Fort Wayne Sunday Gazette (Newspaper) - May 6, 1883, Fort Wayne, Indiana VOL 18 SUNDAY MAY 6 1883 PRICE 6 CTS CAPITAL CHIPS Decision in Regard to the for the Readjustment of Postmasters Salaries Trouble from a Miscalculation in the Land for tue The Alleged Crookedness of Disbursing Clerk Statement Signal Service Officers Ordered to Their Appointed Ciril Service Rules Considered by the to the President WASHINGTON Readjustment 01 Salaries Matters uf Interest WASHINGTON May to adjust the salaries of of first second and third elates and to commissions allowed postmasters of fourth rendered necessary in view of the reduced rale of postage upon letter matter from three to two cents per half ounce provided that the salaries of first second and third classes should be readjusted and take effect simultaneously with tion of of postage from October 1 Respecting the pay of fourth-class postmasters the act merely fixed the rates which should apply to them without the time when the readjustment should begin the clerks in the auditor's office whore the of sal iries will be made have been under the impression that the change in offices should take place at the game time as other clashes Late yesterday afternoon the question arose an to the proper construction of the law and it was argued by some of the officers of the department fiat thn fact that no specified time waa fixed In the act for work iu fourth-class affixes made it im- upon the department to readjust the of postmasters with the date which the was approved by the president To-day the sixth auditor submitted the tion to First r L and also confers d with Secretary Folger on the subject Both of these gentlemen were of the opinion that the fourth-class offices should have begun March 3 This decision will compel auditor to take up and adjust accounts settled on the basis of the old law numbering in all about and the cost of tne commissions so as to make them conform to the new law After the readjustment of pay of postmasters beginning with March 3 the government will owe each of them an increase of eight to forty per cent according to the amount of stamps cancelled and this increase will have to be paid quarter- ly till October 1 when the act're- ducing letter postage coes into tion The payments of this increase will necessarily involve a de- in the appropriation for the pay of postmasters the current year THE KUNI LANDS Through miscalculation in Ing lands for the Zuni Indian tion in New Mexico an error was made and the intention of the ment that the reservation should in- clude the springs which lie directly northeast of the boundary line of the reservation was not carried out Be cently it has been stated that Pay master William T Tucker law of Senator Logan and his atso have taken up six claims three and three homestead con in all acres ern braces the springs mentioned It ii further stated should the claim of his associates be the water supply of the Zunis be eut off In the absence o a survey Tucker claims however they are rendered void by the issu May 1 of an executive amending the original order so as t include within the limits of the Zun reservation an additional tract of on which the above named springs are situated It was learned at the general land office to-day that liam T Tucker jr had filed an ap plication for thete lands in the Santa Fe office November ORDERED TO THEIR REGIMENTS The following officers now attache to the signal corps will be from duty in this city July 1 and or dered to join their Majo James W captain 6th In fantry Colonel William H Clapp captain Infantry Captain S M Metis 5th Artillery and Richard P Strong 4th Artillery Th latter officer has been in command a Fort Whipple since its ai a signal station in 1868 PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT Henry Grojean French com mis of agriculture to the United Da Silva Prado an attache of the imperial legation o Brazil and G 01 Morton college Brazil paid their respects to the president to-day Prince Mr Japa nese minister Captam am Mr Takash Japanese consul at New York were also presented to th president by Secretary this morning JOSEPH'S CASE The In justice to Dis ursing Clerk Joseph of the apartment and to the officers of the hospital it should be that the total appropriation for le hospital was not exceeded A fund under one head was used 0 meet a deficiency under another nd that is all there ia iu the stories of TREASURER'S STATEMENT Gold silver and United States notes 1 the treasury Gold coin and ullioa silver dollars nd bullion fractional United otes total gold 77.500 silver POSTMASTERS APPOINTED The President has appointed the William O Washington ory Ada JE Remmel Newport rk Maudville Win H iia Kan J N Louder Silver Beef CABINET At a special meeting of the cabinet his morning all the members were resent The revised civil service were finally considered nd will probably be promulgated jis afternoon Bradlaugh Will Visit His Constituents and Formally Resign His Seat Knight Failure SPRINGFIELD Mass May n adjourned meeting of the f Williston Knight Co today H 3 Knight agreed to undertake to neet the propositions of the creditors last week to pay ents on the liabilities of the New Tork firm sixty cents on those of the t Hampton corporation and forty ents on personal payment o made in five in ueh Juno 15 in cash July 5 iu notes payable er 15 and the balance in notes ble June the noten to be by mortgage ou on property This settlement is to on Gov Knight eing able to carry out bis plans for business at East ou Insolvency proceedings will bo two weeks to see whether he dispose of shares Jor the Sast Hampton company at par value The Mexican National Holiday CITY OF MEXICO May holiday in honor of at Pueblo iu waa to-day There wan much eu- In the public square an ration was delivered President was present and distributed tB to maimed veterans A grand review followed The streets vere crowded There a display f fireworks in the evening The day was celebrated with much festivity in he interior where several public im- were inaugurated General Diaz and party arrived last light and received an enthusiastic welcome sailed for NEW YOKK May H Vauderbill sailed for Europe in the steamer to-day He was accompanied by his sou George and lis uncle Captain of Staten Island Mr in- tends to muke only a short stay in England on this visit and will return o New York again iu four weeks Hi will however spend anc part of the fall in Europe with of his family and will leave York on his second trip the er part of June He said his present trip was for pleasure Transfer NEW YORK May holders of the Mutual Union telegraph company met to-day to ratify the ransfer of the property to the New York Mutual telegraph company and to exchange stock of the one company or the stock of the other share and share alike the stock of the older company to be valued at per share and the stock of the other a 25 It was also voted to reduce thi stock of the company from to The May investigation shows that lightning struck the wire of the bell rope a Stanton air shaft passing down the aline and igniting the gas Ther was a similar occurrence during tb storm last night at the Franklin coa company's slope demolishing a vas amount of timber work iu the pit ant doing much damage to the workings Had the slope been in operation ther would have been serious loss of life Drummer Killed CLINTON Wis May Nicholas traveling salesman for tb machinery firm of Co o Dallas Texas was shot and killed las evening by Charles K Adams on an east bound passenger train as it wa approaching Montrose twelve mile from here It is thought Adams is a and had been drinking H is said to hail from Carrollton Ills Defeated by Federal NEW OBI BANS May Times Democrat's Mexico special An engagement took place yesterday at Canon miles southeast of here between the Apaches and the Federal troops The Indians were defeated with a los of twelve killed and three wounded The fight lasted one houi and forty minutes Forced Pa May Pittsburg bank obtained yesterday for OH a note of O O Co well known cok operators It is said the firm will b compelled to make an assignment o Monday The assets are about 000 and liabilities above that figure CABLE Explosion at Portsmouth land In Which Several are Killed nc Thousand Striking Create a Blot at tria Persons to be Arrested at Moscow aud Held Until After the Coronation Demolished and Many ple Killed by an Earthquake in Persia THE PORTSMOUTH May A n on occurred in the government er magazine situated on Priddy's iard iu Portsmouth harbor The completely demolished persons were killed and a er injured Liter information from Portsmouth tates that the explosion in the er magazines on Priddy's hard was by the accidental ignition of filling ily of shells The loss of life happily s great as first reported wo killed outright Five however ere so badly injured that they are iu dying condition A received from mouth states that four of the persons ujured at the powder explosion Lave led making the total number ot six May 5 will be ried by a special jury as accessory to he murder of Burke aud for the An entirely new ury will be summoned A man named Kiusella has to the police of ail that he was concerned iu the der of Lord Kinsella ia to be insane Timothy Kelly charged with par in the park will have a third trial Monday LONDON May 5 an- that tu view of yesterday's baa decided to visit U constituents and formally resign May 5 O'Connor was com- to jail for refusing to give dence at a private inquiry again He was culled upon to testify and till de- and waa again remanded VIENNA May Little progress to have been towards ad- the grievances which caused the bakers assistants here to go on a strike Last night of the ers engaged in riot at the assembly rooms The furniture was destroyed and windows broken The rioters then threw up a barricade to enable them to resist the police who had been called to quell the riot aud who had a difficult time in ing the infuriated mob with this outbreak a tion was made in another part of the city by 400 more strikers who at Lacked the building occupied by the bakers association the doors anc windows of which they broke Both parties of rioters were finally dis- The meeting of King Humbert o Italy and Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria which was to have taken place at Berlin this spring has been postponed till the of next ber PARIS May In the senate Bat bee contended that the decision of the council of state which renders clergy men of all rank liable to the sion of their was a violation of the concordat He decided that the government had entered upon a down ward course The minister of justice replied tha the council had faithfully interpreted the concordat The state could not bi left powerless in dealing with worship He would maintain th concordat and protect religions bu would also exact obedience to law The matter was then dropped of Dartmouth college did work in subduing the flames of Henry E Parker of the college bile on a ladder passing buckets as struck by a falling chimney and ad bis skull crushed The physicians ave hope of his recovery CAIRO 111 May warehouse and offices ou the Ohio evee were destroyed by fire this morning Loss BOSTON May store and welling of Bichard Davis at Long lain Mass burned last evening with most of the contents Loss he building and stock were valued at insured for N Y May M lumber mill burned Loss no insurance he Butler colliery had 500 tons of destroyed Incendiary BASE BALI Wayne Does Up Other Games INDIANAPOLIS Ind May Waynes 8 Indianapolis 1 TOLEDO May Citys 4 GRAND RAPIDS May 2 Grand Rapids 9 PEORIA May 7 COLUMBUS May 6 t Louis 4 o tho PHILADELPHIA May S Mry 2 Eleven CHICAGO May 2 De- roits 3 May 3 3 BUFFALO May 8 Cleveland 4 NEW YORK May 3 York 1 ST PETERSBURG May It is be the authorities at Moscow been invested with power to arrest a number of persons who have been acting suspiciously in that anc to detain them until the coronation of the czar has taken place Much exists in some o the regiments of the army owing tc the that rewards are being offeree to men to induce them to denounce any of their comrades who are known to be Nihilists LONDON May dispatch re ceived Iroin Persia report that that city has been visited by an earthquake which destroyed a grea many houses and caused the Ueat of a large number of persons BERLIN May marriage ha been arranged between the prince of and the secon daughter of the crown prince Vires HANOVER N H May dwellings and outbuildings burned Logs partially insured Th TELEGRAPHIC TRIFLES Hunting Down Desperadoes in DeaUi of the Original Uncle lorn Attempt or to cape MONTREAL May desperate was made hy five convicts at Paul penitentiary to escape on Wednesday night After getting out f their they gagged the keepers he leader of the gang took he revolvers from keepers and a ow minutes two guards coming n were set upon by tlie presenting a revolver it the of one oft ho or lered him to surrender Tho other had an iron padlock in his hand weighing seven pounds aud with it truck und fractured his hull so his life is despaired of the matter aud tue other surrendered aud locked up made his escape about a year ago but waa recaptured Rolling PA May delphia Heading rolling mill will shut down to-day for one week on depression in trade aud lack of ders Tho at the Heading ron works who had asked for an ad- vance in wages from to per ton and were refused now offer to re turn to work at the old wages if paid The company holds the matter under advisement The new schedule of wages an at rolling mil reduces the pay of puddlers fifteen t.< twenty cents per helpers three cents per ton i Indian ST Louis dispatch from Santa Fe says tbat the recently re- ported attack by Indians on a pack train neir Sin Augustine is untrue and that tbe killing of cattle a Alamos Borings was done by glers not Indians The cavalry seui out by Colonel Forsythe report no dians in that whole region of country Final NEW ORLEANS May Judge of the United States Court to-day rendered a final decree in tbe case of Myra Clark Gaines vs the City of Orleans giving judgment against the defendant fo with five per cent interes till paid and costs Iu Operation NEW May postal deliveries raided yesterday ar again in operation Actions hav been begun against the managers fo the recovery of penalties The post has been asked fo further instructions May jnr in tUe cuso of Ellis A Phipps th with forgery after being out all nigh returned a verdict of guilty thi Court May returned four indictments agains Lebman clerk of the court charging forgery in issuing witness Lehman was re moved aud arrested Tiro Children Harmed to Death N Y May thi morning destroyed five dwellings two barns aud sheds Two ofM Coho David and Roaa aget four aud two were consumed in th flames Their bodies were found PETERSBURG Va May Pennsylvania legislators who hav been visiting the battle grounds nea Petersburg lett this morning for Point on a special train for tke Mayor WATERBURY Conn May Clark a mechanic has brought sui against Mayor Kendrick criminal intimacy with his an claiming damages lose of the Dramatic Festival at After a Week's Triumph for Against the Company at cago on the Trail of the Bobbers of in Texas New Tork Millionaire in the Bole of a Miners Killed THE FESTIVAL on the charge of libeling Brisbane the wife of his rother It appears the family wag eft a large amount of property and he brothers have been in ver it the past forty years Several uits are still pending in The accused wrote Mrs ane a letter in which he alleged she vas not married to his brother and barged bigamy She has begun suit or against him in this city the accused gave bail to await ie action of the grand jury on the harge tor the Wasson ST Louis May dispatch rom Fort Worth Major Wasson he army paymaster who was robbed n a Pacific train a few nights go is here aiding the detectives in out the robbers Wasson's alise was found near the railroad rack cut open and rifled of its con- ents Two tramps were arrested at who have in their possession 900 in gold notes of large ons which is regarded as a good lue Another man was arrested at who is believed to be one of he robbers It is considered ertain that Wasson was followed by erooks from Galveston who e had money The Entertainments Close AmU Much CINCINNATI May dramatic estival closed to-night with a lon of with the same cast as on Thursday night In the noon Romeo ami Juliet was pre- with Mary Anderson as Lawrence Barrett as was cast as but was excused and his lace taken by Louis James At both the house was crowded Sight performances have been given 0 audiences averaging The success is certain and the association has on hand scenery aud which cost from to It seems to be the general to hold another festival making an improvement on this To-night at the end of the second in the third net loud were jade for Clara After Mury Anderson Barrett and ad responded to repeated calls explained that Misa Morris was sick aud unable to do more er part After the following act Mr E J Miles general manager of he festival was called out aud made 1 ueat nud then that to whom a due the of tbu grand scenic Uect of the festival come out and make n The audience cheered iud Mr Waugh simply Mr Miles for lim Hunting Down U ST Louis May Advices from Van Burun county Arkansas say that section of country is being held n terror by two escaped convict Darned James Miller Thomas who have made an almost part of the Boston tains their refuge and from which hey emerge and commit all manner of depredations on property not even stopping at murder These acts have continued until almost the entire Deputation of that region became and at last accounts a party of twenty men including some of the jest cit zens of Van county under command of Colonel Richard foe started out to the out- laws Should they be found they will be killed on sight but Miller anc Katharine are well armed and most desperate men and it is feared some of their pursuers will be slain before hey are exterminated the sylvania Company CHICAGO May 5 The jury in the circuit court to-day gave a verdict fo damages in favor of William J Connell vs the Pennsylvania com- pany The plaintiff on December 7 bought in Omaha a through ticket to New York over the Balti more roads The Pennsylvania company December 1 bad notified the it would not recognize coupons auc Connell When at East Philadelphia was violently ejected as claimed owing t his refusal to pay his fare The verdict he baa obtained is the same amount as the first verdict i having been set aside on technica grounds A WASHINGTON May Randall hag returned from a visit t Senator Kenna of West Virginia thoroughly impressed with the grea future of that state I dislike to see said he because of state pride but the Kanawha valley of West Vir will soon supply the west will coal I am toid now that Hunting ton's Chesapeake Ohio railroad can not begin to handle its freight Cap ital is pouring into West Virginia Only recently a million of capital has been invested there Rail roads are being built and the rapid development of the state is enal Three Miners Killed KALAMAZOO Mich May Daily Telegraph from ing iu the Like Superior iron region say Two men William am Thomas Tregar were killed at thi Champion mines west of here on tb M P A O railroad last night They were knocked from a skip into th shaft by falling ice aud tc pieces of the pit Harry Barrett fireman at the Mitch ell mine was buried by a run las night It will take at least thiee day to recover his remains The thre leave families A millionaire Blackmailer NBW YORK May Bris bane a millionaire seventy one years of age has been arrested i NEW YORK May newly council of the Irish National eague of America has made lents with Thomas Brennan late of the Irish National land eague of Ireland and honorary ary of the National league which it to organize branches of ie new league iu the United States or purpose he will deliver a eries of lectures in the principal and towns beginning in this ity on the 21st iust A Affair NEW YORK Grant Senator J M Charles A Sumner T J and J H were of the Saturday night club at he Hotel Brunswick this evening n responding to a toast of welcome General Graut referred to Mexico la lowing terms He considered an political and social would be o the of both Republics that ROCK May Hates Judge Parker sentenced V H Finch for murdering William a aw and Emanuel and if Joseph who murdered lud All the crimes were committed iu the Indian Territory aud the will haug June 29 The Convention CHICAGO May a meeting to the action of the Philadelphia Irish convention Alexander au president of the Irish national eague of America was met by a torm of applause He addressed the netting in forcible terms Other followed all ratifying the at Philadelphia Noted Dead MILWAUKEE May says J C Case left to-day or Ky accompanied by wo friends having received a dis- patch that his celebrated stallion Governor had died of at that place The earnings on the turf last yaar were over Hunday Blue Lawn No Mare ALBANY May land has sigued the Campbell penal code amendments which practically repeal what are known as the day blue and which have been so obnoxious to a large class of zens of New York and Brooklyn Brooklyn KrUge NEW YORK May 5 for the trustees of the Brooklyn bridge and the corporation counsel of New York and Brooklyn agree that the bridge cannot be made free for any travel Murder and WORCESTER Mass May this afternoon Frank Mann of ford shot Mrs Mary E Moore of Millbury in James Dean's boarding bouse at Millbury He then shot himself Both are dead The Secret of Carter's Big majority CHICAGO May Cook county crand jury to-day indicted Dunn one of the judges of the recent town election on the charge of ing and falsifying returns Cut to ST PAUL May mot an insane man ol this city while on his way to tbe asylum jumped from the train and threw himself un- der the cars He was cut to pieces Beaten BOSTON May thousand people witnessed the close of the horse vs bicycle race Horsee 921 miles bicycles 899 Hang NBW May Butler colored was banged day at Columbia Caldwell pariah for the murder of George Harris of Peter Cooper NBW May statue of Peter Cooper is to be by lar subscription in the little public square just south of Cooper Union Tom Ont May Josiah Hensan Mrs uncle Tom died age Yellow Fever May from yellow fever the past week
