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li i) gSTABLISttE D. 1867 ATTES HOUSE BURNERS. jjach Fxcltement Orer Nnmeron jjnrnlnt: Near ParksvlIIe 8. Narrow Escp of a Girl from Lynching. Cn ARLESTON. S. C, Dec 20. The Vt-tr on Couriers Parksville, S. C, fecial Kays: About a week ago Mr. B.rt Cheatham's store house and contents wore burned while J Mr. Cheatham was at cupper. Mr. Tom Brmson who was visiting Cheatham, saw a negro run off. It was discovered later that the wall of the building had t bt-n keroened. On lat Wednesday night Mr. Nick prown's dwelling was robbed and Qred in th r.cighlorhood of Plumb Branch and thj parties were arrested. One of the ni, a negro girl, confessed, im plica iir. several other negroes The girl was brought here jesterday and mide the statement before Trial Ju-tice I3runon, Vho c mmitted the girl to jail. Judge Bnirson ent the girl bak to plum Branch, but some of the nio:e Iaw abMing citizens bearing that maeked white men were congregat ing, e-nt the tirl in charge of Mr. Will WelU to Parkville, to keep her from being lynclud Armed men were scouring the country from the creek to the river and Mr. Wells came near fall ing into the hands of thirty or forty armed men, bat dodged them and lay out with his prisoner all night and soon thU morning delivered her to Justice p,runKn, woo hurried her off to Edge ti -Id jail. A ripple of excitement was created in the town Iat night. Two young men had b -n out calling and they were com ins hick when they, met a crowd of armed raeri who were blackened,and not sup-ctmg their purpose, and thinking tlu in ngro, aroused the citizens and the members of the Capers Light infan try, who hurried to their armory for their guns. In the meantime the leader of the armed force, while not dici6ing his identity, told the young men that the people in Rehobeth and Plumb Branch neighbrhood had been so thoroughly arouse 1 on arcount of thf s recent burn ings that they were determined ip break it up by daling summarily with those who had confess! their guilt. Fortu nately for the girl the young men in charge of her evaded the would-be lyn chers and started her on her way to the Edgefield jiil. i aSBPP-SawSSaw" TO SEND COfcWTO NEBRASKA The Sonth to Send a Train of Corn ami Meat to the Needy Nebraska Farmer. Baltimore, Dec. 2G. The suggestion sent out Mood y evening by the Manu facturer Record, that in visw of the great suff- ring reported in Nebraska be c.ius s of the hhort corn crop, the South, which has such an abundant corn crop thU year, ehould send a solid train of corn and meat to Nebraska for distribu tion, has met with very cordial reception. Mr. W. II Baldwin, vice president of the South-rn raiUav, telegraphs the Manu facturers Iieconl: I note M, ithlep interest your plan to send coin t Western Nebrka to save the destitute p -ople of that State. .1 have been privauly inforrmd that the '3niiti.u exi-ting is very bad. Iam confident th-it all railways in the South will arrange to ollect all shipments and forward th-rn free." President U ff nan. of the S-aboard Air Line, authorize- tho Manufacturers Record to say that hi road wid be glad to receive all contributions made from any'pinton its line or from any con necting lines nnd arrange for free ship ment to the West. The Charges Azratnst lion. John E. Massey. Richmond. Va.t Dec. 20 Attorney -neial li. Taylor Scott, arrived in the city to-night and proceeded at once to the Executive mansion, where he held a long conference with the Governor, touching the charges made by the Nor folk PiUt that Hon. John E. Maesey, a member of the State board of education, had been bribed to put the books of the American Book company upon the pub lic school list, and tnat the other mem bers of the board had been guilty of neg lrt nf iinfv in nermittins; a corrupt contract to bo renewed The Governor when seen to-night said he had nothing further to givo out at present reganim; the matter A telegram received from Mr. Massey hat hft denies abso lutely the Pilot's charges and intimates that lie will make a detai ed staten ent after conferring with the other members of the baird. Fifty-four Klectla Fraud Iodlct raems. Sr. Loos. Dec. 20 The grand jury to-dny ui td- i's final report, returning 173 indictments, Otty loor oi wnicn re for alleged ehction fraud-i Henry Troll, sheriff 4?lect. is indict-d for alleged bribery in paying money to influence Section judtfc. Theotrier indictnients ate mainly aain.t the lower element, and much surprise a-.d disaDpointment is e.xpre-ed that the grand jury did not gather in its ne higher ami more im porUnt game The grand jury report that the city ineututiors are unfit for human habitation The city jail is spe cially unclean and a menace to the health of Uie city. PniLADELrniA, Dec. 26. Peter C. Hollis, pretu.i.nt of the National Bank of Commerce, of this city, and who was identifi1 with the management of nu merous railroad and other corporations, died at hi home in West Philadelphia to dar, alter a protracted illness. He was 71 years of ae. NOTICE. I wimt every man and woman in the United Sutes iatcresll in the Opium and TVnislcy kakiu to faETe one of my book on thew dls ra. Address B. M. Woolley, Atlanta, ! j ox titj art eae will be feat ja rrre . - - . THE STATE GUARD. , THE ANNUAL REPORT OP THE ADJUTANT GEN&BAI He Recommends a Permanent En. campmeni James II. Yarboro Found Dead In Bla Be4 ChrUtmaaat the Soldiers' s Iiome- Sad Accident A Christ maa Treat for tho Insane. Messenger Bureau, IlALEIOH. DrC 24 The annual report of the railway com mission appeared to-day. It is a big volume 112 pages and is excellently prepared. Your correspondent has from time to time jsiven yem most of lis sali ent features, including the letter of the commissioners to the Governor, the earnings of tho railways, etc. The re port as to steamers shows that there are eighteen plying in the waters of this btate: also some canal steamers. There are twelve telegraph companies, exclu sive of the Western Union and the Postal. These are the Carthage, Pitta boro, Louisburg. Norfolk and Southern, United, Cleveland Springs. Carolina Postal, Oak Ridge and, Stokesdale. Klizabeth City and Norfolk, Lenoir and Blowing Rock, Swepson Mills and At lantic. The Atlantic Coast Line railway has 752 miles, the Southern 1.CC3, the Seaboird Air Lin 607, miscellaneous roads 1,130; total 3,583. The capital tocfc of the system of rail ways is aa follows: Atlantic Coast Line $4,559.75; Southern $19,818,124; Sea board Air Line $4,31 4,8S; miscellaneous roadn $10,223,459; toUl 38.9-G,188. The funded debts are: Atlantic Cotst Line $9,020 378; Southern $l4.80t,2); Sea board Air Line $9,493.( 60; miscellaneous $9,18 i 336: total $41,496.V80 The capi tal stock per mile runs all the way from $59 rn the R jsnoke and Tar River, to $31,250 on the Piedmont - The funded debt varies from $3,780 per mil on the Chester and Lenoir to $38,014 on the Seaboard and Roanoke. In the way of accidents 5 persons were killed and 33 injured on the Atlantic Coast Line system; 29 and 169 respec tively on the Southern: 19 and 118 on the Seaboard Air Line and 6 and 8 on mis cellaneous roads; making a total of 59 killevl during the year. , The North Caro lina division of the Southern led, with 15 killed and 83 injured. Col Thomas 8. Kenan has been very sick for two or three days. To-day his condition is much improved. It is" said. that a strong company has bought ll'O.UOO acres of land in Moore county and will improve . it for town sites for Northern settlers. It is also sid that Maj. John C Winder will be th- president of the company. Moore' county is one of the healthiest regions in the world. i The next biennial sale of homo bred trotting horses will be held he-e Febru ary 13th and 14th, and about 100 animals will be disposed of. Your correspondent was out in the country yesterday and never saw so much grain and grass, all fresh and Kreen and vigorous Ground is yet being broken for nowiDg. Many persons are disposed to doubt whether the "slaves of cotton,' as most of the farmers are. will really reduce the acreage in cotton Revenue Collector Simmons has reports of the seizure in Chatham county of two illicit distilleriep, also of the seizure of two wagons and horses in Moore county. In the wagons wee several barrels-Jof whiskey with refused stamps The stamps had been soaked in such a way as to remove the collector's signature, which is put on with a rubber stamp. The ink was not at all affected Holiday trade heavy as it was Satur day, and in fact all last week, held up w oil to dsty Governor Carr is hard at work on his message to the Legislature. - It is learned that some of the Republi cans will warmly press. Col. L C. Ed wards, of Oxford, for the vacancy on the railway commission ,which will occur next month. t Railway people say that the holiday travel is up to the highest mark. JIESSEJiGEB BUREAU, 1 Raleiob. Dec. 26. The annual report of Adjutant Gen eral Cameron for 1894 shows that the efforts to perfect the organization of the State Guard, as well as its efficiency, are satibfactory, considering the meagre re sources. The arms and uniforms are in serviceable condition. DuriDg the year seventy eight enlisted men were hon orably discharged and twelve dishon orably discharged. That there w a de cided and steady military ppirit in the State is shown by the fact that since Februarj-, 1893, no less than twenty-six applications for permission to organize companies have been received. This in crease U despite the abolition of fancy uniforms and fancy soldiering. The adjutant general earnestly recommends that the troops when in camp be rationed and that some compensation be also allowed. 1 The First regiment, eight companies, has an Tciive strength of 334; the B AW Second, with seven companies, ha o; the Third, with seven companies, 337; j the Fourth, with eight companies. 339; j the cavalry troop and the una t tat hd in- j fantrv ormpcy (theMatter colored). 83; thre-"divibi.ns naval reserve, ltt; brig ade Htaff. 8 g-neral stnff. 18; totnl, 1 620, : or 235 less than in isyJ. r-igniy eignt percent, of the troop were present at inspections Good work, was done at the camp by the Third aid Fourth regiments est infantrv The general Government gives all the ! arms and uniforms The annual allow ance is $9 08 There is a fine camp equipment, with tents for the whole . brigade, and 1,200 blsnkets have just been added. The Guard is now ready to take the field at a point on the border of the State in twenty four hours, ready for service in the field. The inspector gen eral says a permanent camp ground is Paymaster General Carr disbursed the WILMI. GTON, N. C. THURSDAY, JjEUJSMBEK 27, 1891 State funds as follows: adjutant gen eral's department. $700.16; quarter master general's department, including transportation of troops. $2,(XX) 4T: in spector general's department. $37- Co; annual appropriation to companies, $7,500. ar-d to regimental and brigade headquart-rw, $500; encampment, $000; total $16,672.65? The health of the troops in camp was good. A hospital corps is warmly recommended by the surgeon genera I, also a medical corps. Four times during the year troop3 were called on to aid the civil authorities by guarding jails, etc Company B of the First regiment, company Fof . the Third n-giment, and companies G and Cof the First were thus calbd on and in all cases the response was prompt. There were two occasions where the troops were a guard at executions. The naval reserves re equipped with Ie magazine rifles and nave also a Gatling and four howitzers. , , Col H. A. Dowd, formerly of Tarboro, is no v a resident of this city. He has been eick three weeks. An old wound causes the trouble. Christmas morning at 11:20 o'clock the body of James H. Yarboro was found in bed at a hotel here.1 Life was just ex tinct. Two doctors were sent for, but thero was some delay in their arrival and all efforts were in vain. Yarboro was eight years ao sentenced to the peniten tiary for life in Ohio for killing a man. He was tried for murder, butwasgmn the life sentence. A 3 ear ago a great p-tition was sent from this State to the Governor of Ohio, asking for his pardon. Last August this was granted and Yar-b- ro came home. He came here last Friday and drank heavily He was watched Thursday night at the hotel and at 10 o'clock yesterday, when a friend left him, was propped up in bed with pillows.' The friend went away and when he returned found Yarboro lying facer downward, witji his face pressed into a pillow. The doctors said.death was dueftouffocation; that the poor fellow had fallen over and was not able to raise himself. There was some talk of suicide, but the physi cians did not appear to believe this. The case was a very sad one. The family of the dead man i a prominent and very popular one His body was sent from lure last night for burial. Christmas was' delightful here. The holiday trade broke the record Every body was in good humor. There was only one accident of moment. This was due to the explosion of a little canr on, which destroyed the sight of a 15-year-old white bov named sater. The old soldiers had a grand time at the Soldiers Home Friends remem bered them. Mr. George Crabtree, a commercial traveler of Baltimore, sent tbem 25, as he does each year. ' The inmates or tne insane asyium uau a memorable time last evening their first Christmas tree. Your correspond ent went there and certainly enjoyed the Affair There was a concert in which Mr. Blount and Miss McK nnon. o' Fajetteviile. and a number of Kateigh municjans took part. Singing, skirt dances by girls, and a contortion act by Will Wynne made up the first part of the programme Then the Christmas tree, a large holly, was unveiled. It was loaded with gifts, all paid for out of a fund annually given by Mrs. E Burke Haywood, of this city. Dr. Kirby and the assistant phj sicians and Steward Crawford, were assniuous in their exer tions The 3 5 patients present were well b-haved and delighted. It was a eight to see them. , The per capita cost of the patients at the insane asylum this year was only $170 80. The Sun's Cotton Review. New York, Dec. 26 The Sun's cot ton review says: Cotton advanced 5 to 6 points, then reacted and closed steady at a net improvement of 3 to 4 points. Sales were 87,000 bales. There was holi day in Liverpool. Spot cotton here was dull and unchanged. Middling uplands was 5 ll-16c, sales were 61 bales for spinning. Norfolk and St. Louis de clined 1-1 6c. In New Orleans futures advanced 4 to 5 points. Port receipt- on Monday werel74,893 bale, againnt 78 317 on the same day last week, and 41,143 last year; on Tuesday 49,349 bales,against 62.614 and 3,263; to-day 25,677 bales, against 47,859 and 69.563. Augusta re cti ved for two days, 8 9 bales, against 1 ,45f7 this day last week &ud 1 ,069 last year; St. Louis, for two days, 1,986, against 1,777 and 2 229. Houston, for two days, i 3,335, against 10,914 and 17,666. New Orleans receipts to morrow are esti mated at 16,0'JO to 18,000 bales, against 14,739 this day last week and 12,892 last year. Some decrease in the receipts, reportstof jaitD in Texas, Arkansas, LouisiamSf the Carolina?, together with Borneoemand to cover, caused the advanced In the absence of Liverpool advices, it jwas largely a half holiday market. To Attach ttece'ipis at Col. Breckin ridge's Lecrnres. Cincinnati, Dec. 26 An afternoon paper prints the following: It is said on good auihority that the attorneys for Madeline Pollard contemplate following Congressman Breckinridge on his lectu ring tour throughout the country in an effort to attach the receipts in pajment of Miss Pollard's verdict for breach of promise. This will be done, it is said, ty filing a transcript of the judgment hfcd in Washington in each place the colonel lectures, ana Dasing a c realtors bill upon that. The colonel lectures in this city to morrow night; wh-n the opening gun will probably be fired. A Million Friends. A friend in need is a friend indeed, and not less than one million people have found jus such a friend in Dr. King's Nmw Discovery for Consumption.Coughs, and Colds, If you have never used this Gieat Cough Medicine, one trial will con vince you that it has wonderful curative powers in all diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs Each botMe is guaranted to do all that is claimed or money will be refunded. Trial bottles free at B, , B Bellamy's Drug store. Large size 00c and $1.09. . CONVICTS REVOLT. AiBLOODY BIOT IN THE OHIO BENITEHTIAKY. One Prisoner la Killed,' Another Wounded and av C3nartl Badly ln I Jared A iijone Series of Inaab- ordination tmlminatlnc la an Attack Upon a Gnarfl Tor Reporting Violation of Ituie. Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 26. The epi demic of assaults upon guards at the Ohio penitentiary which began about six months ago, culminated this morning in a bloody encounter, in which one pris oner was shot and instantly killed, an other dangerously wounded with a pistol ball in his leg and a guard seriously in jured by being beat n over the head with a bar of iron. The shootingocctirred in Reynold's foundry, and o$y a few moments after the men had marched to the shops for the day's work. The convicts who par ticipated in the affair were: Jos. O'Day , a Cuyhoga county prisoner, serving a twp years' sentence for forgery; John Bark, a Lorain county prisoner, serving two years for; robbery, and John Bird, serving one year from Franklin county or shooting to wound. The mounting room in the foundry has for sometime been in a state of ter ror, or, in other words, the prisoners have had full way and were in the habit of doing as they pleased. The officials decided to put a stop to this, and on last Saturday Guard 8 J. Temple.of Colum biana countyj was placed on duty in $hat department. Several of the bolder prison rs in ihe shop began at once out hints to the euard that if he wanted to Retain his residence in Co- mttKiano ho Karl hetf.er not Attemnt to enjforce the rules. Jpuard Temple is rated as one of the bravest and most efficient guards ' at the penitentiary and, consequently, these little bluffs did not scare him in the least from performing his duty. He sized up the men he had to deal with, and saw at once that O'Day, the Cleveland prisoner, was the leader! of the gang. Monday motning Temple had occasion toVeport O'Day for violating the rules. O'Day and hisj pals at once threatened vengeance, and Christmas morn ing when the men were at break fatt. Temnlai was informed that a nlot had been hatched to kill him, and a he was advised ' -bv friends to arm himself and be prepared for the ... . m i 1 attack. Priot to thi time Temple had nrfver carried a weapon or any Kina, duc decided to act on the advice, and pur chased a Smith and Wesson revo ver of til bestmakeU, He hardly expected that the men would carry out their threat and when he Reported at the foundry for duty this morbing, he had almost dis miEsed the subj t from his mind. But the prisoners had not given the plot up by any meansi but, on tne other hand, were more determined than ever of rid ding the shop of an official who dared to do his duty. ! - Temple marched hi3 company in at 7:30 o'clock ias usual and just as he stepped inside the building, O'Day, Burk and Bird grabbed him and proceeded to carry out their threat of -doing him up." Burk caught Temple oy tne tnroat, Bird held his hands and O'Day struck him on top of the head with an iron bar. Temple succeeded in etttine bis hand on his reyolver, but the prisoners pre vented him jfrom taking it from his pocket. A desperate struggle then ensued between the prisoners and guard, each striving to secure possession of the weapon. I Give me a knife, somebody," shouted O'Day, and I'll cut his throat." Several of the guards in the depart monta heard the Rcuftle and ru hed to Temple's rescue. Guards Fulton and ! Butler were among the first to arrive and they threatened to club the men, and . in- this way succeeded in dragging them off of Temple, who by this time was covered with blood j which flowed from the wound on bis head.' In the meantime j Temple had fired two shots from his re- j vol ver, having aimed them at Reuben I Gardner, a Wood county prisoner, from j whom O'Day1 had asked to get a knife, j Une shot strucK uaraner in tne leg anu passing through, came oat on the other side, producing a very painful wound. Temple fired the shot without taking bis revolver from his pocket, and, when a few minutes later tne guards came to his rescue he took the revolver out, and de liberately aiming it at O Day, shot him dead. Temple claimed that when be fired the fatal shot, O'Day had turned to renew the! assault on him. Consternation reigned supreme. Pris oners ran in 411 directions and the guards were at first afraid to take a hand in the affair for fear of being shot. Temple htood in the middle of the floor with the smoking revolver in hi hand and refused to give it up He was dazed by the severe blow he received on the head, and it jwa only after the weapon had been taken from him that he could be induced to gi to the hospital Dr Ireton examined his injuries and found him to be suffering from a severe bruis on the top of his head, but nothing to indicate that his injuries will prove fatal. . n'n vhn hA alreadv be-n nrO- nounced dead, was carried to the hospitd. and Coroner Herbt held a post mortem examination and fouiid were the bullet had enteied the left side, pa&eing thmn?h the fifth rib. and. piercing the lung, lodged just under the skin on the right side. , ,. O'Day was rated as a bad prisoner, having been in several different rcrap. He had sixty days of hi3 good time taken (ft last May for assaulting a guard. He was 23 years old and the place of his nativity is given on the prison records as Dead wood, & V. - - ; " ,t Representative McCreary is -being pusbftj lor Governor of Kentucky, S&iiT TO STATED PRISON, Ex-Pol I co Capt. cttrpaenami Gt a Sentence of three Years and Mae Month The Lcxow Investiga tion Near Its i Clote. KekYoes, Dec CO-f-Ex-Pollce Capt. John T. Strchcnson was sentenced to three years and nine months in the State's prison and to pay a fine of 11,00) by Judge In graham this morning. A motion for a new trial was denied, but the mat ter will come up again on Monday next. Stephenson was convicted December 12th on the charge of bribery in receiving four baskets cf peaches from Martin N. Edwards, a proJuce dealer at No 153 Duane street, a partial consideration for allowing Edwards to violate th Uv by occupying the tide walk to facilitate the transaction of hi business. Policeman Thome was mention as the to-between for Stephenson, and was indicted. Subsequently Thome made a confession in which he stated all he knew of police corruption and blackmail. At the trial of Stephenson before . the bmrd of police commissioners Thorne denied any part In the ' blackmailing transactions of Stephenson. In hi con fession, however, he said he had per jured himself before the board and de clared that Stephenson had endeavored to make him re-perjure himself at the trial of Oyer and Terminer. As the sentence was pronounced Stephenson shut his teeth hard together and turned quickly from the bar to be led back to the Tombs. He was ur rounded by hia friends as ho started from the court room and was shaken warmly by the hand. Hi brother whimpered to him to keep up his courage; that there was yet hope of a better outcome. Stephenson remained silent. His eyes were cast down as he was taken to the Tombs. " , The district attorney has practically dropped the cases against Capt Creed on and Schmittberger. The two men are uderstod to have received assurances of a sufficiently definite character to warrant them in feeling easy as to crim inal proceedings against them. Theiatest development in the Lxow committee is the feubpoenaing of three police inspectors ard nine captains There seems to be some doubt about the subpoenaing of the superintendent him self . Dr. Parkhurst is very anxious to have Superintendent Byrnes bandied without glove-, and objects very strongly to ex amining him as an expert witness on police. Chairman Lexow gave it as his opinion to-day that the proceedings of the com mittee would wind up on Friday next. A DEMOCRATIC CATJCrjS To Consider the Currency,.- BUI The Treasury. Ralance Official Notifi cation of the Porte action. . WAinNGTdNDec. 20A caucus of the House Democrats to consider the pending Banking bill will probably be held immediately after the reaesemhling of Congref s on the 3rd proximo, Mr, Springer, the chairman of the Co i.mit- teec ay i on Banking and Currency stating to- that tie vMuidttrot:giy favor me suggestion of having a party cauru. While the caucus might not be b ndmg upon those present, the Kmerar effect would be good and it would be better, in his opinion, he sai l, that the merit and demerits of the bill should be fully dis cussed in privat" before it is brought to a vote. H said he had no doubt that the substitute reported by him last w-ek would pass the House by a fair majority. The Stated treasury balance fcwlay ws $153,837,151, of which $89,0C9,G51 is in gold. ; Secretary Gresham has learned offi cially from Mr. Terrell, of the decision reached by the Sultan, refusing to accede t P'esident Cleveland's suggestion that Consul Jewett accompany the Turkish commission to Armenia and make an in dependent report, and that the Sultan has informed Minister Terrell that the mat ter may be considered ended. It will be remembered that the United States, as a neutral power, was warmly urged by the Sultan in the first instance to appoint a member of the com minion and that President Cleveland, in declining to ac cept this invitation, ronveyed the intima tion that he would consent to appoint a representative in an independent capacity, whose report would be made to this Government instead of to the Turkish Government, and in anticipa tion of the acceptance of this proposition hv'tho Sultan. Consul Jewett was namtd. It appears from the latest de spatches, however, that trance na con nnlv thn third member of the commission, the other two bring Tn.bg a r rumor or evidence has been presented that American citizens have been massacred , It is said in official r,rrlP4 that the United States would harriiv fw warranted in demanding that rvnfcnl -Twr-tfc be civen the necessary ocort to enable him to pursue an inde pendent investigation it was in ue general interest of civilization alone that the matter of American participation in - :j .1 the inquiry was conj-iuerr. Good Itesnlia rroin Antl-Toxlne. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 20. Dr. W. P. Warring, health officer, baa mde a report on the u-e here of tbe diphtheria remedy, anti-toxine. The serum has ben u-ed in thirty cases. . In all, except four, the patients recovered and in the four caes where death ensued, the offi cer sas th lives of the children could, have been saved by the earlier us of the discovery. In his report Dr. v Warring says: "- As medicine must go along in the progress and advance of this scientific and inventive age, when it has been de monstrated by indisputable evid-nce that of this drad isea-e children need not die. any one, unless be can show extra ordinary reasons for his opinion, had better heeitate before he condemns or stands in the way of a cure for uch a dread disease as diphtheria has proved to be," S1.00 PERYhAK. AND STILL ANOTHER BANK OFFICCIi ARIIESTXD The Transfer CJerk , ot tbf National liaak. of Omnrrca Cj nfVc to Robb4aj the flank for Nearly Twenty ftlae Year II U St.l!ca Amount to $30,000 !!! Colli Dtacoverrd by an Accident. New Yowe, IVcj tft. Another ?ii honest bank clerk Ml Into the har.d"cf the police to-day. The prisoner I Ed- ward IL Carter, 44 years cl I. of No. $lft Monroe street, IUOokljn. who hvi lvn. employed for the paat twenty -nlno year as a transfer clerk in the National lUnk of Commerce at Ko. 13 Nfiu ttrcf t. ) of which Wi liam W. Shrrmsn U prrti- ' dent. His stealings., accenting to hU own calculation, aggregate $C0.l 00. He declines to tell how he spent the money. President Sherman sent a mm-ecgef to police headquarters about 1 o'clock this afternoon to inform Inpetor Mc Laughlin that there was a man la the employ of tho bank ho, th y had a certalned, had been attain-. g money. The inspector sent a detective t once lo the bank, where Carter whs j:ntrd out as th dishonest clerk He rcornwinied tbe detective calmly I o tbe twtice court, where he was brought before Justice Ryan and remanded until to-morrow for examination. He was then taken to police he a rquar- tern where Inspector UcLaugMin had a talk with him. He said that bU pilfer ing began within a hort time after hy secured his position with the bank and continued up to i he pr sent time. His stealing, he aald, were small at I1M, but increased, and, to ue his on words, went from bad to wore H did not tell in what manner he hail got the mopey, nor explain in what manner or by what meana he evac ed detection for so many years. He. became reticent when qwetkmed ckwely by tlw in-j-ctor and, after a short conversation, w as taken down to his cell. Prrti Jr nt W. W. Bherman.of the bank, , made tho following statement late tday: I he National 13ank of Com met ce has discovered a defalcation by its transfer and coupon clerk, Edward Jt- CarUr, amounting to about f 30 OK) Carter has been in the bank twenty rine y are. beginning as messenger boy indj being from time U time ll'l H r -ac hed his present position, Amorg iiia n her 1 title he was retJUired tO IV- ceive and pay coupoui and maturing or called b.nda. trn comparing a uuisnto tlita rnnrnincr th officers discovered a discrepancy of romn $2S.fO whioh . . . M ft. a. he accountea ior oy ciamm;; w have paid in error that amount f hnnrift before their maturity. When ank'vi to produce the bond he was . una- lle to do, ana aamittea nw k1 not learned that be specuiHti d or In dulged in any Tiers, lit c!ami t have us d the money in bli liflig exptnrm. The h. of cours, is not a et ri u one. for the bank, which has a capital of 5 0"0,00 a d surplus and undivided profit of $11,500,000 more: but the defal-' cation i none the leva dutrta-ing. aa Carter had the con Gdenre of all who came in contact with him, and he has a wife and two children. President Bherman said Carter con ceded the defalcation by cove In g inlo various account of railrosd and corpor ations smaller sums which, of course, were not paid, but so cleverly bidden tht it was only by accident that tbe de falcation was discovered If It had not bern for recent defalcations which put 4 all bank officials on their KUrd, it U veiy probable that CarurV statement to the etfect that be paid roupor.s ahead of time would have been accepted. The defalcation can ooly be ascer tained by an inspection of the books for a long p-riod, but the amount la stated, in Carter' coaf taesion. REV. J03IAH TYLER. Shaw Uolveralf y Confer Vpn Hlaa the Dejrree of Doctur of Divinity. RALKian, C, Dec 25. Yesterday, at tbe tiggeatioo of President Mcserve, 8 haw university be towed ibe honorary degree of Doctor of Di flnity upon ller Joiah Tyler, of BU Job nsbti ry, Vt. Dr. Tyler cornea of a dUUnguUbed family. Ills father was for some years . president of Dartmouth college and for many year was otieof the leadiog Cotv gre;atioaal clergymen of New England. II- is well known througliout thr UnjUd State a the author of "Forty Years Amomc the Zulu. lie U a returned missionary of rare culture ard Christian gracei. advanced in year and -ek re lief f r m the efere weather of the North in the genial climate tf tbiu lw Tlie be'owal of tb d-gr.t i specially Cttinic from the ' fact that Hhaw" uni versity is a mi-i taarv ittstitution. It i ui-o uciaue and intertmg, Ir.a-much a it it beatowed by a iUou.t lntttutioa upon a prominent Cngrei:itiocalit. - i Four nhr 8oooee. Having the needed merit to more than make gxd all the advertl-ing elaimed for them, the following fur remedies hve ranched a pherx-minsl .aaUs Dr. ling'a New Discovery, for Con-umptlon, Cough and Colds, etch Utle guaran ieed Electric Ihtter. th- treat renJy for liver. Stomach and Kidneys. Duck len Arnica Salve, th- te-t lu tbe wirlJ and Dr Kicg'a Mew Life PilU. bich are a perfect pUL AH thee retnedi-a are gtiaranteed to do lost what la cllmd for th-m and the dealer wlx.i name Is 4 iM..i(h will r. ctsi In t II rrrtl more of them. Be Id at Ii. IL Ikllamj a Drus Store, V
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Dec. 27, 1894, edition 1
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