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2 THE INCENDIARIES. Arrest ef Edward Reynolds on the Charge of Firing. His _ Prcmiscsi. He Fervently Denies His Guilt--;- Hunting His Hnole. Mr, Anderson Also Asserts His Innocence. The Grand Jury Will Take up Slaadoh’s Case at Onoe. 'insurance Matters. EDWARD REIO-NOLDS. The detection of Slnadon in his attempt at arson has not had tho hoped-for effect, still another- Instance, of incendiarism haying oc-. currcd Monday night in tho building on'the eouthoast cornor of Taylor and Jefferson streets. An alarm was struck at 11 o’clock, which was promptly auswored by the engines. After tho lire had boon extinguished,' which was done without much dinicalty, an examination of tho building showed that throe glass jars had boon placed iu tho aide wall, between the lathing aud clapboards.. They woro FILLED WITH KEROSENE, and from each of thorn hung a string of sat urated tags, loading to tho roar of tbo building. Fortunately, tho games did not roach tho conplo of gallons of kerosene in the jars.; the shelves on one side of the room was a largo pile of rugs, which woro blazing furiously When the building waa entered. This room was occupied by Edward Hoignol\lfl as n saloon, aud suspicion was at once directed to him. 'When ho carao homo bo was arrested, put in tbe Union Street Station; and brought yesterday morning before Justice Scully, who hold him in the sum of $3,000 to‘appoar- Satur-' day. The building was damaged by flroand rater to tho amount of perhaps sioo. Had tbo flames reached tho oil, however, the loss of property would have boon.much ■;greater..aud several'llves might have boon sacrificed. t • AT THE HOUSE , in which tho fire occurred a Tribune' reporter found tho occupants'quite ready to give in formation, but their lack of acquaiutauco with tbo English language made tho . gathering of facts a rather dilliouit matter. ... No loss than five families lived iu tho building, which is a two fitory frame, aud quite deep, tho front portion of the lower flab having boon occupied'by the defendant for uomo time past ns a liquor and lager-beer saloon. According to tho other ton ants, ho had nob douo much business, and tho, saloon could not have boon rv pitying affair. . A REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE ‘ on the evening of the lire was the leaving of their quartets by tho Iloignolds family at about half-past 8 o'clock for the purpose of taking a walk,—a thing they had never been known to do before,— and, in connection - with this ’walk, it was noticed by the, neighbors that tho’whole family donned ‘for the occasion their very best clothes. When they returned to their bouse, it was in tbo possession of four policemen, and boro tho usual evidences of-having been , tho scene of o lire. Notwithstanding this, Iloignolds took matters very calmly, audj whetroiio -of Iho ofliccru desired his company to the'station, ho exhibited not tho slightest concern. It was gtuted that EEIONOWm’ BUSINESS was by no moans in a fiourisbing condition,' and lime lie was behind, in his rout to his landlord somo s6l. When in jail, the prisonbr was visited by the lamllorcl, whom ho Awlced to go ball for him,—a proposition which faded to moot with anything like full approval. • An old man who, with his wife, occupied-a couple of rooms over that iu which iho flfu broko out, stated that ho could never again, under the cncuinstavccs, fool frtondly towards the defend ant. It was not so much tho act of incendis risra which aroused his ire as on Indignity to which he was subjected on its account; -lie and his aged spouse woro, at tho timo tho fire broke out, fast asleep in bed, and when they awoke it vats to find themselves enveloped in smoke and a vile stench of kerosene. Tho old Indy dressed herself hastily, but tho old man could not find his clothes, and as the flames hurst suddenly through tho wall into the room-he rushed out into the street In his single garment, and was forced to sock shelter from tho public gaze in iho dwelling of a ucighbor untU one of the firo nten, pitting his position, searched for the mn*sui!' garments and flung them out of tho window. . THEBE CAN BE NO DOUBT Hint a diabolical outnigo- baa boon perpetrated, ami, ns tho thing stands at present, the evidence points very strongly to Ilcignolds as the perpe trator. When ho left tbo building there wore four!\n souls loft in it; somo of whom had gone to bed for the night, arid, had tho lire been al lowed togetlurthoi isoudway, they would probably have been Huftocated with tbo smoko, which was 1 very dense m ite nature and permeated thorough ly every nook audeornerof tho house. The rn m-ntivo to the commission of tho'outrage by Itoignolds was, ns usual, overinsurance. His stock of whisky and liquors, worth probably riot more than S2O, was insured for SBSO, aud ’bls furmluro, worth perhaps' SSO, was insured’ for in tno Germania Eire Insurance Company, of Kiio. I’a. ... Last evening a TnimiKE reporter visited Sir. I’elcnoMs nt his smuil but tidy apartmont in kvnat in known as tho County Jail, and .ques tioned linn in logard to the affair.' Ho-was not at liibt inclined to bo very communicative, but, nficr a low moments of Judicious conver sational skirmishing, lIKCAME aiOUK ACCOMMODATING, — • indeed, voluhlo. Being informed that if be had anything lo say for himself it should'appear in print, ho replied that ho didn’t know vrhat to say, as tho oniccrs did not lob him see tho situa tion at his housu when they arrested him.' They would not lot him stay long enough. The conversation went on somewhat as fol lows: ' . ik*t o' ler—Tlelgnohls. where wore you' last evening during your absence from your bouse or saloon ? • • SEEING niH IJNCT.B. Xloi;Tr*oldß 1 hud gone to viflt mo uncle, sir, 1 hadn't scon him for a lung tirao. ■ Bonortf-r—Whore did your undo live ? Jlciunold*—Oii a canal-boat, sir. Beponcr—Where was tho caiml-boat ? liHgnolthi—ln the river, air, between Madison and Adams streets. I had not seou him for a long lime, sir. I had my wife * and daughter with mo, and we did not find- him nt homo at Jink, but ho fame afterward. In tho meantime, wo went out to ono or two other places, and wo took "..e or two drinks. Boportcr—How long did you stay out ? Reigmdds—Wo wore out until midnight, sir. I had not noon him for a long time. Boportcr—What did you wish to see your undo and aunt lor? Beignolds—Oh for a social bit, sir. I hadn’t noun him in a long tium. ■ Beportnr—What time did you get homo? Boiguolds—Oh, soon utter midnight, dr. Ms EMOTIONS. Reporter—Wlmt did you tldnkwhon you found tho oilicors thoro? Boignokls—Oh, I don't know, sir. 1 didn’l know what it meant. Reporter—Uuw do von explain tho condition of things when you got there ? Ihupnolds—lndeed, I don’t know, sir. I hadn't no chance to see it. Tho qtUeors took mo right away. Beportor—You know what they' found there, don’i you? Beignolds—Yea, sir; hut 1 had no time to look around. 1 don’t know how much was burned. THIS KUItOHEMK. I Koporlor—How about tho bottlcu of horoacna which thuv found thoro? itoignoUlu—Oh, air, they Imtl stood under tho counter fur a year ami a half la tho aame placet, I iinod Lu HU thorn from tho ko«n hocauMo thoy wmo handy to iill tho livmpH from. Thoy had been in thotiitino place for inuro than a year. Itojmrtoi—ilow about Iho Haturnted rnjo» ? I(ui^»o)Uh— l do not know, air. I uovor haw Ibom before. 1 don't know anythin# about Hum. Tliu olUcora didn't give mo lime to look at tiium. THE INfiUIUKfiE. importer—iTou «uro insured, were you not? IP igm'lds—Vos, sir, for jj-fIUO, imponor—lu wnul company? lU-qpioUlH—l doh't know, hir, I never looked at the policy. The auentu camo to jjoi mo to in jure several times before i insured. I don’t know what eoiupany it was in. I never cared MtyUjinß about hies, Sumo people, niton they two a mo. always run to u, but 1 never no near them. 1 take no plonauro la v * inofor wont toa flro lu ruy lifo. i i F.NEMIE9. ■ ' . Reporter—How do you Recount "for the rags and tuo had looka of thlrtgu.ijoudrelly ?• v - Rolgnolcla—Well, sir, 1 have enemies. Every body Saw thorn, mid wt Uavo L 'f boro was ft Dutch man lived over my saloon, and hm children were older Utah wluo, ft«d they used to nuarrul and abuse inv children. Once I told him that f wouldn't Bland It any longer, If ho didu t keep hW children otf-mlue* - - • -■ Reporter—Any othor onomloa ?. . llolKiiolda—Well, sir, thoro was once that aortic follow* broke my door down at night with atones; and laid iho house open.. I hadn't anv revolver, and eo I couldn't moot them as a mrtn ought, ana they got away, and I never know who they were. j3ut i believe thoy lived pretty near mo. Reporter—Was there anything oluo of the kind 'r hap*' ’ “ . j . ever happened Eoifinolda—Voo, air., I Bleep very sound in deed, blc, and 1 never hoard lt,myaolf s hut, one morulng,'whon Iwok© up 1 found’ my whole shlo iwa)k covered with bricks, and'the neighbors tom me that they hid bpou thrown against my house iu the night, sir. ’ ' ’ '. Reporter—And you never heard It P ■ * Kcigiioldß—No, sir. I sleep very sound. 1 * I. 101 l ye, air, I have' onomloa around there, sir. Another Urao tnJAvhuloWß wore all broken . in, and I couldn'fllml out fluylhhiK about It. .* • Reporter—So yoh never took any 'lnterest in fircß? 1 ‘ * t ’“' ' ' _ ‘ : ' ‘ Kelgnolda—No, sir, I never run to them. . Hoporlor—You didn't kuowi'ihon; tuat your property yw Insured Cor. more than It waa .worth? , ' '•* , . • ' . Ms STOCK. Bolgholda—No, sir; arid I don’t it now. There waa my stock,,of liquors, add myfimd turo. aud my olothos, arid, a good business. I hart boon there for two years, and I was makloff Ro houest livin’, and God knows wliat. I-should waut to burn inysolt up fori 'No,sic; I never thirnghb of it. - 1 never saw. the rags until tho, officers, showed thorn to mo. What should I waut to spollmy business for?. • Kopoitor—And you didn't know what company you wore Insured in ?, Ilolguolda—No, sir, I didn’t want, to, Insure moailf ,at ail.' The man aaked,ino to many, limes before I listened to him. . , ; • lloportor—Aud you didn't lenow you would maKo mouoy if your slock was burned up ?' Rolguolds—No, air. . lloportor—You did not own tho building ? Eeignolds—No, sir., , { i,.. - . Then Mr. Ilolguolda, took up the. strain, and wanted to know how much bail would'bo ro : qnlrod.—if it would bo more than SGOO." Ho wanted to get, but by to-morrow.. Doing told that it would probably bo more than that, na'tbis waa a bod time for incendiaries,' rool or suspect*; od, he relapsed into moqdihoaa./ BoTivlug, how • ever, he expressed his surprise that bis wife had notbeqo toaeb'hlm, — u nor me .daughter' nor mo uncle, nor mo aunt”, Ho supposed tho officers would not lot them comp. T ■ ."With regard to being strict and severe with in comiiariOH at.lho present. crisis. ,Wr. Eoigiiolds agreedentirely, “Itiaright,”' he said: |‘ldou’t complain of that, but tlio officers didn't giro mo any. chance. I don't , know anything about it," paid ho ; “ I don't know how much was burned, lint it is all right, They ought to bo strict," with which honest confession the reporter loft him with an impression of blarney. * AARON ANDERSON., Aaron Anderson, the person who has attained an infamous' notoriety by an Alleged attempt to fire thVpremlßOß No. 217 Portland avenue, was brought before Justice Boydeu yestorday mbrn- Ing, and bis case continued ■ till Saturday, bail . being fixed at $2,000.- . Being unable to give it, ho was taken to tbo County.Tail* ahd confined iu 'cell. No.\CB, whore bo was .Interviewed yesterday •,afternoon by a TuiuUNK'rcporcor. . V ,‘, f ; , •.. . .the rataoNßiw :. ■ Is a good looking man, loss than 30 years of ago, aud speaks tbo English language' without' tho ’slightest approach to d foreign accent,'although hols by birth a Scamfiuavlgtu. illQ lias a cheer ful, agreeable manner, and would never bo pick ed out of a crowd os one likely to commit tbo devilish orimo of arson. ■ Another man occupies the same coll with Anderson,. Tho following was the substance of . „ . . j’ ... TUB CONVERSATION . between.the reporter and the prisoner: , . It.—Anderson, I have come to got a statement from you relative to the incendiary business for which yon avo arrested. A.—welt, I gave my statement to. Sunt. Behm this morning. Tam willing to toll whut 1 know. 11.—Toll it ,then. A.—l know nothing at all about the fire. 1 I had not boon near tbo place for tw*o days before, Sly family went into the country three weeks ngo| and the people up-slairs bad tho keys. I bad nothing to do with laying tho fire-trap, ’ and nothing about Iho wuv it was done until I rcadlt in some bftho papois. *, THE INSURANCE. ' ll.—You carried a heavy insurance,'didn’t you? , A.—Not more than whatnir goods warranted. I bad been insured all along, .aud had no object in sotting fire to iho place at all.'. It.—How long have you been In Oblcago ? ; A.—Since 1870. I have always borne, a good character.. This is the first time any kind of .a criminal charge has been brought against mo. I do not feel any alarm about my. trial,' because I had nothing at all to do with tho attempted burning. , It. —There appears to bo a protty strong I .case against you, however. A.—l know there is; it looks strong,, but I can’t help that. Tbo public miud is excited any way over so many fires, and, ot ’course, that will have a had effect. Thai affair .on North Clark street was a bad one. ' ' B.—ln there anything olso you desire to say relative (o the chargo against you'? A.—Nothing. 1 am content to await iho result of my trial.; ' . . . ’ ". , ' THE INSURANCE MEN.' Tbo message of Mayor Colvin to tho Common Council Monday , evening has - inspired the In surance mon with more liopo for reform in ro gavd to lire matters in this city than they have heretofore 'outortained, They boliovo that tho Stayer (a in earnest, . and that tho Common Couuoil will cany out .his rocomiuondutiouu. Store is oipectod from this source than from.tho imioh-talkcd-of Citizens’ Committees. None of tho citizens appointed on the various commit tees last week to act in’ conjunction with tho Underwriters have ; as yot made thoir ' appear ance, and, consequently, no mootings have boon hold. A number of tho Eastern" insurance companies. like most of the English - ones, are moving very cautiously, ami refuse to under write for the present: and roost of tho compa nies, even including tho local ones, underwrite lit the bettor portion of the city only, refusing to take risks in neighborhoods. ' The many cases of incendiarism lately discov ered had a very wholesome effect on the insur ance agents doing business in this city, and it is not likely that they will ovorlnsnro any property for soroo time to come. . ; ’• - ; .MR CHICAGO HOARD-OP UNDfUIWRITBUS held another secret mooting yesterday afternoon nt thoir rooms. No. 127 LaSalle street, for tho purpose of further considering tbo recommenda tions mado by tho National-Board at Now York, , Ou motion of Air. K. V, Smith, a resolution was adopted empowering tho President and Secretary of the Board to offer a reward of sl,OllO for the arrest and conviction of any person or persons for firing or attempting to lira any building within tho city limits. • The resolu tion also provides far-liberal rewards for infor mation winch lends to tho conviction of -incendi aries. The-Secretary was instructed to hnvo these resolutions printed on largo placards and posted around tho city. A resolution was also adopted that 1 per cent .additional bo charged on buildings over 70 foot hteh, and ou buildings having Mansard roofs,' atior August 1. On buildings less than 70 foot high half of !• por cent additional will ho charged. . . Another resolution was paused, that, ou sep arata buildings connected by openings, 10 cents on tho hundred additional shall ho charged after August 1. Another mooting win bn Reid this afternoon at 1 o clock, when U is believed they will ret through with considering ipo recommendations by the National Board. ’ MIS OELLAN EOUS, BTAADEN. The reputed author of tho North Clark alroot gunpowder plot won brought before Jimlioo Kaufmanu ycaterday morning on iho charge of attempted murder preferred against him by the police olUcera. Tho charge was road and coutln uanco applied for by tho prosecution, who re quired timo to propaio properly their ease, Hluiidon said ho waa ready for trial, lie wanted to ‘‘boo if anybody could prevent hia eolllng powder." Tho Jimtioo granted a oonUuuauco till Aug. 4, at 8 o'clock a. m„ holding the prison er in SIO,OOO bomlß under tho second charge, making $14,000 altogether. Tide amount was not forthcoming, Juutlco Kanfnmun refusing to take further hail from Shirley, who hud already furuiahod the $4,000, uuloua ho qualified. Blwul 'WtE cmCXeo 15Jtry 'r'iMfi iiMr, w," wnc; • f j* ■ ■ , ‘ ,K » on ffM atonco removed to tho County Jail for aafokeeping. . \ . ;■ : i .There ii mnoh ill-will against the; aeoused on tbo North Side, whore he soomn to bo I pretty generally believed guilty, and some MUhueiaftt; was ao extravagant an to waste a coil,of ropo'by st niichlng It across Clark stroot near Ids 'store yontoniny morning. There hung from It a cniiplo of plftcaitle roadiug " NIo Staadoir—Hang him.” It being considered ndvlaablo to take nphla chmo tvH Moon im po«Hibto, tlio Stato’a Attorney yodtorday applied fora Hpooiftl vonlrufor aQrund Jury; lt I: w»ll : mcot tO*day, and Btaadou’will bo brought boforo it immediately.' ' ; , ' ' " ; ' EXTRA HAZAIIfIOUB.'. ; ;Tlio Pittaburg A Port Wayne oil-depot lo on : Twolfth'Btreot. corner of Btewartavcnue. It ia a ouo-Btory bnoic bulldltig, -'With collar, 800x40 foot."and a tar roof. Thoro are' now about, 850 • barrels carbon add machine "oil in tbo'donok.- East of the’bullfling 1 ; and but 40 fbot fromit, - to tbo lumber-yard of Hutch, Holbrook A extends tho wbolb length of ( tbdplace; oxoftptn 1 etnlUl Spot oh Twelfth street, ‘Which’la occupied ; by k Ratoon; Three hundred "foot oaet. on Twelfth street, is Pilllam ALaribnbr’e plHmng mlll, with a continuous pile of lumber between lt: «nd thd depot Beyond 'this' mill, 1 and' bx lomllng to tho rivor, la Burton & Jones’lumber* 'yard; • ■ " ■ ' • Beyond Hatch, Holbrook .& Cot’s yard on tho south, ate tile ooiihyiirci of' Angoll'A Arnold, and the planing-mill of Uoarflo.n »t X’ayn.. J ' ■ On tho West aide of tho depot tho round-houao of tbo Chicago, Alton & St. Lbnia llailroad’ia 70* fhcit’dflV Tito nearest poxtla woocl,Ui6rofit‘ briott. ' Opposite the depot An .'Twelfth street 1b; Carl Lolit a coni ami wood yard, With an' almost ; uniulorrnptod spado of'ltupW beyond this/ 1 On tho oust aide of a4-footwoodon, platform.and cover.*' ' M . •; ; , ‘ ‘ ■ ; ■ - atiHTictt 6crot.tiTv /' ■ ; * "■ of tho West Sidb Police' Gotirt; thinks Wist tho ■ lAw regulating tho polo of gunpowder within tho city is by no nioana'as folly‘obeyed as - it ought to bo. According to the law, no pofsbniaallowod to give or.aell gunpowder to andthor without thd permit of, tho city, which- costs $5, under a'pon-, alty of s23.‘and yet thoro aro nninborsof shops* which vonu.thd (langordhHoxplosivo without per mit.' Another proviso of the Inwds that all-per sons. soiling .gunpowder ; shall have tho wbrd painted in largo malh' entrance/ It ia'stated that thoro is hardly rt email;grocery store on the West.Side which'lsnot able tb‘ pro-' yldo parties.going gunning with all thd nocosnarr materials, Including poWdor; ahd'tbftt;thoro liavo' boon but very few permits granted to parties, in this portion of the city.*, lids is’ a thing worth looking into at.any time, but oapocinUy.now the air is rifo .'wilu reports Of incqudiafisih and' gunpowder plots.': l . ’‘, \ . THE CHRONICLE. ~' ' 1 , The last number, of.'the Now' York Insurance ChwnlchconlKlußfiQ Jlro.of, the Htti lust., from which the following extracts ara modo: ‘ ,r ‘ • ' There are certain tilings the necessity for’doing' which at onco'ls "elf-*viil«jat,"' •• ; The first Is tho entire reconstruction of tbaFlre- Dejartmonl. From tho-flrst organization ofthsOhi ra«o nro Department,' In competency hu; been given lUuu&e to dolls worst. What that worst Is, the loss of (200,000.000 ih 1871, and tho‘ almost mlrn'culons salva tion of Iho city 1n1874 from a ■ like.devastntlon,* at; a cost of 0,000 homeless fatulleis and about|l,ooo,ooo, siiilly attest. Tho'causes and the evidence* of this in ctiudency have been 4 so often and • so plainly act -forth,' that repetition now .would be an imposition upon kho pood nouso of .our readers., Thu fact,la. that Chicago's Fire Department'must bo roconelrnctcd, or Chicago must continue to exist without the protection and sup port of insurance, , !«<,--A •• > • And tills brings as face to'face yrllhono of lbe most •important IcsHoni of the fire.' Ni clty.'ls so dependent . upon its credit no Chicago. None l nas to gcnoroUely, fnWhnve so wisely, discounted 1 the'fnturoV-'lttwna originally built upon the faith of-tbesbrowdostEishi 'em capitalism. It was rebuilt upon th% eamo faith, , Intensified by tho desperation of necessity. ..-JiqthU direction, -all its resource* burst been exhausted. ;Jf Uut faith sh6uld bo once more, sbakeD,.the founda tions of Chicago would bo removed, not to bo replaced fur at least one generation.’ The withdrawal of tho .reputable ttMtuvuuoo companies now protecting CnicsU .go credit would not merely shake,' u would.,destroy i. ‘the credit of the city, . ;/ • -r The-demands of the Chicago underwriters,. as ,sot, forth m their resolutions In. 'another' column; are ‘ neither immoderate pr'lmpractlQablo.Vßut such la tho'proraUlng temper among their principals, and Bo' great Is tho probability of further loss Is Ohlrugo, that miiesß these demands are complied. with moat -ot the. inaurern, upon whoso support tbo busimwi.iirospecpi. of Chicago have rested as upon-pJUars.of granite, will ' withdraw that;support. Fire..inaunmeo comiianlcar are not eleemosynary' institutions. ’'They will iou ,shier, they Hhotfid and they must consider, this ques tion of continuing to take‘risks'in. Chicago' on * Its merits as a question of profiler loss -toi-themselves only. ■ OoauUlcrodiin tbis.wav,ono .thing Is.clear,—, tho Olty .of Chicago must bo bolter; protected from tiro, • or tbo officers .of Aro-lnanranco companies must,.lit., jubtico to their' stockholders, to - tbo nisei Vcs,' apii to their policy-holders in’ other placed, cancel their poll-' cies there and refuse to take further risks there at any rale ot premium. - - •• -* ukj /. / Dut the reorganisation of *the-Flro> Department of Chicago will not Of ilaclf save, tho city., For. years Chicago has tolerated within Its corporate limits many square mile* of. frail. wooden structures, of tlio cou-' wob order of architecture; crowded closely ‘together,' and Interspersed with olProllncries, planing-mllls, iroh-loimiirles, factories, smi dangerous workshops, of ■ every description.—all awaiting but tho oulbruakof a fire under favorable conditions to be swept away os by. a whirlwind. u- .i . : In the madness of Iho-hour somo arc, strenuously. advocating tho removal of .’All wooden structures Tidin' tho.cUy limits,.' This, If It were*printlcabl«, would, ouly be the* creation-of 'another .Chicago; outside tho - limits of tbo present Chicago, whiclrflnjla turn,would’, obiter burn'without inmiranctt, .or bum ilaclf ami ita’ Insurers.. In fact, it would be cheaper and more sen sible, to .the brick-aud. stouo buildings away from their hazardous surroundings'. This can bo done, and ought to Do done In this way.:,.. . < First, demolish every woudou'slmutur* unlawfully erected on (he Houth Side, within the' burnt district of 1871. since that fire; That there are -many such; erected and sulforoddo remain by tbe uulnwfult per mit of the Common Council, 1* a notorious fact,, , The municipal authorities of Chicago have done well to mako the llrc-llmlts of Ihe.dty coiucldeiil with ‘ Us bonudurJi'H, But no city should know bettor than Chicago that It is one'thing to pass a fire ordinance, ■ and quite another thing to-enforce It, Hitherto, in Chicago, it has been tho fashion of tho authorities Jo suspend the oufocccmeut of this ordinance In favor of distressed (?) property-owners, who stoutly aver, that they.cannot afi’ord tho expense of creating safer build ings. ’ Whut city In the world can bo'poind'd 1 out where the greed of such men haa not been the-worst obstacle to all progress and Improvement t • ■ -■ ! CHARLES HICKENS. Tlio Cause of file Separation from juis ■ WitP. ; , { London Correspondence of the Xew. York Arcadian . lu the lust American papers winch-have cpiqo to hand 1 see that Wilkie ColHua’ drama- of “Tho Frozen Deep” has been povfonnodin Bos ton. You arc .perhaps aware .that:Collins has. recently boon engaged in turning hi* ploy.hHo ft novel. “The Frozen Beep " awakens many sad ' rolloctiona in ray mind, us that piaco was-indi rectly tho moans of bringing about much of Dickons’ domestic unhappiness, . Tho whole story of his separation from his.wife has .novel yot hoeu properly told, and in all probability never will bo, as his widow is. resolved to maintain iho silence she . has' bo -long kept. But it is generally known that tho family is dissatisfied with 'Forster's : book. Your readers may have, heard, of .the, grand amateur performances given in 1850 at tho Freo Trade Holt. Manchester, in aid ol (ho Douglass •Torrold Fund. Dickons, Collins, Shirley Brooks, Mark Lemon, and many other colobratod writers took,parts. . Tho ludioa’ characters v>eio Intor protod by nrofesnional acli'cssos. Among these was Miss Ellen Toman. She was thou a fresh, 'ploneaut-looUing girl, not especially pretty, but possessing a good tiguro attdnn extremely agrou blo manner. If over the Gommu.poet's doctrine of elcotivo aibnitieswaA proved to bo truo it,was when Dickens and .Mies Toman mot. It was, evident to nearly ail of . us that the two wore mutually infatuated. Dickons . was constantly at her side, though . his ...manner was' carefully guarded. Airs..Dickons was with tho parly, but she did not appear to notice Iho inti macy. Very soon after those performances Alias Toman, at Dickons' wish, loft the stage. Ilia affection for her was said to have been purely pialouio, and I have never root any ono who wuo dittpohod to dispute this belief, lint, neverthe less, it was this intimacy which was iho Anal cause of iho rupture between Dickens and his wife. For many yoara prior to 1850thelr mutual relations had boon anything bnt happy, although I do nob think that Mrs. Dickens bad previously had any well-grounded cause for jealousy. A short time after tho party returned from Man-' Chester, Mrs. Dickens went iuto a fashionable jeweler's at iho Weal End, whore she was in tho habit of dealing, and was asked by one of tho Him, who know her well, how ,sho liked her new bracelet. She said that she did not midoistaud him, as she had not received any euuh article. The gentleman thou explained that It was one Air. Dickens hod*, ordered for Ids wife, with a likeness and some hair in it. This of course opened Airs. Dickons’ eyes, and a separation speedily followed. Hines that time Airs. Dickons has lived very quietly in a pretty UUio house near the Regent's Park, whore her children, whose respect and affection she has always en joyed, have over boon frequent visitors. THE EVILS OF BABY-FARMING. New Your, July 28.—John O. Graham, an In fant, died yesterday from mal-nutrition, Tlio physician who was oaltrd to attend the child when it was dying writes to the Board of Health ,an follows i “I consldfrhim a victim to hahy farming which prevails so extensively in our oily. I frequently llnd illegitimate children placed with careless and Igooiant women for the apparent puroosoof canning their death."' ' ■ ; / Dfc EARUL. Commencement of Ills ’.Trial at Sic Criminal Court. Tfio testimony 'Substantially"Wliat Has' Already Been Published. Tho Jury Allowed to- Separate* > The trial of Dr. Charles Earll, who rests un der tho serious Imputation of. being aprofoa fllobal abortionist, and who has acquired a groat do4l*of % unouTiahio notoriety in consequence of tho and apparently well-rounded ,rumors \rhloh 'hate been circulated about him', Was'begun. in the' Criminal Court, yesterday morning, before Judgo-Farwoll. ‘ Enrll Is nndor indictment .for ,'tbo murder-of ft girl named BoMtlft Jackson,through the medium of an 'abortion, and has been in jail oyer since tho •ftllbgod 1 act of malpractice ' was com mitted. t Tho public memory does not need to' ; borofroohdd. at ’ great length about tho'case,■. as. it' is only a few weeks eirico all tho disgusting details wore laid bare by tbs investigation of tho Coroner. The main ’facts aro briefly those: The victim of, tho abor tion lived in the capacity of servant with a mar ried sister named Mrs. W.II. Flagg. Tlie lit ters husband is a barber doing business at No. 03d West Lake street. It is.assorted that his ro-. 'lotions with 'his sister-in-law ;.worb criminal in. thplr character, and in order to hide them, and girl from exposure, tho crime which re sulted in her premature death was committed. Her’ body. was', privately Interred, but tho proper authorities caused it to be exhumed and ;& post-mdrtem examination made. - This' dis-- Closed,'i the . . foot that .an abortion' had boon - performed, and 'the evidence Ihatf’. waV 1 subsequently 'gathered fastened' , suspicion on Earll, Flagg, and a woman named H6iland;;in whoso house tho unfortunate girl cxpirod. -.Tboy wore bold to tho'Criminal Court, Earll as principal, and' the other two as access©-, nos; .Tho Grand Jury .gavo the matter Inimo diitoiattonilpn, returning tho necessary indiot miiSt'as Speedily os was consistont’with the do-_ minds of justice and tho gravity of tho offense and, as before mentioned, the cane came, npfor.flhaldioaringyosl'crday.' 'Btate’a-Attorboy Bsod appeared,;ih behalf of the .people, and Dr. Earll ’.was represented by Mr. John Ljlp'King.part’d Col.', Durand. Tho. attend ance in -11 court during ' tho. day was .very largo, nearly all tho ’'soots bcihg occupied. The' men wore greatly, in the ’majority, only, one female spectator being visible besidosthoae who wore present os witnesses, Of course, - TUB PIUNOITALS in'the case wore the chief objects of attraction. Those wore Dr. Earll, who was flroeaod in n scrupulously neat mariner., and was exceedingly calm and collected in his behavior, betraying lit tle or no anxiety for the fate that may befall him; Hr. and Mrs. Flagg, who appear to bo respectable people, and endeavored as. much as possible to' ‘avoid .the public gaze ; and Mrs. Holland and hcr'daughtor, Miss Bullard,, the former of whom iHAshrewd-lookiug person bf^uncertain age,;flud tho latter an innocent-appearing damsel. 'I !•* ’■ ■ TUB JOKY.' n '* Tlie preliminary work of impaneling, a ‘jury occupied;tho tune of ibft Court for soveralhouro. Hr.'Klng raised some technical objobtioos to tho regular panel, but’.wa’a dvormlcd by tho Court, add insuuotoa to proceed * with tho oxamluatiou bf tho'juroiu. Tnis was dull, tedious, and im 'lntoreHliug, and Anally resulted in the selection of the' foilowinjf twelve : Otto Young, Clifton House; William T. Daniels, No, 217 Lake avo ■uuo V Jamcs'McQarry/No. 707 WAbash avenue ; 0. Cobb; Mattoson House; A. West, Cook Coun ty National Bank; J. F. True. No. 227 West Lako street; • Frank Johnson, No. 60!) North Clark street; William Milner, No. 33 South Green 1 street; A. T. Homraingway, Oak Park; 0. Mi Brennan, Bt. Charles Hotel; E. Sherman, .N0125>1 Houser street; W. F. Huntington, No. ; 272;8tata. street.,-, Boventoen other persons: wpro 'examined, bat wore oxousod from serving for Various causes, tho principal one being that they bad. road of .the caso/in the .newspapers* aud had 'formed opinions as to tho guilt of the prisoner, .which would probabiy-intorforo with the ronder lDgof.an impßrtial.RDd unprejudiced verdict. * After tho jury hud bcou sworn iu, tho Court tookftjccossforjuncln :*•' ’ On reassembling, . ’• opened the case for the prosecution, and epoko briefly. Ho said.bo;irould; undertaketo'provo four facta; ryia.:. That:tho, deceased, Rosetta" Jftokbom was pregnant; that am abortiou bad 7 been performed on her ;thst gba.dled from the 'offoola of that abortion { and that the defendant 'prdoured tho abortion. [Thorpoople, he.thought, T "\roronot.desirous that.tho.mao,abQu)d bo hang ed, in the eront of his guilt being proven/ but demanded that bo.<Hbould :bo aout to the Pen itentiary,-vrhbro bo could do no further harm. , ' - • MJU KINO i • • followed for * tho.dofeiwe. n Hesaid boifelt cer tain that the people could ■ not make out a cuso against Ida client, as..there .was no ovidonoo against him. . All bo asked was tbnt.tho jurymen should not,permit themsoivoa. to bo' projmiicod by any influoncosor impressions that.might have boen derived from .reading the. reports of tbo previous trial of the case. It would,bo shown that Dr. Earll had uo concoction with tho • mat ter. untilaftor the abortion was performed, if it ever* was performed; l ' ' - 1 - - . Tbo hearing of testimony was then proceeded with; >" • \ ,k? ....... . -r > • M , , KTIS, LIZZIE FLAOQ was tho firat'wituoss called.' Bhe'testlfied that ah' 6 lived at No. 939 West Lakoslrcot, v and- was married to'■ William II; Elagg. She was .ac quainted -with Hosotta Jackson In tho lifetime of. tho latter. .Sbe was her sister, and was about 18 years of ago at tbo time ot her death. Wit ness last saiy her allvo at* lior (witness’) house about the first Sunday In • Juno, and saw her doad at the house of a Mrs. Uoilaml. Witness did not know of tho girl's Btolmoss;until aflor.sho had died. Stio, was burled at Giacoland Ceme tery. and woe disinterred by . witness, her hus band, the Coroner, and the County Physician. Cross-examined —Witness carao from Now York, aud.rosided in Chicago about six years.' Her sister Bosotta first-lived with another sla ter named lira. Otis, and went to llvo with ‘ wit ness about a year and three or four woolca pre vious to hor death. ' Bbo was a 'servant in tho family, and was paid us such. . Witness never noticed any particular intimacy between her husband and Itosoita Jackson. Tho fooling be tween horoud her sister was always pleasant. Bho never noticed anything suspicious In her ac tions, and had never observed any familiarities between lior and hor luisbanu. Witness bad a convocation,with OiQcor Hogan shortly after Ilosetta’s death. ‘ i ; Q.—Did you toll tho officer that a criminal In timacy, haa existed between your husband hud your sister? , Attorney objected to tho question, on the ground that no reference was made to it in tho direct examination. Mr. King stated that was asked' for tho purpose of laying a foundation for tho Impeachment of the'witness, ; * , .Tho. Court sustained : tho State's Attorney's various objections to questions concerning tho conversation between tbo ‘witness and Officer Hogan, and the counsel for tbo defense took ex ceptions to tho rulings. i . . . , Mrs. Flagg was then allowed to leave tbo stand. . ; Dh, HESnOTIN, County Physician. testified' that ho - hold a’post mortem examination on the remains or 'ltoaottft Jackson. In bis opinion, -she hud boon preg nant, uml her death was tho roHult or nn abor tion. Ho described tho condition of tho remains ul some length, Haying that there were wound* in tho womb which had evidently boon council .by the introduction of iiislrumouts. When wit ness toutltted at tho Coroner's Inquest, bo was not entirely conversant with tho facta iu tho case. Biibsoquontly ho rondo another invoatiga llon, and then bo’bocamo more familiar with tho charactor of tho wounda In tho womb. Dr. (J. Paul Hlroon was present whon tho second oxam- Inatiou was made. ‘ The remainder of tho Doctor’s testimony was' a luarood disquisition on tho variouu forma of inflammation, but ho desired it to bo undoratood by ttie Jury that be wan positive that tlio lutluminatiou observed In the post-mortem oxamitjutlon of Ilosotta Jackson's romaina wna duo to tho wounds observed iu tlio womb, whlclt were undoubtedly caused by soml-bhmt instru ments. Tho witness visited Dr. Darll's 011100 at tho suggestion of tho Coroner, and there found quite a-large collection of Instru ments used in the treatment of female unruled caaea, Ho took away a fow, ami loft hebind a number of ; probes, syringoa, el’o. lingular phy sicians would liavo to use a similar class of in struments in similar cases. ' At this point tbs witness produced from bis pockbl a thin Jroh Ihstrufbeniifltha which ho fourid in, Kuril's office, wad Which lbs sa|d taight havo produced tho-Iwounds aUf covered in , tho poat-mbrioal ‘oxaminatloo. Another ‘.lnstrument.,! found, had;, UiddM claws, V. end was uhoU generally in. cases of pregnancy. Tho scarcity of any other kina of instruments in tho ofllco whs bo grontas io bo noticcablo.-'-At -tho-inquost -a buttle containing essence of lansywua produced, but witness did not examine tt closely enough to toll.what would be a.safo duHO.of.il... If It.was. strong enough, a tea-spoonful of u would pro* duco Ijondficho and porhabß 'oonVulalofte. Tabby, won uaod by a certain. of } women for. Us supposed effect In cases of pregnancy, blit wit* nofirt did not believe that it would produce an abortion. It w&h a popular faltacy. Witness did not bollovo that tbo .abortion in the.ease of Bosotta Jackson was produced by Wady. . - I . Ob. 0. PAUL SIMON was nextplaood on tho stand, and toatlflod that ho’was present’ when Dr! Honrofin madoa post mortem examination of tho fom&lus of Bosotta JaCkson. Tho calls© 6f bar doath was periton itis, suporluducod by nu abortion. CORONER STEPHENS tort tided that he hold an inquest on tho body of Bosdtta Jackson oh the 17llf, lOlln and lOfch of Juno. A foetus was brought into Mrs. Holland's lioubo by Ofllcor Simmons; who found it in tho back vard. Witness was present In Gracolaud Cemetery when Bosotta Jackaou’s remains wore diHlntorrod and Identified. Thovworo then taken to tho County .Undertaker's place, on Milwaukee avenue.' Ou croHB-examiuatlon. witnoas stated that no ordered an examination of for in struments and medicines. At tho suggestion of the person In charge,- Dr.' -Honrotiu made the examination, .ami carried away .such articles as he thought might -hoi of’Traluo In the .further trial of thocaao. The bottle of tansy produced at the inquest was handed: lojWitnosa by Mrs. Holland. Ho had had considerable talk with her about tho character of the medicines which Bdaotta Jackson had boon ‘ taking, and Mi’s. Holland' handed him tho-tagsy. This was_ at Iho police station. - 1 , WITNESSES RECALLED. , v . Dr. Paul was recalled' by tU6" prosecution 1 and asked if it was Ida opiniomthat tansy could pro duce an abortion.' Ho'ropllod in the negative. Dr. llourotm was also recalled by iho prosecu tion, and asked how many foetuses he observed in Earll’s ofllco. Tlie counsel for the defense ob jected to the question, and tho Court overruled it. ,• , - -/• •••*,- -1 r '-7 *7 v FRANCBLIA RULLARD was sworn. : She .testified.;that;«Ke 'was .tho daughter of Mra. Ilcilaiid. Sho' saw Dr.'Earll once before Bosotta-Jackson -wont to her mother’s house to live. She was known by tho name ‘of Alice Hayos.i hor to • Dr. Earli’s ofllco. Bho asked witness'to lake A Walk with her, andwhou lboyroaohodDr. Earll’s ofllco, ou Halatod street, Alice, or Bdaotta, said she was going up to see him.-Witness wont with her, and saw her go into a private room with tboDouior, Sho'remained in!there about fhvft' minutes, and when bho dame out they wont 'away.' 1 This was about two or lbteo.dayp.aftft she came to. live with witness' mother. The Doctor askbd Bdsctta into tho private! roomdat his ofllco. About two davs after visiting' tho Doctor, Bo eotta was taken slok; and was sick for nine days, and never got, up. again.. Dr. Earll was at hor mother’s bouse llvo or six times .to* see tho do- > censed. Witness wont for him twice thoday slio* died, but never beard any conversation between them at hor house. .F, j d. r . v/ Oucroßs-oxaminatlon, wltheas lesUQod that Bosotta was at her house either two wooics and ! throe days or throe weeks and throe days, and wao so sick that she was not able to sit'up; „> Bho ■ did not go with witness', mothor'to Dr. Brooks* ollico tho night before'she died;- There was a dance at a house near whera_ witness lived the night before Boselta wastakdri'sick*, but witness did not know whether- Bosotta was there,, apd did not know anything ‘‘about her' jumping a rope. Sho never saw:. oV doctor at hor . mother’s house, except Dr. Earll. Witness did not toll a Mrs. Baud'that it was Dr, Duff that attended Bosetta at the llrao ; of the abor tion, and that her., mother would not bayo. it known for the, world., ", : * ADJOORNJrEKT., ' T ' * ~ , '. ; It wns’nbw’6 o’clock,’and at'thb-suggosfcion of the Slate's Attorney tuo Court dbcldod to >tako-. no fmihur testimony uutil.9 o'olock-ithia morn-, ing, when the cross-examination of Miss Ballard will be renewed ou nprao; very’important'points! . TUP JUIIX ALLOWED TU SEPARATE; J :: J At the roqudab t; df the • defense and’with tho consent of-the prosecution, the Court allowed: the membcnivOf-the., jury to separate, jand; go ,to their homos for the night, ipßtoad ; 6f delivering t iheniover’tb the chro of a Bailiff, and .keeping them aloof from all oatsidb iutluoncos, as has hitherto boon the rule iu capital oases.'' This la the first Instance of tho Mud in i tho history- of criminal Jut ioprndonoo iu this country dutelde of tho Btato ot Now. York, and , its • effect will -be‘watched ! with ihtorost by the pnblid at’ largo. The authority 1 for It is found* in the decision of tho Now York-Supreme Court in the onso of tho People vs. Stephens (10 N. Y.), and no doubt tho souddnesa of tho opinion, from which there wore two dissenting voices,'will not only ho critically examined, but seriously -ques tioned, should tho practice of allowing juries in murder trials to separate become general. THE COtTIITS./: Record • off Casinos* Transacted > Ves-. • tenlay* • , 1 ’ THE TOWERS OF THE COOK COUNTS JjAKD 001tPANSi ; About a month ago, 01 S. Hough fUoda hill in tho Superior Court to restrain a ealouudcr a trust-deed. Hough stated iu hia bill tbathbhad .made a loan of tho Cook County Land Company; of $30,000, giving a trust-deed on; certain land { that in May,.1873, ho sold tho laud to ‘tho Com-' pany.fdr 3C5 shares of their stock, supposed to ho worth $30,500. 1 Tho Company then loaned him 80 per cent'of the stock, ho pledging his stock as collateral sccnrlty. On default In pay ment of tho loan, tho Company was to luivo the right to sol! tho stock without notice, at public or private sale. - ‘ ’ - Hough thou claimed that - the Land Company was'organized under tho name,‘of “The Laud nud Improvement and Irrigation Company,” with a capital of SIOO,OOO. This uarao.wos after wards changed to its present title, and tho capi tal Block increased to $750,000, Tho charter of the Company only gave it 'power to examine, survey, and purchase lands, or Interests in lands, water-courses, or- interests therein, which are as near as may bo adapted by nature.to'tho use of water to irrigate tho same to facllitatbthe growth of,crops in dry. seasons, and'to Improve and onitivato tho same for such orops chiefly ns.ro qiiiro irrigation to produce tho largest returns.” No power was given to bay lands for general purposes", or erect and rent buildings, or to do -a general loan business, and complainant's land being In Chicago, and nob remarkably well adapt-; cd for irrigation (except; possibly, by street sprinklers), he alleged the Company hid exceed ed Us powers in loaning money, and that it had no right -to soil- bis. property. -More over, ho claimed its stock iu. consequeuooof its violation, of its charter was worth little or nothing, and that ho.was uuaUlc-.to sell it to nieot hia obligation to tho Company.Ho,,there fore, asked a reconveyance,,and an injunction against a sale In the meantime. ..Tho injunction was allowed ox parte.. .... _ :. .. . -A general demurrer was Hied to the pul» and argued yesterday morning. Tho points made iu the bill wore admitted by the demurrer, but Judge Moore holdtlmt.ovon then tho billshowed nooqultv \ that the Company had a right to pror coed to collect its debt, and .ho therefore dis missed it. An appeal was taken to tho Supremo Court. Judge Trumbull appeared for.tho com plainant. and GoorgoW. HmitUfor the Company THE TOOK-CIIEASKn TIIOUIILES AQAIK. . 11. W. Pallor ami Isaac W. Baruum filed a bill in tho United States Circuit Court against Henry CJ. Goodrich, yesterday. asking for an: account and revocation of bis licouno. 1 They allege that in 1608 an agreement was made -with the de fendant by which he was to bnvo the exclusive manufacture and sale of their patent-..for a self-tucking and quilting . attachment, commonly known as a tuok-oiousor. Goodrich Una to render a monthly account, engaging also not to soli machines for less than $1.25 each, and to pay as royalty 45 cents on oaoh article sold. This agreement was kept. until, April, when ho stopped paying money, but continued making reports until October, whon they also ceased, Uotweou April and October his sales amounted, . by luh owu statement, to $21,111.75, and since that time complninnutu claim they have homi SIIO,OOO. Tiio number of tuok-oroAscrs sold botwoou April and October, six mouths, wore* 40,415, not including 500 sold by an agont, and tho number sold since then and up to the present time is alleged to have boon 100,000, judging from tho statu of tho trado and tho rate of increase in tho Bates. Complainants also allege that Goodrich has not given his time to tho business; that ho has made another patent, which he en gaged not to do, and that ho has sold machines at prices varying from 45 cents to $1.25, contrary to bis agreement, thus injuring their rights and profits. They therefore ask that ho he enjoined from manufacturing their patent any longer, or selling it. ami that tho license given him may he do* ' * / * 4 f,i- J ( oUredfdrfsltodby his neglect id complylngwith the terms df bis, agreement. , , . ..• . 'Lii '■ between sins. , ,t> .vThe'Bank of/Ohioago began a suit In trover yMtoitiay-ia.'Uia Superior Court against the ,Third National Bank, laying damages at SIOO,- 000. The olaim ia on a nolo for $40,000, made by Horace Hurlbut, witii interest at 8 nor cent, and payable May 4,-1874, to ilio order of Charles. M. Smith. Tills noto, ula chimed in legal par lance, (he pUlnllif cnmmlly loat the 15tli of Hon lomber, 187.1, and that it came the name day to the possession of the defendant, who has converted .-it to his • own uao. In ; other wonla, It was • probably kept to aoonro some alleged claims or advances. Im mediately after this suit the same plaintiff com menced another ault lu troapaas against thosamo defendant,'laying damages at $20,000. The Hank of Chicago states that in, September, 1870, it and the Third National Bank wero dngagod in banking; that it had, deposited a largo amount of money and'chooks with the defendant, and the defendant jpald a largo -amount ot chocks drawn on 'lt. . Plaintiff' .became indebted to’ the ■, Triird\ National J for ■- ad vances to the of about ’522,000.’ in Soptonibpr,''lß7B, and for. eocurity deposited with the defendant noted amounting t0512,1)05.54, —one noto fbr’sl,ooo. by B. O. Givens; one noto for $2,200.64, -by D. 8. Taylor, indorsed by . the Goan & Ton Broockp Momifacturiug Com- Sapy; one note for $2,000, by the Chicago ilyor Smelting' and Refining Compnnv; one note for $5,000, by O. O. Ton Broecko, Hccrolary of tho Goan & Ton Broooko Manufacturing Corn party; and duo note for $1,700. by, A. Vail & Son, Indorood by George C. Smith A Son, - In October, 1878, tbo plaintiff claims Itpnidtho defendant all but about S2OO of Ua indobtodueea. It also olaima that at tlio time tbo above-men-, •tlonod n6tos.became dud tho.roapocllvo makers *wore all solvent and aide to pay; that It directed the defendant'to : collect the amounts, and auo if not paidbut that the Third National Bank refused to do either.' The indorsers Imvo-there by been roloasod-froni their liabillty ( 'and not only this, but the makers. bavo.all since become insolvent. Plaintiff claims that the amount of tho notes wilt bo lost entirely through tho negli gence of the defendant, and therefore brought suit to bold it responsible for such loos, which is estimated at 820,000.. 1 TUB NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Tbo long-throatonOd bill agniniit tho officers andDlreotors'.ofNational Lifo Insurance Company, tor embezzlement of tbo Company's asdotsi was. filed j. yesterday afternoon in the United.BUics patriot Court, by. Kirk llavroa, os Receiver of that Company. Tbo defendants are Bobjaratn ■ Lombard. Ponmndo Jouea, ■ 11. Q. Teed, S. A. Briggs. J. Ai Griswold. W. 0. Lom bard, AI. D,* Tillotaon, T. L. ware, Goorgo ■nibbin, 0. R. W. Lull,, 0. L. Mann, J. D. •■Webber, H. B. Stanley, H. W. Puller, Lewis Koike, and John Millor.—Tbo complainant, after.rsotting- put. the .facia . of tbo organ ization 1 ’ of'' tbo Company,'' its officer*, and its; method of doing -business, all which have already been repeatedly' told, alleges that tbo ‘officers and Directors bavo frauduiontly convert ed tbo assessments levied on the policy-holders, which formed.a trust fund; to their own use. The amount so embezzled amounts'to about 9118,000, and tbo bill 'asks an'account, and that the above-mentioned;,defendants may bo held severally, responsible, not only for tbw amount, but also for tha amount; of their unpaid sub-' ecriptlons;" •••'•- BlipI TO BESTTIAtN A SALS UNPEU TRUST-DERD. Bamuol J. Walker, filed a bill in tho Circuit Court against B. Bchlosluigor, 8. B. Sojblosingor, George P. King, and A. B. Jenks to prevent a salo of Lots II to! 8, Block 47 ; Lots 10 to 19, Block 48 ; Lots 1 5, 7 to 12, and 10,. Block 05 ; and Blocks GO and 67, all in tho Town of Oaiml- Eort. Complainant states that in January, 1873, b gave throe notes to William Scnrgiss for tbo aggregate sum of 928,000. When they fell duo an arrangement was made with Naylor & Co., whom he. supposed hold tho notes, by which another noto for - $25,000 was given and thb first' three taken ‘up. Walker has sliice learned that Naylor & Co., instead of be ing absolute owners, only hold tho uotos as col lateral security for an indebtedness of Sturgias to;them, pud that they,also had other collateral .80curity,in hoods for the* same debt. At that time complainant alleges Stnrglss owed 1 him-a largo amount, but was insolvent, and still la ipwmga lorgo sum, far exceeding $26,000. Ua ioss/ therofore, -ho con sot off .this noto to Stur-> gins’ claim, ho will likely loss tho whole. Naylor dt.Co. have wrongfully resorted to complainant’s securities first, instead of. exhausting their other securities first, and tho Trustee advertised to sell- the-promises yesterday noon. An in junction was ' therefore asked, and granted in thus to stop tho proposed solo. the onioxao a pacific railroad company. : Sarah A. Allabyfiled a billio the Circuit Court against tbo Chicago A.Pacific Railway Company, for an injunction. She-stales that she la tho owner of a house and lot- on Haw thorne avenue, and that tbo defendant has laid a track avenue from Willow to Lorrabos streets; under permission of the' Co mmon ‘Council. ' The Constitution of tbo State, however, demands that tho I Company first pay tbe’prb'porty-owbers along thb street the amount of damages that wilt bo caused by laying a track T in front of their property. This the defendant has utterly refused and neglected to do. Com plainant thinks her property has been damaged 'at least to tbo amount of $2,000, and asks an lu •junotionagalnstHlo Company to prevent it from further uncrating its line of road oo Hawthorne avenue until it pay hoc the damages she has sustained. \ n/CKKUUTTCV ITEMS. "I Douglas W. Coau, of tho Itrm of Ooan & Ton- Broooke, filed a voluntary petition; stating that hisr liabilities -amounted to -about $15,000, and 'that his assets are limited ■ to twenty-five shares of the Coau & TouDroooke Manufacturing Com pany, which wore supposed to be worth SI,OOO a 'share, biit'afe not now of. any value." The ciso* was referredto the Register. . . _ I Thomas A. Wright, a commission merchant, 'filed a voluntary petition. His assets are noth- Hug. while his liabilities,.principally by losses on grain, foot up about $18,000.' His case was also referred to Register Hibbard. In tbe matter of tbo Mutual* Security Insur ■ auce Company, TI. H." Honors was made happy r by tho receipt from tbe Assignee of .a roloaso of f hut property - 'from tho hou of that little Judg ement-for>ss4,ooo against J. Y. Bcammou. It will be romomberod that Mr. • Rcammon was - ox .amiued some time pgo,. and testified tliat he held 4 largo amouutoMand that really belonged to Honoro. When Elonoro attempted to sell it was discovered that a hindrance existed in tho'shnpe of .the judgment to tho Insurance Company. The Assignee having become satisfied that Bcammou waa not tho owner-by pormissiou of tbe Court ' gave'a release to'Hpnore. ' BDTKIUOR COURT TK CHIEF. Christopher filed a petition against T..L. Kompstor and B. B. Hayes asking for a mechanic's, lion for $11,320.79 on a block of six buildings on Bholdon street', another block of seven buildings on Ada street, and a third block offivo buildings on Fulton street.. . O.lW.Partridge sued UvE. Mallory for SI,OOO, CIRCUIT COURT. ■ Elizabeth McCann ' commenced an -action against the World Mutual Life Insurance Com pany, claiming $10,000.. 0. L. Misoh began a suit in attachment against J. L. Matthews aud William Foxou to recover ©1,000.. THE COUNTY COURT. In the matter of tho City of Chicago’s delin quent* tax-lists, on motion of Corporation Coun sel Norton, tho Court ordered judgment for all taxes, and assessments in dofmnuont list to which no objections have boon filed. i Tho Inventory,- appraisement, ami widow's awjird of the,estate of Edgar D. Piorco wag ap proved, aud widow's selection flled. potters of administration were issued to Ed wardXlohtonhain aa administrator of the estate of Theodore Lichtouham, under au approved bond of, §4OO. ~ ■ Tho will of tho lato Peter Law wan proven, and letters testamentary to William Tliito and Charles Krueger, quit tho executor's individual bond, $4,000, wan approved. : The will of tho lato Orian J. H. Adams was ad mitted to probnto. An appeal was prayed and allowed on tiling bond iu §SOO. i In tho-matter of Urn estate of Jlildobrandt August von Claim, tho Court, ordered that tlio executor pay §1,200 per annum for tho support and education of August von Claim, tho residu ary legatee, and also to purchase a piano for him to puisne his musical studios with, ■ Till! CALL. , Judge Oaky—4os to 479, -iS2 to 500. No call after to-day. ; Judos Buhns assists Judge Gary. . Junau Boom—Motions for now trials. JimoMRNTH. United States Ciuouit Court —JnnnE Blodgett. —Second National Bank of Titusville vs. Murcollua A, Mono, 1U9D.39. i United States District Coubt—Jodoe Blodgett. —O. W, Upton, Assignee, v». A. U. Pullman, fi t m, Sui'Eßiou Court.—Concessions— M» D, Ogden ot al. va, Walter Trelcuvcn. f.Wi.CO,—Samuel Btiuusa vu. Peter Sohwik, s7B.73.—The,Bank of Montreal tb. O. U. Brtsaml W. A. Hiwucor, IWJ.Id.-llcury Italmvß.J. Nuuinuch, 118d.87. . . . _ Judo* Oart.—W. A. Giles ot oh vs, D. J, Wmm, lIOa.CS.—U. D. Barton v«. J, M. lUiasctl, verdict, fiM/JD, and motion for a new trial. Judge Burns.—John MoWudo vs. E, Laewen, $1,101.00. . Route for (lioPacßteTfllerraiili. . Prof. Daviilßon, President of tho Ban Francis co Academy of Science, laid beforo that body the Jesuits of the survey made by Commodoro Bel kaoc. of the United States rteomor Tusoora. ' aW - ' 1 ' for a • telegraph-plateau between San Francisco and Japan, lie says: i.. ‘ln the soundings from San Francisco to San Diego a groat many off-shoro linos woro run. Nmoty. miles off Point San Luis the depth in creased to 2,000 fathoms, with gray greenish oozo at tho bottom, mid a temperature of a little ovor 33 degrees, oit Cape Mendocino n plateau •was found, -with a depth of 2,fluU fathoms.. Off. Ban Nicolas, at tho distance of 88 or 44 miles, tho depth was2,ooo fathoms.' Hown'theCalifor nia count tho ouzo became greenish until Ban Diego was approached,' and on the plateau off there a greenish, yellowish ooze wan obtained. Tnonco across to Honolulu tbo ooze was yellow ish, 1 then ynllowiHhihtown, and finally brown near Honolulu. In all cases Iho.BlgDs of former Ilfo ■ brought up, wore those obtained on the Northern paOlHo Coast. To Honolulu tbo dis tance la 2,200 miles. Tbo bottom averages 2,505 fathoms in depth, or 16,010 feet, and the average temperature Is 88 0-10 degrnow, Much more than one-half of this water along tho ocoan-bod has a temperature of 05 degrees only; above this came a stratum of wator boated to 40 de grees, and above this again water heated to 50 dogtooß.. ..Upon a calculation of the volume of the wator- between this oortflt and Honolulu, aloitg the lino of souudlngs, ho estimated tbo nuahtity at 1,858,000 cubic miles, Of this, 1,040,- 000 cubic miles range, m temperature from 83.0 to 35. Between tho temperature of 85 and 40 there are 682,000 cubic miles ; from 40 to 50 de grees, ,182.000 oubio miles; and from 60 do gro6s. to tho highest temperature, which is found ovor at. Honolulu, 78i<j degrees, tho volume is 100,000 cublo miles. - In other words, tho film of surface-water ranging from C9(o7dG-loiß only ono-touth of tho mass of water below It. Apparently tbo grade is very stoop at Honolulu, and off Han Diego, but in reality it never exceeds one foot in twenty-six; no greater Impediment to cable-lying ia encoun tered, from Honolulu to Bonin Island! whom there is the greatest depth of tho route, 8,283 fathoms, nor thence to Japan. In sounding to Bonin several submarine mountains wore dis covered, and the load came up twice in a batter ed state as if, it had struck rock. Tho greatest depth from Bonin to Japan is 1,400 foot. Tho total distances along tbo route ore: From Hon olulu to Ban Diego. 2,240 miles; from Honolulu to Pool Island, 3.273; and from Peel Island to tbo coast of Japan, 480 miles; being D,OD3 nauti cal milea, or 0,050 statute miles. This does not allow for any slack in laying tho cable.’? THE MOHNE-BUIIiPERS. Holies. of tho I‘rolilstoric Pooplo of America. From the'Louiavillo Commercial. We have been permitted tho perusal of a very Interesting letter' to R. H. Campbell, Esq., of tho Ohio & Mississippi Railroad/written by Brof.W. W. Borden, from which we make soma extracts. Tho letter is.dutod Deputy, lud., 24tU July. Mr. Borden says: • - -- “ In company with Mr. James Powers end Dr. Jordan, of Lexington, and Air. George Cannon, of New Albany, wo made, on-exploration of want has boon supposed to be tho workof'thb Indians. ‘Upon examination it proved to -bo anothor of thoso remarkable worka of .the Mound-Builders,- known'as Fortified Mounds. * This groat work-—, a rolio of the. prehistoric raco-rls.ou an elevated' riclgo,,or ‘backbone*. as’it is callodat the water tank, a short distance above Deputy, and on tha laud of Mr; Gilbert Wiggam,- in, Jefferson Coun ty, lud.,.immediately below, 'the junction .ot Graham’s with Big Creek or Muncatatack. The backbone m which this fork is situated possesses, many natural- advantages- .for. n work of this'kind. 'The western "stono-wall' commences on tho summit /of |tho, almost Sendicnlor rocks, tho bluffs of Big Creek, 100 or more above that stream, notT extends across tho neck of land 260 yards to ilio "equally . precipitous bluff of what was 'onto Cbo* bod of Graham's Creek. This wall is built 'of cornifor ous limestone, 10 to 12 foot wide at the base, and rostiuß on tbo block slate. Tho eastern wail ex tends from bluff to bluff 40 yards hi length,;and In its present dilapidated stale is from 18 to 20 feet in width. ~ - • “Near tho - eastern- wall' is a' fine lookout' mound, with large .forest trees growing upon -it. . Prom this mound thb landscape extends north- ' .ward foe 2 miles;' and along the valley bam Creek, and up Big*-’ Creek toward the” o'aafc." This selection is one peculiar to mound-build .ore,'who were undoubtedly worshipers of tha ' sun. • >• “The space inclosed is between four and five acres, and within the inclosuro is a.cave, ot which thoro are many In tho vicinity, and which undoubtedly afforded water when necessity re quired.--- - . .' - ,“ Yon will see by my imperfect description that tho position of this fort is precisely tho riamo us tho one described in my exploration of last year, 'found in Clark County, Ind., abovo tho.mouth of Fourtoen-Mile Crook, o nthe Ohio River. “Hr. Gilbert Wiggam,.who resides near tho fort, told us that implements of Indian origin were plenty in tho neighborhood, and a short .pxoursion,by.the boys rosultod iu tbo finding of • a granito ax weighing six pounds.” MISCELLANEOUS. —Mexico is making-progress in one way, at least. -Her telegraph hues aro extending rapidly. In a snort time she will havo 6,000 miles of them. • * ' ' —Mr, and lira. Algernon F. 0. Sartoria - will arrive in this country in October, to attend Alias Sherman's wedding, and a .fiuo auito of. rooms are being prepared for them in tho Wliito Houao. ’ —lowa County, Wia., baa recently funded SIOO,OOO of her debt at GO cento on the dollar. Tboro is now romsiuingabout SIOO,OOO moro uu* settled. • Lieut.-Gov. Talbot, of 'Massachusetts. in having a serious time or it forming the-Board of Hoosao Tunnel Trustees. His first combination was -broken by tbe refusal of Gov. Bullock, ■MayorCobb, andAlnnaou W. Board to servo: and now his second is shattered by the with drawal of Mr. George O. Biohardsou. —Borne lover of statistics has found out that of the BGG members of Congress 198 are lawyeis, 50 business-men;* 20 editors, and 18 farmers. There. are about 40,000 lawyers and 2,500,009 independent farmers In "tho United* Rtatoa, Tboro is. therefore, oho lawyer to about 200 ol that profession,' and onofarmor to about 180,000 ■agriculturists. —Tho Boston Post looks • at charity in a bnsi 'ness way. It says: u Tho Baroness Mayer do Botbsohlld and her daughter arc puffed for their generosity because they hove given $2,500 to a charitable institution ; but if a man worth SI,OOO had given 10; cents, which would bo quite as large a proportion of bis possessions, who would huvo wasted tho ink to record it ? ” , —•Some Idea of tbo limmonae fishing business can-led on around tho .Island of Newfoundland may bo fomxod from a fact casually mentioned by a correspondent of the St. Johns uVortk Star , writing from -Fortune Bay, northern district of Newfoundland, Under dato of Juno 29, tho correspondent says tboro wore 850 sail of square rigged vessels in Bt. Peters Bonds, besides 800 schooners,—a Hoot of (ISO vessels,—nil waiting for bait co pursue their* business of cod-fishing; and this is only ono district of tho island. —A Niagara Falls hackman has actually beau arrested ami punished for taking advantage of a stranger. Ho agreed to tako his man from ouo of the small hotels to tho brink of tho Horseshoo for 25 cents, which was paid at tho oud of tho Journey, but tho driver hung around and sub sequently induced tho stranger to ride back to tho hotel with him, as ho was obligod to return, and had no objection to company. This pro cedure finally brought 'about a auargo of $1.50 for services rendered. Tho straughr demurred, and finally had tbo friendly Imokinau arrested for illegal charging; The Justice assessed tho latter $29.75. —Father Martin, the Catholic priest of Wil loughby, 0., who wanted SO,OOO from tho Cleve land Leader for publishing that lie had porsmul ed a widow among .his .parishioners that hoc husband’s soul was in purgatory, mid Unu In had offered to pray him out for §lO. got the sat isfaction of an adverse verdict. Tho comidain aut averred that the report was scandalous and contrary to tho tenets of tho Catholic I'uhL, but. tho Court hold that "purgatory is not Stated or shown to be a particular place,” am} that “ praying tho soul out of purgatory in no; stated to bo assuming any particular destiny fot ; —Tho Senate of tho University of London, es tablished by the lato Lord Brougham when ho was simply a potential member of tho House of Commons, was lately solicited by the nmjoiity of Convocation to apply for a new charter, with power to tho University to admit women to de grees. Tho Senate declined such action by a majority of 17 to 10, Twelve years ago this question had been brought before the Sonata and voted down by a majority of I—tho cast ing volo of Mr. Ooovga Gcolo, the historian of Greece, who thou was Chancellor of the Uni versity. ; —Tho Lincoln Tower in London, which was so much talked about a short time ago» turns out to boiuoroly a steeple to tho Bov. Nowmau Hull’s church. Englishmen ami Americans contrib uted iu gold to pay for It, and it is oroamoulcd by the stars and stripes, the British Hun. and tha American eagle. It is strange that, with all tha opportunities they have had for learning better, there are so many Americans who mistake fool ishness for patriotism. If it Is possible for tha spirit of old Abo to look upon that ridiculous tower with its eagle and Its lion, ho must feet either very sad or very much amused at his coun trymen's wurof exhibiting their admiration for him Louisville eourttwourhaU