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tuestatb CAPITAL.
. p e w Scattering Senators Meet
f and Toil for Eleven
Minutes.
The House Does No Better, but
Listons to a Few New
Bills.
p p Cnrcritl How You “Sot ’Km
'Up»» for the Hoys llcrc-
a ft on
judications that Efforts Will Bo Matlo to
Throw tho Investigation Wido
Open.
SISNATK.
A FIIOUT HAUL <>K TBE SEINE.
Sprfl-d IHirateh to The C'Meuoo Tribune,
grRiNGFiELD, HI., March M.—A few sent
terlmr Senators convened In tho Senate
Chamber at the usual hour this morning, no
Quorum being present.
liuletinit leave of absence was granted
{Senator Mamcr, who Is sick In Chicago.
Senator Clark Introduced a bill amending
gees. If. nl,( i W tho Chancery act, as
follows:
It amends See. 17 hy making tho vacation
C f a decree Imperative, where tho defendant
Is served with process, and does not enter his
appearance at the time when the decree Is
entered, and at tho next term tiles his
answer, etc. Under tho amendment tho de
cree would stand until after tho hearing of
Uio cause, when tho Court may vacate, alter,
or amend It, in so fur ns it ntfects property
amendment to See. 18 renders It man
datory on complainants. In eases of default,
to prove Lite allegations of tho bill.
Theamendnnmtio See. ID limits the setting
aside, altering, or amending decrees to prop
erty-rights, and in nil other respects hi Uio
discretion of tho Court.
■ The bill is said to have been drawn with a
view of giving a court discretion in setting
aside decrees which may work Irreparable
personal Injury.
RE WILL NOT LET UP.
Senator Whiting presiqited n copy of IBs
f.ivurit measure to lax express comimnlfH'J
percent on tliolr gross earnings, 'iho gen
tlemen lifts tlio same hill pending In the Kev
(■nnc Committee, and had (Ids one referred to
(ho Committee on Agriculture and Drainage.
it being painfully evident Hint no further
proceedings could be hail, President Hamil
ton announced that nothing was in order but
a call ot (he House or motion to adjourn.
The latter course seemed to be Hie wiser of
the two. and after cloven mhmtesMoil tlio
Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning.
lIOUSIfi.
A BRIEF .SESSION*,
fpretat imputed to The Vhicauo TYihurw.
Springfield, 111., March 14,—Collins, of
Cook, called the House to order pursuant to
tho adjournment; Xo quorum was present.
Tim Committee on Stale liisllQUionH re
ported back a largo number of bills. They
were referred to the Committee on Appro
priations. Tho Committee on State Institu
tions evidently has tho utmost faUlt in the
various State institutions, for it In almost
every case gives them tho amounts they ask.
Harvey, of Logan, offered ahlllappropriat
lng£Ss,ooo for the purchase of additional land
for the Institution for tho Feeble-minded nt
Lincoln. The same bill Was introduced by
Senator Maytield Saturday.
fiemlspeed, of Livingston, presented a bill
to prohibit the pernicious habit of treating.
HEAVY PENALTIES ARE PROVIDED
in east* a liberal-minded man '• sets ’em up ”
for the boys and gets caught at it.
Tlio patent anti-elopement ami seduction
bill, emanating from Morris, of Hardin, was
ordered to second rending.
The Committee on Judicial Department
sent in a hill permitting private warehouse
men to sell unclaimed goods.
English, of (iallalln, presented a hill pun
ishing all those who may maliciously destroy
trees.
Robinson, of La Salle, offered n 1)111 lo ex
tend die Jurisdiction of County Courts.
Crook, of Sangamon, sent in a bill to pro
tect tho moneys of minors lu tho hands of
guardians.
Hill, ot McLean, presented n resolution
calling on Dr. Kaueli to vaccinate the mem
bers of tho General Assembly. It was
promptly lost.
Adjourned until to-morrow morning.
THE INVESTIGATION*.
IT WILL BE RESUMED TO-DAY.
s;*m( Dlfpateft to The Chicago Tribune.
Springfield, 111., March U,—Thoro will
be quorums in both the morning,
judging from present indications. The Sen
ate investigation will bo resumed, and, while
many of tlio knowing ones insist Uml the
battle is practically fought and ended, Uiero
aru well-founded reasons lo dlsbolievo any
Rich theory. As tlio Committee now stands,
nine members aro with tho Commissioners,
ilxagafnst. One of tho minority, Mamcr, Is
homesick. This leaves four Democrats and
Senator Whiting, Hepubllcan, in tho rear. It
fc plain to bu seen that the majority will
ticidcn tho linos and eonlino tlio prosecu
tion to the Harding charges us pared
down. Senator Callou, who leads tho minor
ity, returned from Chicago via Jacksonville
to-night, ana expresses himself freely on tlio
course to Do pursued by the Democracy.* it
seems that tho minority will Insist on tlio
production by tho railroad people of tholr
original
RECORDS OK REBATES AND DRAWBACKS,
or very completu abstracts thereof. This
Proposition will most decidedly bo defeated
by the majority, ns they have already shown
their Intention so to do. Thu minorityV ill at
onco mako u report of tlio action of tlio ma
jority and their own desires lo go
“head to tho full Senate and ask
‘Hat body to compel tho production of hooks
wul papers. This action, if taken, as Callou
solemnly declares it will he, looks like an at
tempt to throw thu whole Investigation wido
open to everybody unless fho * Uupubllenns
m se In their might and sit down on tho
mniorliy report, so us to avoid the useless
R{h of considering a “contempt ease.” One
m*l Dunmcmtli* hard head said tills evening
| Hi fight reminded him of a couple of eats
•{wueugot and climbed up on each otlior un
til they ascended Into thin air, disappeared
jrum mortal gaze, and for three days noth
mg came down but fur.
Qn Hu* other hand, tho majority express no
fear of tho result. It is said no effort will bo
1? * Y l .° choke off the Investigation. U Is
IV** believed by them that tho Legislature
JHi* the right to compel tlio production by
snrond companies of bonks and papers.
HuuiHprcssion prevails that
7RE TESTIMONY WILL BE CONCLUDED THIS
WEEK,
fna thoro are vnguu hints that Smith and
Rogue will bu continued buforo thu custom
f. r >, *' riiluy adjournment. Harding and
btw. B . arrived from Chicago to-night,
r., .j l ls understood that both aru
loaded to tho muzzle with mldUlomtl
h,. U ’ HRerleH tor iho enlvilainmunt of
Rkf railroad oilleials, who will arrive in Uio
y^ru; lug. it U oxuucied, among oUiertldngs.
hiaun effort will bu tmidu to revlvu thu old
of tho catmlbimt men and grain
along (he Him of tho Illinois * Midi-
ImV' against thu Hock Island Uoad for
f.ViV lst discrimination. Tins subject wns
fuiiyveotiliited by Tin-: Tiriiune three years
ami emeu then there has boon no com
tli 1 of mention. So said Superin
“•'metil l lumms. of tho canal, lo your car
'wuwiJmit |,tat Tlnireiliiy.
C UM of Dunilng II Dead Hody-Dr. Lo
Uxeeutora Answering ituva*
About the Washington C'ro
hiniory,
tL*^i l I ,l V. ?< ‘ rrox » I>ll i March |i).—The trustees of
k . ~~f M '*ynu Crematory hi this phieo have had
ms, ny queries put at mom In relation to (he
huJi, ** «*peH3o, etc., of cremation umt they
ten. o . a " t ‘ lo following circular printed and
•'* persons den ring Tiiftiruiuilun •
Uon 10 your Immlrk-rt in regard to cream*
•r».S ouW buy Hr. F. Julius Lo Moynu
of iv... “ • crcnm,or >’ for bis own use and Umt
J lllllO neighborhood, and not for tho
1 1 bis hopu being that crematories
Iryii y rect °d In rtitforeat parts of the conn*
liwiirfi’* ,oWevi '* r » allowed iLe cremation of a
ooaies, tor tho purpose of keeping this re*
form before tho public, ns well ns to gratify n
strong desire of thmewlin bail no other wav fit
showing Gum- lmer**M In Uio subject. Tbo
trustee* emlo.ivor to follow bis white?, although
be,loft no direction? In (bo manor, nor any fund
for keeping up tno crematory, lienee a sinall
sum Is added to Ibn iiehim cost of cremation.
11m crematory Is situated at Washington,
Wa«lilttg(on l.'omtly, Pa, Tlio ptaco may ho
reached by rail from ollbor Pllisburgor Wheel*
lily.
Tho trustees will rccolvo no bodies for erotitn
lion unless limy tiro previously sathlled that
death h recent ami from natural causes. Tills
Information must Im nceompauled hy a eerllll*
cate from Hit* attending physician ami tbo Hoard
of Health, and somo referees known to both
parties aro dedrabte.
A timely noltco Is reijulrcd for another rea
son. It I'cipilres about (wenty-four hours to
beat the furiiaer* before tbo Introduction id dm
iaidy: after tbo body Is placed In tbo retort It Is
consumed fa about two noun, lint from twenty
to twenty.four hours mn.H lie allowed for (bo
cooling of tbo retort before tbo ashes can be re
moved.
Hie body Is removed from tbo coilln tioforn
cremation! bonce If a sheet be laid in tbo coilln
under tbo body it can bo lifted oaf more easily.
Hlmphi clothing and a plain coilln aro recom
mended.
The n-lies arc* gotternlly placed In a sealed Un
box, and can tic carried away nytlio friends fir
sent by express. Tho weight or tbo ashes varies
from live to seven nonmU.
Tim eon of ereumilng a body Is $!.». This In
clude? ml expense.? after tbo body reimlms (tie
.railroad station at Washington,—hearse, car
riage, and box. as well as fuel, attendance, etc.
Hoping yon will tlnd all your questions satis
factorily answered, wo remain yours, cte.,
V. Hauiiino.
.Tumi.'S Ln Movnk,
Trustees.
BAY STATE POLITICS,
Tlio Tribe* ofl'oiieii* nml Ponhupong*—
rroMpect* of a Political I'lght Hi—
(wt'oii ’lTiem lii iria**aeli«*ull*—Tho
True Inwardm*** of Hie Movement lor
IMnlng anil Wining Carl Sehttrz.
Special Corrrfjiwltnee o] ’the f'Mcnga TrHatnr,
Boston. March W.—just now tlio higher politi
cal, and to somu extent tho suelal, circles of this
city are In a state of subdued commotion con
cerning the prospective banquet In honor of
that retired public functionary, the Hon. Carl
Fchurz, though tho,ostensible cause of commo
tion la not tho banquet, nor tbo ox-Hecretary ns
an Individual, or, speaking generally, as an
olllelul, but Lo, tho,poor Ponca. Eliminate the
Ponca . from his otllelul history, amt
all Heston can abide Carl Sehurz
very well; In fact, all who are
In any view worth mention In respect to ibeir
standing and Inllncncu like him to tbo point of
admiration, barring tbo Ponca business, Es
pecially they cherish gratitude for his timely
and persuasive specie-payment argument, de
livered in Boston when the rising tide of Ben-
Hntlerlsiu appeared about to sweep nil Hie old
political landmarks from tholr places. Tho
main facts antecedent to the impending crisis
your readers know through telegrams of various
dates which have appeared during months or
years past. How tho Ponca was Invited by tho'
Department of tbo Interior to leave his snow
clad hills, and spend tbo rest of Ills (lays
lit tho balmy climate ot tbo Indian Ter
ritory; how bashful bo was at being
thus singled out and honored, and, In conse
quence, imd a more pressing Invitation extended
through Gen. Crook and bis tegulars; how he
went, and at it rat didn't like it, and al'terwaids
part of his Imn&chold .did like It and so declared
and decided to stay, whilo another part porsls.ed
In tholr repugnance,and lied northward through
leagues,of forest and prairie, and repossessed
the old hunting-grounds: how there were Bos
ton sympathizers lor all those distresses, who
demanded to know who had cut down tho
sheltering- ancestral Ponca tree; how Curl
Kelmrz rose up and said, ,4 I did it with my little
hatchet": bow Boston sympathizers then
divided,'—tho gone party to glow for
the truthful Carl and remind themselves
of his many virtues, and the other to demand of
him penitential tears and that he excavate the
Ponca ground and plant another tree; how the
former party summoned him to wine, and dine,
and smoke tho calumet on Tuesday, March £5,
and how tho Jailor hqvc since been sulking and
nursing their wrath,—all this needs only to bo
outline*)! lo bring Dio whole drama to mind. Hut
Ibis Untile has not been got upon tlio boards ex
cept, by means of a good many wires, wheels,
and pulleys which are nut visible to the ordinary*
spectator. They enjoy the situation most who
know what Is visible from behind as well as be
fore tho curtain. A glimpse of ttio Inside wilt
enable your readers to share la Unit pleasure.
.Let tho parties he named tho narty ot Ponca
and the party ufSehurz; -Chief among iho for
mer are Gov. Long and tfenatnrs Dawes and
Hoar of this State, Next must conspicuous,
fierlnips, are the editors of three of the Boston
tepubllcan dallies: amt then cunio a host, in
number yet undetermined, of ministers, reform
ers, and philanthropists. Tbo Mchurz party,
who are not all llcpubncans, has been aligned
for Its appearance before Uio public lu tbo col
umns of tho newspapers with the tallest men In
front, while the most active assume humbler
place. ii« appears by Urn printed list of signers
to tho banquet Invliatlou. Near tho tup of (ho
list are found tho niunes of Charles Francis
Adams; C. F. Adams, Jr.: John Q. Adams;
Thomas Talbot, cx-Governor; C. W. Eliot, Presi
dent of Harvard College; It. W. Longfellow and
O, \V, Holmes, puds: Fred L. Ames and Oliver
Ames, sons of Oakes Amos; C. It. Train,
ex-Attm-ney-Genernl; J. P. Putnam, Judge
of tbo Huperloe Court; Jnstln Wm-or,
Librarian of Harvard College; Francis Parkman,
historian; J. Freeman Clarke and Gem-go E.
Ellis, clergymen; this Nnreross'uud S. C. Cobb,
ox-Miiyors of Boston; 11. I*. Kidder, banker: Ed
ward Aiklnson, merchant: Washington Glad
den, T. H. Aldrich, and C. Eliot Nortuu, literary
men. Hut (he real caterers mid purveyors to
the palate of tho ex-secretary are for the most
part tower down In tho column. Among iho
httlo facts that do m>i appear on the surface Is
u circumspect net of thusu prime movers In tho
enterprise, who, prlurto getting anybody lomgn
the formal note ot Invitation, had It submitted
to tbo Secretary himself fur approval of its
phraseology. Hence the Ponca party aro fond
of speaking of It ns the Secretary's invitation of
himself to himself, and they point with Invidi
ous Huger to that particular phrase wherein the
words of praise are *• the marked lldclity and ap
proved success with which you have performed
till your duties as Secretary." But neither pro
found sorrow for the Poneas nor fastidiousness
about tho diqiiet of dinner-invitations, nor
both, will fully account for the commotion which
bus been referred to. Massachusetts Isa loyal
Statu; Indeed, In tbe days of Jetfursun. and later,
she was accused of being a •* loyalist" State.
That was a wicked hyperbole; but never have
Imr leading spirits been overfund of strictly
democratic methods; and, when It cornea to tuo
mailer of her Cmef-.Muglstrncy, they want to
know not only who Is Governor now, but who Is
lu the lino of aueceasion. During the palmy
Whig days before (he War, tho legitimate suc
cessor always came to the throne. While tho
nuclei! regime has never boon restored, tho old
fouling has not quite died out. By all tho laws
of legitimacy recognized among (he ruling politi
cians, whun li became kn»wu hi 187 H that the ILfn.
Thomas Talbot would-not again bo a cainJldato
for tho Governorship, It was pereelvod intt tho
Hon. Henry L. Pierce was next In the line of
succession, and the slate was so made up, ami
the unsuspecting lords-paramount felt that they
hud done a goon thing, and stroked tholr gray
beards accordingly. Hut, when Uio day of tho
Republican nominating Convention arrived,
they were amazed to Had that their Juniors In
years mid political service, but. as It appeared,
not less adept In political nmnliuilauiin, hud
also prepared a slate, with iho mmioof John D.
Long ut the top. Protesting, they said Long, a
young man, could alford to wail, while Pierce,
a veteran, could not. Nevertheless, the Pierce
slato was smashed, and Long was nominated.
Loyalty required tho ticket to bo sustained at
the polls, lint a day of retribution was
awaited, and now It is thought It bus
arrived. The play was “the thing to catch iho
coiißclcncoot iho King"; and the Hchurz din
ner, It Is surmised, will servo in the same way
lu bring the heedless of the Hepubllcan parly to
il perception of what fealty lo the partv-undi
tlons requires them to do. The present Govern
or is a pronounced Ponca man, and Chairman
of tho local Ponca Committee. It he can be
reached and bis political prestige destroyed, it
will bu a great victory; unit. If Senators Dawes
and Hoar gut Siiino bard bits In thu nullf-e, they
can be given to understand later that U was In
cidental only, and amends can bu made to them
personally somehow. Thu movement hits been
worked up by no Journeymen, and tho political
etfeet of It will bu watched with interest. Wheth
er the adverse element will meet It by light or
by liihmsc, does tint yet appear; but
a coinolimeiitary. and it may also oo said com
plementary. banquet lo Senators Dawes and
Hoar Is talked of. and probably will bu given.
As remarked, three of the local Iteimobcun
iiowspauers are cordijil In thu Ponca Interest,
while another Is not less emphatic on Iho otlior
side, and has tbo aid of a iion-partisun sheet
which Is read by perhaps as many BemiUllcau
readers us the three of Pmica predilections, lu
early limes there was a tribe or Indians la Mas
sachusetts called Punkapuags. They were lo
cated on tho boarders of a beautiful lake some
twelve miles distant fruni Huston. Tbu lake
still bears tbo tribal name, and iho territory
around It Is all, or nearly all. owned by tbu Hon.
Hunry L. Pierce. There ho has a palatial
suinmcr-relrent, and there, Irom lime to
lime, hu receives mid entertains his
friends.—his political fnemU us often as
any. Thu llosiou papers have been wary thus
far In diaeusslug the political aspect of the Pon
ca question, unu hi none of them has it been
presented so exphcliy aa above; but with tbo
explanation Just made about tbo lake, your
readers will bo able to uporuoluto the telling
force of this remark contained In a recent Ponca
editorial: “ Poeslbty Mr. Hehuns himself would
scarcely feel so highly Hatlcrcd If be understood
that bu were lu bo used as the convenient pre
text for a local political mammvru, lu wliicb
there arc not one, but twooppressed tribes ceu
eoruud,—tbo Poncas and the Ponkupougs."
No other Whisker Dye equals illll's 60 cents.
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, MARCH T 5, IS,SI-TWELVE PAGES,
LUMBER.
Mcctimr of the Lumberman's Ex
change Yesterday After
noon.
An Interesting Discussion Conecrnlng
the .Supply of I’lno In
Michigan.
Gcncral Belief (hat Things Will Reach a
Crisis In Iho Next Ten
Years.
The Curly Kislory of (lie I.nmhfr Trade In Chi
ngo—.ln Kvrailingly Inlernllng
lloraincnl.
Tbo Hoardof Directors of tbo Lumberman's
It.vybangu mot yesterday morning and elected
tbo following olJlcers for tbo current trear: Presi
dent, A. (I. Van Hclmick; Vice-President, H. K.
Martin: Treasurer, John McLaren: Executive
Committee. A. A. Carpenter, 11. L. Anderson. T.
Dean: Committee on Docks, I*. Anton, J. Mu-
Laren, I*. A. Keep; Committee on Inspection, T.
11. Sheppard, C. C. Thompson, It. 1,. Henry. P.
Anton, A. A. Carpenter. Mr. George W. Hotch
kiss was appointed Secretary.
THE WEEKLY 3IEETIXH
was held at the Trcinont House, lunch being
served ut 1 DKi by Mr. C.C. Thompson.
After lunch Mr. Harvey proposed a vote of
thanks to Mr. Thompson, which was seconded
by Mr. T. Dean hi his usual happy vein, and
passed.
Mr. Thompson responded brlolly, saying ho
was glad to seu all bis friends, especially when
they were hungry. lie left tlio old town of St.
Louis In'AS to locate hi Chicago—tho hub. lie
(banked them for tholr patronage, and thought
(>0 per cent of tbo lumbermen wore on tho Lord's
side. [Laughter.] Mr. Thompson then vacated
the chair.
The imwly-cleclod President, slr. A. G. Van
Schiiiek, assumed thodutics of presiding olllecr,
mid congratulated Uio assembly on (ho success
of tho Exchange, which whs Id years old yester
day.
Tho question of tho timber-supply In tho
Northwest was thou taken up and discussed at
great length. Mr. Ponrsou read
X PAPER ON THE SEIWBCT,
compiled from recently collected statistics, of
which Uio following Is a brief summary:
Mr. Pearson said hu had si (idled tho topography
of Northern Michigan for tbo past ten or twelve
years, and that thorn Is now aimo-it no timber
hind for sale In the Lower Peninsula, Tbo large
sales Inst year were at prices above Ida Ideas,
ami to nmimractui er? ctilelly. The general es
timate of pine per acre is 7,(*»0 feet, uml thoro is
notovor’i.tMWfeer per acre In tbo Upper Penin
sula except perhaps In tbo Menominee region.
He estimated the quantity of standing pino in
Michigan at k'l.OOd.udO.WD foot, of widen not over
I.',OUO.oik),(XKJ feet would eomo .to Chicago. Mr.
Martin’s estimate was that H.OOO.UOd.ouo feet
would ho received here in a single year, which
would exhaust tho supply of Michigan In Hvo
years. Other markets besides this unu must bo
supplied. 11. W. Sago’s statement, made Hvo
years ago. that Chicago woidtl ceaso to ho a
great lumbar market Hftouii or twenty years
hence, deserved attention. Thu Chippewa Val
ley was nerhaps destined to take iho lead in fut
ure. Thu coming year’s receipts hero would
probably bo as large us thoso of any former sea
son. Business Is bound to Increase, but tbo
receipts of lumber would begin to diminish
In about two years, us pine trees would not
grow up us rapidly us other crops. There were
saw-nnds enough lu Michigan now to saw no
every pine treu m Iho State In ten years. R (boy
wero run to tholr full capacity. Ho was sur
prised to learn how much bud been cut In tho
past few years,—(hu resultof Herue competition.
It would be well to cut less and got moru fur It.
Hu estimated that tho Lower Peninsula of Michi
gan, north of Range lit, containskli.ooo.oou'.iwo feet,
nml tbo Upper Peninsula lOJkXUNKMKX) feet. The
supply for Chicago at tho present rate of de
struction and consumption could not Inst ica
years-longer. Tho cut in Michigan tilts past
wJnicr was about 5,000,000,(11/) feet. In tho
Lower Peninsula (ho pine 'now standing below
Town 10 Is not more than enough to
cover tho plains. lakes. and burnt
lands of Ihu HOC townships containing pine mirth
of that line. Mr. Hotuliklss makes tho slock of
tho upper peninsula nt only (1.iKM.0.w.000 feet.
With these Hgures tho supply of tho State Is
nbi)ui:s<,(NM).ooo,ooo. Thu average given places tho
cut of (tho Territory fur ten years at H.500.01M,000
feet, which does not represent one half of It.
Thoj!}i\r-mllls will be practically
■USELESS FIVE TTTATW'HENCE,
though tho Stato will furnish pine, hemlock, and
hard wood for tho next twomy-llvo years.
Mr. Martin (houghttho busmens of Iho dealers
was to handle thu lumber, and nut urguu 100
much about tho supply. There mlghtoonioa
Gmu when glass houses would be in fashion,
and Dion let's pino would bu wanted. Ho thought
thoru was plenty of pino limber yet, and tho cut
this winter would be greater than over before.
The mills were yuttlmr mere, boats were be
ing built, and tbo lumber was coming
to Chicago—the hub of the business. Tho trade
would not retire'from such a great commercial
city. Weru they uenllmd to tho lltllu State of
Michigan?’ There wuru otlior lumber-producing
Status. Me expected to huo lumber come hero
from thn South, and to sou a ship emml to tho
Mississippi River. How .wero wu going to stop
Its coming? Perhaps Michigan would give out,
but (hut was a question. IBs experienco was,
that tho estimates of what a pine tract would
furnish did net always fully with tho fauts.
Mr. Skcolo said that, according to a recent do
ulslon of Judge TiUien, railroads could not bu
laid down In the streets of Chicago for nrivato
interests. If this was (rue Iho tracks could bu
taken up. mid steps should bo taken lo ascer
tain this fact ami npoeul to Uio Legislature to
Imvo tho law changed. Such a law would dmu
ttgu tbu trade. Thov could net load ears In tholr
yards if But tracks weru lorn no.
Mr. Van tietmiek said thu discussion of tho
timber-supply was proper. Ho did nut believe
in (ho theory of u scarcity of plnu. Ho thought
thoro was mere limn tuuy supposed, nml >uss
Gum thoru ought le bo. Plnu came Ural from
Maine,—tho I’lito-Troo State. Banger was thu
first market! tho business thoru reached its
maximum In IST-’, uml (houliy became n great
exporting point. Within forty-Hvo years tho
entire quantity of pino an tho I'onobseot was
exhausted. I’otmsylvmila did tho largest man-
I'ucfiirtmr at otto time. Figures wero read tu
shew that In Htty years tho Stato bnd boon
stripped of pine In Us principal timber counties.
Williamsport wns Iho loading market of that
Stale to-uay. Thu estimate of supply for Penn
sylvania was now I,W?MkW,U>O feet. Plnu was now
hardly known In Now York, hemlock bo-
Ing tho chief product. Tho markets of Albany
and Troy were supplied mostly by Canada.
In Michigan thu supply of pino will probably
overrun tho estimates. Tho West takes more
from Michigan now limn tbo B ist ovur used, and
oven If tho supply weru doubled
THERE WAS HALE FOR IT.
Common lumber would anil hero nt Albany
prices iu tivu years. Wisconsin was tho greatest
lumber Slate, and tbo quantity that would never
bu marketed is Immense. Wlaconsln wouiil scud
imiro to tbo now Western Slates Hum over wont
Hast. Minnesota also hud jt big supply, and u
network of railroads to convey It In every dlroc
lion. Thu speaker din not think Canada would
bu able to furnish so much plno as was general
ly supposed. Ur noted that tireen Hay already
had to import lumber, and Lake Superior hail
nut n (treat supply. Tbo mimufautiirers now
bud capital and were tint obliged to (tut advances
ns formerly. I'lne lands were a good Invest*
mem. nnd tbo question deserved study.
Mr. T. Dean thought Mr. I'mirson argued in u
peek-measure. Tbo Saginaw district. or Mlcbl*
Iran, was not nil. There seemed to bu nn at
tempt each year to scare tho tntdo about tho
Umber-supply, but tbo reeolpts Increased every
season. Tnirtcim years ago Saginaw was going
to have a lumlicr-fiimlno In ten years. Chicago
bud not vet reached her best days ns n lumber
mart. Tbo Duke Hnpurlor country was Just
opening, ami tbo I’uelllc coast hud untold mill
ions onumbor. I'lne bourtls would bu sold for
less money when tbo Exchange breaks up tbo
reciprocity treaty.
Mr. Thompson saldT.OiN) foot to tbo treowus
nothing In California and 1W trees tu tbo uoreo.
Il.uughler.] . . ..
Mr. Haliard explained In regard to building
private railroad tracks, which the Council had
permuted, hut tho Court decided it to bu against
tbo law. Ho moved that tho meeting request
tho Directors of tbo Exchange to recommend
tbo appointment of a idumllntf legislative com
mittee, to consist of nn elevator man, u packer,
and u lumbur-munufaoturer, to look after their
interest In such mutters, fussed.
Tho next mcui’.ug will bu held Saturday at tbo
Tremout, tho Menominee Ulver Dumber Com
pany furnishing tho tiftb lunch.
A price-list meeting Is enllud for to-morfow at
lilih o’clock at the rooms of tho Exchange. .
Mr. U. W. Hotchkiss,of tbo Norlhuulcrn Lum
berman, Is writing ,
Auisi'unv or tiik i.umkeu tiiadk of cm*
CAtiO,
of which tbe following is a short summary to
date: Mr. Joseph Adams settled In Chicago In
IHJIJ, when only a few frame and log buildings
were to be seen between MicbiKan avenue and
Clark street. A raft of build.ng timber was
brought to Chicago trom tbo Calumet lu ISYlur
Ittil by Col.-Maim and sold after some delay for
f IUO. Cupt. Carver openvtl tbe ttrst liiiithur-vard
In IKH or isftueur the present she of tbo statu
street bridge, and a small schooner brought
wb tewood timber hero from somu point across
tholuko. Owing to tbo sand-bar at the mouth
of the river, this vessel discharged ber cargo on
boats, scows, and rafts, which were tloatuu half
u mile or so around tbe bar. In 1»IT other yards
were started. Whuu tbo Government IMerwus
tintsbedabcuvy Hood swept away tbo sand, and
left a good, deep channel from tho river to tbo
lake. When Cupt. Harrison's llttlo schooner ar
rived with her next cargo, and was able to uomu
up tho river, tho iwoplo turned* out and re
joiced greatly. Tho Messrs. Cummach bad a pit
mtUoutUo Worth Uruuubiu iWtl.umJ perhaps
(ho llr-U lumb-r used in L'hlcago was iimnufiict
ored lu liii« way.
William Li’iti-r constructed a wind saw-mill
near Uio present file of Klnzlo street bridge.
(,'apt. Carver sold out In IKK* to G. W. Snow, who
occupied Urn snino situ for years. Mr. Hilliard
remembers Dial tho earliest htmls.T to arrive
here came from St. Joseph, Mich., lint soon after
Jones, King A* t'o., hardware and general mer
chants, received lumber from Conroe's mill In
Manitowoc. In 1.-HU tho North Side wos well
Umbered wild elm. oak. and wbllewood, and a
small pocket saw-inlll located near the present
Chicago avenue bridge was considered a won
derful thing. In order lo reneh It they had often
to Jump from log to log. Mr. Illguinsoti com
menced business In IKIIJ. when the trade was
largely with farmers and Hooslers, who used to
camp nodet iho trees on the North Side.
About this dale there wore six yards In
this vicinity. Mr. Hlggliison received lumber
from Meiirtninee, i’eshtlgo, Depere, Grand
Haven, Ht. Joseph, and Muskegon. In im he
bought a cargo from the latter port, running
RIM percent to high grades for per I.imi
feel, which was thought to be a good price. Tho
Hrsthimlier from Kaglintw came In Isit-h. and
attracted much notice, being tbo first sawed by
a circular saw that was ever seen here. It was
sold for |s per I.OOUfcet to H. Dunlap. In PM.'I
the receipts were C.MKMI.HX) feet. In IH|7 the
lumbermen sintered greatly from lire. N.
Liidlngton k Co. started a yard here In ivd, and
It sounds mid to say It was a branch of tholr
Milwaukee business.
WILHELM AND AUGUSTA.
Itlnrrlntco Ceremonies of (lin Crown
I’rlm-c’* Son nml (tin I’rlnrn** ol
SelilCMWlg-ilolMfcln—Wedding In (tin
Chapel unit IKccnptloit In iho White
Saloon.
Hlneo tlio triumphal entry of the German
troops after tho victories of tholr last great
campaign, about ten years ago, Berlin has never
presented such a sight as was (here witnessed
on the t!7(li ult. Tlio cablo has told how Uio
Boyal Prussian bride* was brought to her home,
and tho Berlin conespumlcnt of tho London
Times now takes up tho story* of tho wedding
that was*celebrated on tlio following day. Tho
streets still retained tholr holiday appearance,
ami were scarcely less crowded. Tho chief
guests dined with tho Emperor In tho afternoon,
and shortly after U tbo civil part of tho cere
mony required hy tho law was performed In Iho
castle In premium of tho t’russlru Royal family
and tho heads of the House of Augustenburg.
About this time, toe, tho chapel began to HR
with a brilliant crowd of minor and yet distin
guished guests. Fancy, over tho main archway
of a huge square building ol no particular stylo
of architecture, a miniature demo of .St. Paul's,
beautifully adorned Insido and so high that tho
eyes are painfully strained to make out the
choir and general spectators In tho circular
gallery nlnfi. and beneath a large space devoid
of seats ami eommunleutitur by a corridor and
staircase with tho Whltu Hull, by which thu
Court comes and goes.—this will give you some
Idea of iho scene of iho wedding ceremony. By
(I oven iho invited began to appear, and soon by
far tlio greater part of Die largo circular space
was crowded with a dazzling multitude of Gen
erals, Ministers, state uHleials, the diplo
matic body, with ladles and olllcers of
every kind In full dress, grave Professors
In thnlr robes of oillce, Princes, Counts, Barons,
and all the rest. Uio representatives of every
country in Europe, and some from Asia. All
tho wisest and the bravest men of tho Em
pire are assembled there, (hough Prmeo Bis
marck U not visible any more than hu was at
tho reception of tho bride yesterday hi tho castle,
his Highness having excused himself an tho last
moment. But Marshal von Moltito Is there,
leaning his back against a pillar. Age at last is
beginning to tell upon tbo Marshal, and tho Em
peror, who Is an older man, looks considerably
younger. Meanwhile, toward a quarter to 7. the
Royal family, with tho bridal pair and their
brothers and sisters.-tbo King and Queen of
Haxony, the Grown Prince and Princess, with tho
dowager Dneliess. ami tho Prince and Princess
Christum 'Princess Helena) of .Schleswig-Hol
stein, had assembled la tbo Elector Chamber, all
(he other princely and distinguished guests hav
ing met in the gallery of approach to
Unit chamber. About this time, too. Uio
Royal Princess' crown was brought, mid
tho Empress entered tho so-unlied Chinese
onbliici, mid plueed tho crown on the
bend of tho bride. Meanwhile the master of the
ceremonies had assigned to all tholr respective
places In the procession to the chapel, and at a
word from the Emperor It began to move. It
was as nearly ns possible 7 o'clock when the hum
and munnurof the chapel weposuddenly hushed
by one or two sharp strokes from the baton of a
groom-ln-waltlng; tho organ began to play, and
every eye was hisianlly directed to the entrance.
And presently Uio procession entered. After
several Court oilleials, whom It would bo tedi
ous to describe, there came, leaning on the arm
of Prince William—wearing now the epaulets of
a Major m (lie Guards. Just presented to him by
his grandfather—tbo veiled ujid blushing bride,
her longund Hewing satin robe (Uieglftof Queen
Vloiorlai being borne by four Countesses. After
the Mistress ut tho Rubes to tlio Princess and tho
olllecr lu waiting to tho Ijrinee, appear the
sumptuous household nlllebps of the Emperor,
twoulireast. heralding Uioappruach of his Majes
ty himself in tho uniform of a General of infan
try, all his breast üblu/e with orders, leading
on his right Uio Queen of Haxony ami on his let t
tho Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein,
mother of tho bride. The Emperor was followed
by a suite of Generals, etc., and it crowd of
Indies and gem lumen hi waiting. Next eumu
tho German Empress, accompanied on bur right
by thu King of Hiixnnyand on her left by Uio
Prlnceof Wales, his scarlet uniform forming a
Hue contrast to thu moresombro hues around.
Thu next link In thu train was formed by Uio
Crown Princess of Prussia, escorted on her right
by Uio Crown Prince of Sweden and ou tier left
by her brnthor-lu-luw. Prince Christian of
Hohleswig-Hulstein. ns representing Ibe family
of tbu bride. Receiving the bridal pair uttbo
entrance to tbu otmpei, the CaUioinil clergy,
among whom, by tbu way, was tho Rev. Herr
Htoeker, of Jew balling notoriety, conducted
them to tho altar, ami took tholr stand them
selves beside It until tbu (rain had all entered
and become seated. Then Dr. KRgel, the Chief
Court Chaplain, began to deliver a short address
In a Hrm and earnest voice. Hu referred lo iho
double weddings three vents ago, to Uio con
tinuation of Prince Henry before ho went
to sea, and to tho golden festival of the Empe
ror's wedded life, waleh had ail been celebrated
there. Then bu referred to (ho earthly hopes
which were centered In Uio bridal pair, to tbe
Interest taken In tbelr union by tbo Queen of
England and other European sovereigns and to
thu Joy and confidence with which tho event was
regarded In all Germany, but particularly In
Helileswlu-llolsteln. At (ho ulosu Dr. Kogot
stepped forward to meet tho Prince and Prin
cess, who advanced uml Joined hands, nml put
thu usual question-*, to widen Prince William,
for his part, responded clearly am) eoiiHdently.
K.ngs wero then exchanged, and nt this moment
u signal was conveyed to tho garden space in
front, am) simultaneously the chapel shook with
Uio thunder of cannon proclaiming to all Uio
city that tho solemn act was over. Again and
again did the artillery peal, and thu sound did
not seem altogether out of harmony with
tho •• Hallelujahs" of Uio choir and organ,
which burst forth as noon ns tho elorgymau had
lironounecd tbo bcuedicUon. nml uuuUnued UR
Tlueo William had quitted tlio chapel with bis
wedded wife. Tlio Emperor, lu part.oular, was
deeply alfcctod during tho progress of tbo cere
mony.
The religious ceremony thus being over, the
Emperor and Empress, followed by all their
Court uml guests, wont from Iho chapel In tho
order In which lhay had come to tho Brandon
burg and tbo Red or Draud'Or Chamber to pre
sent tbolrcongratulations to tho newly-married
couple, and that being done, back again Hewed
tbo crowd to iho Wultu Ntloon, blazing with
crystal eliandolicrs, hi order to bold high Court
and receive obelsanco from tbo magnates left
beulnd In (bu ebupol, who were now niurslmllng
thunuelvcs to Hlu past thu throne (Dehllr-Ciuirj,
and lay tholr homage atihuteut of their Mu-
JuhUeHand tbo wedded pair. Having, thoru
fore, returned to the White or Throno Room,
tbo Emperor and Empress, with thu King and
Queen of Haxony, and Prince and Princess
William of Prussia, now took tbelr stand be
neath tho golden canopy, being Hanked on t)iu
right nml left by (bo Princes and Princesses,—
tbelr attendant dames and cavaliers boaig be
hind. All being in readiness, tho Emperor gave
tho blga, tho door leading from tho chapel How
open, uml silently begun toglldu In a ceaseless
stream xd titled and nmiormed lords • and
ladles. Thu-vnrkms ladies of Uio DiplonniUo
Corps came Hint, who all conrteslcd lowly twice
over to tbo assembled Court nml silently
disappeared, no »po doing her part mum deftly
In this respect than (hu Chinese Ambassadress.
It was with no slight apparent satUfactlon, and
almost au audible sigh of relief, that tbu brill
iant liming bemmUi uml around Uio golden
canopy beheld Uio last of the courtiers make
tholr salaam and disappear. Thun came tho
banquet in (hu Hall of Knights. Tho main ban
queting Imnrd was called a lablu of ceremony,
mid assuredly no observer ot thu progressof thu
fundi would have fell Inclined to quarrel with
(honuinu. In tho centre of iho main or uross
labiu sat tho newly-wedded pair, on thu Prin
cess' left being ihu Emperor. Uio Queen of Hax
ony, Uio Crown Prince of Sweden, ami tho Un
man Crown Princes respectively, whilo thu royal
bridegroom was similarly Hanked by thu Em
press. (hu King of Saxony, the Dowager Duchess
of Schleswig-Holstein, and tho Prince of Wales,
Iho othurguusirt being distributed In nicely cal
culated order around. Meanwhile thu Whltu
Saloon Is becoming crowded with Uio dlpioomtlu
corps uml tho other guests. Hem presently tho
Emperor and tho bride mid bridegroom urn) Uio
Princes ami Princesses mini u and take (heir
places under Uio golden canopy and (bo tradi
tional torch dance begins, which lusts late Into
tho night and concludes lids Intricate wedding
ceremonial.
Iloiv lie Knew Him.
Jumus Sviue. tbo eminent Heoteb surgeon and
Udlnlmrg Professor, wm entirely itevuled to ibu
profession. A well-known public character ut
one lime consulted bint about some (ideation of
tbe lungs. Vears afterward be relumed on tbo
samu errand. Uu being announced, hu wus net
tled to observe that Mr. bymo bad mdiborony
recollection of bis face nor. wUlcb was still more
nulling, acquainted with Uln name. Ilu there
upon uiunuimcd’ibo fact of his former visit, btlll
brine fulled to remember him. Dutwbentbu
Professor put bis ear to tbo patient's chest, ami
beard ibu peculiar sound tbo old ailment bud
muacebronlc.be exclaimed, “Ah! 1 remember
you uuw. jL knew you by year lung.”
THE WEST PARKS.
.Annual Meeting of the Board of Com'
miasioners Yesterday.
IVliat Was Done In (lie Way of Improve-
ments Last Vcnr.
Tho President Indulges In n Rescale Descrip
tion ol What Iho Fuluro Will Produce.
Ilrporta of the Scrretary, Treasurer, lllr.—Klttllau
of OlTittra lor Hit Ensning lear.
Tho Adjourned minimi meeting of tlio West
Park Hoard was held yesterday afternoon, all
tho members being present.
President WHenx presented his annual report
to the Hom'd. Tho report stntcs that tho gross
receipts from nil sources for tho your ending
Fob. I SSI, were IIW.IW.W. Tho totnl disburse
ment* have licen lifts,toh.4B, leaving n balance In
tho hands of (ho Treasurer of ItO.tAtiUM.
Under un act of (ho Legislature, tho Hoard
wan authorized to fund ItfXl.MK)of Us Indebted
ness. running twenty years, which It did by Issu
ing bonds bearing r>pcr cent interest. The act
also required that the proceeds of tho half-mill
park and boulevard tux Ihj applied to tho pay
ment of Interest, and tlio excess to cancellation
of tho bonds. Tho half-mill tux has been col
lected and used In common with tho
t-’ii-mlll tax. Ilesldcs paying tho Interest
to date, of this money has been used.
This sum should bo appropriated, President
Wilcox says, to tho purchase of bonds. Here
after tho fund arising from tho half-mill tax
should be kept
APART FROM ALL OTHER FENDS
on tho books, and every dollar over what H re*
qulrcd to pay Uio Interest applied to Uio pur*
cbo.se of those bond?.
Tho report says thattho throe parks, being In
widely-separated parts of tho Weal Division
tend to create nn extreme local Interest In each
by those whoso property and Interest Ilea near
each park, and property-owners look with Jmpa
tieneo upon Improvements which are mndo In
portions In which they ore not directly interest*
oil. Several large taxpayers hnvu unfavorably
criticised the action of the Hoard, being proju
diced by self-interest. There Is no favoritism
tmown in the park Improvements. The differ
ence In tho debit balances of the parks
lies partly in tho first cost of the land
Itself, ns shown by tbu Knglnecr's report. Tbo
total area of Humboldt and Douglas Parks Is
IWMI acres: cost. tjOO.UBB.UI: imiirovcd. SlO
acres. The total urea of Central Park Is IM.BT
(teres: cost. s4*iO,lUd.<l7; improved, M acres.
Circumstances nro said to have arisen which
made it aeem advDnbtc to carry on tho develop
ment and Improvement in about tbo propor
tion It has been earned on without regard to lo
cation. Central Park was tho experimental
park, which was thrown open to public use lour
years before either of tho others, and during
those four years while large debits were placed
ngaln«t the park for maintenance, tho park
management, It Is said, were gaining In experi
ence and wisdom which accrued to the benefit
of the other parks when action was commenccsl
therein. Thu debit balance of Central Park
was also Increased by an abortive attempt to
commemorate the great lire of IK7I by
A. MO.NT.Mi:.NT AT TUP. MAIN RNTKANCK
which cost nearly $14,000, of which nothing Is
now visible but a mass of brick and stone,
which, unless protected, will ero long become u
part of the surrounding earth. The report says
that tbu completion of this monument would he
a worthy object of public enterprise, and that If
tbo attention of wealthy citizens was called to it
tho funds for its completion could be easily ob
tained.
The artesian well In Central Park Is as yet only
partially successful. It has been carried ton
depth of -V,MO feet, at a cost of over $'.1,0111,
Dopes nro entertained of its yet proving u com
plete success. Tho artesian wells In Douglas
mid Humboldt Parks have afforded satisfactory
results at less tlmn| ono-bnlf tbo depth aud ex
pense of tho Central Park well.
During tbo past six years more work has been
done In Humboldt and Douglas Parks than m
Central Park; hence tbo latter has fallen behind
tho others In Improvements of every kind, and
land-owners In that vicinity have complained
of it.
Tho Hoard has a revenue of SIOO,OOO, from
which all expense, both of now work and main
taining <Uo old. Is taken. Tho report say? that
tho great bulk of this sum is reuulred to main
tain tbo present Improvements in the parks and
along (ho line of tho boulevards now completed.
This current expense will absorb tho Hoard's in
come, and future progress In developing now
ground must soon bo practically abandoned.
President Wilcox says some largo taxpayers
have appreciated tbu situation and Keen tho
necessity of an Increased revenue to the Hoard
lor tho work before It. A petition has been pro-
Honied and a bill Introduced In the Legislature
providing for an additional tux of :J‘i mills,
which, it is estimated, will
ADI) SW.OOO TO TIIK INCOMH
of tho Board. Jin Imped Uiat tbo bill may re*
eoivo favorable consideration umi become u law.
Tim Board have appreciated (Uo necessity for
a (rood roadway which should connect Douglas
mm Central Barks. A (rood title for a right of
way for boulevard purpose* jiVU feet wide was
lieipilred In ISTU, except to a portion adjoining
Central Burk on thu south, coatalnluir seven and
one-half acres, and I.IC.’U feet long. This latter
had been condemned, and an award to tho own*
ers llxeu at (I’.lcM. Tbo title was in lltiimtlun,
and was not settled for hvo years, when
Iho lejral owners refused to take tho award tm*
less Interest was nlluttod during tho Interim.
The case had been in tho courts for some time,
mid Is nowpumlinirln tbo DlliiolsyupromoCourt,
where tho Heard hopes lor a tavorabie decision.
Tho tlilu to this lunu bavlnir been acrpilred Ibo
Board proceeded to make tho much-needed con
nection, which would have been linistiud lust
hill had not tbo season been so unfavorable.
Thu driveway will probably bo opened to Ibo
public ou the Ist ol July next. It Is thirty-eight
feet wide, and roaches from tho Humane fount
ain in Central Bark to the main driveway In
Douglas Bark. Thu distance is UMttT.TI feet.
Thu President calls attention to tho subject of
trees and trec-plantlmr. which, when properly
done, ho regards as n valuable investment. All
dead and dying trees should bo replaced by oth
ers at once.
The movement made by property-owners on
the line of Humboldt boulevard to secure tho
building of a driveway similar tu that coimecl-
Ing Central ami Humboldt Barks, which shall
extend north and east, and eventually connect
with some similar driveway west or Uncolti
Bark, Is cordially mentioned in tho report. It is
deemed of tho utmost Importance that the en
tire right ol way to make a complete connec
tion between,tho West Hide parks, and Lincoln,
and the fchaub'B"rks bo located and acquired at
tho earliest pussi.Jo moment.
President Wilcox
CLOSES BIS REPORT AS FOLLOWS:
“In closing, I may bo permitted to state that,
taken us a whole, them was probably never un
this continent, nor In the Old World, such a
grand and complete conception of pleasure
grounds and drives us is here presented. A
great commercial mart of over half a
million souls, with rapidly-lnorcushig wealth
and population, with untiring energy, and every
condition necessary to Insure Us future position
as the great metropolis of tho continent, en
circled on every side by park and driveway, so
developed, Improved, and perfected us shall
render It a garden Indeed; a restful spot, a
breaming space of pure nlr, mid free as tho
drawn brealli to the thousands who may seek its
quiet repose; open to thu sou of toll pud
capitalist alike, ami ofHtich ample space as will
meet lho demands of a city of millions; surely
mu apprehension of this great Idea was and fs
wormy of Ibo far-sighted appreciation ot the
Intelligent cltkcn of Chicago, and ot thu coming
wants ol this great city when its ample wealth
shall insist upon tho development of the esthetic
us well as thu material growth of Us Inhabitants.
This bleu Is not. of course, as yet one of per
fect fruition, lint though recently conceived. U
Is well under way. ami with snob encourage
ment and ulaiordu aid as may be expected from
thu intelligence and wealth which make up our
flij's greatness. one can with reason expect
that wo may within mirdity and generation en
joy tho pleasure of twenty-llvu miles of con
tinuous urlvmg, commencing at Lincoln Burk
on thu north iu wonder in Itself, though only
partially complete), thou west, south, and oast,
through woodland and grove, by gravel road
and rustle viaduct, by lake, and stream, aim
bubbling fountain, by greensward and velvety
iawn, tbo air redolent with thu porfimiu of a
thousand bowers, and sung of bird as clear and
free as in virgin torcsi; till South Bark, with all
its grand appointments Is reached on thu south.
Thun wo shah Imvo completed a cordon around
nearly tltiy Hqaaro miles of busy life, within
which lies thu wonder and admiration of tho
world,—our home.—Chicago,"
After thu reading of thu report, ft was ordered
rucolvud and ordered printed, but not adopted.
Commissioner Wood presented
A I'ItOTBST
mratmit several nvommendatlons in tbo report,
ami especially such a division of dm funds in
win made lint your.—namely; Douglas Park
f UMJ tl, uiul LVntnil PiirK Ilu also ob
jected to ibu rocnuiinumtallomt for doubling tbo
taxation,—two and one-hair to live ndlK—and
against tlio recommendation (but Ibu same pol
icy be pursued with reference to tbo parks in
beretul'oru. ....
Tbo Hnglneers report win reud and ordered
primed. It gives in delull tbe number of tree*
plumed, oust of lubor, etc., besides somo recant
lunndutioin .or necessary Improvements.
Tbo Secretary's report was also remlf und or
dered printed. Tbo receipts (rmn tbo Town Col
lector fur tuxes o( l*7Wund IhtkJworo £Ci.!KJ.67;
County Calleetnr. i LkJ,»iW.bl! nlnciy-duy ioun.
Viu.uiut Town of Jefferson, *I,7U). Tbo totali re
ceipts from nil Sources weru ||H&,li£2..U. Tbe
biiiuoee on baud wus Tbo tiecrcturv
says ibu entire tux-levy for park purposes lit
too West Division amounted toonlyrtW,iW.b7. of
which tuuuuut wus reluracd us della-
■pient, nnd f<il.4-‘V!U was used In maintaining
the grounds now improved. rules* k-irhlntH e
relief I* afforded. In* .«avs, tlto Hoard has before
It tho labor of no dliirinutlng .fiii.uol n<> In im
prove the .*»UI neres of miiiii|>nnri| lands yet In
cluded within (tin limits of IN Jorhdietlon. amt
salary the property-owners ami re-mient* rvnr
each of tho three great parks. Tho llabilltl' 1 ®
am) assets are as follows:
Tin* liabilities ol tho Hoard Fob. as, 18*1. are:
r. per cent bonds niit«Umllng s:y>J,uuu.f>o
Land bond outstanding met or present
e«l for payment) I.HVI.Hti
Total liabilities <WI.hJd.WI
Iteduetlon sluee last report 11,. f »I.W
asskts.
In addition to park and boulevard lands and Im
provements, and tho articles enumerated in
the Inventory are: * •
Ttix certificates purchased by
Hubbard rfneo value) ; .$ 1,074.17
Tux eertllleates purehased by J. N.
Clark (face value) D,WB.’»7
»,IV)U bushels corn. raised on Central
houlevaid and in Humboldt Park, at
40 cents 1, nnrj.no
Trees In nursery at Norwood (estimated) y.nwi.oa
Claim against Henry Grccticbaum H.IHifJ
Cash on hand ld.tKM.ut
Not liabilities Feb. IW, tß'l SDli««.:r.
Tin* Auditor's and Treasurer's reports were
also read and ordered printed.
After the disposal of the reports
TIIK KI.KCTION OF OFFICIOUS
took place with the following result: President,
S. 11. MtCrea: Auditor. Willard Woodard: Treas
urer. John Huehler; .Secretary,Thomas.l. Pud
dard.
Mr. McCren made n short speech, thanking tho
member* lor tho honor they had done him. etc.
Ho warmly Indorsed the recommendations of tho
retiring President that Ihn Hoard Indorm the
petition to the Legislature for the n' o-mlll lux.
A vote was subsiKjuetiily taken on a motion to
Instruct tho H?presontatlve and .senator having
tho bill In charge In Springfield. that thedlnard
of West Park Commissioners Indorse the bill for
tho live-mill tax. Commissioners Wood and
Woodard voted tiny on tho resolution, and Me-
C’rca. Wllken. Hrenoek. Itahlfs. ami Wilcox yen.
Another motion to send to each member of the
Illinois House and Senate u copy of the report,
and to have ttVtcxtrn copies printed for that pur
pose, was unanimously adopted.
A communication was received from some
property-owners on Division street, between
Milwaukee avenue nod Humboldt boulevard,
asking that tho Hoard indor«o their petition for
a rebate on nn assessment about to be levied for
improving the street, on (he ground that they
were formerly taxed for tho same purpose nnjl
the money expended under tho direction of the
Park Hoard. The matter was referred to a com
mittee composed of Commissioners Wood,
Wilken, and Hrcnoek, the committee to report
at the next meeting.
The new Finance Committee, when appointed,
was Instructed to Investigate the claim against
Henry (ireenelmum and report to the Hoard.
The election of nn Hnglneer was postpone)
until the next meeting.
After passing a vote of thanks to tho retiring
officers, the Hoard adjourned.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Wluit II h, and Uiint It Doom. De
scribed by fiencnil-.Tlnnnucr Nlmua
ton.
Pim.ADr.U'iiiA, March 11.—.1. W. Hlmonlon,
General Manager of the New Vrirk Associated
I'reM, delivered n lecture last night, btt “ How
We (Set llto News," to n crowded audience. He
spoke of the Importance of the Associated Press,
and misconceptions ol the nubile In regard to It.
Ho said It was simply u combination of journals
nil over the country for the purpose of collect
ing the news. Organized in 1«17, its sphere was
enlarged In iHll.uud again In U**d. It Is a busi
ness partnership. whoso articles of agreement
nrc a series of rules, and Is nut Incorporated, has
no special legislation nr privileges at Its hack,
and depends entirely on Itself, Its owners,
seven New York newspapers, collect tho nows
primarily for themselves, ami reduce the cost
by dividing tho expense, though economy Is not
sought offer by any means.
The speaker then described tho local press as
sedations in tho various parts of the countrv,
and their relation to tho parent association. He
explained tho distribution of news from all parts
of tho world, and said the price papers out of
New York paid for news was llexlble, and In
proportion to their llnnnclul ability, tho larger
Journals hearing me heavier part of the burden.
Thy dally cable messages cost tho Association,
from iu fJitW per day. The oilicc In London
Is never closed, and news from nil parts of the
world is culled for readers of newspapers at all
hours. The comments of tho London newspa
pers of the same morning cun he read in our
Journals at the breakfasl-lably. There Is an
array of news-gatherers lu all portions of tho
globe.
Mr. Hlraonton then described the process
through which a piece of news passed I rum tho
time of its reception until it was delivered to
the newspapers, and tho method of sending out
news from New York to distant cities, to do
which work tho Association had a wire of its
own between New York and Washington, over
widen from IH.isnj to isu.ooo words were sent dally.
The operators must be men who can understand
words clicked by tho Instrument us readily os
if spoken by the tongue.
It Is often asked how tho Associated Press
news escapes betrayal. Very few who handle It
would be so base as to let it secret out, but leaks
do occur occasionally. As the lined noted ease,
Mr. Simonton referred to tbe Philadelphia
.Uendnp Post scandal. This was some years ago.
and It look a long time to discover tho sonreo of
the leakage, ns tho person engaged m It was so
Inch an otllelnl that ho was not suspected. Tho
leak was In Neu York, and tho newspaper that
received tho hencllt was in Philadelphia. The
whole scheme was tknallv discovered by a decoy
dispatch which appeared promptly in the Phila
delphia paper implicated, and tho leak was
stopped at once.
The speaker gave nn amusing account of the
mistakes that occur hi dispatches. A press-ills
patch from Omaha announced that n company
of Infantry had met a party of Indians and were
“all scalped." It should have read “till escaped,"
—an Important difference not only to tho com
pany. hut to their friends who were to read
tho dispatch, said Mr. Simonton. “We killed it
deaf mule," an operator read u dispatch order
ing arrangements for the reception of a dead
body, which should have been a “deaf mute.”
“Send ID,(MI shingles like this one," wrulo a
Williamsport lumberman on a shingle. He evi
dently thought that particular shingle would go
by telegraph and be delivered to hiseurrespoad
eat for a sample of what ho wanted. A young
couple on their weodlng-irlp, remarked Mr. Si
monton, amid loud applause and laughter on tho
part of the audience, who remembured that tho
lecturer Is a bridegroom of hut two days, weru
met at tho depot by friends clad In mourning,
with a hearse, because an operator had sent
tho word “huurso"- Instead of “horse." A
dispatch from Queensland said (lev. Ken
nedy had “turned tho Urst sod" on some
Important work, but tbo operator gavu the
message to tho London newspapers: “(iovenior
of Queensland, twins, first son." and the Lon
dun Thin* gravely remarked that Lady Kennedy
had been safely delivered of twins, of which thu
eldest wan a son. Mr..simonton remarked that
this mistake would not have been made by a
wtdu-nwaku Associated Press reporter, for bo
would have turned to lira record and found that
the (lovenior of Queensland was a bachelor. To
escape from such errors, sharu. shrewd men worn
Deeded to receive thu dispatches and prepare
them for tho papers.
Tho Associated Press U not a commercial or
ganization, hut a codpuratlvo union for ex
changing news. Tho Western Union Telegraph
Company assists by making thelrehnrgeslow tor
the combination. Some papers receive a daily
epitome of nuws'for#l.’> or (cm. Tho Cashier of
the Associated Press prepares a weekly state
ment of disbursements amt receipts, and tho
statement ulwavs shows a dollclt. This the seven
papers in New York pay, costing them from tUU)
to gn.UXi pur week.
This Is thu general plan of tho Associated
Press, which goes along lining its mission
through night and day. It seek* simply to glvo
Information, ami It Is not us elllclent as It will,
perhaps, become. Tho speaker considered thu
objections to tho Associated Press, thu fact that
new newspapers are nut admitted, imu that thu
telegraph and tho Associated Press are too
closely allied. There Is nothing but a business
arrangement between thuni.hu Insisted, which
was perl cully legitimate. Ho declared It was
nut a monopoly, and ho applied tho aetlonof thu
organization to thu deilnltion of thu word by
Webster. Thu man who takes tho Sim at t)
o'clock In tho morning is not u monopolizer.
Hvuryonomny enjoy It provided hu guts up
early enough In thu morning.
Editors control thoJr nows, mid no man can
make (horn publish what they do not wish to.
Ho uvery complaint may ho answered. No argu
ment Is needed to prove its public value. What
cheap postage has beun to people, tho Asso
ciated Press Is to ilium In business and social
utreles. Thu Old World has no such system, and
thoir meagre dispatches show it. Mr. bltmm
lon closed with an eloquent trlbnlo to tbo power
of the Associated Press.
During tho evening, messages were sent from
Ihu platform to London, Now Orleans, Hun I* run
cisco, and Washington, answers being received
In from live seconds to four minutes. Thu audi
ence applauded these wumlurlul telvgruphio
font* loudly. . . , .... , „
[Commenting on tho abovo, thu t’lneiimall
UnzctU says: “Tho Now York Associated Press
consists of seven newspapers. The western
Associated Press consists of all, or nearly all,
thu established uully papers in oven* town in thu
great central part of thu Nation. Tho W estern
Associated Press has its own contract with Ihu
Western Union Telegraph Company. It ex
changes nows with tho New \ ork: Associated
Press, and pays it balance to tho Lindeni and
cubic news. Tho Western Associated Press is
much tho largest and strongest association. It
has us own olllces and agents at New York and
Huston. That tho halmico on exchange of Inte
rior mid Western news for Eastern mid cable
news w not on tho othur sidu, Is bccuusu of tho
local character of tho Now York Jourimls.-u'
kind of cockneylMn which secs mailing of con
bciinenco savo In tho Hast. The Now York A«-
soclated Press bus u condition designed to re
strict enturpilso by requiring that, If uno of thu
papers has a special, It shall give It to all othur
members pro rata, If they will lake It. On thu
othur baud, thu papers of thu Western Assu*
elated l*re«s pay tho telegraph company morO
for specials Hum tho association pays for 1U
rofftilnr news.'’!
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Proponnl Lntv for It* Abolition In
I’eiiiiNylvatiln—Opinions of Imminent
Jurist* oil (ho Subject.
Srtcicl DUvatth to Tue VJAraw Tribune
Pirrammu. Pa-, March t4.-?,Tho proposed law
fur (fep nholltlon of capital punishment and tho
HUhimmlon of. nn extended Imprlsomnont, nt
tho option ol tho Judge nr Jury, has created
much Interest hero and called forth a variety of
opinions. Judge Kirkpatrick said this morning:
“ I think there ought to ho a chnmro In tho pun
ishment of murder of tho second degree. As It
Is, tho punishment is not so severe us tho pun*
Ishn.cnt for manslaughter, strange as It may
seem. I think n maximum of twenty or twenty
live years would he sulltclcnt In murder of
the second degree. As to manslaughter, I would
leave it as It Is. Ills elenrtn my mind that them
ought to ho a marked dllfcronee In punishment
lietwecn those olVetiees.” He added that ho wna
opposed to lift; Imprisonment: thatdcalh should
ho the only punishment In cases of murder of
tho 11m degree.
$ nti.i7i.rn
Judge Stowe said: “ I think the punishment
for murder of the second degree Is .owgothor
Inade<(tmte. Tho law In regard tomurder of tho
first degree is such that. In nt least four cases
out of live where tho olTcusc is really that. It is
Impossible to show such clear evidence of
debtwnttlon and premeditation us will drive tho
consciences .of twelve ordinary Jurors to con
vict of a crime punishable with death. .They
seem to fear that in some possible way there
may be a mistake. Tho law should be so
changed ns to make a conviction possible on or
dinary evidence,”
Hath Judges agree thntchnngcs were necessa
ry. and In that opinion they are Imran out by the
citizens In general. These opinions also meet
the views of many who have carefully watched
tho,proceedings In murder trialsdurlug the past
few years.
A NEW BRIDGE.
St. Louts linn It—People Cronn the tin*
Holnlicit Structure “for Pun,” and
One -Him Seriously Injured by a Pall.
Spfflal Dispatch to 7V Chicago Trtlmn*.
St. Loins, March 14.—Severn! thousand people
visited the new Jolfcrsan-nveuue bridge to-day.
A few foolhardy ones tried tho cxpeilmont of
crossing the railroad tracks by the long girders.
The elevation in from twenty to thirty feet, and
the walk would not have been perilous had the
distances not been so great. As It was, those
who undertook the passage found that It re
quired some strain of nerve. Tho painters were
nt work on the structure nil day, and tho pass
ing of passengers Interfered with them consid
erably. Nevertheless no check was Imposed
upon the vcnture«ontu pedestrians. About
4 o'clock Michael L'ollliis. a roller
at the mill, ventured out on n girder. Hu got
along very well until he met a painter and at
tempted to step around him. lie missed his bal
ance and went down. Had ho struck tho rails
and ties It would have been instant death.. As It
was. he landed on a thit-enr nnd lay there limp
and to ail appearances lifeless. An examination
found the injuries to consist of n fractured hip,
a broken wrist, a badly cut fare, numerous
brul«es. nnd internal injuries, tho extent of
which emmot be told at present. HU recovery
Is very doubtful.
ENSILAGE.
gprrlal VorrttpornUntt vf 'Hie CMtaaa Trlfeutn.
Oconomowoc, Wl?„ March lb*.—ln Tub Tutu
usu of tho flth tilt, there was published an arti
cle from this place, giving nn account of tho ox
perlunce of Dr. 1,. W. Weeks In tho Bclentltlo
method ol preserving or pitting green corn fod
der.
This method hns been described by many dif
ferent persons In tho press; hut, cither bccuusu
,lhc writers were wrongly Informed, or because
they themselves did not thoroughly understand
the method, tho public In mnny Instances bavu
been somewlmt deceived.
Encouraged by the success of Dr. Weeks, many
In this vicinity nro preparing to build silos In
tbo spring. Among them Is Mr. Henry Lupham,
who thoroughly understands tbo method; and
from him your corrcspundenthnsobtftlncd much
useful Information on tho subject.
In a recent issue of tho American AiirieulturUt
(November. IH.sn> n correspondent gives nn ac
count of u very convenient way ol building the
silos, or pits under tbo burn, m used on thu
dairy-farm of Uneklev Brothers, of Port Jervis,
N. V. He says that “Tho corn was cut in Sep
tember, when mthor dry; tho Juice did not
sijulrt out when passed through tho cutter, and
tho diallings were not even moist to tho touch.
When pitched In tho pits, n strong fermentation
sets In very soon. Thu corn Unit hud been
packed tho day before was steaming hot, no
doubt Imvitig a temperature of lid to LW degrees
Fahrenheit. It had a vinous odor, which was
very sweet ami pleasant."
Mr. Lupham says that this corn was cut when
ton dry; that, had tho lemperaturo reached
such a night, tho fodder must have gone too fur
toward combustion, and therefore whs of llttlo
use ns food, or tho writer was wrong. Hen* Is
one of thu moat necessary things to avoid in
keeping cnsllugu perfect, and this cannot Ira
dune when thu ulr gets to It.
Mr. Laphmn has commenced building a counlo
of pits large enough to supply fodder to bis
sheep and cuttle through tbo winter.
(thus been proven t bat nothing will satisfy tho
appetite of nil animals, and fatten thorn for tbo
butcher, so well us this fodder when well put up.
Green barley is found to contain enough
albumen to supply thu delluienoy In corn-stalks,
and. If mixed, is said to Increase tho bunellclnl
results wonderfully. Hoinu farmers huvo tried
weeds, thistles, and grass with good success, and
have fetl their oxen and working horses with it.
It strains the new American way of preserving
it is much moru expensive than la necessary:
and that any good, Ingonlona Dinner can get up
Ids silo for little more than ?100,—one which
will repay him with interest In less than throu
years.
If the experimenters this year moot with ns
good success ns those of lust, your correspond
ent believes that in live years from now any
farmer without a silo will bo fur behind tho
times. I*.
A BANQUET.
LKipolfh to The Chicago Tribune,
Euun, 111.. March 12.—'Tbo mngnlllcont now
bourdlnif*bouse of tbo Hlgin National Watch
Comjmtiy—tbo Nntlotml llonac—waadjioncd to
tno employes to-day. Last ovonluir tbu manage
ment gave tlio twenty foremen of departments
in tin l watch factory, the correspondents of tbo
Chicago press, representatives of local papers,
and u few prominent citizens a supper at tbu
house. It was a complete aifalr and very enjoy*
able, being prepared in tbo best stylo of the
chef, formerly cook for tbo Jockey Club of Chi
cago. Toasts were responded to by Or. K. A.
Kllliourne, Col. Wilcox, 1L I*. McOlincy, 11. F.
Kelsey, C. 11. Smith, Theodore Orlbl. W. 11.
Klack. and W. S. He wins. The National
House, which Is Just completed, has cost
tbo Company in tbo neighborhood of tM.iXX), and
is a mngnlllceat structure, being finished and
turnished In modern palacc-botcl stylo. It is
heated by steam and lit hy mis from tbu factory
hollers and gas-works. It bus aecommoduUous
foriMt, and Is private, being reserved for em-
only. 'The rooms are llncly furnished and
lilted with hot and cold water, etc. Cacti flat
has bath-rooms and a tiro-alarm system. Tbo
parlors are elegant rooms, with cosily furniture
and line oil-paintings. It Is tbo only real hotel
In tbu city.
SOCIAL MATTERS AT EFFINGHAM, ILL.
ftwcial iHipatcb (a T7u Chicago Trlbuiu.
EmNniuu, 111., March 14.—Miss Molllo Oll
moru, u bountiful and talented yunhg lady of
this city, tho daughter of 8. F. Gilmore, aged M,
ul thu solicitation uf a largo number of our citi
zens, gavu u public reading at Kingston Hall to
a very largo audience on baiurduy evening. Tho
entertainment was highly successful and credit
uhlu to too himuilumry, who was loudly ap
plauded throughout. _
Adolph Huim-rlln, editor ot thu Matloon Com
mercial, delivered nn Interesting lectnru this
evening before lira Lyceum of this city un the
subject of thu prlutlng-press.
A SOCIAL TIME.
Sj*(la( DUpaUh (a Tht Chicago THMms.
Clbneva, HI., March 14.—Tho principal social
event of lalu was tho elegant reception glyon at
School Hall on Friday uvunlng by tbo ladies uf
tho llucquet Olub, Dancing began at 0 o’clock,
to tho entrancing strains of Hand’s orchestra,
irom Chicago, and, after thu supper Inlurlnde.
was resumed until si o'clock. Thu guests were
from Chicago. Aurora, llatavlu, (lonova, iilglu,
Bycumore, ami other neighboring ultlus.
A SECOND INQUEST.
Norflal iHipatt/i la TJw CJilcdfo 3V46ui»*.
Four Wayne, Jnd., March 11.-Tho remains ot
Charles Frceao, who committed sulcldp about
two weeks auo, will bo taken up to-morrow, and
a second liupiest will bo held by request of bis
mother, who It now here from Wheeling. She
win probably take tho remains homo with her.
Trouble with thu wkfu of deceased has been ex
pected, but shu bus given her consent.
A BANKRUPT CHURCH SOCIETY.
Special DitiMUh ttt Tht OUmqo Tribunt.
Bulls, 111., March 11.-Tbu Fint Frenbylorlaa
Church of this city, having ltd church cdlUcu
hojielosly Incumbered Uy two mortgugwb.-ouo
to itiu Homo Ihoctlon rommiitco and the other
to imrllfb hero,—hue, ut w church meeting,
tuructcd lu Trubtuca to dUpo«o of lu iuro|>eriy
to Ihu bcbl uUviiulugo ufllburvUllors.
Coughs! Usu Brown s Bronchial Troches.
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