The New York Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1879, Page 7

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. LIBELLING THE CONSTITUTION. All Europe Aroused to Check the Coming Pestilence, DRAWING THE PRIZES. Labor and Financial Troubles in England. BULGARIA'S LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY [BY cCaBLE TO THE HERALD.) Lonpoy, Jan. 28, 1879. In the Admiralty division of the High Court of Justice an action has been brought by the owners of the steamtug Admiral against the United States ship Constitution to recover £1,500 for salvage. The sum cf £200 had been tendered to the owners of the tug, but was rejected. The plaintifis asked leave to serve notice of the motion upon the captain of the Constitution and the United States Consul at Portsmouth. ‘The «pplication was granted, but the Judge stated that he could not allow any order to issue upon the captain. He would be prepared to hear argument onthe question on Wednesday next. In the mean- time he would communicate with the gov- ernment. Plaintiffs counsel undertook on his own responsibility to serve the captain of the Constitution with the notice of the motion for salvage. ‘The Judge impressed him with the neces- sity of notifying Minister Welch and Lord Salisbury of the present proceedings. THE TERRIBLE PLAGUE. The St. Petersburg Journaland Golos, in discussing the measures adopted abroad in view of the epidemic in Astrachan, approve the proposal of appointing an International medical commission, declaring that the question concerns humanity at lar; The Jour- nal, of St. Petersburg, says:—'The timely and ener- getic measures adopted by the Russian government and the promptitude with which the infor- mation was communicated to the public are proofs that the time is past for bureaucratic mystery in a matter affecting the public health.” Official telegrams received on Sunday from the infecte1 districts, stated that no persons are now ill with tho epidemic at Wetlianka. In the other villages attacked by the plague one death and two new cases are reported. At Tsaritsin @ commission has been appointed by the Min- istries of the Interior and of Ways and Communi” cation to prevent the spread of the contagion by the roads or railways, A special public health commission hus also been appointed. The town of ‘Tsaritsin is surrounded by military pickets, and quar- antine has been esteplished on both sides of the River Volga. The Navoe Fremya publishes a report, which lacks confirmation, that the epidemic has appeared in or near Moscow, and calls attention to the filthy sondition and mode of living of tho Russian workmen and peasants, A decree has been issued at Rome ordering the vigorous inspection and fisinfection of vessels from South Russian , The Austrian Consul at Moscow contradicts = report of the outbreak of the epidemic at Rusa, in the government of Mos- tgw. The Berlin correspondent of the /ost reports that Italy has unexpectedly objected to the hindering of intercourse with Russia by Austria and Germany. THE GOBLIN GUNDOAT. The Datly Telegraph states that the British gunboat Goshawk left Cork on Saturday on a cruise seeking intelligence concerning the alleged piratical steamer. The Goshawk overhauled many vessels, but lerrned nothing, and it ‘is believed that the letter of Cap- tuin Adams is a hoax. DRAWING OF THE FRENCH LOTTERY. The drawing of the Exposition Lottery began at Paris ou Sunday in the large hall of the Trocadero Palace. A considerable crowd witnessed the drawing; the utmost order and quict pre- vailed, Yesterdsy’s drawing consisted of the first 300 prizes. No. 1, value $25,000, was won by ticket No. 978,599 oi the fourth series; No. 2, value $20,000, by ticket No, 167,257 of the fifth series; No. 3, value $10,000, by ticket No. 75,582 of the eleventh series; No. 4, value $10,000, by ticket No. 24,613 of the first series; No. 5, value $5,000, by ticket No, 927,579 of the ninth series. GERMANY AND TAXATION. ‘The National Gazette of Berlin learns on good au- thority that the Prussian Ministry has pronounced against the tobacco monopoly and in favorof taxa- tion according to weight, and has charged the Minis- ter of Finance to prepare a bill giving effect to its views. CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN IRELAND, The Edinburgh Scotsman publishes tho following from its London correspondent:—“If I am rigthly informed Cardinal Manning has had an oppor- tunity offered him of explaining personally to Lord Beaconsfield is views respecting the Catholic education dificulty in Ireland. The ques- tion will probably be brought forward very promi- nently next session under the auspices of the govern- ment.” (The Irish Catholics demand State endow- ment for the Catholic University.) BRITISH PROGRESS IN AFGHANISTAN, The Standard’s despatch from Khelat-i-Ghilzai, January 20, says:—"The cavalry occupied this place to-day unopposed. General Stewart, with the whole second brigade, will arrive to-morrow.” A despatch to the Standard, dated Matoond, Sunday, January 26, says General Roberts previous to his temporarily quitting Khost, as. sembled the chiefs and warned them that the British would be always near and would return instantly to quell any disturbance, It would be idle for them to entertain any hope of Russian aid, as Russia was im- poverished in men and money. LABOR IN GREAT BRITAIN, It is estimated that one-seventh of the looms and spindics in Blackburn are stopped, and that from 4,000 to 6,000 operatives aro idle and des titute, No public relief fund has been startea, because of the diminished means of all classes, mill owners state that trade was nover worse. Only afew isolated disputes have been settled without a reduction of wages. Masters have been obliged to make reductions because reductions have been accepted by the omployés of several large Preston and Burnley establishments. The colliers’ lodges of Shefficld, South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire, have agreed, by a considerable majority, to accept arbitration, and s deputation will meet the masters to arrange terms to-day, One thousand three hundred colliers at Merthyr and Aberdare have struck work. A mass meeting wiil be held to-day to decide whether work will be allowed to continue at two pits, employing 700 men, whero the wages have not been reduced, THE METROPOLITAN DANK. Ata meeting of the shareholders of the Metropoli- tan Bank yesterday, with reference to which it was rumored last week that the institution was in process of absorption by another London bank. Tho chairman states that ® call for £5 per share was issued bn Friday to meet @ threatened run, which, in fact, was successfully met, The chairman de- slared that tho reports of the bank's insol- vency were unfounded; the assets would pay every debt aud leave a surplus of £100,000. A com- mitteo of five shareholders was appointed to con- sider with the directors whether the bank should continue or transfer its business to some other con- cern. SPANISH POLITICS AND POLICY, Sefior Castelar will publish a manifesto at Madrid toslav. uring his political friends to take active part in the electoral campaign. It is stated at Madrid that the Kings of Spain and Portugal, at the approaching meeting at Elvas, Will discuss a marriage between the Infants Maria Della Paz, sister of King Alfonso, and Prince Au- gustus of Portugal, brother of King Luis. WAR IN GUINEA, A Paris despatch to the Times states that the rebel- lions. natives of Bolor, in Guinea, bave defeated the Portuguese troops, A private telegram states that the Portuguese loss,is 300 men, ineluding fifty Euro- peans and two officers. The Governor of Guines has been susperseded. A corvette, with 200 men, has been despatched from Lisbon. BULGARIA'S PARLIAMENT. A Constantinople despatch to the Times says the anonymous proclamation recently circulated for the purpose of inducing the Bulgarian Assembly to declave they could do nothing until Eastern Roumilia and Macedonia had been united to Bulgaria has had little or no effect. Some of the leading Bulgarians at Sofia, with the approval of the Russian authorities, have determined to issue a counterblast declaring that the present duty of the Bulgariuns is to consolidate the country within the limits assigned by the Treaty of Berlin. It is believed at Sophia that a group of influential Bulgarian deputies to the Assembly of notables for the election of a ruler over Bulgaria, will“ propose an adjournment | of the election for a Prince, and the prolong- ation of the Russian military occupation and civil administration for two years on ac- count of the difficulty of finding Bul- garians competent to exercise the civil adminis- tration and because of tho dangers arising from a weak government at the outset. Reports have been drawn up by a majority of the foreign consuls for their governments, in which they express tne opin- |' ion that it will be impossible for tho Turkish troops to return to Roumelia and the Salkans, and that thero is every prospect that the future Governor of Toumelia will meet with geferal passive resistance. CABLE ITEMS, The Pall Malt Gazette says it understands that the announcement by the Berlin correspondent of the London Post of England's intention to purchase the Island of Cyprus is unfounded, The Egyptian National Bank, with a capital of £4,000,000 ($19,360,000), has been formed at Alexan- dria under the auspices of the Minister of Finance, and the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, Member of Par- Mament foy London University, has accepted the chairmanship of the English Board of Directors of the bank. Bills for the emancipation of the Jews have passed the German Skuptschina. They must still pass the great Skuptschina, Rey. Mr. Lightfoot has been appointed Bishop of Durham. The Standard announces in an official form that it is not expected there will be any more Cabinet coun- cils before the meeting of Parliament. The lower House of the Austrian Reichsrath has approved the Treaty of Berlin by a vote of 154 to 112, ‘M. Alexandre Simiot, republican member of the French Chamber of Deputies, is dead. Adolf Jensen, the composer, died at Baden Baden, yesterday. a ‘The Leipsic Booksellers’ Association’s official list shows that 13,912 German books wero published last year. Fresh outbreaks of the rinderpest are reported in Prussia. Fifteen places are still infected within the district first attacked. ‘The local.court of Inowraclaw, in the Province of Posen, Germany, is making formal inquiry concern- ing Archbishop Ludochowski’s non-fulfi!ment of the penalties to which he was sentenced in contumaciam, The ultramontane newspaper Germania contrasts these proceedings with the government's peaccable professions. SHERE ALI AND RUSSIA. THE AMEER EN ROUTE FOR TASHKEND—GEN- ERAL RASGONOFF MAKES AN IMPORTANT AD- MISSION. " [sr CABLE TO THE BERALD.] Tasuxenp, Turkestan, Jan. 25, 1879. After fourteen days of disquieting silence General Kaufmann has received news from Shere Ali up to the 10th inst, The information comes irom the military surgeon sent by the Governor of Turkstan to Mazar-i-Sharif at the urgent request of the Ameer, who was suf- fering from a severe attack of laryngitis. Shere Ali stated that he would leave for Tashkend on January 20. A FRANK OPINION. In a conversation of three hours’ dura- ticn with the Russian surgeon, General Rasgonoff declared that he was more than ever convinced that Afghanistan was the key to India for Russia. WHAT SHALL BE DONE? General Kaufmann will give a grand din- ner to-morrow in honor of the Russian Ambassador to Bokara, who has come to ‘Tashkend to receive instructions concern- ing the arrival of the Ameer. COLLISION AT SEA. A BRITISH BARK SUNK BY THE SUPPLY—SAFETY OF THE VESSEL'S CREW. [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.) Foncaat, Madeira, Jan. 27, 1879. The British bark Diadem has been in collision with the United States sailing ship Sapply. The bark’s crew were saved and landad at this port by the Supply. THE GREAT RAILROAD SUIT. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Nasivinte, Tenn., Jan. 27, 1879, ‘The suit of the bondholders against the railroads of Tennessee has created a profound sensation. The impression is general that the Legislature, which re- fused to compromise the debt last session, opened the way toa possible settlement more burdensome to the State. If the bondholders guin the suit the State will have substituted home for foreign credit- ors, and will be compelled to reimburse .the rail roads, The railroads and their stockholders are & power ful interest, connected so closely with all the interests in the State that they will be very strong in the deinand for reimbursement for bonds paid to the State under its own laws, This suit will cer- tainly bring about a settlement much more speedy than was deemed possible. Quite a change of views has been created already, and the reign of demagogy is about to come to a close. DIED FROM HYDROPHOBIA., Paitapenrma, Jan. 27, 1879. Mrs, Catharine Gorman died, to-night, of hydro- phobia, She was bitten by # apitz dog, in October jant, CALIFORNIA MINING STOCKS, SAN Francisco, Jan. 27, 1879. ‘The following are the closing official prices of min- ing stocks to-day : Caledonia. California, + 0% Chollar, on + AB hy Consolidat’d Virginia 845 Crown Point. 5 Eureka Consolidated 27 Exchequer... 6 Gould & Curr: Grand Prige,. +6: + 0% + 13% ts THE PACIFIC RAILROADS. DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT ON THE DEDT TO THE GOVERNMENT—THE BAILROADS TO PAY IF ANYTHING LEFT APTER PAYING INTEREST ON MORTGAGE BONDS. Wasuixatos, D, C., Jan, 27, 1879. ‘The following were.among the proceedings of the United States Supreme Court to-day :— No. 736. The Union Pacific Railroad Company, ap- paitens, vs. The United States.—This was a suit ought by the Union Pacific Railroad Com- Fad in the Court of Claims to recover rom the United States, under the acts of Congress of July 2, 1864, and Mareh 3, 1871, one-half of the compensation due it for the transportation of mails, troops, supplies and mu- nitions of war, amounting in the aggragate to 300,000, As a Cefence to this suit the government set up a counter claim under the sixth section of the act of July 1, 1862, to five per cent of the net earnings of said road from the date of its completion November 6, 1869, to November 6, 1874, amounting to $1,400,000. ‘This claim the Union Pacific Company resisted on the ground that its road was not coni- pleted in 1869, as alleged by the government, but in 1874, and that the interest upon its indebtedness, as well as its running pxpenses, should ‘be deducted from its gross receipts in com- putin the net carnings upon which the ni States was entilled to receive a percentage. A trial in the Court of Claims resulted in a victory for the government, that Court holding the road was completed in 1869 and that the government was entitled to receive the difference between half compensation, which, it admitted, was due to the railroad company and the full amount of its counter claim. From that decree the Union Pacific Company appealed. ‘The questions presented to this Court for decision are: First—When was the Union Pacific Railroad com- pleted ? Second—What should be included in the words “net earnings?’ and Third—How and under what conditions are pay- ments to be made? ‘This Court, in a long and carefully prepared bei delivered by Justice Bradley, holds as fol- ow! First—That, although in one sense of the word a railroad is never completed or never in such a way as to make further improvements or greater perfection impossible, there is no reason why the word “com- pleted” should be construed to mean one thing in the fourth and fifth sections of the act of 1562 and another thing in the sixth section, If the road was completed in such a sense 2s to entitle the company to receive land grants and subsidy bonds from the government it was also completed in such a sense as to entitle the government to and and receive five per cont of its net earnings. This conclusion is, in the opinion of the Court, so obvious that it needs no argument. The findings of tact in the court below show that the company, through its. President, made affidavft to the court below of both of the several sec- tions of its roal and its whole line prior to November 6, 1869, and that upon the strength of these representations, and of reports made by commissioners appointed to examine the road, it was accepted by the President, and subsidy bonds and jong for land grants upon the whole completed line duly issued to the company. ‘The latter is thus estopped by its own action from’ pleading incomple- tion. A stranger case of estoppel could hardly be presented. Second—What should be included in the net earn- ings? The Court holds, in reply to this question, that the earnings of the road should include all sums receivable by the company from tho government for services rendered, but not the income or profit . derived from its lands; thet in computation of net carnings there should be deducted from this gross sum the necessary expenses of operation and ull expenditures for ordinary improvement and repairs, but not expenditures arising. out of the company's land department nor interest upon its bonded indebtednees. ‘The latter, the Court holds, is not properly chargeable against receipts in computing net earnings. While thus deciding against the company on this point the Court is clearly of opinion— Third—That the net earnings thus com- puted are to be applied—tirst, to payment of the annual interst upon its first mort- gage bonds, and not to the payment of tho five pet cent claimed by the governm The Court holds this to be the legitimate, effect of the government's waiver of its own priority. Interest ac- wing on the first mortgage bonds is as rightly pay- able out of the net earnings as is the five percent due the Unbegiepirpares The net carnings are the fund out of which both are to be paid, but if the fund is uate only to the payment of’ one the interest on the first mortgage bonds has precedence, otherwise the whole government debt might be paid to the exclusion of the first mortgage, which is admitted to have priority. Such @ result would be manifestly absurd. The govern- ment, hewever, may claim that if there is not a suf- ficient surplus of net earnings in one ycar to pay five ue for that year it may be carried over to ear and taken out of the sur- plus thereof. ‘his position the Court hoids to be untenable. ‘The statute makes the application an an nual one. If the year produces net earnings sufficient for the parpose the government gets its five per cent, otherwise it doey not, and there the account ends. It was nover intended that it should be carried over from one year to another. In conclusion the Court, after directing some modificatio: i Court of Claims, suns up its d question in’ controversy as follows hese modifications, it should be found that the net earnings in any one year were not more than sufli- cient to pay interest on the first mortgage bonds accru- ing in said year, then the company will not be decreed to bey aPy portion of said five per cent of net earnings for ‘t_ your; But, if the net earnings were more than sufficient to pay such interest, the excess only will be subject, as far as it will go, to the ment of said five per cent; but the company will not be decreed to pay any more than said excess. The de- cree of the Court of Claims is reversed, with instruc- tions to enter a decree conforming hereto.”’ Justice Strong read a dissenting opinion for him- self and Justice ls No. 103. United States, plaintiff in error, against Central Pacific Railrosd Company. In error to the Cireuit Court of the nited States for the district of California,—Inasmuch as this case involves the same questions as the case of the Union Pacific, already decided, the Court does not consider it n to repeat its opinion. It reverses the jadgment of the Circuit Court, with directions to grant a new trial and to be governed t the opinion in the case abeve refered to. : Opinion by Judge Bradley, Judges Strong and Har- dissenting. No. 418, United States, plaintiff in error, vs. Kansas Pacific Railroad Company; in error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Kan- sas.--Judgment reversed for reasons given in decis- ion of Union Pacific case and cause remanded for new trial. inion by Justice Bradley. jo. 781. United States, appellant, vs. Denver Pacific Railroad and Telegraph ms Sn eal from the Court of Claims. Judgment affirmed. Opinion by Judge Bradley. No. 590. United States, plaintiff in error, against the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company. In error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. Judgment affirmed, Opinion by Justice Bradley; Justice Strong dissenting. MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT, Wasninerox, Jan, 28—1 A. M. | . Indications. For the Middle States, generally cloudy weather and rain, with southerly to westerly winds, falling barometer, followed by rising barometer, slight fall in temperature and clearing weather in the southern portions. For New England, cloudy weather and rain, with warmer south to west winds and falling barometer. For the South Atlantic States, partly cloudy weather and light rains, with falling barometer, southerly to westerly winds and slight changes in temperature, For the Guif States, partly clearing weather and light rains near the coast, southerly winds, shifting to slightly colder northerly and westerly winds and slight rise in burometer. For Tennessee and the Obio Valley, areas of rain followed by clearing, colder weather, southwest to northwest winds and stationary or slowly rising barometer. For the lower lake region, rain or snow, with southerly winds shifting to westerly and north. westerly, slowly risiug barometer and lower tem- perature, For the upper lake region, Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys, light rains, followed by slightly colder, pattly cloudy weather, slight rise, followed by falling barometer and variable winds. For the Central and South Pacific coast regions partly cloudy weather, with light rains inthe in- terior. ‘The lower Mississippi and the lower Ohio rivers will rise slowly. Cautionary signals continue at Cape Hatteras, Kitty Hawk, Cape Henry, Norfolk, Lewes, Cape May, At War DeranrMent, OFFICE OF THE CHIKY SIGNAL OrviceR, lantic City, Barnegat, Sandy Hook, New York, New Haven, New London, Newport, Wood's Hole, Boston and Section Eight, Portlaud and Section Seven and Eastport. THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. ‘The following record will show tho changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in com- parison with the corresponding date of last year, as indicated by the thermometer #t Hudnut's pharmac HenaLy Building, No. 218 Broadway :— 1si8, 1879. 1878, 1879. 3A. M 9 3:30P, Mi... 43 89 2 6PM... w 9PM. MM 12P.M... A tem ire yesterd vee OB |, Average temperature forcorresponding date last TOUT ce rececceeeeeeeee sbveee dvevevevecsee OOM SITTING BULL’S LAMENT. (G@ FOR THE FLESHPOTS OF STANDING ROCK—ANXIOUS TO SHAKE HANDS AND GIVE UP HIS GUNS AND PONIES, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. Bisance, D. K., Jan, 27, 1879. Runners from Sitting Bull, arriving at Standing Tock agency, say the warrior wants to return to Standing Rock, as his tribe, the Uncapapas, stop on that reservation. The Tribune to-day publishes this message from Sitting Bull to the Uncapapas:— “Once I was strong and brave and my people had hearts of iron, but now Iam acoward and will fight no more forever. My people are cold and hungry, my women are sick and my children are freezing. I will do as theGreat Father wishes, I will give my guns and my ponies into his hands. My arrows are broken and my war paint thrown to the winds.” THE BLAINE INVESTIGATION. Lon REPUBLICAN FRAUD AND VIOLENCE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. CuaRLKstoy, Jan, 27, 1879. ‘The Teller Committee was occupied mainly to-day in hearing democratic testimony as to the conduct of the canvass and election in Williamsburg apd Sumter counties. State Senator Maurice testified to the lukewarmness aud divisions of the republicans in Williamaburg, and to the general bad character of Swails, the Republican leader ; it was in consequence of Swarl's threats that he was notified that he would be held responsible for any bloodshed or houseburning, and that he had better leave the country. Circuit Solicitor Hirsch, a republican until 1877, said that be had investigated. by Governor Hamp- ton’s direction, the different charges made by Swails, ard found that the White Ouk meeting was not held to advocate Mr. Rainey's clection; that Swails was not arrested by the Red Shirts and that no threats had been made against Swails except that he wouid be held to account for any bloodshed or incendiarism. Jack Epps, a colored preacher, testified that he ab- stained from voting at the election, and is, in conse- quence, debarred by the colored republicans from ministering to the Baptist churches he had regularly et % J. B. Chandler (white) testified that armed negroes surrounded the Cedar Swamp precinct, saying the ballots should not be completed. Similar testimony was yiven by both white and colored witnesses in relation to the cunvass in Rich- land county. Edward Perry, printer, of Charleston, was put on the stand. He swore that the tissue printed 10,000 republican tickets for E.W. M. Mackey, the republican candidate for Congress at the last election. PEDESTRIANISM. MISS BARTEL BEGINS HER TASK OF WALKING THREE THOUSAND QUARTER MILES IN THREE THOUSAND QUARTER HOURS, An attempt at accomplishing a feat of pedestrian- was begun at Brewster building, Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street, last evening, the attempt being the effort of Miss Annie Bartel to walk 3,000 quarter miles in 3,000 quarter hours. The successful com- pletion of this task will require thirty-one days and six hours, and the physical endu- rance required to complete it without sleep ex- cept that which cau be snatched in the intervals of atask so exacting is little short of the marvellous. Procisely at six o'clock, the hour announced for the beginning of Miss Bartel’s walk, the pedestrionne appeared upon the track. About one hundred peo- ple, among them a number of theatrical celebritics, had gathered to see the start, As she emerged from the little room in the corner of the building allotted to her as her home during the next month— if her endurance lasts so long—she was grected with applause. Most of the spectators ‘Who were prosent at the time were connoiseurs of @ pedestrian’s points, and on her first laps she was watched closely and critically, She started well. Her step was casy and natural, her stride was firm and graceful, her pace waa rapid and determined. e quarter was accomplished iu 3m. 2%e., and when she retifed to her room applause followed her. It was an auspicious beginning of a task which will be watched with great interest because of Mme. Ander- son's success. pearance Mise Bartel is rathe r In ap} co is rather preporsessing. She is not beautiful in the mere womanly sense, but she has a bright eye, a pleasing face and an almost perfect contour of form for a female athlete. Her step shows that she is accustomed to walking, but her style is suggestive of country roads rather than city sidewalks, and it is said most of her experience ‘was acquired in carrying milk cans from door to door over the roughest parts of Westchester county. She is young, being scarcely more than twenty years of age, and while she was making her first lap there was a flush in her face which revealed the excitement burning Hae a fever in her veins, The noy- elty of her surrounding and the cnrious eyes which were bent upon her seemed to aifect her to her disadvantage while giving sort of dramatic interest to her start. The track is in the second story of the building, and is made of loam and sawdust. It was made by Hughes, one of ary’s unsuccessful competitors, and Miss Bar- tel’s trainer. There are seven laps to the quarter mile, each lap being 184.57 feet, as measured by Major Fulton, of rifle team fame. Within the circle are chairs, pliced for the accommodation of visitors, and most of them were occupied when the task began. In one of tho front rows sat Miss Lilly Eldridge an interested spectator; in the other was Miss Lottie Murray, Mrs. Tony Pastor and Miss Annie Ward Tiffany. Other ladies present, and @ number of gentlemen made them- selves prominent on the inside and the outside of the track, “Crosetown’” Carey and Judge Hilton among them, ‘The interest felt in the pedestrienne’s start was surprising, and the only question now is whether her endurance will prove equal to the in- terest. INCIDENTS OF THE NING. As the evening advanced the r nine o'clock the hall was filled; at ten o’eloc crowded, During the evening almost one-half the audience was ladies. Up to midnight fully 1,000 people visited the building, and quarters poured tuto the box oftice during the intervals between every quarter mile. As eleven o'clock approached the crowds began to thin. ‘The interest oF the throng seemed to raise the spirits of the pedes- trienne, and she was flashed and excited throughout the evening, so that sleep was impossible to her dur- in,; the night, and the ladened air seemed to make her breathing hard and difficttit as the night ad- vanced. Just before she went on for her twenty-first quar- ter the HxnaLp reporter called to ses her in her apartment. She was reclining on her couch, but showed neither fatigue nor a desire for sleep :-— “Do you feel confident of your ability to complete your task?” the reporter asked. “I do, certainly, or I would not haye undertaken it.” was the apswer. Up to eleven o'eleg ‘4 Miles. 1. her score was as follows :— p me. 424 2.. q Miss Bartel was dressed in a green silk tight-fitting basque with @ skirt which came only to the knees. She wore white silk hose aud on her head a scarlet fez cap, which was a pretty adornment to her figure. es were ordinary Walking shoes, PEDESERIANISM IN CONNECTICUT, At 12:05 yesterday morning C. H. Oakes twenty-four, and Francis Sharkey yan a six days’ walking match at Military Hall, South Norwalk, Both men were in execilent condition and the entire day their movements were closely watehod by the sport-loving community of Fairfield county. No spocial conditions were iinposed upoff the men, wh in the language of the manager, “yo as they please. they had both stopped foran hour's rest, me Sharkey had made 62 miles, Onke , had made 60 miles at 2:11 P.M. The Aeeeeeeeee howe der. At four B, M. Sharkey resunied opera- in for a twenty-tive mile tramp before taking another rest, ANOTHER CHALLES FOR O'LEA New York, Jan. 27, 197: Lhereby challenge Mr. Daniel O'Leary toa six day walk, to come off in New York or Chicago, for $500 ill meet him at Turf, Piel and Farm ofce, or at 1 Broadway. HARRY HOWARD, of Glen Cove, L. L (who lately walked at Mozart Gar- den). BOARD OF POLICE JUSTICES. ‘The Board of Police Justices mot again last even- ing in the Court of Special Sessions to settle the vexed question of the clerkship of that court, which All the has been pending since last May. Justices: were present © iu Several ballots were taken, but no rived at, ism even more remarkable than Mme. Anderson's | ure thitty-oue laps to the mile and the track is in | NEW. YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET AMUSEMENTS, BOOTH’S THEATRE. MeKee Rankin and Kitty Blanchard made their renirée betore a New York audience last evening in Joaquin Miller's “Danites.”” The play having been considered in these columns on the occasion of its first production, at the Broadway Theatre, and Mr. Rankin’s and Miss Blanchard’s excellent work in the piece having been then noted, there is little thar is new to chronicle in connection with | last night's performance at Booth’s ‘Theatre, In the hands of these excellent artists the characters of Billy Piper and Sandy have lost nothing of the freshness and earnestness noticeable in the earlier representations, while the trifling changes in the “business” of the piece, which constant repetitions of the play have naturally developed, only tend to round the characters in the play more fully and add | to the general excellence of the whole. The genera! | cast was thoroughly good, and far better than we | are accustomed to see in combinations such as this of Mr. Runkin’s, and the size of the audiences which have specie the performances on their trip east- ward have attested the wisdom of the plan of thus supporting the “stars,” Mr, Mestayer, as the Jedye fave an exceedingly clever bit of character act- ing, and Mr. Parsloe, who has of late been | so closely identified with the ‘Heathen Chinee," was specially engaged to play Washce Washee, which ho did admirably. A word of praise, and more, is due to Mr. Hoyt, of Philadelphia, who came on to paint the third and fourth act “sets,” which were very pretty, and earned him « double call before the footlights. ' Altogether the “opening night” was a thorough success. BROADWAY THEATRE—MR. GEORGE KING LEAR, Lear, King of Britain . King of France...... EDGAR AS .Er, George Edgar Mr. T. J. Qainn rank R. ce Mr. W. H. Collings Mr. Jos, Wheolock « Tue Foot Oswald. ald. ‘ vee Ma Mr. George Edgar made last night a very accept- able addition to the limited number of ideals of | King Lear that are within the memory of modern theatre goers. The support wus better than that which Mr, Booth received in the same part a few weeks ago in this city, the piece was well set, and last, though not least, the text was not “‘cut’”’ to any extent. Mr, Edgar was heartily applauded through- out the evening und called to the front at the end of every act, and Mr. Wheelock and Miss Gordon received frequent and deserved recognition. Mr. Edgar cannot be said to have presented anything new and startling in his impersonation of Lear, yet his work was marked by a degree of ability which was generally unexpected, Satisfactory renderings of this character are practically unknown in New York, though there are many admirers of the late Edwin Forrest who claim that the part as played by that gen- tlemau left nothing to be desired. Forrest invested the mad scenes of the old King with tremendous power, and in this particular Mr. Edyar, like every ‘one else who has played the part of lute, is lacking. He evidently has sutticient vice for the purpose, but does not have it at command or perhaps doubts when to use it. The pitiful pathos which informs certain lines and scenes also escapes his vocal ex- pression, though his action in these parts is very suggestive and good. His 8 are faithfully and intelligently read, and his acting that of a grand old ruin which never forgets its dignity. In presence he is admirable, and his per- formance, a8 a whole, is eminently enjoyable—far too good to lose, it not good enough to satisfy readers who havo entered fully into the spirit and sentiment of the part. Nest to Mr. Edgar Mr, Wheelock earned the honors cf the evening. He played Ed- gar respectably while that personage _ was still in his natural condition and among familiar surroundings. As Poor Tom, however, he promptly surprised and delighted the wudience. Such an intelligent combination of torce and fool- ishness is more than playgoers have been in the habit of expecting in this character, and had he been equally yood in the scene with the blinded would-be suicide, his fatner, Mr. Wheelock’s acting would have been absolutely symmotrical. ‘The Cordelia of Marie Gor- don was excellent, both in presence and action, and the lady enjoyed a new opportunity of learning in how high esteem she is held in New York. Mr. Pierce us Rent was more acceptable than in the part of Gloster, which he lately played under Mr. Booth. Mr. Conway us the King’s Fool, though not without tecling aud point, is too rapid and lively; the matter of a court jester is ineffective without the appro- priate manner, and the fool’s lines in Lear are many and important. Mrs. Carhart was very good in the thankless part ot Generil, and Miss Le Clair was a handsome, cold-hearted Regan. Mr. Colliugs was # sufficient Gloster, and Mr. owe, when he did not forget to uct while he spoke, did well as Edmuud. ‘The scenery was good, the chalky cliff of Dover, in the fourth act, being particularly effective. “ALMOST A LIFE” AT THE TEW PARK THEATRE, BROOKLEN. Mrs. Ettie Henderson's drama, *‘Almost a Life,” was presented last night at the New Park Theatre, Brooklyn, to a full house. The acting throughout was unusually fine and won frequent applause. ‘The character of Avisie was delineated by js Rosa Rand, who performed her part in a highly artistic manner. She was well supported by the entire Park Theatre company, and the interest of the piece was kept up from first ‘to last. The piece will be continued during the week. OLYMPIC THEATRE —‘‘THE TRAPPER'S DAUGHTER.” Under the above name, what is known as the “Texas Jeck and Donald McKay Dramatic Company” appeared last night at the Olympic Theatre, before a large gallery audience, but with a comparatively smal! attendance in the parquet. The play is one that has been produced before in the city, under the name of “Life on the Border,” and is full of sensational incidents. The tableaux are almost invariably good, and in & measure compensate for the absence of meagre sentiment in the dialogue. ‘The observer, however, is brought face to face with men in Indian buckskins who have seen actual se vice on the frontier and to whom is attached tain amount of romance that Lelongs to adventures which have been recorded in connection with life among the Indians. While the story is not true it ix successfully made to appear so, and thus the play wins not a little applause from the readers of dime novels and the little fellows up stairs who exhibit capacity for making tremendous —ap- plause. principal characters of the eveu- Ing wero ‘Texan duck (Mr. J.B. Omohondru and Donald McKay. Neither of these men 1 to act artistically. They are simply natural in their speech and action, but it is inthe exhibi of this quality and in their iMustrations of the p features of border lite that their » s dow ists. Both are splendid spec " ‘and strongly contrasted with the urti- Indians who were very bad. Miss Van land played the part of Emma Keynolds, t heroine, with intelligence. and Mayer personated Betty Mutheny with n vivaeity. Old Sloat (Mr. J stage with bis individuality heroes were present, and made considerable amusement; but the character is one capable of a routgrowth, and with proper study may be made to divide the chief honors of an evenin; NIBLO'S GARDEN—‘‘HERO, OR MOUNT SHASTA,” Mr, Oliver Doud Byron appeared last night in an- other historical drama, entitled as above. The story is based on adventures connected with the Mc war, and affords opportunities for situations in which love, rifles and scalping knives constitute a not inconsiderable element. It is a curious coinci- dence that the hero of the plot is Donald McKay, who is playing at the Olympic ‘Theatre, and the coutrast between his representative (Mr. Byron) in his circus dress, as the supposititious chiet of the Warm Spring and the real inan, who stands six feet three in his buckskins, a superb type of the wan Indian, straight as au arrow, wit co in his poses, speaking ever English, and yet acting with not a little y ething that is) worthy of remark nt, however, have evidently, take to mike the play attractive. The scenery | od, the stage business full of life and incident, | when the drama runs more smoothly it will feature with those who love the rof the stage. Mr. Byron played blood and tl well, cousidering the fact that lie was handicapped by the work of hen yey the stage, and found ad bie co-operation in Mr, Tannehill, Mr. J Herne, Mr. Simcoe Lee, Mr, Lytell, Mr. C! yess (Who made an excellent negro soldi Veters, and Misses Annie Ward Titfa Mortimer. ROM {TALY TO AMERICA,” n Italian Mitérateur, ve- d the rea ling of Professor L. D. Ventura, cently arrived in Americ his “unedited nove From Ttaly to Ainerica,” at No. 11 East Fourteenth: street, last even- | ing. The audience numbered about seventy persons, | almost all of whom evidently belonged to the Italian colony in this city. ey received both the novelist and the novel with great favor. ‘The story narrates | the adventures of Francesco Montalbano, an Italian of high birth, in Amer whither he comes to re- pair the broken fortunes of his family, The fret chapter of the novel, as read last night, discovers him embarking on a sailing vessel at Trieste, The | two or three next succeeding recount the events of the vayaye to New York. They are pleasingly di- versified with sketches and incidents of maritime | ple be if life, and contain a conversation between Montalbano and some of the sailors, in which the former con- trasts the institutions of America with those of Italy in torms by no means complimentary to the land of his nativity. Some chapters are also dovoted to the early lifeof Montalbano, narrating his youth and edu- cation and hix marriage to the daughter of @ wealthy nobleman, who ains with their children behind him in Ituly, and who is destined to be the heroine of the novel. The sue ding parts of the book will be read on the event January 2¢ and February 3, Yand 10, when the characters of Montalbano and his wife will be more fuliy develpoped, lis adven- tures on this side of the Atlantic will be narrated, and the views of the author us to the merits of repube lican institutions will be evolved, PARIS AND THE FRENCH, At Chickering Hall last evening Mrs. Emma Newell entertained a smal! but sympathetic audience with a discourse on “Paris and the French People,’ ‘the lady, who has a very pleasing and winning address, was frequently applauded in her description of home life im Paris, scenes on the boulevards, in the art galleries and the public resorts. The lecture, while it embodied much that is net new to Americans who have speut some time in the gay French capital, contained many using pictures of interest to those who have not uso favored, It was full of praise of the intel- ndustry and refinement of # people. who, by their sympathy with America in the war of the Hevolution and the late rebellion, Mrs. Newell claimed, were bound to the people of the United States by wari ties of friendship and affection. “p0G” MARY'S ABODE. An eccentric colored woman, named Mary A. Guye, also known as “Dog"’ Mary and the “Fortune Teller,’ died suddenly yesterday at No. 815 Broadway. She lived alone in a garret in an alley at No. 1514 Sullivan street for the last eight years, and it would require almost the agility of an acrobat to ascend the rickety, perpendicular stairs leading to her abode. Once in- side an almost indescribable scene was presented, Whe slanting roof descended at a sharp angle to the eave of the house, obliging the visitor to stoop low to avoid coming in collision with the joists and beams. Such 4 motley collection of strange and anomalous articles was never before seen or heard of outside cf Dickens’ “Old Curiosity Shop.’’ Tho cramped apsrtment was littered with household utensils, old pots and jars, bundles of rags and old paper. The wall was frescoed with cheap gaudy prints, and the dried skins of crocodiles and alliga- tors, sandwiched between the leaves of a preserved plaut that looked like bunches of the tobacco leaf, ung at the end of the room. A heap of rags served as her bed. The placo was budly lighted by a small, smutty window. While the Henaxp reporter stood, or rather crouched, in mute astonishment, taking note of the sur- roundings, a half dozen yelping canines, followed by as many mewing felines, made their appearance from mysterious recesses. The pugnacious little skye terriers were particularly demonstrative, while the cats took up a suspicious position at a more respectiul distance and aggressively humped their backs. ‘The agent of the premises accompanied the reporter. ‘“hese critters are hungry,” he said. “They have been locked up here tor two days.” The reporter started; he felt a gnawing and scratching sensation at his boots. “Oh, these are the fortune teller’s pet rats,” said the agent, complacently. “They are quite tame and looking tor their expected food. She had over # dozen of these long-tailed erit- ters, together with the colony of cats and dogs, ta share be ters, It was, indeed, s happy family, y er known to quarrel,” ‘The reporter's curiosity was tully satisfied, and, by a series of desperate contortions, succeeded m reuching the gourtyard in safety, but with a mcken- ing sensation produced by the foul atmosphere. “Bad as the place is, sir,"” continued the communi: cative agent, “I have secn big guns go up there aud remain in consultation for a long time. Ladies in sealskin sacks and gentlemen with tall hats. They came to have their fortunes told, or to have ‘Dog’ Mary nurse and tend their favorite black and taus, as she was quite skilled in canine diseases.” “Dog” Mary was fifty years of age. Her body was viewed by Coroner Croker, who ordered it to be ree moved to the Morgue. FREE SO} The annual session of the District Grand Loage, No. 1, Independent Order of Free Sons of Israel, is now being held iu Florence Hall, corner of Second avenue and First street, Tho organization, which is charitable im its objects, has been in existence about twenty years, and has spread all over the United States. It is composed exclusivecy of Isractites, and is divided into four district grand lodges. The one in session in this city is the oldest and largest, num- bering fifty-four lodges, which aro represented by over one hundred and fifty delegates. Next month a goast convention of all the four grand lodges will held‘at Rochester. The charities of the society are not contined to its own members, although that is their main object, but in times of great public calamities they muke their efforts felt for good. Last year, during the ravages of the yellow fever in the South, they contributed $1,600 for the rehef of the sufferers. ‘Che annual reports of the president and secretary were read before the Convention on Sun- day, and yesterday the time was spent in debate on the recommendations they contained. These reports show that of the fifty-four lodges in the first dis- trict, thirty-seven are in this city, twepty-six are German | and twenty-eight Enghsh. Of the lodges for women there are five in New York, all German, and one English lodge in Syracuse, The membership on January 1, 1578, was 5,954, and om the frst day of the present year 6,422—an increase of 468, . S OF ISRAEL, HARLEM RIVER BRIDGE, The Park Commissioners, have requested the Board of Estimate and Apportioment to appropriate the sum of $5,000 to pay the expense of surveying the ground in the vicinity of the proposed bridge, which is to be erected over the Harlem River, within one mile north of High Bridge. he Comptroller will report upon the application at the next meeting of the Board. CITY NEWS ITEMS. A mecting of the members of the Cotton Exchange was held yesterday at which the proposed amend- ment to the bylaws in relation to penalties for trading after hours was discussed. It was finally agreed to decide the matter by ballot to-day, Mr. Thomas H. Hartley, a young journalist of this city, died yesterday morning of consumption at St. Luke's Hospital, and will from the chapel ofthat institution at y. Mr. Hartley had been connected wit newspapers here and in Chicago for the past ten years. HOTEL ARRIVALS, John M. Francis, of Troy, is at the Gilsoy. Cooke, of Philadelphia, is at the Brevoort. Jay Rev. | James Freeman Clarke, of Boston, is at the Hoffman, Captain Audley Harvey, Aid de Camp to the Marquis of Lorne, is at the Windsor. Captain Hamilton Perry, of the steamship Britania, is at the Westmin- ster. Captain J. H. Sparks, of London, aud Signor Lrignoli, are at the Everett. H. 8, MeComb, of Delas is at the Fifth Avenue, Willis Phelps, of Springfield, Mass., {8 at the St. Nicholas. Edgar 7, Welles, of Hartford, is at the Brunswick. ee ENIAMIN J. MALLAM, aged 27, at bis late 709 Washington Notice of funeral hereat (Por Other Deaths s ware, Ninth Page.) CAN'T GO TO CHURCH. WHY NOT? 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