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MONDAY,
DECEMBER 30, 1895.
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WAS MRS. ltUNNETT SLAIN t
ALBERT A. NELLIS ARRESTED ON THE
CORONER'S ORDER.
PFR H?HT WAS FOUND IN THK ARKAWAT OF
VffiUJri HOl'RK IT IH pATn THAT RHE
HAD ANNOTF.D HIM OURAT1.T or I.ATK.
Coroner Hoeber yesterday ordered fhe arrest of
?Albert ' Nellia. a real estate dealer, living at No
CM W.st Pereaty ?talk OC, on suspicion of having
nardcred Mr?, ?oka Albert Runnett. of No. m
Waal Forty-ninth-st.. who wa? found dead In the
art away in front of Nollls's house Saturday night.
After taking the statement of several witnesses
yesterday afternoon, the Coroner tixed ball for
Hi 111? at JS.iXX).
Coroaar Hoobao was Informed of the ease bv the
?police of the West S,xty-eighth-st. station at 2
o'clock yesterday morning. He got out of bed and
?arked on It until after daylight. By that time he
?was oeaetaced that he would be Justified In causing
NeOls'a arrest. He learned that Nell'.s had boarded
*dth Mrs. Runnett and had known her for twenty
yean, although he denied that he knew the woman
?when the body waa found. Mrs. Runnett, he also
learned, had been unnoying Nellia 0f late, and had
ma?e threats against him. The Coroner also found
that Mrs Burnett had died from a fracture of the
a'K'.id from a blow on the back of the head. There
was a goals wound above the fraoture. as if the
woman had been struck with some sharp Instru?
ment, ?lieh as the spike Of e.n Iron fence, though
thr; e waa no gOOh ?pike where Mrs. Runnett could
bas? fallen against, it.
It might have beer, possible, tbe Coroner thought,
for ihe wound to ha\e been caused by a fall against
the edge of a stone step, but the surround,ngs did
pat seem to in ii.-Hte that such had been the case.
The autopsy, which was made by Conner's Phy
F an HvkOr, aaowed that there had been consid
e-al le hemorrhage, but there was little blood where
the body waa fourni, and no wound was discovered
vntil I careful esatataatloa had been made.
A RAZOR AN1> POISON WITH HER.
A razor was found In the bosom of the woman's
?ress and some -whitish powders In her pocket. The
autopsy showed, however, that she had not taken
pc.son. and it would have been easy, the Coroner
?nil. for those things to have been placed there
aft?r death to disarm ?osptctaa. The autopsy
Bhi.wed. however, '.hat Mrs. Runnett had been ad
?fli ted to the use of liquor to a moderate extent.
This lat'er fact th" defence is using in arguing that
Jdrs Kunnett fell down the stoop accidentally.
Mrs Runnett was the w.fe of John Albert Run
Tie'.t w-ho was at one time treasurer of NiMo's
Carden. He has been a cripple for a long time, and
?Xe ,ind his wife kept a boarding-house at No. 233
AVf-- Forty-nlnth-st. Nellis became one of their
t srdeja. What caused the tirs; trouble between
Mr-- Kunnett and her hoarder Is not known d"fi
"vVhen ask?*d about this part Miss Lilly <;.
Hornay, a niece of Mrs. Raaaett, who lived at tho
; ass, said that that was a matter for Runnett to
explain, and Rnnnetl remains silent.
A year and a ha'.f ago Nellis marrtod Mrs. S .
T?.ik- ty, b ?reatthy widow ani reai-estate dealer
a; Broadway and Forty seventh-??*. He went to
ilv- with her at big piesent addr.-ss. They lived
in st>le. keeping servants and occupying a house
c' - dm ; : aaeattoaa,
Mrs Ruanett*? boarding-hous? did not prosper
as wall M she would have iikt 1. an-1 she began to
call on Nellis to ail her. He made many ex
? bat Mrs. Runnett became more persistent.
snd when she *ru found d*ai in front of Nellis's
1 001 Ifl the ?oanaer described, the police and
Ooton^r at once became suspicious.
Whoa Nellis sii.d thai there was no use in his
further de:.i:il c: having known Mra. Kunnett, he
M '.it he gad firs; :na io the denial to keep a
?cat. lal from leaking out.
Sellla, who was trien before the Coroner by Oe
te.-ives Hahn aad Armstrong, of the West Stxty
*:??i;h-st. ftation. yesterday, made the following
statement:
"I am fifty-two yea;* old. I have known Mrs.
Rur.n:-t: ab-...;t thirteen >t:urs. Dur.ng thi? time
1 have beer, on friendly term? with her and her j
tiusoand. Ijas: night 1 arrived at my house at 6:EQ
o'clock. I enter! the fron' ?oor, went upstairs
to the second fl>>r and prepared for dinner. We,
my wife and I. then .vent lown stairs together into
the dining-r ' >m and took dinner with Miss Ather
ton. the gc/veiness ari3 my Utile stepdaughter, and
Mrs. L?mar, who boards with us. We Bat down
to dinner about 7 o'clock and remainej there thre-?
quartera of an hour. I then sent Miss Athertcn
;?? . :n\ ?tepdaughter to the drug store for some
Clgsra The) returned in five minutes. In the
mean *.ima my wife and I went upstairs and re;.d
the evening papera. After being Joine?. again by
Mlsi Athen m, the cook called the latter down?
stair?. Ml?? Atherl >n Immediately returned ?ay
tag Ibera a .is a drunkeo man in the doorway. I
went l)?n and cxli.-i to what I thought was the
drunken man. asking him what he was doing
there. I received no answer and then saw that
the object was a woman. I raised the body to a
s:;-'.; g position. The light fell on the face and I
dis ..ere.i that it was Mrs. Kunnett. 1 sent for
ft po ceman, who sail the woman was dead. I
a ; i-'ketbook and gave it to the policeman
Without examining it. 1 di i not see any blood.
"1 had come out of the house In a thin coal, and,
fe-l:r.g chilly. I went ba-k for a thicker one. When
1 again returned to the door the body had been
tar:-:, away."
HIS LAWTER'I STATEMENT.
.1 laptawall Hodge, who with John Fannell and
1 ? Stewart appeared before Mm Coroner tor
Nellis, siid for .\'-...s
"Mrs. Kunnett had been on friendly terms with
If) - Nellie, and they had even exchanged Christmas
;- - ? ?- this we. k. Mrs. Kunnett had evidently
ether go:.e to Mr. Nellis's house on a friendly visit
,cr t . Ml him about some bUStaSM matter. She had
i en to blm ahout getting him to rent out her
ouae for her."
tement taken from Miss Lilly 'J. Homey,
a ? of Mra Runnett, differ? from that of the
1 She said that Nellis bad Mis. Kunnett ar
r i month ago for annoying ii:m at his or?ice.
'." i also corroborated by the police records.
Bfiaa Jl .ii.ey .-aid that her aunt left home only
al an hour before ah? was found dead. Her
1 ...-k. ! Mis- Homey to follow her and see
w,...-.? phi waa going, ai IM seemed to be greatly
? ab< il something. Mis? Homey followed
l- ? . i iwntown Broadway cable-car, which
: iunnett ooaricd. Miss Homey then returned
i
Mis Runnett evidently left the car at once and
' lit i?> to the Nelll? house.
Acting Captain Friedenberg, of the Plxty-elghth
?-? . itation, ?ay? that when the woman was
found ?hi ara? -?tting ai the bottom of the area
? .i back fc?air.st tli" wall and her lower limbs
e> ? ? straight out from bet body.
CAPTAIN PRJBDBNBBRO'I THEORY.
"?la a last night," said the Captain, "I have
1 . thai for nearly twenty years. Nellis and the
?'.. . i woman had maintained intimate relations.
About a year ai;o Nellis mail led a Mrs. lllakeley,
who :>?, ] believe, the only woman member of the
Real E tatg lit bange. Mr. and Mrs. Nellia now
ta v? * real estate odace at Forty-seyonth-st. and
gk ay, It would appear that after his marriage
Mis. R innetl followed Nellia up pretty closely, much
to bic ,.: ? oyance, and. in fact, he i-aUKt-a her arrest
last >? .nd., for raising trouMa at Hi? ofBoa
Nellia lia? a police record Ills picture was at one
tirr.f- In the R"g'.;. V Qallery at Polk? Headquarters,
lie having been accused ot suspected of being a see
v window Ihlef. The picture was s'll.se
taken out of the gf.llery by Superintendent
ailing 1 told Nf Ills aft.r his air. st that I was
I ited With his record for many years bii.k.
Ii- did not deny whal had been revealed regard.ng
? i,nt said he had I? en trying for a long time
' an Irrsproaahabl? life."
itn Kriedenberg is of tli'e opinion that Mrs.
J- it had gone to Nelll?'? house to see him. with
I ..... of k'lllng hlrn. and posslblv herself as
;>-,. rasor found upon h?r. "It was a new
razor and had never been honed." ?aid the captain
lay, "and I believe sh?1 had bought it with
deliberate purpose."
Captain Frieden! erg sent two obleera yesterday
to ??arch th?- NH11? house. Every facility was af?
forded them by Mrs N. Ills to make a thorough In
? (.-?t.on. bit they found nothing to enlighten
them in th* (.aae.
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ST. STEPSEVS ANTflVERBABY.
Il Itepbea'a Cborebi Twenty-?'.?hih-st.. near
Third ave., yesterday celebrat.-d the forty-flfih an
Olvei try of its four-datlon and Ihe first anni?
versary of its eonscci-atlon. The church wa? deco?
rated wl?h greens. Blabop John M J'arley. auxil?
iary to Archbishop Corrgan. celebrated ?olemn high
ma?? The Rev. Dr. Henry A. Brann acted aa hi?
agaJataaL The Rev. Thomas F. O'Connor waa
deacon, the Rev. Joaeph P. Donohuc sub-deaeon,
and the Rev. John J. MeOatO was master of cere?
monies. Tho Rev. <:iarence E. Woodman, C. S, P.,
preacbH. _ r-.
There wu? an elaborate musical programme DH
lefi rjornet RHnd assiste.! Beethoven? yfassl^n
C, Kpvello'? "Adeate Fld-Vs." i ;oss.-i-t'a Hymn
to St ?tephen" und Handel's "Hallelujah < horua
were Bum ir, ,he morning There ?Ml ,?0.li;m,"
rubrteal veaper? m th<- ?vaain& celebrated by
Monslgnor O'Re'lly. H? wa;< a*?.?.ed by Esther
iHly. O. ?' ?'. deaeon. and Father O ?*?"_:'->?/?
0.. ?ub-deaco... The cup-bearer?, wer- FOttaora
Ctolton McCabe, ??Connor. Honohue, Maher and
M-Mar.us Tl?. Very Rev. A. V. 11 Igg.n? preached
The vXera was , hunted ?"tlphonally, with aanct- I
?.?r^ ,},i,r,i? c.t nrle?t? ?nil hov? and th? choir.
FITE YACHTING TROPHIES.
THE JOHN R. DHKXKI. PRIZES ARK NOW FIN?
ISHED.
Tiflfany A Co. have Just finished the five special
$?00 prizes offered by John R. Prexel in connection
with the New-York Yacht Club's regatta last
August. The cups have all been Specially dSSlgaed.
Four of the prizes are In the form of two-handled
loving-cups. Thes?, beside?? the other nautical
decorations and Inscriptions, have each on one side
an etching of the winning yacht. The ether prize
Is a decorative silver punchbowl, the outer surface
of which is panelled off bf long meshes of sea?
weed encrusted with shells drooping down from a
heavy cluster at the top and tapering off to the
base. I'pon the panels appears the following in
JOHN It. DKEXEL PRIZES.
eciiptSea, etched in harmon;
character of the design;
with the general
offer.-! by John R. IJrexel
N. Y. Y. f. Won bv
Am? rita -,T V. Mroksv..
Newport. R. !.. Augusi 6th
ISK>.
The bowl is richly gilt inside, has a rapacity of
twelve pinta ind weigh? ov?r seventy-six ounces.
The loving-cups are all thoroughly nautical. There
?s a good representation of a choppy sea. produced
in raised effect? and etching, yachts with well-Ailed
sails and other artistic touches that tell how much
thought ar.l Ingenuity have been brought Into plaj
to lend some MW effect to a subject that artists
have treated foi several generations. Both dolphins
and i urel leaves have been used for handles v.-ith
much originality in their treatment. In addition to
th- name of the donor, John it. Drexel, the en?
twined letters "N. V. T. <\" and "Newport, R. I..
Angus; I'.th, WS," the following names ?re Inscribed
upon the cups:
!'?>"?.Frederick P. ?ends
,:'x''' ?.'\.,!- Prank Bun n
9"sea Mab. t-., ? nhubb
Emerald.Rogen Maxwell
The .-tips range In weight from fifty-eight to
sixty-four ounces; in height from nine and three,
quarter? to twelve Inches, and In capacity from six
to ?aght pintd.
DM. BTRYKRtCS FAREWELL.
HE REFERS TO THE Vr.NKZfEI.AN AND ARME- I
NIAN AFFAIRS.
The Rev. Dr Philip Stryker yesterday closed a
pastorate of eighteen years at the Thirty-fourth
Street Reformed Church, Thirty-fourth-st., neatk
Eighth-ave. He delivered a sermon morning sad
evening. Or. Stryker h.is accepted a call to the
Asbury Park Reformed Church. New-Jersey, and
will begin hi.? mlaistry there with the new year.
The service? yesterday partook not only of a pas
tor's farewell, but of a ce'.ebratlon of Christmas
time. The church quartet, augmented by a large
chorus, sang appropriate music. Dr. Kenneth l-\
Junior, the retiring pastor's assistant, took part ha
the servli-es.
In the afternoon the children of the congregation
gave their annual festival, which was well attend, d
by the parents and friends. On Tuesday evening
the congregation will give a farewell reception for
Dr. and Mrs. Stryker,
Dr. Stryker selected for his morning text Bt. Mat?
thew, II, 11: "And when they were come into the
house they saw the young child with Mary, his
mother, and fell down and worshipped him; and
when they had opened their treasures, they pre?
sented unto him gifts; gold and franklacense sad
myrrh."
In a few terse prefatory remarks, Dr. Stryker
referred to th? Venezuelan and Armenian questions
as fol'.ows:
I believe that a strong desire for peace la the true
feeling of the Nation, l believe th.- suggestion that
a court of arbitration composed of three Justl
of the Supreme Court of each country, to whu-h
everything could be referred. Is an excellent one.
Th-^ peoples of the United States and of Or? It
Britain should not talk of war. There Is a na:u:al
difference of opinion in regard to Venesuela and i
the boundary question. Pray f'ir peace, look tor
peace, w..rk for peace.
Our hear:.- bleed for persecuted Armenia. Kv. ry |
day we open our newspapers we can't help seeing
an account of more horrid things in that wretch? I
country. Plead mightily with <",o.l tha; the coun- ?
tries of power may stop th? horrors which have
disgracd this nineteenth century.
I intend to present two pictures In my dis mi iej
to-day which should not be hung in the parlor or !
spare bedroom, but which 1 hope you will hang In
your office, your counting-ro.im, and best ?.' au. In :
your heart. These two pictures are the i> urea ol :
th? wise men In search of Christ and of the ?hep- ;
herds returning to their flocks af;> r having S< ti
the .Saviour.
The learned men must have heard the gtorlea
prevalen in the minds of th? people from th?
East of the birth of on? who was to become s
mighty king. They must have been distinguish? I,
for they w.nt to the king. Herod Two thing? m trV
this incident, the homage rendered and the g;fts
they gav. Our worship ahould be Intelligent, i .
dial and sincere. Th- Magi very properly conformed
with a custom prevailing from the earliest a^.--,
in giving gifts to the young babe. The people n it
only 1.rough: material substance, but their sins an 1
sorrows, their cares and ?roubles. God can tak?
your little gift and turn It'into a great treasure.
DR. KASK DENOUNCED.
THF FXri.OREH'R ASSOCIATE SPEAKS BITTERIVT
Of him i;i:f?.re the ARCTIC CWJB.
At the annual dinner of the Arctic Club, held
Saturday evening, at No. 36 West Wash.- ,
Square. th?-re were present s im? th!rty-t,y? n n
who luid taken part In various Arctic exploring ?
pedltlons. Among them were members of the Dr.
Kane, tiret-ly, Peary, Peary relief and Miranda
parties.
The dinner was chiefly remarkable for the ex?
traordinary speech male b) Captain J. W. Wilson?
Who was a member of Dr. Kane's expedition In
1803. Captain W!lSOO*satd in part:
In the year livVi Dr. Kane took command of-an
?xpedltlon to search for ? party of men who bad
sailed from England live years before to discover a
northwest passas? to India Henry Qrlnnell wan
the organiser of the enterprise and much to my
surprise, after I had offered to socon pany the
p.irty, he an 1 Dr Kane insisted on mj assuming
the position of ?ailing master, tin officer second
in commend. When we got to s.-a 1 found that
Dr. Kar,, had made g secret agreement to take my
j-Daition from me and glee It t<> a i.o.\-: wain nam? I
jirooks, a man who could neither read '?? r v. : . ??
his own nain.-. Prom that time on 1 Jr. K:me and
I were at daggers' points. That is tha reason why
in Dr. Kane's book you read so littl?- of on.- who,
j ou can. readily see, mus: have*shared his dangers
and hardships mire than anybody clue. That Is
the reason ?>r. Kane i? go ?..lent concerning a man
who stood by him when two-thirds of his crew and
officers deserted him. although that nun walked
the quarter-deck f..r ??x months without speaking
to him.
liai Dr Blanc lived six months longer he would
have occupied ? fw different and s much less
enviable position in the minds of the public than
he occupies to. I -
I have in my aaf? to-day document? which, if
published, would si n i a peal of thm, Ii r fr im one
erxi of tbla country :?> the other, I look upon the
record of Or. Kane aa a lie.
I have beta ask.-d to put these doenne tils Into
p-tnt and :t la possible thai I may v?: do so. nut
if I do it wllj only be in ?elf-defence. Surely the
living have some rights as well as the dea I
Captain Wi.-iin'? address was received with great
applause by the members of the club. VFhea M I B
after the dinner Captain Wilson declined to ?a*
what was the nuture of the documents referred to,
but Intimated that h? might torn? day publish them
in book form
H. U Brtdgman, <<f the Peary Relief Expedition,
deplored th? ?tatomenl <*.. often h?-?ri to th? ?ffeoi
that Peiry had failed because ti- bad n I resi '
th Norm Pol* "So far as I know," ?aid Mr Brida
man, "Peary never Intended lo roach the Nor.h
l'oie. H? never said that that wu.- ids
What he intended to do was to explore hnndrt
miles of country n?ver before explored an I I i ob
tain accurate identifie knowledge concerning It.
This object be ac ?mp.leh? . '
Among th<- otn.c .-piik.is neu- l'r..fi <->?? r H. C
Jlllson. Dr. H. HI? iderbick, Vlberi OPfrtl, the
painter of Ar !!?? sc?mer>, I'rof. s-or ??. F Wil;;l.i
an I 11. i' Walsh. l'loft-sor W. II. iirewer, of
Yale, orealded.
77//: DEVIL DEFINED.
CLAUDE KAU.s wnr?hits UKTtnta in CHICKKIU
INM II A I.I*
Claude Falls Wrltrht at Chirkerlni? Hall ehose for
his subject yesterday "The DeviL" Mr. Wr.Kht
said that few persons now bellev? in an actual
devil, as pictured aad believed in by mir fere
fathers, yet, he said, the -.mportance of this "al.
?tract" personage as an Infloatuce and It? Important
jiosltlon as the cornerstone of modern Chrlattal It]
cannot be overestimate?!.
The Theoaophlca] devil, Mr. Wrlghl explained,
and the devil in fact. Is the one w thin e;i.-h of us?
our gro?a?r selves. Theoaopby holds, he ?aid, that
"ih.- devil, though nol ? personality, la nol a myth,
and in th.; mental development of man th? 'black
one.' no doubt, has a great deal to do; in fact,
is largely responsible for the ills the flesh Is heir
to."
Th(* lecturer said that the a;mos?here Is per?
meated with psychic waves or currents, emanating
from those who BUITOUnd US, each of which has
undoubtedly a peculiar bul strong Influence ovei
our mental faculties -though tbeae Influencea are
nol readily dlacernlble. "The air I? full of th< - ?
c?rrente, the--.- ?pirita if you will." ?aid Mr.
Wright, "und i knoa mosi ol jrou bave discover??!
the fncl iinkiniw.ni.-iy. For Instance, you go Into
a dark room and thro? yourself down to rest.
What 'in yon se.'.' Invariably*yoU Will recall place?
and faces and ?cenes all floating about you, dis?
tinctly, yel vaguely. Perhaps you will ?ee, more
distinct] than all tl.her?, one fa?.r ? group
of face? or an incident, according to the varying
strength? of the?? currenta Again shut
your eyee, an.: it some one la thinking ??'. you ai
the time, undoubtedly you will we bl? >>r her face,
for the psychic wave? radial ng from the person'?
brain affect yours, and the face la shown to you
m all It? clearness. Everybody la mon or I?
fected by these current?, and their Influence? can?
not be doubted.
"Some ".'' Ihe ?rsve lines ar* the evil radiating
from ua to other? and from them lo us The??
line? are th.- :, vil - the ma le vol? ?
Impulse? lhal teach ??! ?mptl .- to do wrong. The
only way to avo I thesi Influences la to keep the
mind .-lean and ihe body free from them by stim
ulatlng healthy thought and aspirations, and . m
ploying both bod) and mind In beallhy work and
exerc.se. ?"ou mus? think posltlvelj no nega?
tively."_
Tin: MEIER iim> i RO?OB TRIP.
?HI OTAs BOARDED BT HSAVY flBAfl AND HEB
CAPTAIN H.M> A NARROW BBCAPB.
Tl,.- North German Lloyd Steamship II. II. Meier
arrived here early yesterday morning after an un?
usually lively and stohny voyage. She left Bremen
?in I.n,h.-r M with ZM steerage passengers, and
fine weather prevail^ until the 21st, when the
.Meier ran Into northerly gales, accompanied with
snow and sleet, 'i b? gale Increaaed In violence and
on Hi" night of I'.ml? r '?2 tbe Melar was laborlm;
in a gala of hurricane-like intensity.
All that night Captain Franz M.-ntz, the com?
mander of the ship, remained on th.- bridge At z
o'clock on the morning Of the ji'.il a huge \\a\>- -truck
the >hii> on tin- starboard side, about amidships,
und carried away <ine lifeboat and stn\.- In three
otln-rs. The water rushed againsi the bridge with
the ; irec ol an avalanche and swept all before it.
Captain Ment? was swept aft, bul s..\..i himself
by grasping ?i stanchion. Tbe wa\>- struck the
bridge abaft and swept forward and twisted the
stanchion and practically ruined the ?tincture.
Tiii>-?- hour? latei another big wave boarded th?
Meier and caused considerable damage. From I
a. m on the J:.'d to l p. m the following day the
steamship was hove to and labored against the
li.-avy seaa. Captain Menta then headed his ship
for New-York and. although heavy northerly gales
aere encountered, he arrived without further mia?
ban.
The Meier bore numerous evidences .if her rough
treatment at the hands of old Neptune, but with tne
exception ol the loss of th.- lifeboat there was no
damage that could not be easily repaired.
TBE OBITTLER SUSPECTS DISCBAROED.
John Orialer and Jacob Qebhardt, who were re?
manded In Yorliviiie Court on Saturday, wen yes?
terday discharged by Magistrate Wentworth. Act
Ing-Captain Btelnkamp, of the Baat Plfty-flrat-at,
?tatlon, appeared before tha court, au.l said that
a careful Inveatlgatlon Into the circumstance! ?f the
death ?<: M i? : ?i! is Oelttler, who aras killed on Fri?
day night In the yard of Neidllnger, Sons A Co.'?
maithouse, ihowi i nothing to connect the two
men In question with his d? it;. An autopay
showed thai several ol Qelttler*? riba had been
broken. A? there wa? no external abrasion, Il
j.. ,;.,-! as ,: tin- man had fallen or bad been run
over by ? wagon, of which there were several leav
Ins the vsrd ..i the tlm? .
POND Wit*-OH. OEOROE. I UO HOPE TOU HAVEN T DAMAGED THE ilACIU.NEi-iSt. Paul'.
LIGHT OS THE WAR CLOUD.
DR. OOTTHE1L MAKES \ PLEA for PEACE.
UK m:? i.auk- that WAR BBOULD never he hk
CltAJUtt) WITHOUT kihst sntMiTTlMl
THE gll'.STIDN T?) THE PEOPLE.
In the Temple Enntiii-Kl yest.-rday the Rev. Dr.
c,ottrti?ll addressed a large congregation on "l.:>;ht
on th? War ClOUd." !Ie ?aid In part:
Was the war ejoud passed away to return no
or ha.n It only been Id ?wn aside by the
breath of the people'? outcry? No one can tell. It
I? easy enough to ?ay "Absurd!" "Preposterous!" in
lay? >'. bigh-wroughi civilisation, of Intelll
?nd humanity and education, to awaken th'
roai Of the cannon th.it it may decide on whlcii
?ide la ri^ii; and on which side is wrong: and this
between 1*0 nation? who reell) .ave so much In
common, and who hav no cause for quarrel be?
tween them. And for what'.' For maintaining a
principle, i political principle, doubtful as to its
authority ano questionable aa to its wisdom, Why,
unthinkable. Well, I have beard people ?ay ?->
m. n t:. . -.??.? in m;, i,:.. and seen the unthink?
able happen. That t-?? American Bag should have
I. .11 tired on waa unthinkable, even the very day
o tore i happened, and more so even that :: should
op.-n the war dance that was to last for full four
years. Who would have thought that when th.
French Ambassador In 1870 addressed the then
Kins of Prussia on the promenade ?I Em? Mat the
rsstlon s oil.i only be concluded with the sur
render of Taris t.. th.-' i?<rmnn armies? Bo let us
not tike trie nattering tim-tioti to our souls that it
was I.':: a short war ?car? and nothing moro W?
have passed through.
The fatal word has been spokea. As in certain
?allerlei \ whisper at th>- one end ?rows into a
loud trumpet blast when it reaches th.- .cher en.t.
so a mere hint or allusion ?n the In tere mrse of na>
ti ma cuy ?well into t!ie thunder of the battle-field
The wheels ot diplomacy run smoothly until a
seemingly Insignificant object cause? a disruption
: illowed by incalculable ruin end loss ot lire.
Therefore, I say. lei the people watch and pray,
..i I | imv atut watch, and keep their eyes fixed on
that ?loud.
Dr, OotthtU then described the horrors of war,
Sttd said tha' it was murder, damned on th? fir?-'.
page of tho Holy Hook. ID said ?hat Christianity.
si .\.-d as ail other religions, has tailed to redeem
the world from the CUIM Of war, and that the
Cross, as well sa the Oommendmentst has failed to
make the people understand "Thou shalt not com?
mit murder."
"Civilised warfare" said Dr. Ootthell, "as well
as Christian war:'.ire, doe? not exist. The very
term civilisation end warfare and < 'hr'.stianlty and
warfara are contradict ry terms. We have not yet
rea? bed the itsg? where religion csn step in be?
tween : combatants sad keep them from the
murder .-i each other.
"I hold that no Government baa the rl^ht to raise
a threat without consulting the people. I respect
Mr. Cleveland, and, although not of his party, I
bave slwsys support..; him, but I maintain ti.at no
nation baa the rignt to Issui ? challeng? without
the consent of tim.se who must carry .t out we
s...- we have all the danger? about us which w?
though) w? bad avoided. Th? military spirit la
with us. as am ing other nations
- ! >,,-..? ? imetlm? ? blessed vision of a time when
the civilised people ol the w .rid will be ashamed
to fly t.. arms. A pcopi.- wii.-i churches, univer?
sities, in. music and Divine treasures; wo who love
our children and try t>. educate them, we, a nation
lik. this, to dream of resort ng t.. destructive arms!
"The Anglo-Saxon race, wh. :h has done more for
freedom and the securing the rights if humanity
than all th? other?, wi ihould consummate the
.i it aervl a we bava done to the world by sign?
ing a covenant thai the?? two great nations, at
least, sii.ii! t.. ve.- mor. :?> -op to the sword. Let
? ? jo .;- the) pisase, the?? iwo nations at
In the words of Schiller, should go 'arm in
arm wit h tic. I chsllenge my century.' Thus could
these two nation? hold the pea.-.- of the world."
DR BURRELL ON THE SITUATION.
HOW HE BEUEVEf WAR WILL Bl averted, ie !
?T ID AVERTED.
In the course of a sermon at the Marble Collegi- I
at.. Church yesterdsy on "Tha Review of the Year,"
the Rev. l>r. David J Hun.:' said in referring to
the Venesuelan dispute.
We have been disturbed by the rumors of war. And
we may congrat?late one another that there seems
to be a possibility of averting it. Should it be avert?
ed, however, it will nol be because of any feelings of
bi i therly love ol England for this country. We are
not English by nature, our laws an- not English; ',
our customs are in.t that of th.- English people;
our Mood la not English: it may be Irish, Oerman.
..i snythlng, but th?- smallest strain of blood that J
(lows through the American is English, if the war (
n. /i\,iif?i it win not i-?- through the mssnsnlmlty j
of Great Britain. Such ? characteristic lias never
been shown us by that nation-not certainly at the
p. m'd of the .tn-at Hoston Tea Psrty, the War of
IM2, nor during the Civil W;ir of '60-t?; not during
the settlement <?! the Alaskan boundaries, the
Behring .?.-.i fisheries. It was never heard of when
that great nation forced opium into china with
arms, nor In the Sepoy war in India. In fact, Kng
land's magnanimity has never been experienced by
anj nation or people on the face of the earth. If
the war is averted it will not be because America
has surrendered one solitary principle. The Monroe
i.trine 1? a pivotal truth upon which depends
much of the future welfare of this great people and
nation, as well as Its future prosperity.
Th. re are two things, however, thai will prevent
the war we are afraid and England is afraid. Two
great interests such as aro n presented by the com?
mercial relations between the two countries will
probably do as much toward averting war as sny?
thlng. The greatest Influence, however, that will
prevail that will avert i he war if snythlng in this
world can is that of Christianity. It is a curious
fact that while talking war, In the midst ?if it we are
interrui.te.I by the Christmas chimes, and let us
hope that it will all end as pleasantly.
SETTLE IT WITHOUT WAR.
The Rev. Tbomafl Dlxcn. Jr., discussed the Ven?
ezuelan controversy in his prelude yesterday In the
Academy of Music
"What will war with England mean?" asked
Mr. Dtxon. "War with England means the foulest,
blackest blot upon the record of statesmanship
sine? Jesus Christ was crucified. A foul blot upon
Chriatisnlty, because th? two nations that stand
foremost for Christian liberty would enter into i
mortal combal without attempting to settle the !
/??raj without an appeal to arms, if we are j
to engage In mortal combat do-j it not show that j
the world can g?-t along without statesmen? The I
aa vagra did not need statesmen. They appealed [
to the forre of arms. Are we In the same relative
position a? the savage? Hi? civilization been in
vain?
"Our rellslon. Our Christianity, claims to carry
glad premise of peace on earth and goodwill toward
man. We believe In the blessed peace of Jeaus
Christ. With the thought of this before ua, with
the love of Ood In our heurts we must no* appeal to
arms. Let wise atitesmen settle the trouble wlth
oiii war, and lei the two gteat CbrlettaB nations
sneaking the Kngllsh tongue be at peace."
CHANGES IN THE CAPITOL.
AI.TKRATIONS FOR THF RENKFIT OF THK
LAWMAKER! AT ALBANY.
UtrRO\KM!'..\TS IN THF! A3SBMPLY CHAMBlsV
PROViaiONg FOB RKPORTERS-HKTTKR ELE?
VAT? lit SKRVH'K-THi; CAPITOL ROOF.
Albany, Dec. 29 (Special).?Returning member.? of
former Legislatures Will be astoninhcd at the
changea which have been wrought. In their lawmak?
er, workshops With a generosity born of self-ln
teresl the last l?gislature appropriated 132.100 of
available funds for slteratlons In the Senate Cham?
ber and the Assembly Chamber mad- nee-Msary by
the increase of legislative membership to two hun?
dred.
None of the Improvements made are more no?
ticeable than those In the Assembly Chamber. Al?
most all the changea wrought in this magnificently
conceived room since the stone celling proved unsta?
ble have been detrimental to Its beauty, but th ?
y.-ar beauty has not been sacrificed to convenience
or expediency. The removal of th? old mahogany
rail has male it possible to place an extra tier of
s-its in the rear of the chamber. The unfortunate
Assemblymen who draw these seats will experience
difficulty in observing the Assembly rule that a
?m tuber must speak from hi.s seat, as they are fat
removed from the Speaker's desk. The old rail has
1.. . n replaced by on.- of polished brass, which runs
from one of th.> gigantic pillars of Tennessee mar?
ble to the oth-r. This encroaches upon the space
formerly allotted to visitor.-, and the curious mum
i. iw gaze enviously upon the lawmakers from the
galleries, or from the littl?- corners beneath these,
which have been made ac llgglblg by the removal of
the mahogany partitions. The taking away of theaa
Objectionable barriera ha* greatly improved the gen?
eral appearance of the room. Elegantly carved sand?
stone pillara have replaced the iron girders. The
artistl Oreplace? under each nailery may now be
viewed by tha visitor. A gas log will burn on the
hearth whenever the Assembly i- in ?aaalen.
Th? Assembly Chamber has been newly carpeted
With a heavy dark blue Wilton, Agorad in old gold.
The color of the carpet does not harmonize with
th? furnishings of the room, presenting a disagree
at...tatrast to th<- mahogany desks tnd their new
covering of garnet felt. Old material ha? been well
worked over In the reconstruction of the Speaker's
and clerk's desks, which have been somewhat raised.
I i nal room has been found for the two new
dark?, who our? their position to that provision of
the Constitution submitting city bo..- to municipal
officers. Their desks are close to that of the ?hi?f
clerk.
In accordance with an act of the Legislature of
1HKJ, for thirteen years disregarded, a well executed
coat-of-arms of the Stat. has been painted in col?
ors in the arch at the rear of the Speaker's desk.
other changes at this end of the Chamber are no?
ticeable, ine sounding-board which screened the
arched doorways baa been relegated to th.- work?
shop, and the arclii'd doorway? have been fitted with
?Wincing doors of mahogany Th.- newspaper re?
porter? have not been forgotten by Superintendent
Fast.in. 'They will have new chain of superior pat?
tern to those formerly used. The need? ol right and
left-handed writers have been provided for, so far
as they have been known in advance,
At the rear of the Assembly Chamber tbe Hint
corridor has been partitioned off With oak panel?,
giving additional looby room. The telegrapn office?
and presa booths have been transferred to "the Mid?
way.' The poatofhee has been placed In the corridor
to the east of (?ie Assembly Chamber, From this
corridor the cloakrooms may now n- conveniently
reached through a -lour at the right of the post
ottli . Ample accommodations have been nn.le m
the cloakrooms for the enlarged Assembly. Th<*
docket rooms have been practical.y rebuilt, and
furnished with the modern conveniences ?,f such
room- All the corridors ar.- richly carpeted with red
Wilt.hi.
THK SPEAKER'S QUARTERS
S| iker Kish will also occupy remodelled quartets.
His room had be.-n prettily paper,.! and otherwise
refurnish- 1 The Speaker la ?0 anxious to reach
his room without running the gantlet of the lobby,
as formerly, that he toll Mr. Bast?n h-- would go
through four fe? I ol wall to do It. This has been
ma.i- practical by a doorway through four feet of
masonry, and the wlelder of the gavel may now
reach tu, R?clusion of hla room directly from the
elev i tor.
In the Sen.ue Chamber the new upholstering' of
the till aetteea catchet the eye at once. They are
cover? I with emboaaed R?cala leather of a deep red
color Here, aleo, has the mahogany rsil been ban
lahed and th? eighteen new seats for the eighteen
new Senator? have been pul in. The Lieutenant
Qovernor will not be >.. muck above the Sen nor-.'
eyes this yeai as In the paal Me baa been "called
down ' by the workmen, who have lowered his desk
cons lerabl)
Th.- n. n carpet of the Chamber is a lark blue,
figured with yellow spray- of laurel held by a knot.
The mam entrance to tbe Senate chamber Is
through the central <n or leading from the corridor.
A brasa rail extend? Into the corridor, A handsome
carp.:, in color s wann red, covers the corridor In
the furnishings of this no pains have been spared
looking to ihe convenience of Its occupants. Large
loung's pli.I against the walls will furnish corh
foriaole retreats irom the tlresomeneaa of a long
winded orator The corridor will he well lighted bv
six chandeliers, of fifty lights each. Mahogany ta?
ble* supplied with writing materials and newspaper
racks containing Mei of the leading papers com?
plete the innovation? of th?' corridor. Eighteen new
[ackers have been add?w! to the Senate cloakroom.
Th?. toilet n un.- have been thoroughly remodelled.
The sanitation is of tin- latest and beai style.
Attention has also been given to the elevator?
'I'lie car? in which th? Assemblymen will slide heav?
enward ,i 1.1.:;;.-.i distance arr of an antique de?
sign, iir .n construction they are entirely up t.,
.late. The oak cars of the Senate elevators have
been r.-n ivsted and brightened up. Indicators are
now found on the various elevators, consisting of an
arrow which moves with the car. By its asovement
the would I..- passenger can locate the elevator and
determine the ,a?- to h<> rung for. This much-needed
contrivance has been absent from all the Capitol
elevator.- in th? psat. Throughout the building the
lever ?yatem of elevator operation has ?ucceedeo the
old-fashioned cable, ESlevator ru.es which do away
with fr. ight in paaaenger .-.irs have been made pos?
sible by the setting apart of two elevaton M dis?
tinctively freight elevator?. Much Inconvenience and
overcrowding Is in this way .ion- away with,
THE WATER BUPPLT.
The new system of elevator propulsion called for
ixtenave alteration? in the water supply. Klghteen
tneh pipe? hav. been substitut?*.! for the smaller
ones and tanks varying in capacity from k\Mg to
18.000 gallon? have been erected In the cellar and at?
tic. These are to be us.- I exclusively for t'ie eleva?
tors
The general eff? ?: of tha changes made In the
CapttOl for the benefit of the Legislature Is that
the ?pace uithin which ill?: Senators and Assembly?
men cm stroll without being buitonhoied by lobby?
ists baa been largely Increased. The Senators have
seised upon the entire corridor OUtald? their room,
and hrtVe abut II 'ff from strollers through the <'ap
Itol, and the Aasemblymen have likewise taken pos?
session of the lobby ."it.-iie of their room. The av?
erage- s. n.it. n ml Assemblyman can thus have a
more . imfortable exlatence than was possible be?
fore, while the Legislature Is m session. Moreover.
If ihey please, the) .an ?moke, large rooms for that
purp '??" having been added
Superintendent Bast?n slated to-day that lack of
funds prevented necessary work on the roof of the
i'aplt.i! Tu. outlets to th.- roof drains are not e<|iial
to the demand? mad. upon them by the nine acres
of rcoi which discharge? itc water? Into them, and
in the case of aevere showers trouble has arisen from
the baking up <>( the water, This will be remedied
as soon .?- fini.- ,ii>' provided.
Bam? w? rk has been lone on the aecond floor, nota?
bly in 'in- i|uartt?m of the Secretan of State. The
ro .ms ..r tin.; suite have a much brighter appearance
owing to ih-- ?kiiful application of light paint The
.val.s of i ..- ni fu room are tinte 1 it. harmony with
'he delicate brown of th.- ceiling, and the beauty
of the r torn lias l.n materially increased bv a
heavy Liu.- Axmlnster carpet. Slight changea hav?
been made on the principal floor <>' the Capitol. The
porters' room has been reconstructed and will in
the futur. i?. devoted to the AaaemMymea. it has
b"?n furnished with locker?, m which the members
of the Assembly will l>. . ?pected to keep their .bail?
ments ,u. ! books Th- room Is conveniently located,
and will .1 i ?way with mu b unnecessary carrying
of keav) books to the third floor Nearly all' the
alterations made have been confined lo the requlre
ments of the enlarged legislature, and have I.n
designed to Increase the comforts and convenience
of It? memoer?
POSTOFFICB CBAXOBS.
By reason of the discontin?an.-?' on Wednesday of
the postotllces at Wllltamsliridge, West Chester.
City Island. Hartow-?in-the-Soiind, Hay Chester and
Wakefleld ?all formerly ,n Westchester County) and
their consol Ida ti^l with ihe New-York l'ostoglce. It
will be .W.ir publishers of al! second-class
publications (esVpt Weeklies) IT? prepay, postage by
?tamps ..n copies ?ent to aubacribers living al those
placea, at th?- rale of one cent each on newspapers
and on periodical? not over two ounce-, in wi-lght.
and t'A" cents ea.b ?m perlodteala exceeding that
weight
Anotli.r effect of ihe change will be that the
local rate of letter postage at the plaeaa named
will on and alter the above date be increased from
one to two cent- an OUnoe, tl'? rate provided by
law a> all offices having lettar-iaiilei daH?err. .
BROWH'S DESPERATE PLAN.
LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF HIS STEALING
MARYLAND OFFICES.
THE PROJECT OK THE [?EMOCHATIC OOVERMOB
DEn-OCNCEI? HY SENATOK <jilKMAN-?"-ON
TESTS rOK f.E'-.ISI.ATIVE HONORS.
Raltlmore. Dec 2!> <S;,colal).-The Maryland Legis?
lature will mfet in biennial session at Annapolle
on New Year's Day. Governor-ele-t Lowndea will
be Inaugurated on Wednesday, January ?. The
event will be made the occasion of a great Repub?
lican celebration. All th. aecommodatlona for
visitors In the little capital city have already been
secured. Kvery Republican club In the State will
turn out Its full numbers. A number of steam?
boats have been chartered to take the enthuslaatio
Republican crowds from this city and point? on the
eastern and western shor?? of the Chesapeake to
Annapolis. Spec a 1 trains will carry hundreds mora
from the southern part of the State.
Governor Hrown has tried to fi ?hten the Repub?
licana by Intimating that he may make a number
of State appointments, ami thus try to retain In
office some of his old political friends before the
new Oovernor take? his pla???? in the Executive
Mans.on. Oovernor Rrown says he could a<>curi?
tin- co-operation of the Democratic majority In the
State Senate, but this Is doubtful. While he hae
the legal right to exercise the appointing power
until h:s successor is inaugurate i, no other re?
tiring Governor has ever thus encroached upon the
privileges of the incoming Kxe-utlv.-. ?Senator Gor?
man has ?ome out strongly against the <;<iv? rnnr's
scheme, stating that such a move would be against
all precedent and Injure the Democratic party In
the State. The Republicans and their allies, saya
the Senator, carried the State last November in a
fair, square contest, and they are,entitled to all
the offices.
Governor-elect I.owndes and Congressman Wel?
lington are indignant over Governor Rroarn'e
threats. At first they and other prominent Re?
publicans treated his boasts as a Joke, but ha
issued a statement that he was in earnest. Both
Messrs. I.owndes and Wellington now say that
any attempt on the part of the Governor to con?
tinue in office men Identified with the Democratto
machine would be resented by the whole people of
the State, and they do not believe that the Demo?
cratic Senate would confirm tho reappolntments or
In any way help him in carrying out such a baa?
scheme. While his legal right to reappolnt the
present officeholders during the first week in Jan?
uary cannot be disputed, Governor Lowndes c?n
in turn exercise his right to remove them, and
the Republican leaders say he would have good
and sufficient cause for so doing In the case of
ev. ry appointment. Jt is generally believed, how?
ever, that Senator Gorman's avowed opposition (a
any such move will prevent its consummation.
The caucuses for officers of the House and Sen?
ate will be bold in Annapolis on Tuesday night.
A confereni e. of the R?publicain members of the
House will be held in this city to-morrow. The
Speukershlp contest is far from being settled. Es
Congreaaman (Sidney E. Mudd, of Charles County.
is still making a vigorous fight for the place, and
the fact that the eighteen members of the Balti?
more City delegation have agreed to vote as a untt
for William H. Schilling, of the 1st District, does
not appear to have lessened Mr. Mudd's seal.
Charles F Mark.il, ol Prederlck, Is als.? in th?
Meld, and his friend- *.,v tint he ?ill receive strong
support from the members of the western counties.
Bo Car, however Mr Schilling seems to lead the
race. H. ?'lay Dodson, of Tall.m County, Is the
dark horse.
The Presidency of the Senate is giving the Derm*?
??rats considerable trouble. W. Cabeli Bruce, the
anti-Gorman Senator from Baltimore, holds the>
key to the situation In the Senate, Th-- Gormar?
men cannot do anything without the aid Of Mr.
Bruce and the other .ndept-ndeiu Democratic Sen?
ator from Harfonl County. Some of Gorman's
friends are working hard to heat him lor the Presi?
dency. Colonel John Waller Smith, the last Presi?
dent of the Senate, :s the Gorman candi is ?
The contest for the L'nited States S-matorship
has been ?lul.-t tor a vv.-.k. owing to the Intercut
taken in the approaching orgsnlastton of th.- legis?
lative luidles Mr. Wellington still seems to be, a
formiilable candidate, slthough lie cannot be electSi]
without the repealing or ignoring of the F.astertj,
Shor.- law. which require? that one Senator must
come from that parr of 'he State. Senator (Irbaort
is til.- Eastern Shore representative, end both Re
t/llbll.'.tll Mai ll?lll...-l?l.: l!,i-l.li*K ?? Inn 1>?M??S
?ature declare they will fight any attempt to alter
the law. The principal Kastern Shore an.Ill it.s
for Senator are State Senator Abraham Lincoln?
Drvden, of Somerset County, and Sta:e Senator
Charles T. Westcott, The lart?r has the l-i'l. but
th?. contest may result in the aeiection of s dark:
horse. Nearly every county on the Eastern Short?
has a candidate, and so far the rift?-m Republican,
members of the Legislature from that part of the
State cannot cgntre upon one man. They will hol?l
a conference to-morrow, at which each candidato
will be expected to show the support he can count
upon from Baltimore and the western and south?
ern counties. Th" Westcott men are confident, ami
say th.-lr candidate can command the most votes
from the members outside of the Eastern Shore
delegation. Amoag the oth.-r Kastern Shore can?
didates are George M. llussum. of Caroline County;
A T Harr.es, of Worcester: Colonel James <'. JuliV
llkin. of Kaston. and Phillips Qoldsborougfe.
.4 KENTUCKY TAM SEN,
CRITICISM or THE ?TAT HE CONDUCTS 1(13.MjV
ekfv BAU. i:s?\r?: <>k m; kpfijeks
ON ? HKISTMAP
Louisville. Dec. BJ (Special) This city has thi
Tamsen. although he Is not ttie sheriff here, hut
merely the county jailer His name Is "Dick-' Watts,
and he has long been known to a large part of Ixiuls
vllle's population. The whirligig of politics finally
brought h'm one of the richest prizes of the mu?
nicipality?keeper of the county Jail. Basto? he has
been in office he has been noted more for his kind?
ness toward his i lie ige? than for his vigilance in
keeping them behind the bars The escape on < 'hrtst
mas Day of seven prisoners three of them niunl.r
ers, was his eiOWBing misfortiifie. but it was pre?
ceded by ? number of instances of bad judgment
which kept him continually in hot water.
"Dick" Watts, as ?varybody calls bins, is asurttsasa
larly aggrieved b.-caus. the seven prisoners left his
hospitable setsbtlshsaeal only a f<-w honra altar
they lutd enjoyed his bounteous Christmas dinner.
One of them had obtained a big carpenter s bit and
cut a circle of li?les iti the steel ceiling Of his cell.
This round pane of steel was removed, and admis?
sion gaini-d to the garret of tin- Jail. A hole was
quickly mai?- in th?- wall, and through this a rope
of blanket? was lowered. The rest of tin- affair needs
no des-rlblng.
Many stones are told of this Gllbertlan Jailer.
His appointees have also his k>-?-n r?dish of a Jokt?.
Some of them were found to have taken h lot of
stamps from old documents in the county court?
house, which they sold to dealers and collectors.
Tiny didn't think the stamps were of sj?> further
use to the county, although their value has, been
estimated at W,000.
Goodness of ln-art and confidence In human nature
were never better exemplified than in "Dick" Watts.
Some time ago a negro woman .i. 'used Of graml
larceny took it Into h.-r head t.. leave the Ja.i sh?
walked out u.st as she would have lefl h?-r own
house, no one e\ en asking her whet.- sb>- was going,
?nick's" r.-.-lings wer.- terribly hurt, and be sent
another prisoner to find her. This one was serving
a term of eleven months for maltctOU? cutting H*
returned tn dm- season, but unkind critics sato that
th?- iu.1er had b.-en indts.-rc.-t. similar comnv t ? was
made of the liberty he allowed to Mme Jabltl, a
clairvoyant, whose youth and attractiveness naede
it Impossible for him to i?- harsh with her Sim
was allowe?! to go out to her meal? and to nail or?
friends, as well as to receive \isit- from man* per?
sons in the Jail parlors Sh, was a Fed? ral prisoner,
and Judge Harr, of the l'nited States c rcult Court,
was so displeased with the Jailer's goodness of heart
that be tlni'd him for contempt ..f court
Darniey Beaufort, ? foreigner, .i^-mut whom
various Grand Juries hail fourni Indictments hap?
pened to be sojourning In Castie Watts He bad
taken out bis lirst naturalization papers In N.-w
York, and fell an uncontrollable desire to bo-otne
a full-fledged pitlsen Th.- taller thouabt this a
worthy ambition, and allowed Mm to go t. eoiirt
under escort lieanfort was duly naturalised, and
the l'nited States lias gained a cltlsen who Is far
from being a credit to It Watt- also ..'low,<| gj
murderer to leave the jgU, but und. r guard
Watts sometimes believe? In red tape said aease
times he doesn't. Once a colored youth strayed into
the lull among the prisoner.; lt.- liked th? pla?*
and stayed. After be had been there some slg
we.ks it was dtsoovered bj chance that h.> was in?
there without right, lo he era put out. Thtsshoem
that Watts's hospitality is appreciated i>\ eesasj
persons, s en If i: aras ?rested on the three murder?
ers and four burglars wtio forsook him on CbrisU
mns Day
tine Of Die best stories about the taller is in ?M?,
latlon to a negro Watts lu. .une susptrloiia that be
bad under Ills oaee sum-' persons who srstS Bet
entitled to be guest- of tin- county ?"?seing a eot
ore?l man lii a corridor, he nsk.-d him bis name
The prisoner g?\e a ItctltloU? one Th. teilet WOWt
to tils recorda, could find no auch name sad tn?
timpliutitly turned the man out into the ooM world.
PRtXCRTO\ il.i 1/W />/\ y,./,.
The annual Prlncet >n aliimui dinner aril taka
pteea an Thursday evening. January pi. at 7 o'clock,
at the Hotel Hniiiswbk Klftb-iive and Tw?ntr.
seveath-ei ah wiio bave received Eaarrees from or
who liavi- been students at Princeton, whether mein?
kafff of the ?dub or m.i are Invited to be present
Tickets ma) bo obtained from the treasurer c i .-i"
vatd Blair, No aj Wall ,-t the secretary i; w
Hurlelgh, N.< y Wallst . al the office ol the Hotel
Hrunawlck. and from ulij member of Ha- txei-utlva
Committee. luu"