i Reed Cage, Groce Murray. M.S. Bacon, feweomb, Francis Patms, T. C. Butts. . Clint, G. C. Lrunmw. City of Green Bay, Harrison, and Watertown, MARQUETTE, ‘Svectat Dispatcn to The Chicago Tribune. Manqverte, Mich., Aug. 27.—Passed up—Pro- pellers City of Duluth and Pacitie. 2 Passed down—Propeller Winslow: steamer City of Cleveland. Arrlved—Propeller _ Burlington? | schooners Katie Hale, Chureb. Empire State, Rogers, and Brooklyn. * Cleared—Propellers and V. Swain: schooners Exile, Iron-Chtef. A. C. Maxweil, \ Empire State, Brooklyn, and Mefrici PORT COLBORNE. - Bpectal Disrateh to The Carcago Tribune. Port CoLuorxg. Ont. Aug. 27.—Pussed up— Sohooner St. Louis, Kingston to Detroit, light. Down—Schooner D. ‘I. Mott, Saginaw to Os~ wego, ‘lumber; schooner Jamaica, Chicuzo to Oswego, corn. Worthington, Iron-Duke, Seat Richards, Guages, CHEBOYGAN. Bpectat Disputeh to The Chieaga Tribune. Cnennvuay, Mich.. Aug. 2—Cleared—Propel- lers Caampluin and Canatin. : “‘Arrived—Propeller Vau Hualt; schooners Fly- Cloud und Newsboy. Vind west, light; Weather tine. SILWATKEE. ‘Spectcl Dispatch to The Catcago Tribune. Minwaugne. Wis.. Aug. 27.—Acrived frown be~ low—Stuam-barge Henry Chisholm ang schooner Saveland. i ‘hoonur Myosotis, for Chicago. —————— in Cleared: VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. ° BRatlrond Acsessments. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, CHicaco, Aus. 26.—In to-day’s Trrmuxe—un- der the head of “A Bad Assessment”—you state “the Assessors of the county, acting un- der tho advice of the County’ Clerk, reassessed the real cstute of the rnilronds,” etc, You are Iu error 08 regurds the Town of South Chicazo. Some time after makitie thy returns Mr. Klokke sent over and [ made him a copy of last yeur's assessment of rullrond property, showing nochange in valiuntions whatever, except ns to improvewents and personal. Very respectfully, Frask Drage. South State Street. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune.. Cmicaco, Aug. 26.—Kuowing the pawer of your paper upon the public, I appeal to you to inform the people of tho South Side whether or not State street will be paved this fall from ‘fwenty-sccond street south; and, if that fg not the intention of the authorities, whether we cannot compel thom to.jor refund our money. Now, the fact is, we have uot # crossing aouth of Harmon court to Thirty-ninth street, snd now there is nothing but a mellow bed of dust, which will soon be a mellow bed of mud, impassable’ by team or mun. I belteve there {suo ordinunce yet for a walk, and of course muny will not ny them. ‘The west side of State street is full of telegraph poles and lamp-posts, so that a nice walk could not be laid. Moreover, we buve not got a tbrough street ov the South Side in one-hulf re- pulr. No body woes to the muin part of tho city whois not compelled to. Please give us some information through your Sunduy issue, and confer a favor on the inhabitants of the entire South Side. Twenty-Year TASPsye Defying the Law, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. CHicaao, Aug. 27.—A few days since the plan- ing-till at the northwest corner ot Wells and Peurson atreets was partially consumed by tire, ‘Tnis is the third time that institution bas beea on fire, and the nelyhborhood bas for yaars beca apprebensive of a conflagration in that purt of the elty starting from tals tinder-box, which, with the favorable conditfon of a high wind, would destroy miltions of. property, and possi- bly many bumun lives. . ‘The bullding was a very cheap frame struct- ure, three storles high, und.the machinery of a very inexpensive character. The estimate for machinery by one fainiliar with it is as follows: ‘Two planers, $300 euch. ‘Two shapers, at $200 400 ‘Two molding-machbines. w 0 One turning-muchine, Pp! jo Que mortising-macbine. 150 Total... $2,500 Probably $4.000 would ® fair value for all machinery, including boilers and engine; and the building, new, would hardly be worth an- other $3,000; but call it $2,000, and the whole is amply covered by insurance, about $4,000. Notwithstanding the proprietor has been notl- fled by the Department of Public Works that he must not rebuild, in open defianre he has naited rough boards some six or eight feet bigt uround the outside of the ruin, and bas work- men employed inside, fully determined, if pos- sible by Sunday work. to so zet his machinery in condition that. by Monday or ‘Tesday he may start his eogine again and “fil bia contracts,” including une for city telephone boxes. Are the city authorities powerless? Have citizens no protection against tnce 2 or ‘To restore nerve and brain waste, 7] equals Hop Bitters. Believe this, e