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FRANCE’S WAR WITH SIAM.
Each Side Accuses the Other ct Fir
ins the First Shot.
The Marksmanship on Both Sides Re
markably Poor—The Only Real Dam
age Done Caused by the Bursting- of
a Shell on a Siamese Ship—A French
Captain Threatens to Kill All For
eigners in the Siamese Service, but
Backs Down When a German Pre
b. nts Himself.
Paris, July 16. —Rear Admiral Humann,
in command when the gunboats Incon
gtantc and Comete crossed the bar of the
Menam river and proceeded to Bangkok,
has made a brief report of the incident to
the government. The gunboats did not
hre on the Siamese forts at the river’s
mouth, he says, until the forts without
previous warning or demand had fired on
the gunboats.
M Pa vie, the French minister
resident in Bangkok, has been in
structed to protest against the firing trom
the forts as an indefensible act constitut
ing a violation of international law, inas
much as the friendly relations established
between France and Siam by the treaty
of K>6 had remained unimpaired up to
that time.
The secretary of the Siamese legation
in Paris, denies in an interview that the
Siamese were the aggressors in tho affair.
The oontiiot was due. he says, to the fact
that the French commanders misunder
stood the orders of their government not
to cross the bar.
VEHY POOR SHOOTIKO.
London, July 17, 2 a. m.—The Times’
corrcs]>ondent in Bangkok telegraphs: ‘T
have inspected the French and Siamese
ships and Paknam forts. It is surprising
how both sides succeeded in avoiding hit
ting each other. The half-hour’s cross
tire must have been of the wildest char
acter. The only real damage was done to
one Siamese ship, on which a shell ex
ploded, killing ten men and wounding a
do/en. The fort guns are in perfect or
der, not even the roofs were damaged.
A BRAGGART TAKES WATER.
•Outside the bar I found the Forfait
(French gunboat) whose captain had
threatened to kill all foreigners in the
Siamese service. Capt. Vil, the Siamese
harbormaster, at once replied to this
threat by presenting himself with the
avowal that he was a German subject.
Thereupon the French captain collapsed
and sent an officer to return Capt. Vil’s
visit. Nevertheless, I found the light
house and the lookout ship abandoned.
ENGLAND’S ATTITUDE IX DOUBT.
Entire ignorance prevails here as to the
attitude of England. The feeling of the
trading community tends towards a panic,
and this is not likely to subside until busi
ness men get a plain answer to a plain
question: ‘Do the British and Indian gov
ernments acquiesce iu the possible extinc
tion of Siam, and the destruction of Brit
ish interests?’ ” ,
AN ANTI-JE WISH RIOT.
Many Killed and Beaten, and Their
Houses Looted by a Fanatical Mob.
St. Petersburg, July 16.—The Jews of
Yalta, in the Crimea, refused to obey the
decree to retire within the pales. For
several days the clergy exhorted the rest
of the population to rise and expel them.
At last an anti-Jewisli mob took posses
sion of the streets, broke into the houses
occupied by the Jews and tried to drive
the occupants from the town. The Jews
fought back. Do/.ons were dragged into
the streets and were beaten. Many were
killed. Houses owned by Jews were
plundered and wrecked. Troops were
called to the town to restore order. None
of the rioters were killed aud but few in
jured.
America’s Champion Swimmer.
London, July 16.—The American cham
pion swimmer, MeCusker, defeated easily
the ex-champion English swimmer, Fin
ney. at Black Pool. The match was for
A'2oo a side. McCusker lias been chal
lenged by the English swimmer Nuttall
to race mile for £I,OOO a side.
Madame Buloz Gets a Divorce.
Paris, July 16.—Mme. Buloz has ob
tained a divorce from Charles Buloz, the
fugitive editor of the Revue des Doux
Mondez. It is reported that M. Brune
terio will edit the magazine for her
untit her nephew shall reach his ma
jority.
REAR ADMIRAL ENGLISH DEAD.
He Served 40 Years in the Navy and
Was in Two Wars.
Washington, July 16.—Rear Admiral
Earl English, retired, died at his resi
dence in Washington to-day, aged 69
years. He was appointed to the naval
academy from New Jersey in 1840 and
served 46 years, retiring in 1886. He was
at the capture of Mazatlun, Mexico, in
W, and remained there until tho close
or the Mexican war.
He served throughot the civil war, be
ing e,mployed principally in the Gulf of
Mexico, and the sounds of North Caro
hun, commanding at different periods the
'Somerset,” “Sagamore” and “Wyalus
'>£•” Ho was made a rear admiral in
at which time he resigned his posi
ti°n of chief of the bureau of equipment
and recruiting and took command of the
European station.
A RAILROAD FEDERATION.
All the Organizations to be Included
Except that of tho Engineers.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 16.—Delegates rep
resenting tho Brotherhood of Locomotive
iremen; Brotherhood of Railway Train
tnun; Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Associa
tion and the Order of Railway Conduct
ors met in this city tod-ay and formed a
federation, the object of which is mutual
protection and aid. The Order of Railway
telegraphers was Dot repesented to-day,
out they are to be included in the ifeder
i. Vi n , at the, next meeting to bo hold at
‘ ittsburg on Sunday, Aug. 27. It was
uetermiued that the Brotherhood of Lo
■oiiKitive Engineers will not be included
i tn. federation. At the next meeting
■n organization will be completed and
- ps vil] lx; taken to prepare a constitu
“ou and by-laws.
Mrs. Travers Dead.
Newport, li. 1., July lft.—Maria Louise
diVf?’ "ifiow of William R. Travers,
o • this morning at Newport, after an
Mr. r" f three years of Bright's disease,
er i I lavors was tlie daughter of Rev-
Johnson, of Baltimore, who was a
. “Ocr of the Senate aud United States
to England.
fP)j t Jtofnmg
A FIGHT AGAINST CLOSING.
Clingman May Try to Have the Fair
Kept Open Sundays.
Chicago, July 16.—8 yan almost unani
mous vote a large majority of the world’s
fair directors decided, last Friday, that
after to-day the gates of the exposition
shall be closed to tho public on Sunday.
But this action, it appears, does not finally
settle the question. The temporary in
junction obtained several weeks ago by
Charles W. Clingman, one of the stock
holders in the exposition company, and a
taxpayer of Chicago, compelling the
gates to be kept open, still stands in the
way.
Judge Stein, of the superior court of
Cook county, who granted the decree,
said yesterday: “The injunction is still
in force; there is no doubt nhout that.
If the court’s attention is officially called
to any violation of the order, it will,
after due consideration, take such action
as may appear proper.”
William E. Mason, solicitor for the pe
tioner said: “The gates wiil not be
closed next Sunday unless my client de
sires to back down.”
THE OTHER SIDE OP THE CASE.
Edward Walker, who has been the
chief legal spirit conducting all tho liti
gation on the side of the exposition com
pany said: “The gates will be cloved.
Unless Mr. Clingman consents to an ami
cable adjustment of the matter relative
to the injunction we will simply go into
court ami have it set aside. This, I am
satisfied, on a full presentation of tho
case, which has never been made, can
easily be done.”
Mr. Clingman could not lie found to as
certain what course he proposed to pur
sue. Mr. Mason declared, however, that
it would not be an easy matter for the ex
position company to override the order at
the court so long as anybody sees fit to in
sist upon the order being enforced.
A SMALL CROWD ON A AND.
The last open Sunday of the exposition
did not show any improvement upon oth
er Sundays in point of attendance, but as
nearly all the pass-holders paid the en
trance fee of fifty cents, the fund for the
benefit of the sufferers from the cold
storage fire was increased in a substan
tial way.
RESCUED FROM THE NAVAJOS.
Two Detectives Who Shot One of the
Tribe Saved by Troops.
Albuquerque, N. M., July 15.—What
threatened to be serious trouble among
the Navajos has been nipped in the bud
by the prompt arrival of troops from
Fort Wingate last night at Houck’s tank,
A. T. Two Atlanta and Pacific railroad
detectives shot a Navajo Indian who re
sisted arrest on the charge of throwing a
switch. The detective was surrounded
by a band of angry Navajos and sought
refuge in the store of J. W. Bennet at
Houck’s tank. Bennet volunteered to
take a message from the store to the. tele
graph office asking for aid, and was seri
ously shot in the head while attempting
to do so. Tho Indians held the detectives
prisoners within the store until the ar
rival of the troops on a special train.
STEVENSON DRIVES A SPIKE.
Four Vigorous Blows Drove it Home
Amid Cheers.
Los Angeles, Cal., July 16.—1n the
course of his sightseeing to-day, Vico
President Stevenson and his party were
taken to the Long wharf at the port of
Los Angeles as tho workmen were driv
ing the last pile in the structure. It was
suggested that it would be an interesting
and historical reminiscence to have Vice
President Stevenson drive the last spike
and he, joining in the spirit of the occa
sion, seized a heavy sledge and after a
few appropriate remarks, drove the spike
home with four vigorous strokes amid
the cheers of tho crowd.
FRISCO’S BANKS.
The Resources of the City’s Twelve
Savings Institutions $120,000,-
000.
San Francisco, Cal., July 16.—The semi
annual report of the San Francisco sav
ings banks show that the twelve savings
banks have resources aggregating $120,-
000,000. “The financial situation in this
city and state is improving,” said Thomas
Brown, cashier of the Bank of California
in an interview, “Money is perceptibly
easier and business is slowly getting back
to its normal condition. Not a clearing
house certificate has been issued. There
has been no necessity for issuing any, and
in my opinion there will be no occasion for
them.”
NOT A SOUTHERN OUTRAGE.
An Incident that Would Have Raised
a Howl If it Had Occurred in Dixie.
Carlisle, 111., July 16. —At Sandoval,
thirteen miles east of here, owing to the
scarcity of laborers, two strange negroes
wereemployed by carpenters to help finish
a house. Negroes are not allowed to live
in that place, consequently a party of
seventy-live waited upon the carpenters,
threatening to lynch the negroes if they
did not move at once. They finally com
promised, the men agreeing to leave town
as soon as the building was finished.
FATAL HEROISM IN THE WATER
Mother And Daughter Drown in Try
ing to Rescue Two Boys.
Mount Vernon, Ind., July 16.—Four per
sons were drowned in the river here to
day. Willie Alien and Willie Boyce, aged
8 and 9 years respectively, fell into the
stream while playing. Mrs. Allen sprang
in after them, but found herself helpless
in the rushing current. Her 16-year-old
daughter, Anna, went to rescue her moth
er and all w ere drowned.
Cleveland Passes a Quiet Day.
Buzzard’s Bay, Mass., July 16.—Presi
dent Cleveland passed a very quiet day at
Gray Gables. The wind was very fresh
in the forenoon, but as it quieted down
in the afternoon the weather became ex
tremely hot. The President and his
famil.v spent pretty much of the whole
day on the veranda.
A Richmond Editor Dead.
Richmond. Va., July 16.-James A.
Gentry on the editorial staff of thefetato,
died suddenly this morning. lie had
been connected with the press of this city
for more than a quarter of a century.
He was at one time mayor of the city of
Manchester.
Gen. Edward Jardine Dead.
New York, July 16.—Gen. Edward
Jardine died this afternoon.
ALL QUIET AT CHARLESTON.
The Blind Tiger in His Lair, But Very
Cautious About Showing Himself.
Serious Trouble on the Resumption of
Hostilities by the Constabulary To
day Not Improbable—The Wife of
the Italian Restaurant Keeper First
Raided in a Critical Condition.
Charleston, S. C., July 16.—Things arc
comparatively quiet hero to-day after the
excitement attend upon yesterday’s ar
rests under the dispensary law. The
blind tiger is n little more cautious, but
still he can be lured from his lair by those
who know the ropes. The feeling against
the governor's spies is very intense, and
it is not improbable that when the hostil
ities are resumed to-morrow there may
be trouble.
The wife of Chieco, the first victim of
the law, whose sick room was invaded by
the spies, is said to bo in a critical condi
tion. Among the other personal
property confiscated by the constabulary
on their raid on Chicco’s establishment
is a gold watch and several thousand
cigars, which Chicco claims were stolen
by them. It is generally believed that the
first day’s operations of the state have
been utterly futile as far as securing any
evidence that will convict the defendent
is concerned. In Chicco's place they
found some rice beer, which beverage tbe
governor permits to be manufactured and
sold, and a number of cases of wine
which it is claimed were bought by
another party from Chicco before the dis
pensary law went into operation.
NO LIQUOR FOUND IN OTHER PLACES.
In all the other cases of arrest yester
day the spies failed to find liquor of any
kind, although the premises were
searched from top to bottom. The
blind tigers are on their guard, and with
public sympathy behind them, will have
very little trouble in evading the law.
The club men now carry their bottles
to the club where they go to spend an
evening, having it stored in some con
venient place near the club.
Active operation will be resumed to
morrow. The spies kept very quiet to
day and were not seen on the public
streets.
FIREWORKS SPREAD DEATH.
Two Men Killed Outright and Two
Fatally Injured.
Chicago, July 10.—Two persons were
killed and several injured by an explosion
of fireworks this evening at 59th street
and Ashland avenue. The explosion took
place in a small park where an Italian
picnic was being held. During the
display of fireworks, which was
a part of the programme, a pre
mature explosion was caused, it is
supposed, by the carelessness of the men
in charge of the tTTSplay. Tho entire sup
ply of fireworks became ignited, scatter
ing burning powder in all directions.
Two of the men in charge of fche fireworks
were instantly killed, two of the specta
tors were fatally injured and half a dozen
others were burned.
M’GLYNN GIVEN A CHEER.
The Crowd Forgot That the Choir Waß
Singing When He Appeared.
Port Richmond, S. 1., July 16.—Rev.
Father McGlyun made his first public ap
pearance since his return- from Rome in
the auditorium at Prohibition Park,
at Port Richmond, S. 1., this
afternoon and received a hearty greeting
from the 5,00(1 persons present. Dr. Mc-
Glynn came upon the platform with Dr.
I. K. Funk while the choir was singing,
“He Was Recognized’’ and the great au
dience forgot the music and greeted him
with a tumultuous burst of applause and
cheers. Ho preached a short sermon,
never once referring to his troubles nor
his restoration to the priesthood.
JEALOUSY IN STRIPES.
A Convict Kills a Female Prisoner
And Then Cuts His Throat.
Jackson, Miss., July 16. —Henry Single
ton, a negro serving a life term at the
penitentiary, killed Lulu Payne, a female
convict, yesterday by stabbing her re
peatedly with a file. He made the at
tack while the female convicts were
getting water at themlstern. 'Ex-State
Treasurer Hemmingway, a convict, who
is also a trusty man and a guard, dis
armed him as all thought, but ho drew a
razor and cut his own throat repeatedly.
He will probably die. Jealously prompt
ed the attack.
EMMA VADERS INSANE.
Edwin Booth’s Former Leading: Lady
Becomes Violent.
Atlantic City, N. J., July 16.—Miss Em
ma Vaders, Edwin Booth’s former lead
ing lady, who has been in the hospital
rooms at police headquarters since lust
night, was taken violently insane to-night,
and thrusting aside her four attendants,
commenced breaking up the furniture of
the room. She was Anally subdued and
left with her father this evening for
Philadelphia, where she will be placed in
a hospital.
A SUMMER HOTEL BURNED.
The Gllen House on Mt. Washington
Consumed in an Hour.
Mount Washington, N . H., July 16.
Fire occurred to-night in the Glen House,
owned by Charles B. Milliken It spread
with great rapidity and within an hour
the large structure was a complete ruin.
The origin ot' the lire is unknown. It would
acocmmodate about3oo guests, including
the furnishings, cost fully #lOO,OOO. Only
about 25 guests were in the housa.
Iron Works in a Rceiver’s Hands.
Paterson, N. J., July 10.—Chancellor
McGill has appointed J. A. Van Winkle
Receiver of the Riverside bridge and Iron
Works. The assets of the company arc
#50,000 and the liabilities #50,000. The
officers of the concern say they can pay
every c ollar of their Indebtedness. The
company was regarded as one of the
most prosperous in New Jersey.
A Kansas Bank Fails.
Kansas City, Mo., July 16.—The Armour
dale Barfk of Armourdale,Kan.,suspended
payment yesterday and was placed in the
hands ot Bank Commissioner Dreiden
thal of Kansas. The liabilities are $35,-
000 and the assets double that amount.
SAVANNAH. C.A., MONDAY, JULY 17, 1893.
BANKER CLEWS’ VIEWS.
Tho Financial Outlook As Seen From
Wall Street.
New York, July 15.—During the week,
affairs iu Wall Street have continued to
struggle on against the adverse monetary
conditions, and with some yielding in the
prices of securities. Now and then, the
difficulty of renewing maturing loans has
stricken holders of important lines of
stocks, and heavy rcalizings resulted,
which were turned to account by the
“bears” and produced fresh breaks in
quotations. One important case of this
character occurred at the beginning of
the week, which resulted in a heavy fall
In the Grangers aud other stocks, from
which the market has since only partial
ly recovered. The effect reached London
also and unfavorably influenced that mar
ket for tho time being, aud caused the
sale here of stocks held there.
The trouble of Wall street houses with
respect to the money market is declining.
The late large fall in prices has reduced
tho amount to be borrowed against stocks,
and the withdrawal of securities from the
market for investment is having a like ef
fect, so that tho wants of borrowers are
much more easily satisfied; while the
large shrinkage in prices makes stocks
correspondingly safer as collateral. The
rate of interest, though still high, is
not so costly as to raise a serious ob
stacle to buying. The difficulties with
which the market has now to
contend are of the character that usually
follows such an extensive break as has
recently happened. Some operators have
been sold out, and numerous others are
crippled. Thus the machinery of specu
lation is disabled, and the forces to resist
unfavorable influences are enfeebled.
But outside the ranks of tho speculators
there stands a force of investors watch
ing for bargains, and the purchases of
that class are now becoming a very sub
stantial rallying power to the market.
Not only aro the prices of stocks very
exceptionally low, hut the condition of
the railroads is at present unusually pros
perous, making the inducement to in
vestors one of raro advantage, i
The general condition of financial affairs
is improving, though the progress is slow.
There has been a distinct abatement of
the late apprehonsion. and recovery is re
garded as less u question of fact than of
time. Tho obstacles give way slowly, but
still they are receding all along the line.
Tlie most stubborn difficulty is tho extra
ordinary scarcity of currency, which
keeps the reserves of the banks below tho
legal minimum. There are some indica
tions of the beginning of a reflux of cur
rency from the Interior, but the amount
of such receipts is as yet. small. There
cun be no doubt that a largo amount of
money lias gone into hoard, not only iu
this locality but throughout the country.
The city savings banks also are estimated
to be withholding some ten millions from
use in the reserves of the associated
banks. These are difficulties of a most
stubborn nature, and can only disappear
when the timid hoarders have recovered
from their insane fright.
The concentration of money at Chicago
is perhaps a much more important ele
ment is this dearth of monoy than is gen
erally supposed. The tens of thousands
who are constantly drifting to the fair
tako with the.:'money nrffwri from the
blinks in every part of the country; and
thoso streams drain the interior of cur
rency which would otherwise and its way
to this city. The amouut thus floating iu
the hands of those visiting the fair or as
sociated witii it may easily run into the
millions; and it does not find its way
•hither because it is mainly in the pockets
of the public rather than in the vaults of
banks. The evidence of ac
cumulation of monoy at that point is plain
in the rate of $1.75 to $2.00 per M. dis
count for exchange on New York, which
leaves a large profit on shipping currency
thither and is having that effect. This is
a condition of things which may possibly
continue as the. attendance at the fair in
creases during the coming months.
Per contra—there is an improving ten
dency in tho exchanges between New
York and other points. Philadelphia is
beginning to reduce its large indebted
ness to us in cash. The currency sent to
the Pacific Coast banks is coming back,
and small streams aro flowing in from
other sections. Some of tho country
banks are taking back the paper sent
here for re-discount at an earlier stage of
the crisis, and altogether, outside of our
relations with Chicago, there are appar
ent tho beginnings of a movement that
may be expected to replenish our stock
of money at an early day. The condition
of the foreign exchanges has
brought us close upon the
point at which it would pay to ship gold
hither from London. Shipments would
probably have been made this week, but
London sales of stocks on this market,
together with the unwillingness of the
Bank of England to part with gold,
seem to have deferred i tho movement for
themoment. Imports of the yellow metal,
liowover, are regarded as a probability of
the near future. A turn in the domestic
and foreign exchanges is tlie one thing
needful to the revival of confidence among
tho bunks: and that seems to be
in a fair way to realization.
* LATEST ASPECTS.
The closing syinptons of the market are
hopeful. The improving tendencies noted
above now show a fuller development,
and both among the banks and on the
stock exchange tho feeling is much more
confident than at the opening of the week.
Three movements now afford distinct
promise of important early relief—tho
return of currency from the country, the
retirement of clearing house certificates,
aud the importation of gold. This, with
other improvements in the prospect, is
making the “bears” cautious and encour
aging the buying of stocks. We antici
pate an improving market from this time
lorwurd.
LOST A FORTUNE AT CARDS.
A California Croesus Winds Up His
Career in the Poorhouse.
From the Philadelphia Record.
San Francisco, Cal., July 14. Joaquin
Cabrillo, one of the early Spanish Cali
fornians, who owned a principality in cat
tle ranches when Fremont and the
Americans came to California, has been
sent to the poorhouse. Years ago ho re
ceived from Governor Michelton a grant
of three square leagues of the finest land
iu Sonoma county, but bad management,
too lavish hospitality and easy ways
brought Joaquin to poverty. Yoar by
year his fertile acres slipped from
him. In one night, it is said, he lost a
line 300-acre farm at a game of poker.
Ho is 74 years old, and tho county has al
lowed him #lO a month for necessa
ries.
Satolli Says Mass at Butte.
Butte, Mont., July 16.—T0-day Arch
Bishop Satolli, said mass in the open air
in the presence of nearly 12,000 people,
including tlie whole Catholic population
of Butte. The one little Catholic church
in this city holds only 400. Thousands
of miners with their families were pres
ent.
TO BE TESTED IS COURT.
Some Inside History ot a Brunswick
Bank’s Administration.
The Stockholders of the Oglethorpe
National Bank will Question the
Right of Comptroller Eckels to Levy
an Assessment Without Sufficient
Investigation—Some Spicy Talk
About the Appointment of a Receiv
er-Mr. Myers to go to Brunswick
To-night.
Mr. Herman Myers, who is a stock
holder in the Ogelthorpe National Bank
of Brunswick, which failed some six
weeks ago, and who is a member of the
committee appointed to represent tho Sa
vannah stockholders, leaves to-niglit for
Brunswick, where ho goes to look into
the affairs of the bank with regard to its
assets and liabilities, with a view to
making a proposition to Comptroller of
the. Currency Eckels on behalf of the
stockholders to the effect that they are
willing to take up tho bank’s business,
pay whatever assessment is necessary on
the stock aud reorganize tlie bank on a
new basis.
The inside history of the administra
tion of tlie affairs of the Oglethorpe
National Bank since its failure is a some
what sensational and interesting one, and
there is a groat deal to it that has uever
yot been told.
Shortly after the bank failed, Col Wm.
Garrard, Mr. J. P. Williams and Mr.
Herman Myers were appointed a commit
tee to take care of tho interests of tho
Savannah stockholders iu the institution,
whicli are quite large, übout 250 shares
being held in this city. The action of
Comptroller Ecliels, in assessing the
stock #75 por share, falls quite heavily on
them, and it is doubtful if it will bo borne
under tho present existing circumstances
without some protest.
THEIR PROPOSITION REFUSED.
“This committee,” said Mr. Myers yes
terday, “first asked the comptroller of
tho currency for permission to
examine the books of tho bank ami to
look into its assets and liabilities. They
did this, knowing that they could take up
the bank and straighten it out, placing
whatever assessment on the stock that
was found to be neecssaa.v after a thor
ough investigation into the bank's assets
and liabilities, and thus making up the
deficit and putting the bunk on anew
basis.
“This requost was refused by Mr.
Eckels, who insisted on the appointment
of a receiver, and denied us the right to
look into the affairs of the bank or make
any investigation, whatever, until two
days ago when we received a notice from
him that we would be permitted to in
spect tbe accounts. which was
followed shortly afterward by a
letter from Receiver Bennett stating that
he would furnish us with any informa
tion ho thought proper to give out. Igo
to Brunswick to-morrow night to look
into the accounts of the bank on this au
thority from the comptroller witii the
plan in view that I have just mentioned.
INSISTED ON APPOINTING A RECEIVER.
“Mr. Eckols. as J have said, insisted on
the appointment of a receiver without
giving tlie stockholders the opportunity
they asked for, although Mr. Williams, a
member of the committee, went to Wash
ington and urged the matter personally.
"When it was seen that he was deter
mined to appoint a receiver, tho names
of three gentlemen, all good business
men, were suggested to him by
tho committee as parties who would bo
acceptable to tlie stockholders. These
gentlemen were Mr. Peek, confidential
man for Meiuliardt Bros.; Mr. Brantley,
solicitor of the Brunswick circuit, and
Judge Silencer R. Atkinson.
"Mr. Eckels, however, insisted that
ho wanted a lawyer as re
ceiver, and so gave the appointment to
Mr. J. W. Bennett, a lawyer, on condi
tion (and I have proof of the fact) that
he would appoint Judge M. L. Mershon,
of Brunswick, as counsel to the receiver,
both of these gentlemen having done
campaign work in their district.
“We thought that the bank should be
taken in hand by a business man and
urged this point before the comptroller of
the currency, but he thought differently.
We were not opposed to Mr. Bennett per
sonally, nor lias any particular fault been
found with liis administration, but we
did object to the principle of the action
and the appointment of a gentleman ap
parently for political reasons.
OBJECTIONS TO THE ASSESSMENT.
“Then, too,” said Mr. Myers, “Mr.
Eckels has levied an assessment of $75 per
share on the stock, although the receiver
has had charge but little longer than ten
days and has scarcely had time to check
up and verify his correspondents’ ac
counts.
"Ho certainly has not had timo to in
quire into the value of all the assets and
which of them cau be relied on, to a full
enough extent to have the basis for call
ing for such an assessment, when it can
not have beendetermined within that time
that it was necessary. The stockholders
will not object to paying any assessment
necessary to make up the deficit, but they
do object to a large assessment before it is
shown by a thorough investigation of the
liabilities and assets that it was neces
sary.
“That is the reason why the stockhold
ers wanted to take up the work of reha
bilitating the property themselves and
when tlie appointment of a receiver was
insisted on, that is the reason why they
asked that a business man be appointed.
They thought if they eouhl take up the af
fairs of the bank and put competent busi
ness men in charge, they could readily de
termine the extent of tlie deficit and
whatever assessment was necessary to
make it up they would be ready to pay.
TO BE INVESTIGATED IN THE COURTS.
“I have access to tho entire correspon
dence in connection with the matter and
lam not in doubt therefore as to the
facts.
“The stockholders are dissatisfied with
the way the administration of the bank’s
affairs have been conducted, and the right
of Mr. Eckels to levy an assessment of #75
per share before taking time to ascertain
whether it was necessary to make up the
deficit, will be tested in the courts,
lie did the same thing up in Nash
ville a short while ago. where a national
bank failed, a receiver was appoint
ted and within a short time thereafter
an assessment was called for. It. is not
the amount of tho assessment that the
stockholders object to, but the manner in
which it was done. If necessary to make
up the deficit they would pay 75 or 100
per cent.
“Then, too, it will also be questioned as
to whether Mr. Echols should not have
appointed a receiver who was acceptable
to tho stocKholders.
"I am in favor of a uniform banking
system and a uniform currency, but it
will certainly be dangerous to the inter
ests of stockholders if national banks are
to be controlled by politics instead of by
business methods. ”
Mr. Myers now has authority from the
controller to examine the bank’s ac
counts, and lie leaves to-night for that
purpose, if ho is convinced that the
stockholders cau take up tlie bank, reha
bilitate it and make up the deficit with
out interference lie will so report, and
this plan will probably bo suggested to
tlie controller.
A CASHIER ARRESTED.
He Hid Heavy Overdrafts by Putting
in Three Bogus Notes.
Elmira, N. Y., July 16.—Cashier J. Bush,
of the defunct Elmira National Bank, was
arrested at his home here this morning
upon a warrant issued by United States
Commissioner Davidson, upon complaint
of Ex-Congressman H. 11. Rockwell, rep
resenting Jackson Richardson, president
of tlie bank, and a number of depositors.
In the affidavit upon which the warrant
wns issued, Mr. Rockwell alleges that
when tlie last quarterly report of tlie
bank was made on May 4 the bank’s over
drafts were named at #18,61?, when in
fact Col. Robinson’s over-draft amounted
to $48,000; that on or about May ft Cashier
Bush gave to tlie head bookkeeper three
notes, amounting to #54,008, which Cash
ier Bush directed him to credit to Col.
Robinson’s account. It is charged that
these notes were made iu New
York May 6. signed by unknown
parties whoso identity lias never yet been
established; that those notes are worth
less and wore transferred to Col. Robin
son’s account t'A- the purpose of deceiv
ing and defrauding the stockholders and
depositors. Cashier Bush wns arraigned
before the United States commissioner,
and pleaded not guilty to tho charge.
Ball in the sum of SIO,OOO was given.
The arrest was unexpected and has crea
ted the greatest sensation since the dos
ing of tlio bunk.
A TRAIN FOR ONE PERSON.
How Miss Lily Mary Tucker Insisted
on Her Rights and Got Them.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
New York, July 13.—Perhaps it is be
cause she is colored that Miss Lily Mary
Tucker, a professor of tlie divine art
crockery at Quoguc, L. 1., knows her civil
rtglits. Wishing to go from Quoguoto
Rivorhead, Monday, bv way of Manor, to
do some shopping, Miss Lily asked for
a ticket by that route. The ticket was
supplied to her and she paid for it. Then
she boarded tlie train and arrived rapidly
at Manor, but was there informed that
tlie train which last summer ran from
Manor to Riverhead was not running this
season. Said Miss Tucker:
“You moan it hasn’t been running,
young man. It's going to run, ’cause I’ve
got a ticket that calls for my transporta
tion from Manor to Riverhead, ana I’m
going by that route.”
Then she sat down on a bench and let
the station agent walk tho platform.
After awhile he went into his office and
telegraphed something to somebody. Thru
he went out again, wiping his brow, and
said that if Miss Lily insisted upon going
by the route called for on her ticket a
special train would have to be made up to
carry her. Miss Lil.v made answer: “I
ain’t insisting; I’m just awaiting here for
that train what’s going to take me to
Riverhead.” And the train was mado up,
and Miss Lily, in her lonely majority, was
transported to Riverhead as per her
ticket.
STRANGE ECONOMY.
A Pennsylvanian Woman Kept Hor
Grave Open 19 Years.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Hamburg, Pa., July 14.—Miss Sallie
Bailey, aged 81 years, wns buriod here
Friday in a grave that was dug 19 years
ago. Miss Bailey left an estate of #IOO,-
000, nearly all of which is in government
and Philadelphia city honds. This
wealth all goes to a distant relative,
Mrs. Simon Derr, of Pottsville. Nineteen
years ago when John Bailey, the occen
tric father of Miss Snlliq, died he was
buried in St. John's {cemetery. The
grave was cottined-shaped and lined with
stones. Tho remains reposed in this
grave for two years, after which the
body was removed and placed in a vault.
It was a principle of the Baileys to
spend money only when necessary. Miss
Bailey decided that the refilling of her
father's grave would be a waste of funds,
when some day she would noed a nar
row bed for herself. She gave orders to
keep the grave o]>on, and directed thut
she should bo buried in it. When the
coffin was measured it was found to be a
trifle too large for the sepulcher, and the
latter was enlarged slightly by digging
away one end.
A HOT ENCOUNTER.
Thousands of Honey Bees Attack a
Butcher and Nearly Drive Him
Crazy.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Newtown, Pa., July 14.—John Rook,
a butcher, who resides near this place,
had a thrilling experience with a swarm
of 10,000 honey bees. Ho was extracting
the honey from the hive when it was up
set, and in a twinkling Rook's face, neck,
shoulders and bare arms were covered
three doep with angry bees. Ho realized
in that terrible moment that to try to de
fend himself meant an atoful death by
stinging. As it was. many of the bees
did sting his face and arms, but the
plucky butcher quickly picked up the
hive and induced the queen bee, which he
recognized, to enter her honey-lined home.
The othors quickly followed their queen,
and Rook was once more l free. His face
and arms immediately swelled terribly
from the numerous stings he had received,
but they did not prove fatal.
Arrested for Embezzlement.
Tacoma, Wash., July 16.—S. N. Duzeu
bury, cashier of the sus|ionded bank of
Puyallup, lias been arrested on a charge
of embozzeling #41,000 of the bank’s funds.
The charge has caused a big sensation, as
Duzenbur.v was a prominent man in the
business and social circles of Tacoma-
Three Children Burned to Death.
Durant, Miss., July 10.—Last night
three colored children were locked up iu
a house by their father and mother, who
went to church. During tlie absence of
the parents the cabin was destroyed by
fire and the children were cremated.
A Negro Girl’s Corpse Found.
Augusta, Ga.. July 16.—The body of an
unkuown negro girl, apparently twelve
years old, was taken from the river this
evening. The body was naked and begin
ning to docompose. It is supposed that
the child was in bathing at some point
above the city and was drowned.
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IALMACE ON HARD TIMES.
He Preaches a Sermon on Comfort For
Bosiness lien.
The Trials Incident to Limited Capitals
The Temptations They Bring- Up.
The Struggle For Riches an Unend
ing One From Year’s Opening to
Year’s Ending.
Brooklyn. July 16.—Rev. Dr. Talmage
has selected as his subject for to-day, a
topic of the greatest interest and timeli
ness, viz: “Comfort for Business Men,”
the text being Isaiah 40: 2: "Speak ye
comfortably to Jerusalem.”
What an awful six weeks in commercial
circles! The crashing of banks from San
Francisco to New York, and from ocean
to ocean. Tho complete uncertainty that
hns halted all styles of business for three
months, aud the pressure of tlie money
market, for the last year have put all bar
gain-makers at their wit’s end. Some of
tho best men in tho land liavo faltered;
men whose hearts are enlisted in every
good work; and whoso hands
have blessed every great charity.
Tlie Church of God can afford to
extend to them tier sympathies and
plead before heaven with all availing
prayer. The schools such men have es
tablished, the churchos they have built,
the asylums and beneficent institutions
they have fostered, will be their eulogy
long after their banking instituttions are
forgotten. Sucli men can never fail.
They have their treasures in banks that
never break and will lie millioir.iires for
ever. The stringency of tlie money mar
ket, lam glad to say, begins to relax.
May tlie wisdom of Almighty God come
down upon our national legislature at
their convening next month in Washing
ton, anil such results lie reached as shall
restore confidence and revive trade and
multiply prosperities! Yet, not only now
iu tho time of financial disaster, but all
through life our active business people
have a struggle, and I think it will be ap
propriate and useful for mo to talk about
their trials and try to offer some curative
prescriptions.
In tlie lirst place, I have to remark that
a groat many of our business men feel
ruinous trials and temptations coming to
them from small ami limited cupital iu
business. It is everywhere understood
that it takes now three or four times as
much to do business well, as once it did.
Once, u few hundred dollars were turned
into goods—tho merchant would be his
own store sweeper, his own salesman,
his own bookkeeper; ho would munage
all the affairs himself,{'and everything
would be not profit. Wonderful changes
lmvo come; costly apparatus, extonsivo
advertising, exorbitant store rents, heavy
taxation, expensive agencies, are only
parts of tlie demand made iqioii our com
mercial men; and when thoy have found
themselves in such circumstances with
small capital, thoy have sometimes been
tempted to run against the rocks of moral
and financial destruction. This tempta
tion of limited capital lias ruined nu n
in two ways. Sometimes they have
shrunk down under tlie temptation. They
huvo yielded tlie battle before tlie first
shot wus lived. At tlie first hard gun
they surrendered. Their knees knocked
together at tho fall of the auctioneer's
hammer. They blanched at the financial
peril. They did not understand that
there is such a tiling as heroism in mer
chandise, and tint there are Waterloos of
the counter, and that a man can light no
braver battle witii the sword than he can
with the yardstick. Their souls melted
in them because sugars were up whoa
they wanted to buy, and down when they
wanted to sell, and unsalable goods were
on the shelf, and bud debts in their
ledger. The gloom of their countenances
overshadowed even their dry goods
and groceries. Despondency coming
from limited capital, blasted
them. Others have felt it in
a different way. They have said: “Here
I have been trudging along. I have been
trying to be honest all these years. I find
it is of no use. Now it is mukeor break.”
The small craft that could have stood tho
stream, is put out beyond the light-house,
on the greet sea of speculation. Stocks
are the dice with which ho gambles. Ho
bought for a few dollars vast tracts of
western land. Some man at the oast liv
ing on a fat homestead, meets this gam- '
bier of fortune, and is persuaded to trade
off his estate here, for lots in a western
city with large avenues, and costly pal
aces, and lake steamers smoking at
tlie wharves, and rail trains coming
down with lightning speed from every di
rection. There it is all on paper! The
city has never been built, nor the rail
roads constructed, but everything points
that way, and the thing will be done as
sure as you live. And that is the process by
which many have been tempted, through
limitation of capital into labyrinths
from which they could not be extricated. I
would not want to chain honest enter
prise. I would not want to block up any of
the avenues for honst accumulation that
open before young men. On the contrary,
1 would like to cheer them on and rejoice
when they reach the goal; but when there
are such multitudes of men going to ruin
for this life and tlie life that is to come,
through wrong notions of what aro
lawful spheres of enterprise, it is tbe
duty of the ministers of religion, and the
friends of all young men, to utter a plain,
emphatic, unmistakable protest. These
are the influences that drown men in des
truction aud perdition.
Again, a great many of our business
men are tempted to over-anxiety and care.
You know that nearly all commercial
businesses aro over-done in this day.
Smitten witii the love of quick gain, our
cities are crowded witii men resolved to
be rich at ail hazards. They do not care
hew money comes. Our best merchants
are thrown into competition with men of
more means and less conscience, and if
an opjiortunity of accumulation be neg
lected one hour, someone else pieks it
up. From January to December the
struggle goes on. Night gives no quiet
to limbs tossing in restlessness, nor to a
brain that will not stop thinking. The
dreams are harrowed b.v imaginary loss
and flushed with imaginary gains. Even
the Sabbath cannot dam buck the tide of
anxiety; for this wave of worldliuess
dashes clear over the churches, and
leaves its foam ou Bibles and prayer
books. Men who aro living on salaries,
or by the culture of the soil, cannot
understand the wear and tear of body
and mind to which our merchants are
subjected, when thoy do not know but
that their livelihood and thoir business
honor are dependent upon the uncertain
ties of the next hour. This excitement
of the brain, this corroding care of the
heart, this strain of effort that exhausts
the spirit, sends a great many of our
best- men, in mid-life, into the
grave, Thoy find that Wail
Street does not end at the East
River. It ends at Greenwood! Their
life dashed out against money safes. They
go with their store on their backs. They