Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-14


Guard the Coin Is Extracted and Re-
placed with Lead-Inaugural Prepara-
tlons and other Washington Gossip.
WAsHIvoToN, Nov a. ~ The treasury
officials have discovered that they have been
robbed OF new silver dollars To what ex-
tont OF by whom they do not yet know. The
secret service detectives are making an in
vestigation. The mint at New Orleans has
been overloaded with new silver coin and to
relieve it the department is shipping millions
Of dollars to Washington TO be stored in the
new silver vault in the treasury courtyard.
The money is shipped in scaled wooden
boxes, each containing two bags Of $1,000
each. When one OF these bags was opened
at the department, day or two ago it was
found to contain nothing but shot. A
second box was opened and one of the bags
In it was found to contain nothing more
valuable than lead
The matter was at once reported TO the
secretary Of the treasury and by him referred
to the secret service officers, who are making
a careful and active investigation.
The boxes are carefully sealed before they
leave the mint, and guarded on the train.
They are taken from the depot at Washing
ton to the treasury in a large express wagon,
Gagged in on all sides with heavy steel wire
and guarded by representatives Of the express
company and OF the treasury, who are heav-
lily armed and sit on the boxes within the
cage Every care that can be thought Of is
taken to guard against loss, and the detect
ives are puzzled to know how it was. possible
TO substitute the shot for silver dollars
1t is impossible at this time to tell how ex-
tensive the robbery has been. The loss was
first brought to the attention of Acting Sec
retary Thompson on Wednesday morning,
the day after the election, and he put the de
tectives at work on the case.
Investigation showed that small amounts
had been taken from each Of a number Of
boxes. The department will probdbly hold
the express company responsible, but it will
take some time to learn the extent of the loss.
The robbery was discovered when the seals
OF the boxes were examined 1t was found
that instead OF the government seal put on
at New Orleans the wax bore the impression
Of a silver quarter. The original seal had
been broken the money abstracted and this
method OF hiding the fraud had been rcsorted
to. Mr. Bell, chief Of the secret service, be
lieves that the thieving was dono after the
boxes left the mint and before they were de-
hvered at the treasury department He says
that the express company is responsible; that
if the official clerks doing up the packages
had done the stealing they would certainly
have used the government seal to fasten the
boxes again.
INAUGURAL PREPARATIONS.
Mr. a. T. Britton has appointed Mr.. George
z. Lemon chairman Of the committee on
finance to receive subscriptions for defraying
-
Mr.. Lemon at once prepared subscription
book, and before noon had S50O0 Mr..
Britton also appointed Mr.. b. H. Warner,
president of the Columbia National bank, as
treasurer Of the Inauguration COMMITTEES.
Postmaster Ross arrived home yesterday
afternoon from Pittsburg, where he was
called by his stepdaughter's illness. Among
the first persons he saw upon his arrival here
was a committee of citizens, composed of
Messrs Roose, Parker and others. who called
on him for the purpose Of securing his Co
operation in the plans looking to a postpone
ment OF the removal of the city postofIice to
the pension building, so that the inaugural
ball can be held there. Mr. Ross expressed
his desire to further the wishes of tine public
in the matter, and said he would at once
have an interview with the postmaster gen
eral on the subject.
sAcKvILLE-wEsr FAMILY PLANS.
The Star says: Lord Sackvlle and the
Misses Sackville-West will be unable to ac.
cept Lord Stanley's invitation TO visit him al
government house in Ottawa. They win sail
direct for Paris when they reach New York
from here. There they will visit Mr.. and
Mrs Gabriel Salonson for few days. Then
they will go to London to be the guests Of
/ Lady Derby, and Lord Sackville will com
/ plete some arrangements about the possession
/ OF Knole. 1t has not been decided whether
they win spend the winter at Cannes, in the
South Of France, or accept an invitation
from Lord and Lady Lansdowne to visit then
in India.
! THE WEDDING TAXES PLACE THURSDAY.
1t is officially announced that the marriage
of Miss Endicott and Mr.. Joseph Chamber
lain will take place at o'clock on Thursday
afternoon at st. Johns church, the littl,
church across Lafayette park from the
| White House. Everything about the we'd
ding will be sedulously quiet. Invitation.
have been sent only to the president anc
Mrs. Cleveland, the members Of the cabinet
and their families and to the immediat,
family Of the Endicotts Miss Endicott vii
be married in travelling costume.
ANOTHER POSTMASTER RESIGNS
DIR. A. d. Markley, postmaster Of Hathoro
Montgomery county, Pa. came to Washing
ton with his resignation in his pocket He {
an old time Democrat, and thinks it time fol
him to go when the Republicans are vesteC
with power In conversation with a reporter
he said that he wanted TO 60 out at the heac
of his party, and he believed his was tn
first Democratic resignation to follow tn
defeat He took his resignation to the post
Office department. and then called at tn
White House.
CANE FOR THE PRESIDENT.
A delegation from the Church Of the Mos
Holy Redeemer Of New York presented Mr
Cleveland with a cane voted to him at a re
cent church fair.