Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1891 — Page 2

ttjjelicmocrfltic Sentinel RENSSELAER. INDIANA. AW. McEWEN, - Prauama.

BY THE SWORD OF A JAP.

THE CZAROWITZ SERIOUSLY WOUNDED AT KIOTO. Negro Lynched by 1 Mob—A Chilian in the Clutches of the Law— Doings of the Base-Ballists—Palmer Says He's Not in It—Continued Destruction by Forest Fires. STABBED IN THE HACK. The Russian Cz&rowitz Attacked by a Jap” a t see at Kiwito. A dispatch from Tokia, Japan, reports that an attempt has boon made upon tire life of tlie Czarowltz, 'Who is seriously wounded, bat in no danper of dying. Only the most meager particulars are at hand. From what (little is known, it seem)} that the Czanowdtz was suddenly attacked froroi 'behind by-a Japanese who was armed with a sword. The motive of the crime as not known. •ON THE DIAMOND. How tfce •Clubs Engaged in the Nationsd Game Stand. Following is a showing of the stamdingof each of the teams.of the different associations: NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. yc. w. L. yc. Chicagns 11 6 JS47 PniUdelp’s . a 9 .suo Bostons It) .7 .588 Brooklvns... 9 0 .50) New Yorks.. 9 8 .629 Pittsblirgs.. 8 9 .170 Clevelands... 9 9 .500‘Cineinnatis. 5 13 .277 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. w. L. tic. W. L. t?c. Bostons 18 b .titfa Athletics. ,„11 13 Baltimores .16 8 .661 Columbus.. .12 17 419 Ist. Louis.... 17 12 .58ijCinelnnatia.l2 18 .101 LonisviUe«..ls 15 .500 Washingt'e.. 7 17 291 WESTERN ASSOCIATION. \Y. L. W, L. ?!o Jnnneap’liß.l'2 9 .571 Mllwaukees.lZ 12 ,500 I'envers 13 10 .505 Lincolns 10 11 .476 Pionrx Oitya.il 10 .523 St. Pauls 10 12 454 Ctoahas 11 10 .523 Kansas (Tys. 9 14 .591 LYNCHED EX A MOB. A Maryland Community Takes tlie Law Into Its Own Hands. A. Green (colored), who was recently sentenced to twenty-one years’ imprisonment. for an assault upon Mrs. Tolson, was lynched at Centerville. Md., by a crowd of masked 'men, who stormed the jail. The community were exasperated at Green's escape from tlie death penalty, and took the law into their own bands. GEN. PALMER NOT IN THE RACE, He TV rites the Atlanta Journal raying He Is Net a Candidate for Federal Honors. The Atlanta (Ga.) Journal publishes a lettr from'Gen. Palmer, of Illinois, in which he says emphatically that he Is not a candidate for Vice President or President, and that a political dissertation from him would be very much like an impertinence. Trumbull in Trouble. Richard Trumbull, a member of the . Chilian Congress and a partisan of the Insurgent party, was arrested at f>an Francisco by the United States Marshal fer violating Che neutrality laws, in connection with the shipment of arms rand munitions of war on the schooner Robert and Minnie and on the steamer Itata. Caused Great Destruction. Reports from Bellefoute, Pa., state that forest fires have been raging In that vicinity. Several lumber camps, farm houses, saw mills, and an Immense amount of lumber Imve been destroyed. The damage to property is estimated at $50,030, with Incalculable loss to growing timber. Tbe fires are still raging along the Alleghenies. Have No Power to Suppress Gambling. Recently the Winnipeg polioe suppressed the local gambling-rooms. One of the keepers appealed his case to the Supreme Court, which rendered a decision that the civic authorities have no power to enforce the laws regulating gambling. The civic authorities will now appeal against this decision. Fatal Shooting Scrape ia a Church. F. Burgess shot and probably fatally wounded Samuel G. Wattwood, at church, in Birmingham, Ala. Tlie shooting grew out of a family feud and occurred In the church, which was filled with people. Burgess escaped. H r»e-Breederh Meet. The National Pacing Horse-Breeders' Association held a meeting at Buford’s Station, Tenn., and elected officers, M. C. Campbell being chosen President. A barbecue and speech-making were features of the occasion. fig Clothing I'nlnrt. Levy Bros. & Co., one of' the largest wholesale cloth ng houses in New York, have closed their doors, owing more than SBOO,OOO. Surplus la the Treasury. The surplus In the 'treasury is gradually creeping up, having recovered from the heavy drains upon it, and the net surplus is now $15,000,000. Emma Jnch’s Scenery Attached. The scenery of the Emuia Juch Opera Company has beeu attached at St Louis to satisfy an old claim of former musicians for 62,830. Silk Works Em harassed. The Florence Silk Mills at Paterson, N. J.. were placed In the hands of a receiver. The assets are $42,000 and the liabilities $45,000. Schooner and C rew Lost. The schooner W. C. Kimball, of Northport, with all on board, was lost in the gale off Point Betsey, north of Frankfort, Mich. Convention of Conductors. The twenty-third annual convention of the Order of Railway Conductors met recently in St Louis. Secretary Blaine Better. Secretary Blaine, who has been ill at the heme of his daughter, In New York, is very much better. Cafrt Verney Expelled. The British House of Commons have expelled Capt Verney from membership. Flight of a F. rger. O. B. Wilson, real estate abstractor, exMayor, and a man of high standing In the Masons and Knights of Pythias, disappeared from Great Bend, Kansas. It has just been discovered that he is a forger and a de'aulter for at least $40,000. lie was agent of several farmers who weie paying off their mortgages. Mining Plant Destroyed. Sear Dillsworth. Pa, the valuable mfntaw plant of Alex. Underwood was destroyed hy a forest fire. A number of houses on the outskirts of tbe village were also destroyed.

ENGLAND AFTER GOLD. That Country Taking Considerable tof tho Precious Metal from New Yel-k R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: The struggle to sustain Russian securities agalust the disfavor of tbe Rothschilds, the demand for gold by German tankers, and the threatened withdrawal of Russian gold from deposits In England, France, and Germany account for much of the unusual movement of specie which has been in progress. The advance of %of 1 per cent, at once in the rate charged by the Bank of England Is rightly regarded as notification that England means to fortify herself In this great struggle by drawing gold from New Yortt. May starts off with the great plunge in speculative prices which has ft* some weeks been anticipated. Wheat fell 15 cents in as many days, while corn has declined 3% cents in sympathy, and many speculators have suffered. An'element of great strength is the accumulating 'evidence that the wheat prospect art; the West Is remarkably good. After sucli high prices as have been realized farmers are widely inclined to put in a greater acreage of wheat, oats, and corn, especially as 'the (fore im advices foreshadow a (larger demand for wheat With such an agricultural outlook the demand fcnvmanufactured products of all kinds is likely to improve and thus the great industries will be helped. Collections are on the whole somewhat improved, but there is yet much complaint. The business Cailares occurring throughout the country during the last seven days numbered 242, as compared with 255 last week. For the corresponding -week of last year the figures were 293. DEATH IN THE FLAMES. Eelief Train Caught in the Forest Fires in Pennsylvania. Destructive forest tires are raging near Tveating Summit, Pa. The entire lumber region Is badly damaged. While fighting the fire a work train was surrounded by flames. The engine and cars were destroyed, and seventy men narrowly escaped with their lives. Twenty-five or thirty men are reported seriously, if not fatally, burned. The town presents a scene of great suffering. Superintendent Badger, of the Htnnemahoning Valley Railroad, and three or four others' are missing, and are thought to have perished in the fire. It is estimated that 30.000,000 feet of logs and 10,000 cords of bark, belonging to Goodyear Bros., have been destroyed, besides ten miles of trank railroad. Telephone connection.ls cut off. The sky is lighted up in all directions, and the smoke is s > dense that people can scarcely breathe. Tbe town-of Curwensvllle, with 2.000 population, is threatened .with destruction. MERELY A CHILIAN VESSEL. sf\ Grave Consideration Over thb of tlie I lata. The authorities at Washington are greatly vexed over the escape of the steamer Itata. The question of the right of the United States to take her on tlie high seas is not altogether settled. The State Department peoplo have searched their authorities and have scrutinized the facts in the case, and are inclined to doubt the right. Tho whole question arises from a dispute as to tho character of the vessel. Were she a pirate, a ship in the service of an enemy to this country, and a vessel of American register engaged in acts in violation of treaty stipulations, the case would he a simple one. But she Is merely a Chilian vessel engaged In the transportation of a suspected cargo, a cargo that may possibly be contraband in the light of the treaty, and there is a very grave risk Involved. FORD'S NECK BROKEN. David Moure’s Murderer Pays the Penalty or His Crime at Ottawa, 111. * Charles Ford, chief actor In the murder of David Moore, the Omaha traveling man, suffered the death penalty at Ottawa, 111. He kept up his remarkable show of nerve to the last, and to all appearances was the coolest man in the little party that accompanied him to the scaffold. Ford’s crime was most brutal. Two weeks before tho date of the murder Ue married a wanton from Spring Valley named Katie Weiner, •lie and the woman at once began a systematic blackmailing of traveling men and strangers, tho woman drawing men to a meeting place and Ford and an accomplice surprising thorn and extorting hush money. David Moore, a Wisrons n salesman, offered resistance and was murdered by Ford and his pal. MEMPHIS’ FEVER CASE. Prominent Doctors say a Patient Cannot live with Temperature Above 110. A Memphis (Tenn.) dispatch tells a remarkable story of a fever case which registered 158 degrees Fahrenheit. Tho same authority says the patient is on the rapid road to recovery and adds that tbe case of Miss Tolleson—the patient—ls without a parallel in the medical annals of Memphis. Prominent physicians say no such case was ever recorded, and that for a per-on to have a temperature of 158 and live Is aw impossibility. EXPLOSION ON A TANK STEAMER. Eight Workmen Killed and Twenty-five Injured at Newport, England. A terrific explosion has occurred in the forehold of the British steamship Tancarville, Captain Carter, which was undergoing repairs in the dry dock at Newport, England. Eight workmen employed on the steamer were killed and twenty-five injured. The vessel Is badly damaged. The Tancarvllle is a tank steamer engaged in carrying oil in bulk from American ports. THE ITATA’S ESCAPE. Officials at Washington Dumb Concerning tlie Flight of the Chilian Rebel. The Government officials are being kept fully informed of the movements of the Chilian vessel Itata which escaped from the port of San Diego, CaL, after being seized by the Marshal, and of the fruitless chase after tlie schooner Roliert and Minnie. They refuse however, to make public any of the dispatches that have beensmceived from trie Collector, or that been sent to him. \ THE BRIDGE AY AS BURNED. A Canadian Express Train Plunges Into a Chasm, Maiming the Passengers. The Pacific express met with an accident near Straight Lake, Out. Bush fires had partially destroyed a trestle bridge over a creek and the train was too close when the fire was discovered to permit the engineer to stop. The engine, baggage, and mail cars, and two colonist cars went into tire creek. A man named McAlpin, from Quincy, Mass., was killed. PEACE IN HONDURAS. Tlie Revolutionary Movement Started by A'lsquez Suppressed. Peace has been established in Honduras and the revolutionary movement started at Ampala by Domingo Visquez is at an end. GREATEST SHOAV ON EARTH. That Is What tho Chicago World’s Fair M ill Be. The World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago bids fair to be the g. eatest exhibition ever held In any country, greater even than the Pa. ia Exposition of 1889. Advices

| already receive! at the Bureau o£ Arperii can Republics at Washington attest »r«- | markable and astonishing interest in the 1 exposition on the part not ?.nly of the South American republics but continental Europe and Chill and Japan as well. BUT ONE (SURVIVES. The Lucy Lowe Founders in the, i traits of San Juan De Fuca, The steamer Lucy Lowe has /outwl«'t>d• in the Straits of San Juan de Fufca with fiftyfive colonists on board. The-"party, numbering fifty-six, left Tacoma, Wash., to settle on land near the mouth of the Guestahes River, but were beaten, back by high seas and became short of food. John N. Grant, of Tacoma, the only survivor, has returned. He believes the entire party have been lost, A search party has been fitted out. COTTON CROP REPORT. Plmating Backward and a Smaller Area Than Usual Being tetkied. The cotton report of the Department of Agriculture for May relates to the progress of planting. The proportion of the proposed breadth already planted on May 1 was 77.5 per cent., which is less than the average of a series of years. Many correspondents report planting one to two weeks late and a small area being seeded. JUGIRO AND WOOD MUST DIE. Tlie Federal Supremo Court Denies tile AYrits ol Habeas Corpus. The Supreme Court of the United States has confirmed the order of the New York Circuit Court denying writs of habeas corpus in the cases of the prisoners Wood and Jugiro, now at Sing Sing prison under sentence to die by electrocution. THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND STRIKERS. Foundrymen Join the Miners in the Charleroi District. In the Charleroi district, near Brussels, the strike Is spreading. Thirty-four thousand foundrymen have struck, and several of the iron works have already been compelled to close by reason of Inability to obtain fuel. HO YD’S PLEA. Rather Sensational Grounds lor the Deposed Governor’s Appeal to the U. 8. Supreme Court. At Omaha. Neb., a surprise was sprung in political circles by the official announcement that tho verdict in the Boyd-Thayer contest case was rendered by the Supreme Court without a discussio i of the merits of the case by the judges. MANY PASSENGERS HURT. The Illinois Central Vestibulo Limited Ditched Near Duqucln. The New Orleans limited vestibule train was wrecked four miles above Duquoin. 111. A rail turned as the train was rounding a curve, and the whole train was ditched. Many passengers were hurt. Where Is the (8148,090 ? Tlie Bay State Shoe-Fastening Company at Nashua, N. H., has been wrecked. The treasury of the company is depleted, and $148,000 Is unaccounted for. For three years past the company has been paying a 10 per cent, dividend, but examination shows that every cent of it came out of the capital stock. The treasury is empty and $200,000 has been spent, of which $22,000 was expended for machinery, about $3l?b00 for dividends, and the rest, $148,000, where Is It? Six Feet of Snow. Court officers who returned from Tierra Amerilllas say that the half has not been told of the flood that must soon sweep down the Rio Grande. At Cumbress Hill, Colo., tbe snow Is six feet deep and covers the whole rango for miles. All streams are running bank full. The Chama, Rio Brazos, Wolf Creek, and tributary rivers are rushing streams. In the lower Rio Grande the situation in the flooded districts is ab ut the same. Cooked to Death In Boiling Vitriol. A horrible accident happened at tho Ashley wire works, Joliet, 111., resulting In the death of Charles Mather, who was knocked into a vat of boiling vitriol used to take the rust and scale off from the. wire. He slipped on the edge and was completely submerged. When pulled out the flesh dropped from his bones. Tbe unfortunate man suffered terrible agony till death relieved hirn. Wanted to Lynch a Probable Murderer. During a fight between Adolph Ungll and Isidor Werkamp, at St. Louis, Mo., the former received a stab In the left breast which penetrated to the lung, two cuts in the neck, and one In the back, which may cause death. An immense ciowd was gathered at the scene and many shouts of “Lynch him,” “String the brute up,” etc., were heard, and only the absence of a rope restrained the crowd. Held tlie Tra’n. Citizens of Waynetown, Wayne County, Ind., and a number of the employes of the Midland Railroad captured a train and held it. They say that no trains shall pass through the place till the employes are paid. backed by the most substantial citizens of the town. The trainmen called upon tlie local officers when the train was stopped, but they refused to interfere. Stabbed in a Church Fight. At St. Louis, a factional fight in the Society of Christian Endeavor almost ended in murder. There was an election in the society, and C. W. Keller accused some of the members of stuffing ballot-boxes. John Ellis said the accusation was false. Then the men walked out of the church, the People’s Tabernacle, and renewed the trouble on the sidewalk. Eli!; was stabbed, probably fatally, and Keller escaped.

Klectrlei'y vs. steam. The first experiment In electric railways in Minnesota outside of city passenger traffic is to be made between Stillwater and St Paul, twenty-four miles. The franchise for the road was granted to Chauncey P. Gregory, of Stillwater, by the Commissioners of Washington County. It is Intended to have the road in operation for both freight and passenger traffic by Oct 1. Injured by tne Frost. A summary of the reports received from all sections of Kentucky, Northern Tennessee and Southern Indiana indicate the destruction by the frosts of nearly all of the garden vegetables except strawberries, which will probably still average half a crop with favorable weather. Grapes are generally killed, but peaches and other fruits did not suffer greatly south of the Ohio River. Mortally Wound d in a Fight. Two men were rnor.ally and a dozen were seriously wounded in a riot growing out of the brickmakers’ strike at Denver, Col. Insane from the Grip. Suddenly becoming in-ane with the grip, William Mickley, of Alburtus, Pa., while calling upon his phj siclan, Dr. F. K. Berndt, stepped out of the office and returned with a * «•'«»» »ud a handful of cartridges and

began firing. F be ford his shots could take effect, M fire! one through the keyhole, wo audlng Dr. Bemdt iu the shoulder. ’Aw ft I* Viewed ia England. At A«don the finding of the Grand .T#iry at I/s* Orleans justifying the lynching of tJi® Italian prisoners revives interest in the affair and is commented on by the press In 'a not unfavorable manner. The SL Jameg Qazrttc says the Grand Jury has done pretty much what was expected. It fears the Marquis di Rudinl will not appreciate the polemical interest of the finding. The situation so far as Italy Is concerned stands as at the beginning of the controversy. Blew Up an Iron-Clad, The Chilian Insurgents war-ship Blanco Encalada was suddenly attacked in Caldera Bay by the torpedo cruisers Lynch and Condell, which launched seven torpedoes against the iron-clad, the last one sttiklng. She was tied to a buoy at the time, and was unable to withstand the attack properly. About 180 of the crew were drowned. Commander Goni and nine ethers were saved. Four Men Burned by Molten Iron. At Bellows Falls, Vt», a ladle containing two tons of molten iron capsized at the foundry of Osgood & Baker while the metal was being poured into a flask. John Staunton, of Athol, Vt; John Sullivan, Keene, N. H.; Edward Rouse and Michael Hackett, of Bellows Falls, were severly burned. The Bridegroom Did Not Appear. Clad In her bridal robes, Miss Kate Sullivan, a Torringtoa, Conn., belle, and an esteemed young woman, waited patiently for her fiance, John Evans, but the bridegroom did not appear. On tho wedding morning he disappeared, and has not been seen or heard from since. How He Paid the Debt. William Hill aske:l Herbert Gail to pay, him a debt of 50 cents at St. Louis. Herbert, however, was temporarily embarrassed and replied with a terrific blow and then drew a knife and cut Hill in seven places. Hill will die. Mrs. General Foster Drops Dead. At Indianapolis, Ind., the wifo of General Foster suddenly dropped dead. The General was one of the commission that sentenced Mrs. Surratt and the Lincoln conspirators to death at Washington in 1865. Killed Hoi- Husband. Alfred Towsley. while in jail at Austin, 111., was shot and instantly killed by his wife. Towsley boasted of having debauched his step-daughter, and Mrs. Towsley sought to avenge the wrong done her daughter. To Suppress a Fraud. Petitions have been presented to the Austrian Government asking the suppression of the Austrian lottery system by which the people In Austria. Germany and all over tho world are swindled.

Stopped by the Bursting of a Meteor. A meteor burst west of Victoria, Texas, and thero was a shock like an earthquake. crew of an incoming freight train say the concussion stopped the train for a moment. Supply or Wheat. The visible supply of wheat and corn is, respectively, 20,853.880 and 3,718,038 bushels. since last report wheat has decreased 209,468 bushels, while corn has increased 593,318 bushels. The Duty o i Corn. The Department of State is officially informed that a royal decree was issued at Lisbon fixing tbe duty, on Indian corn imported into Portugal at 8 reis per kilogram until Aug. 1 next. Thrown Out ot His Buggy and Killed. Chester E. Wilcox, a facturer, of Milwaukee, while speeding his horse was thrown from his buggy and instantly killed. His neck was broken. Deadly Mine Explosion. An explosion occurred in the Ocean mine, seven miles from Clarksburg. W. Va. Four miners were killed and several others badly Injured. A fire followed the explosion. Fatal Lab ir Riot. In a riot between Italian and American laborers at Pipe Creek, W. Va., one man was killed and two mortally aud ten seriously wounded. Mr. Gladstone Is 111. Mr. Gladstone is seriously ill and his friends, in view of his advanced age, are watching the outcome with apprehension. Planing Mill Burned. Snyder’s planing mill at Welssport, Pa., was destroyed by an incendiary lire. The loss is SBO,OOO. Cable Station Consumed. Fire destroyed the cable railway station at the Union Depot at Kansas City, Mo. The loss is $20,000. Married Fay Templeton. It is announced that Howell Osborn and Fay Templeton were married in Paris two years ago.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime $3.50 @ 650 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4.50 @5.25 Sheep. 4.50 @ 6.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red l.Cl)s@ 1.02^ (orn-N0.2 04 @ .66 Oats—No. 2 52 .53 Ryk—No. 2. 84 (it) .85 ■Butter—thoiee Creamery 26 @ .28 Cheese—Full Cream, flats 10)4@ .11)4 Eggs—Fresh 13).,@ .14 )4 Potatoes—Western, per bu 1.00 @ 110 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle-Shipping 3.50 @ 6.00 Hogs—Choice Light 3.0. 1 @5.00 Sleep—Common to Prime 4.00 @ 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red. 1.03 @ i.o3'a Cohn—No. 1 White 69)4@ .70c. Oats—No. 2 White 50 @ 57 * fcT. LOUIS. Cattle 4.00 @6 03 Hogs. , 4.25 @ 5.03 Wheat—No. 2 Red l.oi @ 1.02 Corn—No. 2 OL'.j® .62V1 Oats—No. 2 53 .54 Barley—lowa • 75 @ go CINCINNATI. Cattle... 303 @5.75 Hogs 3.0 J @5.25 Sheep 4.00 & 5.25 WhEiT-No. 2 Reel 1.00 @1.07 Corn—No. 2 7U)4@ .71'/. Oats—No. 2 Mixed 56 @ .58 * DEIKOIT. Cattl* 3.03 @ 5.25 Hogs 3.00 @ 5.00 Sheep 3.00 @ 5.50 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 1.08 «in 1.09 Corn—No. 2-Yellow 70 @ .71 Oa,b—No. 2 White 55 @ .56 TOLEDO. Wheat 1.06 @ 107 Corn—Cash 70 @ .71 Oats—No. 1 White. 51 @ .52 Clover Seed 4.15 @ 426 EASI' LIBERTY. Cattle—Common to Prime.... 4.27 @ 6.25 Hoga—Light b. 25 @ 5.50 Sheep—Medium 5.25 @ 5.50 Lambs 5.75 @ 6.75 L MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 99 @ 1.00 Corn—No 3 (e @ .68 Oats—No. 2 White 54 & .55 Rye—No. 1 9u @ .91 Barley—No. 2 73 .75 Pork—Mess 12.00 @12.25)4 NEW YORK. Cattle 4.75 @ 6.53 Hogs 4.25 @ 0.70 Sheep 5.75 8.00 Wheat-No. 2 Red 1.12 @ Ll 4 Corn—No. 2 82 @ .83 Oats-Mixed Western S 6 @ .62 Butter—Creamery 25 @ 30 Egos—Western. .18)»@ .17)4 Po»k—New Mess IS.*) @14.35 1

PURSUING THE ITATA

CHANCE FOR THE U. S. CRUISEB CHARLESTON TO SHINE. She I s Said to Be Hotly Chafing th« Chilian Privateer —Questions in Regard to Her Possible Capture Not Definitely Nettled. A dispatch from Washington says: The most pressing thing in state affairs now is the escape o# the Itata. The possibility that this can result in any serious destruction of our relations with Chili is remote, but the evar present specter of “indemnity” is what scares the State Department, “Indemnity” has become a hair-raising word in state circles. The Italians started it and the fear that Chili may also hoist an emblem with indemnity emblazoned on it causes uneasiness. Ever since we made Great Britain pay $15,000,000 for permitting the Alabama to escape wo have kept a weather eye keenly strained upon every fishing smack that might be suspected of wanting to carry a revolver to an enemy. Hence the first business of the administration is to recapture the Itata. Instructions were sent to Admiral McCann, now at Valparaiso, to put to sea with the Baltimore and Pensacola in order to intercept tbe insurgent vessel. Similar instructions were sent to Admiral Brown. The last report from him was that he had left Callao, Peru, with the San Francisco. His exact whereabouts along the coast is not known. Orders have also been sent to tho Charleston, now at. San Francisco, to start in pursuit as soon as possible. This last does not amount to much, for the Itata has five hundred miles and at least two days’ start from any vessel that could sail from San Francisco, and it is doubtful if tho Charleston could catch her in an even race. If the ship is caught or intercepted it will be by one of Admiral McCann’s vessels, though if the Charleston should catch her in one of the Mexican ports she could undoubted-

U.S. CRUISER “CHARLESTON.”

ly fasten on to her and tow her back to San Diego. The actual status of the Itata is not that of a pirate, but an authorized ship upon the seas. She has no flag, no clearance, no charter. Any ship of any nation can seize her, and if she resists she becomes at once a pirate. The position in which the United States is placed by the escaping of the Itata is a peculiar one, bearing in mind the forcible argument which Mr. Evarts and other able representatives of the United States laid before the tribunal at Geneva in respect to the escape of the “29,” afterward the rebel cruiser Alabama, upon which arguments Great Britain was mulcted in heavy damages. In that case it will be remembered the suspected vessel got away before the British authorities had received sufficient information, as they claimed, to warrant them in seizing her. In the case of the Itata tho vesfol was absolutely in tho possession of the United States Marshal, and tho responsibility for her escape can not be evaded. It may be a question between the Department of Justice and the United States Marshal as to whether proper precautions were taken to insure the detension of the vessel, but as between the United States and the recognized Chilian Government should Balmaceda be successful in the internecine warfare now in progress, there can be no manner of dispute as to the complete liability of tho United States Government for whatever damages the Itata uncaptured may be able to inflict. There is quite a feverish air of expectancy round the Navy Department as to the devclopements of the incident, and many of the officers on shore are envying the opportunities which tho Charleston and other vessels are .likely to have of brisk service afloat The question of the right of the United States to take the Itata on the high seas is not altogether settled. The State Department people have searched their authorities and have scrutinized the facts in the case, and are inclined to doubt the right. Tho whole question arises from a dispute as to the character of the vessel. Were she a pirate, a ship in the service of an enemy to this country, and a vessel of American register engaged in acts iu violation of treaty stipulations, tho case would be a simple one But she is merely a Chilian vessel, engaged in tho transportation of a suspected cargo, a cargo that may possibly be contraband in the light of the treaty, aud there is a very great risk involved.' No one doubts the right of the United States to arrest the vessel in our waters for the purpose of examination, and her detention was in accordance with this belief. But now that she has landed the deputy marshal and sailed along on her business she may prove a hornet that will sting in after years In the matter of the international law involved it would seem as though the State Department is not in entire accord witli the rest of the administration, for both Attorney General Miller and Secretary Tracy lean to the belief that the vessel Itata is legitimate prey. “Maria, why do you always turn your ear when I kiss you good-night?” loudly asked George Belvidero o ? his sweetheart. “Ears can’t smell,” sweetly responded Maria, as train 439 whistled for WeilsvhV The freedom of the press depends largely upon whether or not the old man is peeping through a crack in the parlor door. By the way, a widow is an ex pressed freedom to marry again. Having ascertained that an elevator is in charge of a regular attendant, it would seem absurd for the insurance man to ask if it has a governor. Scientists say the orange was originally a berry. In point of size som •of those to bo seen at the present time might readily pass as such.

NOW ROME WILL HOWL.

COLD COMFORT IN THE GRAND JURY’S REPORT. 1 Detective O’Mal'ey anl Other . rj atorg Indicted for Obstructing t.io > ..rob* I of Justice, and the Leaders of the Avengers Unmolested. i After six weeks’ investigation the NewOrleans Grand Jury completed its laborsin the Hennessy case and the killing of Italians at the parish prison by presenting their special report. The report first recalls the murder of Chief Hennessy and the trial of the accused Italians. After reviewing the evidence concerning the corrupting of part of tho jurors, the report says: Taking Into account the volume of testimony admitted by the numerous witnesses before this Grand Jury, and considering that evidence not only In the abstract relation to each party but In Its aggregate and collective bearing, we are force! to the conclusion that Dominick O’Malley is chargeable with a knowledge of and partic patlon In most, if not all, of the unlawful acts in connection with that celebrated! case. With his skill, as acquired by years of experience, the most cunningly devised Bchemes were planned and executed for defeating the legitimate course of justice, the chief aim and object being to place unworthy men upon the jury in the trial of the nine accused. Without his assiduous and corrupting Influence we believe the verdict would have been radically different, and as a natural consequence the tragic occurrences of the 14th of March last never would have been recorded. Indictments of O’Malley and five others follow, and the report says.: The Indictment of D C. O’Malley for perjury was based upon most undoubted evidence that he came originally from Cleveland. 0., where Jan. 30, 1875, he was convicted of petty larceny and comltted to the workhouse of tho city of Cleveland, where he served a term expiring June 22, 1875. He next appears under indictment for perjury In the United States Circuit Court at New Orleans, where an indictment was based upon the affidavit against one Ed Schleider. which O’Malley afterward contra’dicted under oath, but he managed to secure an acquittal, owing to the timely disappearance of the affidavit, which he alone was interested in having suppressed. Later he was committed to the parish prison for attempting to levy blackmail upon one George W. Randolph in the proceedings against Randolph for Interdiction. The following record is verified by officials, showing his numerous offenses before the Criminal Court of this parish: 1 No. 13,188, July 3, 1884. Indicted for attempting to prevent witnesses from appearing and testifying. Nolle prosequied. d>B3B, May 9, 1884. Indicted for threatening and intimidating witnesses. Acquitted May 29, 1884. 3—No. 2,262, June 3, 1879. Pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons and sentenced.

4 No. 3.679, Nov. 3, 1883. Convicted of assault and sentenced. 5 No. 930, April 14, 1881. Pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and sentenced. 6 No. 3,678, Jan. 3, 1883 Pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and sentenced. 'i No, 5,186. Pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and sentenced. ®—No. 7,242, Dec. 4, 1885. Convicted of carrying a concealed weapon and sentenced. 9—No. 7,241, May 22, 1885. Indicted for assault and battery. So pernicious to the administration of justice were his doings and methods found that while Judge Roman presided In the Criminal Court he ordered that O’Malley be excluded from the court-room. This was during the time his present associate, Lionel Adams, was District Attorney, and It Is a significant fact that the two Indictments againt O’Malley for tampering with witnesses were not brought to trial but were nolle’prossed by the District Attorney just prior to the expiration of his term. Thou comes’ an exhaustive account of the secret society known as the “Mafia,” exposing its iniquities and detailing its crimes It is chargod that part, if not all, of the slain Italians were in this country in violation of the immigration laws. Referring to the wholesale lynching tho Grand Jury says: The assassination of the late Chief of Police shows the culmination of a conspiracy. His death was deemed necessary to prevent the exposure and punisment of criminals whose guilt was being fast established by his diligent pursuit. The condition of affairs in this community as to a certain class of violators of the law had reached such a state that the law itself was well nigh powerless to deal w.th them, so farreaching was their power and influence in the trial of criminal cases. Good citizens were profoundly Impressed by the repeated and signal failures of justice. The arts of the perjurer seemed to dominate in the courts, paralyzing and rendering powerless tho ends of justice. Certainly this was a desperate situation. In the public meeting above referred to—general and spontaneous in character as truly indicating an uprising of the masses—we doubt if any power at the command of the authorities would have been sufficient to overcome Its intentions. Evidence is before us from official sources that eleven persons were killed In the attack on the parish prison. In the careful examination as to citizenship of those men we find that eight of them were beyond question American citizens, and another had “declared his Intention” In this court, which act carries with it the renunciation of allegienco to his native country. It is a noteworthy fact in connection with the uprising that no injury whatever was done to either person or property beyend the act which seemed to have been the object of the assemblage at the parish prison. We have referred to the largo number of citizens participating in tho demonstration, estimated by judges at from 6,000 to 8,000, and regarded as a spontaneous uprising of the people. The magnitude of this affair makes It a difficult task to fix the guilt upon any number of the participants—ln fact the act seemed to Involve the entire people of the parish and city of New Orleans, so profuse was their sympathy and extended their connection with the affair. In view of these considerations, the thorough examination of the subject has failed to disclose the necessary facts to justify this Grand Jury in presenting indictments. Respectfully submitted. George H. Vennard, S. R. Graham, W. L. Saxon, P. J. Christian, W. H. Chaffee, Foreman: O. Carriere. G. A. Hoositt, Jr.; G. C. La Faye. Emile E. Hatry, H. Haller, David Stuart, E. Gauche, T. W. Castleman. John Jackson, A. S. Ranlett. W. B. Leonard.

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