New York Times, The (Newspaper) - March 6, 1885, New York, New York VOL NEW-YORK FRIDAY MARCH 6 1885 THE CABINET ANNOUNCED TBE LIST GIVEN THE SENT TO THE SENATE CONFIRMATION OF THE MEMBERS ED BY SENATOR HIS CONDUCT DENOUNCED March Three hours be- fore the time for the opening of day's session of the Senate people occupying tho seats in the visitors les Tho coiners wero rapidly joined by others and tin hour beforo noon every was taken and the outside corridors thronged with men and women who grumbled because they had so late The Senators bepan to oq the floor soon after 11 o'clock several efforts wero tnade by the older ones to extend pleasant g to who became Senators Of tho latter Mr of Wisconsin and Payne of Ohio wore tbe first to arrive anri they wero at once put through a sort of initiatory handshaking with their Mr Spooner into tho seat occupied during the Winter by Mr Cullom and Mr Payne of the seat vacated v day by Mr Karley A few later Mr Evans walked the Chamber with lighted with a smile tie was promptly by Mr Edmunds who talked with him others his hands Mr Stanford of found a vacant jent at the desk on the extreme loft of the which Mr Dolph hau left in order to movo Into the place so long by Mr Laphara Mr Teller who baJ just stepped from the Interior De- into the Senate took tho seat occupied by Mr Palmer who hod found one more to On Mr Teller's desk a very basket of rodue the only floral gift received by any Senator Hendricks came into the chamber exactly at 12 o'clock and the crowd in the broke luto hearty applause Secretary waved his band for und Sir Handricks rapped once on his desk The usual lup prayer was made by a clerical friend of Chaplain nnd waa less thau two Tho moment the Amen was uttered the galleries as run applauded Mr Hendrk-ks who received the without to check it After the Journal had been Messrs Allison and walked into the central aisle and Mr announced that they had waited Cleveland and had been informed that he would presently communicate with the Senate The three had reached their seats when Mr Pruden has carried all the Presidential communications to the ate since Gou Jraut President at thw main entrance He ed Mr Cleveland's tirst to the in a very white envelope and retired Everybody knew that this contained the nominations of tho men selected foi his Cabinet and the visitors leaned forward as if they expected to hear the names Instead of this they heard Mr Sherman move that tho Senate proceed to the consideration of ex- business nnd a moment later tho 8 erg Arms was to clear the Tho Semite hnd been in elon only 14 minutes aud some of the In tbe galleries for the privilege of to tbo proceedings for less than a an nour After every outsider hnd been driven place aud doors fully locked tho big envelope was torn open and the Executive Clerk read tbe of the gentlemen President land had selected ui U.s chiuf advisers aa of THOMAS F BATARD of Delaware Secretary of the DANIEL of New-York C ot the r Wnn- inr ot York Secretary of ine L Q C LAMAS of Mississippi F of Wisconsin H JLAND of Arkansas Then a very lively scene which ended with an adjournment minutes later without any of the seven tions been It is the traditional custom of the Senate to con- firm delay one of its has been bv the dent for any other When lore Mr moved that the for Messrs Garland and Lamar be confirmed the Senators were nettled at Mr ob- ject to tho present consideration of Mr senators from both sides of thw chamber crowded around him and him to withdraw bii objection He refused and with stolid while sharp remarks abou this conduct were made by Mr Edmunds Mr Mr Harris Mr and others Mr told them to on and con- firm Lamar and and all the rest If they wished but he should to object to placing the foreign policy of the Government in tho bunds of a man who hnd sympathy with gland than with the United States Tne Senators had no intention of Injc not the third and tney out to the Virginian the awkward position in which they would bo placed if they accepted his proposition Mr wus obstinate nnd as by the of the Senate a ample tion throws a nomination over for a uay the finally adjourned In all the Cabinet nominations to be taken uu to-morrow Mr conduct is denounced on all sides When Mr offered m the Senate a resolution the In- and profound sorrow with which the Senate had heard of tho mite in London Mr cr opposed it with much For act the Virginia Senator received numerous congratulations from Irish in various parts of the try Some of his colleagues think this turned his head and to that they attribute Ips notion That Mr course will result in anything else than a failure which will bring with it con- tempt nobOdy believes He held the floor lor a week fighting against tbe confirmation of Mr for Secretary of the Treasury and his was the only voice in the negative when tne Vote was finally taken The courtesy of he Senate in uot limiting any may permit Mr to Mr out of the Cabinet for a short lime but there la a disposition on the part of d pood many Senators and Democrats not to allow the Virginian to do anything of tho kind The impression prevails to-night that all tho Cabinet nominees will bo confirmed no mutter how briefly the tive ot Mr may be hurt by the of Mr in tbe Department of state SKETCHES OF THE MINISTERS THE SECRETARY OF STATE THOMAS BATARD comes of a family that been conspicuous In can politics of havo occupied high stations In Congrew and In the diplomatic service Tho man Cleveland bu placed at tho head of tbe State PCI can oven bU ancestry tho of chivalry In He bun i Del Oct 29 IKS He la the fifth -i i wno hRS been a member of Sv oJ the United tils at hirme tit at of 18 ao to the of Dr Francis L Hawks at Flushing Lona laland where ha for some time Hla father brought him i In IMS and procured for him a clerkship in the mercantile Of his n He received an excellent business training here which waa augmented bya brief service with the house of S Morris Wain of death of hla elder brother In IMS Mr Bayard returned to his native place at the request of bis The profession of the law attracted him and applying himself to Ita study he waa admitted to tho Bur In 1861 and immediately began to practice In conjunction with bis father fto was successful from the BUrt and bis advance In fame was rapid The appointment of United States Attorney for Delaware was bestowed upon him Ln but hu resigned the office In tho following year Soon tho young lawyer went to adelphia anu formed a copartnership with ijim which was terminated In by the denth of Mr Although successful la Philadelphia Mr soon turned hts homeward The domestic and ties in Wilmington wero too strong to bo resisted Besides his father engrossed with nubile duties nod needed tho son's assistance In ha law When tho war of the rebellion began Mr ard was his profession and was burdened with business With tho first war tho people of Wilmington set about establishing menus or self-protection A company was organized und Thomas F was elected Its First Lieutenant In June the famous penco meeting of was held at and Lieut was one of the principal speakers Ho denounced iho war und his remarks on that occasion havo boen quoted In liner years aa an argument against hU availability as a Presidential candidate Although a student of political history and a keen and Interested watcher or public events Mr was never an active politician In the common interpretation of tho torm Ho was sent to tho United States Senate from Delaware In at which time both blanches ot Congress were strongly His colleague was Almost at tho outset of bib Senatorial career Mr took a leading position on tho Democratic his ability as a was retarded as a source of strength by his In the Senate He usually an earnest opponent of characteristic Republican measures He worked diligently and was glvpu places of responsibility on the He was one of tho tee which Investigated the Custom Houso In this city in IbTJJ and exposed tbe abuses of tho eral order and moiety system senator took an active part In tho dis- the Presidential election of and waa an advocate and subsequently a memDer of the Electoral Commission Ho has spoken frequently on financial questions and ways la favor of honest money Ho steadfastly worked for a resumption of specie payments alter the war and has never swerved from opinion that the currency should bo on u hard money ID October 1866 Senator married to Louisa daughter Lee a Baltimore banker sons and six ters all of whom are living are the result of that union In 1877 Senator Bayard received tbe honorary degree of from Harvard Colleite About a year later he went to Europe with some members of nla family and upon Ills return In tho Fall of 1879 he given a public reception by the of Wilmington THE SECRETARY OP THE TREASURY Beginning at tho age of 11 years as an apprentice In tho office of the Albany which was subsequently merged Into the Argus rose through tho various stages of service to the position of controlling proprietor He was born la Albany In August hta lineage being Irish English ana Dutch His parents wero too poor to keep blm m school but he nad a natural taste for learning which led him to study during his spare moments He plied I nisei f Industriously to whatever tasks were given him and his promotion was steady After serving fur us foreman of tho composing room ho waa mndo manager of tho mechanical department of tho paper lie was u reporter and he won gome local distinction bv reporting tbo proceed In ITS of the Legislature While In this service bo became acquainted with many public men und laid tho foundation for bis political knowledge and quaintance Tho principal part of Mr Manning's early education was acquired la his association with William for the of the In 1865 he became associate editor with Mr and when the latter In the management of the whole con- cern fell to Mr Manning Mrs still ro- tne largest ownership In Argus Printing controls thu policy of the caper When the tight the Tweed was begun Mr Manning Identified himself with J Charles arid other Democrats Ho became a fust and trusted friend of Mr and wag a prominent member of the Democratic State Convention in Bf which Mi Tilden was nominated for ernor The Albany was unflagging In Its of all tha measures of reform which were started and pushed forward by Gov den Mr Manning haa been a member of tbo Democratic State Committee Ho was Its Secretary In 1879 und and Its Chairman In and ISSi The New-York State to the National Democratic tions of 1676 and 1830 were controlled by Mr Manning and oy tho enforcement of the unit rule nt last year ho was enabled for tho third time to give tho solid vote ot the State to tho man of hh choice One of tho chief causes of Mr strength as a leader of his party Is that ho never sought an for himself It Is cot aluno as a politician that tbo new Secretary of the Treasury has won tion He has developed an extraordinary of skill RS a financier and an of various business enterprises In he became a Director In tne tional Commercial or Albany In be was elected and he succeeded to the Presidency In the following year upon the death of Gen Robert H Pruyn For eral Mr Manning has been tho Director for Albany In the Albany and Railway Company Ho Ls Park Commissioner ind a Director In tho Albany Electric Light Company Ho Is also ono of the Trustees of tho Fort Orange Club Mr Manning was wedded to Miss Mary Little n by wnom ho had four children ono of whom James Hilton recently became managing of theorems Mr Manning's first wife died In and on Oct 19 last ho married Miss May Margarita Fryer of Albany THE SECRETARY OF WAR WILLIAM C ENDICOTT the new tory of War la a native of tho old Puritan city of Salem MOBS Ho is said to bo tho oldest lineal descendant of John tho first Governor of Massachusetts under tho charter from tho In 1629 He gets his middle name from his mother who was a daughter of Jacob Tnomas Jefferson's of the Navy from to Mr cott ls about years old Ho was graduated from Harvard In subsequently took a courso in law and was admitted to the Darin 1850 Ho married his cousin who was a daughter of Peabody the and be das son and one ter Mr has never held an elective public office Ho was the Democratic nominee for last November but was defeated by George D His good reputation in Massachusetts Is based largely on his services at Dar and on tbo bench of tbo Supremo Court When ho waa 25 years old Mr began public life as a member of tne Salem Common Council He served for years and during nu last year of his term ho was chosen President of the body In 1658 he was mado City Solicitor and served In that capacity un- til 1863 During ho was also President of a bank In bis native city After giving up els City Solicitor Mr resumed his law practice until In William B Washburn a ernor called him to tbe Supreme bench At time ho resigned hla position aa bank President After nine years service Mr falling compelled him to give up his He u at present one of tbe Board of Overseers and also a member of tho Massachusetts Historical Society In politics Mr was an old line Whig until when he joined tbe Democracy THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY The new Secretary of the Navy IAM C of this city Is the son of Gen James 8 Whitney who was a prominent Democrat holding offices under dents Pierce and Buchanan W C Whitney was born la Conway Mass In 1839 When ho was graduated from Yale College In ho was chosen to deliver tho class oration and ho shared he first prize for an English essay with William G Sumner now tho Professor of Political omy at Yalo College Mr Whitney was rest graduated from the Harvard Law School and afterward entered tbe office of Judro Abraham H Lawrence 1n city In tho course of time lie became counsel for several prominent ance companies railroad companies and other corporations For more than two years ho bad charge as Trustee under mortgage of the and Union Railroad of Ohio Mr Whitney came Into political prominence during the fierce campaign against the Tweed In industry nnd ability at- the attention of Mr and other Democratic leaders In 1872 he was n candidate for District Attorney on tne Apollo Hall but wai del en ted Mr Whitney afterward Joined the Tammany Society and became a member of the General Committee from tbe Eighteenth District Subsequently be was rery prominent la organizing tbe County Democracy and alia a leading nart In promoting toe Young Democratic Club office he waa thai bf School the first Ward appointed him Corporation Counsel In 1675 Re was twice re- to the place but resigned It In with two years or his term yet to run 81 doc that time he baa practiced lav Mr U a of Senator B Payne and to man of social prominence THE OP THE INTERIOR Senator Lucius Q C of sippi who baa been made Secretary of tbo In- tenor was born In Putnam tomber 1823 Ho was graduated from when 20 years old ahd after law was admitted to tbe bat In Two veare later ho removed to Oxford Miss and was elected Assistant Professor of Mathematics In University Ho resigned tbe year and wont to to tho practice of law In 1853 ho trua elected to the Georgia Legislature After serving one term he moved back to Mississippi Bottled oy a plantation In Lafayette County Ho was to tho and to tho Congresses but resigned his Beat In 1580 to pato in iho Secession Convention In joined the Confederate Army as Lieu ton onel of tbo Nineteenth Mississippi in 1841 and soon became Its Colonel Two years later Jefferson Davis sent him on an Important to Alter the war Col Lamar was elected of Political Economy In the Mississippi and In 1867 he yas transferred to tho Professorship In the same Institution Ho was elected to tbo Congress but attracted little public until ho delivered an eloquent of Charles Sumner in tho Houso of Representatives March 14 1874 That address mado Congressman mur somewhat conspicuous among his fora In 1877 ho took seat In the United Senate and afterward antagonized his firmly opposing ail to Inflate or debase the currency ings wero hold In Mississippi to denounce his courso and tho Stato passed a lution asking him to voto contrary to his ex- pressed principles or to resign Ho to do cither and subsequently after a hard canvassing tour ho so thoroughly con- bis constituents of soundness of his opinions that In 1883 ho was ro- to the Senate Mr Lamar haa been a warm advocate of consistent revenue reform as opposed to a protective tariff and high taxes Senator Lamar is a widower THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL WILLIAM FHEEMAN was horn in Chelsea Orange County Vt July father B Vilas took pride In ing to friends a genealogical troo which took root In tho heraldic records of tho of Henry III In England Tho family name was originally blit the corruptions of nunciation and spelling through the brought It down to Tho subject df this sketch went to Wisconsin with his parents In His father settled In Madison and soon established a lucrative law practice Ho built a stately stone mansion Is still one of tho most Imposing residences In Madison Judge Mayor of the and was Speaker of tho Assembly William F was educated In tho Wisconsin University from which Institution he waa at the ago or IS years Ho studied Jaw In tho Law School and In was ad- mitted to practice In the Supremo Courts of und He opened a law of- fice In Madison Hnd had Just got well started In his when tho war broke out Young n company of teers In isec and was elected Captain of It Tho company went to tho front as part of tho of Wisconsin Volunteers It toon part in several engagements and Capt conduct was such that ho was promoted In quick succession to tho ranks of Major and respectively Owing to the Illness or tho Colonel bo was In command nf his regiment for about mouths In tdo field Col Vilas resigned from In gust 18C3 and returned to Madison ho resumed tho practice of bis profession Ho has been vory successful as a lawyer having amassed a fortune estimated at Ho was married to Anna M Foi daughter of a physician In Oregon Wls In 1806 Col and Mrs have children now Cordelia years Henry 13 and Mary Esther 11 Tho family occupy a cial In Wisconsin Gen Grant Gen Sherman Hayes and other persons of national reputation havo been tho of ana his cultured Col Vilas has positions of trust in bis State Ho Is ono of tho most active bers of tho Boart of Regents of tho State and Is ono of the Professors of For several years he Trustee of the Wisconsin State Law no was one of three lawyers appointed by Legislature to revise the statutes of the State He la now a member of tbe lower bouse of tho Legislature which Is tho office ho ever held has long beon noted for hu as a pleader at tho bar Col national tation as an orator began with his eulogy of the Chicago banquet after tho dent's return from his trip around tho world Borne of tho Colonel's critics say that his public speeches always sound better than they read Col was one of tho delegates from Wisconsin to tbo National Democratic Convention last rear and he officiated as tho Chairman of that body Ho It was who afterward mado tho speeches of notification to tbe nominees of that convention Ho mado several speeches for Cleveland and during tbe campaign Col Is said to bo very well versed In road and land laws Ho Is at present tho Stato Solicitor In Wisconsin for tho Chicago and Northwestern Hallway THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL The man who haa beon selected for At- Senator H LAND of Arkansas was born at Toon la June 1832 When ho waa only 1 year old hla parents natives of North lina removed to Arkansas and settled on the rich bottom lands of tho lied Valloy They their eon a thorough education and fitted Dim for tho Bar He practiced law In ington Ark three years later he removed to Little Kock A Whig In politics ho was mndo a Presidential Elector on tbe Bell and Everett ticket in When all probability of a ful settlement of national difficulties hopeless Mr Garland sided with tno people of bla adopted State and was elected to tho visional Congress which mot at Montgomery Ala In and framed tbo Constitution of the Confederate States He also served In both houses of tho Confederate Congress Alter the war Mr Garland resumed the tice of bis profession In Rock Desiring to practice In tho United States Court ho found himself much hampered by tho test oath which was designed to exclude from public office and from practice In all tho United States courts all mea who bsd a voluntary Eart In tho rebellion In Mr Garland who ad been admitted to tho privileges of tno Court In petitioned to practice without taking tho Ironclad oath Tho printed argument ho submitted on his own behalf attracted wldo attention yers and marked Its author as a man of un- questioned ability A majority of tho court his views upon of tho four points raised Four Judges dissented teat cose was pending Mr Garland was elected to the United States Senate for tho term beginning March but bo was not permitted to take his scat Ho continued tbo practice of luw until 1874 when be wan elected Governor of Arkansas Ho advocated tfco tion of a now Constitution formed by a tion of the people and his administration he did much to put down rule nnd Improve tho State's financial credit After ing two years as Governor ho was elected United States Senator nnd ho took hta In March 1877 Ho was In 1883 for tho term to In March 1889 Boven ago Senator Garland lost his wife and hia mother lives with him to caro for his four dren Senator Garland i3 a man of robust con- tbo of habitual In the open air TAX ON VESSELS Conn March wero closed to-day before tho Finance tee on a to exempt sailing from local taxation and Instead Impose a nominal Stato tar It was stated that tho of New-York under Its free shipping laws was getting the commerce of Connecticut and that the strongs and other leading shipping merchants of bad already trans- ferred over half a million of vessel property from the tax lists of that city Several Selectmen of shipping towns appeared In Opposition to tho It Is probable that tho matter will bo loft for tho existing Tax Commission which is to re- port next year to consider MRS KAUFMAN'S BODY CREMATED LANCASTER Penn March fifth cremation In tbe Lancaster Crematorium was made this afternoon tho body being that of Mrs Caroline Kaufman wife of Kaufman a well-known New-York lawyer Tho body arrived at o'clock this afternoon In charge of Morris Kaufman brother-in-law of the deceased lady and was taken to tho It was placed In tbe retort at o'clock and reduced to ashes In about an hour Kaufman was 57 years old and died at tho Clare idon Hotel on Monday of pneumonia and heart disease KILLED BY A TREE JAMESTOWN N Y Maroh Burger an old and wealthy near village chopping In woods to-day by a falling killed He a family of children THE NEW ADMINISTRATION MR CLEVELAND'S FIRST WORK IN THE HOUSE HIS FIRST STUPID OF THE WOULD-BE OFFICEHOLDERS WASHINGTON March favorable Impression mado by President Cleveland by hla and manly tho ural ceremonies as well as by tho ered and direct and simple speech la which bo addressed tho vaat In front of tho Capitol appears to bo strengthened rathor than Impaired Thousands of BODB paid their respects to him to-day at tho White House They found him easily accessible glad to be welcomed to hla new office and strained in his conversation about public matters Hla Bret message to the Senate convoying tho Cabinet nominations had been anticipated and created no sensation Those Democrats who had hoped the President would not undue representation In the Cabinet by Ing two of tho Ministers from his own State disappointed but their disappointment has not yet mado Itself known by bitter or hostile criticism Friends of tho President have ex- that Mr Whitney's appointment waa Important to tho success of Mr Cleveland's plans as an administrative re- form President although tbo explanations offered do nr t make tho necessity very plain For tho Senator from Virginia who for a brief day has made himself by Immediate confirmation of tho Cabinet nothing Is heard but well-deserved de- Liko tho extinct Richelieu son and tho fiery Mr la opposed to denunciation of dynamite methods or revolution and he based his tion to confirmation solely upon Mr Bayard's recent action In the Sou a to against tho dynamiters In England To people who think of Senators as men ot superior stamp of conservative views bright diameter and courtesy tho courso ot Mr berger In standing In the new President's way merely creates an erroneous Impression Mr probably had no plan us ho haa no deep convictions Ho Is a rather Indo- lent fairly but aimless n Senator by fortunate circumstance rather than through superior ability anu he will probably KO on all his notoriety In tho Senate hv Just such puerile performances Ho mav by holding the floor as he did when ho the confirmation of Secretary locb fill tho oars of tno Senators for two or three days with rather loose Virginia eloquence from tho necessity of rending tho public will be shielded oy tho cover of executive cv When ho has talked himself out It Is ble that tbo Cabinet will be confirmed by tho votes of all tho Senators except one It Is not likely that tho President will Bond nny nominations to tho Senate ow or until after the Cabinet has been and has met to consider Mr Cleveland's suggestions as to tho men to bo selected to nil tho Important for- eign missions While work Is being done for several prominent men it Is believed that no opposition can prevent the ment of to Franco Ex-Mayor Edward Cooper Is still talked of for the English mission ami tho of Jen Is sometimes mentioned as leading tho list for the Italian mission There havo been for all tho missions Among other Democrats who aro talked of as candidates for foreign under tho Democratic Ad- ministration nro Mr John Mr Manton Marble and Mr Trescot who has recently doue diplomatic duty In South America A BUSY DAY MR CLEVELAND President Cleveland's first day in tho White House was a tolerably busy one drods of Democrats from every part of tho country wero desirous of shaking his hand and finally he set apart two 2 until 4 receiving them Policemen were at tho with Instructions to send visitors through tho western to the White Houso and to pass them out at tho eastern entrance Tho worked and at least persons must havo fallen Into line and ushered past him ax be stond In tbe East Room As many as could do so shook hands with him and woro pushed without further ceremony by tho crowd thai kept Jamming along behind It was one tremendous crush several ladles fainted and had to bo Irom tho lino tho morning sonal acquaintances called accompanying friends who wore eager to receive un tion to a live President They woro received In Ills library on the second Moor Among them wero Attorney-General and State urer Maxwell Roswoll P Flower Mavor Dunks of Albany Mayor Grace of New-York First Assistant Postmaster-General Crosby Col N Hurt Hubert O Thompson Judge Cowing ers Wheeler E Smyth of the Democratic Committee Col John II Fellows Bradley B Smalley of Vermont ex- and Senator Jones of Florida Friend Cary of Cattaraugus and Daniel N Lockwood of falo were halted nt the while tho ants scrutinized their unfamiliar faces Cabinet murmured thn Cattaraugus man and the doors wero Instantly wldo open The doorkeeper wondered at tbo levity that followed Mr mado tho nominating Mr Cleveland for Governor at Syracuse and for President at Chicago Secretary Lincoln and Secretary Chandler called for a moment In thu afternoon Tho President's first official act was to O L Pruden private and bis neit was to dispatch Mm to tbo Senate with his list of Cabinet officers Mr waa pointed originally by President Grant He Is known around tho Executive Mansion as a ful und officer of tno household This afternoon the President took a drive with his old law partner Wilson S of Buffalo he has been In consultation with the gentlemen whom do has designated as Cabinet officers Col D 8 Lamont tho President's private secretary has settled comfortably and ly Into the chair vacated by Mr Frederick J Phillips Ho received many of thu visitors to tho White Houso who came to pay their respects to tho President out of tho eral reception hours and when offered took them through tho Cabinet room to meet the President In tbe library Tho aspect of things In the office has not changed Tho carefully kept desk with Its bouquet of flowers fresh from tho White Houso conservatory Is nut yet with now business but before tho month is out tho desk and tho Secretary will bo fully THE PACIFIC MAIL SUBSIDY Tho Hail subsidy clause which was adopted aa a part of tho Post Office in tho closing hours of the Houso was not assented to by Mr Ho had fought It In committee and on tho floor and his veto Is recorded It on every roll-call Tho active work done by tbe lobby In keeping away and in vote atari hour when tho House was not full served to accomplish tho purpose which could not bo effected under conditions more to good work TO SUE THE CITY FOR LOSSES KINGSTON N Y son Opera House in was destroyed by nro during tho latter cart ot January and tho places of business underneath worn less While tho raged a howling mob of men and boys broke ooen the saloon owned by Mrs Louise Burke from which thov stole nearly worth brandy and cigars Whisky ran In tho gutter and part of tho mob together with one or two special or self-appointed constables drank themselves Into a stupor so much so that It was feared a number would freeze to by lying out of doors A clothing firm also has a claim for over tho store having been partially gutted by tbo hoodlums The losses In- curred by reason of tho depredations or tho mob tho city Is asked tn pay Tho claims havo been presented to tbo Common Council and It Is understood tho Corporation Counsel has ad- vised a settlement as It appears tbo city Is liable under tho circumstances Kingston covers a largo area and there Is no regular police force There aro a few constables In plain clothes and a number of District Telegraph officers LOOKING FOR BIS GIRL March young men of this village havo been arraigned on a novel charge Wolf It appears that ono of them was lod to believe that bla girl waa at- tending tho Methodist Episcopal church last Bunday evening Presumably being In a hurry to communicate some matter of sonal Import to the young woman ho and bis hired small boy to carry a ter Into the church The tramped all over the audience much to tho annoyance and of the congregation The woman not und ihc boy on being collared and naked to give ah account of himself told how be came to pa rude around as he did A BANK CASHIER'S SUICIDE A MORBID RELIGIOUS AND MOT PECULATION THE CAUSE ALBION March Since the failure ol tbo First National Bank of Albion and the ab- of Warner IU President the people of this village and the Ing country bavo been extremely tiblo to tho slightest breath of suspicion against any other moneyed Institution and consequently tho news of tbe probably attempt of Charles A King Toller and acting Cashier of the Orleans County National Hank to commit this morning throw tho whale village Into a fevor of excitement Tho tion was that tho was tho fatal of another of tho already long list of bank defalcations but careful Investigation Droves this not to bo tho case At 10 o'clock this Mr King entered tho office of Dr W C Bailey who has been for In attendance upon Mrs King who has boon HI with nervous prostration Mr King was asked as to his own health to which ho responded that no the doctor bad could cure him and added When con holp a man what can ho do 7 Tho doctor loft him to attend to the wants of another patient King walked nervously up and down too private office A few moments lator tho report of a pistol was by the doctor who hastening Into his Inner office saw King stagger Bad fall upon a couch with a bullet wound in his right temple The doctor finding no of life alter a hurried examination ran to tho bank mid notified tho President J M Cornell and the E K Hart nf tho attempt at suicide They returned with him to and round that King had retrained consciousness To In- as to how he felt he responded I don't to live I havo lived Don't for the bullet Asked the which prompted the act ho said to President It Is not tho bank Mr nothing is wrong with tho bank King was removed to tho bouse of Ms father ho now lies death Dr wad summoned from Rochester to aid tho local physicians Tho bullot waa not extracted lost night and all hopes of his aro given up Ills survival for so many hours puzzles tho physicians Tho shot was fired Into the right temple entirely through the brain and was then deflected from nnd thrown bark to and lodged In the dura mater Tho patient has been trephined and tho probe has been repeatedly through tho bend without finding a truce of tho ball To all Inquirers Mr King to assign a reason for his so f- murder assign a probable deficiency In his accounts others think It duo to overwork and others to anxiety regarding the Illness of Us wife most Intimately acquainted with him and his affairs this as the able truth Mr King Is a victim of a morbid spirit which has often impelled him to say that no business man could be a upon his salary for a and finding that tho requirements of n business life pressed upon bis peculiar sense of what wag ho sacrificed his life rather than his conscience That act was meditated Is proved by tho fact that ho borrowed tbo revolver a old-fashioned revolver 15 minutes before ho used It A wonk ajro ho borrowed a pistol of the gentleman from whom ho obtained the ono used to-day but returned It with the remark that ho would not USD it Just then Tho name or Charles A King was In this county a synonym for all that WHS upright and straightforward nnd ranny telegrams of sympathy from his ness friends woro received by his family King has been connected with the Orleans liank fur So vears Ills Is 41 and ho has a and two children TO AVOID CAPT WILLIAMS NEW-YORK GAMBLERS TAKE CONNECTICUT Conn March tho now administration of affairs In New-York a good many gamblers discretion tho better part of valor and hied away to provincial towns to carry on their frames where they could easily bo found by any who cared to run out and toy with tho tiger foi a night Ono contingent carao to Bridgeport Several months ago Frank John L Sullivan's old ager and McCoy the pugilist came to this city and opened a saloon called The Drum on Wall-street Main Thov also ranted tho floor of tho building and when bis gambling rooms in New-York fear of arrest he found In tho rooms over tbe Faloon Just what ho wanted Thov wore handsomely carpeted and fitted up and hero a faro game was started which Is ing havoc with tho of a wood many business men and Is patronized by who come up to the Connecticut city for a night or two The faro layout Is in tho front room tho dows of which aro hung with heavy curtains In a smaller room In tho those so Inclined can take a hand at and for tho asking portions of the room will bo accommodated with any frame they faro Is Aa lunch Is spread each night at about 12 o'clock Play begins about 10 and U kept up as Ionic as tbe players hold out Very little secrecy Is observed and no one has any difficulty In access to the room Drop into almost any saloon In Bridgeport fora bank and tho barkeeper will direct you straight to tho rooms over Tbe Drum The police aro aware of tho gambling going on as Is everybody else and say that when complaint Is mado the rooms will bo closed Policy Is played in Bridgeport by There arc scores or dealers to be found In cigar stores saloons restaurants and times In private houses This evil has existed here for years fllE NYACK TOWN ELECTION NYACK 5 Tho Republicans Democrats and of the town of are girding on their armor for their triangular fight at tbe town meeting which occurs on Maroh 17 Tho call for tbe Republican primary will bo published to-morrow tho day appointed to make nominations being Thursday next March Lost year tho Law and Order put up candidates for the offices of Overseer or tho Poor and Commissioner of Excise men wero Indorsed by the Re- publican Convention and elected by birgo Mr Do tho Overseer of Ibo Poor has mado a Rood record for himself that Mia friends aro urging his by tho Re- publicans that he will not got It from the Democrats although ho lias always been a Democrat himself Ho will publish his annual report to-morrow which shows that tho expenses incurred by him during tbo year were 45 less than those Incurred by his predecessors In both Democrats There Is considerable anxiety tho people to see whether tho ultra Republicans who have vengeance on tho temperance people will throw Mr Do overboard because ho waa first nominated by tho Law and Order ciety or whether they will allow their better Judgment to prevail and re-elect ou his merits TRIAL FOR MURDER LANCASTER Penn March anu el charged with tho murder of Bcntley on tbo night of July 24 1884 was placed on trial In tho Quarter Sessions Court this Inn Both wero canal boat men and their boats were tied up at Columbia for tho night Bentley and throe others had been drinking freely and whoa thoy returned to their boats Bentley lav down on tho cabin roof Tho other men began to talk about him saving that ho was quarrelsome when drunk and be leaped to his feet declaring that be would shoot them Tho men ran to get out of bis way und a moment afterward a pistol was flred and was fatally wounded In his statement he declared that Henry shot him and tbo Jury found that ho caine to his death at bands but at tbe examination ot tho men all of whom wore arrested de- clared that ho shot Bcntley la self-defense His pica this morning was not guilty A NEW FOR ONTARIO TonoNTO March Provincial to-day Introduced a new Franchise which approaches as near manhood suffrage as possible without actually granting it Tho property qualification of owner tenant or is reduced In cities and towns to 9200 and In incorporated villages and townships to Every householder Is a vote Is upon the assessment roll Every person ing a wage of during the year nnd also every land holder's eon residing at home of tho of 21 years aro given votes Tho owners or occupiers of 20 acres of land or land at also given votes WALLACE DEFEATS JAKE BOSTON March of cushion carom billiards this afternoon between Jacob and won by Wallace by n score of to an Wallace was by bv a ot moil tn THE ILLINOIS BEAR GARDEN RIOTING IN TBS LEGISLATURE AND A FORCED ADJOURNMENT 111 March now baa only one Senator and it looks H If this con- dition of would continue for some time longer Meanwhile Illinois has become a disgrace to the State Yesterday two Democratic members had a encounter during blows wore exchanged and to-day there was an actual riot on tbo floor of the House Them wero 110 Republicans present and on tbe call of the roll Lounn was given 06 votes there was only ono bolter Tho Democrats did not vote tho Republicans wero endeavoring to straighten out the record Representative Democrat who occupied tbo chair in tho absence of Speaker astonished tbo Houso by declaring the Joint convention adjourned until to-morrow on tbo ground that thera waa no quorum Ho refused to to all arguments and claimed tho to adjourn himself Tho Republicans made con- vincing arguments sustaining tno right of the Joint assembly to control its own actions anil not be dissolved by the arbitrary decision of tho Chairman At ono time tho Democrats feared mat would weaken eo several of their number wont on tho platform and braced blm up After to consider tho question he declined to to tho Republicans and declared tho assembly adjourned Tho Republicans protested against this ruling and Senator moved that Smith take tho chair and Secretary Watnon of tbe Senate was ordered to call tho roll Ho called aud tho Houso to read bills Then the riot began ordered the Doorkeeper to oust Wathon Tho Republicans rallied around Watson Tho cratic hitters gut Inside tho desk and tho Democratic Clerk who Is twice tho of Watson folded In bis anus and shoved him tbe railing All thh time tho members on both sides were excited and stood on tho desks and shouted and yelled tho riot was In around tho desk Some coward struck In thu which was tho only casualty at Gen gan's tho Republicans withdrew tho Senate Chamber Another riot WHS threatened In tho corridor proceedings were and It looki as if thu Democrats Intend to elect a Senator by brute torce action In bolting the caucus nominee has left no doubt In tho minds of Col Morrison's friends that as a Senatorial date Morrison has his and hiis polled more voles than ho will ever poll Tho truth Is tho Democrats were getting tired of Morrison's but or them had tbe courage to break from him until Hainot led tho way Now a number will follow and tho number will Increase after every ballot Who will como next Is tho question does not seem to caro Ho la ready to furnish tho crats with a Moses once more Ho will tho wilderness and tho Muses too Ho wants and Is producing It very rapidly and In course of time lie firmly be Mures thoy will call upon lilra to save them J list as they did In tho fight PREPARING FOR A DUEL A CAROLINIAN A LEGISLATIVE RALEIGH N C March Yesterday In tho discussion of a railroad In tho House J L charged that Richmond Pearson another member had been a and held under President Grunt Pearson Raid that ho was known to havo been a Democrat President Grunt appointed him Consul to Liege nnd that ho had never been anything but a ocrat then why Pearson had not resented tho same charge when mado by Rufus Y MacAden In Charlotte Observer a few weeks during the progress of a over nnd Pearson that ho did nut regard tts worthy of notice As Pearson was walking down stroet ho was stopped by who hud Just arrived from Charlotte asked If ho had said that lili card was not worthy of notice paid yes MacAden then struck blows with a heavy walking stick Pearson tried to but wan so stunned by ilie blow that he did not recover was v fiy Pearson was to his hotel where It WHS found that lilt was broken and that he was seriously injured Lost night a lution was adopted appointing a committee to Investigate and report what steps nro necessary to vindicate the dignity of tho HOUPO nnd protect rights of the members H IB certain that the report will assert that the privileges of the bavo been invaded and that MacAden Is of and tbo Speaker will I e directed to issue an order for hts arrest The resolution was proved bv Pearson The will adjourn noil week and Pearson's are talking of the proper manner to settle difficulties of this character which a challenge from Pearson to be followed liv a duel Pearson tho only son of tho lute Pearson oad is President of a bank lu STRIVING TO FAT Conh any Trustee of a State Institution troni furnishing sup piles for the same unless uo la tbu lowest bidder under a contract secured by lic competition was reported adversely by a majority of Judiciary Committee to-day Tho origin of tbo history arc peculiar A special commission appointed by tho ture last year to Investigate the affairs of thu Storrs Agricultural School nt Mansfield reported to the present Legislature that supplies wero Furnished by two Trustees ono of whom was on of his own accounts TLc other Furnished In ono month over worth or supplies and tho institution Is a small one Tho was Introduced to pre- vent any repetition of these doings nt Mansfield or elsewhere there being good for believing that In other Institutions tho ness woa carried on to a profitable extent Tho Judiciary Committee tho Mil last end to report But since then of tho re- ortn school at the Insane nt and other State charity brought a pressure to bear to defeat tho and tho Republican of the com- have front and consented lo an unfavorable report The tabled but will have a support when it comes up Several prominent Republicans about Capitol to-day expressed mont that such a not bo favorably and for party nn effort will jo mado to navo the report rejected by ican votes THE DEMOCRATS LIKE HIM CHICAGO March Is said that tho arc determined to aret Col 6 of Chicago out of tho United States District Attorney's of tbe Northern District Just as soon as they can Col to run and ho filled tho with great ability but ho must because bo has given thu Democrats mortal offense br his and successful of Joe and company or convicting them ho never will bo for- and they are determined that ono of the first acts of Cleveland's Administration hall bo to appoint hla It is to and com pan r so mo one besides shall bo District Attorney when they apply for pardons This fact gether with tho for revenge on laj started them to work and It Is understood hat McDonald nnd other Democrats now n Washington will havo a conference with tbo new Attorney-General on the subject and urge no appointment of successor away A MILL SOLD CHATTANOOGA Tenn lolling Mill waa to-day sold under a deed of rust to secure an Indebtedness The plant and bid In bv A if nn J N Chattanooga capitalists money will pay the debts and leave n small for tho stockholders The mill will re- pen In tho near future FAMINE IN N Y March coalfam- ne exists hero Owing to tho heavy ntr the past Winter and tho consequent trouble n the transportation of coal to this point 8 none for sale many of the are In absolute need of fuel without being able to It METHODIST REVIVALS Penn March fho an two months the Methodist churches of tho District 88 In number bavo boen greet revival Presiding Elder Griffin tbe up conversions have made lo tbu district ult of tho PRICE TWO CENTS A DIPLOMATIC FALSEHOOD PRINCE BISMARCK ACCUSED Ol DISHONEST DEALINGS HIS AGREEMENT WITH FRANCE SAID TC HAVE BEEN SECURED AFTER A LIE TOLD TO THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR March Blowitz the don correspondent at Paris writes I strong letter attacking for In- direction In his with the British Foreign Office concerning tho South Pacific In tbe on this subject Issued by the British Government ou Fob there Is given a conversation which occurred early In February between Bismarck and Sir Edward Malet British Ambassador at Berlin During German Chancellor read a dispatch said bo had sent to Count M Duster to London on the 5th of the May and which purported to convey to En- gland Idea of how Great Britain could assist Germany in her colonization and promise to reciprocate by ing English nearer home The patch as read urged to fall In vita tha suggestions made In tbo event of a re- Germany would bo compelled to aak France to the declined by En- gland Tho Chancellor told Sir Edward Malet that aa Count to make no ress It was feared In Berlin that he not staled thn points of tho with strength nnd precision so Count Herbert Bismarck waa sent to London to assure the coss the negotiations Count Herbert obtained from the Foreign Office ing but assurances of wero mid When Sir wanl Mulct t at t ho augured that had no toi colonial ambitions and him hn wanted New-Guinea or tho Chancellor replied th It waa now too late to discuss the matter with England Germany Imil nn understanding with precluded any with England Dr of direct hood In Ho refers to tho rend the original to Sir Edward M In Berlin rn a proof that he really never font It London Bismarck i Dr d ns If the Imil beon to London to form 1 lio basis o an alliance England nnd Germany con- cern In if as if Ita rejection by England hnd been formally nnd deliberately made at If this wore nn Indorsement by of n K rench and gave certain in tho South nnd then for about hi on British his of the very dispatch Tins production Dr utter tho ilaro of the Hnd JUPI when it OT t his sayi Dr tun In world With d strong power do iii it like nnd tuin Intd any time 60 abolishing all luw To prove hh that thn read to never to London Dr points to the fuel thai on Feb 7 lifter Mr t Imil ruled lo him the Bismarck Ic w wroU to Mr The in iiiiubtion was to me Dr Blowitz Hint It Impi for to or Count would If ho had known that Inul tho psich inn iich u while If Count bud rui CIM I the dispatch nnd fulle I to U lo the Foreign Minister Prince would recalled Count for of duty Count who tho to don to Count in his to secure a colonial alliance fulled to er tho w hich contained the terms of hud never Lord Dr pronounces very tho truth K did not believe England would elve Germany the Resistance he ill bired Hn knew bettor hnw to runce Behind the mission or son i ick Intended to tno at the proper to put In the He le In to England with tho Incl In if mund Fltnnrturlce For- Mr at Bcr in with many assurances of neutrality lu to tho and Tonga In the ot this evening tho Earl of Derby Colonial mid that England undoubted rights along St flay hmi In for somo time The of the British at different in iho Mountains bounding the Cameroon occupied liy Germany ut present H subject of between London from under of Jan IP Miy the there very much un- settled Hick ninI been to tho anl In King Bell Is to the tried to Induce luni tu ret Hi Id Two eJ nn heann a peace tlie had sent two ol 119 hostages up tho country where It Is the y will until tlie cr Inn n The Admiral informed tlie reLel chiefs that they make com Ion for tho bv the if the latter persist In their which It is ed u German Judge Ing the e tho and LONDON Tlie that the territory by In Eastern Africa is more than twice the or It surrounds Zanzibar and the Intention seems to bo to make the of upon rather than All tho have tenders upon Count Herbert H tn Knu and th will la reconciling England marck nn itb William for I lie In I lie ty of the hero believe his Is one of peace THE FALSK KT'S WAR SIGNS OF IV CAllt II Man Li Thu con- to manifest Insubordination Brit- ish The of for saults upon nro of almost dolly occurrence Tho sums of the population against British rule nro the life of Jen commander are now frequently ncn on the streeta SUAKIN Greaves next In command to Gen In the hns I here aro being mom to tect the from tho uf hostile Arabs who nearly succeed In the advance during tha dny by the troops tien Judson the gent of tuo landed be re day hlb M Henri editor of that be has that M Olivier Is no part In M Hoc ho adds that El Intrusts no 1n btj lo nny M Pain's In Egypt fa liy M Is tor the of th French prisoners In pos or and to assist him In th's Is si Id that the 1n Cairo 1 At tlie Empire Club this resident Agent of New South announced that tho Government had of troops In In Autumn A supplementary tot an Increase of 3.000 inun in the military service and that tho of tha Soudan to the und of March will bo In the of tho Marquis of that If Gen Gordon's diaries when received should bo to bo In form of a BO rt of substitute for to the Government the Government would treat theip as such If thoy wero found to be of a private lilj would be consulted about them The Marquis of win the thought that any advance Uy Gen from for the relief of the garrison at He said tho ment was unprepared lo tho number ol additional men Intended to enroll army On a motion to for In Egypt abd for the construction of to Mr lo the amount Ic He thai i outrht lo pay His motion 03 rejected br a vote ot
