The evening world. Newspaper, December 26, 1887, Page 2

HE WORLD. Publiohed by the Press Publishing Oo. a MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, SUBSCRIPTION TO THE EVENING EDITION (Including Postage), PER MONTH, 30c. ; PER YEAR, $3.50. THE NOVEMBER RECORD. ‘Total number of “ Worlds” printed during ‘the month of November, 1887, ' 8,505,840. AVERAGE PER DAY FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH, 283,528 COPIES. NOVEMBER CIRCULATION during the past stz Years compared: 81,409 45,389 198,194 164,948 203,580 . 8,505,840 283,528 OPEN TO ALL. The New York “World” Invites every Newspaper Proprietor and every Advertiser to examine Its Books and Press Room to Satisfy himself about its Circulation. ADVERTISING RATES. (Agate Measurement.) Ordinary, 25 cents per line, No extra price for ae- ceptable display. Business or Special Notices, opposite Fditcrial page, GO cents por line, Reading Notices, Starred or marked ‘*Advt.": First psge, 81.50 por Jine; Fourth page, $1.25 per lino; Inside page, 1 per line, The rater for advertising in the Datly WORLD do wot aj 21k othe Evening iene, Nor do the rates af that tae #4 ply to the Morning Edition, THE READING STRIKE, The trainmen of the Reading road ought to be sure not only that they are right, but that they can win, before going on with their strike. It is true that ‘an injury to one is the con- cern of all;” but the injury of all is much more the concern of all. And a strike that will put up the price of coal still higher, and, if persisted in, create a coal famine, is a very serious matter at this season, The rich can always provide for themselves in some way. But how about those with no » coal-bin ? NOT YET TOO LATE, A good many people who were not at church yesterday missed the opportunity to help pile up the collections for the Hospital Fund. But they needn't lose the opportunity alto- gether. Send a check or the money to the church treasurer to-day. Or there are the little boxes, by no means full. It is seldom too late to do a good deed. : TOR WORKING GIRLS, ‘The good example of the Messrs. WanwEn, of Bridgeport, in providing a beautiful club- house for their working girls, has already borne fruit. Some of the wealthy women of the same busy town have furnished a large house for the evening entertainment of the same class who “live in boarding-houses} and whoso only parlor is the street.’ ‘There will be provision for musio, reading, games, sewing and systematic study—all free. There could be no more beautiful nor needed benevolence than to supply a cheer- ful and safe place for homeless girls to spend their evenings in, THE COAL " OOMBINE,"” The coal combination should be shaken to pieces by the strong hand of the law. It is monstrous that in a free country “a few gentlemen, meeting in a parlor,” can ab- solutely determine the supply and fix the price of fuel for the country. Given such power, of course the coal barons will grind their-workmen and rob the public. If thisisn’ta ' conspiracy,” what is? A CHRISTMAS MORAL. ‘The undercurrent of the Christmas-tide fur- nishes a moral for the day. What more striking lesson could a preacher draw than is taught by the death of Banzow, the literary hermit, among his books in a Lafayette place attic, * ‘The story of his life is a philippic against that peculiar form of selfishness which makes one a useless recluse. The deepest thoughts of the profoundest thinkers bore no fruit in the arid mind of a man living wholly unto himself. The exhortations of religious en- thusiasts, who communed with him from their dusty tomes, failed to awake the ma- terial echo of good deeds to his fellow-men. Interdependence isa rule of existence that growestronger with increasing civilization, Knowledge unapplied is half folly. True religion is a religion of unselfishness and gooddeeds, 00D FOR EVERYBODY. Mr. Buarve’s recipe for good health and Tong lasting contains a useful hint for every- ‘body. Not every one has the good fortune to ‘Shaye been ‘‘ born with a sound body” and to ‘haye “worked on a farm in youth.” Nothing gives one a better start in life than this com- bination. But everybody can “ live temper- ately, choose plain dishes at table" (a gooa many, alas! have no choice in this), ‘ eschew pastry” and avoid *‘burning the candle at ‘both ends,” Add to this plenty of fresh air, cold water, exercise and sleep, and one ought to be able ‘to wee many happy new years. A ONE-SIDED LAW, The so-called * Anti-Conspiracy Law” in | his money went just as that are essential to their protection, and to give entire immunity to the conspiracies of tho trusts and pools to force wages down and force prices up. A delegation of workers from Brooklyn will ask the Legislature to repeal or amend section 168 of the Penal Code, It ought to be done, Make the scales of justice balance, A morning journal announces that “Tarkey begins to take alarm.” With Thanksgiving and Christmas past, and New Year's Day coming,we should think the scant survivors of the flock had abundant reason for alarm. ** No Man's Land” seems to have been try- ing to make good its gruesome name by kill- ing all strangers who entered it. It is indeed a‘ bad time of the year to be idle,” for men whose families depend upon their wages. Even “ scab" coal may keep a poor family from freezing, —————— POUR OLD JACK WILDEY, ‘The Man Who Organized the First Baseball ib in the Country. “ There goes a man who is scarcely known or recognized now, and yet he cut quite n figure in New York politics and sporting cir- cles not many years ago.” Tue Worn reporter who was addressed turned and looked at the tottering form of an aged man passing along Park row, near Broadway. The bristling mustache was quite gray and there wasa thick sprinkling of silver in the black locks which seemed to rebel against the encroachment of the snows of winter before winter had really come, for, though old, this man had evidently not seen so many years as his appearance indicated. His face wore a preoccupied air and his eyes a Vie a look scarcely indicative of men- health, His figure was clothed in a fatigue uniform of the old Volunteer Fire Department, “Who is he?" asked the reporter, “That's Jack Wildey,” returned his in- formant; ‘‘ Jack Wildey, at one time the foremost sporting man in the metropolis. Ho it was who organized the first baseball club in the country—the old Mutuals—and he was its President. For years his Mutual Club-room, on Broadway, between Bleecker and Houston streets, was the headquarters for all the sports, and duck was their patron, He was foreman of Eleven with the bo gine and had a great. pull Ho was twice elected Coroner and has’ held other official positions, *“Wildoy was at one time very wealthy, but ly as it came, and now Lunderstand that his friends made. in the old days of his prosperity are looking aft him, “Jack's a little bit mmbalanced now, and yeaah spent some time at the Ainityvillo Asylun His dementia is of a harmless character, however, and there is no danger in allowing him to be abroad. *Tdon't suppose any of the young ball- tossers at the Polo Grounds know the man who was the originator of the profession. by which they make their living when. they Kee him,” and the old-time sport pivzed sadly at the point in the crowd where his friend had disappeared, and left the reporter without a “* Good-by.* —s INSULTED AND THEN STABBED. An Italian In a Ft is Mood After a Thompson Street Carouse. A party of Italians in Thompson stroct spent Sunday night carousing, aud by mid- night many of them were fighting drunk, Henry Franklin, of 158 Spring street, and James Kelly, of 159 Prince street, were on their way home when they met one of the party, who jostled against them. Tho young men remonstrated against what appeared to be a gratuitous insult, and were about to pass on when the Italian turned and flashed a knife blade at. them. ‘They sought to avoid a collision, but were not quick enough, Kelly received a bad cut in the left shoulder and Franklin's choek was laid open, The assailant made his escay Kelly and Franklin were taken to the Mer- cer street police station, where an ambulance surgeon from St. Vincent’s Hospital dressed their wounds, —-—_— WORLDLINGS, ‘The Hornelisville (Ky.) Plaindeater notices, aa a phenomenon which has not been hitherto observed, that Kentucky negroes never eat oysters, At Wennar, Germony, two old people named Bayer, husband and wife, died suddenly on the sixty-ffth anniversary of their marriage, A Nevada ranchman, to protect his cattle from the effects of blizzards, has painted them all with a mixture of tar, red clay and Mnaeed oll, Senator Sherman was said to have a fortune of a million before Washington real estate began to rise five years ago, and he is now reputed to be worth $500, 000 more, A Saginaw (Mich.) minister refuses to ride in street cars on Sunday because he believes that it Is 4 violation of the divine law for man to doany labor on the Lord's day. ‘The great financial king of New Zealand is Johnny Jones, of Dunedin, His wealth runs up into the millions and the greater partof it was Made in steamboating. Hels @ native and once earned scant Wages as an Oarsman on a ferry-bout, The latest drink in Chicago ts the beef-blood cocktail, which asa **bracer” ts sald to stand at the head of the list. It 1s composed of blood fresh from the slaughter-houses, chilled with a bit of cracked Ice and seasoned with @ dash of spirits and a little cayenne pepper. ‘The new Clerk of the Courts of Chester County, Pa,, 18 Mra, Rebeecay?. Nields, the first woman who ever held that office in the county, She was a deputy under Clerk Taylor, and at bis death, a Week ago, Was appointed to the position by Judges Furtley and Waddell, Mr, Jobn Long entered the store of Mr, Brag Allison at Webster, N, C:, In search of an article of which he stood in pressing need, Not finding it, he abused Mr, Allison roundly for keeping a one-horse store. In @ moment there was a scume, 4 Mashing of knives, and now Mr, Allison is likely to die, A group of * sitters” in a Norwich (Conn.) grocery store were discussing dynamite and An- archists the other night when great consternation was caused by the explosion of a can of pumpkins, No damage was done farther than that several per- sons had their clothing smeared with the soft con- tents of the can, Probably the best lookout point or natural watch tower in the world is Caddo Peak, in Johnson County, Tex. It 18 @ beautiful truncated cone, rising 800 feet above the level of the surrounding country, and from the top of it, on aclear day, one can see & distance of 400 miles up the meander- ing Brazos River. Charles A. Kelly, a teamster, of Hannibal, Mo,, fell into @ deathlike trance @ few weeks ago that Jasted for several days, Pins and needles were ran into his body and every effort made to rouse him, but without success, until Mrs, Woodworth, faith-oure doctor, took him in band and he soon revived. He says that the vigorous measures adopted to restore him to consciousness were very powerful, but he found it impossible to move muscle in resistance, THE WORKS MONDAY BVENING, DHOEMBHE 20718877 CHRISTMAS DAY SOCIETY. —__—_ OUTDOOR SPORTS THE CHIEY ATTRACTION AT TUXEDO PARK. Mrs. Dudley FI dyce Darker ing—Many Private Oc HEN the holidays are over the fashionable private and public balls will follow each other in quick succes. sion. It is said that the eraze for bric-i- brae which las existed now for a few years makes it alinost neces- sary to engage some public hall for private entertainments to se- cure room enough for dancing. Mrs. Dudley Field, of 22 Gramercy park, will give a dinner this evening in honor of Judge Field. Dr. and Mrs, Fordyce Barker will give a dinner toa number of guests this evening, including Mr. and Mra. John Munroe. Mrs. Alfred Pell is entertaining a number of guests for the holidays at her country seat at Highland Falls. ‘Tobogganing will be the amusement this evening at ‘Tuxedo, to-morrow evening the less exciting pastime of coasting by moon. light, and on Wednesday night there will be a general dance, At the wedding of Mr. William Manice and Miss Sallie Remsen, youngest daughter of Mr. William Remsen, on Jan, 8, Mr. De Forest Manice will be the best man and Messrs. N. Leroy, Harry Remsen, Hugh Dickey and George Remsen will be four of the eight ushers. Miss Marie Manice, Miss Agnes Lawrence, Miss Louise Whitney, Miss Carrie Remsen, Miss Anna Webb and Miss Lizzie Remsen will be the bridesmaids, i Mrs. Riker, of 903 Madison avenue, will ive OB. 5 Miss Pilsbury, of this city, is visiting Miss Edith Darrach, at Germantown, Pa, . 'The marriage of Mr. Leon Marié and Miss Hoe, of 11 East Thirty-sixth strect, will take place on Jan, 19. . Lieut. J. M. Carson, U.S. A., and his bride, nie Sumner, are making a short stay in this city. Asayiftat their recent wedding Mr, and Mrs. George W. Childs preseuted them with un entire dinner set in silver, ‘The chances for a grab in the 'f | bag, which will be one of the New. Year's Eve recreations, will be sold at &1 each, Mr. Lorillard hus presented a diamond buttertly to be added to its treasures, Mrs. Robert F. Ballantine will give a cotil- lon at h Newark ho many New Yorkers will attend, on Friday evenin, At the next meeting of the Ninet tury Club, which will be ely in January, The Stage” will be discussed from the dif- ferent standpoints of the manager, the au- thor and the critic, ‘The engagement of Mr. Howard Townsend and Miss Janet King, a daughter of Mr. Cor- nelius King, is announced, A cake sale for the benefit of the poor will be held at the home of Mrs. George W, Ely, 108 Enst Fifty-seventh street, on Tuesday, Jan, 3. Mrs. James Toler, of 7 West Twenty-first street, will entortain the Friday Evening Dancing Class this week. Mrs. Lawrence Kip, of 452 Fifth avenue, will entertain it next weok. ‘The engagement of Mr. Van Ronssolner, of Boston, and Miss Mary Livingston, sister of Mr, James Duane Livingston, 14 announced. ‘The Charity Ball, on the evening of Jan, 5, will be opened. by Mr. Edward Cooper dancing with Mrs. John W. Elli if the guests are as Numerous as the published list of managers it will bea large ball, ' Mrs. Outen Pell and Mr, and Mrs, William Hall arrived on Saturday from Europe. rs, Edward King, of 2 University place, will give a dance on Jan. 4, The marriage of Mr. Perey Madeira and Miss Marie Maric, daughter of the late John Mari¢, will take place to-day from the home of Mr. Hunter, in Philadelphia, 5 Mrs. Douglas W. Burnham, of 5 West Six- teenth street, will » a tea on dun, 7, at which her daughte iss Burnham, will be introduced, | ‘Two well-known matrons will chaperone a party which will embrace all the young set. both married and single, which ‘starts for Hollywood on Saturday and remains there until anon y aoe will return in time for the ear’s edo grab ; n8, & younger sister of Mrs, Ladenburg, be one of the debutantes of the winter, Miss Ferguson, of England, who is at present a guest of Miss Hewitt at Tuxedo, will havea dinner given in her honor to- morrow evening by Mr. and Mrs, Chauncey M. Depew, of 22 Kast Forty-tifth street. Mr. and Mrs, Alexandre, of 2 West Six- teenth street, will give an informal dance this evening. i FUN FOR AFTER CHRISTMAS DINNER, A Christmas Present, [From Harper's Basar.) Ah, how I wished that I might tell ‘The love which bound me as w spelll Bhe was a witching iittle maid, But then—T think T was atrald— And oven the dread time delayed - ‘TM Christmas came, 1 called on Ner on Christmas Eve, Resolved to ask her to recelve My love, and in my vows belleve, . (But L didn’t, ) When I rose to go hispered low, e my love to'your sister, T pray.” LT answered then witnout delay— Her words had made more smooth the way— ** Suppose I should keep that precious prize 2” And jooking in ber deep brown eyes, Baw no expression of surprise **1f you will,” at H With downcast hea As a Christmas gift from me.” —_— Not Caused by alky [From the Bpock.} Doctor (feeling patient's pulse)—You are suffer- ing, sit, from nervous prostration in a very aggra- vated form, Have you been drinking deeply of Patient (leebly)—No, alr; Ive been Christmas shopping With my wite. _ This from Montreal, [Prom the Epoch} eWhy, what's the matter, Johnny?” inquired a fond Montreal mother as her four-year-old came tnto the house crying bitterly. **N-nurse says th-that tf the boodiers will c-catch me, ee The Untortunute Organette, Lrom Judge.) Mra, Deasy—It's disghusted OL am wid thot wringer yez gev me fer me Christmas prisint! Divil th’ thing but @ shmall sock’ll go troo it, an’ win Oj turns the handle it's thot rusty it squakes Oot some chune loike the **Shwate boy-an-boy,” ee Part of the Businoss. (From Judge.) College-bred Reporier (rushing into restaurant to his chief)—Mr. Slasher, 10 the latest edition of the Trumpet Editor Jenks calls you a double. dyed liar, and threatens to thrash you on sight, What shall we do about itt all right, Allow me Eaitor Slasher—Oh, th to introduce you to Mr. Jenks, We generally dine together, ain't @ b-bebetter boy “PAUL KAUVAR.” Steele Mackaye’s new play, ‘Paul Kanvar, or Anarchy,” which was prodaced Saturday night at tho Standard Theatre, nax received a great deal of attention, which 1 undoubtedly deserves. The play 18 an admirably ingenious constraction, and Steele Mackaye has handled it artistically. The effeet of the production, however, was marred by the raicnious speech Mr, Maokaye made at the end of it, The speech was more melodramatic than the play, and it suspiciously resembled the effort which Mr, Mackaye made when he produced “Dakolar,” Pressing Juilan Mitchell to his breast, and with the company surrounding him, Mr. Mackaye In a moat theatrical manner told bis audience that to Mr. Mitchell he owed his succens, and to the ‘*aupers” gathered about him he was also deeply grateful, Jolan Mitchell had drilled the **supers.” Only @ week ogo he appeared at the Fifth Avenue ‘Theatre as the tramp in '* A Hole in the Ground,”” nd he had not entirely divested Minself of the pe- at that time, ‘The three cheers which the **supers gave for Mr. Mackaye were Intensely theatrical, ‘The author then grasped poor Misa Annie Kobe with one hand and Joseph Haworth with the other, and amidst jcheers the curtain fell, Mr. Mackaye should have stood on ® pedestal or have ‘*apotheosized” himself while he was about it. An error in the production wes the high key in Which the actors started the firs! act, ‘Their voices were #0 raiser that when Act IV. came they were absolutely played out, Min Kote was hysterical and Haworth pantomimic. ‘There is no comedy in ‘* Paul Kauvar,” and to what a terrible strain the audience 18 subjected | ‘The melodramatic situations follow each other in qulok succession, The agony \s plied on without relief, Theard a lady in the audience say to her anion: ** John, please take me out in the cold air and let me scream for five minutes.” An 1 said, the situations are marvellously strong, but it is possible to have too much of # good thing. ‘Miss Annie Robe did splendidly. Io my opinion she is the best leading Indy in the cfty, She has dramatic power, 1s sympathetic, and last—but not least, whatever you may say—she is handsome, it is to be regretted that Miss Robe’s exertions in the earlicr part of the play were so terrific that in the lust act she was comparatively feeble, Mr, Leslie Allen clearly proved that he has out- lived his usefainess, In the fourth act he did as much a8 could be done by any one actor to kill the play. He lost his lines, andl left the other actors in ‘a helpless condition for nearly one minute. This has occurred several times of lute, and Mr, Allen should now be placed ‘*on wheels.” (‘Thavis a new expression for travelling actors, Isn't it for- elble?) ‘The ‘*supers" will probably improve as they continue in the play. On Saturday night they did much to mar the success of thy mob scene, which was far too theatrical, 1 am o! the opinion that Mr, Sargent’s pupils would have cone much better in this scene, Julian Mitchel nowithstanding. Paul Kauvar,” however, tus very many good points, Mr. Mackaye I# entited to considerable gratitade for the work he has done for the American. drama, ALAN DALE. — oo SAVED BY A SAGACIOUS CAT. A Lady Awakened by a Favorite Mouser in Time to Save Her Valuables. [SPECIAL ‘TO THE WORLD. Boston, Dec. 26.—Dr. Caroline E. Hastings, who lives at 145 West Concord strect, was aroused from a sound sleep late on Saturday night by the loud mewing of a favorite cat. Failing to silence the animal, the lady arose, slipped on her drossing-gown and made’ na tour of the room. While doing so she heard the low murmur of voices on the lower floor. She went quietly to the room of adomestio, and arousing. hier aa Why do you talkin your sleep, Jane?” The girl denied tho charge, and thinking the afair was a mere hallucination the lady returned to her room, At 8.30, when she arose and went down- stairs to the parlor, she found everything, from pictures on the mantelpiece to the chairs and tables overturned and in disorder and several articles missing. An inventory revealed the loss of a set of surgical instruments, a lot of silverware and two clocks, valued altogether at about #200, The lady is fully convinced that_ the loss would have been much greater had she not been awakened by the sagacious cat and thus frightened the burglar away a "TWAS A BIG STEAL, Interesting Storles of the Early Days of the Denver & Rio Grande Road, [Prom the St, Louis PosteDispateh.) «Phe account of the manner in which the Union Pacitic Railroad managed to get the best of the Government during the construction of the road, which appeared in the Post-Dispatch a few days ago, recalls to my mind the history of nearly as great a swindle, but one in which private parties were the victins,” sald Mr. @eo. M. Lamborn, of Pueblo, to a Poxt-Dispateh reporter, “while versing in the corridor of the Southern Hotel, ‘eT ne history of the Denver & Rio Grande road, under ity former management, shows more clearly than any other with which Tam ucquainted the way in which a rajiroud can be manipulated in the interest of its olflcials and at the expense of Its stockholders, ‘This road Was completed from Denver to Pueblo In Isi4, and did a good business, A number of the directors, however, saw a chance of making a fortune, and lad thelr plans ace cordingly. lirst formed a construction com- pany, concealing thelr own taterest in it, oficering it with men entirely controlled by them, ‘They ue. ited to the stockholders the great adv t might be gained by building {nto the and imduced them to do 80. Contracts we Jet to the construction company, and vullding on a great scale began. ‘No mining camp was too opscure for the road to build a branch to, and the projec- tors of the scheme secured property at these pointe and male enormons profiis, Of course the rallroad was soon deeply involved, but the construction company Was ihost prosptrous, and Gen, James Palmer, the President of the Failroad, erected a magnificent house near Colorado Springs, ‘This state of allairs continued for some years, but in Isi9 was suddenly checked. By some means, the do not recollect, the Ateni- $6 managed 10 yet posses Hol tae Denver aud Ro Grande, by au order of court, aud run it in the interests of that road, The Atehixon, ' Fo knew that they had no valid él nd Kio Grande, but hoped to be able to hang the ease up in the conrts fora year or two, Inthe mean time retaining. session of the road. ‘The case was tried and de cided tn favor of the Denver and Kio Grande, bui it Was at once vppealed, When jt caine up before the higher court a band of men, Buppoged to be tn tie employ of ‘the Atchison road, cudeayored to kidnap ihe Judge, Benator Bowen, of Colorado, Rowena ind aelivered hk Inost scathing opinion, denounclug the Sante Ps road But it Was again appealed and the trial seemed likely to last for years, ** At this juncture Gen. Palmed determined upon @ master siroke, Carefully laying his plans, he employed several hundred arnigd men and at an agreed (ine the stations all alo ie road were Laken possession of, the trains Paptured ax they drew up, t Popeaa bud Santa Fé em- e Mt the Denver and Rio management, ‘The attorney of the Sants F6 at Pueblo endeavored to protest, but was run out ofthe town and all opposition put down. A more complete capture hever Wok place in time of peace, ** From that day the road had no further trouble wish its former antagonist, but the stockholiers? troubles had only begun,” ‘The stock rose from $5 Lo over $100, and inany bought in at this price, At this thine the road Wak greatly extended, many mining camps being reached by the line, not one of which had business enough to pay the running expenses, but the construction company grew very Wealthy, while the mines reached by the railroau and owned by its officials became very valuable, At last people began to grow weary, prosecution Was threatened and the directors and oMcers very generally withdrew, leaving the road in the hands 01 those who have since operated it in the interest of the stockholders, But those who took hold of it feathered thelr nests most Juxurioualy, and could well aiford to be content with whut they bad obtained.” = —— A Doubtful Rel (rom Judges) Old Quinson—Wh-a-t! Doan’ wemembah yo’ Unole Ebenezah Quinson, de millionaire, fom Cheesewiil, what used te twot yer on his nee moah an twenty-f! yeahs ago? Little Rastue—N-a-w 1 Ww Pu SPORTSIN AND OUT OF TOWN. >+— THE MANHATTANS TO HOLD A BIG IN- DOOR MEETING ON JAN, 28, Tight-Weights to Fight for a Stake of $300 100 Miles York—Local NportsiLooking for a the Art of Bo: Ready to Run T. Avery N spite of all the talk mabout big athletic meetings in Madison Square Garden this winter, the enterpris- ing Manhattans are the Hifirst to really attempt Hone. The officers of the “Cherry Diamond” Mm organization have de- termined not to let the chance of giving a last grand indoor mus- ter of the sprinters, runners, jumpers, walkers and weight- putters pass. The meeting will be given at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 28, and beside races, a number of events for novices only will be gived. Mr. Gus Sacks says, too, that there will be one event second only in interest to the Myers-George race, the details of which are not yet quite completed. The entries will close on Jan. 21, with Mr. ©, O- Boghes, For the tug of war the fee will be $2 per team. For all. other contests 50 cents per man will be charged. ‘The following are the open contests: 75, 220 and 66¢ yard and 1}§-mile runs, handicap; 220 yards scratch run; for novices only, two- milo walk; one-mile bicycle race ; 440 yards hurdle race; tug of war, teams of four men, weight limit, 600 pounds. 'Thero is little doubt that the undertaking will meet with the success that it deserves. It will bea social as well os a sporting event and is ex- ieee to rival the recent ‘Metropolitan pera-House success. * « * Friends of Mr. Thomas A. McEwen, for- merly champion amateur walker and well- known as a judge of that game, were do- lighted to greet him on his return from a continental tour on the La Bourgoyne. “ * « William Gabig, the ‘mysterious boxer” from Pittsburg, came down from Albany on Saturday where, under an assnmed name, he easily defeated’ a local boxer last week. Gabig and Langdon are to box six rounds for stakes and the net gate receipts in the Odd Fellows’ Hall, Hoboken, this afternoon, . * . After the 130-pound and 140-pound amateur hoxing competitions of the Manhattan Ath- letic Club on next Saturday night the mem- 1 zo into executive session, or, more they will haye a stag racket on New Eve. ‘The New Year will be vigorously The soi peut on promises to be a Young White, the amateur sparrer, urge of it. He says that the entriesar us, ‘Trolan and Cunningham will contest, “_ * «© Harry Umlah and Billy Dacey have posted #50 a ‘side to produce 122-pound men and fight for a stake of #300 with skin-tight gloves to a finish. The battle, which is to take place in a fortnight, within 100 miles of New York, is to be witnessed by ten men on a side, Umlah’s man is supposed to be Jimmy Larkins, the Scottish-American Athletic Club's exsanateur champion, “ * « ‘This talk about ‘ knocking out,’” said a well-known sport last night, "is all wrong. I saw in @ paper yesterday morning where Kilrain * knocked out’ Jack Ashton after eating a heavy crab supper. I saw the ‘ go.’ It was an eight-round one, and Kilrain got the verdict because hs had slightly the bet- ter of the bout.” The term ‘ knocked out ” has almost taken the place of the word “beaten” in the English language. It’s been so ever since Sullivan used to beat all his antagonists by knocking them ont or would allow ‘the verdict to go against himself. In this way Tug Wilson once got a verdict over the strong bo and Joe Heiser got a like decision in his favor because Jack McAuliffe failed to stop him in four rounds, By the way, that. deci sion seemed a little peculiar over in Hoboken the other night. If Le Blanche contracted to “knock out” Fallon in six rounds the Brooklyn Strong Boy was entitled to a ver- dict im_his favor, for he certainly stayed there. If the Marine did not agree to * stop” his opponent in the twenty-three minutes that they were to box then it wasa funny kind of a draw, Mr, Poshall, the Hoffman House dog ex- pert, hng provared for the readers of Turf, Field and Farm what he calls an ** Emulsion on Dogs.” «6 e Some sports think that the boom given boxing by the liberty allowed it recently in London ‘will have a favorable effect here, What a house Dempsey and McCaffrey would draw with a 20-round contest with four- ounce gloyes! Billy Edwards has just given these pugilists the chance of their lives and there must be some good reason if they don't jump at it, McCaffrey has done more train ing, according to Macon, than any six fighters in the world, and ought ‘to need at the out- sido but. a’ fortnight’s finishing touches, Dempsoy’s leg must be nearly well and three weeks iv all the Nonpareil ought to_ask for. Here's a chance to pull off @ cold $1,000, Dempsey trained for Reagan on a chance of tting in $500 at the most, and he says that really cleared only 862. ‘ oe « Emile Pan! saysthat he is prepared to run T. Avery Collott A match can be made by a call at the caterei place of business.) . The officers of the National Amateur Skating Association will hold another meeting at the office of thé Spirit of the Times to-morrow at 1 ry. M. Further action in relation to the coming ipionships meeting, which is likely to be held at Fleet wood Park, will be taken. ‘The races will be at 220 yards, 1,6, 10 and 25 miles, the proposition to broad jump or skates in place of the 25-mile event having fallen through, . Pool and billiards, shuffleboard, bowling, shoots and raffles will be in full blast to-day. Road horses and faster ‘ tobogs” will be sont for all. they are worth and athletes. will follow paper trails more enthusiastically than hounds chase anise-seed bags on this merriest day of 1887, Coursing matches for fox ter- riers, not over twenty pounds in weight, at the Meadow Brook Polo Grounds; a six- round boxing match between Langdon and Gabig in Hoboken; an indoor lawn-tennis tournament ut the Clermont Ayenue Armory in Brooklyn and a main of cocks armed with Ly inch regulation steel spurs at Mr. Blank de Blank’ luxuriously furnished and new refitted pit on the Avenue du Combat wil furnish the other pleasures of the day, “6 « The Executive Committee of the National Amateur Cross Country Association will meet at the Grand Union, on Tuesday, Jan, 10, The sport is reported blooming. ‘The championship team race will be held in April. A number of new clubs are joining. Mayor John B. Smoot, of Alexandria, Va, died yesterday at the age of fifty-eight Passed Assistant Paymaster William C, MoGowal United States Navy, died at Elizabeth, 'N, J., y terday, at the age of forty-three years. Miss Fannte Ston¢, a daughter of the late Lfent, - Gen. CO. P, Stoney ‘nainoer of the Barthold Statue pedestal, died on Friday at Flushing, L, L John M, Ba for many years Journal Clerk of the House of Hepresentativés, died at Washing ton on Saturday at the age of seventy-one years, OFFICIALS HAVE A DAY OFF, Register James J, Slevin has purchased a tobog- gan. Sheridan Shook is spending the holidays at his Red Hook farm, . William H. Moloney sent a number of presents to friends in this city. Sheriff Hugh J, Grant intends to exercise his trotters this afternoon, Charlie Grant and his bride ate Christmas goodies with his mother-in-law in New Jersey. W. Bourke Cockran and Mrs. Cockran ate their Christmas dinner at the Victoria Hotel. Ex-Commissioner Haughton has determined to swear off on rheumatic cares after Jan. 1. Nearly all the new Assemblymen and Aldermen received Christmas presents from friends. Assemblyman Joseph Gordon, of the Eighteenth District, received a promise of renomination. Ex-As#stant Alderman Inuae Kobiuson ts looking for the man who sent him a barrel of cabbages, Alderman Barry, of the Twenty-second District, was presented with a book on parliamentary prac- tees, Chief Clerk Kipp ate dinner at home and dropped in on the Seventh Regiment boys duripg the after- noon. County Clerk James A. Flack is spending bis Christmas trying to catch cod at tne Cholera Banks, Alderman Clancy, of the Sixth Distriot, received @ gold-headed cane from Congressman Timothy J. Campvell, President Bayles, of the Board of Health, ate his dinner and smoked his Turkish cigarettes in Or- ange, N. J. EX. Alderman John Cavanagh 1s the bosom friend of Police Capt. Reilly. They exchanged Christ- mas presents, Deputy Register James J. Martin was the re- ciplent of a handsome diary for 1898, the gift of several lawvera, Dr. John T. Nagle passed the day outof town dining and drinking and wound up with a friendly game of whist, Property Clerk Harriott did not disturb the com- bination of his big safe, but hada day of recreation and home pleasure, President Stephen B, French had a royal time at home, and his Christmas gifts are reported to be on an extensive scale, Assemblyman Blumenthal, of the Twenty-second District, recetyed a promise of being a member of the Rallroad Committee. Gen, Spinola is on his Long Island farm. Among his guests are James H. Caulfield and Thomas D, Rellly, of the Eighteenth Ward. Court Clerk John ¥. Carroll wil have to give Judge Monell a New Years present. The Judge gave bin @ pair of sleeye-buttons tor Christmas, Dr. Cyrus Edson spent the day at his fatner’s home in Fordham, where Christmas good cheer abounded, Brother-in-law Wood was one of the party. Patrick McCabe, of the Seventh District, is in search of Col. Theodore A. Hutnilton, He says that Hamilton sent him a bull pup with an ear torn off, ‘What did I get for Christmas? I got ‘Merry Christmas,’ that’s all. Politicians are no good nowadays,” said Nick Langdon, the Sixteenth District oracle. Clerk Peterson took no complaints against de- Mnquent policemen to-day, but enjoyed an earned vacation. He made his family happy with a well- laden Christmas tree. Inspector Peter Conlin, being in mourning on account of the death of his wife, passed the day in @ quiet way. His brother, Comedian Billy Florence, remembered him, + Commissioner Porter dined on turkey and trim- mings in his cosy home at Morristown, N. J. ‘The General gave a few finishing touches to his forth- coming war volume during the afternoon. Chief Clerk George Hoperoft, like his kindly superior, the Superintendent, had a holiday, and and he spent {t at home. Hs Christmas tree recelved several acquisitions from Headquarters, Fine cigars by the box arrived at Police Head- quarters as gifts to popular oMcera. Among the donors were Fire Commissioner Croker, ex-Alder- man Morris, Senator Murphy and John J. O'Brien. Inspector Thomas Byrnes stole suficient time from his onerous duties to eat a Christmas dinner of turkey and plum pudding with his wife and children, He had @ fine tree handsomely dressea, An enterprising merchant sent to the Superin- tendent and Inspectors a miniature club—a perfect fac aimie of the night-stick which sometimes cuts war maps on men’s heads. It was a Christina gift, Inspector Henry V, Steers had a family reanton on Washington Helyhts and a Christmas tree was laden with good things for his children and grand- children. He made over a dozen poor families happy with Christmas gifts, Supt. William Murray pat in a couple of hours at Police Headquarters and returned to his Madison avenue home to enjoy a Christmas dinner with his wife, children and grandchildren. His son-in-law, Mr, Lalor, was ove of the party, Inspector Alexander § Willioms assisted his wife in stripping a large Christmas tree of its bountiful gifts intended for their young but at- tractive family. ‘he Inspector was especially patriotic and sang ** Yankee Doodle” with his boy, The Circus Has Come to Town, More than a dozen years ago the Fourteenth Street Circus Was destroyed by fire. Since then New York has been without a winter circus, and Yor thorg’ seins nothing more appropriute to the oliday season than an exhibittun of tinsel-clad fairies on flying steeds, of funny eiepuants and poules to amuflng tricks, of conical clowns ond hurlequins and of great sievpy beasts shaking their manes good-naturedly at the children, Mr. Frank A. Robbing seems to have aoized a golden opportunity in furnishing the metropolis with a genuine Winter cirvns ut the American lu- stitute. ‘The opening performances took place Sit urday afternoon at % and ta the evening ut 3 o'el At the regulat Christmas matinée to-day, itis Suid that a genuine Sante Claus will appear with something nice for ull the children, pe Booth and Barrett at the Acndémy, ‘The Academy of Music reopens to-night with the Booth-Barrett combination in an elaborate produc tion of ** Julius Cesar,” There can be no doubt of the cordial reception that awaitw the eminent and thelr excelient company, and it 48 quive likely that the old playhouse, which iu ite day las seen some Very large audiences, will have capacity tested thoronghly, It 14-t0, be regretted that the Booth-Barrett combinution will uot be seen in a repertoire Of Saukesyearian tragedies, Dut it is expected that the presentation of ** Julius Cwaar” will fill the immense theatre for the full two weeks’ engagement, se Christman-Day Arrivals. Edwin Booth aud Lawrence Barrett are at the Everett House, Justice MacMahon, of Toronto, is registered at the Albermarie, Jule Grand, a celebrated physician of Paris, is at the Park Avenue, Capt. Drummond, U, booked at the Brunswick, Among the guests of the Murray Hill are W. P, Rulter, of Liverpool, and Lieut. Joun A, Ferry, v. 8. A. ‘The Earl of Kerry and Lord Charles Fitzmaurice, foes of the Marquis of Lansdowne, are now at the revoort, 8, H, Shelley, of Nottingham, Eng., has stopped atthe Gilsey on his way to California, where he intends buying a vineyard, C,H, Townsend. a young lawyer and pohtiolan, of Philadelphia, who 1s figuring for the State Ben- ate, 18 now at the St, James, At the Victoria are Dr. H. A, Gotnens D. Gy Henderson, of Scottan don. Melioy,|s prominent clizen of Newport. M. Komero, Mexico's Minister to Washington, and Congresiionul Delegate Antonio Joseph, of we 'the New Mexioo, are among the recent arriy, ‘itth Avenue, af oe 8 A., of Chicago, ts [FUN AT “PEASE’S ANNUAL? —— A BREATH OF CHRISTMAS ATR FROM THE VILLAGE OF WAYBACK, Observations of a City Man at « Christmas Dance in a Remote Village—The Girls All Bedecked with Ribbons and the Boys Arrayed in Five-Year-Old Style—Driving Home the Best Part of the Fum, Charley Pease, proprietor of the American House, in Wayback, Vt., had decided that this year his ‘annual ball” should take place on Christmas night, and in accordance with his usual custom had issned circulars to that effect among the farmers and storekeepers for miles around, The circulars also made it clear to the neighboring public that ‘ Pease’s Annual” was this year to excel anything of the sort ever gotten up in Vermont, and moreover, that the admission fee for ‘ gentlemen” would be 50 cents per capita, but that “ladies” wero “invited free of charge.” Innmediately upon the appearance of the circulars Pease’s Annual became the talk of Wayback's Society circles—that is, the ** fel. Jers” told each other that. they ‘ wan't a-goin’,” and the ‘* gals” confided to one another what they intended to wear. Per. haps tho latter told the truth, the former didn't. Now, “‘ city folks,” with no end of diver. sions and amusements to choose from ona holiday, can have little conception of the amount of happiness and fun extracted from Christmas by country people with onlya ‘shootin’ match,” a big dinner, a sleigh ride and a dance to signalize the celebration. The ride and the dance commonly go_ together, that is, the ride leads to the dance and rom it. On this particular Christmas Day the writer was within easy driving distance of the American House, aud having heard of the splendor of the hall, the goodness of the music and the plampnee and beauty of the country damsels who were to be there, he decided to pay half a dollar and accept the hospitalities of Mr. Pease, ‘The ballroom ‘was certainly good, or, rathor, the floor of the room was, Tthad evi: dently been laid before the minister had held forth against the evils of roller skating and was a sinooth and slippery surface, At the further end of the room sat the mu- sicians, here were three of them, an or- anist, a violinist and a man who blew a orn. ‘This coterie was politely termed an orchestra, As one entered the room, he was handed an order of dances, on one side of which was printed # list of thirty-seven dances, and on he other appeared the announcement that refreshments would be served at midnight to each and eyery one who paid #1. By s o'clock a goodly number of persons of both sexes had urrived and the manner in which they entered the ballroom from the dressing-rooms was peculiar. The ways of the girls were of course varied ; some tossed their heads to one side and upward und stalked in; the; might as well have been precedi by a sign reading ; I'm stuck on iyself,” Others modestly slipped in, but the majority of the giddy creatures, as if for protection, tered the room two or three at a time, al ling and each looking as if she had some- thing immensely funny to tell the other, but couldn't just find wo. in which to express herself, The *fellers” didn’t enter at all; that is, not for some time and until they had adjust: ed their cravats for the thirtieth time and screwed up their courage to the sticking point by numerous ** lookin’-ins.”” By 8.15 o’clock the ** ochestra” was **tun- up,” the girls were ‘lined up” on one side of the hall looking at and anxiously awaiting the approach of the boys; and the boys, on the other side, were trying to keep their eyes from their shoes and pretendin, “not to care.” h sexes had array. themselves in their best and eccording: to the wayback fashion; and they looked it fhe principal thing to be noted about the raiment of the girls was the display of rib. bons, of variegated colors which adorned their dresses, and as there is considerabl: more cloth in’ the gown of @ wayback girl, especially about the neck and shoulders, than isto be found in that of a New York belle, a sufficiently large space was covered by these ribbons to suggest the idea that the ancestors of each girl must have carefully hoarded up and for Reneradions, past have handed down, as heirlooms, hair-ribbons to be used by the girl of to-day as decorations, ‘The clothing of the boys was a may All tried to reproduce the costume worn by, tho Village Dude. That person looked a fashion plate of five years ago. He was tall and thm, He wore a bobtail five-button green cutaway coat, skin-tight trousers, with anring bottoms” well ** scooped,” long pointed shoes and a bright, red cravat, in which was stuck a brazen pia containing @ Parisian diamond. A celluloid collar encir- cled his neck, A red silk handkerchief com. pleted his " get-up.” Shortly after 8.15 o'clock, after executing a bar of ** White Wings,” the violinist sug- gested that as the music was about to begin, ‘it was purty nigh time fur gents to partners.” : ‘The “ gents,” after cracking a joke or two among themselves, acted upon the sugges. tion, and with lofty condesension or stam- mering bashfulness requested the young ladies to ** shake the dust off their feet.” Now the writer expected something to happen, but it didn’t. The dancing was almost conventional. It differed from that of city folks in but one or two minor details, In the interludes between the different changes itis true that the feet of some did a little more than eeep time with the music, and that when the order was given to ** turn partners,” the partners mutually embraced each other and then whirled around rather than turned; but that was merely an im. provement and gave people a chance to get acquainted, lions, reels, F i ed each other in rapid succession until 12 o'clock, the hour set apart for supper, and then ev one went down to the jing- room and ate. ; They didn’t merely turn an iced cream over with a spoon, but they ate. It was said that the handsomest girl in Wayback ** got away " with half a chicken, besides a plate of salad, iced creams and a pint cup of coffee. ‘hen when everything eatable has disap- peared from the tables the crowd returned upstairs and the dancing continued until long after the end of the programme had been reached and the orchestra had played “Home, Sweet Home” six times, with variations. Then, well along in the fashionable Done, the revelry ceased, the company separat und silence settled down oyer the ballroom, And who would describe the ride home with his own particularly best girl, when, with the buffalo tucked in on one side ani his girl snuggled up on the other, one is con. tent to hung the reins about the dashboard aud admire the—stars ? mazurkas and polkas fol. ——____ Bradley’s Unhappy Lovemaking, Joseph Bradley, who boards with Mrs, Christine Ecker, at One Hundred and Fifty-ninth street and Eleventh avenue, entered her room yesterday and attempted to make love toher. Mrs, Ecker re sented this amorous pro eeding in a very forcible manner, She threw piaies, chairs and oth household articles at him, and finally sw down on him witha broom. Policeman Murray, of the Thirty-second Precinot, who had been at~ tracted by the noise, entered and found Bradiey lying in @ corner of the room. His head was covered with cuts and bruises and his left arm was brokea, Inthe Harlem Police Court Mrs, Boker ‘this morning Was held ip $500 ball to newer, a Aw Aged Woman Killed by Hoge. . SUELDYVILLE, Ind,, Dec. ¥.—Mra Sarah Ive ing, mother of James Ewing, a prominent farmer, tacked and killed last might by by body was found. this morning orribly cy bhe was sixty years of age,