Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 August 1889 — Page 1

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Louis, connecting there with free reclinlng-cfcaix cars lor Kansas City and the Southwest. on the following dates, a fare and one-third will be granted to delegates and their friends to attend meetingsatthefullowlng cities: Kingston. Can., UepC '2 and 3 Irish Catholio Be Devolent Union. Baltimore. Md., Sept. 7 and 8 Grand Council lied Men. 2siapam Falls, Sept. 8 and 9 National Burial-Case AMocLitl.in. Don't forget our Pacific coast toars, the finest ever offered, points one route, returning by an entirely different route. These delightful tours include all points In California. Oregon and Washington, and from the itasaj;e through tlit gates at Union Depot to return, .I a constant succession of the wonders of this wonderful comtry of ours. We bvM are the best and quickest routa, by boors, to Waahinf ton. I. C. riaitU wore ant Plillarlelylila. Vs have jour groat routes from which to chooae in reaching New York. We are as quick as the quickest, and can land yon in Jersey City or In Newlork proper, at Forty-aeoond-atreefc Depot. 'e have the only direct line and the only through-car service to Boston. Our routes to Chattanooga. Atlanta, New Orleans and Jacksonville, are nnpf-rcaehable In time and ear service. In fact. If you are going anywhere in this broad land, 70a can. tot do better than take the Big 4. J. 11. MARTIN. D. P. A. XOVEL YEDBIXG TOUR. Efforts of an Eloping Couple to Reach New YorkThe Bride in Man's Attire. Denvek, Col., Aug. 0. A novel bridal tour is what a newly-married couple is at the present time enjoying. Several months ago Charles Fish, a clerk in a San Francisco store, while attempting to board a ferryboat, made a misstep and fell over some ropes into the arms of Mary Itathburn, daughter of a retired merchant. With an apology, the young man departed. A few nights afterward the pair met at a party, ' and from that time on a friendship sprang up betweeu the two. Finding that the girl's parents were opposed to the match, the couple, a few weeks later, eloped and were married at Sacramento. The young man, having only $33, told his wife if they could manage to reach ISqw York all would be well, as he had wealthy relatives there. This proved satisfactory. The girl took off her dresses, and arrayed herself in man's attire. Their adventures since then have been numerous. From Sacramento the pair beat their way by riding 011 freight trains and on the tracks of passenger coaches. A week ago Ogden was reached, and, being desirous to Bee souio of Colorado's scenery, the Rio Grande was selected. After having been rut off a half-dozen trains the couple reached Denver on Saturday morning. As it happened the Union Pacific ran a Grand Army excursion train out on Saturday night, and by strategy the couple managed to go on the train in the capacity of porters. It is more thanprobable that the pair will get through to Chicago, reaching New York next month. The girl is extremely pretty, and scarcely nineteen, while her husband is three years hex senior. MURDEROUS PLOT EXTOSED. Alleged Scheme to Blow Up the Michigan State rcnitentiary with Hercules Powder. Jackson, Mich., Aug. 2a A sensational Echenio has been unearthed at the State prison. Tho matricide, Irving Latimer, whose crime and trial attracted such widespread attention, has been detected in a plot to blow up tho prison, and a quantity of explosives havo been found within tho prison walL Latimer was locked in the solitary dungeon at onco on tho discovery of the plot. For six weeks past the warden has expected that Latimer was at the head of a daring scheme to blowup the prison, and ho has been watched closely. Last l-'ridav a "lumper," or choreman. was detected in getting a package near the north wall which had been thrown over by outsiders during the night. A watchman got the package, having traced it to Latimer. Jt contained a quantity of Hercules powder, one of tho most powerful explosives. Warden Hatch lias refused to state the details. but from other reliable sources it is learned that old prisoners have made uso of Latimer's money and secured outside influence to execute the scheme, tshich would, if entirely successful, have destroyed tho prison and let convicts loose. This scheme has been contemplated for the past year, and did not originate with Latimer. Suicide of a Noted Kansas 3 fan. Topek.v. Kan., Aug. LYi. W. W. Clemenson, one of the pioneers of Topeka, who was Known throughout the State, shot himself dead yesterday. At one time Uo owned much valuabo property here, but recent business reverses mado him a poor man. IIh lost heavily ju the famous Price raid of iw, when the city of Lawrence was burned bv guerrillas. He had ist in the Legislature for the last ten years. asking for the appropriation of 30,(XX) to ray the Prices raid claims, maintaining that it was n sacred debt. wUieh the tttato was in honor bound to pay. Had ho secured the appropriation he would have been made a rich man. His failuro to do BO patio mm a nypocnocdriac

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Surgical Instruments & Appliances Trusses, Supporters, Deformity Braoos, Crutches Atomisers, Optical Goods, Artificial Kyes, and every thlngin Surgical Instruments and AppUanoes. WM. IX. ARMSTRONG OO.'S burglcal Instrument House, M South Illinois street CBONIN SUSPECTS IN COURT Kunze.Coughlin, O'SulliYan, Burke and Woodruff Ask Separate Trials. Each of the Prisoners Asserts Innocence of Any Complicity in the Crime They Are Charged With A Slight Delay. Chicago, Aug. 26. Probably no caso in the annals of criminal history in Cook county has attracted more widespread attention than the Cronin murder and the deep mystery in which it has been enshrouded. That this interest has in nowise abated since the disappearance of the un fortunate physician on May 4, was demonstrated by the multitude that clamored for admittance at the portal of Judge McConnoli's room at 10 o'clock this morning. The united -jremonstrancea of two bailiffs wero necessary to keep tho mob at bay at tho foot of tho stairs, and ever and anon some untcrriticd individual even made it necessary for the determined officers to resort to the alternative of personal force in order to keep the irate person from enforcing what he considered his inalienable right of viewing the wheels of justice in their majestic motion. Promptly at 10 o'clock there was a slight rustle at the door of the judge's private entrance, and the crowd tip-toed in expectancy as a deputy sheriff entered the room and cleared the way for the appearance of the prisoners who were to answer to the grave charge of wantonly murdering a human being. A moment later the door was thrown wide open, and the traveler Burke, the loquacious WoodrurT, the taciturn Coughlin, tho remonstrating Beggs, tho silent O'Sullivan and the indignant Kunze entered and took their places facing the court, and in tho order named. "What is the business before the court this morning!" queried Judge McConnell, as innocently as though he did not expect tho Cronin case to be called until some time next year. "If the court please," said State's Attorney Lougenecker. advancing to tho front, 'I have received notice from three of the defendants in the Cronin case asking a separate trial, and saying that they would apply for a separate trial on the opening of the court this morning. Their application, 1 presume, is on tile." "If your Honor please," said attorney Donahoe, "I desire, beforo an argument for ft separate trial, to present a motion on behalf of my client. John Kunze." Mr. Donahoo then formally read a motion asking the court foran order upon State's Attorney Lougenecker, to compel the latter to furnish Kunze with a copy of tho minutes or memoranda of the testimony taken before tho grand jury which found the indictment against said Kunze; or of any testimony which in any way tended to Drove the guilt of said Kunze; or to allow the counsel of Kunze to examine the testimony of such witnesses before the grand jury whose evidence in any way tended to prove the complicity of Kunze in the Cronin murder. The motion also asked that the State's at torney furnish the names of the witnesses whose testimony tended to tho indictment of said lvunze. Mr. Ponahoe then read a lone ailidavit of his client, in which Mr. Kunze recited that ho never knew Dr. Cronin daring the hitter's lifetime, never heard of ms existence until alter his uisapna.MnrA gn t trr A nnrl Vi i li a a ns iu vv aiuj m Jm a va tuts aw tircly innocent of any complicity in or knowledge of the murder of Dr. Cronin. Kunze's affidavit closed by asking that his counsel be allowed to see the minutes of the testimony before the grand jury, on which be was indicted, in order that he might prepare his defense. The State's attorney asked thatthe motion lor separate trials be passed upon first. Counsel for detective Dan Coughlin then read a long affidavit, setting forth what ho believed to be the theory of tho prosecu tion. and saying that, if followed out and his client was tried with the other defend ants, it would involve tho introduction of testimony which, while inapplicable to Coughlin, would nevertheless prejudice his case. Counsel then read an affidavit by Coughlin himself, asserting his innocence of anv complicity in the crime. Counsel for Patrick O'Sullivan next read an affidavit by his client asserting that cer tain evidence to be introduced against others of tho defendants would be prejudi cial to his case, and also asserting his mnoceucc of the crime charced. This was fol lowed by an affidavit by one of O'Sulli van's attorneys, ollenng the prejudicial character of evidence to be introduced, atlecting O Sullivan's case, in case he should be tried with the other defendant!, but which would bo inadmissible if he were tried alone. Counsel for Martin Burke also submitted affidavits asking for a separate trial for the suspect, stating that they were similar in character to those presented in tho other cases. A similar application was made in behalf of Frank W oodruff. At tho request of the .State's attorney, the hearing was adjourned in order to give him time to prepare his argument in opposition to the motion for separate trial. Mate's attorney was feeling ill, and asked tne postponement be for a week. Th s was vehemently opposed by counsel for the defense, and the court fixed Wednesday as mo aaie ior resuming tne hearing.

VESTIBULE TRAIN DERAILED

1 Cars Thrown Down an Embankment at Kinsman, and Fifty People Hurt. The Train Ileavily Loaded with Grand Army Veterans and Their Friend, En Route to 4 the Milwaukee Encampment Three of the Injured Reported to Have Since Died in the Hospital at Streator. Eleven Men, More or Less, Hurt by a Con struction Train Leaving the Track Accident at ft Coal Tipple Other Casualties. SERIOUS RAILWAY WRECK. Vestibule Train Derailed in Illinois and Fitly Persons Seriously Injured. Streator, 111., Aug. 'JO. The vestibulo train on the Santa Fe route, running between Kansas City and Chicago, met with a serious accident at Kinsman, a small station about fifteen miles north of hero, at 3 o'clock this morning. The train was heavily loaded with Grand Army veterans and their friends, bound for the Milwaukee encampment, and consisted of several extra coaches. By the spreading of the rails three coaches, two Pullman sleepers and the dining car were thrown from the track and down a steep embankment, a distance of probably forty feet. "Word was immediately telegraphed to this city for medical assistance, and a special train was sent at once, with a dozen surgeons on board. The wrecker was also sent out' to clear up tho track. Tho most seriously injured were brought to this city and taken to St. Mary'a Hospital, where their wounds were properly attended to. In all there wero probably fifty persons hurt, and though none were killed outright, tho following aro in a very dangerous condition: Mrs. S. S. Dickermau. Lawrence. Kan.. chest and head badly cut; little son hurt about back and face: Lillian 1L Fish, Toptaka, seriously, head injured; Mrs. Fish, To peka, head, back: and arm; Sb. 1 . Uould, Mulvane. Kan., back and face terribly cut: Mrs. It. K. Tuckerman, Topeka, face badly cut and internally injured: Mrs. Edward Andsley. lives near CarroHton, Mo., arm, head and back badly bruised and lacerated; Mrs. George B. Peters, Emporia, Kan., head and face mashed and cut; George Peters, Emporia, hurt about the chest and face, also internally injured; Mrs. IS. S. Johnson, Norfolk, Conn., badly hurt internally and head and face cut. In addition to these.BenLevy, of Streator, had his face cut and arm dislocated, but his injuries are not dangerous. Thrco of the injured are reported to have since died, one of the three being Mrs. George Peters, of Emporia. Exact information is hard to obtain, tho railroad authorities being extremely uncommunicative. The accident was caused by the chair car, the third behind the engine, jumping from tho track. It was ditched instantly, taking with it three sleepers behind. A rail was found projecting through the bottom of tho chair car and coming out tho side about thre5 feet from the bottom. A man who j, was hunting in a field near by and saw the accident occur said the chair car jumped fully ten feet high and landed in tho ditch over one hundred feet from where it left the track. The car was full of passengers, every seat being occupied, and tho scene which ensued was intensely exciting. Mr. Kobineon, of Mulvane, Kan., had just passed into the smoking-room of the chair car, and when he felt the jarO clutched tho lamp and held himself in position, thus escaping serious injury. lie at onco commenced to rescue those who were helpless, but the sight of the bruised heads, broken limbs, and streams of blood wero too much for him, and he had to give up. Others soon came, however, and the sutlerers wero relieved as rapidly as possible. The train was running at "a high rate of speed, probably sixty miles an hour. Tho road-bed where the derailment occurred is in very poor condition, and probably tho engine and two cars which passed over the loose rail bent it out of shape so as to causo it to catch where it did. The chair car and two of the sleepers aro a total loss. It is be lieved that it tho train had been of the ordinary pattern instead of vestihuled. the loss of life would have been at least fifty. OTHER CASUALTIES. Eleven Men Injured by an Accident to a Construction Train. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 26, News was received in Lincoln to-night that a con struction train was wrecked, late Saturday, on the Burlington & Missouri railway, near tho Pine Kidge tunnel, about 5TX) miles northwest of this city. Tho train was back ing from work and the tunnel, and two cars were thrown from tho track by a plank. Eleven men wero moro or less in jured, nearly nil of the wounds consisting ot DroKen legs and dislocated ankles. One or two of the injured men are. thought to bo in a serious condition. The road upon which the accidentoccurred is the Burlington extension from Lincoln to the Black Hills. Injured by the Fall of a Coal Tipple. Siiaxer, Pa., Aug. 26. About three hundred feet of the Lake Shoro Gas Coal Company's tipple, located at Ciera Station, on the Pittsburg, McKeesport &. Youghiogheny railroad, fell this morning about b o'clock. There were two men, one mule and fourteen loaded coal cars on the tipple when it fell. The niubj was killed, and the superintendent. Mr. W caser, and his brother probably fatally injured. There were fourothermen working on a box car underneath the tipple, but it fortunately swung in an easterly direction, missing tho car upon which the men were at work. Had it fallen upon the car, all four would have been instantly killed. The tipple was about fifty feet high, aud was built about three years ago. Accidental Death of a Yale Sophomore. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 2a A private letter received to-day from Washington Territory announces the accidental death of James A. Pararuore, of St. Louis, aged eighteen, lie was a Yale sophomore. Paramore, with his mother, two brothers and their wives, had been on a trip to Alaska. On their way back they stopped at Hot Springs, W. T.. to visit a lumber camp. The party went into tho woods, leaving James sitting on a stump. While they were absent he was caught under a falling tree, and his body horribly mangled. Paramore was a member of the Book and Snake, ono of Yale's prominent secret societies. Damages from a Broken Sewer. Philadelphia. Aug. 'JC The bursting of a sewer, duo to recent heavy rains, caused damage in the Fifteenth and Twenty-ninth wards, to-day. estimated at $100.0tU. Streets wero torn up and washed out, collars Hooded, foundation and walls weakeued and shattered, nnd stocks of goods ruined. Many persons narrowly escaped drowning. and the inhabitants in the district are fearful of further disaster. Tolsoued by Eating Tainted Meat. CnATTANOOGA, Tenn., Aug. 20. A wholesale poisoning occurred here to-day through

the use -of impure, tainted meat Lydia lldman keeps a colored boarding-house, and has ten young men boarders, working at ono of the furnaces. One hour after dinner to-dav all the boarders and Mrs. Wilduiinamlner young daughter were taken violently ill, nnd have all been unconscious sinee The girl and two of tho boarders will die. FK0M PilVEKSIDE TO ARLINGTON. A Washington Taper Calls for the Removal of Grant's Tomb-New York's Broken Promise. Washington, Aug. 2 The Post will tomorrow print the following: "General Grant was born in Ohio. He went into the war from Illinois. He resided during his later years m New York. Such is the peculiar character of his public life and services, however, that no particular locality can claim him as its own. As State lines, with sectional significance, were swept away by his victorious armies, so in in our retrospect of his career we recall hnn only as the patriot soldier, to whom all States were alike, so that tho Union might be saved. "Where he was born, where he lived, where he died, are matters of little moment concerning ono who gave the best years of hishfo.to his country, and left in tho hearts of the American people an imperishable and grateful niemor-. t "Where his last resting place 6hall be is another and greater question. To the vast majority of thoso who revere the name and fame of Grant it has always been deemed a strange impropriety, and the sentiment has assumed tho form of a profound and universal regret, that the national capital tho seat of the government ho so nobly served, and which alone can lay valid claim to tho honor should not have been chosen as the sheltering place of his mortal remains. "To many, and the number is condsiderably increasing, this is more than a mere sentiment of regret. - The people were reconciled to the burial of General Grant at Kiversido, simply because of the distinct assurance and pledge of N'ew York that a monument to his remembrance, and of surpassing grandeur, should bo erected there. AssuraucQ and pledge have come to naught but by-words of reproach, and the solemnly-promised monnment is but an imagination of the remote and shadowy future. "Hence, regret has become indignation, and what was at first tacit assent, on certain conditions that remain wholly unlilledt is converted into a vigorous and growing demand for tho removal of the remains from a place where they repose but to be dishonored, and where they should never have found sepulture. The plea that the fame of Grant is for-all time is no excuse that it should take all time to build his monument, but of her own acts or iiiction let New York be her own judge. The country should wait no longer upon her sordid and slow-paced motions. It should proceed at once to do the other and greater than any monumental duty of remterring the body of the illustrious soldier upon the shores of the Potomac. . "Tho Grand Army of the Kepublio is now holding its twenty-third annual encampment at Milwaukee. "What have the veteran soldiers of the Union to say to this proposition? AVili not they acclaim it with a unanimous ainen? Do they not want this sacred obligation to be performed in their own day and generation Their ranks are fast thinning out, and tho opportunity of personal participation in its fulfillment is gliding away from their reach. "Let them claim it. therefore, as the last great privilege they ask to be the pall-bear-ers of their old commander from his neglected grave at' Riverside to the companionship of the heroic dead at Arlingtou. The country will bo with the'm in this movement. Were the uiutn lips of the late General of the armies unsealed they would doubtless give it assent. Congress could not say nay to such a reasonable and just request, based upon such high and patriotic motives."

RESISTED THE HIGHWAYMAN. Stase Coach Attacked by a Desperado, andTwo Men Shot, One Fatally A Daring Deed. Ashland. Wis., Aug. 26. "Black Bart's" most daring deeds in the mountain passes of California and Colorado were outdone today by a lone highwayman, who held up and robbed the stage that runs between Gogebic, on the Milwaukee, Lake Shore fc Western railroad, just over the line in Michigan, and Gogebic lake, a summer resort, where peoplo from tho large cities spend dog-days. As the stage was running along at a lively gait through a denso forest, when about two miles from the station, a man jumped out in front of it, and, pointing two big navy revolvers at the driver, commanded him, in good old Western style, to throw up his hands, at the same time extending tho same order to the four passengers inside tho coach, with a further provision that they "shell opt'7 all loose valuables and currency. Ono of the passengers went down in his pocket, but instead of brincinc un his pocket-book, he clinched a pistol in his hand and began firing at the robber. The desperado immediately returned tho lire, and although the driver whipped the horses into a mad gallop his aim was true, D. Mackerchar, a book-keeper in the First National Bank of Minneapolis, receiving the first bullet in his cheek, while a second went crashing through his leg. Another passenger named A. G. Fleeschbain. of lielleville, 111., was mortally wounded. He raised un in the scat as tho horses were whipped away just in time to receive a bullet in the hip. He fell forward and pitched over the side of tho coach into tho road way. The horses continued on a run. and tho wounded man was left to take his chances with the robber. Tho villain threatened at first to kill him. but finally desisted, after securing So7 and his victim's watch and chain. Tho wounded man lay bleedine in the road for three hours before any one courageous cnongh to go to his succor was secured. He was taken to tho hospital at Bessemer, but the loss o blood was so great as to blight all nope or recovery. Physicians say he will not live overnight. Mackerchar was taken to Ea gle River for treatment, and from there to his home at Minneapolis. There aro doubts as to his recovery also. There were two oiner passengers on me coacn, dui nenuer of them was molested. They were Wm. PauUon, of No. 15b ashington street, Chi cago, and IJoberc Kinloat, of the Bank of Montreal, Chicago. The party was out on a hsaing trip, and was composed of wealthy men. A description of tho robber tallies to the letter with the man who went through a Northwestern train, near Ellis Junction. some time ago. Sheriff Dave Foley, of Bessemer, at onco organized a posse of a dozen men and has gone in pursuit, iho cuances ior capturing nun are very sum. Reward of 83 OO Offered. . Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 20. The Mil waukee, Lake Shore &. Western to-night announces a reward of 500 for the capture il Tit ! a t . 01 me itnmejanuer stage rouoer. Mormons Whipped by Regulators. Ttllf T Vfin ir Ala A,ir V ThrnA Mnr. mon eiders n.T.iied Enirle. Tavlorand Laired were severely whipped by regulators in been proselyting in tho county for some time, and among their converts were two married women who left their homes and families tn fnllnw th eliler. Thnrnrlair night a notice signed "Kegulatnrs" was handed to the elders. It read: "If j-ou are in thi fftimtv tn.nmrrnw niirlit. rnn will b in the next day' Tho elders refused to leave, ana on tne xoi lowing n. gut a uanu woods, hung them up to trees by their thumb nnd whipped them severely with switches. Tho women wero warned that units they returned totheir families at mifH tli-v wrmlil li tri-ntfMl in th KnmA w ay. There is no clew to tho identity of tne regulators. Wauts Ills Share of 03,000,000. Buffalo, Aug. !& A Butl'alo relative of Mrs. Sarah Harvey Wilbour, who recently died at Orange, N. J., leaving an estate worth 13,000,000, turned up yesterday. He

is William Fornoff. aged about twenty-five, and is a painter. It is said that Mrs. Ubour left her estate to Miss Sarah Harvey, of Newport, supposing that young lady to t.i t... .,,.1 1 :..!...-. rvmrlitinnn were

made that Miss Harvey should attend Catholic service at least once a month, give 1,000 annually to the Catholic convem in her citv and prefix her maiden namo to her husband's. She was to come into possession in 1SU2, when twenty-two years old. Fornoff says his mother, who d ied two years ago, was a Bister ot Airs. wuuuiirBuuui ing his lucky cousin and asking a share of the property, nut win not try to oreaK xne will, lie knows of no living relative but Sarah Harvey. SJIERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SIX. The Grizzled Commander Retells the StoryWhy He Did Not Capture Augusta. . St. Louis, Aug. 2a A dispatch from Au gusta, Ga,, says the question "Why did not General Sherman come to Augusta instead of going to Savannah" when he made his great march through Georgia, has been so often asked and commented upon and without satisfactory solution that Mr. P. A. Storall, editor of the Chronicle, recently wrote General Sherman on the subject and now prints the General's reply as follows: My Bear Sir I aia lust back from a visit to ray daughter, who resides at Rosemont. near Phila delphia and tind your letter of the lbtii. 'me march to the sea from Atlanta was resolved on after Hood had got well on his way to NashviUe. I then detached to General Thomas's force a sufficient number of troops to whip Hood, which he, in December, 1864. very handsomely and conclunively did. I stUl had left a very respectable arm v, and resolved to Join Grant at liichmond. The distance was 1,000 nnles, and Itrudence dictated a bae at Savannah or l'ort ioyaL Our enemy had garrisons at Macon and Augusta. I figured on both, and passed between to Savannah. Then, starting northward, the same problem presented itself in Augusta and Charleston. I figured on ootn, out passed netween. I did not want to drive out their garri sons ahead of me at the crossings ot tho Santee, Catawba. Pedee. Cane Fear, etc The moment I passed Columbia, the faotories, powder-mills and etull accumulated at Augusta were lost to tne only two confederate armies left Lee and Hood's. 60, If jou have a military mind, you will see I made better use of Augusta than if I had captured It with all Its stores, for which I uaa uo use. I used Augusta twice as a buffer. Its garrison was just where it helped rue. If the people of Augusta think I slighted thcra in the winter of 18b4-bo.bv reason of personal friendshin formed in 1844, they are mistaken; or If they think I made a mistake in strategy, let them say so, and. with the President's consent, I think I can send a detachment of IOO.OOO or so of Sherman's bummers" and their descendants, who will Unisn up the Job, without charging Uncle Bam a cent. The truth is, these incidents come nack to me in a humorous vein. Of course.the civil war should hare ended with Yicksburg and Gettysburg. Every sensible man on earth must have then seen there could be but one result. The leaders of the Bouth took good care not to "die in the last ditch," and left brave men like Walker, Adams, Pat Cleburn, etc, to do that THE BEURING SEA TROUBLE. Senator Frey Thfnks the Recent Seizures Were Justifiable England's Interest. Augusta, Me., Aug. 2(1 Senator W. P. Frey, just as he was leaving hero, last evening, for the Rangely lake regions, said in response to a query about tho Behring sea trouble: "The first thine for the United States to determino is whether or not the sea is a closed sea. The House, in tho bill sent over to the Senate the last session, under took to assert the principle of a closed 6ea. It came to the Senate late in the session, and was referred to the committee on foreign relations, of which I am a member. I hat committee reported it back to the Senate with the words stricKen out. not because the committee came to the conclu sion that it was not a closed sea, but be cause it was a question of the greatest im portance, requiring larger consideration, wnicu mere was no time to give, aiy own opinion is that that portion of the sea 1 a ? . 1 mr . wnere tnese controversies arise nas always been a closed sea, so maintained lor half a century wituout any protest on the part of anv nation. As between Great Britain and the United States the question ought not to be raised. because if these waters are declared open waters, in less than live years tho whole seal fishery would be destroyed, and Eng land has as much interest in preserving that fishery as we have, for she purchases and prepares for the market all the skins that are taken.77 "Were the seizures warranted!" "Thev were entirely iustiriablo. as for as our otucers were concerned, as the law which passed Congress instructed the officers to do so." "What is the way out of the difficulty?'1 "I think the question will be. settled be tween the countries in a practical, common- - l.'.l 4f . II sense manner uipioinaucauy. In regard to an extra session ot congress the Senator said: "No doubt an extra ses sion will be called about Oct. 20. I do not regard it as at all necessary. It will be dif ficult to get anv imnortant legislation through the next House, and the Democrats will be disposed to do anything In their power to obstruct, aud can prevent any change in the rules if they please. Jb.ven the majority will be slow to make any of the changes proposed, as they aro liable at anv time to be in the minority. The iniportaut legislation, cf course, includes tho tanfl." CONVERTED TO HIGH LICENSE. Mr. Bradley, Founder of Astmry Tark, Concludes It Is Best for the Present Asnunv Pakk, Aug. 2G. James A. Brad ley, founder of Asbury ParK, publishes a letter in a local paper, in which occur some statements that have caused a sensation in this stronghold of temperance. Mr. Brad ley says: "License to sell intoxicating liquors to be used as a beverage is a relic of barbar ism and excites my contempt, which contempt would be felt if I had almighty power; but as I am only a single individual making up a Mate of over a million popu lation, the majority of whom will not concede anything higher than high license at tire present time, I accept the best for the present. " " As matters are now iu tho Park the fight is too big for your humble servant. Good men come to mo nnd whisper that they think liqnor is sold m certain places, and suggest that 11 any action is taken their names must not be mentioned; but beyond this very little help is afforded, and I am ashamed to say I believe if some fellow in Asbury Park had a 500 or a $1,000 license to sell rum he would give mo more information and the kind of evidence that would convict the druggists than we now get from the easy-going ternperauce people of Asbury Park' Spring Valley Mines to De Closed. Rpnivfi Vatt vy. TIL. Anir. OA Mr. Scott of Pennsvlvania. telegraphed General Managcr juevnn, 10-uay. to aiscnarge ait employes of the Spring Valley Coal Company wno were not absolutely neeaea 10 run tne mine, and to nrenare for a general shut- - - w M m o down of six months or a year, lift Bays . - I 1 A 1. tney win never ne openea again 11 mey cannot be onened on a nivini? basis. This meus the practical depopulation of the town. Many of the miners have already left. Tho Chicago & Northwestern railroad has closed down its Spring Valley branch, and discharged all men at this end 01 tne line. Youthful Desperado. Louisville. ICr.. Aug. 2C Wilson How ard, who successfully resisted .Judge Lewis's attempt to arrest him. near Harlan court house, is wanted in Missouri for killing and robbincr a deaf man near Snrintrtield. Mo. He was captured bv tho sheriff of Caw county, Missouri, but escaped by killing the sheriti and a constable, lie is only twenty-lour years old. vrr Signed th Papers. Nkw York, Aug. 26. Papers in tho Flack oivorce case wero mane pnouo 10-uay. They purport to bear Mrs.Tlack's signa ture to an appeal for absolute divorce. Mrs. X laclc says she never signed them.

PREFERENCE TO SOLDIERS

To Be Given Only to Those Suffering from Disability Incurred in Service. Civil-Service Commissioner Lyman Explain! the Intent of the Law Relating to the Appointment of Old Soldiers to Office. Possibility that FrederickDougas3 Will . Not Accept the Mission to llayti. Congressman Owen's Views Concerning an Ex tra Session The President Has Not rued a Date Bids for the New Cruisers. AFFIXES TO DISABLED OLDIEItS. The Act nelatire to Appointment of Veterans Explained by Commissioner Lyman. I Washington, Aug. 20. The attention Of President Lyman, of the Civil-service Com mission, was to-day called to a dispatch from Indianapolis, in which it is stated the postmaster at Indianapolis and the local civil-service board, being unable to agree upon tho meaning of tho rules' relating to the appointment to office of old soldiers. the matter was referred to tho Civil-service Commission, who, in its reply, holds that a soldier is not to be given preference unless be was discharged from the 6ervice on ac count of disability contracted during ins term of enlistment. Mr. Lyman said: "The question raised by the Indianapolis postal board was simply to the maximum age limitation ior letter carriers, tne ruie on the subject being as follows: 'No person shall be examined for carrier, if under twenty-one or over forty.' In reply the board was informed that the maximum limitations of ago prescribed by the rule were held by the commission not to apply to persons entitled to preference under section 1714 Kevised Statute. To ail other persons they do apply. The dispatch to wmcn you can attention seems to imply that the commission has made some new rule that discriminates against tho old anhliera in ihts matter of reference. This is, however, not the case, and in order to make the matter perfectly clear, lot me state to what persons preference Is given, why it is giveu, and why given to thoso persons, and not to others. "On March 3. 18G5. Comrress Passed a joint resolution, two sections of which sobii o ii 1 .1 . -r Bequeniiy occanio sections i auu nx, Kevised Statutes, and are as follows: ftnetlon 1754. Persons honorablr discharged from the military or naval serviceby reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the hue of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to civil omces, provided they aro found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge or me duties 01 suca office. Section 1755. In grateful recognition or tiie services, sacrifices, aud sutterlngs of persons honorably discharged from the military or naval services of the country by reason of wounds, disease, or tho expiration of enlistment, it is respectfully recommended to bankers, merchants manufacturers, mechanics, farmers aud peron engaged In industrial pursuits, to gne them preference for appointments to remuDerauve situations and employment. "The intent of Congress in this legisla tion is perfectly evident, namely: First, to give preference in civil appointments to those wno were honorably discharged from the army or navy by reason of disability resulting irora wounus or 6iCKness incurreu in the lino of (Uity, and who aro found to possess the nScesaarj' business capacity: and, second, to recommend to the grateliu recognition of persons engaged in industrial pursuits, etc, those honorably discharged from tho army and navy by 'reason of wounds, disease or the expiration of the term of enlistment.' Both these pro visions are in the same act, and as to civil office the distinction is clearly drawn be tween thoso who were discharged from disability and those who wero not so discharged, the former being given a preference and the latter not. Informing rules under the civil-service law, the Civilservice Commission, without any addi tional legislation, would have been bound to take notice of and give effect to this 6tatute,now Section 1754, Kevised Statutes; but Congress did not leave the commission in any doubt on the subject. Section 7 of the civil-service law containing tho follow ing provision: But nothing herein contained shall le con strued to take from those honorably dibcbarced from the military or naval service., any preference conferred by Section 1754, Kevised stat utes. "How has the commission treated those whom Congress, by this legislation, says shall be preferred! Jt has relieved tucm from all maximum limitations; has fixed the minimum grade of eligibility at sixtyfive, white for all others it is seventy, and has provided that they shall be certified to appointing olncers before all others of higher grades. The civil-service rules limit tho preference to thoso to whom Congress give it. Had the Civilservice Commission and the President, in formulating rules, given preference to other classes, it would have been an assumption of legislative functions clearly not dele gated to them, and would have defeated, the purpose of Congress to give preference in civil appointments to a certain limited class, which is unmistakably described. It has long been painfully evident to the commission that Section 1751 is very in equitable in its operation, and the attention of Congress and the public has more than once been drawn to the matter, but as long as that section reipains law, tho civil-service rules must give preference to those described in it, and not to any others in the samo way or sense. Congress alone can enlarge or annage tne ciass to wmcu preference shall be given." THE IIAYTIAX MISSION. Belief that Sir. Ponglasi Does Not Relish the Idea, of Living: In the Illack Kepublio. tyeclal to the XmUanapous Journal. Washington, Aug. 2C.Notwithstanding the fact that Assistant Secretary Wharton denies emphatically, and in toto, the rumor to the effect that Minister Fred Douglass is not to be 6ent to llayti. after all, Mr. Douglass himself, in an interview published here, does not talk in the most sanguine tone about his future residence in the island. In fact, there 6ecms to be an undercurrent of antipathy toward a residence in llayti in the orator's talk. lie is evidently not profoundly impressed with the idea of giving up his comfortable home in Washington, where he has everything that he could ask for, for a residence in the unhealthy, revolution-ridden republic. There is, perhaps, no doubt that Mr. Douglass can go to ITayU if he desires to do so, but the position!' at present, w ill involve extremely obnoxious duties for the representative of the United States. In fact, although ho will, without doubt, be the youngest member of the diplomatic corps in Port-au-Prince, in point of years of service, he will be called upon to do more hard work than any of his colleagues, owing to the desirability of theextensionof American intluenccs and American ideas over the Haytian republic. If Mr. Douglass decides to remain in America rather than to proceed to Port-au-Prince, ho will be following simply tho dictates of his own inclination. A man, to represent the United ritates in llayti, at the present time, must be physically and mentally strong and healthy. It is understood that the scaled orders of Admiral Oherardi, and over which so much mystery has been made in tho Navy Department, are far moro importaut than at tirst appeared. It is reported that the Admiral was instructed to mildly favor the canse of liippolyte rather than of Legitime, and that it was duo to this that the latter concluded, to abdicate his position as dictator, and to quietly leave the republic to Hippolyte and his army from the north. If tho report is true, and there is reason to