Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1885 — Page 2

The Republican. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. W. R MARSHALL, - PuBiJSBn.

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THE EAST. BrEDERIOK T. FrELINGHUYSEN. exSecretary of State, died at his home in Park place, Newark, N. J., aged G 8 years. For many hours previous to his death he was entirely unconscious. The fatal character of the disease was announced to the public more than six weeks ago, and since that time there has never been any hope entertained by the physicians, who were astonished by the extraordinary vitality of the patient. ...A policeman in New York, nt 3 o’clock fn the morning, discovered a Frenchman named Louis Francis carrying toward the North Biver a bag containing the mutilated corpse of his mistress. Francis at first stated that she died a natural death, and that he was unable to afford a funeral, but his subsequent admissions made it a clear case of strangling with a handkerchief... .An autopsy upon the body of Robert E. Odium, who jumped from the Brooklyn bridge, showed that five ribs were broken on the right side, upon which he struck the water, and it was evident that the heart had been affected by the shock, causing almost immediate death.

At Pittsburgh, Pa., Frank Karhnd, a Bohemian, 18 years of age, killed a 3-year-old girl, daughter of a man named Lepig, with whom he boarded, fired a shot at the child’s mother, jpid then fired two shots into his own heart, causing instant death. No cause is known for the deed,., .Following is the weekly semi-official bulletin in regard to Gen. Grant’s condition, which appeared in the Medical Record (New York) of ~.--yely= During the nast week Gen. Grant has been in a comparatively comfortable condition. He obtains his full amount of sleep, takes his nourishment without difficulty, and is quite free from pain. At the consultation May 15, Drs. Hands, Shrady, and Douglas being present. It was found that the swelling under the angle of the jaw on the right side had increased in size; that the glands were still indurated and deeply fixed; also, that there was a tendency toward diffused infiltration into the adjoining tissues of the upper law and anterior portions of the neck. There was, consequently, some rigidity of the jaws, preventing the wide cpening of the mouth, thus in a measure interfering with the examination of the throat. The palatal curtain was somewhat swollen, but the destructive processes at the Bide of the uvula had not markedly extended. No change had been noted in the appearance of the right tonsilar region nor in those of the posterior part of the pharynx. The ulceration on the right side of the base of the tongue showed a tendency to extend backward, was more excavated, ind had an elevated and indurated border. At the examination on Wednesday, made by Dre. Douglas and Shrady, the local conditions were found to be unchanged. Prof. Odium, the swimmer who leaped to death from the Brooklyn Bridge, was buried at Washington. His family exonerates Capt. Boyton from all responsibility in the matter. The Captain, it appears, repeatedly warned Odium not to make the foolhardy attempt. It is calculated that Odium struck the water at an approximate velocity of 187 feet per second and with a force equal to 9,000 foot-pounds.. . .It is asserted by the family of the late Secretary Frelinghnysen that his first serious illness was due to aconite bottled with some mineral’water. The Niagara Park Commissioners of the State of New York held a meeting at the Falls. 'The Comptroller expects to purchase the desired property in July, and to open the park to the public immediately thereafter... .A contract has been made by five telegraph operators in New York to proceed to Siam and spend three years in the postal service, teaching the Morse system. They are to receive SIOO per month and all expenses... .Work is in progress on the surface railway in Broadway, New York. The occupation of the street had been fought over since 1851.

THE WEST.

The bloodthirsty Apaches are again on the rampage in Arizona and New Mexico. They killed two men at Eagle Creek, and four at Alma. Troops have started after the ent-threats... ;ln the United States Circuit Court at Chicago bonds of $50,000 each were renewed by J. C. Mackin and W. J. Gallagher. The certificate of division of opinion filed by Judges Harlan and Gresham asks the Supreme Court to decide ■whether the crimes charged are infamous; •whether the defendants can be tried otherwise than on an indictment; whether the Clerk of Cook County is a pnblic officer under the Federal election law,and whether the facts stated in the information constitute a conspiracy. The Presbyterian General Assembly at Cincinnati tabled a resolution offered by Judge Drake, of* the Federal Court of Claims, declaring that the Roman Catholic Church cannot be recognized as a Christian church, and that its priesthood can only be •viewed as usurpers of the functions of the ministry.

So far the United States Treasury has been unable, notwithstanding its repeated efforts, to put the $31,003,000 of fractional silver now in the Sub-Treasuries into circulation. This, says a Washington dispatch, is regarded as a confirmation of the theory that it is impossible to force into circulation unpopulir coin. As a matter •f fact, the supply of fi actional silver is not equal to the requirements of the large cities, and there is good reason to think that it would be for the convenience of the public if all. the $31,000,000 now in the vaults could be thrown into circulation. Probably the greatest difficulty encountered by the Treasury in its efforts to force out the coin is the fact that the banks refuse to receive it on deposit. It thus becomes necessary for street railways and other corporations which receive large amounts of fractional silver to send this coin to the Treasury for redemption .... Secretary Manning has appointed a committee of prominent officials of the department who represent the office of the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Controller of the Currency, the Redemption Division, and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, to consider not only the propositions to renew the existing contract lor fiber paper, but to decide whether or not it is wise to continue the use of the distinctive paper".' Some members of the committee are kno n to oppose this silk-fiber paper. They lalieve that it offers no adequate security against counterfeiting, while it rmdeni the note less stable, and injures its appearance and surface. The silk-fib_r paper was introduced upon the theor; that notes printed upon it could not be cointerfeited. It is now discovered that meffianical precautions against counterfeitin’ are no longer effectual, and that the best safeguard is to secure a clear, fine note, wiich will retain through long usage a distinct appearance. Secretary Manning is belhved to iocline to the opinion that the artitic appearance of the notes and securit es should be improvedA anUMAL Grand Jury found 120 indie..

ments against twelve leading citizens of Metropolis, Massac County, 111., for forgery, conspiracy, etc., perpetrated to swindle a number of life insurance companies, including the Alutu<, of Chicago; the Northwestern, of Chicago; the Northwestern, of Milwaukee; the Protection League, of Ashley, HL, and several companies of "Eastern cities!' The rjng operated by insuring people on their death-beds ou false statements as to health and. age.. . .The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has arrived at Muskogee, I. T.,'ana has begun work. After the sale of Oklahoma end the Cherokee strip the mos| important question will- be that of citizenship. The Indians say that the Territory is overrun with whites claiming Indian blobd. Many hundreds have been ordered to leave, but the Interior Department has interfered i® their favor and prevented their ejectment. In the Cherokee Nation there is wide diversity of opinion regarding the sale of their lands, but on the whole the five tribes are inclined to favor the idea.,. .Fire at Lansing, lowa, destroyed $150,000 worth of, property; insurance, $60,000. Four three-story br.ck buildings, twelve two-story bricks, six dwellings, and six barns were swept awav. Twenty families were burned out of their homes. Thir-ty-five buildings in all were destroyed. The Mirror and Journal newspaper offices were burned... .Four stores of the Anderson block at Merrill, Wis., were burned, the loss being $70,000... .The nightexpress on the Mount Vernon and Panhandle route was wrecked near Mount Vernon, Ohio.. The smoker and one passenger coach left the track and plunged into a small stream twenty feet below. Of twenty passengers no one was injured, but the conductor was quite badly hurt....ln the District Court atßlaqkfoot, Idaho, Bistfop George Stuart and four other Mormons pleaded guilty to polygamous practices. Ettch was sentenced to four months in the Territorial Prison and fined S3OO. These are the first convictions reached in that Territory... .The funeral of six of the victims of the Cincinnati fire took place at St. Xavier’s Catholic Church, in that city the coffins being almost buried in flowers,.. .The Brotherhood of' Locomotive Engineers held a reunion in the Capitol of Illinois. Goy. Oglesby delivered an address.

THE SOUTH.

The growth of Mormonism in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia was never more marked than to-day. It is taking deep root in (he rural districts, and the number of converts is increasing at a rapid rate. The Lewis County (Tenn.) murders in August last, instead of intimidating the elders, seemed to inspire them with more zeal, and the recent act of the Legislature making it a psnal offense to preach polygamy in the State apparently has nerved them to renewed efforts. A dispatch from Chattanooga announces the arrest of two Mormon Elders in Carter County, Tennessee. The feeling ran high, and there were loud threats ofJynching the missionaries.... A cyclone at Taylor, Texas, demolished the Missouri Pacific freight house, and wrecked, the City Hall and a dozen other structures... .At Paris, Texas, Farmer Samuel P. Holmes murdered his divorced wife, her sister, Mrs. W. P. Tighe, and Prof. J. W. Youmans, hacking their bodies with a large bowie knife in a most horrible manner. Howard Cooper, the negro assailant of Miss Katie Gray, the daughter of a wealthy farmer of Rpckland. Md., was tried at Baltimore, found guilty, and sentenced to death. Miss Gray’s evidence created intense excitement, and only the stringent police protection afforded the prisoner prevented his being dragged from the ' court room and lynched A home for Confederate soldiers, established near Richmond, was formally opened last week. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is Chairman of the Board of Managers. Goodwin Jackson (colored) was hanged ■at Clarendon, Ark... for the.,mqrder..Df„ “Sandy” Redmond (colored). Jackson was calm on the scaffold, and maintained that his death sentence was unjust, as he did not mean to kill Redmond. He declared that his soul was saved by his Maker. Jackson killed Redmond with a fence-rail Nov. 20, 1884. He was a desperate character...,. Jasper Rhodes, a mulatto, was hanged at Galveston; Tex, .The "prisoner showed a morbid indifference to his fate. Rhodes killed his wife Annie, a comely woman, in a fit of jealousy. They had quarreled and separated, the night of Oct. .21, 1884, Rhodes had an accomplice call his wife from the house where she was working and there shot her three times and then cut her throat from ear to ear with a pocketknife. For several weeks prior to his execution he spent his time in writing letters characterized by the indifference and egotism of Guiteau.

Ira Jenkins, an engineer on the Vera Cruz Railway in Mexico, who ran into a hand-car last June, has arrived at San Antonio, after spending eleven months in jail at San Juan del Rio. He claims that he could secure no attention from the American Consul... . Amos Woodruff, President of the Woodruff-Oliver- Carriage and Hardware Company, and President of the Woodruff Lumber Company, Memphis, Tenn., made an individual assignment. His liabilities are about $200,0(10, and his assets are nominally about $125,000.,

WASHINGTON.

Six hundred thousand ounces of silver were purchased last week by the Secretary of the Treasury for coinage into standard silver dollars. Treasurer Jordan does not think that the Secretary will necessarily continue to buy silver at weekly intervals. He thinks that the purchases should be stopped. Secretary Manning is, however, of the opinion that the law is mandatory and that the purchases must be made. Secretary Bayard has received applications from 200 persons for the Consul Generalship at Paris..... An amusing letter was received at the Postoffice Department the other day from Sergeant Bates. He wants a place under the new administration in the Postoffice Department. The letter is ingeniously biographical, and relates that the Sergeant has walked 48,000 miles, made 2,600 lectures, and all the while carried the United States flag, and advocated the notion that sectional hatreds, engendered by, the war, should be forgotteh. The Sergeant says that he would rather have a place adapted to his ability than to be elevated to a position yhere the honor might be greater and his capacities be inadequate to the duties. Atty. Gen. Garland has decided that an Indian is not eligible for a Postmastership. It has heretofore been tbe custom to appoint Indians to postoffices in Indian Territory. The practice will henceforth bo discontinued.. ... Secretary Manning has called for the resignation of Maj. S. Willard Saxton, of Massachusetts, chief of a division of the First Comptroller’s office It is stated that Mr. Saxton w 11 refuse to resign on the ground that there are no charges aga nst him, either of inefficiency or of o tausive paitisanship.. It is understood that he will be given until June 15 to comply .with tho request, Maj.

Saxton was an officer in the army during the war, .and is a brother of Gen. Rufus i Saxton, United States army.

POLITICAL.

On the ope hundred and twentieth bal- s lot, after a contest lasting four months, the ; Illinois Legislature elected Hon. John.At J Logan as his own! successor in the Senatd;j of the United States. Every member of i the Legislature was present. The Demo- I prats declined to answer, the call, and the Republicans quickly recorded 103 votes lor < tfiOilf caiiilidate, Representative Wittig making a protest. When the absentees were cadqp every Democrat voted for Lambert Tree. Spme\of them changed the ar votes to Charles B. Farwell, but no Republican followed suit At the end of two hours the Speaker announced the election of Gen. I Logan, 96 votes having been recorded for j Lambert Tree, Senator Lpgan received dispatches from Republican frie ids in all parts of the country congratulating him upon his victory, some of them conveying the prediction that he would be the next nominee for President. When President Cieyeland was informed of Senator Logan’s election he expressed- no surprise. It is said that the President has desired from the firs: to avoid the appearance of interfering in a struggle in which the -propriety of his participation was questionable, and which he never regarded as likely to result in victory. In conversation with Gen. Lieb and Commissioner Black, says a Washington tele--gram, President Cleveland alluded to the., unfriendly criticism lately indulged in by the German press in reference to his appointments. He said that the administration, had doubtless made a few mistakes, but the people ought to make allowance for the difficulties it had to contend with and exercise a little patience. Charges having been publishe(l in Eastern newspapers reflecting upon G. V. N. Lothrop, the new Minister to Russia, for his connection with the Phoenix Bank case, the Michigan House unanimously adopted resolutions congratulating the President and the people on the appointment of a gentleman of such talent and integrity to a diplomatic position. The resolution was tabled by the Senate. —An Indiana Postmaster of the fourth class, whose resignation was receiyed at Washington the other day, states that he was appointed during President Polk’s administration and has served continuously forty years. He recommends a Democrat as his successor.

GENERAL.

Poundmaker, the chief, sent an Indian priest with all his prisoners to Battleford asking for terms upon which to surrender, and was referred to General Middleton. The prisoners say thev were well treated. The Indians are reported as washing - Off their war paint and concealing their rifles. A special from Winnipeg to the Chicago Inter Ocean says: Your correspondent interviewed Attorney General Hamilton to-day as to how Riel’s alleged American citizenship would affect hjs trial amt punishment. He says: Riel can be tried by military court-martial just the same as if he ■were a British subject. No right of citizenship gives protection in case of such offense. Riel could also be tried in the civil courts and condemned, and in either case the sentence could be executed with perfect safety, even it he were an American citizen. He forfeits all protection by violating the laws of the country in which the act providing for punishment in such cases was passed. A military court-martial is likely to be adopted in Riel s case, and doubtless in any event the sentence will be executed. F. X. Lemiend, M. P.. and Charles Fitzpatrick, distinguished advocates, of (Quebec, havq been retained to defend Riel! ... The bark Brilliant brought to Quebec the crews of the bark Bayard and the steamer Mary Louise, which Vessels had been crushed by ice on the Newfoundland banks. The crew of the Bayard were on a berg three days and nights and suffered great hardships, and had barely been rescued by the Mary Louise when that craft was crushed, both crews then taking to boats, and being finally picked up by the Brilliant. Guatemala has again invaded San Salvador. This movement is likely to reopen the Central American question Riel, the half-breed rebel loader in the Northwest, is in the custody of the police at Regina, the capital of the Territory. Gen. Middleton deposed Beardy and Okamassis; chiefs of the Duck Lake Reserve, for participation in the rebellion... .Off the banks of Newfoundland the steamship City of Berlin came in collision with an immense ieaberg, which carried away the jib-boom, bowsprit, figurehead, and all gear attached; stove in the bow, breaking the iron plates, deck planking, iron railing, etc. Many tons of ice fell upon the forecastle deck, breaking it through and going down into the hold. The two men on the lookout had a very narrow escape with their lives, the fog being so thick at the tme that- they could not see' the iceberg until it came fumbling on the forward deck, where tliey were standing, which caused them to run for their lives. The consternation on board at the time among the passengers can be better imagined than described, as they were asleep' in their berths when the shock camel They ran helter-skelter, to and fro, screaming and praying, not knowing but that they would go down with the ship in a few minutes.

FOREIGN.

Sunday, the 24th of May, being the anniversary of the fall of the Commune, the Communists of Paris attempted to hold a demonstration at the tombs of their comrades in the Pere La Chaise Cemetery. The police interfered and prevented a displaj- of seditious emblems. A serious conflict ensued, in which several men were wounded. The police finally dispersed the rioters, thirty of whom were arrested... .Queen Victoria celebrated her six y-sixth birthday oa th‘e 21th of May. But nine of the fiftyfive sovereigns who hate preceded her on the throne have attained an equal age. The attention of the British people seems just at present to be divided between the renewal of the crimes act in Ireland and the settlement of the Afghan frontier troubles, the former in a measure overshadowing the latter. The Cabinet is not at all harmonious f in regard to thjg matter. Sir Charles Dilke has gone to Ireland. As it is announced that the object of his trip is to attend the meeting of a commission for housing the poor of Dublih, and that he will at the same time be the guest of Earl Spencer, from whom he differs very radically bn the question of the crim s act, it is considered that hik trip has also for its object the adoption of a compromise, and that the result will be a b:H harmless in its effects and limited in its operation to one year, thus enabling Mr. Gladstone to practically rid Ireland of coercion. In the meantime the Radicalsand Tories are Endeavoring to effect a union with the Pamellites 'ifi opposition to the Government On the Afghan question the Ministers,refuse all information, and the status of the negotiations is a matter of

speculation, i except that fresh difficulties have arisen Respecting arbitration.... .It is proposed to rapidly strengthen the railway system of India. No leas than $50,000,000 'is to bo spent for the purpose. < A soldier who was at the fall of Khartoum has reached London. At the time of the fall the city was on the verge of a famine, ho reports, and on entering the enemy massacred about 18,000 people. Gen. Gordon was among the number, and his head was cut off and parried in barbaric triumph and exultation to the Mehdi himself, who received it with eager satisfaction.

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

Jefferson Bassett, junior member of the banking 1 firm of Bassett & Bassett, at Brenham, Tex., committed suicide.... The ‘packing-house of Seesel, Armstead & Co., at Memphis, valued at $25,000, was burned. ... .The wife of John A.. Haldsman. of the Louisville Courier-Journal, died of pneumonia. In the Presbyterian General Assembly, at Cincinnati, Dr. R. H. Allen, Secretary of the Freedman’s Aid Society, read his report, in which he states that at the close of the war there were in the Southern states 3,047,000 colored people and now there are more than 7,000,000. ... The Mexican Government has permitted the garrison at Vera Cruz to be vaccinated with yellow fever virus. Experiments were first made upon prisoners who volunteered for the purpose. Persons inoculated with the virus have all the premonitory symptoms of the fever. ■ In a fight with 3-ounce soft gloves at St. Paul Billy Wilson (colored) knocked out Mervine Thompson in 1 minute and 30 seconds. Wilson challenges any man in the world for SI,OOO a side... .Harry Ratcliff, the pulpit exhortcr who was arrested at Rockford, 111., the other day, charged with till-tapping, has published a card in which he attributes his downfall to progressive encher.. ..Because of alleged improper liberties taken with his wife, Henry F. Prindle, member of Joe Hooker Post, G. A. R., shot JDiv.—N<_ L Buck deadlat. his doorstep in San /Francisco. The Simpson 4 Gault Company, of Cincinnati, manufacturers of flour-mill machinery, have failed for $125,000. The assets are estimated at $75,000... .The saloon licenses issued in Chicago number , 2,684, and there are at least 500 delin- | quents, who are liable to prosecution.... i The vacant city hall of Chicago has been I sold to J. C. Mignault & Co. for $5,275, to be removed within forty days. Vice President Hendricks is at Ini dianapolis, and expects to remain there the most of the summer. Speaking of affairs at Washington, he said there was a feeling that the administration had not been decided enough m various ways, and possibly a little too conservative in certain respects ... .President Clevelfltirl appointed Zachariah Montgomery, of California, Assistant Attorney General for the Interior Department. The President has also made the following appointments: Michael M. Phelan, of Missouri, to be Consul General of the United States at Halifax; exSenator Edward G. Rose, of New Mex-ico, to be Governor of the Territory of New Mexico; Maris Taylor, of Dakota, to* be Surveyor General of Dakota; Mark W. fcheafe. Register of the Land Office at Watertown, Dakota; Downer T. Brandler, Receiver of . Public Moneys at Watertown, Dakota; ex-Senator Thomas Tipton, of Nebraska, to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Bloomington, Neb.: Henry C. J.ransteler, of Idaho, to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Boise City, Idaho; A. C. •' ones, ot Oregon, Receiver of Public Moneys at Itosebu: g. Orel; William L. Townsend, of Oregon, Receiver of Public Moneys' at' -Lakeview, Ute.; Matthew H. Maynard, of Michigan, Receiver of Public Moneys at Marquette, Mi.h.; William C. Russell, of Louisiana, Receiver of Public Moneys at Natchitoches, La.; H. M. Biekdy-of Kansas, R eeiver of Public Moneys at Larned, Kan.; D» W. Ware, ,of Missouri, Superintendent of the Yellowstone National Park, vice E. Carpenter, removed! To be a Board ot Visitors to tne Naval Academy at Annapolis: Rear Admiral Rodgers, Lieut. Col. Poe, Prof. William G. Sumner, New Haven; John N. A. I Griswold, Newport and New York; Willi m I Read, Baltimore: James 8. Grinnell, Greenfield, ; Mass.; and AM, Craig, Alton, 111. Io be Cbl- ’ lectors of Internal Revenue: William C, ThoihpI son for the Second District of lowa, andfllyron I W. Webster for the Third District of Iowa; Wm. I T. Bishop for the hirst District of Ohio; Asa Ellis for the First District ot California. To Be Collector of Customs—Robert M. T. Hunter, for the District of Tappahannock, Ya. To Be Surveyor of Customs—Daniel O. Barr, in the i District of Pittsburgh, Pa. To Be Attorneys of the United States—Henry C. Alien, for the Western District ot Virginia; Cyrenius P. Black, for the Eastern District of Michigan; Henry W. McCorry, for the Western District Of Tennes- ; see; John E. Carland, for the Territory of Dakota; James H. Hawley, for the Territory of Idaho: and John Cripps Wickliff, fee the District of , Kentucky, To Be Marshals of the United States--ATbert-U. Gibson, for the .Western D strict of Louisiana; Walter R. Bunn, for the Northern District ot New York.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beeves. |5.50 @6.75 HOGS 4.25 @ 4J5 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 1.63 @ TTriSj No. 2 Red 1.04 @1.05 Corn—No. 2 56 @ ,57)4 Oats —White 43 @ .47 Pork—New Me 55.11.75 @12.25 Lardo7 @ .07*4 ' CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice to Prime Steers. 5.50 @ 6.00 Good Shipping.... 5.25 . & 5.75 Medium... ..4.75 @ 5.25 - Flour—Fancy Red Winter Ex.. 5.00 @5.25 Prime to Choice Spring. 4.00 @ 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Spring. ......<.89 @ ,8956 Corn—No. 2.......„ .48 @ .49 Oats—No. 2. • ■■'d? -34 @ .35 RVE-No.v2„_..T. .72 &■ .73 Barley— No. 3.56 @ .58 BifTTEK—-Choice Creamery...... .18 @ .19 Fine Dairy. ...j.15 @ .17 Cheese—Full Cream. .03 @ .09 Skimmed Fip.t..o4 @ .05 Egg's—Fresh'.....- .12 & .13 Potatoes—Choice, per bu...-_... .40 @ .45 Pork—Mess.. 11.00 @11.25 .LARD. 6.50 @7.00 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 93 @ .93*6 COBN—No. 2 .49 @ .51 Oats—No. 2.... .. ... .37 @ .39 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 283 @ .89 Corn—No. 2. ..48 & .60* Oats—No. 2... .33 @ .34 Rye—No. I<■73 @ .75 Barley—No. 2..... A.— .55 @ .57 Pork—Mess<T..lLoo @11.25 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 .Red.'. 1.05 @ 106 COBN—Mixed.■ .47 @ .48 Oats —Mixed, . .T;TT7t7."A .38 @v. 39 Rye.:... 75 @ .78 Hay—Prairie 11.00 @12.50 Pork—Messll.oo @11750 CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 2 Red: 1.05 @1.06 Corn.... ... .5116® -5246 Oats—Mixed37 @ .39 Rye—No. 2Fa 11..., J 4 @ .76’ Pork—Mess.......' 11.25 @11.75 DETROIT. r Flour 5.50 @<00: Wheat—No. 1 White 1.02 @1.03 Corn—No. 2 .50 @ .51 Oats—No. 2'White..4o @ .42 Pork—New Messl2.oo @12.50 INDIANAPOLIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red... 1.01 @ LO2 Corn-Mixed...., vs-u-w i.*® @ .49 Oats—No. 2.37 @ .38 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Best,.....• 6.25 @ 7.00 Fair.. 8.25 @6,00 -Common .. 4.25 @ 5.00 Hogs.... . 4.00 @ 4.50 Sweep .., 4.50 @ 5.00 ’ CHICAGO WOOL MARKET. [Reported by Shebman Hau.lt Co.. Chicago. Bl.] Prices of Unwashed Wool (old clip) from Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and lowa for the past week are unchanged as follows: Fine, 17O21C; Fine Medium, 2Ufe22c; Medium, 2 ®23e: Low Medium, llfellc; Coarse, 17®20c. Delaine—Fine, 20G21C; Medium, 20® tic. Combing—Meulum, 22a*24c; Low Medium, 22® 23c: Coarse. lS@2lc; Braid. 17@!9c, ' Total receipts for past week, 214,343 B>s; and since January 1,4,<485)24 tbs. Trade is much restricts! by depleted stocks. The supply of Medium Unwashed Wnd is very low, and trade active.

OBITUARY.

Death at Newark, N. J., of Ex-Secre-tary of S ate Frederick T. , Frelinghuysen. Surrounded by His Family He Passes Away After Weeks of Intense Suffering. - I ■■ ’V-Another prominent figure in American politics, and one of the most distinguished of New Jersey’s citizens, has passed away— I ex- Secretary of State Frederick T. I reling- i huysen. After nearly two months of intense suffering, he died at his home in Newark, surrounded by the members of his family. For twenty-four hours before his death : Mr. Frelinghuysen did not ffiove or show I any signs of consciousness. When he was j taken sick several weeks ago there was a J partial congestion of the brain, although the , primary cause lay i i the liver and the mu- ! cus membrane of the stomach, from which | he had suffered before he gave up the cares of office at Washington. He fell into a stupor, from which he never entirely recovered. When his system recovered from the shock of the stupor, his pulse and. temperature became normal again, and there was no fever except on one .occasion, when his pulse rose to 102, but was afterward reduced. The, fiulse and temperature increased, and his enfeebled constitution was ; unable to bear the strain of the exhaustion. Upon receipt in Washington of intelligence of the death of ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen. Secretary Bayard telegraphed Mrs. i Frelinghuysen as follows: t I “President and his Cabinet have just ' heard with deep sensibility of the death i of your honored husband. Accept from [ each and all of us expressions of sincere i sympathy and condolence. ”

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen was a member of a distinguished American family. His grandfather, Frederick Frelinghuysen, 'was a delegateffi om New Jersey i n the Con-_ linental Congress in 1775, 1778, 1779, and 1782, and afterward a United States Senator from New Jersey. serving from Dec. 2, 1793, to 1796. when he resigned. Theodore Frslinghuvseri. a son of this man, was also a United States Senator from New Jersey, i serving from March 4, 1829, until'March 3, ! 1833. His career in the Semite showed i such.ability that he was nominated for Vice President by the Whigs in 1841. He was; hovever, defeated, receiving 1,291,643 votes, to 1,339.013 given for Dallas, Demo- ' craf, and 66.31'4 votes for Morris, Freei Reiter. He died in ' 1862. At the time he I was President of Rutgers College—a [ position which he had held since I 1850. Ha was also Chancellor of the UniI versify of the City, of New York from 1838 to 1849. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen was born at Millstone, N. J., Aug. 4, 1817. He was a nephew and the adopted son ot Theodore Frelinghuysen. He received an education iff the classics, graduating at Rutgers College in 1836. In 1839 he was admitted to the bar, h iving studied law for three years previously. He began the practice of law at Newark, N. J., and soon olflained a large practice. For many years he was„cjie of the lending lawyers of the State. In 1861 he was appointed Attorney General of New Jersey, and was reappointed in 1866. He did not serve out his term, resigning the office on being appointed United States Senator Nov. 12, the same year, to rili’M. vacancy caused by the dfeath of William Wright. He was subsequently elected to fill the unexpired term which extended from Dec. 3, 1866, to March 3, 1869. The • following year—>lß7o—ho was elected a United States Senator for a full term, lasting from March!, 1871, to March 3, 1877. During this term he was Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and a member of the , Judiciary Committee, of the Committee on Finance, and the Committee on Foreign Relations. The last few months of his term were closely occupied by him with labors regarding the ’disputed Presidential election of 1876. He was a member of the Electoral Commission, and made a fine argument before the commission in favor of the Hayes electors from South Carolina, Florid i, Louisiana and Oregon. Early in the life of the Republican party Mr. Frelinghuysen joined its ranks, and as its representative was elected to the high offices mentioned. During his term as Senator he was offered the position of Minister to England by President Grant, but declined the office. .

Must Not Dabble in Politics.

[Washington telegram ] Commodore Truxton, Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard, has directed the foreman of shipsmiths and the foreman of laborers at the yard to deny over their signatures a statement that they were members of a recent Democratic city convention at Norfolk or be discharged. The Commodore has prohibited political discussions in the yhrd, and says that any employe who takes a conspicuous part in polities will lose his position.

Preparing to Defend Herat.

[Calcutta dispatch.] • Afghan advices report that re-enforce-ments are continuously going from Candahar to'Herat. It is expected that the railway will be completed to Mutch in sixty days. Material has been ordered sufficient to carry the, line to Candahar. There is no <sign of relaxation of military work. Mrs. Southworth is CFyears old and has written seventy-one novels. She is now under contract to write only for Robert Bonner, from whom she is to receive SB,OOO per annum. ' , Mb. Robert Bonner puts the probable limit of trotting speed at 2:05. He tSinks Maud S. may trot between 2:07 and 2:08. Matthew Arnold may defer his nex ••visit to thia eountry until the beginning of 1886. ' — ■© An autograph letter of Gen. George Washington was sold in New York for $75.

SENTENCED FOR LIFE.

Burton and Cunningham, the Irish Dynamiters, Convicted and CondemnedThe Two Prisoners Protest Against Their Conviction and Bravely Face Their Fate. ■* • —i, * [Cable dispatch from Loudon.) ' . The trial of Cunningham and Bnrton 1 at the Old Bailey has been brought to a conI elusion. The court-room was crowded with ' people to hear the Judge’s charge and to see.the termination ot the case. Among the notables ’present were the Lord Mayor and United States Minister Phelps. There were many ladies in the room. The prisoners wore an anxip.ua look and followed Judge Hawkins’ charge with intense interest. The drift of the charge was clearly ■ against the prisoners. | Mr. Phelps sat beside Justice Hawkins while i he was sentencing Cunningham and Burton. ‘ Justice Hawkins, in charging the jury, said the prisoners had been ably defended and that their ' trial had been fairly conducted. i In sentencing the prisoners, 7 Justice Hawkins, | said that they had been convicted ot a crime as [ bad, wicked, and cruel as had ever entered the heartof man. —- rThe jury then retired. They remained out not longer than fifteen minutes and returned with a verdict of guilty against both prisoners. The deep silence following the announcement of the verdict was broken by the Clerk, who said: “Prisoners, you are found guilty of treasonfelony. Have you anything to say?” Immediately Cunnngham, with flashing eyes, and in a sharp, harsh tone, almost defiant, i madea speech. Leaning forward, he vigorously protested his He thanked bis counsel and friends, and concluded his remarks with the bitter exclamation: “You may destroy my body, but it is impossible for you to htjrt my . soul! ’ I Next Burton cose, nervously, and spoke in I more collected and bitter language than Cun- ; uingham, and with some dignity. He alsoproi tested his innocence. “Engl-sh prejudice," he : said, “sends me to eternal punishment. ” The Judge then, with stern look, and much l impressiveness ot manner, am d prolonnd silence, sentenced the prisoners to penal servitude tor life. Then stiilneA yielded to applause, which the attendants vainly attempted” to suppress. Cunningham and Burton maintained a cheerful appearance after being taken back to Newgate Prison, and chatted freely with the warden. They still insist that they are innocent, but say that the verdict and sentence are no more than they expected, especially after the Judge’s charge, as it was evident the court was organized to convict. The Crime. The crime for which Burton and Cunningham have been convicted and sentenced was complicity in the recent Tower and Parliament House explosions in London. The trial excited much public interest. Daily the Crimhal Court-room in the Old Bailey was densely packed with spectators. So great was the crush, and so much was an attempt to rescue the prisoners feared, that only those having passes from the proper authorities were admitted to tne court-room.- ~~ ~ ' Irishmen Indignant. t —» — [New Yorkspeclal.)— Irishmen in this city express surprise and indignation over the conviction and sentence of Cunningham and Burtsn. Patrick Ford said: “The evidence was entirely in favpr of the prisoners, and I did not believe that even an English jury would dare convict upon it.” O’Donovan Rossa said: “I am not much surprised at t.he convict on of the prisoners, for I know English juries well; but I am surprised at the sentence. The Judge must have been thoroughly satisfied of the falsity of the verdict when they failed to hang Cunningham and Burton.” James G. Cunningham, alias Dalton, alias Gilbert, was until recently a resident of this city. Some years auo he was employed for a considerable time at the Morgan Docks. Cunningham is about 23 years old. He is a native of County Cork, ami came to America about five years ago. He has two brothers and three sisters residing in this city at present..

NASSER-ED-DEEN.

The Career and a Picture of the Ruler of ■ - ■ .. Far-Away Persia. Nassar-cd-Deen, tlie Shah bETersia, is a son of the late Mehemet Shah and Queen Velliet of the Kadgar tribe, and a grandson of Abbas Mirga. "■ He was born in 1829 and succeeded to the throne in 1848. The Shah is well versed in Persian and Turkish, I and is somewhat of a historian. Unlike | many of the smaller potentates, he fully understands the position he occupies in regard to the greater powers'. In manner he is mild and gentle, and his habits in private life are extremely simple. With all his mildness, however, lie is endowed by nature with considerable energy, which he makes felt at times. When the war between Rus- ’ sia and Turkey was begun he declared his neutrality, but before the closeof that never-to-be-forgotten conflict, entered into a compact with Russia. In.the year following the close of the war Herat was occupied by Persian troops, and in consequence war

Was ueciarea on Nov. 1, 1855, by the governor of India against the Sliah, After a few months’ hostilities a treaty of peace was signed at Paris by Lord Cowley and the Persian ambassador, in which ample satisfaction was given to England." Subsequently the Shah had wars with several neighboring tribes and was successful in an expedition against the Turcomans. In 1873 he visited Europe and was received with great eclat. Although he was absent from his kingdom from May until September, iiot the slightest discord occurred there, which fact attests the popularity of his feign. He visited Moscow, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Cologne, Brussels, London, Paris, Milan, Vienna, Constantinople, and many ether places of less note. During his tour he kept a diary which was published in the original Persian and subsequently translated into the English and produced in London in 1874. In 1878 the Shah again visited Russia. In the event of war between England and Russia, he may find it difficult to rennin neutral. A distinguished physician says that he js dispos d to exclude vegetables, with the exception of cereals and a little fruit, entirely from the dietary of nervous persons. Red Shirt, Torn Belly, and Calico were the three ’sub-chiefs who upheld Red JCloud’s dignity on his reserve while he was on his recent visit to Washington. ~ William T. Walters, of Baltimore, "owns worth of paintings and statues. William Schrower, of New Haven, has toiled thirty years at perpetual motion.