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SAVED BY A GIRt.
Attempt to Blow Up George's Island
in Halifax Harbor.
A Fuse Prepared for a Big: Tank
With Tons of Gun-Cotton.
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Soldier on Guard Wero Asleept butSa
Cblld Oavo tho Alarm.
The Inland Is Said to IJo tho Most Stranaly
Fortified Spot In tbe World, and l Ktored
With Inimenao Bupplle of Ammunition
If (Uo riot Had Iloen Successful the Lon
of I.lfo and Property Would Havo Iloen
Appalling Tho notion of Destruction
Eacapo and There li No Cine to Them.
fiFECUL to the wonr.n.1
Halifax, N. S., Deo. 9. Intonso oxclto
mentprovails ainong tho Imperial military
officers over what appears to bo a doliberato
attempt last night to blow up tho gun-ootton
tank at George's Island.
Double guards aro patrolling the fortifica
tions, and orders havo been civen to watoh
all -wharves for men attempting to land and
to search all vessels in the harbor. It has
been snowing all night so that during the
hours of darkness it was imposslblo to seo
I more than a few yards ahead.
In the centre of Halifax Harbor stands
George's Island. It is tho most strongly fort
ifled spot in tho world; it not only ooinmands
tho eity, but sweeps tho entrance to tho har
bor and northwest arm; it is not only the
jaws of death, but also tbe mouth of holl to
any engino of war attcmptingto enter Hal
ifax. It is armed with 80 and 100 ton guns,
and upon it is stored tho largest portion of
tho imnionso supplies of torpedoes, gun cot
ton, powder, sholls and other ammunitions
of war for which Halifax is the depot for
North Auiorica. The island is about an
noro in extent.
On its northeast shore is sunk a largo tank,
in w hlch several tons of gun cotton is stored
enough to blow all Halifax to eternal
smash. No ono is allowed upon or in tho
vicinity of tho island upon any protoxt what
ever except that of duty.
In the midst of tho snowstorm at 10 o'clock
last night tho little daughter of tho sergeant
in charge thought she overheard men talking.
Sbe went to tho door of her quarters and,
standing upon tho gun-cotton tank, she
heard thrco men talking. She colled to
them, but they took no notice of her.
Then she raised an alarm. Some soldiers
woro called out and rushed towards tho tank.
The soldiors were some littlo distance off,
and hearing them coming, two of tho men
jumped into a boat, whereupon tho third
man shouted out: "Don't loavo mo in tho
lurch aftor doing your dirty work." Ho
mode a spring for tho boat, got in, and they
got their boat soveral yards from tho spot
before the soldiers reaohed the tank. A mo
ment later tho boat was hidden by tho falling
snow. Tho 6oldiors being rousod out of bod,
hadn't their rifles with them, and conse
quently could not bring tho intruders to
terms.
An alarm was immediately raised and the
information convoyed to Gen. Lord Alexan
der llussoll and Btaff. Gen. Bussell ordered
all tho wharveB to bo guarded, all vessels
searched and double guards to patrol tho
island all night. A special guard is also sta
tioned at tho gun-cotton tank.
It is believed that tho objoot of the men
was to boro an auger holo through tho cover
of the gun-cotton tank and insert a fuse.
Ifghlshad beon accomplished, not only
' George's Island, with its magnificent fortifi
cations, but all (no ships in tho harbor and
two-thirds of Halifax Harbor must have been
destroyed. It would have been the most
tremondons and terrible explosion of modern
times, while tho loss of life would have been
appalling.
There is hot tho slightest cluo to the men
who originated or attempted to carry out the
plot. Their plans had beon carefully pre
pared and escape was easy. Nor is there any
satisfactory explanation of tho motive for an
attack which, if successful, surely meant
doath to hundreds of people and incalculable
loss to property.
Another thing that people hereabouts; would
like to havo explained is how tho men even
npproaohod muohless obtainod a foothold
on tbe Island without attracting the attention
of tho guard. It is dreadful to think of what
might havo happened but for tho watchful
ness of the Sergeant's littlo daughter. Sho
is the horolno of tho hour.
TRIED TO DEAT 1118 BRAINS 0DT.
Attempted Hnlclde br an Iniana Prisoner In.
a Htntlon-Henie.
A Joseph nail, who was arrested at 25 East
Broadway last night as an insano person,
tried to kill himself in his cell in tho Madison
street station-house.
Early this morning, Doorman Henry
Herllch visited the cell and found him lying
on the floor unconscious and bleeding from a
f wound in his head.
I .i"ftN ad, while not under watch, struck
I his head repeatedly against tho wall with tho
evident desire to beat his brains out. no
was badly injured.
His wound was drossed and ho was cared
lor in the Ilellovue Insane Pavilion.
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Deinpiry-ltcngnn Clinoso Hteremon,
Jack Denipicy ami Johnny Hsagau and their
backets met thl afternoon In the follce Oatette
omce, and agreed upon Frank 6tevenson as referee
tn thotr deM for the middle-weight championship
Mie wotid. Th contest will take (lace In few
DUPED BY MRS. LA TOUCHE.
Another Complaint Made at Jefferson Btnr--ket
Potlre Coart.
Marion La Toucho, the daring flnanclcro of
many aliases, had to stay in a cold cell at
Jefferson Market Prison all through last
night and this morning. Dig mustached
Boyol La Toucho, who enacts tho part of
Bawdon Orawloy to his wifo's rolo of Deeky
Sharp, hurriod all over town in a dosperato
effort to got bail, but without suocess.
Mrs. La Touche took tho situation philo
sophically, howover, and kopt up her dig
nity and good spirits. Sho had expensive
meals brought in from a well-known catorer's
establishment and did full justioo to them.
In order to mako a creditablo nppoaranco
in court at her examination in tho afternoon,
sho causod her maid to bring her a dress of
moiro silk trimmed with flno laco and an
elaborate feathered bonnet.
Iloyal La Toucho visited tho fair prisoner
beforo breakfast, and conversed earnestly
with her on tho ways and means of getting
out of tho dutches of tho law, but for the
rest of tho day the gallant man's attention
was entirely taken up with his own affairs.
Mrs. S. 11. Molntyro, tho landlady of 1C5
West Twonty-third streot, where Mrs. La
Touoho had her elegantly appointed office,
notified the man of the black mustache that
ho and his wife must remove thoir effects
forthwith.
After tho dreadful disolosuros that tho
polico had inndo as to tho character of her
tenants, Mrs. Molntyro said that sho could
not think of keeping either Mr. or Mrs. La
Touohe under hor roof.
Tho owners of tho office building, 30 Pino
street, whero Mr. La Touoho did an ostensi
ble business as an adveitising agent, also no
tified him to quit, so his own troubles en
grossed his attention.
Inspootor Byrnes feels that his prisoner is
likely to escapo the greater part of her de
served punishment through tho unwilling
ness of tho greater number of her victims to
come forward and prosecute.
Many of theso fasblonablo ladios, the In
spector says, were operating without tho
knowiedgo of their husbands, and others
fear that it would injure them socially if
they made their speculations known in a
polico court.
Mrs. H. M. Htaok and Mrs. Grenior, who
went to the Inspector in tho first instance,
havo decided to pocket their losses quietly.
They will not appear against Mrs. La Touohe.
Ex-Benator Thomas P. Gradv, who has
been hired as counsel by Mrs. La Touoho,
says that ho will prove that, despite his
client's past record, ner dealings with Mrs.
Olara A. Johnson, the complainant in this
case, wero fair and above board.
Ho produces tho following letter to Alfred
Carr k Co., brokers, in Mrs. Johnson's hand
writing ;
40 I.EXINOTON AVHNTJE, Oct. IT, 188T.
Dear Sirs: I send you with ttila note $150. Please
plate the same to my credit for the purpose ot
trading in stocks. I shall give my orders in Htocts
from Mrs. Dow'a rooms. Please sand me stock rc
celpta care of Mrs, Marlon L. Dow. Yours, truly,
Clara Alma Johnson.
Ex-Benator Gradv claims that this letter
shows that Mrs. Johnson was not duped at
all, but speculated and lost in tho usual
Moro dunes of Sirs. La Touoho arc coming
forward. In tho Jefferson Market Court this
afternoon, whilo Mrs. Johnson was awaiting
the coming of Judge Gorman, Mrs. Granier,
a w idow. with a little baby boy about a year
old, walked lnsldo tho rolling.
About a month ago Mrs. Gamier invested
$300 with Mrs. La Touche, getting in roturn
a receipt signed by Alfred Carr, a banker in
Pine street. Mrs. Garnier was promised in
terest on her money from $30 to $G0per,
month.
Yesterday, when sho read in The World
the story of Mrs. La Touoho's doings, sho
went to Mr. Carr to demand her monoy.
After some figuring Mr. Carr handed over
3115.
"And the rest of my SJ300," cried tho
widow, "and tho Interest?"
" Eaten up by margins," came tho re
sponse, and that was all tho satisfaction to
bo obtained.
When Mr. Carr was reproached, ho said
that he had acted honestly in the caso, and
had always bolloved Mrs. La Toucho an hon
est woman.
Mrs. Garnier visited Mrs. La Touche in
her Jefferson Market coll this morning, but
could get no satisfaction.
PLAYING NURSE TO ROB.
Jamca Williams Accaaed of Planning Theft
While Attending a Hick Man.
Capt. Westorvolt, of tho Grand Central
Depot squad, callod at Police Headquarters
this morning and told of tho capture, by
Patrolman McMahon of his precinct, of a
burglar named James Williams. Tho man is
only twenty-two years old, but he has
invented a cloor schomo.
A few days ago he was employed by Mrs.
Carrio Hunter, of 108 East Forty-fifth street
to attend a sick relative. Williams did not
do his work satisfactorily, being engaged for
tho most part in examining tho contents of
closets and tho like and was dismissed.
Last night ho forcod his way into tho house
through a rear window and, being acquainted
with the Interior, had no difficulty in finding
Mrs. Hunter's valuable wrap, worth nearly
ftlOO. which was in a closet on tho second
floor.
He made his oxit, but before he had gone
far he was captured by Patrolman McMahon
With the stolen property in his possession.
SHARP'S DAYS ARE NUMBERED.
Tho Old Man' Death Expected by HI Pby.
tctana Any Time.
" I shall not be surprised to hear of the
death of Jacob Sharp at any moment, and it
is a question of a short time only when ho
must pass away," said Dr. U. P. Loomis to a
Would reporter to-day.
Dr. Alfred Loomis, father of tho upeakor,
is Sharp's consulting physician, and his son
has been attending to the patient from day
to day.
Dr. H. P. Loomis also informed tho re
porter that Sharp had shown signs of ira
Erovemcnt immediately after his release from
iudlow Street Jail, but afterwords became
weakor, and is now only able to niovo a little
about his apartmonU in West Twonty-third
The' cMftnement in jail during tho hot
weather last summer told greatly on the old
man's system, tho Doctor said, and rapidly
reduced his strength.
May BTanaae Uoodler Keenan'a Hotel.
Mr. H- II. Boutbgate, of tho Hots! Brnniwick,
was asked this morning II It were true that he had
made application (or the management of the
Windsor IIole, In Montreal, of which Iloodlcr
Joiit) Keen jn li one of the stockholder.
Mr. Houthyateaald' " It was news to me, as I
havo not mode a formal offer to the directorship
lor the mananemeul of the bote). I had tome con
versation with nrt wrote a letter to one ol -the
largest stockholders on the aubject, hut was told
that nothing would be considered until alter the
election of ofneeri. 1 think they ought to Icmo tho
hotel.
MOST OUT ON BAIL AGAIN.
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THE DISTRICT-ATTORNEY CONSENTS TO A
$5,000 BOND ON APPEAL.
Judge Jjnrrrtnrx Disposed to Keep III in In
Jail Tbe Unheal Corpua Proceeding
Withdrawn The Anarcblat l'uzcled by
tho Going on In Court Volfoircd to Ilia
Ofllco by a Crowd of Men and Hoy.
Counsellor William F. Howo obtnincd from
Judgo Donohuo yesterday a writ of habeas
corpus for Ilerr Johaun Most to bo returned
boforo Judgo Lawrcnoo to-day in Supremo
Court, Ghnmbors. The purposo of tho writ
was to fix ball for Most ponding tho appeal
of his caso to tho Gonoral Term.
At 10.30 o'clock to-day, Offlcor Downey, of
tho Tombs, took Most to tho big Court
HouBe. Most was handcuffed to Charlos
Lenartski, a Polo, who is unfortunately
claimed by two womon as husband, and is
now tho Bubject of criminal proceedings for
bigamy.
Most whilcd away tho timo boforo his caso
was called by making a speech on American
injustice Finally Mr. Howo got tho oyo of
tho Judgo who looks like Henry Watterson,
and moved for tho admission of Most to ball
in 2.000, reading Judge Cow lug's certificate,
which stated that tbero aro very rcasouabla
doubts of tho propriety of tho conviction of
Most on tho ovidonco.
Mr. Howe stated that Moat's bail was 1.500
beforo trial and that the Dlstrlct-Attornoy
thought $2,000 onough now, in view of Judge
Cowlng's certificate.
Assistant District-Attorney Pnrdy assented
and uddods " It wouldn't be a very great
calamity to tho country if Most should clear
out and forfeit his boil."
Judgo Lawrenco was not pleased. Ho said
so, and addod emphatically, viciously chuck
ing a legal papor, which he had just signed,
at his clerk ;
" I don't consent. It is not, because a con
victed criminal has bocn given n stay, a mat
ter of right that ho should ' of course ' be
admitted to bail. I must look at tho papers.
I won't aot now. Besides, tho rlttcn consent
of tho District-Attorney is not hero."
For a moment Mr. Howe was nonplused.
Ho hurried out to obtain tho consent of Dlstrlct-Attornoy
Martino, and soon roturued
with it and announced that fact trium
phantly. Only the best ho could do was to
obtain tho agreement of Mr. Martino to
5,000 bail.
Judgo Lawrenco was not yet satisfied to
let Most go f roe, and said : " Now, I will ox
amino tho papers."
Mr. Howo did not pass thorn np. Ho sim
ply erased tho writ order, and thus withdrew
the mattor from court.
The fact was, that as the District-Attorney
consented to bail. Judge Lawrence's action
was not needed. Most was walked back to
the Tombs, dazed and unablo to understand
how matters stood.
Ip u couplo of hours ho was callod out of
tbe Tombs again.
Mrs. Ida Hoffman, tho red-haired Anar
chist of Soventh street, had presented her.
self at tho District-Attorney's ofllco, accom
panied by o tall, rather pretty young woman,
who woro a capitalistic seal sacque and a per-
Mrs. Hoffman wanted to be Mast's surety.
She justified in $23,000, making affidavit to
the ownership of that amount of property.
Judgo Cowing was tbe judgo who signed
the papers releasing Most, ana then the 7 by
9 terror stalked out of tho court-room with
an air of triumph.
He received an ovation at tho Chambers
streot oxit from two hundrod boys and half
as many mon and women. Ho immediately
boonme tho head of a procession, which aug
mented in size as it went.
Most was flanked on either sido by a hire
ling of tho capitalistic pross, and he
harangued them as he walked in a voico of a
burst bellows.
Ho said ho would go straight to tho ofllco of
his paper, Fralunt, and wnto somo editorials
and his eyes flashed and glittered liko those
of a captured coon.
Tho 110 pound " destroyer of tho social
fabrio" was evidently innch tickled at the no
tice he was receiving from a curious public.
But The Would reporter saw tho somo sort
of notice paid to Mr. Crowley and his fiancee,
Miss Florence McCarthy, at the Central Pork
Arsenal tho other day, when tho estimablo
visitors from Chimpanzee land gavo a recep
tion and houso-warming in their now resi
dence. Most stubbed along with a bundle of
sausages under one arm and a bundloof
papers undor the other, The Would being
conspicuously on the outside of his bundle
A crowd of fully one thousand peoplo saw
tho little man disappear up tho rickety stair
way to his office and thon separated.
WAITERS BEADY 10 RETALIATE.
Tnlk of Proaeentlng Employers for niaeb
liatlng Members ol Their Unlona.
Peter Stops, tho " controller" or agent of
tho Waiters' Unions, called at tho Tombs
Polico Court this morning, and informed tho
Justico that ho was ready to answer tbe
chargo of conspiracy preferred by Bimborg
t Co.. proprietors of Nllsson Hallwho'allege
that Stops colled out their waiters and other
holp,
In the absence of tho complainants tho
matter was continued until this afternoon.
The Waiters' Unions havo taken steps to
defend their delegate; and deolare their in
tentlon of prosecuting some of the leading
members of the Park and Ballroom Pro
prietors' Association for conspiracy in black
listing union waiters.
The unions havo issued a circular giving a
list of union and non-union meoting-hafls,
ballrooms, concert gardens and other resorts.
WEDDED IN COURT.
John training Avolda the Penalty of Abduc
tion by Marrying tbe Girl.
John Straining's name was on the calendar
of Part III. of the Court of General Sessions
to-day and opposito tho chargo "Abduction."
Ho pleaded guilty and sontonco was sus
pended npon his agreeing to marry tho ag.
grieved person, Mamie Sullivan, a good
looking girl not yet sixteen years olage,
though looking twenty.
Her father's consent was obtained aa was
also that of Elbridge T. Gerry, of tbe Society
for tho Provention of Cruelty to Cbildron.
Judge Glldersleovo tied tho nuptial knot
this afternoon.
No Intention ol Flooding Hecln Mine.
rei-KCUL TO THE W0M.D.1
Dktroit, Dec, . A reliable correspondent,
telccruphlng from Calumet ttiU. morning, aaya he
ii told by thoofneeraof tho mine that there la no
Intention of flooding tbe Calument and Ilecia
Sine, It not being considered ntoeaaary, aa there
an ample anpplyof cnemlovj on band and no
smoke la uiotngirom the abaft wh'0 temporarily
opened.
SLICK MR. KARRIS CAUGHT.
A Thief With a Faenlty for (letting Out of
Yanhee Jnlle.
Inspoctor.Byrncs has got William Harris,
alias Pratt, alias Hurley, in tho tolls and will
sond him to Hartford, whero ho is wanted for
robbory.
Harris is ono of tho smartest pickpockots
and shoplifters in tho country, and boasts
that prison bars havo not yot been made
strong enough to resist his efforts at escape.
Onco a respoctablu dmggist in Boston, ho
preferred n lifo of crimo and sold out his
Btoro and began picking pockets, at which ha
was very buccossiuI.
His most conspicuous crime was a bold
attempt to blackmail Walter Malley, of Now
Haven, in connection with the murder of
pretty Jennie Cramer at Savin ltock. Harris
claimed to hav o in his posst ssiou a number
of incriminating letters written by Malley
to Blnncho Douglass, and dimanJcd $10,000
us tho prico of silouco.
Ho was arrested, spent several months in
tho Tombs and was dlschargul, Malloy de
clining to prohocuto.
On Wednesday last Harris was takon from
tho jail in Hartford to tho Superior Court of
that city to auswer to an indictment for petit
larceny.
Tho officer advanced to tho bench to an
nounce that all tho prisoners wero safe in the
"pen," when a uoiso startled oorybody. and
Harris was soon escaping oor tho sido of
tho "pen" and through a window to tho
yard.
A squad of officers gavo pursuit, but Harris
dodged his pursurers and cscapod. That
night ho arrived in this city.
A telegram was scut to Inspector Byrnes,
ho examined his gallery, found a picture of
Harris and his record, and instructed Ser
geant Dotectivts Crowloy and MoGulro to
bring him in.
Tho dctoctivos visited the old haunts of tho
thief, found him in o famous resort for
crooks in ltivington street, near the Bowery,
and at 2 o'clock this morning ho was safe in a
subterranean cell at Polico Headquarters. Ho
was cool, and when Inspector Byrnes told
him ho would bo returned to Hartford ho
smiled and said :
"That's all right, Inspoctor. It is your
duty to send mo back and it is for the officers
thoro to keop mo."
" I shall sond you away in handcuffs," said
tho Inspoctor.
" That's all right, too," answered Harris.
" I've got away from them boforo, and I'll
do it again, and don't you forget it."
Harris in had an eventful career and
proudly boasts of being a slick thief. His
picture is No. 1.CC0 in tiio ltogue's Gallery,
In 1878 ho committed his first crimo of pick,
ing pockets at Martha's Viuoyard, and was
put aw ay for throo years.
In 1881 ho triod his unsuccessful blackmail
gamo on Walter Malley.
In 1882 ho was given a year in Boston for
shoplifting, and immediately upon his
release did somo moro of the same kind of
business in Lynn, Mass.
He was sentenced for a year in tho prison
at Ipswich, and two months thereafter sawed
off the bars of his window and escaped.
In a few weeks he was nabbed and was ro
turued to Ipswich. But again he escaped,
this timo with the aid of a falso key bo had
manufactured. Then ho wont to Chicago.
Inspector Byrnes sent out a description of
him and ho was recaptured and again roturnod
to Ipswich to serve out tho unfinished term.
In September last Harris mado a raid on
New Britain, Conn., breaking into a Btoro
and stealing a lot of clothing, which he
shipped to Hartford. Ho was arrested and
indicted throo times, and mado his escape for
the third time in his criminal ooreer.
Ho has boon a criminal nine years and is
only thirty years old.
FOR B.E IS NOT AN ENGLISHMAN.
Don Mannel Dickinson Feele Outraged nt a
Newapnper Sketch of fllinself.
arxciiL to the world.
DEntorr, Doo. 9. When Don Manuel Dick
inson, whoso fate as a nominee for tho Post-mastor-Goneralship,
is hanging in tho United
States Senate, saw the sketch and portrait of
himself whioh rocontly appeared in the Chi
cago Tribune, his handsome sido whiskers
stood out liko tho " quills npon the fretful
porcupine."
To a reporter ho said : "Look at that. I
am willing to forgive them for that carica
ture of myself, which they put in as a por
trait, but when thoy stato that my father was
born in Nottingham, England, I consider
myself personally outraged. My father's an
cestors back to 1C32 wero all born in this
country. My father's father was with Wash
ington during tbo Revolutionary war,and my
great-grandfather was with Wolfe on the
Plains of Abraham. My father is now dead,
and if thoro is anything that would make him
turn in his grave it would bo thin statement
that he was an Englishman,"
BROKER ITCLAYE SUSPENDS.
He Trusted III Customer, and When They
lioat Ho Hud to Pay.
Patebsok, N. J., Deo. 9. William McClavo,
a stook and grain broker, camo to Paterson a
short timo ago and opened an ofllco in tho
Ilobart Building. At first ho did a largo and
what was considered a profitable business.
Of lato. however, thero wero stories in circu
lation that his suspension was a matter of a
very short timo.
ostorday closed with tho announcement
of his suspension. It is said Unit his mistake
was giving credit to some of his customers,
and that in consequence when their specula
tions wero unsuccessful tho loss foil on him.
It is said that a groat sensation would bo
created in Paterson if tho names of his cus
tomers wero mado publlo, as they includo
men who havo tho reputation of being averse
to gambling.
Dividing the Carter Child' Time.
lerxruL to th woilo.1
CniOAao, Dec v. The famous light for posses
sion of the son and heir of Leslie Carter waa de
cided In Judge Jamison's uiurt this morning. The
Judge ordered that tho cblld be siren to the rela
tives of tbe reepeeUve parents daring alternate
Sonths. The little fellow Is now In the care ot
rs. Dudley, lira. Carter's mother, and be will re
main there until 18S8. In January he goes to his
aunt, Mlas Ilelen carter.
Brooklyn New at a Glance.
Ocorgo Weldler, convicted of killing Dr. Edward
H. Duggan, will be sentenced next Friday.
II. Clumbecht, a tailor, of III Sumner avenue,
llrooklyu, lias reported to tne polico that about a
o'clock last eTeiilnr, while Dljtwo boys were re
turning home wlta six ulHiers.'n man tripped tbe
jounger one up, ami taking one ol the coita
mado his eaoape.
Daring a quarrel last night between Alexander
Montgomery aud his wife Maggie, at tbelr home. IS
Nassau avenue, llrooklyu, Alexander received a
serlocs wound In the abdomen by a carving knife
in the tianda ot bla wife. Mrs. Montgomery was
arrested and held for trial.
A horse and buggy belonging to C. W, Colyer,
of Jamaica avenue, valued at 1 100, weie lolen
from the comer of uienmore and Vermont avenuea,
llrooklyu, on Dec. 6. I.mt eteulng, John Klchttr,
of 'in llroadwjy, wax arrested on nmqdolon of he
tug thy Liilprlt. lie will ho held for grand larceny.
Dur ug a quarrel bet "en hi parents this morn
ing at 171 llurrlton avenue, llrooklyu, John Hope,
thirty-one tears old, sided with hta mother, aud,
soiling a fin can, beat his stepfather over the
head, Inflicting a serious scalp wound. When ar
rested, John said that hUSstepUtltf r WM beating
his mother and he interfered,
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PUGILIST AND PRINCE.
Sullivan and Wales Meet at the
West End Club.
Doliehtod to Meet Each Other end Both
, Tako a Drink,
John Take n I.lttlo Itye Whilo lite Itoynl
lllghncso ! Hatlaflcd with n " I.emon
Pquaali" Tho Prince Telia How Ho Kr.
celrrd HI Onptlaninl Illnrk ltyo He De.
ellnea to Ilex with tbn Iloston Alan.
irrcuL CAntc to mi wonu. I
Loumw, Doo. 9 His Majesty John Law
renco Sullivan, of Boston, tho King of Ptigil.
ism, and His ltoyal Highness tho Princo ot
Wales met this afternoon at tho West End
Club.
Tho fact that theso representatives of
American and English groatntss wero to know
each other has boon talked about for sovoral
weeks, and no little interest centred on tho
outcome of tho inciting.
Harry Phillips and another Amorican sport
ing man wero with tho man of musolo, and
Marquis Bercsford, Charles Boresford ho of
Condor famo Lords NorthbrookandMando.
villo accompanied tho man of hearts.
The mooting was uotablo for its cordiality.
Tho King of England that is to bo was vary
affablo, and in a happy way told John how
ho rocoived his baptismal black oyo, and
then asked tho pugilist to "put a namo
on it."
Sullivan said : line.
Tho Priuco, ovidcutly wanting to set a good
exauiplo, ordered a " lomon squash." But
John had ordered ryo, and ryo ho drank.
Mr. Sullivan was not at all arrogant, and
in a spirit of playfulness informed His ltoyal
Highness that If ho had only fallen into bet
ter hands ho might havo beon a lighter.
After a soason of pleasant conversation
tho mon parted with mutual expressions of
amity aud admiration.
Capt.Knollys, aido-de-camp, suggested that
tho Princo allow Mr. Sullivan to punish him
every morning instead of a bag.
At tills suggestion tho big follow was
highly delighted, but he was doomed to dis
appointment, for the Princo demurred, soy.
ing he was too old now to box.
M. FALLIEKES WILL TUT NOW.
President Cnrnat Asks Hlin to Mako Up a
Cabinet The Nlate.
ISTICIAL CAMJi TO TUS WORLD.
Paws, Deo. 9. After tho visit of M. Gob
let to tho Elysoo this morning, at whioh timo
ho announced his inability to form a new
' Cabinet, President Carnot sent for M. Fal
licres and asked him to undcrtako tho forma
tion of a new Ministry. M. Fallieres ac
cepted, and tbo following is bcliovod to bo
his slate t
M. Fallieres, Minister of tho Intorior.
M. Itouvier, Minister of Posts, Telo
graphs and Finance.
M. Flourens, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
M. Baihaut, Minister of Publio Works.
M. Faye, Minister of Justico.
M. Forron, Minister of War.
M. Barboy, Ministor of Marino.
M. Dovello, Minister of Agricultnro.
M. Siegfried, Minister of Commerce.
M. Spuller, Minister of Publlo Instruction.
CONCERNING TUB RUMORS OP WAR.
England's Under Secretary Hears No News
Ominous News from Vienna.
tSFECIAt, CABLE TO THE WOULD.)
London. Doo. 9. Concerning tho war
rumors, which for tho last f ow days havo beon
so industriously circulatod, Under Foreign
SocrotarySir Jamos Ferguson declares that
his ofllco is in receipt of no news which in
any way gives cause for alarm.
A despatch from Vienna announces that
another military council has been called by
tho Emperor, and that Col. Zujoff, tbe
Ilussian military representative here, has
gono to St. Petersburg for consultation,
Mr. Hezton's Charitable Uesolnilon.
IsrrciAL caulk to tuk wobld.1
Dudlin, Doc. 9. Mr. Sexton has decidod
not to havo tho usual Shrievalty banquet,
but, instead, to distributo 100 among tho
poor.
Armstrong Ilros, Ac Co., Pall.
fSrXCUL TO TBI WOBLD.1
Glasoow, Deo. 9. Armstrong Bros. A Co., tho
largett operators In the Iron ring, have failed,
owing to the rise In the prlco ot plg.lron. Tbe
Iron markets are excited and thero la a great
amount of speculation.
Jadge Ilnpnllo Quito Comfortable.
Judge ltapallo was not qulto so well yesterday,
but be had a good rest last night. A call at the
bouse this morning ahowed that be was quite comfortable.
CONDENSED CITT NEWS.
William A. Purrlnxton, counsel for the County
Medical Society, caused tbe arreat ol Midwife
llertba Moral, of Mi Eaat Tenth atreet, on a uhargo
of practising medicine without a diploma, lira.
Moral pbyaded not guilty when arraigned at the
Tomba tula morning, but was held In 300 to an
swer at Special Sessions.
Charles V. Iluga began suit In the United States
Circuit Court to-day against the Commercial Tele
gram Company to tl iwldo the Increase of tno
company's capital stock from tl.ooaoio to fl.ooo,
ooo. lie also asks that ( C llrown, John Anderxoo,
Kdward K. Stokes and 1 nomas I'lemmg be made to
socount fur any of, the Increase of stock humid to
tnem.
David Wolf, aged nineteen years, attempted to
commit suicide at bla borne, til Graham avenue,
llrooklyu, Just beforo midnight last nlgnt, by
hanging himself to a clothes line, which he fast
ened In the wall of bis bedroom. He waa discov
ered by hut father and cut down. An ambulance
waa aummoned and tne jouug man remuved to
the hospital This morning at b o'clock he died.;
Mrs. Lawrence gavn a tea at hr huuxe, ST Kaat
Tncnlj-rlfth strut, yeiit rd y afternoon, toliilru
diuvlicrdauglner, Mlsi Mnr) Lnwrcurc She was
assisted in receiving lr M m Smith. Ml uallsu
del. Mist Hutu Laurence and 1!U Oilman.
Among those nreasnt uotlcvabl were Mr. aud Mrs.
Atplnwall, Mr. Hutherlord, Mrs. John Wnite,
MUaes Lulu and Helena Bcheuok, .Mlas Stnedburg.
Sydney Harris, Mrs. Judgo Lawrence, Hisses
Allco and iut Lawrence, and many others,
JILAIXE'S ZTTTLR UOnitT.
NINA YAN ZANDT NOT AN HEIRESS.
Rbe Could Have Ileen, Hut Did Nat Uko tho
War the Money Wae Obtained.
IsrzciAi. to Tnx woud. I
Chioaoo, Deo. 0. Tho following letter is
published in tho Labor Knquirtr this afternoon
under dato of Cth iust.:
7io tht xaitor:
I do not refute tho hireling liars of the crazy
Jackal capitalistic press. In tho first place, I
never read these uspera myself.
In the second, they are not worth answering, but
I have Just boen told a tale rehashed by tho scandal
mongers. To think there are people to road such
stun which I recognize aa having originated In the
balltcunatlons of a society madwoman to whom I
am unfortunately related.
Now I do not consider It In good taato to parade
private afTalra before the public, but I wish to stato
once for all that trie tale la untrue It U to tho
effect that 1 waa heiress to an estate owned by an
aunt in Pittsburg and tbat upon my marriage was
summarily disinherited and left to pine.
Now when 1 Joined hands In spirit for a
cowardly, potty, autocrat hireling murder variety
did not permit ua to ace each other except through
an Iron network for eight weary, dreadful weeks
afterwards with my beloved husband ho well
knew that I brought him only myself with a wealth
of agoctlon, trust and reverenoe.
He knew that a number of years ago I had re
fused to pose as the prospective heiress to some
property gained by methods of which I do not ap
prove, and owned by a person whom I could not,
knowing her, respect, Respectfully,
Nina Van ZANDT-Srixs.
bso East Hnron street.
Joseph B. Buchanan, editor of tho En.
guirtr. is tho leading spirit in tho Anarehist
Itellof Fund and tho Knights of Labor re
volt. si t
TWO CLEVER BUKOLARS ESCAPE
William Lynch and John Williams Break
Out of a Slauaehasette Jail.
araciAi. to tm woaxn.
Pittbfteld, Mass., Doo. 9. Tho elevorest
jail delivery Berkshiro County over know
rosultcd lost night in tho rcleaso of two
clever and skilful criminals who havo been
confined in Berkshire County prison.
Ono of them, and ho is tho loader, is Will
iam Lynch, 0 feot Jj- inch high, thirty-six
Soars of ago, white, light complexion, hair
ark brown and thin, and gray eyes, left foro
flngor botween seoond and third joints and
left littlo flngor crook backward and
scarred.
His accomplice Is John Williams, alias Wil
son, flvo feet high, twenty-six years of age,
white, light complexion and blaok or dark
brown hair, eyes gray or grayish hazel and
has a scar on his forehead.
These men ore professional cracksmen and
exports in this lino of business. They were
arrested on Nov. 14, in the southern port of
the county, whero several storos, post-offices
and depots had been entered, with consider
able loss in each case.
It is supposed tho men havo gono north,
hoping to reach Canada by keeping to the
woods.
Htake Urlarned to tbe Hacker.
ISrXCIAL TO TOE WOULD.
Boston, Dec. . Thero Is no longer anyCsrney
MoAullrTe stako money for these two pugilists to
right over, either In the ring or In the papers.
At 10 o'clock thla morning James Ormond walked
Into the Pultn .Vt'irj offlco and handed twenty-flve
crltp f 100 bllla to Capt, A. W. Cook, who haa rep
resented Carney's backers In tho wrangle whioh
has been going on since the memorable seventy
four round fight
At 'i o'clock Stakeholder Ormond Is to meet
Jimmy Colvllle and pay him the J2.000 In the stake
belonging to Jack McAullrTe's backers.
Horry That Conkling Is Out of Politics.
fSrlCIAL TO TUE WOBLD.
Concord, N. II., Deo. . Bx-Congressman
Maraton, of Exeter, on being approaobed by a
correspondent on tho matter of national politics
spoke as follows: "I do not hesitate to say that If
ltoscoe Conkling was again an active worker In the
party, aa ho formerly was, be would be my choice
as the Hepublleau candidate for the Frealdsnoy.
As matters now atand, however, I would name
Sherman as a Ilepubllcan nominee. Next, mr
proference would be Allison or Sheridan, both
good, true and able men. I would be perfectly
satisfied with Gen. Sheridan as our standard
bearer In 1&.
II U Nkull I'rartnrrd In Park Row.
Timothy Shea, uf IS Marlon street, waa probably
fatally Injured In Park row, near tbe south end of
the I'ost-Offlco, at I r. u. to-day,
Uo was Intoxicated and was endeavoring to sus
tain himself by a lamp-post, but lost his balance
and fell In front of a wagon driven by Wm. A.
Iatux and owned by Funk A W agnails, the pub
lishers. Ilia bead was struck by the front wheel,
and It la belle ed that his tkull was fractured. )o
llceman arrested tbo driver and had Shea removed
to tbu Chambers Street Hospital.
Jerry Harllgnn Ila a Kelapse.
Jerry Uarttgan, the well-known Democratic poll,
tlclan of tho lAmrth and Sixth wards, who Is dying
of consumption, had a relapse last night. His con
dition Is very low to-day and II Is not expected that
he will live manyidays louger.
Prob Declare Against Ulster.
RyTEIjFg"! Washington, Dec. .
jJtff''Cf l fndfculfcms Jor the Ss
5 tsb hours, comwncfn; at
fyv.'Jpf? V 8. jr. to-tfivt
7 "V m v f V"" ConnfCtlcut worm,
M J" (k9.Y i fair xcent,erl "0"' '"
a $! Er " frrsh trOirtj.
-"2yJUj -M' K"'ern .Vein l'orlr,
CjUnV-JSja- tMj trtirm, fair ctather;
I "' "' l'"J light to frtth turfaWs
tcindj, btcoming toutherlv in nortttem portion ftT
XaitemXaoYvrt..
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A TOWN DESTROYED, ill
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Many Persons Killed by the Ba- 'Wm I
vlspe Earthquakes. "f9
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Peoplo Wild with Terror and Somo of "'HH I
Them Are Starring. 'jHJ I
11
The ProrMon and Hnpplle Provided by , 'imM
Btate and Private Hoarce Exhausted $H I
Htream Opened by tbe First Great t flH I
Bhoeki arecJtIU Flowing, lint Inhabitant jflH
Too Frightened to Utilize tbo Water. 'UbV I
fsnciAL to Tmt wonLD.l ijMI
Nooalks, Ari., Doc. 0. A gontlcman, 3aBI
writing from tho scono of tho recent earth- 'MM I
quakes nt Bavispo, says tho ontiro town had sB I
been destroyed and many persons killed. JM I
Tho earthquakes havo been of dally occur- H I
renco, except during intervals of two weeks, iB I
during which time tho peoplo built temporary 'Ssm 1
shart'oBof rofugo on tho hills. During tho I
cossatiou somo udobo houses wero erected, Utsi I
but wero soon destroyed. '1.3KB I
Tho peoplo aro wild, with terror and aro 't5B I
starving. Tho provisions and supplies ro- :jjtt I
ceivod from public and prlvato sources aro B I
exhausted, and tho cntiro vicinity is desti- '!$ I
tuto of provisions and clothing, and unless rH I
aid is f urnishod soon they may starve. 39H I
Tho streams opened by tho first great shocks itsU I
aro still flowing, but tho continued shocks OTM I
and terror of tho people prevent the utlllza- iff 9 1
tion of this abundanco of water for raising ll?S I
crops. allM I
STATESMEN AND TILE TARIFF, jlfll
Mr. Handnll Preparing a Ncbeme for TarlO isUIB I
Iterlston nnd Itevenne Hednetlan. -jfmH I
1SCIAL TO TBK WOBLD. 'iH I
WAsniNQTON, Doo. 9. Some of tho free- & I
trade Democratic loaders aro ondeavoring to 9 1
forco the rank and file in tho lower House to dBM I
agree to hold a caucus in order to force tho j'isal I
Bandall men to open rovolt on tho tariff 'OsH I
question. ' ''sBJ I
Whilo it is generally understood that the im. jjBA I
portant tariff and re venuo reduction of the sea. jiBV I
sion will come from tho Ways and Means Com- 3&B I
mittoe, it is known that Mr. Bandall U very 'bHB I
1 carefully preparing a scheme of tariff revision nBI
' and revenue reduction that ho will offer as ,hB1BI
' soon as he can corapleto it. Ho will take a m1B I
sixty million-dollar reduction of tho rorenno rflfl I
as his basis, and divide tho reduction abont VH I
equally between the customs tariff and in- l9fll
ternai taxon. ivAasl 1
Tho Virginia Democrats aro much excited M 1
over tho position of tho President on tho tJHBI
tobacco question. Governor Pitzhugh Loo dMI
says i "No action of Congress in respeot to aM
tobacco would mako Virginia a very doubt- !
fnl Btate in tbo Presidential oloctlon." SH
In spite of all that has been said, tho friends ipflftl
of lloprcsontativo Mills, of Texas, insist that iMM
ho will bo placed nt the head of tho Commit- SiH
teo on Ways and MuauB. Speaker Carlisle, r&SH
thoy say. has already recognized him as tho SflHI
leader of tho majority by assigning to him smM
the duty of making tbe routine motions "zMU
which wero mado by Mr. Morrison in the last Imj
two Congresses. HH
Congressman MoCreary, ono of tho Ken- 9H
tncky statesmen, yesterday proposod an lUfl
amendment to tho Houso rules so as to ro- vllS
quiro all general appropriation bills to be ro- IS
portod within sixty days after tho appoint- 1flH
ment of the standing committees at tho first I3Hi
session and within forty days after tho open t99
ing of the second session. ;3aM
This is a proposed chango upon which Con- &Wm
gressman ltanitall is pretty certain to keop a -M
sharp watch. It was tho shrewd manage. '
ment of the appropriation bills in tbe lasfe &9B
Congress which greatly aided Mr. Bandall in JSBi
his work of defeating tho consideration of "&
the Morrison tariff measure, and ho will -sSaGH
hardly be disposed to give the Kentucky vshH
free-trader a cnonco to tio his hands at tho aBal
present session. aBB.
mmm
Yonng Footpad In Urooklyn. SQsfl
Footpads are at It again In Brooklyn. Last even- ViCBB
Ing Mrs. J. 1. Smith, of M Lawronco street, was liiflfl
walking alone Washington street, when she met a ISH
gang of youug boys whose ages sbe says ranged ftmflfl
from fourteen to sixteen years. 'lilaftB
Aa sbe camo up to them they moved to one aide la JII9H
order to let ber pass, Aa sho went i ast one of tho tWlH
lads seized hold of her watch-chain, and gtvtnir It QliftB
atwlst broke It ofl near tho BwlTeL. He then rushed '41B
away, followed by his companions. I'flal
Charged with Ilobblng Old Mr. Dennett. 'IBJ
SPICIAL TO THE WOULD. 1 IswBj
Fabminoton, Mo., Dec. a. Deputy Sheriff wBJ
Alonzo Sylvester and Asher D. Horn, of Farming- 'IlB!
ton, arrived here early this morning with two men 'fllfl
whom they arrested at Humford Centre, In Oxford 1 Ba!
County, on suspicion of committing the East New- "4rlanl
port robbery In Dennett's house. The men are StH
now in Farmlngton Jail, and It la said a large !
amount of the stolen properly was found on their 'KavBs!
persona. . 4IBa!
nobbed of III Pension Sfoney. -jlfiB!
Patrick Htgglus, an old soldier, has reported to "1 rBJ
the police of Urooklyn tbat while on his way homo 'UfaBJ
from New York Monday evening he was knocked .
down at the corner of Fulton and Front afreets by w t B
a man who robbed him of his pocketbook contain- i.M
ing hi lxnalon money, f3. and aomt Q. A. is. m cH
papers. He could give no description ol his as- rj "Bl
saflant. tt Tul
He I.cnt Government Sloney. ( r.H
Collector Magone has dismissed Thomas W. Bob. r Hj
ertaon, who had charge of the Sample Department ' iHJ
of the Publlo Stores, for lending to employees Got- w T
ernment monoy. Four of the borrowers wero su I '
nended. i M
TELEGRAPHIC NKW8 IN BRIEF. f
George Gould and party havo arrived la OmhV I rrm
on their way to New York. y. S;m
Martin Cleary, tho senior member of the well- J ';.B
known 1'hUadeIphla coal Arm ot Martin Cleary ;(
Sou, was run over by a coal train yesterdsy altsrj ,v im
noon and Instantly killed. a: JyB
Hcporta from Falrport, O., are again aJvminjr. I 'im
Strikers and foreigners e all drunk, and serious '
trouble U feared. Two hundred soldiers havo beea '!jfJl?.aH
ordered from Cleveland to Faliporu ,Jf !
At the meeting of the Ilepubllcan National Com- a fMW
mltice In Washington yesterday ""ernooii It wsls 17 Mm
decidod to hold the Hepnbllcsn National Conven- Jft JTmt
Hon of 16!8 In Chicago, on Tuisday, June 1. fo
An epidemic of typhoid fever has broken outTln i A"MM
College Hall st Williams College, oconpled "by f ,)mMM
aiwut tlfly student. Tho students have vacated , J Z"iiXsBai
the promises, many of them being seriously III. Sf '9BBI
The wlfo of James D. Carson, the millionaire f ''
President of the Chicago and. Western Indiana J. BBH
Ilallroad, haapeUtloned the Chicago eourufora jS'.mBBaI
divorce, on account of her huibna's aUejiUfc A i)'UMmm
cruelty and infidelity, f if BBBJ
u ft m tiJmW'MM