SSMfSHroffi!3 A.t tho Branch Offices of Tlio Dispatch For to-morrow's issue up to 9 o'clock P. M. For list oH branch offices in the various dis trict geeTHIrtDPAQK. fc, FORTT-rOUHTH TE&R. m H. One of the Ways by Which Democrats Propose to Get Even. THREE PLANS PROPOSED. An Impeachment Eesolntion to do Hnrled at the Speaker. ANOTHER STOEMY SESSION Ending in Reed's Refusing to En tertain a Motion to Adjourn. THE MIKORITT MADE VERY MAD. They Denounce the Speaker's Tactics In Forcible and Inele gant Terms. A CAUCUS GETS RANDALL'S ADTICE The third day of the great fight in the Honse of Bepresentatives, between the Sneaker and the minority, was the stormiest of all. It ended in the Speaker not even al lowing a motion to adjourn to be made, shortly aiter which Mr. Dalzell was allowed to make his speech in the Smith-Jackson contest. The Democrats are considering an attempt to impeach the Speaker. TitOM a stut coimnsrovDETr.l "Washington, January 3L It would be hard to find words to adequately express the emotions ot the Democratic members of the House daring these troubled times. The rulings of Speaker Eccd haTe wrought them up to ; most unwonted pitch. To say that they are angry, raging, maddened, would scarcely 'scribe their feeling", and the worst of it is they are aware that they are absolutely powerless to effectually combat the majority under such leadership as Eeed's. That's what makes the whole thing smart so. They hare been cudgeling their brains to find out some means of getting eren, and several plans have been suggested. One of these was originated by Mr. Breckinridge, of Arkansas, who unloaded the scheme to a group of icilow Democrats this afternoon after the House adjourned. A SIotb to Impencb Herd. This suggestion is that a, resolution be drawn up, backed by all the Democrats in the House, calling for the impeachment of Speaker Reed on Constitutional grounds, and declaring his seat as a Republican of tne State of Maine vacant. Although the resolution would never be heard of again, probably, after its introduction, and could be productive of no possible effect, yet it is quite likely that a resolution of that kind may be presented just as an indication of the in dignation felt by its framers. The very fact urn -abe" that such a suggestion Spoke Two Bout: , ,, , , . should be made and re ceived as worthy of attention shows to what an extent the Democrats leel themselves outraged. The Second Proposed Flan. Another suggestion is that the "visible quorum," by which air. Reed is now trans acting business, should be broken by every Democratic member leaving the hall of the House. Then, if the Republicans proceed to have a call of the House, and instruct the Sergeant at Arms to find and arrest the absentees and bring them into the House, the Democrats will resist such arrest, on the ground that there being no rules, the Speaker has no power to have them ar rested. Still another plan which is being consid ered, and practically decided upon, is this: In the event that Jackson is turned out by the operation of the Speaker's ruling and the visible quorum, they will carry the matter to the Supreme Court in some shape. This course has been decided on after a con saltation of the chief constitutional lawyers among the Democrats of the two Houses'. Against Law and Constitution. This course will be based on the claim that a sitting member can only be unseated by a constitutional majority, and in a legal way, and that the present course of the Speaker and his iollowers is neither legal nor constitutional. " In the meantime, Jackson is to refuse to recognize the action of the House in unseat ing him, and is to continue his attendance at its sessions. He is to attempt to partici pate in the proceedings, and to refuse to obey the Speaker's command to desist. If removed by force or arrested, the case is to be taken into the court. A Interesting na Any. The third day of the great parliamentary fight in the House of Representatives was fully as interesting us'either of its predeces sors, so far as liveliness and disorder could make it so. There was an air of expectancy about the chamber and in the crowded gal leries, indicating that few looked foi the contest to cease with the Republican victory of yesterday. Every one was looking for a renewal of hostilities, and they were not disappointed. For the first hour or so things went along with comparative quiet. The journal was read, and to occupy time the Democrats de manded the reading of the yea and nay tiTotes taken yesterday. This was done, al- w though it took nearly an hour to accom plish it. Then Mr. Springer headed off Mr. McKinley's motion to approve the journal by proposing to adjourn, and a roll call was had upon the motion. Of course, it was de feated. Then there was another yea and nay vote on the approval of the journal, and it was not until that was ended and the Speaker was following his custom of an nouncing the names of those present, but not voting that the first turbulence was manifested. Sick and Tired of Tyranny. Speaker Reed had overruled a motion of Mr. Bland's, and that gentleman sprang to his feet in a rage, declaring that the Speaker's conduct was a tyranny of which the House was getting sick and tired. This remark was loudly cheered by the Demo crats, while it elicited derisive laughter from the other side. The Speaker on such occasions has a delightfully cool manner, smiles blandly, and goes on reading the names of the refractory statesmen without a tremor in his voice, and in very much the tone of a schoolmaster setting tasks for truant pupils. A scene of the wildest excitement fol lowed shortly after, when Mr. Bynum, of Indiana, moved to adjourn. The Speaker refused to recognize the motion, its object being apparently for no other purpose than delay. This was a new move on the part of Speaker Beed, and struck atone of the most cherished beliefs of the filibusters, that it was always in order to move an adjournment. Naturally, therefore, there was a wild howl of rage when that ruling was made? Called by Terr Herd Names. Mr. Springer shouted out that this was tyranny, pure and unadulterated. Some body near him yelled: "It's more than that it's damnable." There were at this mo ment ten or a dozen men right in front of the Speaker's desk, all trying to speak at once. Back of them were their other 120 colleagues, all on their feet and. adding to the pandemonium by shouts, yells, catcalls and hisses. During a, momentary lull, Mr. The Most Exciting Episo de Mr. Btn dm (to the Speaker) Ton have throne who did not make some feeble show of possession. The Speaker (to Mr. Bynum and Mr. to be deceived by epithets. Bynum added to the excitement by com mencing a vigorous attack on the Speaker. Hi strong language greatly tickled the gal lery gods and goddesses, and they yelled and screamed in chorus with the Democrats on the floor. It was impossible for Mr. By num to continue for several minutes. He declared he was not going to be gagged, and shaking his fist at Beed he said the Speaker was violating more rules than anyone on the floor and was being backed by a mob. Couldn't Speak for Cheer. Tempests of cheers arose from the crowd surrounding the speaker at this remark, and as he went on to denounce in unmeasured terms the conduct of Speaker Reed he was frequently interrupted in a similar way. In fact, only a sentence or two could he speak at a time, each sentence being sandwiched between salvos of wild applause. His speech was accompanied by the most em phatic gestures of his huge fists, and he thus always had a clear circle around him. When he had finished, Speaker Beed, child-like and bland, as though nothing had happened, recognized Mr. Dalzell. to bring np the contested election case, and that gen tleman took the floor. There was some dis position to annoy him with interrnptions, bnt Mr. Crisp insisted on giving him a fair Hearing. Thenceforward the session was conducted in peace. Sir. Dnlzell Presents Bit Case. Mr. Dalzell presented the fact of the case in a forcible and logical argument, lasting two hours, and at its conclusion was the re cipient of many congratulations. It had been intended to try and finish the case to day, but on account of Mr. Crisp having a soi e throat he asked to be allowed to present his side to-morrow, which was agreed to, and the House adjourned. Lightner. CAPPED THE CLIMAX. THE STORMIEST DAY OF ANY YET IN THE HOUSE. Eprnker Reed's System of Announcing n Visible Quorum Continued The Minor ity Rrsnmes Its Pugnacious Atti tude Mr. DalEcIl fepealis nt Last "Washington, January 31. A detailed report of the proceedings in the House to day is furnished by the press as follows: The Clerk of the House proceeded in the usual manner to-day. to read an abridged journal, omitting the detailed vote. Mr. Bland, of Missouri, demanded the reading of the doc ument in full, and this was ordered by the Speaker. The Clerk was proceeding to read from the record the detailed votes of yesterday, when Mr. Outhwalte, or Ohio, objected, and demanded that the reading should be from the original document. The bpeaker said that the clerk was reading from the record as a mode of convenience, but if the gentleman objected bo might have bis way, and ho Instructed the clerk accordingly. The reading of the journal was not completed until 12.50 o'clock, and immediately Mr. Mc Klnley, of Ohio, moved that the journal he ap proved, and on that motion demanded the pre vious qnestion. Mr. Springer interjected a motion to adlourn. saying tliat he did so to enable the Ccmmiitee on rtules to bring in a code of rales. The bpeaker The gentleman is not in order in speaking on a motion to adjourn. Mr. Springer There are no rules for the House. The Speaker There are rules for the House. Mr. Springer Where are tbeyT .usuruui mi ruies uu govern parlia mentary assemblies, and thoe rules distinctly declare that a motion to adjourn is not de batable, of which the gontleman is perfectly aware. THE OLD TACTICS RESUMED. Ibe motion to adjourn was lnt yeas 1S na s 1 G2-.mil the question recurring on the de- r0WlfmL w wm mand for the previous question, the yeas and nays were ordered. The Democrats again pur sued their policy of not voting, and the Speaker once more pursued bis method of jotting down the names of members present and not voting. The vote having been taken, the 8peaker di rected the Cleric to enter on the journal the names of several members present but not vot ing. Mr. Bland immediately arose and de manded that the vote be announced before the names were read, hut tho Speaker calmly Ig nored him and proceeded to call the names, notwithstanding Mr. Bland's vicorons protest, in which be declared that tho Speaker might bo deaf to his appeal, bnt that It was a tvrany that this Honse was getting sick and tired or. The Speaker, paying no attention to Mr. Bland's indignation, directed the clerk to enter the names of the following members on tne journal as present and not voting: Messrs. names. Bland, Breckinridge, of Arkansas; Mc Rae, McCrearv. McMillin. Oates, OFerrall, Outhwalte. Price. Bayers, Stewart, of Georgia; Stone, of Kentucky. Tillman and Turner, of Georgia. He then declared the demand for the previous question carried yeas, 100; nays, 0 amid the loud protests ot tho Democrats. The bpeaker (calmly) The previous question is ordered and the question is on the approval of the journal. Mr. Bvnum. of Indiana, moved to adjourn, but the Speaker declined to recognize him. and again put the motion on the approval of the journal. II , .Mr. Bland demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and ponding this, moved to adjourn. Bnt the Speaker was deaf to wis motion, which called forth the declaration from Mr. Springer that this was tyranny sim ple and unadulterated, and the further decla ration from Mr. Bland that it was an outrage, and that the House could not ne in a more de moralized condition than the Speaker. EEED'S LITTLE ilST AGAIN. The roll was then called on the approval of the journal, and tho old tactics were brought into play.the Democrats refraining from voting and the 8peaker keeping his list wherewith he could count a quorum. The vote having been completed, the Speaker handed his list to the clerk to record as present and not voting. Ths list was as follows: Messrs. Barnes.Breckinridge, of Arkansas: Bynum. Chipman, Clements. Cul person, of Texas; Cummlngs, Knloe, Fithian, Goodnight, Hemphill. Hooker. Lane, Lanhatn, Loe, Mansur. Martin, of Texas; McAdoo. Mc Creary. McMillin. Montgomery, Moore, ot Texas; Morgan, Oates, Sayres. Splnola, Springer, Stewart, of Texas, and Stone, ol Mr. Bynum I appealfrom thedeclslon of the Chair. , . , . Tho Speaker That Is a qnestion of fact which cannot bo appealed from. Tho vote stands: Yeas, 161: nays, 0. Accordingly the journal is approved. Then the most fierce storm of the battle Congress Has "Witnessed. usurped power. No tyrant ever ascended a title to amuse the people when he had gained Springer) -The House, will not allow itself hurst upon the House, when Mr. Bynum, of In diana, rushing to the front of one of the aisles, demanded the floor on a question of personal privilege. He said: "Before the vote was taken on this question 1 arose and addressed the Speaker, and made a motion to adjourn, which was a proper and parliamentary motion. The Sneaker, in defiance of parliamentary law in defiance of right and justice, in defiance of the right of the constituents of repre sentatives Here he was interrupted by wild . applause from the Democrats, and cries for or der from the Republicans. The Speaker The gentleman from Indiana will be in order. Mr. Bynum The gentleman from Indiana is in order. BYNUM MAKES A STAND. Mr. Bynum then proceeded, amid much con fusion, to arraign the Speaker in substantially tho following words: "I propose to stand here in behalf of the rights of my constituents. I represent on this floor a constituency equal in intelligence, equal in patriotism. A Republican They are not here. Laugh ter. Mr. Bynum They are hero in my person: and gentlemen may stand hero and sustain tho arbitrary, the o utrageous. the damnable ruling of the Speaker. Applause on the Democratic side.1 But so far as lam concerned, so far as the peonje I represent are concerned, we shall not be silenced or gagged on this floor. You, Sir pointing to the Speaker, have violated more than any man on this floor parliamentary rules and parliamentary practice. You may consummate what you have undertaken to do. You have the power, backed by a mob on the floor of this House. Cheers from the Demo cratic side, and hisses from the Republicans. The Speaker Gentlemen will please refrain from the expression of their opinions. Mr. Bynum They may as well refrain. The people of this country are witnessing these proceedings. They hate spoken through tho press or the country, and they have Bpoken in condemnation of these proceedings, which will bnry you, sir, beyond tho hope of resurrection. Applause on the Democratic side. Men have tried to consummate such proceedings before. At the hour of midnight a Federal Judge made a ruling which perpetuated the Republican party in power; but his namo Is now forgotten. More than that, this proceeding is In keepin with the practices of your party; it is In keeping with your action when you stole the Presidency. Applause on the Democratic side. It is in keening with tho proceedings of the Republican party in the State of Montana. Proceed in this matter, sir. proceed in this matter. Mr. Boutwell, of Maine, protested against the gentleman from Indiana continuing. THE SPEAKER SARCASTIC. The Speaker (sarcastically) The gentleman has arisen to a statement of a question of per sonal privilege, and he is now stating it. Laughter. Mr. Bynum This is tho first time in the his tory of that chair that thejpresiding ofiicer has turned his back on a Representative on this floor, and directed a mere RnhnrriinAtA tnmtL press him by a call of the roll. It this Is a par liamentary proceeding, ir this comports with the high responsibilities which belong to tho position you hold, sir, I am much mistaken. I want now to enter my protest. I dispute the right of the Speaker to record in the journal of the proceedings of the House any directing order that I or any other member may not make. It is the journal of the proceedings of the Honso by the Constitution, and not the journal of the proceedings or the Speaker of the Honse. You have no more rUht to Inject anything Into the journal than any Individual on the floor has You have gone forward. You have usurped power. You have mutilated tho record of the House In order to carry out the scheme you have deliberately gone to work to carry out. Deliberately, I say, because you went forward to vamp up some feeble show to suttain your views. No tyrant ever ascended a throne who did not attempt to make some feeble show of title to amuse the people when he had gained pos session ot the kingdom. You, sir, have attempted to vamp up some feeble show to sustain your outrageous rulings, to amuse the gallerle, and to amuse the people while you consummated and carried out the behest of the Chairman of the Republican NatlonaUL'ommit tee, to turn out the representatives of the peo ple elected to seats on the floor, and seat mon who were not only not elected, but who do not command the respect of the constituents they seek here to represent. Now, proceed In this matter: but in the language of the immortal Emmett. we propose "to dispute every Inch of ground, burn every blade of grass, and the last intrenchment of liberty shall bo onr grave." A GREAT HUBBUB. The Democratic fide bum into cheers, whicn Conltnucaon Seventh PageJ PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1890 TWELYE IN THE LAW'S TOILS. Peter J. Claassen, the' Bold Bant Wrecker, Gives Himself Dp, but HE IS NOT SENT TO JAIL. Allowed to Remain at His Hotel, While Pell, His Side Partner, YET LANGUISHES IN A PRISON CELL Krerybody Concerned Preparing Statements tor the Public. Peter J. Claassen, the head of the syndi cate of bank wreckers, a full expose of whose transactions was given in The Dis patch yesterday, gave himself np to a United States Marshal yesterday. Ho was allowed to pass the night at a Hew York hotel. Others interested in the wrecked in stitutions are busy preparing and giving out statements as to their connection with the affair. tSFSCIiL TZLKQBJJt TO TUB DISPATCH.! New York, January 31. "President" Peter J. Clnassen, of the Sixth National Bank, surrendered himself to United States Marshal Jacobus, to-day, on condition that he should not be taken to jail for the night, which he spent at the Astor House. Insur ance Broker George Hamilton Pell, accused of helping to gut the Second National Bank's vault, could not raise 525,000 bail, and he remains in the Ludlow street jail. There are developments which indicate that James A. Simmons' turn is coming next, bnt to questions whether or not Sim mons and President Wallack, of the Lenox Hill Bank, are "wanted," Marshal Jaco bus, of course, has nothing to say. Re porters could not get at those gentlemen to day. It is believed that ex-President Charles H. Leland, of the Sixth National, who says he thonght he was handing the bank over to honorable men, but who withdrew his own deposits after he had so handed it over, will see the propriety of returning the $650,000 which he got for his shares of the bank, and it is likely that the bank's affairs will be settled without loss to the minority stock holders, as well as without loss to depositors who did not withdraw their accounts. no information offered. The United States District Attorney's office knows where the bonds taken from the bank's vaults are, but on another question of interest, namely, "What has become ot the 1,035 shares of the bank's stock which were turned over to Claassen and his asso ciates?" no definite information has ye) been offered. The Lenox Hill Bank and the Equitable Bank are, jt is believed, effectually wrecked, and will not go on again. The Equitable appears to have been o kind of burlesque, or make-believe bank, with the usual man of capital involved among associates ho must have been a perpetual surprise to him. A rigid policy of silence was adopted at the Sixth National Bank, to-day. Informa tion of every sort was refused, and Bank Examiner Hepburn declined to see callers. Instead of furnishing for publication, this evening, a detailed statement of the bank's conditions, as be promised the previous day, Mr. Hepburn posted on the window about 5 o'clock, this notice: No further statement about the condition of this bank will be made public. A. foil report of its condition will be sent to the Hon. E. S. Lacy, Controller of the Currency, at Washing ton. Ail desiring information should apply to mm. ' t-t -,-r r - j,, "j'rf f ' o reason Apparent. -The reason for this change of policy did not appear It may have been received from Washington or, more probably, it was because it was believed negotiations which aimed to secure a speedy settlement of the bank's affairs would prove successful. Mr. Hepburn woultfnot say whether Mr. Leland or any of his friends had made a proposition for a restoration of the bank's credit. There is little doubt that such a plan is under consideration, but it is not within the power ot the bank examiner to accept or reject any proposition. He can act only as a medium in laying such a plan be fere the Controller of the Currency. It is also true that any arrangement for a settlement except through a receiver must be made at once in fact, before the week ends, in the opinion of bank men who are well-posted on the situation. -.- Some friends of Mr. Leland are urging him, it is said, to make good the deficiency in the bank's assets, to the extent of the proceeds on the sale of his stock, and to re sume the presidency of the bank. Thev believe that the bank's customers could be retained under such an arrangement. PUT SAFELY AWAY. At 3 o'clock the remaining assets of the bank, in specie, bonds and other securities, were taken from the vaults by Cashier Cols ton and two or three assistants. A car riage was sent for, and the entire lot of securities, in three or four large boxes and some canvas bags, was pushed in it. Then Mr. Colston and his assistants drove to the Gallatin Bank and deposited all the prop erty in its vaults. The examination of the bank's books and of the assets was completed late to-day, and Mr. Hepburn sent his report to the Controller. There were few complaints made nt the bank itself by depositors to-day. It ap peared, however, that the bank's vaults con tained other securities beside its own. Dr. W. T. Carmody, a veterinary surgeon, who is a depositor, called to inquire about ?10, 000 in Chicago, Burlington and Qulncv bonds, which he had deposited for safe keeping. They were found to bo undis turbed. It has been erroneously stated that the conspirators secured more of the stock of the Sixth National than 1,035 shares. This number included 20 shares held bv two of President Leland'cassociateson the Board of Directors. Mr. Leland's actual holdings were 1.003 or 1,005 shares. The cashier of the Chemical Batik was the only member of the old board who did not sell oat. Of the re maining stock of the bank, it is said that Praneis Leland, President of the New York County Bank, and brother of Charles H., owns 500 shares. AN UNPLEASANT POSITION. The feature of the case most commented upon among bank men to-day was the situ tion In which Charles H. Leland, ex-President of the Sixth National Bank, finds him self and his obligations, moral and legal. It seems to be the prevailing opinion that there 'exists a claim in equity, and in law on the part of all the creditors of the bank against Mr. Leland. The members of the Clearing House committee fully expected to receive from Leland, to-day, a definite pro posal of some sort, which would enable them to arrange with the Controller of the Carreuov for. a speedy liquidation of all claims, without the delay and expense involved in a re ceivership. Snch an arrangement was made in the case of the Metropolitan Bank, with pood results. But no communication, direct or indirect, from Mr. Leland, had been received by anv member o! the Clear ing House, up to the close of business to day. MB. leland's explanation. Mr. Leland was at his home, 162 Madi son avenue, all day. He was not ill, but was engaged almost the entire day in con sultation with his counsel and his friends. Before hearing of the insinuations, made against him by Clawseti, Mr. Leland prepared i for publication a written statement. Ha says he believed the stock was worth 5650, because for three or four years part of it had shown average earnings of 36 per cent. Mr. Auchincloss, a director of the Manhattan Bank, wanted to buy Mr. Leland's stock a year or a year and a half ago, and again recently, and Mr. Leland wanted substantially this price for it Substantially the same price was named to Mr. "W. W. Ogden and to the cashier of the Chase National Bank either 5600 or $650. Mr. Leland wanted to sell and rest from his labors as a bank president, bnt he wanted his price. Mr. Leland discussed the bank affairs briefly with a Dispatch reporter this after noon. He said: The public statement which I have prepared I wrote at about 6 o'clock this morning, before I had seen the newspapers or krew all the points of criticism which had been raised. I did not know that Claassen had written to President Coe of the American Exchange National, charging that I knew that some of the funds used in paying me for my stock were to be raised on the bank's assets. That is an unmitigated He, and the proof of It lies In the fact tbat there were no bonds among the bank's assets, such as Claassen cays I agreed to receive in part payment for my stock. I was paid in certified checks for the full amount, and these checks were cashed in the regular course of business. I had abso lutely no reason for suspecting that the pur chasers were not honorable men. It is true, nevertheless, that they were the boldest gang of rascaU I ever heard of. HIS FUTURE COURSE. "What course do you intend to adopt in the matter now 7" "I propose to meet every legal and moral obligation which the situation imposes. I un derstand that such of the conspirators as have not been arrested have fled. I am here, and I intend to stay here. I have already slid more to you than to any other man since this trouble began, and, under the circumstances, I teel bound to act under the advice of my counsel, and make no further statement." President Tappan, of the Gallatin Bank, said that he had Mr. Leland's assurance that he would protect the depositors of the Sixth National against loss, and he had no doubt whatever that that would be done. CLAASSEM'S CLAIMS. The Alleged Bank Wrecker Makes a State ment to the Public Ho Claims That He Has Done Nothing Criminal. NewYork, January 31, At about noon to-day a well dressed man walked into Kiernan's News Agency on Broad street: He had a shrewd, but disagreeable face. He was apparently about 45 years of age. He announced himself as Peter J. Claassen, President of the Sixth National Bank, and told the group of astonished employes that he had a statement to make. He dictated the following, after which he calmly walked out of the office: 'To the Public: As the President of tho Sixth .National Bank of tho city of NewYork, I desire to make a statement that I deem due to my family, mv friends and myself. It is not true that I was a member of the syn dicate that purchased the controlling Interest In the Sixth National Bank. It is not true tbat Imade any loan to myself in said bank. On the contrary, I have checked on my other per sonal bank accounts in this citv, and have de gosited to my credit in the Sixth National ank and have checked not one cent against it AN INNOCENT DIRECTOR. It is due to my friend. General James Jour dan, for me to say that be consented to become a'directorin the Sixth National Bank at my urgent request He has not qualified as such director, nor has he attended any meetings at the bank whatever. He, finding from his en gagements, that he would not bo able to go so far np town when be would be needed, sent me his resignation as a director on last Tuesdaj. The same may be said as to tho position of Mr. Henry C, Cutter, with the exception that be la Mr. Simmon's friend instead of mine, as Gen eral Jourdan is. The first time that I saw Mr. Leland, the late President of the Sixth National Bank, was on January 22, at U A. Jr.. when certified checks were tendered to him and accepted by him amounting to 650,000, for which be turned over the control of the stock of the bank. These checks were deposited by him in the -umou xrusi company ana werepaia. xiene Iwas not a member of tho purchasing syndi cate all the terms had been arranged and agreed to before I ever met him. Afterward, this payment being satisfactory to Mr. Leland, be procured the resignation seriatim. of the old Board of Directors, and as they resigned the new board took their places seriatim, one member at a time. Thereupon, Mr. Leland tendered his resignation as President, and I was elected nnanimously in his place. THE DEAL COMPLETED. On the morning of the 23d, by an arrange ment with Mr. Leland, I met him between 10 and 11 A. M. at the National Park Bank vaults, where he turned over tome the securities be longing to the Sixth National Bank, and I, finding them correct, receipted therefor. Either the same afternoon or on the follow ing day, in conference with the cashier, Mr. Colson, I learned that the bank lacked cash means, and he suggested, and I con curred with him, that it would be well to dispose of say from 5500,000 to 600.000 worth of the high premium bonds ami have the cash therefor, for the use of the customers of our bank. My intentions were to nise the surplus of the bank up to at least 250,000 and so be able to accommodate our depositing customers, with ease to Our selves and with convenience to them. I then stated to the cashier that before I should call any of these securities I would have to consult with thn directors as well as with the gentlemen who owned at least 80 per cent of the controlling stock purchased, and I did so consult them. They also fully concurred in the plan, and I was requested to intrust the sale of these bonds by these gentlemen to Pell. Wallack & Co., who received thereupon 622,000 par value of these bonds to be sold, for which they gave their receipt to tho bank, which I duly turned over to the cashier. THOSE CERTIFIED CHECKS. Subsequently 201 of these bonds were re turned, SoO.OOO in cash was paid, and for the bal ance Pell, Wallack & Co. gave checks, mostly certified, to the bank on last Tuesday, January 2b; but the bank Examiner, as well as the Clear ing Honso Committee, declined to accept these checks as payment. About 300.000 of these checks were certified by the banks upon which tbey wero drawn. It subsequently developed that tbey bad been sent to the Clearing House and in the usual course and order of business they would have been paid, it will, therefore, readily appear that I had no proceeds from these bonds that I did not account for, and tlio checks thus far not covered by Pell, Wallack & Co. are still due to the bixth National Bank. It will also be seen tbat tho bank's assets were not used to purchaso the stock. 1 farther desire to say that I am not a director nor Vice President of the Equitable Bank, nor am I such in the Lenox Hill Bank. P. J. Claassen, President Sixth National Bank. AN IHTERESTING TIME AHEAD. Commissioner Halliday to Address tho Na tional Board of Trade. TOOK A STUTP COnnKSPONnKTT.l Washington, January 31. The annual meeting of the National Board of Trade, composed of representatives of the various local boards throughout the country, will be held at Willard's Hotel, Tuesday, Feb. ruary 4. The particular business of the meeting will be discussion of projects for the improvement of the merchant marine, and an unusually interesting meeting is ex pected. The Erie board has requested Hon. S. V. Halliday, Commissiouer of Customs, to rep resent it at this meeting, and tho Commis sioner has written s gnifying his acceptance. NO EEAS0N ASSIGNED. A Chicago Bookkeeper IDIysterlonsly Sui cides on tbo Lake Front. Chicago, January 31. "Walter Doehme was found dead on the lake front this morn ing. Doehme was a bookkeeper and was a good looking man of 35 years and was well dressed. That the man committed suicide there Is no doubt.- A big Colt's revolver lay by his side, and a bullet hole in the head told the tale. The firm for which Doehme worked say that so far as known the accounts were all right. Doehme was a steady man, and had no bad habits known to the firm. "RTITI "niVf a beauty: Shirley Dare gives .UullJil.lSU the lines and measurement nf a tiliulndine woman jnd prrniiniblu man. bee to aiouitow'8 20-pagu dispatch. wmm PAGES. AN APPEAL FOR AID. Archbishop Ryan Denies the Rumors That the Philadelphia MISSION FOR COLORED YOUTH HaaBeen Lavishly Supplied With Funds for Its maintenance. A HIGH TKIBDTE TO MISS DREXEL. He Can't Say Enough Good of the Charitable Sitter Katherine. Archbishop Byan, of Philadelphia, is deeply interested in the welfare of the col ored race. In an interview with a Dis patch correspondent he says Mis3 Drexel, now Sister BTatherine, will not only fonnd a colored mission in the City of Brotherly Love, but also similar ones in other cities. He pays a high tribute to Sister Katherlne's charity and goodness of heart rnnciAL TKLEonxu to nil DisrxTcn.t Philadelphia, January 31. A few months ago a colored mission was estab lished in this city at the corner of Ninth and Pine streets. It is in charge of Bev. P. A. McDermott, C. S. Sp., formerly ot Pitts burg. Becently the institution was given the name of St. Peter's Claver's Mission for Colored People of Philadelphia. The in stitution comprises within its limits a beau tiful little chapel, where two masses are celebrated every Sunday for the colored people. A school for boys, with an attendance of nearly 100, and 8 girls under the care of the Sisters of Notre Dame, comprise the school, to which is attached a night school, taught by a number of experienced teachers. Archbishop Byan is the patron and pro moter of this enterprise. In an interview to-day he said: "I am deeply interested in the welfare of the colored race." THE ARCHBISHOP'S APPEAL. He then called attention to an appeal for assistance which has been issued by himself and Father McDermott, during the past week. The circular sets forth that the mis sion recently established in this city has been silently but successfully progressing. After speaking about the difficulties and obstacles in establishing the mission, the Archbishop said: '"To our surprise and dismay, we are confronted bv a series of sensational reports that havo not only been utterly groundless in the statement, but have proved most injurious in their interpretations. It was said, for in stance, that large sums of money had been lavishly donated for the purpose ot under taking the work ot the colored mission, and that we could easily afford to dispense with the generous contributions of the charitable faithful. Many, indeed, of those who have seen and credited such unwarranted reports have not, perhaps, had an opportunity of seeing or hearing them contradicted. WHERE HONOR IS DUE. "It is an undoubted fact that the mainten ance and development of the Catholic faith among colored people of our sister States owes much to the generosity of the city and diocese of Philadelphia. Missionaries have come here and solicited aid for their good work in the trne emancipation of the race under the guidance and within the pale of the church that recognizes no distinction of race. This may be illustrated by the ex ample of St. Polycarp, ot Smyrna, who, after he was sold and bought in the market of Smyrna, was raised to the episcopal dignftjnn the same city. "The colored people of our city have cer tainly strong claims upon us," said the Archbishop. "They need pur assistance. ana above an, tnat am in a religious ana moral noint of view." On beingj asked if a Catholic church wonld be built for the colored people, he re plied: "That will come hereafter. At pres ent our attention is directed toward the in stitution at Ninth nnd Pine streets." miss drkxel's missions. In regard to the report that Miss Drexel wonld found a mission for the colored and Indian people, he referred to his opening address at the Baltimore Centennial cele bration, "As I believe that the negro slavery and the unjust treatment of the Indians are the two great blots upon Ameri can civilization, so I feel that the church has the most reasonable cause for regret in regard to our past century, in the fact that we could have done so much more for the same dependent classes. Let us now, in the name of God, resolye to make reparation for the shortcomings of the past. On the very threshold of this century I lately beheld a scene prophetic of this reparation. In the qniet Convent of Mercy, Pittsburg, I could well imagine, ranged on each side of that chapel, the representatives of the different races. On the one side the Indians and the colored, and on the other side the white race that oppressed both. They the oppressors and the oppressed gazed on each other with fraternal love. A FAIR VISION. "And then I saw going out from the ranks of the white race a fair young virgin. Ap proaching midway between the contending lines, she knelt before an illumined altar of God of all races and of all men, and offered her great fortune, her life, her love, her hones, her ambitions for the Indians and colored people. Bhe seemed the prophetess of reparation and conciliation between the races. "Silently she offered her young heart to God, and prayed that he wonld accept her sacrifice, and tbat until the grave shall re ceive her all she possesses now or shall pos sess in the future may belong to God and tho Indians and colored people. She hopes that other fair young Christian maidens may unite with her, and thus inaugurate the great work of reparation and help to render it perpetual." HER ALL FOR CHARITT. On being asked if he thought Miss Drexel would found an institution in this city, the archbishop said: "Yes; notonly in thiseity, but in diG'erent parts of the United States. Miss Drexel, when she has completed her novitiate, wilt devote her time and fortune to the founding of institutions for the the Indians and colored race." Miss Drexel, or gow Sister Katharine, is nt present passing through her novitiate in Pittsburg, and is sajd to be the most fervent and exemplary novice in the Institution. ROBBED OF HER GOLDEN LOCKS. A Young Lady's Hair Cat From Her Head on she Street. ISrZCtAL TELEOBAM TO TUB DISFATCn.l Burlington, Ia., January 31. While Mrs. Schumann, a handsome young lady of this city, was passing down a side street to day, returning home from an errand down town, she was assaulted by a stranger, who stepped up behind her and grabbed her about the body with 'me arm, while with the other he whipped out a long, ugly-looking butcher knile or shoe knife, and rapidly cut the young lady's hair from her head. Thrusting the mass of golden locks into a bag, be quicklv disappeared. The young lady, although rather strong and healthy, was so paralyzed by the sud den and bold action of the hair thief that she could do nothing, and did not even scream or struggle. No trice can be found of her assailant, and it it supposed he is of a gan? of hair thieves gpmg about the country in the business of stealing hair. bF' TMife - - ,- .WANTS, TO LET8, FOR 8ALES. ETC., FOB TO-MORROWS ISSUE May bo handed in at the main advertising; office of Tax Dispatch, Fifth avenue, up to midnight 4 Fw Tn T?TfiTJrP Two Young St, Louts Society Men & O or the Necessary Arrange-m, J Their Fathers laterfer'e and" Ai I'revent the tneonnier. -, (, . ageu i-, ana Xiouis i. iiouga, ageu v ycai v Edmunds is a brother of the well-known Henry Edmunds, and is clerk in the Me chanics Bank. He prides himself on being an "P. P. V." and fs a devoted beau, as is also Louis Hough, who is a son of ex-Judge "Warwick Hough, of the State Supreme Court, and is an embryotio disciple of JEs culaplus. The difficulty arose over the al leged action of young Edmunds in stating that Hough had wooed and won a popular society belle, the daughter of the wealthy President of a transportation company, and that they bad plighted their troth. The other day as Edmunds was passing through Yandeventer Place, one of the most fashionable quarters of the West End, he was confronted bv young Hough and the young lady Involved: Hough halted Ed munds and said: "I understand you have stated that this young lady and myself are engaged to be married." "I merely repeated what' I had heard," coolly responded Edmunds, passing on his way. Yesterdav Hough went to the Mechanics Bank and demanded that Edmunds should apologize to the young lady. This Ed munds declined to do, whereupon Hough declared that if Edmunds would step out side the counter he wdnld wipe up the bank floor with him. To this Edmunds responded that fist fighting was vulgar and he pre ferred pistols. Arrangements were per fected for a meeting on the field of honor, two well-known society youths agreeing to act as seconds, and the battle ground chosen was Normandy Heights, one of the western suburbs of the city, the hour being 3:30 this afternoon. The principals did not put in an appearance at the hour designated, and to-night it is stated that the fathers of the two chivalrous young men have taken a hand in the quarrel and prevented any bloodshed. TIEED OF HIS FATE. Suicide of a Soldier la the Columbus Bar racks Sapposed to be a Rich Man's Son Enlisted Under a False Name. rSFECIAL TXLZOBAM TO THE DISPATOTLl Columbus, O., January 3L Private Thomas Mulrooney suicided at the Colum bus barracks this morning by shooting him self through the heart "Mulrooney" is be lieved to be an assumed name, as the victim enlisted at Milwaukee November 1, 1889, with Edward J. Drexel, a nephew of the Philadelphia banker, who was assigned to the cavalry, while Mulrooney went to the infantry. They were intimate friends before they enlisted, and the suicide's proper name is supposed to be Hanna, and he is believed to be a son of the Chicago drygoods mer chant. He was 31 years old, bad light blue eyes, light brown hair, fair complexion and was 5 feet 0 inches tall. The suicide is attributed to despondency, which indicates that be may have seen better days. Mnlrooney was at the barracks three months, employed as a clerk at headquarters and was popular. The following letter was found on his person: Camp Sheridan. Wto. T., January 2, 1800. Dear Mulboonet I am sorry you are not happy, but the army, as you know, is not a soft job. I am charmingly situated, and have very nice quarters. I am teaching the commanding officer's sons and the post to shoot. The press criticised mv action of enlisting, and I suppose you have read some of them. I hope you will get along well, and regain your courage. 1 will try ana neip you out wnen m nv b babker Temits again. Tours trnlr. Edward J. Dbxxsl. AFTER CHEAPER FREIGHT RATES. A Conference of Pittsburg- Coal Men With Hallroad Officials In New Tork. ISrSCTAL TZLZOKJUC TO TUX DlSPATCH.1 New York, January 31. "W. P. De Ar mitt, A. A. Andrews, A. Dempster, D. M. Anderson, N. E. Sanford, J. M. Hall, J. C. Dysart and P. L. Bobbins, all of Pittsburg, are at the Brunswick. The above gentle men are all representatives of different coal companies, and are extensive shippers by rail and lake navigation into the West. Their mission here is to meet some of the principal railroad men upon whose roads coal is shipped and to arrange a schedule of rates for the ensuing year. The meeting will be held at the Clarendon, and it is thought a lower scale of prices will be agreed upon by both railroads and shippers. The freight traffic from Pittsburg west has become large, and this meeting is to effect a lower rate if possible. Mr. Do Armitt, of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company, says the coal outlook is good, and that the companies are all busy. Mr. Andrews argues that the nat ural gas will give out in a short matter of time, and the manufacturing interests will return to coal, which will jump up in price like the mercury in midsummer. MB. BLAINE SORELI AFFLICTED. His Daughter No it Lying at the Toint of Oentb at Ilin House. rrllOlt A STATT COBBISPONDBNT.l Washington, January 31. Mrs. Cop- pinger, wife of Lieutenant Coppinger, of the army, and the eldest daughter of Secre tary Blaine, is lying at the point of death with influenza, at the residence of her father, in the old Seward house, and her ap parently fatal illness gives new color to the prediction of the superstitious that only evil would come to the occupant of that fatal historical spot. If Mrs. Coppinger dies, hers will be tho fourth death in the family of the Secretary and Mrs. Blaine within a few weeks. First a sister of Mrs. Blaine died, then a brother of the Secretary, and then Walker Blaine. Atll:15 p. M. Mrs. Coppinger's physicians, after consultation, gave out the following statement: There has been a marked Improvement and an amelioration of the dangerous symptoms noticed during the earlier part of the day in Mrs. Coppinger's case. Wbilo still in a very critical oondition, much encouragement Is felt to-night by her physicians, who cannot, how ever, as yet say what the result may be. LOCKED IN TnE JAILOR, Who Was Working on His Gallows, and Then Made His Escnpe. Greensboro, N. C, January 31. Lige Moore (colored), who was to have been banged here next Friday for the murder ot Laura Hiatt, escaped from jail to-day. He procured an iron bar, with which he opened his cell and then fastened in the jailor, who was at work on the gallows on the third floor. The jailor raised an alarm, but did not at tract attention until Moore had made good his escape. SIX FEET OF SIGNATURES. A Formidable Doeameat Filed by tbo Coming; Postmaster nt Erie. ,'ITBOU A STAtT CORRXSrOSDSXT.1 Washington, January 31. Mr. Frank H. Button, one of the candidates for the Corry, Erie county, postoffice, has just filed at the Postoffice Department a huge fix foot document, covered with a double row of signatures in favor of his appointment He has the indorsement of Representative Culoertson, and will probably get the place as foon uj the prts.-"it D-.-mocractic in cumbent caii be disposed of. St. Louis, January 3L St Lonfv q ciety circlet are greatly excited oye. & Y threatened duel between Bernfce Edmunt, ly ' MfratSnSnvmrwumSmtm -?-"" " "" ''S INCLUDING . S THREE CENTS HEAT AND EHETOEIC. Closing Argnments for and Against? Revising the Confession. DR. JOflH HALLAGAIflST IT. He Appeals Only to the Reason and Judg ment of His Hearers. DB. HABTINflS GETS YEBI SARCASTIC. He Sets BotMiir to Answer in Dr. Hall's CIbsIbx Argnmeat Yesterday was the last day of debate on the proposed revision of the "Westminster Confession of the New York Presbytery. Bev. Dr. John Hall closed the arguments for the anti-revisionists, and several strong speakers on the side of revision were heard. A vote will be taken Monday. .SPECIAL TTXIOBJJf TO TOTS DISPATCH. I New York, January 31. A larger audi ence than on any previous day listened to day, to the New York Presbytery's debate in the Scotch Church, on the revision of the "Westminster confession. The Bev. Dr. Bossitur advocated the adoption of the com mittee's report, which leaves reprobation out of the confession and suggests other rad ical changes. In the course of his remarks he said: "If we deny revision, I am going to preach a doctrine of full salvation, as I have been doing the past 16 years." The Bev. J. H. Hoadle'y said that the committee's report proposed to scrape off the barnacles that have fastened themselves on the good shipofZion and impede its prog ress. Speaking of the objectionable doc trines of the confession he said: "Ministers do not and cannot teach them. I never in my life heard a sermon setting forth one of these objectionable doctrines, and I doubt if any one in this church has. I never have preached and never can preach these things. WOULD NOT HEAR HIM. "I have preached to audiences before now which would not stay to hear what is con tained in the third chapter of the confes sion, and before getting out themselves, they would put me out. I would not blame them, for the man who preaches these things does not preach the gospel. They form no part of the message of salvation, which, in the angel's song, 13 called 'good tidings of great joy.' Is it glad tidings to know that God from all eternity created men and infants that he might damn them? A doctrine that cannot be preached ought to be kept out of the confession of faith." The Bev. Dr. John Hall now took the floor against the adoption of the commit tee's report He said: "I intend to ap Eeal to the reason and judgment of my carers. It is alleged, in favor of there vision of the confession, that the conditions under which we live have changed, and that a missionary work confronts us which is not recognized in it FAITH oe dutt. "Now, is it a confession of faith we are talking about, or a confession of duty? If we want to make it one of duty, then let us insert in it a plank about prohibition, or one about hospital Snnday, and so on. Bnt I believe it is a contession of faith, and not an ethical statement of the duties of the Church, and that, should we alter it, we would depart from the creeds of all the Evangelical churches'. "The doctrine of Chnst passing by some has been represented as a stumbling- block, which ought to be removed. Now, we are not told in the Bible to modify- doctrines lest they should be stumbling blocks; the stum bling blocks it speaks of are entirely differ ent Hence, this argument has no weight in my mind." Dr. Hastings, as a preface to his final ar gument for the support of his committee, said: "I am not here as a representative of the Union Theological Seminary, but as a representative of the committee, otherwise I might resent the discourtesy of a man get ting the floor by privilege of the house, at Mr. "Van Bensselaer did, and then slander ing its professors. But I pass it by." After .referring to the debate as the ablest and best-tempered be had ever known in this city, he said: "I wish I could see more in Dn Hall's address calling for reply; it is hard to answer anything unless there is something to answer laughter beside heat and rhetoric." Voting on the adoption of the report will begin on Monday. A GIGANTIC SCHEME. Flan of a Canadian Engineer to Enlarge th Dominion Canal System. nrrSCIAX. TILEOBJJt TO IDI DISrATCH.1 Toronto, Ost., January 31. Henry K. Wicksteed, a civil engineer of Brantford, Ont, has a gigantic scheme that is little short of astounding. He proposes that the Dominion Government should enlarge the Canadian canal system at a cost of (70,000, 000, so as to afford ocean-going vessels access to the great inland lakes. The object of the scheme, Wicksteed says, is to benefit the North west, and secure cheaper transportation of produce. Bailways, he says, cannot afford to have freight at much less than one-half to one-third a cent per ton per mile, and they carry it at an average rate of 15 miles per hour. Ocean steamers, moving at least-two-thirds that rate, coula carry and make money at one-twentieth a cent, or a little more. Hence, he maintains it is a foregone conclusion that if we could take ocean steamers from Montreal to Chicago, Mil waukee Duluth and Port Arthur, they would carry nine-tenths of the grain trade, at any rate. They would also get most of the traffic that now goes by American routes. Beside all this, Mr. Wicksteed sees an other advantage in bis scheme. He does not wish nor anticipate, he says, a quarrel with, our cousins over the way, but some people live with fear of such collision, apparently ever before their eyes, and to snch thr pos sibility of half a dozen warships turning their guns upon Chicago three or four days atter a declaration of war would be some thing worth to their millions of dollars of peaceful commerce. AN EX-P0LICKMAN IN LUCK. He and HI Half (Sisters Win u. Fortuae ia California Conrts. (SPXCtALTZLXaaAU TO TBX DISrATCTT.l New York, January 31. About 18 months ago Lawyer H. D. McBurney, re ceived a letter from a lawyer in Grass Val ley, Cab, asking him to find the relatives of William Westerfield, who had just died there, leaving upward of 540,000. Mr. Mc Burney advertised, and found James C. "Westerfield, of Passaic, formerly a police man ot this city, a brother of the dead man, and five half sisters, living in different parts of the country. While Mr. McBurney's inquiries were f lending, a Mrs. "Westerfield, a widow living n Grass Valley, claimed William Wester field's estate, on the score of being his sister-in-law. Her claims have been proved un founded in the California courts, and a decision has been rendered declaring the ex policeman and his half sisters the true heirs. She has appealed. SWMOi"17S ot Florida; their history, RjL..i2.sVlr.i J character nlcs and h-Wts of life. i th- ulijcrt of an Intrrestintr illustrated articlo lu to sorrow's dispatch. ; , u - j V ! -1 4 s" it f C" rf 5 ' J" J . i.-t-i - i . ift : S. !-". .JfJk A. .i- Wl -JL ill