Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 23, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 July 1883 — Page 1

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Further Evidence of Corruption Intlio Architect's Oijice. 'Isstted'' Pauper Immigrants Bein? Sent to the United States Through Canada. 'ecretary French's Son Lirlcgin Clover The Patent Of3ce it Redemption of Checks. THE conn:act 1IISIXKSS. Proceedings In the HUI Inte tlgatlon The Secretary of the Traory to the IiellC of Ida Assistant An InteretlDg Collxay Between Counsel. Washistok, July !. Mr. Coleman opened the proceedings in ihellill tavestigatim today, by tbe presentation cf a number of

VjUartletf, Bobbins t Cos contract?. Ashe Toffered the first contract, he explained that tlie prosecut'on did aot cltim that the cou-

iavij nciv nj . on itui, uai iucj show that they had been awarded without advertisement, an-i eoisc of them without competition; that Bartlett, Bobbins t Co. sot nearly all of them, and had been corruptly and unlaw fully favored in the award of contracts, for supplying heating apparatus for public buildings in the United States. Torten asked if counsel proposed to follow tip this evidence by evidence that Hill lia 1

y been bribed. It made no difference, other- ) wise, how many contracts Bartlett, Robbing I A. Co. received - if they held all of them it I only tended to show that they were pood tuen and did their work honestly. Coleman was astounded that a Oodl3wyer should expect hiin to show that money had actuaiy p.i3cd between the contractor and Hill. If he could so present fir is as to lead

10 tne inrerence itiai oney must nave pasted, he would have accomplished what he expected in thin investigation. 'lotten 1 jected because the proposed evidecce would make out no charge. Coleman called upjn the gentleman tosay -Bar w . in a -r a -n i a a fi IaiI J Toiten T appear for every bo-ly defeivUrg ajrairst ihis assault you are cnducthi m , 1 H i 1 coierxan msisiea on an answer, ana louen (i id he represented Bartlett. JlbbitHiV (Jo., Hr. Hill ami the Dix Isltn i Granite Company. He bad represented the last namsd C tnpany many years. Coleman Tha is all I want to kaow 'iow rrany of these contraciorj are interested in Hill's efense to the extent of providing conrii-el. The proscution then put in evidence records sbowiDg that Harriett. Iiobbins tV. ä ir. i rv. : l

v.:, ur i-arweii, .iiijwutiu v.u.. receivcu J niieteen contracts for furnishing heating ' pt-aratus for publio buildio.- from lTG to

1! ab fill U.X'w -puiiii, uuu which there was extra work amounting to $lJf',M8. Contracts werealso put in evidence tOihowthat during the same period the total cost of all contracts awarded to other firms tuppljing heating apparatus was $170 00, upon trhich extra work amounted to i'l.OH.. Coleman then olTered in evidence t!ie popotais upon v.hich contracts were awarded for the burplv of cheating apparatus for tu-? Ilnreaa of Engraving and l'rintins in tun city, ilanle' t, .t Co. $ ;i Its. while Caiber & Co. b d t'-VK'rli, the contract being awaided liarilett, Itibbiris .'c Co. A number of tsinii'a- rus-M were irtancfd. Here 13 a curiosity," said Coleman. "Is hows how the Secretary of the Treaiury has bn oomir-; to the relief of the defense." He thn read from the beck of a letter from Mr. Hill to Secretary Koller, dated after the riling of the charges in tuis rase, submitting a statimeDt in retard to the heatin-r appa-atus for thfCharieton. W. Va , Court Hon-, tbe followinc endorsement by -Secretary Fulger: "Upon the facts found in the within statement it is decided to accept the propiaal of Bartlett, llobbins it Co., as the surest and best for the interests of the Government."' "Briny him in," exclaimed Totten. "here 5a fhnnra f. -r t ho fwn t lir;i an fahr!ntnn!Kor

J epeculalion." Coleman remarked he supposed the Secre-

show his approval of what Hill did by doing the tame thing himeelf. Cbaa. Y. Wanrell then took the stand to indentiy a number of voac'irs sh )y i ng uayrcents to L'artletf, llobbins V; Co, and iiirt-let,-Hsywco-l A Co. Totten havinc; objected that these vouchers only fcbowed the hubs exoeuded for repairs, Col-rman rtjlet it w aa nis objtct to show that Uarliett, U.bbins A Co. hod had all such Volk Ux)n public buildings ever sine Hill became 'ipervisiriir Architt;cL Coleman then ciSerei ines-idtnes the prcpo a!9. The evidence showed this work wa done with advertieement and without giving tbos- mtitged in the ame business an U 'riDifv r( bitifliuf therefor ai reijaes'ed by Seclion 37') of tk-eKe-rlsed 6tatnt-s; that this woik a- Oor.e by a linn in lliltimore on the poblic builnir.gs in V'a-hior'.o!i. üarylacd, Irliwsre, New Jersey, il-sssactin-Mfi, Icdiars. ilicbipan, lllinoi?, Missouri, Kanta-, and otttr S:ates. and in mme instances that firm was engaged lo Inm'sh materiel and i.eriorm services on the UniteJ State build Id pi as far icmo'e as brs'ka and Oiegon, wh?F the amount aid them did not exceed This evidence wac.IVred to show this rirm of IlartleLt, Ilcbbiria.V Co. had a monopoly of tbe busiTiefa in their line for. tne X"nited States, which tbey coali rot hare had if the work bad been open to competi:ion with ethers iotereattd in the same b'istne-. and that such course on the jart of the Superrisicg Arcbitct Las driven away all competitors fcr such work, and no business men can oupeie with this film, and they obtain work at tbeir own price. Contracts have ber aTird?d,this lirm in cae-rs where tbey were not the lowest bidder. 'Hrre is a bill for thermometers sent to Indianapolis. That shows they have no tbrmonieters out there." said Coleman. Tioixt' It;Lows that Ilartlett, Iiotoins il Co. could sell them cheaper than Indiiuapoia dealers. Colernan That is what we would like to co jou prove. "tee m . at the Government has to piy for work in Portland,' be added, as he read anotfer vo'chtr. "Vqjcv rcean to3ythat f$ per day i)r a fo'nif ijexcesfcive?" asked Totten. "Kor out tt:ere," replied Coleman. "But !. y cbir?;';t ihe Government toe same prica for crk done heie when they did not piy ir " ThausaHowr do yoa knoT that? Coleaiar. We will prove iL The leading of vonchers was rwnmeJ. W n jt had continued for fome time Totten ob;c?ed on the groind of irrelevant:. ' I i'n:Kii New, f f the Committee, did uot iiow but that the evidence no oiferrd

mitht be connected with Hill by subsequent eviderf e. "While the evidence was tedioua to hear and consumed valuable time in it reception, it might become of importance hereafter. Terhana the prosecution might not bring home the Corruption to Hill; perbap they nuld not, out the Committee would hear their evidence. Wbei the vouchers were all read Coleman announced he wotjM tinish Bartlett, llobbins A Co. case tomorrow. Adjcuined. Talxtr l)uict It. Dexvek, Colo.. July '.). Kx-Senatnr Tabor denies the rumor thst he paid to Architect Hill to secure the location of the lenver I'ostoflice tail.!ing. He Mates that he never had any dealings with Hill except in a inott public manner. X.1VINO 21 OLfc Li KOK KBENCH.

"William It. Wood Art that the .Sonnt tbe A titctaot Secretary if as a slOl)nj Sinecure und Other Luxarie. "Washtni.tos, July t. The ex-Chief of the Fccret Service of the United States Treasury Department, William B. Wood, over his own tiznature, sty3: A n ot Assistant ?e're!ary Kreuch tas been piOVWed wl'wfa a berth In tie Arcfaitto'.'a oflice a jjio ptr diem sinecure for tnis iaronipe:nt youth. The practice of falted SlAtes Seaatos. Cabinet oHictri, aud blub oilicials of our lloverament hsTii g fijusffiiU'.s of perbuual aptitude for auy lfgitiinatc t ailing placed ia the pav of the G verLT.'.ent. Is a mbjert which will receive t!i3 attfcDtlon cf the writer in a t uture article. While it Is net our rurpcFC to liicthevt'il wblch should prottct piiva'e life fiAm public criticism, yet when sons of t .oTi-rntaeut olti -jials are to ba "deadheeded" into poitii)U. and Criw salarie from tte iPvciTment, tbeir claims to t'e privileces of Vilvate citizens tease, anl they should te dealt with as a clabs of poliiieil loaf ei wten their conduct or inefrirjCDcy merits adrerse criticism, and tbfy 1'ould not be pcunoued on the ' ioverntaeiit noIly bfcatite they are stippoped to be sons of tbtir lathers. Ibis boy ot Assistant Secretary French aims to be a.i artist, and atnon the lux-' inks provided for this your-itcr at th-j txpensj of tbe G'-verumerit in "liviitK modeW'' 'flunk of tld allowance, you rural nutters of the P.9?nblir an fiith. tbat the Treasnry cd the Tutted Slates t-rcvit'es nd jftys for "living mode!" f r youn Fitten, w ho roiuts from such a selinh and jjnlons ed itint the youiigier would nri allow a instle harcerof thesj "nvia? mod?N" to waste her 6tetutt even urou Secretary Folger himself. That readers may not misunderstand this last illusion, the riter explains tie iubjrci. thus: "Girls are provv!d for tlie ton of Assistant Secretary Fret cb, shstely and with sty l. to poe in tbe attit ides of the variety show business, with a close adaptation of the style of Mother live rostnme, and all tbis for the instruction arm r ratification tl this son of our Assistant fcn retaryof the Treasury, while other less favcied fellows have to pay from their own furc'jB.fr.oni twenty live cents to $1 a sight if they dtsire to enjoy such luxuries." MISTAKE EtOXO.MV In tlie Mana:enent of the I'atvut Otlire. Washinctox. July ;. Business Li the ratfntOf.lce cortioues to increase in volume, and there are already curiiplainisi of tbe reduction of the forte, wl.:ch took place tLe 1 st in5t. for the lirst half of the current yeiiT the inm bf 'if application for patents was abjut :.,C00 grtaterthan for the curre?pondicg period of Im', and the receipts of the oi'ice were m re than il' M tO in a.vjess of tbne for the tir-st 'X iron t h? cf list year. Xot on! v i- tlie Patent Mlice emlarratd by thereduc'iai of the force, but by tbe fteunt resignation o Kxaniinenr and oilier ctlicsrs. Within the last six months one Aistant C-cmmist-ioner of Patent and eight ICxaminers Dd Assistant Examiners have re;gn?d. besides six or eight clirksand copyi'sib. On the average there 13 a complete change in the farce cf examiners once in five years. Tbe most frequent changes are in the e'ectricil division, where the entire force d examiners changes about twice in er ! neytars. Very frfw men feel that th c'iailrd to rerr.aiu in the Patent nf-fit-e nu.-ie tfcan four or live years cn accj int d the pj. pirttinitie. olfernü tüeni oatside. Ore of the complints made on accoint of tbe r'öiK tion 01 tin- force is tha'. the Givernmerr ) in ciiity bound ti oirr inventors every losibie facility f:r a speedy a listrper' -h.jr clairus because it recsives doni heri ?! f'iy a great deal no-e money than it p.s .ui fur the support of the Patent Oflice service. It is remarked, too, that much of the opposition to sutlictent apropriasicriS for the support cf the cfiice ccrnes from Senators and Kepreentativesof States where the number of inventions produced is very email. An auslyai 3 of the paents granted to inventors for any stated period will show that, excluding Missouri, tbe Ktates south of Mason and Dixon's line produce only about A or 10 per cant, of the ncmber of patent granted. The vote3 of tSenatora and Jienresentatives from taee states can always be counted upon to cut down appropnat Oiis fur thj support of the Tatent Otlice. A prrininer-t patent attorney of Washington, who has been in business many years, Faid recently that he made up a statement showing the length cf time that each Comniiioner of Patents remained in cilice since l.V1, and found that the average term of service sias only thirteen and a half months for each tnc. LAY1XO bXAKK FOlt AK T II I K. A Yooris Lady From the YVet Who Thought she Had Captivated the AftVctioos of the President, hut Man nutHkru. WAfHiXj.TOx, July !) A local gossiper has this aöout the President: "Half a dozen girls and tbeir ambitious mothers have believed they had fairly 'bagged' Mr. Arthur, when, in fict, he never thought the second time about them. I know of some very funny th'mgs growing out of this sort of fancy. I will tell you one. Last winter there was a very pretty girl here from the principal city of a great Western State, and she was pre-wnted to the President. Of course, he waa polite, as he always is, and she imraed;ately thought hl e 'h:td him.' Her knowledge of tbe world was extremely superlicial.and her mother had very little sense or knowledge of the usages of the bent society. Ssbe boasted of l.er daughter's confpiest to her acquaintances, and tlnally a ttory wm telecarjird to a Western paper. A fiiend of the President saw the disna'.cli and showed it to .him. That evening tbere was something j;oirg on at the White House. Oar flamboyant child of the Occident was there, clothed in her radiant loveliness and a perfecta, fitting gown from PingU's, and she was very pretty, fchehed intimated to alrout twenty friends that the meant ts parade her captive. So, with an air of assurance born of her cosrse vanity, -she endeavored to monop oli.e hin?. But to her utter atnatemetft sue cculd not get into the circle of the intimes at ad. He barely looked at her did tot aik her to promenade, aud when si. per cn,e took down a Virginia ciusln of his tat wile, who was neither young nor pretty, and had never heard of Pings,?. The gilwdit home crying with mortification and ra;;e, ar.d Mr. Arthur wai never polite t3 her again. 'Well, but is the President a mairyir.g man?' I asked my informant. j'o, I think not. If he had cared tohemiiht have married an immense fortune before this. Tbfre is a Jady in New York, the widow cf a man five times a millionaire. She'is r.ot over thirty, and one 01 ths hand

somest women in America. She would be very glad to marry him, I know, and at one time I thought he meant something by his attentions In that quarter. Tnere are other instances, but this la the only one in which I saw any possibilities, No, I don't believe he will ever marry."

KKDEMI'IIOX OF CHECKS. The Methods to 1 Pursued by llnnlnefls Men. : Yfho Have Old Revenue Stamps to he Evchanged for Cash. 9 Washington Special : The new tariff law having gone intoeflict since the 1st inst., and stamps for bank checks being done away with, it may be valuable for business men to know that any person having stamps, or stamped checks, in sheets or blocks, if purchased within three years, may have them redeemed, and receive money or an equivalent value in stamps by complying with a few requirements. It will not be necesiary to employ a claim agent, for such an agent will only do what the original holder can easily do without expense. The holder of staaups cr stamped checks should first procure a blank form, which Will be provided on application to the Internal Revenue Commissioner here, or one of his Collectors. On this form an account is given of the value cf the stamps sought to be redeemed, and it luu&t be sworn to. The lilled-ont form and a package containing the stamps offered for redemption must be addressed to "Tne Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Washington, 1). C." As soon as received the package will be turned ever to the chief of the Stamp Division, who will give it a number correspondiug with the order of its receipt, and it will in its turn be examined to ascertain whether the invoice and the stamp correspond and whether the Government limitations do or do rot exclude the stamps from redemption. If all, or a part, of the stamps can be redeemed, or if ail are n jectod, the owner will be informed. He may not get the money or the stamps in which the Government redeems the stamps for some time, as the Stamp Division is overrun with work of this sort, and after an owner of stamped checks has received his chtck bocks, with the stsmps canceled, he may be obliged to wait weeks befoje he obtains the value of the canceled stamps upon them. After a claim for redemption has been allowed by the Stamp Divition the account is sent by the acenmt irg ( llicer cf that division to the Fifth A't. liter of the Treasury. When the Fifth Auditrr tas passed Ufion it it is sent t the First Comptroller, and if he approves it ii gos to tbe Wsrrant Divisiou, whence a draft will iüue to the owner for the amount allowed. Each application must take this corrje, and iij claim agent can obtain a preference for one claim over another, no matter what enmpemation he may rec?ive f jr 1 rofesfring to bs able to hurry the Internal Pevtnue Bureau, the Auditor, the Comptroller or the warrant cflteer. About "J letters, oüering stamps for redemption, is the average number now biiog received every day. A Negligent Ageut. Washington, Jnly U. Chief Misfs anl other liidiatid from the Columbia, and Colville Reservations to-day signed the agreement, which, with a few modifications, is id.;DUcal with the one virtually ad'eted last h'atnrclay. At to-day's conference Chief Toiraskat complained that Simms, Agent of theCo'ville Reservation, never visited the lLdiars personally, and wss entirely ignorant of their wants; that his quarters are forty miles from the Reservation, thus obliging the Indians to travel that distance in order to confer with him whenever anything :s need. It id said at the Department that Atent Sinini3 will he promptly removed tinJe?s henceforth he gives the Indians under his charge more personal attention. l'oetmaster tieueral urrahain Render a Deri-Ion Adverae to Them The Opinl n in Full. Washington, I). C.,' Jnly s The following is the decision of Posauaster General Gresham in the I.auisiana Lottery case: I have carefully considered Tostmaster General Key's order touching money orders and registered letters, the character of which he specifically describes. In view of subsequent action of the Department and conflicting views to which it has given rise, I have deemed it my duty to make the following ruling. The Postmaster General here quotes the order of Key to the Postmaster at New Orleans forbidding the payment of postal orders drawn to the crder of Dauphin and directing the return of all registered lette-3 sent to the same address, and continues as fellows: There can be no doubt that this Older W83 clearly justified by provisions of Stctions ."IttirJ and 4,011 of the Revised Statutes. it expressly recites that the evidence which authored the Pjsthiastfr General to rcl iu the premises was atisfectory to him. His action wa, therefore, conclusive upon his subordidates act: other departments of tho Government so loDg es the statutes remained in force. The only question in connection with it, which could be judicially examined, relates tr the poer ot Congress to codi er u tun him he authority uidcr which he acted'. The doctrine is now settled that Courts will not intentre bv mandamus or injunction with an Executive Department in the discharge of Its dutie?, unless they are of a character purely ministerial and involve no exercise of discretion or juegment. A subsequent order of Postmaster General Key is in these words: PosTidTP E DKI'ARTMEXT, I Vmunutos, Fee. 27, th.O. ) SIR Ontho lOtn day of November, 1-.7J I issued an oider addressed to you f jrbildiog the piymjut of any pcstal niouey otdertoil. A. Dauphtu, and tu return all registered letter adareased to them to I't B'uisior at whose otliceh töey were mnile-A. This tarty l aving brtuiht suit agalostme t) enjoin tt e pei f nmaucetf loii cider, and having aptakd tne fume to ttie Supreme i'uurt ot the l'nitt d Mate, und having thi day proe-'ted the Ctrtlrtcate to llie Governor ai.d state otiiciila of tne 3 ate of Louisiana tint he has complied with all Utal requirements ol that State, aud .other evidente, and uot betiiR aatlried from the evidence f ubnmt d to me that raid lijhiu is encased la conducti' S a ic'ieme or device fjr ohikiaiu? money tluough the mails by means of fiho and frhuGulet.t pictensea ted )iromu ea, I herely autt ot ze aud öirecte a lunieinion of Hie order of November 13, liT'J. bo far ax It relates to slid DiuibiD, ui til the cae hall have been he-ird and determined y the Supreme Court cf the I'nited öu'er. visaed) I). M. Kev. Postmaster General. To the Toetmaster at New Orleans. It appears by the recital that the suit had been brought to enjoin the execution of the irst order, and that the complainant had appealed the case to the Supreme Court of the Cnitfd States. The decree, tüerefore, of lie Court of original jurisdiction was adverse to him, and the l'osimaster Gemnl consented to a temporary suspension of thit cre'er until the case should "have been heard and determined" by the tribunal of let retort. Tbe previous order was not revoked or cancelled. If such had been the intention of the Postmaster General it would have been expressly declared. It was simply and in etfect provided that during the pr.dicgeppfal the execution of the precdjpg oider should be suspended. The dis

missal of the appeal, therefore, in vacation by the appellant's counsel, with the consent oiathe Solicitor General, put an end to the suspension and restored to binding effect that order. It has been strenuously insisted that the original order was not to be enforced until the case to which the second order refers should have been actually determined by the Supreme Court. 1 can not tccpniesce in this view, inasmuch as the complainant could at any time by dismissing his appeal withdraw the case from tbe determination of the Court, The second order would thus at the option of the complainant have the effect of absolute revocation of the preceding order. While a mere suspension of it W83 obviously intended, there is no difference between perpef id suspension and revocation. The controlling, indeed, the only question in the eise, was the constitutional power of Congress to enact a statute. Upon that question I nave no doubt. The Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the act which declares "no letter or circular caacercing lotteries, so called gift concerts, or other similar enterprises offering priz?s, suall be carried in the mail." In view of this d?cision the constitutionality of the act applicable to this case can not be seriously questioned. I have confined myself to matters as they appear from the records of the Department. Something was stated by counsel representing parties in interest as to "verbal agreement or understanding," but I have not felt at liberty to consider any other facts than such as the Department records establish, and the firt order will, therefore, be executed as if the second had not been entered.

FALPKH IMMIGKANT3 Iteing Shipped From Ireland to Canada and From There to Western States. Washington, July ;. Special Agent Howell, now at Plattsburg, N. Y., has called the attention of the Treasury Department to the large number of immigrants arriving at Quebec and Montreal, and says many of these I are almost destitute, having neither money nor friends and are too feeble by rda-.on 01 age or infirmity to support themselve3. He says mo6t of this class are pau;ers, who have been assisted in procuring passage, and are ticketed to points in the western part of the United States. The Special t Agent is infoimed that twenty-eight erS0U3, ho had 'left Ireland only twenty days before, were found helpless and starving in tite streets of Buffalo, and were committed to the Erie County Alms House. All of these people came into tbe United States via Canada. Canadiern steamers engaged in importing cattle to Great Britain make very low rites for this class of immigrant3 from Ireland to Canada, lie eays be is also informed that a lsrse number of 3rate aided" immigrants are to leve Foyrus, Ireland, on the next Allen Line steamer, and are V be sen; at ence from Canada to the United S ates. It is stated at the Treasury Department there is no law to prevent pauper 'immigration through Canadian territory. . ? - . COAL OIL. JOHNXV. He Kecoyers a Quarter of a Million Thrown Away Eighteen Year- ago Working Hard to It e gain Ills Fortune. Hariisbtirg Spee Jal : William McNully, better known as Johnny Steele,. or Coal oil Johnny,'? who made a large fortune during the oil fe?er, and squandered it almost as fastis bn made it, turns up iu this city on the Fourth. He said that he had come to the Capital to celebrate, and that he was at present working in McCormick's ilills, in New Cumberland. He pulled out a bundle of papers from his pocket, and handing one of them to an auditor, said it was a claim to the Continental Hotel in Philadelphia, for which he paid $1S0,CU0 in his wealthy days. He asi serted that the hotel weald egain come into 1 his possession. The paper readä right enough, mid bears the ear-marks of e j about it. lie further said that he was Drrs pectiog inNew Cumb?rltad. sinking shifts lor copper ctd iron. He showed aOtns or?s ! which he said came from the shafts in which j he was experimenticg. He expressed his j corlidence that he would become a3 wealthy j as Vacderbilt yet. Reirg asked where his family was he said I that they were in Waymert, and added that 1 he had recently sent "them $25.000. He had I been up in Williamsport, he said, about six j months ego and happened tobe at the Craw ; fordlloute. Somebody was talking about a j package containg $2.",0OX ' left there bv a 1 fellow named Coal Oil Johnny about or 'tio." to remain there until ealled for. He i went to.liie bank and succeeded, after some dilliculty in establishing his identity, in obj taining tbe monej. I Ccal Oil Johnny is still quite attractive in I appearance. His face is plearant and genial, and well browned by the sun and weather. I His eyes are blue, and he wears side-whiskers I in the English fahion. His clothes are oldi fashioLtd and much too heavy for the wtaiher. Bundles of papers hung loosely out of his pocket. He is dow about thirty-nine years of age srd j-ossesf es considerable intelligence, being able -o write bis name legibly, a i;at he he could not perform in the days of his prosperity. He fs hunting for evidence to gst back some of the money which was illegally taken away from him. When the oil fever broke out in Northern Pennsylvania, about twenty-two years ago, McNulty owned twenty jicres cf land in Ver.argö County, which he had cleared for hin'elf. Strangers came one day and began tD prospec; around the neighborhood. What waa oidinary in appfarance to him was very extraordinary to them. The peculiar look of tbe water was-a familiar thint; to him. He had seen the sight often and did not miad it. To the strappers it wss hidden treasure. The more they looked over the farm the more tbey wanted it. This led to negotiatioas. and McNulty wakened up one morning to find himself the losse&sor cf $3,000,000. His farm of twenty acres composed the heart of the rewly diKovertd oil field, and fron that time forth he became known as "Coal Oil Johnny." This turned bis bead. His reckless extravrpanres are a matter of history. He scatteied moDey around wherever he wfc.it. He pcrctastd tbe Continental Hotel, Pbila1 celp.i a, 'nrnished a colored band wita grj gtous suits and solid silver instruments, I boueht elepant turnouts at a fabulous price, I used them for a single ride and then gave I them away. He traveled from city to city, and wherever he went was followed by a cloud of sharpers, who lleeced him of his wealth. Enormous as his fortune was it could not stand these drains made upon it, and when it had disappeared Coal Oil Johnny went to work to letrieve his fallen fortunes in a manly way. The story cf the past fifteen year?, from the time when he took a situation with John Sherry s New York Theater at d a week salary to the present time, is a story of genuine American pluck aud perseverance; and his friends, and he has mny proved and tried foul weather friends, will be glad to know that he is once more on the read to prosperity. If it is true that the pood die young, how very wirked the Legislatures of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania must be. Bostoa Star.

THE KEYNOTE.

Judge Hoadly Opens tbe Ohio Campaign at Hamilton. Opposed to Prohibition, but in Favor of Eegnlatiog the Abuses of the Liquor Traffic. The Tariff and Other Public Questions Discussed. New Hampshire Senatorehip. OHIO Df MOCHAS. An Immense Gathering to Batlfy the Recent Nominations Judge Hoadly'a Speech. Hamilton, O., Jnly 7. The arrangements for an outdoor meeUos; tor a ratification ot the nominations of the Democratic State Convention to-night were Interfered with by rain, and the meeting was held in the German Society Hall, which was insufficient to hold the crowd gathered from the city and brought in by special trains. General Viaderveer presided at the meeting. lie atated that he had a dispatch from Senator Pendleton saying he could not be present on account of ill health. Jndge Hoadly was greeted with cheers when introduced, and began by caving he was here as the representative of the old Democracy of E a tier, as old na Jeflerson, but yet so new that, God willing, it shall newly occupy the offices of this State and Kation. Paying a high personal compliment to his opponent, J uriire l'oraier. he said that the t.ck et was ncminated to follow the o;d beaten path. He willing to be the butt of all the bitter personal attacks as to character and belief. But he had no quarrel with the penonulel of tbe opposite party, but would hold high conflict with the priaciples of the Republicans. He then proci eJed to consider trie KepubUi an p'ätUorm, saving he wished to avoid making a keynote Fpcecb, as last year's effort in that direction by tioverncr Foster was disastrous. Taking tbe tint declaration of achievements of tbe Retublican platform be snid the party had the bfcl.it of eetth.'g Lack to the future and to point with pride to the past, lie had some knowledge of that past. He ifieu continued to read a liumorou8 lararbrafe of the plttfoim as it ought tobe wiiticn. He included tmoDg these achievements the theft of the rridenc. whiscy nne. Star Iloute fraud, destructiou of the Navy and of mercantile marine, river and haibor btealings. etc. Thete furnished, he said, reasons whv Cbate and Gretiey aud thousand f gfpod Kepublicutsshould leave the party. ,T -Hun-ate the dirlrrence between the two parties he referred t the four sreat political proMcuiiors aiuce the War. The first was the iinpeecbtnent cf Joatiüon: it was malicious; the whitkj coutpiracy was a failure; the third bas just come to naught; tbe fourth was not in indurated by KepublicaD and. therefore, not a failu e the 1 vetu;conuption in New York. Thts act of r'trißraticii was done by Samuel J. I'ildea, o New York. Republican faibd to punish their thieves; liemr.CTacy strangled thf'ir. Referring to the tariff plauk of the Republican platfoim, he said it was notluliae to nigntto difcu's this, but be would sooa do o. Ha believed the Jfemoci at ic view expressed ia ita platform was God's truth. SpeaL'm f the wool tariff plack, b;-aid it was singular the Kcpublicau party condemned its ewa action i i this regard. He confe&std that it waa wrong in cutting oovin the wool lai iff: wasa stood reason for punisltmcut cf the Kepublk-an party. He dealt with this stit ject by ridiculing the dertantinn that the wool taiirl sheuld be restored at the rirsi possible 01 portuiiity. 1'asmck to the resolution about the prüon ernt'sct aTstera be aid this waa rebellion of the Kecblicsn party egaiust its own legislature. The Abolition of prison contract labor was Rjecifically defeated by tlie late Republican Legislature. In regard to liouor traffic and the Indorsement of the Scott law he sald the platform approves the Scott law as it is. Starting w ith the proposition that that which is intrinsically wrocg is not a subject of compromise, but when actiDg is wrong, when abused, duty cf citizen is to regulate it, the crime against woman is.per se.wronj; and deserves no compromise in its treatment, but drinking a glass of wine, beer or whisky is wrong when It reachea to abuse. and any 'effort to prohibit is a revolution cf a private ripht and is wrong. If he believed with the Prohibitionists that all alcoh'it is poison; that the Kavier converted water into poison atCana, tbenhecxMild go with the Prouibido-itsts with all his force to have prhibiüou. iielieviog that iutempeianee consists uot in tbe use but the abuse of alcohol, be believed iu a eracuated licence ay$tcm that should bear some proporti m to tae amount cf the traffic and to the atno'tnt of injury the traffic may do. Tlie Scott law makes no distinction, but says any man for may mske as many arm kardsas necan. The license could be revoked in caw-sof Rbuse 1 was his hmest opinion that the bill that withdraws the dram shop law is not a temperance measure. It will not rec'aim a drunkaid in tbe State. No man in Ohio bated tbe abuses of intemperance more than he, and no man in Ohio would go farther than he to protect citizena m the proper use of intoxicating ilor. Kefcning to the first amendment submitted for the taiation of Pquor traffic, he declared he could cot understand its meaning as. to the prohibition amendment. lie argued that the de-cl-ion cf the Supreme Court makes such amendment unnecessary, as under that declaim the Legislature has already power lo probiMt traftic in intoxieatiDg li'iuors, aud to pr)ve it he resd from the supreme Court opinion iu the Scott law decision. By partly rcasouing every argunn-at med with regard to the 6ale it applies to the manufacture, he charged the UepublicanB with trying to conciüaie the temperance men bv making them believe the taxation of saloocs will reduce their number, and with trying to couc'liate Prohibitionists by submitting the prohibition amendment. n tbe other band the repeal of tbe dramshop law was an appeal to the liquor men. He dec'si od the right principle for dealing with the liquor treibe the regulation of its abuseR. aud rot 'prohibition. Itclievlcg in the prineip!?s of old Jtßersonlan HemocTacy, which shall control the new Democracy about to be uhered into rower, he atked support for the Democratic State ticket. He was frequently applauded durlne tu-i deliveiy of the address, and was followed by Hon. Iraac M. Jordan and otheis. Till: GRAND COUNTY M ASS ACIiK. 1 A w Version of the Klllineof the County Commissioner at Grand Lake. Desvkr, Col., July 7.-The Rocky Mountain News has just received the following information concerning the Grand County troablea: No courte has yet arrived from Grand Lake, strange to say The coach and mail 1mm Hot Sulphur Spring.with but one pwserjgtr and the driver, came in at 7 o'clock. The dilvtr, William Wilkins. was Interviewed by a tepoitcr. He said there were maay conflicting reports at tbe Sprina abo.it the ahooting. The most st ralhtforward and probably most reliable report was brought into the Springs by Fred ferry, who raid that Wednesday morning, while Comml'sloners Webber, Barney. Day, and Captain Dean, their cleik, were going from Mrs. Y'oung's boarding bouse te the town alons the aide of the lake, and near the brush and not far from town four roaaei men jumped out from the brush and ordered the Webber party to hold up their hands. They did so and the leader of tho ia-ske3 party advanced toward Webber w ith a rope. Barney iay. whose hands were up Immediately, dropped his hand and quick as a ttath tuUed hin revolver and shot the maf-ked leader dead. The whole party than began lidcg, and flicker than it takes to tell this bay. Dean aud Webber were shot down, and the other three masked men made ort tbrcngh the woods, having horses near by. The sheeting attracted attention in town, aud a large crowd wero soon oa the pct. Km uotLing could bü feea but Webber. Imr, Dean, and on ma ire i mau lvr K in P'tcls of blood by the edge of the lake near the timber. Larrey Day was dosd. Captain Dean wni atiil alive ith two bullet holes iu hi hfsd near and below the eye and ou the hip. Weblxr was alive though unconscious. Tnema-kel nun wes dead, with a bullet bole tUT.'iisa his head. The mask was removed and the lace e.f tlonmhti'.oner M. J. Milis appeared bencatn it. It is believed that one of the other mskel men was wouDded. as he was traced throuzh the brush f r 1 all a mile, though none of them was ctpinred 1 be todiea were taken into town. The re at .'" "t Pay were taken to the springs for buriil W'ebter W83 taken to his ranch oa- Frazj-

River, where he died at 3 o'clock the next morn ice Thursday the remains of Mills will be buried at the lake. Dean ia being care 1 for at G land Lake. At last accounts, receive! at the Springs at 3 o'clock jesierda; afternoon, D?an was tili alive. Dr. Boca and Dr. Harris and Coroner Frelslua, a physician, were attending him. '1 ne fact that four masked men attacked the party, and the leader advanced toward Webber wt'.h a rope and arney Day fired the first shot and killed the leader were given by Dean, but nothing more, as Dr. FreiBlus refused to allow him to make a statement on account ol his condition. WeDher leaves a wife. Day leaves a wife and one child. Vz&a leaves two tons and a daughter. Mill leaves a family. Mr. Wilkixon, the bk3 driver, left the Springs yesterday morning. Up to tiat time there was no news of any more trouble. There was no armed party who left the Springs for the Lake, as reported. Sheriff ISover and Fred Iean, eon of Captain Dean, were the only ones who left the Springs for Grand Lake. The mail that usually leaves (irand Lake to make connec tioca with the Hot Sulphur Springs and Georgetown Line did not make connection, to-day, Mr. WUkina thinks, on account of high water) in the Frazer, which, doubtless, can tot be crossed. Mr. Wilkins retorts the people at the Springs as very indignant at the ehcoiing, but no violence is threatened. It appears to the people here very strange that bo canicr had arrived lrom Grand Lake, bat it is perhaps on account of the streams being so high that ihey can not be croased with, safety.

TI1E DEAD ABCH11ISI10P. Tllk Peath. Without Apparent Physical Pain j The Funeral. j CiycixKATi, July .. Bishop Elder arrived j to-day from the deathbed of Archbishop j Purcell. The reaction of yesterday was j slight, but Kev. Dr. Callaghan, the faithful I sacretary of the Archbishop, who was constantly by his bed, was greatly rejoiced at the signs of returning consciousness. They did not include power to converse, as the Archbishop's tongue had been stilled by paralysis. He was able, however, to give some tokens of recognition of friends. His death at last was peaceful and apparently t without physical pain, blight convulsions appeared toward the end. and in one of i these be passed away. At bis bedside were Bishop Elder, his coadjutor and successor;: Rev. D. J. Callaghan, lr Hecht, of Cleve- ; land Seminary; Father J. J. O'Donougl, of ! Dayton; Father Michael O'Danough, of Wilmington, and the Sisters of I'rsoline Convent, where Iiis Orace has been in retirement since he quitted the Cathedral residence. The body will be embalmed and brought to this city to-moirow afternoon, where it 1 will lie in state in one of the rooms of the i Cathedial residence until Monday, when it will be taken into the Cathedral. Toe ; funeral services will take place on Wednes- ' day at H a. rn., and the burial at St. Martin's, where his other brother and sister are j buried. The Archbishop's Will. It is my will that all my prooerty, real. ; peisotal and mixed, which I hold in fee ' simple, in my own name or personal right, i cr as trustee for tbe Church, with the exception, of course, of what may be necessary for 1 the jayment of my just debts, contracted as , they have been for the bancli: of religion; ! ard with the farther exception of three s lits j f vestments, 100 volumes of my books and j j 1, COO to my brother, and as tiany to my 1 mother, cr, in cat e of her death, to ray sister j I Catherine, Tor my brother never drew his ' 1 salary, but left it all fcr the Church, most 1 j faithfully and disinterestedly, alwai's liviog ! j simply acd economically. I earnestly re- ; ccmmei.d to my successor, duly and canon- '' i ically appointed and consecrated, paternal j ; care of my housekeeper, Mrs. Ann Marr, who ' j has been for twenty years faithful, labori- j j ously and strictly conscientious in the disi charge of her duties, and also to the other j I persons, John Scally, etc., who have chosen ! I to live for their food aDd raiment in the eer- ! vice of religion in my household and Semirary. I have made my will in favor of Kt. : Pev. Martin J. b'palding. Bishop of Louis- ' ville, Ky., his heirs or assigns; or, if he j should die before me, in favor of lit. Rev. , Peter Paul 1.3 Fevre. Bishop of Detroit, ! Mich. Either will know it is to be tis con- j 1 conscientious duty to give the property to j 1 my successors, canonically appointed aud i ' consecrated. J. B. Pcr ell. Archbishop, Cincinnati. ATTKMPTKD) MUKDLK. Returning From a Drunken Caronsal on Shore a Mate Makes a Desperate Attempt to murder the Itoatswatn. Philadelphia, July 1. Early this morning, on board the bark Tersian, David Firman, the mate, made a most determined attempt to murder Orlif Hansen, the boatswain, a Norwegian, and the wounded man now lies hovering between life and death. Firman had a hearing to-day, and was remanded to Prison to await the result of HauEen's injuries. Tbe Persian bails from Dundee, Scotland, and she arrived at her dock Thursday last. Saturday evening the mate, the boatswain, and one of the tailors went ashore, and William Frant., a watchman, wa3 left in charge of the bark. The mite and boatswain drank freely. On their return to the vessel they encountered the ship'H boy on the dock, and Firman, without receiving any sort of provic.ttion, at once struck him a violent blow in the mouth. The three men got aboard, and the matt at once waited to engage in a ligh'. The boatswain, and mate wrangled until th noise attracted tLe attention of Watchman Fnntz. Firman, armed with a chepping-knife. made a ruvh for the boatswain, and but for Frant'. he would doubtless have killed Hansen. Half an hcur later the watchman faw a man lying huddled up upon the floor of the Captain's T' om, while the mate sat attue table writing. He drew his revolver aod entered the cabin. Frantz tired his revolver to attract the police, and the boatswain lay in a pool of blttd. He wss cut and slashed about the Lead, face and neck, the worst wound runcirg acre's the throat. Officer Mnrphvat 01 re went on board and took Firman into custcdy. omcAKv. t Death of Mile. Marie Litta. Bloomini.tos, 111., July 7. MiiS Maria Von Eisner, known to the musical world as Mile. Marie Litta, died at byr home ia this city at fc:C0 o'clock this morning. Mies llsner was lorn in Bloomington, June 1, lrf. educated i" F.urore. aud has sunn In opera arri cor cm in all the principal cities of America and in London tied fans, c-iie was taken sick at Jsetaunec, Stich., oa a conceit tour, and taken hcrre four weeks ao. The fatal disease was cerebrospinal menlugitis, superinduced by overexertion. Her debut in Paria in 1ST6 took the city by storm, and was the greatest achievement which so youug a singer bad accompli; bed. Should she hare Uvea she would have oeen regarded a the great?t soprano of America, if uot iu tiieworli Her funeral will take place on Monday, a' d will partake of a public observance, the business houses clofdng acd marks of respect Ehcwn the distinguished dead. U;PKSi:rt.;, N. Y., July 7. Hon. A. B. Jm?, ex-Judge of the Supreme Court and Congressman, is dead. Nkw Yokk. .luly 7. C. It. Marvin, the o'di-si membcroi tteKew YorkstneaKxcriaugeaud Vnc President cf Ihe Brooklyn Trust Comptuy, died to-day. ' God vas gif a mans a coubles eyes," says Carl rretzel, "und one tongue, on ackound Ue vanvs you to speak a couple of times out before you speaks once."

ANTl-MONOPOLISTS.

Proceedings cf the Conference In Session at Chicago The Plat form. Chicaco, July 5. Little progress was made this morning at the National Conference of Anti-iTonopolists. The proceedings were marked by good order, all present hiving been recognized as delegates. The Committee on Resolutions wa3 not ready to report, and the interim was filled with speeches on the advisability of organ!.. ng a new party and the stand it Ehould take on the tariff. Letters of encouragement from anti-monopoly bodies of Oregon and New Jersey were read to the Convention, espousing the objects for which the assemblage has been called. Mr. Brand, delegate from Nebraska, while in favor of free trade, was wiiiinj to pat the question aside, provided the platform contemplated the suppreision of all kinds of monopoly, and particularly railroad monopoly. Samuel Crocker, of Iowa, characterized the present tariff system as a schemed robbery, and he asserted that the delegates from his State were rot present to keep quiet on questiors which involved the robbery of the former class. Mr. Wol ir, of New York, urged tbe Convention to con fine itself to the question of anti-monopoly, and not attempt to organize a new party until it had a million votes at its back. Mr. Lamb, of Kansas, said the Convention . had been called to organize a new party, and it was bound to abide by thia resolve. Kan?as had the nucleus ready for a new party. William Dodge, of the District of Columbia, made a speech directed at the Railroad Companies of the country, claiming that they bad robbed the people of 2o,0J-j"uX of acre3 of the public domain. Ex-Congrestman De La Matyr. of Indiana, discussed the greenback question, and stated bis belief that the country was ripe for th organization cf a new party directed a?tn',t niemepolies. He declared that in a Nation where the aveiae salary of the workiag people was f 200 a year and another cltss had icccme s ranging from $100,000 to $1,00). 000 annually, there was every prospect of a revolution. Rev. II. Heber Newton and A. H. DangaüEe, of New York, were admitted as delegate?, efter which the session adjourae i to 2 o'clock. The platform wiii bi announced this afternoon. Ihe alterncon session was not entered upon till J p. m. Mr. Sireeter, of Illinois, submitted the platform prepared by thfe Committee, which advocated a postal telegraj h system, the abolishment of the National Banking system, the establishment of a graduated iucoiiie tax and of to;ral savings banks. It denounced gambling in the necessaries of life, protection of patent laws ar.d coffining ihe taxation power of Cujjress to assessing tax for the necessary excuses qf the Covertment ocly. Di.'cu soj followed upon various provisions of the pla tortus. The following olnctr were electad: President. John F. Hen-5 Ne- York; Sj;rrtirr, D. F. tsliver, Indiana; Assistant re'ary, N. B. Killmer, New YoiK; Treastir.-r, Ili.vin Lte Brown. Illinois, and a Vice Preside at f rem each State. Adjourned. A UII F'S KEVtNGt.', Srene Iu a Hot -l Hindi;-i.oom at Msnhattai lieach A Beautiful loans Lady fceverety Conbided. New Yokk, July S. The waiters at Manhattan Peach were very busily employed last evening when about 7 o'clock a young lady, escorted by a stately looking gentleman, entered the large dining room. She was attired in white with ribbons in strong contrast and a rich display of lace and elaborate trimmings. The lady carried herself right royally. She glanced rather haHghtily about her as the waiter drew back her chair, resigned her parasol to her escort 3 if she were doing him signal service, and being finally seated assumed an air of languid and superb indiöereDce. Her face bore well the scrutiny it was subjected to. It was pale, oval and peculiarly fascinating. The eyes were singularly larce and full; the nofe a model for the highest form of Orecian chifeling. The gentleman was evidenily nearly twice her a, and there was no mistake as to his devotion. Tne pair proceeded to discuss as good a supper as the bill of fare afforded, w hen another lady me de her appearance on ttie scene. There are excellent reasons for believiDg that the newctmerwas tbe gentleman's wife. Her e3ts wardered about the dining-room until they rested on the yourglady and her friend. She made her way very quietly over to the table where they were seated, and before any one could appreciate w bat was g.iing on had drawn a riding-whip from her pocket. Th gentleman sprang from his seat with a Jot k of dismay, but he wes too late to save tlie 121'rl. Three or four times theridmgwhip whistled in the air, one vigorous stroke leavirg a tcsrlet streak acr"-s the young lady's fece. It was all the gentiemau ceuld do to get the ladies parted and the moment she was free the owner of the deshirg hat hurried out with all of her impenewness gone, ber features crumpled and her dress disordered. Thi little episode had teken up less than a minute's time, but the excitement which it caused was of much lor fcr duration. The lady with tbe whip etrtpglfdeo fiercely to get free" from the gentlt man's ga-'p that the fnai-y succeeded. In a mcmer.t she disappeared iu the direction taken by the younger- woman. Tue prrmpt interference o! a Manhatten Beach policeman saved a feconi whipping. He threatened to arrest the elderly lady if she made any violent demonstration and the g;rl tcek refupe in the ladies,' waiting-room. How the gentleman and his companion succeeded in meeting each other again is a nivstery, but tbey were seen to get on a train together while the assailant wandered about the piazza as- if in search cf them. All attempts to establish the identity of the ptrties failed. TksR CHOLKKA, Increased mortality In the Irftcted Dtstiicta of Fgypt. LoscoK, July '. The ninety-six deaths from cholera at Damietta.fcrty-eight at Mansurah, one at Alexandria, six at SamanOud and six at Shirkin, reported in the Cairo dispatch of last evening, were the fatalities for Saturday. The number of deaths Sunday were eighty-eight at Damietta, sixty-four at MansuTsb, niDe at Sanianoud, seven at Shirkin and one at Alexandria. Caiko, July it. It is reported a yacht is beirg prepared, and will be held in readiness to take the Khedive to Naples in the event of the spread of cholera making his departure neeesEtry. I.oKro.v, July 0. The Times' correspondent at Alexandria saväa Europesndied there of cholera yesterday. Tbe abattoirs of the city Sie in a lilthy condition and extremely daiiEtrous to health. Losi'os, July '.. A private telegram from Alexandria states that fifty-seven deaths from cholera occurred Monday at Dimietta. Alexaspeia. July 0. Provisions have given cut at Damietta, and the eople are starving. A number of European residents made an attempt to break the cordon nround he town, and several were wounded.