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E NEW ORLEANS DAILY DEMOAT
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUDBIANA AND OF THE OITY O NEW ORLEANS.
VOL. II--NO. 187. NEW ORLEANS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1878. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
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1OHIO ANDI ILLINOIS.
1 DEMOCRATS OF THE FORMER
"TATE WANT SOPT IONEY.
Ite Obhio Democrattl Convention-How It
Will Indorse Sherman.
SCOLUMnxa, June 25.---There is a large num
er of delegates to the Democratic conven
n to-morrow already on the ground. The
timent is almost altogether In tavor of the
of the resumption act and the unlim
remonetization and coinage of dilver.
-Congressman A. T. Walling, of Circleville,
II be temporary chairman of the conven
, and Milton J. Southard, of Zanesville,
rermanent chairman. A strong fight Is be
made to defeat I. (G. Thompson for chair
".lan of the State Central Committee. How
:: -ver, he will undoubtedly be elected.
ePa.t.lmnent Gentlemen Present-The Plat
ferm-Greenbacks and Un
limited Coinage.
COLTnM~ UR, June 25.-The evening trains
j boughtin many additional delegatAe. Among
ore present at the convention are Senator
hurman, Judge Rufus R. Rannoy, of Cleve
C, ongressmen Finlay, Southard and
okey, ex-Congresemen Walling, Hurd,
S eal, Pppleton, Morgan and McKinnev.
The Democrats are much encouraged, and
c~: laim that they will carry the State. from
.' pDreseat indications by a large majority.
"'.lThe platform will favor the substitution of
,.g nreentks for national bank notes, unlimited
coinage of silver and a repeal of the resump
tlion act.
The Ohio Statnrman, the central organ of
the party, demands in its Issue to-day a
strong plank favoring an income tax, and the
att.ligestio will in all probability be adopted.
A resolution will also be offered condemn
Ing Communism, whltle demanding all legiti
State legislation po esiblo for the amelloration
.t the working classes.
llln'lu Republicans.
S"arINaPxIRLD. Ill., June 25.--A large num
of Republicans are arriving to-night to
ttrnd the convention t,-nmorrow. Ridgway
the favorite for Treasurer.
WA-H NGTON.
an's Handwriting to be Brought to
litght.
NEwr Yon., June 25.-The Graphic's Wash
n special says a storv is now current to
°~ oect that the Democrats will soon pro
10e the original of the so-called Sherman
ter; that it has come into their hands since
r.. Jenks testified on, Saturday, its custo
having decided to let it be examined In
on with her testimony. It has all
been said that the Democrats had a i
phic copy of the original, but no one
' re'tended until now that the orig nal was
in ezistence.
The biab-Committee Not Yet Started-The
Florida MNater-Witnesses to
be Examined Here.
WASHINOTON, June 25.--The sub-commit
Stee, consisting of Messrs. P,,tter, Blackburn,
M teu'er, Cox and Reed, which is to pursue
the elltoral fraud investigtelon at the Louis
lana end of the line, expected to leave about
the middle of this weetk. Mr. Blackburn is I
suffering from a slight attack of paralysis and
may, however, delay their departure unless
some one else shouldl be substituted for him.
Among the witness who will be examined
by this committee will be Mrs. Weber, the 1
widow of D. A. Weber, who according to An
derson's testimony joined the latter in the t
note to Secretary Sherman to whom Ander
mon confided the custody of the Sherman a
letter and upon whose person It is said to
have been when he was klledi. It is thought
the committee will be able to complete its
labors down there in about three weeks. The lI
committee here will on to-morrow take up f
the Florida case, and it is thought will begin q
operations with Minister Noyes, who is anx- r
lous to return to Paris where his presence d
during the Exposition is desirable, a
Among others who will be prominent as i
witnesses in this branch of the investitration
will be William E. Chandler, L. G. Dennia and n
Judge Alfred Morton. t
Hon. B. A. Weters, of New York, ar- i
rived here to-night, and private alvices a
received state that Mr. Acklen is on his iI
way and will reach here on Thurs I. y or I
Friday. It is also said that libel suits will be
instituted against several papers which have ti
plainly indicated the identity of the lady in a
whose company Mr. Acklen is said to have v
been at the restaurant on the night in ques- ft
tion. ae belief that a duel will grow out of g
the afrra is gradually disappearing.
Three hundred and ninety-seven new offices
are to be added to the list of money order of
lees in the United StatA's on the first of July, in
le commencement of the fiscal year. As the w
eaing of these offices is to a certain extent d
ilcativeof business activity, it becomes a
T atter of some Interest to know the States in w
dch they are located. They are as follows: in
abama 8, Arkansas 8, Florida 3, Georgia 7, ti
ntucky 12, Louisiana 5, Maryland 3, Mis- a
slppi 4, Missouri 16, North Carolina 3, Ohio
South Carolina and Tennessee 8, Texas 21, t
ginia 10. ni
'he United States Postoffice Department H
as been informed by the Swiss Postal De- cc
partment, through which the business of the B
International Postal Convention is trans- fa
acted, that Peru has made application for ai
admission under the' convcntion of Berne.
If nooppoeition is made by the parties to the
Streaty she will be admitted on the first of
:October next.
A circular was issued by the General Land
Ofifeo to-day explanatory of the amenidattory f
" timber culture act of June 14, 1875, and direct
lng conformity with the act.
[endricks on the Situation.
WAsITNOTON, June 25. --The 7Tibunc's
Washington special says: Gov. Hendricks,
. lwo on his way to Charlotte for the pur
of delivering the commencement ad
- arrived last evening. In speaking with
of the political outlook, Hendricks is
reported to have remarked that the elections
ft the coming autumn would be important
ily because they may indicate the attitude
S the people toward the two political par
and furnish data for judging of the pres
eampaign.
Pdmttedln the meantime that events
t occur which would change the situa
tO such an extent that the fall elections
indicate nothing of great interest to
place two years from now. Gov. Hen
thinks that the next candidate of the
p.a party will be Gen. Grant. He
he will be nominated because he will
. O et man to be found in the party
e krvuae many of the Repub ican leaders
-.-haie. made up their minds to put him
i~a the deL This, he said, is the sentiment in
Idia. The renomination of Gen. Grant, in
q w..w ill be flowed by a fierce cam
whi+º old issues will be revived.
some disappoint
the Potter commuitee
tag. HeR
passed upon all attempts to revive the agilta
tion of the electoral question; that he had
certain information which was new, andI that
he had fortified himself against any possible
chance of failure up to this time.
Hendricks admitted that the committee had
not been able to present any such informa
tion, and for this reason he looks upon the in
quiry as' ill-advised and not calculated to
effect the object In view. Hendricks said of
the last presidential election that all I)emo
crats undoubtedly believed Tilden elected
and the party through the machinery and
construction of the electoral commission, al
lowed that victory to be turned into defeat.
McKenzle's Mexlean Ride-Nothing Ae
complished.
SWAS!INOITON, June 25.--Gen. McKenzie in
a telegraphic report of his recent raid into
Mexico, which has just been received at the
War Office, says that his command returned
safe; that they accomplished nothing on ac
count of the inefficiency and sickness of their
guides. A force of Mexican regulars crossed
his path twice, each time refusing to render
assistance In pursuin raiders. The officer
in command of the Mexicans stated he had
orders to obstruct the passage of the Ameri
can troops through Mexican territory, but he
failed to attack McKe nzie. The latter says he
does not blame the Mexicans for not attack
ing him, for the reason that he was fully pre
pared, a fact well known to the Mexican
commander.
THE NETROPOLIS,
Bennett's Sister to Marry a Real Live
Lord.
Nmv YORK, June 25.-It is said that Miss
Jeannette Bennett is about to be married to
Lord IRossmore. Mr. Bennett is to arrive in
New York on July 6. The wedding of Miss
Bennett is to take place in this city. Baron
Rossmore, Derrick Warner William Wes
terna, of Rossmore Park, county Monaghan,
Ireland, is the fifth baron of that name, being
also a peer in the United Kingdom. He holds
a seat in the House of Lords is In his twenty
sixth year of his age, and held formerly a sub
lieutenant's commission in the First Life
Guards. He suceeed in the peerage to his
brother, Henry CaOrns, who died in 1874 in
consequence of a fall while riding a steeple
chase at Windsor. Miss Bennett a fortune is
estimated at $2,000,000.
We Are Comilng, rather Rutherford, With
l10,000 More.
NEW YORK, June 25.-The Tribune's Wash
ington special says Isaac Cohen, a leader of
the branch of the laboring men's organiza
tion of this city, and who was instrumental
in getting up a meeting recently held at the
capital announced that 100,000 workingmen
from Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York
will be here in a few days. He does
not say what is the object of their
coming.
A decision of importance to dealers
in commercial paper has been rendered here.
A note, whet her accomnmodatipu paper or not,
is void, if discounted or purchased at a higher
rate than 7 per cent.
I'POlL ' I G.
]ase Hall.
CTITcAoo, June 25.--Bostons 7, Chicagos 2.
M IL WA UKEE, J une 25.--Milwaukees 5, l'rov
idences 11.
('LEVELAND, O. June 25.--Forest Citys 0,
Cincinnatis 4.
UTICA, N. Y., June 25.--Uticas 7, Pittsflelds 2.
LANHINOBURG, N. Y., .June 25.- -Haymakers
11, Hudsons 5.
HOINERVILLE, N.Y., June 25.-Hornesvilles
8, Rochesters 4.
HARTFORD, Ct., June 25.-Hartfords 4, Wor
cesters 8.
A Novel Fight.
NEw YonK June 25.--In an uptown room
last night Pete Lawler and John Mo.ore
fought a glove ftight for $200 under the Mar
quis of Queensbury's rules. The contest was
remarkable for much hard hitting and a great
.eal of cunning on the part of the principals,
and determination to damage each other as
much as possible.
The men agreed to fight thirty minutes if
neither succumbed before that time to call
the event a draw. Both succeeding in hold
ing out the required half hour, and although
a satisfactory result was not reached the
light was the best that has been seen in New
York for a long time.
Thirteen rounds were fought in thirty
three minutes ending In a draw. Another
account was that Moore was declared the
victor. Both the men were marked dread
fully about the face, yet they laughed as their
gloves was being removed.
General Notes.
BUFFALO, N. Y., June 25.--The spring meet
ing of the Buffalo Driving Park Association
will begin to-morrow and continue on Thurs
day.
BOSTON, June 25.-Faulkner and Regan,
well-known oarsmen of this city, will publish
in to-morrow morning's Globe a challenge to
the Ward Brothers to row them for $1000
a side.
UTICA, N. Y., June 25.--The Bauer-Heygs
ter Greco-Roman wrestling match here to
night was witnessed by a small audience.
Heygster's bullet-head shape, full neck and I
corpulency were the only obstructions to E
Bauer's scientific play. Bauer won the first
fall ia eighteen minutes, and the second fall
and match in twenty minutes.
Miscellaneoum.
CINCINNATI, June 25.-Eph. Holland was
elected last night by the Democracy of the
fourth ward of this city as representative at
the Democratic State Convention at Columbus
to-morrow. [Holland is a well known sport
ing man.-ED. DEM.]
NEW YORK, June 25.-The funeral of Moses
A. Wheelock, late president of the New York
Stock Exchange, who committed suicide on
Sunday last by shooting himself in the head,
took place this afternoon from his residence.
BUFFALO, June 25.-A bogus sensation was
circulated here this evening concerning a
communistic outbreak at New York City.
CHICAGO, June 25.-The Communists of this
city are preparing for another demonstration
next Sunday, which, they say, will greatly
excel that held two weeks previous. Their
members have augmented by the addition
of several more organizations, and speakers
from abroad are to be introduced.
CHICAGO, June 25.-The trouble still con
tinues between the union and non-union sea
men. The schooner Mars was prevented
from sailing to-day with a crew of non-union
istes, about 100 of their antagonists boarding
her and driving the crew ashore. The trouble
arises about wages, the union claiming $S 50
per day, while the owners will pay but $1 25.
MADISON, Wis., June 25.-The Wisconsin
Press Association is in session in this city
and largely attended.
PrYoTH, N. H. June 25.-Mrs. Hannah
Cox Holdnernest celebrated her one hundred
and second birthday to-da.
NW YO~K, Juane 25.-There will beno ex
SbiAlonas ýt t bnit of the
I'0TTEI S IN(QIlI Y.
JENHS MEETS SHELDON BEFORE
LEAVIN RHERE-MRN . WEBER
HEARS A $100,000 STORY.
Pltkln on the Stand-Wow He Worked
The Protest Out of Anderson.
WARHINO(TON, June 25.-The Potter com
mittee resumed the examination of Mrs.
Jenks at 11 o'clock this morning. She stated,
in reply to a question by the chairman, that
the letters which she had promised to pro
duce had not yet arrived, and did not know
that they would be of any use to him when
they did arrive.
In regard to Mr. Springer she stated that
she was with Mrs. Weber, in Donaldsonville,
a short time before leaving for Washington.
She was requested by Gen. Sheldon to take a
note to Mrs. Weber requesting her to come to
New Orleans. She had read a telegram from
Washington in consequence of which he made
the request, but witness did not know the
contents of that dispatch. When witness came
to Donaldsonville Mrs. Weber told her that
she had heard that witness had received
$100ieot for some document, and complained
for not having received a portion of that
money.
Witness made no request of Mrs. Weber to
make any affidavits. Mrs. Weber did not re
turn to New Orleans with witness, assigning
as a reason that she l1did notwant to hear any
thing more about that document. referring to
the Sherman letter; that she had no such
document and wanted to consult with some
body before going to New Orleans.
OEN. HHELDON PAID THE EXPEN5F.S
of witness' trip to Donaldsonville. Gen.
Sheldon did not tell witness to reqnest Mrs.
Weber to come to New Orleans for the pur
pose of making an affidavit; that she (lid not
know of the existence of the Sherman letter.
Mrs. Jenks did not recollect having met
Col. Wm. A. Otis a.t her boarding-house in
this city last winter; had not a conversation
with him or any one else on the subject of
the Sherman lItter; did not show anybody a
letter from her husband saying that she
would have to come to New Orleans herself
to get that lot ter.
In the note from ((en. Sheldon to Mrs.
Weber was the phrase "Mrs. .Jenks will ex
plain." Gen. Sheldon didt not tell witness
what he wanted her to explain, excerpt that
the Republicans wanted Mrs. Weter and
Capt. .Jenks to come to Washington. Witness
did not inquire why Mrs. Weber and Capt.
Jenks were wanted. Mrs. .Jenks was then ex
cused until the arrival of the letters wanted.
Gen. Boynton was then recalled and made
some trifling corrections in the phraseology
of his printed testimony. He reiterated that
the President had never told him Anderson
had been appointed on account of being pos
sessed of political secrets, but that, on the
contrary, his inpression on that subject was
altogether derived from the paragraph con
tained in the I)emocratic newspapers. In re
ply to (Gen. Butler he stated that he did not
remember conversing
UPON THIS :UBJ.TE(1T
with any one between Fourteenth and Cor
coran streets in this city; had no recollection
of saying that the President seemed to
evade questions upon the subject of Ander
son's appointment, and that the President,
when witness pressed the questions, said:
"We had to appoint him." Did not recollect
saying when the person with whom he was
conversing sAid "this confirmed Anderson,"
that this was like the rest of the President's
appointments, and that all the fellows who
had done the dirty work were appointed to
office.
In reply to Geo. Cox, Gen. Boynton stated
that Gen. Hawley was with him and the
President when they were driving, and when
the Anderson matter was broach.ed he stated
that when the McVeigh commission went to
Louisiana and returned here he was In Wash
ington and had some convertation with Gen.
Hawley and Gen. Harlan. He talked with
the latter both before his going to Louisiana
and after his return.
Don't think Gen. Harlan said anything to
him about his connection with the commis- 1
sion. (en. Boynton said it was understood I
that Gen. Harlan was a canlidate for the po
sition of Jusice of the Supreme Court, and i
the day before he left he sent for the witness I
and requested him to asco:rtain, during his
absence, whether Bristow was a. candidate
for that position; that he did not wish to
stand in Mr. Bristow's way, tbut this commis
missioner should be able to effect
A sATI.FAcTORY SE'ffILMENT
of this questlon to the President.
It might help him in his effort to obtain the
position. Gen. Harlan (lid not say his ap
pointnment depended upon the success of the
onmiission.II
After Gen. Harlan returned from New Or
leans, witni ss had another conversation with
him on the subject of his candidacy for the
Supreume Bench. Gen. Harlan came to wit
ness' office and asked him whether he had
found out anything about Mr. Bristow's atti
tude.
Witness replied he had been absolutely un
able to ascertain from Bristow whether he
was a candidate or would accepl the position
if offered him, but the impression existed that
Gen. Bristow would accept the place if ten
dered. Geni. Harlan did not, at the time, say
anything about his success on the commis
sion in connection with the subject of his can
didature, and f'itness don't tLink he ever told
any one that Gen. Harlan said anything about
it. He wrote to several of Gen. Bristow's
friends in consequence of Gen. Harlan's re
quest to ascertain whether Bristow was a can
(lidate, and he has not a doubt but that he
spoke to them on the subject after Gen. Har
lan returned from Louisiana.
Witness had a conversation with him. in
which he told Gen. H[arlan the members of
the McVeigh commission would
HAVE TO GET READY
for an investigation, because Gen. Butler was
not satisfied with the conduct of the commis
sion, and would open up an investigation when
Congress should meet. The story was that
$16,000 had been expended by the commission
to effect the breaking up of the Packard Legis
lature.
Gen. Harlan said he know nothing about it
except that about the time of the breaking
up of the Packard Legislature some of the
Packard men became dissatisfied about their
pay, and that some of the Nicholls men,
when the matter was represented to them by
him, told him the friends of the Nicholls gov
ernment had raised a considerable sum of
money to put that government upon its feet,
and that there was a surplus of some $5000 or
$6000 that might be used to satisfy the claims
of the Packard men. (en. Harlan, witness
thinks, mentioned the names of some of Gov.
Nicholls' men with whom he conversed, but
witness did not remember any of them.
J. R. G. Pitkin was then called and exam
ined by Gen. Ci(x. He stated that he had a
conversation with James E. Anderson with
reference to the parish of East Feliciana.
Pitkin, by permission, read a statement set
ting forth his conversation with Anderson
upon that subject. He denied having re
quested Anderson to make a protest after the
latter had declared that he could not do so,
because there was nothing to protest about.
Afterwards Anderson took a sheet of paper
from witness' desk, went into an ante-room
and soon returned with a protest drawn up
by himself.
Witness called Anderson's attention to the
fact that the protest was not formal, but
asked if he wanted to swear to it, to which
Anderson replied affirmatively. Witness then
went with Anderson to the United States
Commissioner's (Woolfley's) office, when An
derson swore to it. A lttle while later wit- i
nese met Judge Campbell, who had great ex
perlenoe
l:iPa w e or oaq
mal. Judge Campbell declared his readiness
to prepare a proper protest, and a few hours
after when Anderson came Into witness' office
witness told him about his conversation with
Judge Campbell. Anderson went out, and
shortly after brought witness an elaborate
protest, sworn to by him before Judge Camp
bell. Some days later Anderson again came
and requested witness to let him see his pro
test. Witness said he had sent it to the Gov
ernor, but Anderson persisted, saying he had
seen witness lock up the document in his
drawer.
Angry words followed, and it ended by the
witness ordering Anderson out of the room.
Witness denied that the Weber-.:nderson
protest was framed at his instance,
Pitkin next related an interview with An
derson at Willard's Hotel last January. Aun
dlerson there showed witness several
LETTE'RS FROM STANLEY MATTHEWS,
and told him that he obtalned from Mr. Sher
man, when the latter was in New Orleans,
some oral guarantees as to provisions which
should be made for him.
Anderson then drew out of his pocket a
copy of the Weber-Anderson agreement, the
original of which he said was in Mr. Mat
thews hands, and read it to witness. When he
came to witness name witness said: "Ander
son you know this is false." Anderson seem
ed slightly confused and said that that was a
mistake. After Anderson had read to witness
various other documents he offered them to
witness for the purpose of allaying Matthews'
supposed hostilities to him (witness), but
witness declined having anything to 1do with
it, whereupon Anderson replaced the package
in his pocket. The interview ended and An
derson returned to Philadelphia. Pitkin
stated that this written statement was pre
pared by him before leaving New Orleans,
and he told its substance to Gen. Butler
shortly afterarriying here. He next stated in
reply to Gen. Butler that It may be possible
he asked Thos. H. Jenks about the Sherman
letter, although he had no distinct recollec
tion of doing it. He never saw a copy of that
document. Hesaw Mrs. Jenks in
POSTMASTER PARKER'S OFFICE
in New Orleans, within a month past, and
showed her a newspaper containing a para
graph in which it was stated that she had a
photographic copy of that letter in her poe
session.
She rend the paragraph, laughed and said:
"How little newspapers know." Then wit
ness asked her something about the letter,
and she remarked that the letter had never
left the city.
In reply to Mr. McMahon witness stated
he wrote Anderson about Matthews' letters
some time last fall, and Anderson referred
witness to Mr. Sypher, his attorney. He (lid
not want the letters for himself, but wanted
some of his friends in the Senate to know of
them, as Gen. Harlan's nomination was then
pending.
Witness then said he had a conversation
with Senator Conklirng in the presence of
Syphier. during which the Anderson protest
was talked over, and when Mr. Conkling
asked him about the blanks alleged to have
been In the protest, he thinks he must have
made suhstantially the same answer given,
namely: That he did not re(collect seeing any
blanks. The Matthews letters were talked of,
but not produced, and witness was anxious to
secure them for tConkling, as they would be
useful for him to hold a bridle on Stanley
Matthews.
Mr. McMahon inquired as to the subpa.na
ing of witnesses during the Howe investiga- I
tion, and asked witness whether any Demo
cratic witnesses were summoned by the gov- 1
ernment, to which Mr. Pitkin replied, 'Not
any; I think I should have known if any I
were summoned."
Then the committee at 2 p. m. took a recess
until 3 o'clock, when Marshal Pitkin resumed
the stand and was questioned by Gen. Cox
with reference to Levisoe's story, and he
CORROBORATED LEVISSEE'S TESTIMONY
with regard to this matter. He further
stated that in .June, 1877, his resignation as
United States Marshal was requested by At
torney (General Devens. He asked to be fur
nished the reasons for this requ -st and de
clined to resign.
Aboxut flive weeks later he received a letter
from Gen. Butler in response to one written
by himself, which lie gave to the public, and
shortly after that his successor was appointed.
He stated that he appointed 870 deputy mar
shals in the city of New Orleans and about
3500 throughout the State. Of the 870 there
were
ONLY TWENTY-FIVE DEMOCRATS.
About 130 had been recommended to him for
appointment by I. W. Patton, chairman of
the Deniocratic State Co)mmittee, but he found
upon investigation that they were all White
Leaguers, and hence he declined to appoint
them. lie stated he knew nothing of the
loan of $20,000 for the purpose of defraying
the expenses of getting up protests. The
only expenditure he knew of was about $3000,
which Zach Chandler sent in January, after
election, which was used in paying for the
subsistance of the Metropolitan Police.
In reply to Mr. Springer Mr. Pitkin said
that when Anderson showed him Matthews'
letters at Willard Hotel he advised Ander
son to give the letters Into Gen. Butler's cus
tody. He was interrogated at some length as
to different matters connected with
TIHE VISITING STATESMEN
and Returning Board count, but his evidence
on these points was very imperfect and not
at all important. He stated in reply to Mr.
McMahon that in November last he looked
among his papers for the protest drawn up
by Anderson himself, and sworn to before
Commissioner Woolfley, and after finding it,
sent it to Senator Conkling. He did this sim
ply to satisfy Senator Conkling that Ander
son at the time of making that protest was
not drunk, as had been intimated by Sypher.
In the interview between Senator Conkling
and witness, Mr. Pitkin identified the hand
writing of D). A. Weber in a number of let
ters shown him. Witness was then shown
the Weber-Anderson agreement, and said he
should not believe the signatures on that to
be Weber's.
In reply to Gen. Butler witness stated that
immediately after his arrival here he called
on Senator Conkling to get the first protest of
Anderson's, which he had sent him. He went
with the Senator to his committee room,
where the Senator and his private secretary
looked for the paper.
Senator Conkling said that he remembered I
perfectly well that witness promised to send
that document, but that
HE WAS NOT SURE
of having receive(Pit. Witness gave the Sen
ator his address, and the latter promised to
send it, but has not done so yet. Mr. Pitkin
was then excused.
Alfred G. Haley testified that he had a con
versation with Mrs. Jenks when She was here
last spring upon the subject of the Sherman
letter.
Oojection was made by Mr. Hiscock to the
testimony evidently to be elicited from wit
ness for impeaching Mrs. Jenks credibility,
and a long argument arose upon this point.
It was finally decided to let the matter go over
till to-morrow, and the committee at 5:40 p. m.
adjourned until 10 a. m, to-morrow.
A Few More Killed.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.-Col. Robins and
two soldiers were killed in an engagement
with Indians at Curry Creek. Reinforcements
were asked for and all, available troops have
gone to the front. It is believed the Indians
have been dispersed.
The Hammond-Porter Board of Inquiry.
WEST POINT, June 25.-The board of officers
to reopen the cases of W. A. Hammond, late
Surgeon General, and Major Gen. Fitz John
Porter, convened yesterday. Theutmostpub
licity will be given to the proceedings.
Chldrem Iurued o e eath.
TIlE I'EACE CONGRESS.
THE DETAIL4 ARRANGIED, AND THE
REGULATINsU COMI.ISION TO BE
APPOINTED.
Turkey to Keep Troops on the Frontier
Russian Amendments Withdrawn, and
she Evacuates Roumella and Bul
garis.
LoNDoN, June 253.- The Tim.,' correspon
dent reports that at Monday's sitting of con
gress, the right of the Sultan to place on the
Roumellan frontier whatever troops he deem
ed necessary for security was admitted on
principle, but at the same time Russfa pro
posed a series of amendments which Eng
land refused to accept. The congress fixed
nine months to allow Russia to withdraw her
troops from Eastern Roumelia and Bulgaria;
forthis concession Russia will withdraw the
amendments.
There is evidently a close alliance between
England and Austria, but each comes most
prominently forward on points involving its
own interests.
A correspondent reports that BeaconsfluId,
in conversation on Friday with Bismarck
who urged him to make concessions, said, "I
did not come here to yield "
Beaconalleld Bulldozes the Balance.
BERLIN, June 25.- The sitting of the congress
yesterday lastedl three hours, and was very
animated during the discussion of the condf
'tlons for the appointment of a commission to
regulate the Balkan frontier. Count Schou
valoff Intimated that Russia would insist
upon a prolonged occupation of Southern
Bulgaria.
This was vigorously opposed by the British
and Austrian repr.esentatives. Subsequently
Count Schouvalnff proposed several amend
ments to the terms agreed upon Saturday,
regarding the limitation of Bulgaria; but
Beaconsfield still strenuously objected, and
threatened to withdraw from the congress if
England's demands were unsatisfied. It was
finally decided to allow the Russians nine
months from the signature of a definite treaty
to withdraw from eastern Roumania and Bul
garia.
LONDON June 25.-Dispatches from Berlin
give graphic descriptions of sc'.nes in the
congress during the long session yesterday.
Prince Bismarck sought to play the part of
mediator, but Count Schouvaloff, Count An
dras.sy and Earl Beaconsfleld were each much
in earnest, and at one time intimated to the
Chancellor that he had better let them fight it
out alone. Earl Beaconsfield is said to have
made some very bold speeches and almost
audacious declarations.
The: concessions flnally made by Russia that
she should withdraw all her troops from
Southern Bulgaria and Eastern Roumania
within nine months after signing the treaty,
is received here with great satisfaction by the
ministerial party. And it is pointed out that
Russia has fought for nothing and his been
so crippled in men and in money that she
will have no stomach for further fighting dur
Ing the next twenty years.
POL NIP.
The Halisch Massacre-Graphic Descrip
tion of the Scene.
LONDON, June 25.-A dispatch from St. Pe
tersburg says that reports received there
concerning the assaults upon the Jews at
Kallsch are extremely distressing. The Jews
of Kalsech number one-fifth of the popula
ttion. They are thrifty, prudent and charita
ble, and they have often befriended their
Christian neighbors in times of distress.
The Improvidence of the latter, however,
leads them to borrow money of their Jewish
neighbors, and frequently when payment was
inconvenient a massacre of the creditors was
substituted. The riots that have just occurred
were instigated by impecunious debtors. The
mob was ferocious and inflamed to madness
by stories invented by the instigators of the
mob relating to the long-exploded supersti
tion that the Jews performed unholy rites at
their feast of the Passover.
The mob took possesiaon of the town,
broke into and rifled shops and dwellings of
the Jews, maltreated the women, killed eight
or ten men who attempted to defend the
honor of their wives, beat and wounded
scores of others, forced open the doors of two
synagogues, destroyed the ark, desecrated
the scrolls of the law and fired jhe buildings.
A letter from Kallsch says th6 appearance
of the Jewish quarter of the town is deplora
ble. Houses in smoking ruins, groups of
frightened women and children trying to hide
themselves from observation, and dead
bodies lying as yet unburied in the streets or
in the yards of their destroyed houses, are
everywhere to be seen.
PAI e.
The Queen Iecoverlng.
MADRID, June 26. - The condition of
Queen Mercedes has slightly improved, and
the doctors have hope that she may recover.
Many manifestations of sympathy continue
to be expressed, and all the theatres and pub
li entertainments have been closed, and the
churches are crowded with supplicants for
the preservation of the life of the Queen, and
private and public masses are universal.
AU*TaIA.
Movements of the War Minister.
VIENNA, June 25.-The Austrian Minister of
War has left here on a tour of inspection of
the frontier of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The
Minister also ordered a distri ution of army
maps in Bosnia, Herzegovina, Dalmatia, and
Montenegro.
Ruslaf and "ervia Preparing for Defense.
LONDON, June 25.-Reuter's Belgrade dis
patch says it is evident Russia and Servia
are preparing for the defense of the Gladova
and Berza Palanka line, which affords pro
tection to the route from Roumania to Old
Servia.
BERLIN, June 25.-In to-day's sitting of the
congress the details of the conditions for the
appointment of a commission to regulate the
Balkan frontier were principally discussed,
and the Porte was formally empowered to
garrison the Roumanian frontier without re
straint as to the nationality of troops. The
congress had decreed that religious equality
in Bulgaria and Roumeha, and all commer
cial legislation in the provinces are unchanged
without consent of the powers.
Conflict of Authority.
LONDON, June 25.-A dispatch from Bu
charest says: It is reported that there has
been several conflicts between the Russian
and Roumanian customs officers at Belgrade
and Bessarabia, and that M. Bratino has
made a protest.
What Means This?
LONDON, June 25.-The Royal Engineer
Corps has been ordered to proceed to the
Cape of Good Hope.
The Prince Imperial Betrothed.
LONDoN, June 26.-It is rumored that the
Prince Imperial will soon be married to the
Princess Thyria of Denmark.
Garibaldl's Regrets.
BERLIN, June 25.-Gen. Garibaldi has writ
ten a letter to the Emperor, in which he la
ments the attempts made to assassinate him.
Weavers Resume Work.
LONDON, June 25.-Nearly all the weavers
who struck last week at Burry have resumed
work.
Gsmhbeta's mlg oyf rooke..
P Juneon- e e.bm h nd
WPM"Iw
speech at the banquet, said the historyof
Hocke was a symbol of the history of the re
public itself. He was the son of a poor work
man. Ho spent his life and shed his blood in
rescuing France from the domination of
kings, and carried her arms in triumph
across the Rhine. At the moment when his
vast schemes were on the point of realization,
and when a united French and German re
public might have been founded. he was
poisonedy whom no one can tell. But it
was the kings who wished his death and re
joiced over it. "Shall the republic be now
poisoned?" asked (iambetta, and this allusion
to the supposed reactionary plots that are
said to be in existence was received witt
shouts of "Jamais! ,lamais! Vin,e la repe
btique!"
SOUTH AERI.CA.
The Fever Diminlehnlg at Rio and OthLr
Ports.
PANAMA, June 17. There is nothing of in
terest to report from this republic. Every
thing is quiet. 4
An Argentine paper announces that two
marine disasters have recently occurred, but
full particulars are not received. Two ves
sels, one English, the other American, were
lost. Their names were not known. One
took fire at sea and the other was wrecked
near the coast.
According to a report received in Peru from.
Montevideo the Peruvian minister declares
the sanitary condition of that city improved.
In Rio Janeiro the fever is also diminishing,
so much so that the passage of the River
Platte was expected to be shortly reopened to
vessels from Brazilian ports. The first vessel.
laden with saltpetre from the Bolivian nitrate
fields left on the twenty-first of May for Eu
rope. The customs receipts at the port dt
Valparaiso, in Chile, for the month of May,
reached the sum of $555,273 95, an increase of
$126,040 85 over those of the corresponding
month last year.
A decree has been issued authorizing the
winding up of the American Nitrate Com
pany.
CA.VUALTIES.
A Puddling Boiler Fxpil'des.
HIARH.HISUO, Pa., June 25.-YFour boilers
exploded this morning in the puddling de
partment of Charles Bailey & Co.'s large nail
works. Chambers Bower, rmaster, was killed
and his body blown into a half dozen pieces.
Two more were slightly injured. One side
mill was a total wreck. Pieces of the boilers
bricks, wood, nails, etc., were thrown in all
directions.
A Village on Fire.
SPRNFINPTFLr, Vt., June 25.-.A great fire is
raging in the village of Marlly. All UMe
buildings of the Vermont Novelty Works ac
in danger of complete destruction.
WEATHER PROB I BILITIES.
WA5HINTON, June 26, 1 a. m,-Indications
for Wednesday:
In South and Middle Atlantic States, st -
tionary barometer, slightly warmner, clear
weather and westerly winds will prevail.
For Gull States and Ohio Valley, fallir
barometer, southerly wii:ds, warner. par.j
cloudy weather occasional, and f. 4lowed in hia
southwest by cooler northerly winds,
MARINE ?4NEWs.
Soum'winT PARs, June 25.,6 . m.-Barno
29.60. Wind southeast, light. Weather hazrZ
warm.
Io arrivals or Aepartures.
PeaO EAnD, June 25, 6 D. m.-Wind soutkh
east, very light. Weather cleat.
No arrivals or departuires.
QUE.NvaowN, June 25 - The steamship PDal4
tine, which sailed from Liverpool .June 10. for
Boston, and returned here June 19, with her
machinery damaged, re-umred her voyage y~es
terday, she having bhot repnirerd.
NIw YoaR. June 25.-Arr v,-l: Gll,.berth freom
Hamburg, Pierre from Havre. Greee frot
London. Montana and Russla from LivorDpoo,
Anehoria from Gla0gow. A:apu co from eAaDi.
wai;. Hailed: City of New York for Liver-ooLt
BosToN. June 25.-Arrived: Ocauto Irom
Hull. Atias from Liverpool.
LoNaa. June 26.-atlted: State of Virginia for
New Yorl.
LONDON. June 25.-Arrived; Elyria from Neo
York.
OT.A.oow. June 2s.-Arrived : State of Indians
from New York.
ANTwgnp, June 25.-Arrived: Herman Lud
weig.
LIvanPoor., June 25.-Arrived: Parthl and
Minnesota from Boston. England and Lapvos
from New York,
BOTTh.rDA. June 25.-Sailed: Maas for Nest
York.
HournAxHroN, June 25.-Arrived: Bohlewig
fr. m New York
QUegENRTOWN. June 25.-Hailed: Palestine flo
Boston.
TEXAS.
The cotton worm has made its appearaae
In Collin county.
Wolves are numerous in Grayson county,
and they are killing much stock.
Corpus Christi Free Press, Junn 12: Wooc
receipts to (date are estimated at 2,000.0d0
pounds, with 500,000 pounds , et to arrive.
Boll worms and caterpillar fllrs are report
ed to have made their appearance on the opk
ton plantations in the Brazos .ottonms.
Not only Northern and Middle Texas. but
the southern portion of the State, was lately
visited by destructive storms. I he hall storm
in DeWitt and Victoria counties was severe
and in Mission Valley much damage was done
to all growing crops.
rCotton is exceedingly fine, from two to
three feet high, but the prospects. may sO
be marred by the ravages of the cotton worm.
If farmers on the first appearance of ths
moth would set out lights for six night in sue.
cession at distances of about 150 yards eak
way, they would save their crops. It isohep-.
er, better and more satisfactory than any
pilson heretofore used here, and it is to be
hoped that they will take this simple andef
fective measure to accomplish what can not
afterwards be done by any other known prao
tical method.
A number of citizens of Walker county held
a meeting and adopted resolutions that every
discharged convict, not convicted in Walker
county, shall be compelled toleave the county
within twenty-four hours after their dis
charge from the penitentiary under penalty
of a severe whipping. Any person harborbl
convicts is also to be whipped. The citizens
have entered into a compact to protect one
another in carrying out the "resolutions."
They are "agin" convicts.
A Journalist in a Box.
LoNDON June 26.-A dispatch from Berlie
says that Bishop an English newspaper eor
respondent, has been judicially sentenced to
two years' imprisonment for spying and ha
ing in his possession plans of the fortiieatk(js
of mobilization.
Fa.iures.
SAN FRAN(csro, June 25.-krmes & Dal
lam, brooms and wooden ware, have sua
pended.
NEW YORK, June 25.-David M. Kochle
liquor dealer, failed; liabilities, $500,00)0.
The Last Ui.r..
BALTarORE, June 25.-Mayor Kane's fi
neral took place to-day at 9:30 a. m.. from St.
Ignatius Church. An immense crowd assem
bled to see the procession or three hundred
members of the Fifth regiment, all of the
members of the city government, the survi
ingex-mayors of Baltimore, and thousands
of citlzens. Father W. F. Clarr , 8l
J celebrated mass, assisted by B
Smasa le. Abrehbiaho,
pronounced the ianal asoouti Tn.
oratica waspreached Ig