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TWO DOLLARS A YEAR.
ECHOES OE THE EARCE.
ANOTHER INDICTMENT AGAINST
BRADEY.
erdefl to ( Imsi'i- UN Plea—To Ap
pear i>i Court To-Morrow—The In- I
former** Lurk from the Law* Loop- !
holes—star Router Dorsey—NiE in
Debt to the National Committee.
Washington, June IB.—The grand
jury this morning brought in another in
* (UctiKvnt against Thomas J. Brady. This
I charges that m July, 1880, the defendant
made a contract with J. B. Price to carry
the mail on the route from Socorro. New
Mexico, to Silver City and back seven '
times a week on schedule of 35 hours, '
iron ojri>i 1, 1886, to June 30, 1881, for
>ll.sß*Slid that on November 3, 1880, the
i contractor paid General Brad) $1,256 as '
i-onijiensation for awarding the contract. I
Ihe witnesses are John A. Walsh, J. B.
Price. Joseph Cochran and J. W. Brady, i
In the Criminal Court to-day Martin F.
Morris, the law partner of Merrick,
! stated that in the case of Thomas J.
Brady and others, he was requested to
-ay for Mr. Merrick that Wentford C.
Rerdell desired to withdraw his plea of
guilty and substitute one of not guilty. !
and that special counsel for the govern
ment consented to this being done.
The Court said Rerdell must come into j
court and make his plea.
Mr. Morris replied that he would have;
Lad Rerdell appear in court to-day, but
l>eing unaccustomed to the practice in I
t ogue here he did not deem it necessary.
The court said the custom must be fol
lowed, and ordered that Rerdell be brought
in on Monday. The court said further
that he thought the best thing to be done I
would be to enter a motion in arrest of
judgment. Under the laws it required at i
least two to commit conspiracy; one i
could not do it. As other defendants had
been acquitted ot the charge the court
would find itself unable to pass sentence
on the plea that had been entered.
Mr. Morris replied: “But it is the in
tention of the government to enter a nolle I
pros, on that plea.”
•'You had better consult authorities,’'
said the Judge, ‘'and come in on Mon
day.”
'('he court then adjourned.
Ex-Senator Dorsey has written a
letter to General John A. Martin, ;
of Kansas, the newly elected Secretary
of the National Republican Com
mittee, in response to a request j
from Mr. Martin to be furnished with the ;
records of the committee. Mr. Dorsey
says that the committee never kept any.
The records in his possession are can- I
celled checks, showing disbursements
from his own pocket in behalf of
the committee. He never received or
disbursed a dollar of money sub
scribed for political purpose's, but i
he paid out some $13,000 for his own per
sonal expenses in behalf of the commit- I
tee and lor the salaries of his clerks. The
let ter concludes:
"I say this much lest you may- think
that I have records showing receipts and
expenditures of 1880. The only record of
that kind 1 have are paid checks of mv
contributions and an unfortunate bank I
■ook showing the charges of my own fol
ly. I regret more than I can tell that I
made it possible that such records should
lye in my hands, but they are here and 1
t hink best to keep them as a reminder of
the splendid gratitude of dishonest
power. I do not owe the I
Republican National Committee one cent
of money or grain of thankfulness. In the
midst of the storm brought about by the
efforts I had put, forth under its directions I
and in its behalf, a brutal assault was
made upon meat the last meeting of the
committee when I was not present to de
fend myself. Not one among the party
members present had the courage or man
hood to resent the miserable cowardice of
an ambitious hypocrite. But never mind
that. The balance sheets of justice will
some time be written by the hand of hon
esty. So far as you an* personally con
cerned, if there is any paper in my posses
sion or any suggestion I can make that
you think will be tisiWui to you, 1 will be
ratified to respond to your call.”
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A Mil ISIANA TRAGEDY.
rhe President of a Female College
Killed for Seducing a Voting Lady.
New Orleans, June 16.—A Times-
Diiihhtiil Mansfield (La.) special says:
“Rev. Benjamin T. Jenkins, Jr., this
«morning killed Rev. J. Lane Borden,
I President of the Mansfield Female Col
lege. Rev. Mr. Borden bad seduced a
young lady friend of Jenkins’. The diffi
culty occurred in front ot B. F. Jenkins'
store. Jenkins used a revolver and tired
live or six shots, one shot taking effect in
Bordenla leg; one struck him
m tlw heart, shattering bis—
watch in fragments, and one struck
him in the forehead Just between the eyes.
He lived about two hours, but never spoke
after the shooting. The greatest excite
ment prevails, but Jenkins has the sym- I
pathy of the entire community. Jenkins |
and ins brother, C. E. Jenkins, who was |
present, surrendered to the Sheriff. A
preliminary examination will probably
be held on Monday. Jenkins is about
25 years of age, ami was ordained as a
minister at the last session of the annual
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, lie is a son ot Hon. Benj.
I'. Jenkins, of this place, and has been
preaching at Robelin station, on tin* New
< irleans and Pacific Railroad. B. T. Jen
kins, Sr., is one of the trustees of the col
lege. The Coroner's jury rendered a ver
dict that the deceased cams to his death
by a pistol shot tired by Benj. T. Jenkins,
lr., and exonerating E. Jenkins.”
A w h i: mi rdf.rer cow ICTED.
h.mauiiel County Visited by a Destruc
tive Cyclone.
Wa y x ksboro, G A.. J line IG. A special
to the Citizen from Swainsboro, Ga., says
tiiat A. G. Inman, the Emanuel county
wife murderer, has been convicted of the I
offense charged, the jury remaining out
three hours.
A fearful and destructive cyclone
passed over the eounty on last Wednes
day evening, completely wrecking and
ruining everything in its path. The crops
lying in the track of the storm are totally
destroyed and everything desolated.
Our Sea Doifu as Pilots.
Washington, June 16.—Although a
larger number of vessels have been more
actively employed during the last year i
than during the years previous, the en
forcement of the regulation of the Navy
Department, requiring naval officers to
pilot their own ships into and out of
harbors, has reduced the .bills of
pilotage from $45,307 to $7,930, a
saving to the government of $37,377 in one
year, and it is said to have had a most
beneficial effect upon the jiersounel of the
navy. Naval officers now generally re
cognize the importance of the results of
the system which requires them to
familiarize themselves with ports visited
ind manage the ships to which they are
attached, and they now resent the impu
tation that pilots were ever necessary.
The Mississippi Levees.
Nathkz, June 16. Full delegations
io the Lousiaml Levee Convention from
I’ensas. East Caroil. Madison, Richland.
Gnaehita, Morehouse and Concordia par
ishes passial down on the steamer Canon
this evening. The sentiments of the del
egates were unanimous in opposition to
i discussion of the outlet theory, They
o*>pe to meet a full representation of ail
the alluvial parishes below the Red river
to the end that a thorough system of
levees may lie established from Aims
Bayo in Arkansas to tii> sea. and main
tained under a diligent supervision and
inspection.
Matters in I’eru.
Lima, June 16.—The members of the
uevv Arequipa Cabinet are as follows:
Secretary of State, Marianna 3 alcavel;
Minister of the Interior, Fererdico Har
rard; Minister of Justice, Senor Velez:
Minister of War, Col, Juan y Baroa;
■''•'■retary of the Treasury, S. De Lajara.
To-day’s Zliurio (ffieial report* a meeting
of citizens at San Meko, in the pFGi’jnee
<*f Huarochiri, on June 30. Senor Jose M.
Sanchez presiding, which declared for
peace and for Gen. Iglesias as President.
Fatal Fall of a Bridge.
Chattanooga . June 16. —An iron trus«
bridge on the Alabama Great Southern
Railway, near Attala, Ala., gave way on
F riday night as a freight train was cross
mg and six ears plunged into the stream.
Samuel Leathern, a brakeman, was killed.
<nd Joseph Liet was badly injured. There
were no other casualties. The bridge had
iieen tampered with.
An Embezzler Committed.
Philadelphia. June 16.—Robert Mor
rell, Chief Auditor of the Philadelphia
Gas Trust, who is charged with forgery
and embezzlement, to-day waived a hear
ing and was committed to prison in de
fault of $16,000 bail for trial.
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ATLANTA'S LATEST SENSATION.
Thornton Expels the Person in Charge
of the Pont-Appeal and is Arrested.
Atlanta, June 16.—Mr. J. A. Carter.
I city editor of the Constitution, was mar
ried to Miss Annie Logan Anderson, at
i Covington, this morning. The charming
bride is known in the literary world as
| Annie Logan, and the groom is a popular !
and worthy journalist—a happy union in I
every sense.
to-day refused to grant
a new trial in the Shorter will case, and it
will lie carried to the Supreme Court.
The new Chamber of Commerce met to
day and reported six thousand dollars in
hand for membership; but the building
■ lot would cost fifteen thousand dollars. ;
The permanent organization and further i
action is postponed one week.
The revenue officers came in this morn
ing from White county with several illicit
still prisoners and their implements of
j trade.
Mr. Thornton returned this morning
and took possession of the Post-Appeal ’
office, ejecting the person in charge. He
was promptly arrested, and gave bond for '
his appearance at the City Court, and
lawyer Conley resumed control again for
the alleged purchasers. Th*’ Barrett Pa
per Mill garnisheed Conley, but affairs
are so mixed that no one can tell what is I
; what or who is who. C'Onley had paid
i rent and was in lull possession when
Thornton raided the establishment. It is
a singular case and the sensation of the
i hour.
In compliance with a special order of
Gov. McDaniel all the State House offices
were closed to-day in respect to the me
. mory of Gov. Jenkins.
THE CRACK OE THE RIFLE.
Meeting of the Directors of tlie National
Rifle Association.
New June 16.—The directors of
the National Rille Association met to-day.
The Committee on Subscriptions for the
team reported that the actual amount
, needed was $7,500. Thus far $3,987 had
been subscribed. Pledges had been made
| which would raise that sum to $4,800. A
director reported that James Gordon
S Bennett had guaranteed the expenses
■ of the team to the extent of $2,500,
’ and stated that if it had not been for Ben
nett’s liberality the team would have had
to remain at home, as the general public
has thus far failed to do anything. The
; total sum now would enable the commit
tee to pay the actual expenes of the team
and no more. Mr. Bennett was made a life
i director of the association, and those who |
: had subscribed $25 and upwards were |
; made life members.
London, June 16. —The National Rifle
Association has finally decided not to al
low the American team to use the screw
s wind gauge in the competition at Wim
i bledon, except injthe international match.
i The ; Fo/unteer s* rrfcr friucOfi regrets this
decision, and thinks that if the Americans
i are beaten in the match they will be able
j to claim that they were somewhat handi-
I capped because they were not allowed,
, like English riflemen, to use in the pre-
■ liminary contest exactly the same appli- j
! ances as they used in the match. “How- j
ever,” says the Gazette, “there are not
wanting signs that the Americans may
j give the English a round beating.”
.11 DGE KRUM.
I The Missing St. Louis Jurist a I’ossible
Defaulter.
St. Loris, June 16.—Further develop
i ments in the case of ex-Judge Chester H.
I Krum, who was or has been mysteriously
j absent from his home and business for I
several weeks past, show that on the
12th of June of last year,
Wm. Robertson, a retail dry goods j
merchant of this city, made an assign
ment, and Judge Krum was appointed
assignee. He gave bond in the sum of
$60,000. Subsequently, under direction of
the court, Robertson’s stock of goods was
sold by Krum to Wm. Barr <fc Co., the lat
ter paying something over $4,600.
No record of this is found in court, and
it does not seem to be known what was
done by Krum with the proceeds ot the
sales. The inference is that he is in de
fault for that amount.
A Hundred Years Hence.
Some people wish that they were dead,
and if this involved their living, by and
by, instead of now, how many will' wish
from reading the prophecy of the Rev.
Mr. 1* incke, an English clergyman who
traveled much in America ten'years ago.
He now ventures to tell what he thinks
is the future of “Englishry.” by which
he means the English-speaking peoples
on the globe, a century hence. He cal
culates that by that time there'will be
one thousand millions of them living un
der the same institutions and cherishing
the sane ideas, social and political, in the
I nited States, Canada, Australia, South
Africa and Great Britian. The 800,000,060
which he assigns to the I’nited Stateswill
i overflow into Canada, into Mexico, Gua
| temala, Columbia, Bolivia and Peru, af
| terwards into the valley of the Amazon,
and the whole range of the Andes, into
the islands of the Pacific, across which
they will join hands with their kindred
in New Zealand and Australia. The
j English settlements in South Africa, now
essentially American, will spread over
Southern Africa, pushing the natives to
the equator. The American farmer is to
furnish the type of this new society.
There will be no savages or serfs, few
drones or men of luxury; all will be able
to read and to write and to use
their acquirements. They will
have homes of their own, and
| property enough of the very best
and most educative kind—that ’ is. in
land—to yield to their intelligent industry
I sufficient means of support. They will
| have no social or political superior's, and
| will manage their own affairs. There will I
be few or none looking forward to a pan- \
per's fate. The lives of the majority will I
be spent in the cultivation of their own |
land on the same terms which the Amer
ean farmer now cultivates his. Morality
| will in this society have a tremendous
force, because as there will tie only
one morality for all. and not, as now, a
separate morality for each class, it will
be supported by the opinion of all. Wo
men will play a larger part in the work
of society than they have ever done. I
No pursuits will be favored by endow- !
ments or bounties. The competition
between nations will be intellec
tual, not military competition. Ora
tory, painting, sculpture and archi
tecture will grow under it as never
I before. Money will be in greater use and
the precious metals have a higher value
than ever. Religion will have'as strong
a hold as ever on the human heart. At the
head of this mighty community the United
Slates will stand morally, though not po
litically. The President of the United 1
States will lie its foremost man. and “the
predominant power" will lie the press.
The state of French Trade.
Paris, June 16. —The imports into
France during the first live months of the i
present year show an increase of 21,600,000
francs as compared with those for the cor
responding period last year. The exports
for the same months ot this year have de
creased 19,000,000 francs as compared
w ith the exports of the first five months
in 1882. The imports of food increased
31.000,000 francs, but both the importsand
exports of manufactures have heavily
decreased.
The Flames in Boston.
Boston, June 16.—A fire started this
afternoon at 2:15 in the engine room at
Gray’s Opera House on Chardon street,
destroying the entire building, rive stories
high. The premises were occupied by a
cheap variety show, and the tire broke
out just after the performance had com
menced. but so far as is known, the audi
ence got out without anv loss of life. The
loss is roughly estimated as over SIOO.-
i 000,
Polish Informers Arrested.
BkRLIN. June 16. —The Russian ijov
enimeiH has asked for the extradition of
M. Krazewski. the Polish author, who is
now residing at Leipsic, and three other
Poles, who are charged with giving in
formation to the Russian revolutionists
regarding the movements of Russian
troops. The German police, in obedience
to orders from the government, have ar
rested tnem? jpen.
Butler Approves the Almshouse War
rants.
BusfOit. June 16.—Gov. Butler, con
trarv to his (ormer assurances, has ap T
proved the warrants for tbe salaries and
j expenses' of the State Aliuahoqse a(
Tewksbury for February. March. April
and May. amounting to $30,000.
A Suit for Damages.
New York. June 16.—Shipping Com
missioner Duncan has brought a suit for
libel, with damages at SIOO,OOO, against
the New York Times.
It you want to see a man engage in the
otaizey dance, tread on his j»et corn.—
jU'jslqh CvmtliviVMl Hullvlin. I
A FAILURE JX CHICAGO.
THE MILWAUKEE MILKMAN"
LONG ON LARD.
A Day of Excitement in the Garden City
—Failed for a Million—One of the
Heaviest Firms Gone Under—No Lack
of Company—The Grain Market Sen
sibly Affected.
Chicago, June 16.—a season of ex
traordinary excitement prevailed on the
Exchange immediately after the opening
this morning by a rumor that the firm of
operators, McGeech, Everingham & Co.,
who for a long time have been looked upon
as the heaviest dealers in lard and other
j provisions on the Chicago board, had
! failed. This was verified in a measure
soon afterward by a member of the firm
; circulating about the floor of the Exchange
notifying all with whom they were inter
ested in provision deals to close out.
Something in the nature of a panic ap
peared to seize the provision corner, and
I for a time all interest in other trading
was lost.
The effect was to be seen at once in the
quotations of lard and July options,which
yesterday ran up to 11 and closed
. steady at 1150 c, sold down to 10 65c. as
the initial drop and then kept on descend
ing the scale until 9 20c. was reached,
which would be equal in point of compar
ison to a drop of 40c. per bushel in wheat.
Other ontions felt the effect in like man
j ner, but all in a measure somewhat recov
ered in tone, and at 11 o'clock July option
had gone back to 9 85c, but subsequently
again declined to 9 50c. An effort to as
certain the extent to which McGeech, Ev
eringham & Co. had been operating failed
both upon application to the firm
and to the members ot the Board of
Trade, but careful inquiry shows it
to have been unusually heavy', and the loss
under a broken market proportionately
large. The firm is also reported to have
been dealing heavily in wheat, but this
morning it announced its ability to care
for all its dealings in this article, they
being on the winning side as the market
now stands. Grain appeared to feel the
effect of the drop in lard on the early mar
ket, and all kinds were quoted as easier,
but not sensibly lower. I’he Jailing mar
ket brought in its train plenty of rumors
of other impending failures, but up to
11:36 there was nothing definite to re
port, and the members of the broken
firm declared to an Associated
Press reporter that they would make no
statement of any kind to-morrow.
Peter McGeech, the head of the firm, is
: a resident of Milwaukee, and is familiarly
! styled “The Milwaukee Milkman.” He is
reported to have been a leader in a num
ber of daring bull movements on both the
Milwaukee and Chicago markets. His
firm came prominently before the public
two weeks ago by their refusal to receive
a large amount of lard from a Chicago
firm, on the ground that it was tainted,
and over which disputed act an investiga
tion in the board is now in progress. The
firm lias since accepted the lard in ques
tion under protest.
! Following tiie wake of the failure of
j McGeech, Everingham & Co., the firm of
! Holly & Allen succumbed, and at 12:36
they attribute their suspension to the fail
ure ol McGeech, Everingham & Co., and
says their resumption depends entirely on
the action of the large firm. Rumors of
eight or ten other failures prevail freely,
but no definite announcements were made
on ’Change.
Scenes ot extraordinary excitement con
tinued to the 1 o’clock p. m. adjournment,
and while there were manv free buvers,
July options of lard could 'not get above
I 9 86c., aud closed at 9 as as
| could be quoted. It is a fair estimate to
j place the direct losses of McGeech, Ever
j ingham <fe Co. at one million dollars on
| lard.
An operator, intimate with McGeech,
declares the loss will approximate nearly
$2,000,600, but that notwithstanding this
the broken firm professes its ability to
make a good showing on settlement. They
assert that their interests are so closely
identified with other heavy operators that
they will be able to pay 100 cents on the
dollar.
In addition to the failure of Holley &
Alien, already reported, J. M. Ball <t Co.
give notice that they will close out their
deals and have gone under. Ellis &
Lightner, and Tabor A Wilson franklv
announce that they are struggling against
odds, but both express their belief that
they will be able to weather the storm
and will know definitely on Monday. M.
B. Craft A Co. aud Wm. Martin A Co.
are among those reported as having
failed.
A LEGAL ROMANCE.
The Famous Ochre Point Land Case
Revived at Newport.
Newport Specials Iktk.
An application was made in the Court
of Common Pleas here for the removal to
the United States Circuit Court of a case
which, in its original title of “Richard M.
Staigg versus William Beach Lawrence,"
was considered the most celebrated civil
action ever tried in this State. It is
nearly twenty years since the action was
begun and the facts are briefly as fol
lows:
The late William Beach Lawrence pur
chased “Ochre Point," a farm situated on
the Cliffs about twenty-five years ago and
made an immense profit on the purchase.
Mr. Lawrence sold to Mr. R. M. Staigg,
the Boston artist, in August, 1862, 43,918
feet of land at the Point for $2,368 84.
Some time afterwards it was found that
an error in Mr. Staigg’s favor had been
made in surveying the laud, which, in the
meanwhile, had greatly increased in
value. Mr. Lawrence, declining to re
ceive payment for the land transferred by
the surveyor's error, insisted on voiding
the sale and demanded the return of the
i land.
The court, however, refused this and
ordered Staigg to pay Lawrence at the I
| old rate per toot, with interest. Mr. Law
rence refused to receive, or rather he '
avoided receiving this payment and the j
amount—sl,327 82—is in the hands of the i
court even yet.
When Mr. Lawrence found be could not •
get back his land he said the money which |
Mr. Staigg had offered was not legal
money. It was paper and he wanted |
■ gold. On this issue he fought in the
t courts for nearly a score of years. In !
1881 the Supreme Court rendered a final !
decision giving Mr. Staigg the land, which
was sold by his executors last year to
Pierre Lorillard for alsiut $23,060. ‘
The executor of Mr. Staigg now sues
James N. Platt and James G. K. Law
rence. executors of the Lawrence estate,
tor the rents and profits of the land of
which they were deprived for so manv
years and claim $20,000.
THE COST OE THE TRIAL.
Some of the Amounts Received by the
Government’s Lawyers.
The trial which has just closed is re
markable for two things—its length and
its expense. It is said to lie the longest
jury trial on record, having been begun !
December 4. 1882, and, therefore, having
lasted nearly seven months, while the
expense attending it and the first trial
will lie not less than $500,000 for the ■
government alone. In addition to the i
usual machinery at its command, three
special attorney’s and a score of detectives
have been employed, while about 100 wit
nesses were called, ihany of them from
a great distance. The defendants' ex
penses have also been very great, and
have caused a heavy draft on them.
Os the payments made by the govern
ment to the special attorneys. Bliss re
ceived $42,208 is, Merrick $32.<>00, and Ker
$27,872 48. Attorney General Brewster
has drawn $5,000, Special Agent Gibson
$5,000. Cook $6,949 18, and Allan A. Pink
erton, the detective. $2,494 64. Other pay
• meins have yet to be made which will
considerably increase these aipounts.
Bright and Northcote at Outs.
London. June 16.—This afternoon’s
Pill Mall (vozetU says: “Sir Stafford
N'ortbeote has informed’John Bright that *
he will call attention in the House of
Commons to that jKirfion of Mr. Bright’s
speech at Birmingham on Thursday night
in which he referried in severe terms to .
the Tory obstructors in the House, saying
that the in alliance with
the Irish rebels,"ere doing their utmost
to make it impossible for the House to do
any work.
Sir Stafford has also, says the Gazette.
notified Mr. Bright that he will further j
i poipt out that the latter •committed a
breach of privilege in using the language '
j objected to.
Obsequies of Gov. Jenkins.
Ai T G{ sT4, GA..{.June 16.—Ex-Governor
Charles J. Jenkins was buried this even
ing from St. Paul’s Episcopal i hprcfi i
with imposing ceremonies. The stores
and residences were draped in mourning
and business was suspended during the
obsequies.
Yellow Fever in Havana.
Havana. June 16. —There were forty
i deaths here last week from yellow fever.
SAVANNAH. GA., SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1883.
GLASS AND ITS MAKERS.
Census Report of the Industry in the
United States.
Pittibwrg Special.
' The census report of the special agent.
( Mr. Joseph D. Weeks, ot Pittsburg, on
| the manufacture of glass in the United
i States, will be ready for distribution in a
few days. Mr. Weeks has devoted nearly
three years time to the collection and ar
rangement of the material Tor this report,
and its 165 quarto pages contain a mine
of information, which is not only statis- *
! tical, but relates to every feature of this
important industry.
The first chapter of the report is devo
ted to statistics showing the extent of the
industry in the census year. Summar
ized. these show the total' number of es
tablishments to be 211; capital invested.
$19,844,699; number of furnaces, 348;
j number of pots in furnaces, 2,982; males i
above sixteen years employed. 17.778; fe
males above fifteen years employed. 741;
j children and youths employed, 5,658; !
I amount paid in wages during the census I
I year. $9,144,100; value of materials, SB,.
028,321; value of product, $21,154,571. i
Compared with the census of 1876, these
figures show that the yumber of establish- >
ments increased 37 per cent; employes. I
j 57 per cent; capital invested,44 per cent;
I wages paid. 20 per cent; materials used.
36 ]>er cent, aud value ol product, 15 j>er
i cent.
or the total amount of capital invested, j
13 per cent, is invested in establishments
; for the manufacture of plate glass; 25 I
* percent, in window gliss; 37 percent. •
in glassware, and 25 per cent, in green
glass. The State having the largest
amount of capital, as well as the largest i
number of establishments, is Pennsyl
vania, which has 38 per cent, of the
whole. This is followed by New Jersev,
with a little less than 14 per-cent, of tfie '
whole. New York, Indiana, Missouri.
Ohio, Massachusetts, Kentucky, West
3 irginia, Illinois, Maryland, Connect!- ■
cut, California, Michigan and New Hamp- |
shire, rating them by the capital invested, |
follow New Jersey in the order named.
Mississippi and the District of Columbia
bring up the rear of the column.
Os the total production Allegheny
county, Pennsylvania, is credited with
$5,668,212, or 26.79 per cent,; Philadelphia
eounty with $1,621,959, or 7.67 per cent.-
Kings eounty. New York, with $1,318,081’
or 6.24 per cent., and Cumberland and
Gloucester counties, New Jersey, with
$2,080,255, or 9.83 per cent. The value of
the products in all other counties is con
siderably less Than a million dollars. The
statistics include many other items and
are very complete.
But that portion of the report which is
especially interesting to the general pub
lie is the “history of glass making in the
United States.” It is the first authentic
and complete record of the rise and pro
gress of the industry in this country.
During the latter part of the year 1608,
or early in 1669, a glass factory was
erected in the woods about a mile from"
Jamestown, Ya. It was operated bveight
Poles and Germans wiio had' been
brought out by Capt. Newport to make
“pitch, tar, glass, mills and soap-ashes.”
Bottles are supposed to have been the
only product of this establishment, and
these do not seem to have been manufac
tured long, for in 1617 the factory is al
luded to as having fallen to decay. Sev
eral attempts were made to revive the in
dustry, but their success was indifferent,
aud since the beginning of the nineteenth
century no glass has been manufactured
in Eastern Virginia. In 1815, however, a
factory for making flint, hollow and other
glassware was established at Wellsburg,
in wlxat is now known as West Virginia.
This experiment was successful, and the
manufacture of glass is one ofthe impor
tant industries ofthe State.
Mr. 33 eeks found the first mention of a
glass works in Pennsylvania in a letter
written in August, 1683, bv Penn to the
Free Society of Traders, 'in this letter
Penn alludes to their tannery, saw-mill
and glass house. Where this glass house
was located is not known. Mr. Weeks ■
considers it doubtful whether the works '
were ever used for the purpose for which I
they were erected. In 1762, a German I
Baron, William Henry Steigel, built a |
factory at Manheim, Lancaster countv. I
About the time Steigel built his factory
the first glass works in Philadelphia of
which any details have been obtained was j
established at Kensington. In October, I
1771, Robert Towars, skinner, or leather :
dresser, and -Joseph Lacock, watchmaker, ;
bought a piece of ground on what is now !
Richmond street, and shortly afterward i
commenced the manufacture of flint
glass. Mr. Weeks says:
“Though the record's are verv meagre, I
there are evidences that several other |
glass works were built in Eastern Penn
sylvania between the breaking out of the '
revolutionary war and the close of the
century, and no doubt the scarcity of I
glass during the war led to the erection of i
works in this and other States. * * » |
Some time between 1780 and 1786 Robert
Morris and John Nicholson erected works I
at the Falls of Schuylkill for the manu
facture of some kind of glass, probably
window glass. The glass house was about I
opposite the dwelling of Governor Mis- 1
flin, and a row of stone houses, a little
lower down the river, was built to accom
modate the hands working in this es
tabishment.”
The growth of the industry in the east
ern part of the State was not rapid, for in
1831 the Richmond street factory, which had
passed into the hands of Dr. Thos.N. Dyott
was thejlargest in the United States, and
its product was only 1,200 tons per year.
This establishment is still in operation
and is credited with being probablv the
oldest in the country. Since 1840, ‘when
only two factories were reported in the
eastern part of the State, the industry
has increased wonderfully. Mr. Week's
considers it worthy of note* however, that
since 1875 no window glass has been made
in Philadelphia.
In the western part of the State facto
ries, too, were established in 1797—0ne by
Albert Gallatin, at his settlement at New
Geneva, on the Monongahela river, some
90 miles south of Pittsburg, and the other
by Major Isaac Craig and Colonel James
O’Hara, within the present limits of Pitts
! burg. Craig A O’Hara's factorv was the
| first m operation, and formed the nucleus
of the industry in this city. The second
j factory was erected about the year 1800.
I In 1808 the manufacture of flint glass
was commenced. There are now thirty
factories making flint glass, anil
) twenty producing window glass and bot
i ties.
The report deals with the history of the
trade with the greatest care as regards
details. Massachusetts is credited with
having a factory as early as 1639. New
Hampshire in May, 1780; New York prior
to 1664: Connecticut about 1789; Marv-
Irnd, 1775; New Jersey, 1765; Ohio about
1815; Missouri, 1842. The first attempt to
manufacture plateglass in the United
was made at Cheshire, Mass. Since that
time a number of attempts have been made, I
and at present there are six establish- i
ments.
DORSEY'S NEW DANGER.
A Possibility of His Having to Answer
for Judge Lilley's Death.
Waghhajtan Special, Utk.
Almost simultaneously with the ac
quittal of Dorsey news reached the court
riMim that Judge Lilley, father of ex-Dep
uty City Auditor Lilley, had died. “Old ■
man Lilley.” as he was familiarly known,
was at one time very friendly with the I
•ring, and he is said to have profited pecu
niarily by his friendship. A few weeks
ago be called at Dorsey's house, i
The two men became involved
'll a dispute and Dorsev, i
who is much the younger and stronger,
knocked Lilley down, kicked him in the
stomach and threw him from the house
For a longtime Lilley lav ill. As soon as
he was able he entered suit against Dor
sey for damages tor assault and battery.
It is said that his death was indirectly
caused by the injuries received at Dor
sey’s hands. A post mortem will l>e
made, and if it is found that Dorsev's
blows caused the old man's death, the
ex-TSenator may find fiimself defendant in
a more serious action than one of con
spiracy.
The Blue and the Gjrey.
New 5 okk, June 16.—The Washington
Light Infantry, of Charleston, ». C„ will
arrive in this city on Tuesday next en
: route to Hartford amt New Haven. Qn
their return here tfiey will be the guests
of the “Old Guard.’’ who were their gpests
in charleston in 1873. They will leave
here next Saturday, and will'be escorted
to the steamer by the “Old Guard,”
Weather Indications.
Office chief Signal observer,
33 ashington, D.C., June 16.—Indications
for Sunday:
In the South Atlantic States, slightly
» aiiper, fair weather, easterly to south
erly winds, stationary or lower barome
ter in the northern portions.
The Augustinian Society.
J.avi rence. Mass., June 16 —Col John
I*- Sweeney has been examining the bo»ks
of the insolvent Augustinian Society here,
and reveals some verv interesting figures
from all sources. The societv" has re
; ceived the sum of $634,950, aud'the ques
tion where it has gone is not answered. 1
GLEANINGS IN GOTHAM.
AN ERA OF DRY' ROT IN WALL
STREET.
The Sunday Law a Dead Letter—The
Eyes of the “Finest” Shut Up—Gild
ed Belles and Curs of High Degree—
The Latest in Cartes de Visite— Mat
ters Political.
New York. June 14.—The stock mar
, ket's feeble upward tendency has aroused
in the breasts of bulls and brokers
which had long been strangers to such a
sensation. Only the initiated, indeed,can
conceive the stagnation to which 3Vall
street has been subject for the past year
j and more, and the proportionate despair
which has preyed upon those ojwrators
who only make money when stocks are
active. I know of a firin of brokers which
has been reputed to make a thousand dol
lars a day in commissions whose profits i
for more than one twenty-four hours dur
ing the past twelve months would lx*
covered by a ten dollar bill. Another
firm, whose earnings were formerly from
$40,000 to $50,000 a year, now does not
make a dollar for a week at a time. These J
firms are not the exception-,, but !
the rule. A voting Southerner, who
formerly made SI,OOO a moniß as ;
a broker, took his first vacation for a
number of years this spring, and went to i
Europe, for a couple of months. NVhen I
Jiis income was $250 a week he could not ,
afford to lose a single day, much less go
on such a trip, which, 'two vears ago. '
would have cost him $2,000 in loss of in
come, exclusive of expenses. It goes
without saying, however, that the ex- |
penses of the trip were greater than the
loss of income. Yet, while hardlv any
body has lx?en making anything all this
time, rent, clerk and messenger hire, and I
j other office expenses have gone on, and i
few have abondoned brokerage for a bet
ter business. The price ot seats in the j
stock board has fallen off but a compara
tively' small fraction, and one is no sooner
vacant than it is filled.
The present Hurry in stocks holds out |
the prospect of something turning up for
the benefit ofthe brokers, who have been
waiting with such Micawber-like faith in
the future, or rather, futures; but tiie
motto ofthe market will have to lie “Ex
celsior”for a long time before the slough of
Despond, in which the bulls have been
plunged to the neck, will be filled in.
Every passing Sunday shows what a dead
letter the Sabbatarian enactment, which
went into effect last December, has be
come here. The Sunday law, even as
amended by the last Legislature, pro
hibits the performance of unnecessary
labor, the sale of articles other than food,
tobacco, drills, newspapers and confec
tionery, and indulgence in indoorand out
door games and sports. The sale of ar
ticles other than those enumerated is pun
ished by the confiscation, upon conviction
of the offender, of the article sold, and
line and imprisonment are the nominal
punishment of those who break the law
in other respects.
While such is the law, all manner of j
Unnecessary work is openly done on Sun
day. Hebrew and other dealers in dry |
goods and wearing apparel sell their !
wares without pretence of concealment
and boys play ball in the streets, while
the billiard saloons in even several of the
respectable hotels are open, and, until the
the ivarm weather, were well
patronized. The sale of liquor
on Sunday, which is prohibited
by the excise, as well as the Sunday law,
is carried on as universally as on other
days, with the difference that the front
doors of saloons are locked and more
liquor is sold. Many saloon keepers,
indeed, sell more of their wares on Sun
day than during all the rest of the week
put together, and as long as they keep on
good terms with the police are not mo
lested.
I So systematically is the connivance of
the police at violation of the excise law
■ that Inspector Murray has been obliged
i to detail policemen from one precinct to
I enforce the law in others. NVere this done
all over the city, manv of the saloons
; where liquor is now sold on Sunday with
j impunity would be closed, but the most
j conspicuous result of the new departure
! thus far has been the unnecessary shoot
] ing last Sunday night by a policeman of
i a Madison street saloon keeper who re
i sisted arrest. The wonder is that arrests
j are not oftener resisted, for the smaller
i liquor dealers not unnaturally consider
I the enforcement of the law to be persecu-
I tion, when passers-by on the street can
! see wine and liquor served at the
tables in Delmonico’s, the Hotel Bruns
' wick and similar resorts. 33'ithin an hour
| from the time poor Reagan was killed
Sunday evening, I saw from a Broadway
car a table well furnished with bottles
immediately adjoining a window in the
case of the Hoffman House. At all the
hotels, indeed, while the regular bars are
ostentatiously closed on Sunday, extem
porized affairs in a more secluded part of
the house take their places, where no?
I merely the “guests” of the establishment,
■ but any stranger within their gates may
drink at will. Altogether every clause of
I the Sunday law seems to have been en
acted only to be broken.
Women continually disgust everyone
but Mr. Bergh by the care and effection
which they lavish on their pampered pup
pies. But few equal in devotion to their
dogs a rich girl here who has a penchant
I tor art, which she gratifies by attending
the lite classes in the Sherwood studio
building, at Broadway aud Fiftv-seventh
street. She carries her dog with her
wherever she goes, and on rainy days
comes to the studio in her carriage, not,
she says, because she is afraid of the wet,
but because the cur is! A live dog
is said to be better than a dead
lion, but a woman in Twentieth street
apparently does not think so. There is a
lawn behind her house extending to
Nineteenth street, and in its middle, in
lull view of scoffers in the street, rises a
marble cross which is sacred to the mem
ory of a cat that lies beneath! The an
cient Egyptians, according to Herodotus,
worshiped members of the feline tribe,
and, with the obelisk, the former customs
of the country of the Nile seem to have
been imported into New York. Mr.
Bergh certainly furnishes another exam
ple of apparent imitation of the subjects
of Pharaoh. The Father of History 'tells
us that a man who, even accidentally,
killed a eat in Egypt forfeited his life.
Mr. Bergh once had a laborer, who had
put an end to a cat which annoyed him,
sent to prison for two or three'months.
His wife and children who were depend
ent on him for support, very nearly
starved before he had served his sentence,
and several human lives, in place of one
as in Egypt, very nearly paid penalty for
the death of a single cat.
Has the new fashion in visiting cards
yet reached Savannah? When a New i
I York woman makes a call she gives the
servant her husband’s card as well as her
own. The uninitiated go to the drawing
room expecting to see a male as well as a
I female visitor, but find the former con
spicuous by his absence. The fashion is
a somewhat expensive one as it entails
using two cards in place of one; and as
the practice still continues of sending in
cards for each lady in the house, the tax
becomes not a little burdensome when
there are many women in one family.
Roswell P. Flower is said to have the
Presidential bee in his hat. He claims
, that the nomination belongs to the man
who can poll the vote of the united New
York Democracy, and he considers him
self that man. You know he was called
the “Sunflower” after his Congressianal
victory over Astor,.because of the mater
ial share the San had in his success.
That paper, however, will hardly support
his Presidential aspirations, as it de
mands something liesides money in a
candidate for the highest office hi the .
gift of the peopje. The Sun’s editor,
by the way, is considered by not >
a few to possess that something; j
but the obstacle to his being a candidate '
is the fact that no man can serve two mas
ters—edit a newspaper and be President
of the United States.
The Harvard men here disapprove ofthe
refusal of the trustees of the college to
grant Gov. Jlutler tfie degree of Doctor ol
I.i.ws. and are fiapling Dr, NVeld and John
O. Sargent, who represented New York in
the board, over tfie coals for voting with
the majority..
One of the club scandals which 1 spoke
of in my last has come to light. It is only
a Staten Island cricket cjub which is
concerned, to be sure, but the members
are supposed to be gentlemen, and yet one
has been expelled for stealing,
Germany and the Vatican.
Berlin. June 16.—The government's
church bill to-day passed its second
reading before thecommitteeof the Lower
House of the Landtag, which has it under
consideration, by a vote of 13 to 8, The
majority was potnposed of members of the
pentre and ( onservatiye parties, and one
Uiember of the E-ortscfiyifts party.
The South Florida Extension-
Jacksonville, Fla., June 16.-A spe
cial from Tampa, Fla., says: “A gang of
170 men arrived here on the steamer to
day to work on the South Florida Rail
* road. The Plant Investment CompanY - i
will now push the work all along the line,”
SINGEING HUMAN HEADS.
Flames Adopted for Restoring Hair—
The Last Idea in Barbering.
Philadelphia Record.
“Hair singeing, 25 cents.” is the some
what novel sign displayed in the window
of a South Broad street barber shop. and.
attracted by the curious notice, a Record
\ reporter last evening entered the estab
-1 lishnient to ascertain what new phase of
i the tonsorial art hair-singeing was. The
interior of the shop was decorated with
half a dozen more ot the signs, and two
knights of the razor and a colored boy
. fanned themselves and waited for custom
ers. The reporter had just made
i known his errand when two youths,
of the variety popularly kno**i as
. "toughs," entered, and one of them,
notwithstanding the lavish display of
: signs, inquired if “this here's the place
! the feller was wot burned yer hair off?"
| Being assured he had reached the right
place the youth asked if it “hurt yer?”
, and when the barber said it was a pain
less, operation, seated himself in one of the I
chairs, told the barber to “bring on ver
■ blaze and do it up in style;’’ he added that
be wanted a "reg’lar summer cut. short
, all over.” The first step taken bv the
barber was to cut the youth's hair In the
1 regular way with the scissors, ami this
being finished the act ot singeing began.
Taking a long wax taper, such as are used
in any household, he lighted it from the
gas-burner, and with a comb lifted what
remained of the voting man's hair into
ridges, the tops ’of which he deftly
burned off by applying the blazing taper,
until a halo of smoke encircled his head
and a faint odor of toasted wool floated
about the room and out into the Sultry I
night. NN itli great skill he soon had the
entire top, back and sides of the youth’s
head completely singed, that worthy in
the meantime staring at the operation as
reflected in the looking-glass, ami momen
tarily exclaiming: “Well. I'll be 1”
His companion was similarly impressed,
and made constant remarks of a like na
ture. When the youth’s head had teen
sufficiently toasted to suit the barber's I
artistic eye the taper was put out and the
customer requested to step down to the
wash basin,where his head was thorough
ly washed, to clear away the “ashes" that
remained at the end of each hair, and when !
that operation was finished the youth ■
gazed in the glass at as beautifully'clip
ped a cranium as ever left a barber shop.
Paying his quarter, and remarking that it '
“wasn't such a bad racket, after all,” the ;
young man gave a parting glance of ap- ■
proval in the mirror and with his com- ■
panion departed. “This is the only place :
in this country where you can get a regu- '
lar ‘singe,’" said the barter after the
youths had gone, “but it’s a pretty com
mon thing in England and Europe, and in
Canada, too, I believe." In conclusion, i
he stated that it was said to be a capital >
thing for the hair, and would cause it to ,
flourish like a cornfield after a summer I
shower; but he added, in conclusion: “It I
ain’t any good for bald-headed men, for |
they haven’t any hair to be braced up.”
MRS. LANGTRY RESTING.
The Jersey Lily Reviews Her American |
Career with Pleasure.
Xetc York Special, lf,th.
The Jersey Lily toils not, neither does I
she spin. She is enjoying a vacation prior 1
to her homeward voyage, and is at pres
ent staying at the Albemarle. Mrs. Lang- :
try was dressed this afternoon in a loose- i
fitting gown of a light blue shade, that !
harmonized with her eyes and fair com
plexion. She was in buoyant spirits.
“Yes,” she said, “I am enjoying my .
holiday and I have enjoyed my work, |
too, while it lasted. I have teen very I
happy in America. I have been moresuc- )
cessful than 1 expected, for I came here
as a stranger and a foreigner. The peo- i
pie have teen very kind to me. very kind, |
though some things have teen said and !
written cf me which have hurt somewhat, j
as they must hurt a woman, for at best a |
woman is always more or less depen- !
dent.”
“You have seen much of America;
Which is your favorite city?”
“I like Philadelphia the best. It is a I
city of wonderful reserve, but of great re- j
finement. Washington impressed me very i
much, although 1 was there after the
society season vvas oter. I like Baltimore I
and the Baltimoreans. I have enjoyed ■
traveling through the country very much.
It seems to me that I have been exploring j
another and a larger England. In Mon- I
treal and Toronto I was among my own !
people, and my audiences were more en- j
thusiastic there than elsewhere. Os j
course, you can’t expect so much of that |
in a large cosmopolitan citv where there I
are so many counter attractions, and ;
where people are somewhat more guarded i
in giving way to their feelings.”
“Who is your favorite American actor
or actress?”
“Unfortunately, I have seen so few that
I have not teen able to form an opinion. I
have been to theatres here only three or I
four times. I have not had opportunities
of going oftener. It is a pity, too, because
I have felt that I might learn much from I
seeing others act. I have never seen
either Booth, Clara Morris or Mary An- !
derson.”
“Do you intend to return to England?”
“Yes, in about a month. Meanwhile I
shall visit the American watering places.
To-morrow I go to Coney Island, the
Ramsgate of America, I believe it is some
times called. Then I shall go to Newport,
Long Branch and Saratoga. I am sure I
shall enjoy it all very much.”
“Shall you act in England?”
“Oh, no; I shall return to America and j
open in Montreal again about the end of
October. I have purchased a new play,
by George Stevenson. No, 1 cannot tell
you the title of it. 1 don’t know that it
has yet received a name. 1 have merely I
heard the plot of it.”
“Who will compose your company next I
season ?”
“I don’t know; I expect many of the
members of my old company will return \
to me. Mr. Cooper will be’ mv leading !
gentleman as heretofore, but who will be >
my leading lady I cannot tell.”
“It is rumored that you intend opening I
a theatre in New York."
“I have no snch intention. I don’t
know how such a report could have got
abroad. I doubt if there is room for another
theatre in New York.”
“Is it true that Mr. Gebhard is your
manager?”
“Certainly not; the idea is preposter
ous,” replied Mrs. Langtry, looking sur
prised.
“Does not Mr. Schwab act under direc
tions from Mr. Gebi.ard?”
“Os course not. A professional woman
may be said to live two lives, one public,
the other private. I do not allow the
friends that belong to the latter to inter
fere with matters that belong to the for
mer.”
“Had Mr. Gebhard any pecuniary in
terest in your season that has 'just
closed?”
“No, indeed. Why should be? He is
well to do, 1 believe. ’ Why should he seek
to divide the profits with me? I need
them myself."
“Is Mr. Gebhard going on the stage?”
“If he is I have heard nothing about it.
But he can speak for himself; vou had
tetter ask him.”
Explaining for the Pope.
Washington Special Commercial-Gazette.
During the delivery of a sermon to-day
at St. Matthew’s Roman Catholic Church,
attended principally by the legations of
Catholic countries in this citv, the Rev.
Father Chappelle took occasion to cen
sure the hasty conclusion arrived at by
so many after reading an unauthentica
ted translation of the Pope’s letter re
garding Irish affairs. Father Chappelle
denied in the most emphatic manner
that the sovereign Pontiff had any
intention of taking sides with the oppres
sors of Ireland. The church, he said,
always speaks in the name of. justice,
and defends the weak against the strong.
Her voice always asserts the rights of an
abused ]>eople. But, to attain good ends,
it cannot countenance bad means. “We
know.” continued Father Chappelle,“that
the result of human ambition obtaining
its wishes is always to oppress the de
fenseless. Tlie thief and tyrant have
always trodden under foot the weak: but
the church, as its history shows,' has
always combatted oppression, The
church wants to attain good ends onlv,
and must preach moderation, Does not '
the Pope himself show an example of
this moderation ? Do you not see there
pre forces which he could use to
Upset the kingdom of Italy? Yet be
does not do it, In his owit case, as
in all others, he seeks the good
end by legitimate means." Concluding,
Father Chappelle assured bis hearers that
they could al ways te certain of one thing,
and that was that the Pope would never
join hands with tyrants. The sermon
causes much comment in diplomatic cir
cles. as well as among the Irisly people in
this city, to whom it has been repeated in
guteianoe, on account of the prominence
ar.d influence of the speaker. Father
Chappelle is a Frenchman of great talents, 1
who, before his assignment to hie present
position, held the office of V icar General
of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He was
in Rome when selected for St. Matthew’s
i a year ago, and has every reason to speak
authoritatively. *
A HORROR JN ENGLAND.
A SHOCKING CATASTROPHE AT
A SHOW.
A Conjurer'* Entertainment ( hanged to
a Sacrifice—A Terrible Scene of Con
fusion— Over a Hundred Children
Crushed to Death—ldentifying the Vic
tims—Heartrending Scenes.
London, June 16. — An accident from a
crush occurred at a children's' entertain
ment at Sunderland. Eng., this evening,
and one hundred and seventv-eight of the
children were killed.
From the details thus far received it ap
pears that an entertainment had teen
given in Victoria Hall bv a conjuror,
which was attended altogether by chil
dren, to the mutter of several thousand.
The accident occurred at the close of the
performance. The laxly of the hall bad
teen entirely cleared of its occupants
when some 1.200 of the little ones came
rushing down the stairs trom the gallery.
At the top of the first flight of stairs there
was a door which opened onlv twenty
inches, and thus but one child could pass
through at a time.
At this point while the mass of children
were puslgng forward one of them tell
and was unable’ to rise, owing to the
others crowding u|mmi it. The result was
that a great numter. were pushed down,
trampled on and suffocated. The scene
was terrible, and no effort could
stop the mad rush of affrighted child
ren. They came on pell mell,
though strangely quiet, without much
shouting. The bodies which w ere badly
mangled from trampling, lay seven or
1 eight deep. Many of the victims and
others who were ’ not killed, had their
clothing torn from their bodies. The ages
! of 178 children known to have been killed,
range from 4 to 14.
The excitement in the town when the
news ot the disaster spread was terrific.
■ Great crowds of people rushed to the
i scene till at least 20,000 persons sur
rounded the hall. The feeling was so in
tense that the authorities ordered out the
• Sixth Infantry to preserve order. The
work of getting out the bodies ot I
the victims was begun immediately.
; They were laid out in the hall, and the ,
i parents of those killed were admitted lor
. the purpose of identifying the bodies of I
the children. The most heartrending
I scenes transpired while the work of iden
tification was in progress.
A LIFE FOR A DOLLAR.
j A Fierce and Fatal Struggle in a Livery
Stable,
Xew York World.
During a quarrel Wednesday evening
in the livery stable of Daniel Hav, No. 315
, West Fifty-third street, Win. Rogers, a
hackman, struck Hay on the head with a
bale-stick, inflicting injuries from which
1 he died at his home, No. 150 West Fifty
. fourth street.
i Rogers was arrested and taken to the
i Forty-seventh street police station, where
Coroner Levy held a preliminary examina
tion and committed Rogers to the Tombs
to await the inquest, which will te held
■ in a few days.
The quarrel which resulted in the death
| of Hay originated between Rogers and !
i Edwin Hanley, a coach driver employed ;
1 by Hay and living at No. 209 West Fifty
, seventh street. Rogers, who is also ’a i
j hacknian living on West Sixty-eighth
i street, between Tenth and Eleventh ave
| nues, called at the stable for the purpose
i of leaving his hack. Hanley stood in the
stable door.
He owed Rogers a dollar and promised
j to pay it. Rogers jumped off his hack and
approaching Hanley, said:
“I want that dollar you owe me.”
“I haven’t got it now,” replied Han
i ley.
! Rogers repeated his demand, but, re-
I ceiving an unsatisfactory answer, said,
| excitedly, “You must pay me now.”
The discussion finally developed into a ,
I fight, whereupon Hay, who witnessed the
affair, exclaimed: “Get out ot here. I I
don’t want you creating a disturbance in I
I my place.”
Hanlev went out, but Rogers, who had
| been thrown agaiiist a Hack during the
' scuffle and whose nose was bleeding, said
I he would go as soon as the blood stopped
flowing. Hay ordered him a second time
! to leave, but Rogers refused to go.
Exasperated at Rogers’ refusal, Hav,
j with an oath, jumped to one corner of the !
I stable and seized a sharp-edged basswood
bale-stick about four feet long. He then
I rushed at Rogers with a tiger-likeferoci
| ty and dealt him a ter ific blow between j
j the eyes.
Rogers staggered and almost fell. Be-'
[ fore he could recover himself he recieved 1
! a second blow directly over the left eye. !
He was stunned and turned to run away j
from his assailant, when he recieved an
other blow, powerful enough to have I
I knocked down a steer, on the ton of his I
bead.
Hay raised bis murderous stick a fourth
j time and attempied to hit Rogers over the ;
: head again, but he raised his hand just in I
| time to catch the weapon as it was de- j
scending.
I A fierce struggle, lasting several I
minutes, then ensued lor the possession of
the stick. As Rogers is a small man and
Hay a large, powerful person the odds
seemed to be against the former, but he
fought desperately and by a sudden twist
ot the stick wrenched it from Hay’s grasp.
Hay retreated a few stops and was try
j ing to escape when his antagonist rushed
upon him and struck him a tremendous
' blow on the leftside of the head. Theiteht
was over. Hay fell to the floor like a log.
Rogers, not aware that he had inflicted
| a mortal wound, left the stable in compa
, ny with James O’Shea and went to have
his wounds dressed at the drug store of
John Inlefeld, No. 952 Eighth avenue.
While there Policemen Sweeney and
Pigott entered and arrested him.
Hay in the meantime had been taken in
■ a hack to his home. He remained speech
! less and partially unconscious until
deafly Dr. T. 11. Manley, of No. 302
I West Fifty-third street, was called. He
i found a wound three or four inches long
lon the left side of the head. Hay was
suffering, he said, from an excessive loss
of blood and shock.
Dr. Manley, in speaking about the case,
said he did not regard the wound as fatal
when he first examined Hav, and that
death was probably caused’by internal
hemorrhage.
Hanley testified before the Coroner that
what Rogers said about the trouble and
its origin as related above was correct.
John Burns told the Coroner that he
saw the quarrel, saw Hay strike Rogers
and also saw somebody, he couldn't
swear it was Rogers, knock Hay down
with a stick. He said the men hail teen
drinking.
John O’Shea and John Hay, a son of the i
murdered man, testified, but no additional
facts were elicited.
Hay was forty-two years old and leaves .
a widow and several children. Rogers is
twenty-two years old and unmarried. He
said he had known Hay for about seven
years and never had any quarrel with him
before. Rogers seemed to be suffering
from nervous excitement during the Cor
oner's examination, and was continually
moving about in his chair.
Von Moltke’s Visit to Italy.
Poor France is again in a flutter, this
time not because Eegland wants to have
a Suez canal of her own. like the High
land chieftain who proudly declared that
at the floral his ancestors had a boat of
their own, but because the great German
strategist, Von Moltke, has been making
a sojourn in Northern Italy. The Parisian
I press see wicked conspiracies, treachery,
ingratitude, and guns and sabres in the
fact. “To what purpose,” exclaims Chas. !
Laurent, one of the best known journal
ists, “have we fought the German
every where—in Piedmont and tern,
bardy, Venetia and the Tyrol, inscribing
on our flags the names of Genoa, Lrxli, i
Marengo, Arcole. Rivoli, Mantua. Monte
tello, Magenta and Solferino, establishing
the union of Italy and sealing the inde- ''
pendepce of a people by our courage and
i generosity? AVe now seo a Prussian
Marshal giving advice against us to our
allies of" yesterday, studying the roads
which lead to our country.' and calculat
ing the chances of an army which would
fain pay the debt of the past in cannon
shot.” A stolid German remarked quietly
that M. Laurent has forgotten in his
1 enumeratioif to mention Paris and Sedan;
and another says he knows Moltke has
only gone to Italy to let fresh grapes drop
into his mouth, and drink new pressed
wine.
A Verdict of Guilty.
Columbus, Ga., June 16. —The case of
Ben Mitchell, who hasbeenon trial in the
Superior Court since Wednesday for the
murder of Jesse B. Wright, was'given to
the jury to-day, who, after being out 20
minutes, returned a verdict of guilty, but
recommending that he te confined in the
penitentiary for lite.
Politics In Mississippi.
Nk\v Orleans, June 16. —A special
' from Jackson, Miss., says; “A notice for
a meeting on July 4 has been signed by
Benking, Chalmers, Reuben Davis anil
others. The Republican and Democratic
Executive Committees have met at Ray
, mond and will probably effect a fusion on .
' Urn Madison county plan for this county. 1
CLEVELAND AND CHANDI.ER.
How tlie Reporters Interviewed Them
and the Result.
-Vew Furl- World.
Persons passing the Gilsev House short
ly before midnight last night imagined
that there was a wedding or a funeral in
-1 side. Streams of immaculately dressed
: young men were passing through* the main
entrance, and at the clerk's desk they
1 stood four deep. Three clerks with their
heads bandaged held on to the desks.and it
was said that two others had succumbed
and were lying under the safe. Governor
■ Cleveland had arrived, and the members
of the press had been sent to interview
him. These gentlemen were reciting to
themselves the questions they had teen
told by their editors to ask'him. and such
sound’s as: “Who's next President?"
“You goin'to run?” “Why veto Demo
cratic assessment lull?” “How's crops?"
"Able to do anything?" "Who’s been
here since I've teen gone?" “When did
vou come?” “When d’ye go back?"
“Goodevthihig. Governor!" “Get off mv
i foot!” "Been over the bridge?" etc?,
floated around the room.
The Governor had an appointment to go
to the theatre, but at 8:30 when he at
tempted to descend byway of the fire es
cape, several reporters told him to drop
into thejr arms and they would get him
aw ay from the others. He crawled Lack
through the window, and the onlv thing
the enterprising newspaper men got was
his hat, and they immediately wrote an
interview on it. At 8:40 he attempted to
I smuggle himselt out in a clothes basket,
and was nearly down two steps when the
washer woman “gave herself awav” bv
I asking him in a bass voice if he could tell
her whether he was a candidate for re
nomination.
At 9 o’clock he sent his Secretary out
disguised as himself (the Governor), but
the bait didn’t take and the crowd still
remained.
At 10 o’clock he went to lied and pulled
the covers over his head. A reporter for
the II orld who bad taken the adjoining
room, waited until His Excellency began
snorning and then yelled “Firel"’
The Governor jumped out of bed and
rushed into the reporter's room, the door
of which had lieen ojiened with a false
I Key.
“How do I get down stairs?" asked the
; Governor.
The reporter demanded an apologv for
being thus intruded up n at unseemlv
hours and threatened to have the intruder
arrested. His appearance was unfit for
! publication, and his nightcap had w an
l dered down over his nose.
He pulled it up and said:
"Pray, pardon me.’ 1 dreamed that a
house was afire. There are a lot of dod
' blamed reporters down stairs and they
have unsettled my nerves. They want to
ask me a lot of senseless questions, and 1
would have to repeat that I never exited
| to be elected again: that I vetoed the
assessment bill because I was told to,
! and perhaps say things that would ruin
my chances forever. I would rather te
President than lie right, and I would
, rather be left than te interviewed.”
The reporter made him promise that he
wouldn’t attempt to break into a respecta
ble guest’s room again, doubted that he
I was Governor Cleveland, pushed him into
| his room and withdrew.
The other reporters were lounging
about the room below, and fresh sup
plies of clerks were being placed on duty
every quarter of an hour up to midnight.
At the Glenham Hotel another like
scene was enacted. Secretary Chandler
had given the clerks orders that no re-
I porters should te permitted to see him on
pain of death.
Shortly before 11 o’clock he opened his
door slightly, peeped out and started for
the bath room. He asked the reporter for
a towel and was given a handkerchief.
In the bath room the reporter assisted
him to disrobe, and was handed a trade
I dollar with several plugged holes in it.
As his teots were pulled off he remarked
sotto voce:
j “Durn ’em! They'll ask me about canal
boats an’ navy yards an’ steamboats an’
men-o’-war, an’ what do I know about
’em. I wish I was dead, and that’s the
kind of a log horn I am! I don’t know a
mainmast from a sky-scraper, an' durn
me if I could tell the difference between a
mizzen an’ a poop deck. Then thev’d
tackle me about goggerfry, an I couldn't
tell the Cape o’ Good Hope from the An
des Mountains 'less I had ’em marked
| with a pin hole on the map or looked in
i my book.”
“M hat is that, sir?” asked the scribe.
'Hie Ancient Mariner shut his mouth
I till it looked like a last year elam, and
i asked the “waiter” to step outside until
’ he took a swim.
I The other reporters ascertained that the
' Secretary was up stairs with a World re
: porter, and came up in crowds.
At 1:30 this morning the Mariner was
. still under water, and the reporters had
joined forces and were piled to the wall
i against the door of the bath room.
Later—l:3s—Secretary Chandler lias
stopped splashing, and he has either gone
to sleep in that bath-tub or is full ot
i water.
j A Painful Scene in Court—The Son
Clinging to the Mother.
Chicago Tribune.
The Shippen divorce case, came up |
again before Judge Gardner recently on a >
motion to modify the decree entered April
14, giving the child to the father, Joseph I
Shippen. Mrs. Shippen filed a petition to
this purport some days ago, setting out I
that the boy, Joseph F. Sldppen, was much
attached to her and to his sisters, and
that it was for his best interests that he
should be allowed to see them frequently;
that his father had designed a course of
study for him which would take him awav
from them altogether.
Mrs. Shippen, an attractive, refined wo- :
man, considerably younger than her litis- :
band, was in court with her boy, as was I
also Mr. Shippen. After Mr. Sleeper. Mrs. |
Shippen's attorney, had read the jietition, 1
the Judge said he wanted to have Mr. '
Holmes, Mrs. Shippen’s attorney on the I
hearing of the divorce suit, present in
court. He was sent for, and said Mr. i
Sleeper had been substituted for him with
his entire consent. He supposed Mrs.
Shippen was fully aware of the terms of
the decree as to the custody of the chil
dren, and had consented thereto. He con
sidered the decree quite a proper one
when it was entered.
The Judge said on the face of the peti
tion he was not inclined to disturb the
decree.
One of the counsel for Mr. Shippen said
he wished the court to te- fully informed
in the matter, and was readv to file a cross
petition setting out all the facts in the
! case. It looked as though the skeleton in
the closet would get out, but the Judge
did not seem inclined to interview it. and
! the arguments went on.
After they were concluded the Judge
remarked that he could not regard the
I w ishes of the boy at all in the matter. So
far as the mother was concerned, she had
I put herself in her present condition and
must take the results. She knew of the '
divorce proceedings, and had consented
to the dis]M>sition made of the phildren. !
As far as sympathy was concerned, there '
was as much to te felt for the one party j
as for the other. Under the circumstances
the decree could not te modified, unless,
perhaps, so as to perjnit the parents to
visit the children. The decree was entered
into with full comprehension of all the
results likely to follow. The mother could
not have the entire custody or control of I
all the children to take them away from i
the father, for that would not be fair to
him. The petition to modify the decree
would therefore te overruled.
The boy caught the drift of the decision,
I and at once broke out into ar. uncontrolla- I
ble fit of weeping.
Mr. Bhorey asked for an order compell
ing the mother to surrender the child.
Ihe Judge said he thought that would
, not te- necessary, as the parents weresen
- sible people,
Mrs, Nhiiqieu and the tey then started
to go out after she had intimated that she
‘ would not give him up, when Mr. Shippen
came up and tried to lead the child awav.
The latter persistently retused-. clinging
close to his mother, and she bore him ,
away in triumph.
Shippen then turned around,with a white j
face, and began: “J wish to express my I
indignation at the way my counsel - ”
Then he stopped, regained control of him
self, and the sentence was left unfinished.
The scene in the court room was very '
painful, for teth parties are refined and i
educated, and teth evidently have suffer- !
ed much in their married life. for the
tey, he was crying during nearly the ,
whole of the arguments, and evidently
force oi’ly could have induced him to lea re
his mother.
*Dr. 8. B. Brittan, says; “As a rule
physicians du not, by their professional
methods, build up the female constitution,
while they seldom cure the diseases to
which it is always liable in our variable
climate and under onr imperfect civiliza- !
tion, Special remedies are often required j
to restore organic harmony and strength- '
en the enfeebled powers of womanhood; |
and for most of these we are indebted to
persons outside of the medical protewsion
Among the very test of these remedies 1
I assign a prominent place to Mrs. Lydia
1 E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.”’
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THE CHARGES AGAINST ARCHI
TECT HILIi.
No Session Held Yesterday— Secret ai y
New Snubbed—Alleged Illegal Expeu
dit u re<-Increased Coinpensat ion of
Contractors—An Instance of Nepotism
in Subletting.
Washington. June 16.—N0 session
was held to-day of the committee investi
gating the transactions of the office ot su
pervising architect of the Treasury .owing
to the absence of Architect Hill's eounset.
When Assistant Seeretttry New made this
announcement, Coleman, counsel for
Murch, said with some warmth that he
w ished to call the attention of the com
mittee to w hat he regarded as a gross ini
|iertinenee. teth to himself and to New.
He then produced a requisition made sev
eral days ago by Murch ujion Hill for pa
pers relating to contracts for statuary for
a Philadelphia public building. The re
quest w as indorsed by New, w ith an order
for the production of the papers,on the re
verse side, with Hill's indorsement re
fusing to furnish the desired papers, for
the reason that the statuary in
question was not mentioned on
the charges being investigated. Cvle
man characterized this refusal as
an insult to the Chairman of the commit
tee and Hill’s superior. Coleman then
gave notice that the prosecution promised
to take up the public buildings at St.
Louis. Chicago, Cincinnati and other
places, and to show that above sstK),ouo ot
public funds had teen illegally expended. *
Mr. Murch stated this evening that
among the papers which he had been
enabled to extort from the superintending
architect's office w as one showing that in
one instance after the contracts had been
made an order w as made by the architect
increasing the eoni|M-nsati<>n of the con
tractors 25 per cent., or $1 per cubic toot,
for cutting and polishing stone for the
Philadelphia public building. “As to the
contract for statuary for that building,"
said Murch. “it was awarded to Assistant
Secretary French’s son, and by him sute
let (o another parly, who sublet it to the
contractor who is now engagej in exe
cuting it.”
A NOBLEMAN’S ADVENT! RKS.
After Serving as a I'orter a German
Fount Finds Himself in Jail.
St. Louie Special to the Philadelphia Prexx.
A veritable German nobleman, Graf
Adolph von der Dannenberg, lately a
dashing Second Lieutenant of the ’9th
Hanoverians Dragoons, is in jail here
locked up on a charge of larceny pre
ferred by Father Meyer, President of the
St. Louts 1 niversity. The Count came
here from Berlin last December
bringing letters which gained him
admittance to the test German society,
and by the advice of his new fGvnds"
he dropped his title, and called himself
simply Mr. Non Donkterg. He was very
bard up, and, confiding this fact to his
friends, he secured various odd employ
ments, upon their recommendation’s
finally securing, through Dr. Preetorius
editor of Carl Schurz’s old paper, the
Wextliehe Post, a situation as a sort of
Secretary of the organization, which was
raising funds for the benefit of the suffer
ers by the floods in Germany.
His powers were very limited, however,
and, when after repeated warnings, he
was found to persist in opening the let
ters containing remittances, his services
were dispensed with. After his departure
a shortage in the funds was discovered.
Misfortunes now multiplied upon tin
young nobleman, who, being kept
without resources ot any kind, was dis
charged from one hotel after another
where he had succeeded in gaininga brief
credit by virtue of his good clothes and
r -presentations of the wealth of his friends
at home and his immediate expectations.
During this time he was being feted by
ex-Mayor NN erstolz and other wealthy
and prominent citizens.
In March, while he was pushed for
money, he informed Dr. A. G. Bernavs
that he had secured an engagement to
join a party of surveyors, and only needed
the loan of a theodo-life to complete his
outfit. NVith a letter from Dr. Bernavs he
succeeded m enlisting the sympathies of
Police Commissioner Lutz, who aided him
in procuring from Father Meyer the in
strument, which he pawaed for $5, after
which he departed for < hicago.
Here his patent ol nobility proved of no
purpose whatever, and, after suffering
considerable hardship, the Count was
glad to accept the position of porter in
Herbert Spencer & Co.’s hardware store
ata salary of $6 per week. Then- he
worked hard and honestly until the day
before yesterday, when a’St. Louis detec
tive arrested him on a requisition, and
lamb’d bill. g. the city yesterday morning
The Count, whois a handsome young
fellow of 23, and whose claims to nobility
are not disputed here, states that he was
obliged to leave Germany partly liecause
he had run heavily in debt, but mostly
tecause, in a duel, he had killed a brother
officer named Semonson, son of a Berlin
banker. A story got afloat at onetime
I t hat he was engaged to a beautiful German
girl of this city, but he says that it has no
foundation, though he intimates that he
' w ishes it had. He says that bis friends in
Germany will send him money as s<»n as
| they hear of his dilemma.
In the meantime, it is believed that*
there is more behind the story than is
found on the surface, as it does’not seem
possible that such efforts should be made
to secure the return from Illinois of a man
whose only crime was the obtaining of |5
upon an instrument which was afterwards
recovered.
MAHONE’S DEFEAT.
Evidence That he was Wor&ted in De
zendorfte District.
Richmond ( Ya.) Special, lUh.
No tetter evidence that Mahone was de
feated by Congressman Dezendorf in the
latter’s disinet at the recent elections in
this "tate is to te found than the fact that
the Senator will probably not make a ti -ht
this year in Norfolk county and Norfolk
city tor two State senators to which these
districts are entitled. Mr. Martin who
represented the county in the Senate, ami
Mr Rue. who represents the city, were
both long term Senators, and their terms
do not expire for two years.
During the last session of the Legisla
ture, however, teth accepted other offices.
Rue was made Postmaster ot Norfolk citv
and Martin was elected State Railroad
< ommisstoner. Foreseeing difficulties
ahead for their party, neither of these Sen
ators resigned as such when they accent
ed other jsisitions. Since the last election
it is given out that teth wili claim their
seats. Os course tte-ir titles to such are
disputed, but if they take their places in
the upper branch or the Legislature they
may lie able to H4,*at .Mahone conteHtanta
for seats therein before they are ousted.
AH admit that the Senate will Is* mightv
close, and the votes of the two memters
from Dezendorfs district may be able to
turn the tide in Mahone’s favor The ti dit
will have tote made by the Coalitionfets
for memters of the U>wer House in coun
ties composing Rue and Martin’s districts,
so that Mahone cannot evade the test of
strength ot the- respective parties in that
section at the approaching election.
His Nose Was a Dead Give Away
Cheek.
A certain young Hebrew traveling man
new on the road, i,ought a
of a scaljier and got aboard the train in
good shape. When the conductor < a me
aromid lie Ux>k up Isaac’s ticket and
teiked at the name, and then at Isaac,
shook bis head and said:
“What’s your name?”
“I<et me tee my ticket.”
in Aonr ticket 11 Bame witl *out see-
haVe U off te WO "’ t do ' ' O'*’ ll
Jour tore!” n ° Xt Btatior *’ or
“Villyoulet me see dot teeket Mr
Coondogterr” inquired Moses. The con
ductor showed it to him. "Mein Got,
<lfeeß} ’ Patrick Mo
ter dot nain2t On ?^ r a° U dond recommem
r dot name, Dond you nefer irot some
Ik 1 y a!l tbe d '«'O’’ you
arm j < »n« / l^ ,ndOifUirltM,k# dot nose
h £1 v.. h Und he •’Ohnules mil
C tw“^ ,nk n fa Patrick tehint
a tl.«e like dot. Uh, Izeek. ven vou
grow* olter you vill know a krate deal
more as you knows yoost now. Mr.
tod^nM^ r ’ * Vlll i Pay dis fare
toile stcliopping place vereve gits off.”
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