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PARTY LIS OR!
With a Yengcance in the Trial
Now on B3iore the
State Senate.
TEE JUEISDICTION ISSUE
Brought to the Front by Hallof Elk,
bat the Republicans Re
fuse to Settle It,
BOTER'S CASE GALLED TIP FIRST,
ffo Imtarrass the .Utornej General, When
ll Was Understood That JlcCamant
Was to IJare Irecedence.
IITEEALLT A CAKTMAD OF ETIDEXCE.
IEar2jlej"6 Checkbook Shoirin? rajmenU to Lincy
and Ibe AnJitor General, acd the Let
ters of Tkanks I'roJnccJ.
A ICESH BATCH 01' COMPLICATED CHAUGES
rrKosr a staff coheespovpevm
HARKisnrnc, Oct. 19. Ths Senatorial
inquiry into the alleged malfeasance in
office of State Treasurer Henry 1C Boyer
and Auditor General Thomas M'Camant
was inaugurated this evening. There was
a display of oratorical fireworks at the
opening, and the publication in this morn
ing's Dispatch of the claim of Judge
Orris that the Senate had absolutely no
right to try the accused officials was wholly
responsible for the amusing features of the
entertainment
The Democrats, whether thev had the
right end of the contest or not, certainly
confused the other side ot the Senate, and
the surprise that overtook the Republican
side was onlv equaled by the delightful
way in which the Democrats enjoyed the
discomfiture of- their brethren. Judge
Orvis said the Senate had no more right to
try the accused than had the Councils of
"Pittsburg. Senator Harry Hall, of Elk
county, was anxious to know if ilie Senate
pillared the opinion with the distinguished
attorney.
The Question of Jurisdiction.
Jnst when the body was about to proceed
to investigate Mr. Boyer, Senator Hall
presented a resolution requiring that the
Senate before proceeding further settle the
question of its jurisdiction in the case. It
was au unlooked for assault and it required
some artlul dodging to escapa putting
-tfeeraselrcs on "record ou therverj- question
they have been Sniggling to avoid. They
succeeded in dodging the question, how
ever, and the issue of jurisdiction will be
rescr ed for the lawyers to struggle with
sifter the inquiry is concluded.
Vhen the fcenate met at 4 o'clock this
afternoon the attendance was larger than at
any previous meeting. Mayor Stuart and
District Attorney Graham occupied seats on
the floor. The Philadelphia magistrates
charged with illegal practices, with the ex
ception of Smitli and Thompson, sat in a
row near the entrance to the smoking room.
Their attorney;, occupied seats in the ladies'
gallerv. ,
M -ramaul Is Tate and Haggard.
State Treasurer Boyer sat with his coun
sel and looked cheerful, but JlcCamant
chased about through the Chamber and did
not remain more tnan a minute in any one
place. Hi" face was pale and he looked
even more haggard than last week. He
seemed to watrh the proceedings from even
possible point and did not teem to be con
lent with the conditions surrounding him.
"When the Senate adjourned on Friday it
was understood that the case of McCamant
was to be tried first. Senator Flinn had
moved at that time to proceed with the
trial of Mr. Bo cr. Then the Semite was
notified of the dangerous illness of Mr.
Boycr's mother, and Mr. Flinn withdrew
his motion to try Boyer and substituted a
motion that McCamaut be tried.
The motion wa seconded and put by the
President, but before a vote was taken the
Senate, through an agreement of the coun
sel and at their suggestion, adjourned until
this afternoon. Immediately on assembling
to-day Senator Flinn again moved for the
trial of Boyer. Attorney General Henel
protested against any change in the order
of procedure agreed upon last Fridav. He
had, with the understanding of the counsel
for the defense and the Senate, arranged to
hear the McCaniant case first. To change
the order, he contended, would materially
dclav matters.
fice. The resolution fell like a rebuke .on
j the majority side. They were not prepared
for the question.
Some of them knew, if they read this
morning's DisrATCH, that Judge Orvis, of
the counsel for the defense, intended raising
the question later on, but they had not even
dreamed that the young Democratio Sena
tor had brought with him from his Elk
county home the idea with which they in
tended clearing the accused officials after
they had investigated until after the elec
tion. A more confounded body never before sat
in the Senate chamber. The Democrats
were as much surprised as their Republican
brethren, and all seemed too much confused
to get out of their seats.
Even tho Democrats Surprised.
The ever ready Republican leaders just
looked at each other in silence. Some of the
Democrats were not sure that Senator Hall
was doing the right thing, and they looked
with suspicion on the simple resolution, un
til they found the opposition dumbfounded,
and then they seemed to decide that if the
resolution was not just the right thing it
was, at least, a puzzler to the other side.
Senator Hall moved the adoption of his
resolution. He is a handsome young fel
low, with a clear mellow voice. He is an
earnest talker, and when he found the effect
of his measure, he grew eloquent in its de
fense. He told the purpose of the resolu
tion, and demanded that it be passed or de
feated so that the jurisdiction of the Senate
be decided promptly. He knew, he said,
that the learned attorneys for the accused
would, sometime during the inquiry, raise
the question, and he argued that it was
worse than folly to proceed without know
ing definitely whether they had or had not
the rirrht to do so.
Sa-Bing the air with both hands and stand
ing on his tip-toes Senator Hall turned to
the Republican side and shouted: "Yon do
not have the courage to say we have the
power to make this inquiry."
Robinson Comes to the Rescue.
Senator Jack Robinson was the first Re
publican to recover sufficiently from the
shock to demand attention. He had con
sidered the Senate's power to make the in
quiry, but he said he was afraid the partisan
rancor of the other side might block the
question had he raised it. He believed the
question should be decided after it had been
argued by the counsel concerned and ho
moved that the question be postponed.
Senator Gobin followed. He wad in favor
of postponing the resolution. He said the
question of jurisdiction could be raised at
any time during the inquiry. He argued
that Senator Hall's resolution had been
prompted bv partisan motives, and, grow
ing furious, lie shouted: "We had hoped
A Joint Trial "Proposed.
Senator Hall proposed to try the accusfd
officials jointly, an I his motion for that
purpose created an earnest debate, which
seemed to be intended to consume time, and
at least was used by Senators Gobin, Grady,
Flinn, Robinson and others as an opportu
nity to est their voice. The power of the
State even in a court of justice to try t o
persons under Hie same indictment Eave
when charged with conspiracy was liberally
talked about.
The sickness of Mr. Boyer's mothe' was
frequently referred to, and then after all
the explanations and reasons were fully
aired by both sides of the Senate it was de
cided by a strictly party vote to take up
the case of Mr. Boyer first The decision
was not reached, however, until Mr. Shap
ley, the leading attorney for the accused,
stated in reply to the argument of Senator
Herring in tavor of the joint trial that he
was too old an attorney to be caught in
such a trap. His cue was promptly fol
lowed. The first repulse did not discourage the
Democrats. Mr. Hcnsel explained that he
had not expected such sharp practices, But
he believed that the preparation for the
McCamant C3se would fit the Boyer case,
and he yielded to tho will of the majority.
Senator Hall Throws a Jlorab.
He had just taken his seat after his ex
planation when Senator Hall, of Elk coun
ty, virtually threw the Republican side of
the Senate into a spasm by insisting that
the Senate should begin at the beginning
of its work, and presented a resolution
overruling the plea of the accused and their
attorney that the Senate had no power in
cases of malfeasance or misfeasance in of-
to avoid partisanship in this inquiry. We
will avoid it if we can, but we will engage
in it if we must"
Senator Gobin then took his seat. He
was flushed with rage. He immediately
jumped up again after Senator Hall had
been recognized by the President to reply
and raised the point of order that debate on
a motion to postpone was not debatable.
The Chair so ruled and Senator Hall was
shut out The motion to postpone was
carried by a vote of 20 to 9, a strictly party
vote.
A Small Craft for Expense".
Senator "Williamson offered a resolution
providing that a draft for $1,000 be made on
the State Treasury for expenses to be in
curred by the Sergeant at Arms in bringing
witnesses and for other purposes., The
draft will be presented to the State Treas
urer to-morrow morning. Mr. Boyer stated
to-night that until after he had consulted
with his attorney he could not sav whether
he woald"onfirThe"dra"trtt-nssl-it He
said, however, if any excuse within the law
could be found for cashing the draft he
would take advantage of it and supply the
cash required.
Senator Ross presented a resolution pro
viding that the Attorney General be re
quested to commence all necessary proceed
ings to bring Johu Bardsley as a witness.
Mr. Ross artrued that as Bardslev is now in
the penitentiary legal steps willbe required
to produce him as a witness. Senator
Robinson amended the resolution by re
quiring the Attorney General to certify to
the Sergeant at Arms what witness would
be required during the inquiry, and the
resolution as amended was passed.
The report of the committee appointed to
accompany the attorneys to Philadelphia to
examine the evidence at hand there was
presented and approved. It was then iust
o:40 o'clock and the attorneys had squared
themselves about for the contest when the
Seuate adjourned for dinner.
An-' Quantity of Evidence Presented.
At 8 o'clock the session azain convened.
There was fully a cartload of books, papers
and rolls of testimony crowded onto the
table of the Attorney "General. His deputy,
Mr. Stranahau, and two stenographers
shared the table with Mr. Hensel, who
looked worn and tired. The attorneys for
the defense sat at their table adjoining.
Their table was clear and thev looked with
evident interest at the stack o'f evidence in
tended to be offered against tnem.
The whole of the evening session was de
voted to the consideration of Mr. Bardslev's
books and accounts. Francis Reeves, chair-
luuu ui iue ouxuuiissiua appointed Dy tne
Government to investigate City Treasurer
Bardsley's affairs, reviewed and explained
what his committee had found. Two expert
accountants who had assisted in the investi
gation were called toidentify the statements
submitted by Mr. Reeves and David C.
Kinsr, chief clerk for Bardsley, and George
D. Phelan, State clerk in Mr. Bardsley's
office, were called to identify Mr. Bardslev's
account and checkbooks.
In the checkbook a nnmber of stubs had
been destroyed The Attorney General,
however, produced the checks, the numbers
of -ihich corresponded with the stubs. They
were made out to "self," were signed by
John Bardsley.
tetter for Every Check.
With each check the Attorney General
produced a letter from William Livsey.late
cashier of the State Treasury, in which he
thanked Bardsley for favors received. One
check, made out as the' others, was for
?1,000. The stub of it was still in the
checkbook. On the stub were the letters
"L.&McC.," alleged to be Livsey and
McCamant.
It was 10:30 o'clock when the Senate de
cided to end the inquiry for the night, and
a series of resolutions on the death of Sen
ator Mehard were read and the Senate "ad
journed until Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock. Then the trial of Treasurer Boyer
will be continued and it is thought will be
concluded before another adjournment.
The Senators will meet to-morrow after
noon and will takesome suitable action on
the death of Senator Mehard.
Herbert.
A TAX SETTLEMENT
who is supposed to have profited' greatly by
them.
Although the State was unable to collect
one-tenth of the entire amount settled
against the corporations, a large portion of
the claim was made up of interests penalties,
which the courts decided were illegally im
posed. In the case against the Philadelphia
and Erie Railroad Company a compromise
was reached hv which the State received
last March $75,000 and Attorney General-
ueusei ca,iou as commis&iuuui. - -"
claimed that the company paid nearly 5100,
000, and much speculation prevails as to
where the difference between $78,759 and
$100,000 went The Patriot says Shapley,
no doubt, got a good slice of it, but many
other lawyers have been the recipients of
similar generosity from the Commonwealth.
Trying to Implicate Other Attorneys.
John W. Simonton, who is President
Judge of this district, and M. A. Olmstead,
who from a poor clerk in the Auditor
General's Department have become the
possessors of about half a million dollars,
are said to have received $19,000 for collect
ing $190,000 from the Union Line Transpor
tation Company many years ago and ex
TJnited States Attorney Stone is said to
have been allowed a fee of $10,000 a few
years ago by the Auditor General s Depart
ment for dome next to nothintr.
It is not definitely known here whether
the attack was intended for Auditor Gen
eral McCamant or Attorney General Hen
sel. Mr. McCamant said the case was one
that had been settled before his election.
Governor Pattison said he had only read the
headlines of the article, but he had talked
with the Attorney General about the case
some time ago. The Attorney General, he
said, was under the impression that he has
made a good settlement in the case.
"It is one of the cases that has grown out
of the pernicious system that controls the
work of the Auditor General's office," the
Governor said. "Cases are allowed to accu
mulate there and then the favorite attorneys
or claim agents are allowed to take charge
of the case, and for a liberal percentage
make the collection. This particular case
had been certified by the Auditor General
to the Attorney General and the case was
settled in court The claim had dwindled
down to the amount paid the State.
Thousands of Such Coses.
"I am informed that some 40,000 cases of
unpaid taxes are now in the hands of the
Auditor General. We contend that all
these cases should be certified to the At
torney General and pursued by him to
iudtfment and collections. The rnstoTn
las been to allow the cases to go by de-
tauit, where some claim agent steps in and
settles the case by a compromise with the
corporation, and it is intimated at least,
that the large fee paid by agreement be
tween the claim agent and the State official
is divided between them. As I say the
pernicious system makes it possible for
them to enter into such arrangement."
Attorney General Hensel, who was prob
ably the busiest man in the city, said: "I
have read the article to which you refer,but
if, as I understand, it is au attack on Audi
tor General McCamant because a suit for
over $800,000 against the Philadelphia &
Erie Railroad was settled by the payment
to the Commonwealth of 75,000 and
commissions, I have only to say
that, so tar as I know, no just
occasion exists for animadversion upon the
present Anditor General on that account
This case was settled by me, and after it had
gone from the Auditor General into the At
torney General's office, It was one of a
class of cases called -the Capital Stock cases,
the history of which was given by Attorney
General Kirkpatrick in his report for 1889
90, -page 13.
A Discovery Made by Shapley.
"There were, I believe, seven Df them.
RAUM HAS RESIGNED,
But President Harrison
Holding Back the Official
Announcement
Is
UNTIL ELECTION IS 0YEE.
for business, either in Congress or in the
social circle.
Already they are quite popular with the
circle that has returned to town after the
summer outing, and they will make quite a
figure in the gay society of next season.
HARRISON HAS A FRIEND.
MB. CLEM STDDEBAKEK PRAISES THE
ADMINISTRATION.
An Investigation of the Pension
Bureau by Congress Certain.
'CLAIM ATTORNEYS IN 'CONTROL,
Strong Republicans Testify to the Truth of
Serious Charges.
PKOTJEEDINGS OP THE SUPREME COURT
fFEOM A STAFF COBBKSPOSDIST.T
Washington, Oct 19. The resignation
of General Green B. Raum, Commissioner
of Pensions, is in, the hands of the President
At least, the correspondent of the Tjie
Dispatch is assured this is the fact from
almost as direct an authority as the Presi
dent himself. The resignation, however,
has not been accepted, as was generally re
ported to-day.
This report was followed by another that
Colonel Steele, the Indiana ex-Congressman,
who resigned from Congress to run for Gov
ernor, and was beaten for the nomination h?
General Hovey, had been appointed. Both
reports were soon nipped, and now the
speculation is as to when the break will
come.
It will probably be, as The Dispatch
has frequently predicted, soon after the
elections. President Harrison is, or thinks
he is, interested more than any other man
in the world in net doing anything that
could possibly deprive the Republicans of
one vote at the elections this fall. There
fore he desires to make as few removals
and as few appointments as possible till the
polls are closed two weeks from to-morrow.
BAUll'S DAT SURELY OVEB.
That General Raum will then be divorced
from the Pensions Office forever nobody
doubts. Aside from his own personal and
specific acts and those of his son, affidavits
from clerks in the Pension Office are on file
which show that the commissioner was
aware of the grossest wrong doing in the
bureau and winked at it. Of the three
clerks joining in these affidavits Taylor, one
of them, has just resigned voluntarily.
Another, -Howard, has gone to Europe with
his wife for a month or two until he is
wanted for further evidence. Howard is a
very brilliant, handsonw gentleman of
middle age, who was Consul at Hull, En
gland, for several years, and who is comfort
ably fixed pecuniarily and does not care for
his position in the Pension Bureau.
Engle is a Pennsylvanlan. a veteran with
one arm off at the shoulder, and though
needing his position in the Pension Office,
went into the fight regardless of conse
quences, assured by Secretary Noble that
He Thinks That the President Will Be
Renominated Because of the Success of
His Policy The Indiana Man S.B1
Popular ill His Own State.
Washington, Oct 19. fipecW. The
Evening Star has an interview with Mr.
Clem Studebaker, of South Bend, Ind., in
which that gentleman speaks very highly
of the effect of the tariff and naturally also
of Mr. Harrison. Being asked how the
tariff law affected him as a manufacturer,
Mr. Studebaker replied: "There are many
things that we use in our business upon
which we now have to pay a higher
price than before, but I am willing to do
that in order to benefit the greater number.
That is the feeling with all manufacturers.
1 have recently received a letter from a
large manufacturer, who was a delegate
with me in the last National Convention
and who was not very favorably disposed
toward Mr. Harrison. He says now, how
ever, that the new tariff law is fust what
the country needed, that its operations are
developing additional industries in the
farming regions, and he wishes me to pay
his warmest respects to President Har
rison. "We In Indiana are very proud of Gen
eral Harrison and of his administration.
He has surrounded himself with capable
Cabinet ministers and all the departments
of the Government are being run efficiently.
I had a pleasant talk with the President
this morning, and it seemed to me that he
was looking a little careworn, as if he had
been working very hard. I suppose since
Mr. Blaine's' illness he has a good deal
more upon his shoulders than before."
"What do you think of the outlook for
next year?"
"Everything seems favorable for Repub-
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the affairs of the Government are in good
hands and I do not think the people desire
a change. I have traveled over the country
a good deal and the sentiment as it appears
to me, is decidedly in favor of renominating
Gen. Harrison. Of course there are some
politicians who are opposed to him because
they have not got all they wanted in the
way of patronage but the mass of the people
believe in the president.
State treasury ,
mTTTp
Mr1
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HfiSTINGSJ TRIAL,
Experts Eling a Big Bnnch
of Facts at Allegheny's
Ex-Market Clerk.
LOOKING .UP LOST FUNDS.
Marshall Makes a Plea for Strange
Bookkeeping Methods.
QUESTIONS RAISED ON FIGURES.
A Claim That the Receipt Stubs
Made Out Too Soon.
Were
THE BOOKS TO BE EXAMINED AGAIN
TEE SENATORIAL WHITEWASHING.
Marti, who has represented the South
American Republics of Uruguay and Para
guay in this city, said- to-day he had re
signed his official position because of his
sympathy with Cuba in her efforts for inde
pendence, and because the countries he rep
resented were friendly to Spain.
THROWN FROM A CARRIAGE.
INVOLVING IAEGE IAND3.
i""1 ",j "BMBve. esteu oi wem, neither he, Howard norTaylor should sutler
-most of which bad been disposed of before if it were found their allegations and affi
my term of office began. The settlements- davits -were tsue. General Raum demanded
were made originally at tne instance ot Mr. tha re.iinmtinnfl of th-tP thro ln.nw
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when he discovered their affidavits, and it
is asserted, when they were not at once re
moved, placed his own resignation in the
hands of the President and took a train for
the West, declaring he would never again
enter the Pension Bureau.
Shapley, who discovered what he believed
to be collectable taxes, never settled or as
sessed against the corporation in question,
extending back over a period of 20 years.
They were made by Corporation Clerk
Glenn in May, 1888, approved by the
State Treasurer the following January,
and after some hesitation Attorney General
Kirkpatrick gave them his sanction and the
suits were carried on mainly by Mr. Shap
ley. All the settlements were subsequently
found to be excessive under Supreme Court
decisions.
"In such of the cases as were tried the
amounts recovered were about from 10 to 15
per cent of the Commonwealth's claim. In
some others compromises were effected, and
in some the result was adverse to the Com
monwealth. One or two of them are now
pending in the Supreme Court I agreed to a
settlement oi tne niiacieipma and Jttrie case
for as much as I thought, under the circum
stances, could be recovered, and the entire
amount which I had demanded and which
the company had agreed to pay the Com
monwealth was paid to it. Whatever the
company paid in addition to that was paid
to the special counsel for the Common
wealth on the basis of his contract with the
Auditor General who preceded Mr. Mc
Camant." THE RIGHT OF ASYLUM
CONCEDED BY CHILE TO REFUGEES
IN THIS EEGATIONS.
MADE THE BASIS OF AN ATTACK UPON
STATE OFFICIAI& .
It Is Aimed at Either the Anditor General
or the Attorney General Other lawyers
.sfeld to Be Implicated The Views of
Governor Pattison.
Hareisbubo, Oct 19. Special The
Fatriot to-day alleges a- swindle by which
the State lost a large amount of money.
On May 1, 1888, Auditor General Morris
settled a claim against the Philadel
phia and Erie Railroad ' Company
amounting to 5816,000 for taxes covering
a long series of years. Snit-was instituted
for the recovery of thib sum and over $400,
000 claimed to be due trom other corpora
tions, 'ihese suits were originated bv Ru
fus H Shapley, of counsel for State Treas
The American and Spanish Ministers Acting
in Union The Murdered Baltimore Sail
or Buried Ad Investigation Proves the
Chilean Mob Were the Aggressors.
Santiago, Oct 1& It is officially stated
that the Government has given intimation
that it will soon issue a safe conduct to those
persons who have taken refuge in the Amer
ican and Spanish Legations. The Govern
ment has recognized the right of asylum in
a letter to. Mr. Egan, the United States
Minister. The Spanish Minister is acting
in conjunction with Mr. Egan.
The sailor of the United States steamer,
Baltimore, who was killed by Chilean
sailors, in a street brawl a few "days ago,
was buried at Valparaiso to-day. There
was no hostile demonstration of any kind.
An armed force of Americans from the
steamer Baltimore- was landed, and they
attended the funeral unmolested. Another
of the Baltimore's sailors, who was cruelly
wounded in the same fight, will probably
die of his hurt
Captain Schley, of the steamer Baltimore,
and the local authorities of Valparaiso are
investigating the cause of the trouble. It
has already been ascertained that the
Chilean mob made the attack upon the
Americans, and that the onslaught was a
peculiarly brutal one. The Chileans were
all armed with knives and pistols, whereas
the Americans had but few weapons and
were slow in using them.
The Chilean sailors and boatmen and
others about the water front are still show
ing a bitter and relentless feeling toward
Americans, and making all manner of
threats. The better class of Chileans every
where heartily condemn the brutal attack,
and express tne hope that the country may
escape the odium that arises from such law
lees scenes.
1
DEHIES THE BEP0BT.
Sailors Not to be Indemnified for the Closing-
of Bering Sea.
Ottawa, Oct 19. Special The Minis
ter ofMarine and Fisheries to-day expressed
great indignation at the report crediting
him with writing to the British Columbia
Sealers' Association, to the effect that the
Dominion Government will indemnify the
sealers for the loss they sustain by the clos
ing of the Bering Sea. He states that he
wrote the Sealers' Association that the Brit
ish Government would undertake to con
sider any claim that sealers might have,
arisen ou of the closing of Bering Sea.
The Minister seems very anxious to repu
diate responsibility that might be attached
AN INVESTIGATION COMING.
It is not believed he will return to Wash
ington as Commissioner of Pensions. His
next conspicuous appearance nere will prob
ably be as a witness before a Congressional
committee. It is as certain as that the sun
will shine next December that the Pension
Office will soon after the meeting of Con-
fress receive the severest overhauling it
as ever had.
Ex-Consul Howard will be one witness,
at least, who is thoroughly up to the tricks
of the Pension Office, and he is ready to
tell not only of the peculiar working of the
examining and the other boards, but how
the bureau is "run" actually and absolutely
by Colonel W. W. Dudley, ex-Commis
sioner Corporal Tanner and Colonel George
E. Lemon, Pension Claim Agent, who has
made more than $1,000,000 out of the poor
crippled veterans, and who has "run"
every Commissioner and the bureau for
years. The mine is already laid to be
sprung on these gentlemen and on the bu
reau, and by the best friend ot the veterans
and of the pension system; and the country
will soon have the pleasure of an exposure
of the rottenest bureau every maintained
in the history of the Government
PARTY LINES NOT IN IT.
While the investigation will be made by
a committee Of a Democratio House of Rep
resentatives, the whole row has been kicked
up by veteran soldiers who are also veteran
Republicans. Exposure and reform were
needed as badly under the administration
of President Cleveland and Commissioner
Black as they are now, but not a step was
then taken to abolish the abuses inside the
bureau and the rule of outside pension attorneys.
Republicans are fully as much rejoiced at
the prospect as the Democrats are. and all
honest men hope that the crookedness that
is really and wholly due to wealthy and in
fluential pension claim attorneys will re
ceive such a blow as will stop pension
frauds, give the deserving veteran the
liberal annuity he deserves and prevent the
undeserving from robbing the Government
through the machinations of attorneys who
first rob them.
Important Salts Before the United States
supreme Conrt.
Washington, Oct 19. Judge Charles
M. Fox and O. C. Tripp, of' California, in
the United States Supreme Court to-day,
moved to postpona the hearing of the case
advanced involving title to land in San
Francisco below high water mark. The
land is claimed both by the United States
and the State of California, and its decision
Involves the title to quite a large amount of
wnanage property. Nearly all the im
portant cases advanced at the last
term were postponed last week, owing
to the absence of the justices
of the court, but this case was permitted to
stand as advanced. Justice Field said the
court would announce its decision to-mor
row. Mr. Tnpp suggested the unwilling
ness of counsel to argue so important a
question while fhtee of the" justifeswere
absent Tho attorney on ihe -other side de
sired an immediate hearing, as he wished to
return to California as sonn as possible.
The United States Supreme Court ad
yanced and assigned before a full benoh the
suit brought by the Chicago and Grand
Trunk Railroad Company against Thomas
Wellman to test the constitutionality of
the recent act of the Michigan Legislature
fixing passenger rates 'for a distance exceed
ing five miles at from two to three cents'
per mile according to the amount of possen
ger carnings.per mile.
DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT TO CASH
IER V. C. HUTCHINSON.
Little Hope tor His Recovery His Wife and
Child Also Injured The News of the
Affair Canses a Great Deal of Sorrow in
Pittsburg.
Details were received yesterday of the sad
accident Cashier F. C. Hutchinson, of the
AHegbr N(ional Bank, at Colorado
Sprirf , Mished exclusively in THE
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GEHEBAL LOGAN'S MONUMENT.
urerBover and 1 Auditor General McCamant to the Dominion Government for indemnifv
iii the proceedings before the Senate, and ing the sealerS '
The Commission Decides on a Location for
the Statue of the Late Warrior.
Washington, Oct. ia It was decided
to-day by the commission having the matv
ter in charge to place the statue of General
Logan, now being completed, In Iowa cir
cle, the only circle remaining vacant in the
.fashionable resident part of the city. It is
at the junction ot Thirteenth and Posts and
Vermont and Rhode Island avenues. Two
of the most fashionablo avenues of the city
intersect at this point. It is surrounded by
beautiful residences.
The home of the Corean legation fnees it.
On the South tower Woodmont flats, where
President Harrison lived when he was last
in the Senate, and on the West is a noted
house once owned by General Grant.
W0BEU7G FOB 3BAIG.
Congressman Huff and Judge Harry White
Oat In His Behalf.
WASHrNQTON.Oet 19. Special Judge
Harry White and State Senator Hood, of
Indiana county, and ex-Congressman S. A.
Craig, of Jefferson cousty, were in the city
to-day, possibly, though they will not say
so, to urge the appointment of Mr.
Craig to a judgeship on the bench of
the Court of Claims. They called on Congressman-elect
George It Huff, of Greens
burg, this morning, and later on the Presi
dent. Congressman Huff has taken an ele
gant residence in the most fashionable part
of the city, close to the Blaine mansion, at
a rental of f 5. 000 a year, and is already here
with family carriages and servants, ready
SHIPBUILDEBS FAIL.
Cruiser No. 11 Only Half Completed, but
the Government Is Secured.
Washington, Oct 19. The Navy Der
partment has been informed of the failure
of Harrison Loring & Co., shipbuilders at
Boston, who have contracts for the con
struction of armed cruiser No. 11 at $674,
000, with premiums for speed, and three
steel tugboats at f32,500 each, but as yet
has not determined its course in the matter.
The cruiser is about half finished, and the
tugs arc about four-fifths finished.
It is said at the department that the Gov
ernment is amply protected by the bond of
contractors, which isinore than sufficient to
ensure the completion of the vessels. The only
question to be determined is as to whether
this snail be done by the Government or by
the assignees. The latter course is the most
probable one.
TWO FAMOUS CASES.
The Supreme Conrt to Act on New York
Murderers and Chicago Anarchists.
Washington, Oct. 19. The United
States Supreme Court to-day advanced and
assigned for argument the first Monday in
December the cases of the two murderers to
be executed in New York by means of elec
tricity. They are Nicola Trezzia and James
McElvaine. The former was sentenced for
the murder of a man named S.ivo and the
latter for the murder of a Brooklyn grocer
named Lucca.
The court also advanced the cases of the
Anarchists Fielden and Schwab, who are
now in the penitentiary in Illinois for com
plicity in the famous Haymarket riot in Chi
cago. The cases of the Anarchists will
come up for hearing immediately after the
conclusion of argument in the New York
electrocution cases.
caused by the horse b' -K frightened
and running down a steep u, causing the
carriage to overturn, and throwing the fam
ily out on a pile of rocks. An eye-witness
states it was caused by a stone rolling
against the horse's leg and break
ing it The buggy was over
turned and the occupants thrown out
Mr. Hutchinson struck on his head, frac
turing hu skull and breaking his nose and
cheekbone. The little girl was badly
bruised hut not seriously hurt. The doc
tors pronounce Mr. Hutchinson's injuries
necessarily fatal. Several pieces of bone
were removed from Mr. Hutchinson's brain
to-day, after which he regained conscious
ness. Chances are slight for recovery, his
knll having been fractured before in the
same place. Mr. Hutchinson came here for
his health and has made rapid recovery.
Mrs. Hutchinson and baby were badly
bruised but will recover.
Mr. Hutchinson was widely known
among business men and others in Pitts
burg. The news of the accident was re
ceiyed with a great deal pf sorrow. Many
people call! at the bank asking for addi
tional particulars, but little was known
there, except the contents of two telegrams
to Assistant Cashier Montgomery, both of
which said there was little hope for his re
covery. E. L. Hutchinson, a brother, left
his home in Beaver Falls last night for the
scene.
B0MAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.
ADMIBAL BE0WN WAS NEUXBAL.
Denial of the Story That He Opposed the
Chilean Congresslonnlists.
Washington, Oct 19. The report from
London that the United States naval squad
ron in Chilean waters displayed enmity to
the Congressional navy during- the recent
civil war there is wholly discredited at the
Navy Department
One officer of high rank said he had posi
tive information that while Admiral Brown,
who commanded the squadron, was com
pelled to pursue a neutral course during the
struggle, his personal sympathies and con
victions were altogether with the Con
gressionalists. Checkmating the Seal Poachers.
San Fbancisco, Oct 19. The United
States revenue cutter Rush left to-day for
Ounalaska. The vessel was ordered back to
the sealing grounds on the report that a
number ot sealers who, not satisfied with
their small catch, are waiting to make de
scent on the rookeries when the revenue
vessels shall have left Bering Sea. It is
expected the Rush will remain in the vi
cinity of the Seal islands until the middle
of December.
The Presbyterian Synod Adopts a Very Im
portant Resolution Concerning Them.
Sceanton, PA., Oct. 19. Special The
Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Penn
sylvania and West Virginia concluded its
session in this city to-day with a meeting
which ran well into the night A number
of important matters were considered. The
next session will be held in Washington,
Pa., on the third Thursday In Octo
ber, 1892. One of the actions of
the Synod to-day was the appointment of
Rev. Dr. Patterson, of Philadelphia, as a
delegate to attend the conference to be held
in Washington, D. C, on December 15, to
urgo upon Congress the necessity of increas
ing the number of army chaplains. The use
of alcoholic- wines at the sacrament of the
Lord's Supper was deprecated. The follow
ing was adopted after a heated discussion:
Resolved, That the Synod place on record
its emphatic protest against the distribu
tion of public moneys to the support of
schools among the Indians which discrimin
ata in favor of particular ecclesiastical con
gregations far beyond their proportionate
numerical strength."
"This resolution had reference to the
Roman Catholic schools, and was strenu
ously opposed. Dr. Patterson carried
the day by declaring that the Catholic
Bureau of Indian Missions in Washington
had manipulated Congress to secure ap
propriations for Catholic schools. The
Roman Catholic Church has no legal stand
ing in the United States, and should not re
ceive the recognition of Congress.
A partial hearing of ex-Market Clerk
Hastings, of Allegheny, on a charge of em
bezzlement was taken up yesterday before
Alderman Gripp. Owing to the complica
tion of the case it will not be concluded un
til Thursday. Controller Brown figures as
the prosecutor, and the amount of the de
falcation upon which the suit is brought is
(2,314, being moneys due the city for rent
from stalls. City Attorney George Elphin
tone appeared for the commonwealth and
Thomas M. Marshall, Sr., and R. B. Scan
drett for the defendant.
The main point brought out was on tha
part of the defense that Hastings had been
in the habit of making out his receipt stubs
before he got the money and that frequent
ly he did not get it, thus causing apparent
shortages.
Controller Brown, the prosecutor, was the
firt witness placed on the stand. The fol
lowing conversation took place between
him and Attorney George Elphinstone:
Mr. Elphfnstone You are Controller of
the city- of Allegheny, are you not, Mr.
Brown?
Mr. Brown Yes, sir.
"Who was Clerk of the Markets in your
city?"
"David Hastings."
"Are yon familiar with his handwriting?"
"lam."
"What were Mr. Hastings' duties?"
"He was supposed to collect the revenue
from the butchers and garden stalls in the
market"
Hastings' Books in Evidenoe.
"How often did ho turn the money into
the city?"
"He was supposed to do so every 30
days."
"Have yon the reports that Mr. Hastings
turned into the city authorities during the
past two years?"
"I have."
The reports were then handed in as part
testimony. At" the same time Attorney
Elphinstone exhibited a receipt book and a
blotter said to have been kept by Hastings.
Attorney Elphinstone Have you ever
seen these books?
Mr. Brown I saw them recently,
"Whose handwriting is in these books?"
"To the best of my knowledge I believe
the greater portion ot it is Mr. Hastings'."
"Are those ' the only reports you have
that Mr. Hastings turned into the city?"
These are the only reports I have; the
others, I believe, were destroyed."
Here Attorney Elphinstone offered the
receipt book and blotter as evidenoe, and
Attorney Marshall cross-examined Mr.
Brown.
Attorney Marshall-"Mr. Brown, have
you examined these books all through?"
Mr. Brown "I have not"
"Then you don't know whether the hand
writing here is all his own or not?"
".No, sir, J. aon i; ouc experts nave exam-
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Authorities on Health to Meet
Kansas City, Oct. 19. The American
.Public Health Association begins its an
nual convention in this city to-morrow.
Preparations have been made "for the enter
tainment of 600 delegates, many of whom
have already arrived.
Sympathy for Cuban Independence.
New Yoek, Oct 19. Consul General
THE FIBST FALL OF SHOW.
Fittsbnrg Gets an Early Pointer From Ola
Winter.
The first snow of the season came this
morning.at 1:30 o'clock. The rapid fall in
the temperature last night drove many peo
ple home shivering. A light shower began
'falling shortly after midnight, but could not
hold its own, and was soon changed to snow.
White flakes came down merrily for an
hour, but left no trace of their presence,
melting as soon as they touched the ground.
Snow at this early date is something out of
the ordinary.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Page
Party Lines In the Senate 1
Commissioner Raum Resigns 1
Hearing of Clerk Hastings 1
Candidate Tllden's Farm 3
Street Railway Convention 3
Classified Advertisements 3
Editorial 4
Social and Personal Notes 4
Theatrical Criticisms 5
Labor Intelligence O
Work for Hospl: 0
Big Storm in Europe 7
The Ohio Campaign .. 1
An Allegheny Valley Phenomenon 7
Fire Insurance Swindles 7
Sporting, SUte News ana Weather 8
Methodist Ecumenical Council O
The Missionary Convention ( O
Canadian Officials Arrested O
Presbyterian Revision 10
Australian Voting Popular 10
Work in the Oil Fields , 10
Financial Commercial Markets 11
The TJIe; Lake Commerce 13
Conrt Proceedings.. ... 13
Assistant Assessors-Dispensed With 13
ined it and told me it was.
"You made no verification of the footings
yourself?"
"No, sir."
"Did you examine the daily receipt
book?"
"Yes, sir."
"I ask the same queseion with reference
to the handwriting."
"I have not, but examined enough to be
lieve that it is all his."
"Have any other persons examined these
books?"
"Yes, sir."
"In whose possession were they?"
"They have been for a few days in the
hands of Messrs. Bigger and McKirdy."
"Then you don't really know whether the
handwriting is all Hastings' or not?"
"Don't know any more than I have told
you. I entered the information from in
formation received."
"Have you carefully examined the re
ports?"
"Yes; I believe they are all in his hand
writing." "Did you examine each one?"
"Yes, sir."
Marshall Questions the Figures.
"Are you sure, Mr. Brown, that none of
these stubs in this receipt book hare figures
on which are not those made by Mr. Hast
ings? I believe there are hundreds of dol
lars wrongfully charged to him.',' Attor
ney Marshall then pointed out some figures
and asked: "Did he put those here?"
"Yes, sir, all"
"What other experts examined these
books?"
"I believe two other gentlemen were en
gaged by Mr. Hastings.
BWhen?"
"Three or four weeks ago."
"How many entries are here that are not
Hastings'?"
"I don't know."
"You say other gentlemen examined
these works?"
"I believe so."
"What are the names of the experts who
examined the books for you?"
"Bigger and McKirdy."
At this point the cross-examination
stopped and G. W. Bigger was called and
questioned first by Attorney Elphinstone,
who asked: "How did you come to ex
amine these books?"
"I was an employe of Allegheny City
and assigned the work of examining them.
"Have you seen these books?" referring
to those offered as evidence.
"Yes, sir."
"How did you get these books?"
"I was requested to audit them and got
them from Mr. Hastings for that purpose;"
WJ,"t JIil win toll fr TTneHn-V?"
"I told him that J was going to audit
them."
"Where did Mr. Hastings get these
books?"
"At his office."
'"Do you recollect just where in his of
fice?" "I do not I was there quite often for
books and don't remember just where he got
any certain one of them."
''Have you examined these books?"
"Yes, sir; Mr. McKirdy and I together
went over them. He called off the names
and amounts which were put down by me,
and in the same" way we went over the daily
collections."
"What was the aggregates of the amounts
on the reports and the stubs?"
"I made no memorandum and cannot
say."
"Can you tell us the difference betweta ,
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