Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 11, 1881, Page 9

d THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER — 11, W8I—TWENTY PAGES ‘SHUBDERING: EUROPE. “No. Ebb in the Awful Tide of Death-News from Vienna. “The Correspondent Cannot Be- Heve that Less Than : _ _. 1,000 Perished. Speech of Count Taafe, the Aus- trian Premier, in the Reichsrath. ‘An Appropriation of $250,000 Passed, at His Suggestion, by the Parliament, There Will Be a Grave Several Times as Large as the One at Brooklyn. Jt Will Be Filled by Mourning - Vienna This Morning— Services Tuesday. Confiscation of the Edition of the ” Principal Journal for Its Comments. Qse Train in a Lendon Railway Tunnél Runs Off the 7 ‘Track. Three Other Trains Pounce upon It, Kill, ing Eight and Wounding Sixty - People. VIENNA: NO BETTER NEWS. Speciat Cabte. 1 Vitwxa, Dec. 10.—The Herald's special says: Last night 4 telegraphed you thar the number of victims at the Ring Theatre would be found toamount to 1,000. 1 Some papers this afternoon admit that the list of missing wil! reach 900, 1 AM ONLY AFRAID that my statement of last night will prove in- exact, and that the loss of life will be even more than this. Tr 15 GRADUALLY DAWNING ‘upon those who witnessed the beginning of the fire that only a very few persons were seen to emerge from the building. There was a sudden rush of people into the lobby, lasting scarcely amioute, ‘ PEOPLE HAD NO IDEA OF THE EXACT CATASTROPHE until tho people themselves reported the absence of frends and relatives next morn- ing. : Death came so quickly that only a few at most of the second gallery escaped, while from the fourth gallery, where it was com~- puted there were 600 people, only one or two hundred effected their escape. ( A YOUNG MAN - thus tells the story of his escape: “Thursday , afternoon 1 met my sister at the station. She was returning home from Venice. her with the words: you. I have two seats Theatre” At half-past 6 we “Moritz, we must die now.’ were there almost alone.” GRADUALLY THE APPALLING FACT Must bave become known that av least three- fourths of the theatre was full when tha ca- tastrophe happened. Those that could escape fromthe galleries perished in the passages, and on the narrow stairways which, by reason of ONE MAN ALONE in the entire theatre doing his duty. and turn- ing off the gas, were left in the blackest dark- ness. It was now ascertained that this mau was the only one who stuck to his post, yet ho cut off the escape of many scores. THE MANAGEMENT of the theatre wus criminally negligent. It is now known that the tire oricinated with tho gas which lighted the sky borders. The gas baying presumably peen turned on before the electric current was freed to light it, the border caught fire. A workman, instead of lowering, hoisted it higher, and the flames at once began ‘spread. THE ENGINEERS say that had a good fireman been at his post, no harm could have resulted. : THE FIREMEN at this theatre are not regular firemen, but sim- ply ordinary workmen, Who are also required to assist as ecene-shifters, etc. These men ran away, Onesaying he would get the fire-alarm Telegraph, another that he would let on the Water at the plugs, of which six were in the flies, fed by a large reservoir on the roof of tne theatre. THESE MEN NEVER RETURNED. ‘The mau who should have Iet down the wire safety-curtain algo tied. Actors, actresses, and ‘orkmen fled without giving the uudicnce the slightest warniug. In’ one gallery was the Police-Sergeant, whose duty it is every night to attend and see that there are oil lamps in the Passages. There were large doors in every gal- Jery which were to be opened in case of tire, Li”) WHEN THE KEY- WAS APPLIED tooneof these it broke from disuse and rust. One other escape-door only was burst open. All the doors of the galleries opened inward, and Whenone was broken down by pressure the Joremost persons fell’ and were trampled to ., Seath by those following, and few passed over « » thishuman barricade. u NOY 4 SINGLE PRECAUTIONARY MRASURE _ ortho satety of tho audietice bad been taken. .” “Buch appears to baye been tho conduct of the employes of the theatre, who were under no sort St contro! or discipline. Unfortunately, it has laken “.- SUCH A SORROWFUL SACRIFICE tobring tho fact home to the Vionnese, and ot ‘ the rest of Europe and the world, that only stern tallitary diseipiine will suftice to insure’ the _» Bfety’of. the thousands who trust their lives . nizbt- after night to the hands ; OF theatre directors, x ie 2 THE cunious FAcT eee today that immediately after. the ieee fire high officials said that such ~"$.,8 thing could not happen in Vienna, for the the- be a: Police is quite beyond praise.” The fact — to be that the Police Commissary sent 1,787 Might to the Ring ‘Theatre had Seuerally a good time, receiving tickets I greeted ‘1 have a surprise for for te Ring took ourscats in the first row of the third gallery. ‘When the fire came out through tho curtain I felt at tho same time a fearful heat in my face. My-sister leaned her head on my breast, sobbing, Quick as thought I erasped her, trembling as she was in every limb, and dragged her wit me. In spite of the smoke we reached thé cscape-stairs, but we for his Wifgand a few frichds, and never thought of doing much more than just showing himself for appearance sake. ; THE PAPERS ARE CRYING OUT for the closing of ali other Vienna theatres, and Certainly there are houses which are far more dangerous than the Ring. ALL THE VIENNA MANAGERS have been summoned to appear before the Chief of Police, and ordered to take every pre- caution as ordained by the wisdom of the police authorities. But the best regulations. must fail to save. lifé where architects are Permitted to build theatres like 2 labyrinth, and with tortuous winding stairways, doors Opening the wrong. way, and the space which should have been devoted:to wide stair- ways given up to lobbies, loggias, refreshment- rooms and dressing-rooms. - THE INTERMENT OF RODIES commences tomorrow morning at7 in the cen- tral Friedhof, the unidentified being buried in a common graye. TITE BURIALS will continue all day Sunday, and perhaps be concluded on Monday. THE FIRE 15 STILL BURNING. Subseriptions are pouring in from all parts of the world. Tonight tho edition of the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung was . CONFISCATED = for remarks respecting the managoment of the theatre.- ONLY ONE THEATRE WAS CLOSED last night. All the theatres were open tonight. They were scarcely haif Glled. THE EMPEROR has telegraphed to close all theatres tomorrow. ‘Tho public authorities have seat an officer to visit all theatres an hour before the commence- ment of the performance to examine the arrangements for the public safety. DOCTORS SA those who were in the auditorium, did not live over a minute after the fire broke through the curtain, ESTIMATED AT 720, To the Western Associated Press. Vreswa, Dec. 10—Morning—The present esti- maate of the loss of life by the destruction of the Ring Theutre is 720. Many of the bodies.are so horribly burned as to be beyond identification, and they will be buricd en masse on Sunday. The atthude of the dead is of the strangest character. Some men were found grasping each other's throats, the nails of their fingers being imbedded in the flesh. Some show self-intlictea mortal wounds, while children were found inthe pit that had been thrown from the galleries by their frantic mothers. TEN CART-LOADS OF CORPSES have been taken to the hospitals, and the hos- pital sardens are tilled with weeping relatives seeking tor their missing friends. Forty-eight bodies were recovered from the ruius up to midnight last night, and many are yet secn in the burning interior... Among the missing are three professors ang a number of students, Count Seigmund Festities, and Herr Pengofsky, a member of the Reichsrath, and his wife. 1t is now ascertained that the fire was cuused bya workman setting fre to a wing with a epirit- ‘lump. All of the performers were saved except three girls, who belonged tu the chorus. There have been many SUICIDES. : caused by grief at the loss of relatives and, friends in the fire. The number reported by the police as missing amounts to 1,156. The fourth gallery bas not yet been explorea, as it has been found impossible, owing to the fire, which still rages, but isseen to be crowded with bodies, Count Taafe, President of the Austrian Minis- try, and several Archdukes have ussisted the sufferers at the fire. In one passage of the the- atre, without an ouilet, forty persons lost their way, and, being unable to réturn, were suffo- cuted, The Emperor Francis Joseph subscribed 25,000 Horins for the relief of the sutferers. ADDITIONAL DETAILS. ‘On the arrival of the fre brigade it was found impossible to penetrate beyond the first tier of the theatre. Arush of suffocating smoke and airextinguishing their lamps and torches, the firemen retired under the momentary impres- sion, because their shouts were not answered, that there were no more people in the theatre than those who escaped on the first alarm. How- ever, they were soon undeccived, and another effort wasthen made to penctrate the parts of the theatre which were not actually blazing. In the narrow passage between the second ana thira galleries A MASS OF CORPSES was discovered, sotue 60 closely interlocked that it was hardly possible to crowd past them. The tirst man discovered was got out alive, but all the rest were dead. These were persons who had lost their way in consequence of turaing off the gas, which, itis now ascertained, was done by some Irresponsible person witha view to prevent an explosion. Some men were found with their hands grasping each other's throats. Subsequent investigutions showed that in some cases persons, finding escape hopeless, commit- ted sulcide. IP IS STATED BY SURVIVORS that women were seen to throw their children from the gallerics into the pit. At the time of the outbreak of the tlames the gallery especially allotted to ladies was full, and many missing are young. Count Sigismund Festities, and several other students trom the private military college, are missing.” About 10 o'clock a rasometer ex- ploded, the roof fell, and the whole place was reduced to a wreck, THE ORIGIN. ‘Virnna, Dec. 10—Evening.—Further inquiries as to the origin of the fire at the Ring Theatre, established the fact that the persons intrusted with the duties of ¢fireman on the stage ran off allrighted at the frst blaze. One even tumbled headlong from the “flies” to the stage-tioor, and another, who had charge of the gas, thinking that an explosion had occurred, or would occur, turned off the gas at the meter, pluuging toe theatre into total darkness, until it became luminated with the blaze of the conflagration. THE OFFICIAL LIST of identified corpses gives one of them as “Master Baar, from America.” Among tke missing persons reported by notelkeepers is a merchant named Bukwitz, of York, who is either an Englishman or an American. THE RESERVE OF PETROLEUM LAMPS, placed in the thextre six months before by order of the police, bad not been lighted on this occa- sion, and probably bud never been lighted after the first month of the order. . There was a wire- gauze curtain ready to be let down in such case of emergency, and supposed to be attended to by A SPECIAL, MECHANIC well-drilled in bis duties. Had thiscurtain been Jowered, it is probable every person in the thea- tre would have escaped.’ But either the attend- antcould not find thakey tothe apparatus- box, or he was also seized with the panic. Any- how HE RAN AND SAVED IIS OWN LIFE atthe expense of 700 or more lives, for whom Vienna is mourning today. HERR FORSTER, who Quilt this death-trap styled the Ring The- atre, says that bad the curtain been lowered the ire would not have extended beyond the stage. F ON ACCOUNT OF THE DANGER of the walls falling, tne work of removing bodies from the rulns has been suspended until supports shall nave becn erected. IN THE REICHSKATIL TODAY Count Tantfé, President of the Council and Min- ister of the Interior, said rigorous measures would be taken against any one found guilty of culpable negligence. He presented < ACCREDIT OF 50,000 FLORINS for the sufferers, which was voted through all its stages. THE GOVERNMENT - has ordered that two policemen shall go to each theatre an hour before tho commencement of the performance, to sce that all proper precau- tions have been taken to guard against fire. 3 THE REPORT that the number of missing persons is 1,300 is certainly an exaggeration. The theatre was only capable of holding 1,760, and some portions ywere empty. : AT 1 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON g staircase on the left side collapsed. FIRE BROKE OUT AGAIN : this evening at the corner of- tho Ring, close to the theatre ruins, but was quickly subdued. 3 . THE FUNERAL of the victims wil) take place Sunday morning, The private interments will commence Sunday with those of Dr. Groag and bis wife. : A LARGE GRAVE ‘ hus been prepared for the burial of the unidenti- fled bodies, which willbe maintained for all time at the expense of the municipality. THE MEMBERS OF THE REICHSRATI | willtake part inthe funeral ina body. Solemn services will be held in all the- churches Tues- day.. The synagogs today were all very much crowded, oe THY RELIEF FUND now amounts to 50,000 florins. THE BOURSE will be closed Monday. The Emperor has ordered that alf the theatres be kept closed Sunday. FEELING IN NEW YORK. + Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. New York, Nec. 10.—The excitement over tha Vienna disaster bas greatly increased among New York Germanssince its terrible proportions have become fully known. There was not 2 meeting place ot Germans on the East side to- day where the particulars ot the horror were not engerly discussed, and where fear wis not expressed for the safety of some rela- tive or friend: All the actors of tho Thalia Theatre bad been. notlied by this morning that they have no losses to deplore, and they consequently feel more ut ease now than last evening, when many of them appeared on the stage in “La Mascotte” with anxious hearts, A SUBSCRIPTION. é At the Austrian Consulate, No. 31 Broadway, “no new particulars concerning the disaster it- self could be ascertained. There%s talk among the Austriaus in New York of getting up a sub- scription for the benefit of the families of the victims, ve IN A TUNNEL. FOUR TRAINS. Lowpos, Dec. 10.—By a collision at Canon- burg, on the North London Nailway, today, seven persons were killed and more than sixty injured. FURTNER. Lonpox, Dec. 10.—Eight youne men were killed and a great number injured on the clerks’ train this morning by a collision between four trains in the tunnels at Canonburg; a suburb of London. The trains were rushing at great speed toward the city. Tho first met an ob- Struction in the tunnel and was derailed, and the others, following at short distances, ait plunged at full speed upon the first and ouc another. TUE SIGNAI-MAN. A train crowded -with passenzers for tho city had stopped at the tunnel at Canonburg, and the cause of the collision is explained to be that the signul-mman was unaware of that fact, and permitted three other trains to follow, with the result that all came into collision. ‘A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. ‘Two Old Maiden Ladies Murdered, and ‘Their More Robbed. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Greensuura, Pa., Dee. 10.—The Westmore and coal regions are agnin the scene of a terri ble tragedy. It has just been discovered that two muiaen ladies, Misses Mary and Louisa . Means, living in Franklin Township, Westmore- land County, have-been the victims of an utro~ efous outrage, which is supposed to have been’ committed by some members of the prowling bands of Molly Maguires that have for some time past been infesting that scction of the county. Miss Mary Means, who was $3 yearsold, was murdered outright, while ber sister, Miss Louisa Means, aged 80 years, isso seriously in- jured that she cannot possibly recover. The Misses Meuns have always been reputed as being: very wealthy, and to have lurge sums ot money in their bouse, and it is presumed. that tnese re- ports huve , inspired the crime, It is thought | a heavy . robbery has been perpetrated, but how much money bas been carried off is not known ut this writiig. ‘Che house was entered aud plundered ot $10,000 several years ago, und the robbers in their hasty flight left behind them a coat anda hat that pave been held for identitication ever since. Sheriff Pertling is on the ground en- dexvoring to work up aciew, but it is appre- bended no facts wilt be obtained by which to trace the perpetrators of thecrime. ‘This terri- bie afsir. combined with the other heinous out- rages lately committed in Westmoreland Coun- ty, have aroused the most fatense excitement, and-the infuriated people are preparing to form a vigilunce committee to wreak summiury pun- ishment upon tho outluws that ure now presumed to be rendezvousing in the neighboring mnount- ains. The_inetticiency-of the regulariy cousti- tuted ‘constabuiarly js considered: to buve pre- vented tho apprehension of the murderers in the presentease, and the Sheriif aud his officers are betng roundly condenined by the indignant citizens, who apprehend that. the Molly Maguires are about to inaugurate a reign of terror. ‘Three coal breakers bave been burned, and other criminal proceedings instituted near the works of the Westmoreland Coal & Iron Company and the Penosylvania Gas Coal Com- pany, and it js believed this law-breaking is but the commencement of tore systematized and extensive criminulity. The coal and iron police has been streuthened, and collicry property is doubly guarded day and night to frustrate any incendiary designs that may be attempted upon the partof the Molly Maguires or other out- laws. ‘Two mysterious assasinations have oc- curred ja the upper end of tbe con! ticles, and the. police think the Molly Maguires ure the authors of the crimes. An investigation was started, but has been abandoned on xccount of the scarcity of facts upon which to build prob- aple clews. ————— DEATH ON THE RAIL. James O'Neil, a bartender for O'Sullivan, on State street, was struck by an incoming Grand Trunk train at the Thirty-tirst street crossing at 10:20 last night, and almost instantly killed, bis skull being crushed in. Jobn Stack, the fla; man at the crossing, saw the impending acci- dent, and shouted a warning to O'Neil, but, owing probably to the noise of a passing train, it was unbeard, and a moment later the locomotive was upon him: The body was re- moved to Asher’s undertaking establishmeut on Eighteenth street, where it will remain until disposed ot by one of the several societies to which he belonged. v <<a How to Win at Monaco. London Truth, Monaco is a promoutory of about five square miles, surrounded by the sea and by mountains, France, which owns the mountains and the sea~ coast on either side, hus a Customs Union with it. The Prince of Monaco receives about 270,~ 000 per annum for allowtng the gambling to-be carried on in his territories. His subjects num- ber a few tnousanas, and he bas a sort of opera- bouffe army of sixty men that is kept up by the gambling establishment. At the sieht of 2 joaded gun 2} should egies that they would all take Might. Now, the Prince is entirely in the hands of the Jesuits, who have large estub- lishments in his dominions, and who force bim to forbid the erection of any Protestant place of .worship.. Let, then. an intelligent person buy # plot. of ground. On a por- tion of it be would ercct 4 house, and thus constitute himself a resident. On another por- tion of ‘his plot he should ask ieave to build a Protestant Church. ‘bis would be refused. Having thus established bis grievance, be would then proceed, with the aid of twenty’ or thirty well-armed friends, to cffect a revolution, and having ejected the Prince and the Jesuits, him- self replaced the former. France and Italy are so jealous of exch other that neither of them would interfere, all the more so as the revolu- tion would have been caused by the intolerant conduct of-the Jesuits. Once Prince of Monaco, or, if he prefers it, President of the Republic of Monaco, be would inform the gainbling estab- lishments that unless they pny to bin a few million francs for the privilege of carrying on their business, they too, woutd at once he ejected and their property. confiscated. It would bein their interest to: muke terms, and, there- fore, assuming that the plot of land, the house, and the expenses focidental to the revolution cost 1,000,000 francs. and that the sambling es- tablishments were to pay 5,000,000 francs, the clear net profit of the transaction would be £160,000. The scheme is perfectly feasible, and i wonder that some one has not already acted on it, ——— Hotel Experience at Eau Claire, Wis. St. Paul Globe, Dec. 5. The Boston Ideal opera company, en route from Milwaukee to this.city, stopped at Kau Claire last night and gave the opera of * Fatiuit- - 2a,” to the aetight of a large audience. By some mischance Eau Claire is not blessed with 2 first- cluss hotel, and the wmembers of the compuny were therefore obliged to be content with such accommodations us the Gullowuy House could furnish. The targer number of the Ideals bad just seated themselves for supper in the dingy Gining-room, when # rubust stranger with an equally robust female on bis arm was shown to @ table at which: were Miss Calef, Miss arbell, and two other ladies belonging to the Ideal company. With an-assumption of offended dignity the robust stranger said to the head-waiter, “1 am a gentleman, sir, and I don't eat at the same table with show people.” ‘The head waiter burried to the office and revort- ed the facts to the proprietor, who, instead of acting gallant the part, directed that the ladies in question be removed to-another table. By this time, however, Mr, W. A. MacDonald, the well- known baritone, bad sprung to his feet, and witb a face white with apyer wus confronting the insulter. “Let me ‘tell you, sir,” saic Mac, * that show people, as a rule, are Judics and gen- uemen, and that members of this compuny are no exception to the rule. Apologize instantly to these ladies forthe insult you have offered them or lll thrash you within an inch of your life." The alleged gentleman, with the robust female on bis arm, looked into Mac’s resolute - eyes for a moment, and then, with » muttered as your pardon, ladies,” sneaked out of the a i “FOREIGN. Gladstone: Indorses the Effort: to Help Downtrodden Landlords. Indemnities Voted to the Victims of Louis Napoleon’s . Coup @’Etat. Protests of the Duke de Broglie Against. Gambetta’s Insults to the Senate, Gambetta -in Turn Eulogizés the Sen- _-ate, and Talks Blindly of Tunis. He Declares “It Is Possible” to Reorganize Tunis Without Subjugating Her, Particulars of the Battle in African Waters with an Arab Slaver. TOE IRISH. - ENGLISM FEELING. ‘Spectat Cable. Lonpos, Dec. 10.—Smalley’s special says: En- glish hostility toward the Iris Increases, This animosity has largely increused since the Staf- ford and Derry elections showed the depth of tho Irish resentment. O'Donneli's bluster at Derry, ane all tho belp which the Home-Rulers gave the. Tory. candidate proved useless. The lection was a decided victory for: the Government over the Land League. The Carlton Club is not over-pleased with Sir Samucl Wilson’s approval of the Land bill, nor with his argument that tho act does not go far enough in canceling existing ieases. Sir Samuel Wilson Is a successfui Australian squat- ter, but no politician. He is not noted for ex- travagance, but rather otherwise. It is improb- able, therefore, that he will persist witn. the , threatened petition. THE NOVEMBER RETURNS OF CRIME, in Ireland show that thore were 561 offenses last year against 520 this year, with the Coercion act. The decrease is chictly in threatening Jetters. The actual outrages are about thirty more. The proportion has increased for December. THE INS FARMERS are more generally adopting the no-rent policy, even on good estates, The situation is, there- fore, darker, because the reductions of the Land Court are proving unsatisfactory. While everybody is demanding that the Government, shall do. sometbing further to - restore Jaw -and order there js a re~ markable scarcity of suggestions: of 2 practical kind. Military menare ever ready with martial law, but even drumbead Licuten- ants require some sort of evidence, and it is al- most as bard toobtain evidence as a verdict. The same remark applies to the suspension of the jury laws.. Since the Judges set their faces against this latter, the Times bas changed ts tactics, and exbibited its incertitude by favoring Sir Hardinge’ Gifford's proposnl t6 bring Irish murderers for trial to England. The ‘Tablet proposes the exaction from each town- land or district af compensation for injury to person as wellas property. IF A Cow’s TAIL IS CUT, the district pays, but if a man’s ears are shorn there is no compensation. The scheme was dis- cussed by the Government before the Tablet aired it,and may yet be adopted. Meanwhile the Government are limiting themselves to encouraging informers and iitcreasing the night patrol. They’ evidently adéfre to avold-further™ “coercive steps till the meeting of- Parliament. Meantime, a plot is brewing which may toree their hand. If the Carelton {Clib adopts its present intention they will find a resolution tabled in the carly part of the session, unless Ireland greatly improves, declaring that, inas- much as the means placed at the disposal of the Government have failed to restore order, the House deem it necessary for the Government to take the land and grant compensation. Com- pensation for landlords will carry a large part, f€ not the whole, of the [risk vote and many members interested in land on tne Liberal side. THE DEFENSE OF PROPERTY IN IRELAND. Svectal Cable. Lonnos, Dec. 10.—Jennings’ special says: The Lord Mayor's Committee tor the Defense of Property in Ireland will be announced on Mon- day. It will include along array of distinguished names, but that it ahould be left to private en- terprise to defend property and uphold tho law is Jooked upon as a scandal both here and throughout Europe. The populat {mpres- siou is that all landlords, and particularly Irish landlords, are rolling in wealth, and that the stoppage of their income for a year or twois not likety.to inconvenience them, but: this is a great mistake. Some owners of estates in Ire- land, the Duke of Devoushire, for example, are not seriously affected by THE “NO-RENT” PROGRAM, aud others can squeeze through by clapping an- other mortgage on their property, but there are hundreds of small proprietors who have invest~ cd their all in Irish estates upon the representa~ tion of tho Landed Estates Court that the prop- erty would yield so much a year on the invest- ment. In other words, they have bought an Irish annuity. ‘To such men and their families The stoppage of rent means simply ruin. Sell the land they cannot without sacrificing 50-per cent at least of their investment, for the agitn~ tion ‘of the last threo years has rendered Irish property almost, unsalable. It is to support .this ciass until the tenants return to their senses that the Archbishops of Dublin and York are collecting money in England. The Lord Mayor's fund will be applied more directly in fighting the League, by ENABLING THE POOR LANDLORDS TO BUY in tho tenancies putupfor saleon the evic- tion of non-paying occupiers, ana to counteract the devices to which the leaguers (thanks to Irish-American subseriptions) are enabted to re- sort, and to maintain law and order in the disturbed districts. The fund of the two Arehbishops and that hended by acommittee of English Indies are meeting -With fair suécess, and the Lord Mayor's fund willnodoubt soun reach goodly proportions. But certainly itis a sight not very flattering to Englishmen to see private citizens forced to and tozether lke a vig- ilance “committee in a border town to protect life and property, while the most pow- erful Government of modern times, with an Em- pire's resources at its ‘back, looks on languidly at their efforts. ‘THE WHOLE POLICY OF THE GOVEL:NMENT is exciting profound dissatisfaction even among their own followers. It is tho opinion of inde- pendent authorities tbat Ireland is in a far worse condition today thau she. was oO year ago. Archbishop: McCabe and other members of the hierarchy have done their best to discredit-the “‘no-rent” program, but the priests seem to be powerless; Maynooth College is nmong the sufferers. Some time ago the col- lege authorities advanced £50,000, about ail they had, upon 'a mortgage on Lord. Granard’s property. It was deemed a safe invest- Ment at tho time, buthis Lordship’s tenants have struck against rents, and the college sadly misses its annual payment of interest, The new defense association will no doubt increase TUE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION throughout the country by causing collisions between the people and the landlord forces, and tending to provoke clvil war. - Considerable in- terest ig taken. in the. quarrel between Mr. Patrick Egan, the League Treas- urer,. and Mr. Piggot, formerly proprie- tor of the. frishman,. which has — passed into the ~hands ot the league. When Sir. Piggot was at the helm he gave his readers a“ red-hot” puper. He neveradvocated the sprinkling of. the streets of Dublia with vitriol asa means of crippling the British cavalry: squadrons, - as was--done . by an ardent patriot in -the ’48 days, ‘but he “advocated almost everything else, and was cs- teemed 4 good, sound *+Nationalist.”. Mr. Pig- . gott, however,:believed with O'Connell that: to puy no rent is repudiation, and that repudiation is a crime that patriotism cannot excuse; aud be has written letters to this effect. In reply Mr. pees charges Mr. Piggott with having attempt- ed to BLACKMAIL THE LEAGUE, 4 and Mr. Piggott retorts {that while he controlled the Irishman. the. league; offered him £500 to publish a false report of its con- dition, -financiat’ and | otherwise, and that he refused the bribe. The general opinion ls that “Mr. Piggott -has the -best of the fight. Mr. Egan {s not good authority upon any subject, and there is reason to believe that, as Mr. Piggott alleges, the resources of the league have been greatly exaygerated. Stilt Mr, Egan's -orranization is too strong for. tha Quaker policy of the Government. oe THE PROPOSED EXHIBITION OF MISH MANU- FACTOURES. To the Western Associated Press. Loxpoy, Dec. 10.—At a meeting of the Exbibi- tion Committee yesterday Lora Mayor Sullivan and E. Dwyer Gray opposed the motion that the Queen‘or some member of the Koya! family ba asked to Open the exhibition. The meeting ad- Journed in order to come to an amicable settle~ ment, Dvswry, Dec. 10.—At a meeting of the Indus- trial Exhibition Committee’ yesterday no time as named for the reassembling ot the commit~ tee, and the exhibition project is considered stitled. _ SUR-INSPECTORS OF IRELAND. ‘The number of Sub-Inspectors.of Police is to be increased. + AID FOR THE LANDLORDS. Lonpos, Dee. 10—The Limes says: “The Tord Mayor of London is determined to take uctive measures to assist the Property Defense Asso- clation, and the Government {s determined to allow the Mayor perfect freedom of action. A public meeting will shortly be held at which the Mayor will probably be able to lay the matter before the country most completely und forci-* Diy. Premier Gladstone regards the movement as justifiable, and finds therein none of those aflinities with civil war which some captious imaginations have discovered in it. It cannot be too strongly insisted upon that we hare to deal in Ireland, not only with determined revo- lutionists personally. interested in rutuing the owners of property and a peasantry united in a free-masonry terrorism, but also with the de- moralfing agency of foreign subsidies. Fenfanism in America raises large sums with which the mer- cenaries of disorder are kept afoot in Ireland.” PIGGOT has written to the Dublin Freeman's Journal re- garding Egan’s charges that ne had endeavored to extort a loan by threatening to publish a statement relative to the alleged misuse of the league's funds. He maintains that it was the league which offered him £500 to publish a false account of the Land League. He comments se- verely on Egun’s conduct, and declares the “No Rent” ery is an injury to Ireland and a libel on Irish patriotism. TNE FUND promoted by the Lord Mayor of London for the relief of ladies in distress through non-payment of rent in Ireland now amounts to £3,500. BUNULTY. Donrrs. Dec. 10,—The Freeman's Journal pub- lishes a letter from Bishop MeNulty, of Meath, declaring thatif the ltadical party does not com- pel Gladstone to reverse his policy and release the imprisoned. suspects he must decide to re- nounce his Irish support. The next general election, he says, will show the power of the re- cently-completed Irish organization, =i THE BRITISH. THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE, Sveciat Cabte. Lospox, Dee. 10.—Jennings' special says: ‘The President's message has produced-an excel- lent effect here. It.is now scen how foolish were the statements of the Standard when be succeeded to the Presidency concern- ing bis Fenianism und leaning towards political corruption. The messege is gen- erally regarded as a sensible and business like document, altbough the Spectator today is afraid that it swerves toward the Conkling party, and in this country Mr. Conkling is looked upon by those who take any interest in American politics as the incarnation ot the spoils system.- Gen, Arthur's message has greatly in- creased public respect for him on this side of the. water, and his firm language in regard to the South American” policy of. the Government is looked upon. with particular satisfaction by, “those who kndw~ how “completely the “Chitiaa Government has been run of late bya small ring.of English investors in guano and nitrate enterprises. THE SALE OF TNE SUNDERLAND LIBRARY fg still in progress. ‘The collection originally cost £30,000, and that sum was‘offered for it be- fore the sale and rejected. Less than one- fourth of the collection bus now been sold, and the proceeds amount to over £16,000. The highest price. yet paid for any one book was paid by Quarritch fora egpy of the first Bible, of the date of 1462. 1t was put up at £50, and brought £1,600. Jensen’s ‘Augustine Venlee,” 1470, which was expected to fetch about £150, sold for £1,000. On the other band, a large num- ber of rare books have gone for a few shillings. At Thureday’s sale a copy printed on'vellum of Johan Bouchet’s “L'Amourex Sans Espoir” fetched £610. .At yesterduy’s sale Theodorus De Bry’s “Grands Voyages” sold for £720 to.an English dealer, after 2 vigorous competi- tion with Mr. Stevens, the well-known collector of books relating to. America... Quarritch raked in scores of the books,and always carried off the chief prizes in the capacious pock- ets. of his overcoat. He is buying chiefly -of commission. Ellis, of Bond street, ig the next great buyer. ‘He gave £3,000 afew years ago for a first printed Bible for LordAshburnbam. On Monday a2 fine collection of Caxton’s “Chronicles” will be sold. The re~ mainder of collection will be offered in April. It Js estimated that the entire sale will yield over £100,000. SPECULATION IN AMERICAN RAILROAD STOCKS is entirely at an end for the present, owing to the discouraging reports from New York, and the war of rates, Several attempts to raise Joans for new undertakings. on your side have utterly broken down. It is now dificult to get leading firms to listen to any proposals coming from the United States. i MR. GOWE has now secured the almost unanimous proxy of tne English sbareholders, and the success of bis scheme ig once more regarded as assured, and Reading stock has risen in consequence. Mr. McHenry’s war against Frank Bond is likely to Jead to surprising developments if the action for ube} comes 6 trial. THE STOLEN JEWELS. No clew has been obtained to Lady Arthur Hil'Trevars’ jewels,and they have doubtless gone the way of Lady Dudles’s, which never could be traced. A valet and housemaid bave been arrested on suspicion in Lady Hilt Trevars’ €ase, but tho evidence against them is not strong. An immense quantity of jewels has lately been deposited with private bankers, and the police must look in that direction for the next greatraid. * - “THE STOLEN BODY. Astory is going the rounds that the body of the late Earl of Crawford and Balcarrea has been shipped to Italy, but-the Italian police say itisnottrue. The Queen has written a kind jetter to the faintly, toforming them that she has requested the Home Ottice to spare no ex- pense to recover the body. OLD BOOKS. To the Western Associated Press. Losnox, Dec. 10.—At the sale of the Sunder- land library, Theodorus De Brys' “Graus Voy- ages” sold for £720. ‘At the sale of the Sunderland Library, a copy printed on vellum, of Jeban Boucbet’s *La- moureax SansAJamourenx Sans Espoir,” brought £640. ‘ IN THE DIVORCE COURT today a decree nisi was pronounced in the sult brought by Alfredo Munday, of Shepley Hall, Derbyshire against’ his wife and tho Earl of opnosed. : ‘THE STOLEN BODY. Loxpos, Dec. 10.~The Queen has written to the Earl of Crawford and Bulcarres a sympa~ thizing letter, informing him that she hasre~ quested.the Home Secretary to spare no effort or expense tp recover the body of the late Eurl, and to punish the guilty parties. RESIGNATION. Gen. Sir Henry Sarshman Havelock Allen has resigned the command of his brigade on account of ill-health. . ts . ITALY. ‘THE BUDGET. ° Rowe, Dec. 10.~Tne Budget Committee of the Italian Chamber of Deputies deciared that tne os a. \ subject of the secret service fund is not within its competence. “+ ~ The Foreign Office estimates passed by a ma- Jority of only thirty-nine in a House of 229 members. Such a largé majority sgainst the estimates {s unprecedented. Neue e THE RADICALS, ANTI-CLERICALS, “AND “RE- PUBLICANS) 0 3 banquetted Sigdor Maric, editor of the Lega Ddia’ Democrazia, who is at liberty, pending Appeal against his sentence to fine and Imprison- mene for publishing articles insulting to the ope. ERANCE. * IMPORTANT LEGISLATION. Pants, Dee. 10.—In the’ Senate today indem- nity was voted to the families of the victims of the coup d'état of 1831. . -THE TUNISIAN GRANT was also discussed. The Duke de Broglie (Or- leantst) demanded explanations regarding the future of Tunis. He tocigentally referred to the constant insults to which the Senate was subjected, and said it would be an act of suicide to assent to the proposed revision of the Con- stitution, Gambetta culogized the Senate, say; fog he fully recognized its importance in a re- publican system, -He'only desired, he said, to cosolidate it, | ME REPUDIATED JOINT RESPONSIBILITY with the former Cabinet for the Tumis expedi~ tion, nud safd he would introduce a bill for the future admiuistration of ‘Tunis as soon as the country was pacified, probably in February, With regard to the Tunisian debt, he said he ac- sired,in accord with the other Powers, to effect a settlement similar to that applied to the Egyptian finances. Me hoped, with patience and moderation, that France would succeed in ap- peasing the objections which her policy bas pro- heros among the forelzu Powers. He stated t THE TOTAL FRENCIE T.0sS in the campaign was 1,100 men, The Bardo treaty, he suid, was binding until the day when honorable means should be found for releasing France from her obligations towarfis the Rey. The treaty must not be torn up, but should be more clearly -detined. -It is possible, he said, to reorganize Tunis without depriving her of inde- pendence.” : THE SLAVER. PARTICULARS OF A STRANGE EVENT IN MODERN. TIMES. Losnow, Dec. 10.—A dispatch received at the Admiralty Ottice from Zanzibar states that the men of the British man-of-war London, who were wounded in an attempt to capture a dhow lying the French colors and loaded with slaves, are progressing favorably. Capt. Brownrigg, ot the London, was on « tour of inspection, and bad gone alongside of the dhow to ascertain whether she was flying the correct colors. The Arab crew of the dhow, seeing the men in the London's pinnace were unprepared, fired a volley into them, and then boarded the pinnace, killing some, wounding others, and driving the re- mainder of the crew overbord. They then closed on Capt. Brownrigg, who, after a gallant resist- ance, during which be received twenty-one wounds, fell, shot through the heart. A boat from the London has since captured the dbow, which was empty. A body of the Sultan of Zan- zibar’s troops have captured a party of Arabs, who are suspected of ‘having formed the crew of the dhow, RUSSIA. FINANCES. Sr. Prrersntre, Dec. 10.—The Minister at Finance contemplates assigning, during the year 18@, the sum of 193,776,000 rubles for the re~ dempuos of State debts and the payment of interest on loans. E SPALN. SLAVERY IN CUBA, ETC. VALULADOLID, Dec, 10.—A large meeting here passed a resolution requesting the Government to remove the Jast vestiges of slavery in the An-. tilles, . ops TUNIS. Rad HRAVY RaINs. Tosts, Dec. 10.—Continued heavy rains have flooded the councry and prevented Gen. Loger- ot’3 march southward to Gabes. He is now marching toward Sfax; thence he wili-go to Susa. All Ben Halifais strengthening his forces on the Tripolitan frontier. THE EAST. _! grand banauet tonight in honor of the German Embassy as a return for hospitatities extended to Ali Rizami Pasha and Rechid Pasha at Berlin. a HOORAY ! HOORAY! Speciat Correspondence af ‘The Chicago Tribune. Benrorp, Ind., Dec. 9.—Day before yesterday near Hiltonville, this county, 2 farmer captured splendid bald eagle that had for several weeks been preying upon his geese, turkeys, and chickens, It measures seven leet and two inches between the tips of the wings, and Is the Nnest and largest specimen of that bird that has beeu captured in this neighborhood, a False Teeth Lost and Fond. New Yorr Sun: Dr. Myers, the City Physician of Paterson, was summoned out of bis bed at2 o’clock yesterday morning to attend 2 ludy who, it was Said, nad accidentally swallowed her set of false tecth. ‘On arriving at her residence he tound the bouse full of neighbors. Doubting friends bad turned the house topsy-turvy to ind the missing teeth. The patient was suffering excruciating agony, and the first thing was to administer sedatives to relieve her.’ Then the Doctor examined her throat, but he could discover no scratches or other evidences of her baving. swallowed the plate, which contained sixteen teeth. She seemed able to swallow both hquids and zolias without ditficulty.. She said she coull plainly feel the sharp edge of the plate cutting the side of her stomach. = “Ydon't see how such a big plate of teeth could go down such a small throut,” said the Doctor, tooking intoher mouth again. “Itmust have been [ost somewhere about the house.” 0, 0,” screamed several of. the women gathered around. “We bave examined tne house from top to bottom, “Where did you usually put-your teeth at night?” asked the Doctor, raising his voice that he might be heard in the excitement. “I gencraily put them under my pillow after L go to bed,”. groaned the woman. “*Someboay go there and look again,” the Doc- tor calied. ‘One of the neighbors looked again, but in vain, * Now, then, one of you go and feel inside the pillow case, ejxculated the Doctor. ‘en to one if she husn’t stuck the teeth inside the pil- low case.” ‘One of the women hurried away, and in a mo- ment Inter returned holding the missing set of teeth in hér hand, As the Doctorhad suspected, the woman had put the teeth on the inside of the pillow case, and when she subsequently felt tor. them under the pillow. she could not tind them. ‘The woman's terribie pains disappeared, us suddenly as if cured by a miracle. 4 SS ed . The American Motel in London. New York Tribune. ‘The management of the new hotel to be opened in London under the nume of the Ameri- can Palace Hotel will be assumed by Charles E. Leland, proprietor of the Delavan House, Al- puny. ‘A ‘Yribune reporter recently pad a con- yersauion with Lewis Leland, of the Sturtevant House, in regard to the matter. F The site selected,” said Mr. Leland, “is an excellent one on the Victoria embankment. The pbuilding will face the river on one side and Whitetail place on the other. ‘The entire. cost of the building and the furniture will be nearly ‘$2,000,000.”" ™ Will the hotel be run exclusively with a view of accommoduting American travelers?"* “Noz it {s expected ‘that very many English- men will patronize it. The English who come to this courtry, as a rule, are very much pleased with our hotels and like the American system. St is probable, of course, that the new hotel will be the one most putronized by Americans, and it wilt be a kind of: headquarters for them in London.” ~ Is it American or English capitat which fs to build the hotel?” "Almost entirely it is English capital. It may be that a few Americans nave subscribed for stock, but not many. ‘The iden {a one originat- inz in the minds of the Enghsb, and thelr capi- tal will carry it out, We expect that it will be & Dlg success.” Sbrewsbury as co-respondent. Tho sult war not, “When will the hotel bo completed?” “It will not be ready for guesta much before two years, probably. ‘The waiters and the bar- keeper, and, in fact, most of the employés of. the hotel, when it is done, will be Americans. Jt is purposed to charge £1 a day for board and room. The building will accommodate about 1,000 guests, and wil! be nine stories high.” $$ The Bartholdi Statue of Liberty. ‘New York, Dec. 7.—About a dozen, members of the American committee which bas under- taken to provide a eultable pedestal for the statue of ‘liberty known. as the - Bartholdi statue, met lust evening at the Union League Club with ‘closed. doors. -Many capitalists were present, and jt was announced that large sums of money were promised. Mr. William H. Vanderbilt has promised to contrib- ute. Alarge picture of the pro, pedestal was exhibited. ‘The sub-commitiees are at work preparing an address to the country on the im~ portance of the work, and arrange far the col~ jection of: the contributions,. The pedestal will be of gray granit, 180 feet hizh. The head of the statue that is to carry the electric light will rise higher than the Brooklyn tower, « ‘Little Dealers eS NE STAUB CoxsTanTINoPLe, Dec. 10.—The Sultan gave 2 A THOUSAND DOLLARS. * If You Sell Liquor in Nebraske, That ! oIs the Figure for Your Ma * License, Pat The Heaviest Dealers in .Oniaha Aret Paying It, in Spite of the.- Union. : Throughout the State Are , Preparing for a Desperate ~ ‘Straggle. « : -Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. . Omaita, Neb., Dee. 10.—Fourdays more remain for tne saloonkeepers. in this city to apply for $1,000 licenses, which go into effect Jan. I, and: from those ‘tiled seventy of. the 140 dealers in-- tend'to continue in business. The contest over the law has been hot and bitter, the Liquor Union raising large sums of money to contest its constitutfonality and prevent its enforcement. TI RECENT ASSASINATION of Col. Watsou 13. Smith, the hend and: front of the Temperance Alliance, is remotely attributed in the opinion of the public to the Liquor-Deal- ers’ Union, which at its last s¢cretimecting vated to take out no licenses, but to.continue disre~ garding the laws. Mayor Boyd. -however; bas token a determined stand, and declares that while he is opposed to the provisions of the law, he is é BOUND TO, AND WILT, ENFORCE IT. In view of this the mdre responsible of the deal~ ers are disregarding the acon of the Union and applying for ficenses._ In the State at lurze most dealers have been complying with tho iaw, but in Sarpy and Cass Counties they have contested it successfully thus fur, ‘he indictments against them have been quashed upon technicalities, and they haye'a free held tll the grand juries convene again next spring. ‘Toveka, Kas., Dec. 10.—Gov. St. John has issued the following proclamanon: .. WHEREAS, There exists in the Cities of Atchi- Son, Leavenworth, Topexa, ‘Wyandotte, and. Dodge City the combination of persons who are_ defiantly violating the provisions of the law to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicat~ ing liquor, and being desirous to uso.all-lawfus means to bring to punisniment all persons who detluntly trample under foot the will of the peo- ple, do hereby otfer the following rqwards: » For tbe arrest and final conviction of each and every person cuilty of selling intoxicating: liquors ia violation of law in either of the cities above named, the sum of $100, For the arrest and conviction of each and every person or persons guilty of malntaininr a common huisance, and tho finat abatement us a nuisance of the place sq maintained under the provisions of Sec.13 af said luw, $10); for the urrest, conviction, aud removal from olice of a City Marshal for either of the above-named cities for failure to perform the duties imposed upon such otficers under the provisions of the luw, the sum of 3300. * For the arrest, conviction, and removal from ollice of each and every policemun in either of * said cities for failure to perform the duties im- posed on such officers under the provisions of said law, the sum of $100. For the arrest, conviction, and removal from ottice of the Sheritfs of snid counties in which either of suid cities are situated. for, failure to perform the duties Imposed on such Ollicers, un- der the provision of said law, the sum of $02. Por the arrest, conviction, ana removal trom office of each and every Under Sheriif, Deputy Sheritf, or Constable in either said cities tor fullure to perform the duties imposed on such olficers under sa‘d Inw, the sum of 3100. For the arrest, conviction, and removat from ollice of the Connty-Attorney of the county in which either of said cities is situated for failure to perform the duttes imposed on such ullicer unger the provisions of satd law, the sumof S100. For the arrest and conviction of any person or persons engayed in the manufacture ot intox- icating liquors. at any distillery or brewery in this State in violation of the provisfon-of said law, and the abatement: of such distillery or brewery as nuisances the suin of 2500. For the arrest-and conviction of each ~and every person guilty: of perjury in connection with uny evidence given as a witness on the trial of any person prosecuted fora violation of the provisions of suid law, $200. Claims for rewards must be verified by affi- dayit and accompanied by. a duly certitled copy of the judgment of conviction. Cinims found to . be coPrect will be approved nad presented to tho Legislature, with reccommendation that ap- propriation be made to pay the same. ‘SUNSHINE AND RUBBER. How They Combine in the Manafact- j—wre-of-the Popular. ‘Waterproof Cloth~.. ing. Pittsburo- Telegraph. -* “Do you see that pretty girl ina waterproof?” was the question projected into the repdrtorial ear during the Inst rainy “spell.” “Edo; what about her?”” . “ Well,” enid the gentleman, who was’a dealer in rubber and other clothing, “do you kvow what that cloak is inade of?" “With 2 pitying smile for some people's ignor- ance the scribe was about to launch into a dis- sertation on the habits of tne Brazilians, the tapping of the rubber tree, ant the working up of the sap. : “No, no, I know all about that,” .was tho sud= den termination to the intended lecture. “£ mean tosny that “that girl is carrying on ker pretty shoulders the combined effects of four- : teen days’ sunshin¢ and a little rubber thrown in, just to muterialize the rubber you see." ‘The Hetener couldn't see, and, therefore, asked a In Goethe for more light. The geotle- man went on to give in substance the following information regarding the recent demand for rubber and cossamer cloaks, circulars, and counts, and regurding the process of their manu- facture. . 7? “bere bas beensomething remarkable,” said he,“ in the demand in Pittsburg for rubber cloaks, ete. Duriny the dry, rainiess weather of Inst summer more rubber goods - were sold in this city thaa ever before. One Jargo Boston firm, in reply to our telegram tu burry up our order, suld simply: ‘We are 2,00) coats behind our orders now.’ The ladies seem our best patrons; a rubber or sossamer circuiac reaching to the feet, and having roomy hood to throw over the head, {3 ubsulutely Indepel ent of the services of an umbrella, and, beside: their skirts are kept nice, dry, und clean. Then the little school-girls anit the big school-giris, bless their hearts, must all haye rubber eircu~ Jars. and you must pave noticed how universaily they ure worn.” “That's evident; but where does the sunshine come in?” * “In this way the best of these rubber cir~ } cularsare mude from ‘solarized’ zoods. ‘batis, fine cloth that has been treated to alternate baths of sunshine and Nquidrabber. Thevetter grades must bave fourteen coats of the Iauid, and after each coat must be exposed to direct russ of the sun for varying periods. No artit- cial beat seems to answer the purpose, and tr the. suburbs: of Boston, where most of these goous nre made, neres of ground ure’ocespied with rubber cloth in process of taking its sulur bath.” “Why have these goods cheapened so of late?” “Because many firms are engaging tn their manufacture, the result of the ‘popular de- mand. ‘The lowest priced goods, { might add, are not solarized, bat prepared by artificial heat, In the seams. Still a very ood article can be bought for x couple of dollars~ladies’ size a dollar more. Men's couts cto now be had for Stand $4, when, 2 few years ago, thoy ‘cost 23, $10, and $12. ‘This change is not owin, ag has been thonght, to the expirunon of patent covering processes of munufacture, but rather to the enormous demand which ‘bas sprung up, and which Pittsburg shares in a marked de- Tee. * An umbrella dealer was asked whether be feit, like Otnetlo, in the matter of. rubber-clothing supremacy. *tNo, my ocenpation isn’t gone by any means; there are lots of people who will never lay asido their umbrellas, and on these I bung my hopes. Still, don’t selias muny 23 Twould ike, and must conform to the popular taste, I sappose.’ It was noticed that in many stores where rub- ber.clothing had heretofore found no foothold tho familiar legend, “rmlsses’ and ladies’ circu- Inrg,”" was hung out. Kich and poor seem alike inclined to robe themselves in the water-repel~ fog fabric that is built up of sunshine and rub- Te er. or Capture of a Big Turtle. Wilmington (NV. C.) Star. A gentleman of this city, now at May Port, Fia.. writing under date of the 20th inst. gives us a description of a monster turtle captured off the entrance toSt. Joho’s Itiveron Friday, tne ‘Isth inst., by the crew of the schooner Aunie E. Stevens, Capt. Tico, while lying at anchor wait- ing forthe tide to come in. He welghed be- tween 400 and 300 pounds, and be was six feet in length, two fect six inches in width, and one foot six inches in depth; his fore Mippers measured two feet six Inches, bis hind ones one foot three inches, and bis head was eight inches and his neck fourteen inches in length.. He was on bis back, apparently trying to rid himseif of some “suckers” which had adhered to bis sbell, and 25 he drifted by the vessel was shot and stunned and eventually captured by a slip-noose thrown over 2 fore Hopper, ufter being shot: six times more. His like i3 said never to have been scea §n those parts before, fe was sent to Juckson- ville and turned over to some scientists there. a ~ “A FATAL FALL. - . Thomas Sheedy, 2 laborer, ving at No. 700 Hinman _street, fet! from-his front steps into the- yard, a diatunce of seven feet, and fract~ ured nis skull in three places. He- dled almost the time of the accident, te aM .