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STJNJJAY, JULY 19, 1891 ITVE CENTS 3
A . !5SsJ
Ko Longer Any Doubt That He
Will Kot lead His Party
intheiattleof'92.
KOJfflASOJ TO BE GIVEN.
He TYill Simply Step Down Quietly
and Absolutely as Gorman
Did Affer His Fight.
EXECUTIVE (XMITTEE CALLED.
A Full Meeting to Je Held in September, to
Fix JIay.as :he Time for the
National Convention.
SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS FEAR FARMERS.
Mayor Stuart Sends a Messenger Out to Persuade
Central Hastinrs to Eon for the
league Presidency.
PHTLADELTHliNS SAT DALZELt EfSTLTED THEM
rtriCIAL TELEGRiM TO THE DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, July 18. A number of
Senator Quay's dose political friendt
asserted publicly to-lay that Quay "will re
sign the office of Chairman of the Repub
lican .National Comnittee at its next meet
ing. Just when this will be is not definitely
decided. Senator Quay has called a meet
ing: of the Executive Commute in this
city for the 29th inst As it seems to
be the general feeling that the national
convention should be held earlier than
usual, it is likely that the full committee
will meet not later than September. This
meeting will be held either inNew York or
in "Washington, and May seems to be the
popular date for the national convention.
Some say the Senator will resign at the
pieeting here July 29, but as this is only a
aneeting of the Executive Committee it is
Qikely that the determination to resign will
simply be made known then and the formal
,- resignation presented to the full committee
iin September.
Ko Doubt About the Resignation.
The fact that Senator Quay will resign
can no longer be doubted. For some months
past his attitude regarding the chairman
ship of the committee has been the subject
of more or less speculation, and all sorts
of rumors have been in circulation. The
Senator's characteristic reticence, however, I
lpft the matter in An nnpprtAin Sliifp Ann" I
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no one actually knew what he intended do
ing. But .11 things come in time. Con
gressman "Jack" Robinson, of the Sixth
distriot, who is one of Quay's most devoted
friends, and whom the Senator is backing in
his fight for the Presidency of the State
League of Republican Clubs, said to-day:
"Senator Quay told me a week ago of his
intention to retire. His resignation will
probably be read at the next meeting of the
committee. I understand, however, the
Senator does not retire from the committee,
he only resigns the chairmanship. His
successor will be General Clarkson."
Confirmed by Other Close Friends.
Kaval Officer Thomas J. Powers made
substantially the same statement and an
other close friend of Senator Quay, Resi
dent Clerk of the Legislature Charles F.
Vorhees, also declared that the junior
Senator from Pennsylvania would give up
the chairmanship. He further stated that
Clarkson had been agreed upon to succeed
him. It is said here that ex-Assistant Post
master General Clarkson has been selected
to succeed Quay on account of his well
known activity, long experience in politics
and his especial fitness in other respects.
If is stated that the members of the com
mittee have been consulted by mail regard
ing the proposed change, and that the re
plies indicate beyond question General
Clarkson's election.
Ujipn the question of the reason for Sen
ator Quay's retirement no one is able to
speakMefinitely. All that is known is that
he will step down and out, just as United
StatesSenator Gorman did from the chair
manship of the Democratic National Com
mittee tatter nis successtui leadership in
1884. .
Xo Reason Will Be Assigned
in the letter of resignation, and, doubtless,
so far as the committee is concerned, none
will be asked for. It is well known, how
ever, to his nearest friends that, in view of
recent political events in Pennsylvania and
the fear that they might have an unwhole
some influence upon the Republican Na
tional campaign next year, Senator Quay
preferred to occupy a less prominent
position is the National Committee
in 1892. " It was felt under the
circumstances that to retain the national
chairmanship. during 1892 would invite criti
cism possiblydisadvantageous to Republi
can success. Senator Quay, it is stated,
viewed the matter in this light, and, having
the best'interests of his party at heart, de
cided voluntarily to retire. It is highly a
question of policy with him. As before
stated, however, the reason will not be re
ferred to in his letter of resignation.
That is the way his friends put it, but
Quay's opponents do not hesitate to say that
Quaj 's record Jus become such a scandal
that the other members of the National
Committee are unable to stand it longer,
and have forced Quay to step down, much
against that statesman's inclinations.
An Organ Puts It Mildly.
The Prt to-morrow will say: When
United States Senator Quay was in Phila
delphia last week en route from Atlantic
City to his home in Ueaver, he told a mend
in the Continental Hotel, he would proba
bly retire before long from the chairman
ship of the Republican National Committee.
He gave as his reason the fact that his
health was not very good and that he did
not feel like taking upon himself the work
of another Presidental campaign.
He would still remain a National Com
mitteeman, but proposed to retire from the
position of the organization which involves
so much hard fforij.
TUBNED LAWYER AT 54.
General Brayton. the Political Warwick of
Little Rliody, Made an Attorney.
rcrrCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE niRPATCH.
PROVIDENCE, July 18. General, Cflarlcs
R. Brayton, a tvpieal politician, a "boss"
of the Republican party in Rhode Island
and the acknowledged "Warwick of this
State, was to-dav made a lawyer by the
sanction of the 'Supreme Court General
Brayton is in his 51th year, and he is the
oldest man ever admitted to the bar in
Rhode Island. He took the examination
with eight other candidates,not one of whom,
was above 35 years. TheGeneralisapowcr
in the political and legislative walks of life,
and has probably planned more successful
political campaigns than any other man in
America. On occasions he has folded the
whole power of the Slate up aud tucked it
away in his handy vest pocket.
The General is the law maker of the State,
and probably not at the Rhode Island bar
can a single attorney be found who can so
clearly define the intent and meaning of the
public laws. General Brayton framed the
prohibitory law for Rhode Island at the
instance of Secretary of State Blaine. It
was a political coup "for 1887, and it became
a part of the Constitution in a marvelously
rapid fashion.
SQUALLY TIMES AHEAD ,
FOR THE DEMOCRATS IN' SOME OF
THE SOUTHERN STATES.
The Third Party Movement Liable to Canse
Trouble Down There President Polk
Flops He Has Now Come Ont on the
Third Party Side.
trnoM a staff coerespoxdext.1
Washington, July 18. All of the
latest reports from the South, and they are
many and interesting, indicate the certain
crystallization of the Alliance and labor
organizations into a great third party be
fore the campaign of 1892 begins in earnest.
President L. L. Polk, who has been one of
the conservatives, has given notice that he
is ready to go over to the third party advo
cates. ,
One of the leading lights of the partv at
headquarters in this city declares that there
will not only be a third party, but that it
will win. "If the farmers of the South
and West will only stand by their colors,'-'
said he, "we can carry every Southern and
nearly every Western State. If we do that
what is to prevent the election of our can
didate? But I will admit that at this time it
looks as though we might have alittlc trouble
in doing so. Our people are not agreed on
the sub-Treasury plan and a great many
Democratic Alliance men are loth to leave
the old party."
Some of the Democrats look with alarm
on the possibility of the Republicans carry
ing one or more of the Southern States
through a division of the old Democratic
vote, and ther say that if there is a proba
bility of this they will withdraw their
electors, and vote lor the Alliance electors,
and then throw the election into the House.
The .Republicans are very sure that no
snch scheme as that just mentioned will
work. They 537 that the feeling
now being worked up between the
Democrats and the sub-Treasuiy men
will be so bitter by the time of the election
that neither will touch each other with a
"40-foot pole," not even to save their own
bacon. There is some argument in this
view, and the unprejudiced observer is
bound to admit that the political weather
forecast indicates squally times for tho
Democratic electoral ticket in some South,
era States.
It is whispered that the possible reason
for the flop of President Polk is a lurking
ambition to be the Presidental candidate.
HASTINGS AS A COMPBOMWK
Stuart Sends a Messenger to Get HIra to Con
sent to Be League President.
rSrECIAI.TEI.EOC AM lO-IIIEDISrATCir.
Philadelphia, July 18. In keeping
with the movement to bring about some
sort of harmony in the contest now running
between Dalzell and Robinson for .Presi
dent of the State -League of Re
publican Clubs, another important step
was taken to-day in the departure
of General William B. Kinsey, ex Register
of Wills, for Cresson Springs, where he will
meet General Hastings with a special mes
sage from Mayor Stuart Some time ago,
when General Hastings was approached on
the subject of entering the field, he said: "I
am willing to stand for the sake of harmony,
but must positively refuse to come out as a
candidate."
It is with the purpose of persuading Gen
eral Hastings to set asid-5 his declaration
that General Kinsey has gone to Cresson,
and should he succeed the compromise over
turturj will be a Stuart victory. In order
that no time shall be lost, for every day
widens the breach, the committee now away
on' a gunning trip for Rogers or McCormick
will conclude its mission, having in view,
of course, the important fact that if General
Hastings changes his mind its doings will
fail.
Senator and Congressman Robinson was
in the city to-day long enough to say: "I've
got mv fight won. Why should I compro
mise?1' That means that Robinson will not
withdraw under any circumstances, but it
does not mean that the Scranton convention
will elect him President over Hastings.
SAY DALZELL INSULTED THEM.
A Queer Story From Philadelphia Regard
ing the League Fight.
tEPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, July 18. A little story
in connection with the part Pittsburg takes
in the Republican League fight got into cir-
cuianon nere 10-nignt. it seems mat tne
Philadelphia delegation that journeyed
toward the setting sun two weeks ago were
made very mad over the conduct of Dalzell
at Pittsburg. While their car was in the
Union station Dalzell was cordially
invited to join the party. He was in the
station at the time, and Director of Public
Safety Ronev, Dave Martin and Senator
Crouse were the gentlemen who particularly
wanted Dalzell to meet the Philatielphians.
Dalzell was otherwise minded. He flatly
refused to go over to the car, and noi only
did that but clinched the insult by walking
away. In telling the incident Senator
Crouse said: "I don't think Dalzell will
get very much support in the East for his
Presidency of the League. Philadelphia
won't touch him, even if Robinson with
draws." Another story is afloat that a letter of in
quiry sent West a few davs ago was an
swered by a prominent Pittsburg politician
to-day, and part of it is as follows: "We de
mand' the election of John Dalzell as the
next President of the League. If we get him
we will work for a good majority; if we
don't, you can elect your ticket
LNGALLS TO DO EUROPE.
The Ex-Senator Joins a Party That Contem
plates a Pleasant Tour.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Washington, July 18 Ex-Senator
Ingalls has solved the question wnich every
body is asking by consenting to become one
of a part y which is to make a tour through
Southern Europe and the Holy Land. Tiie
party is to consist of.Uj persons, if the pro
jector of the excursion can get that number
of desirable tourists to put up the amount
of money that he requires.
So far only 12 gentlemen, including the
ex-Senator, have accepted the terms, and
the scheme may fail. The autumn has been
selected as the time of departure.
WARREN AFTER THE PLACE.
Quite a Little Boom Jor Hiin Against Dal
zell and Robinson.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DUPATCn.t
Scieanton, July 18. Major Everett
Warren, of thiB city, who is a candidate for
the Presidency of the 8tate League of Re
publican Clubs, is having quite a little
boom in this city and vicinity. A half
dozen or more of clubs have indorsed him.
Despite reports to the contrary, which,
appeared in the State papers, the conveny
tion will be held in the Academy of Music.
The repairs to that structure will be com
pleted a month before the convention
meets.
STANLEY AND HIS WIFE
HAVE
AGREED TO DISAGREE AND
LITE SEPARATELY.
Startling Rumor That Comes From Reliable
Sources in Europe They Had Lived
Single Elves Too Long Each of Them
Has a Positive Character.
CBT CABLD TO THE DISPATCH.!
Luzerne, July 18. The famous African
explorer, Henry 3L Stanley, is now stop
ping at Murren. If he goes to the
Engadine again he will have a chance
to examine a family of dwarfs who are
just as small and ugly as the race of Pig
mies found in Africa. These came from
Sannaun and are now being exhibited at
Chur, in the Canton of Grisons.
The suggestion of the dwarfs and the
association they bring up of the name of
Stanley calls to mind a rumor which seems
to come from a reliable source, that
the famous traveler and his wife,
formerly Miss Dorothy Tennant, have
separated. He left London about a fort
night ago and, after going to Paris, came
here. He proposes to extend his trip to
Australia, where he will remain
several months. As it has been already
announced that his wife would not accom
pany him but would stay in London, it is
probable that they desire to attract as little
attention as possible to their separation.
The cause of this is said to be due to the
positive nature of both husband and wife,
which, owing to the many years they lived
alone, renders it difficult for them .to con
form to their peculiar views of each other.
BOUGH OK THE DETECTIVES.
Took Them Four Years to Find a Man Who
Had Only One Leg and One Arm.
fSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE Dt6PATCn.
Philadelphia, July 18. Detectives of
the Guarantee Insurance Company of North
America have just caught an absconding
ticket agent of the Pennsylvania Company,
who has been at large for four years. J. C.
Cullinan is his name, and he was stationed
at Globe, 111. In 1887 he disappeared, be
ing short in his accounts. The Guarantee
Company had gone his bond and had to
make the shortage good. However, the
officers expectedto arrest him at once, tor
he had only one arm and one leg, and was
so helpless that he could hardly walk with
out assistance. They offered a reward of
$1,000 and notified the police all over the
country. They also sent out thousands of
circulars describinj Cullinan's peculiar ap
pearance. Four years passed, however,
with no word of the missing man.
In speaking of the matter to-day Mr.
Sabine said: "Detectives all over the land
were looking for him in order to get the
$1,000, and yet it is very strange that such a
man could have eluded them for' a week,
Vou see his right armfand left leg were gone,
and he was practieally helpless. Hots iu
jail at Toronto."
A LOST B0T RECOVERED.
He Wandered in the Mountains for a Weeb,
Living on Huckleberries.
tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Hartford, July 18. The queer boy,
Richard Davis, who has been wandering
for a week on Barrack Mountain in the
forest of Litchfield county, has been re
covered. Richard, who is 14 years old, and
not bright, used to be in the County Home,
but a year ago he was bound out to S. H.
Howe. On Tuesday, July 7, Fanner Howe
sent him to mend a fence on a ditched part
of the farm, and in crossing a piece of tim
ber the lad lost his way and strayed into
the fastnesses of the mountain. All the
men of Falls Village and South Canaan or
ganized themselves into a searching party,
75 persons in number, and they beat the
brush thoroughly for two or three days,
striving to catch the wandering lad.
They had almost abandoned the hunt in
despair when at daybreak the other morn
ing, H. H. Woodin, who was looking for
his cows, glanced toward Canaan Mountain
and saw a boy running on the slope of-the
big hill. Mr. Woodin gave chase, and
speedily overtook the fugitive, who was the
lost boy; The boy lived entirely on huckle
berries in the mountains.
HE BAN TO DEATH.
The
Strange Ending of a Hotel-Keeper's
Life In a Fit of Delirium.
Cornemg, N. Y., July 18. Leander
Mead, proprietor of the Exchange Hotel in
this city, after dictating two letters yester
day afternoon became delirious and remained
so till a doctor restored him. Early in the
evening he was missed from the hotel, and
at 11:30 o'clock he was found lying near the
Jail Brook Railroad track, nearly a mile
from his hotel. He had but one shoe on,
and was bareheaded. He was taken home,
and died before a doctor could be called.
The doctor said that Mead had undoubt
edly been running wildly about in delirium
till'he had fallen, and died from exhaustion.
Mr. Mead was 60 years old and widely
known as a hotel-keeper in Western New
York.
A BLOODY INDIAN BIOT.
Three Lives Lost In a Fight Between Creek
Political Factions.
Little Rock, July 18. Particulars of a
bloody encounter in the Creek Nation wns
received here this evening. Partisans of
Chief Pipieche and Wesley Smith, candi
dates for principal chief, came together at a
barbecue near Fisher. While Smith was
making a speech the followers of his oppo
nent precipitated a fight.
Guns, pistols and knives were used with
terrible consequences, and four persons
were fatally wounded. The opposing can
didates, wtth united efforts, pacified the
different factions, preventing' further
trouble.
AFTEB THE NEXT ENCAMPKiST.
Washington Anxious to Secure the G,
. A.K.
Gathering Next Year.
Washington, July 18. The citizens of
Washington have raised the guarantee fund
of 550,000 for the G. A. R. encampment in
1892, and to-night a committee was ap
pointed to go Jo Detroit to present the
claims of this city as a desirable place for
the encampment.
A CHILD ALIVE IN ITS COMTN.
The Progress of a New Jersey Funeral Is
Suddenly Interrnpted.
Pateesos, N. J., .July 18. While
screwing on the cover of the coffin in which
reposed what was supposed t be the lifeless
form of an infant yesterday, the undertaker
discovered the child to be alive. It van the
child of John Deruyters, aud was taken ill u
few'days ago.
WAMMAKER'S LOAN.
President Morris Gives the Reasons
for Its Being Called In.
READY TO GIYE MORE TESTIMONY.
The FuWic loss Through Bardsley's Work
Over Two Millions.
u l
WHAT THE EXPERTS HATE PRESENTED
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, July 18. Among those
who have been summoned to appear before
the Councils Investigating Committee at
their session on Monday afternoon are Law
yer Samuel B. Huey, W. W. Goodwin,
Mrs. A. L. Shingle and Edwin Irwin. Chief
Engineer Park, of the Bureau of Gas, has
been subpoenaed, but he has gone to Boston
and will not be present. The committee
will also be willing to hear statements from
any who have been implicated by the al
leged interviews with Bardsley, the convict
ex-City Treasurer.
Select Councilman Smithers, a member of
the committee, has received a letter from
Effingham B. Morris, President of the Gir
ard Trust Company, in which the latter says
that he has already given the committee
every fact in his possession relative to the
ordinary business loan made by the Com
pany to Mr. Wananiaker in 1886, which was
called and paid off in 1889. The letter also
states that Mr. Morris has testified before
the committee that the Girard Trust never
had any dealings with Bardsley or any one
associated with nim, and that the writer has
no knowledge of Mr. Wanamaker's relations
I with Mr. Lucas or the Keystone Bank re
specting the loan of 1880 or any other mat
ter.
Reasons for Calling the Loan.
The only testimony that could be given
by Mr. Morris, he writes, as to his reasons
for calling Mr. Wanamaker's loan in 1889
is that it was a demand loan, and was called
in tne ordinary course ot business, .air.
Morris says he will gladly appear before the
committee at any time after his return to
the city.
Receiver Yardley is still engaged in send
ing notices to the Keystone stockholders to
pay over $50 per share on or before August
11. Three shareholders who got rid
of their stock after the suspension
of the bank have found, upon
inquiry, that- the books do not show
any transfer, and they will therefore be as
sessed and be held liable with the rest of
the unfortunate individuals. Experts
Brown and Faunce continued their work
upon the Keystone's books to-day, but said
thcy had nothing further to give out for
publication. Expert Hines, who was em
ployed by the. Investigating Committee, is
also at work and following the lines already
laid out. He had nothing to report to
night and said that when he had anything
to communicate it would be given to the
committee.
A Public Loss of 83,000,000.
The public loss through the operations of
John Bardsley will amount to the grand
total of 2,000,000. An exact conclusion on
that point has never yet been set forth on
paper by the experts in all the figuring.
The reason is that they have been obliged to
pursue so many separate lines of accounts.
In all the figuring that has been used on the
Bardslev business, manv rieonle have bpii
so considerably mystified that they c6''H j
propriation was in hundreds of thousands
or millions.
The report of Experts Faunce and Brown,
resented last Wednesday, stated Bardslev's
eficit to be 553,000, allowing him credit
for the ?925,000 in the due bills. Both to
gether made an apparent loss of 81,478,000.
It was suggested by Mr. Smithers, of the
Investigating Committee, that that total
might carry with it the impression that it
was the total public loss .through Bardsley's
operations. One of the experts was seen to
make sure that this wa a summing up of
Bardsley's misappropriations only. It did
not include the other two items in the reca
pitulation of public losses. Their report of
Wednesday did not cover the city accounts,
as they were not for the time being consider
ing that part, of the subject
BARDSLEY'S HONEY MISSING.
A Round Million and a Quarter Yet to Be
Accounted for.
Philadelphia, July 18. Checks in the
possession of Thomas L. Hicks, one of the
Bardsley Investigating Committee, show
that the firm of Glendenning & Co. had paid
to Bardsley in. their settlement with him
over 51,250,000. These checks show that
from October 10, 1890, to the 21st of May,
the dav upon which Bardsley resigned, the
firm paid him 1,374,729 79.
This money cannot be accounted for as be
ing represented by due bills of the Key
stone Bank, for it was received after the
last due bill from that institution was re
ceived by Bardsley. None of the experts'
reports submitted an account for what has
been done with this money. Mr. Hicks savs
this fact, together with the report that the
City Solicitor had unearthed a certain sum
deposited with one of the trust companies,
leads him to believe that some of the money
has been quietly and safely placed in hiding.
INFATUATED WITH A SINGEB,
Leopold Arnold Deserts His Wife In Hol
land and Does the Same Trick Here.
TEPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New Yoke, July 18. A middle-aged
comely woman, who gave her name as
Daisy Arnold, asked the police of Hoboken
to-day to arrest Leopold Arnold, her hus
band. She had been in this country, she
said, only a month. Her husband was for
merly in business in Amsterdam, where he
became infatuated with Mary Paterson, a
concert singer. Finally he left her and fled
to this country with the woman. Two
months ago she received a letter from him,
asking her to forgive him and join him in
New York, When she arrived her husband
met her at the steamship pier and told her
that although he had sent for her in a mo
ment of repentance he could not give up the
Paterson woman.
Then Arnold asked her to go to the house
with him and represent herself to be his
cousin. She consented to this arrangement
and has since been living with the couple.
On Friday her husband said he would take
her to Hoboken, hire rooms there and aban
don Miss Paterson. She went with him and
in Hoboken he deserted her and ran away.
She hurried back to the New York apart
ments, only to find them empty.
BEID'S DIPLOMATIC VICTORY.
How the Rescinding of the Decree Against
American Pork Was Secured.
Paris, July 18. The decree rescinding
the prohibition of American pork, which
takes immediate effect, simply enacts that
the duty on American salt pork, hams and
bacon, which paid 8 Irancs before the pro
hibition, will now be 20 francs per 100 kilos.
In accordance with the new tariff all the
prohibitions will be abolished.
The immediate application of the decree is
due to the persistent pressure brought to
bear bv United States Minister Reid.
especially during the last few weeks, when
M. Ribot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who
was hesitating river the matterof reminding
the prohibitions, fiuall r airreed to d) so, but
wanted to postpone it until the whole tariff
bill was passed and promulgated. Mr. Reid
urged that if the Government postpone the
rescinding of the prohibitions until
the end of autumn It ought t6 pass a special
law without delav. M. Ribot consulted his
colleagues, and'finding no opposition to the
matter introduced the project in the Cham
ber of Deputies. Under an arrangement
with the, Government, M. Telfx Favre
moved at the end of the sitting on Thursday
urgency for the proposal. Only one deputy,
M. Lecour, offered hostile criticism of the
measure.
A BIG SOCIETY STIR.
CAUSED BY THE HORSEWHIPPING OF
A SLANDERING HUSBAND.
Tho Son of a Dead Millionaire Soundly
Trounced by an Indignant Brother-In-taw-He
Made Some Reflections on
His Wife's Character.
f'srECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Woodstock, Vt., July 18. There was a
horsewhipping affair at Ascutevllle to-day
which will make quite a stir in Boston and
Bar Harbor, where the principals are well
known. The victim of the horsewhipping
was FrancisB, Hayes, son of the late mill
ionaire, whose connection with the Massa
chusetts Horticultural Society made him
known all over the country,. The assailant
was Clyde D. V. Hunt, a prominent society
man of Boston and President of the Sulli
van Harbor Land Company.
Mr. Hunt's sister is Mr. Hayes' wife, and
the horsewhipping grew out of an alleged
interview with Hayes, in which the latter
was quoted as making remarks derogatory
to his wife's character. Mrs. Hayes left her
husband some time ago on account of ill
treatment, and has recently secured n legal
separation and alimony to the extent of
$ti,000 a year. Her husband's insinuations
against her good name aroused the auger of
the family.
To-day her brother came to Ascuteville to
demand satisfaction. Showing the news
paper article to Mr. Hayes, he indignantly
asked if he had authorized the slanderous
statements it contained. Hayes, instead of
replying, ran into an adjoining room and re
turned with a revolver, which he pointed at
Hunt's head. After a sharp struggle Hayes
was disarmed and then Hunt gave him a
sound horsewhipping. He justified his
course by saying that the laws of Vermont
uu lira permit a wile to sue ner nusoanu ior
slander, and Hayes' course toward his wife
has been unbearable.
MEECIEK FOR INDEPENDENCE.
The Premier of Quebec Makes a Remarka
ble Declaration.
Montreal, July 18. It is rumored in
political circles that, in view of the move
ments in certain circles in favor of Imperial
federation, Premier Mercier will make an
open declaration, pronouncing himself in
favor of independence.
A BEPBESENTATiVE AT HOME.
American Catholics Need a Friend There to
Warn Them of Trouble.
TEPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New Yobk, July 18. Although the
Pope has rejected the Cahensly memorial,
which as&ed for the appointment for the
United States of Bishops of the same na
tionality as the Catholic immigrants who
settle in this country, influential Catholics
of this city believe that steps should he
tacnctprevent 'foreigners from meddling
in iDsericali affairs Tit the Vatican-. The
-Rev. johnalilbot Smith, editor of thcJklk-
olic Jlerifie, suggests that a prelate of rank
and assured power reside in Rome, who in
moments of emergency mighi warn Ameri
cans and at tne same time use his influence
in the propaganda to delay the decisions of
ovcrhasty and interested officials.
"While we can congratulate ourselves on
the Holy Father's prompt rejection of the
Cahensly memorial" says Father Smith,
"it must be borne in mind that this rejection
does not mean the dissolution of the foreign
forces that besiege Rome. The attack in the
open field, only lately adopted as a tactic,
will indeed, be discarded, but this secret
maneuvering will continue, and wires will be
laid from Quebec and St. Louis as hereto
fore to secure by strategy what force failed
to win. It is quite possible that surprise
may do what trickery could not The
agents of conspiracy are always at Rome
and always at work. They are often un
scrupulous and employ means that clean
hands shrink from. Catholics of America
should take measures to guard against sur
prise, and to strangle in the cradle every
scheme conspiracy" gives birth'to. More
over, the death-knell of nationalism should
be tolled now. The abortion has been tried
and sentenced many times; it Bhould now
be strung up as an object lesson to dema
gogues and intriguers."
STOLE A STEAMBOAT.
A Case of Modern Piracy Is Made Public at
St Louis.
rSPEOIAL TELEORAM TO THE DISPATCH,
St. Louis, July 18. The Marine Depart
ment of the United States in this section
has something like a case of piracy on hand.
A steam vessel, it is alleged, has been made
away with and is now cruising the White
river in Arkansas, not in a murderous kind
of a way, but strictly in a commercial
sense. May 16, Captain George Goodrich
made a report of the construction of a
steamboat at Valley Park, on the Meramio
river, and" asked for an inspection of the
hull and boiler. A satisfactory examina
tion resulted, and the. steamer was ordered
to the Port of St. Louis for further prelimi
naries. Arriving here June 3, tho vessel
was given quittance papers July 2 and
steamed soutnwara. A master carpen
ter's certificate was furnished Marine Officer
Captain Shuster, and Mrs. M. E. Goodrich
swore that she was the sole owner of the
vessel,and Captain George Goodrich was
sworn in as master of the steamer.
On July 7 George S. Minke, President of
the Missouri Dredging and Transportation
Company, working at Valley Park, ap
peared before Clerk Selby, of the "United
States Circuit Court, and made affidavit
that the company of which he was Presi
dent had built the Des Arc and paid for all
the cost of its construction, and that Mrs.
Goodrich was not owner of the boat. United
States District Attorney Reynolds caused
a warrant to be issued for the arrest of the
Goodrichs. Yesterday word was received
that the parties had been apprehended on
the steamer plying on White river.
ANOTHER CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
Stonewall Jackson to Be Honored at Lex
ington, Vs., on Tuesday.
Lexington, Va., July 18. The city is
rapidly filling with visitors to witness the
unveiling of the statue to Stonewall Jack
son Tuesday. Mrs. General Jackson and
her granddaughter, little Julia Jackson
Christian, G years old, arrived this evening.
Little Julia will unveil the statue Tuesday.
The town is profusely decorated with
bunting and 'flags of every description,
United States flags having a predominant
part
A NEW AIRSHIP TBIED.
The Ascension Was Made Successfully, but
Its Progress Unknown.
Jackson, Mich., July 18. Aeronaut
Bartholomew made an ascension with his
newly-improvised suction wheel airship
this afternoon. The ascension was a very
pretty one, but as to the success of the ex
periment nothing can be learned. At 7
o'clock the balloon was sighted at Adrian.
A HIGH-TONED FBAffl).
Exploits of Sharper Parker.TYho Com
mitted Suicide in London.
HE GOT INTO SING SING TWICE.
Employed Fourteen Typewriters in a Bogus
Claim Agency Office.
IDENTITY. OP THE WOMAN IN THE CASE
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TOE DISPATCn.1
New York, July 19. About the Ameri
can crook, George F. Parker, who put a
bullet through his heart at his lodgings in
London Thursday, Poiice Captain Mc
Laughlin, who is in charge of the detective
bureau, told an interesting story to-day.
Parker first came under the eye of the
New York police in 1877. He was
known best in New York by
his nickname of "Gentleman George." His
picture, which has been in the rogues' gal
lery for several years, shows the face of a
man who might be taken for a prosperous
banker. The face is round and fulL A
well-kept black mustache and heavy white
hair gave a very dignified appearance to
"Gentleman George."
This dignified person was arrested here in
1877 for stealing a half dozen shirts. He
escaped. The next year he was nabbed for
stealing a sealskin sacque, and he went to
State's prison for three years. When he got
out he turned his hand to forgery in a small,
way. He was caught, and had to make an
other short visit to Sing Sing.
Out on a Big Scale Next
Gentleman George wasn't heard from
again until 1886. In the fall of that year
he established the "British-American Claim
Agency" in room 156 in the Stuart build
ing and fitted up the place nicely. On the
door of the office appeared the names of
George F. Parker, as President
and Manager, Edward H. Witherell
as Secretary and George W. Gibbons, of 320
Broadway, as counsel. Everything in the
apartments of the bogus agency was got up
in a way calculated to deceive the most
wary. Fourteen typewriting girls filled
the big room, and they were always hard at
work. In the walls of the room hung cer
tificates of authority in bie gold frames.
Furniture of a luxurious kind was scattered
around, and the- general manager sat at his
ease in a private office ready for callers.
In the thousands of circulars sent out,
President Parker announced that the agency
had exceptional facilities for prosecuting
American claims to English estates. For
?2 the agency would look over its extensive
records for any applicant and find whether
he was a possible heir to some big inherit
ance. Money Poured in to Him.
The scheme worked well and fees began
to pour into the coffers of ex-Convict Par
ker. He would usually make a pretense of
having found that his anxious clients really
had a right to share in some English prop
erty and then he would charge them all the
way from 510 to 525 more for looking up the
records in England in order to establish
their rights.
The profits steadily increased until it is
estimated that they amounted to 5300 a day.
In the spring of 1887 complaints began to
pour into Inspector Byrnes from persons
who had paid money over toParkcrwithout
gchlhguany satistactory return. Police
Commissioner- Monroe, -of London, heard
of the agency f too, and he warned Inspector
Byrnes about it Detective Sergeant Timothy
Golden was detailed to investigate the
agency. He planked down $25 and in re
turn "Gentleman George" agreed to search
his title to tho estate of Jonathan Golden.
an Englishman who died many years ago,
and who, Parker assured the detective,
must certainly be a relative of his.
Even Fooled the Typewriters.
On Thursday, March 3, the case against
Parker was ripe, and bench warrants were
issued by Recorder Smythe for Parker and
the other two directors of the agency, Gib
bons and Witherell, on the charge of obtain
ing money under false pretenses. Witherell
confessed that the whole scheme was
a fraud. ' The "agency" had a correspondent
in London named J. H. Hales, who, With
erell said, wrote letters to the agency here
simply for "form's sake" and to keep up
appearances. The 14 typewriters were very
much astonisned, indeed, to learn the char
acter of their employer.
Mrs. Mary F. Parker, the wife of Gentle
man George, came forward after his indict
ment and gave bail in $10,000 for his appear
ance. As surety she gave her residence, 32
First place, Brooklyn. Therejwere five in
dictments against Parker, but it was found
impossible to convict him upon any of
them, although several of his victims testi
fied against him.
He Fled to Brazil.
Parker's next exploit was to steal two
diamond earrings valued at $500 from a
Sixth avenue jeweler named Saich. Par
ker fled to Brazil when he heard that a war
rant was out for his arrest. His operations
since then have been in South America and
Europe.
There is no doubt about the identity of
the woman who was with Parker in London
when he died. It is suspected that she is
not the Lottie Hamilton who she says she
is, but only a friend of Mrs. Hamilton,
under whose name she hid her own identity.
The address she gives in New York,
at 110 West Thirty-eighth street,
is a furnished room house kept by Mrs.
Crump and her daugher, Mrs. Warwick.
Mrs. Warwick says that a Mrs. Hamilton
had a room with her up to five days ago,
when she left for Lake Hopatcong. The
house at 182 First place, Brooklyn, is no
longer in Mrs. Parker's possession.
A BATTLE WITH HOES.
Two and Perhaps More Negroes Will Die
Because of a Plantation Fight
West Point, Miss., July 18. There
was a riot among the colored population on
the Captain Fred Broil plantation, west of
this city, last night. Two young bucks had
a difficulty about a girl and proceeded to cut
each other to pieces with hoes.
Some 13 or 20 men, women and children
then took a hand in the fray, and an inven
tory showed one woman with her brains
oozing out of a frightful hole in the back of
her head, made by a hoe; one boy in the
same condition, and two of the bucks were
frightfully cut and bruised. Everyone en
gaged was more or less hurt, and at least
two deaths, and perhaps more, will result.
A SENATOR'S SON WILL DLE.
Nat
K. Jones, of Arkansas, Mortally
Wounded in nn Altercation.
Little Rock, Ark., July 18. Nat K.
Jones, son of United States Senator James
K. Jones, of Arkansas, was shot and per
haps fatally wounded at tne benator a
home, Washington, Ark., this afternoon by
a school teacher named J. F. Shepley. The
two men had a row and Jones followed
Shepley to the depot and into a passenger
coach, where the tragedy occurred. Jones
cannot live.
TROUBLES OF THE CORDAGE TRUST.
It Begins Salts Against Eastern Rivals, Pre
sumably as a Bluir.
Boston, July 18. The National Cordage
Company has placed attachments upon the
property 'of the Suffolk Cordage Company,
the Pearson Cordage Company and the New ,
Bedford Cordage Company. This action is
the result of a controversy as to claims
growing out of the breaking of contracts be
tween it and all the Eastern cordage mills.
The National Cordage Company severed
these contracts last November, and was sued
by the concerns mentioned for heavy dam
ages. When the Elizabethport works of the
National Company were burned the Eastern
mills attached the insurance money, between
$300,000 and $400,000, and held it against the
settlement of their claims. The action of the
National Company in its latest move is
looked upon by some of the Boston people
more as a bluff than anything else.
BIG CRASH IN LONDON.
THE ENGLISH BANK OF THE RIVER
PLATTE CLOSES ITS DOORS.
It Has a Subscribed Capital of 87,500,000,
With Over 835,000,000 Deposits Loans
and Discounts Amounting to 841,800,
000 Thought a Strong Institution.
1T CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
London, July 18. The English Bank of
the River Platte, in London, closed its doors
this morning. All the markets opened
weak in consequence and closed 1 per cent
lower for English and American Railways.
Consuls declined yi, buy Argentine and
other foreign Governmenrbonds were prac
tically unchanged. The English' Bonk of the
River Platte wasestablished in 1881
and has a subscribed capital of
1,500,000, of whifth one-half is paid up.
At the end of 187 reserve fund amounted
to 425,000 anoy fff "er 7,000,000 sterl
ing deposits. yfj; tyf " and discounts
amounted to 83t-Vj id on hand
2,500,000 cash. NV Jo
The stock of the bank ihAi,A ong
about 1,000 shareholders, artd-i,'j'S
rectors were the Hon. Sidne'fcvrwf .n
and the Right Hon. Lord George Hauon,
M. P. The bankers of the English Bank of
the River Platte were Messrs. Glynn, Mills,
Currie & Co., of Lombard street, London.
The bank has paid a dividend of 10 per
cent per annum for. some years past, and
was considered to be the strongest bank do
ing business in the Argentine and Uruguay
Republics. It had branches in Buenos
Ayres, Montevideo and Rosario, with
agencies at Paysandu and Salto.
The bank was one of the few banks that
remained open during the recent crisis in
Buenos Ayres. It is not known yet how
the suspension will affect other South
American banks in London. The weakness
in the grain trade during the last few days
has been due to the difficulty of Messrs.
Edward Gripper & Sons, of Winchester
Wharf, Bankside, London, an old estab
lished firm, who have been obliged to sus
pend payment.
TWO EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
Strike a Ship's Crew With Terror Ont on
the Indian Ocean.
tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New York, July 18. Captain Davies,
of the ship Glenfinlas, of Liverpool, which
arrived here to-day, 123 days from Calcutta,
reported that at 5 o'clock on the afternoon
of April 7, when between GOO and 700 miles
west of the coast of Java, he felt the shock
of an earthquake. The shock lasted about
five minutes. During that time it seemed
as if the ship had hit a rock or was scrap
ing over a coral reef. The ship shivered
and her masts trembled; there was a com
motion' on deck, and almost a panic among
the .crew. A hasty examination, "bf tho ship
showed that no damage had been done and
he qnieted the fears of the crew, who feared
that the ship had struck a rock. The shock
was followed by a tremendous sea.
For three days before the shock the
weather had been very close and sultry, and
almost dead calm. The air was hazy and
full of smoke. The same kind of weather
prevailed for three days after the shock.
All the time there was a heavy ground
swell. On the morning of April 11, about
10 o'clock, a second shock was felt The
shock was not so severe as tho first, nor was
it accompanied by the high sea. He has
made 21 voyages on the Indian Ocean and
has never before experienced an earthquake
shock. Such shocks are qnite common in
the Pacific Ocean off the Chilean coast
LAWING- THE L0TTEBIES.
An Indianapolis Agency Raided and an Im
portant Arrest Made.
iNDlANAroLls, July 18. The officers of
Indianapolis are making a commendable
effort to break up the lottery business. A
day or two ago Woodward's agency was
raided and to-day Royal Hammer was ar
rested as he stepped out of the express
office with a large grist of tickets.
The city is loaded with bogus lottery
tickets, said to be circulated by the Wood
ward Agency. The sale of them is not only
a violation of the lottery laws, but the rank
est kind of a steal, inasmuch as nine cases
out of ten the buyer has not a ghost of a
chance.
FRENCH STBIKEBS FIGHT.
Tho Police of Paris Having Their Hands
Fnll Controlling the Men.
Paris, July 18. The strike of the rail
road men continues here. Large bodies of
strikers this morning surrounded the depots
and endeavored to prevent the men who
have not struck from continuing to work
for the railroad companies.
The police, after a struggle, managed to
disperse the strikers, and many of the rail
road depots are now occupied by troops.
The strikers have held several meetings and
determined to continue tne strike. Tne
men generally are disposed to be pacific and
have abandoned the prooposed procession
in order to avoid tiouble.
GALVESTON'S GL0BY BEGINS.
The First Cargo or Grain From the Fnturo
Great Seaport Sails To-Day.
Galveston, July 18. The steamship
Etherby to-day finished loading at Galves
ton with the first cargo of American wheat
shipped this season to Europe, and will
clear to-morrow.
The cargo is 8,350 bushels, all Texas
wheat, and is the beginning of what is ex
pected to be in the near future a great ex
port business, gathering grain not only
from Texas but from Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braska and other Western States.
ABBESTED FOB EXPBESS B0BBEBY.
A Suspected Thief Arrested With a Stolen
Gold Coin in Ills Possession.
Texarkana, Ark., July 18. Frank
Fore was to-day held as a suspect for an ex
press robbery recently committed on the
Texas and Pacific Railroad, on the strength
of a $5 gold piece. The coin had five marks
upon it, placed there by railway officials
and known to be in the package when taken
Irom the express car.
The prisoner claims he got it from a local
pawnbroker. His examination will be held
Monday.
THE MILITIA ENCAMPMENT.
It Opens at Devon in a Pouring Rain, With
the Governor Present
Devon, Pa., July 18. Camp William T.
Sherman, where the First Brigade, Penn
sylvania National Guard, will encamp for a
week's military -practice, wag formally
opened here this morning in a pouring
rain. About 2,000 men are on the grounds.
Governor 1'attisou, Commander in Chief,
arrived this afternoon, uvcoinpanied by his
staff.
A-Farmer Judge of Kansas "WiU Not
Listen to the Supreme Body.
OBDEES HIS SHERIFF ARRESTED
Because the latter Obeyed the Higher
. Judges Instead of Him.
NITER EEAD LAW BEFORE ELECTED
TEPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Topeka, July 18. G. W. McKay, the
Alliance Jndge in the Twenty-fourth dis
trict, who never read a page of law until
after his election last fall, has openly re
belled against the Supreme Court, and yes
terday placed a warrant in the hands of the
County Coroner for the arrest of the Sheriff,
who had refused to obey his orders under in
structions of the Supreme Court
This was the second positive refusal of
McKay to be bound by the ruling of tho
Supreme Court in the attempted mortgage
foreclosure on a farm owned by Albert
Honeywell by the Commonwealth Loan
and Trnst Company. Proceedings were in
stituted by attorneys for the loan company
this afternoon to have McKay appear be
fore the Supreme Court, when contempt pro
ceedings will be commenced.
Backed- by the Alliance.
McKay was the only Alliance judge
elected last fall. He is a farmer and admit
ted never haying read law, but the three
counties which compose his district are
strongly Alliance and he was elected by an
overwhelming majority. The Alliance to
which he belongs has taken a deep interest
in the foreclosure case now pending, and at
its last meeting adopted resolutions declar
ing tnat tne owner ot tne larm was entitled
to the crop instead of tho mortgage com
pany. A motion was made before Judge McKay
in the interest of the owner to have the
agent for the loan company, Mr. Burr, who
had been given charge of the place by a
former judge, dismissed. Judge McKay
granted the motion and the mortgage com
pany appealed to the Supreme Court.
Wouldn't Recognize the Higher Court
The District Judge was over-ruled and
the agent again given charge. Judge Mc
Kay issued another order compelling the
agent to vacate, and upon his refusal to do so
placed a warrant for his arrest in the hands
of the Sheriff and fined him $50 for con
tempt On the advice of his attorneys the
agent refused to pay the fine and was
lodged in jail. Habeas corpus proceedings
were instituted before the Supreme Court
and the Sheriff was instructed to turn the
prisoner loose. Friday Judge McKay, not
withstanding the order of the Supreme
Court, instructed the Sheriff to again arrest
Burr. The Sheriff, acting upon the instruc
tions of the Supreme Court, refused, and
the Alliance Judge placed a warrant in the
hands of the Coroner for the arrest of the
Sheriff and another for the arrest of the
agent
Orders Not Yet Carried Out
The Coroner has not as yet made either
arrest The only member of the Supreme
Court in the city is Judge Valentine. The
decisions on the case which the farmer
Judge has refused to obey were given by
Chief Justice Horton, who is now in Colo
rado for the summer.
After his election, and before taking his
seat last fall. Judge McKay announced his
intention of taking a course of lectures at
tne Ann Amor lav school, but compromised
by attending a week's sitting of the Su
preme Court. His only knowledge of law
was acquired by attending as a referee in
equity cases by appointment from the Dis
trict Judge. There are 11 other District
Jndges to be elected this fall, and the indi
cations are that the Alliance will elect a
majority of them.
REPORTED A DEFAULTER.
A Son of Ex-Governor Waller Has Made
Away With About 830,000.
tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATCn.J
New York, July 18. Martin B. Waller,
Secretary and Treasurer of the Long Island
Brick Company, of Greenport, disappeared
from that place three weeks ago, and yester
day it was reported that he was a defaulter.
The alleged deficiency is estimated at $40,000
or $50,000. The company is the largest of
its kind in the State and has an invested
capital of more than $1,000,000. D. C. Sage,
of Greenpqrt, is its President and
manager. The missing Secretary and
Treasurer is a son of ex-Govemor
Waller, of Connecticut He is about 30
years old, and was popular in Greenport
It is said he paid court to President Sase's
daughter, Miss Virginia Sage, who has $40,
000 or more in her own right Her father
is said to have been opposed to young
Waller's attentions. Nothing is known of
the missing Secretary 'a whereabouts.
Ex-Governor Waller expressed consider
able surprise a week ago when notified of
his son's disappearance. The day following
President Sage received a telegram signed
M. B. Waller, saying that Waller would be
at home next day. No word has been re
ceived from him since. It is said ex-Governor
Waller wept when it was intimated
to him that there was something wrong
with his son's accounts. The ex-Governor
owns considerable stock in the company.
THE DISPATCH DIRECTORY.
Contents of the Issue Classified for the
Convenience of the Readers.
The Issue of The Dispatch to-day consists
ofMpagermadeupln two parts. The news
of yesterday and last night, at home and
abroad, will be found in the first nine pages.
Class news and special features are dis
tributed as follows:
Vageo. '
TVar Talk in Europe. Woman's Rights In England.
Farming That Pays. Gebhardc and Langtiy.
Bismarck and Grant JoiIX RDSbELL YOUSO
Page 10.
Cox and His Humor Clixtos Llotd
The Music World CW. S.
Pane 11.
The Want Column. For Sale Notices.
To Let Column. Real Estate Matters.
Pane 13.
The SocIalWorld. The Grand Army.
The Jlllltii Gossip. Summer Theatricals.
Page 13.
Seashore Boarding. Shirlev Dare.
She's btage Struck Charles T. Murray.
Carrots and Cucumbers ELLICE SEBEXA.
' Late Fashion Notes.
Pagtli.
Out of the Clouds Fraxk G. Carpenter
The Millennium Coming.. ..ItEV. George Hodges
The PltUburg FIreboat.
Page IS.
Zeb's Second Trip L. E. STOnxi.
The Din of the CUT ScsaxHale
A Rain Wizard w. G.M.
The Califorulaas JULES Verxe
Page 16.
Explaining History BillNtk
An Old-Time Editor Bessie Bramble
The Black Republic Joii.v M. Lancstox
O'eins of the Forest Cecil M. Baskett
Page 17.
Hunting for Gold C. F.I.UMMIS
The Wheel of Fortune.... PAYSIE
Puzzle Department E. R. Cuadrourx
Roblnon Crusou's Island Faxxie B. Ward
Flumes for. the Fair Gus Roberts
Page IS.
A Review of Sports Prixglk
Palace to Convent .WlLKIB
Highland Vagaries E. L. Wakemax
Photos Out-of-Doors.
Scientific Talk.
Page 13.
Secret Societies.
The Local Trade News.
Page '20.
Late News in Brief.
Markets br Wire.
The Suniliier.II'or;.
Rapid Transit Facts.
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