Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 126, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 May 1885 — Page 4

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The Terra Haute Democracy gained a g'orious victory yesterday, electing every man on the ticket. Tin Democrats cf Greenfield elected their local ticket fcr the first time in the history of the city, yesterday. Tat VIc3 Presldent.witha party of friend?, will leave for the eewhera to-day. They trill return to Washington b? Siaday next. Me. Phelps, our new Minister to England, aalls for Loudon to day. A complimentary dinner was given him yesterday in New York. Hox. B W. Hanka whs in the city ye3ter day en route to Washington. He will proceed in a fe weeks to his new po3t of duty as Minister to Persia. We wish him a sfe voyage. TnK tower of Chicago's tew Board of Trae is taller than the epire ef any church of that city. Etill there is comfort in knowing that Boms of the biegest gamblers under the tower axe conspicuous members of the churches. The Washington Star, of May 1, says: "There is an impression abroad to day that thera is to ha a decided quickening of the pulse cf the administration at once, and thatagrrat many removals cf Federal officials in the States are to bj mads without delay." Fast day in Maine mast bs a very loose eort of a day. Maine, it mzit be remembered, i3 the Danner prohibition State, and yet the Lewijtoa Journal, which takes its prohibition straight, announces that on Thursday, fa3t day, more drunkenness was to be seen on the strsets of Lewiston than for a long tim9 previous. Intoxication on the streets is on the increase. Hers is a specimau of Republican party spirit: The Sr, Lculs Globe Damocrat wants the French Government to pardon the commenials Lculse Michel and Prince Krapotkine, arguing that this "would not ba clemency, but justice." And yet the Globe-Democrat furiously opposes any recognition by our Government cf ex Confederates, who ceased fighting twenty years ago. There Is much in this spirit to remind of the missionary epirit of "Mrs. Jellaey." Reft erino to the heroes who fell at Gettysburg, the Chicago Inter-Ocean' says: "And yet, and yet, thousands are asking, 'Did they die in vain?"' They aied to restore the Union. It did look for a long while as if ths B'.ainlte, "bloody shirt" gang would defeat the "consummation devoutly to be wished," but now that the gang has been retired from their Falstaffian field the Union will be restored ard the heroes of Gettysburg will not have died in vain. "Steve' Elkixs is almost persuaded to desert his false political gods. He is reported to have said very recantly: "I am compelled to fay that I think, personally, that Mr. Cleveland's policy is better than would have been that of tbe man I spent dollars and time to elect. P till, I hate a Democrat. Blaine's chances are better to day for election In 1SSS than they were the day after the convention at Chicago for success In 1331." The first thing ,8leve,, kcows he will be YOting the Dmocratic ticket. Bocox Co5kling8 presence In the United State Couit at Chicago on Monday drew a large attendance to th court room. His speech shows him to have lost none of his aptness for epigram and satire. It was a patent case, in which Conküp, representing the inventor, asked a a injunction against the nse of certain machines in Chcao. Toe defendant's counsel eaid his client had constructed his machine from two machines preylously Invented. Coakling ansersd: "If the defendant got out a pa'ent on half of another machine already patented, he had no more right to do it, yoar Honor, than he had to be the father of one of a pair of twins, both of whom belonged to some one else."

Tnosx who are familiar with the departments in Washington do not hesitate to say that there oaght to be chances, and this outside of any political s'gniiicance that such changes might have. The New York Herald's Washington correspondent gives the opinion of an official oa this point: "There vill be some discharges in the departments between now and the end of ths fiscal year," says a prominent official, "notwithstanding all the denials, but no worthy person will suffer from it. Thera is a certain set of people here who have for jears had every member of their families in offiee. They never tare oyer two la the time department, but they have one iu each department, if the'r

fax-ily is larra enough, although it is In violation of a rule supposed to be in force in all the department. There are to my knowledge nice of one family scattered about in the dijftrent departments. I know of a ccz?n cafes where tkere are from four to six cf a family snugly provided for. Many men who are in office have their wives inofike alto, but the women retain their maiden Earner. Then cgiin there -re men in oHjcs who keep stores and whose time is S3 much occupied with private outride businsis of different kind that they can not properly attend to their official duties if they desired to do bo. Only yesterday a Jady was removed from the Bureau of Ergra7icg and Printing cf the Treasury Department, who fcr years has run a bis bearding house."

HOARDING; THE PUI3LIO MONEY. A Rood many persons are wonderln? how the IfcUiocratlc politician can reconcile their camrfcii,n ss;ertions about the surplus in the Treasury and Mr. Manninr,' debt statement of last .eek. They olttn said last fall that the K2pn licaB were boardlDg hundreds ol millions but la.st Friday the Secretary coald iihow only a net cah balance lathe Treasury of about twenty-four millions. There is no cause lor wonder hire oi anybody's part, for tne Democratic leaders will Dot try to reconcile their contradictory statements about the surplus any more than they try to reconcile any other untruth thev told. It will be time enouain to wonder if attho 'end of tour years of Pourton rule the Democrats have any balance at all to show In the Treasury. New York Tribune. The first man during the campaign that clcimed that there were hundreds of millions of surplus in the United Sta'e3 Treasury was Major Calkins, the Republican candidate fcr Governor of Indiana. Ha claimed tbat it was good to have such en immense surplus. Mr. Hendricks accepted his figure, but contended that it showed faulty statesmanship and bad management to hoard up millions and hundreds of millions of dollars in the United States Treasury. He demonstrated that it was the result of high taxation, and that if ths taxos were redaced the money would be in the pockets of the people, circulating in the channels of trade and turning the wheels of commerce, and not lying Inactive in the Treasury vaults. His argument never was answered by the Republican platform orators or the party organs. Instead of meeting the point they jeered at him and misstated his position, charging him with promising tha people that if Cleveland and Hendricks were elected this surplus would be divided out among the people. And so it would be if the high protective taxation of the Eepublican party were reduced. The money would remain with the people ins tad of beirg hoarded in the United States Treasury. If there is no money in the Treasury at the end of Mr. Clee!end'a administration it will be in the pockets of the people, and honestly there, and not among Starrente contractors, rings and jobbers, as was the csee during the reign of Republicanism. Tbe Democratic idea Is to reduce taxation to tbe utmost limit compatible with ths economical administration cf the Government. This will cot admit of a large surplus to be hoarded in the Treasury vaults. CAUSES OF A FAILURE The failure of the book publishing firm of J. R. Osgood fc Co., cf Boston, will be ro grctted by readers who have enjoyed the yaU number of valuable books that havo issued lrom its press. A quarter of a century ard more ago, Ticknor k Fields weie Boston's leading and most discriminating publishers, Mr. Fields, himself a writer of note, wes an intimate of Dickens, Thackeray and other trans-Atlantic authors. Fields, O.'good k Co. succeeded Ticknor k Fields, to be in turn succeeddd by J. It. 03gcoi & Co. The failure of the latter is caused aby the popular demand and the vast supply of the cheaper gr&de of book prints. Their publications have been, excepting wcrks.the copyrights of which were owned or controlled by them, have been maintained in too costly a style for the masses. Tte decidedly wealthy who could afford as much for covers as for contents of books may be held as patrons of the costlier prints, but the moderately wealthy and the poor are In this day buyers of the mcderately expensive and the cheap class of book manufacture. The masses of Americans buy books for present use rather than for preservation. An active, modern class of publishers have discovered this tendency and some of the staid old houses which formerly monopolized book printing are well-nigh left out of sight by these rushing and cheaper manufacturers. In cs industry has there bsen such cheapening within the last two decades &3 in book-mak-I np, and, despite the enormous amount of trash which has come with this cheapening, it is prcvirga great blessing to the people a potent promoter of intelligence aad enlightenment. EtIMA MINE AGAIN. The Republican organs seek togive out the impressicn that our cow Minister to England, Mr. Phelps, was connected with the rascality wh!ch was part and parcel of the famous Emna Mine swindle. In an intervUw in New York City yesterday the attention of Mr. Phelps was called to the publicity given to his connection with the Emma Mine affair. On th!3 point Mr. Phelps eaid: "There has been some misapprehension in respect to my connection with the Emma Mine litigation some years ago. My sole connection with that business was as counsel for the sellers of the mine when they were made deferdants in an action brought in tbe United States Circuit Court in the city of New York. The original purchasers of the mine never claimed to haye been defrauded, and never brought any suit, and their testimony was strongly relied on by parties who hid purchased the stock oa speculation after it had reached a low figure in the London market. The case was' exhaustively tried on Us merits before Judge Wallace and a jury, the trial lasting nearly five months. The late Mr. Stoughton and Mr. Foulke. of the English bar, were counsel for the plaintiffs, and the late William A. Bxsch and L. E. Chittenden and I were for the defendants. Every possible latitude was given to the plaintiffs la their efforts to impeach ths transaction, and the Judge, La his chars, left the whole

case to the jury to determine whether there was fraud or not. The jury returned a verdict fcr the defendants." The late Mr. Stoughton referred to in tho foregoing represented tnis Government at St. Petersburg under the Heyes administration. The organs should not forget that Mr. .v'chenck, of Ohio, was considerably mixed up in this Ena ma Mine enterptfcs also, and be xeprefented the country at the Eolith Court under another Republican aiministration. In fsct it was charged at the lime that the English stockholders in the Emma Mine wero influenced to purchase tha stock by exMinister Schenck.

REVENUE COLLECTOR HUNTER. The appointment of Dr. W. D. H. Hunter to the Revenue Collectorshipof this district will Eurprife no one, as it has for some time been cocceded to him. Dr. Hunter's candidacy for the cflice was preferred and championed by Congressman Holman. Mr. Eb Henderson, Chairman of the State D-m-ocratic Central Committee, was ttron.ly urged by a portion of the delegation iaCacprcjs, while Mr. Bvnuni favored Daniel Lemon, of th'a city. But Judge Hotman was ardent in his advocacy of the man from his district, and the Secretary of tho Treasury was frank enougu to state, in March, to tbe friends of the ether candidates that Judga Holmao had " the best of the argument." He ha3 been in Congress for twenty years, doing valiant service for tbe Dsrnocracy throughout this long period, and this was his first opportunity for asking an appointment. Again, Dsarrn end Franklin Counties, both in Judge Hclrxan's District, pay about five sixths of the entire revenue collected in the district. Dr. Hunter la a staunch Democrat, a quiet, unostentatious gentleman, and accredited as being in every tense competent for the duties of the colIectorhip. It may be set down as certain that "the watchdog of the Treascrj" knew his man whsn si urgently pressing his appointment. The Government is assured a correct administration of the Sixth District CollectorOiiK Tnis from the Ne v York Tr.buae : Now that the 'Confederacy is in the saldle again," Mr. Cleveiaud having been elected, we shall tee beiora loag claims maae on behalf of tre holtfeis ct Confederate bands. Mr. Gtrland. as Attorney GenerAl, is apt to treat this claim quite nnltte that of the creditors against Virginia, aad it will be Interesting to observe la the not disunt fotnre Trhat the Democratic administration liudj it coTiTenient to do about such a claim. To rejer t it with scorn would ba to cast reproach upm the memory of tne rebellion, which it seems to be one of the rrincip&l objects of tnis administration to keep ever freth and grctn. Some reader of the Tribune should move for a commission in lunacy to make examination of the Tribune editor. If he is not a fit subject fcr an insane asylum, he evidently fancies his readers thu3 ailing. If hs credits them with any intelligence, he insults it by such twaddle. The fourth section cf tha fourteenth amendment of the Ccnstituticn declares that "neither the United States noraiyHu'e shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion sgainst the United State?, or any claim for the emancipation of any slave; and all such debt?, obligations and claims shall be illegal and void." Now before the administration, or Congress or any court could entertain tbe claim of a Confederate bondholder two-thirds of both Houses of Congress and three-fourths of all the 8tates must have declared in favor of tbe repeal of this clause in the Constitution. But it will be noticed that the only Fuggestion of any Confederate war claims comes from the Republican papers, CURRENT OT AND COX SI EXT. Wk are glad that Carter Harrison ia suing these who have sought toblacken his character. There should be some restraint put on party malignity. Mobile Register. Pkksidest Cleveland is making history, and it requires tima to do it well. No matter if you are in a hurry for your Postoffice, give him time. St. Louis Republican. We pity the train robbers who attempt to interfere with the railroad train carrying that gang of Illinois legislative thugs and thampers to New Orleans. Chicago News. We have loaded the Republican party with issues and creeds and crank-brained theories till it gives evidence of falling to pieces of its own weight Council Bluffs Nonpareil. Peofessob Ew:sg, the noted Chicago preacher, is in favor of not allowing anybody to vote unlesi he can show up $300 worth of property. This would have ruled out Christ and all.tbe apostles except Judas. Cleveland Plaindealer. Certainly, wben the South can be proud of Grant as a great American, we in the North can be proud of Lee as another of the same great breed. They were both great Americans, great tolJlf rs, and each in his own way, too, was a great patriot. Detroit News. From the numerous newspaper essays showing the blessirgs cf a Eoropean war to the people of the United 8'a'es, one is almost persuaded to regard peace as a calamity, and to fall into tbe belief that nothing except taxation contributes 60 much to-public prosperity as the destructive work of armies. Philadelphia Record. Stevx Elkis, at a civil service reform banquet, was a srcctacle which the mugwumps can uot get over. It haunts them in their dreams, and they fear that it may become a regular thing with Stephen to attend these sit-down s. Mr. Elk las would maks a great reformer if he could be started right, but his conversion will tax the mugwumps to the utmost. Wheu they land him they can help themselves to almost anything that they may want Chicago Herald. ZrsTrs. tha Louisiana sorehead, says he kt ws ttat he represents the regular Democracy, and that his utterances m criticism of the President cannot be controverted. Like the man who "buog ' the jury and could not understand why the other eleven were ao obstinate, Eustls is In a contented frame of mind as regards his own position. He will discover In time that when this

country gets ready to have reform it will take more than oneLoulsianian to stop itChicago Herald. Scnator ErsTis, an old political partner cf Pitt Kellcgg in Louisiana, is firing blink cartridges at the President with much more venom than vigor. This frightful war broke cut over the fact that the iate Ssnator ran ajalnst several enass and "sawyers" in trying to control the Feneral patronage in Louisiana. 0.1 ata Herald.

PERSONALS. Secretary Evdicott reads many novels. Patt: sailed for Europe last Saturday morning. Dion- Boucicac lt is at work upon thre9 new plays. Attorney General Garland do33 his own marketing. Ellen Terry, it is said, will cot wear widow's weeds. Mr. Kieley, the new Minister to Austria, will tail from New York next Thursday. Senator Edmi'sds chief weakness, after cold tea, is to ride behind blooded horses. Rev. Tuomas K. Beecher, of Elmira, N. Y., recently preached in favor of cremation. Senator Evarts says he does not want the Republican nomination for Governor of New Yorx. EncliSit papers announce that Henry Irving'ala&t trip to America netted him $150,000. The 8ecoad Auditer of the Treasury has 4",0C0 uniettled claims in the pigeon-halts of his desk. Beethoven's fayonte vio'in is now in the possession of an Ecglish gentleman named Kirmoald. ArroLNTMENT Clerk Hig'.ixs has a mustache that makes a small room look crowded while Mr. Iliggins is in. James Anthony Feoude, the English historian, arrived in New York from San Francisco Friday. He has been making a tour of the English colonies. President Barrillos, the success of Barrios as the head of the Guatemalan Rjpublic, is forty-five year3 old, and has been in public life for twenty years. Lady Tennyson, who writes a bold, running hand, bao fcr many years writtsu and signed the replies to all letters addressed to her husband, autograph requests included. Martin Farquhap. TcrrEP. is not only very poor but i3 very mach in debt and is daily pestered by danuing creditors, whom he manages to meet with his "Proverbial, Philosophy." C. 8. A. Van Schelence, an Amsterdam clergyman, eighty years old, has translated into Dutch a life of General Gordon, which has met with a most extraordinary sale throughout the Netherlards. SENTINEL SPECIALS. Richmond Note. Special to the Sentinel. Richmond, Ind., May 5. Tho Republicans attempted a little game of bulldozing in the city election here to day that may cost them the loss of all their ticket The committee had their tickets printed on paper two and one-half inches wide, and had the names printed so close together that scratching and rewriting would be impossible. There being considerable dissatisfaction with some of the Republican nominees among Republicans, this plan was taken by the machine to ittimidate the weak-kneed, and to spot those who bolted. This being contrary to 8ection 4.701 of the Revised Statutes of 1SSI, which requires that the ballots shall be a uniform width of three itches, may give any candidate baeing his election on euch ballots conciderabJe trouble, as proper steps will be taken to test the legality of euch votes. The Republican ticket is probably elected on the face of tbe returns by the usual majoritie?. The remains of Benjamin W. Davis arrived from Indianapolis this evening at 7 o'clock. Mr. Davis was one of tne ' best known of our citizens. He was one of the oldest editors in thia part of tbe State, having been proprietor and publisher of the Richmond Palladium for over fifty years. He was appointed Postmaster by General Grant in 1S73, and served one term. He leaves a widow and several children. George W. Miller, a real eetate dealer of this city, was tried to-day in the Wayne Circuit Court on a charge of obtaining mooey under false pretences. It is charged that he sold one lot twice. He was convicted and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Finding of a Skeleton In a Swamp. Special to the Sentlnal. Iiiton, Ind., May 5 There has just come to light news cf .the finding of the skeleton of a man in a dense, dismal swamp on the farm of a man named Gcodykoontz, twenty-three miles south cf Tipton, near the Wabash Railroad. While Jacob Webster was digging a ditch through, this swamp he threw out a tkull, and upon examination it proved to be that of a human being. He dug further down and exhumed the entire skeleton, which was very much decayed. The bones wcr9 placed in position and found tu bs th frame of a man about fixe feet in height Evidence goes to show that it .bad been deposited there fcr many Tears, and that it is the remains of a wealthy Swede by the name of Charley Sbeiler, who more than twenty-eight years ao bought ties between here and at Baena Vista, makicg the latter piece his home. He was a man well rescected, upright and honest and previous to his sudden dirappeararca be went to Indianapolis and collected considerable money on ehipmenta. It is now presumed that after his return he was murdered for his money and buried in this dismal place. The posture of the skeleton gos to how that he was buried in a deep hole with his feet downward. At the time of his disappearance, which was about twentyeight years ago. his near friends advertised in all the leading papers ot the United States and his native country, 8 wed en, for his whereabouts, but to no avail. Although tbe deed has been committed many years, it is believed that yet the .guilty culprits live, and that they may yet be unearthed. Barn Struck by Lightning. Bpeclal to the Sentinel. Wabash, Ind., May 5. Tnis afternoon lightning struck the barn of A. H. B anham, a prominent irocexymaa, badly damaging

the structure and instantly killing a valuable animal. The shock affected several persons In the vicinity, but not seriously. Rkldence llarned. Sreclal to the Sentinel. Sheldyville, Ind., Msy 5. The residence of Jerry Dogan, situated three miles soath of this city, caught fire and burned last nicht. Loss $l,7ü!J. Insured for ?1,000 in the Ohio Farmers' Insurance Company. LEJIONT MOT. Little EacltemeDt, bat a Sullen Silence Prevails.

Limont, 111., May 5. The city fcas presented an appearance cf sullen silence this morning. The troops remain in camp on a bind overlooking the city, haying pitched their tents for an indefinite stay. The troops were pretty well tired out last night after three hard days work of marching, pitching tents and the skirmishing and fighting of Saturday aDd yesterday. Camp-guard aad picket line was established last night Tne camp was aroused about 2 o'clock by the firiog of a gun by one of the pickets, who had ordered an intruder to halt, who was seen to be approiching the camp. To day groups of strikers have appeared on the streets convertlrg in tbe Swedish and Bahamian langusges and displaying some excitement Two of their number stoned a foreman at woik in one of the quarries, and one of them was afterward arrested by the City Marshal. Two cfiicers who went to the telegraph otfice to telegraph for supplies for tbe troopr, were eubjected to some insults by the crowds, but wero not molested. Ihe Coroner's Jury, acting in the case of the persons killed in the riot yesterday, after hearing the testimony of two witnesses, relatives cf deceaeed, adjourned to 10 o'clock tomorrow. The witnesses bslng Poles, the testimony ws very meagre, and as it came from the interpreter, considerably garbled. The dispatch received from the Governor by Adjutant General Vance in relation to the military being allowed to testify must have been edverse, as the Coroner's Deputy, who went to the camp with snbr ceaas far others, was politely requested to leave the grounds if he persisted in Eerving the documents. There is very little excitement here to day, although quite a crowd gathered in the street at the time of tha inquest. FOK CONTEMPT OF COUttT. An Illinois Ranavr Flued 61,000 and Sant to Jailfr Refusing to Testify. i Metropolis, Hl., May ö. F. M. Choat, Cashier of the First National Hsnk, and a wealthy citizen, was tent to jail yesterday and fined ?1,C00 for contempt of court. The contempt consists in a persistent refusal to reveil certain testimony as a witness in a murder case wherein a relative was oa trial for klllirg John W. Trumbo, lastKfall. S on after the tragedy Allen Choat John Martin and Frank McGrlru were arrested charged with Trumbo's murder. Banker Choat is in possession of certain inlormation which he claims was obtained under a peal of sacrecy. It is thought Choat will remain firm and refuse to tettify. UENER4L RVT. He Was Feeiiotf ymts Well, and Slept New York, May 5. When Dr. Douglas went to General Grant's house last night there seemed to be some cause to fear that it would be a restless one. Consequently the doctor stayed all night. Contrary to expectations General Grant slept one hour on his bed, which is longer than bo has slept in his bed for months. Be had more sleep than he has had for week?. Colonel Fred Orant says he is feeling quite well this morning. Mrs. Ilelnrelde Gives Herself Up to the Detecttvet. Chicago, May 5. Quite a sensation resulted less than a month ago from the supposed elopement of Mrs. Annie Heinreida, wife of a prominent Memphis physician, with a colored servant cf the family, and the detectives here have never ceased to be on the watch for her, and this afternoon Willism Pinkerton, of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, received a letter from Dr. HeinI reide beggiEg him to find his wife and re turn her to him. Shortly after receiving this letter Mr. Pinkerton happened to ba in the City Detective Department of the City Hail when a handsome but careworn woman entered and asked to be shown a detective, and to Mr. Pinkerton and to others ehe explained that she was Mrs. Annie Heinieide, and that h9 was destitute, and wished to give herself up. She sail ehe had cot been unfaithful to her husband, but left him because of his cruelty toward her, and in St. Louis came a3roc3 a former negro servant by accident, which meeting, she suppoeed. gave rise to the elopement story. Mis. Htmreide was placed in the witness cell at the Armory, aud to-morrow will be returned to Ler huibaDd and children. . Oklahoma, Lioomers. Arkansas City, Kas., May 5 The Oklahoma colonist?, under Captain Couch, who have been camped here since January 23, fctrnct their en!s thTs r.orning and are now en route for Caldwell, thirty -four miles west öftere. Tceircamp b&3 b?en decreasing steadily the Last rroath until barely fifty tents wr left. The move is maie on account of better &dvabtta for woad and prtfs at Caldweil. Captain Couch ayste colony will remain at Caldwell for a few weeke, orunt 1 it is definitely known wtat lie administration will do toward openirg tie countrv. The colony has not dioandedor dispersed. Tbe move to-day :s m.ie on account of natural advan:;e.i, atd with no reference to the army. Tre troep bad order sometime ego to eichang with the Fifth cavalry, and are da;ly ezpctinz to move. Ab tat a dozen tents remain here. These are owned by color. ists that are at prtfent freighting to sime cf he Indian agencies, and may not return for ten days. FljhtUg In the ortbwet. St. Paul, May 5 A mail courier has just arrived from Fattia ori, N. T., with the following dinj atch, aied May 1: A flying column cf 300 men from Battleford had an engagement with GOO Indians lasting from 5 a. rja. to noon yesterday. Tbe troops lost -S killed and 12 wounded. The Indian loss Is estimated at 50. Cdonel Oiler covered seventy miles fought ths bittle and returned InsiJe of thirty hours. The raen behaved magnificently List of killed: Corpsrala L'.arie and Sleigbt and Bailer Barke, of Northwest Police; Privates Ojjrood and Rogers of the Guards and Dobbs of O Company ; Bugler Faolkers, cf C Company. Wounded: Sergeant Ward, of the Police; Lieutenant Pittier, Sergeant GatTaey, Corporal Morton

and Gunner Reynolds of B. Battery; Serpeant Maior Jackton, of C Company ; Colo' ferr em t Whittier acd Private Mc'JaUtea. t tbe Guard.; Sergeant Co:per aod Privai Vary &nd Watty, of the taen's Own, ail Private Gilbert, of Battleford. Moreno expected soon. Action Acalctt the Hoard cf Trade of Chicago. Chicago, May 5. The first outward Indications cf legal difficulties developing out ot the Board of Trade's action of May 1, in stopping the general circulation of its market quotations, was noted to-day, when Tulley, of the Circuit Court, entered a rule sgaint the Bosrd cf Trade end Western Union, and the gold and stock teleraoh companies, to show cau39 by May 1J why they ihould not be attached for contempt of ccurt The action was brought by a broker, who bad the Board of Trade and teleeraph compeniea enjoined from cutting otf h:j ouctations. He claimed that the actiou of the Beard cf Trade on May 1, in withholding quotations lrom the te'.egraph companies, w;vs in violation of bis injunction, and on this claim the rule was entered.

Hoc thou-, Cincinnati, May .". A bench show of unusual interest, both from the accommodations for visitors and from the number and quality of dogs on exhibition, began to day in the north hall of Music Hall Bailding. Among the localities represented byeLtries are Toronto, Chatham and Woodstock. Canada; Boston, Worcester, Sonthbri', Mass ; Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, New Haven, Flatbush, N. Y. ; HornellsTille, N. Y.; Maizeland, N. Y.; Troy, N. Y.; Bergenfields, N. J.; Leesburg, Va. ; Atlanta, Johnstown, Pa. ; Memphis, Milwaukee. Sr, Louis, Chicago, Cleveland, Wooster, Weat Jeversen, Madiecnviile and ClncinnatL 1 he show continues tour days. Ribbing au 4cd Couple. Whiiling, W. Va., May Last night about midnight four masked msn visited the house cf James Cowgans, Peco Station, 0., fite miles west cf the river, and broke in the door with a lare poet They covered the aned couple v?ith revolvers and went through the hecs?. They eecured only a f?w hundred dollars, and then took a vote whether to torture Cawgacs and wife to force a confession cf the hiding ptace cf other money. They voted not to do eo. and tbe old people were left unharmed. This is tbe fourth similar robbery in and near Wheeling for tiz months past West Virgliila's Capital. Charleston, W. Va , May 5. An informal reception was given the State cfiicers this morning by a parade of the cadets of the Kenawba Military Institute, tcgether with probably 2 000 people from different parts of the State. The officers were welcomed back by Major Snydtr in a short speech, which was responded to bv Governor Wilson and Secretary of State Walker. Great rejoicing exists among the people here upon the return cf the seat of government, which was taken frem tbem in 1S75. The Crop Outlook. Chicago, May 5. rne Farmers Rsview, in commenting npou the numercui croo reports received up to May 1, will aay: "May has been usbeied in with a snowstorm in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and with rair s in other portions of th Northwest. While it is purely idle guess werk to progncttlcate a growing season, there is nothing very encouraging in the general crop outlook. Winter wheat is bad, aod promises to grow worse rather ttaa improve. Spriog wbeat has not all been seeded, and ca:s are net all sown yei." Northwestern TzolHc Association. CnicAGO, May 5. There was a meeting of Northwestern Traffic Atsocation to day, bu. it Eocn adjourned until to-morrow morning without having accomplished anything. The freight egents of reads interested were oarred cut and ether precautions taken to prerr secrecy. Nothing can be eaid of the condition of the rates except they are demoralized both to eest and west with no indication of speedy adjustment. The Strike nt Deuver. Denver, May 5. There are no new developments in connection with the strike ot tha employes of the Dinver and Rio Grande Railrcad except that the United States Marshal has p laced larre numbers of Deputies at all important points to guard the company's property. It was the sense of the meeting of the strikers, held this afternoon, that ro acts cf violence ehouldbe resorted to. Tbe Minority Ulli Vetoed. Landing, Mich., May 5. Governor Alger has sent to the Legislature his ve'o of the bill to give to the minority of shareholders in joint steck companies representation in Boards of Directors, familiarly known as the Minority bilL The Governor's reasons mainly argue tbe retroactive nature of the measure. The vote by which tbe bill raesed was reconeidered and the bill tabled for f atuxe action. TheSoz Cauat Oucition. Pari?, May 4 The Sub Committee of the International Suez Canal Commission continues to hold daily se scions. The result of these meetirgs is a Mdt;al merging cf tha English and Freucb drafts for a futur policy fcr tbe manaremfnt r,f tte Sum Canal. Thoptcgrfis toyird this n suit is said to bs ery satisfactory to evry one concerned. o Sleeting nf Kntochy Distillers. LEXiNGTGN.'Ky., Mty." At a meeting of tbe Kentucky dJiti'.lers held to niht tSTentenths cf tbe entire interest in tbe State were represented. It was reso ved that for the balance cf the feOT tte production ehould be reduced to the ctral tlemard Several large firms sd that ttey would ehnt down as toon as tbn crau on hard wm used up. Ottawa, Oit , May ,. Th Princess Louise hss cabled tt:e Minister of Mi':t-a t- nd 5.C00 p-.ii.td et ifbacco ard 'il pitei ua present to the troops in the North real. IVIlll I !!h. WAdiii, Myl-i2 ir a. Tot Ue Ohio Vrey aad Teaaewee- Local rains anl partijr cloudy weathor. southwest to northwest winds d;c:Cel fa'.l ia terap?rture. Jie Cpoer Lake Keloa PArtlj cloudy weather and local rals?, vtriab'.o windu, lower temperature in tie southwestern portion, slightly warmer In the northwestern portion. Belief cf Chicago. I Bot ton Globe Boston, with almost 20j libels for divor.M cn tbe decket, will have to etop throwing e to:: s at Cbicago. Tbere is altogether ti much gtass in cur own house to it-t us keen cn in the lapidary amusement we have enjoyed eo long.