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the M?her, Captain Wilson and other officers
from the Weit One-hundredth-st. police station
vere present and conferred and consulted
?with Mr. Mclntyre. The result of this con?
ference was communicated to me later at
the D?mocratie Club by Mr. Mclntyre. when
he met me there pursuant to appointment
made earlier In the day. Of cours??, it will
be percelvrd that all of th?? facts ascertained
t>y the authorities cannot at this time be dis?
closed. As no arrests have been made as a re
?tilt of the Investigations so far OOOdttCted It
might defeat the ends ol Justice to at this time
reveal the Information now in the pOSSSSSloi of
the police authorities. Mr. Mclntyre to day
called upon Captain McClusky. and wai
gaged ta consultation with him during the
greater part of th?? day. They both visited the
Knickerbocker Athletic <'iuh. and there Inter?
viewed Mr. Cornish, and Secured from him a
Complet* statement of all the facts within his
knowledge respecting th?* matter.
v\ ? -.w convinced that none of the persons
whose names have thus far been mentioned In
the matter are la any wise implicate?!, and
consequently none Of then have been placed
under anePt. As t?? Mrs Rogers, WS art in?
formed Ihat sh?? is s lady of eminent re?
spectability Mr ?Ornish it? n man of excellent
standing la the I ?
1 have request 1 Messrs Mclntyre and Hlu
menthal to continue their investigations to the
e? d with a view of bringing th?? guilty party or
parties to -Justice, I nm convinced that Mrs.
Adams met her dtr.th through foul meaiis. and
no effort will be spared <?? the part "f the Dis?
trict-Attorney's office to apprehend the culprit.
re the above statement was given ?ait Mr.
Mclntyre, after his first visit to Police Head?
quarters, said:
Mr. Cornish called up my office at 1<> a. m.
Wednesday and asked for me. and. finding I wa.-j
G? ir. ..?? ..; ;? etiti. :! t ? meet me at -
T m I kept the appointment nnd heard his
story. He fid m? m detail of the receipt "f 'he
bottle of supposed bromo-neltser. the silver
. :; came in. hoe? it was wrapped, etc. I ,
was so Int? rested in the case that I did not call
th?? attention of Chief McClusky to it until t??- >
dav. However, this office is quite within its
ri| it*, and by a recen! decision of tb.? Court <>f
ils does not need to confer with the po- j
I We will not stand on this right, however.
End the <-:,^,-. js now entirely In the hands of
C'attain McClusky and his men."
MM, ROGCltl OOBt TO ??:ap??apt?:??.
Captain McdUSky, Assistant IMstrict-Attor
Tiey Mclntyre, chief Devery and Deputy-Coro?
ner Weston wars at Police Headquarters at
1-30 p. m.. ?p consultation in th.? esse. Acting
ur.der their Instructions, defectives went to the
Adams Hat and requested Mrs. Florence Rog?
ers, Mr- Adams's daughter, ani ber friend,
Mrs. Hovey, to sccompary them to Headquar
Sl their versions of the cas?? were desired,
?The crowd of cufloui persons orma so great in
front of tb?? Adams bous?.? that it was Impossi?
ble to take the two women OUI that way, and
they were taken quietly through the rear to
Klghty-eeventh-st., where tbe coachman met
them by instruction and drove them t?> Head
quart? : s.
They remained m consultation with the au?
thor;; ui sn hour, ?".??tain McClusky
said after th?? women wer? Ok??!, home that he
bad les I nothli :?<'.'??. them He said it was
?. ?? ?.; heat to get their verslonsof the poison
? | .???? t;> from Mrs Rogers aid Mrs. Hovey.
Hut they told ui nothing we did not know."
G? sard. "The much a mystery as ?
ever. ? dhitir has developed, I hare tro theory.
I have no person under suspicion."
un McClusky denied that 1.?? had placed i
tr ? intemplated p?a Ing Mr Cornish under sur
? ? . j_r Mclntyre wns very emphatic in his
ststemenl I Mr. Cornish's story, He
said hi had known him for years, ani believed
l.e ? , ? ti., pi lice ali he knew ol th" < .?--??
Capta ? McClusky sent io ti-? Knickerbocker
Plut?, wh??!?? Mr. Cornish is still in bed.
i?-k:na if he was able to go t?? Polico Headquar?
ters Dr. Louis ._ Coffin, of No. 14.1 West
Twelfth's! ? who is now attending Mr. Cornish,
gent word that his patient would n??'. be alee ',
to leave his bed for two days He sail he was
ibtedly out Of danger. Put be '??1 noi want ,
him t.. take any chaussa. I>r. Cofllfl gave an ;
Inter sting statement "f how Cornish escaped
while Mrs. Adams, drinking from the ?
Fame glass, was killed by the deadly potion.
MI*.. CORNISH'- ESCAPB.
"(Ornish mixed the dose,?? said Dr. Coffin,
"and (rave It to Mr.?. Adams. Sh<? drank but a
little, complaining that it was bitter. Cornish
then took the balance and drained the Rias? to
the dreg? I think that th?? reason ornish was
WH killed is that he drank the dregs, while M?-?.
Adams took the poison ln solution. The ?p_a-itl
iy of powdered matter atte?! as an emetic and
cleat ed bis stomach."
When th.y found he was unable to come to
' them. Captain McClusky and Mr. Mclntyre, n<?.
companled by a stenographer, wenl to the
Kr 'kerbocker Athletic Club, and wrtrt in con?
ference with Mr Cornish for ???t.? than an hour.
Captain McClusky said little had been learned
that hai not sir? id] been published He says
Mr ?'finish told him that the silver match-bold?
er had stridently been used, and while it was
? arked s:erlln_ It waa plated and looked like
it had been pr.- based in a department Store. It
vas not s Tifiar y article, but cam-? In a Tiffany
b ? snd li -1 ? ? Tiffany envelope In th?? package.
The bottle nts nlng the drug was not in
the holder, but was j ;,. k'-d in the end of the
1 ?- rbosrd bos and was placed in the holder
by Mr. Cornish a't*?.- opening th" box.
Beventi times during the day Dra. Totter and
Hit. h. ,k and th?? Coroners' office conferred
ns to holding th.? autopsy, but It was not until
a't.r l o'clock that Deputy-Coroner Weston,
Coroner Hair and the batter's secretary. John
'.. Kelly, reached the apartments in which rest?
ed the body ? t Mrs Adsma There were there
at ihe .i.nc Its. Hitchcock and I**?tt?r and the
undertaker. There were also In the dining-room.
where th?? sutopsy was performed, the son of :
the dead woman, Whose name was not divulged,
and the colored female servant, whose name ,
was alio withheld. I "te. tlve Marr. of th? West :
One-hundredth-st. station, kept watch at thi
door, and only thos? living or having frlends in
the house \\,r?? allowed to enter. H took more I
than two hours to perform the autopsy.
RESULT OF THK AUTOPSY.
Whs? tit*? autopsy was completed and the ]
parts of the body desired for analysis were i
Sealed in Jar?. Dr. Weston Issued the ?Y.llowlng i
r? .'.rt:
"I found the brain t?? be very soft, the lunps
eongSStSd and the h-art small, it having a cal- j
Caseous ?? ? sil tu It The walls ?if the stomach
?were also \ ' ry soft, and the mucous mem?
lirane ?digested, containing a dark fluid. The
stcmach WM also found tobe Ugated.
"All of tbe Internad organs were more or less
congested, and the blood was found to contain
a dark fluid. Th stomach was Intensely con?
gested, and there was th<- characteristic o?ior
of cyanide of potassium, which wan noticeable
paittcularly la the ?eviti.-?.. There was also
disease of the vaivi of the heart. The condi?
tion ?jf the kidneys wa? normal, V>ut dark In
color. The condition of the stomach lndl~at?*d
an irritant poison, and ? ?es not aiTect my opin?
ion expressed yesterday, that death was du?? to
the us.? of cyanide of potassium."
Further than thla, Dr. Weston refused to nay.
on the ground that the other details In conn.-c
tlon with the case were In the hands of the ml
thoiiti??*. H? took with him three Jars con?
taining parts ?.f the Intestines and brain, and
ln fact a portion of all the organs of the d-ad
woman. He said that i?r. Lederle, the chemist.
?would not be SSked to make the analysis, for
eome reason known, to the Hoard of Health. Dr.
Charles A Doremus, he said, had been asked
to take the matter In hand, but had not decided
to undertake the work of enalysls up to a late
hour last night.
In the mean time I>r Weston said that h?
would have charge of the portions of the hodv
which he ha 1 placed In the Jars. No date as ? e|
has been ee| for the holding of the Inquest by
the Coroner. Brown, the undertaker, was re?
sponsible for a rum >r which gained circulation
while the SUtOPSt was being made, to th?? ?-f
feet that Mrs. Adams died an the result of nat?
ural causes He said the whole thing was a
"tempest In a teapot." When asked, later, how
he could reconcile this assertion with the find?
ing ?? Dr. vVeston, Brown's response was that
he is an "obenlatlowfart " No arrangements
for the funeral will be made until to-day, se?
Cording to the undertaker
Postmaster Van Cott, when asked yesterdsy
If any investigation would be mad?? by the
port office authorities to discover the person
? ho mailed the package containing the poison
to Mr. Cornish, said:
"I do not see how we can ?lo anything In th??
matter. The morning papers state that the
package wns mailed at the Cenerai Postofflce
on laturday morning. If it was properly
Stamped, as ll appears to have ?.?., and there
wa* nothing shout ;t to attract attention, ll
Woirtd go through the mail the same way as any
>ther package or letter. We would have no
way here of tracing the persoti who placed It
In a maildroD Thousands of packages are
mailed here every day. and this package may
have lain ln the box where It v. tus dropped for
COLGATE&CO'S
Holiday
Perfumes
ten minutes before It was picked up by the
ebrk. Even if this clerk had been standing st
the drop when it was mailed, there would hav?
t.? no way for him to have discovered the
pet's, n who dropped it. We will do all we can
to assist the police and ihe pistrn t-Attorney In
the iiiatt-'r. but unless there is something about
the address on th?? package, or the package it
s, ;f. to reveal the identity of th" sender. I <1"
n.?: s? ?? bow it i.s possible to know wh" mall? i
It."
what CORNISH'S MOTHSB SAYS.
Accorditi!* to th?? reports received from people
of New-Haven, Conn. yesterday who are |n
1 terested in the race from the fact that Hurry S.
: Cornish was born in that city thirty-six years
ago. his past life. In addition to th?? facts al?
ready given In Th.? Tribun??, was as follows:
He bft Hartford after being graduated from the
public sch'.ls. and Wenl tO PlttSfleld, Mass
Prom there h? went to Harvard, ? her?? he began
a course under Professor Bargen! to m himself
as a physical director. Before be con pleted th??
ours.? he married Addle J. Harden, of Worces?
ter, vv ho was ai the time a < lork in a store in
Hartford. Mr. Cornish continued his course at
Harvard, ami was graduated about fourteen
years at?.? A daughter was born to th'? pair
Her nami Is J? nnle. and sh.? will be ten j? ars old
next July. According M th'? statement of Mr.
Cornish's mother, th?? pair never lived hapi
in the summer of ISIHI ihe got a divorce in
Chicago and alimony of SfiO a month, and th??
custody of the daughter. Mrs. Cornigli said sh??
retained lier h?.;: land's nanic ?Or th?? sake of the
daughter.
?ho l.ft Chicago Immediately and took up a
residence on Huntlngtonsaive., Boston, With
the a? I mon y an?'! the renting of rooms Mrs. Cor?
nish lived comfortably and apparently happi'.v.
Mrs. Cornish sent her daughter Jennie to Hart?
ford on Wednesday to visit Mr. and Mr...
Thomas Baunders, who occupy a floor In the
same ?ion.-?? m uhi? h t!?,?? .? der Mr. snd Mr?
Cornish live. Mrs. Saunders Is a sister of Harry
Cornisi). The little girl is clothed by Harrys
parer???. They think verj much of the child,
and sh? Is th" only grandchild
The motivi? of Harry Cornish was asked yes?
terday If she had any suspicions as to Hi?? poi?
soning.
? Fes 1 have." was th?? emphatic reply, "l am
suspicious of a m.m snd a woman. Harry had
trouble with a man when h?? was nineteen years
0,1 over a love affair. in reference to th??
woman, 1 won't talk, ? mentioned these par- ;
ties to my dsughter this morning, and she was
also suspicious of them. '
Harr) Cornish is not a relative of Kate
Adams Mrs Adams was born in Hartford, th"
daughter of George Kelly, who di?.! several
.????ais ago. sh?? has a brother, George, living
In tiiat city. Bhe married Abel S. Adams. She ;
v ss a dressmaker on Maln-st., Hartford, f"r ,
several yearr, Her husband ?lied in 1 ssi.
An effort we* mad?? yesterday to show that :
Henry ?'. Barnett, of the Knickerbocker Ath?
letic Club, had also died from poison sent In the
way through the mall, According to the
Story, !:?? had ree Ived this poison early in N*o- '
vember, The packagi contained what wns sup?
posed t" p. an effervesc ng salt similar In effect
t . that sent to Mr. Cornish The records of the
Bureau <'? Contagious Diseases, as well as the
statements of Mr. Barnett- brother and ?'ap?
ian; McClusky, show that this case is by no
means similar to ?li?? one which in now Inter
l the District-Attorney's office.
?. ? Barnett, a brother of Henry C. Bar?
nett, when sen at'ih?? office of the Smith Amer?
ican Trading Company, at No. 08 Broad-sl .
saal "Mj brother died of diphtheria He was
: g for about four days before he called In
!>!? Douglass, Wh? ? we found hs had a con?
tagious disease It was too bite t" move him,
snd he waui Isolsted in his room st the Knicker?
bocker Athletic Club, That was before November
1. and 1 did noi see him airain before he died
This ought to dispos?- of the theory >f there
being any poison in his case As for then
beinp any woman involved, my brother was un?
married, and 1 never had any reason to suppose
that ho had any 'affairs,' sentimental or other
The Health Department recorda show the cause
of (bath the same a? Mr. Barnett's brother giv.-s
it. and Captain McClusky also has the sani?
li op tie- cas?, and ?iocs not eee the re?
semblance between the two deaths at all.
? ?
MRS. CORNISH PLEADS IGNORANCE.
Boston, l>ec. 29.- Mrs. Addle .1. Cornish, the
divorced wife of Harry H. Cornish, said to-dav
that her only knowledge "f Mr. ?Ornish of lute
: ' ? ?? to ber through the newspapers, or
letters written to her ten-yar-old daughter
Edith.
Mrs, Cornish declares that she Is not acquaint?
ed with Mrs. Adam.??, the victim of th?? Christ?
mas package poison, nor with Mrs. Rogers, th??
daughter "f Mrs, Adama Mrs Cornish added
that little Edith went to New-York some time
apto, and on ber return told of having been to
the house ?if Mrs. Ad.uns, but beyond thl? Mrs.
Cornish has no knowledge of the woman. Edith
is now in Hartford spending the holidays with
her grandmother.
?
HARMONY EFFORTS IN THE 718T.
?'??I.f'NKl. FRANCIA HAS FURTHER CONFER?
ENCES WITH SEVERAL COMPANIES
Th?? effort which is beine made by Colonel ?. t.
Francis to restor? harmony in the Tist Regiment
was continued last evening. Ac-online t?? orders
Companies F, ?; util 11 assembled in their respective
rooms Owing to th?? trouble which broke out on
th? previous evening, win ? Captain Charles II.
Btoddard was threatened, som?? apprehension of
unpleasantness lnst night was felt by t! ?? men ben
of at least two of the companies, it was expected
thai Colonel Francis would make his tour of ln
spectlon of the companies, beginning at 8 o'clock,
and thnt he would pursue the sume tactics as on
the Dlght before. An entirely different course wns
pursued however, instead of conferring with the
priva:??:; regarding their feelings toward their ??ni?
er.?., Colonel Francis consulted th.? highest officers
present, it was noticeable, however, that ihe ???
taina of the companies wet?? not on hand.
Captain Waltei I. Joyce, of Company H, was
among the absentees a letter received by colonel
Francis from the absent captain stated that be
waa detained in Boston on business. His falluru
:? ippear waa oommented upon by th.? members
of his eoaapai.y, aad some said that he had re?
signed, a few went sa far as to sny that his res?
ignation had been read a: a privale meeting which
tin? colonel had with ti??? company when he made
bin tour of visitation This was emphatically de?
nied by colonel Francis, however,
it was fully '.? o'clock before Colonel Francis, ln
civilian's ?1res?, entered Company H's room. Behind
Closed doors li.? in.o'.?? u la i. r ?p.?.,?? ?,, ((??? com?
pany to the effect that h.? boo. .i that eaough pa?
triot.sin still existed unions th'in to preserve
their organisation, snd thst there was no doubt
t!?e 71m would, in th?? near futili?.?. In? again fully
organised Tb?? colonel was bearti!) cheered after
;, - speech. He next visited Company O'a room,
where he made a stallar address. Cheer? -nam
followed th?- si.?!:. which w.is snii, however, to
have been given for Lieutenant Henry Masiin, who
Was the officer ln coinrnrind last evening.
Colonel Franrts said after leaving the rooms:
"You can tell tbe publie that the .-'in has again
ris. ? for the Tlst Regiment."
It wns noti????;,!.I,? ?hat Colonel Kran Is passed
Company ?? room without ent?rine. The colonel
said about this; "l was i<iir<? of being welcome In
t?.. 1..cms of Companies ''? and 11. but area not so
sun? In tbe ease "f Company ?. ? therefore decided
noi to ?ntcr Hi?? room of the latter company this
ev ning."
Colonel Francis SlSO mid that he desire 1 ?t to be
made public that Ihe entire regiment would resume
the regular drill on Januar) 1,
in-:
WILL MARTIN SUPPORT QUAY!
DHDBS CBRTAIM o?nmti?>ns m: u iu.
G? H HO I'V Tin: ISMATS CAVCVS,
Philadelphia, Dee -".? David Martin, s. retaryof
tbe Coiai own earth, who Is _ ?n.t.? Senator ? 1.. t
! from this city, to-night denied the suthentl? tv of
a published Interview, in which be 1? reported ???
? .. tiiat h?? win vote sgalnst the re-election ? I
United Itatea ?senator (Juay at the Republican
...neu?, to be held at Hsntsburg next Tuesday
:.:??'?' Mr. Martin sh}?:
"I have fa?') to friend;. !?. privat.nversstlon,
a? 1 haw said before, that uni.t certain <oritin
rencies I would ?<> into th?? Senate caucua und be
bound by its JocIhIoii. Tins is not a new ? M
for me to take, aa it I? esactly what I bav
Or and wher.? mv friends know I huv> Mood from
the bcKlnnit'K."
?
THE REV. DR. STESSI NS AOAJN IMPROVISO
Kan FrSSCteeO, De?. 23 The condition of |)r
Horatio Stebblns is bo much ln.proved that hie
physicians nuw bo] ? for hi? recovery.
Tin: BCIENT?BfS' MEETING.
SUSSIONS CONTINUKD AT COLUMBIA?
NATURALISTS HOLD THF1R ??
NUAL QATHKRINO.
The American Society of NstureUetB nn?l the
Natural Beten???? Sorteti? afnilated with it con?
tinued their iri'-ctiiiK? bt t?he bulMmga of Columbia
University yeoterdey, and the Bt its Science Teach?
ers' ABBOCtation, mad-? up laraely <>f teaehere of
?, b ??.??? In secondary schools. btUAB Ita third aii
nuiti meeting al tba Tiraebers Collise?*, adjoining
the Columbia Campus t??? American Geologie ?]
Bo |? ty aleo ronttaltsd (ts armatone independently ?<:
the othera. In the afternoon there was a union
aaeetlng ..f all the ectentlflc sorteti??) excsptlng the
Oeologlsta and the Folk-Lore Society, In the tern?
i?,r.,r\? ?" ipel of Columbia University, In -
merhom Hall, fura general dlacuaalon of idvsnced
methoda ,.' teaching science, each branch being
nt.?.: by a member from ?an.? of ?be societies,
t?,.? stai,? Science Teachera also attended. To.
moi - a lhe Bcfc ntli ? Int? ?? ted In botany and
? will make .ni excursion to Bronx Park to
visit the city's new botanical and aoologlcal gar?
dens ????.? building
The American Paycbolof-lcal Aasoclatlon and the
American ? il Society met together In a
murnlrn." session it? Bchermerhorn Hall, Pi
.). M. can, ??. of Columbia, exhibited Instruments
for tha Btudy ?,f moveraenl and fatigue; Pr
FriMerk ? Lot, ot Columbia, epoke <>f "The Nat?
ure m, ?? itigi ? ? ?? rlli ? ' Hueneter
l er?-?, of li ni ard, of "Th< ? ? ,! ?sis of
Menial Life"; Profesw-W ?i ""ari Muber. of Michi?
gan Cnlvemity, of 'Obeervettons on the Innerva?
tion of Ihe Intereranlal Vt ???'?'"; Profeesor '"? t
\v. Patrick, of Iowa University, on "Confusion of
TasHs and Celui?"; Professor C. F. Hod)
?"ark University, on '*Po?jelble Amo.-imid Move?
ment?; on the Dendritic Pre ? sea of Corti? il Nerve
?'.??????; Dr ?: r. Scripture, of v.ile, on "Th? Meth?
ode of Demonstrating the Physiology and Psychol?
ogy of ? "olor"; I'rof.-sor ?'.. W. Fits "1" Mariani,
on "? New ' "hn.un-,-upe." nnd ProfeSBOl Ogden 11
Rood, of Columbia, on 'The FUckei l'hotomet.r."
The Folk I/ore Boclety held iwo a?e?tlnga with
Interesting programmes. In the morning "OJibwa,
?'ri-? and Esquimo isegend?" was ths title "f s de?
lightful paper by Dr. Robert Bell, the Cenad in
Official geologia! and authority on Canadian folk?
lore and gMlosy. Dr Livingston Farrand, of
Columbia, read of "The Mythology of the ? i?n
cotln"; Professor.! .?. ?Valentin', of this rlty, epoke
of "? Bperimen of Ancieni Mexican Polkler?'?; A.
Kroeber, or Columbia, <>.' "Animal Talea of tiie
Esquimo," and Profeaeor Thomas Wilson, of Ihe
National Museum n< Washington, entertained the
society v.ith a sp?culation tt to tha Identlt) of
"MeHii r Gooee." In Ihe afternoon Profeeeor
Charles L, Edwarde, of the University of Clndn
natl, (old of "Bahama Superstition? and Cuetome";
Stewart Culln, of the University "f Pennsylvania,
of "Hawaiian Osmes"; Dr. A. F. Chamberlain, <>f
?'lark University, of "American Indian Nemes of
White Men." snd his wife. Mrs- Isabel C, Chamber?
lain, of "The Bibliography of Folklore Relating to
Women." Mrs Fanny D. Bergen, of Cambridge,
seni .a paper on 'Suine Animai Medicine."
Th.? s ,?? elected officer? ,,? follows: Professor
e. !.. Edwards, of the University of Cincinnati,
president; Mise Alice c. Fletcher, ?if Washington,
vice-president; W. W. Newell, secretsry, and Im .1.
??. Hlnton, treasurer, and adjourned till tha next
annual roe? ting.
Th.? Botaniste of th.? Bocletj for Plant Morphol?
ogy and Phyelology heard a number of t? I
papera In their s,.<vi,)T1 p, the morning. They w.-r?'
presented by Profeaeor 0 F, Atkinson, of Cornell;
Professor Conws? MacMlllan, of Ihe University of
Minnesota; l?r it a Harper, ?,f the Pnlver I
WlaconBln; A. T. Williame, of the Depertmem .,f
Agriculture; Dr. ?: A. Burr, oi Mlddlebury t'
Profeaeor D P. Penhallow, of McGlll Unlvei .
Dr. Erwin F. Smith, of tbe Departmenl of Agi
> r??. Dr Charles 11. Beesey, of the Untre aity of
Nebraska; ? M, Dtiggar, of Cornell, snd !?". C.
Stewart, of ibe New-York Experiment station.
The Society of American Geologist? continued
Its meeting ?With two sessions In the geological
recltatlon-room in Bchermerhorn Hall. Inten
paper? by ? ? Darton, W, .?. M..;.,?. Chart??? ??.
Waieotl Marins r Campbell. Willard ?? Johnson
<". W, Hays. n. w. Turner, of Hie United State?
Geological Survey; I. C. White, of West virgin!.?,
?md State GeologlBi ?! H. Merrill won- rea I.
Tb.? American Moi-pbologlcal Boctoty liatened to a
l.'irj?e number of technical papere al Iti aeealon in
??.?>? morning, in Bchermerhorn Hall. Among tbooe
who read them were ?;. w. Field, of Brown; ?' M
McGregor, of Columbia; II. M. Crsmpton, of Colum?
bia; ? ??. ConkUs, of the Unlveralty of Pennsyl?
vania; S. AVuta.se, of tbe Unlvevsltt of Chicago; !'.
il Herrick, of Adel ber t; W, it. Coe, of Val?. C. B,
Wilson, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy; p s. Pratt of Hsverford College; ? ?. Nick?
arson, of the Unlveralty of Wlaconefn, and A G
May.-r. Of Harvard. The BOCMty elected !h ? foi
krwlng officer?: President, B. O, Conklln, of th?
University of Penneylvenla; ???cretary, Baa
l?. :u.. of Columbia; ?rtee-prestdent, \v m Wheeler,
of th>- University of ?Chicago; Executive Committee
.1 I' Mi'Murrli'k. of the l'i;iv?r.--lty of Vlr?;i"li
(i II. l'ari?? r, Of Manar 1.
The annaal meeting of the Boclety of Natui
with which the societies representing the
branches are affiliated, was held In the temporary
chapel In Bchermerhorn Hall al n ?,' lock In the
afternoon, Presklenl Low welcomed tbe ric?
in an addrees, la which he epoke for a broa?, feel
ing among all asen who are searching out know!?
edge amng all lines. Preeideni H )'. Boardltch,
Who comes from the Harvard Medi-al P. boo!, re?
plied. Tiie^s. c?? ty elected its of?toera for tha com?
liur year, an follow-: President, w. ?; Fsrlow, of
Harvard: ries-pfsaddent, H. C. Bumpug, of Brown;
av n. tlowell, ,,?? Jobna Hopklna, arid Dr. F, H.
Gerrlab, ?if Maine: eecretary, t. ??. Morgan, of
Bryn Mswr; tresaurer, J. B, Smith, of New?
Brunswick, N. J : Executive Committee Bashford
Dem. o( Col m . ?.? F. H. Herrlck. Wextern
Reserva University, The followint nea '?
were chosen: J. ??. ? 'urtis, physloln
T H .?,??-.'omeri?, soology, of the University of
Pennaylvanla William Btratford, soology, of the
College of the City of New York. A Q Mayer,
soology, Harvard; Oakea Ames, botany, limar,?
H. ?'. Johnson, physiology, Yale: J, ?p Stoller,
G? ot: College; ?. M. Smith, Unh'ersltj of George
town; ciiljlr?) Kochl. Princeton; ?!. E Pea body
N? m Y.rk High School; PI G Muesch Ui Inua
College; W, R. Wilcoa Wellesley, and ?, ? Har?
rtnxton. Western it? serve,
Tb?? general meeting was taken up with the ?o?nr
discussion of "The Alliances |n Methods of 1
Ing" by repre.?entatlvea from the ais affiliated
?octette? Professor B, O. Conklln, of the t'nlver
tjitv ,,f Pennaylvanla, Bpoke of advance? In boi ,.,.
Prof? ?sor ?. ? il intlngton of Columbia, of
pnatomy: Professor W. T. Porter, of the Harvard
Medi al School, of phyalology; Profeaeor Hugo
Muensterberg, of Harvard, of psychology: Dr. Frans
Boas, of (Ol imbla. for anthropology, and Professor
\V. c. Oanong, of Smith College, for botany Pro?
feaeor W. lb ?.'lark, ?.f Jobna Hopkins, wa? not
j.resent to apeak of g<Bolog]
The tb.r.i annual meeting <>f tha s;nt,? Science
Teachere' AsBOclatlon was begun In the morning
at Teachers College, on Morningelde Heights.
und Will last tbioujth today, President Low ..f
Columbia welcomed the members ?ii the opening
Beaaion. Professor Edward L Nichols replied In
a apeecb Iti which be explained thai the teachera
w.r?? here to get Into touch with the other science
teachers who are bere Professor Cher!*? W Har
gltt. of Syracuse Unlveralty, th? prealdenl elecl
nia.ie iiis inaugural addresa and there followed a
general discussion, led by Edward <;. Conklln, of
the University of Pennaylvanla; Dr. charlee it
Davenport, of Harvard, nn.l Arrimr I". Hunt, of
Brooklyn, on zoology a? a condition for admission
to roll? te
Tue state Bclence Teachera at ? ..'?lock In lhe
? .?? ng met ?rid listen?*] to an addreaa of the
pre.si-i.Tt on "Science aid the N'.-w Education.M A
reception for the visiting leachen ws? then ?!ven
In the Hrison Llbrnry by the trust?, of T-... hei ?
Collega
-e
A DINNER IN* THK EVENING.
Tb? Aaaertoan Boctoty <.f Naturalista ar.d the
societies affiliated with It, which have been meat.
??? at Columbia Unlveralty, bad th? ir annual dinner
at the Hotel Savoy last night. Aboul a huodreJ
UK inl'eth w. r- (,r. sent I'r ,f? |gOf ? ? BoWdltCh.
? tbe 'ban of Hi? Harvard Medical School presided,
and wai??? tb?? , ina ? s wi.? reached, be delivered th?
'? an miai ...Pit??? aa prealdenl of the aocletj Ther?
w-re informal talk" also from vartoui member? if
' the affiliated sorteti? Amona lho?se called on
were Professe* W. <; Farlowe, of Harvard; Pro
f. ? ,r Hugo Mu? nati 11.?>rg, ?.f Harvard: ProfeBsor
1 F. ? GerriBb "f Bowdoln; Dr .1 W, M??;..?. und
Professur p ?, Oaborn, of Columbio
?
F Mirili: OF COLEBEOOE VATIO* M. /f ?va
(?..lei.ro,,k. x H.. Dec, '-*? Hank Examiner ?: ??
f.rr.,11 ,,.?, ririn.il thi? ???.?p..??? IBM ?,.-w -. frati
WMhlngtoa limi iba CtAtutum? Netttonal Bank bad
failed, 'und ?iH!?d thut he bad barn appointed tern
l? ? t\ receiver. ?- .!?>?????.,? ?a mak?? any further
Btat? ment, bu? .?? bank (?p?? ?.?? star.?,? tbaat ine ? \
amlnatlen of ibe book?, whleh bad ?.la pn.nr.????
su.?. Tueadar, had disclosed Irregularltlea covering
., period ..r ????,? year?. They alao announced Ihm
the cashier, Mr. Bailey, who ?? under arresi pend?
ing ti??? completion of th.? Investigation, would ?..?
arrslg.I. The amount of the shortage was olac? I
in l;:<ii??i.
\A ?siiiiiaioii, I?ec. SB (?,, the ,|.i|e of the Pis, p?
non De? eml er I, IBSS tb? capital of th? t'ol? br >k
Nailon,.I H.,!ik was ?7:,.DIM); ?urpiu? and nielli rt, ?
profits, m.l*Ai due io bank? il.t _'?:: ,?,,. , , ,,. '
Ppsltors, ll.i.'joT. due for borrowed money. 121 tLR i
Total resources. I1M.528. ?*?'???? ?**.ve3.
HOW IT BEGAN.
The business of maaufacturiaf ??? stoves ami
pas ratines has grown to enormous proportions,
??.?! ?p?? hundred different concerns are engaged
In It ln this country sione, Hors than 100,000
iras BtOVeS hav.? been sold In the City Of NSW
York within th? past flv?? ? ear-? Bold. Ihai Ih, for
local USO, ?et up and us.??! every day. Tl Is is
j saving nothing of Wholesale shipments out "1
? town. Hue and when did this incili business
begin? Nearly fifty years ago in England. The
nist authentic reco-d of -.king by ?as dates
| from I81?0. in that year ? French chef, Alexis
; Boyer, roasted R88 pounds of beef, in th'? pros?
l ei.f ??? Incredulous audience in Exeter, in an
? oven heated by gaa within ? year from that
| time s patented gas-cooking oven wss exhibited
in Glasgow by Alexander Oraham. From those
??arly beginnings the growth of the use of gss
for fuel was slow even in England, snd stili
slower in this country. Hers and there an en?
terprising man perceived the great sdvantage of
gSS for heating and cooking, and had some
kind of iras appliance In bis house. Bui the
gaS Stove ? sins Into general USS only in com?
paratively recent years. Many things stomi
in the way th ? high pri???? of gas, poorl) mede
i;as stoves sbsen? ? ot gas plants In smaller
towns, preludi.?? and custom Hut latterly all
Hies?? difficulties hav?? been removed in an as?
tonishing degree, and now the only question it?,
tud whether Lras mav be us???! auccessfully as ?
fuel, but whether ?t Is not going tu drive all
oth? r fuels ?.ff the field.
HARVARD IN THK LEAD.
YAld?: BRINOI IT THE REAR IN THE W?
TERCOLLEOIATE CHESS TOURNAMENT.
At ths end of the fourth round of the bitercoi
leglate tournament, which was played si ths ??
lumbla Grammar School yesterday, Harvard had
a?rala taken the lead with ftf games Columbia
t ,?? representstlves of which university were both
beaten bj the men fr..m Harvard, fell back into
th? second place. Princeton maintained the third
place and Vale COUMS last. Ibi.? follow the details
Of thS ?'?ay.
FIRST TADIjE I?'V -OPS
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The pairing for th.. fifth round to-day rends |,
Webb (Yale) vs. Falk (Columbia); 2, Arennheri;
(Harvard) rs Weston (Princeton); ?.. Cook ?Yale?
vi Meyer (Columbia); 4. Southard ? Harvard) vs.
Blj (Princeton).
?-4> .
REPl BLIC l \ CWB INVESTIGATION
? It ?
Kt I i.i
I? ? I*
.r ? ot r ??? tournament to dm?? reads:
W..n.
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. . .3
W.?n.
.. I
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HEARfl WITNE8BE8
REOARDINa CHAROE8 MADE IN CON?
NECTION WITH THK BLACK?
HAI.I.IN?; OF MR 0IBB8.
The Esecutive Commltt?.f Ihe Republlc?n Clnh
Diet ?.???-?? nlshi to take evidence on the chsnres thst
the blackbelltns of Frederlch H, Oibbe, when his
name v.,is presented for membership sl
the resutar meeting ?if the club, on De?
.??tut..r Vs. was dn?? to the easting Of more
than on?? rota by ? certsln member or certain
members. The committee ssi from ?:?*/) o'clock un?
til nearly midnight, and m ths end of ths session
Magistrate J?? sep h M Deuel, the chairman of the
ommitK e. t" whom the reporters were referred
by the members as they left the club, said
? hat the onlj Information he was prepared
to gire ""t concerning the proceedings was iii.it
i,.mm it tee had hesrd the evidence of severs]
witnesses, snd thai epos the gasisi of that evi?
dence the committee will present s report, together
with ?'? recommendation, to the nexi regulsr meet
Ing of the club, which will be held on Wednesday,
January i?
ii was ascertained, however, thst the principal
witnesses heard by the commute? were ex-Magis?
trate Job K. Hedges, F Bchaefler, Philip Clock
.,? : James E March. These men, s Tribune re?
porter was Informed l,y ene who was present
throughout the hearing, testified that th.-y had
Heen ?' J? Morrison, ? member of the club, cast
more than one ballot at the election. Mr. Morrison
was heard In his own defence, saying that he did
noi fin? n.h??!' having voted nt all.
n ?s linderst.tod that th.? recommendation which
the committee will make win h. thai th. ejection
of December ll should be declared void, and a new
hallet t.ik. n.
C APT Alii MAHAS'S IDEAS CRITICISED.
??ta? UONDOM timk-"? SATS tiikv ivi ????p?:
CREDIT TO RIS PATRIOTISM TRAM
TO His PHILOSOPHY.
London, Dec ? -"The Times.?? commenting edi
torlslly this morning upon ine recent war arti? les
,' ? sptaln Alfred I Mai.an, ??,??,-? Itstes Navy.
says
?U'?? shell proh.iMv do Csptsln Mshsn no liiju?
tl_e if we .olii?-, ?nr.? that bis discus-ion .,t ooaat
defence was mainly Intended for home consumption
and does nere credit to bli pstrtotlsm tli.ill to In?
? ?..,1, lophy."
Proceeding t.? argue thai the Imp? nance ,.f.const
defence ? not Ihe chief lesson to be dedu.l from
the war the ? dltorial hh>?:
"Nobody win do the United Itstes ICsey the in
J.|-tlc.? tO SUPPOSI that It would hav. I,??, ? driven
to in ? "n an Ignominious defensive by the mere
paper equality of I Seel three thousand miles from
? it- Laie, which must either ha?.??? fought with hunk?
?. - dei iet.,i , r dis losed it? whereabout? and sban
: .?..... d th. offensive by aa atienipt to replenish
Ihem '
Then, remarking thai Captain Mahsn's own pre?
! vi.??" teachings ore opposed to his present coni,.:,.
lions, the ? litorbil ?ays:
"While the people of the Cnlted states were
trcmiiini?; for thr security of their own seaboard,
ti..? tirsi decisive ??????? of the wsr wss struck thou?
y inde "f miles sway, al Manila "
-?
EA8TB0?ND FEEHIBT I i:n\l CBICAQO.
Chicago, De? ?< Tha >???? um\ has beolien sll
records Is the imount of .lend freight shipped from
Chicago to ih.? Boat, Th?? total fei the peer, the
lest week of December ??????? estimated, is .'.'..:? :?-,
ton" The total for the entire twelve months of
'?'. _f__ ^*MP> ,,,'li'? ?howlng an Increase
of 1,04,01 Ion?. Low rales Mild the SnormoUS cropl
of ccrrale had much to do with the bis lncre.ma.
THB ECONOMIC CONVENTION.
PLAN K??R CrURMENCT RIFORM KE
PORTXD nr A IPBCIAL ' JOl? ? ?tt??: ?.
OTHER QCglTTIOKI DISC-SSBD AN'!? OFFICssaS
KI.K-???. AT THS FINAL DAT*? BgSSIOK.
N.vv-lliiven, I).?.?. '.??.). At the dositi? day'? ?
of th- American ?conomie Association convention
in this city, tha report of 'lie Special Commltt
Honking Slid CUfTSnsy WSS presented The com?
mittee, consist.?! of Professor f M Taylor, of the
Cnlveroit) of Michigan, chslrmsn, snd Professors
F w Tausslg, of Harvard; ?>? W, Jenka, of Cor?
nell; Mdney Sherwood, of Johns Hopkins, im
David Klnley, of Ihe University of Illinois. The ee
sentlal part of ths report follows?
ruder existing conditions, the only wise andI con?
sisten! pollo? for the Cnlted Butes Is the rrans
recognition of the faci thai the a? tual monetai ?
itnndord li now, and for some time to com? wi ?.
gold, and th.? adoption of legislation which shall m
| o. the er t|;, aUbillty of that standard until lien
time is th.? Nation may hav?? decided to ratablisn
son,,, other Assent to this statemenl doe?, noi
commi: anj one to the position thai th* sold fand
????.? is abstractly considered, the most
one a?* |i well knows ? large number ol econo?
mists hold lo the opposite opinion. But, a
well known the particular substitute which such
r ???G ? ,. f international b m? tailism
Ih at pros? nt, and for a Ion? time will be,
ti..? question In ? onsenuen?... ths precise f?>rm
which ti.?? ?question of standards now takes In trie
Cnlt? d St.,?. s |i ? ? whether the ? urr?
r.si on a e., ,i bssli or "ti s silv. r or paper
Thui stated, 11 can have, t?? the majority uf
omlsts hut one solutlpn. Cnder existing conditions
Id itandard Is for tl..? Cnlted States the beai
available Thli being the cas.?, u is the duty, of
the Nation t., render that standard aa itable a?4
po -??,?.?, and t., remove nil uncertainty as to its
ni?ictef,,, ... and us easy worklns, for uncertaint)
as io iti? hash ,,f the currency must sis i)
tn' rr;
TO
r.. ? rospeiity,
MAKE THE
STANI? AIM? SECURE
with respect to the means through which In
? ? stability for the standard shall be Insured,
it is hardly to be doubted that much would tie
rained by its explldl definition In term1? of gold,
Still more Important would be the enacting of auch
legislation as shad insure tiiat the task of main?
taining tbe standard, ..r. in othei words, of main?
taining the convertibility Into ??<\. 1 of other forms
of currency, shall !.fflclently performed. At this
polni your committee find themselves in accord
with th- commonly received opinion that, under
normal conditions, the ta.-k In question can most
advantageously be devolved upon some Institution
or Institutions of ? banking nature. We are also
agreed, though perhaps i??*^ positively, that, even
under tin conditions whl. h must prevail In the
Cnlted States, this name solution of the problem is.
on the whole, best. If. however, this piai
prove impracticable- if the task of maintaining the
t-tuid n.l ..r villi?? ?? still t.> r.-st upon the Treasury
everything, calculated to make thai task an ?
one should be done, and the Department should be
ipeelallj organized with reference to the duty thus
devolving upon it. and provided with such add ?
iion.il p..???!? as are necease ry to Insure its ?
for the work In hand, Anioni: the various ? hanses
which would t'lid to ihe accomplishment of these
objects, your committee believe the mosi Importan!
to be tome modlfli itlon of the existing system
wherebj Ihe duties of the Treasury as respe
management of the monetary system of th?
try shah be eeparated from those functions which
ar?? of a pnr.iv fiscal nature. It would doubtless
be well, also, to find a place for silver where it will
cause least trouble, by retiring all notes under- HO,
and to authorise the Secretary to retire, sl
temporarily, notes which have been once redeemed.
BANK ISSUES.
Whatever de Islon may be rea ih? l with reference
to the mu h-disput? l question as to whether Cnlted
Btate ? l< gal-ten I? r notes shall tli ? to hold
their place as part of t;?.?? paper currency ol the
country, it Is certain that the maint, tun?.? of some
system of bank issues arili be indispensable. This
m should, without doubt, be un 1er F? I?
control, and should '.'k?? guch form as to
much greater elasticity than exists ?, the present
lyetem, provided always that the security of tic
Is..;!,, shall n ? in nos? i-.? im?, ili ed
As respects th?? method to be employ? l f..r attain?
ing thi: n? ? .1.-1 in.-reas,? )n elasticity II is belle ? 1
that thi r? ' ? ? ful one must Involve - ? ?
some portion of the ?,?? dation upon ordinary bank?
ing mieti*. Til?? chief reason for this is thai su h
ordinal -'s ..r?? the only ones which
ai" ..niie Rally and t i?Jllv available a/hen expan?
sion Is nee le I. Th ? s iperlortty of such a system Is
further In ured by the fact that there la .?? very
close cnrrespoi len a letween the amount of sucn
ai its in th?? possession of the hank- snd the need
of ? .mmunlty for currencj since these assets,
like the ????.-] for money, vary In amount with the
volume of buslnera As respects the security of
sudi notes, ther.? need be no anxiety, provided the
system It supplemented with th?? devi.G a safety
fund, or with one or more "f the various other ex?
pedient?? whldi hav?? ?,,?,?, proposed. If it >.?? irged
that nothing ? in m .k?? this system really >.i:-. al
|? , ? ..r the banks considered as guarantor? ?
other's notes, so Ion?; as th?? securities <?? which
those n"'"> are bssed rem iln In the custody of tli?*
Issuing h.mk. the objection might be mei by ? nact?
IriK that notes of thl? character ?>hnt: he ??>????? ? only
through clearing house associations, which sn ???
hohl G? trust the commercial paper or ..'her col
lateral >y which the notei are secured, |u*i as they
now do In Ihe <?:)*.? nf loan rertlflcatee, and as the
Treasury nf the I'nited Stated does .:, the
? ktlonal hank note
It may. however, pice Impossible t? se? ire legis?
lation of the character described. In such event
?'? ? ? listing system of notes cased on Cnlted States
bonds ?hi lid ?? SO amend.?! as to give to i' as lare??
a niensmr?? of elasticity a- is possible. The pro
vlslona of the law of ISfJ, which limits the amount
of ? . . be ret?n I .n any one month, and
prohibit! reissue within six months after r? tir??
ment, should be repealed. To secure ?n s..m<? legres
tha* In r.-ase in profitableness which Is Indispensa?
ble t.. elasticity, It would be well to raise the ratio
of no?? s to bonds deposited and t?. lower tn> tax.
? ???, ;>etter still, to levy It on capital and surplus
In order sii'l further to enlist the ?elf-Interest of
the bank*, especially on behalf of the prompt re?
tirement of redundan! note-, we should be Inclined
to prohibit any bank from paying out the notes of
any other banks except to the Ws?,.,.;? or to the re?
demption agency ?* respects making eaaler the
pr..asea of expansion and contraction, some gain
would probably result from requiring the Controller
to keep on hand s supply <>< notes in blank, and
utili more from an increase In the facilities for re?
demption.
The ..tier pipers read at the morning session
were hy Professor John R ?'lark of Columbia
"Dynamic standards of w.il'.s -,?? ?nteres! " and
by Professor Charles A. Tuttle of VValmsh 'Ollere,
oli "A Fundamental Error of the ?'lassici! ?:
nilstrx "
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The Commit!.,n Nominations al the sfternoon
session brought In the following list of officer?,
which the convention ratified? President. Professor
Arthur ? Hadiey of rale; rtce-presldenta Stuart
Wood, of Philadelphia; Professor David Klnley,
Cnlverslty of Illinois, and Professor w. /. Rtpley,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: secretary
Professor Walter F. Wlllcox, of Cornell Cnlverslty;
treasurer, Professor Charles il. Hull, of Cornell
Cnlverslty, and Publication Committee Professor
F. W. Taussig, of Harvard, chairman; l'avis u.
Dewey, Willard C Fleher. W. A. Scott, Sidney
Bb< rwood and F. M Taylor.
The afternoon session was given up to tin? con?
sideration "f the following papers "The Present
Btud*. of Practical Labor Problems In France." by
Dr W. I?". Wllloughby. of the Cnlted States De?
partment "f Labori "Municipal Taxation n* s
Means of PubHc Control of Corporations," by C
w Curtis, of the City P.ink. New-Haven, and
"The N'?it'ir.? of Munlclnal Franchises." b) Pi
Max West, of the United .-?'aies Department of
Agriculture.
AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
New-Haven, Conn., Dee, Zt.?The second day's ses?
sion <>r the American Historical Association conven?
tion began thi* morning with ?. conference on "Hlth
erto Cndul) Neglected Fields of Historical Study."
Papers were presented by A Lawrence Lowell, ?>f
Harvard, on "Institutional History of the LsteT
Middle Arres" and by Professor C. M. Andrews, of
Bryn Mswr, on "American Colonial History. ??."??
17M," with discussion t>y several members follow?
ing, A dis? nuslon was hid of Other phases of the
penerai subject of the conferenes hy Profeasor J.
F. Jameson, of Brown University, snd others,
in the afternoon, nt z.$) o'clock, the church m*?
toiy section met nnd papers were read as follows:
"The Beginnings of Protestan! Worship," by Pro
p.\ After
La Grippe
the blood
becomes thin,
the face
pallid,
the body
emaciated.
? \ Then take
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They supply the red corpuscles to the
blood that la grippe has destroyed. They
replenish the fountain of blood, build up
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restore th? vigor and strength ol health.
? tab els Is ? boi. At sil ?rugfists.
Wedding
Silver
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Broadway & 19th Street
23 Maiden Lane
"Last Four Days,"
Yfonday, Jnnunrv till, I,nel I'nr.
American Art Galleries,
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9 to ?. i^^Sj 1 to ?.
Admission 50 cts. ^%u$??j?jr Admission Ih cu
TISSOT'S
Great Pictures
Special Night E.xhibitions.
Ou Fri,lay, Saint Jay nnd Mcnd\\ft
Decemher 30th% .'list, a>?J January 2d.
STEINWAY
Steinway & Sont solicit inspection
of a large and seiet stock of their
regular styles of (irand and t'pright
Pianos, embracing some new designs
recently Introduced.
Special attention is direet?d to their
ART DF.PART.IiiM and the magnifi?
cent display of painted, carved anJ
decorated cases in choicest woods,
conforming to the architectural re?
quirements of almost every art-period.
Special designs furnished upon ap.
plication.
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107-109 East 14th Street, New York.
SELLING OUT.
Retiring from Business.
Thousands o. arti- .-*?
des suitable for card ?-.* ?
prizes, bowling prizes, T'. ?0
New Ye.ir's rifts, etc. ?*-?*. W
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M
i:i?iit-l)ii. ? ravelins '?? * '? .,;
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l'r.n??!, ? locks -init
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1,000 Pair Conde
mirV." IfSuXu?"ami ?ni- labra at Sa 00
mrui?. Per Pair. I?
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4?) Park l'In????, I li rouit h ?o II ltiir?-la> St.
Protection against
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Th Not Neglect Faut Coki.
DUCRO'S ELIXIR
Ha? I t. 8 bout ri.? -.fan:,r! r?-. '.y f S .r ;? fot
INFLUENZA & LA GRIPPE.
? ? ? ?? stl drugglsl . I* rOCQEBA * CO., a ??nta.
NEURASTHENIA,
MORPHINISM,
ALCOHOLISM,
? ?, ? - r. an I bi th? ? ?;, eats ? r .'???.
BBMt Irai .r?. 1 by '
ISI ?BST I.VI H M.. \i:\\ idltK.
BROWN'S S
the popular cure for
IRRITATED THROATS.
Fae-BlmU?
Blgnati.rt (
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faaeor ... W Richards, Oettyaburg, Penn ' lira??
mu by the R? Dr. il? ora ?oi osa tc, ril?is.
Pen . and "Zwlngll an?l ihe Baptla la the
Cltj "t* Zurich," .?> Samuel Macauley Jackaoa? of
Vew ">'? ?rk Chit ? rail ?
One of tii?? f. ituree ?a* the dsy era? an ??!dr??? Ut
Profeaaor William Cunningham, of Cambridge I'ni
veralty, England. Professor Cui ;',r,?
arsa noi down on the programma, bui he aprs'areS
hi Invitation and save an addreaa wh wa ??"
thualaattcallv received and ?'hich treated Inform?
ally ?>f ih?? difference between American ind Bag*
Itsn historical study. He paid Am. p a - *??
oilmen! for the keen Interest shown tn I - ? .etrf?
ln ili?? Btudy "t" his! ?
At th.? evening ??-selon the discussion waa ??'?'**'
up ??? papers "i? American . ? l r ? ! ? ? p ? ?? - ?? ?h?
cnlsf paper uf the evening and the one ?n ?hi"??
general discussion follow? 1 eras thai rend bi Pre?
lessor Edwin A. Oroevonor, of Amhersi C II??*
Th?. subject of til? paper ?ras "AajMrtcan Dtals?
macy."
Prece ling Professor Groevenor an Interratine paper
whs read '?;i "The Search for the Venea '? flu?an?
Boundary" i,\ i'rofessor Oeorge I, Bun of Cornell
I'nlverslty, who I? ot.f ihe bistort il ?aperte
employed by the Veneauelan Commission. Pr '*"*'
?.?r William M Sloan?, of Col imbla, read a paper
?n "Napoleon's Can-? for "Trench. Colon!??? In span?
ich America." and Dr. J M. Callan?n, of J^hn?
H??i?kin?? ?ntveratty, rmuA one on "Th? ???? matie
rolan?.ns of ih? Confederate Sfa?.- a 1 England,
Isa-m"
?
WATCH M AS SHOOTS A THIEF.
?VOVMOBD max AVA* TKHN.i TO BOB A SI AIMES
COTTAQfl ???)! '.K?'T"\. ' '"NX
Onion, form . I).a? SJ Tii?? attSaSBd Ut tiotUt ?a??
to rob tba aumiater coti ???? "f a h Plsch? r. al 99*?
V,irk ? iSastern Point aboul ta ? mUee tran. bttA
l?iHt night, resulted In ,? right between th?? thl?rv??e
nn.l a night watchman named Kaiser In "?htca si
least fifteen sh.?!-? war?? tir.'.i. ??n?? of the thieves,
who ?iv.?? th? name of Philip Otto, of New-l?ondoo,
received e charge uf ?!i,?r from the watehmsss
gun, which crippled him ae thai h.? wats emututut,
AA'hii?. hi?? two companions ?scaped
Adolphe Plachi r Bald Issi evenute wltsn ??"'' **
h Tribune reporter ?t hie liom?. in this olty. Be*
ISI w.st Beventy.flrel st., that be had ti".?r?! utOt?
\ luti ?if the affair l?<v?'ti.l ?a hit h.? ha.l m on I" the
panai .
"I ..nil know that llir.?.? p?.?? 11 u-.t to Set "'?' ?. lH
houae." ?,.? -.?i.i. ' ..n.l thai they u. ., ill? oa "?? oy
the watchmen befow they ..,..?.? :t,;.;i-n ?"?>'
?nine; The watchman opened tir?? .??) !?"? r"''"G"
Avuti :i ?hotgun, and Boon h id them ?:! ???? 'G???"{
much faater than they cease Two el lb? mjmm
MIIV.-.I their skin? by their nlmblen????. ?n?l SJ?
niv.iv in aafetj The other man wa?. brought ?'''"'J?
however, and ? h? ir ? a ib pretti ' idi) hurt.
l bave not karned the d?telle "f the affair yol
t
Usi' OF TRE ? issai KIBIE?TIOS.
Th.? .??!??1??11..? at th.? ????.t?.-??? Art ?"? ??'?' Sat ?f
M. Ti??ii?"s pi. tur.?.? Uluetratlng the life "f )m,r
la.r.i i? Stawtna t.? a elass The gaUerlee srti JJ
oi?en to-day ??"1 to-night, all dai Baturda) ,t,,1.?,,
Baturday ???????????. until I o'clocb on Bnnilay, "'" .
In .lav unit evenlM nn M??tnlav. MaBBwl eve?""*
will mil the ?vxhlbltlgu.