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UCOJUCTAHT fOSXSa TO TAKK BOLD
or ma iiATninnott RKfvxna
tt m or tk hje tloaa Railed Agalnil
leaving the Caiee to Marcns Ilnalon
Mr Conch Appeal Altaian Mr Lyon
A Report to the President en the
Btrmlneel Relation la Thli Port
Treasury Agent Marcus Uonlon formerly of
Ksw York and now of Philadelphia came to
town the other day and was quickly gono
aln soms said to Boston and somo said
back to Philadelphia llanlon In tho estima
tion of a number of merchants bore la l just
BOW one of ths most Interesting officials con I
nected with the Treasury Department at i
Washington Gon Spauldlng Is I possibly re
garded of saual Importance and so possibly Is
Chief Tingle In charge of the Treasury auents
at Washington But llanlon Is tho oOlclal In
charge of tho hatribbon refund cases Secre
tary Foster will return from Kostorla to Wash
ington In about a week and after that he will
b the most Interesting otllclal connected with
the Treasury Department Ho has promised
to give the momentous questions associated I
with the hatrlbhou case his personal atten
tion and Joseph I Cboate and other emi
nent New York lawyers are to appear before
him and protest against tho methods of
Banlon Mr Choate and the other lawyers
represent a dozen and more large mercantile
firms In New York among them Tcflt Woiler
A C1 Calhoun Bobbin > > t Co Dunham
Buckley t Co Inelln Neoser Co Besides
the combined protest of the New York mer
chants Secretary Foster will have before him
the official protest of the Federal authorities of
New York This protest I Is known has been
prepared but tbe authorities at the Custom
House refuse to divulge Its contents It is
learned from Washington that Hanlons
methods In ths opinion of the Now York
officials have resulted lu expensive delays to
the Government and that on the lines he Is
conducting the Investigation on no tangible
results ca b obtained by the Government i
and that the authorities a the Now York I
Custom House and tbs Appraisers stores be
c lieve that the settlement nf the claims should
b left to experienced liquidators at New lork
and other ports or to a commission of experts
aud not solely tn Hnnlon
Another Interesting document Bncretary
Foster will also be aSked to study This Is In
tended to prove that Hanlon in not tbs man to
handle such Important cases The document
baa been prepared trnm the records In the otllce
ollCo
of United States District Attorney Michel and
from others under the guardianship of United
States CommisalimiT Julolds I Is a copy of
ths I judgment record entered In the United
Statel Circuit Court Judge Lanis 1 Wood
ruff presiding April 24 lal j in the suit of too
united States against Murcus Hanlon William
M Newman nnd Francis OKourko compris
ing the firm of HUb Ion Newman i A Co On
that date the UulUd Mates through
Its attorney Col George Bliss ob
tained judgment against Hanlon and
bis partners for 129 aou and cost IS9VO
total lituiHSUu The facts leading up
t011
to this judgment are as taken from the rec
ords that on Nov II 1868 anion and his
lartner gave a bond for SIMOOJ as dis
tillers i the Light Now York collection
district at 805 au7 and 909 Avenue A to
comply In all respects faithfully with the In
ternal revenue lawn of tbe United Mate in
relation to the duties and business of distillers
and to pay all fines and penalties for any de
parture from the laws or from the terms of the
pond The names of Alfred Evans and Eugene
K Courtney alto apj ear In the bond Uaulou
and his partners Newman and Ultourlte and
Zvans and Courtney were arrested and their
premises were forfeited to the Government
The United States authorities derided tu hold
only Hanlon Newman and OKourko because
tbeT did not pay t toa Collector ot
Jbey Kevenuo for the Eighth collection dis
trict of New York within the time limited nor
at any time since tho amount 01 the taxes duly
assessed against them and did not pay the
penalties for the nonpayment of the taxes
The distillery was forfeited to the Government
May 15 1b69 six months after Hanlon and his
partners gave the 300Q old not to violate
Iae
the Internal Revenue laws The penalties de
clared were iO34B20 and these were added to
tbe bond and judgment was obtained against
Hanlon and Tils partners April ill 1876 The
records further show that on Juno 1318S2
William 1 Nowman was relvassd from his
bare of the judgment But thi Government
held on to Hanlon until Ang > 61S90 On that
data opposite his name in the judgment record
are these words Satisfied as to Marcus r lan <
Ion Oltourkes name Is still on tbe judg
ment record CommlBslonsrSnfeldKs voucher
lent Hanlona satisfaction reads Pursuant
to Instructions con talned In letter f rum Solicitor
Of T tbs Treasury dated Ana 1 18UO mtlifaa
ton Is acknowledged and this Is Klein br
United States District Attorney Mltchill Tbs
claim Is set up by tbe New york merchants
and their friends tbat In view of this record
Hanlon Is not the official to handle tbe Im
portant ribbon lefnnd C AI and tbe memorial
presented to Secretary Foster wU proclaim
their views on this question
Mr Mitchell in conversation declined to say
What satlsfaoi Ion the Uovernment liud received
ceived frm Hanlon He said that was a privi
leged communication from Solicitor Hepburn
Mr Hepburn was at tbo Custom House as a
111c member of the special investigating com
I cannot recall be said just now the
mount received in satisfaction of the Govern
ments claim against Hanlon It was a purely
nominal sum It may have been 5 smilingly
and it may have been more I cannot recollect
as there are so many of these judgments
Neither do I recall by whose direction I was In
structed to effect the compromise of tbe judg
ment against Hanlon and neither do I know
why It a made just at tbat time I only
know that some small sum very mal was re
solved in satisfaction of the claim
Hanlon In nuoted la the Philadelphia Prrt
M saying that Mr Wanamakvr never sued
the Government for rebates on bat ribbon
duties The records of the United States Cir
cuit Court for Pennsylvania have two Knits on
the docket They are both against Collector
Cadwalador of Philadelphia a follows
Wanamaktrut CawiUd trial begun Octs IB83
TU4IOI In favor of pUlntiif obtied OOL 11 IMta
Wanamiker set C 4irala < Ur not 1st brought to
tttalt claIm W
The plaintiff In these cases Is John Wana
rnakrr PostmasterGeneral
Hanlon says tbe refunds will amount to 120
OOOOuO or 130000000 The Federal authorities
antborle
at New York after the most exhaustive In
Q1iry say thy will not amount te more than
flry Hanlon says over 25000000 tan
on claims now await action by the Treasury
aton TrelsuO
he Federal authorities at New York say that
no such claims can for a moment b consid
ered under the decision handed down by the
United States Bupiemo Court a little over a
year ago uanlon nays be WAR delegated to
these cases by the lit Hecretary Windom
Evidence Is to b handed to cretan foster
long with the other documents that
Mr Windom once said that he never
knew how Hunlon camo to be delo
gated to these cases Home doouments
bave been Issued In these rosog from
he Tieasury Department which bear the
checks of the fcpsclal Treasury agents de
partment Oen Hpauldltig on of the assistant
Intant secretaries of tho Treasuiy until a
short time ago was n Treasury agent
ExPolice Justice ManrneJ Power says be
with others recommended the appointment of
Sanlon a a Treasury agent But neither
tSr Cleveland nor Mr Maunlng nor Mr Fair
child knew and neither did I know at the
time added Mr Power that Hunlon baa
been accused of violating the Internal isvonue
4 laws and neither did wo know nf tbe judg <
ment held by the United States against han
Jnt I did not know of this until nuout a year
ago These ribbon refund cases me trcnicn
t donsly Imoortant but I think Hanlon In I right
In his courso In them rltbt
The tronble bet ween Acting Collector Couch
and Surveyor Lyon bus not ended The Sur
veyor says he issued tbe older concerning the
pew form of declaration papers after obtain
ing full authority from Washington In these
declarations the Surveyor name is brought
prominently out and members of his Rtatf who
nave hitherto enjoyed the distinction or sign
ing themselves Deputy Collertors must now
be considered Collectors Cjerks Tbe new
declaration In the Treasury catalogue Is num
bered 014 tba same number as the old declara
tion and during the conflict of authority the
ton day Gen tipauldimi teleurapheil author
ity t use blank form914 Mr Couch to end
the dispute accepted this to mean the new
form of declarattrn From Washington neW I
night can e a letter demonstrating that Mr
Couch objects to the riurvnyora OUrs It
was received at tbe Treasury Department on
Saturday and Is signed by Mr Couch I says
ID ray letter or rseterday 1 trntiemllied with brief
comment s new form of rueenieri derivation
which bad then for ihe I fret time bra brought 10 my
notice and cauoetiiliie I wmrh the Lollecier had re
ceived no Ineirneliont later In fbi day a deptrimtnl
telegram w e rerelvJ illreoUnit tbs liameaiate nit ort
tti form TItle unoUDI bu been obeyed
il DOW beoomee W duty to Invite attention I to a
tutor In Ibis printed blank which le I an unmliitkible
feature ef certain plain provllooe I of the lUlulei
Section aWI ant Jao lectlone of the Hevltcd
Statutes poles ont MaIM Collector while I eu
rTt IM
lien auf clearly tJruvlclei that at ports to whIch
there reapi > ointe < f a collector Naval linker and c
verorlt Phall t the dutynf the Surveiar Who ihaO
Jor1
ke in all Cello untilrct to the direction of me Colleiiur
to perform rreiii I CerTIOI there icrineil
nuil fC t tact to i et the vteti fiinc r reerr4 lo In II e
laelrurtlone UIHUI tue blck and tlie < ituir a lector
rho tlfiw 1 tne TacO ol his puiMiiirer C rtei lurnlon r I
ouualbeum person tlie blank before uie fhowi
Illbuam I
plabelr enonth ball le the Collector who U to bp < 1 in
uleitfon and uie i the declaratlOBS of paMeni con
quUO allk whlo1J the a ImpUo but I
tU w 11 la th1 I 1 llo
=
t w
or rwW
UeMnoerwglch they ar le be alke jttalnet thi
Inrertion of omelalreUtlone which Is thus Implied la
the printed blank and In the absence et the Collector
I must reepectfuliy but dusty eflter mr protMt and t
do t toy the ofiTlnoe rel100 that Men fnverelon If an
merited by the deptriment would lend dIrectly to the
Sbterilon el lb authority which U I veiled by law m
the Collector
Collector Erlrdt was at Blehmond on Satur
day travelling I homeward Us Is expected to
day or tomorrow and another circus Is I anticipated
t
Secretary Foster Is fully acquainted with the
situation In New York differences Exist
ing between the Collector the Surveyor and
Inl
the Appraiser have ben brought to his atten
tion by wellknown Now York le ullcan At
these Interviews the Hocretary expressed emphatically
that oiiaht to
phatically his opinion harmony
ft brqugbt nut of the discord It I also known
a
h brqul tout chief of all the Treasury
Ilr
agents at the request of tbe President has
laid before the 1reldeit a statement of the
trouble and differences existing between this
three officials
On of the Young Ladles writes to Tnt
BUN asking I Mr Smutty did not make a mis
take when hs made a statement to tho effect
that none b the young ladle who applied to
Ut place of ntenoRiapher and typewriter at
the Custom Hone had passed the examina
tion she adds tlmt he took part In two ex
aminations and that she Is now on Ibo eligible
IS at 76 Mr Sperry bays yes there was some
mistake In that general statement Ho ex
plained that be meant that of the four men
and seven young women who passed the ex
aminations not one after practical tests and
trials lasting from two to three days was consistently I
trlalsllstnR
sistently competent to act 8 stenographer or i
typewriter omptent Collectors bnstnern Mr
Hperry fmtber said tbat both the Collector and
hlmflf bitd dictated to the eleven elidible
but that they wero dellalont In tbs practical I
knmUedca and experience requlxlte for the
knfledlo eprence
place Una young woman though who r
Onl tholrh
calved 09 S In the examinations bad the prac
tical head and even though she was not up to
t e Chinese limit mark 01 70 one was appoint
ed to a 1Iae lmit the noncivil service office
Which shows what a fine thing a civil service
Ab9wslwbal
Nearly all the night Inspectors caught nap
ping on that raid directed by the surveyor
have besieged him with all sorts of excuses
and explanations for sleeping on post and for
sleltlR p tl
temporary absenteslflm I was a cold night
but tbo Surveyor will accept no exounes or e
planatlona I remember In the army bow
Dick who slept on cost wore taken out and
shot in the morning he rays and a customs
inspector Is appointed to protect ths merchant
and the Government He deserves to be shot
out of the service for sleeping on post It was
a very cold night but it wasnt to cold for
rlvrr thieves to be out or for the Treasury In
spectors who Uncovered ths delinquent night
inspectors Most of the men reported on that
occasion will b recommended for removal
The friends of Gn 8bl II explaining
bow became to drop ont ot the A Powerful
Board of Three sayt
There are now between I and 400 apMats laien
from the decisions ot the General Apprmen to tbe
Orull tour A majority et IDeee appeals are taken
enl II importi1 but a goodly proportIon Is also Iaka
bJ lbs ColleCtor n lbs dIrectiOn of the halfelary of lb
lh
TrrJ the Admlailrallo seeminsly not biteS sat
lined with the decIsIons Of Ir 00 Board when a
customs cue U I PPd lo the circuit Con it h
Collector er the Importer I net satUfled WRIt the tee
tlmony taken betoretho General Appraiser he can
tmoa
have additional teetlmony taken which U done by one
of the Mineral AppruMrs tinder the order of the
Court Oen chirps bu been designated as an officer
gI
t the court to 1 take this tuilmony la the sevsral ap
peal goIng np te the Circuit
TOOK ETHER X BT8 BATS TUB
flail Hat Ixxt nia Place a t M but waa
laiured for SSOOO
When the firm of Chuck A Brother which
dealt In tailors trimmings at 111 Green
street was changed about two months ago
Levi Davis a Hebrew salesman who bad been I
with the house about eight years a notified
that his services were no longer desired Mr
Davis who occupied 1 ground floor flat at 1858
Lexington avenue with his wife and their five
children had not accumulated enough money
to feel assured of successfully meeting the fu
ture and although he got a temporary place
at lower wages with Henry Newman t C of
680 Broadway he seemed t grow moodier
every day
Last Friday Mr Davis took her three young
est children on a visit to her father Banet
Balky a clothing merchant of Hempstsad Her
husband remained at home with Gabriel and
Aldin tbe two oldest sons Both boys were up
by 780 oclock yesterday morning t sat the
breakfast that Bertha the servant had pre
pared Aboutan hour later Bertha noticed that
the curtains of Mr Dalsi sleeping room were
not drawn and looking Inl after calling she
found the bed undisturbed She went into D
hallway adjoining and saw that gas was burn
bllwuJ adolnlna ID
ing in the bathroom The door had been fastened
tend Inside with a oord
A policeman was called In and forced the
dQor
Davis wan lying on his back in the bath tub
A nuarterpouna can of ether prepared bJ
Edward Squlbu of Brooklyn lay near his side
thieefonrtbssmpty Davis had laid a heavy
comforter in the bottom or the tub procured a
pillow for his head and covered himself with
another comforter A handkerchief was over
his month and nose H e had evidently kept U
saturated with ether as long u be could
Davis wax u member of three Insurance soci
eties holding policies aggregating about
8000 Tbe organizations which belonged
to besides the Masonic Lodge True Oratts
men No 691 were Coemoplitan Council No
46 > U SBA Constitutional Council No 648
K A t and New York Lodge No 59 K of H
The names of these societies be bad carefully
written on a cad togetherwith the names and
addi eases of the financial secretaries and he
had left the card conspicuously on the shelf InCh
the Hitting room
Ch tlnl
The suicide was at one time a prosperous
clothing merchant In Cohoes His fatherin
law paid the lat months rent and In fact had
paid that bill 1 month ahead Besides it Is
said be had been footing the grocery and meat
saId for several weeks Tbe widow reached
horns at 1 80 yesterday afternoon
BU CHAJH3E AOAUfBT HIS CLERK
Bay That While lie Wa Laid Up With a
Broken Leg Klopper Made Falie Entries
William Brunu Is a printer of photogravures
and a dealer In artists materials at 480 Broad
way On Jan 27 be broke bis leg During the
time be was forced to keep his bed his busi
ness was In charge of his confidential clerk
and cashier August Klopper of 109 Oak
street Brooklyn Whenever Mr Brans wanted
money he sent to Elopper for I keeping he
says strict account of all ho received When
be returned t his store and examined his ac
counts be found that ths total debited against
him by his cashier was 152 in excess of what
he had received He said nothing to Klopper
but consulted Inspector Byrne
About a week ago Klopper told him be
thought of leaving his employ and asked for a
recommendation Acting under advice Mr
Bruna gave him a flattering one Detective
Heidelberg made a purchase la tbe store on
Saturday and found that the amount bad been
entered Incorrectly In the cash bok He ar
rested Klopper and took him to Police Head
quftrers AtJetlorson Market Court yester
day hlopper protested his Innocence and made
a long complaint of the way he bad ben
treated by the I police
He said that when arrested on Saturday
night 4f0 had been taken from him lie had
asked and received a receipt for It Yesterday
the receipt bad been taken from him and torn
up He bad not been permitted to communi
cate with any one or to send a message to his
wife who is I In dellcato halth mllSaRn asked
for 1 lawyer but had not been able to get one
He told the reporters that ho bad had to pay
15 for a meal but he took that statement back
when cnnfronted with the headquarters of
ficer Heidelberg said that I was true that
the receipt for 120 hml been taken from him
It had been given on the belief that the money
wan hIs property Since then they had reason
tn think that the money was the procesds of
the robbery be wa accused of committing
Twentyfive dollars be claimed to be his salary
for the past week was returned to mm eaar
had rfued to pay a lawyer unless he should
be acquitted and had not asked for a messen
ger
gerJuiMlee MoMabon held Klopper In default of
12000 bllLet
Let the lUres Into Her
The keel of the little British steamship
Curlew rested for several hours yesterday on
the bottom of tbe East River at Pier 6 Her
engineer neglected to close the outboard
delivery valve connecting with the condenser
and the river began to rush In about 1330
oclock In the morning She Is a very deep
01 deeI
boat for her tonnnca and when she touched
the river bd which Is I about IK feet from lbs
surface at Pier I her domed deck was still five
stiI
or six feet out of the water The watchman on
the pier noticed her going down and aroused
those of the crew who weis aboard She II
ladep with leather tallow and oil which 8
not damaged The Baxter Wrecking company
pumped the steamer out and she will b ready
to sail for St Johns Newfoundland today
Htabbed for a Quarter
Peter Veltb and Henry Baker waiters at 210
Bowery iiunrrelled on Katurdny night over 25
enib which S ellh liad lent o Baker on Thurs
day night on promise that It should bo re
turned the next day Tbls was not done
Veltb stabbed Baker three times in the bead
with a penknife Bakerwas rmond to
Gouvernsnr and VeUhwa remanded
l ri = 8hfl S
I
notrsroir dieD rma OD
frill the NOUS Central CltyafTcxM XMS
tk Breatk oftfc lsIstrC
Honsiox Tex March 16Fonr or five years
1OUSTW
ago speculators and boomers of all conditions
and classes were tumbling Into Los Angeles
Ban Diego Ao About the same time Kansas
City and Wichita were Interesting fields for
boomers with branch boom and boomlsts In
all the smaller towns of that section Three
years ago the boomers apparently all went t
the Pngst Bund country and the Pacific North
west The skilled boomer eon change his base
o operations quicker than any man on earth
He Is I as migratory M the wild goose
I a sharp frost comes along on a cold night
chills tbs boom and causes It t take flight
and depart whither no ons knows the
boomer ls the first man to know It His first
steps a t get a United States man and a
tolsseoD and take the fast train in search of
the departed boom Invariably he finds It for
his scent Is ken I the boomers who have
preceded hIm a not booming t suit his
boom Ideas he starts a boom of his own at the
next harbor five miles below The woods are
full of harbors of natural centres and gate
ways and meeting points for car and sblp The
boomer launches out and Is I joined by other
boomers and good many suckers As boom
Ing Is I contagious It soon becomes epidemic
and charges tho very ozone the boomers and
suckers breathe Everybody becomes a
boomer and everybody Is a Mikado When he
says a thing ls t b done It Is I ss good as dons
already The city has one railroad sur
veyed and will have ten more the coming year
A 173000 hotel will b built Immediately and
a Farmers Alllanoe organised at once The
city Is I nearer raw material and deep water
and markets than any other point boometh
TheDoomer Is i snppor d to b of American
origin and the product of the last decade
America having monopoly of this product
MeKlnley him did not fesl called upon to protect
t Mr Porter did not tell us In his census what
the boomer population of our country I 1
statistics are difficult to get
It all the boomer stood single file It I cannot
I te
be guessed bow near tbe7 would come to
reaching around the world But cmrlo
vast army of them and now that the great productive
ductive and progressive I West Is growing In a
safe sure and solid way It I no longer an In
viting fleld for the boomer for what be wants
Is inflation excitement and real estate gambling
What locality jl the boomer now seeking t
boom Texas 1 irs boomers from all over the
country are to b found looking around i
such cities as Houston Galveston Ban An
tonio oilos Austin Ths boomer as a rul Is a
man of good judgment and whenever he se
lects a city or country t operate In I may b
depended upon that it is a country or re
sources and advantages and ripe for develop
ment whatever his particular scheme may ba
whaevr partcular
All the cities named above and the btHte in
general have hid a taT and healthy growth
for nora ten years But this Is I not the kind
of growth tbs hurrah boomer wants and he
is skirmishing around a good deal while solid
substantial people are coming here to stay
and Ester and Northern capitalists a
making invsstments
Tea nan three or four cities about the six
of Houlton but this Is the acknowledged rail
lines road centre of the Btaw with thirteen different
Houston has a navigable waterway which
permits boats and barges to carry cotton and
grain to the Gulf
With a population of only 40000 Houston
shows clearances of from 4000000 t tOOO
000 weekly during tb cotton season
Houston is beautifully and regularly laid
out with wide streets The business blocks are
substantial and more modern than In many
Eastern towns of the same ales
Many of the residences are palatial and the
people live well and society ranks high ae te
The public shoots of Texas rant among the I
beet In the United mates The leading
seated churches and fraternal societies are all rpre
Intd lbe climate Is i very mild i winter and
healthy Northern people living Here say wnter very
Within four miles of this city connected by a
dummy line Is Magnolia ct and there Is
certainly no more beautiful natural park any
where AU aroupd Houston are live oak trees
with their wealth of Spanish moss and the
beautiful magnolia tree
That traditional emblem of love the mistle
toe 1 found bore te
Hoses and violets bloom all the year Ladles
hers wear spring styles two months earlier
than New York ladles and I will be a sacrifice
larloe
of pride for some New York ladles t admit that
their Texas sisters a leaders of fashion In
this practical way
Beginning at Houston extending eastward
to Louisiana are extensive forests and It la
said tbat experts estimate that this area of
Umber contains onefilth of the merchantable
pins in tbe United States east of the Hooky
Mountains te BkJ
Wellinformed cotton men estimate tbe Cot
ton cop of this year at lMXXOOO bales The
cash value of this crop Is t90000000 Com
pare aue with the estimated annual value of
par
all the gold and silver mines of the United
mates namely 76000000 and we have 114
000000 less than one cotton crop in Texas
The sugar ana Is growing territory Is very laige and profitable
Into Houston pour by its thirteen lines of
railroads cotton cotton seed lumber shingles
bides corn pig Iron coal sugar molasses
cattle and hogs to say nothing of vegetables
and fruits
I Houston going t continue t progress
and develop In the substantial and 8ale way
she is moving In today making homes for the
people now coming here and cute Investments
for ture the money of the capitalist and manufac
Her conditions r highly favorable for all
favorble al
this Houston has not yet allowed boomers to
come here Inflate prices and in the end de
etrvy confidence but will she We shall see
TIIEYEXFECTXO TRAP JXADTE OUTLAWS
A Determined Expedition Start for the
Moose River Region
Buroon March 1C There will soon b fun In
the Moose River region over on the northwest
ern border of Maine I the expedition that has
just started out to catch tb poachers smug
glers and general outlaws of that wild and
whiskeysoaked section accomplishes bait
what it expects to Bon Bunker the exCity
Marshal of Watenrllle accompanied by Sam
King and a lot more of ablebodied hustlers
have gone on a campaign against the poachers
who have ban butchering deer on Moos
Biter and while they are at It they propose t
Investigate lbs source of supply whence
InvestKate soure smug
gled liquor pours down Into Maine over the
Canadian stream Pacific In a steady and Increasing
The Moose Blver country ls a section of the
eoton
frontier long Infested by ouch daring outlaws
all Hartley and Lengthy Sam and scores of
other backwoods roughs and there are few
deputy sheriffs or United Stats marshals who
rellhb campaign there Darter usod to sell
smuggled liquors without a license In a
shack at Moose nvor when the Canadian
Pacific Railroad wa being built and be made
heaps of money There are four men burled
in a sandbank up there who came to their
death either through Dartley or his rum It
took a whole roomful of Sheriffs and Marshals
to arrest Hartley the last time he waa hauled
up and he Is just as tough now as ever bs was
so that the present expedition will have no pie
nlo In case they tackle hIm Imported liquor Is
plentiful I over northwestern aud northeast
ern Mae and lots of It reaches the Interior
Conneetlcnt Pre Denouncing sarah
NORWICH March lMme Sarah Bornbardt
will walk over the Norwich pulpit to play
Fedora In the Broadway Theatre In this
city on March 31 She Is getting any quantity
of advertising from stralghtlaced Norwich
Congregational preachers and Manager Noxon
of tbs theatre wears a threeply smile all the
time FlrsUbe Ilev Dr Llewellyn Pratt of the
fashlonabls Broadway Congregational Church
gave the Irench artist a sermon about two
weeks ago In artlt said though he didnt
spoilk Bernbardta name that she wan no bet
ter than Hhe should be and It was extruordl
nary that moral people would run after such a
woman At bin Thursday evening meeting In
evenlnl meelnl
the ancient Second Congregational Htone
Church on tbml I the lluv Dr Leonard Wool
Bey Bacon who has frequently upheld the old
Blue bnbbath laws of Connecticut gave Sarahs
character 1 mild rebuke Mme Bernbardt will
have n great audience here and the seats wi
her play 1 will b sold by auction The boxes it
s thought will fetch a premium of more than
f 100 each besides the price of them which will
tem wi
be 25 and ISO
The Chare Against Paul afore EIehrde
Paul Morse Richards of 91 Cambridge la
Brooklyn who was arrested on Friday on tbs
charge of President Manners of the Eu Side
Bank tbat be bad obtained 11895 from the
bank on fraudulent representations is con
nected with several wellknown families In
Brooklyn and was supposed to famies Ho
was for lie years publlnhur of the Now York
ulifirfii and it WHS nn thin strength of his
I
CIlphl NI ho dluinof Ktock In hut papdr that
the bank discounted his notes Other creditors
are tbo chemical and cither banks and Lawyer
U H Ludinyton President Manners says It
was not Mr Ludlngto who introduced Blob
arts to him and tbat Mr Lt ntouod notn
inrn9
I o wfti 1 feuEa saUMS vflw
ireira OF rns jtwtsa ACAOKXIKS
It seems that tbe road riders a doomed to
disappointment for they have had another
week of bad weather Tuesday and Wednes
and the bridle
wire splendid days for tho sport
paths In the Park and elsewhere were well
trnlEed I was a brisk wsek Indoors how
ever and managers and attaches have been on
the go all the time
At Durlaads Riding Academy the week was
busy one despite the unfavorable weather
a L Bailey appeared In the music rids on
Wednesday evening mounted on Kaneka one
of the Smelt of the consignment of high bred
saddle horses now on sale at Dnrlands Hs
challenged 0 T Wills mounted on Sun
light to a riding contest and the
judges gavo Kancko first honors Next Wednes
day evening Ithe annual young peoples ride
tbs event that has kept the rims ones Oi tbs
qui vlve for some time will take pace I la
sstlmated that from aoo to 600 children rang
ing from 5 to 14 years rids at Dnrlands at ons
tnR lrm I t 7er rlle atlone
time or another during the season and all of
these have received Invitations admitting their
parents and friends and the success of toe rids
The Acacia Biding Club finished Its success
tul season of weekly rides at tbs Central Pak
Biding Academylast Monday night and tbs
Messrs Cobn have started a new class for that
evening It will bs known a the Gentlemen
ennlnR
Blanket class and la Intended for thqso who
have finished their QIst > lan education ana
want to polish offwlth learning bow to become
familiar with rough tiding The opening
of the German Cuba new bouse on
Fiftyninth street near Sixth avenue has
ttNI1tb t
brought a numbet of now boarding horses to
t e Central Park Academy A peculiar point
about the lastnamed academy Is the largs
number ol physicians who ride there They
evidently believe In practising what they
prohoh for a lat many recommend riding I as
a tonic to build up the system
A pleasant Innovation at the Boulevard Bid
Ing Academy was Introduced by M Emll I dur
ing the muslnjrlde on Monday night I was
called Jus Wheel of Fortune A revolving
wheel was placed In the centre of tbs ring ana
suspended from the spokes were orange and
red ribbons The ladles approached at a brisk
trot and caught at the ribbons Those who got
the red ribbons wore given favors but those
who i caught the orange were compelled to for
1lt a ring whip or flower
The gentlemen riders were sxpsoted to re
deem the forfeits In something alter the style
used In tbe French tournament Tbe forfeits
were placed on the wainscoting and forelt
were suspended from brackets The riders
were armed with lao and they recovered
wer wit tey
the forfeits In this manner
The ring at Hexftmers Riding Academy In
Hoboken was well filled at the class and music
rldasdurlngthe week The members of the
nsvfPalmaCluD bavs Qrd Monday night for
their weekly rids Philip Hexamer shipped
thirteen fine blooded trotters and saddle
horses t Hanover Germany on Thursday
Messrs Dlckel and Eroebls the managers
mannlr
of the Dickel Hiding Academy are still out 01
town but business Is going on a usual there
and the ring Is always crowded Biding Mas
ter Lund led the Pink Biding Club on its Ort
road ride on Tuesday afternoon
A rearrangement of tbe schedule of the
rlaranament
Fifth Avenue Hiding Club has been made
necessary by the advent of the new
Centaur Club tbs members of which
enjoyed their Ort ride on Frlday
night The Fifth Avenue Club now meets
on Tuesday and the Columbia Club on Thurs
day evening Carl Antony will take the mem
bets of the ladles subscription class who
have been riding Indoors on Saturday morn
lag out rn the road as soon a the weather
allows It te
1011
The Harlem contingent has been very active
during the week and the Bslmont and West
End academies were well attended While
these academies are especially advantageous
for Harlem people they a nevertheless well
patronized by a good many riders further
down town who delight In riding on the Itivsr
side Drive
I US HAT LOSE HIS OFFICK
Tk Bniltk Divorce Cas lavolTOS Mr
Baritks Plane a > Cot Clerk
BUT March 15Tbe divorce case
In which Henry Harrison Smith Clerk of the
Butland County Court Is defendant Is making
a sensation a over Vermont The feeling
against Smith Is so general that a movement
has been started to have him removed from the
office which be has held for the past twenty
years The scandal began with the relations
Smith and Mr Mary M Drill who came to
Butland five or six yean ago from the north
ern port of tbs State Mr Brill came to Mrs
Smith with a Introduction from a casual a
aualntance and professing tat her object was I
to take music lessons so as to support herself
by singing Meantime she wished t pay her
way with needlework Mr Smith lived then
where be does now on North Main street and
the members of his family were his wife his
wifes sister with her young daughter and
some boarders Mr Drill WW received into
the house as a boarder For a tlmo all went
smoothly except that r Bull was soon re
garded with suspicion Finally she left the
bouse and for a time lived out of the town In
the northern pan of the State During this
ttme Smith was frequently away from borne
any people believed that be was with the
unIt woman and it Is more than poslble
ri the trial of tbe divorce suit will show
where he a
Then came tbe beginning the end Smith
on the plea thaUhe needed help to do writing
got Mrs Brill back and Installed her as a sort
of deputy In the County Clerk office and gave
her a place in his home Tbe Court House b
came full of strange stores Finally at a time
when popular feeling regard to the matter
rlar
was very strong Smith and Mrs Dr mate I
town and during their absence Mrs Smith
went to her son In Baltimore with whom she
still lives This was In August 1HB9 and since
then Smith and Mrs Brill have lived together
and Mr Brill his been and is today so fat 8
appearances go tbe mistress of the house Hits
Is a plump woman with a fair share of beauty
and an utter indifference to public opinion
The case has been discussed more or less for
months but I was not until the opening of the
March term of County Court hers last week
that the details were made public Since then
Smith bas not put In nn appearance at his
place in the court llr Drill says b is sick a
the result of the publicity Sl1 to the affair
and that he Is an Invalid anyway He has
rheumatism in the arms and has t have help
in to firstrate put on his health clothes Mrs Drill appears t b
209 YES OLD
Bo SarTrlrads of John Uonrkt Who Died
on Friday
There Is I some doubt about the age of old
John Bourke who Is to be burled today from
his residence 31 Columbia street Brooklyn
although bIB death notice fixes It at 108 years
Hs without question old and
was wlbout Queston a very man aDI
the neighbors believe he was 1 hundred years
old anyway He built the house in which be
lived a twostory frame building on tbe rear
of the lot at SI Columbia street nearly fifty
years ago and be has lived there ever since
In 1837 he was I porter for tbe Long Island
Railroad Company at tbe old depot at South
Ferry when tho tunnel under Atlantic avenue
was still open Later he was flagman at vari
ous points of the road He was flagging at
Canton and Atlantic avenues thirtyseven
years ago when his youngest child was born
He was born in county Tyrone Ireland He
did not rumembertbo exact your but Mrs
Droogan whose uncle married llourkes slater
In the old country SUCH she in IB nnd that
llourke was an old man when she was a little
girl IlourKo never confessed that he wan as
old as his familytald bewna In fact lie would
never acknowledge moru than 13 yells >
Until n year ito he was quite briubt but
latteriy his powers of memory had tailed Ha
ant up and Ate his meals rucularlr until
Inll
Wednesday laht when lie became 111 suddenly
and sank quickly He died on Friday
Ho bd teen married four time anti bin last I
wife wile looks i s if she mIght be 70 years old
survives him Tie old man she says never
stayed out late nnd never drank liquor n beer
but was an Inordinate consumer of tobacco
Ho bud dono uo Work for fifteen years
A Beeeptlon to Commissioner Koch
A reception and banquet were given on Sat
urday evening by tbe Jefferson Club at their
rooms Sixth street and avenue O In honor of
Judge Joseph Koch Excise Commissioner
Judge Koob has lived lu tbe Eleventh ward
for half a century and in tho lust twentyfive
years he has held many petitions of trust
Judge Thomas 111ltmau presided at the ban
Oust aDd Congressman Amos J Cummliiss
In behalf of the JetTerson Club preHntuda
Silver service of six pieces to Judge Koch
neeches were made by Patrick Keenau sail
others Among those present were OeD Dr
num Senator Brown exSenator Ulbbs ndl
Newhurger t rank Allen Commissioner lInt
Marcus J Jacobs aud J J Slsklnd
Bnnaar Kntettalament by the Five Aej
The entertainment that tbe directors of tbs
Five As association of actors gave lat night
at tho Broadway Theatre crowded the play
house to the drors and brntisht forward a
number of wILkiiuvvn lumisinnit makers
chief nmnnu whom 1le JlnHlonnlu Hill the
English concert hall ntvitulni lilt 1loiu
Moor Hurry Kernel Theo and Hurry Popper
of the Tenderloin Club The entertainment
wu managed br lopv Fastop W Lloyd
owrol John G lOY e Charles Dcklon
ri A 6 Hitler Vits WiUa
A rosoKD uermt 2 onr FOJUXB
oeb4y Hit s 0 N w Flea fbr flUrrta
Up MlMklef the SlxtjralBtk
A forged Utter received bJ AditGen Joelsh
Porter on Tuesday last has caused that 8
tlsman and several other of the big guns of the
Blat militia an Immense amount of trouble
It has also upset the usual good temper of
Major Augusts 1 Mordant the Inspector of
the First Brigade and has given him and
Major Henry Tan Bitter a mystery to unravel
On Tuesday last Gen Porter rscelved a letter
asking hint t order a Investigation Into
the character of Fit Lieut William Mo
Longhlln of Company H Sixtyninth Regi
ment The letter was signed James Qarvln
Garvin Is a private In that company The let
tsr said that Lieut MoLonghttn w unfit
ted la both a military and social sens to
hold a commission In the National Guard u
he was a rumssller and the proprietor of a
east side die
Tbs AdjutantGeneral forwarded this letter
to InspectorGeneral Thomas H Barber with
orders to Investigate and report Gen Barber
tatlon directed Major Montant t carry on the lanes
Major Montant called upon the Brigade
Judge Advocate Major Henry van Dnter aad
rsausstsd that summon be issued immedi
ately for Oapt Patrick J Morgan ot Company
H tl and ideut penis J leery Uorgeant
ONeill Sergeant Kelly and Privates Gamin
and McBride The men were directed t ap
pear at tine armory at 8 oclock on Friday
llna Major Montant was on hand ready
for bu Maor Is said that Llaut raJ
Un bad received no notification tbat charges
were being preferred against him but he was
bribe armory
The charges signed Gamin had just ben
read when Gain sprang up and pronounced
tbe letter a forgery His announcement
created consternation
eratO
A forgery did you a said the Major
Do yon moan to deny writing tb lelr Maor
yes cried Gamin 1 do Furthermore
her Is a postal card which I received today
from tno regimental clerk telling me If I cared
anything for the friendship of Llout Me t
Longhlln to keep away irom here tonight
aWAJ
Regimental Clerk Charles Kelly was sent for
When Kelly arrived and saw the postal card
be pronounced It a forgery to
All the other witnesses who cams In answer
t tbs summons testified that Lieut 10
Lpughlln was a man of excellent reputation
escelsDt rgutUon
MoLoughlln testified tbat be was a bartender
in a saloon on the east side that he had always
obeyed all military orders t tbs best aw hiS
ability and that be had always deported himself
ba deprtd Jhu
self s a gentleman He also said that he
could not Imagine who the author of the letter
could b This brought Major littr
Tsstlgatlon to an eliding and he Is now pre
paring his report to Usa iitzgerald
LIKE A XA1T
A Pratty Aetrese who Know How ta > eat
On aael or a Movtaai Car
A pretty actress who lives la the Steinway
district of Long Island City Is a familiar and
wellknown figure on the red line the hors
car route between Steinway and Hunters
Point Her garments are always tight fitting
and they have a jaunty air She has short
dark curly hair and dssp blue ena A dainty
pair of ankles are displayed beneath an un
usually short skirt which gives the wearer
freedom of action She is agile and full ot
eccentricities
There Is one peculiarity about her that has
made her famous In Long Island City She
jumps on and off a oar lk a man All the
drivers on the road know her As she goes
sailing by the bright colors of her dress shim
mering In the sun ask nJ one of the drivers
who one I and h will reply
like Thats a man tbs actress that gets off a on a car
le a certain hour almost every afternoon she
0
can be seen standing on the sidewalk In Stein
way avenue csolng and chatting over a rebel
lions little baby who Is held tight oTr tbs arms
of Us nurse A horse car approaches bound
for Hunters Point The actress dos not rush
to tbs edge nf the sidewalk and wave her para
sol frantically at the approaching oa Hhe
keeps sees her on playing with the baby The driver
Theres the actress that gets on the oar like
a man he says to those on the front platform
te plator
as be whips up his horses
The cargoes rattling on The acts snatches
a kiss from her baby skips out Into tbe street
catches bold of tbe railing on the naT platform
as the car goes bowling along and this next
tR nlxt
te aonl
Instantsbs is on the platform throwing kisses
to the baby which Is still struggling in its
nurses arms back on she sidewalk The whole
performance is executed without disturbing a
dlturblll
frlr or a rune
Sbs steps off a moving car with the grace and
ea a of a veteran railroader No matter bow
fur the ear Is i going when she wants to get off
she never calls on tbs conductor or driver to
slow up or stoptaatberlng her effects together
she slept out on the rear platform outs a
wary eye ahead balances herself and steps
off always with her face toward the horses l
She has never been known to stumble or miss
her footing The drivers on tbs road ban a
great admiration for her and none of them
would run the risk of offending her bJ stop
ping their car to let her on or oiL
At certain times of the day these cars ore un
comfortably crowded Should tbs actress hap
pen to be on tbe car at such times she will Invariably
Ims
variably bs found standing tbe wi
nrlabl foune I on rear plat
guards form holding fast to one of the Iron window
I lIUIN1 YLU ON GROWTH
I In Ten Tear the Realty Baa ala la
Value More Than 81800
BAKOOB March 15The Maine State Valua
tion Commission has mode Its final report to
the Legislature after an almost continual ses
sion of eight months The Commission has
raised the valuation of the Stats about SI per
cent from tbs figures of 1881 Aroostook
county shows the largest gain over 100 per
cent and Hancocks valuation baa Increased
In nearly the same proportion tbe gain being
principally in estates at Mount Desert and
other summer resorts In 1881 the estates of
Maine were valued at 228030806 and the
wild lands at 79i80GO a total valuation of
235078710 In 1601 tbs Commissioners find
Mates worth t291513743 and wild lands
valued at 119129618 while gross and timber
on this public domain Is estimated to bs worth
U6092a total ot 1309323102 showing an
increase In the ten years of t7834i3B
The increase Inthe value ot wild lands has
been remarkable more than Hi per cent In
ten years The assessors returns give the
number of horses in the State ail0250i three
yearolds 7853 twoyearolds 11551 > oxen
35308 threoyearolda 328U7 twoyearolds
47172 yearlings 4U477 cows 141870 sheep
34B89H swine 37205 Portland is the wealth
lest oily being valued nt I37ujtl80 Danger
ranking second with valuation of I11U77011
Lowlston with all Its mills falls 133000 be
hind Danger Augusta fourth iu order has a
valuation of 18162360 a gain In the past de
cade of 67 S percent Portland shoWs a gain
of 24 > i percent Lowlston 27X end Bangor
39 H percent Among the smaller places show
ing phenomenal sains are the town of Lien In
which la I located Bar Harbor and tho recently
chartered city of Watnrvllle the first having a
valuation of 501efifl a gain of 7tW per cent
amos 1B81 and the latter a valuation of I34BV
7U5 a gain ot 109 per cent
IB Aid of the Free Concert Society
A concert was given at the Windsor Theatre
lost night In aid ot the Society for Giving Free
Concerts and Entertainments to the Poor and
Unfortunate Nearly every neat was sold and
occupied and the lower boxes worn filled
Among the artists who volunteered were Carl
Lanor Master Irving Pioover tbs Wltraark
brothers Miss Settle BlumeStern Mrs Ida
Uortada James Gordon Kmraonn and Miss
Henrietta Maiksteln the pianists The last
played Llszta Grand Fantusle and for an en
core Tho Union Mr Lansr1 violin solos
the Wltmsrk brother Miss bterne and Mrs
Curtada were all recalled
Judge Henry M Ooldlocle made a speech In
which he urged the stippoit of the society
The first free cnncurt will le 1 given on Thurs
day evening March 213 at Pythagoras Hall
tine ienopti on April 1 at Moennutchor Hail
the third at Turn Hall cud tbo fourth at the
Lyceum Opera House Appll < atloas for more
than athouMtiid tlckotx for the Sirs concert
imvo been received by rite directors
lie Knew III Won Wunnt the Thief
Harness valued at about tlO was stolen 01
Friday night from the table of Thomas
Francis of 417 West Tirentyilfth street It
wa found a few doors away In the room of
Catherine Hagan who said it bad been left
then by a stranger William Dicing was
arrested on Saturday on suspicion being tbs
thIef He was locked up In tbe Twentieth
street police station and Mrs Hagan was no
tified to cull and identify him About the same
time lllchiird liieUntfs visited the station and
beitced the eneiuil to lei lili eon go free Ha
Wits telliOL him what ounit itttrlworltlng boy
Millie ties when Mr ilacuu entoid AHUIMIU
lie ItlevluKx COW hire llnuun lie iuade a break
for the Hiiset und bad travelled six blockube
foiebe was captured Hn was taken hack to the
station und positively Identified by the woman
55 the man who left the harness with her Ths
ov was discharged The father was hell la
Jefferson Maikaf flstldIT for sJcsBlnaUea
jnnrv or TDK WAM fairs
The BenalaKton Se Have s New Trial
Secretary Tracy M the Yard
Secretary Tracy paid a short visit to the
Nary Yard yesterday After a call upon Bear
Admiral D L Brains the commandant he
made a detour ot the ships now In eourss of
construction and also of the shoos Speaking
ot the failure of the cruiser Bennlngton to de
velop the required horse power bs remarked
that the contractors would bs allowed to have
another trial and that It was probable they
would take advantage of this and try to Im
prove the record of the ship One of the offi
cers of the Trial Board said
It will bs remembered that several of the
flew vessels have had more than one trial the
Petrel having had as many as four Ths trial
warn conducted and managed entirely by men
employed by tbs contractors and the navy
officers were on board as Inspector
0 The engines worked excellently and tbs
reason that the hones power was not devel
oped no doubt lies with the boilers and the use
ot anthracite Instead of bituminous coal The
latter generates steam better than anthracite
and it has been used In all other trials except
ing that of the Concord The report first made
that the Bennlngton had exceeded the horse
power required was due to the desire ot giving
out an soon as possible approximate results
The four hours of trial waadlvldod Into sixteen
parts and one of these parts was taken M tIre
average and the Indicator cards for that part
snowed the excess of horse power reported
But after the Indicators wero corrected and the
result worked ont n deficiency was shown
With better coal a bottsr result may shown
The almost worn out wooden wnrvesael Lan
caster upon which much money has been spent
In repairs In the past six months Is to be the
flagship of the Asiatic squadron It has been
rumored that such was to be distinction
and the rumor has also been dented but its
flagships alone enjoy the luxury of a chaplain
in the wardloom mean and as the liar A C
Hsnsley has been detached irora the Dale at
Washington and ordered to the Lancaster
thlsls a confirmation of the rumor Then too
the flagship Omaha which was ordered to pro
ceed from Yokohama to Panama recently to
receive a nsw detail of Officers and crow will
not go back to the Asiatic station
as originally Intended Orders has boon
sent to Panama for her to proceed
to Mare Island Navy Yard to be put out
of commission The Lancaster bad her dock
steam trial on Tuesday and she will be put
Into commission In a few days and then come
to Nsw Yerk for her final lilting and ammunl
nltlon prior to sailing for the Kant Indies hv
way of the Capo ot Good Hope The I on cas
ters last cruise was In European squadron
front which site arrived at New York on Aug
Capt Edward E Potter will be the new com
mander ol the training ship Minnesota as the
successor to Cant Gilbert C Wilts who trait
detnebrd nearly two months ago and assigned
to the command ol the Boston Cant Potter
has been the Governor of the Naval Homo on
the banks of the Bbuylklll for three years
Ho will be relieved there on March 31 by Capt
Henry trben and will take command ot the
Minnesota on the following day
The old war ship Monoucnhela which re
cently arrived from San Francisco at Ports
month Navy Yard has been undergoing re
pairs at the Portsmouth yard and will come
hero tn a week or two to be fitted out for ser
vice In the training squadron HUn will proba
bIT bs put into commission before leaving
Portsmouth She will bo commanded by
Commander James H Hands She In one of
the old sailing ships of the navy bark rigged
and 2100 tons displacement She was on the
coast of Peru nt the time of the tidal wavt in
1868 and was attended She wan catnlni
coal and ships stores to Samoa at the time of
the disastrous hnrrloano there In March 1889
but she was a thousand miles away
Alf INTERRUPTED QJL3IS
The Police Break Into aCntaeee Gambling
and Oplnat Des
There is a Chinese den at 104 Park street In
k onestory building over the door ot which is
tho name of Yuen Lung A constant stream
of Chinamen cams and went from the place
last evening while Detectives Prtco and
Scblrmor stood across the street and watched
the place A dozen policemen were in waiting
round the corner
Detective Price knocked softly at the door
No answer He knocked again
Who there V cam a voice from within
Open the door John said Schtrmer I
want to smoke
You lone
No replied the detective Ive got a
friend with me
Then me no open
But that didnt make any difference to this
detectives When the door wasnt opened from
within they opened It irom without throwing
their united weight against It
Eighteen Chinese opium smokers and gain
bIer were surprised by the abrupt entrance ot
the detectives Six ot them were enpeclally
annoyed for they were just at the exciting
point of a game of fantan about a table that
was tittered with Chinese coin and gambling
Implement and they didnt want to be Inter
rupted The others took things more or les
oalmlv because they were stupid or asleep
from the effects ot the opium ripe
Tbe room into which detectives broke was
divided into three compartments in the two
smaller of which tire smokers lay about on
couches The gamblers wore In the larger
pen When the drowsy smokers were aroused
the policemen were called in to take them off
lo the Elisabeth street station and the detec
tines followed with the layout Some 600
Chinese coins and 60 cents In domestic silver
were seized also the dice bowl and other Im
plements and six pipes and twenty small
opium lamps
Capt Brooks looked the prisoners up for the
night The proprietor and one or two of Jiie
customers are New York Chinamen The
others were from Brooklyn and Jersey City
STRUCK DUXB WHILE BLASPITEMDfa
Strange Story of a Tonac Man Who Caned
the Church
Nrw Hjvvxy March Superstitious peo
ple among the French Catholics In this city
ore wondering over the fate whlchlbefcll Louis
Le May last Monday who they claim was
stricken dumb for blasphemy Tho Bev
Father Lacusso of Montreal had opened a
mission In St Louiss Church and bo bad
preached an eloquent sormon telling the peo
ple to recall the wandering and careless mem
bers of the church to their religious duties
011 yon know any one said the speaker
that is a Catholic and should come to this
mission remind him of it and tell him to look
to his souls welfare while yet there is time
This aroused the missionary spirit In his
congregation and Louis La May wau one of
the recalcitrant CHtbolii who was apprnnched
to go to church Hu has nut been to church In
a long time and being a good fellow bin
more devout corellglonlsts enoavored to In
duce him to renew his vows of allegiance to
the Cathellu faith Le May respondod to these
rndeavois with Rulkiness His duty was urged
upon him when he beiame enraged and said
To hell with ths mission and then he be
gan 5 profane tirade cursing the mission tim
Church the prleBts the Popo and evert thing
connected with the Church Suddenly hetgrtw
rigid his arms twitched convulsively and be
gasped for breath He endeavored to speak
but he could not utter a word Ho was stricken
dumb Mnca then bo has grown n little bet
ter but he can yet articulate only a little Tim
doctor nay he had a stroke of paralyxU
brought on by his excitement but the Fronoi
Ciithidles look upon It its K lsltatlon from
Ood for blasphemy The story Is known to
every Catholic in tire city and the mission has
been crowded every day since
A Great Coatpaaya New Departure
The Title Guarantee and Trust Company has
added a now feature to Its business of groat
advantage to investors whose hobby la real
estate It has opened a trust department and
will receive deposits with especial reference to
funds awaiting the purchase of real ostate or
investment on mortgage
Depositors who desire mortgages will then
t > e supplied as quickly as iiotslble through the
companys facilities for securing good mort
gages Tbe plau should prove a very efUcleut
one for providing Individual lenders with such
mortgages as they desire
bunk on the East Tenth Street user
The big new Iron tug Intrepid belonging to
the New York and Now England Terminal
Company while coming down the East Hirer
yesterday struck on a rest opposite Tenth
street and stove A big bole In her bow Sbs
sank until her decks acre nearly flush with
he water Her Caploln and crew were taken
off by row boats The Baxter Wrecking Com
pany started to pump her out In tbs afternoon
and may get her afloat today
Burke TrIes Suicide Another Way
John II Burke a veteran of the war who
was until six weeks ago employed In the Firs
Department machine sboia In Went Third
stioet unscrewed the cap of a nan pipe In his
heurunni two Sundays ago and lay down to
die His 12yeurold boy Charley found him
out and he WM prevented On Saturday night
be swallowed Paris green and died in tit Yin
psnts Hospital yesterday afternoon Alter
Wflk ° fg SrtVL Lbs ire Joarmen As
BARONDESS IN A BAD WAY
jrojur ottAnass or acrotmoir MAID
TO aa XKADT JTOB HIM
Keaawklle He I la Jail U Befkalt ariTara
Ball sad Tker I a Talk ef a Sink
aed Boycott Against She Oosa lalaaa a
Plight af Liberty Hall flekwarta
Joseph Barondess the leader of the striking
cioakmakers passed the greater part of yes
tsrday and all of last night In Jefferson Market
prison In default ot 19000 ball on two
charms of extortion He was arrested
on Saturday after he bad given lloooo
ball at Jamaica on the chart of excit
ing a riot The present complainants are
Abram Fopkln ot Popkin A Marks at 478
Broadway and William FUchell of FlsehtU
Broft 893 Broadway Both oomplalnanU art
cloakmnken doing a large business They
neb swore that during a strike at hit shop
Barondeas called on him and demanded wou
In each case after considerable haggling a
compromise was elTeoled for 1100 As soon as
the money warn paid the employees returned to
work <
Mr Fooktn made ont a check on the Me
chanios and Trader flank In favor of Cloak
makers Union Ho 1 Barondess refused to no
copt It unless made parable to himself Mr
Popkin altered the chock as desired Besting
the endorsement ot Barondess and the stamp
of the bonk where It had been cashed It was
pinned to Mr Fnpklns complaint MrFlsch
ells experience was the same Ills check on
the Nineteenth Ward Bank was affixed to his
complaint
Barondess was arraigned Jefferson Market
yesterday and pleaded not guilty Lawyer
Moss asked for an adjournment He appeals
Justice McMahon toruukolho ball light rar
ing that his client was already under HOIMO
bonds In an Adjoining county anil that there
was no danger of his running away Its
maximum Penalty for the crime of which fie
wa accused was only five years and nominal
ball was all that was requisite
KxJndKu QlhlerMrcva for the minuVinr
tag cioakmakers thoiuiht that the trill l > with
out being excessive could he made RUUIrlrntlx
heavy tu oomuol Baroudttiisa Preiene for
trial Ho was a most important PSlsaniags >
able to employ the ablest iOiinH ItuhMniitcf
States unit the acknowledged lendnr ol IKK
men Ho had been ebb to fluM 110000 tail
without any troiblo nnd would Uoulitlo
furnish our amount that the court should con
iidur jUHt nnd reasonable
Hail was fixed at 8000 on eah of tho two
charges and next Thursday was namti l a tim
dar examination lhirondi looked slct
and ill at eio Ho was pnprly dre ssd nnj
wore a pink fluutiol shirt nnl l no necktie liu
long hair wns uubrut < hcd arid his chin tint
checks shovvod uo Bison or having Ixe i
touched by a taor In n nce < vlian lie wm
taken to the hall outsMn tIre conn rr < om lo
await tile arrival nf bondsmen hi > walked i > p
uiii down excitedly talking to himself roil
beating Ills bront wh his clenched hmu
Onctu Ito went to the water cooler uud diet a
cup ni water and emptied It on hl head lie
tectlve lleldrlliont said that lie had ins i
tim previous night nt ivilvo Hoiidiiuaitfr <
In alternate applls of weoplnjinud ravin He
h id told Inspector BITIKM atoll BOM of
despair that if ho only trot < > ut or hl prn ent
trouble hit would leave HIP State end return to
hit machine as a workman He hurt hv > n
happy when poor and unknown hut l Mnci > lit
hud become tim lander In a trou labor move
ment ho had never known a happy hour
A ball committee npimlnte I nr the ilni
Outtiire Union and roMRlfllng otTiipiib ° nln > n
David Bevel k lluiko oat l Hollli nvorkrl > l
hard to procnto bonitmti but proriticnrl n > in
who nunlllled Justice Mo > ialiniiallm V7nlin
an hMir and a hall after the adioariimnntoth
court locked up the PHPOI R In lb disc neil went
homo Hoenlil that if l > nn ismn carrie lo his
house hn would avail himouli of hInt nfctlon
of the Uodo that gave him fortyolKht lions
lu which to examine Into their eolvonrr
Detective Heidelberg rcporlot thit four
other complaints of extortion were In In
spector Byrness possession and that If Ban
ondcss Wore ivlonsed on bull other warrants
Would be applied for und bo would be rear
rested Ho lurthor nlnnteired ho Mnlement
that the prisoner would lie tried and convicted
within three Wfokh Inspector llyrne In anx
ious that all ilouk maniifactuiori or others
who may have paid tribute should communi
cate with him
The Urst bondsman brought to qualify
wait Max Schwartz Mr tobwnrtz testified
that he was the owner of Liberty Hail a
loon and dance ball at 257 and 259 East Hous
ton street He tiotight the land for 20UOO
and spent S18IKX on the building lie consld
eted It worth as It stood J42000 He dmlttel
that It was mortgaged for 33000 and as was
rejncted Mr tchwurtz was the author of this
remarkable letter which reached Justice Mc
Mahon belote the opening of cour
near YORK March 18 1SM
To Iht JuaatortM Jestrtn Market PolICe blot
Toes unseen I am catted upon tn KIT bill before yes
this mornlnxror Mr Bumnilm Tht chart Is for ot >
Ulnlni monT Irom cloak m nnr clurer 80 1 M i
Schwartz Ut you kindly not In accept mr bali whrnt
am called upon atl roaldnotrefiu the parly > klnllr
help nrc out or the dilemma By to dolnjc you ublln
UAK bcuiT4RTr
Mr Robwartesald last nlsht that It wan Im
possible for him to retiree Mopsrs Febrer and
Joseph Weiss when they asked him to go tail
for Unrondesft He knew that If he wa ac
cepted as ball and ItaronduxB did not appear
he would be Irretrievably ruined No se urltr
was offered him for his risk He bad already
lost 42000 by acting as a bondsman He lost
1650 in that way onlylastweek He bad written
to the Judge In a nt of desperation
Iopkln A Marks and Flscholl Eros were
notllled yesterday after leaving the court that
unless they withdrew their complaints they
would have to get ready their spring goods
without any union loiikmnlior Any manu
facturer they were Informed who took part In
the prosecution of Ilurondss would tie t boy
cotted tiy the friends of labor uulona The
threatened men said they did not know who
had glveu them the warning
The Executive Board of the CloakmaUcro
Union held a secret meeting atlRSHnwerr ias t
night It was reported that they were going
to order a strike In the shops of the manu
facturers who had had Barondeas arrested for
extortion
The Central Labor Federation spent three
hours In executive session yesterday consider
log the situation of tim cloakmuuuis The
general sentiment seemed tn be tbar llirondf
and his asaoolatos were the victims < > In
spector Byrnoss porfeoutlon Acoinm ttecof
ten was appointed to sssist l the ictuthe
Committee of the cloakinukoia In any Coors
that It might adopt
One of thin delegate of the Clou1emsker
Union related what bad happened a 1niTi > rsnn
Market tt lien be > old of Mr 8cliwnru > letter
a bowl of Indignation arose Tee IVderatioit
pasted a resolution declaring Mr Shw < rt to
be a heartless men and placed a ban oil nit
Liberty Hall This ball H I the meeting nlnoe ol
many labor organizations on the east silo
THE Kur tin JiftCFjjtCAr
Pastor Flttenger Returns and Decide
Against OrcaaKt Vnlenttiir
The trouble In St Pauls Episcopal Church
of Glen Cove between the Itqv Mr Mncliu
land the rector pro tern and Organist George
V Valentine was temporarily settled yesterday
by the return of the Itev L MuK Fittenger thin
pastor of the church Three months ago the
Ilev Mr Pittenger got a leave of absence
which was to expire March 1 Before leaving
be arranged with the Her Mr MacFarland to
occupy the pulpit until his return Organist
Valentine and the temporary rector did not
get along well together
The hey Mr MacFarlaud It Is said under
took to manage the choir in opposition to Or
ganlst Valentine who claimed entire control
overIt Finally one Sunday niornlnu urcsn
1st Valentino directed all the choir buy to
leave at the beginning of communion services
At a specilied time he closed the oreau
locked ft and lelt the choir followed hy
five of the boys Toe otheis remained
The vestry thou held a meeting and decided
that It was for the I en Interests of the church
for the Itev Mr JIaciarlnnd to leave This he
refused to do A committee of the vestry thsa
walled on lilhop Llttlejohri who said he had
no authority over the rector pro tern Mr
MacFarland ProHbed as usual tile following
Hunday despite the decision or the vestry
Vllraot Cox who wits dismissed from the
choir by the Itev Mr 11tt nger for making sa
alleged slighting remark concerning u volun
tary Performed by Organist Valentine at tbs
service one morning presided at the organ
The congregation was very small that duy
Lan week It was reported that should Mr
MacFarland attempt again to nil the pu pit
he would find the church doors locked
ngalnst him This step was rendered
unnecessary however by the return
of Faster Fltteiiger He preached tO
a large congregation while Mr lox presided
at the organ Alter hearing both sides of be
cpntroversy It Is said Faator Pltungsr deold 4
that bis substitute Mr MaoFarland bad act 4
properly In the matter lie got an sddlUonul
leave of absence and It Is understood that Mr
MaoFurland will remain In charge until bs
returns
The Blggeit Dec la CoMcetlent Dmol
WIKSTKD Conn March 15The harped Joz
In western Connecticut died In this plue Oil
Friday He was owned by Spencer Coo nlio
valued him at 1800 He was the longest tallest
and heaviest of any of his ripe ever seen her
and was moreover the beatnatured dog la
town lie was a Bt Bernard His death was
caused by atumor on his neck wblo grpdq
dsatb closed his windpipe and strangle w ci
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