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office of The Dispatch, cornerSmtthfield and
Diamond streets, up to midnight.
FORTY -SIXTH YEAR
AFTER THEAUDITOR.
McCamant Under Fire Before
the Councils Investigat
ing Committee
OX THE EEBATE BUSINESS.
The Auditor General Denies Ever
Receiving a Cent of Adver
tising Commissions.
MYSTERIOUS PAPEES HELD BACKV
On the Advice of District Attorney Graham,
That Have Eome Bearing on Mo
Camant's Testimony.
PATTTSON STAXDS EEADI TO'TESTHT
Xewsraper Owners Eefnse to Tell 'Who the Tersoa
Was Who Eeccired the Ertate oa
Adtertisinj for ISM.
EIKrCP SOMETHIXG SEXSaTIOXSJj TO COME
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM r0 THE DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, July 24. Auditor Gen
eral McCamant was the star witness before
the Councils Investigating Committee at to
day's meeting. The Auditor General read
a. type-written "statement" with perfect
calmness, although the Attorney General of
the Commonwealth watched him closely, and
Investigator Etting tapped his fingers on
the desk in a manner that indicated more
than common interest. This was interest man
ifested later in the proceedings, when the
keen-eyed and sharp-witted Selectman from
the Eighth ward incidentally mentioned
that there were a number of questions which
he had desired to ask the Auditor Gen
eral, but to which the law officer of the
county, District Attorney Graham, had
seemed to Interpose objections, and to
which General McCamant's own announce
ment that his lips were guarded by the ad
vice of counsel added additional obstacles.
Investigators Smithers and Hicks seemed
also loaded to the muzzle with questions to
lire at the good-looking Auditor General,
but they restrained their impatience for the
t.me being and seemed willing to wait for a
later shy at the witness. Mr. Etting's ques
tions, if incisive, were careful and his even
temper was at no time disturbed.
Firing Questions at McCamant
Committeeman Eoberts created a diver
sion by his disposition to fire off unex
pected questions at the Auditor General and
at the succeeding witnesses. Mr. Hammett
was more than ordinarily active in pro
pounding queries, while Mr. .Tames con
tents himself with conferring now and
again with his neighbor, Etting, and did
not seem at all ruffled by the more than oc
casional declinations of witnesses to answer
inquiries as to the personality of the man
who got the big 40 per cent rebate for giving
the mercantile appraiser's list to a number
of the newspapers.
Only once did Chairman Van Osten show
any acerbity, and that was when he said
that the ex-President of the Chestnut Street
National Bank was not present, because in
the discharge of his official duty as Com
mander in Chief of the National Guard of
Pennsylvania he was at Mt Gretna inspect
ing troops of the State now encamping
there "When Attorney General Hensel
made his way from one of the side chairs
and whispered to Mr. Etting he was per
mitted to make this statement:
Fattison Ready to Testify.
"On behalf of Governor Pattison, whom I
saw and left at Mt. Gref na at 8 o'clock last
evening, where he is engaged in the review
of the troops, I wish to say to this com
mittee that up to that time he had received
no subpoena or request to appear here. At
the same time lam authorized to say that
the Governor will be glad to appear at any
time his pretence may be desired, either at
the request or subpoena of the committee,
with or without any further official notice."
There was a disposition to applaud the
Attorney General's statement. The law
officer of the Commonwealth made his way
back to his seat on the south side of the hall
and was an interested listener during the
remainder of the proceedings, watching Mr.
Kemble and Auditor General McCamant
with especial intentness, and only leaving
after the editors and publishers had begun
to testify to w hat they didn't know about
giving rebates for the advertising to the
unknon "agent" who had such a marvel
ous pull in Dlacing the mercantile ap
praiser's list where it would do the most
good.
A Rocky Road for McCamant.
Mr. McCamant traveled the rocky road
prepared for him by Messrs. Etting,
Smithers and Hicks with much dexterity.
He did not seem to get flurried and showed
the only symptom of vexation when he told
how newspaper publications and various
other statements in connection with his
dealings with the late City Treasurer had
caused annoyance to his family. Interest
began to flag when the newspaper editors
and1 proprietors began their testimony,
though some amusement was caused at the
questions popped at them in a desultory
fashion, but which did not seem to yield
any tangible results.
There was a big crowd in attendance
throughout the entire session, which lasted
over two hours. There was a crowd up
stairs in the gallery. The entrance and the
aisles were thronged, and everybody, in
cluding Chairman Van Osten and Sergeant
at Arms George W. Johnson, seemed glad
enough when the meeting -was declared ad
journed and the committee went into ex
ecutive session. At the private meeting
afterward it was agreed to meet again at the
call of the Chairman.
The Bank Officials Excused.
A letter from District Attorney Graham
was first read, suggesting that the bank
officials be not examined.for the reason that
they have already testified and that an ex
amination of them at this time might inter
fere with any action that might be taken
against them in the future. -After consider
able discussion the bank officials were ex
cused for the present
W. H. M. Kemble and "William L. Elk
ns, the traction railway magnates, testified
1 ANTS of all kinds-are quickly answered
through THE DliPATCH. Investors, arti
san, bargain hunters, buyers and sellers
closely scan its Classified Advertising Col
umns, largest Circulation.
as to their connection with Bardsley in cer
tain transactions in traction stock. They
showed that they had loaned money to
Bardsley with which to buy Philadelphia
and Chicago traction shares, and that he
had closed out the deal at a profit. As far
as they knew he had not used any public
money in his transactions.
Auditor General McCamant, who with
Bardsley had control of the letting of the
advertising of the Mercantile Appraiser's
List, to be published in four newspapers of "1
j. miuucipma, next icsuneu. -me reports
of the experts who examined Bardsley's
books recently, showed that a check had ap
parently been sent to Mr. McCamant for
$7,144,52, being one-half of the rebate of 40
per cent on over 540,000 worth of advertis
ing paid by four newspapers in 1890.
McCamant's General Denial.
Mr. McCamant denied emphatically that
he ever received directly or indirectly one
penny of the money. He also denied that
various suras credited on the stubs of Bards
ley's checkbook to "Mc" had ever been re
ceived by him. He stated that the adver
tising business had been transacted through
Captain H. M. Graffin, who had for a num
ber of years been employed in the Auditor
General's department and who had charge
oi surn matters.
"Witness had reason to believe that a re
bate was paidj for the reason that Captain
Graffin had intimated to him that certain
political debts had to be paid and that they
were settled in this way. He also under
stood that the newspaper that did not get
the advertising was taken care of bv those
that did get it. Captain Graffin died in
1890, and Mr. McCamant expressed his
sorrow that he was not alive now, so that
he could himself explain his connection
with the unpleasant business.
Questions Held in Reserve.
After Mr. McCamant had left the stand
and room, Committeeman Etting stated
that, notwithstanding the Auditor Gener
al s denial, it had been his (Etting's) inten
tion to examine him upon certain docu
mentary evidence in his possession, but
that upon advice from the District Attor
ney that it would be unwise to make public
disclosure of the contents of the documents
at this time, he refrained from questioning
the witness.
When the name of ex-State Treasurer
Livsey, who is alleged to have received
money from Bardsley, was called, a tele
gram was read stating that because of the
serious illness of Mr. Livsey's daughter in
Milwaukee that gentleman had to go to
that city. He says he will return as soon
as possible, and requests the privilege of
then appearing before the committee.
J. P. Singer, connected with the Fourth
Street National Bank, related a conversa
tion he had with Marsh, the fugitive Presi
dent of the Keystone Bank, three or four
days after that institution had been closed
by order of the Comptroller of the Cur
rency. Tried to Blame Wanamaker.
Marsh, he said, told of his endeavors to
prevent the closing of the bank, saying, "I
tried to bluff "Wanamaker, but failed."
Marsh also told him that he tried to get
Mr. "Wanamaker to use his influence to
have the bank kept open, but that gentle
man had declined to interfere.
Clayton McMichael, of the Korth American;
Robert J, Cook, of the Press; "William P.
McCully, of the DuUctm; Edward Morwitz,
of the German Democrat, and James Elver-
son, ot the Inquirer, proprietors or managers
of papers alleged to have paid -ebates on the
mercantile appraiser's list advertising, were
sworn, with the exception of the last-named
gentlemen, who was to ill to appear, and
sent an affidavit instead.
Had to Fay the Rebate.
Their testimony was to the effect that they
couldn't get the advertising without paying
a commission of 40 per cent to the person
bringing it to them, and as they could print
the matter and make a profit after paying
the commission they did so an a matter of
business, None of them had knowledge
that the commission -was to go to either
Bardsley or the Auditor General.
Mr. McMichael declined to give the name
of the person who acted as the agent, saying
that he was not a public official, and he con
sidered it a private matter. Mr. Cook ad
mitted that Captain Graffin was the man to
whom he paid the commission. "When asked
who got the commission in 1891, Captain
Graffin having died in 1890, Mr. Cook de
clined to reveal the name, saying the person
was not a public official, and it would be un
fair to make his name public Mr. McCully
also acknowledged that Captain Graffin was
the man to whom he had paid the commis
sion. The committee then adjourned.
PATTISON TALKS OUT.
HE SATS THE STATE TREASURY MUST
BE INVESTIGATED.
The Auditor General's Office Must Also
Undergo the Same Treatment A Sys
tematic Inquiry Is Expected of George
Handy Smith's Committee.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCn.l
Harrisburg, July 24. The following
correspondence lias just been made public:
Hott rosTorncE.MoxTGOiiEnY Couxtt, )
June -1. $
To Robert E. rattison. Governor of Pcnnsj lvanla:
3lT Dear Sik I have received a communi
cation from Hon. John 1L Fow, in which ho
states that you have serious intentions of
calling the committee to investigate the
Trca&ury Department together in a public
letter. I can hardly thinV such to be the
case, as you w ould only have to intimate
your desire and it would he done. It seems
ridiculous to me to call the committe
togetherjust now, wheneverjonois endeav
oring to do all in his pow cr todiscovor what
ever is best for the State. I know of no par
ticular reason other than to spend the ap
propriation. If there -was no money they
would not be willing to serve. For mv pait
I would rather save the appropiiation tiun
to spend it without securing any benefit to
the state. He also threatens to resign in a
public letter, which I would regret very
much, as he is so w lse an d so capable.
Verv truly vours,
George Handy Smith.
Harkisbueg, Pa., June 25.
Hon. George Hunav Smith, Chairman of Joint
Committee to lu eatigate the State Treasury:
Dlar Sir I am in receipt of your favor of
June 24, 1S91, in which you suggest that there
is no occasion Just now for the assembling
of your committee to prosecute the work for
which it was appointed. In rpply I beg
leave to say that your committee, being a
creation of the tw o branches of the legisla
tive department of the government, it is not
jormo to inuicate tne time lor wnicn it
ought to meet, the measure of its duties and
responsibilities, or the manner in which
they ought to bo discharged.
I may, howe or, take advantage of this
oppoitunity to say to you that b. the terms
ot the joint resolution, approved January 26,
1891, providing for the appointment of tun
committee, it was Instructed to make a thor
ough investigation of the present methods
of conducting the business of the State
Treasury, especially in regard to the present
system of depositaries for the public lunds,
and to report as soon as possible. The joint
resolution, approved May 27, 1S91, extended
thcponcis and duties ot tins committee to
an investigation of the department of the
Auditor General, and instiucted it to report
totlio Governor "at the earliest possible
time."
It seems to mo plain, therefore, that the
intention of the Legislature was that the in
vestigation of the Treasury and Auditor
General's departments should be thorough
and systematic, and that it should be dili
gently made, so that the report could bo
made to the Executive with such prompt
ness as to enable the State officials to act
with dispatch in any matter hich such re
port might show demanded their attention.
ItOBEKT E. PATTISOU.
MEDICAL GBADTTATES MAEEIED.
Mr. and Mrs. John McGuigan Will Practice
Together Hereafter.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Norwich, July 24. At the breezy old
country home of Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Ham
mond in Rocky Ledge, six miles south of
this city, there was a Very pretty wedding
m
this week, in which the charming daughter,
Miss Grace M. Hammond, Mi D., became
the wife of John McGuigan, M. D., of
Philadelphia. A largo aud fashionable
company attended and the nuptial knot was
tied by the Rev, J. B. Dougherty, of
Mystic. Both bride and groom are full
fledged doctors of medicine, graduates of
the same medical college in Philadelphia,
and the romantic feature of the alliance is
the fact that their love-making began when
they w ere classmates, studying medicine in
the "Quaker City" college.
Both have diplomas from the college, and
it is possible that they will practice medi
cine together when they return to Phila
delphia. Mrs. McGuigan is young and
pretty, and comes of a family that is re
markable for its talent Her husband, also,
is young and has marked ability. The old
home of the lady in Ledyard, which is set
on a hill and commands a magnificent dis
tant view of the ocean off the Southern Con
necticut coast, has long been the situation
of the "Whipple Home School for deaf mutes.
THAT ALLIANCE TRUST.
THE MANAGER OF THE NEW XORK
BUREAU RIDICULES THE IDEA.
The 1,000,000 Circular Flan the Work of
Charlatans "Who Would Magnify Their
Own Importance A Suggestion to Farm
ers, but No Widespread Plot
New York, July 24. To-day a reporter
interviewed W. C. Crum, the General Man
ager of the New York Bureau of the Na
tional Farmers' Alliance and Reform Press
Association, touching the so-called ""Wheat
Trust" combine among farmers. He denied
that any such combination has been formed.
The suggestion was made, he said, some
time ago that farmers would do well to hold
their wheat for remunerative prices in
preference to allowing it to fall into the
hands of unscrupulous speculators. Upon
this advice word was sent out through the
bureau of the Reform Press two weeks ago
advising farmers to hold their wheat Sev
eral sub-alliances in Illinois met and passed
resolutions to this effect
The attempt to make it appear now as if
some "traitor in the camp had revealed
the matter before the Farmers' Alliance
was ready to let the secret out, is inkeeping
with many similar attempts to invest cer
tain ambitious leaders with an air of im
portance far beyond their ability or worth,
Mr. Crum said. He said, further, that the
idea of issuing simultaneously at "Washing
ton and St Paul 1,000,000 circulars to send
to 40,000 secretaries, is part of a well-concerted
plan among certain Alliance officials
to enhance their importance in the estima
tion of farmers, and create at the same time
consternation among wheat speculators for
political effect He is convinced that cer
tain schemers are trying to "work" the
Farmers' Alliance for all it is worth for
selfish and political purposes.
As to combination among farmers, Mr.
Crum said: "I would be very glad if the
farmers could, by combination, secure good
prices, especially for wheat. Depreciation
of values, repeated crop failures, high rates
of interest, etc., have discouraged farmers
for several years. They deserve well of
their compatriots, and no one familiar with
their deprivations will begrudge them all
they ask."
SPORTING An exhaustive review and all
the events of the day in to-morrow's big
DISPATCH.
AFFAIRS IN SAN DOMINGO.
That Republic Has Not Been Affected by
the Troubles in Haiti.
JSPLTElEQRAMTHBBMPfTJ ,
fN V Xork, Jolyl'i Thomas Jfimpson,
United States Consul at Puerto Plata, San
Domingo, is at the Astor Hotel. He expects
to return to San Domingo to-morrow after
noon. In an interview this morning he
said: "The revolutionary disturbances in
Haiti have had no apparent effect on San
Domingo. Formerly there was a reciproc
ity treaty between the two republics, but
this is in force no longer. Some months ago
representati es of the two powers met at
ban uomingo ana tried to irame a new
treaty, but were not successful."
"The President of San Domingo is a na
tive of the United States, and his son is my
Vice Consul. However, they are not in fa
vor of annexation with the United States.
As far as reciprocity is concerned, I be
lieve there is no particular interest, though
the Dominicans are not opposed to it" Mr.
Simpson said he believed that with the
friendly relations existing between this
country and San Domingo a sentiment could
easily be created in the latter country in
favor of leasing Samana to the United
States.
A CHILD'S AWFUL DEATH.
Fatally Burned "While in the Act of En
deavoring to light a Lamp.
rSrZCTAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.J
Ntack, N. Y., July 24. The household
of the Ratto family, Italians, who live at
Northvale, N. J., a short distance below
the Rockland county line, was thrown into
a state of terrible excitement, followed by
grief, last evening by the shocking death of
a young child. The little one wanted to
light a lamp, which was beyond her reach,
and, taking a chair, she climbed upon it
with a match in her hand. She struck the
match and lighted the lamp, then threw the
partially burned match down. It did not
go to the floor, however, but caught in the
girl's dress, setting it on fire.
The child screamed loudly, but the flames
soon enveloped her. By the time assistance
came she w as so badly burned that it was
impossible to save her life. She died in the
most intense agony in a few moments. It
nas the saddest occurrence in the history of
the little village of Northvale, and the fam
ily are prostrated with grief.
DEATH IHVADES THE CAMP.
The Third Brigade at Mt. Gretna in Mourn
ing Over a Comrade.
rsrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Mt. Gretna, July 24. The Third Brig
ade camp was in mourning to-day. Private
Carey Bayler, of Company F, Twelfth Regi
ment, died of heart failure. He was a
backwoodsman, aged 2G years, and had been
in the guards for four years, being very pop
ular with his comrades. The remains ofthe
dead soldier w ere encased in a lead casket,
and this evening Chaplain Gerhardt held
funeral services in front of the quarters in
the presence of the entire regiment
The remains v ere then escorted to the
depot and shipped to Danville, where they
will be buried. To-night Governor Patti
son and his staff left for Harrisburg,-and to
morrow the camp will break up.
EB0BABLY A FAKE ST0BY.
No Account or the Wedding of Sirs. Potter
in the Japan Papers.
tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUE DISPATCH.!
New York, July 24. Franklin Bartlett,
who is Mrs. James Brown Potter's lawyer,
received from her manager to-day some press
notices, clipped from the newspapers of
India, China and Japan, commenting upon
the theatrical performances of Mrs. Potter
and Mr. Bellew in their tour through those
countries.
The latest clippings were from the Japan
Daily Mail of June 10 and June 11, contain
ing interviews with both Mrs. Potter and
Mr. Bellew. None ofthe papers contained
any reference to a divorce which Mr. Potter
was recently reported to have obtained from
his wife, or to Mrs. Potter's reported subse
quent marriage to Sir. Bellew.
ptpmtra
PITTSBURG-. SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1891-TWELVE
A COMLICT AYERTED.
The Coal Creek Miners Were Buying
Arms and Meant to Fight.
AN ARMISTICE BROUGHT ABOUT
Until the legislature Can Get Together
"and Take Action.
TEE C0N7ICTS ARE ALLOWED TO RETURN
rerECIAt TE1EGBAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
KjroxmxD, Tenx., July 24. Never be
fore since the beginning of the trouble- in
the East Tennessee mining districts did"
things look so hopeless as yesterday morn
ing. After the unsuccessful conference of
the miners' committee with the Governor
last evening the committee withdrew and
sent a message to Coal Creek, which made
every miner there run home and prepare for
combat. There was not much said at Coal
Creek, for the miners realized that the end
of peace had come and that there would
have to be bloodshed; for they had sworn
that the military should not come back.
Those who had not effective weapons of
one kind or another started for Knoxville to
day to make purchases. During the early
morning hours of to-day scores of Winches
ters were sold in Knoxville gun shops.
Some mountaineers, not having money
enough,pawned their watches to make their
purchases. In Knoxville there is a consid
erable element of turbulent characters, of
kin with the mountaineers. Among J
them the police iound a great rest
lessness and the Governor was informed
that threats of burning the Knoxville plant
of the Knoxville Iron Company had been
made and would be carried out urom
some things the Governor said it was evi
dent that he had set himself to go up into
the mountains with the military and con
victs, whatever the outcome might be. 3n
fact, the cars were all in readiness for trans
portation and the order had gone forth for
the officers of the militia to collect their
absent men.
A Compromise Effected.
But all this time the Governor and his
advisers were waiting for the miners' com
mittee to come back. As the hours passed,
hope of this decreased. At 1 o'clock in the
atternoon the committee of citizens and the
committee of miners came together again.
After two hours of discussion, Gencrji;
"Williams, who had been so adroit at ig
mass meeting near Briceville, again brought
about a reasonable view of things. A com
promise was drawn up, which, while It
granted to the miners practically all the
points upon which they had insistedi ivw
Tint, an hmifrhtilv prnrpwpn.
At 3 o'clock the original committee of five
miners and the Citizens Committee went
before the Governor. Two hours were spent
in discussing details and then the word was
sent out that the conflict had been averted
and peace completely restored. The miners
agreed to the convicts' return to work, pro
vided no militia came along. They further
agreed to await the action of the Legisla
ture. The Governor, on his side, agreed to
dismiss the militia at once, to do all in his
power to get the Legislature to act, and 'it
was tacitly understood that past offenses
against the majesty of the law should be as
though they had not been.
The Conditions of Peace.
Although no mention of an armistice is
made, the fact that there will be peace only
on condition that the Legislature repeal J'roj
"convict Jeasii law is-clearly tunsi'ratooti i
From the talk of miners.it-is plain that they
mean nothing different from their original
intentions. They swore to fight if the mili
tary came. They swore to fight if the Leg
islature did not repeal the oflensive law,and
they mean to keep their oath.
There was no way of getting to Coal
Creek to interview the miners, but there is
no doubt that'that they will live up to their
signed and witnessed contracts. The Gov
ernor at once proceeded to carry out his
part of the agreement General Carnes, in
command of the militia, was ordered to
move at once, .fart or the soldiers will
leave at 3 o'clock to-morrow morning. The
rest will go before to-morrow's sun sets. At
8:40 o'clock to-morrow morning the Gov
ernor will personally conduct the convicts
back to the mines and see them put to work.
The wardens swore in about 15 special
guards this afternoon. No trouble is an
ticipated. What Will the legislature Do?
And now comes the question of what the
General Assembly of the State will do.
Attorney General Pickle has said that the
convict lease law cannot be forthwith re
pealed, because of the contract which the
State has made with the Tennessee Iron,
Coal and Railroad Company and which lasts
five years longer. Whether this be true or
not the fact remains that the lessees have a
strong lobby and the State Treasury cannot
well spare the $100,000 which is paid in an
nually on the contract, not to speak of the
5250,000 which the building and equipment
of a penitentiary, sufficient to hold the
1,300 convicts would cost. It may be that
even though the Legislature fails to act,
there may be some way of inducing
the lessees to keep convicts away from
mining districts.
xnere is a ieeiing oi great reiici in knox
ville to-night, and the Governor is praised
for doing so well in so ticklish a situation
as that in which his first rashness and his
misunderstanding of his own powers placed
him. The outcome of his trip to Coal Creek
and Briceville to-morrow is awaited with
curiosity, but not with apprehension, for
whatever else may be said of them, the
miners have shown themselves to be men of
their word.
AN AMEBICAN SENT TO SIBEBIA.
He Returned to His Native Poland for His
Family and Was Arrested.
Omaha, July 24. According to a letter
received here by Abe Goldstein, a well
known citizen, S. Gerber, who has lived in
Omaha for the past five years, has been
exiled to Siberia by the Russian authorities.
Gerber went last March to Myszyuca, near
the German frontier, his native town in
Poland, intending to return with his family,
who had remained in the Old Country. His
appearance in the little town excited sus
picion, and his arrival soon reached the
ears of the authorities.
Fearing arrest, Gerber fled across the
frontier into a neighboring German Pro
vince. A demand was made upon the au
thorities of the German town in which
Gerber had taken refuge, and he was turned
oyer to the emissaries of the Czar, who took
him in chains to Myszyuca, where he was
tried on the charge of running away to
America. Gerber claimed to be a citizen of
the United States, and showed papers prov
ing that he was a naturalized citizen, but in
spite of this he was sentenced to imprison
ment for one year, and afterward to be ban
ished to Siberia for five years and his prop
erty to be confiscated.
PUBSUED BY A BICYCLIST.
The Wheel Was Fleeter Than a Woman
Beater Trying to Escape.
1EPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Bordentown, N. J., July 24. J. "Wes
ley Lanning is in jail here on charges of
larceny and assault and battery. He has
been boarding with the family of Ira T.
Rogers, on Prince street. In the early part
of the week Mrs. Rogers missed some
jewelry and, suspecting that Xanning had
stolen it, had her husband swear out a war-
rant for his arrest. Lanning heard of this
proceeding and left the house, and for two
days successfully eluded Marshal Jobes.
Last eveninghin the absence of Rogers,
Lanning returned to the house, and, it is
alleged, threatened to kill Mrs. Rogers.
He broke into her room in the second story,
where she had run to escape him, and struck
and choked her. She screamed for assist
ance and attracted the attention of neigh
bors, who hastened to her assistance. Lan
ning fled, and hunting parties were quickly
ormed to run him down. "Walter Kane, an
expert bicyclist, was the first to get on Lan-J
,im'a 4 .!- T , 1M J...... l.t I
""o o huia ijauning ran iih.g a ucci, uum
kept it up for only a mile and a half. Then
Kane overtook him. A moment later Mar
shal Jober and the citizens came up. Threats
of violence were made, but the Marshal took
the captive to jail and this afternoon he
was committed to await the action of the
grand jury.
A POINT FOR EDISON
IN
THE DAMAGE SUIT FOR 8250,000
FILED AGAINST HIM.
Welch, the rialntiff, Must Show on What
Inventions Ho Bases His Claims for a
Half Interest A Boston Contract of
Tears Ago.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.2
Boston, July 25. Inventor Thomas A.
Edison has scored a point in the suit
brought against him by E. Baker "Welch to
receive 5250,000 damages for alleged breach
of contract, now pending in the United
States Circuit Court About a month ago
the defendant filed a motion to have the
plaintiff jitate more specifically in what
patents he owns a half interest under his
contract A further request was that the
plaintiffproduce certain letters and com
munications. Judge Nelson to-day decided
that the plaintiff should produce the letters
within 30 days and also file a bill of particu
lars, settling on what patents, inventions,
instruments and improvements he claims to
have an interest. He is also ordered to
state what inventions he has requested the
defendant to transfer to him upon which
he says he has an interest
The plaintiff bases his claim upon an al
leged contract made with, the defendant in
1869, in which he agreed to give him one
ialf interest in a patent upon which he was
then experimenting and upon all future in
ventions which he might make. The con
sideration for this alleged transfer of valua
ble rights was various loans of money,
which the plaintiff said he made to the
young inventor, who was then in the em
ploy of the "Western Union Company as an
operator, to help him along in his experi
ments. Mr. Edison, in his answer, denies the al
leged contract ana says that he paid to
plaintiff any sums which were paid him by
giving his notes. He also says that the in
struments upon which he was then at work
Jailed to be available, xne case has not
been tried upon its merits as yet, and has
been pending in court since 1883. General
Butler is one otthe lawyers who appear for
the plaintiff n, e
STATESMATHIP Ex-Chief Clerk
JLlojd's letter fo'rHJS DISPATCH to-mor
row Is devoted 'to .Samuel bhelabarger, the-
I
TO'DO THE LINEES
L,Bnt.Ha and His Confederate Were Landed
fi
In the Tombs Jail.
rsrrciAt, telegram" to the wspATcn.1
7 Nw YojtK, July 24. Harry Hamilton,
Viio Warrested'on "Wednesday while leav-
flg th Long Branch .steamboat with the
.Rev. 1. . Guilbsri's satelwiin.hjs hand, was
arraigned at the Tombs Court" this evening
and held in S2.000 bail for trial. Frederick
Wilson,who was arrested on Thursday night
on suspicion of being a pal of HamiltonjWas
remanded in order to give detectives an op-
Eortunity to secure more evidence against
im.
Hamilton told a reporter that up to three
months ago he was an honest man. He was
employed in a wholesale drygoods store on
Broadway, but lost his job, and while walk
ing around town looking for work met "Wil
son, and was induced to become a thief.
""We were getting tired of working the Long
Branch boats," he said, "and we we're about
to start in on the European steamers. Up
to the time I captured Dr. Guilbert's satchel
we had but poor luck, getting little but
tooth brushes, combs ami clothing. "We ex-
fiected to do better when we got to the
iners."
A LONG LAB0E FIGHT.
Probablo Settlement of a Seventeen Months'
Struggle of Iron Molders.
TSPFCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATOT.l
Cincinnati, July 24. The General Ex
ecutive Board of the Iron Molders con
tinued to transact routine business this
morning. J. F. Valentine, First Vice
President of the union, who has been lead
ing the strike in San Francisco, is now in
the city and will make a full report to the
board. To a reporter he said:
"It looks now as if a settlement might be
effected in my absence. I have been so
prominent in the strike that they have
come to not like me much and it was sug
gested that if I came East there might be a
settlement effected. So I have started oot
on an organizing tour through the East.
The strike has been a seventeen-months'
war. Trade is very dull and there is actual
suffering in some casc3 on the coast The
bosses have been losing money at a terri
ble rate, but they are good fighters and keep
it up. The General Board can do nothing
but continue to support us, and this they
win tto to tne bitter enu.
NO MONEY FOB WATCH0BN.
Treasurer Boy pr Is Not Satisfied That Ho Is
a Legal State Official.
Harrisburg, July 24. Robert Watch
orn, Chief Factory Inspector, who is spend
ing his wedding trip in Europe, will be
somewhat suprised to hear that State Treas
urer Boyer to-day declined to honor his
warrants. "When Judge Simenton handed
down his opinion in the "Waller case, he
agreed with Chief Justice Mercur that a
person nominated to the Senate and re
jected is not eligible to appointment after
ward. Notwithstanding "Watchorn's rejection by
the Senate, Governor Pattison subsequently
appointed and commissioned him. The
State Treasurer is not clear in his mind that
"Watchorn is the legal occupant ofthe office,
and until he has had a conference with At
torney General Hensel, declined to-day to
pay out any more money on "Watchorn's
order.
A V. S. MASSHAL KILLED.
The Fatal Quarrel AVith a Minor Officer
Arose Over a Dead Hog.
Louisville, July 24. At Morehead to
day Deputy United States Marshal George
Armstrong was shot and killed by Constable
Simons, of that place. Armstrong was
passing through Morehead with a party of
moonshine prisoners, and while stopping
over night became involved in a quarrel
with Simons over a hog belonging to Simons
which Armstrong killed.
Frederick C. Havemeyor Dying.
. Throgg's Neck, N. Y., July 24.
Frederick C. Havemeyer, who established
the great Havemeyer sugar refinery in
Brooklyn,-andwhoisthe father of Henry
C. and Theodore Havemeyer, both promi
nent in the Sugar Trust, is dying here. He
is 85 years old.
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THE LOST IS 1WD.
A Missing New York Young Lady
Who Would a Journalist Be
INTERCEPTED IN HER FLIGHT.
Queer Movements of the Miss After Running
Away From Home.
I0TE TI1E CAUSE OF THE ESCAPADE
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.1
New Haven, July 24. Miss Mary E.
Compton, who disappeared from her summer
home at Shcepshead Bay on Tuesday, was
found in this city late last night by her
mother, Mrs. G. P. Gotte, of New York.
Miss Compton was at the home of Miss Jus
tine Ingersoll, daughter of ex-Governor
Charles R. Ingersoll. Mrs. Gotte arrived
here to-day and told the police of her
daughter's supposed elopement. She
was certain that the girl had
eloped with a young man, or had
been induced by subterfuge to leave home,
and had perhaps unwittingly been led
astray. She was accompanied by a de
tective and her son. The party visited the
house of Mrs. Anne Cograhan and learned
that Miss Compton had called there on
"Wednesday morning. Mrs. Cograhan had
this to say:
"Miss Compton asked me if I could assist
her to earn her own living, and said that as
she was accustomed to do newspaper work
she would like to obtain a position on one
of the papers. I told her that I would not
aid her in obtaining such a position, but if
she wanted some place to stop she would be
welcome to stay at my house a few days.
She then told me that she had seen Miss
Ingersoll and she was to return to her home
at 11:30.
Located With the Ingersolrs.
"I invited her to dinner and she said she
would come. I went home, waited until
after 1 o'clock, and she did not make, her
appearance. I then went to Miss Ingersoll
and learning that she had been placed in the
care ofthe hitter's aunt, I felt satisfied that
she was better off than she was with me. I
thought no more of the affair. I never had
heard of Miss Compton, but it seems that a
Miss Ridge had mentioned her to me and
she came to me on the strength of that."
The story of Miss Compton's movements
after arriving in this city on Tuesday even
ing is rather queer. It seems that she
had a letter of introduction to Mrs.
Cograhan. The letter had been given
her by Mrs. Ridge. Miss Compton
walked by Mrs. Cograhan's house, and
not being favorably impressed with
the surroundings continued uptown to the
Elliott House, where she registered. At
breakfast on Tuesday morning she asked
one of- the waiters about the newspapers,
saying that she was desirous of securing a
situation as reporter. He directed her to
the Register, where she met Colonel N. G.
Osborne, the editor, and the city editor, Mr.
"William Rodman. To them she told the
story of leaving home.
She Found Good Friends.
Colonel Osborne, appreciating the deli
cate situation in which the young lady was
placed, referred her to Justine Ingersoll,
daughter of Governor Ingersoll. There she
was received with kindness and treated as a
member of the family. "Wednesday after
noon and Thursday were spent in driving
and visiting the snore resorts. It was at the
Jngersolh that -Jitrg. Gotte found her
daughter last ai?ht. ,
Tneicause of Miss1 Compton's escapade is
uue to me lact iiia(r sne is uispieaseu nun
her mother's second marriage to Treasurer
George P. Gotte, of the New York Police
Department, and they object to her receiv
ing attentions from a young journalist.
The Ridge woman prompted her to resent
their interference and suggested that she
ought to be free to receive such attentions
as she liked. There had been nothing on
her part with the vounij journalist ex
cept the merest flirtation. She left
home and came to this city absolutely alone.
Possibly her acquaintance with the New
York journalist is responsible for the fact
that she was exceedingly ambitious to work
for a newspaper, and" part of her idea of.
coming to New Haven was to obtain such
an opportunity. Miss Compton returned to
New York with friends this afternoon.
STILL IN THE FIELD.
Lieutenant Governor Jones Will Accept a
Nomination for Governor.
TSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Saratoga, July 24. Among the guests
who quietly arrived here last evening was
Lieutenant Governor Edward F. Jones, of
Binghaniton. In reply to a question if he
was still a candidate for Governor, Mr.
Jones said: "Well, you can safely
say that J. am stm a candidate, i am not
making any noise about my candidacy. I am
not working, as is frequently done by al
leged candidates, by going about and talk
ing with the delegates. I believe that the
people have a right to settle this thing among
themselves. I do not believe in a convention
packed for any special purpose. It is a safe
assumption, tnough, that if the nomination
comes to me I shall accept it.
"I consider the principal issue in the com
ing contest will be 'Get there,' " emphat
ically said the Lieutenant Governor. "Get
there will be the issue. The tariff will not
play an important part in the State can
vass. National atfaits do not interfere
with our local Sfate elections to any extent
The election in 1888 proved that conclu
sively. The State officers were elected on
purely local issues, and I assume that the
same conditions will prevail this fall."
THE KEAN FAILURE SETTLED.
Creditors of the Bank, Numbering 1,031,
Get 35 Cents on the Dollar.
Chicago, July 24. The S. A. Kean
bank failure was finally taken out of court
to-day for settlement. The basis is 35 cents
on the dollar. Claims against the bank ag
gregate ?524,857. There are 1,031 creditors.
The claim of the celebrated African mis
sionary, Bishop Taylor, of the Methodist
Chnrch, for 8,878, is excepted from the
35-cent se'.tlement temporarily, as is also a
claim for 5,000 by tne Mutual Accident
Association. Checks for the full amount in
both these cases were ordered deposited in
court pending a further decision by Judge
Scales.
The settlement is effected by the aid of
some of Mr. Kean's friends, who purchased
the assets and pay the creditors to the ex
tent indicated.
REVIEW Some ofthe salient features or
recent news events throughout the world
are reviewed by Wilkie and illustrated for
THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
WON'T SUPP0BT HIS WIFE.
Arrest of a Millionaire Who Won't Furnish
His Family's Living.
CSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
New York, July 24. George Bradish, of
Bayside, L. I., who is said to be worth more
than fo0o,000, was arrested to-day on a war
rant accusing him of not properly support
ing his wife and daughter. In her
complaint Mrs. Bradish enumerates
more than J25O.00O worth of prop
erty which is owned by her husband.
Besides this criminal proceeding Mrs. Bra
dish has begun civil proceedings against
Transient
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her husband to compel-the performance of a
contract made in April, 1S89.
Mr. Bradish owns a farm of 100 acres over
looking Little Neck bay. It is one of the
fines6 estates along the north shore of Long
Island. He is 63 years old, and his wife is
said to be about CO. On account 6f domestic
difficulties the family broke up
several years ago and Mrs. Bradish and her
children went to live In New York- A
part of Mr. Bradish's property was to be
devoted to creating a trust fund, one-half
of which was to be applied to Mrs- Bradish's
support. , For mora than & year, Mrs.
Bradish says, she has failed to receive any
remittances from ier trustee.
BATTLE AT IQUIQUE.
SEARCH LIGnT3 TURNED ON CHIXEAN
SHIPS BY THE V. S ADMIRAL.
The Harbor Was Full of Shipping and Gun
boatsBanks Will Have to Redeem
Their Bills Inside of Ten Months at the
Farthest
New York, July 24. A private letter
from Santiago de Chile, dated June 10, says:
"The Condell and Imperial have just ar
rived from an expedition to the North.
They visited Iquique, captured the Althal,
and pursued the O'Higgins, but she got
away in Caldera Bay.
The vessels arrived at Iquique and found
that the O'Higgins, Cpchranc, Husascarand
Magellanes were in the harbor, so arranged
as to make it dangerous to fire, the danger
of hitting foreign ships being great The Bal-timore-'5an
Francisco and Pensacola, of the
Unite j .""s Navy, were in the bay. As
soon In ''rpll began to fire, in fact, as
soonS ' O ,"iCavancha and made
for the ha.
' )r .fi7"3n men-of-war
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and kept
x was in
The insurgent vessels dihv come out.
Next day the Government ships", which had
sailed out the bay, came in again. They
heard rapid firing on shore, and learned
that a regiment had revolted and that a
pitched battle had been fought in which
37 men were killed and 76 wounded.
Seeing that the insurgents would not come
and fight, the Condell and Imperial sailed
for Taltal, where there was a garrison of
150 men with a few pieces of artillery.
After an exchange fire lasting about an
hour, Captain Morga sent 40 marines
ashore and captured the fort. The guns
were brought to Santiago. The action of
the American Admiral at Iquique in turn
ing on the search lights so that the Govern
ment cruisers are illumined, thus showing
the insurgents where the enemy was, is
severely commented on here.
Balmaceda has issued a decree as follows:
The banks in the Republic will cancel 10
per cent of their outstanding circula
tion every month from the date of
the present decree. They will con
tinue this until all their circulating
notes shall have been taken up. On the
sums which tney may not withdraw at the
time fixed they will pay the treasury at the
rate of 10 per cent a year. At the expiration
of ten months every bank which has not with
drawn all its issue will deposit Government
bills in place of the bank bills. This de
cree, which has been in force a week, has
met with opposition from the bankers, and
the Government has been widely concerned.
It will be probable that many banks can
not do as the Government decrees, because
they have no available cash, either gold or
Government bills.
The Congress has appointed a committee
composed of Pedro Nobasco Gangarill3, Dr.
Manual A. Zanartu and Mr. Manuelsel a3
Lavaqui, to study and formulate a
plan by laws, charts, etc., of a
new bank which will serve the general
interests of the "pountry. The bank wjU
have the protection of the Government,
and no doubt will also receive monetary
assistance from the same.
The insurgents have a paper currency of
nil sizes ana colors, black, blue, pink, and
white. They have a stamp which reads
"Delegation of Congress on the Fleet" The
bills have the sums for which they are good
marked on the face and are signed by sev
eral ofthe insurgent chiefs."
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CRUSOE Fannie B. Ward writes THE
DISPATCH from Juan Fernandez, where
Robinson Crusoe spent his exile. See her
letter illustrated from her own sketches ia
to-morrow's issue.
A BI0T IN A tTNION MEETING.
Suspended Members Capture the Secretary's
Outfit and Escape.
fSPECTAL TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCn.1
Erie, July 24. There is much excite
ment in the Stonemasons' Union to-night
over the riotous demonstrations of several
members. After the nine-hour system was
adopted, many of the men continued to
work ten hours and were fined by the union
for violation of the rules. They refused to
pay and were suspended.
To-night several of them obtained ad
mission into the hall on the ground that
they inttnded to pay their dues. Once in
side, they made a combined rush for the
Secretary and his desk. By threats and
intimidation they secured the records and
seal, and though attacked on every hand,
fought their way into the open air with
their prizes. Many ofthe men were roughly
bandied, and to-night proceedings were
entered against the intruders for riot. It is
thought they intend to keep the seal and
papers and start an opposition union.
THE ELLIOTT JURY STILL OUT.
Rumored That Ten Favor a First Degree
Verdict and Two a Second Degree.
Columbus, July 24. The jury in the
Elliott murder case retired at 10 o'clock
to-night without having reached a verdict
They have had the case under consideration
since 1 o'clock Thursday. The best infor
mation is that the jury stands ten for mur
der in the first degree and two for second
degree.
A large crowd remained about the court
house all day with the expectation of learn
ing the verdict, but the jury informed the
presiding Judge thi3 evening they would
not require his services before some time to
morrow. EUROPE Graphic Cable Letters from all
the Continental Capitals in to-morrow's big
DISPATCH.
BLOWN UP BY CHILEANS.
An American Steamer Launch Suffers a
Fate Meant for Insurgents.
fEPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Callao, Peru, July 24. The famous
old man-of-war Pensacola, -of the United
States navy, has just arrived here after an
exciting run along the Chilean shore. The
steam launch belonging to the man-of-war
was blown up in the harbor of Africa, by
the Chilean torpedo boat Condell, and every
man on board killed.
The attack took place on the evening of
June 1. The Condell is one of Balmaceda's
torpedo cruisers from the Port of Santiago,
and was on the lookout for the ships of in
surgents, for whom the launch's crew was
mistaken.
A Railroad Sensation.
Cincinnati, July 24. B. F. Bushnell,
the clerk of the .Superintendent of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, was arrested
this evening on' the charge of defalcation.
The warrant was sworn out by the Chesa
peake and Ohio officials, and Mr. Bushnell
is now in jail,
AdYertissBents-Receiyei
Branch Ofllces ofTHo
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THREE CENTS
THE TREES.
Bosalind and Orlando Play
Their Love Story in True
Pastoral Fashion
OS TEE KENMAWB'S LAW.
In Spite of a Showery Overture A3
You Like It Was a Success.
A REAL FORES! SCENE SUPPLIED.
EoseCoghlan, Marie Burress, and .Joseph
Haworth the Stars.'
GLIMPSES OF THE PLAT AND AUDIEXCJS
Some woolly masses of sulphurous cloud '
with frayed edges sullerly sailed up from
the west after the sun went down last night,
and made people who were traveling by
cable car and carriage toward the Hotel
Kenmawr about that time fearful of the
ultra-realism of the sojourn in the Forest of
Arden which they were about to experi
ence. The clouds meant business, too. It
was about 850 when the first drops of rain
fell, and from then till nearly 9 o'clock
there was a succession of small showers.
This was discouraging, but it was
not enough to drive away people
who were really hungry for entertainment,
not enough to daunt the ardent soul of
Manager George C. Jenks, who flew around
in his accustomed style, and attire that
made him a brown atom in a green atmos
phere, and finally not enough to keep a
crowd of gamins and other uninvited spec
tators from making life a burden to the
policemen commissioned to keep clear the
sidewalks in front of the hotel grounds.
By tens and twenties the audience kept ar
riving. The Way to Arden.
When you entered the grounds by thr
Shady Lane entrance a gentle youth whi'
pered sweetly in your ear to keep straig
on and then turn to the right; thus r
might reach the Forest of Arden with
tainty. Turning to the right in front of
portico of the hotel a babel of voice'
a glare of light indicated the entrance
amphitheater itself. Within this
the scene was singular and rather ro
The auditorium, a stand of chairs r
in a gentle curve, rose on the left
divided from the stage the If
slight barrier of boughs, on the f
of which were incandescent elf
These were the footlights. Tb
level piece of lawn, strewn
dry leaves. Here and there
a stump or two were arrar
use in the play. Up the
was a large interpolat''
of the scene was the
grass as nature ha1
or the side seen'
shrubs, in wl
illuminating agency were ingeniouily con
cealed. The Woodland Scene.
Supposing you reached vnnr scat without
trouble which is improbable,for the ushers,
appeared to think that they should b? of.
the woodland wild, and didn't know as
much about the location of seats as mon
keys might of mesmerism still, supposing
you arrived at a vacant chair and pre
empted by right of squatter sovereignty,
you had a very pretty sight to reward you,
for your pains: A vista of genuine wood
land in a strange light, and peopled with
the characters whom Shakespeare has mado
for us living and abiding beings. Though
the rain did patter through the leaves for 20
minutes and even a thunderclap or
two suggested interruptions of a more
violent order, the audience stored by their
guns, or rather stuck to their seats. A dis
trict messenger boy created a little excite
ment in this interval while the rain was
falling. He brought a message for a lady
in the audience. Mr. Mortimer, dressed as
the shepherd Corin, came up to the foot
lights and announced that a message was
awaiting Miss . Everybody listened
intently, for it was expected that a post
ponement was to be announced, and the
lady most interested rushed down from a,
back seat precipitately to get the letter.
The audience could not help being con
cerned about the letter and its con
tents, and when it was whispered
about that the telegram announced an
exceedingly happy event in a certain
family there were smiles. Then to add
to the cheeriness the orchestra, also cap
tives in a leafy bower, began to play again,
and Mr. Jenks and some assistants brought
out some lengths of stair carpet and fur
rugs and laid them in the center of the
stage over th-j damp leaves and grass, which
an industrious youth had been raking to
the mystification of most people. Then the
play began.
As to the Flay Itself.
The entrance of Orlando, Mr. Joseph;
Haworth, and Adam, Mr. Walter Osmond,
was greeted with applause, which a distant
crumblinc of thunder echoed. The first
spoken words removed one doubt from many
minds, namely, as to the carrying power
of the actors' voices in the open air.
The acoustics were strangely good. Th
actors entered the stage from the bushy
wings and walked, sat or lay around, for tho
most part as if they had been accustomed to
nature as a stage from their youth. By and
by Miss Coghlan as Bosalind and Miss Marie
Burress as Celia made the Sylvan scene
prettier still by their presence? and
the beautiful play was unwound again with
strikingly novel accessories. There was no
more rain, although just as Muldoon had
consented to collapse before Orlando and
Frederick, the usurping duke, had cried in
staccato tones, "No morel" a loud peal of
thunder seemed to announce the end of the
play. But the clouds melted away, the
stars came out and the play proceeded with
out a hitch to the end.
The Wrestling Incldont
was of course interesting for the immense
Mr. William Muldoon- was Charles, the
wrestler. Mr. Muldoon's proportions were
very much commented upon, but there was
not the chorus of "O-o-o-h!" from the ladies,
which is said to have greeted him when ho
appeared in the "As You Like It" at Mrs.
Stevens' last month. In fact, there was
around the writer, at all events, far mora
astonishment at the showing Mr. Haworth
made against his monstrous antagonist than
at the latter's muscles or skill. Although
the wrestling was very deliberate, it was
exceedingly surprising that Mr. Haworth
managed every time when flung over Mul
doon's head to alight on his feet The
finale of the bout was comic, as usual; for
Charles seemed to be unable to get to the
ground even of his own will.
The picturesqueness of the grouping was
the really remarkable feature of the play.
With the lawn and avenue of trees of which
to avail themselves, the actors contrived to
bring out to the full the pictorial beauty of
the pastoral story. Into this masterly
picture of life Miss Rose Coghlan, Miss
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