St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-28
The Late Treasurer of Louisi-
ana Will Sail From Liv-
erpool To-Day.
Reports Connecting Him With
Bond Frauds Cause His
Home Coming.
John Burns Goes to Rotter-
dam to Lead the Striking
DoekerS.
English Spinners Moving
Heaven and Earth to Break
the Cotton Corner.

LONDON, Sept. pa representative
of the Associated Press called upon
Maj. E. A. Burke, of New Orleans, ex-
treasurer of the state of Louisiana, at
his hotel this morning. Maj. Burke was
very busily engaged in the dispatch of
necessary business. preparatory to his
departure for America on the Etruria
tomorrow. When asked if he desired
to make any statement in regard to
alleged irregularity in connection with
state bonds when he was treasurer
of Louisiana, Maj. Burke expressed
ditiOn to give full information.
He had no knowledge of the charges
that had been made, or of the present
situation at New Orleans, except such
as had been conveyed to him in few
brief cable dispatches. These were not
adequate TO enable him fully to under
stand what ALLEGATIONS bad been made,
nor upon what ground. He had gath
cred from them, however, that the stu
alton was of sufficient gravity to make
it highly expedienU for him to return to
America at once. This would involve
the abandonment for the present of i'm
pOrtant business interests in London.
which would be likely to result in seri-
Gus pecuniary loss. But he did not hes
itate to make the sacrifice, for he felt
that
HE MUST HASTEN HOME,
in order to meet at once any question
that might arise touching the admins
tratiOn of the Office of state treasurer
during the nine years of his incum-
bency. For two years of the period
that he held Office his time and atten-
ton were almost wholly absorbed i'll the
work of the international exposition at
New Orleans. During all this time the
affairs of the state treasurer's office
were left almost entirely in the hands
of men in whom he had absolute conf
dence. At the time when he Surren-
dered the office, an exhaustive inquiry
into the administration was made by
legislative committee, aided by experts
from five banks, and from the CONNER
cial agencies of r. g. Dun 81 Co. and
Bradstreet's. The report of this COM
mittee, issued in July. 1887, makes the
position of the coupons perfectly clear.
Maj. Burke emphasized the fact that it
was at his special request that
the committee of inquiry examined
singly every coupon that had
been paid. He denies that he ever
paid any invalid coupons. A small
put aside and were never paid. These
are now in his possession, and will show
for themselves. He expressed the de-
termination on his return to go fully
into the whole matter, as he realizes the
seriousness Of the situation. But he
thought it undesirable. if not impOSSi-
BILE, to discuss such involved questions
intelligently i'll London; he preferred
to wait till he reached home, and had
the light of full Information. In con-
clusion, Mai. Burke said, with en-
phasis: IF it can be shown that l am
indebted to the state of Louisiana in any
way, am ready to make the indebted
ness good" Maj. Burke's health is
feeble. He has been undergoing severe
surgical operations during the past four
months. Mrs. Burke also has been
Frustrated with illness. Maj. Burke
said his intention had been not to sail
for America until Oct. Is, but his dis
patches show that the. situation of at
fairs at New Orleans is so urgent that
he had no alternative but to bring to a
sudden termination the business which
had brought him to London.
CONFEDERATEs ASKED To DIsGoRGE.
New ORLEANS. Sept. 27.-Attorney
General Rogers to-day made an official
demand upon the following named par
ties for the amounts stated below and
said to have been paid to them by State
Treasurer Z. A. Burke, out of the inter-
est of 1880, 1881, 1882, for alleged coup
ons: J. II. Mccormick, So 100; Ashton
Phelps, s., 2S0: Maurice j. Hart, $40, go,
and Alfred Jardet, 1910. Mr.. Jardet at
once sent the amount claimed from him.
The attorney general has not received
replies from the other parties.