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THK FRAUD AT CARNEGIE'S. 11
BECRKTARY HKRHF.RT TELLS ABOUT THE
COMPROMISE.
THE NAVY PKl'ARTMKNT ASSESSED V'AMAGKS AT
j5 PKn cent. BUT Tin: PfUESIDgCCT REDUCED
IT TO 10 PEE CENT ISTI'I'.KSTIN.: COIN
CIDENCK THAT THIS REDUCTION WAS
NOT ORDERED TIM. Mit. CARNEGIE
WROTE Hie TARI1 .' LETTER A
COMFORTABLE BUM POE
THK INFORMANTS.
[BI TI.LKOl'.U'H lo lill. TKUtl NF. j
W'ashing'.on. March 20.?At last Secretary Her?
bert has completed and transmitted tn tho House
of Representatives his reply ??' Ihe resolution
Baning f'-r Informal! m In regard to Imperfeci or
0ff. rive armor plates furnished by tho ''urncKie
Steel Company under its contract with the Navy
pcpartiicnt, ar.d also for a r.-;>>rt of the action
Of thc iX'partment in regard thereto. In the
main and in most or its material statements the
offIda! repori made public to-day agrees wiih
i%tat"ments in these dispatches relating to the
6am* subject and pul.lishe 1 in The Tribune of
March 2 and subsequent dat* a despite the fact
that the information upon which'the latter were
bai'd StSS not and could not be obtained or veri?
fied at thc Navy Department, the lips of whose
?ffle-ials srere sealed by tbe moat positive injunc?
tions of se. ?
It may be remembored that in the dispatch
publish'.-I in The Tribune?which prompted Mr.
Cummings'* resolution of Inquiry and whi'*h has
resulted in the Interesting official disclosure of
to-day?attention was Invited to an important
and significant coincidence In regard to the date
of Fros! '.cut Cleveland*a decision on the appeal of
the Carnegie BJteel Company from the Secretary
of the Navy and ihe ila e of Mr. Carnegie's letter
to The Tribune in behalf Of the Wilson bill. The
Importance and significance of this coincidence
appear with even stronger force In Secretary Her?
bert's reply to thc House resolution. Mr. Car?
negie left Washington after his second visit and
final appeal to the President on December 20,
and two weeks afterward he wrote his letter to
Tho Tribune approving the Wilson bill with such
amendments as Republican Senators might be
able to engraft upon it in a Democratic Senate.
CARNEOIEB LETTER WELL TIMF.R
It may be properly added lust here that when
Mr. Carnciri" wrote that letter on January 3 he
knew that the debate on the Wilson bill was to
begin in th" House of Representatives on Janu?
ary H His letter was, Indeed, a timely one for
the advocates of that measure. Again, when he
wrde the letter, he must have been advised as
to what the. decision of the Fresident would be.
because he was to sall for Europe on the follow?
ing day. Rut the decision of the President was
not reduced to writing and signed until a week
after the letter was written, two days after Its
publication in The Tribune and six days after
Mr. Carnegie had sailed from New-York. The
Administration evidently did not intend to take
any risk. The publication of Mr. Carnegie's
formal approval of the Wilson bill and his ap?
peal to his "brother manufacturers" not to ob?
struct Democratic "tariff reform" legislation
must antedate Mr. Cleveland's formal decision
Upon the appeal from the Secretary of the Navy.
Mr. Carnegie kept faith with the Administra?
tion, and the Administration tried to keep faith
With him by preventing any hint of the armor
plate transactions from reaching the public. It
<lid even more. Secretary Herbert had approved
the report of Captain Sampson and his as?
sociates of the Bureau of Ordnance, which rec?
ommended a fine of 15 per cent upon the amount
of armor plates furnished under the contract.
The President not only remitted one-third of
tbe fine, but decided that lt should be assessed
only up'in the amount of armor plate furnished
by the Carnegie Steel Company from November
3. 1S92. to September 16. lgst, Whatever else
may be thought of lt nobody will deny that,
whether Mr. Carnepie was wholly satisfied with
the decision or not. he did wisely in writing that
letter to The Tribune at that particular time.
He had obtained not only a pledge that the
transaction should be kept from th*- public, but
also a remission of one-third (about $70,000) of
the fine imposed by the Secretary of IRS Navy,
and a limitation of the amount of armor plate
upon the contract price of which the fine was to
be assessed. These urere al] exceedingly im?
portant and valuable considerations, pecuniarily
as well as otherwise, and Mr. Carnegie undoubt?
edly thought that he c mid weil afford to write
the letter that he did write for publication in
The Tribune.
But who, In the light of the facts officially re?
vealed So-day, can believe that the letter was a
voluntary. si?ontaneous and sincere tribute of
approval, or that lt WSS not wrung from its
author by stern necessity^ Its production seems
to have cost him a fortnight of thought and
effort, for lt was not completed until the day
before he sailed for Kurope. Within forty-eight
hours after Its publication President Cleveland
formulated and sign" 1 his decision and trans?
mitted it to the Secretary of the Navy.
Ml:. HERBERTS EXPLANATION.
The text o' Secretary Herbert's reply to the
resolution of Inquiry is In part as follows:
Some time In September birt I received Informa?
tion from an attorney ..f I'lttsburir. who represented
aertaln persons then In the employ of the Carnegie
J eel Company, Limited, that these employes lind
their possession Information which would bs
Saluable to the Government, relating to frauds then
Ving perpetrated, aa it was aib-e-,.,i by certain em?
ployes of this company, and that they would i.-lve
this Information to tie- (lovernmerit for BUffldent
?onMderatlon. The attorney had a letter of Intro?
duction to me showing that he was a reputable
lawyer. I Informed him that I had no money at
B>T command with which to pay for Information,
V?t that If the Information should bad to the re?
covery of moneys from the Carnegie Company I
t*o*i(*ht I could remunerate the Informants from
tin lum so recovered; that I would not undertake
t* pay any expenses whatever, or any money ex?
cept In this manner.
Thia proposition wan satisfactory, and thereupon
three of these employees and the attorney repre
aenUng them. James H. Smith, talked with me
trttly. The Informants, although they ask.-,I mole,
Anally consented to take li", per cent of such sum
BJ might be recovered.
STATKMl'.N-TS ol' THK INF-ItlMANTS.
Thegi* men had been Katherina information for a
long time, and this they submitted to the I)e*e,rt
fcent In grea*. detail. The allegations were that the
company'* employes had failed to temper armor
evenly and properly; had plugged and concealed
blow-holeg. which would have probably caused a I
?"election of plates by the 'lovernment inspectors, |
and had re-treated, without the knowle.!-*., of the
kLuT^0?' pla,''!' Wh,r-A had b.-en selected for
Sv.Vt Vvf ' *? aB ,0 ">??"' '?????"' Plat.-s better and
?^^ner man the group of plates represented by
aftl!? 1"form'ints *tate<l that some of these plates.
Br?. l y ,w"'r*' selected by the Government In
wtiir at the workx. had been secretly and without
tiv*)l!Jw,'",lKr of ,h'' Government Inst-.-ctor re?
treat*/! at nlght-that ix, ..annealed and retem* red,
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aaa SsiiiliiB Btaaaiia-ghBiauian Fund alor* thu
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Bec* ure a few practical reaulu already recorded tu th.
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MUTUAL gdBSBEVg I.-N'*, ,,*-,, AS<-0CtATIO'*.
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Rome i un ?<*. 3ra Part Row. N. v.
P*n<l fnr circular* and rate*.
rom, r i '' 1,"m h"""r' ;'r"' tougher thill the
routs of pi. tea ol wine:, th. y were auppoaed I i
?'rnef.i '"^''/''.'?;li,,;'" u ?**? ???' duty of the
..rn- i,. steel i impany also to submit to th.- in
P^itorr- at tne works, to t?. forwarded to trie |.,
i-ni'iit. statement*. Bl wins th.- length of time
I"" P,,ate 1'1'1 !.n subjected to thc heming and
,!";"""u' ''V. '* *"?' >?>?' casi,.,,, of the
eater, at the Carnegie Work* to lund in Btate
aents showing this upon little Blip* of paper
i.wk.-d m pencil. These stat. m. ur- were subse
nc.th- copied ard aeni to th- Inspector to be for
mriled. The informant.- stated that under the di
ection of Superintendents Schwab, Corey and Cline
.i" statement.*, furnished to the Government In?
fector w.-re m man- ci,es false, and they sub?
mited many original memoranda handed In by
h.- neaten which ahowed on their facea In pencil
links that they had been altered ll was from
h.-se altered and false statements, the Informants
alii, that the statement! w.t.- made up ih.it were
'?nt to th- Inspector. These original memoranda
rere suppose.l to have been destroyed bul they ha.I
teen preserved and were sent to the Department.
After having conversed with the Informant*
nough to satisfy myself that the department
hould acc.,,i ,,?,j ai.t ?,?,? ,h,.,P information, l
ailed to my sid Captain W. T. Sampson, Chief of
he Bureau of Ordnance, under whose Immediate
upervtslon armor contracts ar.- being carr:.-.I out
icqualnted him with the statement* which had
>e.n made, and brought him in to confer with the
nformants. Several extended Interview* a-ere had
md all possible 'Information obtained Captain
lampson then, under the direction of the Depart
nent, took Into his confidence Professor Alger an.]
lieutenant Ackerman, of the Bureau of Ordnance
md proceeded to make a thorough Investigation.
CRAROES FOl'NI) TO RE TRUE.
While lt was not possible to verify each specific
tllegatloo that had been made, it was an easy mat?
er to ascertain by examination whether the charges
is to thc plugging of blow-holes were true, and it
SmS also easy to discover whether plate had been
Teated after they had been selected by the in
ipector at Pittsburg, and prior to their being s-nt
o Indian Head for ballistic test < >ne of the ?? plates
shiels had been Identified as having been subjected
o rtMreatmeni was brought up from Indian Head,
vhere it had been Bred at, to the Navy Yard at
Washington, D. C., and there seven pieces were
aken from alongside the points from which pieces
iud been t iken by the ins;.tors al the works.
rhese pieces were subjected to t-srs similar to those
A'hlch had le-.-n applied at the w u-ks. These tests
teemed to shaw, beyond doubt, thal the plate had
.n subjected to re-treatment aa alleged; and blow
tole* w-re found plugged, as stated, iii other plates
Examined.
The preliminary report submitted by the De
:.artm. nt by the Chief of the Bureau of Ord
i.tn.e ..f date November 80, allowed thal thc
result* of the Investigation made by these
.Ulcers w nt to sustain the charge* of th- in
FOrmanta Thereupon ih.- department submitted
io the Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, an i the two
ifflcera acting In conjunction with him, the ques?
tion as ;o the anioua: of damages sustained bj
3overnment, and received .1 report -.<.:.:
:>en.lilies ai 1" per cern upon ihe am 1 .,t ol
irmor delivered to tl,. Government and all pre
nlums received from the Oovemment.
In conversation with the informants 1 had care?
fully Inquired whether the chief offl "er* .-r thc com?
pany, Mr. Kri< k and Mr Hunslcker, had any
knowledge or Information of th.- fraud winch had
Been committed. I w.is Inform. I thal them Irregu?
larities had occurred chiefly at mehi, and always
when th.- Government inspectors were absent, and
thal Messrs. Frick and Hunslcker dil noi vis.; the
w.*rks at nlirht. I could find nothing whatever In
th-- testimony of Ute Informants to Indicate th it
pltb<*r of these gentlemen knew anything what?
ever of th.-se Irregularities.
MK PRICK SUatatOMEO TO WASHINGTON
As soon as the report from Captain Sampson as?
sessing penalties had been received, the depart?
ment telegraphed for Mr M. C. Prick, chairman ot
th? carn, ti.- Steel Company, Llmlti 1. to come to
Washington to see the Secretary on Important busl
ness, suggesting tim he brine wi'h him Mr. Hun
Bicker, who was more directly than Mr Frick In
charge of th-- manufacture o' armor plates. The
Interview with Messrs Prick and Hunslcker was
In th-- presence of A isis tani Seer lary M rAd in
Captain Sampson. 1 explain. I to them fully the
whole transaction, stating who the Informant* were,
and the natur.- of the information acted on by the
department, and placed In their halos the report
ma.ie by th>- Chief of the Bureau ol Ordnam
sesstng th.- damages, ss well a* certain
statements by ila- Informant* Thej were slea in?
formed thal Lieutenant Ackerman, who had I 1 ?
short time ben on special dui) al the work* while
this Investigation was going on, n* report!
his suspicion* w.r>- aroused by certsli evldei 1
whl.-h he observed, tending to show that the op?
eratives were concealing facts from the observation
of the Inspectors; and thai Lieutenant Ackei
observation* were made without any kn a ?
the Information received by the departmem fr m
the employes, as heretofore stated. After fully ai
quainUng Messrs* Frick and Hunslcker wli
facts. I demand.-d satisfaction fer the darna ?
Hultini* from these Irregularity . and Informed them
that they would only be allowed ii proceed willi
the contract ori condtlnn of making reparation
Messrs. Frick arel Hunslcker both sea-med ?
astonished at thi statement* made ti
Mr Frick thunk..! me for the care and I n
with which the Investigation had been conduct" 1
and asked time himself to lt
Mr. Frick not only .-arne- th- disclaim. I.
Mr. Hunslcker, any knowledge of the traJ
but m- ntlom d th* fad thal he 1 nw m
manner put upon his guard as to Irregularttl
were being committed by th. employes on thi
armor, and thai lc- had thereupon written a lettei
ii Mr. Schwab, who nipertntended the heath
tempering, cautioning him to exercise th- itm
1 H.- and diligence In faithfully fuiniling thi 1 >n
tracts.
Messrs. Frick and Hnn?!ker promised, riftir look
lng Into the mailer of these charges, to return, ai
thev .ij.i in a few days afterward, bringing wltl
them written statement* made by Mr. I*rick, Mr
Hunslker and Superintend ni Behwnb. Mr, Cai
negle returned with them, ard they v.-re al
companied by Mr Knox, attorney tor the company
who addressed the Secretary In behalf ?>f th.m
nany. Mr. Carnegie was also heard at Borne length
Th.-se gentlemen then left, and the several
m.-nts were turned over to Captain Sampson, whi
subsequently ma le a repori thereon.
\i-ri:Ai.iNi; TO tim: PRESIDENT.
A few days afterward Messrs. Flick and Hun
sik.-r again returned, and in an Intefvlew with then
1 Informed them that the department Intended i<
approve the report of Captain Sampson, assesslni
j..unities at th" rat-- of IC p.-r Cent upon tin- ailie.
th.-y ha.i manufactured for thc Oovernmenl am
premiums. Mr. Frick Inquired whether they hs
the ri"ht to appeal lo the President and was in
form.-l that th.y bad and that the departmen
would be glad. In ri matter of so much moment, t
have*the President revise its decision,
on the Shh dav of l?."? ? r. 1893, Messrs, tar
reel,. Frick, Hunslker, Knox, attorney foi the com
pany and th.- Secretary of the Navj appeared b.
fore the President. Mr Carnegie and Mr. Kno
argued the questions involved at length. The Pi
dent took the matter under advisement, consider.
the questions al great length and upon a carcfi
consideration of all the facta after a tong conrei
.?in.' with the Secretary of tbs Navy, made the foi
lOWing decision: ,,,.,,
Washington, .1 in IO, 'Vd
"I have examined with care the report of tli
board sppolnted by you to Investigate the allege
Irregularities In the construction ol steel armor a
the Carnegie steel and Iron mills and their asses,
mein of the damage watalned bv the Oovernroen
on accounl <>t deficiencies In th- quality ol th
armor which was affected by mich Irregularitle
I have also examin.-d the evidence and Ihe dori
ments which form the basia of Ihe (lovernment
1 lalm for damages.
?I mn satisfied that n large portion of the arm<
supplied was not of the duality which would hai
been produced if all possible care snd skill had bee
exercised In Its construction. I am of the oplnio
thal und.-r the t-rrns of the contract between tl;
Oovernmenl ard the company this constituted
default entitling the Government to damagi 1
"It ls however, an exceanllngly dlfll.-ult matt.
to extract from the facts developed a BatlBfactoT
baals for tbe assessroenl of such damagea; and 11
asmuch as my declalon of the matter li final I ai
naturally anxious to -I" Justice to the company ac
to avoid presumptions against lt not fully wa
^'??t'i,.' award of the board, although exhibiting B
honest desire to meei the csa* fal. H. .Les i?
satisfy my Ineltaaalon to give the company all re;
sonable benefit ol the Inileflnltcneas .,r ti..- vr,l(
"'??iV"'.'ppeurs that the ilrst irregularities of coi
atruetlon were dlseovered ai-out the third day 1
November int On the lath dav of Beptembe
im, som- intimation of sn. h Irregularities reach,
the managers of tbe company, and a totter is pr
lic-d written to one of -he auperlntendents, ei
joining greater car.- rn lha preparation bi thc s
nor.
THE PERAITT ASSESSED AT IO PER CERT,
"I nm willina; to assume that the faulty cor
?traction hagan <>n ths M day of -November, ll
and was corrected OH the 1Mb day Of Beptembe
um on ali the armor manufactured for the (;,
srfc^^nrv?uid ^'^^c^^^r
to the (loyetnment. (,lto\i,it l.t. . i.i.a .\ i 1
' Mr Frick was notified, and came again ta Was
?marta* and B settlement was effected accordli
he'al v.- t.rms. The Carnegie Steel Compan
T mu -di 'ld into thc Bank o? P-Htaburg, pTd1
J., the credit of thc Info) mants $ ...ul lm ..nd
rredlfd '"I'-b'-rs for armor furnl-.-d to thc Ho
errVn.lt with ?0WS) SB. '* !''' * WUChCfS are ,?,w ,
Ale to th.* lepartm.-nt. No money whatever pass.
thr<.ugh the hands of the depai anent.
Tbroua-nout this wh"..- transact-on li will
? een hat every step was taken with care nnd d
r.KlraVinn and the Department was very ,?,,,
liberation an 1 n 1 )hi> op)n|?n f
SKJ2T ennaKed In making these Invstlgatlo
& although a portion of the armor delivered 1
htaoomMBy was not In all respect* equal to tl
very be? araior that could b* manufactured und
the new nnd improved processes which have been
ad. i ted, yet thc armor was all good, and in
all cases the steel was of the Pest .junllty, the
nickel thoroughly and equally distributed through
the mass, and that th- defect* resulting from blow?
holes and tie- failure to anneal and temper in all
respects ar-- it should hive been done to have lt the
bi I thal it was possible to make nevertbless left ,
tie- armor at least r, per cent bett*r than the lowest
I.ml- of tolerance.
ll is true thal some of the plates would probably
have be.-n rejected on account of larger blowholes
than would have been tolerated. To secure plates
absolutely fr.-.- ,,r ti,, se I* next to Impossible. They
? li in cooling. The- company is required to dto
eard at least one-third of each cast, aid small blow
ire nOt serious- ,1. fee's. lt ',s t!l- VT)' hl*,'ll
standard of excellence demanded that causes many
plati to b. rejected ai th-- works which would
probably pass th.- ballistic t- sts.
Nu HBAVt ARMOR INVOLVED.
Th.- Department is gratified to be able to state
thal .-'it tins.- irregularities occurred while the
company was still engaged upon light armor ami
before their heavy forging plant was placed in
operation for ih-- manufacture of tin- heavy armor
ol' the bat;I.
It w>s strenuously uni Ingeniously argued by the
? foc?the Carnegie Company that upon these
admitted fact* no right to exact penalties existed, ,
but. i-i ih" opinion "f th- Department and of thc i
President, th.- companj waa responsible for ihe acts
of lt i employes, and, th>eu*?h the armor furnished
I* bi Sieved to be better than any yet furnished to
the .-lops of other countries, thc Oovernmenl bas :
Imp 1 penalties as an Indication of its intention
that cont rael ir* must In th.- future fulill com- ,
pletely the very high standard laid down in their ,
agreements. The con traci made In IBS) seemed to '
give the rurht to penalties on theae facts when lt
stat.-l th.it "cs ih.- obied of the contract will bc '
ri..- production of first-class armor i.'.at.-.a. the con
tractor must furni?n and maintain thc most Im- j
proved modern plant for such work, which must be
conducted according to Ihe beal methods. Ha ls to
i i ry endeavor and incur all expense necessary !
to produce the most resisting and enduring plates. ,
and he is to regard the tests hereto set forth merely '
as minimum limits of quality, which h- ls bound lo
evc-l bb much as practicable, bv the use of all the
m..!M w-rdoh should be within th.- -each or a tlrst
clas* .st iblishment" '
The Departmem ls Informed thal Superintendent <
Schwab has sine- the trans-.ctlon< complained
of been removed from all connection and authority
over tin- armer department at Homestead, except '
sc far as concerns the erection of new plant; also i
that the -reneral superlnt'-nd'-nce and control of
the entire subject has Im-.-ii place.1 to Its satisfaction
In the hands of Mr. Hunslker. aid to the chairman, '
air. Frick. i
Th,- Department deems lt proper to state that ? ,
throughout th.- whole of this transaction nothing '
occurred to show that any officer of thc Navy had ?
l.b guilty of conniving it any of these irregular!- t
Iles. Ni Ither is thor.- anything whatever to show ' ,
that any director of the e impany hud any knowl?
edge of the transact iona herein asl forth.
The Department haa redoubled l's vigilance at nil ?
points, and wherever night work ls b.-ini? done for
the Government Inspectors are required to bc on
duty night and day.
mu. oii.dku at mn wu rm HOUSE.
Washington, March H?Richard Watson (Hider,
of New-York, is visiting the Whits lions., ns the
guest of the President. lt ls stat.-,) by those in a I |
position to be Informed cm thc matter thal <mn ' i
Obji ' of Mr Udder's visit was to try and bring '
aleut fl resumption of amicable relations between
Secretary Carlisle and the Americsn Institut- of .'
Architects, between whom such exceedingly pointed
' irrespondence recently passed. During Mr. Qllder'B
stay at the White House Secretary ''arils;.? was '
ciii.-d th.-re and rasi ? r) Borne time with th.- Presi- : i
dent, bul whether Mr. miler's mission of peace
brought aboul a renewal of official Intercourse be?
in the Treasury Department and President Burn
i un hai ti il b- en di i I is.-1.
OPPOSITION To Till' I'lllNl'Sl-' TREATY.
'A ? hlngton, m ireh M -Th.- Sena*-- Committee on
Foreign Relations mel Uiis morning, bul did n t
take in the Chinese treaty. There ha* be.-n con?
siderable opposition manifested lo thia eonveni n
treaty, and both S-nators Mitchell ami Dolph, of
Oreg n. will oppose Ka ratification. Mr. Dolph i*
a member of the committee and ll ls understn l
will have the support of all Republican* on the
committee. If the treaty Bhould be favorably re
!??!"? I to the Senate the attempt will be made lo
amend lt by (triking out the parent -'ni d?*btoi
un l. r which it ls claim.-i th.- Chines*, owing
to their peculiar relation*, can qualify themsel* i
f'-r entrance Into the United State* despite sny
other terms found tn the tr. at', t.-n litu* to restrict
them.
"l cannot und rstai .! Senator Perklna of
California thli morning, "h iw Mr Oeary linda hlm
sell ible to rommend the new Chinese tr.-itv ns %
* fir th.- I'nlted Stabs l.'nles* the treaty H
amended lt will prov.* Injurious to California and
the whole country, opening wide rh.- door to the
Immigration of chinese laborers under tin' guise "f
'merchants.' The Paclflc Coast delegation In ths
Senate des not egree With Mr. Deary "
? ?
ADDITIONAL ?'Ilt'TIT COITRT JUDGES
Washington, March -?', Ths Senate Comm 'te,, ,,n
thc Judiciary thia morning by a unanimous trots
decldi l to report favorably on thc bill providing for
an additional rlrcull Ju Ige for the Seventh, Eighth
.ni l Nlntn Judie ? ?"?' The district*, ur
i f th. ft. i..wini- stiles- s.-vent.c. Illinois,
? ii i K\ main 1 light I . Minni iota los...
?uri, Arkansas, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Nebraska, I. , Ok lah >m , V, . Colorado,
N.*w-Mexlcn and Ptah; Ninth, California, Oregon,
Neva la, I l ibo, .uons ina an l Alisona.
K Mtr.ANIS OCARDIAN IN* WARHINOTON.
hlnaton, March 9 Theophtlus ll. I'.vhs.
the guardian of Princesa Kali.I.ml, und on- of Ihe
chief representative* or royalty In Hawaii, n I I
ngton lasl night, snd Bpeni the greeter pert
la) trying lo gain un audience with Beei tar)
On liam, who waa sc busy thal he was obliged to
? him ? If
Mr Davie* say* he ls herc- t. tin l out what th*
ITnlP 1 Stab , : ; lo do iboul Hawaii, and In
? illj ? . ip. ik .. few .v ods in behalf .cf (he
u | ic.ons! tin- Provisional (lovernment.
He say in f ti. ls In Hawaii, and that
yen a small proportion of the people favor
annexation to the I'nlted State* ll- places no
faith in the Idea thal the Provisional Oovernmenl
Intend* to establish s permanent republican form
of govi ruin' nt
NICE NEW PADLOCKS ON Tin: noons
ALL OL'I ET AT Tin: CENTRAL PARR BAPTIST
rm SCH BOTH ITOKS BREATHE
ld.;'' INCE
A Babbsjfh cahn, strangely in contract ta the
excitement ..f the ptwvlous day, prevailed In the
i of the I'.-n'rii I'a.rk pjaptkfl Church
yesterday. New red padlocks **li?-t<-ne.| sa gates
:,.,.i : ,,-.. and the .tocal loctaBmBdi is in a urate ,,f
..nd rejoicing. But thc wb1te**wlngcd
, ni ss.-ni'.-r c,f peace is not. by any maana, perched
upon the old Baptist meetlng-abouse, tbough the j
promise. I warrants of airest failed t.? materialise I
rday, and the Rev, C, Venton Patterson andi
bia loyal truate. s, *rno guarded bbc sacred structure!
Il ,.n Baster Sunday, entirely .cn ? diet of
I ii-tr.bi*oi:e.i eggs and codfish cakea ar.- -'ii. free.
The .-hun h light now rn |>T4*aT*a* in rae Ceastral
Park Baptist Church is one of the l>ltt.-r?-s>t that
bus occurred in church Garek a in thin city in n-c-m
I y.-irs. Both Balee are bitter In their denunciations
of each other, and a breach ha* tx-en made which
' it gemms almost linpoaslhle lo heal. At Ihe home
' >.f Mr. Fraser, No. 181 Baal Fdghty-flrst-St., who
la c-hairui ni ot the i: ard of Trustees and the leader
..r the opp. -ition to the fighting paator, it was said
thal the scene >.f linster Sunday waa disgraceful.
ll wa ? also *-nd thal late on Sunday night the
Patterson trustees .-.iI?-* 1 "ii Mr. Fraser, and ten
dei i him Ibe k.vs of tbe Church and thc money
collected al the servlcea bul hs refused lo accept
elth. r.
Mr Patterson was found In his study In the rear
of the laundry, He had no fear, he said, of being
arrested; he had engaged an attorney, but would
aci entirely on the defensive.
w it Spooner, whose- office I* nt Xo. 113 Nassau*
st.. ls aotirie, as attorney for tbe opposition; he is
also j.micc-r of the church. He saici yesterday:
?There will be legal action taken against thc Kev.
Mr Patterson, and I will bring lt. Wc chance him
with llicgallv hr.-akim? and entering the church.
We think Mr. Patterson ls trying to -ret control
,,f the church property by duning hi* friends tn
control of th" Hoard ..f Trusteea We b.-iieye it is
hi* purpose tee gain control of th.* prover ly und
t ike it out of the denomination, nnd make lt aa nv
dependent church, with himself as itu pastor."
Mr Patterson has said thal this charge, which
m strongly set forth hy thc opposition, "la too ri
, ll cull cns io refute."
THEY WAST THE HILT. AMENDED.
?CHOOt- TEACHERB OPPOSED TO Till: PROPOSED
AI'T WOH PBMBSOKUM1 THEM. AS IT
NOW STANDS.
When thc Hoard Bf Education nt list m.-etlni; in
February, hy s majority ai two votes, gave Its nanc
iion to tin- bili for pensioning school teachers in the
city of New-York, ll was suntioscd that the bin waa
favored hy nearly all of the school teachers in this
city, Thc t'Hl sras seal t" Albany with this kata,
and it will a.i go to ih" (sbveraor for a veto sr
approval it sacma however, that Ina bill does not
meei ti"- approval of a larR" Bumber of Behool
teachers In thc city, and by Borne lt ts declared thai
th.- majority of th.- teachers ar.- opposed lo its en
, tment in lix present shape. A circular is being
distributed among school teachers In this .-Itv, in
which .ni amendment, ra.be.liv chitin Itu* th.- nature
,,f the bill, la pro|*ose.l. The .un- leiiii.nt ia, "Thal
the p.-rislon should te- thc- &jme for all henel), lari.-*
,nd nol lo exceed In anv rase toot ?*?? annum, a tum
equivalent to thc lowest permanent salary."
Tbe circular ko. s on lo nay: "it aaessa un rna sn?
i,I- thai pensions should ba lurker than the salaries
which support th. teachers; although SM |ier cent
,,f lh.- touchers are women, not a single woman will
receive R.OBtt About Ta p'T cen: uf the fcmal*
teacher*, Including principals, receive lesa than IWW
?Major Francis Dwyer
invalual'i* I" ????> "??? *?>'"
hor*?. U*t ?' *?' lovell. Cory?ll
' "On Heat* and Biddi**" li
own* or ha* to do with a
Ul a Co.. rubl-st-ara.
SMALL STEEL CASTINGS.
A Boee* *ub*-|tut? for Wrought Iron Forbin;* (partleu.
irly tho** of Intricate BbasesJ, fl ian imooth. soft and
,Mly worked. A'sc lo hr,r.|<ti. Sn h a.* i-*.ir*. worms,
?r, net-.**, Ontlsts' B8d lunjleal Instrument*, seal* parts,
tc. etc., fr rn |g . .-. to l.'.i) I Brdght Beeb.
STAM.l'.V ti. Fl, AM; & co.,
urili lDlh-nl., I'rnnaylviinln-are.
and
Ha lilli Inn-nt.. 1'h il ii .1 el ph in.
ilary. lt appears as if the amount or the pension
tiould be moderate, particularly considering tiie :
circe from which il is derived, thu ls the tax- '
ayrs, and that thone desirous of having their
ecllnlng years provided for in this way should be
enerously -iiliinx that all discrimination should
rase between them and their :????< favored feltow
rachers. We think that we can safely say that lt
a.s b.-.n lack of opportunity, and noi lack of abll
>? or Industry, whit h h nt pr< vented the latter from
elng upon a par with the others at the time of
rtlrement."
CORPORA Tl OX REBA TES.
flt. ROBatRTS TELLS How His PREDE?
CESSORS MADE THEM.
OKTUCTlXa rol'IlT DECISIONS BEER To RAVE
EMBARRASSED MR ' AMl'lrill.l. THK
status BORD INVESTMENTS
Albany. March 2f>. State Controller Roberts, to
lay gava ont the following:
"At various finns since my election abatements
iave been made to ms reflecting on the honesty of '
pmnageineut of the f>>rporatlon Tax Bureau la the '
'ontroiirr's ofllce. These atatementi came from
o many nnd such reliable sources that I fell I
? did do no les* than cause nn Investigation tu be i
na<le of the affairs of that bureau. Al this
tincture Mr. Deiran, of Troy, a former cl rk In
he otiice under Controller Weaapta, waa nesca*
nended to BM front an Influenthtl quarter, nncl he
BCVdc the claim that If given an opportunity he !
ouid show undoubted Irregularities In th.- Corpora- ;
lon Tax accounts. I therefore placed him and one
if my clerks at work. He compli ted his Investtga- i
lon in my ofllce three weeks sgo to-day and re- ?
urned to his horne nt Troy to write up his report, I
is he staf.-l. Since then I have se.-n nothing of
lim or his report Itt tin- mean tlnn- I have In my I
cwn way made :, careful examination, ami as n re
mit I find that there bave been rebated, ea various !
rrounds alleged, tic transportation companies of j
ax.s actually paid by them toto the stat-- Treas
iry, ii.c-n.. *m. Of this amount PBMn ir, was re?
cited by Mr Chopin, H.10S.253 Tl by Mr Wempleand
lUt CK a by Mr. i'ami.p.ll
"It ls probably fair lo wy thal seven-eighths of
hess rebates or refunds were triad.- on thc ground
hal the Interstate commerce business I, <?. Dust?
less beginning In thia st.*,;.- and ending to another,
ir beginning to another Btate and ending In this
Mate, or beginning and ending In other States, but
cassini- through this stat- was nol taxable. The
aw in tenn- levies a tax on thia business, bul the
-ase of -I,,- Philadelphia nnd Southern Steamship
'on,puny va Pennsylvania 123, I'nlted Btates, HS,
ind oth.-rs sorie whet similar 'o this, decided by
he United Btate* Bupreme Court, were thought by
Controller fThapIn and lat- >r by Controllers Wemple
ind Campbell to deride that our statute, so far as
t levied a tai on Interstate commerce business,
-na contrary tee tin provlalona of the i'nlted States
'.institution bulging In Congress the sole power to
?egulatc commerce between the Btati ? After lv,*7
io tax on Interstate- business was levied or col?
lected, uni ..yr ll.??eui'"' of ta\.s levied and paid
ai that business pi .or t , thal year were rebated
rr refunded ta the corporatloni paying Ihe tame,
"Bul sue.- the derision by the United Stat-s Su?
preme Court, in th- case ot the State ,,f Maina
nioiinst the tirari l Trunk Hallway Company, re?
ported 142 run- i Slat-'. 87, and In s number of
ither ra sra to the same effect, there can be no
loutit thal cir law ea t" Interatal.nraerce is
ron*tttiitiomil. beal and valli, th" > ourt holding
that tbs t..\ ia not on Interstate commerce, but ls
on Ihe privilege ..f g-terdslng corporate powers In
the stat.-, and, aa is afllrmed In one casa no fairer
method of determining thc ame.ont of tax to ba
pa11 could be devised than by proportioning lt to
thc san. uni ot business done Ba Attorm i General
Ito . li lah- holds this View anl has written un ex
bauettv* opinion on the Bubject snd I believe thal
the same vtewa are held by Attorney-General nan?
ce, k
?-rh'T.- ur.- ease* ot rebate ri ting upon other
in I much ni-r.- -i. n i-r tr.rici than the Interstate
i!;.-,rv. which ai.- n.-a in process of Investigation,
bul In view of the tit thal m\ examination ol On?
ie ok* In rh,- ..tb.. ?? is n .t v-: corni leti I, 1 ern not
prepared to express sny opinion with reference to
the** lt I* c.niv fair to mv pn lecessor. Controller
Campbell, to *.u thal after the I'nlted Btates Su
preme ''?or: hui decldeal the ra.f the Btate of
Mun" M^iin-.r the Orand Trunk Hallway, in srhlch
|| seemed to be held that the t.,\ upon the Inter?
state commerce busln. - was legal and constitu?
tional, n-- ln*tltute,| ii. Unga for the collection
f th. t.x upon thal t>u*ln< ? ind by stipulation
with the attorneys for the lending railway corpora?
tion* in thia Btate .. tesl case was brought the
Controller against the Dunkirk. Allegheny and
|?ltl "vi Railroad Company Th* case was taken
lo Um ' ;? -Tief.il '!'? un snd ll ??? ia lei Ided by that
...art thal the toa was constitutional and the tax ix
legal one An ano. il ha* been taken from this de?
cision and th.- case I- noa before Ihe Court of
Appeal* b.r final adjudlc ition "
Controller Robert* als., rmule the following state
iii. nt this aft'n.ii regarding the Investment by
the Btate In bon I
"The rei -ids in the Controller** ofllce and clerks
having the bond* In charge Inform m* that ali tbe
bond* cid by the sir," during the administration
of Controller Campbell were sold through ths
National Commercial Hank .if Albany, the Rank
of Manhattan Compani .cf New-York, and Spencer,
Tr.isk g Co. It his been the policy of my prede?
cessors f'er a number Of years past to invest the
si.it.'s trust funds in honda of municipalities within
lin- stat.- Issued fT public- Improvements. Sm-ii
bernis w.-r>- taken luring th-- admlnlatratton of
Controller Chaptn on a :t and ;' per renl basia snd
diiririK th.- administration of Controllers Wemple
and ' ampin '.1 nn a I*aj p. r . .nt basis.
"Manv of the i...n.is s dd during Controller Camp?
bell's administration were drawing a les* rate of
Int.-r----t than rh.- bon l- r.iir.-li.i-s.-.I. and were s,,;,i
al a premium In most . .is.-s The proceedings und?*i
which the bonds purchased were Issu-ed wera Bub
mltted to the ?Morney-General, aa I am informed,
Itrfore the purchasa** arer* made, and a certificate
..ie'lim-.i th.ir ih.- pro.linns were regular and
thal all the requirement* ..f toa had I.n complied
with by the city, village or town Issuing the same.
There has never been any default, ?-iim-t in the pai ?
m.-ur of principal .ci Interest, upon any bond held
by the stat.-. The bonds have been pure has..i ..n a
'ri,, p. r cent basis without any commissions .ir
brokerage reducing this basis."
PHYSICAL RDUCATOES Tn MEET AT VATE.
New-Haven, March M The Seventh annual con*
vention of th.* American Association for ths Ad?
vancement or Physic iii Education will be held to
the Vale gymnasium on April .'e. I ami ". lt la ex
pected that about MO Instructors In this Wort Will
iitt.-n'l tin convention, representing college gym*,
nantuma normal and public sohools and turning
societies. Addresses will be delivered by Hr Bar
gent, of Harvard; I >r. Beaver, of "Tale; Dr. Gullck,
of Springfield. Mass.; Dr. Hitchcock, of Amherst,
and oth.r well-known advocates .cf pny.an-.il culture.
KNOWLEDGE
Rrlnim comfort and Improvement nnd tends
to pers'in'il enjoyment when rightly used. The
many, who live better thnn otl.ers, nnd enjoy
life mose, wltn less expenditure, by moro
promptly adapting thc world's bcHt products to
thc neda of physical Ladng. will attest tlie value
to health of Hie pure liquid laxative principles
.-ii,bi.i e ci in the remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence ls due to its presenting In tho
form most acceptable and pleasant to the taste
the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of
a perfect laxative; ?*ffeetiully "1.-anning the sys?
tem, disp.-Hun,' colds, he-aduches and fevers, and
permanently curing constipation. It has given
SHtlsfacilon tu million*) ami met arith the up.
proval of the medical profession because lt acts
on the Kidneys, Diver and Dowels without weak?
ening them, and lt ls perfectly free from every
objectionable substance.
Syrup of Klgs ls for sale by all druggists In OOo.
and $1 bottles, but lt ls manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name ls
printed on every package, also the name, Syrup
nf Figs, and being well Informed, you will aol
accent any substltuta If offered
WARDENS AND VESTRYMEN.
PROM STATKN' [BLAND TO WASHINGTON.
The first train direct from Staten Island to Wiish
IngtOO left St. George nt l*? o'clock yeslerday
morning. Thc train, consisting of a loeomotivfi and
three turior coaches <>f the Royal niue Line, wa*
Ulled with 100 students of the Staten Island Acad?
emy and Latin School, who have <rone to the cap?
ital for a thr.1 ivs' trip. The pioneer train went
up the north ehort* until lt txiwu-d Mariner's Har?
bor, ami th.-n crossed the new Ilaltlmore and Ohio
Arthur Kill brlli;.' to Bttssbethport, where tlie
irain continued to its destination over the tracks of
thc New-Jersey Central.
ATCHISON ltKOItGANIZATION TO Bl BEGUN.
Herston. March UG. -An Atehlson Heorganlzatlon
Commute.* will be formed this week, and a state?
ment will be la l.l before lt of the exact position of
th.- company. The committee will be representative,
and the work of financial restoration will be taken
up also.
A REPORT ABOUT LACKAWANNA DENIED.
Samuel Sloan, president of the Delaware, lacka?
wanna, and Western Kallrv>*id. wild yesterday that
Ih.-re essa no truth In the report that the Lacka?
wanna had secur.-il control of the Toledo, Ann Ar?
bor and North Mlchl-ran Railroad. The directors'
meeting Of the Ann Arbor will be held to-day. and
the realgnattonfl of the present management will, lt
ls said. DC banded In. A member of the Reory-on
Uatlon Committee of the company *ald yesterday
that the resignations of the Ashleys had been sent
to the committee. The majority of the bondhold?
ers have turned over their bonds to the committee.
???-???
I'AI.I.ING OPE IN EASTBOUND SHII'MKNTS.
Chicago, March H? Eastbound shipments last
week show some falling off from those of the pre?
vious we.-k. This ls due to the general Inclination
of shippers to await the resumption of lake traffic
on April 1. Last week shipments were 86,316 tons,
agalnsi 9AM for the previous week and 92.11*1 for
the corresponding week last year. The proportions
carried by tne various lines were: l.ake Shore. 16.Oi.-l
lons; Pittsburg, K.irt Wayne and Chicago, l'J.660;
, Michigan Central, 10.98.., Wabash. 8.404; New-York,
I Chicago and St. I,oulH. 8,163; l-lttsburg. Cincinnati
' Chicago and Ht. Doul?, 8.100; Chicago and Grand
Trunk, 7,213; Haltlmorc and Ohio. 6.892. Chicago and
Uric 6.288, and Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and
I St. Doula. 2,438. _
IS THE UNION PACIFIC SOLVENT?
Omaha. Neb., March 26 (Special).?What ts com?
monly known as the Gulf case came up In the United
I States Circuit Court this morning before Judges
I Caldwell and Sanborn. Aside from the Importance
I or th* caa* from a railroad point of view, tn* aa-,
RESULTS OF EASTER ELECTION'S IN PROT?
ESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
The following is a list of the wardens and vestry?
men Sleeted In r-on'e of the Protestant Episcopal
churches yesterday:
Si. Lnke'a Wari.-ns--Alexander I* McDonald anl Jona?
than Bpragaa Ilar.l. Vestrymen- charl.-* I,. Broedbsat,
g. W. Potter, M. H.. Henry p. Pat.'*. John If. MaHlBUU.
Jr., William F. Weeba Jame* E. Boyd. William F. Rock?
well and William i'. !>>wla.
Ail Saints' -Warden* -B. w. Plumb and s. j. Sma.-K.
Vt -'rvin. n K.'ward thicken. Samuel Smack, William II.
ii. nu, ii. Thomas Oregon*, winiam CoaneUr, Richard
Pam*, Henry Shenton an.i Charl*! Richmond.
BL Ignatius.?Wardens- Charles p. Znhrlskle and Robert
A. M. Kim. Vestrymen- John W. EeBBNMa, RMsoa
Mil!.. I. Richard W. WDhlnpton. N. S. Ilrint n. Kdward
Mann-. Charl-* T. chambers, William H. Young and
Qi rae I.. Hawkins.
Christ -Wardens-William Bayard Cutting and Charl"*
W. CBS*). Vestrymen?J. Weerier Miller. Richard M.
II'". I.lie-ins K. Wiim-nlinpr. Alfred Wagstaff, Henry II.
Hollv. .1. Hamilton Hunt. Thomas R. Hall i,n,l William
T. Eraaa
K[i|.dany-Wanlen!*?Robert Hetty and Charles H. Rus
*>e ii. Viatrjrinsn Bdward T. Daddall, Ma*ard >', Waek,
James Btaschar, Kdmun.l Dwight, jr.; winiam t.aw, win?
iam J. McCain, D. I'.rry Morgan nn.1 Arthur C. Todd.
Holy Nativity?Wanlen*?Charles [Minne Raker lind
Charles a. Could. Vaatrymaa?Rirhani a. OtUa-eU, i:.
T.i|i.an Adney. I-*mnk Ridgway. James W. I> e. Rchcrt
Hanks Flint..fT. Mark II. Williams, KojPBB Streen-r. Jr..
nilel BIHIH* ll* Iv'.ce.
st. andean's -Waf*d*n*-sJohn R. simpson and John I
Held Vestrymen-William ll. Ogden. Arthur T. Timp?
son. Orison H. Smltli. Edward I Sw, ni*. Jacob W Sm'th.
William H. raS*, Id'vard I'. Steer* and Georg* B ll nn-y,
All Ansel*' Wardens? Wllltrun c. Wutincnt>erg and
David II ll .Irn-s. Vestrymen-diaries F. HolTman. Jr..
J Van Veektcn Olrott, Th ema* Dimond. K. Rna*! Smith,
OBorgc C, dirk*. Wdllam W Flannagan, H. I^flln Kel?
len an'l William W. I'errlne.
A-.-.-nsl..n Wanlen*?Daniel F. Appleton anel William K.
Lothrop. Vestrymen -tvlwanl K. Taller. George Filngden.
J..ha H. In Inn I. Rollin S II 1'. Henry E. Howland.
Aaasssi millet, Howard h. Henry nn.i ii Ls Grand
Cannon.
IM.v.d Hlselp|e_w.irden*~WlUlam Arnold and Rollin
M. Meegea. Vietrimaa W, I. Kip Kendrick, john A.
Hun..'. C Victor Twiss. Thomas M. Tannin.*. l.t.uton
iint Wilmer olin Chrlsman, I'. S N . G-scrge Coleman,
Dr. 7.. I,, hsaaard aad Dr. R. N, Dassrca*.
St. James's, Ker !ham- Wanlen*?l^wla G. Morrl* nnd
Mo*** De'voe. Vestrymen?ll. I,. Dashwood, Ilripli X.
Camp. Knin. ls Sheppard, Dr. John ll. Eden, J.ihn A.
Armin.ls..n. Benjamin W. Schwa',.. F'ranklln IIetih.ini
and John HeK. I'nmp.
Trinity, MlinlSBBlB TfanUBB TbSIIB O. Tayl .r and
William Bherwood. Vistiiwi Arther O. BadeR, ai
t'.-rt Kell. Prank A. Hatton. Horailo F. Tayl.ir, W. 11.
Strvk.T. Knink V. Dodge. W. H. Ingram nn.l FMward A.
Northan.
/.in snd St Timothy- Wardens? John J. well Smith and
l-'r.-e|. -ri- U W. D*VO*. Vulljliwn fl?mi Moniiicu.-. W.ll
lan s. Hawk. Robert Milbank. Moses Taylor Pjrae, A.
ii ward Hopping william li. Hiikwas. llorac* Manoa!
and J. II. Aldrich.
BROOKLYN.
Mes*lah?Ward.-ns-Joiin A. Nichol* and Joseph R. K1
1 M I e. V. -n un, i Ellsur ?',, W.-t.st.-r. Tlioina* H.
Hooker, Jiin.-s Hall. Samuel A. Wood, william H. Wal?
lace, iiir-ani v V, Bramaa, C Howard Bcrymear and
.1 ?! I M. c- .nklln.
Bl Qeurge'i Wardens Tao bis* s. Oloeer and winiam
A. Joy. Vestrymen J.hn M' ''ull'.imh. Hiram Snv.br.
Richard s Btearea Charl** D w.-iis. Chart** M. i*hure-h,
A. A. Dam.. Sam iel H. Daisi and J.hn Shaw
christ Warden* Alisander v. orr sad Pr*d*rl*h H.
Truwbrldg* V's-rvnen Ludlow Tlomna. Alexander Munn,
.bim tl. Peet, Chart** a. Deaar, George c. whit-. Je
-.-;.a ll liiivni.nd. M. D , Hoary C. Hul!*rt and Jane**
lt Cowing
Epiphany-?Warden* Ge.>rg* Henel?r*on nnd Mortlock
Pettit. Vn?'rvn. ll.nry C Jr>hn*t"n, Dr Thomas I,.
Well*, i;<-.rKo s Ac'ilnn. J.hn W Watkins, isaac SiilK?r.
Clares K Hole I.kiss. William A. Sucblard and William H.
M d'
Holy Trinity Wardens Charles A. Townsend and Sam
ie! i: Howard. 1***111 inca?BdWtl Ile*r*. Lyman R.
1 ll ?????. lames g Conn-ll. Henry N Knish. J. Warre-n
Cr ?-!.?. J 'rn M-riiis. Jr.. frederick T. Aldridge and
Charl** I". Squibb.
srirt'Ri'.AN
Christ. W*W-Mgh*aa Staten Island?Wnrd*n*?H R.
Slei Hider and N. I. Walker Vestrymen?W. P, Rain.er.
A l::h. K K Crewetl O. H. c.-immann. T. D. c.nyng
baiii. A D Shaw. Il (J. W.-odruff nn.l De F. Crltt*n.
Christ Chiirch. 1'elliiim Manor- Warden* -John R. H**
cre.rt ant I" Caries Merry v.strym.-n Reaarl T. Scett,
He-nry ll. H. Stapler. Rohert Kmmet. J.rfui C. Hai-n.
William D. Baker, Flt-ert C. R..os*v*lt. Richard 8.
Emmet, Jr., nn \ leas D ?"?'
Trinity. Munt Vernon Wardens- Dr. Archibald M.
? ?.mili..-ii anl stephan ii Oray. Vcrn'm'ti Dr. s. oa.-ar
Mi-o i' c. c..|-vweii. Edward rawtranc* Phipp*. J. P.
Cranford, Herbert BByssaar, Mdward Kirk, Henry A. ('ar
pentier.
st. J.'hn'*, Tankers Wardena-Walter lt Paddock and
wm,ci m Moigaa. Ve*tryai*a winiam P. C*ehraa.
n bert I' Getty, lr.. Peter J. Bttag, Osarga H. Wray,
'de .ir., ii Bilkmaa, laaae Mllkenk. John lvntmith and
Herherl M M ??
y. Paal'a Yenkers-Wanlens?Kdwai 1 1' HSRBI nnd
James W. Rayner, VsetrynMS I Y aler leaktaa Rni>ert
ii N.-iiiie. Chart** num. Baaloa, 1. Kalssy oirtis.
il?\. r N Hiv J. J. R. <"roe*. Thc.maj. Hale anl Dr.
James w Bowden.
Christ, Y.eiik.-rs W.ir.l-ns William I'lerpont. *r.. and
.! I.ii U.ln Vestrymen William Weah, Th..mas W. Ile*.
sr. edward Pwme, S*aJ*aua M. Melina. Samuel Hay
-,c ir . William Taylor, Siuni.-i Mason im.1 Oaarga w.
Dell
Si lin'.. Toekaho* Wardsna f*hai1?a R. Psaiiibirri
and Willi.-ii ll I'n l.-rblll. Vestrvm.-n Robert Th'dford.
Will.cir S. I ndrrhlll. Samuel S. llort.in. Itb-hanl Thoinp
*.?i. Ilenrv M. t'liderlilll. Caleb A Ivs, Samuel U. Jones
an I 'Di nias Dunn.
Aa.-.?nsl'.n. Mount Vernen -Warden*?John I/^ns nnd
.lum-- T. lt eb!.. Ve*tr>-ni*n?<J?c.r(** H. I-'lah. Hlw ard S.
N'.w.-ll. The..lore* A. Slephenson, Kdsar A. Hunt. Alfred
ll. .lulen, .t.ciii.s II. Jenkins. Isaac (1. Scranton and
Ba Im "ii W. ll \t
i li.,, c. N.-wiir's. Wardens-Henry Haves nm! S. S.
Tiffany. VeatryaMB K C. Drake. Albert Kalc1*ivln. W K
Kusseil. c, i). Krelin*huys*n. c. M ilummoii, J. S.
! Dany and W. B. Illa.bn. Th**.- delesaies to tb* DI >-.-siin
) cnv. ntloii were rt*et*di K c. Drake, tl. C.. Fr.-'.ins
I heysen and a. c. Kvwssaan
Trinity, Mewarh Warden Cortlandl Parker. Vestrymen
Qsora* I'erers, John BSStWnOd, James Hods*, John A.
Orifford, Arthur C, Sl.ermnn, Henry J. Wlns.-r. Samuel
C, Bowell, J J. Spurr. William ll. Kaldwln and William
H Curtis,
c-.ri..-. Jersey City -Wanlen* Kenjaniln Illlnitswcirth
nnd James Flemming. V **trymen?John Van Vor*t,
tit-'Tiff ll Whit.*. Jam** C. Haskins. John M.-doIe, Rich?
ard c. l-Vase-ndem. K. D KliiKsland. Smith D Mackey.
PloreneB M. Raises, Robert. M. .Packer sad Conrad
Wetsaea
RAIL KOA D IS TERRS TS.
Broadway, Union Sq. and 18th St
HEADQUARTERS
OPEN FIREPLACES,
TILES,
l'le?nnt Slock, Belt **0 ' * . 1Ti-nufarri>r<?r?' Prlr#
rrji_:?_ _'._?_.??m
Mantels,
PIANOS
Special Spring Sale.
Having or. hand a very larg* Bl Wk ot allghtly u?ed and
aecend-hand I'priglit, Square and Grand Plano* of our
ovn and other n.i.ke* (Including .1 numb.-r of WK II Kit
I I'llK.II'I'S thar have I..--H reined only a few months),
ill of Wbfc-b ar* In perfect ordee, and many practically
is gcK^d re* Bear, we hav* derided to dew lassa oat
for en*!), or >i|Min I'.usy I'tiy ii.eHlra. at pilre* th*
very lowest ever offered iii this etty lor Instruments
Ort i heir respective *rad**. Every Plano ha* i..-n n ark*d
lown to "ll A Hf) TIMES" i1|ur?s, and i'i.-n RK
III CKl) s'lll ftirtVr by BB lier <'?*nl., and the tina'
pr!.* so obtained ha* been marked in PLAIN Kl lit ll Kl
jp'in each lr itrument. All ih?-ae I'line* will be aol
m.on th* ONK-IMtH'K lystam ABBOLI TKI,V R<
I1KV1ATIOV Ire rn the prices Bzed.
Tl .. p| . 1 ?:,, !,,.'..
One IIAM.KTT * DAVIS grand
One BTBIXWAY & BONN Be Ight
On. STKIWVW A IONS Onad.
Thre.. lindi il \N A BOMB 1'prurht*.
On- flllfKEHIXJ Ar BON! Square.
On- ( HICKI.HIN;. A BOJTB c;r?ni.
On- .HICK Kit I M. ?V BON* I'M gilt
On* RAVRR A BACON Upright
F'lve lil VVKSAM Upright*
One NEWBY A KVA\S Cprlgbt
And
ita.
ina ie*.
ir.d*.
tor and C
ie ohotoasi
Weber Piano ComDanv,
Nlne WI? lt RR 1'rrlghta.
Fourteen WKIIKIt Sqnaie*.
Twelve WK. ll Kit Gland*.
? Iiaby Parlor and Conran I
Call .-arly nnd select the CbotoeM )-..rr*.. in.
His nth Ave., cor. Weat Kith St.
'-^-?'-I--?--.._=fA
We an- S<-lliii<r
VICTOR
BICYCLES
$85.?
Formerly Sold nt SI.'.O.M).
Sold under the Gun nuilee ot the
ll it nu fa ct ur cr*.
NEW. Not Second Hand.
A. G. SPALDING & BROS.,
ESE HHOAIIWAV.
And nt our Kass Store,
IM, IS8 AM) IM NAMAI STREET.
VAN mmi & ARKELL,
Ezrlnalve Deniers Iii
ORIENTAL RUGS
and CARPETS.
0.13 BROADWAY, XEW-YOnK.
?~? i r??wa*a*s
WORCESTER SALT
Best for T.able, Dairy, Everything.
SILURIAN.
Thi* famnua \Va.ike*ha Fprlrn- Water pe-M>?***e? marvel*
Inus curative properties In diseases of the liver and kid
n*v?. It li a speedie par excellence for dyspepsia In all
it.s f.errna. Cbronle BaaaUpatl B yl'-'. la t> Its mild but
jxet.-nt lafla*S)0* when all ether kne-wn remedies hav*
failed. Try lt. Writ- fer pamphlets. BELL, roLLITZ
&. co., u i'iatt-*t.. Near-York.
?"THERE are 40,000 families in and near
New York who bay the
LADIES' HOME JOURNAL.
More than 700,000 copies sold through?
out the country, each issue, in cities and
the larger towns.
ewer ot Frank Trumbull, receiver of the l'nlon Pa
clflc, Denver and Quit Company, respondent in the
c-u-c.e. makes sorae rather startling allegations The*
ar.- n.? leas than that the Union Padnc Kal I road
Company in aol an Insolvent company, bm, on the
contrary, hu", in the past and la now earning surti
clent rrioney to p?y .ill Ita Obllgatloaa tn the snaiie
of operating expenses, interest xiii tts bonded debts
ancl all amounts due nuclei' the law to the Govern?
ment, and in addition thereto a surplus which can
be useci for other purposes. At great length lt la
explained e/bereln the wmpany's resources are made
to appear lesa than in reality.
NORTHERN PACIflCfl DBOBMBMI KARN
IKOft.
Milwaukee. March 26-Receivers Payne. Rouse
and Oakes li.iv- Bled a report In the Hatted States
Court, shewing tha Be minga Ot the Northern Pa
ddc Railroad for December. The gross earning
amounted to $2.t:V)746. To the receipts ls added a
ic.r..mee fr.im November amounting to Ji.s73.i2H,
m.ikinK the grand total 14,008.173. The total dis?
bar aemente fe>r the month amounted t> B.BM.ML
Judge .lenkms, who was home over Sunday, re?
turned to Chicago tills afternoon without tiling hts
long-look..1-for decision on the receivership.
APPLICATION TO ni-MiiVK A KECEIVKR.
Savannah. Qa., March 2fi?A petition mill" by a
committee r.-pr. letulnff nbout $2,000,000 of the 18,000,
000 bonds of the Savannah and Western Railroad to
remove EL m. Comer as rseelver of that road waa
heard before Judge Pardoe here :o-day. The cate
In lu-ndliiK In the circuit t'ourt for the Middle Dla
trict of Alibama. Judge I'ardee intimated strongly
that he would make no chant;.-, Baying that he
would be *rilkng to clo x.) if all or a larine majority
of the hon.lhe.i.iers Irad ask.-l it. bur lie did rr->t
know what 'he other bondholders Brunted. Judea
Hardee took the papen, h warever, auci said he would
take the matter under aelvisa-ment.
HE WAS MU ll MIRED IS TUE BARROOM.
now joiix DBLMORI CAMI to his i>bath-TH?
DELAY i.v r.iviNi; tiik ai.arm hinting i<*or
Till: MAN WHO maO THI* SHOT
There sc-ma to be little or no doubt that James
Powers, better known as "The Hull," ls the mur?
derer of John Delmore, of No. ,'.02 East Kighty
llrst-st.. who, on Sunday afternoon, was shot
through the heart In the liquor-store kept by
Thomas Hunt, at Seventy-nlnth-st. and Avenue
A. Hunt's story told yesterday, that he, while
reading a newspaper upstairs, heard a shot In the
hallway, and, running down, nay Delmore lying
there dead, ls evidently false. Abundant evidence
waa yesterday forthcoming that Hunt's liquor-More
was open on Sunday morning, and doing a thriving
business; that Delmore and Powers, who were old
enemies, met in the place Just after 2 o'clock In the
afternoon; that they presently broke Into a violent
quarrel, and that In front of the bar and before
the eyes of James Oorman, the bartender; John H.
Hogan, the luncheon man, and Hunt himself. Pow?
ers drew his revolver, shot Delmore and ran out
Several children who were playing In the street
outside th* place, saw Powers run out, with the
smoking pistol In his han 1. anil go down Seventy
nlnth-st.. In the direction of the Kast River. It was
3:30 o'clock, or Just half an hour after Powers had
gone, that Hunt called Policeman Kenny, of the
Kast Klghty-elghth-st. station, and told him of the
murder. Hunt, Hogan and Gorman have all been
arrested as witnesses, while Captain Pickett's de?
tectives and patrolmen are scouring the precinct
for Powers. They will say or do nothing to ex?
plain the palpable violation of the Kxclse Law.
For sallow skin and all other con?
ditions resulting from constipation,
go by the book on Beecham's pills.
Book free, pills 25c. At drug
stores; or write to B. F. Allen Ca,
365 Canal st.. New York.