Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 9, 1880, Page 2

9 THE. CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY,. APRIL 9, 1880—TWELVE PAGES. . . PRESIDENTIAL. Louisville, Ky., Primaries Cap- tured Yesterday by the Grant Bulldozers, e ‘Who Resort to Violonce to Carry the Wards in Their Intorest. i ‘ "In Atlante, Ga., Sherman’s Oo- horts Control the County . Convention. » , Endeavors Making to Harmonize : the Pennsylvanis Demo- by _ ratic Factions. 1 i ‘Sherman's Strength in Ohio Grow= nf ; ing Smaller and Smaller Daily. 4 ‘ “Tho Anti-Grant Conyention Movement at St. Louls Assuming Stroug Proportions. Sonator Blaine’s Friends Scouring Delegations for Him in Many ‘“ 4 Western Sections. ik) KENTUCKY. : A LIVELY NOW, “ Bpeetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tributies ~ * Louisvirne, Ky. April &—The eity and county Republicans held primary meetings thts afternoon to choose suitable representu- tlon in the Convention to be held here next . Monday tonomtnate delegates to the Chicago Convention. In the county. a very serious vrow occurred In which the Grant faction col- lidéd with the element favoring Sherman and Blaine. ‘The following statement fs obtained: . The county Republicans, numbering 150, after electing n Chatrman, proceeded to in- ‘struct for 8, D. Brown and W. I. IL ong Ayres, both Sherman men, ns dis- trict delegntes. Tho same resolutions ‘adopted a month ogo declaring faith in any Republican, but condemning the third- , ‘term movement, were adopted, A number ‘of persons, principally negroes, then np- “Tpenred on the scene, and demanded to bo admitted to the hall where the Convention was insession. It was announced that all parties entitled to vote would be ndniitted, and that the poll-books should be examined i and all proper persons given achance to vote, Me “which the Grant faction refused, and then undertook to take forctblo, possession of the ‘hall, George Ferguson, oa Deinocratic » ‘Founder from Louisville, assisted the Grant mien. Gcorge Newkirk, A SHERMAN MAN, who stood at the door, was knocked down, and, it is charged by several responsible por- av aons, was struck on the head with a pistol . eby the Hon. Walter Evans, the Inte Rtepub- “ licon candidate for Governor, as well a3 a gentleman prominently referred to as wn as- irant forthe vacant Kentucky Judgeship, : Col, Silas F. Miller, former proprietor of the Galt Hotas, dnd, who will bo remembered on ‘account of his action in connection with the Killing of, the Federal Gen. Nelson by Jeit . G. Davis; was a prominent advocate of Grant fie to-iay, and where his mind failed to come to ‘the rescue it is sald his muscle was full; ' | equal’to the emergency, Col. Miller is cred- \ {ted with several knockdowns. THe js.a can- “didate fardistrict delegnto to the Chicago Convention. Falling to >. BREAK UP THE REGULAR CONVENTION, A the Grant element is charged with organiz- i Ing out*of tho regular hall, and electing n delegation the Stato Convention, headed by the Hon. John Speed. ‘The county peo- “ple chorge that the Grant crowd all came m Louisville in express wagons and were ‘hot entitled to represontation: In the City of Louisville the Grant people carried tho First and Second, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and while Sherman carried the ‘Third and Tenth Wards. Tho Elehth Ward “falled to Instruct, and ndjourned until to- te ‘morrow, -On asquare vote the anti-Grant men 7 outnumbered the Grant men two to one, ‘Tho ' Chairman, however, declared the meeting ane adjourned without result, Tho other thres * wards are yet to hear from. € y : A GRANT MAN on eh } resent at the trouble In te-day’s Republican a” ‘aunty Convention says that Evans was not " within a hundred yards of Nowkirk when : tho Jutter was struck, The gentleman, Mr. James F, Buckner, Jr. clang that the Sher- innn-Binine people, to the number of eighty, lind. locked = themselves In roum when the Grint people, to the num- - bor of 250, appeared and demanded _ admis- . sion. This bel ne Fetiaed, 0 majority forced v2 0° thelr way through the doors, when the fight " followed, Subsequently. the Blalne-Sher- man people nominated two dulegutes, one for Blaing and one for. Sherman, while the Grant faction, in an opan-nir meeting, select- ed their own delegates. Returns upto half past 13 give Grant eight wards, all of which avill be contested, Sherman hus two wards, aud the other two wards go uninatructed, Reninrkable excitement attended these olec- Uons to-day. GEORGIA, SUERMAN'S STRIKERS AT Work. £ Spectat Mspatch (o The Chicago Tribune, ATLANTA, Ga., April 8.—Delegates from Fulton County met here this morning M Con- vention tg select six delegates to the State Convention, .Epithots were bandied between Bryant, Chairman ‘of the State Executive Committee, and ex-Goy. Conly, now Post- master of Atlanta, leaders of tha Jitlvine and Sherman fnctlons, respectlyely, which re sulted in John Conly, son of the Governor, ‘and ex-Revenue Collector, rushing up be- hind Bryant and striking hin a blow with his fist underneath =the left ear, After tis thors was great confusion and bolsterousness among the delegates until the close of the mectlig, ‘To-night ¢ Bryant was defeated for delegate, and It may i be’ disastrous to Binine's chances in the ya: “Btate Convention, Had Blaine | received a" Gcorgia’s vota in. Convention, in 1870, nt Cin- cinnuti at all thes solid, he would havo been nominated; hence his friends want to carry tho State for him this time. ‘Threa of tho ax delegates from Atlanta are for Sher wan and one for Blaine, PENNSYLVANIA, HARMONIZING THE DEMOCRACY, f Spectat Dispatch to The Chleagg Tribune, Wasuinavon, D, ©., April &—Earnest ef- forts are belng made by Pennsylvania Demo- crats to harmonize thelr differences at the meeting of the State Convention at Iarrls- burg. Tho movement [sy of Interest to Ro- pbublicang, as It indicates that the Democrats intend making despernte efforts to carry Pennsylvania in the Prealdential election, . The followmg. is the basis of the proposed adjustment of tho quarrel between the Speaker Handall and Senator Wallaco fac- tions: u Firat-—-The modification of the d jon fi “Philadelpia to the, Bato, Conventions to ou brace a numbor of tho Vaux imnen. Scund—A City Committee to bo oumposed of ond uf euch faction in every wal ? Third—Tho four delegates ut lurge at Cluvin- nati to be divided, and uy: id upon by nitine be= fure the meeting of the Convention, Fuurth—The entire Nutlonal delegation go une fuateuptedsbuc ta, voto as a nuit on all ques ae ee Hifth—Tho Prealdent of the Coney: tno Chaitunn of tae Biateccosten te Rhee uyreed upon bofore tho Convention meets, + SPEAKER RANDALL, i refering to the proposition, to-night, sald: Of courve,F aim for burmony, na every unselfish, Democrat should be. ‘The Committee’ should be! ‘Dbusod upon equity, aud thus bring wbout a res toratlon uf xood feliny in our purty in overy vortion of our Commonwealth. Any other hare mony;,.wil) be temporary, What we want in Penuylvanby fe union, “barimony, ‘elf-duntul, and coppssion, Everything yor the cause, nothing for mou, * Mr. Comisth, representing the Stalwart Demoerata, says there has been a growing feeling in favor of harmony for some time, and that Spenker Randall received a telegram tonight from Philadelphia urging har mony between Coffroth and Randall, Ran- dall replied that he is entirely willing to lntry the hatehet aud make the Harrisburg Con. yention a love feast. Coffroth says that Peunsylvania Democrata will not suffer themselves longer to he dragged about by either Randall or Wallace, and that if tha aUneaitles are not adjusted both will be ig- snored, e SHERMAN, 8 STRENGTH IN O110 WEAKENING. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasintnaton, D. G., April 8.—Lt is difficult tosee where John Sherman is to seeure hls votes to the Chleago Convention In the State of Ohio, If the returns reecived here from the County Conventions, day by day, continue. to be of the character which they to this thie. have been, ‘The following dispatch was re- cvived to-night nt the headquarters of the National Blaine Club here: Columbjann County has instructed for Binine. Five counties aro now rolld, to three divided. ‘Thus far not a elngle county has Instructed for Bherman. If this continies, Sherman's campaign will end, necording to the terms of his Mansfield speech, “before the Columbus Conyeution meets,! ANTI-GRANT. THE 8T, LOUIS CON TON. Special Diapateh to The Chieaga Tribune. Wasiinaron, D.C, April &—The Anti Third-Term Convention whieh Is to be held in St. Louis May 6 will, according to the statements of its manugers, prove to be a serlous affair, A great many. invitations have been sent out to representative Republicans In different parts of the country, and ace ceptances have been received from many In- fluential people, Some of the foremost Muas- sachusetts and New York Repubileans will attend. It will be the purpose of tho Con- vention to deelare against Gen. Grant on the ground thata third: term would hurt the country and party. Butthe Convention will alse tilte ina deelaratlun that they will sup- port any other candidate than Gen. Grant, and do not intend to tmpoxe any eandidate upon the Chieago Convention, ft 1s tha pur- pose of the managers of this movement to have Its declarations entirely negative. TILD TMS VEUSION OF THE SPRINGER MATTER, New York, April 8—A reporter called on Mr. Tilden to inquire whether Mr. Springer was correct in his bellet that Mr. Finley lind no authority to represent Tilden in respect. tothe Donnelly election case, or to make any communieation. in behalf of Mr. Tilden to Mr, Springer. Mr. Tilden sald Mr, Springer was perfectly correct, Mr, Finley had io right to represent Mr, Tilden In that matter oranything else. Mr. Tilden has in no way. whatever, directly or indlrectly, interfered with any election case befora the Comunittee, He has never expressed any wish to any human being concerning the Donnelly clee- tion case. Ie is not ant has not been in communication with Mr. Finley, Mr. Spring er knew perfectly well that, if Mr. Tilden had any communication to make to hin on that or any other sudject, he would have. done so dircetly, as he has had plenty of op- portunities to do, Mr. ‘Tilden has several times Intely had the pleasure.of seeing Mr. Springer, but on no oecasion did Mr, Tilden saya word about any election ense pending before the Mouse of Representatives. . IOWA AND THE BLAINE DELEGATION, spectat Dispatch to ‘The Chicago ‘tribune, Duncque, Ia, April 7—The Republicans of Dubuque County held their Convention to-day, and Instructed thelr delegation for Blaine. MUNTINGTON. Bonttxatoy, In, April 8.—It is now cer- tain thatthe Second Congressional of Towa will bo for Grant, ‘There are five counties in the district, of which the follow- ing send Grant delegates to the State Conven- tion: Jackson, 16; Clinton, 15; Mi 13; total, 43. Jones County has not its Convention, but the primary dicate a solid Grant Cedar County, 11, and Svott, 17%, the Grant men will hayes clear majority without Jones County, Tho indications are that Henry County, in the First District, will send n Grant delegution. If it does, the vote in that district will be pretty,ovenly divided, NOTES, IOWA GERMANS, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Cepanr Raving, In., April &—The dele- Bates to the Brewers’ Convention hore were free to express thelr choice for President, and It was all Washburne. “Grant will get no German votes,” they sald, “beenuse wo do not like hint on general principles. If David Davis runs against him wo shell vote for Davis, Blaine does not favor emigra- tion, and he fs not our friend. We cannot forget what Washburne did for the Germans in Paris In 1871, and wo want him for Presi- dent.” ‘They sald they would stand by the Republican “party unless Grout wus nom- Inated, NEBRASKA REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, Speclat Dispatch to The catego Tribune, OmanaA, Neb, April &8—The Republican State- Convention will be held at Columbus May 10 to elect delegntes to the National Convention ut Ohiengo, TELEGRAPH WAR. ‘Tho St, Louls Cancn, Sr. Lovis, Mo., Aprit 3—The hearing of. the telograph cases wos continued to~luy hefore Judges MeCrary and ‘Treat in the United States Court, Tho closing argument on behnlfof the Atlante & Pacltie Telegraph Company was made by Judge C, Beckwith, of Chicago, Considerable Interest was shown in tho proceedings, the court-roont being crowded with members of tho Bur and othdrs, Judge Beckwith conimenced his remarks by calling attention to the allegntions of the Dill, and the fact that the plalnti® lad been In peacenble possession of Us telegraph prop erty along the tine of tho Union Paciile Rall- rond for over ten yeurs at the thue when it was violently wrested from It, ‘The question at tho present hearing was whether plaintit was entitled to be restored to the possession and control of the line, for, If cireuimatanees required It, amendments might be mide both in regard to tho allegations nnd prayer of the to Blaine, jority: DU before oa final hearlng upon its merits, Upon this hearlng it was not important whether the Court would speefiiently enforce the contracts at the thal-hearing or net. An investigation of tho rule of lay governing such apyliea tons ns the present extended back to ns onrly f perlod us thatot Rlehard IL showed that in even thoag early duys parties were ree aired to appeal to the courts of huy In sup. port of thelr right, and were not allowed to enforce them by nets of toree, violence, or id. ‘The vourts of common hw. plied this peinelote incerta cases within thelr Jurhatiction, and tho same rule guided courts of equity in eases where the processes of courts of common liw were by reason of the nuture of tho property not sufliclent to give an ample and suMiclent remedy, The only grounds necessary to be shown for equitable jurisdiction tn such cases was that tle tnfuriey should bo of a continuous nature, and should work irre medinblo misehlet to the part Susrleved, ‘Thore was the further conslderitlon that, even if the contracts under which plaintitt had entered Into possession were absolutely vold, stil tt wus not lable to be treated as a mere trespass, It had been In peaceable bossession of the froverty, and had pald rent for upwards of ten pours and the contract. rad been curried out fo the satisfuction of all arties, and it was not to be claimed to-la: iit, 08 . to he defendant —rallroad company, the platntlir had no sights greater’ than those of a mere tres passer, - Undoubledly the clreunistances authorizing the granting of an Injunction, such us thut now sought, wero especial, but it was clear that the essential facts necessary. to give the jurisdiction existed in the present case, ‘The entting of the wire, depriving Plulntht of telegraphic connection, was a conthiulug Injury, from whieh the damages to It wore Irremedlable in thelr nature. The equities of the parties wero worthy of no- tice, ‘Che plalntit had 1,000 miles’ of tulo- graph in operation and Sutkding orrunge luents over unother thousand miles of tele graph at the thne the contract was made In 1o80, and since then hud acantred control of over 8,000 miles of additonal telegraph — ln elt ave the — free use of its wireg to the defendant raitrond company, constituting a service of the value, at lenst, of $12,000 1 yenr, while in return it shuply acaittred the right to a telegraph Une over the wilderness, which for several years did not earn enotwh to pay the board of its operators, The contract had been car ried ont to the satisfaction of both partles until adverse Interests had gained control of the defendant, lending to acis of violence on the 2th of February Inst. "The elain that the ofleera of tha Railroad Cor ny were belng threatenéd with elvitand eriminal sults by the defendant Telegraph Company was fareteal, for the same persons were officers of hoth corporations, and thesaine counsel wrote the letters of both Boards, ‘The Tearned counsel then proceeded to consider tho objections to the validity of the contracts at considerable length, “Ie said they were, first, that they were a fratd wpe the stockholders of the Railrond Companys second, that they were in contravention of the absolute requirements of tho several feta of Congress relative to the Union Pacific Ratlrond and Felearaih Lines and third, that they were In opposition to public policy. Each of these points Judge Beckwith elab- orated, contending that, in the first place, the stockholders of tho Union Pacific Company: had obtained viluable rights for almost nothing, and that it was too late for them, after having enjoyed the benefits of the con: tract for ten veurs, to set up any technien) ohjvetion that they had not been formally ratified, On the second and third points the counsel contented that the nets of the several States chartering six of the seven corporations mentioned In the acts of Congress expressly authorized the leasing and consolidation of the companies, and the net of 1863 was, in iernis, auplleahls to the Union Pacific Com: py. mud Its successor or assignees, Tho nited States had no public polley, exept as it might pass specific enactments. Other provisions of the acts of Congress were re- ferred to, and the true meaning of the de ciston of the Supreme Court on tho Tharman Fandlng bill explained. Jud Beekwith closed by denying the charges of diserimina- tlon against the plaintiff by the cross-bill and. allidavits, Judge MeCrary said he would at an carly day send tis decision In the matter to the Clerk of the Court at Omaha, Inreply to counsel, Judge MeCrary sald he would not tuke up the mandamus case except In its regular order. Atthe afternoon session the caso’ of the Western Union ‘Telegraph Company agalust the Union Pacific Railrond Company, rela- tive to the occupation of tha Oinaha ‘bridge by the wires of the Telegraph Company, was taken up, and after argument Judge Me- Crary rendered tho following opinions “I think It Is manifest that this case is not ina condition now the determination of the absolute rights of the par- ties, under the contract or under the law. Itis suflictent for our present pur- Poses to say that there is here a dispute which nelther party hns the right to decide for itself. Therefore 1 nin disposed to moiify this order so ns to make It perfectly clear that the Union Pacific Railroad Company is at liberty to institute alt legal proceedings for the purpose of ejecting the defendant, or for the purpose of ‘cancel Ing the contrnct under which the defendant claims to hold, as] understand the counsel for the defend- ant, there fs no particular objection to any- thing of this sort; that is to say, they do not consent to it but they” have — sald in thelr answer, and ‘they say in their argument, that they have no purpose to take any other cotirse than such as the Court suugests, ‘That being tho case, there does not seem to be anything to dispute about that requires any further argument, and Twill take a little time to modify the order which [have made in the manner that have suggested, Of course It is true, as Jiulge Usher says, that aman may take pos- session of his own property wherever he finds [tif heenn do so peaceably, but here Ig n question as to whether It Is his own prop- erty, and, - Is not for him to det that question ‘in advance, itseems to me that the whole matter ought tobe heard fully, and determined and settled in the proper way that does not arise here, There Is no question in the orlginal bill, and. there fs no question ralsed here now as to whether the defendant should be restrained from taking this property without legal pro- eevdings. L will, therefore, modify the order so as to make It clear that there Is no purpose wre to enjoin legal proceedings, mid with that modification L shall let it stand for tho present ot least.” POLITICAL ILLINOIS, Special Dispatch ta The Chteago Tribune, Broomisaron, TL, April &—The Mon. John B. Hawley, of Rock Island, visited Bloomington yesterday and spent the day | among the people of MeLean County, e+ held an Informal reception at his rooms last evening and met the leading politiclany, Mr. Tawley’s visit hng done his enuse much good hereabouts, Itis vary difficult in the pres- ent coinplications to prophesy how tho dele gates from MeLean County will go on the voto for a candidate for Governor, but it seems probable that Mr. Hawley will be re- membered. The Congressional contest in thts, the Thir- teenth District, exeltes no remarkable Inter est yet. ‘Thd Hon. B. F. Funk and Cap! Rowell, both of Bloomington, wero stu taneously annonneed as Republlean candl- dates, and haye each dong some work In Me- Tenn County and a litte outside of it Funk ty inaking in energetic canvass, nnd Rowell NEWS. is {ust beginning his, ‘The Hon. D.,C. Sunlth, of Pekin, Is brought out ‘by the Pekin Feet aga Republican ean- didate should it be found) possible to cain bine all tho rest of the counties aminst Me- Lean, which fs searecly poral can be done, Gol. dohnson, of Bloomington, an ex-Moth= odlst prencher and Union soldier from ‘Ten- nesaee, has announced hhuself as a Repub Hean candidute through papers in Logan and ‘Tnaewell. Ibs candidacy is amusing, as he was almost. nulls, unknown. in “Blooming. ton, and was only discovered by dillgent search on the part of the eds ied report- ers. Ho may be counted as a fone elpher in the problem, A Denmocratle enndidate has shown upin the person of T, S.. Mehan, a lawyer of Mason City, who offers to contest tho tield with the Hon, A. E, Stevenson, who inay wrendy be considered the nominee of the combined opposition. Sptclal Diapateh to ‘The Chteago Tribune, Broostvavos, IL, April 8—The Kepub- Henn Central Commiltica to-tay deelded to hott two County Conventions, that to noml- nate county officers May 25, primaries on the 2; ta nominate State” delegates April 27, prhuari¢s on the 2th, 4 OREGON, San Francisco, April 8.—A dispateh from Portland says: The Oregon Democratle State Convention to-«lay nominated five Dis- trlet Judges ant Distriet Attorneys only, ‘The platform advocates economy In public affalray uniform taxation, equal protection to capital wid labor, regulation by legislative Acts of the rates of common carriers, main- tennnes of the public schools, free. election without interference’by the military, con- demulng the keeping allve of ‘the bitierness: of the lute War, censurlng President: Hayes for yetoing the Chinese bill, declaring the recent decisions of the United States Su- preme Court in relation to the Election laws ng favoring tho Republican party, vledginy support te all hiws, favoring uatranimedlec suitrage, opposition to protective taril!, and denouncing tho third-term movement, THE WHITTAKER CASE, West Pornt, N. Y., April &—Gen, Scho- fleld has appointed, as the Board of Inquiry in the Whittaker case, whieh assembles: to- norrow, Maj, Mordeeal, Capt. Raymond, and Adent, Kuluht, Lieut, Sears will bo Te .corder, ‘The Adjutant-General haa recelved tho fol- lowing dispatch from Gen. Schofleld at West Poluts | “All the cadets disclain any knowl edgo whatever of the attack on Cadet Whit- | taker, A thorough examination hag shown that he recelved ‘no Injuries except slight euls from wileh he bled somewhat freely. A Court of Inquiry I ta be appotnted Ww ase certain the whole truth If possible,” em rom Fat to Lean, New York dun, Among the immigrant passengers who camo asboro wt Castle Garden from tho steamship Weatpbalta, yeatorday, woro four: Gorman, three of whom wero Women and one mun ‘One of the women was of peculiar bulld. Her fentures were long and thin, and her shoulders nurrow, but with those exeuptions sho was quite portly, and looked to by about two hundred’ and vente live pounds in waigtt.) She moved slow- in sucming distress. ‘Yo loguirery her compunlons sald taut aba wus very fll, and tho Customs olticers permitted her to pass undig- turbed, Mrs. Jennie Ferris, tho Cugtom-Iousa Tnspeotress, atw ber a fow minutes afterward, seated {uo chalr jn the garden, and, after o sharp serutlsy of ber, requested ber compaulons tonastat her to her private room, Every step tho woman took ahe tinde a groan. Ones inalde tho room, tho Tnapeetress requested tho two companions to withdraw, ant sho locked tha door after thoy wont out, leaving her lone with the suffering woman, dn wn few minutes tha door was ttnlocked, and a tall and angular woman etepped apryly out in. plico of tho rotund, slow-soing ‘womun that bad entered, On tho oor lay twelve yards of cloth, that ox- Inined tho change Id her appearance. Mrs. Verris tind unrolled [t from her walst. TRADE AND LABOR. os ae TIF ION MEN. Speetal Diepateh fo The Chteaga Tribune, TPrrrsenuna, April-8—The Western Iron Axssoclition to-day unanimously adopted a resolution reducing’ the card rates from 4 to Mteeents, Fifty inflls wero represented, and there were not over half a dozen negative votes, and these afterward changed to tha alllrmative. St. Louis,inills were the only ones represented by proxies. ‘The elinnge in eard reduces the price for boiling from 25 to $6.80 per ton, and affects, of course, all wages for fron’ working. ''Tho most prominent fron | manutfaeturer in the elty sald after the «meeting adjourned. “This lowering “of the" card will loosen =o muntters Sup, start ous on going, and bea good {hha “ And then ?” th Aufl then the ecard, 1 think, will go baek to ne Old Ure. The “Anutigamated Association has called n meeting to consider the situation, There will be no strike before June, as the stlding scale agreement does not expire till that time. reabgpeacao ses TROY, Troy, N. Yo, Apr. “The striking man- agement of the Harthyt iy Mills Company to- day refused to recelve from the strikers a pa- per containing terms for a settleinént of the differences, Tho strikers waive the demand for the removal of Dennis Murray, but the rejustutement of several discharged men is insisted upon. Fight spinners returned. to work in the Ogden Mill, Jt fs rumored that the ninjority of the strikers are willing to nc- cept the terms of the Harmony Mills Com- pany. : CASUALTIES. ARANDONED AT SEA. New Yon, April &—Tho steamer Gellert, Capt. Kuhlervein, from Hamburg, reports speaking the steamer, Syrin, Capt. Johnson, from New Orleans for Liverpool, with her rudder gone, her stern-post and matin dis- charge-pipe broken, and the ship ungoverna- ble. Ie took her in tow, but she rolled to such s degree that she parted both tho steol and tho eleven-Inch hawsers. A portion of the erew thon enime abonrd the Syria, und were followed by Capt. Johnson, who asked thom to return and try to save the ship. ‘They refused, and when the Captain asked for part of the Gellert’s crow they said that it any men were given they would not work the Gellert. Capt. Kuhlerveln then sent his first oficer and his engineer. on bonrd the Syria to make an exainination, and they re- ported that the vessel could not float much longer, Capt. Jonson thon returned to his ship and appealed to his men to follow, but they again refused, and ho was oblized to abandon the Syrin, ‘The cargo consisted of 5,000 bales of cotton and 200 tons of of! cakes. a> —— OFF THE TRACK, Wneertne, W. Va. April 8.—Conductor Burkhold, train No, 3 on tho Bellaire & Southwestern Railroad, left Bellaire nt 3:80 pei, and when about eighteen miles from that place the hind truck of tho hind car Jumped the trestte, and the ear went over « distance of fifteen feet. The cnr con- talned | fifteen or twenty passengers, of whom five oar -six are — fnjured more or less seriously. Tho following are injured. L. M. Armour, Pittsburg, in- ured about the side and back and internally; William Sith, Woodsfeld, one leg broken, and other serloug injuries; Capt, Armstrong and daughter, of Bellaire, slishtly Injured, Reports here are that young Danford, the Postal Clerk, was killed, and three others badly injured, ‘The coach went over tres- le No. : COLLISION. . DeNven.Colo.,, April 8.—Last night two engines attached to the ecast-bound freight train on the Denver & South Park Railroad, while on a very steep grade, beenme de- tached from the cars, which, becoming un- manageable, ran into, the engines, throwing thom down o steep embankment with five enrs piled on top. Joo Iogan, engineer, was killed, Monahan, the other engineer, had ono leg broken and tho other dislocated. another aceldent occurred this morning on the suing rond at Grank | An engine jumped the jtinele and went into a ditch, Nobody hur * FATAL EXPLOSION, é Porravinne, April 8-—-This afternoon an explosion of gns occurred at Preston No. 3 ,) Colliery, near Glrardville, by which Willlam Crinage William Finn, Patel Myers serlously, inju: ——— NORTIEERN PACIFIC. ‘The Grant Extension. ptetal Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune, Wasiuxaton, D. G,, April 8—The Dem- cerats of the House Paeific Railroad Com- mittee are all sald to be really very hostile te tho pian to extend the‘grant of the Northern Pacific Rallrond, A Demoernt, who has ean- yassed the Committee, says that they desire, for partisan purpuse, to rocover these lands, which they claim will be worth some timedo the Government more than $100,000,000, and that they will go to the peoplo with a declara- tion that they hava just recovered froma Innd-grant) «monopoly an empire of Innd, A. Democrat who has mado 9 canvass of the full Committees on tho bill to oxtend tho time clainis that the following is lkely to bo the vote: In favor of forfelt- ure, Messrs. Chulmers, Democrat, Missis- stppl; Bilss, Democrat, New Yorks Ellis, Democrat, Loulstann; Wellborn, Democrat, ‘Lexus; Martin, Democrat, West Virginian; Diekey, Democrat, Ohio; Clarke, Democrat, Missourl; Belford, Republican, Colorado; and Harmer, Repnbifean, Pennsylvania, Agninst It: Messrs, Butterworth, Republican, Ohio; Balley, Republican, New York; and Newberry, Republican, Michigan, Doubt- ful: MeLone, Democrat. Maryland. This catimate, however, 1e° purely speculative, ns ave other assertions of Democrats that the Senate Rallrowd Comtilttes will take somo uction with respect to the bill, WILSON'S ANGURENT, Mr. Jumes I. Wilson, of Towa, mado an argument to-day before the House Paeltie Railroad Committee in support of the bill te axtond the tlie for the completion of the Northern Paelfle Road, Me clahned, first, that the grant could under no elreumstances be forfelted until next July; second, that tt Isuniike alt athor Tand-pruts, and. by tts terms is shee iitely nonfo ultabla; that, oven if the conditions have snot been fully com- pied with, the fund which has been aecumu- ated 18 a trust fund. which has to be devoted to the purposes of the completion of the road, of which find the Government ts trustee; and that the Government, by act, is pledged to geo to It that the ron 1s completed vither by the present owners or by somo one else, er SAGINAW LUMBER, Spectat Dispatch to The Chtcagn Tribune, Fast SAGINAW, Mieh,, April8—Tho naw schooner called the Commodore, bullt for E. F. Gould, of this city, was launched lust night. Her dimensions are 175 feet long, 83 feet beam,13 fect holds, capacity, 700,000 feet of Lumbar, ‘. Charters—Barge WilUlam Treat, lumber, to Buffalo, $3; barge Ed Kean, lumber, to ‘Tonawanda, $2.75; bargo John ¥, Warner, Cleveland y2Ajax, lumber to 'To- judo, $2.50, Very fow frelghits offering, and A nuuber of vessels Inthe river waiting for cargoes, ———— PFost-Office Sala in France. Fow things uro more il ing than tho rola- five mengerness of tho sataries which, in Franco, ure found adoquate to insure a postal ‘service quite us prompt and more trustworthy than ourown. Itis trug that tho Postmaster General receives $10,000 a year, and thut bis four chiof assistants got froin $2,600 to $1.00 Chiefs of Bureaus, on the othor-band, ure deemed well puid with an unnual stipend of $000 to ¥1,800, and tho clerks employed jn the contral admiuia- tration are glad to obtiln from $20 to 8000 a yeu ‘The Chief Postiuaster of Paris is content with a bulury of $2,004 the Proviuciul Postunasters aro Chris Courad wore fatally, and eiferson, and ‘Uhomus sutisfled with stipends: Faced from 81,000 fn tho lurgest clties, liko Marsoifles ar Lone, to $100 In tho antl towns. So much for tho modernite sma which are hold to fully remunerate tho higher classes of functlonnetes, to whom tho term “agente” fdoxeimalvoty applied. The pay nasiened to aub-agenta ts, of ‘eourge, mio lower. The wages of muil-route mesacnuers, for fistaner, range from 8200 to $300 a. yeries thoao of lottorscarriors In cities from loo to 8360; and in tho rural districts from $80 to $180, As regurds Postmasters, It should be sald that an addition ts practically mude to tha salaries ubove nimed, owing to tho yeralation which. compels thoin to live in the bullding where their offices are altunted, and of which tha rent is pald by tho Govorninent. SUICIDE. STRANGLED. : Winrteip, Kas, April 8—Robert P. Wootoy has committed sitfelde by hanging in abarn, under elretimstances which showed tho greatest persistence. Only four weeks ago he was married. [is rash act was caused mental depression from loss of proporty. (@ left letters and $8,000 for his wife. SIOUX CITY, TA. Speetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Stoux Crry, In, April &—T. 8. Knapp, saloonkeeper, of Cherokee, blew out his braing with 9 plstol this Inornlng, Cause, i-health, whisky, and the death of his wife. He leaves three children, * NEW York. . New Yor, April&—A man giving the name of George M. Jones, and elalming to ben Boston merchant, but supposed to have beon a Lieutenant In tho naye, nimed Sintth, yok Dluselt fatally totlay In St. Vincent's ospital. : LINCOLN’S ASSASINATION. Axssenrblyman Wren Tolling Mow Io Camo Near Proventing 1t—Drawiny a Vintol to Shoot Booth on tho Yorn= ing of the Kragedy~A Previous Un= ¢ that Thoy Woro to Shoot orrespondence New York Sun, Arpany, April 3—A number of members of the Assembly were in’ Assemblyman Wren’s parlor n few evenings ago, and the conversation turned upon the law respecting the carrying of concealed weapons. Assem- blymen Lindsay and Shanlay and others ex- pressed various opinions apout the law, but Mr, Wren sald nothing. He srt anietly smoking a briarwood pipe and HstenIng to all that his colleagues had to say. At length Mr. Lindsay asked him what ho thought of tho law, and whether it had done very much to prevent the carrying of concealed weapons. in New York. “Well, Pye had my lesson,” said Mr.Wren, “and it was one that taught me the dangerof carrying weapons, I hat my hand on my plstol to-shoot John Wilkes Booth ance, anid i wish I had, for I drew on biin on the morn- ing of the very day that he assusinated Lin- eoln.’ There was no further talk about concealed weapons, ‘The Assonblvinen were tnxious to tearn more of the incident that Mr. Wren Teferred to. “ Did you know Booth?” asked Mr. Lind- say. é v Intimately. had acted with him n sea- gon in Richmond, and been on the Southern elreult several thines with him, I have slept with Booth many, and amainy atime, aid thore wag no ono of iny friends that was bet- er Cu, Mr. Wren being urged to narrate the in- cident, began: ‘ “When Lhad served my time in the army and gotimy discharge, I made an agreement with Mr, Groyer, who then had one of the Washington theatres under tease. ‘There were quite n numberof my old triends in Washington, xctors who were well known at lenst to,the profession, There was Jim Mc- Cullom, Sam Chester, John Jennings, Sam Verney, and others, and we used to incet socially ever Sunday night, Sometimes Wilkes Booth would’ join us, 1 He would frequently tell us when we asked him where hud been so long—for wo would not see him around sometimes for itays, and then he would suadenly itppear— that he had been inking horseback rides, Ile used to argue with us on the merits of the Southern ennse, “On the afternoon that the Marine Bund serenaded Lincoln when he returned from his visit to Richmond, Sam Verney, Jen- nings, and myself went to | tho White House, and on our return went to the office of C, D, Less, who was manager for Mr. Grover, We were golng to hear a new (ity, read. Wo wers playing * Aladdin’ atGrover's, and Miss ite Germon was lending lady. She was in Mr. less? of- fies with tho othors, If T remember aright. At al events, Booth came in and greatly inter- rupted us with his violent secession talk, I think this was on the Wednesday before the nysasination, Booth asked Mr. Tess at that time, too, ‘when Presitent Lincoln was poling to the theatre to ses * Aladdin,’ for tho President had been invited to be present and lind promised to do so. ‘Phe next day a number of us, after re- henrsal, Were standing in front of, Grover's, and afterward we want into the lobby of the theatre. As I now remember, there were Mr, 0. IL, esa, Mr. Verney, Mr, Jennings, and one or two other gentlemen, Booth cine sauntering in, My impression. was that ho liad been ‘icluleing, Jie began atonee to talk about the war. We didn’t pay much attention to his wild talk, for wo very mueh of ft, but he nally spoke of Lin- colnby a very vulgar and profane term, That mace ne ony angry. “tJohn,? anid J, ‘whint do you talk that way for? The War is over, Your side Is heaten. What Is the use of crylng now? If you feel so bad, why ddit you go into, the Southern army, ns {did in the Northorn? It don't look well to brag now, when you never shouldered a musket for your side. “*Perhaps ve done as much as you did for the cause, and ‘ean do more. Do you mean to say that in a coward 2? “*Fdldn't say so, Jolin 1 Feplieds ‘but L did say that you ought to have showed your courage before you talk as you do now. “AC this he got very angry. * You enll me a coward, do you? suid he, and he drew his pistol at ones. * Twas BURTY, ahi had heard too, and guod deal more foolish, belts ot-headed young fellaw thon of 27, but Tulse remembered that he had me at an mdyantare, “Holl on, John,’ I erled, throwing up my hands, ‘Tam not fixed, If you fire now you will prove yourself n coward, Lot ine go home and fie fixed, and we'll have thisout,— shoot on alht, If you say xo,’ 1 “Thad just that melodramatle and foollsh bluster, and was silly enough to be In earnest in what Usald, for Booth, after looking at me aminnte, putup his pistol and said, ‘You want to be prepared the noxt time -you seo me’; and PE went home and gat my revolver, ut didn’t ae Booth again that evenly. “The next morning, which was the day of the assnsination, 1 went around to Ford's ‘Theatre to sve Miss Laura Keene, and passing down the front lobby, supposing that a re- hearsal was in progress, Laaw H, Clay Ford and also Booth, who turned toward mennd, as Latpposed, made a movement to earry hls threat Into execution. Thad on a light over- cont and iny revolver In the pocket, and T put. my hand on tt. pre pared to shoot through the pocket ut Booth, for L supposed It was eine ‘oO be the best thing to get tho first shot. Fortunately for ime,_perlinps _unfor- tunately for the country, I walted an Instant and siw Booth extend his hand to me, He came tip saying, “ Won't you shake hands, George? LF wasn’t myself yesterduy, Lo! bygones be bygones.” Of course, that was the end of the trouble. “Phat evening, while Miss Germon was singin ‘Sherman Mus Marehed to tho Sea,’ ond 1 was standing fy the wings ready to go on, C. 1), Hess cane saliing: nto the wings and sald to me, with a face like death, ‘Lins coin hing been shot in hls hox at Fords," T sail at once, and I presuine Mr, Hess will remenber It, ‘That — John Booth did it? am sorry r¢ Ny ‘wus profane, but. perhaps thot "will Hud Shan “Stettutton pardoned. in MeCullom, Sam Hall, and 1 went up to Booth’s father’s farm, In Maryland, next morning, Jooklng for him, for we Nad heard him talic gbout sumo caves that wore there. We went urined to tho teeth, actor-Itke (here Mr, Wren suniled), and {1 a very histrionic manner, Of course wo dldn’ttind him. Afterward Lwent to the gunboat and saw Booth'abody. Itwas the poor follow, fust enough, Lhave heen Ine ollned “of late’ years, a3 J have recalled his wild and unreasonably inanner all that win- ter, to have charity enough for Bocth to be- Nove that bis mind was deranged, “From that day to this,” continued Mfr, Wren, ag he refilled bis pipe, "£ havo nob carried weapons, though EF used to wish I howl shot Booth, Lf everybody had the ex- perience I have had, thers would be no need for any law on tho matter.” < * LOOK OUT-FOR EM, ! New Youn, April &—Flvedoliar gold- pieces with the inside metal extracted, and only enough of the surface left to stad the test of acld, are ln clreulation here, - ‘when they saw ino speaking TORRIBLE MASSACRE. Two American and a Canadian Slain and Mutilated by Mexicans. A Story of tho Mincs—Vain Fight for Life Against Overwhelming Odds. New York Heratt, April % A special dispatch published in the TTerald a few days ago, dated from the City of Mexico, briefly announced that In a mutiny among some miners at tha Mineral de ‘Trojes, ata place called Angangueo, several persons had been killed, two of whom were Amert- eafis and ono s Canadian. No further par- tleulars were reccived until Monduy Inst, when tho steamship City of New York, from Vers Cruz, brouglit among her passengers froin that port two gentlemen, Messrs, Clin- ton Stephens and n Mr, Fagan, the former a partner In the well-known firm of mining contractors, Arnold & Stephens, of Onelda, N. ¥., the othor one of his assistants, tho only survivors ofa party of five who Inst October left New York City by the City of Alexandrin en routo for Anganguco, vin Vern Cruz To a Herald reporter Mr. Stephens communicated the following shock- ing details of the massacre? About twelve months ago, hé said, we entered into n contract wilh the Trojes Min- ing & Smelting Company of London, En- gland, to bore x tunnel, after the Sutro pat- tern, through thelr mines to drain. them. Last October, the principal part of the mna- chinery, drills and such Jike, being all ready, myself and four assistanty—George Amold, Connelly. Youmans, and'Fagan—teft New York by tho steamship City of Alexandria for Vera Cruz, from whence we made our way Oy ull to the Clty of Mexico, and thence b: diligence and on horseback across the mount- aing to our destination, Angangivo, 2 town of about 12,000 Inhabitants, In tho State of Michvan, Mexico, Angangueo fg entirely a uning settlement, distunt: from tho Clty of Mexico some 110 English miles, and ts inhab- ited by an almost equal number of Indians and Mexicans, who. to us were known as “Greasers.”_ ‘the town Is not bitilt as here, but seatterod all over the mountaln, which is some 10,000 fect above the level of the sea, nono of the houses being very close together, and the nearest from ottrs at lenst 400 or 600 feet. ‘Thus we wero fo an oxtent isoluted, Everythlg worked well with us at first, and though the style of labor was new to the peas and “ Bareteros,” they dldn’tseem to mind, and did what they were told without westion. ‘Tho only fault we had to find with thom was thelr constant in and out of season desire tu be at thelr devotions, All this, how- ever, did not hinder them from being the greatest thieves, and we had to watch them closely for fear that they would even try to steal a half of the dynamitecharge thatinfght jiavo been given thom to put into a hole fora binst. ‘fhe peons (taborers) at our mines, so far as we know, were very friendly toward us. We treated then well, and never person- ally maltreated any of them; but those nt some of the other imines in the neighborhood seem to have taken ao strong disitke to us “ Yankees,” as they termed us. On the oth of March, however, Just a week before. the fatal day, some of our party went over to In- spect the mines of Sefior Soto Mayor, a large mine-owner who was desirous that weshould take a contract to make a tunnel in hismines similar to the one we were boring ut the ‘Trojes Mines. INDICATIONS OF TITE STORM. Unknown to us this gaye great offense to the peons employed In tlfuse mines, who, it seems, determined to be revenge on us. 'The following Saturday, the 18th of March, ono of these fellows Applied to us for work and was sont down with tho shift, Ones down in the mine, he refused to, work, but was allowed to remain, ag no one Of us eared to Interfere with him for fear of breeding Il- feeling with the rest, On Sunday iorning, when the men came for thelr pay, this peon was handed three reals, like the rest of the men, He refused the money and demanded four reals, which bolng refused, he beeune yery suey and finpudent, until finally Mr, Connelly, who was paylng the men off, was forced to put him out of the office, when he went awny muttering that he would bere venged. After diner, Mr. Fagan started to fe to Trojes, and a ltttle after that I went to eo enzinc-house, which was distant from tho hous some 400 yards, to do something to the machinery, Jeaving Mr. Connelly, who was lying reading on the veranidn, with) Mr. Arnold and Mr. Yeotnans, inside the house. Owlng to the door of tho engine-houso Detn at the fay side IT could see nothing of the house, even though tha door was wide opens but, though Leould not see, I could henr, and the sound of three or four shots from a revolver, fired In rapid succession, together with a confused soumt of volees ralsed in angry dispute, made me run ont autekly, Just as T timed the corner of the engiie-houge L heard the report of a gun, and ut the same moment saw aman dressed like peo who wes at some Utils distanee from the veranda, fall, and a moment fnter,'in passing hin, observed that he seemed to be wounded In the lem, At the houses £ found Connelly, Arnold, and Yeoumans,—all considerably exelted,—and It was with dificulty that Ent Inst could get them to tell what the cause of the firing was, Connelly, It seems, from hls aecount, was lying where Lhadaeft him, still reading, when the peon with whom he had the dls- puta In the morning came up on the veranda and began curalng hin. Ordered away, ho retired, to a short distance off, from whenea ha began _ throwing stones, stmnashing tha clinlr, Connelly had been sitting on, and doing other damage, Conuelly menntime had gons Into the house and closed the door, Ending that he could not get him to come out that way the ruftinn eame upon the versnda, and, with huge stones, smashed In thedoor, It was then that Connelly fired the shots front fils re- volver, not nt him, but over his head, to frighten hin, Instead of this It, seemed to make the fellow worse, for, drawn aaword which he had concealed ‘benenth hits elonk, he rushed at Connelly and tried to strike hha, but was driven off by Arnold and Yeou- mang, Who came to Connelly’s rescue, Re- tirlng, the peon. again began to asacil the house with showers of stones, and asa inst resource, Connelly had, he sald, taken his shotgun and fred .ot his legs to stop him, While I was learning these particnturs, x few infnutes passed, suticlent time though for goveral hundred of the peons in the neigh- borhood to have gathered round the wound. edainan. ‘Chey talked angrily and were, 1 fudged, becoming momentarily more exelted, indueed Connelly to go at once to the Court-Hovse aud explain matters to the au- thorltles, NEQINNING OF THE FATAL AFFRAY, At tirat the crowd, though strrounding, did not attempt to molest us, and wo were moving toward the Court-Hatse, some three quarters of i milla distant, when Csnwa mon nomed Pedro Mondragun, a Judge fn the distriet, who had been on triondly terms with us abl, and especially with Comielly, ap pronehing, ‘Those surrounding us by this tne haying shown signs thit made ime nfraid of a disturbance, I advised Connelly to ask the Judge to take him mider his charge, tlinking that thus he would be safer. Before, however, Connelly could spenk to him he drew a sword fram underneath tls cloak “and struck at him Connelly then sprang aside, crying at the same tine, “ Sperot pero !" walt—wait—Instead of which Mondragun, with a foul onth, rushed atand struck him again across the shoulders, cutting deeply into the shoulder, Connally then fired. Ina moment we were separated, the angry crowd of enraged pouns surging between ns, Belng unarmed, 1 was helpless to assist Connelly, even If assistance would have availed against sucha fiendish lot of rufllans, Somehow, though Lm sure {can't tell you how, Connelly nanaged, wounded though lhe was, to reach the silter of our house, I saw this, and thinking that there tnight be thne yet to prevent further bloodshed, I turned and began walking as fast ust thought was politico toward the Court-Ilouse to seek the vid of the Govern. iment troops stationed there, No sooner did some of the crowd of peons observe this than, they turned and followed ime, shouting and hooting, and doing everything In thelr power toseare ine Into attempting to run Tad T done so I wouldn't be, hore to tell the story, for thoy would have Inssoect me, and. there would have been an end of it, Sone- how Lrenched the front of the Court-Iouse, and was fortunate enough te mvot the Chive Judge, who was named Don Trintdade, He atonco gent the only available force at his dlsposul, elght soldiers, under the conmmand of a Licutenant, to the scene of tho riot with orders to quell Hardl: were the soldiers out of Bight than thot partion of: the mob which had hung around the square, to the Judge whila the soldiers stoad by, npprouched and told the Jutige that he must liand me over to then, ‘Chey would not listen to renson, and fn order to save my Ife the Judge had to silp_ mo into the Jal Into which he shortly after was compelled to foltow me. I was In ool company, as not only was the Judgo here, but nso tho Intendente, or Mayor ot the place. ‘Mh crowd meanwhile had taken posgession, of the square, and, after a while, Huuling that no attention was pald to their dy juands that f should be delivered up to then began breaking down the jall.doors with sledge-hammers and batterlig-rams. Soon thoy were joined by the other portion of tha crowd who had remained in front of our house, ‘These ‘Inttor ‘wero demonine with pigsion, and—though we ot the time knew tt Tlot—were maddoned with drink and blood,— the blood of my poor comrades, . By this thing it was dark, and.we wero expecting every moment that the anelent doors of, tho prison, though strong, would bo forced in, when re lief cama in an unexpected manner. « UNEXPECTED RELIEF. A. fow doors from the City Prison was tho ° ofice of the Troles Mining Company, This was a atronely fortified place, and on tho first news of thé disttrbaute preparations had been matle by those in: charge to protect tt, the force of White nien belng augmented, by several silver conductors, who at ones iustencd to the sceno of riot ‘These men ure Mexicans, bué of a higher grade, and sory Emiatavarthiy, Just ns we were In tte spair, the forces In the Trojes Company's oftica made adiversion In our favor, and, taking advantage of It, we all managed.to make our way thera, .Once inside the doors there wat no fear of our nasallants belng able to storm tho fortress, and we were safe. Next more ing a force of seventy of thesa silver conducts ors, all magnificently mounted, and armed to the teeth, arrived from. Trojes, being dis atched to our rellef by the manager of the compiny’s smelting-works there, As worode out and long the rond to Trojes [ heard trom the lips of one who had been an eye-witness how my threa comrades re ed. The little house we THyed tn was uilt of adobe and had no windows, only a door, ‘This, on Connelly’s escape from his assailants when Mondraging attacked hhn, they had barriended, and defending it through holes which they cut in the patels, their pursuers, after two or three had been wounded in the altempt. to force the door found itteo hot and gave up. Fora thie they were balked, then some of them, more fiendisti than tho rest, set the roof on fire, A VAIN STRUGOLE FOR TKR Smoked ont, poor Connelly rushed out on the veranda, and selzing a discharged rif from a soldier's nnd defended” hinsel nobly, all to no purpose. ‘The circling noosa of a lasso dropped around: his neek, and ho was pulled ‘to tho ground * and literally trampled nnd. stabbed to death, Poor Arnol, trying to come to his friend's assistance, was struck down with 1 blow of 9 sword, and afterward stabbed all. oyer, till hardly ny of the flesh on his face and brenst were visible. Yeoumans Iny dead, shot through the right eye and terribly battered with stones, besides which-but the rest [ cannot deseribe, ‘This samo gentleman, ro law by marriage of the Superin- tentent of the imines, Mr, Tregoning, also told us that the solllers who were sent to rescue my friends datnedd. in with the mob, On our wav to ‘Trojes Mondragine wag ar= rested, as was also fle boy who threw the oO round poor Connelly’s neck. ‘Their al was going on when we lett Trojes some doys later. Oly poor comrades were buried at ’Projes, Just before we left, in the vault be longing to the Company there. Tt 1s unders gtood that a clam willbe made against the Mexicun Government by the relatives of the deceased, OBITUARY. MRS. DANIEL S. DICKINSON. New Yous, April &—The widow of Dantel 8. Dickinson, United States Senator, died this morning at the restdence of her son-in+ law, Samuel G. Courtney, former United, States District-Attorney, 8. SHORTRIDGE. Spectat Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune, Larayerre, Ind, April 8—Samuel Short ridge, an old resident of the county and a former Representative In the Lower House of Indiana, died at his home in Shea Town- ship yesterday, aged 49, . REDUCING THE AVERAGE. Somo of tho Worries of Stock Specula “ tlons ‘a Virginta (New.) “Enterprises” = 5° An excltable little Frenehman was Inst evening complaining about his bad luck asa stock specutator. “L cannot at all get zeo remotest Insight Into. zee bustness, Long time ago one friend say to me zat Lady Bryan is goo specuiation. I buy feefty. share of zea Lady for one dollar zee share, She go down to feefty cent. 1 say to my friend: ‘Now what shall Lido? You see zeo Tady have advanced backward—like zee what you enll erawiish.?, “My friend say to mei You must reduce Be, your avi “Thow Ia aut, zing about reditco zeo aver nage, say Eto him, for no understand what he inean by ‘reduce zee average,’ Hfasay: * You see, to reduce your aver: age you must go buy feefty shares more at feefty cent, then your stock not stand In you so nitich money.” 4‘ “1 go buy Cvefty share more,—I rednee zee ' avarage, vou see, ‘ “My friend hesay to mo: ‘Now you all right to tuke advantage of zee market; you have you average reduce,’ if “Well, pretty soon, what you sink? Zea — nly she crawiish to Scent, Igo to my friend and Tsay to {1 "You see how itis wiz the Lady, she have tumble!" j “ST gee,? sald my friend, “itis bad, butzeo only way to set even Is to again reduce 200 average. ‘Then you be In one fing position to take advantage of zea market? sDiablel says L ‘but you see, my friond, zoo d——— market all time ‘take advantage of me. But UC go get 200 shares more of zco Tady at 25 cent. © Pretty soon bang she go down to zea 10 vent zee share. 1 xo te my friend. ‘What - shall T now do?’ say 1 “4 Zee only sing to get you even zat is possible to do Is to again to reduce zeo aver- aw . D—zeo avernxo!’ Tremari, for you sea Tain begin to became Initlaine agalnst zee aye erage. Butmy friend persuady me It is zeo only way to get lito zea position to take aie yantagy of zee market whe zee Lady, So I buy meé 400 more share at 10 per cent, and say now Lam ready for zee tise of zee market. “Just now, whit you sink? One assess nent of 50 cunt is level. I rush away to my frlend and says * What now must I do ?? “*itis bad," ho says; ‘Tam afraid we have pay tuo -much attention to: zee plan of re tivhig zeo_uverage—we have leave zee os sessment ontot zee account. “Tenant pay tim, so Llot him go—lose ull zea Lady what Eiave produce to reduce zee avernge, Protly soon zea milne fs. salt, and the Lady beam to four dollatre, Zen t gay, * Why have T not pay the nasseasmont ? Zee dloble take tho stock speculation! Be- tween zee reduce, zea average, and. Zue AS sessment zere ts one conflict zat no man can heya, 70 foresight ‘te reconcile, Is it not BO “ Ttussian Imporial Scandal, Darts Correspondence Netw York Nines, . The Crown Princo and Gon. Lorls Mollkot happened to be in one of the gulteries uf the Winter Paluco when, by oa secret door in the wiinscoting, the Princess D. came out of Alox- finder’s ‘apartment and was “slated Ike:old boots" by the Grand Duke, who, folding his avins, told the Caurinu’s frat Lady of Honor that “you, you wlone aro the cause of all tho, miss elety you have tlroad ant our patience." The Princess servamed and took refuge in the Em: peror’s room, whenco the Ozar cume out, a mor ment afterward, I a towering rago, and, walk: log up to his gon, told him that “ho wae entitled to his respeut ff not to his affection, and that ho advised him to be careful or ha would prove it." Loris Blelikolf enduuvored to paoify (ho Emper> or, Lut wus sllunced with a gesture’ from Alex: under, who, taking tho Prinucss by the hand, led ber to tho door und then returned to ble apart- Ment. Russlun gossip, which bos been very’ pro- fuse fn commenturios upon the wreat favor on Joyed by tho Princess for somo time, enlarges Upon tho consequences of this incident, gover ully fookod upon, howoyor, as tho symptom of 4 definit rupture betweon the prosont and fuwure soverolyns of all the Rnasins, where all hopo fy Jost that the counsels of tho inodorate party will be Hatened to, : » The Bagawed Je Mealye Tome Correapanitence New York Hour, The betrothed in Italy ure nover loft alone for one momont. Thoy must not oven sit side by aide In company, and a: third alwaya take part In thelr conversation, out fora walk thoy must not go aru in arnt Aa for n kiss, not oven the tips of the nails may bo touched until atter thaChurch and State have firmly bound together the poor lovers. The sovority t¥ no vompliment to taly. Ou the con: trary, Jt is mistrust carried to oxcess, and tho ‘oullg poople rebel uguiust it. Stull, woen they ‘cunts futbors and mothers they perpetuate the custom. it iuny be that this oxtremo reserve bofore waarrtaro engenders that aftor-marrings Uberty whieh tn ita turn becomes a matter 0! wondor to more prosalu nations, 5 Sa Afood and a wodicine are vombinod {nu tho Amost perfect muuner in Malt Bitters,