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V1' * .* (ar| Sftoiiukalcr ^--2-------- 4.*M*U«, WRerend PeklMwr. ILLINOIS. *V I THE HEWS CONDENSED. THE •EAST- mv'. m- S*- ly-, v^x . *UI $ Jts % Sax Johwson, an aged negro, "was f„ ylyiwfced at Eatemlowii, XL J., Jar* mnrder- ~5A* ' %<*w assanlt-on a white girl oaamed Herbert. mr .#»»*<?»*»&,.. K«*. Dr. J. R. W. Sloone, of Allegheny l City, was found dead in bed Alexander JStewart, the Vermont farmer who claims to v. '\t' jbe talieir of the dead millionaire of the " >ame name, hoe filed a oomplaint in equity - A* -<v ^ vln the United State* C-onrt at New York .imrain«t Judge Hilton to recover $200,000. *" , , JlStewavt has been adjudged a lunatic in his *>%> tuitive 'State, and the action is brought by «t<' •& jjiK guardian, Benjamin F. "Whclden. JL V. JLATTZ. o©lomf?l of the Eighth In- jtf'c 'Hfant-y, now stationed at San Francisco, is • Kkelyite receive promotion for distinguished i;-kf-l Services in Mexico and the confederacy.... L *, flThe Commissioner of Internal Revenue - ' #ayn that the present year will show a very f v iff i|aj.ge increase of receipts in his department > * Over liMt year. The first «ix months -showed i;. J . Jin increase of over $L,500,000, and the sec- ' 0nd half-vear will «how more than that, in ill probability. THE PERSONAL mveKti^aiio® -of 'the Mount . L^' ~J3 ay (Pa.) Soldiers* Orphan School tw Gov. \Patti«on and Attorney Gent ral •Caseidy >ws a shocking etate of affairs. The chil­ li, it seems, were iw4 only half-starved d beaten but also denied an opportunity keep themselves decently clean. frEx-SENATOR SIMON CAMERON «eJe- it*ated hi« 88th birthday at Harrisburp, SPa., March 9- He received numerous per- v <^#onal and telegraphic congratulations. „yj,^ THE committee of the New York Senate JH|rhich investigated the Broadway railroad , charter unanimously reported that it was ^procured by bribtrv, and recommended that fwift justice be dealt the guilty parties. T p'our bills have been prepared to restore 4 Hie franchise and property to its rightful Owners. A STEAK tugboat exploded in Boston harbor, being completely demolished. There were five men Ota her, all of whom #ere instantly killed The Governor of ; *1 lHaasa chusetts granted a respite for one f )nth to Allan Adams, the Amherst mur-rer. because he is too weak to stand ap- • -Sight on the gallows. * AN aged inmate of the almshouse near *'* Itebanon, Pennsylvania, threw paris green i-. '^Bto a huge kettle of coffee, by which one hundred persons were poisoned, Jen or , IBore of them fatally. , ,!* • THE Secretary of State of New Jersey Stiered the Dime Savings Bank of New runswick to close its doors. There are - tumors that Arthur G. Ogilby, the Tteas- f •*jfcrer, is a defaulter for $80,000. , ' THE WEST. A OOMPASI with a capital stock of •••*2.000,000 has been organized at Akron, T ' ©hio, to rebuild the Schumacher Mills on , Vf * an extensive scale. AiJ* the strikers on the Missouri Pacific Road have been ordered out of the compa­ ny's yards, and will not be taken back in the «s*mploy of the corporation. The wholesale ; Jjrade of St. Louis is suffering greatly from • 6 the suspension of railroad communication • flMth the Southwest,_ but the mer- , ,*hants can do nothing. " While mauy of yihe men who are out did not want to strike '"they say they will not go back now until their demands are acceded to. The rsil- jroad company has made overtaxes, and the ; jpnen are surprised at the fact. JVf... CHAMOIS belt, cut from the body of ; Freller, supposed to have been murdered t>y Brooks at St. Louis, and a strong link '.-T* • IJJ the chain of evidence against the latter, S lias been stolen. The police officials do 1 jjn ' - liot even know the date of its disappear- ' ̂ , ance. ' ' HOLLIXGWORTH. the late County Treas- "iprer at Vincennes, Ind., proves to be a de- taulter for $78,728. One of his predeces­ sors, W. W. Berry, has been placed in charge of the office. IN a letter to the Sheriff of Daviess ,-fc;, •» pounty Gov. Gray, of Indiana, refers to the Jfeanging of the Archers, and declares that fthe frequent lynchings in Indiana of prisoners charged with crime is bringing ihe State into public disgrace." The Sheriff is called upon in future ' to t.ike .fnch precautionary measures as will enable ou to uphold and maintain the majesty of 'ie law."... .Five hundred ccfavicts in the tate Prison at Jackson, Mich., witnessed a performance of the " Mikado" in the prison Chapel. The song "Taken from a County Jail" was rapturously applauded. Ax attempt to run a freight-train from St. Louis on the Missouri Pacific Road on Klarch 11, the fifth day of the great st:ike 4lf Gould's men, was a failure, the engine %eing seized by the strikers twenty miles flat and "killed." A bain was sent out "from Little Rock, Ark., under guidance flf officers of the law. Traffic is open _<t Big Springs, Tex., and telegrams have geen received fiom the engineers on the ^Transcontinental Division of the Texas Pa­ cific that they will stand by the com­ pany. At St. Louis the engineers are abandoning their engines by order of the Knights of Labor. Some freight trains are Jtunning on the Central Branch Division , ©f the Missouri Pacific Road in Kansas. Jphn C Brown, Receiver of the Texas and Pacific Road, on being requested by T. V. Powderly to arbitrate difficulties with the Knights of Labor, replied that' United ,1 Htates Marshals, under writs from the Fed­ eral Court, are settling troubles for him. The superintendent of the Missouri Pacific ^ Road held a conference with freight en- » feineers. who agreed to resume work when permitted to do BO. THE SOUTH. iTis pow estimated that 10,000 employes i; '\ Southwestern railway system t j are on strike. In all yards along the lines jnmnbers of trackmen, shop hands, and ;V /Others went out on the 8th, and in some in- * p • #|ii)8t^ncert Uie locomotives of freight trains were j <"killed." At Fort Worth the situation grows t" "graver, and the passenger traffic is threat­ened, while between that point and Stdalia fit; Mo., hundreds of cars of perishable freight -* are Klfle-tracked. The men in the yards at ' Carondelet and the switchmen of the Bridge >and Tunnel Comnanv at St. Louis also quit " «ss?? * work' will 'greatly retard traffic. / From Galveston no freight is being sent It# out for points north of Houston. The f * strikers, however, are particular regarding the movement qf the mails, and see to it that they are ikot delayed througn anv act " ' ; *' , of theirs. ^ 'a* Thr onU,ome of (he preat strike on x \ "Gould's Southwestern railroad system is ' '*y * Still u matter of grave doubt. Each side f appears determined to hold out, and the railroad managers, it is said, have declared , that it is their intention to settle in this in- ' V stance the question whether in future thev *f- shall be dictated to by the Knights or were executed, and that the real perpetra­ tors are about to be arrested. IN the oflioe of the deck the tJnitnl :States District Gonrtlh the Onstoao at New Orleans, J. 6. Brou, a steamboat <-ap4iwn, assaulted a lawyer named M. A. Grace, who dssw hk revolver and shot Brou three ttittes. The latt^ drew his weapon, followed Gra^e into an outer room, and shot him dead. <chanoes of ro- oovery are very slight. FLAMES originating jn Cke Brunswick saloon at Hot Springs, Arkansas, destroyed property ^valued at $100,000. WAS! IIGTON. ABOCT nine thousand Knights «f Labor employed on the Gould roads in the South­ west are on a strike because of the dis­ charge of the foreman of the «hops at Mar­ shall, Texas. Nearly <Sne thousand work­ men in the Studebaker factories at South Bend, Ind., quit work because of a refusal to advance wages 25 per cent. One of the strikers stated that the men with families to maintain labored for <55 to 86 cents per day. .... The Schumacher mills at Akson, Ohio, were destroyed by fire involving A loss of $1,000,000.' THE House refused to increase the pen­ sion of the widow of the late Gen. Mitchell, of Hancock's staff, on the ground that it was not right that the widows of .officers should be granted favors denied to,tlie re-, licts of private soldiers. .. .The Interior De­ partment advertised last September far 50,- 000 yards of five-frame body brussels for use in the different bureaus. Julius Lansburg submitted a -six-frame sample and was awarded the contract. When 19,000 yards had already been laid it was discovered by Commissioner Black that the carpeting fur­ nished was only three-and-a-half and four- frame carpeting. Secretary Lamar decided that Lansburg shall furnish 50.000 yards of six-frame carpeting at the contract prioe or forfeit the 19,000 yards he has already laid down. THE contract for carrying the mails be­ tween Vicksburg and New Orleans by river, once a week* was let at ?1,0(H) per annum. POMT1CAL. Ex-F5I$FATOR WILLIAM H. BARNT M has retired from the position of general man­ ager of the Iron Cliff Mining Co., and is succeeded by John A heel, of New York Reports have reached Canada that six mounted policemen were killed by Indians near Regina, and that the police at Edmon­ ton and Saskatchewan bid defiance to their offieen. WILLIAM DORSET, a defeated Democrat, ba6 sued the Cleveland Leader for $10,000 for malicious libeL The statement was printed in the leader that Dorsev had re­ ceived a bribe to vote for Payne for United States Senator. .. .Mr. Paul Selby, Post­ master at Springfield, III., was removed by the President, who appointed H. W. Clen- dennin to the position. BT a decision of the Supreme Court of Georgia, George T. Jackson will spend six years in the penitentiary for embezzling $117,000 of the funds of the Enterprise Cotton Company, of Augusta. CiE^iERAlU REPRESENTATIVES of the five Central American States have signed an agreement looking to the restoration of cordial relations between the States of Nicaragua and Salva­ dor, which have been strained since the fre­ er ut attempt to unite the five Republics.... Customs offic ials at San Francisco have seized $4,000 worth of opium. .. .Two prominent in^n in Chihuahua.,. Mexico, fought a duel in which one was lulled and the other latally wounded. RECENT deaths: Mrs. Mary Bleecker Seymour, widow of the late ex-Gov. Hora­ tio sWvmour, of*!NVw*YoA; {Senator 'John F. Miller, of California. HON. J. B. CHAFFEE, the millionaire ex- United States Senator of Colorado, died near New Y'ork. He was the futher-in-law of Ulysses S. Grant. Jr. The death at Philadelphia of the wife of Hon. B. H. Brewster, late Attorney General at Wash­ ington. is also announced; also, the death of the wife of Col. W. B. Thompson, of Chattanooga. Tenn.. who was the daughter of Hon. I). M. Key, the Postmaster General in President Hayes' Cabinet. THE report of a medical commission was presented in the Dominion Parliament, showing that Biel Mas of sound mind, though he held peculiar views ou religious and political questions. A LOSS of $1*10.000 was caused in Mon­ treal by a lire which originated in the shin- chandlery house of Sonne & Loroy. in Commissioner street, and extended to three other buildings. One fireman was buried by falling walls, and a party of nine others had a miraculous escape from death while on a ladder... .The United States steamer Galena with heat prize, the steamer City of Mexico, has arrived at Key West, Fla. Theie are several cases of yellow fever re­ ported on board the Galena, though the Captain acknowledges t'.ie presence of but one. Opinion is divided as to whether the City of Mexico committed any violations of international law which justified her seizure. FRIENDS from Chicago were invited to attend the sixtieth wedding anniversary of Captain Henry L. Bud, of Chambersbnrg. Pa., one of the few survivors of the war of 1812.... "The National League of Mu­ sicians" was organized at New York, with M. Corwin, of Cincinnati, as President. P. S. Gilmore is one of the Vice Presi­ dents. The next meeting will be held at Chicago in March, 1887. THE Chinese Consul stationed at New York has gone to Connecticut to investigate the boycott recently instituted against laun­ dries at New Britain. The Typographical Union of New Haven demands control of the composing-room of the Palladium. It is stated that at the Baltic cotton-mills, near Norwich, where one thousand employes have quit work, the highest wages paid is 83 cents for eleven hours' work. The Trades'Assembly of Akron, Ohio, has boy­ cotted all factories in which J. F. Hieber- ling holds an interest. <B»re than the sum tor ^wtadh -other bidders lo do the work. The ̂ accusation erupted a stir at Paris. AiWfHEH stage has been reached tin the rsooncttiation between the chnreh and the State in the appointment of a Bishop to the long -vacant 1 toman Catholic See >of Ernie- land. Prussia. MONTE CARLO has smrsditwo more \vi<y tims. An English Baranet "who had bee|| ruined Tby gambling committed suicide, whereupon a governess in his employ ix>i- soned herself with laudanum.... Thirty- five persons, including several women, per­ ished in the flames of a burning factory in Prussian Silesia. .. .The British War Office contemplates the establishment of an agency for the regular purchase of cavalry horses in Canada for use in Ihe English army. EXTREMELY cold weather prevails in France and Austria... .The great gambling house at Monte Carlo is stall making money and driving its patrons to desperation. The latest advices are to the effect that.a wealthy citizen of Milan recently hanged himself in : the Casino garden. An Hungarian noble- : man. who had been ruinad at the tables, stabbed himself in the gambling-room. ' His body was thrown from a window and : fell upon a keeper, who has since gone mad. Gendarmes now watch the paths in the gardens to prevent further suicides. i' • tm %• * '• •"' ^, ' , ' 'V" • 4s " •» . i-*' •- % *' V r- BUSINESS •fell ALARMED. Two* qppplod toy 6**ft, Between Gtdold fetid * His Man. On the Goald Ii^Ordered to £XMve the Company's THE WORKBffi^S WAS. ^nightly Boycotters- and Prison ' Contractors Declare aTruce. Fremiaes. TORElGn. AT Monte Carlo a young commercial traveler who was on his bridal tour and had stopped for a few days at Monaco, commit­ ted suicide after ruining himself at the gaming table... .The cable announces the death of the Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown, the famous Baptist preacher of Liverpool, who in early life ran a locomotive on the London and Northwestern Road. PRINCE KKAPOIKINE, having been re­ leased from prison in France, intends to lecture in the United States upon socialism and then locate permanently at Hampstead, England... .The Belgian Government paid an art-dealer in Cologne $20,000 for an original painting by Rembrandt, the por­ trait of a ladv.... It is becoming evident that Mr. Gladstone is solidifying his party on his home-rule policy. On the ciuestion of establishing a separate Parliament at Dublin, however, Mr. Gladstone still finds some of his colleagues differing widely from him. MR. MALCOLM WOOD, now Chief Con- them. As an evidence of their detennina- I sta^e Manchester, will succeed Sir Ed- tion to fight it out *tlic railroad managers mund Henderson as Chief Commissioner ADDITIONAL HEWS. Limas ROCK strikers who had feltowed an Iron Mountain freight train anddisabled the engine, were in turn pursued by another engine, manned by United States Marshal Fletcher and a posse, and captured at tiae bridge at Little Rock. The strikers refused to stop and jumped off, and the Marshal and his men began firing, wounding one of the strikers severely and capturing seven others. A freight train was sent out from St. Louis on the 13th inst. (sixth day of the stike). Rumors are current at the latter city that negotiations are progressing be­ tween the r.iilraad officials and the Execu­ tive Committee of the Knights at Sedalia. At other points affairs are unchanged. The street-ear strike in Toronto continues, though ca-s are now taken out with the aid •of tin? polic?. The attacl<$ upoi cars have been in vie. it is said, not by the striking men, but by the rough element of the city, eager to improve any occasion for a dis­ turbance. THE winter wfc^at crop, according to special reports in the. Chicago Times, will only reach an average, even with favorable weather for the next thirty days. About :U) per cent, of the acreage was sown lntCj from fear of the Hessian fly, and this por­ tion has recently suffered from the weather. The greatest falling off in acreage is in the States of Illinois, Kansas, and Missouri. For no period longer than twenty days has the growing crop been protected throughout the winter wheat belt. The outlook is the most encouraging on tha Pacific slope. THE Standard Oil Company has induced the rail n ays to abrogate a contract which called for 72 J cents per hundred pounds on petroleum from Chicago to the Pacific co ist. It appears that the mysterious cor­ poration has for years been enjoying an ad­ vantage of 47^ cents per hundred over its rivals. AT Logansport, Ind., the tank of a gaso­ line stove exploded, its flaming fluid sat­ urating the clothing of Sarah Hassett and Joseph Heffner, both of whom started on a run with their clothing ablaze. Both were captured after an exciting chase, but can­ not survive their fearful burns. PUBLIC PRINTER ROUNDS is badly in need of funds to continue the work at the Government Printing Office during the re­ mainder of the present year. His present appropriation is $50,000 less than it was at the corresponding long session two years ago. while the number of bills introduced and othsr matter* rrxpHring to fceijMiuted in* at least 15 per cent, iu excess of any pre­ vious session. If he does not succeed in securing an extra appropriation of $75,000, wagas in his department will have to be re­ duced. or a large number of the employes indefinitely furloughed . . Pet r Bias, col­ ored, in a drunken quarrel with Annie Blackus, his mistress, shot and killed her, and then shot himself three times. Ho will die. ANDREW J. BACKVS, a business man of North End, Pin., while eating sausage on a wager was choked bv the meat, and died under a surgical operation Fire Chief Mahady was thrown from hi< biii'gy at New York, and was killed by falling under the wheels of a fir.; engine. A HILL to forfeit certu'n Htnlfi in Iowa was jrftised by tlu> Ht n on the 1 tli. The session was iitu'nly il jvcte l to tlie speech by Mr. Kennii in o IJI TT tlon to tfa » E<1IUUIK1H resoluti n.-i. The exeintivo se»8:o.i was devoted to the confirmation of a lar^o n unber of minor nominations, nios'l .• Tostma t .rs. There) wag no contest over any of the casts considered. Secretary Manning IIBH crmmiunicutrd to the Ways nn<l Means Coiiimitt><.' of the HojRe liiK approval of a bill rxteu linn the draw-back sys- tv>m to all expoit mI articles nianufr.cturi d of im[Mir:o<l materials. A bill (jrantinj; a i»ensi ni < f S'i.OOO )ur annum to Hie widow of (ioncral Hancock wm favorably reported by the Com­ mittee on Invalid Pensions. Kepfopeiitativo Weaver, of Nebriska, asked li'avo to offer the folio .vim; preamble im.l resolution : - Wkerv- a-i. nearly every Congress umbrae -s at least one trink: a'ld whereas, tin present Congress ia no exception to this r le; and wher -as, it should not be in the power of an idiot., insane man, or crank t > prevent tho consideration of am m?asur •; therefore, Jtesilceit, That tho rufps of this House bo s > amended that it shall require at least two mem­ bers to object to the consideration of a bill." Tho reading of the resolution \vn (.'rott ;d with ap. plause, but Mr. Kpiitiger. of Illinois, object^<1 to it on the ground that it was n- t respectful to the House. At the evening session fotytivc jiension bills were passed. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BKKVXS *|..W (<?, 6.50»4 Hoos 4.i> Ifl 4.75 WHEAT--No. 2 Spring (Hi .97 No. 2 lied 94 (<i) .<>5 CORN--No. 2 • 48'YT'I; .491., OATS--White .40 m .40 POHK--Mess 10.2.} CJtlO.li CHICAGO., BKKVKS--Choice to l'rime Steers. 5.75 vl fi.'ij Oood Shipping. 4.">0 (<15.25 <V)imnon 3.75 v'u 4.2.» Hoos--Shij'piut; (iriules 4.25 Ci 4.7- l*'LOCB--Extra Spriiij" Choice Winter. WHEAT-NO. 2 Spring Co UN--No. 2: <»ATS--No. 2 ItYK--No. 2 : ]. KAIILKY--NO. :i :TTKU--Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CHEKHK--Full Cream, new .-. Hkiijimed Flats Eoos--Fresh POTATOKS-- Choice, per bu POHK--Mess MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 CORN--No. 2 OATH--No. 2 RYK-- NO. 1 "... POHK--New Mess TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 CORN--No. 2 .'.... OATS--No. 2... KT. LOUW. WHKAT--NO. 2 Red COKN--Mixed. OATS--Mixed POHK--New Mess 10.25 ($10.75 CINCINNATI. WHKAT--No. 2 Red.... COKN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 PORK--Mess., ..I;... Livr. Hoos. ... i .• :'M- honi* (•<*.) | , General Superintendent Kerrigan, of the Mfaeouri Pacific Railway, this morning is­ sued an order expelling from the Missouri Pacific yards all Knights of Labor. This order include# the delegation of men ap­ pointed by the Knights to guard the com­ pany's property. The order is as follows: "You are hereby notified that your action in withdrawing 'from tha services of tne Missouri Pacific Railroad Company was a voluntary abandonment of the services of the company, and that you are no long >r iu its employment, and that your names have been stricken from its rolls. All such who are now about the company's premises aiv hereby notified that they must immediately leave the same, to the end that this qwin- pauy mav resume the traffic of the country. "WILLIAM KERKIGAN," Simultaneously with the appearance of the above wder in the Missouri Pacific yards in thi$ city twenty Pinkerton detect­ ives and about tne same number in the em­ ploy of the railroad company marched into the yards under-the command of Thonias Fmrilong, and ordered the Knights who have beea.guftr<ling the property to leave at onee. Ipe order was obeyed and the freight, turned over to the detectives. At Carondelet, where the bulk of the Iron Mountain freight is abandoned, the yards are still iu possession of the Knights of Labor. The company is engaging all the men it can to act as watchmen, but the ap­ plications are few, and the number now in its employ is not large enough to watch all the freight. The most im­ portant rumor of the day was that the Missouri Pacific would attempt to resume business to-morrow. The officials of the road were questioned about it, but refuse to say where they are going to ..get men. To­ night it is stated that an order will be issued calling on the men to return to work, but they cannot return as Knights of Labor. "There are two sides to the question." said a prominent commission merchant. "The one-man power in the railroad must be met by organization on the part of em­ ployes, but it is unfortunate that just at the opening of ^he spring trade this terrible blow should come on the city and country." There is but one opinion on the subject of interference with business, and that is, that in one way or another the embargo 011 trade should be lifted. The question of whether the railroad could not be held re­ sponsible and be made to carry freight, even if this did involve paying a little high­ er wages than usual, received considerable attention. In addition to the actual stop­ page of the movement of commodities, one of the chief elements operating to check and depress trade is fear. The deal­ ers are afraid to move one way or another and prefer to await developments. Trade is, therefore, practically at a standstill, and scarcely anything was done to-day. The speculators, of course, have free swing, but even they are very cautious in their opera­ tions. The commission men can do little or nothing but wait until shipments can be 1 made. This state of affairs is working up tlie feelings of the merchants to a high pitch. The situation in East St. Louis is alarm­ ing in the extreme. Not a pound of freight from anv of the Eastern trunk lines can be brought across the river by rail, and the re­ sult is that the tracks on the East Side are all blockaded with delayed freight. The bridge is crowded with teams hauliug freightiratiie city. The number of laden cofliu«M4Pfc0tar4tt the yards of the various roads across the river is enormous, and as there is no way of getting the coal across the river except by hauling it in wagons or shipping it on the ferries, the blockade i9 Jikely to cause a cessation of work at the va­ rious mines" throughout the district, and so throw 2.tHJ0 miners out of employment. This afternoon an attempt was made to start the Kirkwood passenger train on the Mis­ souri Pacific, which was abandoned Sun­ day. When the signal was given to start the fireman on the engine stepped off and refused to fire. No other man could be se­ cured,and Superintendent Kerrigan jumped on the engine himself and fired her while the IUU was made to Kirkwood, twelve miles out. * The departure of the passenger trains on the Missouri Pacific to-night was delayed about two hours in consequence of some­ body having withdrawn the fire in the loco­ motives. A force of some four hundred men lias besn employed by the company to operate their yards, and more will be en- aged as rapidly as the proper men can >» obtained. The opinion is that if the railroad company attempts to run freight trains to-morrow the effort will be resisted even to the point of violence. There is a feeling of great un­ certainty as to what either side will do, and much apprehension is felt regarding the re­ sult. A report that the railroad company hid applied or would apply to the United States Court here for the appointment of a receiver, so that the road may be placed in charge of a court and be under the protec­ tion of the Government, was denied. None of the roads centering here have been at all interfered with, except the Missouri Pacific. There are no indications of troubl > on any other read. Steps have been taken to have St. Louis merchants ship goods by the river to New Orleans, and (hence t-» Texas by the Texas and Pacific Road, which it is thought can be kept open. FATAL TO BOTH PRINCIPALS. \ JjplB whether the Knights shall be dictated to by .! fliom Ac an f>virl^rwo r\f A.: I i# ; yesterday "dropped" about o,(K)0 clerks, .. telegraph-operatois, and other men in their service who do not belong to the Knights. Business among St; Louis ship- .'7 " per* and on 'Change there if paralyzed. A DISPATCH from Ashland, Kentucky, asserts thai it can be conclusively proven il. ^ that Neal, Craft, and Ellis were innocent of 4t» aiqrdar of thre# children, for which they of the London Metropolitan Police Force. .. .The tug liifleman was blown to pieces in the harbor of Cardiff. Wales, six men on board losing their lives. The cylinder of the engine struck an Italian ship a quarter of a mile distant and killed her pilot. .. .A French Deputy has publicly charged that M. Clemenceau, through tlie connivance of the Minister of War, effected a contract bv the terms of which he pocketed f 300,000 4.75 4.5 1 iri Sl .37 VM 01 S2>3 :h 3J E»I X,i c-i .52 <'5 .07 .27 L<4 .2A '.1H .ii • llV* -l-'* ,<x; C'ij .07 .12 1ft, ,l'i .5> at .to 10.0J iftllUJ .81 W- .82 .37 CU .'4H M 1;c .31 ,tS5 «>>. ,(S7 10.00 Ut.10.5jJ .92 ;(« .95 .38 .40 .32 <<<) .33 Ml @ .93 .35 CFI ,3J («S .31 DETROIT. BKEF CATTL* Hoos HHKF.P WHEAT--No. 1 White CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 INDIANATOLIS. WHEAT-No. 2 Bed CORN--New OAT*--No. a EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best Fair Common..,. Hooa SHEEP...... BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 Hard .93 0% .95 .37 v>> .32 ft, .33 10.50 <*11.00 4.25 «! 4.75 4.50 Ok 5.50 8.25 Vi, 4.25 8.50 (4 5.50 •«J1 .91 •/. .38 % .39 .33 <& .30 .91 <3 .34 4$ .90 & 5.00 & 5.50 4.50 5.00 3.50 (>>) 4.25 4.50 <fi 5.00 3.80 <0 4.50 .90 .43 4.50 0 .98 <rt ,43 <£ f.50 jChtcgi t3lot»m.j The boyco t dec.arel by the Illinois Knights of Labor at their convention in ^ Decuturagainst Phelps, Dodge and Palmer, Selz, Schwab & Co., and C. H. Fargo & Co., boot and shoe dealers of Chicago, was lifted yesterday. The manofactniers came to the terms dictated by the Knights, and signed the following: The disagreement existing between the Knights of Labor of Illinois and the firm of Phelps, Dodge & Palmer, concerning the employment of convicts in the State Peni­ tentiary for the manufacture of boots and shoes, is, by this agreement, settled. Both parties agree that convict-contract labor should not come in conflict with free labor, and that the interest of the public is better served by its discontinuance. Such being the sentiment of Phelps, Dodge & Palmer, they voluntarily agree that they will not, di­ rectly or indirectly, renew anv of their ex­ isting contracts for contract labor; they also agree that they will cancel all their contracts for contract labor with the State of Indiana as soon as the State of Indiana will relieve them from said contracts, or any liability by vir­ tue of said contracts. Phelps, Dodge &, Palmer further agree that they will not knowingly buy boots and shoes of any man­ ufacturer using convict labor. Phelps, Dodge <fc Palmer further agree that no one seeking employment in their factory at Chicago shall be refused employment on account of being a member of the Knights of Labor. The compromise was signed by repre­ sentatives of the firms, and by Robert Ben­ nett, President; J. P. Trench, Secretary, and George Rodgers, John J. Mahoney, James Courtney, and Johu Budlong, mem­ bers of the Executive Board of Knights. Included in the boycott originally de­ clared wore C. M. Henderson & Co. and M. D. Wells & Co., of Chicago, and Pettingill & Co., of Peoria. A new boycott will be declared against them at once. Members of the yielding firms say the meeting was held at the request of the board. The members of the board say it was called by the firms. The influences which prompted the agree­ ment are mysterious. Neither the members of the board nor of the conceding firms will express them­ selves lucidly on that point. There ex­ ists au understanding--an oral agreement-- between the parties, which appears to bo more potent than the written one. This they all acknowledge, but refuse to explain. An analyzation of the agreement shows that it has no immediate effect upon the busi­ ness methods of the firms concerned. Selz, Schwab <fc Co. employ 451 men in the Joliet penitentiary, on three contracts. One of these, controlling the labor of sev- enty-five men, expires in a year; auother .expires in 188!), and the other, for the la­ bor of the majority of the men, expires in 1892. The firm recently closed a contract with the prison author­ ities. Mr. Schwab explained to a re­ porter that he was heartily iu accord with the abolishment of contract labor, and for that reason alone had signed the agree­ ment. He said the firm had a factory in Chicago, employing free labor, from which good results had been obtained. He said iu connection with this, that Chicago manu­ facturers wcr i compelled to employ prison labor to compete with the East. He insist­ ed that his firm is of the opinion that con­ tract prison labor is a wrong principle, and that when the Knights of Labor demanded its abolishment his house was entirely will­ ing to comply. The firm of C. H. Fargo & Co. employs about two hundred prisoners in the Michi­ gan Penitentiary. Their contract expires in two years. Mr. C. H. Fargo said yester­ day that he would rather not discuss the in­ fluences which caused him to sign the agreement. He had carefully considered the matter, and found that it was to his business interests to agree with the Knights. Phelps, Dodge & Palmer employ 130 ur n in the Indiana Prison. Their contract expire^ in three years. None of these firms, acknowledge that the boycott has injured their business. They simply contend that they have no use foi contract prison labor and are the friends oi the Knights of Labor. A Tmlblv Duel IIi-tMi'fii Prominent. Men in a »w Orl«*aii* Oonrt-Itooin '8i>ecial from New Orleans.) At 1:30 o'clock this afternoon a difficulty took place in the office of the Clerk of the United Slates District Court bttween Cap- tun J. E. Bran, steamboatm in, and M. E. Grace, admiralty attorney. i:i which seven snots were fired, and both men were mor­ tally wounded. Bran accosted Grace about the libeling of a steamboat by a deck hand, and told him if he were a gentleman he would wiihdiaw the ev.it. Grace said he thought tht re was something in the case, and as far as gentility went lie was as good a man as lirau. They came to blows and ea-h inau drew a revolver and begun tiring over the shoulders of Sam Pollock, conn stenographer. Gra -e used a forty-five cal­ iber. and Bran a thirty-eight caliber p.tol. After seven shots wore exchauyt tl the men staggered apnrt, and GrnVe made his way to the head of the marble stairway of the Custom House, where he fell dead. He had been hit three times, one ball entering the right nipple and passing out at tlie buck: one in the left bre 1st, above the nipple, ami still another in the right arm. just below the shoulder. Captain Brail fell fatally wounded and waB conveyed to a hospital, wheiv lie now lies. He had received three bullets, one in the left side, under the armpit, pierc­ ing the lung; another at the right side, penetrating the abdominal cavity, and a third in the center of the chin, 1 reak- ing the lower jaw. Grace was thirty years old and was a favorite in his profession. He was unmarried. In his pocket was found a package containing four extra cartridges. The pistol pocket of his pants was sewed in such a manner as to let the barrel of the pistol down and the cylinder and handle protrude. liy this arrangement it was ea^y to draw the revolver \ety quickly. Captain Bran has been a sU amboatman rn the lower Mississippi for a number of yesus. but at present is business manager of the French Opera troupe. A year agolie fought a duel with Mr. Poche, a brother of the Supreme Court Justice, with small F words, in which Poche was slightly wounded. Brau i is married. & SWINGING CORPSES. Terrible Work of Indiana Vigilantes al the Quiet Town of Shoals. [Shoals (Ind.) speeial.] The members of the notorious Archei gang, who have been confined in the County Jail here for several weeks past on a charge of having been concerned in several brutal and unprovoked murders, but, more es­ pecially for the killing of old man Bunch, expiated their crimes just before 1 o'clock this morning at the hands of a mob of de­ termined men. all armed and thoroughly prepared to.carry out their purpose. The mob was composed of many of the farmers of the surrounding country, aud was quiet and orderly. On reaching the city the men passed rapidly along through the streets un il the jail, situated in West Hspoals, was reached. The keys were al once demanded of the jailer, but were re­ fused. Without tarrying a moment for a colloquy the spokesman of the mob pushed the jailer aside, and, crying out to the men to follow him, led the way up to the door. A few vigorous strokes agaiust it, and it fell in with a crash. In an instant the ex­ cited men were before the iron gratings of the cells. These were speedily broken open by a hammer, and the doomed prisoners led out into the court-yard adjoining the jail. The mob was as silent as death. From the court-yard the prisoners were led a short distance up the road to a place where three tr -es had been extemporized into three ghastly gallows. Here the piisoners were given a few moments in which to exchange parting greetings or to make confession of their crimes. But the three men made no siun, and as th^ three nooses were slipped about their nccks they stood composed and lesipned to their fate. The ends of the rope were then thrown over the liml s of tho trees, a strong pull was given by each of the little groups of men who held the ropes, and in au instant the three lifeless liodies of John, Martin, and Thomas Archer werj daagliag h avily in mid-air. In a moment the lynching party was gone, leaving its victims still warm in death. Anxious citizens are now throng ng in to view the bodies, and the people are wild with excitement. The hanging is generally commended by the entiie city. Were They Innocent! On Christmas Eve iu 1881, says an Ash­ land (Ky.) dispatch, three children were murdered here, which resulted in one lynch­ ing ai;d the killing of nearly forty people alterward. in attempts'to capture and lynch the others accused of the crime. It is now said that developments are about to be made which will demonstrate that Neal, Craft, and Ellis were in­ nocent of the crime for 'wh. they suffered. Detectives have engaged in investigating the and it is promised that tne arrest of tho real criminals will soon follow. The evi­ dence against them is conclusive, and will show that the triple murder was committed early in the evening; that the perpetrators went to the house by appointment with one of the girls, who had previously been on intimate terms with one of them, and that the triple murder followed an unintentional killing of thel>oy for resisting assaults on :he girls. The guilty parties are said toj^e prominent. 9 111- at The Hotod GtUfornift 8Uto«matt iriret Suddenly at the Ha- f ̂ mt tional Capital Nt.-' 1» Widow of the Late Horatio Sey­ mour Expires at 17tie% New York. DEATH OF SENATOR MILLER. I iia, [Washington «pecia!.] F. Miller, of died suddenly this afternoon, after a pro longed illness. His death was the result of a complication of disorders, arising prima­ rily from a severe wound in the eye received during the war, twenty-three years ago. The bullet remained in his head about twelve years before it could be extracted, and the wound sapped his strength and rendered him an easy victim to disease. Loss of sleep debilitated his system.and asthmatic symp­ toms kept him in constant pain. Bright's disease subsequently began its insidious work, and then dropsical disorders were developed. But through all his illness the Senator showed such nerve and will power that his physicians were encouraged to hope that he might possibly recover. Several operations were performed and seemed to give much relief. The news of Senator Miller's death was announced in the Senate by Senator Stan­ ford, and in the house by Mr. Morrow. Both houses immediately adjourned out of respect for the Senator's memory. Senator Miller will be succeeded by a Democrat, as the Legislature is not in ses­ sion, and Gov. Stoneman, of California, is of that political faith. Among the prom­ inent candidates for the seat are ex-Chief Justice Wallace, George Hearst, the Demo­ cratic caucus nominee at the last election, Gen. Rosecrans, and Mr- Delmas, the attor­ ney for the State in the railroad tax case6 now before the United States Supreme Court. A San Francisco dispatch says that the chances favor Delmas, who is a young lawyer, high in the councils of tho ultra anti-railroad faction of the Democratic party of the State. It was rumored some weeks ago that Gov. Stoneman would ap­ point millionaire Flood in the event of Mr. Miller's death.* Senator Miller was born in Indiana in 1831. His early education was received at South Bend, Ind. Ha was fitted for col­ lege in that city, but gave up a collegiate career and began the study of law. Aftei graduating from a New York law school he settled at South Bend, Ind., and began tc practice there. Emigrating to California, he practiced law in that State three years, and then returned to Indiana. The outbreak of the war found him a State Senator. Resigning his offica he en­ tered the United States army as Colonel of the Twenty-ninth Indiana volunteers. He served under Gen$. Sherman, Buell, Rose­ crans, and Thomas, and was severely wounded twice. He rose to be a Brigadiei General and Brevet Major General. He was Provost Marshal of Nashville when Andrew Johnson was Military Governor of Tennessee. When the war closed he declined a com­ mission in the regnlar army and went tc California. Soon afterward he was made Collector of the Port at San Francisco. He was a Republican candidate for Presiden­ tial Elector in 1872, in 1876, and in 1880. and a member of the California State Con­ stitutional Convention in 1879. He was elected to the United States Senate as a Re* Euhlican, and took his seat March 4, 1881. [is term of service would have expired ix 1887. Senator Miller leaves a fortune estimated at from $4,000,000 to $6,000,000. In 1866, when he received his commission as col­ lector of the port of San Francisco, he possessed but little property. At about the close of his term a Mr. "Hutchinson, tc whom the President had granted certair hunting privileges in Alaska, and Senatoi Miller formed whatis now known as th« Alaska Commercial Company, and it en­ riched them both. Senator Miller has been most liberal with his wealth, though nol wasteful. His house last winter was ont of the most noted in Washington for its en­ tertainments. Mrs. Horatio Seyniotir. lUttoa (N. Y.) dispatch.] Mrs. Horatio Seymour died to-day at th< residence of Mrs. Roscoe Conkling. Ir January the Governor brought Mrs. Sey­ mour over from the farm to Mrs. Conkling's, hoping to improve her health by the change. Her affection was simply failing health. Gov. Seymour was very anxious regarding her condition, and this prostrated him and resulted fatally. She was verj low at the time of his death, but bade hinc farewell a few minutes before his decease. Siuce then she has been failing rapidly, aud was unconscious the'greater part oi the time. Mrs. Seymour's maiden f)namt was Mary Bleecker, she being a daughtei of the late John R. Bleecker, of Albany. Her life was very closely connected in all respects with the Governor's career, and e singularly beautiful and simple affectioc existed between them. They had no chil­ dren. DEADLY FIRE-DAMP. Three Tremendons Explosions Partiall} Wreck a Dnnbar (Pa.) ,r Colliery. feblaJLat .... • .. i'. [Connellsville (Pa.) telegram.) Shortly after noon to-day a series of ex* plosions took place in the Uniondalo mini at Dunbar, four miles from here, by whid two men were killed and twelve others re­ ceived injuries which will prove fatal in a' least four cases. The cause of the explo­ sion was fire-damp. There were twenty- three men in the pit.. The first explosioi occurred about 12:20 this afternoon ant was a terrific shock, followed by two othen in quick succession. The first explosioi caused the death of two men and injur«< three. The rest ran toward the mouth or' the pit, but before they reached it the othe: explosion occurred. The lights were blowi out, the dust blinded the men, and the pas­ sageways were blocked up, cutting off al escape. The pit was on fire ar.d a horribli death await?d the imprisoned miners. Nin< of them, who had keen working in anothei entry, mauaged to make their way out be­ fore the mouth of the pit was choked up. The violence of the shock can be im­ agined, as it forced the men in Morrill Calvin & Wheeler's mines, adjoining, fr drop their tools and rush pmic-s rfcken t< the top. The ground rolled and quaked s< that many fell down, and three in the Mor­ rill mine were violently thrown against th< walls t.nd seriously injured. Everybody rushed toward the Uniondale mine. Co­ lumbus Shay, of the Mahoning Works, anc- James Henderson, of the Calvin Mines, headed a rescuing party and went to work nith picks and shovels to force an entrauce In a few moments an opening was made and several rushed forward to enter th< mine, but were repelled by a volume oi flame. « It took several minutes for the smoke and fire to clear aw ay. The cries of pair and moans of the iujured were pitiful Tkev were lying in every direction, buiiec under masses of debris. Several of then were horribly burned. Twelve of them wet* found iu a dying condition; two others wen dead, mangled almost into an unrecogniz­ able mass. It is the opinion here that if a fire boss had been employed the explosion might no» have occurred. The experts say that gaj will generate in the mines when least ex­ pected. The last disaster of this kind iu this region occurred at the Yonngstowr mine in October, 1884, when fourteen peo­ ple were killed. In February of the saint ytar nineteen men were killed by a fire- clamp explosion in Leisening mine, nea) hero. All the petitions were appropriately referred. Senator Vance CM. C.) offered a wsolanon direct­ ing the Committee on Civil Service Reform to to BUnrDonU by He two. SEKASOBS "Piajuu (Kan.) and Logan and CNL- lom (fil.) pro Wilted to the Senate, on the 8th *4*rge number of petitions from assemblies of K&gM» of Labor favoring the building of the Hennepin Canal. Senator Plumb aaid they all seemed to emanate from a central source, as thd)r were handsomely printed, and, while greatly' respecting the bodies that sent the petitions, he presumed there must be some strong private- interest behind the movement in the interest at the Hennepin Canal Senator Manderson (Neb.) presented a petition setting forth that owing U> the "hopeless destitution" prevailing to Illinois the canal sboald be boitt by the government. - - - eferre(^ 1 direct- _ form to report forthwith the bill before it providing far the repeal of the civil-service laws. The reso­ lution, at Senator Vance's request, was for the priseijt laid tnt the table. Senator Wilson (Iowa)- reported favorably from the Stn&te Judiciary Committee an amendment of the Pacific Kail- road funding bill authorizing the President- in his discretion to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to buy up any mortgage or other liens on the Pacific roads paramount to the rights or interests of the United States in those roads. Senator Plumb (Kan.) introduced a bill to amend section 5192 of the revised statutes so as to include the cities of Kansas City, Omaha, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, and Atlanta among those whose national banks' reserves may consist in part of balances due one ' association by another. Mr. Bennett (N. C.) in­ troduced in the House a bill repealing the civil- service lav/. It was referred to the committee on the revision of the laws. Mr. Henley (Ala.) offered a. resolution for the appointment of a sub committee to inquire into the alleged invasions ot the Thurman act by the Union Pa­ cific Railroad Company, and to determine whether by reason of any violation of the pro­ visions of that act the corporate rights, poweri,.. and franchises of the company have become forfeited. Thomas K. Hudd, Member-elect from the Fifth Wisconsin District, took the otth of office. A bill has been introduced to preserve and protect "The Garden of the Gods" in Colo­ rado from spoliation and to make it a public park. THK bill authorizing the Central Missouri Railway Company to build a railroad I ridge across the Mississippi Biver at or near Alton. 111., was passed bv the Senate, on the 9th. Sen­ ator Edmunds spoke at length on the subject of suspensions. He opened with a reference to former differences between the Senate and the executive branch of the Government, and said that for nearly fifty years Congress and it* committees had been furnished upon request and without question with the public papers on ' file in the departments. The House passed the bills requiring Pafciflc railroads to pay the cost of surveying their lands and to take out patents for the lands; also, by a vote of 249 to 8, a bill forbidding" the hiring out of the labor of Federal prisoners. The Secretary of War transmitted to the House reports of Chief cf Engineers Nowton and Maj. Handbury, of the engineer corps, in reference to surveys for the Hennepin Canal. Maj. Hand- bury recommends the Marais d'OBier route, and estimates the cost of the canal at $5,811, 367, ex­ clusive of the cost of the "Dixon feeder," which will cost $1,004,117. General Newton adheres to his previous recommendation of the ltock Island route.. Only three votes were recorded in the House against the bill to prohibit agents of the United States from contracting for the labor of Federal convicts. THE urgent-deficiency bill with an amend* ment appropriating $30,000 to defray the ex­ penses of Gen. Grant's funeral, was passed by the Senate on the 10th. The Secretary of the Treasury reported to the Senate in reply to a resolution of inquirv, that the reduction of the public debt from July 1, 1877. to June 30, 1883, has exceeded the requirements of the Sinking Fund by 8312,617,531. The amount of 3 per cents outstanding is $184,683,250, and these are the only bonds now outstanding redeemable at ths option of thi Government. As these bonds may be absorbed before the maturity of the 4>a per cent, bouds ot 1891, which come next in order for redemption, further ad iitions to the fund can only be made by the purchase ot bonds in open market. Senators Riddleberger - (Va. 1 and I ogan (111,) enlivened the Senate pro­ ceedings by a shnip personal controversy. The chair haying laid before tho Senate in the nl» ' sence of Senator I.oc<ui the latter's resolution to refer to th? Committee < n Rules for investiga­ tion the letter of Mr. Ends denying that he (Eads) had my representatives on the floor of the Senate, Senator Riddleberger called attention to the fact that the letter had. crept into the Record, and attempted to' speak on the subject, but was inluced by 8ena» tor Cullum (111.»to postpone the matter. Later, 8enator Logan being then present, Senator ltidi- dleberger called up the subject again, and asked Senator Logan how he had got the letter into the lieconl. Senator Logan said that ha hod had nothing to do with getting it into the Record.. He had treated the Senator kindly, but if the tjenator stated that be was tho "representative* of anybody in any sense except a perfectly proper sense he stated what was absolutely un­ true. Senator Riddleberger said he merely meant that he was Mr. Eads' representative to the extent of putting his letter in the Record. During a debate over the Indian appropriation bill in the House Mr. Cannon (111. 1 opposed the education of. tl»3 Indian as ineffectual to civilize him, and favored the granting of land in t ever- altv to Indiars. In his opinion the man who still favored this reservat:o;i system was render­ ing the future of the Indian certain--certain de­ struction. The Seney bill t > repeal the civili- service r »fc rin law was reported adversely. Mr. Stone (Ma) was given permission to file a mi­ nority report. RESOLUTIONS inviting the House of Represen­ tatives, the President,^Cabinet, Supreme Cour^ and Foreign Legations to be present at the funeral of Senator Miller, on the 13th, were adopted by the Senate on the 11th. Senator* Jones (Nev.), Frye, Cullum, Butler and Gray were appointed a committee to accompany tho body to California. The Senate adopted re­ solutions of respect for tho memory of the dead h'enator, The Senate in executive stssiooi con tinned the nomination of Mr. Dement to be Surveyor-General of Utah. The vote stood 25 to 22, Gen. Logan and five othe# Republicans voting with tho Dec/' ats. The President returned to the hfis approval the hill to quiet ti<riidPH>!tiers on the Des. Moines River land in Iowa; Ihe Presi­ dent says in his veto message that every possi- ble question that ought to be raised in any snit relating to these lauds, lias been determined by the highest judicial authority, and if any substantial point remains unsettled' he believes there is no difficulty in presenting it to the proper tribunal.. Senator Logan submitted the views of the mi­ nority of tne Military Committee en the Fitz- John'Poiter bill. It is the same report presented* by the minority in the last Congress, with the>_ addition of Gen. Logan's letter in reply to (Jen. Grant.'* article in the North Atneruvin Ihvunr justifying the conduct of Fitz-Jobn Port?r. In. tho Ho.ise, Mr. f-'owden. of Pennsylvania from, the Committee 011 Expenditures in tho Navy De». pertinent, reported a resolution, which waa adopted, calling ou tlie Secretary of the Navy; for a statement showing tho amount of money.- expended in the OrJnance i-hop at the Wash­ ington Navy Yard, the number of guns made.*; altered, and repaired there,'and the number of cartridges purchased, and from whom. The Crooked-Backed Tyrant. 4 Sliakppeare ha* drawn on bis own of some on© else's imagination for hia facts in making Richmond slay HichardjT III. on Boswortli Field. Tlie king really- fell by an unknown hand among the Che-*-- shire and Lancashire men. The death of . Richard ended tlie battle. There wart no pursuit, except that Lord Stanley'» men cut ddwn some fugitives who at-*, tempted to escape past their right flank toward the main road, while Richmond;, marching in the same direction, halted^ at Stoke Golding $0 receive the batter­ ed crown of his predecessor. The con­ troversy over the character of Rit hard1 , has died away. It is understood that* treachery and murder, in an age oft , treason and violence, need little expla­ nation, and may not be incompatible;, with the possession of some respectably' qualities. What is specially interesting^' in Richards case is to notice how h» illustrates the permanence of ipmily;- ~ characteristics. He was a Plantagenet, V of the Plan tageneta He w»s descended1 in three lines from Edward III., through Lionel, Duke of Clarence, Edmund, Duke of York, and John of Gaunt, who was his mother's maternal' grandfather. He was descended in/, three other lines from Henry IIL,^ through the wife of Lionel, Duke 01 Clarence, and through his father's grandmother, Eleanor Holland. Among" his other immediate ancestors were Mortimers, Percys and Nevilles, none of them families remarkable for meek­ ness or want of ambition; and /our generations back he reached to Pedro the Cruel, of Castile, who may be fairly- charged with the murders of his wife, his aunt, six of bia half-brothers and one of uis mistresses. 1^.11