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I THE MORNING NEWS. .
•{ Established IBM. Incospo rated 1888.1
j J. H. ESTILL, President, j
BARDSLEY SPEAKS OUT.
BANK examiner drew IN a
WORSE LIGHT THAN EVER.
Chargee That He Was Under Pecun
iary Obligations to Lucas, Marsh
and Eardsley -The Ex-Treasurer
Attributes Eis Downfall to Over
confidence in Others—A Denial That
He Has Any 111-gotten Qalns-Ac
ceptance of Interest Admitted—The
Passing of Sentence Indefinitely Sus
pended.
Philadelphia. Jane 33.—Two weeks
ago, whan ex-Treasurer Bardsley pleaded
guilrv to the rnauy charges against him the
c rb fixed to-day as the time to pass sen
tence upon him. Public expectation has
been wrought up by a promise that when
be was brought into court Bardsley would
make a full and free confession of bis mal
feasance. By many it was thought that in
bis statement or “confession" Bardsley
would implicate men high iu business and
official life, men whose names bavo only
been hinted at, but who were supposed to be
his confederates.
THE EXPECTATION GROUNDLESS.
Such expeoiations proved groundless, for
Bardsley’s confession practically confessed
LOthing that has not been made public
through the columns of the press. The
“confession” was more in the line of a de
fense of his own conduct, and was exceed
ingly specious and fair-seeming, giving in
detail his various transactions. It bristled
throughout with figures and showed where
every dollar he hai been accused of niisap
propriating has gone to. The charges to
which he has pleaded guilty, of loaning pub
lic luuds at interest and to speculating with
them, he frankly acknowledged, but he
emphatically denied that he had benefited
hy his transactions to the extent of a dollar.
DREW SEVERELY CENSURED.
National Bank Examiner Drew came in
for a severe scoring at the hands of Bards
ley, and he laid it to Drew’s door that he
sunk his money in the Keystone Bank.
Bardsley said that it was through Drew’s
plausible statements of the bank’s condition
that he bad deposited his money there. He
further charged, through an acknowledg
ment by President Maisuof the Keystone
Bank, that Drew knew of the bank's condi
tion, aud that Drew was under obligation
to John C. Lucas, the dead president of the
bank, for money loaned and for valuable
favors received. Bardsley implicated Henry
H. Yard in his transactions by stating that
it was through him he had loaned money to
the banks.
TRUSTED TOO MUCH IN OTHERS.
According to Bardsley’s statement his
present plight may be accounted for by
trusting too much in the statements of
others, and can be epitomized in his own
words in telling bis story of his deposits in
tho Keystone Bank; “I did not get the
money, and I have never gotten any part of
It, and it is still in the bank or should be
there. I knew that the closing of the bank
meant a great loss to the city aud state and
personal destruction to myself. 1 therefore
made every effort to sustain the bank, aud
its closing has resulted in my absoluteruio.”
READ WITHOUT FALTERING.
The statement comprised many pages of
closely written typewriter copy and con
sumed an hour aud a quarter in the reading.
As Bardsley read, his voice was clear, dis
tinct and audible in every part of the court
room. Twice he faltered and was compelled
to cease reading when he spoke of bis
family, but otherwise he read firmly to the
end. A summary of Bardsley’s itemized
statement shows a net balance due the city
of $ 191,061 and a net balauce due the state
of <1,003,769. making a total due the city
aud state ol $1,194,630.
HOW IT IS ACCOUNTED FOR.
This balance is accounted for as follows;
Clearing house due bills from the Keystone
lauk, $925,000; receipt of president of the
Keystone bank for 100 bonds of
the Baltimore Traction Company, SI,OOO
each, $100,000; notes taken from Granville
B. Haines for cash given him to assist the
Keystone bank, $35,000; 750 shares of the
stock in the Farmers and Mechanics’ bank,
<100,000; cash In the Farmers and Me
chanics’ bank in connection with 750 shares
of stock, sso3; cash in the hands of the
assignees, $6,000; total, $1,155,808; balauce
due the city and state, $38,882.
THE DISCREPANCY MADE GOOD.
The statement continuing says: “This
accounts for all of the money entrusted to
my care except a balanced $38,882. This
amount is many times overcome by prop
erty and claims I have made over to my
assignee, all of which is subject to the dis
position of the city and state. Iu connec
tion therewith I ough to refer to $430,000 of
stock hereinafter mentioned, which is also
in possession of my assignee."
SENTENCE SUSPENDED.
At the conclusion of Bardsley’s statement
District Attorney Graham asked the court
to suspend sentence indefinitely, so as to
allow the expert accountants to pursue their
investigations further. This the court
agreed to, and Bardsley was taken back to
prison. ,
Bardsley came up from prison this morn
ing in a carriage and on entering the court
room was placed in the dock. The rest and
quiet that he has had in prison have done
him a world of good, and he looked again
like the John Bardsley of his happier days.
His eyes did not seek the floor and his
head remain bowed as on the day he
was brought from a sick bed to answer the
charges against him at the preliminary
hearing. He looked boldly around the court
room, bowed to some acquaintances,
and entered into conversation with
his brother-in-law. At the request of his
counsel the court allowed Bardsley to leave
the deck aud take his seat within ths bar.
USED THE PUBLIC FUNDS.
The proceedings were opened by District
Attorney Graham addressing Judge Wilson
and stating that he wished to call some
witnesses so that the court oould get some
information on which to pass sentence.
Mr. Graham called Taylor Faunoe, an ex
pert accountant, to the stand, and be testi
fied that Bardsley in his two years and a
half incumbency of the olfloe of city treas
urer reoei ved $209,009 in interest on the
public funds; that Bardsley had used $500,-
060 in speculation and had loaned $600,000
to one banking firm and $200,000 to an
other. He also loaned $400,000 to the Bard
ford Mills Company, of which he was the
owner.
SOLD GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Bardsley also sold and converted to his
own use $57,000 worth of government bonds
that he held for the city, but this money
was subsequently returned. The experts
had found that Bardsley’s stock operations
had cost him in the neighborhood of $100,009.
Lawrence Brown, another exrert account
ant, was the next witness called. Before
Mr. Brown finished, bis testimony was badly
riddled by a fire of cross-examination to
which he was subjected by Mr. Alexander,
the counsel for Bardsley.
THE AMOUNT UNACCOUNTED FOR.
Mr. Brown testified that about SIBO,OOO
remained to be accounted for, but that the
examination had not progressed far enough
for him to be able to tell definitely what had
%\)t Jltofmttfl |
become of it; that the Farmers’ and Me
chanics’ Bank and National Bank had
Bardsley respectively SIBI,OOO
and $48,000 to speculate in stocks, in answer
K> a question from Mr. Alexander Mr.
Brown said that the investigation had not
reached tuat point where he could say that
Bardsley had profited a dollar bv his trans
actions. Mr. Brown was forced to acknowl
edge that there was an actual profit to the
city of about $170,000 between the money
Bardsley received at interest and the money
he lost iu stocks, as this money has been
turned over to the city,
THE KEYSTONE BANK DEPOSITS.
Mr. Brown also said that he believed
from his examination so far as it has Been
conducted that Bardsley did deposit $945,.
000 in the Keystone Bank and got due bills
for it, as he says he did. Mr. Brown
further said under Mr. Alexander’s skillful
handling that, with the exception of the
school fund, part of which was returned to
the state by Bardsley, that the city’s funds
were intact. This concluded Mr. Brown’s
testimony.
Taylor Faunoe was re-called, and said
that the total amount unaccounted for was
$200,000.
bardsley’s version.
In the oourse of a long history of his deal
ings with the Keystone bank Bardsley said:
“The transactions with this bank from Jan.
1, 1889, the time I took my seat, up to Octo
ber or November, 1890, were entirely satis
factory. All demands on the bank were
promptly met. In Ootober or November,
1890, the financial panic commenced, caused
largely by the failure of the Barings in
London, which panic swept over this city,
and the latter part of Novem
ber the Keystone bank showed evidence of
trouble. I was applied to by the bank for
assistance, but oould not give any. About
Nov. 25, however, fearful that there might
be further trouble, I deposited with tho
president of the bank 100 bonds of the
Baltimore Traction Company of SI,OOO
each, to enable him to use them at the
clearing house, where he did use them and
obtained a loan for the bank.
NEVER RETURNED.
"These bonds or their face value were to
be returned to me in a few days, but never
were. As before stated, during 1889 my
business with the bank was entirely satis
factory. I had deposited with them during
1889 large sums of state money, which when
wanted by me were promptly re
turned, so that when the president
applied to me in the spring of 1890 to
make other dsposits, I complied, and dur
ing the year 1890 deposited with the bank
various sums, of whioh Bardsley gave dates
aud amounts, aggregating $945,000. For
< aoh of these deposits I received from
the bank a clearing house due bill. The
receiver of the bank has refused to admit
this indebtedness of the bank, and the publio
at large have also refused to believe I did
make these deposits."
BACKING UP HIS STATEMENT.
Bardsley therefore submits in minute de
tail various points of evidence to support
his statement that the money was placed in
the bank and the due bills given him there
for. Tbiß proof of Bardsley’s consisted of
entries on stabs of the bank’s due
bill book, private fetters from Pres
ident Marsh and other private mem
oranda. Of this $945,000, Bardsley
says only $20,000 was returned to him.
Continuing, Bardsley says: “About Nov. 1,
1890, I notified that bank that on Nov. 26,
1890, I would have to call on them for $400,-
000 to pay the state treasurer on Nov. 26.
I was not able to collect $400,000, nor any
part thereof, nor have 1 been able since to
collect any part of the $925,000. The entire
amount is still in the bank, or it should be
there.
DREW’S ASSURANCES.
“During all these months, and especially
during December, Bank Examiner Drew
made many public declarations that every
national hank in Philadelphia was sate and
solvent and that the people need fear no
danger. During the fall of 1890, ho assured
me time and time again that the Keystone
bank was all right and in as
good standing as any other national
bank in Philadelphia, in proportion to its
capital and surplus. Nothing was left
undone on my part to protect the interests
of the oity and of the state. When the true
condition of the bank was ascertained I
was, with everybody else, astonished that
Mr. Drew did not know of the insolvency
of the bank, and so expressed myself to
President March, who said that he believed
that Mr. Drew did know all about it.
SMACKS OF BRIBERY.
‘ ‘But from the fact that he (Mr. Drew)
was under obligations to President Lucas
and myself also, for money borrowed, he
(the president) thought that Mr. Drew
wanted to assist the bank all he could. Presi
dent Marsh said that at the time of Presi
dent Lucas' death, he (Marsh) bad taken out
of Lucas’ drawer a promissory note or
notes signed by Mr. Drew, for money
borrowed, and that he still held
them, and, with what had been
loaned him up to date, the same amounted
to $2,850. The president also stated that
valuable presents or sums of money had
been presented or given to Mr. Drew by
himself or Mrs. Luoas, or by both. I assert
most positively that Mr. Drew should have
known the true condition of the bank, and
bad he communicated the faotto me or even
hinted at it I wouldjnever have permitted
the city and state and my own funds to
have remained there.
DREW SELF-OONVICTED.
“President Marshstated to me that on one
occasion during the lifetime of President
Lucas Mr. Drew came to examine the bank
books. It was a week before the time he
was expected. A messenger was at once
dispatched to President Lucas at his home,
who sent Mr. Drew a note which caused
him to at once leave the bank and postpone
the examination for one week. Mr. Drew
at one time had nn assistant named Tren
holm, who, President Marsh told me, took
board at his home at the request of Mr.
Lucas, and that this young man kept Presi
dent Marsh fully advised of the movements
of Mr. Drew as to the time when he was to
come to the Keystone Bank.
NO DEALINGS WITH WANAMAKER.
"During the time I was in the office of
the city treasurer I never bad auy transac
tions with Postmaster General Wanamaker,
nor have I any personal knowledge of bis
transactions with the Keystone Bank.
I have seen it stated that prior to the run
on the bank and between that time and
March 20 that Thomas B. Wanamaker,
a son of John Wanamaker, President
Marsh and myself were very often seen
together. This is absolutely false. During
the past two or three years I have never been
In company with either John Wanamaker or
his son, Thomas 8., except onoe, when I
called to ask Thomas B. Wanamaker where
a letter would reach his father, who was
with President Harrison on his trip to Cali
fornia.
WANTED TO NAME THE RECEIVER.
“As I wished to write, and did write,
John Wanamaker, asking him to use his
influence with Mr. Laoey, controller of the
currency. In favor of the appointment of
Thomas M. Thompson, city controller, as
receiver of the bank. I visited Mr. Laoey
for Ibis purpose in Washngton, and as
strongly as I oould urged tne appointment
of Mr. Thompson as receiver of the Key
stone Bank, basing the claim on the large
interest the city had in the bank."
ACKNOWLEPGES RECEIVING INTEREST.
Bardsley then acknowledges his transac
tions with Glendinmng & Cos., and, receiv-
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1891,
ing interest upon his deposits of public
money from a dozen or more banks and
banking firms, ears that when he trans
ferred his Interest in the Bradford mills to
John and James Dobson he was fully satis
fied that the Dobsons would have to pay to
the city aud state the full amount
of tbeir responsibility on his bonds,
$220,000, describes the economy prac
ticed hy himself and family for the
past twenty years with the object of secur
ing oomfort in old age; nails the attention
of the court to the fact that neither the
city nor state will be a loser to the amount
of $1 by reason of the acts for which he was
indicted, and that be has placed all his pos
sessions within control of the authorities,
says be was ignorant that be had trans
gressed the law and pleads his long life of
hitherto unblemished reputation.
HIS LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS.
In this pan of his statement appears the
following paragraph; “It has been asserted
in the papers that many prominent politi
cians and others have borrowed from me
and have shared in some way the profits of
the office. I want to say In this connection
it is true that I Save assisted many
men in private, political and publio life in
small loans, yet in every instance, so far os
I can remember, the money has either been
returned or is amply secured, and in no
case has there beon any person or persons
benefited to thej extent of $1 by reason of
my holding office. I have not shared the
profits of the offioe with any one."
RDCIPROCIfY WITH CANADA.
Tho Correspondence Eetween tho Two
Governments.
Ottawa, Ont., Juno 23. —1n the Senate
yesterday additional correspondence on
reciprocity proposals between Canada and
the United .States was brought down. This
embraced the oorrespondence between Sec
retary Blaine and Sir Paunoefote on the
matter, and the first batch of letters deals
with the preliminary arrangements for the
conference. Then comes a letter from
Secretary Blaine to Sir Pauncefote,
written a short time before the oouference,
in whioh he says: “If an agreement is
reached all is well; if not, no official men
tion is to be made of this effort. Above all
things, It is important to avoid publio refer
ence to the matter. This the President will
insist on." He continues: “While no notes
were exchanged between us I carefully
minuted my modifications of the paper you
left with me containing Lord Salisbury’s
propositions, and did so immediately after
you left the department.”
the admonition repeated.
He adds, as if to Impress it, “You will
observe the private character whioh I
wished to impart to the conference a- recog
nized by you." Another letter is in an
angry tone. The Canadian elections were
over. Secretary Blaine, writing to Sir
Pauncefote, reminds him foroibly of the
agreement as to secrecy that hod been
made been the governments, and continues:
"It was a surprise to me when I learned
that during the Canadian canvass
Sir John MacDonald and Sir Charles Tup
per both stated before publio assemblages
that an informal disousaion of the reciproc
ity treaty would take place at Washington
after March 4 by invitation of the Secre
tary of State.” Then follows further corre
spondence between Secretary Blaine and
tho governor general arranging the con
ference that took place.
PARNELL COMING OVER.
He Wants to Attend the November
Convention at Ealtimore.
Chicago, June 23.—A special dispatoh
from Denver, Col., says: "John Fitz
gerald, president of the Irish National
League, has received a telegram here noti
fying him of the receipt of a letter from
Mr. Parnell pledging himself to do every
thing consistent with his .position
to carry out President Fitzgerald’s
view. President Fitzgerald says this refers
to the demand of the party in America that
the Irish factions in Ireland unite on a
leader before tho September convention,
and President Fitzgerald adds that no
money is being sent or Will be sent till they
do unite, and that plenty will be forthcom
ing then.
o’kelly’s plans.
“J. J. O’Kelly, M. P., chairman of Mr.
Parnell’s envoys, denies that it Is the pur
pose of the envoys to bring their mission to
a close, being hopeless of making uny head
way iu this country. Hp says that ho will
form a committee of prominent Irish-
Americans iu this city to assist in the work
here and will then go from oity to city and
organize similar bands of determined men,
who will stick to Mr. Parnell to the end.
ORIGIN OF THE RUMOR.
“He says furthermore that the rumor
that the work is to be abandoned grew out
of the fact that Mr. Parnell himself has
made up his mind to come to America
month after next to attend the Baltimore
convention in November, and wishes to have
a consultation wi:h William Redmond be
fore he leaves Ireland. Mr. Redmond, at
Mr. Parnell’s request will go to Ireland and
report to Mr. Parnell. The leader wishes to
leave Mr. Redmond on the other side in Ire
land, during his own absence in America.”
NASHVILLE’S BSvKE s BANK.
Th 9 Institution 25 Years Old and a Re
eumption Expected.
Nashville, Tenn., June 23.—Up to a
late hour last evening quite a crowd of de
positors lingered at the doors of the Nash
ville Savings Bank, which failed yesterday.
Hon. John Rubm, attorney for the bank,
is still engaged in shaping up the assign
ment. The Messrs. Sax say that they have
put every dollar of their assets, both of the
bank and their personal property,
into the assignment. Not only
whre tne expressions of regret
general at the unexpected event, but
proffers of substantial aid were made im
mediately from all sides. The institution
has been in existence something over a
quarter of a century, and has been through
out this period one'of the most highly es
teemed banking houses in Nashville. It is
hoped that within a few weeks busiuess will
be resumed. Among the principal creditors
are the First National bank, $65,813; Fourth
National Bank, $22,260; American National
Bank. $19,000; N. M. Martin. $18,000;
A. L. Landis & Cos., $15,000; Commercial
National Bauk, $11,000; John 8. Brands
ford, $19,600, all of which are secured. The
assets, consisting of loans, overdrafts,
stocks, bonds, cash and real estate, are
fully equal to the liabilities.
HAD A HAND IN A MURDER.
A Confession Made* Years After a
Crime and Lynching.
Richland Center. Wis., June 23.—Ir
win Fowler of Viola, Richland county, has
confessed that he bad a hand in the murder
of Reuben Drake, bis wife and two grand
children in May, ISBB, for which Andrew
Urandstaff was lynched three days after
ward. It is reported that Fowler implicates
Jeff Boker and Frank and Elijah Carry,
who were uuder suspicion at tba time of the
murder. Great excitement existed iu the
vicinity when the diabolical crime was com
mitted, and in consequence of Fowler’s
confession further violence may result.
BALMACEDA BOASTFUL.
A CLAIM THAT THE INSUR3SNTS
ARB VIRTUALLY BEATEN.
Their Fight Prolonged Only to Secure
the Duties From the Nitrate Depos
its— Nineteen Frovlnoea Claimed to
Ba Under the President’s Control.
Overtures to Peru.
London, Juno 33.— A dispatch published
here to-day from the Chilean government,
presided over by President Balmaceda and
dated from Hantlago de Chile, sayß that the
rebels have lost all moral force, and that
all action upon their part in the south has
ceased. On the other hand, the dispatoh
states that President Balmaceda is taking
active steps to increase the strength of bis
army, and that the loyal warships are at
tacking the rebel ports, while the rebel
squadron avoids ligbtisg. The President,
it appears from this cable message, walks
freely in the streets of Santiago, which
city is said to be entirely on Ms side.
WHY THEY HOLD OUT.
In conclusion a statement is made that
the rebels are prolonging the war solely to
enrich themselves with the nitrate deposits
ofTnrapaoa. It is also asserted that the
constitutional congress sits with regularity,
passes measures iu the interest of the people
and furnishes the government with ample
resources. Nineteen provinces, it is furthor
stated, are under the control of President
Balmaceda. These provinces are inhabited
by 8,000,000 people, while the rebel prov
inces, according to the cable from Santiago,
are only inhabited by 150,000 people, one
half of whom are said to be foreigners.
INSURGENTS GROWING DESPERATE.
Washington, June 23.—A telegram re
ceived here to-day from Paris states that
the efforts of the Chilean insurgents to se
onre aid from the Frenoh government are
becoming desperate. The Insurgents, tho
telegram says, have promised to deliver to
Peru immediately, the territoi-y of Tacna
and the port of Arica, provided the Peruv
ian government government recognises
them as belligerents and gives them other
assistance. The Peruvian government has
peremptorily rejected the proposition of the
insurgents.
UPRISING OF THE OHINESB.
A Report That Priests Had Used
Children’s Byes for Mediolne.
San Francisco, Cal., Juno 23.— The
North China Daily Newt , In its account of
the Wuhu riots, says It has been reported
for several days that a mob of Chinese had
determined to loot and burn
the property of the Jesuits at
Wuhu. It was rumored that obildren
had been killed and their eyes taken out to
make medicine for the Jesuit fathers. On
'the afternoon of Tuesday, May 12, a mob
of Chinese gathered about the premises of
the priests and broke through the walls,
.eventually tatting fire to the cathe-
Aral and other bulldiags after driv
ing out the missionaries and pillaging
the palaoe. The mob then proceeded
to the English consulate And destroyed oon
siderable property by throwing stones. The
arrival of Toatai, the local magistrate, and
the coolness of the British consul saved tho
btyldiugs from being set on fire.
ESCAPE OF THE CONSUL.
The consul and his wife escaped from the
mob by dressing iu Chinese costume and
hurrying to the oustom house embarked
with other foreign residents in tho China
Navigation Company’s receiving ship. A
number of foreigners, headed by the con
sul armed themselves and passed
their time at the custom house
and, assisted by Toatai, repelled
the mob, who twice during the night made
an attempt to loot and set on fire the ous
tom house and residences of the foreign
officials. Next morning an immense crowd
again set fire to the custom house and sur
rounding buildings, but the custorn-i staff,
fully armed, oharged the natives and again
put out the fire.
frightened by gunboats.
In the afternoon three Chinese gunboats
which were escorting Shen Ping Cheng,
Governor of Anhui, up the river, arrived
on the scene, and learning of tho riot
began to fire blank cartridges, whioh had the
effect of frightening the mob. Borne 200
soldiers arrived from Taiuiang Fu, and
this lent additional protection to the for
eign residents. The mob did not make auy
further demonstrations against the Metho
dist Episcopal (American) mission,
but, advised by the British
consul, the missionaries from that
point also embarked on the Tehsing, which
brought them, together with the ladies and
children of Wuhu to Shanghai. At Chian
Kiang priests who escaped from Wuhu in a
boat were picked up.
ONLY ONE GUNBOAT NEAR.
There was only one British man-of-war
on the North China station at the time of
the riot, and the gunboat Linnet was near
WuSuug, but it was sent for and pro
ceeded to Wuhu. On May 16, four days
after the Wuhu riots, the natives of Ngauk
ing made an attack on the Roman Cathollo
mission there. The priests succeeded in keep
ing the mob off, and one of the assailants
was arrested and punished. The Catholic
mission was not the only one attacked, for
a crowd equally large made a desoant on
the Inland mission near the north gate, but
the Chinese authorities arrived in time to
prevent any serious damage. Placards bad
been posted by the rioters announcing that
the mission buildings would be totally de
stroyed Friday, May 22. Placards had also
beenjjposted in the Freneb quarter of
Shanghai threatening foreigners.
AN OUTBREAK IN CANTON.
Boms of the Gaelic’* passengers who ar
rived to-day brought information that
natives of Canton had again broken out
against the mlsiionaries, and burned a
mission situated on the hanks of one of the
rivers in that provlnoe, and put to death
all those connected therewith. Just before
the Gaelio left, it is stated, four of the mur
derers were put to death. Cases of abduction
and murder are becoming numerous.
Several man and women have been enticed
beyond the borders of Canton aud held for
a ransom. If a ransom was not forthcoming,
the unhappy viottms are to be put to death.
FOUR MBGROES KILLED.
Six Other Men Injured b 7 the Derail
ment of a Train.
Richmond, Ky., June 23.—A con
struction train belonging to the company,
whioh is building a road from this place to
Beattyvllle, left the track at Million, five
miles from here yesterday, and killed fonr
men, Abner Hagan, Mat West, Joseph
Swopes and William DeWitt, all oolored.
Bix were wounded, one losing an arm. Con
ductor Stevens was seriously hurt. The
men who remained in the car were not hurt,
but those who jumped out were oaught
under the car as it turned over.
Grand Rapids’ Labor Troubles.
Grand Rapids, Mich., June 23 —The
street car drivers’ strike, whioh has b en
pending since May, was declared off to-day,
the mea conceding everything.
Twenty-three melders who struck yester
day fn ths Grand Rapids School Furniture
Cf npany’s works on account of the —nploy
f at of a non-union man are still o
TREASURY OPERATIONS.
A Claim That There 1* a Net Balance
on Hand of $4,765,000.
Washington, June 23.—The United
States treasurer’s statement, issued to-day,
showing the operations to the does of busi
ness June 20, givee the following figures:
Cash balance, $43,097,810, deducting $31,-
666,746 on deposit in national hanks and
$30,178,026 fractional silver, or a total of
$41,840,371, leaving a net balance or sur
plus of $1,957,439. A statement prepared
in the secretary’s office, giving the opera
tions to date,**hoß a not balauce in the
treasury of $4,765,000.
MUCH SPENT FOR BONDS.
Referring to the statement that tho cash
in the treasury to-day is $87,000,090 leu
than it was July 1, 1899, including the
amount held for the redemption of national
bank notes, a treasury official said this
afternoon that the books of the treasury de
partment show that the amount paid out iu
the purchase of bonded indebtedness of the
United States since that date lias been
$113,810,843, or $26,810,843 more than (he
reduction iu cash referred to.
the gold in thh treasury.
A statement prepared at the treasury de
partment shows that tho net gold ui the
treasury, coin and bullion, on June 20 was
$121,333,339, or $11,873,824 less than was
held on June 1, and $68,889,065 lees than
was in the treasury June 1, 1890. The state
ment only goes back to January, 1883, at
whioh time the net gold in the treasury
amounted to $202,955,184, or $81,621,845
mors than at present. The gold holdings
were greatest in March, 1888, when they
were $218,818,268.
GOTHAM’S CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.
The receipts from customs at the port of
Now York during the first twenty days of
June were $5,493,189. The receipts during
tho corresponding period of last year were
$9,348,074. It Is estimated that two-tbirds
of the customs revenues are collected at
Now York, aud that the hital reoelpts from
customs for the present fiscal year ending
June 30 next will be about $6,000,000 less
than the previous fiscal year.
NOT A BED OF ROBBS.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sioners Worn Out With Work.
Washington, June 23.— The Interstate
Commorco Commission faces con
stantly increasiug work with a dimin
ishing strength. For nearly two years
Chairman Cooley has been almost con
stantly unable to aot with the commission
by reason of illness, and he now seems to be
so backward that there is little probability
of his being able to resume bis duties for
several months. Mr. Bragg of Ala-
I ama, the republican member
of the commission, has been more or lets ill
with a complication of disorders superin
duced by a severe attack of the grip. He
recovered sufficiently to make the western
tour just completed by the commission, but
he has returned greatly exhausted by
the exciting work and by tta)
muggy weather and is now un
able to sit with the oorrmiasiou.
His friends think he must take a long rest
if he Is to continue on the commission.
Consequently the three remaining members
of the commission must do double work.
As the commission, unlike the courts,
takes no regular vacation, it would not bo
surprising If the commissioners would be
seriously afflicted by it, being no longer
young men.
BAUM’S DAY’S NUMBERED.
The Son Won’t be Prosecuted But the
Old Man Must Go.
Washington, June 23.—District Attor
ney Cole is quoted as sayiug that young
Haum and his accomplices are not to he
prosecuted, giving a. a reason that the evi
dence, which was so oanclusive in the mind
of Secretaries Noble and Foster and Assist
ant Secretaries Bussey and Nettloten, that
they removed all the porsons implicated,
would not procure an indictment from
the grand jury. Probably it would not, as
it would be presented by District Attorney
Cole, consoious of the desire of the adminis
tration that young llaum should not be
prosecuted in order that old Ratlin should
go out without making a fuss when his
time comes. Old llaum gives plain signs
to those who see him daily by peevishness
and by much talk about the great business
opportunities be is neglecting that he has
reoeived his order to go.
EXPLOSIONS AND RAIN.
Tho Bursting of a Balloon Among the
Clouds Followed by a Downpour.
Washington, June 23.— The last agri
cultural appropriation act contained an ap
propriation of $7,000 to be used in experi
ment* in the production of rainfall. The
department is now about to embark in these
experiments, having prepared to test practi
cally the theory that heavy explosions cause
rainfall. Last evening a preliminary trial
was made, and a balloon sent up in
tho northern suburbs exploded with
great violence amid tho clouds.
Whether tho subsequent downpour
of rain later in the evening was caused by
the explosion remains to be determined, and
tbe department will try the experiment on
a large scale to-morrow to test the effioacy
of this means of breaking summer droughts.
PENSION PAYMBNfR
A Total of $1,264,716,000 Disbursed
Since July, 1861.
Washington, June 23. —Commissioner
Raum to-day signed invalid army pension
certificate No. 600,000, granted for disabil
ity incurred during tbe late war. Widows’
and minora’ certificates have been issued to
the number of 295,471; navy invalids.
11,510; and navy widows, 5,687. There
have been paid since July 1, 1861, to sur
vivors of the war of 1812, the Mexican war
and the late war, or their widows and chil
dren, an aggregate of $1,284,716,000.
Col. Weber Ordered to Europe.
Washington, Jane 23.—Assistant Secre
tary Nettle ton of the treasury has in
structed Col. John B. Weber, superintend
ent of immigration at the port of New
York, to proceed to Europe for duty as
chairman of the foreign immigration com
mission, In place of Gen. Grosvenor of
Ohio, resigned. Weber will leave New
York for Europe next week and will be
gone about three months.
Made Reoelver of a Bank.
Washington, June 23.— The controller
of the currenoy to-day appointed Theron P.
Giddings of Kalamazoo, Micb.. as receiver
of the National City bank of Marshall, Micb.
Harrison Returns.
Washington, June 28.— The President
returned to Washington to-day from a brief
visit to Cape May Point.
Khett Acquitted.
New York, June 23.—The jury in the
trial of William R. Rbett, a yeung south
erner charged with criminally assaulting
Polly Morris and Katie Flynn, Jersey City
newsgirls, rendered a verdict of not guilty
in the court of general sessions to-night.
BOUND TO RUN TRAINS.
More Work to be Done on the Charlee
and Chicago noad.
Philadelphia, Pa., June 23.— Thoee in
this city who are interested in the Charles
ton, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad have
about completed arrangements for a reor
ganization of tbe road auil Uoating a
loan to so tar complete tbe road
that it will be enabled to earn the Interact
upon it* houds. It is proposed to take the
road out of tne hands of the reoeiver aud
compete a large portiou of it. Those
directly interested in the road’s future some
time ago prepared a plan of reorganization
aud submitted it to the creditors.
RESULT OF AN EXAMINATION.
'Engineers were sent to Tennessee, Geor
gia and other states through which the road
is to run, aud tho reports they bruugbt back
were so enoouraging that a general
agreement to the plan of reorganization was
proposed. During tho week just named
nearly every creditor has affixed his sig
nature. Now, only a few small ones have
not signed, aud these are expected to oouie
in within the next day or so. As soon os
this u done an application will be made to
band the properly over to the stockholders.
to expend $600,000.
The engineers’ examination reeultnd iu
ascertaining the fact that if between $600,"
000 and $700,000 is expended on the road
at onoe it can be so far completed that in
terest may be earned upon all the bonds
that have been issued. “Arrangements
have been made," said a gentleman heavily
interested in the road, “to borrow the
mousy necessary to do this work, end just
ss soon as the plan of reorganisation goes
through it will he forthoomiug. We pro
pose to put a large force at work, aud before
the end of the year wo will have several
hundred miles of road in operation and pay
ing a good return.”
HOSTILES SHOW FIGHT.
An Armed Band Confronts a Govern
ment Force on Entering Arlba.
Los Angelm, Cal., June 23.—The as
sistant adjutant general has reoeived tho
following dispatch from Lieut. Brett, com
manding detachment In Kern’s Canon,
dated Ariba village: “I came to Arlba to
arrest several Aribos who hare destroyed
surveyors’ marks and threatened to destroy
schools. When we entered tho village we
were confronted by about 59 hostiles, armed
and stationed behind a barricade. They
openly declared hostility to tho government,
and a fight was barely averted. A strong
force should be sent here with Hotchkiss
guus, as I anticipate serious trouble if the
hostiles are not summarily dealt with,”
PENNSYLVANIA’S DISTAIOTa.
Gov. PatMeon Vetoes Two Bills Re-di
viding the State.
Harrisburg, Pa., June 23.— 80th bills
dividing the state luto congressional and
legislative distrlota were vetoed this after
noon by Gov. Pattison. Hs gives his rea
sons in extenso, his main oojkotion to both
bills being that they are unfair and contain
many irregularities, and that they are con
trary to tho constitutional requirements.
He is willing, he says, to postpone the re
apportionment of the state to the legis
lature, whioh shall be elected hy the people,
thoroughly awakened to a sense of how
their representatives have failed to meat this
duty. _
DROWNED HER OaiLDRBM.
Horrlblo Act of a Woman Who Imag
ines Devils Are Alter Her.
Hudson, Win., June 23.—Mrs. John Lar
son, wife of a farmer living in the town of
Troy, near this oily, dropped her three
little children in Lake Ht. Croix during a
fit of insanity last evening. Her husband,
on fludiug her absent from ths house, began
a search and found her at ths lake shore
wading and two of the children lying on the
shore dead. The third oould not be found.
Mrs. I.arson imagine* that devils pursue
her. She was taken to an arylum this inorn
ing.
SHOOKS OF EARTHQUAKE.
A Distinct Boom Aooompauies One
Felt at Gharlestdn.
Charleston, 8. C., June 29.—A slight
shook of earthquake oocurred here at 11:37
o’clock to-night. There was a distinct boom
and shook. No damage was done, and the
earthquake was so slight that it escaped the
notice of half of the population.
SHOCKS IN CALIFORNIA.
Los Angeles, Cal., June 23. Slight
shocks or earthquake were felt lest, evening
at Pasadena and San Fernandiuo, a few
miles from here.
NEW YORK’S FAKMdfcS.
The Third Party Movement De
nounced by Their Officers.
Albany, N. Y., June 23.— At a meeting
of the officers of tho New York State
Farmers’ League held here to-day tbe third
party movement was unanimously de
nounced. A committee was appointed, of
which President Armstrong is chairman, to
call a delegates’ meeting of the state league,
to held in Agricultural hall in this oity
in the early part of A'ugust, to discuss
future legislation and political action.
A Failure at Montreal.
Montreal, Quebec, June 23.— Radford
Bros. & Cos., gentlemen’s furnishings, made
an assignment to-day at tbs demand of
Brown & Patterson of Glasgow, with lia
bilities of about $205,099, Most of the
creditors are foreign. The principal Cana
dian creditor Is tbe Bauk of Toronto, the
claims of whioh amount to $52,000. The
principal indirect liability U to tho Bank of
Toronto, and the amount is $lll,OOO.
Married in Milwaukee.
Chicago, June 23. —It Is announced that
Mrs. Alice Knell McCrea and Douglass
Green of New York were married in Mil
waukee June 4. Tbe mother of the bride,
Mrs. A. J. Snell, was present at he cere
mony, and Mrs. Green is now stopping with
her in this oitv, awaiting the return of Mr.
Green from New York, whither he went to
settle some business affairs.
A High License Victory.
Aurora, 111., June 23.—The high license
people have won a long fight in the city
through tbe aid of the “counting quorum"
process.
Chaplin’s Cattle Bill.
London, June 23. —After a conference
with the opposing members of the House of
Commons Mr. Furness bos btooked Mr.
Chanlin’s cattle bill, which it is bow under
stood will bo abandoned, especially as it ap
pears certain that the education bill will
make slow progress.
A Vote Against Trades Unions.
Paris, June 33.—The Senate to-day re
jected by a vote of 185 to 40 tbe bill pawed
by the Chamber of Deputies extending the
privileges of trades unions.
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OZBURN’S LAST CHANCE.
OPINION DIVIDID ON THE QUB U
TION OF HIS SANITY.
Several Physicians Visit Him in His
Cell in Order to Ba Abla to Give
Opinions as Experts aa to His Men
tsl Condition—Work on the Gibbet
Progressing.
Atlanta, Oa., June 23.— I To-day Charles
Osburn, the murderer, oondemned to be ex
ecuted here next Saturday, was visited by
a number of reputable physicians, who ex
amined him to prepare themselves to giva
expert opinions concerning hi* mental con
dition before the jury summoned to pass
upon his sanity to-morrow morning. The
doctors seemed to agree that the prisoner’s
physical state was not so bad as to justify
tho report that he was in dangor of imme
diate death from his disease. They, how
ever, declined to discuss tbs condition of hie
mind in advance of to-morrow’* inquiry,
Publio opinion on tbe subject is still di
vided.
dosed with drugs.
E. L. Bradley, brother of the man Othum
killed, Insists that the murderer is dosed
within an inch of his life with whiikey end
morphine but otherwiso is never crasv,
except when consoious of being watched.
This opinion is shared by many persons
having less cause for peritonei
bias than Mr. Bradley, but tho
impression that Osburn will Ik) adjudged
ins lue seem* to be growing. Meantime pre
parations for the hanging urb going for -
ward, and if the jury decide that tha
murderer is of sound mind the gallows will
go up like magic.
all in doubt.
The result of careful inquiry is notsuah as
to justify an opinion concerning the proba
ble outcome of tbe Investigatlo i, but in tha
light of all the oircumstauce* tie would be a
bold man who should venture to prediot
that the jury will seo reason to prevent tea
execution. The quantities of liquor and mor
phine said to have been ssallowed by the
prisoner will doubtless hove groat weight
in determining (be verdtot. The jury inqui
rendo de lunatico has been drawn from tba
grand jury list of the county. -
BORDEAUX’* RIOTERS.
Military Forces Patrolling the Strseta
of the Oity.
Bordeaux, June 23.— Local authorities
have suspended tbs horse car service, pend
ing a settlement of the difficulties existing
between tbe employes and the companies.
Several petards were thrown yesterday
evening in the streets, causing considerable
alarm. Military forces are pioketed
throughout the oity and are continually
patrolling ths streets. There have been a
Cumber of ooiiftlois between gendarmes
nd rioters, luring which many of tha
farmer were injured.
a prospect of peace.
The strikers to-day forced twenty trains
which attempted to return to the yards.
The company has suspended its service.
The strikers have withdrawn all their de
mands except that for a day of twelve
hours, whioh tbe company, by municipal
engagements, is precluded from granting.
The municipal authorities met this evening
and decided to empower the company to re
duce the hours. Thors is, therefore, a pros
pect of a settlement.
HIGH DUTiES AND TRADE.
The Brltleh Consul General Expresses
His Views.
London, June 23.—The report of William
Lane-Booker, consul general for Great
Britain at New York, upon the trade ol
that city was published to-day. Mr.
Booker, among other things, says that the
trade of Now York has Leeu influenced t y
the new and higher duties, which havs
afforded benefit to American manufaotur
mg interests. Nsw life, he says, has been
imparted to tho cotton and wool industry
everywhere, but especially is this the com
in the southern states, where new textile
mills arc going up with surprising activity,
while all the old mills are being operated on
full time. The silk industry, Mr. Booker
says, is tho only eaoeptiou to this state ol
general prosperity.
LOOKS FOR A SILVER BASIS.
Opinion of the London News aa to the
Effect of tbe Drain of Gold.
London, June 24, 3 a. m.—The Daily
Newt in it* fluuncial article this morning
says: “The continued drain of gold from
America is gradually tending to the in
evitable adoption of a virtual silver stand
ard. Good crops may succeed in recover'
log a portion of the $12,000,000 of gold al
ready exported this year bul
every year bringing nearer tbe
time when silver certificate!
will be forced into circulation. When ths
ohauge comes there might be a rush for sil
ver, but it is more tbau likely that the silvei
already coined will suffice lor currency pur
poses, with paper. Therefore the idea of an
unlimited and new demand for silver is un
warranted."
ENGLAND AND NEWFOUNDLAND
Tbe Negotiations With the Colonlqf
Office Completed.
London, June 23.— The negotiations be
tween the colonial office and the Newfound
land delegates are virtually completed. A
permanent aot has beon drafted which pro
poses that jurisdiction in the fishery dis
putes be transferred from subordinate navel
officers to two expressly appointed judicial
agents. It is understood that France ac
cepts this provision. The bill will be passed
as speedily as possible. One clause provides
for tbe repeal of the temporary aot. Ths
delegates hope to be free to return home in
a few days.
LIVRIOHI TO BE SURRENDERED.
An Attempt to Commit Suicide Hur
ries Up Switzerland.
Herne, June 28.—Lieut. Livrigbl of ths
Italian army, who fled to Switzerland some
time ago to escape proseoutlon in connec
tion with tbe wholesale murder of natives
of Masse wah, and for tbe extradition of
whom negotiations have been pending some
time, attempted to commit suicide here to
day. Tbe Buudesrath has now ordered his
immediate surrender to Italy.
Bir Gcrst Will Stay In.
London, June 23.—Lord Salisbury hat
effected a reconciliation between Viscount
Crow, secretary of state for the Indian de
partment, and Sir J. E. Qorat, political sec
retory of the India office. Tho rasujt it
that Sir Gorafs resignation, previously
tendered, has been withdrawn.
Budinl’a Green Book.
Rome, June 23. —Premier Rudini has
consented to delay the issue of the green
book on the New Orleans affair in order to
facilitate negotiations with the Washington
government.
