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McHENBY,„ laiiulcalcr J. VAN SLYKE, Etitsr rntf Pobllsh«r. ILLINOIS. N1WS CONDENSED. THE EAST. . NEW ENGLAND is thoroughly alarmed at s v the prevalence of small-pox over the border fa» Canada, and the strictest measures artf being taken to head off the disease, es­ pecially in the lumber camps. IN a dense fog -which hung over the Bndson River, at New York, the ocean steamer Servia and the Hoboken ferry­ boat Hackensack came in collision. The bow of the latter was carried jiway, and a sailor on the Servia leaped overboard and t his life... .Robert J. Cook, formerly ,oted as the captain and trainer of the ale College crew, but of late in the em- "Jpy of a Philadelphia newspaper, was as- ulted in that city by a negro, who ftruck him a blow on the head >»"With a hatched, fracturing his skull.... Boston Buck and two members of his gang of counterfeiters, who had been op- • eratiug in Western Pennsylvania, have " B"Sfen sentenced to hard labor in tlie Pitts­ burgh penitentiary for various periods. Buck is nearly 70 years of age....Evi- . ijence in the Ward trial, at New York, was * jOoncluded by the testimony of William S. Warner and Julian T. Davis, receiver of . $ke firm of Grant & Ward. Addresses ' tp4he jury were then delivered, and the ' Judge made his charge, the jury retiring at 2:25 p. m. They returned a few hours mter witha verdict of guilty of grand lar- -«eeny, the maximum penalty for which is ten years'imprisonment. .. GEN. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, died quite suddenly, of neuralgia of' the heart, at his residence on Orange Mountain, New Jersey, in his 59th year. He was born in Philadelphia, graduated jt West Point, served throughout the Mexican war, and in 1857 resigned from the army to become Chief Engineer of the Illinois Central Road. At the outbreak of the rebellion he was Commissioned Major General of Ohio vol- . tateers, and on the retirement of General Scott was given command of the army of tiie United States. In 1S 14 he was the Democratic nominee for President, and in *1877 he became Governor of New Jersey. He declined the Russian mission when tendered by President Cleveland, and was •bout to be offered a place on the Civil- r Service Commission. IN answer to a letter from Mayor Grace, Inciting that rumors were current to the effect that the remains of General Grant #ould in the near future be removed from fiieir present resting-place, Mrs. (h int Writes that Riverside was tho choice of the General and the familf; that it is near the dwelling which she hopes to occupy until •(Milled to join her husband, and that ihe city tareservedly conceded the condition that after death she should have a place by the General'! side^" _Mrs. Grant's decision Should, therefore, sfet at rest all reports of 'intentions to disturb the hero's tomb. . .. A Pittsburgh paper reports that the Standard Oil Company practically control^ the Char- Natunit Gas Company* recently fd, and that it means to absorb all the concerns, its aim being to declare st the Philadelphia Company of Frank Gilmore, residing at ce, gave birth, to four children* liowever, died in a few hours. The r is doing well. higher wages, and it is thought the trouble will become general in that section. A iuch vein of gold quartz, extending for a mile along the mountains, has been discovered in Hampshire County, West Virginia The Catholics of Richmond, Va., are taking steps to bring the attention of the Spanish Government to the offen­ sive utterances made by Dr. Cony, recently appointed Minister to Spain....It is re­ ported from Claredon, Denley County, Texas, that prairie fires in that section of the State have burned over 500,000 acres of territory. ' WA8HI^«T<NI. THE Postoffice Department has issued a modified circular of instructions to Post­ masters concerning the special delivery service. The new circular jnoludes postal cards and sealed packages in the matter en­ titled to special delivery if properly stamped. Postmasters are required to re­ port monthly instead of weekly, aud where the business is so limited as to preclude the employment of regular messengers the Postmasters are directed to make other arrangements for deliveries, having regard to the provision of law that forbids "the payment of more than eight cents for the delivery of each letter. Postmasters are also directed to place a notice upon the face of registered packages containing special-delivery letters, informing the Postmasters at points of delivery of the nature of their contents, so that the pack-" ages may be opened immediately, and the matter delivered. , THE receipts of infernal revenue for the past two monthl show-great gains, ow­ ing to the payment of taxes on whisky which has lain in bond for.three years.... The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has prepared a new series of regulations in regard to the exportation of spirits in bond by which it is provided that spirits distilled in the United States which were exported in good faith and which can be identified will, when reimported, be subject to a duty of 90 cents per proof or wine gallon on the quantity actually con­ tained in each package. When they cannot be identified the duty will be the "same as on foreign spirits. But if it should be found that th<i exportation in any case had not been made in good faith the tax of *J0 cents per proof or wine gallon will be as­ sessed on the total quantity withdrawn un­ der the export bend from the distilling warehouse. All cases of doubt as to good faith will be referred to the Secretary of the Treasurv. S' THE WEST. ; EDWARD E. COOPER, an intelligen l^tmng mulatto serving as a railway postal clerk in Kentucky, was arrested by an in- found eighteen stolen letters __ em four decoys ad- and lotteries. to the East St Louis f Company, which is headed by Sam Allerton, P. D. Armour & Co.. of Chicago, propose to erect a refrigerator and dressed-beef establishment at St. Louis, Mid intend to undersell the Allerton firm, Who are active competitors of Armour in New York City A. J. Burrus, who was discharged from the commercial agency of B. G. Dun & Co., Chicago, for insulting Mrs. Ray Goode, an employe, waited at the Oitrance of the agency in the evening, and. When Mrs. Goode and her sister. Miss Lil­ lian Walter, appeared, shot them both, in- acting fatal wounds Edward S. Stokes bas been in Detroit making amngemeuts for the construction of an extensive tele- #®ph system in Michigan. ' A FRIGHTFUL accident is reported from East Saginaw, Mich., the particulars of Which are contained in the following dis­ patch from that city: "Fire broke out on Hie tug C. C. McDonald, lying at the do<?k about two hundred feet south of Genesee •venue bridge, and a large number of persons rushed upon the bridge to Witness the fire. The draw was open to let the fire tugs through, and • moment later a portion of the foot-walk rf the bridge gave way with a* crash, pre­ cipitating forty to sixty people into the swift current of the river, which is fifteen feet deep. The night was dark and no lights near, while people struggling aud shouting in the water, amid the broken debris of the bridge, made up a scene that baffles description. As quickly as possible help was obtained. row- boats manned, boards and planks thrown out, and the work of picking up commenc­ ed. Only one grappling-iron was on the bridge, but a supply sent down from the Tittabawasse booms was put into use as SOon as possible. The current is verv ptrong, and many of those picked up had drifted some distance down stream. A number of those rescued were more or less injured. Two bodies have been recovered, •nd a half-dozen others are still missing. One person, who was rescued at the time of the mishap, will die from injuries sus­ tained." OKLAHOMA, has again been invaded by the "boomers." A dispatch from Leaven­ worth, Kansas, says: "Gen. Miles, com­ manding the Department of the Missouri, with headquarters at Fort Leavenworth' received official information this afternoon that about 4,000 well armed and equipped tnen are on their way to Oklahoma terri­ tory, under the leadership of Capt. Couch, and announce their determination to stay and fight, if necessary, for possession of the land. Capt. Couch has organized a staff, and the main body of the boomers are marching with military - precision and determination. Thev expect : to occupy the lands and hold them until 'Congress declares them open for , / settlement. Some of the invaders have already r^ched Oklahoma and staked out claims and put up signs "No trespassing allowed on this farm " General Miles has ordered Major Sum­ ner to proceed to Oklahoma and eject those there, and head off and put out any on 4116 Vfty* Major Sumner can utilize, if "p.' necessary, 1,200 regular troops at Forts || jS r Reno and Sill." Two men stopped a J#1' ; street-car at Omaha, covered the driver 4 with revolvers, seized the cash-box, and • walked off. The driver opeaed fire on the retreating robbers, killing one of them, the other Quaking his escape. POLITICAL. IN an interview on the Depew letter at Washington ex-Secretary of the Treasury McCulloch spoke about the reconstruction policy which had given Mr. Johnson so much conceru, since, believing that the Southern States were Ktill in the Union, he was naturally anxious they should have representation in Congress a* soon as pos­ sible. He began to look upon some of the leading members of both houses of Con­ gress as the real disunionists, and criticised their determination to prevent the States having representation on account of at­ tempted secession. Mr. McCulloch con­ tinued: That is what we all understood his speech of August, 1866, to mean when he referred to Con- press as "just hanging uiion the, verge of the Government," said Mr. McCulloch. But I do not see how I can discuss the iiuestion. It is nineteen years and over since the event is alleged to have happened, "and I have not the slightest recollection of it in anv form. I never kept any memoranda of whatioccnrred at Cabi­ net meet inirs. My time was so much occupied with the duties of Secretars of the Treasury that I did not have muc^i time to devote even to sessions of the, cabinet, but always attended them, and remained only so long as the busi­ ness of my own department required it. In regard to the allegations made by Mr. Depew, I can only say tint they are entirely new to me. My relations -with President .lohnson were probably as intimate and confidential as those of any member of the Cabinet. I never heard a suggestion from him thit could be construed aa otherwise than loyal and patriotic. AN otter of $55,000 is said to have been made by Carl Schurz for the Boston Post. .President Cleveland has appointed Frederick H. Winston, of' Illinois, to be Minister Resident and Consul General to Persia. The President has also appointed Wm. A. Maho'iey to be Collector of Cus­ toms for the district of Fernandina, Fin.; Geo A. Hessen to ba Surveyor of Customs for the port of Memphis; and Walter God- dard to be Collector of Customs for the district of Fairfield. Conn. Ma era Roumelia meets the approval of the Russian Emperor.. . .M. Fremsel, a lead­ ing banker in Paris, committed suicide be­ cause of financial embarrassments. AT London the steamship Great Eastern was sold the other day for £26,200.... .Tur­ key now has 180,000 troops stationed at va­ rious points on the frontier for active ser- ,vice in the Balkan peninsula..A society with a capital of 1,01)0,000 marks is being jformed in Berlin to found colonies iii Bra­ zil The yacht Genesta, which lost the American cup at New York but carried awav three first prize flags, received hearty greetings from'the English men-of- !war when she sailed into the harbor of Portsmouth, Eng. M. DE FREYOINET, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, while being driven to "the door of his office in Paris, was fired upon by a man in the roadway. The assas­ sin failed in his attempt, and was seized before he could take aim a second time. He threw his revolver into the Seine. He is a Corsican. and states that he will explain why he sought revenge upon the minister. . . A forecast of the general elections has been published at London, which allots 314 seats in Parliament to the Liberals, 178 to the Conservatives, and V9 to the Parnellites, leaving 74 doubtful.... The campaign of the English against Burmah is being pushed with vigor, and it looks as if th« country of King Theebaw might soon form a part of the British Empire in India. UNWRITTEN HISTORY. flttk W, T. Sherman Interviewed Regard to the Grant-Johnson Controversy. THE SOUTH. Jtl Petersburg, Virginia, Senator Ma- fff^^Jione's son, Butler Mahone, was fined $50 - and pnt under bonds of $200 to keep the peace. He had attempted to shoot a police tep !; officer, who had arrested him for using * '** profane and indecent language on the street, firing a shot which missed its mark f\... .Heavy rains have fallen in Tennessee , , and Northern Georgia, causing serious in- t jury to the cotton crop, and partially sus- iw. I pending railway traffic Three hundred rajaerfl at Chattaaopga, Tenn., struck for < €iE>KRAI« INTELLIGENT and properlv-owningJUjPx- icans in Chihuahua favor the annexation to the United States of the northern tier of Mexican Stites... .Work was suspended on the Pacific end of the Panama Cannl, but one-half of the excavation has been mafo for a stretch of three miles on the Atlantic side... .The Canadian Government has de­ cided to appoint an international medical commission to inquire into the sanity of Riel, the leader of the Northwestern Terri­ tory rebellion.... The call for the conven­ tion of the Irish National League at Chi­ cago, Jan. 20 and 21, has been issued by the President, Patrick Egan. AN Ottawa (Ont.) special says "there is no truth in the statement that a commission has already been appointed to report on Riel's mental condition. It is probable, however, that,a commission' will be ap­ pointed in a few days. DCEING a storm on the Labrador coast, which"raged from the 11th to the 15th of October, twenty vessels were wrecked and 100 lives lost. Nearly 2,000 shipwrecked persons are on the shore in a destitute con­ dition. C. C. MCCABE, a Methodist clergyman, writes that during the time that Grant per­ sisted in holding on to the War Office and refused to leave it for two or three weeks Bishop Simpson called upon him. The Bishop arose to go. Grant went on before him and locked the door, saying: "Bishop, I regard the Republic aa in more danger now than at any time during the war. I feel the need of divine help. I want you to pray with me," and the two patriots knelt together in prayer to Almighty God for help in the hour of danger. SEVENTY fishing vessels were wrecked off the coast of Labrador in the hurricane which occurred last month, and three hun­ dred lives were lost. A bark has arrived at St. John's with two hundred persons res­ cued from wrecks, and over two thousand men, women, and children are said to be destitute on the shore.... The annual re­ port of the Grand Trunk Road shows gross earnings of $1,423,857 for the half year, and net revenues which fall $48,307 short of the sum necessary to pay the preference interest charges. At the meeting of stock­ holders Sir Henry Tyler expressed the be­ lief that suicidal competition is about to give way to higher rates and an amicable division of traffic. LACKING a market for its goods in Can­ ada, the Riverside Worsted Factory, near Quebec, has been closed. The loss in capital invested is about $250,000. FOREIGN. AUSTRIA has prohibited the transit through her territory of several Krupp guns recently purchased by the Bulgarian Government Matic, ..the Governor of Diusecac, Sen in, lias been murdered, a crime which arose from political agitation. ... .Hungarian horses to the number of six hundred have been delivered at a Bulgarian port..... The Russian officers of the Bul­ garian flotilla on the Danube have re­ signed Nine men were killed in an engagement between Albanians and Montenegrins General de Courcy, the French commander in Annam, telegraphs to his home Govern­ ment that after a stubborn three days' fight he has defeated the Black Flags with great slaughter, The news causes great enthu siasm in France.... The proposition to make Prince Alexander Governor of East- ADDITIONAL NEWS. , THE number of business failures re* ported throughout the country for the week was 201, as against 174 for the week pre­ ceding and 106 for the week before that. The mbst conspicuous feature iii the gen­ eral trade situation, 6ays liradstrcet'n. is a pronounced improvement in the iron and steel industries.^ Pig-iron, even at the East, is in more "general and firmer demand, and makers, are, "as a result, leaving aside all negotiations for deliveries ' in--1880. Prices for pig-iron are unchanged, although an earlv advance for best quality Lehigh irons would not be surprising. Stocks are very light. Old rails are scarce, and the nominal quotations of #18 and £11) do not luiju.them. The feeling in these trades is Utfoyant, and .considerable confidence is e/nressed as to the future. Bar iron is in J^ett^r demand. Steel rails however, have made the greatest advance thus fur. touch­ ing $32 per ton at the East and $35 at Chi­ cago, a gain of $1. The movement of gen­ eral merchandise is no heavier than last week, with the exception that at Chicago it is reported that seasonable lines of goods move briskly. On the Atlantic seaboard there are !>ut few new features. There is an increased call for funds, which is not as yet reflected fully by an advance in interest rates. The dry- goods movement is still ahead of that at the like peri©*kin 1884, but below that of one month agoX Prices are steady. Wool sales, too. are checked, with prices firm. Wheat has been irregular under specula­ tive influences. " Corn has been firmer relatively, with a little better demand for cash and small stocks. Flour is moderate­ ly firm and varies in strength with wheat. COMMISSIONER SPARKS, of the Land Office, lias just made a decision which, if not reversed,.will restore to the public do­ main nearly 7,000 square miles, or 4,864,- 000 acres, of land, equal to the whole State of Massachusetts, now claimed by the At­ lantic and Pacific Railroad Company. The act granting land to this railroad company provided for a line from Springfield, Mo., to the western boundary of the State, and then to the head waters of the Colorado Chiquito, "and thence along the thirty-fifth parallel of latitude, as near as may be found suitable for a railway route to the Colorado River at such<> point as may be selected • by said eoinyaiiy for crossing; thence by the most practicable and .eligible route to the Pacific." The grant was twenty alternate sections per mile on each side of the road in the terri­ tories and one-half that in States. The company has earned no land in California, for it road ib^re. Vint it filed with the Secretary of the Interior in 1872, aud with the commissioner of the general hind office in 1874 maps of its route show­ ing a line from the Colorado River across California to the Pacific Ocean at San Buena Ventura, and thence along the coast in a northwesterly direction nearly 380 miles to San Francisco. BISMAIICK'8 son, Count Herbert, has been appointed Secretary- of State by the Empejor William Sir Henry Drummond Wolffe, the special British envoy, has con­ cluded secret treaties with the Porte on other questions than those relating to Egypt. . . Reports from the Bulgarian frontier State that hundreds of un­ armed Servians have been ruptured by the Bulgarians and placed in prison. ... The American farm established in 1883 by by the King of Corea is in a flourishing condition. The seed was givtm to the em­ bassy by the Commissioner of Agriculture at A\ ashington, and the'blooded stock was sent out from California The Peace Society having applied to Queen Victoria for a commutation of the sentence of Riel, the Northwestern rebel, a reply was sent Viewp of fen. Butler, Gov. Jfe^oks, '1 ftad Other Gentlemen 7 Frominenoe. to the effect that the pardoning power;had been delegated to the Marquis of Lans- downe, Governor-:General of Canada, and that the home Government could not inter­ fere. i LrciNDA BENFIELD, an aged lady of Louisville, who became noted for appear­ ing in public places in regal robes, has at last been consigned to the insane asylum at Anchorage. Two years ago she was ar­ rested in Washington for annoying Presi­ dent Arthur. . . .One of the heaviest rain­ storms known for years is reported from the Shenandoah Valley, in Virginia. High water prevails throughout the region, and trains are generally delayed. .97 .6:1 m .40 @1X50 THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BEEVES $6.00 <@ 6.73 Hoos 3.50 0 5.00 WHEAT--No. L White .v6 @ ,»8 No. 2 Red.. • . ,95'vtU COBS--No. % . , 52 @ OATS--White 34 1'ouK--Mess 10.00 , „C HiC AGO. DBEVES--Choice toPrlme Steers. 5.25 @5.75 Good Shipping 4.BO («i 5.25 Common 3.26 <S 4.00 HOOK 3.50 <& 4.25 FI.OLB--Extra Spring 6.00 <<? 5.50 Choice Winter 4.75 <$ 5.25 WHEAT--No. 2 Hpriaur SO .87 Cons--No. 2 41 AS .tj OAT.---NO. 2 25 & .26 • LIYE--No. 2. CO c<4 .02 HAHLEV--No. 2 65 @ .07 BUTTKU--Clio ce Creamery .'25 CC .28 Fine Dairy is vg} .22 CHEESE--Fall Cream, new .OTF'-J® .10'- /• Skimmed Flats 06V. .«» Eoos--Fresh is <a .19 1'OTATOE>-- Car-lots, per bu 45 @ .48 I'OKK--Men* a.00 " M 8.50 MILWAUKEE, WI:E*T--NO: 2 80 & .87 CoilN-No. 2 .41 0 .42 OAl s-No. J 24 .26 HYE NO L f,o <& .62 LOHK--Mess 8.00 (4 8.50 TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2, 95 •& COBN--No. 2 43 & OATS --NO 2 25 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--Xo. 2 Red 92 (<§ CoiiN- Mixed 87 OATS--Mixed 24 1'OUK--Mess .. 8.50 "(£J» 9.00 CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No 2 Red 93 CoitN--No 2 44 OATS--Mixed.......... " .27 RYE-No. 2 65 POKK--Mess \\ 8.50 DETROIT. BEEF CATTLE 4.50 IIoHS 3.50 SHEEP 2.50 WHEAT--No.-1 White..... CORN--NO. 2 .44 OATS--No. 2 28 INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red. .91 CORN--Mixed Mr* .gg OATS--No. 2 25 EAST LIBERTY. 6.00 4.00 3.28 3.50 3.75 .96 .45 .27 .94 .38 .25 bj @ .95 {><> .45 & .28 & .60 0^ 9.00 & 6.25 & 4.00 m 3.50 & .92 <3 .49 & .30 ®" .93 m .41 & .26 CATTLE--Best Fair Common HOGS. ,V. SHEEP ~ „ BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. lHard... Coax. CATZIS.. 1.00 .48 4.so ® 5. 50 & 4.50 @ afs » 4.25 & 5.00 & 3.02 0 .50 & 6.35 an Sheds Light; [St. Louis special.] The (Uobe-lh'iitacrat this morning contains the following interview with General Sherman on the rending controversy as to ihe relations of General Grant with President Johnson: "What wa.< your understanding of President Johnson's intention in sending General Grant to Mexico?" "Grant was being spoKtfn of for the Presi­ dency, and it was supposed that the intention was to tret him out of the way. I do not think, however, that Johnson feared any political foe, It wns thought that Seward most dreaded the power of Grant and was most anxious' to get ria him.™ "How was it you were sent to Mexico instead of Grant?" Before replying to this question, General Sherman rose and retired to a room in the rear of the library, into which he had lir>4 ushered the reporter. When he returned he held in his hand some proof-sheets of his forthcoming book, "After thp War." "I haye all the docu­ ments here." he rcinarked. "and they will be published in time." Referring to the proof- sheets, lie continued: "In the year lsot; I was summoned from New Mexico to Washington. When I arrived at Washington I called upon General Grant at his house in 1 street, anil asked him the reason of my being ordered to Washington. He ex­ plained that President Johnson wanted to see me, but that he did not know the why or where- fore. lie supposed, howt ver, that it had some connection with an order he had received to escort the newly appointed Minister, Hon. Lew Camubeli, of Ohio, to the court of Ju«rez. the President-elect of Mexico, which country was still in 1 ossession of the Kmperor Maximilian, supported by a corps of French troops, com­ manded by Marshal Iiaza.ine. Gen. Grant de­ nied the right of the President to order him upon a diplomatic mission unattended by troops. He stated to me that he would disobey tlie'oMer a ul take the consequences. "I then went to l'reoident Johnson, who re­ ceived me .with great cordiality, and said that he was very glad 1 had come. He stated that Gen. Grant was about to leave for Mexico on business of importance, and that he wanted me to remain in Washington and command the army in Gen. Grant's absence. I then informed the President that Gen. Grant would not go. He seemed aft lazed by that statement, and observed that it was generally understood that Gen. Grant con­ sidered the occupation of Mexico by trench troops and the establishment of an empire there with an Austrian prince at its head as hostile to republican America. The President added that the administration had arranged with the I-rench government for the withdrawal of Ba- zaine's troops, which would leave the country free for President Juarez to occupy the City of Mexico, and the fact that Mr. Campbell was'ac­ companied by so distinguished a soldier as Gen. Grant would emphasize the act of the United States. I then reiterated that Gen. Grant would not go, and that he (President Johnson) cduld not arford to quarrel with Gen. Grant at that time. I then suggested that (ien. Hancock or Gen. Sheridan could perf' rm toe same ottioe, and that, if neither of them was aceeptu ble. I myself would go The President answered, 'If you will go, that' will answer per­ fectly.' Accordingly the following order was issued: "EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, I Oct. 30. 1866. f "To the Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secijetary ef War: "SIJ.--Gen. U. S. Grant having found it incon­ venient to assume the duties specified 111 my letter to you of the Ji th iast., you will please relieve him nnd assign them in all respects to William T. 8h rman. ilieutenant General of the armies of the I nited States. By the way of directing Gen. Sherman in the performance of his dutie#, you will furnish him with a copy ot your sp>c,al orders to Gen. Grant, made in 1 o.iipliance with my letter of the 2t;th inst., to­ gether with a copy of the instructions of the Secretary of Mate to Lewis 1). Campbell, Ksq., therein mentioned. The Lieutenant General will proceed to the extcution of his dutiSs without delay. Very respectfully yours, ANDIIEW JOHNSON-."' "In pursuance of that order, I went to Vera Cruz in the United' States ship Susquehanna. We then cruised to Matamoras, where the Min­ ister was in communication with friends of Juarez, and from there I returned to St. Lonis.; At New Orleans, however, I receivi.d the fol­ lowing dispatch from !S< cretany Stanton: "WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, lHt'6. "Lieutenant General Sherman, New Orleans: "Your telegram of yesterday has been submit­ ted to the President. You are authorized to proceed to St. Louis at your convenience. Your performance of thgk>ecial and delicate duties assigned to yow_ flHrdially appreciated by the President, Ill's and this di-jmriiueiit. "EDWIN M. STANTON." "Have you the instructions to Grant of which you received a copy?" "Yes, I have copies of them somewhere, but they are on file hi the State Department at Washington. Some time subsequent to my re­ turn--I do not remember the date--Mr. Stanton was suspended under the tenure of the civil- ottiee bill, and General Grant was appointed by President Johnson to be Secretary of War ad interim. He exercised the functions of that office until January 13, 1H08, when, after some 1 roceedings in the Senate, Mr. Stanton was reinstated as Secretary of War. This caused trouble between Gen. Grant and the President, which was probably never healed. That quar­ rel was the beginning of the trouble which re­ sulted in the, impeachment of President .lohn­ son, who was reuularly tried by the Senate and acquitted After that Mr. .Stanton resigned- and Gen Scholield was appointed Secretary of War, and he remained in that ottice to the "end of the Johnson administration. "Xo, 1 never understood Gen. Grant to ex­ press any fear that Mr. Johnson contemplated any violence. Mr. Johnson firmly believed that the Constitution aud laws then existing were all sufficient for the reconstruction of the Southern States. Congress thought otherwise, ami in the quarrel between Congress and the President, Grant was in danger of being ma te the scapegoat." Gen. Sh rman again returned to the rear of his library, and this time he emerged carrying a large tile of Gen. Grant's letters. These let­ ters trom Gen. Grant cover the period in ques­ tion. They are all of a friendly and confiden­ tial nature, but there is nothing in them which could go to show that Grant ever apprehended any national danger. When Stanton wa» re­ stored to office, Johnson accused Grant of hav­ ing surrendered his office without sufficient re­ sistance. That was the cause of'the quarrel. It was a tight between the President and Con­ gress, and Grant was not w.lling that they should wage it over his shoulders. Stanton be­ ing backed by Congress, Grant retired. John­ son was hostile to Stanton, and he did not want him in his cabinet. Grant concluded that the best way out of the difficulty was to let the President, Congress, and Stanton tight it out among themselves. "1 think the papers are making too much of this controversy. It is s mply an effort to re­ kindle the embers of a tire which has long siace di> d out. I do not believe Mr. Chauncey Depew intended to do more than repeat from memory a statement made by Gen. Grant at a dinner table. He is a very honorable gentleman, but he, I^o doubt, thought there was something in this matter. Bnt there was nothing more in Mr. Johnson's attitude than the ordinary political differences which will exist between men of different parties. "I repeat again, there was no violence intend­ ed. Everybody was sick and tired of war. No­ body thought of fighting, except on paper. After Stanton was removed, 1 wanted President Johnson to nominate Gen. Jacob D. Cox as Secretary of War, and his confirmation by the Senate would have settled the whole contro­ versy. Mr. Reverdy Johnson coincided with me in this particular, but the President would tight it out in his own way. "As 1 have already stated, Mr. Johnson was impressed with the belief that with the consti­ tution and the law s he could successfully re­ construct the South. Mr. Lincoln. 1 think, was of the Kjmc opinion. Conirress, however, wanted to provide the machinery and dictate the terms upon which the States "that had se­ ceded should be received back iuto the Union." (•en. Kcliofivltl'ft Itemlnliweiraea. I Chicago special.] Ma.i. Gen. John M. Schofleld, who succcrded Stanton as Secretary of War under President Johnson, was in a i>osltion to know as much, perhaps, as anyone else concerning the unwrit­ ten history alluded to in Chauncey Depew's ac­ count of his interview with Gen. Grant. Like Gen Sherman, however, he declines to tell all that he knows. "It is t rue that I was intimate! v associated with President Johnson. Gen Giant, and the Cabinet officers during a portion ot the period you mention." lie said yesterday, when ques­ tioned by a reporter tor the Tintt's, "and knew ali that was goinu on. I mav sav that there are records in existence wh ch would explain everything, but they are of a confiden­ tial nature, and cannot be made public For the same reason I do not feel at liberty to spe^k. It is an indisputable fact that that was a very critical period in the history ot the nation. Johnson was understood to be a candidate for another term, and nobody doubted that the Re­ publicans intended to run Grant for the Presi­ dency. t ndcr the connt tuiiuu the President was Coyimander-in-cliief of the Armv, while Grant was the General in command, and there were fourteen States practically under militarv rule. The friends of Doth these parties were terribly in earnest, and at such a time -so shortly after the close of the war--there was nothing absurd in the apprehension that the contest might develop into a • colli­ sion of arms. I was aware that Gen. Grant believed that President Johnson's Elan of sending him to Mexico was a ruse to get im out ot the country, but what foundation he had for such belief I do not know. My mission to France was in relation to the Mexican affair, and was in harmony with the views of the Pres­ ident, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, and Gen. Grant. The purpose ot my visit was to terminate the occupation of Mexico by Fmaeit.. 1 went In November, 1865, and re­ turned in May. isflrt. so that I arrived in Wash, lngton while the impeachment trial was in pro­ gress. In the following fail I was made Secre­ tary of War. My position was that of a medi­ ator: that is, I was put at the head of the War Department t-j conciliate both parties by di­ vesting the office of any pronounced political color. It was a measure deemed necessary at that time to keep down, as much as possible, the bitter feeling on both sides. "President Johnson," continued General Scho­ lield, "was the firmest, most obstinate man 'in his adherence to his political views that I ever knew, and of course he would have c rried out liisvi w-s 11 it ha I been possible. I have no reason to believe that he was not conscientious in his views. Pers> nallv 1 have never believed that he contemplated any treasonable measure, though, as I said befoife, I dp not know on wiiat grounds General Grant based his opinion." Col-Sam Small X>ereti<l* Johnson. L, [Atlanta (Ga.) telegram.] «-The Atlanta t onxtitnIion prints an article from Col. Sam W. Small on the revelations ot the Depew letter. When President Johnson re­ tired to his home in Greenville, Tenn., he Ket about an angintr his papers so that his biog­ rapher might have no tro .ble in dealing with the incidents of his lite., About tlui event® nov.' under discussion he was especially par- ticular. He called Col. Small to hlR aid in that work, and thus the latter came in o the most intimate relations with the ex-1 resident. Sinca that time all of Mr. Johnson's family have died save Mrs. Patterson, who was mistress of the white house. For the purpose of refreshing ,,l!L memory «-ol. Small has visited Mrs. 1 H-tterson, and the present statements aie the result: I-list, Andr:w Johnson, on reaching the presidency, adopt d the 1 o icy ol Lincoln, as attested by Gen. Grant himself in evidence before a Congressional committee in li-(S7, full extracts from which are given. Sec- ond, at the time wlien l.)ej ew alleges tint ex- Confederates were swarming around Washing­ ton. they could not have done so because their paroles kept them at home. Third, Johnson never fav-ored martial trials for Confederate leaders. He secured the written opinions of Lvarts, Ch; rles O'Conor, and liis» men by which he was guided, fourth, the naming of Gen. Grant to accompany Lewis D. Campbell was done at the written request of Camp- bell, who thought Orant's military pros- ,tige . would aid him. Fifth, the state­ ment that Grant, in Johnson's presence in the cabinet, declined to go because It was a diplo­ matic mission, and the alleged scene which fol­ lowed. was declared by Mr. Johnson to Mr Small, in a conversation before the death of the former, to be false in every particular. Grant did not go because he feared that General Han­ cock mlylit be appointed Secretary of War in place of Mr. Stanton Sixth, Mrs. Patterson; utterly denies all tVe alleged Secret history con­ cerning her father which has been published. In this she is sustained by the widow and son of the lat • Gideon W'elles, who was Secretary of the Navy. .Col. Small products abundant documentary evidence to sustain all his state­ ments. Gov. Ht-iidrU-ks Talks. . 'Indianapolis dispatch.] The Indianapolis A' "-.* contains an interview with Vice Prt8id:-nt Hendricks about tlie-story put into circulation bv Chauncey M. Depew to the ettect that President Andrtfw .lohnson con­ templated the establishment ol a congress com­ pose! entirely of rebel sympathizers. _ "lhat story won't do," said Mr. Hendricks, and public opinion will not sustain anv such charges mad • twenty years after the alleged events happened, and after all the persons who were directly connected with them are dead. Personally I know nothing of Mr. Johnson's opinions or intent ons further than the informa­ tion that came to me in the position that I held. I was in the United States Senate, and 1 botn spoke and voted against the impeachment of Johnson. While 1 never had anv cumersa- tion with him on the sur j-ct referred to by De­ pew, I am sure that Johnson had no such intentions. He believed in restoring, and not in reconstiuctiug. States, and that the Federal Government had no tight to ehan.re or abri gate their constitutions. I think Mr. Lincoln had this view also. I have no doubt .lohnson wanted Mr. Stanton removed, but it w..s Oh persoua' grounds, foe they were not friends, i cannot believe he had any such purpose as that attributed to him, and 1 have never heard it charged before the last few (lavs. It is not. likely that such an im­ portant political matter i-oiihl have remained silent for twenty years. I hive read the vari­ ous statements about it in the papers, and 1 am inclined to give the greatest credence to thitof Judge Goodin, of Greenfield, whose recollec­ tion aliout such matters is always accurate, and who was then in a position to know what President Johnson wanted to do." Words iit Johnson's Ilehalf. ftVanhinjton telegram.J The Washington .Vrcr prints -interviews with W. Warden, who was Assistant Private Secre­ tary to Presi lent Johnson, and A. H. Evans, Wasnington correspondent of the Boston I'ost during President Johnson's administration, re- eardinir the President's policy during t!ie re­ construction period. Mr. Warden savs that there was not the shadow of a reason for be­ lieving that President Johnson ever had an idea of an armed conflict arising trom his disagree­ ment with Conuress, and through his intimate relations with the l resident had satisfied him­ self that no extreme measures would be employed. Mr. Kvans SITS he enjoyed the confidence of Prcsido?" Johnson, who related to him in detail the causes leading up to the quarrel with Gen Grant. President Johnson told Mr. Kvans that Geh. Grant had caused the suspension of Secretary Stanton by his related complaints agains that otrcial. Gen Grant agreed to assume the office of Secretary of War until it should please the Piesl'lent to relieve him, and that agreement was made before the full Cabinet When Pres­ ident Johnson vyas Informed that Gen. Grant had abandoned the office to Mr Stanton and had returned to his headquarters he charged him with treachery at a Cabinet meeting. Ben Butler Interviewed. [Boston special.]. Gen. Butler said to-day that there were many- reasons why the Grant-Johnson matter was not brought into the impeachment trial. Johnson was not charged with "-the offense of which Grant mistrusted him. and the evidence they could have produced would have been incom­ petent. There was no legal evidence bv which it could have been proven. Gen. Grant could not have disclosed it. There was another project of lrisident Johnson's, as to revolutionizing th? Government, which was not brought into the impeachment proceed­ ings. "1 had some very strong moral evidence," said Gen. Butler, "which I did not care to make khown in the impeaclimmt proceedings. The facts, howevei, were not so conclusive that I deemed it proper to exhibit an article of im­ peachment.. founded on them, against the Pres­ ident. I still retain some of the instruments of evidence that stron . ly tend to support my be­ lief. The proposition of Mr. Johnson to con­ trol the Government, differing from that of Gen. Grant, it now seems to me, for the first time, must have been made sifter Gen. Grant had refused to accede to it. What was known to me was not in shape to be brought before the public." Gen. SJKMHI Won't Talk. [Louisville dispatch.! General James Speed, Attorney General un­ der the administrations of Presidents Lincoln and Johnson, was approached in regard to the Grant-Jolmson-Depew matter, but declined to make any statement, saying that he had made it a rule through life never to interfere in any matter that had been made a question of ve­ racity as to otheis than himself; and that he especially dec! nod-to violate that rule where the subject was the recollection of a dinner- table conversation, When the dinner lasted four hours. General -Opinion. [New York telegram.] The Ih'raht of this city prints a long install­ ment ot interviews with persons on the Depew matter relative to President Johnson. Frank Thompson, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and Col. Fred Grant reiterate their former state­ ments. The latter said: "I have heard my father say again and again the same things in very much the same language. I have docu­ mentary evidence in my possession that would be collateral proof of the facts referred to in the conversation my father had with Mr. Depew,1 and I intend to collate them and my recollec­ tions upon that subject." Frederick W. Seward, secretary of Secretary Seward, said he never beard anything of the story in question, and, like Hugh McCulloch, the story being new to him, he doubted its cor­ rectness. Gen. Sickles reiterated his story, saving: "There is no doubt ot Gen. Grant's fear of Johnson's loyaKy to the Government. Such fears were known to the leading Generals en­ joying Gen. Grant's confidence in ls<i>. 1 well remember how worried he was when he visited me at Charleston. He seemed to have very little confidence in Johnson's iwlicy or Intentions. On several oceasions Grant talked over the situ­ ation at Washington with me until it or 4 o'clock in the morning. It is true that Grant did not reveal his worst suspicions, but he told me enough to show that he was alarmed for the safety of the Government and the success of reconstruction." Fitz John Porter confessed that such charges were made at the time, bnt he was in Colorado, and his information was tos fragmentary to be ol any value. , State Senator Atkell said he was intimate with Grant at Mount McGregor. .Once Grant said to htm: "1 have been called as commander of the army to conclude the.supp ession of one rebellion. #nd have been personally the means of preventing a subsequent civil war, menacing and dangerous, yet of whlcn little is known. A veteran Wall street financier said: "I re­ member the time well. A rumor struck the street that ?oiue porteiitious disturbance was brewing in Washington, and Government secu­ rities dragged t< rribly from some unknown cause. The cause of the depression was fouud to have originated in Baltimore Subsequent­ ly, when the immediate trouble was over, it was ascertained to have been based on Infor­ mation procured by Bob Johnson, the Presi­ dent's private secretary, who had surreptitous- ly copied and sold portions of the draf tof an in­ tended proclamation in which President John- sen proposed to declare Congress adjourned and demand a full representation from the se­ ceded States as the only constitutional body he would recognize. This corroborates Mr. Depew's recent statement. It shows how much larger than we knew is the debt we owe the silent hero who stood between the w ild and in­ furiate ambition of a weak but stubborn man and a great national calamity." COMMISSIONER THOMAN. The Civil Servics Commiaeione? T<HI* dflfft His Resignation to the President. The resignations of Civil-Service Com­ missioners Eaton and Gregory had already been accepted by President Cleveland, and now that of the remaining commissioner,. Judge Thoman, of Ohio, has also been ac­ cented. The following is the correspond­ ence: THOMAN TO CLEVELAND. Respectfully referring to a conversation bad with yon as early as March 10, In which I e*?. pressed the wish to he relieved of my duties as a member ot the United States civil-service commission, and also to the apparent tact that it was not then your pleasure to consider my request, I have now the honor to tender lor- mally my resignation and earnestly to beg an early consideration of the same and its accept­ ance. While thus asking release' from so honor­ able a trust I desire to record my gratification over the proved practicability and remedial effectiveness of the reform procedure. Tried veterans in political warfare view with am ize- ment the facile, though radical, departure from the familiar methods of the spoils system of distributing the patronage. Strenuous and sincere argument, and also de­ liberate perversion, mark the opposition of different groups of antagonists, and vet it must be concluded that a majority of political leaders tn either warty is in accord with the Pendleton law, if its original enactment and emphatic in­ dorsement liy a subsequent Congress were hon­ est legislative expressions and not the coercion of moral cowardice by popular sentiment nor partisan legerdemain. In the great task of ad­ ministrative reform which you have under­ taken, in accordance with persoual and party pledges, the people will give aid. It has been my pleasure within the past two months to visit quite a number of the states and Territories of this Union, and it was my good fortune to meet with many of their citizens.. It is gratifying to know that the people confide 111 the unequivocal intention of the 1'resident to sustain the merit system in the civil service. They had con­ demned the evils of the former method. Long experience had- made their knowledge ac­ curate. They welcom d the inauguration of the new. The distinctive features of the present reform appealed to a typically American sentiment, which recommends and advances merit. With the precise details of the new procedure their acquaintance was not so intimate. To this they are fast succeeding, and the result will be cordial approval. The incep­ tion and maintenance of great reforms are with the'people. I l>elieve that the tundam ntal -idea of civil-service reform Is characteristic of American thought. Popular hesitation over the acceptance of statutory details suggests merely a safe conservatism. In the initial stages 01 this reform there was a response throughout the nation. Political contests assumed a new tone. . Old-time methods of corruption were dis­ couraged, and bossism was grappled with fiesh vigor. ,Tlie improvement is yet marked. If vicious elements still seek obtrusion into elec­ tions the chances of their success have been lessened. The reform spirit is militant, and advances toward complete success. Corruption by official patronage has been removed. With the imparting of a purer lite to official circles the power of the private purse to purchase political honors will be less dangerous. Public appreciation of the fact that this re­ form does not trench upon sturdy partisanship came late. It was seduously maintained that the civil service was to be composed of men who should abjure certain rights of citizenship. W ith the gradual but inevitable refutation of this false view the outlines of the reform at last stood forth in clearne s. It is a reform which.- views the c.vil service as avast business agency." Its search is for the best attainable merit, in business which is not political it enforces no tests of party. V ith confident trust in the suc­ cess of your administration, 1 am your obedient servant, LEHOY D. THOMAN. THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY. I have received your letter, tendering your resignation as a member of the civil-service commission, which is in furtherance of an incli­ nation expressed by you very soon after mv in­ auguration as President 'Ihe resignation thus tendeied is hereby accepted, to take eff ect on the first day of Novemb :r next. 1 congratulate you upon the fact that in the office which vou relinquished you have b.-en able, by sincere ar;d earnest work, and by a steady devotion to the cause of which you "have had' charge, to do so much good in the interest of government and improved political methods, \ours, sincerely, GBOVEK CLEVELAND. LIFE IN THE FAR WEST. An Extraordinary Duel In the Indian Ter­ ritory, itfisultiiig in the Death of Uuth of the 1'articipiintg. I Dallas (Tex.) special.) Particulars of a unique duel in Indian Territory have been receivedjftere. The affair came off at Tishomingo, in the Choc­ taw Nation, last Friday afternoon. Tisho­ mingo is a small village where Indians do their trading, and is a frequent resort of hard characters from Texas and other parts of the United States. That country is full of* Outitiwo. cb tlo^cU or mors of outlaws and Indians sitting in a saloon Friday afternoon was a Texan, six feet tall, passing by the name of Chalmers. An Indian police officer named Brown entered the saloon, and Chalmers insisted on treat­ ing. As they were about to drink, Brown managed to spill Chalmers' liquor on the floor, telling the latter he had enough. This enraged the Texan, who demanded blood, and pulled his revolver with one hand and a dirk with the other. The half- breed, Brown, also drew his weapon, aud • the fight was about to open, when the spec­ tators interfered and attempted to settle the matter. Nothing would' satisfy the wounded honor of Chalmers but blood. So the other white'men and Indians fixed up a fight on the following terms: The two men were to stand back to back in the middle of the floor. At a given signal each man was to ran out of the room, the Indian through the front door and the Texan by the back door. They must turn in the same direc­ tion after clearing the doors, and begin firing promiscuously. Both principals agreed to these terms, and took their posi­ tions. The signal was given, and both started from the house, pistol in hand. They faced each other on the north side of the house, and opened fire at almost the same instant. Three rounds were fired iti quick succession. Then the Indian begun to stagger, and ran toward Chalmers with a drawn knife, plunging it into the Texan's breast just as the latter fired his last bullet, which penetrated the Iudian's heart, killing him instantly. Chalmers died half an hour after his antagonist. Over fifty Indians and whites witnessed the deadly duel. JUMBO'S SKELETON AND HIDE. Tfyo Work, of Mounting th« One and Stuff­ ing the Other Going; on In ltochester. (Bridgeport (Conn.) dispatch.] f, The skeleton of the late Jumbo is now at Prof. Henry A. Ward's'natural science es­ tablishment in Rochester. Prof. Ward, in writing to Mr. Barnum, says: "I have felt from the first that it is quite an undertak­ ing to so prepare the skeleton that it 6hall travel safely around with the show; still it can be done to a certainty. AH it wants is an extra strong mounting, and then spe­ cial devices to relieve the leg bones of the weight of the weight of the body and to keep all perfectly stiff and firm. It is a fact that the bone will suffer some by the forcing process of driving out oil. and it will never look so white as it would by twolve or fourteen months' maceration and bleaching. We are getting on nicely with the work. The large-sized bore which we have put through the long bones of the legs helped toward rapid progress. We drove out of them, by using hot steam, twenty- five gallons of marrow." SPLINTERS. MRS. JOHN RAY BARTON is the wealth­ iest woman in Philadelphia. ' She is worth, perhaps. $10.000,oiH) inherited from her father, the famous Dr. Rush. THERE are between -iOft.OOO and 400,000 cyclists in England, and the ancient city of Coventry is the chief seat of the cycle- making industry. JCSTICE BRADLEY, sometimes called ir­ reverently "Old Aliunde," sleeps unblush- ingly iri court after listening a few minutes. . JCSTICE MILLER sometimes closes* his eyes while on the bench of the Supreme Court; his friends deny that he doses, though. Ex-SENATOR ALLEN G. THFRMAN has proposed an eleventh -commandment, to read: " Thoii shalt not suffer the inter­ viewer to live." Two SOLDIERS of the Light Brigade, made famous by Tennyson's poem, are re- Biding in New York. THE first Michigan saw-mill was built fifty years ago. and the cut siu&Ttheu has averaged 2,300,000,000 feet a year. MME. ALICE FLF.XTRY DIRAND IS the real name of the French novelist Henri Grerille. iJSHOT AMID THE THROIft. A Deliberate and Fiendish Attempt to Commit an Unprovoked •'l V Doable Murder. Tiro Young Ladles Shot Down n the Doorstep of Their Work* iitg Place. 7""; * At half-past 5 yesterday afternoon the employes of R. G. Dun & Co.'s mercantile agency at Nos. 140 to 144 Monroe street were leaving the building for their homes. . At the entrance a young man, neatly dressed, was talking quietly with a woman " companion, his right hand resting lightly on his hip and an overcoat thrown care­ lessly over his arm. As the people walked past him out of the building lie glanced ' quickly from one face to another as if look- ing for a friend. His actions betrayed no excitement; his conversation ran on smoothly. ^Presently two girls joined the crowd coming down the stairway, leading to the door. The younger and more attrac­ tive of the two, leaning on the arm of her sister, was talking of the day's work and the expected pleasures of the evening. As they approached the entrance an ex­ pression of fear crossed the face of the .? talker, and shrinking still closer to the side % ;l o f h e r c o m p a n i o n , s h e w h i s p e r e d " T h e r e ' s : , | Burrus. Almost before the words were- " ;| -spoken the young fellow drew from his i v| pocket a revolver and with steady aim fired.J.jJ at the nearest of the two--the eldest sister. ^ The girl ran forward to the sidewalk and " dropped at the edge of the-curbstone. Her Bister jumped forward to catch her, but as she did so the fellow again fired with as deadly art aim as before and the girl fell into the arms of a , bystander. Quickly shoving the revolver into his pocket, the murderer glanced at. his victims and ran across the street through the crowd which came together ' from all sides. A boy attempted to trip up the fleeing man, but he pushed through the crowd and ran down La Salle street to Madison and along tlr>.t street to Fifth avenue, followed by the men who had seen him shoot the girls. On Fifth avenue his pursuers gained on the mail, aud, seeing his chances of escape very few, he again drew the weapon and pointing it at his pursuers said he would shoot if they did not let him alone. <• While the man was brandishing the re­ volver in the faces of the crowd Officer C. Crowley came up behind him, and knock­ ing the weapon from his hand with a club, arrested him. A patrol wagon was sent for, but before it arrived the number of exci'ed people increased around the officer and his Erisoner. Jeers and hoots were followed * y loud cries of "Hang him! lvtich him!" The patrol wagon arrived opportunely, for only n leader was wanting to have changed the howling crowd into a revengeful mob. The man was hustled into the wagon and driven to the'Armorv, where he was locked in the murderer's ceil. TWO WOUNDED WOMFN. At the time the shots were fired the street was full of peop'e. The unusual noise attracted a large crowd, who quickly gathered around the prostrate forms of the two girls. Medicnl attendance was sent for aiid^ambulance wagons were dispatched to the place. Mrs. Key Good, who was the first one shot, and who had fallen to the sidewalk near the gutter, was believed to be dying, and was conveyed to the Couuty Hospital. Lillian Walter was car­ ried to L. fc. Boysen's drny-store, No. 210 Clark street, where she was attenjded by Dr. Brydon, who probed for the bullet with no success. The girl, who was couscious, put her hand now to her ear and now to the top of her head, crying: *'It is here!" She was asked where she wished to be taken, and said: "Take me to the house of Mr. T. S. Gillette, corner of Courtland and Heine streets, Humboldt Park. That is where we live, and I want to be tiken there. My uncle, F. B. Hewon, lives at No. 25 Ransburg avenue. " In a broken, despairing sort of yrky the" gift i'&'luieu to 1 Iiu>t; [lie siory of the shooting, and the reasons leading to it. "I saw Burrus standing at the door, and said to Rev: 'There's Burrus.' Before I knew what to do I heard the first shot, and felt sister fall. I heard the second shot, and knew that I was siruck. That is the last I remember until I found myself here." . " She was placed in a hack, and told that she was to be taken home, but was driven to the County Hospital, and laid beside her sister. '^VTHE CAUSE OF THE SHOOTING. Two years ago Asba J. Burrus was a stenographer in the office of the R. G. Dun &• Co. agency, in St. Paul. In the same office were two girls, who had posi­ tions as typewriters, who in early life had been adopted into the family of a Mr. Walter. The eldest was twenty-four years of age and had been married to a man named Good, but was separated from her husband, lier sister Lidian was twenty- two years old and very attractive. The duties of the shorthand man and the typewriters threw the young people much together, and an intimacy sprang up between Burrus aud Lillian Walter, in which the elder sister shared. Various ex­ changes of friendship were made, and the good-will between them wa< such that they were in the habit of lending articles of office furniture to one another. Just be­ fore the building in which the office was situated was burned Burrus borrowed from one of the girls a pearl-handled gold pen. After the fire, upon being asked to return it, he insisted that the pen had been burn­ ed. The girls di$ not believe this, and a coolness arose between them. The sisters came to Chicago and obtained situations in the city agency of the R. G. Dun Company. Burrus married a St. Paul girl, and a year and a half ago moved to this city. He also obtained a place in the same office. The old dispute again arose. The girls refused to associate with Burrus, which led him to make slighting remarks about them to his associates in the office. This aggravated the quarrel. Tuesday morning a St. Paul friend of Burrus went into the office to see him. The friend had seen the girls in St. Paul, and had known of the intimacy be­ tween the young people. Turning to Bur­ rus the fellow said: "I see your girl is here." ^ "What, that old ? I wouldn't have anything to do with her, you can bet your life!" replied Burrus. The words reached the ear of Mrs. Good, who was sitting at a desk near by. The insult was too mucn for her to bear without resenting it, and she went immediately to Stanley Pruden, manager of the ageucy, and reported the speech to him. At the close of the day's work Pruden called Burrus to the office and gave him the choice between apologiz­ ing for the insult or of being discharged. Burrus took the latter alternative. The next seen of him was when he stood at the door deliberately awaiting his victims. AT THE HOSPITAL. The women are at the County Hospital. Both of them may live, but the case of Mrs. Good is very prob'ematical. As yet it is impossible to tell the exact nature of the wound. The ball en'en d the right ear, penetrating the head, and w.is extracted from the left jaw near the surface. Mrs. Good was under opiates all evening, and the attendant physician scarcely believed that there was a hope of saving her life. Lillian Walter received a much less serious wound. The shot was fired down, and the ball, entering the upper cheek, buried it6elf in the heavy bon^ below the ear. No attempt was made to probe the wound last ni-ht Unless the wound should prove far more serious than was shown by a first examination she will undoubtedly recover. * THE meeting of the Czar and the Kaiser Franz Josef at Kremsier lasted only thirty hours, but it cost the Austrian Court Treas­ ury $225,000. ULTRA fashionable young ladies in New York are learning to knit stockings, nsing gold needles tipped with pearls. 1 .sii, -'I