Show hf I 1 nal fifteen years i DEPICT statement of treasurer ke beaker batch of bews from the capital philadelphia july 2 ex city treasurer john bars ey was sentence d this morning by jude wilson to years solitary confinement in the bayt ern penitentiary and to pay a fine equal to the sum to which he pleaded guilty to having absconded the fact that bardsley Baid sley was to be sentenced today was net generally known and were not more than fifty people in the court roon the district attorney spoke briefly and inthe course of his remarks lie denied eliat the contention was made in cubit a week ayo that the ex treasurer ual not misappropriated appropriated mis a dollar mr graham showed that by bard sworn statement ho must have at least mis appropriated as that amount was required to be made good by liis securities although he is not able as yet to specifically state where the money lias gone to graham said Bard embezzle ment would amount to between four and dve hundred thousand dollars mr alexander counsel for bardsley re viewed the statements made by his client and appealed to the court for mercy on the ground of Bard plea of guilty and his past services to the city mr alexander said did biot get one dollar of alo money he put X into the keystone baab and that within six months it would be shown who did alexander vehemently declared that bis client bad not stolen a dollar but that he had only pleaded guilty to the statutory offense offence of loaning speculating with and iu terest on public funds never with his consent said alexander bardsley appear before an investigating committee of the council to testify but if at any time the district attorney desired any information or assistance his client was while hia counsel had been speaking bardsley sat with bowed bead nervously tracing imaginary lines with the back of a pen upon the table not one of the hundreds of friends that bards lv had a ear ago were present fithen he aroe to re eive the sentence aji jhb court J adge wilsons Wil sons severe thorda caused bardsley moat palpable distress As the judge said lie could find no palliation for Bard malfeasance and that his offense offence was more open to censure from his abuse of an official poi tion the prisoner almost collapsed and seemed about reada to pink to the floor from his chair nevertheless before judge wilson had concluded and ordered hiim to arise to receive sentence bardsley had completely regained hia composure and received the words that sent him to prison for fifteen years with utter absence of any emotion ko 11 the NoroN july 2 treasurer ne bocker issued a statement of assets and liabilities this morning under a new form adopted by the department the total assets are stated at and total liabilities leaving a cash balance of during tte past week the warm weather had the effect of causing a general exodus of society from washington to the various fashionable mountain and seaside resorts the summer begera has taken place and the general scattering of the social clans during the next few months will prove most beneficial for the grand rallying in the autumn when people will coma back to the city full of bright new ideas inclined to look with greater leniency on the pet foibles of their dearest friends and their systems toned up generally there is nothing like it after all chis change of air and eur soundings roun dings ane breaking away from winters associations forming of new tie and entire chancre of thought con upon the flitting away from town now tendered so imperative a matter during alie warm months by the inexorable decree of fashion so far there is no place more than another on which tle royal seal of universal approbation has been set in any marked decree from new york to bar harbor the atlantic seaboard is dotted with the fashionable resorts which for seasons past have held their individual place ip popular favor while the adirondacks iron dacks catskills white mountains lenox and tuxedo all contend for the palm of supremacy in and with others equally charming if lees fashionable places the usual quota of continental travelers has gone abroad with each outgoing it began to look at one time as though the leaders of washington official society would be represented during the summer at every court your correspondent called at mr porters house last night and in an sacr to the superintendent of tha census said the work of the census far from being blockaded is in splendid condi tion The final volumes of re listing to ten importing import int branches of the work will be in the hands of the bublic printer this year I 1 am at nearly every night revising some of this manuscript BO that two volumes will be reada in july when the appropriation for final printing is available 1 he aggregate population of the country by minor civil divisions will be ready and printed august 1 within a week or two thero actor the first pages of the compendium will go to the government printing office and I 1 hope to have the volume ready bv the time congress meets there is nothing in these wild stories about the condition ot the work and my aliey originate in the braina of discharged cherka teni of tabulation is in advance of any thing thua far devised tha superintendent of the canadian census came here spent several days examining it and baa adopted it without a single change the austrian government and the australian government nave also adopted the system I 1 have no fear of the next congress or anything elee the work will speak for itself when the work is done I 1 shall be glad to resign but that will be when the last volume has gone to not before no official information has been received here of the mooted intervention ot european powers in haytian affairs the fact cabaot ba disguised that the detate of affairs in that disturbed republic is being watched with ampre hension by our own but there is baill a birong belief that the Hayt ians will be able to restore order without outside interference As to the attitude of the united states government toward the reported contemplated tem plated concerted action of european nations nothing can be predicted until it is definitely known what shape ahia action will ia recognized as a fact here that a strong government ia about the only government that can maintain order in the small semitropical semi tropical republics and that unless the ruler a opts the most vigorous repressive measures his tenure of office and the rein of internal peace are apt to bs of short duration consequently the government of the united states is not lively to view with un imbed satisfaction the inference of european covers in the domestic anaida of conr email sister republics even when conduct ot their rulers is to ua own fair dealing and ebnit IfiE An painted washington july 2 the commissioner of international revenue has appointed the following sugar inspectors under the provisions f tho tariff bill in regard to the bounty domestic of busar henry amerton Om erton district of columbia harvey N ohio george fietcher new hampshire everett H morton maine and raymond loranzo iowa the law limits the number these inspectors to twelve A wedding alie following culled from the yen tura california democrat will be ot interest to many of the readers of alie who are acquainted with the contracting parties the leading social event that the city of Ventura has known for some years past w as the wedding on june 0 r frad S smith and miss mancl 0 godell f miss goodell waa one of the most popular young badiea in ventura and is well knows in provo mr smith is the sonna mr smith the provo city lumber co book keeper he ia train dispatcher at tucson arizona on the southern pacific the scene while the ceremony was being performed was most impressive impress iye and beautiful the floral decorations were the finest ever seen in the charch above where the couple stood during the ceremony was the wedding bell of white sweet peas the a beautiful cactus flower following the ceremony a reception waa held ot the residence of mr and mrs goodell |