rj ?.iur " r&Hz&z&r2 &JLfJ WANTC or all kind an supplied If All I O through the ONE CENT A "WORD colaiuni UflRIf' oTTHE DIS PATCH Slt-t fTUlllV, Uon areas, cured quickly. The "AdleU" UCID are growing In popularity; TIfcfcr (HIP AU dM,M ,of Adrerltotw har J, untM opportunity to utilize tfea eia-" rifled column PCHT of THE DIS PATCH. Tho UUIl I lmai -AAif m s well read. Tney are a good A WORD. ana rare mnnment. 3SSfatf -' "- WS.. 1, 5 - Si J ', . - .aaaa, ra - r s . "BaT ; FQRTY-SLXTH YEAH PITTSBURG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1891. . . . . i THREE OETS. THE fllOfllBES Given Out by Political Leaders in the Buckeye State Campaign. 3IAJ0BITY FOR M'KINLEY Estimated by Confident Republicans at Upward of 25,000. CAMPBELL STILL CLAIMING IT. His Opponents Lanch at Him flhilc Ad mirinj: His Xerve. IIE BAT STATE CONSIDERED CLOSE TTROM A FTATT COBHESrOVDEVT. Colcmbus, Nov. 1. One more day the turmoil remains, when the campaign work In Ohio for this fall -will be finished. The leaders of all factions and the people are tired, and Trilling to throw up the sponge. No such political battle has been fought since the famous Lincoln-Douglass debates in Illinois before the war. The contest has been too long drawn out To buch an ex tend has public interest been aroused that the largest vote over polled in the Buckeye State is expected to be cat on Tuesday. "With both parties confident of success, the betting fraternity and the people must take chances and abide by the result. All that can be done now is to present the claims of the managers and the latest esti mates and gossip. The public can then judge for itself. Columbus, always poky and slow, was un usually quiet to-day. There was nothing en the ttreets to indicate that an important election was to be decided in the next T2 boars. The Republican headquarters were closed during the day, but they were opened for a hile this evening. The clerical forces of both parties have gone home to vote, but Chairmen Seal and Hahn were here to watch the closing features. The cor respondents who have been traveling with the candidates or engaged in canvassing the State crowded into the Neil House and dis cussed the situation. Governor Campbell Smilingly Confident. Some of the Republican hustlers were a little apprehensive, but nobody ever heard of a Democrat being disconcerted. Chair man Neal kept open house, and a small company of the wheelhorses was on hand all day, telling stories and figuring on the out come. Governor Campbell appeared at the Neil House about noon looking as fresh as a school boy and wearing a plug hat. The faithful Clude Meeker, his right bower, was at his elbow. The sight of the stovepipe amused the politicians, and the old cry went up: "Where did you get that hat?" On the stump the Governor wears a cutaway coat and a derbv. thus carrvine out the Jef- fersonian idea of simplicity, but to-day he I wiwm ttniiv ituui ma mid Mr. Campbell has stood the hard work of the-csnp-iVsry' well, and he looks as if he could go through another" siege; "What puizles the Republicans and, to be candid, worries them a little is the sublime confi dence the Go ernor has in himself to pull through. He is the most sanguine Demo crat in the Stale, and he has no doubt about his election. This is how he reasons: 'I have been SO years in politics, and never made a mistake in guessing a result. I feel sure I will have doable mv plurality in 1889, and probably more. "Within the last three weeks there has been a wonderful change in sentiment. It will amount to a popular uprising what you would call a ground swell and I will be the winner with a good-sized majority." The Governor GiTing Out Xo Figures. The Governor thinks that the people are mad that they didn't elect a full quota of Democratic Congressmen last fall, and this year they will make up for it. He expects Ohio to turn a somersault as Kansas and Nebraska did a year ago. So sure is he ot his success that when asked by friends how to wager money on the outcome, he advises that if they will bet to put up their cash on the Democratic ticket. Mr. Campbell is not giving figures, bnt he feels victory in the sir. He adds that he has been so lone on the stump that as soon as he sees an audience he can tell who is for and against him. In making speeches he has watched his hearers closely, and he claims he converted many Republicans, as their manner indicated. The Governor has great faith in his judg ment, and it is on small points like the ab6vc that he bases his opinion. The hopefulness of Campbell ha3 had a good effect in jacking up the drooping spirits of his lieutenants, and they are now claiming eterything in sight. Hi's friends say if the Governor is re-elected he has the satisfaction of knowing that he fought the fight alone. Xo amount of entreaty would induce Hill or Cleveland to come into the State to help him. Governor Gray, of In diana, made one speech, and then went home and said he couldn't see on what the Democrats based their hopes. This pro voked Mr. Campbell a good deal, and his vigorous canvass is no doubt due to the apathy or jealousy of these I'residental candidates. He was determined to show them that he could get along without their assistance. believes McKinley failed to reach, wavering Republicans. No Panicky Features This Tear. Chairman Hahn denies the report that he had a federal officeholder under cover con ducting the Legislative fight for him. The Democrats charge that such a man came into the State during August, and worked in the garret above the chairman's rooms. Captain Matthews, the Republican Secre tary, sat at his desk to-night, looking over his maiL "One strong point about this campaign" he said, "is that We have had no panicky features. Usually few days be fore an election men begin to break down under the strain, and they think every thing is going against them. We have had nothing of this kind, and it is too late now for a panic to overtake us. These letters I am reading are from all parts of the State, and they contain nothing but assurances of success. The boys report that they are waiting tor the day, and will be at the polls. McKinley ought to have not less than 20,000 majority." Summit is the only Republican county that is really in danger, and Colonel Con ger, of Akron, is held responsible for the result. He is charged with being a sore-1 head, and cutting the wages of his employes a short time ago for the purpose of injuring the party. It has had the desired effect. The Republican majority in the county is about 1,200. The Democrats are jubilant and claim it The Republican managers realize that they will lose some votes, but they still thiuk they can carry the county. Chairman Neal Is Very Sanguine. Chairman Neal looks at the contest good naturedly. "Veil, boys," be said, "ire must all live, no matter who is elected." He was very sanguine to-day, and predicts that Campbell will come down to Hamilton county with a much larger plurality than hehadinl8S9. He figures that the Gov ernor will have twice his plurality .of two years ago. Then it was about 11,000, and this would make it 22,000. This gives some idea of the strength of Democratic hopes or bluffs, which? He had quite a joke with Hahn about the money the Republicans have, and finally the Republican chairman oflered to exchange what was left for the Democratic surplus. "I agree," replied Neal, "and I will give you 5,000, in the bargain for it." Verily, this has been a decent campaign, and only the most friendly feeling prevails between the parties. The Republicans sent home to vote all the students they could gather up in this city. It cost the com mittee about 300 to pay their expenses. Colonel V. A. Taylor, one of Mr. Neal's advisers, delivered himself thus: "Laying aside all party4 prejudice, McKinley must have not less than 10,000 of a majority in Hamilton county to beat Campbell. I be lieve, according to Republican estimates, they only expect 3,500. If this is true Mc Kinley will be beaten." Position of the Bis Cities. If Democratic claims are correct, Hamil ton county is in much better shap: than they expected. Most of the kickers are said to be in line. Some apprehension is felt by the Democracy of Cuyahoga county. The leaders here are afraid Congressman Tom Johnson, of Cleveland, is not doing his duty. It is expected that the new ballot system will make the returns very late, and some think the result of the election will not be known until noon of the next day, or later. There will be plenty of opportun ities, also, for contests, and it may not be settled for some time. To wind up generally. I think MpTCinleT- 'will be elected, but I feel that his majority will not be as large as'was anticipated. I have heard estimates of the Major's plu rality made to-day ranging from 5,000 up to 25,000 votes. A number of Republicans have become conservative, and now don't iook ior more tnau 10.000 of a maioritv. the Republicans will win a handsome vic tory. Here in hi home Republicans are wide awake, and if the rest of the State does as well as Stark county it will be only a question of majority. Major McKinley will spend election 'day in Canton, and will vote in his old precinct In the even ing he will receive election returns at Re publican headquarters. Private wires will be arranged for, and every facility obtained for the securing of news from over the State. THE FINISHING TOUCHES CRUELTY OF CBjLEXNS Shown bjr Their Treatment of Uncle Sam's Sailors Under Arrest. PDT ON THE KEXSTONB STATE CAM PAIGN YESTERD Y. w",i VL:-V:" , . "n"' """-J."" tr cu, iuis is euuugn to lanu protection on mjj. .cveryuouy aumits mat it Uamnbell should be elected at all it will be by a land slide and he will have a very large ma jority. As the indications for such a possi bility do not appear in any quarter, the Re publicans can't see how it could happen. Israel. THE BAY STATE CLOSE. LAST DAY OF A CAMPAIGN THAT HAS BEEN A SNORTER Republicans Laugh at Campbell's Brae. On the other hand, the Republicans laugh at the Governor's confidence, but they admire his nerve. It is a good play they say, for him to maintain a bold front until the avalanche falls. Thcyghe him credit for being a dangerous toe, but one that is badly licked new. Mr. Campbell went to Dayton, this after noon, to visit the soldiers' home to-morrow morning In the evening he will close the campaign with a meeting at Cincinnati. McKinley will make his last speech at Canton. Chairman Hahn had nothing new to add to his estimate made a few days ago. He says that his figures, so far as Hamilton county is concerned, are based on Secretary of State Ryan's vote last year. During the day he saw a number of calculations made, and McKinley's majority was placed any where from 18,000 to 21,000 votes. He counts on the election of 19 or 21 Senators, and from Gl to 67 Representatives. He claims the Vestern Reserve is in line, and that the People's party has not made in roads into the Republican stronghold. In the northwest the new party is strong, and is expected to injure Campbell's chances. The Governor thinks he has won back doubting Democrats in that section, and he Both Sides Claim a Victory by From 10,000 to 20,000 The British-American War Against Governor Russell Labor and Its Power. BOSTON, Nov. L Special The politi cal campaign in Massachusetts has been a snorter. Both sides have been using their heavy guns all along the line, and the battle has been one continuous war of artillery. There will be no cessation until the ballot boxes are closed, Tuesday afternoon. The committees of both parties have raked every town and city with a fine-toothed comb, and there are but tew voters who have escaped their search. And there is every indica tion that a big percentage of these votes will be cast It looks to-night as though the vote would be very close, although the same influences which make the result doubtful may leave the winner a good margin. The leaders of both sides are apparently confident of suc cess, and claims of 10,000 to 20,000 plurality arc made for each candidate. The most serious defection this year is on the Democratic side. The British-Americans are said to have deserted Governor Russell, whom they supported last vear, and pledged their votes for Colonel Allen. If this is true. Colonel Allen will be elected. The leaders of the British-American faction have unquestionably promised to work for the Republican candidate, but it is a question whether thev can "deliver the troods" when they talk about carrying 20,000 voters with them. It is estimated that their strength is 20,000, but this is probably exaggerated by at least CO per cent But if there are 10,000 voters to trans fer their allegiance from "Governor Russell to Colonel Allen, the latter is sure of elec tion. The rumpus of the British-American ranks is due entirely to the public school issue. These voters are in a delicate posi tion. They are tariff reformers to the core, and as such their support would naturallv go to Governor Russell. But they are also staunch supporters of the free public schools, and their loyalty to the schools is stronger than their fovalty to tariff reform. Governor Russell wilf get a good deal more support from the labor vote this year than ever before. Colonel Allen's record in the Legislature on labor matters is not such as would class him among the ideal labor reformers. Chairman Watres Says Greet; and Morrison TVill Win by About 50,000 Chairman Kerr Equally Confident That His Men Will Get There. Philadelphia, Nov. 1. Special To day w as a busy day for the workers. Though the campaign virtually closed with Satur day night's meetings, many details were yet to be arranged, and Sunday saw the clerks at the several headquarters wind ing up the work of the committees and put ting the finishing touches to the programme to be carried out Tuesdaywiththeaid of the voters. Both sides are apparently full of confi dence, and victory is claimed for all of the candidates. Especially confident is Re publican Chairman Vatres, who claims that his ticket will roll up a majority close on to 50,000. Democratic Chairman Kerr is quietly hopeful, but is not quite so ex travagant in his estimates. So far as the fight in this city is concerned, the wiseacres are at sea. Of course, both sides are claiming victory. That the city is full of well known repeaters is certain, though they are being closely watched, and there is every reason to believe that the magistrates who will sit all day Tuesday will be kept busy hearing complaints and issuing warrants. Chairman Kerr left for his Clearfield home to-night to vote, and will return to the city on Tuesday evening. He said: "I am not giving out tabulated statements, but am very confident of the result" In speak ing of the City Committee organization he said: "The Democratic party is in better snape nere man nas been tne case in many years. The Democrats are hopeful and united. They are better organized to prevent fraud and cheating at the noils than ever before. In addition to" the splendid condition of things generally in this city, we have brought to the support of the party a block division force of G,000 Democrats, who will work under the direc tion of the State Central Committee in making a house-to-house canvass to get out the Democratic vote. Vith these and other forces which are at work the Democratic county ticket will carry in the city and the Republican majority on the State" ticket in the county will be nearly overcome" Chairman Vatres', while declining to en ter into a formal statement tor publication, said this evening: "Republican success is certain. Our organization is of such a char acter that I have no hesitancy in claiming a regulation majority for Gregg and Morrison, liable to reach 45,000 or 50,000. A carefui estimate, made from the figures furnished, by County Chairmen and reliable sources where that course has failed, points un doubtedly to an old time victory, and I am certain of a heavy vote. The party is united, and that means firm ranks and every man on guard." OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE AFFAIR EeceiTed Testerday by Secretary From Captain Schley. Tracy TALKS WITH FE0MINE5T CHILEANS A CURIOSITY IK POLITICS. Republicans and, Democrats Unite Against - rthe PrifitbSKnl.ta?'- "" HOIXEOAYSBUEG, Nov. L Special The contest for the Judgeship in the Twenty fourth Judicial district, including Blair county, is becoming exciting. Hon. John Dean, who has been on the bench for the past 20 years, was petitioned by 50 members of his bar to consent to serve another term. The Republican party tendered him an unanimous nomination, which was also done by the Democrats, and it is thought of the 12,000 votes in the county there will be not over 1,500 against him. The Prohibitionists, however, have se lected H. T. Ames, of Lycoming county, as their standard bearer. He has promised his adherents to interpret the license law as does Harry "White,, of Indiana county, and grant no licenses whatever. Blair county is a temperance stronghold, and gave for the prohibition amendment in 1889 some 2,284 majority. This fall the Prohibitionists have carried on a hot campaign, held mass meetings, hired bands and issued a cam paign paper. By a preconcerted arrange ment several prominent Altoona clergymen have been preaching temperance, and thus doiog a little qniet campaign work from the pulpit greatly to the dissatisfaction of the more liberal members of their churches. A strong cohort has gathered around ths standard of Judge Dean, with the motto, "Issue licenses to proper people, rather than have the business drift into the hands of improper ones." M'XINLEY AT HIS HOME, Where He Will Close His Campaign To-Day and Vote To-Morron-. Canton, Nov. L Special Major Mc Kinley spent to-day at his home in Canton, and denied himself to all except intimate friends. He rested in absolute quiet and appeared to enjoy his respite from the ex acting duties of an arduous campaign. His work is practically ended, although to-morrow he will talk to his Stark county neigh bors, speaking at Massillon in the after noon, and, as has been his custom ever since his entrance into public life, he will close in the evening in this city. Preparations are being made to give him a splendid .re ception at both cities. Major McKinley expresses himself im pleased with the outlook, and believes that 1 THE ANXIETY IN IOWA. Republicans Somewhat More Hopeful Than Their Opponents. Des Moines, Ia., Nov. 1. The politi cians have not been able to keep the Sabbath day entirely free from politics. The con test to be decided Tuesday has become the sole object of public attention. Anxiety over the outcome has never been so in tense in Iowa as it is this year. Both parties have organizations that will reach into every voting precinctin the State. All the campaign machinery will be put in motion to-morrow, and kept going until the polls close Tuesday. The vote in the cities like Des Moines will be the fullest ever cast Instances are frequent in which voters temporarily hundreds of miles from home have been sent for, expenses to be paid iraai iue campaign iunos 01 both parties. The Republicans are, if anythimg, more hopeful. The State central committee has been receiving information from all parts of me estate, anu cannot see how Wheeler's plurality can be less than from 12,000 to 15,000. The rest of the ticket, with perhaps one exception, will do even better than this. The Democratic committee figures that counties like Scott and Dubugue will give 4,000 plurality each for Boies. Thirty -five counties out of 99 which will surely go Democratic are expected to give 47,000 plu rality for Boies. The Democrats do not hope for as large a plurality as the Repub licans, but they seem to be alike tenacious in their claims. Working the People's Party. Nobwaik, Nov. L Special It has just come to light here that the Democrats are working the People's party for Camp bell Leading Democrats of the city just returned from Columbus report Chairman Neal expects Campbell to run 100 or 200 ahead of his ticket in every countybut Hamilton on that account D. V. vail, Democratic postmaster, told a gentleman this evening that he (Vail) had seen Peo ple's party men to-day, and all promised to support Campbell Q.umjVFbzht on Country Newspapers. MEADvnxE, Nov. L Special A special to the Tribune-Republican," of this city, front Heaver says: "Senator Quay has or dered proceedings for libel to be commenced Monday morning against the Meadville JuVj tenger, the Pennsylvania Farpitr, published in Meadville, and" the Htusville American Citizen, 10,000 damages 4s asked for in" eachcese." "Washington, Nov. 1. Secretary Tracy this afternoon received the following dis patch from Captain Schley, dated yester day: v "Petty Officer "Johnston, in whose arms Rigein was killed, declares that the act was done by the police guard. Apprentice Villiams reports that he was arrested by a mounted policeman, who placed catgut nip pers around his wrist and started his horse in a gallop, throwing him down. After that the policeman walked his horse. Coalhcaver McVilliams was, arrested and taken to prison with catgut nippers around his wrists, and a lasso ground his neck. He was bitten in the ' arm after arrest Coalheaver Quigley while trying to effect escape from mob, was struck with a sword by a police officer. Apprentice Talbot was arrested, catgut nippers were placed around his wrists, and on the way to prison he was struck repeatedly by police.. Terrible Cruelty or the Chileans. "Petty Officer Hamilton, dangerously wounded and unconscious, was dragged to prison." One of my people, trying to make him comfortable, was threatened with the butt of musket and made to desist My men in prison were examined secretly, al though I sent an officer to the court to re quest authority to allow his presence. The request was denied on account of the pro ceedings being secret "Before discharge my men were required to sign a paper, but before doing itHine hart asked the court official the meaning of the paper. He was informed that it was a mere form stating that the signer was not engaged in the trouble. Two are dead, three dangerously wounded and about 15 are slightly injured. Surgeons believe, the wounded are out of danger." 1.1st of the Killed and Woundeu. The seamen whose names are referred to in the above dispatch are as follows: CHARLES W. KIGGIN, boatswain's mate, 23 years old; enlisted at League Island, Pa., killed. FKANCIS D. WILLIAMS, apprentice, 19 years, enlisted at Baltimore, 31(1. PATKICK Mo WILLIAMS, coalheaver, X5 yeais old, enlisted at Boston. JOSEPH QUIGLEY, coalheaver, 29 years old, enlisted at New York. JOHN W. TALBOTT, apprentice, 20 vears old, enlisted at New York. JOHN HAMILTON, carpenter's mate, dam Rerously wounded, 49 years old; enlisted at New York. In addition to these mentioned above, ac cording to the dispatch previously received, were: WILLIAM TUENBTJLL, coal heaver, killed. aged 23 years; enlisted at Boston. GEORGE PANTER, coalheaver, aire 30 years; enlisted at Boston; wounded. JOHN H. DAVIDSON, landsman, aired 21 years; enlisted at Norfolk, Va.; wounded. - the, dictator's troops, the most effective assistance to the cause of oppression was received from Minister Egan, the American squadron and the "Washington administra tion, the two latter having probably been deceived by Minister Egan from the first. I have absolutely verified from ex-official sources Minister Egan's intimacy with and obsequiousness to Balmaceda. At Coquimbo I received proof that the Americans described the situation of the Congressionalist troops and the fleet in Northern Chile. The American cable was cut atlquiqne under the protection of au American man-of-war to enable Balmaceda to control opiniou abroad. Chileans of all classes separate the American Nation from its representative's connection with these aggravations. Upon unproved, if not un founded, charges, Minister Egan has ad dressed three hostile notes to the Chilean Government, hoping to create difficulties in subsidiary questions. THE NEW PIPE LINE PLAN. DETAILS OP THE ANTI-STANDARD SCHEME GIVEN AT LAST. LAME IT OF BLAINE A CHILEAN IN PARIS GIVES A SION OF THE TROUBLE. VER- He Says the American Government Took Umbrage at Chile's Refusal to Enter the Zollverein Scheme, and Is Hence Trying; to Pick a Quarrel. PARIS, Nov. 1. The animosity felt by the Chilean residents here against the United States is reflected in an interview with a prominent member of the Chilean community in Paris, who attributes the en mity of the American Government to the Chilean refusal to enter the customs union proposed by Mr. Blaine. Said the Chilean: "Several Chilean statesmen exchanged views with Mr. Blaine, assuring him that as soon as there was visible any advantage that the United States could grant to Chile in return for the surrender of her European trade the proposed customs union would have some chance of acceptance. Unable to do this, the Washington Government would not forgive the Chilean resistance to their pet schemo of a zollverein. "Their spite was shown in the pursuit of the Itata, which was treated like a slave dhow. It required all the authority of the Paris agents of the Chilean Congress, numer ous telegrams having been sent by them to the commander of the Esmerelda,to prevent the Esmerelda from fighting the United States cruiser Charleston. Aiurther Droof of this hostility is found in the action of the United States Admiral in watching the in surgents at Quintero and reporting their movements back to Balmaceda. "The attitude of the United States over the sailor affray is unjustifiable. The United States Government ought to have awaited the result of the official Chilean in quiry, relying upon the operation of Chilean justice, which is equal, if not superior, to American justice. The reports that the Valparaiso police used bayonets must be groundless, for their only weapon is a'stafE" THE OEIGIH OF CHILE'S HATRED. The Right of Way Now Nearly Secured A 83,000,000 Refinery Near Philadelphia Operations to Be Conducted on a Magni ficent Scale. Philadelphia, Nov.l. Special The erection of a large oil refinery at Marcus Hook, on the property of the Reading Railroad Company, in connection with a new pipe line from the oil fields in South western Pennsylvania, is an established fact The story was confirmed to-day by a prominent oil refiner in this city, who said the enterprise was conceived in opposition to the Standard Oil Company. The men at the head of the project are V. L. Mellon & Co., of" Pittsburg, who have associated with them a number of heavy capitalists of Vestern Pennsylvania, men who have'been for years identified with the oil trade. Andrew Carnegie, the Pittsburg millionaire, is also reported as being identi fied with the new movement, and the pipe for the new pipe line will come from, his works. Vhen the project of a new pipe line was first broached it was intended to make New York the seaboard outlet, but through the efforts of several well-known Philadel phians, who presented to the promoters of the enterprise the advantages of Philadel phia, they were induced to reconsider their determination and make this city the termi nal point The construction of the pipe line and erection of the refineries on the Delaware will involve an expenditure of several millions of dollars, which has al ready been secured." The right of way for the pipe line, which will be known as the Crescent Pipe Line, from Gregg's station, Pa., to Philadelphia, is now being secured by J. H. Donaldson, who has already got as far as Johnston. The line will bo 310 miles long, and will cross the Susquehanna river about Harris burg. The pipe will be six inches in diameter, with a carrying capacity of COO barrels an hour, with a pressure of 1,000 pounds at each of the six pumping stations. Representatives of the new company are expected in the city to-morrow, when the. full details of the Marcus Hook plant will doubtless be made known. The new pipe line will be in direct opposition to the Standard Oil Company, as the men identi fied with the movement have many of them snffcrr 1 in the past at its hands, and are not likely, fter the line has(ebeen .constructed rt ji c i.; .- a x ji V uu uiu reuoenn crecteu, iu turn mem ever to that big corporation. A BIG BANK FAILURE Will Be Formally Announced to the Financial World This Morning. NO FEAES OF ANY PANIC, Although the Concern Is the Largest in New England, and Has UPWARD OF $1O,Q0WK)O DEPOSITS. Comptroller Lacey Blamed for the Same Policy as in Keystone. SENSATIONAL DEATH OF TnETEXAMINER rSPXCIAt. TELEOKAlt TO TIffi DISPATCH.! .Boston, Nov. 1. The doors of the Mave rick National Bank will not open for busi ness to-morrow morning. This means thai the most prominent financial iitution in New England has been for, Ififtspend payment That the blow will('Afl'J(lfe is the onlv occasion of snrn'risKv.'Wj' O anticipated to a certain extent, an would take $4,000,000 or 15,000,000 and that perhaps that might not do it, it was felt that the bank must suspend. Mr. Potter was astounded and appalled by this decision of the committee. Enrther effort on his part, however, was useless, because the facts had been placed before the Comptroller of the Currency by the Clearing House ClnniTtiittpp and hp haH nlrpftdv ordered the Bank Examiner to take charge of the jn? stitution. a0 Death stepped in and TreventeLthe im mediate execution of the ordejv'Bank Ex aminer Magruder died tbiaafternoon, his death being hastenedif'not caused, by the anxieties of thevsituation. The ultimate causes of thtvcbllapse of the bank are not altogethercIear. Prominent bankinor men who oucht to kirow the facts say that the Maverick Bank Kl-- V- 1 . . 1 i ; Hi. una uecu insolvent ior at teas a year, it is said that the report made by the bank ex aminer Magruder in January last showed that the bank was hard pressed, at all events, the Treasury Department has Kept close watch over it 'Mr. Magruder began to make another examination in September and it is said that his discoveries then so much disturbed him as to bring on the ill ness which terminated in his death this afternoon when he learned that the bank had failed. There is no doubt that the bank had done the largest business on the smallest capital of any similar institution in the country. Immediate Cause of the Crash. A dispatch, from New York says: "The immediate cause of the -disaster," said a New York banker, "was the shortage of 5490,000 that Evans owed the Maverick, and that was lost by his failure. News of that spread and caused a run by the deposi tors. The gross deposits were a'bout $8,000,- 000. ItlTfrtAv nmnnor nnnnirv Tinnta TJipir ln- Ojf T yodepositors were small, comparatively. I ' P-tOr, "QjS-Jiplieve that the failnre will have TAKENTO THE COURTS. A Sensational Step Promised in tha Brigg3 Controversy. ' .. POINTS OF THE CASE MADE CLEAE. Good Logic Shrewdly Planned by the Op-" ponents of the Doctor. POSITION TAKEN BI THE SEMINARY reason it can be positively stated that tiJ'o0t ''Qfrt, momentary effect upon the CHL0B0F0BMBD AKD BOBBED. A Wealthy New Hampshire Brewer Vic timized to the Extent of S7.000. Portsmouth, N. H., Nov. 1. One of the boldest robberies everperpetrated in this city, occurred this morning before the hours of 1 and i, when the house on Market street occupied by George Scott, Vice Presi dent of the Portsmouth Brewing Company, was entered and robbed. The entrance was effected through a rear window and the thief proceeded to the room occupied by Mr. Seott and his.wife, and after removing all Mr. Scott's clothing chloroformed Mr. and Mrs. Scott The pockets of the clothing were rifled, the key to the safe and a gold watch and chain valued at $400 were taken, and a diamond pin valued at $150 was removed from" a shirt. After securing the key to the safe the thief proceeded to the lower stairs, where the safe is kept, opened and rifled it, securing between $4,000 and $5,000 in money, several articles of jewelry, bank books, notes and private papers. The total valne of the money and negotiable articles will amount to nearly $7,000. ALL OTHER MINING CONVICTS It Dates Hack to the Mexican War, When Its Citizens Flocked to California. Chicago, Nov. L Ramon, Estudillo, a native Californian, at the Palmer House to-day said: "Ve people of Spanish blood are pretty much all alike, and I think I un derstand the situation better than a man of English descent naturally would. Do you know why the Chilanos hate, the Ameri cans? It is not the result of the Itata in cident It is not due to the proffer of this Goverment to bring about peace between Chile and Peru under the Garfield adminis tration.' Those incidents merely aggravated the feeling. 'tft goes back to the time of the discovery of gold in California There was a great de mand for provisions in San Francisco at that time. This, of, course, brought San Francisco and Valparaiso into comparative ly close communication, and several thou sand Chilanos went to the newly-discovered gold fields. There was bitter feeling as the result of the Mexican war. Quite a num ber of the native Californians became out laws. To the Americans all Spanish speak ing people were alike. Chilean miners suf fered along with the Mexicans. The Chileans took back with them the story of their inhospitable reception, and the nation has smarted under what it deemed the wrongs to its subjects ever since." AMERICANS ACTED AS SPIES. Grave Charges Made Against Egan by a London Times Correspondent London, Nov. 2. The Time correspond ent at Valparaiso telegraphs as follows: Evidence gathered from all hands appears conclusively to prove that the American squadron acted the part' of spies 1 for Balmaceda, and that, second only to To Be Liberated by the Determined Work inpmen of Tennessee. Chattanooga, Nov. 1. A rumor is current here that a secret understanding ex ists between the miners throughout the State to liberate all convicts working in the mines. In consequence it is thought the next move will be on Oliver Springs, Tracy City and Inman, where convicts are employed. No further outbreaks have oc curred at Briceville and the miners resumed work yesterday norning. The convicts are scattered, the majority fleeing to the mountains of Kentucky. The total number of convicts released exceeds 300. The militia are awaiting orders from Governor Buchanan, but the officers do not think they will be called out, as the dam age has been done and there is no need for their presence at Briceville. The failure of the Legislature to adjust the difficulty is the foundation of the present lawlessness. FIGHTING A FOREIGN SYNDICATE. Litigation Involving 81,000,000 Begun by ' American Stockholders. Duluth, Nov. L The Iron and Land Company, of Minnesota, Limited, has a legal fight on its hands that threatens to swallow the corporation. The fight is practically a family one, and is of such proportions that about $1,000,000 is involved in the contro versy. The stockholders in the company are principally Englishmen. The company has secured a vast area of valuable mineral lands. In addition to the available stock there were issued by the corporation a large number of debentures to raise money to further the landed investments. These debentures v, ere to some extent, at least, gifen to persons in America. The holders of some of these debentures got wind of apian on foot by the Engli'h men of the corporation to look after their in dividual interests in a way that is thought to be inimical to the holders of interests in Minnesota. As a result a number of actions have been commenced against the corpora tion, setting up the claims, and attachments have been levied, the defendant being a for eign corporation. .Miller, the Suicide, Identified. New York, Nor. L Detectives at Eort Lee, N. J., to-day positively identified the body ot the suicide found atEnglewood, N, J., on Saturday, as Villiam Miller, jwho brutally murdered 'Minnie Ranhauser, of this city, Friday. failure will not entail any widespread financial evils. Some idea of the extent of the failure can be gleaned from the fact that ten days ago the deposits in the bank amounted to more than $10,000,000, the bank depositors num bering more than 300 and individual depos itors about 1,200. But the most sensational feature of the failure is the announcement that as far back as January last Bank Ex aminer Magruder reported to Mr. Lacey, Comptroller ot the Currency, that the bans was in a bad condition. Again, in Septem ber, Mr. Magruder reported to the Comp troller of the Currency that the bank was rotten. Just the Same as Keystone. In spite of these warnings the bank was permitted to continue in business. It is a reproduction of the infamous Keystone Bank robbery in which officials figured in such an unsavory manner. To-day Bank Examiner Magruder dropped dead of heart disease incidental to the mental excitement over the pending exposure. His life was sacrificed by his political bosses in Vash ington, and millions of dollars have gone up in a big speculation bubble which might have been saved if officials had not betrayed their trust. The official announcement of the suspension was made by the Clearing House committee this evening in the fol lowing form: The national hank examiner, acting under the instructions of the Comptroller of the Currency, has closed the Maverick National Bank. The Clearing House Committee of the Boston Banks has called a meeting of the, members of the clearing house at 9:30 o'clock this morning to take action upon a proposi tion recommended by the committee that all the banks composing the association unite in making advances in cash to the de- .positors in the KavericfcfianJc The object or macing these advances is to relieve the temporary embarrasament"of"tiie,'depos itors. " - A Suicide the Immediate Cause. The immediate cause of the bank's sus pension was the suicide of Irving Evans and the talk which followed it The loss caused the bank by its dealings with Evans was not large enough to seriously injure it It was stated that the creditors of Mr. Evans would not lose more than $500,000. That is true, and it is also true that not more than $200, 000 of that amount falls upon the Maverick Bank; But the talk of the street made the bank's loss far greater. The stories included ru mors of the ugliest description about Mr. Potter and. his relations with the dead broker. Most of these stories were entirely false. The gossip about the bank, instead of subsiding, increased to flood tide, and be came of the most damaging character. The inevitable effect began to be felt more than a month ago. Some of the principal depositors one after another withdrew their accounts. The deposits in bank ten days ago amounted to more than $10,000,000. During last week more than $1,700,000 was withdrawn. State Treasurer Martin with drew some $90,000 of the Commonwealth's fund, which were on deposit there, Other trust moneys were also taken out An Official Crisis Reached. 1 No bank having ten millions or more out on loans could suddenly convert a large portion of them into cash. It is not meant to be implied that the Maverick Bank w.ts sound when this pressure was brought to bear. On the contrary, the indications are that it was arfd is insolvent. An official crisis, if it may be so expressed, was reached several days ago, when the President of an other national bank in Boston refused to accept a certified check on the Maverick from one of its depositors. The motive of the refusal is said to have been partly a financial one. At all events, the matter was immediate ly brought to the attention of a member of the Clearing House Committee, not in an official capacity, however, and he felt it to be his duty to consult the other members of that body. They did not, it is said, ap prove of the action of the President, who re fused the certified check, but they did think the situation justified their interference. The first action of the committee was taken on Thursday, October 22. Prom that time on the Clearing House Committee kept a very close 'watch of Maverick Bank affairs. Thev actually went into the bank on Vednesday last for the purpose of ascer taining its exact condition. The examina tion, made partly by members of the com mittee andpartly by Assistant National Bank Examiner Emer, occupied three days. Trying to Tide It Over. In the meantime it is said that banks in the Clearing House had advanced about $500,000 to supply the temporary needs of the Maverick, and care was taken to make the Maverick's account at the Clearing House come oat the right side of the led ger. In fact it was a gainer to the amount of $200,000 on Friday and of $400,000 on Saturday. But the drafts over the counters of the bank were extremely heavy. Never theless it was confidently expected by the bank officers and their friends that the crisis would be tided over. They believed that the bank's assets would fully meet the liabilities if not forced upon the market. Mr. Potter had called upon several of his strongest triends in the Boston and New York bnsiness world, and they had agreed to give him generous aid. It was not until late Saturday night that Mr. Potter realized that the bank must go to the wall. He was then notified by the members of the Clear ing House Committee that the condition of the bank was such in their opinion that the associate banks of Boston would not be justified in keeping the institution afloat v Would Have-Required Millions. In fact, as one President put it, Jf it has been a question of $1, 000,000 or of $2,000,000 it might have been done but when it was seen that it m P ff J i It in probably be an old storj-K wdavs. It is more than prob- aoie idsk ie banc will pay us depositors in full. People got scared and started a run. The bank's capital was $400,000. The sur plus was 5800,000. There were also undi vided profits amounting to $200,000. Taking the $490,000 from these sums would still leave $900,000. It is not probable that the entire capital is exhausted. "They owe nothing in "New York except possibly to some country banks. They kept their reserves in New York, so that the banks here owe the Maverick money. They were net borrowers here. Asa Potter owned nearly all the capital stock. He was a brave man, and made the best fight he could to save the bank. He had no outside business. There was a suspicion that he was speculating largely with Evans, but I do not believe it. Mr. Potter began as a bank clerk, and has gradually risen to be President of a bank carrying the largest de posits of any bank in Boston." A NEW TOWN'S BAPTISM. ELLWOOD, PA, LOSES BY FIRE BLOCK: OF SEVEN STORES. The Total Los Foots Up 840,000 An Ex plosion of Natural Gas the Probable Cause Burned Out Business Men Plan ning to Rebuild at Once. ElWVOOD, Pa., Nov. L Special. At 2 o'clock this morning people living any where near the center of Ellwood were startled from their slumbers by the lurid re flection of fire upon their chamber walls, and already it was too late to save the hand some block of seven stores on Lawrence avenue, between Sixth and Seventh streets. Four of these stores were brick fronts. The fire originated in the cellar of the hardware store of Grove & Blatt. J. Fonmelle, sleeping over this store-, heard an explosion which partially roused hint. The rest of the rousiqg was ettected by the name and smoke that burst up through the floor of his room. The explosion is thought to have been caused by coal gas which had accumulated in the furnace Because of a defective flue. The total loss is about $40,000. Grove & Blatt had four storerooms, stocked with hardware, etc.. to the value of $12,000. while their buildings cost them $15,000, and owing to a pending readjustment of rates they were insured for only $11,000. Eldridge, the postmaster, had a miscellan eous goods store; his loss was $G,200, well insured. Stewart & McCIure's restaurant lost $3,700, only one-third of this being covered by insurance. Veitzel Brothers' meat market lost $3,700, insurance $1,200. Brice, the tailor, lost all his stock and furniture, about $1,000; no insurance. The Cunningham Brothers lost their grocery stock, to the amount of $2,000; no insurance. The eight remaining stores will now have to do the business of 15 until the burned buildings can be rebuilt The losers in the fire are plucky and the burned district will immediately do the phcenix act rSriCIAL TELEGEAJS TO Tin DISPATCH.1 New Youtf, Nov. L Immediately fol lowing the adjournment of Patton Union Conference last week over the Briggs mat ter The Dispatch was informed, in be half of the Patton committee, that legal ucuuu woum d? Degua within 30 days against the seminary. One of the commit tee to whom was assigned the ecclesiastical side of the question is about to publish for private circulation a brief giving the re sults of his research. The points of the case are now made public through. Tub Dispatch. One result of the conference between the Union Theological Seminary and the Pat ton committee was to obtain from the pres ent directors of the institution official rec ognition of the plan under which, 20 years ago, Dr. Villiam Adams led Union Sem inary intp the reunited church. It was un der this plan that the last General Assem bly passed the act of disapproval upon Fro Briggs. Having admitted, officially, that the plan was binding, legally and morally. the directorate was requested to accept the veto and to fili the place of Dr. Briggs by a new election. This was good logic, shrewdly planned by the Patton committee, from which there was no direct escape. How the Seminary Parried. The seminary parried by asking if in sue! a case the re-election of a professor whose election had once been vetoed would be dis courteous to the General Assembly or illegal. Dr. Patton could not answer cate gorically. To say yes would mean that a hastily and ill-considered act of a General Assembly might forever cut off a vetoed professor from future employment To say no would admit that there was an easy way of circumventing the very plan under dis cussion. So the conference ended. If this question had been answered by the direc torate a third would have followed, equally loeical perhapx, but much more disagree able. It would have been a suggestion for a friendly test of the plan in court Thi would have relieved the Patton committee from the odium of a hostile suit in. a matter that concerned the church alone. But the suit is to be instituted. Information in the nature of a quo war- " ranto will be filed with the attorney of New York State to determine by what right the corporation of Union Theological Seminary retains Dr. Briggs in its faculty after his election has been disapproved by the Gen eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. The principle upon which the Patton com mittee relies in this action is that the courts of the United States and of the several States, in dispute over question of church government, have recognized, always, the authority of ecclesiastical courts of the church involved. ATE MORPHINE IN JAIL. The Strange Suicide of aMan Arrested as a nighway Murderer. San Rafaei,, Cal., Nov. L Charles Schmidt, a confederate of the notorious Sid ney Bell, was found dead in his cell at San Quentin prison this morning. Schmidt was brought to the prison yesterday. Just be fore being photographed he placed a piece of folded paper in his mouth, then took a drink of water. It is now believed the paper contained morphine. He was then locked in a cell and 'became unconscious. His cell mates called the attention of Cap tain McLean to the condition, but he paid no attention to them. They heard Schmidt moaning throughout the night, but could do nothing for him. In the morning he was dead. The crime for which Schmidt was im prisoned was a mysterious one. Over a year ago, Samuel Jacobsou, a prominent young Hebrew, was shot late at night and killed. Before he died he claimed he was attacked by two highwaymen near his house, and one of them shot him. Jacobson's story was disbelieved, however. After a while three men were arrested Sidney Bell, Edward Campbell and Charles Schmidt. It was abundantly proved they all had been hold ing up belated pedestrians in the citv, and the first two agreed well with Jacobson's description of his murderers. North Dakota Prohibition Sticks. Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 1. A decision was filed yesterday by the Supreme Court in the noted liquor case of John Haas, of Fargo,wbo was prosecuted for selling liquor contrary to the prohibition law. The only question on appeal was as to the constitu tionality of theliquor prohibition law, and the Court sustains the statute in eery par ticular, v County Commissioners Bound Over. Zanesvtixe, Nov. 1. Spedal. The Muskingum County Commissioners ap peared before United States Commissioner Chandler yesterday, charged with contempt of the Government in disobeying the order of the Secretary of "Var in refusing to place a drawbridge at Taylorsville, as men tioned in these dispatches. The gentlemen bad-nothing to say and were bound over to the next Grand Jury in the sum of $500 cash. No Divorce Law Likely for- Mexico. Cite op Mexico, Nov. L Deputy Juan A Mateo presented his national divorce bill 'to the Chamber of Deputies Friday night His-" bill is simular to the one in force in the State of New York. Not a State in Mexico has a divorce law, and it is donbtful that the one presented by Mateoswill ever leave the Chamber, owing to the general Catholic tendencies of the masse- Courts of the Church Defined. The ecclesiastical courts of the Presby terian Church are clearly defined and "we'll understood, and. between their decisions and the'eivil courts there has been no con flict "Above the church membership is the Session composed of the pastors and elden. Next in order is the Presbytery, to which an appeal may be taken from the Session. Each Session is represented in the Presby tery by the pastors and elders. Dele gates of pastors and elders from all Presbyteries within defined territory make up the Synod, the next highest court The court of last appeal is the General Assem bly, made up of commissioners, elders and ministers from the Presbyteries. This sequence of authority the civil courts have recognized frequently. Upon their precedents an ingenious theory regarding Union Seminary has been evolved. First, that the legal directorate of Union Theolog ical Seminary is Rev. Robert Russell Booth and his father, Elder Villiam A. Booth. These two directors opposed the action of the seminary of June 5, disregarding the vote by the General Assembly; This action having been in violation of a regular act of the highest tribunal of the church, it is illegal. The civil courts, in view of the precedents cited, would so decide and de clare these two to be the directorate. Strong Support for the Minority. Directors John Crosby Brown, Charles Butler, Morris K. Jessup, D. Villir Jame", David H. McAlpin and Villiam A. Vheel och, all multi-millionaires and benefactors of the seminary, are firm in their support of Dr. Briggs, but with such a decision of the civil court they would be obliged ta surrender possession of the institution to their more conservative brethren. This view has been made known to the directors, and it is now understood that the minority is now increased by the addition of Dr. John Hall's name. The claim of the directorate that under the State law a corporation may not dele gate to another body its vested rights, and, in consequence, the plan under which Dr. Briggs was vetoed will be declared illegal by the courts,, has been considered by the" Patton commission. Should the courts so decide, the case of Union Seminary would not be changed. The institution must still remain under the control of the General Assembly, the question being simply as to the method in which the control shall bs exercised. So that if this plan is illegal, some other plan accomplishing the same end must be adopted. This position rests on the fact that at the time of the reunion of the two branches of the Church, in 18C9, it was ordered that all concurrent acts of the two assemblies of the Church during the period of disunion should be binding upon the reunited body. Accomplishment of Dr. Adama. In 18G8, and again in 1869, both General Assemblies, under the leadership of Dr. Villiam Adams, passed resolutions direct ing that, should the churches unite, all the seminaries come under a uniform synodical -or assembly control. Reunion having been accomplished, Dr. Adams, on behalf of Union Seminary, of which he was a profes sor, inaugurated the movement, devised a plan, urged it upon the attention of all oth er seminaries, and, as Chairman of the Theological Seminary Committee of the As sembly of 1870, saw its accomplishment The point to be urged before the At torney General is that the directorate of Union Seminary must accept the General Assembly's supervision or withdraw from the church, and in withdrawing from thai . church they must do so as individuals; they cannot carry the institution with them." They pust accept the dictates of the highest. ecclesiastical courts as to ymjcssuio,' ur, surrender the vast possessions of the serai- nary to the conservative minority in the "di rectorate. ". -M . .. .. . 1 . Tt..1t....- a. .uisnop .onsccriciA iuininK Baltimore, Nov. L The consecration of Most Rev. Dr. T. P. Chappelle, rector of, St Matthew's Church, Vashlngton, as co--, adjutor to Archbishop Salpointe, of Santa Fe, N. M., and titular Bishop of Arabisso, Asia Minor, took place this morning ia the' Cathedral. Cardinal Gibbons was the cea secrating prelate, and Archbishop Salpoiatey; of Santa Fe. and Bishop Kaine, of Wheel-" ing, assistant consecrators. J. J. Keaae rector oi tne liatuoiio umicmirm nmfr- i ica, preacnea ue consecration aexjEBosvj vi 4k ' J jr i.-V: &&& . ?.. t. fafc. 3sQ$
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