Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1887 — Page 2

The Republican. RENSSELAER. INDIANA. G. & MARSHALL, - - Prnusnicr.

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

THE EAST. At a reception to Herr Most, the anftichisl, in Cooper Union, New York, the «x>oonviot denounced the legal authorities who oonvicted and sentenced him and the prison authorities who failed to show him respect. In his remarks Most said: “Are ▼on dogs, and will you , allow yourselves to be cut into mince-meat? On the 4th of May our Chicago brethren threw a bomb against those 2<Hl hired murderers, and I am proud of this result of my teachings, and I have neither taught more nor less. Nobody knows who threw the bomb, but eight of our best people were arrested andcondemned by a gentleman jury to death, and that soft-hearted judge with crocodile tears aaid that they had l>een guilty of bold speeches and that that was enough.". . W. 8. Stokley. the lUreetor of Public Safety appointed by the Mayor of Philadelphia, has notified'the police lieutenants to enforce the laws against gambling, prizefighting, and Sunday liquor-selling. Gex Kit al, Payne, owner of the Mayflower, will build a new steel center-board yacht to defend the America’s cup.... The building on Milk street, Boston, occupied by Wright A Potter, State Printers, was damaged by fire to the amount of $200,000. It transpires that the late John Kelly wrote a history of Mexico and furnished to the press clever biographical sketches of Tweed, Morrissey, and other politicians of New York.... The broken leg of a valuable brood mare, owned by Norman Barnard. of Avondale, Pa., was recently amputated and the animal is said to be doing well. This is the first operation of the kind performed in America. The heaviest crop for mnpy years is predicted by peach-growers in New Jersey.... There were landed at Castle Garden Friday 4,273 immigrants—the greatest number on record for one day at this season of the year. ’. ■ ■

THE WEST.

Ix the Circuit Court at Detroit, last week, Judge Jennison gave his decision ou the contest of the will of the late Francis Palms, declaring it void. The will gave Francis Palms’ $7,000,000 to his two children, to l>e held by them in trust for their children. A friendly contest Was begun to secure a legal decision on the will. In his decision Judge Jennison holds that the statutes are against controlling fortunes from the grave from generation to generation St. Louis telegram: “Hon. James G. Blaifle, now at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, is suffering from bronchial catarrh and is confined to his bed.” Congressman John O’Neill, of Missouri, had a rough-and-tumble tight in front of the St. Louis Postoffice with J. J. McGary, a Democratic politician, and the latter was knocked sprawling in the street., ....John T. Raymond, , the celebrated actor, died at Evansville, Ind., of heart disease, complicated by a severe cold, nervous prostration, and congestion of the stomach and bowels.... The Maumee rolling mills at Toledo were swept away by lire., The fire department did not arrive until the main building was entirely wrapped in tiames, and could do nothing but save.the office, machine-shop, and blacksmith Bhop. All the machinery, boilers, and engines are utterly ruined. The loss is estimated at $300,000 and the insurance is said to be only $80,000.... A dispatch from an official source at Fort Gibson, dated the 11th inst., says: “Mr. Blaine s fever continued throughout yesterday, but last night he was more comfortable and now his pulse is 76, soft and natural. The bronchitis is much better and the pneumonia process has not extended. This is the report of the attending physicians.”

THE SOUTH.

The drought in Southwestern Texas has resulted in a scarcity of food, and people are deserting their homes and moving to more favored localities. The ministers of San Antonio have opened a subscription for the sufferers... .Ex-Congressman Aiken died at his home in Cokes bury, S. C. A state E of General Albert Sydney Johnston, erected by the Army of the Tennessee, was unveiled in Metairie Cemetery, .New Orleans, by Rosa Robinson, aged li, a great-granddaughter of General Johnson, anh Miss Jennie Rogers, daughter of Judge Rogere, in the presence of 10,000 people. The yeteran associations, including Grand Army posts, attendedin a.body. Upon the platform were many noted persons, including. Mr, and Mrs. Jefferson Dans, General Beauregard and staff. Governor McEnery and 6taff. Mrs. Albert Sidney Johnston, Colonel William P. Johnston and family, Colonel Throckmorton. C, S. A., and other officers; Charles Dudley Warner, Generals Hooker and Walthall, Governor Lowrie. of Mississippi, and many others. Senator Gibson. of Louisiana,' and Jefferson Davis delivered orations.

The Mammoth Care in Kentucky now has railway connection... .Four men were killed by a boiler explosion in Ritchie. County, West Virginia.. .. .Shade Scarbrough, who murdered Madison Ciesar in July last, was hanged in the jail yard at Clayton. Ala., on Friday. Both men were negroes... .Patrick McCarthy was hanged at Fort Smith, Ark., for murdering,and robbing Thomas and John Mahoney iu the Cherokee Nation, Fob. 16,1886. The evi : dence was purely circumstantial, there being no eye-witnesses to the crime, and McCarthy died protesting his innocence. H. H. Wilkinson, a keeper at the county farm near Nashville, Tcnn., the lessee, four guards, and five trustees were poisoned by convicts who put arsenic in the drinking water, hoping in this way toy make their escape. Two of the persons will die. The others are seriously ill. One of the . ringleaders of the plot has made a confession. -

WASHINGTON.

The President has reappointed the following Government Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company: Franklin MacVeagb, of Chicago; Alexander Haskell, of Colombia, S. C.; Marcus A. Hanna, of Cleveland. Ohio; and James W, Savage, of Omaha, Neb. A delegation the livestock associations in the United States called on the President last week and invited him to a reunion of the live-stock associations at Chicago, in November. The President made a reply that the delegation considered favorable. He first asked if they represented the whole United States, or only a section, and, on being assured that every association in the United States

was represented, he said that he was disposed to consider the invitation favorably, but that it would depend upon hpw he oottid arrange for the disposal of his time. He reserved his decision. The delegation also visited the Agricultural Department, and extended an invitation to Commissioner Colman to be present on the occasion as a guest of the association. The Commissioner promised to be present if his duties would permit. * 1 EtoiNE Semple, formerly of Illinois, has Wen appointed Governor of Washington Territory.... Owing to a want of money, the work of repairing in tho navy yards will lie suspended at an early day... .The President has appointed as Commissioners to investigate the affairs of the Pacific 1 Railroads, under the act passed by the last Congress: RoWrt E. Pattison, of Pennsylvania; E. Elery Anderson, of New York; and David T. Littlerof Illinois. Mr. Pattison was born in Maryland, graduated from the Philadelphia High School in 1872, and was admitted to the bar the same year. In 1877 he was nominated by the Democrats for Comptroller of that city, and was elected, and reelected in 1880. In 1882 he was nominated by the Democrats for Governor of Pennsylvania, and was elected by a large majority. He from that office last January, and resumed (he practice of lirw in Philadelphia. Mr. Anderson was born in 1833, graduated at Harvard College in 1852, was admitted to the New York City bar in 1854. and has since been in active practice of his profession in that city. In politics he Las always beerna Democrat, ami he has Wen connected with many of the reform movements in that city. He was one of the leading men in the organization of the County Democracy, and was for somj" time Chairman of its general committees. He has Wen specially connected with much important litigation involving the close examination of accounts and methods of railroad corporations. Mr. Littler is a Republican, a prominent member of the Illinois Legislature, and n lawyer by profession.

POLITICAL..

The Chicago municipal election resulted in the success of the entire Republican ticket, headed by Roche for Mayor. Four Democrats, thirteen Republicans, and one Socialist were elected to the City Council. There were but two tickers in the field. Republican and United Labor. The Democrats generally voted the Republican . ticket: John A. Roche, Republican, 51,2G8; Robert Nelson, United Labor, 23,410. Roche’s majority, 27,858. Returns from Kansas indicate that the municipal elections in general passed off quietly, and, as far as can now be judged, the introduction of female suffrage dot's not work a great change in the character of results. At several points women were elected. The women generally voted as their husbands did. James G. Blaine recently expressed to Senator Hiscock his preference for the Presidential nominee in 1888 who can carry New York, or on whom the delegation from that State can unite. ...The New Jersey House adopted a vote of sympathy for Gladstone and Parnell in their struggle against coercion in Ireland. The Democrats of Springfield, 111., elected their city ticket. The Union LaborDemocratic ticket was elected in Elgin, 111. The municipal election was hotly contested by the Liberal and Temperance parties at Galesburg, 111. The former elected 1). \V. Aldricn Mayor by about 110 majority. The Liberals gained one Alderman, giving them a majority in the Gouueil. The Republicans of Denver, Col., elected their candidate for Mayor bv 1.000 plurality. At the tjuinov (111.1 municipal election the issue was whether cows should run at large. The contest was a hot and exciting one, and resulted in the triumphant election of Bishop, anti-cow candidate, for Mayor. In St. Louis, Mo., the election for members of the Board of Aldermen resulted in the I choice of six Republicans and one DemoCra J’ . ' . . .

The Senate of Pennsylvania has passed a bill providing that murderers of the first degree may be put to death by electricity. .... The Republicans of Kansas City elected tbeir entire ticket, headed by Henry C. Kumpf for Mayor. The Democrats of Minneapolis captured the Council A Washington special says: “A friend of Murat Halstead in this city is authority for the statement that Mr. Halstead has lately received a letter from Whitelaw Reid a let-, ter asserting that the time has come at last for Mr. Blaine to let go his grip upon the Republican party, as far as the Presidency is concerned, aud for all hands to turn in and nominate John Sherman.”. .. Rhode Island held an election for State officers and members of the Legislature on the 6th inst. A dispatch from Providence says: Although the full returns, are not yet in, it is pyohablo that the TleinoCrats have ’cameit the state by about .’,OOJ majority. The State has given Davis, the Democratic nominee for Governor.ja majority of 2,060. There are a few towns yet to be heard from, but their vote is so close that they will not materially alter the result as indicated above. The probability is that the entire Democratic ticket has been, elected. The Legislature will probably continue to be Republican, but tho men who voted last spring to.elect Brayton Chief Constable have generally been left tit home. The fight has never been exceeded in bitterness in this State. The enactment of a prohibitory liquor law last year was the beginning of the contest. The election of Brayton to enforce the law precipitated things, and since May agitation has progressed, constantly growing more violent. Michigan Prohibitionists claim that their recent defeat at the polls was accomplished by fraud. A Detroit telegram says: The prohibitionists are working vigorously to establish their claims of fraud at the polls. A new tack was taken this morning in the matter of accumulating evidence of fraud. The foliowih* sign posted on the front of headquarters ex- , plai ts itself: “Wanted—The names and adureaaea of *H • yea’.yot tb ou fhe.amendmeut. ” It is proposed to'take tile names of all persons in Detroit who voted “yes” and corn pare tho number with the official- returns. It is be- , lieved that this method vvißroveai a large discrepancy.

The Legislature of Rhode Island Comprises fifty-six Democrats and forty-six Republicans.; A Providence telegram says: The Democrats.carried the new elections for Scmu. rs and Representatives iu Newport ami Ka-st Greenwich Saturday, and the Republicans sec .red one member iu Warwick. The Legislature now stauds : Senate—Republicans, Id; Democrats, IS; no election, 'JL. House—Republicans, r-- ; Demin: rats, 4! • no election, a. On ■joint ballot—Repubiu-ans; -•+?; Democrats. 56-; no election, 5. The Democrats have already one more than enough members to elect their candiuate& for Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of Mate, Sheritfs, State Auditor, District Judges, etc. The result of the Rhode Island election, held-on Wednesday, April-6, -is as follows; John W. Davis (Dem.) is elected Governor bv 973. majority. There is no election for Lieutenant Governor or Secretary of State. Ziba O. Slocum i Dem.j is elected Attorney General by 2.518 majority, and J: G. Perry (Dem.) General Treasurer by 2,609 majority. The majority against the womansuffrage amendment’ is 15,123. The vote for Lieutenant Governor was: Honey (Dem.*, 17,265; Darling (Rep.), 15,915; Kimber (Pro.), 1.858. The Senate stands: Republicans, 19; Democrats, 12, and there was no election in five cases. The House will comprise 27 Republicans and 33 Democrats, with twelve districts yet to be heard from.; The “vote on the prohibition amendment in Michigan waa very close. A Lansing dis-

I patch says; “The exact figures on the proI hibition amendment are still unknown. Published reports give the majority against !it from 1,550 to about 6,000. From sevenvl counties the reports are conflicting, in some esses varying from S(H) to 6(10 votes, and the official returns will W needed to settle which is correct. The prohibitionists do uot yet concede their defeat.” Another dispatch from Lansing says: “The returns unuoubcing the defeat of the prohibitory amendment are generally accepted' as correct 1 here, and measures to regulate the liquor traffic will be brought forward in the Legislature. One of these measures is copied from the local option law of Georgia. Another is a copy of the Ontario Brott act. It is Wlieved that no legislation will W accomplished except such as will perfect the existing tax law.” The high license bill was defeated in the New Jersey Assembly. Tho election in Rankin County, Mississippi, wns carried by th 3 Rrohibitionists.

INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

Over 0,0(HI carpenters in Chicago went out on a strike for 35 cents an hour and eight hours a day. The master carpenters, at a mass meeting, decided to ignore the strikers and to pay only thirty cents an hour for an eight-hour day. It is alleged a pool has been formed to curtail the production of barbed wire, and that many mills will be closed, but will be paid a certain amount out of the earnings of (he mills in operation. It is iiuimnted that hundreds of men will be thrown out of employment. • It is proposed to amalgamate in one gigantic organization the National Federation of Miners nnd the Miners’ National Assembly of the Knights of Labor. The complications caused by the interstate commerce act are already having an injurious effect upon some of the Pittsburg iron mills. One firm had a large contract for sheet iron to be shipped to California, but freight rates have been so increased as to interfere with its fulfillment. Other mills with Western contracts will suspend unless they can get better rates.

THE RAILWAYS.

“An order has been entered in the Common Pleas Court at Cleveland for the sale of "the Nickel-Plate Road for not less than $16,060,000. Thirty days’ notice will he given,...A fire at Omaha destroyed the Missouri Pacific round-house, valued at $35,000. A LARGE number of theatrical managers met in Chicago to voice their grievances against the interstate commerce law, and appointed a committee of nine to prepare a memorial tcMhe commission.... A Philadelphia dispatch says that railway officials generally express the opinion that the temporary suspension of the long and short haul clause by the Ifiterstate Commission is the entering wedge that will split the whole log. They argne that every railroad in the country can justly make the same claim as that contended for by the Southern lines. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad has finished the adjustment of the damages on account of the Rio disaster last fall. The amount paid was $04,616, of which 40,550 was for sixteen lives, $13,316 for personat effects, anffl $4,750 for injuries to the survivors.

GENERAL.

The British steamer Carmona, which left Barrow, England, Feb. 23, has not yet arrived at New Y'ork, and is given up as lost, with all hands on board. She had a full cargo of steel blooms consigned to a firm in Pennsylvania, The Vessel was commanded by Capt. J. A. Halcrow and had a crew of thirty-three men. The Carmona was a three-masted schooner-rigged vessel and hailed from Dundee, Scotland, where she was built in April, 1881. Wm. Thompson owned her. Vessel and cargo were valued at $300,000 and are fully insured. The business failures during the week number for the United States 198, for Canada 25; total 223, against 223 the previous week, and 215 the corresponding week of last year. Archbishop Corrigan has received authority from Rome to suspend pastom who were made irremovable by the Baltimore Council. This is to strenthen the Archbishop in his conflict with Dr. Mott lynn's supporters. :—— Kate Claxton and “The Two Orphans” have been the attractions at MoVicker’s Theater, Chicago, during the past week. Her characterization of “Louise, the blind girl,’’which is almost as familiar to theatergoers as Booth's “Hamlet,” or Denman Thompson’s "Joshua Whitcomb,” seems to have lost none of its power to please, and has been so well patronized that it will be continued another week. Next week Miss Catherine Lewis will appear with Miss Claxton in the production of “The BrainStealer” ct MeVicker’s. MSs. James Brown Potter’s advent as an actress is said to have estranged her from her husband's family, so that her failure is pleasing them more than success Would. It is also said that Mr. Potter strongly opposed his wife's going on the stage, and then, in consequence of her persistence, the ties between them, if not quite ruptured, are very badly strained.

FOREIGN.

The first day of April being Prince Bismarak’s seventy-second birthday, the Chancellor received numberless tokens of esteem from all parts of Germany. After receiving personal congratulations from Princes William, Henry, Alexander, and George, the Chancellor went to the palace, where the Emperor awaited him. In. his passage along Unier den Linden Prince Bismarck received a hearty welcome .-r.v Three persons who attempted to assassinate the Czar with dynamite bombs were hanged in St. Petersburg last week. Repeated earthquakes have occurred at Aden... .The German press warmly approves of the new Italian Sret. the Russian military organ, says the work of the Anglo-Russian Frontier Commission is not likely to lead to any useful result, and adds: “The force of circumstances will inevitably impel Russia, sopjaer or later, to move forward into the passes left to the Afghans until she reaches her only natural and proper frontier—the Hin- - The Council of the Liberal Federation, at a meeting in London, adopted a lesolution protesting against the coercion bill as retrogressive in policy, tyrannical in principle, and vindictive in detail....lt is denied that the Irish Nntional League will remove its headquarters to England in event of the passage of the coercion bill. .... The work of evicting all of Lord Lansdowne's tenants who refuse to pay the rents demanded, will be resumed about April 30. At the request of the Ameer of Afghanistan, an English engineer has gone to consult with him regarding the construction of a railway from Cabal to Herat....The Canadian fishery cruiser Vigilant chased

! and fired at an American schooner, which, however, outsailed (he cruiser and escaped. The affair occurred off Beaver Harbor, New Bruuswick. A irnnMBNT of the Supreme Court of Justice in Germany lias been sent to-the Ministry of the Interior defining the scope of the American treaty regarding naturalized citizens. It affirms that the acquisition of citizenship in the United States, with an unbroken, residence there of five years, causes loss of citizenship in Germany. Such persons returning will be liable to expulsion from Germany until they recognize German rights. v . I

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

Repohts from the Northwest are to the effect that the sowing of wheat is progressing actively, the ground being generally in good condition, uud that some people are predicting a crop of spring wheat 25 per cent.-larger than that of lust year. Part of this expected increase will depend on a greater acreage, and the rest is bac d on the possibility of belter yield, that of last year having been poor in some sections owing to'the drouth. The outlook in the winter-wheat areas cannot bo said'to be a good one, bntthe prospect is really n..d only in the Southwest, where the absence of moisture is described to Ve yiry strongly marked in the appearance of vegetation.... *ln a riot b tween Hungarians, Poles, and Swedes, at Denver, Col., ono man was fatally shot and several badly wounded. Two houses were completely wrecked during the melee, the-furniture and other utensils being broken and used us weapons. The police, ' aimed witli M incho.-ters, quelled tho riot, nnd landed thirty of the combatants in jail. .An Atchison (Kan.) dispatch reports that a disastrous prairie lire was raging in Phillips and Norton Counties, in Kansas. It was reported that nine to twelve persons had perished, but the facts could not be definitely learned, owing to injury to telegraph wires.... A special Indian agent is about to remove a band of 700 Jicarillas across New Mexico to their old reservation. The Indians will use their ponies to transport their effects AOO miles Fred Kindle, employed in it tannery at Cincinnati, walked into the hopper of the bark-mill, and before tho machinery could be stopped his legs to the knees were ground to pulp... .In a wrest - .ling match at Chicago, Lewis defeated Acton, winning three out of four fails. A I.AHGE number of arrests have been made at Pittsburg and along the lino of tho Pan Handle Railroad of freight-train employes who have lor two years been stealing from the cars, tho property taken being valued at §500,000. The finest cigars, silks, hosiery, musical instruments, wines, liquors, in fact all kinds of portable merchandise had been purloined, sold to “fences,” or pawned. The affair caused a great sensation at Pittsburg. It is said that over 200 warrants have been issued. Postjiasteb Genekal Vilas* and General Superintendent Nash, of the railway mail service, left Washington on the 12th inst. on a tour of inspection of the fast mail service between New York, Chicago and St. Paul. It is probable that a depot will be established in Chicago lor the distribution of postal cards and stamped envelopes. Tiie Vatican will thoroughly investigate the Irish question. ... A friendly treaty has been arranged between China and Portugal. The anti-coercion meeting in London on the 11th instant was the largest ever held in that city.-, Mrs. Gladstone, watching the procession from a window in Piccadilly, received an ovation from the men in line. A motion protesting against the coercion bill was offered simultaneously from fourteen platforms, and was enthusiastically carried. The greatest throng gaiherd at the platform from which Lord Mayor Sullivan of Dublin and Messrs. Conybeare and William Redmond, members of Parliament, spoke. Lord Mayor Sullivan, in (he course of a most effective speech, asked: “Is it the wish of the workmen of London that the honest, hard-working tenantry of Ireland should be forever crushed down?” A tremendous responsive “No!” resounded throughout the park. The mention of the Queen as about to celebrate her jubilee by' signing away the liberties of the people of Ireland, brought forth a torrent of hisses, and the mention of Mr. Chamberlain’s name aroused a tempest of groans- and hisses, with cries of “Traitor.” Michael Davitt was one of the speakers. He said that on the day on which the crimes act should become a law they would either have to give up tho struggle that had been waged for centuries nnd lie down as slaves, or render the system impossible of duration. They would follow the manlier course. The classes had in-the past built a bridge of hate across the Irish sea; the people would pull it down and erect a bndgo of love between the toiler of Ireland and tho holiest workers of England.

THE MARKETS.

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ARENSDORF'S ANGUISH.

The Alleged Slayer of Dr. Haddock Sorely Tried by a Searching Cross- Examination. He Is Surprised to Find that He Has Contradicted His Testimony Before the Coroner. fSIOUX CITY CORRESPONDENCE.] Interest in the Arensdorf murder trial, which has shown no abatement since the opening day, was greatly intensified when the accused was placed upon the witnessstand on Thursday. He testified substantial as follows: 1 lam the defendant in this action. I have lived in Sioux City ten years. lum a brewer, and have been in thei business twonty years. I learned the trade in Belgium, and came to this city in 1877, During the month of August, 188 J, I was foreman for tho Franz Brothers. Tue evening of August 3 I was around town. I came down in the atteruoon Between 7 and 8. I went into Philip Kberle’s place, and stayed until 9:3J. There X met Barnes and Davelaar, and went from there to Shepard s, across the stroct. Barnes went with me. I ordered supper. It was a little past 3:30. We ate supper tuere. It was after 10 when we left. Barnes went west, and I went to the Chicago saloon, where I just halted. Then I went to Junk s saloon. Mr. Scollard and Grady were there when I arrived. I went from there to Uio English Kitchen. I don't know just what time it was. I heard at the English Kitchen that a man was killed, and wont from there to where the murder happened. I remained there a few minutes, then went to the and then back to Junk's, where I remained ten or fifteen minutes. Then I went to my home, in Bluff street. I wore my usual clothing—a blue suit and tail-coat. I did not have on a rubber coat. I heard the testimony of Leavitt. I was not at tho corner of Fourth nnd Water when Haddock was killed, I was at the meeting Aug. 2. There was no private meeting, to my knowledge. Nothing was said in my presence to do up any one. I heaid nothing about hiring two Dutchmen to do up any one. I made no remark about blowing any one up. I heard no remark about blowing up any ono's house. I had no conversation, with Leavitt in front of Warieich'a saloon. I had no such conversation as Mrs. Leavitt testifies to have heard. I had a conversation with Leavitt at the Standard Theater in relation to his bonds. He sent a man over to see me. He took me into a room. I had no conversation with him us to who had killed Haddock. I had no conversation with Leavitt about keeping still and things would bo ail right. I had no conversation with Leavitt at Junk’s about who killed Haddock. I never had any conversation with him about the murder at his theater. I did not sav at tho saloonmen's meeting that there was 8700 or SBOO in tho treasury, and supposed that would be enough to hire some one to do up Haddock or other witnesses. I know Bismarck and wife. She used to work in the brewery for Mr. Eranz, hut has not worked there since the brewery company was organized. I never gave Bismarck any money at Borsh’s beer garden to leave town, and never gave Fritz Folger any money to give him to induce him to leave town. I had no conversation with Mrs. Bismarck about her leaving town. She sent a note requesting me to come to her house. She wanted to Bell her house, and asked me to sell it for her. I bought tho. house for Adolph Nepper. aud he furnished the money—Blso. I bought it at Mr. Nepper’s request. I never heard Mrs. Bismarck Bpeak English. When she went away she told me she was going to Council Bluffß. I did not know she was going to California. I had no conversation at the meeting of the saloonmen, on the evening of the 2d. with Treiber, in which he said he had two Dutchmen who would do up Haddock. I heard no such conversation. I did not have any conversation with Leavitt in front of Martin’s shoe store, in which I asked him if he had seen the shooting, and that I was not feeling any too will, nor did I ask him if I could depend on him as a brother. I never had any conversation with Leavitt, as charged by him in his testimony. I had no conversation with him about sending Henry Peters to Nebraska or Germany. I never had any conversation with Leavitt upon that subject. I did not tell Mrs. Bismarck that she had best wait a little while'and not go away until things got more quiet. I did not tell her to tell her husband to keep still and not tell any one what he knew about the killing of Mr. Haddock.' I did not tell her that I would furnish her with a man to go with her to Council Bluffs. I told her that I would see that a man got her ticket here for Council Bluffs. I did not know that any one intended to injure Mr. Haddock. The cross-examination of Arensdorf was very thorough, bat he bore it with remarkable nerve. The entire ground was traversed anew, and with no material break in his story. A surprise was given him and his counsel, however, when he was confronted by a transcript of his evidence before the Coroner’s jury. Portions were read wherein his statement as to his whereabouts at the time of the murder quite materially differed from his evidence Thursday. When asked if he so testified, he broke down and displayed weakness. Counsel asked: Did you testify before the Coroner’s jury the second day after the murder? A. fffes, sir. Q. Were you asked where you were at the time of the shooting? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you not swear before the Coroner’s jury that when you came out of Shepard’s, where you took supper, somebody said, “ ‘Old Kavanaugh has got shot,’ so I was ready to go homo, and walked that way, and when I got there I heard somebody say it was the Rev. Dr. Haddock?” did vou Bwear to that? A. I can’t answer that. Q. What is your best recollection ,on that point? A. I have no recollection about it. Q. Did you not say you had just come out of Shepard's when you lieard of the shooting? A. If I did I oidn’.t tell the truth. Q. Did you’tell the Coroner at that time that you wero at the English Kitchen when the shooting occurred ? A I thought I did. Q. Did you really undertake to tell truthfully and exactly where you were at the time of the shooting, and when you heard of it? A. i don't know. Q, Was not your memory of your whereabouts better a day or two after the event than it is how ? A. I don’t think it was. Q; Did you not tell Mr. Delp you were At Holdenrad’s? A. No, I didn’t. The defense have mainly directed their efforts toward connecting Leavitt with the murder of Haddock, and several witnesses have sworn that he was dressed in a light suit of clothes on the night of the murder. I. C. Hart, a boarder at Paul Leader's, one of the defendants, testified positively that he was present yihen the fatal shot was fired, and that Leavitt was the man who did the shooting. Leader himself was equally positive that Arensdorf was not the man who fired the shot, He believed that Leavitt killed Haddock. '■> Leader, Arensdorf, Leavitt, and others, just before the killing, were in Junk’s saloon drinking beer. Arensdorf wore a dark suit—kind of navy blue —with his pants in his big boots. Leavitt wore a light hat, a rubber coat, and light pants! Leavitt and all Went out together. I didn't go with them. I went out with Hart a second or two after Leavitt. We left Arensdorf in Junk's. The crowd, headed by Leavitt, went along the south side of Fourth to Water. oWe followed behind them. I didn t know what they were going t > do. I never had a word with Leavitt about w hat they were going to do. I caught up with them at the high fence eight or ten feet from the corner. As I walked ByTHiii he jerked this straw hat off my bead and put this gray one on mine! I asked him what he meant and he said : “That’s all right.” -\\ e walked on down Water street and heard the report of a gun behind us. We looked around and saw one man staggering eastward .and anotuer running northward. He wore a long black coat, light pants, RDd a brown, lo»v-crowned hat. He went down Water street toward Second and on Second home I was sat.isfleff tlpt'T-eavltt whs the man who fired' the shot and was runnTßg swayr Lemuel Cook, of Clarendon, H. Y., and William Hutchings, of YoA, Me., were the last two survivors of the Continental army, and by a singular coincidence these two venerable veterans, who were born the same year, 1764* died the same month, May, 1866. *- rn*| Boston Lower light was - first lighted September 14, 1716, and the first keeper was John Havea. How can the man who givtss yon his promise be expected to keep it?

SCHWARTZ-WATT.

Progress of the Trial of the Rock Island Train Robbers at ttor-* ris, EL 9 Strong Testimony Against the Accused—A Sermon Cause.* a Sensation. iMoniUB (ILL.) CORRESPONDENCE^ , The trial of Schwartz and Watt on the charge of having, murdered Kellogg Nichols, the express messenger ut) the Rock Island Railroad, in March, lhH., has been in progress here two weeks, and will in all probaoility not be coneluded for at least another week. The testimony so far adduced, though mainly circumstantial, taken as a whole, makes up a rather strong case against the two accused br&kemen. Carl Woods, engineer of the train upon which Nichols was murdered, described the blood stains in the car in which Kellogg Nichols was killed, and gave evidence which indicated that Nichols mode a desperate effort to reach and set the air-brakes. Witness gave a detailed account of the appearance of the cars, how they were loaded, how the doors were fastened, and' other particulars calculated to give tho jury an accurate knowledge of the circumstances of the crime. It was drawn out that It was not until some time after it was decided to take the two cars on with the train that Watt said : “Set them out; I’m d d if I want to ride in them. * Schwartz was asked if he would run the baggage, and replied that he was not atraid, and would do so. Witness gave some testimony to show that there could have been no man ou the top of Watt’s car covering him with a revolver thrust through the transom. Conductor Wugnor testified that the iron poker with blood upon it, with which the mesie iger was evidently beaten to death, was found hanging behind tho stove in its accustomed place. This circumstance is regarded as almost positive pi oof that the murder was committed by a train man, as no one unaccustomed to the cur would ever think of hanging up thepoker in its proper place again after tue perpetration of the deed. Napoleon Briggs, who wia fireman on Engineer Woods' train, testified to Schwartz's movements and actions after the crime, and his disinclination to talk about the matter. Conductor Danforth gave similar testimony to Briggs, aud also told about finding tho tell-tale suohel in the car closet on the return trip from Davenport. He usked Schwartz what ho thought about the murder, and who committed it. 'To that Schwartz throw out his hands and said : "v olonel, I don’t know anythiug about it.” He did not want to talk about the matter. Witness looked in tho ladies’ car closet after leaving Marseilles,and there was nothing in it. At Seneca, the next station five miles on, witness saw Schwartz carrying a sachei. Alter leaving Seneca witness opened the closet door and found obstructing the door a sachei, new and of cheap description, and partially torn up. Fart .Of the sachei cornel-piece was stuck fast in the closet aperture. Witness called Schwartz, and both .picked up the pieces. Among them witness found a piece of torn voucher, and remarked that it might have some connection with the robb.ry. The jiieco of voucher was shown to witness by Mr. Carter, and was fully identified und put in evidence. It was passed over to the jury and examined with great interest. The debris of the sachei was also produced, identified by witness, put in evidence, aud examined by the jury. Several other train employes wero placed on the stand, but their evidence was not of material importance, beyond corroborating and strengthening the testimony of those who had preceded them. On Sunday last a somewhat sensational event in connection with this now celebrated trial occurred. Saturday afternoon court was adjourned with a strict injunction by Judge Debell to the jurors that they should uot talk over the evidence in the case among themselves, or allow any one to refer to the case in their hearing. He said they must allow nothing whatever to influence their minds, hut should keep them strictly in such state that they could give to each portion of the evidence as it might be presented the just and fair weight due it. Then he asked if counsel would have any objections to .the jury attending church in charge of officers. Counsel tor both sides assented to this ■ readily, little imagining what would result. A little before church time word was sent to the Rev. M. A. Phillips, pastor of the Methodist church, that the jury would attend at his sanctuary, ami accordingly three seats were reserved ih the central portion of the church for its accommodation. It was a more thun ordinary service at the church by reason of the presence of the Rev. Dr. N. A. Axtell, the presiding elder of the Joliet district of the Lock River conference, within the bounds of which Morris is situated. l)r. Axtell preached on the strength of power and the important part which little things play in its composition. Then, speaking of the practical pursuits of life, he said that success and reputation in them depended not on some one great and brilliant achievement, or tho possession of extraordinary powers or ability wnich commanded instant admiration, but on a careful, painstaking, and industrious utilization of little sources of strength, as they might be termed. ; He went on to emphasize the important part often played by little things in tho securing of great results, and referred' to the fact that criminals had many times been convicted and brought to their just punishment by circumstantial evidence of itself of the most trivial nature, but which, when combined with other evidence seemingly equally unimportant, revealed guilt beyond a doubt. He gave an illustration by telling how a man had committed a crime in California, escaped suspicion for a time, and finally went to Indio. Among articles gathered up at the scene of the crime which it was thought might fumißh some clew to the perpetrator was an envelope containing a draft or paper of like description. The corner had been tom off as if by the teeth. Years afterward there was found in the vest pocket of the man in India a'little pioce paper which fitted exactly to the tom part of the envelope, and the man by that evidence was brought to trial and found guilty. Dr. Axtell told the story with great vividness, and when telling how the ragged edges fitted exactly together held up his hands witii the fin-ger-ends interlaced. The strongest evidence thus far introduced in the trial is the finding of a tom comer of a bank voucher in the car closet of the train on which Schwartz returned to. Chicago from Davenport, which little piece fitted exactly to a tom voucher found in the contents of the robbed safe. The almost exact identity of Dr. Axtell’s illustration with this was very apparent, and, taken with his powerful presentation of the importance of circumstantial evidence, struck many as most remarkable utterances to be made before the jury; The sermon has been the talk of the town for the past three days. The counsel for the defense held a brief consultation on the subject just belore court opened Monday. Whether to call the attention of the court formally to the matter, and demand that the trial be stopped at once and the jury discharged, was one of the propositions seriously discussed. It was finally decided that it would be better to say nothing about it and to let the trial proceed, as, in case a verdict of guilty should be returned, the defense could make use, in a way likely to be effectual, of the fact in an attempt to secure a new trial .or, obtain a reversal by the Supreme Court. Judge Debell was not disposed to talk much about the propriety of the jury having listened to such a sermon, or the serious consequences os complications in the trial likely to result, but did say that the matter was deplorable and most unfortunate. Miss Emma Lewis testified that before'the murder Schwartz and his wife were living in poor circumstances in Chicago, and that Mrs. Schwartz’s clothing was extremely shabby. After Nichols’ death both his and her wearing apparel became suddenly better. Mrs. Schwartz soon had three or four new dresses of silk and lace. Witness visited the- Schwartzes two or three times a week. After the robbery they got a new Brussels carpet and finely upholstered furniture, lace curtains, folding-bed, and easy chairs, and silver knives, forkß, and spoons. Miss Lewis confessed to indulging in a bit of eavesdropping at Schwartz’s house, between him and Watt. The twain went into’ the; kitchen, closing the door after them. Placing her ear to the keyhole she overheard the following conversation: Schwartz said to Watt: “Newt, yon seem to be wanting to above all the suspicion on me.” Watt replied, “Well, you are safe, your father is, rich, you could easily account for your money.” Schwartz said : “Well, why didn’t you give mo two fifties instead of a hundred?” Watt said it was dark where he got them, and he took the first once he came to. Witness beard Mrs. Schwartz coming back at this point and did not dare listen longer. Lr-is supposed that one reason why an apothecary’s goods sell so readily is because he always keeps laudanum (landin’ ’em). “Hate you a mother-in-law ?” asked a man oi a disconsolate-looking person. “No,” he replied; “but I’ve a father in jaiL” A train of pure thought will only run on the track of a well-graded mind. The thermometers used -in Holland are not raised from Dutch bulbs.