Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 107, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1885 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS DAILT SENTINEL FRIDAY MORNING APRIL 17 1885

FBIDAY, APRIL 17. OFFICE 71 and 73 Wit Market Stteet.

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Phil Gappen's Washington friends think that he is bcoked for an Indian Agency pr some other good position. The city and town elections of New Jersey, which occurred last Tuesday, show a eerie i of gratifyfrg Democrat saccesses. 0?r WashiBgton correspondent telegraphs as that Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks will probably return to Indianapolis within the next two weeks. Eexatob Gohmax says the D2mocrat:c party is well pleased with Mr. Cleveland's coarse. He has just returned from a trip tj New Orleans. A Neu York special cf the 15th says that upon that day General Grant was presented with a granddaughter by Mrs. U. 3. Grant. Jr., ex-Senator Chaffee's daughter. A special London cablegram of the löth says that Mr. Henry Irving and Miss Eilen Terry had arrived in London looking robnst and happy. Their expressions of gratitude for their reception in the United States are unbounded. That O Donovan Ilossa'a proposition to lecture in this city was rot encouraged by representative Irish citizens of this city, la a Yery significant manifestation of the healthy sentiment that prevails here among a very Urge and respected class of peop'e. Is orJer to combine the Gubernatorial and Senatonal isjues and make the State thoroughly terpy in local politics, John R. McLean should e tbe Temocratic candidate for Governor and take tbe field at once. Commercial Gazette. Certainly! Certainly! Certainly!! And then to paint the canvass red from the lake to the Ohio Kiver,,why not put up the Chsvalier Halstead against him ? With a series ot joint debates judiciously arranged, a band ot sinzers to accompany the Gubernatorial aspirants, and each and every performance opened by a balloon ascension or a tight rope 'sharp the eyes of the entire world would be upon Ohio. The scheme is too tfszzling for contemplation at one sitting we pause and call a halt right here. THE 8T. LOÜI3 MURDER UYSTERY. No case in tbe annals of erica 6 has presented mere entertaining features for detective investigation than that of the discovery of tbe corpse in the trunk at the Southern Hotel, St. Louis. Two men, both Eaglishmen, apparently friends, strangers, both la the city, and so tha more appreciative of esch other's companionship, occupying rooms in common with the familiarity cf brothers, no political animosities between tbem, both educated and cultivated, and yet after the derarture of one the body ot the other, lifeless for days, is found locked within his own trunk. Had the late associate of the deceased been a low, couse creature, whose poverty and brutal instincts m'ght naturally prompt him to commit murder for money, there woald be no violence In promptly balieving him the murderer. But Walter H. Lennox-Max veil is said tc be a wealthy Englkh nobleman, a Baronet, who could have no reasonable temptation to commit crime, when any financial embarrassments he might sutier need only ba temporary. Nor was he ignorant of the peril to his own life from taking the life of another. It appears incredible tbat such an one would, in a stats o! sanity, commit sn act which, while forever disgracing him and his family name, subject him to tbe halter. It seems most Improbable and next to impossible tbat such a man could have become a rantoa and lieincus assassin. And yet every known ctrcnmitance tends to fix the murder of C Arthur Preller upon MaxwelL Hwai Treüer's sole companion. Shortly after evidencing being in a financial atra'ght by endeavoring to pawn or tell his watch, ha was seen to have money in abundance. He sought to make a change in his personal appsarance by having his whiskers removed. And the diy following that when Preller was 1: een alive, he purchased a railroad ticket to Sin Francisco. The chain of circumstantial evidence is of a character to almost compel the conclusion that In the person of the English ncblaman and seeming friend existed a fiend capablef an atrocity which in Its perpetration rivals in diabolism any that society has ever known. The case will attract intense interest until the detective profession has settled it beyond qnetion that Maxwell was guilty or Innocent of the murder. Oca reading it and who baa read ''Bleak House' by Charles Dickens, will recall the killing of Mr. Tulklngbom. As plainly aa iü circumstances In this case point out

Maxwell aa the ax i us In did the circumstances there point out Lady Deadlock aa tbe slayer of Mr. Tulkinghom. The eld lawyer had but just told Lady Deadlock his knowledge of the terrible eecret o! her life and that he should disclose it to Sir Leicester. He walked immediately from that interview out of the mansion throueh the grounds and to bis own house. Scarcely had he gone when Lady Deadlock procured the key of the gate from the cervant on watch, dismissed him for the nfght, and walked out of the grounds in the same direction Mr. Tulkinghom had gone. A few minutes later the pistol shot was fired which set the old lawyer staring at the hgure always pointing from the ceiling, and it was a female figure like that of Lady Deadlock and in a dress known to be Lady Deadlock's, that walked from Mr. Tulkinghom's door. And yet Inspector Bucket proved in time that it was Hortense, Lady Deadlock's French maid, who shot the old lawyer and had gone attired in Laly Deadlock's apparel Vo commit the crime for the malicious purpose of having it fixed on Lidy Deadlock. For the eake of the trust we are wont to place in our fellow men it is to be hoped that Maxwell was not the murdsrer of Preller. But if he is, what a nell he has made for himself for all the regaining hours o! his lift! What spot on Gods footstool will be far enough away from the scene of the crime to dim the eight of its horrors? Yfhere can he go to escape the awful question propounded to Cain, "Where is thy brother?" Paraphrasing S. S, Prentire' invective against one who had been responsible for the taking of life: In his broken ard distorted sleep his dreams will be more fearful than those of the "false, perjured Clarence!" and around his waking pillow in the deep hour of night will Hit the ghost of bis victim, shrieking its curses in his shrink-

v mg ear. THE LATE LEGISLATURE. The Legiilatnre just adjourned having been largely Democratic, of course the Republicans are seekiog to discredit its work. But the Republican critics are challenged to cite a General Assembly in which tbeir party held the majority which has enacted so much and so good legislation as the late one. They are challenged to name any one feature of the late Legislature which can be criticised by any Republican Legislature. Its work has teen uniformly in the direction of public economy. It has nowhere increased general public expenditures, but has con eummated, at various point3, a redaction c? expentes. Its legislation has been in the interests of the people and markedly in the interests of the working people. Let us go into trief enumeration. Laws were enacted: P.equiring the full monthly payments of employes engaged in manual or mechanical labor and making the claims of such employes preferred claims. Frohibitig forced contributions of money or property fiom employes by corporations or their cflicers; Abolishing the offices of City Treasurer and City Assessor in cities of oyer 70,000 population, and providing for the discharge of these duties by tbe County Treasurer and Township Assessors, respectively; Amending Section 5 20G of the Revised Statutes of 1SS1 so that claims not exceeding ?50 for work performed at any time within the previous six months, by laboring men cr mechanic?, shall be treated as preferred debts against any corporation or person failing, assigning or having his business suspended by creditors: Regulating the practice of medicine, surgery obstetrics, and providing for the issuing of licenses to practice by the County Clerk; Giving to all people, without regard to race cr previous condition, the advantages of restaurants, inns, eating-houses, barberchops and all places of public accommodation and amusement, and providing penalty for violation; Authorizing the appointment of ehortband reporters for courts of record in counties with 10.000 or more inhabitants, but tixirg the compensation at not more than $5 for each day actually employed, whereas heretofore $10 per day has been the pay; Reorganizing the Soldiers' Orphans' Home and Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children, and providing that three Trustees, one of them a woman and the others honorably discharged Union soldiers, shall be appointed by tbe Governor as a Board ot Management; Reducing the tolls of Telephone Cam panies from $ I and $" per instrument to $2 öö and $3 each. Theee are but a few of tbe excellent acts of tbe Legislature. In addition to tbe laws corsummated the General Assembly should be credited with the act passed, bat for constitutional defects disapproved by the Gov ernor, for the establishment of the Court of Appeals. If this Legislature required an extra session, so has its Republican predecetsora, But it can be said of the late extra session tbat its work was' efficient. The passage of the Telephone Reduction bill alone secured a eaving to the people which, in two years' time, will pay the entire expense of both the rejtu'sr and tbe extra session. The Legislature should te j edged by its fruits, and so estimating it, the conclusion is inevitable tbat it was an industrious body and one enlisted in the interests cf the peop e. The latest news from Europe is so conflicting uat whether tbe p res pect is men of peace or of war is a problem difficult of so ution. Whether from advanced age or from a naturally changed condition from hit former self, tbe British lion is not anxoua for the fray. Perbaps the Russian bear display too much vigor to suit hi feline majesty. Russia is well prepared for war, and both on land and tea can give England a pretty good tussle, to say the least. Until the boundary commission gets through with its labors, however, there if yery little prospect of active hostilities, and, as heretofore, the Sentinel weald caatioa all

who are disposed to "gamble on the chances' of war by speculating in grain and provisions to wait until news is received more reliable than the dispatches which coma to us sifted through channels were they are tampered with by speculators, who ose the wires to advance or depress prices as suits their interests. We Incline to the opinion that arbitration will yet settle the disputed boundtry question ere the field of battle is resorted to.

"Turn the rascals out" has considerable virtue in it yet It the following is true. The New York World's Washington special says: The cunninj way in which 6O0.CO3 acres of land were captured in Washington Territory rieht ender the very noe of the neir Secretary duria? tbe latter part of Maren has already been related lntheWcrld. If there had been a mumberof sweeuine changes made right at the ont&et such a fiaud would have been impossible. It would be a great deal better to-day to have the department run by men wholly ignorant of its routine than to have to be dependent upon the special knowledge of the corporation knaves who are thickly distributed throuwout every branch of the public service. General Sparks desires to change the register ot e?ery land otlice in the country. lie believes that they are all neglectful of tne interest cl the Government and in many cases arc absolutely in the pay of corporations. Everywhere he turns he is confronted with some new device to swindle the Government, lie is going to ask the President lor authority, under direction of the Secretary, to make all of these chaoses, it this is given him the bureau may be restored to honest Mays. Nothing short of it will suffice. Regarding the McAuleys, all of whom are wfli known in this city, the Courier-Journal re n arks: In the published accounts of the unhappy predlcsrceut to which the devil of drink has reduced loor Barney McAuley a most cruel injustice is otln? done the family of the wrecked acfor. More aCectionate, or more generous people do not live. ard we have positive knowledge of the fact that both the brothers of the unhappy man have followed his wanderings with the most zealous and felicitous care; have sent money in abundance, and have done ail that love and duty conid do to arrest bis downward cours?. Ail his debts in Cleveland were paid. A proper wat?h was set udoo the pcor fellow after his release from the r capital. But to no avail. II ttim fent np.n the road to destruction, and friends and kindred were powerless to save him. The Manning-McDonald rumor reached New York in rather a dilapidated condition. Tbe Herald's Washington special had it this way: After nearly ten days of perEittent talking the ges-ips have removed Mr. Manning from the Treasary. transferred him to the oflice of Collector of the Tort of New York, made ex-Senator McDonald Secretary of the Treasury, and suddenly instituted sreat imaginary reforms in the departments, which are allesed to be more in accord wltn the wishes of the administration. The reason given for this sudden chf.nj;e is that Mr, Cleveland and Mr. Manning have had a falling out as to who is President, and to avoid publicity of the fact Mr. Manning, in the interests of harmony and tne Democratic party, is willing to take charge of the New York Custom House. A T1IL(J UF THE PAST. The "Union Veteran association" Passes Quietly Out of Existence. Readers of the Sentinel will no doubt rorr ember that this paper ha3 on several occasions referred to the organization known as the "Union Veteran Association." In the Ust article which appeared relative to this organization the announcement was made that it was on its lest legs; also that J. R. Terry, its able President, had been instructed to infuse new life into it in any manner that he saw fit. Joseph reaiily understood the task, but it comes to light that he bit off more than he could chew, for the "U. V. A" his died a peaceful death, and never more will it be resurrected, if the statement of one of the members is to be believed. Thera was to have bsen a meeting of tbe "Vets" on last Monday night, and promptly at 7:C'J a humpbacked dog, ef in the reports heretofore spoken of "Union Veteran" meetings, straggled into the Court-houee. Judging fro a the fact tbat he has attended all cf the conferences of the 'U. V. A." since it was oriraaizsd, this doge?idently takes great intsrest in military matters, and naturally enough hs felt bad when be arrived at Judge Walker's 1 Court room and found that none of the other members had yet showed up. He seated himself near the window, however, to wait, and was growing very impatient, when a colored citizen made his appearao.ee. This interesting couple beguiled the time away by diecQEeing each other's war record, until another dusky youth arrived, and the trio were engaged in a rather heated argument, when a white man put in an appearance. The four patriots remained there until nearly t) o'clock, when they quietly soeaked to their homes, to dream, no doubt, of the sad ending of an "Association" tbat might have become a power in the land, or at least, in Marion County, had not its bold and fearless leader become "discouraged." The afore mentioned white mao informed a reporter of tbe Sentinel yejterday tfiat tbe "Union Veteran Asocianon" would hereafter be known to all men as one ef the glorious things of the past. Cutting OSTthe Fees. The bill passed by the Legislature to cut effth 10 per cent, fee of the Attorney General in the collsction of certain moneys due the State from the General Government appears to bave ben amende! in the House so as to provide that no fees for collecting any claims egainst the Government should bs paid, and so as to repeal the law authorizing the Attorney General to employ and pay deputies for makiDg th ordinary co Jecticns from counties and individn&ls Tne action f tbe House appears to have escaped the attention of tbe State officers at the time, and, in fa;t, the discovery was cot male till the bi 1 had been signed by the Governor. A Novel Woodshed. Daring the pat winter Fred Bauman, residing at 3C6 Virg nia avenue, lost considerable fael at different times, and the police have looked in vain for a clue to the thief. Yesterday Serpeant Low traced some cordwocd to the residence of Jack Monroe and entered upon a search of the premises. Ths word was finally found, nicely laid between a mattress and a straw tick io the bed. The wocd was so nicely arranged that ths offlcer discovered it only by accident. Interest Utml-Annually. Auditor Rice expieffed the opinion that the bill allowing County Boards of Commissioners to pay interest semi annually on bonds wi'l have the effect cf increasing the selling price of such bonds and result in a great raving to the people. Heretofore such mte'et could be paid annually only aid the bonds sold for lei? than they will under the new law. Was a Bill Substituted? The statement was mads yelerdav that the engrossed bill to reorganize the Sta'e Board of Health was not in the handwriting of any of the engrossing or enrolling clerks; that the bill presented an excellent specimen of penmanthip and showed that great care was taken in the writing. It ii claimed that

this was substituted for the bill drafted by the Committee on Phraseology and passed without the change being detected. Polo at the Meridian. The College Avenue team was defeated last evening at the Meridian Rink by the Halcyons. Next Saturday night one of the most interesting and exciting games of the season will take place at this rink, the sides being made up of the most scientific players in the city, tbe names of whom will be published to morrow morning. A hllselng' Woman. The police were notified yesterday to look for Mrs. Kate Harley, of Delphi, who left her home on the 18th of March, and was seen to beard the train yesterday afternoon at Sheridan, which was due in this city at 3 o'clock. Mrs Harley has been insane ever since ehe first left her home.

Injured by a Train. W. B. Williams, brakeman on the Pan Handle road, was riding on an engine Wednesday night and a train backing on the same track ran into the engine and injured him badly on the legs. He waj taken to his home west of the river. GENERAL tilUXr. He Is So Moch lietttr That His Recovery Is Folly Expected. Nlw York, April 10 0;.;0 a. m. General Grant has pa-sed a yery quiet night. Tne improved condition continues. He has slept well and naturally for seven and a half houis nearly continuously, taking his nourishment well, at longer intervals. He feels etrcngf r, and his voice indicates it. Ex-Senator ChafTee said, after leaving Grant's hours this morning, that he contidered General Grant's condition wonderful. "He seemed to me to look much better every way. His eyes were brighter than they have been for Borne time past. We spoke ef tbe remarkable sympathy manifested by the people all over the country for the General in his allliction, and he seemed to ;be very much touched. There is one thing to be said about his throat, and that is that no one can deny the fact that it was ulcerated and very badly ulcerated, too. But the question is whether it is a cancer or not. If It is there is, in my mind, but little hope for his life. If it is not a concer, then there ia hope. He, I think, has no hopoj of getting well." Gereral Grant continues to Improve. His threat was examined to day by Dr3. Birker, Sbrtdy and Dougla?, and the local disease 63 found to have improved with the general condition. Tha pulse and temperatare are unchanged. The General is feeling much better. He suddenly started down stairs and joined the family at lunch, taking evarybsd y by surprise. He partook cf some solid focci without difficulty, much to the delight of all. Whil9 Dr. Douglas was writing the :i:"'.0 p. m, bulletin, after consultation to-day, the Goeral walked into tin library, passed into the hall and called to Harrison. The servant did not respond and General Grant, cane in hand, went down staiia and into the diningroom where the family was at lunch. Each member arose at once with exclamations of glad surprise. A place was made at the table for the General and he seated himself. Then calling a servant the General, with a twinkle in his eye, sent word to Dr. Djulas that the entire family was waiting his coming to lunch. The Doctor come down at once. "I got the best of you," remarked the General, as Dr. Douglas entered the room. A merry chat followed, durins which General Grant was helped to cold mutton. He cut the meat very fine and ate it. Afterward he returned to his room, using the elevator. Senator CfcafTeo this evening said that he had come to doubt if the doctors had properly diagnosed tbe cssa of the General, and the Senator now believed that the disease might not be cancer, but malignant ulceration of tbe throat. Dr. Shrady, when approached on this subject, said he was surprised there should be a question outside as to the diagnosis of Gsneral Grant's css8. The doctors had determined the di:eae was epithelomia, and they know no cause for changing that balbf. Ibis correspondence has pa?sed: Cirv ok Mf.xi. o via Galveton April it. To Mrs. F. D. Grant: My family and I, wa are very sad for General Grant's health. Favor to adviw as how he continues. i'ORFIUKIO Ol A.. Response was sent that General Grant was better. Midnight General Grantretired at 9:"0 this evening, and tince that tiaia hE9 been dozing in his chair, having been occasionally diettrnbed by conehingand expectoration. He is now quietly sleeping, after having teken his nourishment. His pulse is feventy, of good volume and regular; temperature normal. Geo. M. Shraoy, M. D. Grant's Condition Medically Described. New Yop.k, April HJ. The following will appear in the Medical Record of Saturday: During the past week General Grant has "suffered irom considerable irritation about h s throat, and the secretion cf mucus has for tbe time being been increased. On two or three occasions he has had attacks of choking, which depended as much on reliex spwsm ss up in temporary accumulation of pleghm in the larynx At no time has he been in Imminent danger of EUtTocaticn. The local disease has made no propre except to sllzht extent along the free border of the right sideoftte velum. The loughly exudation in the vault of the pharynx ia betUnnin? to disintegrate, and portions bave t-cen discharged, exhoslug o ctaiacfristic fungoid, granular surface underneath. The chances of this mass in Hi teparation fiom the throat surface temporarily obstiucimg the larynx, have thu been remove!. In consequence of this change, als) the local condition is greatlv improved. The glandular a 'veillog Is cot perceptibly Increased, altnough surrounding inllammatory changes give rise fron time to time x-f tenderness on pressure. 1 lie pain in frwallowln is not so great, but difficulty in deglutition is sometimes quite marei, owitj: to the loss of tissue in tne velum. The granular infiltrated condition ef tbe palatial curtain still exitts, and by the extension the irritation of its pre&ence in neighboring tlue temporarily becoine mora cr le Vtdtmatous. explaining tic reaon for hemmicg coujth wita whicn the distinguished patient was very much annoyed, ills eeneral condition la much imr?oved. Hi fool, wnich is of the moit nourishing kind, weil assimilate 1. and is bodily vigor has of late been but little impaired considering the number of recent drawbacks he has cxrerienced. The smallest amount ot morphine given consistent with overcoming the pain and icducir.s r.oedful sleep. Darin the past few da but fcix minims of mg?ndles solution have been Injtcted hypode rmlclly in twenty four hour. Democratic City Convention. Special to tne SestlasL Greens r.rp... Ind., April 16 The Democratic City Convention met to-night and nominated the following ticket, viz: Miyor, W. H. Fortner; Clerk, Herman Robertson; Treasurer, B. F. Rogers; Marshal, Nat Robbire; Conncilmen, First Ward, Jacob Haas; Second Ward, Robert Shannon; Third Ward, Frank E. Gavin; Fourth Ward, ßherman B. Hitt. The convention was largely attended

and harmoniously condactel.1 Messrs. Haas, Rogers and Hitt are renominated as their owb successors. The ticket is a strong and good one, and notwithstanding the fact that the city is slightlv Republican,-disss tia fastion prevailing in the ranks of the opposition glyes a reasonable hope for Democratic success. TUE FI HE RECORD.

The BofTalo Kxpreas Uttlre and All the Ottic es in the Same Uulldlog Destroyed by Fire. Butalo, N. Y., April 10 Shortly bsfore G o'clock this evening, as one of the printers in the Morning Express office was lighting the lamps in the newsroom, on the second floor, one of the oil tanks above the printer's case caught fire, and in a very short time the whole room was ia dames. The tire spread so rapidly tbat the reporters and editorial staff, who occupied a room close by, were driven through the rear window. Tne fire eprcad through the building with great rapidity, soon reachirg the lithographing department, owned by Edward HoiTmaa, on tne third üoor. A large quantity of valuable plates, together with all the plant and stock, were destroyed. Tne lire caught in the job department of the Expris?, on the fourth aad fifth doors, which wa3 alto totally destroyed. G. H. Dunclau, telegiapber, was also burned out, ai was also the O'Neill Wagon Company on the fi'st floor. About 40O hands will be thrown out of empleyraent. Straub S: Co , bcok binders, sutler considerable loss by water. The IJorfl and mules on Senator Stanford' Hauch Dnriied. Red Bll ff, Cal., April 1G Some tramps called yesterday at Senator Stanford's Vine Ranch and were driven away. At daylight th s morning the stables were discovered on fire. They contained 11") horses and mules, all of which except four were burned to death. The anima's burned did not include any blooded stock, but were simply those used for working on the ranch, a large quantity of hay was also destroyed. The loss will not exceed ? JO, 000. Losftes in Adams by Fire. Utu a, N. Y., April 1G. The losses by the tire which started jesterday in W. II. Whittington's drug store, in Adams, are a3 follows: W. H. Whittington, $,000, insar&nce, $4,000; Whittington & Tobert, $0 500, insurance, M.OOo; Thompson fc Little, hardware. fT.CCO, insurance.! 1,000; F. Williams, $3,rC0, no insurance; Tobert, on building, 3,000, insurance, $1,000; Maxon & Rams.tell, lawyers, .v'0'jG; nearly covered by iasurDace. Other Fires. Milwaukee, Wis, April Vi. A sppc'al to the Evening Wisconsin records the destruction by fire of Andrew Yang's saw and pristrnill at Galesbarg, Shawana County. Loss, 21,000, insurance, $8,000. Bukjhton, Oat , April 1G Clark's viriety ha'l and three adjoining; buildings were burned last night. Loss, '0,000. An Ex-BIajor on Trial. Hunter's Point, L. I., April 10 Ex Mayor Dcbvoise was put on trial to day for malfeasance in office in 1370 and 1S30. After a jury had been secured, District Attorney Fleming stated that the indictment alleged that Henry S. Debvoise, while Mavor of Long Island City, misappropriated forty-nine water bonds of ?v00 each, which he took from tbe City Treasury and sold below par to Daniel A, Moran, a New York broker, and converted the money to his own use. Theje bends had afterward been redeemed by the city at their face value. Several witnesses were examined. Moran, the broker, produced abstracts from his books showing the sale of eome bonds for the defendant in 1ST!. The book 8 were ordered produced. F. W. Bleekmann, Treasurer of Long If land City, being sworn, produced the fortynine bonds in question, but as he had brought only an abstract of the records of the Treasurer's books, he was ordered by the Court to produce the original records in the morning. Alphonso Spiers swore that defendant gave him two bonds in payment for shares in a mining company. The Mayor said they were his own property. Mcran was recalled and identified a receipt given to him by defendant for bonds redeemed, the numbers corresponding with the bonds produced by the City Treasurer. The receipt called for eighteen bonds valued at 0 000. Both the Mayor and the City Treasurer had called at nis office to sell bonds. Adjourned till to-morrow. The ltnlttmore Plenary Council Thanked. Baltimore, April 16. Archbishop Gibbons, who was Apostolic Delegate at the PI er a ry Council held last fall in this city, hasnceived a letter from the Bishops of Prussia. North Germany, addressed to the Archbi.-hops and Bishops of the United Statas. It is in reply to a letter sent by the Plenary Council December 0, and is signed by the Archbishop of Posen and approved oy Cardinal Ledochowski. It expresses earnest thanks for the fraternal greetings contained in the Plenary Council's let'er; refers to the persecutions of the priesthood in Prussia, tbeir exile, tbe drafting cf priests into the fincy, etc , ar.d ask? the prayers of the faithful in this conntry for a change in the condition of their German brethren. Complimentary Dinner to Ei-Senator Pendleton. Cincinnati, April 1G. A complimentary dinner was given to-night to Hon. George H. Pendleton, the recently appointed Minister to Germany, by his fellow-citizens of Cincinnati, under the auspices of the Ohio Club. Although this is a Democratic club the dencocsim'on was In no Bense a partisan one. Among 130 guest3 fally one-fourth weie prominent Republicans. Letters of regret were read from Hoo. John fl. Carlisle, Governor Hoadley, Darbin Ward and otbers, and telegrams from A. G. Thurman aodjeseph E. McDonald. S eeches were made by J. P. Corbery, who prts'ded, Hon. George H. Pendietcn, Hon. E H. Noyea, Mayer Smith, Hon. A. F. Perry, William M. Rinisey, Henry Packeand Emil Rothe. Grand Trunk Knpioyea Discharged, Montreal April 1G A lags number of the men employed in the mechanical department of tbe Grand Trunk Railway have received notification tbat after the 23th inst their strvic-s will be dispensed with. Tbe men referred to include painters and carpen'ers. and when the order is earned out, Z0S men in all will leaye. Booth. American Commission. Lim, April 1G The United StaUs Commission to South America reached Lima this avening. They will remain at Lima and other points in Peru for two weexj before preceding to Chili.

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The Body Identified as Tbat or Trailer Various Statements Regarding Ills Antecedents Maxwell Undoubtedly oa Board tao City of Sydney on His Way to Auckland. THE ST. LOUIS THMtEDY. It Continues to be as Absorbing: Topic Statements From Varlon Point Slaxwell on the steamer City cf Syduey. Nkw Yobk, April 1G. The SU Louis tragedy continues to be the absorbing sensation. Intimate Iriends of Preller's stats that his religious convictions were very singular. HU relatives did not fully understand them, and refrained from talking to him about the subject. He belonged to a curious denominationa community of distinctive ideas, very small, as yet, in America, but with quite a foothold in England. The believers refer to cne another in such terms as kindred spirit, "Dear biether,' and similar expressions. The believers in this city have no regular place of worship. Tney meet in public halls and private houses, devoting much cf their labor to young men. Preller's connection with those people made him acquainted with Rev. W. 0e2s. Mr. Owens saw rrelior frequently daring his last visit here, but as he never spoke to him of Maxwell. Mr. Owens supposed that his friend was going to Australia alone. He said yesterday that the printed circumstances almcst forced him to the sorrowful belief that the body found :n tbe trunk wai all that was mortal of bis late friend Preller. Frank Schlesinger, of the firm of II. Sallenback X Co., is a cousin of Mr. Prelier, and has been very intimate wita him. Mr. Schlesinger took charge of Preller's letters while he was traveling and forwarded them to him cn request. Before be bade his cousin good bye Preller spoke of Maxwell, and eaid that he had arranged to meet him In Sr.Louis on April 1. Preller telegraphed Mr. Schlesinger from 8L Louis: "Kindly direct all poeterestants to San Francisco." This is the if st tbat has been heard from him. Letters that he bad promised to write, business arisnsemeuts that he had promised to mak, which his friends believe he surely would bave carried out was be alive, have remained unattended to. "It is the fact that we Lava i o' heard from him for so long that suggests to li e that the body found in the trunk mast be tbat cf my cacsin," Eaid Mr. Schlesinger, vi km a reporter asked tim about the ma-.ter, 3 esterday. "Have jou cabled to his relatives in Engl!d'." ' No, and I shall not do so until it is Rattled beyond all doubt that tbe boly was his. Itere seems to be eome doubt about it yet. The news will be a terrible blow to his parents and relatives. It would be cruel to unnecessarily alarm tbem. The young men tere to have sailed for Australia in the steamer leaving 6an Francisco April 12. I have telegraphed to tscertain whether either of them did eo. If Maxwell committed that murder, I believe he is afloat on the Pacific Ocean before this time." Questioned about the ' So perish all traitors'parer found in the trunk, Mr. Schlesinger eaid: "Oh, that is all nonsense. If Mxwell murdered Preller he did it for his money.' Yesterday Mr.Schles'nger conferral with the police in this city to see if they could assist him. So econ as he is assured that the body is that ot his cousin, he will make arrangements for buiial and notify the family in England. TheJBritish Consul General said yesterday that he knew nothing whatever about Maxwell. He was represented in same reports as a Baronet, but his came was not among the list of British Baronets, and his name and former address as mentioned in some of the reports were not found in the London Pest Office directory. Nothing was known of Preller at the Russian Consulate. No Date Vet Fixed forth Inquest Max well's Ideutlty Settled. St. Louis, April 1G No dte ba3 yet been fixed for an inquest on the remains cf the victim of the Southern Hotel tragedy. The Ccronor has concluded to wait until more evidence is available. No new developments have 'been made jet to day. Mr. Jamea Taylor, an intimate friend of Preller, was expected to anive this morning from Louisville to identify the body, but he hai failed to far to put in an appearance. The police are firmly of the opinion that Maxwell is now at sea on the steamer City of Sydney, bound for Ankland, and arrangements have been completed for his arrest on the arrival of the steamer at that point. The following dispatch, just received by Chief of Police Harrigan, settles positively the question of the identity of Maxwell, the description tallying exactly with that obtained here, and also that he is on the stea Tier City cf Sydney. MaxweJl assumed the nameB of Brooks and Dauzarier for ths purpose of concealment: 8ax Framivo, Cal , April Ii. To L. Hsrrigan, Chief of Police: The only ticket taken up from St. Louis oa ths 5thinst. is signed by Hugh M.Brooks and witnessed by S. A . Hushes told by tbe et. Louis aa 1 San Frscchco ticket oüice, Apiil 6, came oa mat train. His name does not appear on the hat or ticket, thereiore fcemim have com? on Mr. Brooks' ticket, The indorsement on th ticket and the came of T. C. Daujnrier. hizztd oa tne hotel reeifter, are in the same writing. Ill de criptioa is: HeiKbt, five feet six lnrhe; age. not oer thirty; hair, light, sbort at beck, wora without partirgtu front: weight, 143 pounds: ron-Uch-s medium size: fchort imperial, complexion, air and tuddy, skin has a whitish appearance; eyebrows, liht and thin: eyes, blue end lar; rexalar features, nose rather free at the nosirii, neatly ballt, ertct, plants himself flraiiy and squarely 01 the ground when walking. Eaegajre, a large flat, eray top canT-ooTerel trunx and grip a:t. He hal a 1-r e fie.d la.v, barrel eight inches Ions, covered wi.h black leather case and strap for Mincin: makes cigarette from morning to ni'ht, which he ro'.ls himielf; drinks whisky considerably. I Lave forwarded fall dc-fcriDiion by the Cao'iin of ths steamer sailing for Honolulu to dr with irei'jttt for hla arrest. Will cabte w Zealand. 'ä gned) p. Ck.uw ey, per Lees. Maxwell Ded ItroKe In CMcajo. Cmcu o, April 1G It is now remembered tbat the young man Maxwell, who is suspected of the murder cf Pre'ler in SL Louis, was in Chicago about t cq months ago. Ha called at one of the newspaper cliices, and confessing himself d.ad broka." proposed to vrite for the tapers to etrn 6u2icient morey to pay hia hotel bilL He is believed to have remained here bot a few days. The Body Identified as I'reller. Ft. Louis, April 10 Chief of Police Har rigan telegraphed a very full and exact description of Maxwell to the American Consul at Aukland. with the request that he have him arrested immediately on his arrival there. Walter Arlington, beii waiter at thi Southern Hotel dining room, has pontivet