Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 June 1880 — Page 1

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VOL. XXVIII. NO 22. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2,1880WHOLE NO. 1531.V

BOILING HOT.

The Republican Political Cauldron the Hottest in Its History. Gathering; of tin Ridlcal Clans From All Sjctlosaof the Country. Interviews and Incidsnt3 of the Great Political Straggl?, Etc., E:c. The Grant and Anti-Brant Faction1 3St ta Deadly Conflict. THE VKRT LATEST From Chicago The Situation at 1 O'clock This Morning, öpeclal to tte Sentinel: Chicago, Ill.,June 1, 1 a. m. Excitement has been at fever he.it all day. Nearly all the delegates are now In the city, ready for the contest, which 1 only fairly open. The event of the day has been the meet in? cf the Committee to-night, in which Senator Cameron took matters in his own hands and refused to entertain all motions and appeals from his decisions, except the selection of Senator Hoar of Massach melts, for temporary President, and the appointment of a Committee to arrausi for tiis hall and admissions thereto. THE FEELIS-4 IS VERY STRONG OS BOTH SIDES, and serious apprehensions are felt of a split in the Committee and Convention. The Orant men express the highest confidence, and say the nomination of their candidate Is now assured. In case - the unit rule is decided favorable they will hold their instructed vote. If unfavorably they will endeavor to lick up stray delegates from the different States to secure a laajority. The Blaiue men say they have put Sir Cameron ou rtcord, which was what they sou3ht,and that a response front tli9 country will b) so plain that it will react in their favor. They are having every apprehension, lest the Graut men may A DO FT TUB S PRIS'.FIELD METHOD and carry the .Convention regardless of the sentiment of the delegates. It Is said that Senator Edmunds sent a dispatch to his friends to-day refusing to permit hLsnanie to so before the Convention, and advising his friends to vote for Grant. It is reported that Washburne will be here to-morrow to work for Grant. Four-Fifth of the Delegates on the Ground, Preparing for the Fr;y The Grant , and Anti-Grant Meeting ou the Lake Shore Last N ight. I By Associated Pre .1 Chicago, May 31. A large number of dele gates and Gt.uers arrived this morning at the Grand P.uriHe. Four hundred were newly registered, auioc;; them X L0XEL T. G. ISGSESOLL, who will rwal; 't-night at the anti-Grant meeting, provided the w at tier clears, which now sj-ius improbable. It is believed that fourfifths of the delegates are now on the ground, and a considerable numwrof the alternates. The New Jersey delegation, aud most of the Illinois deisr ite arrived this morr.ln?. Nothlnz defllnt has transpired as to tha action of the National Committee to b taken this evening, t.ur. the streets are full of rumors which mention compromise, abolition of the unit rule, i'. rKsing of Senator Oaracroa, and many other expedients for settling the question. EDM CSDS DOSS SOT WAST HIS SAME UäÄD AS A CANDIDATE. A letter has been received by Judge Hoar from rtensto? E imunis, declining aosolutely toaüow the use of his mim as a candidate for President. The friends of Grant believe this will help them, while the Vermont delegates, although retntdng to Mate Who their second choU-e will be, say they will not vote for Grant. A Massachusetts delegate said today that Edmund' withdrawal would add twenty votes to snermau'a score. The Southern delegate have been the OBJECTS OF G RE AT SOLICITUDE. and devoted attention for the forty-eight hours past. It Is claimed by te Grant men that they have gained In a quarter a claim which the friends of Ilia other candidates refuse to allow. The piinclpal candidates bave very active and veiy confident friends, and so far as can be learned, there la no (jiving way in any quarter as yet. A large delegation from Philadelphia, with white hats, arrived to day, and were received with a band und other demonstrations of welcome. Cincinnati furnished another lrg delegation, which was received in like manner. The evenirJK proved to be a fine one, and at an early hoar large crowds of people poured in fiora trains, fctreet oars, aud came from the Treme psrt ol the city in masses to attend tha TWO MESTISG3 OS THE LAKE SHORE. The meeting of Grant's supporters was held on Dearborn iv.rk, and the anti-Grant meeting just across t!ie street, in the base ball grounds. The speakers anuounod lor the Grant meeting were Senator Coupling, Logan and Carpenter, 8. L- Woodford, of New York, leouiTd Sweet. Emory etorrs, Robert F. Lincoln and S. A. Douglas. At the anti-Grant meeting the speakers were Colonel 11. G. Ingersoll, Davl-, of Maine: Fred Hassaarek. of Cincinnati: Wayne McVeagb, Lwi Park-r, Gibson, of Ohio, and others. The Ohio delegation met this afternoon and organized, with. er-Governor Dennison as Chairman. General Garfield wax named for Committee nn Ka es.and G. W. Jones asmeraberof the t'imrolttea on Credentials. Other states hoid mwtiogi tor organization to-night and to-morrow. Notwithstanding the vast crowds on the Laki Park attending the tbe two meetings lor Grant and anti-Grant, the corridors of the hotels and strebt are thronged.. Tbe most interest la manifested, and every report of tbe wrk of the managers of the candidates, whether reasonable or unreasonable, Is seized upon and disenssed In Hi bearing upon the candidates. The greatest Interest centers about the Palmer House, where A SECRET MIETISO cf the National Committee Is being held . ' It had tx'en given out by tbe friends of Blaine tnat If Senator Cameron hon Id persist In ru.iugfor the unit rule, the National Committee would not hesitate to remove him from the Chairmanship. A caucus was held during the day and a ciurse of action marked out, having that result for ultimate action. There was a feeling of reluctance on the part of ome members, especially the supporters of Sherman and William E. Chandler, to the deposition of Cameron, and some other way toward an an tl Grant organization ol the Convention was hoped f or. At a meeting of the National Committee this vr17 the fo'lnwiwt HES0LUTI0S3 V ere ottered by M r. Chandler 1 Resolved, That thla Committee approves and ratlfl the call for the approaching Republican National Convention, Issued by Its Chairman and Secretary, and which Invites two delegates from each Congressional District, four delegates at large from each State, two from each Territory and two from the District of Columbia, to compose the Conven- ' Won. Resolved, That this Committee recognizes the right of each delegate In a Republican National Convention freely to cast and have counted his Individual . vote therein according to bli own sentiments, and U he so

decides against any "unit rule" or other instructions passed by a state Convention, which right was conceded without dit-s-nt. and wasexerclsed"in the Conventions of 1st) aud 1168, at d was, after full debate, affirmed by the Convention o' 1K79, and has thus become a pirtofthelaw o Republican Conventions, and until revision by a Convention Itself must rei in a governing principle. In -- first resolution was adopted unanimous-, ly. J o the second resolution Mr. Cameron took . xceptlons, and it la now under discussion. M r, Chaffae, of Colorado, who presented the resolution on the unit ru'e, appealed from the decision of tie Chair, that It was out of order. Tbe Chair (Mr. Cameron) refused to entertain the appeal. Some bufilnoss of minor importance was then transacted, and a recess was taken for fltf'en minutes. The Committee rnetagain at 10:30, and nothing has since transpired as to its action. Conversstion with members of the Committee indicate that there is likely to be a warm session, and tt is alleged by some of them that it is probab'e that Cameron will be deposed tonight. A paper pledging the signers SOT TO VOTE FOR GESEBAL GRAST on the first or other ballot was Blgned by twenty-two of the New York delegates to-day. This settles (he status of that delegation In the Convention. The defection In tbe Pennsylvania delegation Is said by the Grant men to oa less serious. They say not over four will refuse to vote as directed by the State Convention; while the Blaine men claim that there are thirteen who will obey tbe instructions of the Districts only. The advertised speakers did not all appear. Neither Swett, Storrs, Conkling or Carpeuter spoke at the Grant meetiDg, and Ingersoil and lla.e failed to appear at the anti-Grant meeting. Resolutions were adopted by the latter denouncing the nomination of Grant, as being . opposed to the wishes ot the party, and declaring that if he is nominated they would not sustain the nomination. The Giant Club, nlueteen tttrr.ng, came from Cincinnati, aud the Sherman Clubs, from Cincinnati, numbering SCO, and from New York also arrived. The Indiana delegt!on voted to-day on the unit rule, and of twenty-four present only one a voted it. The Alabama delegates voted solid lor It. Upon reassembling, resolutions were adopted apportioning the tickets as follows: Giving each delegate and alternate one season ticket fu h ; reporters. season ticket : each member f the Natlonnl Committee a ticket; to tue President of the Convention, eacb day, twenty-five; to each delegate, for distribution each day, seven tickets; to each member of the National Committee, daily, twentyfive tickets; to the proprietors of the Exposition building, each day, 100; to Chairman of each State aud Territorial delegation, three tickets daily; to Congressmen not deleisatPs, one eacb; ex Congressmen, one each; County, City, State and Federal officers, one each; to distinguished guests, one each. The Committee distribute tickets as they may elect aacording to the above programme. The following resolution was then adopted: Resolved, Thstthe fol'owing named persons be and they are hereby appointed a sub-Committee, to-wit: Messrs. Root, of Illinois; New. of Indian; Eno, of Wisconsin: Scott, of Oregon; Cooper, of Ohio; Fiiley, of Missouri; Deveraux.ot Georgia; Bmer, of the Dtstrtct of Columbia, aud Ciavton.of Arkansas, with lull power and authority to execute and carry out the distribution of the tickets as aforesaid, and that tbe tickets shall be turned over to them for that purpose. Also tbe following: Wheieas, The report of the 8ub Committee, heretofore appointed, having been accepted and filed, It is now Kesol ved, Tiiat the Committee be discharged, and that a Committee consisting of Messrs. Root, of Illinois; New, of Indiana; Enos, of Wisconsin; Scott, ol Oregon: Cooper, cf Ohio; IeveiHnx, of Geontla; liowen, of the District ot Columbia: Filley. of Mis

souri, and Clayton, of Arkansas, be and they are hereby appointed to perfect all necessary ar-angeinents for the coutrol of the halls which me or mey be required for the National Committee, for the purposes of the Convention. Judge G. F. Hoar was selected by the Committee as temccrary Chnirmau for the Convention, and Colonel J. II. Roberts, oT Chicago, was appoints I temporary Secretary. Thesa nominations were made on tli recommendation ot tbe Committee appointed for the purpose, and consisting of William E. Chandler; Cooper, of Ohio; Forbes, of Massachusetts; Platte, of New York, aud Jones, of Nevada. The question of the unit rule was not again brought forward during the meeting, wtilcn did not adjourn uutil after midnight. hut will coma up to-inrrrow. The anti-Grant members of the Committee claim a substantial victory on every polut so far, having displaced the Committee of Arrangements, which was compo.se 1 of Grant men entirely, with a new Committee, in whi-h the opposition ar in the majority, and having named a temporary Chairman who is penertly satisfactory to them. 'Hie peculiarity of Chairman Cameron's lulirg on the Chaffee resolution egilnst the unit rule was that he did not decide It ont of order, but simply refused to entertain It, and, consequently, wtien Chsifee appealed he declared there was notnlng before the House, and thai tbere could be no no appeal. The contest will bo renewed torn o row over the unit rule. GRAST AT DUr.CQ.CK, IOWA, WHESK HE WILL BEMAIX Dl'EISG THE C0SYEXTI0S. Dcbuqce, May 31. General and Mrs. Grant came over to Dubuque again this afternoon, and will stay to-morrow certainly, and perhaps during the whole time of tho Chicago Couvention. They are guests of ex-Mayor Joun Thompson. General Grant was here about a week ago. It is und rtood that one reaon of his coining here now aud remaining for some days is a desire to get away from home so as to avoid the large number of telegrams and letters that are pouring In upon him. especially from Chicago. He watches matters there closely, hut preserves his usual silence on all political topics. CONVENTION GOSSir. Notes aud Incidents of the Political Struggle, We gather the following from. Chicago papers: LOGAS. "YOTJ DONT HEAR MUCH NOISE, do you?" said Senator Logan, to a Times reporter on yesterday. "No," was the truthful reply, "There Is no need lor any," said the Senator, with a confident twinkle in his eye. "Everything is moving smoothly and to our entire satisfaction. Noiso doesn't count lor anything. Chinese gongs don't frightn soldieis." When asked abaal the strength of tbe op. position, he said: "No combination or discordant elements was ever made that didn't fall before it was made." "You mean baiore the object was accomplished, don't yon?" was asked. "No. I taeau betöre it was made. They will combinejostsofar, and no farther. When It becomes uecessary for one of them to make a sacrifice he wont make it, and there the matter ends." From this It may be inferred that the Grant men have no fear of the attempt to combine the opposition against them proving successful, lliey think tbe Blaine men will be satlsnd with nothing short of the nomination of Maine, and tho Sherman and Washbume men are 1 the same condition. As all can not be nominated, they expect to see them all go down together rather than yield to each other. THE USIT RULE. The one engrossing topic of discussion, the unit rule, seems to give more anxiety to all the rest than to the Grant men. The friends of Mr. Elaine, realizing that this rule would. If enforced, deprive their candidate of all chance for success, grow sharper and more determined In their opposition to it as the day of the Convention approaches. The Washburne men are also bitter In denunciation of it, and Sherman's men Join tne cry. The Grant men, on the contrary, seem indifferent. Every one of them, who has been Interrogated upon this subject, has replied that in tne press of more essential matters the unit rule has thus far escaped consideration. One or two who assumed to speak ex cathedra declared that the friends of General Grant neither desired nor Intended to bring It up at all As time wears on, the impression gains ground that there will be no attempt In that direction. It is to be noted that the Grant men are splendidly organized. Regardless of the bluster every where heard in behalf of other candidates, thev eo on about !thelr business and say very little. The leaders, Conkllng, Cameron and Logan, are never Idle, and never do any talking. They are to-day as confident of nccess as thev were a month ago. No careful observer of yesterday's events could faU to con

The 4 HASSLED BT 6ILEST STEX, and followed by a silent army who move right on, impenetrably sure of their cause. Tbe time has not yet come for shouting. Up to this point the noise has been monopolized by the other fellows. IKDIASA HEADQUARTERS. The Indiana delegation has opened headquarters in the room next to the National Committee room. Hon. John C. New formally opened the room with a very pleasant little speech, in which he informed the gentlemen that lie had engaged the best rooms in the hotel for their accommodation, and bad secured two laige rooms for them to use for their headquarters. He had tried, to the best of his ability, to look after their personal welfare, and had nothing to do with their action In the Convention. That they must be the Judge of ana be responsible for. He had not said a word to any of the delegates about who they should vote for, and should not; it was not his business, and he could not be held responsible for their action. What he had done for them was simply a matter of business, hlsduty as a member of the National Committee. (Applause. He would see that Indiana delegates not their full hure of tickets, and i they got a few more he was sure nobody would tell on him. (Applause.) auht a lew gooa-naturea remarks a motion was made lhat they hold a mectiDi at 1U o'c ock this morning to appoint committees. .Mr. .ew suggested tnat a meeting tie held earlier, but General Streight said the next day was Sunday and all Hoosiers went to church on that dsy, aud it was decided to meet at l'J o clock this morning. Most of the delegates have arrived and are located at the Paimer House. Those who have not vet come in will arrive this morning. GENERAL STREICHT. General Rtreleht. the Remibllcan candidate for Governor of Indiana, is with tbe delegation from his State, and has rooms at the Palmer House. A representative of tte InterOcean called upon tbe General Saturday, ad had a very pleasant talk with him. He is very hopeful ot success in his State, and says be is cot the man to give up a Cght before it has begun. He was not that kind of a soldier, and during the war he would have had an oTPcer cashiered who predicted defeat before the battle was fought. He believed in the same mode of warfare in politics, he did not regard that Grant, Blaine or Sherman was the best man to nominate for Indiana, and It might be hard for any of thorn to pull through If nominated, but he knew that it was time tor Indiana to wheel bsck Into line it she did not wunt to be recogntztd as hopelessly Jost to Republicans aid handed over to the Demo crats, and he believed that she would do s-o not withstanding the opposition. The people were opposed to Grant, simply because of the third term bugbear. He knew this was a foolish tiling, as no man could be raid to be elect ed to a third term alter an Intervening terra. it was the same as electing a man for the first term. If he could say who hoald be the next President, who would be tbe best man icr the place, ho wcu'd cot hesitate a moment, but would say V. S. Grant. He hesitated, only because he found a prejudice against tne third term, which would be hard to get ild of. He found almost, if not wholly, asgwat a prejudice in the state against Blaiue, and did not regard him a safe man. Sherman would not get the Greenback vote, which was now with the Republicans In his Stete. He thought, as far as Indiana was concerned, a new man, such a3 Edmunds, Washbume, or any other good man who was not known so well, would be more successful. There was a certain c.ass of men who could not bear to see auy man successful, aud there was a great deal of this element In the opposition to Grant. Because, by his ability and hard work, he had attained a position unequal d by any other man, these men were envious ot him , and were doing all they could to defeat him. Whoever the uomluee was, he would work and fight for him with the strong hope of success. EEXATOS CONKLISO In conversation with a reoresentatlve of the Inter-Ocean yesterday, Sauator ConkliDg said lhat at no time in the content had he been more confident of the nomination of General Grant than since his arrival in Chicago. He said he was not a Faugulne man, and in contests of this kind he always gsve his opponents the benefit of doubta. Tiiat was the safest way to mske calcu .atlons, for then one would never over estimate bis strength. He did not see how anything but an act of God could prevent. General Grant's nomination. Referring to the representations thai General Grant could not carry New York, ho said: "My judgment to-day is clearer than ever that of ail tha candidates General Grant Is tbe Kirongist man that can be nominated with reteiecce to the State of New York. I do not think aDy candidate, even if chosen from our own State, could poll more votes there than he. His popularity is unbounded, and although a dasperate rQort has been made by tbe use of methods not enti.ely legitimate to prevent his rectivlug the vote of tha New York delegation, he is to-day tbe man that the Republicans of New York want for President. He can crry that State against any candidate that the Democrats can nominate. I have heard these repoits," said the Senator, "but I do not bellve that any intelligent citizen of my State would be siucere indenting what I have said " Senator Conkllng pulled from his pocket a letter he had just received from Governor Cornell, of New York, which read as follows: "It seems almost certain thai the result cf the next Presidential election will be determined by the vote of the State of New Y'ork : hence it "is my firm conviction that General Grant Is by all odds the most available candidate to insure succesi. Ho will be stronger in the State by many thousand votes than any other possible candidate. Careful Inquiry of sagacious and intelligent men from every portion of the State during the past few months has greatly strengthened my own opinion of Grant's popularity with the people. Asa candidate in nomination be will arouse an enthusiasm among the people such es we have never witnessed in our day. The opposition to his nomination Is only few In numbers,and If it had not been extravagantly exaggerated by two or three of oar leading newspapers, it would not be heard of. It has no substantial footing in the rank of the party. When nominated General Grant will carry tbe state with as large a majority as any Republican candidate ever received. Stncerely yours, "Aloszo B. Cornell." The Police Called In to Keep Order In the Reformed Presbyterian Synod. ' Pittsburg, ra.. Msy 29. To day, for the first time, the Reformed Presbyterian Synod Avas placed under the protection of the police. The good people of Oak Alley have preserved order, but for the last two days outsiders have been disturbing the meetings and acting in such a manner th&t the Moderator wan obliged to call on the Mayor tor protection. During the discussion of a paper of the Northern Presbytery as to the trial. frequent interruptions were made. The Moderator called them to order, but the boisterous manifestations continued, and Dr. McLeod was authorized to bring In the Chief-of Police. . on the latter'a arrival the Moderator said an explanation was due the Synod. - He regretted exceedingly to hove been required to pursue such a course. While the Synod had entire confidence In the good men of the church. It was evident from the proceedings of to day that drunken and lrresponsib'e persons had appeared in the church. The disorder was Increasing, and he now asked that the Chief ol Police take charge of tbe Synod and protect it until the final adjournment. A Terrible Cyclone Nine Persons Killed and Sixty Wounded. Galvestos, May 29. The News' special from Bonham says a terrlb'.e cyclone visited Savoy, on the Texas Pacific Railroad, last night, totally destroying the town and killing nine persons and wounding sixty, some of whom will die. Tbe following are the names or the killed: Sam Gill, Dr. Hern, Miss Pansy Johnson, E.L.Andrews, A. Horn, Wm. Luddeth, Mattle Böst,achildof Mr. Gallagher and an Infant of Mr. Andrews. Nlueteen business houses, the railroad depot and twenty dwellings were destroyed. Only five houses in the place are not damaged. Physicians, nurses, medicines, coffins, provisions and everything is being furnished by the people of Bonham, and a train has been placed at their disposal. Tbe scene beggars description. The earth Is covered with debris, and the groans of the wounded are heartrending. Continued Warm Weather In New York. New York, May 2S. Five deaths and many eases of prostration from heat were reported to-day. Approaching 3 o'clock the tberinome tor in sheltered apota marked eighty-seven degrees. . , .

clude that Grant has lost nothing, silent man la

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Conclusion of the Celebrated Case, ami the .Argument of the Counsel In the Case. West Poi!T, May 28. In the Whittaker case to-day Lieutenant McCiernatd testified that, in company witn Recorder Sears, he inspected Whlitaker's room last Friday, May 21, and found an overennt banging In an alcove. In the sleeve ot which was a Lair of civilian pants, around. hieb was rolled an undershirt. Lieutenant Randolph testified that he was requested by Recorder Sears, on May lü, to be present at a conversation, with Whittaker. The Recorder ass ed Whittaker If he had any citizens' clothing in his quarters. Whlttaser's first reply was that be bad not, but urwr further questioning he seemed to qualify by saying that to the bat of his knowledge and belief he had not. The conveisntion impressed the witness with the idea that Whittaker denied havlDg any citizen clothing in his room. A witness was aUo present at a subsequent conversation In the Commandant's oriice, when the Commandant asked Whittaker to explain why the pants were found In the sleeve or his coat. At first Whittaker was unable to say if they were his pants or rot, and he was told to pu; them o, and he did. They fitted him, and when he found his name on the binding lie said they were his. A coat and vestweie brought out, when he was willing to 8y that all three of the garments ere his. When asked to account for the presence of the pantaloons in his room be could not. He said t h it some one other than hlmse.f must bave placed them there. He said he had notseen the pants before since last Christmas. Witness said he asked Whittaker this morning if he bad seen any suttof elvi. Ian 's clothing, or pants of suit, and Whittaker replied: "Not since just be lote Christmas." The RC-rder sain if some one else put tbe articles in Whlttaker's room, they took incch trouble and great risk with no object, as far as he couid see. The Recorder pointed ont several other minor points to show tb t Whittaker was unreliable, and said he (Whit'aker) had had a love affair, which had probably made him morbid. Extracts from Whlttaker's diary were read, in which Whittaker says he believes one ot his Instructors was a "negro hater." Oue of the notes read : "The Instructor does really hate mo for beiDg a nigger. Poor devil, I shall pray for him and all like Mm." Laughter. Another extract read : "I'm hated and scorned for being a nigger, but some day will prove me worthless or not." Another reads; "Everybody eems against me this yeir, and I fear they will floor me like they did poor Smith." Another read: "In 'ehem. (chemistry) the Lieutenant (Johnson) was savage on me. I shall stndy tonight till 1 or 2 o'clock, and may yet go through ir they give me half a chance " Lieutenant Knight.ln reply to the Recorder, said that Professor Greener, in answer to a request c-f the Court to make known, over his own signature, any facts which would tend further to thoroughly Investigate the whole matter, had .sent to him a communication on May 20, but the contents had already beev. thoroughly Investigated. In reply to suspicions against Lieutenants liixby and Gaber, Profesor Greener wro,e: "I have no personal reason for suspecting tbeve gentlemen." Lieutenant Knight tdded: "I don't deem it necessary to occupy the time of the Coun in following upanytkicg else." This' closeo tb testimony In the case. Recorder fcear then summed up. He said much unfair criticism hud been made on the methods of the Court by persons ignorant of military law. An uninfermed and violently prejudiced puhJc required that extraordinary measures be adopted in trying the case. The Recorder took the ground from tbe start that all the testlanny went to show that Whittaker was the author of his own asranit. Tbe htKtory of Wh.ttaker's entry into the Academy was then given. He expected trouble, but It did iKt come until Cadet McDonald struck him. Ho did not have tbe courage to resent the b'or, knowing, as be must, that no blame could f4ch to Htm for so doing; but he reported tl.j matter, and McDonaid was at once arrtstcd. tried, and dismissed Iiom the Academy. Tke Recorder then spuke of Whlttaker's standing In his classes Just previ ous to the 5th rtt April. He was in a dangerous p .sition. He went Into various motives cadeta could have in perpetrating the esj-ault, and ridiculed the idea laal they might have perpetrated 0 bruiala trick. Tbe Recorder salu all the cmlets had conMituted themselves into a body of Intelligent detectivea. He emphatically deDled that the cadets could have hired cutsiuer to do the woik. Ha said Whittaker had btooded over the thing so long that be felt, fully persuaded he must Co it. He covered his tracks by petjury. His own testi mony, without the hand writing and note or warning, weie enough to convict him. He reviewed Whlttaker's testimony and pointed ont what he called inconsistencies in it. Finally, he summed up Whittaker's motives in comruitticg tbe deed, to be a fear that ne would not graduate. .Having been rejected by a girl, lie thought to win her affection by showing himself to be persecuted. He deplores Iiis social condition, and so concerts this scheme, be lieving he would get into the hospral, and, falling to .pass, would go out into the world with a host of friends to receive him us a martyr. The Recorder referred to the woman in the case, repeatedly citiug her as one of the causts which led to his concerting the bogus assault. He charged Whittaker with disguising his hand in writing tho slips for the experts. He finally charged that Whittaker had failed to clear hlnuelf, but, on the contrary, tbe circumstantial evidence was so strong against him as to Justify the Recorder in demanding that Whittaker be tried by a Court Martial for conduct unbecoming a cadet and a gentleman, and tor perjury. Lieutenant Knlaht, counsel for Whittaker, then said the Recorder had given Ills interpretations, but that was do reason why the I'ourt should accept them. He asked that the Court disabuse its mind as to the brooding of Whittaker. On the contrary, the evidence went to show that he was of good cneer and coolident. He said there was nothing in the evidence to show that Whittaker's storv was not true. He ridiculed the idea that Whitsaker wanted sympathy. The Court would remember that Whittaker was anxious to resign at one time, to be of help to his mother. No evidence had been produced to reflect on Whittaker's character from boyhood to the time he was found bound. Ee demanded a Court of Iuquiry, which is much more severe than a Court Martial. Counsel claimed that tbe note of warning was a forgery or Whittak-ers writing: that tbe paper was stolen from his room with the object of fastening suspicion rn Whittaker. There was every possibility of doing this, as Whlttaker's room was easy of access. Lieutenant Knight then took up the writing experts, and lu a mast sarcastically amusing way snowed how repeatedly they contradicted themselves and each other. In conclusion he pronounced it as monstrous to say a young man Just enteron manhood should be thought guilty of such a crime, with everything to horw for, with bright presoecu. and nothing to gain by the commission of euch a deed. The speech was conssdered most able, logical and lfgal. At its conclusion the Court adjourned tine die, and the Whittaker inquiry ended. The Court of Inquiry of the Opinion That Whittaker Committed the Assault Upon Himself. West Point, May 29. The Court of Inquiry in the case of Cadet Whittaker met In secret session to-day, and agreed upon a final report which Vas signed by all the membeis of the Court. The conclusions are as follows: 1. The Court Is unable to believe that such slight wounds as Cadet Whittaker received could have been Inflicted by persons in the manner and unoer the circumstances described by him. 2. It does not see why a man with his surroundings, and in bis condition and frame or mind, as shown by his own evidence, should have submitted to an assault such as is alleged without summoning assistance during the assault, or immediately thereafter. 3. It believes a person tied as he was, and left as he claims to have been, conld readily bave released himself had he exerted himself to do so. 4. From the testimony of the Tost 8urgeon, and others, tbe Court Is compelled to believe that Cadet Whittaker, was neither asleep nor lnsenslb'e when he was examined on the morning of April 6, 1880, but that he was feigning. 5. The Court Is not able to discover any motive that any person, other than Cadet Whittaker, could have had in making such an assault, and there is no evidence whatever to warrant the belief that any other person did mke it. 6. It believes that the hair clipping, flesh cuttlDg, and binding could all havo been accomplished by Cadet Whittaker himself. 7. The theory, that tbe note of warning is an Imitation of Cadet Whittaker's writing. Is, in thonnlnion of the Court, untenable. The severe tests to which experts In handwriting

were subjected, and their positive- testimony.

1" oeyonu a a out mat uadet wmttaker himself wrote the note of warning, and, therefore, that he is not ignorant of the person or jisous eugigeu in tne ansir. xnis latter conclusion is strengthened by the faet that one-balf of the sheet of rper on wn Ich tbe note was written was found in Cadet Whittaker's possession. The opt n ion of the Court is as follows r "From the strong array of cironmslnntial evidence, from the testimony of experts in handwriting, and from the conflicting statements of Cadet Whittaker and the lack or vericity evinced by him in certain cases during the investigation, as shown ty the evidence, tbe Court is of tbe opinion that tbe imputation upon the character of Cadet Whittaker, referred toln the omer convening the Court, and contained in the official reports of the Commandant of Cadetsand the Post Snrgeon, is fully snsjalned." When the report was sent General SchoCeld acd read by him, he caused a letter to be addressed to Olonel Lazeile. Commandant of the Corps of Cadets, directing the Arrest of Whittaker and placing hitn in confinement in his room. The orfer was promptly carried out, end' Whittaker will remain under arrest until tbe case is disposed of, and a guard will keep him under surveillance. An oilicer in high rank being asked what disposition woal bo made ol him, ir the findings of the Court are approved by the War Department, replied if ha was anon-commissioned officer ruf would be tried bv a Court Martial. Put, it is probable if the President approves, he will be dismissed from the Academy er turned over to the civil authorities. Whittaker still protests his innocence. The findings ot the Court will be forwarded to the War Department to-night. THE WHITTAKER CASE. YtTASHiSGTON. r. C.r May an. Professor Greener arrived here from West Point to day. or tbe Whittaker inquiry and the finding of the Court he savs Whittaker had been nrejudged on suppositions, assumptions, insinua tions ana expert testimony, upon which, according to military law, little it any reli ance Miuuiu do ptacea. lie says tne Academy dexteronsly shifted the responsibility by hav log Whittaker ca I for a Court of Inquiry instead of having it eome from the President. By doing so they placed Whittaker alone in th position of ecused. while had the Presi dent ordered an inquiry the wtole corps of vt.ut-iK, numaseriDPinupa.woiua nave oeen placed on trial. ProfVsor Greener intends to follow the case op with the Secretary ot War. as he b:n already been assured by Secretary hamsay that an opportunity will be ifforoed him to criticise tbe methods of proceed ure and fludings of the Court. num rain storms. Loss of Life and Property Reported From Texas. AT SAS SAKRA, TEXAS. Galveston, May 2S. A news spec'al from San sbra, Texs, says that during the ralu storm last night the family of P. M. Hon n tree, living near here, took refuge In the cane, resulting in the drowning of two of his little boys, aged three aud six years. His wife, little daughter and a young lady with them, were tauen out In a drowning condition. AT CALVERT, TEXAS. Calvkrt, Tex., May SS. A heavy wind, rain and hail storm occurred In the eastern part of the County yesterday, blowing down houses, fencea. etc. Corn and cotton are stripped of blades and leaves, and oats leveled witli the ground. - LCSS OF LIFE AT KBACKETT, TEXAS. Brackett, Tex, May 2S. At 1:30 this m rniug the heaviest and most disastrous rain storm set in ever known. It Is still pouriug in torrents. All of Braekett except the portion upon two hills is inundated. On Main street the water is from five to eight feet deep, and rushing down the street with, almost Incredible rapidity, The floor of every business house is Irom one to"five feet" underwater. Several men at the mercy of the waters went down. All efforts to save them were of no avail. Great anxiety is felt for the safety of families along Los Monas Creek. More than twenty people were drowned and a dozen houses washed away tonight. Some bore human freight, many housfs being washed from their foundations. All the residences In the lower part of town nie belüg vacated as fast as possible. The greatest excitement prevails. A Large Number of Miners On a Strike. Denver, Col., May 26. Twenty-seven hundred min-.rs ttrnck to-day, demanding an advance from 53 to f 4 per day. They held a meeting and visited the mines, and compelled the ot her miners to quit work. Several mines have refused to accede to tbe demands. The arms of several Leadville military organizations are in the hands of tbe strikers. There has been little or nothing rumored as to the movement until it developed Itself this morning in Si to $3,50 per day. At 7 o'clock this morning 100 men appeared at the ChrisoUte mine aud ordered ont the men. Aftersome consultation the demand was complied with, and they Joined the strikers, who proceeded to the Iron carbonate and Bruce hills. To-night there is not a man at any of the mines. It is estimated that öJOO men are participating In tbe movement, whilst perhars 3.CO0 other miners are remaining quiet at their homes. All tbe prominent miners are strontly guarded. The excitement is feverish. Michael Mooney, a Mollle Magnlre from Pennsylvania, Is at the head of the movement Thus far there has been no violence, and it is hoped no serious results will follow, although the managers generally show a resolution to yield to the demands of the strikers. Hot Weather Several Fatal Cases of Sun stroke. New York. May 27. The heated term continues. The thermometer In a sheltered spot at 2:30 marks 12 J. There were two deaths from sunstroke to-day and turtle prostrations. Brooklyn reports four cases of sunstroke, one fatal. In Jersey City oue man died to day, and in Newburg one Irish emigrant. The Captain of a schooner, bound down, had a son also die from htat. The heat continues intense, the thermometer marking 9i in tbe shade during the afternoon. Reports from New Jersey and Long Island tell of numerous sunstrokes, quite a number intal. In this city many have been prostrated by the heat, and the death rat has nearly doubled during the past three days. AloDg the Jersey coast and up the Sound, the thermometer reached lOO"". All the crocs are blunting. The police report for the twenty four hours ending at 12 o'clock to-Dight thirty-two cases of sunstroke In this city and Brooklyn, six of which were fatal. A Fierce Fight Terrible Explosion. Panama, May 19. The Star and Herald prints the following: "From Locumba., near Tacna, there comes the report of a severe right between the Chilian cavalry, under Colonel Yergara, and a division of tbe Peruvian cavalry and Infantry, under Colonel Aiboriaccln. The latter appears to have been severely handled, the infantry of the force being. It Is said, cut topleces by the fierce charge of tbe Chilians. The Peruvian loss Is placed at 100 killed, while many were made prisoners, and a considerable amount of arms and ammunition and a large number of cattle and mnles also fell Into the hands of the victors. The Peruvians retreated on Tacna, close pressed, to wltoln a few miles of the city, by the enemy. "At Ancron, Peru, a large torpedo In process of completion exploded accidentally, blowing the manufactory to pieces, killing every inmate and nine others, and leveling a dozen adjoining houses to the grounds." Dry Weather in New York State Killing the Crops ' New Y'ork, May 26. Thermometer 91. The Intense heat and long continued drought is working great disaster to the people of the rural districts. Springs which were never before known to go dry are exhausted. Farmers In many places are plowing up their firsftrops of potatoes, being ruined by the potato bug, in order to plant as soon as there shall be rain. No sort of fruit or vegetables are arriving at full development, Two Children Killed by the Explosion of Gasoline. PiQUA. O., May 25. At six o'clock this morning a barrel of gasoline exploded In the cellar of tbe residence of M rs. Dr. Jones. Tbe house immediately caught fire, and the Inmates were In tbe greatest danger. Two boys, aged respectively ten and fourteen, perished. Miss Kate Newland, sister of Mrs. Jones, and Mr. Fred Amendt, were severely but not fatally burned. Loss, 110,000.

RICHMOND. Cnt Tils Ost Throat. Special to the Sentinel : RiCHMotT3;Ind.,May 28. Thomas SäUIatc. once one of the prominent manufacturers d Richmond, and afterward owner of mls at Cambridge City, cut bis throat In the rail road yards at daylight Urts moral a g with a yenknife. The windpipe was stverf-d, and & blade passed within an eighth of an inch? of the Jugular vein. He is- still alive-, but tA blood on his Jbngs w.l probably kill hin. Hard luck and whisky are aer!bA as ths causes of his de: ration.

TUSCOLA, ILLINOIS. Financial TroubVs and ferempted1 S-cüclde. Special to the Sentinel: Tuscola, 111., May 2. J. M. Darnell, llvlmr hx Hliutboro, this County, cat his thToat this morning with a razor, bot at last accocnts was still alive. He failed in business a few cüayg ago, and it is supposed Iiis finurcclal troubles so "preyed upon his mind as to cause him to commit the rash act. CRIMES AND CRIMINALS. TWO WIDOWS MCRDE7.E. Avon. Conn.. May 31 Maria Arvont and Emily Cnilsey, widows, were murdered nignu 'i be women were last seen alive on SaniiT momtng. This morning a neighbor, entering, the kitchen, found Mrs. Chidsey lying on the kitchen floor, weltering In blood, she havtag ueenjcuieu oy a oiow on me neaa witn an axe. Mrs. Avent was found in the attic on a bed, with a Bible and spectacles by her side. and a ghastly wound in the forehead, inflicted by sailor's goose, which was lying on a chest close by. A piece of carpet had been thrown over the body of Mrs. Chldsev. and a naner over the face of Mrs. Avent. The murderer naa probably approached the house from a window in the rear, the barn sheltering him from observation. A track was found in t hebam yard and in the roadway. The n otlve of tlie crime was not plunder, as the silver in thekitchen was not disturbed, and the bureau aud trunks were not molested. There is a possibility that it was the work of soiae party iatereted in the destruction of the will of the old ladies. They were in good circumstances, and bid quite a large amount of money in savings banks. Mrs. Avent formerly lived m tbfj West, but on the death of her husband returned to the old homestead. T2ERIM.E MUEDEH3 BY ISDIAS9 I SEW MEXICO. St. Locis, May SI. A Rpeclal from Southern New Mexico says that the Indians attacked a party of Mexicans at old Fort Cummin?. on Saturday, and one man was wounded. iiajor Bird, paymaster, who was passing pur sued th Indians with his escort and fought them all the afternoon. They retreated into Cooks Canon at night. Since then five tleail Douies nave Deen found in Cooks Canon, amoDg them those of Sam J. Lyons and a stage driver. All the bodies were terribly Durnea a stage coacn and three wagons were also burned. It Is supposed that three or four, and perhaps more persons beside those found, were massacred. The Indians left in the direction of the Florida Mountains. Troops arrived at tho 6cene on Saturday, and took up the trail of the Indians. MURDER, AES0S, ASD SUICIDE. St. Johs, N. B,May 29. John Drury, an elderly man, this evening, shot his brother Edward dead and wounded another brother named Chapman. He the fired the premises and when the people gatheied, killed himrelf. ARREST OF BOSD FORGERS. New York. May 29. All persons engaged In the issue ot the forged scrio of the Pennsylvania aud lteadine Railroad," Including Engraver Wertraeyer, of ööi Peart rHreet-tiav been arrested. The original plates of the counterfeit have been secured. WAS HE MURDERED? Wichita, Kas., May 29. It Is reported that Captain John Huff Bouer, at El Paso, this County, who attempted to make corjunction will Cuptain Payne, in Indian Territory, li missing and circumstances lead to 1 he suspicion that he has been murdered. He had contijerable money with him. A DARISG CRLMISAL. Charleston, 8. C, Hay 27. There was great excitement In the Court ot General Sessions at Kingstree, this State, yesterday. A man named Ward was found guilty of forgery, and as soon as the verdict, was announced he rose from his seat within tbe bar, drew a pistol and fired twice deliberately at two men named Harperand Lane, ttie principal witnesses against him. Harper is unhurt, but the seroud shot wounded Lane In both hands. Ward Is in Jail. A cold-elooded murder. Louisville, May 25. A Paducah, Ky special to the Courier-Journal, says: "Dan. F. Jones, a saloon-keeper of Mussey, Calloway County, yesterday shot and killed Joel Ferguson, the Town Marshal. Jones was drinking, and got Into a difficulty with a citizen and drew a pistol to shoot. Ferguson seized the pistol aud took It away from Jones. In his fury, Jones went home and came back with a double-barreled gun, leveled it at Ferguson and tired, but Ferguson struck tne gun down and the load went into the ground. Jones then stepped a pace or two back and tired, the whole charge entering Ferguson's groin, and he died in tnree hours. Jones was arrested. Ferguson was an ex-Sheriff of Calloway County, aud a man of high standing in that community." REMEMBERING THE SOLDIBRS. THE CEREM0SIES AT ST. LOUIS. St. Louis, May 30. Memorial Day was notable for the Immense crowd of people that visited the National Cemetery, at Jefferson Barracks, fourteen miles down tbe river. It is estimated that 15,t (K) persons were on the ground. Haifa dozen steamers and numerous trains of cars were busy nearly ail day la conveying the throngs, and they proved inadequate to bring them bscc. At a late hour toil Ight the police telegraphed that there were still a thousand people on the ground, and unless other steamers go down they will be obliged to remain there all night. The. ceremonies were orations in English and German, music, and the usual strewing of flowers on the 11,000 graves of both Union and Confederate soldiers. The day was very fine, and barring the lack of transportation, everything passed off pleasantly . THE DAY IN ISDUIfA A ICD OHIO. Cixcisnati, May 30. The decoration of soldiers' graves was observed to-day in many cities and towns in Ohio and Indiana. Bad weather Interfered in several places, but generally reports say that there was a large attendance, and that perfect order was observed. At Springfield, O., the crowd was estimated at 5,000 or 6,Ouorf The ceremony will be observed at Cincinnati to-morrow. AT SEW ORLEANS. New Orleans, La., May 30. Memorial Day at Chalmette was celebrated by a salute, oration, military display, and musio by the Thirteenth Infantry Band. The attendance was larger than ever before. Were They Massacred? Desvek, May 26. A letter from Cmarronj New Mexico, says In regard to the reported massacre of the Bradbury party: "The party passed my place sometime since, and asked t'dvice about going on the North Fork of Gunnison to prospect. They were advised not to go as it was dangerous, as the White - River Utes were camped from South Cedar to the mouth of Unoompahgre. Tbey paid no attention, but went on. The Indians got after them, and Ouray and Chepeta interfered in person, and prevented a massacre. Another letter says tbe location of the rumored Bradbury massacre is is at least IV miles from the town of Gunnison, and nearly, if not quite, as far from the mining camps of the Gunnison country, and states further that It is not probablyknown that Bradbury was murdered, and that the Gunnison mining country Is not on tha reservation and is open to settlement. Kearney Released. Sah Fkawcisco, Cal., May 27. A Sacramento dispatch says: "At 6:10 this alter Doon the Supreme Court rendered a decision in the Kearney case, releasing him. The hearing was on a habaes corpus, appealed from the Superior Court of San Francisco, where the decision of the Polio Court, putting Kearney In the House of Correction for abusive language, was sustauea.