Show ruy V TE A ilin ea P maa bai P U A PH jil yil AM me 19 the jury in ir tho the tile gordon case this tilis afternoon afferman absence 0 of a little over an lour bour hour rendered a verdict of murder murder in in the first degree dearee th the tho prisoner was unmoved his counsel asked for a delay in lh order to tile file exceptions and the court adjourned until after atter afternoon noon attorney general williams on a question submitted to him by tho the secretary of the treasury Tica sury decides that a payment mado made by a debtor to a credit creditor gr who has committed an net act of bankruptcy and a against gal gai list whom v 1 om proceed proceedings in bankruptcy have been instituted and pending but who has not yet been adjudge adjudged 11 da a ban bankrupt bupt rupt wil wll not be valid in the event of adjudication of or bankruptcy in such proceedings if payment transpired subsequent to filing the petition therein and that payment made by a debtor to a creditor who is known to ta have committed an act of bankruptcy but against whom proceedings have not at the time been taken is valid in so faras far as it is affected by tile tilo existing bankruptcy laws unusual activity prevails at the washington navy yard and in some of the department departments 5 overtime is being made A large force is at work on tho the steamer shawmut ad classy class three guns belonging to the north atlantic station stat loii and aud the transport paddle wheel steamer is being rapidly ic le paired A large force is engaged in the ordinance department making ammunition an arrangement arra ligament is being entered into between the united states and germany for the exchange of postal cards between the two countries to go into effect the last hist of December tile the arrangement is precisely the same as that with the canadian government the impression is general in official and other circles here today to day i that the spanish government is disposed dis P ased to mako make every effort elfort to settle the impending difficulties and gentlemen who hold intimate personal relations with the president assert their belief that war will not arise from the present complications inas inasmuch muchas as spain through h the castellar government gives gl s that assurance that the demands of this government will be complied with A letter was received today to day from gen longstreet offering the service vice of men to tile the government should necessity arrive artive charleston S C 19 the chamber of commerce ilas lias taken favorable action reg regarding garding the proposed direct railway from chicago to charleston and has appold appointed te d a 1 I committee of arrangements for tile tilo reception of delegates from tile the northwest on the fhe lith of december be BALTIMORE 19 the mass meet ing of or cuban sympathizers at th the e maryland institute tonight to night was wa s tb tart the largest rt and most ent enthusiastic held heid iii in Balti baltimore moro frinco tilice reception lovent NH H 19 lion ilon jno P hale died at nino nine this lils even eveni 1 ing sharkey the convicted murder ef confined in tl the tombs awaiting a new trial escaped today to day in a womans comans garb arh arb to tod toj have been furnished him by thomire tiie tife wiro of tho the notorious wery wo wely alien allen who was nas found ji it his cell duden prees frees frees fre es cs obtained it verdict against ex cx collector murphy in a suit to recover excess of duty paid under protest oil on imported lace by this decision thread jace jaco is lia iia ble to a duty of only thirty per cent instead of or sixty ad caloren valorem va totem lorem exacted up to the plesent present tinie time queen victorias brother in ln law jar ernst duke duko of saxe coburg gotha is coming collim to this country 1 I 1 havo have been received to fit out the monitor roanoke ila lla Ita note for sea she sho sh will bo be ready for sea in a month thomas kinsell one of the editors of tiie tile brooklyn eagle eagie gave bail today to day in to answer a suit against him by thomas W field superintendent of public in instruction at brooklyn for the aileo alleo alleged wed ged misleading of the wife of the plaintiff kinsel denies the tho charge chare char e the til voce dc de cuba expresses sorrow that all hostile enterprises against agaibi t spain find favor with the tile m majority ijo rity of the american press when young crittenden was executed e cu ted tho the american amerlean Ani erlean erieau papers took the tile flame fanic F course as lowi now and und endeavored deavo red to work upon public passions and mercenary tro iro tives it lias has no fear of ari arl any V serious questions arising arnn between khe the tho two countries there thero her ber no just grounds there for tho the fact that american war vessels have been ordered to havana implies noth nothing ilig lilg if nat ly such should be tho the case ease and if unjustly intimidated by superior strength in that case above all other spanish honor will command every ei from abersons her ber sons the says we are strong in bur our 0 own wn right and firm in th the e resolve to comport ourselves und and ind have sufficient Clent elent coolness to hear the american press without return returning hig insult for insult in again stating their threats to intimidate us be cause causa today to day we repeat what we wb said five years ago to the erne erue government save the tile honor of the tho nation come what may ma pa 19 by anex an explosion of sulphur in the mine rear tremont today to day seven men were vete vere horribly burned about tile the lead head and ind face and another named john williamson li amson was instantly Instill itly killed 17 the stakeholder in tile the hogan 1 fight has been hr rested arrested at the tha in instigation sti gation of hogan t charged with L embezzlement because he and loony threatened to give the money ney to alien allen the matler matter matternas was compromised to day by agreeing tore torel to return L to eadi cadi his stake the excy excursion r money has been equally divided th thele is much ill feeling against alien allen whose whereabouts are tire unknown it is reported that he lias has issued a card abusing hogan and withdrawing for ever irom from the prize ring ling I 1 ST LOUIS 19 captain J B eads chief engineer of the st bouls bouis and illinois bridge co lla lia has 13 just returned from europe he has made an ela cla elaborate chabora bora te review and answer to the report of the U S engineers who reported the bridge an obstruction to navigation in i n which lie points out errors in their report his views dro bro are fortified by a communication tion from Mayor brown and nu numbers bers of owners of the largest larget steamers amel amei on the th P river and a others interested in navigation MEMPHIS jemerson jeterson davis returned here hero yesterday after a long illness at louisville the exposition opened here this evening under unfavorable circumstances the eather weather w being quite cold MONTREAL 19 th c investigation into the tho cli ill disaster taster of the steamer bavaria shows that the gear for boiver inythe lifeboats the crew undisciplined and frany irany if any orders were given i by the captain after arter tile the nire fire broke b ro W out they were unheard or uni headed leaded QUEBEC 19 two inward bound ships hips are ashore at st sst anne other disasters aro are reported on the north but no lie particulars the red island islin light sop sap s ija was wrecked during yesterday yesterdays storm the crew were saved the steamer st eaner eauer qu quebec fcc from montreal turned back and went into winter quarters at several shore ports the iver river r is full of ice lec C 20 A washington special to the tribune says that eliat letter on the tho cuban question is interpreted in administrative circle to indicate that he be will make a flussi assault on the administration in the next congress collore 1 14 A care eare careful fill scrutiny is is being made in the treasury department nt ut the tile instance of the tilo secle Secie tiry of state to ascertain the tho degaet status of the steamer Pr ginius and ahe the tho charac terother register its date and alid the tho facts about her sale if she has lost her american register her status will bo be wholly change changed I 1 dand and on this point will rest the tile legality or oi illegality of her capture and right to ille ilie the protection of the american nag hag if she was not an american ship the flying of our flag would give her no more mort right than thin a pirate which might do the tho same game thing a tho the report of the tilo commissioner of internal revenue revo shows the total receipts for tho the year to be one hundred and fourteen millions dollars which essix millions more than was estimated by secretary boutwell the isom commissioner thinks that by hy using a reduced force tile the cost of in the new year will bo be only four fout millions and tile the receipts riot notwithstanding with the stringency 1 ia gency I 1 will be ond one hundred and ten anillio millions ns he ile suggests thata tax on illuminating gas and on legacies and bequests might be restored on the tho ground that the tho repeal in the former case has not lessened the gas bill to consumers and that peo people P ae who wiio get bequests be quests questa cm can afford to pay a tax 0 NEW NEWYORK YORK 2 2 the tile sub ties ury disbursed today to day IA in the tweed trial all tho the raised by graham were overruled bythe bytho by the tho court when lie ha concluded his address which was after recess 1 1 tremaine moved that the pris fris prison er be sentenced on each separate count in the indictment subject anly to such modifications as tile the judge Iii his clemency might make gra hams struggle to avert the penalty asked aked for failing halling lie ile gave 11 his bis emotions tweed himself seemed much affected theun sel having concluded th et eit arg arguments 1 u judge davis said sald it would be unmanly in him to seek to evade an apparent conflict between tile the views expressed on tile the first trial triai of or the prison prisoner erand and those now enter bained by the court he baid said saidee he entered upon the present trial holding inthe views entertained ati aturo tho first trial after stating that by ly the verdict of the jury tho the number of convictions ore oro were ere fifty nifty oserthe one the judge jude said sald r if ifancy any one thinks it is agreeable to nie to pass on eacil each j judgment he is mistaken eh for 1 would gladly have had the acceptance of this position falleson fal fallen eallen lenon on ot other er shoulders I 1 shall not shrink fromi any feeling of its harshness or severity neither will that prevent the performance of my simple duty nevertheless I 1 have power and in pronouncing jud judgment merit I 1 shall endeavor to exercise it so as is to temper justice in some degree with me mercy merey rcy t it is deeply to be regretted that tild the lq legislature c have not provided a lo 10 long iong ng sentence and punishment aoi Joi for oli of blaces fences of this kind in forms and dud fixed the penalties for each offense where committed in dif dlf different lerent forms ddom those which may be impose imposed J by our statutes public off omm meers officers who rob robther people pie by bk appropriating ampro public moneys and who allow others to do go so through their instrumentality ci or connivance are unfortunately in the state of our law not to be boy adjudged felons or lied by imn imm in the state prison but they escape under the tile forms of odi indictment for misdemeanors and are subject for each offense to pay a penalty of pr or a single rear jear in the penitentiary if this was a general genera verdict this would be bb all that the ilo lic court could impose adt notwithstanding that the took for his own use more than a million dollars in the tai lai anner manner described if there had been a gene gone general r 1 I verdict rendered the court could only on 1 y pass p an through the farcical performance for m mance a of rendering judgment in fine and onn years yearns imprisonment for tho the audacious robbery of the city and county of more inore than one oric million dollars but under the verdict tile the court has larger powers which it will exercise ai and ad I 1 hope I 1 with prudence and a due regard regald to tb tho interests of the aublib and the example to be made 11 tweed xa was then ordered to stand up which he be did slowly and on being asked aie afe he lie had anything to say tence should not be pronounced lie lle replied almost inaudibly nothing no thing his counsel adding gjud he has spoken through counsel judge davis then resumed umed aw W IL tweed tarweed you stand convicted by a verdict of a jury of twelve hollest holier al 41 men of a harge large number of crimes charged against you united 9 indictment and that verdict luchi opinion of the bourt 4 have been otherwise without d at lation lalion of the oaths nali winch tul tui th iad ida ejury eif iii bad taken and an uttel 04 regail of the obligations lations underwo under wh ib daley dalex hUiey rented reeked to speak the and arlid the frieg whole truth with all the tiie opportunity f sou qu had had you faithfully performed b your duties to the pub 1162 lie lle to ta win the honor bonor and ano respect 0 of community you saw fit twel to pervert arvert tho opportunity you possessed and the power with which i you were clothed in a manner wicked dioro more infamous and more 6 outrageous 4 tra aou than any instance of a like e character cl which ohp whole history t ory ors of bf the civilized world contains instead of protecting the public 3 you plundered it instead of standing guard where we the law place placed g b you over the fi treasury ehu u ry of or your county you onrey that treasury open not morely merely 1414 loy toy you our own rown rapacity but also to of your associates un instances which makes it 11 apparent that you were engaged in a concerted conspiracy to plunder the tho treasury frea irea surk sury of this county by which 1 ch yourself and your associates in crime crimo erime crime were principally to be bone benc fitted the evidence on this tills subject can leave no manner of doubt ili in the minds of any auy the commencement all was the entering by you on those duties as president ident of the board of audit on the fifth of may the very next day after that your career of plunder d er began and from that day forward consecutively till the whole igo neco tints before that board had beeth audited and certified and warrants issued and money paid the evid evir evidence enbe is conclusive that the whole proceeding was instituted to carry out a concerted plan to enrich yourself and those associated with you a if there was no other testimony that in my judgment would be bo conclusively established by the fact that on an each of these several claims as they were passed and ultimately paid your share of thep the plunder lunde r was clearly fixed axed and prescribed at ht 24 2 t per cent while the tile share of your associates had been fixed at a somewhat similar standard it is impossible to believe that in the distribution of ca which moneys were received on these warm warrants warn ats just 24 14 per er centon each sum should always go be allotted to you without an ali understanding der standing in advance by a concerted ce arted arrain arrangement 11 ement it is in vain to suggest that your trial and conviction have been the result of any partisan feeling or that this fills was after all as one ono of the jurors summoned on the panel expressed it a struggle between the ins ns and the tho outs fouts no the whole struggle has been a struggle between honesty and fraudy between virtue and crime the judge here in vindi bindi cation catlon of the nonpartisan ilon non partisan nature of the prosecution alluded to |