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THE MORNING NEWS.
Established 1850. - • Incorporated 1888
J. H. ESTILL. President.
GRESHAM IN HIS LAST SLEEP.
death ends his illness this
XORMIO AT 1:12 O’CLOCK.
Hi* Wife, Daughter, Son-In-Law ami
Olbera at Hl* Bedside When the
End Came —Hla Ailment a Combi
nation of Pleurisy and Pnenmoqia.
He Had Been 111 Since May 1 and a
Change for the Worse Came on
May 25.
Washington. May 28, 1:30 a. in.—Secreta
ry Gresham died at 1:15 o’clock this morn
ing.
No death could be more quiet, more
calm, or more peaceful.
For two hours preceding dissolution
there had been no indication either of a
pulse or heart bead. He lay during that
time with his head resting on the arms of
his daughter, Mrs. Andrews, while his de
voted wife sat by his side, his hands cross
ing hers, his face so turned that his last
conscious gaze should rest upon her.
And so the minutes dragged slowly on
till the end came. He was conscious to
the last.
He suffered greatly during the preceding
forty-eight hours, after the pneumonic
symptoms were complicated with his other
diseases and was only temporarily relieved
by frequent hypodermic injections. But as
the end approached the suffering disap
pear'd and he passed away as quietly as
a tired child sinking to slumber in the
arms of its mother. The arrangements for
his funeral will be made after Otto Gres,
ham, son of the deceased, shall arrive in
Washington this morning from Chicago.
.Mr. Gresham passed a comparatively
easy day until 5 o’clock yesterday after
noon, then he collapsed suddenly and his
physician. Dr. Johnston, who had been
constnatly In attendance throughout the
night and day, began to administer hypo
dermic doses of whisky. Last night
were present at the secretary’s bed
side Mrs. Gresham, Mr. Andrews and Mrs.
Andrews, his daughter and son-in-law.
Throughout the day the sick chamber
was carefuiy guarded from all in
trusion and stringent orders were issued
to the hotel attaches on no account to let
the family be annoyed by the presenta
tion of cards or queries of any kind from
visitors, and the sudden failure of the dis
tinguished patient after he had been pro
nounced as not In a critical condition yes
terday morning, was a general surprise to
the very few, who late last evening were
apprised of the change for the worse.
Dr. Jonston, who had been in daily at
tendance on Secretary Gresham, gave
out the following statement of the case
late last night: ”Mr. Gresham’s ill
ness has been an acute pleu-
with effusion, beginning on May
1 From May 13 his condition Was entirely
favorable and his speedy recovery was con
fidently expected. On May 25 symptoms of
relapse appeared, due to the development
of acute pneumonia. His present alarm
ing condition is due to weakness of the
heart s action and there seems to be little
or no hope of his recovery."
A! 8:30 o’clock a telegram was sent to
Judge Otto of Philadelphia, telling him to
come to the bedside of the secretary, as
he was dying. Judge Otto was a comiade
of the secretary in the late war.
A telegram was also sent to Secretary
Gresham’s son, Otto Gresham, at Chi
cago, informing him that the end was
near, and to hasten to Washington with
out delay. President Cleveland, who Is
at his villa at Woodley, a few miles from
the white house, has been kept fully in
formed of the secretary's condition.
The Arlington hotel in the corridors and
at the private entrance was crowded with
distinguished officials anxiously awaiting
news from the sick room.
At 11 o'clock last night the physicians of
Secretary Gresham ceased their efforts
to revive him, as his system was entirely
too weak to respond to their efforts.
The official statement given out by the
secretary's physicians last night as to his
condition, shows that it had been much
more serious since Saturday night last
than either they or the others who had
admission to tho sick room would ac
knowledge. After the pneumonic symp
toms appeared Injections of nitro-glycer
le and strychnine were adminis
tered freely, and yesterday afternoon and
last night normal saline injections, aggre
gating several quarts were given.
Luring the day the secretary lay in a
stupor, which was the foundation for
the report that he was “resting easily.”
As soon as the physicians, however, real
ized that the end was approaching,
the herioc measures usual in such
cases were adopted. Notwithstanding
their efforts the patient sank rapidly.
The physicians In attendance were Messrs.
. W. Johnston and Pren
tiss. both of this city, tho
latter having been called into the case
within the past few days. Last night
Lr. Van Rensselaer was called in, and it
was he who performed the operation of
injecting the normal saline.
The secretary who had been conscious
ouring his entire Illness, seems to have
been more concerned for his wife than
for himself. He realized yesterday after
noon that the end was approaching, but his
constant suggestion, made in feeble whts
lATa to his daughter, was “Look out for
Jour mother; give her all your attention;
don’t worry about me."
The news of Secretary Gresham's re
lapse did not become known until 6 o’clock
las evening, at which hour his nie;e,
Mrp - Puller, wife of Capt. Fuller, of the
army was sent for. It spread rapidly,
and by 8 o’clock scores of persons prom
inent in public life had called to express
their sympathy. Among the early callers
were Secretary and Mrs. Lamont. Mr.
i timber, the President's private seere
tary ' also arrived at an early hour, and
W as requested to notify the President that
the Secretary of State was rapidly sinking,
lie did so, and later In the evening coin
• unieated the fact that the President
was detained at Woodley by illness, that
,p desired to come to the city as soon
as the information of the secretary's seri
ous condition was made known to him,
ut that he refrained from doing so at
he advice of his physician,
ihe members of the diplomatic corps,
ho are extremely punctilous in matters
this character, called during the even
il(r and left their cards. Other callers
were Chief Justice Fuller and Associate
Justice Harlan of the supremo court, As
'ftant Secretaries Uhl and Adee of the
t'ate department. Col. H. C. Corbin, As
- istant Postmaster Generals Maxwell and
Jones and Controller Eckels.
T\aite r Quinton Gresham was born near
Harrison county, Indiana,
• arch 17, 1833. His grandparents emigrat
*:. T ' lr K ,nla to Kentucky, from which
. * e they moved to Indiana, while his par
-3 w ere children. His father was a
ill )t
farmer and a cabinet maker, and was once
the sheriff of the county in which they
lived. He was murdered while In the per
formance of the duties of hla office. Wal
ter Gresham's early education was obtain
ed in the country schools of the neigh
borhood. Later he had the advantage of
one year In the state university at Bloom
ington, Ind., but he did not graduate.
From the university he went to
Corydon, Ind., where he studied law while
acting as deputy clerk, and in 1554 was ad
mitted to the bar. In 1880 he was elected
to the legislature of Indiana. At the end
of the session he entered the federal service
as a lieutenant-colonel of the Thirty
eighth lodiqna Infantry. In December,
1861, he wag appointed colonel of the Fifty
third Indiana regiment, and served under
Grant until after the siege of Vicksburg,
when he was made a brigadier general of
volunteers. Gen. Gresham was trans
ferred to Sherman’s command at the be
ginning of the expedition against Atlanta,
and took command of the Fourth division
of the Seventeenth army corps. In the
severe fighting before Atlanta he was
wounded. He was disabled at Leggett's
Hill in July, 1864, and was obliged to retire
from active service, and on March
13, 1865, was brevetted major gen
eral of volunteers for gallantry. He
then went to Albany, Ind., where he prac
ticed law, and In 1866 was a candidate for
congress on the republican ticket, but was
defeated. During the next few years he
spent a part of the time in New York as
the financial agent of the state. During
his w ar services he gained the esteem of
Gen. Grant, and in 1869 the latter, being
then President, appointed him Judge of
the United States district court for In
diana. Gen. Gresham had previously de
clined at the hands of President Grant the
offices of collector of customs at New Or
leans and federal district for In
diana. In April, 1882, he resigned his judg
shlp and accepted the position of postmas
ter general offered him by President Ar
thur. Judge Folger was at that time the
Secretary of the Treasury. Secretary Fol
ger died In September, 1884, and Judge
Gresham w'as transferred to the treasury
department. He remained there but a short
while, however. He was transferred In
September, and In December of the same
year was appointed judge of the United
States circuit court for the Seventh cir
cuit, which office he held until he resigned
to enter Mr. Cleveland’s cabinet. While
never very prominent In politics, Judge
Gresham was himself at least three times
considered a prominent candidate fox' pres
idential nominations: the first time In
1884 and In 1888 by the republicans, and
again in 1892 by the populists. In 1880 he
was a strong supporter of Grant for a
third term. After 1888 the orthodoxy of
hts republicanism was frequently ques
tioned. He was supposed to lean toward
the democracy, but so little did he en
gage In politics that the populists at
one time had the idea that he was a fol
lower of their erratic ways of thinking
on public questions, and there was a con
siderable movement in the ranks of the
populist party in 1892 to make him their
presidential candidate. The supposition
that his ideas, in his mature age, were
strongly democratic, proved to be true,
and when President Cleveland tendered
him the portfolio of the state department
It was readily accepted. That he should
have so far turned his back upon the Re
publican party, which had given him two
cabinet portfolios and two judgships, as
to become a member of a democratic ad
ministration, so angered the republicans,
and that he should have so disappointed
them as to prove a democrat when they
thought him a member of their party, an
gered the populists, with the effect that
there was turned upon Secretary Gresh
am's administration a particularly hot
and partisan fire, but which he withstood
admirably.
TAXES OX RAILROAD RECEIPTS.
The Supreme Court Declares the
Pennsylvania Law Valid.
Washington, May 27—The supreme court
to-day upheld the Pennsylvania state tax
upon the gross receipts of railroads. The
ease came to the supreme court on a writ
of error from the supreme court of Penn
sylvania. The complainant was the New
York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Company, which claimed that as all the
business dane over the road by the lessee
party was Interstate commerce, It was not
competept for the state to tax the tolls
received by the company which owned
the road.
In the opinion rendered the court holds
that the fact that the same corporation
which owns the track in Pennsylvania
owns likewise a track in New York, does
not deprive such company of the right to
receive tolls for the use of that part of
its road that lies in Pennsylvania nor the
state of its right to tax such portion of the
tolls, and that this is what the court be
low decided. It, therefore, concludes that
the federal questions involved in the case
were property decided by the Pennsyl
vania court and its judgment was accord
ingly affirmed. The opinion was rendered
by Justice Shiras.
MARTI'S BODY BURIED.
Insurgents Try to Rescue It From
the Spanish Troops.
Havana, May 27.—A dispatch from San
tiago says the body of Marti arrived at
that place by train yesterday. It was es
corted by a force of 700 Spanish troops for
forty-two miles, prior to its being placed
upon the train at San Luis. The escort
were attacked four times by insurgents
who tried to rescue the body from the cap
tors. The rebels were repulsed each time.
The body was buried at Santiago de Cuba
at 8 o'clock this morning after it had been
identified.
London, May 27.—A dispatch from Ma
drid to the Pali Mall Gazette says the cav
alry regiments which are going to Cuba
started for Cadiz, where they will embark
to-day. A battalion of infantry which had
been ordered to the Phillipine Islands has
been diverted to Cuba.
Killed by un Eleeirie Car.
Birmingham, Ala., May 27.—Dr. J. W.
Dowsig. a prominent physician and ex
surgeon of the confederate army, was
run over by an electric car on Twentieth
street, near the Union depot, to-night and
instantly killed. He became bewildered
by the approach of a train. Every bone
In his body was broken.
Carlisle o Hurry Back.
Louisville. Ky., May 27.-In consequence
of the alarming news of the condition of
Secretary Gresham, Secretary Carlisle to
night decided to postpone his address,
which was to have been delivered in this
city next Wednesday night. The secre
tary leaves at 8 o'clock to-morrow morn
ing for Washington.
DEBS DOOMED BY A DECISION.
HIS APPEAL FOR A M BIT OF HA
BEAS* CORPUS DENIED.
The Justices Unanlinoa* In the Con
elusion and Their Finding Head
by Justice Brewer—An Exhaustive
Diaenssion of the Contentions on
Behalf of the Plaintiffs Embodied
In the Decision*—Must Serve Their
Sentenees.
Washington. May 27 —The habeas corpus
case of Eugene V. Debs, et al., growing
out of the great railroad strike at Chicago
last summer, was decided in the United
States supreme court to-d*y. its unani
mous opinion being read by Justice Brew
er.
The opinion embodies an exhaustive dis
cussion of the contentions on behalf of
Debs, et al., and concludes as follows: "We
have given to this case the most anxious
and careful attention, for we realize that
It touches closely questions of supreme Im
portance to the people of this country.
Summing up our conclusions, wo hold that
the government of the United States hav
ing Jurisdiction over every foot of soil
within Its territory; and acting directly
upon each citizen; that while It Is a gov
ernment of enumerated powens, it has
within the limits of those powers all the
attributes of sovereignty; that to It is com
mitted ppwer over Inter-state commerce
and the transmission of the mail; that the
powers thus conferred upon the national
government are not dormant, but have
been assumed and put into practical exer
cise by the legislation of congress; that in
the exerolse of these powers it Is compe
tent for the nation to remove all obstruc
tions upon highways, natural or artificial,
to the passage of inter-state commerce, or
the carrying of the mall; that while it may
be competent for the government
(through the executive branch,
and In the use of the entire
executive power of the nation), to forcibly
remove all such obstructions, it Is equally
within its competency to appeal to the
civil courts for an inquiry and determina
tion as to the existence and character of
any alleged obstructions, and if such are
found to exist, or threaten to occur, to in
voke the power of those courts to remove
or restrain suoh obstruetlons; that the
jurisdiction of courts to Interfere in such
matters by injunction is one recognized
from ancient times and by indubitable au
thority; that such jurisdiction is not ousted
by the fact that the obstructions are ac
companied by or consist of acts in them
selves violations of the criminal law; that
the proceeding by injunction is of a civil
character, and may be enforced by pro
ceedings in contempt; that the penalty for
a violation of such injunction is no sub
stitute for and no defense to a prosecution
for criminal offenses committed in the
course of such violation; that the com
plaint filed in this case clearly showed an
existing obstruction of artificial highways
for the passage of interstate commerce and
and the transmission of the mail—an ob
struction not only temporarily ex
isting, but threatening to con
tinue; that under such complaint the
circuit court had power to issue its pro
cess of injunction; that it having been is
sued and served on these defendants, the
circuit court had authority to enquire
whether its orders had been disobeyed,
and when it found that they had been,
then to proceed under section 725, Revised
Statutes, and enter the order of punish
ment complained of, and finally that the
court, having full jurisdiction in the prem
ises, its findings of the fact of disobe
dience is not open? to review on habeas
corpus in this or any other court.
“We enter into no examination of the act
of July 2, 1890 (26 statute, 209), upon which
the circuit court relied mainly to sustain
its jurisdiction. It must not be understood
from this that we dissent from the conclu
sions of that court in reference to the
scope of the act, but simply that we pre
fer to rest our judgment on the broader
ground which has been discussed in this
opinion, believing It of Importance that
the principles underlying it should be ful
ly stated and fully affirmed. The petition
for a writ of habeas corpus Is denied.”
The accused will now have to serve the
sentenees imposed on them by the lower
court.
The case arose in the United States cir
cuit court of the Northern district of Illi
nois. Debs and others disobeyed the order
of the court enjoining them from further
interfering with interstate commerce and
the carrying of the United States mails.
They were brought before the court for
contempt and sentenced to from three to
six months imprisonment. The case was
brought before the supreme court on mo
tion for leave to file a petition for a writ
of habeas corpus, which was fully argued
by Mr. Debs' counsel on one side and
Attorney General Olney op the other. The
decision of the court sustains the action
of the court below.
LIBERALS MEET.
The Proceedings of the Session
Stormy nnd Insignificant.
London, May 27.—The London Liberal
Radical Union and the National Liberal
Club held a joint meeting to-day. Th*s
proceedings were stormy and significant.
Sir Samuel, Montague, member of tho
House of Commons for the Whitechapel
dlvison of the lower hamlets, presided.
Several members of the union charged
the government with shilly-shallying and
attacked it for not passing the registra
tion law amendment bill.
A motion was submitted declaring that
the meeting was satisfied with Sir Wil
liam Vernon Harcourt’s promise to do the
best possible with the bill. The amend
ments to the motion were submitted. One
demanding the holding of an autumn ses
sion of parliament for the purpose of ef
fecting the New Castle programme was
adopted by a large majority. The mo
tion was then carried.
TENNESSEE’S LEGISLATURE.
It Convenes to Take Action on the
Convict lease System.
Nashville, Tenn., May 27.—The general
assembly convened In extra session to-day
wlth many senators and representatives
absent. Adjournment was taken after
hearing read a message from Gov. Tur
ney. The message deals almost exclus
ively with the convict problem, stating
that the democratic legislature is com
mitted to the cessation of the lease sys
tem and the construction of anew state
prison.
SAVANNAH, GA„ TUESDAY. MAY 28. 1895.
EXCLUSION OF CHINESE.
The Weary Act Declared Constitu
tional by the Supreme Court.
Washington, May 27.—Tho supreme court
of the United States to-day decided the
Geary Chinese exclusion act to be con
stitutional, and Incidentally affirmed the
general right of the United Btates to ex
clude aliens of all kinds. The question
came before the court In the case of Lem
Moon Sing, appellant, vs. the United
States. The appellant transacted business
In San Francisco for a number of years
and In January, 1891, Went on a temporary
visit to with the Intention of return
ing and continuing his resldenre In the
United States. During hts absence the
Geary law of 1891 was passed.
Justice Harlan delivered the opinion of
the court, the Important parts being as
follows: "Tho contention is that while,
generally speaking. Immigration officers
have jurisdiction under the statute to ex
clude an alien who Is not entitled under
some statute or treaty to come Into the
United States; yet If the alien is entitled
of right, by some law or treaty, to enter
this country, but is nevertheless excluded
by such officers, (he latter exceed their
jurisdiction, and their legal action, if It
results in restraining the alien of his lib
erty, presents a Judicial question for the
decision of which the courts
may intervene upon a writ of
habeas corpus. That view. If sustained,
would bring Into the courts every case of
an alien who claimed the right to come
Into the United States under some law or
treaty, but was prevented from doing so
by the executive branch of the govern
ment. This would defeat the manifest
puri>ose of congress In committing to su
bordinate immigration officers and to the
Secretary of the Treasury exclusive au
thority to determine whether a particular
alien seeking admission to this country
belongs to the class entitled by law or
treaty to come Into the country or to a
class forbidden to enter the United States.
Under that Interpretation of the act of
1894 the provision that the decision of the
appropriate Immigration or custom offi
cers should be final, unless reversed on
appeal by the Secretary of the Treasury,
would be of no practical value.
The power of congress to exclude aliens
altogether from the United States, or to
prescribe the terms and conditions upon
which they may come to this country, and
to have its declared policy in that regard
enforced exclusively through executive of
ficers. without judicial Intervention, is set
tled by our previous adjudications.
“The remedy of the appellant was by
appeal to the Secretary of the Treasury
from the decision of his subordinate, and
not to the oourta.
• •••••*
"There Is no room In tne language of the
act of 1891 to doubt that congress intended
that It should be Interpreted as wo have
done in the ease. To avoid misapprehen
sion, It is proper to say that the court does
not now express any opinion upon the
question whether,under the facts stated In
the application for the writ of habeas cor
pus, I .cm Moon Sing *>;s entitled, or right,
under some law or treaty, to re-enter the
United States. We mean only to decide
that that question has been oonsltutlonal
ly committed by congress for final deter
mination to named officers of the exerutlve
department of the government.
"The Judgment of the court below deny
ing the application for the writ of habeas
corpus Is affirmed.”
Justice Brewer dissented from this opin
ion.
ITALY'S ELECTIONS.
The Government Secure* ,*t4t> of the
500 Seats,
Rome, May 27.—T0-night it Is known from
the returns that 349 government support
ers are elected. The chamber consists of
508 members, and the government will
thus have a very strong majority. In
forty-one districts re-ballots will be nec
essary. A number of these districts are
certain to return supporters of Prime Min
ister Crispl.
Among ttje opposition candidates who
were elected ar* thirty-one radicals and
fourteen socialists.
The full figures from the Dronero dis
trict, province of Cuneo, show that ex-
I’rime Minister Giolittl was re-elected by
a strong majority.
The popularity of Signor Crispi among
the electors is shown by the fact that he
was elected In nine districts.
The under secretary of the ministry of
marine was A candidate in Viareggio, but
was defeated. The election In this town
was marked with rioting, and during the
melee the voting urns were broken.
BICYCLISTS COLLIDE.
Larsen's Injuries Fatal anti Campos
Has llotli Arms Broken.
Madrid, May 27.—The bicycle champions,
Campos and Laoass, were terribly Injured
by a collision during a race yesterday and
one will die. They were riding together In
a tandem race, which they were Just about
winning, when their opponents crossed
their path. The two machines came to
gether with a crash and the riders were
thrown to the ground In a heap. Lac-asa
was frightfully lacerated In the chest and
is dying. Campos had both arms broken,
A FATAL QUAKE IN RUSSIA.
Ninety-Five Houses XA'reekod anil
Alnny Persons Burled In the Bains.
St. Petersburg. May 27.—A violent shock
of earthquake was experienced in the vil
lage of Aglkent. in the district of Baku,
yesterday. Ninety-five houses were wreck
ed and many of the inhabitants of the vil
lage were buried beneath the ruins.
Zanzibar, May 27.—A severe shock of
earthquake was felt at Mowbassa yes
terday, but no great damage was done.
The shook was also felt in the town of Ma
lindl, where several houses were de
stroyed.
Turkey's Armenian Administration.
Constantinople, May 27.—The reply of
the porte to the powers In regard to the
Armenian administration scheme submit
ted by the latter was ready for delivery
last evening, but for some unexplained
reason was suddenly canceled apd a coun
cil of ministers has been summoned to
draw up another document.
Dr. Hnehanan to Die In July.
Sing Sing, May 27.—Dr. Buchanan, the
condemned wife murderer. left this place
on the 8:45 a. m. train for Albany to-day,
for resentence before the court of appeals.
Albany. N. Y., May 27.—The court of ap
peals has ordered that Dr. Buchanan be
electrocuted during tho week beginning
Monday, July L
BYRNES TAKES OFF HIS BADGE.
THE CHIEF HETIHED ON A PENSION
OF gtt.OOO PER NEAR.
The Chief llnil Expressed His Will
ingness in Hellre If It \\ ns Thought
for Ihe Interest f the Force for
Him to Do ho—Pahltshed State
ments Attributed to the Hoard of
Police Commissioners Pronounced
I naulhortxed.
New York, 3lay 27.—Chief of Police Thom
as Byrnes was retired by the police board
to-day. The application was handed to
Commissioner Parker, who presented It
with a statement from Mr. Byrnes. With
out comment from anyone, by a silent and
unanimous vote, the board finished the act
and the retirement was complete, done as
the ohlef wished It to be done.
The chief called on Commissioner Par
ker at 11:30 o'clock. The two sat together
until 1 o'clock, while the board upstairs
went through with the routine business.
At 1 o'clock Commissioner Parker Joined
his colleagues in a secret meeting, and
while Superintendent Byrnes was at lunch
eon In the detective bureau, the retire
ment was made. Commissioner Parker
sat at his place anil from some note* on
a card very slowly made the following
statement: “Some time after the appoint
ment of this board, and consequently after
1 came Into office, the chief of |k>l!c., prob
ably because of former official acquaint
ance with me, told me privately that If
at any time the Interests of the force In
which he had served for almost a llfe-tlme.
and In which he had risen from the lowest
to the highest rank, would In the opinion
of the board be served better by his retire
ment than by his continued presence In It,
lie would consider It his duty to hand In
his application for retirement. He has
stated that to me, not upon one occasion
alone, but upon several.
"In conformity with that statement, and
In the spirit In which he made It. he
handed to me this morning his application
for retirement. Since this board came Into
office there have been many statements at
tributed to the members by
the board, which so far as
they were quoted, were without
authorization. Under these statements
the ohlef, so far as tills board knows, has
remained silent, as it was hts duty to do.
“He requested me to add that If the ex
perience acquired by him In his long ser
vice should, In the opinion of the hoard, or
of any of Its members, be thought useful
In the administration or elevation of the
department he will tender his aid gladly
and Joyfully.”
In sharp contrast came the dry state
ment of the question by the chief clerk;
"Thomas Hyrnes, chief of police, applica
tion for retirement, 13,060 pension."
Then the roll, "Mr. President?"
"Yes.”
"Commissioner Andrews?”
“Yes."
"Commissioner Parker?"
“Yes."
"Commissioner Grant?"
“Yes.”
Thp board closed the room again and
went on with other business.
Later on ex-Chlef Hyrnes said; "I have
no statement to make. If any statement
is to be made let them (the commission
ers) make It.”
At 2 o'clock the commissioners an
nounced that Inspector Conlin was de
tailed acting chief of police, and that
Capt. Cortwright of the Eldridge street
station, Capt. Brooks of the One Jlun
dreth and Twenty-sixth street station, and
Capt. McCullough of the West Thirty
seventh street station, had been detailed
as acting inspertors. The three captains
were rt lieved of prpclnct duty and no
tified at once to report to Acting Chief
Conlin.
The board also appointed Inspector Con
lin and Capts. Cortwright, Brooks, Mc-
Cullough and Smith of the East Twenty
second street station as a police civil ser
vice board.
The board then took a recess until 4
o’clock. ,
On (icing asked this afternoon what he
thought of Chief Byrnes’ retirement. Dr.
Parkhurst said: "The result satisfies me
and gratifies me. My warfare, however,
has not been against Mr. Byrnes as a
man, but as an official, and now that
he has ceased to be an official, It seems
to me that for me to pass any further
comment upon the matte r would be both
unwarranted and undignified."
SILVER HAD FOR THE Toil,EH.
New York’* f'linmlter of Commerce (o
Fight tfie Croze,
New York, May 27.—The Chamber of
Commerce of the city of New York have
decided to enter upon a crusade against
free silver coinage. Their announced in
tention is to make at once a definite Is
sue between cheap money and sound mon
ey, and lay all other questions aside,
calling upon every friend of sound cur
rency to enlist at once In the campaign
against cheap money. The crusade Is to
cover every section of the country. A
general committee of seventy-eight mem
bers, including leaders in every line of
business in the metropolis, has been ap
pointed to direct the line of attack. Among
Its members are Isldor Straus, Guslav 11.
Schwab, Frederick A. Constable, August
Belmont, J. Plerpont Morgan, Carl
Schurz, Cornelius Vanderbilt, John
Slone, Anson Phelps Stokes, Morris K.
Jessup and Edward King. The general
committee Includes an executive comm'i’-
tee of nine, of which Gustav H. Schwab
Is chairman, and there are subcommittees
on press and publication, on correspond
ence, on coeoperation with kindred organi
zations, on the formation of sound money
clubs and on finance.
Gustave H. Schwab, in outlining the po
sition of the chamber of commerce said:
“The committee hold that they represent
not the New York business man, who
can protect himself and make money on
a silver basis as well as a
gold basis, but the interests of the wage
earner, the laborer, the factory hand, and
the savings bank depositor, who cannot
protect himself against the avarice of the
silver mine owner. The committee do not
discuss any plan of bank currency."
Mr. Schwab is himself a mine owner.
Francis Lon Chrlsman, a former Wash
ington correspondent, and a well knowin
newspaper man of this city, has been
placed In charge of the committee’s head
quarters.
Six Negroes Escape.
Lake City, Fla., May 27.—Six negroes
confined in Jail at this place escaped this
afternoon. They burned a hole through
the floor of the cell In which they were
confined. All were charged with trivial |
offenses.
ALBANY’S BANK SHORTAGE.
Forgery and li\grnioas Falsifications
Itrsorted To.
Albany. N. A’., May 27.—District Attor
ney Burlingame this morning called upon
Supt. Preston of the state banking de
partment and was officially notified of tho
shortage of Cashier Griffin of the Park
Hank. The district attorney’s office is
now looking Into the case.
The report of the examiner shows that
the bank has a surplus of
As stated In last night’s dlspstehes, the
cashier’s shortage was made good and the
bank Is In excellent condition.
B. 9. W. Clark of f’tatlshurg, who con
ducted the examination of the books of
the hank, bad not proceeded far before
the cashier fell (hat the shortage would
be discovered. Ills confession of the short
age followed. It Is stated that forgery
and an ingenious falsification of the
bank’s books were resorted to In enabling
Griffin to secure several thousand dollars
of the bank s funds, which, it Is under
stood, were swallowed up in bucket shop
deals.
The president and directors of the bank
refused to speak of the shortage nnd no
intimation of the amount can be obtained
front those who are in u position to
know.
The bank was organized in 1889, and
Mr. Griffin has been cashier from Its
Inception. He Is married and has a small
family. The bank ha* a capital of turn,.
000, and Is doing a flourishing business.
The total resources are about jam),ooo, and
the amount due depositors Is $300,000.
The officials of the bank to-day refused
to disclose the amount of the shortage,
although the opinion prevails that It Is
In the neighborhood of SIB,OOO. The presi
dent of tho bank, Grange Sard, said to
night that the district attorney’s letter
asking for the submission of foot* regard
ing the defalcation to the co-prosecuting
officer, would be referred to the board of
directors.
MI9SOI M I*B 911.A ENITRff.
A lie til uni! That a Jtnle Convention
Be Called.
St. Ixniis, Mo., May 27.—1n response to
circulars asking If, in their opinion, it
was advisable to call a state convention
for the purpose of discussing tho silver
question, twenty-two chairmen of demo
cratic county committees hove replied In
the affirmative, four oppose the call and
two are non-committal. These replies are
from counties adjacent to the city, and
the result Is a surprise to Chairman Mat
fit! and the members of Ihe state commit
tee. The river counties are known to he
In favor of silver and It la expected that
at least ninety out of 114 counties In Mis
souri will declare in favor of calling such
a convention at Jefferson City on July 4.
Carthage, 111., May 27—The Hancock
county delegate* met In convention here
to-day, and after electing delegate* to the
Springfield convention, adopted frea coin
age declarations.
Havana, 111., May 27.—The democratic
county convention here to-day to
elect delegates to the state money conven
tion was not an enthualaalle one, many
leaders staying away. A radical free coin’
age resolution passed by only five majori
ty.
Marshall, Mo.. May 27.—The long-talked
of democratic county financial convention
met here to-duy and passed resolutions In
favor of free coinage and for the culling
of a state convention to discuss the same.
Harvey to ffeet llorr.
Chicago, May 27.—W. 11. Harvey, who
was challenged to meet Roswell U. Horr,
financial editor of the New York Tribune,
In a discussion of the facts laid down In
Coin’s Financial School, has accepted the
Invitation In order "to sustain the facts
set forth In said book and defend It
against the charges of falsehood made
by the gold standard press.”
FEI.I, INTO 4 Ill'll 11.
Tlie Sergeaut-nt-Arms of Florlilu’*
Senate Injured.
Tallahassee, Fla., May 27.—Wlllinni
Grantham of Jefferson county, sergeant
at-arms of the Senage, Saturday night fell
into the, ditch In Adams street, over ten
feet In depth, made for the sewerage of
the government bulldlnga, and broke his
collar bone. He Is quite old, and could
not see very well In the dark. The
crossing was only a narrow plank, and
at that point the excavation was not
properly lighted, It la said. Being a large
man he was otherwise severely bruised,
but his physician thinks he will be all
right soon.
CHICAGO’S NEAA' PAPER,
It Is <l:e Only Democrntlc Dally In
Ike AAestern Metropolis.
Chicago, May 27.—The first Issue of the
Chicago Chronicle, the only democratic
morning newspaper in Chicago, will ap
pear to-morrow. In point of news ser
vice the newspaper will have resources
unsurpassed by any Journal In the (Tnlted
States, including the full report of the
United Press, the Laffan News Bureau
service and the cables and specials of the
New York Sun. Horatio W. Seymour will
be the publisher and Martin J. Russell,
collector of the port, editor.
Sliul anil Dangerously AAonuded.
Tallahassee, Fla., May 27.—Man Moore
and Nell Drayton had a difficulty Satur
day night, the former whipped out his
pistol and commenced to shoot at the
latter, one ball taking effect in his back.
The wound Is thought to be serious. Sher
iff Pearce captured Moore Sunday, and he
Is secure In a cell.
England's New C ruiser.
London, May 27.—The New British
cruiser Terrible was launched in the
Clyde to-day. She is of 14,230 tons, with
engines of 25,000 horse power and Is expect
ed to develop a speed of twenty-two knots
an hour. She Is 538 long. 71 feet wide, and
has a large number of water tight com
partments.
Six Killed on a Steamer.
Lisbon. May 27.—The boiler of a steamer
employed on the harbor works here ex
ploded to-day. Six persons on the steamer
were killed and two men who were passing
In a row boat are missing. The explosion
did great damage ashore.
Idbrrnls to Fight It Ont.
London, May 27.—The cabinet council
held to-day lasted two and a half hours.
It Is understood that the council decided
upon a resolute continuance of their bills
during the session until autumn, no mat
ter how small their majority may be.
i DAILY. *lO A TEAR. ,
5 CENTS A COPT.
1 WEEKLY 2-TIMKB-A-WEEK 11 A YEAR 1
A FAKE INTERVIEW SHOWN UP.
BANKER NEAL HEPIDIATR* THE
STORY SENT FROM ATLANTA.
The Aflnntn llelrgnllns Well Sails,
ffeil With the Sound Aloney ( amra*
tinn nt Atlnnta—The Platform Re.
ported by Ihe loin ml I lee so Sail*,
factory That no Dlaensslon AA as
Neeessnry—The Time Too Short foe
Dl.enaaion of the linn kin a Lawa.
Atlanta, tit., May 27— President T. B.
Neal of the Neal and Hanking Com.
pany, one of the delegates to the Memphis
currency convention, is out to-day In a>
statement. In which he completely repu
diates the press dispatches sent out from
the Constitution office Saturday night,
purporting to be an Interview with him,
severely criticising the spirit and action:
of the convention. According to this dis
patch, which was put on the Associated
Press wire for the purpose of discredit
ing the Memphis convention. It was mada
to niipcar that the Atlanta delegation waa
so disappointed and disgusted with what
they were reported as calling a cut and
dried political trick, that they would call
nnothcr sound money convention. Tho
whole article was based upon an alleged
Interview with Capt. Neal, who, In hla
statement to-day, declares that the re
porter who called to see him Saturday
declined to take down what he really
said, but went off and wrote things that
he never dreamed of saying. Capt. Neal
says: “I went to the convention at Mem
phis simply as a delegate from Atlanta.
1 was disappointed, on reaching
Memphis to hear that dis.
cnsslon in Ihe convention would,
not be encouraged, but after hearing that
each state had appointed one delegate to
the committee on resolutions and that
committee reported, the platform laid
down was so satisfactory that any dls
cusslon was not necessary. I would have
preferred that a more definite plan fop
state banks had been proposed: with this
exception I did not hear a single objec
tlon by any delegate. I remained In Mem*
phla twenty-four hours after the conven
tion adjourned and heard the platform laid
down discussed by men from many states.
There was no division of opinion except
as to the banking system. All were
agreed that a proper revision or entirely
new system of hanking would afford all
tin* relief needed, and would settle the
silver question. I was disappointed In not
having this question discussed before the
convention, but knowing, ns I do, that It
could not have been satisfactorily debated
In a month's time, I think it won wise not
to open the question. Aa to It being a po
litical convention, I failed to see any pol
itics in It, unless the part taken by Messrs.
Patterson, Catehlngs and Clark, all sound
money congressmen, made It political. If
these gentlemen had wanted their finan
cial course Indorsed that convention would
have given thrm the same Indorsement it
gives to Mr. Cleveland. The delegates
from Atlanta were so much pleased with
the speech of Mr. Patterson that we called
on him In a body and extended our con*,
gratulations and Invited him to come to
Atlanta and make the same speech."
t 'KXTH A L'ft PLAN AGAIN SHELVED*
It Won't Be Pusheil Until All the See
eurlty Holder* Are Placated.
New York, May 27.—Bankers here in*
teraeted In or representing the securities
of the Georgia Central property, or Its
branch lines, confirm the statement mads
by a southern dispatch late last weelg
that the plan of reorganization has been
laid aside pending tihe return of J. P. Mor
gan. He 1s awaited aa the arbitrator be
tween the different classes of securities*
for which position ho i m the best fitted*
because of his control of the Southern
railway. In close harmony with which the
Georgia Central must be operated. It
looks now as though the plan would not
be pushed until all the security holders
are placated.
SHOT DEAD IX A COURT BOOM.
The Victim Open* Fire on (he Judgd
anil Ihe I.filler Kill* Him.
Columbia. S. C., May 27 Judge MoEla
ney at Fort Mill shot and killed Charles
Bradshaw, white, this afternoon. During
the morning Bradshaw had been tried and
found guilty and fined for some petty of
fense by the judge. Bradshaw thereupon
cursed the Judge and threatened to shoot
him. Judge McEllaney withdrew from the
court room and got a Winchester rifle.
Later In the day Bradshaw went to the
court room and opened fire on the judge
with revolver, shooting four times with
no effect. The judge returned the fire ones
with his Winchester, killing Bradshaw in
stantaneously. The town Is wild with ex
citement, but public sentiment is with the
Judge.
FLOWERS FOR fTIICAGO.
A Car I.aail Started From lew Or*
Iran* Yesterday.
New Orleans. La., May 27.—The Illinois
Central train for Chicago, leaving here at
5:45 o’clock this afternoon, had attached
a refrigerator ear of flowers which the
ladles of Louisiana, through the United
Confederate Veterans' Association, con
tributed to be used at the dedication cere
monies of the confederate monument in
Chicago. Among the collection was a rep
resentation of a pelican, three feet in
hlght, made of natural dried flowers,
which was a perfect likeness. /
Col. Lyman and wife, representing Camp
No. 1. Army of Northern Virginia, accom
panied the car.
Cut Her Husband's Throat.
Meridian, Miss,, May 27.—Parky Scott
last night, while In a tit of jealousy, walked
behind her husband on a front street of
Meridian, and with a razor cut his throat
from ear to ear, and made good her escape.
The wounded man is in a very critical con
dition.
Six Killed on a Torpedo Boat.
Berlin, May 27.—The torpedo boat built
at the Germania wharf at Kiel for th*
Turkish government was making her
trial trip to Eckernforde to-day when her
boiler exploded. Six of the crew were
instantly killed and fourteen were mortal
ly injured.