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VOL LXV.KO.10G. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 18 9 7. -COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY THlflSUN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. 1'RICM TWO CBNTS,
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H X ' X TTAXTS THE BEXATOn'S ADVICE
OX DROOKLXX APPOIXTMEXTS.
IH allll Mra An te lie Shut Out The MrLauih-
H lln-York Slate nu Rent toSeaater Murphy
H Several Dais An flapld Transit la to lie
B Secored Threugh the Blevated Railroads.
Hj Lakewood, N. J Dec. 14. Richard Croker
jH' siras not at tha Lakewood Hotel to-day, nl-
H though Senator Grady, up to tills evening, In-
H formod everybody who inquired for tho big
R-sle Tammany chlcftnfn that ho was In hli room
fl-j.' resting and could not bo disturbed. The Scnn-
mf, V tor was believed until tho announcement of Mr.
fl$ Jk Croker'a arrival in Washington was made
flf' known at tho Lnkewood, and Senator Grady
jHj was forced to admit that Mr. Crokor had cone,
fit i lie said that Mr. Croker went to his room on
IBVlu Monday evening, leaving ordors that ho was
4lC not to bo disturbed on any account by anybody,
KwbI Senator Grady said that Mr. Croker spent, tho
fl,'W.. Jiight In his rootu nnd left for Washlngton'thls
fl' morning after breakfast. It was said, however,
H , that Mr. Crokor was splrltod away by Congress-
H A man Oconto 11. McClellan on Monday night.
tM'h Tho young Congressman arrived bore In tho
fl afternoon and took Mr. Croker tor a drive bc-
H hind a spanking team after most of thodalega-
H tlon hora had left for Now York. They drove
Hi to Point Pleasant, ten miles away, and caught n
H Pennsylvania train for Washington. Thoro
ftj were many rumors about tho object of Mr. Cro-
Bi Iter's visit to Washington and the hurried man-
-jfl uer In which It was made. Tho only reasonable
fli explanation, how over. Is that ho went to confer
HJ with United States Senator Edward Murphy
Bh ubout tho distribution of patronngo and the
fli? U character of tho appointments to bo niado In the
BJC borough of Brooklyn. As has been Btatcd hore-
toforo In Tug Su.v, Mr. Croker Intends to
broaden out bis sphero of loadershlp. Ho has
It tho material In hand to so shape the course of
Hj , Tammany Hall as to control the Democracy of
' tbo State of Now York, and has formed an olll-
nnco with Senator Murphy, who Is to engineer
S Mho scheme and to supersede ex-Senator Hill In
, fl& the control of the party.
"fls Mr. Croker does not intend to make any mis-
j?Rk- takes In his distribution of the patronage, and it
Stnfc, will be divided among men who will prove loyal
It -Hi ' in tho furtherance of his plans. Ho knows tho
f, fl men in New York city, and can shape his plans
iyA easily enough in tho borough of Manhattan, but
W I lio is not so well Informed on the following of
, JtiA Senator Hill In Brooklyn aa Is Benator Murphy.
Srtsjpf It Is safe to assume now that Mr. Croker has In
Sf jj- Ms possession tho Brooklyn slate made out by
RMkipt Hugh McLaughlin and Bernard J. York. Tho
Mkl&mi latter, in tho soveral conferences ho has had
HUKcj) with Mr. Croker, hat told htm all he knew about
TzHHKjB the men on tho slate, bat the Tammany chiet-
?!ffKBl1 tain was not altogether satisfied with that. It
SbbsVwSk '8 surmised that he sent the slate to Washington,
KbbTbbbbY tnB' " m'slt be inspected by Senator
XWa Murphy, who would quickly discover anybody
fiB-f on it who had had In the past a strong leaning
Ut toward Senator Hill, or might have a dlsposl-
SHg tlon to follow him In the future. Congressman
AVr McClellan stopped over hero last Wednesday
'' for a few hours on his way to Washington, and
HJ it is thought that he became the emissary of Mr.
(Croker to Senator Murphy. He is supposed to
have taken a copy of the Brooklyn slate to
gnat Washington with him for examination by Sen-
$Mf ator Murphy. Leader Bernard J. York is ex-
fiected to coma down hero to-morrow night to
earn whether tho Brooklyn slate was aatlsfao-
)! tory. In the meantime, however. Senator Mur-
H , pbr discovared several flawa in the alate and
fM ' eent Congressman McClellan post baste to bring
3Wz' U JIr- Croker to Washington so that the matter
1?WV,H might be arranged In time to inform Mr. York
t r " when be gets here to-morrow.
Mr. Croker will get back here to-morrow
TC mornlnr, and Mayor-Elect Van Wyck and John
Jjwij F. Carroll, it la expected, wilt get here to-mor-
l-B-S row evenlng,BO that too positive slate making
' may begin. The Brooklyn patronage, is all that
nf has bothered Mr. Croker so far, and it can be
iml safely sold that he has not given one serious
r thought to the New York appointments as yet.
fl The ilrooklyn slate will be fixed up this week.
8M however, and in the latter part of the week the
! New York natronage will receive attention.
'..' . From the expressions of the Tammany leaders
! and offlolals who have been here and the state-
Q menu of a man close -to Mr. Croker it appears
l i certain that the proposed underground system
S) ;' of rapid transit will be abandoned by the new
l 1 administration. It Is regarded aa a foregone
I 1 conclusion that the cost of bnlldlng the proposed
r, 1 underground system would greatly ercoed the
bbv!1 I constitutional debt limit of the greater city.
S; ,'J Mr. Oroxer has stated that be is In favor of the
fe I "best; safest, and cheapest" system of rapid
r NX transit, and has even stated that be
p -JJ Is in favor of the underground system if
fTl that Is found to be tho best, safest, and
' cheapest." and the cost of construction does not
fl 1 I exceed the debt limit. As the financiers are cer-
i raW "PL 1 '" tha' tn' would be the case, should the road
I I.VflBtY be built, the Tammany leader, who was talking
M f on raold transit to-day, said that the new ad-
BnvV 11 1 ministration would endeavor to give the citizens
IjM VB ill of New York rapid transit of a safe, cheap, and
,jH?.It practical kind within six months after it took
-W-Kjr" hold of the municipal government. This
vKlr meant, ho said, an extension of the present ele-
p , vated railroad system and the building of a third
"si" track for expti os trains. The roads had been
Jot examined by Inspectors and the structures found
nPtw to be In excellent condition and wholly capable
W& of sustaining a third track. The roads would be
IE.' extended to the northern limits of the greater
BJS' city and a continuous ride in rapid transit time
If, from the Battery to the city limits would be
Hit made possible for Scents. This plan could be
Hjr carried out in a short time and without making
t' the terrible muddle In the city that tho building
jBV.it of the hole in the ground would entail.
ITbR Th0 Tammany man said he understood that
ISljE the roads were earning more than & per cent.
'IKk eow Bnd tnat " tQS DeTr scherao were put into
iM',X. operation all surplus over 4 per cent, of the
KHW- earnings would be put into new stock, and
VS electricity would be used If found available.
TH-Z Another reason which he cited for the opposl-
Hb- tlon of the new administration to the hole in
VmWi, , the ground scheme was the Increased death rate
I which tho construction of such a road would
Hf J make,
WJj - "Take, for instance, the recent trouble which
Htti the mere laying of a sower main in Fifth avenue
Htg created." said he. "Just a quarter of the street
was torn up, and all along the route there were
g hundreds of cases of sickness, which tho best
iKfi. physicians In town attributed to the odors and
Htv germs which cams out of the ground while tho
K' pipe was being laid. Now.lf tho underground sys-
jKm, tcm was constructed, the streets would have to
V be torn up from curb to curb, and If the case of
(Sj Fifth avenue is any criterion there would be a
veritable pestilence over the town that would
B take years to eliminate."
m lilt. CHOKER IX JTASUIXOTOX.
HJt He (aya Ilia Visit Is Personal, and IterusM la
H( Talk Palltlca.
LfY WaBirixnTON, Dec 1. Richard Croker ar-
KUl rlTed lu Washington this morning. He called
VMy on several friends, including Representative
SL T Oeorge B. McClellan, before going to the home
B' of Senator Murphy, where ho arrived about tho
ijBB middle of the afternoon. Mr. Croker told his
HBVfl friends on his arrival that ho would remain in
H1 Washington only a few hours, returning to New
Wlf York by a lnte afternoon train. 'After reaching
itmTmi $ tnu house of Senator Murphy, however, he de-
lAb elded to remain over night, belug tho guest of
HBx tho Senator,
H! To a Bux reporter who called Mr, Croker said
Kr that bis errand was not polltlcul and that ho
K wished only to have the plenuuro of meeting
F' some personal friends. Tim Tammany leader
IKi. accomplished this well, for he had a long con
isfwi icrenco wiu iioproseniaiivo sicL'Jvilan and a
His still longer one with SmatorMurnhy. Ho told
HV all callers nt the letter's huuso that he did not
M care to talk politics or to sjiy anything whatever
F-Bm reirardlntr plans for the now government in
MI'S Greater New York.
BUsf' Moaatoxa goixo 10 Mexico.
' 0,000,000 Acree or I.aud Purchased for Ibe
MV. Latter Day Maiata.
CntllUallUa, Mexico, Dec. 14. It is announced
HI here that representatives of the Mormon Church
iBBjS of Utah have contracted with the Mexican ftov-
I HI ernment for tho purchase of 8,000,000 acres of
jhB; land In tbo DegolUdo district. In this btate. It
HBj 1 tu intention of the Church to locate 40,000
HW Mormon colonists on the land within the next
IHVtlb two years. Many of these colonists will come
3f direct from Utah, but the greater number will
( m be new converts to the Mormon faith from dif-
laSjl f ferent parts of the United States.
, -' There aro already two prosperous Mormon
TaTa." colonies in this Statu aggregating about 8,000
k oJf In number. .Tho S.OOO.OOO acres just purchasel
W--,r will all be placed under. Irrigation and divided
fli V UW small (arming tracts,
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OEADT XOT TO JIEVLAOE CAXTOB.
Cantor to Hatp Boaaelty Cktm Minority Com
snltteemen la Aaeemblr.
Senator Thomas F. drady'a friends returned
from Lakowood yosterday, and desired It to bo
known that a misconstruction had been put
upon the Senator's official statement Issued at
Lakowood and printed In all the nowspapors.
The interpretation put tipon Sonator Clrndy's
statement was that bo was to succeed Sena
tor Jacob A. Cantor as loader of the Democratlo
minority in the Senate', this winter. Senator
Cantor was elected leader of the Democrats by
tho Democratlo caucus for the term of tho Sen
ate, which is three years, and he cannot be de
posed unless he resigns, or unless his brctlirsn
meot In caucus and dethrone him. Senator
Grady's frlonds said for publication yester
day: "Mr. Grady Is mortlfled nt tho construction
put upon his statement Issued from Lakewood.
In that statement he expressed only his per
sonal views as to tho course of legislation to be
pursued at Albany this winter. Ho had no
authority to speak for tbo minority, and did not
droam that his remarks would bo so accepted.
He admits, though, that the construction put
upon his statement was tho natural one. Sen
ator Cantor will fill out this winter as tho third
one of his leadership of tho Democrats.
Kkhard Croker, Senator Cantor, and Sena
tor Grady conferred at Lakenood on Saturday,
and as a result Assemblyman Thomas F. Don
nelly of tho Thlrty-socond New York district,
who bos been selected to lead tho Democratlo
minority In the Assembly, was instructed to
confer with Senator C mtor as to the minority
members on the Assembly committees. Re
publican Asscmblymun James M. K. O'Grady
of Rochester, who is to 1)0 re-elected Speaker,
has not lot It be known what representation he
is to give the Democrats on the comraitteoa, but
when this information is received Senator Can
tor and Assemblyman Donnelly are to got to
S ether and pick out tbo wickedest Dotnocrallo
ghters to go on the most Important Assombly
committees. It was not apparent until yestor
duy why Assemblyman Daniel K. Finn was de
posed as the Democratlo leader of the minority
in the Assembly.
Finn, it was ascertained, was considered to
have done well enough last year when tho
Democratlo minority was small and ineffective,
but at the approaching session, so Richard
Croker and Senators Cantor and Grady decid
ed at the conferenco at Lakowood on Saturday,
tho more powerful Democratlo minority re
quires a leader of greater resource than Finn,
and that is why Donnelly was selocted over
Finn.
A returned pilgrim from Lakewood tolls this
story from the inner circles of the Tammany
Sanhedrim. Ex-Mayor Thomas F. Gilroy and
others started a plan In the Van Wyck campaign
by which ex-Ilepresentatlvo W. Bourke Cockran
was to return to Tammany Hall. It was a very
nice plan. It was said, and was submitted to
both Mr. Croker and Mr. Cockran. It came to
naught, for the very simple reason that it was
rejected both by Mr. Croker and Mr. Cockran.
Ex-Mayor Gtlroy was a loyal worker for Ynn
Wyck during tho campaign, but ho was not
Invited to Lakewood, and folks said yesterday
that one of the reasons why he wasn t was bo
cause of his attempting to patch the old dif
ference between Mr. Croker and Mr. Cockran.
VTEX XIOUT 2'OIt TUB rai3IA.aiE3.
Crnber Swaatpa Bareus Xjeatfer 9tfMee Beatea
Wagner Downs March.
The weather conditions were most unfavor
able for tho regular Republican reorganization
primaries which were held last night. During
the two hours the polls were open in the 8S3
election districts there was a heavy downpour
of rain, which prevented the polling of anything
like a heavy or representative vote.
In the Assembly districts where thero were
contests there was a good vote cast notwith
standing tho storm. This was notably tho case
in the Twenty-first, where James 8. Bareus was
out for the scalp of Leader Abraham Gruber.
More than 2,000 Republicans voted in the
Twenty-first. Col. Ornber carried forry-one of
the forty-two election districts. Bareus carried
one, his own.
Another Assembly district where there was a
comparatively heavy voto was the Twenty
third. There was n fight there between the fac
tion led by Moses M. McKce. the present leader,
and the faction led by Julius M. Mayer and Al
derman Collin II. Woodward. The Mayer
Woodward faction won in thirty of tho thirty
five election districts, and will control the As
sembly District Convention by at least fifty ma
jority. In the Sixth Assembly district, too, there was
a lively tussle between the partisans of George
W. Wagner, tho present leader, and James E.
March, the Italian contractor, who aspired to
succeed him. According to the returns March
succeeded In only four of the twenty-four elec
tion districts. He will protest the election of
delegates in many of the election districts, how
ever, alleging frauds on the part of tbo Wagner
faction. In the Thirty-third district the oppo
nents of Leader Frank Raymond gave up tho
fight In advance.
While the regular Republicans were voting at
the primaries tho Brookfleld-Swayne organiza
tion met at the St. Cloud Hotel and adopted res
olutions similar to those adopted by the Plaza
Club protestants at the Windsor Hotel last
week, paving the way for an independent Re
publican organization in the county.
iras. HJ.I.L put out of a raiUAaY.
She Wanted to Work ftr Caleb llainis, bnt the
Folic Wouldn't (lave II.
Mr.ry Ellen Hall, tho colored woman who
makes It her business to hustlo for votes for the
Republican party, made it Interesting at tho
Republican primary of the Sixth Election of
the Tventy-Qfth Assembly district last night.
The primary was held at 1S3 West Twenty
seventh street, and Mrs. Hall was on hand to
see that Caleb Slmms, the colored leader of the
district, and his friends were not buncoed by
the antl-Simms crowd.
Mrs. Hall Insisted on her right to stay in the
polling place as a watcher, nut SImms's oppo
nents ordered tbst she be removed as she wasn't
a voter. The three policemen who where on
hand looked at it that way and thuy escorted
Mrs. Hall to the street and ordered her to
move on.
But Mrs. nail didn't move on. She stood out
side the polling place, and when a voter cntored
who she thought had no rlicht to vote she set up
a great cry, Tho crowd that had collected
helped her out In the outcry. Then the police
men ordered Mrs. Hall to pro away or be arrested.
She denounced the policemen and said sho
would use her influence to have them remoed
from the force. Then sho went to the West
Thirtieth street station and demanded that sbo
be allowed to remain at the polling place.
Sergeant McCoy advised her to keep away.
She said sho would go to l'ollco Headquarters
to-day and make a complaint agalust the policemen.
MRS. PETER lriLZ. ED MR FAItnXJt.
He Has neon Prosecuting Her Case or Slaader
Against Mrs, Valther.
Bilttmoiie, Md Dec. 14. The announce
ment that Mrs. Ella Mercer Peter was about to
marry Mr. Edwin J. Farber has interested soci
ety circles. Mrs. Peter was divorced from State
Senator Peter several years ago. She is a very
beautiful woman, a lineal descendant of Gen.
Mercer of Revolutionary fame, and moved In
exclusive circles. About a year ago she re
ceived anonymous letters of a scandalous char
acter. After an investigation Mrs. Peter
brought suit for slander against Mrs. Thomas
Galther, a leader In society and wife of one of
the wealthiest residents of Howard county,
charging that she wrote the letters.
Mr. Farber. a well-known lawyer and club
man, was engaged by Mrs. Peter to prosecute
the case. Trial has been fixed several times,
but always postponed. Last Saturday it was
again called, but at Mr. Farber s request again
postponed. It now appears that aiwrttachment
sprung up between lawyer and client, and It Is
believed generally thatllwns with view of ac
centuating his disbelief in the charges made In
tho letters, upon which suit Is based, that Mr.
Farber will wed Mrs. I'cter, and then appear In
his wife's behalf.
room ALL XX wasiiisotox.
Tbo School Trailers Adopt iWaulatloaa I
Govern tbe Game,
Washington, Doc 1L The Hoard of School
Trustees of Washington today took up tho
football question mid adopted resolutions to
govern tho game In the high schools of the city.
These proWdo that no pupil can play without
the written consent of his parents; tbst each
team shall be absolutely under tbe control of
some one appointed by tbn faculty, who la to
pass upon tho physical condition and the
clothing of tbe plioern, and without whoso
consent no games shall be played. Football
contests heroaftcr are to be limited to teams
from other educational Institutions, with tbe
condition that the contestant shall bo of tbo
saw average weight.
CUBAN EXILES AMNESTIED.
ALZ DVT COXMOX CUIMIXAIS MAX
anruRX, aAxa i4-vco.
Their LI Tea and Tbslr Property Will He Be
opretrd. He rramlseo. and Ther Will Xot
Be Molested Because t Their Previous
Acta la It a, Preliminary to Surrender I
WaBinxoTON.Dec, 14. Sefior Dupuy Do Lome,
the Bpanlsh Minister, received to-day from
Captain-General Blanco at Havana a telegram
containing notice of tho granting of what ap
pears to be an order of amnesty to all political
exiles from Cuba. It Indicates that the Captain
General has revoked tho conditions undor which
American citizens wcro expelled from tho Island.
Nearly every American arrested In Cuba in
Weyler's administration was compelled to glvo
promise that he would not return undor the
throat of a severe penalty for disobedience.
Now, however,. It Blanco intends to adhere hon
estly to the policy outlined In his despatch to
tbo Spanish Minister, everybody expelled from
Cuba, except common criminals, mny go back
to tho island with assurances of safety aa long
as they obey tho law. Tho Captnin-Gcneral'a
telegram follows:
" In addition to my cablegram of Nov. 27, I
now add that your Excellency can authorise
Consuls to Issue passports for this island to all
persons having emigrated who solicit them,
without exception, savo In cases of common
crlmo. Tills applies to all political emi
grants, both thoso who have emigrated
voluntarily and those who consider themselves
obliged to remain In exllo for a pnrcly political
nature, reason, cause, or act. In both cases
your Excellency can assure them that In this
Island their personal safety, their families, and
their estates will be guaranteed with the cfll
cacy with which the Government to-day pro
tects and aids thoso who obey tbe law,
" Blaxco."
There Is a suspicion In official circles, which
is gradually becoming a conviction with some
of tho most credulous, that Spain Is preparing
to turn the island over to tho Cubans. There Is
no doubt that the Spanish Government and peo
ple are sick of the war and the financial ruin
which It has brought.
The decree of autonomy and the paclllo policy
Inaugurated by Blanco aro pointed to as Indi
cating Spain's dcslro to get Cuba off her hands
while seeking to have it appear that the Island
is under Spanish domination. Some of the
officials here suspect that Spain would be glad
to got rid of Cuba if she could do it gracefully
and without seeming to acknowledge that she
had been whipped.
All these views, however, are merely specula
tive but those who hold them will no doubt
find another reason in support of their argu
ments In the action of Blanco in regard to expa
triated Cubans and other exiles.
A STUPID Z.IE, BATS TT. C. irDITXET.
Tbe World Invented a Hiory That He Was
Conspiring" Against the Tunnel Boad.
William 0. Whitney mado tho following state
ment yesterday regarding charges made by the
ICoWd to the effect that he had entered into a
conspiracy with Oeorge J.Gould. Russell Sago
and Richard Croker to defeat tho construction
of an underground rapid transit railroad:
" So far as I am concerned, the article is a lie
from beginning to end. I never had any talk
with either Mr. Gould, Mr. Sago or Mr. Croker
regarding the proposed underground road. I
have never taken any action or done anything,
directly or indirectly, to obstruct tho building
of the underground railroad. Neither has the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company, nor, to
my knowlodgo, anybody connected with it.
"Everybody who has discussed the subject
with me knows that I have held to tbe opinion,
as I do now, that tbe construction and operation
of the underground road by responsiblo persons
would be distinctly beneficial to the street rail
way company. There Is no profit for a surface
road in carrying passengers long distances. The
firoposed underground road would Bltnply servo
o locate the constantly Increasing population
of Greater New York In tho annexed district,
instead of Long Island, Staten Island, and Now
Jersey. This increased population would then
necessarily come into the business and shop
ping centres of the city on tho under
ground railroad and bo distributed for
short distances to their destinations by tho
surface railroads. From the standpoint of
the Metropolitan Streot Railway, therefore,
I havo no hesitation in saying, as I always have,
said whenever I have dlscu&sed tho matter,
that I should be glad to have the road built on
the lines proposed. As to the practicability of
tho scheme, I havo no opinion to exprets. be
cause It doe? not concern me. Neither does Its
bearing upon the Manhattan Elevated Railroad
uompany ancci me in mo leant, as l nave nni a
dollar of interest in the Manhattan Company.
Ordinarily I do not consider worthy ot atten
tion theso newspaper fabrications, but this par
ticular one is so full of falso statements and
malicious insinuations that I feel it my duty.
In justice to my business associates, to stamp It,
as far as It relates to myself and the Metropoli
tan Street Railway Company, as a stupid lie,"
DOUBZ.8 SUICIDE SUSPECTED.
Mrs, Braaatnsrton years That Both Her Ions
May Have Killed TbeuiselTea.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brasslngton, who gave IS
William Btroot, New Itochello, as tho address
of her brothor-ln-law, but would not tell where
sho lived, went to l'ollco Headquarters lBt
evening and asked that search be made for
her son, Richard O. Brasslngton, a talesman.
Mrs. Brasslngton said that she heard from hrr
son at Wapplngcr'd Falls last Friday. Ho had
been despondent over business troubles, so sbo
sent her elder son, John, to bring Richard
home, 8Inco Friday she has not hoard from
either o tho men, who, sho said, wcro greatly
attached to each other.
On Sunday Mrs. Brasslngton read In'TitK
Si'N that a grin like Richard's bad been found
in PoughkecpHle. Hlie fears that ho committed
sulcldo and that John, lcurnlng of it, followed
tiih brother's oxamnle.
Richard Brasslogton, according to his moth
er's description, is six feet two inches tall and
Is 'JO years old. Ills hair la fair and his com
plexion light. He w ears no beard. The police
ecnt out a general alarm for him.
Soon after Mrs. Brasslngton had gone away
Robert Dawson of 318 East Twonty-soventn
street reported that his son Thomas, 11 years
old, and Richard, 11 )cars old, ran away from
home lost Thursday and budn't been seen since.
DEATH DUE TO A REATIXQ,
Policeman Murpby Charged with Fatally Club
bing a ztarleuder.
Thomas P. McCarthy, a bartender ot 10 Ba
tavia street, died In Uellevuo Hospital last
night of erysipelas, due apparently to injuries
to tbe bead. Ills brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Michael McCarthy of 140 Cherry
street, both allege that these Injuries were re
ceived In Farr ell's saloon at Roosevelt and
Batavla streets.
The men who Inflicted them are said to havo
been S aloon Keeper Farrell and Policeman
Tbaddeus Murpby of the Oak stroet station.
Mre. McCarthy says that Murphy went to the
saloon early on Dec. 7 In uniform while Farrell
was naving a nispuio wun xcuariay, imring
the row which is alleged to have followed Mc
Carthy was clubbed and beaten so badly that ho
was taken home In an unconscious condition.
Ho was removed to Bellevue on Sunday.
McCarthy, so Mrs. Michael McCarthy says,
wanted to keen the matter quiet, because, lie
said, it would be "good stuff for him." as some
body had already given him $3 and the promise
of $ 50 more when be had recovered,
Farrell denied last nleht that McCarthy was
Injured In his saloon. Policeman Murphy, who
was appointed to tbo forco in 1805. could not be
found last night. Tho policy Mill Investigate
tho matter.
lallidrd to He Hauaed.
" I am well satisfied," laughingly tald Annras
Mallnak In Newark yesterday when Judge Depue
sentenced him to bo hanged on Jan. 'XI. Malinak
. killed Mrs. Annie Kmett, on July 22, while she
was asleep at her husband s side. Before being
sentenced Mallnak inadoastatementtn which he
1 said that he shot Mrs. Kmetz, but couldn't tell
exactlr why, except that be bad been drinking.
He added that he nil ready to be xxeouted, ,
TALKED ZOUDLTAT DALLACK'B.
Tbe Alleged lawyers Quit the Theatre When
Their Money Was Berunded.
Two men In evening 4rcss sat together in
alslo scats right under the lower right-hand tier
ot boxes at Wallace's Thoatro last night. All
through tho first actot "A Ward of Franco"
they made audible comments on the actors and
the play.
When the first act was over tho two men
strolled out Into the lobby, where they ran
across A. W. Mackenzie, tho representative ot
Klaw Si Erlanger. the managers of " A Ward of
Franco."
Mr. Mackenzie told tho two men that box
holders had complained of tholr conduct and
had said that one of the men held an unltghted
cigar In his mouth, while ho commented on the
actors in tho play.
The two men talked back loudly at Mr. Mac
kenzie, and said It was their right to laugh ar
tho actors or make any comment on thper
formanco they pleased. They denied thatMielr
criticisms had disturbed tho box holders.
Manager Mackenzie insisted that thoy had
laughed boisterously and talked loudly. While
he remonstrated with them for their behavior,
he placed his band on one bl tbo nion's shoul-
"Take your hand off me." said tho man,
loudly, "or I'll punch you In tho nose."
Manager Mackenzie removed his hands and
summoned Polloeman Craven of the West
Thirtieth street station. Tho two men said they
were porfectly willing to belplaced under arrest
if Manager Mackenzie would mako a complaint
against them. .. . .
At this point Johnny McKeever. theTreasurer
ot the theatre, ofored to refund their money It
tbey would leavo. They said If their presonco
wasn't desired they would willingly leavo the
theatre. The money thoy paid for seats was re
funded, and thoy wentnway. Both men, beforo
leaving, declared they werojwell-known law
yors and know their rights.
ATTACKED IX RED iriTU AX A XX.
Mate McKenna'a Skull Fractured by a Jealous
Italian Sailor.
Mato James McKcnna of the American lino
steamship Grace Deerlng, which got to her dock
at Pier 47, North River, on Monday, was at
tacked with an axe early yesterday by Raphael
Musoltno in a boarding house at 133 Perry
street.
Tho cnuso of tho attack was an Invitation ex
tended by McICcnna to Miss Augusta Rowe,
keeper ot the boarding house, to accompany
htm to the theatre last evening. Miss Rowe ac
cepted. Sho Is engaged to Musoltno, and he be
camo enraged.
At 3 o'clock in tho morning bo smashed In the
door of McKcnna's room. The noise awoke Mo
Kenna, but before ho could get out of bed Muso
ltno attacked him with an ax, striking him
twice on tbe head and also on tho shoulder.
McKenna struggled to bis feet and grappled
with tho Italian. The nolso thoy mado aroused
Mies Rowe. who ran into the room and pushed
hersolf between the men. thus separating tbem.
She Induced Musollno to leave the room, going
with blm. She returned In a few minutes with
tbo Italian, who apologized to McKcnna, and
Bald:
I win tie your rncna ror mo.
McKenna went to bed and Dr. William C.
Gallagherof 302 West Twelfth street, was called
to attend him. He did not at first think his In
juries wcro serious, but in the nfternoon he
found that McKcnna had a compound fracture
of tho base of the skull.
II" notified the police of tho Charles street
station, nnd Detectives Lyon ond O'Connor were
sent to look for Musollno. McKenna refused to
go to u hospital.
MADE THE TURKISH RODDER PAT.
Consular Agent Pocbe Uete llrdreta for a
Umr-As American Missionary,
WAsniNOTOs. Dec 14. The United 8tatc
Government has not muchJbf a record in col
lecting Indemnity by tho methods pursued by
Germany, but Information was received at tho
Slate Department to-day that a consular repre
sentative of this conn try had made a Turkish
highwayman disgorgo 700 plasters, which he
took from an American missionary. That
seems a large sum at first glanco. but it
amounts In American money to only $24. The
details of tbo robbery and Its sequel wore re
ceived at tbo department from James B. Angell,
tbe United States Minister at Constantinople.
The Rev. William Nelson, the missionary in
tho case, was held up last November on the road
between Maura and Khan Chkhonn. Frederick
Poche, the consular agent of tbo United States
at AlepDo.who gels less than S100 a 5ear In
fees for performing the duties ot his ofllce, set
to work to redress the outrage to an American
citizen. He disarmed the robber, had blm ar
rested and punished, and mado him return the
S.'l to Mr. Nelson. Minister Angell says that
Consular Agent Poche. who. by the wav, was
born in Austria, and nppolnted to tho Aleppo
agency from Svrla, was very urgent and per
sistent in his efforts.
AQAIXST IIAIVAIIAX AXXEXATIOX.
Tbe Federation or Labor Pataee a Reselullou
Opposing tbo Project.
NABnviLLK, Tcnn.. Dec 14. The American
Federation ot Labor bold two sessions to-day.
An Important resolution actod upon was ono
disapproving of the annexation of tbe Hawaiian
Islands, and urging the United States Senato to
reject tho treaty of annexation, and to take such
other steps aa may bo necessary to maintain
amicable relations with Hauall.
The resolution was adopted by the convention
after homo discussion. An amendment to pro
vldo that a committee shnll go before theSonate
and urgo tho rejection of tho treaty was
adopted,
Tho subject of Government postal savings
banks was brought ut by tbo Introduction of a
resolution from tho Coinmitteo on Resolutions,
which Indorsed tho cstablUhincntof such banks.
The resolution ndvocited immediate action.
A protracted discussion ns caused by amo
tion looking to the preparation of n bill by the
Executlvo Council authorizing postal bunks,
nnd Its introduction In Cungruss, Tbo resolu
tion was adopted.
VESSELS It HIV EX AOROUXD.
An I'ukuonn Hloop on a ftuubrn Bar a Mile
West or shelter Island.
GrtEENlfiltT, Long Island, Dec 14. Capt.
George IUjnor, a bayman. arrhed here early
this morning and reported a vessel in distress
off Paradise Point, a n.llo nest of Shelter Isl
and. She had been driven on a sunken bar In
tho night by tbe gale. Tho vessel was sloop
rigged, but he did not know her namo or any
thing of the crow. Ho thought It wns one of tho
scullop licet, ("apt. Has nor was unable to lend
aid. He had hard work weathering the gulo
wllhhlitsmall craft. A relief party wasabout
to be formed, wh'jn the gain Increased and tbo
project had to be abandoned.
At noon, while Cant. George Davis's sloop
yacht l,avenln was riding out the gale at her
moorings In Grcenport Harbor, all the crew, in
cluding the owner, being aaboro, n big sea
caused the rabies to snap, and the yacht drifted
on the beach. Sho was badly damaged by the
action ot tho waves, but sho now lies In an easy
position, and will doubtless bo floated as soon us
tbo wind u bates.
nsT pioiit closes a school.
uperlntendrnt and a Trarbrr In Ohio CHr
Come to Blows.
Deu-iioa, O., Dec. 14. Tho public school at
Ohio City is closed, tho result of a flstlo encoun
ter between Superintendent Woolson and tbe
grammar grade teacher, Mr. Louden. Several
of the pupils assisted Louden, and all were ar
rested and hound m cr to the Grand Jury. The
School Hoard bus been in session for tliroo days,
endeavoring to gut nt the bottom of the affair.
The trouble was the result ot a new rule estab
lished by the superintendent, which did not suit
tbe fancy of tbo grammar department teacher
and the pupils. Thepublip Is divided, and sev
eral citizens have come to blow s over the matter.
Seira Prlioaera Ksoape from Jail.
CUAMOKiisuimo, Pa., Dec 14. There was a
Jail delivery at the Franklin County Prison this
evening, se on prisoners making their escape.
They gained their freedom by sawing through
the roof.
An underkeeper first learned of the flight and
notified tbe Sheriff. That official summoned
tbe town constabulary. To-night bands of men
are scouring the surrounding country In search
of the fugitives. Four of them were to havo
been sent to the Eastern Peultentlary next week.
Tha Moat Kver Gliea fur tha Hoary.
Tbe Christmas number of this evening's JTatl and
Sivrtu. Uagajlue supplement In color printing and
sou tone Diciurtf. Two cents. AU newsstands. Adv.
CHIEF KIDNAPPER CAUGHT
ALBERTS. WARXJSa ARRESTSD XX A
SMALL KAXSAS TOtTX.
The Man Wbo Was lbs Head of tbe Conspira
tors Wbe Abdncled Utile Johnny Conway
In Albany and Held lllm for B.OOO) IUn-eom-Hls
Confederates Hon la Itate Prison.
AtJUNV, N. Y Dec lO.-Chlef ot Pollco Wll
lard received a telegram from Riley, Kan., to
night, announcing tho capture thero of Albert
8. Warner, tho chief of tho three conspirators
who, on Aug. 10 Inst, abducted little Johnny
Conway and attempted to get )3,000 from his
father for his roturn.
Tho arrest of Warner was offectod by Detec
tive Kano of the Albany pollco and a Kansas
City Pink erton agent. Tho town of Roy Is a
hamlet of about 200 Inhabitants. It Is nbout
80 miles from Kansas City. As soon as tbe
usual form Is compiled with Warner will bo
brought to Albany for trial.
Tho other two conspirators. Joseph M. Hardy,
the boy's undo, and II, G. Blake, who wcro ar
rested soon nfter tbo boy bad been rescued,
pleaded guilty to kidnapping him, and received
sentences of fourteen years' Imprisonment each
In Clinton Prison.
On Tuesday, Aug. 10, 5-year-old Johnny Con
way, son of M. J. Conway, a well-to-do Albany
man, was taken from In front of his homo, 07
Colonic street, and was hidden In a house on the
outskirts of Albany. On tho following day his
father received a letter signed "The Captain of
tho Gang," in which the abductors offered to ro
turn tbo boy to his parents on payment of $3,000.
Tho crime aroused Albany and attracted at
tention throughout tho entire country. The
whole police force of Albany and thousands of
citizens Joined In the hunt for tbo boy nnd his
kidnappers. Ho was at last dlscovcrod and re
turned to his parents.
During the Investigation suspicion fastened
itself upon Hardy, tho boy's uncle, and ha was
arrested with II. G. Blake, an Albany man. Tho
police soon learned that theso men had been
connected with tbe crime and obtalnod confes
sions from thorn.
It was evident to tbe authorities, however, that
some other person was at the head of the con
spiracy, and from descriptions obtained of the
man who bad been seen In consultation with
Hardy and Blake it was decided that he was
Albert 8. Warnor, a lawyer, who bad been en
gaged In many shady dealings, and who had an
ofllco at 1208 Broadway, New York.
Detective Worden of tho Mercer street police
station. Now York, was tbe first to suspect
Warner. It was found that Warner had fled,
and the last that was heard ot him was on the
10th of August, when ho was seen In Schenec
tady talking to Blake.
Warner, at tbe time of bis flight, was under
bonds In Now York for attempting to blackmail
B. J. Meyers, a Twenty-third street Jeweller, and
he had explained tho plan ot kidnapping the
Conway boy to Frank E. Alblnger. a civil en
gineer, of 123 Liberty street, New York, and
had asked Alblnger to gf into it with him, tell
ing blm It was perfectly safe and that tho re
ward was bound to be big.
ELEOTRICITX IX A RESTAURAXT.
A Customer Ibached by tbe Charted Threshold
Whoa He Entered.
The patrons of Charles J. Raulsen's restaurant
at 0 East Forty-second streot were surprised
last evening by a man wbo an passing through
the door waved his arms in the air and shouted
at the top of his voice. Ho told Mr. Panlsen
finally that he received a shock of electricity
when stepping on tho Iron threshold of tho chop
house doorway.
A few minutes later a small cloud of smoke
puffed from under tbe door into tbo cbophouse.
Mr. Paulsen rang a fire alarm. The firemen
found that an eloctrlo-llght wire had come in
contact with the threshold and charged it with
electricity, and that the plate had become so hot
that It fired the woodwork around It, Several
women had stepped on tho threshold when en
tering tbo restaurant, but their rubbers insu
lated them so that they were not shocked. Tbe
tiro did lit", damage.
TURXED OUT IX TUJ3 RA1X.
Three Old Women rrom tbe Almsbouae Landed
on Kast Ittver Piers.
Policeman Vandrau found Lena Rumpt, 75
years old, and EU:n Hayes, 55 years old, sitting
on the pier at tho foot of East Sixty-fourth
street In the rain yesterday afternoon. Ho
told them to move on. They said they
had no place to go, having been landed
at tho pier from tho Charities Depart
ment boat WIckham, which had taken them
from the almshouse. They wcro locked up
In the East Slxtv-se enth street station so as to
give thorn shelter.
Catnerlno Hughes, who was landed from tbo
almshouso nt tho foot of Kist Sixty-fourth
street, was sent to Ilcllovue Hospital from tbo
Presbyterian Hospital last eenlng. The wo
man, who Is 00 years old, was wet through. It
la customary for discharged almshouse Inmates
to bu left on the piers to shift for thutnseh os.
HEXATOR IIAXXA IS ALL RIOHT.
A neport That Ho Was Quite 111 Dealed by tbe
Senator Hlmoeir.
United Stales Senator Mark Hanna has been
at the Waldorf-Astoria sinco last Saturday and
there havo been rumors that ho was a very sick
man. It was said that the Senator was confined
to his room, unnblo to sco callers. From Wash
ington yesterday came the report that Senator
Hanna was suffering from a Blight attack of
hoirt trouble None of theso rumors Is correct,
a fact which The Hun Is able to assert on tho
authority of tho Senator hlmsulf.
" I cumu here," said Senator Hanna last night,
"because my family has been stopping here for
a louple ot weeks. Then I had contracted a
fold, which developed into a mild attack of In
fluenza and I wanted rest. Now I'm in good
shape again. At no time was I 111 rnough to be
confined to r y room. I'm going buck to Wash
ington to-df ."
JJK1VI.V J.V MEXICO.
Dividing Honors at tbo Capital Willi a Fninouo
Bull fishier.
City ov Mexico, Dec. 14. Mr. William Jen
nings Bryan spent a busy day hero visiting
points of Intorest about the city. Ho Is tho re
cipient of great attention at the hands of high
Oovernnment nftlclalaand tho American colony.
Ills tine suite or roonsnt tho Hotel Hauz adjoin
thote of Luis Marzantlni. the lelebratcd Hiinn
Ish bull fighter, who bus just arrhed hero from
Spain, and is to retch o )3,000 for each perform
ance. He and Bryan bnve become warm frlonds, and
tho free slhcr orator will occupy the box of
honor at Mazzantliil'a great bull tight on next
Sunday. Of tbe two great men at tho Hotel
Han, tbo bull tighter, reuhea tbe most marked
attention ot tbe Mexican pooplc.
Flvo Train llobbrro Caugbl.
Bilvbk ClTV, N. M, Doc 14.-Spcclal Wells
Fargo ofllcor J. N. Tbacker, assisted by Doputy
United States Marshals under Cipriani) Baca,
last night captured tho gang of train robbers
who on last Thursday held up the Southern
Pacific nt Morns Pass, Grant county, when ono
of the robbers was killed. The robocm, tho in
number, were surrounded in a cabin at ('uahe)'s
ranch, about twenty-live miles this side of tho
Mexican line, in eastern Arizona. They wero
tuken coiuplotely by surnrlsu nnd surrendered
without n shot being tired. Tiny wero brought
hero and lodged lu jail.
fifteen Vrnn Tor Forgery.
BTiiot-iMiiimn, Pa., Dec 14.-T. C. Uoatty. at
one time a well-known Western attorney, and n
nephew of Gen. lleutty of Ohio, todayplcndod
guilty to tho charge ot turnery with Harry Otis,
alias Howard. Mrs. Uoatty. 71 years old, who
was arrested with the men, pleaded not guilty.
Judge Craig sentenced the man In fifteen years'
Imprisonment In the Eastorn Penitentiary, The
men passed a forged draft ou the East Strouds
burg National Hank,
The Talk or the Tunn.
Glmptoo's now Loan omce and Safe Deposit Vaults,
till West 410, it, usar Droadna. adv,
AllATIXO A SOXQ.
Legislation Against "A Hot Time In tbe Old
Town To.lhl."
Toi'EK , Kan., Dec 14. Tho Town Council of
Manknto, Kan., Intends to stop by ordlnanco tbe
singing, humming or whistling of the song "A
Hot Tlmn In tho Old Town To-night." At
Topnka's fall festhal this song wns adoptod by
tho Karntvnl Knights, nnd tho thousands who
visited Tupeku went homo singing, whistling
or humming It until one half tbo Kansas popu
lation have joined In the chorus, nnd In tho
towns It has become nn intolerable nulsanco.
In 1 Htit tho Town Council of Manknto squelchod
thowhlstllng and singing of "After tho Ball."
It passed an ordinance under tho Nulsanco law
fining onch and overy person BO cents for each
and e crj tluio ho or eho might be proved guilty
of whistling or singing "After the Ball" be
tweon tlio hours of 0 o'clock tn the morning and
10 o'clock nt night, Tho " Hot Tlmo " song, tho
Mnnkato people say, has becomo an Intolerable
nuisance und must be squelched,
FIVE MIXERS LOST.
Tbei Go Down on tbn Ten-Ton floep Augusta
While tlolna to Alaaun.
VlCTontA, B. C, Dec 14. Tho steamer Coqult
lam, arriving to-day from Lynn Canal and north
ern British Columbia, brings nows from Bella
Bella of the loss there ten days ago of tbe ten-ton
sloop Augusta, bound from Seattlo for Copper
River with flvo prospectors and their effects.
Thocssolwas lost In Dixon's Entrance, and
within view of the halibut flshors there.
They saw tho distress signals and attempted
a rescue, when a squall came on. While they
were meeting It tbo sloop disappeared and
neither sho nor any ono on board has since been
seen.
Sevoral other lossos of small shipping by tho
same gale aro reported, but nono accompanied
with loss of life
DIED AT THE THEATRE.
A Woman Stricken with Heart Disease at
Wnllack.
Mrs. Ann Rooncy ot 400 Eighth avenue nnd
her married daughter, Mrs. Sarah Rice, went
to Wallack's Thcutro last night, to seo "A
Ward of France." They had seats In tho third
row in tbe first balcony.
Soon nftor tbe curtain went up Mrs. Rooncy
complained of fooling 111. A few minutes later
sho fell forward on her Beat. Sbo was carrlod
to a room adjoining tbe balcony lobby, whoro
she dlod. A physician who was summoned said
heart disease was probably the cause of doath.
Mrs. Rooney's body was soon removed to her
home, and few In tbo thoatro heard ot her
sudden death.
KEXTUCKX TROOPS OUT AOAIX.
Ordered by Gov. nmdley to Protect Turnpike
Properly from Haiders.
FnANKroitT, Ky., Doe. 14. Troops were or
dered to-night to Danville, Ky., to protect turn
pike property from raiders. Tho request was
made by J. T. Basle, President of tho Danvillo
andllarrodsburgTurnplkeConipany. He Bald In
his telegram to Gov. Bradley that he had infor
mation that raiders were going to blow up tho
gate near Danville. The county Judgo had re
fused to glvo propor protection.
Gov. Bradloy Immediately telegraphed Col. E.
II. Galthor atllarrodsburg, Ky., to leave In com
mand ot troops. Col. Gaitbcr telegraphed batk
at 8 o'clock to-night that ho had given his men
marching orders and was oft tor tho scene.
COL. STROXO ARAXDOXS HIS WAKE.
Ceuldnt Get Am bod j- to nelp Him Celebrate
tbe I,aat Admlnlstratloa.
The wake planned by Mayor Strong for tbo
passing of old Now York has been abandoned.
Tbo third effort to get i pother yesterday a quo
rum of the committee ho appointed to arrango
the details was a failure and Col. Strong wns
moved thereby to Issue tho following statement t
"At a meeting of tliecommlttea nppolnted at
Deluiunlco's to formulato plans for the carrying
out of asultablo celebration upon tho merging
of old New York Into Greater Now York. It wos
decided that as tbe character of tbe celebration
would be purely historical, there would not bo
sufficient time for tho speakers to prepare
thooiselves upon tho subjects designated, and It
was resolved to abandon the undertaking entirely."
MAT HAfE DEEX DBOVTXED.
The Fate or Two ew lorbers In Doubt Their
Boat Found Filled with Wnter.
Thero wan a high tldo and a groat deal of wind
at Gravescnd Beach yesterday. In tho morning
two men from tho city hired a boat and went
out on tbe bay. Sevoral hours later the boat
was found by William Brown, a fisherman, on
tho outer beach off Norton's Point. The boat
was nearly filled with water. Ono oir was
found later a mile further down the beach.
Whethor or not the men wero drowned is not
known. Thoy left some money on deposit for
the boat and did not return to claim It, Thcv
may havo been plckod up by a tugbont and
lauded In tho city or over in New Jorsey.
SI7t.4r BULLET HIT HIS OUX.
Splintered the Stock ns Mr. Butler Ilrld.lt
Across Ills llreast, .
Annlo Oakley's husband, Frank Butler, is
almost as fond of shooting ns sho Is. They live
atNutley, nnd Butler had a narrow escape on
Monday nfternoon while watching for ducks on
tho west sido of tho Passaic. A rifle lull of 30
calibre rnmo from the Bergen county side of tho
river and struck tho stock ot his shotgun as ho
held It si rues his breast.
Tho bullet penetratod the stock so far that it
splintered the side which was next his body. Ho
did not hear the report of tho weapon.
OEOROE SETMOUR REARRESTED.
Ho Got Away rrniit ilinsbainton Authorities
by Felsnllig a llypnotlo Sleep.
Bivoiiamtov, N. Y., Dec. ll.--Georgo Sey
mour, who was indicted here for horso stealing
aim ho cscaned from custody by feigning a
h)pnotlc sleep from which he could not be
awakened, has been arrested in Canada.
Only the Cook or the Olive Pecker tu Bo Tried,
NonrniK, Va Dee. 14. John Anderson, rook
of the Ollte Pecker, will bo put on trial for his
life In the Federal Court to-morrow, on tho
charge ot murdering fipt. Whitman nnd Mato
Panders of the schooner nnd burning tho v
bpI, Tho Indict nunta against John Llnd, Wil
liam Hnrnburvli, ana Manuel l)u l)lo IUrrlnl
wirodlemlsM'd to-day upon a motion of District
Attorney Whllr.
Tore Fentlirra rrom Their llata at a nerlvnl.
C'll mukhhiii nn. Pa., Dec. 1 1,-Tho Itcv. II It,
Irwin, an canglist from Lincoln, Neb., who
has bciu holding ruhnl sen lie in tho King
Street 1'nlf'd Brethren Chinch hera torn month
pnst, nt his last meeting condemned tho wearing
of fcathcrx, and so worked upon the feelings nt
tho women in his uudkneo that somn of them
toro the feathers from their bonnets In sight of
the audience.
Ml., linn hberdy Killed by n Train,
Miss Mary Shred), "0 years old, a resident of
Elm l'nrl,. 1 , wakillcd)esterday morning at
tho John street cro-tsing of the Staten Island
Rapid Trnnll Railroad. She was einpliijed by
Mrs. Iltigh r'ilcr. When sbo stepped ou the
railroad crossing tho engineer blow his whistle.
She was tiddly frightened. First she started
ahead J ml thon she stepped back on the track
again.
Blunii tn (he fop or a Three-llorjr lliilldliir,
Ciiaiii 1.HTON, S. C, Dec, 14,--A largo steam
engine in 'he lownscud wnod)nrd exploded
here this afternoon, wrecking tho building and
killing two negroes and injuring a third so
badl) thai no will die, I lie Imtler was thrown
a block. l.iiHucr Dallas was blown across tho
streut to tliu input u three stor) building.
llrafca at Rsport Prlres.
The p'aue tu uuj dttks, cbslrs, typewriter cabinets.
Wd IaivUmcs U 10 SWae it, litis VV.44,
mi ill. . . .
DEMOCRATS WILL FIGHT. fl
HOUSE CAUCUS VOTE TO OVPOBM a
M'KIXLEXS PROPOSALS. lEH
Ballsy Oirera rtriolittlnni V hlrli Are Adopted vmsaBai
Agaluat Retiring Crarnbirko or Ititead ''raanaBl
Ing National llniiko, r.ir rutin nnd a riaab. JB
ruptoy tnn-llnmillnn Course Left Open. -iianBafl
Wasiiinciton, Dec. 14 -Ono hundred and -'lgl
ono Representation uttcndid tho Democratlo fll
Housocnttcus to-night, oicr which Mr. Rich H
ardson ot Tennessee presided. Tho New York i&H
members wcro inostl) lon-tplcimiiH by tholr nb- tnanl
sence. Tho cam in was railed nt tlio roquestof .iianKaal
fifty or sixty iii'mlcrs who wanted n definite 'KsbbbbI
and nuthorltnthc policy ndopttd for their guld- ."anal
nnco nt this suasion. Tho caucus wns In set VfaanBal
slon lets than nn hour, mm unanimously ill
adopted tho following. ofTerod bv Mr. Bailer. i'Jbbbbb!
thoutllclal lender of tho minority: 41H
"Jteinh-ctl, '11ml It is tho scne of this caucus ''tBI
that tho Democratic members of tho House of rlsnBl
ltcproscntnthcs ought to resist nil ufforls, dl- B
reel nnd Indirect, to retire tha greenbacks and iisaaal
TreuHiir.il imte. nBana!
"llcsolml. That we aro opposed to and will tvM
resist nil utti'mpta to extend tho privileges of (vJaaH
tlio national banks or to ruduuo tho taxos which iXfnana!
they now pay. (v iH
"Jtttoliril, That wo favor tho early consider. Pi'tanai
ntlou and passago of the Senato resolution 'anal
recognizing th.it a condition of wnr exists In 'fanna
tho hland of ("ubn between the Got eminent of '"IWM
Spain nnd tho t'uhnn pcopln. P''bbbb!
"Jletolitit, That wo faior tlio early enact- insaH
mrnt of n just nnd wise bankruptcy law." IhsbbbI
Brief spenchcH were mndn by Messrs. ltnlley, (i'H
Do Armond of Mltrnurl, Maddo of Georgia, ttfaaaai
Mngultu of California, McMlllln of Tonnossee. 'tH
Swaiison of Vlrglnln, Sims of Tcnnessee.'nna "A-annfl
utlicr-i. all cnuiKcllliig moderation In action nt IvH
this tlmo. There was no opposition tothereso- jVnanai
lutluiis offered by Mr, Ilnlle). 'I he iiuestion of '(annai
Hnwailnn annexation was jmnieil out with the RbbH
suggestion that when it hcuimo necessary to 'KsbbbI
determine ii course ot action relating thereto utanaas
ntiothir caucus would bu held, t?H
A resolution offered by Mr. Mnddox wns EbbbbI
agreed to, authorizing tho appointment ot a H
Deuioirutlc t'oncrcsslonnl committee to man ''BgaBB
ugu tho campaign of 1H, to consist ot nine H
N'natora and ono Heprusontntho from each "bbbbi
State nnd Territory and the District of Colum- lH
bla. Tliacommltteo is empowered to till vacan- bbbb!
tlos and to select tho members from those States 14 anal
nnd Territories haling no Dcmocrutlo rcpre- u-bbbb!
acntallou in Congress. i'H
.SUM
EXGLAXIl'S LAItOR THOVRLE. A U.
Some Progress Hade Townrd Bettllav tha ' 3-H
Engineers strike. . -H
Svrclnl Cahlr PlBltatch to Tilt Rtr. fcti jH
London-, Doc. 14. Thoconfcrcnce between the AV-3! IH
Amalgamated Society ot Engineers nnd tho Em- pD
players' Federation was resumed to-day. It was T'bbbV
expected thnt the result of tho ballot taken to '
dccldo whether tho masters' proposals should bo UobU
accepted w oulct lead to a rupture of tho negotla- j TM
tlonsfortho settlement ot the strike, tbe roes nB
having voted overwhelmingly against accoptr HbbB
ing the tcrmn of their employors. j ijl
TMn hmvnver WAS not lllA CARP, nnd at the) L.BBBB
meeting to-day tho employers adopted an ettl- tl
tude that was more, conciliatory than that T.l
assumod by them prior to tho taking ot h.
tho ballot. Thoy submitted a further "pF
explanation of their position, and both ElfaBBt
sides dlsplajed throughout tho meeting a more rl
roasonablo spirit. The discussion resulted In a
substantial advance toward a settlement of the) !
dlsDUte. icl
ITALY'S XEW CARIXET. '' flfl
Marquis dl Hudlnl Announces the Xamea ef -tl-B
Ihe Ministry. KbbI
Snre'al Cablt Dr$pale 'oTns 8c. VbB
Roller Doc. 14. Tiro new Cabinet has been -H
officially gazetted. Tho list of Ministers is 'H
identical with tho unofllcinl ono published a few ';H
days ego, with three exceptions, which com- ' ''fl
prise the ofllces of Public Works, Agriculture. ' -ifl
nnd Public Instruction. Tho Ministry, as finally -?
constructed. Is us follows: ; jH
The Idarquls di Hudlul, I'rlmo Minister and MlnlttSS tU
of the Interior. tf ami
Ailmlral Ilrln. Mlnhter of Marine.
hlgDorZanardelll Minister or Justice. '
Nlgoor LiizzatU. Mluliter of the Troainry.
Blgnor Itransa. Mlnllter of Finance.
Slcnor rocv-o Ortu. Minister of Puul le Works.
SInor Pavoncelll. Mlnliterof Commerce, Industry, H
and Agriculture. rfiH
stguor (lallo. MtahteT of Public Instruction. H
SlRiior sini-u. Minister of I'imu and Tolegraphs. WaV
Oen. San Marzano. Mlnllter of War. 4H
Marquis Vlscontl Vcnoita, Minister ot Foreign Af- $
fairs. fl
Trill Canada Suspend Pelagic Srnllngt !$
Sprcul Cable Vjtatch la The Se-. m
lONno:., Dec. 14. Tho Government Is in eon- M
sulfation with tho Government of Canada in re- d
gard to tho question of suspending ticlngla seal-
Ing for a) car. There Is no indication of Great jff
Britain moderating he-r attitude in tho matter. jl
l Tournlno llenebee Pert. M
Ipreial Cablr Prumtch to The Si U
Ha he. Dec. 14.- The French lino steamer Le, jf.
Touralno, which sailed from New York on Dec 3j
4 for this port, arrhed hero to-day In tow of a "8
British steamship. Sho had boon disabled.
I.) netted Three Imtead or Two Men. J
New Ohleans, Dec. 14. Tho mob In Iberville) $5
parish uhk.li dealt wlththoinurderersofOoorge i
Ilabln last night lynched three Instead of two j
men ns first reported. The lynched men were 9
James Thomas nnd Joseph nnd Charles Alexan- tji
der. Thomas made, i lonfcssluii linfoip his death y
lu which ho Implicated the two Alexanders. '),
Watson Carter. Frank tMlKirne. nnd Laurent ii
Dniiiliik'k, who look a minor part in tho murder i?
of Ilabln, were whipped hi tho mob, and Carter 4
wasorJered to leac tho parish. tr
Two .egroea l.rnrlied by Wblln Caps. Jt
IllliMlNOHAM, Aln , Dec. 14, A telegram from Ij
Kennedy, seventy-five miles west of hero. In vf
Lamar county, n)sthnt I.owIs and John Bon- r
ncr, negroes, sere taken from Hows last night S
by hands of White Cups ami shot to death, J
Lewis Bonner una n I'tiUnd tMntrt witness and H
olso ii Stato witness again! Wlilto Cappors who B
murdered another nigra three months ago. His '75
brother John wns spending the uUht with blm 1
and shired bis death, doubtless tn prevent hlia ri
from being a witness ngiiinst tho lynchers,
- "j
Bessie Laullrr'b .nllnut sent to Prison. ,
PimvilifsCK, It I Dec. 14. Frank Weeden, t
who near!) klllid Ills tousln, Miss Ilcssio Coul- W
tcrs, b) filing u load of hlugs In.n her liody, was h?
to-day fcinlcncid to Unto prison for eighteen
)c-nrs. Miss Coulters Is a Brown i'nlvorslty
student. Mie was seated near n window at her
homo In Auburn oim nfghl several weeks ago ,l
when Weeden crept up to I ho homo and shot
her through tlio window. When he appeared. ?
In court to-Ja) ho shouted that he was Insune. t
I'uloii League Tlcbrl ol I'oated. ,$
The Nominating Coimultleo of tho Union 'jj
Iioaguo Hub held n protracted stsslon last ijf
night, and dlsiusscd the seliclion of candidate
for thorigillar ticket in bototid 'oral thoan-
liiialelrition in Jununr). It wus sadl nftor the ij
session that tin in ilie uu or llietlrl.it hud not
been decided nn. '1 lie .omuiittio has soveral (ij
dj)s )et to pot tin tkkit. I
Confederate llnltle Hug llrlnas SD.OO. J
Bobtov, Mass., Dec. 1 1. A Confederate battle J(
flag w hlch Is said to hai e lx on capture I by Gen. J.
Butler's men In New Orluaim, on Ma) l.lHU'i, i'
where It was hung fiotu n window, was sold by I
auction this morning at ttio rooms of t. K. Lib- 3
bio C Co. for ir'.i ' 'Ihe puriliaMr was Mr. &
Alder, a ii'in-luiMir of iniiny do.uiucnts und au J
tugruphs dhpotcd of ut the i-ulc.
Fouulit a Street Hurl with Knlrea. A
Dam.ah, Tex., Dec. ll.-Mnh Bonner and
Frank King fou-hl a duel with l.iilies jester- B
day In a street In f'rockctta, Tux. King was M
wounded inurlnll), beingillsoinlajwelled. Bon- jH
tier was aiiililiul in sen u til m - and may dlo, 'M
Tho duel was Ihe nil hoi of feud of a dozen 1
years ago In wulch at lenal half a duien meu M
were killed. MB
I'ousliUcrp.le llnkrry Xuld to the Trust. ,J
Pot'niiKEH'Hirc. N Y Doc. It.- It was an-
nouuetd lo-da that the V tilled States Baking ,;S
Ciitiipau) had nc juired the plant of the Pough- '
ke-eiulo Cracker) Baker), nnd will operate It In ft
the future. The terms of sale are withheld, but W
It Is kuowp tbey include a rental of thsrsal jt
MUtsMdtbscoaUnuaaoegftbustntM. O
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