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VII.
rpA1rD IN THE INMATE COUNT.

W. or. those tho only changes Of this char
ao..r Great alterations were made in the records
of the inmate population OF the various county :,
State and local institutions. charitable ana
NAVAL The lists from these places were mahe
ont nv the officers in charge Of them.
Tho bureau supplied to each institution prih'eo
sbeets 70 he made out, and it was the duty OF inc
institution officials to give the name, age %A'
color race and nativity Of each inmate anu 10 ray
from what city, township or county az large ne
had been committed, and also to state whcther Nv
WAS a citizen or an alien. Many OF these lists
were fully and properly made out. but many ON
ems were not. II was often the case that no dis
tipction as to citizenship or alicnage was made
In the early days Of the accounting such incom-
nlete lists were returned to the institutions from
which they had come for the further and fuller
information necessary. But later this honest and
proper practice was discontinued by order OF the
autborities of the bureau. The returns were dis
tributed among the clerks and given clerk, tax
ing one of the returns. say that from the Elmra
Reformatory. would pick out the total number or
inmates chargeable say TO the city Of Albany. ana
would enter that number upon card for that city.
II the return indicated b.; the letters and I
which of the inmates were citizens and which
were aliens the computing clerk would on the
back Of the card indicate the number OF citizen In
mates and the number of alien inmates.
For example, supposing there were in the FL
mira Reformatory fifteen inmates cbargeabe 20 the
city of Albany, and surprising five were aliens and
| ten citizens, on the face OF the Albany card the
figures ID would appear and on the back would be
the Endorsement 80 A. and 40 c. Then from
the same return another clerk would take off the
Troy inmates, another the New-York inmates
and so until the return ex-
hausted The result of the examination and com
putation Of all the returns from all the institutions
was series of cards. each card designating the
number of inmates Of each institution chargeablc
to each city or town, or county AZ large. These
cards were then sent TO the inner room and there
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VI.
NOW THE FRAUDS BEGIN.

The entire enumeration force in both these
downstairs rooms under the immediate charge
of Mr. William S. Waterbury, of Balston Spa
the chief clerk in the office Of the Secretary Of
State. Il is proper to say here, that so far as l
have any information, Mr. Waterbury is person.
ally a man of honor, and took other part in
the transactions here disclosed, than to
obey orders. His desk was in the inner
ROOM where eight other clerks were employed
with him from time to time.
The work Of the accounting began honestly
and probably for as much as two weeks con-
tinued to be properly conducted, but at the end
of about that time it was observed that the num-
Der of aliens was rolling up enormously, and
II this element Of the population con-
tinued to be counted as it had been
recorded by the enumerators. the legislative ap-
portionment especially in the great centres Of
population would be largely affected to the an
Jury Of the Democratic party. The law re-
quired that the apportionment should be based
on citizens only. each county being entitled TO
"a many seats in the Senate and Assembly as its
proportion of citizens warranted OF course there
were aliens in every county, but for one in the
country districts there twenty-five in the
city. and the vast majority Of all was lodged in
the Democratic strongholds OF New-York City and
Brooklyn.
SUPPOSED HEADS OF sUPPosITfTTous FAMILIES.
As the count developed the fact that the
number of these people was increasing beyond
all anticipatons, the desperate remedy
of classifying the original returns sent
in by the enumerators was determined
upon, ordered and put into operation. All the
true and honest work that had been done up TO
that time had to he discarded and thrown away
The rolls were again taken from their pace0 In
the racks. again distributed to the clerks. and
they were directed that when they found q num-
Ter OF persons of the same name grouped to-
cether so AS TO make it appear that the group
contained the names Of family as might be
Judged by differences in and age, and where
one OF the family a male member, to be presumed
TO be its head, was marked with &C" Ito
indicate that he was citizen); and when another
Or others Of the supposititous family were marked
with an A. ito indicate that they were aliens
the clerks should change the alien mark to a
citizen mark by erasng the "A" and writing in
the &C"
There were about 5000 enumerators. Ten
days before they began their work they received
from Mr. Rice full instructions to the law re-
gardng citizenship and alienage. as well as every
other subject concerning which question might
arise in the progress of their work. They were
required 70 study these instructions and TO fol-
low them. and their affidavits were the proof
that they had done so. The order requiring these
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THEY DIDN'T DARE TABULATE FURTHER.

THEY DIDN'T DARE TABULATE FURTHER
For two or three weeks before the labors OF
the bureau were completed there was much tax
among the employees concerning the enactmens
Of a bill by the Legislature appropriating money TO
enable the bureau to continue its work by taDulat
ing the results OF the examination IN various forms
by races, color, occupation and sexes. The material
for such a rabulatioa was furnished by tho
enumerators' rolls and had been an interesting
and usetul feature OF earlier census publications.
A hill 10 continue tie tabulations hau Deen intro
nucsd in the Legislature by senator Erwin, Dut
/, was objected TO by the Democratic Leaders, anu
y now bill was drafted TO be introduced as .
Substitute for the Erwin bill his new oil
Contained the provisions desired by the Demo
Gratis and was understood 10 be favored ny
Governor Flower 1t was said. indeel. TO be hls
Intention To- recommend it, passage IN the same
message in which lie called upon the Leglsia-
ture in special session TO pass the reapporuonment
Rut no such recommendation wal maze.
Ihe results OF the enumeration were lal1 pelore
TN, LEGISLATURE, and the Reapportlonment Dill was
enacted: but the measure approprlatlng money 10
continue the operations of the Enumeration Bureau
was not heard of after the proceedings on Wednes-
cay night 1t was very evident that by no pos
sbty could further tabulations OF the returns
he made To agree with the figures that had been
resort.d to- After receiving four days pay Tor the
work they had done on Wednesday night the
clerks were dismissed, and the telltale proofs OF
frauds that had been committed through their IN:
strumentality were put under lock and key. II
there is q fire in the Capitol Building soon pre-
dict II will occur in the northwest end room on
the ground floor. L. 4. w.
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ypw CHARGE AGAINST Mr.. GERRY,s AGENT.

The examination Of the case Of William A. Finn
and Edward Becker. officers Of the society TOT the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Children who are charged
with extortion by Mrs. Sophia Martens the keeper OF
notorious resort at No Sc Allen-st was resumed
before Jnstice Tantor at the Essex Market Police
Court yesterday Commodore Gerry and Asslsunt
superintendent Stocking Of the society," were present.
Mr. MACEDONIA Of the District Attorneys Office appeared
for the prosecution md William Travers jerome for
the defence Justice Taintor held both defendants In
default Of bail to await the action Of the Grand
Jury. Becker had his bondsman ready, but Flnns
bondsman failed TO appear. There was subpoena
in store for Becker. Mrs. Mary Schultz, OK NO. %
Alcn-st, had preferred another charge OF extotlon
against him. She testified that on March ] last sle
gave him $500 at No. l2l Eldridge-st, where she
lives. for tho privilege Of running q asorGy
house at No. as Allenst. on March 10,
and demanded 800 mere. She only had go
and when she handed that to him he threw IL IN ner
face. saying that he wanted 800 nothing Justice
Tainor held Becker in default Of 81 500 baii on inc
additional charge lie furnished the bends fiin'
who had no bondsman present was locked up.
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wholesale and fraudulent alterations was a general
one. 1t WAS explained 10 the clerks that the
cnumerators were either ignorant or mletak n, an
had failed properly 70 note the legal dls'lncuoh
between aliens and citizens IL ana not appear
that there were any exceptions among these
., 900 enumerators as 10 this alleged Ignorance
and misinterprctation OF law, but all were con-
sidered by the Bureau authorizes equally inclpaoe
of truly ascertaining and reporting the alien popu
lation and their work was IN all cases subject
to the revision of the bureau clerks.
sNEAK;NG OUT OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
A remarkable thing in connection with the
operation of this remarkable order was that none
of the officials promulgating 1t could be induced
20 give specific instruction as TO specific case
That is where instances were brought TO thelr
attention where there was doubt whether TWO
persons of different sexes, but of the same name.
were brother and sister, husband and wife, and
where the question was asked in such cases By
the clerk. "Shall change the A to &C. ?" the
reply invariably was: you must use your own
Judgment So under this cowardly nstruc-
tion. the irresponsible judgment Of these clerks.
biased by suggestions so adroitly made, was sub
stituted for the declarations OF the people them
selves and the personal investigation and sworn
evidence OF the enumerators How many Of these
chances from A" to "C' were made it is, OF
course. impossible to say without an actual count
of the alterations. i know OF one return on which
Mt least forty were made. 1t was common thing
for the clerks to make SIX eight changes on
single page Of return. There eighty
names on every page. and from six to fifty pages
in return. and there were over 5000 returns.
ROLLS ALTERED BEYOND RECOGNITION.
The erasures were generally made with knife.
che "A" being scratched out and the "C' writ
ten above the erased letter. OF course. there
fore, the evidences OF the fraud are as plain as
day, but as the authorities Of the bureau are now
RAPIDLY preparing to store away all these returns
in boxes and are guarding them night ana day.
refusing TO allow even the ordinary visitors at
the Capitol to touch one of them. proof OF the
fraud by actual inspection is likely TO walt nara
upon judicial mandamus.
Many of the returns were so seriously altercd
In their appearance by the making of these changes
that instructions given 20 the clerks TO "rie
new returns and such new returns were wri''eh'
and the enumerator's affidavit, which was on 'he
detachable sheet already mentioned, was remover
from the old return and affixed to the ne" one
II is the testimony Of those who were ehgafeu III
doing this work that in the entire HE as now pre-
served in the bureau there are few, il any, TOLLS III
the condition in which they were when the enumer-
ators made their affidavits. As nearly as can
estimate from the statements Of clerks ana othcfS
employed in the bureau. these changes must nave
amounted IN 100000 at the very least, ana, oil
coursc. the great majority of them occurred I'D
the rolls from New-York City. BROOKLYN anu
Buffalo
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past IL o'clock Wednesday night until about
or o'clock the next morning. How many
of this class OF veriiicaiOns were MADE or IN wnat
amount they affected the results Of the enumera-
ton can now never be known, especially as the
altered cards were the neNt morning taken into
the personal possession OF Benedict But as they
occupied so large force 80 long time, and as they
extended over about twenty different counties, IL 10
plain that they must have been great ID Dota
numbers and results.
THE CONDITION OF THE CLERKS DURING The
FINAL COMPUTATIONS
The clerks were working from about halfpast
7 until 4 o'clock the next morning without
anything whatever TO eat and their COM
plants OF hunger and fatigue were loud
and substantial Except for whiskey. which
Lawlor sent out after and distributed, and
which may or may not have rendered them IN
better condition to do their work. they were with
out any kind Of refreshment. AT o'clock they
obtained few sandwiches and some conee, ail
after that they continued their laDors. some ot
them until IL o'clock the next morning Inc
final tabulations Of the total population OF the
whole State Of New-York by counties were mace
by men who had performed this long ana .eaious
service Church refused to attempt to make q
footing because his eyes had failed him. and when
Lawlor undertook 1t he presently comPialnea OF
his head buzzing and gave 1t up. Finally Walsh
and Reed made the footing, completing 1t at ABOUT
half-past 10 in the morning. IL was mace ifoua
the totals Of the counties. largely as they mad
been completed that night, and II contained the
record of fraud, altered returns, forced verifca-
tons and false results which had been IN progress
for so many weeks. and which eliminated Ii
the outrageous performance on the maj nIsnV VI
the accounting.
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PSORIASIS 20 YEARS
Body n Mass Of Disease. SufFerinR
Fearful. All Thought He Must
Die. Cured in Six Weeks by
Cuticura Remedies.

skin disease called by some NJ DIS Psoriasis and othe
LepfTOsy co%nsnens On my scalp AID a spite ali
slowly but surely extended until ago this winter
For the last three years have been unable DO aay
Ing there s eoSi be nearly dustpantul scales aEa
Che envelope Containing this letter In the latter part I
everything almost that could be thought o. without av
relief. The 18th OF June / started West In homes
could reach , the Hot Springs reached Detroit and
but finally got as far as Lansing Mich, where lad
but , did me no good, All thought had but tim:
the skin all over my back, across RIBS arms hsns
limbs feet badly swollen toenais came OF npeernaiI:
dead, and hard as bone hair dead dry and lifess -
Old straw e. ny ,io1 how I did suffer; Ny sister.
CTKA in the house: She wouldn't give up; ssia, w;
Will try CUTICURA." Some applied Oh one hanS
and arm. Eureka there relief stopped the tehis
sot the cUTfcURX, CTriCTRA REso{vES Sis': snS
SOAP. commenced by taking tablespoonful q
RESoLyENT three times day, after meals lad bad
once day, water about blood heat; used CUrICTRx
SOAP freely applied CUTICURA morning and evening.
time left and my Sin a. smooth a. this sheet Of psu
n HIRAM T.. CARPENTER
Henderson. Jefferson Co.. N. 7.
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obstinate. Tho troubles that come slowly,
have to 80 slowly. Tho surcst md spccdicst
remedy is the "Favorits Prescription" 1t
builds up and invigorates the system, rcgu..
Mtcs and promotes tho proper functions, and
restores hoalth and strength
FOR everything that's known as "fcinale
II you're an ovcrworked or suffering wo-
man, It's medicine that's made especially
to help you-but you pay only for the help
that you GET
IN these terms its the cheapest sold
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m rds xvere sent upstairs for tabulation. But
eventually they all went to the tabulators;; Tho
Church has claimed in conversation WIN .ne
other clerks and the facts seem to bear MN Iuu,
that no such mistake as was attributed 70 -.nre'
could sby by him have pfsn Whether the mis-
take was alleged to have been mace oy .,int -,
computing the population of the whole ci% ,.tnd
the ward total cards Mr.. Waterbury, aanr.sSSu IT,
that il was not, but said it must have Dcen naue
in computing the ward totals themselves. ShuIcn
ncrtinenty replied that that was lnpoSlpIc' .lao
ne must either have made one large error 49, !"
angle ward which would have required co.n-
nensatng error of equal magnitude In the nSuIes
in the two elements of the population oi .naS
ward or that he must have MADE srres y,
extending through several wards with compeneac
inq errors in the figures OF the TWO cicn ~; vi
Rnt his figures had balanced at all points III an
bis computations. There were twentyslx "ar .S.
Jie had made up from the election oisrics 20, uS
lie tblcs of figures for each of these wards, and
in every instance the sum OF the whoie hus .ta
If inhabitants had been equal TO the sum VI ,a
ode M from the ward totals as thus asccItalnea
ma tota of the city These, too, had balanced
S Sn0 that his figures must have been correct
MISLEADING THE CORRESPONDENTS.
1f there was an error, Instead OF deliberate
,,,roro nv far the Iikeier thing, as any one may
soo ;s that it was made by the tabulators up
a.o;rs They had taken footing OF column OF
G,rres set upon a typewriter sheet In th's
oa,rmn there were at least 500 different lines OF
ogurcs. The possibility of mistakes here is plainly
great The tabulators did their work in rush.
o.d this particular work must have been done
" IT. .bs hour or so between the Brooklyn
senator's visit and the giving out of the new result.
Churcb's work, on the other hand, extended over
On narind Of weeks and at all times and in
a noints carefully verified. Each Of the sets
az az thrce cards which he handled had been
o od e and re-added and each of his totls was
added and re-added. ,
~ is significant, too that extraordinary efforts
,yerc made to prevent Church's cards from being
seen. MANY newspaper men called at the Enumera-
lion Bureau Oh Friday and Saturday, asking 10
soc the cards from various cities, and were per-
mittcd TO see all except those Of Brooklyn; Those
Wcssrs Waterbury and Church both declined on
any account to show Church's nervousness ex-
cited remark at the time. He told several OF the
reporters that the Brooklyn cards were not avail
ab,e that they had not come down from upstairs
whereas there is excellent reason to believe that
they were then in their proper places In the Gaze
behind him. and that he knew il. The correspond
ents were allowed TO see the New-York City cards,
the cards for Albany. Utica, Ogdcnsburg, and every
other city they asked after except Brooklyn. Mel
ther the ward total cards the total population
cards of Brooklyn cond be drawn by any pleading
from either Waterbury or Church.
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An OUTCOME or THE DELAMArER FAILURE

Chicago. May 6.-lIenry NJ. Miller, at one ume
treasurer OF Crawford County, Penn, was arTes'ea
here yesterday by Chief OF Police j. J. hanawny' VI
Meadville Penn. Miller is charged with Inc larceny
OF $4,000 OF the Crawford County iunds. TIC Nss
taken to Moadville. The charge recalls inc ia"'o
the concern closed Miller deposited S?oooo Oh .vs
county funds and the results which oll1w@ s rsrs
rise 10 cry of COLLISION Legal proceedings ws,S1
taken. but before the indictments could DC 'o"'S
Miller left home.
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CHANGING TIE COUNT OF BROOKLYN.
One of the most extraordinary performances in
connection with this whole census business
CURED In computing the population Of the city Of
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4 SHOCK In pENNSYLTlNIl.

Lancaster. Penn. May GA shock believed TO Do
that Of an earthquake was felt in Terre Hill ana o',e,
sections OF northern Lancaster County about .'o
o'clock this morning. The ground swayed ana MUS.
we're shaken. The disturbance lasted only ie"
seconds.
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oUEER ALIEN INNATE FIGURES.

The effect Of these scandalous lasincatons Is
easily traced in the figures given out by Rice
representing the alien inmate population. | have
already mentioned some Of these extraordinary
figures. where out Of ,l4l inmates chargcable 10
Albany, only 10 were aliens; out OF sol charge
able to Syracuse only 60 were aliens, and out of
2,29l chargcable to Buffalo, only 34s were aliens,
and out Of 1,5s6 chargcablc TO the million popu-
atiOn Of Brooklyn, only 2J3 were aliens The
showing is even more evident Of fraud when an
entire county is looked at for instance the county
of Erie, where there IL, as everybody knows an
enormous alien population, and wheIc even after
all the falsihcati0ns had been accomplished Rice
was compelled 10 admit that there were 42,6l5 D.
Everybody knows, of course, that the foreign
born population Of all our institutions is mucn
larger than the native population, and yet of
2,20l chargeable 10 Buffalo, only 34S were re-
turned as aliens; Of 100 chargeable u the county
at large, thirty were returned as aliens, and out
of ia charged TO the various towns of the
county, only fifteen were returned as aliens. The
state Of facts applies 10 every county in the
State There is certainly an enormous alien popu-
laiion in Queens County. Rice comedies 1881
which Is probably about half the truth. But of
sixty-threc inmates chargcable Long Island City
only eleven are aliens Of ffty-four charged to
Flushing, only ten are aliens; Of tlirty-four to
Hampstead, only two are aliens; of ilty-one u
Jamaica, fourteen are aliens; of thirty to
Newtown, twelve are aliens; Of twenty four Ia
North Hampstead, b none are aliens, and
Of 2l2 to the county at large, only
fifty are aliens. 1t can scarcely he
doubted that the statistics Of inmate population
as given out by Rice no more true of the State
of New-York than OF the State Of California.
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rs mnneu fhrolgn dWdv

rs money thro,rn array
when a medicine doesn't help
you. It's your risk and your
less. But that's tho way you
havo to buy every medicine
for woman's ailments, except
DR.. Piorco's Favorito Pre-
scription.
With that, there's no risk
its guaranteed. II u
doesn't benefit or cure, In all
tho chronic weaknesses, pain:
full disorders and functional
disturbances that afiiict
womankind, you have your
money back. But you won't
ask it-you'll DO cured.
n;,,o IL f,,,,a ~ vni,r eocA IL
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When Travelling

whether on pressure bent business take every
bottle OF Syrup OF Figs rs acts most pleasantly and
effectively on the kidneys liver and bowels prcySntin@
fevods headache. and other forms OF sickness For sals
In oo cents and sl bottles by all leading druggists.
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Burned With a Hot Iron

As she was weak and badly down thought before
continuing the treatment would try 10 build up her
system and renew her strength. We began giving her
Hoods sarsparilia She began to improve rapidly and
by the time she had finished bottle we were able
10 the bancages and found bear the
light and that the sight returning much TO our de-
light She took two bottles in ALL and well
once more. 1t is now year since began Civ.
inp 10
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Rtav. st. llomes or R0vers a.s
ahould never be without Heering's Cherry Cor0o'
Sold hy leading Grosesss
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TIE science Of Brewing freM Malt and Hops
demonstrated In the perfection OF the Manhatan Beer
ks6Ss hY mall. Hupfel 1'ws Co., 229 East 3e:hss
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Hsod's Pills the best after.dinnsr Piis assist
digestion, cure headache.
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Are Permanently Cured

She perfectly. has had signs Of any further
trouble and Is In every respect perfectly healthy.
We have great faith In
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Hoods SarsapariIIa

This remarkable cure Is known all this part Of tn
city and be vouched for by any Of the neighbor"
II. BUTTERFIELD. .t05 Hastings-st Detroit, Mich.