The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-04-19
MILLION IS INVOLVED
Gigantic Swindle IN the Heart Of
New York Ohicial Circles.
LATE NEWS AND GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
Sensation In Medical Circles by the An
nounesment of y Rival TO KOoh-Jus-
tice Demanded of the Rich as
Well as OF the Poor.

NEW YORK, April IS. -(SpeciaD A mil
lion dollar swindle in the dock Board is
the discovery made by the new pres
ident of the department, General Ed
ward G. O'Brien, and officially announ-
ced late Yesterday afternoon.
He declined absolutely to discuss the
matter when approached by reporter,
but admitted that an immense swindle
had been perpetrated and that the rev.
elations would be startling.
In addition TO President O'Brien,
Commissioners Edwin Einstin and
James J. Phelan were present at yester-
days session, when the announcement
was made. Phelan is the only demo-
crat at present on the board.
Series of Gigantic swIndIss.
From a reliable source 1t was learned
that ever since the appointment of
President O'Brien in the place of ex-
Judge Andrew J. White and Commits
sioner Einstein to relieve J. Sergeant
Cram, the two republican members of
the board have exhaustively overhaul
cd the accounts of the late adTninistra-
tion, and have been appalled, at the re-
suits The informant says that as far
as the commissioners went they man
aged to discover a series of swindles
aggregating more than a million dol
lars.
Jnst how the swindle was perpetrat-
ed was not made public. but it is inti-
mated that wharfage and contracts had
a great deal to do with it, and that in
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known steamship company may be
involved. The matter has caused a
sensation.
New York's Latest Fire.
The large double, fve-story brick
apartment house, rs West ODD street,
came near destruction by fire last night.
A fire started in the cellar just before
z o'clock, and the flames rushed up
three dumb walters shafts. The fact
that the walls of these shafts are of
brick is all that saved the building.
The inmates had to rush from the
building for their lives. The smoke
had preceded the flames and filed every
apartment in less than five minutes af-
ter the fire started. Firemen. police
men end citizens aided the terrified ten
escaped suffoca ton. The damage is es-
timated at $4,000. Leopold Schmid, Of
ia East 122d street, owns the building.
This is the sixth fire that has occurred
in this vicinity within twenty-four
hours.
Latest Sensation I'm Medical Circles.
Consul General De Kay, at Berlin, re-
ports the discovery of a cure for con-
sumption and cancer. The discovery
was made by DIR. Lous Waldstein, of
this city.
The new treatment, perfected by
studies abroad, consists of injecting
minute doses of pilocarpine until the
lymphatic system is stimulated and the
white corpuscles of the blood overcome
the poisonous particles which produce
disease.
The Importance of the discovery is
thought to be far beyond those of Pas
teur and Koch.
Upon the Rich aH Wen mn the Poor.
As an example of the very exact
system of city ordinances now In vogue,
Ex-Alderman and Dock Commissioner
Robert Hall was fined SO in the York
vile court yesterday, which he paid
under protest. Hall has a stable in
Sixty-seventh street, near Lexington
avenue, and when a district superinten-
tendent attempted to move some of
Halls carriages that were obstructing
the street, Hall, 1t is alleged, interfered
and was arrested He was very indig-
nant.
The Observance OF Good Friday.
All of the downtown exchanges and
city departments were closed yesterday
to observe Good Friday. The depart
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