Show BY TELEGRAPH i f b s a P PEB reb ua AMERIC AMERICAN N 1 17 argument wag wab begun in ue vio united states supreme pime court ourt to day in il a caso case which may prova t bo be of much rauch interest and importance to all milers who make what is known as aa 91 patent process faur flur fl yur the case ii ia that of robert IA downton a appellant nt against the Yerger boillin milling C company in which comee come here on aureal appeal from of the united states of the eastern district of mis bourt couri it itina is a suit brought for in of patent granted april 20 upon an improve 1 process of manufacturing flour b crushing the grain between rollers among the tho defences fences de bet pet up by the yeager milling COM company pany PaDy la 13 that Downton down la patent parent is vaid for want of novelty in invention if the do de casion of the court should turn upon this point rather than up in one of the many other points of law in would settle settie the ques the validity of the patent case and would be ba one of much im sance pince most moat of the larger mills of the country have substitute subs li tut ed rollers for stones and are nie now manufacturing patent process flaur flour the board of managers of the national home for disabled volun Volan volunteer teer soldiers met at noon to day at the arlington hotel the foll following omm off meers officers were elected for the ensuing year Prep president ident gen W B franklin fira vice vlee president col coln coil L A harrie harris of ohio second vice dent gen john A martin bas sab secretary gen M F hon bon york the resignation of gen W 8 S tillon 0 governor governor over nor of the home at augusta me I 1 was accepted and general L stevenson jr of was elected 8 K towle of concord wag was elected burgeon surgeon of the southern home at rA hampton va tho tha other buel buei nors norb of the board wai wag of a routine character charle charae tar the board leaves here to tb morrow to visH ulo Uio soldiers home at hampton Ham pion va the national ional academy of sciences met this afternoon in the national museum twenty six sis members were present presents including some bome well known scientific moa mon of the country prof 0 C marsh vice president t was in tha the chair and prof aap asaph hall acted noted as aa e secretary ecret ary the acad emy amy will remain ln in session until friday the principal charges against architect hill ve are general charges of corruption fraud and extravagance against a ring in the archi sects composed of absi Assi secretary french architect hill assistant architect jacobs A G thompson wm A eow pow B F lit bit li ittle litle tf gannon church jordan bartlott Bartlo nartie tl robbins bobbins co and others also that hill corruptly a ad I 1 ninia tern tera his hig against the interests of the united states and that contractors known to be guilty of fraud are ara especially favored the supervising architect having been largely overpaid by managers and othen other corruptly Lenell benefited ted and that employee have used government time tiffie and material in the design and construction of nf private dwellings among the witnesses names dames are those these of secretary folger senator dawes and A B mullett the four charges preferred against mr hill by A B mullet formerly supervising arch I 1 gene ral mismanagement on the part of mr hill in connection with the at philadelphia ani the customhouse custom house houe at chicago ban SAN 17 tucson dispatch A special to the star from Calab usaa tonight to night states that thata a prospector was chased within three miles of that place this evening the town is surrounded surround td by camp tins tinb and signaling pigna ling has haa been going on all day from the mountains the citizens were mounted and awaited an attack A E tram from camp Is ia on bu the way with troops ca caal p L blacks rangers arrived today he belays sayo hayo they traced the indiana who hilled killed mccomas into tho the sierra madre Mounia mountains lna ina chihua chihun hua hus twos Two bouts smuts got get in bight eight of their camp in ID a deep canyon and counted 62 warriors they observed a large amoun amount t of plunder and a gnat grest many sni an mais imala they reported this dis dit discovery covery to capt black but as the rangers numbered but twenty they feared to return and make an attach attack 1 I NEW YORK 17 cable to tho the world from london the mel mea message csage of the emperor william to the beich reich reichstag blag stag calling for legislation in the interest of the working classes excites as ag much uneasiness here hi lun official circles as at berlin for the reason renson that it Is believed to io be inspired by distrust dla dia of 0 the existing government of france and to cover a military pro gramme which will pretty certainly be carried out uvon ulon the first symptom of earious political disturbances in france I 1 have it on the best beat authority that thit under orders from berlin a fortnight ago six divisions of german imperial cavalry and four army corps have been got in into t a rei diness to crops the french frontier in three days the home force irritates provoking overt disturbances among the german working cla classe esea but as ai any such attempt would be disastrous to the people it Is not likely it will be made the real danger of europe at thi thia i moment is at paris where the men in authority beim seem beem to be en incapable of understanding the danger to which they are exposing not only the peace of the continent but the very existence of their own country 17 the annual rep report of the american iron and steel association shows a large do de crease in the production of iron rails in 1882 over 1881 and a small decrease in the production of open hearth steel rails and cru crucible bible bibie steel ingots ingols tn in all aher articles there was an indrea increase e jn in 1882 1883 over 1881 with the single exception of pi pig giron iron however the increase was in no in stance stano large and even in pig iron only 11 per cent the iron and steel imports of 1832 made a total of it Is tons value of 0 our iron an and d B steel tee exeor exports ts t that h at S year jear ear our pg pig iron production in 1882 was obtained in twenty six states and utah territory and of the total of tons pennsylvania produced ton tons nage of iron vessels built during the year tons the largest in our history his hib tory BOSTON 17 the failure yesterday of james marshall co iron pipe manufacturers was wag the nil nii im top W of commercial and financial circles to day the liabilities arel are considerably heavier than reported and will not be less than of this amount la Is to marshall brothers the assets will cover all but the heaviest losers loners are mark watson of this city brother in law of james marshall Hag haggett pett hanna co furnace men uniontown Union town pa marshall brothers philadelphia deavid g goo to be divided among the fair I 1 chance furnace co fayette brown receiver of brown browa bonnell bonne co youngstown ohio dunbar pa furnace company and rock hill furnace furnaca company almost egery every bank of this th la city held the firms nirma paper but all were secured and will not lose ioe loe a dollar the failure was wab the result purely of lallon and the condition of the iron trade wab wag in no way responsible ALBANY N Y 17 mayor edson made an argument before the judiciary committee of the legislature today to day in favor of hia hla bill clothing the mayor with the power to appoint the chiefs of departments and commissioners and depriving the the tho board of aldermen of the right to confirm nominations the mayor said the present system Is demoralizing and dangerous to the public lu interest teresta because an agreement between the mayor and the present confirming power must necessarily be based upon compromise and concession this thia has bas been the case for the past 10 or 1 12 1 years and during this period very few appointments hava havo been made mado except such as were the result of political combinations and bargains such as demoralize the pa public alic service au an i deteriorate ter teri orate the charac character ter of the public servants new york yorka 17 the republican central committee has adopted resolutions inviting suggestions from all parties desirous of forming one harmonious and earnest organization of the republican party paty in the city the committee to receive gest ies report a plan of reorganization it includes john obrien col chas spencer W dowd lloyd aspinwall chauncey M depew TheoD Theo wight Dwight and hugh H hastings 4 tings MILWAUKEE hilt AliT satt sait n 17 geo scheller schaller Bc heller helier accused of betting setting file to the newhall house honse on the morning of january loth was yesterday acquitted by the jury five ballots were taken and only ono ona juror was for conviction all that time and he finally gave in because judge mallory instructed a ted that if there was any doubt in his mind he must give the pria pris oner the benefit of that thit doubt doub the court couri courtroom room reechoed echoed re with cheers when the tho verdict was waa announced cincinnati 17 judge hoadley ot of city cit yand sand winchester britton britten of Bro brooklyn oldyn new york counsel for mrs mra katherine 0 sprague sent from here a letter to the editor of the vindicator Bt staunton aunton tons va referring to the statement in that paper march 16 th in which gov sprague was represented as having said bald he be brought suit against mrs sprague asking for divorce won wun ton the ground of adultery that she answered charging him with thessie the same 0 offense te nse that afterwards she bhe with drew her charges against him but his remained and he was grant ed a divorce on the ground named in his jils petition counsel say bay they can hardly believe it possible that such a perversion of facts could be made they ask the editor of the vindicator to publish the facts as they are injustice to mra mrs sprague they then recite that mrs mra sprague brought sult bult for divorce in rhode island chargi charging Bg adultery cruelty and failure to support he answerer ans by a cross crosb bill charging her with adult adultery ery she prepared proof to support all her al legat le gaRons rons tons but on the trial governor sprague and nd his counsel connee proposed it if mrs airs sprague would waive waiva proof as to his he would withdraw his petition and permit the case to proceed on the milder charge nonsupport bup eup port the proposition wa wab accepted aud aad a decree was wab granted mrs sprague on this ground and ehe bhe was given custody of the three younger children the other child being under the laws of rhode island not subject t to the control of the court in view of all the fact e counsel say they have advised mrs sprague to avail herself of the permission of the court to resume her maiden name 18 throughout 1111 lill nola yesterday 48 cities and towns voted apen upen the liquor question in balloting for nauni rauni municipal cipal officers seventeen declared for prohibition or anti antl and 31 declared for license and of the latter six were for high license four towns ignored the baloon question and voted on s straight raught political issues BOSTON IS 18 so A lC ennedy kennedy the trusted clerk of U 8 page co pawnbrokers pawn brokers was today to day arrested on a charge of the fhe embezzlement of desver denver colorado IS 18 the tue tuc eon stars starts special from Calaba Cala caia basis sis als arizona bays says prospectors were chased within three miles of that place last eve evening aning laing by apaches apache and that the town Is surrounded rounded bur eur cam camp p fires and signal signalling sign alling lInk have been going on all day in the neighboring mountains the citizens are mounted waiting the attack A special train from camp Hua chico is ia coming with troops the el paso times says bays edi edl editor tori torl ally general crook will have the supreme command of ond one hundred and fifty san carlos carios apaches Apac hea bea and move on sono sonora r i a the most vigorous campaign will be immediately com commenced menord both american and mexican omm off meers leers believe that 0 only annihilation will make reace peace coeel ble bie 17 the corner of vanderbilt and park avenue brooklyn was the decene of a horrible murder this afternoon the murderer diedrich Ma hanken banken has a grocery at the corner where the shooting occurred and the victim dietrich steffens Ste flens was a large beer dealer at va wyth street for a long time had been paying attentions tent ions to anna annn doscher mahan kens bens ken a niece and who resided with him hirn and family over the store visited miss doscher to whom he was engaged to be married man anken was very suspicious of him and beli bell believed ewed emed hu her war waw unduly intimate with his hla wife his hla wife knowing his hia jealousy got miss doscher to move to a friends frienda fr lends house and requested to stay away the tue murdered man was delivering goods opposite Ma Mah ankenb hankens store this ibis afternoon after noun and crossed the street in answer to a call from a friend he had bad hardly reached the sidewalk approached holding in his hla hand a revolver and with out a word ho he fired five shots at four balls dalis entered his bis head the fifth his hia left brahst dropped dead vas aa arrested the broel stockholders holdena ho idera of bf the mutual union telegraph company met today for we tuie purpose of ratifying the bersa of the lines of that company to the western union company there were represented by owners in person or by proxy shares of stock and the vote in favor of ratification was unanimous at the tewksbury examination today to day days a former in mate gave jeome startling and disgusting testimony concerning the treatment of the inmates washington 18 capt chanc chabo mcconnell fifth artillery was wab relieved today to day because of disability incurred Incur redIn in the ee bervice service arvice the commissioner of the general land omea office today to day denied the application of peter of california for the survey and nud patent to certain tracts of land within the city limits of 0 bu hsu francisco the count of cash in the treasury will be finished finh tinh bed hed tomorrow to morrow the will then examine the books and accounts nhe the commissioner of internal revenue nas nag decided to redeem stamps and return them to owners with the word redeemed imprint ed on each check and all checks and drafts bearing two cent internal revenue stamps which remain unused on july let the checks and drafts abw can be used in the regular course of business busin ees eeb A report hab hag been received by the national board of health that the cholera which prevailed to analar an alar ming extent in china japan abw and fndia india some bome tima time ago had disappeared A report has also been rec received elved that smallpox is raging ragina jn bio rio do janeiro second comptroller upton has rendered a decision on the question of longevity pay allowance in uhe the army which Is in enn eff effect act that the theme these e allowances ate aie to le be computed from the dates of acceptances of the appointments point ments mente and not from the dates of the appointments the amount of bonds redeemed under the circular in regard to ro re payment of bonds embraced in I 1 n the one hundredth hundl edth call is thib this call was for nitten fitten millions and the treasury circular authorized prepayment of the entire amount on or before today to day the call will mature may int postmaster general gresham today I 1 directed direct td that in making post poat appointments in ili mississippi the recommendations of orex exon ex oon con on gres gressman gressmen swan dwan chalmers iball be given no greater weight than may by properly attached to them as recommendations fons |