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w1,icl, pervades the Ina,lsion. even III the
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appreIlc,lstyr. Conversations ulc carried OH
IN 1nonutones, md general feeling
nj anxiety niut nct.laI nlnrm Is plainly per-
ceptib,e. Thp u,ust snl,gttac ,rc apparently
fast losing hone, md callers may bo seen
leaving tho mansion with look OF despair
1lpon their col,nteua1ces, While this feel
lng of Iespondeucy Is very general, there
nre those WHO ret maintain that tic patient
, 1881-08-17

V1cE-rnEs1DEST A1trnuR remains Mt hfs
home In New York, where lc hourly re-
ceiyes kilograms regarding the Presidents
condition. lie said lust night llo had not
been summoned to Washington, and would
not 20 until summoned. lie wns visited last
night by Gen. Grant, ex-senator Conkling,
and Qtllor frinni1s
, 1881-08-17

IN tho audience which tho Emperor Of
Germany llad with Minister White yesterday
tho Emperor expressed Il wish that tho rela-
uons between Germany and America nny
continue as kindly rs they Ilnvo been stnce
tho time Of Frederick tho Great, Tint Is,
since tho United States became I'LL indepcnd-
ctit Gn3Scr.
, 1881-08-17

D1satA1cK is now III Berlin, where ho In
tends remaining for tho week, after wh!cl,
l.o will leave for Varsein, whare he will stay
for somo months. lie has already had COLI
ferences with different Ministers. and OK
poets during his stay ln Berlin that day for
tho election of members Of tho Kolchstag
may ,be tixol mud some conclusion arrived ut
With regard to tho Church aud other qucs-
tion9.
, 1881-08-17

a. d. W1tEEtocK, tho abscondtng clerk Of
Waleott j. Co., tic New York bankers, who
robbed His employers oc s50,000 wortlt OF
securities, was arrested yesterday at London
oil bonrd tho steamer Nectsnr.
, 1881-08-17

anything from tbs ci,ambcr." he replied,
"slnce tue noon bulletin, but know lle Is
t'olng we'll. That Is to say, t1'ere Is no uIl-
favorable change, and that nlcuns that tic
advantage Is on oilr stic."
, 1881-08-17

TAltrLY cloudy weather, with 1ocal rafns,
warn, soillherly winds, followed by colder
northwest wftltls. for thts region today.
, 1881-08-17

GulrEAu IL roportol to bo. feeling rather
nervous about this time. The movements ot
the Jail officials and tho doubling Of the n.ill-
tary guards seen, 70. have led him to think
that u crlsla III the Presldant's condition IL
, 1881-08-17

THK Bollermakors' National Convention
at its seoonu session.: In this city yesterday
elected tho following officers: President,
John Qu!rk, or New York; Ylco-pfesident,
Jamcs Ross. Detroit; Secretary, James Nc,
Given, C,eveland; Treasurer. Sylvester
O'Rpllly, Providence. Delegutes were prcs-
ent from New York, pato1soe, IN, j.
clnolnlatl,' Cleveland, patFoit, St Paul, Boz
ton, Buffalo, and Cb!cago, =; : ~. =,
, 1881-08-17

TIE DA Il
THE VALLEY UF THE SHADOW OF DEATH

A"H F"A""'Ha oF 4HE ohHiOH bF UEAlIl+
-, aptetas Dspasea to ~ chseaao Tribune.
WAslilSoTos. y. " Aug. ,1h-Whcther
tne !'res'dcit Will DO living whcfl tho events
o1 to-tlny aro fcatl IL proEle''i tint medical
sc!e1ieo cal''iot SOLVE W1'ntaVer the result,
'!l's llns becl Tic most terrible day since the
shootl'iE, anu We imurly seem to l,ave bcel
s!afid'nR I'll tl'o valicyof tho sl!adow Of death.
lily NOT poss'p!o ut THIS hour to write con-
,cetcd story OF tliIs terrible day. Something
ol tlle excitement and OF the Intense Interest
may nc learned from Tie following notes OF
tne situation niade at different periods Of tho
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s! ale She.lsEeo that lse WI yet recover. Tho
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lhc llesluent phssca eo!ftoftab!o night.
G.gcpt tat ~, '!e was ,rouotea Dy retchtng about
'., auloch t'''s n'oIn'hs' !lo Slept welI. nila
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process Of nourisllmant iv tnirctton, ria f'h
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stnce that the tlIsctaroe yc.tordnv VIVA nrnc. .
t|cuily stoppctt, ard that that Of tl,ia nnr,t4
!ng, while It was considerable. WA
NOT Eyr1nEIy sAr1srAcroRv.
Tle violent retclltnr Of Yesterday. thew snv.
would of Itself 1,nyn tho tnntJnncv IN rntnrtl
II nat to stou. tie lin ~ o3 MIS- for the nroae
lre upon Tic abdomen woultl tend tn clnsa
tho opcnlnu mid tn keen TIM n,s nj the INT
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, 1881-08-17
PI1NOS.
decker BROS,
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PIANO..

The most pleasing and
,oost durable Piano i'll the
world. Every Piano good
for 4 lifetime.
Cnll aud examine our
lorge stock, just received.
STORY & CAMP,
1873 md 100 STATE.ST.
, 1881-08-17

instead OF 00,u, ant W.J Is bcow normal.
Tlis Is n bnd Indication. Tile pntsU IL lii
cruising and tll8 temperature decreasing,
which IL It preliminary indication Of gravu
possibility 0f fntaf debility. Altogether, tho
situation rs Indicated by tho n,itlttny bulletin
Is not hopeful.
, 1881-06-05

as to avoid the necessity Of the constant at
tendance now required at the old one. The
experience Of the one furnishes guide for
the economies needed in tho construction Of
tile other s.
The matter of cost is put down at ono
million Of dollars for the crib and eighteen
hundred Thousand dollars for the extension
Of the present two tunnels to the new crib,
making a total of s., ,soo,0 600. The new estab-
lisfincnt, however. will be arranged with
provision for two additional tunnels, to be
constructed when the city may neeu them.
The whole will hayea capacity for furnishing
water enough 10 supplya population Of two
millions Of people.
y We commend the paper to the careful
reading of the public. 1t ccrtninly offers a
solution Of the present difficulties. 1t Sc
cures to the city Ill abundance Of pure and
at all times cold water, free Of ice, anu free
of all contamination from the sewage Of
the city. It's cost is not SO excessive It's TO be
deemed extrayagant, considering the grow
ing necessity and the present difficulties
which threaten the watcr-supply.
, 1881-06-05

IT is asserted that one OF the witnesses to
be produced against the star-route thieves is
one who has been himself Il contractor, and
therefore participant in the tlievery. This
person, it Is said, holds that the contractors
are The least guilty of any concerned in the
raseally business; that, in order to obtain con-
tracts of any kind, they were obliged to pay
lobby agents, friends Of officials, sometimes
as high as 50 per cent Of the amount paid
them BY the United States Govern
ment- In addition, the contractors
had to subscribe to corruption funds in
order to prevent Congressional interference
and investigation. Of course, these were all
mere rumors. At he same time, there is no
doubt that there was considerable thieving
III connection with the star-route system,
and it is to be earnestly hoped that the At
torney- General will be able to secure the
conviction of the rascals, and that they will
be placed where they will not have an op-
portunity Of bribing or accepting bribes for
some Years
, 1881-06-05

JUDGE HAwES exhibited some becoming
indignation yesterday in the Criminal Court
at the application of johnny Lamb, backed
By the two aiidayits required, for a change
Of venue, excluding all the Judges Of Cook
County exceps McAllister and Barnum from
presiding at the new trial which the Supreme
Court has given the man who was once
convicted of the murder Of Officer
Race. Judge Hawes took occasion to
say that he did not know Lamb, never
saw him, had not read the newspapers
concerning the case, and did not believe the
other Judges excluded had any more preju-
dice against the prisoner than himself. lie
denounced the aflidayits as perjurics, and
took the case under adyiscment to determine
whether it is III his power, under the law, to
clrcumyent this common device for cheating
justice, The new law, which limits change
of venue on account OF alleged prejudice to
two Judges in the county, seems to have
been passed without the emergency clause,
and hence will not go into effect until after
the first Of next month. This new law, how
ever, is 4 recognition Of the Injustice Of the
old law which enables rnurderers and crini-
nails to select some one Judge to try them to
the exclusion of all the Others. It is to be
hoped that Judge Hawes will discover some
means for defeating the scheme of Lambs
attorney till the new law shall take effect.
At all events, he has had the satisfaction Of
freeing his mind as to the character of
attorneys who practice upon the basis Of
change of venue.
, 1881-06-05
THERE was no appreciable change in |

THERE was no appreciable change in the
Senatorial contest at Albany yesterday. 1t
Is understood now that Conllling, seeing
there is no hope for him OH the Republican
Side, is trying to negotiate with the Demo-
Gratis. There are sixteen Republican menl-
bers Of the Legislature who are said to
be willing to vote for Democrat
If the Democrats will vote for Conklins. Ten
votes more are necessary even to the success
Of the coalition scheme, and money will be
freely used to obtain them. ConkIing is now
bending his efforts to procure an adjourn
ment of the Legislature si,,c die, but as this
can only be procured by the concurrent ac-
ton Of both branches there is not much
prospect TINT it wifi succeed. Failing this,
desperate effort will be made to effect the
coalition with the Democrats, which is not
any more likely Of success. There are
hardly twenty-six Republican members Of
the New York Legislature who will dare to
prove traitors to their party and betray their
constituents
, 1881-06-05

NEWS Of evictions and arrests, and of re-
sistance to evictions and arrests, continue TO
be flashed across the ocean from Ireland.
To please 10000 people 1000, 600 peoplc are
being crushed, coerced, their best men inl-
prisoned, and they themselves denied every
right priced by freemen. The Scots Guards,
and the Coldstream Guards, and every nota-
ble regiment in the service of England which
does not contain large proportion Of Irisf1-
men, are now i'll Ireland aiding Sheritfs,
Bailiffs, aud peelers in evicting people who
refuse to pay ex0rbitant rents Kennedy,
the New Palias tenant who was eyict-
ed by the aid Of 1000 picked SOL
diers yesterday, offered to pay fair
rent, Grlffith's valuation, but, because
he was unable to pay more, he was turned
out Of the house, WHICH, poor as It was, his
fathers built and repaired, and out Of the
holding which he had reclaimed. from stcri1-
tty by patient toll, and. as the newspaper
correspondent puts it. there was nothing
Between his wife and family Of six little
children last evening and the blue sky.n
t''They were left without ray of hope to
cheer them" 1.-THE magnificent soldiers
filed down by the cabjn'' from which the
poof people had been evicted. "a band of
peasants with green flag met the soldiers ~
but there wis not the slightest sign of hos
f1lsty," and set the people who bora
Tue green flag, and who Eave no sIzns Of
, 1881-06-05

hostility towards the instruments OF
their oppressors, belong to as brave
and gallant a race as ever carried
flag to vfctory,-they are Of the race which
carried tie flag borne by the Coldstream
Guards to victory at Busaco and Fimeira,
and which hurled tile Old Guard back at
Waterloo. But what could they do now, un-
armed, undisciplined, without leaders, with
out organization Had they leaders and
arms, and organization and discipline. they
would as willingly attack the Coldstream
and the Scots Guards as their forefathers at
tackled the veterans of the First Empire and
their countryman led the charge of the six
hundred. Those who denonnce these poor
peasants because they only shout and throw
stones, should pause and remember that they
are only 5, 1000, and that nation of nearly
so 00o0 600 are afraid to permit the fighting
men of the 5000, 900 to bear arms.
, 1881-06-05
SUNDAY, JUNE S, 1851.

SOME Of the members of the Ways and
Means Committee of the last Congress and
some of the New York sugar reiiners are
considerably excited over the statements Of
Col Frederick Conkline that legislation OIL
the sugarQuestion was prevented last session
by the corrupt use of money. Members Of
that Committee will doubtless be seeking an
investigation in few days Col. ConkIing
will probably have an opportunity Of telling
all he knows about sugar retlners and the
corrupt use Of money by some of them be-
fore an Investigating Committee next De-
cember. And one sugar retner who enter
tained Congressman at Washington last
winter, and who lost heavily in the interest
of some of his guests, will also have an
opportunity to explain.
, 1881-06-05

binations which they are satisfied will win.
At the same time this particular game OF
draw-pol1er by which MIR. Conkllns lost his
place in the United States Senate may induce
large part Of the American population to
regard the amusement with greater 1eniency
than ever before, for they will remember
that, ii it had not been for ttraW-pokcr, Mr..
Conklng might still be Senator.
Whether or not Mr.. Conklng is devoted to
draw-poker as an amusement as well rs his
followers, we have no means of knowing. a
good MANY distinguished public men have
yielded to the fascinatlons of the game. But,
whether Dir. Conlzling is addicted to it or
not, it is pretty certain that Mr.. Conklns iii
this Instance was "b1nfling." His resigna~
tion was intended rs "bluff." It was not
to be made until he had satisfied himself that
lie would not be compelled to show his hand.
But, like good many people who gamble,
he oyerplaycd himself. We believe the
wicked people who play draw-poker would say
that lie had been "called' and lost lis stake.
\ ''b}uff'' is regarded as 4 rather glorious
achievement when the person who under
takes 1t succeeds in getting through With
out being caught, but exposure al
ways carries with it disgrace and
humiliation. Mr. Conklng has been
exposed. Had he not miscalcu1ated his
strength. in the New York Legislature and
before the people, he might have played the
card of resignation with great flourish and
gained Il new reputation for independence
and heroism; as it Is, lie is like 4 bankrupt
galnester who is begging small loans on all
sides and making a desperate play TO regain
what he has lost AS i'll draw-poker, so man
must be successful in craftsmanship If he
would be brilliant and magnificent in his
"blut1s," 1t is said that Henry Clay was Il
great poker-p1ayer; and his wife, being asked
OIL one occasion if she did not regret that her
husband played cards SO mitch, replied
pacidly; son, no,-he never loses" Mr..
-Conkling ought to have strIyen to attain the
same degree of skill before attempting to |
"bluff " the President and the people.
, 1881-06-05

t1or The Consta5les, however, are the rc-
cipients of a very large amount Of the costs
of litigation up to the time OF Judgment
and, unless they hre slockingly n1isfepre-
sented, what follows Judgment and exeeu-
ton is mainly in their interest and in the i'll
tcrest Of tue disreputablc gangs who seem to
be insepar:able from the Constabulary.
1t is questionable whether the facility al
fortled by the law to petty litigation is not
cost and burden to those who take part in 1t:
It is claimed that tile legal remedy of redress
for debts is essential to the credit Of persons
Of limited means, because il there were no
power to sue for petty debts no man would
be able to obtain credit forany srln. That was
Il leading argument i'll years gone by against
the abolition Of Imprisonment for debt. 1t
was questioned then whether any man would
ever be able to get credit, II the power to
imprison him in case Of non-payment was
taken away. Nevertheless, credit has sur
yived the abolition Of that barbaric remedy.
Does credit now depend on the legal power
to sue debtor before Il Justice Of the Peace?
Would any man give another credit If he
knew lie would have to sue for the debt:
There ought to be some cheap and sunl-
mary proceeding for hearing all petty civil
controversies of lcgal character. The pro-
cceding should be inexpensive, should be
prompt, and the person instituttng 4 suit
without just and reasonable cause should be
punished summarlly. as it Is, the pursuit of
justice in the Poor Mans Courts " is fraud
and detusion, calling for reform Of a most
sweeping character. The fault is not with
the officers, but with the system,-untler
which plaintiffs, defendants, and witnesses
are all victims; where means. time, and sub
stance are consumed to pay the so-eallel ex-
penses of administering justice
, 1881-06-05

Great Importance has always been at
tacl1ed In this country to the game Of cards
| known as lraw-poker. There is 4 certain
National sentiment about it. It is the subject
either of intolerant condemnation Or extraya-
CANT eu1ogy. TO certain proportion Of the
people it is a great sill and to others IL great
amusement. But aIl alike have been i'll
ciined Of late years to concede its influence
III American affairs. just how biz, Il thing
draw-poker really is, however it remained
for the Conk1lng imbrogio to demonstrate.
It was draw-poker, itseems, that precip ipitateu
upon tile country the sensation Of Conkling's
resignation. The story goes that Mr. Conk-
ling intrusted his designations into the hands
of il messenger TO be delivered to Gov. Cor
nell early enough for the latter t0 ascertain
at Albany the prospects for reflection. II it
was found that Mr.. Conkling cuultl command
the necessary strength in The Legislature to
return him and his colleague to the Senate,
then 10 further communication was to be ex-
pected, and the resignation were to he
sent to the United States Senate and the
Albany Legislature simultaneously. If re-
election was found upon inquiry to be rather
doubtful then Gov. Cornell was to inform
the New York statesmen at Washington, and
the designations were to bc withheld. Mr.
Conkiing received no communication from
Albany. and, assuming that his election was
sure, he allowed the designations to 20 in,
It seems, however, that Ills messenger had
been enticcl into what is yulgarly called a
little game" and, IFS a consequence, ar
riyetl at Albany too late to admit Of the de-
sired investigation, and thus brought upon
Conkling and Ills colleague struggle which
had not been contemplated.
II this story shall be verified, draw-pokcr
will assume even larger space in American
history than it has heretofore occupied. Its
Influence has been chiefly social III the past;
{lenceforth it will have direct political
bearing There are some people in the coun-
try who will be disposed to condemn the
game more than ever. The incident may
indeed be the means Of reforming the
habits Of some Of the Conk1ing mer, who
with their leader, shall trace their political
bankruptcy to the fascfnations Of the allur-
l1g game: It may bc that, hereafter, polit-
ical leaders who intrust important missions
to messengers will take the pains to ascer-
tain whether such messengers play draw
poker, and, if SO, how well. 4 ssfrceze-out''
may possibly become 4 favort method for
testing the capacity OF political retainer.
The dlreful result Of this one game may also |
teach politicians the useful lesson, if not to
play poker at all, at least not to play BY |
proxy, and only to risk their stakes gu COM
, 1881-06-05

is now III our common schools. But tort
unately a new departure is at present being
MADE in education Schools Of technology
are being established iii all the civilized
countries Of the world, and schools Of ap-
piled mechanics fir instruction III the USE of
t0ols-colnmon schools for trimming in the
practical atts-9rc following III their wake.
There is Il growing conviction IL tile
public mind that "our physical education
must be as broad and liberal as our Intel
1ectual'' The Manual Trainlng-Scllool ut
st. Louis. So frequently alluded to III these
columns OF late, is a step III the right direc-
tion. There should be Il similar school in
this city, and it ought to be established this
year. The school at st. Louis teaches boys
what, rs men, they need to know to enable
them to make good living. 1t gives them
al equipment Of training for civilized life
equal, us nearly rs may be, to the equipment
for savage life with which. the Indian boy
starts. All tile Indian Is ever called upon to
do is to hunt, fish, and fight. and he is
taught in youth to do these things.
The st. Louis Manual Training7Scl1ool
aims, in like manner, to train the white
boy OF our day to meet all the emergencies
Of civilized life. It aims to give, him me-
ctancal, business, md scientific training,
fitting him for whatever it may become nec-
essafy for him to ito In the world. It aims
to start him i'll life skilled worker with the
principal tools Of all mechanical employ
nlents, san athlete with the maximum OF
health possible to him. and thoroughly at
home in science and English literature
1Vho will earn the lasting gratitude Of the
people of this city by inaugurating move
mcnt for the estab1ishnentof manual train
ing-school in Chicago?