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FORTY-SIXTH TEAR.
LiVSEY IU0CATED,
The Ex-State Treasurer and
Present Cashier Now
in Wisconsin.
HE ESWS'OFNO CEAEGES,-
Bnt Has Resigned His Office and Sold
His Pittsburg Property.
FOW SATS THAT HE HAS SKIPPED.
His Absence From the Legislative Investi
gation Causes Remark.
THE ETIDENCE-OF GOVERNOR FATTIS0N
"William Livsey, ex-State Treasurer,. and
at present Cashier of the Treasury under
Boyer, is now at Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs.
Livsey, who is at the family residence in
this city, stated last evening that her hus
band had resigned his position at Harris
burg, and when that gentleman was commu
icated with by telegraph, he declined to'
cither affirm or deny the statement.
Tbe present whereabouts of Mr; Llvsoy,
was the subject of a great amount of in-J
quiry lit Harrisburg and Philadelphia yes
terday and for several days previous. A
dispatch from Harrisburg says that the Leg
islative Investigating Committee have been
ranking every effort to locate him, in order
that he might tell what he knows abont the
affairs of John Bardsley and the State
Treasury.
ABSENT FOR SeVeRAL WEEKS.
According to this telegram, Livsey has
not been neen in Harrisburg for several
weeks, and no one there seems to know
where he is. At the State Treasury various
explanations were given -for his absence.
Iietters written to Mr. Livsey 'by members
of the Legislative Committee failed to elicit
a reply, and, m particular, no answer was
received to the letters written two weeks
ago requesting him to attend the meeting of
the committee last week, when Treasurer
Boyer was examined.
The same indifference was paid to a sec
ond and third letter. Representative 3?ow
has been searching for his address in order
to send a subpena for him, but without suo
ces'. The missing cashic- has been
variously reported at Harrisburg as being in
Michigan, Minnesota and Pittsburg, but
the people who want to see him have been
unable to communicate with him. The story
goes that he disappeared from Harrisburg
en July 16, the day Mayor Stuart's report
was made public This report stated that
the stub of Bardsley 's checkbook contained'
this memorandum: "To WilUam Livsey for
his kindness to me during the year, 5500."
THE CHECK CHAISOE DESIED.
Livsey while in this city recently, it
will be remembered, positively diiied that
he had ever received a check from ardsley.
Since Mr. Livsey left Harrisburg, "John E.
Stott, of Chester,- county, who was. cashier
fop Treasurer Butler, has been serving-
casiner.
A Dispatch, reporter called at the Uv
sey residence, 4620 Filmore street, last
evening, but the cashier was not at home.
Mrs. Livsey anjrj.-red the bell, and seemed
very much astonished to learn that Mr.
Livsey's address was not known in Harris
burg. "They certainly know where Mr. Livsey
is nt the State Treasury," she replied, "and
have known where he was all along. He is
in Milwaukee, at Xo. C93 National avenue,
with our daughter, who is dangerously ill.
I have been expecting a message from him
every minute requesting me to come to
Milwaukee, and supposed that it was a mes
senger boy at the door. Mr. Livsey has
been in Milwaukee since he left Harris-J
burg."
"It is stated that he will not return to
Harrisburg; is that true?"
BELIEVES HE HAS EESIGNED.
"Well, Mr. Livsey told me that he was
going to resign, and I believe he has re
signed, but as I have seen nothing in the
papers about it I suppose that it has not
been accepted."
Mrs. Livsey was very much interested in
the message received from Harrisburg, and
requested that a copy be sent to her. She
further stated that the family expected to
leave town for good, and had been trying to
eell their residence property. This would
indicate that Mrs. Livsey was ignorant of
the fact that the property in question was
sold on Tuesday through a local real estate
agency, the consideration being 56,000, as
was announced in the financial columns of
The Dispatch the following day.
A telegram was immediately sent to Liv
sey at Milwaukee, referring to his reported
resignation and the allegation concerning
his absence, to which he replied as follows:
Milwaukee, September.
To the Editor of Tlic DisDatcli:
I have nothing to say. I do not know of
any changes. T7. Livset
The Dispatch correspondent at Mil
waukee called on Mr. Livsey late last
night, but he stated that he had nothing to
add to the above telegram. There is not the
slightest intimation, either from Harrisburg'
or elsewhere, that there is anything wrong
with the personal accounts of the 'absent"
cashier.
Another dispatch received from Harris
burg at a lata hour lau night quoted John
L Stott, of Chester county, who is acting
as cashier of the treasury during Mr. Liv
sey s absence, as stating that he knew where
Mr. Livsey was, but would not telL He
also said that Livsey was away for the ben
efit of his own health, and not at the bedside
of a sick daughter.
FOW SAYS HE HAS SKIPPED.
The Livsey Matter Brought Cp Before the
Legislative Committee.
Pnil.ADELrHlA, Sept 4. Special Be
fore the Legislative Investigating Commit
tee to-day Bepresentative Fow stated that
no witnesses had been subpoenaed. He had
sent two letters to ex-State Treasurer "Wil
liam Lhsey, requesting him to appear be
fore the committee, but he had received no
answer. He had also called at Mr. Livsey's
office and at his place, and had been in
formed that he was out of the jurisdiction
of this Commonwealth, being cither in
Itl'MXES Men will find THE DISPATCH
the best adrcrtlilng medium. All 'classes
can bo reached throngh its Classified Adver
tisement Columns. If yon want anything.
3 ou can get it by this method.
Michigan or Minnesota, ao one knew exactly
where.
It was claimed by those near to the ex
Treasurer that he had gone "West for the
benefit of his health, but in the opinion of
Mr. Fow "he has skipped."
PATTISON ON THE STAND.
HIS FORMER BANK PAID NO INTER
EST ON STATE-MONET.
The Government Suggests Improvements
in the Present Flnancial8ytem The
Real Difficulty Pointed Out Quaker
City Rank Cashiers Examined.
Philadelphia, Sept 4, ISpeciaL The
joint Committee of the State Legislature
appointed to investigate the conduct of the
State Treasury and to inquire into matters
relating to the deposit of the State's money,
assembled this morning with Senator George
Handy Smith in the Chair. .The other
members of the Committee present were
Senator Minn, of Allegheny, and Repre
sentatives Fruit, of Mercer; JCeyser and
Pow, of Philadelphia: Skinner, of Pulton,
and Stewart, of Allegheny.
Governor Pattison was the first witness
called. He was swom by Chairman Smith,
and asked to give any information that he
might possess which would be of import
ance to the committee. After expressing
willingness to aid them in any way that he
could, the Governor said:
I was President of the Chestnut 8treet
National Bank prior to my election as Gov
ernor. I resigned on the 17th of January,
1891. During my Presidency the bank re
ceived from the State a deposit of $100,000.
I do not remember the date, or whether it
was under Boyer or Hart or Livsey, but the
books will show that. The. account was
never solicited; it came just as any other ac
count In the usual course of business. I
never had any conversation with Boyer or
any other treasurer in regard to receiving
snoti a deposit, neithor was
AST UTTEBEST EVEK PAID
on the account, either directly or indirectly.
Tho first intimation that I received of the
deposit was a bond for $100,000 whloh was
forwarded to the bank with a notice that
upon its slgnaturt State funds to that
amount would be deposited in the bank. In
a meeting of tho Board of Directors I main
tained that if the name and integrity of the
Chestnut Street Bank was not security
enough to secure the deposit we did not
want it. Mv opinion was sustained, but
afterward Jlr. Slngerly entered bona for1
that amount and the deposit was made.
"Were there anv special discounts or
loans or any payment of campaign expenses
as a result of this deposit?" asked Mr. Pow.
"That is not a fair question, I object," in
terposed Mr. Plinn.
"Mr. Fow stoutly maintained his point,
however, and Governor Pattison answered
in the negative. He added that so far as he
could remember the bank had had no busi
ness transactions with any publiooffioer
while he was its President
"Was the 5100,000 deposit to remain in
the bank, or was it subject to check?" asked
Mr. Skinner.
"It was subject to chccK."
"Would you have anv objections, Gover
nor,' asked Captain Skinner, "to stating
wherein any improvement could be made
in conducting the business of the State
Treasurer's office?"
PATTISON'8 SUGGESTIOXS.
After a momentary pause tbe Chief Ex
ecutive continued!
Tbe auditing system or the State Is very
imperfect. Several bills have been Intro-"
duced into the Legislature, to remedy this,
but thus far tney nave failed of enactment.
As it is now tbe audita are made irregularly.
All accounts of nubile moner should be ro.
turned to the Treasurer every SO days. On ,
me laiiure oi any vouniy .treasurer to com.
ply with this rule the matter should go to
the courts at once.
Mr. Skinner inquired if a different sys
tem was not recommended during Mr. Pat
ison's formeradministration. Pattison said;
Tea, in 1S?1 I then mada suggestions for
an improvement in the keeping of State's
money. A book, similar to a cheek book,
should be given the head of each depart
ment who could draw a warrant for the man
.presenting a bill. This should betaken to
me Auuitor uenenu ana countersignea oy
him, provided it met with his approval, ana
eent to tho State Treasurer for his signature.
Mr. Fow thought that a good remedy
would be to increase the security, as the
State Treasurer now has 58,000,000 subject to
his check with only 5500,000 security. Gov.
ornor Pattison replied that the amount oi
the security did not count t Or so much as
the integritv of the holder. The Auditor
General, he said, draws all warrants' on the
Trtasury and charges the amounts to the
department of which they are expended.
He thought that the Auditor General should
countersign all warrants, as 1b done by
Philadelphia's City Controller. Mr. Skin
ner inquired if, under the present condition
of tbinss, the State Treasurer might not
draw out 58,000,000, the amount now sub
ject to his check, and leave the country,
while onlyJSOO.OOO would be left to reim
burse the State.
THE BEAl! DlrriCULTV.
"Yes, that is the-case,' replied the Gov
ernor. "That is where the difficulty lies;
there should be some check put upon the
Treasurer."
Mr. Smith asked if it would not be well
for the Legislature to name the depositories
of the State's fund. thus relieving the Treas
urer of a great deal of responsibility. Patti
son answered :
That would certainly relieve the Treasurer
greatly. I don't see why the State could not
adopt the system of the United States Gov
ernment, which seems to be as nearly pei
feet as it is possible for such a system to be.
By this system the national banks receive
only a per cent upon their deposits, but it
makes them strong in public esteem.
The Governor said in conclusion that
John Bardsley never had an individual ac
count in his bank, but he had an account as
Treasurer in 18S9, during the summer of
which year he made a deposit and received
therefor a certificate of deposit, on which
he was paid 3 per cent interest He made
four or five of these deposits in his own
name, the interest on the same amounting
in 1889 to 5700 and in 1S90 to 5500. These
were received in the usual course of busi
ness and were never solicited in any way;
indeed, the Governor maintained that he
had never had any transactions with Bard
slev whatever, had never seen him hnt
.twice in fact, and on both of these occa
sions he had met uardsley in the bank.
Thccashiers of all the State depositories
in this city were present and were sub
jected to a rigid examination. They all
testified that the State deposits could be
drawn by check in five minutes and that no
benefit accrued to any one from the deposits.
The committee will meet again to-morrow.
HUMOR Mil Nye tells or life on- his
Buncombe county farm In THE DISPATCH
to-morrow.
FAILED P0E 200,000.
The largest Hone Dealer In the State
Forced to Suspend.
Habbisbukg, Sept 4. James Barry, of
Myerstown, near Lebanon, failed to-day.
His liabilities are estimated at over 5200,
000, with asset! at 5150,000.
Barry was considered the largest horse
dealer in Pennsylvania, he having handled
the best stock in the State, his transactions
amounting to over 51,000,000 per year.
One Result or Secretary Foster's Visit.
New Yobk, Sept 4. One result of the
visit of Secretary Foster to-day was the
temporary suspension of the order limiting
to 5500,000 a day the deposit of mpney at
U'r8 fo-Trcasury for shipment by the
Washington Treasury to other places.
There vas a sharp demand by country
correspondents for currency, and when the
sub-Treasury officers" informed the Secretary
that they had considerable currency to
spare, he directed the receipt of all deposits.
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THE DARDANELLES'
Fronce'Will Take Turtey's Fart, and Egypt,
Too, Is Involved.
THE-TRANBT CROFT SCANDAL AAIN
tcorTEianT, lssi. bt ran new yobk associates
rBESS.3 "
London, Sept. 4. The semi-official state
ment which the Porte issued yesterday in
regard to the agreement with Bnssia touch
ing tho passage of the Bnssian volunteer
flppt thmmyh tliA Tlftrilanpll- In ntllrTcenlnt
th British TTnrMcm Ofiie in its efforts to
obtain concerted action on the part of the
ii r il. t. i-
iron iruui uie rune.
"Within two days Lord Salisbury's atti
tude appears to have changed from one of
pretended indifference Into one of keen
diplomatic activity. From Chateau Cecil,
where he still abides, he has woke up the
officials of the Foreign Department here,
through whom night and day cipher dis
patches pass in a stream to and from the
European capitals.
ENGLAND MAT ACT ALONE.
A high official of the department, who
was recently of the opinion that the Moscow
incident would not affect the existing rela
tion between Great Britain and Turkey,
now takes the view that the Busso-Turkish
agreement will make necessary an early
demonstration on the" part of Great Britain,
even is she has to act alone. The Porte's
statement is evidently intended to . cover
Turkey's responsibility in the event of the
expected comhined representation ot tne
powers.
ijord Salisbury's position, as it is under
stood to have been communicated to the
powers, is that the Busso-Turkish agree7
ment is an evasion oi tne treaty oi jraris.
Turkey could not assent to an open and fla
grant violation of the treaty by giving Bus
sia the right to send warships through the
straits, but she makes concessions tanta
mount to the same privilege in permitting
the passage through the Dardanelles of a
volunteer fleet equipped with guns and
filled with soldiers. Be the developments
of diplomacy in this case swift or slow,
British intervention ultimately appears to
be inevitable.
PBAXCE ON TURKEY'S SIDE.
The Paris Tanot distinctly indicates that
tbe French Government intends to support
the Sultan's rieht to enter into a special
contract with Bussia outside of the articles
of the treaty.
With the straits tronble is directlv in
volved the question of Egypt Moukhtar
Pasha, the Porte's Commissioner in Cairo,
has renewed his demand through the Khe
dive for the evacuation of Egypt by the En
glish. Advices state that-ir this demand is
refused, Moukhtar Pasha will ask the Sal
tan to remove him and'ltave the post vacant
as a result of the Khedive's contumacy to
ward the Suzerain.
The British Ambassador at Constanti
nople, Sir William White, is on the worst
possible personal termj with the Saltan,
who has repeatedly made excuses to avoid
meetinz him. and it is reported to-night
that Sir William is about to be replaced.
OBJ3AT BBIXAIX AND CHILE.
The acrentof the Chileiin Junta sent to,
the Foreign Office to-day a note in refer
enca.to the silver carried .from Chile by the
Britieh warship Eepiegle. Tbe bullion will .
be impounded on its arrival in jcngiana,
and will be retained 'pending a legal de
cision on the Junta's rights to it
Diplomatic relations between Great
Britain and Chile are in a chaotic state.
Balmaceda's last envoy, Senor Vienna,
never presented, hia credentials here, and
he is now in Paris awaiting developments.
The Junta's agentt who has log been
secretly holding friendly communications
with the Government, will obtain every as
sistance in capturing the silver.
The thesophv fad is Jnfectincr societv
through and through. Spiritualism, long
dormant, is experiencing an energetic
revival.
"VVALES IN HOT TVATEB AGAIN.
The announcement that the Prince of
Wales will revisit Tranby Croft this
autumn evokes loud outcries from the
religious press. The Mdhodiet Tinges asks if
the Prince has not a single friend in touch
with the British people, and warns him that ,
bib conauct excites ueep emotion among tne
middle and working classes, on which the
stability of the throne rests.
A Clyde firm has sent to the Prince a
plan-and estimates for a yacht to be built
on the most recent lines for racingpurposes.
Prince George has incited his father to try
to obtain yachting honors, and there is a
court report that the Prince of Wales is
ambitions to race his yacht in American
waters. '
Captain O'Shea curtly denies the truth ot
the report that be is about to marry again
WILL.H0T WED A PBINCE.
Carmen Sylva's favorite Obliged to leave
the Bonmanlan Court.
BudaPesth, Sept, 4. Mile. Vaeareso-t
has consented to leaveithe Queen ef Bon-
mania, and the King
has started to join
the Queen. Mile.
Vacareso is " the
young lady with
whom Prince Ferdi
nand, heir to the
throne of Boumania,
fell in love. She is'
the daughter of one
of the maids of
honor of the Bou
manian Queen, "Car-
illle. Yacarexx). men Sylva,'.' and"
the Queen is said to have looked on the
affair with a friendly eye, although it was
bitterly opposed by the Boumanian Minis
The withdrawal of the young woman from
the court probably finally decides the case
against the love-lorn couple.
Severe Foreign Competition in Bnssia.
St. Petebsbubg, Sept 4. The mer
chants of the Government of Novgorod
assembled at the annual fair at Novgorod,
the capital of the Government, and resolved
to petition' the Bussian Government to
abolish the free port system now in force in
connection with the Amoor river in Eastern
Asia, owing to the serious effect of foreign
competition on tbe home trade of Bussia.
The Pope In a Dangerous Condition.
Eosie, Sept. 4. The Capitan Fracassa an
nounces that the Pope on Wednesday last
was attacked by an acute visceral derange
ment The physicans insist that he must
lase aDsoiute rest. J. lie condition of the
Pope is causing his physicians and attend
ants considerable apprehension.
Boisla'i Warlike Maneuvers.
Vienna, Sept 4. Bussian villages near
the Bnsso-Austrian frontier are thronged
with soldiers. "Whole regiments are per
manently quartered at every available point,
and ready to act as a strong advance gu&rd
ponring into the Austrian empire in the
event of war. Observation towers are being
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vers to-day developedlinto an infantry bat-' , . . 'L Wn. V flf fTlA NftTV TjH.W si
tie on a great scale, the infantrYeg sup-,
'Tlorteo-hvnTHllerv nn hnfli Idp. The COtt-
fllct woa hotly sustained for manyihours,the
Eighth Corps finally falling back on
Schwartzenow, around which they areibiv-f
ouacKingio-mgnt. xne uerman ana auiuibu
Emperors watched the engagement withkeen
interest, being on the field for several hours,
accompanied by Chancellor Von Caprivi
and Count Kalnoky A few sunstrokes oc
curred, but the troops generally are hardy
and are little affected by the heat
Emperor William's desire to closely
watch the cavalry movements led him sev
eral times to dismount and mount nastily.
The result was that fatigue was felt in his
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AH0THEB CHINESE 0TJTBAQE.
This Time a British, Consulate Is De
stroyed In an Attack on Europeans.
LONDojr, Sept 4. A Shanghai dispatch
says that the British Consulate at Ichang.
has been destroyed by a- mobwhich on
Tuesday attacked the Europeans. The
French gunboat Aspio has left Ku-Kiang.
for the 6cene, and her commander has per
emptory orders to act energetically.
MANY WEEE KILLED
In the Bij- Kiot and Attempted -Revolution
In Granada Recently.
JtfEVT Yobk, Sept 4. Special Mr.
Bamon Veler, of the Eevlsta Popular, of this-
city, has.received a letter from his agent in
Granada, Nicaragua, which states that therj
Uhiefof Police and a number of his sol
diers were shot during the riot in that city
of August 23, end-that onoro than 60 of the
citizen rioters were either killed or
wounded. He says that five persons who
were suspeoted of a movement against the
Government, ex-President Chamorro, ex-1
President Lavala, Ansehno Bivas, Director
of the mcaragvenu, and Sennres Inrique
Guzman and J. D. Bodrigues were appre
hended and Imprisoned in the barracks.
Tha rioters included a number of promi
nent citizens. They were armed with rifles,
and attacked the barracks, firing on the
garrison. It required a supreme effort on
the part of the soldiers, a number of whom
were killed, to repel the attack. On An-
I gust 25 the five suspected revolutionists
were tried, lound guilty, and condemned to
perpetual exile, with the warning that they
would be immediately shot if found on
Nicaraguan soil.
BUBIED IN GEEENW00D.
Xeonard Jerome's Body "Was Interred;
There Some Pour "Weeks Ago.
New Yobk, Sept 4. Special. It will
surprise the American friends of Leonard
!W. Jerome, who died atBrighton, England,
on March 3 lost, to learn that his body has
been buried in Greenwood this four weeks.
Mr. Moreton Frewen, who married Clara,"
the eldest daughter of Mr. Jerome,
came here on the Majestio in charge of Mr.
Jerome's body on the trip ended August 5
last, on which the Majestio broke the rec
ord. Eugene Jerome was informed of the
shipment of his uncle's body on the Ma-
They learned that the body had been hur-
iieu ou to ureenwooa.
Mr. Jerome and his octogenarian uncle
and aunt got a carriage and drove after the
undertaker's wagon. They got to Green
wood just as the body was being carried
into the vault A few other representatives
of the American branch of the family were
there. No clergyman was present and there
"was no-ceremony of any kind at the vault
The Davis Case In tho Jury's Hands,
Butte, Sept 4. In the Davis will case
to-day Colonel W. P. Sanders closed his
plea to the jury in favor of proponents.
He was followed by Colonel E. G. Ingersoll,
who closed thp case for tbe contestants,
making what is' said by those who heard
him one . of the most eloquent and logical
pleas of his life. Judge "WoolwortE, of
umana, iojiowea zor tne proponents in an
able plea, after which Jndge McHatfon
read his charge, and at 6 r.ai. the case was
given to the jury. Ten million dollars
bang in the balance, and a great legal battle
is for the present, at least, ended.
Jay Gould at Home To-Day.
Columbus, Sept 4. Jay Gould passed
through Columbus to-day. In tbe car with
Gould were his two daughters, .Helen and
Annie, two younger sons and Dr..J. P.
Munn, the family physioian. Although
Sir, Gonld is understood to have made the
trip West on account of his health, his np
pearance was (not that of an illTman. He
did not care to talk about railroad matters.
His trip west of the Mississippi river was
made over his own lines. He will reach-the,
metropolis to-morrow morning.
Cavalry Driving Oat the Sooners,
Guthrie, O. T., Sept 4. Captain Haves
left Oklahoma City yesterday with two
companies of cavalry nnder instructions to
drive all intruders from the Iowa Sao and
.Fox reservations. The work of ejectment
.began this morning, and this afternoon a
.loni? line of "sooners" tvrr-v&t frnm i'ho
,Indian lands. Their occupants said the
.cavalry was beating the bushes thoroughly.,
A Border SherifTVery Short.
SantaFe,N. M.,Sept. 4. Frank Chaves.
-Sheriff of Santa Fe county for the past live
..years and cx-Uthcial-Tax Collector, tendered
bis resignation this morning. He is short
533,000 collected by him during several
years past, 520,000 being county 'funds and
$13,000, territory funds.
The Granite -State Is legal.
Manchester, N. H., Sept 4. Judge
Smith's full opinion has been filed in the
case of Bayburn against the Granite State
Provident Association, of this city. He
refuses the application for a permanent in
junction, and finds the institution solvent
and conducting a legal business.
A Chicago Sidewalk Collapses
Chicago, Sept. 4. By the caving in of a
sidewalk to-night 160 people watching a fire
on North Clark street were thrown, with
broken planks and stringers, a distance of
ten feet Many persons were severely
bruised.
A Want of Confidence Motion Defeated.
Ottawa, Ont., Sept 4. In the House
of Commons to-day Sir Bi chard Caxtwright's
motion of want of confidence in the Govern
ment, in connection with the census re
turns, was defeated by 81 to 103.
Illinois Gets a Heavy Frost.
Galesburg.Lll., Sept 4. There was a
heavy frost here this morning, the ground
being fairly white. ' Corn is well advanced,
but the pieces planted late have suflered.
;M Bank Presidents Tell of HifcEfforts to
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BorrowMoney. .. mQfl, 'ffito , x BEGABDIM BEGISmTlW.
LITTLE
"tSriCIAI. TELIOEAMS TO THE DISPATCH.!
New Yobk. Sent 4. General Louis
Fitzgerald, 'President of the Mercantile
Trust Company, in the Equitable Building,
came np from his summer home at Sea
bright to-day and found a number of "visitors,
who wanted to see him on the experience
he has had withllussell Harrison, the fSon
ofthe-President of the United States. As
stated in The Dispatch to-day, young
Mr. Harrison asked General Fitzgerald to
lend him money on collateral, which Gen
eral Fitzgerald declined to accept After
that refusal, young Harrison suggested to
General Fitzgerald that the legality of the
silver certificates business of theWestern
National Bank, of which General Jfitzger-
aid is a director, might be-questioned. Com
plaint actually was made about this busi
ness, and the Comptroller of the Currency
is still engaged in the inquiry.
GeneralFitzgerald was not inclined to talk
about the case. He admitted that young
Harrison had called on him, and he said
that he had reported the incident to Presi
dent Brayton Ives, of the Western National,
at the time. It was learned that young
vHarrison asked forloans in February last.
QUITE A COINCIDENCE.
. It wasdn that very month that Edward S.
Xacey, Comptroller of the Currency, began
to inquire, on a complaint received from a
siurce not stated, whether the "Western
National, under the National Banking act,
had authority to issue its silver certificates,
3Che next interesting point was that when
young Harrison could not get the loans
'from General Fitzgerald, he tried other
means. He took the collateral which Gen-i
ral Fitzgerald had refused to lend on to
General C. H. T. Collis. an agent for the
.Equitable Life Assurance Society.
The next heard of the collateral was
when General Collis handed it to Washing
ton E. Connor, Jay Gould's old partner,
and asked Mr. Connor to get a loan an it
Mr. Connor called on General Fitzgertral
and presented the collateral and asked for
the loan. The General looked at the col-,
lateral and said: "Excuse me, Mr. Connor,
I have already passed on that collateral for
Mr. Bussell Harrison."
CONNOB GETS ANGRY.
Mr. Connor was vsxed to think that he
had been induced to go on such an errand.
It is said that he did not know that Mr.
Harrison hod tried to effect a loan on the
collateral. It is supposed that young Har
rison believed that Mr. Connors financial
'standing might have some influence.
More news came out about young Harri
son's connection with this later, and it ap
peared that he made his first movement just
prior to Comptroller Lacey's investigation
of the silver certificate business of the
"Western National. For instance, a bank
official says that in February Bussell Harri
son called on him and said that he was very
anxious to see one of the silver certificates
issued by the Western National Bank. He
believed that the bank president might
have some of them either on deposit or as
collateral for loans, and the bank president
hunted through his vaults and finally found
a bunch of tbe certificates, one of which he
Jianded.vto Eusseli Harrison, The young
t3.aJi,ca fj9jbukt,presidsvfcirhe
mlgty notake a stenographitf copy of
everything -engraved on the silver certifi
cates. HARRISON'S SLICK .SCHEME.
The bank president did not at the time
know what Harrison was np to, and he
gave his consent The private stenographer
for the bank took a copy of all engraved
matter on the certificate end that copy was
turned over to Bussell Harrison. And this
was just before Comptroller Lacey, at some
body's instigation, began, the inquiry into
the lawfulness of the silver certificate busi
ness of the Western National Bank.
Mr. Harrison had tried to borrow from
this bank president money on collateral,
which included shares of the Judge and
JVnni Zetlie Companies. The collateral was
refused. While the bank presidents were
willing to talk to-day and were glad that
the methods of Bussell Harrison had been
brought to daylight, they did notwant their1
names used unless it should be actually
necessary. One president told a story of
the money trouble last falL
ONE OTHER TRANSACTION.
When the Treasury Department, in an
fffort to relieve the money pressure, thought
t advisable to buy 4 per cent bonds, this
was considered some time before it was
done, and some of the bank presidents were
anxious to sell some of their 4 per cents.
At that time Bussell Harrison called, not
only upon the bank president who tells this
story, but upon several others, and said that
he was going o Washington. "I will see
father about this," he said, "and I think
the matter will be all right." He meant
that he would stir up the President to influ-J
ence larger purchases ot the 4 per cents by
the Treasury Department
The bank president says he does not know
lust what influence young Harrison had,
but he does know that young Harrison, .on
returning to New York, called on him and
several other bank presidents and asked for
favors, in the shape of loans, on the strength
of his alleged influence with the Treasury
Department in the matter of purchases of
'the 4 per cent bonds. But in almost every
case the loans were reinsed, because the col
lateral was not considered good.
GOSSIP Margaret H. "Welch writes for
THE DISPATCH to-morrow an interesting I
column or gossip for women. All the news. ,1
The people's paper.
TEE 4 1-3 FEE CENTS.
A Total of S23,7JS9,6SO Continued at Two
Per Cent Up to Date.
Washington, Sept. 4. The amount of
4 per cent bonds continued at 2 per cent
to-day was 553,300, making the total con
tinued to date $23,759,550. The amount
presented for redemption to-day was 5628,
850, of which 5200,300 was received at the
,New York Sub-Treasury up to 2.30 o'clock,
anu sso,oou was received at tne .treasury
Department
The total redemptions to date are 59,316,
350, of which 55,662,950 were registered
bonds presented to the Treasury Depart--ment
and 53,653,400 were coupon bonds
presented at New York. There are still
outstanding 517,793,300 4J per cents, of
which $10,085,850 are registered and 57,707,
450 coupons.
A Sensational Divorce Case.
Sioux Falls, Sept 4. Special Pa
pers in the suit of Margaret Laura Des
tuers against Alphonse Eugene Lambert
were filed in the Circuit Court to-day and
then at once withdrawn. It is impossible
to learn the full particulars, but it is un
doubtedly Mme. Destuers' application for
divorce from the Belgian Minister to Paris.
Princely Gifts of a Congressman-Fleet.
Milwaukee, Sept. 4. Congressman
elect John L. Mitchell to-day gave to the
State University at Madison 20 scholarships
of 550 each for stndenta from countrv
schools who desire to take the short ogri..
cultural course at the university.
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A COWARD'S DEATH..!
jDragged-'Upon thesScaffold Telling,
Cursing and Swearing,
AFTER AN- ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE..
The Murderer's Spiritual Adviser Arrested
After the Event,
CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING A PISTOL
Kansas Crrr, Sept 4. The history, of
the gallows tells no more hideous story
than that of the execution of Louis Bulling,
the St Joseph wife murderer, at Savannah
this afternoon. Just before the time for the
execution the doomed man shot himself in a
vain effort to commit Buicide, and finally
died on the gallows shrieking for mercy
and cursing his executioners.
Up to a few days ago Bulling seemed
cheerful and hopeful iri" the face of
approaching death. He had twice before
cheated the gallows by iail-breaking. He
reasoned that that chance still remained,
and to it might be added two others com
mutation of sentence and suicide. Ono by
one these chances faded away.
The early part of last week it was discov
ered that Bulling planned to break jail the
third time. Steel saws were found in his
n1l mid thpv wpre -taken awov from him.
peeiudl guard waikepVoyerhfiii and ail'
visitors were s?arched before being per
mitted to enter. All means of escape were
cutoff.
TRYING PORT A PARDON.
Then the doomed man sent for his father
and mother and pleaded with them to ap
peal to the Governor for a commutation of
sentence. The faithful parents went to
Jefferson-City and had several personal in
terviews with Governor Francis, but the
Governor was firm in his decision to not in
terfere. They made another call on the
Governor yesterday and pleaded for .their
son's me. xne uovernor wouia noi inter
pose. Then Mr. and Mrs. Bulling tele
graphed their son the Governor's decision
and followed the message to Savannah..
They had an affecting parting from the
doomed man last night, and never 'saw him
again in life.
When Bulling's second chance for life
disappeared he broke", down completely.
When he received from his parents the
message that the Governor was obdurate he
fainted, and was with difficulty revived. He
was a confirmed opium eater, and during
the night he was given large doses of the
drug. It failed to have its accustomed ef
fect, and the condemned murderer slept less
than two hours during the entire night
Bev. August Lavake, during Bulling's
waking hours, spent the time reading the
Bible and praying, exhorting Bulling to
confess his sins and receive baptism.
WORKING-ON THE BEBIPP'S PEELINGS.
Sheriff Barry had set the hour for the ex
ecution at 10 o'clock this morning. When
he went to the cell at G o clock to prepare -1
the doomed man for the scaffold, Bulling
pleaded so pitifully for an extension of 'a
few hours that the Sheriff yielded and gave
him until 2 o'clock to live. Bulling ate a
light breakfast and spent the rest of the
time in pleading with the Sheriff for mercy
and attending to the religious exercises
conducted by the Bev. Mr. Lavake. -He
still hod a faint hope of a commutation, but
at noon submitted to the baptismal cere
mony and received the sacrament
"When 2 o'clock arrived he renewed his
supplications to the Sheriff and pleaded for
one hour more. He fell on his knees
before the Sheriff and begged piteously for
mercy. The Sheriff granted his request.
Then Bulling asked for brandy, and the
Sheriff gave him a pint Infections of
morphine were administered, but neither of
the drugs had much effect The Sheriff
then retired, leaving the murderer with
Eev. Mr. Lavake, at the same time remov
ing the guard from the cell door at Bull
ing's request, to be left alone with his spir
itual adviser.
'THE ATTEMPT-AT SUICIDE.
The silence of the jail was broken only
by the voice of the priest, when suddenly
two shots rang out The Sheriff ran to the
cell. The priest lay prostrate on the floor.
At his side lay Bulling, weltering in his
own blood, which flowed from wounds in
his breast He had shot himself twice with
a revolver. The priest hod fainted.
.a. nasty e.&amiuauuu oi xuiuug s Doay
showed that one of the bullets had entered
the left breast, and glancing from a rib, had
Eassed around his body and come out of his
ack. The other bullet had inflicted only a
slight flesh wound in his left side. He had
not lost consciousness, and when the Sheriff
ordered four deputies to carry him to the
scaffold he cursed and swore at them in a
horrible manner.
The deputies dragged the struggling man
to the court yard and lifted him upon the
gallows. He refused to stand, and they
placed him upon a chair. As he sat there
he presented a revolting spectacle. He was
dressed only in shirt and trousers.
SATURATED IN HIS OWN BLOOD.
His hands and face were covered with
blood, which also stained his shirt, and
blood was streaming through his shoes.
Whence it had run irom tne wounds in his
breast and had formed dork pools on the
floor of the scaffold, dripping thence tq.the
Canada Postponed for Obrtout Seatons.
ground beneath. He cursed and swore at
the deputies, cried and screamepfor mercy
and shrieked in terror. At V
brandy and he swallowed it S (, i4
Finally he was told to get npve- 'In
told to get npve- Jh.
He refused and fob"- '
upon tne urop. nt reiusea ana iou j
ties ueia mm up wnne tne rope was ut ' ' ?
adjusted. The plack cap was placed ovei'6'. K
nis neaa, ana yelling, screaming ana oias
pbeming, he snot through the opening at
321 o'clock. His neck was broken by the
fall and he died almost instantly.
Her. Mr. Lavake has been arrested for
giving Bulling the revolver with which he
attempted to commit suicide. The clergy
man declines to be interviewed. Bulling' a
cell was thoroughly searchedlast night and
no weapon was found. The only persons
admitted to the cell since that time were a
newspaper man, the deputies and Bev. Mr.
Lavake. Suspicion rested upon the latter
and he was arrested.
Mr. Lavake was interviewed this evening.
He said he did not give Bulling the re
volver, and he has no idea where it came
from. He was on his knees praying, he
said, when Bulling fired the first shot. He
opened his eyes and saw that Bulling had
shot himself."
TWENTY TONS OF DYNAMITE.
ITS EXPIOSION HTJB1S 16 WORKMEX
INTO ETERNPrr.
The Concussion So Great That a Church
Spire In a Neighboring Town Is Thrown
Down and Goods Are Thrown From
' "Many Store Shelves.
"White Pigeon, Mich., Sept. 4. The
dynamite factory of J?. A. Beynolds&
CoifeaV ttoa'plMeepiotledSt evening.
Sixteen workmen, mostly Swedes and Nor
wegians, were completely annihilated.
Not an atom of the victims is to be found,
and it is impossible to tell their names, as
the company's books, pay rolls, etc., are
lost. It is estimated that there were about
20 tons of dynamite in the building, which
was a three-story brick. Scarcely a. vestige
of itTemains. The loss is estimated at 535,
000.
The conoussion in White Pigeon was
owfujj.and the citizens were badly fright
ened. Goods in the stores were thrown
from the shelves, and houses rocked to ana
fro. The spire of the German Lutheran
Church fell with a loud crash, and the walls
of several buildings are cracked and other- ii
wise damaged.
GIVEN THE LIE DIBECT.
.-An Exciting Episode in Yesterday's Session
of the' Tennessee. Legislature.
Nashville, Sept 4. "You are an in
famous liar," come the hot retort in the
Senate chamber this morning, andjimme
' diately the sergeant at arms was called to
prevent a personal combat between two
Senators almost in front of the Chairman's
and Eiley, after reflecting a little, apolo
gized to the Senate and to one another. The
Stand, The belligerents, Senators Alexander
trouble arose in a debate over a resolution
brought by Mr. Alexander, providing that a
reward be offered for the apprehension and
conviction of Messrs. Irish, Ingham. Mer
rill and Haymaker, thecommitfee of insurg
ent miners of Briceville, on the ground that
they had incited lawlessness and rebellion.
The House resolution appointing a com
mittee to investigate the alleged incendiary
conduct of Commissioner of Labor Ford and
Bepresentative Alleman, and the House
resolution declaring the General Assembly
powerless to abrogate the lease, were
adopted. ,
The important measure in the House this
morning was the passage on third reading
of a bill that will save the State something
like 5100,000 a year, and do away with pro
fessional witnesses.
NEWS AH the doings olthe day the world
over will be chronicled in to-morrow's big
DISPATCH.
OENEBAL WILD DEAD.
The Hero of Civil and Military Achieve
ments on Three Continents.
Boston, Sept 4. The death of Briga
dier General Edward Augustus Wild, late
of Brookline, Mass., is reported from
Medellin, Colombia, South America. He
was a graduate of Harvard and of the Har
vard Medical School and Jefferson Medical
College, Pennsylvania. He was a medical
officer in the Turkish army in the Crimean
War, receiving a medal from the Govern
ment at its close.
He served throngh theBebellion and rose
in rank from captain of a company he raised
to Brigadier General. His age was GO. Of
late years he was largely interested in
mining.
The Beal Talne of Axtell.
Indianapolis, Sept. 4. Special The
farmers made such a vigorous kick on the
low valuation for tax purposes of the famous
stallion Axtell that the State Tax Commis
sioners raised his assessment to 515,000, and
the Interesting information developed that
the 5105,000 telegraphed over the country
at the time of his purchase as the price paid
T 1.1... ....... !.... hJu. tk.t m fttiat finlw
550,000 and recently he had been touched
with lameness.
NO LISTS HATE BEEN MADE OUT AT ALL
The County Commissioners' office was the
busiest place Jn the county yesterday. "Reg
ister Assessors, who were cither too negli
gent, too busy or lacking in clerical ability
were coming into port all day with all sails
set Such a mix as some of them had mada
of the work would have appalled almost any
one except Clerks Siebert and Eowley, who
find it necessary to face tribulation with
unaccelerated pulse, or die of heart disease,
as their function is largely in the line of
disentanglement
While some of the assessors had their
books in as neat shape as those of a high
schoolgirl, others had found the law of
May 29, 1891, worse than a 15-block puzzle.
Evidently some were holdovers from tha
old "fire-plug" system of registration, as in
one Southside district no registration has
been made at alL In the Seventh district
of tbe Thirteenth word, also; complaint is
made that no polling place has been desig-
'Q """ated, no list posted, and voters cannot tell
. tbher they will or will not be allowed to
07Vthe first mentioned case the asses-
vc, J'ana and has paid no attention
V JTAXIOS OF A MUDDLE,
This isvxplained in this way: The ap
pointment in times past has been political
"fat " Politicians petition for the appoint
ment of some person who is a "good fellow,"
but who does not intend to do the work.
The list is made out for him by his friends,
and is more or less correct, according to the
knowledge of the district they may happen
to possess. This year the game would not
work, so at least one district has not been
registered at all, as the law contemplates.
While practical politicians want to construe
the law to suit themselves, there are
thoughtful people who think they see a
rocky channel before them this fall, and
County CommissionerMercer fears there will
be much trouble, and possibly many
election contests. He observes that
while neglect of duty is a
misdemeanor, no person, or per
sons, have been designated to enforce
compliance, and everybody's business being
nobody's, a slipshod state of affairs is like
to ensue, though there seems to be no doubt
that in a majority of instances people who
want to vote, and possess the qualifications,
can do so, despite opposition, by employing
the means hitherto requisite.
That there is some excuse for blundering,
but not for willful neglect, is apparent from
the haste with which it was necessary to act
last spring. The Governor approved the
act on the 29th day of May, several week3
after the time set for the 'beginning"of the
work. The next day wa3 Decoration Day,
and so the matter went over nntil the fnl-
f lowing week. Then arose difficulties and
disputations as to the meaning of the law.
NO INFORMATION PROM HENSEL.
The County Commissioners wrote to At
torney General Hensel and asked him soma
questions, and he replied that they had a
County Attorney, and suggested that it was
his business to construe the law. The At
torney General held that It wasn't his busi
ness to do it except when called upon regu
larly with the question raised in a compre
hensive way. They next wrote to Mr. Har
rity, the accredited author of the bill, but
the Secretary of the Commonwealth paid no
attention to the inquiry. The Commission
ers wanted to know if Section 2 of the law
repealed Section 10; of the Election Law of
1874. and they have not yet been able to get
a deliverance on the subject
The result is that at the closing business
yesterday there were 156 of the 417 register
assessors out in the cold. Tbe curtain had
been rung down and their reports were not
in, and some who did make it by "the skin
of their teeth" will be hot under the collar
for some time to come, and it's dollars to
dimes that some of them will not want the
office another year. One man just finished
his work with five minutes' time in which,
to get the warrant for his pay, and in that
time had to go before tbe Controller for
his approval, and then interview
the Treasurer. He, along with
several others, had made but one list, the
original, and was obliged to sit down and
write out two more books before the com
missioners would set the seal of approval on
his work. Fortunately for him, he hadn't
many names to write, or he would have
been in the tureen. Others in the sama
predicament got in hopelessly late, and
were forced to sue for mercy.
SOME MERCT COULD BE SHOWN.
Of course those who erred for want of
knowledge will come out all right in tha
end, but where the registry was done in a
careless and slipshod manner, and where it
was not made at all, there is like to be
trouble. Tne epmmissioners fear there will
be an appalling crop of contested election
cases. Mr. Mercer opines that- in future
the courts will give more attention to the
appointment of register assessors, as in the
past it has been regarded as a matter of
small consequence, but now the duties im
posed make it an office difficult to
fill properly, and as the compenso
sion is small, the time allowed
for the work being limited, the incumbent
must be a man possessing a conscience as
well as executive and clerical ability. A,
cripple is not fit for the business, unless he
is able, especially in the rural districts, to
employ a horse and buggy, and a man men
tally and physically fit is not likely to care
much about neglecting his business for one
half or two-thirds of the month of May one
of the busiest In the year in the country
for$2aday.
So far as can be judged irom the returns
now in, the assessment is not likely to show
that the old lists were padded. Va the con
trary, this year's assessment is expected to
show several thousand more persons quali.
fied to vote than did last year's, but discrep
ancies are unavoidable,
A CHANCE FOR REPEATERS.
For instance, between the time of the
house canvassing and the two days preced
ing the return to the County Commissioners,
when the assessors are required to spend
eight hours each day at the election houses
in each district in order to make corrections,
add and erase names, etcx, several people
may move from ono district into another, '
and make application in thelatter to be put '
on the registry list Of course their sppli-
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