Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-02
Illinois.

l A -C4Gt10 Kings L1N0-k&0Hm@Ae0 Mixed With Mystery i'm His Case. CHICAGO, Got. 1.-Something of romance and something of mystery hangs about the case of Frank R. Sherwin, once dry goods merchant of Milwaukee and then banker of Albany, now the manager and part owner of the Maxwell cattle ranche in New Mexico. The ranche contains two million acres owned by the Maxwell Land Grant company. George B. Carpenter, of Chicago, is secretary of the company and among it's stockholders are such mil lionaires as Cyrus H. Mccormick, Marshall Field, N. K. Fairbanks, L. 2. Setter and others. The ranche is stocked with thou sands of cattle and horses. Sherwin's fron- tier home is magnificent palace, where he lives in princely style. It is said that the stockholders are greatly dissatisfied with Sherwinis management and have given him trouble, but he is still at the head of affairs and as magnificent as ever in his expense. He fitted from Chicago to-day to the consternation- of two Albany officials who reached here to night, but failed to get their hands on him. His family is still at the Fremont House and his wedding tour has been strangely abbreviated. R'It was only question of whether our detec- tiyes or the officers from Albany should have him." said W. B. Pinkerton to-day. T did the best I could for my em- ployer, MT. Knox, Sherwin's bondsman, and acted on the principle of first come first served. If the Albany officials had got the prisoner it would have cost my employer $20, ,0O0.- don't know where Sherwin is, but suppose he is on his way to New York. The bail bonds which are in our hands gave us authority to take Sherwin to New York"
 
 THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Latest Reports About The speakersh1p.
 WAgHNGToN, Oct. Mir. Carlisle's friends now claim to have pledges enough from mem- bers to secure his election on the first ballot As Mir. Randall Selaims the same thing, it is evident that some one has deceived these two candidates. MT. Randall Is said to have re- cently visited MT. TiIden, to have shown him his strength, and to have secured from MT. Tilden the promise of 8 helping hand. A Democratic politician of note, who has just returned from an extended trip through the country, says that the Speakership question will turn upon this issue: If the Democrats decide to make the tariff question the impor- tant point in the Presidential campaign, Car lisle will be elected Speaker; if they decide to avoid that issue in the Presidential campaign, Randall will be elected Speaker.
 Poisoned by Handling Greenbacks.
 WAsHNaToN, Oct. IA number of cases of arsenical poisoning have recently ap- peaEed among the women who count the new ereenbacks in the Treasury department. The fingers are moistened by asponge to facilitate counting, and the moisture brings out the arsenic in tha green dye. The poisoning in some instances has been accompanied by quite serious results.
 The Debt Reduction in September.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The debt statement issued to day shows the decrease of the pub lie debt during September to be $14, TOT, ,229; decrease of debt since January 30. $29. .279,- 671; payments made by the treasury by war rants during September on account of civil and miscellaneous, $5, ,091, ,39O; war, $4. .117,- O18; navy, $1, ,363, 766; interior, Indians, S776, ,56l; pensions, $3,737; total, $11, ,4S2,- 474.
 The Liability of Newspaper Subscribers.
 WASHINGTON, Got. In response to nu- merous inquiries from parties interested the Postofice department has ruled that where publisher sends 8 newspaper to person without an implied or expressed request the fact that the party addressed takes the paper from the postoffice does not of itself create liability to pay for it.