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T lv I ' $ 1 VbbbH ' THE SUN, THURSDAY. JANUARY 7,' 1832. ". " 8 fl J &WENGLANDINNEWHANDS I CORBTS ELECTED PRBSIDBXTAXD PAR- I SO.VJ i4 DIRECTOR. I Mr. Farioaa Mar Mave tndlvldaat Coatrol, M nt Be Shares It wllk nil rrlende-The . New Englaad Will Pnrene a TIonaa 'I roller and Form Alllaneee-rareoas'a I Hklll la BnlldlBB V Hallronde. I Tho ohange In the management of the Now York and New England llnltroad Company. which waa predicted In those column, whs formally announced yesterday, alter a moetlng of tho Board of Directors In this city. Charles Parsons. ex-Prosldent of tho Home. ttater- townanaOgdensburgimllroiid.nndhlsfrloiids are now in control Tho resignations of Directors Jonas II. French, a W. Sinclair, and A. W. McKosson of Boston, were submlttod to the Board and wore accepted. Messrs. Austin Corbln nnd Charles Parsons of Now York and F. H. Prince of Bos- ton wore elected tosuccocd the retiring dlroo- tors. The resignation of Mr. J. A. Bostwlck. H n President of the raad, was also accepted. nd Mr. Corbln was elected In his place. Mr. H Bostwlck becomes Chairman of tho Board of H Directors, which office was created for him. I Tha appointment of Mr. Oorbla as President I waa a surprise to many, but It was taken to mean that the Now England-Long Island alliance will be continued: also that the No,w England will both extend Its systom. and thnt It will establish relations with companies with which Mr. Corbln Is known to be ln- fluentlal. It is said that the appointment of H Mr. Corbln as President was made a condition H by Mr. Parsons before ho doclded to take hold H of the property. The purpose Is to have at the H head of the Now F.ngland road a man of H strong exocutlve ability, with unlimited capacity tor work. Whether Mr. Parsons, by his recent actjulsl H tion of stook. individually controls the road H and has invited Mr. Corbln and friends to help H him manage It. or whether they are all large H holders of stock, will, in time, become clearer. B The remarks that Mr. Parsons has dropped B among his friends would indicate that he B wants a road that iio and his sons I can eontrol. just as they did the Borne, I Wutertown. and Ogdensburg. Mr. Parsons voriflod the story published In The Suh rfbout I his purposes in connection with the New Eng- land Railroad, but he stated that he had no I intention either of fighting or consolidating with the New York, Now Haven and Hartford I Railroad. Those who are familiar wlth.Mr. I'arsons's shiewd deal with the New York Con tral will understand his quiet and uncon- corned manner. This is tho way he expressed his entrance Into the New England manage- B meet: " Home weeks ago I bought a email amount of New England stock, and since then have hoon invited to join the Board of Directors. I hare been Interested In the road for suoh a short time that I really know llttlo ot Its actual affairs and operation.", ... , . B This is what Mr. Corbin says of the deal: "I am a. thorough believer in the future ot. the New England property. I have a large ln B tore st In the stock, and I tako hold of it to make that more valuable. There Is no truth In the statement that a policy antagonistic to the New Haven road will bo adopted. We are in the field for business, and expect our proper share ot it; but there is plenty for both, and I we shall aim to work in harmony with all our neighbors. Thero are some further develop- meats to be made in the wayot neweonnoc- t ions for New England, but I cannot talk about them now." Mr. Bostwlck said that they would start inat once to make a first-class road out of the New England property. Connections would be mode with certain railroads in New Jersey, he said. and the New England road would have an In- dependent entrance into New York city. He said that it would not come in over tho Har- lorn, but ho volunteered no definite infornia- tion. The threat to parallel the New Haven road Is not a now Idea, but btlll Mr. Parsons and his friends may open a good many eyes. Mr. Pur- sons threatened to parallel the Now York Con- tralln two different directions. I Klnco the Itome.Watortown. and Ocdensbiirg I deal with tho Vnnderbilts. ho has boon regarded I at one of the shrewdest railroad managers in I Wall street. Ho has had romarkable success I in building up railroad properties, taking hold I of them when their stock wns worth lltttle or I nothing, und their bonds woro kicking about tlio street When ho and Vice-President C H. H Day wont Into tho Home rona in lVti'J. the com- (nonstock was Belling at less than 20. When Mr. Parsons leased the road last year to tne Now York Contral It wns worth 115. Mr. Parsons did uot begin Ids railroad csreer until ho was 50 years old, when ho turned up as a member ot tho Reorganization Commit- tceof tho New Jersey Midland, now the Now York, Susquohanna and Western. He was Chairman of the Purchasing Committee, and later tho PreBldont und Treasurer. When ho entered the directory of tho Home road in 1 WJ it wns rendy to go Into tho hands i( n ro- cehor with a big floating debt. Instead of al- lowing this to liappon tho bondholders and stockholders, largely through Mr. I'arsons's efforts, camo to an understanding. The prop- eity was reorganized aud tho bondholders agreed to accept u lowor rnto ot Interest, At that time tho Homo system was much smaller than it Ih now. Tim Dolaware. Lackawanna and Western had controlled tho Home road for n number .of years with u very small amount of stock, bo- cause thero was no opposition to contort tho reflection of Samuel Moan's board. There J was no llttlo surpxixo when Mr. Parsons In J :mh:i put In a board without a sltiglu 1).. L. and u. worn bor on It. Thore had been no previous Intimation of a change. Mr. Fnrsous has had J ihd control In Iih hands over since, nntll he Bl loosed It to the New York Central at-rds own J price. Ho rounded out tho system by numor bm pus accessions, tho principal ono being tho J Utlca and Black 1th or road. J Tho audorhilts soon saw thnt If they ho nod H tocontrolt lie situation In northern Nework tttey must buy out tho Homo road. Mr. Parsons was making alliances right nnd IMt.lind ho threatcuod to build sovornl parallels in order the bettor to got his share of the busi B H6.".'.- Ihjswus tho way it looked: but. as a B Pw0' 'vct' ?,n l arsons moroly wanted to B ?' i " roni1, unJ nV017 luov that he made was i? !?J'r.'IB? "P"n theNow York Central that if ajj it aiant take tho Homo road somebody olse might. I Ao"1 that time President Van Horns of tha m Canadian Pari lo dropped down to New York ire,2,,iel"'y' u"d, bo uppeared to bo exceedingly BJ ri?x.l6U8 ,', build or buy u lino Into thin city i!Jat,ffiuW1',lBlie ,h' company on a lovel with I I lit 2tRB.rmtrunr: Hne5. The Canadian Patina iill t traffic aJllanco with tlu Home load, oyer I which and the Ontario and Western Mr. Van IlIB " roaU carried its Now York business. KUL" w.ttB natural , to asKume thut Mr. Van Ji?."Le D'i!t buyorleasp the Homo road, inns B flffivl "JjI nj?de excollent coiinectioni with the Lanadlan l'aciQc. B Jr. Parsons made the most of theso appear- B f.2' nnd Jlr. Van Homo seoinod to help Mr. h8J.,onb.?utwlt.h''ls came. Tho result was B !Ra. ,botil gentlemen made a far better doal I than they could have done Independently. Mr. BJ v5 J Wijue a deal with tho Vanderbllts I wo rate with the West Shore at a very low I miLilhSan,8d.l?ni,'lclflolrot.t.n nome'road It M'.d "1?.w ork Contra wou Id be a heavy ISfflxi1 U .8aldkt,,n.t ,lla Vanderbllts made sev I J. ttl;?Ef,r.'or th,? ,.l0,D8 ,r0ttU but Mr. Parsons S,??i.out '?.r.a higher prlco,nnil thoreupon be- Bl i.?fk c5n.1r"1, threatened to para o tha ,V SI :a!JiP'ack, .'L'J "allroad. 1 15 most vol Bl ,j,'?'J?.rl1lonP' the Home aystom. Vice-Pros- ident Webb travelled oer the lino of tha paper road, the Mohawk and & Lawrence' In nsld.wlnter.and Imuglit a !t "r tJiraihnl property In Watertown. MnsBnioctlnirsofthe fownspeoio woro held, nod the New York tentral olnrora were welcomed with open U f,r?iK, f r'uu" otl'or di'inonKratlons took f , aii i.fi,e,nWp??i "''".' 'r. l'arhons New York Cent'- Lr,," I n.XriVi!f wponded with ttill mora vlgor- ftJ5.te?iha2 tnfi,PPaxent deal with the another Western outlet Ha placed orders for 1,000 new cars and now. rolling stook. and he snld that "ie. mnmsnt tho Central paralleled tho .Utlca nnd Blnok Klvor road, ho would ex tend the Homo rotd to a connection with the Fltclilmrgrond. , . -Mr. ltorsons iinally carried his point, and the New YotlrCuntrnl leased the Home system for a guaranteed dividend nf II por cent on the ox luting stock. A xtock dividend of 'JO per cent wns deelnrod. so thnt tho guarantor d dividend amounted u 5 nor cent, on tho present Issue, tilnco Mr. Parsons uot oontrol ot tho Home mndin lH8.1ltlmsnnld44.Vpor rent, in divi dends. 24 .' per rent, holng In cash. As boforo Intimated, thu mnrket vnluo ot tho Homo stock ndvAneed nearly HXI points In eight yonrs, . . Thero Is a good deal of curloMty ns to what Mr. Pawons's purposes aro In roferonco to the Now England Hnllmnd. Mr. Parsons says thnt he wants to Install lili sons in a growing prop erty. They nro regarded as careful nnd Khrqwa railroad men. Mr. Parsons Is onlyUX but ho looks nldor. and ho talks to his friends about. 'retlrlnir from actlvo work. Tho Homo deal, however, tins convinced them that he Is tlll In his prime, and ho is lust ns ready Aover to undertake tho rehabilitation. of a railroad or tn ouglncer ndenl. Although Mr. Panonndenlos any such Intentions, thero is n lurking suspicion that ho may sometime mnke It. worth the while ot tho Now Haven Company to buy tho road it has so ofton refused. IOWA CESTHATj aimustmest. Tha Heonraalsatlon Committee Decides to Allot Commoa Trvaannr Slock. At'a meeting ot the Beorganlzatlon Commit tee of the Iowa Central It was decided to allot within twenty days, the common treasury stock toVhleh those who paid their assess ments on coupon debt certificates, first nnd second preforred, and common stock are enti tled, under tho bondholders' agreement tho common' stock representing, an amount that would have been Issued it all of the old stock paid assessments. . .... The 'bondholders' agreemont provided for the distribution nmong thoso who paid assess ments of the Btock that should have beon taken by those who paid no assessments. It is. un derstood that this stock will be ratably dlstrib uted at 3H. 0. 10, nnd 15 percent, to holders of tho old securities who paid assessments, and that they will receive proferrod stock for the amount they are required to pay In. This will bring Into the treasury ot the com pany $400,000. which will liquidate the float ing debt and probably glvo tho preferred stook whatlt has earnod this year, which amounts to about four per cent, leaving In the treasury t 1.750.000 of bonds out of a total Issuo of 7.050.000. and outstanding $5,000,000 In bonds at tho rate ot $11,700 a mile. Will tha Back lataa WltMrawt Kansas Citt, Jan. 0. Tha trouble In the Trans-Missouri Passenger Association, grow ing out ot tho charges and countercharges made by the Ilock Island and Santa Fe and on account ot which Chairman Smith recently fined the Rock Island, Is not settled by any moans. The association hold a spirltod meet ing to-dny. at which criminations wore freely exchanged. The Hook Island Beems to have been in hot watorfor some time, nnd it lias been so rough ly hnndtod by tho Trans-Missouri and Western Passenger Associations that It has threatened to withdraw from both. It savs It cannot get justlcofrom tho Chairmen. It Is awaiting a decision in the matter ot immigrant commis sions, which recently came up before the Wosteru Association, und was decided against it. Tho Hock Island appoaled, and it another advorso decision is made agalnbt it its with drawal may be looked for. Itato disturbances would probably follow. SUensslaB Faiscascr Commlaaloaa. At a meeting of the Joint Committee of tha Central Traffic and Trunk Line Associations yesterday the recommendation ot the speolal Passengor Committee that the Board ot Rul ings be relieved of its duties waa not adopt ed. The Board was authorized to em ploy such additional help as it deems oxpediont nnd requisite to enforce the agree ment of Jan. tt. lbUl. As this agreement was tho result of a previous agreement made by tho Prosidonts of the Joint Committee lines. It was decided to refer tho whole subiect to tho Presidents ot the Trunk Lines and their W est orn connections. ... .... Tho boycott ot the Alton was freely dis cussed, and it was acknowledged to bo a dead letter: but some were unwilling to formally declare It off, notwithstanding tho fnct that another company, the Lackawanna, has openly gono over to the Alton. Kallroaa- Note. At the annual meeting of the Boston and Lowoll yosterday it was doalded to issue 4,000 shares of new Btock to pay for additions and improvements made by the lessees, the Bos ton and Maine. . .... .Thut section of the Trenton branch of tha Pennsylvania Railroad, botween Glen Loch andi tho Schuylkill Hlvor. will probably be opened for tratHo to-day. thus completing the short-lino link between tho West and New York. A Wheeling despatch says that negotiations are in progress botween the Baltimore and Ohio and tho Wheeling and Lake Erie roads to secure control of tho Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Company in that city. ?Lj -price is about $3,000,000. If tho deal coos through, a new east and west through line will bo established. A LITTLE FVy AT LAKEWOOD. Alfred te Cordova Takca Part ta m Jeka at - - tka Wrong; Ead. The guests at tho Lakewood Hotel, Lake wood. N. J., aro enjoying a good-natured laugh at the expense of Alfred de Cordova. He has a private wlro from his New Torkofflce to Lake wood, and spends the creator part ot his time at tho latter resort He also has a half-mile track at Chotolah. a stock farm near North Branch, N. J. A short time ago tho vigilant NewJorsoy law officers mulcted him $50 for speeding a horse on the track. Since that time ho has boon somewhat apprehensive re garding the time and place Jorsoy justice waa likely to strike. Of this fact hid friends at the hotel took ad vantage. It was learned that tho victim, who was In N'ew York, would arrive at the Lake wook depot on Saturday nfternoon. One ot tho omployees ot the hotel, a light-complex-loned colored man. was hired and dressed up to pereonato an officer. Then tho conspira tors, including E. h Chapln. C. C OoCTc, w. U. Wheeler, Alley Wormscr. J. Livingstone, X. 1J. Talcott. and . P. Vtodhworth. en gagod a big tally-ho. got Oeorge, Oiover Cleveland's coachman, to handlo tho reins, and drove to tha depot In great style. Tho word had beon passed around thnt whon do Cordova arrived thtro would bo sonsntlonal dovolopmentH, und about 100 persons woro In thodopot. Finally tho train puffed up to tho Hint Ion, nnd tho victim, wearing a happy Millie, alighted. He wns accnmpnnied by his wife, but she was taken u-liio byafominlno conspirator anil tho plot expluinod to her. The crowd slood off and stared coldly at da Cor dov.i.nnd his smile faded. Ilnnlly. E, B. Tal cott walked up to him, aud with a solemn, sympathetic nlr. said: "Alfi od, old man, this Is bad business; but try and keop a stiff upper Up und it may come out nil right." " Why. wha-what's the matter?" asked the victim as the color In his faco receded. At this point tlio "nollccman" approached, and la seoru tonus said: "Iliavo a warrant for your arrest lr,"at the sumo timo putting u time tabloof the Lake Shorn (oad into Cordova's nerveless band. "What for?" ho inanngodto say, "Keeping a bucket thop in tho hotel," was the ri'spnna . "Better go along with him and not make any filhv," biiggested Tulcott. Tho prisoner wanted to seo hla wife, but he was informed thnt n nlauslblo excuse had been made to hor, and he was hustled into the "He doesn't look like a hardened criminal." said man in the crowd that watched the offi cer nnd the prlsonor as they were driven nwny. Tlio tally-ho had not cono far when the pris oner glanced at tho " warrant," nnd n light broko upou hlin. Tho conspirators wero forced to glvo vent totliolrsuporessod merri ment, and with, tho remark. "Boys, tho tutti frutti is on mo. Do Cnidova joined In. Democrats UrsanUa Elizabeth's School Hoard. Elizabeth, Jan. C The Ellraboth Board of Education for 1802 organized to-ulght, and the Democrats secured oil the offices. Here tofore the Republicans have always got the Presidency, The Board has beon a political tie for several years, but It now s'anda: Demo crats 11, Republicans 0, Commissioner Ed ward Nugent Democrat, was elected Presl dent by a party vote, William H. Ryan was elected Secretary, and J. Augustus DIx Super intendent of Schools. Tho latter has held the pluro twelve years, and botn he and llyuu wuro elected by acclamation. HcforulaE 'ae Maaners orchleaift). CincAOo, Jan. 0. The North Side streetcar officials jinvo begun war on tobacco chawera who porslbt in annoying women who pationizo 'tho load. This uinnilug racli car had these placard i. placed above thu windows: I'lxti 1i not rliv loUcru. Uuery l amoliwlio UMnJ(ilitoii ih tleor iif .iur tlitu tr T ... lou don't wer dre ! you T If jrou did rou would not ipitoa lb Boor u a nutter of eltproleo. tion. CltaolhMM U ntxt to routine... tttey y. We can't be gode, but we cut be clean. Do not epll on tbe Door. Tha fhrns have raaolttd la a daoldad abate atMt 0i the auUa&Mt GARZA'S MEN HARD PRESSED VXITKD STATr.S .TROOPS ALL UKADT TO ATTACK TltBM. teste City liattera Heraair That tka la anrrcctloa la ns aa Ead-Ilurblda Ilaa Cat bo Figure la tka Oars Trenblee. Ausnx. Tex.. Jan. a Tha following de spatch from Rto drando City. Tox dnted Jan. 5, has been recetvod from Capt McNoll by Adjt.-Gen." Mabrey : " Nows just received horo that bandits aro below hero, near Havana Ranch. My company and 0 Troop aro now rendy to go through to-night and attack them at daybronk." London. Jan. (). A despatch from Mexico says: "Garza's band ls completely dispersed. It did not excood eighty In number. Garza was on Mexican soil only twice, and did not stop In Mexico mora than forty hours." Washington, Jan. 0. Despatches from tho scat ot the Garra revolution, which purported to Implicate tho Gerlcal party ot Mexico and Prlnco Iturblde with fostering tho Insur rection, are tho themes of discission In diplomatic circles. Prince Iturblde has been In Washington since last July, hav ing como to this city from Mexico Immediately after his reloass from Imprison ment for Insubordination against the Mexican Government The Prlnco Is tbe heir ot Maxi milian, and his alleged conneotlon with the revolutionary party served to Increase the In terest in Mexican affairs. Iturbtdo was Inter viewed this morning, and. when asked about his conneotlon with tha Garza plot he suld. "T know nothing about It".. . , , " Wero you Identified with the Clerical party when in Mexico?" . . .... . "I would rather not talk of these mattors." he replied. ..... .t . " Is it a fact that you are a candidate tor the ProRldoncv?" ... , "Iprerer not to say anything about It." All other questions as to the Harm revolu tion nud Iturbides's political aspirations met with tho snmo response, that he did not wish to discuss thoso matters. It was Plainly to be Been that tho published reports agitated him. Senor Romero, the Mexican Minister, was In torviowed at his residence later In tha evening about the Bituatiou in Mexico. , , "Garzo's exploits have no political slgnlfl canoo whatever." ho said. If there is a strong party backing him. would they not come to his support at this tlrao? Ho has boon driven to buy and is abouUo be annihi lated. Ah to tho Clorlcal party. 1 have no doubt that it would bo glad to see tho Liberal Gov ornmolit overthrown, but I do notbolievo tho Clericals would compromise themselves by bcf-omtng allied with such nn outlaw. I do notbolievo thore Is any. political meaning In tholenit in Garza's raids. Ho is a bold out law. That is all." Whon Prince Iturblde was montloned Senor Romero smllod and said: , , "He hns as much ohanco ot becoming Presi dent of Mexico ns he has ot being president ot the United Htatos. It would be eohler to found an empire In tho United States than In Mexico. Iturbtdo ls ti young man without tho means or following or ability to mako an attempt oven toward political prominence. He Is a pleasant gentleman socially, and that is all. Prince lturbldo is not a blood relative of Maximilian, but nn ndoptod son. The ill-fated Austrian Dukowas childless, and thought to (trengthen his empire tn the atreotlons of the Mexican people by adopting ono of tholr num ber as his son. . . , ... lturbldo's father was.. Mexican and his mother an American. Maximilian liked tlio boy aud formally adopted him. paying his parents a large sum. in conlderntlon of which thoy relinquished nil claims to tho child. When lturbldo bocamo of ago he joined tho Mexican nrniy nnd was serving as lieuten ant when ho incurred tho displeasure of President Dlnr, something over a year ngo, by his famous manifesto reflecting upon tho Ad ministration und the army. About that tlmo he asserted lilt claim as heir to Maximilian s orown. aspiring to the Prosldcnoy 09 a step ping stono to empire. For his insubordination Iio was tried aud sentenced to six months im prisonment. . ., In spite of Btrenuous endeavors on the part of his friends nnd family to have the Bontonco annulled, he was compelled tp under go tho hnrdhhip. Soon after Ilia release he came to Washington, where he hns since re mained. Ho is popular In club eirelos. Mrs. lturbldo Is well known in Washington society, having lived hero for some tlmo. She is now in Mexico, and at present is recovering from a severe illness. Her presonce there nt this timo is construed as another Indication of the complicity of the Iturblde in tho plot ot Garza and the oloricnls. . .... Gen. Schofleld rocelved n short despatch late last evening from Gen. Stanley, nt San Anto nio, Tex., stating that thore is no change in tho situation on tho border. A despatoh from Capt. Donrke nt presontin attendance before the United States Court at Urownsvillosays: "On my way horo with Longeira I tried to got information from him as to people, behind this Garza business, who wero supplying am munition nnd other war material, but he was much of tho timo under the Influence of mor phine. Ho told me some things that may bo ot value, giving names., of persons: Garza left Los Angeles WIWJ71 mon: did not wait for all who woru to como, probably hur ried from the fact thot tho Texas Rangers and Hardie knew of his whereabout. Tho day Lomreira was captured, there were still about 200 In tho band, but thoy wore beginning to scatter. Garza is said to be vory despondent since tho troops and rangers bil,vo begun to Btlr him up." ii XS ALVniCll'S 8BAT Ilf DAXUtm? The Senator Mar Becoaalder Ilia Determl. natloa Not to Be a Candidate Aeala. PitovmESCE. Jan. 0. Sonator Aldrlch's term will expire In 180H. and tho General Assembly to be chosen on the first Wednesday In April next Is to elect his sucoossor. Tho registra tion under which that General Assembly Is to bo elected Is already completed, and tho cam paign has beon begun. The Henatorhas stead fastly refused to bo oonsldorcd ns a candidate for roClectlon, but tho Republican party In this Stato is in trouble. Tho abolition of a reg-1 Istry tax and removal of the nroporty qualifi cation has greatly Inorcasod the electorate to the Republican disadvantage. W hoover shall bo the Republican candidate next spring for United States Senator will have no walkoor. Senator Aldrich said during his recant iflt to his homo that hu had long contemplated writing a lottor doclining to bo considurod ns u candidate because ot his desire to onfor upon Rome business which would socuro to him a larger net Income than his salary in Washing ton. Ho has not written tho letter bounuso of tho earnest solicitation of political friend here and In Washington. Even tho President had nddnd his persuasions to thoso o! tho Sen ator's other friend. Whilo tho Sanntor did not decloro definitely his Intention to bn a candldatoforror-lectlon. hn Intimates that ho will place himself at tlio service of tho party nt the proper time. Ho duos not llko to bo ac etified of faltering becauso of n posslblo ad vorso majority. The registration just closed shows an increnso throughout the btuto of moro than 7.000 voters. This is claimed by tho Democrats ns a marked advantage to t hem. Bnalaeaa Trenble. Robert Wclslmupt dealer In sporting goods nnd toys at 00 Cortlandt street mado an us slgnmont yesterday to Andrew J, Mooro, Rudolph Ucltzon, jowellernt7"n Eighth ave nue, has been olosed up by Deputy Sheriff Fox on an execution for $1,0'J3 In favor of F. w. Uolt.en, nnd tlio Kliorlft rcplcUned nunly all the stock. Lawyor Guorco 0. Comstoek yes terday Issued a replevin against Mr. IVIti'.en for $400 worth of watches In favor of HX Haldumaii 4 Co. , . . Tho Sheriff yesterday reoelrod nn attach ment for SliOHiicuiiist John A. llcriui. jeweller, nt 5t West l'.'.itli street In fiivur of llohuit htahl. It wuh icportud Unit .Mr. Buruii had disappeared. Lawyer George ft Comstoek yeMenlay ob. tallied an iitluehinent fur jWiOuciilui-t lienrj Kuyton, jowuller. ut 1.JS14 'ihtid uwiim. in fmor of II. A. lleiiirlch, uuliiiiug that M: Koytoiihaddihuppoured. I Judgment for 1ij.1S4 was yestei day entered ngnlnBt tho National Stoio Coinpnnv. fnrniei ly ot244 Water street, in favor ol Hluhotli II. Thomns, for money loaned from 1884 lu 18SN by her father, Thomas Harilos, who died in August. 1888. Tlio uoinpilliy WBK bilccredeil nbout throe years ago by the Thomas Na tional Stove. Company. Judgment for S'-',741 waa yesterday entered against Juerson Kaskchau in fuvor of Jacob Huppoil. Henry F. Kasschau A Co., dealers In fur niture, at 275 Bowery, had a jiidgmrnt en tered ngnlnst them n few days ngo for 41.7:r. In favor of P. Nathan A Co.. and subsequently a chattel mortgage for $1,000 held l Henry Spies was foreclosed, and he, it is mill, con tinued tho huslnchi. They succeeded Mr. Spies on September, 1SKR Tho Nyack Provision Company went Into tho hands of a recolver ychtorduvaud will close up its business. .lame Cooke, Prldent of tho company, said thnt tho only reitnon for tiiklng this courto was that tho but.inebs dues not nay. Mier Will Not riffbt Gibbon. Cuicaoo, Jim. 0. Hilly Myer decided to-day to ignore Austin Gllibonh's 'rll.illetlfTi'toflglit on the ground that the FnterrvimVi'had rol fused to pay any attention Ui,tlicV'U4liung4 Issued by theStreator boy cerul niunthsago. Slflerert from catarrh can dad relief and a acre core hy oaiac ri'i (antsy for Catarrh, all aruffteia. UBtTOAHT. Gen James 0. Bomford""6f Elizabeth died a llttlo before noon yesterday nt his residence, 110 West Jersey street Elizabeth, in his 81st year. Ho wasavoloran of the. war with Moxico and of tho rebellion. He also was In tho Black Hawk expedition tn 1832 and in tho Florida war in l&l". Ho was brevettod Major, and afterward Lieutenant-Colonel for gallant con duct in thoMoxIcnn war. Ho was noted for Ills strength and endurance. Ho was among tho first to scale tho fortifications of tho city of Mexico. Ho entered tlio war of tho rebolilon ns .Major of tho Sixth Infantry In IBM. and was ohlef of staff of Mujor-Gon. McCook In tho battle of Pcrryvltle, Ky. In this nctton. whilo rallying a faltering regiment, ho was shot thinugh tho body. Ho was brevetted Colonel for gallant conduct in thin battle. On his rvcovory ho rcturnod to soivlco and was on actlvo duty during tho rest of tho war. Hu was retliod, owing to ago. in 1874. with tho lank of Urlgadier-Geiioral. Ho married u duughtor of Uon.N.H.CInrke. another Elizabeth resident atidn eteran of tho Mexican war. His son. Capt. Gcnrgo Bomford. Is u retired olllcorof tho regular army, and lie lives In Now York. Ono daughter Is married to Major John M. French of tho United States army, while tho other Is tho wlfo of Carl Werdeneo, mi Elizabeth artist. George Ross McKrnzlo, late President of tho Blngor Manufacturing Company, died at his home, 40 Mercor Btroot, Jersey City, yesterday afternoon, of exhaustion, following. sclntlciu Ho was born in Scotland on May 12. 1S20. In 1840 ho camo to this country and obtained em ployment with Ixnno M. Slucer, tho pntoutee of thu Singer sowing machine. Ho roso from ono placo to another. Aftor tho concorn be came a stock company ho wns mndii Presi dent. Ha crossed tho Atlantic llfty-tlvetlinec. Ho retired from tho Prcddoney of the com pany in 1888. but ho contluued to boonoof the largest stockholders. Ha contributed largely toward tho building fund of tho Scotch Pres byterian Church ol Jorsoy City, on, condition that no musioal Instruments should ever bo allowed in tho building. Ho also founded the Knox Proshvtoriun Church of JerseyClty and built tho edifice. In 1845 ho married Rebecca Elseyof Beotlnnd. Shodled nbout two years ago. Four sous and four daughter survive him. The funeral will bo hold on Saturday ut 1 o'clock from his home. W. Elliott Woodward, a well-known anti quarian. Is dead In Hoxbury. When a young man he began to lecture on mnemonics. It wns ns a collector of coins and rnro hooks, however, thnt ho was best known. His series of coin catalogues Is to bo found In every lnrgo ptibllclihiury. Mr. Woodward was a member of the Common Council In 18711 and 1874, nnd served on the committee that had chnrgo of tho btreet chnngos In the burned dlstilct after tho great lire of 1872. Ho was ut ono tlmo a largo real estnto operator, and onco owned tho famous Gov. Shliloy hnuso of Hoxbury. which was built by tho English Government for Gov. Shirley and was ntteiward occupied, by Gov. r.ustls. Another old lanUinarfc. thu Swan homo In Dorchester, wns at ouu time In Ids possession. Edmund Stanford Baker, for many years a member ot tho New York. Produce Exchange died on Tuesday night at his home. 208 Lonox avenue. Heart fulluro was the cause of death. Mr. Baker was 08 years old and retired from activo work in 188J. Ho beenmo a member of the Produce Exchange moro than thirty years ago. His wifo nnd nine crown-up children survlvo hint. Funornl sorvloes will bo held at his resldunco at 8 o'clock this cveulng. Tho interment will be in Greenwood Cemotery on Friday morning. William Richards, a centenarian, died at tho homo ot Mrs. Sarah Lewis, his daugh ter, in Allkanna. O.. on Tuesday night lie was born in Wales on Oet. ill. liOl. and ouino to Americn in 1832. He was married twice and loaves eight children, among them being Thomas E. Richards Postmabter at Ztinesvitlo nnd proprietor of the 'tnnra-Hf-vorrlrr. For forty-two years ho resided on tho south side. Pittsburgh, where ho was an Iron worker. Ex-Shorlff Joseph Barton dlod In Burlington, VI., yestorduy in tlio Olid ear of hi uge. His death was indirectly duo to tho effects of a beating received ut the hands of four prison ers, three ot whom mado their escape from the jail in Burlington on tho night of Aug. 4. 1880. Tho Sheriff nover recovered from the shock, nnd suffered so much pain in tlio head that hu hud many times expressed tlio wish that death would relcaso him from distress. Dr. Robert W. Wood died at Jamaica Plain. Mass.. on Monday, aged 80. In 1838 he sailed from Hoston for tho Hawaiian Islands. The American Consul appointed him physician at tho hospital for American seuinen, which office ho held for ten years. Dr. Wood intro duced hugnr growing in tho Islands in 1848. Ho remained there until 1800, when ho re turned to tho United Status. Prince Gustav of Saxo-Weimar is dead. He was the third son of tho Ornnd Duke Edward, brother of the reigning Grand Duke. Karl Alexander of Saxo-Weimar. Ho was born in 1827. and was a retired Major-Goneral in the Austrian nrmy. Ho eontincted a morganatie marringo in 1870 with Fiorina Marcocohiade Marcainl, who. in 1872. w.ih mode Countuss of Ncupurg. Shodled in 1870. Col. Orovo Lawrence, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Vernon, N. Y.. died on Sun day, aged 80 years. Ho ucqutred tho title of Colonel as commandor of tho Oneida county regiment of Stato militia under tho old organi zation before tho civil wnr. He wai long n ruling Elder of tho Presbyterian Churclu Ho lb survived by his wife and four children. Dr. Timothy Woodbridgc.tho oldest medical pructltlonor in Youngstown. O.. died thero on Tuesday, aged 83. When ox-Gov. Tod was Minister to Brazil, Dr. Woodbridge spent bov eral years there as his family physician. From 1801 to 18I5 ho was surgeon for the Govern ment at Johubon'd Island and later ut Fort Peck. Mrs. Harriet Shannon Cook, the wlfo of William P. Cook, a contractor of Ocean Grove, died of pneumonia yesterday, after an illness of threodnVK. Miowastho youngest daughter of the Into Thomas hliaiiiion, a Brooklyn law yer, and was :! years old. Hor only child, Charles E. Cook, is a lawyer In Asbury Park. Spencor Lewis, who went from Nyack a fow months ago to Dunver for tho bonelltof his health. Is dead in the Western city. Ho was one of tho oldest conductors on the Northorn Hnllroad of Now Jersey, Ho caught a covero cold during tho great snow storm ot 1888, and it developed into consumption. James Thompson, tho well-known Importer of linens and cottons, died yostordny at his homo In this city nt tho ago ot ol years. Tho funeral will tako place ut tho Foui th Presby rlan Church In Thirty-fourth Htroot to-morrow, nnd the remains will bo tukon to Bellast Ire land, for interment. Nolson J. Fnlrchlld, long a conspicuous busi ness lualiof Humilton, 5. Y.. died on Sunday, aged 04. Ho wns for sevornl yours cashier of tho National Hank ot linmilton, nnd ho also served for n tlmo ns cashier of tho Urst. Na tional Bank of St. Louis. Ho leaves a family. Benjamin S. Wright, n noted horseman, died Jnsterdity at tho homo of lloraeoll Willis, in ledford. Mass., Iroin a complication of dis eases. Ho wns familiarly known as " Undo Ben Wright" by horsemen throughout tho country. Col. Jacob W. Stark ot Lancaster. TA., died on TiicMdiy in his sixty-third war. During tho wnr ho was commander of tho Bcventy ii i tit li llsglmont. Pennsylvania, Volunteers. Ho was a piumlnunt Mnsou nnd a 'Knight of Pythias. Albert H. Lnrwoll, for many years a well known conductor of passenger, trains on tho EaMeriiiDh islon of tho Erie Railroad, dlod on, Monday at Port Jorvls, N. Y ugud 54 yours. Theodore Pen so. vetornu lurabor merchant ol Thoniiconvllle, Conn., diod at his rcbidonce on Sunday, at tho ago of 78. Ho is survived by two Mint, .mil threo daughters. George M. Munley. formerly a law partner of ox-Seiuitiir iimiillrt. died In Summit. N. J., on 'iiiPMlny In Ids ciKhiy-flrst year. Ho ownod much ie.1 1 i"d,tto in Kunsa. Irii Hansom, one of tho oldest and best l.iiown lehfduiilHuf Heaver Falls, Pa., died on Tiio-day, aged 80. Ills widow and one son miivIw. fit pi. William J. Chudwlck. a well-known Hollaring man on the Jersey coast, died nt hunt l'leasanlon Tuesday in his sevunty-slxtli J ear. Town TmiiMiier Edward Hobartof Folrlleld (Yum., died in llml town on Tuesday. He was 77 sears old. lm was foiincily l'ostmastor. John T. Dciii I, u popular young btiine.is nan of Witvcrly. N. Y.. died on huiiduy of Ileal t iliM'use, ug il,'W)e,irs. John W, Heges. Recorder and Register of Fruul.lhi rnuiiiy, P.i dlod un I'liebdity in his IlltV-lllbt M'.ll, I"oil-lx 1 rui-e Married. Thi'io w.t.ic(debi.ltloii nt th home ot Mr. and Mis. hpaiichol of 18;i 1'cnn street. IHook ln. m Tues-ilay ulnht. Thoy had been mar iled foily.vlx yens. There was singing by Mr. W. II. Cutfliing, a halftone; piano playing by Miss Adellun Mrauit, and dancing by every body, tho uld folks included. The arrange ment nt tho nllalr hud been kopt secret from the liillur by the tlireusuuH. Charles S, Lewis anil Fiedericl. hp.inghel. At midiiiglil a sup pei was liiuiihl in, Mr. Lowls Dpanghul, who W 1'icsldcnl ol tho Long Islund federation of Pigeun 1'lyeiH, imido u llttlo speech in which lie suld lit. hoped that nil then present would lieiiL'iiln on hand loin jeuib lioncotucelebratu n ipmleii wedding. 'J'lir .cnurk Mrbonl Board r'ullulo Oramilzf, The School Hoard of Newnrl., In which there Is n tie, fulled t orsaiilu hist night. Fifteen l,vliutl!ciihh tvcio pruiut und only fuuileeii .JlmiVM'tvtp. ,il h ba(l'lj were tnUi) feu- i'resi. dent, iilul then uu jidj'UuuJocnt Ayua lud tu iio.tueek- JumesuHnya in the Republican candidate aud ilonry Klemm the Democratic. tlMBimet ewlM Machine. Call est Me ahaja, al If Bat atta at, H7w f art -Jaa i K Proof of 5uperiority. It costs more to make Royal Baking Powder than any other, because its ingredients are more highly refined and expensive. But the Royal is correspondingly purer and higher in leavening strength, and of greater money value to the consumer. Attempts may be made to substitute o'ther powders for the Royal by the grocer, because of the greater profit in them to him. If so, send them back. The chemist of the Department of Health of Brooklyn, after examining the various powders, said : "The Royal Is superior to all baking powders with regard to leavening power, economy in use, and healthfulness." BLATBItT J.V AMEHICA, Japuneee Women Held In Terrible Boadaga In Mtaltle. Seattle. Jan. 5. Tho Investigations which linvo shown the existence of slavery among tho Japanese lu Vlotorla have been followed with similar results In this city. Yostordny the first decisive stop was taken to stop tho Im portation of Jnpuncia women for Immoral purposes. Tho United States authorities learned thnt a man named Ithnkl had gono to Yokohama nbout seven months ago and pur chased threo Japanoso women of their parents for $(K) each. Ho brought them to this country, saying that ono was his wife and tho other two woro hbi sisters. His "wlfo" he loft in San Francisco and his Bisters ho brought In lids city. All threo were forced to llvn n fallen women nnd glvo nearly all their earnings to their owner, who merely allowed thorn enough for food and clothing. About two weeks ngo the girl from San Francisco was brought here aud placed lu a bouse near tho other two. Tho fuels woro extorted partly from tho women and partly from the owner, and yes terday, when the chain of uvldenno wns com pleted. Ithnkl was arrested. Tho Jupanone Consul hiisreaiicstad tlienid of the ministerial association Iipio In breaking up this system ot slavery. Tim Christianized Japanoso In Seattle, suy that all their countrymen who como to tho United Mntos as laborers aro hold In subjection by a powerlu I secret society which, playing on their suooi'stltlniis. compels them to pnv tribute. About 1,'0 Jupnneso women lu Senttlo have been sold outright by their par ents nnd brought ovor hero by their pur chasers. Thoso.liftpancse women live In the part of Senttlo known as Whlteehnpcl. which every body coming from the Northern Pacific depot or tho steamboat landlngpusses. They inhabit six rows of yellow plno cottages. The rows are about 100 feet long, and the Tittle buildings front one another und are separated by pns sngewuys about twcnty-flvofeetwido. making threo short streets. Tho place is a counter part on a small scale of tho famous district in Tolclo devoted to tlio habitations of the fallen women of tho city. No other American city, not even San FranclReo, Iish tho counterpart of this Japanoso imarter of Seattle. Tho host people of the town have long regarded Whlte ehapol as n crowning dlsgrnce. and on several occasions they have threatened to rise In tholr might und wlpo it out of existence. 3111. HAKIXS'.S ISSAXITY. Ha Ilud Been Capitalist, Politician, and i:vnag:cllet, nnd la Now Ravins Mad. Dethoit. Jan. 0. J. H. F-nklns. a sclf-stylod evangelist and for years a prominent business man and politician, has gono raving mnd through religious mania, nnd to-day wns com mitted tu tho insane asylum nt Pontine, Eakins mado over $75,000 in sinking an oil well nt Petrolia. Ont. in 1808. nnd lost nil the money in oil speculation. Ho then came to Detroit and accumulntod a fortune of over $400,000. as nn oil brokor and dealer, which hu lost during tho panlo ot 1873. Ho then bought out some patents for making whito bronzo monuments, and within a few years ho mado nearly $1,000,000. Most of this ho lost In speculation in 18S7. For several years he was an ardent Oreenbucker. and ran for Con gress in 18H4. Ho wns a powerful hpenfcer. and had ho belonged to either ot tho leading parties would hnvo achieved a great oareer. Until 18S8 Kuklns wns a pronounced inlldel. Threo years ugo ho became converted at an evangelistic meeting. Leaving his business to take rare of Ifelf, he would work in tho slums, conduct services In thest roots, nnd Im prove evory opportunity to proneh the Gospel. Gradually his mind bocamo entirely wrapped In religion. V 1 thin tho past three months ho has hud religious nianla in its most exagger ated form, but because ot his former position nothing wns done toward placing him in an asylum untilho began to grow dnngorous. Tho testimony in court to-dny showed that his latest schomo was to organize a Soul Sav ing Compnnv, with $5,000,000 cnpttal and fiO.000 shares. Ho said ho would furnish the capital, but Insisted on every one taking stock. Two days ngo he threatened to blow up W. H. Hre.irley, proprietor of tho Detroit ,ournaf.witli dynamite becauso tho latter would not sign a paper setting forth tin) authenticity of tho llilile. Ho said that unless Detroit endorsed his plans ho would blow thowhole city up with dynamite, whilo he would ho safe in a balloon. Ho recently sent for an undertaker nnd. when tho lattor arrived, asked him to bury old J. H. Knkins. ns a now J. II. Knkins had beon born. To-day ho attempted to conduct a prayer mocting in tho court room. TUB 13-ISCH XIFLBD OVX A. Final Teat to Bn Made at Handy Hook with the New Powder. Washington, Jan. ft Tho Ordnance Bureau, War Department, hns decided that a test ot tho 12-Inch rifle with tho new powder be made at tho Sandy Hook proving grounds. New York harbor, on Jan. 13, Gen. Flagler, chief of tho Ordnance Bureau, expressed great ratlsfaa tlon with the now powder recently made by tho Dupont Fowdor Company, and believed thnt satisfactory results, after several trials, had finally been attained. Tlio groat difficulty bus been to attain tho required velocity with out exceeding tho maximum pressure of J 7.000 pounds to the square Inch. It Is to demonstrate whether this result has been ac complished that the tests nro now tu bo made. It the results aro mitisfaetory tho sumo powder In large qunntites will bo ordered and the Ordnance Bureau will huvo attained the end for which they have been striving for many yonrs. In this view of tho caso tho tosts will bo watched with great Interest In ofllclul circles. Tho 12-inch gun nt tho tlmo of tho test will bo charged with a bull weighing 1.000 pounds and 400 pounds of powder. ith this charge, at an ordinary elevation, wrought Iron '4 ."Molnchos thick should bo penetrated nt the distance of one mile. At the distance of flvo miles wrought iron Hi), inehps thick should bo penetrated. The gun at tho grentcr.t ele vation ut which It oun bo llred carrlos neaily twehe miles. CKTHK AStOSO CntLDBEX. Mr. Oerrr, Anlnonjr Comstoek, aad Olkere Dleeuee Ite Cuueea. A mooting of the Prison Association of Xew York was hold nt tho association's office, liili Kust Sixteenth street, yesterday afternoon. Tho subject dlsciis.sodwas"The child crim inal." Elbridgn T. Gorry. President of the Society for tho J'rewntlnn of Cruelty to Chil dren, presided, und iiiudo an address, giving the results of his expoi iunee us to the Increase, and cuui-es fur tho increase, of crime among child! en, nnd his views us to tlio remedy. Anthony Comstoek of tho Society for the Preveutlon of Vice mndo u bpoech. in which ho declared that thoehlnl i-ausn of crimo among children was Wcloiu literature, incidentally he said thut the daily newspapers did not real ize the liaim they were dujng by publishing uccniiutsof " revolting crimes, detailing "ery circumstance lu tho most minute manner." Chailtuii P. Lewis intioduced M Paul Deschunel. who has heen heat to America by the French Government to xtudy tbe reforma tory Institutions id tho country. He rondo a nliort adriroht. In Iiench. Jlr. tiorry. In answer to u question by Mrs. Sophia Murtou. mid that uu act was being prepared for thu Legislature providing for Bpcelul sebsioiih of court lor children. The TliroikiMoriON Court Martial. At thn Thiockmorton court martial yester day. Prcbldont Jameo of the Lincoln National Bank toMilied that he had been Informed by a clerk (hut Major TluocLinotton had drawn three oliecks on tho bank and iiad no account there. Mr. O'Kolly had said he thought tho blgnaturos had beenforgod. Bookkeeper Ualrd testified that Mr. O'Kelly reported that the Major had pronounoed the signatures forgeries. The, court martial was adjourned until Satur day, whta ua iammlni up will be btfua. MISS TARROIT WAS TUB GHOST. Tka Brldfeaort Mystery Halved br a. Detec tive wko Imitated the Mapplnge. BmrxjKPOirT. Jan. ft Tho ghost which has been terrorizing the members ot the family of II. H. Jennings, 211 Main street, for a month, hns been discovered, and It proves to be Mies Mlnntn Parrott, who boards with the family, nud who is tho only ono who had over soen the mysterious visitor. Tho rapping was first notlcod more than n month ngo. Throa sharp raps woro' heard upon the Par rott girl's bodroom door, and her screams of alarm brought ,tho family to tho room to find her In a dead faint. When shu recovered sho snld aim was awakened by tlio lapping, and saw a white form In her room. 'I linn shu screamed und fainted. Thn family heard the rapplngs neaily every night, hut none but the. girl over saw the apparition. Neighbors who volunteered to lay tho visitant luw woro also frightened at the mysterious noises. Detective Cronln wns railed In by Mr. Jen nings. Ho watched Miss Parrott two days, nnd soon came to the conclusion that ho hud found tlio ghost On New Year's Duy sho wont Into tho room to change her dross. Cronln wus concealed neur by. In a fow minutes three rups wero hoard, and a second Inter the girl walked out from another room. Tho detective managed to roach tho haunted room unoh scred and rapped sharply on tho door three times und slipped iitiickly Into tlio tioxtroum as tlio girl had done. Thun he walked out to whoro tho family wero guthered. Miss Parrott wus greatly agitated, but Detective Cronln only winked ut her and said nothing. Tho next day ho tmd a long talk with Miss Purrott. Then lie called In Mr. und Mrx. Jennings, and tho girl mndo a confession. Hie hud been 111 for a month, nnd had taken large quantities of morphine. Sho said that when under tho Influence ot tho drug sho felt impelled to rap. and at first did it as a joke. When sho saw how seriously it was taken nnd tho crowds it drew to tho house sho continued tho rapping, becauso she could not resist the temptation. LOrESIAKISQ THROUGH AX IXTBR M'KKIER. A .Mexican Beanlyand Her French Adaalrer und a lleeerted Hnebaud. A brief trial of an action of Mnnnol Belstegut for an absolute dlvorco from Morccda C Bols tegul, bofore Judge Truax in the Supreme Court yesterday, showed thnt the defendant, who is a young nnd pretty Mexican, had left her husband to llo with M. Gorlbar. a French man, and that sho could only communicate with hor lover through an interpreter. Mr. Bolstegui is in business in Mexico, nnd was not In court, nor wns tho defendant, who ls In Paris. Sho nppearcd by P. M. Provost, as counsel in the case, who only cross-examined thu two witnesses of tho plaintiff, but put in no defence. They were married by Alderman William Sauor ot tho City Hull on Dec. 0. 1880. Both wore Moxlcnns, and spent much of their mar ried llfo in Mexico. In January. 381)1, a young couple went to the Victoria Hotel. Tho woman said she was the Countess de Artero. and they were regis tered as Sir. anil Mrs. Uoribnr. Somo ono sent down to thu Mexican Consulate for nn In terpreter, and Higuio Ebpinozo Was sent to tho hotel. Mr. Ksninoze testified thnt the woman snoko Spanish nnd tho man French, and that they had to communicate through him. Sho introduced M. Gorilmr to him as her husband. They moved on Feb. 0 last to the Hotel Fenix. ut 200 West Fourteonth street where ho had also actod as Interpreter frequently. She latterly told him that she hod separated from hor husband. They had a sitting room nnd ono bedroon, connecting. Mrs. Fannio Ferrer, keopor of the Hotel Fonlx. testified that they had lived there as Mr. and Mrs. Gorlbar from Feb. 0 to Sluroh lit last. Decision was reserved. COL. IIALLOU XOtT AX ALVERMAJT. He finya He Did Not Hun Away tram Bea ver The Alleged Craven C'onteaalon. Providence. Jan. ft CoL Ballon. Dr. Graves's counsel, mado this statement for publication this nfternoon: "As to tho reported confes sion ot Dr. Graves I am confident that no such confession was mado, and I am confirmed in that belief by the report which I received on my way homo from my friends in Denver. The whole thing was false. Thero was not the loast concealment about my departure from Denver, nor was thero any disappear ance. On Thursday Judge Furman. aftor being intorrupto.t by a juror, prom ised ta concludo In two hours, and District Attorney Stevens mado tho snmo promise. That would make It about 3 o clock Saturday whon tho caso would go to tho .jury. Fridny wus u holiday, nnd I consulted Jlr. Wells ns to the propriety of my leaving on Sat urday night, und ho thought it quite proper. I secured limited tieketsand berths in the sloi ers for myself nnd wlfo, Mr. Stevens, instead of proceeding with tho argument after Judge Furman hnd finished, askod for a recohs. and it was granted. It was after 0 o clock when he concluded, nnd tho tlmn was approaching when I must tnko my train. As to tho vor dlct, my colleagues ami mysolf expected an acquittal, nud woro surprised at the result. Thero is nothing I can say more than has already been said nud published." Col. Ballou was sworn In ns Alderman from Ward 11 this noon, nnd rocolved tho congratu lations of hlb many friends. HIS CAXVASS COST TOO MUCH. A Beantr County Treasurer Takea Pnbllo Money lo line la a Political Campaign. BurTAT,o. Jan. ft It wns announced yoster day that Charles J. Ball, a prominent member of the Catholic Mutual Benovolcnt Associa tion and ex-DoputyCouuty Treasurer, was a defaulter in his nceounts with tho county to tho oxtont of &0.000, and that ho hud forged a mortgage of SH.OOO to cover part of his do ftcit. Ball hud been nominated by tho llopub llenns for the ofllco of County Treasurer, and madonn expensive canvass. In addition to Ids own money, ho borrowed $0,000 from the trust funds of the county. Intending to replace It after Ida election. Ho was defeated by a few hundred votes. To muko good the ab stracted funds lie llled two mortgages, one for :i.OOOon his own propeity, and the other a foi gcil mortgage on tho propeity of his mother-in-law. Mrs. MarySchmlfz, Tho forgery was discovered by the non-payment of tliu interest on the furged murtgugo nud u demand upon Mis. be.hmllz for Its pay ment. She denied ever having mudo it. Yes terday County Treasurer Sackett made a de mand upon ox-County Treasurer Philip Stcin goettor for tho payment ol tho deficit charge able to Ball, and Mr. Btelugnotter made it good by his check for tho amount. Ball's friends uie endeavoring to have the matter settled without criminal action being brought against him. Kja rioar Mlllera' Aeeoelatloa. About fifteen members of the Rye Flour Mil lers' Association met in parlor L of tho Astor House yesterday nfternoon, fixed the price ot r o flour In barrels delivered In Now York at $.'.2." to $r.a.", subject to change with the prlco of rye, and elected theso otflcers; I!. F. Honry nf Harvey ,V Henry, Buffalo, President; II. C. Spongier of I'hathuiu Centre, N. Y Vlct-Pres-idont ; A. F. Drown of tho Fort (Jrango Milling Company, Albany, Secretary; and Col, (J. c. Lodewlckof tireonbiish. J. l Treasurer, Secretary Brown said the association was not in nny way lu becomp.irod to u triiKt, al though cun. tenths of thn Kitsteru mlllera shipping tn New York worn luumhorH, but tho organization had been lorted to adopt a uni form intu to chuck fluctuations in price result ing from an overstocked market. Thoy had been harassed recently by large shipments from tb West, when the price was knocked down from $6. 00 to as low as 4. 00 a barrel. It was denied that the association mad My , Uffipt tO WfUlata the output. APOSTOLATK Or THE PRESS. . BH A Ceaveatloa to Consider tha Saraael a, 'JnBami Cathetla Docfrtaee. tl Two hundred mon and women met yasUr- itmK day in Columbus Hall in West Sixtieth street, inmmC nenr Ninth avenue, adjoining tha Panllat B Fathors' Church, at the Convontlon ot tha 'JMaMai Apostolnto of tho Press, the objeot ot which Is 'lal to spread Catholic truth through the median H of the press. The Itov. Walter Elliott ot tha VH Paullst Falhors Inaugurated tho movement ''ami He aont Invitation to Catholic priests and lay- H men throughout tho United States and Canada, H Several States wero represented at tha Con- H vent Ion, and Canada sent a delegation. 'H Tho otorclses oponod with high mast In th H church in tho morning. Tha Ber. J. J, Kmd. H of 8t. James's Church was the celebrant; and. H he wns assisted by Fathers Cullen and Otis ot H the Paullsts as deacon and sub-deacon. Arch- H bishop Corrigan, who wrote a letter approving H Father Elliott's enterprise, occupied a seat la H the sanctuary. Ho was attended Vy Paullst HI Fathers Deshorl and Hodges. The Rev. M. J. H Lav ell e. rector of tho Cathedral, delivered tha 'HJ sormon. Ho told thu dclogatesthatthey ought HJ Itotry tomnkethc press cffoctlvo In tha ser- .M vlcoot truth. H Aftor the mass Father Elliott onsned tha amm Convention. Among thoso In the hall, which, HJ was decorated with flags and bunting, wera HJ Patriok Donohue and Catharine E. Conway ot - 'HJ tho Boston Pilot. Mary Elizabeth Blake, Louisa i - HJ Gwlney, nnd Henrietta and CharlottoDana of HJ Boston. Prof. T. F. Galway of Manhattan Col- ' HJ lege, Judgn MrGlotn of Now Orleans. William M Mnikooof St Paul, Georgo Parsons Lathrop of Now London, John McCarthy of Syraousa. M and Prof. W. (.'. lioblnson of Yale, Daniel A- - Hndtl. editor or tho Cincinnati CWholfo 7Houn. '. nud Charles Hut ler of Washington, represented the 'colored Catholics or tho United States. i , Mr. Ilutluriippctit I'd as tho representative of eami thot olored Catholic Congress In session In Philadelphia and unul tlmt tho colored Catho- taml lie. missions or tin-.South ought to be encour- kTml aired. Ho maintained that ono of the most raBWl e fleet ivo wars tow'ird making the colored pco- I'Mel pie. of the. I lilted hiutos Catholics was to eon- ' eMai vert Uin educated men of tho race. Daniel A. Wni Bponeoriinltimoroiirouglit a letter from Car- ,) dinnl Gibbons in which tho Cardinal ald that Bam1 the moss should uphold civil and religious truth ut all times, , Prof. lioblnson of Yale read a paper on "Tha aBai Attltudo or tint l-Miirnteil Protestant Mind Toward Catholic Truth." Ho said that all his relatives worn non-Catholics, and that sines eBBl ho became n Catholic thirty years ago ho Had ?bb1 associated with conspicuous Protestants in nil fmm1 walks ol life, and thnt ho found they knew IBB conipnnitivelv nothing of tlio doctrines ot tho ( Catholic Chinch. What Protostants needed IBB was knowledge, not argument. UbI "Numerous iiiMniief.," ho said, "ll along Bfl thn path or eerr intelligent Cathollo who mTfl comes into contact with tho earnest consclen- fm tious multituilu around us, nnd forces upon fM his mind tlio conviction that their great noed BBi Is light and knowledge, and that, the duty of mTfl tho Catholic ( 'hui rh toward them in their pros- TjB cut condition is tn place peforo them a correct aBfl and complete statement of her doctrine in Ian- gnngn so simple and Inlelllglhlo thatthoyenn- bbI not lull to understand. Tho day is past when iTbI attacks on so-called 'Protestant errors' can eBfl servo nnv u-eiill purpose. Any statement of Catholic truth lo ho really serviceable to tha Mw people I describe must be not only correot. but 'fM complete. A difficulty encountered in com- mrfl municating tu Protestants h knowledge ot mTfl Catholic truth arises from their unfamilfarity fm with Cuthollo terminology, and from the equal fM want ot knowledge of Protestant modes of f.peech on tlio part of Catholic writora. Catho- M lie teachers nnd writers must use words in the fm 1'rotestant sense, and must learn to announce fM Catholic trtii li in terms which convey the ex- Brfl act eonceptiuu of such truths to Protestant BsB minds. .,r all elTnrts in tho direction of their Bi eiilighteiiincnt u ill be in vain." mw David Ilenly of this eity said that an effort fM should bo made tn cot the masses intorostod fM In tlio work of the Apostolatn of tho Press, and 'Vl J. Meehun of this city advocated the establish- fM mentof a Catlinlii! dully paper In Now York. mw He said that wealthy Catholics ought to oon- 'fM trlhuto tho enpitnl. und that tho Catholic par- fM Islies nuglil tu hu taxed to support tho papor. fM John McCarthy of Syracuse oxpressod tho be- Vjt lief thnt America would bo Cathollo in the Bw twentieth centiin. mTa .T. A. J. Mchemin nf Ottawa. In a paper on "The Outlook in Canada." said that It wan fM necesenry to overcome tho Indifference ot the fM people there. He remarked that he came to -M the Convention " to learn how to use the fM ririnte J page as an nntldote to tlio Influence of tfBJ he saloons, which In Canada, as in the United Bw States, nro largely manned by Catholics, and fM aro the crcatcFt stumbllni: blockto our people. -H Miss r.li7.alicih Carey of Cambridge, for some -bb1 years n member of the Massachusetts Prison fM t'omiuisHion. read a paper in the evening on fm thn work or disseminating Cathollo lltorature fm in prisons and reformatories. Ex-.Vssistanl District Attorn oy Goff, com- menting on Miss Carey's paper, remarked that fM II religious works trnnstormod prisoners they would have heen more effective had thoy been ml introduced among criminals bofore they had mV broken thn buys, To-day another session of the Convention will he held, nt which papers will be read by fm George Parsons Jjitlirop and others. . M Fonr Pereonn Killed In m Tornado. "iBhl FATETiEviixr. On.. Jan. ft A tornado swept tlirough this village yesterday, killing lour M persona nnd seriously injuring a dorenmore. H Tho first house It struck was that of J. W. Gra M bam. killing one of his little children. Bailie M Rate, nnd completolydemolishtnghlsdwolllns;. M outhouses, and cotton gin. The school build- M Ing and part of Mrs. Brown's dwelling were f H blown down, us was tho dwelling of Mrs. Ma- I H derson. hor hon-ln-law. Mr. Will Travis, belnc carried 4IVI yards from tho house and killed. IH His wlfo. who gavo birth to a child two days nV ngo. was seriously Injured. Tho baby was not W hurt . . 'SbI T. F. Garrison's dwelling was next struok. nnd torn to pieces, ho nnd every member Ha of his family being hurt. Mr. Knox and wife. H who woro boarding at his house, were serious- ly iniurod by lulling timbers. A large frame - warehouse full of cotton next was blown td pieces. A scantling was blown through thf MM house of '1'. J. .Mitchell, and his family narrow IB ly escaped death. Tho truck of the tornado covered with bit of houses. The dead a B halllo Graham. Will Trnvls. a llttlo negro, ail WM JuhnLvuub. .BbI No Conetltnllnnnl Klffbt to Ba a roUceae. J W9 Boston. Jan. 0. "A person may have a- 'II stltutlonul right to talk politics, but he habo ' jja constitutional right to bu n policeman." pis VH is what Judge Holmes of the MassaohuHte B Supreme Court says in giving tlio opln ot BS the full court In the caso of John J. McAjlffe. oSBB who tiled aputlllon rora writ of majadajgsto compel tha Major und Aldermen of ftojoea-, ...bjbjj ford to rulnstuto him as n pqlioo offlnerflnaB t BHfl city. JudgolluinioH says tho Petltlorfjwaa BBJ removed i.ytlie Mayor upon a wrlUrfeom- . plaint altor a hear ng. tlm Mayor llndf" ,B lie was guilty of violating ft rulo of thTuce jJBJ Department, which provided that nogmoer f or tho l'olico Department shnll be aWSSj? bV solicit money fur auy political ,purpwmi BBJ ever. Tim petlllonor contondod thaBIaas BBJ right to uxpruss his political opinion' The Mneanehneelta JBtalatnre (iWa. ' Boston, Jau. ft The legislative fcstonirt ifJJ the Stato House were oponod tl (moraine , M with tho usual forraalltloi'. Alfre Pinker- BJ ton of Worcostur was elected Present of the B Senate ;J..lm G. B. Adams. s;orgeArmar Honry D. Cool dgo. Clerk: 'n IA BdmnnA sejjj Dowse. Chaplain. W, K. Basettlhcad ; H Speaker f tlio House: Edward ioLaugh- BJ lain. Clerk; tholteT. Daniel W. VWpa..OfaaiH , Hj lain. Tho iluuse and Senate ajrnsd until Bjn to-morntw. C Hj Gorham SolidSilver. I We are prepared k offer our ffl patrons entirely ney 'designs in l all our various lin of SOLID M SILVER Wares, wbper in inex- M pensive novelties orpe mott im- fjj portant and elaborattea or Dinner Service. ,1 We invite inspecw of this most complete assortmenf H GORHAM KF'G CO. I BILVEnjITHS fl Broadway akd9i Stbbbt, ' I