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NEW-YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 2t>, 1888.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
PARNELL'S BILL REJECTED.
A MAJORITY OF EIGHTY-FIVE AGAINST IT.
APPARtNT IMPOS-IBILITY BY HUSH LIQ1RI.AT101*.
AT WB8TM1NSTER-THB TASTY Lt ADtR
IN DtrttKCE OBniS MKAKUKK.
Loxbok, March 21. ?The House of Common* to
lay, by a vote of 328 to 24a, re(u_tl to order
Mr. Parnell's Arrear, of Hent bill to a second read?
ing. Mr. Parnell, in moving the second reading,
aaid that he and bib followers still had an in?
vincible objection to solving the rent Question by
a general bankruptcy of the tenant*. He asked
the House to empower tho court in which prooeod
ings are taken because of non-payment of rent to
reduce the amount of the debt aud cot>u as it
thought proper, and to extend the limit of value
from ?50 to ?100, in order to relieve the great
body of leaser*-. He proposed to extend the act
of 18?7 to civil cases for the recovery of rent.
Although he limited the bill to debts for rent, he
was willing to extend ita provisions so as to em?
brace all cases covered by section 30 of the act of
18?7. He proposed to extend the time for re?
demption to three months after the pasaagu of the
prept-nt measure, pro*, ided the six months allowed
by the act of 188 7 bad expired. Power would
also be given to reduce rent and costa where a
decree lmd been recovered prior to the passage
of the act.
an mWJsm%VRMt pta OT mmEtRRERL.
The Irish people were now at the end of the
respite which the act of 1887 afforded by pro?
viding that notices of eviction shall replace actual
ejectment for a term of six months. The effect
of that provision wits seen in the fact that
whereas in the three months ended with Septem
ber there were 4,19ft evictions, in the three
months ended with December there were only
650. But in the latter three months 3,352 n-*~
ficos of eviction had been served. What would
happen whin these and probably 3.000 other no?
tices were curried into effect? Ireland would bo
plunged into a sea of disaster and trouble, the
end of which no one could foresee. The ques?
tion was a pressing one needing an immediate
solution. (Cheers.)
Hitherto, continued Mr. Parnell, the Govern?
ment's great mistake in dealing with thc land
Question was that they were invariably too late.
(Cheer*.) Mr. Wil'iams's nmndment tasked that
rent and other debt* be dealt with on the same
footing. R'-nt had already been placed upon a
different fnotini*. from other debts. Since the
Devon Commission Parliament had been trying
to fetter the action of 'he landlords, but it h.-*!
not felt that it was neecsnanr to fetter the action
of other creditors. In no cases, however, hnd
tenant* lost their interest in their holdings ortho
shelter of a roof through the shopkeepers. When
distress occurred arning the class against which
Mr. Williams asked the House to take penal pro
eetxlinj***., the shopkeepers were the only persons
who astohted the people by giving them credit*
(Cheers.)
NO HOPV OF IRISH LKOISLATIOX.
If the House plunged the count-? into bank?
ruptcy it would destroy the credit of these poor
people. Was the House, the speaker asked, going
to fly In the face of every reeommendatlon given
them by every representative of a populous con?
st 'i rvf lt so, _??**? their h-flds be the re?
sponsibility. (Cries of " Hear, heir.")
Mr l'nnu !1 promised lo consider any amend?
ments offered that were consistent with the prin?
ciples of the bill, and declared that he would
consent to limit ita operation to two years. If
the bill was relected It would he the beat proof
of th" impcasfb'Vty of le.rslat'ng for Ireland from
Westminster. It was said that the Irish question
was a land question. If it wns so. why d:d not*
the Ho'ise take it in hand earnestly and deal with
lt? The truth was they were unable to settle it
because they knew nothing about ll. They went
to Blmingham for guidance instead of to Cork
and Tyrone. If the bill did not endanger tho
union, why were they afraid of it? He said he
could not promls" that the settlement of the land
question on the most Inst and generous principles
would diminish the demand for the restoration ot
the Irish Parliament.
This aMtement wns received with cheera.
ATI'M'"***"* OF ?? T.IB***?AT. tTTTOXI'lT!**.
Joserth Powell Williams, member for South 1-H**
mingham, a Liberal-Unionist, moved his amend?
ment to Mr. Parnell's motion for the second read?
ing- of the Arr**? of 1*>nt hill. The amendment
declares that no bill trill bc satisfactory unless it
deals also with other t^an debts for rent. He
ar_Ti?*d that if one creditor was to be compelled
to come into court, all creditors should be com?
pelled to do the aame thing.
T. W. Burnell, member for Ronth Tyrone, a Lfb
eral-TTnlonltt. said that actuated by a strong sense
of duty, he Intended U *.ote amu'ist the Govcrn
ni'-nt and aorainst his own party. H" declared
thnt the rejection of the bill would result in tho
rervnl cf the Union.
Mr. Chamberlain declared tha* th- object of the
bill waa to illustrnt-e the desirability rf Home Rule
r.ither than to secure a mutexinl ndventage to the
people. There waa no r_f.cn to suppose that any
l-i rife proportion of the fl. OOO nnti'-s mentioned hf
Mr Parnell would result in evictions.
The House rejected Mr. Parnell's motion?328
to 243.
In an interview Mr. Parnell said he did not be?
lieve that the Oovcr**.m**nt would deal with tha
arrears question th's session unl**_s numerous harsh
e\i.t:oiiR roused British opinion. Mr. Davitt be?
lieves lhat if the Government does anything it will
ask n few millions to extend the purchase acta,
thereby relieving the landlords at the expense of
the taxpayers.
The Consols Conversion bill passed the com?
mittee stage in the House of Commons to-night.
WIT AT ROl'LAXCEP. INTENT*? TO DO.
ParK March 21.?Tho ""Dlx-iVeuvleme Steele" says
that General houlanger, Irritated st being placed upon
the retired Hit, has dec laren that he lt no longer
bound by military duties and irlil aMoclate himself
with the friend* of his propaganda. M. Felix Prat,
who wat recently elected to the Chamber of Deputies
br the Socialists of the Department of Bouchot-du
Rhone, refutes to give up his seat in favor of (jon
ei_l !><.manger.
** La Libert*-'" states that the court of Inquiry lo
the lloulaager ease will meet oo Saturday next, and
that lt will be iiiipai-tltlly constituted. General
Boolanger remains at Clermont
THE EMPEROR. MTJCH BETTER.
Berlin, March SI.?The Emperor received vts'tors
at dinner yesterday for the first time slnoe hit return
to Berlin. He passed a good night and feels much
stronger.
The Empress will hold a mourning recaption at
Charlottenburg, oo Saturday.
Prince Bismarck visited the Crown Prince at noon
to-day, aad was received by the Emperor In the after
taatw.
m
BRITISH MISSION TO THE PORTE.
London, March 21.-A son o. Lord Salisbury has
been In Constantinople Incognito one week and hu
been receive* la audience by tba Sultan, lt lt
rumored that he Ia on a mission from the British
Government to the Porte.
THE QUEEN STARTS FOB ITALT.
London. March 21.?The Queen left Windsor to-day
for Porttmouth. en route to Italy. Her Majesty was
accompanied by Prince aad Prineets Henry ol Batten
berg. The aonrt remains abroad three weeks. The
Queen travel* Incognito aa the Counter-.* of Balmoral.
VERAaTf WINS THB jJNCOLNSILIRE.
bondon, March 21.-At the lincoln Spring Meeting
to-day the Uncolntblre Handicap ot 85,000 waa won
by W. J. Ijegh't four-year old bay colt, Veracity, with
w. Youi. gei a live y.-ar-old chestnut harte Ty rons
socoul, and T- Silence'* ?lx-y ear-old cheat nut grading,
LobMter, third. There were twenty-five ?.tprtcrt.
The last betting waa 60 to 1 against Veracity, 88 to
1 against Tyrone, and 25 to 1 a__l_t Lobster. Ve?
racity won by half a length. Time, l :42 2-5.
KEALS CAITURED BY THE THOUSAND,
fit. John't, N. ?., Marrh 21.-Fifteen thousand teals
an repotted taken on Partridge Uland. Men and
womma pro taklug thom. Father Sheehan has cap?
tured forty, lt lt cati?atod tbat Green Bat ip good
for 60,000. Votblng ha* been heard from the aealing
ttemnarrm.
LORD LONDONDERRT GETS THB GARTER.
London, March 21.--Tho vacant Knighthood of the
Garter has boen conferred upon tha Marquis of Lon
dondarry, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
8AL_BUKY*8 SECRETARY A COMMONER
Loedon, Mareh al.? The Marquis of Granby (Con?
servative) hst batu eley tod to Parliament --Ithout
opposition for lb* belton Division of Leicester?
shire, tu t.cceca hit _????-, Lord John Manners, who
uoeotfod to tba peera* on the deata of his brothar.
the Duke of Rutland.
to riock (B*w Mountain with dr sr.
PiTTterac*. March 81 i8pecial).-The Chew Moun?
tain Sparumen's Aa*?ciPttt<-u, vrblat it composed of
wealth*, Puui*_r#tr*, is s?Mjdti?n? the proio-ltlon
_-_i_,toM_' i**** to ?_ ?' _ h*""" i "**, u-'w la
-*^JiiStW#&l_ .***** ?** *** m * ***** ??
_ SPANISH THEA IRE HORROR. ! ?
n_E AND PANIC AND GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. ?
"EIGHTY CHARRED BODIKS TAH KN FROM THK RUINS
?WHO!.* FAMILIFS 8UFFOCATKP.
Or-otro, March 21.?While a performance was in
progress at the Banquet Theatre last night an ex?
plosion of gas occurred, and the theatre took Aro
and was destroyed. The house was full of spec?
tators and a number of lives was lost. Eighty
bodies in all have been taken from the ruins.
Most of those burned were in the third tier boxes
and galleries, where whole families wore suffocated.
There was a terrific struggle at the doors when the
spectators tried to escape. Large numbers were
suffocated and trampled upon. Many on reaching
the street were so seriously injured that they
vomited blood.
Nearly all the victims were spectators. The
actors eecaped in their theatrical costumes. Mnny
in the theatre, finding themselves unable to reach
the doors, jumped from the windows. Some corpses
were found in thc stage boxes. The gas was ex?
tinguished shortly after the fire broke out, thus
adding to the confusion.
TAUNTING THE NEW ENGINEERS.
CHICAGO YARDS FULL OF SHRILL NOISE
HOW THK gTMKKRS ASK PAID?I.i.OKING Of THE
RFC"RDS OF TW*' ** KW MER*
IBT TEUtOBAri* TO THE TRIBIT'E. 1
Chicac.o, Mareil 21?At tbe strikois' headquarters
In Ihe Grand I'aMoo Hotel lt was quiet th s morning.
Chleft Arthur and Sargent paid tbat there was noth?
ing new in tho situation, so far at the strikers were
concerned; but they were still ? hold ng the fort."
The strikers are on the pay toll of the Brotherhoods
of Engine, rs and Firemen ai the full . m un ts they
used to draw while al work, and a there ls fully
8500.010 In the treasury of th- engined s and a cor?
responding amount In that ot thc fli.-n.cri. th re is no
danger of an*, one suffering. .Mo cover, th* ..rgan ra
tlont can In.poto t(?-lal ass-c-R .ments. This matt r
of tupportlng the Idle men is on" of the mosi intent
tea (jiu. why the leaders ate e deav ling o prov nt
an extention of the str.c. As lon,; a. all Ihe other
members are earning good wages, 1: w 1. not be dlill
colt to keep the die men. But thou d any other
roads go out, it would not only 1 ffSM thc sources
of h.con e, but vasily Increase the number ol men that
would bave to be paid. Auotber consideration that
prevent! an extension of tho strike lt that as long
as the connoting l.nes are in full running oidcr, they
can do more harm to tho Burlington than If they
were at a standstill The sentiments of tho 1 ad. rs
In tho ttrlka are more peaceable now than ai any
time t nee tbe strike began. 6. E. Hodge, duli man
of the General 0 ric vance Committee of the Lur-lng
ton strikers, said yesterday tbat the fight would be
confined to tha Burllr.eton.
The new men on the Burlington have not yet
bean paid. The strikers think that after pay day
thora will be a good m.i.y vaan. les. They have the
records of mauy ol tue n w men, and nij that there
are a gteat many drunkards among them who wno
ex palled f. om the Brotherhood. Ihe nen pay day
will -be on April 15, and the strikers exp ci that a
grt-at many oi the new men will get di unit and be
una la to do their work. Fur a Utile time after the
ttr.ko a Burlii.g.on cuf-tue at the yards was a no. city.
Of late, however, they are be omi g mo ra l eq ent.
The moment tn enpl..e r ol un., ot the other .oa.lt
iiO'tt a Burl.'ng'on engine he pulls his wh.-th- cord.
Ihe ooi.tli.ual thrteklng ot tue whl tie lt a signal io
other cnglue-rt. and tuon alter tbo flist un- .-.taits
there lt a terrible din which Vt-',- for fully ten
mliiaiet or un.ll the i.urll..gt..n engine haves the
place. In the Lake Shore yunis a aug al- -lng
oe or?. ll is known tba. th- Lake tjh.t. s?I ci.mm
mas'nerada at " acaiit," aim the mo t pecullai' thing
la thit ihey are tho worst toes of the Hi.iJ nc-ton men.
The moment one of tho latter pulls Into iho yard hU
engine ls sunoumol and his cub invaded by tho
i switchmen, who politely offer their ha.id with tne sal?
utation, " kow oo you do, brother K au 1"
BEADING EXG1NEER8 FOR TUE WEST.
Pottsville, March 21.--.Since President Corbin's reply
to a number of St. Clair business men who undertook
a final lotai-cenlon'lo behalf of tbe discarded railroad
ttrlkers, the locked-out engineers and a rv men have ;
abandoned all hope of reinstatement and are making
ttrenuous efforts to secure employmer,. In Ihe West.
Captain O. L. Eastman, ot this city, National Organizer
nf tha Knights ot Labor, 19 omitting no effort In ihelr
behalf, ana this morning received from th-3 Chicago,
Burlington aud Quincy KaJlroad Compauy, engat-o
ment and transportation for twenty first-class engineers,
who will start for Chicago at once,
IOWA ESTsTcSlASTlC FOR ALLISON.
THB MPUBUCAN 6TATK CONVKNTIOlf A U.HIT IJ*
HIS St'PPORT.
Dot Moinee, March 21 (Special).? The fact that Iowa
waa to present a candidate for the Presidency called
out tbe largest attendance at tho Republican fctato
{ Convention to-day that has been aoen In years. It
i baa boen emphatically an Allison day. Alll?on plr
i turet, Alllton flags and Alll-jon songs v.cte numerous 1n
the Orand Opera Ilotwo and an Alllton spirit of abso?
lute unanimity and harmony pervaded thu convention.
Although a harmonious convention, lt ha* not been a
alow or tamp one. The Uvelleit enthusiasm prevailed,
and every mention of Senator Allison's name wa**.
greeted wUh .prolonged applause. The. Republicans of
Iowa teem to realise the opportunity that has como to
them and they are determined to present eci-utor Al?
lison to the country with the hearty and united tup
port of hit State.
There vat no trace In the convention of any fac?
tional feeling, or any disposition to put a loather's
weight ol opposition upon Senator Allison's candidacy
that can eiubatrapa him In the rauipaigu. Ono thing lt
Milled, and that lt lhat Iowa from river to rivet ls
solid and tale for Senator Allison.
Ihe several district conventions weie held this
morning electing twenty-two delegates and as many
alternatos. Soma of the mott prominent Republicans
of the State are In the dlntrlc* delegations. Anning
them are Senator James F. wilson, ex Congressman
William P. Hepburn, cx-CongT&jsiri-ui '1 burna- 1 j?l
graff, ex-Governor John I-*vine, i.encral F. M. Drake,
and Colon**l .lames T. Kane. Of the delegatea-at largo.
Colonel Henderson, Mr. Allison's lownaman. w;is
elected aa hit next friend by acclamation. In tJie
ballot for delegates-at-large J- B, (Taik-on. editor of
"The Des Moines Register." received the high'-st num?
ber, 850 out of 945. J. P. J x.II Ivar, t hf chairman ol
Iho convention, received tho next highest numl.er,
and waa chosen to repiesent tho young men of Iowa.
George D. Perkins, of "The Slo.tx atv Journal." was
nert chosen, completing the list. .Tho convention
chose itt alternate* by tcclamatlon, and ratified tho
whole with enthuslattlc diner*.
USING THE POLICE IX POLITICS.
CHARGES AGAINST THE RT.PUBLICAN At*>UI***ISTRA
TI01 IJ* CHICAOO.
Chicago, Mareh SI (fipectall.-It has been openly
charged for some time that lt wss the Intention ot tho
present city administration to use tho police forco
to further Its political projects whenever necessary.
The Police Department, which was bad enough under
Carter Harrison, has become almost completely de?
moralised under tbe rule of Mayor Roche, and lt ls
asserted that lt* present condition lg entirely duo to
politics. Ex Congressman Davis, the County Treas?
urer, ls rac*>gnl_d at the bots In local Republican
politic*, and lt lt he who ls credited with the inten?
tion of making the police force simply a political army.
It it said that part of the programme ls to nominate
Commltsloner Swift as Chief of Police as soon as pub?
lic sentiment will allow lu Yesterday at the pri?
maries the Issue wat on the question of nominees for
collector and Supervisor The machine favor. d
George Bats for Collector and John Dugan for m.'.-t
vlsor. The anti-mac hine faction favored Frank Gil?
bert, the present Incumbent, for Collector, and A. C.
Oldenburg for (Supervisor. In tbe Second Mar!,
the fight narrowed down to a question of votes. There
being no Aldermen to elect, tho town judges presided
without opposition. In tho M.**th Ward, two Aldor
tneu were to tie chosen; also delegatep to tho town
conven'lon. The town committee claimed the right
ta name Ihe Judge-,, at did also Ibe city committee.
bach committee named' three men to conduct tho
election. The town Judge* wen* anti machine. Tho
city Judge* trained with tbo marhtno. tke town
judges rented the vacant store at No. :>.o:i.. ai.-i.-i
ave., snd prepared for tbe elect...n. Hy some means
they got Infotmanon that an attempt would bc made
by the police to oust them and lotta!) tbe elly Jud*-.-..
Od thlt information, yesterday mot tiing, they procured
an Injunction directed to Lieutenant ishea restraining
him from interfering. Forestalled In hit purpose to
break Into tbe place and drive out the town Judge*,
Ihe blue-coated factotum of tbo machine, acting as ho
it said to have declared, upou a " tip'' tram head?
quarters, marched ten policemen to the pol.lng place
and stationed, them directly at the window. 7his
took plaee before the opening of tho pent. Waats
tba balloting began, charles K Piper, ex-Mipervi-or,
want to tba window to offer his ballot Th- machine
challenger, I/enoen. a bridge, tender al the Thirl, linh
tl. bridge, snatched lt from his hand, tore li up and
challenged his vote. James Kdgar imxt offered I, %
vote, when Lz-nnen knocked him down. Lieutenant
Shea caught Edgar aud hrlj-rii him off. riper de?
manded the arrest of Lenna*n. and was told hy Un?
polled (bat they would not arn*st him v.it!., ut a war
rant, whleh it was not posslbln to procure. Tho
effect of this proceeding was to stop voting altogether.
A FORMER BAX WYR DT1X0 IX PRISON.
afWWtVi JUT** Ua-JJlUt. tf, AfltfW. Btw feytatj*.
(ho Dansvllle banker who was sentenced In Novem?
ber to Uve years' Imprisonment for grand larcenv.
l!ed this morning ft om pneumonia In tbe hospital
attached to the prison.
8VWIDE OF AX EX-SUE RI FF.
PLAINFIELD LOSES A GOOD CrnZElN.
Finixo two mitn into ms n*j*n in a fit or
?vrnvoi'- insanity?ms accounts a ix right.
People In Plainfield, N. J., wore startled yesterday
morning bj tho news tbat ex-Assemblyman and ex
Shrrlff George M. Stiles had committed suicide by
shooting himself at his home Na 20 East Front-st., In
that city. On Tuesday night he retired to blt bed?
room about 10 o'clock. During the night ho roto tvo
or three times but his wlfo paid little attention to hit
lest less ncas. He again rose at about 4 o'clock, ran
down stairs into his store, picked up a 38-callbre bull?
dog revolver which he hail been accustomed to carry
when Sheriff, and entering a hallway leading Into tho
room In the rear of tho store shot himself twice.
Ills wife sprang from her bed and rushed down
stairs, where she found him lying In a pool of blood.
Bho raised him and bathed his head and telephoned to
County Physician Westcott, of Scotch Plains, and Drs.
E. W, Hedge., and I. II. Probasco, who wore -.ooo In at?
tendance and at once saw that their service* would bo
of nu avail, althotiu'h the wounded man was breathing
at tho tlmo of their arrival. They remained until ho
expired at eighteen minutes past 5. The first hot
hid entered tbo right oar through tho Ioho and Bat?
tened against the skull, but tho second and fatal shot
entered ihe skull about an Inch and a half above the
ear and pa*Bed through the bram, ptojecting from tho
skull on the left side nearly opposite tho place lt hal
entered lils family physician. Dr. Long, under
whoso treatment he had been for some tlmo for ner?
vous prostration, did not arrive unill after death en?
sued, but no Inquest will bo held, County Physician
Westcott having arrived before Mr. Stiles died and
cert I Hod that the cause of death was shooting during
temporary aberrttlon of mind
Mr. tallies was one of tho most popular men of
Union County. Ho wa* a prominent and life-long
member of tno Republican party, and completed a term
of oflice a-, Sheriff of the county tn November last. Ile
had previously represented his district In tho State As?
sembly for three terms aud declined the Speakership
of that body. He was chairman of many Inportant
committees in the House, and left a clean political
and social record. He was also active In church and
educational mailers, and a member of the Masonic and
other orders.
sheriff Frederick F. Glasby said yesterday to a
Tri bunk reporter: "The slatemonts published that Mr.
Stiles wus in financial troubles ls a malicious Ile. I
was depu.y sheriff under him, and on his retiring from
oflice the Board of Freeholder* ? asscd his accounts
and there is still a balance owing him from the county."
His partner In tho undertaking business, George C.
Ford, also said that there was no foundation for such
cruel statements, as Mr. Stiles was po .tested of a
prosperous business, considerable real estate and good
credit. Tbo only thing which threw any light on his
untimely end lt contained in a j, tper found In hit desk
late last evening, of which tho following ts a copy :
All I* vanity, and amid tho harry and buttle of lit* for
twenty-three j-.-art, and the ettra itrtln of the Ital three
years, I feel too tired and weak to continue the struggle.
Oh, how I have prayed for help for the tatt year, but the
flesh lt weak and the strugglo too much. Oh, my poor,
faithful and devoted wife, and affectionate child, and poor
old mother and brother'* life saddened. But this awful
feeling I cannot resist. I ask John Ulrich, Frederick
Glasby, George Parrot, William II. Meeker, and my kind
partner, fieorge C. Ford, all of whom pro true and trlci
friends, to arrange my property the best they conscien?
tiously can for my dear family and maka all the effort*
possible to make their live*, and all my relatives and
friends?and I believe I have no enemy In the world, (If.
I have I ask forgiveness as I h.-pe to be forgiven)?ai
pleasant aa possible, oh. If I hal strength. Gol forgive.
GEORGE M. STILES.
Thank God. I have tried te be honen, and never
been permitted to ember* ile, or forge, or prosUtute oflice
fur personal gain.
Great sympathy wa* expressed for his aged mother
and hit widow, wno was preparing to surprise him
wtth a party at bis house on Friday, which would
have been bis forty-third birthday.
NO NEWS FROM JI ROM ti _ BILL
A FKW POINTED BftJWtTHWH TO WHICH THKKE ARK
TARllKM AN'sws" s.
What hts become of Jcromo L. Ililli Where I* the
man whom the Union Club delighted to honor and William
Loillmer trusted so Implicitly as to nuke him an unbonded
executor of his estate! Has he Joined the American ex
llct In CtnadaT These questions wcro heard frequently
In Wall-PL and at the clubs yesterday. Various answers
were mado to them, but strange to say the majority of
Wall-st. men Inclined to the belief that Mr. HUI wtt far
from " Billy" Moloney't adopted country.
" It's absurd," said the head of one well-known Ann,
who has good repton to !**s Interested In the matter, " to
say that Hill has gone away of his own accord. He may
bo In Canada, but if he ls, lt 1* because the other trustte*
wanted him to po. That ls apparenL They postponed
the ruit* against Newcombe anl the other firms on all
ports of flimsy pretext*. All this time HUI was on hand
Pud willing to testify. They kn?w they had no ease
against the brokera, but seemed to think a compromise
might be forced.
Mr. Newcombe and tho other successful defendant* In
the *ult.s brought by the trustee* of the Lottlmer e*tate
seemed to feel well satisfied with Iho world yesterday.
There was only one cloud to mar their sunshine. Thia
was the persistent refusal of the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad officials to pay the coupons on the debenture
bonds that HUI had placed with Messrs. Newcombe _ Co.
as margin for hi* stock operations. The railroad company
Justifies Its action by claiming that there ls still a dlsputr*"
over tlie ownership of the securities. Th* brokers ht ve
instructed William Allen Butler, their counsel, te bring
suit against the railroad to compel a payment of the cou?
pon* This will be done at once unless the railroad offic?
ial* recede from the position they have taken on the sub
j. rt. The trustees still talk about pushing Uio tulla
against the brokers.
FATE OF THR MORRIS CANAL
A BILI, PEKMITTlNn a SURRF.NDPR OF ITS CHARTER
PAW*- BY TS! AABFMBLY.
Trenton. March 21.?The House spent the whole d*y
on the bill giving the Morris Canal Company the right
to surrender Its charter. In the morning the bill came
up on a motion to strike out the enacting clause. After
several speeches the motion wa* loat by * vote of 14 to
44. Tbe bill then being open f..r amendments, tho tfter
noon was taken up in offering them, only, however, to
see every one killed.
The friends of the bill stood firm agtlnst tny such tt
ten.'its. Newark Bat Jersey City tre the most Inter?
ested In the measure, and the delegation from Estel
County stands nine against one for tho measure. In the
Hudson delegation teven members are ft von b e to it and
turee tre opposing 11
When the final vote was taken lt ttood 42 yets and
16 nays, anl the bill now goes to the Governor for hi*
action.
EXOISE COMMISSIOXRR8 FOUND QUILTY.
Pocoukkei-sie. N. v.. March 21 (Special).-The first
conviction of a Board of Excite In the State of New
York on an indictment for granting an illegal hotel
license was secured to-day before Judge Barnard. It
wa* the board of Excise of Wapplngers Fal)*, consisting
of Commissioners Moore. Owens and Worsley. Augus?
tus Coulter applied to the Board for a hotel license.
Tho board simply asked him if he had the tiecc.*, arv
accommodations and he replied In, the affirmative, and
on that they granted hit license. It wa* proven that
he kept a saloon wltb nothing In lt Indicating that li
was a h.... i ..v.nt tin.-.* or four cots up stair* In a
room, and what meal.-, were served were roo'ted In an?
other huiidiu. across the street, lilt .table tut ijuar
Ui of a mlle away. Ihe Jury remained out only five
minute*, returning with the verdict: "Guilty as In?
dicted.1* Judge Barnard denied a motion for a stay
of proceeding*., but let the Commlitloners go to their
homes on ball. Intimating that their seotence will be a
ne Instead of imprisonment, lt being their first of?
fline. ( i.iin-i-l for the t'ouimlsslonen will appeal to
the (ieneral Term.
IinLSTEIX-FRlESlAX CATTLE ASSOCIAT10X.
r.tiFU'i, March Ul.-The annual meeting of the
HoNl. In Fneslan tattle AtMtattta of America was
l.ehl to-day. Tbe followlug oin. e., wer>, ejected:
President. Martin L. Sweet, of Grand Rapid*, Mich.;
first vlre-preotdenf, Elgar lluidekcper, of Mead ville,
Penn.; te-ond vt?o pie* deni, Eugene Smith, of N *???'?
viii.-. Tenn. ; thud vlea-prepidtnt, E. 1^ Houghton
of I*un.r\. Yt., loiirth v c-piestdent, W. M. Liggett,
of Benson. Minn.; treasurer, W. Brown un.itt., of
Kyi acute. N. Y.: secretary. Thoma* u. *tV'*Jei, ol Iowa
Cnj, Iowa; directors, William M. SJngerlF, of I'hlla
del).bia. W. O. Power, of Springburn. Penn , awl T. O.
Yoeman*, of Walworth. N Y. It was decided to bold
tho next annual meeting In New-York.
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A OUT TROM JOHN D. ROCKETB1LR.
CLKv_i.tM>, March Ul.-For several weak*), friends
of the Cleveland Young Men's L'brttflan .-liter I at I on
have been tolicltlng funds tor t ne.v buj|a]lng sod the
pun-hate of a valuable sile ?pThlrty Htaviaad dollars
were pledged when John IJ. I,fMj_fe||ei,*V.>-r|iteiit of
tba Standard Oil I ompany. wrota fron* Mw Yoi k, thu
he would tubacrlbt r.-.0*Jf. it tbe pin_;*ej lo dale
Matt doubled* list oller bm bOft ?cc*yMKl>
A TORNADO IN THE SOUTH.
ITS PATH OF DESTRUCTION IN GEORGIA.
MANY nOftl KII.LF.D AND BUILDINGS DRMOM8HKD
?A CLI-AN i UT SWATH THROUGH THK
FORK8TH-I.IV> 8 LOST IN
TIN NESS Ev.
Atlanta,Ga.,March 21.?A terrible electric storm
enveloped the State last night, beginning about
10 o'clock and lasting until after midnight. In
Fairburn, both the colored churches were de?
molished, courthouse chimney torn off, shade trees
uprooted, and other damage done.
Near Austell a house waa blown on a negro
blacksmith, killing him. Newton Moss's barn was
blown down and throe horses and a cow killed.
Reports of thc storm in nnd around Gainesville
show that while it was not so severe, much damage
was done. M A. Loder bad his house lifted from
thc foundation and moved from where it stood.
The Colored Baptist Church wus completely
demolished. Mr. Cyphus, living near Gainesville,
had his house and all outbuildings blown away;
one of his children was seriously hurt.
Calhoun suffered most in North Goorala. It
wns visited by a funnel-shaped cloud, which cut
a swath seventy-five yards wide through thc mid?
dle of the town, taking in the Court House and
?tattoo. Thc cyclone bounded down on the littli>
town suddenly, and, after doing its work of de
struction, lifted from the earth to strike again, no
one knows where. Every building in iu path
was eith.-r destroyed or damaged. The tercets
nre full of shingles nnd debris of roofs. The
storm played eccentric pranks, in ono instance
cutting a house in two and carrying away one
half. Then it toro down a house around some
women and children without harming a hair of
theil hi ails. Tlie Riptist Church was deniolish.-.l
und the Colored Methodist Chur.li was rued.
The railroad station was badly damaged, and a
small house near the station belonging to tho
Sfntc was totally destroyed. Jackson _ Logan's
lumber stable was badly damaged. C. T.
Graves's business house, a frame building, was
destroyed, uud another wooden bui.diug, occu?
pied as an ex {irena office, demolished and the
goods ruined by rain. The brick store of Mr.
Harrell waa badly damaged. 'Hie trout cud of
Hugu.-y's grocery store was patted away lrt*m
the bunding and tue roof ot J. Ma Neu.'s grocery
store is oil und Issn goods damaged. The rouf
of N. J. _ .a/.e's lm-.iii.-iS6 li-.n.t.: ls off. ihi*
?jampot wall of l_\es dc .lannie's brick store
! waa torn ott and Ute wnoic ouu_Uo
no.ua Ui iiie buuel, ty..._i._. lue U.t.iu__, >*_*_
usa. ino wagon auu i'__?> nuiuuiuclory ul iU. it.
i.iliS iS COini'ttae.y _..6Uu>i_. *>_S. ?omloLJp house
was ut-stro-.cu, bul no out- was hurt. AtSB. tMUMtf,
witts live clnidreu, occupied a nouse WIMBA wus
destroyed, aud yet noue ol tue luiuiiy wens ju?
ju r.-.i.
Ihe southern arm of the storm passed eastward
through it-u-iiiir County, tuKiiig e\eij, thing tu ns
|*ath -iu<) ya-(ls wide. The turpentine erotica of
\\ hidden <_ Holland, two mile*, north of L.inb r
City, were coiupl. t. ly deiuoiisiied, tue si Hi, ouiu
misitary, aud even li..use and s.ianty bung blown
away. W. li. Whiddon was sieep.ng in Uie hous'
with Holland, and they rustled out to save them?
selves, but had only run a few steps when the
house was blown os et on them and tiny were
killed instantly. Two other men sleeping in
another house were also crushed and Killed by
the house being olown upon them. Severin others
were wounded and injured. A Hat. ear standing
on thc railroad was blown off and toni to pteoe-*.
General reports come iu of houses blown away
and fences destroyed. A negro brakeman of the
Northeastern train was killed by a falling tree.
The slorm seems to have formed In the vicinity
of Calhoun and punned a northeasterly direction
through North t'eorgla and into pnil treyond I'.nst
Tennessee, bounding aero*** to the t"hllhowe-a Munn
taint, arni waa next heard from near l*oudon. Tenn., on
the East Tennessee road, eighty miles northeast nf
n-attanooga. 'ravening from r*tlhnun. ('a., to I.o'i
don. Tenn., _ dlitanet of 100 wiles. In about rio
niltiutet. Tbo path of the tornado from Calhoun to
London wan through a section remote from railroads
and telegraph linet and the rt-image lt mtv have done
viii not to known for sumo days, bal must hav" lx*en
fearful. Th? tornado In places cleared th" ground
completely of erats. tnd a forest of timber was mown
as with a gr*at scythe.
The ll?t of Mtrlc-nstj wounded men. women and
rhlldren In Loudon County lt very larg**.
PONDS REPLACE THE DEEP SNOWDRIFTS.
BTI.KAM-* OVT.RKLOWIMO ? RAH.HOAD TRACKS
co ve ii ed?rain* Acr.?MPAviri) hy a calt.
PiTTsni-.i.ii, Mass., March 21 (Special).?Berk?
shire County is now suffering from a Hood. liam
began falling early this morning nnd has contin?
ued ever since. The mountain streams have over?
flowed their banks and they are rushing across
highways and carrying away small bridges. Thc
great snowdrifts dam up the water on thc meadows
creating deep ponds which overflow the roads
to such a depth that travelling over them is im?
possible. Thc Housatonio Uiver is rapidly risiri/j
and the meadows from Pittsfield to StocUbriil(-o
arc covered to a great depth, the water in some
places overtlowing tbe railroad track. Tba H....tin
rushes through the Adamses with j-reat veloriiy.
The Howland meadows are a lake nnd the water
passes over the Fitchburg Railroad track in several
places between North Adams und Troy Tho
meadows In South Williamstown aud New-Ashford
are Hooded and the watt-r is so deep over the
highway tliat travel is practically suspended. Tho
water is over the ll >stou and Albany
liailroad track between Chatham and
Hudson in two or three places, and it is up even
with the mils in several places west of Pittsfield.
The mercury touched 55 above to-day and mon;
than half of thc three feet of snow which fell
during tho grout storm has disappeared.
Falmouth, "darch 21.?A storm ol great seventy
raged on the coast to-day. The wind blew a gale
from the south west and the rain fell in torrents.
Boston, March 21.-The waters of Stony Brook
which runs from Hyde Park, to and through the
upper portion of this city are swelling rapidly by
th.- quantities of melting snow flow'ug into it, UM
it, is fast assuming a dangerous Mpeel. 1'he heavy
rain of last night and the warm weather of thc hist
few days have melted the snow in the meadows
through which the brook flows, and the result is
un alarming increase in the volume and velocity
At Mount Hope, where thc dam was erected last
vear, the brook has overflowed the banks and
spread over the adjoining meadows. It is at this
point that the residents an- apprehensive of their
property, as this backwater is making progress
toward the small hi mes of the workingmen. At
the point wheiv Hyde PurU-ave. crosses the brook,
its swift torrent is within ? foot of the bridge,
and it is only a question of a short time when the
brook will bc over tl.e roath The bridge was
swept away by the Hood of IM* which al*,o (le?
st mi ed a large amount of properly.
'aimer Mass.. Match 3I.--A severe ranstorm .ac?
companied W violent winds, ti*.-* prevailed throughout
wes ern Massachusetts anice 10 o'clock this morning.
Inundating meadow* for mlle* and badlv washing the
Wa-hW*. Th* Quaboag Uiver overflowed Itt bank*
i fd the cellars of IWMMSM bi Watot-rt have several
leVi ot water In th'-m. The rive* ta rls ng rap'-Iv
The temporary trestle bridge r.-ar J. -*,.11"'!1"" *???
woollen factory, over which Malta on the New London
Northern Railroad ran. was wa/heil ?J^;__^?1*?"
wvee transferred, and the lai-t train over the Southern
pivlalon of the road arrived here shortly htievti p nr
At a la'e hour tonight a report WM re.-elyed H**-UM
firalat at South Mon-on had Iweome un"*-'?- \n '\ ""
M-nucnce th* boat train from hta_ta New London
b3 teen dlseontlmiert. On the KerMicrn ni vt*lon of
tl.Pt Hoe the tracts were washed badb between Palmer
pnd Three Hive*. Nu train* will run iver el' n.-r
division of th*t road to night. The track*, of tl.e
ltoaton and Mt.anv Railroad Camterrr, In the vicinity
of Vnr'h WiHii-Hl *m. eta ptajtmoi haili v. and a rang or
m-n his b?en there all th" afternoon repairing the
damage. The tracks nf th** Ware Brm **SaA tove a No
teen dama-ed near th" trn'k* of th- I'alm-r ".ire
Manufacturing O.mpanv. and all train* over that road
had to run ?low|-. The factory of Ui.dlcv & Com?
pany at North Monson wa* w.i*hfcd awty to-night br
the rag-ng tvatcr*. Thc high war hridee near hy wt*
al*n renderetl t!n?afe havtnc boen nmve.1 from Its
fr-undPtlnn several Inche**. Train No. :.?>. on the r.n*
ton snd Albany road, wp* delsyed at Middlefield fy
hlgli w*ter.
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f/>Sfl OF LIFF. IN RAfl TKNNF-aPF.F
KnoTvl;|e, Tenn.. March ft.-A terrific wind and
rain storm twept tciots Tmit Tonnettsc?* latt night about
midnight, thirty to forty mlle* west of Knoxville.
Many barra and farm-houses were demolished and
farmert have lott considerably In the dcttnictton of
building*) and killing of ttoek. The storm was severe
along tho Tennessee Rlvar. The hunte of Joseph
WllllPtn*, ex-truttee of London loutit), was lil.iv.-i
Into tho river. Mrs. Williams was Instantly Mllc.l
Mr. Williams lt mlsslnc A few mlle-, dlttant another
dwelling wat blown Ooma and p yinni*- man BUmd
>nilth wa* killed and A^vcral other m-r'nl-cr*- of the
(anally Injured. Nu otha depth*, are reported, but
many |ier*ont were Injured.
TiirNi.KK ANn i.K.in.NiNi; Ol tiik coast.
Phllpulelphla. March il tspe.-laD.-Ttn* storm that
beffan on Monday night and continued with more or
less peverlty all of yest^day and this morning broke
j lilt* a tetrtio dow-JiM-u*- Uta evoaiu* She ttocm * ta
accompanied with frequent peals of thunder and vivid
Hashes of lightning. At Rlvonlde Iildge-av*. lt sut>
niei-Keil and the creek that carrlos the waler from In?
land ls a raging torrent. There has already been
ti.nen destruction and the worst ls yet to come. A*
Manayunk there are many waitunna and mill-owners
whoso places are on tho river banks have removed
most of the machinery and perishable stock.
Baltimore, March 21.?Tbe first thunder end light?
ning of the season occurred here thlt afternoon end
continued for an hour. There was heavy rain. The
lightning (affected the telegraph whet, and for a time
checked all communication, but no damage was done.
LIGHTNING STRIKES THB CAPITOL.
THC KI.KCTJIIC HOLT PAKALYZK8 l.l GISLtTIO.f FOR
A MOMENT? WtRAAWt OF THE VISITOR.
WAsiiiM.mN, March 21 (Special).?In the course of
an unusually heavy thunder storm this afternoon
lightning struck the Capitol. In the House tbe
Eight hour law was being debated. Mr. Lane was
speaking. Thc galleries ***ct*e well Ulled. When the
lightning struck the building thero wat a vivid flash
Immediately followed by a peal of thunder that teemed
to shake tbe entice Capitol. For an Instant tho pro?
ceedings were stopped. Every member started In his
teat, s.mie )umi?d out of their teats, and looked as
If they expected tho roof to fall upon them. People
In tho galleries hurrtodly left their places and crowded
Into the corridors. In thc press gallory, a ball of fire,
aa big as a man's two fists, flashed on the switch?
board, tnd all wires except one were cut off.
In the Senate the lightning played among the wire**
which are used to light the gas above tbe skylight.
In the Supreme Court tbe sound tnd shock startled
the Justices to that they roto trom their teats.
In tho rotunda tho people who were gathered there
made a rush fur tbe doom. The sound on tho massive
Iron durne wat tot title In Ita effect. In front of the
western entrance to tho Capitol, a horse attached to a
cab was knocked down. In tho sub-basement of the
Senate, an engineer wat thrown from his chair. In
the oflice of thc Sergeant-at-Aimt, Senator Butler and
Colonel ( anaday were conversing when a portion of
tho lightning fluid pasted between thom and disap?
peared along the floor. Tbe telegraph Instrument*
in the Senate belonging to the Press Association were
destroyed, and rendered useless for tho afternoon.
Tho only wires remaining uninjured were those which
connect tho Capitol with tho different Departments
and tho Executive Man-ion, and which aro placed
underground.
A GALE WITH SNOW LN 'HIE NORTHWEST.
LO-S ok i.ikk kkar.u ?a passk ukk thais
BUiCK D?LIU.Ot HO ' CDS IMI'AHHAHLE.
rombina, Dak., March 21?One of the teverest
rtormt of the winter set In bore last night, lt la
irat-e*l thero will be loss of life on the prairies.
St. Vincent, Minn.. March 21.?Tho wurst storm of
tho winter sot in yesterday afternoon and farmers
who were in town were obliged to remain over night.
Hoads aro blocked.
Moil.rook, A. T., March '.1-Saow began falling
Monday night and coniinucd vitter.'**/. The wind
lt from tbo southwest and baa drifted the snow ba ly
along the road* and th track of tho Southern Pacific
Winslow, A. T., March '.O.-with a high wind from
Ihe southwest, snow bogan falMng last night and it
th- rteep'tat of the year. The wind blow a hurricane lor
several liuurs.
RAIN IN MIDDLE AND WESTERN STATES.
TIIK RIVKRS, I.A!*GK AND SMALL, KI?ISQ ItAPIDLT
-tovfusns ixi'tnATKO.
Eastox. Penn., March 21 (Special).?Kain has fallen
for eighteen hours, though not heavily. Reports
from the country show that small streams are over
their banks In all directions, tbat the country roads
aro flooded In many places and water backed np by
snow drifts. Low lands aro flooded, and every Indi?
cation polntt i. ?Mph water In the Lehigh and Dela?
ware Rivera. Both '..-ams have risen several feet
to day. Some ol tho railroads report their tracks
under water In places, owing to the water courses
ticing clogged with snow.
Racine. Wis., March 21.?Tho wann weather ot the
lust week and the heavy rain of yesterday broke tho
Ice In tho river above the Northwestern Railroad
bridge, and In the afternoon lt began to move down
i the river. When tbe floe reached tho Meade-**, bridge
I the outlet wat -.ot wide enough, and a gorge form td
| about forty rods wide and from fifteen to twenty foot
high. The gorge having formed a perfect dam, the
river soon foi ced Ita way over (he adjoining dook
property, and In less than an honr tho land next to |
the river wa* submerged.
Poplar Uiver, Mont., March 21.?The Mltioini River
broko yesterday. Ice dams formed, the river over
Sowed its hanks, and the whole river bottom, which
lucinda, millions of acres of land ls Inundated for over
loo miles. Thero will be a great lo*s of cattle. The
I r .I.--, on thc Manitoba railroad are all right. Setters
living in tiio bottom lands have gone to the hills. The
utter ls tho highest ever known Tn this vicinity.
Troy, X. Y., March 21.-Tho Ice tn wynant's Kill
moved thl* afternoon, carrying away two dams and
doing several thousand dollar*' worth of damage.
(MLES IN THE ALLEOHANIB5.
Pittsburg, March 21.?A terrific wind storm pasted
over thlt region about 7 :*!0 o'clock this morning,
doing great damago to the telegraphic service. Poles
ate reported down In all directions and tho wires are
working bailly. The wind was accompanied by a hoavy
rain.
\\ heeling. W. Viv, March 21.? One ot the fiercest gale*
over experienced here raged for about a quarter of an
hour, at 7 o'clock this morning. 8overal houses wore
UR oottd. Many peisons wete blown off their feet
on the street. No serious casualties are reported.
HAS SHE RCX OFF TO A COSVKNTt
SHUN.IF. DISAPPEARANCE OF A RELIGIOUS'.Y IM
("LINED YOCN'O (alHL.
Tho dlsaprearanco of Beatrice Alllton, age eigh?
teen, from her home at No. 81 Kat Tenth i-t.,
vi as rei ot ted at Pol.ce Headquarters last even ng by
her brother. Miss Alllton lived with her mother and
two bio.hers. Mrs. Allison Is a widow. Her hus?
band tat an official In the Cana lan (jovernment.
She came to thia edy Lom Canada several yoart ago.
li. alrlco .was sent to tho school at St. Vincent's
(oi.vetit, Halifax, when she wai eleven yeats od.
and remained there until about five mon. hs ago,
when she came her** lo live with her mother. She
tried to bo contented here, but evidently had a
yearning foe tbo old school where she bad tpent to
many yean. She was unusually religious, aud ber
conversation was upon sacred tubjectt principally,
sho hid no interest in social lifo and when the went
out lt va-- usually to go to church.
On Tuc-day morning she left home at 10 o'clock
and went to the laundry at No. 56 Eaat Ninth st.
.-li- hunled from there In the direction of Broad.vay.
No hlng has been heard fiom her since. Mrs.
Allison ls unable to account for hei daughter's d t
appearance Mrs. Uobbard, who lives with Mrs.
Allison, ls of th'- oplalO- that n anice has gone to a
cou.em somewhere near the cit)' or perhapt ha.
started for her old school at Ha lftx. lu a rice has
bee* heard to wish n a.iy times that -he cou.d devote
her life to som- rell.lout purpose, and lt is supposed
by her friends thal the became tired of her quiet Ufo
at I om.-.
The police have endeavored 'o unravel tho rays
leiy. bul bave not met with any suets. They are.
Inclined to tho belief that she wandered away dur ng
a temporary alenation of rn nd and may hoe
lumped Into tho ri.er. An ala.rn will be sent out
today. The missing g'rl ott on a gray dress, se.l
plush t*vnue, black hat ?Uh ottrlch i. at her, tai kd
({loves and a heavy gold broooh. She ls of si ght
Julld, hat small loaturcs, blue eyes aad brown hair.
Her nan.* wu In a pt?jer-b?,-** """"*
and tho marks "K.M. Love."
RESIOXA TIOX OT RICHS RD XSYTNS.
Pittsburg, March 21 (Special).?Richard Nevins said
to day that by request he had resigned the position
of superintendent of construction of the new Govern?
ment building In thlt city. For some time, prominent
Democrat* hero have been urging the Prealdent to
remove Nevins. They, claimed that there wa* un?
necessary delay In tbo construction ot the new custom
house and post oflice, while Nevins'* friend, tay tbat
his removal was urged for such reatont as refusing
to put certain laborers on tho pay rolla as mechanics.
Nevins is a ton of Colonel Nevins, a prominent Ohio
Democrat, who was long public printer of that State.
The ton also bears the title of Colonel, having served
on the staff of (.overnor Hoadly, of Ohio- To-day he
refnsod either to d?ny or to atflrm a report that be lt to
receive a (Jovernment position In the West. It ls
said that A, Y. Lee will succeed Nevins here. Leo
was a classmate of Thompson, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury. Cottgr*??*?*" W. L Scott was cherged
with asslstln? In the fight against Nevins.
THE POLIOS SUSPECT MURDER
Frederick Fuerbach, of No. 211 Waverley place,
went to the Charles Street Police Station at 3:16
o'clock thlt morning and repotted lhat Elisabeth
Wolfe, age twenty-eight, living In the tame house,
had committed tulclde. The police found a bullet
wound In her bead and Unger marks on her throat
Fuerbach was arrested on inspirion.
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DR. M'COSITS LIRRA RY MRETIXO.
Pkincxtos, March 21.?President McCosh gave an?
other library meeting tonight At lt was -recorded
as the last or nearly to, of tbes.i unique* Intellmmal
I rests tu leg von by Dr. McCosh before the close ot
In- adnilnlsiiallon, lt was aitonded with special
interest. Professor. Allan Marquand and A. L. Froth*
Ingham read papers on ?? ho Theory ot licau'V" in
connection with Hr. .VcCoah'a curse on aesthetics,
past concluded. Members of the taoutt-* tod
students took part In the dJtcuaalou .which fallowed
tM mfArmrpx t??? sftw-Vr' " '
NO NEWS FROM J. W. TATE
THE EMPTY TREA8UKY OF KENTUCKY.
LKKDINO MONET TO OISBOsORaBLR DEBTORS TUB
CAUSE OP 7 KB ttrALCAlION?DH MOCK ATS SOI
SO NrtlST AS ratjAL ABOUT THEIR UONKSTT.
Louisville, March tl.-Auditor Hewitt states
that he has found m b result ot hie investigation
that on March 17, 1887-just _ y0or ago, Saturday
?Treasurer Tate had in bank money to meet ever/
voucher, and could naive squared accounts with
the State thet day to ? cent, but the auditor doee
not think all this shortage occurred since that
date, but the money must have been drawn sinco
then, lie thinks tho defalcation bas been geing
ou for years, and that Tate hus been bridging is
over from time to time and up to a year ago was
able to place in the Bunk of Counting sufllcienl
sums to make his books square. _o.ong thc
missing Treasurer's assets arc said to be IT5.00C
of due bills from fiiends for money loaned, most
of whioh is good; 600 barrels of old whiskey lu
Louisville, whose value is estimated at fco,ooo,
and 125,000 in bank at Frunl-fori. Thc latter lias
been attached, aud the due bills are Incited up in
the vault In State House. Late this afternoon
a certiUcate of deposit representing $10,000 wai
discovered among lute's private papers. It will
reducce the deficit that much, and Auditor Hewitt
now says that the amount will fall considerably
under his estimate of $200,000.
The unbusinesslike state of affairs which the
investigation shows hos existed for years in the
Treasurij's office now absorbs a considerable por?
tion of the public attention. Many ?*?-<.?.._ say
that Auditor Hewitt has been derelict in hts duty,
because he did not count the money every month,
holding that the statutes require this. When asked
regarding this, Auditor Hewitt stnt-s that he hog
never so interpreted the statutes. Nor, so tar sd
he has been able to learn has any one preceding
him. 'lite statute reads: And the auditor shall
once in each month ascertain whether tho money
on hand in the Treasury air-rees with the balance
shown by the books of the Treasurer.
Auditor Howitt stated to a reporter this morn?
ing that he had worked almost three entire night*
on Treasurer Tate's books, and found thot tho
shortage would fall under $200,000 but above
$190,000.
The political effect of the defalcation is dis?
cussed on oil sides. While the Republicans ex?
ult, the Democrats point to the splendid record
Oovernor Buckner has made, and his prompt action
upon the first intimation that all was not right)
in pushing an investigation which hod already
been demanded by the party in thc Legislature.
There is a dispution in the Assembly to go to
the bottom of thc matter and to shield no one.
The idea is to have the matter of who has borrowed]
the State's money and turned the treasury into
a bonking convenience exposed promptly to the
fullest, leaving off no name however prominent.
The State wants to know where her money bru
gone, and the Assembly intends to gratify this
curiosity. This is causing unhappiness in certain
high judicial circles, it is said, but ncvertlieles-t
lt must come.
Beyond the fact that Tate left Louisville on
Friday night for Cincinnati, nothing is known
of him. It ls believed that li" fled frem that
city to Buffalo and thence to Canada. His fri. ti.ls
think that, when his papers are overhauled a state?
ment from him will do found.
The Republicans claim that Tate's defalcation
will enable them to carry thc State ot the next
election. They say Tate's shortage is a proof of
the charges made hy the Republicans on the stump
that the Democratic Stote government was rotten
to the core. A well-known member of the Re?
publican porty said: " When Tate went in oflice,
he found in the Treasury $1,300,000. He went out
leaving it about empty and enrryinif possibly sev?
eral hundred thousand dollars wit), him. The
effect on the Democratic porty may be of a whole?
some character, but it will certainly cause
the Re_blt**ejons to put forth new enerer to gather
in the Demot-rrs-ts who believe in honest govero
ment. and it will i***Tt_hjl:v stop the evetlastlnjc ory
of Democrotiopurity, so long shouted in rn" *_*?
of th?? long-suffering people by Democratic stump
sneakers. Yon can soy for me that I ?^??JT*
TVe's shortage will be of much benefit to the Re.
r*n*-iliran onr+r. and that if we don't carrr the
State for the Republican nominees this fall, we will
make things rum at the next Stat? election.
DATES TO-> DEMOCRATIC CONYT.RTTOXS
Coi.t'MBc's, March 21. (Special).-The Demooratto
State Central Committee, which met to-day. de
oided to hold the State Convention at Dayton oo
May 15 and 16. The Republican convention is to bo
at the some place on Aprl 1 ft and 1 9. A moetini* of
Democrats fr..m oil over Ohio was held here to-doy.
A State leagu"* was formed.
Detroit. March 21 -The Democratle State Con?
vention to choose delegates to tho Notional Con?
vention will be held at rtrand Rapids, on May ll
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RAILROAD IJtTRBBETE
GOOD SHOWING OF A WESTERN ROAD.
Tho annual meeting of the stockholders of tho tonis*
ville, New-Albany and Chtcugo Railway Company,
which waa adjourned on March 14. waa hold hero yes?
terday. President William Dowd** report for 188T
showed grots earnings of e..a95,024, an Increaee
over th? previous year of *f.>7e,i34' the operating ex?
penses were 91,488,090, making net earnlaga ni
p*80.,92_, a gain of S10*.,2C4 or 25.8 per cont. Til*
total fixed charges wcro $808,456, leaving a aurploa ol
t>_,409, against a deficit In 188. of ?_IT46* The
physical condition of tho property waa improved by
large expenditures for steel rolls, renewals and ro
pairs and new equipment. The rental to the Chicago
and WcsT-tn Indiana Railntad ha* been further
slightly reduoed uy the operation of the Sinking Fund.
The net earuingt ifdOS.WC., for 1887 compare with
SI09,203 in 1884, tinco which tlmo tke road has been
tuhstuitlally i-.-i.uilt
Tho old loaid of directors waa re-elocted as fol*
lowt: John J. Attor. 6amnel Sloan, R. O. Hillston,
James Rnusevell, William Duwil. Elihu Koot. Jame* D.
Smith, IL H. Cook and Richard King, of Kew York;
Robert R. Hltt. C. R Cummings and John B. Carton.
cf Illinois, and J. M. Tetter, of Kentucky. The board
re-elected William Dowd president, John ll. Carson
vleo-prcsldent and general manager, W. H. Lewlt tee*
rotary and treasurer.
THE MISSOURI PACIFIC DIVIDEND.
The rumot-s In w_il Street regarding the dividend
prospects of the Missouri Pacific Railway became
uglier yesterday, and the severe break In the stock
In the afternoon created a general belief that the divi?
dend would be passed for this quarter. To-day If
tho dato of tho adjourned meeting of the board ot
directors, but Jay Gould, the president, will uot be
In the etty. It it possible that the meeting will
lake no action, although the directors hero would nos
admit that such would bo the resnlt. George J.
i.onld lt opposed to the payment of any dividend
at present, and he ls alleged to have ''converted" his
father to his views. All of the others dlrtvtort claim
ti be In favor of making some declaration. Russell
Sage said yesterday that Jay Gould might he hume by
Saturday, but he did not care to prognosticate tho out?
come of to day's meeting.
FROM THE COAL REGIONS TO NEW-RNGL_ND.
Philadelphia, March 21 (Special).?Prominent rall
road men said to-day that the recent purchase by a
tyndleato of capltallsta trom thlt city and tho Interior
of the State, of the Lehigh and Eastern Railroad, was
part of a scheme for a direct route from the coal and
lumber regions of Pennsylvania to Boston and Central
New England by way of tbe new Poughkeepsie Bridge*,
and that, the syndicate will contiruei * roili-oad from
Sunbury, Northampton County, ea-twsrd aero**, the
country, and then southward to IiasletuD, from which
point lt will enter the DolaWMtt Vplley pt Ftroudsburg.
It will proceed thence up tho valley tn Port Jervis, ?
distance of l-.'O miles. Tho purchase wot hastened by
the recent purchase by State i->natnr ll. B. f*ow. of
Middletown, N. Y.. and other New-York capitalist*, ot
the Port Jervis snd Monticello I*_ir.._l, and the forma,
lion by them of the Poughkeepsie aad Delaware Valley
Railroad Company.
GRAND ARMT POMiS AND TMR BATOR.
Heventy-ttve veteran* af Stein wehr Pom, No. IDS,
G. A. R. attended the regaler post -tasting l**t evening
In Beethoven Hall. Fifth-**., io be ore mem at ihe <_?*?-*.
?lon of the recent trouble between th* *ut>-commit tee rat
Ute Grpad Army Meuiorltl Committee, ot which thais
eemmtnder. Coroner L*tvy. wit chairman tnd snokesnuii,
ind Mtyor Hewitt, on the aublect of th* ditton hill.
Among those preeenl were Colonel George W. Tnver*,
Aim.or lootiauun* NtUocbe, Major Otto Von Borrie*, Cap.
tain Jaitrow Altxandar. Dr. Herman Loeweutkal, U*?.
len* nt C. H. Trtiueur. Ctptaln loon I-mnu rt, Major
Robert Cre?mer. Canilta J ultu* p. Claeher sot Ca mata
Claries I.u. p tin. Repnlutlonp were pipped la rep*rd tts
Ute eal! on tho Mayor, heartily tedoralng ihe conimltlep's
- tdminbl* demeanor ind manly tad dun-fled reply ts
tb* Mtyor.'* The resolutions tito tb*np tho Atpembly
pnd Semi* for Ute pncllrslty unanlmoyt munge ot
tbe Staion bill without the imendment Retolutlous ta.
dortln* the Per Diem Service Penalon bill now before Coo*
gie** were pitted unintmoutly.
('< ii.-ml Michael tprcoi.n I'ott. No. 427, of whleh Gen.
.-ral William DeLae.v i* commander' 1**1 evening pppptwl
Ol tilt- i-f.', lu