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NEWS OBSERVATIONS.
; -i-Ia it "Aut Blaine aut NullusV
Matthew Arnold's criticisms on
America had no point, though they
showed a good deal of pique.
4-A man never values himself at bo
emali a figure as when 8ued for breach
of promise, and on no other occas on
is he rated aa high by the other sex.
Statesmen at Washington are
wondering whether Senator Quay
could be made available for opening
the deadlock in the House of Repre
sentatives. -Five fairy tales written by Oscar
Wilde are soon to be published.
They will not bo the first fairy tales,
however, which Oscar has given the
public.
The talk of Bismarck's resigna
tion wai not altogether baseless, after
all. His resignation to the marriage
of Princess Victoria and Prince Alex
ander is announced.
A young man in Maine is accused
of having voted thirteen times at one
election and he is in a fair way to be
convinced that the number is un
lucky. The revelations of jJie Providence
Journal show how easily the State
of Rhode Ioland was carried. Votes
were openly purchased at prices rang
ing from five to forty dollars. In Such
a contest the Mugwumps of course
did not win.
; Count Zacg, who died in Vienna
about two weeks ago, made a fortune
of $8,000,000 by the sale of Vienna
bread. In 1842 he opened the first
shop in Paris for the production of
Vienna tread, and the bakery still
exists on the Rue Richelieu under tho
name of the Maison Zang. Zang was
sometimes -spoken of as the "well
bread Count." ,
' The Pope instructing Cardinal
Gibbons to thank the President for
the gift of a copy of the Constitu
tion of the United States, says: "In
fulfilling this duty we desire that you
should assure the President of our
admiration for the Constitution of
the United States, not because it has
enabled industrious and' enterprising
citizens to attain so high a degree of
prosperity, but also because under
its protection your Catholic country
have enjojed a liberty which has so
confessedly promoted ihe astonishing
growth of their religion in the past,
and will, we trust, enable it in the
future to be of the highest advantage
to the civil order as well.
Th House committee has amend
ed the Senate pension bill so as to
provide a pension for all persons who
have served in the military or; naval
service of the United States for any
period, and who have been honorably
discharged and who are now or who
may hereafter be suffering from men
tal or physical disability not the re
sults of their own vicious habits
which totally disables them from the
performance of manual labor at the
rate per month of one cent for every
day's war service. It further pro
vides the same pension for all per
sons who are sixty-two years of age
or who may hereafter become sixty
two years of age.
A BIGAMY 8KJI8ATIO.V.
A MAX rOBMEBLT WELL KNOWS IS SOME
i PABTS OF THIS BTATT, IS THE HANDS OF
j THE LAW.
Durham Becorder.
I In'1885 a "Dr.". Young settled in
Winston with a woman of ill fame
who he passed tff as his wife and in
troduced her into the best society.
It was found out on him and the
Winston people made it too warm for
him to stay there. He went down to
Alabama and that was the last we
heard of him- But here he is again.
Here is another chapter in his life,
taken from the Washington National
Republican. It is to be hoped that
he will now be put where he will have
to cease his ridiculous and scanda
lous conduct. The Republican says :
"No little sensation was created
yesterday afternoon at the arrest of
a gentleman at the Howard House
named Francis Young. It appears
that he and his bride had arrived
there ia the morning from Baltimore
and were duly registered. The clerk,
when approached by the police offi
cers, said that Mr. Young was in the
house, and he was produced immedi-'
ately. Mr. Young was told by the
officers that he was wanted for biga
my. The warrant was sworn out by
Mrs. Sarah V. Young atd Mr. Thos.
Carey,f both of Baltimore.
It was learned that Young's proper
name wis Dr. Wm. F. G. Young, and
that 04 Wednesday last he married
Miss Amy Carey, daughter of Thomas
Carey, a well known real estate dealer
living at 167 West Fayette street,
Baltimore. The marriage took place
at St. ajartin's Catholic Church. The
marriage notice was published, and
on reaching the eye of Mrs. Sarah V.
Young, who lives at the corner of
Greene and Mulberry streets, Balti
more, she went to Mr. Carey's house
and, showing him a photograph,
asked him if it looked like his son-in-law.
"That is he; why do you ask?"
"Sir, he is my husband. I was mar
ried to him in Kent county, Md., in
1870."
"The police Were immediately no
tified of the warrant and were told
that the couple could be found in this
city. Mrs. Young No. 2 is quite
pretty, very intelligent, and a poetess
of no mean order.
"The Baltimore officials took the
couple back with them last night to
their homes."
This man Young created a great
sensation in Winston about two years
ago, when his wicked ways were ex
posed and he was forced to leave the
city. He went from there to Annis
ton, Alabama, and some time last fall
his ways of vice were again exposed
by parties who had formerly lived in
Winston and who recognized Young.
The affair created a great stir there
and the citizens again made it too
warm for him and he was forced to
leave. It is also said that Young was
in this city several years ago, and
that he went from here to Winston.
He now turns up and seems to be in
trouble in Washington City. The
way of this transgressor seems to be
hard.
CONGRESS.
PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY IX
! SENATE AND HOUSE.
ALL NIGHT WATCH IS THE HOUSE STUB
BORN COSOBESSMKS NO PBOSPECT
OF CHAXOS IN 1 BE DEAD LOCK
OTHER SEWS.
Wasbisotos, D. C, April 11
SfSate. The Senate at 12 25, on
motion of Senator Frye, went into
executive session and confirmed the
nomination Of Jared L. Rathbourne,
to be Consul General at Paris, by a
vote of H to 8: and at 12 35 the doers
were re-ope netl
Mr. Sherrnan, from the committee
on Foreign Kejations, reported back
Mr. Riddle berger5 resolution (offered
some days si a amended so as to
request the President it not incom
patible with pubKa);.interests, to fur
nish any informatioa in his possession
relative to the dispute understood to
exist between th&ijovemment of
Venezuela and theovernment of
Great Britain concerning the bounda
ries between British Guica and Vene
zuela. Adopted.
The Senate then took up the mo
tion to refer the President's message
and was addressed by Mr. Morrill.
Mr. Morrill closed his speech at 2
o'clock. The Sauaie theu resumed
the cofcs:doiatiou of the bill to pro
vide for tho admission cf the State of
Dakota aud for the oi trarjiztion of
the Territory of North Dako a, and
was addressed by Mr. Davis.
After a suggestion by .Mr. Piatt
(who h.'A charge of it) that he hoped
to hi? it disposed of tomorrow, Mr.
Davis;devoted a considerable portion
of his remarks to iepljingto tho
speech of Mr. Butler of yesterday.
The Senator from South Carolina
(Mr. Butler) was of the opinion, ho
said, that the admission of the State
was purely within the discretion of
CoDgress. He (Davis) deiiied that
proposition.
HOUSE.
Washington, D. C , April 11.
From. 2 o'clock until day-break the
members of the Houso sat patiently
in their seats or reclined on more
easy sofas in the rear cf the ball. Mo
tions were submitted. No points of
order were raised. No parliamentary
inquiries submitted. The House was
in a state of siege. The advocates of
the direct tax bill recognizing their
inability to cope with the parliamen
tary tactics of their antagonists, re
frained from any effort to dispense
with further proceedings under the
call of the House. The opponents of
the measure, conscious of the fact
that they would be out-voted od any
mot on i to adjourn, desisted from
their efforts in that direction, aud af
fairs came to a complete stand-still.
Now and then a gentleman would
rdaka a remark which would arouse
the ; risibili ies of such of the
members as were not asleep.
But throughout the night there
were no scenes of sufficient in
terest to awaken the dozen occupants
of the galleries who were peacefully
dozing upon benches. As early
morn ng light broke through the
glazed ceiling of the chamber, a short
informal recess was, taken to enable
the janitors to clear the floor of the
accumulated rubbish of the all night
session; but the duty .'was
inefficiently performed. At 9 30 a.
m. the House is constinclively in ses
sion as of Wednesday of last week.
Loungers of last night have sought
the shelter of the cloak and committee
rooms or escaped the vigilance of the
sergeant-at-arms and gone home to
breakfast. About a hundred mem
bers, i whose bright faces and
general appearance give rise to
the ; suspicion that they were not
at their posts during tho entire night
are scattered about the hall attending
to whatever private duty c personal
fancy they may suggest as pastime.
A gtoiip of twenty is gathered in the
rear of the centre of tho Republican
side telling and listening to stories
and laughing boisterously at times.
At each more violent outbreak the
gavel of the occupant of the chair
rises and falls in a perfunctory way,
but has not the slightest influence
upon the ways on the floor. A simi
lar group is seen on the Democratic
side, but is of a more staid and sedate
demeanor. The floor of the hall is
littered with bits of paper, the desk:
tops are covered with miscellaneous
piles of rubbish and the Chamber as
a whole has an air of frowsiness and'
fatigue.
'Are we still in session t" queried
a new-comer of Mr. Burroughs, of
Michigan. '
"Yee; you see us now in the very
act of legislating for , the whole
people," at 10 o'clock the first busi
ness of the day was undertaken. It
was a motion by Mr. Dockery of Mis
souri, that the door keeper be au
thorized to open the doors and enti
late the chamber. Some belated fili
buster objected from force of habit
and matters relapsed again.
At a quarter past 10 Mr. Belmont
was brought to the bar, under arrest
and formally charged with absence!
without leave. He said he was neces
sarily absent in New York. The mo
tion to excuse him was lost upon a
viva voce vote but wa3 carried by 6i
to 4 upon division.
About 11 o'clock Mr. Cowles, of
North Carolina, moved that the
House adjourn and demanded the
ayes and noes on his motion. A suffi
cient number of Republicans aroused
themselves and voted to have the
ayes and noes, and the roll call was
about to begin when Mr. Mason, of
Illinois, made the point of order that
a iuotion to adjourn was not in order,
because no business had intervened
since tho last vote on a similar mo
tion. The Spaaker sustained the point
arfd Mr. Mason, who is a new mem
ber, was immediately surrounded by
an admiring throng of older mem
bers, who congratulated him on his
presence of mind and acumen in in
sisting upon the proper parlia
mentary remedy to head off the
dreaded test vo'.e. As neon ap
proached many memders appeared
oh the floor who had been absent
and Weaver, of Iowa, moved that far-
ther proceedings under the call, which
began at 5 o'clock last evening, be
dispensed with. The ayes and noes
were ordered on this proposition and
the roll call caught napping several
members, who relying on a continu
ance of the unbroken monotony of
the last six hours had temporarily ab
sented themselves for sleep or other
refreshments. Mr. Anderson, of Kan
sas, was among the first names called
and that gentleman was invigorativg
himself by a, shave aud shampoo, but
he was equal to the emergency and
caused much merrLnent to observers
by suddenly emerging in the hall
with his face covered with lather and
a towell neatly drawn around his
neck, to answer to his name.
Extraordinary number of roll calls
and the length of the session have
badly demoralized the reading clerk
and various employees of the House
have been tried as substitutes with
indifferent success. As one clerk
with insufficient vocal ability" was
struggling along with the roll call on
Mr. Weaver's motion, Mr. Dockery,
of Missouri, generously stepped for
ward, amidst the applause of the
House, and took up the call in a so
norous voice. The vote resulted in
a defeat of the motion to dispense
with the call by a vote of yeas 73,
nays 138; and the House relapsed
intd apathy.
At one o'clock ltave was asked that
the members of the committee on the
District of Columbia be excused until
five o'clock to enable them to attend
the opening of Free Bridge over the
Potomac uver iu Webt Washington.
Mr. Reed, however, interposed an
objection.
Unanimous consent was given.to
Mr. White, of New York, to have read
the nine o'clock official bulletin, which
noted an improvement in ex-Senator
Conkling's condition. The reading
was listened to with close attention,
and at its close a round of prolonged
applause arosa from both Democrats
and Republicans.
The utter stagnation of business
of the House remains Unruffled by
even as much as a breeze of parlia
mentary motion. Both parties to
controversy have lapsed into a Micaw
berish state of "waiting for something
to turn up" which will put an end to
the present condition of affairs, but
there are no indications that the dead
lock will be broken during the day.
There are rumor; afloat that it has
been decided that nothing but a
Democratic caucus can have the effect
of terminating the session which be-,
gan one week from today, but the
Democratic advocates of and oppo
nents to the Direct Tax bill are dis
trustf al cf each other's strength, and
it is difficult to secure a large number
Of signatures to a call which the op
position party demands before it will
accede to the proposition to go into
a caucus whose decision will be bind,
ing.
At 3 o'clock, Mr. Taulbee, of Ken
tucky, called attention to the
fact that the House ' had
been constructively in session for
eight (lays and-continuously in session
for over twenty-seven hours, in the
interest therefore of good health aad
good nature, he asked unanimous
consent that a recess be taken until
11.43 tomorrow.
Mr. O'Ferral, of Virginia, objected
and the House again Bank into a sta'e
of "innocuous desuetude."
The daily test vote was taken at 4
o'clock, Mr. Taulbee, of Kentucky,
officiating as reading clerk, upon mo
tion to adjourn. This motion was
defeated by a vote of yeas 76, nays
132 a falling off of four votes from
the advocates of the measure, as com
pared wi'.h the similar vote of yester
day. After the proposition, submitted
by Mr. Oates to take a recess until
11 45 tomorrow had been objected to
by Mr. Reed, Mr. Allen, of Michigan,
rose to a question of privilege. A
New York paper, he said, had pub
lished an article to the effect that a
portion of the money proposed to be
refunded to the States by the Direct
tax bill would be paid to State agants.
Among those States Michigan had
been mentioned as one which wonld
pay 40 per cent of the sum refunded
to State agents. He desired to have
read a telegram which he had re
ceived from the Governor of Michi
gan upon the subject.
Mr. Breckenridge, of Kentucky,
made the point of order thatthe gen
tleman had stated no question of
privilege, as no charge had been
made against the personal character
of the gentleman and as the State of
Michigan was not a member of Con
gress. Mr. Alien replied that the gentle
man from Kentucky had always been
ready to defend the honor of his
State and that he (Allen) wished to
defend the honor of his. The
Speaker having sustained the point
of order, Mr. Allen satisfied himself
with a declaration that the published
statement was false in every respect.
Mr. Breckenridge, of Kentucky,
made another f ffort to adjourn the
H8use about G o'clock, but this
motion was lost upon a yea and nay
vote; yeas 13, nays 75.
Assignment Set Aildr,
By Telegraph to the News Dd Observer.
New Yobk, April 11. Judge Ingra
hara, of the Supreme Court, today set
aside the assignment of; Halstead,
Haines & Co. made in 1884. The
creditors brought suit to set. aside the
assignment on the ground of fraud.
He nnd3 that tho assignment was not
made with the honest intent that it
was a fraud upon the creditors and
therefore void. The principal ob
ject of the assignment, says the judge,
was to secure the assignors and rela
tivt s ai much of tho assigned estate
as possible, and that certain prefer
ences were made 13,000 in excess of
the amount due.
UcrUlon Rendered,
New Yobk, April 11. Recorder
Smith today rendered hio decision in
the Gould Sago matter 3.ia Honor
denies the application to sjbmit the
complaint of the Kansas Pacih bond
holders to the grand jury. ;
Never try to convince a man by
argument. Reason is the only thing
that counts, and that won't work with
some people.
j BLOODY RIOT
AT CUMBERLAND GAP. ON THE
POWELL VALLEY R. R.,
13ETWIES STRIKING KAILR 'AD MEN AND
"SCAB" EMPLOYEES FIVE MEN KILLED
AND TWELVE W UNDEJ) FURTHER
TROUBLE APPREHENDED.
Washington, April 11. Specials
from Knoxville, Tenn., to New York
and Chicago papers report that the
striking laborers at Cumberland Gap,
on Powell's Valley Railroad, became
riotous . Monday and that a battle
occurred between the strikers and
the men employed to take their places.
Five naen are reported killed and over
a dozen wounded. A courier had ar
rived at Knoxville to purchase arms
and ammunition and more trouble
was expected.
The anse of CoakllnK'e Illness.
The cause of Mr. Conkling's illness
is supposed to date from the "bliz
zard; ' On that now celebrated Mon
day evining, March 12, he started to
walk horns, as was his wont, fromhis
office in Wall street to his homo-in
the Hoffman House. It was shortly
raerf 6 o'clock and the snow in some
praces was six feet and more deep.
He had a terribly tryiDg experience,
which he related the next day to the
reporter cf a morning newspaper as
follows : "There wasn't a cab or car
riage of any kind to be had. Once
during the day I had declined an offer
to ride up town in a carriage, because
the rnan wanted $50, and I started
up Broadway, on my pins. It was
dark and it was useless to try to pick
out a path, so I went magnificently
along shouldering through drifts and
headed for the north. I was pretty well
exhausted when 1 got to Union Square,
and! wiping the snow from my
eyes, tried to make out tha triangles
there. But it was impossible. There
was; no light, and I plunged right
thrqugh on as straight a line a3 I
could determine upon. Sometimes I
have run across passages in novels of
great adventures in snow-storms; for
example, in stories ot Russian life,
where there would be a vivid descrip
tion; of a man's struggle on a snow
swept and windy plain; but I have al
ways considered the presentation an
exaggeration. I shall never say so
again, for after what I encountered
in last night's blizzard I can believe
that the strongest description would
fail to approximate the truth. I had
got to the middle of the park and
was up to my arms in a drift. I
pulled the ice and snow from my eyes
and held my hands up there till ev
erything was melted off so that I
might see; but it was too dark and
the snow too blinding. For nearly
twenty minutes I was stuck there,
and I came as near giving right up
and sinking; down there to die as a
man can and not do it. Somehow I
got out and made my way along.
When I reached the New York Club,
at Twenty-fifth Street, I was covered
all over with ice aud packed snow,
and they would scarcely believe me
thet I had walked from Wall Street.
It took three hours to make the jour
ney." Mr. Conkling transacted business
as usual for some days after this, ap
pearing notably in the Stewart will
case for two or three days until the
case was adjourned over to May. Jt
was noticed then that he had a some
what preoccupied air, and that al
though his attention was centered on
the case, he leaned his head on his
hand and repeated questions put to
him as though he had not heard them
distinctly. He complained, too, of a
pain in his head and ear. He un
doubtedly caught a severe chill in bis
walk home on March 12, but he was
able to get out the next day, and, as
is often the case with robust consti
tutions, the cold grew worse without
his paying any attontion to it at first.
W'hen the pains ih his head and ear,
however, became unbearable, Dr.
Cornelius Agnew was summoned to
attend him. Thia was on Friday,
March 30th. Dr. Agnew said Mr.
Conkling was suffering from an
abscess in the ear. The pain increased
until meningitis was developed and
byJThursday last Mr. Conkling was
delirious, i
THE OXFOItU CELEBRATION, "
A COMMITTEE OF NOBTH CABOLINIAN8 IN
; VITg GOVERNOR LEE TO BE PRESENT.
: The Richmond Dispatch of yester
day says: Yesterday morning a party
composed of Col. H- G. Cooper and
Mr. C. T. Baskerville, of Oxford, N.
C, and Messrs. M. T. Smith, Milton
Cayce and Charles Watkins, of this
city, called on Governor Lee at his
offico in the Capitol. The North Car
olinians represented the Common
wealth's Club of Oxford, and the
Richmond men (all of whom are
prominently connected with tbe to
bacco trade of Richmond), accompa
nied them to join in urging the Gov
ernor to be present at Oxford on the
18th instant, when the completion of
the Oxford and Clarksville railroad
(an extension of the Richmoad and
Mecklenburg road) will be celebrated.
; Colonel Cooper, in a few words
gracefully spoken, urged the Govern
or to attend. He said that many old
Bo2diers would be present who would
be glad to see him, and that Governor
Scales would be there, and that ho
thought he could assure a pleasant
trip, The name of Lee was known
and honored all through the South,
and he would be heartily welcomed
in North Carolina.
: When , Colonel Cooper concluded,
Mr. Watkins. president of the To
bacco Board of Trade of Richmond,
explained ihat the Oxforl and
Clarksville road had been built by
the "New York and Southern Con
struction Company of this city (Mr.
J. B. Pace, president,) and that this
company would issue about 120 com
plimentary tickets to leading busi
ness houses here to attend the rail
road festivities and he hoped the
Governor would accompany this del
egation; of business men. Tbe sec
tion in which this new road runs
grows a golden bright tobacco.
Gov. Lee expressed his willingness
and intention to attend. He said he
,?ould be glad to go to North Caro
tin i, especially if it would add any
thing, to the business interests of
KichmoiSa
' A Card From Solicitor Ars;o.
; Raleigh, N. C, April 11, 1888.
! Editor Atws and Oltervcr:
Many questions have been asked
I concerning the authorization and
j effect of au agreement purporting to
I have been executed by and between
essrs. Cross, White and Busbee,
and which was published in the News
and Obsebveb of the 10th inst.
No living man had authority to
enter into any agreement or compact
for North Carolina, or to compromise
the State, or to grant any terms or
concessions to the fugitives for her.
Fair notice was given that the State
would not regard any compromise or
concessions in my telegram of April
4;h, 1888, to Mr. C. D. Heartt, Extra
dition Agent, who was then in To
ronto, Canada. This telegram, I am
informed, was duly received and con
sidered The agreement referred to, in my
opinion, can have no other or more
e ject upon the Btatus of the parties
charged, or upon the rights of North
Corolina in the promises, than would
an agreement executed between any
other three and unofficial individuals
in the Dominion of Canada.
The pirties charged are therefore
indictable, triable and punishable in
tbe courts of North Carolina for any
offence they may have committed
within their jurisdiction and in vio
lation of the laws of the State.
I, who alono have the power to do
so, have authorized no concessions or
terms, and sha1! regard no under
standing or agreement between
Messrs. Cross and White and any
other person pretending to grant
them.
Boing the sole responsible officer,
and having entire and unqualified
control of such prosecutions as have
been or may be instituted, I shall ex
ercisa such fair and impartial discre
tion in regard to them and their man
agement as my duties to the public
and to the prisoners, under and by
virtue of the obligations of my offi
cial oath demand.
Respectfully,
T. M. Argo, Solicitor.
Letter From Mr. Busbee.
Raleigh, N. C , April 11, 1863.
To the Editor of the News and Ob
server; I am under obligations for the
courtesy extended to me on my re
turn to Raleigh today, in showing me
a copy of a communication from the
Solicitor cf the district, Mr. T. M
Argo. I have no comment to make upon
the tone of the article, nor upon the
fact that Mr. Argo has made no com
munication to me upon the subject,
either by wire while at Toronto, nor
personally when I met him today; nor
do I regard it at all probable that I
can be injuriously affected by the
communication. But as the matter is
one ih which the people of the whole
State are deeply interested, it ia
aiwajs best to state all tho facts.
On Wednesday night after the
failure, as the official counsel of
the National Bank Examiner, Col.
Tate, by virtue of my office
as United States Attorney, I took
part in the examination of the
discounted notes of the Bank and
discovered two notes that I knew
were forgeries and others that I
strongly suspected to be. The parties
whose name were appended to
the notes lived iu Johnston county,
and by active use of the telegraph and
messenger were brought to Raleigh
on Thursday evening, bills of indict
ment in the two Johnston county
cased were drawn by myself and, by
consent of the solicitor, were sent in
to the grand jury on Friday morning
and were found true bills by noon.
Before fhat time, on Tuesday, I had
been consulted by Mayor Thompson
and Mr. Heartt, chief of police, upon
what steps should bo taken to secure
the arrest of the parties, and we had
wired descriptions of the fugitives to
all points where it was probable that
they would ba found. On Thursday
wo learned that two persons supposed
to be White and Cross were in To
ronto, and by quick use of the wire
and admirable work by Messrs. Cuddy
aud Burrows, the detectives, they
were arrested on Thursday night.
Every telegram sent was upon con
ference between Mayor Thompson,
Mr. Heartt and myself.
After the indictments were found
the resources of the clerk's office were
severely drawn upon to have full
transcripts made for the requisition
proceedings, and besides it was neces
sary to have full depositions from
all tho witnesses. It was also
necessary to hav3 proper requests
made by the Governor of the
State for tho issuance of the neces
sary papers by the Secretary of State,
Mr. Bayard. All thiB wai done un
der my direction.
Mr. Argo may be, aa he says, the
sole responsible officer, and having
entire and unqualified control of such
prosecutions," but the current of au
thorities, as I read them seems to
vest the control of all matters of ex
tradition in the Governor of the Slate.
I therefore obtained from Governor
Scales the following authority, under
the Great Seal of North Carolina.
State of North Caeolina,
Executive Dipabtment,
Raleigh, N. U, March 30. 1888.
To all icho?n it may concern;
This is to certify that Fabius H.
Busbee, of Wake county, North Caro
lina, is the dffly accredited attorney
of the State of North Carolina, au
thorized to represent said State in
any proceedings for the extradition
of Charles E. Cross and Samuel C.
White, now in the Dominion of Can
ada, and his signature appearo in the
margin. A. M. Scales.
I Biw the Comptroller of the Cur
rency and by him was appointed Re
ceiver of the State Natioaal Bank for
the purposes of securing the money
found on the persons of the prison
ers. The proceedings were approved
by the Solicitor of the Treasury, the
Solicitor General and the Department
of Sta e, and Mr. O D. Heartt was
appointed by the President as the
person designated to receive tbe fu
gitives. When we reached Toronto we
found that a representative of the
three banks from whom the twenty-
Lfive thousand dollars in currency was
ootainea wnicn was carried off by
Cross and Whit?, had instituted a
prosecution against them under the
Canada statutes for bringing into
Canada stolen money (it would have
been more properly charged from
their standpoint as money obtained
by false pretences and the informa
tion would have been amended ino
that charge.) They had also insti
tuted or were about to institute civil
proceedings for the recovery of the
money. As Receiver it was my duy
to recover and hold the money fr
the benefit of all the creditors
equally, un'il and unless the National
Banks of Norfolk and Raleigh and
the State Bank cf Richmond had
made good their claim to their sole
ownership of the particular currency.
I also learned that there had been
a new statute on extradition passed
by the Canadian Parliament, of whiich
there was no copy in Raleigh, atid
that the chances of my having ci
eerved all its requirements in my hur
riedly prepared papers were very
slight. I will add, however, that I
think if the matter bad been tested
tbe requisition would have been held
to bo valid.
Under the well settled law of ex
tradition, no person can be surren
dered udIoes the criminality charged
in the demand shall be proved "by
such evidence as according to the
laws of the place where the fugitive
or person so charged shall ! be fouijd,
would justify his apprehension and
commitment for trial, if the ofToace
had there been committed. Spear ion
Exit , p. 80, et seq. So that if a per
son is surrendered on extraditiom pro
ceedings, he is not only protected
from prosecution for offences sot
comiEg under the provisions of the
treaty, but also protected from prose
cution for offences within the treajty,
but; not specifically proven agaihst
him before the committing judge! in
Canada. I could thoreforo only hope
to secure their extradition for the two
forgeries of Johnston founty names
upon which I had taken out proceed
ings. 4
Besides under the Canadian law; all
fugitiyes must be held for fifteen
days after they are adjudged f to
come withia the provisions of Jhe
treaty, and by habeas corpus and lap
peal tho proceedings can frequently
be ; prolonged " almost indefinitely.
I was exceedingly anxious that the
money should be returned to the
United States so that the respective
rights of the three banks and of the
general creditors could be determined
m Our own tribunals. '
Under these circumstances I would
have been wofully derflict
in my duty if I bad not as
sented to a proposition, not of com
promise, not of a surrender of a sin
gle right of the State or even of 'Mr.
Argo, but that the prisoners
should return, as upon extradi
tion, with the addition that
the State could also prosecute for
one of the forgeries of the names of
Gates county citizens. This jjwas
mote than I ccula possibly have se
cured if the proceedings had been
pushed to their uttermost. None of
their other offences, embezzlement,
violation of the national banking act,
&c', were extraditable offences, and I
was instructed by the State depart
ment to observe the treaty fctipula
tiohs carefully. Under this, the
money was returned to I the
United StateB and is noW in
New York subject to the joint oirder
of .Mr. Hardy (for the Banks)! and
myself until tho rights of the re
spective claimants can be. deter
mined, i
This communication has been sub
mitted to Gov. Scales and I ana au
thorized to say my action meets with
his endorsement and approval! Of
course I had absolutely nothing (jo do
with any prosecution for utUriDg
forged paper in New York, if such
offence was committed, as I had no
authority to represent in any wajr the
State of New York, and I had nq con
ference in regard to t ' made no
statement concerning any L t. SVi:te"
or prosecution. ?
These matters I have always
been ready to lay before Mr. )ugo,
if he had seen fit to inquire; into
the facts and the law before
rushing into print. The -prisoners
are here, the money js in
a bank in New York, and the prose
cutions are now under the control of
the Solicitor. He may, if he sees fit,
attempt to violate the agrerrn--1 that
the prisoners shouM returi: ..a upon
extradition, mado between the attor
ney for the prisoners and the attor
ney of the State of North Carolina,
accredited under its great seal, and
at the same time violate the provisions
of the treaty between Great Britain
and the United States, but I Hardly
think he will. F. H. Busbee.
Struck by a -nraterapout oiT Hattras.
New ork World. 5
The bark Reindeer arrived yester
day morning at New York with a
cargo of sugar from St. Pierre,; Mar
tinique. ' I
i Capt. Standt says that on Febru
ary 11th being off Cape Hatteras and
about two hundred miles from; Ber
muda, the bark was struck by a wa
terspout. Tbe day was fine, the sun
was shining and the sea was smooth
and bright. Just enough breeze was
blowing to nicely fill all the canvass
the Reindeer could walk along ! with.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, without
the least warning, a waterspou came
booming along to windward with an
awful roar. Just as it was about to
board the ship it collapsed, apd all
the water fell into tbe sea with a
great frothing and hissing. S close
was it that the revolving air currents
struck the bark before a bit pf sail
could be taken off her. Beginning
with the foremast, the wind pipped
away every sail, mast and spaf, and
left the bark with bare decks and all
the rigging floating to leewaidl The
watch on deck lay down and held fast
for their lives. So quickly was the
Reindeer stripped that she hardly
buried her lee bulwarks. She just
quivered and then stood bate. The
wild currents of air seemed; to go
back into the sky. Not a trace of
them could be seen. .
With what spars and sails he could
fish out of the floating Btuff Capt
Standt put a jury rig on the; Rein
deer and took her into Bermuda,
where repairs were made and the voy
age was continued.
G0NKLISG.
HOPE ENTERTAINED OF HIS
RECOVERY.
bitter tkstibday moBninq and bib
rHYSICIAN8 hopiful 6t his rioot-
EBY HIS CONDITIO! MORI US
ERTA1N LAST SIGHT.
By Telegraph to the News anj Observer, f
New York, April Hi Dr. Barker
called at the res dence of ex Sena
tor Conkling at 9.10 o'clock this
morning and found his; patient Rest
ing peacefully. The Doctor felt his
patient's pulse and found it more
regular than it has been for several
days. Mr. Conkling awoke and cordi
ally shooS: hands with; the physician,
who at once aked hin if he Wobld
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fered him Sub-equently Doctor
Barker, in the form iof an official
bulletin, announced to the members
of the press that Mr. Conkling was be
ginning to recover. "A marked change '
for the better," he said "had taken
place during the night Mr. Conkling
is much better this morning.. In fact
he is much belter this morning than
ho Lis been for at least ten days and
he enjoyed more refreshing sleep
duing the night than he has for over
ten days.J j
10 p m. The utterances of Mr.
Conkling's physicians and attendant
friends, are not so confident tonght
as they were last nighi and earlier in
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the physicians are still hopeful of
bringing the patient through. ;
The Appolatmeat ofth Receiver.
Washington, D.'C., (April It. The
Comptroller of the Currency today
appointed Clement Dowd, of Char
lotte, to be receiver of the State Na
tional Bank of Raleigh.
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Sentenced to the Penitentiary.
Special to the News and Observer.
Shelby, N. U., April 11. Shuman
Jolly, charged with burglary, plead
guilty of larceny in court here today,
and was sentenced to the peniten
tiary for seven years.
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