Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-20

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be examined by the United States
commissioners. Wilson said the ar-
rest was for nn election oilcnsc but
would give the prisoners no more def
mite information of the charge against
them. Bail was offered for the prison.
ers. Wilson refused IL giving a. "a
reason that 10 do so would deprive him
of his mileage. Great indignation was
caused by the proceedings. The pris-
oners are all Democrats.
Eagnn on Ireland.
Waterbury, Conn, March 1S.--At
| the close OF "A lecture on st. Patrick,
by Father Lilley of Ohio tonight,
Father Walch introduced Patrick Ea-
| gan former secretary of the Land Lac-
gue,as the little man who made the
| British lion tremblc. Eagan said Ire
| land Is to-day in the hands of the most
brutal and cOercivc foe, who IL hang
! ing innocent men, bayonetting women
and shooting children. England is,
he said, with her spies, informcrs and
packed juries, trying t. crush out the
natural life OF Ireland, but there h a
new Ireland on this side of the A tan-
tic which she cannot tfamplc out and
which will hold her to "A recognition for
the crimes committed at home. He be-
iIiN'b lIflhlifi n lpuI IltEIih VI 6llNtiH
was approaching its dawn and'ihat
measures for her national indepen-
dcnce would be successful.
Brutal Murder.
Boston March lS.--In Watertown
about eight miles from here Mrs, Carrie |
ton was murdered in the hallway of !
her own house about 1870 last night. |
The door bell rang aud Mrs. Carleton |
ar hn. a
10 see the visitor, stepped uDon the I
body OF her mother 40 the foot Of The /
stairs. Her skull was crushed with n
large rock. Officers are looking for
her husband, % liquor dealer OF Boston. /
Mrs. Carleton WIS dirty years old, lad I
two children and was far advanced ian
pregnancy. Her husbands name Is |
Edward Carleton.
Carleton arrived at Waterfowl about
midnight and then first learned OF the 4
murder. a friend here says Carleton
didn't leave Boston for home until
10 O'Clock no night.
Americans III Prson.
Capt, Dicknan, Of thesteamer Foley,
ut this port from Aspin wall reports that
four Americans, II. r. Leevis, &. III.
Barnes, i. ID. Scott and Alex stewart,
have been inCarGe.ated at Panama
upon the suspicion of being engaged IN
the robbery nom the vaults OF the Pam
ama Railway Go, of$50, 000in gold coin,
shipped in two kegs. Scott ana Lee
Wis say they left Panama the day after
the robbery for Aspinwall on business.
Arriving at Aspinwall they met stew
art and the three were arrested at Great
fast. They were taken to Panama
and imprisoned. Barnes was arrested
afterwards Their baggage was
searched but no gold
found, The four prisoners adj
dressed n protest 10 the United
States Government declaring they are
Innocent and asking redress They
say they have not been given hear.
ing.
The Diamond Mines.
Braidwood, H., March Is. IA large /
number oi people gathered at the Dii- |
mond mine to-day. Only few feet |
OF water remained to be pumped out |
and the bodies are expected to come
to the surface Mt any time. Hinged I
boxes, which iall Hat by the removal |
ola PIN for handling the corpses when
recovered, were sent down from Braid f,
wood to-day.
General Notes.
Philadelphia, March -Superin- |
tendent Snowden Of the mint SAYS the |
dies for the altered design OF the new |
tive cent pieces will not he ready for /
two or three weeks. The altered coin |
could not be issued till the nickels now |
III circulation could be called In Col |
onel Snowden gees 10 New Orleans to /
investigate the circumstances con-
nected with the issuing ut the New
Orleans mint of the gold coin found
below the standard by the assay com.
missioner who reported it to the pres
ident.
Chicago, March lS.-rhe exeeutiv
board of the Mississippi Valley Anna
tour Rowing Association have decided
that the annual regatta II TO be held ut
Pullman July - aud - next Prizes
aggrcgating 100000 are to be offered
and thirty-livo clubs will compete.
Maurice Nignans and VIM. Sexton
are here and viii Mt once begin to
practice for the great Balklinc tourna-
nen,, beginning the 10Th instant,
pe'Wer, Col, March lS,-~This even
ing at Red chr II small mining camp
near Leadville, n man named Mans
field shot aud instantly killed his wife
and then put bullet through his own
head. Cause iealously.
washington, Mhfcn lS.--lnc annual
meeting of the American Trust Society
WAS held this evening, Justice Strong
presiding The secretary presented n
report showing the total receipts Tor
the year SS7S,0Do, expenditures S86S,.
600, donations and lcgacies Sl00, 400.
81. Louis, March lS,--One of the Sc.
veresl changes IN the weather which
has taken place this wiater, occurred
here this evening, The mercury this
afternoon marked seventy-seven de.
grees. At II o'clock tonight il had
fallen below freezing point, with near
~ an inch OF snow ON the ground. Re-
ports from Omaha and other points in
the northwest. Fay the mercury N all
the way from zero TO seventeen de-
grecs below.
Foreign Notes.
London, March Is. IL Is stated Par.
nell started Tor Paris yesterday even
ing.
Paris, March Is up to $3.50 O'clock
in the afternoon the day haSNeutl even
quieter than usual There has boon
nothing unusual done at Champ de
Mars where the mcetinglof communists
was announced to take place, or NJ
Pere In Chaise cemetery where many
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