.'....W.iyffi LANOASTEK DAILY INTELLIGENCE THURSDAY MAY 15, 1884. 0 i W " i itf : w :& " V, Bt1 i w v ' l ?' L ' J' ' nv it y ltW ! i- ii, ."s It ! : fcancastet JuteUigcnccc. Hew the Thing Was 1)ebp. Mr. Ferdinand Ward has been put upon the witness stand and In n little while managed te give a clear idea of the nature of the business of Grant and Ward and the cause of its collapse. Mr. Ward did net say a great deal nor re- memberinucb, but the tale waatooslm waateoslm waatoeslm plo te need much elaboration In words. The firm has been engaged for some two years or mero In robbing Peter te pay Paul. Ward admits that he has for a long time known that It was Insolvent, and that he borrowed money at high rates In erder te obtain the means te pay his debts and keep afloat. He seems te have been se deliberately engaged In piling up the largest posslble amounts of Indebtedness, without looking for any means of ultimately Eatlsfylng It, that it Is reasonable te asjume that he Is either insane or that he Intended te save a fertune out of the moneys borrowed. There is nothing te glve color te the Idea that he i3 crazy, but there Is plenty of support for the theory that he is a thief. lie has wetked with several ether persons who, while appearing te be his creditors, are really his accomplices. Te ene of these men, William T. War. nor, who operated In partnership with a brother-in-law, James II. Werk, Ward gave checks te the amount of three and a quarter millions In the past seven months. They obtained money for Grant aud Ward under a contract te return a heavy profit within a month or two, which prellt they assiduously col lected. Ward testified that he never paid less than twenty per cent, n year, and he appeared te have paid as much as sixty. The rate of Interest was net of Importance se as the money was obtained ; and it seems quite incred lble that Warner and the ether shrewd men who dealt se largely with him did net kuew the nature of his business aud where the money came from which paid them their heavy profits. They pretend that Ward assured them that he had government contracts, and he ad mits that he did ; but he had no evidence of it te give them, aud It is certain that they would have wanted such evidence, it their heavy dealings had been made en the faith of such contract. It is a natural conclusion that the matter was fixed up between Ward and Warner and his associates, se that Ward should ap pear as thegulPy monkey stealing the chestnuts, while his confederates should pose 03 hl3 ruined victims ; while the swag was really divided between them The innocent Grant family, which gave the firm its respectability and credit, did net, It is assumed, knew that the con cern was se long insolvent ; yet they knew of its extravagant borrowing : and it remains te be disclosed in what man ner they were inspired with fulth In the great profits of their business te which they must have known that no fat gov ernment contracts contributed. 1 he Street Lighting Problem. The problem of cheap street lighting is yet far from solution. It will be re membered tiiat only a few days age Paris determined te return te the old system of lighting the boulevards aud public buildlugs of the city by gas, the municipal authorities having become convinced that the electric light system was expensive beyond all proportion te the illumination furnished. This in truth seems te be at the bottom of the trouble about electric illumination. Bos Bes Bos eon, under its uew municipal govern ment, is following the example of Paris, In restricting electric lighting, be cause of its expense. That city lias 381 electrie lights for each of which it pajs annually the average sum of $232.93. It has also 0,023 gaslights costing each per annum $31 33. Electric light experts claim that one electric lamp supplies the place of three and ene fourth gas lights. On this basis the proportion ate cost would still be as $23J,03 te $111.57, showing that ga3 for street illu nation is cbenper than the electric light by uieiu than CO per cent. Manifestly the electric light advocates te cn3iire the success of their system must make their light twlce as effective and convenient as gas light iu order te compensate for its doubled expense. Aud therein lies the dillluulty. Iu an electric lamp thu carbon points between which the light is generated must of necessity be consumed Irregularly, owing either te the presence of fereimi materials in the carbon, or te an 1m proper arrangement of the points, llence the objectionable flicker that marks the light, although improved appliances are doing much te remedy the defect. In this city since the electric lamps were anchored te poles they are doing much better than when Bwaying in mid air, the playthings of every breeze. Yet few will claim that ene lamp will be ade ade quate te light n half square, In which is found any considerable quantity of follage ; nnd few will deny that three gas lights, whose concentrated power may only equal ene electric light, will distance the hitter's illuminating eapacl ty when distributed through a tqitare Until the electilc light people make their product twlce as cheap or twice ns geed, its usefer sheet illumination must necetsarily be limited. The great speculators of Wall street ceme fluttering down very rapidly in these days. Mr. Seney Is the last te drop from his gorgeous perch. He lias the reputation of a philanthropist, be cause of his great gifts te charitable purposes. It has, however, never been very clear hew a man with a truly phll antlirople heart would be inspired te inuke the money he lavishes in charity, in watering railroad stocks. Mr. Beney'd wealth has ceme in this way. He and ills associates built the Nickel Plate read, paralleling the. Lake Shere, with design te sell It at n great profit te Vnuderbllt, which they did. They held stocks of certain Southern railroads which had no great amount of trade nud combined, manipu lated and watered them la n profitable way. Doubtless these were legitimate enterprises te the ordinary business tin Ucrstamllnp, but the truly philanthropic Bplrit would be inspired te make his money in a different way. There is tee much of the robbing Peter te pay Paul, in that style of charity. Building rail reads en bends nnd booming the stock. which costs nothing, te high prices, !s a very fashlonable way or innKing iui iui tune, but it isn't the truly philanthropic way. m.. . It was a wise young Mr. Ene iu New Yerk yesterday who knew his own rich father. Old Mr. Ene buckled down bravely te the work of making geed young Mr. Ene'a lessss which threatened inRimmii the Second National bank. He brought up a million dollars In a Heur sack, and when that ran out sent around another quarter barrel of green, backs. The bank was saved, the panic was checked and old Mr. Ene has still twenty millions left. But, slmultane eusly with the30 proceedings, old Mr. Ene cancelled the powers of attorney he had hitherto given young Mr. En j and henceforth he will himself direct the business operations of the Enet.uuilj. It's a wlse father who knows his own son en Wall street. The Philadelphia batiks are Pharisai cally saying that they are net like the New Yerk banks, with speculating pres idents nnd rettcu assets. We are neue tee sure of it. Philadelphia bankers are in a geed many wild schemes. If the East Tennessee, Virginia - Georgia railroad was a New Yerk enterprise of the Seney syndicates, what is the Nor folk ic Western and the Sheneinleah Valley ; and who will say that .these are sellder enterprises than the Seney syndi cates ? Who, indeed, when it is known that the Shenandoah Valley, bended for forty or fifty theu.iml dollars a mile, cost but about fourteen te build ? Mit. HuMir WATTniibON and Mr. William R. Morrison, and all ethers whom It may concern, will please take notice that the Democracy of the doubt ful states of Virginia aud New Jersey fellow the example of,the Democracy of the doubtful states of Pennsylvania and Ohie In declaring for a revenue tariff, limited te the necessities or economical government, and se adjusted us te en courage productive interests without creating or protecting monopolies. m n A VILLAGE editor in Ithaca X. Y., who seems te be anxious te be number ed among what freddy Grant calls the family of feels, has started te rii?e a fund for Grant by dollar subscriptions. There have been a geed many rough thing3 said about the Grants, but people with any sense of decency will bhuli te have them subjected te the " Betty and the Baby" system uf out de jr relief. Besides, the victims of Graut A Ward are new most in need of help. HiniELiKL Houinsen moved in the Heuse en W.dncsday te abolish the ofllce of minister te Great Britain ; manifestly this bold man has laid held of the British lien's tail with both hands. The statu medical society jeetciday quietly admitted the female doctors audit) wisdom was promptly vindicated by the able nddrcsj of Dr. Bonnut, which all the men listened te with interest and few of tbein could have equalled iu substuucj Tun fact that old Hannibal Hamlin h still alive has becu called te public ntun ntun tieu by that venerable statCHinau risie? in his place ameug the pines of Maiue aud declaring that he Trill cot take sccjik! place with Rebert Lincoln, se as te revive the "old ticket" of 1S00. "Nobody a.-ked you, sir," she said. hie aieiueaist voted down tue propos tiun of loeatiug a bUlnp In India aid utiek te the old plau of goueral suporintendencp, but by a very oleso vote. The strong con sjrvative olemout which beheves iu letting well oueugh aloue U utill in the maj irity iu the Methodist church ; aud, consider! g t ju wonderful successor iu methods in the pan, It Is net te be wondered at that i x x periiuents are handled as oirefully a if leaded with dynamite. Tiik catalogue and announcements of the University of Pennsylvania for 1831, make a very hauddemely printed pamphlet of 120 pages, and the exhibit of the vari ous departments of this great institution is highly satisfactory te its friends aud creditable te the city which established aud has supported it Iu cqtilpment is uew very complete and en the rolls of the cellege douartraeut, including tboTewno scientific hchoel and Wharten school of finance and economy, there arollGnhi arellGnhi dcuts ; besides the departments of rnedi cine, law, dentistry, veterinnry ni"dicitie and philosophy. I'nirrTV Kehlon i umlulleiiH With jour'uC'Isel iciitlier, SliiiTln all thu country Mdtt In tliu sunny ireallier ; lolets, Illleil with dew dreiH, Delicate uml sweet, Olvliitreut your (midline) Underneath our leut ; Daisies in the meadow. With your silver Hill , Hoses by thu wujalde, Kingcup en thu hill). When 1 sce you ble.'inlng, All lioni'jeil crew, Inte Beniss mid kIuiIiie-, My heart blossoms, tee ' Tin: auj orBennltivo who don't like the "Ohie resolution," for the nanie of it, may find enough te satisfy thorn iu the Massa chusetts Domeoratio resolution of 1882-3. It is rather dlffuse, but " geti In" most of A thorough uud Immedlate reform of the tariff. The constitution or the United States sanctions taxatieu, whether by exoise, import or customs te the ameuut of the uecessary oxpenses of the govern -inent, whother iu war or penep, te whieh all its revcuue must be limited. The national expenscs are uew he great that nil preper protection can be ulven te Ainorleau interest, Anieriean Industries, and American labor within theso limits. Thcrofero we call upon Congress te reform the present war taxes, that hnndieds of millions may net ha, as uew, uoedlossly extraoted from the earnings of our poeplo te lie In the treasury as a temptation te wieked nnd rceklesn appropriations for extravagant public buildings and uselnss and wasteful river and harbor hills ; that no taxes shall be levied upon the nooos neoos noeos sariesof lifonrupen raw material whleh Is net produced iu our country , that the tariff shall be se judloleusly ndjusteil that Amerlcan oetnmerco shall be fosterod, and, nbove all, Amorlean labor olevatcd aud amply rewarded. We elUrm that all these results cau be fully reall.ed uuder a trriff limited iu amount te a sum noeossnry nud ndequate for revenue, THE PANIC IN WALL ST. MTOUIOCAViail ABU rOMUNKS LOST. A Dity l Intents lixcltemeut In New Yerk rrft.ru of n (lenernt 1'iiulc Hew Itnu Drought About. Net slnce the days of 1873, when the stoek exohauge was olescd, has Wall strceU New Yerk, been se disturbed as It wan Wednesday morning. The failures of last week, uultcd with the rapidly falling utoek market, has produced a geueral dis trust, nnd the most conservative capital ists nnd most substantial bankiug Institu tions has been subjected te criticism aud watchfulness. The crash began simultaneously with the eatl of business at the stoek exchange Sales of stock wero se rapid that the report repert eis were unable te collect mero than half of them. Iu the midst of the excitement the ehairman announced the fallure of J. C. Williams of 30 Bread street ; thou of 0. M. Uegart, of 103 Broadway ; tiext of Geile A: lUudale, 5 New street, and next of Nelsen Bobiusen, 18 Wall street. At 10:30 came the nunouncement that Hatch A Feete, ene of the best known beuses en the street, had te succumb. The exoito exeito exoite ment at this time was iutense. Frem nn upper window In the sub treasury build ing Secretary Felger gazed calmly nnd imperturbably upon the scene the first iustance iu the history of the country where a secretary of tbe treasury was present during a Wall street panic. The firm of Notaen Robinson & Ce., consisted of Nelseu Hobinseu, son-in-law of Gcerge I. Senoy, Bebert Ssuey, Geerge 1. Seney, Jr. (his two sons), aud Robertsen Rogers. Three members of the firm own seats in the stock exohane. Ueerne I. Se uey. jr.. being the euly exception The firm of Hatch & Feete wasoemposodof I) B. Hatch and Charles B. Feete, both numbers of the beard. By 10 o'clock depositors of the Second National bank bad instituted a heavy run up. m that oeuccru, whose efilccs are under the 1 MUi Avenue hotel. At ii e ciecu tue lllht of Mr. Seney's seu in-law was auth enticated, and simultaneously with this was the official annjuncemcut that the Metropolitan bauk had closed its doers. At the Seceud Natieual bauk many ex e.ting scenes were witnessed, but in all c.isM payments wero made as fast as the teller could hand the money out. At ene time ever three hundred depositors were in line, while Mr. Ames n. i.ne, the mil lionaire real cstate investor, steed by, smilingly assuring ail that they would receive every cent of their dues. At 11:30 o'clock, when the announno anneunno announne n.cut was made that the Metropolitan b.mk bad closed its doers, the wildest ex c.touieut prevailed. The sidewalk In front ei the bauk was impassable, and the crowd ,-rAci.u'i out across the street nearly te the inm railings around Trinity churchyard. Within two minutes after the blue coated p liceman had taken hU station en tbe b.iuk Heps te keep the eurgiOK crowd at bay, a bare headed clerk made his appear appear ar.ee and tacked upon the deer a netice which xead : " All dratts drawn by tha First National bank of Uttca, N. Y., ou the Metropolitan National bauk of New Xrk, may be presented te the First National bauk for payment." iue crowd set up a yen at tue announce ment, and a dozen men with white faces dashed off in the direction of the First National bank. Five minutes afterwards the same clerk appeared and tacked up a second netice, which read : ' Checks drawn by the Maverick Na tienal bank of Bosten ou the Metropolitan National bank of Nowlerk may be pre sented te the I irst National bank of New Yerk for payment." Kxclteuieet ou the Street The news of the failure traveled like wi'd fire. Men rushed out of the Stock exchange, ran ev.-r te tbe Metropolitan, and then rushed back again. ' Hundreds tollewed, and within fifteen minutes 10.- 000 persons were wedged m the galleries. 1 no occupants yelled and howled as the shares all a'eng the line dropped with lightning rapidity. The heavily construct ed galleries groaned and trembled beneath the weight, and the sergeant-nt-arms ordered the crowd cleared out. It is understood that the fallure of the Metropolitan bauk is the result of specu latiunit in railway stocks by the bank's presideut, Mr. Ouorce I Seney. Threuch Mr. Seney the Metropolitan bank has been IUDULII1EU tlklU TUUUUa IUUVV.IJB, uiuuuk them the l'eeria, Deatur and Evausville, the Ohie Central nnd Columbus aud Heck ing Valley. and the East Tenuessee, Vir giuia aud Georgia. Mr. Seney was with tlm bank heavily interested in these hecu rities, and it is of course, well known that the tiurlnkage iu thesa has been bimply enormous, ameuntiug literally te millions of dollars Many supposed that the bank had get out, but It is clear new that they were nnabie te de se, and it is the sad dling of these depreciated properties upeu it Mint has caused this disaster te fall upon the bauk. Their last report te the clearing house nhowed : Leans, $10,077, 000 ; epecie, 1,770,000 ; legal tenders, 4191,000 j deposits, $8,123,000, and circu lation, $1,303,000. It wai rumored that the Phaulx bank, of 39 Wall street, w.ib indifneulties, and a run upon this institution was begun. A crowd assembled and fought upon the Htcpj of the bank like se many tigeis. hislde President Eugoue Dutilh sat quiet aud calm. He said : " The bank Is per lectly solventand able te meet all claims. Wnautlcipate no treuble whatsoever." The suspension of the old aud conserva tlve house of Hutch & Feete created genume sympathy aud surprise, as it was known that they had alwaja pursued a ojuservative oeurso in stock operations, but it was finally understood that it wns due te the uuwilliugneu of their bank of deposit, the Phrunlx, te certify their checks Mogul's failure, it is feared, will affeet uiu ury coons utsmcts, as that heute had a large connection with dry goods menand weie in the habit of borrowing money from them. me inteuee exoltemout and Rreat nhrlukage in values raised the quostlen na ie uie auvmaemty et closing the stock oxchange until the worst oenld be ascer tained and the various breker firms could find out exactly where they steed, a paral lel being found in the dark days of 1873. but the exigencies of the case did net eeuni te warrant sueh a ceurse. While the stock market is weak and uemeraiized and stoeks are soiling nt aime.it auy priecs offered, it is well known that Keed buyers have nut In nn annaar- nnce and nre buying and taking away the an.-! uiitsu ei hieckh, Having plotted up what they regard as bargains. Londen via i buyiug all forenoon, and purohases have also beBti raade for the Oontlnent. FMATUUEB OF TUB uTaTB PltllSS. The Ooylestown Jnttlligtnccr warns the farmerj against the oily tongued troe ngnit. The ChatubeiHburg Valley fimrU thus early has found out that when a oueumbor Is geed it is very geed Indeed, but wheu it Is bad It is horrid. The Moravian shudders te hear of a new invention by whleh whisky can be solidi fied and manufaeturcd Inte pluca se as te be conveuleully earrled In the poekot. The Yerk J thinks theIsTRi.U(ii:.NCEii should print a diagram with Its Jokes nnd then the Uomeoriioy of this county would have nn ergun with "brain and onter enter prlsc" like the Reaumur. Cel. Tiiei. 11. Kknnuiiy Is proposed as a Domeoratio candldate for state senator in the Franklin-lluntlugden dlatrlet, Ne fitter could be found, F1FT11RN MEN K1LL.UI). De I 111 loll et Tulm en the llnlllmore ud Ohie ltnilrena. On Wednesday morning a west bound ltaltimore nud Ohie frelght train, rouud reuud lug u short cutve near the Spcer Sand works, n niile east of Connellsvillo, orush erush cd into an east bound construction train, killing fiftoen or the occupants ami wounding mauy ethers. The construction train consisted of six camp cars, containing forty six laborers, who had just been transferred from the Pittsburg Southern read te work en the east end. They had left Connellsvillo fifteen minutes before, with orders from tbe train runner te run wild te Ohie l'yle falls, their destination, eighteen miles dis tant. Wheu the operator Issued the erder he forget that the second section of train Ne. SO, the cast bound freight, had the right of way, nud was even then speeding west ward, Scaroe had the tiaiu left than he realized his nwful error, and hastened te repair it, if pessible. Setrmg the key of the instrument he feverishly called Ulbseti, the nearest telegraph station, but the camp train had just passed that point. He thou called Indian Creek, the station still beyond, nnd inked the operator te step second section Ne. 80 Again he was tee late, nnd as the enormity or hii error dawned upeu him he sank white, limp nud holpleas te the lloer. The ril-fated trains approached each ether at a modorate rate of speed, but by seme pcrverse freak of lortune they met net where they could have Been each ether for sorae distance aud, perhaps, have averted the full tucasure of the horror that involved them, but en a short curve where neither train could be seen until they were literally en top of caeh ether. The Trains Trlfecepe The locomotives held the traek aud telescoped caeh ethor into the stacks. The tender of the freight engine, impelled by the tremendous momentum of the train, which centaiucd 21 cars of ireu ere, was thrown up iu the air, and nlightcd ou top of the engine The engineer oseaped, but the fireman, Themas O Shea, was caught beneath the tauk aud held upeu the heated boiler, amid the oieaping steam, until he was horribly burned. He subsequently died while belug taken t the hospital at Pittsburg. The tender of the camp train took the opposite direction, alighting upeu the reef of the first car, which was filled up with buuks aud used by the men as a dormitory. As uear as cau be learned fifteen tnen were in this car wheu the accident occur red three of whom escaped. The c ir took fire from an overturned stove, and of the remainder, theso who were net killed out right wero burned te death. Iu the second coach, aliD a dormitory. Pat Cassidy was struek by a beam aud killed instantly. The cntire top of his skull was teru off. Iu this car also, Scott Dermott received internal wounds that caused his death a few hours after. The wounded were carried out and ten derly cared for. Twe physicians, hastily summoned from Connellsvillo, bound up their wounds an 1 set their breken beues. Unrecognizable lteumiui. The remains of Cassidy and Dermott are the only ones recoguizable. Cassidy was in the second car from ihe eugine aud was killed outright, a portion of the skull being knocked oil. Of the twelve ethers the charred and blackoned trunks of but eight were recognized, and nene of thorn cau be identified. With the exception of Burns and Clay all the above were sent te the West Pennsylvania hospital, together with four Swedes, whose tiames could net be learned and whose iejimea are net con sidered dangeieus, Quite a large number of theso who escaped bear the marks of the disaster, In the shape of scratches and bruises, but with the exceptions named nene are severely hurt. The sceno at the wreck just bjfore ueju was horrible In the centre of a pile of glewim: embers, sitting upright, was the gnuniug features of a partial skeleton. At its feet lay a number of charred and blackened trunks. By 1) o'cleok the wreck was cleared away, nnd the half cooked stumps of eight bodies were drawn from the ashes. These were carefully laid together aud taken te Cennellsville. The wreckers, in clearing away the debrin, found upwards of $200 in geld and the remains et a geld watch. It is known that many of the men held the savings of years of toil in leather belts which they wero about thelr waists, and it ii suspect ed that nil the wealth of the victims has net been recovered. PERSONAL. Joaqiin Mii.leu says that all true modern poets are devout Christians. Hen. E. 3. Cesveiise ie te cicct a publle library bulliiui: and art gallery for the town of Maiden, Mass., in memery of his 6en. Ella Wiiekleii's husband is net "very wealthy" but euly "well fixed." The lat ter statement is easily believed when his matrimonial ventute is romeaibarcd Quay, who moved lately from Philadel phla te Beaver, has let tha boys knew what he is there for, by anueunaiug him self as a candidate for Cengresi in his old district. Mns. Maxwell (Miss Bradden) the well known novelist, has for many years given overy Wednesday a reasted leg of mutton for dinner te the peer chlldren of a neighbering public school. Rev. A. II. Sheutz, formerly printer nnd postefiloo clerk, of thU city, is the subjeet of a full biographical hkuteh In this week'B Valley Spirit, which is pub fishing a serlea of Chambersburg church nnd pasternl histories. Bisuer Elliet, of Texas, went te Del Rie the ether d iy te dedicate a uew Eplj. copal church. When he get thore he concluded net te de any dedicating, ns a oyelono had get there before him nnd blown the church into n thousand bits, Besateii Vest riecs te explain that he was opposed te the principle of the bill te plaoe Gonernl Oram en the retired list, nnd had voted ngainBt it, though he had net called for the yeas and nays or made any factious opposition. Geed for Vest. Jeff Davis says of the late .Tudah P. Benjamin: "Netwithstacdlng the wh'e range of his knowledge, he was no uontle us always te be Booming te reoelvo Inform ntien, and perhaps nene of his most fnmiliar ncquaiutanccB can recall evor having scen him during soeial lntcrcourse engaged Iu boated nrgument." Gen. Heed was made n full goneral in the Confederate army nnd given the com. mand of the army of the Tennosieo mainly through the lnlltionce of n beautiful and olevor woman te whom he was betrothed ; but his disastrous dofeat se dlsappointed her ambition that she rejoetod him. He fcubsoqiiently manled nnother, who died with him of yellew fover. Dn. Jehn Kittson, chief of the Cana. dlnu medical department of the North west, who died In St. Paul recently, wbb ene et the thlrty.throe children of Com Cem Com medoro N. W. Kittson, the well known millloualre turfman, His mother was n handseme Indian girl, whom the commo dore met when he was n young man In the empley of Jehn Jacob Aster in thu Red River fur trade. Dn Die Lkwib has purchnsed n farm nt Smithtown Branch L, I., nnd koue thore te llve. Three years age ill health indtioed him te romevo from Bosten te New Yerk. He gave much of his time here te study of the mloresopo, and finally started a magazlne, in the sorvleo of which he ng.iiu overtaxed himself, and Is new obliged te glve up brain work for n time, The prlnelpal oause of his roeont sull'drlug was Jusemnls, TEE SOCIETIES. itixioieuH, iukuiuai. awii rei.muAi,. The Uhurehea la Ujnterenee The Docter In I'emicll-Tlin I'eiltlclmiR In Con tention llicir rreceiHltnicf. Iu the 12th day of the M. E, goneral oeuferoueo the discussion of the report of the commlttce en oplscepaoy was contin ued, nud thore was much nrgument for nud aalu8t loeatiug n bishop lu India. The previous question was orletcd nud the report of the commlttce, ngalust n bishop for India, was adopted by the fel lowing vete: Ministerial--Yean, 114; uays, 110. Lay vete yeas, f9 ; nays, 81. As it required iv majority of both orders, the bishops decided that they did net concur, nnd the report of the committee wiiH net adopted. The result would have becu ns fellows if a vete by erders had net neon emeu ler : leas, ae;i ; nays, iui. When it came te fixing the nutnber, a preposition te oleot three iustead of tlve was voted down 120 te 228 ; nnd four wm tlxed by nn almost unanimous vete. It was agreed te oleot the new bishops en Thursday morning. At the meeting of the commlttce en episcopacy the report of the sub oeiumit. tee wai adopted, thnt they feuud ue com plaints tiKaiuBt episcepal administration in the fereisn missions nnd recommending that the bishops visit caeh of the missions nud couferenccs in Eurepe nnd Asia twice durlug the quadrenuium nud remain as long at each visit as thelr ethor duties will allow. At the meeting of the committee en re vlsals there was oeusldorablo discussion cenccrulug the right of a pastor te co operate with the trustees en questions concerning the use of the church for purposes uet strictly religious The subicet was finally Indefinitely poitpenod. The section en thn trials of mombers was amended se that tbe ene must be heard befere a committee. The commlttce en itineracy declined te take any action relative te ItcMHing or ordaining females. The comtuittee en revivals adopted certain verbal ehauges in tbe discipllue relating te matters of administration with out reference te auy change iu the policy of government. Keforuieit Church (leiivral Srueil Iu the synod in Baltimore the request from the Potomac synod, thatacommitteo be appeiutcd te compile n hymn book for the Eecllsh churches, was takuu up and after discussion grautcd. The election of the staudiu beards of missions, church extonsten, etc., was taken up. The report of the committee en the state of the church was prcseuted. It suited that the coltee tieus for missionary work during the last triennial wai $31,000 iu oxeesj of theso for the precediug three years. The members of the church number 109,500 ; number of synods, 7 ; classes, 52 ; miniature, 7sJ, and congregations, 1,303. The ameuut collected for benevolent purposes during the three years was $3.17,899. and for con gregational purposes, $2,193,000. It was resolved te held the next geueral syued at Akren, Ohie. The I'hllintelimU UulTrrt.tllsti. At the lucetinir of the Philadelphia association of UuiversalUts In Reading yesterday a healthy condition of affairs from the churches iu the body was re ro re perted. A resolution was passed prevnl injj for the transfer of the muds of the missionary society into the contemplated fund te be started by the state xoeioty. An executive- committee, composed of ene racmber from each parish, was appointed. The association then adjeurned, after which a meeting of the missionary society was held, and last evening a public mis sienary meeting was held. Alrlcim ai v.. Jeneral Conference At the African Methodist Episcopal general conferonco in Baltimore, Rev. P. A. Hubbard moved te rcoensidor the motion ndopted rotating te the reinstat ment of Rev. W. It. Carsen, of Texas. A leu aud excited dobate followed. The uproar and confusion was beyend any thing that has yet occured in the confer ence. A motion te lay en the table was carried. Rev. C. Ucrbert, of Philadelphia, read the repert en missions. The l'retlijicrUn General Aisembly. The assembly epens in Saratoga te-day. the opening sermon balm; preached by ex Moderator Rev. Br. Jessup. Te day's business is oenfincd te the organization. UKMOUKATlC Ml A IK CON VKNTIU.N. Virgin! nnd New Jeriey fellow I'ennjrlTn ill nnd Uhle The Democratic state contention of NewJorsey organized with ox-Governer Bcdleas permanent ehairman. Jehn W. McPhersen, Leen Abbett, James Smith and Jehn P. Btockten wero oleeted dele gates at large te the national convention. The resolutions ndopted dcolare that "whenover the rovenues from nil sources exceed the limitation they should be re duced se as te avoid a surplus in the treasury," and "that legislation te sccure these results should guard and protcet the rights of labor and onceurago home pre duetiTO industries without producing or festering monopolies," They also doelaro "that it is the sentiment of this conven tion that they who can best lead us te victory are these who wero oleeted In 1870 nnd unjustly defrauded out of their rights the Hen. Samuel J. Tilden and Themas A. Hendricks." The Canvenllmi of VlrclulA. The Democratic state convention of Virginia met iu Richmond yesterday uud oleeted the following delegates nt Inrge te the national convention : Hen. Jehn S. Barbour, Jehn F. Harris, Richard T. Belrne and Page MeCarty. The alternntes elected wero : Uriah Terrell, I. 8. New. berrv. Henry E. Peyton and Jehn T. Goedrioh, The platform adopted favors "the unconditional nnd immediate abe litien of the internal rovenuo system," and nlse "a tariff Ter revenue, limited te the neecssltlcH of the Government, economical ly administered and se adjusted in its application na te prevent unequal bunions, oneouraco prodnetlvo interests nt home and aflerd a just compensation te labor, but net te crcate or fester monopolies." tiik iiutrreiw. Meeting or the State Medical society. At the meeting of the state medlcal so se so cietv. Gov. Pattison made an epenlnir ad- drcsB. The commlttce en tbe appeal of the Americau nnti-vivisectlen society pre Bented n repert, attaehed te which was a resolution wnleu deoiarea " nus noeioiy desires te express Its oarnest conviction that experimentation en auimals Is n meat useful seurce of knowledgo in medlcal Bclonce ; that it Is the means by which many Important discoveries, both praotleal and Koieutlfio, have been accomplished, nud that Its rcstrlotleu or prohibition by law would inevitably retard the acquisition of knowledgo In rospeot te healthy and morbid actions, the causes and prevention of diseaees and the Improvemout of the raodleal art." The resolution was adopted unanimously. Soveral papers were read. The question of admitting ladies te the soeloty meetings came up when supple meutnry lists of mombers were presonted with thelr names en them. They were ml ml mltted en Protddent Smith's reraindlng the assembly that they wero certainly members of the profession, and as sueh entitled te a seat Dr. J. L. Stewart, of Erie, who had opposed the admission of women, withdrew his objeotious, and they were admitted te seats, President Smith having brought about a compromise. Ur.(MlM) llnnnett'a l'diier. The paper of the session was read by Dr. Alice Henuett, of Montgomery county, who gave a most valuable and intorestlug account of porsennl observations in the relation of heart dlseain te insanity. She IV piofaeed her remarks with n uotleo of the uew law ou the subjeet, expressing great satisfaction that Pennsylvania was uew scoend te ue state in the guards thrown nreuud the Insane, She quoted ntatlstu's from Buritmi nnd Hvvnite show, lug the percentage of lusatin patients nll'cctcd with diseases of the heart, aud uiotitleuod lnstancen occurring nt thu Ner ristewu asylum, where live bundled eases had been observed. The percent ige wan much smaller than that reported by the nutlierittes cited, beiugbut 20 percent, ns ngalust 41. Twe classes of eases wero mentioned particularly, ene including 17, the ether 23 Individuals, the symptoms in all olesoly nlike aertle murmur at the apex of the heart, of valvular ilerauge ineut, accompanying an aoeoss of Insanity In middle life, coming ou gradually, with the in. in I a of suspicion as ene of its most marked characteristics, with hallucina tions of the hearing, sight nnd smell, the patient listening te voices occasionally be Moved te be these of Inspiration, some times prompting te homicide, and render ing it, Dr. Buuuett said, unpleasantly uncertain what next revelation would be. Dr. E. A. Weed, of Allcghuuy, read n paper urging the necessity of n state beard of health; Dr. Lell man read another ou proper medical education, nnd Dr. Penteii read an cssiy ahewlng that many of the public school buildings were im properly situated, and that preper ventilation was uu almost uukuewu nrt. The daugers from 1 in per feet drainage nud the lack of preper light iu the school room were also dwelt upeu nt some length, and seme important sungostiens wero made iu relation te the hours of study and the amount of lecreatieu and exercise, In both of which it was made obvious that reforms were Impjrntlvely demanded. At 5 o'clock the society visited the Pennsylvania hospital, nnd nt S p. in had n brilliant loeopttou aud handseme ou eu tertaiument by President Smith aud the ceuuty society at the academy of flue arts. IISK IIAI.l. The Utinmberunrn Down the l.ttucitter. Tue Line later club sull'ered their third defe.it in the race for the Keystone chain -pienship ycHterday afternoon. Thelr op ponents wete the ChaniberNbitrg club and the game was played at McOranti'H park before about 210 peop'e. The home club presented Smith ns the pitcher, and the visitors could hit, him for but three sin Klea. Merris pitched for the ChambeiB burg, and the Lancaster succoeded In get titix llve singles. Although the home team was the heavier by far nt the bat they had fearful errors in the field, which cost thein the game. Peake phyed miserably at first and his errors always occurred when geed playlnvr was necessary. The soero in full Is as fellows : LA.MASTin. Att. n lu re. a. x. Iloiteul, r t f l u e 1 l I'll, mil -ib S I e 5 ii e I'arkur, a u 2 10 0 IlellatiO, 3b 1 e 031 r -Smith, p i ii 0 0 IS 1 1. hiulth. c I t 0 0 0 0 0 Unlit, I I I 2 0 U Klclmr.lsen, c I e 1 0 S 1 PeiiUe, lb t u 1 11 e i Total 3'J S A 27 i 1 cuAUDinsBCira. ah n In. re a. b ."ules, :!) s u 1 3 I 1 linker, 1 r 5 e e i e t roullsred, 3b I I 13 4 Kelltns. Hi A I 0 0 10 Cunts, lb I 1 0 W 0 0 Kurni'sl, r l I 1 ' e e e Neiiskur.c 1 1 s 3 3 Tierinnu.ct 2 I e ene Merris, v e 0 1110 Total J? H 3 2 22 10 hmxes 1 2 3 I & fl 7 3 L'tncaAter 2 000000 13 Cramberauurg 0 1 3 0 0 2 ( 00 bCxtsiAiir. Struck out Lancaster, S ; ChamhershurK, . llase en balls l.uncHstur, .' . (,hniiibir.ibtir(, 3. Huse by beiiiK hit 1,'iuciisUT. 1 : (.'Imtiibcnt- burtf, 1. Letien Uijcj-l-iincaetiT, ; Clium liursiiUiK, S, I'lUiud halls -Utetuints n. 4 ; N'efUki.-r, C. WHO nltch-hinlth, 1 finplre Mr. Cressman. tames Klietvherr. Philadelphia : Cleeland 7 Philadelphia 5 ; Washington : Athletic 12, Washington 8 ; Bosten : Bosten 4, Chicago 2 ; New Yerk : Buffalo 0, Nev Yerk 4 ; Provi. dence : Providenco 25, Detroit 3 ; New Yerk : Allegheny 2, Motieplitau 1 ; Teledo : Teledo 0, Leuisville 0 : Columbus Cincinnati 2, Columbus 8; Hroeklj ii : Brooklyn 4, Baltimore 2 ; In In dianapells : Ldanpelis 2, St. Leuis 8 ; St Leuis : St. Lj.rs Union 7, Baltimore Union 5 ; Cincinnati : Cincinnati Union 10, Bosten Union 11 ; Richmond ; Harrls burg 0, Virginia 11 ; Baltimore : Wil mington 7, Monumental 0 ; Reading : Trenten 0, Aotive 5 ; Allcutewn : Allen town 2, Demestic 0 ; Altoeni : ICoysteuo 0, Alteena 2 ; Yerk : Chester 13, Yerk 5 Diamond ISetea, Perkins, of tbe Actives, has bcen re leaped and will go olther le Harrisburg or Allcutewn. The Lancaster play the Chambersburg a second time te day, and tholrensldos play the Hartviile. Grady, Culleu aud McLaughlin, of the Rcadlug Actives, have already been heavily fined for bad oeuduot. The Reading papers are kicking bcoause thu crowd that attend the games thore side mero with the visitors than with the home team . Pcake, first basemau nnd chauge pltcher of the Lauoaster elub, wai roleas-jd last evening, bscause he had several ugly er rors iu the former position yesterday. The Domestics, of Newark, ene of .the strongest of the Eastern league clubs, will be bore ou Saturday te mcasure bats with the Ironsides. They have been making nu oxcellent record ns geed ball players, defeating the Reading Actives aud the Trentens, and the game will daubtless draw n large orewd. "TIIK 1'AUK," CclebnitliiB lit SOtli Annlvernary. J. W. IS. Bailsman, esq., of this city, will preside nnd Sarah A. Merris will be ocerotnry ou the occasion et the colobra celobra colebra tlon of the Page literary society, nt the Mlllorsville normal school, ou the evening of Friday, May HO J. V. .Montgomery, Carrie K. Myeis. W. II. Watsen, Luey Harris, Heward T. Kyle oemprio the oemmittco of arrangements. J. Heward Neely will be " Page " orator ; Ida M. Watkins, roader, and Colonel R 11. Couwell, honorary orator. Colonel C. is n popular lyceum nnd historical lecturer who has a line reputatien in this country nnd England, nud h&s traveled oxtensUoly ns fereiun correspondent of the New Yerk Tribune ami Bosten Traveler. In 1870 as travellngoerrrspondcnt of these two papers he was sent te the dlfforeut countries of Asia and made the ontlre circuit of the glebe ; filling nt that time loeturo en gagoments in England. He was n friend nnd traveliug companion of Bayard Tay Tay eor, and his biography of that pcet and trnvoler has had oxtendod sale. He sub sequently praetlced law in Bosten for elht years, pursuing his literary studies iu loisure hours, nud is uew located ns pastor of a leadiug Baptist ehurch lu Phil adelphia. C'ominlulens Keuetved. Thu commissions of Jehn A Bueh, of LltlU, and Jehn 1), Geed, of this city, who have been appointed notaries pub'le, from May 14, have been reoeived nt the record er's office, togethor with that of Jehu F. Weber, who was appeiutcd a justlee of the peace, of Poun township, te III! a vaoaney from May 14 1881, te the first Monday In May, 1885. ltlihep llewe'i itural VUltutleur. Right Rev. Bishop Howe will visit the parish under the oare of Rev. J. MoAlpie Hardin tr. May 27th, te fellows : Christ ehurch, Loaceok, 10 a. m. ; Qrace ohureh, Nlokle Mlue. 3 p. iu. ; All Saints ohureh, ParadUe, 7:45 p. m, COIN COLLECTORS. AN HOOH WITH A ftUmsMATlIU-. What Celin are Uer.n and Why The Head Fiemleu nnd of Knuntii Kuinerer Wa.liliiLtun uml Trojan. " Yes," paid Charles Stelgerwnlt, the coin dealer, te nu iNTiu.unnNCEit roiKirter en Last king street the ethor day, ' n U. S. sllver dollar of the dnte of 1804 Is worth from $500 te $1,000 noeortling te its oeu dltlen. The last ene sold iu this country was bought by young Garrett, grand-son of Jehn W. Garrett, the It A 0. railroad king. He is n great oelu hunter and has one of the two collections acknowledged te be the finest In tills country. The ethor Is owned by n goutlemau In Bosten. Their value seen tuns up into the tens of thousands of dollars. Thore," pointing te a eabiuet, thnt steed iu his little ofllce at Ne. 130, said the local numismatist, " is n collection that I bought the ethor day from a well known business man, of this city, who pursued his fauey ler rare coins for nomeyoars. I paid him $3,100 for his nnsortment. 1 bought nnother collection lately from n Harrisburg tavern koeper. IIe had $1,100 worth, largely consisting of Chinese nud Japaucse coins." Mr. Steigerwalt brought out a tray of theso nnd gave them te the tutervlewer for oxatrinatleii. Some of them were as big as n 200 pound welght en a Fairbanks' platform soale ; all had Inscriptions ou them like the packages of flre oraekors or On Lung's receipt for dirty nhlrts. The Chiucie oelu has a equtre hob iu the cen tre of it. Mr. Stelgerwnlt Imports "cash," their cheapest coin, en strings, by the peck. It is worth Iecs than a mill for each piece, uud sells as curiosities nt from 50 te 75 centH per 100. Thore Is n variety of dates nnd inscriptions nud occasionally one comes ncre.su a rare nnd valuable piece. But it takes oleso observers or sohelars te distinguish these. There Is u wealth of history, of com se, lu n variety of orlentnl coins for these who can figure it out. Some of the geld pieces wero half a.s big as the palm of n mau's hand and marked in blaek enamel. One of the most ancient coins iu the world Is n thick cop per piece of Reman coinage, in Air. S'h possesien, with a d mble faced head of Janus iu relief en oue hide nnd n prow en the ether. A v ry curletiB part of his present stoek is a e illeotten of spjolmem or Swedish com of th-i days when the profligacy of Charles XII had emptied his realm of mero precious pccle, aud the copper miners had their clumsy BbceU of metal stamped nt the governmout mint, until they leek like nu envelope pest marked nt hall n (kzrti diflorent eflkcn. One of these plecun, n four Daler coin, wolghe 0 pounds, and is thn largest piece of copper money ever coined. A Unit iniel Uelu. Ameug the old Chiuose ceitin are senui of very uuique idiape, resembling birds, auimals nud etlni- natural objects. A very rare specimen which Mr. Steigerwalt has is in the Bhape of a closed razor. There nre plculy of Japanese aud Chiui-HO coins iu his e election from 2$ te 3 inches in dlameter, with curious characters in dtagen shape, or representing llowers, birds, beats, dogs, priests, donkeys, &c. In the geography of e nue Mr. S. has spec imeus from all ever the world Autlgua, Rarbadoefl, Cyprus, Guornsey, Duraue, Jalisco, Serla, Reuinnnia, Russia he ranges literally "from China te Peru ;" while in chronology his nollcctien runa back with many lli.e t-pcclmens te 430 B. C. ; nud yet, that all greatness did net ilie with Agatncmuen, is shown iu the fact that n drachtn of Bioetm, elder than Christianity, with a figure of n nude slluger en oue ulde and a deer en the revers1 Is worth no mero than n flftccu cent s' u-plaster of the war times, with a red b.ck, nnd pertraita of Grant aud Sherman $3.50. .Mr. StciRerwalt has a number of brilliant proof U. S. dollars, of dates as late as 1830, that are worth from $30 te $50 caeh ; porfeet specimens of the 1707 half dollar, valued at $85; even a slighly braised hall dlme of 1802 is held nt $C0 ; n 1703 ceut nt 35 ; a choce late oelorcd peuuy of 1709 1s wetth $30, and n red cent of 1707 is vnlued at $25 , niue half cent proofs 1810 1818, are worth $75 ; a 1700 Mtddloteu token, " British aottlements iu Kentucky," in held at $25, and a copper tokeu, " New Yerk in Amer lea," $20. The Demand Plie the Value, Thore Is a great variety of pattcniH, medals, tokeus, coins of epochs ami eveuts, and medalets of all ages nud countries ; but it is netable that tbe value of oelus does net depend se much nn thelr age, ns is popularly supposed, as en the demand for them te fill out celli ctienfl. The silver penny of Cnnute (1017) is worth $3 60 ; that of the EdwaidB I, 11 nnd III , 50 centu ; the round dollar of James I, $7 50, nnd the Orennnd half crown of Charles I, $7 50; while the hcini drachm of Argen can be get for $1, the brour.e Syrnctipen head of Jupiter HcllenltiB for $1.00, and the Imperial brotizes of Augustus, Nere, Vespasian, Titus, Demitiau, Trnjan, Hadrian, Mar cus Aurelius nud Philip the Arab, for from 40 te 75 euiU caeh half tbe price of a 25 eaut fractional aurrency uote with red baek nud Fesseuden's faoe. An 1823 American quarter Beld fcome time nge for $30 50, nud six pattern proofs of the de spised trade dollars, date 1873, are valued at $10 ; while tbe bread draehm of Persia, (Saper II, 808-380), with pictures of the tire worshippers can be had for $3 ; the 2 J otince qundrnns of B. O. 350, for $3.60 ; a brenze of Agrlppa (U. C. 14) for 00 cants, nnd the Luther orewn coin of 1001, with n roverso view of Eisloben, for $3 50. Ueln Murmit Hint literary Centre, Mr. S, is rather n dealer in coins than a collector. He began it In a t.mr.11 way but has oxtended his oiuratleim until he is ene of less than a cceru of the great doalers in the country, of whom thore are net mero than two or three iu any ene of the largest eitics. He receives ceIijb from nil parts of the world, and ships them dally every where, mostly te collectors nnd curiosity h u u tern who ecuk high nnd low, far nnd wlde, te fill nut their cabiuetH. His as. sortment of Continental paper money Is uuequiilled : this he retains unbroken. He publishes a bi-monthly Cem Journal and Is new preparing the o.V.nleguo for his twontieth nuotien nale in New Yerk. Mr. S. is also the author of nn " Illus trated History of tbe United States nud Colonial Coins," nu interesting phasi of out political progress. The changes in the coiuage, the Inscriptions, denominations, slza and alley are very curious te traoe ; and without an investigation of the sub Jeot ene would net credit the Immense variety of Amorieau oelus extant, nud the rarity and value of seme denominations of particular dates. The caprice of designers and of these who controlled the oelnago ; acoldents nt the mints ; popular dissatisfaction nt features of a new oelu and various ether luoldeuts have contributed te make seme issues of certain coins very small nnd specimens correspondingly rare. Hcnce it happens uet only that the 1801 dollar of whieh it is bollevod that only from six te ten spool speol spoel mens exist commands $740 at u publle sale, hut ethor nnd sorae even rarer U, S. oelus bring geed prlees ; the half eaglrs el 1815, from $200 te $250 ; the 1823 mid 1827.quarter dollars, from $50 te $100 ; the 1802 half dlme, from $50 $100 ; the 1700 oent, from $10 te $25 ; the 1700 half cent, from $25 te $35, and the 1850 eagle eent, from $2,59 te $3 50 nplcce. Heme Knre Uutc. Of the $5 geld pleoee of 1810 only llve nre known te exlst, nud only two of 1822 Early Issues of $3J cold pieces are rare ; and geld dollars of 1850, 1&G3, 1885 and 1875. Dimes of an earlier data than 1811 and of 1823 and 1840 are soarce ; 1801 three cent ploeesnro haul te find, 3 and f-v-jnx
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