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mrg § laindcaltr J. VAN SLYKE. Editor ai Hi Publisher. W (HENRY, ' - ILLINOIS. IrtB HEWS CONDENSED. THE EAST. v' # to sieged that William Gray, Jr., treasurer of the Indian Orchard and At­ lantic Cotton Mills. i6 a defaulter. Those •'who are in a position to know the nature juid extent of the irregularities refuse to ^Ttrive any facte in regard to the case. It is IJ >• w?A jClaimed that the defalcation will amount to Over $500,000. ^ « • THE body of William Gray, Jr., of Bos- ,vy "J ton, was found in the Blue Hills, near ^' Beadville, Mass. Beside him lay a pistol, Li *' from which had entered his heart. jfe-V • He had evidently coolly thought the prob- Jem of suicide out, as a cigar stub lay near »#ie bowlder OIL which his body rested. ^ • THE Lewieton Steam Mill Company, of Jt/ewiston, Me., has made an assignment. yfc " it'heir liabilities on debts and accounts % f * %mount to $867,800. K , ! THE cooper, C. D. Graham, again navi- V - gated the whirlpool rapids of Niagara in < }j '• ' -fiie presence of 10,000 persons. He took , the top from his barrel, and went down the ' •' liver with his head protruding. P. J. ,,i s Scott, the well-known fisherman, wanted to . <Bxcel Graham, and attempted to swim the ? A? * whirlpool rapids in a cork suit. His dead x •*' "'J •> tody was recovered at Lewiston, on the • Coaadtan sidfe. v V ".'ijir Hiy'.' THE WEST. A CYCLONE nearly obliterated the little Village of Newark, Sargent County. Dak. •^our persons were killed, namely: Morte- Btore Kennedy, part ownerof the town, and * brother of Judge Kennedy, of the New fork Supreme Court; Mrs. Ed Waite, and Mrs. John Oak and infant. Several other persons tfrere seriously injured llrs. V. P. Kirk, wife of a prominent law- yer of Plymouth, Ind., attempted to throw carbolic acid on her husband. A son in­ terfered, and the fluid fell on all three. Kirk will lose an eye, the son was burned on the hand, and Mrs. Kirk received frightful burns on the face. It is said die was jealous of her husband. He was doorkeeper of the State Senate.... Col. W. H. Bolton, late Superintendent of second-class matter in the Chicago Post- office. has been rearrested, as it was ascer­ tained that his embezzlement now foots up about #1*2,000, and is daily increasing. On the motion of the United States District Attorney Ewing the bail was fixed at $25- 000, and Col. Bolton's former surety, Le- Grand W. Perce, not being accepted by Mr. Ewing, he went to jail. A CREMATORY will probably be erected Milwaukee In a distillery at Aurora, Indiana, Louis Hilbert was killed with a knife by William Watkins. A mob took the murderer from jail and hanged him at file scene of the killing. THE SOUTH. fr., : • ' ® R ; E M A N C E L D R E Y F U S has been con- ' • . licted at New Orleans of subornation of ?< jerjury. This is another scene in the Mur­ phy-Ford tragedy of Dec. 1, 1884. Two -Old women had been prompted by Dreyfus 5 to swear falsely in Judge Ford's behalf. «• v They were convicted a short time ago, and ;;f^j {frwe testimony against their prompter. • V . AT Jackson, Tenn., Eliza Woods, a negro u-,,, jfook, accused of poisoning Mrs. J. P. f ~ "Wooten, was hanged by a mob to a tree jfkear the south door of the corner of the . ' -Court House. Her naked body, with her t (lands pinioned behind her, dangled from '•< -.c "the tree several hours. • Hi WA8HM6TON. T F MANNING has almost entirely re- Covered his health... .Senator Mitchell, of i.i "Oregon, while feeling for the windpipe of iWashington correspondent, asked him hy he had sent to his paper a story that an *>pera singer's charms had captured the Senator. The correspondent "gasped out *n apology," and the statesman made him f,, .•> publish a retraction. THE President left Washington on the • 16th inst., for his summer vacation in the Adirondack Mountains. He was accompa- .« ' . "nied by Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Folsom, and \ , Colonel and Mrs. Lamont. When the •jS, . president appeared on the portico of the : White House to take his carriage he was »*- Confronted by a Bmall party of tour- *i'-* , ists from Kentucky. Thev recognized him once and asked permission to pav their 2Sls.-fT-lespects. The President was willing and 'i tthook hands with each of them as he made Jiis way toward his carriage. Mrs. Cleve- land and Mrs. Folsom had alreadv entered * • the vehicle, and as the coachman cracked bis whip and the carriage rolled away the r i t>eople on the portico, most of whom were "-t *adies, waved their handkerchiefs and ; 1 Shouted a hearty "*Good-by." A VEBY earnest petition has been for- y warded to the President by Governor Boss, •>J; Of New Mexico, signed by all the Federal fv, -. officers at Santa Fe, urging the adoption of ^ - General Miles' plan for the removal of the -> , Apache and Chiricahua Indians of Arizo- \fia The Treasury Department has is- .sM • «ued a call for $15,000,(MM) of the 3-per- oenft. loan of 1882. 11 Si? POLITICAL. THE Democrats and Greenbackers of <• held their State conventions sim- „|ttltaneou8ly at Grand Rapids, and fusion (> was effected without serious dissension, •jj.. Ihough there were some kickers in both ""I bodies. The Greenbackers made the foi- v i ;- ' lowing nominations: Governor, G. L. •" • £aPle; Treasurer, William G. * ®tate Commissioner, William a ' 'J). Fuller; member of the State Board of Education, J. W. Turner. The Demo- '£• placed in nomination the following % i "persons to complete the ticket selected by : in session at Harrisbmg, nominated the following ticket: Governor, Chaunoey F. Black; Lieutenant Governor, Robert Bruce Ricketts; Secretary Internal Affairs, J. Simpson Africa; Auditor, W. J. Brennan; Congressman-at-Larpe, M. Stevenson. The platform indorses the administration of President Cleveland and contain* the following tariff declaration: "We favor a just and fair revision of the revenue laws in accordance with the letter and spirit of that declaration of Democratic principles, and in such revision care should be taken that such changes shall be Aiade in a spirit of fairness to all interests, and without de­ priving American labor of the ability to successfully compete with foreign labor or without imposing lower rates of duty than will be ample to cover any increased cost of production which may exist in con­ sequence of the higher rate of wages prevailing in this community." The Ohio Democratic convention, at To­ ledo, was presided over by Hon. E. B. Fin- ley. John McBride, of Stark County, was noniinatjjo for Secretary of State on the second ballot. The other nominations were made by acclamation, and are as follows: For Supreme Court Judge, M. D. Follett, of Washington; for Supreme Court Clerk. J. W. Cruikshank, of Miami; for School Commissioner, Leroy Brown, of Butler; for Board of Public Works, Louis Lud- wig, of Cuyahoga County. Resolutions indorsing Cleveland's policy, Senator Payne, and home rule for Ireland were passed with applause. The platform adopted congratulates the country on the accession of the Democratic party to power and the fulfillment" of its promises; de­ clares that Cleveland's official con­ duct has been marked by great cour­ age and honesty; condoles the party in the State in the loss by death of Gen. Durbin Ward; joins with the country in mourning the loss of Samuel J. Tilden, "who. by common consent, was the leader of the Democracy of America for many years, and who was honestly and fairly elected the nineteenth President of the United States;" mentions with sorrow the loss of Hendricks, McClellan, Seymour, and Hancock; declares that the tariff laws should be revised; that the surplus in the Treasury should be used to reduce the in­ terest-bearing debt; and approves the action of the State Department in protecting American citizens in foreign countries. THE Missouri Democratic Convention assembled at St. Louis and effected the following#Dominations: Supreme Judge, Theodore Brace; School Superintendent, W. E. Coleman; Railroad Commissioner, John D. Breathit. The platform indorses President Cleveland's administration; deprecates the prostitution of the taxing power to other objects or purposes than raising revenue; declares in favor of the regulation of the conduct of railroads by the State; declares in favor of a currency based on gold and silver coinage; approves the land-grant forfeitures; demands that the treasury sur­ plus be applied on the interest-bearing debt; pledges the maintenance of popular education, and extends sympathy to Ire­ land. REPUBLICAN Congressional conventions renominated T. J. Henderson of the Seventh Illinois District and D. B. Hen­ derson of the Third Iowa District. T. C. McRae was nominated for re-election by the Democrats of the Third Arkansas Dis­ trict. The Republican Congressional Convention of the Second Iowa District separated into two factions at Davenport. Thirty-seven delegates nominated ex-Governor Kirkwood and forty-seven delegates T. J. O'Meara, the candidate of the Knights of Labor. Other Congressional nominations:--Ninth Iowa District, Dr. Hatton, Greenbacker; Second Michigan District, E. P. Allen, Republican; Seventh Ohio, John Little, Republican; Washington Territory, Charles S. Voorhees, Democrat; First Iowa, Hall, Demo­ crat; Fifth Michigan, George McBride, Republican; Seventh Wisconsin, Wil­ liam T. Price, Republican; Fifth Illinois, Joseph Glidden, Democast The Nebraska State Prohibition Conven­ tion met at Lincoln, with over 400 dele­ gates representing forty-five counties. After adoption of a lengthy platform which touches every phase of the liquor question, besides setting forth the views of the party labor, pensions, Sunday observance, and other questions, the following ticket was put in nomination: Governor, H. W. Hardy; Lieutenant Governor, E. B. Gra­ ham; Secretary of State, E. J. O'Neill; Treasurer, A. J. Leach; Au­ ditor, J. E. Hopper; Attorney General, Martin I. Brower; Commissioner of Public Lands, L. B. Palmer; Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. A. Smith. After the adjournment of the State Convention the delegates from the several Congressional districts met and placed in nomination the following for Congress: First District, George E. Bigelow; Second, Rev. C. S. Hamson; Third. W. G. Olinger. f c £ - by nern convention: .Lieutenant Governor, S. S. Curry; Auditor General, Colonel J. D. F&rrar; Secretary of State, P. B. Wachtel; Superintendent of Public Instruction, David Parsons; Attorney Gen­ eral, J. C. Donnelly. The platform adopted by the Democrats deplores the death of Horatio Seymour, George B, Mc­ Clellan, W. S. Hancock. Thomas A. Hendricks, and Samuel J. Tilden; indorses the administration of President Cleveland; asks that liberal pensions be given the ex- soldiers; favors a revision of the tariff; op pOBes convict labor; the importation of ^ laboring men, and the owner­ ship of land by aliens; favors the application of the Treasury surplus to a reduction of the national debt- the retirement of the national bank circu­ lation and the direct issue by the Govern- 2 me?t of legal-tender treasury notes, gold and silver coin, and coin certificates. The Greenbackers adopted a platform which apyroves the Jeffersonian idea of the strict construction of the Constitution of the United States, and as the Constitution expressly declares that Congress shall have the power to coin (or create) money and regulate the , value thereof, "we demand that Congress shall create money for a uniform measurement of values--consisting of gold, silver--and paper in sufficient quantity to meet the wants of the Government and the demands of commerce and trade, receivable alike for public and private debts, and that the ex­ ercise of this power shall not be delegated to private corporations or private individ­ uals;" favors a tariff for revenue so adjust ed as to afford protection to such industries as employ labor, without creating a monopoly of any kind. The Pennsylvania Democratic Convention, THE RAILWAYS. POOR'S Manual of the Railroads of the United States shows that there were 3,131 miles of railroad constructed in this coun­ try during the year 1885, the rate of in­ crease being 2.4 per cent, and the total mileage being 128,967. During the fiscal year of the roads, which does not coin­ cide with the above calendar state­ ment, the gross earnings on the in­ vestment equaled nearly 10 per cent.; the net earnings 3.5 per cent. The percentage of dividends on the whole share capital was less than in 1884, being '2.02 compared with " 48 for the preceding period. The ton­ nage moved was greater than in 1884 by about 10 per cent. The Manual says: The last year undoubtedly marks a point of lower depression in the earnings of our railroads in ratio to their cost and mileage than is likely to be witnessed for some years to come, the present year showing a considerable improvement on the past. THE San Francisco Passenger Agents' Association has again gone to pieces for the seventh time this year, and the war on jassenger rates from San Francisco to the East has been renewed ... J. W. Reinhart, formerly Auditor of the West Shore Road, has been appointed Assistant General Pas­ senger Agent of the Lake Shore, with head­ quarters at Chicago. A BiLii has been filed in the Cook County Superior Court by Richards, May- nard & Co. against the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company to recover $250,000, for alleged breach of contract. to pay the same and has been sent to Jail. It is announced that Lord Randolph Churchill has a bill in readiness for submis­ sion to Parliament for local government in Ireland, and that it will have the support of Lord Hartington and his followers, and also of the Chamberlain faction. It will be a general measure, enlarging the powers of the county and municipal governments, abolishing the various separate existing forms of local government, and substitut­ ing in their stead one scheme applicable to Great Britain and Ireland. CHOLERA has appeared at Camiola, Aus­ tria, and four deaths are reported Prof. Migotti, of the Czernowitz University in Austrian Poland, and an English yonth of 15 are the latest Alpine victims WHO have been dashed to death because of a burning ambition to announce that their feet had pressed a dangerous peak. THE British Parliament met Aug. 19, and listened to the Queen's speech, which urged prompt action on financial legisla­ tion connected with running the Govern­ ment. At a caucus of the Parnellites it was decided to discuss Irish affairs during the debate in the House of Commons on the Queen's speech, especially with refer­ ence to the Belfast riots and in regard to the intentions of the Government toward Ireland. Mr. Parnell's organ, United Ire­ land, says there will b&war to the knifefon Lord SaJfebury. MISTS CONVICTED. - *• - - -I .. Seven of Them Acjjulgect By as Proper jSub-, Ejects for the itiA fallows, h: The Remaining One Barely Es­ capes the Extreme PeuU^r, -*• of the Law. . ADDITIONAL NEWS. THESE was a thrilling scene in Bar- num's Circus,at Madison, Wis. Mrs. Henry Reif's hat blew under a cage containing four panthers. When she stopped to pick it up one of the animals caught her head in its paws, and lacerated it in a frightful manner. A keeper was in the cage at the time, and attempted to beat the animal back, but only succeeded in stirring the savage natures of the other three. They appeared ready to tear him, but he turned on them and succeeded in lashing them back. Mrs. Reif's wounds are serious. ALBANY (N. Y.) special: "It is stated here on what ought to be good authority, that ThomasE. Benedict, of this city, has been appointed Public Printer by President Cleveland, and that the appointment will be made public shortly. Mr. Benedict is Deputy Comptroller of the State of New York, and is personally known to President Cleveland. He has held his present posi­ tion a number of years." THE Repu blicans of the Tenth Iowa Congressional District nominated Major A. J. Holmes, the present incumbent. There were 188 ballots taken. The prin­ cipal candidate against Major Holmes was J. P. Dolliver,.. .John A. Lovely was nom­ inated by the Republicans at St. Paul for Congress over the present incumbent, Milo White. There were 12t> ballots taken. OF the $15,000,000 in 3 per cent, bonds enumerated in the latest call nearly $12,- 000,000 are held by 166 national banks.... The War Department has received official information that Geronimo desires to sur­ render. ' EL PASO (Texas) dispatch: "EL Paso is greatly excited over a rumor that the Mexi­ cans are' concentrating from six to ten thousand troops in Chihuahua within easy range of the border. Two Mexican police­ men attempted to arrest a man in El Paso last week with drawn revolvers. Our of­ ficials started to arrest them, but concluded to let the matter go for fear of precipitating a difficulty. Special Envoy Sedgwick ar­ rived on the 20th of August, and, after spending an hour in consultation with Con­ sul Bingham at Paso del Norte, departed for the City of Mexico. His credentials are directed to Minister Jackson. Gen. Sedgwick's baggage was thoroughly exam­ ined by the Mexican custom officials, not­ withstanding his escort announced him as a specia 1 envoy from the United States. Gen. Sedgwick says his mission is not a diplomatic one, but simply one of confer­ ence with Minister Jackson, and afterward one of investigation at Paso del Norte." THE Cambria Iron Company, of Johns­ town, Pa., is making war on the Knights of Labor, sixty having been dismissed within a few days without a reason being assigned. About half of the company's employes are Knights of Labor, and it is expected that the whole number will be discharged. MONTREAL dispatch: "Archbishop Fa- bre, who is honorary chaplain to the Catholic Circle here, which contains 300 Knights of Labor in its ranks has intimat­ ed to them that they must immediately sev­ er their connection with the society. MBS.ANN SOPHIA STEPHENS, the novel­ ist, died in her seventy-fourth year. Her son and daughter were with her at her death. A STORM at Galveston, Texas, wrecked about one hundred and fifty buildings and Hooded, undermined, and otherwise dam­ aged many more. The total loss will ex­ ceed $200,000. 6GRERAL. ABCHBISHOP WALSH declares that the statement that the Pope had disapproved of the attitude of the Irish clergy toward the Nationalists is founded upon malice. THE revenue cutter Corwin seized three British schooners in Behiing's Sea for vio­ lation of the seal-fishing laws. Their crews were sent to Sitka, but the captains are detained on the cutter.The com­ mander of the Mexican fort at New Laredo is said to have purchased Winchester rifles, and a large amount of ammunition, from dealers on the American side of the Rio Grande. THE veterans of the Mexican war held their national reunion at Des Moines, la. The city was given up to the braves, who enjoyed a royal time. Among the battle- scarred was Micah French, who fought in the war of 1812, He served onder Gen. Scott. ______ FOKEIG^r A ST. PETERHBI-RO paper reports (hat the Czar may visit Berlin next autumn.. Renewed trouble is probable between England and Russsia over the Afghan boundary.... An avalanche of peat swept down on Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands, and almost completely wiped out the town.... Socialist Williams, who was convicted in an English court of obstruct­ ing the streets and fined $100, has declined Rival to Rubber. India rubber is menaced with a rival. The rubber dealers of East Nicaragua think they have discovered a tree whose gum will give as much sitisfaction as rubber, and will, in fact, take its place. They say that the milk of the tuno furnishes a most excellent gutta-percha, equal Jo the best found in Eastern tropics, while the number of trees is virtually inexhaustible, and the gum can be ptoduced with profit at twelve cents per pound. JAPAN has a population of 37,000,000, but she has less than 10,000 paupers. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BEEVES HOGS : WHEAT--No. 1 White No. 2 Ked CORN--No. 2 OATS--White POHK--Mess CHICAGO. BEEVE8--Choice to Prime Steers Good Shipping, Common. HOGS--SHILLING Grades FLOUR--Extra Spring. W HEAT--No. 2 Ked. CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 BUTTER--Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, Cheddar.. Full Cream, new EGOS--Fresh POTATOES--New, per brl PORK--Mess MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 KITE--NO. 1.. PORK--MESS , 94.50 4.75 .92 .88 .54 .3C 10.25 5.00 4.25 8.00 4.50 4.25 .78 .42 & .27 © .21 & .16 t<5 .09 <«$ .U%& 1.25 _ 9.25 .77 .41 .27 .09 0.25 & S. 75 M 5.50 & .04 .90 M .56 & .43 @10.75 & 5.2! <& 4.75 <S£ 3.75 (FB 5.25 & 4.75 .79 .49 .28 .23 .18 .09 .10 .12% <$ 1.75 9.75 .78 .42' TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. S CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2.... DETUOm BEEF CATTLE HOGS SHEKP WHEAT--Michigan Bed CORN--No. 2. OATS---No. 2 White WT. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2. CORN--Mixed OATS--Mixed PORK--New Mesa „ CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 " PORK--Mesa LIVE HOGS BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 Hard CORK--No. 2 Yellow CATTLE INDIANAPOLIS. BEET CATTLE S.50 Hoos 4.60 SHEKP 2.25 WHEAT--No. 2 Bed .80 CORN--No. a .40 OATS--No. 2 .as EAST L1BEBTT. .82 .44 .28 4.50 3.75 8.50 .81 .45 .79 .30 .27 10.00 .79 .44 .28 10.00 4.50 froseoi Closing Scenes of the Celebrated Trial-- mtor Grinnell's Speech-- ;r • The Judge's Charge. (tonCAGO CORRESPONDENTS.] ' ^Afwf^life'Says of speech-iiiaWiii, aWl fflty- two days of consideration, the case against the anarchist prisoners was submitted to the jury on JEhursdftv afternoon. ' '('apt. William P. Blact made the clositig speech for the defense. He occupied ten his plea was an able, eloquent, ami ingenious one. Unfor­ tunately for hiin and his clients, he Was follow­ ed by Hon. Julius Grimiell, the State's Attorney, who is conceded to have made by far the greatest effort of his life. From his opening to his closing words he was eloquent, logical, and forceful. His ad­ dress was without the rhetorical ornaments of Capt. Black's, but was more compact, cleaner, eetivincing than any of the arguments .48 4.50 CATTLE--Beet Fair Common.... Boos 5.00 4.00 8.50 4.75 & & .28 & 61 & 9.73 & .83 & .45 & .29 & 5.15 4.75 & 4.50 W .83 0 .46 & .32£ <26 .80 & .40 ® .28 @10.50 ® .80 & .44)& & .29 @10.50 & 5.00 a .» & .49 0 5.25 «9 5.00 & 5.00 <9 8.T5 0 .81 0 .41 9 .87 ® SAf 5.00 & 4.25 *5 5.29 AUGUST SPIES. delivered in the case. It was sought to be shown, said Mr. Grinnell, toward the end, that the defendants were barking dogs that would not bite. These men were on trial, law was on trial, anarchy was on trial for treason. The penalty of treason is death. A man c in commit an overt act of treason and not kill anybody. Is it any the less treason because seven men are killed and sixty wounded? There is no statute of limitation for threats when re­ peated threats resulted in the commission of the deed. For years past on the lake front and at the different so-called socialistic halls in the city these men had preached the use of dynamite, poison, anil daggers as a means of effecting the social revolution. The thing should have been stopped loijg ago. But that was foreign ; the men were here now on trial for murder. Their threats had been carried out. It did not matter whether any police officer# had MICHAEL SCHWAB. overstepped their duty, the jury had nothing at all to do with that, they were here on trial for murder. In conclusion, Mr. Grinnell said: "It is time that we American citizens awoke to a full realization of the importance of liberty and freedom of sptech. and that freedom of speech does not mean license to preach murder, to preach assassination, to preach crime, and the perpetration of it. That is not free Bpeech. A man who does that is answerable for it, and the result of his preaching, the result of his wortfs. If it results in crime, he is responsible himself. Gentlemen, that is the law. Your duty is about to bpgin. The responsibility is great. You have to answer yourselves under your oaths to the people of the htate, not to me. My duty mm SAM FIELDEN. is performed and yours begins, and In this con­ nection, gentlemen, let me suggest to you another reason why it is important that you should be careful. You can acquit them all, one or none; you can parcel the penalties out as you please. To some you can administer the extreme penalty of the law. To others less than that, if you desiro. Some you can give life to, if you desire ; some years of punishment to. "Some of these people we sincerely nnd honest ly believe should receive at your hunds the ex­ treme penalty of the law. Spies, Fischer, Lingg, Engel, Fieldcn, Parsons, Schwab, Neebe, in my opinion, based upon the proof, is the order of punishment. It is for you to say what it shall be. You have been importuned, gentlemen, to disagree. Don't do that; don't do that! If in your judgment, in the judgment of some of you, some of these men should suffer death, and others think a less punishment would subserve the law, don't stand on that, but agree on some­ thing. It is no pleasant task for me to ask the life of any man. Personally I have not a word to say against these men. As a representative of the law I say to you, tho law demands no­ where injustice. Regardless of me, of Foster, of Black, or of us all, that law which in the ex­ ponents of anarchy killed Lincoln nnd Garfield, that law that has made us strong to-day and j which you have sworn-to obey, demands of you a punishment of these men. Don't do it because I ask you. Do it, if it should be done, because the law demands it. We may never meet again, gentlemen. I hope I shall see yon often here­ after. In the peculiar walks of life in a large city few meet frequently. In this case I have been pleased with you and your acquaintance ; It would be a pleasure to meet hereafter. I hope that I have done nothing to offend you, either as to propriety, decency, good sense, or anything else. If we part here, we part as friends. You stand between the living and the dead. You stand between law and violated law. Do yonr duty courageously, even if that duty is an un­ pleasant and a severe one. Gentlemen, I thank you most sincerely for the kind atten­ tion that you have given to me these many hours." At the conclusion of Mr. Grtnnell's speech, Judge Gary proceeded to instruct the jury in its duty in an exhaustive manner. The instruc­ tions in behalf of the State were read first, and counsel for the defense drew closer to the bench to listen to the court's interpretation of the law. Their hopes flee as Judge Gary announces the law to be precisely as the State declared it was all along. The rule as delivered by Judge Gary is that such of the defendants as were parties to the conspiracy which Jed to the killing of Mathias J. Degan are guilty of murder. Kven those who were engaged in the conspiracy to bring about the social revolution by fane# aed to Itos fciUiwj Degan, these parties are guilty of murder, though these men were not present at the Hay- market riot. The jury was cautioned against entertaining any trivial doubts as to the guilt or innocence of the defendants. The instructions for the defense are then read. The Jttry are told that they are the the judges of the law and the evidence, and that they are as liberty to disregard the instructions of the court provided they can say they know the law better than the court. The indictment was merely a charge, and it must not be infer­ red that becauue of thot charge the accused are guilty. If the jury are not convinced beyond any moral doubt that the defendants are guilty then * they must acquit. If guilty |of murder, or anything else, the sentence shall be fixed in accordance with the statute. Forms of verdicts were Riven to the jury providing for ail sentences and also ac­ quittal. For defendants the instructions were that if the jury understood the law better than the Judge they should so set. Before the jury can convict the defendants they must find them guilty beyond all reasonable doubt. Mere prob­ abilities did not constitute guilt. Personal opinions of facte not proven are incompetent. The jury are sole judges and can con­ sider the interests of witnesses which might color their testimony If any of the State's witnesses testified fr m hope of re­ ward the same rule should apply. The jury should act with great caution upon the testi­ mony of accomplices, an I should he satisfied of its truth before finding defendants guilty.' The jury should endeavor to give full credence to the testimony of defendants if possiole. The ijnry cannot disregard testimony of defendants 011 the ground alone that they "are defendants. Statements of Stite's attorneys not based on evidence should not be regarded as cir­ cumstantial facts. Facts should be incom­ patible with innocence, and if facts can be reconciled with innocence defendants Bhould be acquitted. The jury were not to go beyond the evidence Jo hunt up doubts. Doubt must arise naturally from the evidence, and jurors must net as they would in the ordinary affairs of life. A doubt must be a reasonable one; sym­ pathy does not constitute a reasonable doubt. Jurors were judges of the law and fact, but should not go against the court without full consideration. The. jury might find any or all defendants guilty or not, and could fix the penalty for all. Individuals and communities have the right to arm themselves for their pro­ tection or tue protection of their property. The defendants do not assume the burden of Proof in this case, and, therefore, unless the State has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the person or persons who committed the crime did so at the advice of the defendants, the defendants should be ac­ quitted. It is not proper for the jurors to "guess" that the person who threw the bomb was advised to do so by the defendants. Al­ though the defendants may have published their views on the social question, and advised the use of dynamite in opposing the authorities, unless the jury feel reasonably convinced that the bonib was thrown by some person familiar with the defendants or their doctrines, they Bhall not convict. Judge Gary then instructed the jury of his own motion, as follows : "The statute requires that instructions by the court to the jury shall be in writing and only re­ lating to the law. The .practice under the stat­ ute is that the connsel should prepare on each side a set of instructions and present them to the court, and if approved to be read by the court as the law of the case. "It may have been by reason of the great num­ ber presented and the hurry and confusion in the midst of the trial, with a large au­ dience to keep in order, that there should be some apparent inconsistency, If they are carefully scrutinized MAURICE B. FLYNN. The New York Politician Wh» Is i* a J-v - 'H - Procedure. . & -M From a Poor Farm Boy, We Find Sim 88 Worth Over a Killim Dollars. ' but 'Such inconsistency will probably disappear; in any event, however, the gist or "pjth of all is that if advice and encouragement to murder was given, and if murder was done in pursu­ ance of and immediately induced by such ad­ vice and encouragement, then those who gave such advice and encouragement are guilty of murder. If the evidence, either direct or cir­ cumstantial, or both, proves the innocence of one or more of the defendants so fully that there is no reasonable doubt of it, then your duty to them requires you to acquit them. If it does so prove them guilty, then your duty to the State requires you to convict whoever is so proved guilty. The acts of each defendant should be considered with the same care and scrutiny as if he alone were on trial. If a conspiracy having violence and murder as its object is fully proved, then the acts and declarations of each consp.rator in furtherance of the conspiracy arj the acts and declarations of each one of the conspirators ; but the declarations of any conspirator before or after May 4 which are merely narrative -as to what has been or would be done, and not made to aid in carrying into effect the object of the conspiracy, are only evidence against the one who makes them. What was tho fact and what- are the facts the jury must determine from the evidence and from that alone. If there are any Unguarded expressions in any of the instruc­ tions which seem to assume the existence of any facts, or to be any intimation as to what is proved, all such expressions must be disregard­ ed, and the evidence only looked to to determine the fact." A sigh of relief escaped Judge Gary as he pronounced the last sentence of his instruc­ tions. The severe lines that he has worn in his face for seven weeks relaxed, and his voice teemed less harsh than when he so frequently Shouted in his flat, unmusical tones "Sit down." The jury looked worried and anxious when the •whole case was committed to it. Throughout ; lie reading of the instructions each member of he jury gave the closest attention. Spies, Fielden, Lingg, and Engel of the pris­ oners gave the closest heed to what was said. Fischer kept his cold, piercing eyes moving continuously about the room. His eyes occa­ sionally assumed a glassy stare, and though looking steadity at Judge Gary he seemed ob­ livious of what was said. Schwab appeared to be worn out, and his pale face wore a deathly pallor as he sank hopelessly into his chair. Spies stared intently but vacantly at the Judge throughout the long, tedious reading. He seemed worried and wearied into a state of in­ difference. The charge to the jury was satisfactory to both sides, Captain Blaek and Mr. Zeisler alone saving that it was in a line with the Judge's rulings during the trial and against the prisoners. A. R. Parsons, one of the prisoners, said: The instructions are not so bad as I expected. Some of them are fair enough." His wife came up and sat beside him. "How do you like itV" she said with a smile. "I don't know," he said. Fielden, who sat near, interposed with the re­ mark : "The instructions are for us, and they are against us. They are not' so much against us as I expected they would be. They are so long I am afraid the jury will not comprehend them." "Parsons," said Fielden, with his jocular Yorkshire accent, "111 bet you a nick the jury will make vou and I dance a hornpipe on very thin air. The jury is against us." "Think we'll be feeling for the ground below us?" asked Parsons, with a grim smile. "That's it." replied Fielden, attempting to greet the joke with a laugh. At 3:30 p. m. the jury retired for deliberation, and locked tho door behind them. The men within, consciou« that the eyes of the city were upon their actions, took the further pre­ caution to bar all egress of sound by closing both the blinds and windows, and securely stopping the keyhole of the door with paper from within. Affairs stood thus until 7:25, when the knot of anxious watchers in front of the Criminal Court building were surprised by the call of "Way, there, for tho jury!" The twelve men, heade«l by a bailiff, and flanked by a cordon of police, marched to the ltevere House and were assigned apartments. After partaking of a hearty sup­ per they retired for the night. There was no earthly doubt in the mind of the public that the case of the anarchists was settled so far as the jiyry was concerned, but exactly what the verdict was, and what measure of punishment they had portioned out , to each de­ fendant was beyond the ken of any hu­ man being beyond the circle embracing the twelve patient men. Within a short time there were various rumors floating about tho streets regarding the result of their delibera­ tions. It was not, however, until Friday morn­ ing, at 9 ?45 o'clock, that the exact verdict be­ came known to the outside world. At that hour the jury came into court and rendered a verdict as follows: August Spies, cuilty of murder. Louis LiiiKg, guilty of murder. A. K. Parsons, guilty of murder. Sam Fielden, guilty of murder. Louis Engel, guilty of murder. Adolph Fischer, guilty of murder. Michael Schwab, guilty of murder. The sentence wan hanging. Oscar Neebe, fifteen years. grew wild ij| the woodland* and pasture lots, for which he found a market in the villages of Maiden and Chatham. When only twelve years of age "he dis­ played his ingenuity and enterprise by building a smoke -house and wood-house for his father, and both were constructed on plans that won for him a great deal of 6raise for their neatness and convenience, iefore he was fourteen he did not hesitate to shoulder his rake and follow the fastest grain cradlers or reaping machines in the harvest fields. On one occasion he was given one of four corners in a large field of wheat and told that he must keep his way clear of sheaves down the sides and across the ends with three crack rakers and bind­ ers stationed in the same way. The day was terribly varirFand the work was pushed along with a rush, but Maurice kept his ground clear and never flinched. "I'm bound to keep my end up," he told his fellow workmen, "no matter what it costs me." This indomitable spirit characterized all he undertook and still marks his actions. No work that his hands found to do was -considered beneath his dignity. Negro Humor. The nearest approach to wit on the part of the negro was that of the old preacher at a revival. Hearing some incoherent noise in the rear of the room that disturbed the pious proceed­ ings, he exclaimed angrily: "What fool niggah is dat prayin' down by de do?" Came the reply: "It's Brudder John­ son," "Well, let some niggah pray what's better acquainted wid de Lord." Johnson being a notorious chicken- thief, the parson didn't have faith in his prayers. It was a much respected negro preacher stationed at 'Possum Trot who astonished his congregation one bright and beautiful Sunday by an­ nouncing solemnly: "My frens, dar am two ways from dis worl'. One am de broad an' narrer road dat lead ter hell, an' de odder am de narrer an' broad road dat lead ter damnation." There was breathless silence for a moment, and then one badly frightened coon, whose wool was rapidly unkink- ing, ejaculated: "Well, ef dat am de case, dis yere niggah am a-gwineter take to de woods."--Hamilton Jay, in New York Sun. Tax usual QUMtioo ' Wfcsi will you kavef Maurice Bennett Flynn was born in Mai­ den, Columbia County, N. Y., so his biographer states, Nov. 3,1848. His father, an honest Irishman, at the time, earned his livelihood by day's work among the farmers of his neighborhood, taking care of his household out of his meager earnings. Maurice, who was the fourth of six chil­ dren, inherited his father's sturdy, self- reliant qualities. Before he was 8 years of age he assisted in the planting of many acres of coin and potatoes in the intervals of going to school. His first $10 bill was earned by picking and selling berries,which In 18(>4 he entered the Christian Brothers' school in Troy, and with the money he had saved from industry about his boyhood home paid for one year's tuition. In 1865, when 18 years of age, he went to New York, determined to make a name and a fortune for himself. He obtained employ­ ment in a grocery store in Williams ourg, but soon became dissatisfied with this, as he saw no future ahead of him there. He at length secured a situation in the Novelty iron works, and remained there only a week, when he left to become a book-keeper with Guy C. Hotchkiss <fe Son at a salary of $8 per week. In a short time his salary was raised to $10 in consideration of his atten- tiveness to business. In August, 18(!6, the junior member of the firm died and the sole management of the business fell on Maurice. Though still but a boy, yet with characteristic indomit­ able pluck and fidelity, he Undertook and successfully bore all the responsibility thus suddenly thrust upon him, and conducted the whole business alone until about two yesrs afterward, when Mr. Charles H. Field, for twenty years a book-keeper for J. B. & W. W. Cornell, bought an interest in the firm. Abont this time Mr. Hotch­ kiss, in recognition of the unflagging in­ dustry and business sagacity of Mr. Flynn, fave him a small interest in the business, [is talents as a business man proved so valuable that on May 1, 1870, he was ad- mited to the firm as an equal partner. All this time Mr. Flynn lived in Brooklyn, and during his leisure hours he acquired a knowledge of the French, German, and Spanish languages and also took lessons in mechanical drawing and elocution and be­ gan to dabble a little in politics. His political experience extended only over two terms in the Legislature, bat it was sufficient to have inculcated in him a taste for politics which has only grown keener with years. Before Mr. Flynn had any political prominence the firm of Guy C. Hotchkiss, Field & Company had city contracts in New York and Brooklyn ag­ gregating $227,561.53. Since January, 1880, the records show the contracts for the Department of Public Works have ag­ gregated $328,021.21. In New York he joined the County De­ mocracy and was a bosom friend of the late Hubert O. Thompson. His advice and his pocket-book were sought in equal pro- Eortion, and he is said to have yielded up oth very readily. He was known as the rich contractor as well as the political man­ ager and alter ego of H. O. T. The greatest political conundrum has been how to account for the existence of Boll in M.' Squire in New York politics. Mr. Flynn appears to be accountable for him in a great measure; but denies the reports that have appeared concerning the appoint­ ment and confirmation of Rollin M. Squire as Commissioner of Public Works; and says that at the proper time that matter will be fully ex­ plained to his vindication. Mr. Flynn has known Mr. Squire in a business way for some years. Just before the time that Mayor Edson's term of office expired Mr. ' Squire casually mentioned to Mr. Flynn that he had been a schoolmate of Edson. Mr. Flynn returned that schoolboy con­ fidences and associations had a wonderful influence, and if Edson would nominate Squire in place of Hubert O. Thompson for Commissioner of Public Works, he felt certain that the Board of Aldermen would confirm him. This prediction was merely made on Mr. Flynn s judgment, and he had no reason to believe one way or the other in the matter. He regarded Squire's chances purely in the light of a political speculation^. It was after this that Squire called upon Edson and the nomination was made. It was confirmed on Dec. 31,-1884, by a vote of twenty-two out of the twenty-four Aldermen, two of them not voting. The seven County Democrats of the Board, as well as every Republican and Tammany Alderman, with the exception of Alderman O'Connor, who was excused, and Alder­ man Kirk, who was absent, gave their votes for him, each, it is said, under the impression that he was favorable to their faction. From that day to the present Mr. Squire and' Mr. Flynn have been intimate friends. On Nov. 21, 1873, Mr. Flynn married the third daughter of Theodore Moss, treas­ urer of Wallack's Theater. He first met her at the race-track, at Monmouth Park. It was a case of mutual love at first sight. The couple were married in Roman Catholic Cathedral, on Fifth avenue, and the magnificence of the wedding attracted much attention, it being the^ first and only there. DAVrfT IN CHICAGO. Tlie {beat Irish Leader AMretie* • X;;"' JRrUeetlaff III the - V A ' City. Constitutional Agitation Must Froe v ̂ . J»nd, for Force Would Be ft •. --Useless Weapon. • There were two immense Irish strations in Chicago on Saturday, the 14th inet. One at Ogden's Grove, in the north-, western section of the city, presided over by ex-Congressman John F. Finerty, wa« addressed by Michael Davitt, Patrick Egan, and Alexander Sullivan. Another, at the Driving Park, in the western edge of the city, was addressed by John Devoy, of New York, and Fathers Toomey and Fanning. At the latter meeting resolutions wero adopted alleging that serious evils exist in the management of the Irish cause, urging the necessity of selecting leaders who have the respect of all classes of citizens, and pledging earnest support to Mr. ParaelL Both gatherings were attended by repre­ sentative Celts in large numbers. V Executive Committee's Address. At the Ogden's Grove demonstration, tho address of the Executive Committee of tho United Irish Societies was read by Matthew., P. Brady. The committee affirmed that the Parliament of Great Britain never had the right to enact laws for the government of Ireland; that the so-called act of union was not the voluntary enactment of the Irish Legislature, and declared English rule in Ireland was absolutely obnoxious to and against the will of the vast major­ ity of the Irish people; and that fhe chief legislation of the British Parliament for Ireland had been the enact­ ment of statutes to facilitate the spoliation of the people. A Government so opposed to its subjects had no right to the allegi­ ance of its victims. British rule in Ire­ land prevailed by force and fraud. The thanks of the committee were offered to Gladstone, to the "free press of free Amer­ ica," and to American citizens who had S'ven potent aid to their struggling sira-nd, and the address closed with a period reaffirming the devotion of the committee to the Irish cause. Excerpts from Michael Davittfs Sp«ech, | I would rather by patient endurance, by suf­ fering insult, by putting up with calumny and misrepresentation, plod on through all my life working for Irish national self-government than t) gratify the natural promptings of the Irish heart to have revenge for what Ireland has suf­ fered in the past. lApplauee. j The fight for Irish national self-government looks perhaps different in Ireland from what it does in Chicago. 1 [Hear! hearl| It ia very easy to establish an 1 Irish republic 3,000 miles away from Ireland by patriotic speeches lapplause and laughterj; but 1 assure you it is not at all an easy task on the J hillsides and the plains of dear old Ireland. 3, [Applause. 1 I The defeat of Mr. Gladstone's home-rule Jj scheme is believed by many ardent Nationalists in Amerfca to be not an unmixed evil. I must say that the same opinion largely obtains in Ire­ land. The scheme proposed by Mr. Gladstone recognizee tlie principle of national self-govern­ ment for which the Irish race has so long con- I tended. A Parliament in Dublin to manage | Irish affairs appeals strongly to me as an Irish < Nationalist to accept such a measure, and hop© for timeto remedy the other drawbacks of such a measure ; and, consequently, when appealed to by Mr. l'amell' for my opinion", I agreed with hlni that we would not be acting in the inters ? ests of the Irish people if we did not advise theiB 1 to accept and give a fair trial to Mr. Glad- stone's schema of home rule, i Applause. | The situation in Ireland to-day is such as may ; largely draw upon the patience and forbear­ ance which I ask of my countrymen in America for the leaders and the people at home. Glad­ stone's defeat gives powei in Ireland for a time to the landlord garrison of that country and its English supporters, the Tory party. Many men in America may believe that this means the defeat of our policy and tho overthrow of our movement. Well, such emphatically is ndt the belief of the leaders at home or of the Irish people. We do not think that the movement started by the Land League is at all impaired by the r-jcent defeat in the House of Commons. So l<ng as we have cool heads and resolute hands to carry on the strug­ gle it matters ' very little about one or more knock-down blows. We have become so accustomed to reversos in Ire­ land; our movement has so often arisen from defeat to smite its very overthrowers, that w® are not discouraged or dismayed at having to begin again this winter the figbt that has been going on without cessation during the last seven years. The overthrow of the Gladstone Govern­ ment will change the scene of action from West­ minster to Ireland. In the British Parliament Parnell has had the balance of power during the last few years. Therefore the struggle for Irish autonomy was mainly carried on there. Now the scene of action and strife is removed to Ireland, where, notwithstanding the power of, England, Irish national sentiment reigns su> preme in an impregnable position. [Applause.! We believe that we can tight out the destiny of our country even without the aid of the sword. [Applause and "Hear, hear !"j In Ireland borrow­ ing weapons from the constitutional armory of England and turning those weapons against herself in Ireland has made Irish national sentiment supreme within her borders and our cause to be respected throughout the civilized world. [Applause.] Mr. Sullivan has spoken some truths, which, I trust, will attract atten­ tion in England. It was not Mr. Parnell, it was not his followers, who called tho dynamiters into England. All this was done by England, and if men here in America choose to fight for revenge, choose to resort to retaliation for the wrongs inflicted upon them and their country, we cannot be to blame. It is England that is to blame. | Applause and "Hear! hear 1"] I must say, however, that we in Ireland beliew we can work out the destiny of our country, wa can vindicate Irish national sentiment, we can realize Irish patriotic aspirations, without tho aid of dvnamite or any policy of that kind. We in Ireland must face the enemy and fight the battle of our country. [Applause and "True for you.") We are the men in the gap. Wo havo to run all the risk. We have to take tho consequences, providing we make a falBe step. Therefore, we are the men, 1 think, who havo the i-ight to say in what way we, the people at Ireland, shall work out the regeneration of oar country, j Applause and "Gocd."] there is lit­ tle account taken here in America of the terri­ ble odds against which we have to contond at home. Don't you think the policy which has brought so much about is the best and tho wisest policy for us to pursue? [Applause and "Yes."! Anyhow, we are going to pursue it. ["Good enough."] I am certain that in a short time we will win this fight. Finerty Differ* from Davit*. Chairman John F. Finerty, in the course of his speech, said Mr. Davitt had miscon­ ceived their pupose. They wauted them [the Irish in Ireland] to take all they could fet and look for more. Did England or Ir. Davitt suppose that they would thrust any policy on them? If there was anyway they could annoy England--keep her awake nights--they wanted to do it. He approved of what Mr. Davitt had done and of what Mr. Parnell had done. Said Mr. Finerty: We are glad to see Mr. Davitt here as tho representative of that dear old country thaS gave us birth. Great God. gentlemen, we dont want them to accept danger.-* that we don't.want to share. Our Christ said : "He that denies mo before men, him will I de*y before my Father in Heaven." Some of our leaders denied us in the House of Commons, but we won't deny them. However we may differ in opinion, the glorious gospel of unity in aid of Ireland shall prevail. They should be aided with our swords and our pens, or in any other way we can help them. I shall be prepared for compromise when every selfish word shall be atoned for by England. Charity is grand, my friends; forgiveness is great, but England is not yet in sackcloth. We have forgotten that Gladstone was a hypocrite, a Pharisee. Absolutely we no longer groan for the Earl of Spencer. Sper.cor has repented, my friends. He is a sheep, but still he is a kind of a black sheep. Great heavens, gentlemen, it is impossible for us to stand under that flag and listen to those mild doctrines that Mr. Davitt gives utterance to! It will i:ot always be in tho power of England to dictate terms to Ireland. God grant the hour may come when in some broad line of battle our solditrs may be able to wipe out the stigma of the battle of the Boyne. Fome of us may never see it. We are getting old, some of us. Let us hope that Ireland will never cease to resist. It' is for this we thinlc and toil, and our only hope is to lift up our flag, to establish a republic which will be presided over by a Parnell or a Michael Davitt. A CLERGYMAN who is fond of dogs bought a couple of puppies of rare broed while on a visit to London, and left themj with a dog-fancier to train. On returning, home one day, he found his wife, abetted! by her mother, about to quit his house and' apply for a divorce, on the basis of the fol­ lowing telegram from the dog-fancier, which had come for him a few hours be­ fore: "Tho little darlings are doing well, and looking lovely. Bend money for then board." *^t -'fe IthAh..