Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 19, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 June 1885 — Page 1

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VOL. XXXI NO. 19. INDIANAPOLIS WEDNESDAY JUNE 10, 188 5. WHOLE NO. 1,577.

THE "STATION'S CAPITAL.

An Interview of the Sentinel Correspondent With the Representative of the Swiss Confederation The Same Rules to Apply to Navel as to Regimental BandsOther Washington Matters. The President. His After-Chicago Promise by no Means a Campaign Metaphor - Even the Kickers After the Summer is Past Will Come to Support Mr. Cleveland's Administration. Washington, June 2 - After those who, by virtue of the high elective offices they hold, comes to know the President better, more speed will be given to the duty of removals and appointments. The intelligence spread before the public by the Sentinel during the first week of May, concerning the deception practiced in the matter of recommendations, was reproduced without modification as an editorial by a Washington paper, and has been extensively copied throughout the country. In the record of the men appointed to office by this administration there must be & guarantee that the public trust will Bot be abased. Tae only form required to bring this Govern ment back to its ordinal purity. I am persuaded to believe, ü nothing but absolute honesty in all the departments. That will settle the land question, the Indian question, the labor question, 1h truth, every question hitherto regarded with eolicltaie. It was not the idess of whica Butler was thougfct to be a representative that tha laboring man wanted, bat the old-fashioned Democratic goveroment that he is getting tinder Cleveland. 'Let no guilty man escape," coming from the Executive are good wora?, but a higher w isdom would be cardlul tc avoid the necessity of even having to give euch a caramünd. Frudence doas not wait until alter th horte is stolen to lock, the etable door. Th-s bsing true, Mr. Cleveland's sdniiniatiatiou wt'd find support witn the public. Tt?re is to questiMTbut from the first tha President has been the victim of sc'fish and reckless dismgenuoaanets. Political roustabouts, wholly inn&cat of character, hive come to him. with tbe sLroüge3t recommendaticcs. ostensibly from the highest possible touios. Tbe epirit of the spoilsman and the derxigoua sought ;o control the coiacils cf a President who declared h!3 only ambition to be honeny and fidelity to a public trust. Coa esamen, United States Beraters and the Governors of States, (I have thi3 from Congressmen and United States Eenatore) hav treated Mr. Cleveland's solemn ss-ertson. that; "A public offics is a putlic trust," ard thit his higheet wish is to promote the peple'a interest, as a campaign metaphor. Many of the recommendations were infamccsiy fLe, wore of them perhaps wickedly carlee?,tthousands of them were bate impositions upon a conscientious appointing power. VT heu cider-making time comes, and the corn now planting is ready for the crib, ws Democrats dispoied to kick, remembering our pledges to get into power, will have scftcned down materially. We will remember that tbe prolest of the American people against the -Republican party did not contemplate that a shaiow of the sins of which it bad been accused should be perpetuated. In the election o! Mr. Cleveland to the Presidency there wai far le:s of ofiicehunger atjapci!s seeking than there was of pocd sense and pa'.riotiam. It was not a rreedy combination Jor game, placs and position, but a crusade eaiu6t the vicious cus torus nb ca tbattp rit had fasteoei on tbe Nation. Itw3 the propaganda of daceucy, eeii-mtect and ref.rsn. The promise to turn tbe rascals oat ioi plied tbat only boatei men ehon!d bs rut in the vacancies. Tae fesr for place is fa-Jt subsiding, and t7 the tiaae (rest comes it will bave entirely aoated and the Democratic President will be honored lor carrying cut, in the hour of fruition, the pledges he made after Chica?o. There is nothing left for us but to grin and bear it. It is impsible to intelligently anU0nk9 a man for standing by his word. f "II a man dec3iva tnea once, 8haai9 on him ; it he deceive the twice, shame on thea." It is Tery likely that tbe President of tb-äaa United Slates has o me where stumbled on this Quaker maxim and committed it to memory. To avoid being twice deceived by tbe time person requires of him ooedieccs ef the ipjenction: "Hasten slowly." Every pledge made dur:ng ths caapafgu the President evidently intones to keep. And after mature deliberation, I tave determined that rry uuballoffei pen shall not emblazsn thonghts tfcat breatue and words that bnrn, to bis embarrassment. His Excellency. What is tie use of piLicg in a racket when notairg, abfoln'ely nothing, is to b revealed nave a tore lead. JapTcp.fxn. TU UN 'Ell our. The DeparlKieitta herd Democratic Clilefa of Unxeanx, Kic Secretary Lamar's Uigbt-Hai'd Man. Bpecisl totbeSeatiBei. Waf Eir.oiox. June J Some fault is found with tne admin ijtritiori by Senators and Eeprecentatives, as well as many leading Dmcr;ata over the country, becjuss the President and h&ds cf departments are not making changes in cces faster, and ferreting cut ths true condition cf affiirj in the yarijus departments as conducted under Reputlican rule. It would certainly seera as if

inveät'p-itfon could be mads much more rapidly and eatirfacir-rily in this direction if ' Detrccrats were at once chosen to p!aces at the ht a of divisions and bureaus, instead 1 ef republicans yet remaining where thy can cover cp and conceal evidences of crook- ; tdneie, and to even destroy the proofs of corruption, which important documentary evience they jet bave in their own possession under their thumb. " Strangely as it may seetn, Secretary Lamar retains as bis Private Secretary tbe same eJeer aud wily individnal who acted in that capacity for ex Secretary Teller, and who waj so inodoroutly mixed up in the Louiiiaca backbone and other land grant steals. He is evidently kept because of his knowlC(f ge of Interior affairs, as are many more like him, bet he knows too much, and with others ef his ilk ought to be dismissed ere mere mischief la done by them to help the republicans and inj ure the Democratic party. Tbe departments at Washington are fall of partisans placed thereby the several administratlors for the last twenty-four years, who make it their basinets to checkmate every rrove directed toward investigation. Is tbere any cood reason why this ticcld be? It would teen as if there is

nose. Of ccuxsa the Republicans all over the lai a wouia raise a howl if their old and tried tervcnla are eet aside servants who ara Kepublicana in deed and in spirit; but thera are plenty of Democrats and Conservatives cvtr the tend competent to undertake ths doliea e cd responsibilities of the various peaces. The people would like to 699 snc'a a tri'l re a d a of new material, and the change ein rot be othcrwlea then healthful, nor wuld the wheels of government biOtue cir pt;ed or run less emocthly. Smce his leturn from New York Secretary banning has inaugurated what promises to be en era of dismissals. If it extends to the other departments this will " start a bill railirg which ought not to stop until it has travejsed the country and turßbd a multitude of the "rasa's out."

THE ÜlEriE. No Cbacgts In tbe War Department for Political Keasoos An Ohio Man Aeka tbe Sentinel's Influence fjr an Otlice Under Our Old Friend, Ills Slsjesty, 1I14 Klnc of SUm. Special to the Sentinel. WAHisnoN, June 3. The candidate who has teen here tbree or four weeks is wholly unliie tlie candidate frekhly arrived. To execute bis ßr t vifcit to h'.i Senator, Coagresman or Dckgite he hires a carriage, bavins fared tumptuously s,t loaethitic more than a rs;-c!a?9 hostelry. A wtck later. Laving deliberated on the sabjxt ot (coiiorsy, be has rented a room and made the a2qnaictaitceof rertauran'ji kept on ths Earops&n plnn. He has laid in a supply of horse car ticket, aod come to regard tha llordic as one of the most cca Ioi table of vthlcles. Another week having determined to fijht it out on this line if it takes all trimmer he has become a cheerful pe2ctrUa. declaring, and trutbfully, that the greatest exrecse of lL'e Jn Washington is transportation. There are do ebaoges for poll '.leal reasons belaj ir. a du in tbe Navy Department. Two clerks, both TOüudans, api:td recently to a certain promotion. One bad tbf. picture of Mr. Hendricks aud a receipt for ttO to the Democratic campaiga fund, paid previous to the election, and the otaer had made a record campaigning for James G Blaine in Fiorida. The .Blaine man got there. Tbe aDnouncement was received ty the Kenulian clerks with a lull, beany, anti-November ibi'.ctle. "senator Voorhees' fpeeca on civil service refcim win live," was Ue lanuac ol a well informed pHDtltraan to me to-day. hy l" 1 askeo. "Beciue it Is the immortal trutn, and C3innists eveiv!hire in a concise form that cm b wid sgtlnst Hie creaiion of aa oßice holding ciw in the Kepnblic, the greaut abue ever engrafted on our system. Thetie cltt'ts can c':oke orti J1dlte busin es at their pleasure. Wnnt of political raTacocy Klone would rcaaer tneci in-tllclent. The absurd ty of msklus political cunacas o! beaitnv Amt-ricui voters will presently bicoma apparent. But the ben laws of all countries have always tccn r.n act to repeal an set." An Ohio rsau wants an engagement nndcr thi cevtruiDODt ot S.am, and wiujs tue öemiael cor rtipouümt to vifeit tne S.am Minis .ry at vVasaini;ton in Els interest iour mterrrttauon ot tna itntlLel's dnt'ea at tho National Capital are cor rect, ioiidr matt. Our mission is to gt oülecs (or Onto people. Sending a Bucseye to biatn jieMs IcüEite pleasure. The Concressiocal KejlsterU resicbed in vain. Tbe writer then visits the Stata lerartment and is informed that the only repreftiitative of the eiatn covert! meet is the couhuI In ew York. A letter if properly nailed la Ohio, if the rcstmoster U In sjnipatt y with tue present admimstraticu, will reach him In about twenty lour houia. A S1STEK KEI'UCLIC. A VIcit to the 6 wts Mlnlntry at the National Capital- Ooestlons Pccailarto Ilotb Countries. Special to the Sentinel. Washington, June 7. An adopted Ameri can cit.zen, born in Switzerland, poiessed of seme fortune, but without issue, lately died near Arcadia, in Hamilton County, In cianf. After settlement by the court and payment cf all just claims, the remainder of tha estate will go to relatives in the old ccuntry, if such exist. Instances ot escheat are laie indeed, and there are but faw things of laiger attractive qu&litiss than a bachelor's earnings awaiting distribution. Heirs capable of proving their titles clear ipticgup in remote and unexpected qaa:tere. In life they were distant, but the privilege of holding money that another his earned cementa and perpetuates a most ex quisite relationship. There is some sense ia having that character ox kinfolks. The duly of determining the legitimacy of foreign claimants in this particular case is entra&ted to Mr. Frank Trissal, ot Noble3 ville, and he is moving through tbe -Swiss Minister ia Washington. Yesterday I fol lowtd Mr. Trissal, when for farther informs ticn he called on Ls Colonel-Brigaiier Ernie Frey, Envoje Extraordinaire et Minutre Plenipotentiaire de la Confederation Baisse. Though there are but five countries in ths wxild of whose exports America is a larger patron than she is cf Switzerland's, the LztiOH has not been in existencs to exceed three years, and the present Minister was tha first representative cf that Cfovernnient stationed at our National Capital. "It is estimated," said the Uinicter, in the course cf a conversation, '-that there are more than L'CO.OCO Swiss bora people In this coaatry." "The Swiss born people and their descsudants tbat bave fallen under my observation," eaid LIr. Trissal, "are exceptionally temperate, industrious and thrifty." ' I am delighted to hear that," was the reply. Allow me to give a brief sketch of ths iiluhter. He came to America a yoans fellow, frtsh from a (iermaa university, in lftdl in hi3 travels. At Chicago, bearing a r crniting fife and drum, he enlisted in uu Illinois regiment and followed the 11 iz until tte great question of car National conflict wcBtfcitlea at Appomattox. Mustered oat at the c!oe of the war, he retimed to Li j rHOuntain girt home in thirty days, and entered upon the profession of journalism. Although there are not to exceea four large p-pers. Switzerland has a greater numbsr of journals according to her populatiot than any other country ia tbe world. .SjvUzm--land beirg a republic, the oldeit repablicoa tbe planet, tbe Swiss people Americauizs in full sympathy and habit very readily, if thcEe people spoke Ecglhth with tne read:r.eis and accuracy that they do German and French, there would be actually no diligence betweea the immigrant ot that nationality and the cosmopolitan population now rnultiplyirg and repienlsbing in the valley cf the Aiiuiftsippi. A majority of tbe Subs voters are with tne Republican party, and, I imagine, for this reason. To a people among wham liberty may be eaid to bave bad its birth, to whom the traditions of Tell become a creed and a faith, who were never even partially conquered but twice once by Julius C;c:ar and or.ee by Napoleon Bonaparte; roersthe question of eecesücn was settled in 131S the atumptof States to withdraw from tbe general government was combatted and conquered thf re as with us disunion and hamiB servitude must be odious indeed. To such a people there is something magical in the name cf a party that elalms to have put down the rebellion, unfettering four million

bondsmen and raising them to the dignity of Cit'zerjthip,

The Frenchman, though haying bJ9n trar trlcn ted on the continent, loves the Ticec'al hills, runny elopes and ehady walks, the general aspect of all nature in i t belle France. Ia the climate of Switzerland there is equal clemency, and the Swisi not only loves tbe eternal Alps and waters that environ his lend The heath-girt lakes And Eiaid as Ce-drops pare," but the liberty b? qieathing inetltatioua o' bin ccuntry that ia four centuries nave bssa but ence disturbed. Tbe Switzer is a fnh'er from Flat Rock, and after all ta goes fnr towards constituting a state. To s'ay th9 tyrant, there is always an arrow concealed in Lisbrfast. Though that be a fablo, a mora faithful fable v;as neves engrafted in the history cf any people. In the cours9 o! a conversation tbe Minister said, touching pr sonal liberty, the tame aueationa arising in ttia country-arieeln Switzerland. Tha coorts bne, as here, ere frequently Called to determine the privileges of the general Govorarof tt erd rights cf ihe State and the individual. TLere, &3 here, all the lights not especially delegated to tbe general Government re irptrved to the Slates and the peapia. Tbe quistion of secession has been sauie! lbre, es hro. The Slates are as jealous of their rights there as here; and the:?, as l ere, centralization of power is advscited by ore political party and opposed by anotber. With the exception of tbe que3tions arising cut of cur treatUs with savage tribes, end thee growing out of the institutioa of African tlavery, America politics bave known ro bing perhaps to which tho Republic of Switzerland is wholly unacquainted. This being true, the American stccent of Swiss history will find much to instruct Mm in the philosophy of his own Government. "In returning to America," I Eaid to th9 Minister, "jou felt not ts one going among strangers, but as one comic? home. You rwight bave been solicited with the words that greeted Lafayette, 'Hail, citizen o; two hemifpheret! " "Yes, tbe American people are very dear to me. The t'es cf army comradeship m strong. I met here in our reunions, as at Gettysburg, friends with whom I terved " Jap Tcr.ra.v. ABOUT APPOINTMENTS. Cleveland's Idea of the Qualifications Neectearj to an Appointment General Kosecrans and JKx-Governor Cartlc, Etc. Special to tbe Sentinel. "Waeni5GTox, June 8. The President refused to appoint an Ohio kinsman to office, but according to Martin J. Foran, representing the Ci6Vtland District in Congress, who repeated the story in my hearing, not bscauEA of the relationship. Mr. Cleveland caidEomethiDg like this to the young man: "The question of appointment to ofSsa should not be influenced by penon&l or cju Ennguinecua considerations. The fact tbat you sre my nephew is of no weight or Importance whatever. It would lead me to neither accept nor reject your application. The candidate who corres to me w th the largeEt number of recommendations, Incoming the recommendation of his Congressmen, has received the appointment." Mr. Foran described Mr. Cleveland, of Cleveland, O , as a very promising young man, whose exterior revealed, even alter the Executive's refusal was announced, no disappointment and nothing but satisfaction. lie is a prudent, honest, ob-erving young man," was the language of Mr. Foran, "and I shall expect to eee him provided for by this acminlstrauon." Occasionally something transpires that gives the largest order of satisfaction. Tna appointment of General Ilssecrans is a case in order. There are a few people whose eyej have never beheld Old Rosey. He is a singly man, with the eye of & humanitarian aod thencseof a conqueror. Taken altogether, no countenance on which I bave looted iu Washington reveals equal, purity, intUl gtnee and strength of soal. When Joe Faulting in et him for the first time (tnd b a ad eem) be eaid: ' General, feeling that you aie cue of our men, we, the people of Indiana, lejoice in jonr promotion; it gives ua the largest pleasure." Tbat is true Old Koiey belongs alike to every S:ate, is equally dear to all, to hurxamtv. General Rosecrans was for several sessions in Corgrets as a Djmocrat from the S;a'e of California, elected from a Republican d:s trict. After a while there got to bs a yoau? Demcciat of fortune aod family, who persuaded the people that it vas hardly fair to keep an old seed, already burdened with bsnors, in Cob gi es all tbe days of bis life. Thi te eld fellows ought to get oat of the way and give the jouDg Democracy a chance. Now, here," he continued. I bave cuoaey enough; what do I care for ?2J,O00? I cau creatd a canpai?a fund without troubling the public. Besides, going to Congress would be Eorce honor and make a good start forme. What ia it to old Roaey, who has been in office all hi.' life?" A majority of tbe Democrats entered upon that place of thought. A convention was called, "the joang Democracy" took tha management m their own hands and wheu tLe election came on found themselves cojilort&bly busted. Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania. ha1 a similar experience in one respect, but with this expedience is another: Ths conventions in his district had made their nominations, and the political parties became close corporations. Governor Cortin was left completely lift out in the cold. ' Then he got ia dead earnest to be a member of Coogre&s. to announced himself against the field, Bai J something to tbe Curtails, and they elected him by a rousing majority. Curtin was the war Governor ot Pennsylvania, whoss reputation became national. Of him it was written: "The Ctutin riaes in the E9t." H-s prompt action and willingnees to assume the responsibility, a telegram to Frank Blair, when there was no communication betireau Washington and St. Lou's, urging the capture cf Fort Jackson, wiitlen by Canin ia liarn'sburg. Pa , and ligned Abraham Lincoln, President, resulted in saving Missouri to the Union. He is a grand old man and of the material that enters into the composition of heroes. A well-informed gentleman obserrei to me ls6t evening: "Mr. Cleveland, I am rationed, knows little or nothing about the retl cendition of affairs. Democrats are not speaking out their sentiments for fear of injuring their chances for promotion. Tos Republicans were never better orgauizsd ia the world, and thy are reserving their fire. A Democratic Congressman asking office for his friends is supposed to put on the sanniest possible exterior in the Presidential Eresence. I have witnessed hundreds of emccrats calling upon Mr. Cleveland. Language was given them to conceal their thoughts. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, is the only man of whom I have heard to talk plain. The old war Governor, in stature, towered above the President. He said, with his accustomed energy and candor, but in a tone that could not be interpreted ai mistaking their relations: 'I called, Mr. Cleveland, to pay my respect to the Prtsident. The indications are reasonably fair tbat tbie Iill be a Democratic administration. If it

is, I shall support i if it is ncjt, I shall oppose it heartily.' "

No charces acainst Bavless W. Haans were ever placed on file. It all developed from an rgly rumor gathered by a Epub lical PoBtotrice Inspector while at Crawford&vilia. The Republican Postmaster at Cianfordsyille denies complicity in the matter. It is embarrassing to Mr. Hanni's family, thoueh nothicg is heard here but expressions of sympathy. Dr. Fletcher, Superintendent ot the Indiata licppital for tbe Intane, surprised me tb;s afternoon with the information that in bTaLdicgs. gromd3 and e.qaipmeats the Induction near Indianapolis sarpasres any timiiar cbsrity on the continent. He hadjuet returned from a visit to tbe Iu.aue flispiislin this Dütnct. He has rec?nty visited e'ght. He has yet to visit Philadelphia, and prepared to find the nearest rival of the Indiana Institution 8t that priut. In the matter if c'othirg for tha patients, the liöeraHty of tbe Hocsler Stats is frequently excf da. An Icciana csunty furnishea bat 20 to a patif nt, which is not enoueb, but in work, ex fort and arrar gsment ths Indiana HospIUl ; Mipad. Tbe rstent's time'ai Indianapolis is occupied by interesting employment, and the results are glorious. a'sjor Kidd, who as the Democratic candidate for Congress ran acainst &ea!e in tbe Eleventh District and got counted out, i9 l ere, and eays that he is going to stay until thi'3 uncertainty disappears. If the route egenis are going to remain, he wants to know it ; and if the rascals are going to go, te vrants to know ttat In shrt, he wants to know, you know. Major Kidd has a eise, aid a gor done, and will contest tbe seat eiven to S'eele in the next Congrejs. Should he ever get into that body he will remain. "Go ahead" were the instructions of Mr. Yocrhees to him, and I will join you in all jcur recommendations " Major Kidd is a brevet Congressman of rank, bat without pay. Jap Tcrtes. A Story of Bidden Diamonds Found. Chicago, June 4. According to a story made public fcera this morning Laj&r Frank C. Smith has at last been successful in discovering and digging up 3,003 worth of diamonds that had been buried in Lincoln Park, this city, by a client, ' Andrew J. Anderson, who last November was sent to the penitentiary on a fifieen-year eanteucs for burglary. The motive for hiding tbee jewels wtr fear on the part of Anderson that they wouid betray him should he fall in the hands of the officer?. Anderson descrioad to his lawyer how he had lain down under a clump of bushes, wrapped the diamonds iu a piece of brown paper, dug a hole with hi3 hands in the earth at the roots, covered tne gems up, and then half broke off three 8tnil twigs -to that they hung down and pointed directly to the spot where the package wis buried. In spite of four failures on the psri. of the lawyer, Andereon persisted in declaring tte diamonds were there, and he wont down to Joliet, maintaining tha truth of the story with dogged pertinacity. Tbe msttar dropped, but a few days ago Mr. Smith was at the park, and from force of babit he wandered down to tbe clurrp of b:os - Tnsre were a number of lumps of earth just as he had left them on a chill D.cember mo rains, sad 83 he glanced at them he carele sly kicked tv,o or tbree of the lumps. Tney crumbled to pieces, and from one cf them rolled a small piece cf brown paper. Scarcely daring to hope that his leng search had been at last successful. Mr. Smith stooped to pick up the packet. His nands trembled with excitement as he hastily unwrapped the papar and exposed four large diamonds and a monster emerald. The jewels wers Btill in th-ir settings. There was a solitaire ring, a solitaire brcast-pln, a pair of solitaire ear rings ard en emerald pin. The gems wers ail of the first water, handsomely cut, deep aad pure. In the month of June, 1SSI, L. X Walter, of CoviC,tcn, Ky., left Milwaukee for Waakeeha burls gs with Mrs. Walker. Sheplac-d her jewe.'ry in a email hand Sa, and it w-ts cateiesEly thrown on the eeat beside her, and when the was g&lheiiog us ner belongings to Uave the car tbe be g was rjissing Anencu alwavs maintained that hs did not steal it, bot tbat one of h9 gar.g, vio was in tbe tleepar, saw Mrs. Walser s cre less act, and taking tdyantgs of her abace foramcment, filched the bag. Mr 8aiith promptly communicated with Mr. Walter, who bad removed to Lexington, and the a to Salt Lake City, and Mr. Walker has cams on to Chicago to identify and claim his property. Anderson is stated to be a member of a wealthy family in New York. The restora lion of tbe diamonds is supposed to be part of a rtovement to secure hnu a p.irdon. The Kansas Wheat Crop. Topeka, Kan., Jane 4. Much anxiety is expressed over tbe disastrous report in re gard to the condition cf the wheat crop in the Slate. The Secretary cf the State Board of Agricultur: eaid to day that his June report was not vet ready, but would be out Friday night. He refused to give figures, tut eaid the news had be?n very discouraging and that the bs&t wheat counties in ma ay instances would bs ato'al failure on account of the Heaian fly and chinch bu?. Mmy wheat fields that up to ten days ago proni a-d a half crop, are now bending out cheat. Tfc.'B, eaid tbe Secretary, is the worst fa time in wheat tbat Kansas has ever experienced. In a long talk, in whish he declined to give official figures, he sa d it was no use iu disguising the fict that in mary counties frm era would not get their seed. His inform ticn wrs tbat a veiy large area of the waett which at his last report was considered prom ieir.g, was now either being plowed up or te rattle bad been turned in noon it. Mr. Croley, the mansger of the largest mill iu this city, said that he bad just returned froru a tour cf the wheat districts and that in bis opinion, the entire would not exceed 15.0C0 - COO bushels. It was learned to day that ths SecietaTy cf the State Board will redox bis April estimate 00 per cent, which will make the estimate yield aoont 13,003.000 buihels or about S7,000,C00 abnsheis less thin las: year. Corn now is th'e only hope for Kansas this year. Tort k a, Kas., June 4 As there has been a great deal cf speculation 'as to whit the monthly iep?rt of tbe State Board of Agriculture en tbe wheat crop wonld bs, and false statements have been sent out, Tjm .Sims, the Secretary, has furnished the As jo elated Press with tbe following statement only concluded this morning. The poo. ditlon cf other crops will be furnished later. The iDjnry to the wheat crop from the severity of the winter, insect depredation and other causes is far worse than shown by our report of last month. Many fields, which at tbe date of our last report promiied a fair yield, now show more chess than wheat, and will be plowed up and seeded to millet. Of the 1,G13 2')3 acres sown to winter wheat in the State in the fall of 1881, at least 40 per cent, have been abandoned and the ground seeded to spring crops, and the work of destruction still continues. The total product this j car will be needed for Beed and produce within the State. Information received at this office shows the condition ! six per cent compared with a year ago a loss ot 23 per cent from April 30. The total product in this State thi year can not exceed 1,200,C00 bushels.

GENERAL GBAVS BOOK.

Intere atlrg Extracts From It-Shlloh and ippromattax. New Yoek, Jane 8. The following ex tracte Lave been obtained from tbe first volume of General Grant's book: Speaking cs tbe battle of Shiloh, he says he considered tbe situation as one in which tbe Federal soldiers were on the offensive, cut aiserts that no precautions for defense weie neglected. On this subject be continues as follows: General Beauaguard was t ext in rank to Johnston, and Buoceeaed to the ccxnmad, which he retained to the close cf the battle, and during the subsequent retisat ch Corinth, as well as in the se'go of ttat place. His iactlcs have been eevereally critic zad by the Federal writers, bu. I do not believe his fallen chief could have done any tetter under the circumstances. Some of these c rules claim tbat Bhiloh was won when Johnston fell, and that if he had not fallen the army ULfJer rre would have been annihilated or captured 'ifa' defeated the Confederates at Stilob. There is little doubt that we should have been disgracefully beaten if all ths shells and bullets fired by us had ptsied hf-rmlese' j over tbe enemy and if their shells had taken effect. Commanding Generals are liable to be killed during engagements, and the iact that when he was shot Johnston was leading a brigade to induce it to make a charge which had been repeatedly ordered is evidence that thera were neither ths universal demoralization among tbe Federals Ecr, tbe unbounded confidence of success with tbe Confederates that was chimed. Tbera was, in fact, no hour during the day when I doubted tie eventual defeat of the enemy, though 1 was disappointed tbat reinforcements so near at hand did not arrive at an earlier hoar. In this connection he refers to his article In the Century, and remarks in it in regard to General A. McD McCook, which caused bo much public comment. He tells of the icr-g march of the day before over muddy roads by General McCook's division, and of "its conspicuous acts cf gillsntry' on the day cf the battle, and concludes in these word: T refer to these clrcnmstancas with minnienesn, because I did Gsneral McCook an injustice in my article in the Century, though EOt to tbe exteut one would sappose from tbe public press. I am not willing to do anyone an injustice, and if convinced that 1 luve done one, I am alwaja wiilinz to make tbe fallest ad mis? to a." Then follow, accounts cf the siege and capture cf Vicksburg; cf his appointment as Lietuenant General, and adds: "In my first lnterviaw with Mr. Lincoln alone he stated to me that he had never professed to be a military man, or to know how campaigns should be conducted, and never wi.ted to interfere with him, but procrastination on the part cf commanders and tbe pressure of tbe people at tbe North, and of Corgress. which, like the poor, "He bad aiwajs with him," had forced him into issuing his well-known series of "Exec a live adders." All be wahted, or had ever wanted, he said, was that someone would take the responsibility and act and call on him for all the assistance needed. Describing bis command ef the Division cf the Mississippi, be tells how he met Secretary Stanton at Indianapolis; bo tbey went together to Louisville, aod adds: "Soon after we started the Secretary handed me two orders, saying that I could take my che'ee cf them. The two were identical ia all but one particular. Bith of them created the military division of tha Mississippi, giving me the command, composed of the Departments of the Ohio, the Cumberland, and the Tenneesee, and all the territory from the Allegheny's to the Mississippi River, north of Banks' command in toe scu hwest. One order lelt the department Commanders ai they were, while ths other relieved Rosecrans and assigned Thomas to his place. I accepted the latte." He eays Secretary Stanton caught a cold on that trip from which be never recovered. He gives a graphic descriptioa of how Chattanooga was saved, ot how he W8S cent for in haste at night by Secretary Stanton, whom be found "pacing the floor rapidly, in about the garb Mr. Jefferson Datia was wearing subsequently when he wss captured a dressing gown but without tte stawl and eunbonner." General Grant edds: "He showed me the dispatches, saying that tbe retreat must be prevented. I immediately wrote an order assuming command of the military division of the Mississippi and telegraphed it to General Rosecrats. I then telegraphed him the order from Washington assigaicg to Thomas the ccicnmd of tbe army of tbe Cumberland, a&d to Thomas tbat he must hold Cha'.tanortra at all hazards." He descripes the Wilderness campaign, 8td estimates Lee a strength at 80,00'J men, and eays tbat he was operating in a country with wh'cb his army was thoroughly f a mil's r, while to the Federal forces it was entirely unknown. He tells of General Lee's surrender, and takes occasion, in tbe course of it, to explode the famous story of the surrender under the apple tree. He savs there wa9 an apple orchard across the little valley frcm the court house, one treo ot which was c ose to the rcadside; tnat General Babcooi reported to him (Grant) that he had fount General Lee sitiiog under this tree and bai brought him within tha Federal lines to tbe house of a man named McLean, w bete tbe Confederate General and one of bis stsfl' were awaiting (General Grant Of their interview he eays: "When I went into tbe house I found General Lee. We greeted each other and after shaking hands took our seats. What his feelings were I do not know, being a man of much dignity aad with an impenatrabie fc. It was im possible to say whether he felt inwardly g'ad tbat the end had finally come, or whether he felt sadly over tbe result and was toi manly to show it. Whatever bis feeling weie they were entirely onceaied from ooteerv alien. Bat my own feeiines which bad been quite apparent on the receipt of his letter, were sad and aepres:eo -i felt like snythiig rather than rejoicing at tbe downfall of a foe tbat bad fousbt so loog and gallantly and bad suffered so much for a cause which I bslieved to be one of the worst for which a people ever lonht and fcr which there was not the least pretext 1 do tot question, however, the sincerity of the pre at mass of tbo&e who were opposed to us. General Lee was dressed in full uni form, entirely new, aod wearing a sjvcrl of considerable value, very likely the sword that had been presented by tbe Slate of Yirginia, at all events it wes an entirely different sword from the oae tbat would ordinarily be worn in the field, in my rough traveling Beit, which was the uniform of a private, with the straps of a General. I must haye contrasted very strongly with a man, so handsomely dressed, six feet high, and of faultless form. Bot this waa not a matter that I thought of until afterward. General Lee and I soon fell into a conveisation about old army times. He remarked that he remembered sue very well in the old aimy, and I told him as a matter of course, I remembered him perfectly, but owing to tbe difference in years there being about sixteen years difference ia our ages and our rank, I thought it very likely I had not attracted his attention sufficiently to be remembered after such a long

period. Our conversation grew so pleasant that I almost forgot the object of our meeting." Xi&teat Particulars ot the Hnox Tragedy. Ey Associated Tress. Evaksvii-le, Ind., June 5 A specialfrom Yincennes says: Fred Grotegut, an aged German frmer, living in the northern part of this county near Edwards-port, cut hij wife's throat from ear to ear at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon and then uade an attempt to kill himseif. The deed web not discovered until after dark, when one of his daughters came heme and she saw that something was wrong. Ehe didn't Renter tbe house, but called to her mother. R-ceiving no answer she ran

to her uncle's, near Of, and told him that.' something was wrong at home. He hurried there and found Grotegut lyiEg as deal behind bis house. The man ran to another house and summoned help and returned. Grotegut was rot visible, bat upoa entering the house a terrible eight was preseuted. Mrs. Grotegut was lying on tbe floor in a pool cf blcod, her throat terribly gashed aod stone dead. It waa supposed that trampa had done tbe bloody deed, but presently the husband was found bleeding copiously bat conscious. H9 soon confessed that ha had done the work, bat represented that it was net intentional on bis part He saTd that be and his wile had a little quarrel about pigs at dinner; that she was so abusive that he started ton ard her, and that in going out the door she fell and struck her head against a box, almost killing her. He had a razor in bis his band, and bent down to assist her to rise. She seized his hand and drew the razor across her own hroat, inflicting a mort&l wound. Soe t'asa tcid him to kill himself, and he tried to do so, but failed. Be eays he kept trying all tbe afternoon, part cf the time with ths T9zor ai d aj;am by hanging. When his daughter came home he was stiU'engaged in the woik cf telf destruction, bat fell exhausted and she raa a ay. When ths reporter arrived at tbe scene this morning Grotgut was in bed feigaing to be all bat dead. Tbe Sterifl, however, arrested him, and upon examination his injuries were found to be very bad. He was brought to town end lodged in jail. . The Martballtown, Iowa, Lynching, Maefhalltown, Iowa, June ". Fine and Lynch P.ain&bsrgsr were taken from the jail at Eldcra. Hardin County, at 1 o'clock thi morning by a nub of seventy-Eve ma?kei men, and riddled with bullets so as to be unrecognizable. The lynching of the Rainebergers last night is the result of an old feud that has baen brewing in Hardin County for many years. It originated la a family qaarrel a great many jeers ego, and culminated last year in tbe murder of Johnson. For this crime the two Rainsbergere, Nathan and Frank, are now in jail at Marshalltown. Theaccueatlon wi9 by the wife cf Nate, who is the daughter of Johnson. Among the most prooilasat me a in the county, who testified at the preliminary examination, was Dr. Undsrrood, of Elder. His life was threatened by the gang a few days ago. Suspicious movements wera discovered by a party upon whom a watch wes kept It was a discovery cf a secret communication with the Riinsbergers Night before last Dr. Underwood and Dr. Ridecour were shot at as they were driving in the country. The former was wounded, but hit once only, although a number of shots were fired. This attempt drove tha citizens to desperation, and ths Rainsberg. ere, having been arrested last evening, wers taken out during the night and lynched. The brothers lyncbed were Fine and Lynch. Great excitement prevails. Public sentiment, however, generally approves of the lynching. It is doubtful if any prosecution' will follow. Strangers Taken In and Done For. Cincinnati June 3. The recently appointed Board cf Police Commisioners this evening finished their investigation of the conduct of Inspector of Police James Dann and Chief of Detectives Charles Wappeneteirj, spainst whom newspaper charges of blackmail have been made. The Commissioners announce that the decision was reserved until tc-morrow afternoon, and that meantime both officers are suspended. The testimony before the boird seemed to show that on Saturday night Jait, Dunn and Weppen&tein entered a houss of illrepute, in which was a party of five men, includicg John and James McClymond. of Florida, and Jerry Downing, a jocaey, who were atrendiEg tbe Latonia raC3S. ThS Officers remainedin company with the strangers for several bonrs, but when the latter epeke of departing they were informed that tbey wire under arrest Oaca oaUide of the bouse, it was intimated that $100 wouli prevent trouble, and John McClymond prom ply cfi red that amount to Wappenstein, wfco declined to take it, but suggested tbat it be given to bis friend, Mr. Jamison. Mr. Jamison, who wes really George Camptell, a well known local politician, accepted the money, and tbe McClyrxonds were then released. Tte next day tue story was circulated on the street, and found its way to tae Police Commissions. The t fiicers deny any cennection with the affair w ha; ever, and assert tbat the McCiymonds were victimized by tharpers. Tbe New Orleans Defalcation. Kew Yof.k, June 6. A specUl to the Sua from New Orleans says: "The investigation male y tbe Government of the defalcation in the United States Sub-Treasury ia thtacity was o secrvtly done that even the local prcsa had no i lea o! what wis going on. The accounts were examined oa May 22 and found correct. Oa Saturday another investigation, made by Mr. James Sample, oae of the Examining Committe, disclosed a shortage ia tbe accounts of J. IL Auf dem Orte.'the redemnticn citric. Saturday was Decoration Day and a sert of a holiday. Oa Monday morning !K r. Auf dem Orte failed to appear at his oflice. The case stas put in the hand? of detectives and the departrncet at Washington was notified, fcverytaiu shows that Auf dem Orte managed his night very skillfully. It ia supposed by the oftic-rs that lie otlicers that he leit here for Mexico oa the Satar'day train, and consequently lauded in Mexico on Sunday. When, therefore, oa Monday xrorbinc, the fact of the defalcation bccrue asamed. Auf dem Orte was ia the Interior of Mexico. When the de.'alcation first became known it was estimated by Sub-Treasurer Ferwi? at $.0.000. It ia already shown to bo ever S 0 000, aad may be much larger. Indeed it will not be possible to deteimice the exact amount of the loss until all tue funds in the vault bave bean counted, as it is leared tbat Auf dein Orte extracted more money frcm it. Amonz Auf dem Orta'a papers were several forged certificates ot deposit on locil baait. wtich he had used to make good bis accounts. It teems that Auf dem Orte would bave absconded with a much larger aura bad not one of the bants in the city refused to cash a check for f M.OJO, which ho presented on Friday laaU Mr. Herwig said it would bave led to tbe discovery of Ant dorn Orte's defalcation if the bank bad reported the circumstance, and he could bare been prevented from leaving tbe city." Bayard at Kansas City. Kansas City, Ma, Jane 6. Secretary Bayard and party , passed tbe morning in driving about the city, Mid at noon visited the Board of Trade, where the distinguished visitor was welcomed In a fitting speech by Boa. John F. rbilllpa, ot this city. The Secretary, in his response, touched briefly upon national topics, the stability ef out

Gcverninent, that parses nnsfcaten tbronshre-: our politicfcl cbappes. end the Importance of do vclopment of the re oareca of the West, gpklr ; of the Administration, be aid its desir la t'ia.' it eLou.a te beneficial to all. lie reterred to the fear that at first seemed to have appeared on account of the change cf government, sni id: "T.ie fear wea not unnatural: but 1 may not now say that tbe fear. If it exittcd, has been allayed, and in case it should not have been wholty eo, it will bave teen a)lyed within a very 8hort time. Our country is sale, no metier wh'ca party win", and there Is not a section, not a home In this broad land tbat can not count on the Oovern neat as Its sincere friend and asent." He r-ald bis viti. sas simply with a view of Visitin? some of the Vestt-rn educational Institutions, aud witnessing for hirrself tbe prrtress and development of the country. Senators Vest and :ocitre.l and Governor Marcascute followed ia brief reütiras, after which the party lepairtd to their Lotet for luncheon. EOUMNU TUE tiOVfRXXEXr.

A Scbf irt'Eg Postmaater SwtEdlrithc (Jot. eminent Oat ot Thousand. FoMLANn. Ore., June 5 Tbe Oregonian'e Lewistcn, Itaho, special says: "Iaaac Hlbbs was appointed Postmaster at Lewiaton, ia March, 1SS1. Lest January a registered mail pcuch was ribbed. An official Investition developed nothing. Tfce affair wai eventually forgotten. Oa May 2 last Hibbs left for an alleged silver mine on the Upper Coin o bis. The Postal Inspector alarmed at his continued abeecce, investigated the affairs of the office and found Hibbs had writ'en receipts for a large number cf registers! mail packages, destined fcr fictitious names in posteffice supplies for Lewietoa. The moJas CFeranol was as fellows: Lesrisioa is a KEiI-diEtribuiirjg poiit for a Iar,re number of cilices ia Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington. Hibbs would isiue a money order for a fictitious came at these offices, draw in fsvor of a bank ia Io a, whre orders were payable, aud the customary letter of advice was forwarded to tbe paying pestrnattfr. He then wrote ta the banks that he would shorlly visit the town, and inclosed a mnaty order and requested tbe backs to tvis'a thsrn and p!ace the amount to his credit on deposit until be arrived. Later, he wrote that he could not make tbe contemplated visit, and requested that a draft fcr the a rrount of money ce returned by registered ma l to a llotitiocs rame attached to the money order, aad always at tome c5:a where the mail passed through Lewitton. Tee drsfta arrived by return mall; Hibbs signed tha fictitious r am es 8nd returned the receipt cards, and tbe transaction was completed. Money orders aie limited to 300 ia favor of one person, but with forethought and judicious dL'tribetion of dales and places an cpening offers through which unscrupulous postmasters could bankrupt the United States. Tha amount of the defalcation xce eds $20,CO0, and is expected to reach ?5D,CCO. Tbe scheme ia surprisingly simple and officers sre surprised it ku never thought of end worked before. John Erans, the Cashifr cf the First National Bank; William Keltenback, Cashier of tne Lewlston Na ticnal Bank: Alexander Thiesser and Woodworth were bis bondsmen for $3,000; Alexander and Tniesser were secured before Hibbs' leivlrg. Hibbs was lst teen May SD at the second crossing of tbe Canaliaa Pacific, taking in Missou'a and Helena and gathsring drafts ordered eent there. CHICAGO MANIPULATORS. Ihe Moat Fxcited Week of the Tear the Holla Keep tbe Market Well la Hand Corn and Provisions Follow Wbest, Chicago, June 6. The week on 'Change has been tbe most excited of the year, with wheit the center of Interest. The bulla have managed to keep the reins well in band, however, and wlta the exception of a small set back Wednesday bave held the team steadily on the upgrade. At tae start the big "shorts" be;an to cover. Nt Jones had all along been talking at S5c as the bottom price. Below 80c, however, tbe market went down bard and the Jones-Ream combination, who had been the most prominent sellers ot the previous fortnight, quietly "flopped'' and went "long." GoFEips put lleam'a winnings at tSO.OCO and Jones at f 103.0C0. At tbe turn Jack Cudaby, Roach and little Moe Traley were taken into the clique and before tbe boys got onto tbe scheme they bad seid themselves ioto a hole. The visible supply, which the wise heads had figured as likely to show an increase, foot el up a decreae, and thus hat a irtnsrthentaa: inlicence, though the tcouutaia of grain already ia sieht 1 already so large thai 1W.UJ0 bushels one way or the other would not seem to make much diaerence But it was upon their big stories that the "bulls" plsced raos-t relisnce. According to these tho üessian flies and chinch bugs were male to appear as big as ostrii lit e aud as hungry as tijecas, while ruht was represeuted as det-iroyint ail the grain ttat was cot winter killed or devoured by tcese insects. Hamil-Brue aud J. L. Lester, with their Wall street clientage, were the bist to take fricht. and they worked the cholera scare Wadne'tfay In order to set out as near even as pr sib'.e. HU, however, was too distant to last, and a decrease of 1,000, 0'.O bushels in tbe amount on pattage to Europe ret tbe crowd to buying again, and the clcse ia tirm and buoyant. As usual, oa an advancing market, outsiders tave rusotdin their otder, end the volume of speculation ia largely increased. Ko export demand bas sorung up yet, but the belief is becoming general that it is not saie to 6tand "short" Ion?: r. The "caaptr of accidents, atout which stock-bears and grtntulls delicht to talk, is becoming too appill'n. Pbtl Amour, too, is aid to control, either direc'-ly or through Kggietton. fu ly thrje-fourths of the wheat in store here, and of course is watching the speculative situation clorely. Everybody acknowledges tbe fine quality ot tbe erain and tht it can be easily carried inro next eeaton, when it is expected it will all be needed. C"orn follows the leal of wteat, an! the only new feature developed has been the widening of the premium of June 07er Jalv. Receipts h . -e fallen off rapidly, apparently showing fiat the late rush was simply to meet May contiaj'j. A prominent receiver now pred'ds tbat the nuinbr of cars for the remainder of tee present month wlil notavcrsge ever 'AO perdsy. The new crop is certainly very backward, and should any damage happen to it there is no loliicg where the sdvauce ml Lit not end. Provisions are still sluggish, though the inerest in them la picking up. The elements of strength thiaweek bave been a better long ma'ket aad sympathy with cereals. "Hotv do the pickers stand now?" la the question the crowd would hke to bare answered. Marder aud Suicide. New Eim oed, Mass., June 6. A terrible tra?edT occurred In this city just betöre noon to-day in tbe outfitting store of Phillip D. Siocamb, of No. 18 South Water street. Slocumb was sittim at hi desk In the counting-room making an entry In bis ledger, when Charles Fosa came frora a baca loom, leaccd a moment against the railing dividing tbe conntlng-rcom from the store, and without apeakirg drew a revolver and fired one shot, which entered Slccnmb'a hea l at the base of the skull, and be fell from the siool to the floor, an! died aimott Instantly, immediately a'ter this Fosa went to tlie back room and putting the muzzle of tb pistol to bis right temple pulled the trigger ani fell to the floor. The pittol vu held so close that his forehead waa singed snd the bones fractured. Fo was a con firmed drunkard, and bad applied to Siocunib to ship him to Hudson's Lay, as he wanted to die if be could not be cured of hia bad babit. Blccumb had not yet procured Fuss tho desiied berth, aud It ia thought that the delay so enraged Foss that be co ara I tied the crime. The Olsdatone Government Defeated. London, June 8 The Government was defeated on the second reading, the budget being rejected 204 to 252. When the result was announced Lord Randolph Churchill and Mr. Farn ell jumped upon their seats and enthusiastically waved their hats, aa the cheering was renewed,