Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1891 — Page 2

Wn. Il r. I 11. ■ Gm. E. Mamhxll, Publisher. tENSSELAEB. • INDIANA

The American Legation at London states that since March, IS?! 1 , over 200 American claimv. to large estates, in Great Britain have been received; that none of the cases in" veetigated has shown even an ele meat of probability, and that there is reason to believe that nearly all American claimants are ueeeiveu by English sharpers, who make a prac iice of getting subscriptions to establish claims. The San Francisco Chronicle believes that this warning is not, however, likely to have any effect in diminishing the number of victims of these traffickers in human credulity. — —

It is a pity that the meeting of Presidents Diaz and Harrison was . preven tod hy ci ivumstances over which neither of them had control. Half an hour’s talk between the two distinguished gentlemen might have done more toward accomplishing commercial reciprocity and international, railways than half a dozen years of semi-diplomatic negotiations. One of the penalties of being President is that of confinement to ones own country during the term of office. Monarchs have theii" realms and make friendly visits to other monarchs, but a President can not so much as step across the border without for" feiture of office. However, the in. change of friendly sentiments just made between the two chief magistrates hereafter may bring forth good results.

Several counties in New Jersey have improved their roads so that they can be traveled at any setvo-i of the year, and the first result is that farm property has increased it; value from 10 to 25 per cent. Rea] estate outside of the city of Elizabeth. Union county, has advanced $1,500,000 since the adventof smooth well-graded roads. The improved roads in New Jersey are generally •ixty-six feet wide, and all graded carefully with a view of shedding water. The system of construction most in use is described as follows: The road-bed is made smooth and rolled before any stones are placed on it. After its preparation is completed a layer of blocks of stone about twelve inches long by six or eight inches on the sides is laid, each stone by hand. Each stone stands an inch or so away from other stones. The stones in the first layer are pretty uniform tn sire, and of trap rock, and crack or split easily when struck with a stone-hammer, which is used on the top of each stone, till all are bpken into, say, half a dozen pieces. The broken pieces fall down wedge shape, spreading so as to fill the vccant spaces left between the blocks, as originally laid, and form a mass of wedged stones that will stand in the position they are left by tiie hammer forever, we may airpost say. After this the roller is applied* and the stones are packed by rolling. Then a layer of smaller stones is placed upon this foundation, say stones of the size of two to two and one-half inches on a side. This layer is then rolled, and a finer grade is used on top till stone dust and gravel complete the evenness of the surface. The roller now in use on the Union county roads is a steam roller, and has a pressure bTt’welvetbns. . The German Government would favor navigators, geographers, and some traders by publishing official reports of its territorial acquisitions among the island groups of the Pacific. Its authority over the Marshall group is established, and the forces of the German cruiser at Jalult are sufficient to maintain it; but we have not yet had any satisfactory account of its operations in the Gil’ bert group, or of the alleged establishment of a German protectorate there. We hear from time to time of German cruisers thereabout, but we ought to have official information concerning the number of islands on which the German flag has been raised; and the Kaiser can surely take time to authorize its publication for the benefit of map makers. About three months ago we learned from London of the new acquisitions of the British Government in the Pacific. When the commander of the British cruiser Egeria, which is still coursing over that ocean,Bomes across an “unclaimed island,” he sends ashore a body of marines who hoist the British flag oyer it, and thus establish a protectorate, re gardless of the natives. t The business is carried on as quietly by the British annexationists in the Pacific as it is by the German. The leading European powers have now divided Africa among tfiem«elves, and at least two of them are looking for unclaimed property in Polyneeia and Micronesia.—N. Y.

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Snow, fell over the western part of Minnesota on the stn. ' A new hotel tp cost $2,500,000 Is to be erected.in New York City. , A family of seven at Milwaukee have died from trichinosis, having eaten diseased pork. • . _ » A well-known Washington lawyer is reported insane in. New York through his sister's shame. Ten diseased and pauper immigrants, from Russia, were refused entry at New York on the 6th. Charles Pratt, Vice President of the Standard Oil Company, and worth $15,000.000, is dead. Twenty-four mnles and twenty-two cars burned in the street-car stables at Austin, Tex. Loss. $40,000. A Pan Handle wreck near Dennison, Ohio killed a baggage-master and injured th ree postal clerks on theTth. - Secretary Blaine has forwarded another long letter to the British minister relative to the Behringsca controversy. A fire at Manning. la., Sunday morning destroyed almost the entire business portion of the city. The loss will be about $125,000. Richard Graves, of West Virginia, conO'ssntt tn-fnrging pcnslon papcrs and false swearing, and was sentened to four years’ hard labor in the penitentiary. The Moline Plow Company, Deer & Mansuro Company and the, Deere & Coharvester works, of Moline, 111., will consolidate with a capital of $3,500,000. The. schooner Lucy Lowe foundered in the straits of Sail .Tuan de FUca with a party of~fi4ty-five -Washington colonists, all of whom were lost. The women of a Cincinnati street turned not, jn a body, tdiemther day and, thorpughly cleaned up the dirt and filth, that had . accumulated on the street during many months past. By a vote of 82 to 24 the National Convention of Machinists at PittsburgjiecidL, od to refuse admission to colored monCanada requested admission, and the association was made international to permit the Candian machinists to join. The President passed through Idaho on the Bth and reached Salt Lake City on the Sth on his way East. Ills reception at all points, in fact, was very enthusiastic. At Salt Lake Mormons and Gentiles united in the welcome. Mr. Wm. Jacques, an American gentleman from Newton, Mass., was out driving with his daughter in Florence, Italy, on the 6th, when a inob of people pursued his carriage, attacked it, pelted it with stones and severely injured his daughter, who interfered in his behalf. A fire of immense magnitude occurred at Long Island City, New York, on the night of the 6th. It broke out in an iron foundry, soon spread to a lumber yard and got beyond control. Thirteen blocks were burnd, involving a loss of from SIOOO,OOO to $2,000,000. The largest single private sale of farm lands ever made In South Dakota was con summated on the Bth. Wm. Glasgowe, of Hull, England, sold 85,000 acres of land in the Jim River- valley to the New York Land and Irrigation Company, of Huron. The price was not made public. The schooner Robert and Minnie was captured Saturday by a U. S. officer, but not until having tranferred all arms, ammuntion. etc., to the war vessel Itata. The government war ship Charleston has gone in pursuit of tffe Itata, with instructions to capture her. It is stated that Associate Justices Field and Bradley, both es whom have passed the age which entitles them to retire on full pay, will resign in October when the Supreme Court will rosumq the hearing of argument. Mr. Edmunds, it is believed, will succeed Justice Bradley and some Western jurist will be chosen to succeed Justice Field. The last Congress passed all previous records in the number of deaths of its numbers. Nearly a score died during the twenty-four months of its existence. The present Congress bids fair to rival it, tor though six months must elapse before it rneeistwoof its members havs already died, general Spinola, of New York, and Mr. Ford, of Michigan, have died within the past month. Both were Democrats. Shocking stories of brutality are again afloat in regard to the treatment of the inmates of the Ohio reform school at Lancaster. It is said that the boys are beaten until theyican not stand, and the blood runs in streams from their backs and arms, and their legs are blistered with some chemical to keep them so sore that they can't run away. They are also alleged to be poorly fed and clothed.

W. J. Dougherty, the Mayor es Mound City, 111., a place of 4.000 people, treated the city council of that city to a surprise recently, When he rose to deliver his first annual message he commanded the councilmen to rise to their feet and bow their heads and then ho delivered a fervent prayer twice as long as his message. The council submitted gracefully and went through the regular routine as usual. Mayor Daugherty has also given notice that everything must be closed on Sunday. The birth Sunday of a daughter to Janies Hooker Hammersly, at his home in New York, was of even more interest Jhan usually attached to such occurrences, from the fact,that the child would have been heir to the large fortune of the Duchess Marlborough had it only been a boy. The Duchess enjoys only the income from tVie estate of her former husband, Louis Hammersly, during her life, for his will at her death, go to the oldest son of J. Hooker Hammersly, or if their is no such son, to the various charities which were named. For this reason the sei of the child was of more importance than Isordinarily the case. One of the most extraordinary cases in medical annals is that of Miss Tolleson, a student at a leading institution in Memphis, Tenn. The young lady was attacked With tonsilitis a few days ago, her temperature rising to 106 and then to 109, her death being momentarily expected. But to the utter consternation of the attending physicians her .temperature couunu<>d to ,rlja steadily to 158 Fahrenheit, breaking Um rooord. Several ether thnrmomsters

jw >re tried with the same resnlL Strangest of all is the fact that the young lady is improving, and may recover. There is but one parallel case on record, that of.a. victim of peritonitis at Omaha, whose temperature reached 152 degrees.

FOREIGN.

Mme. Helene Retevva Blavatsky, the well-known theosophist, died at London on the 9tb. The government of Costa Rica has de cided to make a fitting exhibition at the World.s Fair. Judge Stephen, who recently resigned from the British High Court of Justice on account of alleged mental/ incapacity, will get a pension of $17,500. The explosion of 265 tons of gunpowder on the 23rd in the powder magazine at Pozze Pantaleo, Rome, which caused serious, damage and loss of life, created grea alarm at the Vatican. All the windows of the Pope’s library were broken and a number of precious relics were destroyed. In addition, many valuable panes of color glass in the principal windows in St. Peter’s Basilca were smashed to pieces. The handsome stained glass window over the chair of St. Peter was broken. Lord James Edward Sholto’Douglass, brother of the Marquis of Queensberry, committed suicide Tuesday by cutting his throat with a razor. Lord Douglass had been traveling from Ireland during the night, and he behaved in such a strange mnnner that the railroad officials, noticing that he apparently was in a demented condition, detailed an employe to accompany him. U pon arrival in London Lord Douglass put up at a hotel, and subsequently eluded the attendant and cut his throat. Lord "James Douglass was born in 1855.

THE STEAMER SEIZED.

She Was Carrying Supplies to Chilian Rebels. Taken by the United States Authorities at San Francisco by Orders of Secretary Blaine. Wednesday night United States Marshal Gard seized the Chilian steamer Etata now receiving supplies in the harbor al San Diego, Cal., and placed Captain Mausum under arrest. Telegrams have been passing between San Diego and the department at Washington, which brought about the above results. Two tug-boats have left to seize the two vessels seen outside, one of which is supposed to be the schooner Robert and Minnie, and another ship belonging to the insurgents, which have been hovering about the entrance to the harbor to receive the supplies taken on board the Etata. The ship was first sighted about noon on the 6th passing north. Ten hours later she repassed the harbor going south, laying to just north of Coronado islands. Customs officer Berry sent a party out to investigate, who reported seeing a large vessel under steam which they could not approach nearer than two miles on account of her steaming away from them. Orders were received from Secretary Blaine to seize both vessels if found within three-mile limit, and Marshal Gard and-Collector Berry went out Tuesday night in different tugs for that purpose. At midnight Tuesday night the Etata received forty head of cattle, twenty-five head of sheep and 3,000 pounds of dressed meat from the ferryboat Coronado. The vessel had received besides many stores, including 800 tons of coal. As soon as all the provision arid fuel were on board she expected to leave the harbor and cruise between here and Catalina to meet the schooner Robert and Minnie, from which she was to take the Remington rifles and ammunition. She was to sail Wednesday evening. THE VESSEL ESCAPES. The vessel Etata escaped from Uncle Sam on the 7th, by lifting her anchorsand quietly sailing away, taking Deputy United States Marshal and four soldiers with her, who were put ashore eight miles down the coast. The insurgent vessel Robert and Minnie were met outside the harbor and both vessels escaped.

MUNICIPAL INDIANA ELECTIONS.

Municipal elections were held in nearly all Indiana towns and cities on the 4th and sth, with followihg results: Republican. Richmond (to succeed Democratic Mayor), Jeffersonville (to succeed Democrat), Kokomo (to succeed Democratic Mayor), Williamsport, Now Albany, Wabash, Shoals, Columbus, Redkey, Greencastle, Peru (Republican gain), Greensburg, Union City, New Castle, Newport, Bloomington Orleans, Frankfort, Brazil, Covington, Huntington, Lebanon, Anderson, North Vernon (Democratic gains), Connersville Franklin, Goshen, Portland, Bedford. Rushville, Rockville, Bowling Green Charleston, LaGrange, Rochester, Winchester. Democratic. Lafayette (Rep. gains), Ladoga, Shelby ville, Bluffton, ; Muncie, Greenfield, Ft Wayne (reduced majority), Washington LaPorte, Noblesville (gain), Plymouth. Hammond, South Bend, Columbia City. Winamac, Decatur, Clay City, Cicero Michigan City. Mixed or Non-Partisan. Darlington, Terre Haute (Dem Mayor) Madison, Seymour. Vincennes, Logansport. Greenwood, Spiceland. Tipton, Wesl Madison, Attica. Madison, Corydon, Carbon. New Palestine (anti - whisky ite elected), Petersburg.

The entire production of the precious, semi-precious stones and orna mental minerals in the United States during the year 1889 was $188,817. Of this amount $53,175 was agatizec and jasperized wood, $23,675 tur J noise stones and $14,000 quartz. •iamonds to the value of $1,006,71f were cut during the year in the lapi dary works in New York and Massa chusetts. He—“ Perhaps you won’t believe mu but I never laugh at an inferior.” She —“Of course 1 believe you. It would be impossible for vou ’to do such f TraMcript.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Westville miners are on a strike. Clarksville is one hundred years old. Mooresville has a ealf with six feet. Gamblers are flocking to Ft. Wayne. Mitchell has increased the liquor license to $l5O. ~ Street railway employes have struck at Vincennes. Lewis Gekeler, of Lancaster was fatally kicked by a horse. a Recent frosts have done much damage la portions of the State. Newton Forbe's dwell,eg at Portland Mills burned. Loss, $4,000. George Robb, near Montpelier, accident ally shot away his right hand. Floyd county, outside of New Albany* reports 3,084 school children. i John H. Kohback, of Ft Wayne, was fatally injured in a runaway accident Crawfordsville will issue $30,000 in bonds, in payment of the new electric light. A heavy frost fell in the northern part of Indiana on the morning of the sth. John Evered, of Peru, concealed S3OO in greenbacks in a stove, and his wife started a fire. Crawfordsville reports twenty-one fires the past year, on which the losses were $19,000. A jury has awarded Anson Wolcott, oi Wolcott, a verdict of $12,582.77 against the Pan Handle railway company for failure to furnish him cars for shipment of wheat during a high market in Chicago last fall. L. L. Close, who failed to get a ticket because the station agent was too busy, and who was ejected from a Lake Erie & Western train for failure to pay an extra ten cents, brought suit against the company at Muncie, and has been awarded l SBOO damages. > A monument to mark the center of population was dedicated near Greensburg on the 10th. Ten years ago the center of population was sixteen miles west and four miles south of Cincinnati. Consequently it has traveled during the past ten years forty miles west and twelve miles north. Patents were granted Hoosiers Tuesday as follows, 11. A. Beneflel, Jefferson, farm gate, F. T. Brown, jr., Creencastle, horsedetacher. C. D. Cowgill, Terre Haute,bevel attachment for folding rules; C. F. Darnell, Indianapolis, end or corner structure for wire fences; A. F. Henry, Wingate, vaporizers; E. Neff, Milford, pump; F.N, Potter, Elkhart, folding bed; J. R. Shaffer. Huntington, picket-wiring machine. The Delaware county infirmary, located five miles east of Muncie, burned at 11 o'clock on the 6th, and was a total loss. The fire was caused by defective-regula-tion of natural gas. The inmates, fortyfive in number, were rescued without loss of life, although two sick persons narrowly escaped suffocation,and one insane man had to be forcibly restrained to prevent his rushing back into the flames. The loss to the county is SB,OOO, and there is $3,000 insurance. S. F. Watson, superintendent, was damaged SS&O.

TRAMPS AND CATTLE.

Four of the Former and 360 of the Latter Slaughtered in a Freight Wreck. A.serious wreck occurred on the Santa Fe road several miles West Of Trinidad, Col., Sunday night. A freight train with twenty cars, loaded with cattle, started down the Raton mountain but became unmanageable because the air-brakes failed to work. The train gained a frightful speed, and, while turning a sharp curvc, the engine and tender broke away from the train and sixteen cars went over an embankment twenty feet high, smashing cars into kindling wood, and killing 360 cattle. Brakeman J. M. Kurnes was slightly hurt and four tramps, stealing their way over the road are reported buried in the wreck. The four last cars of the train are the only ones that remained on the track. The road is torn up for several hundred feet and the loss to the company is estimated at $25,000. The wind often turns an umbrella, but a borrower randy returns it.— Zeaxw Siftmgi. ■ ■

THE MARKETS.

ixtUANAPOLis, May 14, 189 L GRIAN. Wheat Corn. Oats. Rye. Indianapolis.. 9 r’d 1 03' 1w 74 1 wSB 3 r’d 105, lye 73 51 Chicago 2 r’d lOS 6t>y. Cincinnati.... 2r’d 1 13 73JJ 57 06 St Louis 2 r’d. 103 71 55’4 89 New York.... 2r’d 123 64 50]$ 95 Baltimore 116 74 57 96 Philadelphia. 9 r’d 121 S 3 62’$ Clover Seed. Toledo 115 76 58 4 15 Detroit....... 1 wh 1 19 73 58 Minneapolis.. 1 10 4.. ....■

CATTLE.

Fancy export steers.ss 40®5 85 Good to choice shippers -4 75<aj5 35 Fair to medium shippers 4 (XXa)4 50 Common shippers 3 40(a3 85 Feeders, 900 to 1,100 lbs 3 Stockers, 500 to 800 lbs 2 Heavy export heifers..... 4 40(g!5 00 Good to choice butcher heifers. 3 Fair to medium butcher heifers 3 00(8)3 35 Light, thin heifers 2 25<a>2 75 Heavv export cows.. 4 00a4 50 Good to choice butcher cows... 3 40(33 75 Fair to medium butcher cows.. 2 90(0’3 25 Common old cows 1 50t<12 50 Veals, common to choice 3 00®4 50 Bulls, common to medium..... 2 25®3 50 Bulls, good to choice 2 75(33 50 Milkers, good to ch0ice........12 00(323 00 Milkers, common to medium... 27 00(937 00 HOGS. Heavy packing and shipping. ..$5 00@5 20 Mixed < « Lights * 00 SHEEP. Good to choice sheep and yearlings ,-•5 50@6 25 Fair to medium sheep and year I4 50.a)5 25 Common sheep and yearlings... 3 50(44 25 Bucks, U head 3 00@5 00 MISCELLANEOUS. Eggs, 12 c; butter, creamery, 24@26c; dairy, 20c; good country. 15c; feathers, 35c; beeswax, IS&aOc; wool. 30®35c, Unwashed, 20c: hens, 8c; turkeys, 10c,toma, 8c; clover seed, 4.75(36.00 £ s

BLOOD FOR MONEY.

New York the Actual Seat of the Chilian War. Two Great Boniness Firms Involved In It— A Nation Plunged in Blood for Private Gain.

A New York dispatch on the 6th says; Judging from certain developments that have taken place during the past twentyfour hours, and from rumors that were -prevalent in business circles down town to-day, the actual seat of the Chilian wai is located in this city. It is claimed that two prominent commercial houses, both having very large interests in Chili, ar< furnishing arms, ammunition and money to the two factions—the government, oi Balmaceda forces, and to the Revolutionists. The houses mentioned are opposed to each other commercially, and each is doing its utmost to have the faction it supports win. News was received by one oi the firms Monday from its agents in Buenos Ayres that its competitor had sent a lot of rifles and ammunition to Balmaceda’s forces. The agent stated that the firm had shipped 350 cases of rifles and 750,000 pounds of ammunition on the Brazil mail steamships Vigilance and Advance from this pdrt to Santos. The ammunition was to Montevideo. At Montevideo, so goe4 the story, the Chilian men-of-w ar Almarante and Lynch, and the Almarante Condell were met and the rifles and ammunition and small arms put on board them. The two vessels then sailed for Valparaiso and delivered the arms to Balmaceda’s forces. One of the above firm left New York, it is said, just before the munitions of war were shipped, and went directly to Buenos Ayres, and from there to Montevideo in order to be present at the transfer of the goods to the warships. —— - Commercial house No. 2, the revolutionist backer, has .been charged by Balma, ceda’s friends with aiding the insurgents by sending arms and cartridges down there. The prize for which both merchants are said to bestruggling is valuable concessions which have been promised them by their respective parties in th? event of victory. One of the New York houses interested and backing the revolutionists is said to practically coiitrol one of the Southern American republics. Thu other has large Brazilian interests. It wal said Tuesday by many merchants that th« war in Chili was being fkept going by the efforts of the two merchants in New York, There have been several representatives of both the contesting forces in Chill here in New York for the past ten days. It is presumed they are purchasing arms foi shipment.

A GOVERNOR OUSTED.

Thayer Declared Legally Elected Chief Executive of Nebraska. Decision by the Supreme Court Which Say* Boyd is Disqualified on the Ground of Non-Citizenship. The Supreme Court of Nebraska rendered a decision on the sth, in the BoydThayer quo-warranto case, ousting Boyd and declaring Thayer legal Governor *u Nebraska. The opinion recites the fact that Boyd was legally elected Governor but is disqualified on the ground of noncitizenship. After quoting the Constitution relative to aliens, it proceeds to the question of the successorship qnd disposes of the claims of Lieutenaht-Governor Majors in the following words; “Under the Constitution, a per Son elected to the office of-Governor is entitled to discharge the duties and receive the emoluments of the office for the term of two years from the first Thursday after the first Tuesday In January following his election and until a successor is duly qualified. When the person receiving the highest number of votes for the office of Governor is Ineligibleunder theUonstltutton to be elected the Governor holds over. The duties of the chief executive office of the State devolves upon the Lhutenant-governor in certain contingencies, among which are the failure of the Governor-elect toqualify any disability of the Governor. It can not be said that there has been a failure to qualify where no person has been constitutionally elected to the office.” The writ of ouster was served on Governor Boyd about 5 o’clock. He received it calmly and said, “I am ready to turn over the office now.” His attorney, John D. Howe, of Omaha, who had just arrived requested him to wait a moment. He immediately went to the Supreme Court room to file a motion for a stay, but as the judgment had already been entered and the. writ served it was too late. Mr. Boyd accordingly turned over the office to Governor Thayer, who had in the meantime taken the oath of office and filed bond. The opinion was signed by Chief-Justice Norville, Justice Maxwell dissenting. It is stated that Mr. Boyd will carry the case to the Supreme Court of the United States. The decision on the whole may be said to be a surprise. The opinion was that in event of the ousting of Boyd, Lieutenant governor, Majors would be named as the successors.

AN INSANE MAN'S FREAK.

He Tries to Sacrifice His Grandchild as a Burnt Offering. Ex-Governor Jessup, one of the most prominent citizens of Bridgewater, Conn.. has gone insane. He wis taken violent!} ill a few days ago, but refused to allow a doctor to come to the house, and livec solely on the faith cure. Jessup at leugtt conceived the idea that he was a second Abraham and that the Lord required s human sacrifice. Thursday, being left alone for a few minutes, he prepared foi the terrible affair by constructing an al tain his tied room, around which he piled t heap of combustibles. Then he cauglr his little grandchild, a year old, am placed her on the altar and prepared t< ignite it. The child's cries attracted t member of the family, and the old mar was nearly killed in the struggle to re'i strain him.

JUSTICE OUTRAGED.

The Verdict in ths New Orleans Murder Cases. The Grand Jury Finds That the Juror. Were Corrupted and Improper- ’ 1 y Influenced, • - After six weeks investigated the grand jury has completed its labors in the Hen J nesy case and the killing of the Italians al the parish prison, New Orleans. Wednesday it presented a very lengthy report, going into all the circumstances of the trial and subsequent occurrences in detail. Th< report is most severe upon the members of the jury who' returned the verdict of i March 13, which is denounced as “start- ! ling, amazing, a bitter disappointment. ■ shocking to public opinion, provoking the ■ repeated accusation that some of thejury ' had been unfaithful to their high office.” i As a result of their investigations ths : grand jury finds positive evidence that th» jury had been tampered with by the useoi money and unproper influences, that subordinate officers of the court had been j guilty of such offenses to justify the belief I that they also had been unproperly influenced, and that on the selection of the jury there had been such methods employed as to absolutely prevent a fair and Impartial verdict, The responsibility for this gross outrage on justice is largely upon D. C, O’Malley, of the detective agency of O’Malley & Adams, who is conclusively proven to have been the person who planned and carried out the various operations. The man O’Malley is shown to have been convicted of like offensesand other crimes many times before. The conclusion of the grand jury on this point is as follows: Taking into account the mass of evidence it becomes our painful duty to make a declaration most severe in its reflection upon the action of some of the jurymen. We are so deeply impTeSted with the facts of the case that the moral conviction is forced upon us that some of the"jurors impaneled to try the accused on the charge of assassination of the late chief of police were subject to a money influence to control their decision. Further than this, we may say it appears certain that at least three, if not more,, of that jury were so unduly and unlawfully controlled. Some of the jurors themselves have testified in most emphatic terms that if it had not been for the persistent and well-directed efforts of three of the jurymen, most, conspicuous from the time that body was impaneled, that the verdict would have been materially different from that rendered. This is a sad and terrible commentary from Aheir associates on the jury as against those whose every action was intended to make them the controlling power. It is certain that the special effort of counsel for defense was to select forservice on that jury such men as Were of the acquaintance and well unter the influence of O’Malley and his assistants, notably those talesmen who were on the detective agency’s list. Regarding the lynching of the Italians, the report concludes: The assassination of the late chief of police shows the culmination of a conspiracy. His death was deemed necessary to prevent the exposure and punishment of criminals whose guilt was being fast established by his diligent pursuit. Thecondition of affairs in this community as to a pertain class of violators of the law had reached such a stage that the law itself was well nigh powerless to deal with them, so far-reaching was their power and influence in the trial of criminal cases. Good, citizens were profoundly impressed by the repeated and signal failures of justice. The arts of the perjurer and briber seemed to dominate in the courts, paralyzing and rendering powerless the ends of justice. Certainly this was a desperate situation. In the public meeting above referred to—general and spontaneous in character as truly indicating an uprising of the masses—we doubt if any power at the command of the authorities would have been sufficient to overcome its intentions. Evidence is before us from official sources that eleven persons were killed in the attack on the parish prison. In the careful examination as to the citizenship of those men, we find that eight of them were beyond question American citizens, and, another "hart declared his Intention” in this court. Which act carries withit the renunciation of allegiance to his native country. It is a noteworthy fact in con--nection with the uprising that no injury w hatever .was... done to .either person or property beyond the one act which seemed to have been the object of the assemblage at the parish prison. We have referred to the large number of citizens participating in this demonstration, an estimate by judges at from 5,000 to 8,000, regarded as a spontaneous uprisings of the people. The magnitude of the affair makes it adlfflcnlt task to fix the guilt upon any number of the participants—in fact, the act seemed to involve the entire people of this parish and the city of New Orleans, so serious is their sympathy and extended their connection with the affair. In view of these considerations, the thorough examination of the subject has failed to disclose the necessary facts to justify thisgrand jury in presenting indictments.

JACK FROST’S DEADLY WORK.

Both Fruits and Vegetables in Eastern and Central States Badly Damaged. Reports from New York State and fha New England States indicate that fruits as well as tender vegetables were nipped by the recent frost. Snow fell in Delaware, and the cold wave reduced the mercury until ice was formed in places. Snow alss fell along the Blue Mountain peach belt and the crop will be greatly injured. Apples. pears, qherries and plums are supposed to be badly damaged. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson bulletins to the effect that Kentucky peaches and grapes were damaged, the injury extending to wheat and corn in that locality. Fruit growers in central Ohiofeport that early cherries are all killed. In the northern part of the Sta’te, around Toledo, icc was formed, but there was no frost on account of the dry atmosphere. From lowa comes the report that th« thermometer registered as low as 27 degrees, arid that early togethei with the staple fruits, are al) more or less injured. The center of the State has beer visited with three successive and sever* frosts. '

The Board of Public Control visited the market Wednesday, and many improvements will be made. Several of the suggestions made bj the Reporter some weeks ago will be attended to. Electric lights, painting and whitewashing, moving hay market, etc. Nothing like having < paper to make suggestions occasion, ally.