, ..... I I . . I . MM mil I I IJL I . '!'' JMJi Jl-I.W !MiMBWCT TRIPLE NUMBER ? lt FORTY-FIFTLT YEAIL HENSEL HITS Fresh Facts to Back Up His Charge of the Mismanage- mentof State Finances, A QUIET LOAN OF $100,000 That Was Kot Reported From the State Treasury as the Law Expressly Directs. HALF A MILLION OP DOLLARS In Excess of the legal Limit Now Being Carried lor the Benefit of Favorite Bankers. THE STATE DECLARED A I1EATY LOSEG By Trtasirtiots That Fkvor Strongly or Priraterarg iaBdulT cf the Leaders of the Party in Pcwtr. MOVTMEKTS OF TEE CANDIDATES TESTEEDAT rsrECIAL TELZCBAM TO THE DISPATCIM PHILADELPHIA, October 18. The Dem ocrats, under the auspices of the Pattison Association of the Twenty-ninth- ward, held an enthusiastic meeting at Oxford Hall here this evening. The crowd was so large that many of the spectators perched themselves on the hacks of benches and on the tops of window sills, so anxious were they to hear the speakers. Ex-Senator "Wallace was to have spoken at the meeting, but his weakened Dhysical condition will not permit of his speaking in public for the present at least. In his ab sence ei-State Chairman AY". U. Hen sel enthnsed the audience and when he made his appearance on the stage he met with an ovation. One of the most interesting spectators of the evening was State Chairman Kerr. In the course oi his speech, referring to the at. tempted defense of Delamater's misde meanor in using State moneys while he is Senator, and Treasurer Boyer's defense of the Sinking Fund Commissioners refusal to invest their two and a halt million dol lars surplus in Governmen: bonds, as the law directs, Hcnsel said: Henscl'g Grave Cliargcs. More than a month ago it was publicly charged in derogation of the Republican candi date tor Governor, that he had been guilty of an official misdemeanor, which not only techni cally disqualified him for the office he sought, but which disclosed such moral weakness is to invite upon him the condemnation of the peo ple of the State. To this he responded with the promise that he would publish the opinion of some Philadelphia lawyers to the effect that, although he bad, while a State Senator, used and made profit out of the State moneys, he was not ineligible to the office of Governor; and be has, at various times and in divers places, dropped sentences in his speeches indi cating that, in his view, he had right, as the head of a private banking house, to have and ne moneys out of the State Treasury, while ne was a Senator, without subjecting himself to the penalties of the law forbidding that prac tice. Ho has never published the legal opinions that he promised would be forthcoming. The nearest approach to the realization of his pros pectus is an "open letter" that has been printed, purporting to have been addressed by C Staart Patterson, Esq., to Mr. Hcnrv C. Lea. While I have no desire to intermeddle in their corre spondence Mr. Lea is quite able to take care of himself and his antagonist I read this argu ment of Mr. Patterson with much interest. I know no ono who is more skillful in the attempt to make the worse appear in the better cause than Mr. Patterson. "What he cannot say for Delamater must remain unsaid. WJmt Treasury Hooks Show. fie say in the first place: "It has never been a secret that the funds of tho State were de posited with the banking firm of Delamater fc Co. They were so deposited for many years before Mr. Delamater became a Senator, and the amount of those deposits has been from month to month publicly reported by the State Treasurer during all the time that that firm has been a Suite depositary." It is inconceivable what the concealment or openness of the transaction has to do with the case. Bat, as a matter of fact, the assertion that "the amount of these deposits has been, from month 10 month, publicly reported by the Xtate Treasurer duiing all the time that that firm has been a State depositary," is untrue. When 1 first called attention to the misde meanor of Senator Delamater a month ago, I, rnysell. was not aware of the whole extent of his offending. 1 give him credit for having ceased to be a depositary of the State funds on July , JbS9. about the timehebegan his canvass for Governor. The persons I had sent to the commissioners of the sinking fund, to ascer tain its depositaries, were denied the in formation sought. But on last "Wednes day I went to Harrishurg myself and de manded an inspection of the record, which the law sajs shall be open to every citizen, ana although those in charge refused to allow me to make a copy of it. I saw, with my own eyes, that in the very month Delamater's $50,000 de posit of general funds was taken away from him, he got a loan of 100,000 from the sinking fund; he has had it eversinceand has it now. This Lct has not been "publicly reported by the State Treasurer." On the other hand, he and ln- colleagues have ignored the law re quiring them to publish it, and have tried to conceal and withhold it from the public. This deposit was not made "years before Delamater became Senator;" but it i5 a fresh loan, made by him himself since he became Senator, and made to him, at his request, because he was Senator, and in flagrant violation of the Con. Etitution and the law. Candidate Delamater's Guilt. I will $iot believe until their ooinions are published, that ever "Messrs. John G. Johnson, ltispham," Hollingsworth, George Juukin, J. levering Jones and Carson concurred in ad vising him that the constitution provisions did not forbid the deposits of State funds with Delamater & Co. during his term as Senator." How could thcyT Who authorized them or Mr. Patterson to rewrite or unwrite the Con stitution? It says in plain and unmistakable language : The making of profit out of the public moneys, or nsing the same for any purpose not authorized by law. by any officer of the State or member of the General As'emhlv. Ehall be a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as may be provided bylaw, but part of such punishment shall be disqualification to hold office for a period of not less than five years." Delamater got tbis money originally, while be was a Senator. He used it andismakin" $8,000 a year profit out of it. How can he e cape the constitutional penaltvl Mr. Patter son suggests that this provision was "adopted la order to prevent State officials from making mmm 'm Wffmm - c mCms-i - L!!11p i ""'o""" g. -' - i -WiiEL iriHyiiiiifi'i IfirrW'i ''" aoflflll lire i v hi. '-!,.. r THE HOPEFUL COOPER TO THE RESCUE. money for themselves by receiving and appro priating to themselves interest paid by bankers upon deposits of State funds." If it was in tended for this purpose why did it not say soT Its language refers to something else entirely the umg of the State money by "a member of the General Assembly." That is just what the Constitution forbids, and that is exactly what Delamater did. There was no special need of prohibiting the State officials from making interest out of the State moneys, for that had already been provided for with pains and penalties 13 years before by the act of 1860. This clause meant just what it said, that State Senators should not borrow monev from tho State Treasury: and. as I have said before, in the Constitutional Convention that adopted it. "Mr. MacVeagh, late Attorney General of the United States, pointed out, by way of objection to the sweeping provisions of the proposed law, that even stockholders in a national bank com peting for the custody of State funds would De prohibited from becoming candidates for the State Legislature. Nevertheless, without a dl vision,by a body made up in large part of many of the most eminent members of the legal pro fession, this provision was agreed to as now written in tho supreme law, and the construc tion that is now put upon it was virtually ap proved." Loaned "Without Legal Security. Mr, Patterson does not help bis client's case hy suggesting that he was not using the State's money, but that it became his own as soon as the State Treasurer let him have it. He says: "When a banker loans or otherwise invests the moneys deposited with him, he is not using his depositors' monev, but his own money." The case becomes all the more serious if Delamater borrowed the money, for tho law says: "Except in case of war, invasion or Insurrec tion, no part of the sinking fund of the State shall be nsed or applied otherwise than in ths extinguishment of the public debt: ana the moneys of the sinking fund or any moneys from interest thereon shall never be invested or loaned upon the security of anything except the bonds of tho United States, or of this State." If Delamater converted this $100,000 of sink ing fund moneys to his own use, he certainlv never put up United States bonds or Pennsyl vania bonds to secure it. I have applied to the Auditor General's office to seehisrepor; of what security the State held for his loan; and I find that he has made no report. Mr. Patter son knows as well as I, that tbe law says Dela mater, and evj oth '"-bank or person having sliifcint fund moneys, shall reoor rr.citnrjr whatsecuritles he has deposited with the State for tbe sate keeping of this $100,000. There are none there, such as the law requires. Cheating the State. As has been intimated before, this misde meanor of Delamater's is only one phase of a system that tbe present Sinking Fund Commis sion has practiced, and that has been in vogue ever since Governor Fattison went out of office. It is devised and carried out to cheat the Com monwealth and enrich the banks and individ uals to whom the fiscal authorities have let out the sinking fund. Through every line of the legislation creating and regulating tbe sinking fund shines, clear and unmistakable, the purpose that its moneys shall be sacredly held for the sole purpose of the prompt and sure payment of the interest and the extinguishment of the principal of the State debt. Years ago it was enacted that all the tax on the capital stock of corporations should thus he set apart, and now it is the law and policy of tbe State that half of this tax, all the income from the sale of the public works and certain other revenues, aggregating about $2,000,000 a year, on the average, shall bo set apart to the sinking fund. To pay the interest on tbe State fund and tbe amount of principal constitutionally required to be redeemed, does got require over SboUotlO, leaving at least $1,160, 000 to buy State or Government bonds; besides all the surplus over $1,000,000 to be transferred from the general fund. Instead of an honest and efficient administra tion of the law what do we see? Under "Gov ernor Pattison's administration the idle and un invested surplus in the sinking fund had been reduced to $365,025 It Two years later it was $1,918,008 01. There bad been purchased as a safe and profitable investment $4,000,0000 of Government bonds. In December. 18S7, and January, 1SSS, the commissioners sold $1,000,000 of them. There was no warrant for this. The law expresslv says the Government bonds held by the State shall be sold only when tbe money is required for the extinguishment of the State debt. They wanted the money for no such pur pose. They needed it solely to deposit in the banks of their friends, for them to use and make profit out of It. They never invested it in anything. The balance, which was S1.4S9, 023 1C before they sold the bonds, ran up to over $2,O0ti,OU0 verv soon and now stands at about $2,400,000. Of the money realized from this IiroHlg.-ite and wholly unjustifiable sale of these louds, Kemble's bank has $900,000 and Dela mater has $100,000. The State Losei 840,000 Per Annum. State Treasurer Boyerand his colleagues have not seen fit to explain this remarkable transac tion, which is about as near privateering as anything" that has ever occurred in the Com monwealth. It was a clear, clean steal of $40, 000 a year interest. The money was neither needed nor used for tho extinguishment of the State debt; and I charge that the transaction was a corrupt one for the advantage of political dependents. Treasurer Boyer has again falsified in declar ing, as he is reported at a recent meeting, that the Sinking Fund Commissioners cannot safely invest in Government bonds because they are too high and because tbe accumulated money is needed in the State Treasury "to redeem tho balance of the fives of 1892. over $1,750,000." In the first place tbe fives of 1892 are not neces sarily payable In 1892. They were issued in 1877. f reimbursable in 1892, bnt -not payable until isuu. 'mere were less than S4,uuu,wu of them outstanding last December 1, andMnce then at least $500,000 have been paid off. The sinking fund revenues for the next three years, over and above tbe interest and constitutional re serve, will alone pay this off, leaving the Sinking Fund Commissioners entirely free to now invest $2,500,000 of the State money in Government bonds. Even if 125 had to be paid for them, the $2,000,000 thus bought would earn from now until 1907 nearly $1,400,000 in interest, making a e'ear gain to the State of $900,000. Mr. lloyer proposes to deprive the State of this, In order to give Delamater and tbe other bank ers tue use or the "State s money, nothing more audacious and high-handed has been done or attempted in State finances since the rob bery of the Treasury for private speculation, of which Boyer's best defense is that even if one faction of his party stole tbe Treasury bal ances another faction made good the defalca tion as soon as the school warrants had begun to be withheld and the State Superintendent refused to cover the shame and scandal. Flagrant Dereliction Charged. There is no escape for the commissioners from the responsibility of their official dere liction. A long line of legislation establishing, regulating and governing the sinking fund de fines its character and preserves the moneys paid into it exclusively for the purpose of pay ing the State debt and tbe interest on it; and protects it from the spoliation of the poli ticians. Tbe act of April 18. 1S70, directed the fiscal authorities to apply the surplus "forth fMOH ccto m with" to the extinguishment of tne State debt; and monthly to advertise in Pittsburg and Philadelphia newspapers the amounts thus re deemed. ... The act of February 12, 1876, directed them to buy loans of the Commonwealth with the sur plus. The act of May 9, 1874, directed all bal ances In the general fund, over $500,000, to be thus applied, and that on the first business day of each month the commissioners should print In the Harrisbnrg newspapers a statement of the amount in the sinking fund, and that every three months they should "apply allthemoncys in tbe sinking fund to the redemption of an equivalent amount of. the public debt" and "forthwith" give legal notico of the amount they are ready to redeem. The Humes act of 1883 ordered them, when ever State bonds could not be purchased to ad vantage, to invest in Government bonds, and permitted them to dispose of bonds thus pur chased only when the proceeds should be re quired to pay maturing State debt. By the act of 1SS5 they got an enlargement of the amount which might bo left in the general fund to $1,000,000; but all over that must go at once to the sinking fund. Indictable for Malfeasance. In spite of these positive mandates of tbe law, we find these Sinking Fund Commissioners suppressing and withholding from the public the information they are boun d to publish, as to the condition of tbe sinking fund; Loaning the sinking fund money without ob taining the securities required by law; Permit: Ing the State Treasurer to carry In tho general fund $467,599 43 in excess of tbe legal limit, ana allowing the favored banks to use that amount of money which the law directs shall go into the sinking fund; Refusing to invest'over $2,500,000 of sinking fund moneys, now available for investment in State and Government bonds, ana which tho law directs hall be thus lnvested and, finally, Looting the sinking fund of $1,000,000 United States bonds, bearing 4 per cent interest, and selling them, so as to distribute the proceeds to their favorite banks, and giving Delamater $100,000 of this money to use and make profit out of It. HEARD BY THOUSANDS. PATTISON ADDRESSES GREAT CROWDS IN MANY PLACES ON HIS WAY. TnjEx-Go ernor Deals 'Wffhihe-Tax Ques tion In Ills Speeches Existing Laws JSx plalncd as UnJust-JIcadlng Now for the Quaker City. rsrECIAL TELEQBASI TO THE DIBPATCH.1 JUhokot City, October 18. Having passed tbe night in Danville as the guest of John B. Bennett, ex-Governor Fattison and his retinue set out at 9:10 this morning for another day's work. Notwithstanding the untimely hour at which the train arrived, clusters of workingmen were found massed at each station and the brief addresses of the candidates were listened to with an at tention not at all usual in crowds drawn to gether from mere curiosity. It is safe to say that at least 40,000 people listened to Mr. Pattisou's very brief ad dresses between Danville and Shamokic. At the latter place there was a halt of a few hours with the usual procession, banners, hurrahs and crowds, followed by speeches from Pattison and the other orators. At 2 p. M. the cavalcade resumed its journey, encountering improvised meetings at each station until the arrival at Mahonoy City, there the miners, let off for a day, swarmed in noisy masses to see and hear the political ramblers. x After an interval of handshaking, dinner and rest, the business of campaigning was resumed by the formation of a procession, which seemed to embrace all the male in habitants of the town and neighboring county. Here the speaking forces were divided, Pattisou, Barclay and "Witherow speaking at Mahonoy City, and Maloney and Kerraan holding the audience at Shen andoah nntil Pattison's arrival. In both of these rather thickly popnlated districts tbe crowds were large and enthusiastic. The speeches covered the line of argu ment thus far set forth. Pattison confined himself more particularly to the tax ques tion, explaining the injustice of existing laws. This ended the third week of the campaigning tonr, and it is the general testimony of those who have closely watched the meetings that nothing so ex traordinary has ever been witnessed in a political compaign since the war. At mid night Pattison and his party took a special (or Philadelphia, where they will arrive at 8:30 Sunday morning. FOKAKEB AT EHTE. He Slakes His Only Pennsylvania Speech During This Campaign. rSfECIAL TELEOBAM TO TUT DISPATCn.1 Erie, October 18. Ex-Governor Foraker, of Ohio, addressed a very large Bepublican mass meeting in Erie to-night. This was the General's only political speech in Pennsylvania during this campaign. Referring to Senator Delamater, the Be publican nominee for Governor of Penn sylvania, he said he had a personal ac quaintance with him, and that Pennsyl vania would honor itself in making him its chief executive. In referring to Hon. Mat thew Griswold, the nominee for Congress, the Ohio ex-Governor commended him most highly. He then devoted the remainder ef the evening to the Lodge.bill and to the analysis of tbe McKinley bill. ON THE WATCH FOB FBAUD. Antl-Delainater Forces SoarclUng Fhlladel phia for Crooked "Work. rSFECIAL TBLEGBAK TO Till DISFATCS.1 Philadelphia, October 18. The anti Delamater forces in this city have deter mined that there shall be no fraud at the polls on November 4, and already the re spective committees of the Democratic City Committee, Lincoln Independents and regu lar Independents have met and formulated a rjlan which is calculated to prevent lraud at the polls, or put the violators of the law in jail. Tbe committees having tbe matter in charge have seenred tbe services of a I Continue on Seventh fagc.l ' pxtftatttt PITTSBURG. SUNDAY, A DEN OF SLICK ONES. Mammoth- Green Goods Operations Brought to Light at New York. PENNSYLVANIA MEN CAUGHT UP. How a New Castle Citizen Got Doubled Up in the Clever Game. OUTFIT FOUND AT HEADQUARTERS. Aatlony Comstock tad a HcKeetport Buxer Expert la Decoy Letters. fSFECIJLL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCTI.1 New Yoke, October 18. Ever since last April Anthony Comstock has been trying to locate what is known as the McNally gang of green-goods men, who have been operating more extensively than any in the country. They have sent their circulars broadcast throughout the United States and Can ada. They have sent thousands of cir cnlars in French to the Province of Quebec, and they have robbed many victims, who have come either to Albany or New York in response. In carrying on their enormous correspondence they have used no less than 792 aliases, and the addresses in New York which were given were irequently changed. Some of these methods were new and they even succeeded in swindling the same vic tim two or three times by making him be lieve he had been robbed by outsiders on his way home with his packages of green paper. A month ago Postoffice Inspectors Comstock, Ja'cobs, Morris and Hartshorn arrested Charles Manzocchl and Joseph Bernhard, known as Hungry Joe of bunko tame. Both these men were indicted last Thursday and they are awaiting trial. But it was the main gang that was most wanted and they were located a few days ago. a m'keespoet banker's wobk. Comstock has been in correspondence with the leaders for two or three weeks through "WJnthrop E. Harrison, a banker of Mc Keesport, Pa., to whom circulars had been sent by the green goods men. He was try ing to arrange au interview with them when intormation came to him through Chief Brooks of the Secret Service to the effect that a gang ot such swindlers who at first bad been suspected of being counter feiters, had their headquarters at 311 West Fifty-ninth street. Investigation proved that this was the very gang. It was decided to make a descent on the place this morn ing, just' after the occupants should have collected the mail. Comstock obtained warrants, and with Sergeant O'Toole, and Detectives Nugent, Callahan, "Waters and George E. Oram, went to serve them. The gang occupied it was found, the lront rooms of a third floor flat in a brown stone apartment house near Ninth avenue. It was quite evident when the officers burst in from an adjoining room thht they were not expected. AN UNEXPECTED CAM,. "Upon a bed in the backroom were found a young woman, clad in a single garment, and a young man who was dressed. Be tween them was an opium outfit with lamp lighted. The yonng man was smoking. He was not much disturbed by tbe entrance othe police.hut the young woman was. The yonng man, who said he was Ike Bosetbal declared that he had visited the flat for the first time only a few minutes be fore, and had come to see the Tounj womaa" whose nniDfi.was.AVard. and whose Jmshand Fliira'ifOfllB awttyfor the dav earlrin. the 1 -MAM...... nVfve W.vl .-. m ..H.. 1. .. I... band would not b'e back. that day, but Com stock sent a man down to the station to meet him in case he should happen to come. Then a thorough search of the apartments was begun. The rooms were small but well furnished. A full outfit of green goods was found. No sooner had these discover ies been made than one of the detectives ap peared at the door in company with "Mr. Ward," who came in very silent and pale. Mr "Ward said nothing, and Sereeant O'Toole began to search his pockets. "Why, here is a letter I wrote you last nigbt," ex claimed Comstock, as a sheet of paper was produced. EVIDENCE "WAS CONCLUSIVE. "How long have you been here, Mr. "Ward ?" Mr. "Ward looked tired as he re plied: "I've nothing to say." There were all varieties of green goods circulars and also two books containing a record of everv individual with whom the gang was in correspondence, with correct names and ad dresses and a summary of the negotiations to date. There were 1,200 addressed en velopes and more than 3,000 circulars of varions kinds. The most interesting disclosures of the raid were the contents of the record books kept by the gang. They contained the names and addresses of several hundred persons who had at least replied to the first letters which were sent out. As soon as tbe correspouuence was openea witn a man a cipher signature was assigned to him. and the record books contained the key to all the signatures of letters which were found. One oi the most interesting stories outlined was that of the dealings of the gang with "A. C. A.," who is shown bv the key to be Mort May, of 103 Lawrence street, New Castle, Pa. It appears by the brief record that May began correspondence early in September. He met one of the gang in Philadelphia on October 5 and he invested several hundred dollars in the goods. THE NEW CASTLE VICTIM. This is what he wrote the gang when he got home the next day and it shows the clever new trick which they played upon him: I have arrived home all right, but I am very sorry you did not allow me to carry the satchel instead or Charlie. I got to Pittsburg Sunday morning, but the satchel I did not get till even ing and as the bis one was not locked, the little ono was taken out, so I am worse off now than ever. Will you advise me what to do as I do not like to consult a lawyer until I hear from yon. Yon will know what is best to do in this case. The record of the gang says laconically regarding the reply sent to this letter: "October 7. "Wrote to him to come on and buy more goods." In response to this advice Mr. May wrote on tbe 10th that he might come on with $1,500. He was encouraged in this and wrote a letter which was taken from the mail by Ward just before the arrest to-day asking the gang to meet him in Pittsburg. PLENTY OP VICTIMS. The record books are full of information about would-be buyers of connterfeit money. There were 60 requests for more information from Qnebec from J. M. Heading, of "Wal nut, Juniata county, Pa., C. M. Manning, Lenox, Pa., and a host of others. The record regarding John McDonnell, of Throop, Pa., is: "May7. "Wrote will not sell less than $350. May 12, told him sell his house; wants me to come on. June 11, wrote would trust him for 34-100." Here are other sample memoranda from the record: Letter from A. Vf. Booth, Lanesborougb, Pa: "Thank you very much for the favor. 1 am confident I can get money very soon. 1 as sure youyou will not regret, it if I once eeta start." Cyrus Engle, of Scbaefferstown, Pa., wrote: "I'll be ready to meet you by the 21st inst., Jjut will write you day before I start." Bend instructions to goto Dooner's Hotel, Philadelphia, 16th, S250. Eric Hunter Hilson, Menomonie, Pa. Meet him in Philadelphia next week. K W. O. Bertrifter. 1213 State street, Erie, Pa., July 21 came on, but missed him; August 1 came on but 'baa no money, Frank Barnes, Box 920. Susquehanna, Pa., try ing to raise money tor October 16. J. j. Tobias, Coburn, Pa., September" Xt, wants' buy 110 ' iHSPtrl). "' "TWENTY PAGES. I A . X -MMMitw. A. fe. W "ilME, T-" . W OCTOBER 19, 1890. worth: September 24, come Philadelphia; Octo ber 3. told him send 3100 by express: told me, ain't got money; I should wait. D. K. Hobe mau, Millersburpr, Pa., to meet me Philadel phia, Eagle Hotel and missed him. 'LOVE GAVE THE BOND. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THE WASHING (f TON GOSSIPS SAY. Gay B. Shepherd "White Doesn't Eespond to His Kama in Police Court, and the 83,000 Ball Money Is Forfeited Colored Blood in His Veins. ITOOM A STAFF CORUESPOSDE'ST.l "Washington, October 18. "When the name of B. Shepherd "White was called in tne Police Court to-day that distinguished young gentleman did not respond, and the bail, which was 53,000, was declared for feited. The query is, "Who was the bonds man?" B. Shepherd "White is the young man who boarded at the Langham, Hotel, sported 23 suits of elegant clothes, gave champagne dinners to Senators, Bepresentatives, foreign Ministers and others of note, en gaged himself to several of the most fash ionable yonng ladies in town, accomplish ing all these great successes on a salary of $700 a year, which was of itself insufficient to pay his hotel bill. Finally he forged notes on his employers, in this city, for nearly $1,000, and skipped, leaving debts everywhere. He fled to Kentucky to the home of Senator Black-, burn, was met at the station by Miss Lulu Blackburn, the Senator'sdaughter, who, with tbeSenator s spanking team, was to drive h im across the country to the Senator's mansion to be her father's gnest. A telegram ask ing his arrest was there ahead of him, how ever, and an officer intercepted him as he was about to step into tbe carriage. Miss Blackburn was indignant, and so strongly protested in favor of White's innocence that the officer desisted. On the way home, however, White confessed bis misdeed and Miss Lulu invited him to get out of her carriage and presence. A little later he was arrested, broaght on to "Washington, remained ia jail for some time and was ad mitted to bail. The gentleman who went on his bond had no interest in him whatever, and White boasted his case would never be tried. "Society" is very curious to know who the real bondsman is, whether a Sena tor, or foreign Minister, or a Bepresenta tive, some one to whose daughter he was engaged, or what not. It is really one of the sweetest bits of sensation which has been afloat for some time, and its interest is enhanced by the development of the fact that "White has in his veins a taint of negro blood. LlGHTKEH. ONLY HELP FOB THE HUKGBY. The American Committee Will Not ToncU Irish Political Tronbles. rSrjCCIAL TELEOUAM TO TUE DISPATCH.! New YonK, October 18. Tho week has been devoted by the officers of the American Committee for the Belief of Famine in Ire land chiefly to the work of reorganization. At a meeting of the general committee the work of the executive committee was approved and tbe members of the latctr board were requested to proceed with the organization oi local committees in the cities of the United State and Canada. Tbe work ot collecting subscriptions it is decided to delegate entirely to local com mittees. The New York committee will probably be formed this week, and then sub stantial results may be looked for. There is no longer any danger that the non-partisan relief movement will be antag onized by the Home Bule leaders. The American committee was formed and began work without even the knowledge of Sir. Parnell and his associates, and at. first the latter expressed apprehensions lest the -?Hla! of .relief should be snch tbnt th? "landlords wonld indirectly be btueSted, ana that thereby the political mTsioltunes of the people should be in creased. The assurances of the American committee that it proposed to do nothing more than feed the hungry and clothe tbe naked has removed these apprehcnsions,and it is said tbe Home Bule leaders have ex pressed their hearty sympathy with the movement. A WOMAN'S BEVHOK She Shoots Down a Prominent Young Society Sinn. Quinct, III., October 18. One of the most sensational shooting affrays that ever occurred in this city took place on one of the principal business ctreets early this afternoon. Dan Q. Price, of Salina, Kan., was fatally wounded by Miss Lizzie Booth, of Camp Point, and the young lady was shot by Price. Accompanied by his brother, Price was walking down Sixth street soon after dinner, when Miss Booth crossed the street, and placing the muzzle of a large revolver against his back, fired. Price's brother grappled the young woman, the wounded man running into a store, but he immed iately returned to the sidewalk and shot her down. Price died soon after the shoot ing, but Miss Booth's wound is not neces sarily fatal. The Pricc'and Booth families are among the most prominent in this county. Price had been acquitted of a sensational suit brought by the woman. SUICIDE OF A BICH MAN. Desertion of Ills Wife and Elopement of His Daughter Xead to tho Act, New Yoek, October 18. After five at tempts at suicide, Nicholas Schubert, a wealthy real estate owner of Norfolk street, Newark, succeeded in ending his life by jumping from the second-story window of the city hospital early this morning. Three years ago. when his wife de serted him and his daughter eloped to a d;stant land, Schubert, although the owner of five houses and estimated to be worth $100,000, twice attempted his life. Upon being sent to the hospital alter a third at tempt, he was caught in the act of spring ing from his window when he recovered consciousness. He would have been dis missed from the hospital in a few days had he not availed himself of the opportunity early this morning to end his days. MBS. NAT GOODWIN'S 'CONDITION. It is Now Believed the Comedian's Wife May Recover. New York, October 18. Mrs. N. C. Goodwin, wife of Comedian Nat. Goodwin, is lying at her home in this city in a pre carious condition, as a result of injuries re ceived two weeks ago by being thrown from a phaeton while driving in Biverside Park. The early part of the present week Mrs. Goodwin was seized with incipient periton itis, and the crisis in her case was reached Thursday, when Dr. Chadbonrne, of 19 East Twenty-filth street, the attending phy sician, deemed it advisable to prepare the comedian for the worst. Mis. Goodwin rallied, however, and hopes are now enter tained for her ultimate recovery. HALF A TOWN BTONED. No Fire Department A-vnllablo to Fight the Destructive Flames. Virdin, 111., October 18. Half the busi ness portion of this town was burned at an early hour this morning. Twelve stores were destroyed. Tbe town has no fire department and tbe ringing ot church bells broucht half of the populace out to fight the flames. The loss, which cannot be ascertained, was not cov ered by insurance. THE CUT AROUSED. New Orleans Badly Excited Over Chief Hennessy's Mnrder. COMMITTEE OP SAFETY CREATED. To Prevent the Formation of a Fivate Vigilance Committee. B0T ONE GOOD WITNESS AVAILABLE. Ticit emission Tint the Ordinary Process of Law is Insufficient ia tie Cue. rSFECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISl'ATCH.I New Orleans. October" 18. The action of the Mayor and City Council to-day in appointing a Committee of Safety of SO citizens to investigate the assassination of Chief of Police Hennesy, and to take steps to suppress the Mafia and the vendetta, means that tbe matter is to be followed ud until the mur derers are brought to justice and New Or leans is freed from its dangerous Sicilian criminals. The Committee of Safety is not intended to supersede the city authorities, but it was the opinionof the Mayor that the citizens' committee wonld be of valuable assistance. Moreover, there was great dangei that in the present popular excitement a secret vigilance committee would be organized to suppress tbe assassins, and the Mayor con cluded that it would be better to have a regular committee appointed by himself than an irregular one outside of tbe law, which might itself prove dangerous. ACTED JUST IN TIME. Steps had already been taken to organize a vigilance committee, and a number of citi zens bad been privately asked to join it The action of the Mayor, it is believed, puts an end to this plan. There is to be no vigi lance committe, but instead a citizens' com mittee, which will act with the aid of the municipal and State authorities. To-day's action is a confession that the ordinary legal methods will not suffice to reach the murderers. Tbe police have struck a snag in tbe investigation of the assassination. They have 'arrested every Italian who could not account for himself on the nigbt of tbe murder; they have searched nearly every house in which Italians live, but they have discovered nothing. Not an iota of evidence of any kind has been found in the the last two days. The police are naturally set back by this. It was hoped at first that the entire Mafia conspiracy would be laid bare. Now the outlook is more unpromis ing. only one witness. The Italian population has become as dumb as an oyster. Not a word can be got from any of them. The only answer to in quiries is, "Me no understand; me know nothing." There is bnt one witness tor the State. Mr. Peeler, who indentified three of the prisoners, Scoffidi, Bognitto and In cardona,as the men hesaw firing on Hennessy, but it was a dark night and identification difficult. The witness identifies Nateli as the Italian he saw with a gun several blocks from the scene of the murder. On the other hand, all ot these men have evidence to prove alibis. A number of incendiary posters were found to-day, and .on St. Philip street, in the very center of the Italian quarter, near the French market, an effigy of an Italian was discovered this morning, hung to a lamp post, and bearing a card inscribed, "Death to the Dagoes." A. PEACEFUL OCXLOOK. The prompt action of the authorities, however, and their evident purpose to prose cute this matter, has prevented any mob violence thus far. The Mayor has been waited on by a number of leading citizens during the last two days, who offered finan cial assistance if needed. The City Council met in extra session to day on the special call of tbe Mayor to con sider tbe assassination of Chief Hennessy and the best mode of-dealing with the Mafia. The Mayor submitted a special message to the Council, in which he declared that it was war between the Mafia and the city of New Orleans, and the authorities must at once take steps to suppress the murder societies, and offered the citizens the protec tion to which they are entitled. A SICILIAN VENGEANCE. The Mayor's message maintains that the circumstances of the cowardly deed, the ar rests made and the evidence collected by the police department show beyond a doubt that he was the victim of Sicilian vengeance, wreaked on him as The chief representative of law and order in this commuuity, because be was seeking by the power of our American law to break up the fierce vendettas that have so often stained our streets with blood. Heretofore these scoundrels have confined their murder ings among themselves. None of them have ever been oonvicted because of the secrecy with which their crimes have been commit ted, and the impossibility of getting evi dence from the people of their own race to convict. "Bold, indeed," says the Mayor, "was the stroke aimed at their first American victim. A shining mark have they selected on which to write with the assassin's hand their contempt for tbe civilization of the new world. We owe it to ourselves and to everybody we hold sacred in this life to see to it that this blow is tbe last. ONLY mere hirelings. "It is clear to me that the wretches who committed this foul deed are the mere hire lings and instruments of others higher and more powerful than they. These instiga tors are the men we ;must find at any cost. For years the existence of the Stilletto Society among the Sicilians in this city has been asserted. Appeal was made to me by a prominent Italian during a former administration to protect him from blackmail and mnrder, and, as he was afraid to give any names, I could do nothing for him. "It is believed these horrid associations are patronized by some of the wealthy and pow erful members of their own race in this city, and that they can point out who the leaders of these associations are." OBiamAL PACKAGES IN KANSAS. The Governor Asked to Call an Extra Ses sion of the Legislature. Kansas City, October 18. Dispatches from all the large cities and many of the towns of Kansas state, that dnring the day many original package saloons have been opened and are doing a thriving bnsiness, as a result of the decision yesterday by Judges Phelps and Foster, of the United States Circuit Court, declaring the Wilson law inoperative o far as it affects the sale of original packages in the State of Kansas. Several mass meetings were held through out the State this evening, at which the Governor was petitioned to call an extra session of the Legislature at the earliest practicable time, in order to re-enact tbe old law. Called on Quay. mrlCIAL TELIOKAM TO TUB DISPATCH-. 1 New Brighton, October 18, Colonel Hawkins, of Washington county, candidate for State Senator, was in our county to-day. He called on Senator Q&ayaud otherfriends in Beaver, and had quite a reception in New Brighton. He was here to perfect an organization. MARION MANOLA TO WED. A HANDSOME LEADING MAN OF BOSTON THE VICTIM. Both Have Been Acting Queerly and Left Their Companies in the torch The Popular Singer's Previous Experience in Matrimony and Her Theatrical Quarrels. rsrzciAi. tsleobax to the disfatcb.i Boston, October 18. The handsome .leading man of the Boston Museum, John B. Mason, deserted the theater suddenly on Monday,and since that date has notbeenseen by the manager. He has written, however, a strange letter, pleading for forgiveness. In it he refers to mysterious trouble and great mental worry as the causerof his dis appearance. His brother, Mr. Lowell Mason, says that Jack and he are going to start for Europe within ten days. He adds, "My brother and Msss Marion Manola will marry as soon as possible." Miss Manola is under contract to sing here to-morrow in a popular concert. She has been in Boston several times of late, and occupied on each occasion a private box at the Museum. A dispatch from New York says she was playing the part of Bidbul, in "Castles in the' Air," at the Broadway Theater, when sne left there. She wanted a vacation, and Manager Sanger would let her have only ten days. She went away with Mason on his yacht and sent word that she was going to be gone two weeks. Mr. Sanger notified her that unless she returned within ten days she needn't return at all, and she did not. During the summer she rented a house at Larchmont, and lived there with her daugh ter. In September she joined the Duff Opera Company and 'tooc the part of Iolanthe in the opera of natne. Three weeks ago she left the cr t Chicago on a plea of ill health f&s- "'o Boston. Miss Manola was martvyty q 'and eight years ago to HarryVrf?- yQ manntactnrer. iheywentto 1 A, 4 rt. there she took: a fancy to the s. ioined an onera comnanv. Her hn. hart a frnnrl h.iritiine rniw and nln tnnlf- part They returned to America in '86 andN appeared in "Erminie at the Casino. They quarreled over the alleged attention paid to Manola by Herbert Wilkes and separated. He tried to get possession of their child but tailed. She played afterward in "Clover." She has been considered one of the best cordic opera sinners in the country, but she has always been in some sort of tronble. Her husband is in business in New York. They have not Leen divorced unless it is very recent, indeed. SOUTHERN LYHCHDfG PABXY. A Negro Itecelves Irregular Justice for a Dastardly Crime. Macon, Ga., October 18. Willie Single ton, colored, aged about 20 years, was lynched in the outskirts of the city at a late hour last night for an attempted assault on a young lady, tbe daughter of a prominent citizen of Macon. A few days ago Singlelon was arrested at Bufala, Ala., and an officer started with him for Macon; bnt when a few miles from the city yesterday an armed party stopped the train and took the prisoner. Last night the negro was taken betore bis victim and fully identified. The mob then took bim to the woods, and, hanging him to a tree, riddled his body with bullets, and left it swinging with a placard bearing the inscription: "Oar women are protected. They must and shall be sae." All present took an oath not to revaal the name of the young lady. To-day tbe Coroner held an inquest over the dead body of Singleton. The jury returned a verdict that he came to bis death at the hands of a person or persons unknown to the jury. ilBS. OffAEBISOH ELECTED PBESrDENT. The Organization of the Daughters of the American Itovolatlon Completed. Washington, October 18. At an ad journed meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution to-day a letter was received from Mrs. Harrison accepting the Presidency of the society, and another from Dr. Seward Webb, President of the Sons of American Bevolution, extending a cordial welcome for that body. Mrs. Florence Adams Darling presented the names of the following for State Presidents, and they were elected: Mrs. William Wirt Henry, for Virginia; Mrs. John Qumcy Adams, for Massachusetts; Mrs. Boger A. Pryor, for New York, and Mrs. S. Y. Bnckner, for Kentucky. The eligibility clause was amended so as to require applicants to trace their descent through the soldiers or statesmen of the Bevolution to the mother that claimed him. The seal adopted was that of a female figure in the dress of '76 at the spinning wheel, and at tbe same time rocking the cradle with the motto: "The hand that rocks the cradle rules tbe world." JL KTTiTirTD BY CIGARETTES. A Boy Smoker's Heart is Affected by the Weed, and He Dies. SPECIAL TSLZOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Locktort, N. Y., October 18. Frederick Long, a boy aged 14 years, died to-day sud denly from excessive cigarette smoking. The boy.had become a victim to the habit which had affected bis heart to snch an ex tent that to-day he was taken with chills and vomiting, and died in a short time. TEE DISPATCH DIBECTOKY. A Compact Table of Contents for the Con -venlence of the Header. The issue of The Dispatch to-day consists of 20 pages made up in three parts. The first contains the news of the day and tbe second and third are devoted to the following special features and class news: PART H. Paae 9 The News by Cable. The Exposition Finish. The EplscoDal .Meetings. Oil In California. Carnegie at Cluny W. SCOTT Dalgleisch. Page 10. The First Peoples W. G. Kautmans. The Urave and Gay Ohaeles T. llnnnAT. Eden of the Incas FankikB. Wabd. Home Tariff Talk. Page 11. Real Estate Notices. For Sale Column, The Want Column. To Let Column. Page 12. The Social World. Dramatic Doings. Gossip or the Schools. Page 13. The Urand Army. Art and Artists. Markets by Telegraph Local Trade News. The River News, Page li. Review or Sports PWJtOLE Secret Societies. Mllltla Gossip. The Allegheny Courts. page 15. l'olnts on Tobacco. Every Day Science. Electrical News. Page IS. Amusement Notices. Business Cards. PART IH. Page 17. Pittsburg's ISeauty Spots A. U. Chum Nell Gwynne's Charity Fbauk A. Bcbr He Rents an Office. HOWAbd Kieldino Stand Fast, Cralg-Royston William Black Page IS. Land or the Sphinx Alice MacGowax A Famous Scandal -Frakk O. Cabpenteb geir-Rllance TUE COUjtbt 1'ausos Page 13. The Maelc Whittle Patsie Puzzle Department E. K. CQAdeoubx The Gospel or Love Rev. GEOnnc Hodoes, Erin's Staple Food ElliceSekexa page X. New York Gossip ....CLARA Belle Millinery Fashions Oca Seaxky The Good l'nyslclan BhlelxyDakb Some Noted Babies -Miss Guuwdy. Jb Raising Church rands .BH3LE bbaxbls FIVE CENTS. 1 1 FILLED TO THE ROOF, Lafayette Hall, the Cradle of the Republican Party, Crowded to Hear Emery. HE PRODUCES MORE PROOF, And Beviews Evidence to Support Charges Against Delamater. GLOEIODS OLD TOM IN GOOD fiUilOB, Again Sailing Into Quay and the Eepub lican Candidate. AMIGHTI 0DTP0UR OP LNDEPHSDESTS Lafayette Hall was filled to the roof at the Independent Bepublican meeting last night. The crowd was composed almost altogether of Republicans. A large major ity were Independents, though Delamater buttons were seen here and there. The speakers were late in arriving and the crowd somewhat restless when tbe band was heard in tbe street in front of the hall. When Mr. N. G. Ayres was seen emerg ing from the right wing the crowd cheered, and when Messrs. Emery and Mapes fol "vwed the cheer swelled into an ovation. (fc fyy'ng the entire meeting there was much m- OSU UUSSk6U, MUU M MW.M.V . i the political sentiments of the as semblage. Mention of Independent Bepub lican principles and the names ot pure Be publican heroes were applauded as loudly as the name of Fattison. A NOVELTY Iir CAMPAIGNING. The stereopticon exhibition of the fan similes of affidavits and other documents was well received by the audience. It was welcomed as a novelty in campaigning, and the fac similes themselves were applauded as they flashed on the screen, and com mended audibly as being very convincing evidence. Mr. Ayres called the meeting to order, and said he was clad to see so many Inde pendent Bepublicans present. As Chair man of the Committee on Speakers and Meetings, it was his duty to call the meet ing to order, and as it was the first Inde pendent meetinz here he wonld state their object. "We want to purity the Bepub lican party," said he, "and remove the hand of the political thug now upon the throat of the party. Cheers. We want to say he can't carry the Bepublican party in bis pocket and own it. Loud cheering. When he nominates a candidate against our will, we propose to repudiate him." Hearty applause created this sentiment. THE LIST OF VICE PRESIDENTS. Mr. Ayres then announced the following list of vice presidents. They are all Re publicans: Hon. Thomas Mellon, Hon. David Kirk, Rev. B. F. Core, H. S. Ayres, W. 8. Pier, Esq., James B. Mellon. W. H. JlcClunc Thomas Grundy. K. A. Robrkaste. Gilbert Barnes, Joseph J. Davis, William Lewis, Ira JI. fiurch field, James 13. Morgan. Jr., C A. Balpb, Miles H. England. John H. Straub. J. il. Sheafer. E. T. Graham, W. JvT. Saint, V. C. Beinbaner, John F. Rafran, Rush Lake, Esq., W. W. Burcbfield, 11. S. Lvdick. O. H. Stenzel, CaDtalD B. J. Wilkinson, James K. Macfarlane, C. C. Dickey, Esq., George Wertz, Andrew G. Wels, Alfred K. Oates. John C. Thompson. Bev. A. Bernstein, J. G. Bteinhauser, D. w.Radebaugb, R. C. Dalzell, Edwin W. Smith. J. J. Donnell. S. H. Murray, George P. Graver. C C. Lee. F. W. Hugbey, O. C. Herbst, Joseph T. Nevln, M. 13. Cochran, J. Sharp McDonald, John D. Watson, Esq.. Edwin S. Carpenter, Esq., A. Israel, Esq.. Robert McDonald. J. S. Phillips. M. D.. D. S. Wolcott. John F. Robin son, C. W. SIcGarvey. Smith Agnew. W. L. Bird, Esq., E. W. Kirkpatnck, M. D.. John G. Jones, John W. Beatty, Alex. Lov, J. B. Corey, George Osden, Gottloib F. Weber, J. C. Porter, Charles S. Covert, John D. Watson, J. K. Wallace, Frederick G. Seltz, J. Bakewell Phillips, S. J. Fleming. Joha L. Jones, Harry f. Riley, Esq., W. H. Uovode, C. C. Mellor, D. E. Bayard, Prof. W. H. White, D. W. C. BldwelL Remsen V. Messier, Samuel Chadwick, Georse Y. McKee, W. J. Spahr. Thomas D. Kellar. Lawrence Dilworth, Charles E. Speer, William Cowley, M. D.. F.W. McKee. William B. Dilworth, Major James P. Speer, U. B. Shea, Alexander Lnnr, Theodora W. Kevin, Alexander Mickey. E. A. Woods, Ross L. McMillan, W. H. Winslow, M. D., Joseph Woodwell, James P. Bailey, J. G. Bergstresser, James 'Balpb, Esq., George Stinp, John Euirick. President John S. Hood was then intro duced and said he wanted to help elect an hoDest man, Bobert E. Pattison. This was greeted with cheers of no uncertain sound. A NEW BUNDLE OF FACTS TO SUPPORT THE OLD CHARGES AGAINST DELAMATER. Ex-Senator Emery's Address to an Appreci ative Audience The Old Proofs Flashed V Out hy the Stereopticon Applause and Side Comments. When ex-Senator Emery was introduced everybody cheered Iond and long, and thero were cries ol "Give it to tbem, Emery. You're the man we want to see," etc. Mr. Emery began by saying he was glad to find he bad friends present, in spite of the villification of the Medicine-man-great Sachem Andrews, and the two lone papers in the State which were supporting Delamater. He referred to Major Brown's speech ad paying him "a warm but doubtful compli ment," and his remarks created quite demonstration in the audience. He said he was the son of a man who had gone to the far West of that day and set tled in Michigan, an Abolitionist in poli tics, who had afterward helped to form the Bepublican party in Michigan. He bad always been steadfast in the support of ma jority rule, and had taught his sons to put their foot on a boss whenever they could. This was loudly cheered. Beferring to bis legislative career he said he bad represented an oil constituency, and had always been true to it, and continued: PITTSBURG'S LOST GLORY. Pittsburg is the natural center of the oil business. From 186S to 1372 fully SO per cent ot all the oil produced was refined here. Now' there is nothing left but tnmbled-down chim neys, with the vines growing over them. A voice: "Down with tbe Standard." Millions! of dollars went to tho laborins and business men of this section in the old days, now it all goes into the pockets of tbe octopus in New York and Cleveland. It should yet be coming here and would be but for the methods of tho bosses. Tbe Czar of Pennsylvania wants to continue; these methods and wants you to vote for hU cub, George Wallace Denial Delamater. rCheers and laughter. The free pipebilL liillingsley bill and other measures Intended for the relief of the people were defeated by tbe ring Republicans. Had It been left to the people or the party. Instead of tbe bosses, Delamater woald noc have been nominated. Tbe two lone papers in this State have said I am Jealous or Delamater In politics and business and that I am disap pointed in politics. I am in tha oil business. Mr. Delamater's oaly business Is banking; I believe ha did once go out into Butler county and drill two dry holes, which scared him, so he hisa'4 1 i -' -2
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