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NEW-YORK, SUNDAY? APRIL ?I, |f?5.-THIRTY PAGES.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
QLTIGCf STANDS BY HIS GUNS,
SENATORS SQUARELY FACED.
THF COMMITTFF. HEARS BOUE FACTS
ABOUT THF. FSE OF MONET.
?On ?OOT INTORMi THE LEGISLATORS THAT
THEKE AKE WITNESSES TO Sl'HSTANTIATE
THK CHAR??Kr* MAM* IN "THE 1'KKSS*'
-MR. QVIOO rOUJOWVD BT MEN
FROM THE EIRE DEPARTMENT
-THE INQUIRY KOT
rriNisHED.
State Senators O'Connor, Pound, Mall?n, Cantor
and Parker, the r-peclal committee appointed by
Lieutenant-? ".vornor Bast?n on Thursday to in?
vestigate the charges against Benatora Cogcsahall,
Raines and Robertson in connection ivitn the re?
cent passage of a bill to increase the firemen's
pay began ihe Investigation in Part III *?f the
Com of QeneraJ Sessions yesterday. Th?>y exanf
lned Congressman Lemuel K. Qulgg. the Fditor of
"The Press." to ascertain the authority which he
had for the publication of the charges in his news?
paper; Fire Commissioner Jamea It. Sheffield, who
was formerly the pai 1 attorney of the tlremen in
advocating th? salary bill, and three of the mem?
bers of the Fire Pepnrment ?rho wer? supposed to
know someth,ng about th? raising of ;i o irruption
fund.
No testimony of a positiv? character was ob?
tained which reflected upon tha thre-- S?natoia.and
there wa? no llrect testimony that a corruption
fund had been raised by the firemen. Th-r- was
presente! testimony that Indicated an attempt on
the part of smne of the offlc? rs of the Fir- Depart
ment t?*> raise money and have it use l to secure an
amendment to the Salary bill, ev? a If the i
was not actually raised, and it was made ; ?lera
bly plain that the energetic a ti n of Mr. Qulgg
had defeated the plana ( th se flic? rs. Ir was
asserted that Louts F. P.iyn ha : Interested him
pelf with Senat r R bertson In the amendment
which was Intended to raise the pay of the offl ers.
When the Investigation was adj. urned until next
FrlJay, the evidence appeared ; warrant ? bellet
that there ha l b.-.r. ?rrupt metl ned and
partly executed In the attempt to fasten on the
bill to raise the pay of the firemen an amen Imenl
to. raise the pay of the ?fficers of ;he department.
The ajnendment was with Irawn, however, and the
bill as originally presented tiecame a laiv.
JUDGE COWING MAKES AX APOLOOT
All of the members of the spe*ial committee of
the Senate are also members of the Judiciary
Committee, and when they met in the eourtroom
soon after 10 a. m. they were J ln?fd by Senat irs
Lexow, Coggeshall and Raines, ?a als - are mem?
bers of the Judiciary Committee Senator O'tTon
nor, who is the chairman of b ith commltteea
rapped for order, and said there w uld be a brief
meeting of the Judiciary Committee. <^!ty Judge
Rufus B. Cowing, who had been a witness before
the committee in the recent examination Into th"
affairs of the Court of General Sessions, and alao
had interrupted the testlm i-.y of Recorder <;-.ff
and had given the lie direct to the Recorder, was
present In the courtroom, and had expressed a de?
sire to make an apology. When there Avas order
In the room he arose and said:
During the discussion which took place at th? last
meeting of this committee. I was betrayed Into
making use of an unparliamentary expression. I
think now that it i? ?l'ie to the committee that 1
should apolo-fise for havlns usad thai ?xpresaion
and I asli to be allowed to withdras* It.
Chairman O'Connor accepted Judge Cowing'?
epo.ogy on behalf of the Committee and then
Intimated that then vai: no further ne- esalty ?
for the continuance of the Judicial*} Commlttee'B ?
lnv? stigatlon. which W'.uld accordingly be
dropped, and the Committee thereupon stood
adjourned.
Senators Coggeshall and Raines then retired
from their places on the bench, but Senat r
Lexow remained for a tlmi :?? listen I i th.- pro?
ceedlngs in the Investigation ol charges con?
nected with the Firemen's Salary bill. Col -
man ?-?nig*-. %%i*:<? -.as present with Henry I. Ein?
Et.-ln, th?- proprlet >r <.f "The Press," asked f? r a
rhort delay, saying that he desired th'- prt
of F.llhu H" .t, wh . had le?-n retained to act as
counsel for the newspaper in th?- Inveetigatl n
Senator Ralri"s protested against delay, b,.t Mr
Root soon appear?-?! i.i.'i I:.-- :: .lings w ? re
L?-gun. Qeorge Raines, brother of the Bet
acted as counsel for the Senat' re against whom
th?- published barges had been ruad". Benat i
Robertson entered the :ourtroom with Louis f.
Paya before any testimony had been tak?-n.
Fire Obramlssloner Sheffield bad appeared early
?with a aubpoena as a witii'-ss. There srere pres?
ent a'?*? a number <>' ttten:en In uniform, im
ward Lauterba i?. the chairman of the !'? ;
can County Committee, was present at the be?
ginnlng >?f th?- Invejtlgatlon, but did not stay
long, and ?-Police Comnilaaloner Stephen B.
French arrl'red later and Avai'ed to listen to the
testimony.
MR. QUICK] CALLED TO THF 8TANI?.
There was a brief argument between ti:
posing counsel at the beglr ning of th* pi.1
ings. Mr. Root started 1* by saying:
"We have Avitn?*?ss*>s here to substantiate the
charges which were made in th.- publish?-'! ar?
ticle and we offer to aid th" ?-'-nimlttee In the
investigation of th" -*har?/?-s "
George Raines said that he tho?jght It was
proper to have Mr. Qulgg called as th" first
witness, in order that the committee might as?
certain who ivas responsible for the publication
of the charges*.
Senator O'Connor talked with other members
of the committee and announced that Mr. Qu;gg
would be heard (list The Congreaaman was
sworn, ar 1 the looks caat at him by Senators
Coggeshall and Raine? were ilk" <lagg<-rs
In reply t.? >? .me preliminary questions put by
Senator O'Connor, Mr. Qulgg said that he was
the Kditor of "The press" and bad written and
published the article attacking the three Sena?
tors.
?j ?'an you give the committee any facts to a-ap?
port that article? A I can give some fact." from
m. own Irnowledge snd also from th?> statements
of'other? 1 have sorii" psfaanal knowledge of the
matter. . ,
Q l>o von know of any money being raised to
?ei-ure th?- passage of the Firemen's Salary MU?
A. N o. a! r
Q lio you know of any money having bean paid?
A?I do not ,, .
Q. (by Mr. Root) You nu-an personally" A
rer?onaliy I ?lo not. I didn't ?ee money paid, *md I
do not know it via'? p?>l<] Th- artble ?t?te? that
It Bras written on Information and belief.
Mr Root ?ranted th- witness to state his In
f ?rn atl'in and th.- naines of his informants Mi
Raines said th.- commltte? wt uid not Avant to
hear tmln:"i?y that was m?-rely heaisa>. It
would bS better, h<- Said, to rail th" petfl ?ns who
had given lnf-.rmatl m to Mr. Qulgg. and hear
th.-m first bond. This i..i i.? another dlacuaalon
and a eon-ultati? n between ?h<- members of the
commute?, at th?- end "f which Senator O'Connor
raid the committee did not want t<> burden the
i'-c u l with hearsay t? stimony, and Senalor
Pound sal'l that it was proper to hav.? the wit?
ness, state the names of persons upon whose in?
formation h<- had b.i .-????! th?- published article or
portion? of It.
Mr. Root then took up th? published article,
and read some portions oi It In which It was
stated that the amendment to the Firemen's
Salary bill had been .**. "strike" for money, that
Louis F. Payn ha.l figured prominently In th.? at?
tempt to have th?- amendment passed In the Sen?
ate, that the tlremen hid been pressed to raise
s fund of $45.<K'0, ?.nd thai Senators l'oggeshall,
?Rsines and Robertson had been mentioned as
i
the irien \vh.i wsTt lo he taken care ..f.
\ the portions of th^ anide were read, Mr. u
?rave the names of .1 number of Informa
among them Fireman James D. Clifford,
I president of the Firemen's Mutusl Benevi
i Association, and Firemen Fr lerick J. Rotl
hauser and Timothy Regan. Other Informa
had been given, he ?aid, b> firemen whose na
be did not at tli" time n member.
Jill QUIGO KNOW8 "!."!" l'AVN*.
Then- was g stir In the courtroom when
Qui-.*'-, with a faint mu?'-. Bald In- had got s
t.f his Information from "Lou'' Payn.
Mr. Root (with feigned ?urprlae) l'?> you k:
"Lou" Payn? A. (promptly) l do (Laughter
Q.?Did you have any conversation with
about the ntnt'riilni.nt to ih?' Firemen'? gal
bill? A.-I ?II,1.
Mr Haines We object to th? Introductloi
hearsay (?astlmony,
?V. (by Mr Root)?Did Mr. Payn ssy he c?
have th?' ,'im..|i,lnient pass, 1"* A. '!?? did.
Q.?Did Payn mak ? anj statement :?. you ?.ki
Ing his action ?.-.ith reference to th?? amendmen
that i>?i?. bo thm it would Improve ind Inert
th?- salaries of the officers? A Payn told m<
had j.ut the amendm-nt on th?- hill, and he Wt
take it off.
Q.?Did he say ariy;hing to yen with regard
any pecuniary benefit he was to obtain.
Mr. Raines objected to th.- question, wl
was therefore not persisted In.
<j.?Prior to your conversation with Payn t
anything d?,ne with that bill In the Commute?
th.? Senate? A.?Tea sir.
Mr. Raines- <*a:i you pive us the rjale? rag?
Ing these fact? upon whl' h you ?r,- speaking? .
N'o, tint just at the moment.
?..? What change? had been made In the Mil wl
it was in the Senate Committee? A Tl ? iris
bill was a bin to Increase the firemen'? p? Th
were three grades. Th? ?alary of the flrsl gn
was 11.(8*0, th" seeon 1 ?4,180 an! the thirl |1.M
yenr. The bill was to Increase :ii- ?? 'und Kr.
to $1.2??. and th.? third grab? men :.. 11.40
'bill passixl th? Assembly at the time II ?/a? In
Senate Cities Committee.
Q. Before your conversation with Mr Payn, i
anything done ? th the bill In ihe Senate?
Ye?, the i.iii sraa Introdu ed by Mi Robertson
the ''iti..s Committee The Pavey bill ?a? noi
ported iniiii' I'Hi.r, upon ?is passage b> th
Bembly, Th? Rol rtson ! I1 wb h ?ras Identii
?a? favorably reported bj the Renate i ?
mittet with an amendment.
Q Aha; waa the nature of thia amendme
A. The amendment , ra i i ?
or the officer? is well a? th? firemen VVheri
Robertson bill w i.? reporte-I from the
In Its amended f<>r::; ?? .?,.-. referrt I
committee for further conalderatloi
INTERVIEWS WITH MR. PAYX RE 'AlA.f
Up >ti the s iggi atlon of Mi R a t, the win
pr .Ii i to n Inte I he aubstam ?? if his nl
\iewa with Mr P ij n:
In my first Inter*. ? i with Mr Payn I 1
ih.:: I Lindel stood he ?
? ?
s??? 1 th ,: was true. 1 said I was _ia.i of II
Mr. Root Hi ;. rposi gi Ha . . :
t h? t i*o ? , ? : . ; ?.
and "Jr. Payn i<> lea : him to withdraw all or?;*c
tlon?
Mr. Quite Mr Payn did tell nie ?
as'?.' 1 ? i ft] ai Ion i:l? -..? hill
Mr H?.,: He referred by thai ?
Which ?"in ha 1 k-Ki.v>? !.:?? '
MR. l'AVN COL'I.D MAKE \ BACRIFiri
Mr. Qulgg Weil. ! '?ii reque?) : ???.? pei
. to ask him lo lestai In hi? op? ill on, \!r Pa
?aid he ha ! been asked to a)
to the bill, ar.l that he ? IS goll
it. Bui he Wtutted m? to
If he ?li*, this. It won!* be Bl
sacrifie? to himself. i replied I ?rai :
tresse?l to h.ar It. On that ?.- aaloi hi
that the bill would be rej.r.rte.l from th? St I I
Comtnltte? th? next lay. I asked him If l
w luid be reported in Its orlgli al form Hi ?
'Ves." I n?ke?l him if ha waa aurc ih it i
and he a-*ain repll? i afflrmatlv?ly, i .
H-ybrxly else Would raise ol . ? promt*
amendment He sa.-i nobody elae ?roul i Tti
am?intiment, I may ?xpialn, ?as for Ii reaalng :
salaries of the offWr* I ?akl I thought 1 Wou
go to Albany on the following .lay nri'l >.-.?
through, but h*> saii It was not necessary, li
I ?aid I would go anyhow I '11* go, ?n>l 1 U
Mr. Payn In the Sena;-; Chamber I n*k- ! h'm
the Pavey bill was g.?lng to Ue re;.?ri*'l. an'l
said tt was I aike?" him If It would be done
once, and he answer?-.,!. "Te*>, thl? a'tiTr. ><>n." I
then said to nie: "I BtippotM you want this rl
no matter how tnu?h this means to m?T
replie*. "Ves." He then aald something I
exactly remember the precia? word? bul
aubstanc? ??? thai ha ?raa not doing It for n
sake.
1 nske<i htm if he had seen Senator Robsrts-ii
ar, 1 he repi>! "No." but that he ????,:?! lo ?<?
? ?? I told h:m If he 'ii I not do it at oni ? i
might be delay In t?;.- ? nui ite? but he ?nid I ne?
not bothei myself, as the bin woul i ? soul
bill did ? "in?- that afterno n, bul adtl I the n I
ert - ?:. amen i.: ? ni
Mr R<x t I ?Id Paj n say anyl ? the natui
of thi -.i i tli ? he ?? ii ::. ? kins
Mr. Cjulgg in the first Interview he said "Il wl
be rjult? expei to me pon the si
caslon he pul thl? question "i ? ii ; i ?
th.s .i..r,e. don't you, no mati me i
ma " '
i.j Ton refer? rd In I
of tb<- n?..?t ri'.t.ir ".i" j olll al lol.l Whoi
.li.) you mean by that? A I meant Loul? F Psyi
Mr. fjuliiK said he had got h!i ;? ' rn
about the proposal I i rali ind about th
ii?" to whb'h ti?<- money was t . I ?? put,
??i,.Irely fr >i*g Fir? mai Cllfl rd
TESTIMONY OF COMMISSIONER SHEFFIELD
Th?? committee decided i defer tl ? ?
amtnatl u of Mr Qulgg until Fire C
Sheffield had testified The C .mm ??li ner I
at...ut the*services he had performeaj as the pal
attorney of the firemen before he ws spp Int?
t.. ..ni.'e ?r, the department, and he sal l he ?li
noi kn.iw of the raislni?: of any money in con
nectlon with the passage of thi ?? 11 a r \ bill Thei
was an understanding, he ?aid, when he undei
took the task of advocating the passage of th
bill that n?> money waa t?j be raised by the li*'1
men. an 1 tiiit no political Influence was Im b
brought t?. bear t.. secure the passage of the hill
Aa the attorney {<>r the firemen, he said, h
th.?i??-h? he would ha-.? been In a position t
know if money ha<i been raised by the firemen t
secure the pa?sg? <f the Mil, and he had no
k::"".vn 'if the raisin? <if money.
Mr .-?heffl??!'! said thai he bad talked with a nnm
her of Senators in advocating the bill before it wai
i -?a-s.'.l. arri h?' remembered that Senators Cogg?
shall and Raini? had declared themselvea t.. i?
In favor of th>? hill, and that Senator Robertsoi
had said he was in favor of raising the ?alarli
of both firemen and officers. He had heard :
rumor about th?-- raisin/?- of money to secure thi
paaaagr ?,f the amendment t" ihe bin, bul ne.s
of his Information on that gubjeci .had i.n oh
Mined from Mr. Qulgg since the bill ?ra? pas? I
He had had fre.ju-iit interviews with Mr. Qulgg
as th?y hid h."?n mutually interested In the Fire
men's bin, tui'l als.. In the Judicial Sales bill
He had tiilke.i with Mr. Qulgg at the newspapei
office a? late as last Wednesday evening abom
the reports that money had been raised, and th<
Bti.ry was published on the following morning
It was kti'.wn on Wednesday evening, he said
that Senator Raines had oppoared the Judicial
Bales bill.
After the testimony of Commissioner Sheffield
had been concluded. Qeorge Ra'.ne? began thi
cr ? examination of Mr, Qulgg, who ?aid it w*ii
known lasl fall, When he was running foi Con
irress a aecond time, that h>- waa Intereated In
til- bill t" Increase the firemen's pay.
PROMISES IN FAVOR OF THE BILK
Mr. tiuiKK. however, Insisted thai hi had n..t
had any un?>rstandlng with the flremei. the
subj.'t Until January Of this year In Albany
h<- had askei Senators Raines and C ggeshsll to
vote for the bill, and he had gndemtoo?! them to
Bay thai they would BUpport It h - conversa?
tions with them were In the room of T. C P itt
In the Kenmore H"'<-l '" Albany, he having
travelled to Aib.ni> with Mr. Platt on that r-c
,...???,? \t u later o caslon, when he waa again
In Albanv. h?' talk?"i with Senator Robertson,
who said he wanted the t-Acers ol the Fire !???
partment to have sn Incr-eaae ol ?alary. H- had
not talked with Senator Coggeshal on that oc?
casion but Senator Raines had said he was In
favor of the flrfnon's bill In Its original form.
' Senator Raines was non comm?tul on iheJu llclsl
| Hales bill at lhat Ums. Th? ivltn.;.'. MM hi
I iHtft- n-k.-d Senator Rain?-? to aupporl the two
W?H' Did von nuet genator Rainss In Miw-Torkf
Ao -Waer? did you ssssl him'.' A ?In Mr. Ptott'a
.?fil.-?? 1 ?vein to BM Mr. Platt. I ifdd Banator
Rain?? that the bill raise?! th- nramen's wages to
the ?ame level as that of poll.- men and that th?
I firemen worked longer hours ami were .?n'.'t.fl U>
I loullua. U on FlflU Paito
INSPIRED BY THE PRESIDENT!
SECRETARY MORTON OIVES OUT A STATE
MENT ON THE BILVER QUESTION.
IT IB BELIEVED THAT Mi: A? Tl'.l? AS THE Moi Tlt
P1ECE FOR THE PRE8IPEMT THI COt'KTRT.
HE BATS, MIST SOONER "Il I.ATKR
DECLARE IN I'AA'.ii: OP Till- OOLO
BTAXDARD HIS 1 >l*l-*lMTI"N
OF BO?KTJ MoNKV.
Washing! n, ?prll to. Secretary Morton rnv i
- it this aftern .. n B significant interview on the |
Silver questl n. Coming from a Cabinet Minister
after the Cabinet council of yesterdny, it Is re?
garded as expressing t" n great extent the ?si-nt 1
menti entertained by the I'resldent.
\A hen asked if be thought anything would grow
?nit ..f ;r.. proposed International Monetary Con
f rence, Mr. Morton replied: "I d.. n?-?t believe
tha' an International congress can ej-tablish per
manently a commercial ratio between gold and
silver any more than It .an establish a permanent
commercial nul., between rye and wheat. Mut if
an International conference *nn fix th?? price in
K .1 1 "f silAi-r It can als?. Ilx the prie?? of wheat or
? !" any other Commodity, and thereby a A. ?I 1 nil the
; - ble shrinkages in values which tend to cause
i inlca."
"Ha? gold, used as money, an intrinsic value,
and is it a permanent value**"
I think ihe w..rd intrinsic ought not to b?
use). Tic value of gold Is always relative. To
Illustrate: I' I .?.-11 you 1,000 bushels of wheat t ?
day f ?:? |570, ;!.?? transaction ha? eatabllahed for
?in.- being ibe wheat value of gold and ?he
?."' I value ' wheat. To-monow*B cibles of utter
faillir?- .f ? ' .? r ;? In Argent.;. i. i.
ir ?ne entirely change the relation ?f g ?id to
wheoi, and the |,000 bushel? f when? purchased
a! ."?,' r? '?? resterday is a ?!:i Sill a ?..i?!.! |
laj Rut In i h? ? i an time, there has ??? en n
? ? Int nsic* vslue f gold, n ?twlth
ig tl een a . : ??? a the relatl n
of \a ii- at to s Id "
," ask? i ? ? .1 be the i ol
untry. if nothing Is l
? ? i ? . fun ? usslon of this question
through the agenc) at natl ?nal ?
? ;? e?"
"M.- nt is." said I he s ?retary,
?.'.?-.? : : ? ? i' the
t'nited Stati f A ? ; . : ?gnlse? irold a? the
tuatlns ??<?? Hure of valu? ind
? exchai ge *.a hleh th.- commet i I
? ?:?. ill-** it ..???! ?
' ?A , ? , t ; ,.| mad" by either
f tl . ? rii i.?. r the silver ?? ?
. -??
'YeB," i ? ;.? ??', '.'? M ?-! m, "'.t t? hir.-lv \
irles of the P pull-*.?
an l thei \ igarista may temp ?i irlly -? ??? i
? th? ter? of !???? T'nlte 1 Siaie?
i ici . itaatm? h? "? - rtake the i ?intry
u.- p- , ? earn by ispeilenes wnat the)
|< irn? i by dlllgenl study and rea
Bon "
i- wa? suggested ' ''!" Secretary that the
? * -. le, n? i: h id be? n In
I ibi ? tak? ?i m Idl? gi ind >n tha m?ne)
questl ffend a* little ?? passible an l
keep th? irr. ii ma??? of ?. ter? a? mu -h tn line
-i- ? ?s'ble Mr Morton denounced this a? an
?i 'A
Th.- f Btraddlers ha? pSBSSd." hs r*
p!l? i 'Those who sre for a sound cwrenai ???
! I uta ought I hive lb? c.uragr to sav ? ?
..-. i iblde by the resulta %? their dedartatlon It
make? n i difference ; ms whether a d? lara
llon of truth, either upon the tariff
mot'--?, question, temp- rsrll> drives vut?-< f- n-,
u ?? them 11 u< "
When asked ab ni the sppr?'S'hing niin?.:?
in i ?*? . ll ? a t of the prti|
av ?rk of that I Mr Mm ton repli? d Ii ?
? i i! !? ? - ' Wa ! hSA ?? ti ? b<??
Ing myself " ? . . ^- i t " .? ; ?:
.- . . ? , .
; m n." '. : ! d< luslona
which Po| 1st? and i thei ?. ig
Mr. Morton,
that i ?
I fr.im Its -, i ? ? ai
?i. -.?. ere : -.
1 u-Iac* ??? ni ? aid he, .?-:??
?''??'?
l
r In il ?? ? \
sat loi i la t Ion of i
tor of value This
? lea allk?* to ?alt ?l v er, bus ir si -l
the lawn-taking
f tl , ,: ? ? i?-..
??-.?? : !h.? In? i ?
? . I " '? ? ? I ? . !... 1 ? : :, i
itor of val
-? Mori leatlon recentIj
Kennt -?..?- . ? i ?
The ''?
? ? Si retar; ask ? :..< I Ii und money? a
. . . ?
lion 'Sound money' is ihai a >i1 of curren?-)
- . and least II
, ... ?.'-??: in Me- mark I' ? ?'. all
tries That money la Ihe 'soundest* f-?r
?::.-?? ? I *i" i".\ i ?
u ? id, i:.- ?? Is I ? ? most unlven ii de?
in ind. Atid tha : i,:..: -is i! demand ',* i
way? baB? i :i"' ii"- universal and unfluc
tuatlng purchasing powei ' Il il monej The
present epidemic of th?- silver fever will, in due
? n ..'.at- As th.- temperature "f ihe 14 I ? I
patient? ?'? mental aberrations will dis
appeal nnd reason once more resume its >??,? >
HIS ACCOUNTS Bnn/m SHORT.
RESfl.T "!' THE I*-". i: '! I'i.ATi. ?n ..r A Bt.'irinE'B
UOOKfl
Tac ma, Wash., April SO The examination "f
th?- a- ounta ..f ib- la'- Paul s nul/.--, the general
Western land agenl of the Sorthern Pacific who
committed subid.-, i? being conducted slowly. It
i- alleged that the Bhortags so far discovered
amounts to $100,000 I' will take months to check
up .ill the figure? In the land office aec .uni?. Land
Commissioner Phlppa l? pemonall) supervising
. \ imlnatlon. s .m?- ..f the aulclde's Intimate
friends here sdmll that his ?.unta nr?- In a
complicated :; II
OIL STILL TENDING DOWNWARD
\ I?l?l'V|; nr f? . . i.Ni :' VESTBRDAT IN* Till:
M.AA OPTIO**! Til l ; BITI'ATIOH. IN* Till-:
LIMA i IELP
Pittsburg, ?prll '-'". '''h? Btandard "d Company
followed up yesterday'? reduction in th- pries ?if
Penn y\\ inla field oil by offering US a t?:?tr?-i thla
n ?rnlng, IS cent? le?? than ll paid yesterday.
The ?peculatlve market ..p?-n?-.i a) yesterday'? clos?
ing: prie? US) si which prie- the lir*; aale ??' Ma)
certllli itea at Oil ' It? waa mad* Inaid? ->f six
I minute? the market di ?pi-? i to aalea al I- 17. < m
Hi?- local ??change the openlns ?al? area rnadi at
, tu it. ihr." cents below yesterday'?
Before Ui<- clos? ,.i i.;i the ?peculstlv? market
had another bis ?lump, the Ma) option belns offered
! down below & What cauaed this weakneaa la not
known, ?xrepi thai holder? of ?orne ol tl.utstand
1 Ii K '??.-'.tir.il'-- m iv ha',? !>??.?M.I it: it f.l?
?Mandai i would mak? lii own price f <?? them Th?
local purchasing agency .lit an ??tensive business
bi thi 12 2.'. rat? I red balan Th
, price i .: th? Mai option on the sxchangi ??'?
)i !-7':. a dr.f ?H cenia fi"!** the openlns price
Cleveland, -Vprll K .a dispatch tfl "Th.- I'resr."
fr an l.ini.i ?ay? ilia: the u-.irk"t there ?Ii.?pp?-i IB
cents thl? morning In ?ympath?/ wllh the Bastera
market. Tlona oil dropprd m.m P. !'? 10 in a barrel.
Pennsylvania wenl :?? (jg, ? ..rninK to at M and
New-Castle and Barneavlll? t. 5' Notih Lima
dropped from M -7 to HIT. and South Lima from
|1 2o to 1116, Indiana dropped ba.-k to t!. Th? de?
? lia? iiil the effecl ol ni?iilng a large am.?mit
1 of oil in!', the standard'? line? all over the Lima
He'd, producer? tuelng anxloua o. Bell al 'he pr-eseni
figure. The w-.ik ..f diilllng a*oea on with the asm?
, ru .-. ? )?.f..r- the breas In the market, opera
I is and produ :i r? betng <? mfldmi that I .lias oil win
remain around ihe ti mark.
8l l/.nU, April .ii. A dl?pat.-h to "The ?'hronl
. )>?" from Anders on, Ind., saya th.it th* first d'?
?-.?\.-rv ..f ?.ii in paying quantlttea near thai cHy waa
{ ia ida lasl niK'ii a i-omp.iii.v waa drtltng a ereil
which ihe community iMUevsd to ba f?r ga?. <?n
cam? forth In ?uch ?piantlt!??? u? to inik* nec???sry
th? rapptns of tha *?."ll Spe-ulator? were out to?
day leadng in?i'ia in this county, which i? rasara to
'.,.- underlaid a? it h pool? ?if oil A public meeting
will be .-ailed ,?: unce to keep out the Standard Oil
? . i...... nv.
SAMUEL K. AYMAR A Til
Till; SHOE AND LEATHER HANK
VHTIM A SECOND TIME.
THE CRIMINAL A Wl'-TIIKR IN I.A\v OF F.
C. SKI-I.V. WIM Al.Sd ROBBED Till-: 1
INSTITUTION THE !/>*-* THIS T1MK ONI
?g**4M rill-: DEFAULTER A t*BsBONBR
IX ntlS ?*ITV STATHMIIST? Kit' i.U
THE BANK OFFICIAL?
The National Shoe an.l Leather Hani
rlty, has been robbed again and Sami
Aymar, a brother-in-law of Samuel C Seel
bookkeeper who with Frederl? k Baker robb
hank ol Sn.'.I.OOO. is the guilty man. The amn
Aymar'a stealings foot up to VBABJb, bu
hank's surplus and the undivided pr.illts vv
Buffer, as th?- amount is fully covered
?ruarantes fun?! of $'f?,0?Hi, which the bai
esntly laid Bald? to cover any losses. '
lives ai No, MM Halsey-st., Brooklyn, and :
time the defalcation of hi? brotner-ln-law,
be? .une known he was Interviewed '>n the
nn?l h* expresse* surpris?' and horror a
crime He .-e.-ureil his position in th?- Xa
Shoe an.l Leather Hank through the Influei
Seely.
Aymar has. not baten at the hank slnct
Thtirsiiay noon. He evidently had a mis
that hla ?-rime had been detected, for he le
ba:.k at Itoon fOf hi? luncheon and failed
turn. The tjiiaratity Company ' f N .rth i
I a, his b.?n,lsmaii, was then Informe?
the Nati?.nal Shoe and Leather Ban
Aymar'a disappearance, an l two dete<
were pul on the 'ase. and su ? ?? I
keeping him ur. 1er surveillance until yesl
II Mas the Intention t< arr?tai him yestt i.i>
ib" detectives who were following him lost
ff ?lit-! in the crowd at th.- Bro klyn Brit]
ARRESTE!? IN RRtlOKLTN LAST tflQH
\ ? i ir wa ist evening betwi it !
i" r?' hi drug st re ? *' .1 0 Ban
N?j :::. Fulton-st., Brooklyn. Th.- ifflcers
thi i ?? ? wen I ?ete dives Butlt
. ol the \.".v-v rk Central Offt ?
ge was formi ea?d to nun. ai I he
then tak. r. t . Police Headquarters In Br
and when questioned by Inspector M l-aug
admltte ! that he h id atoli ? monej
hank, but la the defalcation? were ".i!.
over a long period h.ild give no pre?
talll It the an..'lint thai !.-? t,.i l embezzle-j
It is said that on? of Aymar'a bondamen
? ??? "f hla arreat, he ha
Induced Aymar to go to the drugstore.
:? ndi ? patlon of the ?. dt, had
ting, ? ho irn ated a> mar
Inatant he ?et f.--; In I I? the ?I re. He
br night ; ' thl? ? it> i ??? laai night, an l lo
up at Foil ? i lea Iqu 111
ANXIETY AT HIS HOME
When a Tribune reporter called at Aym
N 0 ''.hi -??'. Bt , Bl "k.yn. List ni
? '.? - > s re ii ?loua about him. Hla dat
ter said:
! uher !? usually h une ?" ?upper We w-a
! r him a l'.nic time t .-niKht. but he did
"..m?? A gentleman called ? arll??r in the ever
' to see father, bat refuse^ *.. ^-|\e his name
went away
T.i* hoOs? * .n light? 1 up, and the family *;
evidently much worried. Aymar hus lived at
.itlrt**?? for at?.ut a year In the n?4ghbot*hOO
had the reputation of h??lng a steady and resp
gfMa ?ui/..?*,. He paid his hill? prn.up-.iy, and
generally at hi? h-iiif before ?1 o'clock Often I
while he -vas later, and then ? -id his famil* l
it the i anh Thl? was i
i w.',-,! ?,. ? 11 the : ighbir?, ?? I s.t gained a re
for great fa thfulness and Industry. It i
? i. how ???. ' ? - ? ? Seel) ? arrest
and tiymar were fn quant? ra of s lertaln
Ing i ? -. Ighboi ho? |, :i!:'i were I i
) ?b t of d ?:?; Ing In si night lo tak. i quiet Ir
and hold s?
1 ..?? ' ? n wl v ir It* es Is a m.?1
lei k ? oui 1 well keep up on
. i . n t wen t y y ea i I
a daug it sixteen years nld It CO
ii ? ?> .1 that he was a member "f .
i thi ugh he ii ? ? i '? to atti
i*hur**h with h - fan y
\ ?? I ? ; ? : ,1 ..!'.. I ' ? ?' .1 hn M <"l
lent of th? Sh m ind I-- U iei Ra
[ at Jama a, L ! laat e\*ei Ing \- i late h?
Mr ' 'i m" had not retu '. from i
! i ? frit ghhoi Ing s lllage, HI? i
. .'ii i ttri \ ? ii. lnf rmat Inn
in said
knew nothing whatevei ib \ ir, ilthou
he had frequent bim He had net
? ?, l m) :. ' ? atl -tin to A) mai than
of ihe ??? . - at the bank, and wa
ol .i erything nnectl .;i w i
the Institu? :.
A IK 'M. i*l ?VERS P \HT o*F THE I.OSS
According to the statements made b) i
bank's officers last night, Aymar'? stealings .
took place prior tn i year ago, and u h? a
undei a 15,000 bond madt b) the Ouarant) <'n
pany of North America the bank win only lo
f?i:..'Ki'> Aymar'a methods of getting funda fr..
the bank was to lak- money from custom*
waiting in !!**>*? to make deposits, afterward ma
Ing false entries .n the i.ks of the bank
cover up his transactions, Shortly after tl
defalcation of Beely the management of tl
bank ?as changed by the election of four ne
directors, Francis B. Orlffln, William C. I f ? ? r
.lames i? Cannon and John A. Hlltner. M
Hlltner was made rlce-presldenl In place i
Oeorge I. Pesse, an.l John I Cole, who was ?
assistant National Bank Baamlner, was t.ntl
made cashier In Place of William 1> Van Vlec
thus completing the proposed changes.
When the new management t.."k hold of ?.
?flairs of the bank on March i it ?as decided i
keep a strict natch over ail tii?. clerk? of u
Link, and specially thos? who were known l
hav been ?.ssoclated In an) w:?y with Seelj
The books of the Institution were carefully ??>
grained, and In ibis wa) ?ymar*a defalcatlo
was discovered The vie? president of the h.ini
John A Hlltner, made Ihe following stateme?
last night in rt-gard to the trouble:
A? s. h,, tli- III m Si ? K? ni- III .'f III?' batik tOO
charge of that Insiltutl on March i. ,i stri,
Burvelllance ?ra? in' ovei all ihe clerk? of th
bank, espoctall) those srho ?rer? known t.. hav
I?'. :i in an) s i? lilil?.i'.-.I ?rllh Beely, and It wa
derided I?. d I ?pens? ?rllh the ?ervices of any wh
; gave th? least cause of complaint aa t.. Ir re gula
habita, etc A In .ill ?uch malt era (the eaampl? o
Seel) having acted .i ? warning to them), It tool
?i \ ?-r.il week? i" develop un? ? i lwo cases of clerk
who wer? 'lrliikitiK They were Immediately di?
chargi . As .-..m as myself and Mr. Col? .is?um.-.
full control "f ih? offices new method? wen Im
mediately introduced ami a thorough eaamlnatlui
; made ..f all the i.i?? and account? of the bank
and check? were pul upon all n.lerk? and tin-gi
work as rapidly aa possible. In making the varloui
i change? n wa? dlacovered thai ,i bookkeeper bj
l the name ..f Aymar ?as a defsultei for |a>.i*08
which .urn I from bis taking mone) from cua
? t'Hiier? waiting ..n line to m.ik.- deposit?, from tlmi
to time, but ?-?I pri"! i., i yeai ago. afterward mak<
1 In? fuis.- entrlea "ii the I.ka "f tas bank t.. covei
up iii? tranaactlona
'lb?, new taapasjement, in taking charge ?>f tb?
Institution, Insisted on s gu?rante? account being
i made up, which amounts lo over IH,0t*0, and waa
1mi<i h?:.!.. in ...ivr any loss?? thai might hav? been
mad? prevloua to ili??ir taking charge of th? banta
| L'onsequently, neither tin- surplus, nor undivided
i profits, nor capital ?t">'k <>f the i??uik will i?' affect?
ed in .m, su ii) this shortage, which will only
Hint.um to ii.'i.?Kai, Aymar b?la? bonded for |5,0M by
. tii? i limant. Company of North America. The
? bank is in ?scellent coMltioa. its bustne?? Iraprov
. in? daily, an.l the new busltMsa thl? week amount a
; t? ?.ver $3?i,ia?i in deposits, .?n l it ws? decided by
the ? tir.?.-:,.r.? that a 'rank atstameni of tiii? trans?
action wa? better th-in to try to eonct-al anything
from the publie.
KXI'I.AN'ATHiN MY HANK t ?l-'KIt'I'ltS
Th? explanation f?lven by the bank's oAcera ..f
Aymar'a metho.1 of getting money ?I?)?'? Dot muke
' Continued on Fifth l'iaite.
ITALIAN MURDER IS PARE VI. WE
THE MURDERER !/"'Ki:i? L'P IN CH!').'!* BT STA?
TION TIIK o('T'*?*>.MI-: OF A I-:
QMrge Oonnettl, an Italian laborer, about thirty
y Ts old, and living at Ho. i?i Baxter-sL, waa
fatally stabbed In th?- groin an ! right thigh short?
ly after ? o'clock last evening by Josa Bands, snd
?n- i fifteen minutes later. The murder occurred
In front of \... sj j-.irk ??la.-e. between Greenwich
and Washington sis. The murderer W??J captured a
'.1^- minutes ,if-.-r th murder while att. mpting
to mak? his escape. If? is now locked up In the
? nurch-st. police station. Th- murder was the out?
come Of a feild.
-??
FIMRD ON BY A SPANISH 0 UN BOAT.
TWO or TKK CREW OF AN* BNOLISH SMACK
KILLED OTT THE ''"AST or CURA.
Jacksonville, Fla? April 20.?A dispatch to "The
Times-Union" from Key West, Fin., says:
"Th" Nassau schooner Certrude, R iberts. mas?
ter, arrived at this p u*t this morning, and reports
that on Monday last a Bpanlsh gunb.it Hied Int ?
an Kngiish smack, .?ff Long Key, on the east mast
of Cuba, killing two of the creiv."
ADDICES HAIRS A VOTE.
MOW THK LEADER IN* THE gTRUOOLR TOB TH'*.
DELAWARE BEKATOR8H1P.
r>n\er. I>el., April 20? Addlcks wa? the gainer in
to-day'? Senatorial ballot, and hi? followers were
highly elated. <?n.e more six votes are placed In
his column, and his .-alms are that the total will
be still further Increased when the final break lip
of t':?' rllggtna forces o?-.-nrs. To-day he corral!. 1
Representatlve Money, a Hlgi.ln? man. Tl'.e ballot
tak?'ii to day was th? 117th, and It resulted as fol?
lows: Addlcks, ?',, Hltrglns. '., I'ennewill. 4; Massey,
3; Rldgeley, I; Tunm-ll. 1; absent, Speaker Watson
and Benator Alrleha, Senator Pyla being paired
with tha litt.-i. When Ra-prea ntatlvs Money
eoted for AddlekS then aaiis a l>*?ng drawn "l'h.IW?"
from the crowd that fflle-d the lobby. Mr. Money
hurried away from th.- House Immediately after
? ? idjournmenl of the joint session. Addicks is
now practically the leader of the different Repub?
lican candidates. In an Interview to-daj Addlck?
?aid:
"My friend? In the Legislature, Including Repre
tlve Morgan (who is now voting for Ma? ey),
are Impregnably Intrenched in their determli -
of voting for nobody out me ?luring the lif>- <?f this
Legislatur? even facing ;h<- posclblllty of no elec
' a B? : ? tor "
The Senate to lay adopted ? resolution providing
for final adjournment on Tier day. May 9, and
the House promptly concurred therein.
I.MS' HID AT ELIZA BETHPORT.
LEWIS \!N?>N'. THK KAVAL ?'< ?N'STiir. t? >rt. BKXDfl
<?' "i* THK FIRST ' BAST I l'."M HIS OWN TARD.
Tha resumption of ship! lildlng in Bltsabetl waa
?elebrati : -..-???: . -.: ??? on, when Naval <"on
atructor Lewi? Nlson ?ucceasfully launched tha
first vessel he ha.' bsl'.i alnce taking charge of the
Crescent Shipyard at Eliaal I ; ?rt. Nearly LOW
?.pie wltnes?e?l the launching, and New-York
ihed a large ??? ntlngent of the apectatora, they
going down on t* ? -'? imers. The launcb tool;
; ?hortly before 5 ; m., and was follow.-1 by
borat heoi rj ? n '??? the Int.'.'?? l gueata
b> Mr. Nixon, m th.- office? attached to the yard.
.An-. Nixon acted a? ?; n?or for the vessel and
|.r .?<;.? a ?..?til?- of srtna over its bow i? ? ?lid from
? ya Ii 's name! th?? Elizabeth, and u an
..... \. iel, built for the Standard > ?It Company.
There wa? great cheering and waving of hat? as
th ? boat k.??. l the water? of tha Kills, and Mr.
Mxon waa ?bowered s h ongratulattona on his
Initial effort In New-Jei ?? >
The K'.lMheth 1? Hi f? ' I '"-A' en perpendiculars.
and \'ji t-~- .?ver til a tl ? load lUplacemant if ??"
Sh-- rarrtea -. ? ?? ona of .?il pumped Into
the hull. Th ?? la an ? Inch main running through the
Oil tanks, with a lira.- and sii.a.l auction in each
i?f the five oil tanks, tha valve? f>?r which s?i.*ti-'n?
?re work*.l from th.? upper deck. Thl? main le.uis
t. a irge ?team oil pump, 'apab'e ' : mptng oui
all th?- , Mnpartmenta in a raw hours An expansion
trunk, '" feel long. Is built above the main drck.
ai l Into ibia open ice various i??*J pipe? and valves
The tresse! Bteere from a large chart house firward,
?a I ha?? a home aft, ?hn? the crew cook an 1 s'eer?.
in bull litkK ?.?? ?-??ei i44U"i iiAei? w?-re driven.
Mr Nixon Is n,?w building four *?e??e>. the ?io
ml vessel**, tho Delehanty doubl? hull twin ?crew
dumper, 09 feet long an 1 21 feet b??m. and a b-au
* v*.v from design? by a. Csry Smith. 135
feet i ?ng .m l HO f-et be im
A roUNG ?OMA* COM ESSES HER GUILT.
!?' s[..rri.-n AITTHORITIEB MAKE A HEIKOl'B
1*11 AROB AGAINST ROHAKXA DO.VNBLLT,
??K.AH' 'ii TO BK BXAMINEU
.as TO HER SAN,: A
chief* Postofllce i -, - John F. Ash? .ir.d
? i Bl ite? ? ?::.?;:' - ? ? : Shlel Is yestei
m i? r ?? ?n (perplexed case of viol
i yo ?i'.g girl ????as
?htrged wll through the mails s number
- ene letter? sddn led *...-.il prominent
ergymen t) and Westchester County.
"I be chars ? wa? prefi rred ? R na Don
n. by. ?-. n v . i girl t? nty-ts year?
I. with tan .1 ing i ilr h il banging
- lulders. Th? com
plain! wa? mad? by th? Rev, Father M .!. Rhein?
hart ? i' ?. N V., who ii:-* repoi
f In? ?. ?
? ?:,.*?? o . ? ? ? ,
Inspector J. i! Jacobs waa Immedlatel) d?
to Investigate *b..- i ise, and be bad over
tinny letter? in hi? i, ,,.. which bad been ad?
re] y to M? naign r J M, Farley, ol
,n,. ? ?? iii^- Thlrt) -'\ nth-st., Sew Vorh
It, -, ;? ?! . - M il Tole, of White ri ilns, N. V .
the it. a Father Al. .1 Rbelnhart, of Pleasantvil.c,
\. a . the Rev. l?r. Wall, formerl ol Plr&sant
vtlle, now of thl? -i*\ . Dr. I, W. Joins, of Plea?
ami I'.le, and the a -i-uaed h? :
Ai, .u a week ?go Inspector Jacob? an-l <'hi>-i'
Clerk Dillon, of Mr. A?h? - oftlce, went to Pleas?
antvll'.e, where f.?*j found Hosanna Donnellt at
the house of Mrs ivDell, a reputable woman there.
All ih..- letter? complained of bore the postmark of
I'leasantvtIU-, Westcheatei County, mid suspicion
ha?l been directed to the accu? -d g rl
.; ... ... ,i - ? ? . i la awai ?? il i he dentil y of the
i, who easua ly ask.-l her to write down some
memoranda. She t ?.k ul? a pad ?>n which to write,
an i the paper ?>f the pad and thi handwriting a ?re
found t . be Identical with the paper and the writ?
ing of th? letter? received bi the several clergymen
who turned them over to the postal authorities.
She a .s brought t ? Chief Inspector Ashe'a office.
m the Federal Building, where ?he at tlrs? denied
.ill the i?h ?' tea, but finally admitted that ?he had
written all the letter? complained of. and with
which ?he wa? confronted She also admitted that
?he had written a number of lut era t.? h -rs.-if
Blgned b\ various men who h,?..i ; e.-n accused of
writing them. She afterward signed a full written
confi ??ton of her guilt.
Ml?? Donnelly then, geatlculating violently, said
she bad always been ? Roman Catholic, and at?
tended the Catholic Church, but that ?he then and
there renounced the faith, and would never again
enter a Catholic church. ,?
Chief Inspector Ashc ?aid yeeterda) that be wa?
convinced the girl ''-a not responsible for what
she bid done, an I explained thai that wa? hi? rea
son foi asking C ?mmla Ion r shield? to defer Issuing
i warrant for her detention, lie said he expected
the girl, by arrangement, would i* ?eni t.? an in?
stitution In Westchester County, where hi s.mii\
a mid be Investigated by .xp?*:*t?. and Bh? would
receive n?< led tre itment.
aft?, lilixri l. Btlll DA7.ED AND BPBBCBIBS?
Bordentewa, N. ?' . April -<i it Shipps returned
from Ironsktes lats this evening, and asid there
was a Blight Improvement In Mrs. Parnell'a condi?
tion, bu? thai sh.- still remained dsasd and speech?
less from the blow ehe had received. The physician
aiao Biated thai tha next forty-eight hours will b?
the nest critical, and until that p.-rio I ha? elapsed
H will b.- impossible to ?aA whether Mrs Parnell
will succumb to ?-r survive the shock. The suf?
ferer wa? i-in.o ? t to her home to-day and placed
under the care of Mrs Knoud, of New-York Bev?
j .-ral tramps have been arrested In this place and
1 vicinity under ?uaplcton, but bo far nothing baa
been found upon th.-m t.. connect them ivith the
assault.
BRITISH CRUISER* iiorxn yon cuniSTo
Hun Fraaclsco, April 10 (Special). Panama ad?
vices i-?c?.iv.'.i by the steamer ?v\ of By Inej I ?
I iU> si> ihm on April ?". when tha ?tesaaer ?as in
that harbor, ofllcera of th< British cruiser Satellit?
s.ud the) had order? t-? awatl the srrlvsl "f t.."
Wild Bwsn an-l Royal Arthur, when all three
? would pre?.l undi-r full sieam to Cortnto and
there enforce Knsland'a demand? on Nicaragua if
. they had t.? ahell tha town. They bragged that
England didn't can- a rap for th- Monroe Doc
1 trine. When the city ?f Sydney wa? .?ff Cape St.
i Lucas on the 16th she sas b fea miles awaj th?
i nited Slat?-? coast defence \.-ss.-t .AU.nt.-r.->.
under full ?team headed south. The Americans on
board .beer.-.I h??r, S? they felt Burs sin- was
bound t.? CorlntO t.? have ?ometlilng to say about
ib.- M? nros 1 '"?tune.
i chica no TAPBB OBAXOBB OWXBBS.
?'hl.-ago, April 2". The control of "The Tlmes
llerald and livening Post" pa??ed Into the han.ls
I of Herman H. Kehlaaat forme;ly publisher of "The
' Inter ocean," thl? sfternoon. and he ussunied
charge of the consolidated Journal to-night. Mr.
I Kohbaat secured 725 of the 1.000 ?hare? of (1.000
1 each.
THE NEWS IN LONDON,
WILD GOSSIP ABOUT CHANGES IN PARTY
LEADERSHIP.
MR. ?-il.Ar.STONF. WIT.I? NOT RKTI'RN TO PfRLKJ
Un MR i*UAMPKf:I.AIN'S niFFERKNl'ES WITH
? "NSKKVATIVKS TH"-: POS**B**l EXTRAOR.
MNART "Ar??STOMC EPISTI.E" ? ENf?
I.ISH AXD AMERICAN ROOTMAKER--J?
tftOBWBBOM HIXI.EY S HEALTH.
. RT CASI.? To TH? TH!Hl*XB.I
ro/ivr??;/.'; Is?:,: Hi, BU Tribun? .(.?>? irii-v
London, ?prtl 2?.? There are two very obstinate
rumors which It may be -veil to contradict, not
because they spring from ?any very Important
source, but because they are bo persistent. Both
of th-m have reappeared this week In a f?rm
which Insures them a wbie clreulatlon. The first
ni?tes to Lor?l Ro?J?b?ry, whose illness t? agiln
said to be serious anu chronic There Is no
other foun'lation for that 3tory than the Insom?
nia from which he has suffered ?n g-reater or le??
degree for many years past. It was aggravated
by influenza, which aggravates everything. His
condition has n? v*rth'le?s steadily Improved
since he went to the Purdans, his country pi nee
near Kpsom. If he hus any Intention of resign?
ing1 it Is unknown t<> his fr'.ends. The latest
firm of this rumor credits him with the Intention
of holding on through the summer or till the er.d
of the se,sK|nn?n"h. dy knows how soon that
may come?and then, alleging Illness as the
cause, r?'t:rins*. The strings are to b? pulled
meantime in such a way that. Just as Mr. Glad
st.ine nominate,i Lord Roasbsry for his suc-essor,
L'ird Itoseherv Is then t" hand back the reins to
M:-. Gladstone
Thi!.-? do we reach the second volume of thl?
Interesting t imance. Mr. Gladstone, if you like
to believe th?- romancer, is pining to return to
pul. i ? life. The exact contrary 1? true. What t
said long sine?-, when theaw ima?-.nations fir:t
took shape, is ?till accurate. Mr. Gladstone has
no intention nor d?sire to come back Into publia
life. A ?! b- Issue, lik?' lite AlHMIllail atrocities,
:.b tit which he feels strongly, might induce hlna
? i return for ? s?p?.-c?flc purpose, but not in a
way t" Involve his letd-rshlp of the party. He
has withdrawn his mind from politics; you can
hardly k>" him to talk about them. K--w ?>r none
of the current Issues really interest him. He does
not want to lead an attack on the House of
I. ris He sees, as everybody sisa sees, a few
fanatl? s exceptad, that the agitation against th?
! i'hamb"r has collapsed. The theory of
Mr. Qladat ne'a fifth Prime **Iln*srt?**ahlp Implies
that he is to whip It up once more; he Is to tak*?
ofllce for that purpos.. Wei!, the old man's
courage is equal to anything, but he has n*'. yet
taken leave of his Intelligence or of his wariness
in politics. He can stii: calculate probabilities.
Hut h'.s own account of his wishes and purposes
Is very dlffer-nt from all this. He has planned
out literary and religious work to occupy him
for some years to comt. He Is at this moment
? ?? s-aged -n a new edttl.in of "BJtler"? Analogy,"
ma of the half-dozen books which he always
i .nentions as having influenced him profoundly
i n'A through his life. He is writing notes on thin
great treat!?.e, an 1 long excursuses. His edition
! will fill two octavo v..!i!~ies. That Is but one of
1 his pr.ijeeted works?one other step toward Im
, mortality. While he was In Cannes he was read?
ing ten hours daily, s mewhat to the disquiet of
I h-ts famrtr. ""Unce ht? n-ttn-n he has caujed It tu
i be announced in the pap?is that he run neither
read nor answer letters, but that d?ie? not pre
rtt him from carrying on ?in active corre
| spondence with his friends A recent letter of
four closely filled pages, In a hand as firm as that
of twei igo, atta-sts his vigor. There
were no politics In it. Hawarden Interests, ar.d
perhap? hi?- p.. Hawarden Library, most of all
occupy him He may or may not be aware th.it
th- parts- be once !>? 1 'loes not want him b?8Ch
as leader, ?r th it th-? controlling ??-?etlnn? of It
do not, though they might be willing to use hlrn
t ? h"ip win an election; for with the country his
Is still a mighty ram?.
Strained relatl. na brtireen Mr chamberlain
i i a section of the C ? rvatlvea have filled
the Liberal breast with hopes that at last the
alliance I ?tween Conservatives and Liberal
unionist? was ab .;i* t" br.?ik up. That alliance
ha? lasted nearly nine years, standing the stress
' hocks from with >ut and the more danger
! "us strain of disagreements from within, it his
; had groat result* iu< ?I beneficial r.-suits, it ha?
saved the United Kingdom from iha: f.rm of
ration popularly known a?
H"tn" Rule for Ireland; It has llberalf*wd the
C nservat've party, and it has undoubtedly kept
Mr. Chamberlain from rushing down those
? ; .-r paths of Radicalism which at one time
he seemed Inclined to follow. There Is now an
,tt. mpt on the part i f s m- ? f th- C*>nsa*rvattvag
who ?till hope ; i real ire Toryism to driva Mr.
Chamberlain Into open hostilities, or t\m r*o"a>
pel him to enlist under the party banner.
T*).' membera of the House "f Ccrmnwna cin
cerned In thla ? iba are of no importance, but
they have shown a curious activity in the per'.-l
Ical ptfesa and they seem to have got hold of the
leading Conservative o-rgan "Th* Standard." Th?
attack h led, hoarever, by two anonytnotJi
writers In "The New Review," n-w edited by
that r/ery free lane?, Mr, W. B, Henley. The
' quarrel at Leamington for *he i-uccesston to the
Speaker's seit has envenomed the dispute, and
Mr. Chamberlain's vote for disestablishing tli??
Welsh Church deeply angered those ContkM-va-*
tlvea who care tn.,re for the Church than for
Coriservatista. Mr. chamberlain ha* sail
nothing, but "The Birmingham Post," trhlcb is
f,?r s'lttn? purposes his organ, Anally met thesa
continued attacks by the menace that Mr. Chan*
l might retire from public life, or at ?east
! from Parliament This alarmed the mora SobSf
and Intelligent Con?i vatlres. "The Tim??." in
an ?lab?rate leader, protested agaln-t the calum?
nies and Insinuations directed against Mr. Chant?
certain, and some not very leading Conaervatlvafl
wrote letters In a Similar sense; but the s urce of
! these dissensions Is supp ?sed to be the growing
conviction of th- more Impetuous and ignorant
Tori"?* that they can cany the <* 'tintry at the next
general election without Mr. Chamberlain's help?,
ati'l f.rm a < "o:is. i vatlve Ministry from which
th.? Liberal Unionista, ?.r nil but Mr. Chamberlain
himself, shall be left out. Il Is not likely that
I these gentlemen will be suffered to push matters
? gtremltles, or that defeat win be risked to
gratify personal anln-ositiea off i??*rs.?nai ambi
tlon v
Mr. Courtney*a narrative of his contest for the
; B*~-s-**-*er*mlp is Intnmstlng. but contains little that
i Is new, He withdrew, for that is what it all
j rornes to, becauas ha ?h i n.>t reall>' want to bo
f-p?'.ik--r; be. .uise he wished to avoid a contest
and secure, if possible, ? unanimous choice by
the House; POCSUS? he found himself opposed by
bis Liberal Unionist colbi-iues; bemuse he
' thouglit Mr. rampb.'ll-Mannetiiian might be choa
! en unanimously, and finally, hec.tuse he thought
the Conservatives, who had not ha?l a Speak?>r
I for sixty years, were etitlt|e?l to the post, nnd he
? hoped that Sir Mitth-w Whlte-Ridle*,- might be
: choastl unanimously.
These h"pes. considered |n the light of the suh
sequi'tit election "f a pur-ly partisan candidate
by eleven majority, do not increase one's raspea?,
for Mr. Courtney's judgment of Parliamentary
? probabilities--. They are. nevertheless. hon??rable
to him; they are also honorable to Sir
William Harcourt It has .been thought, or
j ailege-d. that Sir William, in obedience to Radl
I cal pressure, dropped Mr. Courtney. "No," says