Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 3, 1881, Page 3

NEW YORK. Narrow Escape from a Ca- tastrophe at the -Union Square Theatre. - Fire in a Hotel Adjoining Communicates to the Auditorium. No Diminution of the Desire to Talk Finance to Secre- tary Windom. The Tmpressions Made upon the New York Bankers by the Two Visitors, “Story of the Sharp Game Played on Collector Merritt by Conkling. The Revised New Testament Will Cost Subscribers $10 for Each Copy. American Publishers Will Furnish Re- prints of 1t Shortly Afterward for 15 Cents. Enormous Shipments of Grain to Europe, and All in For- - eign Vessels. ALMOST A HORROR. 4 FIRE IN THE UNION SQUARE TIEATRE. ‘Special Dispateh to ‘The Chicago Tribune New York, April 2.—The large audience which gathered this night in ths Union Square Theatre to withess the performance of “Felicie,” were compelled to be content swith one actonly, asthe play was interruoted Dby a fire which broke out iu the basement of the hotel adjoining, and communicated to the theatre building. Fortunately, the fire caused but little damage. That no person was hurt was due in a great measure to the good sense of those endangered, and also to . the prompt action and coolness of at- tachés of the theatre. The fire was discovered at precisely 9 co’clock, durinz the intermission between the first and second acts of the play. While the audience were listening to the music of a waltz, persons seated in‘the last rows of the orchiestra seats, near the northwest corner of the ,auditorium, were surprised by smoke which was making its way through the interstices of the flooring beneath their feet. As the volume of smoke increased some persons became alarmed and started for the doors. Their movements naturally attracted the attention of those in front, and 3 THE EXCITEMENT SPREAD totherest of the audience. They rose to their feet, and, seeing the smoke pouring into the suditorium, made a simultaneous rush toward the exits. Some cool-headed persons who grasped the situation at a glance called out: *“Sit down!” “Sit down? and the audience in- stinctively took their seats. The commotion attracted the attention of Afr. E. C. Chamber- lain, the doorkeepers, and of the ushers. Mr. Chamberlain threw wide open- the main doors leading from the orchestra and sum- moned a policeman who was standinz in the lobby. Accompanied by the policeman, Chamberlain went down the central ajsle, which was already beginning 1o be filled by excited persons making their ‘v;nymwud the street. He cried out that ere was no danger, as the fi door, and that if gey would keer: g%sl ’L'\fg would all get outsafely. The officer stationed himself at-the head of the aisle near the 1mnain door, and by voice and ture reas- sured those_who were inclined to be panic- stricken, The ushers had opened the extra- exit door at the head of the eastern aisle, and ‘were assisting the people to lcave as rupidly &nd quietly as possible. THE SMOKE WAS BECOMING DENSEE AND - DENSEE, and the fact that there was a fire in_or near tae house bad become known to the occu- pauts of the dress-circle and the upper gallery, The ushers in charge of the dress- circle threw open the doors of the extra exits leading to Broadway and to Fourteenth street and stood at them, calling, * This way. out.” ‘The usher in charge of the upper gallery, in which there were probably 300, opened the exits leading to Broadway, and the audience ‘were marshaled out quietly and in good or- der. Some thirty or forty of the persons who ocenpied the front seats on the orchesira climbed over the railing separating the musicians from the audience and climbed upon the stage. The curtain was moved aside and they =~ were led across the stage and out at the rear of the theatre. An excited in- dividual jumped into the private box on the left-hend side of the stage and knocked out }he panelsof a door leading to the stage. e then escorted several of his friends across the stage. e hnv;‘m.\'s ALL THE ESCITEMENT, ich at no time amounted to a panic, the i\fflder of the orchestra kept his senlt) amf' held xfissubordlunws in their places, continuing e strains of the waliz until all the audience liad left the theatre. ‘The house was r-"fi:med in about three minutes, and all coincide in saying it was mnever emptied as quickly, and seldommore quietly. thocmv:eu' had the house been cleared when Dgucs of flame began to make their ap- ge?lxéauce through the parquet floor. The n:-‘ ing was filled with dense smoke. The © originated in some manner, at !‘l(r]gs?n_l unascertained, in a small cupboard ihmi)lmg the oflices in the basement of m:t orton House, the hotel next to the \\'l“il 1e The cupboard was filled with m;L paper, rags, ete. It was built against a “!lmscd fireplace, from which a flue runs D through the hotel. 1t is believed that - SOME BURNING §00T FELL parmu:htmsflue and set fire to the waste mx}':ll.' or that it was set on fire by a burning e 1 Or cigar being carelesly thrown into A upboard. Ag-the time of the fire MMr. e Cazauran was standing inside the hen entrance of __the theatre in 3 ersation with Mr. McVieker, of e u“\ko, when he noticed smoke filtering o éh the cracks of the floor, not more 0o }l‘lfeet distant from the door leading homtz Mr. Morton’s_private oflice into the aoiet.. Other persons In_ the rear part of the emmé“.fli‘éi’,‘“" snfielled éf‘e smoke and were 3 necks to discover its source. Somebody in the body of the house 2 SHOUTED ‘‘FIRE,” z!ll!zlat\ro or three voices took {ip thecry. AMr. - ]\Imp immediately eried out that there ‘d_o,lq fire in the theatre: that it was in the m‘g“{ung hotel, and-that it would be advis- or the andience to pass quietly out, as & u’\ms no present danger. The doors Wmie_ midale and right hand - exits 45 mmmofllately thrown back and fastened i el ushers. “The audience then passed c.m‘\!v thout A{losumz or . confusion. 3Ir. with wpo ttributes the reniarkable celerity bl u;\luch the audience was enabled to pass fi%g}&:‘:’tfl :.ltm every one of the aisles gmald 0 2 door, and thus directly WINDOM AND MAC VEAGH. IOW THEY STRUCK THE BANKERS. ~Nuf‘?u;_m Ditpateh to The Chicago Tridune. Hile onx, April 2—Assistant-Treasurer Visit t:it‘!; speaking of Secretary Windom’s e o all street to-day, said: *“No state- ot of the purposes of the Secretary- has ik :ull!xptxzeg. I do not think he has ite D his mind te any course. A good s f) Suggestions have been made. I think ]w:eltinz 55 in favorof placing the new cldedc the bonds, if an issue should be de- upom, by subscription rather than through a syndicate. Syndicates cannot be popular in this country. The last syndicate did excellent work,—and a work that there seemed to be no_other way of doing,—but, other things being equal, I think the Secre- tary would rather deal directly with the peo- ple. Thers is nuthing to say of the confer- ences, except what has been said. THEY HAVE BEEN FRIENDLY, SUGGESTIVE, AND INFORMAL. ‘We shall know the result when Mr. Windom mets back to Washington.” - A prominent banker said: “2fr. Windom has made a very good impression. He is honest and shrewd. Attorney-General MacVeagh is as sharp as a brier. - They have acted very wise- fy. They have kept a still tongue and open ears, They have heard a great many suggestions. ‘They will zo back to Washing- ton and boil them down. Then we shall get the result. They will not make any blun- ders. 1 think hey will make a wise de- cision.” 5 . BECRETARY WINDOM made another qgeursion into Wall street to- day and received further liberal doses of the tinancial views of the denizens of that locali- ty. Ile visited the Clearinz-House first, and witnessed the workings of that institution, and then repaired to the Sub-Treasury, where he gave audieuce to bankers who were not fortunate enouzh to get the opportunity yes- terday to unload their ideas into his-willing auriculars. Among those who were admit- ted to a conference with the Seeretary were John J. Cisco, john S. Stuart, of the }J‘mwd Siates Insurance Company, -John Thompson. Mr. Kountze, A. S.” Hatel, of Fisk & Hateh, Mr. Bliss, of Morgan, Bliss & Co., Frederick T. Tngmen, J. B. Smith, and Mr. Drexel, of Drexel, Morgan & Co. Several otlier gentlemen called specially upon the Attorney-General. The snine informality as thai of yesterday characterized the various conferences. THE SECRETARY listened intently to the views laid beforehim by his visitors, and no gne could glean from s affable, smiling demeanor whether any raudom shots of opinion struck home. He gave each bankera clear field for the expo- sition of his views, on which he might erect as wmany edifices of theory as there are going to be buildings at the World’s Fair. He advanced no opinions himself, combatted no distasteful views, and madeno comments. With commendable patience, he received all that was told him, and remarked only that he had gained a_great deal of in- formation which he would digest at leisure on his way back to Washington. Secretary Windom, Attorney-General MacVeagh, and Controller Knox, after. a farewell shake- hands with Gen, Hillhouse, left the Sub- Treasury at half-past 1 o'clock and_pro- ceeded the ~ Custom-House. When they entered by the door of the yotunda, several persons _recognized n them, and the news of their visitsoon through the vast crowd which surge: cessantly during business hours. Instantly all eyes were turned toward the chief, but he quickly made his way to THE COLLECTOR'S OFFICE. There he tound Gen. Merritt, who had just parted with ex-Vice-President Wheeler, and other political magnates. While Secremrf' Windom was conversing with Gen. Hill- house in the Sub-Treasury 'this morning, he* said: * I have received many very valuable suggestions from the bankers whom I have met in this city, and when returning to Washington on the cars [ will have a good opportunity to quijetly think over these sug- gestions, and decide upon the wisestcourse to pursue.” CUNNING CONK. HOW HTS VAULTING AMBITION O’ERLEAPED ITSELF, AND FZLL UPON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CUSTOM-LOUSE. Speciat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, NEW YORK, April 2—A story that appears to be well anthenticated is_told here to the effect that the- recent appointments of Col- Jector Merritt and Judge Robertson wers really due to a cunning plot of Senator Conkling, which overreached itself. When Conkling had his long Sunday talk with President Garfield about the New York ap- pointments,—so the story goes,—he named the Stalwarts whom he would like to fill the vacant places, and was agreeably surprised to find the President ready and willing to de- cede to his request in each case. Encouraged by this, he ventured, after a long. pause, to speak about the Custom-House, but only to the extent of saying that he supposed Mr. Merritt would remain Collector until the ex- piration of his term, unless, indeed (and this was said in a careless way), he should prefer an appointment abroad in lieu of his present glace. This remark, intended to draw the resident out, received no further reply from Mr. Garfield than that he did not contem- plate any change in the Custom-House at present, unless in the event of Mr. Merritt's resignation. THIS IS ALL THAT WAS SAID about the Custom-House. Assoonas the *Stalwart” appointments had been sent to the Senate Mr. Coukling wrote a letter to Merritt, in_which he said that it was understood in Washington that changes were to be made in the Custom- House, and that, as Mr. Merritt desired an appointment abroad, it would afford him (Conkling) great pleasure to give him all the aid_in his power. On receiving this letter, which was sent by special messeuser, Mer- ritt thought, as most of the “half-breeds™ did at that fime, that every thing had been surrendered to Conkling, and that his days as Collector were numbered. Instead of com- munpicating with Conkling, however, hesat down and wrote a letter to the President, in which he said it had been intimated to him that he could havea foreign appomtuent, and asking if it woud be arreeable to tender him the London Consulship. THE PRESIDENT REGARDED THIS AS A VIR- TUAL RESIGNATION of Merritt’s position as Collector, and he fol- lowed it up the very next day by sending in his name as Consul to-London, accompanied }7 Jt;dge Robertson’s name for- Collector in his piace. A Merritt was delighted at the prompt grant- ing of his request; but on visiting Washing- ton and learning that a change in the Col- Jectorship had not been contemplated until he suggested it, Iis joy was materially less- ened, and, as the saying is, he began to “smellarat.” It wastoo late. however, to get out of the trap into which he was led by Conkling, and he. was distinctly informed that it was the Consuiship to Londonornoth- ing so far as he was concerned. As for Senator Conkling, those who are ac- quainted with the tacts are inclined to think that the less he says_about the subject the better.He succeeded in creating a vacaney in the Collector’s office, but the plut didn’t work to suit himat the other end of the line. The “half-breeds” say hehas no occasion to blame the President, whoacted in a straight- forward manner from the beginning. Sen- ator Conkling now wonders why Merritt did ot write to him instead of the President. AN ALBANY SPECIAL says: * It is believed here that unless positive orders are received from Mr. Conkling to the contrary, no effort will be made to pass the resolutiolt reconsidermg the vote approving Robertson’s nomination and recommending his confirmation. T'wo Stalwarts who voted for the motion as it lieson the table to-day assured me that tney would not vote to re- consider the action of the Assembly if the resolution was_taken from the table. News they nave received from their districts con- vinges them that they will not be sustained in nmkin,z,: a fight for Conklingagainst the Pres- ident. o ’ FRAUD OR FACT. AX ENGINEER SUED FOI: MAKING A FAVOR- ABLE REPORT ON A SILVER MINE. NEw Yonrk, April 1.—Sidney De Kay be- gan, recen in the Supreme Court, an action against Prof. Rossiter W. Raymond to recover $21,000 damages alleged to have been sustained by him by reason of thealleged faisity of certain statements contained in a Teport written by the defendant of the con- dition and value of certain mines owned and worked by the Chrysolite Silver Mining Company. _ £ ‘The complaint recites that Prof. Raymond, received $5.000 from the mining company for writing a very favorable report, which was published March 22, 1550 Mr. De Kay charges that Prof. Raymond knew the report to be untrue when he wmade it; that he did not make a careful examina- tion of the mines; aund that these were not worth $7,000,000, as he had reported, or more than $500,000. ¥, = gThe auswer to the compinint admits the making of the report, but denies the charges of frand or misrepresentation. Mr. De Kay’s attorneys obtained an order for the examination of Prof. Raymond as a Iwitness before the trial, which was had to- day before a referee. He testified, says the Tribune, that e was acivil engineer. While hie was in, California he was employed y the mining company to esamine its wines and make & report, which he did, and received $5,000 for his services. He went into the mines one day, and made his report the same night before going to bed. walked about in the mines a distance of over 4,000 feet. Another expert{ he said, had esti- mated the value of the mines at $23,000,000. When he returned to New York he again met Drake De-Kay, who told him that his estimate of 57,000,000 was too_small, and that the stock of the company had been depreci- ated by his report. Tlhe witness also said a:nt Cooper and H‘t‘slmttdlmd bought stolck in e company on his advice at $30 a share which they still held. = = THE NEW TESTAMENT AS REVISED AND RETRANSLATED. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune- NEw York, April 2—The Rev. Dr. Philip Schaff, who was one of the American Coi- mittee. on the Revision or the New Testa- ment, said to-day on this subject: The changes are so many that scarcgly a verse in the New Testament remains unaltered. In many instances, however, the alterations concern punctuation and minor words. of course, any alteration will arouse criticisu, but I think that we can hold our own, and we are prepared to do battle for what we have done and sanctioned, We Mave worked between two fires,—the radicals want- ing far more sweeping changes than we would - sanction, and the other party rolling their eyes in horror when a comima was trgnsposed or asmall letter re- placed by a capital. The controversy will probably go on for a few years. At theend of five years at the latest I expect to see the new version accepted by all but the riost narrow-minded persons. . AN INTERESTING AND EXITAUSTIVE WORK, now in prepardtion in England, will give an account of the debates of the Committee and the arguments which were put forward in favor .of and against the different changes adopted, as well as informa- tion concerning changes suggested by different revisers and not adopted. The New " Testament will be sold in England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, and the United States on the 20th of next May. The stories that large numbers of books now in this country. under lock and key are false, the revisers only having received copies. Only subscrib- ers will receive copies at first, and THE PRICE TO THE PUBLIC WILL BE $10. It is understood that. within forty-eight hours of the appearance of the English copies upon the market, reprints will ap- pear from six New York publishers, the rl:sflee g some of the editions to be as low as cents. 4 © A SHAME! NO UNTTED STATES VESSELS CARRYING OUR - PRODUCTS. 3 Spectal Dispateh to The Chicaco Tribune. EW YORK, April 2—The month of March gave promise of increased activity and pros- perity in the shipments of -grain, and ship- pers, merchants, speculators, and dealers in grain are preparing for the demand from Europe. It is confidently expected that the shipments of grain for the summer months will be Jarger by several millions of bushels than that of any preceding year. During the month of March the shipments of graif from the port of New York ambunted to 6,645,712 bushels, as follows: 4,043,843 bushels of wheat, 2,514,036 bushels of corn, and 85,336 bushels of rye. To carry this large amount of grain across the ocean, the services in whole or part of 173 vessels were required. These included ninety-two steamers, twelve ships, sixty-eight barks, and oue brig. A re- markable feature of the trade is the large number of steamers now carrying grain to Europe. All steamers, both of the regular and outsidelines, including passenger steam- ers, carry grain. ‘The following nationalities are represented: Great Britain, 104 vessels; Norway, 19; Italy, 17; Austria, 8; Sweden, 4; Frafice, 4; Portugal, 15 Germany, 6; Bel- gium, 6; Denmark, 2 Holland, 2: the United States, #s usnal, none. BILLIARDS. FINAL DEPOSIT IN THE MATCH BETWEEN SLOSSON AND SCHAEFER. New Yonk, April 2—The final deposit of the stalkes for the coming billiard match be- tween champion Slosson and Schaefer are now in the hands of the stakeholder. The mateh is for $4,000, 5,000 points up, and will be played after the manner of the Jate Paris mateh between © Slosson and Vignaux, in a series of five nights, the games comprising 1,000 points each even- ing. ‘The bplay will be governed by the rules of . the * Champion’s game,’” by which “rail-nursing ” is limited fo a cer- tain extent. It has been decided to play the _match in the Academy of Music on-the evenings of April 11,12,18, 14, and 15. Both men are mow in constant practice for the struggle, and both are playing in fine form, making fugh averages. VILLARD. 1E WILL GET A COMPROMISE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. NEW Yorxk, April 2.—The reports that Mr. Viilard is negotiating for a settlement of the issue between himself and the Northern Pa- cific Railway Company finds some believers. A prominent broker said to me to-day that. he understands that the proposition to settle comes from the Company’s side, but that Mr. Villard is ready to meet the proposal half way. 1tis certain that there havebeen orders ' to buy. Northern Pacific from parties who would not have wanted the stoclk if they had believed there was going to bea serious fight. The stock was an exception to the dull mar- ket to-day. ITEMS. < TERSONAL. New York, April 2—The following are among the prominent urrivals tfor the past twenty-four hours: John B. Lyon, Chicago, Gilsey House. The ITon. William ). Evarts, wife, and daughters: Vice-President Per- Xkins, Chicago, Burlington & Quiney Rail- road, Brevoort IIouse. The Ilon. Matthew Keenan, Milwaukee; N. Goldsall, Cleveland, Astor House. Toshida Kyonari, Japanese Minister; Mr. Hashiguchi, Japanese Lega- tion: Gen. Hazen, U. S. A.; E. M. Smith, United States Consul at Mannheim, Fifth Av- enue Iotel. AN INSANE MAN. George Wilson, aged 40, of Cincinnati, 0., arrived in this city yesterday afternoon, and took passage on the steamer City of Rich- mond for Liverpool, which was advertised to sail to-day. e went on board the steamer yesterday, but durmg the night acted so strangely he was thought to be insane. Ile was sent to Bellevue Ilospital. The steamer sailed this morning. 5 THE WESTERN UNION DIRECTORS. At a meeting of the Directors of the West- ern Union Telegraph Cowmpany_to-day, Cor- nelius Vanderbilt resigned as Director, and Gen, Eckert was made a_member of the Ex- ecufive Committee in place of S. J. Barger, resigned. EUROPEAN DIMIGRANTS. Three thousand three hundred and forty- five immigrants landed at Castle Garden within the past twenty-four hours. OBITUARY. , ¢ The Rev. August Ield, the oldest clergy- man of she Lutheran Cliurch in_this city, is il:ma:( He was, born near Kiel, Germany, in IXDICTED. Aichael P. Caffee, Laurett de Fossa, and Charles M. Wigant, officers of the Mutual Stock Operating Company, were indicted to- day by the Grand Jury for their connection with that Company. e ———— A Number That Eepcated Ttself. San Franclsco Ezaminer. Tt is seldom that a given number can be found to repeat itself fn 8o Singular and_signiticant o manner as in the following case: On the 19th day of October, George A. Wheeler strangled his gister-in-luw, Adella J. Tilson, under circum- stances uppuralleled iv the annals of crime on this coust. On tke 19th day of November he was jndicted by the Grand Jury. On the 19th day of December he wasarraigned for thg crime. On tbe 19th of January bo was convieted of murder in the first degree, and on the 19th day of February be was sentenced to bo hanged on Tuesduy, the 19th day. of April, by tho neck until be was dead. Evidently 19 is an unfortuunts and unlucky number with Wheeler. - Lawson—Labouchere, .In the dlsagreement 6f the jury in the case of Lawson against Labouchére the defendant ob- tained a distinct triumph. The trial lasted five duys. The cost to Mr. Levi Lawson has becn: Fee to Sir John Holker and Sir Hardinge Giffard, Attorneyand Solicitor-General undpr Lord Beo- cunstield’s Government, per day ..fm each; to e probably | Sergeant Ballantine and the other two Q.C.'s per day, $250 each; total counsel fee for five days, $8.750; solicitor's cost at least $3,250; ine ail, 312,000, which Lawson has virtually”been fined. The cost to Mr. Labouchére, who was his ‘own counsel and solicitor, bas been nothing, and there will probably be a 'large incrense In the sale of tho Daily News.and Trwth. It is not likely Mr. Levi Lawson will renew the trial, or that his chances of a Baronetcy are improved. ———————— « OLD ABE.” Something About the Eagle that Wado the Eighth Wisconsin Famous—His History. e Maj. Dawes, who commanded a company of the Eighth Wisconsin, was interviewed by a reporter of the Milwaukee Rcpublican, and gave the following facts about “Old Abe,” the bald eagle that went through the War with tiat regiment: “+Qld.Abe, ” replied the officer, “was well known all over the world, Ifis eputa- tion is as widespread as that - of any General who fought in the same battles with him. My first acquaintance with him was in the spring of 1561, just about twenty years ago now. The Eighth Wisconsin Regiment, a company, of which Ihad the honor to com- mand, was gong into campat Camp Randall, in Madisén, and with ofie of the companies, that commanded by Capt. Perkins, came the eagle, thenachicken abouthalf or two-thirds grown. i g “YWhether the idea had been formed before he came into camp of making him a part of the regiment for the War, or whether it was developed afterward, I do not now recollect, but it was understood before we left the eamp that the bird was enlisted, and he was christened *Old Abé.’ and one of the tallest men in the regiment detailed to carry and take care .of _him, with the understanding that at* the end of the War he was to:convey him to Washington and present: him to his name- sake, the President. A standard with a slanting platform on it, over which was a carved quiver and arrows, for him to stand upon, was_obtained, and upon this he made his way when on the warch. A cordattached to his leg secured him to his standard, and standing on this porch, over the shoulder of his bearer, and_ near the colors of the regi- ment, he was the observed of all observers.” “Djd he ever getaway frow the regiment 2” “Yes, several timegs, but never for long. The most noted was at the battle of Corinth. Gen. Mower’s horse was. shot from nader him, 1 lost one-third of all the men I had, either killed or wounded, was shot myself, anda bullet cut‘Old Abe's’ cord, allina moment of time. The Rebs were down on us with a whoop and a yell. ‘I saw our eagle +soaring '—that is a pretty classical word to us, but it alone can express the dignity of the flight—away over the Rebel lines, nnd supposed he was gone for keepswuas did we all, and sorry enouzh we were. We were _in trouble enough, licked,—for the time _being,—our - friends killed and wounded, old *Jo’s’ horse shot (and we all liked the old fellow on his master’s ac- count), and above all, our eagle zone over to the Rebs. Some of my men gathered me up in a blanket and took me along as best they. could, and we had not gone far before “old Abe’ came swooping back to his perch, which was being brou‘zm along, for we did not mean to let the Johnnies crow over that anyhow. - This sounds almost too poetical to be believed, but there wers too many eye- witnesses to it to be successfully contra- dicted. I know these thinzs of my own knowledge, and assert them,.o be true.” “ow do you account for the eagle know- lnlg tlge’ regiment, and where to find his pluce?” ‘ “7 don’t account forit.. All Ihave to do about it is to state facts. If you want reasons and causes you must go to some philosopher. 1 believe the eagle knew ourregiment as well as we knew it_ourselves, and that he could tell it as far off_as any of us, - When soldiers from other regiments visitedus that called on him, as they usually did, he did not appear the same before them as before any mem- bers of the Eightn that hapoened to be near him. It wasacommon understanding among the boys that Old Abc +ew who belonged to his regiment and wh 1 not, even if they were soldiers of .r ‘regiments, The Colonel had a dog > s+ us that evidently Knew the personnel .he resiment entirely, better, probably, than any one belunfinz 0 jtdid. Iam not superstitions, but fully believe that bird could thinik.” 2 . “YVhat did he use to liveou in the field 2 «Tebel chickens seemed'to agree with his constitution remarkably well. - He never sut- fered for want ot food, the rest of us some- times did. 1 have seen the whole regiment on chase after rabbit across the field after a hard day’s march, whooping like fiends, for his supper. Of course it was fu, but its be- ing for the eagle helped the fun wonder- ully.” *\Vhere was he usually during an engage- ment?”’ ” N * Always in the thickest of the fight, near the colors, usually on the ground, occasion- ally flying to his perch and sereaming ter- rifically. Heseemed to know that business was being trgnsacted and the nature of it. Ile would stand by a caunon wihich was being served with the greatest rapldity, with- out flinching, and the rattie of small arms appeared to delight him. Of course he did not know t it was to be hurtby the balls, but I believe he appreciated that trouble came to those about him by their means.” “Mnjor. you are rather enthusfastic about the eagle?” o “The army were and_are all enthusiastic about him. e was a bird only, but e was the embodiment of principle, 2 companion of our service, which is a great deal, in a word. And there will be a great many wet eyes to- norrow, when the news of his death reaches the survivors-of the Eighth Regiment. 1 have about as much dignity as people gen- erally have, but I would not feel that it was in the least compromised by my nct'mL::\s a pall-bearer at his funeral, should he be buried.” ——————— A Woman on Women’s Suffraze. Roston Post. - A young Indy well known in soclety in New Hugmshire, and the daughter of one of the most prominent men in the .State, was recently duced to ettend uschool meeting and vot order to assistsome friends to carry certain mmeasures. She wrote a_private letter to & fricnd, describiog her experiencé as follows: % 1n spite of my detestation of *women's rights’® [voted nc the scuool meeting Inst weck. ‘The meeting was composed toa lurge extent of the ‘great unwashed,’ butit was very orderly and respectful. 1voted from purely personal reu- sons, in the way women generuily vote. fen- deuvored to foilow the lead, butsome of the women set up cundidntes of their own, and they would huve two or threo voies. My opinfon'of tho propricty of women’s voting wis only con- firmed by my experience. It will be ¢ confusion worse confounded’ when they get into polities.” ——m———— Mrs. Langiry. New York Sun. The pride of somany London seasons has passed away, without even what was left to Adrienne,— ® memory. Mrs Langtry is not even spoken of. The great beauty wus the portionless duughter of clergyman in the Chanuel Islands. Her husband is” the son of a shipping azent, whose ships ran between Belfast and Liverpool. He Was not brought up to any profession, as he had inberited a very ample patrimony, und had been educated to till the purt of u gentleman. Bat times are changed since old George Lani- try's vessels sailed from the Irish to the English port, and what. was afiuence in those duys, al- though recognized as a comfortable competence, will not support an_establishment at the West Ena, with carringes and horses at command, and such hatsand dresses as the world never suw, 250 Stioh a8 ttie eys of royalty loved to dwell on. Some of the latter cost i # Mouraning for.the Czar. The leaders of Russinn saciety in Purls have decided upon ocbserving three months’ decp mourbing, during which they will see no com- pany. The ludies are to wear eonrse black stuff dresses with very long square trains, and Jong, thick vells, s Californin Honey.» Some onlcrfrismz traders are filling old honey- «combs with glucose, and shipping thewn 1o Europe labeled * California boney.” At present the co- terprise is said to be very profituble. Parncil. " It s said Mr. Parnell's frequent visits to Paris are made, not to conspire; but- to'court. They are transits of Venns, not Murs. Rumor hus it that he is to wed a fair French woman. i e —————— 4 ® Levees: K 2 Inthelnst fifteen years the Stateof Louis: fana has expended for levees-and repairs the sun of $11,785,500. - 5 . Unsuccessfal, . A Malitn paper stdtes that. of fifty-five young Iadies who had come out therc from Enzland in search of husbands, only ‘one had succeeded in her object. e A Tall Prince. Prince Osear of Sweden stands fully a head higher than any other European sovereign or heir apparent. i ; » 5 An O01d Fish. Fanny, a carp reputed to be nged 430 years, died at Fontatuebieau, Frauce, last momh). ' LONDO “Pinafore” in Court—Legal Defi- nition of a Theatrical * . “Run.” [ The Newspaper Correspondents at Majuba Mountain—Carlyle as a Mathematician, ¢¢ Somerville,” a Ladies’ Club, Opened with a Membership of Sixteen Hundred, © The Special Correspondence of The Chicago Tribuné. Loxpoy, March 12— Pinafore,”. after & long career on the stage, has found its way Into court. If Iwerea writer on the staff of acomic journal, I suppose that I would be expected fo say that Gilbert and Sullivan’s greatest success had Pin-afore the Judges; whieh, though a bad pun, would be the truth. ‘The hearing of the case concluded Wednes- day, and resulted in a verdict for the author and composer, the Comedy Opera Company, who were the defendants (and at whose re- quest, it may be worth record, the piece was* written), being saddled with heavy costs. As the plintiffs did not ask for damages, only xnominal-sum was decreed. The point at issue turned on THE MEANING OF A ““RUN” as-applied to dramatic performances. How many of us who think we know something of the stage would have brought this word within the: range of exact definition? But the law fs now laid down, and I fancy it will surprise most readers to hear with what strictness the term is interpreted in ‘*‘the profession.” The company engaged Messrs, Gilbert and Sulli- van to write them an opera, which they would pay liberally for during the time of its run. The authors made their own terms. They wanted $40 a night,—100 performances to be guaranteed. No objection was taken to this figure; and, it must be admitted, the” purchasers paid well for & pig which was yet in the proverbial poke, and whose squeak might not be attuned to the popular ear. Four thousand dollars was therefore the price of * Pinafore.” But,.as the sucgess of the opera was decided, the managerial in- stinct forbade its withdrawal at the expira- tion of its hundredth night. The ship was on the high tide of public favor; its course should be extended. So the nautical opera at the Comique pursued its melodious voy- age; Sir Joseph Porter still dwelt on the extraordinary merit which brought him the rulership of the Queen’s -na-vee, and the bumboat woman kept on wondering how she could have mixed those children up. The company -continued to pay a nightly royalty of $40. After a time, however, it occurred to Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan, who had long since received the $4,000, and were drawing $40 a night now in addi- tion, that they could not allow tke operacom- pany to play the piece longer at the rate originally stipulated. "+ Pinafore” had been boughe for the run, and, THE RUN ILAVING COME TO AN END by a closure of the theatre for repairs for three weeks, the right of performance had been forfeited. It is mot difticult to under- stand what hardship was felt on the other side, seeing that the.terms which the com- pany still proposed to pay were those which the author and composer had themselves de- manded. Denial was made that the run had been broken, as, immediately the theatre was renovated, * Pinafore” was again put on the stage, The parties to the original agree- mezt, it seems, had only a verbal contract. Jlore matter-of-fact persons than authors .dealing with managers-would have reduced the stipulations to writing.' This, however, by way of dizression.” It was now tobe de- cided what was a run. A host of authors’ and actors were in the witness-list. According to the evidence of nearly all these, a Tun must continue with- out any intermission, on all lawful nights,— no, casualty or accident allowing the mana- ger to take off the play without thereby breaking its run. No distinction was made by any of the witnessts, except Mr. Irving, between a fire, an accident to the machinery, or any similar unavoidable circumstance. If the piece was discontinued for any cause whatsoever, the right of performande was at anend. It was asked of Mr. Hollingshead, supposing he had spent §7,500in bringing out a play, and on the-third night a fire'occurred which' made it necessary to suspend. the representation for one night, would he con- sider the right to continne the performances atanend? “Yes)” he answered, * legally, though not morally.” He did not thiukan author would insist upon his rights in sucha case. It will, of course, be seen that under such circumstances the right of after-per- formances being conceded by a reasounable author does not directly aifect the main question., Asthe Seeretary of the Dramatic Authors’ Society said, if the run isstopped, it is stopped; it may be a misfortune for the manager or the author, but . 1 IT IS AT AN END. The consequence of all this was that the Judge decided in Messrs. Gilbert and Sulli- van's favor. Theatrical trials are rarely im- portant, in a legal sense, but this one has cleared up the meaning of the word “ run,” and will in future be quoted as an authority on the law of theatrical contracts. Gilberi’s new opera, by the way, has just been read to the company of the Opera Comique, and every one was delighted with it,—a circum- stanee which_implies not alone a good piece, but also a satisfactory distribution of eharac- ters. /Bstheticism and the ulfra-esthetics have furnished a theme for the witty writer’'s satire. s no reason why he should not succeed as « as Burnand has in his new comedy, or as Du Maurier dves iif his ocial sketches in Punch, in playmg upon the vagaries of the cul-char school. T did notthink, while writing recently of the admirable service which the brilliant war cor- respondent of the Standard was doing for his journal Llnfi. alinost before my letter eft Liverpool on its journey over nd his_co-workers with gie British advance in South Afriea would have become objeets of public. interest and con- cern. . W hen the first news came of THE TERRIBLE FIGIIT AT MAJUBA MOUNTAILN, it was feared that all the gentlemen who had undertaken the perilous dutiesof correspond- ents were_among the vietims of Sir George Colley’s ill-fated attack. No dispatehes ar- rived from them until twenty-four hours after the war authorities had” news of the storming of the Spitzkop. The graphic tele- gram which Capt. Cameron then managed to dispatch was an agreeable surprise to the friends of the gallant writer aud to the con- ductors of the Standard, who had expressed a fear in cheir editorial columns, on the pre- vious day, that he had lost his life in the slaughter.and zeneral *sauvequi peat.” He had a very narrow escape, however, being Enocked down and trampled on in the deadly rush down the_ hill, and afterwards taki prisoner. ‘Fhe Doers treated him ver 5 and "allowed him to_return to the British camp on parole forassistance to the wounded. Tt was during this temporary relief that he wrote the wccount of the fight which on its arrival _in London was tele- graphed all over England. The correspond- ent of the Times also fell for a time into the hands of _the victorious Dutchmen. 1le, too, found them civil and chivalrous. They asked him who the ofticer was that had been Kkilled, and led him to the svot where Gen. Colley’s body lay. . When told it was Sir (eorge, the Boers uncovered. No sound of exultation escaped their lips. **You have Killed the bravest gentleman on the field said the correspondent. “‘Yes, he fought well,”” they replied. The Daily News had three représentatives in the action. One ivas'severely wounded and Is a prisoner, and another is still wissing. As no traces can be found of him, hope that he escaped alive has been given utg ‘All the real information we have had of this fizht came through the «specials.” The * official “telexrams - were vague, and in several cases, ag it has since turned out, inaccurate. It'was uncharitably suggested in some quarters, _before the newspaper-accountsarrived, that Gen. Colley, seeing himself involved in icretrievatle de- feat and disgrace, died by hisown hand. Ilappily this supposition is disposed of. The unfortunate General was killed by a rifle- butlet which struck him straight in the fore- head.. Considering the overpuwering seuse. of shame aud hmilinuon which must over- whelm a responsible. commander in the hour of defent, instances of suicide or. attempted suicide in the field are remarkablv rare. & believe the Franco-Prussian war, so’ prolific in reverses to the French, furnishes only one instance. MR, CARLYLE 5 has bequeathed his little Dumfriesshire es- tate to the University of Edinburg, for the founding of bursaries in the University Fac- ulty of Arts. The fact is _interesting in itself, and becomes siill more so when its date is considered. 1t was when he visited Edinburg as Lord Rector of the University that ke lost his wife, a biographical memoriat of whom appears in his posthumous *Rem- iniscences.” The devise to the University of his estate brought him by Mrs, Carlyle seems to have been made soon after the occur- rences of these two incidents,—the welcome one and.the sad one,—and the scholar- ships thus founded will be ~memo- rials of -both his gratitude to his Alma Mater and of his affection for his wife. Some surprise has DLeen expressed at the proiinence given in the bequest to the study of pure geometry by a writer whose genius, however distinzuished, was generally asso- ciated with anything rather than mathe- matics. In his youth, however, Mr. Carlyle was a dilizent and successful student of mathematics, and, before he became nation- ally famous, had acquired some local reputa- tion as 2 mathematical tutor. In later life, when his praise wus on the lips of English- speaking pevple everywhere, he was dining in a company which included the present venerable Astronomer Royal. The conver- sation turned on mathematics. Sir George Airy expressed surprise that there was no English translation of Legendre’s Geometry. The philosopher of Chelsea replied that he had the best reason for knowing that there ‘was such a translation, since he had executed it himself and seen it through the press. 1t was indeed one of the earliest of his literary enterprises, and he appended to it an essay of his own on Proportions, which is said to display considerable mathematical merit. But both trapslation and essay.were anony- mous, while the volume was avowedly edited by Sir David Brewster, an_early friend and patron. If Mr. Carlyle developed” into a mystic, he was a mathematician first. Whenever the man appears who by popular consent has yet to write the history of clubs and clubland, he will find his task heavier than it would have been had he undertaken it a year ago, for the new club for Indies only, so longtaiked of, has at last opened its doors. It is called THOE SOMERVILLE, * and is certainly an interesting experiment. For some years the lidies who are its pro- moters labored diligently to obtain members.: saymng that not until they had 1,000 names’ could they set up their club. Now they are actually openmfi\ ith about 1.630. It does not in any way detract from the merit of the. idea to observe that the scheme as at first di- vulged seemed rather Utopian. “All classes of women of respectable character were to be admissible as members, * from the Countess to the collar-maker; from the book-writer to the book-binder,” said an enthusiastic adve- cate; and the subscription was to be so low that the wuman of Ilmited income, the fruits of_her own industry, should be enabled to1 en,}oy the intellectual pleasure of ineeting the Iady with leisure to cultivate the arts and sciences,—one whose experience in wider soctal circles would make her an agreeable companion. Polities, too, which, according to Lord Beacoustield’s * Endymion,” ought to be one of the great studies of a woman’s life, with a-view of being a useful member of soclety, could be studied better with others than alone, and meetings in the club-room would give mental stiniulus. Whether it is the low subseription (something like a doliar a year); the novelty of the iden, or the ex- haustleéss energy of the promoters that brought_the meinbers . together, I dara not affirm. But the truth stands, that the doors have opened to 1,600 mémbers, nil, as Arte- mus Ward_discriminatinzly puts it, female women. ‘The club-premises are modest, of course, but in good location. The ground- floor is devoted to conference-halls’ and a coffee-room; the drawing-rooms above are reading-rooms _supplied ~with periodicals. Tea and coffce, bread and butter, nre the only refreshments ' supplied. To the eveniug- meetings, it is stated, gentlemen will be ad: mitted as visitors; and, when debates ‘are held, they will be'invited to take part. The members’ list shows the names of all the most remarkable women of the day,—author-. esses, painters, doctors, lecturers, Dre fessors, philanthropists, women with mis- ssipns, and women with grievances, and, finally, women who have nothing to do, and hope that, in the society of all this galaxy of wit.and learning, life will be found a little less tedious. That is, however, as it may be. The intellectual women who are such de- lightful companions may be * members,” but they are not likely to_be found munginf in the draw room of a _club, and certainly wouldmot filow themselves to be fastened on by idle strangers trying to get through the day. Still, even the nominal support of Iadies of this type will ereatly enhance the popularity of the Somerville. T. A DUPLICATE BOND. Special Dispatch t6 The Chicago Tribune. CINCINNATI, (. April 2—A duplicate $1,000 Cincinnati bond was reported to the Sinkine Fund Trustees at their meeting this evening. 1t is one of the Ohio & lississippl Railroad issue, letter M, No. 18, and is held in Geneva, Switzerland. The coupons have been presented and paid regularly ever since the bond was issued, in 1854 The Sinking Fuid I'rustees are_in doubt what course to follow in the matter. Itisconceded that the present holder had every reason to believe that a bond upon which the inter- est had been regularly paid for more than a quarter of a century was genuine. The matter has been referred to @ committee for report, 'Che weight of opinion in the Board seemed to be that'a foreizner should not be made to suter on account of the bad book- keeping in the City Controller’s office. WEARY OF LIFE, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. BALTIMORE, Md., April 2—The inmates of . Pepper’s liotel, adjoining the Halliday Street Theatre here, were startled with the sharp report of a pistol about noon to-day which apparently proceeded from the y: rd. One of the colored servants ran back and discovered a man sitting in an outbuilding with a terrible wound in his left temple, from which the blood was tlowing freely. A smoking revolver in his hand told the story. Heexpired in a few. moments. The man was entirely unknown in this ecity. e registered at the above hotel as J. P. Ames, was likndsomely dressed, and had considerable LOOKING FOR A COCK-FIGHT. An amateur detective,—the name is witbheld by the police,—animated by somc sensational pulice stories which he had: recently been read- ing, obtained a lease of the West Lake street patrol wagon, Licut. Keating, and twelve men, and started out lust cvening to capture a gang of cock-fighters, who, accordmg to the afore- said nmuteur detective, were to revel in their favorit sport at a saloon on the coroer of Kinzic and West Forticth streets, keptbya man named Jackson. The time, the exact loca- tion, and every minor detail was nscertained to a nicety, and xho{mrrol wagron was to resch the designdted locallty at 10:%) o'clock, by which time the cock-Highters, who were said to haves left on the oveming traiu over the Northwestern Ruflrond, were cxpected to be in the midst of their ~pastime. The _wagon wus stopped in & lonely spot some distunce away from the saloon, 2nd the squad, with the amuteur detective in the rear, started over the snow-covered and balf-frozen swampy prairic on their hands aud knees. Unfortunately mno musical fnstrument was at hand, and they were obliged to go through the gct without the slow music requisit for . such a cformunce, ~ However, . they managed to reach their destination, and, surrounding the premises like 80 many skuliing war-faccd In- dians, they soon obtained, by prying open Wi dow-blinds, 2na peeking in or listeatng at key- holes, y of the land. o theirdlszust no cock- fight !Qu in progress, - and ‘the cock's shrill clarion was nowhere 10 be heard. True, therc were nbout tifirty-five men nud hungry-looking - youth huddled about the only siove in the place, but there was nothing remarkable in this, tor the saloon is an onsis for the civilized people in that vicinity. e Most nrpm\'ed ‘method of using the pumf falled tc elicit any - definit infprmadon the fight; no onc bad heard a thing. A detnil of two .men was made, aud they were instructed to remain there until the cock-flzht tovk plece, which, per- chance, will not be unt:l affer electon. The purty, with the' amateur driving, toen wended their rough and veary way howe. -It was like u ;.’mcml. only. tha return was sadder than the e. -~ Carlyle and Louls Napoleon. . . Mr. Swinburne bas written to the editor of the Paris Rappei on the subjeet of Carlyle: That eminent writcr was niot a friend of mine; but I must_do him the'justice to acknowiedge that he hus always 2nd cverywhere contemptuously de- nounced the Empire of Napaleon the Lust. while s0 muny Englishmen, to (helreverlusting shame, ‘)‘z‘n‘;c‘:pmstratcd themsalves before Nery the Lit- 2 M CRIMI A Former Milwaukee Sociéty Lady Arrested for Swindling. An Escaped Murderer Recaptured at Waterloo, Ia. . A Man in Arkansas Fatally Stabbed by His Wife: A FEMALE SWINDLER. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. MirwAvkes, Wis., April 2—It has trans- pired that an attractive woman, who for several years was very prominent in the first Germau circles of the city, is now 4 prisoner of State in New York City, where her sharp practices on 2 large scale led to her arrest and incarceration. Itneed only be named that the Jrs. Caroline Kerkow, who once kepta milinery establishment on West Water street, and who Subsequently was warried to” a traveling man named John Ileyman, is the one referred to. On her marriage to Heyman she discontinued busi- ness and - commenced keepinz house in' the Sixth Ward. Ilerr beauty and her fine address made her a welcome guest in fashionable German circles. Iler circle of acquainfances greatly increased dur- ing a summer’s stay at Luedemann’s, on the river, where she was fairly idolized by the beaux of the German bou-ton. Moviug into the city she fitted up a houseon the south side of Sycamore street, near Sixth, where she entertained the German actressgs who chanced to $ill engagements here, and where by her special invitations the gdy young men who had learned to know and who were . anxious to inake the acquaintance of the actresses enjoyed mnany a champagne supper. ‘Those envious of her successes sooh began to whisper about her intrigues, the stories gaining credence and rendering it so unpleasunt tor her that she disappeared as mysteriously as she came. Iler career since then has’ becn that of an adroit con- fidence woman. Having chosen so favorable a metropolis as New York City as a profit- able field for the exercise of her peeuliar genius, she commenced hepyole by making it a rule to »ay nothing butider hotel biiis, which she was oblized tof§do in order to maintaiit the corresponding style necessary to her operations. Her Tresidence at different 'times were the St. Dennis_ilotel, Gilsey House, New York Hotel, Grand Hotel, and Ilotel Brunswick, ler style while at the latier house was gorgeous, aid calculated to surpass an, Oriental Princess in luxury. Among.other of her swindling schemes was touttera draft on the brewer Valentine Blatz, of this city, for 51,000, which she sue- ceeded in getting cashed. Iler operations succeeded in her zetting in all about 30,000, and she is now in jail to answer for her many crimes. MURDERER CAPTURED. Speciat Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune, St. Pave, Minn, April 2.—A Pioncei- Press Waterloo, Ia., special says: **John McGuire came to this city with Nicholas Henish. Me(Guire was arrested for larceny, and on his examination it was developed that he was the man who escaped from Delware County Jail March 22, where he was confined fo# murder. Ilenish, his com- panion, was arrested and locked up witha detective, where he was pumped by the Iatter. llenish confessed to having helped Me(uire to break jail, and he also stated that McGuire had confessed to him that he had committed the murder. The murder for which-McGuire was arrested was committed in Delbi, Delhi County, Sept. 29, 1879." Jokn Norris, & merchant of that place, was shot down on that evening on the street. It Iy supposed that the murder grew ont of a family feud, and ITenish says MeGuire told him that he had got and a watch - for doing the deed. Mctiuire is 24 years old, and lives in Batavin, 1ll. The ofticers say that during the past fourteen years he has bren in jail and in the Penitentiary the whole time, with the exception of about two years. Henish is also a young man, zud was one of the boys sent from New York City by the Children’s Aid Society.” AN INTERESTING. CASE. Special Disatch to The Chicagn Tribune, ~ PITTSBURG, Pa.,, April 2—Some time ago Gov. Hoyt, of this State, granted a requisi- tion for a man named Elihu Gregg, who was charged with setting fice to the Preston County, st Virginia, Jail. Gregg was tried, convicted, and sentenced to ten years in the Penitentiary. Recently his sentence was commuted to five years. This he refuses to accept, saying he is innocent, and decl: ing that no sentence was ever pronounced on him in open court., Ileinsists that he was Kidnaped, and convicted by the testimony of perjured witnesses. Greggz wants cfear pardon, though he Is troubled to know-liow .the Governor can pardon an innocent inan. 1le insi t he will accept nothing but av- solute freedom, saying he would rather die than endure the modified sentence. ‘The cuse attracts considerable attention in this part of the country. o NOWIT WAS CT Dispatch to Clncinnaty SasTA FE, N. M., April L—The reported Killing of Jim Currie, who gained such un- enviable notoriety by the murder of the actor Proetor at Murshall, Tex., two years ago, proves to be true, .Ilis identity has been proven to the satisfaction of your correspoid- ent. The shooting occurred at Las Vegas, New Mexico, about two weeks ago, and the facts facts are these: While under the influ- ence of drink Currie visited a house of ill- repute, and, became involved in adispute, when Elbright, the husband of the keeper, killed Currie. Elbright claimed the shooting was done selt-defense. The Court awc- quitted Elbrizht on the evidence ot his wife and bis own testimony, there being no other witnesses to the trazedy. STABBED BY I{IS WIFE. Special Dispatch t» The Chicago Tribune. Larree Rock, Ark., April 2.—Last night Patrick Shearen, a well-known railroad man. was found dead near the scction house at Gold Creek, in Coaway County. He had Yeen stabbed in the stomach, and the body was lying in a' pool of blond. To-day 3Mrs Mayer was arrested on charge of the mur- der. The evidence against her Is purely eir- cumstantial. She married Shearen two years since, but recently secured a divorce. Intense excitement is reported in the neigh- borhuod of the tragedy. P CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. - | Leroy Payne, the keeper of a stylish down- town livery, was yesterday urrested upon a war- runt sworn out before Justice Wullace by Of- ficer O. L. Dudley, agent of the Humane So- clety, charging bim with cruelty to animafs. The defendant promptly guve . bail for nis appearance on Mooday. It Is alleged that ¥ir. Pagne a few days'ago brutally beat o horse about the head, und contlnued his” sbuse - 0 long that quite a crowd gathered about fhe entrince 1o his stables. Some Lecuine 8o & lig- nunt that they notificd the police. and then soti- tied the Humane Society. ‘The horse baiked us it was golog up the grade lnto the lvery witn 2 curringe attached, and caused an aggravated delay of nearly balf un hour. 8 CAUGHT WITH THE PLUNDER. Shortly before last midnight 3laurice 0'Con- nor, a grocer at No. 2 Nebraska street. missed o barret of flour fromin frontof his store, and- notified Sergt. Watsonand Ofiicer Kenetick of the loss. The track of the thief was easily followed In the snow to thbe rear door ot. August Otten's saloon, No. 33 Throop strect. Otten refused to admit tho officess, but desplie his remonstrunces and threats they mudy thelr way into the housc and found the stolen burrel in_ Otten’s bed-room concealed bencath his wife's gurments. Otten und Joha Powell, young manwell known to the police, were ar- rested for the larceoy. e ——— ] The Crime of Marriage In Texas. New Orleaus Picagune. Emil Francois married a quadroon woman in Texns, where {ntermarriuzo between whites aad these paesessing any nesru blood 13 1 penal of- fense. He was convictéd and sent to prison for five years. The convict received much sympa-- thy, for hi3 wife wus nearly white, and Lis love for her was quite sincere. The case was carried to the Texas Court of Appeuls, whica, now de- clares the law under ‘which Fran¢ois wis con- victed to be In conflict with the Fourtceoth Awmendment, and therefare. inoperative. Two Fears of the imprisonment, however, have al- ready been served. , .