| Show BY TELEGRAPH PEB anro X AMERICAN NEW YOEK 23 the commercial advertiser prints a story under a washington date to the effect that secretary folger had made an examination into the character of the bonds given by many distillers to secure to the government the tho payment of the tax on whisky in bond ed warehouses and has discovered evidence to show that straw bonds have boen bosn executed in a number of cabe case and are now held by the gov emment for millions of dollars worth of whisky now in bonded ware houses another discovery also made mado is that many distillers take out their licenses in the names dames of subordinates eo that they can be come bon bondsmen demen for their thein own production duct fon lon it Is bell beil believed eved that gross frauds have been perpetrated upon the government in connection with these bonds equal in extent to the straw bonds in the Post rost office department apartment part ment t for many years past it is bele bel elved ived when the whole business comes cornea to light there will be revealed one ono of the meat most gigantic attempts to impose upon the government ever attempted it is an open secret here that the relations between the secretary of the treasury and the commissioner of internal be revenue venue are not of the closest character and that the latter does not coincide coin coln eide cida elthor elther in the views of the secretary or the policy which he wants and carries out in reference to dealing with the questions of revenues revenue especially in reference to the matter of whisky in fact there is a lack of operation cooperation co on the thu part of the commissioner which at no distant day serious consequences more than this cannot be said now but there has been a great deal of common t indulged in by those who know the situation the statement Is made that secretary folger had requested com corn missioner raum baum to investigate the subject but the latter seemed loath to do so and finally the secretary detailed a special agent to do so CHICAGO 23 the rimes times tomor to mor row will publish a long article reviewing the career of sam felker felke r who has haa come forward BO so prominently in connection with the doyle case and who turned over to the secretary of the treasury the duplicate of the government bond plate it says saya lie he hab has been prominently before the country in the guise guiso of a detective for more than twenty years in one way or another during this period ho he has been identified with nearly every important criminal case tho tha has received the attention of the au author thorl ties from maine to california and from texas to minnesota he never failed to claim he could turn up the right man in hundreds of cases ho he has bled all parties interested to tho the extent or of thousands cf of dollars and yet eo so far as can be ascertained never sent but one or two men to the penitentiary and these only because it was for lis his private interest to do EO so the reports further give an opinion of him bim held by colonel whitely formerly of the secret service as published in his book on noted cranin criminals alb als A fact has been developed according recording to the statement to be pub here to morlow that bome some of the bonds taken from doyle doyie when arrested b here ere have found their way into circulation again herent peoria and elsewhere five of them aro arc known to have been eold sold here two boid sold by a govain government ment employee to nick hogan a saloon keeper keepers one hypothecated ted at a gambling home house and two more in one of the bucket shops this was two months after doyles arrest it is stated that these facts came camo to ute tso knowledge of the government officials here who communicated the fact to Ww washington hington and tee tec received elved instructions to let matters alone as the department part ment was working the case time passed and nothing was done in the meantime wind of the matter got out and the bonds were taken from here hero and sold bold in yew new york to billy tracy it is said sald that these facts are known to several officials and one or two congressmen BOSTON 32 22 the markot market for wool remains quiet and steady and high prices are asked for new now wool to make the holders less anxious to dispose of the old stock and all desirable fleeces are now firm california wool is quiet but when the new now begins to arrive mure freely a more moie active movement is looked for pulled wools are in fair demand choice eastern and maine supers 45 48 common and good 30 40 in foreign no change there have been further sales of australian and edlo at steady prices the geralds montreal special bays says an emigrant train crashed into a freight train between victoria badge ana the depot wrecking the locomotives and baggage cars some passengers were terribly bruised no one was killed the damage to the roiling rolling stock is COLLINGSWOOD 9 ont 22 the latest advices advises from the wrecked steamer Maint onlin burne burned id near killarney places the number of persons lost at from 20 1 to 0 25 the names of those known to be lost loaf are as follows nobert robert henry thomas hanberg ban san berg and wife geo white of collingswood Collin gewood james lewis of ofal al conla county W J little of sullivan marpole co john joun itigan 1 P fitzpatrick and a little girl named fannie proud the purser did not have time to register all on board and probably the names of all the victims will never be known GAlVESTON 23 A belton special bays pays on sunday morning early masked men took from the fall all ail sam hilton H Ii ilton liton white and jas keyes colored and banged them both were charged with a murderous assault on a deputy ST raul PATTI 21 21 A skull of heroic size eize and singular formation hag has just been discovered among the relics relies of tho tha mound builders in the red bed river elver valley the mound was 60 feet in diameter and 12 feet high near the centre were found the bones of about a dozen males and females mixed with bones of various animals the in question was the only perfect one and near it were found some abnormally large body bones the man iwho who bore ii it wab was evidently a giant A thorough investigation of the mound and contents will be made by the historical society an indian territory special paye pays moses silk bilk a notorious ruffian and murderer was riddled with bullets by sheriff Tayl Tay lorat fort skunk bilk silk was drunk and quarrelsome and resisted arrest making a des fight he is credited with killing five men and being accey bory hory L ory eory to many murders 24 an albia iowa lowa special says fire yesterday destroyed several business buildings loss insurance philadelphia 34 georgenar Geor gelpar geLvar who presided at the regular republican convention occupied a seat sent on the platform when the independent republican convention was called to ader prayer was offered by the rev D 0 babcock a noted prohibitionist it and secretary of the pennsylvania sylva ula uia state temperance association united states senator mitchell was chosen kempor temporary ry chairman by acclamation amidst cheers and appi appl auses senator mitchell returned thanks for the honor conferred and said the work of the convention wa wai not to nominate a ticket that would help to break up tho the patty or defeat the republican party but to nominate one that would receive the respect and support of tho republican party applause this country had been founded upon principles which secured equal rights tights to all men and on principles were declared the republican party was founded and he t ulsted listed that the atmosphere of this state would be ba lound round too free to be breathed bre thed by any republican willing to be a slave politically or otherwise of any man applause there must in the order of t things be le leaders iders but not bos bosses bosses beb Bes 11 it would bewell be well weli for the convention to declare against this thia system and against bob bos bossism sisin bisin and not only to declare ag drist them but p lovide ovide a remedy dy that would tear them up root and branch ap pJ ause the only effective remt remi dy will be found in a proper civil service system capp fApp applause lause lauso the thet speaker would be le glad to be able to B stand tand before this convention and declare it his desire to support the administration if the president was disposed to enforce this system but he was sorry borry to say there was waa yet no indication of such determination on the presidents Pres identa part with the power to appolas appoint to places of midor minor importance taken out cf ef the hands of the politicians and made on a test teat of fitness alone thera there would bo be fewer lenders leaders ready to take the bread from the children of some poor but capable man to give hia hla place to rome bome mere politician senator mitchell said paid he spoke with sorrow when he asserted that what bad been achieved at chicago had not been borne out by the present administration in all that the movement meant that placed garfield in the presidential chair the speaker had sympathized ho he trusted with the republicans pre ent who were assembled to show what they could do to more unite the republican party to protest against the method by which it had deen been managed and to say to the people of this country by the voice of this body actuated by a desire for the good of the republic that the party shall rid itself of the barnacled barnacles barn acles and al ati the murky and corrupt atmosphere by which sho she hag haa been surrounded applause in order to show that the republican party was a progressive gres sive party composed of free think thinking inz ing men and one that cannot be run as a railroad train and by conductors in the yoli political employment of any man the roll of delegates was called when the name of chas chaa B S was called it elicited cordial and protracted applause senator mitchell requested wolfe to come forward wolfe in response arose erose in his bis place and after bowing to the chair and to tho the convention said eald lir mr sir president and gentlemen of the convention I 1 am here kc re dewed applause dr doane who was also called upon when his name was announced bald eald gents gente I 1 am here to resolve that we will put our grand old party where the immortal lincoln found it and the immortal garfield left it PHILA philadelphia 24 charies charlea 8 wolfe was chosen permanent chairman of the organization and senator stewart chairman on resolutions H 0 foster waa made permanent chairman and one vice dent from each senatorial district remarks marha le he asserted that the death of president garfield was chargeable directly to the spoils system and spoke of the political power of the state as So methin something that had beb bet been n too lon ion iong long 9 regarded as a sort of patrimony toba tobe to ba handed down from fat father fatherty herto horto to son the following Is the platform of the republicans of pentar pennsylvania alvania who will not surrender their political rights and who maintain to exercise their own tons conscience clence clerce and judgment concerning public affairs having assembled hr in state convention make the following declaration of principles and purposes first we declare our attachment to the principles of the republican party freedom union nationality equal rights before the law maintenance of the public bublic wealth protection to homec home industry and we demand that the record which has haa been eo nobly made shall ba be wisely aud fearlessly fearl feazle esaly perpetuated second we ve declare the nomination and election of james A garfield to the presidency signified to us as a triumph of true reform in the civil service and the enlarged liberty of action for the masteson masses maste sot of the republican party in the nomination of cand candidates dates and conduct conduce their party affairs and we deplore overwhelmingly the evidence pre eluted tousin to us in pennsylvania that the calamity of or his assassination has been oy y an overthrow of thebe reforms in the hands of his bis successor Third We den denounce ounce nunce the system which makes patronage and spoil out of public effects we denounce the braf practice tice of giving them to political managers or lor utie uee in advancing personal political ends ende we denounce the removal of faithful and compo tent officers ficera of in the absence cf pub lie reason we denounce the practice of and demanding contributions for party use itom from public official officials wo denounce generally and collectively the evils and corruption which accompany the conduct of the government aa as to the spoils system and which are inseparable soi eel arabie arable from such a method of administration and we denounce the s system boss rule and machine control which when tamely endured makes leaders into autocrats and reduces the mass of citizens fo to political bondage fourth we declare our purpose to build up the work which fell when garfield fell wo we demand in place of the spoils system the reformation of civil service by law so that appointment places therein may be freely open to all fit rit and industrious dust rious citizens citizen and the removals shall be only for far good and r sufficient public cause we demand instead of the prostitution of bubli c e service to private uses its recognition as a high and honorable trust to be administered for the peoples benefit with efficiency economy and integrity we demand instead of tho the insolence the proscription and tyranny of bossism and tha free and conscientious exercise and private judgment in colini cal affairs and the faithful discharge by those who assume the tive trusts of I 1 tho he people fifth we de declare celare in favor of the following party of reform that the delag delegates ites to the state conventions ba be chosen by the people in a manner which the candidates for the general assembly are nominated 2nd and that the representation in the state convention Convent lori iori be by counties and apportioned accord according log to their republican vote sd that the state convention shall not be held without at least 60 days in the presidential years ath that the republicans who voted for republican candidates for the president at the presidential elec election tion tinn next nest preceding shall be entitled to join in the choice of the delegates to the state and national convention the nominations are as follows for lieu lieutenant tenant governor levi legi bird duff of allegheny for secretary of internal affairs major merrick of tioga for congressman at large col wm for judge of the supreme court geo junkin senator stewart steward the nominee for governor being called upon said ha he accepted the tho nomination and that the movement in which he and those before him were interested was not what its adversaries termed it but was an honest movement in a public way for public ends and public approval it was rebellion and philadelphia was the place pinco to inaugurate it gewant a party the tho honest convictions of the tho republicans of pennsylvania have not found expression in any real convention held in the last decade it is from the control of other her taskmasters task masters wo we would deliver her they tell us this movement will imperil the ilfe life of the republican party I 1 do not believe ir it the republican party was in peril until you ca baue we to her rescue speaking for myself would say if that noble party must die I 1 had rather see her last hours made glorious by a a struggle to redeem her than cee cea her expire in a race for spoils the resolution calling upon the legislature to submit to the popular vote tho proposed amenda amendment ent to the state constitution prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor within the tho commonwealth was w adopted by a |
