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I KPflPTINfil smwmz- lopnRTIMRl i i extra0 j ijc ifiifieiiii! flpWflP extra. riUCE ONE CENT. XKW YOHK. K.UTHDAY. PKCKMIIKK 1!). 1SJ)1. PRICE ONE CENT. I PpH , ,, 5 . LH I TOANOWINS' I An Easy Victory Gained II in the Fourth Race at Guttenburg. I M1KEWATS0H BEATS 0UTV81D m Tyranny Colt, an 8 to I Shot, Leads in the Maiden Event. JB IfrrriAi to the ktksino world. 1 JIB (iCTTENBCKO UACK TRACK, I)DC. 111. FIDO V weather, an excellent, curd and n prospect of yH veiy good racing thioughout thu day all ' H served to bring tlie largest crowd ot thu H neck to thu hilltop track at North llergcn. H 'lhc weather was nearly perfect. There )S was, however, a slight chill In the westerly fjH wind, but to those vt ho haw braved the bitter 1 oroees of the past two days It was ns balmy HB as spring zephyrs. ,E 'I ho card was a splendid one, every event jH . tilling save thu fifth, in which there were only MH tour entries. The track was In first-class jB condition and fast as It could possibly be. HB The first race was a dash ot four and one- AW half furlongs tor beaten hordes. Void looked Mf tho surest ot sure things, and his prlco v as a V' ery short ono on tho bookies' slates. yHl Mike Watson was played tor a good thing, Mil from 0 to 1 down to it to l, and, for a wonder, H the good thing went through. Void could not HB do better than second, and Aunt Jane finished Bat ft poor third. Br) Magic was a farorlto In tho second event, Jmft and was heavily played tor a good thing. Tho WAf 'inoney went on In lumps, and several thou'- fK &nd dollars were bet In tho pool-rooms. HJr Tho good thing didn't go through, for MB ffyr&nny colt, an 8 to l shot, from Billy Bar- MV jrtck's stable, won easily. . AB Lupa Dlly should bavo won, but swerved In BBC the last fifty yards and barely got second SB lace 07 a Head from Magic. H. An overwhelming tavorlto In the third race HRi could do no better than third. This was IH Climax at odds ot 3 to 5 on, and at that prlco BB) fce was heavily played. Young Dwyer rodo a bad-looking raco on jfljl tlm, and be was called Into tho stund by By Judge Burke to explain. Kstcllo led from M (tart to finish, winning easily from Cynosure. BBJ Dwyer will have to explain his tiding still BBJ further after the races before tho Kxccutivc BL Committee, it looks as thuugh thlugs may BBb go bard with 'blm. i FIRST RACK, rurse, 400 ; four and a hult furlongs. ! Slari'tM. ntr. Jorliev. Wrl.W.fln. ' Mlkn Watson 119. ..I. Henrm... 1 1 1 Void 114, .Thompson .. :i '2 J , A-mtJane 11tl..(iaitiu 4 :i :i I Mix llimjtr 114. .It. Taylor.... ft s 4 Bowery .ll'J.. Dwyer 'J 11 5 1 r.itra .. ...ll..i:. .lohamn.. 7 7 n Alarmllce 117.,lliiestou '2 4 7 Conre 111). ,11. 1'inuy.... (1 H 8' loreHKIng 110 .Hjna s (1 !) C'ourtland llll, .Herman ,10 10 lu Dukeuf Lclntter .,119 .l)orej- 11 11 11 Btartle . . . .114. .N. Hill la lit la Uettinc-Vnld. .1 to S anil out; Miko Walnoii, fi to It and. I to IV; Forest Klnjr, Hand 5 to 'J; Alarm lire, loand4: Aunt Jane. 'iUamlrl; Mien llmirar, llll and rl; l!orrj. ill) and 'Jil; Startle. CI) and '20, t'ourtland, 1IJU and 3a. Duke of l.elniter, 1U and 8U, Couxlees, lull and ltd; Kitra, lUUaud;i0. .Mike Watson led lrrm stnrt to llntsh, win ling easily by three lengths from VlIU, who was three, lengths in luntt.f Aunt .lane. Time ().;i.'i. .Mtituels paid: straight, ifH.HO ; pluee, 8.f)0. Void paid a.:u. 5ECOSU HAC?.. Purse 400; for maiden two-yenr-olds; live furlongs. flarlrr.. K'l t, Jnrlt,;. strt. Wi, Hi'. Tjrannv colt II. .'Ihoiulunu .. 7 A 1 f.;ltn. till- IIM..Divjr II :l 'J M'Blr Ill..l'lnn il 4 II Milt IU..I.i.mtk') . . 3 o 4 I'rlncol'ejton .. . lK.,!lL-nder 1 1 ;, Snoii HH...Sn,.ilokir . P 7 tl 2,'arboiine i-olt 1IH .11 IVnny... 4 11 7 M. Anthonj- . ll"!...l. Heriien,.. 1! i H BllierTIp lllll..l',ialvli. . . !l II u errlhj- II1..UUU ..in io ID Hon oraio. .. .MJ T. I'linn 11 H II WalUI 111.1.. Iln.,tuii ....U 11 1J ,'ai't l.alland 114 ..Martin VJ I.I 1.1 Jlf try Duke... . im.."!atun .. 14 14 Id liettlnc-Jlartlc. II an leion: l.ipa llll)-, 4 and H tof.j ht Aiitln ny, , uidSi Hoi Vnjane, " a.'.d .', in. I'rlnce lvjloii. Hand !J, 'fjrann i-olt, It and II rt'nU, 10 noil i I. lira in an. I (1. Narrouniie colt, VII and H. ('apt. liarlan I. 8l an I ll .! try link-, llliand 10, Mlier li,, 4il mil r,, Vntalut, tO Olid 'JO, Vera Illly, oOaml'JO. I'llnte lvjlon Jiimned iiwayln iiont iiimI led Into the st rel oh, wliu i:ilj, l.ura llll) ami Jliiglcnexi. . llio'l'yianny eolt then came Diiiiiii.1i and! M tin n pretty iin'c In thti l.i-l Hilling Ly a lepglli and a hair Jrnin l.iipa lllly. who war, a ' laud In Iront of Male. Unit l.tv.'ti. I Miltuels paid: Mr.ilgit. ojl.s.i j place, I 4.!l."i. l.upa lllly paid !.,'ilj. , Tnini) kaci:. I rurse ino ; celling ; i.p mile. ' .viiiir. nvii;,.. ,.rj-.. etr-.ntr. Da IVtel'c 91 ..N. l!lit 1 1 1 (.'rnonure 111',. l.dini l'y .... 4 '2 i tllniai 111. Dejtr I' ! It Helcod ll:l..l!rill 7 4 4 Lonely llH..H.o.toi! . a 7 ft 1'iuzla 91 li.sk. I li II . i. it luu. ..I i:rri!!t.. ; ;l 7 lltttlnt-Cllmai. ilto r an I out ; ll.lolle, ll and ' ?.','" ''ynnanii. HnnJII to :,, Lone'... 7 and 2, lUlirood. UUanJ III, A. O. II., tOaal 1G; 1'aulv, to and 15. t Kitclla led irom start to llnMi, nniiwnii easlli hy twolcngilis finmcynosuie. Climax was third a lengtu an a v. 'I In ti I.lll. .Miltuels paid: i-ir.iK'ht. 1T.."iU; plato, t7 U5. cynosure paid Jii.ua. fOfllTII RAC'C. l'urso ."0i) ; ban Heap; six and a half tur long. ttnrurt Hei.i7.ij, ,,irjyy, tttt lift, ntt loino.. . 111. II. I'enm... II 11 1 MoliUan 9-i .K. Ilwane.... 4 'J 'J 1'rlncH Hottar l, ...Hi7..lAiii'jley 1 r, .1 Al.tecrl.t ll' llyiin 4 4 Mela tie Jill Ir.loir.... II ft Ti Url artiji Kl .K int.-o .1 1 (I (letting- ut(tal. croii and 1 lu'i: loan', Hand 3 to fit Mohl til. 4a'oleen. "Ii'la-le, ,ilul.Mo 3, l rUie II marl, Itlanlll. !r. a i'ia, CU tint l'J I'll'i.e llnnaiil, i hle.iii ami 1'rLiuiin.i .tl. .tei- a'ed In ihe lend to tho head of il.e Mrct. li. ller Touii'i i' line through and t.iklnv tlu teal m njed there to ihe end winning easily by twolengtlH Irmii Mnhlcjii, win) was a leiiutli In front of Prince inward lime Mmiiels pnld: straight, n.4.-: plaee, , $:i.nn. .Mohican paid t4.ov FIFTH MACE. I l'ur.se tr.oo; h.imllcap for tvo..ye,ii'-oldi; . sit fin longs. ' ' hir'eri ll'Wrt'i A.'te,;. Flrt.Wr.Hn. I'er'itlan Illll I'. Dome,... 4 I 1 , n.naiiai!t ll'L.T llliin .11 1 1! Dauo I(l4li..l.anilile). I .1 :l 1'araiton .. . . loll. .11. IVnny . 'J 'J 4 llettlnit Dmo, t-tenand 1 to 'Ji lvmrlah, 14 to ft and 4 to.'i, raraon, 4 and 0 to ft, knanouk, ft ami ll t 5. Peruvian went In the flout In the llrst fur I'tig mid led all the way, w Inning In a eimi. mniieaiiler by two lengths Iri m Knapsack, who was th same dlsliinc,! In front of Dago. Time l.liiy. .Mtiturls paid: straight. 7.H0; place, l.'l.N.-i. Knapsack paid s.l. r4.". SIXTH ItACIl. Pur?e 4400 ; seven furlongs. Starter: IPM. .TnrJtntti. Stratiit't. Vt.trr PrlncH Albert . . . . 1 1 J. .Uoriimn lft-1 II 1 'I'omlioy . lll,J..Kllleker lill-1 H -1 Utleen of Trutnpi ..lll'J.. Dorter 15 1 It 1 Pimnyrojal IU7..Maitln 151 II 1 llauketouo llll. .11. I.ewl. . s 1 II I ltoek lll'J..Kxll 10-1 4 1 NliarllnK 10. .IVnny II- 1 eren ' lllo.ter Ill'i. P lloane ft 'i een i Hllotorer lllft. IMIlll llll 1 111-1 Sir William Illll. I.amliley.. l-l 7 ft Duke.Iolin llll..lllak 1 01 4-1 Chartreime lui..l. Flynn 41 7 ft Won by Dtiko John, sparling second, Kocfc thh-d. Time l.uti. DEATH IK 1 EXPLOSION. ii,-, Two Men Reported to Be Killed at Bay View, L. L It was reported late this afternoon that an explosion had occuired at Day View, I,. I., and that two men had been Instantly killed. several others were reported as Injured. SETTLED WITH HOEY. A Real Estate Transfor to tho Adnms Express Prosldont. A deed was recorded In tho ItcglsU-r's Oftlcc to-day, by which .Mrs. Josephlno lloey, wlfooftho deposed President of thu Adams Express Company, transferred to President Henry Sautord, of that Company, tho house and lot nt the southwest corner of l'lftu aienue and Twenty-second street. The property Is subject to a mortgage of 50,0(ii). The consideration numed In the I convejancolsouly nominal. A Philadelphia despatch states that a set t foment has been dually reached between Jlr. lloey and the Express Company. FEDERATION OF LABOR. Basis for an Agreement with the Knights of Labor. Inv AesnciATFD rnrss.l niBMiNOnAM, Ala., Dec. in Tho I.abor Conventlon to-day adopted a basis for agree ment between the American Federation ot Labor and the Knights of Labor. It provides that the Knights of Labor shall rcvoko and Issue no more charters to local or i National trado assemblies, and In return the A. F. ot L. shall rcvoko and Issue no inoie charters to mixed Federal unions. The A. r". of I. will recommend to affiliated unions that they urge upon their members to becomo members ot mixed assemblies ot K. of L. Tho North Elvor Bridge. Inv ARaociATFn rnras.i WAsmsnTON, Dec. Ill Acting Secretary i Clrant has approved the revised plans for tho railroad bridge over the North Klver at New ' York city, and it Is understood tuo work on , It will begin at once. I Tho New York and New Jersey nrldge Com-' pany has purchased ground lor the land pier fi.r this side of the great railroad bridge over ' j tin Hudson. Klver, between New York andlhu , Stale of New Jersey, and will commence 'ex cavating at an early day ' Trnln-Wrockors Foiled Again. 'nv AaaociATKn rnraa. I Colfax, Cal., Dec. in. An unsuccessful at- tempt was mado tn wreck the east-bound! oierland passenger train live miles trom heio ' yesterday. The plaeo selected was only a lew miles irnm the -pot where the train was wiecked In September last, for which enma , thu ILiberts brothers are now nwultlng trial. i Postal Clnrk Hnsson Hold lor Trip.l- j clcrl; John . Unsson, of Post-onice station i II, charged with det.ilulug letters Inlriisled to Lliu (or ilelhery, was to-day committed by ' I'lillul Malts cointnls-limrr Shields fi await thencUoii nf ihe tirandJiiry. Ilasson says l.o was Ftupcilptl by ttiltilnu and whMcey1 lie had l.ikeu fur a severe cold. I LOCAL SPORTiNC DATES.' Uadni: ct (iultrntiur ilalty. 2 l'. M. Dncemb(r. II). rinnUnt lho A, A. U. Loiitu And wrrit Jltut I'liompu'-iftliliM, H r, m, lt'iu and inJivlt.ul rlay t'ueun Hhonto, iSfc wntrn I.vi I anJ Water Cutt. if I. Cluitoti A. 1.'. athU'tto Biitertnlurapnt, 6 "ai'. Athletic entertainment of tho ttjlvau A, A., 8 f M i I. IUnk Clerk' Attiletic Axdoeiatlun's loitag irvlliiiliiri'4. s v m J. tuialtt Ihd HanW lcr Atlilotic Aito liati'.n, i, v. M. ' lltnnA C h entertainment, 8 v. M. 'Jrt. AthUti" puiitritii Company U Nlntl Keci went .it I. M. It ..-ilinl'.cf jiteitMnnuMit of th llarlem Vaclil (liti. S . M. ta-("ot l i.o Kiicnmlo Whrclinen, H f. M. GOOD PLACE TO FARM. ' A Cyclono Holpotf Hlrn Out of nn i , Awkward Fix. , Ka'terner You uav you liuvo n farm in thu West for fnle. I tliink tif gimig West. Is yimr farm lu n cootl climate t Wcstetnrr -1 should sniilc. Why, sir, whenever no havo visitors, lliov just sit Ihciiibelvca r p.ht iltnvn, nntl i'oh'I tloa thing lho wl.olo tlay lone hut write poetry nhont fcathtictl soiignterK, nn' ' sotichiiiK Minds, nu' blushing posies, an' cclcMial " " Vcs, but is tho clinittto nilaptetl to , tanning?" 1 " Well, I'll i!ll you. Wo raisetl CM chiokf-us thi war, nuil when tiiuo cuuio to get 'ei, u iiiiirki't wiiWHK in a tix, Thu tlealers t.iiiildu't take 'em unlets tl ey was );cl:n1. Now, y.m ran i-en what u job tlnit wtiultl I 0. riix liumlieil ch t'ltt'lih Io K-ahl mill picK, nml only mo imtl my wile toiloit." ' Yos, but tho rliiua'n " "'1'li.it'K it. Our I taiilifiil agricultural eliiuiilB win wli.it iaetl us. lh.it wry i tiny iiloiig (taiUK n tyclti'm ilekeil up tiieui t'liicuciis pive their necks a tuiM, i;irii.eil- cry (turn catliuroll. an"1 liiinli ,1 thu hull lot in 111 uex- t-mn right in front .of the inarUet-hoU'ie." .Vne J'tir Wnkly, Mftftiii- -ffi rtiiMliim1iYH""'i'inriMh W'i'iiMi'rt sTiney in the toils,' Tiio Murder of Bob Lyons nt Last Traced Home to Him. He Wrote Ibo Decoy Note That Fig ured in the Crime. Tunglcil Threads of KvMence Clev erly Unru veil oil by In spector Ilrrnca. Inspector llyrnes has solved the mystery as to Mho killed Hull Lyons, tint Cherry street butcher, who was murdered In his shop on Nov. it'u It has been a line piece of detective work, and goes on lliu reeonl asnnoof In spector lljrnes's best achievements In tho I w ay of unravelling tangled threads of crime. f Swift MiriUF.I, Pl.INKT. The murder was committed between 4.10 and 4.:i3 o'clock In tho afternoon of Nov. W. Lyons's shop was lit l.VJ cherry street. Ills mother had p.i-id through to the apart ments In the rear only a few minutes belore. Hob was then standing behind lho counter talking to two men. .Mrs. Lyons had hardly reached her room when her son came rushing lu with tho blood streaming from a gaping wound In his head, and cried to her to send lor a doctor. ' "Oh, Hob," bcreamed tho mother, as she caught her son, w ho wns about to fall to the floor, "who did It?" 1.30ns managed to reply that It was .Mike Sllney, and Immediately afterwards dropped dead on the floor. Ills skull had been split open by a butcher's cleaver. Sllney, who lives at Hi Cherry street, wns arrested, and has been suspected Iroin tho tlrst, but he has denied tho churgo that ho murdered his friend, nntl the Coroner's Jury In Its verdict found that Lyons came to his death at the hands of some person unknown to them. This verdict and Sllney's strong defenso did not, however, allay suspicion that he was really Lyons's murdcrw."lfo was not dis charged trom custody uflcr lho Coroner's In vestigation, but still remains a prisoner at the Tombs. Inspector 11 rnes has worked out his clues so well that ho has llnally obtained dear proof ot Sllney's guilt, and the eWdenco which the Inspector now has In his posses sion will fix tho crlmo upon bllncy bejond any possibility of a doubt. 'lho absence of motive seemed to bo tho Idea which led tho Coroner's Jury to reject the strong circumstantial evidence against Sllney. I Tho mysterious note found In Lyons's shop, I which read : 1'lcABe KeDil up boy to reit right away, ltr.v. John Ki:as. and played such a prominent part In the In ! vestlgatlon, has been tho means ot forging I the chain of evidence against Sllney. That ho wroto tho note lu truest ton, al though ho has denied all knuwledgo of Its j authorship, has been proved beyond a doubt. 1 'I bo detectives have examined his desk and his other belongings, and have found many specimens ot his handwriting. These correspond exactly with that of the j note. In his desk was als) found tho bottle I nt red Ink and the pen with which thu note j was wiltten. ' Moreover, the paper upon which It wns ' written has been proved to be one of sllney's business billheads, lho lop of which contain ' lng pilnted mutter had been torn nfT, Apparently there had been no effort on tho ! part of Sllney to disguise his handwriting. It there had It was a very crude attempt. Other evidence, It Is said, has also been dis covered which will go to establish Sllno's guilt when brought to I1I.1L PAN-AMERICAN ARBITRATION. Brazil nnd Other Countries Want tho Ratification Tlmo Extended. Inv arm'cuikh rnrns.i Wasmsgios, Dec. in. The llrazlllan Mln lster has formally notllicd thu Secrelary ot 1 Mate of thedtslre of his (iovernment for an ' eMension of lho tlmo for the exchange ot ratllleatlo' sof tho arbitration treaty formu lated tiy thu Interiiatluiial American comer ! dice. 'lids treaty has lapsed by reason of tho failure lu fully exchange ratincatlons within tbespecilled limit of time. oilier south .Mnerliiin countries lime also expiesseda deslie lor an extension (it tho peilodtif ntliieatlon. iiimI lho proposition la waimly Indorsed by tills liovennneiit. COLE KNOWS HIS PEOPLE. Hut Ilia Mind la Still a Blank ns to Ills VantlerlncB. j IPl'ICIAI. Til Tilt IVKMJIO vroni.n.1 j NvirK, Dec. II) Kdward II. Colt; continues to slowly Improve under cartful treatment. Ho today reeognued his llltlu daughter (lerlrude and beckoned Iier to his bedside, llu also, In a whlsptr. asked his lte, "Wny ,1111 1 so sorer" showing that his mind Is a blank, as 10 his wanderings. .Mr. Iileklnson, ui.Luiies II, lllauvcll K Co., said liilscciilt:gth.iltlie woikot Iheexpirt accountant continues to vindicate Cule, and that Accountant (lieeii intimated that a much longer seurch would be uuiiece3.aiy, ! ClnrKson Would Drop 1'roUlbltlon. 1 i.r 6 oriiTin fulfill. I IIks Mmnks la., Dec. in.-ciialiiiiiin J, S. 1 cl.irksou. of tho National Kcpiibilcau Com inlttee, ii ready to drop prohibition and Is urging his trleuds tn Iowa m tree the party In ihls.s.ulctrem a IojU hi thinks ln,i h-avy tor It. "Tho glial thing nexi leurl-lhe N.11I1111I campaign," said .Mr. il.irks.iii, "and 1'U.i He publicans shotilu not allow any lne.il Muo Io lie Mm cuu-,0 of the Male bUug loot to the 1 .National ticket." NEWSBOY GUESTS l Six Hundred Bright Boys Bidden to a Christmas Dinner. "Tho Evenintr World's" Gift to It's Stanch Young Friends. No Finer Feast Will Be Served to Millionaires. The Illll of I'tiro Prcpurctl by tho Kverott Hotel Cutorcr. "Hey, Klilseyl Did 50 git a bid to do IIvimn1 Wont.' baiikwct?" "N.iw; but I will, jo'i kin bet. Do Kvesin Woiii.' ain't a-forgltlen notm ot us fellers. Wen dey docs anything dey dolt ilvjht, see? D'you lt one, Striker:" "Va-as; I got inlno already, fiolly, but It's a reg'lar bang-up, John Jakey Astor In vite, tool Folds up Just like a French bill o' fare. Ain't It snllty?" "Wc-ell! (See! It'll clvo us tlmo to go to de Kvf.n1!.' Woiii.' Christmas Treu atorehand, won't It?'1 Mr. Stilker McCarthy agreed unanimously with his Irecklcd-tiosed tilcnd and c-woikcr In Ihe Held ot mctroprlllnii journalism, -Mr. Kldsey Thompson, and both voting news paper merchants fell Into a mute admiration ol the bit ot folded cardboard that,lhe older, the red-headed, tho unkempt Striker, had dis closed from a careful wrapping ot newspaper. It bnro thesu words: DtAitSttf : ; 'lilt: l.vrMNil W oitl.li rquPBU tli iileAB- : ; iirol vmir eoniPAiir t illlnur ,,n tlirii,tii,AH : ; Ir t tlielfrett flntol, IVt, 104 Olid 100 : ; Wise) dlrj-l. , t.'ott-rHnill be rjn-t at 11.HU o'cliuk. Ihe Invitations bid tho holders to The r.VKSiNii Worii.ii'schrlstiiinsdlnner.nt which (too honest, earnest, energetic newsboys will " put their legs under the tabic" as guests ot ibelr tavorlto evening paper. It Is not to bu a lunch a rtisli-Iu-atd-grab-what-you-can nfTalr but a tlrst-clasr. 1 lit 1st mas dinner, with nil the "tilliimlugs" that are felt tn be necessary to the holiday feast lu every well-regulated household In America. There will be roast turkey, browned and Juicy and tender; theru will lie cianberry sauce for an appetizer and relish ; there will be crisp wblto celery, frcnh from the Long Island trenches; there will be mashed pota toes, highly seasoned dressing, and rich, brown gravy: there will bo other things, and, to top off with, there will be a Brent big piece ot thick, Juicy, real oltl-iashloned New F.ngland mlnctr-plc, vltti real meat In It; real green apples lu It; teal rulslns and genuine currants lull. The boys will not have tn stand up, crowded together, before a long, narrow ta ble. They will tie scaled at small tables four j at each In the holf-acie dliiliig-niom ot the I bli Eveiett Hotel, which runs through from Vesey to Ilarclay si red. Two hundred boys will sit down at a tlmo at tlw fifty tables, and there will tllty lively, attentive Mailers in black hobtallcd coats and white aprons, who will crvo these Christmas banqueters with Jut as much ceremony and stylo as characterizes tho ser vice at Dclmonlco's. I'.very newsboy will appear In his very best suit of clothes, and they will all bo gentle men, as Thk KvuNiMt Wnitiii knows irom a I long and pleasant experience with tho little j chaps. This Is Thk kvenino YVoiiui's Christmas gilt to the newsboys. It 13 not a subscription nrfalr. Thk Kvkn ino Woiu.ii will foot the bill, as It has done before, and nil of Ino HOD newsboys of this I city will receive cards of Invitation llko that j transcribed above. ; Sinker McCarthy and Kldsey Thompson are 1 two lair samples of the New York newsboy. J One lives In a Cherry street bin lacks, and ' hcipt his widowed mother to earn the living for his three little brolheis and sisters. Tho other Is the only child fit a hilf-crlpploil father and a sickly mother, and lives lu .CHrystlo strict, one. Is thirteen, the other 1 only nine years old. 1 striker got bis name as lho voluble advo cate of the newsboy strike of thiie years ago. Kldsey 's naiuo Implies only his almost baby. 1 hood, his physical weakness, and quiet, " uiothers-bov " ways. The pair, with the rest of the six hundred newsboys, will nsstiublu Christmas morning In tho warm play. room provided for them In tho basement when the I'uiltzcr llulldlng was designed by the architect, 'they will have a short parade, mid will descend upon the Kverett Hotel at 11.30 o'clock, headed by a 1 baud discoursing American patriotic airs. I Kvery boy will carry a Hag, and each will tool a llu horn, Just as a sort of safety valvo jor IiIh exuberance of Christmas spirit, and tn 1 let tho welkin ring with tho announcement ' tint ho Is 011 earth nnd enjoy lng himself. j ihe Kvcrett's doors will bo thrown open on 1 the Vcsey street side and thu newsboys will enttr the great dining-room niter having been divided Into threo platoons. Tho llrst k'HO will bu seated at ev.uily ll.ito. I The second platoon will file In at the Vesey street entrance as the llrst one emerges irom the Ilarclay street doors, ihe third will tal.o thu places of tho tecond when lho latter havo eaten their fill, and the whole arfalrwlll lio ovtrlngiH'd tlinefor the buys tosell the llrst edition of The Kvenimi Wnm.n. Tho manager ot the Kveictt Hotel says heartily: The kvenimi Worm's Christmas dinner do tho newsboys will be the llnest we can serve. Everything will be of the very lust that the market affords. It will bo ihe best dinner ever served lo iieivboys under any auspices, "(it turkeys, tlrsl-( lass blnMat 11! rents n pound havo been ordeitd. Wu shall spread j ourselves 011 this dinner. "ihoniliico pies will no made by the U-l I mlncc-plo baker lu New York, and lliu slock , u-M'd will be trosliiy nude if green apples, tho besi ot meats, fiesh, rich raisins and currant and all ihe i.t her customary lngreiiiin. "The s-rvlre will be by titty ti's-p:as wiilttrs, who will serve lliu nevvslinys vii'i the same gentlemanly My lo thai they would treat a b.tniticttr.g party of i'.tih avenue liillllotialii-3. Yi i!tiirtVnM!lc,'Artnr,'l,lrorlcrlc lli'l I lIuetii.altDU fm purity ft.ideicrilit.-it-tj, DruithMi., NEED OF SURGEONS. Police Board Presidont Dcolarcs It Is Urcont. Mayor Grant Still Blocks the Filling of Vacancies. Denil Dr. Daiimlnvlllc's Dlvtrlet Di vided Among Uurtl-Workctl Survivors, President Macl.ean, of tho Poller Hoard, depiecales the Interference of Mayor (Irani with Ihe Clvil-Scrvlco llonnl tnprcvent the examination of applicants for p isltlous as po lice surgeons, oniclil courtesy, fur w hlch he Is agreat stickler, prevents him from cillltis lng the Mayor's extraordinary union, but the freedom with which he discusses Ihe Police CoinniIs-liiiiers' side of thu question Infers a severe criticism. J The Police fommlssloners made requisition In the (ivll-irrvKu Hoard tor n (Truncation I trom tho eligible II t fur the appointment of thrte Polleo surgeons Nov. ','7 lust. Secrc-' tary Lee Phillips announced an examination ot candidates tor Dec. N, sending out tho no tlces to applicants for examination Dec. 1. Mr. Phillips had not consulted with Mnynr Oram, who was then In Ireland, lie knew that the Pullcu Department wos sorely In need of surgeons, and hastened In tho pur tormanco of bis duty tho preliminaries lo provide for their nppolntment. Commissioner ot .Public Works (illroy knew Mayor (iraniV wishes, however, and It Is said demanded ot Secret ury Phillips that they be met by a postponement ot the exnuil-1 nation. This Mr. Phillips relurtantly consented to do tor a week, as ho would meanwhile have an opportunity to see Muyordrant, who was on tho ocean homeward bound. Mr. Phillips did (to Mayor firnnt when ho got home, and as a result handed In his resignation, vvblcli has been ever since my s tcrlously hung up. A second conference. Dec. 14, tho tlay pre ceding that set for tho examination, was followed by the announcement ef a second postponement thereof, this llmu for an in. (lellidlc period. Slncu then Secretary and chief K.xnmlner Phillips has promised a speedy examination of applicants, which promise, thus tar, ll seems beyond his power to liillll. This Is al leged 10 bo because of the .Mayor's hostility to such action. The Mayor's attitude, It has been strongly suggested. Is In tho Interest of a friend who already holds a 1,000 county appointment, but who would lie a police surgeon If he can't be Health ofllrer of the Purl, and who asks that the examination tor the alternative po-,1-! tion he seeks le postponed until It lsdetl- nltely determined that ho cannot get tho better oDlce. " 1 think that tho vacancies on the medical staff ot tho Department should bo filled, and that as speedily as possible," to-duy said President Charles F. MacLcan, ot tho police Department. "I have long held that opinion. "As to the question of tho polleo surgeons being overworked," continued President .Mac Lean, "my nilormalliiu has been that there are. times when they have to du much more than at others. "There certainly Is necessity for more sur geon", ur I would tiol'havo voted to llll thu vacancies or to provide salaries tor the addi tional members It was proposed to appoint. one leason why this necessity exists is found 111 the apportionment of dlstncls. ' It Is quite as much thu duty of tho police surgeon to see that well policemen are on duly and earning their salaries ns to hcul them when Ihey aru 111. 1'or this reason ho sh.iuld bu readily accessible In tho hiurof mod. As It is, a day may elnpsa befoui he can seen policeman who complains ot Illness and lays off on thut account. "The complaining officer may not bo III. but takes thai method of getting a short va cation and cheating the city out ot his ser vices. such tricks would be vain If the staff was suflltiently largo and dlslilcts so apportioned that the physicians would not have to travel such long distances to see their patients. We should appoint to fill all the vacancies as soon as polble, for tho additional sur geons uro needed." Mr M11el.eans.1ld that ho know nothing of the po-ltlon ot the .Mayor In the matter, or It the city 's executive was Interfering with tho administration of the (ivll Service Hoards lo prevent tho speedy appointment of surgeons, which hu declared to be a matter of such moment while the epidemic of grip Islmmi nei.'l. I commissioner Mrtinve, who Pi a neighbor 1 of Mayordratit, was not Inclined In give the needs of thu Department In the matter of an Increase of the medical htaff so much promi nence us he did when he voled for the resolu , t on to llll the vacancies and lo ask thu Hoard of Apportionment to inako provision for the salaries ot tho new doctors asked tor. 1 Mayor (Irani had been accused, Infer enllally, of Improper Interference to prevent the examination of vvoula-lc police surgeons, and e'omiiilssliiner McClave, who owes his position to the Mayor, seemingly did not wlh luiiitlcliO that actlou. When he participated with the other mem bers of the Police Hoard In the action which declared Ihe neees-liy for inoie surgeons to be urgent he ill J not know that Ihe man who apv lutid him commissioner had an axe to grind on that grindstone. When ho was questioned by an Kvkmsu Wouin leport, r he had learned that there was su-qilcloii lu lho minds ot some people that Ihe .Mayor was specially Interested, and he declared thai ho "didn't think" the sur geons are sintering beiause lho vacancies are not tilled linmedl.tliiy. " Why,"s.ild he, "there are four or live nt the police surgeons off during the vacation months, and lliose icmalnlng have ,111 ar rangement by which lho extia work Is di vided bet Arm ilieni. There 111 e only four vacancies now." Hut during Ihe vacation season the police force Is reduced In prop jrl Ion by olllcers ink ing their vacation at the same lime with ihe d ictors. Is It ui'tV" tho commissioner .w asked. Mr. Vcd.ive admitted that that wa-. the . laii, ji.d that ta'sUes Ihe health of the force iia'itf tl'VXIi METi'ii" i 11 it finiiiillillir ESOP ON CURRENT EVENTS. , CXXVIII. The beasts of (ho field and forest had a Lion as their king. He mas neither wrathful, cruel, nor tyrannical, but just and gentle as a king comld be. He made during his reign a royal proclamation for a general assembly of all tho birds and beasts, and drew up conditions for a universal league, in which the Wolf and the Lamb, the Panther and the Kid, tho Tiger and the Stag, the Dog and the Hare should live together in perfect peace and amity. The Hare said : " Oh, how I have longed to see this day, in which the weak shall take their place with impunity by the side of tho strong." Is much bottcrntid the work ot thephy-lclans much lighter In summer than In Winter. The deatli of Police Surgeon D.unalnvUlo Was reported lo (hello.itdot Pollae Commis sioners at their lneetliigyesterda.v. 1 he Commission! rs did not amend their re quest on th"(ivil.Servlee commission for nn eilglblu list ns expected, but simply divided the dead physician's large district between several already overtasked sin goons. Another uicancy In the staff of surgeons may be created at any tlmo by the retirement I of Dr. S. 11. W. .McLtod, who was rixty years 1 old last May. I One bundled and forty-six policemen aie re ported sick to-day. THE HOUSE IN BRIEF SESSION. Mr. Enloo Makos n Move for a Pon elon Bureau Inquiry. Inv AsortATFi, rnrm.l 1 Wahiiimitov, Dec. 111. It being under-1 stood that there would be but a short session ot the House this morning, the ultenil.inc; of ! members was very small. I On motion of Mr. Mc.Mlllin, of Tennessee, a concurrent resolution was agntd to prov til ing lor a holiday rt cess irom Wednesday , u'JJd Hist., until Tuesday, ,-,th prox. 1 Tho comiiilllee on Utiles reported to the House a rule empowering Hie speaker in ap point the Committee 01 the last House, with the following changes: The membership of the Committee on Ways and Meuis Increas'sl trmn thirteen to lllleen members; thu (jiiadro-ceiiti-nnlul Committee from nine tn eleven members. The Commit tee nn Indian Depredation Claims tn bo dls pmsod wiih. Mr. Knloe ,Tenn.) offered n resolution trr the appointment nt a special committee of live members to Inquire Into the charges mado against Ihe t'oinmls. loner ot Pensions 1 and Iheadmliilstrallnn ot lilsolllce. Ueieired 1 to the Commit teem ltules. 1 Mr. liilpinaii, of Michigan, announced Ihe death ot his colleague, Melbourne II. Ford, and In respect in the memory ot the deceased the House adjoin ned until Wedmdav, with tho tinders, milling that on that tlav no busi ness shall be transacted, except thai re ferring tn the reiets resuliill ill and to. the announcement of committees by the speaker. THE SPEAKER AND MR. MILLS, j Report tlinttho Toxan Has Declined Proffered Appointments. Inv ASMieiATrr, rtiFM.t Washim.ios", Dec. Ill some of Mr. Mills's close friends as-erl positively lh.it he has been teiKlcied by Ihe speaker and has de clined the second place nn tho committee on 1 Ways niul Mean-, with the chairmanship of another Important commlltec. i he speaker, teelln,' that the matter Is not proper tor discussion r.t this Jum lure, de clines 10 say anything upon the subject, and Mr. Mills Is equally reticent nt present, al 1 though It may ta that the correspondence will be made public hereafter. It Is quilt' rcrtnln that pressure is being broiignt to bear upon ihe speaker by peisons 1101 hireioiore Ideiitined with Mr, Mills s isj Irillons lo cause his appointment to the chairmanship ot (he Way sand Means Com mittee. the speaker to-day slid he ex peottd to li able to ninniunce the committee appointments vf hen the House meets next Wednesday. CHINAMEN FLEE FROM FIRE. A Mystorlous Outbronlc Does Small j Dnmrigo at 33 Mott Btract. Fire occurred at ltd Mott street at 1 o'clock this morning, 'lho houso Is occupied by chinamen. Ihe lire started tinder the stairway on the ' third story, and much extltemeut was caused I by the outbreak. Tho t liliicso tenants lied to the street where they remained until Ihe Haines wire extinguished. About f.'iUU damage was , done. How the tire started Is not known. Tho ' house Is owned by I ndertaker Janus Nnugli-ton. Secretary Foster rirlgrhtor. Iiit AfsociATu, rr.ifct-l WashimiTOs, Dec, Hi. secretary Foslet Is reported to Ik.' stronger and brighter to-day and may be able to leave his room next wtck. j Stocks Dnmnorod In nn Ovprtlow. 1 Twenty-live hundred dollars d image was , done to the s'l'cksot Louis Austin, a clothing inaiiiuaiiurer, and Mycrson a slm 01, dealers lu lluwaie. by water which overflow id turn a sink tin the lop door of dsllayard street last night. I A DulltllnB Innpoctor Guts a Fall. .Iiseph Irving, ot 1:1 West Twenty -llrst I street, a building liispec:or, vv idle examining ! a water tank nl 1. "id Crosby street lo-d.i.v,,il ! a disunite of ten feet and broke a bone In his , leu foot. Itobortson Hold for thn Ornntl Jury, Kdgar I! tarlson, nrreslcd 00. the charge ot liavtng pii-sed woriiile-,, checks upon ihe (Inn of D. Powers .1 Co., carpet dealers al Ion Washington Mirrl, was held lor the lirand Jury when arraigned in the tombs court today. loo nnirh iii I'rinir-HeAtUfli. HtupTCl.o. T!M.lit it III 13 lulli.itr. , CRDTGN IN PERIL FROM FIRE. . Tho Entire Business Portion of the Villago Destroyed. I.nllrmiil nntl Tolegrnpli Communi cation Itlockcil for Hours. Ifrrrui. to inr rvK"ivn wontri 1 Mni simi, Dec. IP. A disastrous flro In the village of Croton-on-the-IIudson broke nut lii.llti o'clock this forenoon. Four houses were quickly In flames, and It was announced by telephone that tho wholo village Is thicalened. Help was asked for trom Sing Sing and Pteksklll lire departments, and engines were sent from both thoso plans o Croton's relief. At noon tight houses and Btores were burn ing. ! Fire companies and engines bad arrived from Peeksklll and slug slnr, and more were , summoned. ' Nn loss of life had been reported then. The lire started In Ihe hotel owned by i James Terwllllger, opposite the railroad sta tion, ll originated lu a dcfectlvo flue tn thu hotel. ihe (lames spread rapidly, and In a short ' time three blocks of houses were on tire. At t.:iu this afltrnoon nine buildings had been burned to the ground, and the tire was 'still ragmj fiercely. About twenty-tlve houses and stores, all but one frame structure.-, were expected lo be destroyed. All .New York Central trains for New York were stopped ubive Croton Landing. Tho tracks were blockaded by hose through w hlch water was being pumped by the engines Irom tho Hudson Klver. loiumunlc.itlnn bvwire witn Croton was cut olf tor several h mrs. Thu villago Is threo I miles Irom sing sing. The whole business portion of tho village i was burned to thu ground before tho dre was i checked. iho destroyed buildings are: Anderson ' lib ck. occupied by J. Ilaberty, as n saloon; Joseph Solomon, clothing store ; Jacob Fenls, dwelling; Harlow a Co., hardvvaro store; Adam liardner, saloon; Mrs. Leaiy, store; A. Dyckman, blacksmith shop ; John i Haiuni, barbershop; Martin lllauker, tenc- i ment-hoiise; Kmll llenlg, saloon. Th Kisses will foot up at least $.'10,000. j The lire was under coutrol at 3 o'clock. Jz. I TIM CAMPBELL'S BRIDAL NIGHT. j Ho Will Wed Mlas Miller, of Wash j lnrtton, This Evening, I It Is repnrtnl thvt Congressman Timothy J Campbell Is lota niarrlid this evening, nl the residence if Itev. Father Mcfiluley, rec tor ot st. Hose's Church, at 10 Cannon street. The bride Is Mls M. D. Miller, of Washing ton, sho Is young, haudsumu and accom-pll-hed. EXCITEMENT IN GUATEMALA. Don Lorenzo Montufur Arms HU Followers Barillas Alarmed, nv AuoeuTFt rsrM I City ok Ucitfm tl. 1, Dec. Ilk Ureat ex tllemeut exists 111 this city. Dm Lorenzo .Mentular, the candidate for tho Presidency, lias armed his followers and Is preparing to pronounce or place himself lu revi It. M. de Moiituf.irlsone uue of the must proiu 1 Incut men Ip i.ii.iieinala, having been Minis ter to the lulled slates for some time, and ; has a Luge 1, llowing. President llaitll.is Is ury much alarmed mid Is inking extra precautions for his per s malsaeiy. iroohs have bteu stationed at Ihe PicsMcnt's rr silence, and the guard at thu National pal ice h is been doubled. INO TRUCE IN THE TICKER WAR. , Ono Injunction I Vacated, Another Is Contlnuoel I Judge Dykmati, at White Plains, to-day , vacated the injunction restraining tho New York stuck Kxch.ingo from Interfering with the buslnt'ss of the Cold aud .slock Telegraph Compaiiv, which ho had previously granted, .lude lilsthiiff, lu common Pleas, routln- I uel ihe injunction granted bj htm until next i ucsday, m Accused by His Employer. Frcdeilok Kremer, a salesman fur A. Stern at si ui Fourth avenue, was held Iji the Tombs Court to-dav, charged with havias stolen ' toe) from his emplover. xioniN' Ntvv litKiur STihM f'irniit- Ptrlor Suit. CArp'ts, MlrroM , it 04li irlc VV rrooiu, 7JJ X 7JI flilrd iv., r rfiita !. V EXTRA. 1 THE TUBF. J ' I Marked Improvement in J the Racing at the i Hilltop Track, ECLIPSE'S LIVELY SPRIHT. A Lawsuit Which Recalls fhe Polk J Badget-Tanner Case. f The racing nt Guttenburg has Improved fi very much In the past few days. Tho races have been free from fraud as tar as outward '? appearances go, and the spectators wager Jjj their money with tho same freedom that was ;TjX noticed In the early part ot tho meeting, j when the Association enjoyed the full conn- 'SS tlencc of tho crowtL For a tlmo the racing ' was very bad, and It then looked as though ,.5 tho track was going to tho dogs. Evidently It; good Influence Is at work somewhere, and the '$ result Is Improved rating without the taint of fraud. 'J; ' ' S$ lletter racing could not be seen than that of t yesterday. Purring ono or two Instances, M v. here It looked on public form as though toe 5 runners might have done better, there waa nocauso tor complaint. Tho talent, or that M portion of tho race-going publlo which plan ;i thu favorite In every race, did not fare very & well, only two favorites succetded In land. '& lng first. ,3-? j Sir Ucorge was a red-hot favorite In Us & tlrst event. Lambley had the mount and tha ;', plungers played their money as though It was v all over, bar the shouting, sir George waa , lieateu.and bis performance completely clean (V Clayton, who was thought lo have ridden him 'Ji Indifferently In his lost race, when Inferno V won. Klngstonk won handily, Joe Flyna ti waiting with him until the last furlong waa t, reached. KIngstock was a 10 to 1 chance, and his owner Is said to have won a tidy sum -g' on his victory. Milt Young beat Blr Oeorga v- out for the place. 3 M Tho second raco went to Jimmy McCor- w? mtck's illly Ottawa, who was the favorite, ;$. She won handily by a neck from Bade, who ttX wasauccK Infroutof Nabocllsh. The tatter's Ms name Is Irish for (let away from me. Tha vjj other horses did It In the most approved style. 'bx Maid of the Mist was heavily played, hut '& I could not do better than fourth. ifjk I Kcllpse and Nina Archer were equal favor- iffl ltesfora long tliua In the third race. The J-'jl former finally closed favorite, and won In the lj 1 fastest time ever made at Guttenburg for, the j&'j' distance, l.-l flat. This Is not the record, ,,fii however, (leraldlne holds that, having gone '$(3 I thedlstanco at Sacramento in l.liwj. Nina 'iff, I Archer sulked, as usual, and would not run a - $qs j bit. Money bet on her Is burned up. 80 the fffi gentleman who placed t'.'.SOO on her to win Ml ' t.100, at odd ot 1 to f one-two-three, i thought last night. Volunteer JI. landed i'l the placo money. Why d to 1 should 3 have been quoted 0 gainst him for tho place is ft; J ono of the curious mysteries ot tho ring. V,i Tormentor stopped faster than a clock with a j!;l burstcd spring, and this caused Freeh to be ,"! lugged belore the Kxecuttvo Committee. tya Young jsilltlclans might visit Guttenburg -,-fiq with good profit to themselves. There they .i&j 1 would learn the real value ot apulL The !si motto at (luttenburg Is, Let no Innocent S I boy escape." 1 his Is a slight perversion, but WA li goes. 'K3 - al Alma T. looked to outclass the others la "vA the fourth race, and In the rush to get on Ti board smuggler, padre and other good ones Aj were overlooked. Alma T. flattered her back- afl ers by lunnlug well Into the stretch and then 3), dying aw ay. smuggler was always In term, jl and, the boy .Morris riding him well, won Sfc handily from Padre. Knapsack was heavily ,a played by Doo street's Mends, who wen 3S , heme sad at heart. w I The fifth race went to Perlld, who waa sec- j ond choice. This Is tho nrst time the gelding 'Ot ever won at tho distance and his mends f were a trltle' doubtful as to whether he would - 2K, I win. Thanks to lrving's good riding on Caa- 753 sella, Perlld won hniidlly. Cassella was see- I euid, aud the llrst handicap hu strikes look out ?. 1 tor stpialls. ll.iyMr's light weight enabled 1 htm to stay long enough 10 secure third place. Sw j Mountain Deer broke a blood vessel, which V accounts for his sudden btop on tho back- if, st releu. Zh, ... J? Thera-eot John llrannon against the La- && I tonl.i Jockey Club was brought up In the fS I'ultisl states court at Covington a few days vg ! ago. As is generally known, llrannon was 5, ruled on" tor allegttl complicity in the Folic W lladgcl-Tanuer swindle-. Ills only offense, SI however, was to bet on the horse tn Chicago 38 utter having received Hie tip. lleclalmedto KV be innocent, and brought suit as stated, lly order ot the lutirt, Uraunou was reinstated, i. but the Jockey t lib Illcd a demurrer, and It sw was this tlemiirrcr that was brought Uto $' , court last wtck. S3 The demurrer was overruled, which brings the case on lis meilts before the Court, aud M 'the Jockey Hub will ftlu Us answer linmc- ti dl.itely. Will llrannon and the Brooklyn iVfl ! parties also ruled off, are making no tight tor relustateiueiit, the proof against thnu rim being nppaieutly ot the most convincing wj kind. Will llrannon was seen In this city a iKJ short tljieago. Where Tanner Is has not yet XS beelidl.-covelid. 4j -J I Little Willie pulled up lame after ihe "4 nuidcu race al (iullenburg ) fi-.-rday. tf 1 i Father Illll Ditv has presantcd Zcphyrus to S' ' st. Mary's Hospital, to be ranted. W ' The tUiee-ycar-o'd colt Average, by Joe J ' llisiker, out of Avail, has hien purchassl g from F. C, McLcvvco by Pomp Drodle. Terms , private. ... M I J.H-key Donovan, who was Injured In the rV, .accident on Thur-day, Is In a serious condl. ' .p tlou, but will ulllmalelv recover. Many tf Months mil pas-t 1 el in- he Is able torldj ,-g 1 a.'uln, hotvevvr. Young Jones will tie aOttn la x 1 -he saddle agalu very shortly. S -4 1, weirS'iiaB