Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1877, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, 1877, B. ¥. ALLEN. The Great Towa and Chicago Banker Again to the Front. Bank:Examiner Meiggs Will Pre- sent His Career to the Grand Jury To-Morrow, 5 And Will Ask for His Indictment for Perjury and Criminal Viola- tions of the Bank Act. 111s Confldentinl Clcr!(, Cleveland, ' to Bo Included in the Complaint. An Interesting Sketch of the Champlon “Shinner” of the Age. 1fow Ho Borrowed from Peler to Pay Paul and the Other Fellows. Bucoesaful Eviscoration of the Jook County National—No Assets Left. The Qunrterly Statements of the In- stitution Barefacod Perjurios. Ovor One Million Lost in Grain, Btock, and Land Speculations, . To-morrow tho United States District Conrt Grand Jury will be called uzon to make an Investi- gntlon of cortain charges of o eriminal natara ngainst B, ¥, Allen, Into Prestdent qf the defunct Cook County Natlonal Bank, and A, M, Cleveland, onoof the bLank cmploycs, who was Mr, Allen's confldential clerk, 'Tho charges will Lo presented by Bank-Examiner Melges, of New York, who has been engaged in this city for tho laet six or soven weeks investigating the books of the defunct inati- tutlon, and oliciting testimony tending tushow on tho part of the perrons mentloned a criminal vio- Jutlon of varlous scctions of the Natlonal Currency act, and soveral other paragraphs of the revised statutes, It Is understood that testimony will be adduced to show that under the management of Mr. Allen the bank was ona teeking maes of corrnption; that ts funds were diverted touses notln consonance with correct vrinciplos of bunking; that ita deposftors were aystimatecalty robbed; that Mr, Allen, it ho did not do the act himeelf, procured the performance of perjury; that the bank Looks were falelfied and made {0 represent a atate of facts contrary to thoso which actually existed; and, In short, that tho bank managementof 3r, Allen was charcter- {zed by fraud, porjury, and forgery, Bubpenas hove been fssucd for the appearance of several gentlemen beforo the " Grand Jury, including C. T, Bowen, former Vice-Presl- dent, Albert West, cx-Gashler Caleb Darre't, at one time chief bookkecper, and D. D, Spencer, who was tho head of the inetitution from its or- ganiyation untll the day Mr, Alien obtalned its control. DIOGRATHICAL, The carear of (ho Cook County Bank was n brief one.extending over o period of only three and one. balf years, A few daysago & TRInUNE Teporter was affordod an opportunity of roading ita bold blograpliy, a8 embalmed fn some thirty or forty pages of records,—tho diary of tho varfous meet. ings holl by the etocklhiolders and Dirccturs. From these pages It was necertained Lthat the frst meot. ing of tho stockhiolders was held on Juno 15, 1871, | in Rooni 5 of the old Shermau House, A majority of tho stock was represcuted, James E. Tyler petformed the duties of Chaleman, and Dwight ¥, Cameron ncted ns Sccrctory, Il I Honora offored a reevlvtion, which was adopted, that tho steckholders proceed to ballat for nine Direct. on to serve until the second Monday §n Janunty, 1872, 2L, D, Tillotson held thoe hat nnd rocelved tho ballots. After tho Jtetuening Uoard had caunteil the vote, the clecflon of the following Di- rectors was announced: D, D. Spencer, Jeseo K. Dubuis (sinco deceased), Lyman Trumbull, Jumnes E. Tyler, Washington Duelinoll, Iotter Pal- mer, David Blakely, C. M. llamuwond, and D, £, “amoron, There betng no further business for the #ockholders to tmusact, thoy retired, The Di- teclors anbrequently convencr, “with Mr, Tyler a the chalr, D. D. Spencer was chosen lrestdent and D. F, Comeron Casbler, These two gentlemen wero instructed to rocidre a locatlon forn banking-house, As no moncy had been pald In, {t was ordored that 50 per cent of the subscribed capltal be patd in within the cnening ten daya ot tho Manufactufors’ Nutlonal Dank. i ‘The noxt record boars date June 20, Tho mect- ing waa held In the Falnior Jotel, on the corner of Btate and Quincy atreets, Tho President was in- structed to purchiass $100,000 ‘In Goevernment Londs and depoait the same with the Comptrolter of the Currency ae scourity for 800, 000 circulation. Ho was aleo instructed to ask Mr. Caweron to resign his Cashlership, This that gontlemen did o daya afterwards nt a mecting held in ono of the Yremont-liouso parlars, aud it was accopted. On tho first Monday In August tho bank was epenad for businees In tho lonoro Dullding, at the tormer of Monros and Doorvorn street. 1t Is pro- wumed that busiuess was ssttsfactory, and - ilnit went ulong sucocaafully, as thare . & cone Yinuous blauk tn the rocords from June til Octo- > 2, 1471, whon the Directors met and resolved 10 Increase tho capital from 3500, D00 to $500, ) k later came tho **hig'fire," Tha Cook County met the fate of its bretaren and conpetl- ",’fi" n"‘"“c“““h";'fi u‘mx V\".bu uables, ~ An office was sucurcd at No, 305 Wabash ave ten oF twelvo oy wfior tho firo tha. oot 204 Nothing oy ¢ BESUMED nUsiNEss, othing of intereat occurred ufter the Dee. 27, when the purclurs of the bonds dfl;:nl:l':.‘ng to secure the circulatiun of tho Commercial Nao tional Hank of Oshkosh, Wis., which wi golng outof busincss, wan contirmed ' by the Directo ‘e reavlution adopted ata previous meoting au- thorlzing au increase of cajntal 10 the cxtent of f 00U was rescinded, Ana rort of compromise, Uwas declded o _split "t dlilerenco and Increass the stock 100,000, and to suspend the declaration dividends until the surplus should reach $100, On this consumuiation the bank ‘would 000, practically hive o capilal of $300, 000, st annual mecting slockiiolders was held on Jun, O, y and - the tranefor book showing Iniportant changes I tho ownceahlp of sharcs, a new_ dircctory wus clected. 1t consisted of Lyman Trumbull, Washington Bushnull, O, B. lough, ¥, 1. Wineton, Fotter Palmor, T\ 8, Dobbins, G, M, Brinkerhoif, D, 0, cer, and C, M, Hlammond, Mr. Spencer way clected Krostdent, and for the time an Ex- Atitive Commitico of threa Lo pasa Judgwent on [ uliered for discount was appoiicd. ~Tile 7 ivirmto conslsted of the Fresident and Messrs, W lonand Dobbins. ~ Ata wmeeting of the Die .wure un May 7, held at tho oflic In the Boons Liuck, o which the Lunk removed o woek pros vieus, IL was resulved to increase toe capital $1 ,BOOL“IH saino to be paid i on June 1. lru-l- neas was booming. E\n%lhlm‘ Wwas going on the Lroad-gauge, and the throitis was wila open. Mouey was In active demand, and capitsl was oty transferred fom o)l parts of the Unio (o bo used {n rebuilding tho city, On the 1dth of Juno a dividend of & per cent for the half year waa declarca payablo on July 1, Xath- ing of utereat occurred unt)l Oct. 26, {sm when at 8 meetiug of tho Directurs 1t wasresolvod 1o doe nato tud, O, Glover, who was one of the stock- holdurs, and United States District Atlurney, $300 for clection purposes, Un Dec, 16 h-l{quurly dividend of ‘& per cent was declared, payable Jan, 15, “Vho second annual meeting was bicld on Jan. 14, 1873, at which 3,014 shares were noted, and the following Dlrectors werg elecicd: Lyman Trume bull, Potter Palwer, T\, 8, Dobbing, J, 1. Lanielr, 0. '8, Hough, | Wesaluglo Bushbell, (o M. Jlammond, B. ¢ Cook, and D. D, Spencer, A sugycation emausting from wome of tho stogkholders made that no dividend bu declared in future until tiw premlum on hand sud surplus saould smount to 310,000, At the meetlug of the Dircctors D. D, Spencer was ros elected Presldent, and Buckley was appoluted cashier, Measrs, Tlough, llobline, and tho Presl- dent were clothed with vxecative puwers, A wio' later the revived constitution oid by-luws of the Clearlug-louss Amuciativn were approved by the 1o tilo a bond uf of the 1h72, WLl a rodoitnlon of 1hat Inckitation Sipmiiting o o neiftution appolnting 1ho bunk @ depostiory for warving, T 8 EATER ALLES, Bome time durtug May of 71 Il P, Allen. who Was extensively engaged fn the bunking busloess in DesMloines, lows, aud aseociuted la New York with essry. Stepheus aud Blennorbussct, v Wall sireat peratluny. camo to Chicagu un & voyago of dis- covery. lo wus anxfuu, for rearons ol his own, which will be expiaiued hercafter, 1o make a coue nectiun in (b clty, such a oae as ‘could ghvo him tha undispated control of 8 larze Goancial fustitu- tlon. Hu futerviewed Bir. Spencer concerning the Cook County, Anvsswinaton of iteussoly aud Eabilitice wis miade, und afice some two or thige Wecks, dutlug which negutiutions were carried on, It wan finolly agreed that My Aller alionid purclines n controliinz fulerest ab_the rate of 11NI¢ On June A Mr. o Spencer lransferred 10 Mr, Allen 2,050 sharea of the hank stock, and st {he'snmo time entered Intn an nzreement guar- anteeinr thie payment of 2653-500thw of all the pa« er held by the bank. “A wpectal niectiie of the Directors waa held Ui snmo doy. Mr, Spencer re slgned the Presldencys Mr. Denfels surrendered Dis Directorship, 13, F. Allen was clected o Die rector, an wos alro C.T, Tinwen, to fill tha vacancy cansed by the withdeawal of ¢, M, Jammond, O, B. Hangh aiso pudied ont, and Charles Stawart was chosen to fil1the vacant chale, 13, Fu Allen was elected Presldent and ¢, T Bowen VieesPrentdent, Under tho new regimo the bank Jumped into ~ ‘*mniversal gircniation.'' Me, Al len's personal acqbaintavee with the banking Intercata of Town brought o grent htmber of conne try accounta to the Conk Cownly, and largo bale frices wero deposited to the credit of theae rural Institutions, (n fune 23, at a special meeting of tho Directors, It was resolved to increane the canltal from £500, 000 to $750,000, and ta paes the divie dend which tvould fail duc on July 1. THR PANIC, On Bept. 18, 1871, the fallure of Jay Cooke & Co. wnaannonneed, A financial P‘"‘"‘ Aot athwart the commareial aky with the rapldity of alightning #hroke, (ind week latee Lo Cook Colinty -shut itn doors, But Atlen was et to tho emerge enry. With hid lowa * an New York treditors he made neeatfcementa wherehy he wan enabled to reapen after an interrezhim of threa dags, Tho recordsarc wondorfully shiént on all mattera lonching tha panic, and the * anly, s formation conceening the role played by the bank during the time that tried men's rouls in collated from the files of Titg Trinese, Towards the end of Oictober the Dircctors nuthorized Allen to exe- chte a bond in behalf of the bank fo the United Stntes Government for $160,000 for **the hetter recuring the payment of the public moneys now oe hereafter to bo hield by thy bank," “Alienn_at this ttmo wax possessed af great political induonce, e had been n member of the Towd Leg t»hmm, 1Imr- ticpated anlte cxtensively in a mnf»o of United tates Scnntorial clections, and wus solld with Gen, Lugan and other machine politicians in this vicinlty,” Iy concentralitiy all thesn ihijueticon ha ruceeeded in getting holdof tho Post-Ofice and tho Internal Rievenun ofiice, These amounted to hetween $10,000 and 850,000 daily, and nqmdcnl hiin an exeellent basts for doing a 'large ¢ tehine ning™ businesr, On the 10th of November ¢ Ty Bowen realgned tho Vice.Prealdency. withdrew frum the Cashlership, and ~Alhert W who been engaged M ihe nes< in lown, ~was solected to Intter vncancy., West 18 a relativo of Allen, connected with Tm by marelage, Dowen moved 1o New York, nid became conuected with a counle of finonctal Jnstitutlons in that city, and aida largo buxiness in floating accomodation and olher paper to give daily relief to the lowa magnate, who ‘was approaching nearer snd nearer, on csch suce ceeding any, the haven of eternal smash, AT TItB_ANNUAL MEETING held §n January 1874, B. F, Allen, Washinglont Bushnedl, B, C, Cook, 11, C. Nott, T. 8, Dobbius, B. ¥, Murphy, €. T. Howen, Charles Stewart, and Albort West wero elocted Directors, Allen retained the Presldency, — The Government de- nosits hnv!ni Increased to an amount in excessof the bonda deposited with (he United HBiates Treasurer {o recure thelr _payment, Air, Howen was instencted fn April, 1874, “to pirchars 70,000 hew por cnts, and_depost them with “Tiio Treasnrer os nddutional security for Governe ment deposite, At the same meeting b was ry. snlyed ‘[::l"reducu tho capital from $750,000 ta $500,000, The reneons aesiymed wero tho heaty tazes, the unvrofitableness of the businese, and tho earrying hy the bank of nalarge amount of ita own stock, which coutd not bo sold for what it cost, 1t wan nlso resolved to withdeaw $251,000 of the Londs deposited with the Comptrolier of the* Curroncy to securo the eircalation of the bank, snd apply Lhe excoss over tio amount. m\ulrm 10 pro- tect tho circulation to reducing the balance due the Government, The amount due ts not specified, Home timo in August the Internal Hevenuo. Col- lector ceased deposlting with the bank, in accord- ance with insteuctiona from Washington, and at noeting of tho Dircctors It war resolved to settio up with the Government, withdraw the bonds des noslted as necurity, and havo he sucplus pruceads Ineud to tie credil of tho bank In New Yorks ‘Fhe {nstitution bocame fnvolved more and wmors, Allen had spread himeelf all over creation, Jlis paper was known all over tho Easst, and he conld no longer float it, TIH INEVITABLE WAS REACHED, and on the ‘1Kth of Jonuary, 1875, ho calleda speclal meeting of the Lircctors, and §t was re- rolved 1o go into llguidation. The curtaln was rng down and tho lghta extinguishod, Tha stack ledger shows the following eharcholdees At thodate of the suspension: Jienty ¥, Thomas, Josre K, Dubois (sinco deceased), Lyman ‘Frum- bull, A, ¥ Irwin, Bowen, W, ({liman, John A. Logam, N, I, 8tevens, Thomas 8. Daboins, Lavinla E, Day, W, I, Dearborn, Danlel Fergn- son, Charles Stoward, H. C. Nott, W, I Turucr, Tlency K. Plckett, 1da E. le]an{. T.E. Brown, A, Weat, D, F, Murpliy, U M. 1loxte, Warren, ‘n, Clara Irena Day, Mary Garrigus, Dugan, Cuno 1, agent. Alien held Keeney & Co., I, ¥, Allel Carollne Morsh, Matilda I & Bpears, W, U, Baltons! 2,388 shure b, P, ALLEN . moved from Franklin, Ind,, to lowa inthe fall of 1848, and embarked in the ‘buninoas of keeping o countey etoro in Ues Molnze, He sold augar, roup, and stirch to the farmers and recelved in exolianio butter, cggs, and other produco. 1o also enccutnted in real ostatu in a small wny, In thin businesa ho continued vatil 3854 or '35, when lio abandoned fll“lthlnd'llflf and opened n banking- house, llaving catablished .a guod credit among the farmers antl minnl) businces men in the vicinity of Dca Molnes, his busineas gradnally incressed, 1lis surplus earnings weee juvcated 1n lands, and 10 thesc ho kept constantly adaini, until he conntat acres by the mile in fnlly & dozen counties in the tate. “fle continued to rim hia bank, which grow In infinonce ond power, mud _ nasociated hiwmeelt with other banking Institntions in Jowe, of which ho calned the control, ‘Thess wero the First National Dank of Atlantic; Firat National of Indianolas the Natlonal Stato, of Dea Moines; and the Capital City, of Kast Des Moines, Twaive or fifteen or tnore. yonrs agu a chartor was obtained from tho Legulaturo of Iowa, empowering a coin- pany to bulld a railroad from unvcnPon. 1n., to 01ne rnlnt on the Mlrsouri River. It was culled tha Mirslesippl & Missourt Itailroad, About tho tmo that tho Unlon Pacific Raflroad was making such leadway acrows tha continent, an indicatod that the problem of building a road to the Pacliic was only o question of a few monthe, tho managers of the [Rock Island Road, anxions to obtuin a connectlon with tho eastern torminus of tho Unjon Faritic, nbsorbed the franchiso of tho Misnantl & Mlnwlmlpr(, throuyh tho purchare of a controlling interaat from the town of Davenport audl other munlcipalitics which had suhscribed to the building of it, One of the M. & M, proprielora, who wan probably left out In the cokd in the new deal, entered uit againat the city of Dayenport, the M, & M., Ralirond, and other partics, Fend- hx%uw decislon of tho Court, 6 receiver waa ape &0 nted to take charge of tho asscts of the Missourf Bilesioaippi Rallroad, and on Oct, £0, 1847, I, ¥, Allen wan appointed Tenstee, Thero wero rm. ed {n hix handa 571 7 per cent Rock Ialand Rallroad bonds of $1,000 cach, and between $00,000 and $100,000 in monoy, TILS WWAS A MAGNIPICENT WINDFALL for Allen, who yearned to bo the Vanderbilt of the Woat. e launched out boldly into all kinds of apcculation, nnd took no heed for the morrow, Ho belleved that, 1 the slow process of seitling chancery aults, it would bo years before he would Lo called upon 1o surrender “his trust, and in tho {nterlm lio would have achievod milliuns, llewent in deeper and deeper into nll sorts of wpceniations, particalarly real-estate operatlons, In thoso Mother Farta began to acquire fancy and, as thore was fihnly of curroncy in clr uon, an . anlimited confidence in 0 and commaorclat clrclea, sandy tons, - muburban lots, and acre property exponded tn volnme to an extent nover beforo uqualed in the Western country. The lown banker figured his wealth at milllons on paper, He wae regurded throughout Lho Htato as its great financiul fhero, The luwa papera ware full of blographlca) sketches of thic Deadnines banker, who posseancy & credis aimost anlimited, and his nelshbors took particalar plossure in holnting him ~out s greateat self-wadu man bn tho West. His sceming succes und the plauditn of the people taraed b head. Biugeat un'y kind of & syoculation lo ham and ho Jumped for (¢ with the rajnd.ty and cazer. esaof & trout fora June fly, Ho investod §50, ¢ 000 In Canadn Bouthern Railway stock, took sharce {1 scores of alher speculations, and I & well-written prospectits for a rullway (0 the moon had been presented to ilm, ho would” undoubted, have satd, **Fut ing down'for 100 shares.” ~ Whilu engaged [n tho banking bustneas in iesMalues, hia New York auenta wore tleorge Opdyke & Co., with whoo) ho did a larza business. ;l was then ho Oret. met” Willlain A, Stephens, who was <connected wilh the houes of Opdyke. Ilo had becumio ace qualnted with lerman Bleunerhassctt when the latter was ono of the irm of Gilman & Co. Lato intho fall of 1871 Hlcnncrbassett and Stephens inade overtures 10 Allen (0 start a house In New York, they fo bo the resldent parinors. For soma months tho negotiations. wenl on, and Anally & {!:anuhllb wad cotered Into, The buuse known ALLBN, STAL/ENS & CO, commenced buainess on Jan. 2, 187, and did not have una dollar capital. ~Allen's creuit was good. Ue was wull known throughout the Weat. Tho Now York pariner had & good standing on Wall stroet. It waa the era of unlimited contidence, and o sirm jumped at once fnto universal circulation. Ono vt the firu wrote to Allen. under dato of July , 1872, that the pald-up capital of tho housc was wh%u:l‘llm‘."“d l{lmm ttlllllllllllfll,:l since [flu"r operations six months previvus. About thi {lms -Allen had so gxmndv(l ¢ that ho could nu longer control or coucentrato bis affairs, Tha railroad trust waa & sword of Damocl Lvery day it scemcd to him ssif uoly u fow weaks would elspee before he would be called upon to turn uver, Hifs funds wese lucked up in unproductive speculations. The vrullts of bis bank were ubsurbed in. weking pay- Wents un raal-catate purchanes aud taking care ut Lis vthier outside specnlatiuns, and returus there- from sceincd furthor sway thul ever, e bosan to. ‘Yabin'—to borrow from Peter to pay Paul, 'fbe band-to-mouth business, once comnienced, acquires accelerated velocity, aud wien it will stop Is vesond the' ken uf the most Euowing. It generally winda up in bLaukrupicy. Allen, Stophons & Co. uegotiated losna of varlons magnlfceut suma Liw, "o carry himeelf along bv nypothecated trust-fund placed In bis hands pendiug tho dects of thy raitruad lawsult, Euch suceveding day brouzht him uvarer tio tma when be wouls hovy 10 give au account of his stowardship. This was gut of his bands, plediod to sucure ths paguicat of woney borruwed, which ho had Jovested 1o entors eisca which burs wo ruit. Disceroing that uulese u should auccecd i sowe gruud acheme ho would Bo furced o the wll whea called upon for bls trust, be determiued 1o VISIT CHICAGU AND LUY TIE CONTROL OF A DANK, Mo advlivd iy New Yok purtucza of bis lotens tlons and they enconroced him. The conuectlons APRIL 11, altnched to U would hrinz geiet to thelr mill, - On K b, %53, the trade waa comns HE =rd tha hauk, and on dane allerd sldenl, Tn.Juily he wonlil be ealied upon for t, which them, with the arcened interest, amonnted to some 200,000, That was the mb. he ta get §1Y )iy borrowing here and cre ho rucceededl fn rajani o IArge amount of the trust fand, swhich e patd over on an order from the Conrt, ils Affales heeame more demporate, [le depleted hin Jown banks of thelr bR recefvable and_pledged them m New York, whero thoy wero hawked alout the streets H was n dally unendind rhin to keep aliove water, 1l hypolheeated stock of the Cook Connty and ~lowa banke, pawncd commercial paper, horrosced accommodatian notes, *fited " excudsige, and finated along. always annging to pay :fi!clln ntnl kicep himeclf steaight, Fie vamie enmce 4 day or Gwo nfter day Cuoke & o, falled, tho Cook Connty got stuck ot $100, - 000 New York exeianee made by the Badgers, and Indorsed by Bain Walker, This waa 2 dead lose The currency had gone whery the woodinne twineth,and the bank rescrva wae that much short, Soma time after the ‘u\nlc, ad_after the tConke County had resumed, Alien visited New York, e had INCUDATED ANOTIEN ACHEME. ?n parehased gomo’ $20,000 stack {n the New vork Stata Loan and Trist Company, for which o _gnye hie notes, accnred by commicreisl papee And other collaterais. He hopel tonake a coni- Dination to eccure tha control of (his fnstitution, arnd add anothor parachate to his balleon, int ho !nlf&‘vlln do 8o, anid then he walled worre than Niobu did for her children, Bowenwas then in Now York, and he, along with Allen, ftephene& Co,. had eharge of fonting all the u%ler that coall h be had, Accommodation natea of 5,000 cach In Jarga blocks, maro by B, ¥ llur‘n ¥ & Co., and represapted a9 pork papce, was shoved off upon the unsuspecting ' bauks in New England, With Allen, Biephons & Co. and wne White, the Vico-U'reeidont of the Charter Oak e Insurance Company, hu purchaned AmineIn Utah, which promired well, bnt bn the collese of n for muntha it fatled to pan out, and is now worthless, ‘Vlits abaoried some §254), 000, Finding that Lis afatrs srere grawing from had o woras, and neither the Cook County nor the Jowa lanks belng able to float hinvanless lio should succeed in makinza bigsteike, he come menced gnmbling In grant and” stocks, 1t s necdless 1o say, Lhoee apeeniationn proved frree trievable lossca, “1la wam {mrpr'lun ly on the wrong slde. Wih 1L & Muroly & Uo, ho lost ?‘-’UD'MPO on grain and tmrl!hm options, I M. Dush & Co,__ $ Lewis & Stephens, $30,000: Sturges' carn **corner.' $200.000% evy swamp lande, $18,000: mincs, 85,0005 South Evanston reaf estate, $00,000: Sheflleld do {ileniy M. Emitis brilllnt _schenic), §i2,000; srand Pacifte Hotel, £10,000; Prairie nvenuc resi- detice, 8333,000; Chicuge Construction Company, $800; Canadn Soutnern Jallrond, 240, 00K0: Toledn, Wahaah & Western, &15, (K03 stookain Wall strect, $150,000: Jown Lmnd Company. 800, s Kene tucky iands (acceribly only on foot), $25,000,nnd £50,000 on a church in s Molnea, icse Jornca rrrezalo 81, 0453, K00, and are presumahbly correct, #s they were testified to iy Allen before o comniis. alon in the suit of the Chartcr Onk Life-Insurance Company ogainst his Asslunce. TO POLLOW TIIS CHAMPION ANINNER throngh hin devians nudortakings fs imnossible for o nowspaper {0 do §n any one fsaue. Lifs In alto- ther too ehort, John Law, the originator of the outh Sea Bubble, nover did the **washing of hnnda ' that the great Iowa bunker did. When 1he Cook Cannty linnk cloeed, it had com- patatively no aesete, If was no bank whatever. 1t wan a mern sholl, and the thinnest kind of a one, Far many monthn the lezal-tender revervo existad only ot paper, On tho ** dae by banka " account tnere appeared to bo ine by the Continental finnk of New York £100,000, s cxisted only In Allen’s imagination, and that only ~ for the i @ of enablinz the _bookkeeper to make his cash acconnt balence, The blila re. celvable and other asscla woro tho verlest trash, There was real-vatate paper not worth 8 centon the hundred dollars: thero was grain paper not worth & peck of chicken-feed; there wero ehares In mushroom companiea that never accomplished anything Leyond geiting ot thelr certificatos of stuck: thero were tho . President’s cashh tickets, which wero worsc than worlliless. And nearly all theso itcma were returned as cash and dug by banks aud bankers intho published reports, and awurn to, Itis stated that on somo vcca- slons Allen algned thoattestof Charles Stewart, one of tho Directors, to the report, and Cleveland did the rame for Mnrphy nnd Nutt, who wero aleo Dircctors, The Natlonal Currency act prononnces such deeds as nhove related misdemeanors, rene dering the perpetrators liablo to imprizonment for not lesa than five nor more than teg years, e —t— ANOTHER BOMBSHELL. The Eight Thousnnd Whisky-Sellers of Now York City Discover that They Aro at tho Merey of tho Unpltying Sleuth-Uounds of Cold Water and Nolorlety, Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune, Nrw Yonk, Avell 10.—Thoe temperance folk sen o now chanca for o crusade, and sro ready.. The Court of Appeals recently declded that, under the Stata Inw, Doards of Exciso have no suthorily to grant licenses to mny porsuns other than fun, tave ern, or hotel keepers toscll llquors or wines. Through the passage and repcal of vurious laws which oxcopted beer .ond nle, -and. mado a speciat Metropolitan Exelso, it caine sbont that tha privilegn of drinking on tho premises was nowhere conferred, 50 that the snloon licenses fvaucd slnce 1804 have boen lllegal. A test cass cnec wag brought against Jamen Gibney, a saloon-keeper, S fo-day Otbney pleaded gullty and was: fmed: Judge Suthesland said no other coursn waa open to him~ under the declslon “tn the’ Conrt of Appeals. As Gibney was pulity of no' weong intent in this Instance, the finc would bo nominal, Asmatters now stood; nowever, i wonld adviso the defendant ta discons tinne tho sale of Hquora under hin license; for, bronght up agnin, knowing s o now did lio Was violating the law, the full penally of 850 for each offensu would bo Inflicted. “In vicir of the declafon of the Court of Appeals, it was clear thit evory lquor-dealer in the city muot pro- vided with hotel, tavern, or inu-keepors' liceines shiould o, welliug lquor, and **[ don't know that that,' his Honor a <*would be n ver: great calamity,” 1o Gned Uibhoy 31, Thoro fs cxcltement rimong the liguor dealers over this de. cisfon, Of the 8,000 uf them, ovel ing a hotel licenso is liablo to arrest, and the te: rance pooplo mean to have them arrested. rficl-lulomey Phal a) cancs brought Board has 1o power to [sauo licensea that will bo any better, and thero {8 no help for the present enibarressinent except through action by thu Leg- {slnture, A tomperancs crusado han boen organ- fzod under the Icad of Oliver Culter, to institito complaints by the wholesale agalnst tho d It 1s a curiGus stato of affairs, snd Wil N Mundy, » haa the honor of Naving Interproted the Exclee law lu thls new light to the Court of Appeals, HAIR-RAISING. A Wine Cnsk Discovered Containing Nearly Enough Dynamite to Alter tho Earth's Eccentricity nf Orhit. Special Dispateh to The Tridurs, New Yonk, April 10.—FExcitoment was caused at the Appralser's stores, st lLalght and West strects, to-day by tho discovery of dynamitoina cask of wina from tho steanhip Frisla. The cask was an ordinary oue, calllng for thirty litres of wine on tho involce, Tho usual cxamination was orgered, and, ' when sampler way testing the wine, an abstaclo was at onca pereelved, The licad of tho cask was taken out and 8 caze was found about three feet high and ong foot In diameter, It had Jege attachod to 1t and lateral braccs to provent its being Jostled about, Inshle the cise was found another with a row of dynamite cartridges, Around {6 was o coll uf gutta percha fuse, Deputy-Collector Blutchford sald ho thniht tinwwan & Tootharily attempt to ship dynanute o this port, O conreo, no vesscl would Inn\vlmfl receive such a cargo, AR thiv conatgaient, which wur probably trom Tlambrs, and wan addressed to n person i Thuntington, 1L, was discovered to have some strange contents, it nad bon taken to tho store, 1f tha dynamity had been put i the cank merely {o hide t, it was” a very reckicss ‘wncudurc ono ko had never known equaled, 1f the cask had fallen from tho siing whilo being hoisted on the dock, un accldent by no means unusunl, & catastzophe Hke that of Bremerhaven would have followed. 3f it find exploded I tho etore, {he consequunces could bo Imagined when It was cousldered that abaut 400 cmployes were in tho oullding at the thue, sud pruperty valued at about 31,500,000, ——————— DR. G. D. BEEBE. o Is Dolioved to Be Dying, At ten minates before 3 o'clock this morning the following dlapateh fa recelved from the resldence of Dr. U, D, Beebe, the emincut plysichan and aurgeon: 4 434, %.~Dr. Beebel supposed tobo dy! e e MORE SCARED THAN HURT, The following alspateh was recelved Ly the West- ern Union Telegruph at 1 last evening, and forwarded to Fergt, Hood: *'A farmer was shot and robbed sbout half-way between Beors strect snd Drigbton Park by fivo tramps. Vicase scnd furce 0 capture theon Signed John O'Donnell.” lummediately upon re- ceipt uf thu dispatch Sergt. Hood, of the Deerlug Streot Btation, ulspatclied o forcs’ of men to caps ture the robbcrs, but up 10 4 late bourno report bad been msde, Hrighton Perk je tocated at the extrcwe wouth- wostern portion of the cliy, and is buunded ou the weat and suuth by Weetcen avouny und Thirty- nloth strect, Deers streot is dircctly west of the park fu the new addition of the city. A later dispotch addod tast his nsme was John Walsh, anu that he wus shot in the bead and foot and theu robbed.of the tridtog sum of $14. Jle wus not hurt wuch, and says ho will bemtown W+ day to tell the pulice all about it - ————— FINANCIAL. Cixcruxats, Ov, April 10.—Cl® B. Thowpeon, a1 oxtensive dealer in broow-corn at Chlllicothe, 0., fled a voluntary petitlon lo bankruptey., Liae uilltigs, $00,U00; Sascta abvut §43,000. ANOTIIER IIOLROR. An Awful Catastrophe Impending at St, Louis. The Southern Ilotel in Flames, and Doomed to Destruction. People at Every Window of the Two Upper Flocrs. A Yast Concorse of Affrighted Peoplo Watching the Pyre. Tho Longest Ladders Far too Bhort to Reach tho Loat, THE. ROUTIIERN 110TEL. Special Dispatc to The Tribune, §r. Lovim, Mo., Apell 11-1:0 a. m.—The Bonthern Ilotel 1s fn flames, and is a probable total . Frommy own experlences, I think consld- crable loss of lifo incvitable. Wittaan P Warsox. BECOXD DIAPATCH,. Hoectal DispateA to The Tridune, 87, Lovis, Mo,, April 10—20. 1n,—At 1:25 this moming the Bonthern Ilotel, the fincst edifice of 1ts kind in the city, was discovered to e on flre, The Ealvage Corpa had responded to the alarns ba- foro it wax rounded on tho city bells, and the en- gines wero out very promptly. Dut before they arrived the entlre upper etories wers In flames, and it was scen at a glance that the entire strue tnre must co. At this hour (2 8. m.) tho scenes in the immediate vicinlty of the hotel are indes- cribable, tho cxcitement helng of the Intenscat character. The windows Inthe upper story are erowrded with SHINIERING MEN AND WOMEN, WIOM IT SEEMS 1MPOSSIDLE TO BAVE. A few have been rescued by ladders placed on the Fourth stecet portico, but on the other three sides of the huliding, bLounded by Third, Walnut, and FEim streets, the largest Indders fall far short of reaching the widows. Mr, Peter Dlow, ron of tho former Minlster to Drazll, was elecping in his room on the fourth floor and snccceded, after strenuous cxertions, in es- caplng with hils life and a brokentarm. The bullds ing 1a rix storlcs In helght, and Mr. Dlow thinka that the majorily of the Inmateson the two upper floors of the bullding were NECESSARILY PERISI. It s almost abeolutely fmpossible to ascertain onything as to the origin of the fire, owing to the wild excitement, Tho sccond alsrm has just sounded. 2:05 A. N.—Tho fire Is raging with intense furyi—the bullding will o burned to the gronud, i B CIIICAGO. The alarm from Box B5 at 2:15 o'clock yesterday morning was occasioned . by a firo In atwo-story frame bullding, 768 Stato street, owned by Potter Palmer, and occupled as 8 raloon by Patrick Grifin, and os a dwelling by threo families. Dam- age to buildinz 8100; covercd by Insnronce, Grif- fin's losa 1e §:200), nlso cavered hr insnrance. The other ocenpanta anflered very allzhtly, ‘The stock of Frederick A. Engle, lockemith, next door, was damaged abont $25° worth; no insurance. Cause of firc unknown. ‘Tho slarm from Box 04 at 1 o'clock yosterday aftornoon, was caured by an inciplent fire In tho Chicago Pianing Mill, & two-story brick building n!l tho corner of Cunalport avénuo and Drown atreet. A stiil alaem to the Fire Patrol at 7:30jast ove- ning wascansed by a mecurinl alarm from an over-heated room in the hasement of No. 107 State street, occupled by the Waterbury Clock Company. No damage. IN TENNESSEE, Lovisvizie, Ky, Aprll 10.~At Clatksville, Tenn., to-day, Pace & Willlams' distillery was de- stroyed by fire. - At New Providence, same State, the flour mill Lelonzing ta the New Providence Four Ml Company burned this morning, Lors on the furmer, u.flw; tho latter, 811,000, with iwo-thirde Insurance. A Courier-Journal special eays Loth were caused by an Incendiary, BEAR STATION, DEL. Witnixaron, Del.,’ April 10.—Tho dwelling and outhonses on the farm of the late William Dawnes, near Bear Station, Delaware Railread, barned to- day, Loss $40,000. No fnsnrance. AT LEWISTOWN, PA, Tanmisnenn, April 10. —~Wills & Schack's bollor shops, at Lewlstown, with othier property, burned to-day, Loss 825,000, Insurance unknown, CRIME. RIDNAPIED, Covrxurs, O., April 10.—Intense oxcltement provalls In Qrange Township, Delawaro County, over the mysterlons dissppearance of Martin Uavens, aboy aged 7 years, from his father's house. Last Sundny morning, when last scen, the child was In company with Edward Vooker, o culored man, employed on Iav. en's farm. Two days have now been spent in lookiny for the missing one, but up to this timo no trace has been discovored of either the Ty of the colured man In whose company ho was lant acen: walking sbuut the farm. As soon as Hooker's wife, who was nlso a servant on the farm, discovered that ‘her husband wea mixsing, sho hurriedly came o this city, where sho was arrested to-day, but pore sised In decluring she know nothing of the whoreabouts of tho boy or her husband. Tho misslng chlld haw a falr complexion, and when lastscen had on a faded bluo suit, Fooker and wife aro well known (o the polico here, and hoth have In the past been under arrost for drunkennc: Nooker s vory dark-colorod, Is abont 1 old, and about five fect elevon Inches in height, 18 is supposcd ho hae taken the child to hold "1t for a rewairy from its father, who 18 in very good circumstancos, ~ s SKILLFUL COUNTERFEITERS, Spectal DispalcA to The Tridune, New Yonrk, Aprli 10, —=The forgera arrested yea. terday, aupposcd to have worked the $61,000 bond-forgary on the Unton Trust Company, give the names of Cloment Horring, John Worth, Predenck Ellfott, and Charies BDoccker, It fa believed they are mombers - of the celcbrated gang of ‘Turkish bond-forgors whodo oxtenelv operations wore rarricd on some’ yearsago, Worth was tho leading spleit, It s #nid ho fa also wantod on a ‘charge of murder. ‘Three of the prieonces are recognized aa having bo« Jouged to tho gang, and thele former confederate fo the man whom the pollco are now anxtously looking for, Among tho property scized aro a hani-press, stones, plates, and 8 number of forgad bonds, awong them well-esecuted forgerics upan the Delawaro, Lackawanns & Westorm, Sel- ma, Marion & Memphis, snd Ohio & Siluslasipp! Nailroads, and several shcets of San Domingocur. rency, The bonds were the denomination of £200. ‘Fnero wad alao a Pacific Mail boud so skillfully ¢x- ccuted as almost to defy detection. - e MISBOURT IT'EMS. S7. Lovis, Aprll 10.—A man giving the name of 0. W, Thompson was arrested about 1 o'clock to- day, charged with obtaining goods from varfous frmy I tho city on falss pretonsce, and giving bo- gus checks therefor, He was placed inacell at the Chestnut 8treet Police Statlun, and while the wficera wwero looking over papers in his posscesion ho cut hls throat with s pocket-knife, making a fearful gash around the windplpe, Lut net touch- ing the Jugular veln. 1le hou also recelved goods from Louisville and other polnts, and sccms to bo » regular confidence oporator, Ou Sunduy last o German named Enldow, living in the fawily uf Justice élarrctt, at Blackjacs, Kt, Louls Couuty, sssaulted Mrs. Garrcti, steiking Lor sovervly. M, tiarrett fnterfered Lo rrunm hile wite. whereupon Snidow turned upon him wud beat bim In a brutal maoner. A youny son of Garrett's ran to hls father's assistauce, aud was in (urn attacked by the infuristed Oefwan, when youug Gareett drew a platol and #hut o throoel the heart. ‘The Coroucr's jury relurned & verdict of justidable bomicide. 2 P COMMUTED, Bpecial Dispuich ta The Tridune Brmwarisiy, 1i., April 10.—Gov, Cullom to- day comwated the sculencd of Henry Schnerd- figer, convicted of selling liquor to minors ai the Mazch term of Macoupln Clrcult Court, and sen- tenced 10 nluely daye' imprisonment in the County Jail, totwept® days, The application was sigued by all the Iéading citizens of Carlinviile, e PUGNACIOUS BRUTES. Hpeciat 40 Ths Triduns. New Yonk, April 10.—Information was recclv- ed by the pulice at @ o'clock to-night that a prize fight was sbout 10 Lake place 1o o sccluded spot near the water-lrost o8 Fifty-cighth stroct. The principale were Thoman Lynch. local puziliste, Capt. Ward walted il the fizht began, and then dencended o the erowd swith twenly ofiicers in citizens” tioties, About 150 men were on the gronnd. At {hie concluslon of two desperate ronnds, the polico vrere dineov a general scrimmage folloacd. and § ra frecly used, hnt no fatal vounds were reecived, wo far_ae the police cunld eacertaln, ‘The fizhters were of the captored. | TIE BENDERS, ) Wxanrxarox, D, C., April 8.—Fx-ov. Oshorn, of Kaneas, who ia liere, rays there Is 1 tenth in the story that he hian porsesrion of the confersfon of the partier who clalined to have participated In the Iynehinzof old man Dender and his family, :fh“!!lm latter were trying to cscape from Kane ln,nr:oeu he know “that there was any such ching, Latree Nock, Ark., April 10,—A diepatels fenm Fort Smith ta the azent of the Assoclated Press #aye the Keafer, nling Ionder, family were bronsht buck to Fort Smith thinmorning on o writ of habeas eorpus fsancid by Jmlgn Parieer, of the United Btater Conrt. ‘They were oscriaken at Muscazee, and vlll have an cxamination before Judye Parker, > BUOGUS RAILROAD TICKETLS, Bpectal Dispatck to The Tridune. Osiatta, New., April 10.—Yesterday 8 man named John W. Frye was arrested In Conncil Blutle by the Deputy Sheril of this connty on o charge of having ‘a Iarze number of railtoad ticketn in his possession wwhich ho had tried to dis- pusa of 10 3 acalperin thls city, At tho examina- tlon to-day it was ascertained that he had forty tickets fruin OUmalia to San Francisco, representing $4,000: also sevetal purparting to be jeaned hy the Pebneylvania, Alexandna & Frederickalurs and Baltunore & Oblo Hoaus, 1le 18 here in jall wait- 1ng furttier examinatfo: . ATTEMPTED PARRICIDE. Special Dispatch 1o e Tridune, Gnaxn Rarins, Mict.. Apeil 10.—John Verburg, aron of Cornelins Verburg, who ls a merchant of ihis city, attempted o stal bls father to-nizht. Young Verunre, who ls about 17 or 18 years old, has licen drinking and quite qnarreleome of late, especially willi Jus father, on whom Jie has repeat- caly made demands for noncy. Jle would un- doubtedly have murdered his father had others not interfored. 1le was nrrested, EXECUTION I'OSTPONED, Bpecial Dizpalch to The Tribune. Witressannc, I'a., April 10.—Every prepara. tlon had been made for the hanging of the mur- derer Campbell to-dey, but nt noon the Sherld re- celvedd o telegram from Gov. Hartranft eaying that 8 wrlt of crroe had heen iasned by the Supremo Court, and that the executlon should be postponed, Annlication for a new trial wiil bo made befora the Supreme Court on May 7. Campbell Las twico been found gullty, ——— EDWARD LEE. Special Dispatch to The Tribune, Br. Pattt, Minn,, April 10.—Edward Lee was positively ldentified by Mrs. Bhudler, the wife of Ileary Shudler, of Langdon, as tho per- son who outraged her, and has been committed for trlal to the Stillwater Jail, Doring the examina- tion at Langdon excitement ran hizh, and lynching was freely taiked of, Lee contipues to pretend ineanity, with little knowledeo of Its varied symploms, MURDER AND SUICIDE. MoxtreLien. Vt., Apsil 10.—This afternoon Hiram Arbackle, of East Montpelicr, shot George Hhort twice, then, leaving him for des to a blacksmithehop of his brother-in- Bancroft, and shot him throngh tho arm s he was shoeing a horee, lancroft ran and Arbuckle pur. nued, shooting bim in the back, and a third time through the bead, killing him. Ha then went to his house and shot himself through the heart, h:l: ix believed to bnve been Ineaue, Shord le critieal state, —— VERMONT, BrrLows Pasvs, Vt., April 10, —The Wooley fra- tricide has beon sentenced to Imprisonment for life, The case of Lewis, convicted of murder, goen to the Bapreme Court on exception. Arhing, the chief witners agninst him, states that he was bired 1o testify as ho did, and threatened by detectives with nrosecution aa a princip: tho crima If ho failed to da so, ond aays thero was not a word of truth {n portions of his testimeny. VICTIMIZED. Bosrox, Aptll 10.—Tho injunction restralning the North Dridgewater Savings Bank from dolng business untll after a hicaring on the 2 was fm- mediately due to the deathof the Treasurer, Ed Southworth, o leadinz Methodist nnd of un. Dlemished reputation while living, ife ia rald to tre squandored a lars yroperty of hls own, and victimized others to near $100,000, 1 specuiations, The estent af the Uan! will not be known til) after tho hearing, QUESTION OF VERACITY, Nrw Yonx, April 10.—Ienry Cooper, a native of Holland, has been arrested and proves to bo the person who was with Lucy Freeman about o fort- night aco, when her clothing bocame ignlted and sho was lalnll{ burned, * Cooper nsscrts the Iiring of the clothing wan accliental, The clared in the Lospltal that the act was wiilful, 5 TITE BOMDBSIIELL MYSTERY. New Yonx, Aprit10,~The paint and oll trade of thia city met to-day for the purpose of adopting resolutlons volative tothe death of Georgo W, Jowett, bat owlng to the mystery surrounding the cause of lifs death it was deemed advisable to post- pono actlon until more definito knowledge can be ubtained on the nubject, g —— ALLEGED YORGUERS ARRESTED. New Youw, April 10,—8ix persona have been arrested, including one woman, charzed with com- plieity In tho recent forgery on the Uniun Trust Company for 204,260, and also forgeries on the Carbon “Tron Company and of Soutburn Miseourl Y'acific bords, RATHER LATE. Wasmxoryox, D. C.. April 10,—The Grand Jury of Carollne County, Md., has been charged to In- _vestigate the May-Bennett dnel, and to fndict the principals and acceasories, if the Jury shall find {lml :h bloodless affalr occarred (as it dld) 1n that county, CASUALTIES. DEATII FROM CIHLOROFORM. Meuris, April 10,—The Coroner's jury in the casa of Dr. Chatles A, Jordan, wha died Satarday whilo under the influonco ‘of, chlorofarm while Laving his cyc taken out, returned s verdict of death from accidental causcs, A post-moriem exe aminatlon of the heart and brain waa wade, and both were found In & normal condition. THE STEAMER AMERIQUE, New Yous, April 10.—~At 7:40 this morning tho | .long-stranded steamshln Amerique was floatedZoft tho eands ot Beabright, N, J., ond anchored In deep water, preparatory lo belng fowed 10 Now York. g — FLOOD DAMAGE. . TBanacuois, Quebee, April 10.—Harachols River everflawed yesterday, sweeplug away a largo num. her of cattlo and dofng other damago. The water roxa twenty feet. People fled to the high lands for safety. ——— CANADIAN -NEWS, Mowrneat, April 10.—The first division of pil- grims 10 the Eternal City, constating of French Cnnadlans, .cave ta-morrow aflcrnvon fur New York, ro they will b joined by inany other French Canadlans frum Quobec, Man| nd the United States, - The whola pligrims suuls, and will tako the stcamer City of Irussols for Cherbourg, whore they expect to arrive the oth fnet, They will then proceed dicect to Pars and foln thomeclves ta French plizrime, leave tho Capltal on the 26th {ust. . and at "Turin Wil be juin- ed - by pligrims from spafn. The Cansdisn vil- erima will be receaved in wpocial audlence his Holinces on tho 19th of May, Among the 1irt fa thy name of Judpe Winter, of New Care lisle, llalfi- number of priests, aud but vory fow Iaymen. ‘Iho lrish Catuolie portion of the prignm- agu du not Jeavo before nest week, Tho fce moved this afternovn, aud loft an open 'an in front of the clt 18 capected paviga- tioa will open ina f . e s 2 A THE MICHIGAN ELECTION. Epectal Dispatch to Tha Tridune, April 10.—The ofiicial hero to-day, It shows that 9,190 votes wero cast for Justico of the Su- preme Court, and that Thomas M. Cooley, Repub- Mean candldate, Coliler aud G baid 1,564 majority. Vietor B, L. ‘Maltz, “itepublican candi- Julvorsity, had The total vote last fail was 13, 4,000 voters furbed Lo sttend this clection this lyrlnfl. which 1 an unuaually Lirge naunber to stur af haie, Speciul Diapalch ta The Trivune. Apgtay, ek, sven W —The complelion of the counly canvasd’ ln‘dnr shows that Judgo Gooley, Kepubhican candldate for Supreuio Cuurt Judge, teta 3 majorily of 1,288 over Sever- e, uocratic upponeat, Coiller and Maltz, HRepublican candidates for ltegents of the Univer- sity, gos cuch & majority of 1,243 over Cbadwick snd Lowls, Deuocr et UBITUARY Bpectal Dispaich to The Triduns. MiLwavxex, Wia., April 10.~ Edward Emery, o well-known business maa aud ploncer setiler, dicd to-day, axed 0% yare, Deser and Coppy | ‘quatters at Boston, aud one 1 the Westy FOREIGN. The Porte Virtually Rejects Every Condition of the Protocol. At the Same Time It Calls upon the Powers to Coorce Montenegro, A 8t. Pelershurg Dispatch Says Russin Has Reached the Limlts of Concessions Russian Journals Declare that War Is Now Inevitable. The London Times Looks upon the Situation as Yery Berfons. THI: EAST. THE PROTOCOL REIECTED. Virxxs, Apeil 10,~Tha Politicat Correspondence har intelligenee from 5t. Petersburg that tho Porte haasejeeted the peatacol and Montenczro's de- mand, but will rend an envoy to St. Petersburg, OTTOMAN GIHCULAR. Loxpos, April 10.—A dlapateh from Conetant!- nople slaf that the Porio to-dsy telegraphed o long clecular to all the Ottoman represcntatives abroad, The circniar layn stress on the Porto’s desire for peace and determination to exccnte the reforms, 1t does not reject the protocol absolate- Iy, but only those polnta which admit of forelgn interferencs In Torkey's Intornal offalre, It repeln the decloration appended to the protocol by Count Schouvalofl, and rays the Porte will only consent to rend a delogate to St Petersburg and disarm, if Htuesia ja disposed to disarm at the rame time, [t osks tho Powers to induco Monten- ©gro to show a more conclliatory attitude. CONFIRMATORY. A dirpateh from St, Petersburg conflrms the ro. port that Russla has fixed on tha 1ith {nst, as tho data before which the Porte must give its decision in regard to sending an extraordinary Ambassador to 8t. Peteraburg The Agence Jtusse enys overything depends npon the declrions which the Ambassador would biring, but In any casc Itussla, having gone to the nimost ilmitin the path of concession, will not goa single atep further. The S, Petersburg Bourse Gazetfe declares that war in inevitable. The sitantion fa such that re- treat is imporsible for elther party, THE MONTENEGHIN DEMAND, CoxsTaNTINOPLE, April 10.—~The Turkish Cham. ber of Leputien han rejected the demands of the Montenegting, Twenty-two members were abeent, however. Thelr views will be nacertained before a finaldecirion fs made. Feace or war depends upon Russla’s reception of the Turklsh circular. There 1s some question of prolunging the armistice be- tween Turkey and Montencgro after April 13, CoxsTanTiNOrLE, April 10, —The Tarkish Ciam. ber of Deputies finally rejected the demands of Montenegro by s voto of 65 to 18, TUR BRITISI PARLIAMENT, Laxnox, April 10.—In the flouse of Commons yesterday, the Marquls of Tlartington gave notice that hie would on Friday move for farther papers on Turkey, and particularly tho draft of the pro- tocol which Count Sctiouvalof presented to Lord Derby March 11¢ also hla own correspondence In refercnce o the Rneslan circular of Jan. 18, nnd the protocol of March 11, The belfef ts that this Is Introdoced to bring on a de- bato on the Eastern affafes without challenging the Government, and to prevent Individnal members of the Opposition Introducing a resolution directed againet the Stinfsterial polley, Itrerms that the leaders of tho Opposition are unable to agree upan any plan of actlon satiefactory to the more ad. vanced Liberals, ANRSWER WANTED. CoxrraxTINOPLE, April 10.—The Rursisn repro- sentative has Informed Saifot Pasha that Russia desires to recelve the Porte's reply about the proto- col before the 13thinst., Affalrs are regarded as extremely critical, SHANP RETORT. Loxpax, Aptil 10.—A telegram recelved from Vefyk Pasha, President of the Turkish Chamber of Deputlos, saya: ** Tho Ruseians dectare things are going vary badly In Bulgarla, They are right, We. have discovered the exlstence of two incen- dlary Ruselsn agencles there, A WAT MANIPESTO PREDICTED, Loxoo¥, Apnl 11—5 a. m.—A speclal to tho Times from St. Pelersburg says: **Dad news has been roceived by the Government from Turkey, A ‘war manifesto s cxpeeted on Friday,* A VERY GIAVE GVENT, Loxnox, Aptil11—-1a, The Nmes, Inaleading editorial roviewing the asitustion,says & circular han been Jssucd by the Parte giving an unfavorable reply to tho protecol aud a demand for dis. armament. Even though the rcfasal may not be so absolute am to preclude further negotlation or dlssipate every hope that tho determination may be reconsidered, it 18 Imposeible to look npon It except asa very grave ovent, Only the last urgent representations of the Poweraat St. Petersburg and Constantinople can prevent a collfslon, TN VIZIERSIIP, Denuix, April 10.—According to private intaill- gence from Constantinoplo a changoe In he Vizier- ateis expoctod, Achmad Vefix Elfendi la to suce ceed Edhom Pasha, Tho Jatter is sald to be fa- clined to cowply with the protocol —— GERMANY. . DISMANCK, Loxpox, April 10.—Tho l'all Mall Gasettehass apeclal from Boriin, ing that, notwithatanding tho present arrangement, 1t lasald to be doubtful 1f Siismarck will not shortly retire altogether from oMeo, Whon submitilng his request for retire- ment, he presonted o medical certificate showlug that his continuance in afMco must bo highly preju- diclal to his health, and may oven kmperil hia life, On this ground, the 'rinco ia reported to be averse topledeing himsclf to any length of time. !'I'he Relchatag will to-day consider a communlea- tion from tho Emperor calling upon It to {nvest Camphauecn und Von Bulow with poswer to repro- sent Blsmarck durlng his absence, Dentax, Aprll 10.—The ZPuste statcs that tho Emperor In graclous terms has refused Princo Dis. marck's roquest 1o bo pensioricd off, but accordod fum a lengthcned leave of absonce, Cumnphausen, by right of scnlority, will ropresent the Chuncellor m al‘zlmpeml adairy, BANK BTATEMENT, Denwan, April 10,—Tho weokiy statement of the Timpeelal Bank of Germany shows an lncresss of 000 marks, GREAT BRITAIN., RINDERIEST, Loxnox, April 10, ~F\ outbreaks of the rin- derpeat have occurred 8l Shadwell suburb and Ux- fordehiro, OLITUARY, Loxpox., Apnl 10.—Andrew author, dicd to-day, SPAIN, MIMISTER CUBIING, Mapnip, April 10,—~United States Ministor Cashe Ing doparts to-day on leave “of abeence, Hoaalls from Havroon tho 14th, - e WOMAN MISSIONARIES, DarroN, 0., April 10.—The annual Conventlon of the Womon's Misslonary Socicty of the Baptist Churchof the Weat will be held In thie city to- sorrow and Thursday, The Socloty was organized »ix yoars ago, for tho purpose of sending mission. arlies among the women of Orivntal countries inaccesaiblo to male wisslonarics, There arg two Lranches uf tho Bociety, une ju the East, fl"fl' cnd- quarters at Chicago, ‘I'hls ls the Gt Conventlon vutslde of that city. - A large numher of delogates are expecied from ol ts of 1ho Weat, ———emm—— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. 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