Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 12, 1888, Page 2

FACTORY 200. GRAND REPUBLIC CIGARRO. 17,000,000 Manufactured in 1887, of which we used one million seven hundred thousand. Last in- voice,»January 20th, two hundred and fifty thousand, quarter of amillion (25 cases). The onlylong * full veulta Havana filler and Sumatra wrapper Cigarro, sold for 5c. Read Testimonials: CRESTON, Ia., Jan. 24, 1888, MEssi8, PEREGOY & MOO! We have sold®he Grand Republicci "' pos, manufactured by Geo. P. Leis & Co. Gents: - for tho past (2) two years and can only cay that we consider them the best five ent goods in the market; always the same. Yonrs truly, CHERnY & BAGLEY. ISIOGENE, Ta., Feb. 1, 1888. MESSRS. PEREGOY & MOORE, Council Bluffs, In.—Gents: #irst express 1,000 Grand Republic cigar- ~pos, asst colors. We are out and can’t keep shop without 'em. Very truly, Please ship us per GINGLES & Co. SILVER CrrY, Ia., Jan. 6, 1888, PEREGOY & MoORE, Council Bluffs, Ta., jentleman: We have just given Mr. Sheppard a nice little order for some more Grand Republic cigarros, which we think suits our trade better than any cigar we have ever handled. Yours, ete., W. G. MOORE & CO. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Jan. 21, 1888, Gentlemen: Replying to yours of the 19th, concerning Grand Republic ci- garros, we take pleasure in saying that they give better satisfuction than any nickel goods we have we ever handled. Yours truly, H. C. FREEMAN & Co. NORFOLK, Jan. 9, 1888 Messrs. P & M. Council Bluffs, Ia. Gentlemen: We have sold over forty thousand of the Grand Republic cigarros and find it one of the best sellers in the market. Sales increasing constantly. Please send us three thousand more by express, aud oblige. Yours, &e., SWAYN]E Bros. RED CLouD, Neb., Feb. 1, 1888, Messrs. PEREGOY & MOORE, Council Bluffs, Ia. Gentlemen: After a good long trial of the Grand Republic cigarres 1 am pleased to say that they excell all others. Having purchased them of you ever since they were offered to the trade. Huve kept them in stock constantly and never lost a customer that has used them. Yours respectfully, HENRY COOK. aaaamer | SHENANDOAIM, Ia., Feb. 2. I PEREGOY & MOORE, Council Bluffs, Ta. To Whom It May Concern: This is ta certify that we have given the Grand Republic cigarro a good trial and find them to be a good, free, easy smoker, and a good seller, and do not hesitate to recommend them in every particular. Very truly yours, ‘WO0O0DFORD BROS. AINSWORTH, Neb., Jan. 18, 1888. PEREGOY & MOORE, Council Bluffs, Ia. I have sold the Grand Republic cigarros one year and a half, and find them one of the best nickel cigars that Lever used. SYVER BACKEY. T I ColIN, TA, Jan. 6, 1888, PEreaoy & Moonw, Council Bluffs, Towa: Gentlemen: We have this day given your Mr. Shepard an order for Grand Republie Cigarro. They are the best 5« cent goods and the most rapid sellers that we have ever handled. Respeetfully, A. ROZELLE. MiI880URI VALLEY,IA., Jan. 30, 1888, MEssrs. PEREGOY & MOORE: Dear Sirs: I have sold your Grand R publics cigarros forabout one year. They are a good and fast seller. I sell more of them than any one brand I handle. Always gives general satisfaction. Respectfully yours, W. M. HARMON. ~_MARIE ANTOINETTE, THE FINEST TEN AND FIFTEEN CENT CIGAR SOLD. - Perfectos, Londres Sublime, and Petit Londres, made from the highest grades of Havana, from the El Repaso district; guaranteed Spanis% PEREGOY & MOORE, - ekt THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12, 1888, —~TWELVE PAGES- BEATRICE, Neb., Jan. 10, 1588. Thave sold the Geand Republic cigarro for three years. It isthe best five-cent cigar I have ever handled. J. Q. HAMILTON. Nonri BEXD, Neb., Jan. 9, 1888, MEessrs. PEREGOY. & MOORE, Council Bluffs, Ia.: Gentlemen: During 1887 I have sold over fifty thousand (50,000) Grand Re- public cigarros, purchashed of your house. My sales of this band verify the statementsof my customers that the cigarro is uniform in quality, and the best cigars ever placed upon the market at the price. Please send me two thousand (2,000) Colorado by first mail, Yours respectfully, C, B. TREADWELL, work. CRETE, Neb., Jan. 23, 1888, MessrS. PEREGOY & MOORE, Council Bluffs, Towa: Gentlemen: Please ship us by raile road 10 mille (10,000) Grand Republie cigarros, to be paid for on delivery, as it is the best cigarro for the money we have had this year. T. H. MiLLER & CO. GRAND ISLAND, Neb, Jan. 21, 1888, PEREGOY & MOORE, Council Blufts, Ia. Dear Sirs: Having handled “‘Grand Republic Cigarros™ for past three yoars I unhesitatingly pronounce them the hest b¢ goods I have ever dealt in, and fully believe them to be equal in qual- ity of stock to most 10¢ cigars. Respectfully, . HAzARD, Chemist and druggist. WESTERN AGENTS. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. /pig handsome horse. Though thin in the thighs he is & most commendable unimal in every way. Other lists of winners included Jack Tar "by Jolly Tar, Favonius Lancestrain by Toxo- philite, Lord Inarden by Lord Clifton, Silver Crown by Sylvester and Tiber by Endriner, Amongst the beaten horses were Drum- Head, with which Sir John Astley won his match against Captain Henry Catty, and the Wizard, once a hot favorite. American dealers present told e that they wore much dissatisfled with the show and think that they can get better animals on the other side. ——— i Mob Violence Threatened. '} » CeNTRALIA, an,, Feb. 11.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.] —A. D. Birchfleld, Oscar "Cummings and Dr. Hedden, the postmaster, and two bank ofticials, who were arrested for ‘tampering with the mails here, are in charge of their respective businesses. The commis- ssioner released them on their own recogniz- sences. It provesto be a local bank fight, «The feeling is intense against the Rank that caused the arrest. To-night an irflignati meeting is called at which trouble is antici- ppated. The band frcm this place has been w8ecured by these who were in sympathy with the arrested men and both sides will try to secure the passage of resolutions favorable to them. Mob violence has been threatened “the cashier of the First National bank who is . Wt howe sick. ————— The Law Constitutional. Torexa, Kan., Feb. 11.—[Special Telegram to the Bre.]—The supreme court to-day gave _an opinion in the proceedings brought by the «+state against the mayor and council of Kan- 'mas-City, Kan., to compel them to pass an or- “dinance paying the police force, the abject of the procedings being 10 test the coustitution- alty of the metropolitan police law. The ‘court holds that the law is constitutional and . that a court cannot interfere by o mandamus. where there is an adequate: remedy at luw; ‘that the police and others employed by the a lice commissioners of Kansas City, Kan., Ve an action at law to recover their sala- “'ries the same as any other creditor of a city. A similar decision is also given in the Lea- 1 ‘vénworth case which also involved the con- * stitutionality of the law. e -‘ Must Pay the Charges. , Ciroago, Feb. 11.—Judge Richard S. Tut- hill in the circuit court of Chicago to-day, _/made adecision of great importance toin- "dustrial schools for dependent boys and girls throughout the country, and which has attracted widespread attention. The in- . Corperators of the Chicago industrial school are all Roman Catholics and temporarily, until they secure a building of their own, con- \tracted with the Sisters of the Good Shep- ‘hord to house and teach girls committed. Pherc are other industrisl schools in the state, tha incorporators of which are protes- tants, By law the county has to pay for the support of such girls. The county resisted payment on the ground that it would be the payment of public money for sectarian pur- poses, Judge Tuthill, in” an able opinion, de- cided that the purpose was not sectarian and ordered the court to pay the amount, §19,533. g Weather Indications. For Nebraska: Fair weather, followed by local snows, warmer in eastern portion, ‘warmer followed by slightly colder in westen portion, light to fresh variable winds. For Iowa: Warmer, fair weather, preceded in northern portion by local snows, light to fresh winds, generally from souvth to west. For Eastern apd Southwestern Dakot: “Warmer and snow followed by colder, fair | weather, light to fresh variable winds. Y - To Have a New Court House* OaaLLALA,Neb., Feb, 11.-[Special Telegram to the B3Es.]—Theelection on issuing bo: " for 91,800 to build a new court house was oarried by u good ority here to-day. This s m«'&e munyn:ulhflzmnlvbuildulp that wil erected the coming year. e Yesterday's internal revenue collec- tious amounted to $6,831.88, nds | AN INCOMPETENT COMMITTEE. Progress of the Investigation of the Reading Strike. IGNORANT AS TO THEIR DUTIES' Officials of the Road Charged With Conspiracy to Break Up the Knights of Labor-Grave Robbing. Dense Ignorance. ‘WasniNeroN Bukeau T OManaA Bes, 513 FOURTEENTI STREET, } ‘WasmiNgToN, D. C., Feb. 11. It was made more plain to-day than was really anticipated that the special committee of the house investigating the Reading rail- way strike and the mining troubles in Penn- sylvania as ill-composed and ill-organized. ‘The only man on the committee who had any experience in such investigations who appears to have any adaptability to the work is Judge Parker, of New York., He is fifty-seven years old, has been long on the bench and in the practice of law, but has had some expe- rience in investigations by his connection in the last congress with the committee that in- vestigated the strke on the Gould system of railways of the southwest. Judge Chipman, of New York, is fifty- eight years old, and on his first term in con- gress. Mr. Stone, of Missouri, lays no claim to being a prober of secrets. Mr. Anderson, of Kansas, is so very deaf that he can scarcely keep track of the pro- ceedings of the committee. The chaivman, Mr. Tillman, is sixty-two years old and no more active or qualified for the work than was ex-Governor Curtin, who ‘was chairman of the strike committee in the last congress. . As a witness the committee had before them to-day John L. Lee, a machinist in the Reading shops at Philadelphia, who was dis- charged in the early part of the Reading strike and who has been chairman of the executive board which has attempted, on a number of occasions, to bring about a settle- ment between the strikers and President Corbin, General Manager McLeod and Gen- eral Superintendent Swigard. This man was full of valuable information, but it scemed that no one of the committee was about to get it. Members of the committee inquired of Lee where this strike, or ‘lock- out,” as he termed it, began, and what the ‘:I‘un‘lph‘ ‘was which it involved, and not one new, when he left the witness stand after two hours of talk, what he wanted to know. To muke @ long st short, the strikers charge these three railroad offi- cials with having acted seltishly and in bad faith, They claim that Swigard violated all of the various verbal and written agreements entered into by wiich the strikers were to be averted, discharges made only after careful investigation and arbitration and the interest of the employes maintained under all condi- tions of trade. He statod in most positive terms that Swigard had, after acting in bad faith with the employes, attempted to act in bad faith with the Reading company, and that he made propositions to him (Lee), to give him a better position than @ machinist if he would set him (Swigard) right with the company, with which heseems to have gotten 10to bad repute within a_ short time. Lee charged Swigard and Corbin with having proposed to enter into a secret compact with the locked-out employes by which the latter were 10 assist the former in bulling the coal wmarket, when the employes and émployers were to snare and share alike in the profits, | He also charged the railroad compuny with having delayed his telegraphic messages an- the men to work for' the purpase of givin the railroad ofticials an_opportunity to dis- charge the strikers and take advantage of nouncing the strike at an end, and m'nlel‘ingq g name of William T. Lewis, who is located at Columbus, O., and Who is at the head of the district organization of miners, and promised that Lewis would give undisputed and po: tive testimony about the existence of a con- spiracy between the railroad managers of the country, with dquarters in New Yor vith a view of breaking down the or- ganization of Knights of Labor. The charge has been frequently made during the past two or three years and a number of times labor azitators in the east have connected the names of railway officials with this ccn- i . When Mr. Lewis is called to tes- ill be seen whether there is anything ve accusatio The mvestigation creates no interest in Washington because, as [ stated some time ago, the impression prevails that no good will come of the inves- tigation; that after the committee next week visits Pennsylvania and other sections of the east and takes testimony from the strikes and the railroad people it will come back and postpone for months its final report, for reasons generally only known {0 investigat- ing committees, and ' that no action will eventually be taken on the deductions of the committee by congress. ANOTHER FARCICAL INVESTIGATION. The investigation by the house committee on manufactures into the formation and maintenance of trusts throughout the coun- try, authorized by the Mason resolution, is to begin next week. Several days ago each member of the committee was appointed a committoe of one to obtain information to be used as pointers and a basis upon which to operate, the committee having no starting point. This investigation has a novel pur- pose, and inasmuch as it will bring inso pub- lic view immeuse corporations, against which there have been howls set up for years, it could do a great deal of good totha country and prove very interestiig if it was conducted with any energy and persistence. But an_impression has got abroad in Wash- ington that this nvestigation, like tho one into the Reading railway strike, will be abortive and will not mmount to much in_ the end. It seems that the speaker, either terough negligence, ignorance or general in- capacity in such matters, manifestly so com- poses the investigatmg committees, which have wide opportunities, so as to make a failure of the euds in view. TIE QUARRELLING RATLROADS. Meetings are being held almosv nightly by fragments of u committce known as the cam- mittee of one bundred and composed of citi- zens of the southern part of the city which is traversed by the railroads, for the purpose of determining whether congress shall com- pel the : ailroads to abolish the present depots occupied by them and establish a union sta- tion. A great deal of agitation has been given the subject within the past twoor threa weeks, and the citizens of the southern se tion of Washington are considerably per turbed. _As stated in a dispatch to the Bex several days ago, the question involved is one of conflicting interests between two of the great railroad companies enteriug Washing- ton. The Baltimore & Potomac, which is a branch of the Pennsylvania railroad, has a fine station located ou an unfrequented street, but in a very. convenient locality for the “travelling public. ¥rom it run the two or three roads to the south. About a mile in the opposite direction the Baltimore & Ohio is located. Ifs station is very dingy and old, and that company wants an opvortunity to rebuild. Above all this, however it desires a union depot, so that it can get connections to the south over the roads which vun into the Penusylvania station, and which it can not reach under the present arrangement. The fight has been going on for three or four years, and 1s a very bitter one. It is a ques- tion Which intorests all of the peoplo who visit the national capital, as it affects their convenience. Congress is being flooded with petitions ou the subject. The people in the district appear to be 1n the majority for per- minying the Baltimore & Potomac roud to maintain its present station, while the coun- try at large, so far as heard from, 18 unani- mous in that direction. STRANGB GRAVE-ROBBING INCID Grave robbing is about s commo in this town now as lobbying. Hardly u week passes that the body of some loved one is not discovered in a dissecting room. A what is the punishment for such ciimest Next to pothing. A short, a very short term in the District jail. The latest and most sensational instatce of body-snatching came to light under pecnlinr circumstances last the emergency the strike had created iu the | markets, } THE CON KAOY TO DISORGANIZE THE K. OF L. Tho witness gave to the the night, when several men were arrested soon after leaving a mnedical college with the body of a ludy which had been Stolen and which they were about to return to the cemetery. The body was that of the young wife of Rev. Dr. Teasdale. The lady had died on the first of the month. A few days later friends went to the grave to place some flowers. A sec- ond visit was made the same parties two days later and they were horrified to find placed upon the mound with the other flowers @ boquet that had reposed on the bosom of the dead woman in her cofiin. This led to an investigation and the subsequent finding of the bod, Mrs, Teasdale was one of the most beautiful women in this section of the country., She had been married buta few month and death had resulted from a malady that had baffled the physicians. This fact probably caused the medical men to have the body stolen for examination. MISCELLANEOUS PARAGRAPIHS. Hugh T. Reid, of Iowa, son of General Reid, the first colonel of the Fifteenth Iowa, and a nephew of General Belknap, is at the Jefferson club, : N‘eilhur house of congress was in session o-day. The senate is to vote on the Blair educa- tional bill next Wednesday. It is believed it will be passed by a very large majority, but doubts are entertained whether it will ever come to a vote in the house. T. P. Kennard, R. O. Phillips and wife, J Ukoft and City Attorney Atkinson, of L coln, are in the city. Some of them leave for home to-morrow night. PERRY S, HEATH, Nebraska and lowa Pensions, WasmNGTON, Feb, 11.—[Special Telegram to the BeE.]--Pensions were granted for Nebraskans to-day as follows: Original in- valid—Smith H. Beeson, Lincoln; Mahon A. Dickson, Plattsmouth; Charles S. Boughton, Omaha; William Downey, Eureka; Walter S. Greenleyn, aliss Walter S. Downmg, Glenalpin; Randolph Fairbank, Grafton, Increase—James W. Clark, Albion; Samuel James McMurray, Benkleman; Joseph Gake, Slocum. Original for widows — Amelia, widow of James H. Smails, Fremont. Pensions for Towans: Original invalid— Thomas S. Patterson, Stone_ City: John M. Fredericks, Hayes: John P. Nichols, Akroy David Carmen, Cedar Rapids; William Med- dleton, Madison; Daniel A. Gow, Martins- burg. 'Restoration and increase—Fenton S. De Song, East Des Moines. Increase—John Ellenberger, Batavia; John I Seeley, Mar- tinsburg; James Hall, Greene; William West, Corning; William H. Johnston, Mount Ayr; Charles ' Walkings, Algona. Original for widows—Sarah, mother of Daniel F. Ben- nett, Redding: Elizabeth A., widow of Ben- jamin Chaffee, Tama City. b o L The Roston Celebration. Bostox, Feb, 11.—The Massachusetts club celebrated the annlversary of Lincoln's birthday by & banquet this evening, Hanni- bal Hamlin sent a letter..in which he said: “Let Lis birthday, like that of Washington, be made national, 'and like that of Washing- ton, let it be forever cofnmemorated.” The sentiment was it h great applause. Judge Leflingwell's Successor. Des MoiNes, Ia., Feb. 11.—Governor Lar- rabee to-day appointéd Mr. Howitt, of Clin- ton, to be district judge, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Lefingwell. Mr. Howitt was the uinmfimous choice of the bar association of the district, and is a demo- crat. ¢ —— Morning Blaze. About 2 o'clock this marning a chorus of shrill whistles from the locomotives in the vicinity of the depots called attention to a fire. it was in & little frame building on the corner of Pierce and Third streets. The oc- cupant was @& lohemian bachelor. It is alleged that he came home ntoxicated and overturned a lamp, und bence the blaze. The loss was small. e The emperor of Russia is decidedly a pa- tron of music. Antoine Rubenstein, the composer, has boen made by imperial Russian ukase a councillor of state, with the title of excellency, and Pierre Tschaikowski, an- other composer, hus been awarded a travel- ing pension of 3,000 rubles--about 2,000, Mr, Tony Pastor will soon introduce a new asprant for musical honors, Miss Daisy Zublin, the daughtor of u well known hotel roprietor of Utica, N. Y. Miss Zublin, who rl said 10 be a musical pnenomenon, is a tall brunette, of captivating appearance, and is ‘y’““,:"uwn in socialcircles in- central New | Yor THE NATION'S FIRST MARTYR. Lincoln's Birthday Appropriately Celebrated in Several Cities. A BANQUET AT DELMONICO'S Eloquent Addresses Delivered By Sen- ators Evarts, Manderson, Sherman and Others—The Anniver- sary Elsewhere, Onr Second Washington. New York, Feb. 11.—The Republican Club of the City of New York held a dinner at Delmonico’s to-night in honor of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. About 275 persons were present, incinding the following guests: Sen- ator John Sherman, Congressman William McKinley, jr., and Hon. Charles H, Gros- venor, all of Ohio; Senator W. M. Evarts and ex-Senator T. S. Platt and Warner Miller; Hon. W. B. Allison, of Towa; Senator Manderson, of Nebraska, and Congressman Goft, of West Virginia. Among those who sent letters of regret were ex-Secretary of ‘War Robert T. Lincoln, ex-Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, General John C. Fremont, ex-President Hayes, Chief Justice Waite, of the supreme court; Governor Foraker, of Ohio; Governor Oglesby, of Illi- nois; Governor Beaver, of Pennsylvania. Senator Hoar, Senator Ingalls, Judge Gres- ham, General Alger and Hon. B, F. Jones, The first regular toast was: ‘‘Abraham Lincoln—The fame of such a character brightening with the progress of humanity can be measured only by the limits of the world’s gratitude and the bounds of time.” Senator Evarts, who in the convention in 1860 had moved to make unanimous the nom- ination of Lincoln, responded. He said: *I am proud to be numbered with the members of this club and to take part in this tribute to Abraham Lincoln, Where can we find fame like this? His is a fame like that of Washing- ton, and his career reflects upon Illinois a glory like that which Washington gave to’ Virginia.” Senator Evarts briefly outlined the career of Lincoln, comparing his fame with that of King Divid., After the great’ series of debates with Stephen A. Douglas, he was the leader not of & party, but of the nation, that had risen to shake off the encumbrances that bound its limbs, said Mr. Evarts. ‘“Though without an army or navy this nation was able, as it would be again, to equip on the sea and land an arma- ment able to cope with the armies of the world, and Lincoln lived to see peace over a subjected, not a compromised, rebellion. [Applause.] There was nothing’ left in the stages of human greatness but that this chosen leader should be a martyr, [applause| and that he sbould have been stricken down on Good Friday as a martyr of liberty adds 10 his glory.” “The F iblican Party—Summoned into exiswence at the call of feeedom, trained in a school of unparalieled responsibility, it stands to-day with @ past that is glorious and a fu- ture fitled with promise,” was responded to by Senator John C. Spooner, of Wiscensin. Scnator Spooner was received with hearty plause. He sketched the history and achievements of the party and continued as follows: *“I'ie coming campaign should not be fought on economic questions’alone. The question of civil service reform which gives all the offices to one party and which folds Eugene Higgius 10 its bosom, is not the only issues. The petition of American industry and of American labor demands our attention. The summer school at Red Top, of Prof. Car- lisle, had scarcely concluded its labors before the administration won the applause of all free trade England, with the smiling acquiescence of the ngrthern democracy. The great manufacturin, te of Pexas [laughter] has the chairmanship of the house committee of ways and means and the democrats of the north have but one member. These men are not fit to have charga of the ‘interests of American labor. In the coming contest New York will have a place of honor and of res pousibility and you can be assured that the republican states of the west and the nort] west will not fail you." Senator Sherman’s toast was: Ballot and- & Faic Count. the time of Washington he had found the great patriots of America had dwelt upon a free ballot as_the basis of our liberties. Kven Grover Cleveland dwelt upon this in one of his messages—not the last one. [Laughterf That was devoted to pav- ing tho way for another campaign. Had there been a free ballot and a fair count,in 1% James G. Blaine would have been elected, [Tremendous applause]. All over the north, as well as the south, the demo- cratic party has tried to corrupt the ballot, and in Ohio even the democratic old Roman, Thurman, [applause] had been prosecuting these enemies of the republic, Itisin the power of the national honse of representatives to pass upon the qualifica tions of its members, and in this matter the speaker believed the republican party had been direlect. Several of the southern states would to-duy be republican if there was a fair count, and if the republican party does not_do its duty in this matter the democratic party will break down the industries of the country. “We have been punished by one term of the democratic party,” said Senator Sherman, “and I think will not be punished with a second term like it.” “The Union Soldier—The republic that he saved in war, he saved in peace,” was re- sponded to by Senator Manderson, of Ne- braska. The speaker was very severe upon President Cleveland’s pension vetoes, speak- “A Free From | ing of the dependent pension bill as a most beneficent measure and the pension list as a roll of honor and a patent of nobility. The survivors of the war do not demand service pensions, he said, but they do demand that when one of theirnumber is disabled he shall be cared for by the government he served and saved. [Applause. | Congressman McKinley, of Ohio, spoke upon the tariff, Senator Allison, of Towa, responded to “The Surplus—The republican party smote the rock of national resources and abundant streams of refenue gushed forth.” Could it now speak the word of command the flow- ing tide would cease. Senator Allison did not get a chance to begin until midunight and said he would not break the Sabbath by speaking. He simply referred to the man- agement of the naivional finances by tho re- publican party, showing how the credit of the government had been improved and the war carried on, although the government was almost bankrupt in 180, He pronounced the democratic party respousible for the present situation , and, as man suggested sotto voce, decl; democrats did not know how to manage the surplus because they never had one before. et A SENSATIONAL ROBBERY. Thrown Down and Robhed in a San Francisco Theatre. San Franeisco Chronicle: Just before the curtain rose on **A Dark Secret’ at the California theatre last night a man in the gallery was thrown down by three roughs and,robbed of $890 in gold. The theatre was packed and the mem- bers of the orchestrawere filing to their places, when Albe and Louis Mund- \enk, two young Germans, residing at 1004 Sutter street, entered the galle mpanied by their sistor, a you Albert carried in a sack, tuck his right hip mostly in double eagles. dense throng of people standing behind the rear tiers in the gallery, and the little party of three had to fall in single file to move down to their previously retained seats. Louis pushed on in ad- vauce, with Albert close at his heels and the sister following. Albert had just begun the descent of the aisle when he felt a hand at his hip pocket., He turned quickly, but at the movement both of his hands were seized and wrenched in a rongh and painful way behind him. He was bent forward, a knee was pressed on his back, and he fell to the floor. There was & surge in the crowd, and a great trampling about. Albert’s pantaloons were torn at the knee, und his right hand as he lay pros- trate was trod upon and crushed. 1n another moment the grasp upon him retinquished and. he leaped to his feet. He sawthree men retiring through the crowd and shoving people violentl; about until they were lost to view. Hy thought he saw oue of the men hand th bag of gold to another, and cuught a fair glimpse of the latter’s face. His sister was a spectator of the whole affair, but was too agitated to take cognizance of anything. Snch wasthe jam in the thes ater that few beyond those within a radius of a few feet knew aught of the startling episode. A moment more the tra opened, the curtain rose and the play began. The Mundhenk party, however, were not among those who heeded the performance, for as their entire fortunes was centered in that bag of gold, they could have no thought aside from it. With tears streaming down their faces, wild with excitement, the three ran down the stairs, crying, “Policel” The policeman on that beat rau into a the theater, other officers and detectives were called, and a_quiet seaxrch of the house began. On tne end of the fifth center row sat a young man and rune ning his eyes over the audience, Albert Mundhenk indicated him as the one to whom the stolen packet had been handed. He was instantly taken into custody. Albert then pointed out two boys of whom he was strongly suspicious. They, too, were taken tothe station. When the play ended a close watch was kept on the crowd pouring out of the gallery, but without results. After the house was emptied the lights were kept burning by speeial order,and & thorough search was made of the theater in ever part. Nothing was found. Mundhen was then taken to the city prison an confronted for a more careful scrutiny with the three prisoners. He re- affirmed his identification of the first one, but desired to let the others go, as nothing was found upon their persons and he was not sure of his judgment re- them. They were dismissed, The man held is a youth nineteen vears old, giving the name of Charles Randal Pike. He wept and bemoaned his ill-luck when told that he must re- main in custody. Nothing was found in his pockets. “I live with my parents at 87 Prairie street,” he said. “We moved here from Leavenworth, Kan., about three months ago. I had a seat in the gallery of the California theater to-night,at first down near the front. Later I moaed back to sit with a frierd. I never saw Mundhenk before, and knew nothing of the robbery until he tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘This is the man.” He is mistakep, and that's all about it.” Neither of the Mundhenk brothers can speuk much English. Albertisa baker, and had worked here three years until he went out on the present strike. Louis is a blacksmith by trade, and came here a few weeks ago from the mountaing, Albert explains the pres- ence of s0 much money in his pocket h the statement that it was their joint funds, the savings of yeavs, and they had everything packed up ready to move this morning to Wotsonville, Santa Cruz county, where they were to start a bakery. They had their plant and partially paid for. They ot now a cent left, and scarcely know where to turn for their immediate necessities.* ST Mrs. John M, Davidson, a niece of Androw Jackson, and the widow of a gullant Confederate officer who was killed in the battle of Gettysburg, is ing in straitened circumstances in Savanunah, I T, A Kunsas City woman saw Booth and Bar- rett play ““Othello” in’ that city and wi asked which actor pleased her moss, “W.a.. 1 hardly know,” she said, after due delibera- tici: ‘1 liked one 'bout us well 85 the other. beif"\. were both just as cunnin® as they oould