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NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1888.
PRICE THRHE CENTa
THE EMPEROR GIVES IT UP.
PRINCE WILLIAM TAKES TIIE EEIXS.
RACING DI ENGLAND.
London, March 23.?The Grand National Steeple?
chase for 1,000 sovereign* wes mn at the Liverpool
Spring meeting to day. E. V. Baird's aged Mayfair
won, with Mr. Matter's Frigate second, and P. Nick
alli's aged Ballot Box third. There were twenty
atari*****; about four miles and a half.
The race for IBS Sefton Pai*k Plate, fire furlong*,
was won l.y Captain Marhell's chestnut Ally, Spolela,
ty n length. Mr. Humphrey Radford's bay flllv,
. u-nmy, -waa s<*<ond. and Mr. Arthur James's chest?
nut colt, P. A C., a bad third.
IRISH MEMBERS MUST GO TO PRISON.
Dublin, March 23.?The sentences of P. O'Brien and
Mr. Hayden to three months' Imprisonment and Mr.
Byrne to four months' Imprisonment under tba (rimes
Act were confirmed upon appeal at Athlone today.
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THE BETTING IN FAVOR OP CAMBRIDGE.
London, March *23.-The University boat raee will
take place to-morrow. Wind and water permitting,
the ci-ws will be starttal at 10:80 a m. Tha race ex
ot*-, only moderate interest, as it seems a foregone
conclusion that Cambridge will win. The betting ls
8 to 1 In favor of the Cambridge crew.
THE LISTS FOR THE MEXICAN LOAN CLOSED.
Berlin. March 23.?The lists for the new Mexican
loan ot a.v_.500.000 have been closed.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN ENGLAND.
London. March 23.-The bill granting the franchise
to women had IU first reading In the House of Lord.
to-ttaj.
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A CONFLAG RATION IN BURMAH.
Kanaoon. March 23.? Tbenly-flre hundred bonser
wore destroyed by the Ure at Mylngyau. Upper Burmah.
KO CANAL FOR TUB FRISSENT.
Ottawa, Mait-h 23.-The Government, lt ls rumored,
has de, 1 U>d to abandon for tbe present tlie scheme for
?JV^rffTaadS. * * MMl ?" ,be Cw,*dUn ,,,te M
ONE MAN KILLABAKH FIYK INJURED,
Prnm aa. Man, a.-Tm passenger trains on tho
1-ntMM-v sad j. .;?. j,,. UrMtvta wn) ,? ^-jgjon
Mhst Wa?puDj. Pe. rat. morning. The accident
B bbsbbmi .1 u,,.? tttt) caused by a mistake in oitlors.
sV-ih en.uttert .nd fireman wei* batll/ InjAJiad aaa
_. BXCRKE AUTBOKIZIN'O TBE CROWN PRIMCB TO
BF.rRF.8KNT HIS FATUIR. FBEDBBICK III. TO BB
ISSl'i-D anoRTl.T.
BrbliN.March 23.?A decree authorizing Owwn
Prince William to represent the Emperor ia the
transaction ot official business in the event of
thc Emperor being unable to act for himself will
shortly be issued and proclaimed throughout tho
Em ni re. The decree is dated Maren 21, and is
e.dd.vsso(i to Crown Prince William. It expresses
the wish of the Emperor that the Crown Prinoe
make himself conversant with the affairs of state
by immediately taking part, therein. In accord?
ance with the decree the Crown Prince is -per?
mitted to prepare and discharge nil 6tate busi?
ness intrusted to him hy the Emperor, and is
empowered to ofTix all necessary signatures, as
the representative ot tbe Emperor, without ob?
taining special authority upon each occasion.
The Emperor's laryngeal disease is less alarm?
ing than it haa been in many months before,
and this gives rise to hope* that possibly he mir
bc cured. He passed a good night lfiat night.
Today ka walked in tho orangery.
The Prussian Ministers went to Charlotten
burg at noon to-day, when tho first Cabinet
council under the new Emperor was held. The
Emperor presided. The Ministers took the oath
of allegiance to tin King of Prussia.
A proclamation granting amnesty to political
offenders is being prepared.
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NOTES OF PEACE IN RUSSIA.
AUSTRIAN WARLIKE ASPIRATIONS NOT TO BK
GRATIFIVn-PRINCF. FF.Hr?IN'AND.
_ Pt. Peter bbb* ir <-.. March ari-?The ? Novoe Vremya"
says that Russia has been tranqullllted by tlie certainty
Ihat Germany will no longer support Austria's war?
like aspirations ar.d will remain Indifferent to Austria's
provocations and await a favorable moment for set?
tling the Bulgarian question without giving Austria a
preioxt for war.
The " Journal de 6t. Petersbourg" remarks that
certain foreign Journals appear to be disappointed
because Emperor William', death Instead of rendering
the relations between Russia and Germany lees satis?
factory has Improved them. The ? Journal'' also
complains of tho Austrian papers for again dwelling
on alleged Russian armaments, when they know thera
ls no foundation for their statement*., and *?ys that
such languaRn does not tend to an appeasement ot tba
difti-nMi.es l.eia'een the governments.
Vienna. March 23.?The Government has received
a note from Russia den vin;: that Russian troops aro
belr.g concentrated In the Crimea.
Sophia, March 23.?Prince Ferdinand and his
mother. Princess Clementine, started for Ebenthal to?
day. A crowd gathered at the station to witness their
departure, and Prince Ferdinand war given an en?
thusiastic fs'ewell. A number of lsvdies presentad a
bouquet to Princess Clementine.
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AIDING ENTERPRISE IN CAN1DA.
AN EFFORT TO BE MADK TO BUN A LIMB BP j
8TF.AMBHIPS TO SOUTH AMERICA.
Ottowa, March 23.? In the Senate this afternoon.
Mr. Abbott, tbe Government leader, Intimated Ihat
tt is the Intent lon ot the Government to subsidise
a line ot fast steamships between Canada and Great
Britain. This ls held to mean that Anderson A Ca,
rim aro acting In conjunction with the Canadian Pa?
cific Railway, are going to receive the contract for
carrying the malls.
Senator Howland called attention to the state of
Canadian tia.le with the Wort li us os and New Guinea,
Ile pol ni ed out that fish to tho value of fl ,250,000
annually were expelled from the maritime provinces
to lilith America through the medium ot American
middlemen, who make Luge profits inercby, and he
desired (hat facilities be offered the maritime provinces
fqr op'-rtliig direct export trade with South America.
Mr. Abbott said thai the Government recognized the
Importance of direct steamship c .inmunlratlon with
th" Veal lndi<** and Routh America, and ho now had
limier consideration the question of a Hurling facilities
by subsidizing a steamship line.
MR. BLUNT REP.EATS HIS CHARGES.
London. March 23.?Mr. Wilfrid Blunt has written
a letter to " The Times" recounting in detail the data
and hour and tho a-ords that passed between himself
and Mr. Balfour, Chief Secretary tor Ireland, when
the latter said that the Homo Rule movement was
supported by half a dozen men, whom ba named, and
would collapse if, as he expected, they, through fear
of prison, fled the country. If they were Imprisoned,
ho ?ald. they would get such severe hard labor that
those without strong health would be unable to stand
it. Mr. Balfour said he was sorry for Mr. Dil?
lon, as there was some good about him. But he
would get six months' hard labor, and as he was In
bad health (he punishment would kill him. Mr. Blunt
say.*, he understood the Chief (secretary's words to be
Iriteri.l-d somewhat as a warning to himself and
through him to the Parnellltes. He again challenges
Mr. Balfour to say whether his statement is correct,
and declares that if he again denies the language attrib?
uted to him he will bring testimony to corroborate lt
A RAY OP HOPE FOR IRISH TENANTS.
Dublin, March 23.-" The Irish Times' says: "The
Government meditates Introducing a bill in the House
of Commons erasing arrears of rent, tho measure to be
antedated two years. Estates on which the Plan of
Campaign was adopted will be specially exempted
from the licneflt of the act. Tenants will be subjected
lo simple bankruptcy for the legal moiety of their
arrears. Other creditors will share equally with
landlords."
Lord Tullamore has offered to sell his holdings In
County Limerick to the tenantry at a twelve years'
purchase.
TEM BOFLANGER COURT OF INQUIRY.
Paris. March 23.?The Court of Inquiry appointed
to consider the case of General Boulanger consists of
Generals I-'evrler ?nd Hreesonet, members of the Council
of War: General Uressot, Commander ot tha First
Cavalry Division, and General Franchessln, Com?
mander of the Sixteenth Division.
General Boulanger's departure from Clermont*
Ferranil was witnessed by fi.000 people, who loudly
cheered him. He arrived In Paris at ? o'clock this
evening. He rn received at the station by a crowd
of about 500 persons. The General, who was accom?
panied by his daniihtrr, drove to the Hotel Louvre.
He was cheered by the people all along the route.
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TO RATIFY THE FISHERIES TREATY.
Ottawa, March 23.?In th* House of Commons this
afternoon the Minister of Justice. Mr. Thompson,
Introduced a bill to ratify the Fisheries treaty. He
explalnded that the bill was re?dy for Introduction
wnen the notipe was first given, but had been allowed
to stand. In the belief that Sir Charles Tupper. Min?
ister of Finance, would be present to Introduce lt him?
self. Owing to Illness, however, he wss still unable
to be present. The treadv. be said, onght not to
have been published in the Un ii ed States when lt was.
the baggage master war killed. A number of lassen
gars were bruised, but none seriously hurt. Their
escape, however, was remarkable as both trains w.-ie
badly wrecked. The victims of the accident
were 8. P. Grey, baggage master, killed: W.UIam Hark?
ness, fireman, cut about the head and .Boulders,
probably fatally Injured: George Orr. engineer.
slightly hurt: Thomas Broe. fireman, both feet smashed
and arm broken: Charil** Bowman, conductor, slightly
Injured.
R AUROA dTnTERESTS.
DETERMINED TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
THB FIGHT OK THF. SKCURlTT-UOI-DKUS AGAINST
TUT* MANAGEMENT GROWS WAItMEK.
The preparations for a vigorous fight to protect
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway from fur?
ther loss In the hands of the rrescnt management are
making rapid progress. It ls proposed to attempt to
carry the election In May In the interest of th.*. bond
holders and stockholders, who have seen a h-*avy d -
predation In their security and pn.peity Tlthln the
last year. It ls freely charged by the crcdilors and
the owner, that the Kansns and Texas road has
been operated so a. to secure the best results of
traffics to the Missouri Pacific road, and lt is not
Improbable that steps may be taken to bring the
matter ultimately within the province of tho courts.
A call ho.s been Issued for a meeting of tho stock and
bond holden ot the Kansas and Texas road, at No.
IO Wai) st.. on Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock,
for the purpose of appointing a committee to ;.<?: In
conjunction with the committee of Amsterdam se?
curity holden, who have been In ihls city for soino
time looking after their Interests.
There ls an American committee now active In
arousing opposition to UM present managera. but
they have not yet been barked by a formal urg-'iiiz.i
Hon of tbe American security-holdors. Tho call for
the meeting ls signed by Edward Sweet <t Co.,
Work. Strong <fc Oa.. Weston & De Blllier. Gracie <fc
Weatervelt, De Neufvlile A Co.. [* Von Hoffman .fc
Co., IAS. rt'orrnscr. WoerlshoiTer ci- Co.. Alley,
Dowd sk Co., and Van Schaick A Co., and also E. V.
Martlnsen, representing tho Dutch committee.
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HIS VTSIT NOT A POKTENTOITS ONE.
The visit of Samuel Spencer, president of the Balti?
more and Ohio Railroad Company, to this . tty yester?
day, gave rise to some conjectures of new daWeta**
ments in tha relations of the roa.l to tho syndicate.
Mr. Spencer called on Drexel, Morgan ck Co., but J.
Pierpont Morgan said that the visit was not one of
Important publio Interest. Mr. h-ieno'i wa-. In tho
habit of frequently coming over to New -York, but
there was no nows to be given out now. Mr. Spencer
at the St. James Hotel stated that he was hero only
on routine business, and declared that tho relailnns Da*
tween his road and tho syndicate were satisfactory.
No more loans were needed and the company WM not
Interested actively In tho completion of the Arthur
K1U bridge.
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MIrX'ELLANEOUB RAILWAY INTEi.LIOE.VCE..
Amsterdam. N. Y.. March 23 (RpecialJ-Thc BBj*e***aa,
Mount McGregor md Like George Railroad has cone Into
the hindi of r receiver, md John Kellogg, of Amsterdam,
hil been rppolnted receiver. As hu been kuown for
rome time, the roid has been run it a loss. It will now
be rold md the company reorganized on a paying basis.
The Mourn McGregor Company na* organised on Keb
Mirv 21, 1882. The riilwsv was eleven Milo*) long, a
ringle trick, and hu two locomotives, seven pas->cnser
eira, four flat freight cars ami aaa baggage car.
Chicago. Mirch 28.?The Central Truffle Association
eommlttre on relitlons with Western raMioads has ad?
journed after a two dry.* session wlthou*. having been
rbi* to come to rn agreement regarding BM asapaaal
chang* In the proportion* of (hrougti rates. All effort*
mrde to bring rbout rn equitable arrangement failed "?
lng to the opposition of the East anl BM erasa
which do not like to give up (he advautag-' tho arrange?
ment recently msde give* them.
Detroit, Mich., March 23.-Jurtgo Jackson, of the United
Statei District Court, to-day hand'-1 SBWI I B BM ? in the
suit brought by the common stockholders of tho Flint and
Pere Marquette Railroad Company against tho pjaJanai
stockholder*. Tho suit wa* begun a year ago by ten East?
ern cipltalliti who held c-'-rtiflcates for common stock to
the amount of about S3,500.OOO. Judg-) Jacks..n** decision
ls a voluminous one, and ls In favor of the BBBBaOa stock?
holder* on every point ile declare.* their right to get
a preferred slock vote on all malters pertaining lo the .n
tcresi* of ihe road. He hold*, also, ihat thc land grant
fund* are applicable to maka ap the payment ..f divld. nd*,
md declares the purcha-e of the Pori Ilun.ii and North
we*t.*rn Railroad by the Flint and I'ero Mirriu.-t" p ? -
ferred stockholders illegal on rho ground that, the common
stockholder* nero BsbatTeJ from a vole In the ... ? I
An Injunction wa* grantod, refraining the preJerred
hold?rs frohj oarrrlng i.fi any negotiations for the purchase
of tbr road at which the common stockholders were not ac?
corded the privilege of osoentlng or dissenting.
THE FLOODS AND.ICE PASSING AWAY.
4 OOBOr! aTORMKD IN THK. MOHAWK RIV KR?THE
DKI.AWARK ALMOST KUK.K ?F ICE.
Amsterdam, N. Y., March 23 (Special).?The Ice
In the Mohawk formed into a great gorge last night
Just opposite this city. Tho water Inundated tho low
lands In this neighborhood. Port Jac!i*.ou was *_noat
entirely nnder water. Factories and business BjaMB
were flooded. Thc water rose to within two feet
of the river bridge and two feet above the hli-'h-witer
mark of previous years. At 3 o'clock this morning
the water began to recede. The damage to Port
Jackson and to this city will probably roach H6.000.
The Central Railroad tracks were covered for a long
distance with tee and water to a depth of nearly
five feet. Travel was suspended for nearly ten hours.
The residents of Fort nuntcr are apparently ont of
danger, tbe water having fallon about twenty feet since
last night.
Easton, Penn., March 23 (Special).?Tho Delaware
River ha. been almost free of Ice since nv.ming and
lt ls thought the danger ls passed. Last night the
river rose a foot an hour for six hours, roaching
twenty-one feet. A great mass of Ice passed hero
doing no particular damage except lu a long stone
wall of the Delaware Canal, fast below this elly.
About thirty feet of this wall was torn ont am! will
have to be repaired before navigation eau open A
great deal of Ice ls still held about the hea.1 watan
of the Delaware, but tho river has fallen so much
that, lt ls not expected to move unless taara should
be another warm rain. The DeUwara I, not jmt
low enough here to permit the mills to ro-uine.
Poughkeepsla, N. Y., March 98.?Tba steaniT John
L. nasbrouck arrived here from New-York at I
o'clock thli afternoon, being the first boat through.
She started at 0 p. m. for New-York. The weather
I* cold to-night and there ls no danger yet from
the breaking up of thc Ice in th* upper Hudson.
Independence, Iowa. March 23.?The water In the
Wapsle Uiver ls higher at this plate than lt baa been
for eight years. Part of the Ice went out raster
day, tearing down some building* near the riv. r.
The Ice formed a gorge above tho brld_o of the
Burlington. Cedar Rapids and Northern Railwav. the
track for half a mile being natter write;.. Freight
business on the mad was temporal Hy suspended, und
passengers were transferred.
A GORGE TN THF. MISSOURI RIVER BROKEN.
Bismarck, March 23 (Special).?The ice In tho river
broke at Stavenson, elchty miles above hero, to-day
and the river leaped Ifs Links. Telephone wj -
brought Information of tho flood, which is said to !.?
one of thn greatest In tho history of tho conniiy. 'I be
Water was turned loose by the bieaklng of a gnrgo
I about 400 miles above here, and broke up th* solid ice
as lt came. The flood reached a print near Deal Har?
bor, fifty milos above here, early this evening, moving
at tbe rate ol nine miles an hour. If ls believed here
by those who have made the river a study for years,
that a gorge will be Itemed near Washburn, torts miles
north, which will delay the flood at this point tor at
least a day. There still exists an Illaara ROt*| ? ;.
Poplar Riler, and this is holding back a vast amount
of water, which must come within tbe next weeli, Thl1
city ls 100 feet shove highwater niai-k.
NO LAW FOE COASTWISE VESSELS.
6BATTLK, W. **,, March 23.?An Important decision
has Just been rendered by Fulled stat.*-, .'omimi- a I
Smith, of Kattie, in tho case of the Fulled States
against six sailors of tho ship Fannie Tucker, Bhaa-fBrJ
with disobedience and disorder. The only authority
for the punishment of these men ls the Art of i oivi.
of 187*2, kuown as the Shipping Commissioner act,
which defines the reciprocal duties of master and -*a
mea In 1674 Congress passed an amend story ... ? .
which prracrlbed that nour of the piov'slon.-, of tha
act of 1672 relating to shipping commls*.iii>cr*,. sea?
men, aud masters shall apply io vessels engaged In the
coastwise trade. So far as coastwise vessel* are ...
eerned lt was ni ged that the law of ItfJt was practically
repealed, and that there was m. law by whirl: lin*
act. complained of could t>e punished. The tomi
missioner decided this ground well ia-.cn, und tho
sailors were discharged. Aeeorrhag t.. ihl< detlsloa.
no master has any protection from .'.Isobtjieitcc, de
sertlon or mutiny.
PRESIDENT 0FTHK VNIVERS1TT OF CALIFORNIA
Sa* F_A?CfSCo, March 23.-Horace Davis wgn
Inaugurated president of the University nf California
at Berkeley to-dty. Governor Watcn-ian invested
the new president with th* symbols of office.
at KEW TELEPHONE COMPANY.
BraiKOFlELD,March 23.-Tho hoer, dary of Stale to?
day licensed the Dnnger Long Instance Telephone
Company of < hleagc. capital -tod, Blt.BsW.060, lo
conduct a general telephone business throiuhout tho
I ni ted States. Tro IsTrSorporators ar.) K. E.
T. A. Broadbent and W. L- < opelan r_
i um: slain Hotel WMKOKKD.
sttaoBBBOB, at. Y., Mairli j:; (Bpaclal).* ii il raj
here tonight that Iho Overlook Mountain Hon-.* amt
also me cottage near lt havo been beillv daman .1 bl
the wind and storm. It l* said tha! a la-co non um of
ono sine oi ino hotel ls blown In. Ibo wei 1st* oil. ni
ol tha injury oa&jaot be arcertaiuea lo wight, ra M>?
mr.r.iit-iln telograph wire ls not used lu winter, and the
1.....1 np tho miuntalti ls Impassable. Ihe hotel ls
called in th.* nek*; on a nest of tbo mountain, about
3,000 feet above tidewater.
SWITCHMEN QUITTING WORK.
A Ufcir STRIKE 01*niII^lJRLINGT0N ROAD.
ALLEGING IXCOMPKTKXCie Ot THK NEW ENGINEER*.
?THE BRAKEMEN EXPECTED TO LKAVE THEIR
Tit A INS.
Cliicr.go, Mardi 23.-Afc exactly 12 o'clock to?
night a btrikc sra* begun among the s?*t?.bnien
employed by the Chicago. Burlington nnd Ouincy
Railway. Whispers of such a move have been
; heard ever since thc beginning of the strike of
i Mm Burlintgon engineers nnd firemen. Not until
tlie last few days, however, did the rumors assume
tangible __b*b_ Verification of the reports wis
; lucking, and to-day tba importance at first attar lid
! lo thc matter had dv.iii.lled almost to nothing.
Th<* inactivity at. tlie headquarters of the engineers
and firemen all doy and evening was so noticeable
as to cause the remark that it was studied, but
no outsider, it is safe to say, expected
the surprise that was in store.
I Ihe impression was that the strike was general
1 over tho entire l.nrlinstnn system, and would in?
clude tho lira kerne n. The basis for this sup-nv
sition was the fact that emissaries from Chicago
?Bri elsewhere arc known to have been at work
BBMBsg the sv.itelirnen and brakemen along the en?
tire lin.* of road for some timi* Baa*. < nnsuler
ublo a. live symi>.iti.y has been shown by those two
classes of omijloyps willi tho engineers and firemen.
BBd in a-ldiii'ii a plea of self protection has frc
(jiientlv li., ii enter.-.!.
'Hie plea for tin* strike was that flic switchmen
nnd brakemen were in constant dancer to life
and limb don tbe aliened inenmiietenco of the
engineers nm! firemen who base token the places
of the Burlington members of the Brotherhood.
DISPUTES OF LABOB AND CAPITAL.
SUITS TOriMI'KI. THK II ANI'lINO OK BUHMXGTON
Kn Kt C. HT? A SHOP. TFR WOtKIVO DAT.
DBBfBBi March 23.?The Iliirli.gton road today
bronchi suit In tho I'ni ted Sia'es Court against, the
Tulon I*aeifio, Denver and Wo Grande, Denver,
Texas and Gulf, and s steen enclneers employed by
the various companies, ashlnR that the mads be en
Joined f(om refuging tn accept Burlington freight, and
, also enjoining the engineers from forming a con
i iplacy to prevent the transportaMon of their ear-;.
Hast (saginaw, Mich., March 2!.-The strike of tho
j union carpenters of this city, which began on Jan
' uarv 1 for nlr.e hours' work, was dcrlar-d off this
ironing, a s.-'t'ement liming been reached on a
1 la ls of nine hours' work and a slight reduction In
; Warree.
Fall Hlver, Ma?., March 23.?The bricklayers
' and inas"ii? employed here have rafted that thrlr
I hours of labor be reduced from teu a day to nine,
' after May I. They al-o Bat for 33 12 cents an hour.
Borne contractor, an* lnriiied to grant the re?|ue;t.
Ilomellsv Ile, N*. Y.. Mars*h 23.?Ihe switchmen In
I the Erle Railroad yard at this city went out on strike
! tits norning at 1 o'clock. It ls reported that the
I grievances ar* tho low wages paid and an objection?
able yard master.
Heading. Pena., March 23 (Special).?Twenty-five of
| Ihe striking Heading railroad engineers started to-night
' for f'hlraiHi. They aro to Ix* employed on the Chicago,
Hui I mcton an.l Quincv system. They are all young
? men with good records.
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THEY W1IJ. MAKE THEM TEST CASES.
F.x-.ludge, McCarthy, in behalf of the Strike Com
mitieo of the international Clgarmaktrs' Union,
obtained at. ord r yestcrrlav from .Indee Monnell in
tho bare-til Judicial District CXiurt netting down tho
lu- it-1 ri? nf th*- ca^es of th" forty-one strikers In Jacoby
ck Hooleean's icnem.-nt house* for Tuesday.
Dttaoraeai notices ha a beea Baraai on the pe.-pie
and tho l.'ii.i'.lord* have charge I th-ii- with owing two
months' rent. Fx-.lwl",''* M.* ai thy will file his answer
to the char;:-.* to-day and on Tur-?.:a- . the Strik- Com?
mittee BtaTstaS, Um righi of the proprietor* to evict
tho tcn.'.nts will be te.-t il in each case before a Jury.
EOfTOHTB OF LABOI XCMKROCS IN* THE SOCTH.
I'ilt-burir, March BS iSinv-lall.?Thomas H. Mcflniro,
(f tha (.eneial Ex??.iiflve Hoard of tho Knights of
I.abor, told a rejiorter to-day that the organization
w-as enjoying a phenomenal Increase In the South, that
at a recent election at Jacksonville, Florida, the
Knight* elected thirteen out of elpht'en Aldermen.
lb* Braded tha; the Knlphts of tolbar ajar**- helping to
solve the ni"- problem and potting the Southern
Dem on a higher plan". Ile said that If the Ke
publlcans nominated .1" 'ce (.resham, of Illinois, for
the l,rml<*i ney, be woul I reeetve the so.i.i snpi>ort of
tho Knights, Who had been pleased with several of
hi* (l.'fWoMS.
TO GERRYMANDER MARYLAND COUNTIES.
Tar. MiNoniTY ai most mi kat the nr.MncnATic
MU HIM" (ONSriRATT.
Annai'oti*. Md.. March 23 (Special!.?The Redis?
tricting bill ly which the Gorman Democratic machine
prnpo '- lc gerrymander the State to Insure the re?
turn of Hain.--; Compton, ot the Vth District, and
J. Fred Talbott, of th" Vlth District, to Congress,
aaaaad the House of Delegates to-day amid a scene
j that at ono time threatened to result In a free fight.
I The new division of tha counties takes Carroll County
M of tho lld and puts lt In the Vlth District and
transfers Montgomery County from the Vlth to the
| Vllth District. Ibis will insure the return to Con
i gp'-s of two men, who an* leaders of the Gorman
Hiaehlaa. Manv of the d mocratlc members of tho
Lei llatare were appose*, to thia gerrymander bill, be?
cause, while lt Insured tho return to Congress of tho
twa bOIBBB, lt made the Vlth District more solidly
1 Republican than lt now ls, but removed all doubt of
the lld and Vth Districts.
When after an exciting debate In the House to-day,
tlie bill wai put upon its final passage, the vote re?
sulted 4o ta 4.1. Thc wildest sort of confusion en?
sued, tho ts[><-ttker falling to announce the result,
Walling in fuel until a member could bo Induced to
change his vote for tho bill. Tho opponents of the
bul meal.time shouted, "(.ive us the vole." "Nu pig
ima of the mote excitable members shook
[bair Bats in th., direction of the Speaker's .Wk, and
Unaatened members lo favor ol' Use bill. This pande?
ll.ornum lasted for a minnie or more, until a member
aaa found who changed his vote, and thus gai- tba
bill a eonstltutlonal majority. Then*, u little rtoabt
that the bill win :,l.o **aaa the Senate. Tlie protests
of tho ref.,rm LeagSC and of the press have had no
effect. 'Ilu* machii'.e was ii< (ermined to make thee
two districts certain for Compton and Talbott and
Itali the s*'aic has tieen gerrymandered to give
i 'mus trusted lieutenants a better opportunity to
return lo Con*-resa. This I* only another sample of
bo i ihe Democral e parry of Maryland ls repudiating
the n|eB_BI of rclorm niado at the last State Con?
vention.
.-s>-?
A WOMAN WHO DESERVED THE PRIZE.
A BOWDOlN PBtXB AWARDKD TO A STUDENT OF THE
harvard annkx nr.roRr. uki*, namf. was
KNOWN*.
Boston. yarrh ?ri (fspeciah.-The misfortune of
being a woman, If one ls bi! :ht and capable, has re?
cently been Illustrated at Harvard College. The
Ii.-wdnfi, aatea are tho highest rewards attainable
i lor asBgUsb il ssertail.ins, and they range f.om ?100
j chiwnwa-.!, battaj .rnr*_rf_|, t0 .j, sludenU o( lhn
. nrnvcislty, ui dergiaduater or graluates. This, of
"' \ ?"? ' I "? ?? ? BaaBl of the Annex, which has
! no organ c, c..n.*ieciion with the unlv.r-lty ? but a
Meta*, of the young ladles has for two years otf.-red
. smaller Bttaes for dls-.-itatlon by thom, with pre
'l-!.V Ihr BBJM ffjAMM Bl fculjects, the prUe? to be
'?: by precls-iy the same Judges. Last year
Be confusion resulted, but this yea., by some 90+
rleiti. th* two sets of dissertations were sent to the
Judges together, with nothing to distinguish their
! BBBtaaas, Tho..* who wen* assigned as Judges for tho
; bj torlcal e>saj-,-I'rofe-,sor* Torrey and Young
; gave the fl-rt attaa to one on "Ihe itoman Senare
; uml'i the Kriiplic,' which waa so good that they
, i-.vommemi.,! it for t(ir ratlor UIlllsual ftwm]t, of ,,?
f'.il um. MOO. Oa "i?'ttlng thc sealed letter which
accompanied || th.\ bon*] the name of F II l'.ri
aon, bul the cia s avl ''-j.aiime?t of tl;.* unl'vei-.ty
"-' - & te.) ,.!,?,.. 2S "'.Vol.-. .*.
Ittnrlas (hat rhe author of so
able ru aasay ahou.d nit have complied with a Pto
J'liloo w iii.j.i' ln defauli of n |llrV looked
throilfh all tho catalogue of the university for the
name of Iv H. lear on. ami on their not flndlnc lt
M.mebody gave the- Buggaatliin that ,hp "?,"?, "flyJ
be oiscuveied In tba Annex o,, their Inuuiili.g
here th- true fact came out. The authur was a
>ouiik lady. **<> the e-?ay *.f Ml -, ivaison wa*
l.'cesssrily ruled nut nf th** Hst, and a pr'te of i*7."i
?r> awarded to a yoong man I i>tead. uhlle Miss
l'ean?..n .Ir. ppe-l at one., from the llnwdoln nrir.e of
B1UI io tba Humbler Annex juDe of asm ti._K ?_,.
In0' #;o ..turight lor the privilege of being a woman.
I ZOBtttti I IJ "C OPIUM AND COCAISE.
Mm,.*. N Y. Marali i-.i.-Dr. F. M. Hamlin, of
Hil. |.:a'e. baa baa i. ........ br Hi" a.-yl)im u Cllca,
i a v;ciii,, ii, ii,* rn... .?ililli*" ai.'l aasaBjM batrtta, Ho l*
an exi ..I ii.:, n". npisi aii<! -i ymir agu was cen mi
| kioii. 'I by ll)'-' Hrll>h (ioverniiieiit to K? io the lter
..:!>? the catir. , of ino onion Might.
| Ho made nit . m.i. ;.\> report. For several y.-ara
? ...* ba. mi'!** a BtBMt) ..f Ike i.i-.rphitu- hah I alni hit*
J nia>b> a rpeefaity of Mealing pal lem s uddt.ieil to lt.
1 lu this v.a, he siu.uidiu,! lu lltG iuibll hi__ve_?
A SAVINGS BANK CLOSP:D.
TEOPLE OF WDaLIMANTIC DISTURBED.
TBE TKKASDRKR, H. T. ROYCE, St.'SPKNDBD?LEXD
IXQ HONKY WITBOUT HF.CDRirY IX SPITE
0? TBE D1RECTORS-IU8 IltREGU
LARITIES SCmciF.NT FOR
A CKIMIJfAI. CIIAROK.
larTBLEoaaru to the tribune.]
Wii.limantic. Conn.. Mm- h J).-For thc second
time in the history of Willimantic a banking iu
Htitution has closed its doors. Tho tlr*jt case, was
in 1880, when tho Willimantic Trust Company
was wrecked by certain stockholders, in spite of
the efforts of thc president an.l others to save it.
The cashier of this Trust Coin nany was Henry F.
Royce, whose methods of financial miitiajfment
were thought by many at that time to bc the main
cause of its wreck. Now conies another financial
disaster in which Royce is the central figure: but,
this time, owing to t/hc care of the directors,
there is no wreck, but a rescue. The Williamantio
Savings Institute to-day dos. d its doors to busi?
ness. The directors met this morning and voted
to siiRpend the treasurer, IT. F. Royce, and to
seale the deposits i:, per rent, nr.'l an aflrBiTla?ajn
was taken of tho law ullowinc four months'
notice to depositors to close the bank and lxi-iti
the work of straightening mutters out. The
principal irregularities of the Iron-ur-r ure held
by lawyers to be of tho nature nf defalcations.
i Inc present directors took charge ai the bunk
in June. 1K8JS. Upon their first examination they
found that Royce was earning about 1160.000
, in accommodation paper for certain men in New
lork. Ili-y at once voted flint this paper -should
bc discontinued us fast as ii matured and so in?
structed the treasurer. In a few months Hie
amount was reduced to afoot 102,000. Mean
; while, presumably ns an offset to this curtailment
of his oiK'nttions, it was foond by the directors
thar Royce was floating betareen $100,000 and
1 S.'lOO.Ooo in ch-cU-s between New-York and Willi?
mantic eaeli month, and tnraaijltl were at once
j taken to stop this practice. It was done, it is
s-'iid. for the accommodation of men who were not
doing I deposit business at the Inst itu'.*.
Application was made at the bank for a loan
of $70,000 upon the property of the I'm'ted States
Stamping Company at Portland, Conn. A
! committee of tho directors. alV-r examining
' the Portland property, reported that it was not
safe to lend more than $:ir..000 on it and tho
matter was dropped. At the next examination
of accounts by the directors, it w;is found that
Royce, without the knowledge of the directors,
had lent the Portland Comimny thc ST0.000, ac?
cepting as ostensible security a tnorigutf.- on
the company's property. A committee of the
directors promptly investigated the case and found
upon the Portland town records no evidence of
the alleged mortgage to the Salines Institute.
[hoy fouid tssr*t tli* Portland Company's prep
erty '"as ful'v Com nd bv incombrances placed
' prior to the date of the $70.000 loan, thus hav?
ing entirely unsecured the claims of the Savins*
Institute. Efforts were then made to coll.-et
Fnmething on this claim without success, baa
it is expected that th'* New-York on nor will provo
of some value. Th<*s" transactions ahnr? tho
net discrepancy in Rove?'s accounts to be n'lout
, $150,000. Finding it impossible to cheek his
irregularities the directors placed the cns.* before
Uta Bink Commissioners. fWrge M Landers, of
! New-Britain, and II. C. Noble, of Milford. They
came ti WiWnuuitsfl rm Tuesday, nnd the notion
of fo-d:iy was the result. Tho CkflnaBinioBen
pronounced the bun': sound, altar the IR pat cent,
renie bsd been made. Th" manarsBment that
has taken hold of the bank tr. rescue it from
Roree mmes* the confidence of the community,
and will undoubted!v succeed in a short time
la potting it. on a sonni and aafe basia, Tb"re
wns n sli'.-bt run on the Dime Savina*! Ranis, but
this was prompth- met n"d scon tubalded.
Royce has not yet been arrested, but it is
staled flint he will probably be proceeded against
In criminal action. Any depositor cnn eaoae the
nn-es* of Rovee. The aepoaltn of the hank aw
nearly $000.or'0. Frenk X. Webb, assistants
treasurer, has been made ncting-tcensurer.
WANDERING TN COLD JSD DANKNESS.
TfllNTT rt.AI), A Torxil WOMAN' CRaPRf.S THU
Riv-'R wittlf temporarily insane.
Neille Hnjrert. aire twenty-two, of No. BIB west N'lne
t?enthst., had a slntrulnr ami prolial.ly fatal experi?
ence yesterday morning while infferlDg from supposed
mental alierratinn. The yotirnr woman lived with her
riiottier and stepfather, Henry If, leonard, a lawyer,
an.l has been alllne f'.r som.* Uaw with weak linc*, and
was under medical treatment. Daring Thursday
night, lt ls not known at what hour, *he left the barjai
unobserved and made her way to th.* IVs! ros-os Street
Ferry. Her only clothing consisted of a Bight .1 I ? .
shoes and stockings, a skullcap and a gospeler water?
proof cloak. The cloak concealed the scantiness of her
attire, and when sho crossed ihe river, at 2 a. m., she
attracted no special attention beyond the fact that lt
was thought a rather lsto hour for a young woman lo
I be out without protection.
Half an hour later Miss Bogert was at Alonzo
Maudlgo's houso, No. 73 I.rlght-sf., Jersey City,
about half a mil'*, from the ferry. **he rang the bail
and Mr. Maiullgo opened the window and asked who
was there. Not reeoMug any ans** er, an.l ?arina, n
female figure standing on tho stoop, Manilgo
went down and ope ned the il ror. MU-, t'.ogert
fell fainting In his arms and he carried her
Into the house, and called his wife. " ii ?;.
rrvognlr.ed the untimely visitor as an Intimate friend
and did all they could to provide for her comfort
They thought at tlrst that sh* had wandered to the
house In a tit of ?.omnamhiili -m. bal soon discovered
that *he was delirious. Mis* Hogert's relatives had
not discovered lier absence until they were Informed
at 0:.'J0 a. Bk that shi* was In Jersey City.
She remained delirious during the day and wai
taken home In a eaach In thc afternoon. It ls thought
that the exposure to tho cold added to her previous
Illness will prove fatal.
STRIVING O SATE rilK PKELLF.R MURDERER.
Pt. Lori*. March 2*1 tiwonlaD flannel If. Iwooks,
whoso son ls condemned for the minder of CL A.
Preiler In this city In April, IF.*."., -.tarted homo to?
night. He returned this morning from J. bataoa City,
where he had an Intorvlew with Covet nor More?
house. The (tovernor treated him with consideration,
hut told him ho could do nothing, as the caso was
not yet before him. Tho father speaks hopefully of
tho outlook for a commutation of tba sent.-nee, and
says: "The other day I received from my sou In
Hyde, Knglaud, a petition contain.ng about 400
1 names, lt ls signed by all the public otllrlals in
! Hyde?tho Mayor, cornell and cv.-i 5 body. In ad*
. ditton to them, il bears the signature of the Roman
Catholic priest of the city, ail the l'n.t.siam clergy
I .nd every prominent man of th" j.lace." lie sa>s
I several nf tbe* most piouilnent men in England 1
i ? - e.ling for Maxwell. The Baas 1* (titi !?*f..n*. 1 ho
United Mates Bopreme Court oe a motion for ro
' bearing. It 14 looked upon here as hopcie-s.
_ GENERAL ISVESTIGATIOS IS KENTUCKY.
Louisville, Ky., March 23.?This morning tho two
bouses al the Kentucky Legislature laBJBBBBl tho
niU**. ar.L passed the ro*K>lutlon agreed upon at the
Ik'inocratlo caucus, calling for au imniediato ami
full Investigation of all of tho State ofllccs. At a
secret caucus of lin* l*emo.-i at:.- members of the t".)
houses a resolution was adopted directing a com?
mittee to call upon Governor Hurliner to ask of him
that he stop Auditor Hewitt 111.111 taking further
part in the Investigation of Tieatsarer late*, altair-.
The (iovernor prom..vd tba OOBimlltee that Auditor
Hewitt should be kept from the Treasurer'.* ollie.*).
There was no baaltatlOO on thc part of tho assemble.!
Legislators In declaring that Auditor Hewitt's action*
bad impeded tbe Investigation of Treasurer Tate s
accounts. _
NO VERDICT IN OHIO ELECTION FORGERY CASE
(...!.( Miii-s, Ohio, March 23 (Special).-The election
tally sheet forgery trial was euded tooday, whon the
Jury, after two months of trial aud four days of
deliberation, wm discharged. The Jury stood 10 to 2
for conviction, but could not agree. Oaf J.nor (Bl ll
he
bal 1
Ik* was a willing Juror
and a* s IMm oe rai rendered a seri leo to his party
In preventing a conviction which should have been
made two years ago
MND OP THE RHODE li LA ND GFNERA L A 8RRMBL T
PRovtB'Kcr.. March 2.1 (Speclall.-The General As?
sembly adjourned late this afternoon. It goes on
record as being the Legislature which had promlied
the most and accomplished the lea*t. With all their
large majority in tho BiBft and strong minority In the
hcuate. the Democrats have not bean able to pa.** a
single partisan act out of the dozens which had been
promised and which arata prop.
oRGASl/.lMi AMThBALOOB WMPVBi /< iWR
Arums, N. Y.. Man ll - I -Aa A.,tl Saloon
lleriuHlean BBaatag ?a* h'bl a' tl)-* f "ort lion-" in
thai ciiy tn'ii^h'. Ii a-as atmndod by tha lording
1 ?mis ramo BapuMfcaaj of tho illy. Tho Kev. Willi*
J. Iicechir, of tho Thooloiiical .seminary, wan, on
motion of John ll. Osborn, a********* t.Mii-s.r.ry chai^
man. 'ihe sp.nLc* argued lu favor of ocganlilng a
local leus'uo ot llut Anti aalouu UabUlillCaU blato
lor conviciion, dui roiiin ii", a^.^*- ?? j--.?. \.
wein on, lt ls alleg-'t. e-pcclalty to hanp the Jury, a,
ls a l>mr>cratlr Judge of election an.l could lu
buen eicused, had he wished. He ?as a WUliDg Ju
League. A committee was appointed to report a list
of officers at a future meeting.
BEA'IRWE ALLISON IN A CONVENT.
HER MOTHER FIRST BITTER ABOUT IT.
SHE CHANGES BEK ATTITUDE, HOWEVER? MYSTEBT
ABOTT THE I ASS.
A general alarm for missing Beatrice Allison
was s. nt out from Police Headquarters yeaterdajr
m?.riuiii,'. This, or the knowledge of it, was prob?
ably au incentive to the pensons who knew all
along of Beatrice's hiding-place to divulge lt to
ber relatives, for when a Tribune reporter
visit?d Mrs. Allison at her home, No. 81 Last
T. nt hot., in the afternoon, she said to him: ? I
have gut a clew at last. My mind is compara?
tively at rest. The convent theory has come up?
permost again, though I yesterday thought lt out
of thc quotion."
" Is the convent to which you suppose she has
gone in New-York ?"
" No; Hoboken."'
? But," urged the reporter, M she cannot remain
in a convent without your consent, since she is
uot of age?
" Oh, but she is of age. She is eighteen, and
I nm told that positively sho is now mistress of
her own actions according to thc law of this coun?
try nnd of Canada as well."
Mrs. Allis.n Was much affected, and though
evidently disincliued to speak bitterly of the re?
ligious influences which have deprived her of her
only daughter, she could not refrain from saying:
" 1 know more about those Jesuits and their ways
now. I have become much more familiar with
their methods during the last few days than
during all my life before."
In connection with this it may be mentioned that
Mrs. Allison's religious family history isa strange
one. Tho daughter of Roman Catholics, and bred
in that faith, she married a Protestant Episco?
palian, and began to attend his church. He died
tvnd left her with two boys and a girl to support
with dillieu lty. For a time she lett her children
in tho keeping of her sister, who had them all
baptized in the Roman Catholic Church. Two
rears ago Mrs. Allison brought her sons to New
York, but left Beatrice in a convent Behool at
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
When slie joined her mother and brothers here In
: November, she told them that she had been con
1 tinned in the Roman Catholic faith and wanted to
1 bc a nun. The Convent of the Sacred Heart offered
to t4ike her. but her mother objected on the ground
that she did not want to part from her daughter.
Beatrice, however, became as much of a religious
devotee as she possibly could without taking the
veil. She shunned male society, except that of a
few priests, and was an inveterate church-goer.
On Tuesday morning she left home, saying that
! she was going to St. Michael's Church, and nothing
! more was heard of her till yesterday.
Mrs. Allison was again uren by a TniacyE
reporter In the evening. In conversation she
used much more reserve than had hitherto been
Ii.*r wont.
" I know that my daughter is safe and with
friends.'' said she, ? and that is all that I can
tell you.
" Will you have recourse to the courts to get
your daughter out of the convent?" asked the
reporter.
"Oh no," rplied Mrs. Allison, "I'll let her
stay where she is, and God-speed to her. I am
thankful there has been no wrong doing,?or at
l.*;ist. that nothing worse has befallen her. But
I nm bitterly, bitterly disappointed in her."
If Beatrice Allison hnd seen her mother's face
nt, that minute, no other persuasion would have
been needed to win her back to the family cir?
cle.
The inquiries for the irirl have been conducted
Bith much difficulty by all concerned. A sus?
picion was at one time entertained that Annie
Ad 'ins, th'* would-be suicide, was really Beatrice
Alliaon; and this induced Mrs. Allison's brother
nnd several reporters to visit Bellevue Hospitul
in the hope of seeing the girl. The officials de?
layed tbe efforts of Mrs. Allison and the
.titers for many hours by refusing, not only to
let " Annie Adams"' bc seen, but to give a descrip?
tion of her clothing I
The Rev. John O'Connor, vice-president of the
collie of Sa. Fniueis Xavier, who knows Beat?
rice well and lins taken much interest in her, was
seen yesterday, but his only answer to all re?
quests to throw litfht on the earl's fate, 1f ho
could, wns, " I hrive nothing to say. I know
her only in my ofliei.il capacity."
Mia. Allison desires cordially to thank The
TRIBUNE and the other papers which have given
publicity to thc fact of her daughter's disap
paa ni nee aud have endeavored to trace her.
MRS. MARTHA I. LAMB NEARLY RUN OVER
KNOCKF.n DOWN AND BllUISED BT A GROCER'S
CANT? AX t'SKNOWS WOMAN KILLED.
Mrs, Martha J. Lamb, the well-known author of a
history of New-York City, and editor of" The Magazine
of American History." met with a serious accident In
llroadway. at Astor Place, at ll a ra. yesterday. She
had heard of the death of Chief Justice Waite, with
whom t,he had had a persoual acquaintance, and her
mind was occupied with the nows as she left her office
at 74.1 llroadway, over Scribner's, to walk to a print?
ing -ofticc in Lafayette place. Mrs. Lamb ls a vigorous
woman at the ace of fifty, and her habits of business
have made her Independent and fearless In going about
the streets. On the Monday of the blizzard rhe walked
from her rooms In tho Colembu House to her office.
Kl c started to cross Droadway yesterday while a num
l.ei of vehicles were passing, iutendlng to taite her
usual way to the printing-office, through Astor place.
In a somewhat preoccupied state of mind she failed to
notice tbo rapid approach of a 9*mt4w*t wagon, driven
by Henry Ottaus. of No. 141 Avenue A. A moment
later she was struck and knocked flat on th* pavement
Her chlu was cut, probably by the shaft of the wagon
or by some part of the horse's harness, and in tallinn:
i she cut a gash la her forehead. Her bonnet rolled
under the wagon. She s-creamed as she fell and several
; men ran to aeslut her. The young driver of the
i groccr'6 wagon made an attempt to escape, but he was
caught by a policeman of the llroadway squad. Mrs.
: Lamb was carried lifo a barber shop in Astor place
and an ambulance was called from St. Vincent's Ho-.pl
i tal. The surgeon In attendance diet>-.cd the wouuda
and thought they were not dangerous.
Kn, Lamb decided not to go to the hospital. Mr.
Weber, of "The Critic." whose oltice was In the same
building with that of Mrs. Lamb, called a carrlago and
' escorted her to her rooms In tho Coleman House.
i.nans was held lor trial at fie Jefferson Market
l ourt.
Last evenlnc Mrs. Lamb was reported to be alto
gether Ol mfortable. lier injuries were not considered
< serious and one of her trlends at tha Coleman House
, laid thai Mia. Lamb hoped to be ablo to get out In
two "r three dav*.
A Mourin lei ween sixty and seventy years of age.
1 who woie a Illari, 'ire-.-, a black cashmere shawl, and
' a bonnet with silk trimming, tried to walk across
Fourth ave. fioiu the west side, at Twenty-eighth st..
at 8 p. in. v.--.tcrday. Ju-t as a down car waa parsing.
She did not see au up car that had nearly reached
'l wein*.--eighth at., and thc driver of that car. Terence
> .. .. aga. di not see her until she walked 'directly
I,: (real of bl* team. Def oro Cavao-igh could pull up
; the horses they had knocked the woman down and a
front wheel of the car had passed over the lower part
| of her body. She waa mortally hurt and she only
si)?ke once after she was carried to the sidewalk.
i Then she uttered the word "Mary." A call for an
1 ambulance was lent out and a nbulances from the
New-York and Bellevue Hospitals reached Ihe plaeo of
the accident shortly before the woman died. Then
: her body was left In the care of vollremen on the ildo
walk. a* the driver ot the Ilellevue Hospital aaibu
I lance refused to carry the corpse to the Morgue. A
rall for tho dead wagon was sent out. but there wa* a
delay of about an hour before lt arrived. At the
Morgue the woman's bodv was searched, but her pocket
contained neither pocketbook nor any paper to give
a clew to her Identity. Cavanagh wa* arrested.
-o>
SWAI.M COS VIC TED 0F FOROKRT.
San Francisco, March 23 -Tho trial of Seneca A.
Sw alni an a chart.*) of grand larceny closed here to?
day, and the Jury lendored a vordlct for conviction.
Swalni was arrested In November, 1881, for forging
tho signature of Richard IL McDonald, president ot
j the Pacific Dank, ind candidate for Governor oo tbe
' Prohibition ticket at the last State election, to a cer?
tificate of Central Pacific Railroad stock. Dr. Mc?
Donald's daughter In-law, Clara belle McDonald, who
had begun suit for divorce against her husband, waa
arrested on the same charge, swalm bad a quantity
ot diamonds, and Jewelry valued at about f*S,0OO
Has found In hts possession. This property wat
, claimed by R. M. McDonald, Jr., son of Dr. McDonald
j and Bnaaand of Cana Hollo, and Swalm was afttr
: wald 1:.<1I. rel un a charr.o of grand larceny. At
bis trial, which bas Just .i,,>eii, Mrs. ii ara Imlle Mo
i Douaid u it! itod th*: ti.*? diamonds had boen given her
? bmbaatt, rI.?t tha*/ ? -re her tcpuratc property,
and ili.'i she bad plreed them lu ***alin's hind* to ho
, taken t.. a Mead n New-York in order to prevent
her husband from obtaining possession ul them. Her
i las band stated. howe\er, that he had never given
thain to hi* wife, bm that she had bought them with
1 out .-oi.uiUiig him aud that be had ?JUA-waid paid fur
I tiivuu *- ? '
THE CidlUii?' JUSTIN*. uejAu.
A QUIET END TO THE LIFE OF MORRISON la.
WAITJL
KU DXATB PBXCXOBD BX A WKW DATS* ILLSfEaB
?TrXBINO TO BIS COt'BT DUTIES ON nTON
BAT??.DJOURJs'Mr.KTOF BBTH BltAM HM
Qt CONORRsS-THB ANXOb'NCK.MBNT
BECKIVED WITH L'NIVKMAL
MABKU OF RKSPKCT
AWD RHO fl KT.
' I PT TSI.BX*BA*a TO THK THini*4*_)
Wabhikoton, March 23.?Morrison R Waite,
Chief Justice of the Supremo Court of thc United
States, died this morning suddenly at 6:15 o'clock
after a brief illness of a few days only. Only a
professional nurse wus present at thc time of his
death. About fifteen minnies before he **sV>sod
away, he awoke from what seemed to havo been
tn refreshing slumber.
" How do you feel ?" the nun*.* asked.
? I feel much better," replied tlie Chief Justice?
those were the last words which he spoke. Shortly;
afterward the end came, painless, calm, and |*eace
ful. The immediate cause of death wus pneu?
monia. Lust month a Miss Brownell, an old
friend of thc family, was buried from Chief
i Justice Waite's house in Oak Hill Cemetery, ilia
| body beiug placed in a vault. On Friday last the
body wus taken from the vault and placed iii toM
j grave, the Chief Justice being present, and it ia
I supposed that he then contracted the cold that
I resulted so ('itally. He returned from tha aaaa*
j immy slightly chilled, but paid no attention to u,
I not even mentioning it to members of bis lamil).
i On Saturday he dined with Senator Hearst, mIio
] had invited a large company of people to meet
the authors who were then in Washington giving
i readings in aid of the Copyright League. His
I coachman being sick, thc Chiet Justice walked
to Senator Hearst's house on Mus-urUnset is-a?>>?.,
I two or three blocks distant, and back again after
. dinner. Upon reaching home he took a warm
! bath, and immediately afterward was seized with a
j chill, complained of severe pains in the abdomen,
and remarked that something he had eaten had
disagreed with him. He went to bcd and remained
there all day Sunday.
The family physician, who was called in, de?
clared after an examination that it was only a
slight cold. The Chief Justice himself thought
bo, and repeattedly cautioned members of his fam?
ily to keep tho fact of his illness from reaching
the newspaper* on account of his wife, who on
March 3 left this city with a party of friends for
California on a pleasure trip. Judge Edgerton,
the president of the Civil Service Commission
nnd an old friend of the family, has taken iiis
I Sunday dinner at Chief-Justice Waite's hourn
i regularly ever since he became a resident of Wash?
ington. He was there as usual lard Sunday, bul
the Chief-Justice was not able to appear at the
table. Judge Edderton, however, saw him in
his room and in bed. The Chief-Justice begged
Judge Edgerton to keep the fact of his illness a
secret, remarking that if it got into the papers his
wife would see it, and it would destroy the pleas?
ure of her trip. He also remarked that un!.'**
his doctors positively forbade it. he would no to
the court the next day. Judge Edgerton endeav
I ered to dissuade him from doing this but tbo
I Chief-Justice Lau-.'hlngly replied that he wns not
I seriously ill. and that if he should be absent from
! the Court when the Telephone opinion was doliv
I ered, his absence would at once be considered to
mean that he was ill.
On Monday morning he felt no better, after
i having passed a restless night. He was deter?
mined, however, to go to the Supreme Court.
! Nothing would alter his determination on than
i point. He drove to the Capitol in a closed ca*
riaire, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Mary
Wait.*. It had been his intention to rend tho
; decision of the court in the telephone cases him
j self. He had prepared it h-mself. and was rea'.!/
i anxious to read it. but upon reachnip the r.t'r
ing-room of the Justices felt not eqnal to th'*
task. He therefore rea nested Justice Bia t?h ford
! to read the opinion, which the latter did. Dui>
ing the hour and throe-r-iiHrterR which the reading
j of the opinion occupied the Chi f-Justice oeru
I pied his seat, paying close attention. He looked
! n trifle pale, but except to those who knew him
i intimate!v, he did not appear to be suffering.
Nevertheless, as soon as Justice Blatchford bad
finished he rose and hastily made his way to hi*
enrriaee. He Immediately drove home, nnd it
became apparent at once that the hours spent In
the densely packed courtroom nnd its poisoned
air had seriously ag-zmvated his cold. Immedi?
ately upon reaching his home he went to bcd,
and there he remained until he died.
On Wednesday Miss Mary Waite, though still
not particularly alarmed at his* condition, tele
jrruphed to Cincinnati for her elder brother, C. C.
Waite. This was customary whenever tlie Chief
Justice was sick, as he was impatient of the re?
straint and enforced idleness, and his eldest son
could more easily influence him than any one else.
The son arrived yesterday morning, and on the
advice of Surgeon Ruth, of the United States
Navy, an old friend of the family, who had been
in attendance with Dr. Caroline B. Winslow, the
regular family physician, called Dr. 'lardner in
consultation. The decision of the doctors at mid?
night last night was that Justice Waite's condition
was not serious and that there was no danger.
It was decided, however, to summon tbe other MB,
E. T. Waite, a well-known la-.w-r of Toledo.
Shortly afterward, the Chief-Justice dropped into
a sleep, from which he awakened shortly boforo
his death. He was conscious up to th'* last mo?
ment. Apparently he had not the slightest, inti?
mation or his approaching death. He eertninly
gave no hint that he thought so. His sudden
death under the circumstances is ascribed to heart
disease. Mrs. Winslow, his physician, says that
death was not the result of pneumonia: it. was
rather heart failure. The Chief-Justie" had been
lying on his side, and this morning, when he wus
assisted to turn over on his back, he remarked to
the nurse that he felt more comfortable, and had
hardly ceased speaking when he died. Mrs.
Winslow says that his death was very sudden, and
even surprised the trained nurse who was with
him. Dr. Gardner, who was called in as con?
sulting physician last evening, said
that the condition of the Chi. f
Justice was worse yesfrdnv than du-ina
the previous days, but even then not serious,
but ne said that with the Chief Justice, as in
the case of everv man of his strong phraiqua, the
disease frequently a sumed with stn rt li ti- sud?
denness a serious phnso. Tlie form of the .|ise;.<o
which he had is known as conns r,!.eu*nor.ln.
The Chief Justice was a firm believer in home,
opnthv, and his family physician belonged to thal
school.
A dispatch was sent to Mrs. Waite, at Los
Angeles. Cal., this morning; informing her of her
husband's death. It is believed that she will be
able to reach Washington by next Thup-day and
It is believed that the funeral will tx* delnred until
then. Grave fears are entertain.d ol the effect
of the news upon her. She is ali tr-terr rn fenn
of age, and not in the bes* of health. It is said
that the Chief just'ee died a eoir.rnmtively pool
min. He owned the hons.* in which _*) livid,
and for which he naid some jrr_si1 aaa |S4.Bria,
When he bought the house, he had to borrow ?h's
m^ney, and th<* d' bf, was Anally nail off br his
selling some other propcrti- in this cifv. which
bad anorecfated in value. Resides the house, lt ls
stated he leaves a very small estate.
TRIBUTES OF RESPECT IN CONGRESS.
BOTH HOUSK8 *r>JOnR**r AS A M\RK OK RKSPKC
TO Tnt" MfcMORV or* THK CHtr.V .ri'STICF,
Washington, March 23.-The Chaplain, the.
Rev. Mr Butler, in his opening prayer referred]
to the death of the Chief Justice in appropriato
words.
The clerk proceeded to read the journal of yes?
terday, when Mr. Edmunds moved that, its further
reading be dispensed with, after which the presid?
ing officer laid before the Senate a communi?
cation from Mr. Justice Miller, informing the Sen?
ate by the direction of the Supreme Court of tho
Cnited Stat***, of the death of the Chief Justice.
Mr. Edmunds then rose and said (the Senata
Chamher being unusually hushed):
Mr. Pit-rodent: On the 21*1 of January, 1874. Chief Jos?
tle* Wslt* received hi* commission and took his *cat a*
presiding officer of that, crest trlbunil: ind for more thin
fourteen year*, partially In times of great excitement and
difficulty and itrutple, ind through s euee- in that Court,
.nd oui sf lt, embracing question* of the widest Importer***
to human right*, both of life, llr-s-rty sm) properly, th*
Chief Justice har been thn conspicuous figure In tho ^iris
prudence, of this Nation, snd perhaps not lets conspicuous
In reaped of the Jurisprudence of the whole world HU
career ls ruded-for thia life. It hrs been touched lu theaa
fourteen years by no stain, by no reproach, by no faull or
falling, either official or personal. Upright, brave, even.
Binded, lmprrtiil, patient, rrfectloniw. kindly, ?? a ota?
rra rad la every walk of private life he har rilled hi* aaajaj
wlih honer, great honor, to hlioaslf and *ith infinite
benefit to his country.
He then moved that the chair appoint a com?
mittee of five senators to take appropriate action
iu reference to attending the funeral and in othei
mattt-rs concerning it. Agreed-to. Another mo
tion to adjourn as a mark of respect till .Mundar
was also agreed to, nnd the Senute adjourned.
RK&OLLTIONS ADOPTED BY Tilt" HOUBK.
In his prayer thia morning the chaplain of the
House referr-d to the death of the Chief Justice.
The consideration of the Logan and Blair pep.
sion bills was by motion postponed until Friday,
next.
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