Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-12
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. DRAWING THb PAhEL. Selecting Jurors to Try Star Reuters. AUSTRIA PREPARING FOR WAR, Great Activity Among the Military
 Authorities. TROUBLE BREWING IN RUSSIA, HzigEa Handed Work of tF,e
 HsevOEtati0nists.
TROUBLE BREWING IN RUSSIA.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The Star Ikoute Trial-A Continuance
 for Dorsey Again Dented-The Selection
 of Jury Begun-The Days Doings
 About the Capital.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-In the Star route cases this morning, upon assembling, Juror Chew was excused on account of illness, and the court directed that another name be drawn to complete the panel. All the de- fendants were present. A motion for sev- erance and continuance in the case of s. ". Dorsey was overruled by the court, and
 Judge Wylie directed that jury be called.
 When Franklin Barrett was called for exami- nation as juror he said he had an opinion
 partial to one side, but not such one as to prevent him from rendering verdict in ac- cordance with the evidence. Defendant s
 counsel persisted in asking Barrett whether
 he had read the recent letter of Attorney
 General Brewster to the President, but the
 court ruled such questions out and said he
 would follow a recent decision of Chief Jus
 tice Waite in which the doctrine WAS laid
 down that slight impressions which would
 yield to evidence did not constitute a sufi-
 cient objection to juror. Without accept
 ing rejecting Barrett the court adjourned
 The annual report of the surgeon general
 of the marine hospital service recommends
 the establishment of adequate hospitals at New York, Norfolk and Savannah. It also speaks highly of the examination of pilots for color blindness, and says pilots now better satisfied as to the efficiency of the tests applied.
 Secretary Teller to day transmitted to the Senate in answer to Senator Vests resolu- 1 tion, the contract entered into on September l, 1882, between Carroll F. Hobart, of Da kota, and Rufus Hatch, of New York, witE the Secretary of the Interior for the lease o1 the Yellowstone Park. The lease covers GO, 900 acres of ground. The lessees are per
 mitted to build telegraph lines and hotel l establish stores and travelling stations and make many other improvements. The lease is for ten years, rent $2 an acre and the for felt SIC, 1000 for failure of fulfillment of the contract. Senator Vest will oppose the con tract in the Senate.
 The joint committee on shipping held an other meeting this morning, but failed tC reach conclusion on the matter of free ships. The committee is divided on the point of whether or not the rebate on mate 1 rial shall be made as it goes into the ship o, l as 1t comes from lthe forge in it's unfinished 1 state and upon this there will be majority ! and minority report. The committee vii meet on Wednesday.
 l The House Appropriations committee will to lAoiAoH LcpOAt tAc IoStOiACS Dlli ahLu Itthe I up for consideration the military academy bill. Tomorrow tho House Committee or 1 Agriculture will report the appropriation bill l for the agricultural bureau. It will be de- crease of about $3O, 900 from last year. This decrease is made by the suspension of tests I and experiments of cotton, tea, sugar and l some other articles.
 l Ninderman closed his testimony before the Jeannette court of inquiry to day. No fur l ther information of general interest was elcited save statement by Ninderman tha 1 the crew always respected Collins an off 1 cer and trusted him as such. If there were l any difference or trouble between Collins anc other officers witness did not know of it 1 The court will now view Ninderman's testi
 mony and on Thursday resume the examina
 tion of witnesses with putting Noros next or l the stand.
 Secretary Lincoln receivedsa telegram iron 1 the Marquis of Lorne at San Francisco ask 1 ing Q detail of ten United States soldiers tc
 accompany him and his party in their con templated tour through Texas. The Secre l tary granted the request, which it is learned 1 was asked because of the discovery of plo by Indians to kidnap the Marquis and tn l Princess Louise and hold them until the Eng fish government paid large ransom for thei release