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Bbeid and milholland.
'Hjf ff.TlTlOSS AXD FALSEHOODS TO
Hf avvvouT nraaixo demands.
aw
K .a a,iTIMd( far an Appr.prlatl.n with ths
M Tribune and the Tubular Dispatch Com
Hi fanj-Tnat If. Aajtblna- bnt the Truth
.K ' llire'e lb Truth Chler ladustrr 1 Far
H Ikon J OHlcll Ileperte lbs leiutnr or
H Slick nd Donds-Only One 1.1 ae of Take.
Lw Operating- and That I,ee Than a Mile Lens
B -Olhera Declared About to lie Completed
H la nark JVowtaere Hear C.mpLtloa
Ij; end U W.a's (lire Any More Permits.
Js Desperate for an appropriation from the Gov
' irnment, the Tubular Dispatch Company, the
In thief backers of which are John E. Milholland
I' tod bis ornan, tho Tribunt, has tackled tho
' poJtl committees of Congress with petitions
If ilcnoJ by n hundred or so citizens of
' Bore or less rcputo. Tun Sun mode publlo
; Dore thsu a neck ago somo of tho details of
K 11,5 proposed raid by this company on tho Qov
i trnnient. It draw blood, and tho backors of the
' company have been squealing; over since. But
Appropriation bill is beforo tho committees
In Congress, and tho backers of the company,
realizing that If an appropriation is to bo ob
tained this year thlnss mustbedono quickly,
fcave risked furlhor publicity and resorted to
lis petition plan In the hopo that It mny havo
some effect.
The rrfnwne on Tuesday prlntod moro than
a psgo of petitions illustrated with rasps.
From a nows point of view, the whole thing was
lntcrcitlne only In this: tho petitions wcro bo
drawn and tho matter was handled by tho IWo
nc In such a manner as to decelvo Congress
sad the pcoplo as to the tmportanco of tho com
piny and lint It hns done already. The Tribune
headed Its nrtlclo "To extend tho pnoumatlo
trull service In the territory of Greater New
York. Noteworthy cotttions from worthy clti
lens to the postal committees of Congress, ask
ing for Improved facilities on both tides of tho
Cut Hirer." Hero is the petition in full, to far
It it relates to Manhattan Island:
New York, Jan. 31, 1808.
' Bin.' X. O. Woloolt, Chairman roital Committee,
Child Stattt Stnatt, and Hon. . F. Loud,
Caalmum fulfill Commltttr, Ilouie of Rtvretm
falltf, WatMnaton. D.C.
Deh Si lis: Permit us to address tho Postal
' committees of Congress through you with re-
v grd to an extension of the pnoumatlo mall ser
yico In this city.
Thcro is now in operation In this city a cir
cuit between tho main Post Office In the
borough of Manhattan and tho Produco Kx-
I change. Tho success of this circuit has been
Immediate and certain. Tho two additional
circuits now In courso of construction connect
ing that Post Ofllco with tho Brooklyn ninln
Post Office nnd tlie Orand Central Station ro-
' ipcctiicly will accelerate incoming malls nnd
postpone, closing of outgoing mails at tho
ofllces reached by from one to two hours. The
talue of such n result to tho business of this
' treat commercial centre. Is obvious.
' If like pneumatic connoctiou could bo had
with the principal sub-stations throughout the
city, the results would, of courso. be multiplied.
i In addition, lion u or. such n syatem might give
t great increase of value to our local mall tor
vloe. As matters now stand It takes many
' hours for a letter to go from onopartof the
city to another, even under tho most favorablo
conditions. The local telegraph sorvlco Is so
slow ns to be disappointing. Our most rapid
service for small parcels and for raossagos is by
the Dibtrlct Telegraph messenger, who has be
come proverbial.
With n pnoumatlo service, connecting the
trlndpal postal stations throughout tho city,
supplemented by special delivery clorks at tho
various sub-stations reached, tho Post Office
Department could doubtless entirely supersede
both the local telegraph and tho local messenger
sen Ice, confer a great boon on this great com
munity, and nt tho same time exploit for itsclt
a source of large revenue to the department.
The pneutnatlo tube service, with its great
carrying power. Is abovo all adapted to the clr
cuiuitancos of a dense population, around cen
tres not far distant from each other, calling for
frequent deliveries. No city in tho world is bet
ter adapted to such sorvlco than Now York. By
configuration, by amount of business offered, by
population, it Is easily pre-eminent over all
other American cities. We ask the prompt in
crease of the service horo where it can be in
creased with such profit to the department and
to so trent n population.
II no more can be done this year, we oak at
I least provision for a line from the main Post
Office up the west side of Manhattan Island as
far ns 125th strect,wb.lch would roach stations
V, A, O.'O.'B. O, w, lf, and J. with'crOsBtown
connections at Forty-third and 129th streets to
stations II and U and for a Una from the Brook
lyn (Jcneral Post Office to the Brooklyn sub
stations I), D, and E.
Tho map accompanying this petition it oven
moro calculated to deceive than the petition
Itself. It stretched all the way across the pago
of the Tribune, and underneath it was the cap
tion, "Completed and Projeoted Lines in the
Borough of Manhattan." This map had on it
about four feet and a half of dark lines repre
senting the "completed" and projected lines.
The fact Is that Just one Inch and a quarter of
ths four feet and a half represented completed
lines. The company had completed a line from
Station P in the Produce Exchange to the
General Post Office, and on tho map
that distance is one and ono quarter inches.
Tho map is of more or less interest to New
York people, however, for tho reason that
It s"iows that If snecessful in getting Its appro
priation, the company proposes to dig up streets
In otery direction. Some of the streets to be
dug up are: Park row, from Division street to
the Post Office; the Bowery, its entire length)
Centre, Broome, Mulberry. Fourth avenue, to
tho Grand Central Station; Third avenue, ltt
entlro Ionijth below the Harlem; Twenty-ninth,
Twenty-third, Park plaoe, 'West Broadway,
(South Fifth avenue, Washington sauaro-South
and West; Sixth avonue. Its entire length to
Flfty-flrst street; Greonwlch avenue. Bank,
Thirteenth, Flfty-flrst, Columbus avenue, 110th,
Central Park West, and 123th.
In addition to the statements mado in the pe
tition, tho Tribune niakeB certain othor stato
reonts. It says : "Tho otrcuit between the Post
Ofllcc and the Produce Exchango, in this city,
was opened Inst October, and slnco then 05 per
cent, of the mall botwoon those points has been
sent by tube, to the entire satisfaction of tho
Post Office authorities and the poople." Tho
facts about this matter, as obtained by The
Bun from tho Post Office officials themselves,
re these: Since Oct. 10 last tho tubes have beon
In operation between tho two points dally be
tween tho hours of U o'clock in tho morning
nd 5 o'clock In tho afternoon. Between
these hours tho small mail, that Is, the
letters and postal cards, has hocn sont
through the tubes. None of tho mall of othor
cluscs has been sent through because the tubes
could not handlo It any moro than they oould
handle the mall between tho Ooueral Post Of
fice and tho Grand Central Station. That por
tion of tho mail botwocn these two points that
wss posted In tho Post Ofllco or tho branch of
flee between tho hours of 5 o'clock in tho after
noon and !l o'clook In the morning, that is, six
teen hours out of twenty-four, Tug Sun is In
formed by the Superintendent of Malls, has not
been sent through the tubes, but has all been
, handled- as it was handlod before there were
any tubes-by wagons. No newspaperman has
wen sont through tho tubes, no matter at what
time It has been mailed, and no mail of nny bulk
whatever. This Is what the Post Office officials
taemieh essay.
The fact of the matter is tho line of tubes from
r! 'reduce Exchange to the General Post
Office has taken the place of exactly one wagon,
ine Superintendent of Malls told tho reporter
JIM the mall between these two points used
to bo handled by two wagons; slnco tho
tubes have been In operation the wagon service
i 'eight hours out of the twenty-fourhas been
eut from two wagons to one. Tho other sixteen
Murs out of tho twenty-four it has not been
',""? nut while- the tubes have done away
7, , . ""Ices of one wagon for the time
Jiated each day, they havo forced the Govern
"tlWtotevoroI additional employees. These
M.mtlonal emplojtes Include two engineers
woo,, salaries per day are almost as much at
"larlet that the drivers of the wsgont get
j'week. Altogether the services of six moro
""are required to handle the mails between
rZ , J and ,h8 O'neral Post Ofllco than were
"quired before tho tubes wire put into opera
wnrl . an"Ter to question regarding the
f tatllitald tUb"' "" Bul,lr,DteodeDt of tbe
I r-.r!imJi0th,r hT8 been ta operation they havo
1 E" $ letter ma" between tbe hur ot
ML ',,',Te " lwayt carried it V
&M uccJonalljr nte in the afternoon when the
atatEatt
alalaaMaTMIllaaial -ttftft'frtMftfS
roth oi mall matter has bttn urmtuaBy hoary
during the hour when ths tubes were In opera
tion It has been necessary to help ont the sorvice
on the letter and pott card mall with wagons."
In other words, tbero havo beon times even
during tbe eight hours out ot the twonty-four
that tho tubes wero in operation when wagons
havo beon called In.
The Tribune said further: "The ciroult to the
Grand Central Station is on tho point of comple
tion and will be opened next woek, reducing tho
time for transmission ot lottors botwocn tho
Post Office and Forty-socond street from about
two hours to five or six mlnutot." Thlt state
ment Is false.
In the first place, tho tubes that are now bolng
laid for the to-callod Grand Central Station ex
tension are not going to tho Grand Central Sta
tion at nil. It never was lntondod that they
should go thoro. They nro going to tho Grand
Contral Palaco, not to tho Grand Central Sta
tion. Thero Is a sub-station of tho Post Ofllco
In tho Grand Central Palace. TijeSun reporter
who talked with the Post Ofllco officials wat
under the impression that the tubes were going
to tho Grand Central Station nnd wcro going to
handlo tho tremendous mall that goes thero.
"Oh, no," said tho Suporlntondent of tho
Malls, " they are not going to tho Grand Central
Station; they nro going to the Grand Central
Palaco. They aro not going to handlo tho mall
to the Grand Contral Dopot. Why. thoy couldn't
begin to do It. Tho mall to the depot that is.
nil tho outgoing tnall sorted at this office will
go by wagon as It always has. Why, If wo
went to Bhoot that up through tho tubes It
would nil havo to bo handled two or thrco times.
Not only will tho tubes not carry any of tho
New York mall intended for points roached by
railroads leaving tho Grand Central Station, but
thoy will not carry nny of the mall from the
South and West that comes to Now York city
and Is transferred hore for points In Now York
State and New England, Tho only mall that
will bo carried by tbsso tubes when they aro
complete. In other words, is the local mall be
tween tbe General Post Office and Station II, the
branch In the Grand Central Palace, and the
mall from tbe stations that will connect with
that tubo when it is complete two in num
ber. Tho uso ot tho word Grand Central Station
by tho Tribune gives an entirely wrong idea.
The TVfbune further says: "A temporary
stoppage of work on tho line of tubes being laid
over tho Brooklyn Bridge has been occasionod
by tho deslro of tho new city officials to investi
gate tho contract rights ot tho company on the
bridge. No sorious dolay, however, Is antici
pated, and It Is expected that tho work ot laying
tho tubes thero will proooed within a week."
This statement is also falso. Tho facts are that
tho old bridge trustees appointed by the 7W6
iine'a friend, Strong, granted to the company
the Tribune boomod a contract for flvo years on
tho bridge Attorward, and against the protest
of the counsel ot thetrustocs, thoy cxtondod this
contract twcnty-flvo years, making the total
grant thirty years at the ridiculously inadequate
rental of 51.000 a year and a small percentage.
The now Commissioner of Bridges knew nothing
about this thing until after ha took offioe. and
happened ono dor to soo work going on on the
bridge. lie asked what the work was, and on
being Informod ho went to his ofllco and huntod
up the record. When ho found what Mayor
Strong's brldgo trustees had given to the
Mayor's friends, the company the Tribune
boomed, practically for nothing, bo was natural
ly indignant, and he rcforrod tho matter to the
Corporation Counsel, at the samo tlmo order
ing tho work Btoppod.
On Wednesaay the New York Mall and Trans
portation Company, which got tbo contract to
go across tho bridge, which contract the Tubu
lar Dispatch Company now holds, appliod to
Justice Maddox in too Supremo Court in Brook
lyn for an Injunction restraining Bridge Com
missioner John L. Shea from interfering with
the laying of the pipes across tho bridge". Tho
counsel for this company related to Justice
Maddox the story of tho organization of
tho company and of the contract with the
brldgo trustoes, mado in March, 1807, for
five years, tho work to bo complotod Dec.
30, 1607, and of the additional contract for
twenty years which was given Doc 13, 1807.
He also related the stoppage of the work by Mr.
Shea after It bad once started. Assistant Cor
poration Counsol Butts ot Corporation Counsel
Whalon's staff appeared In the interests of tho
city and emphatically opposed the plans of the
company. Ho said that the plan of the company
was to loot the city ot Now York of a very valu
able franchise. He said:
"The bridge trustees had no power whatever to
grant any franohlses to any one. They wore the
agents of tho city, and were to operate tho
bridge and nothing else. As no work was done
before tho end of 1897, the first contraot was
void, and as to the second contract. It was
mado after the approval of tho charter of
the greater city, and it had been hold
in sovoral cases that tbe soctions of the
charter providing that all franchises should be
grantod by tho Municipal Assembly went into
effect immediately after the adoption ot that
Instrument, thus taking the right to grant fran
chises from the bridge trustees it they ever had
any such right. Mr. Butts said that the bridge
trustees know this, and they merely grantod
the extension becauso thoy were so pestered by
the company."
"Tbo trustees are not hereto defend them
selves," said Justice Maddox, "and It is pre
sumed that public officials do their duty until It
is proved that thoy have not."
"Tho Commissioner of Bridges must carry
out the policy of the administration which ap
pointed him," said Mr. Butts, "and for that
reason wo aro attacking the right ot tbe trus
tees to grant theso franchises."
Mr. Butts said that he desired to test the
questions raised by trial. Ono point was as to
whether tho bonds wcro not insufficient and
whether on that ground it was not Improvident
for tho trustees to grant the franchise. The
rights ot tbe plaintiff and defendant ought not
to bo determined on a motion, Mr. Bacon, for
the company, replied that tho work must bo
dono by April ISO, and thero tho mutter rosted.
Tho Justtcoreservod decision.
Thcro tho thing rests to-day. The Bridge Com
missioner is determined to protect tho public,
and The Sun Is Informed that tbe contracts will
more than likely bo contested In court. Tbo
Corporation Counsol has not rendered his
opinion yet.
The Trfftime says again: "In giving the peo
plo tho benefit of postal pnoumatlo tubes tho
Government is not called upon to make nny
outlay oxcept for the rental of the tubes." This
is another llo. Tho Government Isoxpocted to
rent tbe tubes, and then to hlro enginoors, mail
handlers, and furnish tho steam and tho com
pressed air, the electricity, and everything else
that may bo required to run them. Tho truth Is
that tho company is called on to make but one
outlay, not tbo Qovernmont. The Government
has to make all the outlays except tbo laying of
tbatubos, Tbe J'rifcime gays the commercial fea
ture of tho enterprise, such as the delivery of
small merchandise. Is vastly more important to
the company than the mall sorvice. The sug
gestion was mado to The Sun yesterday tnat If
this was so, it was mighty funny that tho Tubu
lar Dispatch Company didn't go to work and
put in tubes for tbe delivery of small merchan
dise without waiting to hold up the Government
for an appropriation.
Facts about this company that It is posslblo to
verify are very scarce Tills Sun has looked up
the records in tho Secretary of State's office nnd
in tbo County Clerk's ofllco. When Turn Sun
reporter In Albuny searched the records on Mon
day bo found only one annual report of the con
dition of tho company. This read: "Annual
report of tho condition ot the Tubular Dispatch
Company on the 1st day of January, 1807, Filed
pursuant to tectlou 30 ot the Stock Corporation
laws."
"We, tbo undersignod, a majority ot the di
rectors of tbe Tubular Dispatch Company, do
hereby mako the followlnr report:
"The capital stock ot the company is 91,000,
000. "And the proportion of its capital ttook actu
ally issued is $1,000,000,
"The debts of the company do not exoeed
"Tbe assets of the company equal at least
(1.00.
"Mem. Tbo onlyntset is the franchise. Its
value cannot bj estimated. Dated Jan. 1, 1807, J
B, Btglln, John F. iAngan, John M. Perry, mv
jorltyof direotort."
, Mate of New York, ).
City and Oountyot New York, i '
Barnard Dulm, being doty sworn, deposes and says
that he la the President ot the Tubular Dlspatob
Company.
Tne statements contained In the foregoing report
are true to tbe best ot bis knowledge. Information,
an) taller. n. niou-i.
Bnoin to berore me this 89th davot January, 1HU7.
IX. J, Fox, Notary Public, New York oounty.
That report, it will be noticed, is n year old.
The law says that reports shall bo made annu
ally In the month ot January. No report ot tho
company for thlt last yoar was on file Jan. 31.
There was tome 'evidence howover, showing
tbo company's activity in one direction during
the year. For Instance, thero was a record ot a
meeting In May which startod tho printing
presses. Tho capital stock was increased from
$1,000,000 to 91.SOO.000. Tho work ot tho
prosscs lasted until Oct. 18, when tho record
shows anothor moetlng. Tho pressos were
started again. Tho capital stock watllftod from
91,000,000 to $2,100,000. Tho report of tho first
meeting said that the company's debts wore
$40,000 and tho stock actually Issued had been
$1,000,000. Tho roport ot the second mooting
said, that tho company's dobts wero $010,000
and tho capital actually paid in was $1,600,000.
In addition to theso official records, the circular
that was sont around booming tho company's
bonds, it will bo rocallcd, Btatod that tho com
pany had an Issue of $000,000 In bonds, and
that soon tho printing presses would bo started
again and thero would bo another issuo that
might bo in the neighborhood of $2,000,000, tho
first issuo being recalled. Ho It will be seen that
the company has been doing something In the
year.
LIVE TOVJOS ADOVT TOIflf.
Tho men occupied In cleaning tho streets
during tho past tow dayB have lncludod the
usual striking figures that show by their dress
as well as by other details of tholr appearance
that they are unaccustomed ;to suoh work. A
snowstorm always brings forward those men,
and pitifully poor some ot them looked on Tues
day. One stood near a largo hotel on Fifth
avenue and shovelled with a vigor that offered
quite a contrast tohla appearance. Evidently
ho was an EnglishmaD, Ills taos was rather
refined, and his paddock coat, barring tho
signs of wear which were very unmistakable
about it, was of the best fashion. It had un
doubtedly been cut by a good tailor, and In
splto of Its well-worn aspoct. It was neat even
in tbo exortlon of shovelling snow. Ills hat
bore tho same traoes of a past fashion, and his
patent-leather boots bad boon mado on an un
mistakably good lost, in splto of tbo fact that
they wcro badly worn and cracked. Ills hands
wero gloved, and thoro was no more incon
gruous figure In tho small army of workers
than this man, and thoro wcro many who
looked as If they might havo at times been far
romoved from the nocesslty ot Buch labor. The
only other occasions which bring out specta
cles of this kind aro tho nightly distributions
ot bread at an uptown bakery. Many men In
that line every night show that their prosonce
there Is either accidental or unaccustomed, it
Is not rare to sco men standing in tho lino hold
ing a newspaper in order to hide their faces
from the few persons who mny pass at that late
hour. A new satisfaction has recontly boen
added to tho relief provided there. At ir
regular intervals a modest philanthropist with
his own ideas of doing good appears In tho
crowd. Ho waits until tho dlstrlbu.lon of tho
broadibcglns, and thon gives out,of pockets well
filled for the purpose 10 cents to every man that
Btands In tho line.
Henry Amtol, tho muslo tcachor who has
sued the singer formerly known as Sophie
Traubmann, It a familiar flguro in tho lobbies
ot the Metropolitan. He is acquainted with
most of tho members of tho company and la
novor weary ot relating to them the remarkable
results ho has accomplished by bis methods of
teaching. 'When Victor Maurcl was in this
country he heard a great deal from Amsel about
bis abilities as a tcachor. Ho enjoyc' at first
tho enthusiasm with which M. Amsel spoke,
but ho grew weary of it just as he is accus
tomed to do when tho conversation is kept for
too long a tlmo on any other subject than him
self. One day after M. Amsel had been describ
ing his methods very eloquently. Maurel asked
him If ho had ever nearu of a certain famous
professor In Naples, mentioning a fictitious
name. Amsel Bald that ho had not and askod
Maurol what he was notablo for.
"He is tho only man I ever saw," Maurel
answered, "who could teach a singer better
than you can, Noxt to his method yours Is
the greatest I ovor beard of. But no could
teach his pupils to sing with ono of their vocal
chords while they rested the othor. and in that
way- thoy wero able to sing lndoflnltoly without
erer getting tired. He is tho only man 1 over
heard of that could do moro than you with his
pupils."
Now that Richard Le Gallienne has arrived
in this country ho may bo able to settlo the
question as to the gender ot his namo. Mr. Le
Gallienne took tho name hlmsolf and therefore
suffered under no responsibilities that wero
thrust upon him. It his ancestors had bo
stowod this ungrammatical title upon him no
body could have questioned its apparent con
tradictions and askod why It should not have
been "La Gallienne" or "Le Galllen." But tho
name as it stands Is likely to do no end of harm
to the oulture of the West whon Mr. Le Oat
llenne goes out there to read or lecture. It will
take another generation ot French teachers to
remedy tho harm which ono visit of Mr. Le
Galllonne may do to a town Uko Chicago, for
Instance, which will find a living contradiction
in the English writer to those rules of French
grammar which it has laboriously acquired.
Nobody would seem to have tho right to ques
tion Mr. Le Ualllcnno on tho subject wero it
not that he had selocted the namo for hlmsolf
and Is presumably acquainted with all ltt
subtleties.
As Tub Son announced a month ago, Mme.
Melba probably will bead an opera company ot
her own next year, and travel through tho
United States singing in "The Barber of Se
ville" and "Don Pasquale," possibly rovlvlng
tho half concert and half operatlo perform
ances which wero at one time popular. This
was decided aftor Mme. Melba had mado sev
eral appearances in the Western oltlos this
winter, and drew such largo audiences that It
became, cloar sho could repeat the experiment
anywhere olee In the country with great proflt.
So her appoaronccs with the Orau company
at the Metropolitan will probably be limited to
a small number, and the vastly moro remun
erative system ot travelling with a small com
pany and performing optras on her own re
sponsibility will All out tho rest of her Beason
in this country. Only a few singers aro need
ed fonthe two operas she proposes to glvo, and
the exponso of such an organization will be
comparatively slight. Her rewards for ovory
single appearance will be much more than tho
company at tbe Metropolitan can afford to pay.
Mllo. folvo Is anxious to make tho samo sort ot
a tour through the country with "Carmen," nnd
so soon as sho can get a firm of managers willing
to guaranteo $2,500 for every ono of fifty per
formances, she will desert the Metropolitan
and start on a tour. It Booms a curious retro
gression that the prima donna of the older
days should appear to bo onco more revivified.
The success of "Tho Barber of Seville" on Fri
day night was astonishing to persons who have
heard repeatedly the assertion that the opera
could not druw a corporal's guard If It were
sung bore. Possibly during tho regular sea
son, with all tbe popular Blngers hore, there
would havo been no suoh audlenoe. But the
revival was unexpectedly suooeseful. Mme.
Melba's plans for tho next season show plainly
enough that the publlo will again support the
old-fasbloned enUrprlses which were thought
to e exhausted, to long as there Is a singer
equal to arousing their enthusiasm. Mme.
Sembrloh Is coming back to thla country next
year to undertake just suoh a series of per
formances throughout tho United States. When
an artist's popularity and reputation nro once
established, the plan seoms easy enough. Only
two suoh singers at Melba aud Sombrfch. how
ever, could undertake the operatic end of these
ild-fashioned tours, Thoy sing the muslo which
doos not require every other accossory to mako
It effective. Mme. Melba's grout success In
Pittsburg and Cloveland has shown that the
out-of-town publlo is anxious to support just
such performances.
The Assembly Uall.
The Assembly ball, tbe most important sub
scription danco ot tho teaton, took placo last
night In tbe Astoria. Compared to other dances
this wlntor It was an early affair. There was
no opera or big dinners to detain tbe guests,
who wero received by Mrs. Levi P.Morton, Mrs.
David King, Mrs. Lloyd Bryce, and Mrs. John
Jacob Attor. As usual at the Assembly balls,
thore was little attempt at decoration. Two
arches at tbo southern end ot the room were
banked with palms, American beauty roses,
and lilies. The uppor tier of boxes was shut off
and filled with palms, giving from the ballroom
floor the effect of a conservatory.
Informal dancing was indulged In until sup
per wat announced at half-past IS o'clock. This
was served on small tables In tbo Astor gal
lery. The tablet were decorated with pink rosea
and carnations. Wortbington Wbltehouio led
the cotillon which followed, hit partner being
Mrs. Orme Wilson. During the one-favor figure
garlands of artificial roses tied with satin rib
on and boutonnleres to correspond wero dis
AFFAIRS OF THE THEATRE.
ait xxroitTATiosr of novez and
COH JO AT, ACltUDAlS,
tomaor tfaa xtreenlrlcand Set Regaling Heroes
In Recent London Dramas Items Coneera
Ins Aelora, Authors and Managers or Plara.
Tbo domestto brand of knockabout performer
Is bocoming scarco and tho kind that Is mado
abroad Is drawn upon to replace htm. Three
of htm, ths Fortunls, aro now In tholr first week
ot New York employment at Kolth's, Tholr
aim Is closoly llko that of tho chaps who wore
onco abundant In pairs In tho varloty shows and
who for ten minutes alternated stnlo jokes and
fresh blows, ending with that dostroyer ot men
tal calm, tho how-wo-lovo-to-dance-and-stng.
Tho newcomers' methods nro different. Being
unfamiliar with English, tho contents ot old
almanacs nro not nocessnry to their spoclalty,
which Is chiefly gymnastic. All throo are In
ridiculous costumes, ono as a waiter, anothor
as a burlesauo ot an KnglUh tourist and the
third as tho trarollor's valet. Two horizontal
bars, ono of ordinary dimensions and tho other
ton foot from tho floor, aro not very realistic din
ing room accessories, but thoy'ro great aids to
slam-bang. Tho valet's first mUadvcnturo Is
to got caught by his tall hat on tho lower bar
and hang thero In distress until takon down.
His mastor Is injan inflatod suit that makes
him almost globular, and when ho exercises on
tho bars ho slips from his bnlloon-llko coat and
trousers, leaving them attached to tho bar nnd
disclosing that he Is of ordinary bIeo. Tho men
aro bo practiced that jumps from tho higher bar
upon a companion apparently do no moro than
give him a cuo for rosponslvo capers, though
somo of tho knocks rocolvod Bccm hurtful.
After ten minutes of roughing it about the
bars tho dining room "ntmosphero" Is restored
by tho appearance of the waltor with a plate.
But his pleco of crockery It remarkable for
more than restoring alono tho tuggostlon of a
luxurious dining room, and when ono of the
others grabs the plato and strikes the waiter
with its edgo 'half of it shuts within the rest,
and the waiter goes off howling with the ap
pearance of being cleft to his oars. Their table
is as surprisingly prepared, for when a gym
nast in one ot his wildest leapt lands on It it
gives way In the mlddlo and he Is Bent sprawl
ing among Its pieces. Their humor is, perhaps,
stamped most strongly as being an importation
by the specialists' devlco with a sodo siphon.
In tho manner in which one chap looks into the
bottlo's spout nnd releases its contents thoro It
little that is new. The Booths and Irvlngs of
vaudovlllo's self-sprtnklars havo made remark
able achievements In this soul-stirring branch.
But In applying tho tlrz to his companion tbero
Is a dlstlnot advance upon even tbo finest of
bome-mndo siphon Bubtloties. Putting tho
tubo to lila companion's oar ho presses tho lover,
tho fluid runs thiough a semi-circular tube
conccakd beneath tho specialist's wig. and so
appears to como out of the opposlto ear. The
American genius who formerly mado up for hit
Ecrformanco so that an ordinary axo could be
anged Into the top of his head far enough
to hold Its place thero should know that he
must stir hlmsolf to outdo these gifted foreign
ers. Or will Billy Wolls, tho museum performer
who permits tbo brcnklng of paving stones upon
bis head, set his denied brain to work and rcpol
the victorious Invaders I
Tho English dramatists have got Into the
habit of selecting curious heroes. The prac
tice commenced with Henry Arthur Jones. Ills
astronomer in "Tho MnsqueradcrB" was ono of
tho first of theso personages. Haddon Cham
bers followed with "John a' Dreams," In which
tho loading man was an avowed victim of
opium. In "Tho Physician" there was little
cholcs between tho young or tho old hero. One
was a wearied egotist and tbe other a confirmed
dipsomaniac. Thero was not much in cither of
them to gain tho sympathy of audiences. "Tho
Rogues' Comedy" did better In that direction,
and possessed at least ono sturdy, honest figure.
In "Tho Princess nnd tho Butterfly" young
Oriel could havo fascinated nobody but the
Princess PannonUx. In "Tho Troe of Knowl
edge" A'igel has novcr recovered from his as
sociation with a woman who deceived him, and
tho rest of his lire is spont In complaints agalnBt
her for leading blm astray. Such a man In
real Ufoj would be an Intolerable prig. The
German plays havo tome heroes of equally pe
culiar types, and they como directly out of lb
Ben. In the French drama these have now no
place, though tho "frco" theatres may possess
them, and eomo realistic pieces out them for
ward experimentally. Many of tne men In the
French slago Action aro libertines, but they do
not figure as opium caters, dipsomaniacs, or
longulii star-gazers. Thoy are manly and spir
ited, whatever thoy do, and that is a relief
from tho characters which havo lately been set
up 8 heroes In tho contemporary English au
thors, tho best of whom havo Injured their plays
by tho selection of tho eccontric for herolo use.
This fact doos moro thnn anything clso to cur
tall the popularity ot their works in this coun
try, whero there lsalwnys tho demand for a
sturdv horo. ltathur with the French than the
English point of view do American audiences
oirroc. The hero may not be Innocent, and. In
deed, mny havo been wicked, but ho must at all
events be manly.
Maurice Barrymoro will go to London to play
the horo In "The Heart of JMnryland" thero.
Ferdinand Gottschalk, who has been Bix months
IrOhat city with "Never Again," is on his way
back to resume bis placo in the farce here.
Clara Morris Is tho latest volunteer for tho
Actors' Fund vaudeville matlnde. J. Lester
Wallack, a grandson ot tho lnte Lester Wal
lack, will bo in Mtunlo Sellgman's revival of
"Comody and Tragedy." Oscar Eaglo Is Inid
up in LoulsvllJo from a gunshot wound re
ceived in n molodramu duel.
Henry .Miller und his company got to Worces
ter in tho big snow storm, but tho baggage and
Bccncry did not, and "Heartsease" was per
formed that night in modern costumes and
with makeshift scenery. Tho audlcnco was
good-humored and lnuulgcnt. Tho bad w cathcV
playcdhavoc with travelling companies through
out the wholo sweep of wind and snow. In one
Wcbtorn Instance u company footed It flvo iullos
over a bill because u railway tunnel wns choked
and reached a theatre in time to keop a $500
assemblage.
Tho Bostou Cadets nro giving performances
in that city this week, and the receipts will
reach 830,000 through an auction sale of soats.
11. A. Barnet's burlesques nro written for these
nmuteur, nnd afterward developed for uso
professionally. The nrosent piece Is culled
"Tho Queen ot the Ballet," and Is morn am
bitious than Its predecessors, though it Is regard
ed us less likely to become popular.
Tho drama which Henry Uuy C'arloton wroto
for Jnmes J. Corbett is being Played this week
In Illinois. Tho former prize lighter enacts a
dcvll-may-rnro hero with kindly instincts und
ready fists.
Washington is getting tho first American
performances of "A Parle," and it is a pleasant
surprlso to road that tbo farco is not salacious,
as Its title threatened. Mme. Pilsr-Morln,
whom wo know hero only os a pantomlmlst,
Elnys n sneaking part with what Is doicrlbed as
ntipy effect.
Nathaniel Goodwin has produced In Chicago
the play written by C'ljdo Fitch on tbo llfo of
Nathan Hale, and it has evidently met popular
approval, In spile of tho contrary reports of Its
character. It is described as "excessively
traglo," and at tho samo tlmo "lacking In vi
tality. ' It closes, os "Tho Devil's Dlsclplo"
doos, with a gallows in view. Mr. Goodwin's
personality Is said to be unsuitable for tho role
of the young spy und ardent lover depleted In
the play.
Paul Potter has bought Guy do Maupassant's
"Mile. Fl-Fl," which ho utilized as tho first act
of "Tbo Conquerors." Ho will at least own
that portion or tbe piece In ono sense of tho
word. It Ifl said that he will also securo tbe
Engllah rights to Sardou'a "La Heine," which
Is tho original work from which no drow tho
rest of his drama. "Tho Conquerors" wlU be
presented in London this spring.
Elennora Duse is to return to Paris this
spring !to uppeur In D'Anniiiizlo's "LaGlacon
do," which was written for her. Sarah Bern
hardt Is to direct n theatre In Brussels as well
us In Parts. Nonu of her productions this win
ter has met with success. Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell Is soon to act with Forbes ltobertson in
Mactorlh.ck's "Polltas und Mesllande."
Ucralilliio Ulmar. who was to buo oome to
this country. Is still seriously 111 from an acci
dent last Bcptomlicr. She has recently be
come reconciled to Ivan Curyll, tho musical
composer, from whom she was divorced sovoral
years ago. Miss Uliuar grew stout, and then
by dieting recovered her girlish figure. That
reenptured hi-r husband, and they romarricd.
Jules Lemaltro has provided a play for He
jono In which she has refused to appear, as u now
Bnrdou drama will occupy her time during the
rest of tho winter. Jane Hading may be teen
in tho role written for I(4Jane.
James IT. Hackott will next yoar be the
youngest ot tho "stars." Daniel Frohman will
firetont blm at the head of n company as Klutl
n "Tho Tree of Knowledge" and probably In
Ueorgo Hlbbard's "Marlborough," whloh Ed
ward Sothorn ulso has under consideration.
Modjeeka steadfastly refuses to play in
"Magda" in this city, oecauso Now York re
jected it when sho appeared in its first Eng
lish production six years ago. "Measure for
Measure," "Hamlet," and "Macbeth" will be her
Eluys here. It was New York's Indlff eronoa to tho
bakespearean drama that led her to declare
Mreral yeart, ago that tho would never appear
in jt herti again.
- Tho proposed comlo opera company In which
Lillian Russell and Jesslo Bartlett Davit wero
to be united will probably not bo formed. Mist
Davis Is anxious to appear In plecos which
give tho leading rolo to the contralto, while
Mies Ilutsell Is equally disposed toward those
which put most of tho responsibility on tho so
prano. An arrangement by which they would
appear on alternate evenings might bo moro
satisfactory, but Is not contemplated, as tho
objeot ot (be plan would bo to gain strength
from tho coalition.
The attempts to steal voguo from successful
days by Imitations In titles nro common. "The
Widow Jono" Is followed byn similar farce
oallod "Tho Heal Widow Brown," which Is
travelling through the smaller towns. "Whnt
Happened to Jones" and; "The Mysterious Mr.
Bugle" aro jointly echoed In '"iho Mysterious
Mr. Jones."
Ono crltlo calls for an Ibson who shall make
comlo opora less conventional. A bravo ef
fort In thlt direction was an amateur work
gtven tho other day In New Orleans. Ono act
was In this country, another in tho planet Sat
urn, and tho third In boll. But Offenbach an
ticipated this Inst situation.
(Veonro Lederor telegraphs from London that
"Tho Telophona Girl" and "Tho Bollo of New
York" will both bo acted there In tho spring.
Joseph Jefferson wlU continue next reason
in "The Rivals," and Rose Coghlau may net
Airs, .falaprop. Elslo Leslie, who wns nn
ideal Little LordlFauntleroy, will bo tho Lydia
Languish. Miss Lcsllo has spent tho Interval
in school.
TUB OPERA.
Ferrormanco ar the NlbeluHen Trilogy neglnt
To-tYKht.
Tho performance of the Nlbelungen trilogy
will bogln to-night at tho Metropolitan Opera
Houso. In the cast ot "Dlo Wnlkllre" will bo
MM. Kraut, Fischer, and Rains, and Mmcs.
Nordlcn, Gadskl, Staudlgl, Rcygard, Van Cnu
teron. and Mattfeld. Mtno. Nordlca has novor
beon heard hero before In this opora. On next
Woduesday evening "Slogfrled will bo sung,
and " GOttordammerung" will be sung ono week
from to-night.
Mr. I.aekwaed,a Concert.
Mr. Albert Lockwood, assisted by Setdl't or
chestra, gave a concert last evening In Madison
Square Garden Concert Hall. This placo Is un
couth nnd depressing, so that music or musicians
who resist and overcomo Us Influence should
reoelvo ample credit for their results. Mr.
Lockwood a friends were protent In largo
numbers at his recital, and enthusiasm grow
with the passing hours until after tho Saint
Saent concerto, with which tho programme
ended. A warm encoro was tendored the pianist.
Not very many years ago it was an unhonrd-of
thing for any ono to play two concertos in the
same performance. Now suoh wonders havo
boen wrought by pianists that our public would
scarcely be astonished, though they might be
satisfied, with tho prosonco of four or Ave. Mr.
Lockwood gave two tbe Schumann and Saint
Uaens In u minor. Ho also plnyod sovoral
smaller pieces, bolng most successful in Scar
latti's " Pastorale." which Paderewskl of blessed
memory mado familiar tn us In nappy days long
past. Ho was least so In Chopin's "Barca
rolle." Of tho concertos his rendering
of Saint-Saens't composition was markod
by the moro certain brilliancy nnd by tho strong
est showing of technical ability. Tho young
pianist possesses a fair amount of skill, and has
evidently worked Industriously, as indeed every
mortal who attempts to be a virtuoso upon nny
Instrument must do. As yet his performances
lack tbe higher evidences of pootlo Inspiration,
and It mny be thoro is nn absenco of that sacred
fire without which the wings ot muslo are
always broken and useless.
AROUSED MR. MOORE'S JINGO.
De Thausht tne Chamber or Commerce. Wat
Plnylng Into Kaclanit'a flanda.
Francis O. Moore, who is known as tbo Cham
ber of Commorce jingo, afforded a diversion at
yesterday's regular monthly mcotlng of the
Chamber. There had beon submitted to tho
members for adoption a memorial addressed to
President McKlnloy, reciting that " there aro
now Important changes going on In tho relations
of European powers to tho empire of China
affecting the territory of that empire, and to
that extent affecting tho privileges enjoyed
under existing treaty rights by American
citizens trading in and with China," and urging
tbat prompt steps bo taken for tho "defenco of
the existing treaty rights of our citizens in
China, and for tho preservation and protection
of their Important commercial Interests In that
empire."
It happened that George F. Seward, former
Minister to China, was at the meeting, and ho
arose to say that he did not think thoro was
anything just now that was particularly threat-
cmiiu lu Aujciiuuii lukctoniq in vanilla, uor-
many, he tald, bad seized n port, but this was,
ot Itself, no more significant to trndo than the
occupation of a bit ot territory on Cape Cod by
some foreign power would be In this country.
It was an unpleasant thing for China, but not a
thing which, oy Itself, threatened trado In any
degree. So far as Russia was concernod, said
Mr. Seward, she needs a port on tbo Paclflo free
from Ice all through tbe winter.
"We may sympathize wlUi China In the mat
ter." said Mr. Soward, "but so tarns our trading
Interest is concerned nn outlet acquired thoro
for tbo enormous grain Holds of northeastern
Asia would not prejudice us In the slightest rto
greo, as I bolleve it would rather open a way for
our merchandise to go up Into that section.
Mr, Mooro addressed the chamber In opposi
tion to tho adoption of tho memorial, llo ar
gued that tho United .States should not an
tagonize Russia. France, and Germany. The
Chamber, ho Intimated, was playing into the
bands of England. "England," said ho, "has
been consistently and unlformlythonvcr-watch-ful
too of this country."
This declaration was received with laughter
andcrlosof "Sol" "No!" nnd Mr. Moore con
tinued: " I notice the. smllo of dorlslon, but it docs not
deter mo from making tho stntcment which
history will vindicate. England tried toenslnvo
us In 1770. She burned down our national Cap
itol In Washington In tho war of 1B12, nnd In
tho last war, when our houso was divided
agalnBt Itself, and tn tho hour of our distress,
sho took part with that member of our fam-
JL "
Tbero was an interruption at this point nnd
President Alexander K. Orr ruled that Mr.
Mooro was outof ordor. Mr. Mooro wns disposed
to dispute tho President's ruling, hut finally
Bald that out of respect to tho Chair bo would
submit.
Tho memorial wat thon adopted. The
Chamber also adopted resolutions directed
ngalnst tho publication by tho Bureau of Ameri
can llopubllcs of on international commercial
directory, und ltstenod to the rondlng of a long
report by Chairman A. Foaler Hlggtnn of tho
Committee of Harbor and Shipping regarding
tho diversion of trade from this port.
BOLDINI PORTRAITS I-'REE.
They Came In Under llond Anyway Mrs.
Campbell ITId SB.OOO for a S9SO One.
The seizuro by Custom Houso officials ot the
portraits by Giovanni Boldlnl, which havo boen
on exhibition slnco November at the art store of
Boussod, Voladon & Co., 303 Fifth nvonuo, has
not been carried out, and It is probable that
thoro will bo no further proceedings, Yostorday
morning tho manager ot tho art store, E. W.
Glaenzer, nnd Lawyer Charles E. Alexander of
Alexander &Groen, 120 Broadway, visited the
Custom Houso to offer an explanation of tho
supposed Halo of ono ot the pictures. After n
long conferonco Col. Phelps or tlio law depart
ment and Inspector Tralttcur visited tho art
store, and Col. Phelps telephoned to tho Cus
tom House tbat It would not be necessary to
send nny men to keop the custody of the pic
ture last night, as he had left them In the euro
of Mr, Glaenzer.
Tbe art store people made no attempt to deny
that thoy sold "Mrs. Campbell," tho Custom
House agent, tho pastel of Verdi for $0,000,
dating tho bill ot sale which they gavo her next.
March, when the pictures will havo been
shipped out of tho country again. They Insist,
however, tbat the salo should bo looked upon
rather as a joko than ob a business transaction,
as tho price was somothlng more thau tweuty
II vo tltnos tho value of tbe picture, and no
money or any promise to puy was received.
They also laugned nt tbe Idea that any chnrge
ot misrepresenting tho valuo ot tho collec
tion at the time It passed tho Custom
House could be based on such a salo of ono
of tho less Important pictures for $3,000. Fur
thermore, they added, the wholo collection wus
under bond, and there could bo no possibility of
disposing of any of tbe pictures beforo they
were shipped out of tho country and beforo tho
bond was cancelled, It wus on these linos, it is
understood, tbat nn explanation which was ac
cepted after five hours' talk was made. The
collection ot tbe Italian portrait painter's
works which has been on exhibition consists ot
flvo photographs of palntlngu, six portraits In
oils and two In paste). Tho ono of Yordl Is ono
of tbe last. It was finished at ono sitting In
188(1. Tbe offer of "Mrs. Campbell" to buy it
at any price was the lint which had been re
ceived for It.
Mrs. Jaaepblne Ayer'e Will,
East Oamumdoe, Matt., Feb. 3. The will ot
Josephine Ayer of Lowell, widow of J, C. A) cr.
wat Hied In tbe Probate Court here tills morn
ing, Ont hundred thousand dollars Is left to
the Ayer Home for Women and Children in
Lowell. Tbe Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadel
phia, receives $50,000. A son, Frederick Ayer,
is named as executor. The bulk of tbe property
is W to this son and a daughter. Leslie Pear
on of Newport. The ostato It worth between
$8,000,000 and $3,000,000. "oiwten
A VERT QAVDT PXCXVItB BOOK."
Peel's Cararaent en an Alleged Blramtat'e
ecand Marriage Certificate.
Edward E. Bchlrmcr, who" was arrettod In
Jorsey City on Monday on a chnrgo ot bigamy
nnd cxtraditod later, was nrralgnod in tho West
Fifty-fourth Stroot Court yoslorday afternoon.
Mary V. Russell of 138 West Sixty-first strcot
said sho marrtod Schtrmcr on Nov. 1-1, 1807,
and, after a honoy moon of two months, learned
that, on Nov, 10. bo had married Susie M,
Grinder ot tm Ninth street, Brooklyn,
John E. Homo, clerk of tho old Board ot ,
Aldormcn ot Brooklyn, testified thnt Aldormnn
Curtis had pcrformod tho first marrtago, aud
tald thnt bo remembered It well, becauso tho
bridegroom was not ablo to nny tho fen of $3. .
and that the brldo was obliged to go out after
tho monoy,
Ab evldenco of tho socond wedding, which was !
celebrated at tho Church of tho Holy Apostle, In
Twenty-eighth street, near Ninth avenue. Miss
RuRsell's uttornny producod whnt Magistrato
Pool called "nvery gaudy plcturo book," It
was the marrlngo cortlltcnto, and wns embel
lished with verso nnd flowers nnd birds. On ths
cover wcro two robblns, with old gold tall
teathors and pink bonks, building n nest.
Tho first page rontnlnod the following vorse,
which Abraham Levy, counsol for tho defendant
nnd his first wife, read:
There's a bllw beyond all that tho minstrel hat told,
Whou two that aro llnknl In ono lienienly tie.
With hearts never changing and brows never cold.
Lore on thro' all llli and lovu un till they dlo.
On tho pago opposlto tho verso wcro tho names
of Schtrmcr nnd Mrs. Schtrmcr No. 2 In wreaths
of forgct-mo-nnts.
Tho Rev. Brady E. Backus, rector of the
Church of the Holy Apostles, after testifying
that ho had married Sclilrmcr and Miss Russoll,
hastened to add:
"Your honor. It was the first tlmo that I wat
ovor guilty of signing my namo to a certificate
llko thnt. Tho young people choso It tliomeolves."
Mnglstrato Pool held tho prisoner In $1,000
for trial.
MRS. TRIPMAXSEE'S TJfO WILLS.
The Wlitowfr Trying to Get the One In Ills
Favor Sustained.
Chancellor McQIU, Bitting ns Ordinary of the
Prcrogatlvo Court, hoard argument yesterday
In a pocullar will oaao which was taken to that
Court on an appeal from a decision of tho Hud
son county Orphans' Court, Tho appellant was
Ernest Trlpmansco of 2S8 Sherman avonue,
Jersey City. He Is n member of tho Beet known
as Christian Israelites. Tho males novcr havo
tholr hair cut, and all of them wear white
rough beavor hats. A few years ago Trlp
mansco married a widow reputed to be wealthy,
who had a married daughter named Mrs. Die
fenbach. Having no faith In bnnks Mrs. Trip
niansoo kept hor woalth In a strong Iron box
In the house, tho key of which sho guarded with
groat care. The contents of the box wcro not
known to anybody oxcept Mrs. Trlpmansco un
til n short time beforo hor death, wbon she con
fided to her husband ana daughter thnt It con
tained 910,000 in notes and $12,000 in securi
ties and cash. Ono night, when Mrs. Trlpman
sco soemed to be dying, her husband, ns ho al
logos, was induced to go for a doctor. Whan bo
roturnod his wife told him that sho had been
persuaded to sign a will leaving tho box and Its
contents to hor daughter. Mrs. Dlefcnbacb.
Tripmansee had another will prepared, making
hlui his wlfo's solo legatee and sho signed that
also. Sho died a short tlmo afterward. After
she was burled Trlpmansco. who had obtalnod
fossestlon of the koy, examined the contents of
ho box and discoverod, as ho nllcgcs, tbat
$0,000 bad been taken out of It, presumably on
the night thnt ho wentout in search of a doctor.
Tho two wills wero offered for probato In the
Orphans' Court. After a hearing Judgo Hilda-
Eoth sustained tho document which made Mn.
ilrfenbach tho logatcc, and tho hearing ester
day wns on an appeal from that decision. Chan
cellor McGlll rescrvod decision.
LUXCIIEOX FOR COLONIAL DAMES.
Metnbera or the flrlaittnl Hoclrfy Kntertalnetf
by Mra. Aattiaulel I McCreadj.
Mrs. Nathaniel L. McCready of 4 East Seventy-fifth
street gavo n luncheon party yester
day for tho members of tho Origlnnl Society of
Colonial Dames. Sixty-four guosts woro pros
cnt, and these were seated at eight tables, each
prottlly decorated tn a distinctive color. Over
tho mnntcl. In handsomely wrought lcttors, was
tho society's motto: " Colere Colontarum Qlo
riant." Among thoso present wero Mrs, Ed
wnrd Klnpr, Mrs. I. T. Burden, Mrs. James A.
Burden, Mrs. Bcrrymnn, Mrs. James Gerard,
Mra. WlnthroD Grny, Mrs. Frcderio Sheridan,
Mrs. Evans, Mrs.Chnrles S. Aborcromble, Mrs.
Duncan Pell, Mrs, Waller Suydnm, Mrs. Alex
ander Webb, Mrs. Robert L. Clarkson, Mrs. A.
A. Low. Mrs. T. V. Ward, Mrs. Talbot Taylor,
Mrs. John Alexandre, Mrs. .Morris, Mrs. Pea
body. Mrs. Ducr. Mrs. Vnndcrpool, Mrs. Louis
Dolatleld, Mrs. Samuel Borrow o. Mrs. Hallett
Borrowe. Mrs. Duval, Mrs. lloudlnot Colt, Mrs.
Schmidt, and Mrs. John Vinton Dahlgren.
MARINE JXTELLIQEXOE.
msuTcnK Aisjsic-this nir.
Sunrises.... 7 00 Sunsets.. S 22 Moon sets.. 68
Ulan WAThn this pat.
Bandy Hook. B 41 1 Gov.Ial'd. 0 13 Hell date., a 00
Arrived Tiicnsoar, Feb. 3.
Si HaTel. Christopher? Ilremon Jan. 25, Southamp
ton and Cherbourg 20th.
Ss l'alatla. Karlor. Hamburg.
Sri Mexico, UynrblilH, Unana.
h lluenos Ayrean, McAilum, Ulasgow.
Ss Muttcart, Hrima, Ilrmnen.
Ei Arkiulla, I.lnil. St. JonlH.
Si Alps, Long, Snvantlla.
Sh Slerrlmac. Hvrnc, Swansea.
Sa Douglas, hrlcknou, MoutL-no Hay.
l'or later arrivals soo First l'age.
AHRIVED OCT.
Si Lalin, from Xevr York, at Ilremen.
Si Matiaehusetti, from Now York, at London.
Ss August" Vlotorla, from Sen York, at Madeira.
frl l'( mlft, from New York, at llumburtr.
Pi No leinbre, from New York, nt Hllboa.
P i St Cuthbert, from New York, at Antwarp.
Si Spartan l'rluco, from New York, nt Naples.
Si, U.iilt lie, from Now York, at Marseilles.
Si Henri Keith, from Now York, nt Ymulden.
si Fiierst HUmnrek, from New York, nt Genoa.
Si Queen Christina, from New York, at Sourabaya.
Ss Veira. from Now York, at Trlrite.
Dark Ulanco, from Now York, at Adelaide.
TASSRD.
Ss Mannheim, from New York for Flushing, pautd
rortlaml Hill.
Ss Foreland, from Now York for Hamburg, pined
1'raulo Point.
fi.ur.cn from rontiov torts.
Si Saale, from Southampton for New York.
Si Ilrltannlc, from Queenstown for New Yurk.
Si i ul la, from Genoa for New York.
Si Poerese, from Ulrgontl Tor New York.
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8i Fl Sud from New Orloani for New York.
OL'TUOINO STEAMSHIPS.
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Olidam, Rotterdam H nil A l 1000 AM
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Hulk- Liverpool Jan2H
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City of Washington. . IIoana Feb 3
flue Turnlau. M H.
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Durgundla .. .. Gibraltar Jan 27
Menantlo Snansra Jau 2ft
Galileo St Lucia Jan 31
Nueces Galveston ,Kib 2
KIBud New Orleans Feb 3
Jtue ItViinridiii, Feb. 0.
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llosamorran hi. Lucia Feb 1
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HaaSHBiaaawi4(siaaslissssltsssaBM
HER LAWYER LOCKED OUT. j
CASE WENT TO THE JfURT WXT1X X& 4
DEFENCE AT ALL.
Then, When Counael Did (let Rack ta the. fi
Courtroom After the Ilrrorder'a Chars f
sml Hot a Word In, Ills Client PleadeU 1-
llulltr Hero re lie Could de Much far Her. ,
Magglo Howard was on trial yestorday In the .
Ooncral Sessions for atcallnc a watch and chain
from a man. Hugh Colomau was her counsel.
Ito had all tho witnesses excluded from the
courtroom until they were called. When allot ,
tho witnesses for tho prosecution had testified 2
Capt. Colcmnii left tho courtroom to consult J
with tho witnesses for Iho defenco, who were j)
wnttlnirln tho hall. Mr. Hcnncssy remarked to '
tho Itecorder thai that was an unusual proceed- j
Inc. I
"And does the State resit" asked the Bt- I
corder. I
"Our case Is all ln,"antworod Mr. Honnessy,
Itecorder (loft thon asked If thero ware any i
more witnesses to testify. No one answered, '
the defendant's counsel being In the hall. J
"You may bo on and nddross the jury, Mr. 3
Hcnncssy," remarked tho Itecorder. I
"I will submit tho case on your Honor's f
chartre," replied the Assistant District Attorney f
Itecorder Ooff then began his charge to tht, ft
Jury. It Is customary to lock all tho doors of "
tho courtroom whllo tho Judgo Is charging tho "J
jury, nnd tn this caso there was no excoptlon to f
the rule. Lawyer Coleman ondod tho consult- Jf
tton ho was having with his witnesses in tho 1;
halt and attempted to get back Into the court-
room, but tho men guarding tho doors refused - j'
to unlock them. Capt. Coleman protostod In n
vigorous language. Thon ho threatened lobar $
all tho officers removed. Finally he ploadod and
begged for permission to got back to hi client, ,
Ho could hear the Hocorder's remarks to the '
jury, but he could not soo the Itecorder without )
climbing up on a chair and looking through the 2'
transom Into the courtroom. Whon tbo Be- A
corder had finished his charge to tho Jury tho S-
courtroom doors wero thrown open and Capt, "
Coleman rushed In. -
" What's tho mattor I" he oxclnlmed. "Why,
your Honor, I haven't opened my case yet." J
"Mr. Coloman." began tho Recorder, "have g-
you any request to mako to be lncludod In my $6
charge to the Jury I" if
"If you please, your Honor, I was out In the ,fi
hall," said counsel, "and I haven't bad a K
obance " St
"That will do," remarked tho Reoorder; " tho J;
Jury will please retire." '
Lnwyer Coleman went on plcndlner for hie 5i
client. Hoiordor Goff finally called tbe jury ft
back, saying: i
"1 don't wnnt to tako advantage of any mis- .-
takes mado here, and I will glvo tho defondnnt
an opportunity to introduce any witnesses ho 1
may have," , , ,
Lawyer Coleman called a witness, but the do- 8
fondant stood up and said: e
" Your Honor, I wish to plead guilty to petit 1
larceny." 3
" I will accept that plea," said tho Itocorder, J
"for I see tho Grand Jury coming Into court. je
I will remand you to tho Tombs and sentortoo -f
you on Monday."
The prisoner was led away, but Capt. Coleman ,'
still went on to nrguo thnt sentence should bo
fiasscd Immediately. Tho Itecorder Unally out fi
ilm off by saying: '5
"Capt. Coleman, your client Is over In tho a
Tombs." , f
SUE CALLED THE LAWYER A PUP. i
Judgment Debtor Allows a Lawyer to Discover 2
Tbat Sho Mates lllm. 8
Mrs. Cella Piquero, whoso sister was the first
wife of Andrew Jeffreys Garvey, the Tweed vl
plastcror, was examined In tho City Court yes- -jj
terday In an effort of Dr. James F. McKernon to ij:
collect a Judgment for $188.11) against her. Sho Jf.
testified that sho lives at the Audubon, at
Thirty-ninth streot and Broadway, paying 87 a j
wook for her room and taking her meals out. '
Until tho death of Gnrvey, about six months &
ago. nhe had received an nllowanoo of $80 a, '
month from him, under an ogreoment mado ,
twenty years ago. Sho had acted ns bis real 4
estate agent in this city, and has a claim of g
$7,1)00 against his estate. She was not pro- Ji.'
vided for In his will. Her husband, who died ft-
several years ago, had n largo estalo in Cuba, fr
but sho had received nothing out ot it. ol
Wlillo being examined by Lawyer J. F. For- JS
rcstcr, attorney for the judgment croditor, tho '"K
witness called tho lawyer n "pup" and a "kid," f
said he was " f rosh," and stated that she bated iX
him. JjS
At the conclusion of the examination Justice J;
Olcott appointed Fredorick A. Ware receiver of 'i1
her property. &
The St. Lawrence Ice Bridge,
Quebec, Feb. 3. The severity of tbo winter ft;
In this district may bo judgod by the fact that 4f
the face of Montmorency Falls Is a solid wall of U
Ico, whllo tho ico. brldgo over tho north channel
of the St. Lawronco Is froien from tho city down IS
to tho very foot of tho Islo of Orleans, within a rl
fow miles of salt water. Generally tho lowest 3
place at which tho river can bo crossed on tho
ice to tho Island from tho north shore Is IAngo .
Gardlen. At present thero Is an oxcollont Ico
brldgo opposlto Sto. Anno do Hoauprfi. Old ?,
resldontsof (ho place stato tbat it Is nearly sixty 'h
years since such an Ico brldgo formed at that '.;.
point. K
gallgtUC.gff jRonttfi. 1
Pearls and nil hlnda or Creeloue Stanee, af im
the best qualltr only. Prices low as any where, nero
or abroaa. W
UOWAI1D ft CO., 204 Fifth avenue. New York. M
DorfllitKera American Cut aiass. v&l
This u eek clearance solo of 'Mt
TOILKT IIOTTLES. M
Single and odd bottles at half prlee. i
No. 01S nroadway and No. !a Murray St., N. T. fk
Mra. Y imlow Soothing Syrup for children -A
teethlnc, inrtens the Riinia, reduces Inflammation, al- jt
lays pain, cures wind cullc, dtarrhioa. 2&c. a bottle. &?'
Z3iaix. h
COPLa.XII.-At Montclalr, N. J on Feb. t, 1808, Ji
after a long Illness, Ada M., wife of George Vfor- 'ij'
tor Copland and dauqhter of the lateC. C, Dedelt. it
Funeral from hur late reildonco. 133 Oheitnutst., x'
Montclalr, Friday, Fab, 4, 180S, at 8:80 P.M. fcj
Carriages will meet tbe 2:10 train from foot of aT
Barclay it. Interment private. V
H1IWIDHV,-At Mutralo, N. Y on Feb. 9, 1808, 1
Iter. Jacob Frciblnan, I), II. f
JOMCS.-On YVednesday, Feb. S, 1808, at 1R8 Perm '
at., Ilrooklyn, N. Y., Elltabetb, beloved wife of
William M, Jonei. 4
Notleo of funeral hereafter. I
POW Kit. -Departed this life after a long Illness, f
John Power, at his residence, 933 Eail 98th st, .
A aoletnn reiulem mass will be celebrated at 8t J
Stephen' Church, on East 8Hth st, Saturday, Feb. ,
0, at 10 A. II.
STA.lIJII.i:il. On Thuriday, Feb. 8, 1808, Eveline
J, Stammlor, wlto of Charles E. Btammler, at. 15.,
and daughter ot tho late William Thomas White,
M. D., of New York city.
Funeral on Saturday, Keli. 6, at 9 o'clock, from II f
llleecker it., llrookl u.
VfOOIillltlliUI!. On Wednesday morning, Feb. t, I
In the 7UIU year of ills aife, of Brlgot's dlaeue, 1
Alfred Woodbrldite
Funeral at Aseemlon Church, 10th st. and Btbav.,
Friday morning, Feb. 4, at 9:30 o'clock. i
glnv gubUratioiw. I
TO-MORROW. I
Saturday Review of Books and Art j
The New York Times. j
FEATURES FOR SATURDAY, FEB, 5.
VIC'TOlt lll-OO'BI.BTTKIIB.- Second Series. Pas- i
line" from advance sheets specially lecored for the
11EVIEW OF UOOHH AND ABT.
Ollliiv, .1KIT l.itTTHIls About lllm and Ills 1
Wife, written at tbe Time ot Ills Marriage. '
AltlllUlt lOUMi'A AUTnillOUIIArlir, Rt- '
markalile Hook by a Itemarkable Han, published j
buyranattir hli death. Jjl
cira vtius" AtlAIV.-nooki of Rafareae ea
tliaTlmeof Nero F.i plained aud Eitlmated, Jp
Cllll.ltllliV HOOKS. Some furiner views of ?
them and several nt w lilts,
I'.lllis llll: A.lMiW. Mm. Sherwood's Item!- .
nlscence of the City Ilefore the Eiffel Tower Was )
num. i
AI'TUOltH AT IIOMK. XVI. Laurence Hutton la (
Writ Thirty fourth st. V
roilKII. I.KrTEIH. One from London by WU- !
lUm L. Aldrn; another from Vlenua. 3
AI'IH'HOV-HlsOld Age Spent In This City. Ills ;
Death Herein ISM. f
noons MOUTH URIH(i ai;aiv, III, Caro- -,u
Hue Fox's" Memoirs of Old Friends," L'arlyle, Mill j
and Hlerllog. '
THE NEW YORK TIMES.
"All the A.m. That'll Fit to Print." i
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