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box
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THE TIN BOX IS EMPTY NOW
WhitherHave the MissingSe
ourities Flown?
THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW
The Legislature Beginning to
Investigate.
State Treasurer Burnite Tells What He
Knows—Superintendent Aytlon Wants
a Ten Year Term—A Colored Man's
Well Lined Trunk.
Htaff Correspond enco of Gazette and Journal
* Dover, Feb. 26.—Seuator Williams
introduced to-day the Three Commie*
eioners bill, drafted by his brother, Na
thaniel Williams, the full text of which
printed in The Gazette about a
Month ago. The reading of the bill was
fallowed by a motion to print 1,000
copies thereof, and it is Mr. Williams'
desire that these shall have a wide cir
culation, and that New Castle men who
receive them shall, as generally as may
#e, communicate to him their opinions
the same. He wishes to give them
to do this before calling it, or the
«House bill in an amended form, as the
3use may be, up for final action.
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to
TILE SUSSEX COMMISSION BILL.
The Sussex Commission bill, prepared
by A. P. Robinson, E. L. Martin and
W. F. Causey, Esq.*., possesses at least
the merits of brevity and simplicity. It
does not contemplate minority repre
sentation or the Crawford county system
of voting, though the men who drafted
it are personally favorable to both, but
to how the peo
ple of Sussex—to whom the prospect of
government by commission is novel—
would foci towards such provisions.
Following is a synopsis of the bill:
Section 1 abolishes the levy court and
vacates all appointments and elections by
the same since February 1st, including
county treasurer, collectors, trustees of the
poor, constables and other officers.
Section 2 provides that the Je.,,
shall hereafter be composed of live com
missioners, who shall bo freeholders. Th e
governor shall appoi
the p
first Tuesday i:
their successors are chosen and qualified.
Their Succe ssors shall be elios- u by the
large at the next general elec
tion. vacancies oecuring in tin* tues
shall be filled hv the governor,
commissioner shall receive
n commissioner removes
ceases to be a
office shall become vac:
Section 3 makes it the duty of the pres
cut levy court, upon the passage of :
act, forthwith to deliver up to tlie clerk of
.the peace all books, documents, records,
1 the
they were uncertain
the first hoard in
■ of
serve until the
February, 1893,
it.il
■
i ..« •
salary. If
the county
•eeh« »bier therein his
papers und other county property,
clerk of the peace shall deliver the s:
the commissioners at their first
meeting. The clerk
clerk «>f the
sioners shall have the same regulations as
the levy court.
.Section 4 provides that the commis
ippointed by the Governor shall
the court house in Sussex on the
b t * lC
oraruis
sioners
meet u
first Tuesday after their appointment and
proceed
jBtitution
organize; three
quorum. They shall at their
first, meeting elect a county
lectors, trustees of the no
offic«;rs whose terms have be
this act
Section 5 provides that on the first day
of April next all finals in the hands of tho
present county treasurer shall he immedi
ately transferred to the county treasurer
appointed by the board, and all balances
of taxes settled and determined by the levy
court as due from the several collectors
»hall he paid to the county treasurer as
aforesaid on or before a day to be ap
pointed by the commissioners* In default
of such transfer the commissioners shall
have lull power and authority
the official bonds of su«*
and collectors and.
thereof the commissioners
authority to order satisfaction to be entered
the bonds, und said official bonds arc
hereby declared to remain and continue in
full force and effect until ail liubffitv
hereunder shall be fully discharge«!.
-, col
and other
vacated by
t«» proceed
h treasurers
ie of full payment
shall* have
LE.MUEL D. TINGLE AGAIN.
Mr. Hickman gave notice this after
of a bill to re
»f Lemuel 1). Tingle. 8
Jazette'h
Je was a ve
south-eas
sweetheart Maliala, a very pretty
girl, walked t«> Frank ford and
married. Tingle soon got tired of mat
iiy an«l applied to the Legislature of
1889 for divorce. lie charged that his
■ wife was unfaithful
obtained his divone. Very soon after
the passage of this divorce act satisfac
ïv« 3 the disabilities
? of The
readers may recall Tingle.
*ry young man, living down
ssex, when he and
1
that gr
tory proof was presented to the Leris
lature that Mahala had be«
nstly accused and that her
tition
repu
tliis
lotion
spotless. Upon
he Legislature reconsidered its
nd indefinitely post)
ill. Tho question at
his revocation operated to remarry
'ingle and Mahala. Manifestly they
been legally unmarried for a short
line—three days—during which interval
jit her of them could have contracted a
egal marriage with another partner.
(1 have
•li other partner ?
not be
«1 the div
arose whether
81 ad this happened wlmt w
'»con the status of
r'uico then Tingle has
iis mind ns to whether he is
Married
. lie tried to get the Li.'gis
atUTc of 1889 to redivorce aim, but that
Tiody promptly turned down the bill
'hen offered to "remove his disabilities."
t'iiice then, it is reported, he has
ranged with Mahala not to oppose a
legal separation
about to be reopened.
t the case is
Dover, March 2,—Following is a lis>t
pf the missing State securities, with their
oar value:
$.714 slim
at $50 »
Farmers Bank stock.
$185,700
sliures Farmers Bank
at $36 per share.
f>7 shares National Bank of Dela
ware stock...
« Uni
. 160.000
. 11,460
234 shi
National Bank
114 shares National Bank
Smyrna stock..
0,350
«f
$389,150
The market value of these securities
•port at
• worth at least
is placed in Mr. Herbert's last
$447,440. They
$50,000 more.
Besides these, tlie Breakwater &
►'Yankford railroad mortgages for $200,
000 is missing.
The only State assets that Treasurer
jiurnite has been able to find an-, .-is
■ired this alt«
V
Breakwater mortgage of $6uo,000 and
tin* school fund bond of $156,750. The
hitter is, however, rather a liability than
SSt.'t,
■r Burnite has interrogated
lessors for twelve years back
•ate.«.
•r Herbert declared that In*
aw them and knew nothing about
his predc
regarding these bank stock c«*rti
them. I
Tn
II«
ul«l
remember ever having seen the
Treasurer, n<
Rev
recollected looking into the box i
which tlu* certificates
ere kept, wh* n
lie became
papers therein, 1
tire IS
all
ot r<
whi
Burnite has
Giles, who preceded Mr. K«u
suing the inquiry buck int
but there has not been time to receive uu
him.
These certificate** wane supposed to be
pap.*
write*
»Ids, pur
his term,
kill
contained in a tin box which
in the Farmers' Bank at Dover. The
bank officials knew nothing of the con
tents of the box. When
became State treasurer he removed this
box from the bank and it was in the
treasurer's office, in the State House,
when Mr. Burnite took possession, but
was found, on examination, to be empty.
When, where and how the securities
had disappeared nobody knows; they
* gone and that is all. There is some
reason for supposing that the general
practice of State treasurers has been to
take the contents of this box for granted
and to content themselves with copying
from the reports of their predecessors
their schedules of State investments.
Could these securities he misappro
priated to private use ? The prevailing
impression here is that it would have
been impossible to use them ns collateral
on which to raise money. They could
not be sold outright without necessitat
ing u record on the books of the banks
of the transfer of ownership. But it is
considered equally likely that they have
been simply lost through negligence and
loose mismanagement.
kept
r. Herbert
levy
1.
in
act
give
the
tect
AN OFFICAL INVESTIGATION.
When the House met this afternoon,
Mr. E. J. Morris offered the following
resolution, which was adopted without
a word :
for
Ac.,
H.
$32;
7,
to
fur
Whereas, Rumors concerning Mr. Wil
liam Herbert, lately State treasurer, have
obtained publicity in the public prints;
and
Whereas, It is important that the Gen
eral Assembly should be placed in posses
sion of tho real facts in regard to the sumo;
therefore
Resolved , That Mr. William Herbert,
lately State treasnrer, he and lie is hereby
requested to furnish this House with any
information in his possession in relation
to the said business.
Jtemhvd , That a committee of two be
appointed
the State treasurer
piest him to transmit any informa
he may possess with respect to the
After conferring with State Treasurer
Burnite, the committee, Messrs. Morris
and Hutson, reported substantially
follows:
"The books of ex-Trcasurer Herbert
were delivered to Treasurer Burnite
February 26th, and by them it appears
tnat the balance due the State at the
time of !iis entrance upon tho duties of
Ilia ofiiee was $110.142.14. On February
10th, .Mr. Herbert paid
nit«*, $94,725.39; on 1
55.
to
ter
a
of
to Mr. Bur
Fcbruary 26th lie
? o checks,
■ for $31,417.75.
$20,000 he was authorized
3. lie presented the same
■ m the following day at tho Now Castle
bank on which it was drawn and was
informed that there were not sufficient
funds to meet it. When upon he waited
oil Mr. Herbert and advised him of the
situation. Mr. Herbert told him (Bur
nit.«)) the said check would be made good
on the following day (Saturday.) With
this und. standing Mr. Burnite left the
check with the bank officers,
informed this afternoon that Mr. Her
bert had afterwards substituted therefor
: check for ,000, which was paid,
and one for $3.000 which he (Herbert)
sent him (Burnite) by mail. The other
($31,417.75) check Mr. Burnite still held,
having presented it at the same hank
and payment having been refused,
marked 'not sufficient funds.' "
Next came the adoption of a Senate
joint resolution and the concurrence of
follows :
over to Mr. Burnite
for $20,000, and
The check f
R.
by
by
fer
to
the H
• in the s:
Whereas, This General Assembly has
received information, apparently reliable,
that securities belonging to the State arc
be found and moneys whioh ought
tn have been paid over to the present State
treasurer by his predecessor have not been
puiil, therefore
Unsolved, «!•«*., That a committee of five
the part of the Senate
it; House of Rép
and investi
gate the condition of the treasury of this
and to discover whether the certain
s and property thereof are safely
•urely kept, where and in whose
hands they may be, ami wlmt measures, if
* necessary to protect, the interests
of the State with regard thereto, and that
such committee shall have authority to
send for persons and papers and shall re
port the facts to this General Assembly as
possible.
Senators Filling and Houston and
Representatives Ridgely, Hickman ami
Elkinton, the committee appointed
under this resolution, held a short
ing this evening, at which it was
decided to issue summons to the treas
dozon years
past t" appear and testify. Having d
this the committee adjourned to 2 p. m.,
Thursday.
Ex-Treasurer Herbert's hondsin
are: Frank E. Herbert, John Otto, Jr.,
11. D. Hickman, Joseph Stoeckle.Gc*
A. Maxwell, George W. Eckles, Alvin
Allen, David BouUicn, Joseph Heyd,
S«. rick F. Shullcross and Giles Lambson.
'i'llere is still another possibility which
has been suggested—that the alleged
bank stock certificates never were ia
But, if so, why should an empty
h"X have b«'cn deposited in the care of
the bank V
be
the part of tl
to impure i
resentutives,
moneys
(
sors and :
liters for
MISCELL ANE<
US NOTES.
Representative Ridgely has give
notice of an investment taxing bill
which differs from the Eisenbrey bill
not providing for the deduction <*jf mort
gages from the taxable value of farms.
It appears that there
in
farms which
«re than their whole
UHSi$n-ed vnlue. One farm which ac
tually changed hands at $15,000, is
mortgaged fur $9,000 and assessed at
l y $7,000. Under the Eisenbrev bill
the holder of this mortgage would
tares
assessment, while the farmer would he
taxed on $2jOQO less than nothing.
Henry G. Conrad, Esq., and Repre
sentative Ridgely, executors of the
estate of Abner Coker, colored, a
mary of whose peculiar will
print«*(ljjab«.»ut a month ag
Gazette, went through the decedent's
trunk to-day. The way that old trunk
panne«l out lairiy made th«3 executurs'
eyes bulge,
securities to the
mortgages for
securities was a $5')() Wilmingt
bond which fell due yesterday.
r west of the railroad,
containing this find, lmd not more than
$10 worth of furniture i
Mied this and another house in Dover,
and a building lot in Wilmington, and
glit to have owned some land in
'arolinc county, Md. II
and he died October 18th, 1889.
urtgagod for
i«y
than the farm
$2,000
in The
It contained first-class
of $4,350 and
Among the
city
The
at
&
.-is
is tli
as a colored
V
I. EG IS /, A Tl VE PROVE E It I SOS.
Specially reported f«»r tho Gazette ami .Journal
Dover, Feb.25.— 1 The Senate met at 11.15
, act to incorpo
* the John T. Dickey Company of Yvil
mingtnn; by Mr. Ross, act to create an ad
ditional school «listriet in Sussex county.
i nt rod i ici'il: H..USC bill to extend thetime
for executors' and ad minist rut ora' sales;
art in provide for hard labor for certain
classes of prisoner» in New Castle «•<
jail; act t«» incorporate the board of trade
of Dover; by Mr. Hull, to amend charter
of tlieCaribean Navigation Company.
Read and referred: Act to incorporate
the Laurel and Roaring l'oint railroad; act
to divorce Charles A. from Bridget E.
Boyle: act to
district in Sussex county.
Basse« 1: House bill to incorporate the
J. Miller Thomas Company.
Joint resolutions adopted: By Mr. Hull,
thanking Seuutor Gray for Ins efforts to
In*
Notice: By Mr. Mo.
n
all
uu
be
additional school
O.
ize
peace
to
act;
trict
fiOO,
to
to
foi
to
No.
ing
of
kill the Force bill; House joint resolution
against Force bill was laid on the table.
Indefinitely postponed: Act to divorce
Sallie from Jefferson Cummins.
Recess to 3 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Senate met at 3.15 o'clock.
Notice: By Mr. Ross, act in relation to
levy court of Sussex county.
Introduced : Act to incorporate Reynolds
Encampment No. 3, I. O. O. F.; House bill
rporte Washington Lodge No. 5,
1. O. O. F.; act to establish a public road
in Sussex county (indefinitely postponed:)
act to incorporate the Elisabeth Curtis
Widows Asylum Association; act to divorce
Wilbur from Annie Needles: act to divorce
Edward P. and Sallie B. Harnish.
Mr. Hall offered a joint resolution
directing the committee on printing to
give all printing amounting to over $100to
the lowest bidder. Adopted.
Claims allowed: Increase to town of
Dover for water used in the State House,
from $40 to $100 per year.
Read und referred: House bill to divorce
Mary from James B. Jones; Senate to pro
tect carrier pigeons.
Passed: Constitutional Convention bill.
Mr. Ross asked for an additional member
Senate divorce committee and a clerk.
Senator McMullin added as a member, and
George Carter us clerk.
Adjourned to 11 a. m. to-morrow.
itely
hv
gins
the
sage,
House of Itepronon tali vos.
i met at 10.40 a.m.
Dover, Feb. 25.—H
Claims presented and referred: Ih
Elkington, claims of Frank E. Herbert,
for reorganizing the treasury department,
adopting a new system of book-keeping,
Ac., $1,795; by Mr. Ridgely, claims of N.
H. Hutchins, $150, and of James Frascher,
$32; hv Mr. Eisenbrey, claim of Prothouo
; Burchenal, $214.20.
Notice: By Mr. Ridgely,
amend chapter 145, Vol. XVI
William C. and C. Louise Bolton; by Mr.
Smith, to incorporate the Provident Ice
Company; by Mr. Walton, to amend
tion 8, unapt er 369, Vol. XVI; to divorce
Annie from George H. Clark; by Mr.
Rickards, to divorce John H. and Mary
Apel; by Mr. Chipmati, to amend section
7, chapter 47, Vol. XVII; by Mr. Attix, to
establish the Board of Trade of Smyrna;
to divorce Thomas and Annie Rodney; by
Mr. Higgins, to amend the act relating to
dentistry: by Mr. Eisenbrey, to provide
fur secret voting and the regulation of the
election laws of this
Mr.
to further
; to divorce
bill
hv
State.
Introduoed: By Mr. Ridgely, for the
protection of fish in St. Jones' river; by
Mr. Walton, for the relief of District No.
55. New Castle county; by Mr. Hickman,
to amend section 3 of the act to appeal ana
supply chapter 117. Vol. XIII, Ac.; by Mr.
Affix, to divorce Melrose L. und Annie E.
Mudd; by 15. J. Morris, to revive the char
ter of Union Lodge, 1. O. O. F., of George
town; by .Mr. Hutson, to restrict the sale
of tobacco; to provide for the ap
pointment of a justice of the peace and of
a constable for the town of < lies wold; to
amend the charter of the town of (7
wold; by Mr. Smith, to revive the charter
of Clayton Lodge, K. <«f 1\; to incorporate
Jefferson Council. O. l\ A. M.; to further
amend the charter of Wilmington, (the
Thirteenth ward hill); to incorporate the
Newcastle Manufacturing Company; by
ml chapter 613, Vol.
XVII; hv R. It. Morris, to amend chapter
117, Vol. 'XIII.
Recess
1*1
tho
Mr.
part
the
11
of
ton:
Iron
R. K. Morris,
:ip.
ÏKNOON SESSION,
^-assembled at 3.30 o'clock.
Mr. Elkinton, to ex
• lands from taxation;
i relut i«
amendment to the
The House
Introduced: B
empt marsh and
by It. R. Morris, i
by Mr. Chipmun
game laws.
Read and referred :
divorce J. C. and Mary E. McColley; to
amend the charter of the Farmers' Mutual
Fire Insurance Company;
charter of Dover; to
•il to borrow $40.
charter of the Artisans Savings Bank; for
the relief of Minnie A. Hamilton; to trans
fer George 0. Twillev's farm from District
No. 183 to District N<>. 141, Sussex county.
Passed: House bills to incorporate
the Morgan Branch Ditch Company; to
divorce Surah G. and William C. Conaway;
h incorporate the. Wilmington Steamboat
Company: to incorporate the Pipe Elm
Branch Ditch Com pan v; to ; incorporate
Delaware Custle, K. G. ft.; for the relief of
the Mutual Loan Association; Semite bills
authorizing the Sussex prothonotary
make new indices; to vest in certain per
sons the title to certain eschoated lands;
md the act relating to
the sale of lands under executive process;
to provide safeguards against the use of
firearms in relation to the practice of
pharmacy.
Adjourned to 10 a.
good fish;
to
Mr.
to
House hills to
: to amend the
authorize the Milford
amend the
ia
of
No.
the
ill«*
House hills
ate
i. to-morrow.
henat««.
Dover. Feb. 26.—Tho Senate met
11 «»'clock.
Notice: By Mr. Houston, act for the
benefit of creditors «»f insolvent concerns;
by Mr. McMullin, act to transfer the farms
of Preston Lea and Silas Thompson from
School district No. 714 to School district
No. 8o, Now < 'asile county; by Mr. Moore,
• the Wilmington and
Brandywine Land Company.
Introduced: By Mr. Williams, Three
Commissioners bill for New Castle county;
( l.UUU copies ordered printed); by Mr. Ross,
hit ion to the levy court of Sussex
county; 1,999 copies ordered printed; by
Mr. Ross, act to incorporate an additional
school district in Sussex county.
Read and referred: Act to incorporate
the board of trade of the town of Dover;
act to roincorpfirate the Atlantic and Cur
ribean Navigation Company.
Passed : House hill to amend sections 8
21, chapter 568, Vol. XVII, Laws of Dela
ware, (Mugnolia dog tax bill).
House jiiiht resolut it
printing ebnen
Recess at 3 p. in.
of
I".
relation
of
KllNOON SESSION.
The Renate
Notice: By Mr. Richardson, act to give
till all offices
•t at 3.30 o'clock.
the governor power
held by Republicans.
Introduced: By Mr. Hall act to
rporate Harrington Library Associi
by Mr. Richard- ' '
in
Wil
ac
is
at
bill
he
the
than
and
in
miugton; by Mr. Richards
6. incorporate Brandy win«
K. G. L.
Read and referred: House bill to put
safety gaits at a railroad crossing in
< Urisaiena hundred; House bill to divorce
Wilbur from Annie Needles; House bill to
Lodge, No. 5,1.0.
amend the charter of
t«m; (communication
. H
so bill
• Castle No. 11.
incorporate vVashingt«
O. F.; Senate bdl
the city of Wild
read from Lewis i'. Bush, M U., John p.
Wales and others); House bill to incorpo
rate Elisabeth Curts Widows Association.
Indefinitely postponed: House bill to
Sylvester fr-.ni Ellen Torheit.
Passed: Senate bill m incorporate the
board of trade of Dover; .Senate bill to
:
div
amend section 4, chapter 123, Revised
Code (referred back to eommltteo); House
bill to divorce Lizzie A. from Harry
Sparklin.
Adjourned to U a.
Dover, Feb. 20.—The House met î
and
the
city
The
i. to-morrow.
K<-pr<-sontutlv«s.
11
Mr. Attix offered a resolution
Plate printing to lie given to
bidder. After discuvsion, laid
requiring
the lowest
the table.
Speaker Simian named Messrs. Eisen -
1 Smith :
K. R. M ... .....
•mbers «»f the special joi
■ printing business; Messrs. Ridgely
and Higgins as members ««f the Joint com
mittee on renovating the governor's
Notice: By Mr. Higgins, to
chapter 575, Vol. XV1I1; l*v Mr. Hickman,
divide, consolidate and incorporate Dis
trict 17, Sussex; by Mr. Elkinton,
power New Castle to borrow $15,060 for
school purposes: by Mr. Rickards.
corporate the Milford Ice Company; by
Mr. Thomas, to divorce John und Ann
Barber.
Introduced: By .Mr. Higgins, t«> regulate
the practice of «ïentistry; V»y Mr. Ridgely,
to amend chapter 145, Vol. XVI; Senate
of holding courts
«»f chancery and orphans courts; to divorce
James K. and Crossey Polk; by Mr. Smith,
to incorporate the Provident Ice Company;
bv Mi*. Walton, t«j amend section, chapter
3fly, V«»l. XVI; by Mr. Eisenbrey, to pro
vide for secret voting and to regulate elec
tions, bv R. R- Morris, to repeal chapter
617, Vol. XVIII.. (thu peddler's actby
Mr. Cranston, to incorporate Fairfax
Lodge. I. O. O. F.
Recess to 3 p. ni.
b
Minmittco
•nd
11.15
Yvil
ad
sales;
trade
act
E.
the
Hull,
to
hill
change the ti
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Tin* House reassembled at 3.45 o'clock.
1 referred : House hills t«« renew
tlie charter of Union Lodge, 1. O. Ü. F.; to
ltca.1
renew the charter of Clayton Lodge, I.
O. F.; to restrict tho sale of tobacco; to
amend the charter of Chepwold; to author
ize the appointment of a justice of the
peace and constable for Cheswold, to in
corporate Jefferson Council. O. U. A. M.;
to amend section 3 of the House insurance
act; to incorporate the New Castle Manu
facturing Company; for the relief of Dis
trict 55, New Castle county; for the pro
tection of food lish in St. Jones' river; the
Thirteenth ward bill; to repeal chapter
fiOO, Vol. XVII; to amend the act for the
protection of game and lish.
Introduced: By Mr. Attix, supplement
to the Kenton schools act.
House bills to incorporate
Washington Council, No. 2. P. O. S. of A.;
to amend section 7, chapter 21, Vol. XVI;
foi the relief of District No. <5, New Castle
county; to amend the act relating to births,
marriages ami deaths; fixing the time for
holding terms of court in Kent and Bussex;
to transfer Reuben Harris from District
No. 1794 to District No. 7ti, Sussex; to in
corporate the Wilmington Wheel Club; to
renew the charter of Chosen Friends
Lodge, I. (). O. 1*\; to amend the act relat
ing to District No. .VI, Kent county.
Mr. Eisenbrey, from the committee
claims, reported unfavorably on the claim
of T. 0. Oulbreth, for *144, tor rent of ...
and it was on his motion indelin
0.
sox
tho
the
a
part
of
hors
and
and
raory
itely postponed.
By Mr. Hickman, to divorce
Bertie from Joseph Michael Greenberg; to
relieve the disabilities of Lemuel D. Tingle;
hv Mr. West, for the relief of John Wig
gins of West Dover.
Mr. Smith presented the claim of the
Freie Fresse, $112.62. Referred,
providing free text books for
the publie schools was taken up for ;
sage, but, on motion of Mr. Rickards, post
poned by a vote of 9 to 4.
Adjourned to 10 a. m., to-morrow.
Wilmiugt
House bill
One
of
bo
to
was
in
Semite.
Dover, Feb. 27.—The Senate met at 11.30
Indefinitely postponed: House bill to
divorce Edward Peter and Veronica Har
nish. Recently reported adversely and
motion of Mr. Houston the bill was indefi
nitely postponed. Motion to reconsider laid
t lie table.
Introduced: By Mr. Houston, act for the
benefit of creditors and stockholders of in
solvent corporations; by Mr. Ross, House
bill to divorce Helen F. and John MeVoy;
hv Mr. McMullin, act to transfer farms of
Lee and Silas Thompson from
School district No. 71 è to No. 80.
1*1 ei {■
•solution to repaper
us concurred in and
named as committee
The House joint
tho governor's r
Mr. Richardson
part of the Senate.
Read and referred : House hill to div
Henry R. Spencer from Elizabeth S.
Spencer: Senate bill to create a new school
district in Sussex county; House bill to di
vorce Edward Peter Harnish from Veronica
Harnish; Senat'- bill to amend and renew
the «'barter of the Hurring Library Asso
ciation'; House hill to incorporate Brandy
'astle. No. ILK. G. E.; Senate hill to
incorporate Eureka Conclave, No. 5. 1. O.
11 : House bill to incorporate the Wil
mington Mills Manufacturing Company;
Senate 1)111, act in relation t«» the levy court
of New Castle county (referred to enlarged
committee on cities and town): Senate bill
vide hard labor for certain prisoners
unity; Senate bill, act in
relation to the levy court- of Sussex county;
House bill to incorporate Reynolds En
campment. No. 3, I. O. O. F., of Wilming
ton: Senate bill relating to McCullough
Iron Company.
Recess to 3 p. m.
his
to
but.
in
one
Castle
FTERNOO» SESSION.
The Senate met at 3.10 o'clock.
Introduced: H<
bill No. 173,
to incorporate Washington Camp, No. 2,
Patriotic Order i>f the Sons of America, of
Wilmington, New Custle county, Del.; by
Mr. Pilling, act t«» Incorporate Delaware
"i. ft.; House hill,jto make
New Castle county; House bills, to amend
chapter 21, Vol. XVI., Delaware Laws; act
to incorporate the Wilmington Wheel
Club: act to amend an act in relation to
school district in Sussex county; act to re
: th«' charter of Chosen Friends Lodge,
('fistic, No. 12, K.
valid the
No. 35, I. <>.
. K.
Adjourned to 5.30 p. m. Monday.
of Mr. Ross the vote to in
definitely postpone u Dill to lay out a cer
tain road in Sussex county was recousit!
lions«« of Ite|>rcsentatlv«*s.
Dover, Feb. 27.—House met at- 10.45a m.
Notice: By Mr. Eisenbrey, in relation to
the hooks; to prevent commissioners of
school «listriots from embezzling funds of
ill«* district»; by Mr. ('runston,
John G. and Ella R. Simms; by It. R.
to Districts No. 19 and
divorce
Morris, in relati«
115, Ke
Introduced: By Mr. Attix, to incorpor
ate the Board of Trade of .Smyrna; by Mr.
Elkinton, to authorize the town of' New
Castle to borrow $15,U00 for the benefit of
public* schools.
Read and referred: House hills to incor
porate the Provident Ie«* Company; to
•ndchapter 115, Vol. XVI. (in relation
*'ofVi..ldingeoi
county.
at
change
à of chancery and
rphans' courts; House bill to exempt
marsh lands from taxation; Senate bill to
incorporate Fairfax Lodge, I. O. (». F.;
House bills to incorporate the upper prong
Branch Ditch Oonipnnv: tn
3, chapter 369, V« .1. XVI; to
•e Annie M. and George 11. Clark; to
divorce Melrose I. and Annie L. Mudd.
Recess to 3 p. in.
hill
•lu
the li
of Horse I'
amend speti«
div
r'T UR NOON SE
reassembled at 3.10 o'clock.
Mr. Hutson offered a joint
linting a joint committee on Washington
trip. Adopted. House members—Hutson,
Ridgely.
The House
lut ion ap
I". 1
Passed : House bill authorizing the town
of Milford to borrow $.»ooon.
Introduced : By Mr. Ridgely, Senate bill
•ornorate the Hoard of Trailo of
Read by title and referre«l.
House bill to provide free text books for
tin* public seluiojs was called up and re
committed for uuu-ndinont.
Read and referred : House bill to pro
vide for secret voting, Av., (Ilie Jersey
ballot-box bill) 500 copies ordered printed.
Renate joint resolution acceding to in
crease « if Slate House water rent from $46
to $190, and providing for the annual ap
propriation ol'the increased amount, was
concurred in.
Adjourned to •'» p. m. Monday.
Dov
Dover, March 2. —The Senate met
0
:
Mr. Pilling made inquiry into the
Herbert matter.
House joint resolutions: For the Gen
to go t«> Washing
in; ordering judgments to
the official bond of ex-State
eral Assembly
March
l»e entered
Treasurer Herbert.
Passed: II
road in Little
Recess to 8.30.
se bill to establish a public
; Greek hundred, Sussex
EVENING SESSION.
The Senate
Mr. Pilling offered
9.15 p. m.
«solution ap
pointing a committer <>F two on the part of
the Senate und three on the part of tlie
> the condition of the
State treasury department. Adopted.
Pilling and Houston committee.
Adjourned h.» 3 p. m. Thursday.
House of lte|»res«'iitativ«'K.
The House met at 5.45
11
-
by
Dover, March 2
I '•
is offered a resolution for
the th«* appointment of a committee of
two to wait on Treasurer Burnite and re
quest him to furnish information regard
ing the State finances, <ke. Committee, E.
J. Morris and Hutson.
IntrodiUMHk By Mr. Cranston, to incor
porât«* the Architectural and .Supply Com
pany, by ?*1r. i ranston, to divorce John G.
1 Ella R. Simms; by Mr. Hickman, to
di vorce Nettie and Joseph Michael Green
berg; l»v Mr. Attix, to divorce Th
Annie Rodway; by R. It. Morris,
a r«»ad in Broadkiln hundred; by* Mr.
Rickards, in relation to thu sale of law
books; by Mr. Eisenbrey, to prevent school
commissioners and clerks of school dis
tricts from embezzling funds <»f the dis
trict.
Notice: By Mr. Ridgely, in .
taxing investments; by Mr. Day
poruie Asylum Loilge,*"
Hickman, to proviuu
Mr. E. J. M
lay
relation to
— —. . to incor
L O. O. V .; by Mr.
for a topographic
and geological survey of Delaware with a
to devising a scientific system of
drainage and for other pur|*oses; to incor
porate the St. Georges branch. Dcrrickson
iirunch und Deep Hole branch ditch
panic»; to
Sussex companies; by M.r. Rickards to
to
extend the ditches of several
transfer certain farms to District S3; Bus
to amend
sox county; by Mr. Kisenbrc
tho charter of the Delaware I
puny.
Read and referred: House bill to divorce
Janies K. and Creesev Polk.
Mr. Eisenbrey presented the claim of
the Delaware StaaU-Zcitung for $155*29.
Referred.
Mr. Ridgely offered
payment of $130.50 to Postmuster Satter
ileld. Adopted.
Mr. E. J. Morris, from the committee
(x-Treasnrer Herbert's accounts, made
a report which was accepted.
Mr. Hutson offered
•solution fur the
joint resoliiti
directing the secretary of State to proceed
c-Treasurer Herbert's official bonds.
Adopted.
Recess to 8 p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
sscmblcd at 8.15 p. m.
The House
Notice : By Mr. Smith, to provide a su
perintendent of lire alarm and police elec
trical system of Wilmington; to vacate a
d Walnut streets
in
to
part of King, French
Wilmington.
Senate joint resolut ion
of ex-Trcasurer Herbert's accounts and
transactions concurred in. House
hors of committee, Messrs. Ridgely, Hick"
and Elkinton.
Notice : By Mr. Walton, to extend tho
boundaries of Districts Nos. 39 and 41,
New Castle county.
Introduced: By R. R. Morris, for the
protection of fisli in Bmadkiln river.
Read and referred : To authorize New
Castle to borrow $15,000; to incorporate the
Smyrna board of trade; to divorce Suruh C.
i B. R. Williams.
Passed : House bills lo div
and Reuben T. Welsh; to
and Thomas A. Campbell.
Adjourned to 3 p. m. Thursday.
invest igati
in
•e Nettie L.
divorce Sadie E.
THE HEW OU J, I SS VE\ /> ETTA.
One of Chief Hennessey's Assassins Ilo
IIiivii Confessed.
New Orleans, March 2. —Tho testi
mony elicited in the Hennessey case
Saturday seems to have been quite
startling to the prisoners as it was to tho
public. When the prisoners were
brought to the bar Manquel Polite,
of the men who has been identified as
doing the actual shooting, was found to
bo greatly excited, lie talked in a loud
tone in his native language and refused
to take his seat. He was finally forced
into his chair by two deputies.
Ho arose again and addressed the
rapid tones. He grew
manner, and finally Matruuga
was requested by the court to ask him
what was the matter.
Politz answered in Sicilian, and said
that he wanted an interpreter, as he had
thing to the court.
This announcement created intense ex
citement, not only among the spectators
in the court room, but among the pris
!.. \ • ( I
judge in
excited in
decided to say
interpreter in court
Meantime, a
between counsel was held.
When the interpreter arrived Judge
Baker ordered Politz to he taken into
his private office, and himself, the inter
preter, and counsel for both sides bil
lowed, and whatever Politz had to say
was said in private.
When the party re-entered the court
room Politz was ghastly pale. After he
had taken his seat on the bench Mr.
Semmerof counsel for the defence an
nounced that they could not longer rep
resent Politz. The court thereupon ap
pointed counsel to defend Politz.
When the pro onersj were remanded
back to the dock Politz was afraid to
walk with them, lit; also did not want
to go into the same room with the others
but. he was assured by the sheriff Unit
would befall him. He went in
•ry reluctantly, however. While the
tinsel will not divulge what Politz
said, it is understood that ho made a
confession of a startling character. This
will he produced during the trial.
Politz only made a partial statement
in tho trial to day, saying principally
what he could tell, but his words and
manner intimated that ho desired a
promise that he would not bo punished,
lie Is said to claim that lie was not pre
sent tit the shooting but know of Uie
conspiracy and the causes that lod to it.
The men who did the shooting
only tools, the real leaders ana iastiga
the scone. lie
s of the leaders,
! t. » have Implicated some of
Italians not yet
There being
one had to ho sent for.
•onsultati
lu
tors not appearing
did not give
hut is sail! t
•used
arrested as participants.
Politz is to-night confined in a sepa
rate part of the prison and i
(lock fr
The witrn
Wheeler, a colored
the corner <>f tin* killing, who saw a man
at the c<
the m
separate
tin- others at hie own request.
tn
to
to
ary
, residing at
il -cloth coat firing a
gun across the sire« t; also a negro named
James Poole, wh«» went out Oirod street
half a square behind the chief, ami
; tho killing. He could not
ics under tho shed, but
Marchezi jump into the street
it Hennessey while he saw
Soaffcdi at the corner also firing in the
) direction. Undid not know the
by mime, but pickad them out from
the accused, nml was positive in each
cas«.*. His evidence created a sensation.
plalnly p;
identify th«- pi
he saw
and tire :
of
re
in
ap
Eh PE A Sit THE O UA V.
Au Kxliihition «if War K«'IIch und n Com
mincling of th«« North und South.
Montiukllo, III., March 3.—The
tenuis of Vicksburg,
aid-do
Confederate
Miss., have sent to the city
«•amp of tho commander ia-**i.i»*f of the
Grand Army of the Republic plans for
the proposed reunion of the blue and tho
gray
Chicago during the World's
The plan,
outline« l by Colo O'Car
Major Lamar Fouutaino of th*
have
to he called tho-Blue*
the old veteran*) of
bfds,
roll
Confederate anuy, is
erected at Cljica
anil the Gray,
both armies, in which tho Hags, swci
and otlier relics will he storoff,.
veterans to camp in teuts furnished by
the war department.
The various states will bo r asked-*to
furnish transportation for th'o oldf^oL
diors within their borders a tiff the
eminent wiJJ bo asked to furnTs
tions. The .Blue and the Grey bnild
to built by all the states com
bined. The governors of the different
states will appoint ocubniittees to çarry
out the programme. The reunion h ex
locted to last from 10 t<T30 days. The
Confederates have written to the Pres
ident asking his assistance to carry out
for the reunion, and south
Senators and Congressmen have
also been called on to aid in the work.
pavilion
0
the
to
ii.
ap
of
tlie
the
5.45
t heir pi
A Legal Victory for Mrs. O'Shea.
London, Mardi 3.—It was announced
February 24th, that an attempt
would be mode to break the will of the
late Mrs. Wood, the aunt of Mrs. O'Shea
who bequeathed the latter a largo for
tune. Public allusions to Mr. Parnell's
possible interest in this fortune induced
Mrs. Wood's brothers to bring an action
to have the will declared invalid on the
ground of undue influence, and on tho
«lay mentioned application was made to
Justice Jeune for an order te> see docu
ments which Mrs. O'Shea does not want
to produce. These documenta included
diaries of Mrs. Wood, which, it was
thought would show that the lady's
mental condition to be such as to render
her incapable of making a will. The
application which
name of Charles and Sir Evlyn Wood,
to-day refused by the court.
Tlie Rev. C. S. Baker has accepted
invitation to return as pastor of Oris
ficld M. E. Church next conference
year.
for
of
re
E.
G.
to
Mr.
law
dis
dis
to
Mr.
a
of
to
made in the
man
U
The Negro Is Weary of Wait
ing for Death.
HE WAS NEVER IN JAIL BEFORE
Never Happier Than Since
His " Conversion."
Words and Ring «
the <.allows — Messages to
!
Will Speak
llynm
1 i-iends Outside-Hls Statement C
«•«■ruing the Crli
of Gnzette and .Tournai
Spooial Correspond!
New Casti.k, March 2.—Through the
courtesy of Hhèrifi'SiiuinoiiH Tills Gazette's
correspondent was allowed the privi
lege of an interview with Shakespeare
Reeves, the negro who is sentenced to be
hanged on Friday next. Yesterday after
the reporter was escorted to the coll,
•r Hour, where he found the
gazing through the grate
vident ly watching the passers by
corridor below. Reeves, who is 38
years old, is a light mulatto and of power
ful build. He talked and eluitted for 20
minutes, and seemed to he in a happy
frame of mind; in fact, he said that tie
thought he was «hont as happy as lie w
before in his life. He said he had
been converted two weeks ago, ami he
felt like a different mau. I am fully pre
d to die, and 1 will «lie .as happy as 1
lived, he said. I spend most of my time
in ] »rayer and hope and trust, in Goa. lie
said hi> did not worry as he did before his
conversion. He was in pretty good health,
although suffering from a slight cold
during the past week. In reply to the
question if he knew just how long he had
to live, ho replied, smilingly, that he be
lieved that it was not quite a week; some
time next Friday, in the morning or ufter
, he did not know which, but he ad
vised the reporter to ask the sheriff for
this information.
The prisoner «lid not think lie had had a
fair trial, 'butif Iliad,''hesaid, '1 would not
lie here to-day waiting to be hanged." C
tinning he staled that it was the first Brno
in his life that he had ever bee
jail and he never was arrested for any
offence whatever previous to the present
ver having committed a
on the upt
condemned
in the
. lie denied ev
Deluware < 'it y
few years ago, as has been stated i
i, remarking that he was i|iiip
of the crime f
under sentence. He still clings to the story
he told during the trial, that his victim
was hurt by a fall the «lay of the assault
I the bruises on her body were from
this, and were not caused by him,
although he admits that the assault was
made, hut without attempting further in
j**>y %
stand trial again, as alter it w
was completely hrokt
the only time, except at the death of a
brother, that In* was ever brought to tears.
He said: "1 mu tire«l of waiting to die, and,
already, would rut her die ti"W than
•xt Friday."* Ho was asked if he thought
lie could go through the execution all
right, and replied that he was feeling
could hear it
few words
few
similar eri
crul papers
which he is
s said he would rather die than
he
• that he
lively. He expects to say a
the gallows. He said both
the sheriff' and the wardens were very
him since he has been con fitted in
his cell, and Hieriff Simmons i
stated timt Shakespeare wilt
I f«lt
of the
in the
quietest and least
1 says he is in the
jail, appears to he ami says
best of spirits and displays
nerve, the talk nh<
day not affecting him in the leust.
iWv
•enmrknble
his death
although an ignorant darkey is
tally and he realizes
it withstanding the fact that he
1 joked all during the «
lie says he never belonge«l to
church in his life, hilt he now belonged to
God whom lie expected to see. As the re
porter started to say good-1 »ye to the
doomed man the latter requested him to
tell the people that he was ready and would
die happy and h«: wished to send his
to Mr. and Mrs. ('lark with whom he wi
employed and everyone else, and hoped I
meet them all in heaven.
Reeves' aged mother was here fr«
Baltimore last week ami affectionately hid
him farewell.
his relatives will ho present "at the execu
tion. The prisoner spent a large portion
of his Lust Sunday on earth in devotion,
ami during the morning lie was singing
ami shooting ami seemed to ho \
at all weak
laughed
likely that unv <>f
It k
ha
E,r, „
church
off«
1 at several of the
for the doomed man yesterday.
SWEPT DOWS HV iill. X.
The Town of Yuma llAstroveil —llunili'Pilii
of l.lvcs Lost ami .llucli I'ropcily
Z troy cd.
pEHvnn, Col., March l. — A spécial
to the Rocky Mountin')) .Yarn from V
Arizona, nays in tie
houses
people ure home
3inains sfan lite
feared that hundreils of lives have been
lost in the Gila Valley. The telegraph
wires into the valley an* down, and ns
all bridges are gone and the
impassable, no reliable reports can be
had from thcro.
The river above town is seven miles
wide and below the town in places th«'
water covers the country in one grand
lake over 60 miles across. The railroad
company will not have the blockade
raised for west-bound trains for four
days, and it will he 10 days
weeks before they ci
town has provisions sufficient f«»r eight
days, and tin* Southern Pacific
Hotel is feeding a thousand people a
day.
>r 25o
tin* tlood, 1,409
-t a single busi
and it i
The
get eas
Reports from Jak
above here,
Hood drove the people into the treetops,
and many becoming exhausted from
Id and hunger dropp
<1 were drowned. U
ble sources put the loss of life in the val
ley anywhere from 30 up to 100. All
along the valley for 200 miles every
thing Is in desolation. Costly houses
and barns have been washed away like
nlaytliings, while stock und fences have
be.qn carried down by the Hood, leaving
desert. Men
, fifteen miles
: to the effect that the
col
eel into the water
leports from relia
tlie country as 1
who ten years ago were wealthy are
now homeless and paupers. Eighty
miles south of her«*, where 5,000 Indians
live, the country is Hooded for 80 miles
square and as there a
tefugo it is reported that
Indians have b«*en drowned. 'The great
valley in Colorado if
hills f
100 of tho
vast, son of
•r as far as tlie «rye can sec in every
direction.
The river has fallen 6 fe«;t. 6 inches in
36 hours and is now nearly at a stand
still. The weather is thick and threatens
heavy rains. The loss in this (Yuma)
county foots up $2,000,000, of which the
railroad will have to suffer to the extent
of $250,000. Old Yuma will never be
rebuilt. The town will go higher up the
hills.
Yuma, Arizona, March 2.— 1 The river
has fallen to almost the level of the
water before the lust flood. News from
the valleys says that everything is under
water and much destruction to property
resulted. The Gila river changed its
course in several places. At Gila City
the railroad track iß covered for miles
by water 10 feet deep.
The statement is made by the stories
of great loss of life here are untrue
far known to have been
drowned. Report of death of others in
tho valley are reported but not
firmed.
An exchange s
Walton, of Snow
poor health for some time, is antici
pating leaving the ministry and locating
at Salisbury.
tho Rev. W. B.
, who has been in
ifui
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER.
CARPETS,
RUGS,
MATTINGS.
We have just opened our Spring stock of these goods,
comprising the largest assortment of new designs and color
ings ever shown by us. The choicest products of all the
leading manufacturers are represented at most moder
ate
rices.
c name :
\v
at from $1.80 to $2.00 per yd.
at from $1.80 to $2.50 per yd.
at from $1.16 to $1.50 per yd.
at from $1.25 to $1.60 per yd.
at from $1.00 to $1.50 per yd.
at from 65 cts. to 90 cts. per yd.
at from 75 cts. to
AXHIHSTER CARPETS,
WILTON CARPETS,
WILTON VELYET CARPETS,
MOQUETTE CARPETS, -
BODY BRUSSELS CARPETS,
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS,
3-PLY INGRAIN CARPETS, -
EXTRA SUPERIOR INGRAIN CARPETS, at from 60 cts. to 75 cts. per yd.
COTTON AND WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, at from 35 cts. to 50 cts. per yd.
ART SQUARES,
RUGS AND MATS,
OIL CLOTHS, 1 to 6 yds. wide,
LINOLEUM,
Full lines in all sizes at all prices.
at from 40 cts. per sq. yd. up.
at from 65 cts. to $1.00 per sq. yd.
CHINESE AND JAPANESE MATTINGS, at from $5 to $20 per roll (40 yds.)
To those who arc unable to make their selections in our
salesroom, we would suggest that they send us exact size of
style, price, and kind of goods desired. We will make
careful selections, and believe that they will be satisfactory in
every respect.
room,
•r
J
market St„ Eighth St., Filbert St.,
PHILADELPHIA.
HANK WRECK EUS CONFU TED.
t To Jail—
Work. IMingiiii «ml Ffullter Nr
A not lier Charge.
To He Tri«*«l
, Fob. 25.—A sensation
:ourt of common pleas
Louis E. Pfeiffer,
«lel'u net Bank of
PlIILADKLI*
was caused i
this afternoon by J
president of tho «.
America, withdrawing his plea of not
guilty and entering a plea «»f guilty as
•as indicted jointly
with James B. Dungan, cashier of the
bank, and George F. Work,
•hypothecating and convert*
so securities deposited
as collateral with the Bank of America.
Tlie trial began yesterday, and was con
tinued this morning. Shortly after the
usual recess of the court this afternoon,
counsel f
ing Judge Arnold, said that, upon con
sultation with his fellow counsel and
his client, they had decided to with
draw their plea of not guilty and plead
guilty. It had been rumored for several
days that Pfeiffer would plead guilty,
but when he did not change his plea on
tho opening of the trial yesterday, it
was generally su pp« »sod that he would
fight the case through.
President Pfeiffer's testimony in sub
stance was tlmt Work, although notan
•as ready the head
indicted. Pfeiffer
charge of
IT.ffffer arose und, address
ffieer of tin' bank,
1 front of the institution. That Work
did most <>f the financiering, and that it
was by Works direction that he, as an
officer of the bank, when money was
'gotiatc the rehypothe
•eded would
cation of securities."
The hearing of testimony in tho trail
is E. Pfeiffer
of George F. Work, J.
and James S. Dungan, charged with re
hypothecating stocks and securities in
connection with the failure of the Bank
of America, was concluded Thursday,
in Philadelphia, and argument of c
ning. The do
sol was begun Friday
fonce claimed that President. Mncfar
lane, now a fugitive, was the rospon
sibb* person for the rehypothecation,
and that Work had nothing to do with
it. Work ami Dungan were among the
witness examined.
Piiil
hank
, Feb. 23.—The three
•cokers, George F. Work, Louis
E. Pfeiffer and James B. Dungan, slept
last nicht in Moyamensing prison,
win re it is probable that their stay will
be quite a prolonged one. Work and
Dungan were convicted during the
afternoon of fraudulently taking and
converting t<» their own use securities
deposited in the Bank of America as
collateral for notes, and Pfeiffer had
previously pleaded guilty to tho indict
ment found against the three and John
J. Macfurlanc. Bail was refused for
them, and sentence wassuspended pend
ing argument on motions for new trials.
The day's proceedings, so full of im
port to the accused officials, were a little
late in getting under way, and only
witness was called, Secretary and Treas
urer Wilson of the American Life In
surance Company, who was put
stand by the prosecution to show that
Macfarlane, had paid in
a note for $1(58,125 in 1887, in
part payment for which the $10,000
note, with the rehypothecated securities;
was given. This testimony occupied
few minutes, and District Attor
ney Graham then entered upon
queiit 90-minutes arraignment «of the
bunk wreckers and their methods.
Mr. Graham created
tho
.
Work,
but
clo
«'prise bv
mneingthat the commonwealth had
decided to abandon the two of the 32
counts in the bill of indictment which
charged that the Drew, Scott, Farrell
and ('rooks notes were rehypothecated
without authority.
Continuing his address to the jury,
the district attorney read the law to
show that there wan no loophole of
cape for the defendants, and reviewed
the testimony. For Dungan, who, lie
said, had made himself responsible in
the eyes of men and God for tho safe
keeping of the papers of depositors, lie
declare«! that there was no excuse in his
betrayal of his trust.
.J udge Elcock made a plea for Dungan,
in which he declared t hat nowhere had
it been shown that the cashier had con
verted anything to his own use. II«; t
reviewi'd tue four notes which had been
rehypothecated, and claimed that they
had been stolen from the bank by Mac
farlane. Stolen property carried no title
with it, and so the notes could be turned
their owners at any time.
After a recess of about au hour, dur
ing which tlie jury deliberated and ate
dinner, they returned to tlie court room
at 4.35 p. in. Work sat at a table writ
ing a letter as the jury came in, and
strove hard to appear cool and calm.
Pfeiffer looked interested in the fate of his
follows, and Dungan had a look of even
more nervous apprehension than usual.
There was entire quiet in the court room
as Crier Hart asked the jury if they had
agreed upon a verdict, and was told by
the foreman that they had, und that it
was "guilty." Work bent his head a
little lower, and Dungun looked fright
ened. Clerk Henszey polled the jury.
individually, and they all replied
"guilty."
Lawyers Moon and Terry asked Judge
Arnold if they could r«'itrw the hail for
Work and Dungan, and were told that
th«*y could not. They then gave notice
that they would move for a
and the judge said he would hear their
argument next Saturday. Before Work
left the court room his two daughters
and little granddaughter came up to
him, and he kissed them an affectionate
farewell. He and Dungan were taken
down to Moyainenstng together in n
street car. Pfeiffer, with whom they
not on speaking terms since ho
pleaded guilty, was taken down sepa
rately.
Speaking of the result after the ver
dict had hem rendered, District Attor
ney Graham said that before moving
for sentence on tin* three prisoners he
would stick to have them tried on an In
dictment for conspiracy. He regarded
this as a stronger case than the one
just concluded, and would try to lmvo
the trial come off us
In the meantime Work, Dungan and
Pfeiffer must remain in Moyamensing,
unless Judge Arhold shall change hie
mind. _
A HEW PHI tsAD /: b PHI A MINT.
CmiKiTS« Appropriât«-* #'3,000,000—Work
to lli'Kln I hi mud lately.
Congress has appropriated $2,000,000
for a new mint building at Philadelphia,
and it now goes to the President for ap
proval. When, about ten days ago,
senator Cameron concluded to have a
new mint building provided for during
this session of Congress, he immediately
set about securing the necessary legisla
tion in tin* Senate, and, this accent
dished, had the bill sent over to the
louse, where his efforts were ably sec
onded by the Philadelphia delegation,
tubly Messrs. Bingham, Vaux and
O'Noiil.
By "pooling their issues" with the
New Yorkers, who wanted a custom
house, the necessary appropriation yes
torday went through the House—178 to
66—despite the opposition «>f those west
to want "the earth,"
and it is hoped that to-dav—the centen
nial anniversary of the establishment of
the United States mint at Philadelphia
—will be eelebratod by President Harri
affixing his signature to the hill con
taining the largest appropriation ever
made for a single building outside of
Washington.
•w trial,
s possible.
CAPE IVI WILL EES ION.
It Is Said II« I)««h Not Approve the Km
peror'K Policy.
London, March 2.—The Exchange
Telegraph Company's Berlin corres
pondent. telegraphs that a feeling of
general uneasiness prevails in regard to
Emperor William's utterances, lie
odds that Chancellor von Caprivi lias
signified to the emperor his desire to re
sign immediately upon the termination
of the autumn manœuvres. The chan
cellor, it is understood, does not approve
of the imperial ideas and plans con
nected with recent events. It is feared
that the emperor will determine upon a
total reversal of his friendly attitude
toward Franco.
"Tlie lllpper" at Work Again.
London, March 8.— The inhabitants;
of this city seem likely to be interested
shortly in the details of what may turn
out to be another murder. This morning
one of the legs and
wore found wrapped up i
covering in the Regents canal. The ;
limbs were greatly decomposed and had
the appearance of having been violently
torn from the body. The police are in
vestigating the matter but as yet have,
advanced no theory
of a woman
a cloth
to how or by -
whom the ghastly remains were thrown
into the canal.
When you fe«?l your strength is failing,
In Homo st> uiiKC, mysterious wuy;
When y.iur chook is slowly imliug.
And, "Poor thing," the neighbors sny,
you In pity.
To tho neni'oBt drug s'oro send,
At tho ofirliost chance, nn«l get a
Bottle of the sick
You will get wlmt you want by asking
for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
This medicine tones up and invigorates the
weakened system by purifying the blood
and restoring lost vigor. It is the only
medicine of its class, sold by «Irupgists
under a positive guarantee that it wifi ben
efit or cure in all euses of disease lor which
it is recommended, or money paid for it
will be refunded.
As they
's friend.
Marybuiil's Henutoi*.
Annapolis, Md., March 3.—Governor
Jackson says : "Unless Ihurn In.uUl t.c
extra session of Congress, which 1
«lo not apprehend, and there 'bei
many candidates and such a general
sorumblo for th<! plncu tin; pmlsihuii
a J6 that 1 shall not appoint B-.m,i..»
Wilson's successor until just bef
meeting of the next Congres* in t
her. In niy judgment this i, .■
thiuga considered."
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