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FAILED FOR $40, 900.
Tho Oldest Stationers and Printers in the
Maritime Provinces.

ST. JOHN, n. b., Jan. %. u. & A. McMil.
Ian. the oldest stationery, printing and book.
binding house in the Maritime Provinces. have
assigned. Liabilities are reported to be about
$40, 600 and assets nominally about the Same.
The creditors are scattered over New York,
Philadelphia, Boston and England.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. %. Finley & Hull, dealen
In furnishings and clothes. filed q chattel deed
OF trust to Anthony Kohn to secure $14, ATS
due various creditors for money borrowed In
the course of business. Mr.. Kohn has taken
charge of the store. which will continue to do
business as usual until all the debts are paid,
at the expiration of which time new arrange
ments will be made between Finley & Hull and
their creditors for carrying on the business.
Assets and liabilities not known.
DENVER, COL, Jan. %. Receiver Grifith,
of the Western Farm and Mortgage Company.
said o-day in regard to the sale of the com.
pany's securities, which Judge Allen author.
lied, mat the paper. which represented . face
value of nearly 81, 600. 600, was sold to A.
Macarthur for 50, 100 net.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan, %. 1t IL given out
that a plan Is on foot TO reorganize the United
Electric Railway Company, for which . re-
celver was appointed. some days since. 1t is
proposed to retire all bonds, issue 81, 900, 600
new bonds at 5 per cent, pay floating debt
and scale old stock so as to put the company
again in possession of its property.
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zELL's ACCOUNTS ALL RIGHT.
But the Athletic Club Treasurer Hasn't Been
Soen Since Friday.

william r. Zell, Treasurer of the New
York Athletic Club, Secretary and Treas
urer of the Lehigh Coal and Iron Com
pany. the Lehigh Valley car shops and
Lehigh Valley Coal Company, and Treas
urer of the Lehigh Valley and Wilkes
barre Coal Company, has not been seen
by his friends since last Friday. He left
his home, in the Rutland, at No. $50
West Fifty-seventh street, on Friday
morning. and up 10 a late hour last night
had not returned. His wife does not
know where he is.
We, went to the Old Guard ball on
Thursday night together" she said yes.
home. He went out early. on Friday
morning, saying he had a business en-
gagement. 1 believe him. and am sure
he will come home"
Most OF those who know Mr.. Zell think
the same way. President Weeks, Of the
New York Athletic Club, and Vice-Presi-
lent Whitley have gone oyer Mr; Zelrs
II do not know anything about Mr..
Ielrs whereabouts, although we liys IN
I am u, Confident hat there is nothing
wrong"
Mr.. zell has handsome ONCE In the
Central Building, at No. 18 Liberty
said yesterday afternoon tina a partial
examination of Mr.. Zell's books and
thing in any way irregular. He and
Comptroller S. NJ. williams personally
conducted the examination. They are
the heads OF all the companies of which
Mr.. Zell was Secretary or Treasurer.
Mrs. Zell Is a short, stout woman.
with light hair and big, staring blue
eyes. No trace OF weeping or even
She was dressed in a big. roomy
Mother Hubbard.
Look here" she said, 81 want 1t put
in the papers-yes. all the p~apers-that
went away with another woman. He
didn't do 1t see? If I don't get certain
news In a day or so I'll begin to. look
sick and is unable to let me know Where
he Is"
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,ional and void ?' Why did he place

tional and void ~ Why did he place
at the head OF the law department a
mar whose associations and s~ympathies
were known to be with the conspirators,
his personal friends and his richly pay .
ing clients? Why does he retain this
man in his Cabinet now that he has
made Of his official report a brief in
behalf Of the very conspiracies he Is
officially set to prosecute ? Why does
he not ask for the resignation Of an
Attorney General who officially declares
that these conspiracies against the
interest OF the people, are as innocent
in law and as void Of ofTcnse in morals
rs any ownership Of property or any
transaction Of Legitimate business?
Why does not OLSEy resign an office
the duties OF which he is unwilling to
perform? Why does he not cease to
be attorney on both sides of n case :?
Why does he not withdraw from an
Administration whose most solemn
pledges he rcpudiates? And If his
own sens of the improperly Of his at
titude is not sufficient to induce his
resignation, why does not Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND demand his retirement in order
that the Administration may keep faith
with the people and fulfil his own and
his party's pledges?
Every day of OLNEY's continuance in
office is a day OF shame to the Admins
and q day Of wrong to the
The evening world., 1894-01-23
EDITORIAL SPARKS.

Boston Globe. Will anybody dare to wish
Mrs. Perugini man y happy returns?
Philadelphia Record. The nude in art Is we'll
named. 1t has raised a new din over the Fair
medals.
Washington Post. 1T would seem that the
Columbian medal was not edited by Anthony
Comstock.
Chicago Tribune. The contrast between the
American eagle and the cuckoo was never so
glarins as now.
Boston Herald. Another cold wave Is CON.
ing, ana still the depression in business is not
seriously felt In the Thermometer.
Philadelphia Times. The old Adam Is all
right when there Is any work to be done, but
he musn' t go on a Government medal.
Chicago Times. 1t about time that the con.
testants down in Rio SO. up steam enough to
hold at least a full dress rehearsal of u sham
battle.
Baltimore American. Lillian Russell will
now begin another matrimonial engagement,
and 1t Is hoped that there will be no further
change of bill.
Providence Journal. If the yellow fever
once gets q foo.hold at Rio human life will
really be in som danger in the centre OF
Brazilian hostilitieA
Dallas News. We are giving our Congressman
$5, BOO year, with double mileage, a world
Of garden seeds and 100 post Offices each.
What are they giving us?
Springfield Republican. There Is = Con.
gresham from Michigan named Aitkin who
has decided not to speak on the Tariff bill On
the ground that 1t would be a waste of breath.
We have forgotten Atkins politics, but
whether a Republican or . Democrat he has .
laysl head.
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RIGHT VICTORIOUS.

President TAPPAN, Of the Park Com :
missioners, had a conference with Mayor
GrLRoY yesterday, after which he an :
nounced his agreement with the Mayor
that the public opinion in favor Of two
speedway sidewalks ought to be recog =
niscd in legislation.
This may be regarded as a virtual set :
Element Of the question. With the
Mayor and two of the four Commits
sioners committed to this course it is
hardly probable that it can be prevented.
Commissioners SrRAUs and CLAUsEN will
be obliged to yield a tardy acquiescencc.
OF course the bids made on the basis
Of the old plan are of no account. There
must be new plans and a new advertis =
ing for bids. In making these plans
the counsel of the landscape architect
should be invoked. This is as desirable
for the cutting away of the bluff as for
the treatment Of the river front.
The fact seems TO be that the building
of the speedway wa at first treated as a
matter in which nobody but the owners
and drivers OF trotting horses could have
any concern. The Mayor and the Com
missioners have been enlightened now.
Let there be no more mistakes OF this
nature. The people will insist on get
ting the most for all money expended
for public parks.
The evening world., 1894-01-23
A NEW BRIDGE BILL.

The projectors Of the New York and
New Jersey bridge have decided upon
the only wise course. They will have a
new bill prepared at once, and will
omit from it all the features criticised
by Mr.. CLEVELAND in his veto message.
Such a bill should be passed without
opposition or delay. 1t should become
law in ample time to admit of the
beginning Of work upon the bridge this
spring.
The bridge itself is n necessity. Its
value to New York will be incalculable.
Its worth to the whole country will be
not less great. 1t will free commerce
from a costly obstruction. 1t will
annex the country's commercial rap
ital to the continent. 1t will cheaper
the work of importation and exporta
ton alike. 1t will remove an obnox
ious toll gate from the highways Of
trade.
This company is ready to provide
this greatly necessary path across the
~obstructing stream. The introduction
at its instance of n bill stripped of the
features objected to will be its proposal
to do the work on terms to which there
can be no possible objection.
Congress should accept the proposal
at once. The whole country needs the
bridge.
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slavery. II is not TO be supposed that
many Republicans will follow Quay,
for as a rule Republicans are not the
enemies OF their country. But Mr..
Quay is evidently Of the belief that
Pennsylvania manufacturers are not
unwilling to sacrifice the country
welfare for their own pocket. 1t is to
be hoped that he will find himself mis-
taken, and that ever the Populist vote
is not so large in Pennsylvania as he
thinks it is.
As to QuAY himself, no one who has
followed the crooked and criminal
course of this embezzler will be sur
prised to learn that he is willing to
advise the Government to swindle its
creditors.
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NO PRESS CENSORSHIP.

The old Comstock bill has been re =
vived. Mr.. HAYES, of Iowa, has in
troduced it in the House.
1t is a bill bad all over and clear
through. 1t empowers the Postmaster :
General to exclude from the mails any
publication which he may think de
votes too much attention to reports of
crime or to stories OF immoral
deeds
That Is to say it makes OF the Post :
master General an arbitrary and abso :
lutte censor of the press. 1t empowers
him to decide what newspapers shall or
shall not publish, whether he is or is
not a person qualified, as usually he is
not, to render an intelligent judgment
upon such a question.
But worse still, it empowers the Post :
master General, upon a plea of moral
se%nsitiveness, to exclude from the mails
any newspaper which may effectively
criticise the Administration.
1t would be an intolerable tyranny to
lodge such power in any Government
official or in anybody else. A free
press, answerable in the courts for any
offenses it may commit against law or
morality, is the foundation of free gov
eminent. bill to create an arbitrary,
ignorant and partisan press censorship
should receive short shriit at the hands
of q Democratic Congress before being
done to death.
The evening world., 1894-01-23
THE REVOLT OF THE DAUGHTER.

There are unmistakable signs in Eng
land that the example of social freedom
that the young woman from America
has set is working something like q
revolt in what are known as gentcel
circles against the time -honored re-
strictions Of English society. The in
dependence of chaperons, the ability
to take care of themselves and the
general contempt which these Yankee
girls have shown for " wall flower
supervision without mourning any spe-
cial dangers, and in most cases without
exciting IN scandal, have altogether
awakened in the British maiden's
breast a suspicion that the British
matron, when her functions are ex-
tended beyond the afternoon tea to the
rector, is superluous il not annoying.
The indications OF this reaction come
to us through the multitudinous weekly
organs of British conservatism and for
malism in the shape of protests from
MANY Years an English Mother
and lone of the British Gracchi' and
'Justitia' herself. "What are u
modest maidens coming tor Can
such things be credible p and "Where
is this to end p are some Of the ques-
tons that we can SET have broken from
heaving corsages like walls Of warning.
But what are the incredible things
that the maidens are coming to? For
tunately the matrons in their appeals
to the press do not leave us wholly in
the dark. One maiden Of undoubted
gentility and "indisputable connec :
ton has been found driving a Yankee
blackboard alone into a market town to
get her own mail. Another whose
father is actually in the Government
service went to n matinee performance
at Mr.. DAYS Yankee theatre-un :
attended. Still another is mentioned
who was found in the conservatory at
an evening reception talking botany to
q man to whom she had never been in
trOduced.
We can readily infer from this dread
fnl state of things what the British
maiden under the poisonous influence OF
Yankee example will do next. She
will read WALT WHITMAN instead oil
S%wINBuRSE. She may even get married
without settlements, and take it into
her head to snub a titled roue.
And suppose she does! 1t may no,
inure to the comfort of the present
group of buckramcd British m~atrons,
but may it not improve the prospective
stock of them Have we then found in
America that n little less starch and 9
little more freedom have made com
PARSONS Of the American and English
girls so Instantaneous to the former =.
1t is just possible that America is set
ting an example for Europe in its girls
no less than in its men, and that it will
presently be claimed by our fair cousins
over sea that a society that is held tC
propricty by iron bands is not rs free
from dismal lapscs into license as &
society which trusts to ~womanhood
even when young, and believes tina,
freedom of conduct, where the hear
is pure, does not lapse into vulgarit,
hall so often as, an uncomfortable formal
ism lapses into stupidity and despair.
The evening world., 1894-01-23
ABBOT MAKES A GENERAL DENIAL
A Demurrer to the Complaint Against the
Northern Pacific Directors.

The answer of edwin H. Abbot, who is one
OF the defendants in the suit brought by John
swope against Henry Willard and others in con-
nection with the alleged fraudulent purchase
of the Wisconsin Central property in Chicago
by the directors of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road in September, 1889, was filed in the
United States Circuit Court yesterday after.
noon. Mr.. Abbot makes 4 general denial OF
all the charges made by Swope.
A demurrer to the complaint has also been
filed, asking for its dismissal on the ground
that jurisdiction belongs exclusively to the
Eastern District of Wisconsin and not to the
Southern District Of New York, where the suit
Is brought
The evening world., 1894-01-23
Want an Accounting from tho Adjustsrs.

Hosford & Sons. photographers, OF No. SO
Cedar street, moved yesterday before Judge
Pryor, of the Court OF Common Pleas, for the
appointment of q referee in their suit for an
accounting against Seldom & Rice, insurance
sdjusters, of No. o Broadway. When the
plaintiffs place of business was burned out In
they put the adjustment Of their claim
The plant ifs allege that under the settlements
with the insurance companies there Is still
money due them. Decision was reserved.
The evening world., 1894-01-23

PETER is cocksure that the Secretary
of the Treasury has no legal authority
to issue bonds, and he set forth his
views in a speech in the Senate yester :
day. Mr.. CARLISLE will doubtless regret
that PETER feels in this way, but he may
be consoled by the thought that after
all PErrER is not yet recognized as in
disputably the greatest lawyer in the
country.
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as much as PLArT's or CRoKER's in any
point except the facilities for steal =
ing. Whether or not the Republican
revolt against PLArr in the Legislature
will amount to anything remains TO be
seen, but there is slight ground for
hope. Speaker MALBy appears to have
become a very slave of the boss, as
contemplate as his immediate prede =
cessor in the Office.
The evening world., 1894-01-23

When the House adjourned yester :
day, after a day devoted TO the sugar
schedules, the wisest parliamentarians
were quite unable to determine what it
had voted to do. Some commended that
it had decided to put all sugars on the
free list, while Others held that its
action would make refined sugar free
while imposing a duty upon raw sugar.
In all the confusion one thing was per-
fectly clear. The House stands by the
doctrine that an article Of common
The evening world., 1894-01-23
BARON wAGGsTAFF A PAUPER.
He Takes the Poor Debtors Oath in Boston,
but Hopes to Pay His Creditors.

Especial 10 The WORLDLY
BOSTON, Jan. 81. William De waggstaff. a
tall, soldicrly looking man, appeared before
Judge Burke, In the Poor Debtors Municipal
Court to- day, and took the poor debtors oath,
swearing that he was not worth $50.
He Is we'll known here and in New York as
Baron Waggstaff. He was arrested on Saturday
in a suit brought by Uriah WEIGH, formerly the
proprietor of the st. Nicholas Hotel in New
York, for money loaned years ago.
The debt is SO, o aud the Baron hopes to
be able to pay 1t some day.
He is here. he says, trying to sell q patent,
and denies that he is an emissary OF the Car
looking at American Qualifications.
At one time he owned an iron foundry In
St. Petersburg, he says, ana discovered a
secret in the making of steel, which G. n.
Tilden. of New York. offered him 500, 600
for. He refused the offer.
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necessity once on the free list must
remain always on the free list, and that
it is not the duty Of the Government
to pay anybody to engage in an up
profitable business. 1t voted down an
amendment to rcimpose the duty on
sugar, and carried, by 1876 to SO, an
amendment completely abolishing the
sugar bountics.
The evening world., 1894-01-23
Mr.. Childs and His Illness.

Boston Globe. George William Childs better 2
Good! But, after all-how can he be?
Philadelphia Record. II Mr.. George W.
Childs could know all the kind things that are
thought and said and written about him since
the news Of his illness has been spread abroad
throughout the country. IL would certainly
help to cure him. There must be some potency
in the universal good will OF ones fellow
creatures to quicken the pulse and keep warm
the blood.
The evening world., 1894-01-23
Muholland's Antis at Work

A meeting of the Executive Committee Of
the anti machine Republicans was held at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel last night and q sub COM
mittcc appointed to prepare and issue n call
for a county convention to be held at Cooper
Union within the next two weeks. The com.
mittee as appointed by Gen. Michael Kcrwin
includes John y Milholland., ex. Alderman
James A. Cowie. ex- Assemblyman S. n.
Simonson, Major c. II. S%outhworth, Charles
A. Winch, H.. r. Wilson and Charles A.
Wheelock. This committee win meet to- NOR
row afternoon at 4 o clock at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel,
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aofr viii Aid In the Election Cs,Os.

job W. Goff and Samuel II. Ordway, OF the
Bar Association Committee, called on Assistant
District. Attorney wellman yesterday and dis.
.cussed the election fraud cases to be tried dur
ing the February Term OF Oyer and Terminer.
The Bar Association Committee has declined
10 have anything more to do with them, but
Mr.. Gof said that. individually, he should
render Mr.. Wellman all the aid he could In
preparing and prosecuting the cases.
The evening world., 1894-01-23

At last the American built, American.
armed, American ~.oficered and Amer
lean manned Nictheroy has sailed from
Pernambuco for Rio. We may yet
learn what the dynamite gun can do
when handled by plucky young Amer
leans who "mean business when
they fight,
The evening world., 1894-01-23
Miss MarKst Tsunant Injured.

LONDON, Jan. 10. Miss Margot Remnant
was badly injured on Saturday while following
the Cottesmore hounds. She was conveyed
home in Mr.. Zborowski's carriage. Miss Mar
got Is generally credited with being the founder
of the society called "The Souls" which
hourished In the West End OF London. II Il
said that the author of ''Dodo" partly mod
elltd the heroine on Miss Margot TennAnk
The evening world., 1894-01-23

In view of the methods of Boss PLATr
at Albany it would be an injustice to
compare him to the overseer Of a Lou
isiana sugar plantation in slave times.
That is, it would be IN injustice to the
Louisiana overseer.
The evening world., 1894-01-23
Casanova Loses His Suit

The action brought before Justice Andrews,
OF the Supreme Court, by Jose N. Casanova to
recover $40. 600 from II. spaulding de Gar
mendia, Martin aud Carlos de G~armendia, was
dismissed yesterday, Casanova alleged that
he put $50, 600 into a scheme by which he and
the defendants were to purchase q sugar
plantation in Cuba and TO form q syndicats
with a capital OF 81, 600. 600 to prosecute the
enterprise-
The evening world., 1894-01-23

No pretense of I" reform - made by
those who have habitually prostituted
themselves to the worst uses OF partisan
politics will deceive any sensible person
as to the real meaning of the perennial
attempt OF Albany to deprive New
York City of local self government.
The evening world., 1894-01-23

Minister WILLIS has been more dis :
Greet than his instructions, it is true,
but he has so clearly rendered himself
unit to represent this country at Homo
lulu that he should be transferred at
INT to the capital of some country in
which he has never been engaged in an
intrigue for the overthrow of the exist :
ing government.
The evening world., 1894-01-23

There are excellent reasons for be-
~lieving that the Greater New York idea
can be accomplished without resorting
to an elopement.
The evening world., 1894-01-23
Absence Of Temptation.

tFrom The 81 Louis Post Dispatch,
Millionaires who fear the income tax b cause
it would tempt them to commit perjury
should not worry. Their incomes are largely
derived from corporate securities, the divi.
bends on which may DO asc.r,aincd without
consultins them Hens their m~,rality. Of
which they are N solicltous. will not suffer
from the awful strain.
The evening world., 1894-01-23

The manufacturing interests of the
country will be satisfied with the
Wilson bill after it has become a law.
Their protests now are largely a
matter of form. Pass the bill and let
them get back to business.
The evening world., 1894-01-23

The letter Of SETH Low to HAMILTON
sH puts the case against a four :
leaded police commission tersely and
strongly. MIR. Low is as high an
authority as we have on the problems Of
municipal administration. His judg
ment is worth at least one hundred times
The evening world., 1894-01-23
William A. Gednsy Fails.

william A. Gedney, doing business as william
H. Gedney & Son. carpenter and builder. at
No. AZ West Sixty seventh street. assigned
yesterday To Clarence A. Sears, giving prefer
sncsa-w, Il. Gednsy, $3.50; Eliza +. Gednsy.
The evening world., 1894-01-23

Mr.. OLNEY will probably perceive
that the people who are not in SYM
pathy with his fondness for trusts are
becoming noisy and clamorous.
The evening world., 1894-01-23

y, 500, and Clarence A. sears. 81, 0 W
said 10 own the Gedney House property ,rIr,"s
drew from the firm Jan. l. 1891, and ths ~.
has since carried on business alone. The fei,nsaa
Will IN noMise affect The Gedney House.
The evening world., 1894-01-23

Gov. WAITE is inclined to suspect that
the political walking delegates have
been at work on the Colorado Senate.
1t refuses to work.
The evening world., 1894-01-23

Candidate QUIaa says his election
would smash the Wilson bill. Can it
be possible that QUIGG is trying to break
into Congress under false pretenses ?
The evening world., 1894-01-23

Let the promoters Of the Hudson
River bridge remove the piers and thus
secure free and fair legislative naviga-
ton.
The evening world., 1894-01-23

Julius A.. Robinson, proprietor OF the st.
Nicholas Hotel, is in Boston.
1t was said by the night clerk that he was
probably there on business connected with this
suit. Nothing further was known at the hotel
concerning Baron Wagstatf.
The evening world., 1894-01-23

Minister WILLIS should be instructed
to pack up his letter writing outfit and
come home.
The evening world., 1894-01-23
TUESDAY, JAxUA7Y 20, 1894.
TrRMs-POSTAGE TREE

battered at the Post Office at Neo lork as Second
Gas MdH Matte.