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' MILHOLLAND l'IPK-LAYING.
mmti ttizttWTr.n petitioner! xo cos
Hp en ns a rou iiore cash.
K j R,n Applrten, . O. Mllli, flea. Cell Is,
HI'1, aad II l Depntr Wide Annas Them House,
Mk f.mnilllrrmrn krpllt'Al About Ih Value
Hf I llo Ilciclvcd rr the 0l-IS,tSOO e.
B' jsaoitrn lonteat TnreiiKms lbs 1'ntenta.
H wakiii',to,' Ftb' 'Th d,y lhat i8 jvio-
B iti.'c"l' n l'68 lo ,,00,n'nB John E. Mil-
H-' holUnd's Tiibiilnr Dispatch Company, which
via told about I" TllK Hu! to-day, It. Iloss Ap
K jleton. ex-Collector of Taxes of Brooklyn,
f tnrr.e.liip In Wnslilnirton. In tho lletof cml
B. sect and" Interested" citizens who demanded
B appropriation to help out tho pneumntlo
Br tat "crvko tho nnmo of It. Iloss Apploton
B ni prominent. Mr. Applolon has confessed
BE tit be 1ib been financially Interested In Mllhol
B' land's cotnpan) for many months. Mr.Apploton
B was atiucd with a petition signed by Brooklyn
'"' folks. Accompanying him nnd hla petition to
Bl Washington thcro wns a petition slgnod by Now
Ui York folks, soino of wliom were interested.
B' Amen "'0 'ow orkors wtio signed tho pott
Bl tlon appear 1). O. Mills, who, according to Mil
Bl fcollanil. had subscribed to about 850,000 ot the
B bond' of tho company; Charles II. T. Collls,
V lately Commissioner of Public Works of New
f York, and Commissioner when the permits for
I the laying of tho conduits ot tho company
B tkronnh tho streets wero granted by his deouty,
K Hoard Payson Wilds. Mr. Wilds' namo ap-B-
txared an prominently as did that ot his chief
B uid Mr. Mills.
B The appearance of Mr. Apploton In Washing
B ton with tho petition printed In tho Tribune was
' chaneo of front A wook or so before invito
B' tlons had been extended to tho members of the
K committees on Post Offices and Post Koads of
' tie two houses ot Congress to go oyer to Now
lie York and Inspect the wonderful working ot tho
B Tabular Dispatch Company's tubes. Tho meru
it' ben of these two committees were to hnvo been
If In New York a week ago Thursday, but the In
I tititlom were withdrawn and the proposed
. trip was postponed indefinitely. Tha ofllclal
explanation given for the withdrawal of tho
lv invitations was that ths Bystom was not quite
I u yet In perfect running ordor that somo
I' nechanlcal devices which had boon promised
' luid not been finished, but that everythlne
- Sohld be all right and In perfect order within a
H . "very short time.
U'' k Meantime Mllhollandnndhlsboomers thought
W? Hi necessary to bring additional arguments to
bear on tho Congressional mind in order to ee
H, cure the appropriations which they are seeking,
B ! ind which eventually they axpeot to lncrsase so
ias to extend their business In tho principal
-: WtlesottheUnltodStateB.
'' f Mr. Appletou has had a long talk with Senator
" Wolcott. Chairman of the Senate Committee on
. joit Offices and Post Roads, and Senator Wol
m eott has consented to listen to what Mr. Apple-
- ten may havo to offer on the subject ot Ullhol
B' itand's company next Tuesday.
T It was nsarly two years ago when this com-
: foany began operations In Washington with ths
.view of securing" Governmental old in farther
m line its schemei. A. W. Fletcher, wholsqulto
'well known In certain circles in Washington.
- Uaa charge of the matter.
i Ex-Senator M. C. Butler of South Carolina I
Wlto very friendly to Mllholland's company. lis
'Vu one of the guests at MilhoUand'a dinner
here a short time ago, which Mllholland says In
thalwn'wasan'aecIdontal"affarr. Another
spest tt this "accidental" dlnnor was Senator
Thorn csHenry Carter of Montana, an Influential
tnemberof the Senate Commlttoo on Poet Offices
and Post Roads, which has the recommendation
ef appropriations for Post Office purposes. Br
tha way, Senator Carter was not at all
clcaied because Mllholland printed his namo In
the Tribune as he did. , At this dinner given by
I Mr. Mllholland, according to Mr. MilhoUand'a
own statement, ono other United Statea Son-
ator and fl vo Hcpresentattves wero accidentally
present, and Mr. Batchollar explained to them
I he workings of pneumatlo tubes. Mr. liatchel-
er being the inventor, according to Mr. Mllhol
ind. of the system of wind propnlslon that Mr.
Mllholland uses to operate bis tubes.
Ths approach of tho time when the committees
en Pest Office-, and Post Roads have got to decide
en the appeals for appropriations has started
tarns of the gentlemen on these committees to
Investigating tho pneumatlo tubs subject on
raorellntB tbanono, andlt is altogether likely
that some of them will look into the right that
Mr. Mllholland ha to operato the tubes by the
S stein that he does. It was stated to-day
ft the patents that Mllholland's company la
mug are all of tbeta to be contested, and a
company that asserts thnt It owns tha real
pneamallo tube patents and that Mllholland's
system Infringes It patents is being reorgan
ized In New ork city at tha present time and
within ten days is to decide lust what kind of
attack It will adopt. Some of the members of
the committees are also looking Into the ques
tion of additional cost. It will be recalled that
only a little while ago ths House commltteo
deemed It absolutely necessary to out down ths
force of carriers In New York city to enable tho
department to keen within Its appropriation. It
Is the understanding of some of the members of
the committee that the carrying of the malls
between the various stations In New York and
between tlie railroads and the Post Offlcs is all
Included In what Is known as the wagon con
tract, wagons will have to bo need though for
ry large part of the mall service between
i,Yl0.n,I.e7en w,n?n '."h8 aro operated, nnd ths
JS.SOO desired by Mllholland's company will
use the place of half a dozen wagons only.
And the department Is running behind.
A man familiar with the affairs of the com
pany paid: "The hearing before the Wolcott
committee on Tuesday which Mr. Appleton and
others have arrangod for Is awaited with Inter
est, especially now that It has been proclaimed
by those familiar with tho affairs of ths com
pany that the Government is paying too much
already for tho service it gets." a"""""-
nz'i buzxo ztirnozrATfD.
tlalkatl Says tha Darentfant Owes Him 80,VB
Jla Iasae orVaraelty.
John E. Mllholland of ths Tubular Dispatch
company has run up against what ths court
tall- an issue of veracity. The issue arises in
an action brought by Martin M. Mulhall in tho
i Supreme Court to recover $2,740 from Mil-
holland. As a first cause of action Mulhall saya
that at tho special Instance and request of Mll
holland he lent him $71 on April 1, 1801, which
Mllholland promised to repay on deinand.
Be avers that he has mado repeated demands,
tint has not got the money up to dato.
inotner claim Is for expending various sums
W money at tho request of Mllholland from
March 0, 189-1. to Sept. 14, 1891. which amount
to J1,23U. Mulhall says ho has asked for tho
tooney often and tho defendant has "repeatedly
tbnd at various times promised and agreed to
Pay" tho money so spent, butlhe has not so
Id It.
Tho last cause of action is to recover $133,
fIa.nco du 'or services rondcrcd to Mllholland
K the rate of $5 a day after Juno 7, 1891. The
ervlces footed up $183. but Mulhnll says he re
ceived $50 on account.
-An affidavit explains that the eorvlcea were
rendered and the money Atas expended in the
organization of tho Twenty-third Assembly dis
tnct.organlzatlon for seciirinsia petition for use
a political organization and "for securing
jnectiugs in advancement of tho political In
Uresis of tho defendnnt."
Erdnmn, Levy & Mayer.Tattorneys for Mul
U. moied beforo JustlcoDaly of the Supremo
wart to httto a reforeo pass upon tho case, as
ajongjaccount was Involved. They also alleged
"M they cre Informed that Mllholland was
WteVst,!;0."1110 ,th0 f?reIsrn Berv,co 'ho
cltvfnr lnr aml w ul ho nnny from this
trial. r yaixn- Bml they desired a speedy
Eacket'vi' ,or ft r0'"ice was onposcd by
who ainti.i,SSuaW' tt"0eys for Mllholland,
tlon 'I1h.ISU '! V",",65"' tor tl18 Trl Absocla
Jong'tLai ?f.',,liU"it.tlIe ttccount was not bo
CY ,u U8ed "".i'''" n'otion Mllholland
land owi,i M.bB' 'Mul'la11. claimed thiit Mllliol
JJ ul hn a d , .'," H'f ' h ' "? .M'luollaua sa5 a that
tateiuVn L" lI.'."t hs hail made any such
wriS MMi,',ii0l,frBtl to IJUl ll'o matter In
U" W? ri.J! 'hollniid ucqultste.1 uud tho fol-
aulftu'li'a&rljj1 J"mo"and 8a8
-J" rto U .?J,."C' JIarcU 18' 1805'
In! "liVi'!, 'fffUr, ''at John E. Mllhollandnsnn
talih,Ur',l"f,,,"wV'l,'r,toI,0I'ul'lU'iiorBali.
ac l- r, ''.""'"It-ountyof .ework.orus
o"is in. n.'. 'irt r or we'ber of tlio Stato Club.
thu,, or' .'' 1 '," "or havo I any claiiim ngainst
far a. m? Lnallin?' 1 "Tthcniioro say tliut. so
. land fin Ji-lu?'?1 K0 01tM'iid. tho suld Mllhol
al I I .1 , J!' '" TM , honprnbly with me in
l I n 5. l '.I, '!'u".i,ttlor I'oll'lial iharuttcr
! tnry ffl Lll "" -lwatlon to the ton
I tti V Vr'!' Vj'uitcriyTuc"1"1 ,0 ",0 "0V '"
I .N ul-i JSn" . "".'A "' ML'U,ALU
I llhoi ,n,li '"1.'."U'' -Mulhall mcmthutlio met
I ) a ,"t,il,,tllli,,l,lnl 'recl rt Broad
W. Mhanol,l?i.t.lmo.',,,',r1' nnd Mllholland said
B lug niou l,eaia ,torlK ""out Mulhall Ualm
Bi "fro" tha !!,, ?V0,a,.Mu.lluffl,,'lt
LB W ra of th. WW "" PlalnUff to mem
B str. of a, jillhoUand 4WttSitlW,
afafafafaLnb--... . -fno Urf-HiJHXiifJiri
avers that his reply was that ho had never
tnado such etatemohU, hut that Mllholland
owed him tho money nil tho same, llo aver
that Mllhollnnd then sold:
"That ho was Informed that ths plaintiff was
endoavorlng to aocuro the appointment of fac
tory inspector and that thb defendnnt did not
wish to stand In the way of tho plaintiff secur
ing tho nppolntmont, nnd that If ths plaintiff
Mould go with him to his homo matters would
bo talked over and the differences adjusted."
Whon thoy got to tho home of Mllholland
thcro was somebody elso there, Mulhall says,
and there wns no adjustment of tho amount due
him. Mllholland asked Mulhall to sign a pa
per, and he agreed to do so, but when tho paper
was presented to him ho required that state
ments in it that Mllholland did not owe hltn
money must bo stricken out. When so stricken
out, Mulhnll says ho 'signed it. Mulhall says
that If Mllholland has nny paper which s.its
Mllholland does not owo him money the words
hnvo been added to tho paper slnou he signed It,
lie ndds:
"No such words wore over contained in any
paper signed by this plaintiff, and tho only pa
per which this deponent ovor signed regarding
nny claims which this deponent had against the
defendant nnd which might havo contained any
such words prior to the signing were altered and
such words strickon therefrom."
On these conflicting papers Justlco Daly de
nted tho motion for a reieronco, but without
costs, saying:
"In viowot the document signed by plaintiff
(although Its terms are disputed),, thcro seems
to be an isfno of veracity which the parties
ought to submit to a jury'
IHQVIBITZm ABOUT MRS. XT.AKELT.
Creditor's Cooniel Asks nr Akont W. B. B.
lakes, Hnglitrale tVentnertb ana others.
Mrs. D. H. Nellls, known as Mrs. Blakely, as
a momber of tho Real Estnte Exchango, wni
examined In supplementary proceedings In tho
City Court yesterday on a Judgment for $110
held against her by Gcorgo Grove and John II.
Horner, who own the West End livery stable
at Socnty-stxth strcot and Amsterdam avo
imo. Beventy-flvo dollars was lent to her and
the rest was for livery bills.
Mrs. Blakely saldthat her business Is the
renting, salo. and exchango of roalty. Bhe
lives at 202 West Seventy-second street In a
house owned by W. E. D. Stokes. She took a
leaso ot It for three years last Juno at $2,300
a. year, but she has not paid any rent. Sho has
dono work tor Mr. Stokes in connection with
his rcal.estato. She and her husband occupy
tho third floor and sho has boardors in tho rest
ot the house. Sho said there la no secret ar
rangement betweon her and Mr. Stokes about
tho rent. She has provlouslv rented houses
from him. When asked about.her finances
during tho past vcar sho said:
"My mother lont mo 81,300, which 1 used
for personal expenses. I borrowed 00O from
Mrs. Nolan ot 310 West 123d street; 9100 from
Mr. F. Barnes, a stock broker, la t October;
8100 from Mrs. Duke of 255 West Sovsnty
second street. I used nil for expenses."
She saldBho had recolved about 8000 in com
missions from Mr. Stokes during tho post two
years for renting houses for htm. Sho consid
ered her lcaao from Mr. Stokes a mere formal
ity. She had received (250 fro u Mr. Stokes
last November which sho used to pay living ex
penses. Sho had sold some furniture for him
and got some other furnituro as commission,
on which Bhe had secured a loan of 8200 from
the Bartholomew Loan Association.
Q. Did not a Mrs. Ben-Ian have a .claim
agalnst'youl A. Sho; thought, sho had.
Q. Were you placed under arrest in thli
case. A. No.
Q. Do you know Magistrate Wentworthl
A. Yes.
Q. Didn't he advanoo the money to pay
Mrs. Bcrrlonl
Shs declined to answer this question on?ad
vlco of counsel.
Q. Did you receive nny money in any way
from Magistrate Wentworth in the past two
years! A. I have not.
Q. Isn't Magistrate Wentworth a friend ot
yoursl A. Why don't you go nnd ask him.
W hen the question was repeated she de
clined to answer on advice of counsel.
Q. Havo you had any business transactions
with Magistrate Wctttworth durlnjr the past
two .years I A. No.
In answer, to other quostlonq she said that
there is about 82,000 worth ot furniture In her
house, but there is not a "stick" in the house
which is not mortgaged. Mr. Stokes has a
mortgaro of 81,050 on the furniture, which ho
took by assignment from a Mrs. G. Hinsdale,
who formerly held tho mortgage.
Q. Has your husband. Albort 1L Nellls,
ever contributed to your support! A. No, he
does not.
The examination went ovor to Feb. 18.
jsiaxj. rovirn tub itisa.
i i i
Three reratu Who Uad Turned lbs Drauar
CpaMa Boiti rUea to Do ah Is Arnitel
- Emma Musslcr, a 13-year-old domestto ser
vant, who lives at 1221 Greene avenue, Brook
lyn, was held, for tho Grand Jury yesterday by
Magistrate Steora ot Flatbush. She Is accused
of stealing a gold locket, chain and charm from
Mrs. Isabella N. Asche of 721 Nostrand avenue.
Several weeks ago Mrs. Asohe locked all of
hcrdoors so that no one could enter or leave, and
spread 8800 worth of Jewelry on her dresser.
An hour later a diamond ring was gone. Mrs.
Ascho said nothing, but kept Emma under es
pionage and set about doing some personal de
tective work. Sho called on Herman H. Albert,
a druggist of 210 Irving avenue, and was told
that Mrs-iAlbero's engagement ring had disap
peared whllo Emma was In the family service.
Druggist Carl Mittenzwelg of 112 Central ave
nue, who had employed Emma, sold that a
year ago, while she was working there, his sis
ter's ruby ring was stolen. He told a Sun re
porter last night that Emma called at the house
last Monday and surrendered the ring.
Louis Feiblnger of 30 Pilling street said to
Mrs. Asche: "Emma took about 8800 worth of
diamonds from us, I told her sire must return
tbem and she did so."
The family of Dr. Lowensteln of Lafayette
and Bushwlck avenues had anlexperionce during
Emma's stay at tbclr home. A purse disap
peared mysteriously. This was ofght months
ago.
On Wednesday last Mrs. Ascho accused
Emma ot the theft of a ring. The girl denied
it, but she admitted that she had pilfered from
one family. She went to Mrs. Asche's dresser,
and came out saying she had found the missing
ring. Three members of tho family had pre
viously turned tho dresser upside down, but
could not find tho Jewel. Since then the girl
has admitted stealing from Mrs. Hirseh ot
East Elghty-scconcUstreer. Manhattan, and from
another family named Schlesslnger of Jeffer
son avenue, near Lewis. Brooklyn. The Chil
dren's Society has taken charge of the case.
HERE'S XBE RELDEN CLUB.
Wants a Iilauor Tax Certificate Bald to Bo tho
tiramercj'o Sacceaaor.
Albert B. Boardman, as counsel for the Belden
Club, which Is said to have succeeded the Gram
ercy Club, moved before Justice Cohen of
the Supreme Court yesterday that the Excise
Department be compelled by mandamus to issue
a liquor tax certificate to this club. Tho Gram
ercy Club did business In tho old Haymarket
at Thirtieth streot and Sixth avenuo, the license
of which was recently declared void by the
courts. The President of the Belden Club la
Daniel Savage, who Is said to have been the
manager of Edward B. Corey, who conducted
the Grnmeroy Club.
Alfred B. Page, attorney for the Excise De-
fiartment. argued against tho application, say
ng that the facts Justified the infereuca that
tho now club would be conducted In the same
way ua tho Qramorcy Club. He referred to tho
eildence taken against the Gratnercy Club on
which It lost is license.
Tho Court reserved doclslon.
KMXAl'VED JIY JUS JTATBER,
Mr. Itule Vtaated Ilia nor and Got Illn, Aflar
a Quarrel rrllh Ills Wire.
New Bhdnswick, Feb. 1. Mayor Williamson
was driving through John stroet yesterday af
ternoon when a woman who was standing bare
heodod In the mlddlo of the street told him that
she was Mrs. William E. Rule and that ber 2-year-old
son Willie had Just been kidnapped by
his father. Mrs. Rule and her husband quar
relled a week Lro, after u marriod life of three
yours, mid Mrs. Rule had taken her children to
the homo of her mother, Mrs. Carlou. Yesterday
her husband lame uud told Mrs. Carlou that he
would Hko to see his boy. Mrs. Carlou called the
child, nnd the father, after speaking to him,
took him In his nrms mid ran away Ilb him.
Mayor Williamson had seen Rule with the child
in his armB, and, taking Mrs. Rule In his sleigh,
he drou rapidly off In pursuit, but Rule eluded
his pursuers.
miladrlpula Binerls 9,BO0,OOO from Dr.
Krnns's Kslale.
Plilt.Aiiuu'HU, Feb. 1. The belief that this
city will benotlt to the extent of 82,500,000 un
der tho distribution of the estate ot tho late Dr.
Thomas W. Evans of Paris bos led to tho appli
cation br the clly authorities for a charter from
tho courts under which a trust will be treated
to receive mul iiiunugu the expected legacy,
Mayor Warwick has asked for n publlo uupro
prlutloniit 810.000 lo employ counsel lu I'arU
to re-proem the city ut tho settlement of the
Evuns estate.
C. V. N. 1. Alumni Dinner.
The annual dinner of the Alumni of the Col
lege of the City of New York will tako place this
evening at Delmonlco's. Mora than the usual
Pttmhcrlckets have been taken for the dinner .
IfXW books'
Brier Reviews or Important and, Interettlag
Kan Pabttcatlens.
Granted a sufflclont supply of good gray goose
quills. lnk,and paper, together with lots of leisure
time In which to amuse himself, nnd there seems
to be no reason why an amlablo elderly gentle
man should not sit down and attempt to demon
strate anything ho has a mind to. And when. In
his attempt, he succeeds In taking an ontlrely
novel standpoint in a controversy that has
ragod, with mors or less fierceness, for some
2.C00 years, he at least may claim ths credit of
a certain originality. To the reader who also
has the necessary amount of sparo time ws
can commend, as likely to afford somo in
struction and no inconsiderable entertain
ment, a volume by Mr, Samuel Butler, which
bears the startling title. "The Authoress of
tho Odyssey, where and when she wrote,
who she was, tho use sho mado of the Iliad, and
how the poem grew under her hands." (Long
mans. Green & Co.) Tboso gentlo reformers of
the school ot Mmo. Sarah Grand feel callod
upon so often and so strenuously to proclaim
the superiority ot tho modom woman that
there is a dangor of our being lod to overlook
the claims to recognition of the woman of an
earlier age. Hence It Is well to find a man pre
pared to say a word for her as eloquent
ly as does Mr. Butler In this imposing
volume. Approaching his subject with muoh
gravity and due deliberation, ho sets himself tho
task ot proving that the record of the wander
ings and misadventures of tho much suffering
Ulysses, so far from being either the work of the
blind author ot the Hlad or amero collection ot
myths, pleoed together In various countries and
by various editors, was, in reality, written by a
young woman of TrapanI In Sicily, who was
headstrong and unmarrlod, and who lived with
her parents, took charge of tho family washing,
and cultivated a taste tor literary work that,
all things considered, was phenomenal.
We know that a number ot poetesses flour
ished during tho earliest period of Greek litera
ture ot which we have any historic knowledge,
and, as Mr. Butler says. It Is quito posslblo that
a Groek poetess may bavs lived In Sicily as
early as B. 0.1000. Why not I "We havo,"
as he points out, "no reason to think that men
found the uso of their tonguo sooner than women
did; why then should we suppose that women
lagged behind men when the use of the pen had
becomo familiar I If a woman could work pic
tures with her needle, as Helen did, and as ths
wife of William tho Conqueror did in a very
similar civilization, sho could write stories with
her pen If she had a mind to." The fact that the
recognised heads ot literature in the Homerlo
age were the nlno Muses all female also, per
haps, " throws back the suggestion ot female au
thorship to a very remote period;" while, in an
age when the men were chiefly occupied In
breaking one another's hoads, the arts ot peace,
which In thoso days Included literature, would
naturally bo left to the women. In fact, as Mr.
Butler Bums up this part of his subject, "If tho
truth were known, we might very likely And
that It was man rather than woman who has
been the Interloper In tho domain of literature."
Up to this point we bolievo that Mr. Butler
will havo the ladies with him, and, had he
halted here, It is not unlikely that Sorosls, as
one woman, would have held out to him a
friendly hand. But in developing bis argument
he is obliged to enter into certain dotails that
are perhaps less likely to give satisfaction.
Longlnus compared the Iliad with the noon
day and the Odyssey with tho setting sun,
and Mr. Butler, when a boy at school (and
possibly with somo half-conscious recollection
of the earlier critic), used to say that the
Odyssey was ths Iliad's wife and was
written by a clergyman. Later in life ths
idea camo to blm that the writer was a young
woman and ho prspared to prove it. Ho found
the story full of mistakes which a young women
might have made, but of which ho thinks a man
could hardly bo guilty. What man, for exam
ple, would describe the wind as whistling over
thewaves-r think that a lamb could lire on
two pulls a day at a swo that was already
milked or believe that dry and well-seasoned
timber could be cut from a growing tree t And,
most convincing proof of all, what man would
ever describe a ship as having a rud
der at both ends I "Young women" (wo
quote Mr. Butler), " know that a horse goes be
fore a cart, and being told that the rudder
guides tho ship, are apt and I havo mors than
once found them do so to bellove that it goes
in front of the ship. Probably the writer of the
Odyssey forgot for tho moment at which end the
rudder should be. She thought it all ovor yes
terday, and was not going to think It all over
again to-day, so sho put the rudder at both ends,
intending to remove it from the one that should
prove to be ths wrong one ; later on she forgot,
or did not think it worth while to trouble
about so small a detail."
Mr. Andrew Lang, who has written a volume
or two on most ot the subjects of which man
kind has any present knowledge, got over the
difficulty of the two rudders by treating a line
of tho text as an interpolation and omitting it
In his translation. But Mr. Lang is a matter-of-fact
person from north of the Tweed, and It Is
unlikely that he would have thought out any
theory as elaborate as this of Mr. Butler's. It Is
Impossible, in a brief notice, to follow the
argument in all its Intricacies, but, even If
the author is not convincing, we can at
least say that he Is always Interesting,
though some ot his points are almost too ab
struse for the average reader. As when in
speaking of the return ot Ulysses to his wlfs
after twenty years of wandering he says:
"When Ulysses and Penelope are in bed and
are telling their stories to ono another (xxllL,
300-313), Penelope tells hers first. I believe a
male writer would have made Ulysses's story
conio first and Penelope's second."
The volume Is Illustrated with ths author's
photographs of various spots that he believes
to be the scenes of some ot the adventures ot
Ulysses, and a frontispiece is alleged to bo ths
portrait of Nauslcaa, Mr. Butler's literary young
laundress of B. C. 1000. The original plcturo Is
on slate, and is a little more than half life-size.
It is "believed to be Greek, presumably of
about the Christian era, but no more precise
date can be assigned to It, I was assured
at Cortona that it was found by a
man who was ploughing his Held, and
who happened to bo a baker. The size
being suitable, he used it for some timeasa door
for his oven." Mr, Butler has spent some six or
seven years In developing his theory, for whloh
he does not anticipate a favorable reception.
"How," he asks, "can I expect Homerlo schol
ars to tolerate theories so subversive of all that
most of them have been insisting on for so many
years! It is matter of Homerlo life and death
for tbem or for myself. If I am right they have
lnvestod tbelr reputation for sagacity in a worth
leas stock." It seems strange that ths modern
Celtlo school should not have Investigated this
subject. Those gentlemen who claim a Coltio
origin for most of tho world's literature that
amounts to anything should, with a little in
genuity, be ablo to provo that tho Odyssey is
really tho autobiographical account of the wan
derings of ono O'Dlsuse, on early Irish bard
who was tho direct lineal ancestor of those later
heroes, Barry Lyndon and the immortal Major
Gahagan.
Those Ingenious paragraphers who keep a
shrewd eyo upon the book market and from
time to time Issue bulletins to the effect that
spring1 poetry Is looking up, or that there is a
decided "slump" In Action ot tho tln-plato
armor school, have recently detected a harden
ing tendency in " biographies, memoirs, remi
nlsceneces," and other stocks of a purely per
sonal and Individual Interest. Hence, owjng to
this adventitious circumstance, Mr. Hall Calno's
"Recollections ot Dan to Gabriel Rossettl," now
republished lu popular form by Messrs. Roberts
Brothers, may bo so fortunate as to And
a market. The book, which was written
almost Immediately aftor Rossettl's death, in
1882, takes Its chief value from the number ot
tho poet-painter's letters it contains. Tho story
Itself was not a pleasant one for any man to havo
to write, nnd this rocord of tho last years of ths
life of a broken man, saturated with chloral and
tortured with borrlblo hallucinations, is, in Mr.
Hall Calno's bands, marred here and there by
the writer's morbid Interest In his own personal
condition, and by a sentimentality that at; times
becomes well nigh hysterical. Borne allowance
nay, however, be mads for a writer who de
scribes himself as, at that time, "A frail crea
ture with heart and nerves of wax," and
whoso association with ths slowly dying
man had begun, for a time, to broak
him down. "The constant frot and fume of
this ltfo ot baffled effort, of struggle with a
doadly drug that had grown to hare an object
ive existence In my mind as the existence of a
fiend, was not without a senstbls effect upon
myself. I became ill for a fow days tvllh a low
foror, but far worse than this was tho fact that
there was creeping ovor me the wild influence
ot Rossettl's own distempered Imaginings."
Tho roal life ot Rossottl Is yet to be written, and
it is to bo hoped that either Swlnburno or Mr,
Theodore Watts-Dunton may bo tho man to
writo it,
"Whore the Trade-Wind Blows" (Macmll
lans) Is the attractive title of a volume of short
West Indian stories by Mrs. Schuyler Crownln
shield. To any ono who has seen the celba trees
tind tho banana plantations, the green snakes
and tho gorgeous plumage ot tho birds, and who
has known tho natives and their ldoas of right
and wrong, these talcs will most strongly ap
peal. Candaco, who does the laundry work for
one while man nnd acts as housekoeper for
another, and who has children of several
distinct shades of color, is drawn by one
who understands something of the working ot
tho native heart, as also is the child Cristlna,
who robs two thieves who havo stolen silver
dollars from the plantation and glories in the
act. Planters and peons, whites and blacks, who
live where tho trade-wind blows, are allko In
teresting, and Mrs. Crownlnshlold has that
touch ot human sympathy that enables her to
describo them as thoy are.
Tho American Book Company publlshos "A
New Astronomy for Beginners," by Prof. David
1. Todd, professor of astronomy and director
of the observatory, Amherst Collogo. The vol
ume Is prepared primarily as a praotlcal text
book for beginners, and the author presonts
astronomy not as a sequence of isolated and Im
perfeotly connected tacts, but as an inter
related sorlos of phllosophlo principles. Instru
ments nnd their uses aro fully described, and
among the many excellent illustrations are a
series of colored plates and a number ot repro
ductions of photographs of scenes from the
author's laboratory and from his expeditions,
togethor with diagrams, &c, especially pre
pared for this work. Prof. Todd's experience In
tho United States Astronomical Observatory at
Washington and as loader of two solar eclipse
expeditions under the auspices of the United
States Government and tho Amherst College
expedition to Japan is a guarantee ot his prac
tical knowlodge. w hllo his terse and simple stylo
renders tho book Interesting evon to the reader
who has no technical knowledge of tho subject.
In "OnaSunshlno Holiday," a little volume
which Is Just ot a slzo to fit the coat pocket of a
desultory reador, an author known to all Eng
lish fly fishermen as "The Amateur Angler"
has collected a number of papors contributed
by him to the Fishing Gazette. The chapters
are not all devoted to angling, but they are all
bright and readable and wrltton In the spirit of
quiet geniality that distinguishes the true lover
of the contemplative man's art.
Mr. Edwin Dana Durand, formerly Librarian
in the State Library at Albany and now an
assistant professor at tbo Stanford University
In California, has compiled a book on the Fi
nances of New York City (Macmlllan Company),
which brings togother, incompact and accessible
form, much Information about tho money mat
teis ot the old Now York city and tho new city
ot New York. The book Is in two parts; the
first part discusses the subject historically,
covering tho financial doings ot tho city
from 1G32 to 1871, with an interesting
chapter on tho Tweed Ring and its
way ot doing business. The second part opens
with the charter of 1873, and takes up and
studies the financial chapters of tho charter of
1897, the Greater New York charter. Tables ot
appropriations and taxation from 1830 to 1803;
of the city debt for tbo same period; ot expen
ditures from 1830 to 1890: of modifications In
budget estimates, and of debt issues between
1812 and 1890, Increase tho value of tho volume
as a referenco book, and diagrams showing the
fluctuations ot taxation, appropriations, and
debt make the text of the book clear. It is the
first book on the municipal finances of the city,
and as such It Is to be welcomed.
Mr. Edmund Routledgo has complied a "Book
of the Year 1897," a record ot events of consid
erable completeness (Georgo Routledge, Lim
ited). Each day has Its happenings recorded;
and a very complete index aids tho user to Iden
tify an occurrence of the year. The book is
donbtless only the beginning of a series.
" Gould's Lawyers' Diary for 1898" presents
itself for trial In better form than ever before
(W. Reld Gould). It contains the rules of the
courts and other legal Information, and a direc
tory of tho new city government.
We have also received:
" Paul Mercer. A Story of Repentance Among
Millions." James Adderley. (Arnold.)
" Maylou." Frances Raymond. (Dillingham.)
"Rimes to Be Read." J. Edmund V. Cooke.
(W. B. Conkey Company, Chicago, HI.)
"Crlckoty Cricket," Douglas Moffat. IHus
trated. (Longmans.)
"Tho Bargain Theory ot Wages. A Critical
Development from the Hlstorlo Theories, to
gether with an Examination of Certain Wages
Factors; the Mobility of Labor, Trade Union
ism, and tho Methods of Industrial Remunera
tion." John Davidson, M. A., D. PhlL (Edln.).
(Putnams.)
"Maps, Diagrams, and Illustrations of Brit
ish Columbia and ths Canadian Yukon. Ac
companying tho British Columbia Year Book."
"Ibe Confession ot Stephen Whapshare."
Emma Brooke. (Putnams.)
"Tho Great North Side or Borough of the
Bronx, Greater Now York above the Harlem."
Issued by the North Bldo Board of Trade. 1807.
" Placer Mining. A Hand Book for Klondike
and other miners and prospectors. With Intro
ductory chapters regarding the rocent gold dis
coveries In tho Yukon Valley, the routes to the
gold fields, outfit required, and mining regula
tions of Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Also,
a map ot the Yukon Valley, embracing all In
formation obtainable from reliable sources up
to Dec 1, 1897 (Colllor Engineer Company,
Scran ton, Pa.)."
" Tho World's Coarse Thumb." Caroline Mas
ters. Illustrated, (F. Wnrne & Co.)
"A Fiery Ordeal." Tasmo, (Appletons.)
"In Quest ot Sheba's Treasure. A Perilous
Adventure by Land and Sea." 8. Walkey. (F.
Warns & Co.)
SEIZURE OJF DOIDIXI'S fORTRAZTS.
Tbo Custom House Authorities slave Wot Aban
doned the Cas.
The withdrawal of the representatives ot ths
Custom House from the art store of Boussod,
Valadon & Co., at 303 Fifth avenue, on Thurs
day gave rise to a report that the case had been
dropped and tho seizure of the portraits by Gio
vanni Boldinl revoked. That the proceedings
against the art firm for offering the portraits
for sale had been withdrawn was denied em
phatically by Col. Dudley F, Phelps, chief of tho
law division ot tho Custom House. He said yes
terday that tho customs Inspectors had left the
art store because the law firm of Alexander &
Greon of 120 Broadway, counsel for Boussod,
Valadon & Co., had agreed to become responsi
ble for the portraits, which had not been re
moved from the store owing to tho possibility of
damaae.
E. W . Glaenzer, manager of Boussod, Vala
don & Co., callod upon Col. Phelps at toe Cus
tom Houso yesterday afternoon. He said that
there was a great deal mpre behind the affair
than had apptaredon tho surface, and that It
was a case of blackmail against which his firm
wished to protect Itself.
Why I Cling to 1 6 to I .
nv
William Jennings Bryan.
An nrtlclo In reply to somo recent
critics In tho Now York Journal's
Brent Presidential discussion. Pub
lished in to-morrow's Sunday JoarnaL ,
XABXS3S XHXXLZXQXirOB.
auxurnui auuwo nra nir.
aarlses,,.. 70BBunaU.. 5S3HooastU. 881
, man iRt-tm pat.
Sandy Book. 0 IS OOT.HVd. 0 DO Hall Oats.. H48
Arrived rainiv, Feb. 4.
B Kxeter City, Watkins, ErUtoL Jan. 10 and Swan
sea ism.
as Aleila, Kreob, Hamburg Jan. ID.
8a Kennatt. Rodham, Uatanzaa.
Ss Jordan, Oaasen, Natal.
81 New York, Johnson, Ranto Domingo.
Rs Taormlna, Holler. Santoa.
Bi oiela, tlatheion, IUo Janeiro.
IFor later arrivals sea first rsf 0
ABIUVtD OUT.
Bi Campania, from New York, at Ltrarpool.
Ba ranniTlianla, from New York, at tlamburc.
8s Marteflo, from New Tork, at Hull.
Ba nosat, from New York, at Bratthwalio.
Ba Pontile, from New York, at Slums.
Bi Hauaonuiatti, from New York, at London.
Ba Cbrlstlanla, rrom Naw York, at Hamburg.
Ship Duccltuoh, from New York, at Yokohama.
rieiiD.
Bi Buffalo, from Hew York for null, paiud tho
LUard.
Ba Oeostsmunde, from New York for flushing,
paisrd tbo Ida ot Wight.
Ri Verndam, from Rotterdam for Now York, passed
tha lite of Wltht.
Ri Selndla, tram Naples for New York, paiiad Gib
raltar. Bark Athlon, from New York for London, passed
the Isle of Wljht.
sroK.
Bhlp ITollInwood, from New York for Sydney, N. S.
W.. Jan, 7, lat. 13 loutb, Ion. 114 weit.
Dark Inalewood, from New York for Bombay, Jan,
IS, lat. 04 north, long. OH weit.
siitxo took roauox roara.
Ei Paid a, from Naplra for New York.
Ba Veandam, from Rotterdam for New York.
Bi Tanrlo, from Liverpool for Now York.
Ba Advance, from Colon for New York.
Ba St. Leonanla, from Antwerp for New York.
Ba Dona Maria, from LIbon for New York.
Bi Chicago City, from Rwaniea ror New York.
Ba Mobile, from London for New York.
Bi Mohican, from Swanita for New York.
una vroh cosuma roan.
SS Kansas City, from Savannah for Now York.
ouiaomo STcuunirs.
Sail To-Day.
Haiti Clout. riel Sail:
La nretaane, navre 7 no AM in no AM
Auranla. Liverpool 10 00 A I t no 1' M
KalierWIIhelmlL.Oenoa. BOO A Jl 100(1 A M
OMam. Rotterdam H On A M JO 00 A M
Hekla.Chriatlaniand 11 00 A M 1 00 V JI
Klnnewaaka. London POO All
Tartar Prince, Atom
Alexandra. London.
Oallleo. null
Altai, Klnnton 10 00 A t 13 on u
Alpa. naytl 10 00 AM IB 00 M
Vlitlanela, Havana 10 .10 A M 1 no 1 M
Prlna F. Hendrlk. IIaytl...lO no A M 1 00 p M
Jtuiron. Pernambiieo 11 on a St 1 no l M
Arkadta. Porto Rico. 11 00 A 11 100PM
Irrawaddj. Grenada 19 00 M SOOrU
Orlajtn.Para 100F1I nOOPM
XI Sol, New Orleana 8 00PM
Creole. New Orleans. BOOPM
Loona, Oalveiton 800 PM
Sail Tuttdav. Feb. tt.
navel, Bremen 8 00AM 000AM
Oomanohe. Charleeton DOOPM
Excelsior, New Orleana U 00 I'M
Sail WidnttSav, Fib. 9.
Parli. Southampton 7 00 AM 10 00 AM
Teutonic. Liverpool n no A M IS 00 M
Kenitnrton. Antwerp 10 00 A M 12 on M
Yumnri. Havana. 1 00 P M IHWFII
Trinidad, Bermuda. 8 00AH 10 00 A M
Alamo, OalTMton 800 PM
nrcoioxo smmsinrs.
Due To-Day.
Fa11odan,Hall Olbraltar Jan 0
Oerennm Lisbon. 4.. ..Jan SO
Jordan St. Lucia .....Jan 84
Lncanla. LlrerpooL ...JanVS
Bolivia Olbraltar Jan 31
Niagara Nassau Jan 81
Parli Southampton Jan 29
Btrathflltan Parry ... Jan 22
KanaaaClty Swamea Jan 22
Veneguela La Quadra .... Jan 80
Tallahassee Sayannah ...Feo a
Dunitan Para .l... Jan 25
Dim Sunday, Ftb. 0.
LaOaaeorno narre .m...... Jan 20
XI Norte New Orlean...'.V-.....rb 1
Dal llondau. Fed. 7.
Narmasnla Olbraltar Jan It
BotIc Liverpool ...... Jan 2H
Stratbclyda Hamburg A Jan 23
Hadlana Bt. Lucia I Feb
Cltvof Waahlngton....navana. ..2 Feb 9
KasaasClty Savannan Feb 4
Due Tueidmy. Feb. 8.
Bpaarndam. Rotterdam ,. Jan 27
Anchorla. Olxgow , ...J. Jan 87
Weatemland Antwern f Jan 20
Durgundla Gibraltar.... . Jan 87
Menantlo...., Swansea.. ... Jan SO
Oallleo St. Lucia .Jan 31
Nuecoa. Galveston .. .Feb 9
KISud NewOrleani Feb 8
Due Wedneidav. Feb. 0
Hegantle .'Liverpool Jan 87
Yucatan narana .Feb 0
Rosemorran Rt Lucta Feb I
Capua Hamburg Jan 20
Algonquin jackionvlllo 44... .Feb 0
Dvt Thursday, Feb. 10.
Baale Bremen .,,,.,.. Fab 9
Uunehen Bremen. Jan 22
Andalusia Hamburg Jan 29
gujSiutjW SJatlrw.
TTaltbam nratoheo.
The beat in oxlitsnoe. Eight millions la use. all
keeping correct time. Prloea muoh lower, hut quality
higher than ever. Best assortment In ths countryi
Inspection Invited.
HOWARD CO., 284 Fifth Avenue. Hew York,
XX22X.
ATUIXSOxr.-On Friday, Feb. 4, at ths rasldsneoof
his brotber-ln law. Dr. F. D. Gray, 898 Bergen av
Jersey City, Dr. Thomas Hanlla Atklsion, la the
96th year of his age.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
JOarns On Wednesday, Fab. , 1808, Elisabeth
Rlchardi, beloved wife of William 11. Jonis, In
the 77th year of ber age.
Funeral services will bo held at her late residence,
188 Penn st, Brooklyn, N. Y., on Bnnday, Fab. 8,
at 4:10 P. M. Relatives and friends Invited. In
terment at convenlinoe of family,
IAWRitCB.-Oa Friday, Feb, 4, 1828. at Ham
burg, N. J, Martha Morris Lawrenoe, eldest
daughter of the lats Hon. Thomas Lawrence, In
tho ooth year of hir age.
Funeral from her late residence In Hamburg on Mon
day, Fab. 7, at llSO P. M.
rotVEB Fob. 8, John Power, beloved husband of
Catherine Power. Bora at Mayor's Walk, oily of
Waterford, Ireland.
Funeral from his late residence, 288 East 28th it.
A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated at St.
Stephen's Church, 28th si, at lOo'olock. Cana
dian and Buffalo papers please copy.
STAM9ILBIL On Thursday, Fob. 8, 1828, Eveline
J. Stammler, wife of Charles E. Stammler, M. D.,
and daughter of the lata William Thomas White,
M. D , of New York city,
Funeral on Saturday, Feb. 0, at S o'clock, from 21
Bleeoker at., Brooklyn.
TTIJKBLER. On Thursday, Fab. 3, at the residence
ot his son, 183 Weit 84th st , De Witt Clinton
Wheeler, In tho 00th year of hla age.
Funeral services at Warwick, Orange oounty, N. Y.,
on Monday, Feb. 7, at 2 p. M. Train leaves Cham
bers st, Erie Railroad, CilB A. M.
THE KENSICO CEMETERY. Private station, nar
lira Rallroadi 48 minutes" ride from tho Grand
Central Depot. Office, 10 Fait 4Kd it.
gptftal ggticMi
WIIBM THB II A in li thln'and gray, PARKEBII
BAIH U A1.SA11 rene ks tha ircwth and oolor.
HINDKHCORNS, the belt cure for corns. lOcta.
lNlwMllaol
A. C. UIXO.
Will lecture In Broadway Tabernacle,
Cor. Broadway and aitta st . 8 P. M ,
Monday, on " Numbers, the Book or Wanderings.'
J. H. BURKE WILL 8INQ.
AT REFORMED 0 ATHOL10 BERVICEH, Christ's Mis
sion. 149 West 21it it, evening 7i46. Father
O'Connor conduots services, Rev, Vr. Mono of Cat
vary Baptlit Oburca preacbei.
AT METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. 7th av. and I4th St.
Rev. B. P. Cadraan, pastor. TlirresenrlcesSunday
and every night. Concert for tho people, free, to-nlKht.
IDOLISE DD SAINT ENPRIT, 80, 22e. rus oueit
-J bervlcri rellgleux le Ulmanche a 1 Ob. a du matin
et a eh. du aolr. Rev. A. V. WITTMEYEIt, Reoteur.
i HACK CHURCH. Broadway, oorner 10th it.
5 A M. Holy Communion.
9 A, M Morning prayer and address.
6 P. M. Later evensong and aermon.
All eeata free.
IIU9IB IAMI" MKKTIXU. '
td at., between Avi. O and V. Continue! Sunday and
weak nlfbta. James II. Cannon's band assisting.
AL MOllKUOUBK.U'Mtor.
MADISON AV. BAPTIST CHURCH, corner 81st it.
Rev, Henry M. Sanders. D. D . pastor. &ervlces
to-morrow at 1 1 A. H. and 4-80 P, M. The pastor will
preach at both aervlces. bundiy school, 9.80 A. M.
Chapel aervlca Wednrsuay, H P. M.
SOCIETY rOR ETHICAL CULTURE Sunday, Feb.
8, 1H9B, at litis A. M, lecture by Prof. Kollx Ad
ler at Carnegie Music Hall, corner 67tb si. and 7th ar.t
subject. -TlioOolden Resources of BlUnoe." All In-
toroswd aro Invited.
'PCMPLE EMANU'EU 81b av. and48d st.-To-mor-X
row, 11 A. M . Rev, Dr. Joseph Silverman lectures
en What too Church lias Dono for ths Emancipation
Uf, woman." fU ats welcoms.,, r
tw gwWlcitUoniJ. 3?ew lubHcntloit. 'h
sVaVsVrsr '-ij
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respects his later venture is better than the earlier.
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SI. Jamee'M Gazette.
Points in Hinor Tactics.
Compllod nnd arranged In an elementary man
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of tho United States. Hy Captain Cni.ui.na
A. BltVLlE, Twelfth Infantry, N. Q N. Y.
With Illustrations. 12mo. Cloth, S1.00.
The object of this volume is to supplement the
manual and drill regulations in tho matter of
outposts, adtanco-iruards, llro-disclnllne, and
other Important points hnvlnp to do with the
practical Hold work of tho National Guard. As
no other boolc lmsappoarod haUmr in view tho
need ot tho Guard, nnd as Captain Hrayllo's con
tributions to periodicals on thoso subjects have
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CHICAGO TllIEt' SHOT,
Mr, iavago Found Ibe Man In Ilia Itooms amd
llreugbt lllul flown lu a C'liaac,
C1110AQO, Feb. 4. James Savage of tho Grove
land Hotel, Thirty-first street and Groveland
avenue, discovered a robber in his apartments
yesterday afternoon. Ho attempted to capturo
tbo thief, vho escaped and lied, Mr. Haao
Kaochaso, nnd after n pursuit ocr scleral
locks brought the man dunu with a bulk t from
his revolver, 'Ihonouudcd criminal wnsllmries
Klein, known to tho uollcuas uiiall round imoL,
who has served ono fUc-j cur term lu tho Juliet
I'oiiltcnliar).
Jlr. Buvauo'a bullet took off ect In tho burglar's
back, and it Is thought penetrated one of his
kidneys. At tho Jail hospital the Burgeon said I
tab! recovery r, as ulmojt. impossible
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