Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 February 1883 — Page 1

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INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1883. VOL. XXXI. NO. 4. WHOLE NO. 1563

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An Interview With Sheridan, the Alleseti 'IiiTinclblo Organ izer. He Will Kemala In 'evf York, Where the rnglidi OflieiaLj Can find Dim. The Object of His Visit to Ireland . in the Disguise of a Priest. THIS ISVINCIltLK OKOANIZEK. P.J. Sheridan Interviewed Concerning Informer Crcj' Testimony Iii Visit to Ireland Scene of Distress Adniintstratlon of Law by Förster. Kiw Yoke, Feb. 22. Tb.9 forthcoming issue of the Irish tVorld will contain a long inierview with P. J. Sheridan, whom JauiC3 Carey, the informer, ia his testimony in Dublin, Ireland, stated to be an "invisible organizer:" Reporter Do you pro-pose leaving New York to prevent being extrad:-ud, a baa beeu threatened by tue EclNa Govcraueut? Mr. Sheiidan I bad litsnded going West previous to my reading it the inf irtuer Carey's references to me at tue Du oll n trials, but I hsve now decided remaining In Ne York. If any emissary of the Bmi-h Government wnat t) know where 1 en he will find me at my dutlc la l ie Irish World cilice Any ciy ot the week. Kep. Da you Dot think the consequences might be nri jus if yuu were placed In tae'd-jcx in Dublin? Satridan British Court of law In Ireland are rgauized tlmply to con vkt. Victims are wanted. I know If the ll.-nisa Government pot me inf la clul-he I would certainly be barged, even though I disprove i. as 1 could e.siij disprove, every charge which the iuformer Carvy has .vorn acains me. My innocence or guilt would not aüt-ct the Usae. lieu. With such fears oa your mini, would It not La better to more to some country having no extradition treaty with England! Sheridan If .tnere wtie no other considera'lon tbaa my individual t-afety, I might be lnd uced to thin' so. Bit 1 fetl my trial, should it come to that, will result in giving the American people an opportunity of judtlng aJ the class ot evidence on wica irreproachable lffaa arc almost d-ily hanged ia Ireland, such expose, I lniinlne, would bo productive of results for Ireland. I herefore. I remain. - Iiep. lo you entertain any hopes for the prisoners la Ireland? She-idn No. Dr. Xulty's lifo Is no safer than Joseph Mnllett's, if tha Kngllsh Goverument only deeded it politic to hr.e hiin. If Caiey, Kavanauizh aud Fanell found it n:eary, to lave their necks, to swear that Dr. Nulty killed Cavendish and Burke, they would do if. The Government has only to name ita victims and the Informers will swear according to order. Rep. supposing thc-Ks nien scould be hanged, what do you think will be the result? SherU'.au That is a nutter ouly to bn guessed at. Iheie Is one thing, however, of which I have no doubt, and that is, Ireland was never so detcrrniiied oa the ccuijveinent cf tcr Independence, and never so strt'ut oa the track to obtain it t s she Ia at this hour. Kep. Do you know this Informer Carey, who aavs ho wa introduced to vou at Anstel Hotel. Dublin? Sheridan I never met the man ia my life. His .reference to the interview with me at Auel Hotel. Dublin. aud his statement about my ptomislns to forward him some arms from Loudon are sbatr fabiicallon. and convince me his story hs been coticx;tel in Dublin Cat-tic, and Carey, ia order to save hU miserable neck, volunteered to swear to it ia the witness box. Iiep. As a matter cf fact, have yo'i been In tha diuiEQ of a pnett la Ireland, asalkged? Sheridan Yes, I found It neceary to visit Ireland for two reason-, which I will Rive you, and being aware of the fact thai a general oider was Issued from the Castle to the police to arrtst me if found in any tart of Ireland at that tijae the British Government was arresting every Irishman who was thought to be of sorvive to the Land League cau.e I assumed the guise of a priest anoY went to Ireland. (I) For the purpose of arranging for the recovery of some prr p irty of which 1 had been robbed durir.g ray imprisonment aud exile, and (t!) for the purpose Of putting down agrarian acts and upholdiug the "no rent manifesto," by a process of locial ostracism, that being, ia my opinion, the mot potent, as well as the most moral weapon within the people's reach. I also found it iiectary to Inquire into some alleged neglects mi 1 abuses ia connection with the expenditure of the Land L?a?ue funds, ari.lcg out of the fart that the Ladle' League in Dublin as wells' Kpaa and myself in Pari had been deprived o' the asMstaoce of our trained organizers, theo locked np In Prison as "suspect." Rep.-'Do you think if you had been allowed to return to Ireland you could have prevented mam cf these act of bloodshed? Sheridan 1 have no doubt if mj self and other active men, then cither in Trigoa or exile, were allowed to rcov about as usual among the people, society would h ve been spared the horrible exhibitions, or icoit of them that followed. Forster ruled otherwise, and on him and him alone rets the rponsibllliy. Maamtrasua, Gurten, Ballina, Phccuix Park and like tragedies throughout Ireland would be nuheard of. In fact Forsur has on the floor of the Houe of Commons admitted his responsibility of the acts comitted y othc-'rs of the law, and I feel history will charge him wl h the responsibility cf the crimes committed by the people. He it is that should be on his trial for thtse massacres, the Ptrenlx Park included. Rep In your opinion have any Land League funds been employed for promoting disorder In Ireland, as alleged? Sheridan Such presumption can only predominate from one to two sources, viz., either total ignorance of the Land League policy or its leaders, cr an ill conceited demre to disparage both. Rep Have you distributed niy money ii. Ireland daring your diguiM;d sc journ there? Sherilan I have, when rotester charged I was occupied in bringing tmccor t t men, womeu and children, whom be hit without home or a morsel to eat. One cae is noteworthy. Finding myself in a povrrtv stricken district in Munster. 1 dis covered fourteen evicted f mil es forced to seek shelter on Christmas day ucder a fence in Valcutia I'aiid. on the wtst cosstof Kerry. Re lief was furnished. You will please note this as a sample cf the outrages committed by a man la the dteuise of a priest. Kep. How 'have you witnessed any eviction scenes in Ireland? Sheridan Yes. many. During mv connection with the Land League, I visiied the scenes cf these evictions and trithered car loads of women and children from under fences in the depth cf 'ranter. On one occasion. I have seen a ievc-r oatieat carried oa a pallet from his poor cabin and placed on a dunr bep which was covered at the time with a foot of snow. While tne Sheriff was goisg through the legal form of taking iosefcg!on. toe poor man expired witn the snow naaea iii 1nz oa his f ice. Dr Nulry. whom Sheridan mentioned above, ii the !ahop of Meath. and iu a pastoral to bis pries-ts used this language: Seven hundred human beings were driven from their homes la one day and set adrift on the world to aratily the caprice of one who before God and man probably deserved less consideration than the labt and least of them, and we riaembei well that there was Dot a sinzle shilling ot rent due on the estate at the time, excent by one man. and the character and acts of that man made it perfectly clear the agent and himself quito understood eaca other, ine crowbar brigade recoiled with terror from two dwellings. They bad learned that t fr!ghtfal tjphu fever held those houses la its grasp, and supplicated tfce agent to spare the house with them. The agent w.s inexorable. and orde:ed a ianre wlunowin sheet secured over the b ds in whi Ji the le ver victims lay, and diret fed the houses u rooted cautiously and aiowly. becau.-e, he said, 'he very much übtl iked to bother and discomfort a Coroner's inqueat.' administered the last racrament of the Cnurch to four of thes fever victims the next day aud save the above mentioned winnowing sheet, there was not a roof nearer the men thaa the canopy of Heaven."; Another Bank Goes Coder. Eric. Pa.. Feb. 26. The First Nationa Eank oi Union Mills, at Union City, this County, closed ita doors Saturday afternoon. It is believed the depositors will be paid in fnll. hat tha stockholders may lose some thing. The suspension is thought to be due to the depreciation in real estate with which the bank has been loaded np for years.

It haJ a caDlUl of ttO.000, Its October

sia'ement showed a surplus fund of nearly $17.000, and deposits $105,000. The bank's suspension notince pasted tcdav on the doors of the back, signed by ih? President and Cashier, s'ates the charter of the bank expired Saturday, and nothing more could be paid until the Comptroller ha directed a distribution cf its assets. Belief is expressed that all claims will be paid. There waa a run on the b&nk in December, and it ia thought the deposits bad been largely reduced from what they were in October. LEKDKLL'S EVIDENCE.

The Cross-Examlnatlon of the Witness Beamed by Iog-ei-soll That AHtdirvlt. Washisutow, Feb. 'Si. The cross-examination of Rerdell was resumed in the StarRoute trial this morning by Colonel I ngersoll. Referring to the interviewwith Dorsey at Willard's, the witness eaid be left the Court Hoc ru at tue request of Dorsey and went to the latter's room at the hotel. Dorsey locked the door and charged the witness with poing over to the Government, but said: You reckon without your host. I have got you within my graip and propose to hold you there. I can send you to the Penitentiary for perjury. I have got those letters and I propose to publish them now. I have wiitten out what I want and I want you to po aod copy it, take it to a Notary Public ami swear to it. I can have vou ar rested before nieht if I so desire." The wit ness was completely crushed. He $upiK)-ed he cDU.'d be prosecuted for perjury in mckiDg the first affidavit. He did as Dorsey desired, and on the day tol lowing the interview gave the allidavit to Dorsey in Hosier's presence. Dorsey wrote iu the words '"and others," and then trikin a match, burned the pencil dra.t of the affidavit. Toe witness md net remember tehin MacVeaqh and Woodward that Dorsey gav":.W. H. Turner 1.500or U.OOO shares of minies stock to influence his ofheial action. Did show them a memorandum to thateflect. Did not recollect felling Woodward tbat Dorsey Kve Janie3 M. Tynor 2,000 shares of the utile niinin; stock to iniluence in some way his cthc al action. Kemembered show ing the merncran Jura. Tue memorandum was in the hatidwrmns I H. W. Dorsey and given the witness by Dorsey. It was in Krdell s desk at his olhce when he was bent to Jail, but ho km not seen it sine?. Mr. InKersoll called the attention of the Court to tbe fact that it had been alleged that Rerdell imitated Dorsey's writing. lie referred to the statement made by the witrte?s on Wednesday concerning Coneseruiu Belford, whom he (Inersoll) believed to be a perfectly honest man. lne witness had stated that a check for $2,000 had been given IJelfcrd uad the amount charged to "mail ' Now, the fact was that Dorsev had in his possession a peculiar kind of rirle. Belford saw it and wanted one. Dorsey procured one for him and in pay tnent drew a check for $20. That check wai tor the ritie, and was marked on the stub against J. B. B. That was the only transaction between them. Of course Bedford did not know anything of that check, for it was not given him, but to tbe person from whom the rille was purchased, lngenol desired, he said, logo into this memorandum to show that it was made entirely by the witness; hat he nssda encil became it was easier thns to imitate the handwriting, and to show that no payment, such as bad been sworn to by the witness, had ever been made to Bedford, Tyner or Turner. He wanted to show that they could not have been made by Dorsey. These statements of th? witnesi had been put in the Associated Press dispatches and read by millions of peoile. He thought it otjly fair that he be allowed to probe the matter to the bottom, put witnesses oa the stand to tell the truth. ' If r. Merrick said if the defense wished to vindicate these gentlemen they should prodJce the books. Mr. Davidge argued in favor of going into tbe sabjeet of the memorandum. The Court said the paper had not been mentioned during the examination ia chief, and therefore, could not be touched upon in the cross-examination. They could test the witness' memory on that subject, but were bound to accept the witness as final. The witness was required to go over the story of the interview with Dorsey at Willard s, but added nothing to tbe previous testimony. Speaking of the reference to Tyner and Turner the witness said he desired to correct his statement Ii impreioa now was that he did not show any memorandum about Tyner t Turner, but did tell Wood ward of tbe charge aeainst them. On the other hand he may have shown the memo randum. Did tell McGrew thlt money had been paid to Lilly & McGrew. Had told Woodward he would lose $3,000 a year and may have mentioned his father-in-law, but did not a9k to have him provided for. Had told ex-Senator Clayton of steamboat routes and Jennings' claim; also said be would like to tret a clerkship for his father-in-law. The witness told Clayton in speak ing of what he would loe by going over to the Government, that there was about $ 100 due him on account cfihe Jennings claim, and that he could not get that from D )rsey as Busier was prosecuting this claim m directly for Dorsey, who had a large interest in it. The witness knew that when he went over to New York to get the book for tbe Attorney General that it was Dorsey's property. Oueition Did you expect to steal if. Objection was maae and Fastained, al though Mr. Ingersoll contended 'hat it was a clear case of larceny. The witne3s said be walked into the otlice and picked up the book in the presence of the bookkeeper. That gentleman must have seen him do this, because he stopped and spoke to him, the bookkeeper) holding the book under his arm in plain sight. Mr. Ingersoil attempted to draw from tne witness the statement that he told certain parties that he had a shirt wrs oped up in the paper which he palmed off on Post master General James as the Dorsey book, but the witnees failed to remember any such conversation. Ingersoll Trying to Urea the Force of Ills Direct Testimony. Washington, Feb. 20. Kerdcll's crossexamination was resumed in the Sta Route trial to-day. He said he was satisfied he did not tell Carpenter he had made his affidavit voluntarily. May have told him he had written the memoranda shown MacVf agh, and that he could closely imitate Dorseya handwriting. May have told him there were no such books as described by James. Mav have told French in IHM at Dorsey's house that he bad conceived a plan of act ing as"detective towards James and MacVeago. May also nave torn nij ne was trying to get the Government to oiler him a money consideration to go upon the stand, be to "furnish them with documentary evidence, written by himself but purporting to be in Dorsey's handwriting, and that he would then expose them, it was more than probable he had told French that he could imitate Dorsey's writing so closely that Dorsey himself could not detect it. It is very likely he told French that after he got tbe note from Mao Veagh be got so excited over the success of his plan that be told Dorsey for the first time what he had been doing, and that Dorsey told him to stop at once. He had no doubt that he told French there were no

books, and that ha had palmed off on

James a shirt wrapped up in paper for books. He had seen Bosler in Doreey'a

oßice in June, 1S5L May have told hira be bad been trying to entrao Mac Veagh into making some kind of an offer to bim. May have told Bosler of the Smith and Jones entries. Was not prepared to fay he had imitated MacYeagh's antics u illustrating bis exultation over bis revelation. When the witness returned from New York he placed tbe book he had brought with him in an old valise in his woodshed, and left it there when be went to Nebraska. When he returned he xave the book to Dorsey in Boeler's presence. The witness said Dorsey put down tbe statement there was no book, kaowing it to be a lie, and he (the witness! swore to it, knowing it to be a lie. Tbe witness carried the balance-sheets to James &nd MacVeagh. Rerdell would not deny thai he told B F. Gilbert that MacVeagh offered him $20,000 for Dorsey's books, and that be had been trying to entrap him; had taken two of Dorsey's letter book j from In??r?oH's house jast after his Interview with J-axnes. Took them to MacVtagh and returned them in a few days. After the witness nude sihdavit in Jure. Dorsey came to his o.tSce, and in epite of his explanation that the papers were private, he examined a great deal of the correspondence and tore np a number of letters. Afterwards the witness went through tbe remaining papers, and aniorg Dorsey's vouchers he found the "m:th and Jores'"' memorandum and stole it. Two or three days after his release from Jail the witness found the memorandum and resolved to ne it against Dorse. While he was in Jail his wife took bis key awd car ried bomo of his private papers from bis office to hid house. After the division Vaile and Miner had nothing to do with the routes managed by the witness for Dorsey. ISwring the summer or fall cf 1S70 the itn3?s did not recognise either Miner or Vailc That etite of affaire lasted up to tha begtnnlrc of the last trial. .Mcanwhue bis relation with Brady were friendly, and the witness saw him occasionally upon man busiaess. Chougbt the expenses of the Dorsey routes aveiaged somewhere between $250 and ;2 per monta. Mr. Ingersoil referred to the interview be tween Dorrej and tbe witness in 1881, when the first retractil e afüdavit was made. The witness said he told Dorsey be had gone over to the (government to save liira Don-ey), and related to him ell the con versation between James and Maceagh and himself. Dopseysaid: ''You Lave put it in a worse light than it was before. They have no evidence against me except what you Lave furnished." Mr. Ingersoll Intern! to snow how he fiad f xpUiced this action to Dorsey; how he hat bten justified furnishing evidence against him. The witness said he was satisfied Dorrey was in a bad state Derore tnat time, lae newsDapers were getting close to hc facts. and it lo-ked bed. Ingersoll suddenly referred to the arlidavit of J u ly i:, 182, and asked- the witness ho n itwas that at that time, more than a ycarafter his revelation to James, he had changed his mind so a to believe that Dorsey had done no illegal act. Answer At that time :n the room I was (pausing) Agitated, cynically suggested Ingersoll. "I didn't remember anything particularly wrong. ' continued tue witness, lie went on to tell how Doesey had appealed to him in the name ot his wile and ehildred to retract his statement. Ineersoll Dil he say anything about your wife? "No," faid the witness,, bitterly: "I don't suppose he let mv wife und children cross his mind. Adjourned. That Two Thousand Dollar Check. Washington. Feb. 2.1. In his efforts to trace the $2,000 check which Bardel 1 said had been paid to J. B. Belford by S. W. Dorsey, Mr. Belford telegraphed to bis home bank, the Rocky Mountain National, Central City, Col., and received the following dispatch: CENTRAI CITY, COL, r eD. -'i. Hon. J. B. Belford, Washington: Tbls bank did not cash a check of Dorsey in vour favor lor 2,00O. or for any amount durmg 187'J. S. H. Potter, Cashier. Belford says this is the only bank in which be made deposits, or with which hebad financial relations in Colorado. TnE 1NYINCICLE US AD CK. Tbe British Government Makes Appllratlon for th Extradition of P. .1. Sheridan. Washington, Feb. 2a The Department of State has received application from the British Government for the extradition oJ P. J. Sheridan, suspected of complicity in the Phccnix Park murders. The Secretary of State has, upon application of the British Government, issued a warrant for the arrest of Sheridan, and it has been placed in the hands of Mr. West. British Minister. Sheridan is supposed to be in New York City. In case he is ariested he will be taken before a United States Commissioner, who will decide whetherhe is subject to extradition under tbe wairn'it. Should he decide in the allirmatiye the Department of Sta'e will issue the necesry extradition papers. New York, Feb. 20. The Department of Slate has received application from the British Government for the extradition of P. J Sheridan, fnspected of complicity in the Phi cnix Park murders. Sheridan i3 attached to the ert-.torial staff of the- Irish World. He says he is glad the British Government asked for his extradition, and says he Is anxious to appear in Court, as it gives him opportunity to show to the world how tbe people are treated in ireiana. ite nas no fear of being returmd for eulhcient grounds, for it can not bo produced. He thinks he will defend himself la tne matter. He is not in the least frightened, and in tends to remain just where he ia. Sheridan R'nved in this city October 19, from Pari?. II has been employed in the ciöce of the Irhh World since his arrival here. He denounces in bitter terms Town Counciller Carev. whose testimony he stigmatized as blasphemous. DRYESFOKIfly KKCOXtD, Ceinar Used Aealnst His Confirmation aa Asfdstaut Commissioner of Patents. Washington, Feb. 2C The Senate Com mittee on Patents to-day gave a hearing upon the charges of corruption which have been filed by pa'ent practitioners who are ornosins the connrmation oi ur. iioueu Dryenfortb, of Illinois, to be Assistant Com missioner of Patents. Dr. DryenfortL is now one of tbe Judges on the Patent Baard of Appeals, and was formerly Primary Examiner of Tateats. The charges reJate to his administration aa Examiner, and are specific in character, alleging bribery and tamnerlnir with the manuscript in a case h. fore him. The Committee has a file of turners from the Interior Department bear fn nnnn tha subiect of the charges. Tbe friAnds td Dr. Dryenforth allege the opposi tinn ta hla confirmation eprings from th lnflnnc of Commissioner Marble, who de iri to have admitted a youne man named Masou, one of tha Primary Examiners of bit

office, but who was adversely reportel by Secretary Teller and the President This action of denying to the fommissicaer the right to name the principal member l bis personal staff in his office bos been sharply commented upon by person repre ering Marble's interest, and it is claimed a pretest against against the conflrsiation of Dr. Dryenfortb i the method by -vhich this Sutvrest is teekirg to keep out of the positicn cf Assistant Commissioner a mm personally objectionable to the head of the-efliee. ThV Cotrtmittee has reached no conalnMon. A

further bearing will b held, and Chairman Plait hopes t conclude matters üefore the 4th sP Mareh FOSTER'S appointment; His Itominathm try th President-Vn9llc-lted and Appro-veil by the Indir Delegation. WABntrfoToi. Feb- 2.1 The nomccatlon of Hon. John Vf. FosJer to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister riehipotentitry of the United States to Spain is receive-J"her as pre-eraiaently a good appointment; It was entirely unsolioitwl, either by Mr, Tester or his Indiana- friends. Tbe first '.ntiniaticn he had of it was on Wednesday last, when he met the President in obedient to a private note from tbe latter, received Tuesday. Tb Presiden then stated that boia Secretary Frelinghnysen and h:raself desired his acceptance of the poK tton, as they Trished to- trcure the Fervieo of a pentlemsn who could speak and writ tbe Spanish language, and who was a trat2 fed and experienced diplomat with speciali refeience to several delicate qaestiona penlJ ingbetween iryun antftte Lilted btate.v. Mr. Foster asksd two or thr?e days in which' to decide the matter, and a-obqnently suegtsted to fcecretary Trelingtsnytea that he i desired that some one or all of the Indiana delegation for Cöpgress- rniaht be consulted in relerecce to his appcintaint. The Secretary informed him he had already spoken to Senator Harrison of tbe aiattcr, and that the Senator had replied tSat while he had been pressing- othen- for a similar position, yet under the circumstance tie could only indorse such an appointment most heartily, regarding it sa very rlat'ering compliment noi only to 21r. Foster, but to Indiana. On learning thi?rMr. Foster accepted the position, asking to be allowed Mxty days to arrange-bis afiairs here. It is well known to Mr. Foster' friends that financially be is Icec-r by the change, but coming to him as it did, he felt he could not, in honor, decline tbe appointment. Mr. Foster was for six years Minister to Mexico; tor two years Minister to St. Petersburg. In ls"2 he was Chairman of' the Indiana Republican State Committee, and' for many years prior to that had been cdtor and proprietor of the Evansvilla Jourr-J, one vi the leading Dapers in his State. Since his resignation from St. Petersburg, a little over a year ago, he has resided 'in thl city, representing certa'n claims in the interest of the Mexican Government. TUE NEW MCXKL. Born Into a AVurld of Tri'KJlatlons. Washington, Feb. 21. Owing to tbe continued illueis of Secretary Foljrer no action has been taken to stop the colnaee of the &uch criticised pew rive-cent nickel. Tho- d la on the part of Treasurer tUlfillan in filling orders for the SubTreaurtrs for this coin, owlrgtothe fact that Mr. Folder, previous to Ma present indisposition, had signifld hla intention to have tbe word zenta stamped up it i rausiui considerable feeling among the !'int directors, who brought the coin into circuV.ien. Mr. Snowdoa, of l'hiladelphia, its designer, was in the city trwJiy to prevent if possible any action on the pait of the Secretary, but was unabie to see him. ile brought with him a gold-wa-vhed three-cent piece to show that, while it did not bear the word 'cents,- no attempt had ever beer made to pass 'A lor a two-dollar and-a-lf gol piece, and therefore the claim that the n.w piece m lght be pushed for 5 was a falsa alarm. The 'Treasury officials to horn this argument was presented by Mr. Snowden faiit-J to see Its bearHK. as the three-cent piece la not being coined any more, having been stopped by Secretary WinA ra on account of Its resemblance to tbe silver dime. The three l's, they also raid, meant three, and not two and a hh.while the letter V on tbe new coin meant five, and rulk'ht bo for 5 nr for live cents, according to tlie color given by dishonest parties, y.i. Sttowcfen said that the roninaue was progressing in the ueantimo without r;ir:ird to criticism or rjmors. and had now reached a million and a half pieces. So popular was it In Philadelphia Uiata premium ot five eenti was being oil'ered the denial d exceeding tne supplv. lreafitmr tiiluk&n. however, will not fill any orders until Secretary yoleer returns to the Department, and savs that, while a million and a half pieces sounds very large. It only amounts to f. a,QM now in circulation. Dorsey's Counsel Indicted. Washington. D. C. Feb. 26. The Grand Jury has found an indictment against A. B. Williams, one of the Star Route counsel. specially employed by Dorsey. The formal charge is that of receiving stolen goods, and is bnsed upon his action as counsel for the parties charged with having stolen a watch, and other valuables from Miss Ellis over a year ega, and Mr. Williams says tho charge- is absurd and the outerowth of 111 will' of the Department of Justice, because he has taken an active part in the defense of Dorsey. The atter has written along letter to Williams dechring that the present indictment is aa act of persecution against himself (Dorsey) through his counsel. Dorsey also says in this lettei. that an attempt will be made to indict Colonel Ineersoll upon the charge of defaming the Dep-ct-meat of Justice. Mr. William1 thinks this idea i3 not eenously entertained, but says the Department) of Justice has endeavored to hud crounds for such aa lndictsnant ;aiust Colonel Ingersoll. AVill Cfpose tat Amendment. Washington. Feb. 20. At an Informal ennff-rence of tm; Democratic members of the House ttiis morning it was agresd that tbe Deniociats should optose the amend ment of tbe rules by which it is provosed to Fend the Senate tariff bill to the Conference commutes, out tne general seou-aieus ojposed resorting to filibustering for the purpose of dafcating it. A Planter Blnrdered by Coatets. IIelcha, Ark., Feb. 24 The aommunily wis thrown into a great state o exciteaent I his morning by a report tha came from the Williamson place, two miles belois- the city, mat the eonvicta at worxon the lve had taken a gun irom ons oi tne 'xuuus, killed Mr. James H. Gant, a "sery pronicent planter, and -escaped. It seems that there wereeicbteou white persons ana jour col ored working at the plac, and suddenly Ecüie of them rushed upoc Charles Sankio, one of the guards, and wrested his gun from him. Thus armed they practiced tha fsme thing upon one of the guards ruaisd Hill. Mr. Gant, who was a short distance from the scene. advaneed upon the convicl3 with a vicw of stopping their movements, when one of the leaders cried out. "Shoot the , rail tbe rarty who bad Rankin's gnn leveled Hat Mr. Uantand thai hint through the bexjy. Mr. uant was ujk on horseback at the. time, and rode perhaps 200 yards, when he fell to tie ground, and in five minutes was a corpse. In the mean time the convictamade a rush for the west, and soon had get across the Mils. About twenjy-five persons wej4 from Helena to join In the search for th' convict murderers. Mr. Gant was one oi the best known men of the State, and hla death will be generally telL Latest, advices state that hvunds have been put on. the track of the marderers. and they are, perhapa. surrounded in the canebraka aforesaid,

ANOTHER IIOEKORa

Mxteen School Children Smothered to Death. Anclker Death-Trap Breaklag of Stairway and a Dcailj Crash, DetaUu of a Sad Affair That Happened in a New "STorS: School Housev A. TERBIBLK CALA1T3TT. Oatlreak ef Fire Horn- Xc&rry a. In si Cathealc Pttool Score off CMlii SmotheretS to Iath. Nr. York, ebv 20. The outb:ak of Sre under the stairs of the second fleer of tlie tchool house artachtd to the Oerint Tic rar CatholiviChorcii of the Most Holy Redeemer, Fourth Btreets between Avenue A- and First avenue, at sriucTter past 3 tht-s afternoon, wai the cense ct a terrible a?iaraity. No le33 than fourteen children lost their jives. Ovw'700 erholaors, mostly chilJrenof the poorer classe?,. ranging from six- to eleven yerrs of sge, attended schcsl and were in their class roorms when the al.iroi of Ifo-e was raised.- A fearful panic soon followed. Tbe removal of the cMilihren from the fsnrrh floor began cTiietly eDoe-gh and was pro gressing rapidly, when a Sister of Chrity in charge of the ciass of girls fainted. Tho class became panic s'ricken, and a rush vas iia-ie for the hallwav. Ou the stairs, al.ready crowded, a dead!? crah took place. The railing of Y. tair rokc, and a n ass oi strtiggiirg children were precipitated to tbe floor below, fallir)- in a tacked miss on upon another from four to live deep. The police and .Treraen, already summoned, arrived, but thetr wors of rescue was rush hampered by the frightened children, wbcontimed to fail or leap from the stairway, those in - froat were crowded ovr the balustrade by shildren behind. who struggled to reach' the exits. Six children were taken ont d ved'' from the bottom ; eiehJ more died lrumedialy after the rescue,, making a total ; oi fourteen. A larja number of- others, who were carried to neighboring houses, were reported dying. -The excitement when tbe sews of the catastrophe spread wa3- fearful and great throngs of peopie iTlocked the streets- surrounding the schools. Many children rere lost in tbe ex citcmenL The following is a list of the dead as fa as police returns now show: Minnie ester, nine years; Mir7? Haoernecht, seven; Mary Ann Happ, eight years; Minnie Truke, ten;tosephine Marx.seven-.MBrvBrect.eight; Lena- Becker, nine; Lizzie Mapetyck, eix; Theraa Katzner, eleven; Barbara Pregenzer, nine;. .Louisa llorence, nine;.a girl apparently abut 6even, unidentified; a girl about nine, unidentified. Sfstsr Apromia, who bad charge of the fifth class cf girls, said: "I wai i charge of my class-when the lire fir:t broks out in tbe hallway adjoining my room. I heard a commotio. outside and a great confusion and hubub of voices. At once J turned to the ward room and then for the first time discovered smoke coming in through the wainscotiogj 2 immediately went t the door, and as I orened it to learn the cause the flames rushed at me. I at once closed the door and about to wtrn the hildren to Ii-- calm when some- men came bursting into the room. In a moment the children ran out at the bidding of tho men, and I followed, rediag all were escaping. Many of them, , however, went to the Bt-rii-rs at the west Bids of the building and were injured by falling over the stairs whera-boys had broken uown the banisters before them. There were about 100 girls in my class," Thv-oister in charge oi tbe first division cf the girls' department of the fourth floor Faid : "I was not aware what was going on until I looked out and raw -the boys on ray floor' running over to the-west side of the stair&nd going wildly down. I heard the bal caters give way and then was about to turn to look to my chargsa when they all arose, and, as if seize d with one fright, dashtd past me recklessly and ran down the stairs and hallways. I cavw some of my girl injured, and they disappeared eo quickly froniray sight I hoped -thev had escaped in safsty." The Sister appeared saint and composed and seemed to have retained her Belf possession during the trying moments of her sur-ro'-Miding experience. Another account says th fire from which smok spread through the building, bringing scch terrible results to innocent people, vas Oi a most trivial character. It started among a mass of sweepings in the closet beneaCa the stairs leading from the second and third floors on the east Biaa of the building. It bad been smouldering for some time, and had- eaten its way through to the cent jr. of the- partition wall dividing the hall 'com the dasa room in f roat,. and creeping toward the- third floor ere- it was discovered. At this moment a visitor called at the scrawl to see-one of the pupils in the fifth class, which iaoa the second for, and the door of .which opens almost opposite aod within fiTe. feet Of- the closet in which the sweepings were burning. The isitor kaocked at the door, which was opendiby one of the Süsters oi Ntre Dame, by. whoaa the school is condacted. Scarcely had the door swung bark on its hinges wio the flames borst out from under the stairway 'The Sister hestily shot the door, but not until some of tha. children n her care hacanght sight of th fire. All efforts to cuiet them were in yrvn, .and they rushed raadly from, the riaas room. Smobo-now Tolled out oi; the closet jiin great volumes, and in a iw seconds i spread to ail parts, of the building, nnd a scene of the w4ldesk confusion cosued. Tbe

school buiLlingis five stories high and has f.301. aut made no ?ecom nine class raom seven for girls and two f0rjtownd'ion. All the Sjstars fcsed boys. The-rear of the schooJ abuts at th ;0. ß ABje the bister in class Nfx 5. who rear of the-Ghnreh of the Holy Redeemer fBted. a? d. was, according to the Sister Su-

which fronts on Third Btrset. There a two stairway By one on tha cast and- tie other oa-. the west end oi the baildicg. These stairway were about three and oahalf fe-jlwide. and openad almost at Vie doors c the c'Jass rooms, bat from the iA&yroom ia.the center of th buildmg wer-sr proKcLüd by a narrow, dark passage-Tfay. When the girls of tho-second Soor ct the school: msbed f rora tkeir class, roomathey bad hardly reached tie head of the. tUirs when, the boys and rirls fromx th upper floor wre upon them. All frantically fotiiht ta get dowa the narrow stairway and-the first were tirown headlosx to the bottom. Then, as. the crush. caue from injidrfrda of chiliren trying to. get dovn from the upper floors on the cast side of the building, the balustrade gave way, the halustwa going will it, and fully fifty children were thrown to- the floor neneam. un xneae others fell until they were piled five feet high on top cJ each other. OtScer Lambert, of the Society for the Prevention of Cruilty to Children, happensd to be in i.ast Fourth street nearly opposite the school whea the alarm vras given. He says: "I rushed into the building and a horrible sight taet my eyes. Packed into the hallway on the first floor were from fifty to seventy-five little cirls. The poor things were screaming and straggling with all their might. By this time other police and citizens bad arrived. and we began polling the poor children oat of the hallway. Tha cries of some of the

of the pile then ceased grew aitogoner. i rtcctive llobinjoa sa d: 'Fire broke out nrder the hlair ras tvn thm storms? flwv and w easily exiingoisled. I examined tne p.H-ef ana it fteeajs to rae eonse matches must have been twept w)th some Capers uaver me stairway md been ignited y frictioA'wiMj the floor." Solomon jteid aid : "On Öe floor behind tbe stair cstte .liy a mass of struggling, ecr jamingchildret. They w?re piled on tot. of esch other. As quicWy as possible we pulled thm oof sad passed Stem one by one through tha wisdow. Thoes on tbe tsp were still alive Wlwsm we reached the bc--tom we came apc ten dead, Jtwasa-s awial fight to see ihem lyinprtttere wit? their blanched face, mouth end eyeswide open and their drcnes all maiboracr. One little Irl. MinnifrTruke. was still alive. She died, however, on the way to the Station Hoee. It is t'Je most awlui scene 1 e7er passed through; The dead were removsd to tie Police Staon at Fifth street and First a7anne. whert tbey w- laid in a row on the Soor in tbe 'back roeca. They were ail quwkly identifirt by 9orr9w-sricKen mothers, and little brrJiers and sisters. The .wnovnl f h tn rh illlited homes cf the-family was prom;y Remitted by the au'iorititr. 'Jhe sceneia .me ciass room ana tlwhaJls arter the pa rye. .was tomcat indescrüAble. 3Jooof boois and broken Fchool at raratm? and fraemerr of tora clothine we-jen.tt-d ntmn tl iiöor, iich showed i terrible evidence c ihewili- struggle of ts-chikr-i to escape iron tbe-building." The-fctfhool building five- roins high, Shallow in depth and frontirg- o Fourth Kreot and embracing trseralutiraberp. It is adjaccni to the Churclr of th-Jbrt Holy Itedeeme On the east side is theCfenvent of the SistvTS of Notre Dil?, whibava general chargs of the school. lather He;elein Is School Director. Fire hundred girls umr twd7e years of aey and 20 boys atend school and they vre-all in ilieir classes-whe tbe panic oenrred.- A'3Tfvey shos every mle and preccation fcr s&ifety in the kchciA had been irsregaraed; On four liior8 there are nlas-class- rciaru 0ieii7fcg into-two hallways. Tcrth stairs nurung 9ast and west, reached Jn eitb rrcoiiof the building. Through cItbs--rooms ores Can ba had t either stairway. But the-baüs-and stairs aje separated. In teary wery room ooors open inward, ani there ir only One d0orin theroom for the caress of from thirty1 lift;? children, mwi'ij -younj.ir!. and ths dcors are only tw and oue-halS fettwi j-v The stairways as-likewl-nar row, and at the top of the highest Jiyit? tnere is a- stout wooden gta-not easily moved. Actual measurement' showcti the inward -O'iening door came wi thing cWen inches oi the end of the newest benches, hardly room to squeeze through The Lacfea of the benches were withiv twenty -four inches oi ths- sear wall, and tho -stove blockaded all progress at the junctitn-of thattpassageway and the center aisle between the ro-vof tranches. Promptly upon the ciafru of fire being given the Sisters raarshalle.-t the children, ami before -half a minute had elapeed htif of them were or the BtrecV "by-one-stairway, the other belsig -uselesby reason of tire and smoke. Tne other hlf woakl . bava quickly niarcbed out unharmed, but that the Sister in charge of ITh. overoonie by the peril cf her chijyg, swooDedtvway. Thisclas irriniediateiy became-pan :o stricken, brcl a - away from all restraint aud threw tbe ciber rapidly raarabing classes lato confusion, and all rushed for the fiairway tith the sad results already told. Trom the lap of children, in the weat hallsix dead f iris. from sevan to ten years of age, were - taken ont and carried into tho Chu.ch, where they were laid in front of the sanctuary and. attempts to resuscitate were rtade. Mothers forciag their way in, despite the large .irre of police, filled the sacred. building "rkh pitiful cries. One reaognioiDg her child 5ead fell -rpon it with agonizing shrieks. Policemen and monks turned away dzed it the spectacle Conveyacoos arriviug, the teiies were taken up by. the olficers in their arsis and carried cut. The clamoring, ehr eking. moiing throng of; women, with uplifted handelnd fetreaulng syes, followec.- Mothers Ending miselsg children living fell upon, their knees in mad and .mow, giving. ' thanks. In tl: Station House a frantio f hriek proclaL"aai ideatifi tien of ach .little dead one. The ages oi ithe children, dead and injt.zti, range between seven and twelve years. Th folio wi igua correct statement:

children at the bottom 1 sinter and fainter, and

Dead-Mränie Uster, Mary Happ-echt, frf0"0 w M ra- r' anng t,aiMary Ann Happ, Minnl. Trope, Jo,PWne Magheian ir aportant witnesav.irho was rcM03re..Groie Gaetzner Lena Becker. Lizzie on Ü ,e N cae and supposed he Kkanetzki, Teresa Ratzoer Pürbara Paengen- w:Klea-? 1 io ,lhe erm otPim n4,wet gen Francas Wittenmaih, Eliza Banden- i f0"1 not S0' haL lhe

burg. Lena. Brindnacel. Bariara Besciaol and ! Alpnonsa Fischer. lnjuredi Louisa Fl jxori 9 years,, is belisved to be dying, ach- 8ufferiJc,frorja suffocation and iuternalin varies; . Ahn En-j glo, AI y aars, leg bro ;en ; Tredericht Gintleman, O. aars, crushed and internal iijqriea,Rudolph Mundall, 'iearsy will die -from in.iernal injuries; Sistsr Philiippina "i slightly intireh : llathei Hepelir.says he was. teachings Trith Sitter Phtllipna wha-n he srvw . smoke comj3 anetaiTs. lxunMiately tiere were cries o5 "ilrel" nd a msh and Janfiiinr.ai feci.. More smok followed, ant sixty-two girlsv in the cl as besan to sh-.ft uneasily. The noise incxeaied, and several af the pran to tbe door. II ad the Si jter got in frosfc cJ thf :o.w tboroughly,- frightened gitis- snd shcated: "Order,"" but tiy might as well have tried to stop a vhiilwind. The cr-jls broke paat and ran oit bcreamrng and crjine, carrying botithe Slfrter and himself with thanu. He then Ixiaxl a cri.sl4 and saw children h taped upoBj the floor below and othws still crowding; n. Thc-dcad children -vere all at tbe bottom of the heari. The school was. built t ;n. 3s4.s- Tw) J e&1 3a4S. Two years ago hrejien insnected Sister Apronia ijatly denies-sbe waatJie one. Great praise is given Sistar Phillippa who struggled to the last to step the rush, and whs finally, vrith the children, threwn down rtairs. One more little victim was added to thej lit to-ni.;ht, Mary Brecht, making a toral ysixte&a deaths. LAID AT REST. Tnaaral da the Vlctlaia of tjs Xew York Ecbool Disaster Another Desvt. Nxw Yoax, Feb. 22: The funeral services over tho !odies of fan teen of the victims of the terrible accideni at the Fourth Street Parochial School tosk place this morning in the Charch ol ths Most Holy Redeemer, where solemn requiem m&33 was celebrated. The eoliins were taken to the Church in fourteen white hsarses and earned through two lines of independent rifle companies attached to the Church to the altar rail ia front, on whiih ths cofllna were laii. Twelve little girls dressed in white, and wearing black crape scarfs, stood at the head of the coffins; twenty-six girls si naLl&ily dressed were ranged along the altat rail. The services were most impressive and touching. The funeral sermon waa preached by Rev. Father Schaefer. The Church contained nearly 5,000 people, and. a large po lice force was necessary to prevent more from enterine and to prejerve order in the i street without. On either tide of the Church

there extended an Immense crowd of pop!e filling the sidewalk and roadway, while eaery window and the roof tope of tne populous tenements of the neighborhood were also throne'L Similar crowds of peopi filled all He elreeta throtgh which the ftneral procenfon passed on is way to Calvary ( emetery, wlre the bodies were buried. The fifteenth Ticthn of the I anic, who died last night, will Sa buried to-rtorrow. Jmi&e Floret; injured in tie panic, died to-dsy, making the eighteenth Tictim. Examiner Ileiilf irxrta ir-vrtirn th

eebool building a few months ago, and found nothing wrong. INBlCTtD. Schfder, the Ntwhall House Salcrtr-keep r, Indlrtm-for Arson. Mi.itr.vT-ME, Feb. 2fv The Grand Jury in theNewhsQ House cass sgreed thij afternoon on- a true bill ajjuinst Schellerv the former letter t the bar-yoom in the ."lotel, ii-dictiuthiru for arson. The indictment contaips tbree- rounts. A 3rt charges-the prisoner :th vrilfully, m-Ilciously and feloniously mtiuf fire to aadi burnicg Jhe Nevhall libuss iuring the xiehl of January 10. o.csitjrthe teath of Thomee B. Klficit, Davi G. Piwers. Robert Ifatme, Kate Conners. Lizzie Acgion-and Libbi Achillis. No eiher vlctiins are mentioned in th count" Tbe feron J repeats the fim and add that tJte buil.ling vs owned itht Newhall House -Stock orwpany, a corporation created by and extstir umier the lavrs- o? V iscnn,sin, an Ithe hri tvxintis a rcpe?ition of tne tecTOd. wini the addition ihet tie build lag cnn tcoaly "rwwn and cai:Ji te Kewiiall Ho-se was lTrn;ed to and oocaied bj one John T.'AntLsdel. The pr-fcorer's connel was at" once notlfTl, and insisted ' upcm an im-atediate ar-ia4grmer-l Fche:Ir wis taken item Jail to the Court at 4:10. cho?t unobsirved- The C-art was cröwdei whm the pr:5-a r entered, but lotigns cf any disturbance? were dirwrnablc: -fter th reading t the indictraeni, the prijner answsred the-Jinal qu.-anion in a firc3 tone. t guiNy; sir." Counsel ttked for irfmittanee t-J bi, remarking- thai the plea-of not guilty uight forma'.ljtje vthdrawp if a rxrtion toeh the indictment s boe'd be ueternnEe4"ut.on by ths ctfease The donrt firrd bail at $1P,(XK) and the pria oner -as taken back to Jail. The 3orneya say ttst owir.;to the te hour thu bail was not obtainable to night, Lt will surely be to-moow. Toward er3ir g the in.iictmemt of Scheller was the general talt.bht ao threat against rhe prisoner can bs heard. The SiisrifT and police - have taken r recaationary measurjto gna?ithe Jail which, to all air.earances-wMl be saperfluou J.. Taik with Stax-ller's Irlends 1 to the elict that -bail will be forti coming. TheGrandJhry & etil in cession eonsidjring the rseponsihfiity of the mKiaeers c-the hotel: . It : believed? that no- indietnint for manr slaughter will b returned against Nashj lntisdaland thright cjrk Ielanez.--The IhJtors of the Graad-Jury will not b-3n-iBbed be5u-re nexi'week. CRAFT 7CNI 8CI1.TY. TS Slnrlerer cfrttte G P. bona Glra-6eo teel t be IIasI May 1-H Probest ; K-is innocence: 1 GATsoa, Ky., 3ix -25. The Court 3it as euai at half past X " The Jivj in the Craft ee- promptly retired and a" few minutes ritrward jeturnei into the ffoorL Ai 0510the foreman answsräd the usual questions Dad-replied the vtrdjebwas ""jnilty," andthe Tttiniabmentdeatkj The prisoner scanro-i the f ices of the Jury nc3 ss they mein andin a raaaaer prepai ed ior the declaration o!nh f .?renan. Cra.!t vaa-less afPccted apparently thaa others iu the-'Court ITonm, the only chanje being a drJl -pallor of the face. MissHbbns' face was tudy ?r. the painter. VTiSia few wo rds to the Jusy the Juda-dis-cbttTsed it. O mriil for the defense asked cad obtained 1 eat e from the-Jadge for oonsoltation, in wbleV they were joimi bj fLr&ft, who pr defied to his lawyers that the: Sme would y it come to tet him rip.ht. The defease then tasked an adjournment till 1 e'olosk to giv e tirae to prepare an a lid a vi t for a new tri a L Altera brisf consultition "7HtaColoDel" All,-the Judge cleared theaisle, tte pi isonzr- marched" off witä the military gua: :d rad the Judge announced recess till 1 e 'do 3k ; At the op ninsof the Court this afteri. mj'u tuv uk .euäe iiieu an apTOication iur a ! new trial, supported bv the affidavits of arguments had begun. Craft's affidavit con tained lhe stateraeut that Gallagher woulc ha79 provi d th attempt f Ellis to escape. Judge Br own overruled the application read the i ndicicaent of the Boyd Circuit Coart, an 1, af t stating the- verdict and the penalty, a sked the prison ar if be had any leg8l obje ctiora, Craft stood up and, with Ixnpassios ed voice and gesture, said:: Lcausay onc-ticg: I am. not guilt a el that charge. I .idn'vbave time to eet all mv witnet-hea here that 1. ougat to have bad. and I don't cobaider 1 hai e hal a.fair trial, for I know Itara clear of that, fo r I nm-r thought of Neal. 1j never aa much as tiouj itof ft Tiere is the old mother and father of iose children, and I can toU them that I never aa much as laid my band on them. 1 never did. might aj well take a -little Inno cent child and hang ii as to Lanp me. The. etosest I was to Mrs. Gibbons' ho Jte that nlrt waa when I lay in bed at-home asleep. I didn't bj tbe house or George JUs, or 1U11 Neal, or any of the children teat tight. The Ian time I saw any of Mrs. Gibtxps' children was on tie We-luesday before that. I saw little fanny and spoke to her. That was ths Jaat time till I was aroused by the alarm of fire, . 1 did aJ I; could, not knowing the children. were buroad np. I un stand on the scaffold andiold my hand up and swear before high Heaven that lead not those shildren. Neal or Kllla ihal night I am -m innootat as tho angels of that thing. ?ou are all atandixig round and looking at me. Let n: et 11 you De thing, that the time will ccme when it will unfold. When yor.-will see U sll pla'Jiex thaa you rowsee me. I -never thought cl suui a thing. I was better raised and had inure respect for t'i peojia about me. I respectfi Mrs. GilMons anCrber cbJdren. I axa glad I caa stand bei a and say I am inaocent. It ia the trutl. If everybody was to-da as clear of tris crime as I amCMrs. Gibbons vwiüd have ber children with her. I know.it is a -put-up job oa me, for J -would nil be gui ty of it for the round world. Gentlerri, the day Is coirg when it will bcJeund ouVthit I an Innolet The prisoner was here intempted by Mrs. Gibbons cryinj: "Oh, my erüdren! If they were only Lara now!" Site was led out. Crafi sat down and said ao more. The Jude proncanced tie Fonoce of baxglng on Uie 2ö;h of May. Craf i, fiül in wiUi the guxjrd of soldiers and marked lr the eamp. FaUJF. 8hoai. Sjecial to tie Senilis!: FsAisitais, Ind. Feb. d The euthwest lorner ol this County is. very muth excited over a Eiootin affair which occarrred at a chariviri on Friday night, tfca details of which has just reached this cV:y. A crowd assexabled at the house of G.xthridge Fred, who. had just got married, and among tha number was Frank Gliddetv a young man who nas just reached his majority, in an indiscriminate firing of revolvers at the scene of the charivari G'JJden was shot in the back of his head, and now lies in a. dying condition,- his brains ociicg out at the . wound. Whether the shooting was accidental or was tbe rork of an enemy is not known. The Grand Jury wQl na Joubt in. restlgate the matter