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i 4 IF YOU SEE IT IN IF YOU SEE iT IN be UK Utbe ITS 0 ITS 80 VOL LVmNO276 NEW YORK WEDNESDAY JUNE 3 1891 PRICE TWO CENTS WAS MR LACEY DERELICT Ji SPiniTED DEBATE OTEtt THE KEY BIOXE BANK FAILURE Countllman Tttlog or Philadelphia Want Complaint to be Made Officially to frem Ucnt IIarrlOa Beeane GorDmt or OclBls Knew or the Insolvent Condition or the I1Ik i ror Three Month and Yet guld Nolhlol About the Hater IIIIttrnA June 2Tho City Councils fomnilttoo Investigating the mothods of ox I Cltf Treasurer Bardsloy continued its Inquiry this afternoon ond Oranvlllo 1 Hnlnos one of Ibo directors of Urn suspended Kcystono I i National linnk testified that ho i borrowed S23 ratonol the bank In January last from Mr Bardsley for tt blch Mr Ilaltioss note was hon Jlfhloy Mr llalnes admitted tlint tboro I in Mjciirlty 1nlnos ndmltod tbor a lud boon im otorlssuo of Block of tho Kcrstonj Hank Ho snld President Marsh In I torn ol him ot Ilia ovorUsuo In Fobrumy lost Ho hft4 bccn Informed tnat thero was nn over juno of about liOO Rhnrcsand that John Lticnii KIH rroslilont ot tlio bank nt tho tmo of tho oterUsut rrcslolt Marsh was cashier Tho bank the discover of went on with business after IS tho bank tho fililflcatlon until Mnicli lE who tlo wan cloBod bY Hunk jjrumlnor IJiow John I Wnnnmakor htil a hilt of discounts at ono time Ho thought Mr Wnnntnnker had ox ceaJcd his discount prltllegos It having got op to HOVJOO Lit It wns toon brought down Ito tho Sl limit TliU wnf about a year ico William I Wnnnmnfcor lad ft line of discounts 110 thero hen tho run wujs mndo On the bank Since then It has boon Mittlod up Ko ono maJo largo deposits except tho city fctw on Jon 1 and March 18 The Wnnumaker btltOO and without collaterals dlrouots wore regular olnterals Sir Stotcsbury of Urexcl Co tesllllod that JoDnBanlfley hnd deposited 25000 several different limes en which Interest was paid him lie came to the office nol nskcd about letters of ti I oJIt to imrchasA materials abroad for tho llrndford Mils In 1888 ho wanted his I line ol croJlt lncroa od and ho Inlo tho Him stnl loot of tlio llratlford Mills as being worth 203200 los 1100 morigngo with J200000 worth ot stock of which ho was tho owner Hlshlghest credit with Drexol A Co was 15 2 I 000 which a of gradual growth I Dank Jlxamlner Drew testified that there sere 2313 I shares of tho overIssued slock I was stock tbnt should hero been rancollod nnd wns not tochnlcnlly otorlssuod stock I was maul in tho uinieof John 0 Iueas Kono out was ever In the namanf John Wnnamahcr and witness did not think ho was ever a stockholder nor was William Wannmakor A far who could icoollect Mr MoFaddrn ono of tho directors told Mr Drew about tho falsification ot the books which was at onco reported to tho Comptroller of the Currency Mr Drew was nctlnz under the lattora In unctions constantly William JI Slneerly of tho Philadelphia Record 1rtildent of the Chestnut Street National BiDk was next called Mr Ettlng said Mr Hingerly among the assets of Mr Btrdsler was a certificate of deposit in the ChMtnnt Street National Bank What do you know about It Several weeks ago a cheek wan sent to the btnk for SI5O for which we Issued a dua Mil which In the comae of business should bite come In tho nxt day It has not come Jel and It was only lat Thursday or lrl dar that the cashier and myself ware Wonder IBK why It bad not been presented I wan on liar 11 1 think that the chock a received ud the due bill given Mr Bardoley said at the hearing before tho cujUtrato on Friday that the Chestnut street 1IItrats hitlonal Ban If had paid him Interest on UUU funili I that true 1 Inl It Is not true Mr Dardsley only had one KCOUU and that was as City Treasurer lie hid some certificates of deposit about year 10 and sent down about tusooo worth and uinotlierilmttJSOuu lie had only tne ao count as City Treasurer and ut no time was necount inr Interest ever paid to Mr Bardsley tmo that I understood Mr Bardsl to say be aa Mid interest on the btato account eaiU wror Alciaader Bal He had no money or any State account in lb bank Ur Alexander then asked about payment to Mr BardIe on Feb 6 1890 of 1703J and do March of 8i05 and others up to Ane WlmK und Mr Slneerlyoxtlalnol that that TI5 Interest paid on the cert cata aepo ltud In Mr lliirdsleys own name and wn otiir Wont woull be dune to any other depositor Was there anything un thl fuce of the cor pfleates to Indicate that they beloncod to any b1 than Mr DurdblevV Aotblne at nil and Inasmuch an Mr Bards IiTWas I In a position where he WAS said to be Lettingfrom 7 OiO to SIOOUO a year I was I Dot surprised thnt bo should make a doposlt 4 or 15OuO I I I At ihn cloie of Jlr Drews examination I councilman Jttlnsr who has taken an actIve lntlio InveHtlcatlon oITered a resolution uwtliu Jlnor be requested to write I sldot Harrison lukmn him 10 wrlo dr up estiiriition n611 cuiiduct of lbs lraatiry ejinrtnionf In connection lib the Keratoiio Unnic urrali tu mdir tho Pruelon or nit nccouIIg ur tho hank and to order omptrdllor of tho Currcmy Laiey to ap Prbloro the oIIIUIe Mr bttinir made a IiW chln dslente Jlr his motion 1 BSii hllur I ne ore to havo tlie National faiLl law construed and ncl1 upon It iitii bees In tlio heystono case there Jt I very ittie Iltle Protection afforded to any depositor I ni tl fJJ lou or Mar 11 In January antI tttyoUgb we no skl or energy on the part nnl Cnlted btntoH olnuials tUo Trent rjj Wpartment I ocamo aware of tho thbrtooo ruo fsv ct for ninety doa tbtresftor tlio IHnk 1 was allowed to woren and the city nnd alowud Phil It I lti1IWoro Invliod to deposIt their money rnnSVs hot whothoi tho imsets nOl nra lore Sfileii I OIIIB woplo who hud overy op rtoully 10 klow the ttiiy VI the rotten tan totel 1 cnuee to uit out while othor peo ble mull 111 bow the btory Itadovery Ihl thitre 1 lOCO to get 1 II 1 1 I Is I the lust extrloflnnr action on the bUN artoi the llnrll Uovernment that I over JneiH Jwn I our Vu Arofthuro had been Kfid ho Inlht for nil I that wa done by tUo I ailed hloe authorities have continued to nUlhorltes blo conLnnod 1 dtied for no notlcono Imiulry tiu warning 0111 PUI him I1 guard or any other city ciiMiin cit ill JJii1wiisuiiril 1 1 he sIary of Mursh Moon ot efltiGflel 0101 lit the bank and fiiiiiil lt 110 ovoiy appearance I Jli lIht tj put that tho bank was KOUIM during time IIJlt the funeral Jovornnietit kIew i Jonornl ovorUIIUlt by UDIW should8 SSlol of its rottcnne It la tII umtvo shouti lunku 100 tu right tbl I rpnij and liiinrofs upon the author I It Wa ilnutou that them must be some 8010 tIt letho assurances101 I remedy for thesit ue 01 10Wur I un tho part of the conorul erontejt I I lAf8 HIII1 rA antI lucks ot tb6 Commit I 1ldlOCOtfd Ioloy anti lurthur Imiulry beloro Ira Jlnic such I I in tort Ut Mur Mr II lot I TI las 4t lion I uto itt ftraioil in put myself In tho I 11 on 01 Slllnl that tfoiiiitroller lme llOn COUItrlor IILOyl Id 1 niiBOrijunstlouiible it may ll Letnn We are hut MIU rear 1 Ieclurd It MO reiJl5l 11tlo tlrh end fix the uponil th Kentono nt Lt tllBcet IXlerts on tho books of CyCtoflOjIftUk I cut quIto euro that In ffl tle 01 nfl 1ardgjoys Ul quie Si dtooptlous 011nr0810R bo would not nt 4 Is lr OPnrdfol 5 doIyocl antI lore I he hAd 4 Ett cQnaldornblr dOlollod hlmsol I battlol rI 4thg WIOjl blllul for Immelhlto action sit 1 10 Cbhr Magistrate should aoton I mai i i I MOIItrtt uouiu v9 jn 0100 lh 01 dJif itihijetlon tiiion tho teople of I dLllblfOf I Ilrltlon of the banking lay pa II lIto 4t 101 IY wlUhor Mr Drew or Mr vos esiion ii0 but bnlweon tlk rosloodlllo bolweol them thoM ltily wi klt IOn after thl fraud was known ID11 Hlrh ieOiii by the iovornmaiit If eo ttIflUd ICtl ly It ouo I detrimental to tho SSSSi a ttk1 hero war IOIIICasCd fatsificatlofls ftbs ler Cllrstd Sssss gt morlmor lr091dont nii the present Iesl tCvVO I lank amounting to hundreds of LOtiLomans tbo law was properly acted lehsie1tOrvaa i Is sille In any lanic If IOI8Irvas tCgotHhe roshlent basked OOimitteo of counols sail 117ns baek Th otof there Sirfh 9lnktaotnnoou 1 tolnbof tbo bOOks 01 tbo hOYSIOUPUopkf LJ sil ruithers olid Ibo opinion of the City witS WHIDIL Wil that Ihe books weie subject at hi I Dn 1IIry oletnole that I can fanor Cln 31r Ettiog haii been thrown In our rcO eN Olin I ok at Ibo Trensuror Irol fhn lt 1lnsurer1 1 1 ha Ynt on with 1 tinge of ydi II aid thou exclaimed with a tre fOb Inu of his list wlb the tdevo want In look At oIlier accounts lllSftwtvd Wlilt other men wore doing In I SI NtiniiniT doYlnfor Iho frauds worn known It ir Io II lily of Phlliidelphm Wlrl Inl 11011 Pla or 1110uI In Ihnt hank Ono other I fttlnc and time coin ltoa otod with Mr wlb ler 1 tSr I 1 rru1 Di him BO that the rout to iloSWorttpleilent rno wnTil I 5w I on Uaeycr Is that It will I revived sI ttttSiieliViw Thomas vf the Keystone I tvr tuned thut di 1 another employ and Win olfyero kept protty busy running between the Itiiptone and the Hprlng Garden banks tto rlnl Olren bnnk with eMhln order to prepare for tbo vliltsor the pnnK examiner and to show the proper flash balancK An Important point In Mr ThomAs testimony was to the effect that during his six years connection with the Kcyetonn llank liank ExarojnerlJrew hnd dropped la about tvrico a week Bllt JO17ArS ILLNESS He Held HI Own Yeterdnr but the Phy Iclan Dclpalr oCkIIs Life OTTAWA Ont Juno 20 A jlfSIr John Macdonald passed the night composedly and comfortably without any drawback Thc several periods of serious depression that occurred throughout yesterday had not boon repented Hnco 0 I oclock last night As I wrlto ho Bleeping 1 IOWBLT 1 A rWo find Sir John resting quietly nt tho time of our visit having recently partaken of light refreshments Whllo giatldod Icbt rrrehmontl Whlo wo are 11 atno to find such an exhibition ot vital strength as we see exemplified In him yet wo cannot nttor our opinion a to final results ot hla illness 1owrit A OnANT 1 1 WntnitT 045 MTbo Premier has dorod comfortably all day except duilnir Intervals of changing his posture nnd administering nourishment The change of temperature since yostorday has appeared agreeable to him nnd ho has not boon exhausted br such free notion of the skin which undonhtodlr lends tu weaken him It IOWKIU 1 7 MHlr Johns coudltiou is unchanged since tho bulletin of 041 1 I TORONTO 2rho AVitprrtho Government organ is disposed trv blame tho Liberals for the slcknos ot Sir John Macdotmld It SIlTS thn socalled Llbenil imrry of Canada I havo Inch to answer for Had It not been lor their adoption 1 disloyal and degrading I fiscal proposal and the consequent necessity fur nil honet and farseeing Canadians to throw themselves body nnd anul Into 1 con tOt for tho presortnllon nt our indepen deuce ns a people the noble Premier would not havo felt Impelled to exert hiniRulf to such a degree and to haro shattered his physknt powers The Jtoiiirc adds The supremo duty of the Conservative I 101t itt this time Is the mnlnteunnco of it continued nctlvo and uultcd opposition to mba policy of dependence upon the United States Jt I aai a nothing about the probable successor of John Macdonald but thor Is 1 pretty cineral looting throughout Canada Unit It will bn Mr Chnrles Tuppor und as hlr ihaile I wil 1 I strong adtocnto of unrestricted reciprocity tltb the Untied tales or what he cal an unrestricted offer of reciprocity if ho toie chosen Premier of Canada It is almost certain that be would make a great effort to secure I morn friendly commercial relations with the relatous people of Iho United btules Sir Charles Tuppcr would no doubt be abln to secure reciprocity treaty In tnshlngton more easily when not hampered with the pollcv of high protection that Sir John Macdonald blcdolnl was plcdued to maintain THEY TUREATEy BCitWKlXtURTU lie Fall to Budge at the Command or the Kana City Committee KANSAS CIT Mo June 2A number of business men citizens of Kansas City mot yesterday afternoon as vigilance committee and decided that Hchwelnfurth who Is visiting ant holding meetings here is a blasphemous impostor It was also decided that he should bo mAe to leave the city or suffer the consequences A committee of twelve was appointed This committee met and organized and sent the following notice to Bchwtinfurth by a messenger at midnight KANSAS Cirr Juno 1 1891 Gmrec Kantatnif Sentetlnfttiti hid rait timictntli meet At a mcellnchold todny by a committee ota number of citizens It was resolved that you as an impostor among a good people In thin community have beep a detriment to such nn I extent thai the means adopted HS shown hero after hate become a necessitY in orjer to nro tect some Of your unfortunate weakminded victims ngnlnst Icing openly 1M to deviations from the true path of goon morals and Chris tlanltv by your pretended tenihlfgs anl The people composing this committee are thorough Kansas Inn and will not tolerate this imposition any longer but will rigidly adopt the necessary means to carryout this verdict Wo have resolved that for thin goo I of cmrcommiinlt you aro to leate this city within twoutyfiiur bourn and unless IOU comply you must uolde by the con OlueICp We wait annn tter by bearer or this letter and Jf lame la lint given Your uoncotnullanco will be uccoued and you may ej ect nn early visit from 1 TiE COMMITTEE MenuFirst service tar and feathers Scbwelnf urtb declined to send a reply to the committee by the messenger The committee held a timber meeting this afternoon hit It I upon not known what action if any was decided Bchwclnfurtb instead of miraculously ly set ling at naught the machinations of tho unio prfelntlvo Runiifc 11 Cnn appealed to thn worldly ponrii that i Ha do ttched an agent to hi linker Mayor holmes this uftrr noon who pn mHed rroticllon Ho notalled two pollcomun 10 guard Ihe house whore thn I pretender tarried The tuontrfonr hours granted Bohwelofurth In which to leave I tho town will expire at midnight OPPRESSED DECAU8R HE BOUIIOWEV Clerk Cnwdeon Appeal to the President lneCommliiloner Buiitu WAsnixrrox June 2Gon aum the Com mlsslnnir nf Petitions recently hauled several Pension Office clerks over the coals bocauso thor had borrowed money from each other The misconduct of his son to say nothing of his own business enterprises made him very solicitous that all of his employees should bo above suspicion At least One of his subordinates however protests against hating the Commissioner or any other Government oOl cttil interfere In his purely private affair A petition signed by James beldon CowJeon clerk of class 2 In the Pension Olice and addressed to the President was received at tho While Houeo yesterday Tho petition auks the President to Issue an order to the heads of tbe departments forbidding them or any POI sons under them to coerce nnv other emplos ions United btaieu Into paying any claim debt or judgment wlintsovrr for the reason that the courts and constables alone Are authorized by the IrlW to dec do nail collect chime debts nd judgments fo rrodltirs Irom debtor The petitioner further say I hor cmi he got Into tbo public service liy merit I tliinugli 1 the Civil KervlCH Cuiiimlsslon he Iro merit tests against tel I bounced except for do Time petitioner coos on to recite that ho line been placed under duress on account of a judgment and Intlmatox that lie Is II victim of usurers flo ears tho chief dork of tho 1rn 101 Omen lifts ncitilled him that debts con tructed for ne Ieslrlellllt be paid If clerks exrect to icnmu 1 in tie nubile sort Ice mil reo marks that such rule may be tiNod for tho oppretHt of many mibordluiilii nubIle servant who like himself this nSI would lather unbuilt to nlmnst nut reasonable robbery than lose iholr lilacs Tho 1iosldotit had I copy of the petition sent to the AttorieyUonoral TUK UUIDEOROOM ARRESTED A Country Elopement that Developed Into 5 Cae or Abduction Nonwicn Juno 2Thoro wa a romantic elopement of a pair ot lovers from UutUord and a midnight marriage hero on Friday night last The brldo had jiixt passed ber IHteeuth birthday Bite Is the only daughter of Uevlllo Eccleston a wolltoilo nnd highly respected farmer of the town of Uullford und has been tenderly brought up and well educated Tho groom is a young farm hand aged about 20 years and hating a fair share of good looks They became engaged and wanted to marry but the girls parents forbade the match on the I ground that she was too young and that her lover hadnt the moans to give her miltn lie aUD ort On Friday stoning they stole out of lbs KccleMon mansiontngoilur and getting Into the earring which the wooer had rued they throve nnnt hiso to this pluco JustIce Hash Will culled outlet bud rud made tlim man and wile Th next morning early the Indignant father reached hero lit purmilt ot the runaways On loarnlngol tho mnrrlnge ho Immediately cnusru tha bridegroom to bo rretnd on a cargo of niuluutlng a child under marriageable ngr The groom was unnblo to secure hal and nll WIIH tukdii irom his brldi and locked up In the countyjnll hero to nwnli the action ot tim Irani Jury on limo onarco Tho father 10 clnlmed his dtiughlnr wile tearfully ccinntemj to return home with him He angrily iloelitrrs that bottlll procure a tilt ore for bibs ilmmiuoliior prOIurel lfr und will proftniiii her alieed abductor to Ibo IUt lull extent of the law I tltfriMd rat are ma At I I ottl I nbornofi for umuitrpiireu AiarK a4iiun5pi J1100 A II MISS TOT11ILL SANDBAGGED A nUnGrln 3IKT UKIt IN A HALLWAY AX1 STHVCK hER lie Was Arttr Moncr Whit He Mappo Cashier Tnthlll Kept the Hon eTlie Toting Woman Not Dnnkcrondy Itnrt The llnriclnr Jumped Out ate Window Utirslary Is so uncommon in the twin Jersey towns of Kovport and Matawan that pooplo nro not over pnrtloular about looking up their houses when thy go out That is why Cashier William I Tuthlll and his sister Miss MUCH Tuthlll troubled themselves only to Intcli tho front door when they left the hou on Monday ovonlnK for a ell on a neighbor Tho windows were nil open nnd It Is 1t jiosoil that tho burglar or burglars who later scared tho family iind tie nolcbborhood half to death and unmllmcced Mlsi Tuthlll crawlodln through ono of thorn and hid In tho carrot until everybody was asleep I Is supposed that is the nay eutrnnco was Directed because aftertime scorn was lall over not a door or window down Ktiilra was found unfastened Mr Tuthlll lacashlorof tho People National Bank in Xcy ort but ho lives in Mntawan Tho towns are only two miles apart and are bound together by nn electric railroad business Interests friendship and consanguinity Sir Tuthlll rides back and forth between homo nnd bank on the electric railroad He used to collect monoy In Matawan and keep I over night In his house to take to Key port In the morning nnd sometimes he usodto brine Inrco sums homo with him nights from the Kovport Dank to take to New York on tho early train next day the railroad being at Matawan He stopped keeping bank money in his bouso a roar ago but It is probable the burglars thought ho still kept up the practice Mr Tuthlll and his sister live alone In tho house His sister Is 23 years old slim pretty and I Irosbytorlan They keep no servants and tho house big and old fashioned They are relatives of Staff Little who controls a large part of Now Jersey Mr Tuthlll sleops in tho big front room over the parlor Miss Tuthlll sleeps In tb old part of tho house which Is In the rear and not so bight To pass from hiss 1 Tutbllls room to her brothers a person goes up throe stops to the landing of tho front stairs and passes along tbo hall Adjoining her room In the roar house there Is another room from which descend the back stalls limo door to these stairs Is old fashioned and heavy and has a big oldfash ioned lock To roach this room from the front of tho house you have to pass through Miss Tuthllls room Tho brother and sister left home on Monday night at BH oclock They wore back at 10 oclock They lockod the doors and windows down stairs and wont tu bod About 1 oclock In tho morning the girl was awakened by a noise sounded like the rattling aloe Kho fat up and listened It was repeated lon nlie soroimod repoated Will will there are robbers in the house I There was moro noise and Miss Tuthlll leaped out of bed and rushed for her brothers nnl room Time door of bor room was open and fLo bounded up the three steps to her brothers floor and was on the landlneof the front flight Thote she saw ii man JJImlighteamothrough the windows of her room sufficient to show her that the man was short and stout and a white man bho saw he had a Derby hat as bu leaned over toward ber 8ho thinks he had no beard He was on the top Step of the bal llluntof stairs She screamed and ho bent toward ber and raised his arm She tried to dodge the threatened blow but received I upon the left side of her head above the ear She staggered but pushed past and toot hor brother running out of his room Mr Tuthlll had nelred a gun which no keeps in his room He had It i in his humlwben Jwtnethw There was then no burglar on the landing They aroused Die neighborhood and people I crowded Into the bouno 10180 burglar had evidently escaped by running Into Miss Tnthllls room and jumping from her open wlnilow I was fifteen feet down Tbe ground was soft and heavy footprint leading naY Horn tim hoiiia waie found A search showed that tIme burglar or burglars had been In Ihron 1 room In the cnHhlerV room one bureau drawer bad been uifiHHi lull IOU Kujr wan iuuuu uruuuu lu cue second drawer All had teen lockel when MrTuthlll retired Things had also been disturbed In Miss Tut bills room and In limo IOU adjoining bare but nothing was stolen An attempt hud been male to oren tho Me door leading to the back slain It was unduuttcdlr the rattling of this lock which nwiikoncd tho girl This has chei rise to the supuooltlou Unit there was a second bincliu In tins room when the girl ran out ou tho ltlck Janlul und encountered the ono who MKs Tttlhlll was not rorlously hurt The blow glanced off and merely brnlsml and discolored hor forehead Bho suffered chiefly through shock and fright Tho constables are or opinion that the weapon which tho burglar used nn Miss Tuthlll was a sand bag because her skin Is not ahrnlded bhe said the weapon was very heavy but yielding It was too bard to bo 1 mans hand and too nof to be a wooden billot biet Mr Tuthlll out the affair In the hands of Constable James Walling of Keyport when ho went to the bank In the morning The con Rtailo Is 1 relative of axSuperintendent of Iollce Walling of New York He was peacefully milking a cow when ha was interviewed last night lie said the cow was a very good one Her head wa tied to the fence and her hind lag to the born door so she couldnt kick or hook him bad a wooden rail tied to her neck also to prevent her lucking her own teat bho was nlso a hard OOWMO milk Ibo constable admitted but hor milk was sweet and nice Hli a a good cow of baa habits As for the burglary the constable bad bear that there wore suspicious characters In town and ha was going to look after them otildnt the reporter try glass of warm milk I It was too warm thero was some cold milk In the house I was good milk In suite of the cows bad habits iVhy the very act that Ihu stole tier own mil wlinnecrsho gotachancowas proof that she had faith In her own products wasnt It 1 I KDoke well for the milk Yes persons hnd seen theso strange men hanging around tho railroad station early that mornlntr Ho hadnt seen them but parties snld line of them was a negro 1orbaps they did It One of tim cows udders wan awfully bnrillo milk Thats why ho milked all the others first He didnt know what was the matter hut It scorned as I he milk stuck somehow Btlll ou got all by keening at It home nurtlo thuiiglit the huralara Iome woio from MntHwin They must have known Mr TuthlUn barIts pretty well He lioln loon iown to BOO tho houso yak In fact It wasnt necessary lIe hind no theory about Iho burglars hit would be happy to tall tim reporter all about I whol ho round out The cow bl al to bfl tied pretty tight Hbo was so niMvohri Yes there wu aoonMable In Main wan too hut Mr Tnthlll had given thU case to llthl him Walling i nil ho wu going to llnd the thieves Tuuy ninor Indo mistakes in arresting curio i In ullher Kcyport or Matnwau Everybody In tho twin owns saw suspicions people voatorJiiy Jhoru must have been iloon of them bunging around time station In lln morning but ohcllY saw nay 01 them go off In tho train Two of them were Italians who had been seen In town several times before but wlimn nobody knew One of these was Idontly a traiim Tho other was bettor dressed He was short and thick sot had the HicgHHtlon Ie a moustache and ho wore a llgut columd derby but The two were together The Morn Park Fare Hultii DIsmissed The several thousand suits against the Now York New Haon and Hartford Railroad Company for penalties of SW for charging as alleged I cents in excess of the legal rate for excursion tickets to Moirls Park wore disposed of yoMordnv be Justice Uugro In the Buporlor Court He dismissed the lest complaint brought by llllnra 1nlm Palm pa broulht Wllnm cured a judgment from Judge Truax which was rOorsod ou appeaL WJiislcorI iig atPoL opinion says that It Jlslco lulro dooR not onroar that thin spur i to Morris Park was unon the rcnlo of tho Unrleiu liver and Port i busier llallroad based by the Now YorK Now Ilnton iiml Hnrtford JlallroaiJ and there I nrtor1 Hllroql appearing no tlxixl ruts of fare allowed by law upon the spur It Is IropoHslble to ay i what proportion of the Illty cents are was lor trans porlntlon upon tho spur sod what for transportation to Vim Sees station Moslem Miracles Mlrmculoal IU the results ubulntd In the ear of nun SOil wnin ii ot tue liquir aol onluiu habits a Ii hi Ktlr liiiitumt iii 11011 i I 11111 lYlu li a iinVfh of Ih tCt tonic lKUIillll 01 sir tie lime irentninl Dr I lii Hum Hi IutuYuieivi ci chru has bea under Ur I 1 1w pinoiml iruotlun ant tin timad a Jpicll itnlv ut UioitMliiC lice rmi ll on Ih hUD tltia 7Cc tItienti are Ilu cJ MiiMiaM 1 quenhlIl IIn Aiir utorlce itltnulnt Innxn tlir hur lllu I ls 445 rm ucut cures ate i Oad11 rreui Ours la TORNADO JJV SOUTH DAKOTA I Carefntly Avoid flosses hut Play the Dickens with Darn WATERTOWN 8 June i ThU afternoon about 330 oclock a small dark funnelshaped oloitd suddenly appeared In the south and soon developed Into a hurricane I appeared close to the ground Fortunately struck the city on the extreme eastern limit where tho buildings were scattered anti time whole city Is thnnklul tonight that I came no olotar Blx barns wore domoUhod The path of the storm wns only about 100 feet wide and It Is fortunate that not a single house was within tho limits HOMOS wore lifted from time ground hurled Into the air and cent sprawling to the earth Wagons vtero ti ken up bodily and hurled ton Five miles northeast of here throe barns were I literally carried away Time diJbrls from tho I storm na I left this city stipend along Its line for nearly a mile At Wnverly twelve miles northeast two coo sheds wero ruined nnd tho omokestack ot the roller mills flattened to tho ground 1 Chandler and his son woro in one of tbo barns When time storm struck It and they were pinned under tho boards until assistance came but woro only slightly Injured Throe people woro killed a Hazel sixteen miles southwest of her nnd the storm Is said to have been very sovero In that neighborhood No other fatalities have been yet heard of A heavy rain and hall followed the storm but did no damage This Is Watertowns first tornado experience and runny people were badly frightened I I SURTJST1NO FOR TtlE UNDERGROUND The Rapid Tranilt CnmmliilonerV Engineers Will Hare for Hock In Urondwuy rrolmlnnr surveying for the proposed underground railroad will bo begun In I fewdays by the engineers In tho employ of tho Ilapld Transit ICommlsslonorA The Commissioners lad a meeting yesterday afternoon at their office 22 Wllllum street and tho engineers reported that It would bo uecesary to bore Into Broadway to find out tho exact distance under tbe surface that rocks would bo encountered TLey advised that the boring bo done by contract I and tho Commissioners ordered them togo ahead and make the contracts 10 nnl The work has boon done before Engineer I Charles Jacobs who Is employed by Austin Corbln conducted it and made the following which submitted to the llatild report IMch wa Blbmlted Inuld Transit Commissioners nt that time At the south end of Whitehall street rock Is found fortythree feet below the street love nt the Equitable Insurance Companys building Euiable trig sixty feet at the Mutual Insuraneebulld tag flftysix feet and at Cortlandt street itlx trllve feet This level appears to remain at the average depth until Twelfth street whore tbo rock rises toward tbo surface up to Fourteenth street nnd from this point to IfiStb street It frequently outcrops at the surface but the average depth may be taken as twenty three feet below the street curbstone Twentythird street In the Filth Avenue Hotel 5 boring has been put down 2110 fest the cattle distance through rock from eighteen leit below tho street level Tbe character of the rock Is quite favorable for tunnelling operations and Its gooloelcol condition gnelsV Is partially decomposed granite and The Commissioner told the engineer yeller day that they might employ assistants to help them draw the plans and specifications for the proposed road after the surviving Is done Then they adjourned until uoxt Tuesday WHAT HAS POOLE TO IELTT Claim He line HoMtitnlnc Important ore er rlmyth JKar HDlt I James Poole of 02 Mott street was convicted I in tho Court of Oycr and Torralner before I Judge Patterson In Juno 1889 of assaulting II I Policeman Thomas Donovan Paolo had been out of State prison only prson twentyonu days when he assaulted Donovan having sorted a term of nine yeais and a half for felonious assault Judgo Patterson sentenced Pcole to Stab prison for four years and nix months As ha returned to Hag Sing under sentence within six mouths alter hit first timo expired ho lost the commutation upon tmo Mm term about three years und Ihteo months and WHS notified that he must sOre it out He was adjudged Insane within few months nnd was transferred to tbe State Asylum for Insane Criminals at Auburn Poolo wrote to llevorder Smyth yesterday I asking the liocordor to have him transferred back to Sine hfng as he contends he Is sane I or to have him brought before tbe Kecorder so that inquiry might be made Into his cao I you will have me brought beforo your court 1oole writes 1 trill tell you something you never expected was done In New ork city This Is what I urn burled In thlsanylum clrt am not Insane when shut in bercor since I have been here or any time In my Ue Hate me transferred to Blng Sing prison or to your court whore I can state to you the facts I think those people In this asylum nro downing me as tbe term or this word Is used I is the best way to express It as you will comprehend the meaning ot my expressing It In this light If I could I eak to you personally I would tel you the reason I am here Itecordor Bmrtb referred the letter to Judge Patterson who presided at Pooles trial CAnar HAD SPORTING ULOOD Hut the Policeman Arrested lilm A Clnb Man Fiirnlnhed Bull After limo races at Morris Park yesterday thero was as pretty 1 fight as anybody would care to SOl opposite tbo club house A carriage containing six mon was about to leave for the city when a policeman stopped the horses sating that tho carriage wus overloaded The driver a bardfisted rod faced Irishman jumped nimbly to the ground and doalthe policeman a blow undor the ear that made him sea stars although the sun wns Btlll nn hour high Several officer ran to tbe assistance of their companion and the Irishman bumped them together nA though they were so many chlldien Finally clubs were drawn and the driver was on the verge of being drubbed Roundly when I member the Jockey Club Interfered saying Here you lollowc lot him alone I you want to arrest him go on nnd do It hut no clubbing Ha then assured the driver that he would go on his ball The driver did not resist further nnd was led away the clubma following to take his part In the play which thoroughly enjored by the onlookers IT WAS hOT FOR JUKE as br HergeaiitfluflC Thermometer at UiUO Miriiy Ie Cooler Today Tho thermometer mailo highest record for the year yesterday afternoon nt 2H oclock at which hour the officIal Instrument in the office of the Signal Service Bureau In tho Equitable building registered 88 Then as if satisfied with that racoid I began to drop It was warm In the MississIppI and Ohio valleys yesterday Borgonnt Dunn Bald and wo got our heat from there The warm wave slid not start there however A storm which had been hanging over tho hooky Mountain region drew the turin weather lo the north unit then shipped It eAI It will not last lung on tluud tho Sergeant and while Im was spunk Ing the needle had drped to oo ptated a shower before this Tim warm wave will not last and I think I will be much cooler tomorrow blue cool wind trout the lakes will dissipate tho warm wave In hort order The ntmosnhrro contained 7U per cent of humidity yesterday SiZE vitiaan DISIUTE A Committee Appointed to Confer WIlls Vnlou TheologlcHl Hemln rjr DETROIT June 2At the meeting of the Presbyterian General Assembly today the Moderator appointed this committee to confer with Union Theological Seminary MlnlstcrsThe Revs Dr FraneU ration John Worcester lov WIU am loom WIt lions HohertK fiamiiel Meolp llrrrlok Johnson John MCIntosh mind Uoorge Alox EldersQoorgn Junkln John McCook nuifoll MurJck bergs I Kly Buniuel I Xoicbuil Ilroadwoll lulttart Duraut und Ouorgo At the close of the afternoon session tho General AIm lr dli olvtd i DOUGLASS GREENS REf URN UE is SAID TO aa I CHICAGO NOW JIXH 31KS StCHEA A Report that They have Been Married Hlnce flreonii Divorce tie Us Come Buck to Nettle the Claim AcElnt III Stock EzehnnRe Sent and tare It Douglass Green has returned to the United Etatits and Is said by his friends to bo In Chicago rs Alice Bnoll McCrea and Baby McCraa rottirucd with Mr Green Personal friends of Mr Green said yesterday that the party arrived from London nt Montreal last weok and from thero proceeded to Chicago Tho return of Mr Green was the talk of Wall street yesterday Ho was a poor boy from Vermont when ho entered time street ton years ago Ho fall In with Commodore Arthur Edger ton llatoman Eventually Mr Green was taken Into the firm Along In 1834 and for several years afterward tho firm of Green Batomau made money In Wall street A fortune was piling up for both members Nearly two years alO Mr Green began to neglect his home and soon It was whispered about that ho was one of the devoted Admirers of Ur Alice Buell McCrea Bho was widow young and remarkably pretty with a little daughter Hor father bad btou a rich man In Chicago nnd sho and a sister shared his estate Bho came to Now York and took a houeo In Went Nlnetithlrd street Not even Mr Croons most intimate friends know how ho became acquainted with her but they aro all positive that from tho first day be mot her he was Infatuated Green began to neglect his business affairs and In January 1800 his friends were startled at tho announcement that he bad been privately married to Mrs McCroa by a colored parson In Virginia Mr Green did not heal tate to confirm the truth of this statement Ho was infatuated beyond nil bounds and without limo slightest tecognltlon of responsibility to his lawful wife unhesitatingly declared that tho Virginia marriage was legal Within fortyeight hours alter the Virginian marringo was known Green allod with Mrs McCroa and her little daughter for Fnclnnd bo hasty wns his departure that lip 1 loft debts on tho New York luck Exchange of between tZOUO and tsouu Hen at perfectly solvent ot the time but ho costumed to have cast business to tho whims Commodore Uatemim ujuluLtyturnoul him out of the tlrm Greens creditors on tho Muck Exchange expected every day to reccdto remittance from him from London whero he and Mrs MeCiori and the child located Hut no word came and no cheeks and finally worl nualy after waiting until June 1 last b8 was suspended by the Governors ot the Exchange of which be was a member Under tbe laws of tho institution no claims could bo collected against the stat until one year bad elapsed The year will be up on June 15 anil unless Green settles the Indebtedness of I21KKI or JUHio against him hU seat will sold to sat isfy those Ims It was learned yesterday that Oren hnd re turned to this fur thn country purpose ot negotiating for the payment or these claims and the retention of his scat He was spurred to le this action by the knowledge shot his wife hud secured divorce from him with claims for alimony and that her lawyers woro determined to leave no stone unturned for the col lection of this alimony An evidence ot their determination was observed on tho totton Kicbnnge last week when after Greens sent In that Exchange hnd lifon sold for I5UJ lo satisfy duns and assess monte of lias the balance romnlnlnl to Ursen was immediately I attached by a deputy sneriir acting in the interest ot the lawyers who represent the divorced wife These lawyers hate also ben looking forward to the sale of Uroons neat on tho Stock Kvcbange After all claims against It bad been satisfied they proposed to attach the remainder and apply It to the alimony awarded to Mrs Green by tho Court Green has been represented In this country by lawyers nnd they notified their client In London of the danger that tbrentined his seat In tho Block ICxchanue With nil haste he has SpOt to the United Slates and opened negotiations with his creditors to satisfy tho claims against his sent I ho pays these his seat In the Htock Exchange cannot be attached 111 not believed that Green lint tbo means to pay the claims against his seat so greatly has his fortune been diminished In the last low Fear but Mrs McCrea ban money In her own right and one or two of Mr Greens old friends said last night that I the debts agnlnst tne scat were paid the money would iimloulit edlr come from her The seat is worth 2DOOO soA I 52100 I was said last night by very close friends of Greflti that after his unlvnl this frpuds Immediately on learning that his wife had secured divorce from him he has remarried Mrs MoCroa Tho marriage could not halo taken place In Chicago because the licenses issued In that town are printed and Green In the last year or to has disliked undue notoriety For that reason the marriage Is said to Chicago have taken place In a quiet town not far from KILLED HIS BROTHER I A Dishonored Uu tmn Lock IIIn Wife II Vp und Hhoot Her Paramour GIUND BANE June 2James Follet ago 35 has shot and killed his brother Edward on the public street The auseot the shooting was Edwards unduo familiarity with his brothers wife before starting out to wie Ieforo atartnR murder his brother James locked his wlfo In a room tolling her be was going to settle the affair He tuen left the house taking with him a loaded gun On meeting his brotber he took deliberate deed aim and fired tIme victim dropping James then returned to the house and discovered tbnt his wile had escaped through a window His evident Intention was to murder her for alter shooting hli brother be reloaded the gun Ha mal nn attempt to conceal himself and was arrested and placed In jail A Crew of Eighteen Staved at Nm PmrADKirim Juno 2Tho British bark Cairns from Lollh for Quebec was abandoned In a sinking condition by her crow on May 22 In latitude 4H 7 north longitude 28 1 west and Capt He elton master of the Cairns and his crow of seventeen men were landed bore today by tho steamer Douau from Hamburg Poolneller Arrentod lu llurlem Detective Mott visited lllleys pool room 171 East 130th early street yesterday afternoon and played Trinity to win at Morris Park Ho cave Clerk Edward Fisher 110 for Ibo ticket and then arrested him and took him to the Harlem Court Judge Wolde deslrnd to know whether Trinity had run and the defective couldnt tell him Flsberu examination was then postponed until Juno 12 The Morris Park owners said they would make It Impossible for the pool room men tu no a lawful commission Illness but It looks salt the room keepers will bo able to put In the old defence but with less Ilkullho nf escaping punishment There ore several poolrooms In Harlem nnd this Is the first arrest ou the Morris Park meeting The Rev Mr Young Get Hall The Ilev Conrad Young pastor of the Ill grim Baptist Church on Jersey City Heights who Is accused of having embezzled 1600 In trusted to him for Investment by William Bchullro one of his parishioners remained In the county jail until about oclock lust night when he was released on bait Justice Aldrldco wholsaued the warrant for time ministers arrest had talk with District Attorney Wlnfleld yesterday and was advised by Mr Wltitleld that the ball originally fixed 35IK was somewhat excessive The Justice thereupon reduced the amount to tlUOO Poor decree ItulgtU Lad Day Barbie Worrell Knight wife ot the demented comedian George 8 Knight arrived In the city yesterday from the West where she had been In retirement for some time Mrs Knight stopped in Philadelphia several days to sea her unfortunate husband who for several years has been In a private asylum for Insane ills condition is practically unchanged but It was deemed advisable by Mrs Knight tote move him to his mothers home whore ho now is Two nurses hate charge ot him Married Hlxlyilx Year BOSTOX June 2 Mr and Mrs Albert Bacon ot Bedford celebrated today the sixtysixth anniversary nf their marriage Mr Bacon was horn in 1802 aunt Mrs bacon In Ie08 A loran number of lrlond and relatives congratulated tlia UBI aaunlft isbn still cairn good health IRAKI 1TRBCKIXO JV DAYLIGhT A Bold Attempt la bight of Dnretllnac and at Mlddnr WATKTinunTJune2A heavily loaded oa eonger train from Hartford on the New York and New England road was approaching this city this noon at the rats of about forty miles an hour Engineer James Mulligan was at the throttle and about halt a mile from this city he saw something on the track which at a distance be took to bo shadow Another train had passed on the rails only twenty minutes ahead ol him As he drew near be was astonished to BOO that the track was blocked On one side was a steep bank and on time other ho Manhan Itosorvolr and a deep canal Ho applied quickly the brakes and succeeded In bringing the train to a standstill within a tow fot of the pile Investigation showed that it was deliberate attempt to wreck the train On the track woro four heavy llsh plates a coupling link nnd a railroad tie so arranged that no train could have thrown them aside Tho plan evidently was to thtow the train into tho river The Indignation of time passengers was Increased when It was learned that the work must have been done after the former train had passed and In broad daylight within view of ono or two houses Search failed to reveal any clue to the mlxcroants They were familiar with railroad utensils Orders have been received from tho road officials to find the menThe Wntcrbury police force are making every endeavor to catch them TITO RUTGERS STVDKXTS DROVSKD It I Supposed One Wee Dragged Down While TryIng to Keicue the Other I NEW BRUNSWICK June 2 Ilutgers Collage Is again In mourning This afternoon several of the students went In swimming In the canal Walter Ffeltor aged 22 ot Wllllamsport and Walter It Smith ot Hallsvllle the former a good and the latter poor swimmer wont In At a dangerous spot known as Bt Catharines Hole a place which has shelving banks and in which several persons have lost their lives Thesn two students who were very popular In college and who belonged to this freshmen class were missed about oclock and some man going along the batik of the canal noticed some clothing An alarm was given and In a short time several gangs of men In boats began dragging the canal but up to a Into hour no bodies woro found It Is supposed that Pfelfor who was a good swimmor tried to rescue Smith and was dragged down by his chum JfROX COATKVT TO ALTAR An Elopement from Danbury to New York Twice MarrIed DAKDUIIT June 2Frank OHaro a driver In the Flro Department and Nellie Henobry of Hartford convent eloped from here last night and wore secretly married in Now York Miss Henebry Is the daughter of a wealthy real estate owner In this city and is handsome and accomplished A year ago her parents sent her to the convent on account of her fireman lover Bhe cumo homo yesterday on the pretext of illness and unknown to her Iriends she and Olinni went to Now York and wore married by a Methodist minister They returned this morning to ask paternal forgiven I They were afterward married again In this 13 I by a Catholic priest and then they were Icomcd at the Uenobry mansion HARRY DOXIES OFFENCE Arrested for 0penlnE A Letter Written to III Mother by Her Paramour OMAHA June 2A fraillooking lad about 10 years of age has bcon In jail bora several days and was taken today before the United States Grand Jury to answer to the charge ot tampering with the malls Ills name Is Harry Doxle and ho has lived at Culloway this State where his father and mother kept a hotel the other member of the family being a sister of the boy need about 12 Among the boarders was man who had not been In the house long before bo began to show more attention to the handsome landlady than was proper The Husband protested but the Intrigue continue Finally the husband became disgusted and left home going to somo point in Kansas and about the samo time the boarder went to Lar amle Mrs Doilo rnronlued In Galloway with her two children ntid her mother In a short time a letter arrived from Larn mle written by the absent lover to Mrs Doxl unking hoc to coma to him and bring the little girl with nor Harry Intoicepted tho letter his siisplclonn having been aroused by the postmark and opened it He then decided to keep It irons hl mother but It was found hy his grandmother who uphold hor daughter In her course and thereupon th old woman lodged a complaint against the boy charging him with Interfering with the malls When brought bolore tile Grand Jury Harry told his story In a simple way which excited thin sympathy of the juryman Ho said ho kept the letter because Im was afraid his mother would takn his sister with her and be did not want the little girl to be subjected to enoh evil influences There was no Indictment returned and ono or theOrond Jurymou a banker from McCook adopted the boy Muscular Contraction Broke Her Thigh Caulnfc Death LwxiNnvow Ky June 2Mrs Lizzie Brent whose thigh bones were broken by muscular contraction at her homo In Paris Ky last December died today Her sufferings have been so intense that oplutos bavo hadJIttlo effect Paused Large Iceberg BOSTON June 2The steamer Stockholm City from London reports May 28 latitude 4325 north longitude 008 west slgbed an Iceberg apparently throe hundred loot long Tbo steamer Columbian from Liverpool reports May 2t1 latitude 1321 north longitude 48 west passed seteral large icebergs The Weather Testeeday was the warmest dar this year the Urn piralure reactIng aol was time waruwt ot Juu stics 1s77 when N8 wu also rconJ4 The highest teniptmtnr on rtcord for June is DO on hue 211 laos and tie loweitro on June 10 IRg 7b warm ipttlt In June according to a long sonIc of obatrvitloni occur on tin following dileat fth rtb 1CI1 and 17th 2Kb and Slth Su4tii end nth and the cool ipehie about III laili and Hill and a dclJed fall about itt 2M and 23d and 3 i th Thor li on an aver ag one rainy diy In four The storm centre In th Won moved north Into MOD Unaaod lb Dakotas yesterday Tb hugh wind attendIng lu movement wire confned to the north and northeast time centre while tbe rain aria otindit over all the country norin or Mlmourl and Ohio riarh lot from Montana to norihrrn Nw York heavy ruin railing at Fort lluford Kansas City Sioux Clijr and Cia clnnktl Elsewhere to lb rain tilt It ose generally light talr witlir preraltdln the Boullirn and Atlantic calil State Irtrai generally warmir incept In the upper portion of the let region whirr tin tempera tore was from SJ to tu cooler than cliewtir cautid a smell fclfb prruure an i farming orir Canal Time cooler weatuir eli ul 11 I fell In tide Tlclnlir today with shower In tin Uldilli Atlantic and hew England Slates llilit fK and light tu freib toalberly winds prirall atonic tin coet The lay was fair In this city lluhiit official limper attire stii lowest art at inn tiutnldlijr 72 per cacti wind lontbi averse velocity milt an hour thermometer lu Ierrji pharmacy In the Box bultdug Indicated the teuticratune yesterday followat irn last 15110 1101 a A 514 514 1150 St lii ti A 14 ii ill ii 31 12 10 I A ti 72 It ii 1 Pt 7i 7m Ii II 77 hi 12 Slid tie 71 Lvrag ACCuSe Qfl Iuti a lamt eerie rnnnJir Till vrnnnnir icr Males iv llampiiilri Airn nnl Uuichtuelti Jibed leland Connecticut and oCher Sew furl Moe erg fiiilnaiv lfMiifr itnrr vtrtilir umJi for the PUlrlct of CulumMi itittrn Iennlrlvinla hew Jiriejr Utlawari Maryland end Virginia bow you tailonirr liinpirlurei noulhcrlr vlrdi for Wit virglBli weiirii rinuijrlvanla waiters ttew York liuwcni stationary iciumprsiurI iuUM wiadi i THE PRINCE ON THE STAND TtTEXTT UNPLEASANT MINUTES FOR QUJflLV VICTORIAS HEIR An Irrepressible Juror In the Bncenrat Cae Stand Vp and Interview III Royal IligbnseTke Prince Very Neo woneUe Bajr It Would Not He Agree able for Him to Meet Blr Vllllam Oor ilonCiiramlne Compelled to Believe the Charge Against the lloronetGea IVIIIIam TetinrIelter to Illllr LoNDoN June 2The second day ot the baccarat trial othortvleo the suit for damages brought by Sir William Gordon Cnmmlng against Mr and Mrs Lycott Green Mr and Mrs Arthur Wilson and Mr Berkeley Lovof for slander commenced this morning nt rtanl 11 oclock with an almost complete repetition of the scenes witnessed usterdny at the open 4 lug of the case if anything time rush for admittance to thin Queens Bench Division of her Majertys High Court ot Justice was greater than on Monday for everybody looked forward to being able to sac the Prince of Wales upon tho witness stand and to hearing the testimony 3 which ho would glvo lu regard to the events which look place at tho Wilsons rcsldonce nt Tranby Croft near Uoncastcr on Sept 8 and 0 18CO The crowds outside and InMilo the New Law Courts especially about the Uiicon 1 Bench Division vrero good natured and orderly roaulrlng lttle I admonition from the strong force of policemen on hand Those who wero not lucky enough lo obtain admission to tho court room contented themselves with reading and commenting with their companions In the crowd unnn time ovbdonon given yesterday and printed In full In almost all the London morning papers finding apparently considerable enjoyment In thus commenting upon what had boon said nn1 done while watching thodnshlng equipages which landed the distinguished principals witnesses lawyers and audience ut tho court doors Long before 11 oclock this hour Uxed upon forthnoniclnl reopening of the court all ot the seats allotted to the favored fow wero filled npparontly by tup same bright fashionable gatly droned nudlonco which enlivened tin 41 grimlooking law court yesterday Many people profiting by their forced nbftlnonco of yesterday had evidently ptovldod themselves today nub sundry mild lofroshmonts of a solid and a lljuld uaturo which they carried In pretty butte baskets half concealed by flowers books newspapers and opoiaglnssus Thus armed and oaulppod the Indies and gentlemen I who are so deeply Interested in the baccarat scandal prepared for another day of this now sensation for such It is The various features of this novel case are the talk of every corner In London of this clubs of the theatres of tho banks nnd of the business houses of tho swell jiubi anti mora modest not houses Ou time bus and In tbe tramcar on tho penny river boat end In the underground time baccarat cnso Is the all absorbing alllnteroEtlng fund of conversation Both the plaintiff and the defendants have tkter supporters tho majority of people however haying not yet formed decided opinion Of course the document Mcnod by Sir William Gordon Cummlng Is used In knockdown argument by the friends of the defendant On the other hand the breach ot faIth attributed to the latter does not find favor with many people Btlll this state ot uncertainty as to them exact merits In the case Is exactly the element which causes so much interest to he taken In the affair When the Prince of Wales nail his private secret Sir Francis Knollrs entered tha court room hit morning with most commendable punctuality everybody In the court rose to their foot and ceased uponklng Tho Prince who looked as good natured as over even if he seemed somewhat preoccupied bowed slightly right and left to the spectators nodded smilingly to ono or two Intimates whom he recognized and took the came sent a redciifhlonoJ armchair on this left hand of Lord Chief Justice Coleridge which bo occunlod yesterday On the aright hand wore seated Lndls Coorldgo Clarke and llussoll tho wives ronpectlvoly of the Lord Chief Justice fir Edward Clarke tho BollcltorQonornl leading counsel for the plaintiff and of Sir Charles Ilupsall leading counsel for the defendant The ladles smiled and chatted together as pleasantly as If they bad been at nmatluCoorat a pleasure party instead of being spectators nt a trial Involving the honor and ontlro future ot a man who as his worst enemies admit has boon agalant soldier and the friend of many of those who rat eager to hear ot his defeat in that sombre courtroom Lady lirooke whoso name was ono of thos added to tho list of Mrs Arthur Wilsons in sited guests at Tranby Croft during the eventful Doncastor mooting of September last was among thoso present at tbo trial this morning Lady Ilrooko Is said to be the handsomest woman in Knglnnd Kho was among the early arrivals as was Col Btrucoy the commanding ofllcor of the bcots Guards of which regiment fir William Gordon Cummlng was a Major and Lieutenant Colonel But next to tha Prince of Wale and Sir William OordouCum ding Lady Urooko was the contra ot attraa tlon almost every lorgnette mind opera glass la tho court being levelled persistently at her a 4 fact which did not scorn in the slightest tie cren tu disturb her supreme composure The entrance of the plaintiff did not create so much attention today as It did yesterday 4 though the lorgnettes and doublebarre illod 4Tl glussoH were ahitrainoil upon him ns ho appeared Zt He was ax cool and calm as over and on his soldierlike face there wits not the slight cut trace ol emotion or of the ciTocts of the or deal through which hepassed yesterday Like his former mend the Prlncn or Wales fir William wan perfectly dressed booted and gloved and there was no denying that an air of quiet distinction could be seen In his every movement gesture and expression Ills cold gray eves flatbed contemptuously as ho glanced In the direction where the defendants were seated to theri1rrow When tbe Lord Chief Justice had given the signal for time days proceedings to commence the plaintiff stepped serenely Into the witness big nnd haughtily prepared to an wer the Questions of Sir Charles Ituosell The latter began by reading a letter written by the plaintiff 4 In answer to the letter addressed to hint Jointly by the 1rinon or Wales Lord Coventry 1 and flea Owen Williams This missive woe A addressed to Dear Owen and In it Sir Wil liam raid that he had now but llttlo hop be fore him to malta life worth living adding In time moan time I suppose that I must try to live as of old roars Pressed br the crnsijexamlnlng questions ot 3 Fir hurled Russell the plaintiff said that ha took this present legal proceedings because the baccarat scandal bad tie owe public matter of conversation mind comment ami because It bad reached hewn OH In which he belonged the Turf Club and the Maniborottuhi Club among 4 others and had ho not tnkou action In time matter bin club wool i certainly lint done sn Sir Charles Rnsell then rend two letter from Gout Williams They teem addressed to Dour Hill and referred to complaints mad I by the plaintiff that the pledge of secrecy given when he signed tim document agroomir never to play cards again had tvun broken In reply to defendants counHclV uuoMlons Sir William said that he nt plled to rolHtrncey of the Scot Guards In January last for per rnltsfon to retire from this army on hilt pay lie nrlded that Col itrwy replied that tIme fact that he the iilalntllti hud signed it document of this nature of the ono already do scribed renld not be overlooked A letter from hen Williams to Sir William Gordontummlni wns then road and placed In 4 evllonco It was nddrcsKil My Uxar lull and Itsnintenta worn to thin effect that nothing Wits left tu him I tho I nlalntlCfl but to place htm celf nnritoiMdly In thn handtot his iom mandlnu olllrcr Col Htraeov us he had driu Th letter also contained the following You are unite HI liberty to tell Cot Utracey that you signvd the document under extreme pressure and promise of secrecy The witness here said I huve never for a moment ceased to deny the accusation mad ovalnst ma Lttarma WllllnmdflfllBfl that ha hfl aldJa Cs ul Li.

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