, 1874-05-09


This IS decidedly victory for Mr. Moviohor,
Fsit decides tllnk ho can recover OF Grau, thus
ieaving open. the only question as to how much
damages we're sustained.
TEE CRUSADERS.
At THE 11vo11.
HRS. William Writ and Airs. Thompson, who
bolievo In tho prayer gauge" as applied to-
drinking; visited thu Tivoli Carbon. corner of
Clarknnd Washington streets; yesterday after
noon, aud had M lnterviow with Mr.. Bemis, ono
OF ftliu;propriotors. Their attention hadboon
called to the place by aomo remarks Of Deacon
Woodbury., publiahod'in Tie TRIBUNE Of yoster-'
day morning.
not conbidbr his course eminently sinful, md
entirely at variance with tho principles, Of ro-
lgion. They feared TINT hia spiritual education
Ind hoen ,foarfully and wonderfully neglected.
Looking nt the crowds drinking down lager-behr,,
thoy could weep for tho deprayity Of fallen man.
Mr. Bema.l .listened'to the ladies' with great.
pattonoe, and then retaiiatod'by preaching ser
mon at them, first, however, inviting thom to be
great ..Tompbrancb-Roform Church, where mild
beverages wero substituted for tho fiery atinlu-
lante that dIsgrace ordinary saloonB His plan
Of 1nnking people temperate; WIS Infinitely
buttor' t1iun that Of the crusaders, They were
too. radical. He WIS fighting against whisky,
aud tho most effective way to do that, was to
introduce beer go as to snpplant it in the tastes
Of the people. Was not this, he" asked, n
ptouB objech aud did ho not deserve to be olasod
among the great reformcrs OF tho day7 Would
the lados tako d nice cup Of tea
The ladies, However, said tiat 11r. Demie' olo-
quenoe. quito. overpowered them. They, would
combat his'niBchiovous rhetoric than thoy wore.
Hariny, said. which, the good 6au1aritans
treatod, leaving tho sinful orator to hins OFF.
They geyo thsir; names. md addresses as fol-
lows: Mrs: William Writ, No. 2Go West Monroe
street. aad Mrs. o. Thompson, No. GET Wabash
avenue.
ArFo1sY's.
After leaving tho Tiyoll, the 1ai1ies Visited
standing, at his bar, talking, with several Alder.
mon, and promptly called. him to one, side and
made him acquainted with their mission. Ho
politelyinvited them to seats In his office, and
patiently listened to what they, had to say. Tue
interview laated only d few minutes, as the
Indies remarks were brief md. to tho point.
They Bald they represented the Temperance
element among the women. Of Chicago.
L he would not elose up lis saloon entirely, md
depend on his billiard-tables. for profit. The
Alderman, Haid in reply that it had; cost him q
great dealo money to fit up his establishment,
specially. He could not afford to close his bar.
The ladies' then aakcd,hitn it he would not be 80
kind as to send dyunkarde to prayer e,-mootings
when tley. got sober. Ho very promptly said
srror. Of their ways, and the ladies' 1hadrow ap-
pRrontly satisfied.
STORRS.
That long-headed legal citizen, mery A.
Btorrs, who, in conjunction with George n.
chittendon, has been furnishing uowsy food for
Washington correspondents during, tho last
month, returned to Chicago yesterday. The
man Of Law was visited in his aauotum by
TRIBUNE reporter, who had = talk with hin,
about Capito!ian matters.
'Now," began b1r. storrs, With y surprisingly
sincere mann er, have u horror Of being in-
tnteryiewed."
ANY ordinary reporter would. have been
foregoing but THE Tribune man determined to
get something out Of the lawyer for al that, 20
he said:
ou1TTENDEE.
"Mr. storrs, perhaps you would have no OBJ
lection to stating what you think Of. nr. Chit
tendens bearing wills examined by the Com
mittee7"
"Oh, bo boro himself like gcutlcmnn-ncyer
was cool, courageous, and lucid to tile lust. An
admirable man. alr-an admirable man,"
Aud, MIR. 6torrB stroked' his whiHlsora. in an
agony OF admiration for the heroic Chlttenden.
MIR. Chlttandan returned with you I" interro-
gated tho newspaper man.
YoR-but you can't interview him-o]ose rs
81 oystor, air. --close as m oystor," aud ntr.
stor7s Wa4 ohuoktoa ss t, exceedingly ;;a \; n,...
den at Z"
swell, they wanted to trace nomo Of that
ninety-odd thousand into the hands Of some Of
tho District officials. That was the frat object.
received any, portion Of the $4,000 in, notes
from Kirkland.
KIRKLAND. ~
Reporter-Mhat do you lhiuk of~Krt1and?
tfni
very fine indeed, and quite ontertaining ag
conycrsu tionQlist. 10 meet him socially YOU
could not help liking the fellow-fine family,
we'll educated. splendidly connected aud all that
myroom Tor Instance. Couldn't have done any
thing moro, imprudcnt. When he got there,
however, Ioonltsu't VOL turn him r1dely out.
'.What. was alr. Klrtland's busiuass 1~fore he
w *aoa @ hSo%s, for for doat said Mr. Storm.
':porlapa he had 'noue at all. By the way, TINT
vas all nonne1,se. about Chittcnden having bson
arrested. He wasn't even snbpmnnad. There
osGaso in fao %e w1Ie aayg on
could shake him. Det]ed. tho sharpost mon in
the country, An admirable eonmittea. TINT
wss-tlead in .eaEnoss. Meant buslness' l Gun
toll W%:t y9t .on vor ~ ,os rot.no .hrouc1, with
Alr. Htorrs-Oh! several things. We made
all tho haste wo could. Chittenden showed be-
yonu question that he had no connection Win
District officials. Kirkland distinctly swore that
uone Of the $4,000 came into 0hlstendan's
hands, Ilad the latter been; proven, 1t would
have ruined Chittondon 30 far ~ reputation
won't Finally Allison, a vory smart momber ot
the Conmittoo, crlod ont Mr.. Uhittendan, you
are diachargcd,' aud We loft.
Tlia was ali the Information that Mr. 6torrs
deignod to give. For tho rest he roferrad every
body to tho Washington reports.
Alr. Chittenlan kopt raiigiouHly out Of sight
during tho day, and was, consequently. I'M.
coule-at-able.
TEE EIaHT-HoU INSTRUMENTATION.
Another mootiug Of trado-unson delogatos
was held laat eyoning in tho. .ofco OF tbs Work-
tngu1an's Aduocaie to perfect arrangements for
labor mass meeting OIL the 18th tnst., to pro-
test against the repeal Of the Eigllt-Hour law.
Ehsss ners about twonty mon In attendance,