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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-28
HAYT DOOAED.
HAYT DlDOAkD.
The Charges Preferred by FISK Substan-
tiated.

uSbGus
The committee of the board of
Indian commissioners, which has
been investigating the charges made
against Indian Commissioner Hayt by
General Fisk, have been at work for two
weeks almost tconstantly, and yesterday they
called Secretary Schurz and Chief Clerk
Lockwood of the interior department be-
fore them. The evidence which had been
found by the committee and furnished
by General Fisk to sustain his charges was
laid before the secretary, and he expressed
great surprise. The committee declined
TO furnish the evidence or even an abstract
of it until the investigation is completed,
which will be some time this week. when
it viii be furnished Secretary Schurz
to lay before Hayes. and will prob
ably result in the removal OF Com
missioner Hayt. This will be followed
by the report of the Senate committed
on the Cheyenne outbreak. which will con-
denim in strong terms the inefficiency and
miSinanaGement of the commissioner rs
far as regards those Indians. The strongest
evidence of the commissioner inetlclency
is found in the records of his own office.
There is little doubt but that Hayt will be
removed within few weeks. and Secretary
| Schurz is already looking about for his sue
ceSSor. General Hammond. of Chicago. re-
Gently Indian inspector. was before the
Fisk investigation and pronounced for
gerry. the letter which was produced b!
! General Fisk in which Hammond notified
an agent whom he was directed TO pros
ecute, that he would make no charge:
against him. 1t is referred to by General
Fisk as the "absolution letter. and l:
presented by him as convincing proof tha
Hayt and Hammond were corruptly inter
ested with this agent in silver-mlnlnS III
vestment. But Hammond says it is bar
forgery. Secretary Schurz was handed
the letter to-day and pronounced it sen''
inc. being familiar with Hammond. $ writ
ing. as did Chief Clerk Lockwood. VIII
compared it with other letters which Ham
mond did not deny We're genuine. othe
clerks in the office who were called
experts and testified rs to the letter. In!
leaves Hammond in an embarrassing posi-
ton.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-28
Aanraster f,ltelligenrrr.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. %, 1890
Politics on the Bench.


If the judiciary is to secure the respect
and obedience of political parties to its
decisions. there must be some way de-
yised to cleanse the bench from partisan
feeling. There is no other proper arbiter
between contesting parties but the judges
deciding the law, and the welfare OF the
country demands that their decisions
shall be obeyed. But it is too severe a
strain upon the patience of people OF one
political party to have judges of differ
ent complexion decide between them anu
their opponents. 1t is test TO "hlch
they should not he exposed. 1t Is asking
entirely too much. and We need feel no
surprise should We find the reign OF an
archy to supersede that of law as ad-
ministered by partisan bench. 1t must
come to this if judicial decisions continue
fobe tainted. as they now so often are
by the political prejudices Of. the judges.
The bench will fall into contempt when
it comes to he understood that the law Is
construed with partisan eyes. Its decis-
ion cannot possibly long continue to COM
mand obedience unless there is conf
dence established in the minds OF the Peo'
ple that they are honest constructions OF
the law.
The Democratic party has exhibited a
very remarkable degree of calmness
under the great wrongs that 1t knows
that it has suffered from Republican
Judges. There is no dispute now on any
hand that its elected candidate for presl
dent was kept out of his seat by the gross
" partisan DEGREES of the eight
tC-,eyen electoral commission. Iht
Democratic lawyers of Maine CLAIM
that the determination of the Republican
supreme court of that state is not found
ed upon proper construction OF the law
but is prompted by the political feeling
of the Judges. As to this we canno
know: but it is at least certain that tn
Democrats of Maine feel that the polite
of the Judges has controlled their actlo
and they are therefore entitled to credl
for the self control they manifest yield
ing to the law so falsely expounded.
But even Democratic patience and rev
erence for the law is not limitless.
will not endure too much tritling with II
1t is like playing with loaded dice
have election contests with the Republ
can party which are to he referred fo
final adjudication to Republican Judge
of the style of those on the supren
bench of the United States and OF Maine
Politics must be taken off the bench
the judges aye to remain Oh.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-28
EIGHT LIVES LOST.
Details OF the Burning of the Steamer
ChAFmer.


ChArmer.
The steamer Charmer. belonging TO the
New Orleans and Red River transportation
company was totally destroyed by fire on
Sunday last about five miles above the
mouth of the Atchafalagar. The Charmer
was owned by Capt. Noah Scovell. Chas.
p. Truslow and ChaS. W. Down. and was
built by the Howards. at Jefersonville.
last summer. The boat was valued
at Sa35. 600. and was insured in Cincinnati
for $4,000. The steamer at the time OF
the accident had on board a cargo of J, l05
bales Of cotton. sixty barrels of molasseS.
| with lot of sundries, all of which were
destroyed. The fire was first perceived IN
| the bursting out Of flames beneath the
second tier of cotton. and in moment
after the whole boat was one sheet OF
fame. Although the steamer was fitted
out with all the appliances necessary FOL
safety in time of disaster, the speed of the
fire was so rapid that there was no time
allowed to apply them. Mr.. W. II. At
kinson. the pilot on duty at the time the
accident occurred. stood at his post and
headed the boat for the shore. But for HI:
GOODNESS and bravery the loss of life would
have been very great, there being lOi per
sons aboard. When the boat neared tht
shore the planks were Immediately shovel
out. vet such was the heat of the fire ant
the haste of those aboard to save them
selves that many jumped into the wafer
and few of these. fortunately, succeeded
in reaching the shore in safety. Two pas
|, sengers were badly hurt by falling on tn
staging in the desperate efforts they mad
to save their lives. All the passengers
among whom was one lady, were saved
Eight of the crew were lost. y portion o
the valuable letters were saved. but tn
boat lost all of her money and books. On
of the chambermaids who was lost wen
back to save $50 which she had left in he
room, and was seen no more.
4 The value of the cargo of the ill-iate
5 boat is put down at s12O, 900. all covere
by insurance in various companies.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-28
The City Election.

New Era.
The issues Which will enter into the
municipal election on Tuesday, the 18th
of February, will not be made up until
after the Democrats make their nOmina-
tions. Their general nominations will be
made to morrow evening, and the city and
respective ward tickets settled on Satur-
day evening. This will make a longer
city campaign than We have had for the
past three years. In 1878 both parties
made their nominations on Saturday, the
9th of February, and last year on the
Sth of the same month. The NeW Era
did not take position in regard to any of
the candidates in issues involved for
several days afterwards, experience
and observation having satisfied lis
that the shorter campaigns are made
thedbettcr the people like it, and the more
likely they are to succeed. This is especi-
ally so in municipal elections, where prin-
ciples of party policy are not INVOLVED and
where party lines cannot be drawn merely
for the sake of party success. When all
the nominations are before the people the
intelligent voter is quite as able to judge
between friends and neighbors as to their
fitness for municipal responsibilities as the
newspaper editor. This is substantially
what the Neao Era said OH the eve of the
only two municipal elections which have
occurred since it has been in existence,
and it don't propose to make an exception
now. 1t is Republican in its convictions
and earnestly desires the success of Repub-
lican principles, which can be obtained
only through Republican men. Experience
here and observations in other cities have
demonstrated that there are always enough
independent voters, who feel elconscientiously
bound to support their party Oh state and
national issues, who will not do so on
purely local municipal issues when they
think that doing so would be inconsistent
with good government. The Ne1 Era,
more than any other local journal, is the
exponent of this sentiment. 1t generally
looks to us for counsel where counsel is
needed. We propose now, as we have al
ways done, to give this counsel in the man.
ner and at the time when i'll our judg
ment it will be the most effective fol
good government, always giving the
party with which we have been
identified since its organization the
benefit of any doubts as to men and meas
ures We understand this policy, which
has always guided us, is not approved by
some of the boys who assume to run the
party and teach the veterans how to do it.
We are sorry for it, but we can't help it
Perhaps it is our misfortune that we haven't
enough individual axes to grind on the
party emery to get up a sharp edge on oul
temper and make the chips fly ; but if W.
had we would think it prudent to wait
until we got where the timber was
"Keep your seat, Mr.. Greeley" was found
to be very good advice from Hank Smith
when he got the impatient editor to hi
destination on time and SO we say to the
fretful chaps who arc spelling for fight
"keep your temper, boys" We will al
find enough to do to get the local Repub.
lican ship in on time on the the night oi
the 18th proximo, without making faces
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-28
cMuIlin's "Vlndication."
Philadelphia Times.

IullduSlphAsh
The train by which Squire McMullin
was to be "railroaded =" to prison. after
meeting with numerous delays. has finally
switched off on another track. and the
Fourth ward statesman. instead of going
to iail. returns in triumph to the bosom OF
his constituents. a vindicated man. 1he
squire was charged with numerous otfenSes
such as assault and battery aggravated
assault and battery; assault and battery
with intent to kill; carrying concealed
deadly weapons melting to riot--cbarSes
of which all who knew the 'squires peace
full disposition were confident that he could
not have been guilty. The testimony re-
Iatinc to these several accusations pre-
sented that pleasing variety not uncom-
mon in the quarter sessions. Sundry
witnesses testified with great particular
ity what the squire said and did upon
the memorable day of the ward con-
ventions and how he pursued the ull-
offending Lyon and fired at him with his
pistol, to the detriment of his bodily con-
dition, while sundry other witnesses. not
less trustworthy, testified with equal eN-
actness that the squire never did any OF
the things attributed to him. but behaved
himself, on the contrary, with lamb-llkC
centleness. Finally, the jury had the word
Of the eminent man himself that he
had not fired pistol since Ee
went down the river with some oth'l
statesmen on Mr.. Rowans yacht. How
the jury decided between these disasreeins
witnesses, or weather they thought it nee
essary to consider the evidence at all. ha:
not transpired. They did what evcrybod!
knew that they would do, and found the
squire mot guilty." and SO the railroad
process came to an end. Perhaps if Nc
Mullin had not been an influential political
the verdict would have been different
But then, if he had not been an Influential
politician, it is altogether probable that no
body ever would have heard of the case
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-28
SENATOR BAYARD's SPEECH.

An Able Exposition of His Resolution OH
tho Legal tender Quality of the Green
back.
In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Bayard de-
livered speech in support Of his reso-
luton to deprive the greenbacks of
their legal tender quality. 1t was, i'll fact,
one of the best financial speeches ever
made in the Senate. 1t commanded the
close attention of nearly every member of
the Senate and of q; large gallery audi
cnce.
Senator Bayard said that it was not i'll
tended to destroy the convenience and as
sistan2e of the present paper currency, but
that currency rests upon the credit that 1t
is convertible into specie and will be paid,
and he felt assured that by letting mcl
feel confident that a stable standard is ulti-
mately to measure all their contracts, they
will naturally fec! safer to enter into con.
tracts. This would give them assurance
that lapse of time will not bring with it
alterations in the basis on which Their
agreements were framed. Inregard to the
denunciatiOn of the money power MIR.
Bayard asked:
':Is there to be discrimination, suspicion
and assault visited upon those i'll society
who have been more successful than other:
in the accumulation of property? Is it not
money power that enables a poor labor
er to become the owner of the pickaxe Ol
shovel with which he prosecutes his daily
task? Is it not money power that ell
ablcs him to procure u wheelbarrow? Is il
not money power that enables his saw
ings of years labor, temperance and
frugality to give him the means to pur
chase horse and cart %
In conclusion, Mr.. Bayard delivered
some points to members of his own party
for assuming to interpret the utteranccs OF
the fathers of the Democratic party il
support of their heretical theories. The
speech was necessarily historical to some
extent. As was inevitable, much grount
was travelled over that was familiar to al
who have watched the progress of late
financial debates.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-28
DEAD FROM HYDROPHOHlA.
The AgOnizinG Death of Woman Whu
Was Bitten by 4 Strange Cur.

"A
Was Bitten by n Strange Cur.
In Philadelphia. Mrs. Mary r. Under
mieri is lyin. dead from hydrophobia. She
carried on 4 saloon ut GA North Fourth
street. She was healthy. robust woman
of II. She had Il fondness for dogs. and
was in the habit of having dozen
around her all the time. Six or eight
weeks ago she was attracted while
out walking by the yelping Of two
pootlleS. \ strange cur was worry
ing them. and when she tried to
drive it away it snapped at and bit her
slightly on the finger. She paid no attention
to the wound, and thought 10 more about
it, Last week, Tuesday. she complained Of
wearnesS and Of 4 sharp pain i'll her arm.
The next day she felt no i'll effects. but
on Thursday the pain returned. DIR. James
Collins was called in and prescribed for
her. BY Saturday she developed alarming
symptoms and showed 4 great dread OF
water. Three or four more physicians
were summoned and they prescribed the
South American Indian war arrow poison.
woorara Camphor and opium were also
used. On Saturday night she appeared
much better. but when water was
given her she dropped the glass.
exclaiming. Il can't drink; my
heart would stop On Sunday evening
she took her last drink, swallowing with
great difficulty little milk punch. Then
She grew much worse. and her suffering
from thirst was terrible. She was sus-
p;cious of everybody. The temperature
of her body increased, and Il frothy fluid
came from her mouth. In Il spasm on
Sunday. her agony was increased by
imagination that hair was growing from
her tongue. She would not believe that
she had hydrophobia, and was conscious
most of the time until within i few hours
of her death Monday. The spasms were
frequent, but the powerful medicines made
them less violent.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-28
THE NEWS FROM MAINE.


Another Adverse Decision from the Court.
A unanimous decision of the supreme
judicial court was completed last evening.
The court declines to recognize the Fu-
sionst bodies at Augusta and declares the
House and Senate now holding sessions
in the state house the legal Legislature:
The Fusionists arc very much depressed at
the reception of the news from the court.
Major Smith says he believes that the con-
troversy has ended. He states that while
the previous opinion of the judges was
based on the Republican statement there
was room for reasonable doubt, but in view
of the fact that the court decided against
them on a Fusion statement they could
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-28

THE Democratic general nominations
for city and ward offices take place this
evening, and all voters who take an in
terest in the nomination of good and
worthy men should be on hand at the ap-
pointed time and places. Men should be
placed in nomination who are fit for the
places for which they are suggested and
it is much more essential that they should
be of this character and that they will
allow their names to be used; than that a
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-28
That Alleged Withdrawal.

Mr.. Drxel. in al interview with the
Herald correspondent in regard to the
withdral of ex-PreSident Grant from the
candidacy for the third term. said {: - have
not received 4 line from the ex-prcsident
since he left Philadelphia and have not seen
any letter in which any mention. direct or
indirect. is made of his political intentions
have not told anybody that he had ne
tired from the field and l do not think Nr.
George W. Childs could have done So. Ii
is useless to apply to me for information
on the subject. because have none.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-28

This morning as Washington McCardell,
of Martic. was coming to town and when
on the road some distance southwest OF
the Lamb tavern, the coupling pin OF his
carriage came out and the front and rear
running gears separated. Mr.. McCardell
was thrown out in the mud and severely
bruised, but had no bones broken.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-28

long string be named to have the better
ones decline and the Indifferent quality
remain on the ticket to its detriment.
Think over the men in your ward who
would make good councilmen, ward OF
election officers, and then 60 to the ward
meetings and suggest them.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-28

Leading Pennsylvania POllticians In Con.
ference with Senator Cameron.

Leading Pennsylvania Poll ticians In Con-
ference with Senator Cameron.
A special despatch from Washington
says: There was a meeting at senator
Don Cameron's house, which was attended
by a number of the leading Republican
politicians of Pennsylvania. The object
was to have Mr.. Cameron agree upon some
plan by which the Pennsylvania delegation
to the Chicago convention should act as a
unit. Mr.. Cameron wants the delegation
to go solid for Grant. 1t has been discOv-
cred that the Blaine feeling is so strong
that this is impossible. So the conference
tonight was at the request of the Blaine
men, with the object Of having Mr.. Cam
eron to agree to Blaine as second choice
with the delegation, should Grant be out
of the question. No conclusion was
reached.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-28
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
n Zig Batch of Cases.

There was large audience in attendance
in Squire Spurrier's office this morning at
10 o'clock. to hear Il lot of cases from Mar
tic township. charging the defendants with
stealing tobacco and turkeys from differ
ent farmers. and with rrbbing Samuel
Young's mill. -At the hour appointed
it was discovered that i'll the case against
JAG H. Clark Officer Killinger had arrested
one James Clark. near New Providence.
60 miles mileage charsed) and brought
him here to answer. but that he
was not the man at all aHa lie
was discharged from custody after
having been taken away from his work
two days and held III bail
The alderman then proceeded to hear
four cases against Jacob Shenk. three for
stealing tobacco and one for stealing Il
turkey. poStponing hearings i'll case of
stealing groceries and in another for steal
ing two turkeys: three eases against
James McClune for stealing tobacco: : the
cases for robbing Young'S mill Were con-
| tinued until this afternoon.
\ large number Of witnesses were called
who testified that certain Martic farmers
were robbed of tobacco and turkeys; that
Shenll sold tobacco i'll Lancaster for j. ii.
| Clark and got the check i'll Clark'S name.
and that he had sold turkey. Captain
Sprecher also testified that Shenk told
him he had met Clark and McClune on
| Spenccr's hill by agreement and they
brought tobacco to this city and sold it. \
! boy swore that Shcnk had told him ht
took IIoovcr'S turkey. Shcnk tcStiiic,
| that he raised the tobacco he had brough,
to town in partnership with Clark and Nc.
Clune. and that they sold it together and
each got his share.
Counsel for the defendants asked the
| alderman to dismiss all the eases on tn,
ground that no connection whatever had
been established between them and the
alleged robbcrics that there WAS no idcnti
| tication of the tobacco sold as the tobacco
stolen; no proof that defendants had not
raised the tobacco sold; no suspicious
| circumstance nor any confession proved
AGAINST them the prosecutors were Ofli-
GERS Adams and killinger, of this city. and
not the people who lost the property. and
not Il shadow OF case made out against
either except the single alleged confession
to the boy about the turkey.
Alderman Spurrier committed them III
eight cases. dismissing two, and defend
ants ut once sued out writ Of habeas
corpus, rcturnabe at 2p. III. tomorrow
before Judge Patterson.
Tho four boys charged with robbin:
Young's mill were heard this afternoon
and all were dismissed, there being no cvi
,lcnce to sustain the charges against them
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-28
The News from Maine.

Below We print an extract from pri-
vate letter received in this city from u
gentleman im Auburn, Maine, who is well
posted rs to the political troubles Of that
state and who is entirely reliable in his
information. In explanation of his refer
encc to ''Corporal Davis it may be we'll
to state that during the late war the So
called "Governor Davis, of Maine, was
Il corporal and that "the boys of his
company used to poke good deal of fun
ut him because whenever there was fight
in prospect he was seized with severe
attack of summer complaint and was
obliged to go to the rear until the danger
had passed The writer says:
You remember Judge May we'll, the
old Judge in these latter days has been
troubled with softeniDg of the brain, and
is now almost demented. He spends much
| of his time in prayer, and some of his say
incs are rather funny. The other day,
while addressing the Throne of Grace, he
got off this 'Oh, Lord, what damned
| times these arc
The times are most certainly quite out
of Joint. You have probably seen that the
| trmpes have been called out. "COrporal
Davis" had another attack of summer
complaint Che had it quite frequently
while in the army. Some Of the
"boys" in Augusta, for joke on him,
sent up the other evening some rockets,
pounded an old bass drum and cut a tele-
graph wire. In ten minutes time Davis
sent kilograms all over the state for the
military. One company from this city
and one from Lewiston started at one
o'clock in the morning. They were
guarded to the depot by the mayors of the
two cities, all the police and such loyal
men as they could muster at such an early
hour in the morning. Mayor Day,
of Lewiston, gave special orders to the
conductor of the train to run slow as he
feared the Fusionists would run the train
off the track and smash up the militia.
Now you may think Pm telling you cock
and bull story, but it is literally true.
The talk of any drilling of Fusionists. ol
auy organization of 4 secret nature, or n
fact any military organization at all, OF
the FutiOnists. is all "bOsh."