Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1880, Page 5

FOREIGN. * Still More Notable Lack of In- terest in the ‘Land-League ' Trials. i The Jurors in the Box as Listless as the, General Public. —4_. Papal Note Forbidding Irish Bishops from Alding the Land League. Speech of the Spanish King at the Opening of the Cortes. The Boors Defeated ina Minor Engage- ment in South Africa. Fighteen Villages Flooded by the Break« Ing of Dykes in Holland. Loss of Two British Steamors at fon with Their Entire Orews, IRELAND. TIE BTATE THATS. Denuty, Dee. 50.—The proceedings In the Stute trinls continue to excite but little in- terest. ‘The traversers strnggied into court thas morning, Parnell arriving quite an hour after the opening, - The proceedings were de- layed nearly half an hour by want of punct- uality on the part of a juryman, Justice Fitageyald informed htm that he would be fined £100 If the offense was again com- mitted, A large number of the constabulary and Government reporters, who took notes at the icetlng of the Land League, are in attend: ance at tho trial, : s A barrister has been sent to the west of Trefand on behalf of the trayersers to collect evidence for tho defense, PRIESTLY SYMPATHY. Loynos, Dee. 10.--A dispatch from Rome saysthe Propaganda has recelved a communi- cation from Ireland stating that only three Bishops and sixty priests lave Joined the Land-Lenguers. Others have assisted at meetings uwing to menaces, TENANT-RIGUT MEETINGS, Dunia, Dee. 80.—A_ tenant-right.mecting under Liberal auspices was held at Kilea; County Londonderry, to-day. One thousand’ persons wero present, Resoluttons were passed in favor of an equitable settioment of the land question, MENNELLY, Patrick Hennelly, arrested for tha murder of Lord Mountmorres, belongs in Divoroy Village, a few mites from the spot where the murder was coumnitted, The constabulary guard Hennetly’s father at Clonbur, TIE OPENING, i Mr. Law, Attorney-General, contiiued his speech. Hedenlt with the speeches of Dil- lon, Blgrar, Sullivan, and Brennan advising the people to pay on Griflth’s valuation, and declared that traversers had conspired to- | gether toinaugurate Républicanisim and Com- inuimism, Mr. Law completed tne rending of soyenty- seven extracts from speeches of the travers- erg, showing that they ail counseled the peo- ple to Y WITHHOLD THEM RENT. * He then quoted the judgment of Chief-Jus- |, tlee Cockburn, to the effect that conspiracy was an act of two or more perdons combin- ing to tnjure o third party, and that it was not necessary that the act ts to be done by a erlminal. A mere combination to effecta elvil Injury would come within the law. He wished to read tho opinton of Daniel O'Connell on the proposed strike of tho formers aguinst a rent-roll; but this was not allowed by the Court, : Mr. Law proceeded to explain. the punish ments which the traversers ndvocated for. those who took evicted farms, and declared that one of the traversors had becu continued In his post as paid agent of the Land League after haying held persons up by nae to pop- ular exceration and murder. Io dwelt with inuch effect on tho point that the traversers had given prominence to the statement that 180,000 persons were enrolled In the Land League no army could enforce the Inud laws, Mr. Law's speech was not concluded when tho court rose. % TAME. Losvoy, Dee, 90—A correspondent at Dub- lin says: Public interest in tha Irish State trials has considerably abated, There was little or no excitement in the neighborhood of the court, and a large number of the Irish Members of Parliament, who attended. on Tuesday, did not appear on Wednesday. INSUFFICIENT DARRACK ACCOMMODATION, Duniry, Dee. 30.—The+ barrack accommo- dation In the country is insufficient for the Increased number of solilers, and temporary barracks wit! therefore be fitted at Rath- keale, County Timerick, and Ennistymon, County Clare, for detachments of Infantry, each comprising two oflecrs and fifty men. Another detachment will bosent to Loughrea, County Galway as soon ag quarters hava been provided, . noycorrna, Lonnon, Dec, 80.—Fresh enses of, Boy- cotting” are continually reported from Ire- fond. : 4 prorenr, A large meeting was held at Cranghwell, County Galway, last night, to protestagalnst the State prosecutions, THREATENED, ‘Tho Rt-Hon, Joseph Chamberlain, Prest- dent of the Board of Trade, hag recoivdd letter from Dublin thrententng the lives of: Mmself, Gladstone, and John Bright it they continue to oppose coercion, s ARRESTED, : Wepvesuuny, {County of Stafford, Eng:, Dee, 8,—A_ nan named Patrlek Honnelly hug been arrested at ‘TIpton, charged with tho murder of Lord}Mountmorres, (n Ireland,’ in September Inst. gt fs sat that Hennelly’s description also answers that of a man who recently shot an Irjsh laborer near Birming- han, it ls supposed, In complinnee with the order of n secret society, Mennelly ts the son of a butcher at Clonbur, near the scene uf the murder of Lord Mountmorres, A Wénbd FROM ROME, Loxpoy, Dee, 30.—A dispatch from Romo says the Vatican lings sont peremptory toin-' mands to certain of the Irish Eplscepacy to abstain from language tending to cause the belief that the Pope approves of the opera- tlons of the Land League, oi SERIOUSLY UIT, ‘The policeman fired upon and wounded at Holford, County Tlpperary, 18 In a precarious condition, COERCION FINST, The News, discussing tho coming session of Parliament, says: “A Coergion bill must be passed first and a Land biil gecond. We believe that when the explanations of the Mintsters are heard it willbe found no effort has been spared to. make the existing Jaws Butticlent for Ireland.” . . GREAT BRITAIN. FAILURE. Loxnoy, Dee. 80,—Joseph White, worsted sploner, of Bradford, hasfailed, Liabilities, £75,000, > WAGES OF COTTON OPERATIVES, Ata mecting of tho Bolton cotton-masters ast night it was unanimously deckded to re- fect auy demand of the operatives for an ad- =" " THE CHICAGO ‘'TRIBU? FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1880—TWELVE PAGES. | yanico of wages, ns inany of tho masters are working at a poaitive loss. Tho operatives ive notice for an advance to-day. ACCEPTED, Leonarit 1. Courtney, Member of Partla- Hament for Liskeard, hina definitly accented the Under-Secretaryship of the Home De- vartinent, made vacant by tho retlrement of Arthur Wellesly Peel. a . FLOODS. ‘Tho most disastrous floods are reported tn Dalyshire, Several “hundred hands nro thrown out of employment at Derby by the flooding of the cotton-mills, " pin, E The Dowager Grand Duchess of Meckttn- burg-Stretitz died nt New Strellty yesterday, SPAID THE! QUESTION OF Ee MAb, Dec, 90,—At o meeting of the Ministertalist- members of the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, Preiier Canoyas del Castillo declared that the question of finance was tho most Important the Cortes would have to solve during the coming desston. - OPENING OF THE Corres, - The King, ypening the Cortes to-day, sald, actuated by no ambition abroad, ant fet tered by no fears at home, Spanish diploma- cy was trying to extend commercial relations with Amerien and Europe, and would neg: lect no effort to abtain from forelan nations equal advantages with thogs Spain granted them by treaties of commerce, ‘Tho King, in conctuston, sald the results of the Morocco conferences werd satisfac- tory, and the relations between Spain and the Vatican were most cordial, = ‘The King said it was necessary to augment the naval forces and strengthen the Natlonal defenses, In. consequence of tho heavy burthens cnused by the clvil war, and the resumption of short loans, the Government had to meet an expenditure beyond the strength of the country. I¢ became neces, sary, In order to restrict the deficlt and re- duce the financial obligations of the Ad- miulstration, to create fresh taxes and In- erease the existing taxes, without, however, casting burdens upon the land, Bitls will be presented for the paying-off of all Cuban debts Incurred prior to 1878, and for “modify- ing the differential duty on mérchandise con- veyed in foreign bottoms, SOUTII AFRICA. THE NOERS RUPUTSED, ul Carr Towy, Dec, 80.—The Boers formed two camps near Potchefstroom on’ the 17th {nst, and on the 20th 200 mounted Boers aud 1,000 foot attempted tocapture the fort, whiei was ocenpled by 200 soltilers. ‘They advanced |. to within 200 yards of the fort, but were re- pulse by shot and shell, Seven insurgents wero killed and many wounded, Paul Kru- ger held a counctl of war on the 22d Inst, when it was decided to starve the garrison out - : AN APPEAL FOR INDEPENDENCE, Bentty, Dee, 30.—The Duteh Government {s nbout to appeal to the people of the British ution in fayer of the independence of ‘Transvaal, : MORE CAPTURES, ‘ Lonpow, Decr 80,—A telegram to the War Oflee trom Pietermaritzburg dated Dee. 80 reports the Boers captured Maj, Clark, Po- Hee Commandant Raofe, and twenty men, who were oecupylng the Court-Houso at Potchefstroom, “causes for Byrne’s conduct toward him, It Is rumored the Boers occupy Pretoria, and tho troops have retired to the fort. TURKEY. MILITARY PREPARATIONS, Constantinoree, Dee, 30.—Towllk Pasha, an army officer, was recently appolnted Min- ister of Finance. ‘Tho flnaneial adininistra- tlon of Turkey Is naw entirely controtled by military men, and all tho avallatile resources of the country are devoted to military prepa- rations, + hytcn ihc TEWEIK, PABITA, asia de Tewnk Prishn ts the same ofleer wlio was employed in buying arms and ammunition tr- the United States for the ‘Turkish Govern- ment & ANOTHER NOTE. Consranityorny, Dec. 30—The Porte is about to nddress 0 circular to” the Powers containing conditions the acceptance: of Which {t is belleyed can alone avert a cone filet between ‘Turkey and Greece, SUGGESTS ANOTHER CONFERENCE, Bertin, Dec. $0.—The Porte {s trying to obtaln the consent of the Powers to a new conference on the Greek question, In which Turkey and Greece shalt participate, Cer- many deelares the proposal inopportune. : snIPWRECKS, THE GARNET. yp Dunner, Scotland, Dec. W.—Tho British steniner Garnet, of this port, was wrecked in the North Sea during the gale of tho 12th Inst, and all hands, numbering seventeen, perlshed. ANOTHER BTEAMER_SUPPOSED TO TH 10st, Loxpow, Dec, 90.—It Is supposed that the British steamer Montgomeryshire, froti Car- di, bound for Singapore, via the Suez Canal, has been lost with her crow of thirty men on the coust of Portugal, " MOLTLAN: BNOKEN + AxstTennam, Dee. 50. ho «lykea between Nicuwkulk and Viymen, Province of North Brabant, are broken and eighteen villages flooded, ‘The damagaby the imindation ts immense. A comuittes for the relief of suf- ferers has been formed, Léxnox, Dee, 3.—A adlapatch from Tho Ilugne states thet a very great number of eattle and sheap were lost by the bronking of the dykes between Nieuwknik aud Viymen. FRANCE, PANAMA CANAT. COMPANY, Panta, Dee, $0,—The first constitutive meeting of the Panama Canal Company will be held on Jan, 31, AMDABBADOR AT THE VATICAN, ‘M. Desprez left hero last evening to re- sume his post as French Ambassador at tho Vatlenn, Tun ADVAN avanD. Pama, Dee. 90.—'The tlrat detachment of engineers and workmen will start Jan, 5 to prepare for the commoncoment of the Pan- ama Canal, : ———- GERMANY. ANTI-JEWISH MEETING, Bertin, Dee. 80—A ‘grent antiJewlsh meeting wag held here. yesterday, Several Membors of Parliament were present, and the hull was so overcrowded that the police Were obliged to close the doora, thousands of Deoplo remaining outside, 4 ———a mt CUBA. ‘ ASINESTY, = = TAvawa, Dee, 90.—Captalu-General Blanco Is not to leave Cuba, ‘he Government, has ordered the abandonment of the progectition of all political cnses connected with the in- surrection pending befure themilltary courts, ———~ RUSSIA, THE WAR 1N CENTRAL ASIA Sr, Perensnuno, Dec, 50,—An oflicial tele- gram has been rocelyed from tien, Kurapat- kine, who left Samaricand early In Nove: ber with a flying coluinn to codperate with Gen, Skobelof, announcing that he has ar- rived gt a point eight miles from Geok Tepe: It i considered that he is sufliciently strong ta prevent the Mero-Turcomans from march ing to the assistance of the Akahl ‘'ekkes at Gvok Tepe. Reinforcements for Gen. Kura- patkIne aro ayallable, If required, and Gen, Skobeloff Is ready to attack. News of a serious and possibly deelsive churacter may uccordingly be expected daily, é THE TAUER, An Imperial decree is published reducing the Import duty on salt, Increasing that on foreign grades, Imposing a tax on trade guilds, aud doubling the storage dues on +} suceessful, aud thon Dthink this man: merchandise depostted fn the Government warehouses, ‘Che decree will take effect on tho 18th of Janunry next, AMUSEMEN'! 4 BARLTLUY CAMPRELL VS. BYRNE “ Spectat Dupateh to The Chicago Tribune New York, Dee. 40.—On Monday Inst 8 warrant was Jssted for the arrest of Charles A. Byrne by Justice Solon B. Smith, at the Jefferson Market Potice Court, upon the ap- plication of Bartluy. Campbell, the well Known dramatic author, Charles A. Byrne is the editor of a certain dramatic news- paper. For the past yenr or two lie has been exerelsing, with the ald of tis Journal, 9 speeles of terrorism over the members of the dramuatte profession unexampled in the hls tory of journalisin, ets alse one of the gang who are under Indictment for erin- {nal libel in the Gartield-Morey forgery. case. Mr. Campbell's Immediate cnuse for action arose out of a ortatement published >in sreecnt wuinber of Byrne's paper to the fol- lowing effects “Pho fact Is that every new thing Mr, Campbell writes only convinges ime that he never wrote ‘My Partner} ior ‘The Galley Slave? on which lis fame alto- gether rests, ‘I'he Galley Stave? 1 know, to be stolon outright, but the soureo of 'My Partner? has not been expinined, ‘Tho,two strongest situations in it were suggested by Louls Aldrich? In the aildavit made by Mr. Campbell it was stated that be wrote the two plays spoken of without assistance and without, suggestion from any play, book, or person, He further sald that Byrne‘had written the article with the intent to injure his good fame, and In ‘so doing knew the statement to be false, Byrne wos 4 brought before the Judge, and paroled in tho {! custody of his counsel yputil to-day at 3 o'clock, when the case was called, The: court-rouin was thronged thls afternoon by acters and other yersons interested fu thent- rical ventures, Judge Dittenhocfer, who represetited Mr, Campbell, stated that the at- tack on Campbell was prompted by. pure malice, the defendant haviag sail, “We must usa up Campbell,” for something he had done, ‘The defendant's counsel made an effort to have the case dismissed, but he was not successful, Byrne testified that McKee Rankin bad informed him that the Incidents in “The Galléy Slave” hind been stolen, and it was on-the strength of this Information that he wrote this article. ‘The theory: of tho defense is that McKee Rankin obtalned tha chief tneldent, in’ the play of "fhe Calley Slave” from a French novel naned “Madame Gorselln,? and that ho mentioned it to Campbell, who incorpo- rated tho ideas of Rankin In the play of “The Gatley Slave.” ‘ The application for the dismissal of the ense being refused by the Court, [t will now goto trial, Mr. Campbell, in his netlon, hus not only thé sympathy of every reputable member of the dramatic profession, but of every respectable Journalist in the country, and, by his vigorous proseention of his sult and the punishinent of the head of this clique, will confer a favor upon the men and women who make their Ilvlug by acting, and he wilt recelye tho tlianks of every journalist. Mr. Campbell was interviewed as to the Io sald: “This ig the resutt of on old gradge, think, When Byrne's paper was started there was aman on the edituria) stall! who was somewhat jealous of a little success I had just achieved, and who avonged hin self, by giving mo a few shots in the col- tinns of the paper, Iwas at that time feel- ing friendly to Byrne, because I belfeved he was about to found a respectable dramatic paper. Teven went so far ns ta do some cor- respondence for him. When this man began to write unpleasant things ubout me, I natur- ally felt hurt, but still sald nothing, Lt was continued ttl ‘My Partner’? was produced at the Union Square Theatre. ‘This play was Ti began to see that F was getting a Mule bes youd the reach of his journal, Soone night, when L was at Booth’s Theatra at a pri- yate rehearsal, ho sont -a frien of his to tell me that he was ready to bury tha hatchet, IT replicd that I would have nothing to do with him; that I should consider ita disgrace to associate in any way with a man who vilified and de- graded the dramatic profession, from which he earned his living, Ever since that thao he has been very bitter toward me. never nulvertise in hls papor, though Ido in the other dramatic journals, That has angered him, Ido not object to his entting my plays to pleces in his criticisms, Ile has a right to cousider ny works perfect rubbish if ie wishes » to. ‘That is on matter of audginent =o and taste, | But = when ho aveuses mo of theft, It Js a ques- tlon of facts, know how I wrote the two nlays mentioned, and hone know that he Tae not tolt the truth, When L-read his statement that Louis Aldrich had made suge gestions In regurd to * My Partner,’ If at onco telearnphed tothat gentleman in Philadel- pla to caine to this pie He did so, and fine formed Byrne that, he had never suggested any part -of any play to. me, Ils evidence will be AoTehcOni TN if necessary, Such statements is Byrne hing seen fit to make, if unnnswered, would Injure ny reputation as an author, and Tam determined to make him suffer the punalty of his matice.’” CENTRAL MUSIC*IALL, An unusual exhibition ts now being given inthis hall,and [tis one tlkely to attract consld- horse-flesh. ‘To permit such an exhibition In erable attention from those people who admire such n building may be looked upon as a mat- ter of questionable taste on the part of the manager, but Inasmuch as that gentleman hag a perfect right it lw chooses to turn tho building Into n clreus.or a menagerlo-or a beer-garden, we do not seo that we have any right to object to the purpose for whieh It fs now used, From the -strgo a platforin hos beer erected covering two-thirds of the main floor, Around this platform there runs trailing. ‘The tloor of the clevatign Ig cov- ered with sawdust, and ju the sawdurt Prof, George Bartholomew shows off hia stud of eleven trained horses, Provious to the ex- Ilbition fast night, the Professor asked 'the Indulgence of ils audience If everything ad not come up ta expectation, besaise, as ye explained, the horses hid never been Inside the hall before, and the whole situation was novel them, In spite of ‘the novelty of the situation, however, , the horses did remarkably well and reflected great credit upon thele trainer, ‘fhe entire: stud appeared to understand the language of the Professor, and barfaruicst whit they were told to do tnynrlably without any prompting by the whip, but merely at the word of com- mand. Owing to the” bad flooring, the ex+ libttion of lenping was a compnrative falluro, but in. the military-evolution act thoy, unirched, formed themselves into squares, {nto cain niva, and dacharced gunsattho word of Prof, Bartholomew with surprising alertness, The program embraces a number of Inter- esting feats, the oxecution of whieh will be more sutisfactory, doubtless, after the show ins been Kiven ohee or twice more, \ OITE OLYMPIC, ef “Tho Phoulx ” Is a play that hos brought to Milton Nobles a great deal of money Jn Sts tine, It has been played some twelve buns dred nights in various American cities, and yet in’ its reproduction lust night at this hous a large audience ors there andseemed to appreciate the erratic Bohemian Carrott Graves’ (Mr. Moble's) utterances in the early scenes: ond follow his adventures In the Jotur ones with intorest, slg. supports which Is fairly good, Includes Messra, It, 1a. Willard, J. E. Mucdonough, Max Felirman, J. W. Gardner, AUlss Fannie Lewls Burt, Miss Ay Lee, and Miss Leonors Bradley, A GIANTESS ILL. ptetal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune * ENnrANAvOLIS,, Ind. Nec, 30,—A lettor from Danville says Mrs. Mary Craly, wife of Jolin Craig, is still dangegpysly ib at her residence In that clty, and that the chances are ogainst her rycovery, Her disease is ery- sipelas, dig veryaggravated form, Johnand Mary Craig are known to, thes amusement werld as duhn and: Mary Powers, and they are undoubtedly the largest comple in the world, thulr combined welght belng some- thing ovoe Lie pounds, jan Oraly awetelt Is pyutat wunds, o figure sale vi have been "ittalucd by any other lying woman. John and Mary Crotg have been be fore the amusement public for several years, DRAMATIC Norhs, Yesterday's snle of seats fof the Berne hardt engagement netted some $3,000, Nat Goodwin has discarded " Qzone,” the piece that was written for him, and will ap- benr in “ Hobbies * at Hooley’s on Monday abit : The Corinne Morry-Makars ” will on Monday ovening at the Grand pregent tt ver- slon of “Cinderella.” ‘The troupe is unter the management of Mr. C.D, Hess. ‘The east of “The Galley Slave" to bers produced on Monday at Haverly’s willie clude Misa Ctissie Di Forrest, Mines Maje- ronl, Mr. Frank Evans, Mr Juyins Brutus Booth, Miss Clara Stoneate, CRIMINAL NEWS. ~ A SOLUTION PROMISED, Speeint Wapateh to TAs Chleago Tribune, Nostox, Masa, De —The mystery at- tending the discovery of the body of aanur- deradt inan In a lodging-house on Florence street lust February, surrounded by uurglars todls and tha remnins of stolen property, Is practically dispelled by a private dispateh from Albany, recelyed at midutght, announce ing the arrest of the murderer, ‘The affair was inost peculiar In all respects, ‘There had been a number of- horses entered In the eirly part of the year, and from one, the Normal Mansion on Beneon street, a haut of jewelry valued at between $10,000 and $12,000 way imnade., “I'wo weeks. later the proprietor of a lodgting-house on Florence street was alarmed nt the ie Appearance of two of ils boarders, ial, breaking into thelr room, he found the boty. ofoncon the four, where tt hat been for) nine days, with a bullet-wound in the head anda pistal elutehed in the left hand. tt qwas proved that the wound eould net have been Inilleted by the deceased, and eareful expert testimony showed that the murder hal been committed on the bed, the body ‘pinced oon the floor, and the pistol placed in the hand during the Inst gisps fur breath, Tho murdered man’s companion was seen to leave the house nine days before In 9 cunl and collected state, and nothing was heard or seen of him after wards, The broken tools and pleees of ute melted Jewelry, found Inacruclble and the Stove, showed the men to have been burglars of the most expert kind, and they were at once connected with the Normal burglary, and the supposition was that theydind quar- reled over the distribution of thelr booty, and that one had been murdered, the other taking everything of value, ‘The vietin’s nine was afterwards found to be Edmund Lavaie, of Montreal, a skilful counterfelter and burglar, and the other was James HH. Bray, allas Muoney, one of the most noted cracks- men in the country, For ten months the vollee have been on the wateh for Brady, who has been reported in England, Sin Franelsco, and amunber of Eastern eithes, and his arrest to-nlaht Is a matter of general congratulation, Detectlves leave here to- morrow morning to bring him to Boston, ABORTION, CLUVELAND, 0. Dee, 30.—The Leader's speciul from Mendville says the Coroner's verdict In the mysterious case of death ina neighboring township was -“aburtlon,” and warrauts have been issued for all known to have any knowledge of the ense. Three physicians were arrested and gave ball, ‘The deceased young woman gave the names “Hattio Ackloy” and “ Annie Brown,” sup- posed assumed, A BRUTAL CRIME, + Speclat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Sr. -Paun, Dee. 30.—The Plonecr-Press* Fargo special says tho Coroner's Jury In the ense.of the t-year-old girl -nuned Graves who died while her mother-was in jail for Jareeny, returned a verdict that the girl died of diphtheria, but had beon outraged; that the evidence pointed to William Denny and A. Matthelaen ns tho gullty parties, and rece commended thelr arrest. ‘hoy were arrested and arganov iy fall awaltlng examination, | SELY-DEFENSE CLAIMED. Dernorr, Mich, Dee. .--ira Fullerton, a young farmer of Roxand Township, Eaton County, this State, stirrendered him: sulf to-day, saying: “1 killed a neighbor named Gitvert Dutcher yesterday.” Futler- ton elafins he was assaulted by Duteher with a elnb; that in selfdetensé he struck him with an ax, disembowellng hin, THE ST, LOUIS INFANTICIDE, St. Louis, Mo, Dee, 30—A warrant has been {ssucd charging Miss Mary Grover, the young Indy who placed her baby In n vacant Jot Sunday night, where It‘froze to death, with murder in the first degree, The war- rant Is not served yet, Miss Grover being still confined to her bed by siekness, but tt will 00 ug soon as she Is well enough to be moved. < GONE TO CANADA. * Fart Riven, Dee. 10.-—-An examination of the accounts of J. W, Milne, clerk of the Po- casset National Bank, reveals peculations ex- tending over nine months, making an aggre gate defulcation of $8,000, It is belluyed he hing gone to Cunada, ACQUITTED. Jerreraon, ‘Tex,, Dec, $0.—Abo Roths- ehiid, who murdered his mistrers some three yenrs ago, and whose case has attracted a rood dual of attention fn different parts of the country, was acquitted hure to-day, a ATTEMPTED 3 LACK MAT I, t Up with a “Che Scoundrel Br Bound A respectably dressed young man giving the name of Thomns MeNulty was yesterday fined $20 for vaxranucy by Justico Walsh. The detulls of tho case are Intercating, and goes to show to mora! aud well-behaved persons to whut an extent blackmail- Ings practiced right in our. midst. The young man whom’ MeNulty at- tompted to blackinall had the courage, to promptly “sit down” upon the scoundrel, and as his conduct, is this deserving of tho highest commendation, he bogs Unnt he may he spared the ignominy of having lis name published In connection with such an affair, No is well known In rallroad circles, and ts omployed ag a clerk in railrond ofives at No, 100 North Unlisted street, A few days ago a small boy handed ain while ut his work 4 note to which there was no signature, and which read about as ful- lows: “You are running with w woman Funmed Flo; {know allaboutlt, You have ‘elven her tha followlug presents,” ant pb ‘Tong list of dresses, jewelry, -bonets, : and ‘wearlng apparel, It proceeded: “I aw Mosperute and need money, 2 could be Ine uced to leave town. for a considcra- -tlon; and, if you ennnok supply me, -X.miust make the expose.” ‘The young elork consulted Capt, ‘Kueriold at once, ‘and was instructed haw to proceed. “Wednesday atte ‘ernoon the clork received at the hands of the sain messenger another letter, In which the writer mado more threats. and set the amount of hush-money at $60 cash and a Ucket to Buttalo, ‘The boy who brought the note was followed to tho corner of Randolpte and Elalsted streets, where he was inet by MeNulty, who was awaiting the. clerk's an- swer, ‘The arrest was guletly made by De- tectives Costello and La Bounty, and when questioned by Capt, Ebersold McNulty promptly owned upto having written the letters, “(lo was a stranger in the city, he sald, without money or friends, and wher the letters were weltton liv felt Hespente enough to do nugtiliyg, Tlo considered it as hts only means OF raising money cnough ta carry hia buck to the Eustern States, Iu was closely avestioned as tu how he became aware of the clork’s private atfalrs, and the story which he told of having glened all his dfaets from tho conyersation of two omen) who vida nt the Apollo at oby the police, At hus been definitly ascertained that MeNulty’s accomplices, If he had any, were the lovers. of women whom “Flo” makes her compan: fons, Young MeNulty halts from Worcester, Mass., Where iis parents reside, and se fur as ean be ascertained iis yeputation bas always been good, friends, I blackanall business, will pay his fine and se cure iis Hberty, ceed LOST, STRAYED, OR STOLEN, Mynterloun Disappenranecos of a Tratt on the Delawaro Hivor ‘Hoad—Ita Record ann Vightor of SaoweDrifts Brief but Decistye Instroctions Given to, Fugincer—Steam and Morac Mearching Partics Out tn All Dircotionss + Bpeetht Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, PHILADELPHIA, Dee, 80—Thoe Rev. Ed- ward Everett Hale, in an Imaginative speeel, hutnorously deseribed a atrayed, stolen, or lost. railroad train, ‘The story was good enough ag far ns it went, but Jersey ean dls- countit. The Delaware River Railroad mins from Penn's Grove, directly opposit Wil- mington, Del, to Woodbury, ‘{1 Gloucester Comty, where It connects with the West Jersey Road, a distance of twenty miles, sud thence to Camden, On Wednesday after- noun the train started from Penn's Grove at Spm. Itconsisted of engine No. 1, tender, smoking nnd two passenger — cars. ‘The route 13 nearly prrallel ~ with the Delnware River for imore than two-thirds the distance. When half the way was ide huge snow-drifls were encoun tered, against which the locomotive bravely and fiercely butted, plowing In ‘its way through drifts which sometimes reached to the top of the engine's sinvkestack. ‘The coal on the tender was belug rapidly con- sumed, when communication by telegraph was opened with the Prestdent, Siving at Woodbury, Willinm S$. Conner, Esq. who sent word back to thaconductor: " Use all the fence-ratls you can Jay your hands on If your coal gives out. Throw ina barn or two If necessary. If that falls, you take all tho pork offered nt $6 per 100. Keep your steam up, and come through at any cost.” ‘The conductor ond engincer oboyed In- structions, reaching Woodbury about 10 p. m., where a corpse and funeral cortége from Philadelphia with a number of passengers had been awaiting itIn the depot since 5 o'clock fthe hour forlts returntrip. Therond having been opened by such hard worls, it was determined to keep itso, and dispatch tho train on its homeward trip at midnight, the passengers being desirous of reaching their homes, About 2 o'clock this morning a dispatch came to the Woodbury telegraph office dated at Clarksboro, on the !Ine of the Swedsboro Branch of the West Jersey, asking that an udditional locomotive be sent to the assist- ance of the Delaware River train, ‘The tele- graph wire had been blown down on the line of the latter round. The conductor employed finesaenxer te go cross the country and send this dispatch, but he neglected to state where his traln could be found. ‘The com- munication was forwarded to Camden, and atSo’clock this morning ‘Tratn-Master and Assistant-Superintendent . Tackett — dis- patched Conductor Moagland = with & «powerful engine to find — the lost train, He passed Woodbury nt 3:25, 24 shown by the operator's books, since when not the slightest trace tip to 6:80 last evening nad been obtained elther of the Jost train or the second engine, This afternoon slelzhs were dispatched to various poluts along the line of the route, with orders to furnish all Neressary assistance, As it runs through a thickly-populated country, with the excep tion of a few willes across the Repautio meadows, lylug nearly opposit Chester, it 13 hoped that no serlous suffering has followed the infsadye! a CANADA, A Bnd Lot-The Canada Pacific Contro= vernsy-The Toronte Mayoralty~Lorne and the Pacific Hallway Contract— ‘The allway Syndicates Lands, Speetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Montrear, Dee, 30,—Gustave Chard, who was tried here for keeping a house of il- fame, was sentenced to six months’ buipris- onment and a fing of $100, and In default of the payment six months? additional coufine- iment, The Recorder regretted he could not inflict a heavier sentence. it Is sald that Chard Is a noted Connntnist extte trom Paris; who was known as Col. Bibl. He fs charged also with being present at the shooting of the Archbishop of Paris, His wife was con- victed for belng an lnmate of a house of fll- fame. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Toronto, Ont., Dec. 8.—It is understood that at the approaching session of the tocul Legistaturo the Government will Introduce ® resolution ‘condenming the terms of the railway agreement submitted to the Domin- fon Parliament, on the ground that they are iuimical to the Interests of the Province, Speetul Dispatch to The Chicugo Tribune, Orrawa, Ont, Dee. 30.-—-As an effect of humerous antisyndicate terms meetings: which have been and are nightly being held throughout the country, it Is believed that the clauso In tho syndlente agreement, pro- viding for the free admission of allinterial required tor the rallway, will ba amended on the meeting of Parliament, To the Western Anvetated Press, TEALIFAX, N.S. Dee, 30—The schooner WIL Brookfield, from Port Medway for Boston Dee, 4, und not since heard from, hat n crew of five persons: Three brothers, | named Robert Hatt, Master, single; George Hatt, Mute, marred; David* UIntt, cook, alngle; ‘Thomas Smith and Burton Maryatt, seaninn, unmarried, Alfred: Sitehell “and James Manthorn, of Mil Vilage, and Sam- uel Verge and Daniel Crowley, of Port Mea- way, all married, wore passengers, Svecuil Dleputeh to The Chicago Tribune, »., Touonto, Dec. W.—Messra, Close, Me- Murrich, and Britton are in the fleld for the Mayoralty of Toronto. Mr. Ciose hing tind a good deal of experience In muntelpal mat- fers, and fs a merchant tn good standing. His record 93.4 politiclan is not a goad one, however, ty lis name 1s mentioned fn cone nectlon with a number of Jobs that the peouta at Inrgo ore more then suspicious of. Mr, MeMurrleh ia a lawyer of excellent address and clear record, and will probably be elect- ed, Mr. Britton is one of the plonvers in tha cattle-trade, and is best Iked by these who know him bost, but the race Is between Close nd MeMurrich, aah et Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, ‘Orrawa, Dee. 30,—It Is said that the tden of holding publle mectings all aver the coun- try to protest agalast the railway contract was sugested by the Marquis of Lorne, so as to give bins good reason for dissolving Parllament aud tah tho sense of the conn try on the contract. His sympathles are said to be with the Liberals tu Canada, ay thoy: wero with tho Liberws in England until he married the Queen’s daughtor and went over tothe Torles, * It is auld that the mombers of the syndl- cate, In thelr capacity of owners of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Munitoba Railrond, hold now 3,814,000 acres of American Jans, —the ‘residue of Jand-grants amounting to $550,000 acres, “Tho 741,000 acres which have been soll Drought the Compan: $7 per acre; and It is clahned that the art ente ts inter- ested'to the extent of $20,000,000 In hindarkms fmmigrants from entering the Northwest pad pustponlug the development of Canadian. ands, THE CRIMINAL RECORD. tome of Intercat from tho Police Stations, James Crowell, 0 dealer In John Walpole's, gaming-roons at No. 9! Clark street, Is under $500 bail to appent for trial next Wedn estay before Justice Wallice at the Armory upon acharge of swiudling with cards, The cou- phinant ts Louls Ulrich, of No, 05 Chicago avenue, who lost $200 at faro yesterday, Ul- rich made great complaints to the nuthorl- tes, and undoubtedly all that he wants to In by the legal proaveution is the return of the money lost by hint, i David ©, Stewart, a sfarp-looking follow whom the pollee regard whi strug sus- plelony was yesterday: arralned ‘before Jus- ice Walsh tipon a cliarge of ass ult ¥ tent to Ki, and with carrying con x weapons, At the Wednesday matings at the Academy Stewart atfempted make some disturbance, and when Olleer J, D, Gwous interfered with tila he coolly drew forth from his hlyp-pocket a large re- volver, Which he at obee cacked mul not only threatened, but attempted to use. Ue ly expects that sume of his } wasdisarmed, and atler w hard tight was presumably hia accomplices in the { finatly lodaud In the station, MMe was : a br upon charges in $500 bail until to-day. | ‘Thomas Considtue, a. tough youth uf it} years belonging at Rochelle, was yeste * held fn 81,000 to the Criminal Court byw - i fies Walsh upon a charge of stenting 2! pounds of copper from the Northwestern Railroad, About 1,000 pounds of cop per were stolen on few weeks ana by 8 quartet of young thieves, who mado a business of plundering the ril- roads, They were arrested, and a consider- able quantity of the property recovered was placed temporarily in n switch house at the corner of dStewnrt avenue and Monagher street. C. Cy Healey, speetnl poileoman employed by the railroad, while passing this hotise one fay saw Considina and a com- pation welping themselves. Both thieves broke and fot away, and the officer followed Considine to Ins home at Rochelle. A butcher giving the name of John L, Jen: nings, who ts reported to hive lost heavily of Inte in gning-lotses about town, and who in consequence hag been drinking so heavily that he iy almost verging upon delirium tremens, created considerable of a sensne Hon at 3 ofclock yesterday afternoon by turning tonse a tevolver in. the gamlnge house of Kirk Gunn, No. 122 Clark stree dfe had sone hot words with one of tho deal. ers about some bet which he hud made at the faro table, and as {€ to show what 1 “bad” man he was, he drew a large revolver, and began fring It of. Ue tonk no detiberate aim, but = seemed — content. With simply makin an exhibition of Ihuself, but all the same he” seared Fablets and other timates of the house as paddy as Sf he really meant to shoot them, Tho butleta all lentked In the walls and celle ing, and did no damage worth mentioning, He was arrested just as he was leaving the building by Onteer Adam Fife, and was lucked up at the Armory, THE WCAW TRAGEDY. W. k. Taylor Weld for the Murder. Coroner Matson held an Inquest yesterday Afternvon at the County Mospital upon ‘Thomas McCaw, the viethn of the Christinas shooting atfray at No, 830 State street. The jurors were Messrs. B.C, Akerly, John P. Webber, John J. Mahoney, KE. ‘I. Jones, He P, Whitney, and {1 N, Alexander, Detective La Bounty submitted the following, MeCaw's tnte-mortem statement. which was taken In his presence by David W. Walsh,notary pub- Jie, just fifteen minutes before MeCaw ex- piréd: My name is Thomas McCaw, 1 was born in Quebes, Cau. and wilt be oS years of ae Jan. i, 131" Pam’ a married mai wife's namo ante Saturday night ubout 12 o'el went to the “house No. & Btn street, and went to tho door of Room 2 on the seeond floor, 7 cannot recollect whetuer J rapped on the door or not, but Ido that [icleked the dour of sald room in. When tho door opened there wus a Nght, but it was putout linmedintely. Ugaw Willinat Taylor fad ty wife and another woman by tho name of Mary Muboucy, with berehild, When I tirst saw them my wife and Wiillum Taylor were in bed toxether, both being. undressed, he having on lis undershirt, and she in her nightzown. They tumediately rin ont of tho room into another, lor waa the last ta yo Ine I followed and grabbed blin wud attemptel to strike bin; we seuttied, and he coinmenced firing onme. He fired three shots In alls the first mlesed ine: the secon struck me on tho right Jeg, ond’ the thid struck me a Uttle Leluw the navel on the leftside. After firing the third shot Tuylor approached me witha brick in his hand, wns ubout to strike me with It, J aaid, “Taylor, you have shot me; plense don't strike me ais more,” and 1 twink he wis prevented from striking we by tho women present. was thon forced out of the room by parties in tho room, and got down to the foot of the stairs, where 2 tald fora short tine, untll Pitas found by a policeman, who took me to n drugestore, and thence to the County Hoapitu), where J now am, When Twas forecd out of the room my wife eaid, Why don't you KI the ——— —f" | was nurried to my wife Jan, 12, 1876, Tuomas McCaw. County-Physician Bluthardt, who con- ducted the post-mortem examination, sub- initted a statement to the effect that death wis caused by hemorrhage, In consequence of a pistol-shot wound fa the abdomen. The bullet entered a little to’ the left and below navel, and, passing downward aed », Was found iinbedded in the psons At was of S2-calibre, MUS, WOAW TESTIFIED that her husband, upon kieking In the door ofa room whieh she paid for and occupied, seized ‘Taylor, and sald: “Now [ have got you, you — ——3; J will kill you,” He tiad it brick In his hand, with which he struck Taylov, and then he attempted todrag ibn outlnte the hall, Taylor was partly dresse.t, aud was sented at the foot of the when the assault began. Faylorsaid: “Lwantyou to let ine ato Tdlon’t want any fuss with you.” ‘There was a Iver dyhng In «sight on the washstand, for whieh both men were strugeling. McCaw blew the light out, but Taylor must have got the revolver, The flelt was contlnued in the hall, and witness, after trying to separate them, started to re- Uehtthe huap, While so engaged two or three shots were fired In the hall Tho two men conthiued to struggie. Taylor was beneath and MeCaw was trying to ehoke him. | Witness pulled her husband off, wherenpon heexelatued that he was. shot, and tried to get back into the room, ‘The de censed had ropentedly ethreate to kill witness beenuse she had been separated from Infu for two yenrs, anid had ‘refused to live with hhn, or te work for him, i Bernard Murphy testiiied as to a conversa: von he had with tha deceased white on the way to the hospital Ina earrings with him Hesatd, “L busted In the door, and found the litle —— ——- —— altting on tho bed. got him by the bale and Lsiashed htm with dragged Jim out into the hall nd kicked him, and it he lad not shot me f would haye beaten hls brains out. You inhad me, if Lever get over this I will do it Dalsy Swartz, who, appears ta have been known to MeCaw ts Mary Mahoney, eorrab- orated Mrs, MeCaw's fon of the fight, Whose cousin she pretends tobe. What re- Jatlonshlp there 1s between the two fs hard to divine, for Mrs. MeCaw tas wll along insist ed that Dalsy was her full sister. ~ Relation- ally among people of thelr stripe is badly mixed up, Onleer Dollard testified as to the finding of McCaw, and the subsequent arrest of ‘Taylor, The jury Mrought Ina verdict framed in accordince with the Inw and evidence, ant recommended that Willlam ‘Taylor bu held for the niurder, to awalt tha action of the Grand Jury. : ————— Irish Titles, Tamidon Glide, Tho Intotllgent forvigner may surely bo ex- cused [f he owns himself fulrly bowlidered and perploxed to find a key to the full moaning of half tho nbbrovintions of tithes and diguities ho comes across In the newspuperany ane morn tr tn the wouk. But in Ireland the problem ia atl more vexed and fuvolyed thin ‘Tho habit of publishiur n nian's titles to distlucs ‘on or respocinbility Ibearrled to greater lengths: there than on this side of St. George's Channgl, and there mut be many cubutletlo letters crowded in cloaa succession alter an Trlaiman's gute which must bu wholly unintelligible to tho ordinary Kaglighinin, Hoe can understand the: monning of J. Boand DL, although the social aiden of un ninuistrate or a Deputy Lieutenant js Hot hubltiniily advertised with uson all oeun- sions, but he mity or may not know that PL. stands for Poorluw Guardian—un olltelat of sumio finpartance in the present diy in Troland, or that, Gia a handle that wy bo equatly: worn byamomberof trinity College, Dublii, ani a'fown Counallor. ‘fhe tattor, howayer, would consider bimscif, eerdeiaaly. Ul-ugad I it were not given bim on all oveasfons; cand so would a MeCaw, obliqu muscle. it In here, member of tho Hoyal Trish Academy (€ tho lottors “31. Re L. wore notul ways appended LAC Ox pw MALS MONEY OF HURKIOUND AND a it very carl; fol Catholi¢ ihe tottars uo (Catholle 8 from the hi nblished Church; while "i tetand for Royal Marinca a we Fealdent: Wiaristeate ondinry magistrate of out grent tawns—from the army of tho" great uly bald.” The curjous d I f which charaoterizes even tho sfatonal telaty man contributes to swoll the number of thoat Verbal puzzles, a member of the Koyal Colleg of Veterinary Surgeons of England ‘bein anxious to let every one know that ho did no get bisdiploma in Dublin, And so this rage for foine letter after tho surname bites mon of al ranks and all nyes, und the humblest [risbmat who hing hat been belettered while {ving may fafely count on “It. 1. BP." being poneiled on hi tombstone, ————— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, Loxnoy, Dee, 90.—The Austrian, fron Boston, and the Mosel, from New York, hav arrived out. ‘ New Yon, Vee. 80.—Arrived, the steama Parthin, from Liverpool Westphalia, fron famburg: State of Nebraska, from Glasgow, TO! nn Havre. Livenvoot, Dec. .—Arrived, Arizona from New. York, NL Ont 5 '. answering to the sti Mech, ‘The failure In his old ago of Bfr. Mooht, one ot tho kludest and most [beral-ininded of inen will excite widespread sympathy, For the last forty years ho has ticen one of tho most prom Incntinen in England, and Mecht's magic past And razor-strops have bocn scarcely lesa re- nowned than Tjptree Hull, nig model farm new London, Some twenty years igo Mr, Mech! ur Wartly became connocted -with no Jointestock bank, which fulled disastroualy and let him tr for a heavy sum,.—a blow from which, it i llkely enough, he nover recovered. Me was almost well known to agricuituriets out of England nt to thoso In it, and visttors of the first distinetior flocked to bis farm from nll parta of the world Mr, Seehi fs descended from tho bulr-dressor 0: Queen Caroline, wife of George If,, who nveom: panted her when shu came to reside in England ——— Horrmana to-night at MoVicker‘a. ———————$- The sale of suats for Horrmann's threo las: Perfortnances ire very Inege. Ton't forget the New-Year’s presents at Herr man’s matinde, BUSINESS NOTICES, Every, New-Englanucr will welcome the Shakers’ Sursapurfita oy an old friend, to whore he or some one of his family ta indebted for help through the critical periods of alckness and de- billty thut come to every ony a Thirteen cents Ix tho cost of five lons of soft sop, made from one pound of Dub- bins’ Electric ne (nade by Cragin & Co. Philadelphia), and the soft soup will xo farther than dollar's worth of common sonp. Try it. a ‘The rental of the drug store northenst corner of Clark and Madison streets hay just been renewed for alung term of years to Mr, William M. Dale, the present occupant. ale KID GLOVES, Chas. Gossage §& Co. “Kid Gloves!” (pera and Reception Colors Ladies’ 3-Butlon Genuine Kids, $1.00 pale. Ladies’ 4-Button Genuine Kids, $125 pair, Ladies’ G-Button Genuine Kids, $180 pair, Superior Undressed Kid Gloves AButtons, Light Shades, - +: , B8¢ G-Buttons, Light Shades, - - + $100 Gents’ Kid Gloves, OF superior quality, from $1.00 a pair and upward, in medium, light, and dark colors. Misses’ Kid Gloves, In allthe new shades, 3, 4, and 6 Button. Dress and Party Fans Pinest assortment la the elty. Card Recelvers, Trays, and Baskets. In great varicty. Chas. Gossage & Co., State-st. Washington-st. MISCE! ® NoticetoContractors Fomo yory destrablu winter work (grading for sec> ond track of 1.4, M. 8. Ry. between Laporte and Chesterton) will bo ready for letting about Jan, 1 next. It constata chtetly uf embankment to be wade from borrowlg pity, und generally le heavy work. For further jnformution call on or wddress fH. JARKE, Chief Enutneer, Van Buren-at. 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