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AL 15 ANY, OREGON, TUESDAY, riSBltUAUY yfi 18'J 1
30 CENTS A WEEK..
VOL. VI NO. 67
REMOVAL
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ie 1 by
Have removed their enin stock of furni'nre into their elegant
new quartern in tin ne Baltimore brink. Thev have added a magnif
icent tine of newest uatterm in badroo n ami pirlor sets ami all kinds
of line furniture, an.l will have on i of tin finest fnrniturn establish
ments in t ie city. Their prices will be fond verv re isonaHe. A tine
lin f oirpju bought before the raUe will be sol t at low figures.
IWCM an 1 gee them in their new store.
Ja T. ItliOCK&lI. HYDE,
- CL Searles,
N. B. I will continue to
sell my dry goods at cost
until they are all gone.
FIRST STREET. A LB A XV. OREGON.
W. F.
Headpaite for
We have ia Stock ow
the Land
DllY GOODS, NOTIONS, FANCY GOODS
AND FURNISHING GOODS
Every shown iu Albany. We know that we can
please you
Commencing December 1st We will Mark
Our clo.ilts at cast. Com' while the assortment is good. This is
really the greatest drive ever offered in Albany. On account of the
warm fail we And we are overstocked in Gent's Heavy Underwear and
lor the next tuirty days shall give extra bargains.
We can and will save you money. Call and get prices. A pleasure
to. show good.
SBSPSCT7XJLLY,
W. F. READ.
lire Co.
Proprietors
Li-uJer in popular prices in
BOOTS & SHOES and Gent
FURNISHING GOODS.
Sole agency for the Ludlow
Fine Shoe.
READ,
Pupnishino Goods
the Best as well t
Assortment of
Absolutely Pure. ,
Tlii-i powtler never varies, snara..
f ;trt ty ,renif MTifii d" 'W h'rflesVrue 11 ess
uior! jcouomicul Urm the 01 dinar
kind, and cannot be solil in competi
tion with muHitude of low ttst, short
ei!tt alum or nhospli.it.! i.i'Wilcrs'
3o'! only in e-in, ttOTAL HaKIN1 'ow.
W (J, v-iJ -t.. V. Y
Lewis M. Johnson -V Co., Agents,
i'.rlii:d, Oregon,
T!i3 (Metetel French
cure:
Warranted to 1 fBTf fTJVj?'- "r "'".
6 ns3 s
K.F0PE
5 5 AFTER
the ie-ticr:ttie or.ruiHOi either whether
ar(iui from the ec;;&rtc usi ot timulikti,
toiiiccu or oium, or thr mh ; onthl'ul
retiou, c e r iiMiulM'ti' e.tic, mi h :uI'wof
rim lo we r, Wrtic'u' Huarin-j Iwn
uins in tiio it ck, hiuifi.tl Wi-uknesa, 11yd
erU, S'T'in ; f ritmn, Ncturn:il Omis
iutt lja:nrrrnic PUifit'-, v.k Mtrtimry,
L vsol I'owcr ai,l lnKi?en y vvht hif tit
lecttl often Wi to prvuiti'uie ac and
i?iiiif;. lrix $1 a box; tt hoxel tvr j?5.00
Sen: i.v uni! on receipt of price.
A Vl;tHII.N ; IC4M;C is tiivun
with every . order rix'iel, to refund the
mon if a iVriltiiiH-ni .-u'e ih ii-t'lFet :eii.
W'c luvi; thtiiitctiitiHtl totiiiiot i:.! fr uii old
anu you n o l.i-th w-xec, wh hue t "t-ii
pcrtuinenliy c-ivi; y the use Aphrotlitnit
Cirtt;l-.r fret-, AtdreKs
i ii if; triiiii in em o.
W.-te n i'.riiiL-h, liox, i7. i'oitU'id, Ore n.
For R:tie hy r A V-ii-tn, v. Ik,:' a'' .urn
et-il druirtt Aihariy, 'reiin
FECIALS Fills
Kur Kemute Ir-
rvKUlaritie-t; noth
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the market. ver
lion t ne nuninuif-
t'':u. oave time.
Health am! mont'y.
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i!rtM Sy maii on receipt rt price. $2 00. Ad
linss " tplirit Meilirlnr I'tiuipnny
Went Bran.'h Uox !, rrliiinS. Or.
8o!d by Foe'say & Maon, Alb&ny. Ore eel
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NEW PROCESS FLOUR.
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O'IRI,0N
CW. AYF.KS, AKCIIITF.CT AND SUPER
. inteodant. Olli;e over f irft National
bank'huiliiimt, All.any, Or. Work soli, itrd
from all mrts -t the county
MOSEY TO LOA.N-HOME CAPITA!., ON
?ool real estate w.-untv. Fur particu
lar) enquire of G?v. Humphrey.
p B. WINN, AO EST FOR THE LEAD
J mg fire, life aii-l acci.ieut insurancB com
pan leg. .
H
ORSFS FoK SA l.h-One .nrr..i i,,.. n
years oM, ei-ht Uk one irr.iv hoi-' . i
b ) eirs oiil
uiuc, . ic. win m n lor rash or ex, nan
ior oiuer property. ; a. FKV
1
X it'ail. SucccHsfiuIv
v7. SJs'fusetl by prominent
' n Q"' laiiies monthly.
t?V itiiir.inteet tu re-
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PORTLAND IS'flAPPY.
The Consolidation Bill Passed in
the Senate.
TIIK KAlI.nOAIt COMMISSION.
Thomas' Ba-Apportionnient Measure Voted
Sown is the Hcase-A Eesolntion to
Adjoarn at 10 O'Clock Friday.
Sai.km, Feb. 1C Bolh branches
of the legislature convened at
o clock to-dav. But lour days re
main of the 40 davs' eesHion and
the work is being rushed to com
plulion.
IX THE SENATE.
Fultrwiiitrodneed-iLtKll-ti
charigev tlie time of holding the
county courts of Clatsop; read
first, m coiid and third time ami
parsed unanimounlv.
The further consideration of
Vealch's railroad commission
uholislimtrnt bill was postponed
until ' I-. m. on luesday.
Haley's bill for the finding of in
debtedness of counties, read third
time and passed.
Mmto's bill fur a tishwav at Or
egon City falls, read first and sec
ond time and referred to ti.shinsj
industries.
The senate concurred in the
Uoust; resolutions regarding the
death of General Sherman ; also a
memorial lo- the improvement of
the hmslaw river at its mouth.
The resolution for the compila
tion of the Indian war records bv
the set-iet.iry of state was referred
to the committee on judiciary.
Kalcv s 1ml regarding the
protanation ol !-unday was passed
v. loss bill for $ )ii00 for an ap
propnation for a new site lor the
school tor deaf mutes; passed.
H eat lierford iiitiouuceu a new
bill regulating the construction of
smoke-taeks on river hteamers;
passed to seconrl reading, and re
ferred to committee on federal relation-!.
Adjourned until ":;;0 r. m.
EVKXISO SESSION".
The Jlul'ii'iiuih senators re
ported McCracken's l'ortland con
solidation bill, having some
amendments. That of the city
hall commission was adopted by
14 to lL The bill was read third
time and passed.
1 he committee on railroads re
ported on Miller's bill, increasing
the powers and denning the Juliet
of railroad commissioners with
amciidmen's, same ordered print
ed. Senate resolution that, the
Hith session adjourn sine die on
Friday at 10 p. i., introduced oy
Senator Kakin.
IN THE llOCSK.
The vote by which Fox's bill for
appointment of health ollicers by
the state lxard was defeated, was
reconsidered and the bill passed.
Final reading and passage of
house bills :
Reed's bill ou commissioners
and assessors.
Morey'a bill for protection of
German son; birds.
Barnes' bill to protect red fish
and lake trout.
Barnes' bill for the protection of
lisli by persons digging ditches or
building lluir.es.
Mm to s bill for registration by
secretary of state of the Indian
war veterans.
Gambe's bill for county sealers
of weights aid measures.
Thomas' reapportionment bill,
motion to indefinitely postpone,
lost ; failed to pass, L'H to ol.
THE WOItLI9 FA IK.
The Feud l:rtvt-en ltiinarrk and
tlie Kinjieror Itecumiiifr Acute
Co)iyriirht lill Sew York Associated Press)
JiiiHi.iK, I-eb. Hi. An olhcial in
vitation from the I'nited States
to take part in the world's fair at
Chicago has been referred to the
different states in order that com
mercial interests may b"e consul ted
before a reply is made up. It is
expected in official circles that
there will be a rush of German ex
hibitors for whom it will be neces-
Siiry to secure the largest possible
space.
The crisis in the feud between
Bismaick and the emjieror is be
coming acute. J n conversation at
an official dinner last night, the
emperor remarked that the attacks
inspired by Bismarck were aimed
at him. 1 Ie feared lie would soon
be obliged to take severe measures
to suppress these attacks, which
were dangerous to the government
and the empire. It is reported
that Chancellor Capri va has been
instructed to publish a warning to
Bismarck's paper, the Hamburger
Nachrichten, to cease publishing
its pretended revelations of govern
ment affairs on pain of prosecu
tion.
1'akis, Feb. Hi. The mitation
tendered by the United States to
the French government to take
rt in the Columbian exhibition
to be held in Chicago was accepted
bv the cabinet without discuision.
JACK THE Kiri'Klt.
The Kxcltement iu Whitechapel
Still i: ii ns II it'll.
London, Feb. 10. The latest
discovery in connection with the
Whitechapel murder bids fair to
connect the saddler now in cus-
tn.iv with Hip prime. The police
l,nv a ,l..nornna.lnr.1:inr knife
; ria lien wirri mono H I ill Duuniim iv
have been lately washed. The
bldod-stains were examine 1 micic
scopically by a surgeon, who has
no doubt the stains are those of
human blood. The knife has bee
traced to ' the possession of th
saddler. From the time it heeam
known mat uie eaaaier was ar
rested and formally charged with
the murder of ''Carroty iell,
the greatest excitement prevailed
in and about hitechapel.
Stepney police stati-m, where
the prisoner was detained, was
surrouuded by a vast crowd of
people, mostly women. Wild
threats of lynching and tearing the
prisoner to pieces w 're uttered by
the most excited ol tuese lemaies
When the man was removed
the police court an immense force
of t-ohce was employed and every
precaution was necessary in order
to prevent the mob from lynching
tht? K?-7CneaJuiiHon8 (tiller aal
tho Kiniier." Inhabitants of
WhiUchapel believe he is, but
the police have not committed
themselves to an opinion on ti
subject.
A CI
i-,
I NAM AN KILLfcO.
Tlin Mimler Caused liy Throwing a
Siuiv-liill nt the Mongolian.
I'knm.ktox, Or., Feb. 1( (juon
Ciiiiiig Sing, a Chinaman workmj;
on the Ln on racilic, died last
night from the elfects of a bio
over the head with a shove' in the
hands of Thomas l'eters, brake
man. The trouble occurred Fri
day evening, and was c.iused bv
l'eters throwing a snow-ball at the
Ch'nauiin, which enraged the
Chinaman and he ran at l'eters
Aithashovtd. l'eters became an
L'ered and took t ie chovel and
truck the
Cliinimi'ii. I'ctcrs is
at large.
AT 0LYMP1A.
THK fai:mkks ai.mvnck men
iiuu it seicp:n ti. v.
They Win a Temporary Victory la
the Washington LvGriKlaturv 1 h
Kailroad Fifrht. Continueri.
av.MI'IA, a-li., Pel). Hi. I he
railroad fight was continued in
tenoittentlv in the house to-day,
and the result is a temporary
victory t r the farmers Alliance
it was attempted several time.-
this morning to get the house to
lefer action on the Hill code bill,
but thev were eaWi time iU feateo
anir.vtvtral code bills pusseil. I h
afternoon however Snively, il
member trom lak'nia, mov-o
tnat the house go into uie eoiii
mittee of the whole to consider
the railroad business, and the
motion carried, 24 ayes, 20 nays.
No sooner was it org inized than
Snivtlv moved to report Fellows'
bill back to the house without
ahiendiaen', and this motion car
ried on a divisional vot. The
he wanted the whole matter made
i special order for tomorrow at
1 1, a.id notwithstanding some ob
jection this was likewise done,
1 he eastern members had thing
their own way throughout, ihu
western members were many of
them absent.
LILIAN' IS ILL.
The Hawaiian Alarmed Over the
Condition of Their Queen.
San Francisco, Feb. 10. Pri
vate advices from Honolulu state
that O'leen Lilinokalani has not
been in good health of late, and
that, to guard against anv contin
gencies that might arise in the
event of lur death, Fiincess
Kainiaui. heiress-apparent, has
been reiiuesU'd to return fiom Fug
land, where she now i.
Destitute Kansas Farmers,
Topeka, Feb. 10. A bill appro
priating $15.),(H)0 to purchase seed
grain for destitute farmers in West
ern Kansas was under considera
tions in both senate and house
yesterday. In the senate it lacked
two votes of a constitutional major
ity, but it is not im'probable that
this vote will be reconsidered, as
enough were absent who are friend
ly to the measure to give the re
quisite number. The house re
ferred the bill to the ways and
means committees with induc
tions to report Monday. The
measure will go through the house.
Whipped in Twenty-Six Kounils.
S.n Fkancisco, Feb. Hi. The
Svdney Referee says Billy
Murphy, the feather-weight cham
pion, was defeated at Oheirnes
Hall, Broken hill, by Jim Burge,
light-weight. The Referee says:
"The battle was a griun one, Burge
winning fairly in the t.venty-eixth
round by a right-hand punch on
the jaw.
Whishy Dealer in Trouble.
Chicago, Feb. 10. Secretary
George J. Gibson, of the whisky
trust, has been indicted by the
grand jurv and to-morrow, barring
fllg it, will probably be again ar
rested and compelled to give bail
in the state courts in addition to
the fJO.UOO federal bonds already
piled up against him.
Crushed by a Kock.
riTTSPiic, Feb. 10. A bin rock
fell from Ihiquesne Heights to-day
ana crasneu through a passenger
car on the Panhandle road, killing
Clara Fleming, aged 10, and seii
ously injuring three others, all
students of Duff college. The
rock was loosened by the heavy
rain prevailing. " 1
A RISING FLOOD.
Iil-Fated Johnstown gam
Threatened Witb Disaster,
It AILKOA 1 Tit VFFIC STOPPED
The Baa ntsa Portion of the City Uiider
Water-Damaging Floods la Otber
Farts of the Country'
PiTTsiiuiiG, Feb. 10. A steady
downpour of rain since yeste.day
has had the ellect of more or le
seriously impeding travel on al
most every railroad entering this
citv. A large landslide on the
Baltimo'e & Ohio covers the trac
aear-Wst Newtom The-Youglir-
ogheny river is bank full and ru
ing. A big flood is feared, reopl
on the lowlands are driven from
their lomes.
Johnstown rejiorts the higher
water in Stony jcreek and Cone-
maugh river since the Hood. Re
ports from Fastern Ohio nd
Western Virginia indicate a sud
den rise in the streams with man
bridges destroyed, houses flooded
though no lives are lost thus far
Late this evening Johnstown re
ports the water two leet higner
than at any time since the great
flood and is still rising. Wate
f o u S o y c eak has commenc
to iluod tiie business part of th
':''
Til K MASONS.
A Great Anniversary Celebration
to lie Held iu Oregon.
Poim.AND, Feb. 10. Edwin A
Sherman, a thirty-third degree
Mason, writes from Oakland, Cal
that at a regular meeting of the
Masonic Veteran Association of
the Pacific coast, held in San
c rancisco on tlie lztti inst. it was
unanimously resolved to celebrate
at Portland, Or., or Oregon City,
on tlie Litti ot l-n'pteniber next
the fortieth anniversary of the
orgmization of the must worahip-
iul lodge ot ancient free and ac
cepted Masons of the state of Ore-
ion in conjunction with the grand
lodge, lo Oreg-ui belongs th
lonor ot being the tirst etite or
territory on the Pacific coast of
having the lirst Masonic lodge es
tablished within its b irders.
A KKFIHLIC.I.N C ACCl'8.
The
House I
Free Ml
Inclined to Oppose
ver Coiuage.
Washington. Feb. 10. A caucus
of the reimb.ic in members of th
iou-o was r-hmly attended to
night, not more than o member!
being present. The silver ones
tion occupied tlie greater pirt of
the! s.'s-i n, and in brief th-
opinion ot those) present wa
against free coinage. A resolution
was adopted that the secretary be
instructed to reouest the imm-'di-
te presence and continued at
tendance of absent republican
members during the remainder ol
the session.
Iteturned from l'ortland.
Mr. John Isom Jr.teturncd from
Portland last evening. Mr. Chas.
Ca-ey, ho ac.-ompinied hi u,ha
owing to ttie inclement weat ler,
leaded to stay in Portland for a
few davs.
ONLY A MILE A MINUTE,
Tbat is the Speed- of the Slowest cf the
Duck Family.
Dr. Charles Macrun.of Portland,
was recently on a visit to Chicago,
and while there was interviewed
v a reporter of tiie Chicago Tri
nine on the subject of hunting and
fishing. During the course ol con-
ersation he said :
"The canvasback cin distance
any other duck," said the doctor.
It can fly two miles a minute.
and keep it up for hours. The
mallard is the slowe-u. but with
an effort can go a mile a minute.
the gad wade duck is not found in
the East often, but is numerous in
Oregon. Tiie members of this
family can travel eighty miles an
hour. The broad hi 11 duck is al
most as swift as the canvasback.
but cannot keep the race as long
as the other.
You may think that ueese fly
lower than mallard ducks. This
not so. With the slow move
ment of their big wings they do not
ppear to be Hying rapidly, but
they travel from eighty to 100
niles an nour and keep it up for a
y-
"A duck sometimes when
wounded will circle around in the
air and try to get as high up as
possible,'' said the visitor. "I had
wounded abig mallardand it started
to circle upward directly over my
eau. i uad a chanre ol buckshot
n the other barrel, and before it
got out of range I fire J. One of
the bullets must have struck a
ital part, for it c-inre dow n in
stantly. It was directly above
me, and had I notdodged my head
just in time its body would have
struck me square on the head. It
whizzed past my ear with terrific
force and fell at my side. There
was not a bone in it body that was
not broken when I attempted to
pick it up. I am certain the blow
would have crushed my skull had
the body struck me on top of the
head. A friend of mine named
uancroit, wben- durkhuntino-
m
nonua, aiSO Had a elnan xali It
OJfc getting uarn, and we were
OTo S
pear. We heard something I
coming buzzing over the lake.
it was a teei duck. Just as Ban
croit looked up the duck struck
him in the forehead and knocked
him out of the boat. It
stunned him and had I not been
there to pull biui out he certainly
would have drowned. The blow
killed the duck. When I lished
it out of the water I found its
breastbone was broken."
The Market.
iew lORK.reD. . .Uoney on
call easy, closed offered at 2;
prime mercantile paper $5 f6)a ;
ste'ling exchange, weak; Bixty
day bills, J4 85.!4'; demand
H-87K.
San Francisco, Feb. 9. Wheat,
$L27- er cental for standard
grades; milling qualities t..42K a
f 1 4rf4 per cental.
Portland, Feb.16. Wheat ; the
week opens on quiet but steady
market; offerings are small and
demand light; quote steady $1.25
Cl.2ii'4; Wa'.la Walla, fl.l5(W
I.10'4.
Tension Figures.
Washington, ten. lo. A re
vised report shows the deficiency
tor the pension othce, !f28,68,3o2.
lhe estimate nrst presented to
congress was 34,000,000.
Cray's Harbor Kailroad.
Portland, Feb. 16. The North
ern Pacific railroad company to-
lay announced the opening of the
U ray's Harbor branch and issued
t schedule of freight rates.
Great bargains in Misses and
children ready made dresses at the
Ladies Bazaar.
SHERMAN'S FUNERAL.
THE DEAD GENERAL WILL BE
LAID TO REST SATURDAY.
Memorial Services In Cliicaco-
Coinments of the London Papers
on the Renowned Soldier's Death.
Xew York, Feb. 10. There
were very few callers at Sherman's
residence this morning. Yester-
lay and iast niirht nobody was al
lowed to view the body.
CHICAGO MEMORIAL SERVICES,
t iiicAoo, teb. 16. At a meet-
ng held yesteidav it was decided
to request, in the name of th
Grind Army of the Republic ol
Illinois, the actual presence of the
remains ot tieneral Sherman at
tie memorial services to be held
here. A strong eftort will be mad-
to have the remain taken to St
L uis bv way of Chic mo.
COMMENTS OF LONDON PAPERS
London, Feb. 16 The London
ie s papers this m- rning all coi
lain lonn obituary articitg euloms
ic of General Sherman.
The Times says: "His death
ronioves one of the greatest heroes
ii the great war and impoverishes
the world s stock of military gen
iurf and renown."
The Standard says: "Refusim
to be drawn into the mire of oli-
ic-, Geneiai Sherman enioved th
esteem
of all parties, and died
thout a stain upon the lustre of I
ins arts; as iree irora reproach as I
Irom fear."
SHERMAN'S FUNERAL,
St. Lous, Feb. 16. General
Merritt has received orders from
Major-General Schofield, stating
that General Sherman's funeral
11 start from New York Thurs
day afternoon, and the burial will
take place at St. Louis on Satur
day.
A .MINE HORROR.
An Explosion in Pennsytranla Re-
salts In disaster.
Pittsiil'ro, Pa., teb. 16. The
Mever mine near Scottdale, Pa., is
on fire. Four pumpers are known I
to have been killed and six or sev-1
en men are now reported missing. I
F
lit v men were at work when the I
explosion occurred, setting fire to I
tl
ie mine, lhe nre was kindled I
by a miner's lamp, which dropjied
to the bottom of a hundred-foot
haft, which ignited theaccumnm-
lated gas, causing a terrific ex
plosion.
Passengers for Portland.
San Francisco, Feb. 16. The
following passengers sailed to-day, I
on lhe steamer Oregon, for Port
. T . . , I T . I
land: A. C. Riddle, C. Wright
and wife, R. M. Dement, E. Criv-
lh, C. A. Cook, J. B. Kelly, Bro.
ettilin, M. Jackscn, J. Harry, J.
M. Eane, II y Prescott, A. C. Evans
id wife. Miss L. Simes, E. l ea
ger and wife, P. Wineman, A. R.
Kefs, Mrs. G. Stonart, Mrs. Binck-
er and eon, II. Isaacs, W. R. Lett,
Mrs. Curtis, J. Johnson, II. Lem-
W. II. Wooden, . Kloss, J.
ange, de Clair, Mrs. Stuart.
Resolutions of Censure.
Walla Walla, Feb. 16. The
board of trade to-day passed reso
lutions censuring the committees
from the Washington and Oregon
legislatures on the open river con
ference. Still Balloting in Sooth Dakota.
Pierre, S. D., Feb. 16. One
ballot was taken for United States
senator to-day, resulting : Serling
53. Tripp 8, Campbell 1, J. H.
i..i. :. 1 1 1 rn vuu..,. I
to choice 70. '
I HOT WORDS BY QUAY
- He Gives His Accusers the Lie on
the Floor of the Senate,
A. SPEECH OF VINDICATION.
He Bays Be is Beiit HtaUd to Hit
Destruction by False and KaUoiaaa
Charges of dross XalfeaMio
Washington, Feb. 16. Th
senate to-day agreed to an amend
ment to the diplomatic bill for the
jetablishment of telegraphic com
munication with the Hawaiian
islands.
Quay addressed the .senate in
refutation of the charges circulated
against him. He said in part :
Xever.probably .since Alexander
Hamilton was hunted to his death
has one in public life been pur
sued so persistently and malig
nantly. Now, when no heated
political conflict is raging, when
neither hope nor fear can be
deemed an inspiration of my
utterance, I choose briefly to con
front the accusation with Uie
truth. Avo ding prolixity I will
endeavor to mate this statement
specific and so complete as to be
final. The first assertion concern
ing my official act is that at one
time, or continuously between the
years of 1880 and 1882, I alone, or
acting with another or othera.naed
money of the state of Pennsyl
vania for speculative or private
purposes. I denounce the state
ment as absolutely false. In 1877
he democratic party of Pennsyl
vania elected a state treasurer and
auditor-general as financial officers
of the commonwealth. A year or
two later, pending their terms of
office, I became engaged in stock
operations. In some transactions
L as associated jointly and inter
ested with the gentleman who was
at that time cashier to the late
treasurer.
These transactions Droved seri
ously disastrous, and 1 was com
pelled to pay a portion of his losses
as well as of my own. In doing
this it was necessary to supply an
alleged deficiency he had caused
be treasury. As a portion ol the
fund for this purpose I borrowed
$100,000 from the gentleman who
is at present mv colleague in the
senate. I gave my judgment note
therefore, the amount of which
aoto I paid to him dollar for dollar
years ago.
Regarding the charge that again
I used money belonging to the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania to
purchase bonds or stock ot the
bicag-j street railway. I would
"ay 1 borrowed the money upon
my own collateral trom the feo-
pi.- 8 uanit in rni.aoeipnia. mere
i.-a' fie- not upon earth a man or
a oman who can truth tuny say 1
ver defrauded, or attempted to
defraud, him or her of a dollar.
Samuel Gustave Thompson.
president of the Young Men's
DemocraticAssociation of Philadel
phia, is one of the several thorough
ly conversant with the facts who
can give them to the public, if
;bey are proper. Refer) ing to his
aci m as a mem'erot the board ol
pardon of Pennsylvania, in votiuar
for the pardon of certain members
of the legislature, and others, nnon
whom sentence bad nusad
for bribery. He Said his
vote was in accordance
with the law and with the
action of bis colleagues and
compelled by the fact that the
sentence imposed by the court was
illegal, the charge that he at
tempted to procure the pardon of
a man named Lvncn under sen
tence for forgery by threats, de
livered personally to Mr. Byers of
Pittsburg, is a lie : eauauT false is
the story of his escape from the
ruts burg rioters ot '77 under toe
tutelage of Dalzell.
The accusation tbat over 20
years ago I attempted to bribe
Alex. P. Tutton. the then super-
visor of internal revenue for the
eastern district of Pennsylvania, to
prevent the seizure of an illicit
distmerv. is a wicked and maliu-
cue falsehood. The statement has
been made that when the oresent
high license statute of Pennsyl
vania was pending in the legisla
ture of that state, the liquor deal
ers of Philadelphia and Pittsburg
raised a sum specified as lo.UUO
and gave it to me and the federal
officers in Philadelphia, who are
not named, for the purpose of se-
curing an amendment to that leg
: 1 . l .
isiaiion in meir interest, inis
also I denounce as false.
Finally, I reach the charge that
in some mysterious way I brought
about the defeat of the proposed
amendment to the constitution of
Pennsylvania, prohibiting the
sale of liquors in that state, which
was submittdd to a vote of the
people in 1880. Others, I under
stand, have also already exploded
the silly falsehood ol the publica
tion, from which this charge arose
and which I specifically denied at
the time it appeared.
In conclusion, Quay said: "I
have endeavored to answer every
specific charge of misfeasance or
malfeasance that could be made.
from a careful perusal of the mass
of direct falsehood, confused state
ments, inuendo, insinuation and
cunning implication that with an
industry worthy of a better cause
has been gathered together for ay
destruction. I denv them seriatim
anA ,n TV a. ., .-j
foul to the core."
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