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C | Jo * to Waste Time with Hypothetical Cases.
fW Washington special : "The rai lroad pco <
pic who have been preparing to paralyze
JT the inter-state commerce commissioners
j with their thousands o ( hypothetical case *
* " and unnecessary questions are going to Blip
| f np on their little game. The commission
Ik remember * the adage which implies that it
a i _ * good deal easier to auk questions than
if / $ ? answer them , and ingoing to Bit squarely
* M j. ( Wu on this sort of thing. I was talking
jR with one of the commissioners yesterday
I [ xbaut it. "
ftf . That is too much of a good thing , " he
Ijl * aJ < L "We can't consider hypothetical
If ? sues. Tliere will be enough real ones. We
nf ain't permit people to come and ask us to
V pass upon cases which don't exist , any
m more than u judge could act upon an
X- imaginary case , or give legaladviceto every
K Wlovr who might come along and ask lor
W J > > > • You might as well go and consult a
Hi judge ot your local court at every business
m * tcp to oak a commission of this sort to
I soustrue law and pasi upon imaginary
K sanes when there are more than we can at-
, Ti t ad to of real ones. "
( Ji * "You look for a good deal or work , thon ,
l of a legitimate character ? "
iw ' 'Yes , I think we shall be kept pretty
Hp busy , and especially during the first few
BL months. "
B "Do you think it is going to take such a
If tremendous force of clerks and assistants
J u is being predicted ? "
B "No. I don't expect it will. Of course we
B shall have to have some clerical aid , but
W not so large a force , at first at least , as has
E been represented. "
B At the afternoon session the inter-atato
. flp ; omtuerce commission made a ruling on the
W * uointu contained in the petition of the
E , 'outlierti Railway it Steamship associa-
| 1 ion. in which authority wasanked to allow
t the present rates to continue for the pres-
I' . * Jut. in order to prevent a great disturb-
I' * * nice of buBinens interests , and the interests
Hr f the different lines in the association.
ir liter referring to the petition in detail , the
: L • uling of the cominisniou is as follows :
If- It appearing to the commission , after in-
' • f estigatiou of said petition and facts pre-
-r lentad in support thereof , to be a proper
7 , sae for a temporary order authorizing the
f rxistiHg rates to be maintained for the time
Ti beisg , uhUI the commission can make a
L aomplete examination of the matters al
ii legod in said petition as reasons for reliev-
f * \ ing said common carriers from the opera *
a. lions of said section of said act ; itis ordered
| that said application be and the same
& hereby is granted temporarily , subject to
W HMMiifleation or revocation by the comtnis-
g * ion at any time upoiiliearingorothervvise ,
and said common carriers are hereby tern
s' ' ' perurily relieved lrom the operation of the
fourth section of said act to the extent
- apeeined in the recitals of this order and for
if ttie period of time not greater than ninety
. days from this date , subject , however , to
J the restriction that none of said common
B -sirrier * while this order remains in force
shall in any case charge or receive coin pea-
: p * nation for the transportation or property
I between stations on their respective lines
, r * whre more is charged for shorter than for
k t lunger haul , which shall be greater than
[ " the rates in force and charged and received
ff by said carriers respectively on the 31st
day of March. 1887 , the schedules of which
have been hied with the commission. It is
made further aronditiou of this order that
.j a printed copy hereof shall be forthwith
" publicly posted and kept with the schedule
of rates , fares and charges at every station
upon the lines ol said common carriers ,
where such schedules are by law required to
be posted and kept for uso of tbs pub
I lic : and it is further ordered that the
commission convene at Atlanta , Ga. ,
on the 26th day of April , 1SS7 , at
3 o'clock p. m. ; and thereafter
at Mobile. Ala. . April 21) ; New Orleans ,
y May 2 , and at Memphis , Team , on May 4 ,
/r for thu consideration of the subject mat
ter of eaid petition , at which places and
jyr. < - * . times said common carriers or any of them
I , may appear and present application for
r Baid re'ief ' with evidence in support thereof ;
L which applications in each case must show
W - the precise relief desired , facts upon which
W the same is claimed , and the extent to
W * which the relief from the operation of said
& act is asked for ; and at the same places
K and times all persons interested in oppos-
S inganyeuch application may also appear
fr * and be heard , and at any time prior to
P May 6. 18S7 , the commission will receive
I ' printed or written communications in
L * support of or in opposition to the relief
g * asked for by said petitions.
W" This announcement respecting time and
& ? • places of hearing , and the method of pro-
W eedure , is subject to change or enlarge-
| f _ caent in the dibcretiou of the commission.
Wf Tot the commission.
g&r T. M. Coolev , Chairman.
W ? * jl PISTOLED IX XJZ2S VULVIT.
JK A. Parson Sired at While rreachlng a Ser-
B& num.
K Pittsburg special : A most cowardly at-
Bl tempt to assassinate the Rev. TV. F. Low
K5 ryv pastor of Brown's African Methodist
fM EpiscopHl chapel , Allegheny City , was made
fc last Sunday night. While the reverend
K • entiemitn was in the midst of his discourse
" * aimed at Mr. Low-
gt s rifle ball , evidently -
H " ry's head , crashed through the window at
Wf the side of the pulpit , passed but an inch
Br from bis head , and embedded itself in the
IP oppoeite wall. Had the leaden me-.senuer
W struck ngainst the side wall sash and
ap- deflected in its course the slightest the min-
E ister would have received a fatal wound.
ar The only possible place from which thebul-
K . let could have been fired was the roof of the
K j building on the opposite Bide of the alley.
IF. - ' For some months the members of the
( fe church have been disputing over the pos-
K session of a valuable piece of property.
W Mr. Lowry having established the legal
| right of the church to the property has in-
El curred the enmity of several members of
Br his flock , prominent among whom is a Mr.
K Bruce and a Mr. Kinney. The latter has
mL ceased attending church , but Mr. Bruce has
Hi . been in constant attendance until Sunday
Wk night , when his absence was the aubject of
L much remark. Lowry , who is now confined
T , to his room by illness , says he cannot be-
> * IJcve that either of the two parties would
Ek attempt to take his life.
W' TUE CO W-liOX IS TUB CJST.
E Baffalo ( N. Y. ) dispatch : A pistol shot
Br this evening drew a large crowd to a spot ,
fe * where it was found that a young man had
K been attacked and badly beaten by citi-
E * tens who bad followed him out of the lunch
B room near by From them itappears that
Br ) f he calls himself George Caldwell , a cowboy
Be ' of Glenwood Springs , Col. He entered a
p lunch room and began to flourish a pistol
B in the people's faces and ordered them to
W. go through all sorts of motions after the
E- atyle of a border terror. They were thor-
T onghly scared , and made no resistance un-
P • til he turned to leave when they descended
fe , i oa him with above result. He resisted the
' > Jtcapture of his pistol and in the struggle it
B Sgj ywent off in the crowd , butnobody was hurt.
Wf . # " This is the first appearance of the storied
K Y i cowboy here. Ha vu locked up.
XO OFFEXSE TO THE CZAR.
B Rome , April 0. llie pope. In view of the
| r Russian jrovera ment's complaint of the hos-
g- tilitj of the Catholic clergy in Russia has In-
K * structcd. the congregation for ecclesiastical af-
B fairs to eximine the question of Pan-Slavism
B in relation to the church , in order to be able
B * to give instructions to the bishops of Russia
B -ithout offendiag the czar's coTernmcnt.
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Ztin Crisp Sew Hills With Which Uncle Sam
1'ttyi Hired Men.
Washington special : The sergeant-at"
arms of the house and hia subordinates
nre busy to-day Bending out checks to tho
members of tho Fiftieth congress. They
nre the first month's salary of each mom
ber of tho house for the Fiftieth congress ,
To a hundred or so of them the experience
of receiving these checks will bo now nnd
novel. Each check is for § 41G and a frac
tion , this being tho amount of the salary
for each month. What a big lump ol
money this will be to a good many of 'em ,
and how they will wonder what they have
done to earn it. And bo do some other
people wonder nbout the same thing. It
does seem a good deal , don't it , to pay a
fellow for staying at home and doing noth
ing. Yet there nre some iconoclastic indi
viduals who insist that the money could
bo paid with much greater business pro
priety if they should continue to stay at
home. Any way. the example set to-day ,
the close of the first month of the life of the
Fiftieth congress , is to be followed month
by month during the two yenra
that it is to continue in ex
istence. Multiply tho monthly stipend ol
a member by 400 , the number of members
of the house and senate , and what do you
get ? One hundred and sixty thousand dol
lars for a month's services when no ser
vices have been performed. * Over $5,000
a day we pay congressmen for staying at
home and lotting the country take care ol
itself. Thero will probably be eight more
monthly payments of this sort , aggregat
ing 51,500,000 before the country gets any
eervicesout of the now congress. Tho pay
ments of salaries of congressmen at thie
time , when there is no session and the
members are all out of the city , is made
by warrant on tho subtreasury nearest to
the residence of the congressman. The
Ohio members , for instance , receive war
rants on the subtreasury at Cincinnati ;
ho do the Kentucky members. Those ol
Illinois and Wisconsin and Iowa receive
warrants drawn on the Chicago subtreas
ury. They are forwarded to tho members
by mail and by them aro usually turned in
at some local bank , for they are recognized
as being ' * nB good as wheat. " From the
bank they are sent to the subtreasury and
there are cashed.
During the session , when members are
here , they get their money direct from the
sergcant-at-arms or his deputies , at tho
rapitol. At each end or tho building , just
by the senate , is a room fitted up like tho
business part of a bank , lone , marble-
topped counters with heavy wire screens in
front , big safes of the most approved pat
tern behind , paying tellers , book-keepers ,
and all the paraphernalia of a miniature
banking establishment. On tho desk out
side the railing are blank warrants which
the member has only to fill up when ho
wants a lump of his salary. He may draw
all that has accrued up to a given time , or
lie may draw as much or as little of it as
he sees fit. and leave the balance to his
credit , just as though it were a bank of de
posit. If he wants to pay some money to
a fellow member , or nnybo ! y else , Buch as
a poker debt , for instance , ho may give a
warrant on tho sergeant-at-nrms. And a
good ninny of 'em do it , too. It is related
that the entire salnry of one of tho Ken
tucky members used to go for mouths at a
time , on orders of this sort , to one of tho
sweetest looking , most demure members of
the Ohio delegation , ono whom you
wouldn't suspect of knowing one card from
another. Sometimes it happens , but very
rarely , however , that a member gets to
such desperate straits that he gives orders
for more than his month's Balary , or , in
other words , duplicates his pay accounts.
This may be said with satisfaction , does
not often occur. Sometimes they ask to
overdraw , but this is a very difficult thing
to accomplish.
Some of the wealthier members , who aro
not dependent on their salaries for current
expenses , not only permit their salaries to
accumulate in the office of thesergeant-afc-
arnis , but add to the sum any funds that
they may happen to bring with them or
receive while here. The sergeant-at-arras'
office is close at hand , more convenient
than the bank , and equally sate , and it
often becomes a bank of deposit , some
times for quite large sun . Ono wealthy
member of the house from the northwest
used to have , it is said , sometimes as high
as § 40.000 or 550,000 at a time in thu
biii safe in tho office of the sergeant-at-
arm.s. These are , however , exceptional
cases. As a rule the average member
keeps his salary drawn pretty closely ,
having but a small margin to his credit.
Sometimes outside parties , those not in
the employ of the government , make use of
.these banking facilities. If you have a
check that you want cashed at the capitol
you can be accommodated at tho sergeant-
at-arms office by first getting some mem
ber to indorse the check for you. Tho
payments which are madeover the counter
at these congressional banks are usually in
crisp new bills or bright silver dollars. The
money comes , in most cases , direct from
the treasury , and a great many of tho
bills are entirely new , fresh from the print
ing presses of the bureau of printing and
engraving. In fact this is a peculiar and
pleasing feature of most of tho money that
is afloat in Washington. The thousands
of government employes , forming a large
percentage of the population , get their
palaries in crisp new money , and the local
banks usually trade their worn currency
for new at the treasury , and tho result ia
bright , clean , crisp money everywhere.
FUGITTTE 3IORMOXS HEARD FROM.
Salt Lake special : The fifty-seventh an
nual conference of theMormon church con
vened at Provo this morning and will last
three days. There is a large attendance
from all parts of the territory. The usual
epistle from the t rat presidents , John
Taylor and George Q. Cannon , who are in
hiding , and have been for a year past , will
be read to-morrow. It is said to be quite
a lengthy document , and to deal largely
with the riglitmlness of theMormon taking
the test oath recently put in force by the
operation of the Edmunds-Tucker bill.
There is considerable anxiety manifested
as to what position the Mormon leaders
will take in the matter. There seems to
be little or no doubt , however , that the
monogamous saints will be counselled to
take oaths prescribed by the Edmunds
law which exacts an oath that they intend
to obey thenct , and refrain from practicing
polygamy and unlawful cohabitation and
the other crimes named therein.
AX OKLAHOMA SCARE.
Washington special : Word has reached
the authorities here that as soon as settled
spring is established an invasion of the
Oklahoma territory will take place that in
its proportions will exceed anything that
has yet been done under Payne's leader
ship. Certain interested parties have been
spreaking a rumor that the Oklahoma
country has been thrown open to settle
ment and the Indian bureau has been over
whelmed with letters during the past few
months asking if this were true. The sec
retary of the interior has addressed com
munications to the secretary of war look
ing to placing the entire country in the
Oklahoma section under the control of one
command. It is now divided up between
three or four officers and it is now consid
ered best that it should be in control of
one officer
It Is now estimated that there are 8,000 idle
carpenters In Chicago.
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DISCHARGED AXD KILLED.
An Indian Agent Shoots His Farmer in Self-
Defense.
Washington dispatch : Indian Commis
sioner Atkins has received the followhii
letter from Indian Agent E. C. Osborne ai
tho J'onca , Pawnee anil Otoe agency , Indiai
Territory , under dato of April 2 , 1887 :
With a profound sense of regretl havo tf
repeat that in discharging yesterday E. M
Smith , a farmer at tho Otoo agoncy , foi
general bad conduct upon the agency , bill
chietly because of his ungovernable temper
which was continually being turned loosi
upon both employes and Indians , I had tc
kill liiui in self-defense. He repeatedlj
threatened to kill the clerk in charge , whe
reported his bad conduct and asked thai
he bo discharged. IwenttoOtoetoexplair
to him my reasons for discharging him , tc
hear his defense , if he had any , to pay bin
his salary for the past quarter , and to dis
miBS him. While very calmly and quietlj
performing this duty he made a violent at
tack upon tho clerk in charge , whom h (
wounded on the arm , and then turned up
on Mr. Justice , the agency blacksmith , ami
myself , with a cocked und levelled revolvoi
and with the manner of a maniac , when 1
shot him dead. lam thoroughly convinced
that I saved three lived in taking his , anc
when it is considered that one of thost
three is my own , and the only one I have
I trust I may be exonerated.
Osborno is from Gallatin , Tenn. , nnd hat
been in charge of tho agency ever sinc <
August , 1885. Smith was one of his owi
appointees.
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ZOOAX'S FORTHCOSIIXG DOOK.
Harrisburg special : A resident of thii
city , an intimate friend of the late Genera
Logan and of his family , who has receivec
from Mrs. Logan the prospectus and soim
advance sheets of the general's book , en
titled "The Volunteer Soldiers of America , '
now in press and soon to be published , de
clares that it is destined to create a sensa
tion when it is issued , and to provoke con
troversics that can not help but be of en
grossing interest to tho country at large
The book will be extremely severe in in
denunciation of West Point and what ii
termed the military lobby , but the feature
of tho work , and one that will attrncl
general attention and excite the widest
romment , will be tho pnges devoted tf
Genril Sherman , whose criticisms o
Lomui's military movements during tin
icbellion as published in Sherman's Me
moirs , neither flattered Logan's pride noi
lellected credit on his recoid as a soldier
Mrs. Logan has in her possession a num
ber of letters uhich were written to hei
husband by General Sherman previous tc
the publication of tho Memoirs , during the
ong correspondence of the two men.
These letters not only assure Logan o1
Sherman's warm personal attachment tc
him , but testify to the writer's high appre
ciation of Logan's military services during
the war and admiration of his military
jt'nius. "I have seen the letters , " says tht
gentleman who has the advance sheets ol
' book "and that
Logan's , can assure you
their publication will be most embarrass
ing to General Sherman.
WHEAT PROSPECTS.
Chicago d'Spatch : Following is the
Farmer's Review crop report for this week :
"Reports from winter wheat growing
states are still of a favorable tenor , a ma
jority of the returns indicating that the
fall sown grain is in full average condition.
The weather continues dry in Missouri and
Kentucky , and there is a great lack o !
moisture , particularly in the laab named
6tate , but as yet crops have not been seri
ously .injured on this account over any
widely distributed area. In Michigan and
Wisconsin large portions of the state are
still under snow. Returns from twenty-
Bix counties of Illinois report winter wheat
as looking fair to good , while in four coun
ties Clark , Fayette , Lawrence and John
son the crop is looking badly. Freezing
winds during the week had a bad effect on
wheat throughout the entire state. Fif
teen Indiana counties make favorable re
turns. The general tenor of the reports
from Kansas are moro encouraging. The
prospect of a fair to good yield is reported
in Bourbon , Brown , Clay , Cowley , Davis ,
Dickinson , Douglas , Elk , Ellsworth , Har
per. Montgomery , Horton , Reno , Rush ,
Pratt and Woodson counties , but com
plaints of dry weather are made by all
csrrespondents. In Mitchell county the
prospect is poor. Favorable reports are
made from fourteen Missouri counties , and
the outlook is described as discouraging in
only one Benton. Fourteen Ohio coun
ties make favorable returns , while seven
counties Ashland , Champaign , Hardin ,
Medina , Mercer , Van Wert and Wood des
cribe the crop as looking poorly.
SOOLH.EUS CfiriSG JiOXDS.
Chicago special : The work of examining
the bail bonds of the indicted county
hoodlers was still engaging the attention ol
the criminal court officials to-day. Tin
lirst victim of the special grand jury's wort
to make his appearance this morning wa-
'hairman Klehm , whocameinto the clerk'h
office looking worried and tired. It war
ureed that those parties who had prev
oiisly given bail should not be compeIIe <
to give new bonds to cover the last in
dictments , but should enter into new
sureties , which would cover all the in
lictmnnts inalump. CommissionerKlehn
> vas required to give $24,000. There an
- > ixteen charges of conspiracy against bin
ind three of bribery. Commissioner Cassel
nan , on one indictment for bribery ann
seven for conspiracy , gave $11,000 bonds
Levi Windmuller , the grocer who furniuhei
rtah strawberries for the county in such
-nonnous quantities , gave bail on one in-
1 ctment for conspiracy. His bail wnt
52,500. Commissioner McClaurhrey gave
a bond for ? 2G,0)0. ) There aietwo indict
Ments against him Tor bribery and twelvi
for conspiracy. F. TV. Bepper , the meat
• ontractor , furnished bail in the sum o
$22,500 on two indictments for bribery
> md five for rnnsmrjirv.
THE CROP OUTLOOK.
Chicago dispatch : The Farmers' Review
prints for their crop review this week the
following summary : Dry weather contin
ues to prevail in Kansas and in portions
of Missouri , which has caused some injury
to winter wheat , though very few serious
reports of damages are made except in tho
Former state. In Sedgwick and some of the
other southern counties of Kansas , there
has been very little rain since last August.
The tenor of the reports from Missouri is
3till favorable for the crop. Illinois reports
continue to be favorable and the outlook
ia still regarded as very favorable for a full
iverage crop. Some injury is reported
[ rom Pop * and Jefferson counties , of Illi
nois. Some of the northwestern and south-
jrn counties of Michigan report damage
and the average of the state is below that
of the preceding two years for this month.
Reports from Wisconsin are nearly all of a
favorable tenor , though injury is reported
in Columbia and a few other interior coun
ties. In Noble , Seneca and Trumbull coun
ties the prospects for whea * . are poor , but
throughout the state the outlook is good.
The national . .ureau of labor has twenty-
nine special agents In the field investigating
strikes and lockouts from 1831 to 18S6 inclu
sive. Accents are also inquiring into the con-
aition of workingmen in cities and the cost of
production and distribution of staple articles.
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Slow Progress in Positively Proving U/ie
Killed th Sioux City Divine.
Sioux City dispatch : In tho Hnddocl
murder trial this morning , James Junk ,
Joseph S. Borsch and others testified as tc
tho reputation of Leavitt and Bismarck
Tho witnesses , who wero ealoon keepers
pronounced their reputations na very bad
C. Hart , a boarder at Paul Leader's , one
of the dcfcndnntB , testified that ho was oik
of the crowd that went from Junk's aalooi
to the scene of the murder. About half i
dozen started down with Leavitt. Arena-
dorf did not go down with them. Leadei
nnd I followed tho crowd down about 15C
feet behind them. Leader and I passed bv
the crowd , which was standing by a higl ;
board fence. Leader was nexi ; to tho fence ,
As wo passed the crowd somebody tool
Leader's hat off and put another hat oi
Leader : It waB the man whom I under
stood to be Leavitt. He passed anc
turned the corner and wentaoutlionWate ;
street between sixty and eighty feet. Then
wo heard tho report of a pistol shot. Wt
looked around instantly. Wo saw on <
man stagger and fall and another turn anc
run. The man running away had on t
rubber coat and light pants. I did noi
notice his hat. He ran toward the north
east. Leader and I walked to the cornel
of Third street and then went east to the
Milwaukee house. Bismarck wa8 not witl
us. I never saw him. We got back nboul
11 o'clock. Bismarck was not at the Mil
waukee house. Arensdorf was not tin
man who fired the shot. I am positive hi
was not in the crowd that went to th <
scene of tho murder.
At the afternoon session of the district
court Paul Leader , one of the defendant !
and the first one bo far introduced , wai
called. His testimony was substantial ! }
as follows : Lived at tho corner of No
braBka and Second streets in August , 188G
was at the Milwaukee house August 3 ; wai
nt the Central houso about 9 ; was at tin
New England bakery and was going homi
when I met Mr. Hart at the corner of No
braska and Fourth ; we went into the Eng
lish Kitchen saloon : got a glass of beer oi
cigar , and thence to Junk's ; Hart was witl
me ; met Arensdorr and others to our right
another crowd to our left ; Arcnsdor
faced the front ; we walked througl
into the rear room ; recognizee
Leavitt among the others ; I didn't knew
him ; lemained in Junk's five or six min
utes ; Arensdorf was in that crowd at tin
corner ; Arensdorf is not the man who firec
the bhot ; I was not at the meeting of tin
saloon keepers August 2 , 1S8G ; believ
there was a union of some kincl anion ;
them ; I understand there was no complet
organization ; I attended onemectingknov
of no banding together or association t <
whip or injure Haddock or anyone else
Leavitt and they all went out together ; . '
went out with Hart a second or two afte
Leavitt ; we left Arensdorf in Junk's ; the
crowd , headed by Leavitt , wont along thi
south side of Fourth to Water ; we followce
behind them ; didn't know what they wen
going to do ; never had a word with Leav
itt about what they were going to do
caught up with them at the high fence
eight or ten feet from the corner ; as !
walked by him he jerked this straw hat oi
of my head and put hia gray ono on mine
asked him what he meant , and he said
"That's all right ; " walked down Watei
atreefc and heard the report o
a gun behind us ; looked arouue
and saw one man staggering east
ward and another running north
ward ; he wore a long , black coat , ligh
pantB , and brown , low-crowned hat ; h
went down Water toward Second , and oi
Second home ; got there about ten min
utes before the train arrived on the Mil
waukee , about 10:40 ; Bismarck was no
with me ; didn't see him that evening ; a
the time the shot waa fired I thought thi
man waa Leavitt ; I waa ( satisfied thai
Leavitt waa the man who fired the shoi
and waa running away ; I did not go tc
Haddock ; I heard that Haddock was shol
five or ten minutes after I got to the hotel
I knew the marshal , sheriff , district attor
ney , butl never told any of them ; the firsl
time I left Sioux City after the murder was
the time I went to Council Bluffs with the
wire of jBismarck ; I did not go before the
coroner's jury and tell that I knew who
was the murderer ; I did not care to be im
plicated in the murder ; I waa arrested be
fore I was indicted ; Ishould have told that
Leavitt was the murderer when arrested il
I had been asked.
A FEARFUL PLUXGE.
St. Louts , March 30. Hon. Thomas 8.
Reynolds committed suicide at the custom
aouse this afternoon by plunging down the
devator shaft from the third floor. He fell a
listance of eighty feet and crushed in his
ikull. The cause of the rash act was mental
lerangement , superinduced by hallucinations
lhat he was about to become insane. A few
uinutes before 2 o'clock he entered the build
ing and sauntered into the United States
: ourt room. Several persons met him in the
building and he appeared in his usual humor.
He was seen to leave the United States mar
shal's office and stepping into the elevator
sate passed out of view. A few minutes later
Be was brought out of the sub-basement dead.
In his pocket was found a letter to his wife ,
stating that two years ago he contracted
malaria at Aspinwall and had failed to re
cover , the disease settling in his spine. Re
cently he had been troubled by insomnia and
frequent nervousness. Visions invited him to
join his dear friends , and , fearing lest he
should be a burden to his wife by becoming a
lunatic , and His estate of $2oU00 being in
order , unimpaired and productive , he deter
mined to end his life.
Thomas B. Reynolds was born In Charleston ,
S. C , in 182L He studied In the university of
Virginia and continued his education in Ger
many , graduating at Heidelberg In 1842. He
spent one year in the university of Paris , and
was admitted to the bar in Virginia in 1844.
He was secretary of the United States lega
tion to Spain in 1848 and 1849. In 1850 he lo
cated at St. Louis , and from 1853 to lt57 , was
United States district attorney. In 1S60 he
was elected lieutenant governor of Missouri
on the same ticket with the famous Governor
Claib Jackson , and in the civil war sided with
the confederacy. At the close of the war he
went to Mexico and became very intimate
with Maximilian. In 1SG3 he returned to St
Louis. He was a member of the commission
sent to South America about two years ago ,
in the interest of commerce with the United
States. In 1S54 he fought a duel with B. Gratx
Brown , with rifles at thirty paces , on the
island opposite this citv ' , over a political dis
cussion. Mr. Brown w as hit in the knee , but
Mr. Reynolds was not touched. It is believed
that Governor Reonolds only intended to maim
Mr. Bro vn. Governor Reynolds was married
twice and leaves his second wife , 'whom he
married three years ago , ol' his property.
TACKLED THE WROAG SZAX.
Albuquerque , N. M. , March 29. Conslable
Jim Keel was sent to the new mining camp
Volcano yesterday to serve the papers In the
attachment suit of Lindauer , Wermser & Co.
af Deming against Barrock & Miller. He
read the paper to Barrock , who became abusive
md attempted violence. Keel undertook to
irrest him when he knocked him clown , and
William Dula standing by pulled Barrock oft
tvhen John Wyatt , saying no constable could
lerve papers oil Barrock , threatened to shoot
30th the constable and Dula.
Dula went to a justice's office to swear out a
warrant against Wyatt , when that person en
tered the office and presenting a pistol pulled
the trigger at Dula. The pistol failed togo off
ina Dula drawing a gun opened fire just ns
Wyatt's pistol was fixed. Both emptied their
weapons , and when the smoke cleared away ,
it was fonnd that while Dula was unhurt Wy-
itt was shot throught the stomach and lying
head across the table ; Dula surrendered. _
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THE DEFESSE OX THE ST IXD.
What Uiey Hate Tims Far Offered in tin
Way of Evidence.
A Sioux City dispatch says : Tho efforti
of tho defenao to-day produced a witneai
by tho namo of G. TV. Smith , who swear
positively that Leavitt fired tho shot tha
kUIed Haddock. This was expected bj
everybody , as hia Btory has been madi
public for months. Ho lived nt the Colum
bia houso on tho night of tho murder , anc
occupied tho room on tho second floor
looking down upontheaccnoof the tragedy
He waa sitting nt open window that night
partly undressed , nnd saw four persons oi
the street. When tho shot waa fired then
were two persona close together. Thoj
were about in tho middlo of the streo
crossing nnd wero four feet apart. Saw tin
man who fired the shot. Ho waa nortl
and a little behind tho other , nbout fou :
feet away. Tho man who shot haei a light
straw hat , rubber coat and light pants on
Ho turned and ran across Fourth anr
north on Water street. Witness did noi
see him beyond the blacksmith shop. The
man who was shot staggered and fell
When shown the hat supposed to havi
been worn by Leavitt , witness said tin
hat he saw on the man looked brightei
than that , with a broader brim. He knov
John Arensdorf well. The man who firec
the shot was not John Aren8dorf. Witnesi
said he waa positivo as to that. Fron
Leavitt's form of motion , etc. , he think
ho was the man who fired tho Bhot. Thor
was light enough to Bee them and recogniz
them.
Gub Smith passed through a aearchin ;
crosa examination. He denied having toh
a reporter soon after the murder that h
waa sick with hay fever and could not se
very well on the night of AugiiBt 3 ; did no
Bay to him that "I could but indistinctly
see tho two men ; " did not say I could no
seo how these men were dressed ; did no
say I could not see flash of the pistol : die
not tell him I did not know who did th
shooting ; I recollect telling him aoinethiii ;
nbout the aifair ; I did not tell the state'
nttorney about the matter , because I wai
afraid I would get into trouble and inigh
not be able to get bonds. When I was ar
rested and taken before Justice Foley I line
been drinking * I had been to a funeral ; wai
feeling bad ; did not want to got any one it
trouble.
One of the representative business moi
of the city testified to John Aiensdorf
gooel moral character.
Henry A. Lyon testified to knowin ;
Areiipdorf eight or ten years ; went to th
scene of the murder soon after it occurreel
went into the crowd and saw Hadelock
went to where the cano lay ; when I cam
back to the sidewalk John Arensdorf wa
coming west on Fourth atreet and I me
him just at the corner where Haddocl
laid ; I spoko to him ; after speaking to in
he went west toward tne brewery. On th
cross-examination he admitted that ho hai
met Dr. Knoti whilo going to the scene o
the murder. He asked the doctor the tim
and he said it was 11 o'clock ; naked th
doctor who was shot ; might have tolel bin
that if Hadelock had been at home wher
he had ought to have been he wouldn'
havo been Bhot.
A few morebusinesa men wero introduce !
to prove Leavitt'B bad character. A num
ber of depositionB were introduced fror
Leavenworth parties to prove the untrunt
worthy character of Leavitt.
GEXERAL XEWS AXD XOTES.
Francia Gerry Fairchild , clergyman
journalist , author , and veterinary but
geon , ded : at New York from the effects o
the opium habit.
TV. A. Clark , the New York postoffici
thier , skipped for Canada.
Eighteen men lost their lives by an ex
plosion of gae in a mine at Savanna , I. T ,
Six men were terribly injured by an ex
plosion of molten metal at Braddock , Pa.
John Workman , a wealthy farmer re
siding near Springfield , 111. , was robbed ol
3G.000 by a couple of dudisli-looking men ,
Five men were drowned by the capsizing
of the 8teamer Spokane , in the Coeui
el'AIene river.
Spencer Smith , of the Council Bluffs
Nonpareil , has been appointed a membei
of the Iowa Railroad commission.
The anarchistB were anowed under at
Chicngo.
The United States grand jury at San
Francisco , which was engaged nearly two
weeks investigating the alleged fraudulent
land surveys by which an amount of money
was obtained from the government , re-
turneel forty indictments of conspiracy and
perjury.
Senator Hale stated that James G.
Blaine would Bpend at lea ' st a yearabroad.
The steamer Victoria , which arrived from
Baracoa , brought the captain and crew of
nine men of the brig Johanna , which foun
dered at sea after being out ten days from
Havana for New York. Tho crew were in
a wretched condition when picked up.
The secretary of the interior has promul
gated new rules for the government of the
Yellowstone National park. The rules
prohibit the injury or removal of geyser
formations ; allowing stock tograze in their
vicinity ; the cutting or injury of growing
timber ; the unnecessary lighting of fires ;
tha injury or killing of birds or animals ;
the wanton destruction of fish ; the perma
nent residence of any person in the park ;
the pasting of private notices , or establish
ment of drinking saloons or bar-rooms.
Outfits of persona found hunting or in pos
session of game will bo confiscated , and
persons making themselves obnoxious to
the officer in charge will be ejected from the
park.
An extensive strike of stone-masons and
their laborers and mortar-mixers in the
vicinity of Boston haa been inaugurated.
A large body of men are involved. The
strike ia for nine hours a day , with the
same rate of wages aa paid for ten hours.
The strike is aimed principally at those
contractors who are not members of the
Master Builders' association or the Me
chanics' Exchange association , the strikers
being willing to accept terms offered by
those connected with these associations ,
nine hours a day and pay by the hour.
TheBe two objecta they have been trying to
obtain from other contractors but hay *
been refused.
A PRE3HU3I OX DESERTIOX.
Washington special : In a recent decision
by the war department it waa stated that
"if tickets over Canadian routes can be
purchased for individual soldiers on fur-
ough , etc , at lower rates than by other
lines , they may be furnished over such
routes ; such travel to be by any passenger
route accessible to the general public , lim
ited to unarmed individual soldiers , and
iot to include organized forces under com
mand. " Antrmy officer remarked in
• egard to this decision , that it offers a pre-
nium upon desertion. "Soldiers finding
ihemselves upon Canadian soil would , in
linety-nine cases in a hundred , take French ,
eave of the United Statea. "
HE " wiLL PERFOmrniS D UTT.
President Cleveland Replies to a Letter Re
garding the Fisheries Question.
Tho president having received ii com
munication from tho American fisheries
union of Massachusetts calling attention
to the fisheries disputeand suggestiii ; that
the retaliatory act passed by the late con-
grcfcs would , in their opinion , bo suf
ficiently executed if the proposed retalia
tion wns confined to tho closing of tho
United Statea markets to Canadian fish
products , he haa inuclo the following an
swer :
Exixutivb Mansion , {
Washiscsto.v , April 7. J
George Steel , Esq. , President of the Amor-
can Fishery Union , nnd Others , Glouces
ter , Mass. :
Gentlemen I havo received yeiur letter |
lately addressed to me , and have given full
consideration to the expression of views
and wishes therein contained in relation to
the existing differoiicea between the govern
ment of Great Britain and tho United
Statea , growing out of the refusal toward
our citizena engaged in fishing enterprises |
of the privileges to which they are entitled , j
either under treaties , stipulations or guar
antees of international comity and neigh- ,
borly concessions. I sincerely trust tho >
apprehension you express of unjust and '
unfriendly treatment of Amorican fisher
men lawfully found in Canadian waters
will not be realized. But if such apprehen
sion should provo to be well founded , I I
earnestly hope that no fault or inconsider
ate action of nny of our '
citizens will in tho least weaken
the just position of our government (
or deprive us of the universal sympathy
and support to which weslpitihl be entitled.
Thu action of this adminiBtration since l
June , 1885 , when the fishery articles of tho
treaty of 1871 wero terminated under the
notification which had two years beforo
been given to our government , haa been
fully dindosed by the correspondence be
tween the representatives of • ho appropri
ate departments of the leHpetlivc govern
ments , with which , 1 am apprised by your
letter , you aro entirely familiar. An exam
ination of this corresponilence haa doubt
less satisfied you that in no case have the
rights and privileges of American fisher
men been overlooked or neglected , butthat ,
on the contrary , they have been seduously
insisted upon nnd cared for by every
mcaiia within the control or tho executive
branch of the government. The act ol
congress approved March ii , 1S77 , author
izing a course of retaliation through execu
tive action in the event or the continuance
on the partof theBiitish American author
ities or the unfriendly conduct and treaty
violations affecting American fishermen ,
has devolved upon tho president of the
United Statea exceedingly grave and aol-
emn responsibilities , comprehending highly
important consequences to our national J
character and dignity , and involving ex
tremely valuable commercial intercourse .
between the British possessions of North j
America and the people of the United 5
States. I understand the main purpoao
of your letter is to suggest that , in
case recourse to the retaliatory meas
ures authorized by thia act ahould
bo invoked by unjuat treatment in tbe
future , the object of bucIi retaliation might
be fully accomplished by "prohibitingCana-
dian caught fish from entering into tho
porta of tho United States. " The existing
controversy ia one on which two nations t
are the paities concerned. The retaliation
contemplated by the act of congress is to ,
be enforced not to protect solely any par
ticular interest , however meritorious or
valuable , but to maintain the national
honor and thus protect all our people. In
this view the violation of American fishery
rights , and unjust or unfriendly acts o" -
ward that portion of our citizens engaged
in this business , is but the occasion for ac
tion and constitutes a national affront
which gives birth to or may justify retalia
tion. This measure , once resorted to , its
effectiveness and value may well depend
upon tho thoroughness and extent of its
application : and in the performances of in
ternational duties , the enforcement of in
ternal ional rights , and the protection of
our citizens , this government and the peo
ple of the United Statea must act as a unit
all inteift upon attaining the best result
of retaliation upon the basis of the main
tenance of national honor and duty. A '
nation seeking by any means to maintain |
its honor , dignity ami integrity ia engaged i
in protecting the rights of its people , anel if ' I
in such efforts , particular interests aro
injured and special advantages for- J
foiled , these tlrngs 6hould be patrioti- J
cally borne for the public good.
An immense volume of populatiou ,
manufactures and agricultural produc
tions , and the marine tonnage and rail
ways to which these have given activity ,
are nil largely the result of intercourse be
tween the United States and British Amer
ica , and the natural growth of a full hall
century of good neighborhood and friendly
communication from an aggregate of
natural wealth and incidental relations
of the most impressive magnitude. I
fully appreciate these things , and am not
unmindful of the great number of our peo
ple who are concerned in such vast and
diversified interests. In the performance
of the serious duty which congress haa im
posed upon men , and in the exercise upon
just occasion of the power conferred under
the act referred to. I shall deem myself i
bound to inflict no unnecessary damage or '
injury upon any portion of our people ;
but I shall , nevertheless , be unflinchingly
guarded by that sense of aelf-respect and
dignity the nation demand. In the main
tenance of these , and in the support of the
honor of the government beneftilh which
every citizen may repose in safety , no
sacrifice of personal or private interests a
shall be considered as against the general 1
welfare. Yours very truly , 1
GnovER Cleveland.
COLORED TROOPS CAX PARTICIPATE.
Washington dispatch : The new entries
rom Ohio , Louisiana , Dakota , anticipated
by telegraph , were to-day received at the
headquarters of the national drill. Among
the visitors waa Gen. Charlea J. Anderson , _ ' <
of Richmond , commander of the First !
brigade of Virginia volunteera. He had a . '
long conference with Gen. Ordway and J
Manager DeLeon and expressed himself <
emphatically as approving the position of *
the committee with reference to al- J-
lowing colored companies participate i
in the drill. Gen. Anderoom com- *
mandB the First brigade of Vir- |
ginia , in _ which are two colored state guard §
companies , whose anticipated presence V
created the ill feeling in Montgomery. The t f
general says he will bring the whole brigads |
horse , foot and artillery , amounting to 1
about thirty companies and five batteries 1
of artillery. Adjt. Gen. Jones of North f
Carolina , haa again visited headquarters * 1
and expressed strongly hia approval of the
position taken by the management on this -
question. He sayB they could have taken T
no other position in the national drill and
that law , reason and justice are all on i
their side. ,
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EIGHTEEX LIVES LOST. fc
A special from Vinita , I. T. , says : A ter- ' *
rible explosion occurred to-day at Savan- j
na , in coal Bhaf t No. 2 , by which six miners " A
were killed. Arescuing party was soon or- . " X
ganized and sent down into the mine , but * fc •
they were overpowered by the gas and M
twelve suffocated before th y could be , J
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taken out , making eighteen dead in all. $ i
The mines are worked mainly by foreigners. * , i "
Moat of the victims are Italians. Fuller v i *
particulars have notyet been learned here. * * ?