The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-06-03
Telegraphic News.

NEW ORLEANS, May 29.-The dis.
trict attorney to-day filed information
against five persons, who were arrested,
as accessories to the buring of the cot.
ton on the ship Iron Cross. The pris.
oners will be arraigned Monday.
WHEELING, w. Va, May 29.-Petel
King, Jr., was executed at Woffield
yesterday for the murder of David
Trunbly in September last. The with.
ings of the murderer on the gallows
were horrible.
NEW ORLEANS, May 29--The inter.
state rowing regatta, under the man.
agement of the st. Johns Club, prom.
Uses to be the most interesting event oil
the kind ever held in the South.
Ample arrangements are made for en-.
tertaining the visiting crews. The fol.
lowing have arrived: Pensacola double
scull, Cohoes double and single, Shoe
waccsmettes four and Hillsdale -four
and double. The Burlington four will
arrive Sunday morning. In addition
to the above, crews from five or six 10.
cal clubs are entered. The various
races commence on Wednesday on lake
Ponchartrain, over one of the very best
courses known, being free from cur
rents.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.-Last night
the workIngmen, headed by q band,
escorted Kearney from his house to the
Sandlots, where very large crowd
gathered. He addressed them in his
usual style, announcing his intention
of taking up the agitation where be
had left it and making it more bitter
than ever.
NEW ORLEANS, May 29.-Oshaugh-
messy, coffee house keeper, arrested
as accessory in the Iron Cross srson
case, in his statement corroborrating
the testimony of Melia and others as to
Johnson's management of the job, says
johnson, in his presence, offered MelIa
$3.50 to fire the cargo; was present
when Melia made an effort after the
fire to collect the money from johnson
was also present when both Melea and
Symonds demanded their money from
johnson, who, however, only paid
small sums to Melia, fearing, if he paid
the whole amount agreed upon, he and
Symonds would run away and not swear
in favor of the tugboat Ella Wood. 1t
is stated that there is also some evil
dence in the hands of detectives that
the Iron Cross affair was not the first
job of the kind managed by johnson.
The trial is fixed for Thursday. 1t is
believed that the state has sufficient
evidence TO convict all accused.
LONDON, May 29.-The fourth boat
Of kha Rrtf;oh NJ oil ofaon,ar
which foundered on the way from
Southampton to Cape Good Hope, ar
rived at Madeirs on the 9Th. The
missing boat only contains one quar-
termsster and four seamen of the
steamer. :.
ST.. PETERsBURG, May 29.-All sem
fences of Nihilist prisoners at the Wei
mar trial have been committed. Mic
taeloff and Saburoff have been con-
denne1 to twenty years at labor IN the
mines respectively. DR.. Weimar and
Trostehsuky were sentenced to ten
years each at labor in fortress. All
other sentences were greatly reduced.
GHEET, May 29.-An explosion of
powder mill occurred at Wetheren,
eight miles southeast of here, by which
several persons were killed or injured.
LONDON, May 29.-The sixtieth an
niversary of the birth OF Queen Vic
toria was celebrated to-day in the usual
ToRoNTo, Ont, May 29.-The
boiler of the steam saw mill of Nc
Cauley & JARVIS at Winnipeg, ex-
ploded yesterday. causing the death |
Of one man and the injury Of sew
eral others.
LARAMIE CRY, May ga large |
body Of Indians are reported near the
illinois creek. The entire party, men,
women and children, numbering about
thirty-five, at Holden's camp, packed
NJ and retreated to Pinkams, in the
north end of the Park, where they are
fortified. They are poorly armed, and
great fears are entertained for then
There are about 700 miners and pros
pectors IN North Park, and the Indians
viii probably kill many d them before
hey get together IN sufficient numbers
10 Oppose them
NEy YoRk, May 2s.-The weekly