The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-01-23
TELEGRAHIC.
The Mutt Trial in Pennsylv.
ania. Scenes in the
Court Room.
Brief Biography of Gallatin
County's Constitutional
Framers.
Proceedings of the Third Day
Of the Convention at
Helena.

MINNEAPoLIs, Minn., Jan. IL, 1884
Special telegram to the Bozeman Evening
CHRoSIcLE:-Pretty reliable advices re.
ceived by the Minneapolis Journal this
afternoon states that Robert Harris has
been appointed president of the North.
ern Pacific railroad, and Mr.. Cakes vice
President and general manager. Mr..
Harris is now vlce-President and general
manager of the Erie railroad, and is said
to be very capable and popular man.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Senator Sher-
man offered the resolution that the Sem
ate proceed to the election of a president
pro tenn, of the Senate and nominated
Senator Henry B. Anthony of Rhode Is
land, with eulogistic remarks. Senator
Pendleton moved to amend by striking
out the name of Anthony and inserting
the name of Thomas F. Bayard of Dele
ware. The amendment was rejected and
Mr.. Anthony elected president, which
with emotion in both speech and voice
he declined ON account of his health.
Senator q. F. Edmunds, of Vermont was
then elected. The senate then went into
executive session and adjourned.
At a meeting of the House committee
on the Pacific railroad bill was intro
duced by Anderson, who proposes to
amend the Pacific railroad sinking fund
act to provide that the company is to pay
into the sinking fund annually an
amount equal to one-tenth of the princi-
pal and interest due the government. A
resolution was introduced by Anderson,
requesting the secretary of the interior
to inform the House whether the Union
Pacific company is in arrears in any re-
spect. Ifso, whether he took steps to
enforce the law Referred to a sub-com-
mittee consisting of Thompson, Jordon
and Wilson.
PITTsBURG, Jan. 16-The crowd in at
tendance at the Mutt trial to-day was not
so great owing to the cold weather and
the fact that only those having tickets
were admitted. The prosecution rested
last evening. Mr.. Playford opened for
the defence this morning outlining the
case, which will be made emotional in
sanity. He made an eloquent address
and said the defence did not deny kill
ing, but they would show that the deed
committed, and the past wrongs and
outrages had made such an impression
upon the defendants mind that he was
unable to control his will; they would
prove after the shooting of his father his
liability to mental disturbances, which
was hereditary in his family and which
took strong hold and affected his rea-
son. DR.. Fuller testified that he was the
family physician for II years and had
always believed James mentally deffici-
ent, and inclined to harbor feelings on
emnity until he becamea monomai. He
considered him an imbecile notan idiot,
Mrs. Mutt said James was always a good
boy and much attached to his parents;
she considered him the reverse of men
tally strong; hearing Dukes letter he
became morose and the aquittal of the
former greatly excited him; once when
he came home from town he was very
much agitate1 and said, mother don't
you think that villain Dukes had the
lmpudence to look at me and laugh;"
for week before Dukes was shot he
would scream murder in his sleep and
frequently walked the floor and wept.