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YOL. XXXI NO. 1G. INDIANAPOLIS WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1885. WHOLE NO. 1 574.

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SOXE I DE IS About Ctvll Service htform-It It a Fraad?

Special to tbe Sentinel. "WAsnixGToy, May 13, -An evidently deserving widow lady csme highly indorsed by Virginia friends t j the cff.ee of Joseph Miller, tto Internal Rsv enn e Collector, to-day. The cfEcsr carefully read her testimonials and sadly announced tr at he could give her j Tin Tslafn iha -n that .71 fha rvprmt in 1 hia department were protected by the civil service. "Civil service ?" she aked, with surprise i and vjnfeizned melancholy; "what ia that?" "I im raj soil to ignoaat of it that to save year life, madam, I could not tell." KOW, that explains the trouble between 2lr. Cleveland and the c race-hunter. There la bat one living American who thoroughly understands the labyrinths of the lawGeorge H. Pendleton eed Le can't, it seems, give the secret a way. He ia now at a foreign court improving the shirking hsurs, it is supposed, in stadying the civil pension list of Emperor Wilhelm's Government. The appointed and the disappointed take widely different views of the political outlook. The appointed persists in feeing a silver lining. "Conuenca in Mr. Cleveland," he writes, "ia growing every day, and I ft el assured that hjs administration will prove the bright es i in American history." The disappointed write "his member of Congresa. ' Democratic hope ia dead," etc I met Een: Perley Pore, the king of reporters, to cay for th first time. He has been the historian oi every administration since Jackson s, and no liviog man knows more cf the American publicist?. "I atn Wf 11 known," be said, "lor the reason that 1 hat-e writtea nothi: to which mv name was tot signed, end f think that if every writer was required to sign hi3 articles it wouM have good icS.ience on the pre?3. Journalism has temporarily drifted away from that id a, but it will return eventually. There oogbt to he there must oe seme personal responsibility for statemvuts. This habit of telegraphing guess-wnrk and offensive guesswork at that from Washington io the press of oil er cities will cerU'nly eubde es soon as ton e journalist of aa nricinal torn of miud makes the discovery that the ledirg public prefers something more, real and ubaa;itiaL The consciouspers of personal resiAjn-ibiiity that one's signature to an rruc insures would conduce to respectability." gpeakirg of cmi fervice reform, Mr. Pocrefaid, in ssbytanca, that it w&i the fraud of frauds; that a more s:npendous deception was never spawned in legislation. The head of every department ia at the xcercy of bis fcrce. Smledin every sort of service, they will easily win him. They will put him utiler personal obligations. At a signal they ran blcck any character of work. The land of the free and the heme cf the brave is only such in name. "Th's Government to day, as J cee it. is but little more than a dynasty cf department clerke. Tney can chanse their coats as rapidly as Hsnry Wattersou was cured of tore eyes. Every one that I have met has led me out behind a lamp-post and whispered that be couldn't go Blaine. They were all the ori'nal friend of the man ot destiny. The tin med Knight has no supporter In this town b:it Steve Klktna." The üe a ot Morrison's defeat was being -discussed in Mr. Vorrh?es' room the evening afier the Illinois 1 1 action; th9 tall sycamore was not cheerful, and said with emphasis: "Sach Democratic management adrtiits cf no exnianatioa " I reported this to dv tiagentleman as distinguished aa Mr. Vcorhees, who replied: ' Morrison wasanacceDtable man. In truth, hews deeicediy t'jpnlar. Tne only secret i Democratic diatte.ation ; they abaeated thrrxrelves from tue rolls, and we might jest as well br prepared for a great deal of cf tb's fortot thinr."' 'Andjouare irom Ohio," said Senator Yctrfcfea to a gen 'Jenen, who Lad routed him om at an eat ly hmr and urged him far inthedireciioo of ont f rhedeDartments.MSir, in view cf the fart ilat a number of my p?rsral friends are here demanding every moment of my time, I most pronounce this on your cart the te got fics)lnce. Goto some representative from your own State. uoca day." Jap Tukpeä. f hat Sern Promloci t Iadlantaos Think of the President Other Xiwi, Cpeelal to the Sentinel. Washisutos, May II. Bay less W.Hanna, preparing for Persia, sharing a iofa with Senator Hillfgass, at Villr rd'f, was dispossd to take a cheerful yiew of the situation. I am quite sure that this will ultimately be a Democratic administration in the fall sense of the teria. In a convenation with Mr. Cleveland, not lens a?o, I observed: "Before yon, Mr. Preiident, are the difficulties taat confronted Thomas JeCerson. The Federalists hd long bsen in power and the offices were stocked with members of that party. The situation wm not only embarrassing but promised dbaUer to his administration. lnrpost!y as well as perhaps unconsciously they ur.itit to brir.tr it into ridicule and di?frm.ee. AVfcat did Le io? As President of the United S:tf9 he made sbort work of their cnl::al eiisirnce, and filled their places with iuen hose politir-al thoughts harmonized with hia own ruad ideas of governineuV Mr. Cleveland arose, laughed, looked oat of the ir.d or for a moment and then retarned to Ins chair with an expressive. You've got me down-to a pretty-flac-yoinL No, no, t zuy raind there is no question Lnt that la.s i kj be a Democratic alznicisiraJon with a'-l that that implies. t:m a.:..thck view. Faulkcer, cf IV. my, who, as Chairman of Mr. Voorheea' (.'triruit'ee, is movicg constantly among the r'.?: artwents, divides the blameof tardirtx in tiio natier cf cauntry potoflicfes with ihn Corgresmen. "A clerk Shewed me to dar," ja;d Mr. Faulkner, "evidente of a laiji nr.mber of vacancies in th I Vonh CotRTf 8ioiifc.' District of Indiana. In titrj iEJtsnce the f ii'ure to appoint a sacotirr ia the aberceof a recommendation by the CcrpresjUian. If ths Contrresmen would Co treir duty, I im satiehed that thera oi.ld less cacsd of complaint against Gez.ral Vila.1' f ILLS Tilt EILL. Ths.t IIco"er opinion is'divided regarding theatktr.de of the adminintriti n ii a fact jmpoetitie to di.'guije,. but I have foxnd no te wlc dees tot speak well ol Colonel Hop'i lUjit, i'eapp-r-srjin tbe pari ass'.gaed .is3 fey ta ar pointing power, with nature ttd d.l:?lA. By the vUiticg 3t&t93mn fran Indfirahe hi only known in Jove and nsmed in jrlse. A perfect matter of the situia. jbisdaii3 vUId him the highest orierof pleisure. He aieasures every apoiicant tt a p'ance. and iiposa of him with suHiisnt dijlcrxary to taye rsa3trd the Uanevt t'biirat.n. Jan; aUaScd that h9 coa!d

brine ahr.ut a complete understanding between G adetone and the Czar, condnclve to the honor of both, powers. He goes direct to the spot like one of Casper's revivifying cocktails, and never fails to turn disappointment into a sustaining hone of ultimate triumph. One hears no whispered snspicioa hfaicet him, and he stands equally high with other private secretaries. KOT A C MITI DATE. I was in a street car lately when Mr. Limar entered. A gentisinan approached hiiu Warmly, and extending his nn.l he id: Ihiawlhe Crvt opportunity I htvehai, Mr. Secretary, to congratulate you on yonr appointment. Iam a candidate for no office," he continued. "Hush." ejaculated the Secretary, interrupting him, "A Cidldate for no effije and in Washington? Kp that to joorEtlf or they may arreetyoufor vugrancy." AN Ol'ISIOS OF PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. Ihaveb&dalorjgt&ik with Congressoun Cobfe, of wbich I will try and give the su tience. In roy judgment," he said, 'ilr. CJ6veiacd will do more toward bringing ih Government back to first principles tan eny President the country has had f jr f 17 jfaiF. Kealiziog the magnitude of the work, be chooses to move elow. He was unacquainted with the pub ic meD, and he is addressing himself to tns wcik of learning them. His iirst duty is to determine upon whom te can rely. As yet he has found, I tuppose, but very few in the matter of recommending appointments. Tne eigtaturescf some Congressmen frequently appear upon the papers of five or six differ tnt applicants for the sanie office. That, of ccuise, rtestiojB that particulitr Congressman's influence. Vacancies will be made and filled more rapidly after the people learn tne President's dispotition to proceed carefully, and tbat recommendations must be mad) in deed earneet. I have already seen enough ot Mr. Cleveland to lead mo to the belief thit be will be remembered as one of the ablest of the Presidentp." AX IKDIANAPJL-rS JOURNALISTS OPINION. I called at the Postoll'.ca Department today and had a talk wiui Cbariey Walker, oLreot the Indianapolis press. He luoks a tn tie stouter and better then befure coming to Washington. Th's life, notwithstanding tie incidental anxiety, does not plow for rows in the face, and ntiice holding seems to agree with the ofiice-holder. I have heard in my time a great maoy merchants boai cf tavmg come up from the tie'.d or the (hop I have never met a successful mercbant who of his own free will and accord would retorn to the toil cf the field or the shop Mr. Walker told me that every IpubMcan would ultimately go, and that the change would be made as fat as it could for the cood of the service. I have heard, indirectly, tfcat Mr. Walker did not contemplate remainirg in toe event of Mr. E.aioe'a election. Ke faie a vtry cheerful view of the future, ard a card a-kii,? for his res'gnatian will be cheerfully received. PAYING THE PIUNTir. A PP.OOF OK (IRSATNESS. Those letters floating a round in the press

signed Murray are written by one of tho mist Euccessf til correspondents in this city. 1 was talking to him to-day about Indiana Cocemsmen, when hement'oned that h ODce tried the experiment of. a Democratic paper in South Bend, Ind. I aaked him if be knew Ford, the Representative from that District. Yes, well," was the answer. "Ford was the first Democrat in Öt Jo Cmnty whi came to my tilic. He remained no longer t) an a minute, bat in that ifme grave me a told full c f encouragement and a $3 note to py for tue insertion of his professional ctcd. He is a square, unpretentious man, governed by fine judgment. The Democrats cf that Congressional District would have met with b tier success had they discovered him earl.er." Jap Tubpen. TT ays That Are Dark and Tricks That Are Valo. Ereri&l to the Sentinel. Washington, May 18. ''Knowing what time is to a President, Mr. Cleveland, I merelv called to attest my respects," was the language cf Judge G re sham. "I want a lotg talk with you," answered the President. "Will you please to call in the morning at 9?" G.-i eral Gresham was prompt, and the interview lasted an hour and a half. He found the President a direct questioner and a most excellent listener. "It is evident that the President is seeking information thioagh every possibls medium, said my Informant. I met Jcdte Gresham for a moment today, and asked him: "Are you permanently lorated in Chicago'' ' "No," he answered, "I can not make up my mind to leave Indianapolis." "When a member of the Cabinet did you account Washington your hooie?" "Never" I tapped Jim lltcs this a'ternoon and got a flow in favor of Mr. Cleveland's Dolicy. "A man that has never had anything to da with it knoT?s comparatively nothicg about the influences that are braucht to bear on tue ar pointing power." he said. "I remember an introduction to a candidate for an odioa within my gift. The gentleman who introduced tha candidate said: 'Mr. Sj-and So is tie best political worker in our Dart of tbe ccunty aDd a most detervlng citizen. I am eatisfied that you could not appoint an abler nan to tie cflice. Bv appointing him you it ill confer a personal favor npon me, and it will be bo taken and accepted by the working Democrats of mv county. This was said in tke applicant's hearing. Then, leading me to a back room, he continued: 'You cn rever appoint that fellow in the world. He is irresponsible and a loafer, bat a warm personal friend of mine.' " -I thought of tbat," continued Jim; "the atrocious deception practiced on the aopii cnt; the awfnl cria.e dieguited in frieodslip, and the longer I thought of it the bigger it became. 'u)l thiaklns c( it in spite of niyeelf, after a while I became what I eeidom do, mad. When tbe candidate cam a tecond time I took him in my bacfe room, ar d totd him casdidly all that bad been told ne. In corjclosion I charged hiru to inforn tfce man who hsd to kindly introduced bun ard cowardly betrayed him. I inforruel ethers of the affair, for I was determined not o te JrDjojf d npon in tbat way asain. If I tsd ieiosfd to ruale tbe appointment, withont aiftinff ream 8, the man who did tb it trcdncing woold have mt the defeated candidate, and tbe two wjuid have uoifei ia a love fenH cf curses for me Whsn info? rued bow he had been betrayed by the byrccrite disguised as a friend, he kit ma with the kirdlifst feeiisp, laving, 'I am not a candidate.' The men who do fie recoonrrtniiir are not respcntible for the character Cf the appointees. Were tbey made to ihare the reepcr.f-ibity they would be l?-s extravagant willi tbrlr r?C'ja)uieodai3n3." Tbe fcesd masters for Indinnian is at Mr. VcoikeeV cocir.i'.lto rooms. Unlike Mr. Iler.drick4 8nd Mr. Holman. Mr. Werbet s illl rot Rl.o w Wasiuriton Cit peoaLa to mcncpoliz histims. TLerc is that character cf fritndthip wtlch co'nesfrom lonzani hitlsaate relations between Mr. V.)orhei and Mr. Lan ar; ako Mr. Vcorhees and Mr. G Irland. Whüe tzrw er hin friends have gr.e away dinpi o:ntrd, he ha provided far maay ard will provide fur mere. The tis'cry cf tie Caiumbog psstoffioe

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msiory oi more, eo tenacious were tne various cliques aod dissgieea'ole the rivalry. Congressman Matten felt that he could not assume the responsibility of making a recommendation. Colonel Matson being himself a soldier, has made a specialty ot tbe pension businees. Mr. Holman surpr'sel roe tbe other day with the assurance that Colonel Matson was, perhaps, the best authority on tbat subject in the country. His mail from Columbus regarding the postofhee combat was making life a burden for him. Io tbe meantime George Cooper cme on for tfce tele purpose of seeiDg a real live Democratic President, and allowing the Colcmnlms Democrats, on his retora, to Clesr ifce hand that had cl?pd Cleveland's. An idea 8rnck Colonel Matson, aod he bcre down upon it with all his weight, "George," be Bald to Cooper, "you must take tbat Columbus Postcffice," Til do no snch thing," answered Cjoper, kickirg like a bay feteer. Tne idea of isnmit g the rojal purple of a cjuutry P.-at-mker appalled the lawyer. "Yon must. There is no other way oat of th'.s difficulty," urged the Congreisxaa. L.keAdam. tempted. Cooper at las'. fü'I, ard left Washington with a cimmifo :n hia pctxet. Jap Tcrpkä. SETTS OF XATIttfAL INTEREST. A Lars Nouit)r uf Pemueiitial Poitmasr appointed bv th President, Etc. "Washington, May 18. The Tesident todAyappcintcd the following named Presit'eutial Postmasters: Albert B. Page, at Hfclton, Me., vice Eben Wocdöury, commhfcicn expired; Paul B Laline, at Fala'ka, Fla., vice W. C. Sno', resigned; Jacoo B. Odfcll, at Tarry town, N. Y., vice M. D. Raymond, commission expired; M'cbael W.Corbet, at Aurora, I1L, vice 0 B Knickerbocker, deceased ; Miss Sue Dubais, at Marion Court Home, 8. C , vice A. H. JJapoat, suspended on repoit t f the Inspector choiring that he was ' incompetent to perform satisfacloril the duties of the office, and had not. after many months of service, learned the duties so as to discharge them efficiently; an oppor tunity to resign wss afforded him. of which he did not avail himself; James D. Wat)on, at May field, Ky., yice Joha T. Hoppy, rasige ed; Thomas R. Cocke, at Victoria, Tex , vice WHIirfm Eillirgs, resigned ; Willis H, Both, at Deltcn, Tex., vice John B. Nicholas, commission expired; James E. Pennet, at Lebanon, Ind , vice C. Ü. Wilson, resigned; George W. Ccoper, at Columbu, Ind., vice Isaac I. Brown, commition expired; A 1'. Ciamptcn, at Delphi, Ind.. vire J. M. Watts, resigned ; Charles A. Bswles, at Union City, Mich., vice D.J. Easton, resigned; WiJlard Stearns, at Adrian, Mich., vice J. H. Fee, commission expired; Curtis Reed, at Meretha, Wia., vice S. M. Bronson, coum'usiin ezpucd; Robert T. Pao&ton, at Tama City. Iowa, viceT. J. M. Wonsir. superseded on the report of an inspector, showirg the i ainiaster was thort'in;hia money ordar a icouMs and had habitually ued postal fund3 to n.tke up the deficit in his iLoney ordsr faDd; Norman E Ives, at Marion, Iowa, ylcs H. 9 J. McClallan, resigned; George 8. Wioters, at Ida Grove, Iowa, vice C. K. Ciark, commisfcion expired; Cyrus A. Reeder, at Anthony. Km., vice 3. 8. Lindser, resigned; ticttiieb Christ, at h'abatha, Kas., vice J. F. Clougb. coniiu!'don expired; Georae H Tat-cr-mb. at WakeTvill, Kss., vice J. C. Dickey, cciumitblon expired; Eugene Bancoft, at Mankcta. Kss , v:ce J. D. Vauce, office becoming Presidential ; J. Morgan, at Ktaray, Neb., vice R. M. Grime) resigned; Matthew D Crow, at Pueblo, Col, vice J. W. 8:aoton, rommi9siou expirea ; Milton H Huntress, at ßreckenridge, Cel., vice S. F. Wiisou, resigned. Admiral Jouett informs th9 Nvy Department tbat the rebels having been forced to retreat from Cartbageca, Brenquillis is tue only poittof the isihmui where they now hold p"erion. Comniander McCall, who comixanded the land forces of tne nmvy durit g the recent trouble tliere, returnel to Washington to dsy. He reports tb9 hea th of the men who remained as excllenL The people of Panama were anxious for our forces to remain in tfcat place, but when Aizoarn agreed in writing not to erect barricades iu the city we left. He could do nothing on the outside or the inside after this agreement. "Aa long as tbe Columbian fjrees remain on the Isthmus there will be no tronb!. Rum is the great evil. Great quantities are drunk after every hard day. Preston has gone to Carthagena. That place is bfesieed, and I understood before leaving that it was runnii g short of provisions. Fs were se'.l itg at o0 cents apiece. Carthagena is a splendidly fortified city, and contains probab!v ."O.COOor 40,000 people." William Walker, of Illinois, has received his formal appointment, to tiks effect May 21. as Assistant Ciert of the Geuerat Lod Office, to succeed J. Dempster Smith, resigriid by request. The committee appointed to examine assets ai d books of the United S ates Treasurer tit clcc-e ol bcsiECss April Zi, has made Its report to the Secretary of the Treasury. It sbows a complete verification of the boVss and a'sets cf the late Treasurer, Mr. Wyman. Tee refort fays, howevtr, that theveriücation of the cc-rrectnesj cf the balances reported to tbe credit of public disbursing oncers was rot as complete as the committee wonld prefer. They caniider that the onty satiBfacory test ot the correctness et au aciount cf this kind is a statement by the depositor to that effect. To secure this verification the accounts were written up to April 30 Jast, and sent to the several depositors for veri cation and report. In maov inetances tnesi reports have been received. Otters will come in from time t tiwe, and will be examined. An excess of thirteen cents wss found in the balaus due fo:u tbe Treasurer, as Sinkioc Fand Contirnis sioner cf the District cf Columbia, oa accounts tettled by the accounting office's of tfc Trp6ury. P'feeor Henri Erni, formerly Consul o tbe United States at Basle, Switz-rl tnd, wai fcund dead in his bed this afiernoon. P.:i fesscr Ernt has been a Pofesior in tbe UjI yertity of Nshville. A AVoman attempts Assasfctnatfnn. Cua.o, My IS Frank ItDtuaao, an Italian, was eitticgiu his room in the r"ir of J Kait Sixteenth street yesterday, reidia a bock. A woman entered the doorhehiad him. fehe pacsed a xnaruent, and thin leaped forward ou his buck; a gleaming stiJettoin herhacd discarded and cutRttunn'i In the bsck of the neck. The woman eicapai as stealthily as ehe had come. R-atunno was removed to St. Lake's Hoipiinl. The cut was to client that he sion returned to his home. Tie assault on Rotunno is supposed to have been prompted by a desire for revene. He is one of tbe four Italians win a few days aeo were arrested, charged by 150 Italiacs with obtainicg money undar fa'se pretensf 8, it being alleged that the quartst, whocondnctan intelligencs office, had sscured ? 50 from each man by promising to give them work on a railroad near Indianapolis. Rotunno and bis companions were p.'aced under bonds of $1.000 each to appear cn the 120th lnst. The assailant is believed to be Cornello Pas?ro, the wife of one of the complaining witnesses. The police have not been able to I nd Ler.

SYSTEMATIC ROBBERY.

Workmen Kidnaped and Kobbed by Guatemala, American, Railroad Contractors. New Yokk, May 18. The Eerald this morning published a story front Key West, Fl., which gives an account cf the kidnaping of Edward Santa Roa, a youth of sixteen years, from Kew Orleans. Rosa relates a pitiful story, which if true would call for a full investigation by our Government. Rosa States tbat last September, at New Orlexns, ke was enticed on board a yeese', the Captain of which offered to take him to Key West. While he was talking to the Captain the vessel sailed, and he and sixty-six others, wto had also been entrapped, were carried to Puetro Banks, Guatemala, by tbe stetnier Ella Knight "Wo arrived at Puetro Barrios, in Guatemtla," Kj says, "a'jout snrdewn of Wedpesday, October 8, after a voyage of a little over six davs. Owing to eating poor food and drinkiog brackish water, ceerly all our party were sick. Five w re fcr fcur days unable to get on deck. All tbrcugh tbe passage was a very d sigreeable ore. We anchored in tbe open harbor about a quarter of a mile front shore, when Jim OTona'd. of Glasgow, Scotland, of Irish descent (the man who entrapped me at New Orleans) along with tbe Captain and n ate. went ashore, when I heard him call out, 'Here are more cattle ror which I am to get $10 per head.' We were lanCed in small beats and counted, whereup'ja O'Djnald went up to the office of J. P. Bouscaten. the President of the railroad company, aod received t70 for this shipment of sixty-seven men. Pouecsren, though a Kentucsta'i. spoke French fluently. N. B. Day, of Cbattercofa, Tenn., is Vice President. Whei I left Nw Orleans I had $22 in my pocket As we wee landing Mr Day sung out, 'Hurrah, lock at the boys; there is plenty of money there.' - Mr. Lon?cTen said to the soldiers, 'Go to searching.' The soldiers were native blacks and spoke English, end were under tbe command cf a tall white man. If any of onrjarty objected to being learchei his money and arms were taken froaibiulby it rce. and there was a tree near at band and a lash wss shaken to show him that he would be tied up and whipped. "As we we're brought asaore in small parties those remaining on board did not kno what was in store for them until they, to?, weie forced to give np their prop2rty. President Bonecaren st at a table with a box at band into which 1 s had dropped the money s it was passed to him by the s.diers after takieg it from our party. As it was never intended that the workmen should ba ptid xnocey enou.eh to get away fiom Paerto B.rrios, they were at once robbed of whatmaoey tbey brought with them in order that the door oi escape might also be closed aeainst them. The work at Puerto Birrios was ooai nienced in July, but during August and September there wero not many men ss cured. In October they bppau to get thair bupply. New Orleans wa9 filliog up tnws people, and O'Dobald and StaLings knew hew to gt them to Puerto Barrios. I liace op the following receipts of laborers uo t; January 11, when I left: At work when, our party arrived, about oar party, per KUa Knitht, CI; brought b Wanderer, 17.J; brought by Blanche Heuder ton, 120; brought bv Elia Kniaht, 17; tot1, 077 ; at work wra I left, about 200; to bs accounted for, 477. If a laborer would not go to wcik he was denied food. Men wer kicked till they felt sick beds to return to work. The sjsteru was one of torture, but lite was cheap. The men only cost the com lanv $10 each. It was Preaideut B)uscaren's habit to pay us a monthlv visit from the inteiior, riding a mule. If unable to come hiruhelt he sent his agent to iuepect tbe o. k and retort The men were worked inra Ks ot ten, eeventeen and twenty, and whatever a man aj told to do he was ex pec ed to d . There were bo 'strike' allowed at Pder-o Banios. There was no minist! v. no cntirca ro religious services of atiy kindwhile I vas there." The hospital was an old rasged Unt, infested with l zwda, gnats arid mosq iito Qninire was trie gret remedy in tc.ku-.s and the men were stuffed witri ir- Oje ov' Frenchman becsnie flighty with it and d ö to the wends to din iu the insrjh i Ho Fraticlso River, live miles away. There was ro burial ground. When a man died hwas wrapped in a blanket and a hole was tfujrintne soot most convenient and th body put away without osremony. Tue woods and mountain aides about Puerto Kariios became fo full of erpo-ed, decavi ig bodies that the place mast for sessm b a more than Rouoally unhealthy plac- to live iu. Ron sa:d that he made his escape last January, and has just landed in this country. GRAM'S FA KK WEM. MESS1UE. 11 Words Ho Leu fur Viiw Hoys In Blue Aa Interxrttlnir Interview. Ftox, May 17. An Interesting interview with General Grant, in the coursa of which tbe old coma ander dictated his farewed message to the brave soldiers who fought nadir him to crush tbe rebellion, was had las' Ttursday by Lieutenant A. T. Holbrook, cf G. A. R Post G3, Drcnester, Ma. Lu tetaut Holbrook caltdat th- Grant musio in company with Mr. A. Howard W&!kr, of Cincinnati, who wiiüed to present the Gtneral an album containing tbe q-i tojuapr.s of tne lirst fafiy ubjc.-ib-e:s to the Grout memorial, ai:i to be issued for the West. Trie names in eluded tbe leading cttizarn of Cmci inaa, aauOLg them the- Governor of O'.iio aad fo.tr ex-Governor, and the albam Joraied a souvenir birthday gift, the signatures havtf br en made ou General Gram's sixty third birthday. Lieutenant Holbrook is adele st to the National Encampment of ths G. A R. io be lield in Porcland next Jane, and it is h i wish to take from his old comma. td er a uiesyage to the Grand Army men there catheied Although the General wa3 ver? weak at the time, be dire3t!d that his vst ors be at once ad-rditcd L!euter.aat U Abrcok says: "V'a f.iaul him sttti-.x in his armchair. He rosa and r reived us cord a'.ly. He excrei-ed hiECRflf ss greatly p!ea3cd tt ths tribulefrcm his friesds in Cincinnati, and the tears cf joy tha. stood iu his eyes whin hesald it left no room for doubt tut he spoke from his hesrt. The souvenir is to beautifully conceived,' Le said 'lht I C4U not sufficient! v rxoreas my pleasure at re reiving it.' When I tod him uf iuy vi'a to tske a mteesge to thr Boys in Cine, ti n da livered to them at the encsrapment in I'izi ltcd. Me., in June, he arose, took nid ty the bar d and said: Tell the boys thdt they will probably never look into my faoe aaaio, nor hear ray voice, but they are engraved upoa nv heart, and I lave tbem as ray caillrea. What the good Lord baa B;areJ m for Is more than I can tell, but it is parhapv to finish up ruy book which I shall leave to the E?ys in Blue, and in which l lieh can not only tee me, bat folio me In the acts in which they helped me.' ' Holding rcy haad thus warmly ha walked across the room bever.il times with tue ad asked me where I was in the army. I totd him I was on the stair of Lmc local's B'evem. General Grant smiled vv our teonslyand said: 'Why, General Sieyens

was a chum of mine at West Point, and we used to call him the two eyed Stevens, oa account of the reiteration ot his initials. General Stevens was full of his stories when he was a young maa, as well as considerable cf a politician. I remember his saying that he went to a colored church and heard tbe minister give out his text as the two-eyed chapter of the one eyed John, and that it so convulfed him that be was obliged to leave thebuildir' General Grant a'.BO Bsid that General Stevens and other West Pointers, aDd alfo official connected with tbe Mexican War, would be specially treated in his forthcoming volume. "Aa we were about to leave. General Grant tcok us into tho library and showed us the mancecriDt of his book. Colonel Fred turned ever the leaves of the first volume to show us that it was in the General's owe handwrltii g The second volume was partly in his and partly not Of course allh s writing now is done by an amanuenis. Just before we left bim, he rpoke of bis illn6s. He sad th :t if the doctors had not lived trie ra in tbe rccm if they had been a block away, or been a house away, te wei FatisSed he would rever have spoken again. He was coo vi cd tbat there was an overruling Providence in tbe whole of his sicknes. He sitd that he kd ite doctors why tbey did not let hi:it alcn and allow him to die theo, rather thai to bring him again to tbe couxciousies f l ain Rt d ertr-nng. 'But still,' he sid, '1 H levti tbat an civerrulmg Providence has soirethirg mo' for me to do in tbi3 wo ld, Jf it . only to fiu'6h my book.' " A WHITE tLAY.

The History of a Southern L.ady's Married Life A Co ban Tjrant. Atiasta, Ga , May 17. A release from the marriage tie signed by Judge Hammond yesterday bps behind it a romantic history. Mad. Zufcleine Arostesul is a magnificent woman, with dark hair and eves, possessed of tee rarest accomplishments and trained to most graceful manners. Four years ago ehs was the idol cf one of tbe lirst families of New Orleans, and had previously been a resident of South Carolina, She had wealth and everything elee that could lend to socitl petition all its usual pleasures. She met a wsalthy Cuban, MJgU6l Arostegul, and wai courted by him. The courtship resulted in an ergsgement. and on the 27th of April they were married in due form of law. From New 0; leans the couple proceeded to the home ot Aicstegui in Cuba. When the husband had tiscsplantei tbe Sinthern flower to his tricsl home, he was transformed fronts gallant ard affectionate husband into a tyrannic! master. The wife says she endured constant ii dignities at the hands of her husband, aod his cruelties were beyond description. Sie s8js be whs barbarous and inhuman, and would frequently strikeher and pull her hair without any provication. While in Cuba her hnsbat d would imprison her In a room and leave her there f ir days at o time, and be would select for her plaie of imorisonn ent a room where she would be subjected to tbe jeers and insults of soldiers and idle loungers who might come aboot At last the crnei treatment of the husband became so unbfartble that tbe wife escaped to a boat ard came to America, landing in New York. She had then been married only three months. B er husbsnd followed her to this country aid, . protesting his devoUon, induced l.:s wife to live with him aev.n, ptoarisiDg to re?ide in New York. Taey went to New York to live, and later tl e hu?r.ind prevailed on her to accompany bim to Caba again. There the cruel scene were enacted again. For a few weeks the wi'e ecduird his cruelties and then again es c d to Arr.ei ica. having in all spent seven months with berhuäbaud. Sne denounces bim as a tyrant by nature, who made her life eo misciable aid unhappy that it was imi seib-e frr Ler to live with him. Uoon arliving in America she came to Atlanta and mare tb's br home. She stopod a whleat Vsribamand mid many friends, belog t? charming socially as she is in per95u. Sie is a ? est accorcplisbsd musician. performing cp tLe p'aro, organ and other iosTuainM with unusual skill. A year ago Madam irisfeptii entered a snit for divorce from her naratural husband. She appeared and told the story t.f her married life. There was no defen ep, and she was granted a verdict mating the fair bit unfortunate young wifa free a?ain. She does rot sek alimony, having a:i ample fortune of her own. THE XURDEKED ITALI1X. Forther Particulars of tho Killing; of tho Italian Ross Ly His Comrades Near Kokomu. Kokomo, lad., May lö. Diirinz last fall a company of eighteen Italians procured work on tbe new Lafayette, Hurlintton and Western Railroad UDder the supervision of Contractor McCarty.now of this city. Four of them, it neoms, rented an old outbuilding on the farm ot Mrs. Livingston about twelve miles west of tbis citr- When winter set in and work was suspended, tbese four Italians, wbo were all tbat remained of the eighteen, did work around the neighborhood at odd jobs, a-jl lived the test they could until Tuesday, jhe 5th lnst., in hopes of etlins the wages due them from tbe railroad company. The Monda y following they were seen burning up r JDntdi near their cabin Tuesday tbey boxed up their thin?! and tired Burk LlviuKtoo to laks thern to Fjora sttion, ia Carroll County, stating to Livingstoa that they were poiuc to Cmcago. Hut one was abeut. ana tbe remaining thiee bought ticket to Otucinnati. Nothing more was thought of the initter unul ihurKdiiy motntrg. when uuck Liviuitoa and v. T. Kelly went to the suantj and discovered an o.d mtires and cloihes piled udou the hoane badly c'.atned witn t)lood. This aroused suspici in. and taey immediately instituted a errh of th-j neraUes. n voiue down the ravine, liO yrai from the homo.thty discovered a frosli pile Oi dirt in a m eluded pot aud bea io dig and wer wioa horritled at findiD a man's arm. Tlieyquit dlpiTJK sad sent word to t oroner Smith, of mi city. The Coroner hsd tbe whole body disiuterrc-d. au i it was identified hi that of Ar.tjuy Mcoll. the bs Of the laborer end a sub cor. tracto' of ih railroad work. . He had a rope abuut rive fe9t loan around his neck and his ekull was crushed iu by what appeared to ba tbe pole of aa ax or a heavy club. Toe ropo wai unrd to drag tbo body from the fecne of tue murler to its burial place. There is sorre evidence gomu to show toat tue oMit list ians had threatened htm. believia? that lis was recpon.-ible for their uot ROttio their pv. and this, iflO't probably, was the care of tho de-1. a Kicoll hsd neither money or valuables to tempt tbetn. Th lau seen of Iicoli alive wa anudav eveniPR. Mft : Thi nicht, it 1 belived hy the neighbors, was the time of bis mnriKr hy his cocupau:ocs. Tbe Uiree companion tt N.coli areeu; posed io have Rone tu tharou, Ohio, to work ou the public worts. Ef opening of the 'w Orleftrs Eapoaltioo. Chicago, May H. Mr. Georse IL Pullman Wis last night in receipt of a telegram from Superintendent Jeffrey, cf the Illinois Central, dated New Orleans.' It stated that the difierent roads and car companies reaching New Orkacs who are Interested to the reopening of tbe New Orleans Expocitiou next year, are to subscriba ?100 COO to further that object, and he akfd for an immediate ret porjse from Mr. Pulirhau, so that they might fcrow what to depend on frcm ths Pullman Ccmrany. lir. Paliixaa pays hia company will do its fall share toward the continuition of the expo&ilicn; that the enterprise U of grot strvice in many ways, and it would be a irame net to reopen it again, now tbat the briild'iS and everything are ia giod shape and tfce expense in fnture years will be but a fraction of that of the first Tear.

DYUAJIITEKV trial ended.

The Cnniilngham-lturtou lrtat Concluded With a Verdict ot Guilt? and the Sentencing of Both tu Penal Servitude for Life. Lokdox, May IS Tne trial of Cunningham and Burton, at the Old Bailey, was brought to a conclusion to-day. The Courtroom was crowed with pecplo to hear the Judge's charges and to see the termination of the case. Among tbe notabilities present were the Lord Mayor and United Slates Minister Phelps. There were many ladles in the room. The prisoners wore an anxious look and followed Judge Hawkins charge with intense interest. The drift of the charge was clearly against the prisoners. The Judge began by exi Uinmthe nature of the charge against the prisoners and expounded the law on the subject, He then acaljzed the evidence, caUiDjr tbe jary's attention to the fact that Barton's siatsmeat was not made under oath, and therefore entitled te very little credence. If there wsb any truth in the statement, said the Judge, it was astounding that no witness was called to support It. Tbe Judge drew attention, likewise, to the tact that Cnniiirgham and Burton had frequently been seen together, and dwelt upiu their connection with the trunk when they had tcld their landladies concerning it and tbe nntatisfactory explanation Cunningham had since given iu regard thereto. The jory then retired, and they remained out not longer than fifteen minutes, and retnrred with a verdict of guilty against both prisoners. The Court at once sentenced both men to penal tervitude for life. The annouEcement of this sentence was received by the spectators with applause, which ibe Court suppress d. Miniter Phelps sat beside Justica Hawkins while he was sentencing Cunningham and butto.i. Justica Hawkins, in cha-ging the jury, said the prisoners had been ably datecd'd and tbat their trial had been fairly cor ducted Burton's explanation of how he bed come into the pjesession of Cuuniogham's trunk was unsatisfactory. It was a remarkable circunis'ance tbat the prisoners hsd both informed their respective landladies, tte one tbat he was comiov. for the trurk and tre other that he expected to bsve tbe trunk. In sentencing the prisoners, Justice Hawkins said they had been cmvicied of a crime as bad, cruel atd wiceed as had ever entered tbe heart of man. It ould not be too well known that neither Her Jtfsjfs'.y the Qaeen nor her advisers could be intern icfated by any scch means. The humanitv of there in charge of the proscation alone prevented them from inducting the prisoners for high trrseon. on conviction for which their lives hed been forfeited. Cunningham maintained his celf-omposor, but Barton broke down and sobbed when the verdict was rendeiei. When the prisoners were asked if they had anything to Eay why the Eenter.ce of the law should not be pasred upon them, CunniLghaui protested tbat he waainnceenL He said that he was willing to accept servitude for life, but th6y could net touch his soul. Burton simply declared that he was innocent. Button and Cnaulngliam at Newgate. London, Ju'ay IS Burton, in protesting his Innocence, raid that the whole power of England and the United States had been brought to bear sgiinet him, asd he hoped tbe day wonld come w'hen he would receive justice. Cunningham and Burton maintained a cheerful countenance after being taken to Newgate Prison this afternoon. Tbey still maintain their innocence. Tno7 will remain to-night at Newgate, where extra guards have been stationed, tnd will be removed to different prisons to-morrow. THE AFGHAN FJIOXTIER. Bnula Still Procrastinating In Kegard to a Settlement. London, May 15. In the House of Commons, Mr. Gladstone stated that he did not know whether Russia's answer concerning the Afghan frontier agreement , reached by Lord Granville, the Earl of Kimberly, Baron De S'aal and M. Lessar, and submitted to the Czar for approval, bai yet arrived In London. The negotiations between tbe two Governments continue, Mr. Gladstone said, and the Government were unaware of any further Rustian advance, the latest telegrams received making no mention of any advance. A St. Petersburg dispatch says: "The Russians have at tbe present moment 120,00 1 men between the Caspian Sea and Herat According to the best military estimate, Russia's position is practically unassa Habit-, and it would be madness for aa Anglo-Iad'au army of less than 2TK),000 to attempt operating in Central Ana ajaintt Kasäia." The Standard, in an editorial, says: "To speak plainly, the drift of tbe Anglo Russian agreement, which was cent to St. Petersburg fir approval, is found to bs wholly unacceptable to the Czar's Ministers Though not fotmally rejected, it ha been so tboroagiily condemoed in detail that practically it hss ce8gedtobe an agreerent. There is something vastly more serious than a hit u in the proceeding. We are back in !ebrury again, the situation being only altered to our disadvantage." The T.mes' Calcutta correspondent deoiee tbat there hss been a stoopage of military preparations in India. He says rum jrs to that eifert are untrue. A dispstch lrom St. Petersourg to the Journal Des de Bat, Patis, stttes that IlutB'.a has entirely rejacted the Briton proposals. The same disoatch also a ates ttat Russia will demand ths rUht to have an acknowledged Rass'aa represent tiveatCebul. tbe capital of Afghanistan. Frerjch dipiomateS think this latter demand, if made, will prove more serious than any frontier question The Pail Mall Gazette this afternoon says it is nntrne that Russia has either acep'e1 or rejected the English proposals res4rJit.fi the frontier arrangement. Toe !az9tte declares tbat there is no Eerious hitch in trie negotiations, al'hough it is possible that the few points which remain op?n miy postpone the conclusion of the agteeuieat f jr & few davs. TLe Globe this afternoon slates that England demanded a definite pledgn frooi Ras a to mpfct th. new Russo-Afghan frontier ucder any circnmstsDCM. and to renew the assurance that Afghanistan was oztside of Rrmia's sphere. Russia refused ti aecde t this request cf England, and reia'.iaiei by demanding further concessions. Victor Uogo It!. Paacis, Mey 13. Victor Hugo ia dangerously 11L Hugo's illness is heart disease and congestion of the lungs. Takis, May IS 5 p. m. Victor Hug is sinking rapidly. Crowds o! sympathizicg friends at preeent eurround tbe residence of the venerable roer, anxiously awaiting the result of the aüiictiou. John Brlgbt Approves .Beatrice's Dowry Grant. Losdox, May 18. John Bright has written a public letter approving the Parliamentary grant ot 'tOO.COQ a year to Princess Beatrice

aa a dower. Mr. Bright says he is astonished to see Liberals object to such a small grant while silent concerning the extravagance of the government over unjust wars. Brickmakera' Strike Car Shops Threatened. Detroit, May IS. Atrike hss bean begun by the laborers in the brickyards at Spring; Wells which may result in considerable trouble. This morning the strikers massed, CCO strong, and went to the various brickyards demanding that work be stopped. August Little refused and was disarmed and shaken lip, but cot seriously injured. At Smith it Smittdrel's the strikers cut tbe belt on the flywheel, preventirj: further working

! of tke machinery. There was some trouble at Hall & Wolf's before the men quit. The wages now paid ire ss follows: Lowest prices, laborers, ?1.25 per day, house rent tree; by the month, others get from Kl to $43. with the fame privileges. The ttrikers demand an advance. However, just how rrncb. they want, or what they want, is a natter of conjecture, as they have made no formal demands. This afterncen has been quiet in Soring Wells. Tbe claims cf the strikers are assuming definite shape. They assert they are obliged to work from 4 a. m. to G p. m., twenty six days in the month, at a rate of pay Tanging from 32 to $30. On the other hand, eome ot tbe bosses claim that this (32 to $36 dees not include house rent, which is thrown in gratis. Tbe men deny that house rent is giveu them, and want their money rsin or sun. During the trouble this morning the son of Mr. Wolfs, proprietor cf one tbe brickyards, was severely beaten by two strikers, for whose arrest warrants have been issued. It is stated tbe men will prevent all work: about the yards to-morrow. Arrangements have been made to quell any disturbances that may ame to-night The brickmakers at a meeting this afternoon decided to employ more men until the trouble is settled satisfactorily, eo that the main cause, for a riot is removed. The Michigan Central car shone and the Detriot car-wheel works have all received threatening notices during the past two weeks from the Socialists, telling them they must quit work. There is apparently no distal) ef action among the employes and no demands have been made of any kind. The Sheriff has not been called on, but says be will furnish a posse of men as soon as asked. Death of Fioletsor Thomson, Special to the Bcntinel. Cbawfordeville, Ind., May 17. Samuels. Thomson, D. D Professor of Latin in Wabash College, died this morning after an illness of two weeks. He was born at Springdale, Hamilton County, Ohio, April 22, 1817, and was the youngest member of tho large family of Rev. John Thomson, the only surviving members being Alexander Thorn-' son. of this city; Mrs. Mary Peck, of Indianapolis, and Rev. Wm. Thomson, of New York City. At the opening of Wabash College in 1S33 he was one of the twelve students, graduating with honor in 1839. He entered Lane Theological Seminary in 1840 and completed his studies for the miniatry three years later. Soon afterward he accepted a call to tbe Presbyterian Church at Telphi, Ird. In 1810 he was elected to the Williams Professorship cf Latin In W-ba-.h College, which position he filled until the lime of his death. In 1845 Professor Thomson was married to Miss Elizabeth A. Williams, of Terre Haute. Of three children born to them only one is living Mrs. Kate W. Ristine. wife of Hon. T. H. Ristine, of this city. He was married a second time, in August 1855, to Mies May Allen, of Rockvide. They were tbe parents ot five children Mrs. Eva McCare. of Indianapolis; Mrs. John McC.'a'n, of Kansas City; Dr. George Thomson, of Chicsgo; Robert Thomson, junior in Wabash College, and Miss Mary Thomson, a stndent at Wellesley College,. Masracusetts. The time for the funeral has. not been announced. The Escaped Texas Convicts. Bbzmiau, Tex., May 18. The latest advices from Clay'a plantation, the scene of the recent wholesale escape of convicts, is to the effect that quite a nnmber have been captured, while others have surrendered. From these it is learned that the escape ws not a premeditated affair upon the part of the convicts, and that tbe two strangers who instigated and aided in the escape of the convicts brought with them at least twenty j revolvers and twelve Winchester rifles. The I returned convicts state that it is the deter mination of those still at large not to be captured, and that it will be folly for tbe officers to attempt their arrest without longracgfi guns, unlets they can get them cornered. The gang ot twenty or more conticciriu iciM, buu eis tunuguii; convict clothiDg at every opportunity When the convicts left the plantation tb carried with them sx gaod shotguns and f revolvers, and these not mounted on muiv, or hones belonging to the plantation toot j horses, mules and arms from the farms ay they returned from the Brazos River. A large number of the escaped convicts still a t large are criminals from Western Texas, and) they are desperate men and will fight to the last before they will surrender. The coun try through which they are passing is thoroughly aroused, and news of a bloody conflict w'ith the outlaws is almost hourly anticipated. A Bepnbllcan Treasurer a Defaulter. SiEixcriELD, 111 , May 18. Considsrable excitement has been occasioned here by the circulation of a report that City Treasurer Preston Wright was a defaulter. Wright has held the office cf City Treasurer for the rait five years continuously. At the last election he was not a candidate, and George Gaston, tbe Deu ocratic candidate, was .elected. It was claimed that Gaston was ineligible as be hsd not lived in the city a year, and Wright refused to turn over the tcoks and funds. The Council decided Gaston eligible, and ordered Wright to turn over tbe c-ffice and appurtenances. Five different days were designated by Wright for the transfer, but he always failed to materialize, atd this delay gave ri?e to the suspicion that be wss shcrt. An examination of the ComDtroller's bank account showed the shorte to te 3 tOtlL His bondsmen ex-tiovernnr ! 1 r I T . v . a T ia mer, uectrai jo;i a. jaitoieriiau ana j. C. Lamb were notified, and Wright was nolined to meet them yesterday. This he agreed to do, but has not vet been seen by them or their attorney, who were hunting for bim all the afternoon. Wri?ht, who has always bten popu'ar, was a war Democrat, and was appointed to the Springfield P&etoffiee by Pres dent Lincoln. It was alleged that when Le left tbat office he was a defaulter to the amount of about 0,000. A special from Smith Grove, Ky., says: G. O. Craig, a farmer, was shot In the back nd killed by a ttrasger, and then robbed yesterday afternoon. A party of citizens art in pursuit,