Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 45, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1883 — Page 1

1 0 A AA w Tri US TOL. XXIX. NO. 45. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1883. WHOLE NO. 1,G05.

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Tbe President Requested to Interfere in Ills Behalf. A Number of Congressmen Personally Invoke the Earnest Intervention of the Chief ExecutiT. Congreeem&n Finerty Predicts tbe Early Destruction of tbe English Parliament Bulldinge. O'DONNELL. The Intervention of tbe I'nlted States in Behalf of tbe Condemned Man Earnestly Solicited. Washington. Dec 8. The following members ol tbe House ol Representatives ana prom lnenf citizens called upon tee President to-day and were granted an audience in the Cabinet Room: Cox and Robi mod. New York; Morrison, Springer and Finerty, Illinois; General LeFevre and Poran, Ohio; Murphy, low; Maburry, Michigan; Lamb, ludiana; McAdoo. New Jersey ; Collins MafsachasetU;0'Neil ana Burns. Missouri; also J. B. Irwin; Tekln, 111., laliy Times: Frlu and Youmr, Ohio; and others. After a few min a tea devoted to Introductions, tbe President heartily shaking hands with each centlemun. and some interchange of ocnlar remarks 0:1 the political sUlus, tue caller ail beiotf Democrats, Mr. Cox said: "Air. 1'reai'ient ibese srore or more uentlemcn come to speak to you ou benalf of Patrick O'Dounell. a uiiuen of the United ejtate. lie nas just been summarily tried, and en traced to be executed on the 17th inst. W do not come as lawyers, 10 criticise the procedure, by which he was convicted, nor do we ask that the senteuce be eel aside bet-ause, be louk the liieofan informer. We im ply ask a poMponenietil of the execution. It your iuterveniion as our Chief .Magistrate can ettcct it; but as the cause is ouo which has the geuerai, earnvxt cntiuient of toe people 'we reuresetit, 1 may be allowed to say that certain facti have produced broad and deep-seated sympathy These fbi-ts are that the killim; was not murder, not malice. The pretense was not deliberate. Tne eii-meuW of murder are lac itiug lu the case. The condemutd man wus not a member of any secret organization when he entered upon the voyage, lie was not aware that C'urey, tbe informer, was a fellow paseiii:er. He was ouriuiQ a "bona ride" Journev with his wiie Ui the Cape. The truth is the killing was an atTray. It grew out of an occasion wn ich was sudden, and had no connection with political evems in Ireland. Besides, it Is tliougnt by many, ttiat tin: trial was unfair, not to say cruel. Hie authorities at tho Capu clnlmed jurisdiction. It is tu law oi the realm that the "lirst part" 5at;on whosj laws are broken is Locus in quo" for trial C'Ufto.a ana law unite to connemn proceedings if contrary to Knglish jurisprudence. Besides there was wautiiiü ttie oid practice, of late aorcated by Knglaud, whereby the Jury nhonld have been eiiipinellc t, one-half from the Nation wliich he belongs to, and the other Laif to the Nation by which he is tried. It is a'.i-o certain thst tiie JnJ,re decidod upon facts as well as lew. Thus was there mockery ot a Jury trial and a cand il of justice. I mention these matten, not tor yo::r pre-enution oi them in a diplomatic way. Your Administration muy not consider it proper to criiicL-e, much less anathematize the uction of the ilritis'i Courts. We would not allow any rejections Uon our judicial Action from Knglaml. Hid. luese lacis have produced a general and ineralicab!e impresiou upon the American people, and as such I recount tlieiu. This sympathy is intensified bjr the kuowleci:e that Putricü O Donneli is a cillr.ca of this country, althoush iinturalized. yet by treaty he is tne same relation as if born ou our soil." Oeneial Collins It his Ucu conceded and well known that he is a citizen. Mr. Cox-If. Mr. Presiomt. this hurried execution takes place, there wi'.i a shudder run through our people. 2Jt.Jurau I -il to. r JtHrrTrPonnen was a Union soldier? Mr. Finerty It Is centrally reported an 1 Umierslood, It has i.ot bevn couiralicied. Jlr. COX H'onilnuStii;) -lct us endeavor to do . something, i wouui not etunarrass tue t-xecuiv T undue requet. llavini; loin; ierved on the coii.iii.llce of h oreiitn A flairs, I bad occasion to protest npalnM the assumption or usurpation by ConKress of the diploniaiic fO'Ver. whicil Wdj excliiMvcly urged iu onr funcr'.oii. H.tt. sir, you have interfered in another case, that of Dr. Lawson. It aas ttie esse of a person conviceJ of murder. It had noue of the iiiieresliui; and litternal oiiul phases of this esse. It did not evoke the riiversal sympathy that this se doe u Hence, as i..v'tubers of Conitu, we UtUI, l.ouih unofficiallr iv'rcfcnt Hits universal sy.Tipi'.hy. A large ulc "Is anions them, and wa are not a little Interested, all vt us. Ltuchter. The fact h that we represent JO.000.OW of people of Irish ItkCint. an-; whgji tc cuuqf stich oMier as General thctlflsn, and you, .Mr. President, are proud to be reckoned amoni? the descendant oi this gil'.aut racv. (Here Uta President smiled and bowed assent.) On beh.ilf of these syuip.ii helle peop'.e. and in view of the facts I bare related, wc only ask von to direct the Secretary of taie to open negotiations to carry o it our earnest wishe. Mr. Kincrty As ordinary diplomacy will be too late, may I. without impropriety, surest that negotiations for a potpoiienivui of the execution bj by rablc, snd at onceT 'The Tresident The execution is fixed for Monday wees, the 17th. of cuiir n must ixj by ca'de. Mr. Cox If there sho.ild boa (o-tioneiiieiit f tbe execntion, meanwhile such rcpreciiufio:is uiay be innde, either to comnintti the sctitenc or try the prisoner under tue ?roo.:r eoaditious. We appeal to your cLmency and iiumauitr. ihe 1'resideni, iu reply, said tue Department fd. State would at once telegraph MiuUier I. woll to make all possible inquiry regarding O'Dontiell's cIMzenshlp, and he (the President) would taic whatever action he could wlin propriety. Mr. Cox, before retinuu with the doltMtioi, handed the President -opy of the pp"c.lpr -- parel by the flan Na toel aoc atiou, wnlcü hud lit-en M-ut to each member of Conrest, and Wiiic i, iu the main part, is as follows: 1 he tcl for the cotmiiiRioii ot which nnr fellowci U; :. Patrick U'Domieil, now awaits executlo-i, is hk . inc Ca.-, d to dci't-ud m-ces fully, his life, Musi i an uliiick insdc tiKi hint by a wretch who hud .:cn1y Ix-traycd and Po ui'le I t dentn several of his own nMuiiitr. The conduct of O'Dounell is regarded not only as j'itiilAole, bvt meritroua tv huudre s of ihomaiidi of American citizvh. Ve request your prompt aid to reiiove him ir m the imp -iidiii:: fate, not for these rasoiis alone, but alro Ikmuw It H acknoledued -tcii tjvII e pnMciitr, thai not only whs he unconnected villi any bociety, but qn.ic inur4uto tho identity of Iiis assailant until a v ry short time b . -ford (he art my. therefore i e-antil elements of delibeiatlon, premeditation and inallco aforeinonebt neces.sary to ertahl ih . the charge of munter are totally wmitin. b-caite 1 1 e oiouial aothorlties of the Cape of t,ood Hope insisted tuat he coin in 1 1 ted the a I let' M oTense wiihin their jurisdiction, ando ijhi to bl tried in their Courts. Notwithstanding whicn. they were -oiiiprlled by the British Government to yield hin up lie m ghi be tneil iu the center of Its power. lwcauM he aas not tried at the flrt-part Nation." wi.te laws he is fahl to have transgressed, according to lexal uateand requirements, and beiuue the Judue who prerided at the trial, contrary to law and precedent undertook to decide questions of lacl th very purpose .for which the Jury was impanelled, and without which the acred rieht -of trial by Jury tecomrs a mockery. We are confirmed in the eouvlctlon that tt can not be conilderfd nnltfittinj? lhat even execntlvc action be requested in the present instance by the tact that in several cases, one notably of quite recent due, u h a course had been adopted at the solicitation rf friends of the accused. The question is simply whether an American citljieu. shall by a foreign Goverument be put to death by illegal and foul means without remonstrance and without an elf ort to save ri im. We rely confidently upon yon r sense of justice to render tuen hvlp as in your power in this matter, and r quest that seen action may lead to the desired result " MR, FINEilTY'S TIKVTS. He Despairs of a Fair Trial In EngtoiiKt and - Predieta tho Destraetion of Parliament alldlnga. CRicaoo, Dec. a The Citizen, whose editor, John 7. riaerty. Member of Congress, aided la originating, the Parnell fund aad the large fand whicn waa wsed i the aefense of 0Doaeil, eooudata a leading editorial la iu current issue oa too coovietioa f O'Donnell. and deeiaret that, aa a result of the trial, tb "Party ef Yloleace" will henceforth he sepreaM In Irish polUkra. The paper that VDenateir kUlov el Carey wae the boMeel

arentreinent of history and most honorable. Ills conviction by the U'ual English hanging Jury and inevitable partisan English Judge, baa pat an eud forever in the Irish mind to all hope of eveu ordinary justice from Englishmen. Alter declaring that It will never again five a cent to defend any Irishman in British Courts of Uw, and never contribute er advocate a contribution any more, unless it be for tbe purpose of striking terror into tne demon heart of an overgrown dastard that hesitates at no crime to maintain iu iniquitous power, and that it never fails to whine abjectly when forces superior to her own are applied to make her quail; tne editorial says: "o'Donntil will no doubt be hanged on December 17. The Irish race failed to save him. It must not fail to avenge him." The editorial still further declares thst Knglaud shows uo mercy, and that Ireland win no longer show any. and that while England points to her shins and her cannons the just may point and soon, to the wreck of the Parliament buildings and to the mini of 8U Pauls and äugtest that a New Zcalanrter may be leea on London liridge trying- to cross it on planks. "I indorse every word In that article," aaid Representairve Finerty in a Washington interview ia-t night, after a perusal of tbe editorial published in his paprr at Cnlcago. "Now. I peak," he continued, "as an American Journalist ant not aa t (OIiiressinaD. trDonnell. if be ba got to die, will die in glory. His case hu aroused the iyn pethy not ouly of Irish-American citizens, but also of all people in the L'niu-d Mates. A great howl is goiwt up from the entire country at the outrageous action of the English Judice before whom the prisoner was tried. Whosoever heard of such procedure as bis? Pontius Pilate was an honorable man compared with him. Jn my opinion the Irish will act In their own behalf, and destroy not only the English Parliament Uuildiug, bot ruin other lnteresta as far as possible. "No hope of fairness nor justness from an English Court can be entertained " By a postponement of the time of the execution, what can be gained?" was asked. Jf the Presideut asks that the sentence be postponed for a time. England will no doubt grant the request, for she will not aesire to offend America. Tbe evidence of O' Donneli beleg an American citizen will theu have is to be teeured. and an opportunity sought of piTinp him a fair trial. I don't waut war to be tbe outcome, for onr Navy la not in condition for a conflict, but I do want justice for O'Donnell. It looks, however, as though he will hana at the time set for his execution unless Ibis Government can interfere. Tbe alleged civilization of England may consider it moral resentment of America.

IN A FELON'S CELL. Ilnw O'Domiell, the Condemned M.xa, Passes His Time in Prison. Lov pcy, Dec. 0. 0'Donnell8 brother has been permitted to visit hint in Newgate Prison, lie found the prisoner in excellent spirits, and inclined to chat freely upon all subjects except the trial. "When questioned about the proceedings and his ruisunderstanding ot the question put by the Court Register, he appeared disgusted and became sullen, lie broke into a tirade against the liritish Crown, but repeated, but if possible with more emphasis, the curses which he hurled at Judge Den man's head when he was being forced out of the Court. O'Donncll is attended daily by the Catholic Chaplain of the Prison, but sä far he has paid but little attention to his religious duties. His whole mind seems to turn on the possibilities of his being respited, and nothing seems to shake his faith in the belief that the (ioyernuient will ; not dare to hang him. Solicitor Guy has repeatedly called at the Oid L'ailey in attempts to see O'Donnell, but thus far the prison rules on this point have been strictly adhered to, and he h'as not been allowed to enter. Xo lawyer can see a condemned client, according to English custom, unless upo j the question of bequests, and as O'Donncll is childless as well as penniless, this plea can not be urged. Mr. tiny's unremitting efforts are the subject of reniark, find whatever sympathy w beitij extrese 1 here for the XeKgai prisoner it an Jonbtedly the outcome of the devotion which his counsel have exhibited since tbe sentence of death wus passed. A letter Las just been received by the Central News from Daniel O'Donncll, dated 'Derryheg Bunheg," Ireland. December 7, imploring them ti obtain as ni'jcli publicity as possible for a Song letter which the writer enclosed, explaining his brother's outburst in the dock. lie says that his brother felt, when he was prevented from making Iiis intended speech, that he was being muzzled, and that dispair alone prompted him to so violently express, the f?elin;rs which poesed . a . w j run. I Action of the Central Labor Ciiion. i New Yobk. Dei-. 1 The entral Labor Union has passed a resolution ergentlv recommending that the l'residentof the United States to interfere in the ease of O'Donnell, the murderer of James Carev. and endeavor J to procure a stay of execution. FOK THL1K CONSTITUENT--. Meaores Introduced In the Seuate and House for the Ilelief of Indinuimte. Special to the Sentinel: - "Waithito;, D. C. Sept. 10. Mr. Vorhees I resented a bill in the Semite to-day for the relief of citizens of Indiana lor losses incurred during the Morgan raid It directs the Quartermaster General to ex amine and consider the justice and validity of all claims already filed in his oftice, for horses taken or furnished during the 90all d Mortan raid in July, 18(13, through Indiana and Ohio, directing the Quarter master General to made report of said claims in the san e manner as their clai'as are considered by him under the act of July. lSfjl. He also presented u bill for the relief of Urorge V. Elliott and O. S. Picket t. Mr. Harrison offered a bill to pay Martin L. llutidy ?T10 for forage during the late War. Mr. Hoi man ottered a bill in the House to puv Silas i Howe, the surviving partner of A T. Pate fc Co., of Patriot, Ind., $l'J,3$ö, the amount collected from them in March, lt7, on distilled spirits which had been already paid in tax, and to pay John Ellis $210 for services as messenger in the Fortydifia Congress. Mr Browne submitted a proposition to prohibit tu abuse of "leaves to print" speeches in the Congressional liecord. Mr. Lnwry presented u hill increasing the appropriation for public buildings at Fort Wayne to fl'OO.OOO. Mr Calkins proposes to establish a uniform code of signals for railroads and to regulate car couplings. Mr. AVard offered bills to pension John Boyle, Samuel Davidson and Daniel II. Roes. . . . . Mr. Lamb, ot Terre Hante. says he prolooses to lay bare the frauds the Department of Justice has been practicing in the Star Route prosecution. He ottered a bill to pay Captain Bryant $535 for services rendered oa Lew Wallace's taff in the late War. Mr. Kleiner offered bills' to pay Henry Ayres $3,282 unlawfully collected for internal tolls, and to reimburse Crawford Brown in the sum of fl.OOO for greenbacks destroyed by fire in April 1875 : . . Mr. Stockalager presented a bill appropriating . I100.0UU for. public buildings at New Albany. Mr. reelle introduced a bill to reimburse W. R. llolloway fer $1GC paid by him to disabled rente agent while he was Tost aa aster at Indianapolis. Mr. Mataon offered several bille among then to ecnaliz tbe bounties of soldiers; j another to pay John Fletcher, of Franklin, 13,460 for tbe lose ot , cattle killed by the ' Indians in 1S70 while employed in the I eenke ef the United Ctates.

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

Mr. Frye'a Proposed Basis of Representation for Consideration by the National Committee. "Va8hingio3?, Dec. 6. To remedy In some measure, what is regarded by many as a very grave injustice in tbe present representation ,to"th6 Bepublican National Conventions which gives the States and Districts all over the country the same tolce regardless of Republican votes, when in some Districts South even tbe form of nominating Republican candidates for Congress is not pursued. Senator Frye a member of the Republican National Committee, will propose at the next meeting of the Committee, December 12. a new basis of representation, ai follows: Eacb State aball be entitled to four delegates as now; each District to one instead ot two as now; to one additional delegate lor each 10,000 votes cast within its limit in 1&S0 for the Republican candidates for Presidential Elector, and to one additional delegate for a majority of a fraction of 10.000 votes. The vote for the Presidential election, taken as the best, as indicating the real strength of the party in any District, being lese liable to be affected by local causes. The e fleet of this proposition, if adonted, npon the States end the Convention, is shown by the annexed table, compiled by application to the Presidential Tote o( 1W0 to the Districts as then existing. Tbe application of the same rule to tbe present Districts under the late apportionment could not just now be readily made, owing to the lack of necessary and accurate information, but will not materially change the relative strength of th(j several States, and will only Increase the total membership of the Convention about eighty. . KORTHERlf STATES.

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MatES. California..... Colorado Connecticut Delaware Illinois....... IndianaIowa Kansas..... ... Maine. Massachusetts. Michican..... Minnesota Nevada.- , New Hampshire, New Jersey... New YorkOhio- . Oregon .... I'ei nsylvania Knode Isiano..... Vermont Wwonsin Nebraska. ... Total .... SOI THKRX STATES. Aiabamti MM. Arkhiixus... Piorids Gcorcju Kentucky iXMlixiiina.. Maryland.. .. Mlssisirpi. Missouri...'......... North Carolina... Couth Carolina... Tt tmessee...MM. . Tesos. Vircinia Wtst Virginia Totals....

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Territories.-.. The number of dclecjates at the present basis is t20; number on the proposed basis, 870. THE PRESIDENCY. Mr. Frye's Plan of Keiresentatlon lu the Itepublirnn Convention Not to be Adopted Arthur's Plans. "WASUiMiTOjr, D. C, Dec. 10. Further consideration, of the plan of Senator Frye for the restriction of representation in the- National Republican Convention from States which do not cast Republican Electoral votes shows that tbe plan will not be adonted by the Committee next week. One of the active Committeemen said to-day: ;,Mr. Frye's plan is in substance a modification, of the plan of Martin, of Kansas, which wns voUd down at the last meeting of the, Coixmittec. There will be no purpose, so far as I can learn, to modify the system of representation. It is too late to do thaL Moreover, the changes suggested might conflict with interests which we do not understand. To restrict the representation in the States indicated would be to put uniieccessary limitations upon Republicans. It would be to say that the Republican vote in those States had reached its maximum,' and that the Republicans need not exert themselves to do any better. Moreover, if Arthur is a candidate, the South is the Geld where he naturally would expect to secure delegates." "Does the Committee understand that Arthur is a candidate?'' "I have no doubt of it,' was the reply, "and it will be the effort of Arthur's friend to secure the Convention in the East. That appears to me to be the only real contest. The choice thus far lies between Philadelphia and Indianapolis. One hundred Philadclphians are expected here Tuesday. Arthur's friends are feeling their way in New York to ascertain whether, without any factional opposition, he can secure delegates there. We have ret to hear the result. There seems to be a disposition on the part of some of Arthur's friends who are opposed to the Sher man influence to say, 'We have had enough of the Ohio idea. Let Ohio iro, we can carry New York and can electa President without Ohio.' So far as I have observed in the West the attitude towards Arthur is simply that of toleration." ' Working for the Convention. Washisgton, Dec 10. Representatives in Congress from Indiana held a conference tonight to agree upon the best means ot presenting to the National Republican Committee, Wednesday, the claims of Indianapolis as a place for holding the National Republican Conversion next year. In addition to the uiemUrs of the delegation, there were piffnt iWtmaster General Gresham, Hon. Joi'i. 1'. N. w. Commissioner Dudley, Captain Bi sdellai.d Chief Clerk Walker of the Poster1 ce Depaiiinent. A hearing was given the C äifnltiee from Indianapolis; composed of aj or Grubt, Collector McKay, President Lynch of the Board of Trade and United States District Attorney Holstein, who ex plained the advantages possessed by Indianapolis for the' desired purpose.. The matter was talked over Informally and no'conclusion reached.- -v - . DRIVEN TO BUICIDE.

The Story of a Yovaa; Gambler's Career I a Boens Wbaadage Oady to ho Iost vrltls Crooks Maal for HI Stsshee. w York CaeciaJ: Aheat a aaooth ago, Xovesahe 3, Charles A. Matthews, a youag peUokma braker. of (hie eity, wie wm, et 04) Uae, -aseaber ef the im 1

Brodt & Co., committed suicide in a room in the Colonnade BoteUPbiladelpbia. Various reasons have been aasif ned for the act but recently tbe real facts in the case became known to his friends. It was known that be was an inveterate gambler, bnt tbe extent of his losses was only guessed at. Detective Pryor, of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, in the course of a conversation with a reporter, said today: "I knew Charley Matthews well, and bad known bim for years before his death. He was as foolly murdered aa if the pistol bad been held in another's hand and another finger had polled the triFKer. Charley was alwtjrs an inveterate gambler, and having ala'ays enjoyed plenty of money he used to play for enormously hleta stakes, lie would eo into one of tbe bells here before they were closed, and, after asking the limit, would piay in a single stake just asmurha8ihemlesofiliebou.se would permit, V ell, he was always crossing over to the other side for hört trips, and about two years azo he broairht up st Monte Carlo, it is, as you know, the center 01 the European gambling fraternity, and, in fact, the only place where a public came is ran. Youne Matthews, I need hardly say, began to play and plated with such success that lu a vfjy few days he had broken the bank twic or at any rale,' cauad Ui-m to atoo play in for that day. He eventually left there wnn 3125,000 01 tne bank s money in bis pocket and started home, fall of good launiiöDi aa to forswearing; play for the future.' "hut a man can not win a um of.money, aucn aa he lad, at a public table, without attracting a good deal of attention. Matthews was accordingly marked as their own by a few New Vor 'crooks.' who happened to be ai Uonte Carlo, seeking nat

theT might devour. They followed him. step bStep, from Nice to Parts, from Paris to London, from London to Liverpool, till at last they had him safe ou board one of tbe Atlantic steamship. Once there, the rest was eay. A chance introduction, a bottle ol wine, a frieudly cbat, and subsequent proposal of a friendly game; the dropping into the smoking room of other members of the psBK, the natural joining iu the little gamo and iheu the trap closed with a snap. hen he arrived at wandv Hook Matthews had parted with 140,1,00 cash, and two notes for i ilO.UOJ euch. lie had made up his mind by that time that lie had oven swindled, and expected the robber wonld be content with their larc haul in money, und would let the two notes ;o. Hut they were 100 impudent for tbat, and not only brought suit, but attached his bagave at the hotel. "I hen he came to mc and asked me to do what I could. It took ns a week to find our men, but a on us he described them Pi me I knovy wno they ncre and knew that it wus only a million of time. VI ben I found them 1 had a comparatively easy task. 1 adviM.-d them to drop the thine riht th- re, and be thankful with what thy already had. They accepted my ndvice. JJuttheas, however, was too rich a prize to be alio u cd to escape. Others ef the gang were let loohe on him ami never lost sight of him till they had squeezed him dry. On the very next IriD he made 10 Ltirope they were on board, and this time hedrr.i ped. I was told on good authority, fl5.0Ü0. Ho owned up to ö.OOO himselt to me; but 1 know Ihnt was because be felt ashamed of hsvin; ramie such a fool of himself again. Ly this time he was married, but even ids marriage did not card him of bot had become a positive disease. Quid little parties nl his rooms In the hotel ami rectle-s plunging nt public tables soon ran away n ith all his Monte Carlo winning, and with the greater part of bis own fortune besides. - "At luM, only a Tew months aso, he found himself here almost ruined. Iiis former friends began 10 cet cold, and to fiiiht shy of him, and when I last saw him lie wus in a pitiably depressed frtme of mind. 'I'll go to Philadelphia.' said he. 'tor ail I he rooms are closed here, and I can net a tolerably hon st frame there. I'll po to Philadelphia and either make or break myself.' 'To Philadelphia he accordingly went, bnt bofore roing he made a purchase in Broadway, fntn the W inchester Kepeatinc Arms Company. It was a revolver. He stayed at the Colon na le Hotel . while in Philadelphia, and played nearly the wbole time he was there The record was monotonous; his old luck had altogether deserted him, and one niht he went to his room at the hotel and put a bullet throuch his brain. TUE CHEROKEE SCANDAL. The Charges of Bribery Involving Senator Djtwes and Secretary Teller. Special to tbe Sentinel : "Wasiusutox, Dec. f. Like all scandals and sensations, the one which has come up about Senator Dawes, of Massachusetts, and becretary Teller, of the Interior I)epärtmei7t," has been pounced upon by idle tongues and unscrupulous correspondents and has. raised a deal of a hubbub here. Senator Dawes and ijenator Teller have botn reiterated to your correspondent to-day that they have had no personal connection with the Cherokee Indian Fund and consequently have had no opportunity to take any bribes for otlicial influence; and further, that they propose to prosectite the man who has libeled them. Thillips, who is the disbursing agent for the Cherokee Nation in the Indian Territory, is an ex-Congressman fror Kansas. Colonel I'oudinot who brings the charge that Phil lips gave Dawes and Teller $22,500 out of the $300.000 fund appropriated to the Cherokee-, for the purpose of securing the influence of the latter two in getting the appropriation through Congress, is an exChief of the Cherokee Nation, lie is now pronounced by some of his tribe an outcast. II? is about fifty years old, well educated, sharp as a knife, tall, well built, with a large, round head, speaks several languages, wears long hair, is aiTable. well known, and although he bas one club foot he is energetic in moving about among the stateimen. He is a well known character here as well as in all parts of the West. He is probably a halfbreed. He became a lobbyist for Railroad Companies that wanted to enter the Territory!)! hij tribe several years ago, and coming here soon became n professional lobbyist. He is about the Capitol con stantly during sessions of Congress, and has had something to do with nearly all Indian legislation during the past decade. He nas been connected with most of the machines civilization that have entered the Indian Territory, some of which have been very objectionable to his tribe, und he has often been warned not to return there again. But be has couroee, and he goes and comes at will, and see ins to have friends there who back him with money. His tribo is rich and intelligent. For years Congress has been called upo i for larjje appropriations for the Cherokee Indians. They have asked largely for school houses, teachers. Churches, preachers, farming implements, stock, and all the modem articles of civilization, and thy have been liberally supplied, and have improved their opportunities For a year or more there have been whisperings here that the larre sums of money which the Cherokees were getting for this, that and the other thing were secured through tbe influence of the lobby. It was charged a year ago that the lobbyists here had lobbyists with the CherH kees, and that it was agreed in the councils of tbe tribe that a certain per cent, of the moneys received through Congress was to go to de'fray expenses in obtaining it. It is known tbat lobbyists and lawyers here, at any rate, men who do not work for amuse men t, took grat interest in seeing the appropriations made. ' Now that the scandal bas come up. involving a United (States Senator and a Cabinet oflicer, there is much aftermath coming to the surface. An old lobbyist said of the flair to-day: "If there was any money paid to get through tbe last appropriation, there has been money spent in tbe same way on nearly every appropriation given the Cherokees." It is improbable that there will be any fact proven in the charges, but there is little doubt that it 'will lead to an iuvesf'gation and result in proving that the Indians have long aeo learned that if they get money through a lobby ihey- must -pay for .-it. ;Tbo scandal is all the talk here now. , Wife Whlpper Heavily rined. Bpeeial to The Sentinel: ßMXiTViix, Ind., Dec. 5. W. T. Thompson, who lives about two miles south of this city, wae thie morning fined S34.75 for whip riughie wife in the most outrageous mannv. Not beta ahlo lo viaw. ha WRS teilt tO JaiL Ilia lather waa also iaolcted for aaaault !

on Ut wen) ejv4 will H tried JTriiaj.

SUING FOR SLAVES.

The Proposed Action Aajalnst the Government by Texas Claimants Peculiar Constitution. St. Locrs, Dec. C. Further facts regarding the suit soon to be brought before the Court of Claims at Washington for the recovery of the value of slaves in Texas are as follows: It is alleged that Texas was admitted to the Union under peculiar and different circumstances from any other State, and this action will be brought iu good faith on the advice of some of the best lawyers of Texas, and without any ilea of creatirg political excitement. Tbe negotiations for the annexation of Texas began during Tyler's Administration, and the joint resolutions providing for tne annexation passed Congress and was approved by tle President March 1, 1815. These resolutions contained conditions and guarantees, the most significant Of which in regard to tbe present case is as follows: fC.- 4. New States, of convenient aize, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said mate of Texas, and haviug sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of aaid diate, be formed out of tbe territory thereof, which shall be i. titled to admission under the provisions of the edcral Constitution. And such States aa may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of lhirty-six degrees thirty mtauies norm ;r'tude, commonly known as the Missouri ompt, ne line, shall be admitted into the Union with or without ala very as the people of each State asking admission may desire. Texans took advantage of this and in framing the State Constitution, uider which they would be willing to come into the Union, they stretched tbe slavery guarantee to the limit which lawyers of the present day think makes the United States Government responsible for the loss ot slave property. At the next Congress of the United btates this Constitution was submitted and provoked a Ion and bitter struggle, and it is noted that the clauses in it npon which this litigation will be based were then pointed out, as not only objectionable but dangerous and virtually" making Congress guarantee slave property. Here is one of the clauses: The Legislature shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owners. - Another reads in this way: The Legislature shall nave no power to prevent emigrant to ttiis State from br infill Willi fiem &uch pervons as are deemed slaves by the laws of any of the United dia'cs, and so on. .Referring 10 the first of the clauses quoted above, one Congressman, in the course of the debate, put it this way: Now 1 consider this clause in the Constitution of Texas open to Iii tno"t setious objection. It is virtually cerpcluaiiuic isvery m Texas, it iu effect takes away from the tute the power of uciiu on a most important subject. The Constitution was finally accepted, however, and the joint resolutions adopt-d, admitting Texas into th Union. MIL CAULISLE'S TASK. The Magnitude of the Work Devolving I'pon the Speaker of the House. Srecial to the -Sentinel : WniX"..To.. D C, Deo 10. .V man who has never .occu ied the position of Speaker of the House of Uepresentatives of the United States, or who has not stood very close to a Sneakrr. can form little concPt.tion of the work that is now occupying the time of Speaker Carlisle. His work is much larger, however, than that which has ever come before a predecessor, and has probably never been so complicated.' 'JrtSniossiole that the success of the Iemocratic party binges largely upon the makeup of the Com mittees, and .Mr. Carlisle is exercising the greatest care in his work. It is not unlikely ' that he is consulting in his labor, not only the business interests of his cousti- j tuency, but the future of tiie ; party. He makes no secret of ' his determination to make an issue of t!ie tariff", and the large number of new memliers in the House, by reapportionment ami ! Change of political color, complicates the ; work and makes it an almost endless task, i Speaker Carlisle is locked up in his private room at the Hotel, with his Secretary, and i refuses to see any but his well known friends. He is considering the localities 1 from wliich a member comes, the ability of 1 the member and the desires of his constituency. He is so completely absorbed with J his work that he gives no attention to social : matters, payj no heed to etiquette, and eats , very little. He receives scores of .letters . every day from all parts of the country. ' Some are full of good advice and original j suggestions about the work iteiore tne Speaker. Others arc from cranks, and are others are thrown into the waste basket Mr. Carlisle is probably the least excitable of any of those who contested the position with him. With all of Mr. llandall's cunning and ability, he is excitable and sometimes loses his head. This he did on the Thursday preceding the caucus meeting which elected Mr Carlisle Speaker. At one time Mr. Randall scarcely knew his name.- Mr -Cox grows red in the face when agitated, and at times acts peculiarly. Ex-Speaker Keifer is a very excitable man, although he was a brave officer iu the late War, and performed good service, and rose to the rank of Rrigadier General. Keifer loses his bead on the slightest provocation. He made up his Committees it issaid, from slates furnished him by friends. Up to the very moment Mr. Carlisle was elected Speaker lie maintained his eualilhrinm He then was thrown for a moment otr his feet. Mr. Carlisle has a clear face, nlnio-t bloodless in appearance, and has jrood nerve. It is said, however, that he acknowledges now that he has nil he can attend to. FREEMAN ACOJ'ITTEI). The Tocasset Monomaniac Acquitted of the Charge of Murder. BabxsTSble, Mass , Dec C The last sta je. but one in the Focasset tragedy was reached to-day. when the trial of Charles S. reeman for the killing of his daughter Edith, May's IC-O t1 (ha wctvliz-r "Vnl miilfu" v . T, bv reason of insanity. It was the verdict preuictea yesteruay ana generally expeyteu. i- . i - I -i - but it was obtained so quickly and easily as to appear to come with the unanimous consent of proeecution and defense. Chief Justice Morton and Judge Field presided. Attorney General Sherman and District Attorney Knowlton represented the State, and Mr. A. W. Boardman, of Bostonand Mr. C. W. Tabor, of Lynn, the defense. The-.pris oner was brought in, well dressed and well looking. He seemed self-possessed throughout the trial, although sometime somewhat aSected as the story of his deed was recounted In all its horror by - his 'neighbors and friends. Mrs. Freeman was present and testified in a feeling, though rather glib manner regarding the expectations of hercelf and her husband when he kilted little Edith. The testimony ef the distinguished medical experts was all of one kindthat Freeman was unquestionably insane when he killed his child. The Government did not attempt to centro vert this. The ChieCJuetice recommended a verdict in accordance with the fact, and the Jury returned it within fifteen minutes after the ease waa frWen to them. IFour years ago Charles 8. Freeman, his

wife, and two children lived" at Focasset. and the man and wife became so intensely inter

ested in religious matters that hi April tbey became insane. The night of April 30 or the morning of May 1 they went to the room where were lying the two children. After kneeling down by the bedside of the two children in prayer the mother took the elder of the children, a daughter, into another room, and the father buried a knife in the heart of tbe child. Freeman was not tried, but Judge Morton, upon testimony of Freeman's insanity, committed him to tbe Denvers Asylum until the further order of the Court. Way 1, 18h3, be was declared sane. An order was made out releasing Freeman from tbe custody of tbe Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum, and tbe Sheriff tben took him into custody. The clerk read the indictment found in 1K80 against Freeman for the willfnl murder of bis child, to which Freeman pleaded not guilty. Freeman's counsel asked for his release, but the Clnrt held that it had no power to release a murderer upon his own recognizance, and Freeman was sent back to Jail. Yesterday's verdict leaves but one step between Freeman and freedom. HOLLING MILLS Rl'RNKU. liest ruction of the Mount Ilirkory Hill, Erie, Entailing at Loss of tt20O.O0O. Erik, Fa., Dec 9. At 2 o'clock this morning the Mount Hickory Rolling Mill, ibis city, was discovered on fire in tbe eDgine room, and despite the efforts made it was totally destroyed. The mills were erecd in 1872, and were tbe property of the Mount Hickory Iron Company, the principal member of which firm is Hon. William I Scott. In connection with other mills in Western Pennsylvania which are owned by tbe same Company, they manufactured mercantile iron of every grade. For some time they have been shut down, bnt started up nt;aiii early this fall. In the Company there- scere originally a number of Krie capitalists. The latter interests were in the main iipo-ied of three years ago to Mr. Scott. The machinery cost $12ä.OÜO, and the stock on hand was valued at tsO.um. When the alarm was so t tided the cilyFirePepartment failed to respond, owing to the works being located ju-t outside of the corporation limits. Th; Chief was appealed to but declined tocder out the engines. claiming that an ordikar.ee lorbade his eoing tOKiiils beyond the city limits. After considerable delay, permission wns obtained from the Mavor. but it was so late that the I epartinent Wa's of very little use when it finally reached the fire. Two hundred and fifty men are thrown out of employment just at the hginnilig of winter, and a few of them are in .condition neither to go elsewhere nor support their families Mr. Scott is absent from the city, bnt the loss is placed by his business manager here at Jr'uo.OOO with an insurance of t'.iO.OMi. The mills had recently taken largecontracts, and were preparing to increasetrie lone. Mr - Scott being ; out of the city. It is impossible to tell whether the mills will he rebuilt or not, b it certainly they tan not hefore srrinjr. 1 he matter of the Fire Department of the ! "'. at? ml,n- m,,ls Ju." beyond the city limits in case of need, is to be looked intoby the City Council immediately. CA It LISLE HE PONDS. TTr s-peaker Denies the Charges of Wis loyalty Made Against Him. Wnsl.fDv'on Special: Speaker Carlisle repudiates the alleged report of his Cynthiana speech, published in the Cincinnati Gazette several vears ago ar.d reproduced in the New York Tribune. To your correspondent Mr. Carlisle said: "I remeir.ber the circumstances veiy well. TLere aas no Verbatim' report of the speech, for no reporter v.as present. I saw the ' account in tLe Gazette at the time 1 understood it was written two or three davs after the fpeecl was delivered, from information furnished by my opponent, Mr Landruru, to somebody in Covington. The report makes me say that the (Government of the United States is a vicious system,' which is a preneter thought or said thaL I always held that the constitutional right of secession did not exist. I did say that the only remedy of a people Mirenng imtn wrongs w as in revolu tion; that if they succeeded they became pai i s .1 i a! - . 9 triots, winie n uiey iauea tuey were traitors, and liable to punishment as traitors. I am a the speech mentioned 1 did not criticise the policy of the Adminis tration very severely, and probably de nounced it as 'vicious,' which was a very dif ferent thing front saying that the iovernir.cnt itself was a 'yicious system ' . 1 spoke in very severe terms of the sending of troop1into the South for tbe purpose, as 1 asserted. of controlling elections. I also denounced a proposition that bad been offered bv some body in Congress, but which was not .tben nendim to irive the oeneraHiOvxrnmcn control of the public school system of tb iVyUlilil. .-it oicvu w w m ' aim I ri: u r 1 1 u I in reply to my opponent.whopiad absed.h j South in his sjieeches, and of co'ire tb I words I used were chosen for tiie effect tbe ; wouiu prouuee ou eucu an occavon ar. 11 ton stu b an audience as I bad before me ; The canvass was a pretty hot one." . i .., a t : ...f . . . a co.oii-i .Morrison, oi Illinois, vrooo n while the Six'aker was making this eiplana j non, ami i.c atioeo: "a" o i-1 I tl aa 1 ä a 1 lia.t rr v A 4 l4a rAenisi K 1 .ia rm I s a HOIV MIU äVIl illC ItVI'UUIIaii'' I lick amiss in anything he said. If tbe t publicans i .iii iiiiu iiotniog in-iicr io oo mai ! - a? . 1 .T; . 1 - .1 . I in hi; ii. is tvuumiii luiit, i iiima ikt-v .ic i a tad vav. anu 11 me country is disturbed r I it, I'tLink it is a very poor country." I - ' ' . Kreaks of a Madman. 1 Special to the sentinel: -t.'oi-i vhtH, Ind., Dec 6. Abe Cook, a wc'. fo-db farmer, who resides near L Lou is to ing.in this County, was taken violently insai this morning. He took a child of his abo -a year old into a room, and locked the to ,j ,, ' . - . ... . i several SbOtS Ironi a revolver during theoa end it was not known at 4 o c.o-k this afu noon whether the child was harmed or n A large crowd was gathered about tbe lou ciuring tue iuv, out no one venture! to in, for fear af being shot. His wie aim) frantic, as the fears he will kill Iwtuseif the child. His father-in law. Mr. Dji evening to see if he could persuade him open the door and release the cb.nl. Attempt to Poison m lntuiy. Special to the Sentinel: , Courtis Ind., Dec 5,-r-An attempt poison the family of Simon Barnl.art 3 - V . V t , . J . iiiaue n.gnt ociore iasi, out was prevro; by mere accident. Yesterday morning wackaee containing a considerable luant of white powder was picked up inside of t curbing the well fron1 wh. tbe family u.. .The", paper was: brought ibis p. ace ana prorvouncea arseipe cj t competent physicians.'' Some miscreant f thrown l h. paper ltrs de et the well but Innately t'dld not reach the water. enort win i luaueioaecercr wiruarjeu'P u,b a uaetardly -deed. t