Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 25, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 July 1885 — Page 1

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PRESIDENT CLEVELAND

is Begirds Civil Service Hi Stands Forth ü a Defender ci tie Faith. The Fentinel Corr'fcponrient Asks, "What "Vin Be the 11 Mi It When Congress Convenes?" BrA DUnci to Answer Mrs. 7$t1, of Kentucky. fee1! to the Aentfnel." WnxG jox, July 20. Th Democrat who Is tTrfppjitrsl by the present aclminurtraVffn., in vt'tip for it purposely deceived hiraJ7r. Cleveland's record as Governor of Nw York was btfore the world, yet, while all this was as daylight, it is a curious fact that tl:e.verage Democrat kept in ignorance jf the campaign's philosophy as expounded by ti e apolitical life ami letters of the Chicago rjnaii;ec. Mr. Cleveland's nomination was tr; response to a demand from dNgusted Kef lilicans fr a candidate with whom to I (--$ Blaine. What the lresident did before Chicago and his subsequent writings were int campaign metaphors, nor do I sec anything in the outlook to encourage i.e to lelieve the hoicful Democratic declaration that the Republicans must go. The President's convictions on that subject are emblazoned in a covenant with Curtis, and he will never desert them. So far as the civil service law is concerned, he stands out as a defender of the faith. The Republican incumbents of office will be given the advantage of every doubt and the Katonian interpretation of the law continued. The 'spoils system" will be destroyed and an office-holding class built upon its ruins. Under the auspices of a party claiming to believe in Jefferson, Jackson and Tilden, the Government is administered by a eomjui.-sion unknown to the Constitution and abhorrent alike to Saiu Randall and John A. Logan. This is the exact state of affair, and the Democratic, party will find it impossible to escape from the disastrous con"What will be the result when Congress meets? Ask Slade, or apply by letter to the Kanner of Lijrht. The members of that body are universally characterized by a universal disinclination to talk. But that the Democrats generally are not regarding the future with cheerfulness is a fact impossible to conceal. As a branch of the Government it will e jealous of its right., and submit to no xxh humiliation as individual members have latey experienced. ' ' - - -Boyd, -of Kentucky, who was for twentytwo years a member of Congress, and for two terms Speaker of the k House, died, if my memory is not at fault, in l!Sö9. His widow, a sweet-faced lady, whose hair is as snow, I met in the east room of the White House one morning lately. Her home is on a plantation near Paducah, but she was here for the purpose of seeing the President. She uM not have the desired interview that day, but according to appointment, ws Mr. Cleveland's earliest caller the next. All there was of Washinelou life in the olden time, from Monroe to Lincoln, she knows by heart. "I observed to Mr. Cleveland," she remarked to me afte" the meeting, wliiil was certainly exceedingly ajrreeablc, "that' be was the seventeenth President whom 1 had seen, having visited many of them in the interest of Mr. Boyd's censtitn?cy." "What were vuur impressions of Mr. Cleveland ."' "Favorable more than I anticipated. He is a loftier man than I expected to find. There was a grandeur in Jackson that seemed to ellipse all the other elements of his nature. I can not describe it, but in his presence one felt secure as if under the flag. Polk was the incarnation of dignity. But la nan was courtly. He had been much abroad. as well as long in public lilc at hame. It was something like a tonic to visit the White Houe during bis administration, and not exclusively because Miss I-ane, one f the most exquisite of women, presided there. For much of wlmt was mo.t beautiful in social life in the President's mansion President Buchanan himself was wholly rejHnible. But Mr. Cleveland is certainly a capable man and of the largest honestr. It i my opinion that tlie r-eople who differ with l.im will never question his natnral ability, if left to him-elf, or his integrity of purjee." "According to my information the Demrracy of she country at this moment feel a tinge of disapiintu.ent." "I know, .-he replied, "th;tt is the cae with alt new administrations. The following election is a protest. But Mr. Cleveland will live with fidelity to the platform o:; which he was nominated. t his .letter of acceptance, and his after Chicago and before November utterances. He is a business man. I fel sure that lie is a business man. and there is something in his very presence that will give confidence to the commercial interests of the country, senator Beck, and there are other Senator and Congressmen who are not exactly pleased just uow. but the question of jatronaee t sacb a trifle when compared to the momentous obliations the Republic has imji-ed upon the Imocratic iarty that, in the very nature of thing", It will Lave to unite against the enmnon enemy." J.r Ti epex. NATIONAL AFFAIRS. Intrnet!oD Telegraphed te General Sheri. dan Beffardiar the Cattle TralL Washisotoit, July 20. Tlie following is a toy y of a telegram in relation to the opening of the cattle trail in the Indian Territory, which has been sent to Lieutenat General Sheridan from the War Dejiartment: "You are instructed by the Secretary of War to take such measures and use. such means as will carry out the decision of the Secretary .f the Interior, to open and keep open the cattle trails and highways leading into the Indian Territory and therefrom to and upon the public lands, for the purpose of the unobstructed pasflge of cattle and other purjosesof inter-fftate commerce." APPOINTMENT. The President to-day appointed the following named Presidential jostmastcrs: Charles' H. Kavanagh, at Waterford, N Y., vice James Harrinian, commission expired; Chas. J. Weiden, at Payette, Mo., vice M. 8. Uke, resigned: William Gillespie, at Traer, la., viee John W. Hart, resigned: L. N. Mc.'loud, at Marj sville, O., vice B. Webb, resigned; W. H. Morton, at Klkhart, Ind., ?ice A. M. Tucker, resigned; Albert N'. Flinn. at Nashua, X. II-, vice M. IL Button, suspended; P. X. Jlorneck, at Detroit City, Minn., vice ('. W. IhifT, usjended; David Guynn, at Tallahasee, Fla., vice William E. Stewart, su?I-ended; John P. Xorvell. at Danville, IW., vice William R. Jewell, snspendeil; Jai.ir W. leaner, at Kvansville, Inh, vice H. H. innet, snsended; 5amuel Berry, at Winchester, III., vice M. Brennan, suspended;

John A. Smith, at FvPcrort, 111., vice S. D. Atkins; suspended: "William W. Van Antwerp, at Jackson, Mich.,vice Ar. L. Seatlow. suspended; Hc,,nier Luce, at Higginsville, Mo., vice J. W Kndley, susjnded; Henry 1. Feltus, at. Bloomington, Ind., vice J. (i. McPheete'S, suspended. The President to-day made the following appointments: To be Assistant Apprai-ers of Merchandise in the District of Xew York, David C. Halstcd. Joseph M. Strong, Charles E. Stott and Edward Bowe; to be Special A gents. for the General Land Otliee, James A. Munday, of Kentucky, and Clay Taylor, of Missouri. Colonel Henry K. Tayton, of Virginia, has been apjointed special agent of the Land Cilice, and ex-Lieutenant Governor Robinson, of North Carolina, a special Indian aj:tnt. TMMNiBATWX STATISTICS. The hief of the Bureau of Sffitisties reTorts that the number of immigrants arrived in the United States during the tiscal year ended June :t. lsv, was ÖS'J.siM, being 122,013 less than the immigration during the preceding iiscal year, and 401,701 less than during the year ending July 30, 182, the year of the greatest immigrations. During the month of June, ls", there arrived in the Customs Districts f Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Huron, Minneapolis, New Orleans. New York, russamaquaddy, Philadelphia and San Francisco, .V,7"i passengers, of whom 4","1 were immigrants, ;.!52 citizen" of the

I nited States returning from abroad, and .".444 aliens not intending to remain in the United States. The number of immigrants arriving in the above named customs districts from the principal foreign countries dnring the months of June, Ihso and 11, repectively, were as follows: Countries. ISA". 1SJ. F.ucland aud Walet 4.:J" '.164 lrelnnd .r t.7lW Scotland 1.:". 1.1 H Australia l ,:; 1.40s ieinianv l:;.(r.l l".ii Itaiv i.xos Noiw-hv 2.VJ4 2,i"".l hwedeu. - H.M 4.442 l'ominion of Cmiaila -,0i ","3i All other coe.i:trle "J":! 7.Ö21 Total 4ö,38 .Vi.C-'S The arrival of immigrants in the customs districts alKve specified comprise about U7 ler cent, of the immigration into the entire country. PAYMASTER (.EÜKRAL SMITH S COCRT MARTIAL. The Court Martial appointed to try Pay master General Smith, of the navy, on charges of scandalous conduct and culpable inefficiency in the performance of his duties, met this morning. The counsel for the de fense tiled a demurrer, claiming there was nothing in the charges or specifications to show anv criminality on the part of the Paymaster General, and hence he was not punishable. 31r. Jelt Cliamller, in support of the demurrer claiming that the accused could not be held restonsible under the law. argued that it was an every -day occurrence for Government contracts to be changed or extended, and cited numerous instances where the Government had been obliged to pay for mk h contracts. He held that the ray matter General was in no way an independent authority, and could not make changes in contracts" without the approval of the Secretary of the Navy. The fact that cverv act of. the Paymaster Gen eral had met with the approval of the Sec retary of the Navy sb if teil the responsibility from him to the Secretary, unless it could be shown that the Paymaster General had been actuated by corrupt motives, which has not 1 ecu alleged. Assistant Attorney General Maury, in behalf of the prosecution, replied to Mr. i handler's argument. He held that while the Paymaster General was not considered guilty of a ciime, he was blamable for his doings as aik official and subject to punish ment; that lie could be punished for an bue of discretion. He said Smith had doubled contracts, and ordered contracts for one fiscal year paid out of appropriations for another, thus involving the Paymasters fubject to his order in complications with the Government. He dee la rod Smith had acted in the very teeth of the law, he had dehed the law. lo say that this was not an olTen.se wn to render officers free from all rest on-il ilit v ür their acts. Mr. Chandler. f E T m reply to Mr. Maury, tccupied the remain der oi tne oay till the t ourt adjourned. RFPt'KT OF SIH l VI. AoKNT WILI IAM OTHER REPORTS. SjKiijl Agent William If. William1, of the Treasury m partment, has been investigat ing, y orier of Secretary Manning, the ntneis for official position of Jerry Mulroy, a!inted to a sulordinate tosition bv the Sur veyor of the port of Cincinnati, and reiorts mat tue recorus oi me roiice t.ourt ana work-house khow that Milroy was arrested on the 7th of December, 1;7.5, for the petty larceny of a dog. valued at JL.h.i, found guilty, fined $25 and costs, and sent to the wr.rL-hcue in default of navment; that on Icetmber 21. Is75. the IVanl of Wrk-Hou-e LH rectors met and investigated the matter and ordered his discharge on the grounds that the otiense was a trivial one and that the prosecution was the result of spite work. It a also charged that Jerry Mulroy had been found guilty of drunkenness, fined l and costs and "sent to the work-house August 1, l7f. The special agent says: I am clearly of the opinion that this last charge ha reference to some other person. and is not the Jem Mulroy under investi gation. lnsupjortof this opinion he sub mit the statement of I'ohce Othccr Samuel McFarland, who was prosecuting witness, and who avers that the culprit on this occasion wa not the Jerry Mulroy who is now Assistaut Custodian of the Custom-house. The si4-cial agent al-o investigated and makes refort in the eae of Augustus O.Con nor, colored, appointed y Surveyor Cald well as janitor in the registered letter de partment of the rostofhee at Cincinnati. The agent finds that O'Connor served a term of three years in the Ohio Penitentiary, having been convicted of stealing a watch and chain. O'Connor told the special agent that he did not steal the watch and chain, hut undertook to pawn them for the man who did steal them. He gained five months for good behavior. The special agent is "not able to find any one who knows O'Connor but what has a good word for him, and there is no question but that he has proved himself a useful and trustworthy man for the last few years." The charge of attempted bribery brought against M. B. Bailey, Superintendent of Construction and Repairs of the Chicago ustom House and Postolhce Building, has wen invent igatea by Solicitor Aicvue, acting tnde r the orders of Secretary Manning. The Solicitor finds that the case had been disIoscd of in Bailey's favor by the court over which Judge Tree presided. The matter was also referred by the Secretary to Judge Tree, who said that the acquittal of Bailey-was fully justified by the evidence. Judge Tree joined in recommending Bailey for the position. William Whalen, also recently appointed an Inspector of Customs, has alao been charged with being a defaulter to the city of Chicago. Investigation was undertaken, but the ersoiis making the charges could not be found here or elsewhere, and the matter was dropi-ed as being without foundation. trthqnak Shoeka la India. ' Bom bat, July 17. A severe shock of earthquake was felt in Murre to-day. Nobody was injured. Shocks have also been felt elsewh re in the Punjab.

ABOUT PENSION LAWS. Applying for Pensions in tie Sixties Like Seeking Relief From Benevolent Associations.

The Politic Limestone of Indian Equal, if Not Snperior, to the Best Building Material in the World Formation Period of lenieracy I Washixgtoe, July 19. I was present the other morning when Colonel McLain received a letter from State Senator yillard asking as a personal favor special and immediate attention to the pension case of David Tarpy. Colonel, MeLain lost no time in making this duty obligatory upon the proper cleik. Tarpy was a soldier in the late war, and had the good forture to distinghh himself in a meeting with John Morgan's cavalry. But applying for a pension in the sixties, while the system of espionage peculiar to that eriod prevailed, he was convicted of bodily unsoundness previous to the date of enlistment and rejected. For a while since the war every soldier applying for his rights under the lawwas regarded as something of a felon until proof to the contrary could be established. This pension business was as cold as charity before Christmas. The rule was as unsympathetic as the seven-faced person one usually finds at the head of organized benevolence. You approach this Christian phenomenon asking relief for a family in distress. The walls letween which this stricken family domiciles are bare, the floors are carpetless and the increment . of dirt, poverty and hollow-eyed destitution is over all. Of these children it might be said "misery stole them at their birth." I don't exactly understand why such ieople are propegated, but it is a solemn fact that we have them with us always. Asking for relief, you are paralyzed with the information that help in that quarter is not allowed. An old record is resurrected that reveals ancestorial unworthiness and miscellaneous skalawaggery. Pleading is in vain. The record goei back to the beginning, and no reasonable man could ossibIy marshal the patience to go farther. It shows that these people are ignorant, adicted to doing nothing, iicking up thines, and that the men folks lave well disciplined lijw for liquor. The average philanthropic asociation is for the good little children that die young and for older eople who are not as the common herd. I he Government niggardly dealings with the soldiers, which the Republican party was responsible for the legislation of the country, will in time be read with a feeling of revulsion. It was to the case of Tarpy that Senator Voorhees made allusions in nearly all his speeches during the. last campaign. I talked to-day ithMr. Bell, Supervising Architect of thö Treasury, and was surprised to find him in fiarmonv witli Professor Collett in regard to the oolitic stone of Indiana, as the coming building material. It is the same formation that enters into that imposing structure, the Knglish House of Parliament. A itone of which the cities and palaces of Scotland are constructed was offered free, hut the gift was declined. The oolitic stone, by the masters and builders of Great Britain, though secured at vast expense, was preferred. The quarries in England were deep and difficult, but .at Bedford and Bloomington. and in truth throughout Southern Indiana, it can le brought to the surface and given shape with but little lalor. It may le some gratification to Indiana jeople to know that the material entering into their State House is the best in the world impervious to the heat r the cold of the seasons, clastic, more durable and as susceptible of as line a finish as any block of marble upon which Grecian sculptors ever wrought. The ancients knew of no stone of equal value. In all marble there is more or less iron. A block of absolutely pure marble would be as expensive as a block of brass, or at least bring as much in the market. There is no foreign substance or gross formation in the conijsition of this Indiana stone, and the State House in Indianapolis will be admired as a miracle of architectural beauty, long after the appropriation of a million in money is asked from CongTess to n?iair the Waliington Monument, by plugging up the holes in the granite excavated by the freezing and thawing of several centuries. Stone from Bedford is being shipped to every section of the country, and put together it vast blocks of masonry even in the old Granite State. Public buildings in Pennsylvania are of material quarried in Southern Indiana; it was chosen by Vanderbilt for his palace now building. It is to be shipped for State Houses in both Texas and Colorado. Tins is the formation period of the Democratic party, the philosophers tell us, as President Cleveland evidently believes. His labors, largely, I imagine, self-imposed, are telling upon him. He isn't holding up any letter than Colonel Messmore, of Michigan, who has been here since the inauguration asking for recognition. The office-holder jo'ns the office-seeker in mental and physical strain. Mr. Cleveland evidently believes in the Pendlctonian law and the Katonian execution of it; and the Cabinet Ministers want more of the good things. Jap Tcrpen. NEWS OP NATIONAL INTEREST. The Reports of Great Swarms of Locust found to Be Greatly Exaggerated. Washington, July 1. Ince the latter part of May alarming reports of wams of young locusts, or grasshoppers, in the Valley of the Arkansas and In other portions of the State of Colorado have been published, aud the fear was expressed that Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri would be visited by an luvaMon of the Rocky Mountain locuitt roelanoplu spretu. Cnder direction of Professor Kiley, Mr. Lawrence Bruner, the .Nebraska Agent of the Department of Agriculture, has visited the portion of Colorado from which rumors came. His report has just beta received, and is of such a natura as to allay all fears. The principal reports were from Palida, Rico, Canon City and Iueblo. During his sojourn in the Ktate he visited all the pointa along the line ef the Denver and South Park Railway between Denver and Leadville, and from Leadville followed down the Arkansas River, stopping at Buena Vista, balida and Canon City, and then going from Granite, Pine Creek, Garros aud Corno. In every locality visited from which grasshoppers were reported It was found that the numbers had been greatly exaggerated, and in no case was the migrating species found. Ail reports arose from a rather undue abundance of native species, and which are present every year, most of which bave tbeir preferred food plants in the ehepe of wild growths and noxious weeds. APTOISTXENTS. The President to-day appointed William II. Black, of Iowa, to be agent tor the Indians of the fucaud Fox Agency. The President to-day appointed the following named Presidential Postmasters: J. Talilcrrn, at Winchester, Ky., vice A. II. Simpson, suieuded; Ben iamin Long, at Greenville, Ala., vice J. II. Perdue, suspended; Richard J. Wickersham, at I-el.anou. Mo., vice H. C M. Wilson, suspended; K. P. Hiel, at Pierce City. Mo., viee Thomm Cnrlin, suspended: Andrew . lleudriek, at I Salle, 111., vie D. O. Leaner, suspended; William (i. Morris, at Krankfort, Ind., vice William IL Ark, sus

pended ; Hermann Freygang, at Angola, Ind., vice . McCartney, suspended; Koben M. Koberson, at Tipton. Ind., vice S. Lowley, suspended; John 'eff, at Winchester, Ind., vice C. K. Ferris, suspended; eorjte K. Reynolds, of Plymouth, Ind., vice W. 11. Kendall, suspended; Lliphalet B. Craw ford, at hioux City, la., vice E. K. Kirk, suspended : Sumner B. Chase, at Osage, Tenn., vice F. K. Albertson, suspended; William A. Burke, at Stau&ton, Va., vices. M.Gaston, suspended; Jas. M. Keys, at Put-hUnd Centre, Wis., vice D. G. James, suspended. The secretary of the Interior has appointed Samuel N. Holliday, Jr., of et. Louis, Mo., and William Ii. Henderson, of Martlnville, Ind., AsiMnt enjierintendents of the Yellowstone National Park. Allen W. Easterly of Montana. John A.Quinn of Indiana; Hugh C.Quigleyof Ohio, Nathan B. Wharton of Ohio. James N. Smith of Arkans, and John Jones of Nc-w York, have )ccn appointed special agents of tho Oencral Land OHVe. The fallowing Internal Revenue Collectors were appointed bv the President late this afternoon: Daniel J. Welch for the District of Montana. Joha c. IleuJerson for the Eleventh District of Indiana. W illiam B. Anderson for the Thirteenth District of lHiuois, Thomas Cooper for the Eighth District of Illinois. Mr. Welch is t'ouuty TreaMiier of Silver County, Montana; Mr. Henderson is an editor of Kokomo, Ind.: Mr. Anderson Is a lawyer and was Biigadier General in the Union army; Mr. Cooper is a business man of Itkin. 111. The majority of the internal revenue ollices of the country' have been tilled, but nineteen remaining vnennt. The President to-day tendered to William. B. Webb, of this city, the position of District Commissioner, to succeed Commissioner West, whose term oi otlice has expired. Mr. Webb is about sixty years of Re, and is a Republican In politics. In 1W1 he was appointed Superintendent of Tollce, and served three years. He is a lawyer with a good practice. Mr. Webb has a.-ked for a few days in which to consider the tender. It has been the custom that both political parties should be represented In the District Commission. West, whose tenn hn expired, was the Republicnn member. S. II. Henry was to-day appointed National Bank Examiner for the State Of Texas and the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona. Mr. Henry is the editor and proprietor of the State I-edeer, of Jackson. Miss., and was recoinwcuded for apF ointment by Mr. Tilden and other prominent leniocrats. 'lie had previously declined an appointment as chief of a division in the Sixth Auditor's ollice. THE CATTLE TRAIL TROVBI.ES. The secretary' of the Interior ' has received a number of telegrams in response to the cattle trails through the Indian Territory, some of them from drovers, complaining that the trails are still obstructed, aud others from the stock-growers requesting that the cattle be not forced through until a judicial ascertainment of the right of the parties to the controversy be had. They ah) request that a veterinary surgeon le sent to the Indian Territory to examine the condition of the herds. Secretary Lamar to-day scut the following dispatch to Inspector Armstrong at the Cheyenne aud Arapahoe Agency in the Indian Territory: "The trail leading from Fort Supply In a northerly directiou to aud into the neutral strips known as the camp's supply trail, must be opened for the passage of cattle forcibly sbopoed. and for other purposes of interested comment'. You will confer with General Sheridan, who has instructions of even date herewith from the War Department as to the adoption of measures best calculated to effect this order." A telegram was also sent to Powers and Lee, cattlemen, at Kansas City, detailing the instructions giveu the Inspector and concluding as follows: "You had a complete remedy. No acts of lawlessness such as have been resorted to. as forcible and unauthorized detention of cattle, will be tolerated. I Q. C. Lamar, Secretary." GRANT AND BUCKNER.

The Siek Man' Sentiments Regarding; the War and Its ltesult la Ilia Travels lie Realised the Full Value of American Institutions. New York July 16. General Simon I, Buckner, the ex-Confederate., .soldier, who called uton General Grant at Mount McGregor and had a long talk with him, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, but will return to his home in Kentucky to-morrow. General Backncr has hitherto persi-ently declined to make public any part of his interview with Gen cral Grant on the ground that it was private and personal, and not intended for publication. General Bncknerwasa classmate of General Grant at Vet Point, and served with him through the Mexican War, and their friendly relations were never weaken ed, notwithstanding they fought on opjosite sides during the rebellion. When General Buckner called at Mount McGregor, General i rant was unable to talk, and the conversation on his part was carried on entirely by writing, Ihe slij of paer upon which he wrote are carefully treasured bv General Buckner as mementoes of his visit. After mature consideration and becoming satisfied that General Grant would not object, General Buckner yesterdav decided to give to the public the only portion of the memorable interview which is, in his opinion, of interest to the country at large. He liandled the lit tle slips of paer on which General (irant has written almost as though tney were sacred General Buckner said: "We had some general conversation which was of in terest to no one but ourselves, and which I do not feel mstihed in eivinir to the nubhc In the course of it, however, General Grant wrote dne paragraph which I regard as of great importance and which the public have a right to read. Here it is in full, just as he wrote it. I have witnessed since mv sick ness,' General Grant wrote, 'just what I have wished to see ever since the war harmonv and good feeling between the sections. have always contended that if there had been nobody left but the soldiers we would have had peace in a year. and are the tmly two that I know of, who don't stem to be satisfied, on the Southern side. e have some on ours who failed to accora plish as much as they wished, or who did not get warmed up to the fight till it was all over, who have not had quite full satisfaction. The great ma jority, too. of those who did not go into the wbt have long since grown tired of the long controversy. AVe may now well look forward to a perpetual peace at home and a national strength that will serpen us against any foreign complications. I believe, myself, that the war was worth all it cost us, fearful as it was. Since it was over I have visited every .State in Europe and a number in the East. I know now, as I did not know before, the value erf our institutions.' "These," said General Buckner, "are noble sentiments of genuine patriotism, and I think that the general public ought to share with me the knowledge that General Grant holds such views. They show that he has only the good of his country at heart in the last moments of his patriotic life. The names of those which 1 left blank are those of ex-Confederates still living, and I don't feel at liberty to make them public. Beyond this sentiment there was nothäng whatever in the interview that is of interest to anybody except General Grant and myself." Committed Suicide in His Cell. Jersey City, N. J., July 20. John Gaunt, who was arrested early Saturday morning for the brutal murder of his wife, Emma, in Hoboken, committed suicide this morning by hanging in his cell in the county jail. He was found dead by the turnkey about 6 o'clock. The prisoner occupied a cell on the second tier alone. He drew out his bed cord and deliberately strangled" himself with it, his feet touching the floor. Sent to State Prison for Three Year. New York, July 20. Captain Daniel P. Ward, arrested for swindling several business firms in this city during the past year, 1 leaded guilty to-day and was sent to State risonfor three years. The prisoner is a Southerner and is said to come from a good family. During the war he is said to have been a hotel burner. His swindling schemes were not confined to this city.

RUSSO-AFGHM SCARE. All the Talk is Peace but All tie Actions Look like War.

A Short Review of the Afghanistan Situation Contrast St ran pel jr 'With the Peace Assurances of the Knglish and Russian Cabinets. Loxpox, July 10. The serious information brought by the important dispatches read at yesterday's Cabinet Council must have convinced Her Majesty's Ministers that the tailacrain wags the dog. Salisbury and De Giersare the dog; their Generals at the front the tail. Cabinets discuss secret proposals, and uncontrollable military agents respond with movements making war almost unavoidable. It is announced from the capitals that delimitation negotiations are proceeding smoothly and nearing a satisfactory termination, and almost the same hour news reaches us from the front that a coup de main in Herat is imminent, and that the British commission, in fulfillment of their peaceful mission, enthusiastically advance to meet their Russian colleagues by hastily retiring on Herat, and at the instance of the Ameer assuming supervision of defensive preparations. The retrograding officers proclaim the strategetic movement to the rear to have been caused by the extraordinary pacific aspect of everything at the front, and the Ameer allays "the deep feeling of satisfaction aroused by the intensely amicable situation by declaring to his people that the British Indian army will come to his assistance as soon as the increasing friendly forward movement of the Kussians renders stich a picnic inevitable. Benewcd assurance of white robed peace come from the inspired press of St. Petersburg, and from Iondon official sotnecs we learn that Afghan regiments are hastening from various camps to reinforce Herat, and occupy jositions commanding that stronghold, and that Russian columns at Pendjdeh, in the east, and Ak Kobat in the west, have grown into armies lapping over into mountain passes and roads leading into Afghanistan and Persia. In further proof of the profoundly peaceful outlook we find that since Churchill's advent at the Indian Ottice, the Hmala authorities have vigorously resumed the supnly of rifles, ammunition, war stores and bullion to the Ameer, and that M. DeCIrs' energetic efforts to avoid bloodshed are developing in the direction of extensive levies of Bokhani and Turcoman tribes, and the transformation of the raw material into drilled and armed Kussian regulars. It has also transpired that from Mery the Russians advanced the supply camp to the southern most Russian port oi observation in the tributary Afghan territory, or line, as the crow flies, of 175 miles or so, and from the Caspian Sea terminusot the new Askabad Railroad to Ak Kobat, separate chains of communication are at last completed, along which troops are moving forward, effecting concentration at points where armies of invasion are collecting men and material for, the anticipated coup de main on Herat. THE PALL MALL GAZETTE. It Seems in a Fair Way to Convince the Distinguished Committee of the Truth of Its Exposures. Loxpox, July 10. The Tall Mall Gazette has issued in a single edition a complete pub lication of the full text of all its revelations The edition is having enormous sale, and the proceeds arc to be devoted towards defraying the expenses of the commission which is ex amining the data upon which the (Jazette's articles are based. The commission yester day afternoon spent three hours at the Man sion Hlouse examining, under oath, before the Lord Mayor and tlie City Recorder, one of the Tall Mall Gazette's reportorial commissioners. The Lord Mayor pWsided over the examination. Neither he nor any of the dignitaries present would converse with members of the press about what transpired any further than to say that the examination was confined to the work of sifting the evi dence gathered by the reiorters. In support of the Gazette s statement that among the criminal establishments purveying to vice in London was the procuration firm of Mesdames X and Z, whose business consisted in supplying customers all over Europe with young fema'e children, all certified by reputable physicians to be innocent. The personages engaged in this inquiry say they will not speak uion the subiect for publication until the Commission of Inquiry finishes its work, which will require another week. One of the Commissioners for the Pall Mall Gazette reports to that iaper to-day the following facts, the trnth of which he 'declares to be incontestable: In order to show the Mansion House Committee that the diabolical business exKsed by the Gazette was still carried on as Idly as ever, notwithstanding the revelations, the reporter offered to procure from the establishment of X and Z as many certified girls as the committee might name, delivered any where to their order. There being some hesitation about the acceptance of this proposition, the reporter, while thewommittee was fctill in session, went to a procuress and ordered a pretty girl, fourteen years of age, certified oy a" physician to be good, to be delivered to his order as "agent for a gentleman of GO." The madame accepted the order, and in a short time produced the girl, certified. The reporter investigated the child's history, ' and ascertained that her father was dead and her mother was a poor working woman. The girl was dressed in an old black frock. Having completed the purchase of the girl, the reporter hastened to arrange for her delivery anywhere and to any person designated by the committee. No member of the committee would consent to receive the girl. The reporter thereupon arranged for her delivery to-night, and hurried back to the Mansion House, having completed the whole transaction during the single Eitting of the committee. This morning tlie reporter received a confidential letter from Madame Z, appointing a retired place to meet the girl to-night. In addition to the above incident, the Pall Mall Gazette publishes the following: "The Gazette reporter, who was examined under oath at the Mansion House yesterday, offered to prove the truth of the Gazette's statements concerning the places of Mesdames X and Z by an actual purchase, to be made by telegraph while the committee was in session. The reporter wired the mesdames to supply a certified maid to a private house near the Mansion House, where any member of the committee could satisfy himself beyond doubt regarding the ghastly business. He assured the committee that the order would be promptly filled, but no member of tie committee would consct to undertake exposing himself to the proposed ordeal, or receive the purchase in any way." Sir Richard Assheton Cross, Home Secretary, speaking this afternoon in the House of Commons about the revelations of the Pall Mall Gazette, said that nobody could sympathize more than he with the work which the

Gazette was performing, and he declared that the Home Department would use every lossible effort to discover and punish the perpetrators of the offences exposed. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

Poisoned by Ice Cream A Madman's Confession. Rome, July 19. Two hundred persons j were poisoned by ice cream, during a public holiday, in Sicily. A crowd severely pun- j ished the vender, who narrowly escaped with his life. A madman has been arrested at San Dona on the charge of kidnaping. He confesses that he has stolen and eaten a number of children because he was starving. The Munster Rank Plans. Di bli.x, July 19. The.Munster Bank Committee conferred with the directors to-day. Thev provo-ed to double the capital of the bank by a new issue of l,tnio,090 in 10 shares, to make an immediate call of 30 shillings per share, thereby raising 22.".non, and to substitute shares of 2 paid up for the present shares, on which 3 10 shillings is paid, making the uncalled liability S per share, instead of 6 10 shillings, the new shares to draw the same rate of dividend as the oW. Twelve Cent Messages. Losnox, July 20. Lord John Manners, Postmaster General, in addition to his proposal to reduce the present telegraph tariff from twenty-four to nineteen cents for tenword messages, the addresses to be free, proK)ses to encourage the sending of smaller messages by charging but twelve cents for messages containing but two words, and a cent for each additional word. Cholera Statistics. Madrid, July 20. There were in Spain yesterday l.S-'s) new cases of cholera and 7bl deaths. Of these 350 new cases and 133 deaths were reported from the Province of Saragossa. Cases have apieared at Puerto Real, in the Province of Cadiz, and at the cities of Palcncia and Yalladolid. Cholera has made its appearance in the vicinity of Cadiz. Cholera New Cases and Deaths. Madbip, July 19. In all Spain on Saturday, there were 1, new cases of cholera and 718 deaths reported. In Madrid and vicinity there were nineteen new cases and twelve deaths. Cases of cholera are reported at Malaga, Cadiz and Granada, and on the Spanish frigate Numancia. A Fenian Arrest eil for a Murder Commit. ted in 1880. Losnox. July 20. A Fenian who has just arrived in London from America, was ar rested this morning on the Mramt. lie is cliarged with the murder of a brother Fenian in a tavern at Warwick. .. Drowned. Paris, July 20. The ballon in whiih the Fronaut Klv ascended from Sorient the 14th inst., and which was last seen drifting to ward the sea, has been picket! up by a dippe smack, nothing was seen by Air. Lly, and it is presumed that he perished. HI SkeletoirFoundr"""" " Yiexxa, July 19. The skeleton of Herr Bamberger, son of the well-known Professor, who had been missing for a year, has been found in a ravine m the Stynan Alp. Mansion Ilonse Committee. Loxdox, July 20. The Mansion House Committee Mcnt four hours to-dav in the . i r . a a 1 - . , wora oi investigating nie revelations muie by the Pall Mall Gazette. THE HOT WAVE. Prostrations From txtreme Heat at Various Places. Baltimore, July 20. To-day has been the hottest of the present season in this city. At 7 o'clock this morning the thermometer registered W, at 11 it had reached 90, and at 4 in the afternoon 99 was recordedat the signal service office, and 101 at several points in the city. There were numerous cases of sunstroke and three deaths. In the afternoon a fair breeze cooled tlie air slightly, but the mercury, at 8 p. m.. was still in the nineties. The death rate has been largely increased by the hot weather, which has continued for several days. Philadelphia, July 20. The heat for the past four days has been the most intense for several years, the thermometer ranging in the nineties every day. To-day the highest point reached at the "signal Office was 9t at 3 p. m. Yesterday there were seven deaths as a result of the heat, and to-day two more occurred from the same cause. Richmond. Ya., July 20. The hot weather which has prevailed hereabouts for nearly a week still continues. In this citv the thermometer since last Wednesday . has ranged from 85 to 100 between 9 a. m. and 4 p, m. each daj'. Yesterday between 12 and 3 p. m., the murcury in teveral places rose to 100 and 103. To-day it marked 98 degrees. "Washixotox, July 20. John Fox, a baker, while delivering bread in South Washington this morning about t o'clock, was overcome by the heat aud died two hours afterward. There is no prpect of relief from the hot weather. The mercury rose to 93 to-day, and the Signal Officer says it may be warmer to-morrow. Dayton. July 20. Three cases of sunstroke occurred here to-day, all stone-masons, working in the sun. f he thermometer ranged from 96 at noon to 101 at 4:30 in the shade. At 6:30 it stood 118 in the sun. At 10 tonight the mercury was SK. CixasxATi, July 20. The mercury reached 95 this afternoon. One case of prostration from heat is rejorted. To-night, lor the first time in a long while; there is no place of entertainment open insCincinnati. This is paitly owing to the hsr weather and partly to accidental circumstances. Pittsburg, July 20. This afternoon the mercury registered 98 in the shade, the highest point reached this season. The minimum temperature was 69. At 7 o'clock this morning and at midnight the mercury had fallen to BO3. (Jreat suffering exists among factory and mill hands, but no fatality has been reported. - Burned His Cattle and Horses. Bloomixotox, 111., July 20. Recently the wife of Abe Deuscr, a wealthy eccentric German farmer living west of the city, sued hira for divorce and had him enjoined from disCosingof his property. This so incensed im that last night he drove all his stock, including horses worth $2,000, into his barn, and, setting fire to it, burned the whole thing to the ground. He is missing, and is be lieved to have purposely perished in the flames. Plantation Hands Poisoned. Butler, Ga., July 20. The hands on the plantation of I. J. Gray have been made victims of poisoning, which resulted in the death of one of their number. Frank Williams and Clarke Montgomery had a quarrel about a woman. Clarke spread rat toison over some meat, bich killed Frank and made others deathly sick.

DEVASTATING FLAMES Get in Their Werk to the Extent of $300,000 in Chicago.

Tne; Extremely Dry Weather of the Past tVeek Had Prepared the Buildings So As to Make Excellent Food For the Fire. Chicago, July 20. Late to-night three successive alarms turned in from the south western portion of the city, heralded a fro which, according to the latot estimates, hasi destroyed upwards cf f.Wi.OO'i of property. It was nearly 11 o'clock when the building of the Wells & French Car and Bridge Comparer were discovered to be on fire. Engines were quickly on the spot, but the hot, dry weather of the past week had rendered the buildings such excellent food for the flanies that the efforts of the firemen were almost without avail. The names, already started, would not le daunted by the dozen streams of water turned on them and licked up everything in tbeir path. The works of the company comprise several building, situated at the corner of Twentyseeond and Paulina streets. At the hour of midnight all of these, together with their contents, were a total loss. In one building was stored wood and other material for 1.30J cars. This was one of the first destroyed, The fire is lelieved to have had is origin rix spontaneous combustion, as its source has Wen traced to a cupboard where refuse from the paint shop was Kept, At this hour, 12:30 a. m., the loss as above stated is thought not to be overestimated. It is impossible to ascertain the amount of insurance carried. Editorial, Composing aud Press Rooms of All Four Itnined The Star Tender the Fse of Its Office Two Fires in Philadelphia. Washixotox, July 1. About eight o'clock this evening a fire broke out suddenly in the Tost building, at the corner of Tenth and D streets, and soon the upier stories were wrapped in Harnes. The building was occupied by the Washington Daily Tost, the National Republican, the Washington Critic, the Sunday Gazette, the United States Electrict Light Company, and several other tenants. The editorial, composing, and press rooms of the four papers are completely ruined, and the business offices flooded with water. The building, which is owned by Stilson liutchins, is valued at $SX),000, and is said to be covered by insurance. Roth the Tost and Republican used the same press, valued at -'0,oo0. insured for $13,0o0. The Critic press was valued at Mö.000 and is suplosed to have been insured. In the basement of the Republican office was a press owned by ex-Secretary Chandler and valued at $2"Ai. There were also in the building the plates of Mr. Stilson Hutchins' new book entitled "Tlie National Capital, Washington, past aud tire-sent," The ilates were very valuable and a total loss, iesides the plates 5,uoo copies of the work were burned. The Gazette is now owned by Thomas S. Monow, whose loss is not hcavy. Michael Conway, of the Chicago Fire Department, who arrived here this morning en route to New York, went to tho fire, and during its progress introduced himself to Chief Crouin, of the Washington Firw department, and the lauer immediately placed him in charge of a portion of the firemen, and he did excellent service in righting the names. The total loss Mill reach about 1.V,0, about two-thir ls of which is covered by insurance. The editors of the Evening Star at once tendered the use of their office to Kdh the Post and Republican, and those papers will le issued as usual to-morrow morning. While the building was still in names the editors and printers of th Post and Republican were hard at work at the Star office, preparinff for to-morrow's edition. While the origin of the lire is not definitely know n it is believed to have broken out in the engine room of the Kleetrie Light Company. The plant of the company was in the Post building, and soon after the tire broke out every elet -ric light in the city was extinguished, leaving certain quarters of the city in darkness. Destructive Fire iaUiNw Yi k and Jew England Kailroad Shops. Rostox, July 19. A destructive tire occurred at the New York and New England Railroad Company's car shops in Norwood Tark this afternoon. The fire originated im the engine room aud destroved the mainbuilding, which was of brick 5ö0by 75 feet. and used as the passenger and freight car repair shops. The flames also communicated' to the brick building 200 by (JO feet, used as the blacksmith .shop, then to the foundry building also 2U0 by 00 feet, and they were also destroyed. A longwooden structure, used for the tin shop, was partially consumed. A great deal of valuable machinery was destroyed; in all, about one half the comiany's Vorks were ruined; but very little rolling stock was iujured. Total loss estimated at $200,000, probably fully insu red. Firemen Injured. Cixcixxati, July 19. Fire this morning destroyed Mrs. Mary J. Romer's house, No, 68 Brown street. Los? $6,000, and two frame dwellings adjoining the propertr, loss $4.000. Falling corni e injured two firemen of Company 10, knoc king them off the ladder. Joe Godelay was injured very seriously in the head. I'ljK'iimn James Cahill, was hurt badly but not dangerously. JOHN M'CULLOUGH. The Commission Making Inquiries Into Bin Conditio Adjonrn. Philadelphia, July 20. The commission appointed by the court to make inquiries into the mental condition of John McCuIlough, who is now confined in the Bloomingdale Asylum, held another meeting to-day. Matthew Canning, a former busine manager of the actor, . as recalled, and stated that in his opinien Mr. McCullough had lucid intervals. He appeared to have a thorough knowledge of money matters, but he did not believe he was in a condition to make business arrangements. At times he was Ierfectly rational. He last met him three weeks ago, when he apjieared perfectly rational at times, while at others he was wandering in his actions. The witness stated r that at one time after he had arranged some checks to wnd to his wife, Mr. McCullough requested him to put them in an envelop ana then enclose all in another envelope. William Johnson, who acted as Mr. McCulhiUgh 9 counsel in this city, said his first observation of Mr. MeCullough'a failure of mind was in January, aud conversation with him several times since had convinced him that the great actor's mind was in a pitiable condition. He had lucid intervals, Mr. Johnson said, but not sutneient to enable him to take charge of his estate. He knows who has been kind to him, where his money is, and how much money he has got. Tb concluded the hearing and an adjournment took place until Wednesday next, when the commission will probably give Its verJ"t.