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THE BALTIMORE MYSTERY.
THE LITEsT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
CHECK FORGERY CASE.
Mrs. Ashton Admitting TO Mr.. Hnvemeyer
that she Forged the Name. and then Deny
Ing it's There Man In the Cnse


BALTIMORE, Jan. .2.-Thomcs ]. Havemey-
or. of Havemcyers Elder of New York. roach
ed Baltimore thls morning. and wns engaged
with n detective investigating the mysterious
check forgery case Of Mrs. Ashton. In company
with g. r. Easter and J. Chas White. merchants.
and detective. he visited the city jail and had a
long interview with Mrs. Ashton. The result
he refuses TO disclose. except that she admitted
having forged the name herself From circum-
stances that transpircd. II is believed there ia a
man In tho case. and that an invcst-
cation is now in progress quietly that
will develop the bottom fncts. Although
the authorities deny that Mrs. Ashton had an
accompllcc In the transaction. II IL thought that
she had and that the person who will be impl
Gated was on terms Of intimacy with her. 1t Is
believed that in forging Havemeyers Elders
endorsement she WIS made the dupe of male
friend who had not the temerity " attempt 10
obtain the money himself
she denied having forged the name, saying that
II was the work of u friend who's" name shc WAS
sworn not to disclose. Some tune after tins she
pnssed through her cell door slip Of paper. ON
which wns written:
on. my qci. vAa, have told al iho~ pCoplc' They
will make II out that endorsed that check, but did not
have anything TO do with It
Mr.. Hnvemcycr testified before tho Grand
Jury IA TO the forgery. hut other tetimony will
bc received before prtsentmcnt IL found.
The rncords Of tho divorce OF Mrs. Ashton
from J. Fulton Ashton OF 1orford county. whore
she formerly lived, have been unearthed. IN
her bill Of complaint she chnrges him with
squanderng her money. md also with ndult"ry
the latter charge was slstained by the tstl-
mony OF several dsrcputable females, Mre.
Ashton alleged that she detected him in ia
granite ,ieliciu herself In his answer no chargts
that while in st. Marys county he discovered
her seated on u sofa with man who had his
arm around her waist Her replication 70 this
declares IL utterly fnlse The divorce was grant
ed 10y Judge Gilnor Oct is. 1915. a rinctdo nlnt'--
nonii. awarding her the care Of one child two
others having died. Mr.. Waterman acted as
her counsel
There IN roason TO believe that other arrests
are in contemplation by tho police authorities.
| Mrs. Ashton II IA said. has for some time boon
addicted " the use of opium.
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HiLLET KTLBOURNE's SUIT.
ClaiminG that He Suffered $4,000 worth
while Impri.oncd for Contempt.

WASHINGTON, Jan. A.-To-day. In the Dis
trict Court. General Term. the OF Hallet
Kilbourne against NJ C. Kerr who. at the time
the action was brought. was Speaker OF the
House. ]. G.. Thompson. Sergcant-at- Arms. and
J. d. New. Burwcll b. Lewis. and A. Kerr Smith.
members of the real estate pool. was called
and argued. This wis AN action for si5O.ooO
damages for assault and battery and false
Imprisonment. Kilbourne alleging that he
WAS thus greatly exposed and injured
in his credit and circumstances and
in his reputation. and thereby was then
and there nude to suffer great nillirtion Of body
and mind, The defendnnis filed answers gen
ernlly and specially r'"ii .ng the proceedings in
the real state pool Investigation 10y u Congress
sionM COMMITTEE. b'forr which he refuss ed 10
answer the questions rs 90 where the five mem
bers OF the real estate pool resided. and re-
fused 10 state their names. and also refused tn
produce. in answer 10 the subpoena in duces
teclun, certain books, papers. and maps.
The defendant Thompson filed separate
answer.
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ziCH CH.iNDAER's TELEGRilis.
Some In Cipher and others without nny Ad-
dress or signature.

WAsHTYGToS Jan. 2i-On rrquisition of
Mr.. Morrson's Louisiana Committee. "A number
of the kilograms of the Western Union Trle-
graph Company in the hai Is Of tho joint sub
committees OF the two llous >. have been turned
over 10 him. and On examination he finds that
many Of them ara in cipher while others were
evidently 50 prepared as 10 mi-lrAd or wholly
deceive any one not acquainted with all tho
transactions to which they nrr supposed Ia re-
htr. The names of persons and places are lrit
blank tO prevent disclosure of their real dos.
iinntlOn AMI the names Of the parties Interested
hy experts To- which they Will b. uhloctcd. may
dis lose thc.T true nature.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25
MIR. Mcpherson Elected In Now Jersey.

TIESToN. Jan. 2i.-Thc Republicans held
joint caucus TINS morning II said that II George
Rolcsun shouA bc the nominee. two Democratic votes
could h. secured. The nomination OF Mr. Prchnshuy-cn
which made yesterday set aside. and Mr. Robe
declared the choice.
Al noon tho joint Assembly met In the Assembly Cham
hgr, aud tho Nut RESULTS. Ia i Mr. Me lhcr,on
AMI ~ tor Robes Thcrv then considerable ch Hng
ns " votes. and the result announced Mcrhcr-on
a CourtlAnit Parker Il. FrrNughuys.n 10 kot,-on
Phelps l. John Il Mcpherson thon declared cLcctri
enatOl lOr The mn fm Of yrAr.. from Mareh 4 lsIl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25
Mr.. Bright Dem. Tenn spoke OF the impos-
sibllity Of exaggerating the importAnce Of the
The City's Water supply.

Gen. Egbert l.. Viele appeared Yesterday be-
fore the Aermcn- committee appointed io inquire what
means are necessary TO insure an adequate supply Of
waufr ~ the city he though, that additional storage
reservoirs would afford sufficient ,uppy Of water but
there would not be sufficient head 10 the water 20 make
abundant IN the upfr stories O house. In every part OF
Tie clA unih high service pumps had been .tcel'd IN
tire four IONS u the city. Had Now York been
butt On the hals OF the water supply, It would l" two
story tliN ihc teuvfhl tFlnNis that much water Wa.
wA-i'i through leAka-cs IN Tho mains, which, IN hi.
ui4nvn, wVrr often improperly laid lie va, satisfied
that the crntnn aqueduc was Insecure IN many places
should uu attempt M nd 10 Use The aqmdu't To H. illl
capacity ~ mi. hurst IN many places thereby dtpriY-
liis thc tlty VI Nltar Tor several 0al~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25
Tho Result Of Miiiionairc's Failure TO Givs
Ills VIII Legal Force.

Letters OF administra were applied fos
rday the personal estate In this county OF Joss
Nestor Moncada. Mexican. who died IN the Metropol
tan Hotel. the 10th instant lie cr property valued
at over si.oooOoo His personal property amounted 70
over sI2oOOo of which ti6tDO l. In New York city.
Ills real and the rest o his personal property
In the STATE OF Ssn Luis rotosi Me Nico
The applicant Tor letters Of administration Is Donna
Munuca Moncada, sister vi the deceased She says that
she aud her brother came New York shout ten years
ago, and Jointly accumulated the personal property in
this city The deccascd made draft OF Will dc,iing
all his his sister, but died before giving the dOcu
mcnt legal Ills heirs tour brothers and the
sons aud daughters OF deceased brothers Hiram Bar
ney cx Collector and ScnOr lsnacO Marcial Mexican
Minister at Washington. are appointed the adnnisraorA
The bonds required amount TO S5J2,D ,DUO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25

The trial Of George Stickert for the murder oi
Jacob Mason continued n Newark yesterday Lsa
summer. In Hars saloon IN Sowark. the prisoner and
companion called for drinks The prisoner had unpaid
against him. and the proprietor refused 70 furnish
the drinks unless paid In advance suckert became
angry and challenged Hart Ia night Two Of Earts
nephews -cized Surkert and carried him To the door,
There Suckcrt dcw knc and began sla-hing right and
lett In the doorway he Mason. whom he had not
in twelve years without word of waruing he
stabbed Mason iour times Others who intericrcd
also stabbed until his victims numbered four persons
Mason died nitorwsri The others subsequently
recovered Most Vi the witnesses Geman- who have
d. n ulty In expressing themselves int, ge utly ia Eng.
Lsi, and progress IA the tTiuI Is therefore slow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25
Wa the Glen Cove boiler Purposeiy Ex-
plodcdt

Mr.. Wright Duryca. President OF the Glen
Glove Starch and Company. suggested to the SUE
reporter yesterday that the explosion Of the sugar boiler
the factory saturday the result Of design on
the part DR. Oscar wcle. the chemist In charge who
lost his life 10y the explosion It's thought that DR. Ncle
thi, singular mrihci OF suicide because he had been
dismissed by youns lady TO whom he engaged 70
H. married lie wa> known tO have been very dc-pond
late Whether he did Or did not really prepare tho
boiler with the deliberate lurpO- OF self destruruo
must remain mystery. a. the secret died with the un
fortunate chemist Tile verdict 0i the Cofuncrs Jury wn
that the explosion resulted from some unknown cause
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25
The Debate In the House.

The House proceeded TO the consideration
OF the resolutions reported 10y the Committee on
Privileges. and was Addressed by Mr. McDill
tRcp.. La In favor Of the resolutions submitted
by the minority Of the committee.
He said that II the proposition Of tho major
ity wcrc true that no vote could bc counted
without the consent of the House. ii would give
the House "A practical veto power over every
election 10y the people. He thought the Prcsi
dent OF the Senate had alone The power " count
votes. but whoever counted them. whether IL
was tho President Of the Senate alone or to-
eethcr with the House and Senate. or whcthcr 1t
patton on the part of the PresiIcnt of the senate
tho duty dcyOlVcd was purely ministerial Tho
decree wlS the decree Oi sovereign and inuu-
pendent people. le req which could not be re-
Vrrsed. Any attempt to reverse the Will
of the people WIS unconstitutional; It was
the rights Of tho people. and II pertist
ed in and carried out 1t was revolution.
He was glad 10 know however, that u concur
rent committee OF both Houses had agreed upon
a plan. which he hoped " see adopted and 10
become ths law that would govern the counting
and II il should not be amended so as to make it
Objectionable. II should certainly have his sup
cedent
Mr. Bright Dem. Tenn, spoke of the impos-
siblity Of exaggerating the Importance Of the
question. The eyes Of the nation wore concen-
trat-i on Congr ~. and its action ON the question
would be- monuncnt.i Tor either good or owl.
Ha maintained that the Constitution gave 10
Congress the control OF the Whol" subject, and
that no Returning Board could ous, Cgner, %
Of its jurisdiction. Thr decision OF the I0uis-
ana Returning Board was not final. could not
be- final. and there WIS no power known b the
law which could max" Il final The Returning
Board Of Louisiana WA. confined to the face Of
IN" returns. II that were so and II the yut's
which II had cast out were restored. tho "lec-
ton OF Tilcn and Hendricks would be- assured.
and. whenever that iat was proclaimed the
explosive thundrrs of a nations roy would
rcVrr5 rate To- The blue arch above and resound
from sea 10 sea.
Al the co-- Of Mr. Brights speech tho further
consideration OF the subject wils postponed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25
THE sENA TORIAL CONTESTS.
Justice Davis Taking tho Lead In Illfnoas-
Logan Out of the Race.

SpRrNGFfELD. Jan. 2i.-The thirty fifth ballot
for senator cast this morning. and resulted fol-
lows, Lawrence sG Davis ~, iIaines, 4 Losan, 3
Cullom, Parrish. /, Baker, l. Ingersoll /, Bsum.
asi Bcverdge.
The tlirty-siS ballot resulted Lawrence, Al; Davis
30, HAincs. 10. scattering, g.
Tie thirty seventh ballot; Lawrence, 80; Davis, o.
lnlnu~ a. Whslhurne. !. & u fnrwcl I. scattering o.
The thirty eighth ballot resulted Lawrence 3d. Davis
o.. llnnc-. ~, altering,
Thirty ninth halot-DaSiS. a.: Uaincs co. Lawrence
a. kauin. 4, Plumb, ., Parrish, l. Adjourned till "
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25
suIng for u Hremch Of Promise.

Order Of Arrest Clerk McGoniga arrested
Charlie Ballard, flcnchman. yesterday. 10 appear
IN breach Oi promise suit instituted BY Anna A Perrin
aged sixteen ycAr.. native oi Brusscl- Belgium She
says. in her AFFIDAVIT that she is orphan Her parents
trd whon she two wears OLD She canc TO this coun
ty some >iN years Hgu. and lived Win her uuct, CON
tlntlnV Oluuo Cu ut - KING ftrcct Baliltd Who Is
mrnier OF The rrm OF Bhiaiii 4 MarrhrN. DEALER, Ia
l-cul Instruments AZ - West Fourth street. made tn"
acquhntlnp" OF Miss Perm suul" ulrvr year. ago Tie
girl hNrd IN BnNaifi's hnu~ when her uncle went To-
EurulF, ami Wlr ulDrr size uAt Ballard ,s,i
i admir- AAOn Tor hel Tor which She now claims = 90
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Rosvaiiy, the Converted jew. md Manke e..
the Converted Countcrfeiter.

L. N. Rosvaly. the converted Jew. from whom
James Manker. the pious young who arrested
for bill raising said he got counterfeit bank note, yes
crdAy cahd the Police Central office In Brooklyn 70
say that he Marker ten dollar bank note.
either coun,erci, genuine He said that Marker went
To- him months ago. almost without clothing of
.hOcs, and Apparently In piuablc plight Rosvay gave
him conduct his pondcnec and tO write of
the Hevrs Erurr|ia dni Ou,,t,i Jr, paying him 81
week Ros,sy denied that he lett the stencil plates "a
Markers tract he said he went there only
seldom and never took with him. when kosvally
applied the United States Di,uct Attorney for pasa
10 SIC Marker, IL was refused him.
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WASHINGTON Jan. 2i-Gen. Belknap to-day
addressed the following notice to the District Attorney
demanding an immediate trial.
ruitod Siau,s of America AGAINST VIM W Bcknap- Dis
trct of CnluWl. q criminal Court
Hnd N n Hh' tflf.f NHn Nihrf ff1-neV,
Sut-Nnu Viii flra-' take notice that shall anply to
snii court ou iDe -ih lay Oi JuulA. inst Ht 90 uOek
A NJ, or soon thetticr a. tie .ili court hn con.
Nrnr. a immediate trt Ia the u.Nr ruul q prose-
Cuuon Your. Ac. VIZ " BALANAr
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su.an Forx,y,nx her Husband.

Susan Simmons yesterday. in Justice Walsh's
court Brooklyn, refused to give any testimony that
would damage Tony. her husband who shot at her in
front OF the Hanson Place Methodist Church sunday.
AMI ler her dead In the street ALI Il that was
only rbly frightened She swurc that he didn't point
pistol AT her ami that she didn't think he meant 70
inlue her she had, however, tracked him To Or.
Keeps hou~e and found han making love in the
way TO Amanda Williams, another culuied and
had made there Justice Walsh acquitted silnr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25

CINCNNATI. Jan. 9i.-James Brooks. the ON
OF the secret service who made si1uIc Oh counter
letters goods IN this city the other day, ani
crAl persons who had ,cn using the money, made
more important haul ul.s m"rnihs, Capturing no less
pinrs lur t n,ia tnfr oi dollar notes ui BANKS in
iDhnnnl IAiuNett, Aul MuncIr, Indiana lie also re-.
covered 1000 cuintrrrit ms rent pieces which were
luunl buried near Br,shiun suburb of TINS cliY These
pieces closely resemble the scnnn" that none hut
ports could distinguish the adherence between ueu
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25
Two Momcm Murdered.

LITTLE Rock. Ark. Jan. IA terrible double
murder connhtted last night IN ucuiry settlement
Saline county. TWO women named Mr. II Taylor
ani MR. McH siAner. wiNrs ol esiormcl planters
both murdered IN cold blood They were stopping
the hnu,o, thlr husband. iinf rn roui. a. this
city with pr-uto. Tho uarIuls were cuiuult lUT tic
I.LnL NJ. MI r.lL L--r
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25

On Tuesday afternoon thief raided Gen.
Francisco yya IN the llool del Recrco - Great
Jones street and carried OF ewclry valued at SOD
In hi. hurry he overlooked silo IN money The General
Who. officer ni the MoAi an army, wa. IN the plrnr
thr time. Tlc hou rhccpf Nnla 70 man she had
~cu before asked 70 the General WAS IN and on hciug
tuh tlat he wa, hurried ilirN a. Niush u hls
room Bn N" ctnnoi describe this stranger, aud uu po
IL. NM N ~. 4 M 1 ~ ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25

Thomas Maxwell OF $40 Second avenue en-
tered Richard Hochns bar room at 05i Third avenue
ny evening. drank glass OF beer and then refused
pay II The bartender ordered him the bar
room Maxwell then threw the beer glass at lochn. II
struck him upOn the forehead and cut deep gash-
Hoehn then picked club and started toward Max
we'll but be Mtcstcd the club nom llo,hn ana knocked
him down HOehns wound. were not at the time
ser DANGEROUS, but yesterday he worse, mud Dr.
Rrnhar found that his kull had been fractured MAJ
won was heId IN q .5UO bAll By Jusuce hnluI.
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LONDON. Jan. GA despatch from Romc 10
Reuters Telegram Company says THE Pope had faint
ht sunday and was confined 10 his private apart
mcnts ON Mopday lie gave audience again yesterday.
the fatigue o which OccHsiOird fresh tauuns IT. hcV.
crthrrss other persons were subsequently cd, and
the Pope wall hOlu u iurtiei epuun to-day"
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TOPEKA. Jan 2i-The following IL the result
OF ballots taken in the Legislature day United
states senator:
fiRsr BAllor puhlcans-Simons, 81 Harvey. 27
$ ars ~, Plumb, 20 Stllngs. y. Osborn ~. Love-
d. D'n'cras-Marun ~, & w Blair, >, J. r Root Areen-
back, /, : &. lunlcruy, |.
slooSD BlIior -fcpuhlicsns-Simons -; Harvey 27;
ScHrs. -, Plumb. "a, Stihng., - Osborn, - Demo
cfat-NaTtn Is, j. T. Root 3, {. Blair. q q. Robin.
SAN
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LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS.
DdSHEs HERE AND THERE BY TIN
SUNS REPORTERS.
A Dry Goods Clerks Suit for sc0,OOO rss
being Called n Thief why Charles Fcstsr
wns Sent West-A story Of Three Cierka


Leon b. winship. aged 20. a dry goods clerk.
yesterday sued James n Adriance wealthy New yort
merchant for s2occO damages fr SANDER and the ,es
mony was taken in the Supreme h,urt before Judge on
bert and Jury The plaintiff who lives at III Bedford
avenue. was employed by Adrianoc 4 Robbins OF SEA
Broadway. New YORK; In 1872. at s. week. and he re-
maincd with them until The spring Of 1875 and then his
salary was raised TO $3.50 week In the spring thss
year Mr. Adriance missed goods and found that Charles
Foster and another clcrk had been purlOinlng them
Foster was allowed TO paying tho value e stoles
goods and MIR Adriancc sent him out West Mr. Adtancs
soon received letter from Poster impcnng winship a
tho hcits The plaintiff alleges that Mr. Adrancc sent
ior winships ntbet showed him the letter. and told him
that II he didn't pay 500 he would send him 10 STATE
prison MI Winslp said that he too poor pay the
sum On the following Saturday the discharged.
His complaint asks for damages from the for
sandcr In rprcsenhng him to he thief The Islander
denied. aud the alleged threat VI sending the boy
sta prison If the money moi paid explained plaus
iby. The testiinnnv arssh~a .---.--'
take the case today
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Forging Mr.. Peter Cooper. signature.

Mr.. Peter Cooper was Il witness in the General
Sessions yesterday. Charles smith had forged the
cradle phanihro signature to bank check tor
slaO and had written the in bold. steady hand.
Mr. Charles Prati, Hurins slip ship chandler IA whom
the check offered. suspected 1t ~ once because he
reasoned that Mr tool"r> genuine signature would 10
trvmuous smith was sentenced 10 h,u years imprlSon-
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One Ballot In West Virginia.

WHEELING Jan. 2i.-Ono ballot was taken to-
day ur nlrd states snttr with tht following result.
For the short rrm-rdcr - Hereford, y. Walker III
For tie long terl4- q. Davis. "a Faulkner, "a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25

The Jersey City Prcshyt"ry has received a let
ter from the Rev John 5 GLncnning who declares that
he Is su preaching the independent rrcshyterans
Henry. n nul r-h> that IN, relations with the Prcsby
try be not seNvTvd Tor Tie present
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An Once Declined.

Mr.. William Marshall recently appointed hy
Mayor S,hrs'drr "a, ono OF The Brooklyn iuk tnmmis
sion ha. declined TO accept the oGr the rruuui hat
hc ppI-i-d the aet creating the Commission with alArled
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25

NEwBUnGu. \. y. Jan. a. William ]. Arthur
aged o, son OF Wnhn Arthur, has bocn mis-ins from
home July last and udins, O his whcrch hbpul
have been o.iyed The boy lost arm on the New
buTsh branch W the Eue Railway not lons aso
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25

ATLANTA. Jan. 2i-Thc following is the result
Of The nrst Joint ballot for United States senator Nor
wood ni. llu. u. smith. III II v Johnson II and u
A Nhlkrr 4 The Uint convention then al oGfned until
tomorrow.
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1BOUT TOWN.

Rising and high barometer. diminishing
north IA west winds. very gcneraly cooler and clear
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25

NJ Comb, Dam bridge hus been closed for all
uWrl ,NUts iOVI PaSSisvfA o"i", " Ito uA.pei As
eUhdilVu
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25

Tompkins { Tompkins. lawyers. 2G5 Broad
waJ fAouuVnrr5 IA VIC ciY and Uriiulal OVur .iaA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-25

CugnN's hutil,4l 1t JunHs' diaiillrrice; also in
mood ,os 4, AsAsrF, so'e ""rof~I, nv IL ado
BL -uL--AI.
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In the spirit Of compromise and mutual conces-
sion. Without this spirit. the Constitution
would not have boon made. and without its con-
tnuaucc could not be maintained.