Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 27, 1881, Page 7

: THE CHICAGO. TRIBUNE: ® a x SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1881-TWENTY PAGES. NEW YORK. Jirs. Lincoln Quite Pronounced .in Her Demands for Aid. She Is Almost Indigent, “and Robert Has a Large Family.” Congress Ought, in Her Belief, to Come at Once to Her Relief. Some Others” Similarly Bereaved Have Attracted Her Earnest At- tention. The Deiection in Tammany Hall All the Talk in Political Circles. ‘ . Samuel J. Tilden’s Sly Methods Said to Show Through the Affair. Program Arranged byithe Committee for the Coming Tarif! and Cur- rency Convention. The American Book Exchange, or “ Liter- ary Revolution,” Put. into the Hands of a Receiver. € MNS. ABRANAM LINCOLN. HEE PHYSICAL COD REQUIRING CON- ST. cago Tribune. braham Lincoln jes nt No. t Twents-sixts where shu is undergoing 2 course of electrical treatment. -Her physical condition, While not precari ucD as 10 évmand constaut care. for she. is troubled with : aspinal dificulty that renders it impossible for her to walk, and which will unquestionably: st present street, this city, keep her on her back the remainderof her days. Mentally Mrs. Lincoln is active and clear, talks with rapidity, arid is pleased to mvet her friends who may call to visit her. I spent two hours with her this afternoon, the conversution turning mainly upon the subject now upper- must in her mind, and which bas. during the past Week received and excited a great amount of criticism, which is THE POSSIULE OF HER PENSION Ne Mrs. Lincoln says She bas felt much grieved to hear tuat the people of Illinvis should zive ex- pressjua to any such statements ag have tuund thelr way. into the press concerning ber, and abe knows full well the particular source froma whieh these reports have emansted and the personal ‘feetmgs which have prompted them. ‘This Government, she snys, owes It to her to see ‘d for in a mauner that her net, und there is no reuson why Fhe sbould not receive the same considera- don at the hands of the Nation that may be. con- tempinted for another, Not on ber own ac- count so much, as an act of justice to the mem- ory of a man to whom this Nation owes a creat debt of gratitude—Abrabam Lincoln. So far as ter present. francis! condition is concerned, + Mrs. Lincoin says most positively that sbe bas not-enourh from the Government to maintuln ber. She is under expenses, medical and other. which are Inne no matter bow simply she may | live, and as for being Pies A CHARITY SUBJECT on the hands of ber relatives, she will never consentto that. Some had criticised her son Hobert because be did not tke cureof her. She did not desire to have bim do so, for he bad his own brood to look after und had his hands full, His kind heart had ured thiy many times, and also his wife bad done the same, but she bad in- sisted that it was her duty to live upon ber own resourcea, for she did not care to take from him that which should goto his own family. There has been a story floating about, said Brs, Lincoln, and it was uow — freshiy repested- within the past two duys 10 Western papers, that she hud received $5.U0 from Congress, and that the interost upon this sum added to her $3.0) ponsion ought to be enough tomaintain her handsomely. There neVer was a greater falsehood uttered. CONGRESS NEVER GAVE MEX: $75,000. But immediately after her husband's death in 1865 that body did vote her the amount of the Preaident’s salary for one year, $25,000, leas £2,500 which Mr. E. B. Washburne succeeded In baving cut off the sum origiually intended, and this left her €215W. Sho went to Chicago and purchased a house on West Washington street, paying therefor $15,000, and. {2 addition to this expenditure she laid out 2 consideranle amount for furniture, so that sbe had very Httle left after tna transaction from tne original amount of the appropriation. She tinally found that it ould cost more than she could afford to keep up the house, so she told her son Robert Lincoln that If he would pay ber $1,500a year fora period of seven years ho might have the property. Ho agreed to this, and * PAID THAT SU3f ANNUALLY. ‘The property much of the time failed to pay more than half that revenue, so he was obliged tomake the paymentsout of his own pocact. She also ave to Robert the huuse in Spring- field, which was very old, her husband naving bought it in 1643, and worth but litte. But she Says she was prompted in both instances by & desire that her son should bave something of ‘what the country had given bor in consideration Tor bis father's services. Not until July 3, 1810, more than five years alter President's Lincoln's doath..did Congress sce fit to grant ber 2 georion. The original desien ‘Was to secure ber $5,000, but it was Dut to $3,000, Wich Charles Sumner, in u fetter informing ber nad eon voted, advised her not to accept, Fal BELOW WHAT OUGHT 10 HAVE BEEN GIVEN HE But she felt that $2,000 was even better than a lag, and her necessities compelled ber to ecling to act upon his urgent advice. She had glways endeavored to live trugully, and when iu ‘rance she lived like a peasant, in small upar ments, and hud not spent ber time traveling, making but infrequent visits to Ituly. whither he went ia winter on account of her bcalth. Kenof jate she had been obliged io borrow one her pension siei tgiorder to mat tee it mutters not, she says, What Juco! Bona bag of hers; that isa small amount and ravers nobody. Sue had not euough muncy to 00, and she felt that it was but the duty of ta increase her pension at Icast to ap amount in keeping with ber nocessitics. TAMMANY. TBE DEFECTION IN TAMMA: 5 TALK IN POLITICAL CIRCL! Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, New York, Nov. %6.—The defection in ‘Tam- Magy Hall fast night wus all the talk in political cireles today, Democrats and Kepublicans alike discussing it with varicd opinions. The juds- Ment of the County Democracy politicians seems tobe that Mr, Kelly has made a grave mistake, and one not easily parduncd even m so euga- clous and uble a politician as himself. Amour the fitty-nlne men who cut adrift with Messrs. Purray and White, “ the disciptined,” were men who hava been Mr, Kelly's life-long frienas, so- elally and politicatly; who bave stood by bim in many political tempests, always in tha fore, either in victory or defeat. 11 {8 a questlon, erzuc the County emocratic politicia whether SON KELLY CAN STAND THE DEFECTION of such men as John I. Wuleb, Smith E. Lane, BB. Martine, Juno M. Coman, John H, Marnctt, Philip Merkle, John 3icCabe, Willinm Hitcn- man, Andrew J. White, und others almost a8 Well known and ns intluen Tbe malcon- tents, t is understood, will Le furniily received into the drms of the County Demucracy, whieh 4s always ready to receive recruits, regardless of the source whence they come: One of the de- Serters said this morning that the end had not Tans, “We will bave plenty of iinicatore. Tore anby’s ranks will be rently deviated be- ronage behind him.” J MM RELLY WILL SAY NOTHING Publlery concerning the trouble. ‘Those of bis lends wha are nexres ve, how= it that he hus not mad ‘but bas ie Orie the remarkable courage cbaracteris- deed ia on ea ener since Mayor Grace has tw create Aesen ss, say he has seduously striv cn Sonor escnsions in ‘Tawmuny’s eamp by i ban (ok, bereains, promises, and intrigues. ie Ro opportunity to seduce Tammany ALI, THE men, and what is more to. his discredit, say the Tatmuny men, bis Honor bas done all fh hls Pee induce the men he bas won over rom Tammany to crente disturbances in their orcinization iu order to injure and ultimately grushgonu Kelly. ‘The power bebind the throne iit iy recoznized. ‘There is too much wire- pulling not to recognize the deep and e Suniel Y METHODS OF 'S, J. TILDEN, and so it was with the cuses or Perry and Whi ‘They were both men of influence Tn their re Spective districts, and tf their good eraces could a their feaity to Kelly could be shaken, an their power transferred to the Tilden side of the party. They were butb given offices to that end. They were both induced to. make trouble in Tammany Hall. They both made the trouble. Jobu Kelly bad to “disciptine” them to protect nimself and to sustain tne Influence of bis organization. There seems to be but it sinzle redeeming quality in the rule of Mr. Kelly—the quality of boldness, which he un- doubdtedly possesses. Ais Committee on Dis- cipline ” was us energetic and remorseless. be- fore the election, when he did not know whether he would be in a hopeless minority or not,us itis atter the election, when be Insists that he has beaten the County Democracy. THE TARIFF CONVENTION. PLANS OF THE UTIVE COMMITTEE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, New Yor, Noy. 26.—The Executive Commit- tee to which was intrusted the task of arrang- | ing for the Tarit! Convention which is to be held in the large hall of the Cooper Union on ‘Tucs- day and Wednesday next, has nearly completed the work assiyned to it. Of the 600 delegates in all parts of the country, HU had, up to today, notified the committee of their intention to be pregent and take purt in the deliberations of the Convention. Gov. Jerome, of Michigan, and Gov. Littlefield, of Rbode —Isiund, will head the. delegations from those States, and Lieut-Goy. Weston the State. delegation Yrom Massachusetts. Among the more promi- nent of the elected delegates who have siguificd. their intention to be present on the floor of the convention are THURLOW WEED, Peter Cooper, John Thompson, John Roach, Maurice J. Power, and C, B. RukerJr,, of this cit, Simon Cameron, Duniet J. Morrell, Thon: Harrison, Benjamin Alien, James M. Swan! vin Wells, Joseph Wharton; DB. F. Houst Thomus M. Carnayie, of Pennsylvania; Joseph A. Whittier, of Michigan; E. M. Buynton and The- odore C. Bates, of Massuchusetts; George 3. Bowen, of Ilinois; and Thomus IH. Wells,. of Ohio. The tirst subject to. be discussed by the convention is: “An immediate remedy for the injuries done by decisions of the Treas- ury Departinent and the courts, which buve 30 construed the tarfif laws in many cases as to Jovalize evasions of custom duties, to prostrate numerous important American industries, and giveto foreign manufacturers large sums of inoney which should go into the Trensury of the United States; decizions which the Secretaries y in some instances have declared to be wrong, and which CONGRESS SHOULD KE ASKED TO REMEDY. Upon this question papers have bee: prepared, ana will be read by the Hon. W. McKinley of Ohio, John H. Kickettzon of Pittsburg, Pa., A.H. Jones of Philudeiphia, and Henry Bower of Philadelphia. The appointment of a com- petent commission to thoroughly investigate and report upon the progress, condition, and needs of American industries, and to recom- mend such tarit! legistation as will be protective iu cburacter, consistent in all its parts, and adapted to tho present condition of the business of the country will be —— ndvoeated. Papers upon this topic will be read by. Joseph Wharton of Camden, N. J., the Hou. J, fe Brewer of Trenton. the Hon. Damtel Mor~ rill of Pennsylvania, the Hon. Moses M, Field of Michigau. The policy of un carly and progressive EDUCTION by the General Government will, be’ cansidered by the Hon. William D. Keli Pennsylvania, E. Moody Boyutan of ssachusetts, and Wel- {ington Sinith of Massacusetts. The fourth sub- Jeet will be, The maiutennnee of a favorable ‘OF INTERNAL TA Dulance of trade,. and the — culargement of our markets’, for American” prod- ucts, by the promotion of our ship- bullding Interests and furelen commerce.” It wil be treated by the Hon. Jullus E. Burrows of Michigan, the Hon. William Ward of Penn- sylvanin, and Joun Konch of this elty. ‘Thurlow Weed, Peter Cooper, and John Thomson, Presi~ donut of the Chase Nationul Bunk of this city, will address the convention on the general sub- ject of “Protection to American Industries.” ltisexpccted that Mayor Grace will welcome the delegates to the City before tho formal opening of tho convention, D, F, Hanston ot Thurlow, Pa., Chairman.of the Exccutive Com- mittee, suys: “This convention will dif- fer from) the one recently held in Chicago. That convention was not 2 convention of delegates, but of manufacturers called together by a circular. Ours is to be A CONVENTION OF DELEGATES, and no person will be admitted to the privilege of the floor unless he has been elected by some organized industry or is connected with some interest of the country pruvided for in tne call.” Tho Execeuttve Commit- tee -has invited tho Hon. George B. Loring, Commissioner of Agriculture, to uct 13 temporary Cnafrman, and he hus sirnitied bis wilitugness to huve bis name used. As for the permanent Chnirmain, the sentiment of the del- egates 6o tar as it has been oxpressed to the E ecutive Committee is strongly in favor of S tor Warner Miller, of this State. who represents the papermakers in the convention. Senstor ‘Miller says that ho is willing to serve as perma- neat Chairman if the convention sees fit to elect him. . A RECEIVER APPOINTED FOR THE AMERICAN BOOK EXCHANGE. Spectal Dispatcn to The Chicago Trivune, New York, Nov. “6.—The financial unsound- ness of the American Book Exchapgo in this city had been spoken of fn business circles for somo two or three months past, and the nat- ter today took detinit shape in the appointment of.akecciver. Tho exact amountof the tiabili- ties is not stated, and there are conflicting re- ports us to tho ability of the managers of the company to extricate themselves from this financial embarrassment. It is conceded by those who are in a posstion to know xt of the facts that tho exchange has, since its organiza- tion, been doing a very large business on a comparatively swall capital, and the fact that all of its numerous publications have been put upon the market at extraordinury low prices bas not only afoused the aniuiosity of many rival publishers, but has given rise to quite a gencral belief that NO MONEY WAS BEING MADE LY THE CoM- PAD ‘It was on the application of Mr. E. B. Mack to Judge Donohue, in Supreme Court. Chumocrs, this ufternoon, that the occiver was appointed. The appointee, Mr. Sands F. Randall, was re- quired to give bouds to the amount of $30,000. The American Book Exchange wus incorps ed in Murch, 1878, with a enpital’ stock of $15,000. Tho Trustees for the first year were Jobn B. Alden, John R. Anderson, und Francis Eminons. Mr. Alden was chosen President, and bus ever been recognized as the manager und. moving spirit of the company. In fa ne Was un outgrowth of Mr. Alden’s pi nese as @ denler iu sccond-hand books, which he 3 With a cash capital of but ¥7 din business in Chicago in connection the Side Library. ‘Ube business of the exchunze in SiS, It is said, amounted to $3.0, Upto the Yall of that year the institution confued its transactions to ECONI-HAND, BOOKS and eHancous books, but --sul quent to tne latter period preparations were made to enter the market publishers of standard books at lower rates than tho older houses were offering them. ‘Tho Urst, publien- tion of the exehange was * Chambers’ Encycio- pedia.” with “ Atuerican Additions,” the first volume of, whith appeared = in- January, ik® This work, which fs. considernbly larger tun the ‘origiua * Chanbei sold atan astonishingly luw fizure, lowed by other important works gate. Bradstrcet’s reports state: that the sales for 179 were about $1000, while those for ISS) footed up over $100.00. far as we have been able to dist Se ail sales) bay deen for cash on or be- fore delivery. Too cust of udvertisimg for we are inutormed, was over §%5, ), tho merchandise, furniture, -pities, etc, were scheduled at and bills reveivabie IS80, i cSt able $ ‘The total cash gales during I IN THE TRAL today it was learned that the Exckange bad been curried for several: months past by a syndicate of creditors hold- ing - claims of over $8,000. They hate endeavored ‘to resco the institution ti that their own intercets inizht be protected. It is understood that the clectrutype plites of many of the publications of the Exchunge, tu- gether With other property, buve been put up as collateral to secure the creditors as far as pues: Die. It is citluedd that tt will be to their interest tw come forward aud provide iieans for the rescue ol Mr. Aldon’s enterprise, ae it is pre- dicted tbnt they will do. Further ffubilities are quoted at upward of $50,000 in debts, aud there are contiazent LIABILITIES TOAN AMOUNT UNKNOWN, there being a {egal question as to their churae- ter. Complaint is wade that sluce the com- mencement uf the enterprise slander has been used by oppositicn pubtisbérs persistently tor the express ‘purpuse uf breaking down the Exchanue. The wmnnazers of the latter were aucuscd of defrauding inuocout people iu inducing them to Invest. In the stock of the company, It was asserted that the Exchange yas publishing books so ebeaply that it must |. fark Such statements as sheet, Manuger Alden | explains, naturally mude some of the stockhold- ersunessy and injured the dredit of the con- cera, FIELD TRIALS. THIRD DAY OF THE DOG TRIALS ON LONG ISLAND. Speci! Dispatch to The Chirago ‘Tribune. New York, Nov. 2.—Last night at Ruben's Island, L. 1, the entries in the “Peconic.” er All-Aged Stakes, were drawn. Out of forty- folir nominutions twenty-one entered. In the pools Daisy Luveruck, belonging to James H. Goodsell, of the New York Graphic, sold a biy favorit; Dashing Monarch, one of the winners last yeur, secoud choice; Grousedele, the winner of the Puppy Stake in 1879, third choice; ‘fom, belonging to Paymaster Watkins, of the Cuited States aavy, fourth choice. At 9:2) this mora- ing Sensation and Pollux were put down to run their heat postponed from fast night, The day was in striking contrast with the two days pre- vious, the sun shining brightly, the wind south= west und balmy. and the birds in the open, After a short run of ten minutes Pollux won the heat aud the first. pluce in the Derby. The Irish set- ter Guymard and the English setter Ferids were theu put down to decide WHICH SHOULD RUN WIT SENSATION for second ‘and third places. In eight minutes Ferjdu coppered tho Irish dog, and then Ferlda and Sensation ran, which settled second piuce for Ferida and thitd place for Sensation. The first series of beats in the All-Aged Stake was then commenced, of which. five ts were run, The English setter Jenuic the Sevond beat the Irisn setter Chief, tho winner of the Puppy Stake last year. The English set- ter Chatelaine beat the” Luverack setter Em- peror Fred. Grousedale beat Maid. ‘The En- glish setter Jennic, the dam of Jennie the Second, bent the Irish setter Brock. and the Eu- slish setter Vrince Hal beat the Irish Countess. Dashing Monureh und Tom, both English setters, had not concluded their heat when it became so darie as tocompel a postponement until Mon- ay. ITEMS. CLARA LOUISE KELLOG Spectat Dispatch to The Cates" ' New York, Nov. 20.—Messrs. Pond & Bachert, the managers of Clara Louise Kellogg, state of- ftelully tonight. that this will positively ve ber farewell season, and that upon the termination of ber present contract, which will be about the lustof Mureh, ner marringe wilt take place ‘Yous this vexed question is detinity settled. : BANK STATEMENT. To the Western Assuctated Press. New York, Nov. 26.—The following is the weekly bank statement: Loans, decrease, $425,- SW; specie, decrease, $2,4-0,6W; fexal tenders, increase, $516,600; deposits, decrense, $4,522,100; circulation, increase, $37,800; reserve, decreas $148,405. Tne banks now hold - $971,100 in ex- cess of their legul requirements. BANKRUPTCY-LAW CONVENTION. ‘A public meeting, to give expression to the views uf merchants and others interested in thy passage of anew bankruptey law will be hold next Monday: evening ut tho Fifth Aveuue Motel in this city. This ** ‘VENING EXPRESS.” Representatives of Cyrus W. Field took po3- sess{on of the oltice of tho Evening Express to- das. The Evening Mail and Express wilt shoruy be consolidated. CHRISTIAN WORKERS. The Last of the Evangelistic Commit- is 'Tri- Weekly Meeting ‘The series of tri-fleekly meetings fur instruc- tion in Bible kuowledge and Gospel work .te: minated yestorday with a conference on “ How said to walk fifteen miles a day in Cagiteag districts, and in residence districts more. it {s estimated that. each, currier has dg- Hvered 100,000 mail letters. during the past year. Tncludime newspapers, circulars, postal-caris, ete. egoh carrier bus bandied and delivered JuLde0 pieces of mall during the year. They claim to work four and a nilf hours longer than other Government employés, and think they aro fustified In any reasonuble effort to remedy the vil complained of. Various other arguments ure {ised tosubstantiave their clnim for increased pay. ‘They ask Congress to take favorable action on an amondjnent uiuking the preseat Maximum rate we riz., $1,000, paynble to all carriers in cities of the firse-elass after one yeur’s service in the second- ‘class, ‘The uddress is signed by letter-carriers of tho second-class in this city, Philadelphia, New Fork, Detroit, Cleveland, Vittsburz, Bulti- more, Boston, and Washiagton, Mr. North's report covers ull particulars relat- ing to the getting up, printing, und circulation of this immeuso mass of tutes, In fact, the first complete historical and statistical history of the American press. a matter, and consti- THIEVES IN OFFICE. Gigantic Frauds in Philadelphia’s Tax Oflice—Startling Results of a Quiet In- Vestigation by the Present Eeceiver— Means by Which Clerks Grew Rich tn Pest Vears—Tuxpayers Hobbed Un- scrupulously—The Hovelations of a2 Convicted Cleric. * New York Times. PHILADELPHTA, Nov. 24.—The discovery of gi- _—————— THE COUNTY BOARD. Speculations on the New Deal. Work has begun in earnest looking to reor- ganizing the County Bourd, and in a few days arrangements will baye been completed for a caucus of the Republican meinbers. ‘Tho first point sought to be made by those filled with ambition is the section. of Chairman, . and . be y on this question that all nay be sate SAMtihout. 4 aingie excep dou, ure iusthe bands of their friends. ‘Chey are not antic frauds in the City Tax Recelver’s ollice, reported in the Times this morning, grows con- Stantly in importance as new developments are made. The matter has been under investiza- tion for a long time, almost ever since John Hunter, the present Receiver, was Installed Inst spring. Hunter wa3 elected on the * Keform” ticket, and, baving reason to suspect irregulari- Ues in the conduct ot the office under previous administrations, bezan a secret investigation almost its soon as he entered ottice, being assist- ed by City-Controller Pattison and some of the members of the Citizens’ Committce of One allcandidates for the position, but not one of hem would decline the honor if it was thrust ‘upon hita, and, such being cuse, the wildest kind of speculunon is being indufized in. ‘The outspoken candidates for the position are put down. xs Commissioners: Clark, Ender, O'Neill, and Knopf, while those not so outspoken are Commissioners Senne and Ktenm, cither of. whom, it is thought, might possibly crowd in as ndurk horse, and us the candidate of 1. threat- ened German combination. Messrs. Clurk gnd Ender are said to be, pully together, and they’ think the arrangements they have made will elect one or the other of them. while on the other bund O'Neill and Knop are calculating upon 2 walk-away with thoir combinations, the only thing aguinst (heir success being they think the threatencd Senne-Kiebm ugrange- ment, which was first publicly mooted yester- day... ‘This is about the way the fight stands, the cul- culation being, of course, upon the Republicans being able to azree, and to. renteh a conclusion without Democratic help. In view of the facts, therefore, to uudertake to predict in advance what the outcome will. be, would be to waste spice. One thing is quite evident, however, and thut is. that whatever the result may be, it will be reached by nny amount of trading and bar- gaining, for behind the clection of Chairman is the torining of committces und the election of employ és, ull of which must besottled in caucus, if any of tho plans now proposed yo through. 80 far az cun be learned, all of tho Commis- Gioners will have n great deat to demand at the hangs of tho caucns, Mr. Farren, for instance, will ask that Edward McDonald be retained as engineer at the County Hospital; Mr. Ender wants a Mr. Liebig made. engincer at tho jr. Messrs. Senne and Klehm will demand that Warden Peters be kept at the Poor-loust Mr, Kheinwatd will be satistied with nothing le: than the retlection of Dr. Bluthurdt as County Physician; Messrs. Clark and) MeClaugory will want Dr. Spray retained at the Insane Asylum; Mr. O'Neill wauts Joseph Dixon to take Warden Mills’ place at the County Hospital, while, per contra, Mr. Albright will tear bis bafr if an at- tempt is made to {do anything of the kind: Mr. Purington will ask that Chamberlain be kept on the puy-rol tus Out-Door Visitor; and Mr. Hutt will insist upon no change being made in the Comunitte Clerk, while Mr. Knopt will tuke issue with him ued cltiim the place for Charles Foor- ster, naw in the Sheriffs oftice. Other demands will be made, of course, but these nre the lead- ing ones, and the ebances on the whole are that, lo say nothing of arranging the committ th abundantehince trom the present out look ror a great lack of harmony, LATE LOCALS. Hundred. very quiet, and was made public yesterday through inadvertence rather than by design. Mr. Hunter desired‘a conferefice with the Com- The investigation bas been. kept mittee of One Hundred, and procured a call for amecting; but so mauy members responded, and it was tound so diflicult to keep the thing Secret, that the mecting was made public. Hence, when Chairman Garrett was about to State the object of the meeting he was inter- rupted by 3ir. Hunter, who said his attorneys advised hith to say nothing about the bad busi- ‘Ress publicly before he had communicated: it ollicially to the legal authorities. The meeting,” therefore, udjourned with the indefinit informu- tion that heavy robberies of city, Strate, an private funds bad been discovered fn the “Tax Ollice, but without any ‘specification as to the individual losers or the extent of the embezzic- arth since b i t hus since been ascertained that -the Com- mittee of One Hundred.bas been iu possession of this information ever since tust October, Wwneu Theodore Havel, who was u ‘clerk in the Tux Otice under Keceiver Thomas J, Smith, and was convicted of embezzlement while there, and served a tert of imprisonment, told a member, of the committee the whole story. Hanel freely admitted that he had been one of the thieves himself, but the treatment he re- ceived from bis accomplices since his ‘detection had been su shameful that he“ split on them in revenge. - Ihe committee went to work at once, Dut the system of fraud was so compicte and the ring so strongly established that it was decided to elect an honest Receiver of Taxes a8 the first step, and this was done in the election ot Mr. Hunter. _ The frauds were perpetrated in various ways. Sonictimes there was u barefaced overcharge of bundreds of dollars in the bills of heavy tuxpay- ers, under a pretended increase of assessment, the surplus and soinetimes the whole amount of the bill xoing into the pocket of the clerk who received it.” Another method was to collect Taxes on property, which the Assessor, through accident or design, bad omitted from “his 15t. Hanel says the storm which is destined to wreck the reputations of men bithertu respectable in private fire und prominent in public alfairs bas only bexun to blow. He hus given we Comaiit- yee on Fraud and the Committee of One Hundred some ~ startling — informia- tion. He showed bow xu single institution said to be the Girard Life and Trust Com- pany) paid a tax of $6,000, which was pocketed by ole man connceted with the oltice; and in connection with this it may-be stuted, on the uuthority of « prominent member of the par- ent committee, that this institution has piid $00.00) In taxes. of whieh nut a dollar went into shall the Church work for the imasses—how | 4 gsateh of Items from the Police Stas | the ‘reseury. Manel says It was the practice build up the converts from. the mas: ‘The ttons. tor ye bile he was in th ‘ullice, for Lixpayers to be presented with bills hundre: if meetings have all been very protitabie, und the interest has continued the first. They Lizale Smith ana Hanoi Hansen were ar- rested and locked up at the West Madison Street sot the amount due, bills were paid keep! use. He bas dollars in ex to whom the cess for bis ow: were insthured vy the Bra ettatle Commutttes Station lust nizbt. having in their possession | eves for bt Be. ns to meet a tong-felt need of culture and develup- : eosrtl ips, some stoves, und assertion by giving the committ ment in This fine, ‘The last mectiag was swell | TWO lous ostrich tips, some | Hoyesy aun °F | tho meu engaged in this o uttended, and the topic was opened’ by Bishop | Miscellaneous articles stolen from Mrs. L. J. | 4 poor duy," said ne, 4 Fullows with a remark upon the | great | Taylor, of No. 17 Veoria street. | felerk did“ not steal disproportion of the attendants -us compared | ,,Jobn Fercuson, who Is supposed th have een-| One man then connected with with the. attendance at the eburebes, | Me pelucipal in the robbery uf Ain Cox. Of Jer | made between $0) und $70,000 in this ‘This suzgested the uceessity of what he deemed sville, was urrested yeatertiay and | fhe taxpayers were wholly at tho mercy of the the to work for the miss i to #0 oo Armory He bad $195 in his pos: : dillions of dollars wore siete. ‘The tound among them with the Gugpel messuge, PE AELCEI es, = ~ ¥ vd. ring hardiy execeded the ‘Tax OM i 5 atev Shure « Joan Burns and “Nigger” Sullivan made a Maa aie Hablice “Whe Leu ive er believed that the Church sboutd | acsperare assault upon un old peanut-peddier SE eee a ce ee ee cek the misses, buteeck them in the most. éQigient manner for a: wide intluence, which was in orguntzed efforts. Some cri aguinst any new organization, for fear of an ase gression which would threaten the substitugon of that for the tlme-honured und Heaven- favored urch. Fur this reason the Younz Men's Christian Associations. met with opposition, though ithad been the parent of other efliclent orgunizations to assist tho Church in a special uc, The Bishop commend- ed uny organization which bad fur its supreme ‘the object the conversion of souls to God. churehes bad enough Iitent talent fora very | Stanon, where he gave the nimeot Jobu Schultz aggressive work, but there seemed no channel | The ofd man disappenred, and the police ure or line in which ft could. be utilized. Men were trained into the care of cach church us iney were for their families, but they knew very little ubout gatherlug in the people woo ae ee ey church homes. “For this uced he hatled w tho efforts of the Younz Men’s Christian clation for reaching their speciul clus: thy Evangelistic Committee for - reach- Ing ev class | with the — well-reeog- nized power of undenominational association. He also recognized the necessity of building up tbe converts in the missions where their con- ‘Versions occurred, in those cases where they had been unfamiliar with the refinements of church society, becuuse they would feel a sort of restraint that might seem to them us coldness and wnot of s¥ymputhy among puople unused to a life such as the uew-born soul may bave been accustomed to, These young Christians needed cxreful instruction aud development, such as could be afforded in the meetings of the various missiong, that they inigbt the svouer come to feel at ¢: iu the services of the churches, wheu they should be gathered tu by loving pastors and fellow-workers, The Lisbop thought that they might be BANDED TOGETHER IN TIE MISSIONS with a simple organization, withou distinct ordinances which churucterize a church, und this ns a training-school, to prepare them tor activity in the eburehes, with whieh they’ should be encouraged to unite. ‘The Rey. Arthur Little, D. D., emphatically indorsed everything the Bishop had said. He felt the deep st of the lack of converting power-in bis own church. It had an ucknowl- edged moral power in the region where located, but its converting power was deplorably de- felent. He knew the Lord loved the Church whieh be bought, but Le did not love any one form of organization tore than the: siuple body itself, the spuvial work and supreme ob- ject of which was to convert souls to God. If. the Church became so form as to disregard Lord would set it aside, mold’ another ‘veasel_ in which tl ower of Christ would be ini sive Inbor to convert men. ‘The Doctor ania he felt that be stood rebuked in the presence of such honored servants of Christ. as Ben Hogan, who received almost no education except: ty ruiu men, and manhood, wits used of But he hafled the work of thy Chureh in these undenominationnt lines, with this one futent: u and women should Lc brought to Christ for salvation and eternal hife. Other workors of the luity spoke on iving interestin; ve localitl ‘There want of singing, the Lenedicuion. ‘The Secretary of the wedded toa this object the and vegiu to God to save so many & had to be mucb abri angeli: announced that other mectings ranged, for which due note also” thitt a letter from Maj. ed that be wa ae Ci Mr. McGranaban had arri in Salt ings the pre’ st mento, to which gity the clergy bad fovited them, —— GOVERNMENT BUILDING. ections on dutiable goods yesterday i. Curcaco distillers exported seventy-five bar- rels uf aleobol yesterday. Ar the Sub-Tressury yesterday $10,0W in gold and $12,000 1n silver was disbursed, while $13,000 in etlver was reecived, ‘gnw receipts for faternal revenue yesterday amounted to $37,005, of which £30,709 for 336 Tor tobacco and clyurs, tind $3,774 Disparcues were received at tho’ Post-Oftice Announemg the receipt of furefgn muils 23 tol- lows: Hong Kong, the 29th; Shungbat, the 20 and Yokobuma, the “uth. . Dax Sneranp is not in the least exercised over the reporta which make bim a prominent candidate for the position of Coljector of Cus- toms. and, while he refuses tu be interviewe he characterizes the reports as absurd. Me. Ika PRILes, of Rockford, HI mentionud somu~ weeks ayo ia “Pak charging exorbitant interest for the money to sowe Custom-House employ claims thut ay injustice was tune bimin article. He ays he wae solfel who wus PRIBUNE as wing of wre, the ited by many of the workmen to advance them-money until they gut tavir puy, and be agreed to do it. churgine them 1 percent amonth. This, be says, barely paid bim for his troubly, us he lad to travel buck and forth to Rockford. pry hotel bills bere, ete. THE LETTER-UARRLERS of the second-class employed in cities of the first-class have issucd an tddress to the mom- bers of the Forty-soventh Congress asking that the inequality in the rates of compensation now reeeived be tunde more equiteble. They say thelr sulary is 32% out less than those of the tiret class, nat $60 per year less than putd to carriers in elties of the sévond class, while it custs mure tu: support a fainily in 2 large city, where rents and living are high. The pres: ent free delivery system, it is stuted, has swelled to’ enormous proportions since ’ 185), and with this Increase of business comes: more lapor to those engaged fn carrying iton. Mach © of Caml and Madison strects | er Jennings lovked up the would-be at the eo night. Onlics robbers. ‘Two young men named Ott and Slavin, who had witnessed the holding up.of an aged man at the corner of Aberdeen and 4 strects, enlled the attention of. Mr. H. F. Stevens To the man whe done the job, and || that gentie;nan, after a tively chase captured the thief, finding in bis possession an_old silver watch with a leather string attached twit, Mr, Stevens took tis prisouer to the Madison rect, locking for him so thut they'zas prosecute the thier. Martin Blake and Charles Gorman, pickpockets of the most dangerous churacter, were arrested xesterduy by Detectives Amstein and Ryan. They were caught on State street, havging about Lehinann’s “Fair.” DELIBERATE SUICIDE. Unrequited Love and Laudanum. Frank E. Murvin,a machinist. died at 2 o'clock Yesterday ufternoou from the cifects of a dese of laudunum swallowed the previous evening. From all that could be learned it would appear thut the unfortunate man wasavictim of un- requited love. A at the house where nis denth-oveurred, No. 56 South Carpenter street, enabled a reporter to. get bold of whit nre said tobe the facts in the matter. A lady boarding in the same house suid U Marvin bad been In- d in the landlady for some time past, but, unately for -him, sbe did enter- tain shnitar ftuclings toward bim, about 8:3) o'clock the ludy claims to ha a slight dispute between Marvin and the fand- h he ended by saying: *W us well settle it right now,” there- ie nk the contents of a small phial. It at first supposed that be rying to hoax them, but when the effects of the uzrcotie began to show itself, they became alarmed and sent for physicians. Dre. Hunsen and Van Buren attended him, but he did not 1; the lethargy induced by the poi hour mentioned. He was dt y Coroner will bold an inquest THE PRESS. Rts Growing Power—Census Statistics. The gathering of newspaper statistics for the ‘census of 188) was intrusted by the Census Ollice to Mr. S. N. D. North, and this partot the worl: is now practically completed. He finds that journatistie enterprise hus been greatly pro- moted by improvements in press machinery, stereotyping, and paperinaking. ‘The following 1 sup- }sput was stolen Lefore it reached bim. speedy settlement of tax bills: cach clerk wou at chat time tuke in about Wa day. We all in collusion, and fixed cthe- books so would o¢ bard to-detect the frauds unie: y one of the ring. City-Controller Hun- jerks, who audited the *accounts.’ stood Some of the clerks who were in these frauds ure in the ofice now. ‘The Cot mittee on Fraud fs in pos: ion of ail the fue and it is sutistied with the: proof furnished it, showing the millions of moncy stolen and tho auunes of those who got It." Naturally, the exposure bas created a great sensation in this city, and the excitement {3 fn- tensitied by the uocertainty of what is yet to come. Estimates-of the awount stolen vary widely. The lowest is made by a inember of the Committee of Ove Hundred, whe puts it at * perbans $109,000 or $170,000." Another mein- ber says ft will rench “several hundred thou- sand dolla and Hanel, it witl be noticed, makes it “millions.” Whatever the vurious sums may aggremnte, it is asserted thut Control- ler Pattison, who has been working in conjunc- tion with Receiver Hunter, bus verified a erent number of them, and fs ready to proceed legully against the olfcuders at opee. It is said. theuzi this is not positively known, that most if not allot the embezzicments occurred during the term of oflice uf Thomas J. Sinith, who was [i ceiver of Tuxes trom October, 1872, until Jan. 1, 3878. Lt is expected that further discoveries will be made daily. in an interview today, Theodore Hunel, the Tux Clerk who defaulted In 1877 to the amount of $50,0N, described the inethaus of theft re- sorted tu by tho fittcen receiving clerks em- ployed iu the Tux Department. He says be was instructed to falsify his books by tho Chief Clerk, Jacob Cramp, and that he was promised by the Tax Reeviver, Thomas J. Smith, that his family would be cared for while he was in_ pris- and that a sum of money was raised for bin He says on, the thefts will run up into the millions, aps 83,000,000. E. Tax: fteceiver Smith descrites it fg a case of blackmail, and :tsgerts his readiness to mect uny charges. He says there is nothing new in the information other than {t may vive munes and Specilten ons, of robberles to which he had called tothe attention of Councils and the pitblic at least four yeurs ago, and which he effectually stopped. ————— A TOUGH GANG. : Fink's notorious saloon on Madison. strect, near Canal, was the scene of another row lust night in wolch a good deal of blood was spilled, but no particulur damage was dune, About 2 o'clock Olivers Jennings and Fitzpatrick made a tour-over the place among the dirty tramps, seoking for some one who was‘ wanted.” While thoy were thus engaged five or six young fettows, bulf full of bad whisky, Started a row out in front of the door, chovaing as their vic tua mat whose oume could not be ascer- tuble exhibits the increase of newspupersin tho | tained. Hearme'the fuss the ollicers stepped United States during four decades ending with {| to the door, which bad been closed A6SO: and owas held by. a couplé of sturdy young toughs. The policemeu made short Coptes annuat- n. ly cireulated. 26,40 S work of them, and finally succeeded in gettin atthe pugilists on the sidewalk. ‘wo of the thugs tackled Olicer Jennings, who would have tured badly bad it not been for the prompt in- terference of a broud-sbouldered six-footer, 0. ‘Yhe figures show au inerease of nearly 100 per cent in periodicals during the last decade, while the snhual circulation has incrensed more than 349,000,000 coptes. “In 1850 only 254 daily p: with acireulution of 75841 copies, were pub- lished in the country. Jn 132 the num! {ncrensed to 88, und “the circulttion to copies. The annexed table shows the in in number and circulation. for the past fur years: f Cireulution. é 248 Aceording to the figures, the uverage circula- uon of daily newspapers ts 3 of weeklies connected with diuilies. 3, weeklies not 19: of I8¢ | and it-waa he who gaye tho ollicery ume. The gung is considered an exceedin: who grabbed one of the assailants. sent ins "the thon mnde short work of tho -otber. . two olficers, with. tho aid of teir bis | frieud, © then marched = five of the qaug to the West Mudison Street Station, where they guve the nates of Mike Rice, Eddie Isunes, Frank Murray, Daniel Kibble, aud dack Wail. ‘The ti pumed bad a cuton the buck of bis Stet head, from which he was biceding rathor feroly, the most — troub! He: is a -buteher, ~ and hus * the tation of belug “ene of tha hardest men on the West Side. While being searched in the station he made three attempts to bite off Ollicer Jennings’ nose. Lockup Luwiess prevented -bim etch iy tough one, and Justice Walsh will probably give them.a term iu the bridewell when the case is brought before bin tomerrow- conneeted with dailies, tind all others) tan = nnthiies, L2H; und of moLt 3. Of the on ae ‘ofall papers printed Inthe census | Disfranchised . for Seven Wears—A WS week- i 446.were dates, 2 qi vunuected with ditl BH. hot connected with dailies, and 9s, ies. Mr. North stutes that of the 1141S uewspnpers and pericdienis published. 8.308 a} : news, polities, and family reading, 542 tu religion, Ie! tongrioulture, 43 loeomineree and dnane jusively, 41 to insurance und rail- 135 to general literature including Mito medicine and surgery, forty- four to law, seventy-three to science “and me- ehunies, HU to the several soulcty orders, tweu- Ly-three to eduention, seventy-two to society, irt, thusiv, aud fashion, 21) to colleres and veituols, 192 to children and Sunday-sehools, 247 ire Stiday pipers. and 100 are unelussitied. “Of iMustrated papers there wre f the whole number 10,0i0 are published in English and 769 in other languaxes, including German, French, Spanist, Bobeminn, DanisB, Dutch,’ Chinese, Jndinn, italian, Norwegian, Pollet, Portuguese, Swedish, Welsh, Itish, and Scandinavian. ‘The els publish the following number of % ics 16,8351 month 26lsecand Advent . ¢|Spiritualist ....12 16] swedenbargian.. 2] Unitarian. dnited Brethren. Methodist Moravian The gros: f ants atumual product of odivals ts eetimated tor the dallies at $42, $4, and For the weekiles und other peri az act hands the fute of Willman Coates, McKa worker's fuce a8 tho foreman a doubt altogether Contes’ and I think if be bad b He contended, ats obtiged to 4 certain Inubipy # toial of $37,441,102. | recommendation. Have you unytbmg to say 46 Philzdeiphia Enspector’s” Righteous Sentence. witphta Times, Nov. tion that the ju The expe ne, Minority Lospecypr, and man, the intter’s clerk, of At Eighteenth Divis- ion of the Tuirty-lirst Ward, charged with mak- inga fraudulent return of the ‘votes ‘cast for Mayor King, would render a verdict yesterday: morning was sulligient to crowd the court-room with sub-bosses end heeters of that and nelgd- boris wards. Promptly ut 10 o'clock the jury came into court, Exuttation murked every mmmvunced that Contes and Enrinan bad been found not guilty. Gloom and despendency, bowever, followed quickty né the Verdict wzs announced that Me- Kane bad been adjudzed: guilty, with a recom- mendation to mercy dndge Ludlow said: “ram free to say that T complicity in the fraud, en convicted Eb should besitate tu pronounce Judgment upon nim, AS to Ehrman, I paven't anytuing to say except thut the Jury looked upon him as the clerk of the Inspector.” - Isnial Brown, counsel for the defendunt, sug- gested Unit the eupposition that his client nad soid out bis party should not work against bim. that SicKune bad not been the minority Iuspector us the jury had been ied to belis but bad been the majority Inspector's clerk. Judge Ludiow replied unit he was Ig- norant of the pulittcal complexion of the divis- fon, Dut srid ‘that the defendant bimsclf had ad- initted that be bad been the minority Inspeotor. lt | The prisuner having been ordered to staud up, Judce Ludlow said? ** ‘The jury buve recom- unended you to the nercy of the Court, and Lam Xtent to tke notice of that to the persons who induced you to commit ti offese of pitied you now. stand convicted?” me No one induced me to do anything,” oner. replied. * 5 ney; he pele: “ The act of Assembly prescribes for a convi Hon of this kind an imprisonment of a year Hi 4 tine of not less than $10," sald Judge Ludlow, "aiid it also prescribes that which perhups ‘is the mast formidable part of the judgment, which. iwill not, however, enter in your ease. The Judgment of the court is that You underzo an imprisonment of sever mont! that you pay 2 ine of $100; and that for the period ‘of seven Yeurs you be disabled rrom holding any position of honor, trust, or profit in this Commonwealth, ange eens for the same veriod i disabled ving your vote at any general or 4 clectian in this Commonwealthe hae ie prisoner received his sentence with evi-. dences of the deepest emotion. He reeled for a. moment and fell into the arms ofa friend. He wasledtouseat near the bar,and remained meditating upon bis fate with nis head buried in his bands, while Alexander Crawford, jarc”” Rillucky, and a half-dozen others. of’ that ilk buzzed about him. ce An American Motel in Paris. Albany Argus Mr. Alfred J. Dobson, formerly of New York, but nowof London, artived in this city a few days nyo, bearing with bim the plans of a colos-. sal hotel to be erected In London. These plans Were submitted to Mr. Charles E, Leland, and he Was asked to assume the managemeut of the building when it is fimshed. Yesterday that gentleman sicuitied hts Intention of accepting the offer, and the work of erection will rapidly goon. The new hotel will stund upon one of the most commanding und attractive sites in London. The situation is upon the Victoria embankments, a short’ distance from Charing Cross Station, and within a few hundred yards of the Huuses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and the fashionable thentres of the city. The building will face partly upon Whiteball place and partly upon a new road soon to be opencd by the Government. The rear is upon the Victoria embunkment, and from the windows of the house a magnificent view will be had both up and down the Thames. Adjoining the site are the residences of various wealthy peers, and the gardens atinched to their palaces will be a most pleasing feature. Between the site selected for the house and the Tnames River is a beautiful park, adorned with a handsome statue of Sir James Outrnn. The hotel will oc- cupy amarea of 43,000 squure feet, and its di- mensions will be 400 fect upon the river and 20 upon Whiteball-pluce. It will be nine stories in hight, and will coutain nbout 900. single rooms aud suites, furnishing accommodation for 1200 or 1,500 suests. ‘Yo fullitt the terms of the contract upou which the Innd was ac- cured, a terrace thirty feet in width and the length of the house (400 feet) will bo constructed inthe rear. The cost of the structure when fin- ished will exceed 31,000,000 and the furniture $750,080. Itwill be the only botel in Europe strictly American, and {t is intended especially for the accommodation of visitors from this country. Mr. Leland will take with him his chef, barkeeper, and waiters. The house will not be finished inside of eighteen or- twenty ponths.. ‘The architect fs Mr. £. C. 1. Blake, of no. g : PIANOS. t Chickering & Sons’ Grand, Square, and Upright Piano- Fortes, CHICKERING & SONS* wonderfully Improved UPRIGHT PIANG ACTION. ‘Tho worst enemy the manufacturer of Piunos has to contend with is DAMP \ESs, ous have been the devices employed by the varloas makers of the world to overcome or neutralize Its Duneful effects, It has been our zued. tertune, after ony experiment, to solve this by substituting metal for woud in all parts or the uetion containing eeutres, ‘the greatest improvement in this century in Piano- Forte manufucturo is var te ) a8 A | Ol New Patent Uprielt Action 'This is the only Plano Action made in the world that 43 insensible to atmusphericehanges, Vlouse call and examine our Uprizht Planvs, which fully sustain the splendid repotation our manufacture has had fur 20 many years. y A ang 6, «¢ Chickering & Sons, 156 Tremont-st., Boston, 180 Fifth-av., New York. FOR SALE BY — PELTON, POMEROY & CROSS, 152 State-si,, Chisago, ill, The Largest Piano Mauu- factory in the West! ENGEL, GOOLD & SCHAEF PIANO MANUFACTURERS. Factory, 47, 49, 51, 53 West Lake-st. Ge 1 Agents for the Celebrated ERANICH & BACH and KURTAMAN PIANOS. None but the finest quality of materials are used in the construction of the Pianos manufact- ured by our firm, and only the most skiliful work- men areemployed, This accounts for the steadi'y increasing demand for the same. We sell on easy monthly installments, and warrant every Piano Warerooms, 175 Wabash-av., PALMER HOUSE BLOCK. Hazelton 0S, 156 Sitate-st. A full line. of Uprights and Squares, some new designs in Up- right cases unexcelled in elegance. Other Pianos of good manufact- ure ranging in price from $200 up. Special attention given to orders for tuning and repairing or. mov- ing Pianos. : At Root & Sons Music Co,; 166 STATE-ST, PIANOS. w 08. From the year 1855 to 1862 STEINWAY & SONS have taken no less than Thirty-five First Pre- minums (Gold and Silver Medals) at the principal Fairs ‘in this country (since which time they have not entered their Pianos at any local Fair in the: United States), and in addition thereto they were awarded. a FIRST PRIZE MEDAL at the Interna- tional Exhibition at London, in 1862, in competition with two hundred and ‘sixty-nine Pianos from all parts of the. civilized world ; but a still greater triumph was achieyed at the Universal Ex- position at Paris, in 1867, where ---by the unanimous verdict of the International Jury---they were awarded the FIRST of the Grand Gold Medals of Honor for the greatest excellence in all three styles exhibited---namely: Grand, Square, and Upright Pianos. The great superiority of their instru- ments over those of all other ex- hibitors, as well as the vast im- portance and yalne of their im- provements and new system. of building Pianos, was thus estab- lished; not only by the unanimous yerdict of the Jury, but also by the testimony of the world’s most celebrated artists, confirmed by the fact thatthe great majority of the best European Pianomakers have since adopted the Steinway System of Construction, as well as by the large and constantly in- creasing export of their Pianos to the Musical Centres of Europe. Although they-did not exhibit their Pianos at the World’s Fair at Vienna in 1873 (the most ceie- brated piano manufacturers of Eu- rope and America being likewise unrepresented there), yet the see- tion Jury on Piano-Fortes paid them the following gratifying compliment: 6* In vegard to the Ameri- can Division, it is much to be deplored that the celebrated path-inaugurating firm of SLEINWAY & SONS, of New York, to whom the entire Pi- ano manufacttre is so great- ly indebted, has not begn rep- vesented.?? < : But the crowning triumph of the “Steinway Piano” was achieved at. the Centennial International Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876, where, by the unanimous verdict of the Jury, two Awards were bestowed for the “highest degree of excellence in all the styles of Pianos” exhibited, and the “highest perfection of finish and workmanship” of metal parts, hardware, iron frames, and metal- lie action-parts, a distincti ion con~ ferred on STEINWAY & SONS alone, no other Piano exhibitor having received a similar recog- nition. . For full partieulars of the two Jury Awards, as also the sub- sequent Certificate of Confirma- tion by the Judges on Musical In- struments, the reader is referred to the Steinway Catalogue, which will be mailed prepaid to any ad- dress. LYON & HEALY, State and Honroe-sts: MINE. PESCHEA LEUTNER Hlessrs, tale, Dv & Cos GENTLEMEN: : Maving had the opportunity to listen to your Pianos under the playing of Herr Franz Bendel and Madame Arabella Giod- dard, and also used thei as accompani- ment to my voice, it gives me plensure to add my testimony to. THELR SUPERI- ORITY OVER ANY OTHER PIANOS 1 HAVE REARD OR USED. Fa (Signed) MINNA PESCHKA LECTNER, Sole N. W. Agent, iW. W. KIMBALL Cor. State and “Adams. - :.. As : MESSRS. GEOKGE STECK. & CU. GENTLEMEN:—1 consider ita vory great pleasure to cenify to the exceliency in every respect uf sour splendid Inatraments: ‘They have’ uiven me tne bounded sstisfuction whenever I used them-in wy concers, and. 1 heuzttly tndorse Wichard Waener’s opinion ‘by prononncinz them motels of strensth, wONY, purity, und touch. Alay thut success atcend you watch never Tails the honest snan und the eunst- ‘entivgy artis ce New York, Dec. 1, 156. - are 20K) wholesale and ret ‘These model Pianos at 2S Stute-st. HOKACE BRANCH.