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i LEANED IN THE BYWAYS.
1 INTEBEWINa HAPPENINGB IN TIIB GB1AT
METROPOLIS.
Practical Jokers Nail n Sleeping Tramp ta
a Peannl Stand.
During a recent rainstorm, a poor ragged
trump, about o'clock In the morning, was
wandering down a Harlem street near the
bridge, In t eareh of shelter.
His mental balance was slightly orereome
by tbo preponderance, of moUture within,
and when bo camo in sight of an1 Inviting,
looking peannt stand, he unhesitatingly
flopped blmelf down boforo it, and was toon
sound asleep.
A party of four young men came saunter
Ins around tho corner. They had been " do
Ins " tUo town and wero ready for any lnrk.
They espied the s'eeping tramp and one of
the party with a "wait a minuto boys"
entered a neighboring saloon, from which ho
presently emerged with a hammer and sorao
Cautiously approaching the sleeping dis
ciple of tbo tomato con, the joker softly
?aced the two legs of the sleeper together,
hen be quickly drove a nail through each
trouscr leg.
. Next the Joker extended one arm and nailed
that by its coat-sloeve at right angles to tbe
body. The other arm wag served similarly.
Then the jokers awaited developments.
Pretty soon a sleepy policeman came
sauntering along. His eyes rested on the
tramp and ho Btarted. Recovering hlmsolf,
he walked up to the aleeper and prodded him
In the ribs with his locust.
No answer. "Get up." said the copper,
emphasizing the "up " with another prod.
This time the sleeper grunted.
Another prod woko him and he tried to
rise. Ho was too sleepy to comprehend what
allod him. and he simply protested against
the "fanning" which tho copper was be
stowing on his feet.
Finally tho officer, becoming exasperatod,
jammed his club in his belt and hissed
through his teeth: " I'll seo if you won't get
up. you loafer."
Grasping the feet of the prostrate tramp,
bo gave a mighty pull. Something had to
come and something did. It was the tramp.
JJut his clothing was loft behind, still nailed
to the peanut stand. There was no ouo more
estonlined than tho policeman when bo
turned and looked at the apparition before
him. Tbo tramp was almost naked.
Then the jokers camo forward, hustled their
victim into n saloon, providod him with
clothes and soothed his injured feelings with
refreshments. All hands wero happy thou.
Intellectual Conversation on the Subject of
Ice In the River.
A stranger on a ferryboat coming from
Jersey City to New York, stood earnestly
gazing out at the prospect afforded by the
river.
There were about ten mlleB less of prospect
tbau usual, forit was foggy, and there were
flying flakes ot snow in tho damp air.
Along tbe Jersey side of the river was a
quantity of brokeu ice which had floated
over asalnst the classio shore of that sweet
little Stato.
The stranger looked at the ice contempla
tively, then ne turned his eye toward the
New York side. There was very little ice
'on that side. Then he turned his eyo
toward a passenger, and, lifting up his voice,
, asked.
' ' Does tbo ice always drift to one sldo of
the river?"
" Not always," slowly and deliberntlngly.
" Which Bide does it generally drift to r"
' Well, you find it over here now, and to.
'morrow morning you'll find it over there. It
chanpos 'round."
This speech was aocompanled by an ex
planatory nod towards one shore and then
towards the other.
There was a pause. The man who had
asked the .questions didn't seem to know
whether ho was filled up with information or
not.
After a moment's silonce the Hudson River
guide broke loose like a spouting geyser.
It's better on the other sldo."
" What's better r "
"Ice."
' ' Better ioe on the other side V.
" No I Better t have th ice over there."
"Oh I"
Pause.
. "Why?"
- " Cause the ferry-boats can get through
easier than on the New-York side."
The man drifted slowly -away.
' ,'
The Small Boy Was Not Posted on "Tie
In Clover."
Four f young ladies, all readers of Tut
Evening) Would, are employed in an up
town art store Decently they caught the
"Pigs in Clover" puzzle fever, and forth
with determined to purchase four of the fas.
cinating little boxeB.
Business being dull, one of the cash-boys,
n youth not over bright, was called and given
instructions to purchase four " pigs in
clovers. " That was the expression used.
The boy was gone for a long time and tho
young ladies began to fear that tbe youngster
had absconded. Finally he returned. Ho
carried in bis bond a small parcel wrapped in
tissue paper.
' ' Did you get 'em ?" they eagerly asked.
' ' Yes'm. I got the pinks, but I couldn't
find any clover," he replied as ho tore off tho
tissue paper and handed each girl a flower.
Evening Pastime.
Are you reading the absorbingly Interesting
story that the Morning World is now publish
ing entitled ' A Voyage to Mars " It is a won
derful account of life on another planet; every
body is talking about it. Commence reading it
to-morrow (see synopsis of preceding chapters
In this issue). It beats going to the theatre.
DOESMORE HARM THAN GOOD
TUB TUG-OF-WAR VEBmd WITH UNI-
VER8AL CONDEMNATION.
Caamplans Mast Now Accept a 1,000
Challenge Jack Dempaer Will Flht
neacan for a Pnrse of 82,0000. A.
Illrksk Wants to Pace Adoats Against
Goxlp, Jr., for 88,000 a Side.
Tho tug-of-war as an athletlo institution is
universally condemned by iclentino authorities.
They say It Is only a question of a short time
now, when it will be abolished. They further
declare that tho evils of tho tug-of-war should
bo so brought beforo tho eyes ot athletes as to
induce them to stop practising It Immediately.
Arthur T. Lumley, of tho Now York, Jliutrated
Krws, says: Tho tug-of-war is a foolish sport
and Is highly Injurious. It strains overy muscle
and tendon, as well as the internal organism. It
benefits no part of tho body. The sport is a
rcllo of past ignor&noo, and it is somewhat
astonishing that it has not yet been done away
with.
William Coupe, athlotlc Instructor of Athletlo
Club of the Schuylkill Navy I cannot under
stand why it Is that the tug-of-war has not been
frowned down beforo now. It surely Is about
tho very worst form of so-cal'ed 'oxerciso'Mn
existence. It Is exaotly tho rererso of strength.
enitiR, It is so very Injurious that it actually
materially shortens the life of those, participat
ing in It.
The fight against the monopolists of the prize
ring carried on In this column has been success
ful. Now tho loss wealthy fighters will have a
chance. Mr. ltichard K. Fox's manifesto to
champions, that they must fight for (1,000 or
forfeit tho championship, is a veritable bomb
shell. Now there will bo inoro fighting and less
bluffing.
0. A. nickok, of Ban Francisco, wants to pice
Adonis against Hire Bros.' Gossip, Jr., for
n,000aKide. .The event will probably oome
oft either in Chicago or Dstrolt.
. Efforts are being made to bring about a fight
between Ed CahllT, of thoS. A. A. C, andP.F.
Trolcn, of the M. A. C.
' ' Cal "MoCarthr. who Is to fight Matthew J.
McCarthy within two wcoks, is training hard in
Jersey City, Ho is down to 100 pounds,
e e
The six days' walking match whloh Manager
Billy O'Brien elves, commencing May G, will be
the lat one to bo held in Madison Bqnare Oar
den for over two years. It will take fully that
time to erect tho new building. The week fol
lowing tho gp-as-you-plcaso will bo devoted to a
femalo bicyclo race.
Archie Blnclalr sails for England on Saturday
to bring back an "unknown" who he expects
will put Littlowood " in the soup."
Jack Dempsey says he will fight Johnny Rea
gan at the California Athletic Club If the Club
nil! offer a purse of i'-'.SOO or S3, 000. tho
battle to be Quecnsborry or London Prize Ring,
whichever suits Reagan best.
The New York Athletlo Club have in training
for the Spring nanus, all tho men they had last
year. They will commence strict training
about the middle of April. The Club expects
to hold its own in the gomes,
...
Thero is every Indication of a big boom In
athletics this year, particularly in amateur base
ball. The Now York Athletic Club expects to
put a.regular ntno in the field this year.
The eight-oared crew of the N. Y. A. 0. will
bo selected from the champion emht of last Fall
and from tho following men: Scott, Thornton,
Froclich. Wies, Fisher and Carr. The names
and position of the old crew wore given in yes
tculay'K Evenino World. The new menare
excellent oarsmen and may displace some of last
year's crow. The Atalantaa aro hustlers, and
tho N. Y, A. C will have to do a (treat deal of
hard work to beat them. Over-confidence has
lost many a boat race.
Harry Allen, calling himself the champion of
orkvlUe, is anxious to meet either Swipes, the
newsboy, or Billy Barry for a purse of $100.
1
William E. Harding, the American prize-ring
historian, has Just compiled the " I.if e and Bat
tlos of Jack Dcmpiry, the Nonpareil. Tho work
will shortly be published by Richard E. Fox.
The Columbia crew Is working hard on the
Harlem eeryday. The veteran coach, W. B.
Peet. is getting them in trim for the great
strugglo with Harvard,
Pete McCoy Is taking good care of himself.
He says he wants to have ouo more good battle,
win or lose. Ho certainly looks in nue fighting
condition.
Jimmy Carroll, of Brooklyn, has placed a de
posit of S'JfiO with tho J'ollce WcurHr to tight
Johnny Reagan for $1,000 a side. Carroll sajs
that Reagan has no right to claim tho middle
weight championship. He will fight either Lon
don Prize King or Queeusberry rules any time
Reagan wiBhes.
Billy Madden does not favor the 81, 000 cham
pionship stako idea. He says that tho expense
of training, seconds and boaril is very great,
and if tho backer of a fighter withdraws his
money the latter would probably not have a cent
loft. The chances of inicrforenre are such as to
prevent people from paying much to witness a
fight, so that tho gato receipts are not to be
relied upon. Finally, Mr. Madden asserts that
when a tichter reaches tho title of champion he
is entitled to dlctato terms.
Benefit Performance of "A Gold Mine."
Silas K. Woloott's amusing and perilous ad
ventures in disposing of "A Oold Mine" will
please what will no doubt be a large audience in
tho Fifth Avenue Theatre to-morrow afternoon,
NatO. Ooodwln having volunteered to gho a
performance ot his new play for the benefit of
the Duilding fund of tho Frees Club.
A mistake.
tfron&Moma YalUy WAUtU.
Agent for Jowelry House I've got a fine line
of diamonds I'd like ta show you.
Man Addrossed You've made a mistake, sir;
I am tho proprietor of this hotel, not tbe clerk.
FOUNDED oFwHITECMPEL'S TRAGEDIES
i and Expressing the Author's Theory of that Series
of Mysteries.
I BY
i STUART CUMBERLAND,
" Tliought- Reader to Europe's Crowned Hcuds,"
Occultist and Psychologist.
srxorsis or ritKCDJX0 cturmtst
ta.BaKointl.nS Ta 2m "fint.KT.IB. murder Is .lwmpl.il. but the &$& "SK afflenotXTo.ar!
P?Mlf..onnitMer,.fleld with the murders, wbloals .tr.nfth.nwtbth. knowl.d. tuMMvmwa in. tunu
aiewoar.UtorbUidettliwiiarrwl. .
CHAPTER XII.
thb My'""1" raooxroufoi serosa thb oobosbb. .....
Tho witaaio, asked whoa aha last saw the
deesa,iBfonnoa th Court that it was about
10 o'clock oa th sight of the 6th.
1 "Andwherewashe, pray, the whole of the
tia between tbe night of th Bin and th
la v
tnorning of the 7th when yon louno. an aeaa
body r" asked the Coroner.
" In hi room, I suppose," she replied.
" But did it net etrike you a Strang that a
man should stay in his room for thlrty-four
hours without piorinjr from itt" -,
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THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING," ftJLYJRCH 27, 1880. 4f
COQUELIN VERSUS IRVING.
Of course it is an awfully difficult thing to
Imagine how a man would behave who, having
committed a murder, successfully concealed all
traces of his crime and profited by the wealth
taken from his victim. Is subsequently obliged
to remember the horrible past and every inci
dent connected with the dark deed of his life.
It all depends upon the naturo of the man who
has committed tho murder. Fopnlar prejudice
insists that such a murderer can be but of one
kind, Just as popular Illustrations made to eatoh
the ensceptiblo juvenility of the day would as
sign to him but one facial expression.
In "Le Juif Folonals," produced last night
at tho Star Theatre, with Coquelln as Mathls,
the great actor evidently courted comparison
with Henry Irving, who has been seen here In
the same part anglicized into Mathlas, in "The
Bells." In this melodramatic creation of those
clever writers, Erckmann and Chatrlan for it
Is melodramatic according to its creators
Mathls, years after the committal of a murder,
is terrified by hearing of a songour, or dream
reader, who Is able to put a man to sleep, even
against his will, and force him to roveal the
past. This affects his pieoo of mlndt all his
calm vanishes; tho sound of tho sleigh-bells
which he heard tho night of the mnrder, Is for
ever in his car; ho dreams that ho Is sentenced
to death, and dies in a frenzy of fright at the
vivid brain-picture.
Now, 1 cannot possibly believe that a man who
can bo subsequently affectod by an awful dream
as was Coquelin's Mathls; that a being who was
psychologically capable of such a vivid return to
a buried past as was tho French actor's crea
tion; that an individual who long after the
committal of a murder would find lntenseflcd
the terrors which hardly troubled him at first,
could Hvo In the quiet, contented, phlegmatlo
way In which we see him in the first act.
Coqnolln's Mathls when we aro first introduced
to him, is a complacent genial, loqnacious old
man, who can sit by the stove and smoke In all
the narcotio delight of tbe undisturbed smoker;
who loves a good story, who Is passionately fond
of his only daughter, and dellghtfully.conslder
ate to tho wifo who has grown old with htm.
Coqnclin makes his Mathls distinctly amusing.
The rAlo has a comedv aspect, and some of the
sayings aro given with tho same drollery that
characterized his Matcarille and his Figaro.
It seems absolutelyincredlble thatauohabelng
could subsequently become a prey to such
ghastly imaginings. There is nothing to show
that the murder had made any Impression upon
him. Bnrely a deed that could react in such a
terrible way must havo cast some melodramatlo
shadow upon tho II fo of Mathls. Coquelin's work
was admirable, marvellous, exquisitely shaded,
but I can't believe in his Mathls,
Irving's Impersonation Is melodramatlo. and
Irving' enomlcs may mention that as a deroga
tory fact In. connection with h'.s Mathlas. Irving
resorts to weird stage effects in order to
heighten the melodramatlo interest of his role.
And It seems to me that everything that oan be
done to accentuato the uncanny situation should
be done. "Oh," says tho sceptic, "Irving's
Mathlas is not natural. Yon could never think
of such a striding, mannerlzed creature as go
ing about his dally life asking for a beefsteak,
or requesting his wife to hand him his slip
pers. "
My good sir, you aro not asked to think of the
beefsteak or the slippers at the time that the
playwrights claim your attention. Erckmann
Chatrian are attempting to work out a queer
psychological problem, and they want you to
see the man at the times when tho problem can
most easily be solved. It is not necessary to tell
you that ho cats; be must do so or he could not
live. Ills life is different to that of othor men;
it has been influenced by other actions.
As a rule I hate melodrama, but in Irving's
Impersonation of Mathlas in "The Dells" I
think It is notvientv uecessary but desirable.
The lesson taugUV Wirrb!ay is truer as Irving
teaches it It is dangerous to portray Mathlas
as Coquelln pictures him serene, semi-comic,
complacent.
Coquelln dispensed with the scenlo effects that
Irving used, but for once tbe use of scenlo
effects, for all they are worth, could never bo
condemned. Alan Dalx.
mm
Coming Events.
Turner Club, of Ilarlem. masquerade hall,
Harlem Turn Hall, Maroh 30.
Fabian Union, entertainment and reception,
Lexington Avenue Opera-Honso, April 24.
National Academy of Design, sixty-fourth an
nual exhibition, April 1 to May 11.
Otello Literary, and Soelal Club, reception,
Well's Empire Hall. March S7.
Premium Club, informal calico, 12 St. Mark's
place, March HI.
J. Ottman Mutual Benefit Association, annual
ball. Beethoven Hall. April U."
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ro , of I'ltt.burs, Pa., th. market b.ln( full of
Imitation! of th. nam. MoLaxe, .palled dltj.r.nlljr, but
of th. aam. pronunciation. Afwaya mak. aura of
th. words "Fl.mlnc Uroa., PltUburf, Pa.," oath,
wrapper.
"Not at all, sir; he had often done it be.
foro. Onco a month ho used to lock himself
up in bis room in this way, taking nothing to
eat. It was alwayB his express wish that he
should not bo disturbed, and I thought that
such days with him were fast days, and,
knowing how strict these Eastern people are
about their religious observances, it didn't
strike me as being in any vay odd."
aEB BAD OBOZKEO TBI BOOB TO M IUMT 0TBX.
"Yon say he kept his room In this fashion
once a month. Do yon remember the exact
datesf asked the Coroner.
Certainly, sir," replied Mrs. Parker, pro
duclngan aocount book. "Evory data Is
noted; for on those days he took, as I have
already said, bo refreshments of any kind,"
MANAGER HART'S WISDOM.
0
HO rENT-TJP HAULE OAN CONTRACT HIS
PUTG1VINQ POWERS.
Caarlea Frohmaa Almost Beaa .for by an
Overdose of Aotl-Pyrlqo Booth atrid
Modjeska's Coming Thirty Weeks' Tsar
Maarlre Oraa Somewhat Astoalahrs tho
Parisian.
Manager Hart, of the Theatre Oomlqne.
Ilarlem, I a careful student ot mattors
theatrical and a vigorous expounder of his
theories. Eaid ho yesterday, ' ' I don't rely
upon the people living in Harlem for patron,
age. What is Ilarlem, anywayl I depend
upon the downtown people, and TU tell you
why, because it sounds funny to hear that a
thoatraln One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
street oan draw sndlenoes from the heart of
the city. But it can. I know of Instances
innumerable whoro people living on the East
side have takon the Third Avenue Elevated
and come up to One Hundred and Twenty,
fifth street rather than crocs over to the
West side on foot and go to some ot the
Broadway houses. Then going home they
have nice, comfortable, empty trains instead
of crowded horso.cars. My first season in
Harlem wasn't good, my second was better
and they have gone on improving because 1
now understand my public I don't cater io
the Harlem public because, in my opinion,
there is no Harlem public" Ur. Hart has
very deolded views on tho drama and he does
not hesitate to expross them. He thinks
"The Lady of Lyons" is an "awful old
che'tnut" and feels sorry that Mrs. Potter
selected it for her opening night at his house.
o
The contracts between Helena ModUska
and Edwin Booth wero not signed until last
week. After Modjeska closed her tour in
California she nuietly took tho contract
down to her ranch, and after thoroughly dis
secting, signed It Her name Is to appear in
letters as largo as those used in that of Edwin
Booth. It is probable in vlow ot the fact
that Modieska's contract is only for thirty
weeks, that towards the end of the season
Lawrence Barrett will once more join Booth
and accompany him upon his California trip.
o
Charles B. Hicks writes from Australia that
his American colored minstrels have beeome
so popular in that far-av,ay oountry that be
propose keeping tbom thero for another sea
son. This organization three timoa each
week gives basoball exhibitions before large
and enthusiastio Australian crowds.
Maurico Orau. it appears, has astonished
Paris by securing the Theatre des Varie'tc's
for Harnh Bernhardt to play in. She was to
have appeared at tbe Eden Theatre, but thore
was some difficulty owing to the fact that the
bouse has been changing hands. Barah at
the Varie'tc's is rathor an amusing idea. Think
of Edwin Booth at the Casino I
o o
Miss Eaiherine Colomon has mode arrange
ments with the Messrs. Wilson, authors of
" Among the Pines." by which she will not
E resent that play again this season. She will,
owever, take it out early next season with a
' ' star " company, now scenery and new ac
cessories. o
Little Miss May Haines has been engaged
to play in Mr. Barnes of New York 'rwith
Prank Bonner's company next season. Bhe
was with Ihe organization which presented
the play through Canada.
PREPABINQ FOR THE ClWraNfaAL.
DtooBslngdato Bros. Have Provided Encash
Flags to Drape tho City.
It is now unnecessary for those llying in the
uppsr part of the city to como downtown to
shop. At the corner of Third avenue and Fifty
ninth street, Bloomlngdale Bros, have an estab
ment where, every want of the household and
the Individual can be bountifully supplied, and
Judging from tho number of people who flocked
thero yesterday to the "Spring opening," a
very large portldh of the uptown population has
discovered this fact. The class of goods dis
played in the respective departments
shows plainly tho high class patron.
ace which has been accorded to
this Arm. In the art department are found real
bronzes, and examples of tho finost varieties of
porcelain are kept on hand. In artlstio picture
frames there is probably as fine an assortment
of styles as can bo seen anywhere In the city,
and now styles aro constantly being brought
Sut, On the top floor of this great seven-storied
nlldlng is the kitchen-furnishing department,
where all sorts of hardware, woodware and iron
ware are to bo found. Thousands ot American
llags, in all sizes and qualities, have been sup
plied for the proper celebration of the Inaugu
ration Centennial, and probably there will
not be quo left when that time arrives.
In another large apartment tho packing and
shipping of soods ordered by mail cave an idea
of the large business transacted by this firm. A
packago picked up at random from a great heap
ready to bo despatched bore an address in Kan
sas. Goods are sent all over the continent, Tbe
dressmaking department is extensive and com
plete, and the millinery is In charge of a lady
whose training in a well-known Broadway es
tablishment Is utilized for the benellt of her cus
tomers. V
St. Cecilia Lyceum Tteorsanlzed.
Tne St. Cecilia's Lyceum has been reorganized
and has started out again in a way that gives
promise of great things in the future The new
officers are James J. McAvoy, President; Alfred
3. Johnson, Vice-President; John II. Hheridan,
Treasurer; J. J. O'Orady, Recording Secretary;
V. J. Blessing, Financial Secretary: John
Loderose, Librarian; (leorge Hanlon.Sorgeant-at-Arms.
The Clnb meets every Monday even
ing at 184 East One Hundred and Eighth street.
Bho handed the book to the Coroner, who
looked carefully through it.
"It is very strange." he said at the con
olnsion of bis examination.
"The first entry is, I see, 11th to 13th
February; the second, 12th to 18th March;
the third. 11th to 13th April ; the fourth, 11th
to 12th May ; the fifth, 9th to 10th June; the
sixth, tbe 9th to 10th July; the seventh and
last, the 7th to 8th August.
:'Now these dates exactly coincide with
those upon which the murders were com
mitted. It may, of course, be only a coinci
dence; but it is certainly a very curious
one."
Needless to say the Coroner's remarks
caused a profound sensation.
Her lodger, Mrs. Porker pointed out. had
never kept so long in his room before, and
on becoming alarmed at getting bo response
to the maid-servant's knocks, she had or
dered tbe door to be burst open. The door,
she added, was fastened from tbe inside, the
key being still in the lock.
She at onco, she added, sent for the doctor,
who sent for the police, and they made a
careful examination of tbe rooms.
Bhe was certaiu that no one had had access
to her lodger's rooms during the time stated,
and she doclared that both the windows of
tho bedroom and sitting-room, which were
on the ground floor looking on to the street,
were fastened.
The next witness was Dr. Tilbury. He re
lated bow be had been called in by Mrs. Par.
ker. He bad oome at onoe ; but the deceased
was already dead had. in faot, beea dead
some hours. He had never seen a. Jsaore
ghastly sight. The body was lying upon its
back the lege were drawn up, ana the arms
were strangely contorted. Trie eye were
wide open, and the expression ia them
showed tbe agony the deoeased must have
suffered. Tbe lips were bitten through, and
a good deal ot foam was mixed with the
blood. .
lllgbt through his heart was driven a dag.
ger. It was not an ordinary dagger, bafwas
- i -
" TUB FREYENTION OP RAILROAD STRIKES."
Charles Francis Adams Favors a Represoa.
tatlve Coanell of Itnployoes,
tJtoot on rlrrtf and lnfttanl ArtbU tit M. AffH
frtftor.
It will be Impossible to establish perfectly
good faith and the highest moralo in the eervlco
of the railroad companies until the problem of
giving voice to employees, and giving It effec
tively, is solved. It can be solved in
but one1 way t that is, by representation, To
sole It may mean Industrial peace.
It is, of course. Impossible to dispose of these
dlluonlt matters in town meeting. Nevertheless
the town-meeting must be at tbe base of any
successful plan for disposing of them. The end
in view la to bring tho employed who in this
case is the oorapany, represented by its Presi
dent and Board of Directors and tho employee
into direct and Immediate contact through a
representative system. (Thon'thua brought into
direct and Immediate contact, the parties mutt
arrive at results through tho usual method:
that Is, by discussion and rational agreement.
It has already been noticed that tho operating
department of a great' railroad company
naturally subdivides itself Into those concerned
In the train movement, thoto concerned In
the care of tho permanent way, and those con
cerned In the work of the mechanical depart
ment. It would seem proper, therefore, that a
council of employeos should be formed, of such
a number as might be agreed on. containing
Icpresentatlves from eaeh of these departments,
n order to make an effective representation, the
council would have to bo a lsrce lody.
For prosent purposes, and for tho sake of Illus
tration merely, it might bo supposed that.
In ease ot the Union Pacific, each de
partment In a division of tho road would
elect Its own members of the employ,
res' council. Thero aro live of theso dnieiou
and three departments In every division. The
operating-men, the yard and section-men, and
the machinists of the division would, therofnro,
undor this arrangement chooso a given numlwr
of representatives. If one such representative
was chosen to each hundred employees In the
permanont service those thus selected would
constltuto a division council.
To perfect tho organization, without disturb
ing the necessary work of the Company, each
of these division councils would fllien select cer
tain (say, for example, three) of their number,
representing the mechanical, tho nperatlng.and
tho permanent way departments, and these
delegates from each of the departments
would, at certain periods of tho year,
to be provided, for by the articles of
organization, all meet together at the
headquarters of the Company in , Omaha.
The central council under the system hero sug
gested would consist of fifteen men; that is, one
representing each of the three departments of
the five several divisions. These fifteen men
would represent the employees. It would be for
them to soleot a board ot delegates, or small
Executive Committee, to confer directly with
the President and Board of Directors. Here
would be found tho organization through which
the voice of tho employees would make itself
heard and felt In matters which directly afloct
tho rights of employees, including tho appoint
ment of a tribunal to pass upon cases of mis
demeanor, and tlio management of all institu
tions, whether financial or educational, to
which tbe employees had contributed and In
whlcn thoy had a consequent Interest.
Could such a system as that whloh has been
suggested be devised and put in practical opera
tion thero Is reason to hope that the difficulties
which have hitherto oecnrred between the great
railroad companies and those In their pay would
not occur in future. Tho movement Is the
natural ami necessary ontoomo of the vast
development referred to in the openlpg para
graphs of this paper. It Is based on a simple
recognatlon of acknowledged facts, and follows
the lines of aotion with which tho people of this
country are most familiar. The path indicated
Is that in which for centuries they have been
accustomed to tread. It has led them out of
many difficulties. Why not out of this difficulty T
of Indian manufacture and shaped like a
serpent, with a fine, long point. To tt was
attaobed aslip of.paperaud a sealed envelope.
There was some writing upon it, but the
writing was in characters that ho did not
understand. The dagger and the sealed en
velope wore token possession of by tbe police.
TBE rZCULUB BAOOBB WITS TUB TJNXQUB IN-
Bonrrriojf.
The dagger produced was undoubtedly the
same. Askod if he knew tho meaning
of the words raised in Hiudustanl
characters on the back of tbe serpentlust
below the neck, be said he did not. They
appeared to be similar In cTmraoter to the
WTlting on the envelope and on tbe alio of
paper.
In answer to further questions he stated
that he carefully examined tbe body, which,
save for a loin oloth. was naked, ana found a
deep burn on the breast about two Inobes in
diameter. It, In his opinion, had been made
for tbe purpose ot obliterating some tattoo
marks whieu were probably on tbe breast of
the deceased. It might have been done with
tbe poker, which showed signs of having
BARNUH'B GENEROUS GUT.
He Preseats the Sketetea of f Mba (to
Ms. earn of Nntnrml History
P. T. Barnum, the veteran showman, has pre
sented the skeleton of Jumbo to the Museum of
Natural History, and a gang of workmen are
busily engaged In placing the huge frame In
position. The hide and tusks of the animal
havo been presented to Tuffl's College, Boston.
This gift to the city assumes larger propor
tions in vlow of the faot that Mr. Barnum has
rofnsed many offers of a large amount for the
soveral parts of the defunot peanut anntbllator
S'om other showmon who were desirous of ex.
Ibitlng them on their own account, but the old
lowmau preferred giving the relics to the
public
Other memantos of Barpum's generosity ap
pear in the Museum in the shape of several
Stuffed lions, antelopes and apes, which, with
nmbo's skeleton, will appear to a muob better
advantage when the new wing of the building is
constructed.
, Prof. Ward, of, Boohester, Is preparing the
body of tho Aslatlo elephant, Samson, who was
killed some years ago, and when completed
will bo placed beside Jumbo.
Answers ta Correspondent.
ituttum. Wo think you are misinformed.
OfcJ Coin. Inquire of David Proskey, 8SS
Broadway.
, Anutttur rkotoqraphtr. You need no license
to take photographs.
Ai tf,ABP1r on board tho training ship, foot
of East Thirty-seoond street.
Port lUchmona. The Metropolitan Museum
of Art Is not yet open any evening.
Consfant JlKiOrr, The Clvll-Servlce Board
for the customs servioe, In the Custom-Home,
Afom ,V Phme. Flax Is grown In New York,
Ohio, Illinois and three or four other States.
ATema We know of no Institution where car
pentry Is taught free In the evenings.
Constant Seadfr. Suoh a mark would not
rendor you ineligible for appointment on the
police force.
John P. Urannioan ana Other. The lumi
nary you describe is not an electrio or other artl
flolal light. It Is the planet Venus.
KcttTtTJi Ely's Cream Balm
fiSTRVbl rtfc 00 Cents.
LOiNHtr. I WII.I, C0U1I
riQATAI.R
VsfCT2&3 Apply Balm Into .aoh nostril.
SBSBt&55-EgI,Y BltOB.. 60 Vfarran at, W. T.
" HANKS Co
Fnii atUndftnt Hand ta 1.
03 GTUAYKe,2I DOOR IIlILOW UTII
PEERLESS DIES &2.?&5&
AMUSEMENTS.
PROCTOR'S 230 ST. THEATRE,
K KAB CTH AVE.
Proet or at Turner Props at Rfarrs.
ETTJIIY rNIOIIT AND SATU11DAY MAT.
NEIL BURGESS
COUNTY FAIR.
PRICE. 85c, SOc., 7Ae- 91. 8 1 .60.
Thutra MrtlM form In In or oat of town can now
car tou UO day In advance br malL Ulafraphor
Ultphona, tol. Ho. OSS, glat.)
GRAND i
Tlarvwt Q.ats Oreh.atra Clrol. andDaleonr.AO..
(OsfVCB J WsTMnP 3
AnTiRTS. A3&fJL A A JxLJCi ahtisth.
TO-NIGHT
Wst TfMk-URS. LAWQTHY. K.it Bondar-JOO
Tf onam. Ancient ana Mod.ro, by Prof. CBOMWBXU
BAi"UfiaAT,??tOW OK BARTIL
Madison squark garden. ,
Olrona. ilippndrom. Racoa, S Mtnanrtef,
Wild Woortih Oaravani. DanelnsUtrla.
9 ll.rda of Bl.phanU, 't Dtotm of (Jamais,
SO Pantomlm. Olowna. 30 Animal Clowna,
Dwarf Elapnant RldTns a Ulcy.1.
Six Anna, for th. display of 1U5 Aota.
Japan.!. TroupM, Koretrn F.ataroa, Wonoorfal
A oTTbol. Mmaa.ri. ofTramad Animal.
1 HalUf Chaita, b.antllulIUniloni.
Children bllil)l.d with Fairyland Wondars.
Two P.rformanoe lCr.ry Day at ! and 8 P. M. Doors
opan an boor .arll.r,
Admlalloa to .rerytblnx only CO oant. (4th an.)
Children undar U y.ars, iia cenla. R.Mrvd Mats, SI
(Madlaon arc) t-rltat. bona, tVi. Buifl. box
eata, '-'. Wo Vx TickU to any on..
i mmnK-t Asmara
DUNCAN BA HARRISON
THE PAYMASTER.
Entlraly K.w and Uaautlful rrodoctlon.
As Admiral,!. Company Specially Encased.
Gall.ry. gSc i rarTd. ilfic., 60o.. 7&Q.. St. Sl.&O.
BIJOU TIIKATIIK. Proadway, n.arapihrt.
MATINKVh WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY.
4TU VVpEK A
JSfa MIDNIGHT
ORKATHHT l)tlf ,Y .
8UCCE88. , M , . JOiliJUlJ.
"Th.-Old llom.at.sd " and 'IlmrStta" rolladlnto one.
Uall.ry gSo. Itwrwl 50o. , 76... .1.00, S1.S0.
JTmBEROTJIEATRK, Irrln plao. To-nla-ht. faro.
ft. w.llb.n.nt to Junx.rmann. llaa.mann'aTo.abtr
Thtira , Ant appaaranr of Th.ua Kllnknaramrr In
Cyprl.nn.i Kri., Bat.. Matin, and .r.nlng, Klluk.
bamm.r In Aiob.nbrowl.1.
been heated. Thero were no other marks on
the body, anil ileal h arose from the stab
throuch tho heart. Tho (low of blood had
been intornal, as only a small clot of blood
was on the body. It was his opinion that
the death-blow had been self-inflicted.
Dr. Harvey was then called, and he stated
that the dagger had been banded to him. and
that ho had carefully examined the poison It
contained: it was a vegetable poison nn.
kuown In this country before the 12th of Feb.
ruary.
Tho date of the murder of Florrie Grey,"
said tho foreman of the jury, who happened
to be a chemist.
" Yes, and there is no question that the
poison the weapon contained is precisely tho
samo as that used in each of the recent
murders, and that all these murdors were
committed with this very dagger.
Intense excitement prevailed in tbe room
when Dr. Harvey made this statement.
" Upon what irrounds do you base this be
lief '"asked tho Coroner.
' ' The shape of the wound is precisely tho
same in each case," he replied, "and thero
is not, I should think, in all England another
weapon like this." And he took up the curi.
out!) fashioned weapon which lay upon the
Corouer's table. , ....
"Ouo more question. Dr. Harvey," said
tho Coroner. ' You, I believe, saw Col.
Mansfield on the evening of the 1th at what
hour was that f " , ,....
" I w him at about 0. 30 and he left at 7."
" Did ho say anything to you about the de
ceased that ho had been to see him, or that
he knew him f "
'Not a word."
"Do yon believe the wound was self.
infliotedr"
' I do t most certainly."
" That is all, thank you, Doctor.'
narvey retired.
P, O. Robinson deposed how, from Infor.
matlon reoeived, he went to .623 OolTill.
street, where he found the .body of the de
ceased. This witness added nothing ,10 what
la already known, and Inspector Kinks, of
Scotland Yard, was called. ....
Tbe case, ha stated, had been placed in his
hands. He bad made a thorough exami
nation of the apartments. The window were
, fastened, and there was no other way of get-
111 iii &
AMtTSBaKaarn. 1H
Wis-rMusim 1
, OlfXAlipiitA FRANK. 'iffl
9!rA .P"' Horn, T.saa Clerk , Oklahoma Bo.
Sth Hathaway, two Indian chief., WiabViB TanARoisC WH
and famUlM, pmontlna- trn elotnnof OSfehonaa M.. SLM
Inn. Boymour. Dobeon, witb hlrda and NLesliTfclTSo 1M
Yw;t. A?"1'' ihf, 0hK JTn Unro Ilowiro. Albfaoi Ml
Ann U'brlmi, Talleet Woman Urtng t th. Ilateeeasteay,' U
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SgS &&AKB tonoSffi m
baa kindly Tnlnntwraa by Darmlsilon ol Mr. A. ft vM
Palmer) (n Th. Silent Hjrtem (In Enfllah)i Sttardaf Jfl
",Si,ta!JUar "J.1 Plnl I Saturday v.nlnjiMfSrter. Wi
H.it Week-Hoe. Uoshlao In bar new play. JooalynT BjJ
CAl , 111 BROADWAY AND 38TB (ft, gj
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AdmiaawoM. BeaUre.rred3 wks la advattos; -U
MINER'S PKOPLE-B THEATRE. ' 1'M
HELD BY THE ENEMY, i
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N. C. GOODWIN n, , f
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MOUTH. lAOr.it Bnoosaa.-World. Jan. 28 IKnaua. 'Wt
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HOWARD ATHENEUH SPECf&LTI COT IB
ALL THE GREAT FAVORITES. '91
TT OSTER A niAL'B OORCERT U ALL. S
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W.lt Wek Oaalno Opera Company. "Ensttnlo.'1 ''"Si
TTrTINDSOR THEATRE. BQWKRY.BaM OASAL. 19
VI Wk coramenolnVltONDAY, Karen 84. B
, II ALLEN and II ART, , I Matlaoo 'S
la th. snooaefnl fares oomodj, I oatnrdai' bk
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mriEATRBOOMiqUE,l!!atbaL,b.t.Maiz.avo.' Wk
J. MRS. rOTTER. Monday, ''tidy ofLropajTooa- 'WM
day and Bat. matlnM, Camlll. i Wtueeday and Friday. - nS
Romaoaad Jnli.t: Tbnradar and Rat., Bb. Stoops t -Ma
Oonnner. Kelt week. Charles T. Kills. BD
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Wadnoaday, I In , "iH
Saturday. NOBODY'S CLAIM. V!E
AMPHION ACADEMY SAtSA 1
EDWIN BOoflVlSd'KSvWNtJE BARRETT as' Wt
JUI.1UH OJiMAK. " dX
GRAND OPERA-HOUSL-.Tm.-: 1
Ef.ry Kr.nlns. Wwln.aday and Saturday Matinees. . Wm
FRANK DANIELS to LITTLE PUCK- 1E
COL. SINN'S PARK THEATRE. ; :1
Bloo ADli.y'.ComloOp.raOa, FBARL .JBj
Inoladlna of H
LOUIS UAIUU80N. pggnt. m ml
HOLMES'S STANDARD MUSEUM. ffl
THIS WEEKaiATINEES DA1XY. . WK
J. J. Sullivan In " BLACK THORN." m
LBK AVE. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Brooklyn. E.B. S
This Wnk, MatlnM. Wdnudar and Saturday, 'jKl
ROBERT MANTElL &
MQKUAKS .flBj
N.tWMk-JohnA.SMT.na. MASK OF LIFE. IJE
, I'M
tine into the rooms excepting through tbe) "'ffl
door which had been forced. "9
The body of decensed was naked save fo rflB
a small black loin oloth. '.there was no jew. tlM
elry of any kind upon it. On searching the) W
crato, which contained a heap of ashes, ha 'mt
fonnd some charred ends of what appeared lH
to be bank-notes (pieces ot burnt paper pro jS
duced). jBJ
"The room did not show any traces of S
strnccle hnvlnc takon place. Everything atv jBj
pearcd to bo m Its proper order, aadtM 'Mm
jjgteiaS sjawaiasr- .UBBS
HJTOOXTRBCrrBrOPBWaAJONFaOMTHBTIsoill,' JH
sUte of the dust-covered windowe prsolajMsl 9
tbo possibility of any one haviag oUiar . tKI
tered or departed thai way. . ..... "Sssl
" I made a most careful eiamlaawiasi t TM
both rooms. The drawers had .beaa ewistesal -ifjaj
of their contents and the olothsec iiee. ?3m
oeasedwere tom In strips. BTerythsc - $
longiag to him whloh had any Tela tppssfisl
to have been either burnt or destroyed." ' !SM
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