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I VOL LIVNO 213 L NEW YORK FRIDAY APRIL 1 1887 PRICK TWO GENTS i
THE PRDER AT RAilWAY
TOM JBODT Of tHE DEAD GIRT OltCB
r awns IDKHIIFIKV
< fBrM ck > JnTnr 7 Oraney of Fair pert lately
Ber A fl In nronhtm tA Myeterlon
Prisoner at Pollee ne dnnnrtere A I
Yo n i TVomnnsi ttl e Conduct on
awT TrnlaJJeteetlves lu the Dark
The Kahway murder mystery aWl baffles
p t pollco They wore frank enough t admit
last night that they wore an tar from Identity
Jt
I Ing the dead girl and catching the murderer as
J the day tho crime was discovered This
wa1 days R All tho lilonoo found with
the body ha boon exhausted old clues have
been worked out and now ones are hard to fnd
By tangling up tho investigation at the start
tho police gave the murderer a good chance t
vet away Tho reporters have fared no better
than the nolloo In solving the mystery but the
reporters have ben handicapped since the
body was found b7 the polled who have with
P held from them facts that ought t > have been
made public at once
Tho bloodstained pocketknife with which
the dead was done was shown yesterday to the
reporters for the first time I Is I a twoblnded
tortoiseshell knife about 5H Inches long It Is I
not bound with stool at tho end and is I a little
broader at one end than the otherI has the
name Elbon the maker stamped Into the
blades The big blade IB made ot Iron and
was newly sharpened I had a rough keen
edge Tho little blade of the knife was closed
When found The knife has peculiarities which
arjy one who ever examined I closely would
0 likely to remember Inside the handle
of the knife were hulls of oat suggest
b ing that the knife may have belonged to
i L farm had The knife Is covered with
c i blood Italns Whoever out the girls throat
must have boon splashed with blood
r It has ben suggested that the murderer hav
i I ing dropped his victims valise into Milton
1 1 Creek must havo goim down to the waters
I edge and waMiod his bloody bands but not tho
ellghtost trace uf a blood vtaln can be found
i within several rolled of the scone
It is pretty oertnln now that tho lr was hit
by club and rendered Insensible Tho Im
prints of the struggle are apart from wbero the
body lay which boars out the theory that the
girl while struggling with her Iut was
truck and fell or was dragged BOle distance
from that point Where tho footprints of the
man and girl an mingled there la
G depression In the frozen ground
mae by the girls knee a fact not
before mentioned Hor throat was probably
not cut until after the murderer bad presses
one side of Tier head Into the ground Then
i with bis 9 upon her chest he stabbed her
In the loft jaw twice In the chin and drew the
Elite across her throat Milton thought by
some of the Investigators to b the home of the
murderer Iestl might te disappeared
i readily enough Into a house in the village and
removed all traces of his crime
C H Eldrldge of 637 Greene avenue Brook
lyn an Ice dealer at 385 Front Street this city
toldUndertakor Hyno that a servant namod
Marho could not recall her last namehnd
quit his service a week ago last Wednesday t
ao
> to t her uncles house In Elliott place Brook
mi Mr Kldridgo looked at the body of the
ly Edrdgl
dead gill I and oxclalmod
I will bo willing to swear that that t Mary
wi tat
The reporter showed Mr Eldridfro ono of
photographs of the Eldrldfo
You need not go further he said shes
tbe girl who worked for me
Ten Mr Eldridge went to the station house
and looked at the clothing Tho dress he de
0 clared was the one Mary had worn when she
came to h house from Syracuse throe months
f ago Mr lildridge went away saying ho
would have a detective look up Marys uncle 11
Elliott place Brooklyn and tako his wife to
Bahway this morning Identify tho body
Mr Eldridge returned last evening to his
house l Brooklyn perfectly satlslled in his
xnlnd that tbo dead fncoho looked on at Rah
way tat that of Mary the girl who left his I
employment on the afternoon of March 23 He I
told his wife that there VB no bop that Mary
would ever return t cldiiu the trunk which
she left behind and which Mrs El
dridgo expected her to send for A reporter
porter of THE SUN was at the house for
an hour last night Ono of Inspector Byrness
men had just Jeft after making arrangements
1 to Mr Eldridge his daughter and
accompany
daugbtr
I t T Welch his superintendent back t Rah
way this morning Mr Welch from his fre
quent vlsila to Mr Eldrldges house became I
weU acquainted with the girl and bolioves that
BC ho would have no difficulty In Identifying the
body If it is hers Mr Eldridge is in too del
I icate health to make the trying trip Sho made
this statement about tho missing girl
Mary came to us from oyracuse on Jan 7
I have heard her other name but I have for
gotten lea was something like Graney She
fWI u very strange and a remarkably quiet
girl She was very attentive to her duties
around the house and scarcely over went out
ixcopt to attend nt Ambroses Church a few
locks away During the nine or ton weeks
ho was with Durnl made no acquaint
aces so far as I know She seemed
nes dissatisfied with her lot ever
S nco dlntsfod to live with us and
110 frequently gave me tho Impression that
lO lrquenty
ho had some trouble on hor mind Whatever
ut was she kept it to herself and she seldom
spoke on any subject except in reply to qutS
I tions nuked her It was only with the utmost
persuasion on my part and that of my husband
that we managed to Induce her to remain with
us even the few short months she did She ap
poured to b suffering from constant home
sickness suternl visits she made
were to her uncles house somewhere
er
1 In South Elliott place tho name or
number I dont know From some remarks
she lot fall 1 Hhould judge that her niielo was
til very good clixtiinHtancfB and that sho real
ized her position in uontmnt to that of hLs fam
Ied bhe gave mo tbo idea of a girl who had
Iy glvo 10
boon bmuuht up well and through some re
f verso of fortune had loon l obliged to go to ser
I vice Hho told < mo that she had a brother at
resent attending college I understood from
r8ent
por that shcbad no relatives or friends In New
York Brooklyn exct < pt her uncle
Mary wa quite neatly dressed when sue
Wl nelty
took her du Iarturo Uho wore I purplishblue
striped clot dress a black jersey cloth jacket
and n stylish llttlo dark hat trlmmod with
purple velvet and black feather 1 have read
anti hoard descriptions of tho clothing of tho
P murdered woman at Huh way and I do not
rcoulzo any of It lS belonlnl to MLU7 nor
do I ronifnibor over seeing any rings on her
fingers These facts lead mo to bupposo that
J 1 Sir Kllridgo may have mitdo u mistake
> When Mrs Eldtldge stopped out of the room
o Mr Kldridge sold
1 Ir My wife of course would like to think that
1 < I am mistaken Itt I am iioultivo that Mary is
1 tu > murdered woman or llnliway I would b
I iS willing to swelr WOlln t I Tho face thu hair the
I mouth the eyes the hands are all tIm same
This guI WI1 murord Iam certain for I
tiiflOtiYC 1 never BIIW a person so anxious to
Jgot away from I place a bhe was from hero
tulthougu she wan very epnifcirtubly situated
Or SIURto
I fland was kindly trend It is very suspicious
t i r Hlmt her uncle or Homo relative nas not la
t about her before this
South Elliott place Is a row of fine brown
itone and brick uoufes extending from Do
Knlb to Atlantic avenue I dlstanco of live
hocks It is occupied almost exclusively Ivo
iyate residences and boarding houses of
hloh there aro altogether 1W8 lu the street I
khe uncle of tho supposed murdered woman
ol not come forward today Police Buporln
ndent Campbell will make a house to house
j arch for him wi I
Uyracusodespatch says ° Mary Granoy was
e i name the girl gave to Mrs U M Adams
I on she applied in December for work at
Lo employment agency Tho girl whole gon
M i manner und lincy dross liciaus t > o Ion
t fual clmrueterlbtlcs of Mr I Adams appll
ItS made hor well roniembcrnd said she
is a resident of Fujiport a vlllngo on the
Falmort
w York CVntral Itniiroud near llwlioster
nell
e seeinad to be educated beyond tho necos
V ol going I out to servioo in a family and
oke of her proposed employment as u new
nurture lo nor while she was waiting for a
Inimnent engagement Him taken
enl ront tle was tlkon by a
e iy In James trpit where arc thn IIOIOPH of
r
i rich hI and remained doing extra work until
Ir the holidays Shu told Mrs Adams she
nldhrefol omiiloymonthoic but was finally
UIt to accept I pbwe in tho family of
ariec drlrtfjo < of Brooklyn who was here
thug his parents Bhe rironili > pd to write
8Adams roifardlng hot placu but novoidid
Onduotr 4 Vllllora iso who ruuu the train
lag Nol York at tl 11 fcrvyt list a young
I Oman cams from New York on hU YOUII
vht of the trnn
murdor She hnd
a Uuhwity
the hld
I kut und acted strangely She sat with hor
utek townitj the contie ol thu ear and handed
r Ickot rer her shoulder ntlhout turning
uiil Miuii tin Iran reached JlahwuvBho
I I uiit II gut II aulI ut totector GOI wM to hw
il WVi B Ih v aISkCl l If the trnlii wont any further
r1 Inlll wOlt
I x V tl ltgoos to the iunttlon replied Gee
h UIICtQI
lenM i xJs I9 hat will do for mo replied the girl
jt1tt1i I JOel train reached WOobidIe Junction
e v i t 1 I lrlelt the car and started toward flew
J
I
Brunswick St Georges avenue crosses the
railroad I few rotl ost of the CrllS an
run within 80 feet uf the scene 01 the murder
There was great ao tlvity aid lots of mystery
In and about Inspector T0 lot at the
1 Puc Central omco during th day and unto
1 ocloek lat night Man people called t
the Inspector In the afternoon and even
ni ant h nat9 his dinner in Ind private
0111cc after 6i oclock Sergeants Mctangh
ha and Blovln and cLlnlh
Jin ali at least w dozen do
tooto Sergeants IncludIng Detective Sergeant
lrnck who has worklna on tho Bahway
murder case hutles In I and out the marble
building through tho front and back doors
after Rotting Instructions from their dor
They wore all mysterious and sold they had
only dropped In to get their mall The
basement door of the Mott mal t on
trance through which mysterious prisoners
are nnn1ed to tbe coIls rOUI Pr80ne1
cols
closed again with a bang many time and the
Iron I doors of the cells clanged repeatedly at
night Two prisoners woro soon going through
tho Ardennans gatetiue MotT street door
and the Inspector had a long talk attet one of
ta
them In his private ofllco Wt
When Inspector Byrnes came out of his office
rea
at 1 20 wIth two of Ws doteotives ho was sur
rounded bv renortem I hAn nnnnv 8Ur
tlomon he said VThewr IB realfy l notnTw i
lelll her11
stirring tonight Good evening And P
walked hurrel IP tow with his detectives
I was learned that the prisoner ebont whom
BO much interest seemed to centre was a stout
built man looking like acoantryman and l wore
a
brown clothes and a slouch hat wor
Tho New York police hat yesterday that
Detective STinks visit to Bahwny had anything
to do with the murdered girl His prisoner was
charged with blng 1 IL proner 18
Anthony Knoll the German tramp who was
arrested In Jersey City on Sunday on suspicion
of being concerned In the murder of tho young I
woman In Itahwar was discharged yesterday
WI dlshad
John T Near hung about tho Rahway po
lice station all day yesterday He said ho lived
In Boston and that his sister was mislpc Her
name was Kate J Neary and she had lived In
Flftythtrd street this city He saw her last
on Thursday at I P M when ho loft her to
cross to Jersey City He kissed her goodby
She was going to visit friends somewhere be
Irond9 Imewler b
tween lltthway and Elleaboth
Noury Is young looking nnd boar a Blight
resemblance t the unidentified girl Ho sold
however that ho did not recognize her as his
sister Nenr had In his hit the Initials 1 n
Iltori nldontlJy displayed a police badge
He 18 probably a doteoUvo from New York who
Is wathlnJ the poopl6 who 80 w look at the
den girls clothing to
Superintendent Harrison of the Newark City
Homo a reformatory Institution at Cit
wiw In Newark yesterday morning to quality
his identification of the murdered girl at Ruth
murerd lah
way as Mary Maltby who was brought up In
tho home Be said that he did not declare so I
positively that It was MaO but was confident
that the body looked like the girl Ho regretted
deeply that ho had been quoted 8 freely for
the sake of Mary Maltbys feelings as he un
to derstood reform that the girl was making an attempt
Mar Malt by visited the Second precinct po
lice station early l the morning and while
there was greatly overcome She sold that she
never had committed any act that would war
rant Mr Harrisons sneaking unkindly of her
The lady for whom Mary has been working
said yesterday that she never saw a better be
haved girl than Mary sw bttr b
Undertaker Ityno of Bahway received last
night a postal card from a woman who signed
herself as near car could b made out Boclle
out 8olo
Mammlo and gave her address as 205 Sanet i
street Camden She wanted a description of i
the murdered girl and said that i resembled
some that of her sister who left Camdon two
weeks ago for New York and has not been
810
heard ot since York
Mayor Daly received this letter yesterday
Dark deed
deed I
Dark night
Darkeyl fh I
Offer a big reward and youll bar your man VlDOCO I
The Inquest will b begun today
wl
ALBANY March 81A small man giving the
name of Charles Gorman is held her by the
police He has blood on his coat Be Is unable
to give I satisfactory account of himself and
says he came from Peterson N J It Is thought
possible tbat hemay have been connected with
the Bahway murder
GOY OBEEJPS N01TOI
Henry C Kelaey Connrmed sw Seerotaur t
State for New Jersey
TRENTON March 31 Gov Green laid down
the last of his cards today In the game of ap
pointments for the control of the Democratic
party machinery In New Jersey It was
a king of spades and it put Henry 0 Kel
soy who always gets there somehow in the
office of Secretary of State for another five
years and f believed t signalize tho ousting
from control of the active fighting clubs King
McPherson and Jack Abbott who have been
bossing the pak very successfully for several
years
Tho Senate which bad been waiting for this
last card before I played promptly laid down
all it had and confirmed Benjamin F Lee for
Clerk of the Supreme Court Judge Alexander
McGill for Chancellor Justice David A Depue
for the Supreme Court and Kolsey himself
without any ado
It Is alleged that when Green was elected
Governor McPherson made of him but one ro
quest that the political hood of Henry C Kel
Hey might be served up to him on a sliver
charger I was generally supposed that this
would be granted until the smash over the
United States Senatorial fight reduced politics
In New Jersey t I state of chaos Since then
the gradual evolution of things has been
toward a combination of Green Kelsey Attor
neyGeneral Stockton and Henry S Little
Abbott largely by his own will 11 for the pres
ent out of active politics Them Is a story cur
rent that McPherson Is Included l the now
deal but unless ho ha wonderfully changed In
his ability to hate he and Kolsey are never occupying
cupying the same political bed
Gov Green also nominated Charles A Ben
nett for Law Judge of Burlington county
There is a bitter struggle over the two vacant
te
Judgeships Hudson county ExAssombly
man Benson Wlllnrd Fisk late private secretary
tary to Joy Abbot and named as In the race
to succood Judgo McGill there and Al Hoff
man mil Alderman Davis are among those
named for tho minor lay Judgeships It was
believed yesterday that Davis would b ap
pointed e8tenBY understood today that he
has concluded that tho Senate would not con
firm him and has withdrawn from the Held
The Assembly today killed the bill rvldlnl
Tlo
for a constitutional convention which the
upper part of the State desires In order that
It may increase l its representation In the
Semite and put to an end the domination there
of the Senators from the rural counties The
tlc of the day was spent In hydrophobia
struggling over tho Cator Water bU The
friends of this measure allege that It Is to
enable Newark and Jersey City t combine to
obtain a supply of pure water in place of tho
muddy Passaic water which they new quaff
The bills enemies assort that It is a combine
of bUs City and Newark t crab all tbe pure
water in tbe nurthorn part of tho State and I
peddle it out to other towns
A Craekamsuss Successful Appeal
The trial of William Henderson alias Patsey
Carroll a notorious crook for participation In the clever
burglary at S B Joness dry goods store on Fulton street
In November was concluded
Brooklyn one Sunday mml1 Nonmbr
cluded yesterday The evidence connecting him with
Henderson admitted
circumstantial
the robbery was purely clrelmltAnllL Iendenn
milieU that h had J en a thief u bug as he could re
member that be had been In prison a score or more of
limes bad not only broken safes himself but Instructed
thieving pupils In lb brokl hlll but be patheti
cally Insisted that K found nillty p this particular
oOence a cruel Injustice would be done an Innocent men
This appeal brought about a disagreement of the Jury
four favoring acquittal Hendersons criminal career Is
about ended at all events as be Is In the lost stages of
JnnJumptloS Jacob Travels his pal who ah arrested
for the same offence escaped In January from the
Adams Street Police Court wutli awalUnv examination
Too Union lad Reinstate Him
Last March Matthias Merscholm took a place
In the orchestra cf the Palace Garden which had been
vacated by another member of the Xtulcal Mutual
ProMctlve Union A committee of the union ordered
him to give up the place and to bow muse why be
1m
should not b disciplined He did not show cause and
the union expelled him II I appealed to the courts and
Judge IngraJiara gars him yesterday a peremptory
order commanding the union to reinstate ilin because
rIll
eamlnandll t
the bylaws of the union were not compiled with by
sending a copy of the charges to Merscuelm l Judge In
graham saya that the committee bad no more authority
cOlmtl hA
io make the order sent to Mm than t makean order
directing him to abstain from fo
Mrs AMU Doss Believe U Was nlelde
Nothing has been heard of Sylvester H Allls
of M Washington street Brooklyn the compositor of
the gtmlnq fiat who disappeared on Tuesday night but
his wife Is satislued that be did not commit tololde u
the letter or1t ferryboat Wlnona In his hat
would Indicate Mr Allls and her two boys aged I
and 7 years are left entirely destitute Nbc lii confident I
le let enlrly
that her husband lass deserted tier and his children
Absolute Purity Assured
BsaAleaton A Woeni celebrated Imperial Lager Beer
Wo LyBr
A celbralrlwprlt
bottled at the brewery 211 West loth t hew York
Orders solicited and promptly attended io445
tuw p ak U a drnllltiUe which othuf U
r u > ua bWuHl Tie Bea t >
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T e JBIrt Mast 4fe >
UPsh s4L WSMII9I4NI
ffr t t Lt
HfotklB Like It
Tbsre U no sach other compendium of news or mirror
ooatiapaiU7 history ciTes WIUSLV H < w li r =
Rlual Onico Prediction I
I Rain or snow preceded by fair weather i I
northerly winds bhlttliiK to wetterly becoming wannsr f
BOLD EXPRESS ROBBERY
A WEST gnona xiasExaEn SHOT
AND HOUND DT BIS
AD IOU I n
Tend XiylnB em tha Floor Bleodlno from
Wound In the ShoulderTho n mined
or Ita CantentaAII floss within lye
Minute The Messencer
Ilaten ea Story
FBANKFOBT N Yn March SITe excite
ment In railroad circles in the Mohawk valley
has been intense today over tho shooting of
Express Messenger Leake on the West Shore
Railroad by a midnight robber who subse
quently bound and gagged his victim and rifled
the sate
When theratn on the West Shore road duo
In Utica at 1186 P M reached the station last
night the messenger In the express ca did not
open the door as usual The depot mon rapped
but received no response Then the door was
forced open and there lay tbe messenger
Carlos S Leake on tho floor blooding from a
severe wound In the right shoulder He I
was weak and only Bald Telegraph J o I
W Hutt at Albany that I have been
shot and robbed The train hands had
hear nothing on the trip from Clarks
Mills the last station at which Leake had been
lon and the discovery of hlsr > condition cre
ated considerable excitement at the depot
Leako was brought to Frankfort and taken t
the office of Dr Skiff and Richards who
probed for the ball several hours without suc
cess Tho doctors say the ball was evidently a
82oallbre I entered tho front of the raht
arm a fow Inches from the shoulder Their
probe traced it In Its course around the top of
the arm and the believe I I lodged In the
back of the shoulder The patient was very
nervous and excited and was weak from loss
of blood Tho doctors say the wound Is not
necessarily fatal though It Is hard to toll what
will result from a bullet wound near a joint
As soon as Lao was revived bo talked
freely of tho manner In which he was attacked
Ho said ho was sitting on a chair soon after
the train left Clarks Mills Suddenly a man
entered the car through tho side door which
bad ben carelessly left unlocked and before
ho could say a word the Intruder said Throw
up your hands I wor rough voice Loako did
not obey at first and the robber pulled a involver
volver and fired saying ns ha did so There
damn you the next time I toll you to throw up
your hands I guess youll do I wont you up
As Leake fell to the floor the robborcavo him a
slap with his hand which partially stunned
him Then the robber grasped Leakes hands
thrust them ovor his head and bound them
together with a heavy flshllne ot which he
had 1 large bundle While he was binding him
Lake looked said up Into the robbers masked
You a a nice coward aint you lam
bleeding to death from your bullet wound yet
you tie my hands
te burglar said nothing in reply to this but
placed a gag In Leakes mouth and tied his
I Lakos
feet to a ring on tho safe The robber then
reached into Loakes pockets and took out the
racho Int pckotalnd
keys of the inner drawers of the sate Leake
says ho never saw n quicker and more sys
tematic worker The follow flllod his pockets
with packages ot money and had several
minutes to spare from the time the train loft
Clarks Mills to her it must slow up before
crossing the Delaware Lackawanna and West
ern rood west of Utlca loss than seven minutes
While waiting for the train t slow up the rob
ber Raid to Leako
br D you 1 you toll of this III come back
and kill you outright
kl outrght
Tho plucky messenger slipped his gag and
replied You are a pretty coward Shoot I
rpled cwan
man down rob his car and then threaten to
come bock and kill him
Then the train slowed up and the man
jumped off the ca and was lost in the dark
ness From this place to the Utica depot
ne8 tl8
Leake managed t get himself partly loose
from his fastenings bat was unable t untie
unte
hi
latenlna
his hands or got away from the position in
which he was found Ho described the man
as about six feet tall large and well built and
abut tallarle
his shoulders seemed to bo very straight Ho
b ver
ht
8holdor
toro a black slouch bat a canvas mask which
reached below his collar and a pair of flannel
wristlets blow Hi hair was cut pa tho back
and his hands were calloused from hard work
While Lake could not give the exact amount
that was stolen as ho had not made up his
1
accounts he thinks there was not far short of
account ako is S3 years of age a son of John
Leake a respectable farmer of Sharon Springs
Lake been connected with tho company since
the West Shore Railroad started He was taken
to Albany where ho is doing finely i
John Stevens of Oonesee Mich was on the
train on his way to visit friends at 8t Johns
vlllo where he Is now lrend8 A little beyond
Clarks Mills ho saw a man walk through the
car towar the baggage end Moat of tho pa
sengers wore asleep Stevens says the man
threw his eyes in all directions btovens did
not hike the looks of him Ho had dealt with
criminals and concluded that this man was
crmlnRls describes him as fully six feet tall
wearing a slouch hat and having a full bean
partly gray He thinks ho would weight 225
pounds and was about 40 years of ago His
complexion won dark and ho looked > like a
Southerner That was tho lot Stevens paw of
the man and he had little doubt that ho was
the robber Utica people think that tho
man who committed thin crime Is the per
son who robbed the West Shore passenger
depot office In Utlca a low weeks ago Psenger
presented two revolvers at Ticket Agent
Bargers head ordered him to surrender his
keys ransacked the drawer took 17 that was
there made the ticket agent give up his
money and ordered him to also give up his
watch The ticket naont pleaded with the burg
lar to leave him his peaed it was given to
him by his mother and tho burglar did so The
ticket agent describes the person almost ex
actly as Loako does
Lute this afternoon clue t the robber was
Lte
found Two mon wore hunting with a dog In
tho HatQeld Woods about two Timidrod yards
yan8
from the Ontario and Western Ititllroad Btu
tlon near New Hartford The dog struck a
ton and followed i to a spot where the torn
lolowed
tri of express envelopes woro found The
robber had torn some of the bank notes in his
hurry to open the envelopes The country
round opn being scoured by officers
UTICA March 31 Local express officials
decline to state tho amount of the loss Route
Agent stat reached Utica at noon today
Ho admitted the loss of about tOO Other
statements fix the loss at 3000 I Is believed
that the robbor entered the car near Oneida
Castle whore the grade is heavy The mes
CaRle statement 6rao the robber entered by
tho bide door is not believed as the platform
door was not fastened by a chain UK It should
havo been when the train reached Utica
BYJUUUHI N YI March 31lt Is reported
that a man has been arrested at Memphis
noar hero in a freight car on suspicion ot bo
hug tho West Shore robber An ofllclul of the
National Express Company has gone there to
Investigate the rumor
rmor
AXBANI March InDr Vandervoer advised
Leako who arrived here this morning to ro
main quiet for 1 fow days und then the bal
oould bo removed Leakn then went to the
American Hotel where be registered C ft
Leake Buffalo He declines t talk and the
express authorities her are very reticent a
Manager Mutt Is out of town
A journal reporter spent several hours en
doavoring to hind Mr lake this morning At
Ind
the hotel bo loft word that ho waa coins to the
hospital A tour of tho hospitals and dlspon
Buries failed to disclose any trace of him At
the American House tho clerk positively
affirmed that Loako was not In his room
Loako returned Ito the American House about
lib and going to his room directed that no
ono bo allowed to disturb him The clerk said
that Leake was very nervous and In no condi
tion to see any ono The belief gained ground
ton meagro facts camo to light that there
was something cloudy about the whole affair
WIS
Dr Yiuidorvoer was asked by 11uwrwnj reporter
porter If the man could have shot himself Ho
replied I Ho would havo had to use his left
hand Then this colloquy ensued
hlnd
Iteportor Would the course of the bullet Indicate
dicate anything
The Doctor Yes
DoctorYe8
Reporter Then from the course It tok
could he have shot himself
The Doctor Yes very nicely I
wound llcportor Was there any powder about the
WTho Doctor No tho bullet passed through
his clothes and that would prevent the powder
from discoloring tho skin
dlsolollug
Honortor Wero his clothes burned about the
wound from tno closeness of the revolver
Tho DoctorI did uot tako particular notice
of tho coat
The National Express Company II raining
every nerve t trawl the bold rml who shot
ever West horo train
Jako tho iro
Messenger 08 JJVUKO on mu shor
on Wednesday night and then robbed the safe
Oonoral Manager Col L W Winchester wild
The train loft Buffalo at 4 oclock on Wednes
day afternoon with throe sleepers two coaches
baggage car and ono express ear The
one 010
mefiseiiKor was In tho express car Ordinarily
the car II securely locked but the catch of one
cr and It stood a tijfle
of the doors was broken ltl trfo
ajar I wa was not a regular clQton
Ir but what I known 8 C orPkhe
tip J o r PI
a f r l f r
n IIUUONtX II
They fTIII Support the Government In the
Second Benstln rte Crime Bilk 1
LONDON March StThe Right Hon E
ward Heneoge Liberl Unionist In tho Liberal
Union meeting today opposed that part of the
Irish Crimes bu which changes the venue in
certain classes of trials t England
Sir Edward William Watkln member for
Hytho said he thought coercion was needed In
Ireland regardless of remedial legislation Mr
Joseph Chamberlain demurred to this and con
tended that remedial measures should bo at
least implied In Irish legislation
Lord Uartlngton appealed t tho members of
the LiberalUnion party to support the Gov
ernment on the second reading of the bu reserving
serving the liberty to amend I in committee
This the mooting agreed to
The meeting with the exception of two dis
sentient unanimously adopted Lord Hartlng
tons proposal that tho LiberalUnionists sup
port the second reading of the Crimea bill on
condition that members bo allowed to criticise
the measure l committee Mr Chamberlain
approved the proposal
In the House of Lords tonight Earl Cado
Ran CLn Privy 8al presented a bill provid
Ran for tho purchase of Irish holdings or in
other words for the abolition of tho system of
dual ownership created by the act of 1881
Tit bill era hoped would reduce
tho number of evictions onehalf would bo fol
lowed by 1 bill relating to the purchase of hold
ings This latter bill the Government honed
would permanently settle tho difficulty The
soto
bill also proposed Ito relieve tenants who were
rlove
Insolvent through no fault of tholr own but
through misfortune The Government asked
their lordships who were landlords in Ireland
sacrifices and those connected with them to make heavy
Earl Cndogan said the Government agreed
with Lord nartlngton that It was an open
Lr
question whether the Irish rents wore exces
sive or whether excessive rents wore exacted
Therefore It would bo unreasonable to deal
anew with the settlements of rents flied by the
act of 1881
At the meeting of the Conservative party to
day It was decided that the 11 I ouso Commons
shall sit until the Irish Crimes bill has passed
its second reading and that tho only adjourn
ment to b taken at Easter shall b from
Thursday next to the following Tuesday Tho
mooting enthusiastically supported the deci
sion of W H Smith tho Conservative loader
In tho House of Commons to havo a division
tomorrow night on Pnrnells amendment to
the Irish Crimes bill providing that the House
Irfh
resolve Itself Into committee to consider the
state of Ireland and on the first reading of the
measure oven If closure had to b enforced
DBS MOD March stA call signed by the
Governor LieutenantGovernor and other
State officers three oxChief Justices of the
Supreme Court throe district Judges two
luPtmo
members Cur all tho leading Prtos
tnt clergy attoreys and rptsntatvo bust
fleas men of this city and tbc Mayor and Com
mon Council has been circulated for a moot
ing to b held next Monday evening t protest
test against tho proposed adoption of coercive
measures In rJs
HARRISBURO March 8tTho House this
morning adopted a resolution protesting
against the enforcement of coercive measures
Ireland
IladI
A LETTEIt FROM STARLET
Ho Ray the British Are Latin their Grip
In AfrlemBuylnB Tlppu Tibs Aid
LONDON March 31A letter has been received
calved from Henry M Stanley dated Cape
Town March 9 Ho expresses bewilderment
at tho constant evidences ho sees of British
yielding in Africa before noise and bluster
In tie west and north France and Portugal hays
strode with audacious and franllo haste to exclude Brit
ish trade Now I come t Zanzibar There I find that
tbe British fleet has given way t the German and that
the German trader outnumber tie BrItish There Is t a
relentless aggressiveness alt the Germans that I
ominous TheIr manner Is haughty and overbearing
and carries an air of DVn inns Tbe natives I look on
In wonder while the British affect superb Indifference
Zanzibar was like a ripe plum ready to drop within the
pale of British belongings as a reward of patient nour
ishing of a feeble Plate and at the Suet slim of a Herman
gunboat 1 II abandoned 1 Is I no business of mine but I
confess to a sentImental regret that UngUsh statesmen
should be 1 easily vanquished
I found Tlppu Fib the uncrowned King of tbe region
between Stanley rails and Tanganyika Lake and com
manding thousands of righting Arab He was equally
rJ AI t
d
ab
ready to fight or to be employed I ehnne the latter not
with a vUw to his helping me to reach Kmm Bey but to
assist me In bringing away Emma store of Ivory which
Is of the value OIJEHUIIII In the presence of the British
Consul 1 contracted with 1 Tlppn Tib to supply me with UU
carriers I also aft r receiving conem from King Leo
pold by telegraph appointed Tippu tiovernor ot Stanley
Falls at a revufar salary Tlppu I Tib guarantees to de
fend the talon against the Arabs and to defat and
capture all persons raidln for slave and to abstain from
engaging In tho slave traffic blmsolt below the falls
A European otllrar will b appointed Resident at Stan
ley Kalis to Insure adherence to the contract and to stop
Tlppn Tlba salary upon any breach of the engagement
Ho far there has been no hitch In the expedition Every
body hss shown the utmost sympathy and our dlfllrul
ties have been smoothed by the prevailing good feeling
I have sent a letter to Km ID Rey giving him the probable
date of our arrival Tlppn Tib has ordered his people to
concentrate at Stanley Falls In readiness for f brJt
The Attempt to Kill the Czar
BERLIN March 31 Russian advices lay that
the hanging of the persons actually concerned In the
recent attempt upon the Czars life has been postponed
I the hope of obtaining further disclosures tam them
regarding the plot The chief prisoners are confined In
the Scnlnesselbnrg fortress and the remainder I the
St Petersburg citadel
Quantities I of explosives and numerous compromising
papers hare been found In the house of a Cater of one
ot the prisoners
A General wife and a doctors wife who were com
promised In the murder of the late Czar are Implicated
In the present plot Some of the prisoners are student
I female colleges I
They had a quantity of money when r iee They I
refused to give any Information Threads ot the con
spiracy were discovered at Charknh KleO Warsaw
Moscow Odessa and Noro Teherlcasfc
The Tories Backing Water
LONDON March 31Thc Cabinet have do
tided t abandon that clause of the Irish Criminal Law
Amendment bill which provides for the changing of lh
venue from Dublin t nndon in certain classes of crlm
thai trials thus practically removing the greatest coT
ot the Llberaluulonlsts opposition to the fLIt
The Threatened War Against BaJa
LONDON March 31A number of tribes
trb8
I throughout Afghanistan have promts d to support the
Ameers threatened holy war against Russia IUppr
A Little Paulo IB Frankfort Btrcet
A fire broke out late yesterday afternoon In
Walshs malllnit agency and pamphlet bindery at IS
Frankfort street There are slxtyflve girls employed In
the building and they became partly panic stricken by
the dense volumes of smoke which filled
oluml Imok soon Iled every
room and they made a frantlo rush for the street On
the sialrray one girl fainted and bad like t h ve fallen
down stairs she win caught however and carried
down and fro the street her she soon recovered I
the open air
Two men who worked on the first floor were overcome
by the lko but recovered when brought out Into i he
br The tire originated I a heap ot old paper under the
stairway The damage was trllliUK
Charged with Assaulting a Young Girl
W C Klngsloy alias Kuntzlor a Brooklyn bill
poster who was several years ago associated In business
with the notorious Julio Kenny who committed suicide
In the Itavmond street jul while under sentence for
murder was arrested lost nUht for an alleged outrage
on 14yesr old Annie otter Kingsley It Is I alleged In
du e1 the girl to mi to his home In IcnnsylvanLi avenue
usur Atlantic by promising to give her Uieatre tickets
Her Skull Fractured bJ her Aon
Mrs hose Ellis of Flatland Neck Long Island
U reported to be dying at her home from tbe effects of a
beating at the bands of a dissolute son Andrew Ellis
went home to his mothers house on Wednesday while
Intoxicated and knocked her I down and kicked her
Mrs mills skull wn fractured and severs ribs were
broken U years old Andrew Lllls ha escaped arrest sirs Kills ts
The Latest Story About Dr Car
Dr Henry Carey of the committee of 8t Ste
phens parishioners heard a rumor last night that the
Rev Dr James Cnrran was t do penance lu the Ho
boken Monastery for having appeared on the stage of
the Academy of Music on Tuesday last with Dr McUlynn
lie says that the report has created great excitement In
f the parish Mr John W Keener will preside at a meet
tug of parishioners at 207 East Twenty seventh street to
night t
Proposing to Get Along Without Ol
Boot and shoe manufacturers said yesterday
that at their meeting ou Wednesday they decided here
after to deal directly with the men In their employ and
not with Executive Committee ot District
nl wlh any txeltv Comnlee Dltrlet Assembly
HI Knights of Labor llanan a Bon have been doing
r II
this l all along and their strike I really a iighion tine
qusitlon llauaii had contracts with his own men
Tho Balerno Met bl tho Elbe
Tho steamship Elbe which arrived her yes
Urdsy patioS on HarrMJO the disabled steamship Sa
lerno which was under sail All are well on board On
the I rip 01 Henry Muller red 41 cabin passenger
oa the lObe I died of apoplexy and was burIed at sea
Johsim KoliDiU 41 died la the steerage aad was
REGISTERED MAIL STOLEN
A 10OOO PACKAGE LOST AN FOUND
I TUB 1OST OFFICE
I was the last of 0ft Robberies There
Is Clerks Detained Over Klaht and a
Confession Extracted from the Thief
Blxtytwo registered packages had boon
stolen from tho registry department In the
New York Post Office main building lathe last
throe years up to this week and though all
sorts of decoys were resorted to the thief bad
not been caught Until this week tho biggest
theft was 5000 three years ago This time It
was 10000 In currency and tho discovery was
made on Wednesday
The 10000 came in lato on Tuesday night in
pouch U GOd from Portland Oregon I was I
from the First National Bank ot Portland and
was addressed to tho Chemical National Bank I
The Superintendent of the pouoh room of tho
registry division checked tho package off on
Tuesday night On Wednesday morning it I
could not bo found
There were olghtoon clerks in tho room when
the loss was discovered Wlillo all of them bore
good reputations tho Superintendent made
go reputtonl Buporntendont up
his mind not to let ono of them leave tho build
ing until every one had beon examined Chief
Inspector Charles P Dossor was sent for and
ho had all of them taken to his ofllco on the
fourth floor This was at 7 oclock on Wednes
day morning As nearly all of tho Inspectors
were away Inspector Dosser sent lor Superin
tendont brines of Plnkortons Agency and rev
oral of his men A thorough search was made
and tho mon woro questioned ono at a tuna
The examination continued all day Wednes
day and until I oclock Thursday morning
when a number of tho men were allowed to go
Later on nil tho clerks were allowed to go ex
cept William A Clarke who tho Inspector and
Superintendent Bangs concluded know more
about tho robbery than he cared to tell
Clarke ha been In tho department a clerk
In tho registry division nbout live years He
is about 30 years old Is married and lives at
240 DoKnlb nvonuo Brooklyn
When tho Inspectors and Mr Bangs became
confident that Clarke was tho culprit they
locked him In tho office yesterday afternoon
and began to examine him In regard to his
antecedents and tho work no did They accused
tll
him of taking n number of packages but he
stoutly protested that ho was Innocent
At noon yesterday Inspector Adslt went
yostlnay Inpctor Adsi
down into the registry otUco and made an
other search In a corner of tile olllco Is n
closet that Is very seldom used Ho found the
10000 package hidden among some rubbish
aud it was delivered to the Chemical National
Dank Clarke was told that tbeJlcknl was
found and that the Inspectors had evidence to
the effect that ho had stolen It from the pouch
and secreted It In tho closet Even then he
proclaimed that he was innocent and had bad
nothing t do with tho matter
Inspector Dossor loft him alone for a consid
erable length of time Later In tho afternoon
Clarke called the Inspector t him and said
according to the Inspector
As long as you nave the evldonco I might
as well own up took tho package from the
bag and hid It in the closet I substituted a
package from I St Louis pouch for It alI I
hoped In that way to cover up the loss until I
had time to tko It from the office I thought
ofce
home it would not be missed until after I had gone
Clarke then broke down entirely and was so
nervous that it was some time before he could
continue his confession
Now Clarke said tho Inspector when the
prisoner became composed I want you to
tel mo I you stole tho other packages a list of
which I read to you this afternoon
I did answered Clarke I took them all I
except tho 15000 package I dont know
anything about that but tho others I do I
took them from time to time and I covered tip
the lobs by substituting other packages for
b1 subRlutna
them until I loft tho office oter never thought
that I would b found out
What induced you out steal queried tho
stea querod
Inspector
I was in need of money and I had a large
nee
number of debts which were pressing me and
which I had to pay
Clarke also said that ho was addicted to
drinking and that ho had gambled Ho was
very close and had little to do with tho other I
clerks department He was sharp enough
to avoid all decoy packages and only took
those that came from a distance He was
taken to Ludlow stnot jail last night and will
have a hearing today boforo a United States
Commissioner It is not known definitely how
much Clark has stolen in lat hodocs not know
himself but ho said that the amount was not
enough to pay his debts The 10000 package I
100 rlckale
ho said would have paid them The amount of
his thefts Is probably 4000 or 5000 I
Unmet Ben Ilassena GIn
The mystic Arabic high jinks that tho Nobles
of the rte Shrine worked last iilght In Mecca Temple
away np on the top nor of the Masonic Temple were
directed by Police Capt Eaklns under exceptionally
brilliant surroundings The Nobles claUlam
brllaat lurrundlll were specially sum
moned thither t receive with becoming ceremonies a
lot of treasures from the East which were presented to
the Temple by the Exalted CheriQ Uamet Ben hasten
The Cheriff Is I an aged and Immensely wealthy Arab
Moor of the Veleklte tribe who stands 6 feet Inches
high has a long snow white beard and a fondness for
nuking I liberal donations to the Nobles both lu Arabia
n Uothniu
The Nobles wore new pllk mbec crimson feres and
black mauls Urand Iotrntate Walter H Fleming pre
sided on the throno In adnzzllng lrieital robe and heel
dress while 1ollce Captain KuUiu directed the cere
monies him Police Captain fllnchy and Capt Yowler aided
himDen flattens treasures comprised ancient Persian
daggers sheathed In hollowed elephant tuCks Arabian
short guns glittering clmelers and waist klv s polish
1 Turkish hip blade houdanese swords with levelled
hilts and lledoulu spites spar and staffs with tassels
and rIbbon of silk and camels hair llla11
A sacred black stone from Mecca was also dedicated
with Impoxltig ceremony It is I a polished block of black
granite l secured from tho tarred temple In Mecca In I
f II J
ItoM and presented to the Xobles by Houlface William
I Garrison
The InterState Commerce Commission
WASHINGTON March 31Thls forenoon
ilesirs Cooler Morrison SchoonmaVtr and Walker
four of the lye members of the InterState Commerce
Commission called at the White lloure and paid their
respects to the President Commlsuloner Bragg did not
arrive in the city In time to go with them but called at
the White House lon afterward and then joined his
asioclates at Utllards Hotel At I 1 JI the Commis
sioners met by agreement at the tnlerlor Department
where their commissions were bonded to them and the
prescribed oath of once administered Un motion of
Col Morrison Judge Donley was nlerted as Chairman
of the Commission This action WHS unniilinoiis and
was taken without dlsrukilon The romtiiiisiiners then
went to Die temporary quarter selected fur them In the
hoc building on r street and after an in pecton of
the rooms parted ulth the understanding that another
meeting should be held to morrow for consultation > u
candidates were proposed for the KccrtUujililp of the Commission
Snow Thunder and Hull In Virginia
LKJCHBUIUJ Va March 31A heavy snow
storm has prevailed since 3 oclock this morning The
signal service observer reports four Inches fall up to 1
A M 1 to day The fall Is Increasing rapidly The snow
on the adjacent mountain Is not less than ten Inches In
depth A terrific thunder ant luaU and snow norm vie
lied Farewell county vemerdiy Hailstones an Iliili In
circumference fell and the dvhtnitu was terrlrtc Manv
telegraph poles on the Iliac of the Jtorfolk and Western
lUllrosil were split to pieces and several Instruments in
telegraph and telephone < > nire nlong the route were de
stroyed It was the most terrible storm ever known In
that region
Wijcriiiirin Va MarciailA heavy snow storm has
prevailed here all day huiiav t list fallen to n depth nf
several Inches thun rioshiu < r mi unprecedented Marcia for
our valley Not ix bud nor a sign uf a leaf is to be seen
he Tried to Make Her Landlady Hit on a
lledIIot Htove
ATIANTI March 31Stuno tIme ago Mrs
Fannie Flint obtained lodgings In this city with Mrs Lee
She became angry at Mr Lee for some cause and built
a lire lu the elm e and bert U up until the stove HUS red
hot Then she grniped Mrs Leeitnd was in the net of
laying her on the stove when a servant entered and res
cued her Mrs Hint Is now In jail
Bookkeeper Newwaa Arrested
Edward M Newman who was lately In tho
employ of the Cnn of M Icvenion i Co wholesale
clothiers dnlni tnulnes at flW llroadway was arrested
yesterday morning nt the ln tnncc nf hid late employers
on I It charge of appropriating to hlmxelf Iwo elutts one
H70 sOd III oilier of WH which had been given
hint to pay other employees of the tlrtn
Why was he Discharged t
Charles H Wood tIm young man from Chi
cago who wu arrested recently for representing him
self to be Iterorder Hmylhs private secretary and de
frauding a iioer woman was discharged yesterday at
Jtflerson Market Court
Bayonne Mayor Henomlnated
Mayor Ollvarof Ilaynnno lion boon ronoml
nuted by the Democrats of that cIty The election takes
place April 12
JVJTTf TOKK DKStOCRATS OAT GUARD
Fairchild to dnrceed Manning and Judge
Itiiynard to Nneeeed Falrehlld
VAsniNOTON March 80Mr Fairchild
becomes Secretary of the Treasury tomor
row and Second Comptroller Mnynard Assist
ant Secretary When Daniel Manning do
elded after long hesitation to take a seat in
President Clevelands Cabinet the first mon to
whom ho offered places wore Charles S
Fairchild and Isaao II Maynard Ho
intended to mnko both of thorn As
sistant Secretaries but afterward It
was decided to put Judgo Maynnrd
in the trying and exacting ofllco of Second
Comptroller for which his legal abilities emi
nently fltttd him and William 0 Smith be
came on Assistant Secretary Mr Falrchllds
promotion now puts Judge Mayiiard In the
place orlclnally selected for him Ho taken it
at n salary less than that of tim Comptroller by
15Q0 but thin now place is ono of greater politi
cal influence and thIn Importance ot having
men well verwid in Now York politics on guard
just nowiatuhlyappreciated rttthoVhito hOUSe
The promotion of the two man whom Daniel
Manning so completely trusted will glvo satis
faction to the Uomocratla loaders generally
There was desire on the part of some that
the Hocrotnryxhlp should go West but when It
was found that that could not bo arranged thore
was a generally expressed hope that tho do
partmont should bn conducted on tIm line
begun by Mr Manning Mr Manning ear
nestly recommended that Mr Fairchild bo
made his successor and the appointment will
bo particularly gratifying to him Judge May
nurd will bo greatly mlhsoj from the Second
Comptrollers office where his services have
been Invaluable
075 ItniDE OF TI1RKE WEEKS LOST
Charles T Watson Telegraphing Over the
Country from 4Ot Madison Avenue
PrrraBDHOH March 31Chiol of Police
Dlackmoro received today the following letter
from Mr Charles T Watson who gives his ad
dross as 409 Madison avenue Now York
Sue Will yon kindly use your Influence and endeavor
to ascertain forme whereabouts ot my wife Mrs
Watson I am nearly crazed with anxiety over her dis
appearance and suspect foul play Sly telegrams to all
parts of the country have elicited no Information what
ever In regard to her I have however received a tele
gram from Chicago stating that she left that city on the
Fort Wayne train March 24 t which I am Informed was
subsequently wrecked at Leetonla O not far from
your city have thought that she was the tin DM Is
who was one ot the Injured Mrs Davis lives at 3d
South Thirteenth street this city and cannot be the
person 1
We were married at Sterling ill about three weeks
ago Business suddenly called me to New York and I
left atone for that city She was by previous arrange
ment to meet me at the Hotel Anderson In Ilttsbunth
I fear foul play as In addition to valuable baggage she
carried a large sum of money upon her person as well
as a very large and valuable opal ring set with twelve
diamonds which always attracted attention
Her description Is as follows she Is I a feet 3 Inchea In
height weighs about I2U pounds Is very dark wIth
black hair and eyes and line even teeth She wears
bright colors generally and wore I suppose a scarlet
travelling dress and a real muff with a pocket She was
to register at the Hotel Anderson but my telegram was
answered to the effect that she had not done pn tine
was of a very nervous temperament and the shock of
the wreck may have unseated her reason rieoxexert
yourself ascertain her whereabouts Money will be no
object this matter and I pray that you may be able
to relieve my anxiety Yours Jic
CBAHLXS T WATSON
There wore only three passengers nIh males
on thuo sleoperwhichi vats partially dotuohishied
in the wreck at Leotonia on lridny Mrs
atson may have bomi In ono ot thin passen
ger coaches and have loft It in tim night after
the amain and alien in with tramps
No 409 Madlsonaventie is a vacant lot No
407 In an American Express olllco whore Mr
Watson is not known
LAMB TEITS HIS STORY
The Jury After Deliberating for Six Hour
le Locked Vp for the Klzht
The trial of John Lamb for killing James
Conlln on Oct 30 was continued yesterday in the Gen
eral Sessions Witnesses to prove Lambs good character
were examined but some of them UsUfed on cross
examination that he sometimes got drunk
In his own behalf Lamb testified that on the night of
Saturday Oct TO bo and his wife left their homo at 1
Ninth avenue to visit a friend and to buy the weeks
provIsions At Thirtyfourth street and Tenth avenue
he stepped Into a saloon leaving late ahhe outside Mie
followed him and told him that a gang outside had In
sulted her They remained inside a short time and upon
going back to the street a crowd of young rutUans sur
rounded them and tried tu net his wire away bite was
dragged away from him several times and her shawl
was stolen She was then struck ou the head wltUa
stone and fell to the ground
I leaned down over her the prisoner continued
and found that her head was cot ertd with blood I
was adjusting her bonnet when Conlln grabbed hold of
me lie kicked me in the stomach and then grabbing
me bv the back of the neck ran me > down the street lie
wan behind me and 1 called out You fellows have
gone far enough Ill have you all arrested In the morn
ing you you wont live till morning Conlti
said and he continued to shove me 1 then took out my
knife and opening It struck back He roleifed his hold
ot me and I went In search of toy wife A policeman
then camo along and arrested me
Tho jury wont out at 43 > oclock and as they had not
agreed upon u verdict at loH oclock last night they
were locked up until court coueued to day
rue Prohibition Fight In Michigan
DETROIT March 31Tho Intensity of feeling
over the proposed prohibition amendment has no paral
lel In the history of political campaigns In Ibis State
Conservative men of both sides are fearing serious tron
bleon election day In Detroit The feeling against the
Prohibitionists In the eastern part of the cly li I Intense
The Interest In State and county politics shrinks out of
sltht compared with the absorbing question whether the
people Flmll have beer or iiou An hleenth ward Aider
man said that not one Irohlbltlon vole would bo cast In
his precinct because no 1rohlbltlonftt wouM dart to
vote there lie added 1 am speaking the truth when
I say It would not be safe for a man to vote for a Pro
hlbltlonlst la lay part of town that In i of cuiirse If It in
found out
There will probably be Snoo Prohibition workers
at the polls The non liquor part is very much alarmed
at the outlook
nigh License lu Pcmujliiinlu
HABitiBHURO March filTltn iiassngo of the
Hlirh License bill on pecnnd reading lu thu lloitrto of Rcp
resentatlvis today 112 yens against M nays rnbitrn
tlally settles the question In the Mate In favor of what
the temperance people are dunnndin It requires lull
votes to pawi a bill finely and the rare majority witch
was recorded In Its favor II accepted alike by Its friends
and cmmils ns derinh A powerful lobby hcadul by
the 1rrriiletii of the Mate Uqimr Lrnime and electors
from all parts nf the Hale hae been In than city for A
weet strUltiir to muko tolls nvilnst thus mo sure Thoy
Acre conndrnt that they had ucromplUlied the work
but when the vote was taken todaythry fiiund that ir
mutake The next step U tu present I front reutclutuic a
third reading Hint final pasnakc Tu succeed In thin tIle
liquor nun n lit endeavor to lit an curly thy for the ad
Jmirnnicm nf the sessIon unit make tvryrnurt In ra
lard thn proirtwnf IcirMittin Hit tlJiu wn uUiloied
toilay lit at tote atljourualuag its er limn Monday eteaiiug
Charleston Howls Over Her Postmaster
CiunrESTON March filThio announcement
of the npiioltitmcnt of Mr A II Howry to the vacant
rnstmantirthlp nt lUiarleton his ralfcJ u howl of In
dignation throughout tho city anal his toiiipllcAted the
political vltuatlnn Mr Mnvry t hiuinegH record was
uata n up H liii lie wu U < ii7rrK man l > itillo > caujll an
tor tho i ollectorklilp of t ci port nnd tbn IhirciH then
Hindi uifiluit him leave ncti r IHVII rcfitcil Ir flKlint
riet elands popularity 1104 not bt > rn Incrcuxul by this
appointment As Charleston practlcilly control the
itoniiiiMiiuif convention of Dm rlr I < l ton rrM district it
U I not nt nil prohublo thnr Nnrcnymari nibble who Is
dowrys champion with be rt turned to this next Cutigrees
Curler Harrison Decline Again
CHICAGO March 31 Carter Harrison tonight
declined for the third lime to hi this Democratic candi
date for Mai nr of Chicago The committee appointed In
nnd a cniillilate declare thulr Inability to do so and
there the matter rests at prcocnl
HtrlkeorMIII llunils at Ilnuud Brook
Jlouxn Bnooit Mnivli tilTwn hundred and
fifty enupauyees itt lie I i > < M mn inlittlitr w a nt un strike
Dili HUGH Tlio cause uMUiioJ was the liclmrKO of a
fellow workutuan
Head ut lou Years
Nonwicu March 31Mnrin fimlth of Mont
Tllle died today agod liu years 4 months and 12 lays
aiAKKS FROM TJIK TKLKattAltl
Mile mien the actress was marrld to Herbert Chart
er this aitot lu Chicago el rlay afternoon
We Ireililrnt yesier lay nprxitntrd liharlei C Unto
bard to be Collector of umtouin at Hartford iouu
The Illinois house of Itrrresentathes pushed a bill yes
terday making It unlawful in hunt or kill prairie cluck
tus quail or pheofMiU for tire ears
The trfil expenditures at King hint prison for the
moil Hi of March erefiiJiu total variilnus i1tM 34
leavIng a deficiency for the month uf t 75OJi
The Rev Iir K 0 Holies pastor uf the First Universal
Itt Church nf Hatem ilitea hat recehed A call from the
Illoecker Ktrcel Church uf hew York It is thought he
will accept
William Kyle a wholesale liquor denier nf Toronto
WAS ycaaterdu rentennd lu live years In the penitentiary
for forgery K > In forged two notrr which ho gut dls
counted ut the bank ot llrltUh North America
The dead body of an unknown man was found yester
day at Andalusia htatlon Ienruylvanla llallrosl lie
was about 40 rears of age dre feet ten niche high and
weighed nearly aou pounds On bit person were mold
watch asS chain a ooiuldsrtble amount of United
iv audaamaUanooat <
AWFUL TRAGEDY OF THE SEA t
A BEATIlta STEAMER LOST TOTO TITO
flU2YDZWD IXD SIXTY LIVES
Doubtless Swamped In n Terrible Sen Oft as
Rocky Precipitous Const on which Jtm
Small float Could Innd a linn Alive
ST JOHNS X P March 31The report ot
the loss of the Dealing steamer Eagle with all
on board la confirmed The calamity Is the
most appalling that over befell the province ot
Newfoundland Of SCO mon on board not on
survives to toll the story of tho disaster Mora
than ono thousand widows and children In this
city and vicinity most of thorn In poverty sro
mourning the loss of husbands or fathers
a
The lost vessel was last soon by the steamer
Aurora on thin night of tho llth tnst near
Franks Island in Buena Vista Bay which U
about ono hundred ratios northwest of this
city A heavy sea was running at the time
Tho next morning the Aurora could find no
trace of tho Eaglo
A message arrived today from GroenpQnd
on the bay saying that Lighthouse Keeper
Cabot boarded the scaling steamers Vanguard
and Hector off that place a few days later
Both those vessels reported passing spars thus
forocnstlo and other wreckage Including th
namoboard of the Eagle near the spot where
shin was last soon Lighthouse Keeper Cabot 1
Is a thoroughly trustworthy man and nisi
opinion that the Eagle has gone down with all
onboard la almost conclusive asldo from tha
evidence from other sources The other 1
steamers of the dent are spoken and reported
every few days anal all havo been heard from
since the llth except the Eagle No one her
any longer doubts that all on board hat
perished
Iteganllng tIle circumstances of the disasters
tltoro are two theories about equally tenable
One Is that the boilers oxplodod In which event
nil on hoard would havo perished at once m
tho raging sea Tho other is that the vessel in
some way not into the breakers which would
havo made death to all no loss certain The
sea that night IB described by the mon on th
other vessels of the Hoot as the most terrible
that over raged oven upon this savage coast
No ship once caught in tho awful Breaker
could possibly escape and no small boat could
land u man nllvo on the rocky precipitous
coast Anything that could float large ot
small would have been ground
to pieces oa
thowilfirocka
The Eagle carried a crow of fifty men and
about 210 Dealers Their exact number Is not
known All the sealing steamers carry a larga
number of mon The nature of the work
makes It necessary Tho seals are generally
found upon the ten In largo schools or colonies
The men got an close as possible to them and
then armed with clubs rush in among than
and knock over as many as possible before
they have tlmo to escape to the water Tho
more mon there arc tho moro seals are caught
Capt Jarkmln commander of tho Eagle was
recognized an the bravest skloporof the colony
Until 1835 bo was tho king of the sealing fleet
In that sottfion for tho Ilrst time in M export
cm ho failed to secure any seals Last year
Ill luck again attondcd him and he lost the
steamer Hosnlute near the same fatal Franks
Island but Ills crow escaped Later the same
senson ho took command of the Eagle and
within a few weeks alto broke nor shaft She
was rollttcd and a month ago she started on
her last voynua Nearly all thin men on board
ware married and wore in the prime of life
Thin calamity falls with still moro crushing
force by reason of the impoverished condition
of tho colony Nearly all tho newly mode
widows and orphans aro without moans ot 4
support and distress among them will bo great
Clllcrt Loses lies Diamonds
After Mile Theodora Glllort the nromlere
dancer of the National Opera Company had bounded
gracefully over the Metropolitan Opera House stage la
the opera Nero on Monday night she went to hei
dressing room removed her jewels pat on her ordinary
house apparel and boarding a Seventh avenue bobtall
car rode don n to her lodgings at R Varlck place When
she reached the door she suddenly missed her brown
alligator ikln imrtinonnale Clue find put uU her Jewelry
Into It und carried It In her lap In the car The Jewelry a
conMstrd of two pairs ot diamond earrings n pair of
turquoise natal dlntnond earrings and two finger rings
set with diamonds and turquoiitc There was also In the °
purse til in money mid tlio key or her lodgings Sho
said yrserdny that she was sure she had dropped tile
purite in th car us she rose to leave U It wan car ItO
and when she left It at 11 h oclock there was nobody else
aboard except tIm driver When she went to the com
potty 5 Mtcrday tho driver said that two negroes bad
afterward hoarded the cur and got off suddenly ajraln
He presumed tlmt they had carried on the purse u Us
hadnt seen any thlntf of It
The Dauntless Owner mud Captain
Tim ciiblo report of the row between Caldwell
U Colt owner of the Dauntless and her veteran skipper
Capt Fsmueis has nearly as many believers as un
believers among yachtsmen here Probably nothing
definite will be known about the matter until Capt
tiamuels who Is now on the Adriatic gets here
Them seems to be no doubt that Mr Colt hadaserlorul
disagreement with the Captain In FeI ruary last while
the liauiuleitfi was on the slocks It Is said on good an
tinrlty thnt the Captain then declared that he would not >
sail the luuutlrs and Immediately went to Capt Crosby
of the Coronet nnd ottered to goon Mr Bush yacht ae
navigator Sir Colt is I reported to bave followed Capt
tiamuels to the Coronet and after apologizing to blir A
to hiu e Induced him to return to the Dauntless
QLKKNarowN March 31Thus Coronet proceeded
COM es at U oclock this morning
1 Tim Unyflovrer May Defend Oar Cap
Crnless a bettor yacht than the Mayflower la
boUt between now and the time of the trial races to
select a defender of the America cup the big whit
sloop probably will be chosen to struggle with the beamy
crutch culler Thlflle chairman James D Smith of the
America Cup Committee got a letter from len Paine
ycsterdav Buying that the Mayflower would go over to j
England to antI against Mr Chamuerlaynes Arrow for
the thucens cup If Mr Chainberla > ues terms are rea I
sonably fair lu tbe giant centre boarder Bat If she
gates vile rail coinu back In ample tune to enter the trial
contests here
Obituary
Judge Francis P Cuppy died suddenly In
Hot Bprinfffl Ark on Wednesday night Judge Cnppy
was a native of Ohio about CO years ot age and at oni
time served In the Ohio Legislature with 1resldent Oar
Arid In IKU2 he went to Wrthlngton and bad prae
tUiil law there ever since beln counsel m many well
known cases Including the celebrated Choctaw case
William II ilbhy superintendent of the Mercer county
public schools lied yesterday of consumption He was
twice elected Mayor ot Princeton und served a term as
County solicitor He was for many yean principal of
the public school there M
Attacked by Illihwuysnen In Ilnrlens
Henry Bachman a fireman on the United
Stairs steamer Vermont was attacted by two highway
men In tilth street near Fifth avenue at ID oclock
last night The thieves pounced on him from behind
and threw him down Hachinan fought desperately till
one ot the rubbers bliol him In the hand forcing him ta
letgiiof tue other Him grabbed Paclimans watch and
cliulu and followed his companion on a run toward
bixth iitenui
liachuiaus right foreflncerwas shattered by tbe bullet
V ST C A Properly Cnnt lie Taxed
The Ginornl Term of the Supremo Court da
elded yesterday that the Young ten s Christian Assocla v
thou is a religious orrcnlrutlon anal as such lu property i
Is exempted from taxation 4
Bobbed by Illiibwisynten
fitophonK Dodd alwnalthy resident of Monte
clulr w aw attacked by huhmnou < roe street Newark I
ou Tuesday night ana robbed of several hundred dollars
JUTTJXGH ABOUT XOint
The funeral nf then It R Itlpiey will lake place from
till New iurk llotilutilUiir I M i today
Judge litlrr un bu s grimed an absolute divorce to
Henry C iojdmau from Kllzabetli K Uoodinan
An exhibition of llnwers Hill be t given In the Old Lon
don Mrtetiixt week 1 he attractions ot the old street t
will not bulMirfcred with
Xl laSh cent fI I to Tnt Krx for Mrs Lanahan of 1
xtrapa < e who Is heltiliMi ihrouLh rheumstlsin and
wuotu liutjunU lies In the tuapiItal < ugh h a fractured skull
At Jetferiun Market Court yefctordny lleorge U Wolf
was tilId lu await ilin acif of the tirand Jury for kill
luzAdain Crnbuch at it bill at iM Suet Tbirtyulntb
street n H eek ago last rUturduy nlzht > i
Ccmmlsiloner Vuurhls vMud on Wednesday night I
the ilhe III tin Fourth und hlith wards which as Mayor t
Hewitt l9lfifnriid violate the theatrical law but says I
be found iiuthiiig that would justify the police In acting
Until lie ncesiicBbelliiesof the Mackayllennelt Com 1
mercial cul le Company tare broken Ttie company re
fudnil bu iie > 4yvsttrday lite breaks ore close to
Unit utNora MIIIU and uere ciiUHed by icebergS Be
pairs will be completed In a few days
A blast lu Hlicft 31 nf the new aqueduct was supposed i
Jo tie dead until It exploded at U o don last night and
iihn elIcit 21 years mil Daniel Sn teney y years old
and Clmrles nuillh agnd pa years were severely cut by
0log stones John 1 Iillons e > es were Injured
The Irish Historical Society met at the Sinclair noose
but Highland elected CornmluluncrTliaddeustlorlarty i
Freslilcnt Anthony A Uriihn and Lawrence J Colliding
MmfirildeiilsaiidReoriie A ViImimlt lidward T
Kllputrkk and llr T II Irtcn Secretaries FrancIs t
Kojir Ubrarlan mid Au tln U Kurd Treasurer t
Sergeant Matthew Tuck s ho was dismissed from the
plire terre fur taveidrupohig In Mount Morris dark
hoi teen unsuccessful upon his appeal from the deelsuss 4
of Judge tJiwrcnce denying his application for a mends >
mus tn compel the Hoard ot 1olicv to put tils name oa las I
retired list I
It cost but a trifle more to decorate your bout wttk J
le1aiaeIaAsJkanti akaulsse