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VOL. XXVIII—NO. HU)
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7,’ ISHfi.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
1 TRIAL
The Prisoner Refuses to Admit the Juris
diction of the Court.
Ill' IMui'i't Himself In tlu- Hull'll ol'Hls (loverinnciit
mill the Jill*.'!' Declares Him Unlit)—The Sen-
teiiee Deserved,
Mexican laws, and that that is why he *
went so far away to reptibiU.i his cards;
also, that if the offense was punishable
there were many reasons \ ay the punish- ;
ment should be as light as possible.
Cutting was then offered a chance to
speak, but he simply stated that he could ;
not recognize the court and that he was in '
the hands of the government.
The judge then adjudged him guilty and
the court adjourned. The judge has flf- [
teen a ays in which to pronounce the sen
tence.
Denver, August 6.—A special dispatch
from El Paso says: The trial of Editor Cut- !
ting was set for 10 o’clock yesterday morn
ing, and at that hour the Mexican authori
ties of tlie court of judge of letters, Senor
Miguel Sabbida, his clerk, the official in
terpreter, Louis ; Dautinks, complainant
Eungdier Medina, Consul Brigham and
clerks, the prisoner and a few American I
and Mexican citizens and representatives
of the El Paso press assembled in a small
court room 'furnished with two tables
and a few chairs. At 1 o'clock the
prosecuting attorney, J. M. Sierra,
and Jesus E. Yslas, attorney for the !
uefence, announced that they were
ready for trial. On the opening of court
Judge Sabbida asked the interpreter to
read all the proceedings and documents in
the case. Among them were Medina’s af
fidavits charging Editor Cutting with a
failure to carry out the reconciliation made
before the Mexican court in regard to the
publication in his Paso Del Norte paper by
Immediately causing to be published in
the El Paso Sunday Herald a repetition
of the article. The second affidavit
of Medina charges Cutting with having
caused to be circulated over ten copies ot
that paper in Paso Del Norte; that his ma
licious intention was made plain because
his defamatory card appeared both in
Spanish and English, while the Herald
usually published nothing but English.
Then the order of the judge to receive
ail copies of the paper containing
said article so circulated was read, follow
ed by. the written minutes of the court
from day to day embracing the time from
Cutting’s first appearance before the court
to-day and the hour of sitting. Then came
the original charge of libelling a Mexican
citizen, Medina, in the Sunday Herald, a
paper publishen at E] Paso. Texas.
Medina had filed as evidence against
the prisoner the act of reconciliation pre
viously signed by both, copies of the
Heraia,and the report of an interview held
with the prisoner by a representative of
another local paper. One part of the
court minutes stated that Cutting at 11
o’clock at night, when told that he might
give bond, answered that he would not do
so; that his case was in the hands of his
government, and that ifthe demand for his
release was not obeyed at once United
States troops from Fort Davis would im
mediately arrive to liberate him by force.
The minutes go on to state how several
persons had been appointed by the court
to defend Cutting against his will, and
how all these had declined until Jesus E.
Yslas had accepted the task. Then follows
the introduction of the laws of the state of
Texas applicable in the case, as the offense
was conceded to have been committed in
Texas.
When the reading was finished Cutting
was asked if all was satisfactory to him.
He replied that he could not countenance
the proceedings, as he considered the
court without jurisdiction in the case.
The officials then signified their approval
of the contents of the minutes, and argu
ments were declared in order.
Jo sc Maria -Sierra, prosecuting attorney,
then took the fioor and delivered his
argument, stopping only to quote from
law books such articles and paragraphs
as were referred to in his speech. He said
the case hinged upon a written agreement
between Medina and Cutting, called “'an
act of reconciliation," which was broken
and made void by the publication
of Cutting’s articles in the El
Paso Sunday Herald ; that Cut
ting's breech of contract gave Medina
a perfect right to continue his case against
the prisoner, and in support of this view
he quoted article 656 and section 5 of ar
ticle 'J57 of the Mexican code. He declared
that Cutting was not an ignorant man. but
had repeatedly acted in direct opposition
to the act of conciliation,as the publication
of interviews with the prisoner in the El
I llihui'i lli'tiiiiliis,
New York, August 6.—The casket in !
which the remains of Samuel J. Tilden are i
to be placed will not be finished until this 1
evening. Meantime the body will remain!
on a temporary bier upon which it was
placed yesterday. As soon as finished the i
burial casket will be taken to Greystone ;
and the body which lias been embalmed i
and dressed for the grave, will he placed
in it. The pall bearers have not all been
chosen and the list will not be positively
nnonunced until some time this afternoon.
There have been no changes made in the
funeral programme ns announced yester
day. A proposition has been submitted
to the relatives to allow the body to lie in
stale in the city hall to give the public an
opportunity to view the remains, hut con
sent has so far been withdrawn and there
is no probability that such an arrange
ment will be entertained. Capt. Mangan
has placed an extra guard of police around
the mansion to keep the curious at a re
spectful distance, and only friends and ac
quaintances of the family are at the re
quest of the family permitted to enter t! e
house of the dead.
MILITARY MATTERS.
The Tennessee Democrats Successful
With Largely Increased Majorities.
Till'Civil Si'i'vlri' Clank In tin- Clutl'iinii of the
South CeroHiiii lleiiliii'i'iila— Niiitiei'iiiia Comri'i's-
kIoiiiiI Coiivi'iiltoiis—Dinuriicrt)' mill Hiivlitsiiii
Hen omiii tili'il.
Raleigh, N. C., August c>.—In the eighth
distridt democratic convention Hon. Wil
liam H. 11. Cowles, the present congress
man, was nominated without opposition.
The congressional convention of the
fourth district began hero yesterday and
remained in session until 2:30 a. m. with
out result. At this morning's session on
the 198th ballot (Jen. W. R. Cox, the
present member, withdrew his name from
t he convention, saying he.had a principle
to vindicate and that he would not change
a single rule nor appointment
made during his six years in
congress. The fight was made on Gen.
Cox—chiefly on his civil service record.
His withdrawal leaves the convention
about equally divided between Bunn,
Corke and Graham, with no present pros
pect of a nomination. Strudwick, in nomi
nating Graham, said a public office was a
public trust, but that the trustees must be
democrats and not republicans; friends,
not enemies, to the proper administration
of the trust. .
John TV. Graham, of Orange county,
was nominated on the two hundred and
eleventh ballot. The nomination was
reached after all the candidates, \V. R.
Cox, D. H. Bunn and C. M. Cook lnid ,
withdrawn. Graham was then chosen by
limit Mlnliik tuti'ri'sls.
Bette City, Montana, August (L- Grave
alarm exists throughout the mining dis
tricts of Montana over the rapid decline of
silver. The Inter-Mountain estimates that
60,000 persons in the territory are depend
ent on the mining industry and cognate
enterprises, including merchants, farmers
and mechanics. The recent depreciation
of ten cents per ounce in silver represents
the profits of the milling companies,Which
will have to close down unless a reaction
occurs. The lead and copper mines, in
which silver is an important hi-product,
arc also seriously affected.
Tlw opening of Hmi, .-,.ers1,i.r Prize HriH j “^m Te'is the‘eldestson^of'‘th'e i on Thflghf The
nations sent to the senate which remain
unacted upon : Dabney H, Maury, to be
envoy extraordinary to Colombia; John
Shield, chief justice of Arizona (his
second nomi ati n ; Will. G. Langford,
associate justice! Washington territory;
Geo. W. Julian, surveyor general, New
Mexico; Peter F. Cogbill, collector of cus
toms, Petersburg, Fa.; T. \V. Scott, I’nited
Slates marshal tor the eastern district of
Virginia; T. B. Yancy, United States mar
shal I'ortlie western district of Tennessee;
postmasters, O. 1). Dorr, Roanoke, Va.; W.
Groome, Vicksburg, Miss..T. B. Grovonar,
St. Augustine, Kin.; M. Glennnn, Norfolk,
Va.; F. A. Rons, Tuceumtiia, Ala,
What the Witnesses for the Defense Had
to Say Yesterday.
Hillin' Con flirting Tout linoiiy Aland tin
Is of Souii'of lhi> Di'fl'itiliiids on II
liftin' lliiyinaikct 11 rsviiTr- K'jrcIrui i
Witness Stiiinl.
Co
lo till' Eli
'll.
Washington, August (i. The president
will , leave Washington this evening for
Now York to attend the funeral of Tilden !
to-morrow. Acting Secretary Fairchild j
and a number of other officials will attend
the funeral.
Chicago, August 6.—The expectation
appeared to be general this morning' that
he gives quotations from any author, poet
or prose writer, and seems to hnveu mania
for figures. If left to himself with slate
and pencil lie will set down column after
column of figures and add them up, and at
the bottom write. “Remit to R. M. B. &
C'o.” In a memorandum book he had
written, when found, the amount of sotae
collections he had made and remitted to
R. M. Bruce A' Co. July 21, 1886, but Bruce
j & Co.'s address was not given. To all
questions he replies by writing on a slate,
mid when lie speaks at all it is hard to un
derstand him, us he jerks his words out in
j monosyllables, lie says he was sent to the
asylum at Fulton from St. Louis, and that
1 a Dr. Dean and others signed the certifi
cate. He gives the address of many busi-
MONTANA ALARMED.
Tin' In . llni' in sill
nisiislrr In Her
Galveston, August 6.—'The interstate
drill, the prizes approximating $15,000, was
inaugurated in Camp McGruder yesterday.
Some fifty companies are in camp. Of
these, seven have entered the iusterstate
contest and ten the state contest. Those
entering the interstate competition are the
Montgomery True Bines, Montgomery,
Ala.; the Branch Guards, St. Louis; the
Houston Light Guards, Houston,| Texas;
Company F, Louisx ilk Legion, Louisville,
Ky.; Sealy Rifles, Galveston, Texas; the
San Antonio and Belknap Rifles, San
Antonio, Texas. The day opened
brilliantly and a large crowd was
in attendance. Hon. Seth Shepperd de
livered the address of welcome to the in
terstate troops, and Judge Gustave Cook
welcomed the state troops. Gov. Ireland
also spoke, and in the course of his re
marks briefly alluded to the controversy
between the I'nited States and Mexico,
and while he counselled peace, he strongly
intimated that sterner measures might be
found necessary. In that event, he said
the element before him was ready to de
fend the state and the nation.
Five infantry companies and one Zouave
company have entered the competitive
drill for prizes. Lieutenants Cashman,
Wright and Dunning, of the 16th United
States infantry, have been selected as
i ndges of the infantry drill, and Captain
.aneaster and Lieutenants Dane and
Meyer, of battery F 3d United States artil
lery, have been appointed judges of the
artillery drill. None of the companies
entered for the inter-state contest drilled
yesterday, the time being occupied by the
drilling of the four companies entered in
the state contest.
It is estimated that 12,000 persons are in
the city to attend the drill and every train
arriving adds to the number. The city is
beautifully draped with flags, banners and
streamers of ail nations.
In the pools ip the interstate drill the
Houston Light Guards are the first choice,
the Branch Guards second and True Blues
third. Brevet-Colonel Rose is in command
of the encampment. Besides the militia,
four companies of United States infantry
and one battery of flying artillery au i two
military bands are in attendance.
late Hon. William A. Graham, who was
secretary of the navy under President Fil-
more.
Alexandria, Va., August 6.—The dead
lock in the congressional convention Ktill
continues with little probability of i n
early solution. Fifty-seven ballots have
been taken and Lee is in the lend, after
having been twice dropped and again
placed in nomination.
The convention, after taking 84 ballots
without result, adjourned till to morrow.
DOUGHERTY AND DAVIDSON RENOMI
NATED.
Jacksonville, Fla., August 6.— At tb
Alice, Moulton, Lexington and Wicke
works and many other great enterprises,
which for years have paid heavy dividends
and employ thousands of men, cannot run
ifthe present depression in the silver mar
ket continues. A general paralysis of
business will result, unless changes speedily
occur. Butte is a substantial oily of 22,6011
inhabitants, entirely dependent on mining,
.Vu! miners being employed here. The
copper smelters will continue in operation,
bm with decreased |Touts.
Tlie silver mills ot Montana represent an
investment of $20,OHO,01)0. The silver pro
duct ol'( lie territnrv for I he currant year
timatod at $12,000,000, will be suddenly
conventions held at Ocala and Brooksville, cut short, and it is thought some 12,000
this week Dougherty and Davidson, both miners will be thrown -
sitting members, were renominated for the
■'"ieth congress. Dougherty was liomi-
FACTS FROM FOREIGN SHORES.
BenetTnl <3 tlie Hints lit Belfus
PI
Paso papers proved, ana that the.prisoner
merited no clemency, because his crime
was worse than if he were ignor
ant, or realizing its gravity had
sought to make reparation instead of con
stantly reiterating his attacks upon
Medina in interviews. The prisoner had
made the investigation of the case difficult
by refusing to answer the judge, and this
was an aggravating circumstance in the
case. The result of his crime has been to
terrorize the people of this vicinity, dis
turbing society and causing fear of a revo
lution and probably war. All these were
aggravating circumstances and crimes
in themselves. Sections 1 and 2
of articles 186 of the Mexican
law gave the court jurisdiction ana
the consul characterized the offense be
cause it was also punishable in Texas, as
the quoted law of Texas specified, by im
prisonment of from six months to two
years, or by a fine of from $300 to ?3000.
He concluded by calling attention to
article 66 of the penal code, which defines
the sentence in such serious cases and
asked the court that sentence of two years
imprisonment at hard labor be imposed
upon the prisoner. He requested the
court to censure Consul Brigham for his
officious interference in the case, and also
that the federal authorities be notified ol
the consul’s acts so that the necessary di
plomatic correspondence for his removal
might be commenced.
Medina, the accusing party, was then
f iven the floor, and testified that Cutting
ad defamed his character in his paper on
June 6th. For this, he had him cited by
the court for recognition. The result of
this was that Cutting promised to publish
four times, in both English and Spanish, a
retraction. He has broken his word as
evident from No. 16 of the El Centinel, b\
having omitted the Spanish version ^ot lui
retraction
English
and by~ having given
poor form. omitting
’ 'no* Vprv
Not satisfied
with burlesqueing my good faith and his
... * - - articles,
and, continued the witness:
with burlesqueing my good
oath, he caused to appear two articles,
more offensive than tne first, in the Ll
Paso Sunday Herald ot the -0th, one m
Spanish and the other in English, reitei-
ating his former charges and claiming that
he had retracted only because he w as
forced to before a Mexican judge, and
Cutting, not satisfied with the harm done
mv reputation and business, has said m an
interview with a Tribune reporter that 1
am a fraud and a dead beat and that this
had always been his opinion of my news
paper enterprise, and that for this reaso
he published it.”
Witness further said: “It being oubllo
and notorious that Cutting has defamed
my name, thus making it impossible for
me to continue my newspaper enterpns ,
and my interests having suffered gia\i
damages so that I will be unable to co -
tinue longer in business, I .here fore,, p
plicate the judge to name two Peisot
fix the damage caused me by said Cutting
as an equitable way of settlement m paiL
At the conclusion of the witness' tf** 1
mony Senor Jesus E. Yslas, attorney for
Cutting, arose. He argued tnat the former
action iiad ended the claim of . >
that Cutting did not voluntarily break anj
London, August ".—The Standard, com
menting on the meeting of the unionists
vesterday, says that Lord Harrington's
language is all that the conservatives have
a right, to expect. There is little doubt, it
says, that as long as Harrington continues
of the same mind home rule for Ireland is
an impossibility. He still seems to dream
' of reuniting the scattered hostile liberal
sections instead of looking to a new divis
ion of parties more in harmony with the
1 existing state of public opinion, and this is
i to our mind tlie only weak point in his
conception of the present crisis.
Il'l'tlllKl.
THE MAYOR ISSUES A PROCLAMATION.
Belfast, August 6.—The city is to-day
placarded with a proclamation by the
I mayor forbidding unlawful assemblages in
the streets, threatening all who attempt
to form them and all who participate in
them with arrest, and calling on all law-
abiding citizens to assist the police in sup
pressing disorder wherever it may occur
in the city.
RENEWAL OF THE RIOTS.
Belfast, August 6.—While 500 work-
I men were going home this evening a bol-
| tie was thrown among them from a win
dow. The workmen retaliated with iron
I bolts, and a furious tumult ensued. The
i police and soldiers hastened to the scene
and charged the rioters, hut without dis-
! persing them. The police then fired upon
I the crowd, severely wounding seven per-
I sons.
Struck by a Cyclone.
St. Loris, Mo., August 6.—A dispatch
: from Topeka reports that a cyclone struck
' the town last night and demolished twenty
1 houses Liid did great damage to the grow -
| ing crops. Sixteen cars were blown from
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fee track
; and telegraph wires were prostrated for
| two miles west of the town. Ihe extent
I of the damage has not been learned, but
the dispatch stated that no one so far as
j known had been seriously injured. The
storm reached other towns in the vicinity
. Of Hartland, but wires being down, its
| effects cannot be learned.
A 1’lrnMire Party Hrowiii'il.
SARNIA, Out., August 6.—The pleasure
; yacht cruiser was caught in the storm of
j Sunday night and wrecked on Lake Huron.
; She had a crew of six young men, all of
whom were drowned. The yacht paine
! ashore at Port Frankwert. The bodies of
! Pope .McKenzie, Fleming McKenzie and
T. A. Tafer were lashed to it. The bodies
of W. J. Sinclair, David Allen and Walter
\V. Morrison have not yet been recovered.
Ali the young men belonged to the first
1 families of Sarnia and viei, lty and held
! prominent business positions.
Killed It} a Train.
Charlottesville, Va., August 6.—A
lady named Miss Bartlett was crossing the
railroad track at Clifton Forge this morn
ing when she was struck by a passenger
train and killed. The body was cut in
two.
fiftie
nated by acclamation - without the for
mality of a ballot. Davidson was nomi
nated on the 11th ballot. Resolutions
strongly endorsing President Cleveland
and His policy of reform were adopted.
Large Hi- in or to (i c Cains in Ten IH'SSI'I'.
Nashville, August 6.—Yesterday’s elec
tion in Tenuessee was for five judges of the
supreme court and a full list of county offi
cers, and judges and clerks of every court
in the state. The returns come in too
slow to enable figures to be given, b.t
democratic victories are everywhere re
ported, and tlie best idea that can now be
formed is thut the democratic state ticket
is elected by 36,000, a democratic gn n
of about 28,000 over two years ago. Tlie
majority may reach 40,000, as every
county as far as hoard from, without ex
ception, has shown democratid gains. The
successful candidates for the stale supreme
bench are: Peter Turney, of Franklin
county; W. C. Caldwell, of Gibson county;
W. H. Turton, of Montgomery county; B.
L. Snodgrass, of Hamilton county; W. C.
Folks, of Shelby county. •
Tin' South (iiroiiiiu Ili'iiinrnii'y.
Columbia, S. C., August 6.—'The civil
service plank in the democratic platform,
after n motion to table it was voted down,
was adopted by a viva voce vote with but
a few negatives, making it a practically
unanimous vote in its favor. The facts
are, however, that the committee on plat-
form purposely omitted the plank, not
mi of employment.
Reports from other mineral states and ter
ritories are to the same effect, and directly
affect the personal interest of a million
western people.
A PROMINENT MEXICAN.
Hi'Sit)n f In'Mi'xlniiis An 1 Anxious lo (liltlrnte
FrU'iully Ki-lations With Your I'lielo Mini.
Lowell, Mass., August 6.—Senor Santi
ago Cuevas, ex-colonel of the Mexican ar
tillery, is at present stopping at the Merri-
mac house, where he will remain Cor some
days, during whicli time he will investi
gate the mills and manufacturing estab
lishments of this city. Your correspond
ent called upon him this morning to learn
his views regarding the troubles on the
frontier of Texas and other matters of in
terest. Colonel'Cuevas did not believe
that trouble would result from tl u present
difficulties in Mexico, inasmuch as the
government counsel was not to blame in
the matter. The population on
! both sides of the Rio Grande
I were a lawless set who defied
the law and were constantly causing
! trouble. The population in the frontier
1 states of Mexico--Tamaulipas, Chihuahua
j and Coahulia—was scattered and made up
I largely of ranchers and miners, and other
classes who were revolutionists and dis-
I timbers at all times. The central goveru-
j ment looks to the state governments for
I the preservation of peace within their
limits, and while a military force are eon
inters, t
being willing to endorse the practical | stantJy kept on the borders, there were
application of the system. As the ] certain elements and things beyond the
chairman of the committee expressed it I cn f pf ro .k even the best, military force.
in opposing a restoration of the omitted
plank, he was for civil service us we un
derstood, but was opposed to the civil ser
vice which was operated to retain repub
licans in offices to which they are not en
titled. While, therefore, the vote for the
restoration was unanimous, it is a fact that
the democrats are divided in their opinions
on the subject.
ON ’CHANGE.
An Ai'tivi' iiml HiiIIImIi Market.
New York, August 6.—The general ex
cellent showing of all earnings lately re
ported,, the feeling that any further dam
age to the crops is improbable, uud heavy
purchases for foreign account liuve caused
general confidence in higher prices for the
immediate future. The bullish feeling
was very prominent this morning and
there was a rush to buy stocks, aim over
half of the day's business was transacted in
the first hour, quotations advancing
throughout the list. There was no
news of importance, hut in the early deal
ings there was an active market. Union
Pacific rose 1 per cent, chiefly owing to
the adjournment of congress, which re
lieves all apprehension of adverse legisla
tion. The prices remained steady all day.
Nearly everything shows fractional gains.
Some of the low-priced fancies were un
usually active to-day. Sales, 265,000.
Tin! Peelsliiii A 111 rineil.
Chicaoo, August 6.—The appellate court
this morning announced that it had af
firmed the decision of Judge Rogers, in
which he sustained the will of the late
Wilbur F. Storrs, executor of the Chicago
Times. Judge Rogers held that the will
was valid and should be admitted to pro
bate. It bequeaths to the widow the
entire estate of the late Wilbur F. Storrs,
including the Chicago Times newspaper.
II Ill'll!'
Him
isl.
St. Louis, August 6.—John Smith, the
murderer of Glidson, was taken from
The Mexican people generally are anx
ious to cultivate tlie best relations with
the people of the United States, hut the
Americans should remember that the mass
of our people are behind the American
standard, and have not reached the plane
of civilization and education upon which
they stand. In time, the best feeling and
most harmonious relations will exist be
tween the two peopu a, and the sober
second thought of the people will hardly
allow a breach of the peace between the
two nations on aceoui.I id the conduct of
certain irresponsible officials.
Colonel Cuevas has visited tlie Bunting
mill and the United States cartridge fac
tory and machine sliofi, and expressed
great satisfaction at the courtesy and
kindness shown him. Colonel Cuevas lives
at Guaimjuala, in Mexico, where consid
erable,cotton manufacturing is carried on
by General Portillo, whoso sen, Augusta
Portillo, spent two years in this city.
Another I,arm* (iontriliutiim.
Detroit, Michigan, August 6.—Rev.
Dr. O’Reilly, this morning, cabled to the
treasurer ofthe Irish parliamentary fund
in London, .$60,000 to sustain the Par-
nellites in their struggle for the redress of
Irish grievances. The following dispatch
was sent to Parnell:
“Have this day transmitted to the trus
tees $60,000. The league in America re
laxes no effort; knows no dismay.
[Signed.] O’Reilly,
Treasurer.”
THREATENED MILITARY ROW.
Dr. John M. Fleming was called by
Foster and said he was olio of tlie physi
cian! who was in attendance upon the
wounded at east Desplams street station
on the night of May 4. Witness said there
were about twelve citizens at the station
who had sustained injuries. He extracted
a bullet from the knee of an officer who
lie thought was Officer Kreuger. Witness
said the bullet corresponded ns nearly as
he was able to judge with tho revolver
bullets used by the police.
Counsel said he desired to show that
Kreuger remarked that tlie bullet came
from a police revolver.
Objected to and the objection sustained.
Witness said lie extracted a bullet from
the shoulder of A. Shoemaker, and it ap
peared to he I lie same ns that taken from
Kreuger. A bullet was taken from tho
body of a dead man brought into the police
station which also appeared to correspond
with the bullet.
On cl - -! cv Vi: iination he said that he
would : it be .1, !■ to testify as to the cali
bre of the bullet, or as to what kind of re
volvin' i. was fired from,
Otto Waii'troy, who could not speak
English, testified that before tlie llay-
market me.ding concluded I10 and de-
fendam, Fist her, went to Zeph’s hall and
were there drinking liver when the bomb
explod. . . I To testified that he also saw
Parsons there at the same time. This lat
ter assert ion contradicted the other wit
nesses for the defense.
On cross examination he said 'he be
longed Lo a group of internationalists, of
which Fscberand Engel were members.
Edward Prischer testified that Schwab
arrived at Deering hull to make a speech
about9:30 o’clock on tho night of.May 4th,
and addressed a meeting at Deering about
9:46, speaking fifteen or twenty minutes,
and when he concluded speaking Schwab
went with witness to a drinking saloon
and remained there ten or fifteen minutes.
Schwab then took a ear and returned to
the city.
According to this testimony Schwab
could not have been at the Hay Market
meeting later than 9 o’clock at night, and
could not have returned to Hay Market
earlier than 10:45 o’clock.
On cross-examination witness said he
was a carrier for the Arbeitcr Zeitung. He
could not state tlie time precisely.
Fritz Stetler was also present at tlie
Deering meeting and heard Schwab speak
there that night.
Hermann Booker, who lives on Ran
dolph street ifcar Haymarket, said he saw
and dark mustache, and his face is bronzed
ns if by exposure to the sun and wind. At
present he is under the care of two attend
ants and lie is being eared for by the coun
ty. He lias Imd the best medical attention
and is cared for kindly. Alt possible ef
forts to ascertain who lie is have failecL for
110 one whose address can be learned from
him knows of him, which leads the con
clusion that E. J. Chapin is not his name.
He gave the names of tlie following as
friends of his: E. O. Stanard, 3327 LiudeU
avenue, St. Louis, and Ed. E. Folsom,
Lachede hotel, room 43. St. Louis. If any
one seeing this should know the man he
can eommuniente with Dr. T. A. Roby,
Hnrrisonville, .Mo., and thereby solve the
mystery surrounding him and perhaps
gladden the hearts of friends who are un
aware of his present condition.
MORE TROUBLE IN TEXAS.
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ml.
Fort Worth, Tex., August 6.—There is
a eotiHiil, rnlile flurry m Fisher, Stonewall
and Haskell counties, in the southern tier
of pan-handle counties, over errors in sur
veys which will cause serious loss to ninny
settlers. The lands in these counties were
located yenis ago, when the counties did
not exist, hut were included in a land dis
trict. Tlie Houston and Texas Central
Railroad Company located hundreds of
sections of their land grant there. So did
111" older counties ofthe state when locat
ing the lands given them by the state for
school purposes. When located these lands
were worth 10 cents an acre, but to-day
tlicy are wortli from $2.60 to $6 per acre.
The school lands were settled upon as well
as some ofthe railroad land purchased at
the time of making the surveys. Accuracy
was not much of nil object seemingly.
Many errors were made in chaining. De
clination of the needle was not taken into
account, and it is said that a grazing cow
or horse in the distance would be selected
and the line would be sighted and run to
tlie animal regardless of the fact that it
might have gone several hundred yards
before the chain men reached it. As a
consequence some of the school sections
which should have contained 640 acres
were found to embrace ns many 900 acres,
while others fell to 100 acres.
The railroad company discovering these
i errors, recently sent a corps of experienced
to the counties, and from the
ere
the
built
hduses, dug cisterns, and put improve
ments on lands a mile away from those
owned by them. Tlie town of Fisher, in
Fisher county, was found to be located in
Houston county, while Texas Central laud,
';y school land, had
pure nosed ny tne' founders of the
base his opinion upon except that two men
who lived near Gilmer spoke in that way
of him.
Henriuh Witt, who could not speaklEng
lish, testified t hat Spies was requested to
make a speeehlon Black Road to a meet
ing on May 3d. which resulted in thij.Mc-
Uormiok riot and gave a resume of that oc
currence. lie declared that Spies when
tlie attack was made upon McCormick's,
urged his hearers not to join in the attack.
* ON THE TRACK.
' at Surntiigii Vi'sti'riliiy
imipii nueei, in.ui , njiin m.i, n..., surveyors to the counttes, ana trom t
Schwab on Haymarket a few minutes after | „ el( , ;, oU . K ln the lnlld office the lines wi
8 o clock on The night of May 4, and alter- . run (Treat changes were caused by I
ward saw him take a street car and go new n Ilt -s. Men found that they had bi
CU-'it. ^ Mimpu flnrr r«{at.pm«. nml nut imnrn
'Die testimony of these witnesses doesn t
eontrndict that of the state, except that of
Gilmer, who stated that he saw him in
company with Spies just prior to the ex-
plosion. , , , I instead of Bastrop county
Pmneas H. Adams testified that he | )een . nivc i ia80( ] p v the
would not believe Gilmer under oath, he | n j acf . 'phe town was half a mile from where
it ought properly to have been located
(if course, ihe railroad company was
simply watching its own interests. They
were running the lines to thel’number of
sections they were entitled to, and each
section was made to contain the 640 acres,
no more, no less. The settlers who had
bought school lands saw their dominions
disappearing arid naturally objected. They
petitioned tlie state laud board to order
an official state survey, claiming that the
railroad company is making itself whole
iiy robbing the school lands and the set
tlers. The people went further, and made
I lireuts against 'hr- corps of surveyors, and
they have in some eases removed corners
and placed bearing stones back to
I where they were originally. This
. Y., August 6.—First race, i trouble has been going on for some
of a mile, Climax won, tin:'., but, living remote from railroads,
I, Lord Lome 3d. Time, j news was only yesterday received in re
gard lo it. On the 5th of July an attack
was to he made on the surveyors’ camp,
hut the cook, being patriotic, had put
water in a number of cartridge shells and
thrown them into the camp fire, when
t hey exploded with a loud noise. While
these explosions were going on the attack
ing party came up, and, imagining a heavy
force to be present, retired. A committee
from the counties has gone to Austin to
lay tne matter before the land board.
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Ill till- Nlirllllli-iit
Montreal, August 6.- Canada is threat
ened with a first-class military row. Ever
since the close ofthe Northwest rebellion
and the knighting of Gen Middleton by
the queen and the vote to him of$20 ( 000 by
‘ le Canae'
Saratoga,
three-quarter
Barry Russell
1:164.
Second race, mile and 600 yards, dead
heat between Swift and Sam Brown, Hess
3d. Time, 2:16. Stakes were divided.
Third race, for three-year-olds, one mile
and seven!v yards, l.lue Line won, Santa
Anna Belle 2d, Macula 3d. Time, 1:1(1}.
Fourth race, for two-year-old fillies,
three-quarters of a mile, Bessie June won,
Nellie B. 2d, Cora L. 3d. Time, 1:17}.
Fifth race, mile heat, islett won, Ro
sette 2d, I Juke of Connaught 3d. Time,
1:454. _
Thu ( ill,'III!,, ICui’i's.
Chicago, August 6.—First race, one
mile; Lady Ixingfellow won, The Dude 2,
Mamie Hunt 3; time 1:44.
Second race It miles; Dancing Kid won,
Wnrsign 2, but as the latter swerved the
judges gave second to Lura Brown, Jum
Nave 3; time 1:564.
Third race, 1* miles; Lizzie Dywer won,
Binette 2; time 2:364.
Fourth race, j mile heats; first heat, Our
Friend won, Herlanthus 2, Little Joe 3;
time 1:15$. Second heat, Little Joe won,
Our Friend 2, Mooonlight 3; time 1:16.
Fifth race, one mile; Sir Joseph won,
Bob Fisher 2d, Top Sawyer 3d; time 1:414.
A MYSTERIOUS MAN.
SHERMAN ON CALIFORNIA.
Till' lll'fll'ml Tit I K H
Mnlirtulnlmr Tuft) to tho
i fliu I’lU'lflc Coast.
Kvi'li'tif ly
K lions 1
to III a Jam
I'lipii! tViio Ho
San Francisco, August 6.—General W.
T. Sherman, in the course of his femarks
at tiie pavilion reception, referred to the
enthusiastic reception given the G. A. R.
and its kindred organizations by San
Francisco, and spoke of the feeling of
loyalty and gratefulness which prompted
it. Addressing himself to the members of
the grand army, he said:
“We are citizens of the greatest country
of the world. You must and will be ever
loyal to the government of the United
States. We are brothers. We laid side by
j side and drank out of one canteen. We
tl e: 'fore swear to maintain in fraternity
l nnd charity, not only to one another, hut
charity of opinion to leave every man to
think what he pleases, although he may
Marysville to Gallatin, Mo., to-day and j Bca p a 'city
, differ from us. The men oi California
11A RIiISON VILJ.E, Mo., August 4.—On represent pure principles. Grant learned
. the 29th of July, a strange man walked e lessen here; Sheridan did,
the Canadian parliament, a feeling that he | into Deacon Bros.’store, and asked for a I and certainly you and old Uncle
was undeserving of such rewards has been doctor. One was sent for immediately, ) Bill v learned her
steadily growing. It is charged that his 1 and on his arrival the stranger was un
hanged.
Fort Smith, Ark., August 6.—Kit Ross,
a quarter-breed Cherokee, wus hanged here
to-day for the murder of Jonathan Daws,
a white man, at Dechoteau, Indian Terri
tory, on the 20th of last December.
A llt'lii)'<Ml Minnifr.
New York, August 6.—The agents of
the North German Lloyd steamer Werra,
which is overdue at this port, had not this
morning heard anything of her where
abouts. They say they are not alarmed
about her safety, and that she has probably
broken a shaft and is on the way to this
port under sail.
_ in handling tho Canadian trooi s
led to much unnecessary loss of life
and delay in suppressing the rebellion,
with the resultant enormous exfienso. He
is credited with great physical courage but
no strategetieal ability. He is now charged
with garbling the reports of the subordi
nate commanders, especially! those of Gen
Strange, an officer of grout ability, who
commanded the Alberta Held force and did
much to suppress the rebellion.
The French press of Montreal has tuken
up the case of General Strange very
warmly, and the general himself lues writ
ten to the press complaining of the injus
tice done to him and his command. One
serious charge is that General Middleton
omitted all mention of the important en
gagement at Frenchman’s Butte. The I
fact that General Middleton
conscious and suffering from convulsions.
Tlie doctor applied restoratives, and as
soon as lie was able to go, he was taken to
tlie Hotel Harrisonville, since which time } war. California said to you one y,
he has become the most mysterious case ago, if you will come here we will show
ever known here. Physically, he lias j you California’s hospitality, the beautiful
recovered, but he is a lunatic with- : mountains, its other magnificent scenes
out a doubt. He cannot tell i and its luscious fruits. We found this too
[Cheers. ]| IWhile Cal
ifornia did not furnish the soldiers that
saved tlie Union, yet the sound of pick and
shovel was music in our ears, because
with them we found what was necessary
ear
A lli'iqi of Puper Wisti'ii.
Washington, August
_je present congress I
pages, not including the index or the up- ! is likely to lead to a lively row
0.—The record of' prejudiced against the Freneii contingent cation with such parties only deepe
the present congress fills 8630 printed j in the field serving under General Strange j mystery, for no one knows him. He seems
how he got here, and no one
knows where) he came from. He claims
to have escaped from tlie asylum nt Ful
ton, but inquiries there develop the fact
that no suen man has ever been there, yet
he is familiar with the surroundings ofthe
asylum, and gives names of attendants and
doctors properly. He had no letters on his
person tnat might identify him, except on
his pocket-book the name E. J. Chapit was
llutte. The ! printed in lead pencil. Some cards were v -
was greatly found in this pocket-book, and eommuni- Kentucky district
such parties only deepens the
tempting to resist, and came and were not
disappointed.” Turning to the vast au
dience he concluded hy thanking the
ladies and gentlemen of California for their
unbounded hospitality.
Uinoni inati'il for Con^rtss.
Louisville, Ky., August 6.—Hon. J. B.
McCreary was renominated for eougress
by the democratic convention ofthe eighth
pendix. This exceeds bv about 1600 pages I Middleton has just returned from England
the record of any preceding session of eo •’ ’ ‘
General to think himself at the Manhattan House
ii,4i.i | iuiuuiow.il nun juau icbnrucu Hum uuyiauu, at Atchison, Kas,; says he has a sister in
con- , and the militia department has announced ' this (Cass) county, but cannot give her
gress. < | its intention of caning on him immediately
The following are the principal uomi- 1 for explanations.
An K\|hinilliiu Metal.
A metal that expands in cooling is made
of lead, nine parts; antimony, two parts:
name. I bismuth, one part. This alloy can be used
He is a man who has been well educated; I to rill small defects in iron eastings.