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I1 -, , JHR SdKv TUESDAY JAtttJAatY 26 1806, 7 fl
I BATCLIFFE A PERJURER.
., -jnsTiriFJzx'RonuoBaBBa xab.
JtlAOB CEBTIFIOATJS Vf COURT.
aster Held l '000 Tried-Wheat
BtU I the Tembe He It starve with
raters la "" r,p Blreree by First nifk
and rer Asae'ntsat er Harrl by Boeaad.
Upon the production of a marriage certifi
cate (honing that Edward J. Ratolltfs and.
Caroline ItnTenhlll bad been married on Aug.
Ill 1893, nt the Marylebone Pariah Church,
Magistrate Deuel. In Centre Street Court yes
Uroay, held Hatcllff In $2,000 ball tor the
Grand Jury on a chargo of perjury. Ratcllffe
committed to tho Tombs, at no effort vrae
mado to produce bonds.
The court was crowded, and there ttm a buzs
c( excitement when Caroline Itavenhlll lint
ollffe wns called as the first witness. She of
fered the marrlogo certlQcate on whloh the
names of llirry Kvcndcn and Allco Devonald
appeared ns wltnoseos. It was slimed by O. F.
Thomas, rector of the parish, and rta certi
fied by the American Consul-Qeneral at London
as authentic.
She also produced a photograph of Ratcllffo
taken In San Francisco In 1880. whloh repre
sented him In the character of .Romeo. On the
back of tho picture, In what she swore was
the handwriting of tho actor, were the follow
ing words:
"Alas, that love, so gentle In his Tien, should
be so tyrannous and rough In proof.
"To dear Carrie, In kind remembrance of the
past. Edwaiid IUTcum."
On cross examination tho witness admitted
that she had not received the pho'-ogmoh from
lUtcllflo direct, but through his mother. Sho
Was unablo to descrlbo tho mother except that
she bad gray hair, Hho alio admitted that
she had received the plcturo before nhb wont to
live with Mr. Choppln. She was not certain
how old the was, but thought she had been born
la 1805. Sho declared that although she waa
not 18 years old whon sho married Itatollfte,
she had told too rector tnnt sno was over ID
ytars of sue.
"Then you Hod to the rector," said Mr.
Towns.
"I did It becauao Ratcllffe told me to," waa
her reply.
She also denied that she had ever been a
member of Mary Anderson's London company.
She was then excused, and John Chambers was
called.
Chambers said he worked at S3 Broadway,
and that he had been In America eight years.
He declared that he had been the treasurer of
the Ljceum Theatre Company in London when
Mary Anderson played a six months' season
there In 1884 and 1883, and that he first met
HatclWe tbore.
"Did he ever say be was married!" asked
Assistant District Attorney Lloyd.
"Yes, sir," replied the witness. "In 1885, he
told me that he had a wife and child."
'iho witness said he had continued with tho
company for a four weeks' tour of tho prov
inces, but did not soil with the company to
America, ltatclllfe did come to this country,
however, he said. Lawyer Towns then began
tho cross examination. Chambers, in answer
to questions, snld ho had never seen ItatcliDe
from 1885 until he saw him in court; that .Rat
cllffe at that time was a member of a quar
tet, although he could not remember what
part he rang; that the othor members of the
quartet were Reeves, Lytton, and a fourth
Bum whose nonio he could not remember.
"What did Mary Anderson open the season
wltbl" naked tho lawyer.
" 'Pygmalion and Galatea," " was tho reply.and
RatclWo laughed and shook negatively his head
at the lawyer.
. "What else did she play!" was the next ques
tion. " 'Romeo and Juliet,' 'As Yon Like It," Trag
edy and Comedy,' The Lady of Lyons,' and 'In
fromar,'" replied Chambers, and again Ratclitre
aughed. Mr. Lloyd also smiled.
"what amuses you, Mr. Lloydl" roared Law
yer Towns, "You stand there grinning Uko a
monkey at every question I ask.
Magistrate Deuel rapped for order and told
Lawyer Towns that be must not Indulge in such
language. Chambers in answer to further
questions, said that be could not tell the amount
of too pay roll, but that the road company con
sisted of about fifty people. Ho said that
Forbes Robertson, J. a. Taylor, and ZefllaVril
bury were members of the company and men
tioned several of the roles that Bliss Tilbury
played. Ratcllffe by nods conveyed the informa
tion tc-hls-oouhsel 'that-tbe statements were
wrong.
This closed the people's case and Lawyer
Towns, for moro than nn hour and a half, ar
gued that tho charges ought to be dismissed on
the ground that tho alleged perjury wns not com
mitted on a question that wan pertinent to the
Issue on whicn Ratcllffe was being tried at the
time. He quoted legal authorities by the
wholesale, nnd referred to Sbakospcare only
once. He declnrcd that tho question "Were
you ever married before you married Allco Do
Lacyl could havo been answered In tho nlllrm
atlve andtlli.would,havo had no direct bearing
on the esse.
"But think of what questions would havo fol
lowed and the effect the answers would have
had on tho Jury," interposed Magistrate Deuel.
"Your Honor has no right to speculate on
what might havo happened," said Lawyer
Towns "ou are held to what actually took
place "
.When Lawyer Towns finished Ills speech
Magistrate Deuel denied the motion. ltnt
cllUe then signed his formal examination pa
per, and pleaded not guilty to tbu charge
eoinothlng that ho bad refused to do before.
,1 think, ball should bo fixed at $3,000,"
said Mr. Lloyd.
' Ho has been unablo to furnish the $3,000
under which ho nas been held as vet," said
8"fc00"a,C Cl' e,",rplj'' "vu nail at
Before the case was cnlled Ratcllffo ex
hibited a contract at $600 a week to appear
Rt the I'lcnenro Palace. Mr. Towns was
vers angry with him for showing this contract,
Hylnf that his contention had been all along
that Ifatcllfte was ruined, and that, oven wcro
lie (Uncharged, ho could not get a lucrative en
gagement. Papers were served on Ratcllffe when ho
returned to tho Tombs nrlxon in tun ,n(t
'"ought hv Howm d. Hummel, ono on behalf of
LVS P,8LacJr daugntcr. Alice, for the annul
njont of her umrrlae to I ho actor, on tho ground
Vi.. "..',,) n?a ,ho "'er in behalf of Caroline
"aienhlll, nho sues for dlvorco nnd alimony.
1 be Lugllsli plaintiff alleges that oho was mar-j-
id to the nctorln London on Aug. IB, 1H83,
1 1,.1. 'hI1J' Edward Albert Ratcllffe. now
"S3 fk'5 l,MI5, old- resulted from tho union,
and inat she did not discover the fact of tho
,1'.?i mlago to Peter DoLaoy's daughter
until recently. Mie declares that Ratcllffo was
Irt. ""C ".' 1S0 a week BaIarT " on
".fiL".? ,0 V'? ,,mo ,,r 1,ls arret o 'h charge
of beating bhj American wife, and that ho
;L.npr11cr,!r, " lllcitnt toenublohlm to pay
rensoi ab'o nlitunnv for tho support of the plain
J I IT nnd her bo bhnnsks tor tho custody of
'!' br- Mr. Allco DoUcj Ratcllffe nskSfor
l5orotnj "' t"''r t" c"1'llrLn' Virginia and
d! "'"."l"".'1 nppcnr tt ho disturbed by
him "' lcftul Proceedings against
U:MHJ)i;. PI.AATS UXITKJ).
Announcement r the Plana or the Ameri
can lahrrloa Cnnipiinr.
All oflklal announcement was made yester
day concerning the organization of tbe Ameri
can Fisheries '.Coinpanj, wlikli was formed to
engago In tho menhaden fibbing industry under
the Stanley patonts. Charles J. Canda Is Iho
I resident of tho couipan), Iird Lurgan of I.oii
don, England, Vltc-Hrealdont, and John li
Searlen Chairman of tho Hoard of Directors,
the other directors aro Chaunccy M. Depew,
. N. Coler, Jr., Capt, N. D. Church. F. H.
( JaiC3on. George V. Sims, and John Jamoa
Calrnes. Wlnthrop M. Tuttle of this city Is
the Secretary and Treasurer, and Capt. Church
general manager. The capital consists of
$8,000,000 of common stock nnd $2,000,000 of
IhJV, I"."' eumtilathe preferred. One-balf
lii5loch ua icen. pluced " tnU cltT and tho
Balance In hngland.
nlini. t"rJoroJ1" b" squired about sixteen
SS.,f-and nfleot of between thirty and forty
fteamers. Iho bUnley patent process, which
ihiHe m,tro('u:ed. Is, said to obviate all the
?JS lon.". 'TDUght against the manufacturing
Sn.Si. " l5n.(1 uano- 'iho patents were for.
merly owned b) the t isli, Oil and (I uano Syndi
cate, Limited, of tondon. of which Lord Lurgan
,a. lrec,.or a"a Chairman of tlio board. Iho
? fI.VSny.l'aVc!l", exclusive rights for the
J lontinent of North America.
f..i cq",Pailr Pcta In timo to establish
iini?"S8,?lon tu0 outbern coast and in tbe
v in ;L0' Mxlio. and also on the Paclfio coast
i in,cPnneclon with large salmon factories, with
f tlllVfr Ulaj"'factur)ng the refuse into fer-
. African Cellrte Will tie! lie Heater.
J.U ksov, Miss., Jan. 2L-In tbe Sonata a few
ago It was proposod that Aloorn A. M. E.
I i "Ucgo for colored boys be abolished, but no at
'in on was paid to tho suggestion. The African
. Methodist Conference In session at Yaroo City
k'!t!,!ne,unnasj.und appointed a committee of
Ji,l.ot ",0 "10"1 Prominent members to Visit
Let-te.' "n" Protest. Tboy appeared before the
I tffi,Ju,uro o-day and spoke earnestly for con-
iuV," ' ."PpHWlutlons. The were roundly ap-
irSJr. .llicr ?f11 tht Silsslsslppl Is doing
i!'. '" l,M.!"' '"o I ho negro than auy fiuto in the
"j0 t 'hcvlll get what theyeek for their
TJtK MVmOJBM OP rAttttKH PJEPjMUr.
" ,e Arresleo far the Crime, Vfhleh Waa
Cmmltt an Oct. to.
BixonaUTOK, Jan. 84,-Cornellus W. Sbaw of
Collinavllle, Delaware county, and James
Eagan, alias Smith, of Norwich. N. Y., have
been arrested, charged with, the murder of
Fanner Jackson Pepper on the night of Oct. 10
last at Rush.Pa., and District Attorney Ainey of
Montrose is sure that "he has conclusive evi
dence of their guilt. It has been ascertained
that Shaw and Eagan left Susquehanna on Oct,
18, staying that night at Montrose and going
on to Rush the noxt morning. Arriving there
they hid in the woods near the Pepper farm, in
tending to rob the house during the night.
Pepper went to his barn In tho evening to
husk corn, and late at night ho was found dead
by his stepmother, who, becoming worried at
his prolonged absence, went to the barn In
search of him. Ills head bad been beaten In
with the whlffletreo of an old wagon and his
hands and feet were securely tied with rones.
rne barn showed evldonce of a fearfnl struggle,
and the murderers were ovidently frightened at
their awful work, as they did not attempt to
commit robbery.
Every clue was followed without avail, and
finally a reward of $1,000 was offered for the
arrest of tho murderers. Tho credit of tho cap
ture Is due to Louis B. Marseilles of 02 Ex
change street, this city. He was a formor resi
dent of Rush, and bad read an acoouut of the
murder with great interest. He found that
Eagan and Bhaw bad been seen in the neighbor
hood, and started nut to follow the clue and get
tho reward If possible. He went to Stipquohnn
no, managed to gain tho confidence of Ragan's
common law wife, and wurked a confession from
her. In which she allegod to hare heard Shaw
and Engau planning to rob the Peppers on Oct.
17. Marseilles then traced tho men to and from
Rush, and found such h chain of circumstantial
evidence about them that thotr arrest followed.
It was well known that tho Peppers Kept a
largo sum of money in tbe boure, as after tho
failure of tho Montroso Hunk, somo years ago,
in whloh Ihev lost considerable money, they
withdrew thelrncoounts from all banks, hhorlly
after the murder, when the authorities wcro
searching the house, about $22,000 In cash wns
found secreted In various places
Kagan and Shnw havo confessed tho crime.
Each accuses the othor of committing tbe deed.
OE.V, F1TZQEBAZI SUltVltlSJSD.
The First Battery Marches Over te Ills House
nnd BipresMs Iti Goo itlthe.
Capt. Louis Wendel of tho First Uattery of
tho Notional Guard marched his command over
from the armory to Gen. Louis Fltigorald's
residence at Thirty-fifth street and Lexington
avenue last evening and eurprlsod htm with
muilo and an expression of good wishes. His
purposo had boon kept a socrot from tho 0 en.
eral, and tho first the latter know of It was when
ho heard a brass band playing "Hall to tbe
Chief" in front of his door about 0 o'clock.
As soon as he stepped out of tho door the band
gave three rufiles, the saluto for a Drlgndler, and
the General in turn saluted tho lino of Na
tional Guardsmen formed in front of the house.
Capt. Wendel and bis officers mado it plain that
they had something to say, nnd iho Genornl In
vited them Indoors out of tho blustering wind.
They ranged themselves along the walls In the
hall and big parlor, and then this was read to
the General:
We, the officers and members ot the First Battery,
N. O. N. Y.. desire to express our regret at your de
cision to withdraw rrom the position which you baTs
filled so long and entcleutl). As lesser members nf
the one great family whloh we call our National
Guard, It has been our pleasure to follow the Instruc
tion and profit by the counsel which have come from
you aa our head and superior. The kindly frellcg and
respect we have had for you Iti the past will still re
main, notwithstanding your separation from us of
ficially. Vo hope that you will au-cpt these words
as evidence of our sincere regard and appreciation
and of our best wishes for your future prosperity and
happiness
Gen. Fltzeerald thanked his visitors for their
good wishes nnd congratulated tho command on
its splendid work to ndvanco tho Interests of
tho artillery branch of tho Stnto service. All
then shook hands with their former brigade
commander, and tho visit closed with tho par
taking of refreshments.
BIOTOZ.IS POTjICESTAy ACCVSED.
Arreated Hrorcber SJnts a Drlbe lYould Have
Freed Illai-Tet Relieved Fined 3.
Thomas J, Qullty, who was appointed a bicycle
policeman on Dec. 10, made his first arrest Sun
day evening. When he nrralgnod his prisoner
in tbo Yorkvillo Court yesterday tho latter
complained to Msglslrate Cornell that the po
liceman wanted a bribe to let him go.
Tho prisoner wss Charles Llvcrmore. an archi
tect living at 71 West Eleventh street. He said
he was emnloyed by tho firm of McKIro, Mead
& White.
Ho was arrested at Madison avenue and Seventy-second
street nt 0 o'clock Sunday evening
and was taken to the East Sixty seventh street
station on a charge of scorching. He left bis
wheel there as security for bis appearanco in
court.
Magistrate Cornell naked him what ovldence
he had that tho policeman tried to extort money
from him.
"I know tho police get money," Llvarmore
answered. "Instead of Inking mo directly to
tho station house, ho wheeled over to Third
nvenue to Beo If I would give him money, nnd
when Idld not give him nnyho took mo to the
station."
Tho policeman explained that he crossed from
Madison nvenue to Third avenuo through Sixty
olghtb street by inlstnko nnd bo went half a
blockoutof the war. lie added that ltvtnstho
first timo be had been to that station house He
denied that there was anything In his manner
tolndlrato that he wanted money from tbo
prisoner.
"There Is not tho slightest ground on which
to baso tho statement of bribery," tbo Magis
trate sii Id. " I do not bellore there Is any black
mail going on among tho bicycle policemen, and
I know from my experience that they can tell
accurately whothcr a bicyclist Is going at a
speed greater than the law allows."
He fined the prisoner $2 for scorching.
xrii.z. or mr.LiA.M t. nvcifZEr.
Ill Ratale Is Raid ta BelVarth About 0GO.OOO
Ilia Partnership Dalnures.
Tbe will of William T. Buckley, the dry goods
merchant, who committed suicide nt his home
in Far Hockawuy on Jan. (I, has been proved In
tbe Surrogate's ofilce at Jamaica. Mrs. Fred
ericks H. Buckley, bis widow, and Charles It,
Buckley are named as executors. The will be
quoatbs to Charles R. lliicklcy nnd nnothor
brotuerthe teatator's one-third Interest In tho
undivided cslnte of their mother, except his
share nf tho fntiiil) vllver. Tho tcslatordiroi l
that all balances dun hltn nsnpiitnor In tho
snicrnl firms styled Duiilnim, Buckle) &Co.
after the payment of nil Just debt, bo cliriroil
equally h-tnecn his widow nnd on! son. The
widow gets thn totnlor's Hfo Inrtirsiuo monoy
and also that upnu the llfo of her father in con
l!erllonof relinquishing her dovicr right in
tho property bequeathed to tostator's two broth
ers. Tho estalo Is said to bo worth about
$50,000.
HOUSE FALLS 7.Y A IIJIOA IWA Y UOLr.
A Dlcsrr It Fell On llodly Injured The Morse
Hut Hurt.
A horse driven by Jacob A. Flelschroann ot
104 Lewis street toppled yesterday Into nn ex
cavation nt Urnaihwiy and Fourth street. In
which Peter Montoroian, liborcr, was delving.
It fell upon Iho Italian and lushed him bidly
lie wns got out with some difficulty in n state
of collapse, and was sont lo bl. Vincent's Has .
pltal. Ills home is si 10(1 Mulhorry street. Tho
horse was got out with the aid of a derrick. It
was not hurt.
Three Jurors Accepted In tbe Lynch N ureter
Trial.
The difficulty experienced last week in get
ting a Jury to try a murdor case in tbo Supremo
Court of Richmond was had J estcrday in exam
ining talesmen for the trial of Peter Lynch, who
Is accused of the murder of his wife last Octo
ber. Forty-eight talesmen were called nnd but
thrco weroaccoptcd. Many of the tnlonmon ob
jected to tho death penalty nnd to tho plea of
insanity. Tho Jurors ncuptod were Isldor
Kuischer ot Stnpleton, bainuol Barton ot
Princo's Bay, and Patrick Smith of Fort Wads-worth.
Dominion Plebiscite sn Prohibition.
Kinobton, Ontario, Jan. 21. Tho campaign
preliminary to the Dominion plebiscite on pro
hibition is waging hotter every day. On Jan.
27 and 28 Principal Grant of Queen's College,
one of the most brilliant scholars In Canada,
who has lately excited controversy by opposing
tbe plebiscite, will meet In publlo debate on tho
subject tbe Rev, Dr. Lucas, a Grimsby clergy
man, who strongly advocates tho measure.
Knanssmeut ar Mrs. Caroline Uall iaabburu.
Tbe engagement of Mrs. Caroline Hall Wash
burn o Boston to Robert Gordon Hsrdle, the
painter, of this tity, has been announced. Mr,
Hsrdle's portrait of President Eliot of Harvard
University bungs In the University Club In this
city, Mrs, Washburn is a daughter of tbe late
Rev, NaIIi nilel Hall of Boston, am a cousin of
tho (atu Al vn Thorpd) ke Rico.
BOARDER GAVE A SOIREE
AI AZr, WAS PEACE AXB UEZ.ODT
TILL StAItT F1HED TUE ZAMP.
he lane "Take Bach the Uald Tan Have Me,"
er Something, nnd He Uald "Plense to Be
lira at Hair Past Nine" At That She Up
with the I,ampand lie Went la iheHeepltal.
Mrs. Mary Ann Baker was on trial In the Gen
eral Sessions yesterday for throwing a lamp at
William Parker, a boarder in Mrs. Ann Hon
nett'a boarding houso at 2040 Socond avenuo on
tho night of Sept. 27.
That night Mrs. Baker went to call on Mrs.
Hennett, according to tho testimony produced
kt the trial yesterday. When Mrs. Baker called
at the house sho was ushered into a big room
Whlih wns known ns Mr. Parker's room at night
and In tho dnytlmo as tho family sitting room.
When Mrs. Baker entered Mr. Parker wns play
ing the concertina.
Mr. Parker, tho boarder, testified yesterday
that about half past 0 o'clock ho felt weary and
wanted to rctlro; that ho throw out several
hints for Mrs. Baker, nono of which sho ac
cepted. Mrs. Hennett nnd her daughter Min
nie, an 18-yoar-old girl, wcro also in the room
at tho timo. Parker says that when nono of
them would got out of his apartment he began
to play "Homo, Sv ret Home" on tho ooncortlna.
Thereupon tho said Mary Ann Baker reached
forth and grabbed tho lamp from tho table,
hurling It at tho head of tho witness. The
lamp Btruck Mr. Parker In tho forehead and
when It broko the oil took fire and "streams ot
blazes rolled down" tho burly form of tbe
boarder. Tho flamos burned off a plcco of his
right car and somo of his face.
Charles Hcnnott, tho son of tho boarding
houso keeper, testified that whon Mrs. Baker
entered Parker's room Bhe began to ralso tho
devil.
"What do you mean by raising the devlll"
asked Lawyer House, cross oxamlntng the wit
ness. "Sho was singing and carrying on," answered
Henno't, "Sho camo Into the room singing
'Tnkn Back tho Gold I Gavo You.' "
Miss Minnie Hennett told the story of the
evening:
"Wo were in Mr. Parker's room, and wo
sold, 'Will sou play us a tuno on tho concer
tina!' He played us trto tuno. Thero was a
knock on tho door, and Mrs. Berne ran to tho
door, and sho sold, 'Whj, here Is Mary Ann,'
and I snj s, 'I am cry glad to roe you,' and Mrs.
Baker started In to sing nnd Jump, and then
she sat on tho bed, und thou she rot up and
Jumped some more, and mamma said. 'Go and
got a pint of beer. I wont nnd got the pint ot
bocr, and 1 took n glass nnd put tho glass on thn
bureau nnd then sho started to sing Mary
Ann did until it got late; until Mr. Parker
said to mamma, 'If you will pleaso ask these
ladles to retire.1 And Mr. Parker put tho
concertina on tho floor and finally picked It up
again and started to play, and then Mrs. Baker
started dancing, and sho kept that up quite a
while, and theu Mr. Porker said, 'l'lease; ex
cuse me, but will jou rctlro I' Mrs Baker sat
still, and then he nskod ngaln nnd said: 'La
dles, will vou plense rctlrct I want to go to
bed. 'No,' Mrs Baker snld, 'you will haio to
get a cop to keop me out.' llo says, 'I don't
think that 11 is necessary to get a cop to keep
you out of my room." And then she grabbed
a lamp and hit him on tbo bead. That set his
clothing on tire, and wc put it out with pillow
casos."
Cross-examined Nobody struck Mrs. Baker!
A.-Oh. no.
Q Mrs. Baker mnde great nolle! A.
Yes, sho made a great racket.
Q. How do you mean! A. Hollering and
yelllne.
Q. And Mr. Parker was plnjlng nico, soft,
low, sweet musicf A. c
Q. Not making nnj noiset A. No.
Q But Mri Baker was! A. -Yes. and high
kicking.
Q. Now, what did eho sing Mrs. Baker!
A. hhe sang, "If you should see) our sltcr."
t) Did she sing "Give back tho gold I gave
youl ' A. 1 did not hear her. but sho may
havo sung'It whllo I was out for tho pint.
Q You did hear her sing "You ought to seo
your stKter"! A. Yo
o. lou nro positive? A. les
Q. Wns that Mary Ann's top note!
Assistant District Attorney Gordon objected
nnd Mr. Houso slid. "Well, jour Honor, I will
withdraw tho question."
(i -Now, what did Mr. Parker piny Instl
A. "Home. Beet Homr."
S. Uo to that timo c rrythlng had been nice
sweotf A. Yes, before Mary Ann Ilrod the
lump.
Q. Now, did not somebody plvo Mrs. Baker
a nico gcntlo little clip under tho car! A. No,
sir: no. ir.
Tho enso will bo continued to day.
EOXAI ACCUSES 1TEEKS.
I.nys tha Killing r Old hnn Ilohner ta the
Man Who Unlit 1I Killed KlrhoU,
BrtmoEPonT, Conn , Jnn. 24. Charles Bonal,
the murderer of George Marcus Nichols, who
Is now In the btate prison at WethersDcld under
sentence to be hanged on April 14, has made a
statement which clears up tho mystorious
death of John Bohner of Huntington last Feb
ruary. According to Bonai's statement, Bohn
er, who was an aged man, w as murdered by
Davo Weeks. Weeks was wllh Bonn! in the
Nichols murder and turned State's evldenco nt
tho recent trial in which Bonal was convicted.
Ho Is now in Jail awaiting trial for murder at
tho February term of tho Criminal Court. It
Is believed Weeks will escnpo with imprison
ment for Hfo by a plea of guilty of murder In
the 6econd degree.
Bohner. the murdered man. was a nath e of
Switzerland and camo to this country n num
ber of years ngo, leaving behind htm In the old
country a wife nnd three children. He camo
to Huntington and secured work nsa farm
hand. He was ending and lived In a nmull
houso alone. It was his intention to send for
his wlfo und family when he hnd ncumulated
sufficient monoy to btij a home for them In this
country. The houso in which Bohner lived was
not far from tbo homo of Dav o Weeks and
the two men were well acquainted. Bonal
was at the Weeks home. At Iho time nf
tho death of Bohner It wus thought thnt it was
tho result of nn accident. Bonal s statement Is
thnt bo nnd Weeks went to the houso to rob It,
Bohner enmo In, and caught Weeks nt work,
nnd Weeks killed him. Ihcn they burned tho
houso with tho body In It.
U1TCUCOCK SUES VOlt niTOBCE.
At the Age or 71 He Married n Mlilnrr er0
Through n ew lorli SlMtrlinmilnl AR-eiicy.
Wjvbiiisotov, Jan. 21. The Hon. Carlos A.
Hitchcock, formerly of Rutlnnd. Vt but now
of this city, to-d-vy fllod a suit for divorce from
EmilinnGulnnn Hitchcock. Tbo petition atntes
that ho met Mrs. Gulnon, thou n widow of 40,
through the matrimonial agency of It. B. Well
man of 3113 Eighth nvenue. Now York, In 1801,
at which time Mr. Hitchcock wus 71 )ears of
age. She signed nn agreement not to mtko
any claim to his estalo after his death.
Sho only told him of ono marrlngo at this
time, but later sho Informed him that she
bad been married sovernl tlmos before. Ho
also learned that she bad been living with ono
Isaac W. White of Drookljn, N. Y passing as
his wife. Mr. Hllcliroik ovcrn that ha found
his wlfo In it (omornmlslng position wllh a man
who roomed In their houso, nnd on account of
his remonstrances she inserted him.
Some time ngo Mrs. Hitchcock tiled n suit for
maintenance, in which eho complained that, al
though hnr husband wns worth about $150,000,
ho treated her In iv niggardly mannor, innking
her wash tho Moors and do othor work, and not
giving her sufficient food. Mr. Hitchcock was
ntnuetlmon inomberof the Vermont Legisla
ture and held a number of Stato offices.
Mrs. Ouerllnd's iisplrlona.
Gustavus E. Okerllnd, 00 years old, of 70
Fourth uvenuo, Brooklyn, was arraigned bo
fore Pollco Justice Tculo In tho Myrtlo Avenuo
Court estcrday, charged with falling to sup
port his wife. Mrs. Okerllnd said tbey were
married In 1880, and lived happily for a year.
Then both she and her sister began togetslik
and lose flesh, nnd when they railed a doctor ho
sild tbcv were bIng slowly poisoned, bho
reported tbe matter lo tho Ifoilth Department,
and wan advNid In go befnro tho Distilct At
torney, but sho never in ted onthlsndvUe. She.
however, refused to live with her husband
ngiin. Mr. Okerllnd In nnswer to bis wife's
story snld that sho was crazj. The hearing was
adjourned.
A Pastor uecomco m Secretary.
Tbe Ror. Thornton B. Penfleld has resigned
tbe pastorate of the Cumberland Street Presby.
tcrlan Church to becoino Secretary of tbo Con
tra! Branch nf the Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation In Brooklyn, llo Is Prealdent of tho
Hrooklvn Union of Young Poople's Societies of
Christian Endeavor,
Psprrss Thler Pleads Uulltj.
John J. Gl)nn, alias Henry Marsh, tbe thief
who robbed the Adams Express Company ot
large quantities of goods by wearing a uniform
and protending to bo an employee of the com-
Bany. pleaded guilty in tbo General Sessions
ouri J" J.f,.0, c'.,jr restorday. JI0 waa tp
manded until Thurduv for sentence, , lr
xitjb xorxes about rowir.
Mme. Nordloa's disagreement with the Bos
ton Symphony Orchestra, whloh. led her to de
scribe that organization as a lot ot "Kalama
zoo musicians," did not have its beginning at
tha h cated session held last week on the stage
of tho Metropolitan Opera House. Its real
start dates back more than a year. The Bos
ton players arrived in town one morning otter
a night's travel and wanted an opportunity to
rest Mme. Nordlca,who was to sing with
them at the New York concert, insisted on a
rehearsal. Bo they went directly to the Metro
politan and waited for tho prima donna to ar
rive Bnt there were no signs of Mme. Nor
dics, acd after an hour's waiting the sleepy
musicians went home. Since that time the re
lations between Mmo. Nordlcn and tbe must
clans have not been as coralal as thoy might
be. At the rehearsal last week Mme, Nordlca
was not pleased to find that Mr. Knelsel.emlnent
musician ns ho Is, had como to direct tho or
chestra at the rehearsal in place ot Mr. Paur,
Bhe wanted tho regular conductor and nobody
also. But sho started In with tho rehearsal of
"Ah, Perfido," which for ono reason or an
other did not go just as well as Mmo. Nordlca
thought It should. There was somo discussion
of the subject between Mme. Nordlca and Mr.
Knolsol.
"Well, in tho way the accompaniment Is
played. It certainly does not show off my
voice," said Mmo. Nordlca,
"As much ns I admire your rolco and your
art, answered Mr. Knelsol. "I cannot alter
Beethoven's muslo to display them, bowovor
great the improvement might bo "
It was shortly after this that Kalamazoo nnd
other words descriptive of undov eloped musi
cal taste began to be heard in tbo chilly atmo
sphere of tho Metropolitan.
One of tho recent sales held nt an uptown
auction room called attention to the decline in
the popular liking for marblo statuary Intend
ed for household decoration. At this particu
lar sale, which was typical of many others,
somo works by the best-known American sculp
tors were sold at astonishingly low p Ices. Two
busts signed by St, Gaudens sold for 810 each,
and works by Barkalowlcz, Gaubault, Egusqul
za. and J. II. Uazeltlne brought prices ranging
from $1.60 to $20. Of tbeso tbe maximum price
was paid for only one. Two sold for $10, and
four for $10. These wore not exceptional In
stances, but the same scalo of prlcea was main
tained throughout the evening. All ot the
marbles were nought by ndoalor. In speaking
of the low prleos tboy brought ho Bald: "Mar
blo statuary as a moans of Intorlor decoration
has gone completely out of fashion, Bronzes
are bought by persons who buy oxpcnslvo ob
jects, and moro popular now with others are
the porcelain groups and slnglo figures mnde
br tho potteries of Italy nnd Germany. Mar
blo is too cold for Interior decoration. It Is not
suited to tho present fashion of furnishing, and
It Is not posslblo to make It harmonize with
tho present methods ot decorating houses.
Nothing so bright or gloBsy would harmonize,
though tho old-fashioned nouses, which were
roomy and spacious, could accoinraodato
frroups that would never bo admitted to-day
nto any house furnished with regard for tho
best contomporary fashions. Almost as sig
nificant ns theprlco brought by these works
at tho sale Is the fact that what vv as considered
tho liest plcco of work in a well known wom
an's collection was bought for ft hotel, when,
nftcr her death, her household effects were
sold."
Tho Insuranco companies print lists of tho
rates at which persons In certain professions
nro Insured, and In tho catalogue of ono ot
them there appears the entry: "Actress not sou
brcttoj," followed by the figure nt which Insur
ance will bo undertaken for that class of pro
fessionals. Tho discrimination marked by tho
brackets shows tho low estate Into which the
word "soubrotto" has fallen. Tho word has
becomo so far removed from stage llfo thnt its
original meaning Is llttlo understood outside
of professional eircles Nobody would suppose)
that a soubrotto in tho original meaning of the
term was any more llnblo "x accident or in
jury than an nctrtBS givon over to serious roles.
Tho insurance company has p'nlnlv gone over
to that use of tho word which camo into voguo
tbrough'the medium of tho police courts.
James K. Hackott, who has mirrled Miss
Mnnnering of tho Lyceum, may or may not
act with her In that theatre next winter. If ho
docs, tbo situation will be a novol one, for,
popular as both of theso young persons are. It
will require nn effort for some in their audi
ences to watch even bo attractive a man and
his wife making love to each other. In all tho
plays in which they have appeareiTat tho Ly
ceum, except ono. theso two have appeared as
lovers. When they are married In real Hfo
the situation may seem very domestlo and pro
per and charming, but experience bar shown
that tho publlu Is likely to be very much less
Interested in them. Not In many years has n
New York theatre had a stock company in
which the two leading actors were man and
wife, and the experiment might provo rather
dangerous So Mr. Hackctt will probably
exhibit his undoubted talents In other places
while his wife contlnuos to increase her popu
larity at the Lyceum. Mr. Frohman has con
siderable trouble with the matrimonial tenden
cies of his actors That may be one penalty of
engaging such young ones. But there Is an
other condition which would go far toward
counteracting tnelr manager's good advice on
the subject of remaining single. In tho com
pany are Mr. and Mrs. wulcot, who have long
been ono of tho notably happy married couples
on tho stage, nnd Mrs. Whlrion Is a widow of
beveral months after a long life of Ideal do
mesticity. Mr. Frohman would hive to talk
oloquentlyto overcome such examples to his
younger actors. Ther were too much for Miss
Horenco nnd Fritz Williams, and for the latest
married two In the company.
JIIIib'T BOH JtAUVET liUBAyn.
Ilnn Smith Filially Ileelnred Innocent or tho
S)7,OUO Illaruond Theft.
Dan Smith, alias Kinsman, was acquitted
yesterday of stealing $7,000 worth of diamonds
from tbe Iioubo of Harvey Durand nt fl West
Forty sev cnth street on June 4. A Jury dis
agreed on a verdlot in tbo case in November.
but tho prisoner was found not guilty nftcr tho
Jurymen hod deliberated only ten minutes yes
terday. Dctectlvo Sergeant Weller and other detec
tives gavo evidence thnt Smith bad borrowed
m6ney on tho day of tho robbery nnd sold ho
wns going to llvoBtrnlght. He w an nt that timo
ono month nut of Jail. A Tombs prisoner
named KHeBhor, who wn put on the Btnnd at
Smith's former trial, admitted that he had
committed thu rohocrv in cumpanv with a man
named Mitchell, who holpod him from the roof.
Opposed to tho testimony of this prisoner
wns that of Mr. Durand, who Identified Smith
as tho man whoso face ho snw In a looking
glass for about thirteen beeonds ns ho stood nt
n burtnu nnd whom he pursued from tho room
on the second floor to the roof. Smith neknnu I
edged that bo had been a thief slnio nbov and
hadFpont half nt the 2H voara nfhis llfo in
prison. "Hovvovcr." ho tnid, "I nm peifeetl)
innocent of this ihnrgo, and I am telling you
thn nbsnluto truth when 1 hiyso."
Judgo Neivhiirger told tho acquitted man
that he hoped ho had learuod thnt crlmo did not
pa) und that lie would bo ablo tn live down his
past record. Smith, before leaving tho court,
mnde ono moro speech, thanking every body for
their kindness to him.
WHEBE IS BEUTIIA rjtEEXIAfi T
Mine lean Old. She Una Heen Sllsslns rrom
Her Home Since Last Thurednr.
Bertha Froeman, 0 soars old, colored, who
lived with hor parents at 80 Sip avenuo, Jersey
City, has been missing since last Thursday.
Her father Is a coachman for Mr, M, Apgar of
01 Sin avenue, and her mother works by the
day for a family In Sip avenue, Tho
Freomans live in a small cottage on
Mr. Apgar's grounds. Mrs. Freeman and
Bertha returned home about 0 P. M.
on Thursday. Ilerlba put a bundle on the tabic
nnd. Baying, "Momma, I'm going nut to cloie
the shutters, left the bouse. After she had
been gone about fifteen minutes her father
went to look for her. He soarehod tho neighbor
hood and went to tho houses nf the chlld'a play
mates, but could got no tidings of her. The po
llco Joined In tho search, but up to last night no
trace of her had been found.
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ItEFAULTEB TO PVXITEXTIAHr.
Ytmild Probably llnvo lleeu Bent to Stale
Prison but fur Intercession.
Julius A. Broso, tho defaulting discount clerk
of tho State Banking Company of Newark, who
recently pleadod guilty to having appropriated
$7,200 nf the bank's money, was sentenced
yestorday to two nnd a half years' Imprison
ment in the Essex county penitentiary at Cald
well. A strong nlen for mercy wns made by his
counsel, nnd a number of Influential men In
terceded for him. This probably saved him
from going to State prltou.
Opposed to Ibe Bnnhruplrr BUI.
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 24. The merchants of a
dozon Kansas towns aro circulating petitions In
opposition to the passago of the Bankruptcy bill
now before Congress, on the theory that it will
encourage illegitimate competition in tbe retail
markets. It Is asserted that tbe lawwou d offer
a premium on dishonest failures by absolving
bankrupt merchants from al liability shore the
Talus of their stocks. ' """"
4s, Wky -v? jjs, t yiufi v;-,t.vv , yiSM,
CHURCH BOOMS DANCING.
DR. STODDABD'S CUT BATE FOB
PIOUS TtrO.STBPPEBS.
Jersey City Ranrlng Masters rear That the
"Klgbt fer S)l Irftsaona In Church Will
Hnrt Holiness-will Be Mere Daaelna
Thnn Krer," Saia the Bev. Dr. aiedaard.
Slnco tho Rer. Dr. E. L. Stoddard, rector ot St,
John's Episcopal Church in Jersey City, started
a dancing class in connection with tho church
his mall has Increased moro than tenfold. Dr.
Stoddard says that ho it recoiving let
ters from ministers all over tbo country,
some condemning tho projoct and others
approving It. Tho class will continue until
tbo Lenten season begins, when it will probably
bo temporarily suspended. Many of tbe minis
ters are under the impression that tho lessons
nro given In the church. This Is a mistake, Tho
dancing school Is in the gymnasium. Dr. Stod
dard has also received letters from dnnclng
mastors complaining that tho cut rates adopted
at tho church school injure tholr business by
taking their pupils nway. In reference to this
matter Dr. Stoddard says:
"1 think that tho dancing msstors who have
objeoted to the low rates are short sighted. Ia
stead of this dancing class at low rates being a
menace to tbo profession, It will stimulate it. It
Is true that we have 100 applicants for admis
sion, and that as soon as any one of the present
sixty members has completed his or her educa
tion and drops out, the first one on tho waiting
list will be admitted. But it Is also true that
these persons w ould not othcrvvlso havo thought
of dancing nnd would not have gone to any
dnnclng school.
" Tho sanction givon by the church to dancing
and the aotual encouragement by minlstors will
f;lve tbe teaching of dnnclng as a profession an
mpetus which it has never had boforo, and
there will be more persons than over who will
tako dnnclng lessons. Thnt will mako hotter
business and bettor tlmos for tho very dancing
masters who think that tbey discern in our
low priced rianclnglossons nn unfair competitive
advantage."
The pupils in Dr. Stoddard's class pay $1 for
eight lessons, or 12o cents n lesson.
Miss Grace Finn, who keeps n dancing school
within ono block of Sjt. John's Church, snld In
reference to what she considers a rival school:
"It Is not right. Iho Idea of dnnclng In a
church. Thnt is what It is. and I say decidedly
It Is not right. Dr. Stoddard has cut prices, and
that Is no laughing matter for the rest of us.
Ha says his class will not fail. I predict that It
will surely fall. NoithcrDr. btoddard nor any
oneolsocnn afford to run n dnnclng class at 124
cents a lesson. His dancing master will lose
Interest. He cannot bo well paid, and nftcr tho
novelty 1ms worn off and tbo thing coascs to be
a big -ilvcrtlsoment no competent dancing
master will toko tho Dlaco."
-HOT 1TOBDS FOB BAXOEBS.
A ntverhend Pastor Shocks Somo of nis Con
grecntton.
ItIV EIUIEAI), L. I., Jan. 24. The Rev. J.
Howard Hand, pastor of tho Methodist Episco
pal church, this village, has followed up his
attack upon tho Standard Athletic Club, which,
as already told In Trig Sux, extended an Invita
tion to girls without esoorts to attend their
dance lost week. Mr. Hand preachod asormon
last evening that shocked somo of his congre
gation. The young men nnd women vv ho attend
tho weokly hops are especially indignant at his
attack upon dnnclng. An invitation wns ex
tended to members of tbe athletic club to attend
and tbey did bo In a body, occupying the front
scats ot tbe church,
Tho pastor rehearsed his criticism of tho in
vitation extondod by the club to the young
girls without escorts, but said that he was
willing to accopt their excuse that it was all a
blunder and dono In an Innocent manner. He
then scored tho club for hnving dances at all.
He declared that tho club might be popular If
its managers would nbollsh dancing. Ho said
that he beliovedin athletics, and would havo a
gymnasium attached to his church If ho could.
Athletics, ho said, had dono much for li m. He
hoped lo meet the athletes of Rlverbcadin tbe
houso of God some timo when not under such
embarrassing circumstances.
Mr. Hand said ho considered tho round dance
a great evil. He described what he called Its
baneful effect on a young comilo "claspod in
eveh other's arms, cj es looking into each other's
eyes, nnd faces flushed with wine and desire
" If this Is not so," asked tho pa6tor. " why are
tbe round dances more popular than the squaro
dances, nnd why do not w omen dance together f '
Ho was certain, he snld. thnt no young woman
of Rivorhead, Bitting In her father'H parlor and
without music, would allow n young man to put
bis arm around her.
"Shuw me, If ou can, a Christian thnt
dancesl" shouted tho paBtor, who declared he
bad never set Been one.
DAXOEB 1IEBSELV TO DEATH.
Mrs. Schmidt Stricken with Heart Disease
Wblln Vtallslnc gundny Msht.
Mrs. Jacob Schmidt of 710 Third avenue ap
pnrcntlv owes hor death to her lov oof dancing.
Accompanied by her husband sho went to the
Goneva Club, wbfch has rooms at 128 East
Tvvonty-elghth Btroct, on Sunday ovening to
spond a social evening. It is the custom of tbe
Gencv a Club members nnd their wires to danco
on Sunday nights. Mrs. Schmidt dnncod every
number on the progrnmme I'ntil the last waltz
was reached. It was " Tho Iihio Dnnubo "
"Let us dance tho last waltz," said ono of Mrs.
Schmidt's partnors.
'Iho woman, who was passionately fond of
wultrlmr, took tier jmitnor. arm and both
wblrled around tho room. Tho last strains ot
tho waltz were living nwny when Mrs. Schmidt
fell to tho floor unconscious, bbewnu taken to
tho dressing room nnd a physician was sum
moned. She died before his arrival.
Mrs. Schmidt bad frequently complained ot
pains in tho region of tbo hoart, and had been
warned against excebslvo cverclse.
BBLlSVliXElBEB GETS A STAT,
Brendnay bnnlen Mnn Fined 83SO nnd Men
tented to Three Months on the Islnud.
Bruno Brelachncldcr. proprietor of lhe Broad
wa) Garden, who was couvlctod on Friday in
tbe General Sessions ot keeping n disorderly
houso, was sentenced yestcrdiy by Judgo New
burger to threo months' Imprisonment in tbo
penlttiitlarv and tlnxl $200. His counsel. Law
yer David Neubergrr. wont to Ilrookln and ob
tained n stay from Supreme Court Justice Mad
dux, The stay Is mado returnable on Jan. 28,
when counsel will argue for a certlllcate of rea
sonable doubt. Ilia stay was served upon tho
Sheriff Just ns Bretsibneldor was about to bo
removed from the Tombs to Blackvv ell's Island.
Hotel Clerk I'lrra with SI.OOO.
SciiEMtorADV, Jan. 24. Frod C. Bancroft,
day clerk of tho Hotel Vendomc, has skipped
town, and Proprietor Myndarscsis looking for
about $1,000 that Bancroft Is charged with
having taken. Bancroft did all of Mvndcrses's
banking business, acting ns confidential clerk,
Bnucrult slippod his ofTects out by telling tho
porter to gel a trunk from another room, Ban
croft having secretly taken It thero from his
own room. Warrants bnv o been sworn out, but
nobody knows wh ro ho Is.
Thn Weather.
The storm that camo northward from the Qulf
States ine rcsked Its rotary furc as It piigrescj, On
Sunday It was centnl over tbs lako rig-Ions, an 1
from that point until Its centra reached the coavt ot
Nora Scotia yrslrrday inurnlug Its power was greatly
Intensified Thevtlnil bk"v from all sides toward
the storm centra at a velcelty varying from furty to
slaty miles an hour The win Is rontluurd to blow a
gale from the northwest y4Stenla all abing the Mid
die Atlantic and New I'uglsnd roasts, vrltb snow In
tbe latter section and fair weather here.
There Is another storm developing In tbe Southwest,
which Is likely to show some energy to day. Cloudy
and threatening conditions hai e set In along the west
Oulf coast, and snow was falling yesterday la Colo
rado, Nebraika, Soutb Dakota, and Minnesota
In this city It was xO' colder, with northwest winds
varying from thirty to forty tnlles on hour, diminish
In- In force toward night; tbo highest velocity re
corded wss sixty Ave miles an hour at lito o'clock
Sunday afternoon. Yesterday was fair) average
humidity 63 per cent. I lilgbut official temperature
3d', lowest lit'i barometer, corrected to read to sea
level, at 8 A. M. UU HI, 3 P M. 30 04
Tbe thermometer at tbe Untied states Weather Bu
reau registered tbs temperature yesterday as follows
1808. lb7 I 1B0H. 1B1.7.
0 A. M H3' OP.M SJ' 40
12 M St Sfl Ul'M J." 41
8KU 3t)' SS-'liiHld .,81 8U
wAimxiiTox roaucisT roa tpescav.
For Xtw England and eatttrn Xevr York, fair;
louMwfit vlndi
for eastern Penusylvanla and New Jersey, falri
west winds, becoming variable,
tor tbe District of Columbia Marylaud, Delaware,
and Virginia, fair, followed by Increasing cloudiness,
probably showers, aod warmer Tuesday erenlngi
variable winds, becoming easterly.
for western Pennsylvania and western Hew York,
Increasing cloudiness sad snow or rain Tuesday attar.
noon, i warmeri Increasing southeast winds.
daxox arrxx bt tbs bzoaxxs.
Three Hundred attests Invited ! One er the
Society Kventa er the Winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sloano gave at their res
idence, 0 East Seventy-second street, one of tho
big dances ot the winter last night. Tho elabo
rate floral deooratlons, which Included quantities
of orchids, titles, and roses, camo from Now
port greenhouses, as did tho exotics. Big palms
wcro picturesquely placed Just beyond tbe Louis
XIV. tapestries at the entrance.
Mrs. Sloane, wearing many diamond orna
ments in her hair, encircling her throat, and on
tho waist of her satin gown, received her
guests In the large drawing room upstairs. Tho
guests were late In arriving, many having
gono first to tho opera. Others hod attended
somo of the dinners given before tho dnnco,
Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvcsnnt Fish, who pavo ono
of those dinners, entertained Iwonty-elght poo
pie, all or whom went together nrtcrward to
the Htoauo dance Tho cotillon vvns led by
vorthlngton Whltchouec, who danced with
Mrs. Sloane.
Among tho 300 guests invited wore Mr, nnd
Mrs. B. C. Porter, Mr. nnd Mrs. V. Rhine
lander Stewart, 1-angdon Krvlng, MIs'Dslsy
Lclter, Perry Belmont. Mr. and Mrs. John
Jacob Astpr, Llspenartl Stewart. Mr. and Mrs.
Ogden Mills, William K. Vnndcrhllt, Mr. nnd
Mrs. M. Ormo Wilson, Dr. and Mr. V. Sewnrd
Webb, Mrs. Astor..Mr.Jind Mrs. Harry Pas no
Whitney ,(Mrs.Burke Roche. Miss Emily Vnnder
bllt Sloane, James de W. Cutting. Mr. and Mis.
Gcorgp B. do Forest, .Miss Virginia lair. Mr.
and lira. P. Cooper Hewitt. Mr. nnd Mrs. C.
Albert Stovcns, Mrs. II, 1a Grand Cannon,
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vondcrbilt, Jr.. Godot
Gallatin.
A 1SOBBEBT FOLLOWS A FIBE.
Thieves Confess nud Hint nt Arson tire Pa
Iretmnn Involved.
On Oct. 0 n flro occurred In tho one-story
frau.o building at 207 West Twenty-third street,
occupied by Alexander Uoldsnnd, a dealer In
women's cloaks. Tho damage wns rcportod as
91,000, and Goldsand received f 000 insurance.
On Dec. 22 Goldsand reported to the pollco of
the West Twentieth stroct station that his store
and abasomcnt at 203 West Twenty-third street,
in which ho stored somo ot his stock, had bcon
robbed of between 9100 and 9000 worth of
goods.
Detectives wcro unable to lorato any of the
stolen property. Last Saturday night a man
camo to Goldsand, who hod in the meantime
morod to 1,0 IS Urn nvenue, and offered to
glvo Information about tho Btolen goods for
i&O. Goldsand mado an cngagomont for later
In the evening, and In shrht of detectives gavo
the mnn a marked $3 bill and hnd him arrest
ed. 1 ho prisoner gavo two namos, first John
Connelly and then James Conroy, nnd said ho
lived at 21D Eighth avenue. After some blus
ter ho confossod to hnving committed tho rob
berv. nlded by Patrick McAlvunnn and Rovnl
Bradloj, both of 20.1 WcstTwcnt third stroot,
tho first a watchman for Goldsand nnd tho soc
ond Janitor of the cellar which was robbed.
These two have been arrcstodand havo con
fossod. Tho threo prisoners ndmit thut thero
was eomo crookod work nbqjit tho fire in which
they implicate u flic patrolman. Thoy will bo
arraigned in Jefferson Markot Court thla morning.
DOO CATCHES A CBICKEX THIEF.
Ills Master, n Physician. Dresses tbe fellow's
llounda nnd Lela Iflm Off.
With the assistance of a royal Dano Dr. Wil
liam II. Nails of 8J0 Flatbush avenue, Brook
lyn, succeeded early yesterday in catching the
thief who had been stealing his chickens. His
hennery was stocked with 125 fancy chickens,
of which during several nights of last week
fifty were stolen. Friday night Dr. Nulla sat up
at a window with a rifle, but tbo thief didn't
appear. On Sunday night tho doctor placed ono
of his rojnl Danes on guard, bhrlcks far help
awoko him nt 2 o'clock yesterday morning. A
man wasjclling, tho dog was growling as if ho
bad something between his tenth, und seven tj
flv o chickens w ore contributing to the racket.
Dr. Nails went to the yard nnd found n man
on tho ground with the llano's teeth fixed In the
scat of his trousers. Dr. Nutls was amazed to
find that tho thief was tho worthlcBSFon of nn
old Flatbush fnmllv. Ho dressed the man's
wounds nnd said lo him: " ror the sake of jour
family I'll let you go and conceal your name.
I ought to have lot tho dog eat J on up. Don't
try this game again or 1 11 let him take chargo
of you,"
Tin-found In-Texas.
San AtvTomo. Tex.. Jnn 24.-A tin mine has
been discovered In Burnott county, about eighty
miles north of here. Tho oro assays U7 per ccnL
tin.
UABIXE IXTELLIOEXCE.
MIKUTURK ALHAXAC TD1S D1T.
Sunrises.... 7 IS I Sunsets . 5 10 Moon sets . 0S1
man vvatkr mu nir.
SaadjIIook. 8 33 I Gov Isl'd 10 11 1 Hell Date.. 12 04
Arrived Mond.it. Jan 24.
Ss Frry, tlentsen, Havre.
Ss Roanoke. Hlller. Norfolk
8s ban Augusttn, lluuarrli. Havana.
bs Louisiana Komble New Orleans.
Ss lledouln, Ooo-iwln, Ualttmore
Ks El Klo, UulcL, New Orleans
Ss Ilcnemeba, Connor, Galveston
IKor later arrivals see First rage
IRBIVtO nnr
Ss I.a Oasoogne, from New York, at rtnvre.
Ss Londonlan. from New York, at Ixmrion.
Ss Karlsruhe, from New ork at Uremcn
Ss Duinos Ayrean, from Now York. atOlaagow.
Ss llurgundla, from New ork. at Gibraltar
Ss llavrnsn pod. from New ork, at Plymouth.
ba Mangara. from New York, at Dover.
n Olsck Heath, from New York, at Naples
Se Aral from Vew .ork, at Cuxhaven
bs Marengo, from Ncm York, at Newcastle
Ss Oladrs Ko le. from New York, at Cape Town.
8 Meuaprqua, from New York, at Rocnefort.
Ss Colorado from Npw York, at Hull '
Ss F114 Marie, from New ork, at Rotterdam. .
Ss Caen from New ork at Mngspore.
Ss btratheHk, from New York, at Havre.
Ss IVenalder, from New York, at Aden
Ss Nrustrlo, from New York, at Marseilles.
I SSKEll
SsStrathord, from New ork for Cape Town, passed
St Vincent
Ss l.aughton, from Marseille' for New York, passed
Tarlfa.
ss Asbby, from New York for Aden, passed Gibral
tar. Rest. Ionards, from Now Yok for Antwerp,
passed Scllly
sailed rnoH roRsiat roars
Ss Strathflllan, from Barry for New York,
bs Kansas Clt , from Swaniea fur New ork.
Bsl'ort Vdelaldr, from HKnto for New I ork.
Ss Cedardi ne. from Par for Sew York
bs ( arl lllrschberg. from Harry for New York.
S Trinidad rrom llermuda, for New York.
OLTOOINU STEAUIIllri.
ii To Iiai,
ln lit Clour. Vitrei SaUt
Lalin, nremen 0 00 A 31 lino A M
EISud.NewOrlesns .... ... aonpu
Dal-earlla l'ernambueo...lS on M s no 1 M
Navaboe, llavtl 1 no V M H flu 1 H
Llationense.J'ara B 00 P M 4 00 M
Scblrswlg, llaytl, , . . 3 00 P M 6 0(1 1' II
Sail 7 o-Morro li
st Umts,'M)iitlianipton .. 700 AM loonA
Mal'Stlp. I Iverpoof II 00 A M 12 00 M
Noonllsnd, Antwerp ... .10 00 A M 111 00 n
Orlsaha Havana i 00 1' M 11 00 P M
Comal. Galveston 1100 I'M
Norse, thrlatlansaud , N nil A M 10 00 AM
Anillla. Nassau . ,, . 1 nil 1 M son I'M
OlOers 1'ernambueo ,. ,, III) A II 10 00 AM
Iroquo's.Chsrleston , , SOOPM
Sail Thuridav. Jan. 37.
Augustn Victoria, Genoa, ., 8 OU A M 10 00 A M
romeriutaii Glnsgow
Fl I'sso, Niu eiileans . . hud I'M
Cherokie, bt, Domingo. . 1 00 r 21 a 00 1 M
iicouiio steak mire
it TwlJai.
Lovstakken Antwerp I)eo3
Ntallielm , ,...,,.. London. , .. . UeoUrl
Nensteed Hull Jan 4
Fortune .Rotterdam . , , , .Jan 0
Cambrian London Jan 0
N'omadlc I Iverpool Jan 14
rallwlun Hall , , Gibraltar . . Jan V
Concho , Havana, , , ..Junto
Fiieslsnd Antwerp Jan la
Ethiopia Glasaow Jan 11
Manitoba , , Ixindon , , ,,, , Jan IS
Powhatan Gibraltar , Inn 10
Alene ...... Port Union .... JanlH
Lsmpasas Galveston ,,, ,,Jan 10
Fiona, M lueli Jnn 17
El liar NewOrlrans ,, . Jan SO
Iroquois Jacksonville Jan 22
Due llrrfnrsdai Jan Tin
Ems . . ., GIDralter , Jsu 17
Boston City . swmifcra Jau ID
Kegtiranra . Havana . , Jun
Trinidad ,,.., lrinuita Jan 2 4
Pastello ,. , ,1 onilon . Jap 14
Caracas lnGuavra .Jaut'O
Itltty PantaMartha Jan IB
QateClty.., , Savannah Jsu UJ
Hue 77iuisfub, Jan 27.
Oermante . . 1 Iverpool ,. , Jan 10
Weimar. , llrrmeu . Jin If.
Edam Ammerdam . Jan 111
Cnuemaufh . Ilsuibuig . Jan IS
Hsa , Havre ... Jau 111
Fl Monte NewGrleans ,. Jan 2 J
Algonquin Ja"kMjivilit , Jau ii
PrlnaFnd Hrndrlk I'ortau Prime. Jan VI
liue Irldu, .ua !
tiler , Ilnmen Jan 19
Europe .ondon ., Jan In
Souther. ,, .Havre ... Janlg
Due fiat urdu if, Jan. 20.
KewTork ,.,. .. .Southampton, Jan as
Ban Marcos Oelveston .....Janus
Du4 Sunday, Jn 80.
LaDretsgne illavre.,,., Jan ft
Alexandra.,.,.., London, v.,.,,...,.Jan IV
I Of.
POLICEMAN CLUBBED HIM M
ACCUSED HZUECOAT HELD JX $t,99 ' ftfl
BAIL FOB EX A 31 IXAt'ioX. H
A Hon or Tnv. Ceramlssteaer I'nlteraan efBraesK ffijV
linKaia the Petlceman Followed Women "
I'ndrr Ills Rscert to Their Itesrna and U-
Asuiiullrrt III When lln rtrmoostrated. 'J; '
Policeman James Benton of tho West 100th '.
street station wns held In IJl.OOO ball by Siagti- 9 ',
trnte I'ool In tho Wovt Titty-fourth Street p
Court yesterday for examination on n, chnrgeof j
clubbing Stephen O. Patterson of 107 rtod i
ney street, Brooklyn. Tho complninant, who 1
says ho Is the son of Tax Commissioner Patter il $
son ot tlrookljn, with Henry Kelly of log Han. JJ Is
cock street, Brooklyn, and two womon, whoM ffi g
nnmoa ho declined to disclose, went to a ro- j?) 8
tnurnnt In Columbus nvcntio.tio.nr Ninety-second Is ?
street, nt 4 o'clock yostorday morning, after f 5
having driven in a cab about town. They A '
were having n suppor In a private dining roona W f;
when, Patterson said In court, tho policeman ji
appeared at tho half opon door and Intimated si S
thnt ho would llko to be Invited lo Join th R
party, K g
"At last," Patterson continued, "ho askc4 ti g
point blank If ho could not Join usTIn a drink, fft h
and bo allowed to ray for it himself, but Mr. $',
Kelly told hltn that wo did not know him and p
did not caro for bis company. From the reg S K
taurant we wnlkcd up Columbus avenuo to go w ft
homo wllh tho yonng women, who live near by, i M
but we did not get rid of tho policeman, who W
persisted In following us and Anally he saldl 1' f
i"ri "hy don'trou Introduce mo to that girl In 8 f
black! ft
"I unlocked tho 'girls' front door for them, "j a
and they went in, but before I had a chance to i
step down to tho sidewalk tho cop rushed by i'
mo through the open door nnd upstairs after i. K
tbe girls, who had wit enough nnd timo enough M t
toBlam tho door of their room in his face. SI ft
I followed the policeman, and met him as ho v. a
was coming Blowlv down tho stairs. lie i s?
Btopped when within two or thrco stops nbov Si
me, and ordered me to turn round nnd get out. ft1 .
1 rof used, and demanded an explanation of bid S Fl
conduct. Ihen ho draw Ills olub and dcllb- !?' Ji
crstelr hit me on tho head Just over my eye,
lie. followed this up by kicking me, nnd threat. Ki
enlng to shoot me. A W
"I was almost unconscious from the effects ot i: 'ft
tho assault, but. with tho help of my friend Kel- 'i i
ly, got to tbo West 100th strcot pollco station, J, g
where I told Sorgonnt Lovoll what had hap- ii
poncd. 9i U
"He sont a roundsman out with us, who ii
found Benton patrolling bis post, nnd arrested a' 'ft
him upon tho strength of our identification. Af- ft
ter that I went to tho Manhattan Hospital, '
whoro I had my wounds dressed and two ?, K
stitches taken in tho cut abovo my oye which 4 ftv
had houn mado by the ofllcor's club." tl, ft
Benton has been n policeman sixteen months. ff J.
and this Is the first timo thnt bo has been called i, vi
upon to dofend himself against a complaint. Ho '
donouncod tho chargo preferred against him by w F
Pattersnn nn false and said that It bad been the) nf ;,""
result of malice or mistaken identity, lie also do U. ft
dared thnt ho had never seen tho complainant v- h)
before be wns arrested nnd that ho know notb- .rj
lng about tho party in the restaurant nnd tho U i
"woman in block." yts J
Bonton was paroled in tho custody of Sergeant VV M
Lov ell bj Mnglatrato Pool, but be said that ha J v?
would profer to bo reloased on ball, as that 4y i
would entitle him to more liberty. Ho was ifj si
accordingly held for examination to-day in tho ?f ,
sum of l,O00, and tho bail wns furnished. 4t h
lost $r,o,ooo n obth of zotb. Il
tlusbnnd Woorebnns fines Curtis Cenrt Thleika ft
au.aoo unit mm De. V ft
Vt At
Herbert N. Curtis has been arrested in an Jt?
action brought ugatnst him by Joeph J. Moors- & A
house of 1'oughkcepslo to recover $50,000 dam. fi 'rl
ages for tho alienation ot tbe affections ot K &
Mlnnto Moorehouso, tbo wife of tha plsintlff. 1- i'
The ordorof arrest vrasissued by JustlcoIIlrsch ' tf
berg of tho Supreme Court at Poughkeopsle,
where all tbo partlos formorly resldod. Th K e!
bull of $11,500 required by tho order was de ii 'j
posited In cash with the Sheriff and Curtis wnl S V,
released. ,w V
Moorchouso married his wlfo. Minnie, wbos BJ r
nialdoD nnme was Birohard, in Poughkeopsle ',
on Juno US, 18911 Curtis beoame acquainted vi S,
with Mrs. Moorchouso In 18U1. and It Is alleged 1
that bo corresponded with nor, mado appoint " ",
ments to meet her, and sent her different pre. - ?i
cnts. In September, 18110, it Is averred, ho In. $ '')
duced her to lonvo her husband. Moorebouso VJ S
says that when she left him she took In money I S3u
and personal property about $5,000. Moore. t "HKSR
house nllegos that ho has ascertained that sb 7S.
has since been harbored by Curtis In thle r-vlf1
city, and that tbey havo lived In different flat. Flfts
Including thn St, John's nnd I'ontlco flats, as hue- SiiS
baud aud w if o. iii v
flu.
TAX ffTlt'S MABBIAOE HUBBIED, 4fl
&
Tbe CJIrl lie rtrousht Over rer Ills Win, Do tTi
mined at the Hnree office. f3 '
Oerrltt Van Wyk. a Hollander, 38 years old, g
who tins spent several yoars In the United :. fj
Stntes, returned to tbe country of his adoption J
on tho Bteamshin Hotterdam, which arrived on ,-V "A,
Sunday from Hotterdam. He had gone home lo P) if
soleet a girl as a helpmeet. Ho hod found her, and; i' w
she accompanied blm hither on tho Bteamship. ' ''
Ho and the girl, Montcrly Hiiase, who 1 ''! Ji
onb 10 nnd good looking, wero detained at th i w
Barge Ofilce. Van Wyk said ha intended to ii,
ruarr tho girl after she had bcon here a little R
while mid had become accustomed to the coun- i is
trj . Tho Special Board of Inquiry decreed that fi t
ho must marry hor boforo sho was allowed to Pfr v
land or sho would bo bent baik. Ho said he was ?, K
willing, nud ho nnd tho girl, In charge of art M t2
Immigration inspector, wore sent over to Pastor if ffi
Bcrkcuieler, in Stuto street. Ihedomlnto said : f'
the girl wns loo j oung to marry, and refused to S IE
perform thu ccromonv. Than the Inspectorwent 5f fit
to a clorgymuii on Jersey City Heights, and ho t K
tied thoTtnot. r p. p
VIVE VOHEVt IX THIS CASE. i' K 3
Complainant, Detective, Prisoner. Cones!. j ?,
Witness. All or Ono Family Kane. f. If,
Isaac Cohen of 175 Allen strcot accused Lena tl'J.
Cohcnof 15 1 Allen street of the larcony of $50. ?yiUl
Lena Cohen was nrrostol byDotecttVo MorrI Vic'''
Cohen of tho KIdrldgo street police station. Dr. Viki
Klvvnrd Tobon of 70 Orchard Street testified ,if
thai the girl was ill at thu time of tho alleged 'i
theft una that she could nut havo purlolnod tho ?! 1
monev, Ijiw jcr Abo Cohen appeared as counsel 7 J
for Lena Cohen nt thu police court. The Grand j,
Jurj dismissed tho complaint yestcrda). ? i'
Million and a Quarter ror Mn. Pollock. ,
A report of Honry E. Howland as referee, pats. I
lng upon tho accounts of John J. Wysong and, H "'
J. Kredcrlc Koruochitn, trustees of ono of tbo a .'
trusts under tho will of John ltutgers Marshall, ,' C
llndH that Mrs. Louise M. Pollock, a daughter V ;l
of Marshall nnd formerly tbo wife of John A. 1
Kernnrhnti, Is now entitled to SI1,1S.'8,0JU abso .
lutely f romper father s citate. f J1
l.rmip M or Ilankers tn Dine on Feb. ft. $. X
Tho New Yorg city group of tho New York S
Stato Ilsnkers' Assoc lutlon, known os Uroup 8, V V)
will hold its second annual dinner nt tho Hotel j
Manhattan on Tuesday evening, I"cD. 8. f T
311SHIUW JloHf?. I I
Wallbam Watines. 'j'
Tbe best tn existence Fight millions In use, all I j
keeping cornet time Prices muuh lower, but quality
higher than ever, llest assortment In tbe countryi ( vj
Inipeetlon Invited, i
HOW AUD & CO. 20t Fifth Avenue. New York. j
J; '
Mrs. Wln.lnn'e ttootnlng Hrrup for children f,'
teelhlug. softens tbe gum, re luoes lutlainmatloo. fJL
allays psln, cures win 1 colic, dlarrhu a S3c. a bottle.
XX3013C. X J
At I'ltl. I nterod Into rest, baturdav, Jan , &
r.ujan Avery, wlduw of I rdyara Avery, la th '
Ulst year of berago
Funeral tervlees at ber late residence, 013 West f
I nil 111 , near 101th st , lucsday eveulug, Jan. J
gB, at Ho clue k Interment at New London, Cona. v v
Ncu lAm Ion (Conn J papers please cop, i
BAUCOI 14, Huclclcnly at 7.11 Madison av , on Busy J J
day evening, Jan.SJ, AiuellaC llahcock, daughter 4 f
of the Isle Courllandt and Flljaoelb M. Ilabcock i 1
of Htonliikton, Conn n
Interment at Htnnlnjton, Conn. T vj
IIUVT.-At han Praudsiu, Cal , on Monday, Jan. 24, i
In tbo 4 1 st year of bis age, Kandell, son of tbe f
late William II and Elliabetb nidgely Hunt, f
formerly of New Orleans, La
VIIH IIPLI. On ilondar, Jan t 18MB, at 1814 ?
W atnul st , l'blladelpnla, Maria Oouverneur, 1
daughter of H W'elrand Mary Csdwslsdcr Ultcb- 1
ell, In the i!2 1 ear of ber age ' J
Funeral private "
HFI I rtlt, Suddenly, at Itlrenlde, Conn , Jan. 23, '.
IHDi, Josephluo F helleck, daughter of tbe lata i
Htrplirn 1' belleck nud Ilboda I mil) helleck, ,( 'f
Funeral services w II Le held at hi l'aul s Church, i ,i
WcJnr.du) Jau JO, at I0:J0 A M J
,
31tu- ubllratous. n
VIW Freu h UctbiMl, si"lmeii BHc. (hTlFprleak S
1 1IFIIOEH. from farts, rioa Uroadnay, New York. i
FreuoU lesions I i
r l"C FlelciTug'1!"" font Jonasr" Hinollett'e rers f
0J grlne Vickie," Voltalre'4 -Candida." - (i
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