[\NIC IN PENVEE.
bPLE CO WILD AFTER
[•heir wealth.
■ to Withstand the On
r, Depositors—Speaker Crisp
, he In Washington with His
Loon.Hires "They will be Sub
I Revision—Anxiety for Repeal
L on State Hanks—A Oener
L„ the part of the Illinois Cen
krofidr
The l^nle In Denver.
,hily jo.—The panic is on in
[itli renewed vigor. As a re
’il German National bank*
Imputation for stability of
Lars standing’, the equally
I >tate National, and the ex
Ireiig l’eoples’ National failed
it depositors stood m line In
the Herman National, and by
here was one long sea ol faces
. (|,mn the street At the
,liner, where the .State Na
vi lone1 done business, there
l erowif of anxious depositors,
people were relieved of their
,en at It o'clock notice was
the door that the bank would
because of a lack of ready
xaraincr Adams this morning
of the Union National,
ial National, National Bank of
r. State National and Uer
onal.
Herman National, just before
•me, a notice was posted say
Liors were closed temporarily,
ee caused a distressing scene.
1 women down the long line
in tears and wailing. The
1 the remaining banks in the
renewed. Reliable people,
?ay there will be no more
ns. 1’resident McNeil of the
nk says his bank has paid out
.min in the last thirty dhys.
VS that the assets are twice as
hr 'liabilities.
shier of tlie German National
illiiy to place securities and
i rail in loans caused the sus
if his bank. There has been
it drain on the banks for sixty
cer 81,000.000 has been paid
s. The bank expected $300,
lie east this morning, but it
i.riie. The bank’s capital and
.-.■wo, 000. It is expected to
Tlie assets exceed greatly the
fr, at tlie National Capital.
Nfiiox, July 20.—Judge Crisp
be in Washington before about
. This probably indicates an
on his part to practically
tlie work of preparing com
ists before his arrival at the
" hen he gets here he will
• have lus list ready, subject,
e. to some changes, but com*
the main, and the announce
the committees may be ex
ithin a few days after congress
it is, of course, an erroneous
i 'n that the financial legisla
ted at tliis session of congress
essarily come all from the com
mittee. The only work for that
ee is what relates to the Sher
er law. The bill to repeal that
necessarily go to the coinage
ee. and if it should be amended
ndment could .relate to coinage
i not to banking. The proba
'• however, that as a simple re
stoppinj the purchase of sil
er tlie Sherman law, will be re
and that, whatever financial
on iu addition to this is con
ed will come later from the
lee on banking and currency.
1 a vei7 strong feeling that any
to include other legislation in
e bill which repeals the Sherman
'v protract the first and post
idefinitely the stoppage of the
irehase. An earnest effort will
' to pet rid of the existing law
to devise some system for na
nirrency afterward.
many of the leaders in
' anxious to have the tax
nss repealed, but there will
r of other propositions press
believed that there will t
■lowing for a national sysl
the old New York bank
eh Horace White has adap
esent national bank systi
a-! " ltli the deposit of boi
—w aucure meircur
!t instead by a safety
,et!from a 2 per cent tax on
lat.oa. A bill for this pur
’c introduced as soon as con
at)d ^ is believed that it,
similar to it, will be re
comniittee, with relation
itl Tnnthat Messrs. Morgan,
llonn i if 'ier, Stewart and Wol
st duct a filibuster in the sen
vn. .e rePeal of the Sherman
■aid tw ooina£e attachment
® P^lie sentiment in
dsactl ll'fflnia is as to
ls senate °n tl}e part of the two
to ®rs and Mr- Daniel dan
nion 'r Persouai interests, and
'orthv exPressed in quarters to
W tv,0r consideration, that,
o“Ll e 'ViU Probably fight
shei4ana?d resiat the repeal
eecoinal1^"111*?? theX can
f;ewCS,theywU1 not carry
and th?,1 ?,the extent of fllibus
and that \t ‘ent 01 nutnw
nill 1 Messrs. Stewart and
be deserted by the demo
i- n jt.as been suggested
le demnr-^ , - Deen suggestei
IV office-‘ H2 eaucus, in whicl
rs of the house will b
shall h. uu‘“° “Vusu WU1 06
'Jncress e, “e'r on the morning
meets. It is believed
le mucus „nT v 11 is believei
"ill not hV1 1 a s*i°rt one,am
that ume 6 Tn“'e8sa,ry to hold i
t a cha,it is only necessar
’^s wufy^retary. Th'
X but a« i! -be tlle election of
*r- Crisp wiiuf ally conceded
natter will have n° opposition,
111 be easily disposed of
Ithotioffit umposea o
x hich therehb n!he, on,y ofticei
p thp ^ be anv contef
and it*U non^>Lrian<lser^eant'a*
any that they wil
he any contes
a“y delay F*yratthe?
are (treatl,/ • E®Ployes of th
iltinns -Ai_lnterested in thes
^itions no',, “““ iu mes
position* J.?-v control all of th
tiajoriu. ba,1 bod-v‘ ^ is sal
•tio <teJity,-rule wiU prevail i
fnfth . !?.atl,on and hpon th
►ill
aL^rsof thXTdcleg
pend the chances of M
Yoder and Mr. Johnson, both of whom
are announced candidates for office.
The friends of each claim that they
have a'majority of the delegation.
A Corporation With a goal.
In appreciation of the work of the
Illinois Central railroad since the tor
nado the following communication was
written and sent to Second Vice Presi
dent Harrahan from the Sioux City Job
bers and Manufacturers association.
Sioux City, la., July 16, 1893.—J. T.
Harrahan, Vice President Illinois Cen
rnu Railroad, Chicago: Dear Sir—On
Thursday evening, July 0, one of the
most disastrous storms ever known in
this region devastated Pomeroy, la. A
catastrophe like this paralyzes the emo
tions by its horror and stuns the intel
lect by its awfulness and the contrast
ing impotence of man. But it is on
such occasions that the sympathies and
characters of men and communities are
tried and proven, and in Pomeroy's
great affliction it may still be consid
ered fortunate in that it was on your
line. The man who at-such times is
quick to think and steady to act for the
succor of his suffering fellow creatures
is counted a hero, and because a great
corporation, which is supposed to have
no soul, has shown itself, from the
president down to the humblest offi
cials, singly and collectively, to have
all the attributes of heroism and gener
osity, shall we withhold the tribute due
the action.
1 he dreadful visitation of death and
suffering which nature inflicted, with
no mitigation for for previous standing
or condition, obliterated, the barriers
and restrictions of daily life and
brought back, by the universality of
the sympathy they created, a feeling of
the kinship of the human race, but in
all the munificent aid and assistance
tendered by the surrounding country
and communities,' your road was the
direct force and medium through which
relief was promptly and effectively
conveyed. In the burial of the dead,
the care of the injured, the transporta
tion of nurses and physicians, the for
warding of supplies, the Illinois Central
has been prompt and generous to a de
gree that is extraordinary. The fact
that the work of a great railway is done
through a multitude of brains and
hands did not, as is often the case, dis
sipate the effort, but seemed to give
better results because of the command
of more varied resources.
The people all along your line will
need to bear the Central in grateful re
membrance for all time to come, and
we, personally, are pleased to testify
to the appreciation of your noble course
by the people of Sioux City generally
and the Jobbers association particular*
ly. Very truly yours,
James V. Mahonet,
James F. Tot, Secretary.
President.
An Abundant Harvest In Sight.
Washington, July 21.—Secretary
ilorton, who has left for Detroit,
where he is to spend a few days before
going on a vacation into the woods of
northern Michigan, gave a glowing ac
count of the crop prospects before his
departure. Secretary Morton spoke of
the general condition of crops through
out the country and said that there was
every indication of an abundant har
vest. Corn, hay and oats, he thought,
would be produced in unusually large
quantities, and large supplies of these
productions would be shipped to for
eign countries.
The secretary said his department at
present was trying to compile accurate
statistics of production and consump
tion of beef in the United States. On
no meat, he thought, had the feeders
lost so heavily during last year as on
beef. This, he thought, was due in
part to increase in the consumption of
pork.
-'.Talk of mutual dissatisfaction be
tween President Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle has again found its way into
print. The New York correspondent of
the Philadelphia Press tells a long
story with abundance of detail of what
friends of Mr. Cleveland say about the
president’s disappointment and lack of
confidence in Carlisle. A careful inves
tigation into the matter discloses no
such state of affairs at this time. It is
commonly believed that there was at
one time a decided difference of opin
ion between the two men as to the pol
icy to be followed to accomplish what
they both desired to bring about. Mr.
Cleveland has a way of driving at
things in a direct out of hand fashion,
while Mr. Carlisle, having a distinct
ively judicial mind and a long training
in congressional life, where things are
not always got for the the demand, is
more diplomatic and conservative in his
dealings with public affairs.
Chicago's Great Calamity.
Chicago, July 19.—The coroner’s jury
investigating the World’s fair cold stor
age calamity reached a verdict yester
day. The jury held to the grand jury
the following people: D. H. Burnham,
director of the works at the World's
fair; Fire Marshal Edward Murphy of
the World’s fair fire department; J. B.
Skinner, president of the Hercules Iron
company. The verdict is as follows:
We, the jury, find that Jlie deceased
came to his death from injuries and
burns received at the fire of the Cold
Storage building at the World’s fair
grounds July 10, and we, the jury, find
from the evidence that Charles A. Mc
Donald, John B. Skinner, D. A. Burn
ham and Edward W. Murphy be held to
the grand jury for criminal negligence,
and there held until discharged by due
course of law.
Fire Marshal Murphy was apparently
much affected by the result of the in
vestigation.
“I think it unjust and uncalled for,”
he said. "I was neither negligent nor
was I guilty of misconduct at the fire. ”
President Skinner said the verdict
was ambiguous. The fire department
and ourselves cannot both be guilty in
this case. It must be one or the other.
There was no order of arrest made
following the verdict. All four men
will be asked to furnish bonds tomor
row, however.
The evidence on which Director of
Works Burnham was held to the grand
jury is that he was aware of the faulty
construction of the building and still
permitted it to be occupied within the
exposition grounds. Skinner and Mc
Donald are held because they built the
building, and Murphy because evidence
was given that he did not fully investi
gate the fire before sending the men
into the fatal tower. Murphy himself
swore that the men were already in the
tower when he arrived, having been led
up there by Captain Fitzgerald.
CARLISLE IS AT WORK
QBTT1NO READY FOR THE COM
INQ CONGRESS. *
'•ets rad Fleam «■ tha silver Qess
Uon Being Prepared at the Treasarr'
Department—Belief That There Wilt
be a Bitter Straggle Over the Matter.
Washixgtok, July s: —For two
week* to oome affaire will be ia a neb
uloua condition regarding financial
legislation by congress. Mr. Carlisle
is expected to be at his post to-mor
row, but he will declare no polioy for
the administration other than the re
peal of the Sherman law until the
President arrives. Mr. Cleveland’s
conclusions are not known. The
President seems to be enjoy
ing himself on the salt water
with fishing excursions much in
the condition of a man who knows
that he is soon to be subjected to a
Bevere ordeal. He is not without
means of communication with the out
side world, and there is not the slight
est doubt that he is digesting the sit
uation thoroughly. On the assembling
of the extra session of congress it is
expected that the President will pre
sent a message. Secretary Carlisle
has had in the course of preparation
data upon which to frame an intelli
gent statement of the needs of the
country, viewed from a democratic
standpoint.
‘^umnauio Kuvujo Ul LilC BllU
atlon which has been commented upon
quite frequently of late is that repub
lieana are making the same arguments
for the repeal of the Sherman law
that Mr. Cleveland is expected to
make; in foot, there ia no difference so ,
the views as to what should bo done
to improve the condition of things.
Members of Mr. Cleveland's cabinet
are preserving a discreet silence.
Kv-Speaker Crisp is expected in
Washington about the 5th of August.
His original intention was to be at the
national capital on the 25 th of July.
It is evident that he considers his
election to the speakership sure, and
that he wishes to take advantage of
all the time possible in order to pre
pare his committee lists. Mr. Crisp
will do nothing without the advice
and consent of the president. Presi
dents propose, but members dispose;
and, whatever program may be agreed
upon at headquarters, it is believed
that there will be a terrible amount
of work to whip the rank and file into
line.
New York seems to have the call in
the prominence of its delegation over
others in the house. Congressman
Tracy and Representative Cockran are
being advanced for leaders in the cru
sade on the floor against the Sherman
act. Mr. Cockran is a Cleveland man
now, whatever he may have been at
Chicago, and the only question to be
decided by the administration is where
to place him in order to profit by his
availability. He has been suggested
for the chairmanship of the ways and
means committee, of which he was a
member of the last house, but this
important position is not given to me
teors but to men of training, experi
ence and proved.ability in the affairs
submitted to that committee. Mr.
Cockran may remain a member of the
ways and means, and in all likeli
hood will be chairman of the com
mittee on banking and currency. He
will have nothing to do with the silver
question directly in this place, but it
will give him a standing on
the floor, where his acknowl
edged talents will be given
every opportunity for display. The
wheel-horse work of the house will be
assigned to such men as Wilson of
West Virginia, McMillin of Tennessee,
Turner of Georgia, Breckinridge of
Arkansas and Bland of Missouri.
There were 434,000 ounces of silver
offered for sale to the t easujy depart
ment yesterday at prices ranging from
$0.7150 to 73 cents. Seventy-five thous
and ounces were purchased at '$0.7150,
the balance being declined and the
same rate tendered. This makes the
total purchases of silver for the month
thus far 1,023,000 ounces.
Comptroller Eckel** Views* |
New York, July 80.—Comptroller of
Currency James H. Eckels was a guest
of his predecessor, ex-Comptroller A. D.
Hepburn, at dinner at the Union League
club last evening. The affair was stated
by the distinguished diners to be a
purely social one, given as a compli
ment to the new comptroller and for
the purpose of enabling him to meet
the New York bankers,
The gathering of so many of the
leading financiers of the country, and
the presence in this city of the comp
troller of the currency, attracted much
attention, and the meeting between
Mr. Eckels and the bankers was re
garded more as a conference on the
monete.-y situation and the prospective
measures for its relief than as a purely
social meeting.
As Mr. Hepburn is not a member of
the Union League club, the dinner was
given in the name of Henry W. Can
noil, president of the Chase National
bank, and Fred D. Tappen of. the Gal
latin National bank. President George
B. Williams of the Chemical National
and president of the Clearing House as
sociation, presided.
Comptroller Eckels, in response to a
few words of welcome from his host,
Comptroller Hepburn, said:
“When I accepted the invitation to
be present this evening it was that I
might indulge myself in the personal
pleasure of meeting some of the repre
sentatives of the great financial institu
tions of your city. I did not then, nor
do I now, intend to make a formal ad
dress, but there are one or two things
that may not be inappropriate to the
time or occasion.
“The condition which confronts the
American people requires thoughtful
attention of every citizen who has at
heart the interest of the country. It is
not a time of panic, because we have !
passed the period in our history when !
a panic is a possibility; but it is one of |
slow liquidation, the result of undue
speculation and unwise financial legis- j
lation. Nothing is to be gained by |
taking on a fright that is unwarranted
by the immediate past or the immediate
future., What the American people
ought to do in the midst of the failures
that have occurred is not to give way
to uncalled-for alarm but to study the
character of the institutions that have
failed; the causes which have produced
them and the localities in which they
have occurred. After such a study let
them view the solvent institutions
everywhere about them and the conclu
aton that mnst irresistnbly follow la
that the legitimate life of the country
is not threatened, but instead, it will
come out of the 'present turmoil the
stronger for having passed through it.
“ In conservative business circles the
failures have been few cither in bank*
ing or other lines, llad banking at
sucli times is dangerous and must in
evitably bring disaster upon those who
engage in It. The present stringency
has simply hastened the closing of some
banks, because they were inherently
weak. Others hove closed as a result
of having kept alive the operations of
speculators in the extreme west and in
portions of the south. The art has not
been discovered of making something
out of nothing and the financier who
stakes his all upon an unbuilt city
reaching out into the waste places of
the earth, must bring about the ruin of
his own kindred Institutions which
have' trusted in him and pinned their
faith to assets yet unborn.
“Disasters have fallen upon the spec
ulative institutions of boom cities of
the states of Washington, California,
Colorado, Kansas and Missouri, which
have in turn injured solvent ones, but
the states of New England and the east
and the middle states, and those of the
northwest not less than of the south,
have thus far escaped; and, why? Be
cause the foundations upon which they
are built is rock, and not sand. Such
a review as that I have indicated can
not but result in quieting the fears of
the timid and encouraging those who
have thus far maintained an unswerv
ing faith in the speedy coming of bet
ter times. It ought to check those who
invite disaster by withdrawing from
solvent institutions the money which
depositors cannot possibly use.
“The people are hoping and asking
much from the banks of the country.
In turn the hanks have the right of
considerate treatment from the people.
Let those who have long transacted
business with the banking institutions
have sullicient confidence in them to
know and feel that if in years past they
have proved safe, that they are likely
to do so in the present emergency.
Runs upon hanks but destroy the in
terest, which othertvise would b« pro
tected, and those who indulge in them
cause to coirio about the thing which
they say they wish to overt
“in conclusion, permit mo to say that
I indulge neither in extravagance of
speech or suggest a course to be fol
■lowed by the .banks, but the steps
through the past stress have been such
as to commend them to the good wishes
of the public. They have displayed a
courage that has met every emergency
and the financial condition of affairs on
the part of the banks has been a con
stant source of inspiration to all the
country. ”
Complaint* From Postmaster*.
Washington, July 20.—The atten
tion of Acting Postmaster General
Jones was this morning called to a
number of complaints of postmasters
which have appeared in the newspa
pers, reflecting upon the Postoffice de
partment because of noncompliance
with their requests in the matter of
allowances for letter carriers, etc. Mr.
Jones said a large number of offices
throughout the country were actually
in greut need of additional carriers and
other facilities for carrying on the
work of the office, and while it would
afford the department pleasure to com
ply v\ith these requests, yet, as a mat
ter of fact, it was powerless to do so,
owing to the insufficient appropriations.
Last year the appropriation, which
should have been increased in propor
tion to the increasing volume of postal
business, was increased only #500,090,
which was #150,000 less than tho in
crease allowed for the previous fiscal
year. The department, while thus
hampered by short appropriations, will
try to do the best possible with those
in hand without favor or discrimina
tion.
A Dark Day for Denver.
Denver, Colo., July 20.—Never in
the history of its commercial life did
the Rocky Mountains have such a state
of finances as now prevails in Denver
and throughout Colorado. Yesterday
morning it was hoped that the banks
could weather the financial storm and
be in a position to cope with all de
mands made upon them today by their
depositors. This hope, unfortunately,
was dissipated by the announcement in
quick succession of the failure of the
National Bank of Commerce, the Union
National bank and the Commercial Na
tional bank. In the attending excite- j
merit it is almost impossible to secure a ■
statement of the assets and liabilities
of each bank, and this information may
not be given out until later in the day.
The depositors in the different banks
have become almost completely panic
stricken and long lines of people are
pushing and crowding each other to get
access to the paying teller's windows
of the dozen remaining banks that they
may secure their money on deposit To
add to the excitement the failure of the
McNamara Dry Goods company, with
liabilities of #2tS0,0O0, was announced.
The amount of assets were not stated,
hut is believed to more than equal the
liabilities. The failure was precipita
ted by the filing of an attachment for
#71,780 in favor of the Union National
bank. This attachment was served at
1 oiclock this morning, and shortly an
other attachment for #20,847.74 in favor
of the Colorado National bank was
served upon the company and the doors
were closed. The dry goods company
had a large amount of money outstand
ing on credit, and on account of the
stringency of the money market were
unable to collect from country custom
ers and thereby make their credit good
at the different banks.
Tribute to Kansas Women.
Chicago, July 31.—In the assembly
room of the women’s building yester
day Mrs. Eugene Ware of Fort Scott,
Kan., gave an address on what the
women of Kansas are doing today. The
women of her state could not hare
chosen a better or more earnest advo
cate than Mrs. Ware, who closed her
address by comparing her sisters with
the Israelites of old. inasmuch as they
are a peculiar people. She reviewed
the history of Kansas from its birth as
a state, and dwelt upon her sufferings
from storms, grasshoppers, strange pol
iticians and cranks. In words well
chosen she told of the battles fpught
by early Kansas women against pov
erty, and concluded with a tribute to
the Kansas woman of today and her
daughter, whom she spoke of as a girl
in whose hair is imprisoned Kansas
sunshine and whose eyes reflect the
bine of Kansas skies.
SAYS MONEY LEAVES.
EX-SENATOR HENDERSON OS
MISSOURI TALKS.
CM|tm Most Repeal Uwut Taw—
Gives Soma Iitomtlni Point* Ri>
|*rdlD( tk* Karly Catalog ol alive*—
Baplr to Colorado.
N*w York, July 2# —Ex-Senator
John B. Henderson of Missouri has
sailed for Europe, where he will meet
hie family and enjoy with them a short
vacation. A good many things have
happened in the silver agitation since
ex-Senator Henderson wrote his now
famous letter to Secretary Carlisle at
the beginning of the present month,
lie was quite willing before sailing to
talk about them.
“I look,” he said, '-for the uncon
ditional repeal of tho purchasing clause
of-the Sherman silver law within a
month from the assembling of the ex
tra session of congress. The silver
men perceive the revolution In the
public mind upon this subject • and,
however eager or ardent they may be
in behalf of sliver, it is my judgment
that, in the hone of inaklnir some sort
ot a compromise that will leave them
no worse off than now, they
will consent to the repeal of this
clause of the present law. My pur
pose in writing the letter to Secretary
Carlisle was to issue a warning against
any compromise upon this question.
It is utter nonsense for Colorado or
any other state to attribute good
times in this country to silver, be
cause the government of t|ie United
States never coined silver in any
largo amount until 1878. From
179», when the original coinage act
was passed, until ls73, the coinage of
silver in dollars amounted to only 88,
000,ooa From 1793 until 1853 when
the Hunter coinage act was passed re
lating to the coinage of subsidiary sil
ver coin, there had been coined ni sil
ver only 878,000,000. It was perfectly
well known that mors than one-half
the silver coined up to that time was
used by silversmiths and had gone
out of the country.
“In the sixty-two years, in which
not more than 884,000,000 in silver was
coined, the government coined about
8000.000,000 in gold. Gold was much
more abundant as a circulating medium
among the people than silver. I can
not now remember having seen a silver
dollar for twenty years previous to the
passage of the Bland act in 1878. As
I have said, all tha silver that the sil
versmiths could utilize had been taken
out of the country. This argument
cuts both ways when I soy that the
country did not enjoy large pros
perity until after the demonetization
of silver in 1873. Everyone knows
that gold went to a premium of 380 in
war time and that between ,the out
break of the war and 1873, when silver
was demonetized, the margin between
gold and currency steadily narrowed.
For several, years before the war, be
ginning, indeed, with the panic of
1857, times were very hard. The
trouble then, however, was not that
the country did business upon the gold
standard but that confidence had
been abused with'the depreciated cur
rency of cross-roads banks. It makes
no difference what the form of depre
ciation, the same evils will come about.
If a government maintains two cur
rencies the depreciated currency will
stick and the good will leave. A de
preciated currency was the cause of
the panic of 1817 and other panics may
be traced to the disposition of the gov
ernment or of the people to trifle with
laws of trade that are stern and tiiat
insist upon a normal enforcement.’'
ALL DECLARE FOR SILVER,
Democratic Editors ot Missouri In Line
Against the President,
St. Louis, July 33.—Several days
ago the Chronicle addressed a circular
letter to the democratic newspapers of
Missouri with a view of ascertaining
how far those which supported Mr.
Cleveland last year now synmathizo
with his policy of discriminating
against silver. In an editorial com
ment on the replies to the queries the
Chronicle says:
In over sixty letters received, each '
one representing an influential demo
cratic newspaper, there is not one in
favor of the gold basis or the cessation
of silver coinage. Only two are for
any limitation whatever of the coin
age, and these are for “the free coin
age of the Aineriean product." All
'the rest are squarely and uncompro
misingly in line with Mr. Bland for the
free and unlimited coinage of gold and
silver. Without any exception what
ever they denounce contraction to the
gold basis as ruinous to the West and
South, and declare their intention to
resist it.
Padded the pnjr Roll*.
Kansas City, Mo., July 32.—A special
from Topeka says that the Santa Fe
management has just unearthed exten
sive frauds on that division of the road
included between Topeka and Chicago;
The frauds, it is said, have resulted in
a loss to the road of 817,000 a month.
The conspiracy is far reaching in its
ramifications, and included, it is said,
various officials, from assistants to the
division superintendent down to the
section bosses. The scheme was to
psd the pay rolls with the names of
fictitious men and to divide the amount
thus secured among the various con
spirators. When the last pay car went
out notice was sent ahead that each
man must apply in person for his
money. It is said that the number of
persons who sent word that they were
too ill to go down to the station to get
their money was astonishing. Detec
tives have been put on the case and
sensational arrests are expected* soon.
AmoskM* siuu to Close Temporarily.
Boston, Mass., July 8a The Amos
keag mills, which will close for the
month of August, according to a vote
of its directors at Manchester, N. H.,
employs 8,000 hands. It has a pay
roll of $33.~>,600 a month and nses
6,000,000 pounds of cotton a week.
Other mills are likely to follow suit.
The Amoskeag mill is the largest pro
ducer of manufactured cotton in the
world._
Jumped rats a Well.
Lincoln, 111 , July 30.— Christopher
Spllker is the name of a German shoe
maker whose love for a Sangamon
street young lady was not reciprocated.
On account of this he has been drink
ing hard of late and wound up his
spree by plunging into a neighbor's
XfelL He was still alive when fished
Mil »nil will
OPINIONS or FINANCE.
BestneisMo* With Varying Opinions ** la ,
•to Como* of tho Scnroltr of Money.
Si. L°m», July si.—A dally paper
which ha* already made Itself a repu
tatlon for the wholesale interviewing
turned loose a corps of report, re the
other day with a view to getting the
opinions of the business wen of St.
Louie as to the cuuso of the financial
depression. In only one detail wee ;
there much unanimity of opinion.
Most of these Interviewed said that
there was very much less stringency
than generally reported and that there
was no falling off In their buslnes*
returns at all commensurate with the
pessimistic utterances of public men.
Several representative business houses
reported a slight inorease iu receipts
for June, over June of 1893, and very
few spoke of any falling off. The
general opinion was that the worst
ad been seen, and that money would
soon become plentiful in the market.
The views on the silver questlou are
very diverse,, although of tho gentle
men interviewed quite a majority ridi
culed free silver as a^anacea for flnan- '•#>
olal ills.
night on' the heels or these ninnlDe
expressions comes the report of the re*
torder of deeds showing an Increase of
over 980,000 imthe consideration money
in real estate deals rocordml last weelc
as compared with the second or indeed*
any week in July of.1893. The figures
are quite a surprise, but afford much
gratification in real estate circles.
Work on the large buildings in the
city continues rapidly and neither the
building nor the real estate interests
are depressed, as they should be if
financial exports are correct in their
summaries of the situation generally.
There was a great sensation on Sat*
urday when It was reported that the
secretary of five large building also*
elatlous and a real estate operator on
a large scale had been detected in em
bezzlement if not forgery, and that he
had skipped the town. The latter por
tion of the report was premature, ae
he spent the following day at his own
home. What the final outcome will
be of the numerous investigations now
being had into his accounts and busi
ness methods is not known, but it has
transpired that he has been borrowing
money for some time at a high ft,
rate of interest from the same shylock
whose exorbitant rates of inter-,
est expedited the ruin and suicide of
the late assistant city treasurer. The
scandal in question has done good
rather than otherwise, for it has1 led
to a series of inquiries being made
which has re»iilt**d in nrovmg the
sununy utidsuengui of the numerous
building associations of the city.
The street car returns for the second
quarter of 1NU3 show the great popu
larity of electric roads. The total
number of passengers carried in tbs
city during the three months was 3(1,
180,7*5, with receipts In excess of
gl,000,COD. The quarterly totals aro
Increasing ran d'y and are now almost
as large as were the annual returns In
the old days of horse cars. The Mis
souri or Olive street road carried more
than *,000,000 passengers, and every1:
road with a down town terminus car
ried more than a million.
' It is announced semi-ofHcially that
the new Union depot will be finally
finished, this coming winter. About
400 men are now working on the struct
ure which appears to be nearly com
pleted. The bulk of the work now to
be done is in the approaches and tho
track and switch laying, together
wlthi inside finishing of the depot
buildings proper. Work on the root
of the sneds with their enormous span
is vary difficult iu the hot eun, but
fortunately great progress was made
on this during the spring and the im
mense area and even acreage of glau .
U well. nigh, complete.
WILL BLOCK THE 8BNATS.
Heneter Janes Threaten* It tf Uncon
ditional silver Kcpanl Is Attempted.
Nsw York, July 80—Senator John
P. Jones of Nevada is in the city ar
ranging for the free silver convention
at Chicago Aug. 1. The eenetor eeys
a repeal of the Sherman act cannot
pats the eenate unlett a substitute in
offered satisfactory to the champione
of silver free cninsva
"I om if I wish,”
continued the sens*
toiy “tie up the sen*
ate front now until
th» terms of Its
members expire. If
we gel tired of
talking at motion to
adjourn, to go into
executive session,
or, indeed, any mo
tion at all will con*
tlnue the delay.”
“But what if a
SKNATOB JOXXB,
closure is attempted?"
’‘There is no more chance of ft
closure than there was during the
federal elections bill fight in the fifty*
first congress. The gold men must
coma to us.” *
8am Woods’ llsjtr.
Kaitsas Citv, Kan., July SI.—Drug*
gist Connolly, before whose store Law*
yer Johnson was shot last night by
Banker Little, in an interview tonight
stated that Johnson had made a con
fession to him some time ago which
cleared up the mystery surrounding
the assassination of Sam Woods, the
noted populist leader, which took
place some two years ago in Stevens
county. It will be remembered 'that.
Sam Woods was the leader of one of
the factions in the noted Stevens count*
ty seat feud. During the trial of ft ;i
ease at Hugoton in which Woods waa.
interested, he was shot while standing
at the door of the court house. James.
Brennan, an old enemy of Woods, waa
arrested for the crime but was not tried
because of the impossibility of procur* -
ing a jury. Connolly states that John
son confessed to him that it waa he
(Johnson) who fired the fatal shot, enA
not Brennan. *
AFTER ANOTHER NEORO>
Report that a Colored Miscreant Waa
Lynched Near Birmingham, Ala*
Birmingham, Ala., July 19.—A poase
has been searching since Saturday
night in and around Brierfield for •
negro who, it is reported shot and
killed two women near Brierfield. The
posse sighted the negro near Calerft
yesterday afternoon and fired a dozen
shots at him, but ho fled to a dense
swamp and escaped.
The camp was surrounded last night
and the belief is general that the negro
was captured and lynched before day
light. '1 he cause of the murders is
said to have been >oth assault and
robbery.