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STABBED TO DEATH.
Charles Hoover Cut Clean Through
the Body by. Michael
Hanlan.
Fatal Result of a Neighborly Un
pleasantness on the South
Side.
Statements of the Murderer,
Witnesses, and Victim.
Minor Offenses, Burglaries, Bobberies,
Abduction, Etc.
another murder.
cnAHi.ES hooves stabbed to death.
One of the most desperate fights that has
been chronicled in this city for a long time oc
curred in the tenement-house No. 84 Sherman
Block, in the rear of No. 30 Indiana avenue, at
about 10 o’clock last night, resulting in the
fatal stabbing of Charles Hoover by Michael
Hanlan. The details are fully outlined in what
follows;
A Tribune reporter paid a midnight visit to
the scene of the tragedy. The premises were
most uninviting. A three-story tenement-house,
filled with families and roomers, approached by
an alley of tolerable width, but as
-dark: as a voekei. A light in one
of the . rooms of the third story
and the heartrending moans of a woman guided
the scribe to the plac?, and the double door
opening upon the alley was found wide open.
No light was to be seen inside, but ■ the occu
pants of the.upper poor, bearing the noise of ap
,preaching feet, presented a light at the head
of the . stairs, and a woman came
to meet the visitor. The’stairway was anarrow,
dingy affair, winding np by successive landings,
all of them extremely narrow. Upon the sec
ond-story landing was discovered an immense
pool of dark, clotted blood, showing that a des
perate straggle mnst have taken place, and pro
ceeding from this was a heavy trail of the same
substance, leading np the last flight
of steps, through the middle apart
ment, into the rear bedroom, until
finally ij.was traced to the bed, upon which lay
the vlcflm, Charley Hoover, a boy of about 19,
•writhing in mortal agony. He lav noon his
hack, with his arms thrown over his head, which
position he maintained throughout the sojourn
ot the reporter. -His breath was irregu
lar; sometimes it came quick and gasp
ing, and at times drawn out
to . thefull extent of his lungs,
and ending in a deep sigh, which would
cause him to quiver with pain. Accompanying
each long-drawn breath would come a moan
niid an ejaculation of some sort, such as “My
God!” “Oh, how can I ever stand this pain
and live? ”, “ Oh, my God, can’t somebody do
something Tor met Am 1 going to lie here and
die?” etc. He was partially dressed, having on
a- thin cotton shirt and a pair ot dark
pants: The former was raised half way to his
seek, and a wet towel was laid over his stom
ach, In the centre of which appeared a lump
about the size ot a goose egg. Dr. Painter,
•who was attending him, kindly raised the towel
that the reporter might see the wound. A large
gash a little to the left of the navel was stretch
ed to its utmost capacity.
BT PROTRUDING INTESTINES,
which oozed out in a thick, pulpy mass. The
whole surroundings presented a most sickeninp
and forbidding aspect. The floor was covered
with thick clotted, blood,which had been tracked
about by the feet of more than a dozen people,
men and women. The bedstead was stained
from head to foot; the face, arms, hands,
body, and feet of the victim were smeared,
and his clothing, the bedding, and even the mat
tress were soaked, full ot the crimson fluid.
Dr. Painter had made a slight examination ot
the wound, and slated that the knife must have
passed entirely through his body. Indeed,
he proved this by displaying a hole the width of
the' "knife-blade in the back of the
boy, near his left hip. He pronounced the case
utterly hopeless, and thought young Hoover
must (lie before morning at farthest. Charley
vomited freely when he was first laid upon bis
bed, and the result showed the remains ot his
supper, at which he had eaten • watermelon,
cherries,' etc One whole cherry was
found- in the contents of the basin.
He. ' bad another vomiting ' spell later,
in-'whieh be threw up a quantity ot thick, black
blood. This was just before the reporter left
the honse, and, after the vomiting ceased, the
natient anoeared to be sinking rapidly, and to
be in great agony.
Dr. Andrews bad been called, and he arrived
a snort time before the boy vomited blood.
The two physicians held a consultation, and
were preparing to sew up the cut, when the re
porter had to go away.
A number of poor but kind-hearted women—
neighbors in the adjoining apartments of the
tenement-block —were present, and did wbat
they could to alleviate the misery of the sur
roundings, but it was little that they
could do in their frightened con
dition. ■ The mother was nearly frantic
with grief, and it took the united efforts of her
friends to keep her away from her dying boy.
She was hysterical, and it was her shrieks that
guided the reporter to the spot.
■ One of the most affecting sights witnessed
was the -meeting of the dying yontb and
his little sister, a girl about 10
years of age. The little thing had
been left to herself in the excitement, and she
wandered into the room where her brother lay ‘
gasping upon me bed.
She rushed up to him, crying bitterly, and
Begged ot him, in piteous tones, “Charley, give
sister one kiss.” . * ,
The dutiful brother turned his head, and in
ah instant the lips of his loving sister were
glued to his. One long, fond kiss, and then the
poor little thing said, “ Good night, Charley,”
and she rushed off to her mother, who was
nearly fainting. Even the stern officers who
stood By were moved almost to tears at the
Eight. ”
Will, the younger brother, was a brave boy.
One of bis fingers bad been chewed by Hanlan
until every particle of the flesh was peeled oil
from the first joint to the end, leaving the bone
staring clean and white for an inch and
a- half. And yet, with all the ex
cruciating pain which he must have
endured, be gave ' a cool, decided
account of. the whole transaction from begin
ning to end, without a murmur or a groan; be
sides this, he assisted in everything, held the
only lamp in his uninjured band, directed the
movements of everybody, and still found time
to comfort his mother. She caught a glimpse
uf the raw and bleeding finger for the first time,
and the sight caused her to swoon once more.
THE VICTIM’S STATEMENT.
The following is the dying statement of
Charles Hoover. It was made in a disconnected
way, he saying that the effort to talk caused
him great naln:
, “ Mike Hanlan stabbed me. I saw him do it.
J tried to catch the knife, but he was too quick
for me. He first bit ms with an iron weight,
and 1 took that away from him. He kept going
down to the basement every night to get kin
dling' wood. I couldn’t see the knife, but
ft -was a long bladed, bright knife.
X ’■ couldn’t make out whether it
was a jack-knife ornot. He first cut me in the
arm and then in tbe stomach. Hanlan bas been
at me every night. Last night he. came
up-stairs drunk.' and my brother (William)
kicked him down. Hanlan struck me the first
blow with the iron weight in tbe head as he was
coming up-stairs. I then tried to defend my
self, - This happened in the hallway.
WILLIAM HOOVER’S VERSION.
The following is the statement of William
Hoover: . ,
“The fight commenced two days ago. My
little sister bad broken a cup pasted it to
gether, and tried to fool some little children
with it. Hanian took the matter up, and said
we were trying to poison his dog. He said after
wards that X tried to poison it. Night before
last I was out until half-past 9 or
10. When I 1 came home along the
walk, I sew a bright light in the
hall. I didn’jt know what the matter was.
When I got into the ball i beard Hanian talking,
and when 1 went up-stairs, 1 found Dim on the
top fioor. He lives on the floor below. My
brother Charles was standing in front of him
with a lamp. Somebody had thrown some kero
sene on the floor below, and Hanian came
np and . said somebody was throwing
water down. I knew there, was no water
tfarowm Just as Hanian got to the top of the
stairs Charley said, ‘ What do you want, here* *
Hanian ears, ‘What are vou throwing water
down on top of popple fori ’ Charles told him
that nobody • threw water down, and he'
wanted him to fro down those steps as quick os
be could. I asked Banian what be wanted to
sav that I poisoned bis doe lor. fie
said be didn’t say anythin" of the kind, and I
called him a liar. Then he raised one arm to
strike me, and with the other be caught me by
the coat and tried to pull me down-stairs. X
couldn’t strike for fear of falling down, so I
canebt the bannisters with both bands, and
raised my right foot and kicked him in
the ribs under the right arm. He let
eo of me, and fell down-stabs. Then he stood
in his door. Bis wife also came witb a lamo in
her band. Be stood with his band in his hip
pocket. I didn’t see him draw anythin". He
says, ‘ Come down, you , come down.’
Isays, * .Never mind, you needn’t pull your
fan? . He says, *X haven’t got any?
hen I laughed at him. Hanlan
didn’t know what to say, I suppose?
for he went in his own door, 1 went up-stairs
and went to bed. The next day I heard he was
calling my mother the worst names that could
bethought of, and I made up my mind right
awav that the next lime X saw him I was going
to ask him what he meant by it. I didn’t see
him until to-night. About 10 o’clock my brother
Charles had a light and went straight down into
the basement.” ■ ; ’ ~
“ I went outside and stood on the sidewalk
for about a minute or two, and then came in
with the intention of going down after mv
broiher. Just belore I got into the door I saw
a light coming up, and I waited in the lower
hall, and when the light came 1 saw it was
HANLANWITH A DARK-LANTERN.
I spoke to him, and said: ‘Hanlan, come out
side; I want to talk with you for a minute.’
Mv brother came right up after me then when
he’ heard me speak to him. Hanlan said: Talk
to me right here where I am.’ Says 1,‘.1 will
not do anything ot the kind; come outside.’
Witb that he reached back in his pocket and
pulled out that iron weight that my brother
snoke of, or whatever it was,—l could not see.”
“ When he pulled the weight out be walked
backward up-stairs, and kcot the light shining
on my face all the time. He got up-stairs and
stood right In the flooiway, aud bis wife came
out. Then mv mother heard the noise and
came down as quick as she conld. Hanlan stood
ri"-ht in the centre of the door, and then he spoke
to'me and said, ‘You bastard, you wanted to
be hitting me, didn’t you?’ I did not say any
thing My mother told him to be careful how
he talked. He says, ‘Yes, there is a bastard,
and you have more of them un stairs. My
mother stepped up to him, and he struck her
on the shonlderwith the weight and then braced
himself up in the door. As soon as he was
braced up in the door 1 stepped np and hit him
in the face with ray list. He then struck me on
the head with the weight.”
« My brother was behind on the stairs, and as
soon ashe struck me be struck him on the backor
on the head with the weight. As soon as he
struck my brother I ran backinto thedoor again.
X ran in after him, and he raised his weight to
strike me. and I stepped back outside the
door. He came outside and commenced swing
ing the weight as fast as he could. 1 ran up to
bim and tried to catch hold of the weight,
and he struck my brother and knocked
him him down. He was stooping down
over him, when he knocked him ooitd, aiid l
caught bim around theneck. I got nim with his
head leaning over the banisters and struck him
in the face a counle of times with my fist. Ido
not remember seeing my brother strike him at
all. He got back aud got my brother under
him; the latter Iving on his back. He was on
topi.f bim and frying to strike him with the
weight.” „ ..
“ I cot him by the coat-collar, and gave him a
couple of kicks in the fide, and struck him in
the face several times. He raised himself up,
and got over toward the upper stairs. He got
roe by the arm, and slit my shirt-sleeve clear
down. I don’t know whether he did it witb his
band or witb bis knife. The X
HEARD MT BROTHER HOLLER.
.1 did not know what was the matter. Then
Hanlan got up and ran into his own door. He
says,‘Now. have you got enoughP None ot
us said anything. • .
‘*A young man who lived with us by. the
name ot John L. Tabers, and who has been stay
ing with us tor the last four years, toot hold
of my brother with me and helped him up-stairs.
When I struck Hanlan in the face the first time
he trot my finEer in his mouoh and bunt; on
until 1 jerked it out ot his mouth.”
Hoover here exhibited the index fmger ol his
right hand. It was a disgusting sight.- The
flesh had been stripped clear oil of it from the
second joint dotyp to liie nail, showing the
ferocity with which Hanlau had held on' to it
with his teethi - -
u Mr. Gape, on the first floor, and Albert
Keinhart and Mrs. Gape stood on the stairs
and would not let the women up.”
THE DOCTOR'S STATEMENT.
Dr. Dayton Painter, of C 97 State street, who
was immediately called in to look after the
wounded mao, gave the following statement to
a reporter last evening: '
I was summoned to sec Charley Hoover at
about 10:15 o’clock. 1 found him slabbed
through the abdomen in the left illiae
region, one and - a half inches to the left of
the umbilicus. The wound extends entirely
throngb the body, making exit in the back, sev
ering the intestines. 1 also found a severe
wound on the right wrist on the uincr side. The
abdominal wound is fatal.
THE PRISONER INTEBViEWEP.
A Tkibdne reporter' saw Haulan at the Arm
ory about midnight. He had a bad cut on his
right thumb, which was done up in a bloody
rag; ■ a bruise on ' his left hip,
caused by a kick, he said; a
lump ra his throat and two Inmns on his fore
head, produced by a boot; and his face was
bruised in several places. He appeared to be
sober. Appended is his statement:
“1 had a couple of little dogs in my room,and
took them down into the cellar, where I keep
them. One of the Hoover boys (Charley) fol
lowed to watch me. I came up the steps again
to get some water 'for' the ’ dogs, intending
when I went back to ; fetch no some
kindling. Billy Hoover met me at
the head of the steps, and he says, ‘You Irish
come outside the door, I want to
talk with you.’ Says I, ‘What do yon want to
talk with me for? lam here. Talk with me.’
Sfiys he, ‘f want yon outside,’ and then he says
to hisbrother, Pete, the young fellow who ran
away and the officers didn’t get, savs he,
‘Pete, come down.’ Pete was up-stairs.
Says 1, ‘You had better let me alone. I’ll
have nothing to do with you. I don’t
want to go outside. ‘ The Gages came to their
door and were listening. 1 guess they heard
what was said. Says I, ,‘Let me go up-stairs
and attend to my own business and have noth
to do with roe, because I don’t want to have
anything to do with you; but if you bother me I
will get out of the way the best I can. Jf you
do, 'l’ll snrclv hurt you if X can.’ Now I
recollect, I ’ don’t think 1 used the
word hurt. Says I, ‘Don’t you bother me now
if you can help it, because I don’t want to bother
you, because you' are a bad set,’ Says he,
• What is that you have in your hand!’ Says I,
•What fs that your business!’ I had a
lamp and some keys in my hand. Says
he, ‘You ——" I’ll let you know,’
and says he, ‘Pete, come here, we’ll
take the drunken _ Irish —— out of
doors, and we will give it to him now.’ in
spite of them I backed m* the stairs, and got
within two or three feet of my own door, wheu
Pete and Billy hopped on to my back, and the
mother came with a
BIX.LT IN HER HAND.
I halloed to mv wife, savs X: ‘Annie, come out
and save me, or I’ll get killed.’ She came, and
with a slipper or a board, I couldn’t
tell which, she tried to defend me, but she
couldn’t, doing her best. Mrs. Hoover says to
her, ‘lf yon strike I’ll strike you,’ and she
shook the billy at her. I could see her, though
f was down. Then mv wile halloed to the next
neighbor, Mr. Reinhart, to come out and save
her husband or they would kill him. He came
to the door, and my wife says, ‘ Don’t let them
till my husband!’ He came then and threw
some of them off, and she says, ‘ 1 won’t let,
you kill the man down. Let him get up!’ ”
“ Were you on the floor!”
“ Yes, and four of them pounding and kick
ing me.”
“ Four—who were they!”
“Charley, and Billy, and Pete Hoover, and
their boarder. I don’t know his name.”
“ What happened then! ”
‘•Mr. Reinhart says. ‘Boys, don’tkill theman
down. 1c looks too bad, so many atop of him.’
And Billy says, *G—d—you, miud your own
business, or weTl make you do it. 5 And then
Billy 64VS to Pete, ‘Let’s take him down
stairs, we’ll give it to bim there, the
Irish drunken— l .* ‘Will you take bim
down-stairs ?’ says my wife, and she gave one of
tliem a shove, and threw him a couple of steps
down-stairs. I got up and drew mi-self into my
door, and Billy, 1 think it was, made a stab at
me, and the knife struck my thumb, as I held
no my hand to defend myself; and then
HE MADE A SECOND STAB,
and I says to my wife, ‘Annie, I am stabbed in’
the baud; he has got a knife.’* She was behind
the door. They followed me, and Billy made
another stab at me around another fellow’s
body, and 1 drew myself back and locked the
door, and staid in my house until the policeman
came.”
“ Why did the Hoovers quarrel with yoq!”
“ 1 don’t know, sir. They threw water down
on ray head the other night in the ball. I didn’t
think it came from the roof, and 1 went
np, and Billy says, * What if water did
come down. Get out of here, you
old - bastard, or I’ll kick- yon.’
They are pretty smart boys. Billy drew a re
volver on .Mr. Kelnhart sometime a£o, and tried
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to shoot him, and Mrs. Hoover threw an ax at
Airs. Reinhart. I was told that.”
“You cut one ot them? ”
“Ob 1 no, sir. 1 hadn’t time.”
“Didn’t you have a Knife? ”
“ No, sir. I have a knife that I cut my corns
with, and we had it cutting onions; aud the
policeman found it in the bureau, fie ears it
looked as if it had been wet. It might be, be
cause after I cut my corns I wiped it with a
towel.” * . ~
Hanlan here offered to show the reporter the
cut corns, but, not liking onions, he declined to
look at them. . . ..
“You hadn’t the knife with you at the
time?”
“ No; sometimes 1 had. Anybody is liable to
carry a jackknife in his pockcis.”
“ And you don’t know why the Hoovers as
saulted you?” •
“No, only because I am Irish and a Catholic
and they are not, 1 don’t know of any other
reason. I never hurt one ot them, or anything
belonging to them. Their plan was, I" am
aware, to kill me, and only for my wife and Mr.
Reinhart they would have done it?.’
“lias your wife ever had any words with
them?" 1
“ No, sir, uor I either. I didn’t sneak to
them. 1 never bother with the neighbors unless
they bother me.”
“ WEBE TOP DRUNK?”
“ Ob, no, sir; you can see I am sober.”
“Who do you thing stabbed Charley
Hoover?”
“ I think Billy did it, accidentally, when he
struck at me. If he didn’t, Pete did, because
he has cleared out.”
“ Didn’t you strike any one? ”
“ When I tried to get up I struck out with my
fists, mid I may have struck one or two of them
with the lamp?’
Hanlan said further that ho worked at Crane
Bros.’ foundry, and that this was the first time
he had ever been in jail. While hia injuries are
not serious, his appearance indicates that be bad
been pretty roughly handled.
MINOR OFFENSES,
SWEEPINGS FROM THE POLICE STATIONS.
M. Levy yesterday Complained at Central
Station that, while unloading junk and old iron
at Schwartz’s yard, No. 800 Canal street, some
one stole from bis wagon a box containing about
5150 worth of dry goods. He wanted a search
warrant for the premises.
The police still continue to run in vagrants
wherever aud .whenever they find them and hap
pen to be provided with tne necessary' warrant.
In the West Division there were booked last
night Dyer Smith, a Halstea street gambler,
Walter Carpenter, Thomas McDermott, and
Charles Peters, alias Fred Hanley, young
thieves and vagrants. A number of worthless
creatures were taken In at the Armory, chief
amongst whom was Florence Crandall, the
alleged Wilckie murderess.
The night of July 1 William Graham’s cigar
store, No. <3 West Madison street, was entered
bv burglars, who carried away about S4O worth
oi cigars. Albert Fetterraa'n, Eugene Keller,
and George Jennings were arrested as
they were removing the nlnnder from
n hole under the sidewalk. The boys were
held to the Criminal Court, but they claimed
that a song-and-dancc man named Richard
Knowles iiad committed the burglary, and that
they had only seen him bide something under
the sidewalk, which' they were anxious to ob
tain os a joke on bim. Knowles was arrested
last night. *
Yesterday afternoon two courtesans, named
Maggie Coogan and Nellie McCabe, bad some
words os to bow long each bad been living a lilc
of shame, and the quarrel was finished in a res
taurant at the northwest corner of Clark and
Van Buren streets by Nellie cutting her antago
nist twice with a sharp pocket-knife, once over
the nose, and once on the right temole. A river
band named Sam Bremen, who was
a witness of . the quarrel, furnished the
termagant with the knife with which
she did the culling, and was arrested with her.
Theiniurcd woman’s cuts were stitched up by
Dr. M. Jones in a neighboring drug-store, and
were pronounced not serious.
Friday morning a couple of officers in the West
Division were greatly censured by some
of the papers, and by the • presiding
Justice, for making an attempt to
convict for vagrancy, John Wall, of whom every
body BDoke highly. It transpires that Wall was
arrested on the 9th of January last, in com pan v
with John Burns and CnarJcs Bellman, charged
with stealing a copper worm from Wolff’s
foundry, on West Laue street. He was tnea in
the Criminal Court, and was awarded one and
one-half years in the Penitentiary, which penal
ty be in some wav escaped. The detectives have
nothing against him if he will keep off the
streets and remain at work.
Quite an excitement was occasioned yesterday
by the complaint to tbe police tbatayoung woman
named Emma Faist bas been abducted from
No. S2O Elston avenue, it was stated tliat
she arrived here on the 4th inst.
direct from Germany, and that her
brothers, living at No. ti Tedder street, had
found employment for her at the home of a
milk-dealer at the number mentioned on Elston
avenue. The harrowing part ot the'tale was
that last Wednesday a wagon containing two
men and women and some children drove up to
the bouse, and that one of the men entered
the house, and stated that Emma’s cousin had
found for her a better place, and that she should
come along with him', tine did so, and was
heard of no more. Hence the abduction storv.
This sensation, however, fell flat when it was
reported last night tliat Emma hud been found
in good and safe keeping, and in the employ of
a rival milk-dealer at No. 203 Sonthoort avenue.
But how she happened to change places was not
fully explained.
The McQnade family, of the Eighth Ward, is
doing more than its share in the'criminal line.
One of the sons is in ]aii for the brutal killing
of young Robert Anderson on the Fourth of
July, and a younger member of the family
named Timothy was yesterday lodged in the
Armory, but, singularly enough, was booked
by the alias of Thomas Mack. There was
a commotion and cries of “Stop thief!” early
yesterday afternoon at the Exchange Ruiidiug,
corner of Clark and Washington streets, and
Detectives Steele and McDonald, who ran with
the crowd, succeeded in arresting the young
man. In his flight he tried to throw away a
skeleton key and several other burglarious im
plements. People in the building state that they
surprised him in the act of going through some;
of the rooms, which Is quite probable, lor he is
only recently out of jail lor the same kind of
work. He is an inveterate young thief, who has
greatly disgraced his family.
Justice Walsh: Thomas Quirk, vagrant and
thief, SSO fine; Daniel Hanley. larceny of a
horse blanket from D. Farley, S3OO to the 2Sth;
Albert Wiesner, S3OO to the Criminal Court for
the theft of cigars and groceries from the wagon
of J. W. Stebbins, agent for Sprague, Warner &
Co-, and which was kept in Gross’ livery
on Clinton street; James Lcvere, same
charge, SSOO to the Criminal Court;
Thomas Marlin, receiving the plunder in his
saloon at No. 16 West Lake street, SSOO ditto;
George Stokey, Thomas Keating, Timothy
Harding, Samuel Hill, Margaret Hauler,
vagrants, SIOO fine each; Ann Duffy and Jerry
Donnelley, drunk and disorderly, SIOO fine; Mary
Clark, alias Hicks, the mistress of Thompson,
the burglar, SIOO fine. Justice Wallace: Mag
gie Smith, George Walker, and George
Foster, vagrants and thieves, SSO
fine each: Fannie Williams, Nellie
Anderson, Joseph Covey, disorderly, $25 fine
each; William Joyce, charged with stabbing
Patrick Flaherty twice in the face some weeks
ago, S3OO to the Criminal Court; Patrick
Cavanaugh, John Russell, Thomas O’Brien, at
tempting to rape Airs. Catherine Learey, S3OO
each to the Criminal Court; Harry Aston, the
bunko-roper who beat Capt. Pcrcival, of the
English army, out of £l4 in gold and a diamond
ring at the real old-fashioned game of bunko,
as dealt out in rooms at No. 147 .Monroe street,
discharged, as Capt. Percival' had been
“ squared,” and refused to appear to prosecute;
John Feeley. larceny of a harness, $203 to the
30th. Justice Kaufmann: John Stramms, a
Swede, 05 years of age, a homeless,
destitute man, sent to the House of Cor
rection on a fine of $100: Patrick, Ellen,
and Michael Burke, breaking .Mary Har
rier's nose, SSOO to the 30th; John Huber,
assaulting Minnie Christian, S3OO to Aug. 1;
John Thomas, threats to kill William Bar'min
ster, S3OO to the 29th; James Keegan, alias
O’Grady, a well-known , confidence operator,
charged with vagrancy, SIOO line, which was
suspended on his promising to leave town.
Justice Kaufmann yesterday discharged Max
Romer, charged with assault and battery upon
Fred Kutx.
DARING ROBBERY.
Masked burglars have again commenced their
midnight antics, and at daybreak yesterday
morning they made quite an extended visit to
the household of James Rutherford, No. 33 He-
Puyster street. The bouse is a basement cot
tage, and entrance was effected by mounting a
tub placed upon an ash-baircl, standing
on which, the thieves managed to cut out a
slat in the blinds of a side window, and
entered the front parlor. First they planned
.ways of exit in case they should be discovered
while in the bouse, and fixed a good escape by.
throwing wide open one of the front windows,
and by/Dinning back the curtains. They were
engaged in trying to find toe inner stairway
leading to the basement when their whisper-:
jogs • w t ere. heard by Mrs.- Rutherford,
she I >at first thought the whispering was
In an adjoining house, but upon listening closer
she heard distinctly all they were saying. She
called to her husb md, who was asleep in an ad
joining bedroom, and asked: “Do you hear
noises in me house?” “Yes,” he promptly re
plied, “ there are robbers here, and they are
plundering us.” As the words were spoken a'
masked burglarnuhedlnunon each of them. 000
placed a revolver close to Mrs. Rutherford's
head and ordered her to keep quiet. Another
did the same to Mr.-Rutherford, but he was not
so tractable as his wife, and began to fight back.
The burglar put the muzzle of his weapon al
most into Mr. Rutherford’s left eye. He in
stinctively grabbed the fellow’s arm,
and, notwithstanding a desperate - en
deavor made to choke him ' off, he
still kept his hold. They wrestled thus
desperately for some minutes, during all which
time the third burglar was engaged in lighting
matches and ransacking the house for money
and valuables. Mr. Rutherford finally succeed
ed in getting the best ot his man, whereupon
the latter called to file third man. who ran to
his assistance. ,They beat bim severely about the
arms In order to make him let goof the weapon,
and then, after pushing his head
through a window, one ot them dealt him a
stunning blow with a slungshot. They then
rushed out, one escaping by the front window
and the other two through the rear basement
door.
The burglar who paid particular attention to
Mrs. Rutherford was a brutal fellow. He han
dled her roughly, and kept striking matches
to see whereabouts he and his companions were.
When Mrs. Rutlicrlord’s two little daughters
heard their father struggling they cried out
“Save pana!” several times, and the fellow
struck each of them. This angered the mother,
and. seizing a lam n, she held him at bay until
the word was given for him to cscane. They.
left behind them a skeleton key which they used
in opening bureau-drawers, aud a cap and hand
kerchief which they dropped as they ran. The
little girls say they bad on common white
socks to which pasteboard soles had been sewn.
The only plunder secured was abont S2O in cash,
but they evidently expected to get a much
larger sum, as they kent calling for Mr. Ruther
ford's vest and pocketbock. In consequence ot
the scaro,fiie children were sick all yesterday,
and Mr. Rutherford was quite 111 from the
effects of the blow in the head, and his bruises
and cuts on Uie.riglit arm and hand.
Just prior to this desperate encounter the
burglars bad forced an entrance to the resi
dence of Mrs. Carney, No. 33 Del’uveter street,
and had carried awav a quantity of clothing.
DROP LETTERS.
Expediting Their Delivery.
A correspondent writes to The Tribune in
regard to the delay in the distribution of drop
letters. He complains with some justice that
not enough collections are made from the sta
tions, and suggests that the Postmaster take
some measures to remedy this evil. There is
great foundation for these complaints, but it
is difficult to see how it can be ob
viated without a decided increase in the work
ing force. At present, in some of the outlying
districts where only two daily delivery trios are
made, a letter posted at, say 8 a. m., does not
reach the station until about noon, as the car
rier is obliged to carry bis collections with him
while making his delivery trip, which takes per
haps several hours. In case this letter is ad
dressed to another division it must be sent
through the main office, and reaches its destina
tion in the evening. A letter mailed at the box
mentioned above, shortly after the collection is
made, would be at least twentv-four
hours in reaching the person to whom
it is addressed. With the present force
of carriers' it is difficult to see how
the system can be much improved. At present,
collections are made from the Wtst Side station
for the main office six times daily, irom the
North Side station five times, and from the
south, southwest and northwest stations four
times a day. It Is anticipated that there will be
a slight increase in the force within- a short
time, in which case one delivery trip will bo
added in the business-section of theNorih Side,
and one more collection daily be made from the
north station. The rest of the increased force
will be required to keep no the efficiency of the
service at its present status owing to the large
increase in the number of letters carried.
Mr. J. M. Hubbard has proposed a plan to the
Department which he hopes will do away with
a great deal of the delay at present experienced.
He proposes to have boxes located at Ireqnent
intervals on the principal thoroughfares in each
division, and keep a carrier constanly employed
in collecting from these boxes, which, lying in a
direct route, can be emptied at very short inter
vals ol time without much extra pedestrian
labor. The other boxes would be collected as
usual. In case one were in a hurry with a letter,
one could then put it,.into a box, without going
too far, which would be collected within an hour
at most. For the nrci'ent the public will have
to be contented with things as they now are, lor
Postmaster Palmer cap afford no better facili
ties with his present force.
NOT TBLIiOW-FEVEE.
A Scare at Rldffeland,
Through some unexplained manner a report
was circulated yesterday that there was a
genuine case of “ Yellow-Jack ” at Ridgeland,
and a few persons interested in tliat suburb—
which is about seven miles west of the city on
the Galena Division of the Northwestern Rail
way—were considerably, worked up. about the
matter. A Tbxbdkb reporter gleaned some in
formation in the city about the alleged case of
vellow-fbver, and then went out to Ridceland
to get at the real facta of the matter. As he
alighted from the train the -reporter met
Dr. Milton Jay, the well-known Eclectic
physician, and divining at once that
the latter had an urgent case of some
kind, asked him if he had a yellow-fever case on
hand. The Doctor smiled audibly, and said,
“Bless youj no; where did you get suchare
port?” The reporter told him of the rumors,
and Dr. Jay invited him to go right along and
see the patient, a young man of about 21 years,
named John Mayberry, who was found in a
pleasant, shadv residence near the railroad de
pot, kindly and well cared for by his mother
and father.
After the Doctor, had examined his patient
and given the necessary directions to his parents
regarding the remedies prescribed for him, lie
pronounced him convalescing, and said he
looked for his speedy recovery. The
patient was then informed of the rumors con
cerning him, and stoically remarked that if he
had had yellow-fever he would not have been
lying therefor the past two weeks, as he had
done. He was anxious to know how the rumors
about him got into circulation, and was inform
ed that it was probably owing to the fact that
he had been in Memphis. His father stated
that he had been* on business in that city in
June last, but left there July 1, before there
were any reports or signs of yellow-fever. Dr.
Jay said he was suffering from tvpho-malarial
fever, and had been very ill. He had other
patients who were ill from the same cause, and
there was not the slightest reason for saying
they had yellow-fever. He expected to have his
patient up again in a few days.
PORT HURON.
Port Huron, Mich, July 28-—Passed Up—Props
City of Now York, St. Joseph, Newburg with
Hazard, N. iMiils, and Ohio and barges, Superior
and consort. Philadelphia with Schuylkill and Sher
wood, Henry Howard and Fame, Fred Kelly witn
John O’Neil and consort: stmr Keweenaw; schra
Lem Ellsworth, Guido Pfister, Saveland, Mont
gomery, Gold Hunter, Hartford.
Down—Props Mary Mills.' Starucca, Eoano te
Lowell. India, William Cowie, Osw'egatchie, V.
Swain with J. 0. Thayer and consort, Janus Lorn
and consort J- B. Merrill; schrs Henry C. Hicu
ards, Oncoota.
Wind—South, light; weather fine.
Pout Huron. July 28. —10 p. m.—Passed Up-
Props St. Louis, Pessaic and barges. Mayflower
and barges, Conestoga with Thomas A. Schtt,
Clinton with consort and Glenlfier, Sovereign and
consort; schrs M, J. Cummings," Monterey, Jane
Bell, Sweetheart
Down—Props Jay Gould, Alaska. Toledo, Forest
City with Three Brothers, Itasca end consort
Glasgow and barges, B. W. Jenness and bulges,
V. 11. Ketcham with P. S. Marsh; schrs Parana,
M S. Bacon, and China.
Wind—South, light; weather fine.
The Hiss of a Serpent.
A'etc Orleans Demoirrat. .
A correspondent in Lafourche Parish guar
antees the truth of the following details:
Near the “Cutoff.” M. Lambasse and his son
both fell a victim to snake bite unner the fol
lowing circumstances: Lambasse and his son
Bibi were seroenc chnmers, who cared as little
for rattlesnakes as they would for turtle doves.
They were constantly surrounded by their
venomous pets, serpents of the most deadly
species, with which thev played fearlessly.
Last Sunday Bibi, who had a magnificent rattle
snake,' tried to sell it to one of his friends. For
this purpose he took it out of a barrel where it
. was kept, and, m order to show his skill, tried
to make the reptile “ kiss him.” The serpent,
unwilling togrant the caress desired,'ended by
becoming so enranged that-be bit his charmer’s
tongue, and also his left arm. Immedlatelr
afterward, Bibl’s father took the sernent In his
hands, and tried to show those present that his
son had acted clumsily, or was a charmer of a
much inferior character to himself. So saying,
he pufthe head ot the hideous creature in his
mouth. The serpent bit him also. Father and
son were both attacked with frightful polos
shortly after, and their bodies became horriply
swollen. They died in excruciating tortures.
GREENBACKS.
Feeble' Rag-Baby Demonstration
Last Evening.
Congressman Wriffht Orates on Labor
and Cheap Money,
And Advocates His Amendment to the
Uomcsteadlaw.
The ** Grand Concert and Eight-Hour Demon
stration” at the Base-Ball Park last evening*
under'the auspices of the Nailonal-Grcenback-
Labor party, was not the success anticipated,
though there were.nearly 1,000 people present.
Most of them, however, were attracted by the
music, while a good many Socialists attended to
hear some of the Congressmen talk. It is
doubtful if there were 200 genuine Greenbackers
in the crowd. . Only one speech was made,* Mr.
Murch, of Maine, being detained at borne by an
accident to his wife. The Elgin Baad, about
the best in the Northwest, furnished the music,
which was well worth listening to, though there
wasn’t very much of it.
The gathering was called to order at 8:30 by
William Halley, who- nominated George S.
Bowen for Chairman. He was, of course, elect
ed, and, after returning thamrs, referred to the
Congressional Committee now in this cltj*, who
are to investigate the causes of the business
stagnation throughout the country, saying that
he trusted they would bo enlightened while
here.
A committee was appointed to pass the hat,
in order to raise money to meet the expenses.
While the collection was being taken the band
played several airs.
CONGRESSMAN H. B. WRIGHT,
ol Pennsylvania, was then Introduced, and start
ed out by expressing his satisfaction at meeting
the workingmen of Chicago. He had come to
talk about one of the ' most momentous ques
tions that could engage the attention of the
people.—the rights of man. [Applause.] He
had no recrimination to cast upon any party or
any branch of business or trade. His mission
was not to say angrv words, but to talk to the
laboring men of Chicago about those rights
which, under the Constitution and the laws,
were guaranteed to them, hnd which they ought
to have apd to enjoy. [Applause.] He was not
an advocate of the cause of labor because it was
going to be of any advantage to him. He had
reached the meridian of life, and had made
a league between the laboring man and
himself to uevote the remnant of his life to
ameliorating their condition, [Applause.] For
ten years he had devoted bis time to the sub
ject, and his advocacv of the cause had brought
upon him the enmity of men who represent
capital. But he cared nothing for it. fie was
in no danger from the. monev rings. The coun
try would never prosper unless the laboring
men were paid full wages and had enough to
sustain themselves and families beyond want
during twelve months of the year. There could
bo no prosperity witboutlit, That was the foun
dation of prosperity. No enterprise could be
sustained unless there Was a healthy condition
among workingmen. How was this to
be brought aboutl His reflection had
led him to the conclusion that the rights of the
laboring-man in the legislation of the country
ought to be equal with those of capital, or any
of the industries of the country. [Applause.]
He didn’t want the rights of labor made’'sub
servient to the money or the industrial inter
ests, Labor and . capital should stand ou one
platform, each having equal rights. [Applause.]
THE COUNTRY count) NOT PROSPER
unless that rule was observed. His experience
in Congress showed him that the contrary was
the case. Capital always had the inside track,
and therefore the benefit in the race. Those
who advocated the rights of labor there
Were denounced as ■ demagogues and
fools. Six-tenths of the whole population
were workingmen, and if they didn’t , rise in
their might and dictate the legislation, they had
no right to claim any. He did not encourage
tile idea that thev should abandon the shop and
turn politicians, but what he meant ‘was" that
they should lav down the rule ot coddiillt to be
observed by tile agent they sent to Congress,
because, after all, the man they selected was
merely tile representative of their own opinions.,,
Mr. Wright then referred to his supplement
to the Homestead law, by which SSOO was to be
loaned by the Government to enable settlers to
commence life, the money to be paid
at the end of ten years, bearing 3 per
cent interest. [Annlanse.] It was to be
handed over in installments, and before the
second and subsequent ones were paid, proof
was to be made that the other installments had
been actually expended in the improvement of
bis home. This guarded against imposition.
Tiie measure was defeated, ■' but he intended to
renew it. [Applause.] It was the duty of the
couutrv to take care of Its unfortunate people,
—one of its first duties where a man had be
haved himself and was honest, but, through
want of employment, had become destitutcyto
give him aid ’ and' assistance. If it could be
charitable to the starving abroad, why not to
those at home. [Applause.] But money had
overruled the Constitution.- . " >
He .then touched on the Eight-Hour law
passed bv Congress in 1873, which very strange
ly bad been a dead letter. Originally twelve
hours work wos required of a laboring man.
Martin Van Bqreu
USD COED THE HOUB3 TO TBIT,
Then came the law to cut them to eight. But
the law was not revived by the last Congress.
[A voice, “ Why?”! He supposed money had
something to do with it. The law applied to
Government work it was thought would be an
entering wedge, so that the men in the States
would follow up their representative men and
drive them into acknowledging the justice and
uprightness of such a law. That also was
to be tried again. [Applause.] If things
went on as now, the workingmen would be like
the serfs of Russia. They should make the
laws as well as fight the battles. All it required
to bring that about was their energy, persever
ance, and determination.! Eight hours of steady
work was'as much ns a man of ordinary consti
tution could undergo. They should say “It is
our will,” and that will , must be observed.
[Applause.]. If be did not mistake public sen
timent, there was a disposition upon the part of
the wage-workers to favor it; there was enough
of them to enforce the measure, and it was
their duty to do it. [Applause.]
The currency question next received atten- 1
tion, the speaker being a Grcenbacker. [Ap
plause.] In order to help the people out of
their difficulties, and to increase the price of
labor, something ought to be done by the Gov
ernment. He. believed the present prosperity
of Chicago was only spasmodic. The foreclos
ure of mortgages atfcctcd the price of labor.
Until debts were paid prosperity would not
come. He was not an inflationist. He didn’t
want to sec §2,000,000,000 of currency again,
afloat. It wasn’t necessary. There were now
only $700,000,000 in circulation, one-seventh of
which was locked up in the Treasury. Why had
It been necessary to contract to such an extent?
THE SPEAKEB RIDICULED RESUMPTION,
claiming that it bad accomplished no good. Lack
o£ currency was the complaint everywhere in
the country except in Wail street. There the
money-changers were as oopoxious to the inter
ests o'i the people as those Cnrist fonnd in the
Temple. It was not to their Interest to have
the greenback currency enlarged. They wanted
a corner on money so as to speculate in it. All
the sneaker wanted was as much money as was,
necessary to transact the ordinary business of
the country when prosperous. He desired to
see it redeemed. Men with princely incomes
derived from Government ponds paid no taxes,
while the men at the bench did. Incomes ought
to be taxed. [Applause.J Taxeswete not reduced
because the great sources ot wealth of the
nation were ■ shielded by legislation, and the
money power had stood in the path of the peo
ple with a drawn sword and said to them, “So
far you shall come, but no farther.” Reference,
was made to the land monopolists ot California,
who were those struck at in the recent upheaval
there. Men who would incite insurrection had
no place in the speaker’s confidence. If there
was one, ho wanted to see it at the 6allot-box.
[Applause.] Hetlesiicd to see the common
men of the country—the laborer and the arti
san-have an equal' share in the administration
of tlie affairsol the Government. [Applause.]
They should have equal justice with the class
that ruled. If there was currency enough to
restore the industries, workingmen would he
prosperous. The circulation now was sl2 a
head, while the rate of taxation was $lB.
.[Laughter.] What ther wanted they ought to
have, even if their demands came in conflict
with the men who bad control of the Govern
ment, for the workmen were as competent and
as able to judge of their needs os those who had
the political power. [Applause.]
In conclusion Mr. Wright advised his heavers
to submit to the laws. If the laws were wrong
they should be reformed. [Applause.] By be
ing the law-makers, no one would have the rigbt
to find fault with them. [Cheers.]
After a, tune by the band, ■ Mr.
Goodhue offered a resolution of thanks to Mr.
Wright for bis ‘‘honest and earnest advocacy of
the rights ot the people,” urging him, as a true
citizen of the Republic, to continue in the cause;
also tile followin';: '■
'Reio?ved t That the tailere, merchants, and busi
ness men of Chicago, In tnass-mcctfmr assembled,
do pledge themselves here iiot to vote for anymdn
who will not pledge himself to vote and sopjKjrt
the Wriirht Homestead law, the Eight-Hoar law,
and greenbacks instead of National banknotes,
and the tree coinage of silver.
■■ These were adopted; whereupon the meeting
adjourned.
THE SEHENADE.
At the close of the powwow on the Lake
Shore, the crowd poured itself into the lobby
of the Tremont House, where the Elam Bund
serenaded the Committee appropriately with
sounding brass and tinkling cymbals. Mr.
George S. Bowen officiated as master of cere
monies, and the music drew to the grand stair
case many of the lady gnests of the Tremont
House. An excursion party of 350 people from
Indiana merged itself into the audience, and
partially attributed the martial strains to their
own arrival. At the conclusion of the serenade
Mr. Bdwen, in a few laudatory words, introduced
the Hon. M. P. O’Conor, M. C., of South
Carolina, who, in behalf of the Committee, re
turned thanks for the music by the baud. They
would, he said, consider the event as a welcome
from the workingmen of this great emporium
to a committee appointed to look into the
causes of the depression of labor by.which they
were suffering, and to concert measures jfr
their relief. He bad come 1,200 miles, from
Charleston, a city which was of age at the time
of the Revolution, and now was lying overcome
and in the greatest financial distress. For years
past Charleston had been reaching out its
arms toward the Northwest in the hone that
in time this section would empty into
its lap some of the countless millions now di
verted to other ocean ports. He bad hopes that
railway connectionswould be made which would
lessen me distance between Cbieazo and
Charleston by 150 miles. In speaking of the
functions of the Committee, a man like himself,
coming from tne impoverished South to a vigor
ous and busy metropolis, naturally asks him
self, Where is depression to be found in this
city! His auditors should, nowever, remember
that, though the city Is powerful, it would, as
he believed, have been five times as pros
perous had it not been for fhe policy
of the Government on the financial
questions. ' Hero The speaker wandered oil
from the Committee and its work, which was
his only legitimate tonic, to exhibit the old soft
money arguments, bolding up the rag-baby to
be admired by his audience and going into a de
tailed examination of its anatomy, and thorough
diagnosis of its afflictions. In the course of his
remarks he denounced resumption, and in the
next breath he said that it was not resumption,
but equalization. Retnrningto bis topic, be ebar
aetcrized Chicago as the Paris of America, and
the hotel as the palace of the prairies. He con
cluded with an exnressioo of thanks in behalf of
the Committee, and of tnePalmetto Stale,which
he represented.
Air. Bowen then proposed three cheers on gen
eral principles, after which the crowd dispersed.
NORTH CHICAGO.
The Personal Property Assessment for 1879.
The North Division Assessor will turn over
his books to the County Collector Monday
morning and the County Board of Equalization
will immediately get to work reviewing the as
sessments. They will take the three Chicago
towns together, and will group the county
towns by themselves. The present idea is to
add from 10 to 15 per cent to the South Town
assessment, which is $3,000,000 lower than last
year, and to relieve the North and West Towns
of a portion of tnclr charges.
' The aggregate personal assessment of North
Chicago tnia year is $1,703,980, as against sl,-
584,940 in 1878, showing an increase of $119,020.
The grand recapitulation for IS7B and 1879
shows as follows:
. 1878. * , 1879. %
So. Value, So. Value.
Horses ; 2,752 s 105,575 2,79 G 3 93.115
Cattle 52 1)70 52 G 55
Muirs and asses.... 38 1.220 SO l.ino
Bteam engines 101 31,2-5 115 38.530
Safes 07 4,210 123 4,270
Bllllnm and pool
tables 225 9,450 IC4 5,805
Carriages and wag
ons 1,747 95,140 1,810 '90.520
Watches and clocks 333 9,527 432 11,785
Sewing and knitting
machines 053 8,030 590 6,620
Pianofortes 786 53.750 043 72,175
Melodeoasand or
gans 39 1.480 26 805
Steamboats 24 '30,300
Merchandise 461,965 .... 429,350
Material and man
ufactured articles .... 89.300 .... 124.005
Tools, Implements, . ..
ana machinery 104.730 .... 82,020
Gold and sliver
Plate .. 4,595 .... • 4,995
Diamonds and Jew
elry .... 3,655 - 5,330
Moneys other than
of banks, etc,. 1 .. 4,170 ...;'. -44,325
Credits other than-
banka •.... 46,695
Penas and stocks.. .... 85, UX) .... 87,000
Properly of corpo
rations and com
panies not other
wise enumerated 45,000 - ~T I, r
Property of ea
loons and eating
houses.. .... 20,820 .... 19,003
Household and of
fice furniture.... 391,143 .... 380,370
All other property
not enumerated 49.065 .... •119.593
Total
SI. 034.040
The heaviest personal assessments this year,
includin'? all those above $5,000, are contained
in the following list:
Adams & Westlake !C.J. L. Moyer... .$22,050
Manufacture C 0.510,290.510,290 North Chicago City
Brown. Van Arsdale Railroad Co 58.340
& Co 6,700 Mrs. Julia B. New-
Gcb. Buileu & Co.. 10,000 berry 10,000
Bartholomac SB ; National Tube WTcs 7,m0
Lelchc 15,9(X> Newbernr Estate.., 75,000
Carson. Plrle & Co. 8,000 Charles Pone 5,310
Chicago Meat-Pre- PeaUUeo Lumber
serving Company. 23,000, Company 19,400
Gas-Llcht <t Coke iKockwood 8r05....- 6,250
Company en,oooßathbone, Sard*
Encel«fc Bro 5,750 Co 5,500
Ellel. Dantzlger & Street, Chatfield &
Co 5,300 Co s,nno
Frazer Lubricating Scbmidt & Glade... 8,000
Company 5,500 Union Brass Mamt-
Fuller. Warren&Co 7,5C0 facturingCo 8,600
Grey, Claikc d; Co. 21, W0 Well«fc Bros 7,320
J. s. Kirk &Co 35,000 Western Electric
J. I). Marshall 13.000 Manufacturing Co 14,000
MELODIES .OF MEMORY.
A tender sadness dwells within the olden songs you
sins— •
A subtle'pathos lingers in their ev’ry gentle strain;
Forgotten days they bring again to memory; to the
heart
They bring regrets that waken only bitterness and
pain.
Yet I love the songs yon sing to me, and I would
nut if I could
Forget the happy melodics so clear in days of yore;
Their music, though it saddens, lends a power to
sooth the wound, .
And rekindles all the passion of my life’s bright
“Nevermore;”
Then sing those olden songs again, and here I’ll
sit and dream
The dreams those strains awaken—dreams too hoi*
Jowed long to last—
And i’ll fancy ’lts her voice that breathes those
symphonies of love
That fall upon my ear to-night like echoes from
the past
I’ll fancy’’tla her touch that wakes each well
remembered chord
Whoso mournful cadence drifts and dies upon the
Nizht’s «oft breath;
I’ll dream that she is with me—that her spirit has
returned
To earthly hopes and gladness from the sable balls
of Death*
Then wake those tender songs again, those glad
some songs of old;
Their simple strains of happiness are sweeter far
to me
Than the grandest notes that ever, by famed prima
donna sang.
Thrilled a soul with all the raptnre of a perfect
ecstasy.
“Tub Maples.” ' Owes 1L Wilsok.
A Shot-Gun Quarantine,
Little Rock, Ark., July 17.— T0 the Editor
of Little Jtock Gazette: As the yellow-fever has
demonstrated that it is not sporadic, 1 think the
citizens should resurrect the shot-gun quaran
tine, and picket every road entering the city, as
lam reliably informed that thirteen Memphis
refugees came to this city last evening in a wag
on. They came up White- River on a boat, and
from there across the country. There is not a
public-spirited citizen that would refuse to go
on duty one day, or. If they cannot go, fnrnish a
substitute. It costs the Board of Beiltb noth
ing, and there is no question about its being es
sential, as that wagon-load demonstrates* If
the people of Memphis or anyotber district bear
of a shot-gun quarantine, they will be lively to
give us a wide berth. Hoping this suggestion
will meet the approbation of the citizens, I re
main, as ever, a friend of the community.
C. if Davies.
James Gordon Beunett Stops a Runaway
Team.
Saratoffian. <
On Tuesday morning abouf 11 o’clock the
team attached to Barrett’s omnibus line, took
I'nebt on North Broadway, near ibe railroad
crossing, above theTown-flall, and dashed down
that crowded tfaoroagfare at a frightful rate.
Fortunately there was no ine in the' vehicle at
the time, and, strange as it mar seem to any
one who knows the condition of Broadway at
that hour, it reached the monument in front of
the Congress Soring Park entrance without any
collision. ,At this point James Gordon Bennett,
proprietor of the New York Berald , who was
passing, canght the flying steeds, and, with
great Derye and strength. Drought them to a
stop. The horses pnd omptfru* were uninjured.
THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS.
Tbibuse Office, Chicago, July 07 13-0
PROBLEM NO. 128. ’
End game between Messrs. Hester andSiKaj,
Black.
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White,
White (Better) to move and win.
POSITION NO. 128.
By Charlie Hefteil
Black men on 2,3, 0, 10, 11, 12: Hues on »«
28, 29.
men on 3,6, 7, 19, 22, 23; tings on 10,
White to more and win.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
J. D. Ambrose—lt bos been daiy attended te
F. A. Fitzpatrick—Will do as yon say about It'
W. J. Wcafer—Tonr kind contributions ate as.
predated. *7
.A. S. Ingalls—Solutions both correct Will ex
amine yonr position.
J. A. Hear— I The missing slips have been mailed,
and The Tbcbuse will go forward regularly s™"
after. V
Albert Crane—Wetblnk itaneasvmattertodis.
tintmisU the black and white pieces in our digram.
They cannot be made clearer unless printed direct
from the type.
CHECKER ITEMS.
The champion Wyllie was at Milnathort re.
eentiy, and at Kinross at last advices.
A checker cinb with upwards of twenty mombea
has been organized at Bridgeport, Conn.
Mr. W. Falrgrieve. the “hoy player” of Sche
nectady. X. Y.. visited New York City. Boiton,
and Aloany recently, tnaklmrvery creditable acorei
with the leading players of those cities.
The Cincinnati Commercial says that tf-Mr. Ba).
ford, of Toledo, is reallv aniions to play a Teat
ern playerfor a stake, all he has to do is to sends
deposit to the Turf, and he will find an opponent.
Mr. R. E. Bowen, of Millbnry, Mass., while la
Providence a few days ago, contested eleiea
panes with Mr. Freeman, the Slate champion,
Bowen winning 1, Freeman, 0; and 10 games were
drawn.
While in St. Louis recently, Mr. Fonville encoun
tered Messrs. We«tlake, Schindler, and Grow, tbs
three leading St. Louis players, with the following
result:
Fonvllle. ..9 Westlake ....16 Drawn...l7 Totals
F0nv111e....15 Schindler....l3 Drawn...2o *iotat;.«
F0nv111e....!! Gross 8 Drawn...l9 ToUi.JS
Mrl J. M. Jenkins—Be Kalb. HI., writes as fol
lows: “In same 398 at 17th move, if 17-21 U
followed hv3l—2tf,l think White wins. Betas this
is played, 26—23 at 2Cth move followed by 13-17,
make a Black win. 1 had booed to see Mr.
Weafer’s game No. 385 examined by some of oor
critics, fori think it a White win.”
The Glasgow Htnld states that the inaugural
toumament'of the Anderson Draughts Association
was brongbt to a formal close on the 28th alt, ia
the presentation of the prizes hv the President
Mr.W. Kirldand, of Strathaven. The whiners were
ns follows: First class—lst Mr. William Bryden,
Glasgow: 2d. Mr. William. Lewis, Glasgow. Sec
ond class—lst Mr. J. Muitf Larkhali; 2d, Ml h
Frame, of Larkhali. The toornament was a suc
cess, and the Committee have decided to hold
another one in April next
In answer to Mr.C.F. Barker’s recent challenge,
Mr. James Labadle comes out in a long-winded
counter challenge in the Hamilton Sprc/afor, offer
ing to play any man In America, W. R. or C. P.
Barker, R, B. Tates, or James Reed, Jr., prefer
red, for S2OO a side and the championship, fliitr
games, wins and draws to connt to he plsyedoa
Canadian soil, with an allowance for expense*
etc., etc. Now come, Mr. Labadle, yon have no
intention nor expectation of drawing Mr. Tates in
to a match with yon. and if yon really want
to play the Barkers or Mr. Reed, yon know bow to
go about it well enough,— issue a challenge in tbs
regular way, put vp a forfeit , and then if it is not
covered it will be time enongh to talk aboottba
title. “Champion Braught-Playcr of the Western.
World,” apnended to your late challenge. Tbs
players don’t want so mach talk; give them some
thing tangible.
Mr. Frank Greenlee, the noted young player of
Lafayette, Ind., accompanied by the yery eenbl
Mr. C&rstairs. ex-champion of Indiana, made i
flying visit to this citv last Tuesday. Their lime
being somewhat limited, they returned without
engaging In play with any of our local experts.
Mr. Greenlee expresses a desire to bring ont
match, either friendly or for a stake, with Mr.
Hefrer. While in Betroit recently Mr. Grcenles
played ninety-nine games. In judging the resak
of his play with Mr. Labadie, it should be
borne in mind that Mr. G. had just played nn
wards of eighty paines.and was in consequence too
much fatlgued’to meets fresh player of Mr. Labs
die's strength. Following is the score:
51.7U3.C60
Grcen’ee.... 3 Labadic ....4 Brawn..*..s
Greenlee.... 4 Frazer. .. ..I 8rawn....3
Greenlee....lu Goodman...! Drawn.... 3
Greenlee.... 1 Flnehart. ..o Drawn.. :.3
Greenlee.... 4 Ashley 0 Brawn... 7
Greenlee.... 1 Cook 0 Brawn....!
Greenlee.... 2 Aus*ln o 8rawn....2
Greenlee.... 2 Mills o
Greenlee.... 3 Giddey 0 D:awn ...l
Greenlee.... 3 Miller 0 B*awn ...1
Greenlee.... 3 Mc(Jreevy..o
Greenlee.... 9 Elder 0 Drawn...*.l
Greenlee.... 7 All others, .o Drawn—3
SOLUTIONS.
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 127.
BvC. Heftcr. * f.’-
26- 2- 9 15—15 17-22(1) .18-®;
10-26 10- 6 14-17 25-21' » White
27 1-19 15—18 22-26 Wiafc
20-27 ' 11—15 5 9 21—17 „ s
9- 6' 3—lo 29-25 9*=-I3
I 22-IT I I 1 ®”" 1-^2?
SOLUTION TO POSITION NO. 127. “
By W. J. Weafer. ,
23-18 I 18-15 J 16-11 j 20—18
26—17 I 11—18 I 7—23 j 12—19 |Wh. WXB*
GAME NO. 401—LAIR1
Played at Grand Rapids. Mii
Bateman and George VT. Kers
Bateman’s m<
11—15 21—14 6 D.
23—19 15—18 24-20
8— 26—23 17—22
22—17 1-I—l7 24—24
9- 19-15 9-13
17-14 4- 8 15-10
10—17 23-d9 13—17
GAME 3
Played in Cbicagi
amateurs.
11—15
23-19
«—n
3-7
“7-16
24-20
in—in
4 -8
20-32
0-14
22-18
23-
it—l 6
24-
16—33
27—1!
. 7—IB
.20-11
GAME
in Chicago
n—is
20—23*
15—24
28-19
8-11
22-18
9—13
18— 0
5—14
25-22
11—15
32-28
15-24
£B-19
Played
11—15
23—18
8-11
27—23
4 8
23-
10—14
19—10
14—23
2M9
7—14
24
O—IO
30-28
•‘When one sits quite alone! then one weeps—then oa*
kneels!
God! bow the house feels!”
Douglas! Douglas! Six years, now, s
Heaven’s calm hath kiss’d thy orow.
Since they hid thee Irom nir bight.
And made desolate the night s ■ *
By a stillness awful—cold— ;« i
Smelling faintly of the mold!
Six years since the mists of Death
Melted at thy milky breath!
Did one cry of baby-fear . .
- Jar the sweetness of that sphere,
As those clinging arms, in Tain,
Sought thy mother’s neck again?
Six years since an iron door
Clanged between ns evermore!
Six lon?years! That little face
Smiles no more in any place;
Never-never on my breast
Shall that golden head be prestj
Thou bast grown to boyhooi, dear—
God and Angels, only, near: .
Wilt ibou shrink from one made strange.
By so many years of cnange?
Canst thou, child, forget that heart
Of whose fibre thou art port?
O my God 1 let Pity relgnl
Take this madness from my brain
Ere Hope's light, burnt oim, begone,
And my coward soul, alone
In an utter darkness, fall
Where suchanake-like horror* crawl* • •
Jxtlt 20,1570. Mims* Bxatbic* Dxa»
TotsL.;.W
TotaL... 8
T0ta1.... 4
Total... U
Total 3
Total... 4
T0ta1.... 3
T0ta1.... 4
T0ta1.... 4
T0ta1.... 4
T0ta1....t0
Total-.-10
D AND LADY ~
leb,, between Cbarl«C
se v, of Muskegon. ,
icve.
19—15 5—9. T
12—16 14— 5 •.•
27—23. • 7—23 -^
1-4—27 16—7
25—22 3—28---.
16—19 Batemiii
32—16 • won. • '■)
HiASGOW*. .
, between t*f
ro. 402-(
j Aug. 18
ii-w- v
7- 3
JB—2s -
6—13 • J
15-1* r; V
30-31 >
23-30 .j
Blacks won*
1— 5
31-27
10-
27-20
13—19
20— IB
11—
16— 7
2-
10- 7
It—23
17-14
10-17
21—14
6 U'
14-H>
0-14
25-23
5 9
20-16
•CROSS.
270. 403-
i> between
2- 7
22—18
7—U
18—9
11-15
9 6
15-24
23-
24-
28^32
18—14
10-17
21—14
two amatci
JUtf.’ *
23-37 ‘
23 •
27- ...
25-31
24 .
21-17 .
13-23. *
18- i
19-
25 SO ' .
33-28 .
31—28
28— 24 __
Buck wlafc
BEREFT.
— e. D, BroteniW