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MUOraOMPH,
His Coercion Bill "Works So
Satisfactorily That It
Can Be Suspended
AFTEE rOUB TEABS' TBIAL.
Compared With Gladstone's Coercion
to the Latter's Detriment,
GOOD WILL TO EVICTED TEXANTS.
French Ignored in the Recent Xe-nfound-land
Settlement.
TIIE EXGLISn ADMIRE ME. M'CORMTCK
I Copyright 1S91 hy the Xcw York Associated Tress.!
Loxdox, June o. Mr. Balfour's pro
pol to relax the coercion act -will not be
explicitly announced in the House of Com
mons until next week, but enough is known
as to w hat the Go eminent intends to pro
pose to justify the Conservatives in feeling
tome little pride over the results of Mr.
Balfour's policy. All the provisions of the
crimes act directed against criminal con
spiracy will be withdrawn, while other provision-;,
notably the secret inquiry section,
will be retained.
Mr. Balfour's first statement, that while
there are 3,019 prisoners in Ireland who
vei-e sentenced under the ordinary law
there are 21 who were sentenced under the
crimes act, has been the occasion in the
Unionist press of telling contrasts with the
coercion policy under Mr. Gladstone, when
the prisons were full. In the face of prison
statistics, and in the face, also, of the fact
of absolute peace in eery district in Ire
land and the cessation in the piessand on the
platform of expressions of discontent, the
Gladstonians v ill find it difficult to respond
to the Unionist plans
How the liberals Explain It.
The accepted Liberal explanation is that
the pacification of Ireland is due as much to
the Gladstone policy of conciliation as to Mr.
Balfour's, coercion, and, further, that the
Dublin Executive has long been playing
v ith coercion, and when the coercive screw
is put in liand crime lias run up and w hen
the screw is loosened crime has run down.
These explanations ignore the Gladstonian
predictions when the crimes bill was under
discussion in Parliament, that such an aw
ful piece of brutal despotism, from which
the Czsx or the Sultan might well shrink,
would produce a crop of dynamite and other
outrages that would appall the civilized
world.
Doubtless a number of causes operated to
associate the Balfour regime with the steady
cessation of disorder, but the blindest parti
sanship cannot refuse Mr. Balfour the
credit of attaining the results which his per
sistent policy aimed at. Hisadministration
has seen the National League broken to
pieces, the plan of campaign collapsed and
coercion suspended after four years of oper
ation. Mr. Gladstone on the Irioli Question.
Mr. Gladstone's latest utterance on home
rule is his writing to the Women's Liberal
Federation that the Irish crisis is a acute as
ever, and that home rule as a fixed plank of
the Liberal platform is as certain as ever;
but the Irish questions are asleep as far as
electoral interest goes with quiescent Ire
land. The land billps'still likelv to occupy the
House for a week. Mr. Balfour has sent a
me-age of peace and good will to evicted
tenants, in accepting the clause enabling a
landlord to sell a holding over the head of
the man in possession to an evicted tenant
or his predecessor. Evicted tenants can
claim a pre-emption right, and will only be
able to bencht Ijy the clause within six
months after the act parses; but the pro
vision saves from ruin many a victim of the
plan of campaign.
The Xcnfoundland settlement.
The Newfoundland delegates have ar
rived at a satisfactory agreement with tl e
Government for a permanent act to replace
the three years' measure passed by the local
Legislature. Mr. Munroe will leave for St.
Johns next Tuesday, while Sir "William
Whiteway w ill remain to complete formali
ties. Resistance on the part of the French
Government is no longer expected. Lord
Salisbury lias sent only verbal information,
merely as a matter of courtesy to M. Itibot,
the French Foreign Minister, on the secur
ine of action on the part of thecolony which
will will assist the work of arbitration. The
communication is understood to imply that
the English Foreign Office does not desire a
response, and M Kibot has tacitly accepted
the po-ition.
1'rof. Gefiecken lectured to-night at the
German Exhibition on the Bering Sea ques
tion, giving an historical review and adopt
ing altogether the British argument. He
concluded that the decision of the Supreme
Court ought to uphold the principles of
international law, conceding the liberty of
the sea which the United States has always
hitherto defended, and which is important
to all maritime nations.
The I'rofessor Praised by Mr. IJryce.
Mr. Bryce, M. P., who presided, praised
the lecturer's exposition and acknowledged
Prof. Gefleckcn as an anthority ou, and an
impartial exponent pf. international law.
The selection of Mr. McConnick to be the
European reprecntati e of the Chicago
Fair has caused general satisfaction here.
The appointment considerably modifies the
situation, rendering the immediate pres
ence of delegates from Chicago unnecessary
for the present. Mr. McCormick will for
tome time be employed in preparing the
w ay for future action. Delegates coming to
Europe in the autumn will hnd the public
prepared to receive and to listen to them all
the more icadilj, as the preliminary work
will then have been dou.
HEALY'S ATTAC2S ON PABNELL
Are Liable to Split the McCartliyite Party
and Crrate More l'actlons.
BY DUXLAT'S CAELE COMPAV.
LOSDOX, June 5. There is anything but
harmony in the camp of the McCarthyites.
The present feeling of discord is due to the
series of articles now appearing in the col
umns of the recognized organ of the party,
v hioh imputes fraud and theft to Mr. l'arnef 1.
They are from the pen of Mr Healy, and
thev are strongly disapproved of by the
leading member!) of the faction, including
Mr. McCarthy himself and Mr. Sexton.
The unfortunate part of the nfiair is that
lnemliers arc not strong enough to drum Mr.
Healy out of tiie ranks, as it is evident they
-weuldlike to, for they have made no secret
of their disgust at this objectionable process
of washing the party's dirty linen in pub
lic In fact, if tliis sort of thing goes on, sooner
or later there must be an open -rupture, and
-with more internal dimensions, there is no
knowing into how many different elements
the once united Irish" party may be re
solved. These articles have produced this
definite fe ling in the minds of many people
who arc nnt unfriendly to the erstwhile
leader of tin pam.that he ought to take
action a.'iniis: tlu jiawr, fhrit the statc
imtnts are untrue, lie could ufoubtedly get
big damages. Tgg
FHEHCH AKT FOB THE FALB.
Cltlcago Managers Must Insure Exhibits If
a Rood Show Is Expected.
Paws, June ". There iE considerable
wire-pulling in progress for the.position of
French Art Commissioner for the Chicago
"World's Fair. One of the new candidates
is Mr. Georges de Dramard, a painter of
considerable merit, wno noias a somewhat
similar position in connection with the
French Exhibition at Moscow. Several of
the American artists at Pans are backing
M. de Dramard. Another candidate, M.
Boger Balldeu,onc ofthe fine art inspectors,
says that if he is the Government's choice
the art exhibit of France at Chicago will be
one of the most rcniarkableever sent abroad.
However, leading American artists here
say that unless Chicago guarantees the very
best care for the safety of the pictures anil
statuary, few artists "will exhibit, as many
of the pictures which they sent to Boston,
New Orleans, Bio Janeiro and other trans
Atlantic fairs of recent years were lost and
have never been heard from to this day.
INVADED BY THE GRIP.
BRITAIN'S ARISTOCRATIC RANKS
THINNED lir THE MAIiADY.
Mourning the Frominent Color Now In All
Fashloiuiblo Quarters Queen Natalie
Enjoying Life in Ixmdon Her Beauty a
Figment of the Imagination,
tnv dcuJjAP's cabCe compaxt.1
Loxdon, June S. The ravages made by
the crip in the ranks ofthe aristocracy are
apparent whenever one goes into the fash
ionable quarters. The result of numerous
deaths which have occurred in the higher
social circles is to be seen in the extraordi
nary amount of mourning dresses in varying
degrees of intensity in the park and the
other haunts the good people frequent.
Even members of the royal family have put
on the signs of grief, and the consequence is
there was a predominance of black, white
and gray dresses at the state ball a couple
of days ago. This made the scene far less
brilliant in its coloring than usual, for a
function of this sort always brings out a
variety and a profusion in color which one
would seek for in vain in other places, ex
cept, perhaps, on an occasion of almost sim
ilar importancq among the upper ten.
At the one in question the Princess of
"Wales, who is in mourning, appeared in
black, and at the four-in-hand meet during
the day she wore a black tulle dress, which
was striped with narrow black ribbon, and
its somberness was relieved only by the dia
mond ornaments she had put on. Her
daughters, the young; princesses, wore dainty,
girlish gowns of white satin and white silk
muslin. It is really remarkable how the
Princess has managed to transform her two
daughters from being absolutely dowdy into
really well-dressed damsels. Their cos
tumes now are taken as models to be fol
lowed by the younger branches of the aris
tocratic'houses,whiic a couple or three years
ago they were also used as examples, but
then of what to avoid.
Another rovalty about whom gossips are
busy just at the moment is Queen Natalie.
She has been driving at Piccadilly, and it
is reported that she is stopping at the
Savoy Hotel. It has been customary to
represent this modern Mary Stuart as the
most beautiful woman in Europe, possibly
in order to carrv out the resemblance be
tween her and the unfortunate Queen,
whose beauty, like that of Helen of Troy,
has become a recognized standard bv which
the claim of loveliness may be judged.
Perhaps in the case of Natalie the wish to
make her appear Beautiful has been the
father to the thought that she is, "and beauty
in a woman; against whom are thefates of
war, is the most potent element in inciting
a romantic feeling in her behalf.
Sooth to say, Natalie is a big, black
browed, red-checked dame, with large black
eyes, and her general appearance is so far
from that of the woman to w hom she has
been likened that she is decidedly coarse.
AN ENGLISHMAN'S BLIND LUCE.
He Couldn't Speak French, bnt He Stumbled
On a -Winning of 61,400 Francs.
rnr ecxlat's cable comfa-y.7
London, June 5. An amusing incident
is reported from Paris as having occurred at
the race meeting at Auteuil yesterday.
An Englishman, whose French must have
been that of the public schools, went to the
Paris Mutual booth and asked for 900 francs'
worth of tickets of Papillon Quartre. His
pronunciation, however, being what is re
corded above was not sufficiently under
stood by the clerk in charge. He under
stood tliat the individual wanted to back the
horse whose name was number four on the
list, as he could make out a resemblance
between the word quatre, meaning four, as
the Englishman pronounced it and the
sound he, in common with other Parisians,
give it. Actine, therefore, in accordance
with the idea, the clerk gave the English
man 90 10-franc tickets on Jeanne la Folle,
smiling as he did so, for Jeanne, although
fourth on the list, was perhaps the rankest
outsider which had been entered.
But with that blind luck, which often
causes a man to stumble on something good,
it happened that this error was the cause of
the greatest good fortune that could have
happened to the Englishman. La Folle, to
the surprise of everybody, and to the sur
prise and horror ofthe clerk, actually won
the race,and the Englishman discovered the
clerk's mistake afterward when, looking at
his ticket, he fcund that he had won 61,400
francs.
SADLY BLIGHTED HOPES.
A teg d Mutton .Stuffed -With Iron Instead
of Gold as -Vas Expected.
tBT DUXLAP'S CABLE COMPANY.
LONDON-, June 5. A curious aflair, with
a serious ending, happened to a butcher in
the Central Market in Paris yesterday. The
keeper of a restaurant in the Ternes quarter
bought a ten-pound leg of mutton from him,
and to his surprise about an hour afterward
the butcher called and asked to be al
lowed to take the joint back again.
The restaurant keeper wondered
what the reason was and refused. His
w onder increased when the butcher offered
'him 100 francs for the joint, and on his re
fusing the man doubled his otter. Think
ing there must be some reason for this ab
surd liberality, mine host held off, and the
butcher made a final bid of 500 francs.
This convinced the hotel proprietor that
the leg must be stuffed with something
valuable, perliaps with gold, as the butcher
became Very excited, so lie refused. When
the joint was cooked and brought to the
table the host, as he put his knife in, struck
something hard, and expecting a rich find,
he removed slice after slice until he came to
an iron weight, which turned the scale at
two pounds. The irate proprietor went to
the market, found the butcher, had him ar
rested, and, to add insult to injury, gave
him a thorough kicking.
THE BEEINQ BILL IN THE TJPPEE HOUSE.
It Is rinally Passed by the Commons After
Some Discussion.
London, June 5. The bill providing for
the issue of an order in council prohibiting
the taking of seals in Bering Sea by-British
subjects, though a Government measure
met with the opposition of Mr. Alexander
Stavely Hill. He moved an amendment that
the words "If Canada consents" be added
thereto. William Henry Smith, the Gov
ernment leader in the House, argued
against the amendment, basing his opposi
tion to it on the fact that the Government
had already obtained the assent of Canada
to the bilL In view of this statement
Mr. Hill withdrew his amendment and the
bill was subsequently passed.
The Bering Sea bill passed the first read
ing in the House of Lords to-day.
A FIGHT FOB BEAEDS.
French -Waiters to Hae a Newspaper to
Aid Them in Their Battle.
ln" nC&LAP'S CABLE COMAJIT.J
Pabis, June 5. The waiters at the differ
ent restaurants who hate been fighling for
the right, as free and independent citizens,
"wjwrp-x
. THE
to wear beards and mustaches if they choose,
j ha e resolved to start a newspaper in order
to supjuiw"ai uiey are pieaseu. io can
their rights, and which chiefly consists in
w earing such hirsute adornments on their
faces as they please.
DUNCAN'S AWFUL CRIME.
WITNESSES GIVE DAMAGING TESTI
MONY AGAINST THE AMERICAN
Who Tried to Mnrder His Wife in Wales
The Weapon, a Rough Piece of Slate,
Produced in Court Duncan's Confession
,to the Attending Physician.
London, June 5. Richard Coolidge Dun
can, of "Washington, who attempted to mur
der Bis wife May 10 in North "Wales, and
who was remanded 'Saturday, was to-day
taken into court at Carnavon for examina
tion. ,
A quarryman named Evans, who is the
principal witness against Duncan, testified
that he saw the prisoner stooping over the
prostrate form of his wife and holding
a huge stone in his hand. Mrs. Dun
can was lying in a crevice between
two rocks, and her head, which was ter
ribly battered, rested in the extreme angle.
Soon after Evans saw him, Duncan, touch
his wife's face with a handkerchief. Mrs.
Duncan, the witness said, was bleeding at
the mouth and from one of her ears. She
appeared to be dead. So soon as Duncan
saw Evans he (Duncan) shouted in broken
"Welsh: "My wife is ill Fetch a doctor.
My wife has fallen down the rocks."
Evans then assisted Duncan to raise the
form of his wife and wiped the blood from
her mouth. Fearing that she would choke,
Duncan then pointed to the stone, covered
with hair and blood, and said something
about "edge ofthe rock," and "wife falling
over," and again asked the witness to fetch
a doctor.
The stone found near the prisoner, with
which the crime is supposed to have been
committed, was produced in court. It is a,
huge w edge of slate, and was stained with
blood, and had a few golden hairs clinging
to it.
Dr. Jones, who attended Mrs. Duncan,
swore that when he expressed doubts of
Duncan's story, Duncan took the witness
aside and said, ""I did it myself with the
stone vou have seen. God forgive me. I
didn't" know what I was doing. Three
months ago I was worth $50,000 and now I
have lost alL I saw nothing before me but
poverty for mvself and wife."
Mrs. Duncan is still in a very critical
condition. The prisoner is under guard and
broken down.
CLINTON IXOYD, who was Chief Clerk
of the House of Representatives during ope
of the most critical periods of our history,
gives some reminiscences of Congress Jnsj
after the war in THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
The great men of to-day as they ap
peared In 18G3.
THE STATE MEDICAL MEETING.
Officers Elected for the Year and Assign
ments for Addresses Made.
CSPECIAL TELEGKAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Beading, .June 5. After a four days'
session, the Medical Society ad
journed to-day to meet in Harris
burg on tVe third Tuesday in May,
1892. The doctors were called together
at the Academy of Music this morning,
when routine and unfinished business was
taken up and officers for the ensuing year
confirmed. The appointments' by the retir
ing President, Dr. Craig, were: Committee
to see the Governor and urge the
appointment of a lady member ofthe Board
of Public Charities in case a vacancy should
occur, Dr. "William B. TJlrich, of Chester;
Ellwood Corson, of Norristown; S. C.
Ayres, of Pittsburg; S. J. Itaus, of
York, and J. L. Ziegler, Mount Joy; Com
mittee on Pharmacy, Dr. H. A. Hare, of
Philadelphia; C. S. "W. Bachman,
Beading; J. C. Lange, Philadelphia;
"W. T. Bishop, Harrisburg, and Thomas
J. Mays, Philadelphia; to deliver
addresses at the next meeting on medicine,
J. H. Iusser, Philadelphia, surgery; T. D.
Davis, Allegheny, mental diseases; J. "Wil
loughby Phillips, Delaw are, obstf etrics and
diseases of children; A. G. McCormick, Ly
coming, hygiene; A. A. Woods, Erie,
otology.
George B. Bohrer, Lancaster; Dr. C. G.
Loose, of this city; T. M. Livingstone and
"W. T. Bishop, of Harrisburg, were ap
pointed delegates to the Pharmaceutical
Society. Dr. Craig made a brief address,
after which Dr. S. L. Kurtz, of this city,
the President-elect of the society, was con
ducted to the chair. The meeting then ad
journed. CELIA I.OGAN has collected some inter
esting facts about fasting for her series on
surplus adiposo and will give them in THE
DISPATCH to-morrow. Wonderful stories
of Hindoo fakirs who allow themselves to
be buried alive.
TWO SECTS TO FEDEBATE.
The German and Dutch Reformed Churches
to Unite in a Federation.
Philadelphia, June 5. The first busi
ness session of the Synod of the Beformed
Church (German) in the "United States,
convened in special meeting, was held here
to-day. The object of the convention is two
fold: First, to receive and take action upon
the report of the joint commission looking
toward a union of the two Beformed
Churches, the Beformed Church (German)
in the "United 'States, and the Beformed
Church (Dutch) in America, and, secondly,
to consider a communication from com
mittee ofthe General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church of the United States of
America in regard to a consensus creed for
the use ofthe Beformed Churches holding
the Presbyterian system.
The joint commission of the two Be
formed sects reported for the formation of a
federal synod, with a constitution consist
ing of 13 articles. The paper provides that
each constitution shall retain its distinct in
dividuality, and all the powers not ex
pressly delegated to the federation.
A LUTHEBAN SYNOD IN SESSION.
Rev. M. Hem, a Pittsburg Pastor, Reads a
Paper on Regeneration.
New York, June . The thirtieth con
vention ofthe Lutheran Synod ofthe East
ern district continued to-day. Bev. M.
Hein, of Pittsburg, read a paper on "Be
gencration," which was freely discussed.
The English Lutheran Conference of
Missouri, organized two years- ago, made
formal written application for admission to
the Synodical Conference. The application
was granted. The consent of the two re
maining Synods must be obtained before
the English Lutheran Conference rises to
the dignity of a Synod.
THEFIBE BEC0BD.
At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a Are was
discovered in the stable of the Union Exca
vating Company on Grant avenue, Alio
gheny, and an alarm sent in from station 47.
The Are Is supposed to have been caused by
a lighted match being carelessly dropped.
Tho damage will not exceed $100.
AT New Orleans yesterday morning Schoen
hausen's Royal concert nnd beer saloon
burned, and Torotlrch's shoe store, adjoin
ing, was badly damaged. The buildings in
the rear of tho ralais Royal on Exchange
allevwcronttso burned. Loss estimated at
$30,000. It was for supplying Rirls to this
concert saloon that Aibogen was recently
sentenced to tho penitentiary in New lork.
Wabio had been given Hichard Ashman,
a prominent politician and farmer of Tell
township, near Huntingdon, by White Caps,
that his property would beburned Thursday
night, but Farmer Ashman paid no atten
tion to the threats. At 8 00 last night his
barn was discovered to bo in flames, and in
a short time that building, with all his farm
ing implements and 800 bushels of grain,
was totally destroyed. No reason what
ever can be given for the incendiary fire.
Loss $1,000, w ith no Insurance.
,r7ft"
PITTSBURG. DISPATCH,
THE- STATE'S REVENUE
For the Next Two Years Set Forth by
tl Auditor General
AN ADDITION OF BUT $1,100,000
Would Be Made to the Annual Keceipts by
the Boyer Bill.
PLANS FOR MKffiG BOTH EKDS MIET
SrxCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Harrisbueo, June 5. In view of the
statements so frequently and persistently
made when it had been determined to side
track the Granger tax bill, that its substi
tute, the Boyer revenue measure, would
largely compensate the friends of the equal
ization of tax scheme for its loss, the an
nouncement of Auditor General McCamant
that only 51,100,000 will be added to the
revenues annually by the application ofthe
new taxing act will doubtless be received
with great disappointment by all taxpayers.
The men who figured prominently in the
plot to get rid of the bill prepared by the
Eevcnue Commission, and indorsed by all
the Granges of Pennsylvania, claimed that
the substitute for it would increase the re
ceipts of the State about $3,000,000 a year,
just enough to enable an annual appropria
tion of f 3,000,000 for the public schools.
This tempting bait worked like a charm.
Many of the supporters of the Granger
scheme abandoned the fight for their bill
and turned in to help pass the Boyer bill,
among whom was the, champion of the sup
planted measure, Bepresentative Taggart,
of Montgomery.
Feel Like Kicking Themselves.
All these will feel like kicking themselves
for not demanding a higher tax on the cap
ital stock of corporations, after the misfor
tune which happened their bill in the Sen
ate Finance Committee. Governor Pattison
has always been opposed to spending more
money than the public revenues justify, and
he will not allow it this year. In order that
he might obtain reasonably accurate in
formation ot the probable receipts the next
two years, he addressed a letter to the
Auditor General, and in reply to this com
munication the Governor to-day received
the following statement:
Hon. Robert n. Fattisoii, Governor:
DeabSib In compliance witli yourrequest
for an estimate of tho revenues of tho Com
monwealth for two years beginniug Juno 1,
1S9L and ending May 31, 189J, I have to say
that the proposed Boyer revenue bill, if it
becomes a law, will not tako effect during
tho present year, and I give you an estimate
for the first year of the revenues under tho
laws as they'aro in existence at the present
time. The'followingjs the estimate I make
for tho year commencing June 1, 1891, and
ending May 1, 1892:
estimates Under Both Laws.
lands $3,000 00
Tax on capital stock 2,000,000
Tax on gross receipts 625,000
Tax on cross premiums 45,000
Tax on bank stock 425,000
Tax on income 00,000
Tax on loans .'. aW.OOO
Tax on personal property.. 1,000 000
Tax on writs, wills, deeds, etc 150,000
Collateral inheritance tax G50.000
Forcnpi insurance companies 354,000
Mercantile, liquor and otner li
censes 1,100,000
Bonus on charters 105,000
Allcgneny valley itauroau com
pany United States Government I
Annuity for rieht of way
Fees of public officers 89,000
Miscellaneous ...: 50,000
Totals $7,690,000
For the year beginning June 1, 1892, and
ending May 1, 1893, if the Boy er revenue bill
becomes a law, I mako the following esti
mate: Lands $3,000
Tax on capital stock 3,500,000
Tax on gross receipts 525,000
Tax on gross premiums 45,000
T.ix on bank stock 425,000
Tax on income . 60,000
Tax on loans 750,000
Tax on personal property 550,000
Tax on writs, wills, deeds, etc. 150,000
Collateral intientance tax 650,000
Foreign insurance companies 351,000
Mercantile, liquor and other li
censes 1,1,00,000
Bonus on charters 63,000
Allegheny Valley Bailroad Com
pany 237,000
United States IGovernmcnt 178,000
Annuity for right of way 10,000
Fees of public officers 89,000
Miscellaneous 50,000
Totals.. , $8,884,000
A Reduction of License Fees.
In the nbovo estimate I reckon the licenses
at what they would be under tho law s now
in existence. Should tho act passed at the
recent session of the Legislature, diverting
the licenses to counties, become a law, this
amount will bo materially reduced, say not
less than $400,000annually. I also place in said
estimate our receipts from tho United States
Government at what they wero last year,
but in case tbo commissioners of tho sinking
fund should find it necessary to sell bonds in
order to redeem loans maturing next Feb
ruary, there would bo sorao reduction in
what is receivable from this bource.
On the 31st ultimo there was in the State
Treasury, applicable to the genoral revenue
lund, $2,527,277 39, and thcro was in tho
Tica'rary, applicable to the sinking fund,
$3,010,357 SO. The general fund will be re
duced perhaps $350,000 by the payment of
amounts due charitable institutions for tho
quarter that ended on May 31, 1891, and for
tho payment of judicial salaries fortho same
?iuartcr, and other claims on the Treasurj
or tho same period, so that it is safe to say
that tho Tiet balance in the Treasury appli
cable to the general fund on June 1 would
bo $2,177,277 39. In the sinking fund the bal
ance lemains without diminution.
Thomas McCakant, Auditor General.
Would Cause a Reduction of 8800,000.
If the Governor should approve the bill
providing that all revenues derived from
retail liquor license fees be given the
counties, cities, boroughs and townships of
the State, the estimated receipts for the
next two years (510,510,000) would be re
duced at least ?800,000, and the ability of
the Treasury to meet the enormous demands
on it lessened to that extent The general
appropriation bill, which includes an ap
propriation of 510,000,000 for the public
schools for the next two years, provides for
an aggregate payment of $13,836,716 03.
The Governor has already signed bills call
ing for a total sum of ?4,0&3,6G1. These two
amounts aggregate S17,i)22,377 93.
This sum is considerably in excess of the
estimated revenues, but tnere are before the
Governor, awaiting his action, bills ap
propriating nearly 52,000,000 additional for
the next two years. The appropriation
would exceed the revenues over 53,000,000
if the appropriation bills were all approved.
But there is available in the general fund
of the State Treasurer nearly 52,200,000,
which would increase the paying capacity
ofthe Commonwealth to about $18,740,000.
Even with this great help the anticipated
revenues would tall short of the demanded
appropriations about $1,200,000. It will
thus be seen that the Governor will be
obliged to vigorously apply the veto axe on
much of the legislation involving the dis
bursement of moneys by the State.
To Make Both Rnds Meet.
There are two ways of making both ends
meet, one of which would involve the ap
proval of the wholesale liquor bill, with the
increased license fees it authorizes in cities
of the first and second classes, all of which
are payable into the State Treasury, and the
disapproval of the retail license bill, which
proposes to take from the State the one-fifth
portion of the fees which it receives under
the Brooks high license law. ' This is the
bill which it is estimated would increase the
amount of the liquor license fees in Phila
delphia about $000,000 aud in Pittsburg
nearly $300,000.
The Boyer tax bill afFects every subject of
taxation, according to the Auditor-General.
He estimates that it will increase the tax oil
capital stock from $2,000 000 to $3,500,000.
But this increase of $1,500,000 will be re
duced $450,000 by a provision allowing
counties three-fourths of the personal
property tax money and the State one
fourth. This provision increases this tax
from 3 to 4 mills. Under the law in opera
tion the State receives two-thirds and
the counties one-tlsrd. This tax will
SATURDAY, JUNE 6,
realize nearly $2,000,000 a year, of which
less than $500,000 will be paid into the State
Treasury. The Commonwealth's revenues
from this same source of taxation are now
about $1,000,000. The change in the amount
and the distribution of this tax would in
crease Philadelphia's share of this class of
revenue from about $250,000 to nearly $700
000. About $150,000 would be added
Allegheny county's receipts from tho same
source, aud only 400,000, in addition to the
amount now received, would go to the other
counties.
The Auditor General's revelations show
conclusively that if the $5,000,000 appropria
tion to the public schools is to be continued
the next Legislature Tvill be obliged to pass
abetter revenue-producing bill than the
Boyer act, which, but for the $2,500,000 in
the general fund of the Treasury, would this
year require the veto of appropriations
amounting to over $3,000,000.
WANTED TO DROWN.
Maggie Kelly, of Limerick, Tries to Com
mit Suicide by Jumping Into the River
Rescued AVlien Going Down for the
Last Time.
Maggie Kelly, 17-years-old and living in
Limerick, Thirty-third ward, attempted
suicide by jumping from a coal barge on the
Monongahela frharf, near the Point Bridge,
about 0:30 o'clock last evening.
The young girl came along "Water street
from the direction of Market, about 6
o'clock, and joined a group of children at
play on the wharf. She was well dressed
and carried a watch, which she seemed to
take great pleasure in displaying to the ad
miring little girls. After a while she asked
to be shown the landing of the ferry boat
Venus, saying she desired to goto Chartiers.
Little Ida Anderson and a daughter of
Councilman Matt Cavanaugh volunteered to
conduct the girl to a convenient place for
the boat to land, and escorted her to the
head of a lot of coal barges lying above the
Point Bridge, directly in front of Mr. Cava
naugh's house. There was no boat in sight,
though, and the young lady became very
much excited, her manner frightening the
little girls so that they ran away.
The moment they left her Miss Kelly de
liberately jumped from the barge into the
river. Some boys saw the act and called to
Jack Martin, who was at wdrk on the boats,
and he ran to the barge just in time to catch
her as she was going down for the third
time. Martin caught the girl by the feet
and dragged her out, unconscious, but in a
moment she revived and began to moan, say
ing: J'Oh, why did you pull me out? Throw
me in again, please, I want to die. They
treat me so bad."
She could not be induced to tell to whom
she referred' as having ill treated her, and
her actions were so queer that 'those who
had gathered decided that she was demented.
Soon after she had recovered consciousness a.
couple of men rowed over in a skiff from the
Southside, having witnessed the girl's jump,
and they recognized her as Maggie Kelly.
They took her back with them and returned
her to her home.
AN OIEOHABGABIHE VICTIM.
He Is Fined and Giien Twenty Days in Jail
for Selling the StuiT.
Csr-ECIAI, TELEOKAM TO THE DISrATCB.3
Philadelphia, June 5. William Pet er
mau is the first ofthe oleomargarine sellers
who has gone to jail for his offense. His
case was called in the Court of Quar
ter Sessions to-day, and Lawyer
Kaufiman, of the Dairymen's Kational Pro
tective Association, called the attention oj
the court to the fact that the defendant, on
December 18, 1890, had pleaded guilty to
selling oleomargarine; that at that time the
court had suspended sentence in that
case with the distinct understanding
that the defendant was to pay the sum of
Muu in a civil proceeding against mm lor
the same offense, and that he should there
after stop selling oleomargarine. Mr.
Kauffman said further that the defendant
did pay the $100, but did not stop selling
tho bogus artiele. He had proof, he said,
that Pcterman had on a number of occasions
since that time sold the stuff.
He said he thought the man should be
made an example of for his defiance of the
law and for the benefit of those whp think
they can break it with impunity. Judge
Finletter then sentenced Peterman to pay
the costs of prosecution and undergo an im
prisonment of 20 days.
FAITH IN THE WEST.
A Passengerman Saj-s tho Country Gives
Great Promise.
J. W. Scott, Assistant General Passenger
Agent of the Union Pacific road, was at the
Monongahela House yesterday. Mr. Scott
is a handsome, intelligent young man who
evidently knows his business. He is visit
ing the Eastern offices of the company, and
spent yesterday with Thomas S. Spear, the
local agent.
He says the "West is only in its infancy,
and its future will be something wonderful,
Mr. Scott thinks the States of Wyoming and
Montana are particularly very promising.
Outside of the agricultural resources of the
"West, which will be improved by irrigation,
the country is rich in minerals of various
kinds. In Idaho the mines pay as much as
50 per cent with the ore hauled by teams.
If this can be accomplished at present, it
was plain to be seen what the yield would
be it these mineral regions were reached by
rail.
AN OFEBATOB'S EBB0B.
A Mftl
take In Reading One Little "Word
Nearly Kills TV. B. Hays, Jr.
The friends of "William B. Hays, Jr., of
Liberty street, were very much concerned
yesterday by an erroneous report regarding
his health, which was due to an error on the
part of a telegraph operator. Mr. Hays
went to Mt. Clemens, Mich., some time ago
in search of relief from an attack of inflam
matory rheumatism. In reply to an inquiry
from a relative in the city regarding when
he would return home, a telegram was re
ceived yesterday to the effect that Mr. Hays
"wouldn't live for 24 hours."
Very naturally his friends here were
alarmed, but were reassured on receipt of
another message saying he would leave for
home in 24'hours. In the original message
the operator read "live" for "leave," hence
the mistake. Mr. Hays' health is vervmuch
improved by his trip, as his brother-in-law,
O. L. McCutchcon, nas learned.
DD2D SHOBT IN HIS ACCOUNTS.
A Man Found Dying in a Baltimore Parle Is
a 840,000 Defaulter.
Baltimore, June 5. Investigation into
the affairs of Jacob Bonnett, who died
shortly after being discovered in Druid
Hill Parle "Wednesday- last, has re
vealed, it is charged, a j-40,000 shortage in
Mr. Bonnett's accounts.
He was Secretary ot Kotb'child Building
Associations Nos." 19 and 20, for both of
which receivers have been appointed.
Knssell & Co. "Will Resume.
CSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISI'ATCn.
Ke-W York, June 5. Manager Hannah
felt safe in announcing to-day that the firm
ofEussell& Co., of China, will doubtless
resume business. He beHeved, though, that
it would take some timo-'to bring about this
result, because of the extended nature of
the firm's business.
A Traveling Jeweler Arrested.
A young colored man was arrested on
Smithfield street last evening "while trying
to sell a gold watch. Stories being conflict
ing he was locked up. Several gold rings
anda silver watch tfere found in his pos
session. Ocean Steamship Arrivals.
Steamer. Where From. Destination.
Persian Monarch.. ..New York London,
Fricsland New York London.
bcawila Baltimore London.
Gallia .New; York Quecnstown.
Canadian Glasgow ...Philadelphia,
1891
A DIRECT DEFIANCE,
TInion Seminary Directors Eesolve
to Stand by Griggs and
OPPOSE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The Power of That Body to Teto a Trans
fer ftot Recognized.
LATEST PHASE OF THE 1IEKEST CASE.
rSPZCIAL TELEGRAM TO TOE DISPATCH.
New yoKK, June 5. With the fullest
meeting ofthe board which has been held
for years, the directors of Union Theologi
cal Seminary decided to-day by a practically
unanimous vote to ignore the General As
sembly's disapproval of the appoint
ment of Dr. Charles A. Briggs to
thc chair of Biblical Theology in the
seminary. In the minds of far-thinking
Presbyterians who have followed the pres
ent controversy throughout, the board has
practically cut itself off from the General
Assembly. Its action is certain to provoke
very widespread discussion in the church,
the end ot which neither friends nor foes
of Dr. Briggs care to predict.
The directors met at the seminary at 3
o'clock. Of the 2G all but three were pres
ent. The absentee? were John Taylor, Dr.
Johnson and "William E. -Dodge. .The
treasurer of the seminary, Mr. E. M. Kings
ley, called the reporters together after the
meeting and gave them what the board had
decided to make public. This was the reso
lution adopted by the board, and it read:
The Official Action Taken.
Resolved, That this Board of Directors,
after having taken legal advice and after
due consideration, see no reason to change
their views on the subject of the transfer of
Dr. Briggs, and feel bound, in the discharge
of their duties under the charter and con
stitution, to adhere to tho same.
The resolution was proposed by Elder
Henry Day, the lawyer or the board, who
has openly given it as his opinion that the
board cannot without invalidating its char
ter recognize the interference of the Gen
eral Assembly in its internal affairs. Two
legal opinions were laid before the board.
One was from Noah Davis, who, although an
Episcopalian, volunteered an opinion upon
the legal aspects of the case. His opinion,
whjch is a - ery full one, followspractically
the same lines as that of Elder Henry Day,
to the efTect that the seminary charter will
not allow of the interference of an outside
body in the affairs of the seminary. Will
iam Allen Butler, the counsel ofthe board,
also submitted an opinion which dealt with
the compact the directors of Union entered
into with the General Assembly in 1870, in
which thev undertook to errant to that body
the power to disapprove. In referring io
this compact, Mr. Butler's opinion said that
the seminary had given- up certain of its
privileges and had received nothing in re
turn. This compact must be strictly con
strued, and nothing could be taken as un
derstood from its wording.
Only a Tramfer of Chairs.
Allen Day proposed his resolution as
given above. It was prefaced by a longpre-'
amble, which went into the history of Dr.
Briggs' connection with the institution. It
said that his election to the present chair
was purely a transfer; that there had been
none of the usual formality of an election;
that the month's notice usual when a new
member of the faculty is to be elected had
not been given.
When it came to a vote on this preamble
and resolution, Dr. John Hall had departed
and there were 21dircctorspresent. But two
of these voted against the resolution, the
Bey. Dr. Eobert Bussell Booth, who is
recognized as a decided opponent 01s Dr.
Briggs, and William A. Booth, one of the
lay directors.
Dr. JJooth was very emphatic in his re
quest that his vote against the resolution
should go down on record. There is no like
lihood that there will be another meeting of
the board before October. The Directors
think to have made their action fully strong
enough to show their position and
at the same time have they de
ferred some matters until the Gen
eral Assembly is officially heard from.
The effect of the board's action upon the
Presbyterian Church in the United States
will be watched with the keenest interest
by Dr. Briggs' friends. Union Seminary
may suffer through the individual presby
teries in the next year or so, but the direc
tors say there is bound to be a reaction in
favor of Dr. Briggs and the plain rights of
Union Seminary by the time the next As
sembly meets.
PosslbiUty of a Boycott.
The presbyteries may show their disap-
Eroval of Union Seminary by boycotting
cr. This might be effected in two ways.
It might prevent young men from these
presbyteries entering Union, and at the
same time the presbyteries might- refuse to
receive Union graduates to fill vacancies in
their pulpits.
"Still," said a director to-night, "we
firmly believe that there are enough young
men of independent minds who will not be
frightened off by the feeling of the presby
teries, but will gather in our halls. Our
step to-day may result in cutting us off from
the General Assembly, but it will not cut
us off from the Presbyterian Church. As
before 1870 we will be an independent
body, but we will always ad
here to Presbyterian policy. Our
faculty and doctors have to subscribe once
every three years to the Westminster con
fession, and we will remain Presbyterian in
every sense of the word. Onr only connec
tion with the General Assembly is now
through this power pf disapproval and
through the reports which we make annually
to the Assembly as a matter of
courtesjr. These reports will probably be
discontinued. Of course, the question ot Dr.
Briggs' soundness may come up before the
General Assembly upon an appeal from his
trial before this Presbvtery. If he is de
cided to be a heretic, then I suppose Union
Seminary will have po option, but will
necessarily have to drop him. The question
before us at present invelves a vital right of
the seminary, and the facts had not been
lost sight of that Dr. Briggs' dase is only an
incident, and that through him the question
was raised which affects our rights to govern
ourselves."
MACD0NALD PEBHAPS NOW DEAD.
His Condition Worso Last Night, When He
Wasn't Expected to Live Till Daylight.
Ottawa, June 5. At midnight a corre
spondent arrived from Earnscliffe and re
ported that the usual consultation was over,
and the'doctors had decided not to issue any
bulletins. Dr. Wright saidno bulletin would
be issued because the patient's condition
was as bad as it could be. The Premier
took a serious turn for the worse about two
hours ago, and for a time life seemed t.o
have departed; but with a struggle the
dying statesman seemed to rally and par
took of some nourishment in the shape of a
mouthful of champagne.
Dr. Wright attributed the change for the
worse to failure of both brain and heart,
nnd said it would be marvelous if the Pre
mier passed the night.
H. CLAY KING ON TBIAL.
The Jury in the Celebrated Murder Case at
Last Complete.
Memphis, June 5. The twelfth juror in
the H. Clay King murder case was secured
to-day, and the examination of witnesses
commenced immediately. King pleaded
not guilty to tho charge of having murdered'
Davittli. Poston.
Among the witnesses examined was J. L.
Bichardson, a farmer, who swore that ashe
was passing along Main street he saw King
holding his pistol in his overcoat pocket,
and, after getting a few feet beyond where'
King stood, heard a shot fired, and, turning,
saw a man fall to the sidewalk. This was
the most important witness examined to--day,
and at the conclusion of his testimony
court adjourned until to-morrow.
' '-'
SOME SERIOUSLY HURT."
Jflno People Injured in Accidents Testorday
An Explosion Was Very Disastrous,
and Street Car and Carriage Mishaps
lay Vp Several Men.
Nine people are suffering to-day from -the
results of accidents yesterday. The list is
as follows:
Walker Ilay "VTalkor, of W. & II. Walker's
soap making factory, on Third street, Alle
gheny, Jacob and itosos Jfowery, laborers,
and Sir. Leibech, n chemist, were seriously
injured at the works yesterday morning by
the explosion of a machine for extracting
salt fiom water which was beine tested.
The Mowory's were the most seriously- in
jured and wero removed to the Allegheny
General Hospital, where tho physicians had
hard work restoring them to consciousness.
They aro qvpected to recover. Mr. Walker
w as not much hurt, and tho chemist escaped
with a fow bruises.
DosAHtTB A laborer named Donahno was
digging a trench at Lacock and Anderson
street, Allegheny, yesterday when a mule
hitched to a wagon owned by Barnes Bros.,
laundrymen, fell in on top of him. Tho
mule brokq three of Donahue's ribs nnd
hruisedhim badly befoTe he was rescued.
Ho was removed to his home, where a doctor
pronounced his injuries to be serious.
Gettis Cable car So. II struck Robert
Gettis, of Sherman avenue, yesterday after
noon while he was crossing Penn avenno
near Collins avenue. He was tnken up un
conscious and carried into Dr. Davis' bfllce,
where he was found to bo hurt internally.
Tho patrol wagon carried him home.
Kisgstos George Kingston, a little boy,
ot Lewis alley, Eighteenth ward, fell on a
broken bottle near his home yesterday
nf ternoon cutting the nrtery in his left arm.
He bled profusely before a physician could
reach him. Tho boy was in a very weak con
dition last night.
Lapfe .John Lappe, a farmer, while driv
ing along Boggs avenue yesterday after
noon was run into by a runaway team. One
ofthe horses reared into his wagon.knocking
Lappo over tho front, nnd both vehicles
fassed over -him, inflicting severe injuries.
Io was removed to his home In West
Liberty.
Collijt James Collin sustained bruises on
his head and body by being thrown from a
buggy at South Xegley avenue, when trying
to turn a corner.
LEAPED TO HEB DEATH.
Grieving Over a Daughter's Death, a Woman
Throws Herself Under a Train.
CSPECIAL TELZOBAJtTO THE DISPATCH.
Elizabeth, N. J., June 5. Mrs. John
Koenig, aged 50, was killed here to-day by
a train on the Jersey Central, and the train
hands and some people living in the yicinity
say that she deliberately threw herself in
front ofthe locomotic, which nas running at
higli speed around a curve. Mrs. Koenig's
husband and son, the latter aged 28, work in
the Singer factory. Her first husband died
several years ago and was a contractor for
the Singer Company. Last March she
buried her only daughter, aged 23.
This morning she started from home to
visit the daughter's grave at Evergreen
Cemetery, bnt when she got to the railroad,
a quarter mile from her house, she began
pacing alongside the track for nearly an
hour. Sherfinally seemsto have made up her
mind, and as the Newark train came along.she
leaped to her death. Her head was crushed
to a jelly and had to be gathered up with a
shovel. The body was not identified until
this evening, when the husband and son
came from work and visited the morgue.
She is believed to have become temporarily
insane from grieving over her daughter s
death.
LOADED TOR APES.
A Dog That I Not Afraid of Anything In
the Monkey Line.
A stuffed ape and a dog caused some little
excitement, leavened with more amusement,
on Wood street yesterday afternoon. A
merchant on that thoroughfare possesses, a
stuffed ape as a part of his advertising para
phernalia, and from its long continued pos
ing on the top of a high show case had
finally become dusty. To remove this accu
mulation the animal was taken out to the
sidewalk and set on a horse block on the
curbstone for dusting. Just at that time
along came a newsboy with a sleek looking
deerhound at 'his heels. The dog caught
sight of the ape and at once set up a vigor
ous barking.
The ape stood bis ground and could not be
scared off his pedestal. The club on which
the ape was gracefully posing seemed a
menace to the dog, and he danced around
from street to sidewalk at the liveliest kind
of a rate. The man in charge ofthe dust
brush beat a hasty retreat into the store, and
let the dog and the ape fight it out. A po
liceman came to the rescue, and after some
dodging on the part ofthe dog, and clubbing
on the part of the officer, the ape was res
cued and carried off the field of battle.
DAN QUES'S unique storW of Cinnabar
Camp are attracting attention. Another one
in to-morrow's big issue of THE DISl'ATCH.
GONE 10 H0BBIST0WN.
Tho Fourteenth Will Help to Unveil the
Hartranft Monument.
The Fourteenth Begiment left for Norris
town last evening in a special train to take
part to-day in the unveiling of the monu
ment to General Hartranft at Norristown.
Colonel Perchment was greatly pleased
with the turnout. There were eight regi
ments in all, five of them averasing oj men
and the other three had CO, making a total
of 45o men. They occupied nine immigrant
cars and a Pullman sleeper was provided
for the officers.
An amusing incident occurred at the
depot. A big barrel of beer stood against
a pillar on the platform waiting to
be loaded. In the excitement it was over
looked and the train was pulling out at a
lively rate, when some of the thoughtful
remembered the forgotten barrel. The ex
press was stopped and a squad of stalwart
men bore the treasure to the train. In ad
dition Colonels Guthrie, Connelly, McElib
ben, Gray and Hudson, Major Greenland,
Captain Murdock and General Wylie went
on the regular trains to Norristown.
GOING AWAY NOT CUBED.
Some of Father Molllnger's Patients Who
Have i'ot Improved.
Last evening a number of Father Mollin
ger's patients left for their homes, some of
them being in a dissatisfied frame of mind.
In none of the cases was any improvement
noted, but the victims were still hopeful,
and reasoned that the medicine hadn't had
time to get in' its work.
An old Irishman sat doubled tin in the
invalid's chair in the depot complicentlv
smoking a cigar. He was from Philadel
phia with a German who had heart disease,
and a young man . troubled with St. Vitus
dance. The Irishman said he had as many
twinges now as he had before he visited
Troy Hill. The German with the heart dis
ease remarked that he .could see no differ
ence in his case. An aged cripple leading a
blind man also left for Cincinnati. They
stated that they had not expected to be
cured, and so were not disappointed. So
far as could he learned no new patients came
in last evening.
CABLE LETTERS from Europe are Inter
esting features of the Sunday issue of THE
DISPATCH.
DIED.
KEVNEDT At his residence, 26 Federal
street, Pittsbnnr, Pa., on Thursday, evening,
Juno i, 169L at 5 o'clock. William John Ken
hedv, son of Mary Paul and the late John
Kennedy, aged 43 years.
Funeral on Susdat aitdisoon at 2 o'clock.
Friends or the family are respectfully In
vited to attend. ,
MUXN At the resilience of her brother,
Isaac Brown, 116 Gallagher street, Alle
gheny, on Satin day, Jnne 6, 1S91, at 12:3") a.
ii., Mrs. jANe B. JIus.
Notice of f ancral in evening papers.
WILSON At the residence of her parents,
273 Washington avenue, Southside, on Fri
day, June Cat 11:43 p. v., Marie Olive, infant
daughter of Joseph S. and Jonnio Wilson,
nee Fowler, aged 2 years.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
Wheeling and East Liverpool papors please
copy.
BOOKED FOE ARREST.
SpriBg Gardea Bank Directors to Bo
Taken Into Cnstody To-Day '
FOR WRECKING THE INSTITUTION.
The Kottenness Is Greater Than That of
the Keystone Bank.
TUB CASH1ERVS BRAZEN EFFE0XTERI
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TnEDISPATCII.l
PniLADELPnrA,June5. GeneralFisher,
receiver of the Spring Garden National
Bank, will to-morrow cause the arrest of
"Ephraim Young and Nelson F. Evans, two
of the directors of the defunct bank. The
charges upon which the men will be arrested
are aiding and abetting in the fraudu
lent transactions which brought about the
wrecking of the Spring Garden Bank.
General Fisher lias had the subject
of the arrest of the two men tinder consid
eration for some days past, but not until
the . conference with the members of tho
Depositors Investigating Committee was
held this morning was anything definite de
cided upon. When the members of the
committe met the receiver, according to ap
pointment, they told him emphatically that
something must be done looking toward a
definite settlement ofthe bank's affairs. .
The receiver, after discussing the merits
of the case, asked the committee what sug
gestions they had, if any. The reply was
that some ofthe bank's directors must be
arrested. "Well," said General Fisher,
"name your men." "Evans and Youn,"
was the reply. General Fisher agreed with
the committee and said that he would at
tend to the matter immediately. He de
sired to consult with Lawyer George B.
fiarr, of the Depositors Committee, and
asked that the consultation be had to
morrow morning.
rienty of Evidence on Hand.
The committee told General Fisher that
these men must be arrested and if he did
not have sufficient evidence on which to
base the charges they had. General Fisher
said that he had sufficient evidence on which
to canse their arrest, but that he had not
been ready to act, and after the consultation
with Mr. Carr, he proposed that the men
should be proceeded against at once.
The conference ofthe Depositors Investi
gating Committee with Geheral Fisher to
day will doubtless rcult in more sensational
disclosures in connection with the Spring
Garden Bank than have been dreamed of by
anyone. General Fisher enjoined secrecy
on the members of the committee, placing
each man on his honor not to divulge any
thing that might be said at the meeting. He
then frankly told the gentlemen the condi
tion of affairs as he has found them.
The Depositors' Committee met again to
night. Tne sense of the meeting was over
whelmingly against further secrecy, and
they decided to give publicity to everything
the committee had said or done in the inter
ests ofthe depositors.
Worse Than the Keystone.
At the conclusion of the meeting to-night
the conimitteesaid they thought their only
salvation was in exposing the rottenness of
the DanK, which they considered to be
greater even than that ofthe Keystone.
They learned from General Fisher that the
resources of the bank had been completely
gutted. All the best and available securi
ties have been hypothecated, and there isr
reaUy no hope for the depositors. The Ken
nedys had taken everything out ofthe bank,
and, after converting it into cash, had put
it in their pockets just before the closing of
the bank.
"The available assets in the bank to-day
will not pay more than 6 per cent, accord
ing to the information we get from General
Fisher," said one of the committee, "and
all this talk about the bank paying dollar
for dollar is simply bosh. The receiver
himself says that G cents is all that there is
in sight for the depositors.
Kennedy's Cool Philosophy.
"In an interview which a sub-committee
of this committee had with Cashier Henry
H. Kennedy at his home, the cashier told
us that the depositors were a lot of 'suckers.'
He told us that if we were disposed to be
friendly to him and his brother he could
tell us where to find 5100,000 worth of se
curities that we knewnothing about. The
public has been hoodwinked long enough
with false reports about the condition of tho
bank and with statements that the deposi
tors are going to get JO, 60 or 70 per cent of
their deposits. It is absolutely untrue.
'Harry H. Kennedy also told the com
mittee that both he and his brother would
stay here and take their medicine. The
worst they can do with us,' he said, 'is to
send us up for seven or eight years, and at
the end of two or three years we will be par
doned out. The idea of going away to Brazil
is too funny. Why, to go to Brazil means
exile for life, but we are too solid for that;
we look at it in a more philosophical way."
MBS. SHERWOOD describes how Queen
Victoria and Queen Margerite, of Italy, en
tertain, In THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
A FLEET FOB ETJE0PE
Will Sail From 'ew York To-Day; Carrying
Many Prominent People.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE D1SPATC1I.3
New Yoke, June 5. A fleet of seven
crowded steamships will sail for Europe to
morrow morning. Mrs. Nellie Grant
Sartoris, Malcolm W. Ford, and W. E.
Montgomery will go on the Servia. Mark
Twain and his wife and children, George
W. Curtis, Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, Mr.
Charles De Struve, Busman Minister to the
United States; Count Sponneck, Countes
de Boexherder and George Lefebre are on
the La Gacogne's list.
Mr. and Mrs. Clemens arc going to Ger
many for the baths, and their two little
daughters are to study French in Geneva.
"MY WOM SHAH BE PEaPETCATED."
Tho perpetuation of Mrs. Pinkham's
work was guarded by her foresight
fromthostart. Every suffering woman
applying to her received personal at
tention, and tho details of every case
were recorded. These records aro to
day the largest in the world, con
tain facti not found elsewhere, now
open to all women.
LYDIAE.PINKHAWScvoeSd
is the only; Legitimate and Posltivo
Beraedy for those peculiar weaknesses
and ailments incident to women.
Sold by all Druggists as a standard
article, or sent by mail, in form of
Pills or Lozenges, on receipt of $1.00.
3end stamp for "Gulda to Health and
XtiquetM," a beautiful Ulmtrmtod book.
Lydls E. Pinkhirt Med. Co.. Lynn. Mm.
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