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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-31
LOSSES OF THE PENN BANK.
STRANGE METHODS Oh DOING BUSINESS
MYSTERIES THAT ONLY PRESIDENT RIDDLE CAN
EXPLAIN.

MYSTERIES THAT ONLY PRESIDENT RIDDLE '"-'
EXPLAIN.
fnY TELEGRAPH THE rRIsUSS.l
.PIrTsBURG May 3O.-The amount OF money ios'
in the recent oil deals Of the Penn BANK Dy tiio
bopk itself and those directly or indirectly asso-
ciated with it is nearly $4,500,OOO. The shortage
in the vay of overdrafts is a trfe over$l ,3ooooo.
President Riddles fortune amounting 10 neariy
$500 900 is gone, 100000 made by the BANK III
recent oil deals is also gone. 1t is reported III Ne"
York that q package containing $34 4OOO was sent
presumably to that city, but the agents OF the
hank to which it was sent did not
get it, and nobody knows where o H:
A search is also being made for about $2OO,CoV Oh
securities which were sent east on frlday OF
day and Of which no trace can be found - Ee,e oao
seems to be no doubt that there was over O4
there is also no doubt that apart from the silver
and small CONS there is only $4,000 now. SeveraI
who were prominent III the are ~. now
oil pools of the last two or three years arc ~"
being shadowed by the police TO prevent thelr os,
appearance. Speaking OF the way we JAM idh so
managed sometimes, gentleman VIII M,apked some
times as high 100000 or FZOo,ooo WIZ 0ai,o h
on tho counter of the bank as so nuc. m
actual cash and represented amounts cheCked o'st
from the accounts of Watson & Co., or wilson ~
Co, or Hill & Co. Some curiosity is manltesttn as
to what became of 300 900 barrels OF OIL bonght on
President Riddles order. the checks given III pay
ment for which were protested. The certlncates
have di.apneared. II is suggested that these were
in in the large package shipped by Riddle to New
York last Saturday night and not currency IsS as at
first surmised. The Ereang telegraph thls evening ing
individual bookkeeper Rowley, in which he says
that Mr.. Riddle himself is ID; Wilson & Co.. wat
son & Co, and Hill Il Co.. and that the oyerdraits
were made bv him for some purpose I'M known to
anybody except himself The banks deposto9TTs t9Ts
hold a meeting tomorrow afternoon to decide ;ae
upon a course of action. Today news Was Was
received of fbe suspension of the Harmony Bntler
County, Savings Bank, due to the failure OF the
Penn Bank.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-31
TIE OLD IRON SCALE TO BE RENEWED
IBY TELRGEArn TO TIE rEIBUNEI

PTTTsBURG, Penn, May 30.-This afternoon
Chairman Keating OF the Committee on Conference ap
pointed the part the iron manufacturers had ten
minutes conversation with President Woke OF the
Amasamsted Association OF Iron and steel Workers It
resulted in an official call for the Committee on Con-
ference to It Is understood tnat tne
Manufacturers Committee Is prepared to Hgn tno oia
scale, both side. Withdrawing thoir demands Telegram
was received at the Amagamated Association mead
quarters to-day from the Youngest own ana bhaioh us
cts stating that the Manufacturers had onereG 70
tho old scale reply was sent TO the A1algsMatou
representatives TO hold off until fuuther oTdtIs, trc
dent Woke being socltous to have the Whoie pu'noe'
done In conference IA PittsburS
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DROWNED IN NIAGARA RlVER.
CAPTAIN DOVE LosT-HIs BOAT FOUND IN LAKE
ONTARIO.

CAPTAIN DOVE LOST-HlS BOAT FUND IN LAM
ONTARIO.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRTBUSEl
BUFFALO, May 3O.-The second tragedy OF
the week reported from Niagara Falls is the drowning
last night OF Captain William f. Dove, OF the United
States Infantry stationed at Fort Niagara. He left the
fort about o'clock the Niagara River to Niagara
Ont and since then he has not been seen Early this
morning the boat IN which he started was found bottom
inward in Lake Ontario, two miles from the mouth or
the river. The water was not unusually rough
last night and why the boat capszed is
mystery. The Captain was extremely
fond of boating and seemed perfectly at home on the
water.
His widow has not given up all hopes, but his com
rades are confident that II he had succeeded In swim
ming TO the shore he would have appeared before ths
time Cannon shots fired at intervals all day at
Fort Niagara with the expectation of bringing the Cap
tain's BODY to the surface, but without success Ia
Thought that U must have been carried INTO the lake by
ths current which took the boat away.
CAPTAIN Dove native OF OHIO and served during
the War OF the Rebellion in Company b. 126th ONO vol
upteers He was commissioned First Lieutenant or the
I08th Ohio Volunteers March "a, 1863 ana was mus
tered out seven months later He enered tho Regular
Army s second Lieutenant OF the 18th Infantry on feo-
rary % 1S68 and had been with the 12th ever since
He obrained his rank Captain on september l., 1875
After the Infantry stationed at Fort Niagara ne pur-
chased ths boat in which he mot his death he was
6ne rifle shot and an enthusiastic sportsman.
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TILE EFFEO1S OF THE FROST.
PARTICULARLY SEVERE on LOW WET
LANDS.
OBSERVATIONS MADE Ar coRNWhL-oN-TiE
HUDSON

OBSERVATIONS MADE AT CORNWALL oN-THE
HUDSON.
CORNwALL- ALL-ON-THE-HUDsoN, May 3O.-1he
frost that we had last night more severe than any
known 20 late in the season in more than twenty years.
Low meadows white as In late OCTOBER, anu
field OF clover not far away was siyered over. Inc
injury at the north and further back from the river will be
great e.pecally on low land. Tomato plants as RUE
were cut down. and yet here and there one would
stapd green and perfect as II nothing had
bappened The same OF beans, potatoes, melons
cucrmbers and various tender MOVERS An occasVns
plant pr0cl aimed the survival OF the itteat III ihe
manner I'm a row OF slain cggpants, one looked as II ~
had been in green house all night The strawberry 0eds
SONS exposed TO the SKY last night blackened the
flowers that opened this mornng are perfect Inc pTa @
greater part OF the fruit is well advanced In. Inc
gradailOns Of temperature were 70 nice that an @ a
tude OF even thirty feet gave much adVan.t.sr'
and leaf over blossom Insured ic. saiep
A careful examination shows that tnst sYgps; Yg6pupe
grapevine shoots badly scorched but WIZ snnel o
permanent harm. Potatoes will push on again 9 stes hs
beneath the surface. Many other vegetables Should o
planted promptly Tnere Is plenty OF TINE yeV i'i
even such varieties as Lima beans.
ALB,NY May 3O.-Thc frost Of Thursday night al
through this section Of the State and in many
ocae. ice was formed. The loss to the vegetable crop
and 10 fruit been heavy, and is reckoDed among
the hundreds Of thousands OF dollars In this county seT
era garden farmers Kept tires burning a hgnt III 'N''
strawberry patches TO prevent their destruction
DETROIT May 30.-Reports have come In from HI
parts that show that the damage by the frost on Wedhe
day night was quite serious although is still hoped tha
the first statement was exaggerated. In Esslern
Central and Southern Michigan the frost has been severe
cutting down all small vegetables and badly nipplng
corn and Injuries wheat on the lowlands trut as
siso b,en damaged. IN the western and northwestern
nsrts OF The state there has been hut little damage done
r. frnit The weather Ia now and no further GAm
ago Is expected.
. MONTGOMERY n Y, May 30.-The mercury was two
degrees below tho freezing point In this place this noh
ng aud thick Ice formed tho lOwlaBds What damage
may have been done fruits has not yet boon learned
Troy May 3O-The heavy frost OF last night has IN
ured the fIut and vegetables. In some places tue ice
was three-quartcTs OF an inch thicK' IL 10 oo"e'eu
,bs, the extensive strawberry beds at Sand Lake nave
been irreparaby damaged and fruit and perry crops
ruined.
THE ICE ON LAKE EAsCIA.
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE IKIBuSEl
u. 1---. AL. 90 La tun inches thick
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ICE OEE-FOURTH OF AN INCH THICK.
fBYT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUsE.l

CHATHAM, N. Y, May 30.-A heavy frost
last night killed all tender vegetation not protected
Fruit is injured. Corn which had attained growth OF
two three inches and potato vines all injured
Ice formed I'm places One-fOurth Of an inch thick.
DAMAGE TO STRAWBERRIES AND GRAPES.
Heavy frost appeared at Green Farms, Conn.,,
and its vicinity and fears entertained that havoc has
been made among the foryeght acres Of strawberries
now blossom. and the thirteen Of grapes belong
ing 10 the Wakcman Brothers.
The frost In the upper towns OF Wescheser
County and along the line OF the Now Haven Railroad
Tomatoes pc q, beans and potatoes were greatly
injured, and in places was believed that the crops
were completely killed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-31
4 CONFERENCE OF EDMUNDs MEN.
THE SENATOR'S SUPPORTERS ESTIMATED AT 100
THE INDEPENDENTS.
rpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUSEl

IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
Cr,c.co Nav 3O-Andrew D. White, one of the
deIecatesatlarge and b. Platt. Carpenter, Silas B.
Dntcber. John ID. Lawson and Henry &. Burlegh.
district delegates from New-YOIk. arrived to-day
There are thus a number of Ncw-YOTk delegates
he-t james u. Warren Titus Sheard and John l.
GiEsrt having arrived yesterday. Mr. White ana
Mr albert at once became comrades, and held the
6rs, Eamnnds conference III the latteTs room.
The Eere ioined by Edward H. Haskell. one OF
the Edmunds delegates from Massachusetts and
Major AlonzD b. Valentine one OF the Ednunds
delegates from Vermont o
Mr.. Gilbert afterward said: 81 hgnred out loo
EAmunds delegates, but Mr. Haskell made a lower
estimate We agreed to call conference oi tno
Edmnnds delegates, and Of other Independent he
publicans for next Monday afternoon. We shall
meet sooner if the Edmunds delegates arrive. lhe
conference will be held at the Palmer House, ID the
room of Mr. Poland, a nephew of Luke I. Poland
of Vermont. i think George William GURUS
Theodore Roosevelt and Edwin Packard, OF New
York who will arrive tomorrow morning VIII
ion in our movement. ! haG a letter from MI
Curtis In which he int mated that he would unite
with us in our movement ! think it a mistake TO
class Mr. Curtis as an Arthur All his political
antecedents are against that position. We are not
fenaciously for Edmunds. We will support any
man who we thnk VIII support the highesJ aims
of the Republ can patty. have advised that there
be negotiations opened with the colored delegates
from the South"
MIR. White was aftcrward asked if he regarded
himself as an Edmunds delegate, and would there
fore vote for Edmunds on the first ballot, and he
Yenlied: al shall vote for the man selected by the
Inlepeudent Republicans in their conference III
they select Edmunds, for him; If not, against nm.
Ipo further than that.n interrupted Mr. Gilbert,
81 regard myself as Edmunds delegate. and
pledged TO get the support of Independent Repub-
tcans for him if possible" Mr.. White said that ne
heartily favored the conference ct indcpehuch'
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Republicans He had been in correspondence WIN
many of them and he thought the conference wouu u
be large one 1t is whispered about here tn;'t lr
for Vice President His non-committal manner 10 t1-
day rather confirmed that rnm9r George TtgrnS: W.;
forccs The two or three other Edmunds men here
tailed 10 make any impression on the talk in the
corridors where the Vermont statesman IS rare,y
mentioned Nothing further has been heard OF the
Independent Republicans from Now-lork who were
10 come here to advocate Edmunds
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FIRES IN T1RlOUS PLACES.

CHICAGO, May 3O.-The shops of the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway, situated just beyond the
western boundary OF the city, were partially destroyed
by fire this morning Tho loss has yet been ascer
tanned Two engines from this city were dispatched 10
the scene.
AKRON, Ohio. May 30-5even dwellings ana business
bouses n this place were burned last night The loss is
$4,000; insurance $4,000.
CHICAGO May 30.-A largo brick building in llinois-sI
owned by j. W. Reedy, and occupied by him as an elo
yator manuiaciory, burned this afternoon Ihe 1858
Is $4,000; fully insured
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THICK ICE IN ULSTER COUNTY.
MUCH DAMAGE TO YOUNG FRUITS BY HEAVY PE )sT
ICE HALF AN INCH THICK.

INOIr '''V'''
KINGSTON, N. Y, May 30.-This nei ighbOr-
hood visited by OF the des tucvc osts this
morning known here at this time of the spring for many
years. The night calm and clear and this morning
ice half an inch thick found wherever there was
still water The damage to garjens vegetables and young
fruits Is great but cannot be fully estimated this morn
ing Grape vines are believed TO have suffered as much
anything all the young growth upon which the fruit
ia about TO set stiff with frost before SUNRISE and as
as the struck them they dropped and became
black IL this damage has extended over the
great southern Ulster grape section, which
is snow greatly feared the loss will be dis>strous be-
yond all precedent II Is also feared thai stravberrios
arc badly injured Just how the the frost will anect
peaches, pums and other young traits which are already
formed cannot he definitely asGsrtaned for day or Two
Tomatoes and other early garden vegetables are greatly
damaged Curr9ns raspberries and all small fruits are
beved 10 have shared I'm the general destr1cton; put
Ne percentage OF loss only be determined after IS
how far the dropping foliage and vegetation VIII re-
xf,
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THE GERMAN EXPEDIrI TON TO THE CONGO
G1rrAIrAn MnN 3O.-Dr. Nachtigal. the cX-

pIorer and several German officers embarked yesterday
upon the gunboat Moewe The vessel will proceed 10
AnEra Piquena the west coast OF Africa anu viii
take formal possession OF the bay ana haDor oi nst
Ame and oihe surrounding territories in the name OF
Coranv From there the expedition will 90 TO the upper
or mdd for the purpose OF nndlng suaoe tfGue
route from the interior TO Angra Piqnepa IAcuIenaht
iecemnnd Israel who was attached 10 the British army
i'm The Ashantec war il In command. DR.. Hoepfner the
scientist Will accompany the expedition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-31
NJ PocuErORT ON GENERAL GRANT.

PARIS, May 3O.-Henri Rochefort, Editor oil
l. Inransgean continues TO make violent attacks upon
General Grant It Is reported that hs real reason Ior
this is that General Grant refused 10 receive MN "nen
I ssod ,bronri, America on his way back TO France
from New-C Caledonia Mr.. Rochcfort In replying 70 the
statement saws: never solicited General Grant LOT ah
nd
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HINCKLEY OFF TO MEXICO.

sAvANNAH, Ca, May 3O.-Detectives here
have to believe that Hlnckley the Mes'
Side Bank dcaulte passed through savannah on Tues
day his way Mexico. telegram ssAiNs lOi Hls
arrest received too late to be acted upoh'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-31
DYNAMITEURS AT WORK.
TWO EXPLOSIONS CAUSED IN LONDON.

AN ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE SCOTLAND fAhD'
AND THE JUNIOR CARLTON CLUE.
LONDON May 3O.-An explosion of dynamite oc-
Cured outside of the detective Office in the sco',
land Yards London, this evening. The corner VI
the building, which was composed OF thick pIlch-
work, was blown off to q height OF thirty iee''
taking with 1t a portion Of the side wails
and revealing an aperture fifteen feet wide'
A brougham standing opposite the point OF the e1-
plosion was wrecked and the coachman in)ured'
A policeman was blown across the yard, ana s'riK-
ing against o wall was injured. Several other per-
sops wers injured by receiving cuts from glass;
which flew in all directions.
TRYING To DESTROY CLUB.
sharp report was heard at 9:20 p. m. ontside Oh
The Junior Carton club house in Pail Mall result
ing from a bomb thrown into the basement OF the
clubhouse at the back Of st, James Square.
cabman states that he saw man ilsht
what vas apparently fuse, and then
run away Immediately afterward there was
report followed by a volume of smoke. Alter al
interval of few seconds, the cabman sayys
another report occurred between the Army lhteliF
gence Department, which adjons the Junior Catt
ton clubhouse and the Army and Navy clug-
house facing it on the opposite side OF St James
Square,
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SHORT 10000 ~ HIS ACCOUNTS.
WILLiMANriC, Conn.,, May 30.-Dwlght Web
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EFFECT OF THE BOND,

The basement Of the Carlton clubhouse was
shattered and four female servants who were aV
work there were severely injured. The club mousse
nIoeion, several lights were extinguished The
lights throughout the entire building OF the Army
and Navy Club were extinguished, and the VIM
doYs blown i'll,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-31

ber town clerk and treasurer OF CoVen,r, ana nd a
Jndoe of the Coventry districts, has le1t towp '"
Shortage of over $4,000 is reported III DIS acc''''
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MAY 81, I8S4-TEN PAGES.

Termed last night Lake Nasca, the highest body
II water IN New-Jersey.
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BEFORE THE CONVENTION.
MR.. pLAINE's INCREASING STRENGTH.

HIS SUPPORTERS CLAIM 341 VOTES ON THE FIRST
BAILoT-THE PRESIDENTS FOLLOWING
ley TELEGRAPH TO The TGIBuNE.l
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THE ICE ON LAKE EAsCIA.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TKIBusEl
popr Jrpvts. MAY 3O.-Ice two inches thick
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MEMBERS REPRESENTED BY PROXY.

majority Of the National Committee is present
in person or by proxy. and the remainder OF the
members is expected tomorrow morning. Ex-Sen-
ator Cha1ee holds the proxy Of Governor Routt, OF
Colorado, delegate-at-argc. Hastings OF DcIa-
ware who is said to prefer Arthur, holds me proxy
OF Christian fobiger, of Delaware. Joseph L. Lee,
delcgate-at- large from Florida who Is also Sad TO
be an Arthur man, will represent W. W. HICKS
burton c. CLARK holds Senator Logan's proxy.
Penresentatiye Boutee. of Maine, Will represent
Senator FRYE. Senator Jones, OF Nevada, II Is M
derstood still holds }. w. Mackey's proxy, j; j.
hnneTson a delegate from Oregon, holds Alr. Ire
Lands proxy C. l.. Magec, II IS expected VIII repre-
sent Senator j. Donald Cameron, as he did at the
last meeting of the National Committee. Senator
AIirich holds the proxy of W. 4. Pierce, OF Rhode
Island and it is expected Congressman G0il VIII
remrosent J. w Mason, of West Virginia.
ts 10 The complexion of the committee in respect
10 preferences for Presidential candidates. there Is
much diversity of opinion. The hTthnr men claiih
a majority but then they claim pretty lnuch every
thing Secretary Martin thinks the committee &c 10 70
about evenly divided so far as Blame ana arthur
are concerned, but he does not regard the prefer
ences of the members as Of much consequence thls
wear The friends of none of the candidates seem
Inclined TO make any contest over the temporary
rhairnanshp Several new names III connection
with that Office mentioned to-day among
them being Senator Iloar and ex-senator ;Iohh d.
Henderson. Upon whom the choice Will iall Is ui,
certain, owing to the fact that several members OF
(Csnlinusd Rinh Pases
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-22
Miscellaneous.

The Standard Oil company, following the
precedent of the New York elevated railroad
COMPANY, is trying to get out of paying q
bill of 81, 100000 taxes, which the auditor
general OF Pennsylvania has presented.
Gov. st. John again asserts that prohibi-
ton in Kansas lisa great success.
II saw more intoxicated women at the
Derby than on any former occasioS,' said
Edmund Yates In the London World, ssand
notmerely the females with whom inebriety
is normal, but decent looking women, the
wives and sweethearts of artisans and small
shopkeepers. Perhaps the heat of the
weather upset their calculations as to the
amount of liquor they could lake with inn
punity."
It is related that the president of the
Fitchburg railroad, some 30 years ago,
settled with a number of passengers, who
had been wet but not seriously injured by
the running off Of a train into a river, by
paying them from So to $40 EACH One of
them, a sailor, when his terms were asked,
said; We'll, you see, Mister, when / was
down in the water, / looked up to the
bridge and calculated that we had fallen is
feet, SO If you will pay me a dollar a foot /
will call it square.
Vassar graduates thirty-fye girls as
OF ATIS tAlb year. LIE NEW
Orleans Times suggests that they win
probably be very glad to swap off these
masculine titles for the more feminine Dig
mites Of mistress of hearts, But why
not have both? The highest learning does
not detract o moiety from the most lovable
| qualities of woman,
There is statistical authority for the
statement that the non evangelical denom-
nations of the United States, the Unita-
rian, the Uniyersalist, the New Jerusalem,
or Swedenborgian, and the Christian"
Churches, numbered altogether nineteen
churches or societies less in 1889 than in
1910, and 472 less in 1880 than in 1860.
Men and women vary much in their man.
ner of shopping. Al woman has not the
slightest hesitation in entering the biggest
store in the city and buying q paper Of pins
or q ten-cent ball of darning cotton, while q
man would almost as soon steal sheep as do
it, and in one case could not feel greater
loss of self re spect than in any other. The
trouble with a man is that he likes to dis
play bis opulence and proclaim his financial
importance, and for the indulgence OF which
vain ambition, If sent by his wife TO make
a small purchase for her, he is apt TO return
with a miscellaneous assortment of expen-
sivs and useless articles, and By the acqui-
sition thereof thinks he has impressed the
clerks with sense Of his ~seaue
This conviction, however, Isl IN MOST cases
a delusion and a snare.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-22

ner's life was saved from the terrible ct
tack of gastraigia by DR.. Frank Oieyin.
s nav y0u mhen I get home Z she said.
tersely. You can 60 with me. If you don't
mind my green veil and bag.
AND so, aTuer reacnIDg n0me, wnero liz
lice Dunning. in readiness to leave by q
train an hour later, opened the door IN an
swer TO an imperious summons. Miss Mi
ner stalled in, followed by DIR. Olevin.
you needn't be frightened. Ellice, I she
said in o wonderfully soft lone of VOICE. I've
changed my mind. I'm the fool, not you.
Here's yoEF bean; You can have hiu and
welcome. And when you're married, I'm
going to settle my fortune on you and lei
you live here, If you'll give me a roSin
somewhere. I've changed my mini, I tell
you, Ellice Dunning. Take off your things
and 60 get a cup of coffee for MS
And that was the way little brown-eyed
Ellice came into her double inheritance or
love and fortune.