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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-24
JUDGMENT AGAINST LINE.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 23.-In the action
by John j. Waterbury, of NewYork against the Illinois
Midland Railway Company, the Union Trust Company
OF NewI Ork and Others order Judgment against
the Illinois Midland Company entered yesterday in
the United States Circuit Court in this city This
of several actions brought by Joseph L. Hance of New
York. counsel for some bankers of that city, who hold
the stock OF the Paris and Decatur Railway Company
part OF the consolidation under the the Illinois
Midland Railway Company-and who seek To regain
possession OI That road and operate II separately.
complainant asked that the of the Paris and
Decatur Railway Company to the consolidated company
be set aside account of fraud, and also that the
iuln0is Midland Railway Comp1nv's mortgage of
Sll1o,oOO he cancelled far II affects the Paris and
decatur hallway The effect of the order just entered
Is to break up the Illinois Midland Consolidation which
mas tncrio been composed of tue Paris and Decatur
the Pans and Icrre Hautc aud the Peoria. Atlanta and
Decatur Railroads running distance 10 miles from
IcrrG Hdute, Ind o PEORIA.
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OBIIUAK Y.
MRS. T.. ii. CHAPLIN.

Mrs. Hannah Chaplin, the widow of the Rev.
Dr. T. H. Chapn, who died suddenly of apoplexy, Fri
day, at her summer house ut Pigeon Cove Mass was a
native of Utica, n. Y. Her maiden name was Hannah
Newland. She was about the age as Dir. Chaplin
who died last December. and his wife more than
forty years One of her chief traits her great
utive ability, which she exercised in the management of
her husbands private affairs and carrying on enter
priscs OF her She took very prominent part in
founding the Chapn Home for the Aged Iniirn, i'm
East aud served its president from i'll
organization III 1869 She was also member OF the
Ladies Aid Society of the Church of the Divine Paternity
In addition she gagged iii many private charities which
were only known TO few intimate friends
Mrs. Chdpns children Frederick H. Chapin, "A lncr
chant IN this city, Dr. Sidney III. Chaplin Mrs.
lou DAWSON wife OF Charli- DAWSON When the funeral
VIII take place has been announced.
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4 T.ILK UITH d. ". BOOKU1LYXR.

JOIN W. Bookwaltcr, the Democratic candidate
for Governor of Ohio, was seen at the Giscv Uouse
Friday night by Tribune reporter. He is a man of
medium size, spare ami Wiry, and although forty-
four years OF age, his mustache gray and his face
shows SIGNS Of care and anxiety. lie laughed when
informed That II was the desire to talk with him
stating mat the Cincinnati reporters had got all
there was III hIm.
" What viii rnr i>sucs of the campaign be ~ IN
quircI the reporter
" AS 10 that do not care 10 saw
" Are tncy nlrly to be very personal Pv
hat question do MOI care To answer either 7
believe that | shall be elected because there are
differences in the icpublican RANKS while the demo
Gratis are united We sha present u bold front and
push vigorous campaign"
" 10 You think the vote will be large ~
No, because National politics VIII not affect lis
Not at al ~
" Ito not think So"
NaS your nomination unexpected Y
1t was decidedly So | Lave never held any kind
OF IN oihce. j Was III the south seeking profitable
investments, and my name had been used Tor three
weeks by my friends before knew any hing ahout
1t. For tins reason, and because of the import ance
OF an election III OHIO consider the nomination u
very great compliments"
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NETWORK TRIBUNE SUNDAY a.

1881 has adjourned without day. There marked
duness in the proceedings to-day, which was natural
result OF the intense excitement and disposal Of
the great topic OF interest yesterday. Both
Houses found that they had little actual business
to do. There remained the desks of the
clerks two-score local bills of little Importance No great
measure, although many the files, was dragged
forth from its obscurty to bother members. There
seemed to be unanimous agreement do little bust
possible and adjourn promptly at noon forever
III obedience to the Joint resolution.
In the Assembly Chamber Democrat had
ued to a gas jet large placard with the
Following inscription: " For President, 1884, Win
Held Scott Hancock" senator-eect Miller who sat in
seat near this placard gazed it cuously
slohiy smiled az If pleased at the thought that such
nomination might he made by the Democrats.
The resolution to appoint a committee q II the
Assembly Chamber cannot be mace acoustically more
perfect then passed The of the committee
appointed were Speaker Sharpe Mr.. skinner Mr. Pater
son, Mr. Draper and Mr., Benedict. Attention was then
drawn to ex-Speaker Alvord, who had presented
with a beautiful travelling clock by his friends.
In the Senate fast the petty bills in from
the Assembly they passed and sent to the Cover
nor In both Houses resolution passed recalling
from the Governor the bill making provision for the
holding of special elections in case of the
death resignation of Congressman. The
known to be rather unfavoraby disposed toward the
Dill Moreover the bill itself not liked by the Re
publican leaders in the form which left the
amendments made by the Democrats. The mandatory
clause caused general dispeasnre. was
unless an election could be postponed in Mr.. Morons
late district till fall, when the wctO-do Republicans
living i'll the district will have returned from their
er vacations, that the district would be carried by the
Democrats
The bin permitting savings banks to invest their
money III District of Columbia bonds passed in both
Houses.
Senator Robertson resigned the office of president pro
temPOfe OF the Senate which he has held for several
sumption at once of the office Of Collector of New York
Holdng Federal Office he could not hold state one
senator Mccarthy by unanimous vote elected
president pro hn,p0re In Mr.. Robcrtsons place.
The usual speeches were made in the Assembly
III praise of the officers Speaker sharpe thanked
heartily by the Democrats his mpartiaity in ruling
the Assembly. AT noon he declared the session al
end
III the senate the last ten minutes were led by
senator Jacobs in talking against time Senator Stalan
having made motion to go into executive session to
consider the nomination of Dwight Lawrence Iarhor
Master Mr.. Jacobs did not desire the nomination
sidered and succeeded III his enterprise talking
death. While his speech in fun progress Senator
McCarhy's gavc fell and he announced the adjournment
OF the senate without day.
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WEST INDIAN AFEAIRS-

HAVANA, judy 23.-The English mail steamer
from st. 1hoas july II has arrived here bringing the
following advlccs;
Mr. GyllIch has arrived ut ST. Thomas from Panama
where rs the agent of the Colonis Bank of Lon ion he
has established a branch OF that institution.
CAFE HAYTIEN, July 6.-On the morning of the 1th
inst the walls several houses here were covered "a fin
placards bearing the words: " Down with Solomon
Long live Moupaint! !" The Government forthwith dis
patched vessel Tor the Cape which il reported 70
Dc already under arms.
banh belonging TO French Company OF Port au
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k has been submitted,

and Others to whom the work has been submitted,
are warm in its praise"
Mr. Dallas then called attention 10 certain ques-
irons which the directory is designed TO answer
For example, "A letter is addressed TO J I'm Smith,
No. $50 Charter Oak-ave. (citv and State omittedl
By the directory il will be seen that the only Char
ter Oak-ave. in city is in Hartford. Conn AGAIN
take the ease of a letter addressed TO James ThonD
son. esq, corner Eighth and Enos-aves Springfield
Mass The postmaster Of Springfield, Mass, knows
the letter WAS not intended for that city. because
IRE Is no an AVE- 1iiere. turning 10 zoe direc
Enos-ave. is Springfield, III. Another letter is al,
dressed. say, To William L. Moore, Common-st. be-
tween Basin and Franklin-st. lcity and State omit
ted. Bv consulting the directory il is found that
while there is Common-st. in each of cities
the only which has also a Basin-st. and a Frank
Inst. is New-OrleanS. La; and the letter should
therefore be sent To that city.
The directory will lie nterleaved in order To
der il convenient for the correction of and tho
addition of desirable Information.
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II the Stalwart leaders in the Legis

regarded of the stalwar leaders in the Legs
lature, said
"We satisfied with the result, justified in
the pursued fact we carried every point
Tor which conended except the election of Mr.. Conk
ling. We demanded regular Had one been
held In the start, all trouble would have been avoided
We felt justified in holding until this point was cen
ceded and until party upheld The opposition
at last conceded demand The was held Fri
day, and Mr.. Lapham nominated Some of the opposi-
ton disposed to contend that 1t was only d
conference and not caucus. II was caucus ana was
called in the resolution. Mr.. Lapham having been
nominated by n regular caucus had nothing further
TO contend for, and of course he was Unanimously
will this contest end will it be carried into
think it is over. The Republicans will now work
togeher they have the past and VIII carry The state
Brodsky another s,alwar Expressed in ed
said and of course for disappointment
1t is all nonsense suppose that the Republicans will
moi be united in the canvass"
Assemhyman Carpenter also declared that he was
publicans said ''The fight was a long one but
Il happily ended without any hard feelings. There
so often the case after such struggle Although there
have been many charges made by Democrats and their
sympathizers Of the forbidden aud abhorrent
forces by which to accomplish the defeat of the Stall
Senator Robertson been accused of using Custom
House PATRONAGE and the President has been charged
missions. know whereof speak when l say that these
false senator Robertson has not promised one single
appointment during the whole contest, and any of
the Prcsden name or that of Secretary Blaine has
been without their knowledge: Hence there are no
low. believe the next State Convention viii be as har
monions AS any held in this state. An keep
elected by greater majority than than that received
defeat by oPsp o %Is no matter % What f n
position in the party in the past and the power to de-
y"n w6o capn1 r n y VIII not De gwen 10
Ex-senator Conklng lett the city yesterday for his
home in Utica Before starting he said his the
State this fall would depend upon the proper recognition
Oh his Trends III the state Convention.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
RADICALS GROWING

PARIS, July 23.-The Rappet Justice and Intransi-
geant, Radical newspapers, attack the Republ,que
FRANCHISE and GdulOis for their recent articles
against Turkey The Rappel says
II the objective of our efforts be longer Europe
close TO our own frontier if IL is IN Asia Africa
America, that must seek compensation for the loss of
Metz and Srasbug let have courage openly saw so
1t Is possible that France will approve such policy but
until we quite she does approve applause
OF Bismarck entirely fails to satisfy
La Justice discussing the same subject saws:
Beware of pen-and.ink warriors. We saw them at
work in 1870 After ten of silence they resumed
courage and shouted " TuniS,' they used %
" Berlin" Well they have gone Tnis and the re-
suit Is Algeria III flames and Europe disturbed and hos
tile, TunSa having to be occupied with great difficulty
at great cost and nobody can tell what this may not
force upon us Now they are beginning to shout
TrpoH.' A truce to such inanity
The Temps asserts that Tripoi question can
arise. ~
CONsTANTINOpLE, July 23.-A Cabinet Council
discussed for twenty hours the subject Of sending
large Ielnforcements to Tripoli. 4 majority of the
Ministers advocated the step.
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THE WORK OF THE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM AssocIA.
uON ADVANCED BY RECENT OCCURRENCES
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS.
Recent occurrences at Albany and the as
SAINT upon the President 10y disappointed ofce-seker
have put forward our work years least sand Viii
lam Potts the secretary of the C,n Service Reform
Association, recently.
The Office of the Association il now AT No As Pine,
George William Curtis is president. Dorman b. Ia
ton one of the Civil Service Commissioners appointed in
the early part OF General Grants Administration j.
prominent member. The Association WAS originally
formed May Is 1877 but il gamized last spf
bcr and then has been rapidly extending it, in
nu"nce. similar organizations have also sprung M
within the last eight months in Brooklyn. Buffalo, Hos-
ton, Cambridge. Baltimore Louis san Francisco and
other places. The aim of these associations briefly
stated Is To get the people Of the country TO believe thar
public business should he conducted 10y methods similar
to those in use in private business To this each or
ganizaton seeks 10 increase lis membership and 20 dis
somminate Information among the on the subject
of CNil Service Reform This REFORM" continued Mr.
Potts. should not be carried into National offices
alone hut into the state and Municipal departments a
well What Is desired is that the appointment and re.
moNal OF clerks should he placed beyond the pale II
politics by doing tins the business affairs OF The c,,
y would De ,"nduci,d IN the interest OF The people and
nat particular system does yonr society advocate 80
THAT of competitive examinations illis sXSte,,
M ~ ' 4s'"4h iionst ANA the Posi- pihce Depart
ment under eN-frosldont Hayes A,innisi ration las
good plan 1t would knock The great evil pairnna.
q" ' 'ad inns j. one reason; aud another that bv
IL. "'.V 1" SECURE losill"llr II - noe
claimed mat such system Will always secure the very
any better system for correcting present evils in the
NiNll service Is devised, the Association VIII readily
any means. II has NcNcd other countries we'll ours
IN nsland Tor example II was greater scourge than
adopted the competitive examination system and ms
troahesone feature practically eliminated from
it's
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ASTONISHING CARELESSNESs or BUSINESS MEN rS
DIRECTING LErrEKS-A VALUABLE STREET d.
RECTORN.
lDY TELEGRAPH To rmr rBnr>E.l


lBY TELEGRAPH To rm THBrNEl
WASHINGTON. July 23.-"Is yonr business
hvcyV asked a TRIBUNE correspondent to-day of
Chief Dallas, of the Dead Letter ONCE.
yes; people continue to be careless haStv and
ncgicctful II is quite astonishing how many bust
ness men msdirect letters fail to direct them at
all In the fiscal year ended June 30 1850. about
O. 100 letters upon which there was no smerscrip-
tion Whatever sent to this office: and in the
year ended the 30 h of las, month tine number WAS
nearly $500 showing steady increase. That these
letters were mostly written by practised business
men was cXidcnt from the fact that they contained
Enclosures of more than average value, and from
other facts also"
81 suppose that IN, number of packages received
at the Dead Letter Office is annually increasing ~
remarked the correspondent.
"Wcll, yes; and every time that postal law or
regulation is changed in way to affect the trans
mission of mail matter rs to rates Variability, etc.
we are the first 70 see the effects Such change al
ways adds to our business"
Mr.. Dallas then showed the correspondent a new
device to put mis- directed city letters in the way 10
their proper dcstmauon. This is printed directory,
of the streets and avenues of all the cities cxcep
two in the United States where the mails are de-
livered 10y carriers The directory embraces the
streets of 10 different cities The cement is
alphabetical 10y streets. For example the iilst en-
try is "A" street, and the directory shows that
twenty cities, in many different States have each
an :" - street. "Whon began the preparation of
this directory said Mr.. Dallas, 81 intended il
manuscript directory for the use of this
Office alone; and | at first intended to in
cludc only the fifty principal cities. As the
work advanced, however, its usefulness and value
became apparent that determined to include all
the cities embraced by the carrier delivery service
and succeeded in procuring correct street direc-
tories OF all of them except Little Rock Ark. and
GAINESVILLE, Ohio. The postna sters of these cities
ana not appear to appreciate the usefulness of such
directory. When bad the manuscript completed.
it was found so useful in this Office that il occurred
to me that it would he a valuable adjunct in all fine
larger post offices OF the country. submitted il 70
fostnasier-t'enoral James, and he warmly approved
the idea, and 50 we have had it printed We shall
begin to distribute il in few days as soon as the
books are received from the blndcry Postmasters
D"@rson. OF New-lor Hindekoper of Philadelnbia
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As the skies all payable in ten cities they
omitted from the calculation and find that of the
total number of the holders (73.114l of four, four
and one-halt. and five per cent registered bonds,
42.2G2 men, 800 women, and 6,527 are
porations, and of the amount held the men
T327, 1S5,1Oo the women, S9O,353.35O, and the
corporations 1927 ,451, 800 The average capita for
the male holders is S7,74I 81 for the female hold
ers T3,0S1 10; for the corporations $14S.953 20
and for both and the corporations rs S2l 20.
OF the $644 900, 400 no less than $40 279 400 is
held in amounts OF over $4,000 $5s, 80 600 in
amounts varying from $4,000 to $4,000
800, 1850 in amounts exceeding $4,000 and
reaching to $4,000, B11,079.900 in amounts cx-
ceedng $1,000 and reaching to $4,000,
$33,O7O,35O in amounts exceeding $4,000 and
reaching to 50, 900 500 032 80 in amounts of over
$1,000 and mcudmgf r., 800, S13 097. 25Oin amounts
over 300 and including $1,000. and 1855, 900
in amounts of less than 800. OF the $73,I1 hold
ers 1926. u per cent, live in III cities of the
United states. and of the aggregate amount,
S6iI,990, 700, the tables show that 1919, 200 600,
50 per cent is held in three cities. The following
table shows the distribution Of the registered bond
holders in the four geographical divisions of the
United States:
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CANADIAN AFFAIRS

QUEBEC, July 23.-The Provincial Govern
mcn call for tenders for the construction of ounda-
ton for the proposed new Parliament House.
To-day is the anniversary Quebec ship Iaborcrs'
Benevolent Society and has been observed as a holiday
by the members of the society.
Lord Ephinstone, sir Joan Mcneil aud the Hon Sir
william litchc, acting Governor cnrral town.
MONINEAIr July 23.-Ihc Shamrock aud Montreal
Clubs played match of lacrosse to-day. The
Montreal club won the first, second and fourth games
ana the cl.
MlNNirtG Man. July 23-Thc city Council have voted
Sl)OO Tor the reception The
In" local government 5000 for the same purpose The
total amount VIII probably be doubled by private sub
scrptiOns.
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NE BRITIsH rRorEcTIoNIsr MoyEMrNr.

LONDON, July 23.-Ihe Economist o. this
week cnhoritcy di~Sccs The quarterly Rcrc,cs article
on English trade and foreign competitions and declares
That tho writer IA Ignorant of fiscal affairs, mistaken in
his statistics, aud wrong in hs conclusions. If the ar
Gle, Ihc EcOnois reprcscuts views OF the Con
scrvatlve party ii certainly will commend itself 10
the common sense of the country and proposals. this
klnd especially when put forward for party purposes
are tlc better han mOcking the distress they r,
Tess to ann at ailcyIalmg.
me Spectator says: " We have sin hone that we
are to ESCAPE revival O the vermont discussion on ru
lection, for in spite of sinister appearance, we
cannot believe the Tory chiefs Will lend to 40
hcnsCIoss a ciN'
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THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
A LONG STANDING ABUSE To BE CORRECTED
EEEICIENcY OLE TIE RL.pEAI.s

A LONG STANDING ABUSE To BE CORRECTED-
EFFICIENCY OF THE BUREAUS.
WASHINGTON July 23.-Postmaster-Getera
James has taken steps to put an end TO a dilahsry
practice the part of many postmaSters which
causes serious delay in the settlement Of
the accounts of the Post Office Depart
ment. The postal regulations require postmasters
to render quarterly returns Immediately after the
close of each quarter, To enable the Sixth
Auditor for the Post Office Department TO settle de-
partment accounts promptly. The postal laws.
however, impose penalty upon postmasters for
failure to render returns. unless the delay cover
period of more than one month. Knowing that they
cannot be subjected 10 this penalty until the expra-
ton of month after the close of the quarter many
postmasers at large well small offices delay
rendering their reports for two three weeks and
in some instances for nearly thirty days after the
close of the quarter. The Postmaster-G General is
poweress under the law to impose penalties for less
than thirty days delay in rendering accounts; hut
he is determined to exercise the authority and in
nuence of his position IN compelling cOmplia &c
with department regulations which require a settle
ment of accounts Immediately after the close of each
quarter.
Madison Davis, Chief Clerk in the Office of the
Third Assistant Postmaster-General and who is a
member of the committee to report upon the
arrangement and efficiency of the several bureaus of
the Post Office Department, is engaged in writing a
report setting forth the result of the committees IN
vestgation. The Money Order Department and the
division of foreign mails and special agents were
found 10 b" in excellent order. and more notably &C
the office of the Third Assistant Po>tmasier-G
The system of filing and ndexing the latter office
was iound 10 he almost perfect and il Will he
mendcd for adoption by the other bureaus of the
Post Office department.; the committee will report
the several bureaus of the department to he thor
onghly efficient. but will suggest some changes OF
the duties of number of clerks andf he transferring
OF others 20 promote even greater efficiency.
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS IN JAPAN
WAsHINGTON, July 23.-Secretary Blaine has
forwarded To Secretary Hunt the following dispatch
from The United States Minister Toxic Japan dated
June ID:
II gives me pleasure 10 inform yon tina advised
10y Lieutenant Commander Davis, l. y. who
claicd with Lieutenant Commander Green special
duty ia Japan China. etc. that the astromo r.
NaionS ia taking which Licuteuant-C commander Green
has been engaged with "A view OF determining secondary
nerl Iaus Of longitude between NoAohana and Naga-
saki. have been satisfactorily completed. have fAc
honor, etc. etc, JNO. A. BINGHAM.
10 ne lion. JAMES G. BLArNE. Secrcfary OF state