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FINANCE IX THE SEDATE.
MUCH ADO OVER A 1IA_2MI____S BH-k
THE OARS BEING DOWN". SOME SENATORS MOCUD
TO PAT OFF A SCORE AOAlNOT A COMMITTEE.
f BT TBLBOBArn TO TBS TKIBOVB. ]
Washington, March 28 -The Senate devoted
the greater part of the day to a discus, ion of
financial questions. Thc debate arose over a bill
which passed the House some time ago and whioh
about three weeks ago was reported favorably
from thc Finance Committee of tho Senate, ac?
companied by a report unanimously agreed upon
by its member-. The bill is entitled ? An Aot
to provide for the purchase of United States
bonds by the Secretary of the Treasury"' ; though
lt might in justice be called " An Act to relieve
the doubt of the President." It will bo remem?
bered that the President in his last annual mes?
sage pretended to doubt his author.ty to purchase
bonds not yet matured because Congress had
ooen fit to embody suob authority In a general
appropriation bill. He thought a special
aot waa necessary to empower him to purchase
these bonds. Of oourse, all thia hesitation on his
part waa onlv a desire to keen thi- surplus at tho
highest figure poaoible so as to justify in some
manner his attack on the protected industries of
this country. The Democrats House passed thc
bill without much trouble, to oblige the Presi?
dent, and even the Senate would have done so?
In view of the fact that the unanimous renort of
thc committee stated that tue bill was harmless,,
though not at all necessary, as thc President had
already ample power to purchase bonds?had there
not existed among Senators, not members of tho
Finance Committee, who had introduced financial
bills a deep-seated feeling of dissatisfaction with
the committee. It has, in their opinion, systemat?
ically smothered all bills referred to lt which met
with its disapprobation, without, giving such bills
the scant courtesy of an adverse report even, which
would have afforded an opportunity.to the friends
of such bills at least to discuss them in the Senate.
Tbe discussion of the House bill to-day,
therefore, gave a number of Senators who thought
themselves injured by tb** action of tbe Financo
Committee nn opportunity to tack to the bill
under consideration Amendments which they had
proposed to other financial mcnamee, but which,
they thought, had no chance whalc'-cr of seeing
the'light of day as long us the Finance Committoo
ls maile np as it is.
In this wtiv Sen:.tor Plumb secure", by n vote
of 28 to 21 tlie adoption, of nv important amend?
ment, which provides that whenever the circula?
tion of nnv National bank, or any portion
thereof, shall be surrendered, and the same is not
taken ur, br other National banks within thirty
dars thereafter, the Secretary of tbe Treasury
shall issue an equivalent amount nf Treasury
rotes of tbe d -nomination now provided by law
for National bank notes. These Treasury notes
nro to he reclvnble for salaries and for all dues
to the Government, including duties on lmports,
sli.ill be n Irgal-tradsr Petwyn National banks
and for nil mots due to anv National bank, shall
h. redeemable in coin, as the legal-tender notes
of the United States now are: and when received
into the Treasury they shall be reissued, and
when mutilated or worn they shall be reDlaoed,
In the snme m.inner as now provided bv law for
ki id lesal-tcnder notes. The coln held in tho
Treasury nt tlie date of the passage of this oct
for the red "rn ot ion of the legal-tender notes of
tbe Government ls niuo to be applicable to thc
rodomp'ic.n of these. Treasury notes: nnd tbe coin
reserve may from time to time bc Increased hy
adeline thereto other sums from payments made
, into the Trrnsurv. in the discretion of the Secre?
tary of the Treasury: provided, however, that
the total amount, of this coln reserve shall never
Bs less than 18 per cent nor more than 80 per
emt of tbe total amount of legal-tender and
Treasury notes outstanding.
Tlie vote by whicb this Important amendment
was adopted was o complete surprise to thc mem?
bers of tbe Finance Committee. Senator Hi-Cock
opposed it<s adoption In an able five-minutes'
opeeeb. but. as tho sequel showed, it was in vain.
r.m'i'tlde n cl 'iv their success, the enemies nf the
comm ir fee next discussed un amendment, offered
by Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, authorizing the issue
of coin certificates upon deposit* of gold and silver
bullion, the price to be paid for gold bullion In
exchange tar certificates to be at the rate of ono
dol'ar for twenty-five and ci .ht tenths grain* of
gold nine-tenths fine, nnd the price to be paid
for silver bull-on. 1n exchange for certificates, to
he stated hy tbe Secn-tnri" of the Treasury on the
first and fifteenth dav of tad) calendar month,
tbe priii* to be equal to tbe average quotation!
of silver in tbs New-York City market.
This amendment nt once opened tbe discussion
of the ent'?* silve-p ov.estion. MeooM*. Kv arts. Platt,
Stewart. Jones and others tasking a band at it.
Pendine thi* d'senssinn. which brought ont no
points not stated in former oehatee over and over
again, tbe Senate adjourned, having loat sight alto?
gether, annarcnt.lv. of the original anssBisa at.
issue, and having opened a discussion the end of
which no one can foretell.
STOT.Y OF AN DtTTHSOXEn IT.IK1TMAN.
?UN 001*11* KENT liri!) AS A CONVICTED DT**A
Mtri'n I\" T.riNticiN-.
"WASitrNOTON. March 20. ?The Secretary pf State
has received a report, from United States Consul
?.Yaller, at London, in regard to a visit paid by
him to John Curtin Kent, an alleged American
Citizen, now confined' in prison upon conviction
of conspiracy against the British Government.
The prisoner made a statement to the Consul in
whlrb he sal'' he has two brothers in the United
States, one in Williamsburg and the other in
New-York, and that he himself landed in New
York May 23, 187.'.. Ile lived five years in
Philadelphia and five years in New-.ork. In
Philadelphia he lived on Clairflcld-et and worked
for George Blshon, un oilcloth manufacturer.
In New York be lived at No. .101 Flfty-ninth-st.,
gad worked f ?r Mr. Toongi as a machine fitter
and for Kyan Brothers tts an engineer. Kent
sats ba is a naturalized citizen of the United
States, and that he declared his intention to be?
come a citizen in the Court of Common Picas,
Philadelphia, July 25, 1875. His second papers
were taken out October 20 in the Superior Court,
in New-York, in the rame of John Kent. He
was then twenty-six. He left the United States
?February G. 1888, nnd landed at Ouecnstown
February 11", going direct to his home in Fermoy.
After a short stay in Ireland he went to Glasgow,
when* be remained until April 5. He admitted
that, he knew Dr. Thomas Gallagher, having
called to see him at Williamsburg. N. Y., in 18M,
on account of t* ic'mess. Dr. Gallagher knew he
wss going to Ireland, and gave him a letter of
introduction to Mr. Gi'featber, in Glasgow. He
did not know that Gallagher was going to Eng?
land, and was much surprised to receive a letter I
from him dated London. April 2. 1 883, in which
BO offered to help bim if he was in trouble. Kent j
said he asked him for money to get back to tho
United States, and Gallagher sent him five pounds, i
anel Ion bim to come to London and he would ,
give him more. Thereupon he went to London '
April 5, and found out that Gallagher had been
arrested on that day. BB yrrote a note to Gal?
lagher saying be had arriWd in London, and would
like to see bim Tbe detectives got hold of it. I
and it was presented at bis trial as evidence of
Ms guilt. Kent protested his innocence.
Consul Waller says that, while the testimony
anairist Kent was somewhat weak, as had had a
fair trial. His visit to thr* prisoner was made
npon instructions from Washington.
DELAYED DY MIL MILLS'S ILLNESS.
THE "DAllg-l .ANTEKN " Rv po RT NOT RKADT FOR
PRESENTATION TO THE nocsE.
Washington, March 26 (Special).?The illness
of Chairman Mills, of tho ? Dark Lantern" Com
(Oett'C*. has somewhat disarranged the plans of
that bodv. Its remaining members got together
to-day nnd dre ide! to put off the presentation of
the report of the committe. to the House. This
MOM was expected to be preaeuted tomorrow,
but it will go over lo the latter part of the
Week, anel possibly until next week. To-night
the Hi-publican members of the committee were in?
formed by th'-ir " Dari; Lantern" colleagues that
th<- minority report hnd better be prepared without
r-efercnee 11 th*- majority report, as tlie latter waa
Bot yet in shap- to be shown to the minority.
Mr. Mills's complaint took a more serious turn
this morning, and there were f<ars tliat pneu?
monia would result. But thia evening he had
improved somewhat, and Coiitrresaman McMillan,
who was with him much of the time, was pleased
with the prosrs'cts nf recovery. It ls said, bow
ever, tlmt Mr. Mills has Itecn ,\ much sicker
man than bas been admitted by bis attendants.
He was dettriono at times, and is still in a highly
nervous condition.
won kino rou the hank or commodore.
Washington, March 2fl.-Much Interest hss been
excited among the officers of the Medleal Corps of
the Nary, in the last few days, relative to tha sue- ,
eessor of Burgeon General JP. M. Connell, whose term |
as Chief of the bureau of Medicine and Surgery ex
plred to-day. As I>r. donnell will be retired because
of tba age limitation on November 29, 18.0, his
friend* are working tor his renomination, so that he
may have the relative rank o! commodore when he
goes on the retired list But rumor says that Medical
'?-?_
"Pt.r___.i~ Ballete"
An exeitad Irishman lateir rube! !*to * Usn**, _r?,
gera, hanns a (.rt***-aa ans^Sil" t.sira.l*>*L!__.
Usn !" ha relied. - l'a sll ?i^iVr"r wwi ji,
ahtuff to straighten ma om. Hon,, tf tfcla ? p_??tS.r^?l
What 1* rou mass t '* *?_?_ th* clerk. - ? Parrawe Hui.
let*.* ant ,.r *o-isieoo' ioik.tSat. thst- call thia** .s?!u,| j,,?
ii,*... -iti, ... |>m ,,, pur salo, r *ir*?eiT wit* alisha __.,t
V,T..r -r?.?*"*4,"1 *???' b!*'1 tBtrnmook aa>l tha dirI' kailvwhll
Ul." TS* clerk nasas ? ont a rial ot Dr. lures'* Plsasaat
pni-miiv. fslieu. a?n Pu w.ut -ff cwewtael TM*. IIIU.
P?llrtse,irsv-ll<l-f__,rs_ie,_?el llrer, .tout**, aid Weir si. >
ntthnTEi^^
Director John M. Browae, who ls sixth cn tha retiring
I list, .nrgeon General Ounm-ll hclng at tbe top, stands
j UH best chance fer tha nomination. Uko l>r. uun
I nail, be baa ao excellent record, but will not resell
' the retiring age until May lc, lBu'l, so that If au
pointed now bit temi would expire a year l-efo ** Iv)
would retire, with the rank of captalu, tod's, ho
should be recommissioned, when he would rvtiio with
Ibe rank of commodore Ile wa. tho surgeon ot tin'
Kcar_arge In tho nicuiorahle fl^lii vt ith tbe Alabama
Dr. Gunnell was one of the survivors of the wreck
of the steamer Fulton In 18.1), and was commended
for his bravery at that time. It is expected iha! tho
Provident will nominate for the place to-morrow.
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN.
A KOTABLB OATH.-Ill \ li AT 1HK CAPH AI.?MRS.
STANTON'S AI'Ol.l-S.
Wa_-___ioto_i, March 26 {SpecialJ.-The Woman's
Council was formally opened thia morning with
an uddreM by Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The
rain did not prove a drawbaca, und Aibaugh's
Opera House held a large audience Ihe singe
waa lilied with the deie^atca, aud irom sa-ata in
Ute orcttesVn. were occupied by nu win rs ol iho
preta,, two thirds of them being vvoniou, stenog?
raphers, telegraphio ..porters and regular cor?
respondents. A box on tho right ol ths stage
was occupied br thc Hnv. Dr. Newman with los
wife and friends. Miss Anthony, ol course, pre?
sided, and she never looked more radiantly grati?
fied. Probably oho never felt better _au_neu and
more pardonably proud. With a gown of lustrous
black satin ahe wore about her shoulders a soft
red shawl. Uer face was often lit by gc nial
smiles, and soma of tlie cleverest things she. said
wt-ru making fun of herself.
The audience rose and applauded when Mrs.
Stanton stepped forward, a iiicturo of a strong.
fine, beautiful old woman. Her hair, in a band
-of puffs snowy white, was a frame about her inc.
With B gown of black silk she wore a white net
kerchief, folded around her neck and crossed on
the waist in front. She read her address in clear,
full tones, and thc audience from first to last
kept a silence that was broken only by applause.
One to approve of every radical sentiment was
Mrs. Ashton Dilke, who clapped her bunds heartily.
Among other things Mrs. blanton said:
In wolcomlng representatives from other lands here
to-day we do not feel that .ou are strangers and
foreigners, for the women of all nationalities, in the
artificial distinctions of sex have a universal sense
of Injustice that forms a common bond of union
between them. ... I think that most of us
have come to feel that a voice In the laws ls Indis?
pensable to achieve success: that these great BMtal
struggles for higher education, temirerauce, peace,
the rights of labor, religious freedom. International
arbitration, are all questions to l?* filially adjusted
by the action of government, and without a direct roles
In legislation woman's luiluence vv 111 be oventaoUl
lost. . . . Whon wo think ot the vantage ground
woman hold* to-day, In snit'- of a'l tho artlflclal ob
Itaclea she has surnioun'cd. wc aro lillee! with wonder
as to what the future mother of the race hid he when
free to seek her complete development. Thus far
women have been the mere echoes of men Our laws
anal constitutions, our creeds and codes, and the cus?
toms ot social life are all ot masculine origin. Ihe
true woman ls as yet a dream of the future; a Just
government;. a humane religion; a pure social lifo
await her coming. Then, aud not till then, will tho
golden age of peace and prosperity be ours.
After Mrs. Stanton's address, ma-:y of ihe foreign
dele/rates, ut Mias Anthony's request, reap
briefly to greetings by letter or callie from their
own lands. A letter from John Bright's sister,
Mrs. Bright McLaren, introduced aud wu mi ly 0OB_
mended the two Scotch delegates, Mis. Alico
Scachard and Mrs. Omiston Chant. Baroness
Gripenberg, of Finland, and Mrs. Groth, of Nor?
way, are two other young women. They sneak
English well, and Mrs. Groth is considered by
many to be the beauty among the delegates. Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe made a few rc marl s. and was
surprised when the audience ai once broke out, by
singing her ** Battle Hymn of the ltcpulilic.'*
"Come, Frances, they want a wonl from yon."
said Miss Anthony, turning and beckoning to
Miss Francea E. Willard, tbe temperance Leader.
Miss Willard came forward and briefly responded.
The aeasion this evening was devoted to educa?
tion. Senator and Mra Stanford occupied a box
on tho left of the stage. Mrs. Sewell, president
of Indianapolis Clasn'cal School for Girls, spoke
on higher education of women in the United States.
Pundita Uainabai. the high caste Hindoo, told of
har cjoiiritrrwomen's condition. Mrs. Cooper's
paper on Kindergartens was rend by Mrs. parker,
of Chicago. Mrs. Cooper is president of th" Holden
Gnf?' Kindergarten, of San Francisco, maintained
bv Senator Stanford's wife. Pena A. Michaels,
of Evanston, Bl., gave a ten-minute talla- on " Co?
education. ? Louisa Peed Stowell, wife of Pro
feFwor Stowell, of Michigan State University, read
a poper on " "Retrospection." Another speaker
was Cora A. Bcnneoon, of Michigan University.
MILLIONS FOB RIVERS AND BABBOBf,
CGNGRR-SM) V PREPARE TO WAK'' A B81I IN THE
SURpt.cs?aPPitopRiATiNo $19,432,783.
Wasiiivotos, March 2fl (Special).?Tho questlou ot
bow to reduce the surplus has been a source of con?
siderable trouble of Ute, but the House Committee
on Itlvers and Harbors gave an off-hand solution ti?
the matter this afternoon t-y agreeing on the bill which
they will shortly present to tho Uouso. It I. a meas?
ure which will be historical In some respects, for lt
exceeds In amount any bill ever beforo proposed. The
entire sum ls $19.4?>_,7_3, the cent, being omit id
under tbe circumstances. It is Hie biggest bill on
record. It ls mote than double the amount of tho
bill proposed last year, and which the .'re-id* ni waited
to sign. It ls some million., mure than any bill which
ever before went to the country. This result OSS bOSB
reached after three months of trimming. Tho final
vote on the mrasuie was taken late this afternoon and
lt will al once be reported to tlias.Iloii'-o. The under?
lying principle appears to havo boen to give every one
what ho vvanted, and thm secure every tina's support.
Wheu a very economical member Va. proof against all
other argument a liberal approbation for h's district
brought him around. This has led to an BapfOOSdSalOl
number of Insignificant Improvements of lidanel OteoBi
and bayous, costing from 8-10,000 to *?_..,ooo, while
projects of extensive commercial lmportanco are cut
down.
So far as sections are concerned tho South gets tho
lion's share. Tho Mississippi River was divld.-d by tho
commit;eo Into sc tiona,aa'] eacu section OOMOO out with
a big slice, but the section through Louisiana, whence
Chairman Blanchard comas, ia tue mot ilburally dealt
with of alb All tha New-England Mates, wu ii their
long lluo of coa.t, gci au aggregate of a'aoat ?'.00,000.
Mlchigan receives 82,2_5.000. or one-ninth of the, en?
tire bilk Of this latter sum a good share goes to the
Sault St. Marie boin Canal, which is a work of impor?
tance to tbe Lake States and the Northwest. But aside
from this the innumerable Inland tatreams of Michigan
are liberally dealt with. The Rouge, an unnavigable
creek below Detroit, about as wida as Broadway, gets
825,000. It carries away thc'slops of a glass factory.
But New-York's share ls not lu proportion to what
the rest get, although the Stale has not boen entirely
Dacier, ted. The harbor of New-York gets ?._')(>,ooo.
Harlem Illvar gets 8150,000. The Niagara Uiver gets
BlcK),000, with which a new project will be started for
extending tha navigation facilities between Tonawanda
and Buffalo. Lake Ontario Improvements ate oleo well
looked after. But new project. In the West and South
absorb a much greater part of the total than those* in
Pastern communities.. Oregon. In particular, ls for
tnnate, and Ita entire Inland river system lg to ne de?
veloped. The Wlngwang It-Ivor ts to be deepened.
broadened and straightened, and oilier similar streams
ara to be developed. Texas also revelvcs a large slice
?ona of the largest given, lt ls designed to eaves nu
extensive system of draining the State, as well as Im?
proving Its streams. The foregoing, of cour?-e, indi
catos only the most conspicuous features of tho bill
Other States coma tn for smaller shares.
ER. KNOEDLER PLEADS GVTLTY AND IS FINED.
Anthony Comstock, Edmund L, Knoedler and George
K. Pf-iifer entered Special Sessions quietly yesterday
morning. Mr. Knoedler and his clerk plOSdOd guilty
to the charge on which the*y wore held last Friday,
and vere fined 8>0 each. The case was mt on tho
calendar, and was a complete surprise to everyone.
CHA ROUS AGAINST BTRNES'S MEN KEFr'TED.
Inspector Byrnes received the following telegram yc%
tarday morning:
Waterbury, Conn.?The article In to-day's " Sun" la a
libel on you aa well as myself. JOHN A. lU'Ki.r.SS.
The artlole referred to contains the et-tcni-nt that Mr.
Burgess, who waa arrested In this city on March 8,
rhsri/e-d with tho abduction of Mairgle Byrne, ha i
compelled to pay rooney to Inspector Byrne.'s ri.r*n to
secure a decent tr_a.nient." A moro complete denial of
the *tory followed In t letter from Mr. Bargees, tn which
he. declares that he "never paid any money to any person
ednnected with ths New-York Police Department." lie
tee tire* wbo have gone te Waterbury have been unable
to Und Ute sources of the chartres.
TOPICS MI'CUSSED BY MINISTERS.
The Rev. Dr. B. B. Tyler, of the Church of the DIs
elplea, read n p_p?r MBMO the nuptial minister* faaOsrBej
Bl "Alexander Campbell." Dr. Tiler said Hut ti.
llttlo differenco between the theology "bf the CampWlllt"*,
who number 050,000 In thia eountiy, lad the BOgOtata Ito
endeavored to altow that Alexander Ctmphi-11 would have
been a good Baptist. Some of the ministers tool excep?
tion te thu ind discussed the paper with much vigor,
Tha Rev. F. W. Anderson, of Fordham, read a paper at
tbe meeting of the Reformed Church minister* on ? Bevela,
lion."
Vo? ? au'l tl-ike h Mam.oa
mt of an BBBBB-BBBl dale wita meagre lera, pigeen chest and
a alight cough. But a man or woman to whom conatitn
Usual riger haa baeu denied caa gat it te a very consider
ibis extent hr tha persistent usa Lu regularly proportion iel,
tlismsui Oaeec nt America's chief lanie, Hoiiotter'a
Ita-oao- mtiers. Ta tho merral aaa a. ae_-.ee ol tba stomach
'hu gaols! lavlgoraat impart* tone aad to it* operation*
-egularHT. The Kexlmel* rsenlt 1* thorough digestion and
leaiplasa aaaliallaUeu of Uie t*?4 sod the animate sequenca
aloa- fertile with tht .lenient* of muscular tt*aue, a healthy
ippetiu. nightly real uatmpairet, ?ml a e"le_pp*ai_iire of
;h*nerveu*i.*.q.'aujnie to walch eliol.ted iuT,il!,l*?re ajwaye
uildect, aad which they ure Terr pro-,e lo take for the mun
'e*UtU*e.if serious er gan lu tllse.se sud e.ti*. ?e. or I lt: jj ly,
[_-lasses*,.! ta* kUuere sad lil.el.Ur. always aieaeeliilj
aaafcaataa, aaa faa ooauUpatlee, Zora, aol ague and Urot
a_-ret_4et?oe Mo Bitaeca
j;i;i;inm\u tue wrekinconorrsb
thk fisheries treaty in the senate.
NOT YKT HEA-'T FO? AN CPf.N CON8IDF.RATION?
Mi: a sc res in riiK Horor.
Wasiiivct.)*, March *_fi.-Mr. ALLISON Introduced a
bill la the Senate to-day, appropriating B5.000 to defray
Ihe funeral expenses of the late Chief Justice of the
Supremo Court. Passed.
Mr. til.I.o.M. from the I'ommlttee on Territories.
reported (aaS-d-B-Mehr) th" r^ltitlous declaring it to
bo tho sense of tho Senate* ihat new tatates should be
admitted Into tho Inion only on the basis of equality
with tho existing States, and that Congress ought not
to exercise any supervision over tbo provisions of tho
Constitution of any such new "Hate, further than ls
necessary to guarantee tu each Stato a republican form
of government; that the proposed Constitution for tho
Stato of 1'tah. submitted to Cougress, contains provis?
ions which wonld deprive such proposed State (if ad?
mitted) of that equality which should exist among tho
different States. He asked for tho Immediate consid?
eration of the resolution*.
Mr. HOiMt-The resolutions ara very Important
Let them be printed and go over.
lt was so ordered.
The mess ate from the President on the subject of
furnishing copies of minutes and protocols of tho Fish?
eries Commission, was presented and referred to tba
Committee on Foreign Relations.
Tbe resolution offered by Mr. RIDDLES ERG ER laat
Thursday, to suspend tbe niles for executive session
in respect to the Fisheries Treaty, wa. taken up. and
Mr. RlDDLI-'REHUKlt expressed the hope thal the
s-cnat. would a.'iee to IL
.Mr. SHKUMaN said that the treaty was now under
consideration |,y the Committee on Foreign Relation.,
and that that err mit tee might probably report In favor
of a public consideration of tho subject In the Senate;
but for tho present, he thought lt better that the reso?
lution .si,.ii,!.! Hu over unacted on.
Mr. GRAY thought the sugge.tlon of the Senator from
Ohio a proper one, althone!) so far as he understood
th* sentliiient of denalon on lil* slile of the Chamber,
they were In favor of the consideration of the Fisheries
Treaty In opeo boooIob,
Mr! KlDDl.i'.liKKCllK consent cd that tho resolution
should Ile over.
A report waa presented by Senator PLATT, from the
Committee on Territories, recommending the admis?
sion Into tho l' ni tm of the Territory of Montana
A bill Introduced by Senator BUTLER makes a gen?
eral all-around Increase In the pay of commissioned
i.nieers of the Navy. I'nder the bill Rear Admirals*)n
board ship we,niel reeolvo ?7.*>oo. on shore duty a.,r>00,
and on leave, or walting orders, #4.''**). The present
poy "f Bl ar Admirals at BOO ls tffl.OOO, The pay of
a'l commissioned offleen ot Inferior rank, including
. I- Increased proportionately.
HOUSE OF i:i:i'UKSKNTATTVT.S.
Mr. QBOBVB-fU-tj of Ohio, in the House oftered tho
following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the fun'ral ceremonies of the late
Chief Justice Waite l,e held In the hall of the House
of Representatives on Wednesday. March BS, If-HS, at
12 o'clock noon, nader the arrangement of the Supremo
Court and that wh*n the House adjourn on the 27th
Inst., lt shall lie until ll MO a m., March 2S.
I.'eaolved, That the clerk of this BOOM notify the
Senate and the Supremo Court of the passage of IhSSS
resolniloiia.
Curler tho rall of States the following bills and
resolutions were Introduced and referred:
By Mr. '.RANGER, of Connecticut, for the erection
ot a publlo building at Norwich, Conn.
By Mr. KKRR, of Iowa, for the establishment of a
permanent Board of Arbitration, between tlie United
btates and Great Britain and France.
Hy Mr. COMFTOB, of M.-vylsnrt. lo provide pneu?
matic pun eerriaga for thc War IVnartmenf.
By Mr. LAIRD, of Neb-asfta. tendering the thanks
of Congress to Lieutenant A. Vf. Greely and other.
tor eonrage. energy and tid?litv in the conduct of tho
late scientific exr-dltlnn fo thn Arctic Sea*.
By Mr BRYIT\ of New-York, for the establishment
of a lightship with a steam fog signal at Sandy Hook
Br afr. NT'tting of Kow*York, to prevent the over?
loading of steam and sall vessel*.
On motton nf Mr. cox. of New-York. the Sena***- hfll
was passed appropriating B\0O0 to provide fo** the
payment of fhn f-ineral expenses of tbe rh1?f Justice.
The needing bill to prevent the desecration of
??aves In the District of Columbia was further dis?
cussed- No final action was taken on the bill.
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BIM Fop, ut; in iso TBB ETEEBTE
flOWS IHYim ry tiik VARiora coMPANirs?
LUTM OSMWB FROM I.A?T TRA*.
The Gas Commission opened the bids yesterday
for lighting the streets for the year beginning May 1.
The Mayor, Commissioner Newton, and Controller
Mrer- were piooent Seven eas cnmpsnle* and seven
eleerie Ugh! COmpOalC* p*it In bids, which were read
and referred to Beretory McConsieh for arrangement,
tabulation and comparison. The **"ts companies' b!ds
are for the territory now supplied hy each, and the
fl ku res Indicate the sum asked for each street lamp
for twelve months. The bid* are said to vary llttlo
from present rate*. Ther are as follows:
The Consolidated Gas Company, 817.50; New-York
Militia!, 817.r,0: F/pilt-ble. 812.00; Central, 828.00;
Northern, 820.00; Yonkers, ?20.00; New-York and
New-Jersey Cloie, 82*.00. The latter company also
proposes to supply naphtha gae, at 821.50 for 1,000
lights, IBB.80 for r.00 ; or ?"-*n.B0 for 300, In the district
now lighted by the Yonkers Oas company. The
electric llcht bids are at the rafe of so mneli per Jlfhf
In tho various localities qpsoMod In each hld. They
are (.-en,-rally for lip* territory now covered by the
companies NSfOOttVety.
The Brush Eloctrlc Illuminating Company olTen to
light BM lamps at 44 BSOft. each pe-r night; &?_, at
:ift; 40, at 40; and 17, at 47. The f'nlt.-e! Stufes Il?
luminating Light Con psr.y?ri lights at 41 cents each
per night: 88, at 41; 19, at 42; IS, at 47; and 349,
at 40, Ibe* Harlem Light Crnipanj?207 lights at .18
cents each per login ; 89, at 40; 124, at 42; 38, at 41 ;
18, ol 4.".; Iii, at BO; and li, at BO cents cae-h. The
Mount Morris F.lectrTc Light Company?87 lights ali
88 canis each per night; 14:1, at BB; and SO, at 40.1
The Ball Lie- inc Lljrht Company?7.. lights In Slxth
ave. and Broadway between Twenty-third ard Fifty
Blnth-.tg. at BO ecu's OOO- per night. The Ea?t
River Electric Ugh) Company?it's, li.'it-i at. Bf cent*;
284, at BO; and -lt. at 42 1-2. Tlie North New-York
Electric Light Company?370 light., at .Tt) cents; aro
lights of not less than i.OoO camile power each. Thia
-" 10 furnish Incandescent lights at
7 OOBta each per nigh!.
1 ),e East Kiter 1 runpany filed a statement to ex?
plain Ifs failure to fulfil Its contract of last year, which
charges tin* Hoard of KlectricaJ Control with delay
lu granting the BQOOaaOty permits, and promises to light
Ito lerritory Immediately. The Board, at the Mayor's
suggestion, directed the secretary to Inquire Into the
charge of delay and report regarding the company's
Ila) llltr on Its bond given for fulfilling Its contract.
No action was taken on the bids beyond referring
them tu the secretary and Lieutenant John Milli* for
examination and report.
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TB UO\OR OF JOH\ T. HOFFMAX.
District Attorney Fellows made a motion yesterday
before Recorder Smyth thal a minute be entered on
the recor-e.s of the court of General Sessions In mern?
ot.- of ex Governor John T. Hellman, who formerly
held thc oflice of Recorder and sat for many yean
on tho bench of thc Court of General Sesslona Mr.
Fellows and ex-Judge Led Io rd made addresses eulo
gi/, ng th'* deai man. Recorder Smyth spoke of tho
al.Hit., and ca mesa of Mr. Hoffman whll occupying
his jnii! ul position, aud ordered thal tho minute be
cuter* d.
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CAPTURING A TUILT1NO LETTER-CARRIER.
Thoma- J. Ca-ey, employed a. a substitute letter
carrier a* tho post oflice, was arrested yesterday and,
Icing tal.cu bc lore Commissioner Shle.'ds, acknovvl
edgOd thai ho bad been guilty of several petty thefts.
Ills arrest wan brought about by a il**coy lette*r.
Casey has been In tLe post offlce be. viet- for scvoral
tiie,;.ths. A ge,!! locke: and a s Iver knife found upon
hlui were h* 1. tn the l-e,si e,?n,-,. Inspector for inves?
tigation as lo their ownership.
A DAV OF REST FOR MA GOV KS GUILLOTINE.
Tho Custom House gullluilno was allowed to rest
yesterday. No further dismissals wore reported, but
lt ls highly probable that tho Collector's axe will bo
started again to-day or to-morrow, u was under
Stooel that Deputy CoUOCtOt MOeHnHoi-1 would go to
Washington la.: ni.ht with a big budget of names fo
lay lief..," Secretary Fairchild. If ls hardly necessary
to s_y thai tbe great majority of them aro Repub?
lican-.
A FAIL' RE AT THE OOttOB EXCHANGE.
I I ? ' Of I '- a L. 11 F. Ri.ascii, a-,1,0 was elected
a member of tho Board of Managers of tho Cotton
Exehange, was announced yesterday. No particulars
? ven, but fiom all acron nts his liabilities will
ced 810,000. Kr. Russell thoigh no; a larg.
operator tta. exceedingly popular on the F.xebango
and much sympathy was expressed over his failure.
-7/s mu iTdl BOOTES ma V SVOOBBaX
Louis Iitn-on. Wko h accused of firing a platol at
his BWBSthsart, lfc-::a> Man nh, prided guilty ye g.
lerday b. foin Judge Ol o sn a't'-n-p- to
coin li as.pjul; in il,- re ond eli'.ree. Th/j young
woman spoke to Judg" Glider leeve In behalf of peter
Kon. 'Ahen he '?_* hrs" arrested he denounced him,
bari sm * timi time has exjr*a?ed a wlll.ngnesa to
marry him. I'eiersoi. wa- i-.ti.an/led and will be .eu
teiic-eil ou Thiugday unle-s thr- oonfia aro tuan led.
BRIGHT'S DISEASE?GRAVEL,_
Than i* rt'iihlug wlilrh I now /iijoy that I do
not ina' lo the happy e bases of havlOg used Iir Ju-. 11
Reruicdy'a 1 av, rite fumed* at a Uno when I sa* mffering
ail that a hunaii being ..e.uld e ndura-. My troublaa began
lb uiy Kilt,'is uver r.Tne far* Otto, and from which
I Never Exoectod to Recover
Later my physician said 1 had Bright*a Diseases which
tta* alarming Information. To add to my aftli.-tlon attar
I hal been ill alwut two reata, 1 had a bad attack of
Gravel. I mat Dr. Haft 1 Rennt'dr'* Favorite Rem "dr of
lUn h.ut. N. V , advertised. After acing three** bott**** 1
ra* indi. I have never had . return of either complaint,
and though I ani over slaty years of ag*
1 AM SOW VH.OIt HW AM) HTItONO
i* I tan* iii my prime What physician* and all caf the
.'il net do Or. KtnuedC*
< * ?nyul mt ilise.- and muda ms
a alfons, v,narnu* Kotian
mi:- , *:il,IM. I- MIZNfcK. Buts Hill, Ohlo.
Dr. D. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy.
iTeparad ?t ivundouw N. Y. 1'rtc**, H; 1 (si 04.
Mr SEWELL SUED by HIS COOK
THE LAWYER CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.
TESTIMONY THAT HE SICKED THE SERVANT AND
THItEW HEB DuffX STAIKS.
The niurh-poi.tpt)ned case in which Ellen Foys,
wh> was formerly Hie cooli of Robert Sewell, the
lawyer, demands 8_.'>,000 damages from him for an
allcjred assault, was finally biought to trial yesterday
before Judge Uookstavor and a Jury In the Couti of
Common IT as. The complaint acts forth that on
October 1, 18S4, at Mr. Sewe-U's house lu Tain town,
ho repeatedly kicked and struck her and threw her
from ih- stoop to the sidewalk, Inflicting spinal In?
juries from which she declares she will never recover.
The defence ls a general denial and an allegation that
ahe was unlawfully In the defendant's house, creat?
ing a dlstuibanee, and that when sho refused to leave
he gently placed his hand upon her and put ber out,
using no more force than was necessary'.
The plaintiff, a plain, middle-aged woman, with a
pale faee and dressed In dark clothing, sat near ber
counsel, A. O. Vanderpoel. Mr. Bewcll, a fine-looking,
robust man, a little more than fifty years old, con?
sulted frequently with his lawyer, Co.onel E. C. James.
The testimony for the plaintiff wu to the efTect that
la September, 1884, Mrs. Sewell engaged ber as cook
st an luteu,(renee offlce at 820 a month. She went
to Tar** town, but before the month was np sho told
Mrs. Sewell that sho would go st the end of the
month. Mrs. Sss ell persuaded her to stay for
soother week, promising to pay her 85 for the week,
but a couple of days after the month expired told her
to go, os another cook had been engaged, ami offered
her 81 and a few cents. The exact amount the
plaintiff did not know, as sho refused to take tbe
money or to leave the house unless the additional 85
was paid to her. Mrs. Sewell, she testified, told her
to wall In thc laundry until Mr. SeweU returned home.
When he carno ho told her to loave tbe house at once,
and selling her kirke 1 and struck her and threw hor
donn thej stets, calling her a vile name.
MR. BBWBBB BBBOM-NM HI? COUNTRY Pt ACS,
Tho first witness called for the plaintiff was Mr.
Sewell himself, yho was only asked about the plan of
the first floor and (he stoop of his house, which he de
seruVd. snd Mildred matt ts. Ile sall he lived at
No. c-a West Forty fifth st., h's country-seaf. being at
Tarrytown. He was at the la for place In Ocobcr,
!-? I. with hi wife and two son*. Ills servants were
a cook, a ebambcrmad. a waltie*-, a coachman and a
pal dence Ile dca^ilbed thi* house and grounds and
il. iii-ubbery, and gave thc mea*ur merits of the
library, In which the p'alntllf said that ho first as?
saulted her, and of the hall and the doorsteps. Be?
ing askcl haw he knew the exact nieasurementa ho
rei Ucl: "1 thought somebody would ask me the
question and I B-OOOVOd I hem."
The pla ntl(T was then called to the witness-stand.
Sho said she lived a' No. 3?is Thlrd-av*., anel had I*, cu
" llvlii".: out'' for fl.'trrn ycai.. She relateel tho cir?
cumstance, of her employment by Mrs. Sewell ami
what followed, _s set forih 1. her c in.*l:tlnt. After
she had refused to accopi the amount o!T'-r'-el her hf
Mrs. Sewell or to have tho he.iisc until she reeeiveil
the sum which she claimed was due her, she stated
that Mrs. Sewtll said to h-r: "You'd bettor not stay
here. My husband's a lawyer.*
At about 7 p. m. Mr. Sewell returned from the city
ct'y. He sent for the wittie _, who wan In the
laundry, and she wont to the libray. He locked tho
door. He a.hcd her: '-Why don't you tako tho
min ev Mr-. Se.*.ell offered you and leave?'' Iho
rende-d ihn; tiie money was nut enough. Then he
sall: "t.ct emt of hen-, you-* applying an oppro?
brious epithet. He kicked her and s ruck h"r with ids
tis and threw her down tlie front .tr pa. When she
got up one of the servant girls threw her aa'chol to
her. Then Mr Sewell railed out to the colored
coachman: " F.l Jah, harness the horse and take her
(using an offensive name) to tbe station and dump her
there."
She said to him: " Yon drunken loafer. If there ls
any law In this country you'll get lt.** Mr. S* well's
breath smelt of liquor and h s eyes rolled wildly, sim
was taken down to the stailon. and returned to New
York. Her body was oovered with bruises. She had
never bo:n sick before a day lu her life, but since
then she hus treen unable to do any work wi'kout
a*sistanee. Har alcep uti- troublod anel she hail ter?
ri bio dreams.
80ME I.tVF.l.T CROSS-EXAMINATION.
Cross-exatnlnod, the witness was asked by Colonel
Jam's whether she had not been expelled from ber
brothel's house on account of her violent temper,
but the question was ruled out. She said that since
the as-ault hor OSMR ttas. bael, but bl,e told wheeo
she hid 1 ve 1 ai dille i-eni HOMO, giving the dat. a.
the waa asked If sho h.td not sworn at Mr*. -.?'?** ll
and rep led: "No, I neve) swear."
"Didn't yon throw yourself down the stairsl" she
was asked. 8i.e icplled In tko negative. When
Mrs. Sewell spoke to her about her husband being a
lawyer she had r-pllcd: " Pvc lu ard he I- a law vcr,
but there aro other lawyers and better ones In New
York."'
"Did you not call Elijah a blankd Irishmanl"
'? No, I would be ashamed to call him au irishman
or acknowledge him as such."
"t'ere you boru lu* Ireland 1'
ii \'e? I was."
Dr. flDliia. n. Steer', of No. fir,!. West Forty
Mrond-et., who examined the plaintiff soon art ir the
a*s u t said ihei-e wer* contusions on h r aims lie
low the elbows anil aa her right 1-g. Her*splne was
uffccud. She hail Inst much Ile-h Unto Issi. He?
lm e tl at she said sho weighed 1,",2 1-2 pounds, and
now hi- weight waa lld pounds, che wa? afflicted
with iinoimia of thc sxlu.*. Ellen Farley, a laundrcaa,
said sh** le a el a noise on October 1 ;md ian tha
plaintiff thevvn down the Steps. Mrs. Janies Lot?
te.titled thu the plal'itiff's body was covered with
bruise- atc: thc as-ault, and James Foy, who hail
known her si-ce 18TB, had never known her to bo
eic-. Thc trial will go on to<lay.
BATTLING OVER THE TILDEN WILL.
MR. CHOATE Raps n :ISKI.Y at his opponents
nt t tih: day BOBS against rivi.
The hear..ig In thc suit for Hie construction of the
disputed portions of tho will of Samuel J. Tilden wan
promptly resumed at 0:30 a m. yesterday before
Justice Lawrence in tho Supremo C'pnrt,
Special Term. The court room was crowded whoa
Jo- ph H. Choato again took up his argument.
Mr. Choaic addressed himself principally to the point
that the SfcfOBod thirty-fifth clause of tho will must
tie construed as a whole, maintaining that If any part
of lt ls invalid all other parts are void. Ho claimed
that that portion which provides contingently for a
distribution for charitable uses was void, and that
therefore tlie entire olaut>e must be held to be so. Ho
declared that Mr. Tilden had virtually left the making
ot bis will to the executors, leaving no unequivocal
mandates to them, as the law required, whose observ?
ance a court could unhesitatingly compel. Ho cited
eases In which a void ulterior clause was disregarded
when thc primary was valid, and said that when the
ulterior clause was void In view of the statute against
perpetuities, the primary clauso could not stand by
Itself.
" Vary fina work has been done with the Legislature."
bo said, " In Incorporating this truat."
? I admit lt," said James C. Carter.
Mr. Choate read the memorial to tho Legislature
asklng for tbe Incorporation of tho trust and added:
? It Is very Ingenious. The executors want to leave out
all of tho thirty-fifth clause after 'but', and the 'but**
too. They hold that this ls void as applying money
Indefinitely after tho erection of the library to unnamed
educational and sclent I Hr, objects."
Ex-Judge Comstock said tho clause after 'but' was
void.
" There we have lt," said Mr. Choate, ? tlie whole
bequest ls told in law by their own admission. Hut
1 will not believe the other counsel agroo with Judge
Ooauiaek."
M arter said there was no dlsacroement
- There they aw backing him up in it," said Mr.
Choate.
.-.-Surrogate Rollins, who was sifting between Mr.
Carter and ex-Judi"** Comstock, said he had not spoken.
'?As a sheep l*;tv.eeu bli shearer, ho ls dumb," ro
C__iked Mr. choate.
Bo was proceeding with his address when Mr.
rsrter called him to order, saying that he was travelling
outside of lim pleadings. T? t|,|, Mr. ChOOtS ro
Mpoii'led: " Tins U MM ii tu., shilling CSSfl "ind vonr
Honor Ito the Judge) will not decide lt on technicalities.
We want a broad and fair Judgment on thu will."
Mi. Choate amened that tho thlrty-Ufih clause was
alao Invalid because, nf au unlawful limitation ami
that this proposition could not be gainsaid At the
close of his address there was a discussion In regard to
handing In brief**. Mr. carter maintained that he
should be allowed to see Mr. c'hoate's bi jet first, se,
as to be able to reply to lt specifically. To this Mr.
Choate objected Insisting thal the* briefs should be ex?
changed at one and the satin- time.
M.. i arte, could md agre- to this. "I want your
Honor to lix a certain time."' BS said, "af whirl; Mr.
Choate must, without equivocation. s:ibm!t hla brief."
"1 want je-.ir Honor to flt a lime," replied Mr
Choate, " when Mr, Carter, without asperity shall <>.\
chan*, briefs." Finally Jnstie-e Lawrence pav Uf
Crroate until April Its to hand In a brief directing Mr.
Carter to Ml ala tn by May 2. Then Mr. Choate ls
to have until May 8 to aubmlt another In reply.
THE END OF TIIE CDTTTNG CASE.
DISCO NT IN l BO nv MUTUAL CON.SF.NT. WITHOUT
COSTS--TIBBS CV OPPOSING COUNSLL
Nollie tv** uti*, before Judea Andrews yesterday that
the rai- ot BSSSSBI William QMHSg against tho ?80008
lng cunniiltte. of tha Union Club would be
discontinued by mutual consent without costs
Frederic IL Cond.rt, counsel for General Cut?
ting, aald yeaUrday afternoon In regard to the
aaaa: " There are no tarana of settlement and there i?
ne agreement between the parties; wa .imnlT discontinue
IBO ease, lt sunda now In favor of (Vuneral Cutting, in
a eeuea. and In another aenae lt ls against him. Thu de?
cision of Judge Andrews waa technically against us, but
bl* opinion showed that he thought tho charge* brought
against BoaoSSJ '"utting were not aitch aa would iu.ilf
his eapulsln. The charge brought waa met ili.i I,, i,., |
dune certain thine* am li a* e-houlei pru; atty lood to hie M
pcilslaii, I,ut almply thai ho had refuaod to ii-aleu at
quest of tke commlttaa.
" Thi.us0 Judie Andrew* dt_s-.li/ed Uta tnluaoUan. he
cmataS vu a ale/ at Btftatdlags t. alva a* uaw to make
Health
Result* from the nse of Ayer'a Barons
parilla. It assists digestion, makes
good blood, and restores wasted tissues.
Hence, the priceless value of this med?
icine to invalids, convalescents, snd all
wbo bave overtaxed any of the bodily
functions.
" About four years ago, I was taken
down with nervoua prostration. Mind
and body seemed
lo hate given out
together. Doctors
prescribed for me,
but without avail,
tnd ot last I re
??lived to try tha
virtues of Ayer'a
Sarsaparilla. I did
ao, and before I
bad finished the
first bottle, I felt
a decided change
for the better. I
continued tha usa
of this medicine,
until now I can
scarcely believe that I over bad boan
8ick."-Mrs. C. Kennedy, 787 Padfle st..
Brooklyn, N. V.
"I Buffered for years from a low con?
dition of tbe blood and general debility,
with severe pains in the back and
shoulders. I have been greatly helped
by a few bottles of
Ayers Sar
aaparllla, and take every opportunity to
apeak of my cure to those who aro
afflicted aa I waa." ?W. P. Stearns, 9
Free at., Portland, Me.
Strength
To endure the wear and tear of Wo, ona*.
eeaefully, demands an unfailing aupply
of pura, rigorous Blood. Marvelous aro
the results achieved by tho noa of
Ayer'a Sarsaparilla - the host aad
moat popular of all blood medicines.
"Ayer'a Sarsaparilla has dona mo k
Keat deal ot good. I teas all run down
fore I began taking lt, aad now I asa
gaining In strength avery day. I In?
tend taking one tamra bottle to Kotara
my health perfectly.?- Alloo Wool,
Jefferson, W. Va.
"I havo a good demand tor Avert
Sarsaparilla and rseoa__ae_4 lt to au.
It keen* tho blood pare,
And gives strength tot
-C. B. Minor fa draaffct for tt Toots k
191 Spring at., New York. *
" Before acing Ayer'o BaroopoaUVa, X
waa constantly confined ta cay beda
alnoe ualaf thia medinina, I om obie ta
walk twa or three miles at a Brno, lam
64 rear* of Sfe."-Mn. Borah Sredio,
IO Pleasant st., Lowell, Moss.
" I find Ayor'i Sarsaparilla ta hs sm
admirable remedy for tao cara of Mood
diseases. I preseribe H, and tl does tha
work every Brno."?B. L. Poler, M. D,
Manhattan, If poona
" Reina in poor health aad weakly in
body, when a lad of eight years, I woo
given Ayer*! Sar*
saparilla.
It helped mo oo much that, ainco tbeeu
lt has been my mamine whenever f
have needed a tonic or Wood-purifier."
? George W. Hendrick, Nashua, N. H.
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aytr B Co., Lowell, Haas. - Price Bl; ala, BS. WoetB BS a bottle.
an appeal. If we ahoold wish to do se, bnt wa de not be?
lieve, after tba decisions that have bean rendered, that tba
club will uko any further action on the former ebarg-ee,
and ao we do not oare to make any appeal. We ar* qolta
?* tl-."lcd with tha casa as lt stand*, and there Ia nothing
for ua to gain by golns K> a higher
court I don't know, of connie. wh*t the
club will do In the matter now, but they are gen?
tlemen and they aro reasonable men and I do not think
they would make any attempt to expel General Cutting
on the same charges a* before. They can treat bim Ju*.
llke any other member, and If they bring any new charges
against bim he mutt have an opportunity te be heard.
and then we should have to argue the essa before the
committee of the club, and If he were expelled without
proper cause, lt would be a ease for the courts to act
ninii,. Tho present action la at an end. dissolved without
costs, and each side bears Its own expenses."
Kx Judge Noah Davis, the counsel for the Union Club,
whin amo'd about the settlement of the lltllBtloa. asid:
"The decision tta* In our favor. Judge Andrew* dis?
solved the Injunction, but allowed the plaintiff. In caa*
he should wish to get the opinion of a higher court, a
stay ot proceedings for Ave days, to give him an oppor?
tunity to do so. I suppose the plaintiff and his oo ansel
ssw that the decision waa agalnat them and did not think
they would gain anything by carrying the case any further,
aud so they concluded to drop lt altogether. I consented
to the discontinuance of tbe caae, of course, on the con?
dition that lt should bo without costa The whole mat?
ter 1* now just where lt was at tho beginning of this action.
Tbero ls an order for General Cutting to show eau** uhr
he should nut be expelled from thu club, but whether
the club will go on and take action on the chargoe
against him aa they now stand, or whether tbey will modi?
fy the charges in some way, I do not know; they have
not consulted me on the matter at all, and they have told
me reith.uk ot their Intentions. They caa go on with
the old charges, if they like. If there ahoold Im a trial
before the committee of the dub, I should probably not
appear in lt Several ot the cviirulttce are lawyers and
they would have no need of employing counsel. Of
course, they would havo lo allow General Cutting to em?
ploy counsel If he wished to."
SUING TnE WESTERN UNION COMPANY.
Thu Ii.man Steamship coiup-ny flied a libel yes?
terday in tho United Utatea Circuit Court against tha
Western Union Telegraph Company for B-..000. The
city of 1'icUiKiiid was cmerlng the inman pier io
Jersey City ou August io, when her screw struck tho
B'eetOtn Lu. on caul*, which la ?t.e i hed between
i oiiiaiidt-st. in u..? city _nd thc j.ed Star u.oi In
.tee e-.. c.ty. ihe luman Company clo* larra that the
cable was not properly laid, and asa* tor BU .UGO as
damages lui- the injury vu tho steamer.
BITS OP LI-GAL NEWS.
The second trial o' the nut foi tho par:Lion et Kai
e.-ut BuaOSttag ui two hon .c. lu . ee.n.-ave. bel. ga.
to _.liz?!ie.".ui Uomiul-it, and lnvolv.u^ the a-ea-ia*
w he the. *i,e dlel h.. andu.*, ended ye* nm day in ihe su
BOainO cou.t nerurc J usu.,; lian-., a.,a ? jury. Hor
brother, i'raa.U il. Dondnick, who was Ute plaintiff,
claimed tha*. hor will, by which she divided ber property
betWOOS BM chi Urea of ber tirotiieis, William H. aud
.iain's ll. Dominick, wm ot no eileut, as she .ubaeauonil/
destroyed lu it wan shown mat Sha wss uf unbound
mina winni ahe burned the w.il, au! them fore the will
-tan.1_. A vriict was rendered for the defendants.
Miss Dominick was eighty yt sis old when ?he died la tha
Moomin gd.tl. Asylum in September, l_?3.
la obedience m the order requiring ex-Alderman
Michael Duffy to slow cause) why he sbiuld not be pun?
ished for coutr-ni^t of court In tailing to appear for ex?
amination lu supplementary procc-edlm,'*, he presented
himself yesterday before Judge MaOoWO, tn the City
Court, and pror_,?od to submit to an examination to-mor
row.
Mrs. Emily Stewart obt.*.'ned a verdict for 88,5.3
against the Metiopolltan Uevated Railway Company yes?
terday for depret iai on in tho rental value of her dwell
in.-, No. 15. Wea*, .lfty-thlid-s-, at the rate of 8>00 a
year for six yea;*, and interest Tho caae was tried in
the Superior Court before Chief Judge sedgwick anti a
Jury.
An order directing Charles I*. Chlckertng, adminis?
trator of the estate of James II. Paine, the miser, to dls
tribnr* $40,000 io the next of kin. In addition to the
if.'i.ocie) previously distributed, waa aigned by Surrogate
Hansom ye.sterd.iy.
Letters of administration oa the estate of Cornelius A.
Runkle were granted lo his widow, Lucia G. Runkle,
yesterday, by Surrogate Ransom. Tke valuo Of the
personalty ls 025,000.
<?a
COURT CALEVD ARS?TO-DAT.
flurbim* Court?cn ambbia ? Hetora Van Bruat P. J.?
Noa. IS. SS. 05. 111.183. 151*. i'i8, 191, 193, tn, 25-. _?6,
?no. .88, ;'<>3. 31)0. ,.18,814. SIB. 318, 119. SJS, 324. ?__, mf.
.11. 34'-. 343, 344. 345, Mli. 347. 348, 34., 340, -uL 3S'J. 'Mk
straKhi i oi'RT-si'sctAL Ttsaa - Past l? Hitor* Aa
drews. J.-N'o*. .V8.I, 405, 601. M4. 61*. 4-7, SOL 618 37*.
nt ri<r.?ir c-hist?racut. Tssa- past i -ftsfsr* i_tw
renee. J.-Nos. 50-. 170. 61!. .'-'0. 673, 8.8 SIS. Ssa. 88.. 45,
663, 0IS, 6.4, 542. 567. J13. 530, 37*?. 541, 60S, 613. 458, MM,
061,411*).
- I.TIlEMR COUBT?CIBCDIT? PAST I.-AOtoOru-d salli
Thur-el-v. htah li -0
si ramseouar?ciRCtTTT?Part II.?Before Pattei-aon. J.
-N0S.5U8. --1"', 1867, 177'), 1279, 82.(9, .20, 1468. 1941.
l'.)43. 1. I.i. 1H14. 11)45. mri. 1947. 1048, 1950, 19*1, 1.5-,
1968, 1!154, 1_>54. lobtl, 1967. 1S5S.
aursBMi ttouiir?circuit?part m.?Bsfors Beaoa, I.?
Case o i. -s 'a, ralslielar
?".puewe court?Ct-CDlT? Part TV.?Bsfor* Barrett, J.?
No*. Lilli, 13-c. 1674, 1U36, UaO, 919. 338, 1838. 1675 v>,
1577. '.'tie'. 93_. 1566. 1612. L',93.
"a.iiBO*AT_'s Coi rt?Before Raaaoai. 8.-WHI of Cor?
nella M, stewart, 10.30 ?. m., will ot ChrlMoahor O. Varier.
Ila. m.; will of .olin McNeil, U m.
svrE-ioii coum?*ar?c:iAu TSSa? Before O'Oenaan, J ?
Ne. SSS.
H.rtiiaa couar?Trialtbbk?Part I?Before Sadgwiak,
l .1 .Nu. 1431.
Btrrsoioo O.u rt?trial tbbji?Part II?BolBBS Frood
Ditn. J --.SH*. 17tl.
HUrBRIORI'eJl'ST ?l'BIAL TBH1I ?Part m. ? -.for* Oagro,
J. Noa USB 913, 1808.
H.rERIOB COURT-TKIAL TEEM?PABT IV_Refer* Tm*-.
J._\,n lOOH. l7o*?.
Common 1'lkas?si'EciAL Term?Before Allen, J,-No
Bay ? aicnilar.
CokMen Pleas?Tbial Term?Part I.?n*for* Book
?Utrer. .I.-No*. 2H8, 696. 673, 6.15 181. ?0S, 770. 209. 429,
titi l. 771. 153, 74X 751, 372. 7ti9. 73d. 784. 781, 520. 7?0. 655.
7T?.
CiTr Coi'BT?Oeseral Tbbm?Adjourned nntll Thnraday,
Marou 4
(HT COCRT ITIIAB TEBM-PABT IL-BofOT* M-A?1*m,
i. J.-N..* 4788 SM-3,47D1 4S47. 4659, 3540. 8642, 3043,
8544. 3.46. -Sid. 3547, 3.18. 8550, 3551.
Crrr court?Trial Tssa?Pabt hi. - Adjourned for
the lent).
court or (Jbxerai. sessioss?Part l?Re-order Smrta
ami Aasiatant Olairlet-Attomer t-ttagereM.-Noa. 1. 8. 8, _,
6. ti. 7, 8. 9, 10. ll, 12. 13. IA 15, 16, 17. 18.
coi kt or GESBRAL OBsSIOKS ? PAST IL?Martins,
J., amt AiaUtant 1 usirlci-Attorney clofL-No*. 1,8,3,4,5,
a, 7.8. 0, in. H. 12. 13. 14.
COURT OF (.BHEUAI. **B**I0-S?Pabtt III. ? OiHor
>!?", J., sud AaslaUnt Olatri. i-Attoruey Dawson.? Noa. _,
2,3.4.5,0.7, 8,*.. 10. ll. 12, IS.
FATAL LEAP FROM A HOUSETOP.
A e. in named l'eur Maguire ago twenty-nine, of No.
2 Mi* Kin uer-a-' Brooklyn, Jumped from the roof of a house
at No. lol Fulton-et, early yesterday morning Into tho
Bridge anchors*** yard at tbe rear of the house, and waa
Instantly killed. Ile had been seen by Bridge Policeman
Kano aetlug strangely on the root a short time before, and
he reported the fart to Sergeant Phillip*, and then weat
bask and kept a lookout tor hi* a. lion*. In a few momenta
me man jumped a distance of about forty feet, clearing a
high brick wall at the rear of the ho uso yard, aad falling
.in the L-iaMod.
Sargeant Phillipa and two policemen had gone to tha
house at No. 108 Pnlton-.t., but tho man Jumped before
they got io the roof. Maguire was formerly employed
by P. BooSeeker, a butcher, al No. SS Mslnat. bnt had
not been working for some time. He had baan drinking
heavily for some time and he recently hurt lit* head by a
fall, and lil* friends nay hi* mind waa unkinged.
BARONS TO HOLD AX ANN IT ESSA RY.
At Masonic Temple on the evening of April I Kane
L'.-lje will celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Ita organi?
zation by an eiitcitaltimeiii and reception to which tho
.H. n-.t*-rs *nd their friend* have boen Invited. There will
)*? an adtlre** by Chauncey M. Depew, who I* a member
uf the lodge, music by Mia* Nelli* OarpOBt**., Mra l*aam*
ll. Thomas, thee Kcnnieoit QcartaM* aa! other*, %a ba fal?
low *4 hg o aallettaa aad ta&aUg* The oilitraWta lo ,
madar Uta direct-** of a coaamlttae BERU hy Past Oromt
Maatsr J. JEBwafd __?______ BSSBBBB <* tha Baaid al
_____?____.
OOOD PO* DO WiV-_*OW,V pbopbbtt OWXMMS.
Tha Coonaal to th* Corpo?tloa wa* called op**i yass
temar by ? reporter from Tai Taioiwa aad aak*d aa to
th* provision* of a bill recently introduced in th* Sonata
by Mr. Langbeln, providing for the rein, lng of certain
assessment* In the upper portion of tba elly. Mr. Beaks
man aald I " The trill to which you refer wa* prepared la
thi* oflice ind ia intended to euro a g**s*t injmrttee whieh
ha* been dona to tha city at large by the vaeaiioo of ter.
tain aaaeaamenta for local improvements ta th* upper por?
tion ot th* city. Tha Sr** six lmpreTemeata mention*! ta
the bill ire for sewer* fer which tbe BWOSBBBBI har* b?aa
laid, which have been wholly vacated by th* coon ape*.
technical ground*. Tha bill leave* to th* Board tor Usa
Revision and Correction ot Assessment* wide dtacraU-a a!
lo what proportion, if any, of each a*Ma*meat should ba
Imposed upou the property deemed to be benefited. That
board 1* composed of th* Controller, the Recorder and tha
Couaael to th* Corporation, and may, I think, be trnatad ki
do IplueUe* to no ene. If the present condition ot af?
faire la to continue, hy which mbatanOal i__p-.v_m--._i
that add very largely lo tba vaia* ot npuwa pa-opaity ara
not to lr* paid tor by pi-perty-owner* tanmadUtalr b_o_
_**<_, an undue proportion or th* axpeaaa* ol tha aa*.
provemeut ot tke elly will Ni cart upon th* *-_*U koM*re
of property In the lower part ot the etty wha bara paid
tor all the improvement* that have been made walsh ha
?ny way affected their property and who ahoold. tharafare.
ba common Justice, be protected by requiring that tba
?ame ral* chou]- apply ta improvement* mada open np.
town psspsBBj ?? w?* applied te the dowatowa pSeperty.
Aay otkar principle than thi* wo?M be wppraastve la tbo
extrema and bring about that lne*_t_tllty of taxation aa
abhorrent te one'* mom of Jostle*. A h**rlng upon ll
will be asked for before ths Senat* Committee an Ol Usa
on Wedueadty afteraooa."
FEIGXIXG IX SAX ITT TO AMA KB OFF A BOM AV.
Mr*. Sarah Ann Champlln baa bogan. In Um Brooklyn
City Courts, a suit againat Ollaon lUtahart, a former pilot
on th* Roo*etrelt-*t ferry lins, to recover 87,800 tor ser?
vice* aa hoaagkeepar. H* *eparat*d from bl* wife ara
twenty years ag* and bar baabaod obtained a dlvorea tram
bar, and they lived tof*ta*r aft*, wnd ___! tetmnOj a*
No. 808 South Plfth-at, passing aa maa aad wtfa. Bo
agreed to give ker all hi* property except ofO a atonth Ba
had to pay lo bia wife. Relnhart wa* caught atsiltng
brick* a few we*k* ago from a brick yard adjoining tba
tarry house aud waa discharged from hi* position a* pfUt
II* than preisnaVd to b* Inmate and deceived a phyaciaa
and a lawyer, and tke papen were prewntad to Judge
Bartlett for hi* commitment to aa Insane **.-lui_- Tba
Judge Insisted on the mao being brought before him and
thoo Relnhart ?uddenly appeared sane and aald be had
Mhemed to get rfd of Mrs. Champltu and ker daughter and
return to hi* wife with whom he ha* become reconciled.
Mrs. Champlln really believed kim insane aad wealed to
get rid of him. Relnhart ls aald to be worth from al 5,000
to 020,000, whieh Mrs. Champlln helped him -are, aa sba -
kept boarder* while he was faithful lo kl* duty oa tho
terryboHt Mrs. P.-inhart claims all kl* property, and
Mrs. Champlln Ands her only recourse la a suit for aar*
vices.
GAMES OF TBB COLUMBIA XIX E.
Th* candidate* for tke Columbia College UmWII nine
ar* ready lo begin their outdoor work ?? **oa *? Ut*
weather will permit They hid made arrangement* te gs
upon the Polo Grounds for th* Srst time te-memw, bul
even their enthusiasm cannot make the weather wan*
enough to warrant their freeling their band*. There tia
fifteen men now training, th* material having been lUvtA
down, while the occupsnoy ot one or two of the positions
has been already fixed. J. 1. Welch will play Srat base,
and the other candidates are: catcher?W. __ Wild and
J. P. Shaw; Hitcher-Arthur Morgan *ad V. H. MeClur*;
second base?H. Btrebelgb and T. H. narrie; shortstop?
J. V. Mccusker and C. Fl Dappler; third b***?Pail Lo
Marohe and J. 8. McCabe ; field, lt B. Martino, lr., I. A.
Ptxley. a J. Paget, V. Mapee and J. T. Hoot*.
Lawreo** Reamer, tb* manager ot tha aloa, Mid lo o
TRtsi vb reporter yesterday : *? W* ar* putting a strang
nine Into tb* field thi* year. Our aaaaoa wtU agaa April
12, with a game lt Seton Hall, Orange. Oar game* wltb
Harvard. Tal* ind Trinity College* are already arranged,
also on* wita th* University of Pennsylvania and twa
' gamea with the New-Tork nine. Wo will *rr*ng* oar
Princeton game* this week. Oar freshmen nine hu ar?
ranged to play tb* Prlnaete- tr*atman two gam**, tba
first on April 18.
B ' *"
A GOOD BMPUBT.TCAX CLUB ORGANIZED.
Tbe first regaler meeting Of tb* Lincoln Clab al tha
XVlth Assembly DUtrtot aaa bald Met Bight at Ba BBB
Third-*v*.. aad <k* work of ?fgaattsattoa, aot 8aU*t*d aa
th* UM mMttajt two week* ago, waa ampi***!, Andrew
Pennell presided. Tb* Llnoola Club (? ? atricUy R*pu_
Ucaa organltatfem. MoM of th* mamban belonged to tho
Blaine and Logan Club of tba XVlth DUtrtct orgaait*!
In 1881, and two autograph latter* from limn. Blain*
?nd Logan ar* tbe moM prlred ornament* oo the walla Ot
tbe club-room. Tb* Utter*, In haadaom* trna**, bang
directly behind the president's chair.
The officer* of tbe dab sr* Andrea Pennell, p*-*-td?nt|
Charles J. P. Knppel and Isaac Waite, vtee-pre-MenUt
William Patter-on. i.eo**_tnf secMtary; Terraae* P. Ut.
Gowan, financial secretary; Edward R*aa_g, BB-S-BJ-B-I
lng aeereUr. ; R*ary Barden, tnsnrer. Meeting* will
ho held en the aeeond and laarth Monday ol trott __*?*__
SUDDBX DEATH OF SET MOUE M. DTTTXAX.
The death of Seymour M. Dlttman, aga thlrty-Sv**, el
the firm of Dlttman A Uh!felder, cotton brok*-*, wa* am
noune?d at th* Cotton Kxch.ug* ya*i*rday. Mr. Dttb
man'* death wa* taddeo and unexpanded. On Sunday hi
wa* apparently In excellent health, bat yaMerday mornlrwt
he wa* Mlzed with violent convulsion* and died tn ? *b?H
lima
PASTEUR AXD HYDROPHOBIA.
Mom* Recent Discovert** la Trea.tm.nt.
Paattar aad kl* AaaUtaata tgp*HM*artat aa AataaalB
Bralaa. IsJaaMaa ot Ot atti* Oats Baaaaea.
? Pa .tour* * groat aaa***-," reetatty Mid
Pianch physician, -1* One a* mach lo hi*
mind, liberality aad parMvanaea as lt I* to Ma
attainment*; and, toort au, b* ha* Ua _8B__f_ *l kkt
own upinlou*, fla BMtMr wk* ?pyo*M klaa*
Thea* remark* rsMlmd tram y?ar coi 11 ap aa aa* t *_k__g
thu p_.-er.un whotaor Piat-Wi mumu* e_perha_mm
upon aalmaU UMU with Bostek Oats ?BBB *ka tom Sf
m wiaaiy advaHiMi to Anima aaa aa* pee altai*, pam
uar, h*wev*r, ha* a aatad al hla aaa, aad aaaSa Bom
bearing-** wa Ul havo koto of tBo reiaerkahte ?*Ta*M al
thu modiela* la oarreoo sal tn* Hmo aaa, haowo lUa
or tho moat aa?aruaaata wtta Bo asm maa* at Sha
I. Beau 8a Urigaaa. tho ptmen toot bf MM. BaaMf aai
Hansom balm Mw Ttmok AuBamy ol BU*" aaa Oho****
real I'a experiment* at the Col lag* KahaaoMry ea* BM
Indersemeni of lt by m?ay prasalneat pkytteUaA
He may boiut-e that it atti ba a -aa* oBttmi 8*8 la
bia *th*r tNatmtnt, aaS tt aa, u tolly j_ott8eS la aa**
javsung it to a praaaagad aad aattou* bm* t* maim OM
jual bow lt aCecu tai kmim Mi 9ASMAB IBMSkmB BBB
a--t_r.pb.BM rtos_a
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