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NEW-YORK, THURSDAY, JINK s, 1893.-FOURTEEN PAGES.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
THE DEAD TRAGEDIAN.
FD WIN BOOTH'S LOM TO THE WORLD AXD
TO THE STAGE.
EXPRESSIONS OF SORROW AND SYMPATHY-AR
RANOF.MINTs FOIl THE FCNERAL-THE
BL'El AL TO BE IN BOSTON -A mnVDABU
PROM HENRY IRVIN'*..
Tlie end ol tli** Ufo ol Edwin Bootb eoosed no
surprise mil no shock. It could M-iii'iely lirtv.*
don*** no af any time within tho la-t y.>:ir. but af?
ter his iong illness his (loath came in?*r?*ly as
the perod which was knuwn lo Iso inevitable. This
in no way lessened, however, the sorrow arv! lfce
feeling of loss, in hundreds of oases of personal
loss. Tbs feelings ore pennine, deep and wido
_.pread. Mr. Booth was on** wlio endeared him?
self tc all who had tire privilege of knowim*- him
personally, and one who commanded the respect
and ioiior as well as tlie admiration of those wiri
oh-Tved his art aird knew of his character and
hie life. No one held a lar_ei- place in the heart**
of his fellow-players, and none -.-.'lined higher
credit and est<*!*m tor his callina; from the world
outside its own ranks.
When Mr. Hoot h's death wns understood to bo a
qaOOtioa Ol B SSW hours the anxiety lot nows of
his rendition Iwam.' miens'*. The newspopef mon
whose duty it was to (.ot instant information of
his d.-ath or of any chancre in his condition wore
?zatherod in front of tlie Flavors' ('luis, in Gram
ercy Fnrk. for a largo parr of the day and ni .ht,
and it became the habit of actors wh i wore not
members of tho dub t" spplt to thom eonstantly
for tho latent nows from Mr. Booth. Kven some
uRkt wees ?een**-*e_e ol tho club found thu thi*
was tho easiest way to sret trustworthy informa?
tion. Doirens of ouch inquiries were nnsworod,
nor did they all come fr*"ii actors. F.verybodr
who pas*-ed through the noighh'.rins sfroors semied
to know that .Mr Hooth was fliore and was -ly?
ing and to he anxious about him. Towafd the
end the crowds frequently gathered sud stood lol
some time looking up at the windows of the sick
mon's room and wnitin? for the tidings thar they
knew would come soon.
There was nothine to Ive seen, of course, ervo^pt
the arrivals and departures of such collen as hail
or assumed the tight f make their _oqn_rtes in
the clubhouse jts?]f. the c.min_r of th1* physician
st his regular hour, his poins* awav after his
visit I-f* the patient, the dispatch of nesSMfSTS to
summon Iiim in haste when a crisis- seemed nenr.
his return and hil point- again But the air of
the whole neighborhood and of all who came into
it fieemed to he that of respect and solicitude
The street- around -Jramerey Park are paved
with smooth asphalt and are a oon*"nnt ?ttr;n*
tion to wheelmen, but it was noted that fewev
of them came there than usual and that they ws-ro
careful not to Ting their bell* or to make any
noise. The people in the park were quieter than
usual, too.
Inside the clubhouse there was almost as little
incident. The patient remained in the same con?
dition, except for hi! gradual sinking, and only
s tow v .-re admitted to his room. These were
his son-Jn-law and dauchter, Mr. and Mrs.
Ignatius '.rossman: his .lrother-in-law, Mr. Ma
gonigle, the superintendent of the club, and Will?
iam Bisphain, the treasurer. Scarcely any otiieis
were admitted, except the doctor an 1 th ? norscs.
At intervals the patient's bro_thine seemed t'
stop altogether and it wan thought for the mo?
ment that he waa dying or dead, but a wonder?
ful decree of vitality kept him alive long after a
man who seemed naturally stronger might have
died.
A CAST OP THE DEAD MAN'S FACE.
Early yeeterday""- morning a cast of the fae
of the dead actor was taken in plaster by A.
.Val.hamsen, of No. 4r.4 West Forty-flrst-st., who
has bad much experience in such work, and does
much of it for the sculptor Augustus St
Gaudens. He took casts of the faces of Law?
rence Barrett, Dr. Agnew and (leneral Sherman
His work yesterdny was thought to be e<**jie
cially successful. He said that the face of tho
actor looked .just a. it did when ho last saw
him on the stage. It has not yet been decide,'
what will be made nf tho cast. A tstiitue and a
bust havo been supported, but thus far not de?
termined upon.
Nearly sll the members of the Play
lers' who aro in town called at the boose
yesterday, and there were many callers besides
Messages of condolence and sympathy were also
received from all over the country, ond from
other countries. Almo*t all of them were a<l
dTeooed to Mrs. Grossman, and they wore sent
to her house unopened. Mri. Grossman herself
was worn out by her long watching, and was
unable to attend to the messages that came to
her in hundreds from her fnthor's friends. To?
day, perhaps, they may all be opened, and some?
thing of their contents diselosed, or, at least, a
list of tho senders made. The following dis
patch, addressed to William Winter, ursa received
st this offlee yesterday afternoon:
Mt dear Winier: I am grlfveii beyond monsur**
St (he Bad news of pror, dear Booth's death. Thc
world ts poorer to day by a great and true man all
love. HENEY IRY1M..
London, Way 7.
THE ARRANGEMF.VTS FOR THF. FT'NFRAI,.
It has boen arranged that the funeral shall
tako place to-morrow. The body will bo taken
from the clubhouse at about 9 a. m., to the
Church of the Trandi-.'-tiratioii, in F_ast Twenty
ninth-st. near Fifth-ave. This is "The Little
Church Around tho Corner," where tho la*, rites
have been paid to so many actors, since it re?
ceive.! its name because of ono of thom. Bishop
Potter, who was a friend of Mr. Booth and is a
member of the Players, lins Iseen asked to
conduit the services. He will be assisted t>\
the Rev. lb". George H. Honehton, the rector ol
the church, who is also a member of tho I .ay?
ers", and the Rev. C. W Bisphom. of Washin .ton.
There will be no sermon, uDgJ the w*rviee of the
Protestant Lpiscopal -..lurch being used. After
the service the body will lie taken to the (.rand
Central station and then to Iloaton. A small
parry of Mr. Booth's relatives and most intimal-*
friends will accompany it to Boston. It drill
no doubt include Mr. and Mrs. ('ros.man, Mr.
and Mrs. Magonigle and Mr. and Mrs. William
Bispham. Tlie burial will he in Mt. Auburn
Cemetery, where the committal services will bo
conducted hy a clergyman from tho Church ol
the Advent, in Boston, probaM*; the Rev. Dr
Frisby. Mr. Booth owned a lot at Mt. Auburn
snd his first wife i.< buried there.
The body will lie in a plain collin of oak,
with the inscription, " Ldwin liooth, bon No?
vember 13, Iftti'A, died June T, ISM." A wreath
of laurel will l*e placed on the collin by Mrs.
("rossman. There wi.'J Ito no flowers. Such
flowers as maj ls* ottered by lnends will lie
Bent to hospitals. The pallbearer* -rn ill be
Joseph Jefferson, A. M. Palmer, ex-Ctiiet Justice
Charles P. Daly, Parke Godwin, Kastrnan John?
son, Horace Howard Furness and William Bis
pham. Admioiion to the church will Itt* only
by card. Cards will bf distributed m those
who are entitled to them at the Players' Club.
Doubtless nearly all the members of the club
witt attend, and there will be large representa?
tions frem the Actors' Fond and the Actor*"'
Order ot Friendship.
RUILD!N-': DI-AI'ED IN MOl RXIN '.
The flag _t hulf-mast over the Players' Club
woo tho omy outward sign of mourning displayed
there y__.t_.day Ihe house of the Actors' Fund,
to West Twenty-eighth-et., was more .lahorat.*ly
droped. A meriting of the Board of Trustees of
Oeatteoe- oo EoeooS Pose.
BUCKEYE REPUBLICANS.
THEY MEET IN STATE COXY1_NTIO_. IN
COLUMBl'S.
FNITED AGAINST THE COMMON ENEMY-OOV
EKNOR M'KINI.EY TO BE RF.NOMI NATED-A
LETTER FROM SFNATOP. SHKRM -N
I?Y TF.I.F.ORAril TO Till" TRIHI"!..:.]
Columbus, Chi... June 7.?An the most con?
spicuous and important of tho States to hold
. elections in November, it will fill to the lot sst
I Ohio to give, live months hence, a timely and
, sipnilicant popular verdict on the results, di
1 reef, or incidental, which have so far flown from
the extraordinary political revolution ol 1**.0_.
A OoYemor to serve two years is to ho chosen
'.ri this State, and thc purpose of the Republi?
can organization is to renominate fug this oflice
the present ineumlsent, William McKinley, jr.?a
purpose evident from the very beginning of his
administration. There is no doubt that the ap?
proaching State earn]ia',-.n, like that of fwo years
apo, will be fought almost exclusively on No?
tions] issues, growing out of and left unsettled
by the violent popular upheaval of last autumn,
and intensified in their political bearings and
COMO.nonces by the uiirhorisliod return of the
Democracy to power. It is, perhaps, a doubly
fortunate chance th af the first important appeal
to popular judgment in the questions presented
hy the signal triumph of Democratic policy at
the polls last fall should be made under
leadership so excellent ond on a field
j so promising 'is row offered in
the approaching campaign in this State. The
Republican organization here has shown in too
I many of its bitter contests of the Inst thirty years
j ito sagacity and courage, its soundness of judg?
ment and National instinct of political leadership,
to Justify an.v misgivings in its superb ability to
rolly from the ***tfects of last year's disaster and
re-establish Republican sapremacy beyond d.s
piit'*. With a candidate of the high character,
I wide popularity and established public merit of
Governor -vl.-fcdiiloy, and an active and harmonious
united eOBYOOS such as that prosecuted two years
ago, there can be little question that. Ohio Re?
publicanism, which faltered and almost disappeared
in tho " upset" of last l-.OTsS-_.be>, will Iso re?
established in the stalwart, and aggressive st-anch
nos6 of .ts earlier days. The lessons of the in
difi'erence and factionalism which im]M*rill<-d and
almost lost tho full electoral vote of the State
last fall have been learned by the Republican
bodies in Ohio, and if tho t'*mpor of the State
Convention which Msnihled hen* this afternoon
can be trusted, all minor and partisan differences
are to be vigorously repressed for tho approach?
ing campaign.
No convention held here for many years has
met in such a spirit of consideration and har?
mony, or shown such evidences of a unit"d pur?
pose to relrieve ifs past reverses. Ohio conven?
tions have been noted too often heretofore for the
lively clashing! of interests, which hav*s animated
and sometimes embittered tlie course of their pro
1-pod-HfS Tho convention which wno called to or?
der t*'.-day was, however, a model of good feeling
and di*int restedne*o. Though -.13 d-1-gates w-r*
on the roll, not a single contest was reported, nor
had any primary rivalries of any sort boen carried
np to the convention. No candidate had appear-1
publicly in opposition to any officer .?n the list
elected two years ajio and now suggested for re?
election, and the convention adjourned, after
transacting a little preliminary business, with tho
agreeable prospect of reassembling to-mor?
row to renominate r.y _.<_amhtion Goy*?rn*.r
McKinley, L.eutenant-.'overnor Harris and all the
other State officials whose terms expire, except,
perhaps*, the lost on the list, the State Food Com?
missioner against whom there aro slight signs of
a contest.
The preliminary session to-day in the (.rand
opera House lastnl about an hour and a half,
BBOOt of the t'.me b,-inp occupied by speeches from
Cito Iii?11 Fun-ell, ol the State Committee, and
Representative Charles H. Grosvenor, ol Athene,
ih-* ti-mjmrary chairman. Committees wen* ap?
pointed on platform, permanent organization and
rules, and the recess was taken till to-morrow
at IO o'cl.iclci Uko nil I..*p.il,!ic.in ronvon
tions, the roll of delegates showed many names
of local importance from the various counties,
and in the opera stalls were some figures fa?
miliar in National public life. Fx-Spealier J,
Warren Heifer, looking almost unelianged "ince
his Washington career ended ten years OgO,
came as a delegate from Springfield,
his home, accompanied by his son-in-law,
J. F. MeCrew, a member of the last State [_Bf.
islature. Representatives Enochs and nulick, and
ox-Representative Smyser, of Woost<j, were in
orchestra chairs. Major Bickham, of Dayton,
known to everybody in Ohio, and to many out?
side the Stato^jvas a prominent delegate, and was
put on the platform with ex-Speaker Keifor, Con
oral Enochs, Columbus Delano and Judge Law?
rence, tiie wool tariff experts; C. L. Poorman,
Ohio's Se-rotr'.ry of State, ami S. A. North way,
Representative from the Ashtabula District.
Judie West, of Bolleforitnine, the blind orator, who
nominated Mr. Blaine at one of the Republican
Naii'in.il Conventions al Chicago, was also a
delegate.
(ieneriil Grosvenor's speech was, of course, a
feature of the dav's proceedings. It was in good
manner, temperate, sensible and QoaMflOOM, and
won a warm welcome, espeeilUy the part which
dealt with the iio-cssity of abandoning all fac
11 I. il disputes and bickerings to insure future
party success. He mid, among other things:
wi,i!<- tills BeeBeereok oaperiaml ls silas un. Ut us
never f,.r._(-t, and l'l us see to lt that our rncinlt
never forget, that thc jeer 18!*2 waa the mo-t paeapaeooa
year to all classes of the Al... rican people that eyer
pris ed over our hestia. Let us tie N|_.ci_e about this.
E?*t sss assert and challenge contrudl't'oii (lint on thc
dght.li day of last November this country waa more pros,
pennis thnn this or wy other country ever was before.
Let us assert und challenge our opponents to deny lt thal
BO that memorable day the labor of thi. counter waa Let?
ter con,p-_s?i<_ than lt ever -as before In this cntinrrv
or In any other country of the earth.
After Getter*] Grosvenor's speech an interest imr
letter from Senator Sherman was read r, tin- con?
vention by General Giosvonor. It was loudly
applauded Tho tevt was us follows:
United Staffs Senate,
Washington, Lt. C, June 1, ISfsJ*
To Hon. Charlea H. f'.osve?or.
My Dear Slr: Your letter of the 30th ult ls received.
It wes my put pose to att"inl the state 1'.invention, hut
I am d?t lined hero by business engagements that I ISO"
1104 well avoid; Mill, if 1 could be. of any service to tho
Hopitl,ll.'iii. i-.ty by attending the convention, 1 would
Indore oil personal inu-r.-sts and po to *'ol?i?l,,i, to con?
sult and adv!-.- nilli Republicans of Ohio. Aa you know,
I have scrupulously ol.statue I from any interference lu
U,e HOOcUee of candidates, end the announcement of the
prliiilpl.-h of our |M!ty. as 1 hollow that this duty .sn
l.<- Inst pteteemat bv thc delegate* oleSAMaa' In ron
sention Irom ell the counties of Ohio; the concurring
opinions of th.--e .lele|/:ites ls a far wiser and safer guide
_fv?n tli" addie of any one of them. fortunately, our
party ls not now divided as to either candidat'-s or
prinrlples. Public opinion e.-et-R to have concentrated in
favor of Uso-.. _d,< ted t.v? years agu, all of whoiu luve
prov,d t'.ait they wei* worthy of th" co. lid. lire reposed
In them.
The public policy of Uie K'publlcou parly, both Stet*
and National, ls already engrafted in our laws, and, 1
iclieve, bea the approval and sanction ol tl," people of
Ohio. (Jovei-nor McKinley ls in honored representative
of thia policy, and Justly commands the confidence, not
only of the people of Ohio, but of the ttutbtt States of
Aeierlca.
What we need most in Ohio ls a wi-e revision of
hui lu"" 1-vying llBla ai?0 local taves, ,_, mg fo (BSSSS
ju.t and eqial taxation 011 all psSfHSf of every kind
In Ohio. Next to tl.is we should HOS to secure to
labor ond to the laboring men every advantage and
opportunity for eoiK-atlon, employment, happiness and
comfort which von bc conferred by low. Ohio, from
Ita location, population end condition, ought to be. end
I believe now la, one of Ute most prosperous suites in
the United States.
Thle greet Republic, -hough but mauuy devastated
by a destruct],, ?_,r ls now ^ tr-tal. strongest and
best governed country of oh" wot ld. It is the typo
and model ^ wh(rh HbertT-lovlssu men of all nations
look, in tho hapf, thst thr.y ai|l| th)>1|. r0?ntr|C, nuy be
?bl'' to follow our example.
MOBO of tho K00d we now fnioJ ,s u,, ^pr|{ ol the
-.??publicen party. The policy of our party hu- pre?
served and strengthened the Cni ti ; lt haa mad- us a
tren peopl,. j,, tt<.t ^ wel| as )n ntme. ,t ha, demonstrated
the strui.th of m ix.pular government r-stlii. BBBO tho
oo-milty of m,.... ?nd ha(l pr,,vt.(1 t|Ut ,.?.h lanota-M in
a republic can furnish, by election from the people, ?r it
MO, _*r.-:.8e, ?n(j ,T)^r th!in oggm or emp-r r*. lo ad
minl-tcr th,- !,i_|,..-._ functions ,,f the *. iwriimetit In
pence and war. The Hcpiibllcan party has furnished
a host of th,.,-, nmong whom Abraham Um dn and
1lvs.es s. (.rant **-.,v m mamet a* examples. Th" Rc
publican party has BHSMMWi I BOHO_ vvhld, ha* secun-d
America fur Americans. It has protected ill Industrie
Impartially. It has secured to labor Its hl?h''?t rewnttl?,
n t only in wa.'*- but In opportunities and advancement
iit.|*nssible in other countries, lt has secured ul a
sound currency, the bighorn nnatidal cr-'dlt, general
prosperity and en unexampled erowtli In wealth. Intelli?
gence, Invention and development. It hos card for the
pallion,- soldiers ?f tiie war, their widows and cri-hatis,
not only by honors and sy m.withy, but by liberal pensions.
Compared Bt__ th,- empty and fruitless 1*00-0-01 of
lt? O'lv-r.sarle., tho Uepubli, an |iarty lia* en.raft--- Its
pulley Iii tho act* and executed them, and now pointe
to Ihe history of its deeds as the best evidence of what
lt will do In the future, while a DaootSBSM jiarty end a
Demo. nile, President can't agr.-e upon or fut iodate u
Bingle afllrmuti.o BMOMN of public Batley, ind -"annol
even acreo ii|k,u how- and where lt will or COB attack
an.v merisurn o! Um HafOBllOOB party. It KUM ui'Oit p-m*
poi****v discontent, thc slumbering animosities ot the l'.e
betlloo and the corrupt agrn.les of the city of Nt-w-Yorli.
lid'r the-e e_HO_BB__OeOI it should be the pride and
glory i,r tho R.-publl, an party In Ohio to take the b-ad In
our coming beetloo, io revive the Int. nt encigr BOi en?
thusiasm of the olden times, to bury out of sight all the
petty divisions and dissensions Inseparable from political
strife, aid with courage and hope to advance our Na?
tional honor, as in ison, with our principles emhla/o.,. _ ,,,,
??very fold, with pride in what we have gjmO _B thc I"*st
and with ronlidet.ie that the patriotic people of the United
r-trites oil] nilly to our support wherever a fr.**** bellel
and a fair count are permitted hf the ruling poners of the
Homo, ratii: party. Very sincerely youre,
JOHN SHERMAN.
The choice to-day of BMmbers ol the new State
Committee Indicates that Major Dicks, *.i Akron,
will be as*ain made cliiiiriii.ui ol tin- (.'ampuiKU
Committee, s position which bo has filled already
for ore year.
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TUE ISVESTICATIOS ES DEO.
XO RF.rORT ON Till. HUDSON RIVER STATE
HOSPITAL WILL BF. MADE AT I'RF.SK.NT.
Allony, .lune 7.?The Stale Commission In Lunney
this sftcrnooo dosed its investigation into the man
agemelit or tb.- affairs ol Hie Hudson River -Int.
HoapMol at Poughk-, ip -lc .s,.nnt',r Amasa J. I"nrk<r.
who ls president of tl,o board of trustees of the h'?
pltnl, wns lbs only witness. A repetition of testimony
heretofore brought out was (.-hit-fly the result of a
constant erSSStn, In which Comtnls.doncr Drown and
the wllne-s engaged for over two hours. The argu
ments became heated nt times, Commissioner Hrown,
iii BObStabCB, saying that the witness ]ir,d not properly
supervised the allalrs and management of UM In
dilution hs president. Senator l'urk- r made u long
statement. In ttkk h lie said that he hud endeavored
to discharge his duties well, and thought he had
don? so.
At Uie cloie of the hearing Ihe commission de?
termined not to md.-- nny Igpnet at this time, but
to embody lu findings a'irt NCSOISBMflSflsns In (!,??
report to tho I.cKislaur.. I'm Commission therefore
guv.- out a state-pent lu which, it was s.it.t _
"The chief objett o.' the Investigation wai te
effect _ reforin In tl.e executive management and
Hie lliianclal and bu-'iiess ann,lt,1st ration of tin- hos?
pita!. This could only he rift*-ted IblOUfh I ??? r.
ilrement of the superintendent, undi r wlimu SO
?starts] ch5ii|e for lbs bettor enid i*. bspsi tor.
Karly lu the progress of tue Investigation Usia re?
tirement was ?(?( ured b.v lbs r-sigtiatluu of Hr.
Cleveland, when ly the vny ttaa * jm-'h-. for the
-? ?.' ri rA ' "? rin'.d refoimaloi
BBHWOIOS. 'Ihe SStraVSfint e'id waste wiilcti wer>
shown IO have obittlii'd In various dire tl >ni liave
been Stepped Bee. ls n"vv BbSfbi mmtkt "pea com?
petition, without favoritism or OBJ r'-nilsslon of
Brilli,nry badness precau'l.iis. (?ther supplies are pur
? bused nt mnrket ratea, mid on u,e best a*.talti_iiie
terms. M.r.;i<lni![il-ir:i'l,ifi In Hie other f> ,t ire! ol
hospital work ls bring i -|>!dlv rodeoed ctr removed
altogether, lt la < in_lden.l" bli-v-d i , n under ISe
new laperlnt*-iiiieiii v uni direction Ibe boepilal wi.i
Mon rise to a Idi.ii ti'... .. : imi lnsinutloii*. tor lbs
In-i'iic"
XIMMBEMAS BADLLT HUBT IK DUBHE.
ix coi.i.ision with an iurR nn.Yci.E rih.'-.r
-HIS ACIIIF.VI Ml NTS IlF.KoRE THE
A* TIIil'NT.
Duhlln, June 7.?A. A. Zimmerman, Ibo American
dniitiploii, was wlYiTTor trnlny In 0 nillo Invlt.-itlon
serntc), n,ce pnril, Ipnted In by hlrvrle riders from
various porto "f Ir.-lr.nd. /Ifiiinermnn won easily bf
P.!.. in.-.c'ilii- l.-iiittli-i, In -J Blt?tea 47'_ ."> seconds.
? i'N'-iii. of lind!*', waa Bseond, sn! 0*GB!taa)aban, of
Cork, was ibird.
LotSf In tba day there wno a ttt.e for the twenly
llve nillo ciiiiinploirstilp. of Hie twenty yboelwien
arno si.-itt.-'i, ii.n-e i. ii in the Hrs* inp. ammerman,
ul mi early siasio ot th" race, caine into eolllslfin willi
i.rn.Kier cmtoatanl and wns thrown with pest vi..
lenoe igalnat th" mils which Indoootbe track, Three
(,f lils t.ctl, w-re kim, ked ..ul, aii'l he was otherwise
m. bodljr Injiird U'-ii he wai rompelled to n-tlr,- from
tho n.e. Kenna, ol l-lm.-rl k, von, making Ibe
distance lu l hour IS minute, and _'!-?'? seconds.
* oma "f london, was second.
Before his aorMent, which wm prevent him from
raring f.ir som.- time to como, Zimmermen smve un
exhibition. lb- did B ousiior-mns, with , flying
start, lu 804-6 -.(coads, thus U-niing the Isest Irish
record by 1 .second._ _
TUE (IRF.AT DAB ACROSS THE lOI.ORADO RIVER
Audln, Tcv, June 7.?The refrattn which brenn
here today lins brought together !'?? world's creat?
ed oar-in.-ri and the prosp.-, ts are (rood tor rln- ra
Inc darill.* Ibo four days lt lasts. ri..- rogstto ls In
Hie nature of B telfbeStlBO I" ii"ll"r of dir* cm
pldlon of the greal dam BCroal Hie Colorndo Riv. r.
Willi ll ls II reill.'.rU.hlc piece of solid III.IMiIiry. The
length "f lbs ism i- 1450 fert, li is M feet high,
s/i f.ct broad ni tbs bass and 1*1 f,"-t at the cn-sl. Il
has formed s lak" _:_ mil.-. l?ng willi an Bs-fOfll
wrdtli of l.-O' feet, coiilillilng Bl 000,000,000 g'.l
lons of waler, <>r OOOOgb te -.ui'i'ly HM dt| "f Aii*i1ii
tw.-niy years wltliotil being r-plenlsii.-d. Thc juir
?aaa of ih.- dam bl t, forntssh a valor snp]?iy mid
power for the cicirlc iigiii system nf tho city. 11.*
aAtea eec.pltslilni these purpooe?. 14-OOn Sense
power lias Nen (levc:,,|ed, which Will .*? dl*p*i-.-d of
lo maiiiifacturers at Bonuna] .oxt. Thc- (-..st nf lha
dam w.s orer H-00,000.
THE REAPrORTIOSBEST OF RtBQS OXWSTT
A Conlon lice litton Hie subject of til'* is-nppnr
tlonmeiil of Iba A-_'tii.,ly DtBtrtotS ol Klaus I'ounly,
order.-d hy the Court of App. als niter the inl-.ultoiis
gerry inaivlcr s,f lasl y, rtr wit* sd adde, was lu ld
SUI evening In th.- Ooofl House In HlOObtjO. The
A|pi,rll,,niiieii( Conimllle*. of QM Dtttt ki ** u p<- rv lao rs,
OSSSJMSO-I *if sup.Tvls.us Mdiulre, Tyndall und I SSk,
met tbs conn-el lu tbs proceeding*, wblcb up*.et tba
BffOltlSWSJIbl "f Isvst y.-ar. Jesse Johnson und ll. Y.
IHair. The totter ashed thal a mir division of lin*
conni y be nuide as podded In Hie order of ihe Court
nf Appeals. The cn,ii,I nee pioiiil-ed lo mike (h.
djetrtrta -s nearly ,,|ii.,l a., pesibl.-. bul Hm plan on
whlcli lt ls pn,po-s! 1o do lids was irol mid.- public.
It ls Ulld<-tStOOd Hl.-lS Ihe lSellll,ir..l|c baler- h.V'l' pri
prited a plan bf whlcli lh*y villi lay out the dlsttjcis.
.wiih eeBtlgnaw lerrttosy, sm w"' Itnew' ward
bound..iba iilp.g.-ih.-r . n" the i-oiiteull ni that they
an- not towns within Ibe BWanWIS "' Ibe tow, whlcli
aajra Ibal towns u.u-n p, i be divided, lt ls expected
that some ?? ?bemiring" dtotftote win Ik* i.,i,i .mt -.,.
as to nuike sl.\t< en mil ol Ibo etgbteeB dist rh is
Democratic as- wa- done in hrt year's gerry ainu. tor.
If HU ls don,* li is probable the case win tv again
' ii tv o Into cow*) on iln- j,uini thai Ibe wards niusi nol
be divided. This point was not tutu li"d upon In Hu
decision nf the ( snit <f Apis'.il*.
J. P1ERP0ST M0B9AB RACE tEOE F.CROPE.
i. Pierpont Morgun, of Dre-rd. Morcnn A- Co., who
went abroad .several wck-i ag", PBtOWOd yesterday
from Eurolie on tho BBBBSSSf Majesllc. A inunber of
his trlt-lids met bim nt the pl<*r of Hie While dur
ttoe. Mr. Morgan was exceedingly busy unending to
th*- ""real um,unit of mf|O0l vvlilch h.- had brough!
buck from Europe, abd had WIM to mf of his
recent inp. ii,- fooled lhol be had gi u?- t-. Karup,
for uny other reason u,an M -''?? r*-llef fr,in hnsl
nee*. HU yachl, the Corsair, wns walting a! the vna
of -ie pier. Mr. Morgun went aboard the yacht
ahorlly aller (he BOO0_S*S__0- "I* Hoi Majestic dlsen.
barked. <iHiits who came v.sierday on the Majestic
wert* Uie Hight Rev, \V. C ibMine, ll|sho,s nf Albany;
ihe Mi.i-riuU lni|N-rlali. Albert B. Rmce Joy, eHr Flu
I). Maclean, Dlaiiop Harry and I- P- Daudoume.
THEIR TEMPERS RUFFLED.
ANGRY WORDS UKTWKKN COMMISSIONERS
STAHIN ANI) SPENCER.
RAPID TRANSIT WORK I.KI.AYF.D UV dIF. Ql'AR
RF.L-XO Ill'sim-.ss TI'.AN.S .CTF.D AT
YF.STFRr.AY'-. MF.F.TINT,.
For the first time in the history of the Rapid
TraiiBit Commission nn element of discord that
I'd to unpleasant personolitli*** between some of
th.* SO?lsslonsw occur,, . ;lf y-Mterday'n moet,
Bf of the bonni, held -," the "house of William
Steinway. Commissioners Starin ami S|H'ncer
vvt-re responsible for it, and at om- time ti,., feel
in;, between them Iseeame so bitter that a per?
sonal eneoiint-*r -K-eiiierf *mmin*>nt. It ull earn"
about, tlirou-rh a remnrk mad.* by MK Starin after
Mr. Silencer had severely arraigned him for oppo?
sition to the rapid transit plan by new elevated
roads, promised |,v the Manhattan Company, and
recently approved by every memlser of the board
except Mr. Starin, Whom negative vole alon" bad
Iseen suflirieiit to kill it
Mr. -"'turin's remnrk wan: "We did not have
that interest in the Manhattan Company that you
have, and from all the pettyloggiag that you
have done ever since this nombllsslim hog been in
*'xi?t-?nce lt seems to me that there must be somc
thinjj lsehind it."
In a moment Mr. Spencer was on his feet. Ile
?was much excited, and walking toward Mr. Sturin
be said : " Whnt do you mean '.' What interest do
you refer to?"
"I'll tell you in a few minutes.,?
"No, you'll tell me now. I want to isay, that
if any man says that I have noted from any other
motive than lo get the very liest mode of Rapid
Transit possible for the people, he hos a lie in
his throat when he SBJTS so, or is __. Ignorant ns
to bo unworthy of eon. idcrafioii."
Mr. Starin flushed, and a rained look came to
his face. II* also rose to his f,rt, nnd mid : " Veg.
I ni<*an it. There has hon something back of tim
interest you lune fisken in putting forward the
Manhattan Company's Md for the franchise.11
( hnirmnn Steinway then calle I for order, but
his i-T'iuest was snbeeded hy Hr. Starin and Mr
Spencer. The OthSt members of th,* oooamlBSloq
fried t**i 'iiiief, the two men, but fifir words had
little efWt.
" An*I I re|>eaf that it is a lie,** said Mr Silen?
cer, "and I woul I like to add further that Mr.
Starin, while criticisim. mo for the work that I
have done since I have been on this communion,
iiae lost eight of tho fact that In- har* dom- prac?
tically nothing. In luci, he has dom* mort* to
oppose rapid tr.1n.-1t thau any one ou the com?
mission."
Mr. Starin moved nearer to Mr. Spencer, nn 1
those pre-se-nt thonght ti" wns about t-o briny. In.,
lists into play, but he only leaned his hood close
to Mr Spencer and said : " I bb*, no moro to
say. What i have said I have eui I, and I de?
clare rhit I will Btnnd by it."
^lr. Inman said, when (_uiet had been re?
stored, that an apology wae due to the Com?
mission from Mr Starin ami Mr. Spencer for
their unusual conduct, and that both men should
withdraw their remarks.
MR. STAiriN THINK-. Mil MMK< KU lO'i SKNSITIVK
Ibu they refused to do, but Mr. Starin said, in
answer to a dtraet .Motion from Mr. Stein?
way, tli.it b<* did not mean to inainuate tint.
Mr. Spencer trad ;s monetary infers'st in the
method of rapid transit hi favored.
' Mr. Spencer ls t*to sensitive." remarked Mr.
Sru.m. "He talki too minn himself, and takes
offence when others try to say a word. He likes
to hold the (lour oil thc- dav, ami employs mos.
of his time lu |-_se.ti_ reinnrUs a' out nu*. I don't
care, however. Ile cnn talk all he wisheo to
about ni" Me only shows bis ignorance."
Mr. Steinway h-re interrupted Mr. Starin and
informed him thnt ho was Brassi]* ont *>f Sider.
"This is too bad," siil Mr. steinway. "After
wo have -.ot along f'T two veins without in
angry w,,i,i botai spokes, yu two pentlesnen
sink to low personalities-. Oentkmon, you OWS
too much to the community to let your pen-on il
fi-elintrs |Ot tlie better of you while you are
enirapttl in ib-r interests. I am sorry ?v-ry s Try."
'1 li**** other ceinii.is-ioiierH. Messrs. Inman and
Basho, vvero also sony, and Inlormed the light?
ing comtni'ssioners that a retraction hy both men
would lie the only way to reslore harmony U
future moetin.s of (Ik* commission.
So mueli of the time yesterday wns taken up
by Mr. Starin nnd Mr. Spencer in theta personal
..nariel that nothing of any importance was ac?
complished by thr commission. Mr. Stnrin's plan
for nn in .ependent elevated railroad on tho east
him went sides of th** edy w!_s considers! for a
few moments, ami Mr Spencer wanted a vote
taken as to whether or not that plan should be
ndopted and tin- frtinchise sold at auction.
Mr. Steinway said that such a plan would need
more "onsiderdion.
Mr. Spencer replied fhut that wan all the com?
mission hud don" lines if si-xl been in existence,
and that nothing of airy importance lind ever
leen accomplished. The Starin plan was laid
over nnti! di.- ne.'rt meeting. Tho detbila *>f this
plan have already been printed iii The Tribune.
SUsTOBBTlNG A DEAL vvitii Till. MAHHATTAN.
Mr. Inman then suggested that a deal ht* ma.!.
with the Manhattan Company, but Mr. Starin
interrupted bim bf savin.-, " It seems to me that
this commission has no om* lo trade with but
th.' Manhattan Company. They hav." already
decided not to accept our proposition; so let us
?"o ahead ami build our own road. I sams here
to lea something definite done.
"'lhere would have be.-n something definite
loni" betON this, Mr. Starin,' raid Mr. Stein?
way, "if you had not always been tho OM
appeal?| vote at afl the sBettings.*1
Mr. Silencer reatl a statement in which he
diaagfSjsld with the comparative statements which
Mr. Sturin made at the Ind meeting in n-fereii ?*
to the taxes paid by Hie elevated ami surface
road. Mi. Spen.er slated that Mr. Stalin's c >m
municotion had placed th.uui.i--.iou in ? tala*
light before the public, as import mt tacts lind
been oi ci look.vi. lu the interest nf soeumey he
I resented B eollilllUllica I ion in which he sou.ht to
show that Mr. Stalin's BgUlUa OB taxation vv *i-.?
orrong. Ho reviewed th** raao snd controvertod
a Bamber af Mr. Starin- statement...
Instead of tbe stn-ct railroad! pnying the city
.'? |s-r cent, as stated by Mr. Starin, HM* **nly
paid i 4-1 u per cent "ti 111,000,000, according (..
Mr. S|smcer. If the Manhattan Company lind
leen taxed on the proposed eight mils, os* exten?
sions in tho sain.* way a*, tho street railroads, then
tho company would'only nay .-.r.s.no.. a yent tbe
lird fhp'c vear.s. ami 8113,000 i year thereafter.
and not r?'.Vu,"0", ns Mr. ntaria stated,
MR. STAHIN KU.HS Till'. 1'.! is.il.l THINS.
Mr. Spencer then introduced the MloHiag reso?
lutions, which were lost tlirou.h Mr. Starin's ___g
stive vote. The resolution* are an ain.-ndment to
.ection ten ami swtlon fj.urteen of the resolution
of April If, Wblcb proposed to nive the Rapid
Transit privilege to th*' Manhattan Company:
Resolved. Ti.at tba Maniiaitau Railway Company
shall, "Hi,In two wars alter Ihe completion ?>( the
brunch line or extension i" Fort Oeorgt, eonstruct
aird bulM ii hrisiii'h Hu*, with not less h.m. tw,. mesa,
trow one huMljsd and slv'y s-coiidsi. aid Tenlhuvc
alone ibe Klnpsr.iidRc Road to Klngssbridge.
Resolved Tliai vvhciiever Hu* brunei, lines from
dnc-hiindresl nnd eight li at. lo Fort George, und from
One liimdrcd nnd d\tv s.-i ind-st. to Klngs-brldge, as
herdn provided for. shall rcaltire In their operation
to the Xanhnttnn -hillway Comgeey 4 per ooo* for
one v.-nr upon tbe r-__!l.il c..si Ihereof, then lin- Mun
ballan Raliway Company -t'a" extend aud last
iii.iii.d branch from Kingsbridg- elong Broadway bi
tin- div limits, within Bot leas* thnn Iwo years fr mi
the expiration of Ibe year wttbla which snld . jter
cent sholl h.- earned.
Hesolvnl Thit th*' BOOl "I SSaotrUCUOB of said
brancbra lo' Fort *.*~>rg<* and to KlnRsbrl.lge nhnll bs
h ?c?-r*i si ned and certified t<? Hie Controller of the city
of New York sst th.* time of constnieti, ?,.
Baatiliod TTist tho method of ascertaining Hie **?
per cent net result from the operation of said branches
shall le ss follow!: .
That the gr"!* lietel ***** n- !'l ilbHon! upon
mM branch linea ihiU he regarded aa the gr***
earning** of mid brunches, That the percentage of
operating expenses nnd taxes to gross earnings ot
the emin system for the mme period shall ho con?
strued t" he Hu' pa noa loos applicable t. the operation
of said brunches. Tlmt the net enrnlngs Hms ascer?
tained shall Ix* construed to tte the net earnings of
the said brunches.
Re-olved. 'Hint os compensation for (he new fran
ciil-es hereby and heretofore npprovid. tbe Manhat?
tan Railway Company shall bc rc(|iilred. upon Hie ex?
ecution of ibo contract, to poy Into the city treasury
the amount of .-.ii sums disbursed for the account of Uie
(!"-'iidsdon *lnc.' Its oreni Hatton, and also froiu lime
t' tl ce thoissoft-r 11 pty 'no 'h* rl'l ire su-v nil s ms
that may at .ny future time he dChnrsed for account
of this lKinrri In connection wiih its work In currying
to complefi .n Hie proposed extensions nnd facilities lo
(ve elven !.? the Mn nba tia ii RhIIw.iv Cnmpiinv: mid
shall furl her pay Into Hie cltv trensnrv. nnniinllv, .*,
p.-r cent of Its nd Income from all line's, said net In?
come to be computed by deducting from gross Income
the opernllng expenses, Including maintenance of
equipment nnd structure, and taxes, and Ihe Interest
on funded debt outxtundlng accruing during the year,
said d.dnctlon on account of Interest on funded 'debt
not to exceed Hu* sum of .J,IK"*...** if) In any one year.
FOR ANOTHER T'T.F.VATF.D ROAD OR A VIADCCT.
Mr. Starin read a speech he had specially pre?
pared for the occlusion, ile r'viewed th-* work of
the Rapid Transit Commission and infermed it
that it had done nothin. since it had hpen ap- i
pointed. He said that unless the pion of an I
independent elevated railroad on the e#st and
west sides of the city was adopted, he -thought
that a v'.iduct system from this city to 1'eekskill
rhoiild he considered. After he had flniahc I hi'
remarks he thought for a while, and finally maul:
" If the commission is desirou-s to sive the rapid
transit privilege to the Manhattan Company I
might a_;ri?o, if tlie Manhattan '"ompany will pay
the city ii lump of money overr ypar."
"How much of a lump would you suggest, Mr.
Starin ?" asked Mr. Inman.
"Well, if they want tn tride with us, I should
flay about ?175.000 a year."
The eouimi-sion then udjourned until Friday
afternoon at _ o'clock.
TITO TS A MIS MADE HOMELESS.
A FIF.r.CE CON FI-AC, RATION RAG KS IN A NORTH
PAKOTA TOWN.
Fargo, H. D., .lune 7.*?In a heavy wind, fir*.
brok** out here at 2 p. m., and the whole city
was threatened. Aid was asked for from Grnml
Forks, and promptly dispatched on a special tr*in
at 4:10 p. m. The hurtled district comprises the
busines. portion of the town ami is bounded b.v
the Western I'nion Telegraph office. Headquarters
Hotel und Northern l'acifie, di*pot, thence to the
Great Northern depot and along the line of th**
Great Northern Railway to thc Red River; 225
hnsine_- houses and residence, are burned. Two
thousand two hundred people will be made
homeless. The Are is not yet under control.
At ll p. m. the city of Fargo is st ill in
flames and the mammoth b?_e is being blown
by a terrille wind. The fire is completely be?
yond control and seems sure to burn all the
buildings along the river front. Ihe loss is
already at least $2,rion,Ooo. Tlie bridges, be?
tween Moorhead and Fargo have s_een burned
and all te'egraphio communication is cut off.
Assisfanco hal arrived at the scene from Grand
Forks. Duluth and Crookston havo been asked
for help. The fire departments of the latttr
towns, however, can be of no assistance to-night
as they must reach the scene by making a lon?*
defour and cross th-* Ked Kiver at Fast Grand
Forks.
Most of the huildings in that part of the city
aro frame otriicture". snd these offered small
reeistance before, the rush of flames sent against
them by the gale that wss blowing st the rate
of thirty mt.**! an hour.
Moorehead peoplo are throwing open th**ir hotel
and houses for the people who havo been sud?
denly made homeless. The tire started in a sales
stable, and spread with awful rapidity.
ihe lire crossed the river to the Moorehead
side at the F.ireo roller mill, which will burn.
.? SUIT ABOUT SOMETHISQ or OTHER.
Tin: TROini.ivs or Tin: cv.no SEEM to nr.
como.*, to a ur.Vl>.
The old fight nmong the New York Concert Com?
pany stockholders may come up this morning In the
Superior Court unless thc Information that came from
Alban, yesterday ls utterly with..ut fnunilntlon. The
law lirm of Blair ?<?' Phelp., who are looking aller
the Interests of (he mlti.>rlty stockholders of the
Compony, received yesterday from the Attorney.lien
??rnl, dmon W. Rosendale, ii dispatch announcing that
a suit hed been begun rdntlng lo th** compfiny nnd
citing Hu- lawyers to appear with their clients. Whnt
this suit ls for mid who brotiahr lt. no one Interested.
Sf the dlrct/irs oa either side, seemed to know.
The dire tors In sjmpnfhy with the pr.-s-nt
management declared that suit lind been
brought by Ibe minority stockholders and the
minority stockholders who were seen snld Hint
if nny action had been brought lt was ihe worh of
ihe mnjorltv -toclUiolders. Holli ildes, however, ap
pearcd to atg-ee on one 'hine, and that was thnt In
,r,s, tbs Attorney-General lind b>*cn brought tata the
maller, some ope hud made an applb-niion lo Hie
Attorney-General to .i**k for sh- spp-tatawst of a
i.c.i.er for tbe ompany.
Neither Rss'P 'ph nm Albert AroaoOfl was at the
Casino last Bight, but H. ta. Kings].nry, one of the
Stree toro of Ibe majority side, was (bern, and he was
considerably agitated, and __-!___-_ Hint Alexander
C. Lassen, the minority director, was behind Hie stilt.
lb- hurried oif lo find bli lawyer, promising to return
lni.r, bat np lo th.* time (,f ih,- riesling of 'he Carino
doora al midnight, he had in>i .onie hack. Mr. La
.n, Mk,, represents th<- min..rlty etorkboMers, was
at the ibeotre in the eousae ol thc evening. H<> sail
Uml he went lhere io attend ii mcetlti." of the board
Of directors, but lu was the only illl't'dor present.
Mr. tineen -*ni*i Ibal Ibe only Information thai he
had nscnrdui- nnv suit was the tclcgnini from Albany.
lie declared arith gr.*?t Mrneiineei thai tbe minority
Stockholder! were not ni all responsible for lt.
PBBPABISO TO CAST TnE SEW UBBBTT HELL.
Pl.llii(!clp!.li, June 7.?Interesting ceremonies pre?
liminary to fhe ending of the new Liberty Bell nt
Troy. N. V.. lemOfTOV wen- held lu In lcpenden e
Unit, this city, to-day. The gathering was made up
of men and women from all perta of the Cnlted
slates, eonstttotlng th.- liberty neil committ-,*.
Colonel A. k. MeClun deb rared the address of wel?
come, the response coming from" William O. Mc
Dowell, sif Newark, N. J., who presided over the
meeting. Much of the lime wu.s devoted to the
leading aud discussion of tba report nf a special com?
mittee, which .submitted a list of historical dates that
ought to he commemorated bf the ringing of the
i eil. Over 150 dotes are given in tht* report, which
was ll," ally referred back io thc committee don;, with
a number ol suggestions for revision and future re
IK.rl. lt was agreed to meet In Chicago nu July
4, when thc hell vvlll be rung fur lbs tirst time with
great ceremony. At (lils time Ihe Date Committee,
it is expected, win submit its Ina] report.
.'hiilnnan Mels..well Informed the assemblage that
file New-York l'.-ntnil Railroad vvlll take the new
bell lo Chicago In (lie _ame manner lhat the Penn?
sylvania Railroad recently conveyed the original Lib?
erty Hell lo thnt elly, stopping on tl?e way where
ic. cpi lons isn* tendered. The meeting adjourned at
1 p. m. and the committee started on the i :_R) train
fur -few-Ydl_ over the Pennsylvania Risllroa.1, Mic in?
tention b*1ng t's take the il o'clock boat from the
Utter city for Albany.
HEAVT TRAVEL DB WESTF.KS ROAM,
Clilca-jo, June 7 (Special).?Western roads report
today that the lnci*.|se In passenger buslneets to
Chicago lhl? week ls Urge, Indeed, exceeding In most
cases their highest anticipations concerning lt. They
ur** fast spisroeching th* polnl where they will have
ts put on additional trulnn ts take cure of (he business.
They un- now adding as ninny extra cars on their
trains us Ibe locomotives ur" ubi-* to haul. All of
Ihem are crowded, nnd tlie only relief from the pres?
ent pressure la tbe running of additional trains. Re?
ports from agents at outouie points Indicate that the
Increase will bc much larger in the near future, end
before the end of (he month all the equipment at tbe
disposal of ti)*- rood! will bo requlivd io move the
bualneae.
LIZZIE BORDEN'S ORDEAL'
TH IUD DAY OF THE TRIAL,
JOHN V. MORSE AND BRIDGET SULLTVAS
ON THE STAND,
THE "TATE TRYING TO PROVE THAT OttLT
1'IUSOKER CAN HE REASONABLY SUSPECTED
OF TIIE Mt'ROER-A STRONG CHAIN
OF (TRC_-.M**T\NTIAL EY'I DEXCK.
[nv tki.egbaph to rps tbibdnb.]
New-Bedford, Mass., June 7.?It ls plain that tba
S(n(e does not expect to prove that Lillie Borden
killed her father and stepmother. The moat lt hopes
tn prove ls that nobody else can be reasonably ins?
pected of tbe crime; Hiat she BJBy be so suspected,
mid, therefore, tlmt she must be guilty. Judged by
Its effect In carrying this conviction, the evidence
thus far submitted is undeniably strong. It bas
been presented lu much (he same way (hat scrap! Of
a lorn p-.ip-r might, when ull collected, bo put to?
gether. Gradually the writing ls shown in something
like the original form, with most of the letter! tn
place, ihe torn edges fitting. Whoever struck the
blows that en_ed the lives of those two old people
broke, up a queer household end drew the curtain
down upon a drama of domestic life strange eng
disagreeable.
They go to work early down here. Everybody la
up and ut lt long before (he sun ls supposed to rlao
In New-York. Conxt assembles ut 0 o'clock, and lt
doesn't adjourn until 5.. It works, too, all the while.
Thc Judges and lawyers are trying Lizzie Borden at a
galloping pace. Witness after willies! ts drawn on
and chased off the stand, almost before the significance
nf what ls BBS- can gel a lid.m. nf In th,* Jury'!
mind. The defence has made no factious opposition
to the prosecution's methods or proceedings. It
docs not object for dramatic effect, or to gain time, og
even lo confuse (he Jury with false Issues. It ls
amazingly considerate of the prosecution's rights
aird fee bigs, pc_hips thinking that no Jury can bo
found which will agree to hang a person because no
other pervon con he found who ls more likely to de?
serve lt.
Tbe I hird day of this extraordinary trial haa gone
without presenting my physical -peciacle tliat differs
from th?* scene with which the first dsy opened. Tho
three gray haired Judges sit with sternly decorous de?
meanor, watching every movement of the witnesses,
counsel or prisoner; listening Intently to every word,
and speaking only occasionally an the objections or
arguments of counsel r.-quire their interposition.
The prisoner, with tlie calm melancholy which haa
so notlceubly distinguished her manner, conduct
nnd sp*s?ch since that fatal 4lh of August, and ot
which her exhaustion yesterday was an expressloo
rather than a contradiction, mt quietly listening to
the "evidence, only BOW and then Indicating by look
or attitude more than an ordinary Interest In tho
proceedings, die t.a.s permit (ed to sit by the side ot
h*r counsel instead of In the prisoners' dock.
The Important witnesses to-day wen* John V.
Morse, the prlvmer's uncle, who wai paying a rt'lt
to the Borden house on (he day of (he murder, and
Bridget Sullivan, the* solitary servant of the family,
who has been for the last year In the State's safe?
keeping, to be ready for the ordeal through which abo
p_sv*d today. The evidence of these wltneseeo
was significant only In _crap?, and tn order to moko
the story- clear which these little tidbits of evidence
are supposed to tell lt la necessary to bear in mtnd
the theory according to which the State presents them.
THE .TATE'S THEORY OF THE CM ME.
IMdr.ct Attorney Moody allens that the murder
of Mr. nnd Mrs. norden was committed on Thursday
niornlt.:, A'igii?t I. st sumo time ofter half past 0
o'dodi and be ore ll. HoosssrtB t .nt durlnz thar ps-ilol
of time tbe two vtctlmi of the tragedy with Bridget
: ullivan and Utile Borden were the only person* In
tho Borden house. He claims that the extraordinary
habit which the Bordens had of locking ann doubls
locking the doors of their premise!, which habit oa
that day waa In fssll force, prevented the ready In?
gress of an assailant. Bearing these point* In mind,
the testimony of Morse, (he uncle, and Bridget, tho
cook, ls In many respects Important, but whether lt
convicts Miss Holden cr adds to the natural Improb?
ability of ii daughter's killing ber father, ls a question
which every person must answer for himself.
Morse ls an elderly mun, r.ot hand-onie to look up .rx,
but with the getier.1 appearance nf ar. hone-st, fair
nil nded. New-Eu gland former. HO answered tin; ques?
tions put to Um dcl'iiei.tdy. sarrtaUy, as though ho
wisped to obey the until he lia.t taken to speak tho
truth, the whole truth, nnd nothing' but thu truth, as
nearly as wa- humanly possible. Ho ls the brother
nf Little's mother, old Mr. Borden's first wife, who
(lied lil ISOl. The second wife, by the way. Tho
wes sixty-three year*" old when she was killed, woo
married to Borden In ls*04, so that if, is tue pr<>__?
ciiilon asserts, she was the np.crt of Lizzie's pro
round ami bitter hatred, it fi Hows that the prisoner
had put np willi her for a long while.
THF. DAY OF THE M.'Ri.F.R.
Mr. Morse came Into this neighborhood from the
West Hiree years mm. Whenever he went to Fall
River lt was his habit to stop at the Bordens' house.
He did so on Wednesday, August g, the day before tho
Braider, nud was a guest there on August 4, when the
murder was committed, vi that If Lizzie ls guilty,
with all the days of the yeer to select from for tho
ci mml-s-ion Of lier crime, she deliberately chose ooo
when her lind ? \, ns ut the house and liable nt any
moment to Interrupt ber boitMs work.
Mr. Morse's stay at the Bordens' on tho day and
during th.- night before the murder, was entirely
wlih.-iit coincidence ll" Mund thc elder Bordens
niling and a general physical Indisposition prevallln.
indite family. Ile occupl.d a room distinguished as
(he -pool CBPB-bar. *>r. Ibe second llv>r Ip (he north?
west corner ot (he house. Ile had a good night'B
sb-ep mid got up cady. T...* rn-ming was hot. He
went dowpstatis into tho parlor, and presently Mr.
and Mrs. Borden appeared. Tho Hire** at about
7 o'etoeh had bil Ol IS Bl tOfHbir, the two Burden
dd*. Rmma BUd liSSle, falling t> appear, willett
Bridget ".illlvrin explained winn she took thc stand
hy saying that th. y generally rose nnd had breakfast
al a later hour tlia.11 did tlielr father and stepmother.
Af er breakfast MOMS went Int I the sitting room, and
rcmaln?d there until a quarter before 0 o'clock. Mr.
and Mrs. Il -.iden and Bridget, the cook, passing In
and out Of Ute room as their ordinary household
oempattOUS seemed lo require. At (he hour Juit
nieniloii.d, Morse went downtown and attended to
various matters af business, accounting In his evidence
for lils where shanta (pille clearly during this Interval
until forty minutes past ll. At nhoui that hour ho
preeeate- himself again at !_,?? Bonlt-n**' house and
was mel with the Infm-mati ru thit bis brother lu law
was dead. Mr. Morse makes oath that from tha
time af Ills arrlvul nt Hie Borden.' hCUBS on the day
b-foie th.- blink tragedy until his rctsirn fem his
business errands lu the city at 11:40 the next day,
both murders at thal ls sir having been committed, ho
had not met Lizzie Borden.
ALLEi.EI) MOTIVE FOR THF. M-RDER.
Boiden was worth, aa by agreement sf counsel waa
lo court to-day admitted, between r-J.oooo ant,
...it'Si.no**. Ho died without makl.? a will. Tho
Mate ascribes le Lizzie the matteo of having kllh*d
him to get his momy. and lo prevrnt lt from b-'.iig
div. ned to Mr*. B, iden mid her .datives. Tho
slate bflOm Ibis th.-ory on the fut vvlilc'l lt Int.-: (do
lo prove that at sonic lime pi lor ami not very i hue
to tbe tragedy Borden had rendered iliiau.-lal BSSSSh
once to orr of Mrs. Borden's relatives, and had
encountered Ihe protest, and Ill-will of lils daughter*
for ao doing. To this Incident la ascribed, also,
some part of the hatred which the State says 1.1-rio
entertained toward her stepmother, though wheo, lt
occurred Lizzie and the stepmother hud been living
together on terms commonly lcputod to be good,
during practical..- the whole period of Lizzie's Ufo.
At one time lt was half-suspected that Mono
irilght have been in collusion with Lillie. That ia
not now alleged. But lt will naturally oocur to Inquire
why, if she did the killing and her uncle waa not
In collusion, did she select the occasion of bli visit
for the murderous assault 1 Or, ll he waa In collu?
sion, how did it happen thal he and she did not
rome together, so far as anybody knows, until a_t,_r
tire altair wus overt
Whim at forty minnies past ll o'clock Morse got
buck to the Borden house Mr. Borden was dead on
the Mfa In the sitting-room on the drat floor, andi
Uro. Borden was dead under the bed In the room
Moko had occupied the night before on the second
floor. Bridget, the cook; Ltixle, Mn. Churchill, __,
neighbor; a Mr. Sawyer, Dr, Uowen, another ntlgl.