, 1876-01-01

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE;
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tllsn tho shotis or stsblos for c4ttlo. The coop.
crsl,op Is oxcellcnt1y atranEosi, md In operated
on contract by an outa'de party. who furnlehes
tho n.sts ha.r9lt aay nec'ssaryso hold 7ha
Tho Government books state the to.1l chpse-
tty of tho dstilory At 2,7f5 bushels Of Ernn, OF
a,70l gollons Of spirits. dnly Thu rrosont
Tosains capacity r 1,53a busho'a Of grain. or
5 400 KAlfouB OF sptrits.
ritE nooEs
ecized wcrs Al follows. Form as, Two books.
con!mcnclng Nov. s. 1914 and cudtag Dec. Of !.
1876; form ~, q book containing accounts Of
naioriala naad from Dce. to Dec. g. t175 !:
form II, purchase and repair book. from Nov.
2, 1874. 10 Dec. ~, 1875.
Tho hrnouut of liquor found in tho warehouse
wne 1,1st hsrtels, clhtal1od ~ follows, b9a baf-
te,s Of copueF whisky. 100 hnlf barrels copper
wbaky, 10 bhtrrfA spirits, 473 barrels liHAwinea
al barrels atcohn'. j,oatdcs this. tho amount Of
liquor contatned In tho winc-room wns found %
he 7,oco Ga1!ons. making tfa total amount In
Warehouse nnd vtao-ruom 7o.333 gallons.
Cats1o btsna for 1000 head Of cattte wcrc
found on tue rron,tsoe, although but f4oU bond
nro accommodated At preaont. Tho grain found
wns in ssls following Amounts: 400 buBhnls OF
colh. l.8vo hiAhels Ut ryo l.70a bushels Of malt
1.oN0 hus!.cts Of barley, 200 buhhnfe OF growing
batiey. s3l bushels OF oate.
THO reu,ain,ug artiotea in tho inventory Of
1stfllory property wnrn 1000 tons nf rohl. $50
hi1.hoop barrels, 900 eght-hoop bnytes. 100 lalf-
bAtrela. J usayn. 125,000 staves headings, the
cooper~ehop with ita tools, machinery. and ali
inplcmnnta and materials Of every kind fn any
way connoctcd will, tho al,op, eets OF coopcrs'
tools for twcutv-fivo men. tic mA!t-!touso,
clovttof In rnn,n, ehafting. ETC, 100 feet rubber
losc, X incls tnait-ahoscl., It tons hard con!.
127 saekH Of charcoal ut 81 each.
Tho estimate returned to Rho Collector Of tho
Talus Of tho property seisod. Including ovafy-
thtug, IL S12o,Uu1
+. LAWRENCE.
Inst evening reporter Of TnE Tn1ntSE called
1t tho ro.idsuco Of htr. Edward F.'Lawreuoo,
President OF tho Illhois Distiiting Company, M.
facts In segarll to the aotzuro. A1r. Lawrence
wheu lie catlo tn. fatll that ho MAS perfectly
willing to a.ats all ho knuw, but that no know
absolutely nothing Of tho reason why tho cssab-
iiahmont was eetzod by Tho Government.
E.--You nro familiar with thu bus!uosn Of your
Company, ara you mott
Mr. L.-Thht In moro than I can SAY. I hnvo
nothing to do With the "details OF tho bualnc8s,
except
TIE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT,
eonuettmoA buy Hrattt, aud I WAS On Change
this morning rhoo tho nows Of tho eoixurc Of
Our ditt'{lory Wan IrouEht to mo.
E.-Can you gre any roaAons for the saiztro
knowledge Of any rcAaon why the GuVetnmtus
should hayo takan posscsnioa Of our works.
lt.-~Can you not explsin why tho detterY
vas soszcd and nos thu neutrality-suspicious. does
II not tocrn 4 little etrhugo2
give no mrtlcdlara ii, regard to tho 1nattor. /
don't know villa. tho dietl1lory Ii seized f1r. b1r.
As,lentine, my hrbthnr-in-law, has Charge OF tho
niatiiiory and tts workings, but notua''y know
OF nothing and
THINK THEIR u NOTHING wnosa.
n-wc1e yon backward In your ta1os or run
III. L. (laushiug.)-Sow tl,nt il pointcts.
lieye. l think tile Uovcenment is onsislod to ita
duties on whisky, and halieYo we paid the1a.
Our Distillory Company xRa known up 10
August, 1874. ~ the Northwestern. In October,
mortgage, aud changed !ss natno to the illinois
Dis.iilng Company, aud At that time becamo
connected with II. We commenced opora-
tIons iii tho month OF Noyenbcr fol-
Tns .s i'm, sna so h'Te e,xa asps sS"g nssf s
lery moro tha, onco month siuce, and I be-
l,ovo tho concofn WAS run straight 30 fas A. my
knowledge goes. ! do know this, that during
tho naht year this district paid the Government
81, MO, aud from this should infor that
so4E p1sr1LLEntEs pIp NOT hun cnooaEp
II othera did sni believe TINT is tho case with
ouss, which nn.Ht have run straight, for II paid
over 81. 600 D00 Of tint amount during tho period
Of about seyon months which wu ran to tho Hoy-
ornnlcnt.
R.--Arc you not in tho HnR7
Mr. I.--l mist ray that is close IEcsttootng,
to thy tho least. All know nf 1t Is from hear-
say aud whnt read iu TuE TRIBUNE aud other
papota.
1t+-Then you cannot account for the aotzuro
Mr. L.--Aa told you hef0ro, had nothing to
do With the "details Of tho bnaiposH havn no
knowledge Of my mrung committed by ua.
uo1Na 4 FAIR DpslHEa8,
n.-1Ya8 trada good3
Ar. L.-HaF3, yea no haVo boeR having 4
good pusinesa h,st whsch has npt been ,pa1ttcu-
ltIly ,fIulhtrat,I3. Tfnas b:57 mprcrsd aoms-
what stnco last curing, anti thiB Heasup'a pros-
pecta hnye boon bsttor than wo hayo known for
aotno years paat, but this III tho dull heason OF
the year.
n.-Do you propose to giyo bonds and have
your tsBttl}ery ralcaHad7
Air. LII don't know. Th[a thing has come
upon us too suddenly 10 Say what wo'il do. /
don't know wl,nthcr we will gyo bonds or not
Tho fact IL, We hayo no line Of action marked
out
ls.-Caa you then offer no explanation for tho
hexure2
M1. L.-so fur as an individually concerned,
have nothing Nhatoyeg TO explain.
H-Wuse Yun running full
Mr.. 1+-Nn sir. II We had hcen rrnntng
full no should ia.c been rn5ing tho 0ovcrn-
mont abont 900 day. Many Of our tuba nra
upset. We hare been ruEnlng about |, 600 bnall-
ella d Wetk.
1t.--Can Ynu glvo mn any further o1planatton7
Mr.. Ill hhyo none further to offor.
With this, tho coayerDatlOu eldod, and the ro-
porter took Ills departure.
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