Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-16
EASTERN NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS pIsPATcHEs
Celebrating the Verdict.

Celebrating the Verdict.
WASHINGTON. June 1t.-There was q
80 Gathering of friends OF the star
anta defendants at Col. Ingersoil's to-
-. Iaioors were the acquitted men,
~ o1uusel. and large nainber OF
- ,,,nst intimate friends, many of
.-hrn met and exchanged concratule-
80 ana out in the stree. "A crowd
nnn,bering 900 or 800 persons had gath
nsad n,rtly ont % Curiosity and partly
g e,are.s sympathy. They cheered
T,oarsnll and other counsel. as well az
~ dsfsnd. ants and the jury. and called
Co. soseohes. Col. Ingersoll and Judges
Wilson AMI Carpenter spoke briefly, de-
nonncinc the government for Its tactics
in the star route trials, euioglzIng the
iury which acquitted the defendants,
Ia CONTEMPLATING the latter and their
SENDS TIC crowd indoors and out
80 in fnll sympathy with the speakers |
T,s;5a the house women waved hand |
ta,cbiefs and elappsd their hands, and |
az crowd outside became hoarse in its |
Ills Gen. Brady, J. w. Dorsey, Miner |
and Vale mingled with the groups in 1
"a IngersolFs pariors, and received |
49, CONGRATULATIONS of their friends, /
NJ ! w. Dorsey, Mrs. Peck and half |
am ro.ner. near relatives of the de- |
fsndan.s. moved about, chatting and |
isnghiuc with acquaintances. All the /
-, ,rho have been prominent as with /
&c attendants were present in the |
bonse and the crowd outside was made /
m ~ reople who had been conspicuous
IN The court room during the trial. At |
che conclusion of the speech-making /
Col Isoersoll invited the crowd into tine
bouse. where liquid refreshment was
served. One Of those who came in the
bonsa was iuror Evans. lie was seiZsd
by the hand by Mrs. Dorsey and Mrs.
peck. vino. linking arms with him, en-
Enthusiastically escorted him through the
nerlors, presenting him TO everyone az
ane Of twelve honest neu. After an
bour nr 80 of Handwriting the crowd
disuersed. Ingersoll was asked If he /
had awning to say about the verdict. |
"yietorv is the only revenge want" he |
repliei. II think il IL the most popular |
verdict given in this country for many |
years"
Large salt by a Contractor.
prrrsguag, June 14.--B. j. McGrann,
the contractor who built the Pittsburg
ana Lake Erie Railroad III 1879, will |
enter suit against the company tomor
row for $4,000 balance. which lie
claims il due him on account OF con
struetion. The officers of the company |
state that they hold his receipt in full,
and that when the settlement was made |
on oonpletion of the road he was salts
fied. Since then many imperfections
In the work have been discovered, and /
the company will enter suit against him
for $4,000 damages.
Young shad for Louisiana.
Nrw ORLEANS, june IA car with |
10000 Young shad sent by Professor |
baird. United States Fish Commits |
sioner, for distribution in Louisiana |
waters. arrived today.
Death of Ccnfenarian.
CHATTANOOGA, June IA. G. Jordan |
died near this city aged iOI years.
A Valuable satehe;.
NEW YoRx, June IT. Reuben H. |
Ploss capitalist. this evening left his /
satchel, containing securities worth |
$4,000, on the Brooklyn ferry boat. The |
police subsequently, captnred Owen |
Quinn and James Coulter with the prop
erty in their possession.
A Specimen Mormon.
SAIr LAKE, June i5.-To.day j. X. |
Clinton, a Mormon quarantine physie- |
ian, was before the 3rd district court |
for contempt in refusing To pay the cost |
of a divorce suit brought by his first and
legal wife II short time ago. lie inform
ed his divorced wife that he would rot
in Jail before he would pay the money.
He was given five days in which TO raise
xtA5 or 90 to the Utah penitentiary.
Clinton acted AS surgeon ia the Morri-
site massacre, i'll this terri Org, and was
formerly . police magistrate Of Salt |
Lake, when many Grimes were commit /
ted in the name of justice.
served Him Right.
COLUMBUS, s. O., June 1i.-Brooks |
Robinson, negro boy, has been SEN
tenosd to prison for fifteen years for an
attempted criminal assault on Mrs. s.
Plyes, of Buford township. Troops
were called out Monisy night TO pre-
vent lynohing.
Senatorial Nominations.
CoSconD, N. H., Juno 1.-THE Repub
loan Senatorial caucus has nominated
Edward II. Rollins for United States
Senator. The caucus adopted resolu-
ton that the Legislature should also
choose a Senator for the loAg term. III.
w. Blair was selected on the first ballot.
The entire Republican yots in the Legis-
lature ia 20s. Rollins must obtain 40
more votes than he received in caucus,
and IS above the total number who par
tioipated to insure his return. Seventy
six members absentsd themselves from
the caucus. The Democratic caucus
unanimously nominated Hon. Harry
Bingham, Of Littleton, for Senator, aud
voted 10 oppose the election OF more
than one Senator this session.
Fortified fa Cave.
CwofSsArI, June IA Mount Ster-
ling (kY.l special To the Ne,cs says:
This Inns been the most eventual day IN
the trial OF Barnett and associates.
The streets we're crowded this morning
To see Capt. Pnueh and ten soldiers
start to arrest James NJ srrisons, Bar
nett's son in law, and John Profit as
ACCESSORY. These men have fortified
themselves in a cave in Menafee county
with ak armed friends, and say that
they will not be taken alive. lie cases
Of VIM. Hodge and VIM. Broift are con
tinued till tomorrow. Barnetts brother
has been released as innocent. William
Cortrirht and James Ballard, charged
with the murder of Holton, were
brought la by the deputy sheriff.
Fears OF Mob.
The commercial Gasette's Cattissburg,
Ky., special says that the Sheriff has
been ordered by the Judge TO provide T.
guard sufficient TO protect VIM. Dere!y
from the violence of mob, as rumors
are current that he will be taken from
the Jail and lynched. Derely will be
defended at the preliminary examina-
ten tomorrow. His absence from Ash
land after the murder was not the
cause of any suspicion, and he returned
and worked some time for bricklayer
there. He says he did not know the ma
ture Of his arrest until his arrival here.
Il il said that Fanny Gibson had no
bracelet, nor did the other girl. and this
breaks one OF the strongest links IN the
chain of circumstances relied upon to
AZ Derely's guilt.
VIII Not Take Sides.
cnrlao, June IA In an interview
to-day Alexander Sullivan, president OF
the Irish National league of America,
said there was no truth in the report
that that body proposed TO espouse the
cause Of protective tarid in American
politics. He asserted that il would take