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About Dade County weekly times. (Rising Fawn, Dade County, Ga.) 1884-1888 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1887)
T. A. HAVRON, Publisher. CURRENT TOPICS. Cardinal Newman’s health is fast giving w ay. A white owl, a rarity, has been shot in Coventry, N. Y. Joaquin Mili.er has sold his log cabin in tV ashington for $5,000. The jubilee celebration in Westminster Abbey will cost £17,000. A San Jose (Cal.) court fined a man one dollar for winking at a lady. A pressed brick is being made of ashes and cinders in San Francisco. A five-legged pig attracts attention on a farm near Jacksonville, Fla. Tiie latest Parisian corset is of ordinary blue striped bed ticking, yet it’s sl6. The city of London police rolls contain the names of nearly fourteen thousand men. Miss Ellen K.'Abbott is teaching her seventy-third term of school at Webster, N. H. All line luxurious pleasure carriages are shod with India rubber tires in Eng land. ' Frank James, the once noted desperado, is clerking in a clothing store at Dallas, Texas. Canada proposes to let all the inmates of her jails go free in honor of the Queen’s jubilee. Lii.ly Langtry is the reputed owner of $300,000 worth of New York real estate mortgages. A beautiful full-length portrait of Queen Kapiolani has been received at the State Department. Millionaire Flood, of San Francisco, inclosed his yard with $30,000 worth of bronze fence. The Grant Monument Association, of New York, is calling for designs for the proposed structure. Cambridge, the seat of Harvard Uni versity, has 3,633 illiterates out of a total population of 47,692, The London Times says that there are few more handsome coins than the United States s‘3o gold piece. Jennie Wade, the only resident of Get tysburg killed during the battle is to be honored with a monument. The number of Confederate battle flags to be surrendered to the Southern States is live hundred and forty-five. Dennis Kearney, of sand lot notoriety, is running an intelligence office for wash erwomen in San Francisco. Twenty-five thousand bar maids of var ious degrees of beauty dispense “’alf and 'alf” to the thirsty denizens of London. Tin; German authorities have arrested a man 'hi Metz for selling pipes with the head of Boulanger carved upon the bnwL Emfroß-I)'Bit lex will be tendered the freedom of the city of Dublin when he ar rives at the gates of the great Irish me tropolis. A revival preacher- in Tennessee ad dressed his audience as “iwo-leggea hogs,” and also as ‘‘pusillanimous skunks.” The Missouri State Senate has passed a b:ll by which only employes of railroads and preachers may ride on the railroads of that State on passes. Land Commissioner Sparks says that about 25,000,006 acres will be taken from the railroads who are not entitled to them and thrown open to settlement. The craze among Boston girls of good family for so-called art in the nude has suddenly terminated in the arrest of a photographer in good standing. Mrs. E. J. Underwood, of Waynesboro, Gu:, has a fan which she has been using f°i‘ twenty-seven years. It yet bears all the marks of strength and durability. Large land owners in Sacramento city and county have joined an association and agreed to divide up their real estate and sell it in small lots on reasonable terms. The West Lebanon (Penn.) Rolling Mill Company has shipped a chain weighing twenty-five tons for use on a five-mast lake schooner. It required two cars to carry it. Secretary Bayard proposes to see that the exportation of paupers to this country bv foreign Governments is stopped. Wo I'ave more of that class of immigrants now Ilian we need. PfcA member of one of the most illustrious P’Diilics in Austria, Prince Alfred von rede, has shoe ked the nerves of the aris tocracy by setting upas a green-grocer Bear Vienna. I Of Ihe 1,165,000 people in Kansas, 173,- I*o are foreign born; 52,00(1 are from Ger ■uuiv, 20,C00 are from Ireland, 24,000 from ■‘Kglaqd.* Of the native born inhabitants ■''4,ooo are from Illinois. |l fun ladies of Nashville, Tenn., have' ■urrned an association for the purpose of ■ducting a monument to the Confederate ■'■ad of Tennessee. Nearly SS,OOO liavo Bireadv been subscribed. I Phof. Todd, of Amherst College, has de- Barted for Japan to observe the coining ■ lar eclipse. He took with him a large B ioscope and other apparatus, which he B ill set up about a hundred m#ies from ■ )kio. BAt an American exhibition in London ■"• re is exhibited a fire-proof and water ■'oof villa composed entirely of straw, ■very part of it, from the foundations to ■ " chimneys, is of straw compressed to ■ rr » artificial wood. ■ IhtooKi.yx has achieved a place among ■e cities of sweets. Eight hundred thou- Bnd dollars is annually expended in that ».V by candy eaters, and flf>i),o<)o of this ■ m is for caramels, which J f placed in a »c would reach from Brooklyn to Bos . Iff NFW theory of the final destruction of ■ earth is that the polar ice is penetrat- B- the interior of the globe like a wedge, ■ d that as soon as it reaches the fur- B'e there will be an explosion that will t,le world into pieces too small for f patchps. icF.-pREsmENT Hannibal Hamlik, ■ lo will be seventy-eight in August, as ■!'cs his friends that he feels like a ■*'fhy man of fifty, and is constantly ■mting back under the vague feeling • ! h mistake has been made in cstima ■g his years. LAKE MICHIGAN DISASTER. Steamer Charttplain Destroyed by Flames. More Tlian Twenty Persons Meet a Sud den and Horrible Death—An K«|)loitlng Lamp Believed to He the Cause! Charlevoix, Mich., June 18. —The steam er Champlain, of the Northern Michigan line, bound for Cheboygan, from Chicago, burned at midnight between Norwood and Charlevoix, at the mouth of the Grand Traverse Bay. The boat was running ten miles an hour, when flames suddenly shot up from beneath the engine, driving the engineer from his post with his clothes on fire. Re ran to the hurricane deck, plunged into a tank and then returned to his work, but was too late to stop his engine or connect the hose. The alarm was given, the sleeping passengers aroused, and when life-preservers had been fastened on all, they gathered on the forward deck. Two life-boats and. life rafts were lowered, but the steamer was running so fast that they got away. In ten minutes from the time the boat caught fire the passengers, who had secured life preservers, were all compelled to jump into the lake. There were fifty-seven persons on board, including the crew. The lost are as follows: Ella Cooper Smith, Robert Wilkes and Geo. W. Risley, of Charlevoix; Mrs. M. Kehoe, R. M. KcKccl, Steward Bean’s two chil dren, aged three and five, of Chicago; Cap tain Lucas, of Petoskey; Henry Brennan, the clerk, and a fireman and a second cook and cabin boy, of Chicago; Mr. Rus sell, of the Jackson (Mich.) Corset Com pany, a gentleman and boy from Milwau kee, bound for Mackinac; one waiter and four Indian deck hands; a lady and daugh ter from Erankfort, names unknown. The saved are John McCaffery, engi neer, badly burned; Mabel Kehoe, Mrs. Jack Ingalls, Martin Bow, stew ard, and wife; Henry Bow, porter; Ira Bishop, mate; Stephen Withors, Cross Village;. James Bellgar, Liverpool, James McKay, watchman, Canada; Captain E. Casey; Antoine Sparrow, fireman; Fred Wrisley, Miss Wilson, Mary Wakefield, Charlevoix; George W. Miller, Mrs. Har rison, Bedford; W. A. Albright, of Sher win Williams Co., Chicago. The bodies of Mrs. Smith,Captain Lucas, of Petoskey, the two Bow children, R. M. McKeel, Charle voix, and five other bodies which have not been identified, have been recovered. Those saved floated an hour and a half, when they were rescued by a yaw) and fishboats froBY the shore. Several of those saved were badly burned. There are seven not accounted for, the above list of lost com prising only those known to have perished. Tiie boat burned to the hull, and has been towed here. It is impossible now to tell the cause of the fire, but it is thought it may have been caused by a lamp explod ing. Seven bodies have already been re covered. The Champlain was valued at about SIO,OOO. THE BIG BALLOON. • ■■ It Finally Gets Off From St. Louis—Passes Over Detroit. St. Louis, June 17.— The World and Post- Dispatch balloon was cut loose at 4:26 p. m. to-day at Sportsman Park, and after skimming just over tlje roofs of the very small houses in the vicinity, made a dip for the earth and then a caper for a grove of tall trees, but two bags of ballast being hastily sprinkled out, the monster lunged into the upper space and in a few minutes appeared as a resplendent speck among the fleecy clouds, racing toward the east. In the car are four men—A. E. Moore, aeronaut; Prof. J.G. Doughty, photographer: Edward Duffy, World correspondent; Prof. H. Allen Hazen, of the Signal Service Bureau. Prof. Hazen says the current of air to an altitude of one thousand feet is northeast, and at five thousand feet it is almost directly east. It is within the power of the aeronaut to ascend or de scend to these currents as he desires, and thereby choose his course. Df.troit, Mich., June 18. —A large bal loon that started from St. .Louis last even ing at 4:30 o’clock passed over this city at one o’clock this morning, and when last seen was proceeding west, northwest. A Zealous Catholic’s Reward. (tiucex Bay, Wis., June IT.—J. H. 71. Wiginan, of this city, has been made a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, for His zeal and service to the church. The breve conveying the title is a largo piece of parchment written in Latin, scaled with the Pope’s seal, and signed by Cardinal Ledochowski. The emblem of the Order is a golden octagonal cross, with the upper part-red, and bear ing in a red field the figure of Pope Greg ory the Great. This is worn with a red silk ribbon, fringed with gold, upon the left breast. A Stale With Two Governors. City of Mexico, via Galveston - , June 17- —The situation in Chihuahua, where there are two rival Governors and State Legis latures, excites interest here, but it is uot believed that the Federal Government will actively interfere to preserve the peace. It is said in Government circles that the matter will be settled according to due process of law - and without resort to arms. Soldiers’ Monument. New Haves, Ct., June 17.— The citizens of this city have erected a monAient one hundred and ten feet high, upon “East Kock,’’ an elevation of four hundred and live feet above sea level, in commemora tion of her heroes of the revolutionary war, Mexican war, war of 181‘J and the civil war. Mormons Want Statehood. Salt Lake, Utah, June 17.—Mormons to day issued a. mil for a constitutioual con ventual to meet in this city June 30. The purpose of the convention is to apply for Statehood. TRENTON. DADE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 24. 1887. THE GOLDEN JUBILEE. Magnificent Celebration of Victoria’s Fifty Years of Reign. London, June 21.—The Queen’s jubilee was celebrated in all Ihe English depen dencies and European capitals to-day. In this city at 5 o’clock this morning every point of vantage along the streets compos ing the royal procession was secured. As high as £IOO was paid for seats. It is estimated that 5,000,000 people viewed the procession. Punctually at 11:15 a. m. the Queen, in an open carriage, emerged from the palace gates. At sight of her thou sands of voices were lifted up in cheers, the applause being accompanied by the music of many military bands stationed in front of the palace. When the palace gates were thrown open, the immense throng that had Waited outside many hours to see the royal cortege, extended far away into the Mall beyond even seeing distance of the procession. The Princes who rode as escort to the carriage went in the following order: Three abreast —The Grand Duke Sergius, of Rus sia Prince Albert Victor, of Wales, and Prince William, of Prussia; Prince Henry, of Prussia; Prince George, of Wales, and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse; the Hereditary Prince of Saxe - Meiningen, Prince Christian Victor, of Schleswig-Hol stein, and Prince Louis, of Battenberg; Prince' Christian, of Schleswig-Holstein; the Crown Prince of Germany and the Grand Duke of Hesse; two abreast—Prince Henry, of Battenberg, and the Marquis of Lome, the Duke of Connaught and the Prince of Wales. The Duke of Edinburgh rode alone. This escort, composed as it was entirely of the sons, sons-in law and grandsons of the Queen, all brilliantly uniformed, and riding mag nificent tyorses, elegantly caparisoned, presented a splendid spectacle, and in spired enthusiasm everywhere. Along the route as the carriage bearing the Queen came in sight the cheering started up afresh, and when she had proceeded a short distance the cheering had become a mighty roar, which seemed steadily to in crease in volume and eventually to be continuous and mighty. The enthusiasm' of the people appeared absolutely bound less. The Queen was manifestly delight ed. Her face wore a constant smile, she bowed and thanked the people, and when ever on the way she recognized any per son she fairly beamed with joy. LOST ON THE LAKE. Steam Barge Struck by a Squall, and Fight Persons Sent to Watery Graves—Captai , His Two Sons and the Mate the Only Sun vlvors. Cleveland, 0., June 31. The steam barge F. H. Walter, with eight persons, went to the bottom of Lake Erie in the heavy gale which swept over the lake last night. She was owned in Sandusky, and was bound for Cleveland from Mar blehead with a load of stone, consigned to L. P. Smith. When off Black River, at about 7 o’clock in the evening, the gale struck her broadside. Captain Isaac Gillespie saw the approaching storm and tried to head the boat to the wind, but was too late, and the wind was upon him be fore he was prepared for it. The wind was so strong as to turn the barge over on her side and she went down in that position a few seconds after the gale struck her. The captain and mate, J. H. Flora, of Locust Point, threw a few planks and a rope into the water and all jumped for their lives. There were on board the captain, mate, engineer, fire man, two deck hands named Powley and Shaefer, a female cook; the wife of Pow ley and the captain’s family, comprising his wife and four children. The captain, mate and two boys, sons of the captain, succeeded in reaching the planks thrown into the water, but the rest were drowned. The captainls wife went down almost within his reach, but he was entirely unable to assist her in any way. With planks and rope a raft was formed, and the four persons clung to it until’4 o’clock this morning, when they were sighted by Captain John Edwards, of the steamer Pearl, who was making his daily run from Put-in-Bay to Cleveland, and were brought to this city. The Cap tain of the Pearl said that when he first saw the raft the mate was standing up beckoning for help, the two boys were ly ing utterly exhausted and their father was bending over them, watching lest they be washed into the water by the sea that was rolling. When they were taken on board the Pearl they were rubbed, given dry clothing and stimulants, and when they reached Cleveland they were quite com fortable. All left the city at eight o’clock, on the steamer Pearl, and returned to Put in-Bay. A Sleep-Walker’s Mishap. Louisville, Ky., June 21.—Last night. Ruilolp Anson, living with his parents, on Cave Run road, left his bed in his sleep, wandered out in the yard and fell into a dry well. He was stunned and remained unconscious for several hours. This morn ing he was found by the family. His right leg was broken and several ribs fractured, besides receiving numerous bruises on his body. Fastest Pacing Under the Conditions. Elmira, N. Y., June 31. —At the Driving Park in this city this morning Congress man Flood's two-year-old Nellie Mayo paced a mile in 2:28, the fastest time ever made in the world for a twoyear'old on a half-mile track. Band of Juvenile Horse Thieves. A i bvquekqve, N. M., June 21.—Forty horses have been stolon from this eitv and county in the past five weeks. Two boys, fourteen and fifteen years old, were cap tured yesterday while in the act of riding off with a couple of stolen animals, and make revelations indicating the existence of a large band of organized robbers origi nating among the youths of the city, tho oldest member being twenty- wo years. They had. a regular compact, which was sworn upon a glittering blade, as each member flashed a keen-edged dagger in the light of a campfire. THREE HUNDRED DROWNED. Frightful Loss of Life on the Dan ube River. Because of an Overloaded Boat and a Drunken Boatman. Vienna, June 20. —Later particulars show that, the recent ferry accident at Paks on the Danube river was much worse than was at first reported. The boat was fearfully overloaded, having four hun dred persons on board. It is state 1 that the boatmen were intoxicate d. The panic on the boat was fearful. Abbe Spies blessed the pilgrims, jumped overboard and swam ashore with a child, but died an hour afterward from r upture of a blood vessel. The bodies re covered give evidence of fearful death struggles in their tattered clothes and dis torted faces. It is estimated that three hundred persons were drowned. Gver two hundred bodies have been recovered. The recognition of bodies by friends on shore is attended with heart-rending scenes.] TOOK A POUND OF POISON. The Old Elephant Bijou I’ut Out Of His Misery. Boston, June 20.—Bijou, a famous ele phant that has been before the American public for sixty years, was killed by poison last Saturday night at the World’s Muse um, where it has been suffering from old age and disease. Poison had been prepared in capsules, which were concealed in choc olate caramels. Dr. Al. White offered one to the great beast as it lay upon its side. Bijou took it with great deliberation, swallowed it and looked up for more. All that had been prepared were given, and then the result was awaited. The poison used was the same Dr. Watts used in dispatching homeless dogs. It did its work thoroughly. Just forty-five minutes after the first bit of candy had been placed in its mouth Bijou was dead. For a few minutes there had been convulsive work ings of the legs and body, the great head was partially lifted from the ground and then fell back; the eyes became fixed, and without another tremor Bijou passed away. While seven grains of the poison would kill a man a pound was used to bring about a similar result with Bijou. The dead elephant weighed 4,500 pounds, and was strpng in proportion. It was a male elephant of the African species and some seventy-five years old. FaTal female Prize Fight. London, June 20.—-A prize fight between two women took place at Abbey, in Sus sex, on Sunday. The contestants were Mrs. Christman and Ellen Noonan, and lha battle appears to have been fought with greater vigor and determination on the part of the former than are inhibited by the latter day male the ILLc art. That Mrs. Christmjn won tne may be inferred from the fact that Ellen Noonan died in the ring from the injuries inflicted by her adversary, and her body was taken in charge by the coroner, while the victor tv a# put in jail. -* —-■» Oil Tanks Struck by Lightning. Lima, 0., June 30.—This afternoon an oil tank on the Bood’ farm, containing eight hundred was struck by lightning and destined, together with another tankfcontaining a similar amount, and the derrilj. The tanks burst and the burning oil r|i into a creek and down the stream, burning bridges and sheds which happened to be in the way and scorching the trees. The creek was filled with burn ing oil for nearly two miles for some time. The Murdered Girl at Rahway. St. Louis, June 30.—John Rhodinaker, a carpenter of this city, reported •to the police to-day that he believed the girl murdered at Rahway, N. J., was his daughter, Mary Rhodinaker, who left his home three years ago, and had been em ployed in Rahway for the past year. Since the murder he has heard nothing from her. Before that tragedy she wrote regu larly. Didn’t Get the Big Wallet. Greenville, 0., June 20.—The postoffice here was burglarized last night by some expert, and about $75 worth of stamps and some sls or S3O in money stolen. The thief was rather particular about his plunder, as he left in a coin tray several dollars in pennies. If he sees this he will be morti fied to know that he overlooked several hundred dollars in an old canvass bug that was in the office. Maxwell Must Swing. St. Louis, June 20.— Maxwell, alias Brooks, the murderer of Preller, is to be hanged. The Supreme Court refuses to reverse the decision of the Court. The prisoner was unofficially notified by his attorneys yesterday, and was very much dejected, saying that his trial was a farce. He was sentenced to hang August 12. ♦ ♦ ■ ■ . No Gambling in Chicago. Chicago, June 20. To-day was the last day of grace which Mayor Roche gave the gambling fraternity to move their effects. A stroll around the different known re sorts of the tiger discovered nothing that would lead any one to think that such a thing as gambling had ever been carried on in Chicago. Guiteau’s Skeleton. Washington, June 20.—Those who are fully acquainted with the preparation of Guiteau’s skeleton give entire credit to the story that his face and head are actu ally in New York, as stated, ready for ex hibition. The skull and the rest of the skeleton is here. The New York head consists of the skin and the soft parts as taken off the skull, and afterwards pre pared and stuffed. This head has been seen here by those who knew Guiteau, and is said to be a very accurate reproduction. The whole affair seems horrible ip the ex treme, and just where the responsibility rests can not be determined. MANIAC AT LARGE. . A Life anil Death struggle With Mis Brother-ln-I.aw—The Peril of Bis Wife. St. Joseph, Mo., June 19. —James B. Mol low, an insane patient, escaped front State Asylum No. 20 last evening, and made his way to his home, near Gower, twenty miles distant, arriving there about eleven .o’clock. His wife had retired, but her brother, Mr. Allen, was up. The crazy man silently entered the rear door, struck Allen a terrible blow on the head with a bar of iron, pro ducing insensibility. Next he entered his wife’s bedroom and awoke her. He had * pistol, which he presented to her head and bade her follow. The frightened woman obeyed and he led to the orchard. He com manded her to take a position with her back against a tree. The woman complied. The maniac drew from his pocket a num ber of stones which he picked up on the way, and, with a revolver in bis left hand, pointed at the woman, began to pelt her with them. When she turned to run into the house the maniac opened fire on her with a revolver, but did not succeed in hitting her. In the meantime Allen had returned to consciousness, and, hear ing the shooting, rushed to the spot armed with a Winchester rifle. It vras very dark, and before he knew it the maniac was within ten feet of him, and began firing. Allen raised his rifle and fired, Mollow falling to the ground with a shot through the thigh. Thinking he had fatally injured the man, Allen dropped his rifle and went to his assistance. Just as he was stooping to raise him up the maniac caught him about the neck, and then ensued a life and death struggle. The great strength of the crazy man soon overpowered Allen, and just as he was giving up Mrs. Mollow came up and struck her husband on the back of the head, knocking him senseless. Boon after the sheriff and his deputies arrived and ironed the maniac, who is now safely lodged in the asylum hospital. OVER THE FALLS. Suicide of a Visitor From Wanliington at Niagara Fails by Leaping Into the Flood. Niagara Falls, N. Y., June 19.—About half-past four o’clock this afternoon a party of visitors who were viewing the scenery from the Three Sisters Island observed a middle-aged man, apparently bent on sight-seeing like themselves, standing on the third bridge that con nects the islands. Looking back a few minutes later the man to have his coat and hat off, and was in the act of leaping from the bridge into the water. The party were at too great a distance to do aught but stand and witness the fatal leap. The body sank at once and passed over the Horseshoe Falls. Hastening back to the bridge the party found the coat and hat, and on the bridge-railing was a chalk mark,evidently placed there by the suicide to mark the spot where he made the leap. From papers in the pocket of tho coat it was learned that the man was F. Trigg, of Washington, D. C., a guest at the Interna tional Hotel for the past few days. The hotel people know nothing about the man except that he had come there a few days ago and registered as stated. The body Will probably not be found before it reaches Lewiston, eight miles down the river, which will not be before two or three days have elapsed. Perfectionists Expelled. Cincinnati, June 19.—The so-called Per fectionists, a fanatical sect, mostly within the Walnut Hills Methodist 'Church, have all been expelled upon charges. One woman of the sect was worshiped as God, her sister as Christ, and they taught that the church as at present constituted was t he Babylon of the Bible, that Jesus was the son of Joseph, etc. A Jubilee Riot. London, June 19.—A riot occurred dur ing a jubilee celebration at Liverpool to day between a party of Orangemen and a crowd of Socialists. Sticks and stones were freely used, and many on both sides received serious cuts and bruises. The police dispersed the rioters and arrested five of the leading participants. Patriotic Celebration at Valley Forge. Valley Forge, Pa., June 19.—Fully thirty thousand persons participated yes terday, on the historic battle field, in the celebration of the 109thjanniversary of Washington’s evaeiJWWm of the place, prior to the battle of Germantown. Con gress will be asked for an appropriation to make the historic battle field a National Park. Aged Farmer Hangs Himself. Shelbyvii.le, Ky., June 19. Herman Rothschild, aged seventy-five, a wealthy farmer residing near Southville, com mitted suicide by hanging himself in his barn. He had been demented for some time. Stage Coach Robbed. St. Louis, June 19.—The Ballwin and Manchester stage coach, running from Ballwin to Barrette. Mo., containing fif teen passengers, was stopped by masked men and about $350 taken. Kentucky Union Labor Party. Frankfort. June 19. —The Union Labor party of Kentucky has put a full ticket in the field. A. H. Gargin, of Crittenden, is the candidate for Governor. The conven tion was held at La Grange. Southern Exposition of 1887. Washington, June 19.— Assistant Secre tary Maynard has instructed the Surveyor of Customs at Louisville, Ky., to pursue at the Southern Exposition of 1887, to be held at Louisville, the same course in re gard to the storage, exhibition and sale of foreign articles as was adopted at tho ox positions of 1885 and 1886. Snake Bitten. £ashvillh, Ind., June 19.—A little son of Solomon Hines was bitten on the foot by a copperhead snake yesterday. He is now badly swollen, and reported in a danger ous condition. VOL. IV-NO. 18. SPECULATION DID IT. A Sequel to the Great CMcagO Wheat Deal. The Fidelity National Bank Closes Tti» Doors, but the Officials w»y the Bank Will l’ay Dollar For Dollar—Vice-President Harper Gives Up Every Tiling to His Creditors, Cincinnati, June 21.—T0-dky the doors of the Fidelity National Bank are elosed. When > o’clock arrived, the hour for opening the bank, . the doors were shut and admittance was denied I to aJi. Soon a large and angry euowd gathered and there was much excitement'. All ltindsof rumors were abroad. One, and It is known to' be correct, was to tne effect that the U. S. Bank. Examiner had spent yesterday and a large part of last night in going over the books, and that he had announced that it would be well for Mr. E... L. Harper, the Vice President aid virtual manager of the concern, to resign. Meanwhile the crowd kept growing larger, and one or two' men began to make threats, and talked about smashing the windows. But soon a detail of eight policemen arrived, and they kept the crowd quiet. One obstreperous individual, who claimed he would lose every thing should the Fidelity go under, attempted to force the doors of the bank open. He hammered and hammer ed on them and paid no attention to the com mands of the police to stop. Finally they were obliged to tear him from the door and put him on the outside of the crowd where he quickly subsided. “Have you any thing to say, Mr. Hbrperr asked a newsman at ten o’clock as he ap proached the Vice-President of the Fidelity, ■who was found seated listlessly behind, his big desk out of sight of those who were peering through the bank windows. "Not a word,’’ was the answer, and then turning his eyes full on the interviewer, betraying considerable moisture about their corners, he continued: “What can I say? You see the hank is closed. Is there much of a crowd out in front?” “Yes, there are a good many people there, and more coming.” “I think the excitement will be greater in other towns than it is here, don't you?” "That will be a matter to know of later. But, Mr. Harper, what is there in this statement that you were asked to re sign?” “I haven’t a word to say.” The newsman then went to Mr. Hopkins, the assistant cashier, and asked the question Mr- Harper had just refused to answer. “Not a word of truth in it.” “What about the depositors. Mr. Hopkins?” “Glad you men tioned that. Say to them that they will get ev ery dollar, if not to-day or to-morrow the next day. Make it conspicuous that they will get every dollar.’ 1 Mr. Rowland Ellis, the old Bank Examiner for Ohio, said: “It looks very bad. I bear the Government agent has discharged Messrs. Har per, Baldwin and Hopkins from their positions ,of trust.” “How could a Govern ment agent discharge them?” “Why its a Government depository and the supposition is inevitable from to-day's de velopments that they have been using the Gov ernments funds. The Government has a preju dice against wheat deals, and will be likely to be very severe with these men if they are found to have been in that deal. If they have they have committed a penitentiary ofTense and are now, depend upon it, under Governmental surveillance.” Mr. J. R. DcCamp, of the Metropolitan, has been appointed receiver. At noon to-day came the news of the as signment of the enormous iron business of E. L. Harper & Co. to Eugene Zimmerman. E. L. Harper & Co. controlled perhaps the greatest iron interests west of the Alleghe nies. This includes the Riverside Rolling Mill, at Cullom Station, Riverside, and the ex tensive works in Newport, Ky., employing thousands of men. Mr. Harper also makes an individual assignment of his entire property, giving up every thing. He is a ruined man. Every thing he possesses has been turned over to his creditors. Mr. Harper has transferred twenty-two lots to the Fidelity Bank, and a half interest in two others. However, he can not pay what he owes the bank in this way. According to all accounts that Is a hopeless debt. Joseph W. Wilshire transferred to E. L. Har per a great deal of real estate situated in differ ent parts of the city on prominent streets. This, no doubt, was done to secure the bank from any failure on the part of the grantor to pay *1.000,000, which he, Wilshire, is alleged to have borrowed without the Directors' consent and conveyed to Chicago. Joseph Wilshire, it is said, has also gone up. He has transferred his property to Mr. Harper, who iu turn transfers everything to his creditors. What caused the trouble? is the universal question. It takes only one word in answer— speculation. In spite of all denials.in spite of the solemn, assertions of Mr. Harper to the contrary the money of the Fidelity has been used in tho great Chicago wheat deal. There is one claim against the Fidelity by the American Exchange Bank of over $7.70,- 000, and Messrs. Swift and Lyman, two prominent Chicago attorneys, have been hero for some days vainly trying to straighten out matters, and in connection with this claim it is found that there was some system of book-keeping by which the wheat deal operations were concealed. It is said that Mr. Hopkins signed Mr. Harper's name to the warehouse receipts, and that these re ceipts were no' entered on the regular books as collaterals, but put together under some other head which did not divulge their true character. Thus the directors of the bank were kept in ignorance of what was going on. A meeting of the Directors was held at 7:30 o'clock this morning. The Bank Examiner was present and he expounded the law to the Di rectors. and insisted that the bank should be closed until a complete examination of its con dition should be made, and so when the hour came for opening the doors they were not Opened. It was supposed by many yesterday after noon that the bank would have to close, and most of the other city banks kept open until 5 o'clock for the transaction of regular business, so as to give their depositors a chance to get rid of their checks on the Fidelity. Notwithstanding the general knowledge that the Fidelity was in trouble, the. Franklin allow ed a balance of over 118.000 against the Fidelity to remain until to-day, whereas they could have had it put through the Clearing House yester day afternoon. One o f the direct causes of the straits the Fi delity got into was the withdrawing of a loan of *70,000 which the Queen City had made for the purpose of helping it along. The Queen City has been friendly to the Fidelity and has at various times given needed aid, but when rumors of the condition of tho Fidelity became serious it con cluded to act on tlie principle of self-preserva tion, and demanded the return of its loan. A run was made on the bank, too, yesterday after noon. It did not assume great proportions, but it was sufficient, with the withdrawal of favors such as the above mentioned, to render the Fidelity unable to meet a serious run such as would unquestionably have taken place to-day. The liabilities of the bank are *ft.s(X).ooo, anil assets about *1,800,000, with but *BUO,UOO cash on hand. By order of the Comptroller of the Currency bank officials Harper. Baldwin and Hopkins were arrested this evening. They waived ex a uination and were bound over to the United States Grand J ury by Commissioner Hoope r.
