Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-15
News by Telegraph FR0M ALL QUARTERS. TWELVE MEN CHOSEN TOTRY THE STAR ROUTE
 CASES. "A Score Of Children Plunge Through the Ice While
 Skating. A MINING HORROR IN VICTORIA. Twenty-Five Bodies Taken
 From the Wreck.
A MINING HORROR IN VICTORIA.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The Star Route Trtal-selection of rhe
 Last JKror-The Case Opened by the
 Prcsseution-Tne Day's Happenings at
 the Capital
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Michael Harrigan
 was sworn eleventh juror and Edward c.
 Gill as twelfth juror to-day, thus completing the Star route jury. Juror Gill stated to the
 court that he was biased, and Colonel Inger-
 soll for tho purpose Of testing the question
 peremptorily challenged him. The court
 overruled the point and exceptions were
 noted. Foreman Crane then stated that the
 Eyening iStor had published an article saying
 that the prosecution had been victimized in
 his selection. This statement created sen-
 sation, and Colonel Ingersoll put in the re-
 mark that it was done at the outset of the
 trial to terrorize the jury. Colonel Bliss
 then began the opening arguments. He had
 not concluded his argument when court ad-
 journed.
 Mr. Ker of the prosecution said to- day that
 the government was well satisfied with the
 jury, that it was intelligent and he believed
 honest. In regard to the length of the trial he feared it would be as long as the first one and that a verdict would not be reached until sometime in January.
 MT. Alex. Mcclure, of Pennsylvania, ar rived here to-day and expresses the opinion I the Republican party in Pennsylvania are in 8 fair way of being settled.
 special circular letter has been sent to all free delivery postoffices in the United States, calling upon them to furnish at the earliest practicable moment a comparative statement of the receipts of their offices for the six months ending December 31, 1SS1- '92. The object of this is to discover wheth- CT the revenues are as large as estimated. The result may have direct bearing on the ! question of reduced postage if not reached ! too late.
 Jn the Dickson case this morning Mir. Smith outlined his cross examination of Brewster Cameron, and said he was prepared to prove that he had been engaged to trap ! jurors, and employed many disreputable men for that purpose. The court ruled that Smith must confine inquiries to Dickson's connections in this case. Cameron's exa mi l nation occupied the entire afternoon. The annual report of Comptroller Knox, commissioner of the Freedmens Savings bank, presented to Congress, shows the receipts of the year to have been $455, 334.- S2. The amount paid on dividends during ] the year was $37, ,730. 80, distributed among 21 J 1S3 persons. The commissioner hopes to pay final dividend of about per cent in the spring and he asks Congress to allow him to dispose of any remaining balance by pro ] rata distribution among the holders of claims presented since the neted time. He also ommends the passage of the Lynch bill pro- vlding for the reimbursement of the credi- tors of the banks for losses incurred by the ! failure. He estimates that $96O, ,OOO will be l required for that purpose.
 The House Foreign Affairs committee will | hold meeting to- morrow to consider tho question of abrogating the Hawaiian treaty l which allows raw and semi-refined sugars to ! enter this country free.
 i Secretary HineeIRa.,-'ss asked te day day ly 3
 reporter regarding the published statement ! that he had been tendered the mission to \ Great Britain and answered "I have not heard of it myself''
 Ex-Marshal Henry leaves for Ohio tonight
 without making any opposition to the con-
 firmation of MacMichael his successor. He ! says the stories that he intended to make any | fight against MacMichael or retain the place l for himself are entirely without foundation.