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in THE J1SPATCII.
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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR
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::Are to Be Investigated
Thoroughly Before
Congress Quits.
-m PARTY MEASURE
But an Honest Attempt to Find Out
Who Is to Blame When
NATIONAL BANKS QUIT BUSINESS
fha Keystone and Spring Garden Institu
tions to Be Tackled First.
A Substitute for the Present System of
Examination Demanded Depositors
ilust Ee Better Protected Not a Vote
Against the Investigation, Which Will
Be of the Most Searching Character
The Senate Finance Committee Re
ports Adversely the Stewart Free
Silver Coinage Eill Carlisle One of the
Antis The Followers of Bland Claim
His Measure Will Go to the President
Anyhow They Look for 200 Votes
Out of 332.
Itr-ECI!. TFLFGHArmC I.rTTtR.
bctieau or The Dispatch. I
tsHIhGTON-. D. C Feb. 9.
The House to-day decided upon the much-ialked-ol
in estimation of the Keystone and
Spring Garden National Banks. The sweep
ing lesolution which Mr. Mutchler intro
duced some time ago, and which was re
ferred to ihc Committee on Rules, was re
ported by it back this morning, without
amendment, and with the recommendation
that it pass. There was no disposition
manifested in the House to raise any
factions opposition to its passage Mr.
O'Xeil, of Massachusetts, offered an amend
ment to include the Maverick National
Bank of Boston in the scope of the reso
lution, and this was acceded to without op
position. Mr. Mutchler, of Pennsylvania, gave a
short explanation of the necessity of these
investigations, and declared that Congress
owed it to the people of the United States
to inquire into these disastrous failures in
which thousands and millions of dollars
were swallowed up by corrupt officials in
spite of the Federal supervision which the
"Cnited States makes through its bank ex-
aniintr.
A Change in Hie Laws Needed.
The latter part of the resolution instructs
the Committee on Banking and Currency,
-which is charged with the investigation, to
report some amendments to the national
banking act which w ill render the present
S3 stem of examination adequate to the pur
po'es for which it is designed, in order that
depositors in national banks may have some
assurance of the safety of their money.
' He said that the failures during the last
year, not only in Philadelphia, but
throughout the country, had almost entirely
discredited the national banking system.
Mr. O'Xeil, of Philadelphia, called atten
tion to the three investigations of the Key
stone, which had been made, one by the
committee appointed by Governor Pattison,
one by the committee apppiuted by the
citizens of Philadelphia, and the other by
the Council committee. He said he simply
ilesired that the farts that these investiga
tions had been made should go into the
JRccord, and that he was heartily in favor of
the present Congressional inquiry.
An Immediate Investigation to Be Had.
The resolution passed without a dissent
ing vote. It is probable that the investiga
tion will be got under way immediately, as
it is the intention of the Democratic leaders
to push these special investigations which
are to be made into the affairs of the Key
stone, the Pension Office, and the Census
Department, through as rapidly as possible.
The Banking and Currency Committee is,
under the terms of the resolution, empow
ered to send for persons and papers, and
some of the Democrats confidently expect
to catch some very large fish in the Congres
sional dragnet.
Certainly this investigation will be the
mot interesting which will be conducted
by the present Congress. The Chairman of
ib- committee chanred with making the
investigation is Representative Bacon, of
New York. The only Pennsylvania
member of the committee is. Mr. Brosius.
The other members are: Scott Wike, of
Illinois; Mr. Crain, of Texas; Mr. Cate, of
Arkansas; Mr. Dickerson, of Kentucky; Mr.
Snerrv, of Connecticut; Mr. Gantz, of Ohio;
Mr. Cox, of Tennessee; Mr. Cobb, of
Missouri, Mr. Walker, of Massachusetts, Mr.
Tounseud, ot Colorado, and Daniel Hender
son, of Indiana.
The Examination to Be Searching.
Mr. Bacon, Chairman of the committee,
said to The Dispatcii correspondent this
alternoon, that the investigation would be
of the most searching character. "It will
not be conducted in a partisan spirit, nor
will it be directed at any particular man or
set of men," said he, "but Me want to find
out just who is responsible for these fail
ures; whether there has been any collusion
of Federal officials with the officers of the
banks, in order that w e may find out where
the defect in the present system of exam
ination lies, that it may be corrected as a
measure of protection to depositors in the
future. Every possible safeguard should
in- thrown around the, money deposited in
national banks, because the people have
come to believe that in a certain sense the
faith nf the Government is pledged to pro
tect their interests."
The Senate Finance Committee to-day re
ported adversely the Stewart bill providing
for the free coining of gold and silver
and the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia rendered a decision in the Man
ning mandamus case which sustains the
right of the Secretary of the Treasury to
deny coinage of silver bullion presented at
the mints under the act of 1837. In this re
spect the anti-silver interests had the best
Kf the day.
These set-backs, however, have not been
discouraging to the free-silver men in Con-
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cress, and a counter movement will be made
to-morrow in the House. There will be a
meeting of the Coinage Committee and a
vote will be taken on the proposition to re
port a free coinage bill the Bland bill
immediately The free silver men on the
committee have caucused frequently in the
pat ten days, and there is a perfect under
standing as to what the provisions of the
bill will be. Mr. Bland, the leading Demo
crat, and Mr. Bartine, the Nevada Republi
can, are perfectly agreed, and they have
adopted the bill" so as to meet possible ob
jections that mar arise in the Senate. There
is no doubt that "the Bland-Bartine bill will
pass the House by a good majority, and it is
expected to go through without anjr ma
terial change as reported bv the committee.
Of the 232 members of the "House, 200 are
expected to vote for it, a dozen to 20 of
whom are Republicans. Its framers like
wise expect that it will be passed by the
Senate, though only a small majoritv is an
ticipated. The action of the Senate Finance Com
mittee to-dav in reieoiinc the Stewart bill
is not' regarded as reflecting the sentiment
of the majority of the Senators. The
Finance Committee is composed of Senators
who are mainly the strongest opponents of
free silver and their action is nosurprise.
Carlisle Yote Against Free Silver.
The vote stood 7 to 4 in favor of the ad
verse report. The four votes in favor of
free coinage were cast bv Senators Jones,
Republican, Vance, Voorhees and Harri
son, Democrats. Senators Carlisle and Mc
Pherson, Democrats, went over to the ma
jority and voted for the adverse report, as
did Senator Allison and all of the Repub
licans of the committee except Senator
Jones.
If the expectations of the silver men are
realized the President will have the re
sponsibility of vetoing the bill, and it is
well known that it could not be passed over
his veto. Consequently, the most that the
silver men expect to accomplish is to
demonstrate to the country that the Execu
tive, and not Congress, is the stumbling
block in the way of tree coinage.
LlGHTNER.
J1R. BLAINE TO RESIGN.
HIS
HEALTH WON'T LET HIM CON
TINUE IX THE CABINET.
The Authority for This Statement Only Sec
ond to That of the Secretary Himself
II 1 Successor May Come From the West,
and Lincoln Is Suggested.
Washington, D. a, Feb. 9. Sp-cial
Secretary Blaine's resignation from the
Cabinet -n ill, after a reasonable interim,
follow his letter of withdrawal as a Presi
dcntal possibility. For this statement
there is authority second only to that of
Secretary Blaine himself. Mr. Blaine has
reached a definite determination to resign
his commission as Secretary of State.
Only the date at which this action shall
be taken remains undetermined. Mr.
Blaine, if be follows his personal inclina
tion, woubi tender the President his
resignation at once, but he realizes
that such an act, following immedi
ately upon his letter to Chairman
Clarkson, would be widely misinterpreted
and would be construed by the opponents of
the Republican party either as an act of
pique or as indicating serious differences be
tween thePresident and his Premier. There
fore, Mr. Blaine willpostponehis resignation
from the Cabinet until time enough, shall
have elapsed to separate in the public mind
that act from his announcement thai his
name would not go before the Republican
National Convention for the Presidental
nomination.
The reason which Secretary Blaine will
give to the President for retiring from the
Cabinet will be- that ot physical in
ability to continue to perform the
arduous and exacting duties "of
his present office. This is, in
fact, the true reason for Mr. Blaine's deter
mination to withdraw entirely from official
life. Other motives may, and doubtless
will, be assigned by his critics for his
action, but it will really be based upon his
precarious health.
It is thought probable that the President
will look to the West for a successor to Sec
retary Blaine, and it is suggested that he
might fitid it good politics to select a man
from Illinois. In this connection the name
of Robert T. Lincoln, who was Secretary of
War under President Arthur, and who is
now United States Minister at the Court of
St. James, might be recalled and promoted
to the head of the State Department.
The most important subject after recipro
city now before the Department is the Ber
ing Sea question, with which Minister Lin
coln's duties during the past three years
have made him thoroughly familiar.
BASHFUL TO THE LAST DEGBEE.
Congresmen Hesitate to Air Their Suffrage
View Before the Women.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 9. Special
Public men as a rule are timid about ex
pressing their views on the question of
woman suffrage. The ladies of the District
Suffrage Association are greatly amused
over the fact that their efforts to get a Con
gressman who is opposed to equal suffrage to
come before them and state his objections
have failed. One of the ladies said to-day
that thev had promised most courteous
treatment, to refrain from all questions and
arguments, and even to applaud enough to
keep the speaker's courage up, and to pre
sent him a'boquet when through; but, alas
for their hopes, not a single man could be
found who had the courage of his convic
tions in sufficient quantity to carry him
through the ordeal.
After considerable persuasion Represen
tative Oates, of Alabama, agreed tu submit
his objections, as embodied in his speech
against the admission of Wyoming by
proxy asking the President to readliis
speech for him. With this the ladies say
they are obliged to be satisfied, but the in
vitation is still open, and any "anti" who
cares to take up the gantlet the ladies
throw down will be accommodated at any
regular meeting, and guaranteed a cordial
reception and respectful hearing, either in
a personal statement of objections or in
joint debate.
OHIO HAS NO FAVORITE SON.
.Foraker Also Thinks There Isn't a Bit or
Sherman Talk This Year.
Washington, d. C, Feb. 9. Special
J. H. Manley, of Maine, and J. B. Fora
ker, of Ohio, were in town to-day, the one
on "postoffice business," the other "to at
tend to a law case." Both gentlemen dis
claimed any knowledge of Mr. Blaine's in
tentions beyond what is stated in his letter
of withdrawal, which announcement both
Manley and Koraker exceedingly regret.
Mr. Foraker said: '"There is no Sherman
talk in Ohio, and everything points toward
Harrison. Ohio will not present a favorite
son at the convention. Of that I assure
yon."
NEW T0EKS BIO FRENCH BALL
A Disgraceful as Ever, and Fully as De
fiant or the Law.
New York, Feb. 9. Special The ball
of the Cercle Francais de l'Harmonic opened
with unusual jVigor to-night in the Metro
politan Opera House, as the devotees had
hopes that wine might flow after the
usual hours. It was believed that the
introduction of a resolution in the
Legislature making the selling ot wine
legal 1 o'clock would incljne the police to
be lenient. The Mesdemoiselle who make
merry the town's .French, balls came re-
markably early, and many of them were
free of tongue even before the first note of
the orchestra had been heard. The over
ture began at 10:30 o'clock, and from 'that
time on gayety reigned. Cappa's band and
Schwab's orchestra alternated with lively
strains.
No one was allowed on the floor before
midnight without a mask, and many dam
sels who had secured escorts while masks
were in fashion lost them when masts were
doffed. The police were present in as large
numbers as usual, but they did not invade
private boxes or get around the secluded
nocs in time to prevent some of the scenes
that have distinguished French balls in
previous years.
LAW FOR SHORT CAMPAIGNS.
A BILL PASSED BY ONE BRANCH OF
NEW JERSEY'S LEGISLATURE.
It Provides for Nominations Ten Days Be
fore Election Less Chance for Heelers
to Get in Their Work Trial of a Poli
tician. srECIALTELIGP.AU TO THE DISrATCIt.1
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 9. Special The
funny members of the House gpt an oppor
tunity to entertain their colleagues, to-day,
while the bill to reduce the time for making
political nominations from 20 davs to ten
days before election was up for discussion.
Cavanaugh, of Essex, kept the House in a
roar for several minutes. He said he
wouldn't ever be able to rest easy unless
allowed to express himself on this bill. It
was the best bill that could possibly come
before the Legislature. If It was not passed
it would soon be difficult to get anybody to
stand for office in New Jersey. Twenty
days was entirely too long to allow the
striker to get in his dastardly work on the
candidate. He was highly gratified to learn
that a bill had been introduced making it a
Eenal oflense to solicit candidates to buy
allot and raffle tickets.
This was the first public office he had
ever held. Before he ran for the Assembly
he was rugged and strong, and apparently
had many years of life before him. Now
he was "broken down. There were four
breweries in his district, he said, several
hundred saloons, and anywhere from 5,000
to 6,000 social organizations, each contain
ing from 50 to 200 members, and all of
them have personal friends and well wish
ers. At least, they tried to make him be
lieve that there were that many clubs and
societies.
One week he had tickets for 24 target ex
cursions. He was out every night till
broad daylight, seeing the boys, attending
to the trarchase of tickets and all the other
little things that a candidate has to do, and
his wife grew so disgusted with his old poli
tics that she threatened to leave home and
remain away until after election. His ex
ertions led to his prostration, and it was
six weeks after election before he got out of
bed.
Heaney, of Hudson, also made a funny
speech, and the bill was passed, 33 to 17.
EE STONED HIS KOTHEK-IN-LAW.
Tho
Old Lady Murdered Because
She
Thwarted a Relative's Marriage.
Scranton, Feb. 9. Special Widow
Elizabeth Horan is dead to-night, and
Patrick Mulherin, her son-in-law, is in jail
to answer for the murder. Last evening
Mulherin took revenge on the woman for
abusing him and thwarting the -wedding of
his daughter by a previous marriage and the
younger brother of his second wife, the
family racket having become so serious that
young Horah left his mother's home.
Yesterday afternoon Mulherin got his pay
at the Pnceburg mine, and securing several,
drinks started for his mother-in-law's home."
In the roadway he 'picked tip two large
cobble stones, and, entering Mrs. Horan's,
kitchen, crushed her skull with one,, and as
she lay unconscious upon the floor, stood
over her and hurled the other into her face,
crushing her jaw and cheek bone. When
found and restored'to consciousness she told
who her assailant was, and he was arrested
at his home. The old woman lived until
this evening.
HILL NOTIFIED TO MOVE.
Ttie Senator's Stream of Callers Too-Kind
for His Fellow-Boarders.
Albany, N. Y.,Fcb. 9. Special Much
discussion was caused here to-day by
the publication of the story 'that
Senator Hill was obliged to leave
the private boarding house in which
he had been staying, at No. 123 State street,
and take up his quarters in the Delavan
House. It seems that Senator Hill was
much attached to his quarters and gave
them tip with much regret, as the result of
a very broad hint from Mrs. Bateman, his
landlady, that she would prefer his room to
his company.
Since the Senator's arrival in Albany
such a constant stream of callers visited
the State street house, from early
morning till late at night, that
the other borders in the house
were annoyed by the constant ring
ing of the door bell and the tramp of many
feet through the halls, and Mrs. Bateman
had to face the alternative of retaining
Hill or losing her other boarders.
B00DLING CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
A Democratic County Chairman to Be Ar
rested for Embezzlement.
Pottsville, Teb. 9. A warrant was
sworn out by George J. "Wadlinger, Esq., of
this city, this afternoon charging James
Healy, late Chairman and Treasurer of the
Democratic party of this county, with lar
ceny as bailee and embezzlement of upward
of 51.200 of the party's funds.
Mr. Healy received various sums as a
fund to be used in the November election.
He deposited the funds in the banks in his
own favor as private money. Mr. Wadling
er, in his affidavit, charges that only 5500 of
the full amount was'used for campaign pur
poses, and the balance, it appears, was used
by Mr. Healy for private purposes. In the
campaign of November last year Mr. Wad
linger was a candidate for "the judgeship
ot this county, and subscribed a consider
able amount of money for campaign pur
poses. A NEW SPOT ON THE SUN.
One Predicted Effect or Last Week' As
tronomical Event Comes to Pass.
Lick Observatory, Hamilton, Cal.,
Feb. 9. Those who are interested in sun
spots will now be able to perceive an enor
mous one on the sun's face. It can be seen
with the naked eye, protected, of course, or
through a smoked glass.
Spectroscopic copies that have been taken
here of observations of the new star that
lately appeared near Chi Aurigate, are
hardly satisfactory as yet, bnt are interest
ing for studv.
TBIED SUICIDE BV CREMATION.
A Demented Grip Victim Found in a Blax
.Inc Hay Stall in a Stable.
Philadelphia Feb. 9. William
Gower, of Muncy, while crazed with the
grip, attempted to incinerate himself. He
was found by a servant, who followed him,
in a stall of the stable with the hay and
straw about him in flames.
He was rescued before we was seriously
burned, but it is feared other complication's
may arise lroni which, he, cannot recover.
The building stag destroyed.
PITTSBURG. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1892.
CURE OR A CURSE,
Dr. Haynor, a Keeley Man,
Hopes the System "Will
Be Investigated. -
HE IS LIKELY TO HATE IT,
f
For loan Earle's Friends Insist
.That Bi-Chloride of Gold
STOLE AWAY THE VICTIii'S BRAINS
Some Yerj Peculiar Stories of the Results
of the Treatment.
ITS ALLEGED EFFECT ON THE MEMOKY
fSPXCIAL TELEGRAM TO TM DISPATCH.!
New York, Feb. 9. The relatives oP
Walter B. Earle, of Yonkers, who die'd last
Friday at thePoughkeepsie Insane Asylubo.
still insist his mind was affected while un
dergoing the Keeley treatment for drunken
ness at the White Plains Institute. The
authorities of the institute declare that
that isn't so, but Earle's relatives contem
plate taking some sort of action against the
institution for causing his death as they
allege
Earle remained in White Plains until
January 21, as telegraphed The Dis
patch yesterday. On that day he re
turned to" Yonkers. He went at once to hii
parents' house, 47 Ravine avenue. Era
bracing his mother he cried: "Mother,
I'm curedl I'll drink no more!" Sis
friends say that he was very euthusiastic
over the treatment. On the night of his'
return he wrote to every one he knew who
was addicted to drink, telling them they
could be cured of their appetite. The day
following he went to Troy to tell Mr.
Clark, his employer, that lie was a new
man. He remained in Troy a day and then
returned to Yonkers.
On the afternoon of January 29 he was
taken sick. In the night he had spasms
and raved about the Keeley treatment.
He was worse the following day. He ex
hibited signs of insanity and was violent
A physician was called in and on Sunday,
January 31, he was so violent that it took
two men to restrain him and he was sent to
the asylum.
Peculiar Actions of Some Patients.
To-day his relatives told a DlSPATCn re
porter some things Earle had related to
them of the peculiar effect of -the treatment
on the inmates of the institute. According
to them, he said many of the patients ex7
hibited defective memory after they had, re
ceived the treatment. He told that several
of them would be playing cards, "when sud
denly none of the party could tell who dealt
last."
Another instance related by Earle, ac
cording to the statement of his friends, wan
that a physician who was undergoing the
treatment became so absent-minded that he
often forgot when it was time to go to tljg
institute to receive the injection in thearrhj
which is the principal treatment. The
patients receive this injection lour times, a
day.
Earle's father said to-day that before his
son became insane he received a letter from
a man named McDonald, of Duluth, Up?-'wrote-thafat'times
he was flightjr.ari(Hftjit
hi? memory was poor. McDonald held the
Keeley treatment which he had received
responsible for this.
Dr. Haynor Defends the Treatment.
A Dispatch reporter saw Mr. Haynor
to-day at White Plains. "I am certain,"
he said, "that the treatment had nothing to
do with .Earle's death. The men who come
to us are in the last stage of drunkenness.
They are all but wrecks. All we can do is
to take away their appetite for liquor, "ve
do not guarantee to give them everlasting
life. By that I mean that a man who leaves
here cured of his taste for drink is likely to
be taken down with any disease that flesh is
heir to. When Earle came here he was
what I consider mentally disordered. That
was the result of hard drinking. He seemed
to be in great trouble, and he was constantly
brooding of er it.
"When-1 telegraphed to Earle's sister
that he had symptoms of mental disorder
two weeks before leaving here, I did not
mean that he had contracted the mental
disorder here, but that, as I have told you,
his hard drinking caused it. When he "left
us he was cured and apparently perfectly
happy.
Happiness of a Cured Drinker.
"A week after his discharge he and his
sister visited the institute, and I must say
I have never seen a more cheerful or more
grateful man who had been treated here. I
have not the least doubt that his insanity
was caused by his domestic troubles. If a
man got pneumonia after he left here, and I
was asiced now he sliould be treated L would
say: 'Treat him as a person with pneu
monia.' It was in that spirit that I recom
mended that Earle should be treated as a
person with acute mania, when I learned
that he was insane."
The reporter told Dr. Haynor of the
stories of Earle's friends about the defec
tive memories of some of the patients. The
doctor said that the minds of many of the
men under treatment were so diseased from
drink that it was not surprising that they
exhibited such symptoms. He declared em
phatically that the treatment had nothing
to do with it.
C. E. Parsons, the manager of the insti
tute, said that if an action is brought
against the institute for damages, Earle's
record will be investigated. He declared
that there are cases where the treatment
men receive before they are brmight to the
institute is enough to drive them insane.
ASB0BY PAEK'B NEW SCHEHE.
The Borough Authorities to Buy the
Famous Ocean Front.
Asbury Park, N. J., Feb. 9. Special'
The citizens of this place met in mass
meeting to-night to consider the advisabil
ity of purchasing the lake and ocean front
properties of Founder James A. Brad
ley, now used for public pur
poses. Mr. Bradley recently made
an offer to sell to the " borough
the famous boardwalk along the shore front,
with the pavilions and fishing pier, the en
tire shore system, his share in the bridges
over Wesley Lake, connecting Asbury Park
with Oceau Grove and Wesley and Sunset
Lakes. The price asked for the valuable
property and franchises was only $150,000
not one-quarter of the actual value.
Several extensive property' holders pres
ent warmly advocated the proposed scheme,
and plans were suggested for raising the
money necessary to secure the property.
After an hour's discussion the citizens re
solved to accept the generous offer, and a
committee was appointed to draw up a bill
authorizing the town to purchase the prop
erty and endeavor to have it made a law by
the Legislature.
A BS8PEEAB0 BESIEGED.
The Ex-Town Marshal or Alannington Tries
to Bun the Place.
Wheeling, 'Feb. 9. Special W.ord
has been received here since midnight that
Mannington is in a state of great excite-
xncntj caused by one ex-Marshal Haggcrtyt
recently deposed, who, heavily armed, is
entrenched in his own house and defies ar
rest. A large posse is besieging the place
this morning, and hundreds of citizens are
on the streets who propose to see the fight
oufc
Haggerty, who is a former'TJnited States
deputy marshal, .was -recently deposed as
Town Marshal. To-day he undertook to
run the town and had "the place terrorized,
when his successor, Marshal Hunter, at
tempted to arrest him. Haggerty fired,
grazing Hunter's face, and then the riot
liggan between the friends of both sides.
Haggerty fan to his home and secured a5
Winchester and a large quantity of ammuni
tion, and says he will kill the first man who
tries to enter the place. Several parties
have been hurt on both sides.
' OVER HALF. A MILLION
OFFICIALLY F.EPOBTED TO HAVE
BEKN STOLEN BT BAEDSLET.
The Official Statement at 'last Made by
Controller Thompson to the Common
Pleas Court or PhiladeJpW- BasI
of Action Against Sureties.
Philadelphia, Feb. 9. The officia
statement of the amount of default of John
Bardsley, as City Treasurer, was to-day filed
in Common Pleas Court No. 2 by City Con
troller Thompson, together with Bardsley's
bond. The action was taken preparatory to
the legal steps toward collecting on Bards-
' ley's bond upon which Messrs. John and
James Dobson were sureties. The bond was
filed in Common Pleas Court by Assistant
City Solicitor McMichael. Controller
Thompson says that the ascertained amount
of the default has been determined by him
to be 5553,908 C2. The affidavit of default
was sworn and subscribed to before Mayor
Stuart. The statement is as follows:
Deficit of John Bardsley, late Treasurer,
balance of deposit In Keystone National
Bank, $437,534 32; limit of depostt In Keystone
National jfiank, as per ordinance of Council
approved? April 2. 1877, $400,000, leaving an
amount of depostt In excess of the limit un
authorized and duo by John VBardsley,
$37,534 32.
Deposit, of highway contractors in the
Third National Bank, $33,576: amount of
personal tax, collected In .18S9 by the re
ceiver of taxes and paid to John Barasley,
$339,044 27; commission of City Treasurer of 1
percent on $503,632 on amount due the State
as per adjustment $5,056 02, leaving a net
amount or tax collections of $524,937 75.
Of this amount $329,700 has been paid by
John Bardsley to tho Stata on account, as
follows: September 26,' 18S9, $100,000: October
22, 1889, $100,000; January 8, 1899, $124,000, and
on the same day. $5,200 These amounts de
ducted from $324,987 75, leave an amount
still due by John Bardsley or $193,278 25. Or
this amount the State of Pennsylvania
claimed as a balance of 18S9 account, $170,
893 48, leaving tho amount due tho city of
Philadelphia, being S per cent for collection
or the taxes, $424,392 27.
The amount of fees collected on State
licenses issued . from May 1 to May 20, In
clusive, 1891, $1,023 73. The amount duo the
city of balances collected, in excess of
amount fixed upon in adjustment between
the State and city, unaccounted ror by John
Bardsley, $5,912 05. The balance or Stato ap
propiiatlons to schools ror 1890, paid to
Bardsley May 30, 1S90, $25,418 23. Amonnt on
account of State appropriations to schools
for the year 1891, paid to John Bardsley De
comber 30 and 31, 1890, $420,000, making a total
State appropriation to schools unaccounted
for by Bardsley, $4(5,423 23. A credit is al
lowed by" salary due Bardsley as City Treas
urer Tortile months or April and May, 1891,
$16,MG
CO, leaving a total deficit or $553,-
!W3 62.
SIE JOHN MACD0NALD IN IT.
The Late Canadian Premier Charged With
Cognizance ot Doodling.
Montreal, Feb. 9. It is announced
that Hon. Thomas McGreevy has docu
ments in his possession proving that
iftirilfthn .JSIeedpnald -fcjew .et'tbe frauds
perpetrated in tne yueoe,o harbor works,
whereby several Ministers received money
ostensibly for election purposes, whereupon
Le Canadian demands an inquiry into recent
charges preferred against Sir Adolph Caron
and says:
There is no doubt that almost all of the
Conservative members who have sat In Par
liament for the last 20 vears have
received money from McGreevy ror
elections. If McGreevy proves that
Sir John was cognizant of frauds perpe
trated to obtain money, it will be the
greatest scandal that ever saw the light of
day. Thieving will have been organized
with system by the actual leader or a great
party.
RIGHTS OF LABOR.
A BUI Before the Ohio Legislature That
Will Interest Workers.
Columbus, O. Feb. 9. Special. A bill,
the outcome of the trouble between the
Adams Express Company and its mes
sengers, was presented to the House to
day. It makes it unlawful for any one in
dividual firm, company -or corporation to
prevent employes from forming, joining
and belonging to a labor organization, and
any individual or co-operation that coerces
or attempts to coerce employes by dis
charging, or threatening to discharge, from
their employ because ot their connection
with a labor organization, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall
be fined in a sum not exceeding $."00 and
imprisoned for over one year.
SIX M0EE FIEE VICTIMS.
They Ttatfie the Total to 1? Recovered Al
ready From the Hotel Royal Ruin.
New York, Feb; 9. Six more bodies of
victims of the Hotel Royal fire were taken
from the ruins to-day. The total number of
bodies which have been brought to the
morgue from the ruins up to midnight was
17. Of this number 11 were women and 0
men. Three men and four women have been
identified, making a total of seven. Three
of this number have been removed by
friends, anTl there now lemaini, at the
morgue 14 bodies.
The night scenes at the ruins -contained
all the weirdness and horror of the Park
Place disaster, lacking only the fearful
stench which made the surroundings un
bearable to those who witnessed it. At a
late hour no more bodies have been re
covered. '
MES. DESTETJEES MUST WAIT.
The Evidence in Her Divorce Trial AH In,
But Depositions Coming.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. 9. The evi
dence is all submitted in the Destenres
divorce case, but the case will be held open
for thjee weeks to receive eight depositions
of the defense taken yesterday and to-day in
New I'ork and Boston. Among the Baron's
depositions is one from .Baron von Heeck
eren von Kell, Minister Resident in Port
ugal from the Netherlands.
The defense will yet introduce evidence
to show that the defendant made no effort to
get control of the plaintiff's property, and
that Mrs. Destenres offered a large sum of
money to.the Baron if he would allow her
to get her divorce.
Mrs. Tripp an Insane Hypnotist.
Nek York, Feb. 9. Special. Mrs.
Mattie Tripp, the alleged hypnotist, having
been adjudged insane by the Bellevue Hos
pital mental experts, was sent to the Black
well's Island Lunatic Asylum to-day.
Omaha Officials Have Been Boodllnj.
Omaha, Eeb. 9. The grand jury this,
evening returned 32 indictments. It is be
lieved that true .bills have been found
against a number of the'-members and ex
members of tho City Council forboodliog.
MICHAEL THE PRINCE
Is Heading
Hbosiers
a Pilgrimage of
Bound to the
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City of the Straits,
MECCA OF THE FAITHFUL.
They Believe Their Names Must Be
Placed on the Flving Roll
TO KEEP THEM FROM A CALAMITY
That Ts Shortly to Overtake the Unbe
lieving of Humanity.
BRIEF MESSAGE FROM THE NEW LEADER
fEPECtAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DtSPATCn.l
RlCHMOiTD, Ixi)., Feb. 9. From this
handsome little Quaker city of Hoosierdom
there are fleeing from some unspoken doom
the earnest converts to the new and strange
faith. Detroit is their Mecca, and to the
City of Straits there have gone several of
Richmond's families. Two families left
this morning, and others are preparing to
follow. At Detroit they have found the
leader of their sect. The Disciples of the
Flying Roll is what they call themselves,
and Michael X-Over-Mills, a native' of
Elgin, Ont., is the man to whom they have
turned.
The world is to be visited by some
dread calamity. That is the fear
that possesses these new converts,
and but one way of escape is open. The
only mortals who will be delivered from
the wrath to come are those whose names
are recorded in the Flying KolL Michael
X-Over-Mills is heralded as the one born to
fulfill "Daniel xii., 1: "And at that time
shall Michael stand up, the great prince
which standeth for the children of the peo
ple; and there shall be a time of trouble
such as never was since there was a nation
even to that same time, and at that time
thy people shall be delivered, every one
that shall be found written in the book."
Detroit the City of Deliverance.
Detroit has been named by Michael as
"the City of Deliverance," and to him his
followers are flocking.
James J. Jezreel an Englishman is the
author of a treasured work called "The
Flying Roll," and to believers it has been
sold. "The holy man," Jezreel is called,
and his book is the key to the New and Old
Testaments the Bible of the new and latter
house of Israel. Jezreel, the prophet, lays
claim to identity as he of whom Jeremiah
wrote: "Take thee a roll of the book and
write therein all the words that I have
spoken with them against Israel and against
Judah."
So great is the faith of the elect in the
coming disaster that all canvassers for the
book nave been withdrawn, and they,
too, are hastening to ' the home of
Michael. sThe Richmond families who
have forsaken old friends, home and kin
dred for the new prophet are B.' F. Purnell,
his wife and children, and Mr. and Mrs.
Lew is Dawson and,, their little ones; George
Prirarock-and his' family, "William. Knott,
Marion Wallace and his family are Other
The Richmond colony at Detroit will
grow larger. Purnell and JJawson have
sent back word that all was prepared for
their reception. Those who have money
freely divide with those who have not been
so fortunate in the distribution of the good
things of this world.. A community that is
happv and whose people praise God con
tinually' is the result. Michael, the
prince of this "ingathering in Israel,"
declares that' he ha3 already been
"treed from the uncleanliness of Adam."
He writes: "I thought I was being torn to
pieces. I was thrown" to the ground, and
balls of fire flew from all parts of my body.
I suppose I said "Praise God,' 10,000 times.
I am freed from all bodily infirmity, and all
food which before was agreeable, disagrees
with me."
A Message Sent to the Faithful.
"Do-it-right," is the new title Michael
has bestowed upon Detroit, and from his
quarters at 47 Hamlin avenue, he has
penned this message to his followers here
The Israelites of the Lost Tribes" in Rich
mond :.
Sear ones, one and all, I send my love to
ye. I am more than thankful that le has
pleased my Heavenly father and. mother to
clothe me with their holy spirit of love,
truth and power. I have proved the Flyirfg
Roll to bo true, and that I am the flt'st one of
the 144,000. lam Michael the Prince, that
was to rise up for the people or God to de
liver Israel. IT you will search your Bible
and Roll you will Know, without a donbt,
that I am he, only a cleansed, body ror Christ
to blow through, as I or myself can do noth
ins.
To those of the Flying Roll Jerusalem is
hailed as "The Heavenly Mother."
"Michael, the Prince," declares that the
spiritual meaning of Detroit is Do-it-nght,
and that, therefore; God has sent for His
people to gather there. England, he says,
also means "God's land," and that Michi
gan, being interpreted aright, means "where
Michael began.
D- W. Taylor ranks as the John the
Baptist of the sect ill this city, which has
witnessed a strange growth of the Flying
Roll. There are nearly 100 who have been
enrolled as converts. They appear honest
and sincere, and are quiet in their
belief, foisting it upon no one. The Twelve
Lost Tribes are to" gather at Detroit, that
the Scriptures may be fulfilled. That is the
prophecy ot Michael. Manasseh and Amen
ica's descendants England will send. The
Hebrews are they of Judah.
The first missionary of th new faith who
reached Richmond wore .his hair long and
his heard iell over his breast like that of
the patriarchs of old. He sowed tlie seed,
and the harvest is just now being reaped
an exodus of the faithful to their chosen
Mecca. Upon one subject alone the pro
phets are silent. They do not pretend to
foretell the fate of those whose names are
hot be found on the Flying Roll. They
dimply point to the prophecies of Daniel,
and have turned their faces away from the
world and entered upon a pilgrimage toward
a new religious world of their own.
KAJ0E OVEBMAN EXPLAINS.
He Used Sums to Pay Small Bills Not Au
, thorizsd by the Appropriation.
Cr.EVF.LAXl, Feb. 9. Maior Overman
took the stand in his own defense at the
court martial to-day. The accused officer
looked more nervous than ever.
The explanation for not turning certain
sums of money to the Government as soon
as.they were received was that he had
credited them to his petty cash account and
had paid them out in liquidation of small
bills for which no appropriation had been
authorized.
A WILD 8CENE OF LOT-JUMPING.
Governor Seay Finds It Necessary to Warn
, Oklahoma Boomers.
El Reno, Okla., February 9. Special.'
Owing to Secretary Noble's'decision de
claring the-homestead entry of Major For
rnan canceled, a wild scene ot lot-jumping;
is in order here. All business issnspended,
and even the county officers, including the
Sheriff, who should'be keeping order, have
forsaken their offices and are jumping lots
and fighting to obtain possession of the best
improved property. A number of lights
have occurred, and the orderly and law
abiding element is at the mercy of the
mob.
Governor Seay has telegraphed warning
all parties against taking possession of any
property that they had not themselves im
proved. He has also ordered the Sheriff to
do his duty and arrest all violators of the
law. The'Government will protect all par
ties who have improved the property they
bought from Forman and give them title,
even though his claim was fraudulent.
AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE
SAID TO EXIST BETWEEN ALLIANCE
OFFICERS AND A TRUST.
All the Alliance Stores in the Country to Be
Gobbled by the Cordage Company, and
Farmers' Officers and Agents to Get Fat
Commissions Dun's Report.
Chicago, Feb. 9. The. Inter Ocean pub
lishes to-morrow a two-column expose of a
scheme in substance as follows:
The National Cordage Trust, through con
nivance with a number of leading Alliance
officials, is attempting to get control of not
only all the present Alliance stores in tne
country, but 4,000 additional ones the trust
proposes starting. Statements are made by
D. M. Fnllwlier, State Business Agent for the
Alliance in Illinois; E.j-E,. WhipDle, of tho
Whipple Harrow Comnf "t. Johns, Mich.,
and William Deerlngy t! Mcago, that
places certain AllianV.- ". v-ompro-jnising
position. ! ' "f
Alonzo Wardall, memberVO ,q
executive committee or tne iis --,,
anco and Industrial Union, a.imnVflff - J - ' -
Executive Committee or the liVn,
Jnft rtcwn bivs. tMt ha is hired bv th.. O'
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tional Union Company, the agency tbrou:
which the cordage company Is operating,
andalso admitted to K. 12. Whipple that he
thought the National Cordage Company was
behind or largely interested In the National
Union, -as he (Wardall) knew that Mr. Wa
terbury, the National Cordage President,
gave his check to the Union Company last
summer for $125,000.
There was a secret meeting in New York
last June, which the National Union had
'called, of all the State Alliance business
agents it had seduced into the scheme, that
company paying all expenses. At this meet
ing McCune, the Chairman of the National
Executive Committee and editor or tho i"ci
tfonal Economist; Coffeen, Stato Business
Agent for the Farmers' Mutual Benefit Asso
ciation: George G. Close, State Agent for
Alonzo Wardall; Cole, the President or the
Michigan Alliance, and the other States,
were present and In sympathy with the
scheme, and, from Warden's statement to
Whinple, all conversant with the relation
or the National Cordage Trust to that
scheme.
The part or the scheme that has appealed
so powerfully to the Alliance agents is the
commission or one-hair on per cent allowed
to each State agent ror all the goods sold In
his territory. Ids claimed that the National
Union Company are preparing to capture
the St. Louis conference on the 22d and get
an indorsement. This will be stronsly op
posed by many Alliance men and some of
the strongest papers in the organization,
who the National Union people could not
control.
A special paper from Dun's agency Is pub
lished showing that. October 29, 1891, the
company had not made a satisfactory show
ing. H. H. Balch. the President, is charged
with beinga former lobbyist for the National
Cordage Company at Washington,
AFTER THE STANDARD.
An Ohio Senator Wants to Kaovr Some
thin; Oil From State Lands In Dispute
A Snne; Sum That May He Recovered
From the Monopoly.
Columbus, Teh.. 9. Special The
Standard Oil Company got a blow between
the eyes in the Senate to-day. The joint
resolution, introduced by Senator Mc-
Conica, was under consideration. The reso
lution provides for an investigation of the
leases of State lands for gas purposes by the
Canal Commission and the State Board of
Public Works, and if any oil has been taken
from this land without authority of law to
find out how much and its value. The reso
lution was unanimously adopted.
Mr. McConica advocated the passage of
his joint resolution in a strong speech
There are more than 75 wells, producing
about GOO barrels daily on the State lands.
These wells have been operated for the
past two years without any. legal right.
The oil production was worth from 5400,000
to 5500,000 per year, but the State had re
ceived scarcely anything. The persons
operating these wells know they have no
right to the' oil, and they have simply
pillaged the State's property. 3Iuch of the
oil taken from the wells on State lands has
gone to the Standard Oil Company, which
received it in full knowledge that the per
sons delivering it had no right to do so.
The proposed investigating committee
could trace every barrel of oil taken from
the records of the pipe line company and
the persons who had robbed the State could
be compelled to disgorge their ill-gotton
gains.
Mr. Von Seggern, of Hamilton, desired
to know if Mr. MoConica said the board of
Public Works and Canal Commission had
stood idly by, and seen the State's land
plundered. "I do not know," replied Mr.
McConica. "That's what I want to find ont.
The land has been plundered. I know
that."
THOUSANDS OF CATTLE DYING.
Tlie
Intense Cold Killing Off Stock for
Every Idahs Ranchman.
Boise, Idaho., Feb. 9. Special An
other heavy snow storm is, prevailing
throughout, the mountainous regions of
Southern Idaho to the great discourage
ment of stockmen, who had hoped for an
early spring. The present fall of snow will
amount to a good G inches, making it im
possible for starving cattle and horses to
uncover the scant feed. Stockmen say to
day that there is absolutely no hope for
stock upon the ranges. Thousands of ani
mals are already dead, and efforts to save
the.remaining thousands will be abandoned.
In some of the valleys farmers have been
short of feed and have been compelled to
turn the poorest of their cattle adrift, to
starve or to be retaken. Every rancher who
comes to Boise reports having taken up a
number of horses and cattle.
Scores of complaints regarding starving
animals have been made to. Stock Inspector
Clark, but he cannot attend to half the poor
brutes. The stallions owned bv stockmen
are a source of great trouble. They seem to
go mad with hunger, and run amuck among'
the herds and droves, tearing with their
teeth and striking with their forefeet. The
present winter has never been equaled in
Idaho. .
A Green Goods Dealer Slips Up.
Philadelphia, Feb. 9. Richard Clark
son alias Cronin, giving his address as
Brooklyn, was arrested here to-day on the
charge of swindling on January 29, A. G.
Linder, of Wrightsville, Ga., by means of
the green goods game. When Clarkson
was searched green goods circulars were
found upon htm and several telegrams
signed by parties in Kentucky.
Forty Persons Poisoned by Coffee.
Eldorado, ICan., Feb. 9. At the regu
lar monthly banquet of .the Daughters of
Rebecca last night, about 40 people
were poisoned by drinking coffee. All
were taken.sick. 'Two doctors administered
medicine, and to-day all are better and none
of the cases will prove fatal. What ;the
poison was or howit got into the coffee' no
one icnows,
THREE CENTS
EVIDENCyTAN END,
Now Come tlie legal Argu
ments in the Wyman
Trial, and the Case
GOES TO THE JUKY TO-DAY.
The Mayor Takes the Stand in His
Own Behalf, and Is Met by a
SEARCHING ?CROSS-EXAMINATIOff.
Thirty Witnesses Called to-Testifj to tho
Accused's Character.
THE DEFENSE EASED ON PBICEDBNTS
The trial of Mayor James G. Wyman con
tinued to have a dramatic interest yester
day. Many staid citizen's who seldom visit
the Quarter Sessions fonght for positions in
the court room. D. F. Patterson stiU man
aged the interrogatory end ot the machine
for the prosecution and Mr. Robb got
worked up to the pitch that he appealed to
Thomas M. Marshall as authority and not
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'ri,,. S Kennedy. This raised a big laugh.
- cfiaracterwitnesses were very numerous,
. r their testimony was relieved at inter-
t Js by a little humor.
In the crowd at large could be heard
opinions either way as to the result of the
trial. Wyman himself, seemed to stand
the testimony of others against him better
than his own. His attorneys, apparently,
attach considerable importance to the fact
that he wasn't the first who piled up wit
ness fees, and that precedent will justify
him in the estimation of the jury, notwith
standing a lawyer for the prosecution rather
significantly remarked that , the man who
gave the precedent is himselfunder indict
ment. He, Patterson, at one time pro
posed quietly to Mr. Marshall through Mr.
Robb, to put this fact in evidence, but th
design miscarried.
A Point Raised by the Defense.
Attorney Stillwagon, for the defense, in
sinuates that a great deal of feeling is beinjj
wasted on people who are mulcted in dis
orderly conduct cases, and dwells- on the
fact that ii 00 people were arraigned at one
time it would be 49 extra Mayor's costs and
49 extra of everything else but witness fees.
Before adjournment the crowd had over
flowed the rail.
The speechmakiiig will begin this morn
ing, Messrs. 'Patterson and Langfitt appear
ing for the prosecution and Robb and
Marshall for the defense. Messrs. Patter
son and Marshall will do the closing act for
their respective sides. The case will go to
the jury before the day is over.
The first witness was Stewart Hamilton,
the Allegheny turnkey, who testified to the
duties of the Mayr' clerk. He said the
Mayor never entered cases.
Captain Wilson, who has been connected
with the police., force la" Allegheu) lor 24
years, corroborated Hamilton.
Detective "William Langhorst, a special
officer, said he was familiar with cases
brought before the Mayor. He never knew
the Mayor to enter the cases. That was the
duty of the clerk.
Detectives John A. Steele, Henry Korn
man and Thomas A. Johnston were called,
bnt their testimony was merely corrobo
rative of the former witnesses.
The Raid on the Hungarians.
Superintendent of Police Muth was sworn,
andaskedbyMr. Robb: "Did the Mayor have
anything to do with ordering the raid upon
the Hungarians?" Mr. Patterson objected
because the right to make the raid bad not
been questioned. Judge Kennedy sustained
the objection.
The Mayor was then put on the stand in
his own behalf. He said: "I am Mayor of
Allegheny; my present term began in April,
1890; in cases where a number of arrests are
made the charges are entered separately.
To the best of my knowledge this custom
was in vogue before my election; I followed
the precedent established by my prede
cessors; I do not think I have docketed a
case during my present term; it is alwayx
done by my clerk, who also attaches costs
and fees."
On cross-examination: "I presided at the
hearing of the 49 Hungarians; I knew sev
eral persons were called as witnesses; fees
were exacted from each defendant and
turned over to me- I could have round out
who the money belonged to by referring to
the clerk's books. It did not strike me as
wrong to assess the defendants $49 for two
witnesses, bnt to make sure I asked the City
Solicitor, lie told me we had no right to
exact such fees and I toM my clerk to be
more careful. I knew tho money thus col
lected did not belong to me, but did not pay
It to witnesses unless they called."
Overruling Objections of Attorneys.
Attorney Patterson Bid you ever make
known to the two witnesses in the Hun
garian case that $49 belonged to them?
Objected to as irrelevant, but overruled.
Attorney Marshall stated that the prosecu
tion was attempting to prove extortion by
assertion; that if the fee belonged to the two
witnesses it would not be extortion.
Mayor Wyman then testified that he
thought In tho Hungarian raid the money
belonged to tho officers.
Attorney Patterson Mayor, those officers
were about the office every day, did you
never offer to pay them:
Mayor Wyman The clerk had charge or
the book;.
. "Mayor, do yon remember that one or tlie
defendants in the Hungarian raid kicked
against the amount or witness fees, and that
that man was discharged?"
"1 do not."
Under re-direct examination Mayor Wy
man. testified that he always kept the wit
nes3 fees and stood ready to pay out all
money when called for. lie had not profited,
one cent. lie added: "When my clerk turns
money over to me I keep it in a bulk. I also
keep a sort of a memoranda on pieces or
pauer and sometimes they get lost."
Mr. Patterson asked the defendant if he
could prodnce such a memoranda and what
It would show. Mayor Wyman said tne
amount of money in his hands belonzing to
the city was between $l,S0O to $I,G0o. He
thought tho memorandas was In his own
handwriting; and he would produce-them if
he could find them.
Not Sure About Some Features.
Mr. Robb Is your clerk a sworn ofllcer or
the city or Allegheny
Mayor Wyman I don't know.
"Are the Chief or Police and special offl.
cers sworn!"
"I think they are."
"Why didn't yon turn the money yon col
lected over to the city?"
"I thought it belonged to thewitnesses
personally."
ijiu you oner to turn inis money into tho
Citv Treasury
"ltis, sir. i urn.
I acted In accordance
with an opinion from the" City Solicitor."
Mayor Wyman produced' an- opinion' in
which Mr. Elpoinstone. said, the Ala j or was
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