Show BY TELEGRAPH PEU WESTERN UNION UN A X IE R I 1 C AL N CHICAGO CHiC Atio LI il iu ILL tae me trial this morning the state introduced a little evidence impeaching spies testimony as to his h is ill treatment by the police land jand this his declaration that the alleged bomb thrower could not speak english in the argument by assistant states attorney walker the speaker said the defendants though anarchists were fin en titled to f fair air treatment and trial dundei the law which they tried to throttle but if guilty of the monstrous crime they deserved punished like other criminals would be for the same offense the defendants bad every one been proven guilty of one of the most shocking and heartless crimes inthe in the nations history and their punishment should be adequate with the crime three speeches were to be made by the defense and two more by the prosecution SAN FRANCISCO ii 11 the officers of the third irish regiment at a special meeting last night decided to offer their services to president cleveland in the event of complications with mexico CHICAGO 11 continuing his speech at the opening of the afternoon session mr walker defined the law of the state in relation to accessories and said the conviction of any one of the defendants was authorized by law though he was not present at the place of the commission of the crime nor had bad ever agreed that the crime was to have been committed at that time the fact that he had advised or encouraged EL ed the of sul such ot a crime through a speech tech at public meetings or through published articles or private conversations made him an accessory walker spoke with contempt of the efforts ot of certain defendants to base their hopes of ef acquittal upon the ground that they were not present on the haymarket when the bomb was thrown andl and characterized them as leaders in the conspiracy to commit murder he then read from instructions to the defendants on the witness stand advising them first to save themselves it if possible for future deeds and if that proved impossible to use their position in the witness chair to teach the principles of revolution this said the speaker was the course followed by parsons finding no loophole for er escape he turned the witness stand into the stool of propaganda 11 walker was rewarded with a murmur of applause from the audience andi ence when he be referred raf erred to spies speech at grand rapids on birthday said sa id the speaker spies compared himself to george I 1 washington Vas hington and said there will be a revolution in 1886 when the eight hour law reaches its climax geor george ge washinton washington ton led a revolution ol if he had failed he would have been punished if I 1 fall fail I 1 will be punished there are 1000 3 revolutionists in chicago chicag ro they are known by number and not fiot name any can lo jo n by application walker then read from the testimony of witness wilkinson who swore that spies told him a revolution would occur on the first of may or about that time does not this asked the speaker look like conspiracy walker devoted some time to an editorial article in the alahn which closed with the words the social war has come whoever is not with us is against us does this look like conspiracy asked the speaker the editor of the alarm was parsons the defendant walker dwelt at some length on spies speech at the mccormick strikes during the progress of which a large number of the audience broke away and joined iu in the riot in which several persons were killed and wounded then said aid the speaker spies went back to the arbeiter office believe believing 1 nl that he had new converts at his back and wrote the editorial containing the sentence had they been provided with good weapons and one dynamite bomb not one of the murderers would have escaped I 1 I 1 I 1 at this point walker read the celebrated Rev revenge engell circular in which the word and sentiment revenge is the inducement held out oat to the reader of the circular to attend the meeting and the p purpose ose was to revenge the victims IF 01 the bloodhound police does this look like a conspiracy to in burder the police asked the speaker I 1 land and is there no significance in the fact that spies called the revenge meeting to meet on the haymarket the very place designated to reporter wilkinson us as the location ot of the commencement of the social r revolution walker was still speaking when the court adjourned DENVER august 11 an el paso special to the associated press says the impression is gaining ground in el paso that the cutting case will be the subject for diplomatic correspondence for some months to come and that meanwhile the prisoner will not be released A good deal has been said the last few days about the defenseless fen seless condition of el paso in case of a sudden attack by the mexicans but there is really no cause for alarm there are a few hundred troops in paso del norte but they heem eem sullen fled fied and ready to desert pt at the first chance on the other hand el paso contains sonae some splendid fighting material poter lai and could raise in an amerl emergency a thousand armed motis men wa who 9 fw 9 01 M BJ W ap top the mexicans might bring against it and until help could arrive but these will probably be idle specula speculations tiDus as the whole disturbance seems beems to be quietly simmering down CITY OF MEXICO august II 11 public sentiment liere heie regarding the cutting case is still aroused owing largely to the threats of war from the state of texas in an interview toay to feay ay a european diplomat said the united ignited states and mexico certainly should be able to settle the case in dispute even if they have to resort to friendly arbitration tra tion it is certain that the state of has as good a right to her peculiar code as has france from which country chihuahua took her example it is not likely that thab the united states in a case of a similar kind with france would make a peremptory demand tor for the release of her citizen the united states view of this case will wall not be the view of european countries st louis IX 11 the following interesting est iii account of the teelin g in the diffrient parts of af mexico regarding legard mg the cuttin cutting affair is telegraphed from laredo exas to the globe democrat letters and couriers arriving ai riving in nuevo laredo mexico confirm he supposition that the revolutionary party in northern mexico are in for crossing swords with the united states it is reported on good authority ity that gen casas cabas who has recently de predated in the vicinity of sabinas babi nass has bits offered to join hands tile the federal government and clean out the yankees Yank eeb the government dispatches from victoria the capital of the state or of tamaulipas received in nuevo laredo are to the effect that the town is much excited over the el paso and eagle pass complications public opinion as to 10 the justh leation of mondragon is divided some borne claiming he was justifiable and ot others hers condemning him the governor of tamaulipas is said to have asserted that if he were in the position of Go governor vernot barnat bornat of chi he would never live eive cutting up and the people of his state appear to 10 uphold him in his opinion from favas lineas news comes that the prospect of war with the united states is hailed with delight as many in in that section wish to aid in wiping out the remembrance of their defeat at palo alto monterey Mon and buena vista their inborn antipathy and intense hatred for the yankees crops out daily as is shown by their insulting and annoying treatment of americans who are so unfortunate as to be living in their midst the governor of coha huila seems to be more conservative than either of the others of tamaulipas or nuevo leon and is said to be in lavor favor of peace and conciliatory measures A private telegram from says that a a brigade of infantry arrived J in that C city ity this morning their f future li destination is not known stockmen Stoc kmen arriving from mexico state that news osithe ot the trouble with the united states has just reached the T remote regions in the interior in tenor causing great excitement and making it dangerous for stock buyers to stay in their midst importers n are orders for goods in contemplation of trouble as they are confident cutting will never be given up the present suspense is paralyzing business on the boarder wis 11 A ats dispatch patch from green bay says the lire fire is stil rasing raging throughout the woods in that vicinity reports from the towns of eaton bellevue and de pere reveal much loss and distress nineteen families in the vicinity of woodruffs old mill were burned out the clausen family ot or five saved their lives by getting into a well the reports from laney lancy and angelica in shahane county count state aft te that the lire fire is very bad fivel five families am i ies were burned out aed their crops destroyed st the mill near angelica was fred regan near st nathans oconto loconto co lost five buildings and hi his crops several of his neighbors suffered buffered buff f likewise the bridges on the little suamico stamico river are gone the people in the burned district are terrified the warning of the flames in the woods can be heard two miles away big ruami co is out of danger but little stamico is having a hard time several families were burned out in the town of denmark and stripped of all their possessions around the postoffice post office the residents all packed their goods and there was a regular exodus to green bay and manitowoc the streams are drying up and the cattle are dying of suffocation their bodies can be found near the roads at intervals ter vals twelve miles from green bay in the town of humbolt the fire is raging fiercely several residences were burned yesterday trenches and fire breaks do not stop the flames the people in the threatened towns sleep out of doors ready for any y emergency A large load of provisions was sent to the sufferers from green bay today to day and contributions would not come amiss though the forests in the northern tier of counties in this state are still ablaze and ana are likely to remain on tire fire till the rains quench the fl flames arries alie danger to villages and towns is over unless heavy heave gales should sweep down upon them while not over a dozen cases of human cremation are reported it is believed that many backwoodsman backwoodsmen men u and f families amiliea i emote demote from settlements ca cannot bunot possibly pos bibly have escaped the fatality a to live stock has been terrible hundreds of charred bodies bodice of cattle lip ip on the blackened track of devasto dark clark marathon Mai athon and a few a adjacent counties live five hundred fam families fl ies are dencle rendered ren deed ed homeless and destitute and will unless immediate relief is sent them many of these people had narrow from death having hidden in wells or submerged themselves up to their necks in pe the streams with wet blankets covering their heads until the lire fire passed in some places tile the fire swooped down so upon the people that they barely had thine to seek this method of in orbr places the roar of the flames was heard tor for miles and the terror stricken people fled madly before the flames to villages and houses the loss cannot even be estimated hundreds ol 01 homes dozens of saw mills and lumber camps and millions of feet of timber timbe rare are gnashes in ashes aci Acre es upon acres of ripening grain were laid waste to nights advises advices are the fires art ar abating considerably by 1 running into the clearings and bec because ause the wind has died out however fears are entertained of a repetition should high winds prevail again before rain lain appears along the valley division of the chicago milwaukee abt st paul railway heavy rains raina toda to aay da extinguished all the flames saying saving the largest larg esst cranberry marshes marshea in the section today suffocating clouds of smoke from the burning forests were borne by the north winds as far south as milwaukee on tile the lakes near green bay sturgeon bay and even further south ithe the smoke cloudt clouds are so dense that the sun is abs ared and vessels experience great difficulty in navigating it being im possible to see feet ahead at midday mid day washington 11 the postmaster general has issued tin an order diorec directing tang I 1 that hereafter all mails tor for mexico be sent oy ny rail crossing the border at el paso texas the postmaster general has appointed the following post postoffice office inspectors spec tors E it los angeles Coli tornia K R R munroe oakland california T T rames kames jacksonville oregon A H branch denver colorado the following is a synopsis of the sundry decisions rendered b by y the treasury department in customs cases during the past week under the tariff brandy or other spirituous liquors in bulk can only be imported in casks ot of the capacity of fourteen gallons or greater wines brandy and other spirituous liquors in bottles must be in packages of not less than one dozen doen bottles each and malt and f ermer ted led liquors are not limited to any particular sized packages shooks shocks for tomato crates are dutiable under the provision for packing box shooks shocks of wood not specifically enumerated bior or provided for bituminous coal for use on united states revenue vessels is not entitled to a draw back but may be purchased in bond at a price which does not include duties acting secretary fairchild has received a report from special agent dermore at tucson effect that large numbers ot of are continually entering the united states over the mexican border in violation rf cf the law the custom inspectors spec tors turn them back and do all they can to enforce the law but he says with little success this is mainly due to the tha fact that the force is too small to watch the frontier the loat matter was referred to judge mccue solicitor of the treasury for an opinion as to whether the law affords any aay remedy in such cases in his opinion judge mccue quotes from the law bearing on the question and says that he can see no more effectual way of preventing the smuggling of Chi nameD than through the special vigilance of custom cu 8 tom 0 officers effic ers along the bo border baider ider first in preventing ahe entrance of obnoxious persons and secondly idly in causing the return of those already within our borders to the country whence they ca came ane the provision of fine and imprisonment prison merit tor for the violation of the restriction act does not in judge me mc cues opinion seem to be practical as in effect it keeps in the country the very persons whom who ai the law proposes to exclude he suggests that as violations of the law complained of occur through the contiguous territory of a friendly nation that the attention of the secretary ot of state be called to the subject secretary lamar has instructed the governors of all territories to expedite as much as possible the preparations of their annual reports with a view of having 11 them submitted earlier than heretofore the president today to day appointed charles A ward to be collector of customs for the district of huron mich Mic tigan an vice wm hartsuff Hartz suspended smith M palmer register of thy thu land office salina Kan kaunas vice JohnM john MH Hodge odge suspended 0 FR earl of kansas receiver of public moneys at salina kansas vice harper B cunningham Cuna ingham suspended the president today to day appointed wm win G langford to be associate justice ol oi the supreme court of washington territory vice S C wingard suspended and G to be united states attorney for the southern district ot illinois vice J C con belly suspended these were among the nominations left over contracts are now being beine made at the treasury Depot department ment |