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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-10
FOR RENT.
LOST.

T OSr-SATCHEL-W ednesday, August s.,
~ small black satchel, on Fifth street, be-
tween Elm and Sycamore streets; the contents
Nre valuless except to the owner. The finder
will please return to x9 East Fifth street and
receive reward, 1t*
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FOR sALH--REAL ESTATE.

TOR SALE . FARM = Good farm of g7%
/ acres, situated u miles from Williams
burg, IN Clermont County. Farm in good or
der. Will sell on VERY EASY terms. A good
chance for any one desiring it to get a good
home. Address 3 3. s, Star office, $50 Wal
nut street, Cincinnati, o.
nag The above farm is offered for
sale because Its owner wants
money. will sell at a sacrifice for
cash or half cash if sold soon.
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wANTHD--.MI MISCELLANEOUS
wv ANTED-SAF Secondhand, Halls
w make, combination lock- Inquire at l4l
Court street. 1t
VETANTED-TO SELL-Custom made side
w lace shoes for ladies at 81 rs; also misses
at 81 80, at N. GOLDSMITH'S Cheap Shoe
Store, 342 West Fifth street. Jy25-tf
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Settling the Old Bonds.

ATLANTA GA, Aug. 10.-In the Con-
st'tutional Convention yesterday a sec.
tlon declaring bonds illegal, null aud
void, and prohibiting the Legislature
from paying them, directly or indirectly,
was adopted by a vote oil 166 to l6. -
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an SENENTs.
Mme. E.sL,on-- Recitais

In the fifth oi the present series, given last
night Nine. E>spon illustrated the dHnc"
music OF different periods. Her programme
ranged from the bou'r,es and gdrones OF Bach.
with their quaint. oll-tlme gravity. Favored
here and there with som,t think very like dash
of humor 10 the poetic pirurc-Iucne~- OF
schubert List and Heller. All or most of her
tine qualities uf execution found ample cN-
preston IN th. varied selection. her hr'nlth
and simplicity II phrasiug, her clear. defined
rhythm. and her eNquislttly ,onurous elastic.
sparkling touch. But II l. hardly given e. any
mere mortal to sustain unlid"d the labor Of
nearly two hours ~ instrumental music. In
Tho "Nnring adaptation from III" ballet IN the
Prophetic which Lisa must have written for
giani- rather than mere men and women. Mime.
I-slpun seemed TO have ov"ria7k.d herself.
Her wenrnnss was p"r"ptihe in some Of IN"
later numbers. especially IN the terrible haste
and fury of the" Galpp ChrOmauque.' lrt.
hut for the feeling OF rSrrtiun undergone hv the
performer. the auditor could hardlSilave wished
H.. Programme shorter
The sixth recital tomorrow VIII present q
programme from Chopin
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A Remarkable Game Between the uartfords
and the Ned Stockings In brooklyn.

The Hartfords of BROOKLYN played their
first match for the league champ ionship with
the Red Stockings of Boston ON the Union
grounds yesterday afternoon. There were
about 500 -pe 'tator-. Before the game logan
the betting was SO 10 Is in favor of m, BoStons
Mr.. iumer WAS umpire The Hariford- went
first To the bat. Hpld,worth took the bat and
went OUT on n hy 10 Newman in centre field
start hit To- Bond. and wis PUT out at first base
Buriock retired on three strikes. closing the
inning with blank for the Hartforis. OF the
Bostons. Wright was thrown out at first 10y Al
lison. who missed IN" third strike. Leonard
went ont On II fly 20 Carey. and White closed the
inning 10y hitting fly to Ferguson.
IL the second inning Carey. Ferguson. and
York Of the Hartfords retired In one two. three
order. After two men were out Newman Of tn"
Bostons got his first On clean hit. and by sharI,
ha-e running stole oth,ri. hut did not score "
sutton " nj out ON a foul ny 10 York ia ."ti
nrld. The Hartfprd- again retired without
scoring ln the third inning. OF the Boston-
sero s n rS ha 1 sy snn sI 5 6m a.
third hasc White then made u base hit. sending
George home. and scoring on" run
clean hit, and Burdock followed with another.
sending start 10 second base CarcN hit high
one to centre field. which tempted Start 10 run
for third hasc: but Newman caught the ball
beautifully In one hand and hel,lod il o. second
IN time t. put start out. making very pretty
Burdnck and Carey each made their bases on
nuns by Morrill, "a the nth inning. 4 sph ndd
/ tWo-lasr hi by Ferguson sent Burdork home,
and would have sent Carey in hut he WIS stopped
al Third base. York hit the ball To- sutton, who
Lit 'arcy out rs he stepped N th,rd base.
Cassidy got his first on muf by Newman
There wrrr then three men on bases. AMI II
looked as though the Hnrtfords would score NJ
least two more runs But Bond began to pitch
so fast that the striker Gould hardly SOC the ball
and Iarkcn was quickly put ont on strikes. and
Allison retired on a foul Ia Sutton closing the
inning with one run for the Hartfords. and tied
the score.
Neither club scored after the fifth inning. The
play on both sides WIS 80 sharp that AZ the end
Of the ninth inning the score was still to | and
A the beginning ~ the twelfth inning it hn-
came So dark that the PLAYERS could hardly scc
the bail and the umpire called the game. Fol-
lowing IL the score:
Hartford ................O % u q al
Boston ID o U o.
Time at game. two hours aud nnY minutes
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TRIGEDr ~ ELDRIDGE STREET
The Acnpuic"- Quartz rmaster Druaged and
Robbed aud FATALLY Wounded

Carl Hansen, the Swedish quartcrma stcr
Of the steamship Acapulco OF thu Havana line.
who Wa shot in the abdomen by Robert Green
Mt Ia Eldridge street late on Saturday night is
lying in Bellevue Hospital in an exceedingly
critical condition. lie made the u nmaininnce Of
his a-7uiant la the carly part Of last week, when
Grr'n went aboard the Acapulco To- find rm-
ploymrnt Hansen Interested himself in tho
applicants h"hHlt and udeAvorrd to get place
for him as fireman. hut tho re wore no yucancics.
and Green visited the steamship "a Thursday
and Friday unsueo,s-lully. On saturday
afternoon he invited Hanson To- accom-
piny MN 10 a nnghhOring hurrOOm,
ana, amer drinking repeatedly, the TWO went
To- EIdrdgc street, and there Hansen, after
drinking heavily irll nslecp on "a lounge, in
nwlkc 90 find himself alone In tie room, and
ucu hr missed $50 that he had had IN his
pockets. SATISFIED thnt Green had stolen the
mon li' lay sun, and when. soon Wtorward
Hr'n f.turnod 10 VIA. room. Hansen l"igned
Sleep Green bent over him. and taking h B..
Hansen tirn sprhng Ia his feet and sol.d the
rphh"r hy the throat \ struggle followed. and
Grcfn drew p -tOl. and dis 'hurard "a bullet
into the sailors sid. Thau Hanson wrrnched
tu" pistol from the tlief- hand. aud struck him
four cor I've times with the handle. gu-uIng his
stnrs. and the woman, greatly frightened. gave
the SAILOR his Wat 10 AMI chain. Hansen fell
WHOM hr reached the street. and was taken to
tn H. fridge street police station. and on 'rr
Grailuer arrested Green and the Woman. The
police surgeon pronounced llHu-ru'- wound
amt ilo woman 10 await the result Of the SWcdc >
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DID rarHER yrysHIP DREAM Irs
Ills story Of n Talk with the Missing Judge
Matson On Prn, e--MestinT Night.

HARTFORD, Conn, April W.-Iwo or three
popths opo Judge w. N. Matson. an old and
iio'i'n9 "H' o""'O ~ y, ,, ~ 80
wealthy citizen OF thls place' suunehV ulsap-
pcared He had on several occasions shown
-. - ,,o,,,ai di.,,rha,c. tbo,,yb tbsra had
Ssns y, "ion'"i u'7, ,'"i' ~ o,,t',,,sd """
never been any lhdlo'iioh VI S"iciu"i nl"hia !;
bu, he had become somewhat melancholy. and
Just ociV.c 'Is ,''', VI, wv
subject OF suicide. III Is romempercu mat ne
said il he were ever to make away with himself.
g., ,,,ii ,,,, oa,.o ,ho, ,bcra sbouId bo no,,,,n,,
NJ Mouiu ',Ne V"io ',i'' ,, 10 ''O',i'iE
In the mc'hoh VI snock vi u'sE"7'' MS pouF
,.i,, a., oa,., 10 uar.f,rd md Ia loavo ,bo, ont
"n' wv O"i VI" "''" '''
go on board steamer Douhu ior new iork NJ
Snvbrook The general belief has been that he
threw himself from the dock at some point in
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ROWLtND III. MiCY'S WILL.
The Mengre Provision for n Son WHOM the
Father Regarded ne - PREDICATE.

The will of the late Rowland II. Macy. the
we'll known dry goods merchant. was filed in
the Office Of tho New York Surrogate yesterday.
MIR Macy : estate il estimated at over sjOO.OnO.
To his wife. Louisa II. Macy he leaves the
witches. earrings. wearing apparel. &C.. re-
puted to belong TO her. also. during her life. the
use of his furniture. books. works Of art, and
other articles in his residence. tn" same Ia 70
to his daughter. Florence sutton wife Of james
/. Sutton. after the death " Mrs Macy. Mrs.
Macy may occupy during her Lille time IA" house
~ West Forty ninth street the same Ia * 10
Flnr"nro after Mrs. Mays death.
II" appoints his VII, aud daughter his cNcou
tresse-. with power 10 sell. Tor III. following
claims To- invest 5000 in bonds " ~" United
States. or Of ia" Statis of Nv York. MaS~,chu-
-''iiS. Rhode Island. or NV jersey. ur in first
rnrtgHgr bonds upon real "sta'" in the "ty Of
NV York the amounts loaned on mortgage not
Ia he mur" than one-third the value OF the mort
gagged pr1p"rtVl. the interest on the securitia p
e. be paid 10 Florence during her life. should
sh" die with issue. then thu" principal II 10 I've
divided. 9ne,hali going - Mr., Nay. and NE
leaving NJ ISSUE. then the whul" amount IN To
! rnin Mr.. Macy; should Mrs. Macy not survive
Florence, then the principal oi the soOOoo II To
The win contains the following provision n
regard t. Ia" tH-iHtor'- son;
sm sricvc' tn m tiis solemn that my
pricnc, la i-Dn -ncI With .on Rowland il Macy.
~ "'' pm .'n ypg ' a.e o t"s.s s
! porting himself ON the. contrary though he {. nov
aud nianainet hy me and although have ione every.
ting tn power to aId Ian ia ESTABLISHING hnlN~ Of
temperance aud subrictl. Yet compelled to az knowl
,jse the failure OF every cnri made b. ani others ."
thatcni las passion for strong drink has not huh, rt'
ison e"rlroled by him Ia view q the. iaci- haNe
de- med a. Mis- Ia make tho following PROVISIONS iOr his
support aud manu- nance during his he.
The provision made by Mr.. Macy is that q
| sufficient sum b. invested by tho cNrcutressos
! in United Stat bonds 10 pay the SON ~ ono q
yrnr from ~" interest. unless ~" ~nn should
cont IT tn VIII or undertake g. defeat IT. pro-
! Ni-ipiS in which egsr hr l. tO have un Fart cor
! port ion of the estate. on the drnth IT The son.
| 90 should he contest Oh" viii. IN" principal or
/ h,on invested. H. - gtto Mrs Mag and Florence.
! SHARE and share alike. or 10 Florence. should
! Mrs Macy be- dead
The residue ~ the estate is 10 hc divided ho-
/ tween Mrs. Macy and Florence. Mrs. Macy :
share being in lea Of dover.
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nt-....., .U al .,,u -, Tho
MONDAY. April 3n;-lIoUH MD nihhi n,o
whole mnrket was n dr""p1, n,,i , ~, r
tuNc hui'r- Mouh nave Snln NV mn were 20 Hl,' ",
uWrv UNIV NcN were 'l',,u ny W., 'u ~ 49,,
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suprinnr, 81 'i - y Ntrn stau - s' Wesur ~
sluiug WneaeNuhsS- NO 20, 90 NJ ~" ~ = xec.P
HtlO"l winrt wh,ht extras $500 -, ~ ~ n't
MY ~ 2,sHlI Mum. sotn patents SWe.slzs2v , ciN
shlpihsr VI" .z''ft' nutn.th ulhVI- hu ssn.s
9an'S ~ 90 90 ~ SVutn'ii slips s,,n
s'Y =, olh Ilth -M'suin = -'gr' w. hI"h"S "ih''
=, ''fNDH - nv h"ui' N@@' 90 , 80 ,,.,,,t..
'"rl.t-,,Io',, w.I' 10 "M., anl n"ii Na im,
nr 'Snnt ,nnt LINN IL, "a. rwn cios,na At ins,r
~. ,l"t "'ntt """h ~ ", "', v,,'iN - az.
lr NAY ier June. l' 20; 10, ~ ,A ~ 'p &c on
- j, ~ ~. ,Yr III, y, az, %
i"i Nv,V,,,"'I y, l.I i -, W. 5i,"sr,
~, - wv ''"'""''' SAWS '' '"'"'' "''''
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a" -, a ,o @ ~, y, wv .,r IL I,ai,,,
,'iN h..h hhn'Nl ,'ai> N'IN ,,,,,n' wv, u'ill.
ulMut ." W. l'N ''l, IulW \, 800
au,V" , az, t1 t w , H. ", n,i IN,
liih' w. ana iNAlN'Nl' WV
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THE LATEST BROOKLrN MYSTERY.
Who Was Douglas. OBrier's a ssaiiant THE
Strange Conduct Of his son.

Douglass o. Brien. IN ex-doputy of the New
York SherfTs Office. upon entering his house
in Sixth avenue near Fifth strcot, Brooklyn. on
Sunday night. n lie was returning from church.
was struck in the loft temple with AN ax. and
fcllcd to the floor His son Henry admitted him
to the house. and Mr.. O'Bricn went to the end
Of the hall hung up his hat. and prepared to
enter the room at the back of the parlor. IIis
assailant wns behind him. and Mr.. OBrcn pro-
fcsscs not to have seen him. There are some
incxplicallo circumstances which indicate that
Henry knows moro than he is willing to toll
Mr.. O'lIrirn's skull is fractured. and there is
some doubt about his recovery.
Henry IL n weak minded youth, II years old.
His first nccount WIS that he called TO his father
pana l99E Guy, ,hnrc s2wn saw a n man "n
wearing high hat. dark clothes and Pirca-
dilly collar run out OF the hall. The axe was
left in the veetibulc Subsequently the son said
that he was in the sitting room and that he
didn't see the assault. hut that hc saw tho man
running out Of the house. IT, Police Surgeon
Rooney and DR.. Watt. Mr.. OBricn refused to
say ANYTHING. md TO Coroner Simms. who was
summoned to take his nntc-mortcm statement.
he also refused to speak
The other members of the family betrayed Il
desire not to talk about the assault. The axe
used belonged to the house. II had been taken
from the collar. The only place for n person to
OBrcn was about the house all the evening, II
Is REGARDED MS improhabl" thn, nny one was
| in response to the alarm of Henry. who went
| 10 the police station and said that u stranger
| had almost murdered his father. he found the
| cellar door locked Henry had said that man
| might have been concealed there
The moro the case was investigated the
palmer il seemed that the secret 81 the assault
rested with the father md son. The axe. whi III
| WAS lett over night with the family, was care
| fully washed Of the blood stains. and the bloody
carpet was the only thing to indicate that thor
| had been an assault. Henry q Bricn is IN the
| Washington street police station.
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ant in relation TO- Mr.. Twccd's statement,
poasnrg igg t. srdn Mr. BrEan r cl%imc Wi to
ness was consulted rs to the giving up of
Tweed property, When he was In A n, he
wanted, and consulted with him about it but he
could not say that he WIS ever called upon To-
arrange for thc. payment Of money He was not
20 Albany. He was in Albany during most Of
the session Of 1870 and know Tweed very well.
he lad dp no ncananianc" with senator woodin in
1870. Twcrds rooms were place of genera
resort, u good many people coming there TO gel
agood cigar, and TO attend at q well supplied
sidcboard. lie had never seen Woodin or Wins
low there, and never heard Of any relations be-
tween them and Tweed.
money was expended for the defeat OF the
Young Democracy charter, ,,,. ...,o,.,.,,
To this the witness replied with somewhat
amused look. hope you won't go into that
ilgnin because there is where III have to have
immunity again # he i around" Up " Lib, iTrc
of any money coming TO the hands oi MIR.
Woodin or Mr.. Winslow for the purpose of IN
familiar with legislation in 1870. and did not
helievc that there was my hut very
Of e That opp yeor. lie " knew mat Morrissey
Interpretation. NJ, O'Brign. rs sheriff. WINS also
made for and against the charter. Tildcn and
Greeley were OPPOSED 10 II 80 far Us witness
| understood. Shorn O'Bricn. who heard the
atl.umcnt of Greeley in the committee room
came out AMI said that Grcel,ys argument was
very thin, and the other side had got him,
In reply ~ Mr. SprHguc witness said that all
kinds ~ Influences in the way ~ office and
patronage were sivn tothG Young Demoeracy
T. secure their votes for the Tweed charter
Their, were from luo to 80 mcn here. outsiders
to Influence members. Their expenses wcr,
paid. and that used az a great deal oi money
So Tar IA Witness own knuwl' dge goes tn,
statements of the alleged confession relative I,
Mr.. woodm. Mr.. Minslow and Mr.. Hastings, ar,
/ entirely untrue. H. know nothing at all abpu
! the s2uuOn check to Hugh Hastings. There
| were several Republicans holding office under
! that charter. but he could not say that any Re-
! pull al Senators were provided lor by II.
! The committee here adjourned until U clotl
! tomorrow AFT ru ON.
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JOHN RYtN's F.fTE.
Last secn Alive In the Hands Of Some OF the
West side Gnng.

Coroner Ellingc~ began an inqusct, ycstcr-
day. in the caseo Of John Ryan. Of So Leroy street
whose dead body a lamplighter found in gut
ter in front of 81 Leroy street. ut o'clock ON
Monday morning. The loft side Of the skull
was crushed in. and there was n cash over the
left eye. Ryan has been murdered. the Coro-
nor said. after examining the wounds. but by
whom We nrc not yet rrAly 90 say
Capt. Kennedy and Detectives Noble and
Flaningnn began their investigation Immediate
" after the discovery of the hody. They learn
cd from Mrs. RYAN that after supper on Saiur-
day evening her husband. then perfectly sober
went out with one Foster. ostcnshy to look at
some tools used in his business. and that some
inmates Of the house In which he lived next
saw him playing card. in SrhwnltZ'- saloon. In
playing the game there was some exciting tax
and then III" party quit the saloon. RYAN wills
next seen at about 2 \. VI. in Leroy street with
john Font. VIM. Pool. and two other men, dcs-
prraducs OF the w"St side gang.
Ryan war buried Yesterday in Calvary Gem
etery. Font and Pool We're committed without
bail. Charles O'Connor was honorahy dis
charged from arrest.
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Mr.. John T. Raymond returned to this the
airc Inst evening with his well known play,
Colonel Mulberry sellers He was gleeiully
welcomed 10y n large assembling which evincd
a fresh delight in the cNtrANagHnt humor ~ the
Colonel. and. in ohcdicn'etO the demands ~ the
anomalous drama. roarcd IN all the solemn
places promUly and cont nuously Mr..
havmond has added hut little ~ the original
text Of the piece. Here and there few new
Jokes appear. hut in the main the current Of rN-
trnvnganre is unat.red. The most conspicuous
addition il ia the p"riormnn"" nl Laura Hd'r.
ku,s hv Miss Marie Gordon. who's" graceful and
natural drm.anor and unpr"i"ntious stvir of
art added materially a. the interest Of the work.
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An extravaganza was produced at the
Broadway Theatre last evening. II Is called
The wonder child and appeared to be a
medley Of pnntnmimc. ballet. farce. and dis
come ted variety show business. The house,
was d, nsely backed 10y u no ~ and delighted
audience. hut the performance Ia hahtual
theatre Eocrs must have been n tircsomc one.
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The Oxenford Memorial.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr; win Won
kindly permit me To aoknowe the receipt OF tie fl.
lowing subs riptons tor the memorial window 10 John
ONentord the genial critic NJ the London Hne~ Fanny
Davennnr' ga Lawrence barrett ga, Charles Cugh
Ian s1h. Robert Heller. 81, T. Z hhrnum s2n Sydney
Cove A.. " g. Sadler, 81 Man" other subs, ripuuus
have been promised, and the dramatic critics and "adng
urunlsts Throughout the country. who ieel
tlrin.rlvrs hnnor,d IN the honor t0 ONvniord haNs
warmly approved tins memorial SrtrllLS fiSkh.
Firm AVENUE TnFArnK. May |, 1877
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A worry valuable collection Ol OIL paintings is
now on Nhition AZ the Art Gallery of Nr--r- kndtk' \
co. - nion square All lover. of the uno arts slludld
not neglect 10 AtVnd the exhibition The paintings are
hy the most eminent masters, anon whom are npr'
seutod Rembrandt rrnyon Van n,ck, Gnlnshornuth h.,
Teners flcou, fragonard, NouNerman, tofot, sir
Joshua Reynolds nnN sc
The entire collection VIII he soh the evenings NJ the
"a and ith MAY, by Nj Il SonmprNr. ~ ASSOCIATION
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Cour, Calendars TIL. Day.

SUPREME COURr-Cn, MBERs. -Nos g. $50.
aat -7l -isi 1o7. A~ 49, $50 .f2i
surrHioR CoUKr-SIttiAL IHM.-Caso on. No day
calD ndHr
M,NiNr CorRr-TRlAL rfRH- Part TI-Nos oso9 2i7i.
lOt1 sol Nls san $50 se.7 $50 H7Ju e1J2, $50,
49,
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Making Way tor ~ Railroad.

The Brooklyn Aldermen yesterday fixed tho
route nj the new Manhattan Beach Railroad IN iitecn
point from Yandcrvport Avenue, near North Fifteenth
.ir,f Ia Even street. between Richardson ami Frost
street, thence thrOugh the centre NJ the block Hum
Lndt street and thence along the cat side n Hmnbuldt
sr,t To- the Richardson and North Henry
,ort- and ca th cts ine. I'M, changes the IRON,
Rrhard-un sire, aud makes 1t necessary the
uany tu pay all damages tnr And taken IN the centre Of
the hluk An obstacles 10 the construction VI the road
Ia the city are thus removed
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Richard Reid an employee of the Eric Rail;
way jumped lfMn tram IN Jersey Ny yesLs rday ana
falling under The wheels WAS fatally crushed,
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- lun Granio. Bollor. havana.
= Egypt. Nrugan, LNvlpoul April - and custOwr
11ih
- Wvanohe Couch Richmond. Cltv Point and Norio,S
= HrfmudH. Ansrovo Bermuda.
- beu,iartor Jones Wilmington Sc April ~
- tiN OFF Dallas. liu- lrruanulut ArrI DO and Port
Knt 40 -trh.
), ! .ant oria. Bragg Portland
Ais filN. Usual river ans NlusfWf~N vessels
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ELLIS AND THE WEAK BANKS
LOOKING INTO THE RUIN or THE ME-
CHfNICS and TRADERS.
A Staggering List or Moueyed Installations
that the Superinte ndent Ought 60 Have
Closed t'ertaiaIy Queer Doinas In Brfislo.

In the Senate Banking Committees invcs-
tigation. yesterday. Of the charges against SUI
pcrntcndcnt Fills, Mr.. W. !. Best read extracts
from the minutes Of the Board If Trustees Oi
the Mechanics and Traders Bank t. show that
their records. open to the inspection of Super
intendent Ellis. were sufficient in themselves 10
make the mismanngcmcnt Of the bank patent
to any disintercstcd person.
On the 18th OF June. 1875. dividend Of three
per cent. was declared. This" said senator
~. John. makes the directors of the bank re-
sponsbc. If there is any responsibility in them.
The law is explicit that the declaring Of div-
dcnd whom there is u deficit makes each di-
rector voting in its favor liable"
Mr.. Best says that the banks accounts were
wilfully falsifcd for twelve years. and that after
the trustees had lost more than 100000 on
North Carolina. Tennessee. and Alabama hords.
they bought for s9O.O5O. South Carolina six per
cents. representing tl55. 900 that are now worth
only $500. He adds that Mr.. W. v lie Count.
one ot the trustees, nominated himself Tor the
position of teller. and was elected. with SALARY
of s3OW: and that he was subsequently placed
on the examining committee" with nm additional
salary of 81 300 year. for examining in
part his own work rs teller.
Another set OF charges against Mr.. Ellis.
which are made by Mr.. John Mack the COM
mittee will Investigate In Albany MIR. Mack
charges that Mr.. Ellis has been guilty of wilful
neglect bv which fourt 'cn or more savings
hanks became insolvcnt. and that 10y reason Of
this neglect the depositors have lost large sums
" money. the number Of dcpositors being about
10000 and each depositor representing on an
| average five persons depending on these sav-
| ings; that the Superintendent has permitted
savings banks with no surplus to cxpend large
amounts OF tho dcposttorS' money IN the crcc-
ton Of costly cdifcs that are often untitled for
| any business purposes. and when forced "a sale
pcsiiors' money, and and tut Gy lis neglect the
| following named savings banks. deposit banks,
and trust companies have failed or suffered
| great losses with liabilities to dcpositors and
| shnreholders about IA follows.