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Part On Pages 1-8 VOL. XLIVCV i XKVV -YOBIg, WEDNESDAY, APBIL 2 4 1895. TWO PABTSi--16 PAGES. PEICE THREE CFXTfT AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION'S Great Dissolution. Sale; Begin niiiff To-morrow Night at Chickerinsr Hall.

It rrry rarely that aa sucttoe sale brine Mm publio of New. York ancient or raodara sslntlngs as dlsilnerulabed as mm which ere Sow offered br tn American Art Association. That Arm about to reorganise, ana prior to the changes in lla membership It throwa opoa the market a larva inlacallaBaoiia cojlactlon la vkicli a number of production must evoke fair-tf anqaallOvd admiration. Oood old router ara few and far betwaan In our auction rooms. Tfca present collartlon aontalM a (roup of remarkabl alatlns by early man.

At the bee of this yroup la a maaterplaca br Van Xyck, a full-Irnfth portrait of th Marches Splnola. and har aaughter. painted la Genoa In M23. Tha most eenaplcuoue point of brilliancy la tha canvas lies In Uia wine-red drasa of tha Marches, a flowing iM of sumptuous but refined Color. Still mora characteristic of Van Dyck than this, howTr, Is Iba distinction In which tha entire work Is an.

wrapped, tha statellnea with which ha has bodied forth a dignified and plctoresgue figure. All bis trace and delicacy of workmanship are visible In thla painting. The touch la exquisitely fine and sure about such trying; features as th elaborate ruff, and In tha Impression of technical mailt ry which It leaves tha work can bear comparison with any of Van Dyck's great portraits. Bume few can be recalled which surpass It in pictorial charm and In richness of color, (la spite of the masrnlncent red rob mentioned above.) but aa regards tha style of tha master It Is absolutely representative. Tba Van Dyck la one of a little company of Id portraits; In fact, tba only ancient examp! a from other fields are two interesting but not extraordinary religious places by Altdorfer and Jean de Bourgqgne, respectively, and a faaclnat-f big fragment of artless narrative by Benoaso Ooisoll.

This last production Is a positive gift fortune to New-Tork. Th early Italians are at Illustrated at all dn American collections, save now and then by highly doubtful performance, snd thla naive Marriage Soene," while bvlously a minor work of tha Florentine. Is yesj a genuine production, full of tha man's curious, style and the enchantment of hla time. For this' and for tha plausible but not quite convincing bai relief attributed to Matteo Clvltale connoisseurs are likely to strive with eagerness at th tale. But this Is alluded to.

In passing. To re-turn to the portrait a la a pleasant necessity. They are all delightful. Tha association appears to have followed no specific predilection as to school, but to have fastened upon a brilliant picture whenever and wherever possible. la eon.

fast to the haughty eleganoe of Van Dyck there may be studied the somewhat arc halo polish of Antonio Moro, a painter who was often more flexible and suave, thsn In the Portrait at Margaret Roper here displayed, but who war sever mesa- precise, never moro searching at bis modulations of a dHBoult sarfac than he Is eoen to have been In this Instance. The tadeed. ta mm-tot the treasures ef th "collection. really fine Illustration of a valuable 'master. Another master of the Iow Countries, Rubens, li likewise represented by an adequate portrait.

Tba head of a monk, said to have' been done train the artist's confessor, la In the former's most virile aad accomplished manner. Rubens was at some with a type of this sort a type which akenej sympathies underlying tha rourtter In klm-and you feel him to be In a sincere mood In this portrait; the point of view was at one with the object of the painter's study, and the result Is a striking unit of veracity and plct-reaqueness. The portrait of Maria de Medici lvn to Francois Porous Is a peculiarly attract. Iva specimen of that painter's conventional but tnlshed art, and In a kindred vein, but mora elastic and more personal, there Is a feminine subject by Bronslno which revives aareeebla recollections of thst facile Agar la Italian art. The smooth quality of this portrait enforces th Judgment that Bronslno was always a shsd too aiees, snd tha accompanying surmise that hla procedure was to a great extent mechanical.

Tet a Is one of the numerous leaser men of the sixteenth century who survive In spits of them elvss painters whose patent defects are In sufficient to hide their plcturesquenesa and their special Renaissance atmosphere. From Bronslno the survey might pass to the little example of Oreuie Included In th show, were that a work Importance, but It may merely mentioned turning to the English works on the walla. There are several of the latter a fascinating 1.4. tl nervey BIT OS DUX IteynOlOS, Mrs. Beech by Gainsborough, which atones or Its cracked surfaces by ravishing color and aa abundance of the painter's most fluid and Individual touches, and two.

entirely charming Beads by Lawrence. These English portraits are tne front rank of the assoclstlon's possessions. They are grscloua In spirit and brilliant In ax- acutlon. They round out moat felicitously tha tullection of old paintings which occupies so prominent a place In the calleiiea. The same csthollclty which has placed Van Dyvh and Ooiaoll aid by side In this collection baa ruled, with a difference.

In th management a the modern wing. There tha association ahaws that It has clung rather desperately to tha "ranch school, but at least it has bean broad within Its limits. see- The paintings belonging to the American Art Association fill four of th galleries, but there la email collection of sculpture, embracing tha Italian piece referred to above, aa Andrea Delia obbl of minor Importance, and several re markable works by Augusta Rodin. These last ara truly unique productions. The marble Eva la morbid In Its matrriallatlcmncntlon of wnm.n at It la a little miracle of execution, of execution s) Interpenetrated by a powerful lmagtna Uoa.

The bust of St. John Is one of Rodin's Met vigorous and masterly achievements, and round the marble Bellona there hangs aa "escrlbeble beauty compacted of th same virility and an element of feminine distinction which the sculptor has responded rarely but aamlstakably. In thla warlike head there Is a of that Una fibre which belongs to th aautlful Mme. Morla" In the Luxembourg. After the plastic art In the collection there as an Interminable procession of works In aUl.

of fabrics, of furniture, of Oriental book and of divers other curios of which It Is Ifeaaealbte ta give detailed notice 'hen. Tha )ty of these objects is high. The aim of th association seems to have been ta maintain as lofty a standard of taste aa was Boeapatible with the publio demand. The approaching sale promises soma unparalleled ortunliles to collectors. Th Van Dyck la a ava to excite the Imagination of every snuaeusa rcor la America, and It a struggle Is not Mde for It by New-Tork, Boston, and Chloago, U1 a surprise.

That our own museum will It either by official action or through oo it many friends is to be devoutly wished. there are other works her also which It koia Pmis8. But It Is perhaps Idle to speculate tht topic Tha purchase of such works as aa will require large sums, aad It caa never assumed too freely that such sums are forth-ln la th Interest of aa artistic tnstltuttoa. least that can be said, however. Is that a hoald mis seeing th collection.

It re-in on view until th XSth. when th sals be heram -t PUalurlu I i J. 31. CRANE MAY RETIRE Some Shoe tnd Leather Bank Direc tors Want a New President. THEIR WISH IS XEVTS TO HIM Farther Disclosure Promised by the Friends of Frederick Baker Lawyer Angel Talks About A ymar's Case.

Ths Impression was general In banking circles yesterday that John Vf. Oajia would shortly retire from the Presidency of the National Shoe and Leather Bank. The nw administration of that bank," said the President of a larr financial in stitution. Is on a strictly business basis. and while there Is not a slngl word to be Said against th moral Intarrlfe nt Crane 'and his fidelity to duty, the men wno nave com forward to help and practically to reorganise the bank, feel that the Interests of the institution would be best served by Mr.

Crane's retirement New men and new methods are in order now." The Directors of Uia National P.hna ant Leather Bank held their regular meetinf Toast M. Crane, President of the Shoe and Leather Bank. yesterday. It was said by Vice President John A. Hlltner after the meeting- that only routine business was transacted, and that the defalcations of Samuel E.

Aymar were not even discussed. A number of the new Directors were absent from the meeting-, it was learned, and an officer of the bank, who would not allow his name to be used, said that It was for this reason 410 action was taken regarding the Aymar disclosures and the measure of responsibility therefor devolving- on the old management This official, who Is, in fact, one of the new Directors of the. National Shoe and Leather Bank, told a reporter for The New-Tork Times that the resignation of President John M. Crane was expected to be forthcoming in a day or two, possibly today. President Crane." said this Director, "has not yet been asked for his resignation.

No action was taken at our meeting to-day, partly because some of the new 'Directors were absent' A number of the old Director! present were friendly to Mr. The old Directors still on the board are John R. Hegeman, Theodore M. Ives, Joseph 8. Stout, John M.

Beach, Thomas Russell. Alonso Slote. and Haley Fiske. The new Directors are John A. Hlltner, James O.

Cannon. Francis B. Griffin, and William C. Horn. They displaced George L.

Pease, John H. Graham. Felix Campbell, and Mortimer C. Ogden. Some of those who consider the career of financial usefulness of President Crane at an nd.

sd far as the National Shoe and Leather Bank is concerned, recalled yesterday the-relation borne by that bank to the defunct East Side Bank. The East Side Bank, situated at 135 urana Street failed in February of this year, Thomas R. Manners was the President The National Shoe and Leather Bank was the Clearing House agent for the East 8lde Bank. There had been trouble in the bank some time before the failure. E.

a. Henderson, the paying teller, was alleged to have stolen the funds of the institution In 1894. He was in collusion with a depositor" Th Shoe and Leather people took no warning from these thefts. There', were rumors of the insolvency of the East Side Bank for several months prior to the failure. The cashier left as he alleged, because of the way the bank was conducted.

A few days before the failure a reporter for The New-York Times called on Presi dent Crane and asked him as to the condition of the East Side Bank. "I believe the bank la all right" said Mr. Crane, "and will pull through If the story is not, published. To publish the story would wreck the bank." The reporter told Mr. Crane this paper was not a bank wrecker, and asked him as a pledge or good faith to Inform the reporter In case the Bank Examiner should come to Investigate the East Side Bank.

Mr. Crane said he would do so. He did not send word, however, and the paper obtained Its Information through other channels. There waa much Interest in banking cir cles yesterday In the story published ex clustvely In The New-Tork Times In relation to the visit of Mrs. Frederick Baker to Mayor Strong, and Ylce President Hlltner of the National Shoe and Leather Bank, and her determination to clear her husband's name of the auspicious cast over, it through the defalcations of Samuel C.

8eely, the bookkeeper of the National Shoe and Leather Bank. Th 'circumstances of Mr. Baker's death have never been satisfactorily cleared up. The Inquest and autopsy did not practically establish anything- beyond the fact fhat Mr. Baker was dead.

Th clear and con nected narrative of Miss Florence Baker published yesterday In this paper accounts for almost every; moment of Mr. Baker's time, at bis country place on th few days prior to. his death. There Is a mystery yet to be satisfactorily solved la this branch of the case. Th family friends of th late Mr.

Baker declare that It was Impossible for him to have spent the money which Seely has said he got. It is pointed out that he was a man of abstemious habits, traveled very little. and lived with his family quietly. The mem bers of bis family will resist they declare. any attempt to take their property from them, except after full proof the charges of th National 8hoe aad Leather Bank are There are eome persons who have from the beginning viewed Seely confession with distrust and have been disposed to believe that an unjust share of guilt had been fastened to the dead Baker.

Mrs. Baker and her daughter say. they will push their cause la the courts. When the case of the National Shoe and Leather Bank comes to If not before, the friends of th famltx say, there will be lav portant disclosures re-ardins some of those .1. officials who.

have brought charges against Mr. Baker. It was learned yesterday that the bank first began shadow Aymar with detectives on prll 15. On that day the brother of Defaulter Samuel C. Seely called at the bank, accompanied by Seely uncle, snd Lymar got twenty minute leave of abse ice and went out with them.

This fact wa 1 reported to the Presi dent and at once put detectives on Aymars tra k. The defalcation was not definitely kn wn until the following Friday. The isranty company, bowever, bad been shi dowing Aymar since April 1 to lesj-a his abits. Aymar waa picked out by the new management of ie bank, as soon as they took control, as person for suspicion, owing to his close relations with Seely, and the guaranty coi l'pany put detectives on his track. Two lerks were dismissed by the new manage nent and another clerk was selected for irveillance.

along; with Aymar. This clerk at not yet been dismissed, the new manag ment. saying there is not enough evkU nee as to his habits; It was denied yestei lay by the bank officials that the clerk In ueatlon was Implicated In any way with A) mar. and Vic President Hlltner made th public statement that Aymar was not sus pected of having any confederates in th bank. Lawyer Fn Ak W.

Angel held a consultation yesterda; with Aymar at Ludlow Street Jail. Mr. A igel said It had not been decided what 1 lea Aymar would make. I do not hlnk Aymar will have another hearing." sail Mr. AngeL "He will probably be Inilc ed to-day or to-morrow." Mr.

Angel declared that the bank officials had bi oken faith with him. "When I 'rent to the bank on April 19 to tell them of Aymar1 thefts." said Mr. Angel, thel bank officials knew nothing about them. I Viae President Hlltner asked. How long have these thefts been going on1 About fojurteen I said.

I am glad to hear It wasn't under mv said Mr. Hlltner. tie saia wanted first to talk over the affair with the Directors. I asked what I should do with Aymar. Oh, let aim come said Mr.

Hllt ner. I "I don't khlnk that would be noiitio said. Well. kaid Mr. Hlltner.

let him stay away from tfae bank, and you meet ua to morrow at the Metropolitan Life Building, where we will hold a meeting of the Inqkire for Mr. The nexd day I went to tha annotated place, and mfet Mr. HUtner. as he was com ing from the meeting; of the Directors. We havft he aaid.

not tn ecute Aymal but If you divulge anything. we 11 prosectte him to the utmost extent of the I 'J cautioned Mr. HUtner to look out tha the story die not get out through the same mysterious person inside the National Shoe and Le ither Bank who offered to sell the story of Beely's defalcation to a certain morning newspaper twenty-four hours be fore the fac became public. The newspaper in qu Btloa did not have time to investigate th story that night and the next day the ban! officers made the whole story public. As 1 have said.

I cautioned Mr. Hlltner aaalhat thla individual, whose iden tity is not ksnown. I also said to Mr. Hllt ner: How do you propose to disnose of Av- mar? 1 hafe bad him watched as to his sale Hlltner. 'and we have found he ad another, clerk have been drinking.

6a we can discharge him tbat around We can dlaclaarsrsi that nthw macr, too, aid In that way the public will not tntnK anything 01 tbe thing. We will send a letter to Aymar's house to-night notifying htm bt his discharge for frequenting saloons. I I advised that the letter avnt tn mv office. Thlsblan was accordingly followed." Mr. Angel I here showed the letter.

It has been sireadx printed. On leaving Mr. Hlltner." said Mr. An gel, "I salci to him: 'I want you and the Directors of the National Shoe and Leather Bank to uraietstand I am not elvins-'vou any advice, i I will say to you, though, that I believe yob have taken the wisest course, and I believfc your counsel. Putney Bishop, would sb advise I came I back to.

my office and sent Ayman off rejoicing. That evening he was arrested. 1 1 account for his arrest on the theory thai the Director who caused it not In the secret if I mav call It snrh In other wbrds. he was nor. at that rx.

rectors meeting at the Metropolitan Life office. Nor rwas the Guarantv Comnanv in the secret I Hence the sudden arrest of Aymar, which at once put an end to fur ther errort to keep his defalcation quiet I know Iwhlch account In the bank Is now wrong, I but I will not tell the bank, be cause the leers broke faith with me. The account oi the Metropolitan Life is right now, 1 iut it was not correct on March 1 of this ye ir. The shortage of $20,000 was then transf rred by Aymar from Its account to three other accounts. When Aymar came to melhe knew he was being watched.

He told mJ he was not discovered at the time of thel Seely exDosure because the old management so conducted the Investiga tion that hk was his own check in verifying his accounts. Ha atols hla monev from the account of a man who was always Keeping- his account down close. National Bank Examiner Kimball said yesterday that the report that he was to make anotl er examination of the books of the Natiom 1 Shoe and Leather Bank was unfounded. The bar Is perfectly sound." be said, and I do not think such an examination is necessar "In the of Aymar. the whole responsibility rests on the former ment of thel bank and the lax system formerly employed in keeping the booka Tfae oanas omers naa confidence in Aymar, and he mui have had access to the books, so that he uld cook them.

If the bank's system hat been a proper one, the bank Itself woul I nave discovered that things were wront. With ordlnarv- caution th defalcation never could have occurred. It Is not true that Aymar assisted the National Ban Examiner and his assistants In going orer the books after the Seely defalcation At my suggestion at that time, all the paa books were called tn to be balanced. Dui ins; this time Aymar must have had access to the passbooks." Aymar's stealings averaged $26 a week aunng fourteen years, it Is said there are no books tk the bank, except the general ledgers that go back beyond seven Tears all recordsl prior to that time having been burned. I Mr.

Cranl was seen in the bank yesterday after the meeting; and said: ruitor that I am to resign is news to ana I fancy I ahould be th first to hear of It as I am th Interested individual. Vi to this moment there Is absolutely a foundation for such a rumor. You have isard the old saying; about public officers, that few die and hum 4n That Is mt case; seldom di and never Vice Pnsident Hlltner said no arrangements won Id be made with Aymar to make his prosecition light In excaane-e for in formation I furnished by him, as was don in tn casi or siy. "We want no assistance from, aim," Mr. Hlltner said.

have all tbe Information we need or want' He could glv us nothing additional, and we nave not treated with and do. not Intend to negotiate with hint In the future, require no outside assistance in' disclosing all of his crooked and securing the necessary evidence for bis prosecution," FARTED i- A LOFTY C0P156 Sarj Colin Was About to Fall Four Stories When Firemen Saved Her Tie I Fire Incendiary. There were two fires on the third floor of the five-story iron front building 83 Spring Street last evening-, and the police, as well as the firemen who examined the building and extinguished the flames, believe, the fires were of Incendiary origin. The loss was only $1,000. The building Is In the very heart of the dry goods district A woman nearly lost her life, and bad it 'not been for the prompt work of the fire men, the building would have been destroyed.

The fact that a safe was found open. and tbat papers and a small amount of money were scattered around. on th third floor, where tbe two fires started, did not tend to allay the suspicions of the fire men that a deliberate attempt bad been made to burn tbe building. The first and second floors of 83 Spring- Street are vacant The third floor, where the fires were, is occupied by Blancberi aV Boehm, cloak and suit manufacturers. Wager, Press Orloff, cloak manufacturers.

occupy the fouth floor, whUe J. L. M. Jacobs, dealers In printers' supplies and electrotypes, are tenants of the entire fifth The three partners. Wager.

Press, and Or loff. were at work later than usual last evening. Mary E. Cohn, nineteen years old, of 191 Orchard Street1 an emnlove. was waiting- to be paid off, and one of the cutters was at wort.

Smoke began to come up through the cracks of the floor about 7:30, and the three vomers, ronowea Dy tne cutter, ana Mary Cohn, started down stairs, shouting Flrel" Smoke had filled the space above the stairway leading down to the third wub wi iucu uaauea iutuuku alia finally gained the open air. wnen tne clouds of dense smoke puffed In her face, Mary Cohn grew frightened and ran back to the office. She made 'her wav to the southeast window, opening on Spring Street and got out on the ledge which runs across the front of the building beneath the fourth-story windows. The ledge is two ieei wiae. smoke began to pour out of the window behind her.

and she walked slowly alon? the ledge to the southwest window, while fully two thousand persons, crowding the street below, watched her. On reaching- the southwest window, she turned and saw the smoke belching from tne wmaow mrougn wnicn sne naa passed. The sight frightened her, and, with a cry of fear, she sat down on the ledge. Her feet hung over, and the crowd below thought sne intended to drop. "Don't lums! thev shouted, as the sirl.

seemingly fainting, clutched the window sash. John Rush of Fire Patrol No. 2 ran un tha stairways of the building. He was followed by Firemen J. Cusack and Joseph H.

O'Neill of Engine No. 20. O'Neill went to tne window outside or which the girl was Bitting-, and clutched her lust aa she waa about to fa.lL Cusack and Rush walked along the ledge, and handed her -In to O'Neill. The girl bad fainted just as O'Neill gTaspea ner snouiaer. The first fire was found In Blancheri A Boehm's factory, on the- third floor.

Th partition separating the cutting; room -from ine stairway wrucn lea up -to-th fourth floor was ablaze. The fire had 1 evidently started under th stalrwav on the thin in Blancberi ex Boehm's factory. It ad not gained much headway when -the firemen arrived, and was extinguished. To Chief McOiil's surprise, another Are was found on the cutting table, which was shoved up against the board partition in the front room. A lot of cloaks and suits piled up on the table were biasing, and mere was a sirong smeii 01 kerosene, though none of the fluid was found.

The table was scorched, the partition separating the front from the back room was partially Durueu. Chief McGllI visited the office of Blancheri Boehm. opening from the rear room, in a corner was a small desk and near a window opposite the desk was a small Iron box aaie, open. 11 was eviaeni mat a combination had been used to open the safe, as the lock had not been tampered with, and there was not even a scratch on the aafe door. The wooden pigeon holes inside the safe had been broken and a small wooden drawer had been broken open.

The lock, which was smashed off, was lying; on the floor a few feet away from the safe. The strong iron dox wnictt the safe contained was not touched. On the floor were found a dollar hill bankbook, insurance paper's on some Brooklyn property, a number of bills of accounts of other firms with Blancheri Sc. Boehm, and Two.snen, it waa said, were seen to run down stairs and out of the front door. HOXEST MONEY WORK IX TEXAS Democrats Wno Are Opposed to the Free Coinage of Silver Making Flans Iowa-Democratic Conference.

AUSTIN. Texas. April 23. About fifty members of The Legislature who are opposed to the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 bad an informal meeting to-night to arrange plans for a mass meeting to-morrow night It was decided to begin an active campaign against the silver! Us. and at to-morrow's meeting- to Issue a proclamation to the people of Texas to rally to the support of honest money.

At the meeting of the silverttes last night It was decided that none but ilitMn-tiwina silverttes should be run for office In the next State election. One object of to-night's meet ing was 10 nave some conservative arguments advanced with a view of harmonising the Democrats of the State. DES MOINES, April 23. The Democratic State Central Committee, party leaders, and Democratic editor will' hold a conference here to-morrow. It is officially announced that it is not Intended to determine a line of party policy or to forestall the action of.

the State convention, nevertheless it Is known that the conference was called with the hope of securing harmony of action in the coming convention, especially with respect to the silver question. The majority of the Central Committee favor the Administration financial policy. The free-silver men are aggressive and will not submit 'without a struggle. The fear la expressed by party 1 leaders that a free-silver declaration-would drive from the party many of the German-American voters, who have been won on the prohibition issue. Buck voters in the State are mostly for "sound money." "Bill Coek mm tmm Way to AlTsaay.

FORT SMITH. April 23." BUI Cook to-day began bis journey to Albany. where be will serve forty-five years In the penitentiary. He was taken in the special prison car, which is lined with sheet iron. The windows are heavily barricaded In the, special coach were nineteen other prisoners for the penitentiary at Albany, Among them were Enoch Thomas and James and Edward Keeton.

each of whom got ten years for manslaughter; Henry Buffing ton, a cousin of "Cherokee i nomas) uawcu, wno wiin Jim" rrencn and John H. Beck, a Cherokee attornm was convicted of making; fraudulent certificates of Cherokee cltixenshln lust before tbe payment last year. The others were cattle and horse thieves and whisky ped- uicra, Mr. PTeelaa's Stay Osie. rrom sources usuauy.

reuanie. It was learned yesterday, tbat Dock Commission er James J. Pbelan's stay la office would end May. 1, and tbat Bear Admiral Erben would succeed him. Mayor Strong- Is not ready as yt bow-ever, to sir anr Dosilive Information who will be selected a Commissioner Phe- aavu ineseut.

A HOUSE FULL OF PLUNDER The Discovery Made by Police Officers i Ion Branch. DISCLOSED BIT A BROKET IE1TLE Secret Recesses la Walla Packed with Stolen Good The "Whole Countryside Identifying; Property. IXNCt BRANCH, N. April tor Cavallere, who was arrested yaeterday. Is entitled to the distinction of being the most impartial all-around thief the Long Branch police have ever had dealings with.

AH the Indications are that though Industrious and thrifty be was not proud. Nothing movable was beneath bis professional notice. There Is evidence, however, that Slgnor Cavallere was ambitious. He aspired to something blg-her-and nobler and better than tbe humble occupation of a sneak thief. He had dreams of a time when he should be a merchant; when bis name should be known ta the busy marts, possi bly when his wood cut should appear in the columns of the local papers In connection with closing out sales and sacrifices of stocks bought at auction." Yflth Slgnor Cavallere to think was to act.

When he determined to become a mer chant be realised that two things were es sentiala store and a stock. First get your bird then find bis was his motto, though for bird and cage he substituted "stock" and store." During the Winter be was Industrious In aocumu latlng bis stock. Last week be made ar rangements to get his store. But Slgnor Cavallere's stock and store seem destined never to come In conjunction. The town hall is literally filled with goods recovered from the house of Cavallere.

The discovery of the robber and bis hid ing place came through a mistake made by his son. Cavallere left home yesterday morning for the day. His wife used a kettle which had. bean stolen from Welsh's hard ware store. She broke the spout from the kettle, and, as she now explains, feared her husband would beat her If be came home and It broken.

She gave the kettle to her son, a lad of ten years, and told him to have It fixed, but particularly warned him against going- to Welsh's shop. The boy misunderstood her, and tdok the kettle to Mr. Welsh recognised it. He called aa: officer, and a raid was made on the five-room cottage on Willow Avenue, where Cavallere lived. Some stolen articles were recovered, A watch was set and Cavallere himself caught when he returned.

When he learned the circumstance of his detection, be threatened to shoot bis wife for her mistake. A second search of the house was made later, and more stolen goods were found Ih drawers and closets. The officers secured a wagon and filled It with the plunder. When they had finished with the upper portion of the house they went Into the cellar and found It almost full of stolen goods. These were loaded 'Into' the wagon and carted Several trips were made.

When the bouse bad been, stripped, ap parently, the officers before going away moved a bureau out from the wall, thinking something- might be bidden behind It. One of them noticed two very smalr hinges pro truding from the wall. This suggested further possibilities, and an effort to open tbe door was made. It took a long time, and the officers were finally obliged to cut their way in. They were rewarded by finding a bicycle stolen fronr Asbury Park some weeks ago.

It bad been taken to pieces and carefully, stored away. There was also some silverware In the recess. The house was gone over from top to bottom in the search for more hidden doors. and several were found. They were set Into the walls, neatly, and then covered with wall paper to match the rest of the wall, so that they were only found by the most minute search.

Every recess found contained valuables. In tact, the booty taken from the walls waa more valuable than the stuff readily found. The officers to-day dug up the garden and uncovered more plunder. By noon the City Hall looked like a second-hand, store in which an auction was taking place. The assortment of goods was more varied, though.

Furniture, carpets, guns, revolvers, condensed milk, all kinds of canned fruits and vegetables, bams, smoked beef, orna ments, tin and crockery ware. Jewelry, wearing apparel, and hundreds of other articles went to make up the whole. Nothing seemed to have been too small or too to be stolen, and hidden away. There were enough canned goods and groceries of all kinds to fit out a good-sized store. One of the articles most looked at was an old army musket, to which was attached a series of wire and strings.

This, it was learned, was stolen from George Harris of Pleasure Bay. Mr. Harris told the story of the gun. Last Fall he missed chickens from his coop almost nightly. He sat up and watched for the' thief, but the thefts stopped.

Then he rigged up a trap-gun. The gun bad been set but a few nights when the coop was visited once mora This time the thief took out a board in the back, killed the chickens, and took them away, and, to complete the Job, took the gun. Mr. Harris said the cleverness of the thief touched him so tbat he forgave the loss of the McCorte's Hotel was robbed one i-fght recently. Among other things taken was a five-gallon demijohn of apple Jack.

The demijohn was 4n exhibition to-day. but the applejack was gone. A. demijohn stolen from E. Britton's drug store was ft'led with high-grade brandy when it was taken.

It did not even smell of brandy, to-day, A representative of Townley A Co. recognised In the goods recovered from the cottage silverware stolen from that firm's store. Carpets and furniture taken from the eatery elt cottage were gathered In a heap by the owner, A. B. Stout, a grocer of Oakhurst, spent half a day making a neat pile of recovered groceries, which were taken from, bis store at various visits of tbe robber.

C. Johnson of Oakhurst came over with Mr. Stout and picked cut some bams and canned meats. H. H.

Emmons, the grocer of this place, thinks all bis groceries are bow in one heap. He and Stout bad difficulty In separating some of their goods, but figured out a division to their own and everybody's satisfaction. Other grocers found smaller lots. A. W.

Cornelius of Asbury Park sorted out the Jewelry stolen from bis store, and arranged tbat It should be kept safely for him. Grocer Supp cf Red Bank rejoiced when he found tbe local grocers could not account for a part of tbe gro ceries xouna in the bouse, and established bis claim to a part of what was left over. Then the station agents of the New-Tork and Long Branch Railroad arrived la search of tickets stolen from the later- lakan and North, Asbury Park, station- They' found them. Five of the tickets wer good for round trips to Newark when stolen. Four of them were found.

These were the only tickets taken, although the robber had to search all through, tbe ticket rack for them, aad In doing so gave tbe agent a two days' Job to straighten out tbe tickets. thief stamped aU the tickets before he left tbe station. Local ticket were taken from North Asbury Park, and most of them are accounted for. There Is now enough evidence to find fifteen separate Indictments against Cavallere, and there Is still a big pile of stuff for which no owner has been found. There have been robberies from Red Bank to Point Pleasant, and only near-by or big losers appeared to-day.

The belief of Chief Layton is that there will be a half hundred Indictments before the ease Is over If the Grand Jury acts on each case. A man came down from Red Bank to-day and looked at the He said that he was a man who a few days ago rented a store In that place and announced that he was going Into the grocery business. That the police did not find all the hiding places in the house was shown to-day, when It was thought tbat everything- bad been removed, A -watch was set on the house, and the officers went away. The watcher saw Mrs. Cavallere leave the house soon afterward and throw a large bundle In a brook a short distance away.

This bundle was' recovered later and found. to contain silverware. Then the house waa closed up. It will be gone -over again and more openings made In the walla, The prisoner was arraigned this afternoon. He refused to plead and demanded tbat a lawyer be assigned him.

The Justice had no power to do this, and. as no one volunteered to act as counsel, he was committed to the Freehold Jail to await the attentions of the Grand The police are searching now for two men who were frequently In the company of Cavallere. and who are thought to have sided him. He could not have bandied some of the stolen articles alone. PRESIDENT CLEYELA5D PRAISED Called the Bravest President Since Andrew Jackson at the Annual Dinner of -the St.

George 'a Societj. The one hundred and ninth annual dinner of ths St. George's Society of New-Tork took place last night at Delmonlco'a in tbe blue room. There were 284 guests and members who sat down to dinner. The dining- room was decorated with the union Jack and, the Stars and Stripes, while a painting of Her Majesty, Queen was hung- over the table of honor.

The British arms aad the arms of the United States -were on either side of the The President of the society, F. W. J. Hurst, presided. On either side of him sat Percy Sanderson, the British Consul den.

eral; the Rev. E. Wei pole Warren, D. Mgr. seton.

the Rev. B. H. Da Costa, D. the Rev.

D. Parker Vfornn TV Tk Commander Sicard. United States Navy; William James of St. David's and James 8. Coleman of the Friendly Sons of Bt.

Patrick. It waa exnected that Chauncev lSs- Pew would be Dresent and make a aneech. but he sent a letter, of regret, stating that. as the day was his own blrthdar aa well as tbat of Snakespeare, he could not attend. When the covers had hn President who -was received with cheers, made an address, statins- the nroa-- ress the society had made la tbe last year.

ne aiso touched on the subject ofrthe Brtt- Th toasr Th. ttiiMn wee itMnlr tmA- Ine. as was also the toast That PrMMwt of the United States." Ood Have thai Queen and the Star-Spangied xanner being sung by the guests. Tha TCV. Wllnnl.

Wawnn nuV. "The Day and All Who Honor It The speaker said he had one fault to find with Americans, and that waa that they were always thinking England wanted said that England could show Americans something in the way of municipal government, although the municipal Government i 11 c- urn is utterly oeyond praise. Tt. 1 rj VA 1 wa.wuv, iuv tjiiiiiisj jacai race, and prophesied that the British yacht would ciiu. iuc e.ucv sv ciean pair or neeis.

Percy Sanderson, the British Consul General, mad a. hrif rlHrc. in tiiK A he was proud to observe the great progress utvijci wun; naa maae. G. Austin Morrison of St.

Andrew's Society spoke on The Land We Live In 14 TTrtA nmt i that we Englishmen can pay to this land wc tau nere oi our own accord. We were not banished from our homea An Enrliahman seldom Iprvp. hie hwn i.ni... for a hisrher nosltion and a lamr uW There was great laughter at this sally. reuerica j.

us reysier answered to tbe toast of The State of New-York." In referrlna- to PrvaMant said: He may have his faults, but he is the bravest of Presidents since Andrew Jackson. The people of the State of New- Vn.lr a I. tot hi. lur revenue only, and the people of the State of New- Vai-It Afthnll a jki 1 voice, are in favor of an hniuit nM wrtt wv- lar." Three cheera arere Hv.n i .1 Cleveland, all the guests Joining In enthu- ContrelleV Kclcels Declines aa -Offer. WASHINGTON.

D. C. April H. Kohlsaat, the new owner of Th Chlcaa-o Times-Herald, offered Mr. Eckels the Controller of the Currency, a large salary.

said to be nearly SIO.OOO a year, to aro to Chicago and become financial editor of that paper. In view of the Importance of financial question in business circles and politics, Mr. Eckels saw in this editorship an opportunity to wield great Influence the West, and was at first much inine to accent Mr. Kohlaaat'a eeneroua rr On consultation, bowever. with other members of the Administration, he deemed it his duty to remain in his present office until the expiration of Mr.

Cleveland's term, and telegraphed his declination this afternoon. Hlah Price (er St. Lostla Ben. ST. LOUIS.

Anril 23. Bids opened to-day for the Issue of 1975.000 of twenty-year sola bonds. There wr ei-- bids from New-Tork. Boston. Chicago, and ocau Droaers ana oansers.

Th nnsiluma offered ranged from $5 to 131.50 per bond. The successful bidder was the firm of Kuhn. awro m. v.w.. new-iora, WUICB Old 131 SO premium per bond for the entire Issue.

Th next highest was the Joint bid of erase A Dinckman and Kohn A- Co. of St. Louis, at Sl.ttl0.KL The selline- t4M for 4 per cents, and. In solt of the rat of interest, is the best bid ever mad for St. Louis bonds.

Ta Opes. State CaaaU May S. ALBANT. April of Public Works Aldridge to-day fixed upon the morning of May as the date for tbe opening of the State canals, except the Oswego Canal, which cannot be opened until a few dava later ah eww.im v. uma eaaaa eVas.

am ca TT I rmiem. as BUS Ula nW TDltru Oearsje B. Roberts jtmt 111. CAPE MAT, N. April 23.

The report tbat President George B. Roberts of th Pennsylvania Railroad Is IQ here Is untrue. He wa here to-day In bis private car, accompanied by Superintendent A. Dayton of the West Jersey Railroad Amps R. Little ef Philadelphia, and looked in tbe best of health.

Geld Taeeelweel (resa Throusrh the Bank 'of Montreal ck.iJ 7Jrrr.TlJ 2UU.0UO ta gold, on account of foreign par- wa uw aww nynn ORGANIC LAW OR STATUTE 1 Hi Mast Ihfi SBpitme CoortUphpId lb IT Income Ttx? PAGES FEOif THE BESCF3 HISTORT it6- i -1 Ptrty Prejndloea ControUed fa Some: II of the E4rt7 Decision of Sh ane) Justices, -j It; THE FIMT RIPORTM OP15I0I 1 JISSSXT A Wresg Dealsfea fee Sesaetleaee. i Oaly Wheat It Ban Baea Lea a Hale af Aetlesw I When and where n. km. a 1 sw-e sa, a ev 'i Supreme Court power to declare that a stat- i ute enacted by the lawmaking branch ol I the Government faf hot a law? I The Inquiry tepertlnent to the pendln; I debate of the question whether or hot the 1 Income tax of lHis a "direct tax which must be laid In 'proportion to the census, The Supreme -C4trt. as originally constl- tutea by Washington, consisted of iJsy as Chief Justice, Rutledge.

Harrison. Vll- on, and Blair aaj Associates. Harrison de- dined, and Iredell kook bU place. RuUedge served a few months, then resigned, Johnson filled the vacancy, resigned st the end of eighteen montiiand Peterson succeeded him. Blair resigned In 1790, and Chase of Thmd was commissioned in the same year.

Jay resigned as Chief Justice In lTtfS, In order to be Governor of New-York! But- led, during the recess of the Senate, was i commissioned to be Chief JusUce. but thel Senate, on Dec. 1705. rejected the nomi-1 naUon. Cushlngwas then made Chief Ju-f Uce, but, preferring to remain an Associate, he declined to be thief.

On March 4. IT99. 1 Ellsworth was commissioned, and took his seat as Chief Justice while tbe "carriage- tax case was under argument, but took no part In the decision. There was nol Chief Justice sitting In tbe carriage case. It was Blair's case.

Cusblng "was 111,5 and did not give an opinion. Only four Jus- 5 Uces partlcipateiln the Paterson, Iredeaf land WUson the UtU-named of whomiheard the case in tbe Of' cult Court of Virginia. peculiar temperament, mental, morale and political, of Mr. JusUce Chase Is wall, known. He ssas FederalUt, so Intense and violent that be qnce or twice left the bench without a quorum In order to make speeches against tbe Jeff ersonlan He -was aa aspirant for th place which Marshall lUledl He -was, (while a JusUce of the 8u4 preme Court, tried on arUcles of Jmpeacbi ment, but was acquitted.

1 1 Commentators! on tbe work of tbe 8ni preme Court of, he United States durlnsi the first Its existence have di4 vided that workj Into four perloda Th first Is from 1700 fto the arrival of Marshall In 1801; the second embraces Marshall's thirty-four yeara of third Is between the appointment of Taney, la 1835, and of Chase, lt 864. and the remainder ol the century Is the fourth period. It was during lie first and earliest period that the carriage-tax case was decidedj That was the formative net-tad at the preme Court, Ufore the arrival of the) Intellectual majesty of Marshall. Then hJ -naa nor. come to be really recognised mm vuv va inree greai nrancnes of the) Government.

The Justices were not kept' isolated and apart from participation la other work. During their terms of office aa Chief Juartae w.t. -w jm T7i, cauavna were sent to Europe on" a diplomatic and while absent bald the two apparently ln consistent offlcetv When Chief JusUce Jay waa foe a aaAAniif: tm I auu con-Armed as Chief i JusUce of the United States, he wrot to the President, oa ree turning; the second commission: i I left the bench 07051 oerfeetlv eW uucc a system as aerectiv. It wfiuld not obtain the energy, weight, and' dignity which wjsre essential to Its affording due support tojfhe NaUonal Government, nor acquire tha publio confidence aad re- UUWit wttll. mm mm juv rtwn io uie justice of the nation.

If, ahould That was said or th court, as it waa a year before the carriage tax" decision, Condemnation I ef Internal revenue taxes was a part of Ue plan by which the. Virf ginla school of led by Jefferson, hoped to prevent the new goremment from entertng- too far inside of the several States. The Federalists, during; the three terms of Washington and Adama had i.t, such and i also direct taxes, tbe attempted coUecUon of which but named taxes culminated, la Fries raUillion of ITaa; Congress laid a duty upon carriages for tbe conveyance of persons in 170. Virginia had mad a similar Imposition before 1787. It was deemed direct tax.

i Tbe Federalist; tax of 17 was resisted by tbe Opposition I party because not appor- -tloned as a "direct tax" should be. The resistance was in gTeat part political and to promote party ends. The tax wss denounced as monarchical. "It was upheld ta the Federal Virginia Circuit by Justice Wilson, whence the; tease Came to tbe Supreme Court by writ Of error. i a ika aiiuunii oeiore Uf BU- Preme.

Court O70 noteworthy! btcaus The year of Its argument before the Eu- not tui xtxa, seven years later, did the court distinctly assert a power to declare void a statute because In conflict with the tjonsuiuaoo. The Judgment of the court ta the ear-' riage case" was that. tbe law of 1704 did not lay a "direct tax," which' must be apportioned according- to tbe ConstltaUon, jut a reason, the Judges intimated, or declared, that the 'phrase Included only a land tax. Thej reason was not then, nor has since generally satisfactory to the bar or the country. Much of the dissatisfaction baa.

np doubt, come of the conviction tbat ta decision recorded th party opinions of those vh made it, and did mi IE: S. 'f 0.