The evening world. [volume], November 30, 1887, LAST EDITION, Image 2

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H& :.'A 70B0E THE FIQHTIKQ.
Hg , fi-.Theenonnity of the offenses of, the Btand
Bd Oil Trnat sgainst tho code of business
HVKKtMty and ngahiBt the lawe of the land in
H9k'' ltent and undeniable. The vray to romody
HHRi' fe growins evil and aTeit the growing don-
Hfi''' ;, First Enforoo the Interstate Commercolaw
Kiotlie letter. Apply its severest penalties and
He iewtriotlona in this, the crucial case. If it is
HE 'oS 'strong enough for its task, lot it bo
HHKh sirengthened.
W' gi'Beoond Push in concert tho many long.
HKr pending snlts against the Trust.
R";, Third Lay the axe to tho root of the evil by
HHfc, legal proceedings to forfeit tho charter of
K?..jvrery corporation that has "pooled" its
HB ItooklritbJBor any other trust.
HsfiTj Fourth Let the Governors in their mes
K1' aages reobmmend, and tho Legislatures pass,
tringent anti-trust legislation and provide
Hrm?01' 1 enforcement.
BIt'a high time to declare war against the
K Trusts and to force the fighting.
HEprU A CHECK TO LI0EH8R
K The second conviction of John Most for
HP' trailing to observe the distinction between
BHskireedoHi 0f speech and the inolting of men
HBW violence and crime, ought to have a
HjBtlalary effect.
H j,Hcrr Most has perfect liberty to smoke his
HBj! J?ipO In peace, but when he knocks the flre
m Sb hi pipe into a barrel of shavings under a
B ,Vuildinc filled with people it is a different
Hg suiter.
Hfe'-ViThis' mouthing agitator admitted on the
BBB"nfl tlut he was in favor of overturning tho
HHft Government and of using forco to do it.
K, IThe law has taken him by the coat-collar
mwd the slack of his trousers and bundled him
K.tinto jail. His trial was fair. His conviction
BffinVwis' right. There is no place for Anarchy in
H&i ftfais country.
BeC V' BTMPATHT VTILL OUT.
K'' "Throo things admit ofno conccnlment,"
Kfays an Italian proverb" love, smoke and
Br (he itch."
HK1. j Tho sympathy of some men with roguery
HHhS aJiould.be added to the list.
K-i'tf.Most of the sympathizers -with the New
HBP'-'York boodlers have the wit to conceal their
He& jteelincs. Not so the editor who can no
Rj ionger " lie with plausibility nor tell tho
K,Wthwith discretion."
HMViVThe un breaks into congratulations to
YHi IteABP's counsel, interprets tho decision of
IBt' e Court of Appealsas a " virtual acquittal "
JHPv i M the veteran briber, and then repeats its
HI dlotio admonition to Tub "Would to " move
HJpt If This "Would had not "moved on" tho
HHj Voodlers' works the very day after the Broad.
B&,W ;1ray Btenl there would have been no trial. It
B .' proposes to "move on" now until tho brib
Bst ' fsni boodlers aro convicted , under the
H&p' preaent law, or a now law is made that will
B&1 Ji&ish such crimes in future.
rT- t TTJBH 05 THE LIQHT.
HJ&if ' ' ( ' 'Why should there bo any Btar Chamber pro.
HEm."" jedingi about the in vestlgation of the clalin s
HKft-t rfvthe Aqueduct contractors for $3,000,000
E$ c.wtracompensatibn?
HX " There has been altogether too much mys-
Bk' lTy about the Aqueduct work from its inoep.
HHk1 ob It ii od undertaking involving the
HM peditur9 of many millions of the people's
BKa 'i ?B0B7i &d tl flnancial, as well as the engi.
HjK' ' eriBg, .operations seem to be Involved in
HHV StryptJan darkness
HH&!; Tte '-technical reports -are not especially
HB&A' W, and there Is plenty of hiding room for
BrM
ssssHp r'
colored gentlemea In the formal statement
of expense. 4
This $3,000,000 claim has the features of
a big steal. Lot us have no secrecy about its
investigations.
Open tho doors. Turn on the light.
HIS QUILT HOT DOUBTED.
It is a significant fact that none of tho
counsel of BnAitp, nor any of his sympa
thisers, have said c word indicating a belief
in his innocenco of bribery.
The Court of Appeals nullifies his convio
tion becauso too much proof of his guilt was
furnished, and becauso the ovidenco was not
sufficiently strained through tho cobwebs of
the law.
Is it strange that the "plain people" are
learning contempt for and distrust of the
law?
A IIOMENTOUB ETIQUETTE PEOBLEM.
Tho burning question of precedence bo.
tween tho wives of Senators and tho wives of
Cabinet ofBcors is again agitating Washing,
ton society. Boforo this momentous issue
tho thoatro hat crusade, tho anti.dc'colloto'
dress movement and tho bird ornament ro
form fall into insignificance.
Tho problem, it is said, has been submitted
to Socrotary Batabd for decision. It is barely
possible that the Stato Department has an
ticipated a grapple withthlB great issno and
has reserved its really expert diplomatists for
this homo emergenoy.
If they aro common-sonsiblo, which 1b a
good deal to ask of diplomatists, they will
conolude that a Senator's wifo is quite as im
portant as a Cablnot officer's wifo, and vice
versa, and that the wifo of any rcspeotable
non-ofllce-holding American citizen will
compare very favorably with either of
them.
DAHOEB OF OHUBOH FIBES.
Tho New York Board of Fire Underwriters
publishoB a list of twenty.ono churches in
this city and fiftoon churches in Brooklyn
which are liable to be burned down at any
time by reason of dofectivo heating appara
tus. Hero are thirty-six standing opportunities
for a holocaust every Sunday. Notifications
of the danger have had no effect.
Is not somebody responsible for tho safety
of the ohurchos ? Tho process of saving
souls would certainly procood quito aa
auspioiously in a structure that docs not
constantly menace tho cremation of tho body.
Protect church-goers as woll as theatregoers.
THE AMERICAN AUTHOB'B PLEA.
Tho American authors undoubtedly prosont
very strong arguments for an international
copyright law, but do thoy not in some par.
tlculars overstate their hardships V
Their money-making capacity has greatly
inoreasod of recent years. Mr. Lowell him.
self avers that sixty years ago thero wore only
two self . supporting American writors,
Coopxn and In vino. But now, ho adds, the
number who make much moro than a com.
petenoy is vast indeed.
This country is the biggest book mart in
all the world, Tho American author con at
least protect tho salo of his own publications
here. The question of competition with for
eign reprints simmers down to a question of
ability. Tho really strong and popular
American writer never lacks a market.
An international copyright law would un.
doubtedly help American lltorary weaklings,
but would it materially improve the quality
of American literature.
A man died in this city yesterday .from
hcart-diseaBe, superinducod by cigarette,
smoking. A lad in Hammonton, N. J., lies
at tho point of death from a similar cause.
Theso aro two instances out of thousands of
tho baneful effects of tho cigarette. Tho
inventor of these dotostablo and dangerous
apologies for cigars has much to answer for.
It is to bo hoped that tho new Brooklyn
" Ls " will bo distinguished by a greater re
gard for the publio convenience than the old
road. Tho lattor's persistent disregard of
tho wants of its patrons, especially in tho
evening, is' a raro samplo of corporato arrogance-
and btupidity.
It is said that prematura publication of the
aqueduct contractors' claims lessens the
chancos for ' ' an ninlcablo settlement." If
amity costs $8,000,000, in addition to the
contract awards, the less wo havo of it tho
hotter.
William Skakel, of Chicago, has been
arrested for running a clock that gave tho
quotations of grain and stocks. It was
doubtless thought that ho was doing too
much business " on tick."
De Lakcet Nicoll's dignified, cool.paticnt.
cloar-hoaded and resolute management of the
Most case again marked him as ono of tho
ablest lawyers in this city.
Why shouldn't tho Boodlers in Bing Sing
move for a rcleaso ? If BnAitp is not guilty,
certainly thoy aro not. It is a great year for
tho Boodlers.
A grim smilo goes creaking across the
glacial countenance of John Sherman as ha
boob Fobaseb come out at tho foot of the list
in Ohio.
When J. Most is released from tho Island
this tirao, let him ro-emigrate to soino coun
try that he likes better than thin.
The Jury pronounced the beautiful lamb's
fleeoo, in which Host's friends endeavored
to onvolop him, a decided misfit.
New York seconds the motion of Chicago
that anarchy and the Anarchists be given
leave to withdraw. ,
The Harvard Freshmen are not so fresh as
they might be. They have voted not to row
Yale.
May we have no more of Most.
'BILL K1K PILLS A "LOSQ-FELT WANT.
Ms Ned rforr, fer Americana to 0 Abroad
to Hire m EaUjtUt.
II i 4sf. EAUZINa tne demand
(rLS yV 'ha Iberc seems to be In
i.NTYlw?ra. I Jk thtl country foraUomes-
tag) Jv vJlOWj rtj ,l0 nloUt, and fe linn
Fpr IVlp7 I 1 tnat patriotic Americans
I SKX I m would cousinly prefer to
l III I av 'iare ,1,elr "'""J bmx'
1 HI v Jknesi done as nearly as
k-i,v possible by Americana
'111' rT3 ft wno c,n " mucn
. yjfb7??f7 cheaper and fully as well
fTT) iUJ-4igTl; x ( as ny foreigners, I have
"""" decided to establish In
this cltr what may bo called the Home Syndicate
of Eologlits and American Encomium Bureau, for
Its pnrpoao of famishing fluent and able men to
pronounce encomiums on eminent statesmen,
authors and dlvlnea.
I can ace now that as a people we have hereto
fore fooled onricrrea and tnrued away money by
falling to chame admissions to funerle and tho
eulogy addresses of popular men. It seemi stranite
tome that with our Yankee ahrowdnesi weshonld
havo Ignored this nirttioJ of making monoy and
allowed a gro it Kngllah pulpit orator to teach us
how prodigal and unlhrlltv we have been.
The new Uureau will furnish culoclsti at a fair
price per cnlogy or stand In with local committees
on a percentage. For the encomium on a com
paratively nnknown man we propose to charge a
regular fee, wbllo lu caso of a well-known and
very popular man we will work upon the sympa
thies ot the people at a percentage.
We will be prepared after awhile also to furnish
obituary poetry at a moment's notice, and will
assist In costing a gloom over communities not pro
vided for.
Special orders for oulogtsts who can shed scald,
inn tears by pulling a atrlog will be attended to.
We snail also work In hearty accord with large
tombstone workt upon surh terms as to Introduce
a new and attractive stylo ot monument at a living
rate, aud make tho eulogy assist In paylnir for
same. Our eulogists will answer calls anywhere In
(his country, or go abroad In case the eulogy will
defray tjio expenses of an occjo trip. Do not give
jour encomium work to any one till you have teen
our terms and press notices. In writing or wiring
us stato whether yon want a dry or tearful cnlogy.
AMERICAN ENCOMIUM BUHEAU.
Bill Ntk, Manager.
P. 8. Wc give as an Illustration simply, a sam
plo ot our style ot epitaph. Tuo following was
recently furnished by our Bureau to tho family of
adoceased moonlight whiskey manufacturer In
Tennessee:
Impeded while living,
Fermented wnlle dead,
Ills rectified rplrlt
Is still a dark red. B. N.
WORLDLINCS.
The largest plantation In the Booth Is owned by
ex-Oov. Aloorn, of Mississippi, whohase,00uacres
under cultivation In Conoama County.
A frliihtened deer daubed through the main
street of Sallna, I'a., the other day, and although
all the sportsmen In town turned out aa soon as they
saw It, the deer escaped.
Ex-Gov. Alger la said to havo made from $3,000,
000 to ,OO0,(tO0 In Michigan pine lands. Whrn he
went to Detroit to practise law at tho close of the
war he was almost penniless.
The romalns of a plcsloaaurus, a prehistoric rep
tile, wero recently dug up near Sioux City, la.
The bones show that the animal was about 20 feet
long In life, and Its teeth are an Inch and a half In
length.
Peter Ornler, of Oil City, ls the ohamplon snake
hunter of Pennsylvania, and he makes a good liv
ing at It. IIo captures live rattlers, copperheads
and blsoksnakcs with his naked hands and handles
them with Impunity.
A solid lump ef coal containing eighty-seven en.
bio feet and weighing 0,881 pounds was exhibited
at the Texas State Fair recently held at Dallas. It
was the largest block of coal ever taken from a
mine In the United States.
The most youthful prisoner In the penitentiary at
Chester, III., Is a Uttlo child who was born tnere
two months ago, bis parents being behind the bars
for arson. When their sentence expires she will
be nearly a grown woman.
Mr. S. O. Uackley, of Anderson, Ky. j an old
soldier, preserves as a icllo of war times a little
paper of quinine which a doctor gave him on the
battlefield of Camden, N. C, twenty-four yoara
ago, when the precious drag was worth two aa
ounce.
They no longer havo "readers" In Boston.
The man who Teadsbeforo an audience ls now an
" Interpreter," and In this connection It may be
said that George Illddlo will soon Interpret the
(Edlpus Tjrunnus " la tho original Greek to
untutored Cblcugo.
Tnere are said to be moro millionaires In Iluenos
Ayres than In any other city of Its size In tho world.
Many of th private hou.es In tho city havo been
built at a cost of over $l,ooo,ooo, and one of the
banks has a paid-up capital of $51,000,000, with de
posits and a line of discounts aggregating
$99,000,000.
The Counrcssmen from the far Western States
will make neat little sums of pin money out of
their mileage allowance, which 1 SO cents a mile
to and from Washlimton. Tho Op-goo members
will each receive tl.MOnnd the Arizona Delegate
$1,000. Congrissman Lee, of Virginia, who lit es
within eight mllCB of the capital, gets only $3.20.
A lady In Milton, Pa., who was accosted by a
rascal Just at duk tho other evening defended her
self In a novel way. SI10 was r turning from
marketing and had In ' '-r basket a piece of bologna
aansago which she pi 1 ed at the fellow, crying
out: "You scoundrel, If you touch me I'll shoot
yon." Supposing It was a pistol she had, the man
took to his heels.
In Town Tor a Day.
Charles F. Tarkcr, U. S. A., atopsat theBturte
vant. Ueut. Thoa. W. Wood, U. 8. Marines, ls at the
Oriental.
C. A. Spalding, of theatrical famo, Is at the
Brunswick.
United mates Senator John II. Mitchell la at the
Hoffman House.
Mrs. Schuyler Hamilton, Jr., of Newport, Is a
guest of trie Everett House.
Mr. and Mrs. Itsstus Corning, of Virginia,
reached the Gllscy Housu to-day.
Secretary Endlcott left the Filth Avenue Hotel
en route to Washington last night.
J. Illllnghas', of the Wagner Talace Car Com.
pany, to-day rrlved at the Windsor.
O. E. t'nrr. of Ihe Baltimore Lithograph Com.
panr, ls staying at the Union Square.
Austin Latbrop,of Cornlnii, an I A. Pope, s prom
inent Virginian, hate registered at the Ullsey.
Tiie name of E. Livenng, of llolynke paper mill
lame, can be read on tie Park Atenue register.
Among others at the Victoria are Mr. ami Mrs.
Bourke C'ockran aud LUuU It. J, ilacdonala, of
England.
Four United sta'es Army officers at the Grand :
Lb uts. Win. U. Coffin, J. K. Kuhn and T. K.
AiUiut unci Ca t. P. D. Vroom.
Three prominent railro.d men at the Windsor:
11. u. l'uttrr, of Sailnaw; E. 11. rbllllps, of Bos
ton, and Commissioner E. W. Kinsley, also of
Boston.
Among those staying at the Murray Hill Hotel is
the Kev. W. II. Marguers, President of West
minster Collouo, and John I'orteaus, one of Uo
ton'a railroad men.
George P. Eustls, son of Senstor Euills, of Lou
lslaua, and Grange 8 rd, who was a member ot
Gov. Cornell a staff, have written their names on
the Brunswick register.
Implicit Faith.
" Sir, "lie said, as he handed the youth a tract,
"are yon a young man ot Faith?"
'Yes, sir." the young man replied, "I eat a
Third avenue table d'hote dinner every night."
fti .I VfftB;i8Mititf7 1 ffltieaf ilaMlieWfc 1 1 STi'l'ir tsll
1 in m nn j 1 ' 1
WILL IIOKTfcn BE NEXT HPKAKBRf
A Pair ef II In Observation em Popnlaf Mea
and Correal Topic.
The Bald Eagle of Westchester, some,
times referred to as Gen. James W. Ilusted,
Is a rapid walker. IIo rtinhes over tho pave.
ment at great speed and, keeping his eyes
straight ahead of him, manages to zigzag his
way through tho crowds coming from tho op.
poulto directions.
Timo. 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Plnoc,
cast side of Broadway, near Maiden lano.
Gen. Ilusted is heading for uptown. His
dark derby hat is Jammod on his head, his
hands aro in his overcoat rackets and the
lapolsof bis overcoat aro Bwung back until
thoy flop against his shoulders.
" Why, how aro you General?" and the
next moment tho famous statesman from
rooksklll was extending' his hands to a re
porter of The Won.Lt.
"Glad to boo you. 'Why, how are you?
Where havo you been kcoping yourself ? Say,
havo thoy granted a new trial to Sharp ? I
heard so, but I havo not soon an afternoon
Enpor." and Gen. James W. took a short
rcntliing Npell.
Wlion told thai the Court of Appeals had
unnniinntiHlv reversed tho docision of tho
lowor conrt, tho General continued : " I held
at tho time that if Judge Barrett's ruling
was legal It would put an end to all legisla
tive investigations, and "
" Why, General, how aro you ?"
Tho qttostionor. was ex-Gov. John T.
Hoffman. " Goneral," exclaimed tho ox.
Governor, " you aro looking woll, but I see
that you are still in politics. Yon ought to
get out of politics. You aro getting too
old."
" It agroes with mn, Governor," and Gen.
James w. winked at tho reporter. As tho
ox.Oovernor walked away, tho nlready five
times Bpeakor remarked: "lie was abetter
Governor than ho over got credit for. His
Stato papers excelled those of Gov. Tildou,
If Gov. Hoffman had been Governor nt
any other period than ho was, ho might
havo been President of the United States.
Now look nt him going along Broadway and
no ono seems to recognizo him. Am I wrong?
Why no I Look who hns just passed un.
Yes, you nre right. It is tx-Gov. CornoU.
That's funny, isn't it? Two ox Governors
pasHUR by within a minute. Why didn't
Cornell speak to mo? Guess ho didn't seo
me. Oh, yes, wo speak, Ho is a reserved
sort of a man, but"
" Jimmy, how aro you?" and ex-Senator
Wnghtaff slopped tho General on the back.
" Aro vou going to bo tho next Speaker
Jimmy ?"
" Yes, slr-reo. Bnro," and tho Feokskill
statesman cooked up lil head as ho elevated
aglancoat tho six feet by four inch member
of tho Titans.
" As I was going to remark," continued
Gen. Westchoster, of Ilusted, ' ' ex-Gov.
CornoU is "
' ' Jimmy, old boy, aro you going to get
thore?" Tlio speaker as ox-Assemblymun
Edward 0. Shcchay, a roal estate speculator.
" Looks that way."
" Good."
' ' Good-dav."
" So long."
" A hy. how aro you, Gen. Barnum ?"
" Goneral, I am glad to moot you. Excuso
mo, plcaso, I wish to seo tho Goneral." Gen.
Barnum, who was a member of tho House- in
1885, held a fivo minutes' caucus with the
General. When tho General returnod to the
sldo of tho roportor he ejaculated : " If you
woro over undor an npplo-tree when the
apples were ripe you know that you can seize
a limb, give a shake, and an apple is likoly
to fall. As soon as j on shako you look up,
and as tho apple fulls you catch it. The
Speakership is going to fall towards mo just
liko that, and I will"
" Catch It."
"Suro and why not, eh? Good-by, I'vo
to catch tho 3.80," and as he hurried towards
John street a man was ruBhing after him
shouting, " Hey, General, General 1"
MISFORTUNE OP AN ACTKESS.
One of Nellie Watucrtdl' Feet to be Ainpn.
tnted in the IIo lie of Saving- Her Idle.
' Mrs. Nellie Wothcrcll, an actress who has
held positions in tho companies of A. M.
Falmor, Shook & Collier and Edward Har
rigan, is now in tho Now York Hospital suf
fering from cancer of the foot.
Some years ago Mrs. Wotheroll had a bun
nlon on the heel which sho allowed a chiropo
dist to out. Tho wound never healed, Mrs.
Wetherell became lamo, and last summer,
whilo in Chicago with Edward Harrigan's
company, sho was obliged to rctiro from the
organization.
Lost Sunday Mrs. Wetherell was informod
that immodiato amputation was tho only
means of saving her life. Sho consented to
tho operation, and the amputation will bo
nmdo uetweon thoanklo ana tho kueo prob
ably to-morrow.
Mrs. Wotheroll will thus bo without re
sources. Sinco her difficulties began several
nctrosses have been raising subscriptions for
licr, nud they are still doing so. Mrs. Weth
croll is tho widow of Sam Wetherell, an ad.
vanco ngent.
Plenty of Wheat, bnt Farmer Won't Hell
ltedured Kullrond Kntra No lieneflt.
CJttettijo J)tpaleh in Ib.Jiy'l Journal if Commtrc;
The uncertain condition of the winter wheat for
the last thirty dayB has caused farmers to hold back
their rcsorves until something moro definite ls as
certained with regsr I to the condition of the grow
ing crop. Too spring wheat ou look has uot mate
rially changod, and, until the recent freezo up, fall
plouehlng was going on actHcly and the move
ment of wheat Is somewhat restricted. While
many economists and theorist are dl'cusslniwhat
It costs to produce a bushel of v, heat and how long
farmers are going to grow and sell wheat at pres
ent prices, we see the producers ai a general
thing, lu better condition than they have been for
many rears.
'Ihe low prices havo hid the tendency to enforce
economy In cvcrythluii which pertains to a farm.
I do not believe It ls posihle to arrive at any exact
figures which can be taken as a standard as to the
cost of production of wheat. It Is governed en
tirely hy sleld, clreumstiincea and me surround
ings ot the producer. Is costs the eighty-acre
farmer just as much for machinery aa 11 doea the
160-acre f rmer, hence ynu can see now difficult It
Is to formulate a table. It Is no problem, however,
to solve what It costs to oarry a bushel of vratn
from Chicago to New York: th t Is doue according
to rule and mMhods which undergo very little
change. After the rail ls laid, the lars purchased,
the employees hired, railroads can then charge per
hundred lust us mucn or as little as thry choose to
In order that the stockholders 01 the company may
bo ptld either 10 or 4 pt r cent, per annum.
lake for example to-day, after the New York
Central pmplehad ahairbed the W,st Shore road
snd the Klckel-l'la.c, tne ttockholders are now
content with a comparatively, ami In fact, amall
dlvl'ieud. It Isal.o rtated, what nould seem au
thorltltelv, that the railroad frelaf.ti in Illinois are
likelr to b- very soon radically n duccd.
NdwiihtandinL' all ltd talk about low freights
to the East, 1 can not see where tney nave tie tie fit
ted Ihe 1 roduc r In the Mlirl'tcst decree. The pres
ent market feiture with regard 10 the new rop Is
this: Ihe hom drmiml dally increases, an 1 with
It a growing relucanco on lha part of farmers to
sell. V,ry little if .iiiv corn beln cribbed at rail
road statlona ls r-ne of the strongest arguments to
show tha the damage to tne crop baa not been
overentmuted.
Hoiurtlilns to be Thankful For.
Vom Judgt)
rarson That na certainly an awful stroke of
lightning, Mrs. Hansom.
Mr. It nsotn Yes, Indeed It was. It's a terrible
thing to lose husband and children at one Mow."
Parson The ways of Providence. Mrs. It nsom,
are certainly Inscrutable, bu th re' mo consols,
tlon lightning doesn't strike twice In oneplsoe.
And Not Carrying Any.
I 1 Van . 1
Bach an affahle manl I was glad we had met,
For he made a short hour most ple.santj
He a o in way I shall nover forget
On us t nns coocrnltiu Ihe pres-nt.
His op, una they suited my own 10 a Tj
1 regretted tnat hour's brief durance.
Then my coat by the button he took, and,
said he:
"Are your carrying any Insurance 1"
SJ WEEKS AT QUAMNTINE.
I I !
TIIE DRAMATIC) 6T0BT OF AN DLSIOBaKT
PRIBONEtt IN A FLOATING PLST-HODSB.
Hope, Fear and Despair of Fassengere on
the Bvll.Fated Alesla At Ancbor at I.aet
In Hlht of a Free Land, bnt Banished
from It Till Dancer of Contagion from
the Dread Uleeaee Vt'ns Fast.
An unassuming Italian immigrant, appar.
cntly well educated, but driven by poverty
from his native land, took paseago on the ill.
fnted cholera ship Alesla. In looking among
tho city departments for work he mot with a
World reporter who understood his lan
guage Hero is tho story ho told when asked
what six weeks' Quarantine wore liko to him:
"Wo loft Naples bohlnd us on Sopt. 3,"
said tho Italian to n World reporter, through
an interpreter. "Wo supposed that wo had
left tho hated cholera behind us also. There
wero 601 of us, but two of whom were 111,
and they but slightly. A week passed.
No sickness showed itself. A week and
no cholora 1 Wo had reason to suppose that
we had escaped its dread grasp. But, no !
Wo had boon nine days out wliou a young
man named Luigi Maria died, aftor a few
hours' illness. His body was hastily con
signed to tho waves after tho usual services.
Tho ship's surgeon nnd officers looked palo
and grave, but nothing was said. At that
timo tho passengers did not know tho causo
for those alarmed countenances, but thoy
learned later. Throo days later and Antonio
Baldyana bocamo ill and was a corpse in a
few hours after his first attack.
' ' An uneasiness settled upon tho passen
gers and was communicated to tho crow.
Thorti was something in the sudden taking
off of theso men which suggested cholera,
and tho suggestion was more suggestivo be
causo of tho fact that we had left a cholora
infeoted port.
"The next to go was a sailor, who was
taken ill and died tho following day, tho lGth.
It was useless to attempt to conceal tho fact
longer the dread disease was upon us.
"Tho realization was terriblol In Italy
wo could flee from tho ecourgo. In tho
mountains wo could find at least fancied se
curity from its ravages. But there wo woro,
penned in between the limited walls of the
ship, with nothing bnt an apparently limit
less waste of waters about us, condemned to
remain and see our fellow.traellers. our
friends and our relatiycs dio. and, perhaps,
to die ourselves, without an opportunity to
ewido our fate.
" Tho first feeling was one of determined ro.
sistanco to fato, but this was succeeded,
after realizing its futility, by a stolid indif
ference among somo, while others 6at around
nnd seemed to chafe at tho slownoss of death
in claiming them for his victims.
" Days dragged on. The officers of the
vessel performed their duties in n perfunc
tory sort of way ns though they might as
woll bo called whilo at their post as in mop.
ing and bewailing their situation.
" Death wns accepted as his lot by ovcry
man on tho ship, and yet tho floating pest
housowas driven on to its destination as
though its freight of disease was ns welcome
as so much gold and precious stones to the
New World. No one had thought that he
might escape what was universally accepted
as the common lot until lund was sighted on
Sept. 23, when they who wero not vet stricken
first began to realize that thore was still hope
in a roleaso from the diseaso impregnated
prison-honso which held them.
"How long were tho hours which inter,
vened between the sighting of laud and tho
morning of Sopt. 23, whon our yellow flag
brought the Health Officer aboard with an
ordor that we go into quarantine 1
" Our hopes, which had risen with a sight
of the land on which we had hoped to set
foot and fly from the pest which had pursued
us across tho ocean, woro dashed by the
order that we be isolated from tho tho rest of
mankind on the islands in the bay. This
order was a terrible disappointment. We
muet remain and flirt with death. But our
chances for life wero materially increased,
and we weloomed the obango from tho
plague-infected ship to the not over hospito
bio island with eagerness.
"Wo wero not comnolled to huddle to
gether with the sick and dying. From these
we were isolated.
"Eight of our passengers and crow bad
died on tho voyage rfnd many were ill with
tho dreadful disease when we arrived. New
oases wero reportod daily.
" The capacity for grief seemed to be lost on
board tho vessel, but on tho island it was dif
ferent. Hopo had returnod. With what
poignant grief was it I learned of the illness
nnd death of a brother, whoso loss would
havo hardly been noticed had it occurrod on
shipboard. In the six dreary weeks of ban
ishment I used to watch with longing eyes
the, inward-bound vessels sailing to your
wharves. As hopo grow strongor I chafed
more and moro ovory day for release, until on
Nov. 17 I was set free. I boliove another
month of it would havo driven me crazy."
Si
ABLE TO PAY ALL DEBTS.
Why the Firm of Drown, Wood d; Kinsman
Went Into Liquidation.
The dry-goods firm of Brown, Wood &
Kingman, of Now York, Boston, Philadel
phia and Chicago, which went into liquida.
tion yesterday, is said to be fully able to
meet all its liabilities.
Mr. Kingman, one of tho partners, who
was seon nt tho Now York office, 68 Worth
street, this morning, indignantly deniod the
rumor that tho firm had failed. " We have
simply docided to close up our business," he
said.
"Tho senior partner, L. L. Brown, got
interested in other ventures nnd divortod
muoh of his capital from this firm. This loft
us in an embarrassing position and, to pro
vent tho trouble which wo foresaw would
cotno if wo tried to carry Mr.
Brown and his othor enterprises,
wo docided to cIobq out our business.
A finer business novor went into liquidation.
It brought us an income of half a million a
year, and vou may be suro wo did not give it
up willingly. Still, we aro perfectly solvent,
and the individual members of tho firm will
soon bo in business again."
To Entertain for Chnrlty.
An entertainment under the auspices of the Col
lege Oithollo Club will ie given to-morrow even
ing at St. John's College Hall, Wlllooghby and
Lewis avenues, Brooklyn, for tho benefit of the
poor under ihe.c.re of the Society of bt. Vlnceni
de Paul. Among tho arrav of artists who have
volunteered their services are Ventr loqulst H.rry
Kenne iy, Walter It .tiers, solo cornetlst of Cappa's
hen nth Regiment Hand; Prof. Brown, humorous
tea er: Prof. It. E. Msyne, elocutionist: Miss M.
Ford, Miss A. Dean, Messrs. J. J. W Ite, William
Miles, II. B, Walker, Harry Koutley VMlllam
Drown, Benjamin II. Cnisholm, and I strumental
muslo under tue ulrectln of Prof. Brnjamln.
To Ho to Newburs for Trial.
Thomas ltrenuan, alias O'Brien, the noted Chi
rago bunco operator, who, 13 company with Tom
Devlne, a New York sncceisor to Hnniry Joe, now
serving the State at S'ng Sing, swindled T. U.
Houston out of a 11,000 bill on bund y nlijht, was
fully Identified this morn ng us th clever swindler
wno secured tlo,ooo in Albany city ,onpon bonds
tromTnnm so. King, the venerable President ot
the Newbury Havings Bank. Mr. nine tlslted Po
lice Headquarters this morning and Identified
Brennan. The Cntca.o swindler will go to Mew
burg lor trial.
No Business to be Hone at Hlntr SloaT.
The yacht agency of Conrtland II. Bllven, who
was recently sentenced to 8 ng Sing for aiding a
criminal 0 eratlonon MUs Frankle Bell, has been
closed op, and his yacht property has been sold
for the nominal price n $.
A Timber Rafr OOO Feet Iionsr.
The English steamer Inn a has been chartered
by Messrs. Scammell Bros. , ship brokers of this
city, to tow the Joggrus, a Nora Bootla raft of
timber, 600 feet long, to this city,
toftSj-tfjayflk. ffiftof-stf ffirfa liifeSlT''" 'A-.iCiai
' M8 BF8T KANBITLL OUT. V
Col. Smith Nat Tet Paid In Fall for Merrlee
at Mr. Ovlnalon' Wedding.
A reporter of Tint Would called this morn
ing on Col. Nicholas Smith at the Astor
House to ask if ho had heard anything moro
from Mr. E. J. Ovlngton, the Brooklyn ohlna
merchant, in reference to his bill for services
as best man at Mr. Ovington's wedding to
Miss Georgio Maize, of Louisville. A de
spatch from Louisville in tho evening edition
of The WonLD, yesterday, stated that Col.
Smith had rendered a bill of $180. and that
Mr. Ovlngton would pay only 100.
Col. Smith at first glanco bears a startling
resemblance to Edwin Booth. He hns a clear
cut faco, hiB eyes aro a deep brown and his
hair is gray nnd is brushed back, falling pvor
his shoulders. Ho Is a Kcntuckian by birth,
and married Miss Ida Grcoloy, the daughter
of Horace Grecloy.
When tho rcportor callod Col. Smith had ,
just arisen. Ho said that ho had heard noth
ing moro from Mr. Ovincton.
"' My acquaintance with Mr. Ovington was
merely casual, having met him in Louisvillo
about a yoar ngo whon visiting," Col. Smith
went on. " Here Mr. Ovington mot tho
young lady who afterwards becamo his wife.
Ho paid her marked attention. When ho ro
turned to PariB ho cabled a perfunctory offor
for Miss Maize's hand. Tho young lady's
answer was ' yes.' Then ennio a request from
Mr. Ovlngton that I should act as his best
man at his wedding and I said I would.
" When Mr. Ovington returned from Paris
I telegraphed him my congratulation. After
words I recoived n telegram to come on to
Louisville, which I did. The marriage took
plaoo and I returned to Now York.
"After waiting about three weeks I wrote
Mr. Ovlngton, telling him I had drawn on
him for $180, my actual expenses for tho trip.
I had put myself to great inconvenienco sim
ply tb oblige Mr. Ovington. In reply I ro
ceived a note from Mr. Ovington, inclosing a
check for $100. Ho also snid that ono of tho
messages had lieon sent by Mrs. Faulds with
out his knowing. Mrs. Faulds is tho lady
who introduced Mr. Ovington to his wife.
" Then I wroto acknowledging tho roceipt
of tho $100, and informed Mr. Ovington that
I should expect tho bnlanco by mail, viz.,
$80. I also spoke rather sharply of the way
ho repudiated Mrs. Faulds' action. A reply
camothat he did not proposa to 'assist' mo
any further nnd that he had returned tho
present I made Mrs. Ovington to Mrs. Faulds.
This was too much, and hore is tho reply I
sent him."
Col. Smith exhibited tho following peppory
epistle :
AsTon House, New York, Nov. 16, 188T.
Hir: I thought I haa d ne with you, but it seems
much easier 10 be on wltn.a blackguard than to get
rid of him. The 'uontlemen" whom jotisay yon
consulted. If thry are ro be juiiged bv 10 answers
you put Into tnrlr mouths, clearlr belong to your
own school; as It Is not easy to conceive of men,
brnl outsiae of a china-shop, with aucn crude no
tions of decency. But, after all, you see the per
son oest fitted to adjudge Ihe value of your new ex
perience, and if It appears to you to be something
that stranners should be taxed to piy for, I sup
pose It must be so. A man who conld, as you on
your own confession did, repudiate the claims of
lady who lnt reeded and negotlated'forhlm In the
most delicate affair of life, I should huve known
would not hesitate 10 lay trli ute upon me.
I remand you to the shopkecplng limbo from
which I lifted you. With due re-pi-ct,
Nicuolab 8jirrn.
" I havo not heard from him sinco," Col.
Smitli said, " and do not care to. Thore is
one thing I wish to bring out plainly which
will show what Mr. Ovington is. Mrs.
Faulds, v ho practically did nil tho courting
for Mr. Ovington, asked him to grant her a
little financial favor, and he refused. As ho
had boen posing ns a threo millionaire I
should think he might havo remembered tho
ono who sccurod him his happiness. Why,
he is as fragile as are tho cupB in his china
shop."
Col. Smith said ho had asked Mr. Ovlngton
to Indorse a note at four months for $1,000,
and that Mr. Ovington had rofused.
Mr. Ovington is sixty-llvo years old, and
his wifo is but nineteen.
GOOD FOR NEW I0RR CIGAR-MAKEBS.
The Effect of the Lockout of LC.OOO Tobacco
Worker nt Havana.
The lockout of 12,000 cigarmakers at Ha
vana is considered by tho manufacturers of
cigars made from Cuban tobacco in this city
as decidedly favorablo to their trade, for
it will reduce largely the importation
of Havana cigars. Tho cigar-makers of Cuba
aro woll organjzod.and demand an agreement
which will keep them at work tho year round.
This, their employers soy, is impossible. A
compromise is likely to be mado in a short
time, but tho longer the lookout lasts tho
better it is for New York manufacturers.
Thero are threo or four largo establishments
in this city where cigars aro mado of Cuban
tobacco. The cigar-makers aro paid from
$18 to $42 per 1,000 for the making alone, and
the work is dono by Cubans and Spaniards
who woro at ono timo employed in Havana
factories.
Great quantities of cheap cigars ore mado
at Havana undor annual contract with agents
of tho Fronch aud Spanish Governments,
and tho prices aro so low nnd the competi
tion has nccorno so great that wages are down
to a minimum and tronblos occur nearly
every year botween tho workmen and their
employers.
SilEYITCH WAS VERY CAREFUL.
Snpt. Murray Find N thin In III Speech
to Cause Ills Arrest.
Capt. McCullagh, of the Fifth street sta
tion, attended tho Anarchist meeting at
Cooper Union at which ex-Editor Shevitch
spoko. ne was nccomponied by a full force
of policemen in uniform. Picked mon in
citizens' dress wero detailed to special re.
portorial work among the staff of press
reporters. Tho Captain was also an attentivo
listener.
Copt. McCullagh has made his report to
Supt. Murray. Ho said that there was noth.
ing in Shevitch's speech that came within
the reach of the law. Ho further said that
Shevitch differed greatly from Most in the
open expression of his convictions and exer
cisod much more policy. His remarks had
ovidently been carefully prepared, and, while
using strong language concerning tho execu
tion of the Chicago Anarchists, he kept
studiously within tho borders of the law, and
went only ns far as tho Ponul Codo would
guarantee safety to him.
In view of this report from Copt. McCul
lagh, Supt. Murray will toko no action in
Shevitch's case. The Superintendent said
this morning that his order to the captains
to attend all meetings of Anarchists and re
port officially oil treasonable nnd incendiary
utterances calculated to provoke a breach of
the peaco is still in force, but he feels certain
that tho verdict in the Most trial will deter
futnro Anarchist orators from urging tho use
of bombs in their public utterances.
Found Insnne In the Pnfk.
An Insane man, with small pieces of paper
stuck all over his clotiilng, whlen he clatmed were
med its. was found wandering In the upper part of
Central Park last night. He was brought to the
Arsenal, where the only answer that he would give
the sergeant when questtotird In rigard to his
home was Vosbur. n. " He was sent to Bellevue
Hospital for examination. At the ho.plial he raid
that lie was Kins- OusUve, and that be had been
living with the Indians. To empty pock-tbooks
were fom d on his person. He was well dressrd.
He appears to be a German. He ls about twenty
J eats of age. It ls thought at the Arsenal that be
as escaped from some Institution.
-
Diversion of a Cabman.
Residents of West Tnirty-second street were
startled at 1 o'clock this morning by load shon's,
snd the galloping of a horse np and down the
block, betwi en Sixth and Seventh avenues. The
same noUe attracted I'odceman McNallv, who be
held William iloo-ao, a cauman.ot Sl East Twenty
atxtb street, on the box of his cab and working off
the excitement caused by sundry potatlous. Ilo-
?an, at the Jefferson Market Conrt, was fined $10
bis morning.
MfcjSiySnSBBWfcig- tmjWVm J"&mm'mMSMKa
MANI ATTRACTIONS AND OPEN PUESM '
AT TUE MA80NS' PAIR. 1
Dootha Loaded with Thins of Beantrt and Mt
Dnyer and Seller Doth Zealona In th '
Good Work The Flower-Stand a Geo. j
Iral Attractlen-The Show In the Even. v'l
Ins-Inspector William Way Get a Ooau
Thore was no diminution in the throng .'
that flllod the grand hall of Masonio Tempi 1
last night, whero the Masonio Fair claims '
general attention! and tho pretty maidens. i
with ingenuous ways which, though demure,
are dangerous to the purso, wero large M j
ever to swell tho receipts, and tho mato visitor
who escaped them without being lighter la 9
pocket doesn't deserve to go to a fair, or to
have a protty girl to speak to him. '&
There wns ono ever-changing panorama of S
colors and human life from the opening of S
the doors in tho afternoon until long past tho m
hour assigned for closing, and tho general tf
committeo has given proof of great wisdom n
in sotting apart the immenso corridors for' a '
promenade. Indeed, without theso oxits for 'L t
tho crowds, whero to put thorn or what to do m
with them would bo a problem hard to solve
Within tho hall, whero tho hosts of buyors 1
or spectators pause in the almost continuous J
march around tho tables and permit tho 1
modest man, who doesn't want to follow J
suit, but who wants to seo all that U to bo I
seen, a momentary glimpse of things beauti. V f
ful, a bowildoring scone is beforo ono. Ar. J8
tides of every variety and hue, for overy
purpose, useful or ornamental, aro arranged M
in nrtistio groupings ot overy booth. Bilk
placques. with pretty hand-painted back.1 fl
ground and foreground, tho work of the deft f
fingers of contributors, line the sides or hang ?, t
from somo tiny brass stands. Elegant needle.
work, which is as wondrously made as it ls M
wondrously beautiful, finds eager buyers,
and knicknacks of overy conceivable design m
aro arrronged boforo one at e ery turn, a Jf '
standing challonge to open one's purse and s -y
challcngo that seldom goes unheeded. M
And tho interest which the ladies have m
shown in tho undertaking since its inception B
months ago is now taken up by those who a
wero not fortunate enough to be counted in &
tho original fair committee, and they aro. JE, r
carrying tho charitable schemo to a suooess II
that now gives promise of being without pro. si
cedent. Subscriptions and contributions aro f
pouring in. Ingenums minds are doily dovis. M
ing somo new method of adding to tho re- 9f
cetpts of different tables at the expense of tho . J
purse, and now votes on everything almost '-9
mav bo taken, giving one the dual oppor- "M
tunity of aiding the charity and expressing a ? y, ,
practical ooinion of tho candidates. &?r
At tho flower booth, tho great central at- M
traction of the fair, there is always an im- jS
monse attendance, and tho ladles within and M
without tho booth, who devote their time to j?
the service of this particular table, are never 'S-
tired of exchanging ruses for dimes and as
pretty flowers of all Kinds for equivalents in
Undo Sam's money.
A great attraction within the hall, outside S
those enumerated, is tho organ solos, and "
the willing organist, who never seems tired i
of entertaining tho crowds that flock about Wn
him, makes tho placo re-echo with music and 3
odds much to the pleasure of the fair. Then
in tho commander' room, where the enter-
taimnents aro held nightly, tho gathering Jfc
finds more amusement, and the moment tho tf
opening selection is hearditbo crowds turn in jt
its direction and remain undivided listeners m
till tho music of tho last number dies away. w
Lost night tho concert was given by Buch T$
nrtiBts as Daniel Dussault, Maurice Saiidberg, j
Miss Alico K. Hore, Miss Celia Sohiller, Miss m
Julia Levy, Miss E. Lambert and Prof. fjbf
Domllot. To-night thore will bo a vaudevillo M
entertainment under the direction of Brothers .ml
H. S. Sanderson and Itichord Fitzgerald, " W:
though the programme has not yet been de- r'
cided on. 8
Among the latest devices for attracting &'
money is a gold watch and chain valued at I,
$600. to bo presented by tho managers of the .,
fair to tho most popular pastor in either New f;
York and Brooklyn. Tho list of candidates l
includo tho Itev. Dr. T. De Witt Taltnoee, ft
tho Rov. Dr. John Holl. ttabbl Gotthellm, Jf
the Itev. Dr. Pavtou, the Itov. Robert 4jt
Collyer and tho Itev. D8. Matthew H. Pog- K
son. Although tho balloting started only '
lost night, interest is already strong in the ' "
result, and quarter dollars are pouring into ''M
the ballot boxes along with tho name of some M
one pastor. Last night Dr. Paxton rather 3
had tho lead, with tho Itev. Brother Collyer a . 9
close second. The friends of Dr. Talmago m
aro working hard for him, and it will not b M
surprising if he comes out very near the top. m '
For the jewels to be given to tho mostpopu. ,j
lar Master thoro is also lively voting. Last a
night worthy Brother Henry Herrmon led m
tho list. Brother Isidor Metzger leads on the hh
stud for popular seoretary and Mrs. Bloom f
won the cake and Mrs. Salzur the bird cage, t
both displayed on tho table of Mt. Neboh M
Lodge 257.
For the fruit cako to be rnvon the most x
popular Grand Lodge offlcor, Frank K. Law. i
rence stands second, with Secretary E. M. L. Jj
Ehlers fourth, J. Hoole third, whilo John M
Pole leads with 20 votes to his credit. fg i
For tho goat, for the most popular Mason, Js?
these are the figures: E. M. L, Ehlers, 28; "MH
E. B. Harper, 3: Polico-Inspoctor Alex. 8. J5
Williams, 46; John Boyd. 1: C. 0. Shayne, M
27 : K.Weil, 30 : P. F. D. Hibbs, 25 ; William M
Dilkes, 1; Police-Cant. J. B. Eakens, 8 SJR
Goorgo Crcgior, 5. Si- r
Beethoven and Solon Lodgos lead the vote ft
for tho gold square and compasses. Yj
Yesterday Mrs. H. H. Brockway sent her
check for $1,000 to the fair committee, and ra
many other contributions of substantial ,a
character wero also recoived. H
Telrarraph Kate Ileduced. x
The Western Union Telegraph Company has just J,
announced a reduction In long-dUtance telegraph 9 '
rates. Tho reduction embraces all places east of Jv
Montana and Utah. The highest rates on the oom- J
pany'sllne between points, some of which are jk
4,000 to 5,000 miles apart, will be 11. The Hon.
tana, Utah, New Mexloo and Texas rate has been ".
reduced from $1 to 75 cents. The rate from the ,
section east of the Mississippi Klver and north of
Tennessee and North Carolina Is reduced from T5 ' ,
cents to 60 cents, and tne rate from the seotion
east of the Mississippi Illverland aouth of Virginia
and Tennessee, from CO cents to 50 coots.
ArtlcUs of Incorporation of the Postal Automa
tic Company, which proposes to build a telegraph,
line across iho continent, have just been filed in
Boston.
Trying- to Identify III Diamond. ''l
Matthew Morgan, a retired Exchange plaea
banker, whose place of residence on Madison are- 3
nue was robbed of $ 8,000 worth of diamonds by the l(
Milwaukee second-story negro snoak-thlef,Dorsey, '
visited Tollce Headquarters thU morning, aocom. n
panted by a lady, Tey were closeted with In. J
sp ctor Byrnes along time and were busily en J
caged In examining crdloallr with ih- aid of, a I
Jewel er'e magnifying gias a lotof diamonds, loose a
and In settings, which were spread out on a table J
n.ar a window. The Insiector tsslbnt onthesub.
je ;t, but It Is believed th it be haa beon successful j
la a nn-aiure In his efforts to reoov.r the precious 1
atjntB which made up the rich haul of Dorsey. -1
Entertainment for Working- Girl. ,
Prof, earlier baa placed bis hall, at 60 Fltux t '
avenue, at tne disposal of Henrlette Markstem for
her Sunday entertainments fbr working girls.
Bohmer 4 Co. hsve agreed to prlut 80,000 cards of
Invitation and to send a piano every bundsy, Th l
next entertainment will be at Cirt lor Hall at 1 M f
o'olock next Sunday afternoon. I
In Aid ol Patriot Dreslln's Fatally. ?,
Friends ot the 1st John 3, Brtslin, th IrliU ,'
patriot, met last night in the Ashland now and
took steps toward starting a fond for the benefit of - I
Mr. Breslin's widow and children. Judee Browne, jM
of the City Court, presided, and A. E. Coetello, JkJ
waa Seoretary. A committee on appeal was ap. tm
pointed. tW
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