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THE MORNING NEWS, I
■ ESTABLISHED IWO. INCORPORATED 1888. -
J. H. ESTILL. President. |
A HOT DAY AT WASHINGTON
nevertheless the President Gets in a
Big Day’s Wort.
Over 100 Presidential Postmasters
Nominated—Georgia, Florida and
South Carolina Gather Some of the
Plums as They Fall-Representative
Livingston Returns to Town.
Washington, June 19.—T0-day has been
a phenomenally hot one, even for Wash
ington. When the sun rose over the god
dess on the dome this morning it
had about twelve extra degrees
of heat on it, and by the time
it was an hour high the fickle goddess
began to wilt and the solder on tin roofs
threatened to melt and float off in the
sewers. It was a sweltering season for
President Cleveland and the office-seekers
too, but notwithstanding this the
President got in a big day’s work in the
postoffice business. Over 100 presidential
postmasters were nominated, besides
other miscellaneous business done in
other departments. In Georgia, the Car
rollton postoffice was supplied with a now
manager, R. N. Moses, a brother of the
representative. The LaGrange office
would have anew manager too, but from
a telegram from Senator Gordon to Repre
sentative Moses asking him to hold up
Mr. Kirby’s appointment until they could
have a further conference. Some of Mr.
Lester’s work materialized to-day when
Thomas A. Hartley's name was sent in
for the Darien postofflee. He succeeded
C. R. Jackson, Darien has just attained
to the dignity of a presidential office.
LIVINGSTON RETURNS.
Representative Livingston is back in
the capital, but is noticeably absent from
the hotel lobbies where the colonels do
mostly congregate. What his business is
cannot be learned.
Robert Edward Wilson of Atlanta, a
young government clerk who miraculously
escaped from the Ford’s opera house the
other day, will be married on June ail to
Miss Park Lambert of this city. The
ceremony will be performed by Rev.
Stokeley, a Baptist clergymun, who is a
native Georgian.
Earle Black of Rome, a protege of
Representative Mattox, has received a
permanent appointment in the treasury
under civil service rules.
Clifford Morris of Savannah, and Peter
O'Neal of MiUedgeville, two diminutive
colored tramps, have reached this city
after undergoing many hardships.
Joe Blount, a son of the ox-congress
man, has received an appointment at the
hands of Mr. Clements in the interstate
commerce bureau.
CAROLINA’S NEW ATTORNEY.
William Perry Murphy of Colleton was
appointed to-day district attorney of
South Carolina. He is a man about 40
years' old, a good lawyer and stump
speaker and ran as a candidate for attor
ney general of his state on the Sheppard
ticket last year. He was backed by the
anti-Tillman v-tog of the party.
Ex-Representative Hemphill is going
soutn to-morrow.
Josiah Doarwas appointed by the Presi
dent to-da.v postmaster at Georgetown.
Mr. BrOnley of Orangeburg was desig
nated as a chief of division to-day in the
treasury department. He will have to
undergo a civil service examination before
he assumes his post.
In the pension office W. de Saussure
Trenholm was to-day promoted from a
clerkship at. #1.400 to a t>osition of #t,Boo.
Secretary Hoke Smith to-day appointed
William P. Cower of Florida to a chief’s
place in the bureau of patents.
Florida drew a job lot of fourth-class
postmasters to-day. Here is the list:
Green Cove Springs, Clay county, T. J.
Branning; Port Tampa City, Hillsboro
county. W. Osteen; Orangedale, St. Johns
county, J. H. Patterson: Rockledge, Bre
vard 'county, A. S. Dicftson; Seville, Vo
lusia county, G. M. Prevatt; Westfarm,
Madison county, A. H. West; Wildwood,
Sumter county, J. H. Davis.
NORFOLK’S PENSION FRAUDS.
Fifteen Arrests Made Already and
Twenty More Probable.
Washington, June 19.—A. D. Albert, the
supervising pension examiner for the
Southern district, has made a report to
Commissioner Lochren as to the progress
so far made in the investigation into the
pension frauds at Norfolk, Va. The in
vestigation was begun on May 6 last and
up to this time fifteen arrests have been
made for violations of the pension laws,
and before the investigation is concluded,
some time next month, it is expected that
fully twenty additional arrests will be
made. The report show's violation of
nearly all of the pension laws and
includes jierjury, making false claims,
false certificates and affidavits, and tak
ing illegal fees. The principal offender
is said to be W. R. Drury, a pension at
torney at Norfolk, who procured a large
proportion of the applications for that
section upon false evidence. Drury is
now serving a term of one year in the
Norfolk city jail for making a false claim
for a pension. His term will expire next
December, when he will be im
mediately rearrested and tried upon
several other serious charges, the
punishment for which will be a term In
the Albany penitentiary. A calculation
made upon the basis of 107 cases recom
mended to be dropped from the pension
rolls, shows that the fraudulent pensions
granted to Norfolk claimants under the
act of June 27, 1889, aggregate $54,074.
Norfolk countv claims not allowed and
pending have been recommended for re
jection amounting to about SIOO,OOO. it is
understood that gross frauds on a large
scale have been perpetrated in other sec
tions of the country, where investigations
will soon be ordered.
GOING TO GRAY GABLES.
Mrs. Cleveland and Baby Ruth Will
Leave Washington To-day.
Washington, June 19. —Mrs. Cleveland,
Tier little daughter and a number of
household attendants will leave Washing
ton at 9:40 o'clock to-morrow morning in
special car No. GQover the Pennsylvania
railway for Gray Gables, Mass., the sum
mer home of the chief magistrate.
The President will not accompany Mrs.
Cleveland ns at first intended. There art?
matters of public business he desires to
dispose of before taking a summer vaca
tion, and instead of making two trips by
going to Gray Gables and returning 10
Washington and then going back to Mas
sachusetts, the President’s present, pur
pose is to remain here till he can see his
way clear to join Mrs. Cleveland at Gray
Gables, there to remain till the end of
ugust.
Ibe iHofnina
MORE OFFICES FILLED.
The President Opens the Week With a
Good List of Appointments.
Washington, June 19.—The President
to-day appointed Milton A. Smith post
master at Anniston, Ala., vice S. B. Ran
dolph, removed; William S. Norwood at
Titusville, Fla., vice R. C. Scrimagour,
removed; R. H. Moses at Carrollton, Ga.,
vice C. H. Morrell, removed; Thomas A.
Bailey at Darien, Ga. v vice C, R. Jackson,
office became presidential- Joseph Door
at Georgetown, S. C., viceF. J. N. Sperry,
removed.
John T. Essary of Tennessee, collector
of internal l-evenue for the Second dis
trict of Tennessee; Hope Elias ol North
Carolina, for the Fifth district of North
Carolina; Charles M. Wallace of Vir
ginia, collector of customs for the district
of Richmond, Va.; Robert B. Glenn of
North Carolina, United States nttorney
for the Western district of North Caro
lina; William Perry Murphy, of South
Carolina, for the district oi South Caro
lina.
GOLD PILING DP.
An Inorease of 8S ,000,000 in the Re
serve in Three Weeks.
Washington, June 19.—Gradually, and
in the absence of exports, the gold in the
treasury is increasing. To-day it is *93,-
719,540, an increase since Saturday of
more than $700,000 and a gain of nearly
$5,000,000 during the past three weeks.
The fact that American grain is
now finding foreign markets is
given as the reason for
the cessation of gold exports, and the fact
that the west is receiving largo quantities
of money from the east accounts in a
large measure for the building up of the
treasury gold, as gold is being deposited
in New York in oxchange for currency
delivered by the government at western
points.
PUSHING THROUGH THE PLAN.
Another Batch of Securities Sub
jected to a Time Limit.
New York, June 19.—The Richmond
Terminal reorganization committee has
applied to the New York Stock Exchange
to list the reorganization receipts for
Richmond and Danville Consolidated
fives.
The following additional changes have
been made in the plan: East Tennessee
improvement and equipment, bonds are to
receive 75 per cent, in bonds, preserving
their present lien, bearing interest at 4
per cent, for five years from March 1,
1893, and at 5 per cent, thereafter and 50
per cent, in preferred steak, also $25 in
cash on the completion of the reorganiza
tion.
Columbia and Greenville first and
second mortgage bonds receive the same
terms as Georgia Pacific first and second
mortgage bonds.
The reorganization committee has fixed
a time limit for depositing the following
securities in addition to those already an
nounced, viz: Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta first mortgage consolidated sixes,
Columbia and Greenville first and second
mortgage bonds, East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia improvement and equipment
bouds; first extension bonds; general
mortgage bonds; Louisville Southern first
mortgage bonds; also all classes of East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia stock
and Louisville Southern stock. All theso
issues must be deposited with Drexel,
Morgan & Cos. by July 8, otherwise they
will have to pay penalties. The commit
tee controls, ana have set time limits for
the deposit of securities on over 4,500
miles out of the 8,000 miles of railway em
braced in the reorganization.
FOUR MEN FOR TWO OFFICES.
Rival Claimants for District Attor
ney and United States Marshal.
Birmingham, Ala., June 19.—1n the
United States district court here to-day,
Judge John Bruce on the bench, Louis E.
Parsons and Emmett O’Neal, each claim
ing to be United States district attorney,
and A. R. Ninnlnger and J. E. Musgrove,
each claiming to be marshal, appeared,
and by their attorneys demanded recog
nition. Messrs. Parsons and Ninninger
were recently removed by the President
and Messrs. O’Neal and Musgrove were
appointed, but the two former declined to
surrender the offices. Judge Bruce ex
amined into the matter in chambers this
morning and this afternoon at 8 o'clock
opened court and to hear the argument.
There was but one incident of a sensa
tional character. A deputy marshal ap
pointed by Musgrove was ordered from
inside the railing by Ninninger and
ordered by Musgrove to remain. He re
mained.
The arguments consumed the entire
afternoon, and it was after 7 o’clock when
Judge Bruce cut short the proceedings
by deciding in favor of O’Neal and Mus
gi-ovo. To-morrow lie will issue orders to
.Parsons and Ninninger to vacate, and
they will probably do so. The judge’*
decision amounts to 1,000 or 1,500 words
and is withheld for revision.
RUINED BY A MISTAKE.
An Error in Telephoning a Name
Causes a Run On a Bank.
Chattanooga, June 19.—The City Sav
ings Bank of this city was forced to as
sign to-night on account of an unfortu
nate blunder whereby they were con
founded with a colored institution that
suspended last Saturday, known as the
Penny Savings Bank. It assigned Satur
day with less than #6,000 liabilities and a
messenger of Dun A Cos. in telephoning
the intelligence to file chief banks of the
city used the name “City Savings” in
stead of “Penny Savings,” but the error
was immediately eorrected.Theseedof dis
trust, however, was shown, and the batik
depositors got wind of tho unfortunate
report and withdrew over #20,000 Satur
day and over #40,000 to-day. The with
drawal was so wholly unexpected that
the bank was forced to assign. The
assets are given at #455,000 and the liabil
ities at #225,000. Tho amount duo depos
itors is about #316,000. Nothing is due
any local bank. G. 11. Jarnagln was
named as assignee. All the depositors
will be paid in full.
REMINI TO DENMARK.
The Atlantic Coast Line Lets Con
tracts for Its Extension.
Wilmington, N. C., June 19.—Contracts
were let to-day by the Atlantic Coast
Line for their Manchester and Augusta
extension from Kemini, S. C.,~ to Den
mark, S. C. Watkins A Harlow of Birm
ingham, Ala., were awarded the con
tract for all the trestle work, including
the big trestle at the Santee river, which
is three miles long. Moorman A Cos. of
Lynchburg, Va., have the grading. The
contract for the bridge work has not yet
been awarded. There were over thirty
bids on grading and trestle work. All tho
work is to be completed by Jan. 1 next.
FORD’S THEATER VERDICT.
Ainsworth, Dant, Covert and Sasse
Held Responsible.
The Coroner’s Jury Brings in Its Find
ing After Deliberating Two Hours.
Criminal Negligence on the Part of
the Men Named Alleged—No Arrests
Made Yet.
Washington, June 19.—1 t was decided
by Coroner Patterson to-day not to sum
mon Col. Ainsworth as a witness before
the coroner’s Jury investigating the cause
of the Ford’s theater disaster. Col.
Ainsworth was willing to appear as chief
of the record and pension division and an
army officer, but not as an ordinary wit
ness. The coroner believed that nothing
could be gained by summoning him in his
his official capacity, and as Col. Ains
worth was not willing to appear as an or
dinary citizen bo thought nothing could
be gained by calling him.
The testimony this morning was prin
cipally in reference to the character of
material used by Contractor Dant in do
ing the work beneath the old theater
building.
The coroner’s jury brought in a verdict
holding Col. F. C. Ainsworth, Contractor
George W. Dant, Supt. Covert and Engi
neer Sasgo responsible for the deaths of
the victims, by reason of criminal negli
gence on their part. The jury were out
nearly two hours. The verdict, with much
surplus verbiage, says that Dant exca
vated the earth beneath one of the brick
pillars which supported the floors above
without in any way shoring or protecting
the pillar, and this caused the pillar to
fall, bringing down the floors above with
the results known. “That Frederick C.
Ainsworth was the officer in charge
of said building and the said
clerks, and that William G.
Covert was superintendent of said build
ing and that Francis Sasse was the me
chanical engineer and fireman of said
building, and the latter, although not an
architect or civil engineor, prepared the
plans and specifications for the enlarge
ment of the said cellar, and said Ains
worth, Sasse and Covert, and each of
them knew, or ought to have known, that
said Dant was engaged in excavating said
cellar and underpinning said piers, and
that he had not shored the columns and
boams of said building, or taken any
other precaution to prevent the fall there
of or of said floors; nor did said Ains
worth, Sasse, Covert or either of them
take any precaution to prevent the fall of
said floors while the said Dant was en
gaged in underpinning said piers or col
umns so as to protect the said clerks from
loss of life or limb by reason thereof;
but said Ainsworth, Covert, Sasse, Dant
were and each of them was guilty of
criminal negligence in respect of said ex
cavation and tne enlargement of said cel
lar, and the underpinning of said piers,
then being and about to do done therein,
we, the jurors aforesaid, say that the said
Ainsworth, Covert, Sasse and Dant, and
each of them, is guilty of criminal negli
gnee, and we further find that Frederick
C. Ainsworth, William G. Covert, Francis
Sasse and George W. Dant are responsi
ble for the killing of said Frederick B.
Loftus. And we the jurors aforesaid
do further say that the failure of the
government of the United States to pro
vide for skilled superintendence of the
work of repair and alteration of its build
ings in charge of the war department is
most unbusiness like and reprehensible,
and we are of the opinion that if such
superintendence had been provided in the
case of the work on the Ford's theater
building the awful tragedy might have
been averted.”
At the request of the coroner,
Mr. Thomas, district attorney, read
the verdict aloud. Not a" sound
disturbed him. It was supposed the an
nouncement would be followed by a scene,
but when District Attorney Thomas fin
ished reading and laid down the paper not
a man in the room spoke. There was an
oppressive silence for a moment and then
the voice of Mr. Amiss requesting the as
semblage to file out quietly was beard.
His instructions were obeyed to the let
ter.
Coroner Patterson decided not to issue
warrants for the commitment of Messrs.
Ainsworth, Dant, Covert and Sasse until
to-morrow morning in order to give them
an opportunity of obtaining bail.
Col. Ainsworth has already secured
bondsmen.
Contractor Dant is very ill at his resi
dence suffering from a nervous attack
brought on through the accusations made
against him in connection with the dis
aster.
Bondsmen for Col. Ainsworth and Con
tractor Dant had been procured in ad
vance, discounting the verdict. As soon
as Col. Ainsworth learned the nature of
the verdict he went to the court house
with bondsmen to surrender, but there
was then nobody to receive him and no
warrant awaiting him.
Smith Remembers the South.
Washington, June 19.—The following
apjiointments have been made in the in
terior department: William P. Couper
of Florida, chief of patent and miscel
laneous division ; Marion Hull of Georgia,
clerk of class 4, detailed for duty as re
ceiving clerk of the general land office.
A ROW OVER WATERMELONS.
The Central and the S., F. and W.
May Get Into a Fight.
Albany, Ga., June 19.—The hauling of
Iho watermelon crop has stirred up bad
blood between the Central, and Sa
'vannah, Florida and Western rail
roads. The Central railroad pco
plo complain that the Savannah,
Florida and Western railroad absolutely
refuses to place their oars for melon ship
ments, with the result that the Central’s
business is very largoly curtailed and the
Savannah, Florida and Western is getting
the lion’s share of the melon business.
Within the past two weeks there
has been not less than 100 orders for
Central cars from shippers along the line
of the Savannah, Florida and Western,
which the latter has paid no attention to,
thereby forcing shippers to use Savannah,
Florida and Western cars and connec
tions in order to get their melons to
market. Central railroad men on the
field are hot over the situation, and some
regard it as a good beginning for a com
plete estrangement between the two sys
tems
A Chase After a Bicycle.
Albany, Ga., June 19.—James Clay of
Dawson was in the city to-day in pursuit
of a bicycle thief, who, while the gentle
man was eating supper last night, stole
the machine from his front porch. Officers
of this city wei*e sent in pursuit of the
negro, who was overtaken near Hard
away station. The thief escai>ed, but
the machine was recovered in a badly
damaged condition. '
SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1893.
HAWAII’S THRIFTY QUEEN.
Text of the Power of Attorney She
Gave Paul Neumann.
Honolulu, June 10. —Queen Lllioukala
ni’s power of attorney to Paul Neumann
is dated Jan. 81. Itempowers him to ne
gotiate, arrange and agree with the
United States of America and the Presi
dent and secretary of the department of
state thereof, with any other person (if
any), representative or official thereof
having authority in the premises for
such official or other consideration, bene
fit or advantage, as in the opinion of my
said attorney, shall be contained in the
United States of America, as well for my
self and family as fbr said Kaulanl, in
consideration of the existing condition
and circumstances, and if no official con
sideration for myself and said Kaulanl
shall in the opinion of my attorney bo at
tainable from the government of the
United States of America, and in such
case to arrange and agree upon such
pecuniary considerations, benefits and
advantages as can or may be secured for
myself and family apd for said Kaulanl
from the United States of
America, and the same shall
bo in payment at one time
of a sum of mono}' to myself or of distinct
sums of money.to myself and said Kaulanl,
or in payments of stated sums of money
annually or oftener for a fixod term of
years, or for a fixed period or periods of
time and upon ascertaining that such pe
cuniary considerations, benefits, advan
tages, or payments or money from and on
the part of the said United States can bo
secured to agree u|on, receive and accept
the same, and in my name and behalf to
execute and deliver such agreements, re
learns and acquintanees of all my claims,
demands and pretensions upon the throne
of the Hawaiian Islands, and upon the
government of the United Statesof Amer
ica, as well as the Hawaiian Islands.
SINGERS STRANDED.
The Factions in O’Neill’s Company
Result In Its Disbandment.
Charleston, June 19.—The O'NolU
Opera Company, organized In New York
last April, and which has been playing a
successful engagement hero for six weeks,
collapsed this evening. The company had
two prima donnas, Miss Berlins
Humphreys and Miss Dolaporte. A
cabal, it is alleged, was formed against
Humphreys b.v Dokqiorte, in
which Richie Ling, tho tenor, and
Max Hirschfeld, the musical di
rector, took Miss Delnporte’s side.
Last week the company played in Savan
nah, and they wore to open a return en
gagement here to-uight. Thore was some
dispute between Manager L. Arthur
O’Neill, proprietor of the eompany, and
Max Hirschfeld, the director, as to the
repertoire announcedifor tho week. This
afternoon Hirschfeld sent, through his
lawyers, a lettertoMr. O'Neill, demanding
his pay for last \jteek. Mr. O’Neill
claimed that tho week's pay was not due
till, to-morrow. __ Htoschfeld thereupon
refused to eomhiSt'ifie opera and the man
ager announced that the director having
refused to perform his duties the company
was disbanded and all salaries forfeited.
The engagement had been a very suc
cessful one and financial troubles did not
enter into the fight. It was purely a
musical one.
A LEAP FROM THE BRIDGE.
A Tough Makes the Jump While
Drunk Without Being Hurt.
New York, Juno 19. —A typical Cherry
Hill tough, John J. Haggerty by name,
who has passed his life in Fourth ward
barrooms and on the Bast river docks,
jumped from the Brooklyn bridge to
the river this afternoon on a wager of a
pint of boor. Ho was not injured in the
slightest. Haggerty was drunk when
he accomplished the feat, and
was in the same condition when
landed in the Oak Street police
station a few minutes aft<\r his great
leap. Haggerty is a short, thick sot fel
low, of 22 years, whose pugnacious ways
have won him the sobriquet in Cherry
Hill society of “Jack the Dog.” Ho lives
with his wife and child in a house in the
rear of 21 Cherry street, and by trade is a
plumber. The jump was taken from a
point about )00 feet west of the New York
tower and the distance to the water is
about 180 feet.
SUICIDE By DROWNING.
The Captain of a Sailboat Held at
Bay With a Razor.
Atlantic City, N. J., June 19. —This
evening Elmer James of Philadelphia ap
peared at the wharf at the inlet bearing
a heavy package and engaged Capt. Hom
ers to take him out for a sail. When
some distance out the man opened the
package, whicli contained two heavy
pieces of iron, and began tying them to
his feet. In reply to a question by Capt.
Somers he said he was going to commit
suicide. The captain remonstrated with
him, whereupon he drew a razor and
declared that he would kill the captain if
he came near him. The man then divested
himself of his shoos, hat, cuffs and coat
and leaped from the boat, sinking at once
to the bottom. Before making the leap
he tossed tho captain his watch, which
he said would compensate him for the
use of the boat. - He also gavo tho
captain’s boy a quarter. James had bceu
employed as a watchman at the Phila
delphia store, but was discharged last
week.
Received the Queen’s Medal.
London, Juno 19.—Richard M. Hunt of
New York received at the Itoyai Institute
of British Architects to-day the queen’s
gold modal. This distinction was con
ferred upon him in view of his work at
the world’s fair in Chicago. In present
ing the modal President Anderson of
tho institute said Mr. Hunt was the first
American whoso name had been inscribed
on the institute’s illustrious roll of honor.
Corn Duties to Be Suspended.
Berlin, Juno 19.—The recent drought
has caused such a scarcity of farm prod
ucts and so blighted the young crops that
tho minister of trade will propose a sus
pension of the duties on corn and maizo.
FIIANOE TO FOI.LOW SUIT.
Paris, June 19.—The French Senate
has passed a bill to suspend tomiwrnrily,
in view of the damage done by the
drought, tho duties on barley, oats and
maize.
An Innocent Man Lynched.
Milan, Tenn., June 19.—The mob which
was Bup|x>sod to have lynched Lee Ben
nett at Gleason, hanged Jim Harris, an
innocent man instead. Bennett is in Jail
and Dresden is heavily guarded.
In a Receiver’s Hands.
New York, Juno 19.—The Eaton, Colo
A Burnham Cos., brass goods, 82 and 84
Fulton street, went into the hands of a
receiver to-da.v. The financial stringency
is assigned as the reason.
LIZZIE BORDEN'S DEFENSE,
Gov. Robinson Makes the Opening Ar
gument Before the jury.
Had the Defondant Committed the
Crime She Would Not Have Given
the Alarm so Soon—The Burning of
Old Clothes Declared a Common Oc
currence in Many Families.
New Bedford, Mass., Juno 19.—Thoday
of tho arguments in tho Borden trial
brought a terrific Jam to the court houso
and over an hour before tho time of open
ing the door was besieged by people,
mostly ladios, hoping for seats. There
was not enough seats for a tenth part of
the claimants. When court was ready
for opening many ladies were standing in
the aisles, but they were quietly ushered
to tho ante rooms and corridors. The bar
inclosuro was packed with legal lights.
Tho Jurymen took their seats at 8:55
o'clock, lookingquite refreshed after their
two days’ rest, and a few minutes later
Miss Borden came in with a bunch of
pinks in her hand and a contented smile
on her face. Almost immediately Gov.
Robinson began ills argument.
A. CAREFUL DISCUSSION.
Gov. Robinson made a careful, logical
discussion of the crime and its discovery
as they appear from tho evidence.. Tho
prisoner sat in the dock with her face
covered with a fan while ho analyzed tho
evidence. After cautioning tho jury to
disregard certain parts of the district at
torney’s opening as not proved by the evi
dence, the ex-governor proceeded to dispose
of certain points of the prosecution's evi
dence in detail. The only connection be
tween the defendant and the crimes
was a blood spot on the stair,
which was explainable as menstrual
blood. The proposition that Lizzie must,
have seen Mrs. Borden’s body when up
stairs was unsound, because the body
could be seen from only one stair, and
there she would not stop and look if she
did not suspect something wrong. Liz
zie’s statement that her mother had re
ceived a note aud gone out was plain, if
Mrs. Borden told both Lizzie and Bridget
about it, and that they could
not believe that Lizzie had lied about it.
lizzie’s varying statements that she was
in tho yard and in the barn were recon
cilable. The testimony of three men
proved that Rubinsky saw the defendant
coming to the house from the barn, and
therefore her statement of her whore
abouts at the time of the murders was
true. When Lizzie spoke of going upstairs
for Mrs. Borden she meant tho front
stairs, because all kuew she could not be
up tho b:*'k stairs, a sheet had boon ob
tained from there, Lizzie’s laughter on
the stairs was immaterial, unless guilt
was assumed. The ring buried with Mr.
Borden shows her affection for him. The
custom of locking doors was not to look
the daughters from her parent, but for
protection.
WOULDN’T HAVE GIVEN THE ALARM
Had the defendant committed the crime
she would not havo given an alarm so soon.
The defendant’s emotion at tho discovery
of the crime was not assumed. The
family differences, the defendant’s con
duct boforo the murders, and her visit to
.the collar afterward were no evidence of
a guilty mind. The burning of old things
was a custom in many households find
the burning of the Bedford cord dress was
thus explained. The dress worn on the
morning of the murder was not changed
until noon. The Bedford cord dress hung
until Sunday morning in the closet which
the officers searched. Tho defendant
could not have committed both murdere
without changing her dress between
tncm. The matron’s story war, false.
Experts differed as to which hatchet
could have been used, and he argued that
none of those produced were used. He
detailed how an outside assassin might
havo committed the crime. A recess was
then tak en.
DtSOItACEFCL SCENES.
The scenes about tho court, houso this
afternoon were disgraceful. There was
no system about the method of seating
the people and ladles were tossed about
the walks, in the corridors and on the
stairs in a most reckless and careless
manner. When Miss Borden came in sho
was pushed and crowded about just us
everybody was and there was Just a touch
of as])erity in her manner as sho entered
the court room and faced the buzzing
crowd CO
Gov. Robinson resumed his argument
by saying that the jury was to use its
judgment in the premises. Ho called at
tention to various phases of the case in
review in brief and said: “It is very
dangerous to take the ground that if she
did not do it you can’t see who did it. The
extraordinary danger of Jumping to con
clusions should be well understood
by you. Tho fact that it
was in daylight is nothing. Lizzie,
there can be no question, was ironing
downstairs and you remember tho ironed
handkerchiefs were put away. You will
see that this is genuine and not fiction,
and these little things go to establish
facts of greater things. If the govern
ment fuils to prove tho charge then it is
your duty to say that she is not guilty.
There is not a showing by thegovernmont
by which it would.bo safe to convict her.
You will find her not guilty for
two reasons, one because it has not
been proved, and another because if you
are convinced that sho is not guilty, then
you will report that she is not. Vviiat is
there to prove to you absolutely that she
is guilty? It was 3 o’clock when the
governor closed his plea, nnd a recess of
five minutes was allowed boforo District
Attorney Knowlton took up his work.
LINE OF HIS VRQUMEXT.
The district attorney had not concluded
his argument when the court adjourned
for the day. Ho devoted himself to weav
ing a web of circumstantial evidence
against Lizzie Borden. Touching uixm
her good character he called the Jury's
attention to a ease iti Fail Rivor, where,
a few years ago, some prominent church
members went wrong, saying that
they were rotten to the core and it
was demonstrated that tlgwo who stand
close to the sanctuary aro not free from
the taint of sin. He argued that it was
malice against Mrs. Borden that inspired
murder. It was the act of a person who
spent tho forenoon in that house and this
fact bears on the case from beginning to
end. He spoke of the skeleton in the
Borden household aud Lizzie’s
refusal to call her step-mother
“mother.” Here the si>eakcr reviewed
the movements of tho family on tho morn
ing of tho tragedy frem the time of their
arising in the morning through the time
when Mr. and Mrs. Borden and Morse
took breakfast together, to the time of
Morse going away and Mr. Bo%ien lock
ing the screen door after him; then Mr.
Borden goes down town, then Bridget
goes out washing windows.
THE MURDER.
Mrs, Borden goes into the guest’s
chamber and Lizzie, and she are above
stairs Lizzie then rocs outdoors to see
If Bridget is fairly ni work and then goes
back and the murder was dono. Up to
tho time tho mnrdor was dono there was
no room for on ussasin to come in. When
that Woman fell unuor the blows, a
900-pound woman, the fall must have
been heard by whoever was m
the house at the time. If Lizzie was
downstair* she was in the passageway of
the usshssin. Tf she Was upstairs sho
was on the same floor, quite near, and
she could not have helped hearing. No
matter how craftily murder is planned,
there is always some point tho
plans fall, aud they failed here at a crit
ical time. She was nlono in the house
with thomurdered woman. She rousthartr
known it, and she knew that by and b.V
there was coming into the house a stern
and just man who would have asked for
her, uud (but tho question must be an
swered. He came in and she went to
him and said: “Mother has had a note
and gone out.” When Bridget got through
work Lizzie told bar that she was going
to look tlie screen door, as Mrs.
Borden hod gone out and she might go out
too. The counsel on the other side said
this statement was not a lie, but there
was no note; thore never was anybody
sick and tho note story originated with
Lizzie Borden. Bridget Sullivan said
she never hoard anybody corns with
a note. Site never saw any
note aud the first she heard of it was
what Lizzie said. Bridget knew that
there was no uote come when she was on
guard outside nnd Inside. It did not
come to tho side door because that door
was locked most of the time and the
front door boll never rang thnt morning.
"I repeat there never was a note."
A WILMINGTON BANK CLOSED.
Heavy Withdrawals the Cause-De
positors to Be Paid In Full.
Wtlmlugton, N. C., June 10.— I The Bank
of Now Hanover was not opened this
morning and tho following notice vvus
posted on the doors:
Owing to the withdrawal of more than $120,-
000 o( deposits ami notice of over $150,000 In
tended wlttidruwul maturing in n few days,
and also to Its Inability to realize quickly
upon its assets on account of the stringency
of tho tlaics, the Hank of New Hanover has
been forced to make an assignment to Junius
Davis Id the Interest of all ronuurned lie,
posltors will receive dollar for dollar and the
business will be wound up as rapidly aspoa
slblo. L. Smith, Cashier.
The general belief here la that the
above statement Is entirely fair and
honest. Tho assets are estimated at
#1,250,000, and the liabilities at *800,0(H).
All unpaid collections of the Bank of
Now Hanover have been turned over to
tho Wilmington Savings and Trust Com
pany for remittance.
A RUN ON A SAVINGS RANK.
The closing of the Bank .of Now Han
over was followed by a run on the Wil
mington Savings and Trust Company, and
the bank was crowded with depositors.
Tho hank is paying the full amount on all
deposits of 900 and under, aud 990
on all larger deposits. No de
positor under this rule can
draw over #9O without thirty days'
notice. Thore soems to be no doubt of
the entire solvency of this bank, and
that it can moot every obligation. Con
fidence was somewhat restored by the ap
pearance of a newspaper extra on the
streets containing the official assurance
of J. W. Atkinson, president, and H. Wal
ters, vice president of tho savings bank,
that every dollar on deposit will be paid
out continuously in the regular course of
business, and that the doors of tho bunk
will not be closed.
Concerning the Bunk of New Hanover
it may be said with certainty that de
positors will not lose a dollar.
The run on the Savings and Trust Com
pany almost entirely cessed this after
noon, und huge piles of greenbacks were
still standing on the cashier’s desk.
Opinion is now somewhat divided ns to
tho outcome of the failure of the New
Hanover Bank. The stockholders wilt
undoubtedly suffer, and some persons
fear tho depositors will not be paid in
full. However, this does not seem likely
from the present outlook.
Tho assignment of the Bank of New
Hanover is without preferences.
ROBBED BY ITS PRESIDENT.
The Cassell Publishing Company
Going Into Liquidation.
New York, June 19.—Tho Cassell Pub
lishing Company of Nos. 100 and 104
Fourth avenue has gone into liquidation.
Before Judge Lawrence In the supremo
court this morning a motion was made for
the appointment of n receiver. It was
charge ! that the president of the com
pany, Oscar M. Dunham, was a defaulter
to the amount of about #165,000, and has
absconded. Judge Lawrence appointed
Henry J. Broker receiver and directed
that he give a bond of #160,000. The cor
poration was organized to purrhaso tho
American business and plant of Caasell &
Cos., limited, an English corporation en
gaged in selling and publishing books in
England, the United States aud other
countries. It bought the plant and busi
ness for about #BBO,OOO, and paid
in cash one year after organization. Mr.
Dunham was for many years manager in
the United States of Cassell & Cos., lim
ited. He subscribed for about 100 shares.
To pay for the stock lie borrowed money
on short time. As the louns matured he
met them fraudulently, it is alleged, mak
ing und signing in the name of the de
fendant corporation its provisory notes
which he discounted aud applied the pro
ceeds to the payment of his individual
debts.
CLEMENOEAU CHALLENGES.
Two Deputies Refuse to Meet Him on
the Field of Honor.
Paris, Juno 10.—In the Chamber of Dep
uties to-day, In tho debate on the electoral
reform bill, while M. Clcmrnceau was
speaking in opposition to tho bill, ho
was frequently interrupted by M. De
roulcde ana M. Millevoyo, Uoulangists, in
violent language. Finally M. Clemeneeau
called M. fierouledean alien, and M. Mill
svoyc, pointing his finger at M. Clomen
oeau, called him a cowurd. This ep
ithet at once caused an uproar in the
chamber.
When order was restored the debato
was continued, and finally a vote was
taken on the bill, which the chamber re
jected.
To-night M. Olemenooau challenged M.
Deroulede, but the latter declined to re
ceive tho challenge.
M. Clemeneeau on hearing from M.
Deroulede, challenged M. Millevoye and
was agitin refused. M. Millevoye, how
ever, said that he himself would challenge
M. Clemeneeau to fight.
The debate in the chamber was on tho
question of the extradition from England
of M. Herz, who is charged with having
been implicated in the Panama canal
frauds and briberies.
Mecca’s Epidemic.
London, Juno 19.—Advices from Mecca
show that 317 deaths from cholera oc
curred in thatcity from June 13 to Juno 19.
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lives LosnrniE fires.
Harrowing Stories Brought in by the
Refugees.
Many Lumber Camps Caught In tha
Rush of the Lurid Monster and Sev
eral Men Probably Burned to Death.
Only Ten Houses Left Standing a*
Vlrginlar-A Couple of Song and
Dance Artists Among the Victims.
Bt. Paul, Minn., June 19. —There were
many mining camps employing a largo
number of men in tho neighborhood of
Virginia and they were undoubtedly
burned by yesterday's forest fires. Among
them were Mountain Iron, New England,
Rouchlenu, One .luck and Poce Mines. All
tho camps had large store houses. Some
men may have perished in tho fieroa
flames. It is difficult to estimate the
total loss, but if reports be tmo as to the
extent of tho destruction at tho various
towns mentioned it will amount to over
SI,<HH),OOO.
refugees nn .cn nrt.rTn.
Duluth, Minn., Juno 19.—The first train
bearing refugees from the fire swept sec
tion, carrying 950 people, mostly women
and children, arrived here this morning
at ) :30 o’clock, and the wearied, hungry
passengers hurried to the baggage rooms,
where elaborate lunches were spread.
The greater portion were penniless and
dependent absolutely niton what charity
might be offered.
James Me Art by. an actor, accompanied
bv wife and little child, who had boon
playing at tho Star theater, speaking of
the fire at Virginia, said- "biro had Wn
burning about Virginia for several days,
but no one else seemed to worry, so we
did not. Saturday night we were called *
out to fight the fire, but it was soon gotten
under control. Yesterday morning it was
worse and the town was slum it sur
rounded by fire. About. 9 o'clock the
wind, which had been rising all the morn
ing, began to blow a perfect gale and
houses on the edge of the town began to
burn
THE PEOPLE WENT MAD.
“The people went mad. They at
tempted at tlrst to save everything, and
began moving their furniture. Then they
tried to save thoir lighter articles, but as
tho fire grow fiercer they were glad to
save any thing aud escape with their
lives. The town burned like tinder, and
tho light frame buildings like so much
paper. The whole "town was in ruins ip
loss than an hoar Terrified people
gathered about, the Missabe depot, where
the officers of the road were doing every
thing for thoir safety. A train of ore
cars was backed into the depot, and the
people were loaded in. All iho way wo
came through a lane of flro.”
A SECOND TRAIN OF REFDOBES.
The second train bearing refugees from
tho burned district arrived here at nooa
bearing nearly 300 people. Advices from
Virginia are to the effect that only ten
houses escaped tho flames. Virginia was
a village of 8,500 persons, with all that
goes to make a thriving town. It is im
possible at this time to socure an estimate
of the loss. Tho city was Just completing
an elaborate electric plant and this, too,
is a total loss.
Mountain Iron was not so badly dam
aged as at first fenred, but it i* sur
rounded by fire. So far as reported only
tho Methodist church uud half a dozen
houses were burned.
Merritt and Mossaba aro completely
cleaned out, not a house remaining.
There are numerous fatuities aud injured
reported, but no doaths have yet been
verified.
Ed Kelly and Ida Vurtb, a song and
dunce team which was playing at otto of
the Merritt theaters, went back to the
theater to recover tjieir wardrobe when
they were cut off ffom all means of es
cape except, by the lako, and it is feared
that they were either drowned or bunted.
A young woman whoso name has not yet
been learned, went back into her burning
house to get her babe and probably per
ished with the infant, as they have not
been seen since. A iuborer named Mur
phy was so badly burned about tha
face and neck that it was
thought inadvisable to bring him
to this city, so critical was his condi
tion. Three seriously sick people were
E faced on the cars on stretchers and
reuglit here and placed in a hospital.
Han born, a small lumbering town on tha
Duluth and South Shore road, was en
tirely wiped out by the forest fires. Two
children of a homesteader, there were
separated from their parents and per
ished in the flames. Ono bridge uearly
11X) fret long was also burned.
BREAKS TNTHT LEVEES.
Danger of Seriouu interruption of
Railroad Traffic Near New Orleans.
New Orleans, June 19.—The crevasse at
tho Reserve plantation, one of tho finest
in the state, is now 75 feet wide and be
tween ten and twelve feet deep. A largo
force of mon are at work upon it and
there is some hope of closing it. Trnffio
on the Mississippi Valley railroad has
already been interrupted, and if the ere
vasse continues much of the track of that
line will be swept away. The through
train on the Valley road came in this
morning over the Illinois Central, having
gone around by Jackson. It will tuko tha
same route until the crevasse is dosed.
If the break remains open and widens, as
it must do if not speedily gotten under
control, the Illinois Central tracks \ftll
probably bo flooded, and traffic with (Chi
cago over that lino will bo seriously in
terrupted.
The river is very rough to-day and a
high wind prevails. This is interfering
with the work of dosing tho crevasse..
The levee on tho line of the Mississippi
Valley read, about fifty miles from tha
city, broke this morning, but the gap will
bo meuded.
The break at Harlem, below the city, is
a very serious ono and will ruin many lino
plantations.
NIGHTS AT THE FAIR.
Tho Grounds to Be Kept Open Until 11
O’clock Hcroafter.
Chicago, June 19. —By tne action of tho
council of administration to-day the
world's fair will hereafter be kept open
for visitors until ,11 o’clock every night
instead of Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday nights only, as heretofore.
The new order of things goes into effec t
Wednesday uight and will bo in force un
til the end of October. Tho exposition
buildings are to bo kept open until 10
o’clock and the grounds until 11 o'clock.
Jumped From the Bridge.
New York, June 19.—Johu Haggerty of
21 Christie street, aged 33, Jumped' from
the Brooklyn bridge this afternoon. He
was rescued from the water aud placed
under arrest.