Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 May 1883 — Page 1

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WHEN INDICATIONS. WEDNESDAY. —Warmer, fair weather, stationary or higher pressure. WHEN. Now. Just received a line of line Globe Mills, drab diagonal, blue aud green Meltons, Cussimeres and flue French Worsted, Satin-lined Bpring Overcoats of the most desirable patterns and superior linish; also, large line of Blue Yacht In Sack and Frock of extra quality and cut, together with a good llpe of imported fine English aud French Cassimeres. Very desirable In patterns, cut, quality and make-up, and offered at prices fully 33*3 per cent, lower than they could have been one month ago. “WHEN” low, as in the past, the changing seasons of earth’s broad domain will soon compel mankind to make a change again from heavy weight to medium fair. Hence, in view of truths like these, why sit you down in ignorance and ease, or brood in deep dispairf Why not at once arise and to the “WHEN” repair—make selections from a stock so fair, with prices lower than you’l find any where. To be continued. WHEN. ALL FOR LOVE. Excitement in Fashionable Circles Over a Case of Attempted Suicide. New York, May 15.—The desperate act of Lieutenant Giovanna Bettini has caused some excitement in fashionable circles. The lady who refused Bettini is Miss Lillian Ayer, daughter of the late Janies C. Ayer, pill manufacturer, residing with her mother at No. 5 West Fifty-seventh street. Her friends say Lillian trifled with Bettini till he -became almost insane. Others declare that Bettini was a general masher; that Lillian paid him in his own coin. There was a . courtship of long duration, and very tender on both sides. Previous to his final appeal to Lillian he made his will, wrote several letters in explanation to intimate friends and to his brother, like himself an officer in the Italian army. It is not known what passed between Bettini and Lillian, but there was a secret which led to the shooting. Today, in the hospital, he was the recipient of beautiful bouquets and baskets of flowers from several lady admirers. He was visited by the Italian consul. Bettini was noted for his bravery and chivalric disposition. He was on furlough for one year from the Savoy cavalry to examine American military arms. When Bettini was brought to the hospital he wore $6,000 worth of jeweiry, The Highest House in the Country. New York, May 15.—Plans have been filed with the superintendent of buildings for the erection of the highest building in New York, and probably in this country, on the northwest corner of Fifty-seventh street and Seventh avenue. The proposed structure will be 150x94 feet in size, 200 feet from the tower to the ground, and will be entirely fire-proof. It will be used as an apartment house, and will accommodate thirty-eight families. There will be ten stories in the front of the building, each fourteen feet high, and in the rear the space will be divided into fifteen mezzonine floors, each nine feet in height. The basement and first two stories will be of brown stone, and the remainder of the building wi 11 be red sandstone, with browui stone trimmings, and will present a very solid and ornamental appearance. The vestibule of the main entrance will be very elaborately constructed of stone, carved and paneled. The cost will exceed $650,000, and it will take nearly two years to complete it. From the attic to the basement the height will be 171 feet. Tlie Bids for Dakota’* Capitol. Canton, I). TANARUS., May 15. —A special train with the capital commission on board arrived here this morning. They met at Bedford Hall to open the bids received from the various towns aspiring to be the capitol. Proposals had been received from ten towns of the Territory, as follows: Aberdeen, SIOO.-* 000 and IGO acres of land; Pierre, SIOO,OOO and 160 acres; Bismarck, SIOO,OOO and 320 acres; Mitchell, $160,000 and 160 acres; Red field, SIOO,OOO and 140 acres; Ordway, sloo,oooand 320 acres for the capital and 160 for the depot; Canton, SIOO,OOO and 160 acres; Frankfort. SIOO,OOO and 160 acres; Huron, SIOO,OOO and 160 acres; Odessa, $200,000 and 160 acres; Steele, SIOO,OOO and 160 acres. An informal bid from Wessington was received, and a bid of $1,000,000 from Sioux City, la. Gentlemen from the various localities made addresses on behalf of their respective towns. The commission adjourned without making an award. A Large Portion of lfarroilnhu rg, Ky., Burned to tlie Ground. Harrodsburo, Ky., May 15,—About midjiiftlit last uiglit a fire started in the office" of Tibbitta’s lumber-yard, and the wind blow- ■ ing hard, the fire quickly spread, and in half an hour the principal business square of the town was in flames. The fine new Pres•byterian church was destroyed, together with thirty other buildings. The fire engine was useless for want of water, but the citizens did what they could to help put out the flames. Phil. Thompson, on trial for murder, was among the busiest workers. His jury looked on under charge of a deputy sheriff. At last accounts the tire was still in progress. The loss is estimated at $150,000. A Cincinnati Times-Star special says the fire consumed twenty-four houses, including the Presbyterian church. The loss is greatly overestimated in the special dispatches, and will not exceed $15,000; insurance, $28,000. Jeff. Davis's Illness. New Orleans, May 15.—The inquiry from Hon. William Henry Smith, general agent of the Associated Pre-s, was sent by courier from Mississippi City to Beauvoire this evening. Mrs. Jefierson Davis replies as follows: ‘‘Mr. Davis has had a severe attack of bronchitis, but is now better, and it is hoped that ho is out of danger.” Obituary. Tuscaloosa, Ala., May 15.—General Josiah Gorges died this morning, aged sixty-five. He was a native of Pennsylvania. He graduated at West Point, served through the -Mexican war, and cast his fortunes with the Confederacy during the war, acting as chief of ordnance. • rr- Fast, brilliant and fashionable lire the Diamond Dye colors. One package colors Ito 4 lbs. of goods. 10 cents for any color.

THE POPE AND PARNELL. Letter from the Head of the Roman Church to the Irish Bishops, The People of Ireland Warned Against Illegal Proceedings and the Parnell Fund Disapproved. Rumor that Chili and Peru Have Agreed on a Treaty of Peace. Something About Previous Russian Coronations and the Reforms Granted — Miscellaneous Cable News, t THE POPE’S CENSURE. His Reasons for Disapproval of Parnell and Ills Followers. Rome, May 15.—The Pope, in his circular to the Irish bishops, says: “Whatever Parnell’s object may be, his followers have often adopted a course openly against the rules of the Pope’s letter to Cardinal McCabe and the instructions sent the bishops, which were accepted at their recent meeting in Dublin. While it is lawful for the Irish to seek redress for their grievances and strive for their rights, they should at the same time seek God’s justice, and remember the wickedness of illegal means in furthering even a just cause. It is the duty of the clergy to curb the feelings of the excited people, and urge justice and moderation. The clergy are not permitted to depart from these rules and join and promote movements inconsistent with them. Collections to relieve distress are permitted, but subscriptions to inflame popular passions are condemned, and the clergy must hold aloof when it is plain that by such movements hatred and dissensions are aroused, or distinguished persons insulted. When crimes and murders go uncensured, and when patriotism is measured by the amount subscribed, the people are thereby intimidated. Therefore the Parnell fund is disapproved, and no clergyman should recommend subscriptions thereto or promote it.” It is said that Archbishop Croke, on his return to Ireland, will visit Caidinal McCabe, and the latter will come here to confer with the Pope as soon as his health will permit him to undertake the journey. DYNAMITE ON THE OCEAN. * An Effort Made to Destroy a Steamship Loaded with Passengers. London, May 15. —The particulars of an attempt to destroy a ship plying between Liverpool and New York have just leaked out. It appears that just before the vessel left Liverpool for New York, on her last trip, having on board a number of emigrants, a man gave the steward a box and requested him as a favor to convey it to New York. The steward’s suspicions were aroused, and he consulted the captain, who ordered that the box be opened. This was done in the presence of the captain and officers, and the box was found to contain an infernal machine. The contents of the box were thrown overboard, but the box itself was retained and a note made of the.address upon it. The fact of this discovery was not made known publicly in New York, on the vessel’s arrival there, but the British consul-general in that city was notified of it. The ship has just returned to the Mersey from New York. The Above Story Denied. New York, May 15. —The British consul disclaims all knowledge regarding the cable report of an attempt to blow up an English ship, as do also the various steamship officials. The story is generally discredited. RUSSIAN CORONATIONS. Brief History of the Ceremony from Its Earliest Introduction. London Echo. The first Russian Czar who introduced the ceremony of coronation into Russia was the mighty John 111. or Ivan 111. (1462-1505), the contemporary of Edward IV., Richard 111. and Henry VII. He married Sophia, the niece of the very last Imperial orthodox Emperor of Constantinople, and by this marriage claimed a short succession to the first Christian Ccesar. It was in his reign, when the Turk became master of the ancient capital of Eastern Christendom, that the kings of western Europe seem first to have become aware of the rise of the powerful new Christian monarchy in eastern Europe, and began to send embassadors to Moscow. Ivan did not crown himself, but in 1493 solemnly invested his grandson, Demetrius, with the Imperial Christian diadem and robe which had been brought from Constantinople, and been worn by the Cicsars of the Eastern Empire. The ceremony of unction at the coronation was afterward introduced by Ivan IV., or “The Terrible,” and lias since remained, as it had all along been in western Europe, an inseparable adjunct of the coronation. Ivan IV. was the first czar who received the eucharist at his coronation. Michael Theodrovitsch insisted upon being anointed not only on his forehead and over his lips, but on his beard also, after the biblical precedent. In earlier times the clergy of the Russian church played a greater part than they do at present in the coronation ceremony. As it was held almost indispensable alike in England, France and Germany that the national primates, the Archbishops of Canterbury. Rheims and Mainz, should “consecrate” the national monarch to his office, so it was in Russia with the Patriarch of Moscow. The prelate was supposed to be the peculiar steward and minister of the sacramental rite of coronation. Ho gave the divine confirmation and unction to the presumed free choice of the people. The voice of the people was thus supposed to become tiie voice of God. The notion of a divine right inherent in the head of a reigning family was a comparatively late conception in Russia ns well as in the West This appears, however, to be now the predominant notion both of the Russian czars and the Prussian kings. The present German Emperor took the crown from the altar and placed it upon his own head. Similarly, in Russia, the representatives of the church now play quite a subordinate part in the coronation of the czars, being little more than ministering servants and assisting spectators. Formerly the Muscovite patriarch stood in much the sumo relation to the Muscovite monarch os the Roman pope stood to the Unman emperor through the middle ages. The thrones of the czar and the patriarch stood upon an

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equal level, and the Russian secular and ecclesiastical chieftains represented the ancient theory of “the Two Swords.” GRANTI NO AMN ESTY. A coronation is always signalized by acts of imperial clemency, and in this respect the ukase issued by Alexander - !I. on the 7th of September, 1856, remains memorable. It granted a complete amnesty to all the political offenders of 1825-6 and of the Polish rebellion of 1831 who were still in exile or ill prison; also pardon to press offenders, military defaulters, and to about five thousand other individuals in jails. The empire was entirely exonerated from military conscription during a term of four years. Anew and more equitable assessment of the poll tax was decreed. Most of the disabilities which weighed upon Jews were removed. Thousands of crown serfs were manumitted and received grants of land. Finally the children of soldiers who under the former reign had been brought up by the State to enter the army were restored to their parents. These truly wise largesses evoked the most cordial popular gratitude, insomuch that the Czar began his reign as a people’s darling. He was so weil aware of this that he conceived the grandiose idea of giving a banquet to 200,000 of his poorer subjects from Moscow and the adjacent villages in the plains around Petrowski. Preparations were made for this amazing feast bv covering a square mile with tables and the tables with hunks of beef, bread and casks of kwass. Unluckily the impatience of the guests did not allow them to wait till the day of the dinner. A flagstaff had been erected in the middle of the plain, audit had been arranged that the signal to “fall-to” should be given by the hoisting of the Hag. On the evening before the day of the feast, while some2o,ooo mujiks were loitering around the plain sniffing the food, an engineer officer named Minakoff, wishing to try if the ropes of the flagstaff worked well, gave them a tug and sent the bunting flying aloft. In the twinkling of an eye the multitude of mujiks swooped upon the tables and made a clearance, no horde of famished wolves could have done the work better. Beef, bread, beer—everything went, and when those were gone the wooden dishes were carried off also. ‘The Czar laughed when he was told of the matter. “Well, well, so long as they enjoyed themselves that is all I wanted. But we must give something to poor Minakoff. I am sure he must have feared that they were going to eat him also.” GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. The Caretaker of Dublin Castle Severely Wounded from an Ambush. Castle Island, Ireland, May 15.—Several shots were fired from ambush at a caretaker here, on Sunday, and he was severely wounded. The affair was much commented on, and considerable alarm was caused, as it was hoped that such deliberate outrages had been checked. Eight persons have been arrested in connection with the shooting. War Preparations in Madagascar. London, May 15. — The Standard has advices from Madagascar stating that the war preparations in the interior are greater than those on the coast. The majority of the Saka Lavas joined the Savas in defense of their independence. The French are apparently loath to begin operations, their forces being inadequate to cope with the natives. A Halifax Apparition. Halifax, May 15.—The following letter was received to-night from J. R. Keany, keeper of Barrington light ship: “A few days ago a fine-looking, top-mast schooner, of about 100 tons, with all her sail set, came into Barrington bay, passed up by the light ship, tacked and went out again. 1 saw about fifty men on deck. Peace Between Peru and Chili. Valparaiso, May 15. — The treaty of peace between Chili and Peru, signed by Novoa and Iglesias, it is said, will be confirmed. Peru cedes Tacna and Arica for a term of ten years. At the end of the term a plebescite will determine to which country the provinces belong, the country acquiring them to pay an indemnity. Tonquin Expenses Provided For. Paris, May 15. — The Chamber of Deputies resumed consideration of the credit for the Tonquin expedition. Chalomel Delacour, Minister of Foreign -Affairs, said there was no cause for disquiet on account of China, which was not a military empire. The credit was adopted. American Artists’ Exhibition. London, May 15. — An exhibition of watercolors and etchings by American artists is being held in Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. Moran’s “Poet’s Reflections” and Abbey’s “Sketches on Long Island” are specially mentioned by the press. Railway Collision. London, May 15.—An excursion train from Grimsly, on the Great Northern railway, was in collision, to-day, with a Midland railway excursion train. Many persons were injured. Bismarck’s Neuralgia Worse. Berlin, May 15.—Bismarck suffered greatly yesterday, and most severely to-day, from neuralgia. He objects to go at present to Kissingen. Cable Notes. Reports from Trieste say that Count Cbambord Is dying. The Emperor of Germany has ennobled the family of Scholz, Minister of Finance. The trial of Fitzharris as accessory to the murder of Cavendish and Burke began yesterday. Vessels arriving at Suez, from Bombay, are being quarantined, owing to the existence of cholera at that place. It is said that Sir John McDonald, at Ottawa, Canada, has received several threatening letters from New York dynamiters. Seven were killed and several injured by the mail train from Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday, coming into collision with the train from Carlisle. Fighting has occurred between Cetewavo’s forces and Chief Usibebu, the latter being assisted by the Boers. The former were worsted with heavy loss. Cetewayo is gathering strength in anticipation of a further attack. Waddington took dinner with the Emperor of Germany yesterday. They conversed for u long time. Waddington has been treated with great consideration during his stay in Germany. He also had a cordial interview with Bismarck. Unique Method of Suicide. Galveston, May 15.—The News’s Bonham special lays: “Miss Bragg, niece of General Bragg, to-day saturated her clothing with coal oil and then applied a match. Cause, protracted ill health. She will die,”

CRIMES AND CRIMINALS. The Lawyers Still Talking in the Thompson-Davis Case. Expectation that the Jury Will Reach a Verdict To-Day—The Judge’s Presen tatiou of the Law. Further Trouble Expected with the Dodgo City Desperadoes. Killing of Three Hard Characters in the ludian Nation —Other Violations of the Laws. THE THOMPSON TRIAL. Two Speeches to Be sfade, and the Case Given to the Jury, To-Day. Harrodsburo, Ky., May 15.—Hon. D. W. Voorhees concluded his address to the jury in the Thompson case on behalf of the defense, at noon. His effort was to show that Davis had so injured the defendant as to justify his course. In the afternoon Lieutenant-governor Cantrell addressed the jury on behalf of the prosecution. He was followed on the same side by Major Jere Morton, and he by Colonel Theodore C. Bell, for the defense. There will be two speeches to-morrow, and the case will go to the jury in the afternoon. THK COURT’S INSTRUCTIONS. Previous to commencement of argument the court instructed the jury as follows: First—ls the jury believe from the evidence, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant, Philip B. Thompson, jr., in Mercer county, Ky., before the finding of the indictment. wilfully and with malice aforethought. shot and killed Walter Davis, not in iiis necessary or apparently necessary selfdefense, they should find him guilty of murder, and fix his penalty at death or confinement in the penitentiary for life. Second—ls the jury believe from the evidence, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant, Philip B. Thompson, jr., in Mercer county, before the finding of the indictment, iu sudden heat and passion, and without previous malice, shot and killed Walter Davis, not in his necessary or apparently necessary self-defense, they should find him guilty of manslaughter, and fix his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than twenty-one years. Third—ls the jury believe beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant has been proven to be guilty of the offense set out in instruction No. lor instruction No. 2, but have a reasonable doubt of the degree of the offense, they can only find him guilty of the lower decree. Fourth—ls the jury believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant, Philip B. Thompson, jr., shot and kilied Walter Davis; yet, if they further believe from the evidence that when he so shot and kill the said Davis he had reasonable grounds to believe, and did believe, that the said Davis was then about to inflict upon him loss of life or great bodily harm, and that the killing of Davis was necessary, or apparently necessary, to protect himself from said loss of life or great bodily harm, they should acquit him. Fifth—lf the jury believe from the evidence that Philip B. Thompson, jr., at the time he killed Walter Davis (if they believe from the evidence that he did kill him) was so mentally insane as not to know that such act was either legally or morally wrong or not to have sufficient power of control to govern his actions, they should acquit him. Sixth—ls there be a reasonable doubt of the defendant’s being proven to be guilty he is entitled to an acquittal. Repndiating Mins Buckner. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Miss Buckner, in giving her evidence at the trial, spoke of several prominent citizens of Cincinnati as her friends, she naming exGovernor Bishop, Mr. A. T. Goshorn and George Ward Nichols. It would seem that the lady wished to convey the impression that she was accustomed to mix in society in Cincinnati. The truth is, however, that the gentlemen named have but a slight acquaintance with her. Governor Bishop met her but once, and that but casually. He was in the Gibson House, when he met a lady friend, Mrs. Owens, of Louisville. She said she desired to secure board at the hotel for herself andTeveral lady friends from Kentucky who were attending the College of Music. The Governor introduced her to the clerk of the hotel. He was introduced to Miss Buckner, and he in turn introduced her to the clerk. This was the extent of his “engaging board” for Miss Buckner, as she was pleased to express it on the witness stand. Further than this the Governor has no knowledge of her, and he has never seen her since. Messrs. Goshorn and Nichols ot course saw her at Music Hall, as she was studying music there, but beyond that they had no acquaintance with her. As to Mr. Goshorn advising her, as a friend, to leave the Palace and go to the flt. Clair Hotel, all there is about that is that she asked for advice from Mr. Goshorn, and lie remarked that the Palace was perhaps too public, and that greater privacy could ho secured at the St. Clair. WESTERN RUFFIANS. More Trouble with Desperadoes Expected at Dodge < ity, Kansas. Kansas City, Mo., May 15. —The troubles at Dodge City, Kan., aro likely to assume a more serious form in a day or two. Luke Short, one of the gamblers recently expelled from the town, is preparing to return accompanied by a party of friends, and says lie proposes to stay. The party will rendezvous at Topeka, and start from there to-morrow. It comprises eight men, the greater portion of them said to bo the most desperato characters in the West. The members are Pat. Mosterson, Rowdy Joe, Doc Holliday, Chas. Bassett, Shotgun Collins, Jim Calhoun and Wyatt Erb. Each man has a record, and one or two of them have figured prominently in Dodge history. Most of them are from Colorado. They say they have a right to go to Dodge City and stay there if they see fit, and if they carry out their purpose and are repelled by the Dodge City authorities, a fight is considered inevitable. An informal committee of three citlzensof Dodge City arrived this evening, to confer with Luke Short, who is here with Bat Musterson, one of his friends. They were*in consultationi with Short and Masters on all evening. Being interviewed afterward, they were very reticent, saying they would remain over to-morrow, and would talk then. Their mis-

sion is to effect a settlement of the present difficulty if possible. They brought letters to Short from oKeriff Sinkle. The sheriff*, it is understood, says if Short comes to Dodge City he and the mayor will endeavor to afford him protection, but that the feeling is very strong, and they advise Short not to come. A Topeka dispatch to-night says: “The mayor and sheriff'at Dodge City will do all they can to protect Luke Short if he returns to Dodge City to-morrow, or next day, as he expects to do. Short is in Kansas City, but will come home to-night. The rumor that he is accompanied by seven desperadoes is probably untrue. Hon. R. M. Wright, exmember of the* Legislature; Mr. Hoover, present representative: Mr. Beeson, Mr. Pettillon and Dr. Galland will go with him. Pettillon and Dr. Galland and others went to Kansas City to-day.” CRIME IN GENERAL. Three RufHaus Killed by Officers an<l Left on the Field. Chicago. May 15.—Specials report a fight in Indian Territory, last Saturday, twentyfive miles east of Caddo. Three hard characters named Carson are alleged to have murdered, near Delaware Bend, a short time ago, two white men named llankenson and Hiddleson, and an old negro named Willey. Last Saturday Marshal Menshon, of Fort Smith, Ark., and Constable Cutler, of Grayson county, Tex., tried to arrest the Carsons. They showed fight and exchanged a dozen shots with the officers. Marshal Menshon was slightly wounded. All theCarsons were killed except their father, who was released. The dead were left on the field, unburied. A Desperate Fight with Burglars. St. Louis, May 15.—1 t has just transpired that on last Thursday night, while two burg-, lars were attempting to rob the store of Burchard Sc Lake, in the little town of Bern, Gasconade county, this State, they were discovered by a young son of Burchard and a companion. The robbers turned on the young men, and shot and instantly killed Burchard. His companion then fired and killed one of the burglars. The other fled, but, on Saturday, was captured by a pursuing party, and is believed to ’have been lynched, as no tidings have since been received from him. The Argument In Dunn's Trial. Chicago, May 15.—Mr. Mills, State’s attorney, made the opening argument in the prosecution of Jere Dunn for the murder of James Eliiott, in the Criminal Court this forenoon, his address cousuming thirty minutes. Munn then began his speech for the defense, and will be followed by Mr. Storrs, also on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Mills will then close for the prosecution. FROM THE CYCLONES. Latest News from Missouri, Kentucky, and Other Sufferers. St. Louis, May 15.—The destruction by the cyclone at Macon, Mo., on Sunday night, seems to have been much greater in the country than the city. The latest advices from there say that for fifteen miles southwest of Macon the storm leveled everything in its track—farm-houses and, in most cases, all out-houses. Those of the following named persons were either entirely demolished or very greatly damaged: T. B. Robertson, J. A. Banta, Elijah Banta, T. B. Muller, John B. Tankeuship, Dow R. Reigera, Reuben Toyll, Joseph Burres, John Clarkson, C. E. Miller, John Buchanan, James Miller, A. L. Summers, Richard Reason, Westley Banta, Charles Busier, Thomas Banta, Evan Summers, A. M. Smith, Win. Burton, John Roth, Mr. Shunk and Mr. Harpe. No doubt several others have been destroyed, but these are all there is definite knowledge of just now. They included some of the best farm-houses in the country. A relief meeting was held at Macon last night to consider the condition of the sufferers and devise means to aid those in need of help. Very little damage seems to have been done east of the city, at least verv few reports are yet received. The damage at Oronogo is estimated at $75,000. A Kentucky Town Destroyed. Evansville, May 15.—News from Earlington, Ky., says that a cyclone traveling from west to east, a fourth of a mile wide, passed over the town of Empire, containing one hundred inhabitants, totally destroying the town and sweeping everything in its path. Seven people are reported killed and a number of others wounded. The Louisville and Nashville track is blocked by trees, and trains are delayed. Senator Miller on tle Next Presidential Election. San Francisco, May 15.—Senator Miller, visiting here, in an interview to-day said: “Though the Democrats affect to believe that their chance of success is certain, I differ from that. The election last fall cannot be taken as a criterion of national politics, and. the tariff, the main issue, is apt to con travene their calculations. Every one who knows anything about politics in New York knowsshc is us apt to give us large a majority the other way as she gave the Democratic ticket last fall. It is the manufacturing interests which decide the elections, and I shall he much surprised if the tariff issue will not play an important role in the result. 1 do not, by any means, consider the result as a foregone conclusion. On the contrary, it all rests on the next session of Congress and its acts; until that is ended all opinions ns to the chunces of the various candidates are but guess work.” Judge Kelley's Condition. Philadelphia, May 15—Judge Kelley’s condition has proved more serious than his physicians anticipated when they removed the tumor from his mouth, a week ngo. The pins and stitches introduced to keep the wounded cheek in position were removed two days ago, and it was found that healing of the parts had progressed considerably. The patient, however, lias manifested serious symptoms for a week past that rendered him unable to receive his closest-friends and conlined him absolutely to his bed. Still, unless especial aggravation of his malady supervenes. his convalescence will, it is hoped, be established within a few days. Both Drs. AgneW and Morton express confidence in his recovery, but agree that he is a very sick man. Ohio Suits in Driven Well Cases. Cincinnati, May 15.— Frank O. Bennett and others, assignees of Nelson W. Green, the original patentee of the driven well, began eighty-seven suits in the United States Circuit Court for infringements, against parties using these wells in Troy, I’ioua and Hidnoy, O. __ * Mil. Joint w. Rotor, Fredericksburg. Mont* gomery county, was cured of chronic ilianlm i by Brown’s iron Bitters.

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NATIONAL NEWS TOPICS. Final Dividend to Depositors of the Freedman’s Savings Bank. Continuation of Mr. Wilson’s Argument in Dvfeuse of Brady—Dr. Green ou tho Negro Convention. Correspondence Looking; to a Modi* lication of Extradition Treaties. Invitations Accepted by the President for the Last Week of the Mouth—Notes aud Gossip. FREEDMEN’S SAVINGS BANK. A Final Dividend to Be Paid to the Creditors After Next Monday. Washington, May 15.—The commissioner of the Freedmen’s Savings and*Trust Company declared a final dividend of 7 per cent, in favor of the creditors of said company, making 62 per cent, in all, and will commence to pay the Washington depositors tomorrow. Dividends to depositors in Louisville, Memphis, Mobile, New Orleans, tit. Louis, Nashville, Vicksburg, and other branches will be paid on and after Monday, the 21st inst. The payments will be made as heretofore ou receipts of the pass-books, oy check on the United States Treasury, and the pass-books with the dividend checks will be returned as rapidly as practicable. All depositors who have received any of the former dividends will be entitled to final dividends, and those who forwarded their books for dividends after the 21st of August, 1881, and before February 17, 1883, the payments of which were refused because barred under the act of February 21, 1881, will, in addition to the final dividend, receive such barred dividends. Depositors whose pass-books have been forwarded for examination and audit since February 17, 1883, or which may hereafter be forwarded for that purpose, will not be entitled to the final dividend, but a record of all sucli pass-books and of barred dividends called for after the 17th of February, 1883, will be kept that they may receive their pro rata of the balance, if any, which may remain in the hands of the commissioner uncalled for on the 12th of May, 1885. THE STAR-ROUTE TRIAL. Mr. Wilson’s Argument on Behalf of Defendant Brady. Washington, May 15,—Mr. Wilson continued his address to the star-route jury, this morning, in behalf of General Brady, taking up the petitions, he asked how Brady was to know that the heads of the petitions had been written by Dorsey’s employes; he could not have known the handwriting. Then it made no difference who wrote the heads (the court itself had said Dorsey had a right to do it) so long as the signatures were genuine, and that was beyond question. This case should be tried upon the evidence that General Brady had before him, and not that caught in the prosecution’s drag-net and sifted to suit their ends. Mr. Wilson referred to the Bismarck Tongue river route as confirmatory of his assertion that a route was not valuable solely in proportion to the amount of receipts at the termini. Letters were passing daily over that route which bore stamps to the value of more than $l6O, yet the balance sheets of offices on tiie route did not show sales of stamps to that amount. That tended to prove the mutual dependence of the routes. When John Dorsey went out to establish that route, he was forced to accept a military escort, yet that same section was now settled. Even (’uster's battlefield has been occupied by thrifty emigrants. Yet the prosecution would have the jury believe that the service cost too much. Brady refused to discontinue the service, and* the contractors lost forty or fifty thousand dollars. But that made no difference with the prosecution. If he had let them out, if he had granted their request.to discontinue the service the government would have instanced that as proof of a conspiracy. In reality Brady’s course in regard to Bismarck was the best proof that there was no conspiracy. Conspirators did* not usually force one another to lose money. The court adjourned before the conclusion of Mr. Wilson’s address. EXTRADITION TRE ATI KS. Correspondence Now in Progress as to Extradltable Offenses. Washington Special. It is probable that tHe State Department is conducting, very secretly, negotiations for a new extradition treaty with Great Britain, and that the President may send to the Senate next December the draft of such a treaty. Correspondence to that end has been had at intervals since the Fenian troubles in Canada, and correspondence, stimulated by •troubles, lias* doubtless recently been renewed. It is communications on this subject, and not as to the extradition of particular persons, that probably have been received at the State Department, and official denials have gone out to the reports that there were communications as to these persons, but not as to the negotiations as to extradition. The present extradition treaty with Great Britain is the Ashburton treaty, negotiated forty years ago. The list of extraditable crimes which it contains is very short. The Ashburton treaty provides only for the extradition of persons accused of murder, assault with intent to commit murder, piracy, arson, robbery, forgery, and the utterance of forged paper. The latest important treaty which the United States has negotiated is with Belgium, now six months old. This treaty included tho following list of extraditable offunsos: “Murder, attempt to commit murder, rape or attempted, bigamy, abortion, arson, piracy or mutiny, burglary, robbery, forgery, fabrication or circulation of counterfeit money, either coin or paper; bonds, coupons, bank* notes, obligations, or any instrument of credit; seals dies, stamps and marks of state and public administrations, aud the utterance thereof, embezzlement of public or private moneys, unlawful destruiion or obstruction of railroads, endangering human life; attempts t* commit, these crimes, where such attempt'; are punUiciblo in both countries,” Tho British government, iu the