Show EDITOR STEAD 1 genius of trial I 1 icv JUDGES tha latest about tho bulgarian difficulty A discreet prince j uy aad arega J a j the armstrong Armi trong the trial of mr Ste adof the pull mall gebec ca mrs dowd sampson jagoda and louis Mour the defendants in the armstrong case began today to day before justice lopes at criminal court A large crowd had assembled in front of afie building previous to the op anine of court but a heavy rain set in and they scattered to places of shelter the prisoners t blended blei ded nat guilty sir kich ard E W aster attorney opened the case for the crown ilis address covered the sainte ground as that of mr poland the magistrate justice lopes held that no motives no matter how worthy their object were could be uffa chent to justify the taking ofia child without her parents consent she had been obtained in a fraudulent manner and it was no consent in the ayea af pf the law the witnesses testimony so far is merely a repetition of he evidence given at the prel imis nary examination ediza armstrong testified freely and clearly the trial will probably last a week oct 23 the defendants 13 the above case are charged with a misdemeanor instead of a felony eo ia to enable them to testify in their own behalf and b e libera tedon bail during the progress of the trial telephone trouble tone oct 22 tace poc washington special says there is great activity at the patent office on the part of the companies which are antagonistic to the bell company to secure a report from the commission er of patents to the attorney general will warrant the latter ia authorizing thor izing the ue of the name oath e united states in a auit for the cancellation of the bell patent 1 three of such applications are pending before the commissioner one by the pan electric company one bythe baltimore cwashington and a third which has just been filed by the globe telephone co the corn er is in a very embarrassing bostion po stion and undoubtedly subjected td a great deal nf ame thai commissioner montgomery in misreport his report as to these several applications will not undertake to go into the general question of the scientific the inventions but will himself to a report of the facca as he find them in the recarda odthe patent office indian policy oct 23 A aenlle niao who is in a position to know the conclusion at which the president haa dived on the indian question haa expressed hia opinion on the main feature in the indian policy of the administration As it will be announced to congress there will be a recommendation that there shall be a radical change in the methods of purchasing and issuing provisions and all other supplies almost every feature odthe present system is dis prove dby the president the president believes that if atie army u to bo expected exper ted to prevent indian depre the military authorities should to assist in removing the causes of dissatisfaction I 1 by providing for the honest tion of supplies this is the policy has long been recommended by generals sherman And Sheridan and other high military lawton to the treat alln YORK octis A washington to the pott says persons who ought to know say that it haa been decided to offer general alexander R lawton of georgia the mission ta austria but that hia nomination will remain in abeyance antil after tha in order that the application may then be mado for the removal of his political dia it is thought that such a course willibe more expedient than to risk the failure of hi confirmation for of course it is not certain that a republican senate will accept tha theory of the opinion of the attorney general that a pardon arpia president johnson had the the disabilities of gen lawton ilo dispio gentleman march last was nominated cais I 1 slon belflo Tel flo i PARIS burmese envoy yesterday handed dolord la stated he had had sent a dispatch to his government them to accept arbitration for settlement of alie dispute althen 1 gland anil that lie WM certain they would be glad to restore friendly re great britain european bunnah he said perfectly in that country had no desire to to ju J u gland ko y et oct bolm chief justice of ihu supreme court of arigona ia a prominent lawyer of michl pan about thirty eight yeara of age waa H barnes appointed associate justice of the supreme court of ail zona is a lawyer of jacksonville alls about years flior atlon E act 23 herr von kadowitz iti the german ambassador haa informed the porte that prince alexander has guaranteed that bulgaria ahall not disturb the present order of things thai prince haa ordered his troops to avoid pro yoking a conflict in any quarter but 1 docs himself answerable for r vl i I 1 i 1 1 ct n M la ar lavai 1 sli P S whitco ly luear room at the hotel here yesterday nearl yead morphine dindi without recovering the case is believed iff of suicide the theory foreba whitely newly yarner aalf money became despondent andi induced hia wife to join him in endina their troubles with morphine fifty cents anal known ne imd recently bor rowed 1 da B r 1 the becoming of the government respecting alie tia tiona on the and fears entertained abb German 1 legation is guarded to prevell nl the recent outrage heSp aniah aa count the kerpan of yap confirm the 11 th ABIS the nw about ability to hold a majority of the new chain bea 0 deputies Deput iea s a lS erious split in the republican ranks is threatened 1 the dtta carl car l ry these ballot in the recent elections bi ii now each faction insists on the adoption of its own pro gramme ont 4 apeci alj from ottawa says at a cabinet meeting yesterday it was d to post none kiels execution until nov i french canadians still express confidence that kiel will hot be hanged they base their the becom emendation men dation to mercy of the begina jar |