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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-06
The West.

There were 324 deaths in Chicago for the
week ending Aug. H.
Jefferson White recently shot and killed
Henry Houltz, near Olney, III. Both were
farmers, and near neighbCrs. Subsequently
White was taken from Jail by an Infatuated
mob and hung to the limb of tree, in the
courthouse yard, at Olney.
Rockford, Iowa, has had horse-whIpping
sensation. Rev. w c. Archer. Baptist min
lister, was the victim, and Mrs. Hill ard, a
member of the Rev. Mr. As congregation.
welded the lash.
The great corner in wheat, at Chicago.
which has agitated the whole commercial
world, both East and West. for some time
past suddenly collapsed last week. The ex-
c"ement in that city, in consequence. was
most intense, the scenes on Change being de-
scrioed as even more thrilling and exciting
'lah any that we're witnessed Immediately
"''er the great October fire. The chief manip-
ulator In the corner was John Il. Lyon, of
Ohlcago, aided by Thomas Chisolm. of Toronto,
ana Mr. Buffers, of Montreal The combine
uon carried between four and FIVE million
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-06

A DAILY evening Chinese paper is
published in San Francisco and dis
tributed regularly to subscribers by
carriers. The reporter of the Oakland
Ne,cs says it is called the +" San Fan.
Cisco Daily Evening Jab JaJ."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-06

Cut out and preserve this revised ia
bic of Electoral votes, and of party ma
iorities in the several States in elections
last held:
, 1872-11-27

Mr. John A. Coleman, Of Providence, R. T.,
has availed himself Of the medium Of the Auda-
tic Monthly to recount his experience in fighting
8 railroad corporation. His story has had the
effect Of attracting greater attention to the sub
ject Of railroad abuses than twenty ordinary
suits for damages, prosecuted through the
Courts, could have done. Briefly told, he made
trip from New York to New Haven, and ten
dered the conductor coupon-ticket which called
for ride from New Haven to New York, this
coupon having been purchased on former
occasion and never having been used. Mr. Cole
man claimed that thenumber Of miles was exactly
the same one way as the other, That tho
Railroad Company had his money, and
that he was entitled to the compensation in
which the ticket represented, whether he
'ia'el ''- vork to New Haven, or from
"oA' 11'4'1 &'0" 1~-, ~"nnductor re-
New Haven to New York. 1ue - 49,
fused to recognize this argument, said that H.,
instructions were not to receive tickets in this
fashion, and intimated that
Mr. Coleman would be obliged to get off the
train. Mr. Coleman had q regular ticket in his
pocket, which he failed to show, resolving to
make test-case Of his claim. At tie next
station, the conductor came in accompanied bv
i've or six brakcmen and baseagemen. seized
, 1872-11-27

On the principle OF locking the stable-door
after the horse has been stolen, the Massachu-
setts Senate is considering law regulating the
formation of mutual and stock fire insurance
companies in that State. The proposed law
prescribes that there shall be a capital stock,
paid in, Of not less than $200, 1000, and guaran-
tee capital Of not less than $1o0, 900; that the
semi-annual dividend shau not be more than 4
per cent; that three-fourths Of the net profit
over and above this dividend ahan be divided
among the insured at the expiration Of their
policies, and the remaining one-fourth shall
be invested as reserve for the security Of the
insured; that, when this reserve shall amount
to more than per cent of the aggregate amount
Of risks, the surplus shall also be parcelled out
to the insured; and that all expenses, losses,
and liabilities, including sum sufficient to REIN
sure all risks outstanding, shall be deducted be-
fore declaring any dividend at all. It also pro-
vides that losses shall first be paid out Of the
guarantee capital, and that, when this fund be-
comes reduced, it shall be made good out Of the
accumulated reserve, or by assessments On the
contingent fund. The principle Of this law is
undoubtedly q wise one, and, properly applied,
will go fur toward giving the insured the protec-
tion they ought to have. Whether its details
are correct or not can only be demonstrated by
cxperience
, 1872-11-27
which WAS unanimously ratified by the people.
4 partisan Constitution is an abominntion.
THE GAS SUPPLY,


Mr. Billings, President Of the Gas Company
on the West Side, made rather a sweeping prop
osition to the City Council on Monday night.
Though the proposition does not go into detail,
it substantially offers that the city shall nvesti-
gate and ascertain tho value Of the property
owned by that Company, and that the Company
will furnish gas to its customers at prices to be
fixed BY the Council, and which shall yield that
Company 10 per cent interest on the money in
vested. Should this offer be declined,
or should the city, after accept
ing it, find it more advantageous to
become the exclusive owner of the property
Of the Gas Company, he offers the privilege Of
purchasing it at fair valuation by competent
persons selected for thatpurpose. These offers
are not made upon the basis Of the value Of CAPT
tai stock, but upon the value Of the actual prop
erty owned and held by the Company.
The Common Council, by decided vote, re-
ferred the whole subject to the new Council
which begins next week, and the latter body will
probably accede to htr. Billings request for 3
conference between the City Government and
the Gas Company, and the intelligent maturing
of permanent arrangement Of the question Of
supply Of cheap gas.
, 1872-11-27

The reported confession Of Mara, the Phila-
delphia rough and murderer, only confirms what
has been strongly suspected and openly charged
before, e,-that his crimes, and the depredations
Of the gang to which he belonged, were in the
interests Of some political faction. In addition
to the attempted murders of Revenue Officer
BROOKS and ex-Alderman Mcl1nllen, the abstract
Of Mara'e affidavit sets forth incendiarism, bur
glarY, and other attempts ut assassination, as
parts OF the same general programme for con
trolling the political affairs Of Phi1ade1phia by
system Of terrorism. We can understand from
this revelation why it was that Mara has en-
foyed an exemption from justice. 11ara's con-
zession, which would have been bombsheu be-
fore the electiou, will not do the damage Of
pop-gun at this time. The natural inference
would be that it would inquire Mara the full term
Of imprisonment to which lie has been sen
tsneed; but, IN tho light Of prect, t,dents, it may
be that tie confession may be m6de 70 turn to
his advantage.
, 1872-11-27
CONTENTS OF To-DAY'S TRIBUNE.

FIRST PAGE ashington, New York, and Miscel
lancous Te1cgraphic News
SECOND PAGE Tho Southwest: Sketches Of tho Pho
ncers-Pere Hyacinthe's Wife-Obituary: Sir John
BowEiag, IL. D., F. R. S.-Another Murder
General News 1tems-Personal
THIRD PAGE-1nsurance Talk with General
Agcnt-Evanston Itoms-sauitary Matters: Dr.
Ranch On Mortality General1y-The Western Block
ade-Business Directory-Railroad1ime Table.
FOURTH PAGE-Editorials: The Gas Supply; Munich
pal Aid: Railroad Abuses-The Gas Quesion-Clty
in Brief-Current News 1tems-Political.
FIFTH PAGE-The Decimal System: EXPLAIN tiou Of
Alderman Bonds System Of Numbering Streets
The Law Courts.
SIXTH PAGE-MonetaEy and Commercial: Weekly
Review.
SEVENTH PAGEConmercia1 and Monetary (Contin-
tnued]-Marine Intelligence Small Advertise
1aents: Real Estate, For Sale, To Rent, Wanted,
Boarding, Lodging, Etc.
EIGHTH PAGE-Foreign Miscellaneous Tele.
Rraus-Aucton Advertisements.
, 1872-11-27

lhe delegates elected in Pennsylvania on
the 9Th OF Aoremberto revise the State Consti-
tuition arc noE in session at Harrisburg, one
hundred md thirty three in number. ninety-four
Of 1Thom observation-disclosures endseyan railroad
gentlemen 1he-e are also five ex-members of
Congress. ITO e1-me.nbers Ct the Cabinet, an
Ex-Governor, and ez-Justjces of the Supreme
Court. TIE Contention is presided over by
Hon William Aere6ith, oi Philadalphia, who
was an active member Of the Constitutional
c:a7e2tioa Of 1897. md Secretary of the Treas
, 1872-11-27
ADJUSTMENTS.

THE Phillips CONCERT.
The sfPhi1ipps concert" at the Union Park
Congregational Church last evening, was one of
the most successful Of the sfStar" course, thus
far; both in point Of merit and patronage. The
church waswe1l fl1ed-comparatively few Of the
seats being vacant. We published the pro
gramme yesterday morning.
Adelaide Phillips Was received enthusiastic
cally. Her first number, the " Una Voice." Was
given with that artistic abandon which marks
most Of her efforts, and was rapturously encored,
in response to which she sang "The Rosebush" "
con motto aTet,toso. Her next number, the
"Laughing Song,'' in which abe
has achieved distinction peculiarly
her own, WAS loudly enco7ed, as
usual, and followed by ;sComin' Through the
Rye" We need not say more than that SADIE
laide" WAS in good voice, and her efforts we're
fully up to the high standard which Chicago au-
diences have long recognized in her singing.
Cornelia Stetson made her first appearance
before Western audience in Bellini's cavatins,
's1Ia Ia Solo," followed By duet with nIr. Mac
donald, "Masnadieri," "she Wandered by the
Mountain side," and II Know Bank, ,"--the
ballad in company with Adelaide Phillips, who
has already been announced as her instructor.
44A5o 1t(%1o4 tl1k& AAVt kda0 kA0 auAA@AI0 ~
storm, but abe achieved 8 decided success,
and will be long remembered favorably
by those who had the pleasure Of hearing
her. She possesses smooth, pure voice, not re-
markable for strength, but Of very even quality
throughout 3 full soprano register; which has
evidently been subjected to patient and 1aborious
training. Apparently she is not entirely at home
On the stage, and hence her singing lacks the
expressivenees for which it may yet be noted.
Her execution WAS not, however, entirely me-
chanica1, though mechanically perfect.
The sensation Of the evening wds produced by
Master L. Van Raa1te, yiolinist only y years
old, who also made his first bow in the West, and
very gracefully, too. At first he vas evidently
nervous, the Initial measures Of MendelaBhon's
instances of ihdecisl7e Stopping. But he soon
BECAME Eeaa5pred, and pToeesdef e the end en-:
With III the steadiness Of an old master Of 'the
violin, though, of courep, somemhat lacking N
pawgF. F. febpohse to IN encore which y would
denial $t6 q8iX gS5;$f;6ag 2f ys1iss ssfsr
and subsequen~, 10 ssERea 1hii(5!eRsl ri 5!G4sl
Van Raa1te can scarcely, ->-i'aatsli=
prodigy. but he is better than that-a p <
ine Tonne gentleman, with decided talent ior
hiS chosen profession. His bowling Is aupefD.;
and bis fngeripg generally firm and peat' VI
, 1872-11-27

ury in General Tay1or's Administration. As
matter Of historical interest it may Be stated
that the first Constitution OF Pennsylvania WAS
made in 1776, in Convention presided over by
Benjamin Franklin. In 1880, "a new Constitu-
ton was adopted by Convention over which
Hon. Thomas A1ihin, tie first Governor Of the
State, presided. The next and last Constitu-
tiona1 Convention was held in 1887. It is stated
that the present Convention is composed Of del
party feeling, and who represent the best ability
of the State.
, 1872-11-27

The Chicago produce markets were generally
easier. Mess pork Was quiet and weak, at
913.00@13.25 cash; s12.0o@12.10 seller Decem-
ber; and 912.25@12.30 seller March. Lard was
active and steady at 7]]llc cash; 7A@73Sc seller
December; and 721c seller March. Meats were
more active, but easier, ut 4c for shoulders &c
for short ribs; and 635@G75c for short clear. all
IS and 20 days in salt. Sweet picked hams
steady ut 9A@102lc. Highwines we're quiet
and steady at 85371c per gallon. Lake freights
were quiet and firm at Ike for corn by sail to
Buffalo. Flour was quiet and firm. Wheat was
dull, and 1@134c lower, closing at 91.09
cash; 51.0Saz Heller December; md
1.o911 seller January. Corn WAS dull,
and Ac lower, closing at 31hc seller
the month, and s137ssc, seller December. Oats
we're more active and frmer, at 23%@24c cash,
and 24@2411ac seller December. Rye was quiet
and firm at SIC. Barley was more active and
steady, closing at Csc cash No. or seller the
month 61c seller December, and 51@51kc for
No. 8. The hog market was dull at the OPEN
ing, but later in the day, prices having been
lowered 20c, trading vas active. Closing prices
were 93.s0@405. The market was dull and IN
settled. Sheep met with fair demand at un-
changed prices. The grain in store in this city,
On Saturday evening last, Was 419, 1896 bu wheat
5s9,154 bu corn; 81, ,225 bu oats; 1s3, ,561 bu
rye; and ass, 134 bu barley.
, 1872-11-27
THE CONDITION OF THE NAVY.

The report Of the Secretary Of the Navy does
not give very fattering exhibit Of the condi-
ton Of that service. The vessels now on the
rolls are represented to be of the most useless
character. During the war there we're twenty
ight@draught monitors built, at cost Of
$4,000, 900. Not one OF these vessels Was ever
employed in the service or fred gun. The
whose business it is to repair vessels; but such
is the expensive manner in which these yards
are managed, that the cost Of repairB exceeds
that Of construction. An instance is given
where the Pensacola, which cost originally
9325,000, cost for repairs $3.50, ,o00 or more than
twice the cost OF building her new. It is repre-
seuted that it will cost more to repair the other
now useless vessels Of the navy than it did to
build them originally.
Congress, at the last session, authorized the
Secretary OF the Navy to sell worn-out vessels
and useless material accumulated at the navy
yards. Several Of these vessels are soon to be
sold, and the whole Of them will, in time, be Of
fered toEhe highest bidders. OF the whole force
Of fifty iron-clads, not more than ten can be
rendered fit for naval purposes, and the sale Of
the others is recommended. The Secretary, it
is said, will recommend that there be complete
reorganization OF the naval force, and that the
present vessels be replaced with others to be
built.
It Will hardly be q surprise to the country to
know that work done in the pavy-yards costs
perhaps three times what it would cost if done
in private yards. That Judgment WAS frank
II given last winter by several expert
enced persons in their evidence before
Congressional committees. The fact is,
the navy yard business has degenerated into 8
mere political agency, used for party purposes,
and with little or no regard tor the public in
terest. There is no greater political abuse than
is involved in the expenditures in these navy
yards, and none that requires mora seriously the
application of reform. Practically, we have no
navy; our vessels are all useless Or out Of repair,
and there is 8 frank confession that the Govern
ment can have two yesselB-of-war built in g.
private ship-yard for the same money that it
viii cost to repair an old vessel in public navy
yard It does not seem difficult to see either
the evil or the remedy for this condition Of
things.
, 1872-11-27
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

Personal.
The County Clerk issued twenty marriage
licenses yesterday.
Hon. Jno. Y. cany, Of Milwaukee, is at the
Sherman.
General Yandever, Dubuque, is at the Tre-
mont
7. J. Glaston, London, was at the Gardner
House yesterday
General JEFF. G. Davis, q. 8. A., Was quartered
at the fremont yesterday.
c. G. Gilman, President OF the Iowa Central
Railroad is at the fremont.
At the Gardner, yesterday, Was Henry P.
Vail, the New York Banker.
Recorder Stewart has appointed John J. Hea-
ley to the position Of DEPUTY Recorder,
Hon. D. ". Mum, Of Cairo, was guest at
the fremont yesterday.
General Fitz Henry Warren, Of Iowa, was at
the fremont yesterday.
DR.. Richard Edwards, President OF the State
Normal University, was at the Gardner yeste1-
day,
County Clerk Pollock has appointed the fol-
lowing deputies E. P. Niles, G. r. Har1ick, Ed
ward Drury, E. II. Barnard.
Miss Adelaide Phillips, Hiss stetson, Miss
Mone1, Master Van Raalte, ". Med Donald. and Geo.
". Colby, are at the Sherman.
k4s
will lecture on "The Social Age, its Faculties
and Tendencies" at the University OF Chicago,
this evening.
The Hon. Jesse s. Hildrup, OF Boone, and the
Hon. Ira Curtiss, Of h1cHenry County, members
OF the Legislature, were at the Briggs House
yesterday.
Mr. ". A. Wood, formerly connected with the
Burnett House, Cincinnati, and the Osborn
House, Rochester, will hereafter be found be-
+; +bo Oh And
At the Briggs, E. Pickett, Washington, D. c.;
York; T. G. Jones, Delaware; George VI. Chip
man. Boston, we're registered yesterday.
At the Gardner yesterday were the following:
Henry Mann; Milwaukee; John Poole, .Cleye-
land B. B. Lesbey, Boston L: 3: Eanes, Of
tawa e. NJ. Howes, Portland; F.. ". Furbuah,
Boston; ". J. selleck, Michigan.
There we're the following names on the regi-
ster Of the IRE Tsm0Rt ot Gv 'fS fs1 ca
onel 5. n. Dayton, Cincinnati; ". Hoffman,
san Francisco D. Il. Pickering, Boston j. s.
Haskell, Providence, R. I.
Miss Sarah Smiley, the widely-known Quaker
preacherese, Is holding q series of religious
meetings in VeHous parts Of the city. Every
afternoon this week, excepting tomorrow; ahe
will give Bible readings ii the First Congrega-
tional Church, corner OF Ann and Washington
streets.
Among the arrivals at the Sherman, Yesterday,
we're the following:' h: G. Bruno, Philadel-
phia J. B: Clay, Henry Shaw, San FRANCISCO M;
b:'is Furtly, Montana J.. G: Amesly, r y,a;th ne"
E9rh; s 2 h?!nf4trsst sG $F9 aPSd Ps Eapids s g.
Nudge, New York: - . u - 80
Tha following persons 1sgistsreea ea,d5e q Amqes-
sya,s rson. s Rev. ". Z. robinson Major ?. Nor:
to.-1 co1onsi 5. =. Foster, Pr. E. \. Gilbert, Of
y1ie, Uoao r. 3, Bal. New York; Geo. Il, King,
, 1872-11-27

rERxs OF SUBSCRIPTION {pATABLE IN ADvAEcE}.
Daily, by mail. .S12.OO1 Sunday..... so
Tri-Weekly...-.-.. GEO Weekly 2.0O
Parts OF gear at tho saIne rate.
To prevent delay mistakes, be and give Post
Oeco address in full, fnclndiue St.tc and County
Rerattances may be ade either draft express. Post
Otdcc order, or in registered LETTERS a. our risk"
TERMS 70 CITY SUBSCRIBERS.
Day delivered, Sunday excepted, o5 cents per week.
DALI deiivered Suuday included, 30 cents per week.
Address TIE TRIBUNE C0hfAS41.
Corner Madison and Dea1bora-sts., Chicago, ILL.,
TRIBUNE Brasnch Office, No. 4ee Wabash-av., in the
Bookstore of Mcss1s- Cobb, Andrews Co., where
Advertisements and subscriptions will be received, and
vii have tho attention as if left at the Main
OtEce,
, 1872-11-27

Mayor Medil1 thinks that, if the city guaran-
teed the West Side Gas Company 8 net profit Of
10 per cent 8 year on their capital, it would
penses to the most e1travagant figure, and
would relieve them Of all prudential considera-
hons in the management OF their business, for
the greater the expenses the greater the invest
ment and the greater the dividends !; and, lastly,
new source Of civic corruption would be
nnnua3
, 1872-11-27

General Walker, in his report as Chief OF the
indian Bureau, Says that the use of force in
dealing with suEages is one of the most essential
features Of apeace policy. Never we're the PROF.
poets OF a successful solution of the Indian
question better. Only 5000 implacables remain
who deserve no further foEbearance, such as
the Comanches, Kiowas, and Apaches, and they
are destined to speedy e1tirpation. To submit
or to die are the only alternatives they have
In three years, General Walker believes, all
possibility Of Indian wars Will have disappeared.
, 1872-11-27

The ladies connected with the Chicago Profess
taat oIrphaa Asylum take this opportunity Of re-
... -Thanksglyfng dinner TO the children
Of giving D.. Aa the little ppes R9w mum
in the Institution. a~ -" heing Row oyer
Der more than ever hefnra the, <*,RA
one hundred, it is necessary that more 49,
usual energy should be exercised to make the
charge hope that the ladies' and gentlemen OF
the city will be liberal in their Contributions,
either in money or provisions, which may be sent
to the Asylum On or before the morning Of Thura-
, 1872-11-27

Fifteen hundred ch ildren pass six hours day
in public school building in New York, which
is so unsafe that their lives are in instant and
lasting peril, but the authorities cannot, they
say, repair the building because Of the lack Of
funds in the plundered City Treasury. Tweed's
ccse, meanwhile, was carried over yesterday to
Monday next, and Connolly is on his way to the
Hn1r TouA
, 1872-11-27

The present Constitution of the State of New
York was adopted in 1917, and contains provi-
sion that every 20 years 8 Convention shall be
held to revise the same. In 1867, such Conven-
tion was held, and after sessions extending
over two years the work was submitted to the
people and rejected, except the article relating
to the Judiciary. The feeling in the State, how
ever, is that the present State Constitution
needs amending, and the Legislature, at its last
session, authorized the appointment by the Gov
ernor and State Senate of . e Commission" con-
sisting Of four persons from each Of the eight
Judicial Districts, to prepare amendmonts,
which are to be submitted to the people.
This Commission has just been appointed
It consists of sixteen Republicans and sixteen
Democrats, all Of them men Of learning, expert
ence, and ability. It includes many Of the most
eminent men in the State; it is non-partisad,
and its action will probably be harmonious, and,
for the same reason, will probably be acceptable
to the people.
This plan, however, Of forming q Constitu-
tional Convention, is a pew one, but there is no
reason to doubt its efficacy. ~ al bodies, a
Convention to make Constitution ehouuh ma
nen712s vtlsan: Such body is no place for party
politics. iAers should be no legislation in q
Constitution, anq + :tsero should be nothing in
Constitution that should not bs AZ equally ac-
cert&ble to one party as t, another. Tho Con-
yention now in session in Pennsylvania, though
differently organized, is also non partisan. !
Some years ago there IVES an election for dele
gates to State Convention in New Jersey. |
enc, without any authority Ct law, double set
Of delegates, composed equally from both parties,
was elected. and made 8 Constitution
, 1872-11-27

Elaborate experiments made during the past
year BY the Chief Of the Engineers Of the Army
have led him to recommend the adoption Of tor
pedoes for coast defences. It will cost two mill
ions to fully equip our seaports with these ter
r1ble engines Of destruction, and half q million
to place them in the chief haIbors.
, 1872-11-27

Five or seven millions Of dollars are the epoi1s
OF the rictors in the Northwestern speculation.
AL the losers have settled except Smith, who
seeks to escape his losses by delivering North
western preferred instead Of Northwestern COM
mon. He finds precedent in one Of the grain
corners of Chicago, where the Courts decided
that No. wheat could be delivered On q contract
fr1 Nh
, 1872-11-27

Assistant Quartermaster General Allen has
the satisfaction to report that in the four years
between 81 and '65 he disbureed Sill, ,S37, ,143,
71ith deficiency Of $4,000, due simply to
clerical arrQra.
, 1872-11-27
OBJ Gbi1t1gyp dTtrif1bn,r&.
Wednesday Morning, November 27, 1872.

The Judiciary Committee Of the Board OF
Education have been instructed to ascertain
what steps the city has taken to recover $4,000
due the School Fund by J. 7. Scammon.