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NEW YORK.
Tho Rccont Hog-Cholera Ca
nard and the Produce
Exchange,
The British Consul nt Philadel
phia in Jnstiilcntton of
His Subordinate.
Efforts of tho Special Committee to
Show tho Englishmen Thoir
Error.
Grant Will Resign Uic Presidency of the
World's Fair —Hatch on Van
dcrliilt.
Insurance Companies Gave Col.
Dwight, a Sick Man, Pol
icies for $253,000.
He Died, and They Went lo Law, and
and Will Now Have to Pay
Costs.
Speech of Ex-Secretary Schurz in Sup.
port of the Education of
Indians,
Statement that Bennett Thinks Serious
ly of Undertaking a Polar
Expedition.
The English Importers of Thoroughbreds
Discouraged—O'Leary Also Dis
couraged,
HOG-CllOt/RRA.
COMMUNICATION FROM THE HIUTISII CONSUL
AT PHILADELPHIA.
Sprrfal DUpdtch to The Chicago Tribune.
New York, March IB.—Tho special committee
appointed by tbo Produce Exchange to Investi
gate tho origin of tho recent hog-cbolcra canard
have received a long communication from her
Urltannic Majesty's Consul nt Philadelphia,
dpt. Ilobcrt Charles Clipporton. which assumes
to bo a Justification of Vice-Consul Crump’s
auertlcm that 700,000 hogs died of
cholera In Illinois In 1880. Tbc Captain starts
out by excusing himself for nut quoting tbo
official statistics of tho State of Illinois for 1880
on tho ground that they have not yet boon pub*
llibetl, but bo draws freely upon tho reports of
tho Government and State Departments of Ag
riculture for 1678 and 1870.
HE ALSO CITES A LETTER
which ho declares ho has received from tho
Agricultural Department at Washington within
afro days, to tho effect that 'Mho mortality
among swine In Illinois for tho year 1880
was not less than 300.000 head," and
concludes that, " taking these figures into
consideration, and In view of tho fact that tho
disease known as swlno disease or bog
cholera has its ups and downs, It Is not Impossi
ble that. If tho actual figures could bo learned,
the mortality was but little, If any. under tho
reported number—viz.: about 700,000 boad."
THIS DEDUCTION 19 CLINCHED
by the following quotation from nn anonymous
report received by tbo writer from Chicago:
"It now appears thaf the State of Illinois, and
notOblo, Is tho one in which the 700.000 pigs
died in iB6O, and my Impression is
that tbo parties Interested lu tho trade
ire quite willing to. lot tbo matter
rest and not ask for a thorough Investigation
hi this State. If It Is decided to bavo ono tho re
lull may prove qulto different to what Is so
Hrongly alleged by tbo Boards of Trade to New
York, Philadelphia, St. Louis. Chicago, Indian
apolis, Cleveland, etc. I understand that some
of the Chicago Commissioners have been to
Uprlngfleld, the seat of Government of Illinois,
am) It Is not unlikely that
THE STATISTICS THEY HAVE DISCOVERED
there have satisfied them that there is and has
been a groat mortality la pigs in this State."
Mnuy additional pages aru devoted to excerpts
from the reports and writings of va
rious persons In an olfort to show,
Ant, that hog-cholora exists In this
country; second, thuthog-oboloralscontaglous;
sad third, that hog-cholera can impregnate tbo
human system. Tho Committee have sontCapt.
Cllppcrton an answer, in which they begin by
congratulating him "in having decided to fol
low the system suggested by them, and seek for
FACTS FROM PROPERLY-CONSTITUTED AND
UEI.XAIU.K SOURCES
oMaformallon, especially tbo Agricultural Bu
reau of the several States and tbo reports of tho
United States Commission of Agriculture, In-
Read of depending upon the questionable meth
od* adopted by tbo Vice-Consul.” They ask.
however,That no will not coniine bis rosourcbes
to tbo few extracts bo has quoted, which,
■bey say, “seem to have boon selected
I>J the prejudiced eye of Mr. Crump, and do not
weal of tho period referred to in his report."
Toe Committee go on to say: "When your in
vestigations are concluded, the Now York Prod
uce Exchange, whom tho Committee represent,
*ui confidently reply that tbo statements which
you shall then make to your Government will at
once
dissipate the erroneous impressions
omicd by acting Counsel Crump's December,
i&3U, report. These extracts to which you direct
too attention of tbo Committee must unques
uoDably satisfy you that tbo exist
of hog-cholora was not discovered
WMr. Crump, and that when ho wrote that
SR may not bo Impertinent to pall
ur Lordship's attention to tbo Immense mor
tty among swlno by a disease known as hog
bolero, and withhold tbo information that this
oucaso bud existed for years, and was not
.1, cr than In 1871) (even assuming bis hguros
w w correct}, bis report was
A misrepresentation of pacts
P {boy did exist In tho BfUoof Illinois in 1830.
ting these extracts from Commission
•hT* Uuo 4 report tho Committee doom U an
1100 of honest intent on your part
wst you believe tho report of
iff,„ Commissioner to bo true, and
LUtyou further Intend It as a condemnation of
S.'i« mps refusal to accept tho statement
&r >h tbo 4amu authority that his estimate
i!»i ,mmonau mortality among swine during
“ exaggerated, and yet they fall to see by
Hm!i Parity ur reasoning you arrive at tho eon
™“lo» ‘hut, because Mr. Do Luo says
BOirrAUTY AMONG SWINE IN ILLINOIS
Fear 1880 was not less than 000,000 bead,
wt ittouid wish tho English public to believe
it was but lltllo, if any, under
(n? .reported numbers—namely; about 700,-
uiw. • • • lu answer to your quo
r«nuM rDin a * Chicago report.' tbo Committee
i. *“°F do nut deal wllh anonymous cor
pJ*?Ddenco. Tbo object of the Now York
Exchange Istmnest Investigation, with
or. favor, and fair and outspoken stato
bd»rn Dedicated uponsuch Investigation. This
ot you, and, under your promise to
Tv* L ES 3 CAN RE ACCEPTED.
named in Mr. Crump’s report,
liiir>u£ r, ,kbt or wrong, have little to do with
fttfil},? .. Il reom* to have been worded only
Wd ,* nt jonal eifect,wlthoutgnivityor dignity.
*sfoi » ulu * M does wllh Injurious
Ctn»„ rru , m a representative of the British
letvl® residing in a friendly Htaio, it do
-4 let?,.. unqualified condemnation. ....
ten. h! r I? appended from Sir Edward Thorn
>hkh if a Jt < aty's Minister at Washington, in
Crumrv. tbat bo has ascertained that Mr.
tibrm . objectionable statement was based
tSni>.u,reiy,' r t 'transmitted to Philadelphia by
kxinni. 8 Ice-Consul ut Chicago.* but that ho
the iau 1 been Informed upon what statistics
‘I dm!, I ,..relied 0,1 forwarding those flgurca.
that UW ° VWr '' a,r Edward Thornton adds,
fo/n? * tat bmbnt was exaggerated^
eultu?.i report made by the Agrl
<ll4ttJ*l" v Pariinont of Illinois, the loss irom
is |W , h Dut down at 227.250 bead for that year,
out nuu gb Mr. Crump’s report was errone
tbsrawi.. VXu t rKura tod, it cannot bo said that
The(\.f e "“Freunds whatever for It.’"
*fcsft»iiw U l t, ttw o concluded ws follows: "From
;?klvon by Blr Edward Thornton, It Is
fconaiu. at your method of arriving at (bo
U huliy f n aioon F bogs In 1880, referred to above.
j MUST PAY.
0V MTIOATIOM OVEII UPE-INByiIAKCE
policies.
Hiwv <9 Tht ChiMOO IVttUIM.
fctivu. .***■ March 15.—Tho Court of Appeals
toTJJj down to-day Its decision In the famous
usance casus, sovea lu number. Thesu
wore tbo aulto of Iho heirs of Col. Waller
Dwight against tho Brooklyn, liorooopathi
Metropolitan, Manhattan (two oases), Washing*
ton! am) (Jorrannla Llfo Companies. Tho ap
peals of tho companies were dismissed with
costs. During tho summer of IH'HCoI. Dwight,
a well-know citizen of Binghamton, N. V., In
snroil his llfo In several of tho prominent com
panies of tho country, and In threo months se
cured policies for fciW.ooo, tho largest amount,
|.V),000. In tho Hqultabtc. On account of these
extended transactions sumo of tho companies
caused Investigations to bo made, resulting, It
was claimed, In finding that Col. Dwight bad
been subject to
UKMommADK OP TUP. LUNGS,
which ho had concealed from tho companies.
110 had been a wealthy man, but business re
verses overtook him, and proceedings In bank
ruptcy were going on when bo secured tho poli
cies. Homo ol tho companies, upon this
showing,wished to return the premiums paid and
cancel the policies, but Co). Dwight refused tho
offer. It was shown, also, that before bis re
verses his llfo had been Insured in a largo
amount, but tho policies had beau allowed to
lapse. On Nov. SO, 1878, the companies ascer
tained that bo bad died.
CHARGES OP FRAUD
on hla part wore freely made, and It woa alleged
that ho had purposely taken moans to undermine
his health, and again that ho had committed
suicide. A searching investigation by tho
Equitable disproved, to tbo satisfaction of that
Company's oillcers. those charges, and tbo in
surance was paid by this and other companies.
Others refused payment, ami tho body of Col.
Dwight was disinterred in April, 1871*. but tbo
Jury of Inquest rendered u verdict that ho died
from natural causes. Tbo litigation by (bu heirs
with tbo still unsatisfied companies bus now
terminated, with tho result given.
wour.n’s pair.
G!:x. onANT TO 11IMIOX Till! I’ItCSIDRNCV.
Sprctat Dltpateh to The Chicago Tr!6un».
New York, March 16.—Tbo World's Fair Com
mission are to hold an important meeting
Wednesday afternoon. It Is reported that Gen.
Grant will resign tbo Presidency. 'On Saturday
Inst bo openly expressed tho opinion that tbo
project would ho abandoned unless 91,000,000
were In hand by to-dny. Tbo subscriptions nt
tho lust meeting wero several hundred dollars
short of tho amount. No largo subscriptions
have since boon received. Tho members of tbo
Commission look gloomy, and appear to havo
lost all thoir enthusiasm.
RUFUS HATCH,
speaking of tho proposed fair to-day, said: “If
tbc Fnlr Is held at Inwood it will certainly
put from 12.2.1U.000 to £1.2.10,000 in tho
Now York Central's treasury, ns that
rand will monopolize tho untlrc freight and
passengortrnlllogolngand comlmr. It’s thoonly
steam road that has direct communications with
Inwood. Nothing nlivo or yet to live cun go and
come or reach and leave the Fair grounds with
out paying tribute to our railroad Czar. Itsccina
to mo that the Fair Is to da n wholesale business
for Vanderbilt and his posterity, and In return
Vanderbilt Is to do
A RETAIL lIU9INES9 FOIt THE FAIR.
If Vanderbilt does not back Ocn. Grant, who
has given time and attention to forwarding tho
arrangements for the Fair, and has become n
working and not an ornamental President, then
wo must cither abandon Inwood elto and
obtain Central Park or drop tho whole
thing. One thing Is certain: the citizens of New
York will nut subscribe £1.700,000 against Van
derbilt's ftioU.OUd, whim tho Now York Central
Uallrond Is to take tho lion’s share of tho profits
through tho selection of tho site.”
CARL SCniTRZ
ON THE INDIAN QUESTION.
New York, March IB.—At a meeting to-night
fur tbo purpose of raising funds for tho educa
tion of young Indians, cx-9ecrctary of tho Inte
rior Schurz was Introduced by tho Rev. Dr. Hitch
cock, President of tho Union Theological Semi
nary, and said that In bis administration ns Sec
rotary of tho Interior bo could look back with
pleasure to the Interest ho bad taken In the In
dians. Wise statesmen of tbo past thought tho
Indian question could bo settled by grant
ing them a reservation on which they
could llvo In their own way unmolested.
This theory was exploded, and bo advocated giv
ing them individual tracts of land tbo same os
tbo whites, and thus by degrees making them
good citizens of Indian descent. They were ca
pable of education, and made good traders and
small farmers. In educating thorn It was not
only necessary to toach them bow to write, but
also how to live and mrko a living when taught.
Though thoy returned to their families, they did
not, us many supposed, return to their former
way of living, but wore
HONORED AND LOOKED UP TO
brothers There wore but 60,000 of those chil
dren, and. though It might bo a work of time,
they could bo educated. Tbo reservations, ho
thought, would eventually bo taken from them,
as, in the march of railroads and settlers West
ward, quarrels would arise, and tbo Gov
ernment would decide In favor of progress.
Most of these wore honest and Industrious,
many being employed by tho Government as
freighters. They should bo taught tbo small in
dustries, as well ns being educated. This,was a
work of time and could not bo perfected hasti
ly. Ho advocated tbo support of tho schools at
Hampton and Carlisle. Gen. Miles and Ulshop
Whipple also spoke In favor of tho object of
tho mooting.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT.
UK WANTS TO OO TO THE NORTE POLE.
fipretat DUpateh to Tht Chicago TVRmru,
New York, March 16,—Among tbo stories that
are current hero Is this; That James Gordon
Bennett is seriously contemplating an Arctic
expedition. Larry Jerome, who is in Europe
with him, has recently written to a friend that,
while Bennett is enjoying himself greatly as a
muter of a bunt somewhere in England, yet bo
Is very much depressed and anxious over tho
Arctic expedition which bo equipped and sent out
in tbo name of tbo Herald, lie conceives It to
bo his duty to ilt out another expedi
tion In search* of tho lost one, and to
take command, of it himself. Ho has
already telegraphed to stop work upon tbo now
yacht ho contemplated building In this country,
and tblnks that tbo mouey bo proposed to ox-
{ tend la that way shall bo devoted to tbo build
ng of a vessel constructed with a view to en
countering tbo too of tbo northern seas. Al
ready be nos bod some interviews with Scotch
shipbuilders on tbo subject. Therefore tbo
news that Bennett has seriously entered upon
this now project may bo expected at any time.
It Is charooteriatlu of Bennett that execution
follows closely upon tbo bcols of conception.
THE NEW YORK ROADS.
A mi.L TO RE BOUGHT OFF.
N*w Yoke,March 15.—Tbo charters of thoorigl
nal companies which form tbo New York Cen
tral St Hudson Ulvor and New York, Lake Erie
St Western Railroads reserved to tbo Htntu tho
right to take possession of tho roads upon pay
ment ot cost and 10 per cent In advance. To
day in tbo Htuto Legislature, a resolution was in
troduced authorizing on Inquiry whether tbo
Htuto bad boon deprived of that right by tbo
various consolidations of those companies, and If
not it proposes to take and operate tbo reads
named, by paying iholr cost, less tbo water in
tho stock and tbo additional 10 per cent required
by the terms of tho original charter.
THOROUGHBREDS.
LOW PRICKS.
New York, March IS.—At tho auction sale to
day of Imparted thoroughbreds. Matchless,
brought IL000; Alllo Blade, <1,076; Norfolk Hero,
<300; Trammell, <000; Bt. Mungo, <600; Noble,
<200; Day Rum, <300; Heathen, <231. A lot of
Imported marcs and Allies (thoroughbreds)
brought very low prices. It Is thought If bettor
prices are not realized at tho other salos.lt Is
not likely the English breeders and dealers will
coutlnuo to send thoroughbred stock to ibis
country. It Is said that Tattorsatls offered over
600 guineas for the return of Matchless.
AVAS THERE EOUD PLAT?
SUSPICIONS THAT THE CREW OF TUB AJACE
DID NOT DIR AS HALA SAYS.
A’tw York IVnft, March U.
When ttao Italian bark AJnco waa wrcokod oft
Coney Island something over u week ago and
iovorul members of tbo.orew out their throats,
them were persona who believed there had boon
foul play on board. Veter bale, the solo sur
vivor of the wreck, said that tbo men, while
floating on a piece of the broken ship bud be
come discouraged, had cut their own throats,
and dropped overboard. One rumor bad it that
tbo survivor bad made way with bis comrades to
Insure bis own safely; another that thero bad
been a mutiny on the ship and a free fight.
Hut these were more surmises. It la now
said that the Captain had 12,600 In specie
on board; but It Is Impossible to ascer
tain, In this country, whether bo bad
or bad not. Thu bodlua of tho
six dead seamen, Including that of tbo Captain,
lie at Undertaker Stillwell's, at Gravesend. Tbo
throat of one of them is out In such a way that
It Is suspected he could not bavo Indicted the
Injury himself.
PETE It BALA
was sent to a sailors* boarding-house, In Water
street* to await tho Inquest; hut when ho was
needed on Saturday he could not bo fouud. U
was said at the boarding-house that his absence
THIS CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY", MARCH 10, 1881—TEN PAGES.
was only temporary, but. although he was re
peatedly called for. ho did not appear. Incon
sequence of his absence tho Inquest was ad
journed. Efforts nro making to find him. If ho
Is still In thoclty; but If he has taken advantage
of his opportunity to ship on some foreign sail
ing vessel, his recapture is extremely doubtful.
A person who has followed iho water for many
years said yesterday: 11 In my opinion there was
something wrong noonrd of that bark. It won't
do to tell old seaniun that sailors would eut tbelr
throats when so close to laud as those men were,
No. sir, there never was a sailor born who won't
struggle for his llfo to Iho last under sueh
circumstances. Tho wound In tho throat of tho
youmr man’s budv that came ashore on Thurs
day was not n long cut, as Is usually made by a
person committing suicide In that way, but a
stab,”
BERCIIKU ON sr.UGGAIOJH.
POINTED ALLUSIONS TO MK.V WHO SAV Till:
WORLD OWES THEM A LIVING.
Srto York 7Vmrs. Murth 11.
Henry Ward Beecher said. In Plymouth
Church yesterday morning, that theology* was
now going through an evolution, and was ad
vancing every day. Men were getting beyond
tho old formulations of truth. Mr- Beecher re
marked that because ho couldn’t wear panta
lets it didn't follow that he couldn't wear panta
loons, and sold if he was not u Protestant ho
would bo a Homan Catholic. The Protestant
Idea that God hud revealed all truth In the Bible
—that tho Bible was a sepulchre and all truth
was mummlllcd by It—was one against which ho
revolted. Tho Catholic statement that Gw) re
vealed IBs truths through that Church, and
mado them known moro and more from
tlmu to time, was grand. Tho fault of
tltu Idea was that God reveals truth through any
organized Church. If tho Catholic Church would
say tho revelation came through tho human
race It would bo all right. Mr. Beecher paid hU
respects to various classes of tho community,
especially to the large class which claims that
“the world owes them a living.” U the world
paid its Just debts, he said, halters would bo
scarce. The world owed a burial to about two
thlrds of Its people, and that was alt. Tho men
of tho class mentioned liven day by day like
llsbos.—they sucked tho water and spurted It
out. and that was all. Tboy wero content to lot
tbelr fathers support them,—to live on thoir rel
atives. Ab:iut tho only Scripture they ever
read was “Go to the ant, thou sluggard,” and
tboy wont to their aunts to be supimrted. Tboy
bad no energy, no ambition. They wero content
to crawl along through life like a silk-worm over
u loaf, eating, eating, eating, and that was oil.—
only a silk-worm left enough behind It to pay
fur its keeping. These men left nothing. They
were not oven good for manure.
ITKMS.
IIUMOU DK.VIKD,
Special DUpaleh to The Chicago TVifrun*.
New Yohk, March 16.—'The dispatch from Chi
cago published lu this city to-day reportiug tho
proposed consolidation of tho Bt. Paul and tho
Northwestern Railroad systems with tho North
ern Pacific could not be confirmed, and among
allrund men generally tho report was regarded
ns nbsurd.
DOUIIUI THAOKUY CAUSED l»Y JEALOUSY.
Tb (he IPeitem Auociattd Prut.
New Yoiik, March 16.—Ernest Stephen Momo
roth, a Gorman wood-carver, shot and fatally
wounded Emil Pauly, a boarder in bis bouse, to
day, at 33 Eldrldgo street, and afterward shot
hlmsolf through tho temple, blowing out his
brains. Jealousy of Pauly, whom be believed
entertained tho relation of accepted lover of tils
wife, is thought to bavo been tbo cause of tbo
crime, though Momoruth, who long bud bccu
sick, was undoubtpdly out of his mind.
DAN O’LEARY.
O’Leary has been confined to his bed since tho
walk. Ills feet uro In a terrible condition. Tbo
last Ufty miles of tbo walk be suffered great
agony. Vaughan, Uowcll, and others called on
him yesterday, and complimented him mi his
gmnoncss. lie bitterly complains that Albert's
withdrawal front the race completely crushed
him, so that ho had no heart to -make u good
race. O’Leary will lose about (1.600, after all
expenses are paid. Vaugban will start In tho
six-days’walk In Chicago. O'Leary and Davies
leave bore fur Chicago to-morrow night.
TELEGRAPHIC .SUIT.
Rufus Hatch has begun n suit iu tho Superior
Court against tho western Union Telegraph
Company, tbo Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph
Company, and tbo American Union Telegraph
Company, to prevent tho proposed contract of
Jan. ID. Tho suit Is based on tbo decision In tho
sultof Williams against tho samo companies,
and to-day Judge Spier granted a temporary
Injunction.
MARIE lIOZG.
Col. J. 11. Maplcson '.‘Jjdayconcluded nn agree
ment for Mario UOzo t 6 appear tbo remainder of
tbo season with bis company,and she will appear
for tho first time with tbo company next week,
Wednesday, with Center, Cary, and Campania!,
in " Mlgnoa.”
THE WEATHER.
The wootfaor to-day Is fine and clear; ther
mometer at 0 a. ra. indicated il3, at y a. ro. Jl7, and
at noon 13,
JOHN H. PRENTICE.
John H. Prentice, one of tho Trustees of tho
East lilver bridge, died at Brooklyn yesterday,
oged 70 years.
ALASKA.
A Regular Minnesota Snowfall la That
Country—The illlncu.
Port Townbbnd, March IS.—Tho steamer
California, from Sitka, has arrived. A number
of San Francisco capitalists and mining exports
bavo visited the new quartz mining district at
Tnkon, and found a clear channel and good
anchorage. Tbo minors have forwarded peti
tions far mall service from Sitka or Wrnngel.
There arc live foot of snow at tho mines. Prep
arations are being made to take In lumber and
provisions on sledges. Work will bo resumed
on tho Stewart Mine, Sitka, early In tbo spring.
BURST A BLOOD-VESSEL
William Brown, a young man of 20 or 27 years
of age, while in a bouse of 111-repute at No. HI
West Washington street, was rather roughly
handled by one of tbo Inmates. named
Tllllc Hawkins. In tho scußle a blood
vessel burst, and In conspquouco
Brown Is thought to bo In a somewhat
precarious condition by Dr. Bradley, who was
summoned to attend him. Tbo woman and sev
eral other inmates ot tho bouse were arrested
and locked up at tbo West Madison Hired
Station. Brown also claims to have lost <3O In
tho bouse, but no trace of this was found.
An Official Speculation—Froflta of the
French Government by Its Monopoly
of tho Sale ol Tobacco.
Bismarck, finding tbo monopoly of tobacco
manufaeturotoboii prominent source of pros
perity to the French Government, proposes tho
same system for Germany. In the seventeenth
century tho French Government assumed tbo
right to control tho manufacture of tobacco, and
In 1017 transferred tbo monopoly of manufacture
to contractors, who agreed to pay for the privil
ege a sum based on the probable earnings. This
system was in operation until the reign of tbo
tint Napoleon, when a commission unpointed
by him reported that the only way of benefiting
both tho Government and consumers would bo
for the Bute to;mauufaoturo tobacco exclusive
ly. Tbo reasons given were that the work, being
under one control would dispense with nine
tenths of tho general expenses which would bo
Incurred by individual manufacturers. Tbo
credit and capital of tho Htutc being greater
than that of any Individual, it could make use
of nil now discoveries and machines for simpli
fying labor, and thus reduce tbo cost: It would
abolish all expenses of show, advertising, high
priced stores, etc., and, having no interest In
making a protit to tbo disadvantage of tho con
sumer, would avoid all adulterations. Tho sys
tem went Into practice In 1810 and bus not since
undergone any tuodiilcatJuas. In 1811 the sales
reached over W.00J.000 francs, tbo expenses be
ing 81,out),(M), and the net pretit being over It).-
000,000. In 1878 tho receipts were over 3U7,U00,UX)
francs, the expenses about and tho
net profit over ifti.ooo,ooo. In this sixty-seven
years the expenses wore but Utile more than
doubled while the not profits had Increased suv
loon fold. As cigars, whlub constituted the
principal part of tho production, are mado al
most exclusively by hand, the reduction of ex
penses and tho great growth of receipts were
chictiv accounted for by tbo division In manual
labor when united in large masses under one
administration. The manfaeture of matches Is
aisu u Government monopoly, and the profit
from it, added to that of tobacco, amounted to
IMBJMU.OU) francs, or about <00, 012,000, a sum suf
lluientutA per cent to pay tho interest on tho
nvo thousand millions levied in 1871 by Germany,
and leave an overplus for amortization which,
by compound Interest calculation, would sink
the whole debt in thirty-six years. Thu average
wages paid by tbo Government toils tobacco
laborers was o 1-6 francs u day, while Jewelers,
the highest paid of French workmen, received
from private employers but an average of 6 1-7
francs a day. In addition to paying the btgliest
of average wages, the Government gives to its
employes during sickness, or after a curtain
period of service, a pension, so satisfactory that
a position in tbo employ of tbo (Rate is eagerly
sought fur by French workmen. Tho expenses
of management, clerks, agents, storage, freight,
etc., reached In 1878 but 11-7 per cent on the
gross receipts. French manufacturers and
merchants expend 12 to 16 per coat for those
Items..
The Cremated Lady of Cincinnati.
Somebody writes of Mm. Pitman: ’• Under
berowu favorlt rose tree Iu the cottage lawn
rests the uni that holds her handful of ashes.
Father and daughter sit in the warm sunset and
their thoughts of Iho'dead nru mingled with no
horrors of the churchy*.d. They look from the
firelight out into the winter night of snow and
sleet with no sighs for the lonely grave lu which
a loved form Is rotiuwr. In tbelrbeuutlfnl homo
her handiwork Is seen on lintel and hearthstone
luexquisll curving, but under the rose tree bar
ashes lie in a liny urn, which neither moth nor
rust doth corrupt nor thieves break through and
stuuV’
CRIMINAL NEWS.
Discovery of a Land Swindle In
volving Six Millions of
Acres.
Western Missouri the Hccno of
the Operations of the Cou-
I sptrators.
Arrests of Prominent Business-Hon at
St, Loais, Cleveland, and
Pittsburg.
Their Sncccss Duo to the Confusion of
Ilccords Caused by tbo
War.
A Horrible Wife-Murder by a Manlao' at
Stillwater, Minn.—A Postmaster
Stabbed.
CHEAT LAND SWINDLE.
Spf(Hl DUtxiffh to Tht Chicago Tribune.
Cr.p.VKr.AM), U M March 16.—Orlando Van IHso
and George Linn, well-known real-estate deal
ers of this city, and John K. Corwin, a Notary
Public, were arrested to-day by tho United
States authorities on tho charge of conspiring to
defraud tho Government by means of false aid
davits concerning land Utlos, and causing tho
•nine to be transmitted to tho General Land-Of
flee for tho purpose of defrauding tho United
States. The first two defendants are believed to
belong to an organized party, which has de
frauded tho Government out of many thousand
acres of laud In Missouri, operating un
der tho firm namo of tho International
Lund Company, with headquarters at Ht. Louis,
and branch olllcca at Now York, Pittsburg,
Cleveland, London, England, and Hcsillngen,
Germany. Tho plan of notion has been to ob
tain from tho Government by fraudulent atlldu
vlts patents to lands claimed to ha\’e been pur
chased before tho War at 121-4 conls per acre un
der tho provisions of tho act of IK6I. At tho
breaking out of tho War tho Land-OIDco at
Irouton, Mo„ was stocked with patents Issued
upon tho application of settlors, but which
could not be delivered until tho applicants
had resided upon tho lands for two years.
During tho War tho records wore thrown Into
confusion, and hundreds, If not thousands, of
the patents were stolen or destroyed. Hlnco tho
War tho Government has Issued probably gov
oral thousand patents to persons who swore they
had made application for land, paid* for and
lived upon the same, but, iu tho confusion
caused by tho llohclllOD, had not yet revolved
their full titles to tho land. It has been uncov
ered that n great portion of tbeso patents were
Issued to persons connected with tho Interna
tional Land Company, who signed (Ictltlons
names to tho affidavitsandotnordocuments, and
then sold tho land to innocont parties. These
Iruuds have been practiced to an enormous ex
tent, and Hpcclal-Agcut Patrick Tyrrel has been
engaged fur the past two years In working up
cases In all of tho above-named cities. Ha ar
ranged to havo arrests mado simultaneously la
nil tbo places, and last evening telegraphed to
United states Marshal Ooodspecd hero to tuko
Into custody all thoClovclund men above named.
They were taken before Commissioner White,
and a hearing was sot for March 26. Van lllso
and Linn were soot to Jalt In default of (5,000
ball, ana Corwin was released on a bond of
$2,603. It is understood that indictments have
boon found against thorn by a special Grand
Jury at St. Louis, and they will probably be
taken (here for trial.
Spfflal Dispatch in Tht Chicago Trltmnr.
St. Louis, Mo., March 15.—What promises to
unearth a big Qovcrnmont-land swindle was tho
orrest to-day of Hubert F. Lindsay, a well
known attorney of Ht. Louis, and son of James
Lindsay, at one time United States Register of
Lands nt Ironlon, Mo., by Government-Op*
crutlro Tyrrcl, who 1$ well known In Chicago.
At tho snmo time that Lindsay, was arrested
hero, other arrests were made elsewhere, and nU
of men In good standing. Three wore taken at
Cleveland at 10 o'clock this morning. They
arc Orlando Van Rise, Qoorgo Lina, and
J. K. Corbin. Linn Is an attor
ney. Tho others ore in tho land business.
At tho same Umo those were arrested, Addison
F. Burns and 11. U. McClellan were taken into
custody at Pittsburg, Pa. There are other ar
rests to be made boro, and the parties in ouch
case uro said to bo men who bold prominent
positions la tho business world. The ebargo
against all is conspiracy to defraud tho Uovern
mout cut of lands by Issuing false deeds pur
porting to convey the titles. There huvo bean
laud frauds in tho State of Missouri, reach
ing back over a period of twonty
years, and covering in all some eight
millions of acres, which, It la expected,
through tho litigation cusunnt upon these ar
rests will be reclaimed by the Government. It
appears by Intelligence received from Washing
ton that the Interior Department has long be
lieved that extensive frauds bad been perpe
trated in tbe Land-OlHces. and tho Government
has boon making every eifort to secure tbe per
petrators. Tho lapse of time, however, elnco
tho frauds, and tho fact that tho parties Impli
cated have been peculiarly well able to defeat
tho Investigation on account of tholrolliuial po
sition, bus hitherto held detection at bay. Tbe
leak was sprung in tho southeastern part of this
Mute, whore. In investigating Irregularities In
tho Land-Olllce at Ironton. tho beginning of a
system of frauds was discovered which, will
cud, ns stated above, in tho restitution to tho
Government of millions of acres of fraudulent
ly entered land. Mr. Lindsay, who was spoken
to by The Tih hunk's correspondent, said that ho
was an Innocent man. Ills father, who was
Register of Lands at Ironlon. as noted, was re
moved during tho Hayes Administration, and
his record Is considered u clear one. Hut, dur
ing tho latter's term of olllee, thousands of laud
patents disappeared, and (his Is perhaps tho causo
of his son's arrest. District-Attorney llllss was
Interviewed, and said that tho frauds wore com
menced under tho laud law of August, 1854.
Under that, law land was sold from $1 to ISJS
cents an aero. Tho scheme adopted was to givo
laborers $1 to como to tho front uud claim land.
They would bo given tho deed to tho land.it
being understood that tho Register of Lands
was to hold tho patent to such ground until tho
purchaser tiled "proof that ho had settled and
cultivated it. This proof consisted In tho alii
davit of tho settlor and one witness, Tho
laborers who purchased turned tho
ground right over to other parties who
Blguud atlldavlts us above, before tho land
was either settled or cultivated, us was required
bylaw. In this way the great bulk of tho land
mentioned above fell Into tho bands of persons
who bad no right to It, lor part of tho bargain
when tho land was sold was (bat tho purchaser
should cultivate It. That Is tho reason it was
sold ut such a low figure. Instead, however, of
it falling Into tho hands of men who would settle
upon It, It buenroo tho property, by tho above
fraudulent means, of men who to-day nro
among the wealthiest In the land. Nothing of
the above arrests were given to the press until
lute to-night, tho object being to keep tho mut
ter quiet until other arrests were made.
A STILLWATER TRAGEDY,
Spretal XHtpatch to Tht Chicago 7Vthuu<»
Bt. Pau/., Minn., MurcU 15.—'I’lio
has special p-tvlcea of a horrible murder by a
luaulno at Marino, n village uuur Stillwater. At
mi early hour this morning James Tolan, a mun
well known among tho lumbermen of tbo Bt.
Croix, Uellbcruiely allot ond Instantly killed bis
wife In tbo altllug-roomol his homo. Tbo room
In wblcb tbo tragedy occurred presented a
ghastly sight. Tbo dead wile and motbor lay
half u|H>ii tbo tloor and bulf upon the lounge on
wblcb she was sitting when her husband entered
tboroum, and remarking, “ Vou aro tbo cause of
ail my trouble, “ tired two sbota from a repoatlmr
rifle, one of wblcb went Into tbo wall anu tho
other Into tbo left breast and heart of bis wife.
Bbo bad at tbo time of tho shooting her babo
lying on her right arm, and when the first per*
son arrived (ho mbor two children, aged Jl and 6
years, were cuddled upon tbo sofa against tho
dead body of tho mother. Tbo carpet was
soaked with tbo life-blood of tbo murdered
woman, and tbo babe’s cradle, standing at tbo
foot of tbo lounge, also spattered with tbo blood.
Whatever tho murderer’s Insane notions may
have boon,bis wife Is regarded ut Marino as hav
ing been above reproach, a good wife
and motbor. . Tolan bus for sotuo
time boon impressed with tbo belief that bis
wife and u supposed paramour weru In a con*
splrsoy to murder him. Sullivan was (be man
whom Tolan suspected and bud bunted with a
Winchester rlttu and a pair of Colt's revolvers
for somu lime, but not muting him, no wreaked
bis terrible revenge on bis wifu In ibo manner
described. Hu hud been a hard drinker for
yuan, until about eight months since, when ho
suddenly stopped, and front that time his mind
began to manifest tho hallucination that his old
partner and his wltu bad become partners to u
conspiracy to do him violence. The murderer
was arrested after u struggle by tho Stillwater
olHcors and lodged in (he Washington Jail.
Upon being Interviewed, bo declared that bo
did not sbool bis wife; that bo only soared her.
It has not yet been determined whether to have
him Indicted for tho crime or to bavo an ox*
nmlnatlon to test his sanity.
Tnlon wan examined to-day and found Insane,
and will go to tho Ht, rotor Insane Afylum.
A DEADLY ASSAULT.
Spteial DUpateh to Tht Chicago Tribune.
Hr. I/otMfl*Mo„ March Ift,—Henry MerU, Post
master at Illlltown, nr BullofonUilno I'ost-Ofllcc.
twenty miles out on tho Olivo street road, was
Imdly cut tnst night by a knife In tho bond* of
William Uleckinann. who was trlcu and acquit
ted of tho murder of his wife al>out two year*
ago. Mertx 1b the keeper of a general store and
saloon. Dlcckmnnn has been in his employ for
tho lust three months, and yesterday ho woadiß*
charged. During tho afternoon ho was soon
Bbarpunlng tho blade of bis knife, which Is about
tiro inches long. While doing so he remarked
ton bystander, “Home blood ought to How be
fore I leave this place.'’ Later be hod sumo hot
words with MerU regarding tho amount of
wages due him, and durlnir tho difbeulty made
several threats ngalcut MerU. At a o'clock in
tho evening ho opened tho door of tho store and
culled Mertr. outside onto tho porch. Hut a few
wonts passed between them when Dleeknmnn
niahtied Mertr. in tho left groin with bis
freshly-sharpened knife, producing n deep
wound four Inchos In length. This ho
followed up with atiothor severe slush upon tho
left thigh, from three to four inches in length.
Merlr/s erics attracted tho attention of persons
In tho saloon, who found him upon tho porch
saturated with blood. Dleckmunti escaped in
tho direction of tho city, and a pursuit was In
augurated, but nothing could be seen or board
of him during the night, MorU's wounds ore
pronounced to be of such a serious nature that
there is but oue chance In a hundred for his re
covery.
KILLED WITH A I»OKER.
Special DUpateh to Tht Chicago JVtlmrw.
Winona, Minn., March 16.—A young man
named George Ulchnrds died to-duy from tbo
effects of a blow be received lust Wednesday
with u stove-pokor In tbo bands of one George
Dailey. Tho quarrel grew out of derogatory
statements to Dailey's girl by Ulcbanls. Dailey
bus not been seen or beard of since tbo quarrel.
Ulchnrds hailed from Fremont, lad., and bud
always borne a good character.
SQUANDER IIEING TUB QUICKER.
Han Fiuncisco, Cal., March IS.—A. Scbandor,
aaubscription clerk la the Umilng Bulletin olllce,
bad an altercation with Copt. John Adams, Su
perintendent of tbo Lick Mine, Nevada, and,
after the passage of angry words and blows by
Adams, both drew pistols, Hcbaodcr being tbo
quicker, Indicting a mortal wound on Adams,
schunder bad his band badly burned, but es
caped Adams’ bullet.
ROBBED BY SNEAK-THIEVES,
Cincinnati, 0., March IS.—A sneak-thief rob
bery of the bouse or Jacob Heasongood last
night, reported us trilling, assume u mysterious
appearance to-day. Humors are that fmiu
ti'.UAl to *2,00U worth of diamonds and vuluubles
have been taken. The losers and tho police have
been rotlcnnt on too loss.
A KENTUCKY TRAGEDY.
Cincinnati, 0., March 15.—1 n Greenwood
County, Ky.. Tom Young mashed tho skull of
Steve Langford aud attempted to escape. Reu
ben Laiffrford, brother of the injured man. fol
lowed hotly, and, after u uiilo chase, riddled
Young with a pistol. Young is dead. Langford
will die, and bis brother has left tho country.
BLEW UL» A SCHOOL-HOUSE.
Lancaster 0., March 15.—A party of young
scalawags blew up u school-house near tho vil
lage of Uremon last night. Two kegs of pow
der were used, and tho structure was utterly
demolished. The authorities are after them.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Nahiivii.le, Tenn., March 15.—Mary Jenkins,
a mulatto girl, was arrested at the Academy at
Wartsburg, Tenn., to-day, charged with the
murder or her new-born babe.
DISCHARGED.
KAi.Binn, N. C., March 15.—A. K. Simpson, a
member of tho Legislature arrested for larceny,
was discharged by tho .Mayor.
AMUSEMENTS.
M’VICKER’S.
In tho repertoire of Lotto there Is no better
play than John Rrougbum'a dramatization of
“The Old Curiosity Shop," and, strange to say,
although It presents the star In a most agreea
ble manner, it is very seldom seen. The piece is
now running at MuVlcker's, and its last repre
sentation will be given on Thursday evening.
Miss Lotta personates tho characters of tho
,Vdrc?ifc>naw and Little NtU, and in tho
former as tho half-starved serving maid
of Samjtfon Dnur she presents a Dlckonsimluo
picture in make-up. and most amusingly hits otf
tbe extravagant urollery of tho character. In
the rOlo of LHtte Sell she Is less successful.
Lottn has very little pathos In her composition,
and In such a lender, sympathetic morsel us L'otl
she is out of place. We have frequently had
occasion to award warm pralso to Mr. I'. A. An
derson for bis character sketches. As
Qnlip, tho mental, moral, and physical exagger
ation of Charles Dickons' novel, this artist gives
us onoof tho best bits of eccentric acting we have
bud here for some time. Ills facial makc-upis
a study, and In bis deformity, In his manner, bis
gait, and. In fact, from bis head to bis toes, bo
? resented a llguru that might have stepped
rom the plates of Cruicksbunks. ills
acting wua exceedingly Judicious. No effect
was marred by undue exaggeration In look,
gesture, or speech. While unstinted commenda
tion can be given Mr. Anderson, wo cannot
praise the other members of tho cast, except,
jtcrlnips, Mr. W. 11. Wallis as Gnitul'atlur Trent ,
and Mrs. G. C. Boniface os Mrt. Jarieu. Mr. C.
11. Urudshnw bad only the faintest Idea of tho
part of Nmfoelicr; Mr. 11. I). Bradley lucked tho
unction af U ass; Miss Julia llanehctt was n
Eoor representative of SnUy Uitus. Much cure
uo been taken lu mounting the play.
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
Mr. H. 12. Woolfs musical eccentricity,
“Photos," which iho Harrisons first produced in
this city last full, is being presontod every night
at this theatre. The fact that this Id the
third engagement during the present season
played In this city by this company elves evi
dence that the public see something In the arti
cle to amuse them. Like tbo must of such pieces.
It Is merely written fur tbo intnalucUon of u lot
of specialties. In this case there specialties are
brought forward bysomu rather clover and well
known people, including Miss Allco Harrison,
Mr. Louis Harrison, Mr. It. E, Graham, ami
others,
AN ALARMING REPORT.
It appears that Miss lium Dickinson seriously
purposes to a'ppeur on the stage In seme of tbo
most exacting male characters of Sbukspcare,—
Hamlet and Maebetli, for Instance,—and Is not
afraid to provoke comparison oven with Salvlnl
himself by acting on tbo “off-nights" of that
distinguished tragedian. A rejmrtcr of the lios
ton Traveller the other day asked Manager Stet
son whether It was true that bo hud engaged
Miss Dickinson to appear as Hamlet, Macbeth,
and CUnulc ilelnotte, and Mr. Stetson replied
that It wits true in respect to Hamlet and Mel’
u»Ut. Ho thou said: “Miss Dlukluson camo to
see me In Now York, whore I was during Sul
vial's last engagement, and talked to mo about
appearing In these parts. Shu said she had been
studying them for u long time. 1 thought it
would be an excellent idea for her to undertake
Hamlet. 1 was very much pleased with the idea,
aud 1 told her so, and that I would olfer her an
engagementin ibis play at my theatre. Hut not
a word was said about Maehelh. Now, that Is u
very different affair. Hamlet requires easy act
ing and goud declamation, but Ahtci/ethl WDMt
lire and force are Involved In this; It requires
the must extraordinary combination of qualities
to play MaeUth, ami 1 frankly say that 1 think
that Miss Dickinson would be unwise to under
take it. Miss Dickinson went back to Philadel
phia and 1 returned to Huston. 1 asked Mr.
Zimmerman to ascertain Miss Dickinson's terms
and let mu know. Hu telegraphed them to me,
and 1 telegraphed Pack ‘All right,’ and i supposed
the mutter was settled. Hut yesterday Zimmer
man telegraphed to mu that Miss Dickinson In
sisted on playing MaebeUi, aud 1 replied that she
could not pluy MaciKth during dalvlnt’s engage
ment. Foryuu ace he plays it, mid It would be
impossible that 1 should bu giving two interpre
tations of Macbeth at my house during the en
gagement. Now i don’t think she Is wise to at
tempt MaeMh at all: but! should not advise her.
bbu may do us shu likes, and If she continues her
engagement with me till May. after Halvlnl goes
shu may play Macbeth if sho likes, and I will take
her to New York and bring her out there lu it it
she wishes It.’*
DRAMATIC NOTES,
Annie Plxley Is in Bt. Louis (bis week.
John T. Uayuioud plays in Ban Francisco lu
May.
Mr. Joe Jefferson, having closed his season,
bus gone to look after bis plantation In Louisiana.
Ilaker und'Farrou bavo concluded to return
to England on tbo 2d ut May. A wlsu conclu
sion.
Mr. Pv Sells, of Sells Bros, circus, was in the
city yesterday. Ills show will bo hero with tbo
early vegetables.
Mia Henrietta Vadors will probably play a
summer engagement us a star at tbo Union
Bquttro Theatre. Her luuusgur will bo Mult
Cunning,
Barry Bulllvau says tbs report that bo was
dangerously 111 was without foundation, and
that, furthermore, bo bus not canceled uuy of
bis engagements.
Negotiations between Manager Hooley and
Locku of tbo Busb Street Theatre, Sao Vrau-
cisco. looking toward the lease ot that house b y
the former gentleman have been fruitless.
WlllJ. Davis, of the Grand Opera-House, this
evening will open a now theatre at Keokuk' la.,
with n musical company recently organized by
him. They will produce “ The Bleeping (Juoon.
It Is sold that the stockholders will open the
California Theatre permanently about May a.
with Asa T. Field and James T. Maguire ns
managers. Becorn I combinations are already
booked, with Tbomns W. Keene as tbo initial at
traction.—Morion Iltmld,
The report that Mr. John Stetson bad secured
the lease of booth's Theatre In Now Vork for
next season Is premature. Ho bits made an of*
for for lu however, as also have several other
manager*. tiut the owners of tbo ostato have
not yet accepted any one.
Mr. W. S. Gilbert has boutrht bank his comedy
of ” Fogarty's Fairy” from Mr*. Cowan, sister
of the late Mr. Bothorn. and this plecu Is now in
the market. Mr. Bothorn thought It a work of
very extraordinary merit, and anticipated win*
Ding a (treat success In it.
Miss Fanny Davenport last night appeared ns
MaM Henfrew In ” Pique.” Her impersonation
of this character Is well known and needs no
comment from us. This afternoon "Pique”
will bo repeated, and this evening the slur will
act the part of I‘aultne In "The Lady of Lyons.”
Mr. A. N. Barney, who ns dramatic critic of
tbo Cleveland Phtlnd&tUr bns done faithful
work for somu time, and has attracted attention
by the soundness of his observations upon tbo
drama, has accepted an engagement in the
manager's department of HU-clo Macknye's
new traveling troupe. Bhouid ho prove as com*
potent in management ns ho has proved him*
self a critic ho should succeed.
Ttio Yokes family sail for Boston on Saturday
next In tho Algeria. After their Boston engage
ment the) will appear in Philadelphia mid .Now
Vork. Tbo latter engagement will be played at
tbo Union Square Theatre. A sprightly little
lady, who has achieved much soceess ns an
actress and vocalist, Mlaa Bessie Sanson, takes
tho place of Miss Busina, who married and re
tired from tho stage several years ago.
Jake Murray loft last night for Morris. Hi., in
the Interest of Uaverly's ” Strategists ” party.
Just organized, Tho company come from New
York, play In Morris fur uno night, and then
work their way to Bun Francisco, whore they
are due in two weeks. At tho Bush Street Then*
tro, (ho Intention is to run tho piece. If possible,
four weeks. Tho company comprises Joseph 11.
Poik, Hurry Linden, Frank Aiken, Harry Bell,
Katie Gilbert, and Jennie Carroll.
A London correspondent of an American
dramatic paper says that Mme. Modjeskn Is get
ting only n week at the London Court The
atre, imd that she gave her services there gra
tuitously during her llrst term, In order to get u
foothold on tbo London stage. Now she I* will
ing to come hack to America next season if any
manager will guarantee her fAl.OOOfor 100 nights!
Bernhardt's ligurcs have sot them all mad. says
tbo correspondent.
Olivo Logon writes that W. J. Florence Is some
times uttllcted with rush of blood to tho bead,
and ho Is afraid during one of these attacks that
ho may become insensible among stmtigers. He
tins, therefore, a piece of waterproof muslin
sowed on the Inside of tho lapel of his coat, on
which is written In indelible ink: ” William J.
Florence, comedian; return to Morley's Hotel,
Trafalgar square.” Tho direction is chuuged
according to circumstances.
Wblln wilting for n coutrh to go ns It came,
you nru often laying tbo foundation for some
pulmomiry or brtmclilnl ulfeutlon. It i-i better
to cut rid of it cold ut unci! tiy using that suro
remedy Ur- I). Juyne'a Expuutomnt, wbicb will
cure nil stubborn coughs, aud relieve any anxie
ty us to dangerous consequences.
Swallowing Poison.
Nwalinwlngand Inhaling tlio noxious Impurities
generated by Catarrh. poison nut mono the nasal or
tout*, but the stomach und lungs. No merely local
remedy, like douches iuid insoluble snuffs. can pos
sibly reach or eradicate thu virulent spurule* of
Catarrh, This (act explains the wonderful cures
effected by Dr. Wei lie Moyer’s now Inoculative
treatment. The elements used by him are absorbed
by thu mucous membrane throughout the system and
lorm a constltnilouul as well us local antidote, as
curtain to cure Catarrh, as vaccine virus Is to pre
vent smalM'ox. Its unprecedented satu with huso-
Helled testimonials from many thousands who. a; all
slaves of the disease, have been cured by this
wonderful remedy, establish, beyond contradiction,
the tact that Wei lie .Meyer’s Catarrh Cure Is
thu most Important medical discovery since vaccin
ation. iter. C, 11. 'l'aylnr, ID .Noblc-sl.. lirooklyn,
writes: “onepocitoce produced a tndlcul cure." ‘it
enilruly cured a member of my family who has suf
fered from Catarrh fur 40 yrs. ,1. it. McDonald,
lluHrosdwny. N. V.: “It cured mo after dnctorlmf
lor nearly HO yean.’’ Mrs. Km mu C. Hawes, &)
W. Washlnttton-plnco. N. V.: "1 can speak for
Nerea members of my family who haro used It with
great benefit- ” Jlev. W, It. Nuroucr. Frederick.
Aid.: ‘‘Rvorvboitr troubled with Catarrh »s 1 was
should use It.” Mary A. Hanker. 4.U N. Clark-sU,
Chicago. HI.: ” For six years I did not breath through
my nostrils until i used Wel Do Meyer's Catarrh
Cure.” Mrs. M. E. JShency, .nii; ft.imh-st.. St.
l,ouls, Mo.: "It Have me Instant relief.' 1 F, «l.
Crank. Atlantic Hotel. Chicago: ”It restored me to
my ministerial labors." itrr. Or». A. Hies, Cob
blesklll, N. V-s "It relieved me of a groat I’ulypus.”
W, tl. Tniesdell, M. It,, Klzln, III.: Ac.. Ac., Ac..
Ac. Dr. Wcl Do Mover’s “Treatise” Is mailed
free. Ills ” Cure ”It delivered to any address by
D. U. DEVVKV A CO.. «J Dcy-SU, N. V.. at WI.OO com
piote.
AM USEMICSTS.
M’YICKKR’S THEATRE.
MONDAY, MsIJiCII 21st.
23EA.TJI?LA-TV%S
GRAND OPERA COMPANY
The largest and most complete organisation In en
semble ihul hus ever visited Chicago. coming direct
from a four mouths’ seanun of triumphant success at
the French Opera-House. Now Orleans—composed of
TEX I'ltlMA DOX.VAN,
HI'VES TENUIIf),
NINE B.UtITOXK AND IIABO.
TUItCE PRIMTI'AL lIAXVEBS,
nix rouYiMiEi:n,
AN O ICC'SI i:NT R A OP POIITY-PITE,
I.ARUK CIIUIII7H AM) IIALLCT,
TEN CIIII.UKEN.
EVEUY DEPARTMENT COMPLETE.
Rct>erlol**e— *• AVTUCAISE." “AIDA." •’HUGUE
NOTS." •• \VM. TELL" •• PItOt'HETB." "CAIIMBN."
"ItOHKIIT M 2 DIAIII.K," •• PAUL KT VHKHNIK."
•• HUM BO KT J UMETTIi," •• LA J Cl V K," •• FAL’bT,"
(with nut of Uallut).
Musical Director M. MOMUB.
Blue Director N. I.AULACIIE.
C. UK liEAIIPLAN. Manager.
The ante of scuta will commence Thursday. March
IT. at 11 o’clock. Prices of reserved seals. according to
locution. r.* and f l.fio.
UAVEKLV’S THEATRE.
J. H. IIAVEIILV Manager and Proprietor
(Doom open at half-past 7; curtain rises MS.)
1.AD1123, TillH WEDNESDAY MATINEE.
TIHB WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
TWO POPUUAU PLAYS.
UKMBMIIEII THIS MATINEE AT 2.
ÜBMKMDBII THIS KVKNI.NO AT H.
LAST NIGHT UUT FOUli OK
FANNY DAVENPORT
AND lIKU EXCELLENT COMPANY.
This Wednesday Matinee lust time of
PIQUE.
Fanny Daveni>ort os Mabel Henfrew
This Wednesday night only lime of
LADY OF LYONM.
Fanny Davenport ns Pauline
Thursday—l l rou From Friday night and t-aturduy
Mntine —l’aiaillo. Saturday night— London Assur
ance and Oliver Twist, Bundny—Leah.
Monday night, for the lust time In this theatre, will
puimuenco for seven nUlils the world-astounding
lIAVKULYB GENUINE cULOUKI) MINHTUELS.
(IRANI) OL'ERA.HOUSE.
Clark-su, opposllu Conrt-Houso.
Ontnti Mntine* To-Wiiy ut S p. m.
DUIGIITKUTHAN KVKU. IIKTTEIITIIAN EVBIL
ALICE AND LOUIS HARRISON,
In the cieveroat of nil musical eccentricities,
PHOTOS!
Ilegular matinees Wednesday and (Saturday. Fare
well performance o( •• Dhotoa" Sunday nluht.
Monday, March Vl—Daly's "Arabian KuthU" with
Poland Deed and splendid Company.
HOOLUV’S TUEATKE.
TIIK UUEAT lll’f ItEI'KATKDI
WILLIE EDOtIIN'S "SPARKS,”
In the Musical Conceit,
DREAMS; Or, Fun In a Pbolograpb Gallery.
(Iriu.d Matinee itils afternoon al V.
Kxtru Special llol.dav Hill fur Hi. Patrick's liar,
Thursday ovtmlmr, March 17.
Matinee halunlay uHuruuofi att.
Hund.tr. Mflich vU—Mr. and Mrs. McKoe Hankin'*
"DAXITKS.''
M»VICKEIt»S THEATRE.
l.AH't’ WEEK UK TIIK INIMITAIII.E
LOTTA.
Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday. and Thursday NlunU.
LITTLE NELL and THE MARCHIONESS;
Or. The Old Curiosity Mhnp.
I.IVn.K NKI.I. ( I ATTA
TIIK MAUCIiIONKHS) |_\J I I Pi
Friday and Huiunlay Mabu and Saturday Malluuo,
Or. Cnlnt l.yndr I.lkiil.
Next Weok—The UKAL’DI.A.N (NEW OItUKANH)
OHAXH <>l*Blt A COMI'ANt.
AU.iUKMV OK MUSIC,
West Side, lluUled'Sb. near Madison.
WM, KMMKTi* nolo IWrletor.
MCK NOUTU.N ilunagcr
Every Kvenlnir mid Mallnce* this week.
aUBUUUNO, I.VM.N SISTEUS, ADAMS A I.E UOV,
In Specialties.
MISS KKKIK JOHNS, In bur new drama.
“A TERRIBLE TEST.”
Supported hr OKU. I.EAICUCIC and tho Stock Co. ,
Admission—Evening* aud Sunday Mutlneu. la. at.
and tile. Wed. and Hsu Matinees, lA‘A und dm. Hoaw
cun tie secured bv both Edison mid Uull telephone*.
SI’IUUUE’S OLVMKIC THBATBIi.
Every Evening aid, Matinees Wednesday, Saturday,
and Sunday,
Sprague's Georgia Minstrels.
HU Patrick's Day, Thursday, March IT—A ursud
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