The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-03-10

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W. H. Dunton prominent Democrat of
Little Falls, N. y, believes that the breach
in the Republican party of Herkimer
county, owing to Warner Miller's friends
and supporters securing entire control OF
the county convention and making him
chairman of the state delegation, will not
be so readily healed. Miller named AL
bert Story as delegate to the St. Louis con-
vention with instructions to vote for Gov
ernor Morton first and Ex-Governor Nc
Kinley next. The factional feeling is
intense, and will seriously affect the Re-
publican ticket next November.
we'll known and accomplished officer
of the secret service bureau who has
been for some days looking after a clever
gang of ''shovers of the queer and known
as agents of W. e. Brockway said of this
extraordinary man that his real name was
William E. Spencer, connected with some
of the most honored descendants of New
England historic Puritan families. He
has just been convicted at Trenton. n. j..
The facts which led up to this would never
have been gotten at, but that the govern
ment, smarting under the fact that for fifty
years he has constantly outwitted them.
and been the, most successful forger and
counterfeter they have had to deal with:
finally run him to earth by ''stool-pigeon"
who lived with him and became his friend.
The old mans helplessness Che is Tow "A
years of ake) and his utter breakdown
when this man took the stand against him
were pathetically pitiable. In 1S47 he
pleaded guilty to a charge of counterfeiting
and spent year in Sing Sing prison. Then
on his release he returned to his old habits
but evaded conviction with marvellous
sagacity till 1888, when he was again sent
to Sing Sing to serve five years. On his re-
lease he again resumed his old and favorite
pastine of swindling the United States.
He travelled all over the country. and his
quiet manners, apparently studious habits,
and above all his liberalty TO hotel EN-.
ployees made him very popular. He did
not smoke or drink, and rarely entered
into conversation with anyone around the
the corridors. He was first to introduce the
electroplate into the manufacture of bogus
money and in this way had big start on
the detectives, making his counterfeit
stuff just as he needed it. The scene at
his last conviction was truly dramatic. All
the family were gathered round him, his
ldNOTltO kfauuNlauShtCl oiiy iCSCheiy NOd.
sitting on his knee, embracing him and
weeping pitiously. She could not believe
that grandpa was such a naughty man.
The poor old fellow will end his days in
the peniteptiary unless executive clemency
be extended. All of us could not help
plying him, not merely on account of his
age, but of his extraordinary career, and
mastery OF his nefarious art.
Frank f. Mcdonald, formerly freight
clerk of the missing City of Rio Janero,
who is in the city on vacation, thinks that
the big liner will turn up all right, although
forty guineas premium was paid by un-
derwriters OH Saturday for reinsurance.
The ship is one of the staunchest in the
nate Strathnevis, carries good spread of
canvas. Mr.. Mcdonald is of the opinion
that she was caught in one of the fearful
hurricanes which prevailed in the South
Pacific from the 17th to the 22d of Feb.
ruary, which were so disastrous to shipping
from the antipodean coast to the China
and Japan seas. In all probability her
propeller was lost and she is beating to
windward under sail only, which may pro.
long her voyage for weeks. She is well
found in every way and Captain w. j.
Russell is an experienced navigator.
DR.. A. G. Goodwin of Guys hospi ;al,
London, is taking deep interest in the man
Fred Czarske, who was almost eviscerated
by the knife of Elisha L. Bennett. Recov-
cries from perforation OF the intestines
such as in Czarske's case are extremely
rare and should the patient pull through it
will plane Drs. Ainsworth and Bryant on
high place as abdominal surgeons. DR..
Bryant has long been known. although a
young man. as one of the very ablest lapar-
otomists and ovariotomists on the coast,
Lo,, e lnt4
plicated capital operations in the we'll
equipped operating rooms of the Sisters
hospital. DR.. Ainsworth's large practice
rs chief surgeon of the Southern Pacific
has enabled him to make distinguished
record as an operating surgeon. DR.. Good
wynn is visiting friends at Santa Monica.
William j. Longworth of Baltimore, Md.
abiding to the appointment of John x.
Cowan and Oscar u. Murray as receivers
for the Baltimore and ONO railway, said
that this had been long expected by those
who knew that the road has for some years
been losing money and that the efforts of
its directorate to raise the funds neces-
sary to meet interest and other payments
due and about to become SO had been unsuc-
cessful. General Cowan. the former super
intendent, and Oscar q. Murray the third
vice-president, formerly third vice-pres-
dent of the Big Four system. are all
financiers and practical railroad men and
are the only ones that the stock and bond
holders have any confidence in as being
capable of getting this valuable property
out of its endorsements. The total debt
is about Sl2 100000. General Cowan is
member OF Congress from the fourth
Maryland district and has gained of late
political notoriety as the leader OF the
Democratic opposition to United States
senator German. He was born in the
Buckeye state in 1915. The b. & o, was
one of the very first railways CONSTRUCTED
in the United States and was for many
years great dividend payer, attaining
under the management OF John w. Gar
rett. proud position among the interest
bearing and dividend paying lines in the
country, its securities being regarded with
the highest favor. The receivership pro.
ceedIpgs were precipitated by the action of
the Northern Pacific in levying upon
some of the locomotives of the ca stern line.
The incident is of more than passing ill.,
terest in Southern California and indeed 10
the Pacific coast generally, as it will
probably smooth the way for "A powerful
syndicate of United States and English
capitalists, who for some time past have
been quietly at work arranging for a
consolidation OF the entire Pennsylvania,
Baltimore and Ohio. Chicago. burlington
and Quincy and Aichison, Topeka and
Santa Fe systems. which would give one
magnificently equipped trunk line from
California, Oregon, Washington and Brit
ish Columbia points to the east. entirely
independent of the Southern and Central
Pacific.
David A. McCandless, native son OF
Los Angeles, who has been for some years
with an uncle in Australia. and came over