The New York Herald Newspaper, October 23, 1875, Page 5

re THE WORLD'S FAIR. The Transportation Problem at the National Centennial, THE ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED. porn Beat Way How Visitors and Goods Will Be Taken to and from Philadelphia in 1876. THE NUMBERS THAT ARE EXPECTED, Pumapeirnta, Oct, 22, 1875 Une of the most tmportant problems to be solved $efore any international exhibition can become success is the question of transportation. In tho first place, it is necessary to obtain something like a cor- tect estimate of the number of persons and the smount of goods that will require carriage to and trom the place where it is held. This information can only be had after a most thorough canvass of all tho probabilities and possibilittes, It is important that it should be procared as early as possible, yet 1t is only obtainable at a comparatively late day, when the char- acter and extent of tho exhibition is known; and even then it is only an approximation, and a margin has to be allowed. After securing as much data on this matter as practicable it is necessary to provide the means for meeting all demands for transport from tho many points necessary to bo reached. Having something to start from by which to know about what Is wanted, this may seem the easier task of the two; but in fact it requires the most skilful management and ablest executive talent to successfully dispose of the thousands of persons and the hundreds of car loads of goods which arrive and depart daily during the opening and closing days of a great world’s fair, It ‘was the neglect to meet this want that was one of the vauses of the failure of the Vienna Exhibition. Tho approaches to Vienna by rail were so blocked up that the freight vans were obliged to be unloaded and re- moved before reaching tho city, and it is said that tho roadsides wero strewn for two or three miles with bales of goods intended for exhibition, some of which did pot reach their destination until the fair was half over. Yot there is reason to believe that much timo and thought had been spont on preparing for this very emergency by the Imperial Commission, THR TRANSPORTATION BUREAU O¥ THE INTERNATIONAL EXIUUITION, Mr. Dolphus Torrey, well known as an experienced railroad man, is the head of the Adminis- tive Bureau of Transportation for the Cen- tennial International Exhibition. For a long time past he has been quietly but industriousty at work making his estimates and preparing his plans; and, although his labors do not make as brilliant a show as the magnifi- cent creations of the architects and builders ofthe beau- tiful structures on the Centennial grounds, they are yet fully as important to the success of our Centennial World’s Fair. In considering this tmportant subject of transporta- tion Mr. Torrey and the Centennial Commissioners have taken up the matter systematically, regarding the carriage, first, of materials used in the construction of the buildings and arrangement of the grounds; second, of goods for exhibition, reaching Philadelphia by rail and by water, andthe manner of handling them when received; third, the transport of visitors to and from the Exhibition, from Philadelphia and from the country generally; fourth, transportation ticket office accom- modations in the Exhibition. CONSTRUCTION, The first thing to do was to provide transportation means to facilitate the putting up of tho buildings for the Centennial, At an early day in the history of the Exhibition, therefore, aline of railroad track was laid from the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad into the Exhibition grounds, with sidings extended to such Places as would be most convenient for the delivery in place of all kinds of material used by contractors in erecting the buildings. The advantages of this service eannot very well be made apparent hero, perhaps, but ‘when, at the close of the Exhibition, the managers lay before the public the statistics of operations, giving tho number of carloads and tons’ weight of material trans- pee quien. and economically, direct to the builders? ands, the great value of these railroads will be appro- ciated. CONVEYING GOODS TO THE EXHIBITION. Most railroads in the United States are lata with tracks of a gauge so nearly uniform that cars may be run through from the most distant sections of the country to Philadelphia shout transferring their loads, and by a method of changing trucks, used at points where railroads with different gauges join, it is ible to carry the car bodies, with loads in them, di- rect to Philadelphia from those parts of the United States where the railroads are not of the common gauge. Where broad and navigable rivers, unbridged, might intercept the way, the demands of commerce have led to the provision of barges on which loaded tars are carried from bank to bank; and so, from Maino to Florida, Texas and California, articles consigned to the Exhibition have cheap, direct and rapid transporta- bon to within the shadows of the Exhibition buildings, “he “scene ee @ character of the facilities in preparation for handling articles and packages ship tothe Exhibi- tion are such as to adinit of the service being rendered ina manner satisfactory to all. This service will in- clude the delivery of the packages in the space where the exhibits aro to be unpacked and dispiayed; the re- moval and storage during the Exhibition of the empty packing cases, and finally, when they are refilled with the articles exhibited, removing them from the Exhibition for reshipment, Experience at former exhibitions has taught that ootwithstanding all efforts to remedy delay in recoiv- ing goods to be displayed, the greator portion of them arrive within a few days’ time just previous to tho opening, putting to the severest test the arrangements made for their reception, in some instances so far ex- ceeding the provision made for them as to create in- extricable confusion, blocking railroads ‘with loaded cars and putting exhibitors to large ana unexpectod expense, THE SYSTEM ADOPTED for the Centennial for performing this service {s ox- pansive and can be readily developed to any extent that bf be found necessary, It will possible to receive, within three weeks’ time, every article to be ex- ibited, we are assured. The arrangements for reoetv- ig goods at the Exhibition may be described as an ap- Plication of well known facilities used by transpor- tation companies, conducting varied and heavy traf- fic, modified shghtly to suit tho circumstances of the Exhibition. As tho goods to be handled wilt include all kinds of raw material and manufactured products, ox- ceeding in variety and articles of great woight the freight repetved at any one railroad station, s0 will the Pliances to be provided for hfting and transferring these goods exceed in variety and power the equipment Ee by any of the grea transportation companies, © plan that has boen devised is simply this LEVEN RAILROAD STATIONS ON TIL GROUNDS. The extent of the buildings and their distribution over the grounds preclude receiving all goods at any oneor two points and make necessary the establish- ment of several stations. The intention is to have a number of separate sidings within the Exhibition on- Glosure, each to servo as a station for the neighboring building or a portion of one, Precisely as a station on @ lino of railway does for the surrounding country. Cov- ered platforms will be erected for the protection of la- borers and goods, Of these platforms there are to be within the grounds no less than eleven, each about 160 feet long Md 24 wide—dimensions that admit the un- loading of five cars simultaneously at each, Adjoining each platform the sidings will admit of five additional cars being unloaded at the same time by the use of skids, Four of these platforms will immediately adjoin the main Exhibition Building. Three aro for the use of the Machinery Hall, but the tracks will also traverse tho whole length of this structure im several les, for the unloading of heavy articles. Heavy stata- ary, &c., for the Art Gallery, will be hoisted from the cars to'a tender, which will ran down an inclined tramwa; to the interior, Of the remaining stations, one wilt be near the United States government buildings, one will be for the use of the Agricultural Building, and one Will be at another point near the lake, Another feature of this admirable arrangement ts that the floor space of the larger buildings bas been divided into rectangular compartinents, designated by numbers and letters, conspicuously inarked on the columns, £0 that the space of any exhibitor can be found without the slightest aifficulty, the system being something like tho admirable plan of street numbers in use in Philadelphia, THE STORAGE OF PACKING CASES, Large sheds are now being planned in a convenient location for the reception of the empty packing cases, Vader the same system they will all be numbered and registered before boing stored away, and will be placed in these sheds in groups conforming to the arrango- ment of tho Exhibition Buildings, so that these struc- tures will be like skeletons of the Exhibition. MOW VISITORS WILT. NE CARRIED FROM PHILADELPHIA, The location of the Exhibition on the west bank of the Schuylkill, in the most beautiful portion of Fair- mount lark, is about two and a half miies from the centre of tho city, and it has been necessary carefully to consider how the multitude of People tha will daily visit the Exhibition can be quickly, comfortably and cheaply transported from and to the city. Ten “bridges connect the east and west banks of the Schaylkill, within limits that admit of their use in reaching the Exhibition from the. city, Three of these are exclusively for railroads, six for the ra | public and one for the Joint use of both. The fou road bridges will be used @uring the Exhibiti by passengor trains, which will bo run at short int vals from different accessid! ne of the city, Th depots for these trains aro close to the Exhuibiti - NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, VCLOBER 23, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. Bafldings; and visitors so arriving, as in other cases, will be admitted through commodious entrances with little or no delay. It is practicable to run trains on each of the lines roferred to as often as every five min- utes and to carry on each train, comfortably seated, 500 Passengers, thus transporting hourly 24,000 persons over these rail ‘alone, ‘There will also cross the bridges four lines of city railway, the cars of which traverse the centre of the city and run to the matin entrance of the Exhibition, as will also those of another line from ‘Wost Philadelphia, as that section of the “~ beyond the Schuylkill is called. It is understood that these five lines of city railway will run cars when necessary ‘as often as at one minute intervals, making the num- ber of cars arriving hourly at the Exhibition by them 00, Tho capacity of these cars, varying according to the manner in which people crowd pen them, is stated as follo 6,600; crowded, 12,000; packed (as they customarily aro on gala occasions), 18,000 persona. Two lines of horse railway in addition to those ineluded above may ran thetr cars to the Exhibition, increasing the number of cars arriving hourly to 375, and adding proportionately to the num- ber of ngers who may be carried by passer ‘this method tothe Exhibition. The strect car com- nies in this city are allowed to charge seven cents re, while the rate in New York and other cities is only five, This is an imposition that tho people often complain of, but thus far without effect, these selfish corporations meanwhile continuing to lay their plans to make as much money as possible during the Centennial Exhibition, without being willing to contribute one cent toward it, In addition to the facilities above enumerated there are public, livery stable and private carriages, which will convey many persons to the grounds, Of the num. ber of livery stable and private carriages in this city I can obtain no estimate, no record being kept except of the licensed public carriages or hacks, the number of which is 300, which will be largely increased next year. As yet but oneeatorprise looking to tho organization of asystem of special Centennial carriage transportation has been started in this eity. This will ran, they say, in charge of untiormed employés, a line of light car: Tiages, over a desiguated route from the centre of tho city, and sell single seats or more at a moderate price. ‘To sum up, the probabilities are that transportation facilities to the Exhibition for those persons—citizens and visitors—who will at that time reside in Phila- delpbia, will be supplied equal to the demand. VISITORS FROM THE COUNTRY AND YROM CANADA. Provision for the transportation of visitors to the Exhibition from all sections of the United States and trem Canada will bo of a comprehenstve character, ‘Tickets at a reduced rate for the round trip direct to the Exhibition grounds and return will be sold at every? place of importance in the two countries, as well as int tho-larger cities in other parts of the world. Associa-s tions and clubs of persons intending to visit Phila-? delphia noxt year are forming in this and foreign coun-¢: tries, and afo in somo eases negotiating for special rates! ‘and facilities of transportation. The managers of all thos lines of railroads in the vicinity of Philadelphia ex pect to run daily trains over their respective roads du ing the continuance of the Exhibition, and by the sal of tickets at low rates to attract visitors from the coun- try along their. lines. ‘The denso population of thot country within 100 miles of Philadelphia, with the hotel: accommodation present and in prospect, promises thats the carrying of these visitors will be one of special im-¢ portance to the interests of the Exhibition, INTERNATIONAL TICKET OFFICES, Asa counterpart to the very generally adopted ar. rangement for ticketing visitors to Philadelphia and re-| turn from all sections of the country, and also fro: Europe, Australia, China, Japan and other portions oft the world, there will be ‘established within the Exhibi. this peculiarly American institution, In theso offices! tickets will be on sale to almost every railroad station; in America, and to every important city in the world.: Baggage will be checked, orders for its transfer re-4 ceived, and every accompaniment of a first class Amer- ican ticket office bo in operation, it 1s promised. The { foroigner will find in them clerks speaking his_own lan- guage, from whom he can obtain reliable information { of places of interest in our country, and when he has selected his route of travel he ean be supplied with), through tickets for his journey. ’ WOW MANY VISITORS WILT, COME? I find that the officers of the Centennial Commission do not agree in their estimates of the number of visit-*| ors which may be expected here next year. It; 1s natural thero should be a variance ‘in con- sidering a question so impossible to do more than guess at, and with uo precedent in this'| country to base calculations upon. They all agree, however, in the advisability of preparing transporta-s tion facilities for many millions, knowing that it is bet- ter to err on the safe side of this matter. At the Pariss| Exposition of 1867 there were 10,000,000 entrances, ,| and even at Vienna, with all the disaster sutrounding { it, there were over 7,000,000, but all the leading Cen- tennial officials agree in the hope if not in tho belief’ that our Exhibition will be still more largely attended. “In the first place,” said one of these gentlemen, , “where ono European would have leisure or the means to visit either Paris or Vienna there are 100 Americans. ready and anxious to make the excursion. In the sec- ond place, the cost of transportation in this country’: will be more reasonable and the facilities for travels largely increased. In the third place, the great interest || excited throughout our land by the approaching anni-; yersary of our country’s independence will add an ex- : traordinary attraction to 1t, and add still more to tho { numbers visiting the Centennial Exhibition.” Within a radius of 250 miles of Philadelphia there ts 4 a population of 12,000,000, or more than one-fourth of. the population and one-fifth of the wealth of the United | States. This mass of people can be delivered by first class trains directly on the grounds of the Exhibition, at an expense, it is estimated, of not over $5, and sup- posing that only one-half of these should ‘come, the visitors from this small section alone would number 6,000,000, From these figures it would certainly ap- pear that we may reasonably hope for a greater attend- ance than at Vienna, Itis probably data of this sort that the Commissioners use in making thoir calcula. tions, - ART AT THE CENTENNIAL. WHAT THE COLLECTIONS FROM THIS COUNTRY WILL CONSIST OF—BRILLIANT PROSPECTS— IMPORTANT ACTION OF THE ADVISORY COM- MITTEE ON ART—NECESSITY OF INCREASED ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT OF ‘THE EXHIBITION, PuILApELPata, Oct, 21, 1875. A mecting of the Advisory Committee of the Depart- ment of Fine Art at the International Exhibition has Just been held to take action on various propositions to be submitted for their considefation by the chiet of this bareau, Mr. John Sartain. There were present Messrs. James L, Claghorn, Chairman; Henry C. Gibson, Peter F. Rothermel, of Philadelphia, and Messrs. John Taylor Johnston and Worthington Whittridge, of New York, Mr. W. T. Blodgett, of New York, was prevented from attending by sickness. Mr. Goshorn, Director General; Mr. John Welsh ana Mr. John sSartain were also pres- ent, of the Centennial Commission. AMERICAN ARTISTS OF THE Past, Among many other matters disposed of was one cal- culated to greatly enhafice the interest and value of the American portion of the Fine Art Exhibition. It was the decision that the display should be made to cover tho entire century and not merely to show tho present status of Amorican art, If the living artis ‘were only represented it would exclude those who figured at the period of the nation’s birth, as Stuart, Copley, Trumbull, West and others, as well ns Allston, Sully, Neegle, Elliott, Kenrett, Cole, of a later period, and a long list of eminent artists who have reflected honor on American art and whose reappearance on this great occasion through their prodactions will be hailed with profoand pleasure. This will impart a historic yaluo to the Exhibition and supplement, as it were, tho exposition of the living talent of the nation, Of the latter portion there will be a very fair display, as assurances have been received from artists of the very highest ranks, wnich dispel all doubts as to its superior character. Altogether tho American portion of the Fine Art Exhibition, made thus comprehensive, will be such, the Centennial Commis- sionors hopo, that when seen in the same building with the works of foreign schools, no American, howover fastidious, need view it with disappointment, THE COMMITTRE ON SELECTION, The Committee on Selection, composed exclusively of artists, was confirmed as it stood before, except that an addition was made to it, making the number ten instead of nine. This com:nittee would have been made Inrger bat for the reason that the members added _ would have to be chosen from cities in different parts of the country, some of which would be necessarily re- mote from each other, and experienco shows that the diMeulty of convening members so scattered is greatly increased and prompt action prevented. The Members chosen are now notified of their appointment, and ns soon as their acceptances are received their names will be published. They are all gentlemen of eminent talents as artists, in all respects unexception- able professionally and socially, and well fitted for the important trust reposed in them. HOW THE COMMITTER WILT ACT. It was decided that when the proper time arrives the Committeo on Selection would proceed to New York, Boston and whatover other centres might hereafter bo Agreed upon, and there pass upon the works presented for exhibition; thas preventing the needless transporta- tion to Philadelphia of works that are not fully up to the required standard of merit, For it has tobe borne in mind that the Centennial Gallery of Art must dfffer from the annual or other transient exhibitions of ordt- nary art Institutions of the different cities of the coun- try, In the latter collections we see largely presented the works of those whose productions are very imi: turo and who yet have claims to the tender considera- tion of exhibition committees—young artists aspiring for position, and whose hopes would be crushed by being excluded. The Centennial Exhibition is no place for such, the Commissioners have decided. Kven if there was space their admittance to the walls would cause tho American portion of the Exhibition to lose dignity and make @ poor show in the presence of such art groups as may be expected from abroad, These collections © will have already been subjected to and passed a critical ordeal from experts among the several schools and na- tionalities to which they belong; and if America is to hold up her head unabashea in such an assemblage, & similar sifting process must be gone through with here, This has wisely been determined upon, BRTRNDING THR ART GALLERY, Another subject before the committee was also of serious but it being outside the province of the Art Committee to finally act upon, it was, of course, referred to its proper department. 'This question was the want of proper space in Memorial Hall. The de- mands of space for the American division will exceed that required by any other nation; but the entire building, “if devoted to our own artists alone, is ‘ge 6 enough §=by ~—s two-thirds to'accommodate the applications already in. The space applied for may be greater than the actual nee: but the fact stands as stated, Various methods of increas- ing the wall space in Memorial Hall were considered, sach as a temporary roofing over the two gardens be- ween the front arcades of the building and flooring them over, which would make two galleries of about Dinety by forty feet each. But the whole subject be- longs elsewhere for the present, for the Finance Coim- mittee and the Centennial Commission must first de- cide upon the expediency of enlarging the building or putting up another, The committee simply called at- tention to the matter, and leave those qualified to ap- ply a remedy. THE FINE ARTS. “ABUNDANTIA.”” The sensation of the week in art circles has been the exhibition at Kurtz’s Gallery of two paintings by Hans Markart, treating allegorically the abundance of the earth and sea. The one typifying tho productions of } tho earth contains about a dozen figures life size. Tho | eye is immediately carried to the principal group by the gorgeous color which surrounds it, A woman of the East, whose form is so fully developed that it just ! escapes. grossness, 18 seated on a piece of rich crimson drapery, with her twin babes, One stands and rests "his head across her lap, while the other is struggling to ) free himseif from her hands. On his head isa tiara of ‘precious stones, which he has evidently taken ifrom his mother. Her face, upturned, is that of the dark beauties of the South, and her hair is drawn back under aturban, The white drapery on the ‘upper part ofthe figure is caught up on the arm by | strings of pearls, and a band of gems around the waist hangs loosely at the sido, and confines the brown ;) drapery which cenceals the lower part of the figure. At ‘hor side is another mass of color worked into fruits from all countries, This mass {s carried upon each yside of her, the fruits appearing to form festoons around the crimson drapery which surrounds the |} group, and mako it the centre of the most gorgeous color tho palette will allow. On her right stands a ‘youthful hunter, laden with game, and by his side is young woman, evidently returning from tho harvest, ,for sho carries a sheaf of grain, holding her dress in the same hand to keep it from falling as she Mstens laughingly }to her companion’s whispers, Behind them aro two young girls dancing, one of them wearing an immenso -red turban and having astring of fruits hanging over jone shoulder, On the extreme right of tho picturo a ‘I boy is bringing in a basket of grapes on his head. Tho iysunlight strikes one side of the body? This ts the most beautiful ptece of color to the practised eye in the whole picture, The flesh tones have been painted on the gold, which covers the whole background. Even jin the shadows on this figure the transparent color ;does not hide its glimmering. The boy noxt to him ; and in the foreground from contrast looks as though there was no blood in his body. Two children, playing with the fruits around them, connect ) these figures with the main group. Grain and veget- jables are lying on the ground in confusion, anda rabbit and goat represent the animal kingdom. Tho artist has relieved the figures by merely suggested vines and trees, which he has painted in flat tints, “These intervening between the rich colors of the ‘figures, fruits and draperies, and the gold with which «he has represented the sky beyond produce the effect of twilight over the picture, In the other picture the products of the sea are rep- resented. A woman with corals in her golden hair and -round her neck, dressed in crimson, velvet and lace, ssits on the right of the picture, ' holding an infant ‘wrapped in an embroidered robe. Beside her stands a ‘young girl, in flowing pink drapery. They are seated ‘on a bench, and before them is a group of women and children, pulling on shore what seems to be a vessel of some sort. The figurehead of polished wood, and sails of emerald green and gold appear tobe attached to a net instead of a wood- en bull, A Chinese woman stands by the figurehead pushing, while other women are pulling the vessel on shore by catching hold of the net. The contents aro "being scattered during this operation, and one woman. ‘stoops to catcli some of the pearis which appear to be ‘flashing back into the water. Another woman, en- tirely nude, has probably just returned with’ the ‘heavily laden vessel, Shellfish, water lilies, reeds and other objects native to the sea float to the snore, A boy in shadow has the same golden sunbeams falling on him as the one in the other picture. There is not the same concentration of color in this as in the companion picture, and the brown trees and the golden sky are not as harmonious to tho rest of this composition as the other. Both pictures show the work of a master mind. When first seen the figures seem in some instances to be badly drawn, but “when viewed from a proper distance they fall into their “proper Proportions, but the greatest charm is in the color. ‘he artist is very young to have attempted such ‘works, being about thirty. He is a pupil of Piloty, of Munich, Ho appears to rogard figures as Wagner does individual voices, merely as accessories for the same grand combinations in color as in music. WOMEN AND ART. WHAT THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING—WHO ARE OUT OF TOWN AND WHO ARE IN THE STUDIOS. Asthe summor season draws toaclose the various, studios throughout tho city are gradually refilling, and among the artists who are returning to their familiar winter quarters are many ladies well known In art circles, here and elsewhere. In addition to these there aro many young lady students, who, by the way, show much greater promptitude in resuming work than do thoir elders. Of thoso carly birds the majority pursue their studies in connection with the ‘Woman's Art School” of the Cooper Union. Some facts in relation to the coming winter’s work in this institution deserve special notice. The school,was opened on Friday, tho Ast of October, and at that time no less than 400 ap- plications for admission had been made to the clerk. More applications will doubtless be received, but the number is already unusually large, and not more than one-half of tho applicants can be admitted into the cus- tomary classes. It 1s well known that instruction in the Union is freo to “fomales who, having the requirite taste and natural capacity, intend to apply the knowledge acquired to their support, either by teaching or pursuing the art as a profession. But outside of this class there are many young ladies both able and willing to pay for their in- struction, who desire to learn drawing and painting as an accomplishment, and now, for the convenience of all such, the management of the Woman’s School are about to establish an “amateur” class. This will contain thirty students, but if the applications are in excess of that number an additional class will be formed. Com- mencing on Monday, the 11th of this month, the “ama- tours” will meet in the Unton school rooms every Mon- day, Wednesday and Friday afternoon, from two till four o'clock, the use of the rooms and models being also allowed every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, ‘The term will comprise thirty lessons, lasting, conse- quently, for ten weeks, At the expiration of that time anew term will be opened and perhaps a third, The intention is to charge $15 for each term of ton woeks. Already the required number of students have applied and been accepted, and their instruction will be con- fided to a competent teacher of the regular classes, The organization of an amateur class is not the only nor the chief new departure which has been mado by the management of the Cooper Union this fall, During the last session of the State Legislature a law was passed requiring that in the future tho art of drawing should be added to the course of Instruction in one or more of the public schoois of every city in New York. The plan has been tried and met with the most gratify- ing success in the State of Massachusetts, and there is no reason why it should not prove equally successtul In this State. To meet the ‘demand thus created for in. structors of drawing in the public schools a “normal” class has been added to the classes already under the management of the Union, and at present there are about forty members, including many of the moro ad- vanced students heretofore connected with the classes of the National Academy, as well as with those of the Union itself, These young ladies have mostly finishea their art education; but im order that they may be thoroughly fitted to discharge the duties of tho posi- tions they hope to obtain they will receive a normal echool instruction in tho special branches preseribed by the State Superintendent of Public In- struction. A professor of considerable experience, for- merly connected with the State Art School of Masaa- chusetts, and highly recommended by the management of that institution, has been engaged to take charge of the newly organized normal class, Tho regular hours of attendance are from nine till one daily, Saturdays and Sundays excepted, and tho privilege of practising there. after until four o'clock in the afternoon, By the Ist of | January it is thought that the present members will bo abundantly qualified to fill the positions of teachers of drawing in the public schools, The advantages pos- sessed by the Union for fitting out such teachers are, no doubt, unequalled, and the managers are desirous of receiving applications for instructors from the city superintendents of public instruction throughout the entire State. In Massachusetts the public school teachers of drawing reccive salaries ranging from $600 to $2,500 a year, und the recent enactment of the Legis- of this State opens a new and wide field for lady which they will no doubt show themselves cager to enter. A new normal class will bo formed at the conclusion of tho present one in January, and such members of that already begun as doubt their ability to instruct will be continued in their studies, It is, perhaps, un- necessary to say that instruction in this, as in all other classes connected with the Coo Union, with the single exception of the specially organized amateur class, is free; the only attendant expense being that of drawing materials, which are, of course, individual property, The class in photography, so successiul in the past, starts off with renewed vigor this year, and already has its complement gf young lady students. All the old classes are continued, and a new one hax been formed under a well known resident artist, for the study of oil decoration of household furniture. The total number of students in the free classes is larger by fitty than in preceding years. Arrangements have also beon made by whieh all members of the free classes will im the future be allowed the use of all the books on art contained within the various public libraries of the city, and the privilege of tree entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, granted last year for the first time, bas deen renewed. 'Vrofestor Goodcheer, whose free course of illustrated lectures on architectare was productive of so much good to the student last year, will giv similar course this winter on household art and deco- ative art as applied to it, There will also be lectures by Mr. William Page, of the National Academy, and other well known artists, TUK LADIES’ ART ASSOCIATION has since last winter removed from Clinton Hall to No. 896 Broadway, a large building, containing the studios of several urtists and architects and devoted to busi- ness purposes generally, but builtand originally occu- pied as a dwelling by’ a wealthy Frenchman, since dead. On an upper iloor, and overlooking the busy strect, is a long, narrow and cheerful studio, belonging to the association, The stuales here pursued are draw- ing on wood and pen and ink drawing, paint- ing on porcelain, china and tiles and the decoration ot pottery and furniture, In addition there is a drawing cluss ior children, under the instruction of a laay member of the association. Credit for having estab- lished the first life class for women in this city is due to this society of ladies, and the studies of the hfe class are still pursued, one of the models having formerly belonged to the Royal Academy of London. But the chief aim of the ladies belonging to this association is to turn their knowledge of art to practical and remunerative account by applying it to such useful industries as the decoration of furniture, china, pottery, &c, By so do- ing most of them tind one means of support, and an ad- ditional income 1s derived from the sale of paintings and drawing on the wood for illustrated papers and magazines. In the studio are some specimens of the workmanship of theso lady artists, several of whom maintain only a corresponding membership, living abroad or in distant States. Nearly all the members of the association—of which Mrs. Henry Poters Gray is the President—are at pres- ent out of town, some sketching in fainiliar parts of the country and others studying and working abroad. Of the latter there are some soven or eight who divide thelr time between Paris, Romo and Florence, Prominent among these is Mra 8. S Dan- tells, who has taken up her residenco in Italy, where she intends to remain. Miss ‘Mary Kollock, one of the ablest artiats belonging to the association, is at present abroad, sketching and paint- ing at Pont Aven, Brittany. Her work tinds a ready market thore, and’she seems in no great hurry to ro- turn to her studio, adjoining that of the association, One or two charming landscapes have been sent to Miss Alice Donlevy, her friend, and tho present secretary, who has a room next to Miss Kollock’s, Miss Donlevy 48 an excellent decorative artist, and her pleasant studio contains many subjects, finished and uniinished, Just now she 18 busily engaged on somo many-handled earthen jars, Another lady of the association is in New England filling an order for the Houschold Art Company, which gave such an interesting exhibition at Leavitts’ rooms recently. One of the studios in the same building is occupied by Miss Powell, a former teacher in the Cooper Union scuools. Through the agency of this association several colleges and acade- mies in different States havo been supplied with teach- ors of drawing and painting, due preference being given to members. By the Ist of November all those who still linger in the country will have returned to the city and recommenced work. CREEDMOOR, CONTEST FOR THE MARKSMAN'S BADGE BY THE FIRST DIVISION. The several brigades and regiments in the First di- vision were under orders to shoot for the Marksman’s Badge at Creedmoor yesterday, but only five regiments wore represented. The Fifth regiment turnod out forty- two men, under command of Licutenant Colonel Krae- ger; the Seventh thirty-two men, under command of Captain Robbins; the Ninth ten men, under command of Captain Harding; the Sixty-ninth four men, Major’ Duffy commanding, and tho Eighty-fourth nineteen men, under command of Captain MacKinley, The day ‘was warm and pleasant and no adverse winds interfered with the shooting, consequently the scores were unu- sually good. The following aro the winning scores:— SEVENTH REGDTENT. re Names. Yards. |*| Yards. |) 4 : tle Private Riker -|44.4 4 3/1914 5 4 4 4)21) 40 Private MeCre -|424 4 4]isl2 4 5 5 3|t0] a7 Private Drummo 43 4 4 4fi9]4 403 5)16) 35 Lieutenant Bacon -|4 40.3 4}15]3 34 5 4}i9] 34. Lieutenant Domini -|5 4.3 4 2]18l0 5 4 4 3|16| 34 Private Beebe. . +/424.3 4)17)2 5 23 4j16! 33 Lieutenant Nichol.......|3 4 4 2 4!17|3 0 4 4 5/16] 33 Private Dedorick -/3. 2 4 4 4/17|3 45 4 olt6] 33 Privato Flash. . -/43 2 4 2/15!3 3.3 2 4li5] 30 Privato Philipsen +{3 43 4 3/17!0 3 4 0 5:12] 29 Surgeon Morris, .. -|4 403 4/15/33 4 5 4/10) 34 Licutenant Dusen......./3 5 5 8 4;20'0 3 0 2 3] 8| 28 Captain Pollard. . -|4 0 48 3lisjo 5 2 5 of12| 26 Private Waterman.......|4 3 3 3 8]16|2 3 3 2 ol10| 26 Private Torne! 4433 311713 300 3] ol 26 REGIMENT, Corporal Kirk.. 4 4 4 3/1918 5 4 4 4)20) 90 Captain Harker -|4 44 4 3]19]2 5 35 liz] 36 Captain Harding. -|445 4 ajails 2 24 4l15] 36 Private Hoover: 443 4 3/18|3 23 4 5]17| 35 Private Babcock. 2 42 4 3}15(2 30 4 alia] 28 Private Maccini +/423 3 2/1412 4 4 0 3}13] 97 -|44 4.3 217/0 0 3 5 2}10] 27 +18 23-3 311412 3 40 3112] 26 REGIMENT, Captain Koss... 33 4 45/1912 5 3.0 o}10) 29 Drum Major Bersht .....|4 5 3 4 4/2uj0 220 4] 8] 28 Captain Ploeget -|4 5 8 4 5]2110 0 3 0 4| 7] 28 Private Wilhelm. +2 8 32 2}i2l2 3 5 2 4|16] 28 Lieutenant Schmeit..:..|3 44 2 3]16|3 0 4 2 2/11| 27 Privato Heft. 1/2 3 3 4 3/15/38 2 2 5 0112) 27 Sergeant Bay 443 4 3}ts}0 40 2 3] 0| 27 Private Kupper. -|3 8 2 4 3/15]2 33 0 8)11| 26 Lieutenant fheiss. 4.340 4/15/2420 311] 26 Sergeant Stelling. £243 3/16/04 3 3 0/10) 26 Corporal Kammor 2232/1232 43 2/14) 26 Lieut. Colonel Kraoger.../4 3 4 3 2/16/0 2 3 2 3/10) 26 Private Kahrs... -|84 44 4l19l0 2 3 2 of 7] 20 Private Nachtigal .|4 3 4 3 2/16/02 3 2 a}10] 20 Sergeant Brehman -|4 3 3 4 3]17/0 02 3 3! 8! 25 Private Zabring. -|2 3 8 8 213/432 0 3|12| 25 Corporal Schmer. 2 0 8 2 B)10/3 3 8 4 2/15) 25 Sergeant Hock 8 23 8 al14|2 228 211) 25 Private Eggers -}8 4 2 4 3]16/2 0 2 3 2} 9} 25, Private Reiss 2 4 43 3]16/3 0 2 2 2] o| 25 Private Schetl 135433) 040) 7| 25 Sergeant Belz. -j3 4444/1912 2.02 0} 6) 25 Private Belman.........|4 3 2 5 oj14|2 8 0 3 3|11| 25 RIGHTY-POURTH REGIMENT, Drum Major Nolte. 38 4 5 4/19/0 3 5 6 3/16) 25 Corporal Davis 44 4 2 5/19/5 22 2 4115] 34 Sergeant Greatty 43-28 8115/3 23 4 5117 32 Sergeant Osborn. 444 4 4l20|2 20 3 3lio| 90 Captain Whitman.......[8 40 3 3113/2 40 4 6/15] 28 ptain McCready -/4 25 3 4lixl4 0.8 0 2! of a7 Sergeant Setzer. -|2 2.8.3 2)12/4 0 4 5 (15) 27 Chaplam, 4304 alis}o 03 4 5l12] 26 Private Scott.. 8 3.24 3|1510 043 4]t1! 26 Private Tupper 1/3 23-2 21210 6 8 2 4i14| 26 Lieutentant Godfrey.....[2 4 4 2815/2 0 4 2 sit] 26 Captain Ackerman, ......14 8 4 2 2|15/6 2 4 0 5)11] 26 Sergeant Silverbrandt....|4 3 2 5 4/18)2 203 0] 7] 2% Sergeant Clifford. 243 4/16/2 40.3 0| 9] 25 Drummer Nolte 33 8 4 5[18/0 3.20 2) 7) 25 THE FOREST AND STREAM BADGES, The Forest and Stream badges were shot for last night at Coulin’s gallery, Broadway, There wero forty en- tries. The number of rounds fired was ten, and tho highest possible score was fifty points. The shooting was ata fac.simile of the Creedmoor 200 yards target, Teducod in scale for a rango of 110 feck. ‘The first badge was won by Charles A. Cheever, on a score of 44 points; the second by W. B. Farwell, who mado the nearest score to average centres; and the third by J, MoGlenny, who came nearest to an average of nines. A CASE OF DESTITUTION. Acaso of dostitution has recently been brought to tho knowledge of the Hxratp, which will excite the sympathy of all generously disposed citizens. Mrs, Henessy, a poor widow woman, with four small chil- dron entirely dependent on her for support, lost all sho possessed by a fire which accidentally broke out a fow days ago in a small dry goods and fancy storo she kopt at No, 367 N th enue. Tho contents of the store were valued at 500, of which about $60 worth is not yet paid for, fo part of the property was insured Mrs. Henessy has thos lost her whole means of subsistence, and has no Tesouree but to make an appeal to public sympathy. Any contributions in aid of this poor widow and her children will be gladly received at the Imran office, THIEVES’ DENS IN THE LONG ISLAND WOODS, On Wednesday a party of gunnore, while hunting in a piece of woods near tho residence of Mr, Daniel Law: Fence at Black Stump, town of Flushing, camo upon a | peculiarly shaped pilo of stones, which, upon close examination was found to cover the mouth of a cave, They also heard some persons talking loudly and swearing directly beneath them, The entrance to the cave Was through ® small hole, into the top of which was thrust « bag of leaves. The discoverers at once gave notice to the authorities, and officers wero immediately despatched to search’ the place. The} found nothing, however, but a bed and some smal Pieces of candle, the occupants having fled. A similar cave has been found in another part of the same woods, and will be explored to-day, Much poultry, harness, haye recently been stolen in this vicinity, MAKING SAILORS. Training Young Men for the United States Navy. THE TWO SHIPS ENGAGED IN THE WORK How the Boys Are Drilled, Fed, Paid and Punished. Since the war with Mexico the character and physical standard of the enlisted men of the United States Navy | have gradually and steadily deteriorate. This lament. able state of affairs han deoply impressed iterif upon the minds of the officers of the navy and of Congress, which | has from time to time vainly exmyed to dwcover and | apply a remedy to the ills surrownding the service Various efforts have been made to bring to the navy the assistance of native born seamen, whose education, ex. perience and patriotic zeal would make the service the finest on the globe, Nothing seems to have been accom. plished to reward in a remarkable degree legivtative ox- periments; yet those having the good of the | service at heart have not relazed their of | | forts, and are now rewarded by Congressional approval of a scheme whieh promises to be eminentiy successful in giving to the navy, in the future, a clase | of young men who will prove a credit to the country and an honor to the flag under all circumstances, The Rew system of enlisting boys fer the purpose of in- structing and training them for sailors im the savy which is now being carried out on the frigate Minne Sota, In New York Harbor, and on the frigate Sabine, Portsmouth, N. If., will be fruitful of good results, as anything ean bo under well enforced disetm ine and im Cerious lite It makes men of these boys— such men as will care for the honor of our to tn Ge 10: coy, ee ee 8 are ora" oR Without going into un: details concerning the “bills of fare’? displayed by Uncle Sam, and oughly carried out, we will briefly enumerate some of She articles and the quantity constituting a ration. Fourteen ounces of bread, four ounces of sugar, two ounces of coffee, or half an ounce of tea, aro issued daily with meat, &e Every other day, fish, beef and Yogetabies are jasned, and beef, Preserved meaty; ister, dried potatoes, i flour, rice, dried frult, pickles, beans, molar: vinegar and im quantities, larger thaw any’ oniinary. man can possibly eat, are worved '@ turns throughout the week to give variety to the entertainment, We doubt whether the average farmer in the y lives any better than our sailors, Everything i# of the very best quality, and the rations are offen so large that messes accumulate quite res- table funds from the savings, with which they buy *% poultry and ot luxuries, on holi Jack never starves though he not unfrequent! longed and terrible growls, which are said to ald ‘gestiow and clarify the clouded temper, besides eving life generally Whee the boy bas reached twenty-one years be can rewlily «hip as aseaman and become . on board P ¢ If he chooses to follow man-ot-war will bo his favorite ship, or nhitious, after the edacation received on the traini ship, be may hope to reach any position in the mercan- tile Marine, but he must expect to acquire a knowledge ation elaewhere It hoped that very soon more than 400 boys will be: ehieted om the Minnesota, and that hereafter each large Humber of well trained boys will be ph on hips to be made into fret class sailors, If which i progressing with so much such glorious promise for the future, © matntened, at no distant day our we A will ba manned by a Clase of men unequalled in This school i# net & reformatory school, and has no nection with any city authorities or poor boarda, s boys areof a better class, and Ci in Thom peremptortly declined to recetve from Rom i Iniand or othe following aewma View Admirals ¢. Rowan, Captarn— Andrew W. Jobnaon, Lerutenant (ommander— ames H. Sands, Licutenante—mcar W. Parenbont, William B. News man, Andrew J. Iverson, Frederick M. Symonds, Johg A brief accoant of the methods of instruction and mode of life observed on Vieo Admiral Rowan's fagehip Minnesota will possess very geworal interest. THR FLAGSHIP MINNESOTA isa magnificent frigate of over 5,000 tons burden, armed with forty-six heavy guns, and, when fully manned, carrying over 600 men. At present ber battery is something less and her crew is extremely small, as she is not in cruising order, and the daity routine of duties require but @ small force, Knoagh seamen and landsmen are on board, however, to ald the various classes of boys to keep the ship in the vory best condition and to maintain that degree of cleanti- ness whith is the pride of the navy. The frigate is well adapted to the purposes to which she has been assigned. Sho is large, airy and roomy. Her spar deck, almost as wide as Broadway, affords ample epace for “drill grounds” for the boys, both in squads, companies and battalions, in small arms and with bowltzers and the destructive Gatling guns, Hor gun deck is also lofty and roomy, thoroughly ventilated and comfortably warmed by steam heaters, with abundant light, and, withal, very cosey and cheerful. On this deck js the boys’ schoolroom; their desks, which are portable and 80 arranged that they may be folded up and stowed away with their portable benches between the deck beams overhead, being ranged on either side. Clean- liness, good regimen and perfect ventilation insure good health, and that blessing is enjoyed by the lads in & most gratifying degree. According to the regulations proscribed by the Secretary of the Navy boys are en- listed between the ages of sixteen and seventeen to sorve in the navy until they shall arrive at the ago of twenty-one. Boys between the ages of sixteen and Seventeen years must obtain the consent of their parents or guardians before enlisting, and no person under sixteen and no doserter from the naval or mili- tary service of the United States shall be enlisted in the naval service. CONDITIONS OF ENLISTMENT, Before being enlisted every boy must satisfy the Examining Board of Officers, first, that ho is of robust frame, intelligent, of perfectly sound and healthy eon- stitution, free from physical defects and malformation and not subject to fits; second, that he is abloto read and write—in exceptional cases when the boy shows a general intelligence and is otherwise qualified he may be enlisted even if he cannot read or write, as that may be afterward taught him; third, that he is of proper age; fourth, that his height and measure are suflicient, Being in a boy of sixteen years of age five feet and ‘one inch without shoes and thirty inches around the chest. A special order of the Secretary of the Navy is required to entist a boy not coming up to this standard of measurement who is in other respcots desirable. Each boy must also bring with him a certifi- cate or declaration, made by his parents or guardians, as to his ago, and also their consent in writing to his entering the navy and engaging to serve until he shall have reached the age of twenty-one years, The Board of Examining Officers consist of the Captain, a line officer and the senior medical officer of the ship. If the boy passes satisfactorily the examination, engago- ment to serve continuously in the service until he is twenty-one years of age is read and explained to him, and if he voluntarily agrees to its terms ho signs the agreement and enlists in the presence of witnesses, ‘The boys are enhstod as second class boys at the rate of $10 50 por month, with ono ration daily, worth | thirty conts, While serving on the Minnesota, if do- | serving, they may be advanced to tho rating of first | class boys, with increased pay, and on seagoing vessels | they may be rated still higher if found worthy. Prefer- ence is given to sons of old sailors and soldiers, _ When enlisted the boys are furnished with an outfit of cloth- ing, which is charged to their accounts, or the parents may purchase the same from the paymaster of the ship. No pay can be allotted to parent or guardian nor can money be drawn from the paymaster for that purpose. One dollar pocket moncy is allowed, if they are out of debt, and liberty to goon shore is granted at the dis- cretion of the commanding officer. When the boys reach eighteen years of age, if proficient, they are transferred to sea-going vessels, and when’ honorably discharged at the expiration of the enlistment they re- ceive continuous service certificates, which entitios them to three months’ extra pay of their rating and $1 a month extrait they again enlist for three years within three months from tho date of certificate, ‘hen injured in the service or having contracted disease in the line of duty they will be entitled to the benefits of a pension. Except upon a medical survey or through misconduct they will not bo discharged until they aro twenty-one years of age. JAFE ON THR TRAINING SHIP. Aftor having passed tho requisite examination, which physically is very strict, and which generally shuts out eight out of ten candidates, the successful boy's namo is entered upon the ship’s book; his outfit, consisting of underciothing, blue sbirt and ‘trousers, ‘shoes, stock- ings, overcoat and cap, mess traps, &c., hamimoc! matt blankets, &a, aro Issued’ to him, and the place to swing his hammock and his place in the mess are assigned to him, His hfe now fairly begins, and he is assigned to adivision, At present there are about two hundred boys on the Minnesota, and these aro now divided into four divisions, two of which are generally at their books while the other two are engaged in vari- ous exercises, About two hours each day, except prema and Sunday—which to the good boys are holi- days, when they go on shore—are devoted to the aca- deinie course, consisting of reading, writing. grammar, arithmetitic, history and geography. Tho academic department is under the general supervision of Rev. Robert Hudson, chaplain of the ship, and a most zealous,’ energetic and painstaking gen- tleman, whose education and experience as well as temperament make him the very man for the place. These teachers, taken from enlisted men and amply qualified for the positions, have the immediate control of the bors, and by their assiduity and skill are rapidly bringing their classes to the high- est standard of success. As more boys are added now teachers will be obtained, as it is proposed to have one teacher to each division of Ey boys. When not po pie the boys are drilied in knotting and splicing, exercises aloft with spars and sails, with great guns, pivot guns, howitzers, Gatling guns, pistols, small arms, exercising at single stick or with broad. swords, boat duty, stations, signals, &, In the sum- mer they have swinming lessons at regular hours, on ‘various days during the week. In the winter they ‘will learn to fit and sew sails in the sail lofts of the Navy Yard, and on Saturdays thoy are taught to sew and mend their own clothes. Four afternoons in the week they are aloft for an hour or more, and longer if they do not do woll. All the exercises outside the academic department are, of cours, under the direction of tho officers of the ship, The captain and lieutenant of marines, who have ‘an extradetail of sergeants to aid them, conduct the smail arm drills and the school of the soldier and bat talion, though the line officers have their share of the work. — All these studies and exercises are carried on by tho boys in addition to the regular routine work of the ship, such as scrubbing decks, polishing bright work, washing paint, &c., beside performing the reg- ular ‘‘wash day’? labors of keeping their own clothes clean and neat, The day begins at five o'clock in the morning, when all hands aro called and hammocks, &c, are properly stowed away, Decks aro then scrubbed, washed down and dried with swabs, and when com- Pleted the boys preparo for breakfast, which comes at eight o'clock. At half-past nine general quarters and exercises sometimes at the great guns. Afterward studies and exercises as suggested above until twelve o'clock, whon an hour is given for dinner. Afternoon, more exercises, studies, drills, &e., until five o'clock, Supper then and’ two hours’ work after that, At nine o'clock the boys must be In their hammocks and deck lights out. They sleep soundly and rise in the morning thoroughly refreshed and ready for the day's labor. Notwithstanding the boys aro worked pretty well and have little time for idle sport, they grow healthy and stout under the easy bearing yoke, and rapidly becomo vigorous sinewy men, The reg ular hours enforced, the excellent food, perfectly pro- pared by the cooks, the work performed and the pure r combined convert a pale youngster, in a few weeks, into a hearty, healthy, blooming lad, who can swing to the tackle of a big broadside gun, carry a rifle, wield a broadsword, pull an oar, reef a sail, or make a signal like an old man-of-war’s man, Of course it is not the W, Hagenman and Reward 1. Barry, Surgeon. J. Staart Wella, Prymaster—Jared Lingly, Jr. Laat Aenstant Bnginerr— George W. Magen, Chaplain Kabert Hudson. mn View Admaral’s Secretary George B. Yardley Aseitant M. Ambier. farimes—_Lacion |. Dawson. Pure pA, of Marmes—A & Taylor, Poy Clerk—Frank M. Vaerell. ‘lerk. arton A NEGRO HANGED. eee EXECUTION OF HENRY SROWN, FOR THE MOR DEB OF A GERMAN, AT ST. LOUIS—A PARTIR CONFESSION ON THB SCAFFOLD. Sr. Loci, Mo., Oot 23, 1875 down. No sympathy was expressed for Brown, as the evidence at the trial proved that he killed Pfarr, ow raged Pfarr’s wite and robbed the house, On the gallows be spoke Ofteen minutes, admitting the murder, claiming that it was in self-defence, but denying the other crimes, met his death with great firmness, although up to the last moment he evh dently entertained hopes of reprieve. lawyers did everything in their power for him and this morning placed before the Governor, at Jefferson City, an af davit trom Treadway, the foreman of the jury, te the effect that the jury deemed the evidence ineuffe client for conviction of murder im the first degrea, but under Judge Jones’ ruling could Gnd po other, unless ono of acquittal terfere, as did Jadge Jones, who could have the execution by granting an appeal to Court, Some of the other members of | ili Jury willy to morrow publish acard declaring Treadway's state.' ment false, Brown's attorneys, in the meantime,’ throaten to carry it through the Court of Appeals,” as if Brown were stilt ative, and it unpleasant for Judge Jones, if the appeal are decided to be nufficient. About 1,000 persons thronged the jail execution, and fully 500 more, having tickets, were able to gain admittance, It is stated that tickets were printed and sold at §3 each, bat some the court officials aro inclined to thunk that the Marshal, J. W. Watson, violated the law in iseuingsuck, a number and threaten investigation, The penalty ts @ fine and disqualification for office for ten years. gether the execution has created an wausual here. tis ii i The CRIM, In personal appearance Brown was « typeof he brutal negro, His forehead was low and reclining, hie’ check bones extremely high, his nose fiat and lips tte and projecting. His color was coal Diack and charace terized by that shiny hne peculiar to the pure Afticam, Tho glance of his eye wis devitish and emister, more repulsive tace could not be the imagination. His mascle was something His logs and arms, and even his neck, were With sinows as strong and large as wale that his physical stret must have His crime was one of the most atrocious St. Louis for yours, involving as vt did murder, assault and robber; The circumstances are briefly as follows: Pfarr, the unfortunate vietim, with his Pfarr, lived on a small farm three miles from limits, on what is known as the Skinker road, Pfarr states that on the afternooh of May came to her house and asked for work, bat her had none to give him. The negro lingered sbeut the’ gate, and she asked her husband to rematn at as she was afraid to be alone, Al nine night she and her husband were a mg of the wont outsde to see at Mra, Pfarr also got uj She heard her husband immediately after which a and she saw her husband fall, Brown, who had called for work 4 tushed upon her, and, thro upon the floor,’ assaulted sistance. Her condition quite critical, = After he demanded what money the Her purse contained seventy-five cent and then disappeared in the darkness, where her has! was and got him asked for a chair, on which she at his request, brought a second his head. She then covered bim aqin became insensible, remain thes condition died, After thus caring for her husband alarm tbe neighbors, and a large crowd gof soon on the premises. The ox it daylight next morning parties were country scoured in every direction, M negroes wore arrested by the carried into the presence of Mra. tion, but sho failed to recognize any lain'who had outraged ber. The convinced in one oF two instances tured the right man, and were with di by the police officers trom appealing to THE FATAL STRAP. When the prisoner entered the room around his waist, which slipped off and was found on the floor afier he had Captain Brown, of the mounted reasons for believing Henry Brown to party. Brown's mother lived near by, shown the strap Immediately recognized property. Brown was nowhere to be found. tire polico and detective force were furnished scription and instructed to one sharp look out next day bis arrest was effect IDENTIPYING THR ACCURRD, Two days afterward Mrs. fart was Jail building for the purpose of identifying She had previously looked at thirty promptly saying in cack case that the not yet been produced. Brown wae clothes he wore at by of a ore into her presence. 0 recog’ im least hestation aa the man who had killed and outraged her, and in broken En, ached him for his villany, im with murdering her husband and #2 etl iif i i a zt rela Hilt £ f j i j h i i i 1 : i i itil if F =Ee Ht all i ti herself he, in @ confused way, what sho was talking about, Ils eondeet his guilt, ang he was back to bis cell, 1 CON FRSHION, At first ho denied all knowledge of the affair, and that” he had been in the neighborhood om the fatal but the Le tide day he confessed atthe on that night, His statement was that he was by when Piarr came out and set his pea the samo tine throwing a heavy stick of wood ‘eRe he picked up the stick and threw it back, Pfarr down, He persistently denied entering the and assaulting Mrs. Pf It was from his manner of denial, however, that he really guilty of both crimes. His character was that aruflian and desporado, and there were charges of assaults upon women agunat him, His came off September 15, the jury, upon the evidence of Mrs, Pfarr, linding him guilty of murder im po res. degree. His counsel applied to the Supreme for @ Stay and were refused, nd the Governor tarned@ deaf car to their stronuous appeal for mercy. FIRE IN FORTY-SEVENTH STREET, Early yesterday morning a fire broke out om (es third floor of tho four story brick butlding Mo, sagt sailor life depicted by tho authors of yollow covered Literature, but it i# just as wholesome, gonorous and as a lager beer brewery. . jed by F. AL East Forty-seventh street, by by J i building does not exceed $2,000, . * |