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guv R&rnU V?*XI*V_Jia 14^44 NEW-YORK MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 188ft PRICE THREE CENTO ?SOCIALISTS IN HYDE PARK AN OBDERLT GATHERING OF 50,000 MEE. THEIR TXMPilt tOBBLT THIRD BY TltK POLICE? UBSOLOTIOUB ol' IBDIONATION. London, Feb. 21.?Sodalistg BMurohed from all parts of Loudon to-day aud massed, 80,000 strong. In Mytle I'ark. The leaders aimed ut the Kcformer's Tree at 3 p. m. la wagonettes. Mounted police patrolled the entrance* ot thc park and strong reserve* were held In readiness for auy emergency. A* one BflM ?2,000 ruflums gathered in ?rael gtesssue^t i but leer were vigorously chanted ami dispersed by thc police tat-edies WOW made from three platform.* and resolutions were adopted BSprfOMlBg ladlguMlOO at the delay of tho Government lu BSglBBiag public work* for the relief of men out of employment. Hurua said Se deprecated uny attempt al boonun or riotiug. attrib? uted tho previous riotiug to tuoi-kerles of clubmen, and appe.lc.t to the audience not n. take their ransom pre? maturely, nor elvo Ibe police spic* a chance to traduce them, llyii.iuian, Williams and Champion also apoka wi!bout using violent language, although earucstly de? nian.Hui; a social revolution. When the meeting was over the crowd moved In an orderly uinuner to the exit at Hyde I'ark Corner. There. Without earalbg, l.o,'.lcs of mounted police made a furl' ou* rush on the wagonettes et the leaders. Muir blows were dealt and tue police were hooted. Tho tem? per of tho crowd iva* rising, bet m response to the appeals of thc si>ciikers they behaved admirably. Large mimbi r* of people escorted the wagonettes to Victo ria-st., ?be policeoostisamg their attSMPM to disperse them. Hy the time Westminster WM renchetl the froud bad tie^n Bratten',1. Tlieie was no attemtit nt rlotleg. Thirty thooaautl Bsraaua have applied to the ataaaloa House lor io.iel. CAPTAIN O'SHEA STILL DISTBUBTEO. WHY paunch. PHSPSBBBD BIM To LTXCB?WAS THKItK A I'l.OMlSK TO ( llAMIICULAIN T Loudon, Feb. SI.?Captain O'Shea, recently elected member of Parliament for Galway, although pledged to sit anil vi>:e with the P-irnoilltes was not ad? mitted to the recent private meeting of thc Irish party. It ls stated that Captain O'Shea was chosen by Mr. Par? nell to represent Galway in fulfilment of a promise given to Mr. Chamberlain and because of ht* utility as a go between In negotiations with the Government. Mr. Parnell has prepared a scheme to apply the Irish Church surplus not yet exhausted to relieving distress lr Ireland. Di-blin. Feb. 21.? The Castle Island police have just made a capone ot nlueteeu annd aud disguised men. they are supposed to be membtre of a party of " moon? lighters." The chubo of tho Irish distrust of Cuptalu O'Shea, over whom the fight in (..alway wa* made, and at the same time tho occasion of Mr. Parnell'-, loy? alty to him. wan the part that he took In the negotiation* between Mr. Gladstone and the lrl-.li members who wore .outlued iiiKIlmaiuhatn in l--*2. Ha seems to be a super ?erviceable .sort of person, who ha* a habit of bungliug r-verythlng ttiiit he undertakes. At that lime Captain >'-hea sat for Clare, though not a member of Mr. Par? nell's party. Through the Prime Minister, aud largely is his ageut, he undertook to secure from Mr. Parnell Henani pledges In return for his release. The ln*h leader seut him back unsatisfied, bm at last, in return lor promised concessions in Irish legislation aud without reference to the release (though that was undoubtedly understood). Mr. Parnell wrote Captain o'shea a lotter whichclosed with these words ; The accomplishment of tho programme I have sketched foil to you would, lu iuyj.lilgii.eiit, bo refarded by tho country a* a practical .settlement of the land queatlon, amt would. 1 feet sure, enable si la em operate eordiaUu for the future wUh th' Liberal party Infoneartimj ? ??? ii-.i//i)-,')?'/./'.*. and 1 believe that Ibo Go-eminent Bl the end of the session would, from tho state ol lb. UT. ISBl tbe'.iiselves thoroughly Justified M dispensing ?with future coercive uiea-ures. The uuderst.iu.liug WM that this letter wa* to lie dc livered to Mr. Mct'arthv as tho basis of a conciliatory speech by him, but Captain O'Shea took lt to Messrs. Gladstone and Forster. IBB Prime Minister promptly ordered tho release of tho Irish members, sag Mr. Forster, bitter with vexation, loft tho Cabinet ami a month later prompted tho lntjuiry into tho Kllmaiiiham treaty. Mr. Gladstone sskuswlsdgod that he had re? ceived cert du piedras, hut tue. Irish mcmuci | ItOUltf J denied that they bail given auy. Mr. Forster intimated that Mr. Parnell had better look over his correspond- I once; and then, for the first time, th- Iri-h leader recall.-I kia le.ter to Captain O'Shea, and directed him to fe; h him a copy of lt. Captain O'Shea, frightened out of hts wits, did so, omitting the line- Itsllotssd, Mr. Parnell read it to tho House with tbe omi-sion, only to me treated to tho reading of tho origin,tl by the cx-Chlcf Secretary, who had retained it. Captain (7*8*900*1 du? plicity wits bitterly resented by the Irish members, though Mr. Panie,1 fo gave linn on the charitable theory that lie no-ant well. IT U.Y s POLICY TOWARD COLOMBIA. AC iI'llMi BTAMISB MHI'lAilos' Willi UBSBBVA* lln.N?NOT CN WI I.UM, io L'S! FOBCU. Rome, Feb. 21.?Conni Robilant, Minister of Foi el-: n Allah s, In his speech yesterday In the (bam? ber of Deputies, in winch ne said that If peaceable n.e.ms failed tlie GoYSTBrBiaat would li,ive r< course to torcrlbla MBMaraa in order to protect Italian citizens lb south America, announced that Italy ac cpte! tl.e un ?llution of spain witb Hie Butted BtoMa of Colombia in this, matt'r on condition that the BOOOa UStrg negotiati'iiis SS conducted at Madrid Instead of at Bogota, and that the decision be given within six months. Thc speech haa produced an lmpr. s-io.-i at Madrid that Bpsla*! metliation will bo u*eless, and that Italy will certululy make reprisals. FATALLY BL" KN LD IX A FI KL AT SLA. Hai IFAX, N.S., Feb. 2H8pecial).?Harry IJt-ii uett. om- of the clew of thc st. amer I'll/./ard, from Boa ton for st. Pierre, tells a hnrrowliur tale of tba <-x 1'erieiicoof that vessel dui lng- the voyage. About mld Mght on January'_'() flames were sc n ].-niiig fi om Hie forecastle, where two of tho crew were asleep. Ibo watch un fleck ru-ie-d into the burning part of the TOSSS] and succeeded m dragging UM MOB on deck. Both were unconscious., aud were terribly burned about the face, head and band*. They bini to lie temporarily neglected While al! hands fought the rapidly spreading Haine*. Alter the most desperate exertions tho lire wa* ron lr,.lied ; but uot until after the cargo had ben seriously damaged. Lvcrylulim pOBBible war, done for tho two i.e-n mutt St. Pierre was reached, when ihcy were Nut la tSe hospital aud death aeon ended their Bufferings Then names were Thomas Mond, ago nineteen, a .Nen f.tundlaudtr, aud Adolph (-.bunsen, ago nineteen Kus sian. Little hopes are entertained of tho safety of the schooner Hope, forty-six days out from Turk's Island fur I.tlltolitui: g. KKLLA-I.I) PBOBI A MEXICAB PKISO.V. S.w.riLi.<>. Mex., Feb. 21 (.S'/kWii,).-Governor G.ilan has been cabed to the city of Mexico to confer willi tue President on imporlant Mate mutters. Colonel Tl Ma, of Marris, ha- beci appointed Governor ad In? terim. Cx-ijovernor C.-ruante* is still lu the city. Hu removal lo ono of tbe Interior r-tates at an early date ts eejiteuiphited. At Nuevo Laredo yesterday Eira il Houston, a British subject, who hal been langiilMiIng lu prison there, for the last year un a charge of tin -fl wee pardoned, lt ls said, through tho influence of tbe Hnti-h Consul ut Galves'on. Pox. INTRIOLTNH POI THE PORTUGUESE TULON!;. I'Aiii.s, Pub.31.?Certain Royalist members of tho Municipal Council of this city will present to Princess Amelia, on tho occasion of her marriage to the Duke of Brsgaiua, a diamond brooch Baa (Tl tag the city arms. The Kadieal newspapers denounce tho ollielal Character of the present. lt I* reported tint a plot exist* to unite f-pain and Portugal uuder tit* Duke of Braganza and to overthrow the present regency In Spain, tbo luke, of Moutpcuster heading the intrigue. ? A LAST WORD TO OSEBCK London, Feb, 21.?The powen hine sent a Susi note to Greece belora blockading the Omsk fleet lu Balami* Bay. i'.imhm'imii-ik, Tnt. 21.-The Sultan ha* informed the Lrltish Ambassador here that tho Porto duos nut in leud to grant any concession to Greece. ?-? COURT FLSTIVITIIS TO Bl UPS! MED. London, Tah. -l.-'Ilie i?uccii lins given orders that a performance bj- Heuglar's Circus Company Sball be given at tbe Windsor Hiding s.hool next Wednesday afiarnoou. This is regarded as an indioa- I lion of a leneWBl of toort festlviiie*. wl.irl! have b?sn u. aBajrassu since the death of tn, p.'iJccTonsaeaX DECLlSlSd A BIBROPBIO. Cambbidoe. Md., Fob. 21,-Tbs Har. Chaw a*yC. Willlai_?.of Augusts. Ga., elected bishop of tue diocese of Boaters, la Decambte.BM deeiineu lt Banal tbe voiitioo. Tbo convention will .... et lu June wu ,n _ mccosior to Bishop Lay will be ahoaan! __ ???-? *?*????-W ?FC/")yiFE OAS TESUFY IS UTAH. ?Salt Lau Citv, Fob. 21.-Jud.',. Zane ?Mal ycsierday lu sa UUlswfsl cohabitation eSM that ? "lal wife ls a competent witness against ber husband auuer tbe Utah statute-*, which sa) a a busbsud or wife ls competent to testify against th*! other tn a case ii .ie ono has committed a crime against the other. S. II. B. Suilih heretofore convicted of unlawful cohabi? tation was sentenced ) esterday to six mouths' imprison? ment ntul to pay a tine of .flino. Before sentence was pronounced (gainst him he read a long statement wbleb Judge Zuni said si,one,I that Hm 1th hud no Idea that he waa living under the law* of the, United States aud had uo purpose lu obeying them. BUSSED IS .1 VIOLENT OM.C. QHEAT DAMAGE IN WILMINGTON, N. C. Till: LOSS LMIMATl'I) ATA MILLION Of Dol.LAKS? Vi.!*-.! | DgSTBOTI D. Petbbsbubq, V;l, Feb. 21 Ifpmafl.?Tho most _lasstroM Ure that hu* ever visile! B Southern city occurred about noon to-day at Wilmington, B. C. At ese time lt threatened tba destruction of the whole town. It occurred while tho wind was blowing it gale of ab.mt lifty miles an hour. The fire originated on tue wharf iu a huge ivan house owned by lim Cl).'.) Steamboat ( oiii p.tiiV. which wa* used as a place for the storage of freight, l'he liam, s Wei,, norlin.lor control iliil.l about 0 o'olOSk tn night. It bOOUma nBOOMBIT *.<> te;,'graph to UM authorities st Gol.labor.), a town eighty-four lillies north of ll iltnlnglon for nelp, wlileb wits promptly furiil-thett. At ll:.bl o'clock this evening a special tram with the iii,- depart?Mot <>f Ooldaborro ic.* gotleii li. rciitlliies*. and left iidiiie.lintoty for Ilia scene et tbe fire. After tko burning ol Ike < ; i >u* iteaMbost Company's warebOOM ami whams- the lire apmsd up Wattr st., consuming mo*! of Hie valuable buildings on each side of the atreet. Including tba Sepal asd freight buildings vf thc Atlantic CoaBt Line of Railroads, with tba telegraph efllee ol Ibe oompaoy. Prom Wator-at.il ?pread op te Main 0I I'lonl st., dolua like destruction and burning tho wires ot the Westers Union Telesrapk Company, bal fortunately tho ottice w:.s not burned. To heep up cmtunulculioii witb tin- .North. n Bamber of work?ien were seat two mlle* outside nf the city to pal up a len porsry office. The whole town tonight is a scene ..r confusion, lt i? ??rim- ited tii.it tlie lo-s will amount to tully gi,000,000, willi heat > luaurance. Among other buildings destroyed wera ihe Firs! Methodist church, tbe Champion Compress, two taltra grain nu ls aiid s sunn,,'., sud Ibe Oilier* and ware? house* ..: Borun! a Son, Worth a Worth, Keichner A Calder Brother* and H. P. Sootier A Co 'in- steamer River Quetta and Ute schooner Bolmea were bun,ci. LOSSES IB VABIOUS PLACES. Philadelphia, Feb. 21 [Special).?Then were tlvo tires after IS o'eloek l!? tt night In vaiioaaparti nf the city, the lorises amounting to 97,00(1, The moa! aerioiis los- waa in Fifth -t.. above Wood lt. where tho Bisbles of .lohn I. Wm st, a wholesale eonfectlom r. a era bullied. I tn- los* was$3,000, wbleb i* fully covered lu Ute Pira Association. Ri- un..Mt. Va., Iel,, 'ji [Special).?The Disciple (Tiur.h at Howling Groan, Caroline County, was burned today. Thereof caught ira at the morning services. Thc congregation escaped lu B hurry. l'lTTslilli,., Peh -1. A dispatch flinn St, l'cter-biirg. Clarion Counry, say*: ?? \t i o'eloek yesterdsy morali rt (Ire bloke out in rho central portion ot Lditiburg, la tills county, Malting ass! lo tko pMt office, and de? stroying a block ol nine buildings. Mr. < .loves, a young niau, who wits m.-iunger nf it skating-rink, was sleeping over tbe poet "th e. and before itir Bremen could reneb lum tin- gamea bad done theil wmk. leaving only lils dl.-nieinbe: I trunk. The cau-e ot Hie tire i* atti bated to an explodion of natural gu*. Tba loos ls estimated at from gi 11,000 lo f 15,000; I usu rance, about .T-s.titu'.*' -* CAPTVEISQ A i. I VG UT lil HG LARS. A SEMES oi j \s i s i \ ii PSI ROBBERIES IX CHI* CAtia Chicago, Feb. lil [Special .- The detective dep ii tmciit ,,f thc po.nc force id ? !_)it captured bur* gu: * aa I m ted 'I-, nor* iv ho for roontki bare 11 in active? ly at work In thia city, rInce the early part ol winter, when tiiey m.ni,-ci,nug,, tn, r beadqu.arter*, it la ''.<? dared that Ihej hue c. m nutted oier twenty m.:. III ilill't-rcii! p.irt* oi the ci tv. I rn- n ii, ?* o! the perBOtil arraated ara William Elliott, Cbarlei Proctor, Thoina* Murray. "Jimmy" anti "Jerry" Donovan,"! the -unit," "Tommy" Flupatrlck, DellaCooarati and Piora Elliott "Big JBa tBe Booat" ls from <imaLa and la an 111 looking, br-,ken-nose,I, lanoraul fellow, peart ta hue ben Used for bl* brute courage alni strength. Tho Du sst asa asd Murray sra from Pitta .'lo^tt.r amt !>? la ..,,,g iu ai iron I Iowa. 1 li*- bund mal herc BbOSI turee mont I:. ugo. 1 Heir first work waa tba robber] ol Bork'* fewelrjr itora, ihe principal burglary wa* il,? alawlas M a Balala tha tullich block, while a ball w?* la prosreaa in a ball c. n ...ad. in a pap. rlaalerenluft was auadn rtisemuul lu tl ui.it in _ tbst .-mi iii euuld recover Hie j-, i>- r? liken ration. He b id pri n aired a li tu r ?talina tba! they wara worib :?> iii"-,- who iieitt ibem gi,Otk) and ha wa asked whit be would sive foi- I bell return, rhia latter wmb written bj Fitzpatr! u. :.. tue papen wera given f,.i i bi o1: itlu i. l Itxpatrlca lives bera. Detective* arrested Murray and I ? rn Klllotlat No. 9.1 U.--I Lula, n, through ibelrarrest t at of others I.wed. Whenever Proctor wanted lu seo Fitzpatrick, be aent a note to ths stier al tbe Afton House, where be boarded, l?? detective* wera sen) H., r>-to w it. h. Seeing a boy take mo** to Fitzpatrick they st,.j,ped nilli on lil - rc .1 ll a': 1 bal d' il him a ,?l* to give to Ho pei -ali Hbo sent him, riia) ti,rn I,-,iou cl Ibe boy and thus found om wbo I'roctoi waa. Tberobbeiica art alain,1 by tl.e police to eicee i -j-1 ? >.<?.>? i lu amount. CONSUMPTION' OF I EOS ISCREASISQ. I'ii i la i'i Lpn I A, Feb. 21.?1 he reports of Mu? iron nanutactun iraglag. Sol otilj are prlcef* well maintained, but thora la ii good lea,: mum! for Ml gradea of Iron. Offer* bara bean fi.ii.jr made tor ISrigS blocks at 50 cent* ult I lie Belling |t:i, but these have been refused M tho milli ure neaily all sob! up und me not anxious en,,ugh for baslses* te Ii gai,I this us un Inducement lo -eb. '1 he consumption of IrOS IS increasing, and ru advance lo prioSS, ll ls Bis may M BSBOBBI ed at any day by obs or two of tba stronger comp islee, wklla lt ta thought that tbe ad vane, may become genet.i! lief ?!? April I. lu- - ? bom couti-iues goo,!, and with?i tbe lust week order* haw be, ii booked for b, tween nu.(iud in,tl I'...mo tons, aad eooslderable business ba* been rafused because of tba usdealrable ter?ta of payment. Prices range from $31 to |39 ;t ton. 'ihe .pt" .-Hon of.in inivai.ee in wsgM sod -hoi Hu boan ot labor ls heglnoing to agitate nil braacaesof tradein this State. Nearly ail the manufacturers of iron h..ve made the advance, but lt baa extended to other depart h., i.i-of manufacture wbleb have not been mo prosper ons, and thc heads of which will rim! ll Ullin ult to m..;. the advance aiked for. i bealtuallon la likely to le come em'.,ana-sing to those manufacturer* wno haremade tbe advance if the threatened strike* .,r coal mlaera, ? re miners, quarryiobu aim oilier* wbo itel out the rsa material ure oompromlsed by advance* In wairo*, as mia win have to im borne ultimately by th, manufacturer. The Pennsylvania Rall:ool Company na* been in fi,line,i ol a iuniv of capitalist* in Pittaburg representing 13,500,000 Who will iindr-itake at an .111 ly da) the burn Ins Ol coko with Iiutuia! gas. Till*, lt ls Slated, Will cheapen the eost ?r production, sud greatly facilitate con,lui-ii,tn. The muk ol laying tie pipes up to the cuke orana hui bo lr* gnu neal week. ? -. OAMRLRBS CAPTURED IE SPITE OPPOLIOE. Sr. I.oiis, Feb. 21 [Special).?For a yeartbe gamblers, dltveli ont of M. Louis bf the Mibsoiiii lull nci,mg gambling a felony, hilve continued their busi? ness openly In Ra-t St. Louis, m. Tbe eblef ot tho po Uesthen never disturbed them, sltbsugh UM lilitiui* law I* stnngeiil against this BloM Ol ' Iff,.dei*. Rumors ot bribery hors been rite fmmoBtbs asd lt la alleged that the Grand Jury now anting tn Belleville, III., ha* evidence thut tbs gambier.* paid rSTtBlS Sffllilsla Iii Lust Ht. Louis r's],OOO a month foi protection. Vt lu n thia wits aaesrtalsed, the c.ninty autborltloa ordered Bhertfl BoptqsMto ergaslM a poomsadarraattbsgssiblara Ho aecured the services of Detective I'm lung of the (.ould system and at 1 o'clock this tnoriilnr, a pOBM of twenty mau broke Into gre gambling bonaea. Ml in Prout bl Nearly .me busdred players, principally from st Louis,wore captured. The playeri wera raloMM, bul the parapbernaUa waa seized ami tba proprietors and em* ployes arraated, placed on a special ti alu ami taken to Bellovin.). III. 1 he chief of police of Rust St. Louis whs milch surprised nt the aol ion ol the tiherill ann Interest? ing .lerelopliients will follow. Il is thou.. i,t today thal a conflict will luke place between tbs Sheriff's force aud thc regular police if any more arrests arc made. A PEBJUEED BOEDMMAE EEATL1 OAUtHT. Chicago, Feb. 21 'Special'.?I). H. If ajar, gc* cuscd of rubbing tin- Pullman Bank, appeared before u Justus yesterday and UM held lu ft,"Ot) Bell to Hie Criminal Cum !. .lames Crowe, a young lunn, od. rei |o goon Meyci's bond. Crowe was duly iwoin, aller which he said tb,it he owned property Baewean*. baned, tbo ap? praised value of which wa* gteaH-i than the umount of thc bond. Ho described thc properly as No. Jil South Water-st. When questioned closely regardlii?' the ptop crty he became confused. 'I hs real owner of ibo premises rm-- in court and tenoned nato the OWBOtshlpof the property. Crowe begun buttoning IHh coat with Hie In? tel.nen of leaving tho curt imiiu tv',en be 11.01 Hopped hy a ballin and thc cou: 1 directed ihut be be bold la .?sj.0,0 tor raise Impel I'.natloii. A detective agency ben elans* io bera aseertolned that Meyer's brother, wno is au attorney lu Turuiiln. li ul telegraphed to this city a king whet her a sum ol money woola Moura tba rolesM of Hie iirlsorer. The dStaeUraa feaied that nu attempt might oe bindo to secure tno reieu?e of the prisuuer on straw luill and Halted Hie court-room in con sequel: ce wlih the n suit stated. M-yer ami Crowe wout lo Jail In each other's cumpan)*. DA MA (I E.* A (IA I SH I H. II. CL AVLIS rf CO. jj (jalvi-iston, Pcb. 21.?A dfapatc- io The lieu* from Dallas says: *' In the United OM les District Court, yesterday, the jury awarded Samuel Kaiser,,of Part Worth, a verdict for ?.-."..ooo against the linn of H. li. C'l.illin A- Co.. of New -Yoi k. Kaiser sued for ?ri'iii,!kio damages on Hm grounds that tbe linn loni Bttsehed hi* stock and raised bl* boa?ibm and credit before bis Indebtedness to H. li. U.itllii S Co. had matin,-,!. -* A SERI E8 OF SUITE FOE TWO CES IS. A RAILROAD CHARGED WITH RXTORTION. Mivil ai ii.t\ AOA1NST THB BBW-TOBi CBBTBAL AT STRAOVSB, BrBACCiB, Feb. 21 l8pechl).?The New York Central Railroad Company Isdefeiulniit In seventy acliotis lim ngia to di,?et a statutory penalty of-."i11 for ovetcharges for passenger ticket* f. BM Syracuse to Memphis in tins county. The plaMlBb ure acting itt t ti.a tut ami bute made a pool f, r the prosecution of the suits. Si v weeksago they made lt trip to Memphis tua beay, keeping ike object of tba Joarosys seeiet. They were < barged '-'.I MBU each way, although tho distance between the two places ls less than twelve miles. Tlie 1. gul fine ls only 24 cents. When tba suits wen bogan, tho ch.ugo was reduced to tbe lawful Ba-ure, Passenger* between ibis city sud Memphis hare been pay I nt au bicsm of ino cents o\,-i the legal fare Bine* If'.-. I'levlous to that time the centra: stat on Mood on \ aniieibllt Si)miro anil ihe distance trots ll io Memphia wm s trifle Blore Him twelve mile-. When ihe station lia* icuovetl to lia present site, a qnarter ol a ailie farther west, the fara was um cbsngad to Mrrcspond wth the cbsnse of distance between ibe two polBta The coupauy's officers bera elsim tbat in churging twenty sn cents tl,et iii,! i,,,i ki,nu ihai thej wen- exacting more than 'he legal fan-umi that tiny bare Bot been gu .it nf extortion, yesterday ihe Central'! attorney* iieie obtained an order lo ibow cauee wby ibe com? plaint* In ihe -.nt* ibouid uni be dismissed, 'i ni* order wi,! be argued on Haiorday before Justice Kennedy, ff tba decision is a.ive--e to ihe company, lt la probable lhai otl.ei mill will be luoiighi in large numbers. RAILROAD ISTEEEST8. RATES ON 1 iii: NoRl HERN PACIFIC. A I.Ai.t.i: lil DI t 1'loN .,F lill. lAl'.ll! BOTH ON I ir inn l ash PABSBKflEB TBArPIC, Si. I'm i. Feb.2] Special).?li Lsannonncod IJ tSSlltant I,eui lui 1 leight Agent Moore of il:e North? ern PscBIc tim: the trcgiit rates of ike road bara been cut 33 pei , ci-, ni more than one-third from th.- rates to Portland, but bo advices bara beea received a* yet from the Last a* IO Cutting, tie BC i Bte* to point! cist of Portland, cu freight to Portland, where the ratea ara above 1,1 lo per loo pound* from Chicago to Portland, 39 per cent I* l,tit.n ult; where rates are ?fl -lu per 100 pounds, or le-*, lr,.iii Chicago to Portland 29 uer cent la taken oft lins eal la nose by all tho lines west of St. p.tu' from their proportion of tba through rate from Chicago. There ls BO cut In UM rut. ? ?asl of St. Pani. The limit <.t the eui Is70eeatepet mildred ju.lintis for tba railroad's proportion ol tbe ihrougb ute,, t.-ept '.then' tba i (leting lunn nakei tba one less. Northern Paelfle ag.uta lu Chicano, Baw* Vork, Portland and other eastern ntl.-* bare all been notified of this cut. ihe Bbort Lum and the Northern Pacific w,n make iatei logetber, and iii,, present pool continue* a? if m. cut* loni been made. ibo Northern Pacific boa determined to keep tba ratee aa low every day to Portland bb from?aatom points to s-uti Kraut-isco, a* -:-!..nt .,eiu -eu I leight Agent Pul ton Will lu- lu Pori land on Monday, and whi go Into th" tight ,,i nnee. Portland merchants will lie protected bj the Northern I'm Bo In erery ?ai possible, and every cut ny me saut lo TU IOU.!* ul i be Cd. I'll"' . dllC lill - of l !)?? Ot I'l -ce I, to thllili 1 L-l ali hope of peace hus passed, and Hut Ibe wat wid in- a long one, Billi further reduct freight rate* are ei pec ted titi* a ek. Paaaengi-r ratei ul ,,i..i :., int rim point* ..:io lbe present ratea to Helena, Buller, Uarrtauii u i Anaconda ara -'?" nrst-elasa and -I'J ??" second cl*s?. Iii* new rates will bo SOO Brat-elaas, unlimited; *3o flrat-eliiaa. Illili!,',1 . a.a g32 .',,, -r. olll-t .1 S All Ol UieSe ira ri eight umi passe:: ge] rate* go Into effect ob Monday. ? , i'.,. r\ --i SOI B i: vii - PBOM THE ? r-l 8 \n Tn \s< I*.... Cal., F.!.. 21. -Thc Atlantic 'a ill , I'liioli Celle, lu nc i .ul liii, I,,,-,'. , ,1 leva* : pis. ? ; independent t ? ? isle ..t o ?luci d ratea. B Ibe fit ii h-r ii I baa had the bandllns of ll eaaiei otili e. rjunei the i. . cl. li rna : . Utlii ? . .,,. u .- - . sd t :. .?? ., flit tO -Ult list .1 ? lAt.M. A '<Ii lill. I Ul' If/0 /.IN.'"' u/ li RI 1 l-|\i, ll CAI SB III Ht* AMItiY. lui. \..c, l.li. '_1 [Special). -*'mn- ot thc statementatelesrapbed ii,un i lames ll. 1 . go I sn 1 i uni pnti) ai * ii"'. ? ?: !? ? t. Paine ow ned 301 il vc'-. .ni -Ta. be lea im.' ,i.-.i leved ??' bubo th ? ump i it* hui i ut suet!. , . i .ti.:. io ic aire hi* un Ideud*. In l - '.:-' : t thr t. m.u.td !iim .Hali* a.ul l.e .-tint.I thc In hi- i.set foi tin \, ir* wu o '.?' bi Bl fro :. .lu . , d the dividends . ? lb ? Bel. - ?:,:*' I. ibu ill; and ?_'. 1 -* ,. I li. t at tb >t time to gil.I '-'. Pali ?? ii: ii w, -,,. w., ?: receive Hie I wi lo bim, together with * >.ooom Milwaukee aud -1 Paul lend , it bil 1.I * I ?-* u ,1.1 ld, I d rn ,* ne, .-i ,n ' li lc ??-. ind i ii- ,?:'.'? ri of | li i I i ; lin Woll \ ' I I ho! !'??!,ci ii ' .eiiii, r 1 1. 1 -- . In gu ? ,i p., , i Ol Btloruej t't .lo1,:t ll "? , Noa Vol... I ,if',r i.. ? inlereat In the eauteof I ? . i." ci lr, a! Cullie. -? Al l\i, DEBOCRA TS FOR A IS ( / ET. il aim i olin, Conn., l-'oii. J I I.S/*m.i.'.?A suil ?? bl, h ur i nan -i In .. diffi rance ot politic il "j .mi:* m the i rn i' 11.tu of i ?*-1,end i* ibe only *uii of its kind ? rw brought to tbe I unnectlcul bar, waa tried yesterday in Hm -np,-ri,,r Court Iniie- PtesldenUal campaign tbe Democrats ol Bristol man lied Ibrougb Ibe streets cl.i ngtug and blowing tin born* In honor of Clovi i.ui.l. On retelling tbe h. laeof Mr. Ilotcbklss the pro ,, i don baited and bowled lu-tiii for ??< le vela ml ami re form," and In various other way* areal ? I Br. j Ilotcbklss who ls a st.,ia ii Ki-ptibll au Un topped ??Ut and ordert il the db (artier* "tl, bul louder aud finally, a* Mr. Ilotcbklss all ? -. i ishedupon hun and seven ly injured him, Ile mail, a i ole ul ii. prominent lb uioi rats pre* nt, mel non susi Me : - . m. vc .md ult,ci. f,u - :;,.?,,. ;.,,., ig. , for nun ic* rei ? al their minds. Ail the persona concernr i ara pi ni in mc borough. -? ////. BUBLiy '?/"! lt / i a i.\ , i t ;. Hi liu-*'. i..n. Vt.. I eb. 21 ?' /? Burlington wintercarulval, po.ip,,nc! foi one ? aeeoiint of untarorable w, ether, ojien ? to murro i a hear) fall ol srSow and sn arctic wave hue re* tbe Beceeaary conditions foi ?. wi ter c mi tl, li enl,iu*la*in pre rai ll nui'.ic thc mic',', | .. Vermont'* gason elly. Tbe Burling*!-.,- a > un, of which Dr. W, & Webb, ol New-York Clly, i*pi.?i lieut, announce* that tbe original pr og ra in'ue will be curried ou'. rbi lui mu nu*, rhe Buealaii aud Ibo M) t* lil? llie toi.oggaii sillies were i')ii-n lasi nish . nnd ih lng bill* were lood rm traverse iildin . I he cl brilliantly Illuminated. Numnroua electric ll, , s, oren lanterns and nunans ol gas-let* on arches anil im,e* transformed nigut Into mo brigbtue,* of .laj. AEOTBEB VICTIM POE El.hi.E BBItiADlBBS. CmCAOO, Feb '-'I [Special). General B.D. siurgis,' omni indar ur tbe Tin Cavalry, st.ni med la the lllaek HUI*, passed ihroiigh the city on bl* nay lo Wash mitton last night. General sturgi* will n tire from Hie army on .lune I 1, and he feel* that he ought to bc pro moled j.reviou* to that lime, In order to allow him au it,le,iu.ito inc.,me. Ile I* univ silly lom OgaTB old ami Baa s.-rved tbs country for thirty-five yen*. 'Io ono of Hie ! wo vacancies rm Bngadier-Oenoral lie thinks be rthouitl be promoted inate.ui ut being retired on tim Utrea foin I h* pay of a colonel, Iii view or the high rank he bald in Hie uar. Owing to th., nctloii taken lu tho case of Major Mi rrlll. <>f tba sam.- command, he is ci i lenllj nut confident of aaj tarorsbla action la in* aaaa ? - TEAOBBBE 0OMPLAIEIR0 or P00E salaries. Philadelphia, Pub. 21 [Bpectat). ? Tba toeebOM of (ho public MhOOll are complaining of the poor eaian> * paid Un in Hue bi_u lu uuilnirlty said tu day: "1 bern ought to be an open and united avowal by those liiiuroste.l that this gi cul illy I* dealing with no spirit of fairneis or equity by a continued SSIStmosr toward tbe leeaberra of ii.* pm,ile school*, ifuw much longer will lt continue to bu said thal tue aalarius paid to nubile, aebool leach, 1* lu I'nlladelplila inn far lass thai, those paM to H tl' hoi-) lu an/ utile, proiiilueli I city Hi lb. Lulled MUte* I" TER eost OW as ELEOTIOR. Philadelphia, K*'i>. 21 (Special.?'ibu eli-c Bau ea Tueeday eeM the etty ItBJBOt, which allows fi each to tire linnie ollie*? In each precinct. Of the 7:U polling places, all , ut t '? .-ni) -nine ure tnvertis, or drinks lng homes. 1 ho assessor for eae!i division receives $44 a year, milking a totHl for tb.se ..fllccn, of 132,300, To this inuit be aided g3,000 fol Hatloneiy amt M.OOO to p .y for tba aetvleae of computers, which makes the er* pitiise to Hie elly for Hie sp! lug iii.ii fall elections each yoMt?o,ooo, - ?. MR. WATTERBOX'i < OSDITIOR, LrOUUTiLUt, Ky., Pob. 21.?There baa be n lin . hang,- to-day In tho ...lidlllou of Ml. W.tlH r-nii tu cauae alarm. Hts friends and physicist ,i lo hope tbat tbe worst i* over anti that n Veli rcstoie him tu neallb. ALDERMEN STILL SILENT. No REVELATIONS <?F ALLEGED 13EKY. WHY ONK MAN'S CONKEe-flON COOLI _ |lMPLI OATB OTBfBg TBB riiii.AHi LfiHA FurtCHASK. " Tlie Aldermen and i x-AIdtiiiiiii arboM par soiiii] SSgBStoBMca .-Ir. OeUktiag, Mr. Howard and the B\ nat. p.uilioad Committee ure sticking to make, passed a more or les- cui.-t fiuodsy >?.-!ci day. It ls sato IO say that most of thom wera Bet st bomcM leaMBs-MfeM sal ?-- thea pmaasal friends, it i* sroassnsad that the/ ail bnmtsed bmis freely yaa*arday than they <im oa Satin tiny, which for m..me reason or ..tiler UM suddenly settled Upon lt.* a tiny or Involution. Tim maim' I Ut whisk the allegation ,,f tba PaBsrsI " eoafeeetenH rr.iitrsed the etty, WM sullich-ht indication of the gen? eral belief that son,, one bsd " BtpMetod." or lind it in mind to " s,|,uul," or Blight '? s,|U,.,:," In or,lei to get ahead ol tomebody els,, with Uko propesettiea Those Alderuien of tile present year oin,- 1 --l who have been IBppcaed to i.o especially Interested in tho In vestlgsUaa new state their bollol Vunt tbeoty of"eos* f. - - -1. -11 ?? bsa been h.,,.ic and Mal broadcast la tho direct Internal <.r th. eeoneal ..r tim OMttMlltM in tho hops that ..ne or ti, o " weak- kneel ?? Aldermen noni.I he terrille.I into an all. in) t lo rave hi* omi nedi, one of the Alder n.eii. ivho lias had paiticiilar promliieiu e ber.,re tho pilbil, of lute, said yesterday, eiuidiallcitlly: " | don't take any stock in thia talk aboot'aqussBas.' Before tin un,-lix.,non began that report wa* sent Mound and lt liinl rh. -lime pm | .1*11 tlicii that it lin- n.nv. simply to frighten romobody Into a confession. Then- ls one ex Alderman wbo i* supposed tobe ' weak-kneed' umi he h. been away for Mime time, inn ll'a not on aecoaat ol fear. Be's abaolntclj in poor health. rou notice thal the-e ,c-, iiit.i,- ot 'sqaeaBug' me mads la Ute Wornt aad sveryltody koowa tba! Mr. coskllng la tsat gsper*a attoi ney. Non- there's bo logia in thooc di durations if om ni two Aiiieiiitcii have 'elven aaythlng away.' tters i- no ' iinli-t retlon ' In Beting tin ir nsines, for eveiy otlier Al.lei milli BOB kinms that he is not the mini. And what if one mau should have l? , u I,rc, d uni should Hil oi bimsoifl it, I--!,on* tot.,mg shoal other Aldermen, un,! lt be did their word would be M good m bis on tbs witness stand, even netter than test ol neeB acknowl edget! ii,,, f. oh, no, tbe 'eoafeoUos' baelBcee ia t.?. ihin." i'i,i* rspresonta tba arsrsgs Atdsrmssk)rlewol tbia pbsae of tbe matter. The teetlmosy of a esbpaaaa selie, on Baturdaj tbs! bo hod seen AMsrmsa Di ?mj illili ..'olin K< eiial, inn! tWO strangers at Lake'*'..od. M, J., I* regarded a* inaignificanl InltaelL These mes sn ..i.linne frleinls alni Omiston , it ls saul, the fm t tbat they incl at Lskowosd, dot* nol ncceaasrlly pols! to pit i i,),i* conspiracy on their part, The upi.cannu, of P. A. H. Widener, W. I., t.lkins, i.,.ts h. Ryon and Benrry Thoa poon In union ut the ll,,Un.ni Douse on B itu.-, la;, ii i- iii i* re-rained us il sig iiiti,-.mt Indication that, although the Broadway aud HeveniB Avenue itoob has hewn soul nominally io M.?t- Widener, Bikini and kt-mule, of Pblladelpbla, tbe eorperatieii tu gel tbe iN-iietlt of ii I* tbe Metrojioll lon Bur ace Bailroad ?'.nany, in which thoee h.rec men and Meas ra. Hy ma and I'bomiaion ar,- directory Mr. i h ui, i - iu ..,-" clog tb. piealiieut ot tbe company, rue sa.? Ute stock trna been oouduoteu througn Messrs. Scribner a lirtgbi un the.. side and Kllbu Bool and Kooert Sewell ou tue other, .tc ia,r. ung to all reports, aad B* Ihe bailor two wen rouusel in tu.* Fro Ultu gi tm amt, Hi- supposed ilu.i that litigation ha* se, uti,, Ight ol dariel ibe i >-t lime. Precisely to wbal exleul tba Knox Inluiu ii "i ic* uiiet ted Ibo sale ul tue tksventb a icu I- road's stock baa not el appeared. Mi. U Idem r ii.>s\ admit*, bowever, timi Ibis sale curries witb ll Hie Broadway -in tafe -tock uh.cn Presbleul Ko. bal ita* ii,,l iii tr ii -1. li ls exit, t i mi t .:- lid ii t tba! Ibe Kn..\ ima. Mr. Kii.x a* a -tm Mit'i., r in the Setcutb Avenue Hoad cann, i mothar stu.-kbsldei li. tue - ,u,e r.I fr,un sidling ui* stock, as Meaari fi.aip, 11..is. Kerr, cte . propoBcd t,,,t,,. io thal in order t i pre cut Ho- -i.e B 1...... I. ? ? a* 'tc!,,I Iii ah mb,c tum ie nriiiii .-? tn. ii - uad from soillug Ibo aur (u.-e -to k u hlclt hud i . ell plat el ill lil I.,Hid- a* !: . Ml. Kititv's cuii,.sc I lin* lu the exp mater I ? , ni Ibe icu.un i.u I (if Hm Select ti \ i lUIIS ?' ' s 1 ..,-r" now Scams B fl' *l .ogle Ic-tlmoiii bb* gireU oil -*iit.|id.i) !" the elle, t that - i, , - one I the ? mix r- ol lin rou Wbleu u| proved tbe project or tbi Ml ? - . I. hud ,.,-.l ii Ith t u li 'in I' .-'?-r ul I Mr I ?. ,-.,.,..iii,, ;?.l.i,-,i,, mu p'- I, -unit,., -,|,,,"i foi c.u..-. | .-. - ,,. . ?., . .uei fur hi. , - lon at Alb .nt !>>r .ad iu . Mr. Hain* was Mr. I'IsIm Mr. M -r.. - .el "f ? i iluida ! ? , i , i u?ni . > I i ?-:., t iu oue ,,r tu,, i lum." * tl'.ll I!,-;. of ll lld. , ii , :i . nd of Aid nu,.,. ? i ? I il* i. ? it lie retell cl ,t rll.e I. li ii ? t Willi ld I for Ibo ll . Kui11 . ? ? . | ran say I el i . . . it I lia ....... . ? . n rue road li -iioiiit! bavi. i' .i i - ,. . iga : ? (.isl-* iy ba.Li ,i.I . luce the ru.el Moreor. ai...Ul ,ud lu ti,:..- tears will nu eic * 1"".' "" iii mole. Sa other ?'? r i a-- lu.. Hu- iiii.o ml , . ?' re." \ i.,,., 'i.i.i, ?! i , , tu said: - if ibe rumor I* true th.it I itbera. i it. ? ? ? -ol the Al lc I fol :.. i- i.i... I Ij theil , ? ? . , , uf their iii! ra I cr that lie rc rivi . c ., nun ,1 | -,, ,| of lb, ( ll ' ??' l , ,,'! ,-r-. I !.,, ltd . : lu : ?? iii, ..ii i la.ii who ? .... I rn.., i ..,-. ,. . , hui ii. ito nu i inii! oue "f these men nu . mc . If. I slut dd .n tl,..: : be i rn rt- t.. .e, ul tile boinnu :., t- ,,ti lie fume rue CoiiimitU'e ano leu tl.i i.uno lit.|.e.. , tidal. ll.- i- I lie weaker ol : io tw ., mid would be moro likely to cou ., i ed " ? lilli .'?///. THRUl\ InM PlttlM HU. in Mimi . vol Nt. M'o kath's Pat ai i ,i i il 11 lt *. (^i sliitEt Willi Iii-* . ? M PA MOS. i in tin.: ?? M.' .ni tli. wbo jinn'). .1 ur waa thrown I. , ,,, ' ..,- v. ll.IV ,,: b.s apBI. his. on the I.,in th lb,nl ii! i i- ii n. m. 1.1 ii,,ure No. 'ii'i York-at., Jersey City, uhotil '. ?? a. u. i ? ? id i , I* still al thu City ll,, pita!, uni ti.cit la alight hope of his recovery. McGrath was employed bj William ll uglies, bu undertaker, bul nu* .ii i,.ned Uti week for druuki-uues*. Ile nus living h lill ;t > mi hg w nma n n.iiu' il Mai J Lt ul', .mil until Hus ? ?! bj tl ?? rn I r* Hut tiny ttiie. m.nile!. *'?. ? mimili) n.i. iii,a,ii McUrath waa di mk m.d nu "iri-l i.u woman, sin- *..is U,,,i : , , led io iwallow som.- lau itaunu, bul \ pun ute I by ber and -,,,,,.f Ihe i, bon Iii! lett tho house ,i.,(1 i, lui!,.-1 in Hu .tc, igsiiii n on- under tbe Inila Hliceol III,UOT. li.' u. ul ii. ll.,- rein ut tl alni Mti.r.lill ,, tin threatfuetl i< l'he woman wcut into ii,.-.ip.>in,,r-i,i* ni ,. :.? i...,.-,: .,:.,i i, ii..ono i then until about midnight, rheii shu returned io ber own apart? ments .uni mus standing i't the iluktaklaga ilrinb ol S itel win n Mci.iain si llleulj t .lew up the sash nil.I lumped oat, lin womau declared thst M ba went ..ut h, ,-,,,-ed lin- mu,tittil, bul she mum unable lo explain lu whet manuel ne performed the trotsarkeeta feat Mr tiratb'a f.ii WM brasea by itrtklng against a doilies HOC, but when ho was picked up ho was uiicoiiscli.iisjan.l miii remalna Ib that Mradlllos, Tbs poltes thought it Improbable that ha eeeid bare closed the window aft. r lumping out, and as the woman admitted thequar* u liing nhr was lui ked up to await flintier developments. The sink al which she lay* alie w.t.* slandlug I* little more than aa um.'* length from the window. There i* a singular coincidence In (he fact thal Mc drat h's father alni brother both died Iron, falls. Ills brother's death was accidental, lie falling from a cari luge which ns wm during to a r.merai. Tba cfrcunistsucea attending the dssth of the skier MeOrath were umllsr |0 Hie present OB-c.. Ile fell from the window of lil* apartnietit* sud received s fracture of the skull from which he died. Ills wife, who was Thoms*'* stepmother, was Birested on insplelOB of hat lng pushed bim ont and was Irl.d for murder. The tact Hist both her arms nero brok.-n In Hie right which preceded her hOBband'a ratal fall convinced toe Jury that sbe wa* physically Incapa? ble of pushing him out aud she was aciuittcd. siCT IE THE LEO HY A DBTBOTIYl John MeCnllafb, a Bostonian, anti anotbex mau, named Jehu White, got Into u .juai rel yesterday BwrstSg St Htuttl-sL sud Third av*. While the tight wcut on Bdward Doyle and Ueorge Lewis, two gllieora from the Central Oi!!.-e, passed by and attempted to stop lt. Mccullagh thereupon aeeaulted Doyle audcut bim twtcs In the head, after wbleb he attempted to In? timidate the oflleers and escape by drawing a revolver and threatening to lise lt. Officer Lewis was tooqulok for htri). Ho had his pistol ont In a MCSUd and eliot Mccullagh in the Isg. Infecting s severe thou*!, not serious Helli wound. M. Culing, waa sent to lie loviio Hoipital under arrest, and While was locked iii. Iii th* I'lftfi Street Police station. Ju.l.o Du By afterward fined VS hilo W- _ ARERETRP FOR RILLIEt MER QAERJTY. Detective Chariot Beaker, ol Newark, looked ip Carl Koch, alia* Otto Muller, uliaa llerg, and Otto /. ,ii, ..da* arther Z*>lgcrt.alla* Louis Muller, late on ,',v night at Police Headquarters. Hoboken, as the muid.-i.-isof Mrs. Bridget Oarritj lu -asl Jiewark on I'ecember DO. He learned that the men who committed thc crime were boarding-house thieves. Ba found that * chain and locket left in a Hobokou hotel by a sneak thief corresponded with that owned by ono of the ineu aoen around Mrs. (iarrlty'a house on the day of the mur? der. The locket and chain were Identified bv Emil Krc racnt/ a* belongluif to Koch, who was then tn Connecti? cut. Koch waa arrested in New-Haven on r-aturdajiby Becker. Zelgerl was arr<-t. d lu Hoboken by Chief I Vn ovaD and Detective OaUagber. Koch, on being sboWn Hie chain aud locket, became excited and confessed to boanllug-bouso robberies, but denied kuowledge of tbo murder. Keeker la om tl,lent tbat he bas the right men. RILLING Ills wife WITB A BED-SLAT. KBBAO-D ntCAPsr. IBB had PAWBBD CI.othll LBBT BV A BBIOBBOB. Michael Mabady, of No. 203 Hndson-ave., Broeklya, was arrested yeeterdsy upon a diarite of mur? dering in* wife, Sirs. Mary Miihudy, age tbirty-tbree.who .Hod OS Saturday Bight, after a beating ho bestowed upon her with a bed-slat, fin, turing her skull and rill*. They moved on Saturday from No. 2u'A Hold-*!., aud after currying, some of tholr property Irom tho ono house to the other iu thc cv. ning they went to a liquor-shop where they drank whiskey willi their supper. Later Mr*. Mary A. I),, ni. olly, of No. ll Ch arlee M. called at their rooms tog"t some OlOtklBg she had loaned to Mrs. Maliadysouiowc.lt* ago. Th', latter said these thing* were packed up and afterward convoyed the Intimation that they were lu a pawn shop. Mahady told tho visitor that hs would -ret tho clothing for her on Saturday of Hil* week, but Ins wife mocked at what he was unjin"- and enraged lilin. I hey begSB to quarrel :iud Mahady anon knocked his wife down. Aa she attempted to uei up he usc! a stove leg as a Weapon beating lier, und then a bed-slst, striking her on tho head ami side With the latter. Mis. Donnelly mw part of the murderous assault and thea hurried borne with her daughter, sgs twelve, who was with her, Tbe unfortunate Mra. Mahady managed to get out of tho room after a time, uud by dlut of much cit..rt, aided by her two little children, sho dragged her? self to No.'Jls -an,l--s'., ulina a friend iiauia.1 Mrs. Jordan lives. Two young men found lier In the hallway of tbe linuse and asked ir they e.mid help her. Hy their au! ilia wits got upstair* and laid upon a sofa. Mrs. Mahady wa* abb, to tell that her husband lunl beaten her, but blood flowed from lur ni,nilli when sba attempted to talk, umi sh. sci earned with pain when her side wa* touched. She was L-itt to bed, and ic she appeared to glow worso Dr. Caigan waa called for, bat try rim time he reached the hunte tin- iv ou 1.1 n nu* .trad. About midnight Mahady Msite.l rlie bttiis'i In search of hts wife, and muling her dead he hurst into tears. le boos M the police heard of thecilmo Mahady was arrested by Policeman Boran and locked up in the York stieet Manon. Mahncy worked for \ unco .v- Co., Blakers ,,f gan Rxtures, al Ttilrte* uih-st. and Broadway, this eily. He had tho reputation or belug Industrious, ami it ls not known that he bad evar treated kio wife cruelly before. He admitted Striking her on Saturday night hut sild that he hud not meant to Injure her. He was provoked willi her for hav? ing pawned Mt*. Donnelly's property. Ho said that bo li.ni only tukeu three iii Inks, two with lil* wife oud one with imaii, that evening. Eddie Mahady, an right tears-,il,I son, su,ut yesterday that after lits father beat ln? mother ami she had gone out be laid be was sor y ami wept. Tbe eouple had three children. Mts. Mahady bad not been in good health for two year*. -*h.! occa? sionally drank with her husband but never to 9X0SBS il A YUH GRACE OS QLAD8T0SB. AI.lK'll'IlK ON THU "IBISB IN AMKl!!( A " F.NDIID WITB a mincri-'. r<> mr i KOLI SH BTATB8MAW. BogTOB, Feb. 21 [Special).? Mayor Grace, of N't .1-Yoi k, lectured to night tn the Posion Theatre lo over l.ooo people In behalf of the Carney Hospital. Ilia subject was, ??The Irish in America." Mayor O'lirien presided and os tba platform were Lleateaant-Oorernor Amee, ax-Governor Bice and other prominent t?n in beginning lu* addi, -a Mr. orace referred to ibo praia* dice* against their race and religion, wltu which Insh Au.ei ii a IIS fruin tbe earliest times bun, beer, forced to eostend. _ Ure, aggressive and at tbo anns time loyal ip .. ii.,:; oom mun! ty of ism tesl ng bm gireu tl., ii. f.,,i.itv of ofk'ti i/.ttiou wii eh, wliile lt may soine tiues learn them a ptey to unscrupulous clan* im* permanent political raise. Mme than one sen-nth of the entire p tpul. it inti of New i i of Irish birth. He regarded this tendency to .-.,- to the e ntre or p >p ilouon .* unfortunate tee tat ireh pcip.?'. 1 ho most Hiiltlu direction thal pine ? ikS, having lor Its object the relief ??! tbe Irish In cities and of tbe li ;*'i emigrating, ts ind In colon cation projo ta which, avail Hiern* of the adi .ming.-.* ottered by tho Wei tom butte* ged territories. rae ipeaker paid n birk trlhato to Mr. Parnell and tbs Bsttonsl Lesgsa aud i - " Tel the situation IB fult of d Turee year* ? -tone challenged the ln*n members to draw i. of ,!<? , ii, itlon between local und Imperial af f ,i ?. i bi 1 eve ibu cl al enge t,, li ive been hi Bud that Mr. Gladstone fully realized tha number and.-,, ?' Hie corni.i, -t - i rolfed In any . em u i. ute g ??, cc. :u i:, . i.,,i. i belie) e, loo, thut HO li.? ?o filled to dire. , -?? roiuplexi ii - pat riot lam and broad state* mausiiip, Ireland owes much ul ba* already guiu.d; u ti tbat lo bim she will owe inui-bof wha sine of concession ma) be secured lu tbe future. He lu-, ran i?- ri t t,, many li con Ile ha* :r. qui ntly ylei led p ?Ihoui wbl, li I.'* im ii *.nc- i .:y ' a led nm to m.,' ia bsd i - ie nts ct bim untrammelled lu his purpose. Lui ti.at he clines:. ?. desi rea to ero wn bte ...n./ act useful life, remarkable in tbe annuls of Itates ure ipi, udid tbau an) tblug ht > . - .1 du nol foi il!' instant doubt. 'I brough bim, ? ? throii -li Parnell, te than through bim, will ih I end be altai ned - ? y, so 'ul! flflllly a: tl lo 1.1.-cl ?i ior by tu.- liisn iu Amei ica." /" '.' , i OS OF U I \ r his DS OF 'I OER Ml v. i lie liiL'ii beer drivers ort-HUizcd a union yesterday at Menxle's Hall, tn -ighiy-serenth-st. The union numbers 300 members. Il *. teudod to ask for a ir,lin t."'., ill tl.e boun of I .ber IO twelve. At present tue men iv,it;, i.r cn :.. seventeen bourn a doy. The average wages paid aro SOO a mont.,. Some *ay tiic> it.-! ..nit about three hour* ni sleep ?? fay inaummer . ,?) linne t.tsettle their Ltrie V., li c.- Without ItliklUg, A meeting ol ihe employee ol ihe mechanical depart nieni of the K i"i Side shops ??' been held ,.i n lil. li * com u Mi. i .un| i'd . ii ere app, f the ,-!?. ,t. ,i railroad ba* it-e.- ol' two, Mr. Webslor amt ii ??? i t" cou for w nh i ieneral 1 li,- committee w ,li asl. for I ne . '-I i.tt. 1 . a , ,,. ,,i. , ,.,.,,?,i,, ,- nu, ni,, ,,,| .lit. i,,,ic- pt-rmatieutly ol the number of working boara to on u .!n .I the .tieu,tnui of all holidays except (.'brianna*. Nea Voara', Pourtb or July .md Fbanksglv Un m. ii complain thal for orer two rears thar have not averaged nina li,mr* ,. day, aud frequently :i. lui* cut* don ll their wages SJ that m my ran mly make .-rio a week, nu Saturday the shops close-t at noon, and will n-t reeuaM w.uk uuiii io mot row, By tho holiday plan sud tue niue hour rule the men will only be paid Ior eighteen full days of teu hours each for the montb of february, ibn in,ui ale paid **- lu tn -.' .lt) for ten holli-' wont. The best m. ch,ni,- can uot earn over gjo a month. Tim men have organised a union, but aro watting lae result or the conference with tbe president If their gm rai t ?* ari hoi redressed they prupossetc (omi a branch or tho Knights ot Labor. rilera I* sal I tu be ire,mle brewing on tbo Third Ave? nue Surface Itailroad line, aa the nun say ibm Hie num lier ot "trippers" I* excessive, ami must be reduced. Dir stablemen will make s demsnd to dav for "?>!-j ?.:.">, ;.,- same rate ?* lbs utber roads are paying, but .t? nol expeet any trouble in gatling thou- demsnds compiled with, -+ Pl 0TT1SQ TO BOB A BOUSE A district Dicsaengerboy climbed the itepa of the house o' Stephen Little, No. 3*1 ..o-t lu rt> -tlin.1 st., last erenlng. and dellrered tho fullowiug lotter ad drcssedto Mr. Little'* daughter: SOI M-Diftox-ATir, Iftss M. I.n ii 9: Please te roll st tee above sd ir.-., ai soon a* possible. Mr. Utile hu* been taken ii: suddenly, and we would like to bare Borne et lu* fmiiy presaut. We have summoned a doctor, whn i* lomewhai posltlre that lt ll a severe COM. With -.-reit sy uipathy. Mit. ll. I',.itu. Ou reading tbe letter Ml*s Little beoaiuo suspicius thal smut Hill::-' wa* WISBg ami called I'oliceinau Thomas McCabe to ber Bid. Ho told her that tho lotter wa* de? signed to get lier to leave the house so that thieves could ransack lt. Ihe noiiceuiaii watched rho house for some time. His patience wa* at length rewarded, for he s iw three colored men coming out of the house willi bundies In their arlu*. Ho arrested all three. They gave their names aa William ami .losei.lt Yaiidouiee* and lionjaiulii Myers, ull thine being nuder twenty year* old. M,aa Little WM much surprised when she found Hutt tko house bad been entered and robbed, evil while ah* wa* watching. In the packagM found la tho thlt-vea* posaeaaiou wero a pair of opera glenace, three pocketbook*, a aUrer-beaded cane, half ii iloten ring* ami breaatpln*. of rt total value ofljlj.r. TBO lill.'les were taken to tho TwOBtf-uiuth Pre duet Police Stulion and looked up. A BLAST FBEMATVBBLl BEFLODEE lt wurt only B9 ? mlraale that tha careleggaagg of Coutraetor Joliu Slattery, of No. 7-*S lourtti ave., did not result lu a serious loss of lita He bas charge of some excavations ut Sixty-fourth st. and Teuth ave. A number of holes had been drilled in Hie rock aud some men wero at work preparing a blast, ii hen a number of charges of dynamite went og pre maturely, anti tho air waa filled with pinoes of (lying stone*. Tho men fortu? nately escaped uniiiluie.d. Large pieces of rook wera sent nylug through tue windows and il,mr,* of limiter \ Shannon'* plumping (hop luiiinidiutely opposite the place ot the cip!o*ioii, and wtudow s.i.siic* ware bloivu ?? -. EAT AL is si n ru: PRISES. Annapolis, Md., Peb. 21.?The Naval lu*ti tuto prue of .",100, u gold medal and lite BBMBkOCflMS fur the heit MSay fur LS-sO ha* beeu awarded to Lieutenant C. G. Calkin*, who la now serving on boatdthoTtcnton at Hie Arlatlo station. The subject of tbo seas] WM " What changes iu organl/.atlou and drill are necessary to sall ? and light most effectively our wai- *h!p* of the latest ty ti*.' Honoiabls mention was accorded Comuiaudor Cooper W. Good aud Huugu W. Lodverd Kod-*r_ NEW-JERSEY RAILROAD TAX THE DECISION OF THE SUPREME 00011 BBTBBggM the PRAcncK or hai.k a ck st cry-* pbo__b__ yrt to na solved. [from the nicoli.ar ?onansrounuart or thu TeiBrvs.1 Tkkntox, X. J? Feb. 21.?The railroad tn* dectslou of tbe fcupreme Court,, branch, on Thursday? la*t, bas thrown the people of tbo t-Stato Into a chaos of uncertainty, much of which 1* due, it is to be feared, to a misunderstanding of the issue. There ls vexatious discussion and dlfticult work ahead; but the embarrass, ments are les* serious than some indiscreet utterances hive led ninny to believe, and the problem of the tau question ts open to an easier soltitlou at present thaa IB was when the subject was considered in the Legislature two yoma ago. I H.- history of tho tax difficulty run* back to the con simenon of tho drat railroads In New-Jersey, fifty-four years ago, when tim Legislature granted tll0 charters of the orlgnal companies. Theso charters contained clause* limning the amount of taxation, aud tho encour? agement of tlie new enterprise seemed to demand liberal terms. The concessions were, However, uinleritood by the legislators of tho day, and they were advocated and. opposed with tho same earnestiies* that nas mark, .1 more recent legislation on the subject. Soon after the granting of the first charter others were voled, ami un? til 1 *-7,'l every railroad company constructing a Uno ia tho-*tate first obtained tho consent of the legislature, tind they received privilege* rafa widely varying nature. The system of taxation from the tint wis by thc com? pany to the State direct, and tho tax question was naturally -.inordinate or merely Incidental. Subse? quently lt gained lu importance ns railroad pro(ierty increased In value, and at length tho State made sn at? tempt to change the rate. The companle* thea set up the claim that the regulation* of tho char'en concern? ing taxation formed a contract bc-tweeu tito State and. each company, and an appeal was taken to tho court*. Tue New-Jersey court* sustained the State, and the .as.) at issue, that of tha Marris and K*sex Railroad Com? pany, was carried to the Supreme Couri of tho Culled States. Subsequently the charter* of the mitten rail? roads were subjected to the same lettal test. Thero aro dub-ring views a.* to the manner lu which these cases were preseuted to the National tribunal, but. however that may be, the court decided that the clause lu reference to tho taxes was in the nature of a coutract between the state and the companies, and could not be changed wimont Impairing tho validity of contract, and violatlug ibo faith of the Sum. Tho opin? ion was accepted M law, and this brtuch ot the sul.iact dropped out of discussion MB the time. lu the year IS78 tbo agitation for compntini? lines of railroad, tlc feeling ag.linet, the old " bead lax " form? erly imposed upon each passenger cro*siug the State, niel a variety of other oau*es, some of auclout origin and oilier* more recent, resulted in a popular demand for souio general statute governing (ho constructlou of railioad*. The legislature had beau corrupted by the incessant struggle to obtain railroad elianora, and tbe existingcompauie* became exhausted in their attempts to defeat such legislation. Tue Pennsylvania Railroad COM pasy was taking control of the united railroads, ami with tbo aid of tnat company ami in obedience to ? loud popui.tr demand, tho general railroad law of 1S73 was passed. It regulated tbo constructlou of railroads in illiberal manner, and lt provided for an annual State tax of one-half of ono por cent upon tho cost of the railroads. The companies also paid some local taxes ou property liol used for railroad purpo*e*. They carefully retained. however, all Hie right* they had paseeaaed in their charters in tho muller of taxation, so far as their legal advisers were utile. alth.U-ru it is a question now with some whether they dil or del not succeed lu withhold? ing all th-y claimed. This law. lt Will be hotlct'il, con? tinued the system or paying by far tins greater part of the taxes to ute State, alnd ta 1876 tba bbmmmi hid be cune siidu hut tn pay the expense* ol the State govern? ment. In 1873 tba amended ooaeUtaUoa wa* adopted, and the railroad law was chaliced io a* to make lt cou fa, in with Hie constitution that the tax should l.e upon ih.-true value. Other al teraUona wera also ra ad* and by this time the railroad tax aw had become a problem, and a Ultllciilt one to solve. Hut througli ali, tho system of paying to tu.- State waa retain,-,!. I- ,ve or six years ago there wa* a new acit-ttion on the tax question. Baeh easel meal of tba neat, tariadlug as Important one m 1st,'., that of 1473 aaa thal <>r l->7b, natl been piece,ted by public discussion of it more or bas heated oberacier, ead had bera fallowed bysesrraapaasV tt-g bid. in e icu ou-e tba difficulty bad bees lha p.irji.-est sum ol the iri.-p,-..!..lill > horten bv toiOOOf Hie ral,road*, and the liuposalbliity of treating all alike. I ho eoasUiutlonslamensmente of 1875 requiring general .e-'i-iuli.ii.'l forbidding private ami BpecMI nicer monte In plain and conclusive terms, aa welt a* provid? ing for tu- BsaeeaSM-ritof property b] "general laws, uniform rules, al true alae," increased the emhurras mont >.f lctfi-i tim. upsn Um subject, i Bo i---viv..i of tno agitation wa* largely due t.> tbe Buaueiel n> et;-of J, r*..y City, when rael Improremeata had been made by the railroad rompaatea : and the cry esme rm rt tbeaee that Ibe city's .pc,..,,- were Increased ii the rai. roada, while ibo latter wera withdrawing property?Ma t'.ii a* ? meal i-t by purchasing it for rai.ina i u-. -. thus milking ? -ii rsi iteaseessiueui .iioiie. Gpposingsseertleus aa lo th-'extent ol this alleged wrong were m.ide then and lune been nude since, the action of (inver.or I.mil.nv iii 1 s-.t, the eic, timi of " atti. iinonopoly " melli? er-, to tiie Legislature, and ihe campaigu of the bsbm t, ir, in n Inch the qui Ition of "equal taxation " assumed formldabl |. portions, mads it evident thM Me ?pon? die ami unsuccessful attempt* to change Hie railroad t.t law, .iii.,h bad been made f ron time te time, wosM soon be overshadowed by mon aerfoaa aaa cou* certed setiou (.veno!- abbett, whoas opposition to corporation* up to thut Hmo hail certainly never been a distinguishing tr ut of hi- o ncr, blossoms t out la 'ho campaign . .* a f.i v.-ut adi ..cite ,,( .|USl taSBtlOS," ,: i-i - cans bad from the Ant taken e position ih.it some ehaoge la the eorperatlas tax law mu*tho made. Toeeeaalonof 1884 wu* oalyafew hui:* obi when senator Griggs (Bop.) latrodaeed a raeolrettoa rm* ipe. ia. committee on the aanjMt of corporation layettes. inn! iu.! both parrie* nindi- haste to lom iu the popular movement, rhe discussion and agitation continued throughout the session ami when the Legislature .ul? ai n cd. tiier'- was a WU tastes ?laecBassoua corporations for state parposs* ucl one roi- taxing tho railroad ootnpsntca on a eoinp tr.itiv, ly novel baste. Tho latt.-r bill wa- tho re? sat ,,r a ..-reit Itruggle au.l. us rtuailv pissed, iv pre? sume liing Of the Oplulon* on t:t \ lau* of -euaior i ,i i-i;* ..ni lu* Republican associates, something of u iveruor Abbe'.fa vlows, nmethlugof the enaeeass argument* of tue dlBttiiguisbsd counsel of theraUrasi co i. pantee, sud a good deal of what prartou* Icgtslattes, l rre peal allie charters and tin* tradition that tbe Stan should ?b r.ve its revenue ttew eorpontleaa, lu.ihe qii .ni.cl totii legialatoreoftbeday. The attempt w?*to dodge '.lie const I tat toual objections, which were weli r.iirit Innumerable. The lew went Into effect in April, ls-1, and th - ms: p ,j ineut* vin due In Jauuary, I**). Tbe railroad companies p.ld b portion of tuen tax and iinmc lietely beg in a cob teat, tim Murri* and Bases lead lug u llb otc rs. aud Hi,- I'cun-vivaiilft putting iu au ap pearance ta reeerre ita rights [hedecision uss reached ou Ihursdsy when the court decided tint the law na* iinroiiAlltulloiial sod void. lin- cm was com|.1 of only three of Hie nine Supreme Colin Judges, tho remainder being engaged ta other cases, bm ihe dec Bon wes thal of tba whole court In btw, though titi* doea aol ailee the right ef the rs malnlng an judges io sit In review or Ute ease ls tho (unit of l.rro.'s .md Appeals, of which ti.e Supreme Court judge* are members. The opinion read ny tbe Chief Justice wa* astounding to nearly all, because bo .me n.tu asa mod to anticipate the invalidation of ibo snUra act concerning railroad tani ie. rhe aetoulebnMBl trew when the nature ,.f tiie opinion boonaradearly o.mprebeaalble to ihe lawyer* ead wa- traaslotadna tue laymen. Ker, when tua long ..pinion sn examii e', lt was found that Ihe alumbllug-bloeka of legisiuiue dlacuaalon had prov.-d of no terioa* diffit-uliy. ih, doubtful franchise tax. for li stance, was mtalaaa, ami :he method ?r aaeeaaiog bf a state Board of Aasssn ms was also upheld, alille the alleged Irrepoalabla ,-b.ir tsn were alluded te In a manner winch secmo.1 io indi? cate that if the -our! utmltted that they ivers Irrepeel a') e. it did oat cooa! let- the o!>|e. tiona bte tex .vein;.: ima Irremediable. Hut. haring sustained the legislature through ibese iiiorasseioft-oiislitutiou.il and legal ..Uti cutty, tho court struck into a lino of tboughl WBIgh had received comparatively little atteutioa, but winch re sulteit tn the collapse of the law, so far as Ibese Indites were coticerned. That followed tho logic of Jm.tico Ptald'a decUioa In the ffamouaisa Katee decismu toiu conclusion, ann decided lu etlect that the system of tax? ing s single class of uBTUOIMlCO* f-ir Slate revenue, winch had bees follow.*! for half a century in Mew jsraey, ls ssa term or aaathar. ?*?*** nm i-assl ta ral tem ami equal livaliou there must be. l'he court afliiiu.-d inst the latgialiitiire could not impose tins tai on tneae eotnpair.es any more titan lt could tax exclusively the html usn,! foi agriculture, or the oily ol Iroutou could impose a tux for all it* municipal expenses upon tbe potteries here. A common but thau, the curl declared, must be placed ou ail tl.e same kiudtof property, under sm.liar condition*. u<> lt.utter by whom such properly may be used or owned. Tue decision of tbe oourt I* subject to review br the Court ot l-.rrors aud Appeals, uf the fudges who would alt lu review of this decision, six SN uioini.e.s ol tue supreme Court as well, six are lav judges ami ure uot supposed lodes, with tho strictly legal aspects of tho case, and one ls tho head of the Beatty Court, Chancellor Runyon. There are thirteen lodge*, therefore, tu re? view, and it is the lutontlon of theSiateJawyer* to carry tba case to them. An asl to provide for a igMtel temi of tho Court of Krrora will probably be introduced ia the legislature to morrow evening and pushed through rein,Hy Tim court would be able to roach a conclusion at au early date. The Attorney-Geuei-u amt nts a?,octaiea uredcpei.dlng.lt ta Bald, prlnclpa ???*??"-"'?? ?'*_"} that tho court exceeded Judicial powers aid tionchcd upon the legislative funci.ou lu maln Ulii.ng it* right to review the I-gislaiure'a imposition of a tax which la claimed to oe n sovereign power parta-Jag to tue legislative bruuch of govern "'Meanwillie (ba State trcaiury ls swept bare. The stale cannot borrow money exoept In auiiCtpuUos of tu\es .inlets tbs i>eo|.le voie tepermit su,:i actina, ead so taxes are uow anticipated. Legislative action to provide for temporary noe.la ?em* requisite., BUS whether Hil* should take tho t..rm of a new railroad tax law ? t once or a general f-tate tax or some other onase is not decided. A commiteo of three .?senators and Hvo Asaciublymeti will bo appointed to consider tina ISSJOJ t. Anoiuei manor ls the right of tho railroads .o recover thc million ?r more of taxes paid lu January IBS** BJ the assessment ol ISSI. Tho applicationof tue ordfhtag pr.iciiee tbat Ibu taxpayer can only collect that wnies fs not legally due is rwggeetM to meei.ihl* ea*?, emt it is not goiierully behoved tbat tho t*"?*'1,"0"'^' tciiiut to recover more than the _?_. ?ace between the old Ul and the sew uudor