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VOL LINO 150NEW YORK SUNDAY FEBRUARY SJ 1884 PRICE THREE CENTS
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE
VIIEAT ANXIETY IX EXOLAND OTBU THEEGYPTIAN OVTLOOK
Th for nelk den Gordon1 And Knker PnekoTko Pnrncllllcsj Exmpernted Agnlnst-
tho Torlea Acrimonious Iolltleal Conlro-Tcrty In JEnsUnd A Greas 1itnle IIn VI
nnatFrenck Jonrnnle Crlllclslna QueenVlctorln nooh > we of tke Tkesitree
LONDON Feb 2All Ensllah oyoa for thomoment look with painful straining to Gordonrunning tIm gauntlet to Khartoum Tho fearis strong that tho large sums of money ho car-
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afford additional temptation to murderhim Ho cannot reach Klmrtouuvtlll 18
and his Into will therefore to probably still un-settled
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while tho Egyptian debate IrocolllnParliament Ills expedition began wIt aaugury In tbo discovery that tho forrestoration as the legitimate Uultnn ot Dnrfurhas turned out 1confirmed drunkard with al-
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two and forty wivesI Bakers attempt on tho other side to relieve
iToknr causes groat anxiety for lilA troops arefew cowardly badly drilled and cannot shootstraight Ills chief hopo lbs In gaining overthe tribes but their promises are novor kept
Nobody bollovos that tho Egyptian debateon tho address wilt lat for 1 little as twodays only nnd nomo gloomy prophets go sofar A to hint that real legislative businessWill not bo allowed to begin tilt March Thiscalculation assumes n keen obstructive spiritInthe rnrnollltos but they aso bitterly elMperntod against tho Tory encouragement ofOrange excesses that thor will do nothing tohelp obstruction A proposal was oven con-templated
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of their dishing tho Torlcsby allow-ing
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Brndlaugh to take his seat which theirJ abstention from voting would do A general
friendliness to the Liberals might nIB > procuretho condemnation of tho connlvauco of Spen-cer
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nnd Trovclyan with tho Orange conspiracyand thus Isolate and ruin them Their ruin Isthe dearest wish ot tho Parnollltos
Ot the mauy speeches of tho week Northcotes Is the most noticeable It confirms theopinion that white In politics ho is tho dullestof men ho Is on neutral subjects 1 witty andentertaining speaker Churchill has boonpainfully abusive and tho wholo tons of recentcontroversy continues acrimonious In thomouth of n sportnl Duko Mr Gladstone tinsthis vveok booolo nn arch tialtor Lord Derbyis described ns n dyspeptic Minister whitLord llnndolph Churchills witticisms areetylcd 111highclass Liberal organ carefullyprepared blackguardism The chief Interestol Chamberlains speeches was his avowal of hisdifference from Mr Bright In desiring mororadical and moro rapid changes neil his ex-pression
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of his Intention to carry his bt forsaving life at sea In tho tooth of oven bigshipowners opposition-
Mr Oo chon still hints dliltko of a reducedfranchise and will so far favor tho Tory cry forthe revolution of Qlndstonos scheme of redis-tribution
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as to domand how many seats are tobo taken from Ireland In return for having herfranchise reduced
Tho big dobato on the distress In Paris hasended In smoko If Cltimonaoau made a groatspeech but bU Impotent conclusion was topropose a commlttoo of Inquiry
Jules Ferry Is now onexcollont terms withthe Pope while the bitter debates In tbo Prus-sian
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Parliament load tho Vatican organs to dodare that tho Culturkampf must b oughtout again
At the groat state ball in St Petersburg theEmperor and Empress are said to have lookedremarkably well but the lattjr found a threat-ening
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letter In her bouquet and she now in-
sists that a different person shall taste her foodevery day
The extraordinary severity ot the coercionregime In Vienna lla generally approved by thopress there so groat I the panic Tho mur-derer
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of tho detective Block Increases the fearby his obstinate refusalI to rovoal his Identityand by representing himself Atho emissaryof a groat organization Ho displays terriblestrength of wilt and hM had to bo chainedbecause of repeated nttmpttcommit suicide
Tho German Emperor only prevented fromKolng out by the bad weather and the vision oftho spectral white lady tins turned out to bo aninquisitive Bculllon wandering around In hisWhite jackot nnd npron
n French journals are already tearingQuoen Victorias book to pieces One audaciouswriter remarking on tho prominence of JohnDrown declares that her Majesty takes hersecond widowhood to heart oa much ns tbo firstTho bokhabeen subjected to careful revisionbut with Lord Boaconsflold8 careerand character In a way that must necessarilyraise much controversy
The King nnd Queen of Italy are highly de-
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at the success with which the youngPrince of Naples passed his examination theother day The youth is certainly clover andloves study
Mary Anderson has made a big ndvnnco byher new part and 1IB now acknowledged to bnot merely a graceful and beautifulbut n red actress Her lovemaking is how-ever condemned 8 frigid while her rage Issplendid anlsomo critics say she will bbet-
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8 than 8Juliet has
bon so mobbed on Sundays that she now goesn private chapel 1convent
Wilson Barrett still oscillates between thesplendid American otter which ho Is said tohavo had and tho desire to produce Hamletat his own theatre
Peril is in rehearsal for the Hnymnrkotand Camaralzatnan llurnnndo latest burlesauo for the GaIety contains more excruciat-ing
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plies than any of Us predecessors It Udrawing well
Tho chief theatrical event In Paris Is SarahBornhardta revival of La Dame aux Cam ¬
has Tho storm on the first night was sofierce that the actors had to howl their speechesbut tho play succeeds
Mme Judlc male her roappeamno last nighIn Ia Coeniuo by Mellhno und HerviSheroine Is a strong minded and adventurousHuts I an princess who after flying from homo
t and Indulging In other escapades winds unwith 1 marriage at tho embassy The place
I was rapturously receivedTho opera of La llorodlude by Mnssenot
produced In Brussels two years ago was alsoI performed for tho first tlmo last night In Paris
and was fairly successfulThin artistic Eonson has opened hero with tho
Water color exhibition which contains manyI One works but no great ono
Colombu time opera of tho Kngllnh com-poser
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Mackenzie has bon very successfullypresented at Hamburg
The Archtrologlcnl Society of Vienna Is wl-nlr to search for relCof thu Greek 111Porslanla1 ¬
leys in the Jny SalamisI and the Spectator suggests a similar hunt for-t Pharaohs chariots In tIme Quit ol AkabahI Intense Interest lIs felt In the coming publlt ration of Helnrlch Heines memoirs Their
ronulnonoss has been lung disputed tho cur ¬
rent tory being that he sold them to his brothI i ir who destroyed thorn but people Bay ho re-
wrote them Thor appear first In tho lartriiJaue a Gorman periodical
a The only horse of Count Lagrange whichfetched good price at his sale was Archlduoand his disqualification for tho Derby greatlyIncreases tho clmncosof Harvester ono of IrdF-almouths stud According to latest reportsthis stud is to be sold without reserve-
A man named James Nicholson writes to thoPaPer that he committed Imurder for whichhis brother Is suffering and com-plains
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rC that ho r Innocent
arretd Mr Laboti-ehcrn asks Sir William Hareourt tintroducel him to June the new hangman
Xha doom ol Monte Carlo rapidly approach
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A delegate of an International society for IUOppression has boon visiting the Pope andthree suicides and ono assassination havo Justoccurred there within a week
The biggest Impostor of the week Is FannyJordan who has just tiled alter pretending fortwenty years that her taco which she blackedwith n cork was supornaturnlly disfIguredwhllo the biggest foot ot the week Is apromUIngyoung politician ol good family who has gonoto Blmln to go through the seven years noviti-ate
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of BuddhismHi tltt AitKlatt Press
LONDON Fob 2A mooting of the PrivyCoulcl ntOsbornu where tho Queen is resid ¬
URont is announced to take Place onMonday subject Its deliberationbo the Queens speech for tho opening of willnmonu HIs already known that tho speechwill havo nothing now to disclose and it Isawaited with general Indifference
The loaders of tho Irish party will meet InDublin on Monday to decide upon a policy andconcert plans for the Parliamentary campaignIt Is believed that thoy will decide to follow thesame general course as hithertoAdvices from Cairo todaylndlcate that tho
alarm for tho fate of the garrisons of Tokarnnd Hlnkot Is greatly intensified Tho delay ofBaker Pashas advance has without doubtsealed tho Into of tilnkat whore Towflk Deywith 400 Koldlers nnd 1000 women and chil ¬
dren tiM boon besieged for some weeks past Amessenger reached Hunklm from Tow k onThursday who announced that unless reliefreached Blnkat by Saturday elk wouldmako one sally more and In was de ¬
foaled would then surrenderAt Homo tho Sacred Congregation ot tho
Propaganda has Instructed the Archblshotis ofGenoa and Naples this principal centres ofItalian emigration to America to form a com ¬
mlttoo to cooperate with tho Archbishops ofNow Yorki Boston and Ualtlmoro for tho pro ¬
Italian Immigrants Big VincentUnlatola loaves Naples for Now York as thoolllcial correspondent between tho AmericanEmigration Committees and the Propaganda
tilnce the failure ot the Lndonstoek brokersP W Ttiomas Hon A hasdiscovered thnt Hlakowny the defaulting andabsconding member ot the firma hold stocksopen for n rise of tho nominal value of 1000000 Tho firm was concerned In forty dllfurentstocks Tho bulk of Us open accounts wero InAmerican and Canadian lllwarsanl Includedspeculative accounts to TUO uiHIn Atlantic and treat Woaturn firsts 1100111Hill Anti 11IL fi5 IMII1 IIII I
W toria IIn Urnnil Trunk ithirdsThe sufferers In the Stock IKxcbango areleading jobbers in American stocks
The Uueon vI hold two drawing rooms ntthe opening the season before going toDarmstadt to attend tho nodding of tlio Prin-cess
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Victoria of hose Tho wedding dross ottho Princess mado of Irish poplin from Dub-lin
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Tho Queen tins orderou Irish poplin forcurtiinsniid upholstery of Btato furniture intvo altos of apartments at Windsor Castle-Onoeulto for guests will bo furnished In golduiilorod brocaded poplin with dark crimsonbolder and tnsscls tho other In royal purplewith goldcolored fringe
Till German Imperial family Is greatly dis-turbed
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nt tho renewal of niutrlmonlil OUTer
onctS between Irinco Prcdorick Charles andhis vtlf tho Princess llrll Anna Thu PilliCOSB has roturnod to 11111ntAnliiilt andhis refused for once nail live under thesaint roof with her husband
Prince Victor Napoleon HOn of lirlncn Napo-leon
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IIllotiPlon anti who was designated bytho Prince 1mplrllilA his successor contem-plates
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I the United States theconning summer
Mr Judnli 1 llenjnmln writes to tho papersfrom Avenue Iunl Paris that he never enter ¬
tained any any wiso icsemhling thttwhich has heoii mado current In AUlrlc1 bythu publication of nn alleged totime olToct that ho proposed time return of thoNouthern HUtos to their allegiance to GreatBritain
Herr Klliuiter ot Vienna who committedsuicide last Wednesday at Monto Carlo wasone of tho moet sucoos8lulmJ connnctml withthe turf In Llishuicldowis due to his heavy losses
The trial of Illtytwo aristocratic members ofthe Park Club London who woro charged withgambling In playing baccarat In the rooms oftime cluli it disappointing It began on Fridayat tho 1Dow Htreot Police Court anti so far noImportant revelations liars been made Thecourt is thronged with a host of 101 abouttown The defendants mean to the do ¬
fence to points ot law avoiding evidence showIng the extent of tho gambling rime prosecu-tion
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however want to put In evidence manycases where thousands of pounds chnnmdbands at a single sitting Since tho beginningof tho police proceedings most of tho clubs hMOsubstituted tanto for baccarat but heavy playstill continues tho rule
Tho marriage engagement Miss Fortescuolate of tho Havoy Theatre and Lord Uurmoylohas boon broken 01Miss Florence John anti Monsieur Marionboth of whom hnd been previously divorcedworo married on Monday by tho Iteglstrar
Capt Austin the American crack shot gavenn exhibition of his ski at Leicester lastThursday Ho shot n from tho heath ofhla daughter twice successfully but time thirdtime ho attempted It tho bull ploughed thogirls scalp and caused serious Injury Austinline boon arrested
It Is announced that Patti will arrlvo In Eng-land
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In May lliroiigageinontnt Covent Har-den
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Is stilt undecided Him Is olTured 1100 nnight for n concert tour through England und-
LJtrLouis J Jennings Is writing aiim mit JohnWilson Crokor Ho wil give letters from thoDuke of Wellington Hlr llobert Poel writton tuning the early reform ngltntlon
Is reported that tilcnor Kdmondo do AmlItho celebrated Italian traveller anti authorIs going to America to lecture Ho has beenguaranteed forty thousand ltI
FREE ITIIISKUY AND SAND tVI CIIES
One of the Accusations Hurled nt tke Monaera of tke American Institute
At a meetIng of the American Institute Rform Association hold at Room 21Union 1 declaration of principles prepared byProf P U Van tier Woyde Dr James 11 Tay-
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and It dHenrouso was read and adoptedThe document was headed
The decadence ot the American Institute and themeans by which It may brestored lo the vroud positionwhich It one occupied In years goes by
It assorted thatthe Institute has been fosll-
izlng Into a corporation managed with no otherconception than making money for tho Insti-tute
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or some Individuals thus Cuslnl thewithdrawal ot tho most Il1oa-mlnufacturerslulllnentor8 Club and thePolytechnic Club anti the failure of the Insti ¬
management to provide sclentlflo publiclectures aro
In foot doplorol the declaration of princi-ples
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tho committee assort that for years thopresent managers have slated themselves andtholr friends for reflection that marked tick ¬
ets am used to Intimidate the weak brothersthat at time annual mooting discussion on thereport Is not nlowel nnd Investigation Isstilted that library wits at one timesoOt to auction but returned when legal procodlings were threatened that time fair Ismanaged for profit and not to promote Im-provements
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In domestic Industry nnd the anteand that time llnnnces might bmore profitablymnnngcd while tint of the Insti-tution
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wurn more fully promoted-A copy ot tho annual report of time managers
with explanatory foot notes which purportedto show that tho report was cooked to cover nilollclency of HH7U0 In tho accounts of tholast fair was ordered to be printed nnd dis-tributed
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Thin report also showed returns oftl02CGi from rented buildings Time foot-
notes said that the annual rental of the build-ings
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mentioned WI 111000James Miller K Hlbloy H dHenreuse
Albert Klsberg O O Mason M A Sutherlandundl Dink Luther WjsoPI H Vitn der
It II Shannon mud Ii U1 Dlsbrow weroelected as a noiulniitiiig committee lo put 1ticket In time Hold fur mite iinnunl election
In time dUcusslctn Mr dHcnteusn assortedthat whiskey nnd sandwiches at thin Institutesexpense to time amount of fromtVu tu SlOt hadboon used at previous elections to curry thovotes ot time members for time managers ticket
Stacy Houses Itobhed or Ikrlr Nlnlr CarpeThlov stole time stair carpets In tie Ironuols
apartment home at irs Hast riflleth 11 tietwemm
nildiiliht and 3i uclock yeittrday lorolll A similar
robbrrv Woo committed al Ihe Kail fortydshlhslrecloiilfiday moruliuf Maiclin o rope aii1-u cIrep were left behind riirly In Ihe week Ithe a ait-meiil loue att 2tt4 last Eielity Oft II street WM similarlyrecital 011mk hoa last tho Arlington allIW FIKorl slrtelI IHit atUi1O IKill 1111t slrn t also iol their slalrcarpesromaiiys-mlrsliavebeeiidrprliedofI their curpeisI Iu the nelKh-biirhood
Iindlcaledt hut hniiKeaepers iimvutt larks In
Addition iu 011lo accuSe tho arel antiIIttlt Mountlies ordered bis piillio 10 arreH euiy one umitv iccMllha inn lie nfl omldiilnht
Odds nucl rMM-iHeadre nil leme cell met eiamlne remnants silks
salllisI velvets plutthei disc goods table linen sheetPig mukllnsi wash woolI withI goods elveteelis tow
IIIVH fiatiulB itiwelB tiankttm shawls skirtsI mmlii-
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elatn 11511rr1 Cull Mal ttf isdioc uutdersesr wailucalkoii rellt IIi ohrello iii roe Irlnlnqurlo cmos T ly U3 6th n nr 1111
yon start fur the winter trip to Katun Ber-muda Klorldaj or ilexko Insure Iu Ibe eld TurtltrtJG17 IQadw
J4ilLIl Cured tlthout knife
nieeriletPlleepowder or talrt No charge until
tured Wrldoulhulet lit Coralat I1K WthUilr
Mr Klnsillu Ilmucroiitly IIIrho condition of rhOIUli KlnHellaof rooklyn IIn uoll rx 1lu Dr Hyriie said lull
nltfht 1 cc nluivst hopeless
You tin Hnsoke Cainvsie XSoelteAll tong without Injurious effects tbey ore lo BiUl
tall Mi for lOcenLL45s-
The hectic body the nearest approach perfectionliszt commits 11 liB CU11 lrup
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Ur Cable Iii tvt Stork T vnlna HouseWord cnmo to tho Lotos Club that Mr Oeorgn
W Cable to whom artcepllou was to have bueu givenby the club last night had been prostrated by tuddiuIllness at tits house of Mark Twain In Hartford
The Hotel Royal <01blt and 0mb sv the popular etown retort Btstaurant and csttlI kit altractUtUi city and specially adtplid Ifer wauls 01 dlu lcut Klcbard Mttrti proprietor
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Tko Hlgnul OOJce Predlctloa 4it I lIFair weather followed In northern Yorktc light snow light varlnUe winds a slight NowIn tern III g
ptrature followed by colder weather r
JUTTIXOH AllUUT rouxThe cllyiael funded debt on Jan 31 wit f027l2240 1 JAdelaide Quiiano hai sued her husband Krancl > tjQuliann In tile Hupreme Court torn absolute divorce 4 l i0Park Commlnsloneram Egbert L Vlele hai accepted t
the one of Cultf KuKluecr to Itlie Itaplil Transit Colo l1
t111101 IThe fire Oommlislonert yesterday rolr410 ask lbsManhattan Elevated Ilallroad dremen
In uniform rldt Ire as the police di e fteyor IMson and his Cabinet yeslerday approved a bill iiwhlcn IIs to be sent to the Legislature auinorlzlnj Inscity to lisut fi of bout the proceed to bt Usedfur building armories for SIte National Guard rCitarie SpemmcerTh wn Strict 4 mItMaclbw Slisrp Co lint b tcryalorjlolc4
a ioiittg vs re maid liii followlsettiber
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it Wa merged 11 11 Lllou oly Vewsuy t J i lI tMortimer W WeJrorIHlrrourlbrlupumbermerchant and ll 1recently lived at aaiilI Hooll fractured hisskull by a tfall Iu Third on KilJaj ulghl anti U 1
Ikelrlo diec Irsuit by DrlJget Murphy for a divorce from ha if i
husband Dsnltl Murphy of time fourth ward who I 5asserted Is lpossessed of a largo amount of property liur I
tharcs W liaytnn bu been appclutwlI refocus to tfs liJtermlne the ainouutof alimony
Tin Delawart Lackawanna amid Weitern RailroadCdmpauy hat aeltcttd Mr J K Joy n lie member ot IhoeOlllllol that iU to arbitrate on the percentage of1Iraftlp company Is entitled to In the wttVbouod t pfreight poolI of the trunk lint railroad
The aged woman who was liken ill In Stuyreism jPut and died on lb sUp of a bogie our by watIdcntlBtd yesterday UOnlu ConoitU Murich of HitKaili Toll strut one oat marketing udmoney with her becaut tier bureau DMones Inn robbed She wu alnlt aTeaimUiy
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WENDELL PHILLIPS DEAD
UB PASSES AWAY AFTER A BRIEF OUTISItr PAINFUL ILLNESS
Tfce Tad tome to Him In kit Hosts Is IlostoeItt Lost Work nod the EaU tkstt
Fallowed ItA Rkelck of the Omlori 11ftBOSTON Feb 2 Wendell Phillips the last
great loader ot tho antislavery movement ladoad Ho passed away thU evening after amOltt painful Illness of a week duration Illswellknown flguro wa lat seen upon thostreet on Friday tho 35th ult whoa ha spokeof hit falllns strength but not complain ofpositive Illness Ills addroM a month ago atthe unveiling ot tho Harriet Martlneau statueproved a severe tax upon hit physical andmental powers and ho told hit friends that hIsplatform days wore over
The first premonition of approaching Illnesscame on Saturday lost when ho foil symptoms-of heart troublo such aho had once or twicebefore experienced Ills disease angina peetorts had caused the death ot his father andtwo brothers and ho felt that In tho end hetoo must succumb to It
On Sunday be suffered several severe parox-ysms
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and from that time till his death phy-
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were In almost constant attendanceHe suffered terribly tho pain being Intermit ¬
tnt very severe Two or tbroo days ago
hI tollhis physicians thnt ho ahoull never re ¬
but everything was encouragehim Not unti almost the last did the phy-
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up all hope of his rallying andoven this afternoon It was thought he mightlive for some days
Tho dying man was chiefly grieved to knowthat ho must after all leave his muchbelovedwife Mrs Phillips has been n holplosslnvaldt-hose many years In factmarriage and ninny times It has been thoughther days wore numbered but this afternoonsho Ivnlchol at tho bedside of her dying Inn
tender devotion tins been time chieffonturu uf his later life
At about 4 oclock Mr Phillips felt somewhateasier nnd ho attempted to raise himselfslightly In bod The exertion was too urontamid n onvoro paroxysm utterly prostrated himTim violent fcatiirns of time attack wi ro over-come
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but ho could not rally Ho realUud thatho win and mild BO Conscious to thovery lust< lnlrecognized his wlfo and othermembers of his nmllynt tho bedside antispoke to them His Int words sPoken abouthull nn hour before his death worn about aotter oft personal enmfott Thou ito droppedpo cefully away nppiirontly to sleep Thu endcaniontG15-
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now of Ills dentin did not become ironerally known this evening Att time club dinnerstluro wro several tributes pnld to him and hitlife work Noarratiirotuoiits fUI the funeral orburial have snt boon iniulo Mr Phillip hutsscnrcoly boon himself sineo hn watt driven Fronttile old liomnslvqd in Essex street by thooxtcoHion of Harrison avenue two hHInto residence In Common l grUIIut-oloor
witsquite content after this In
t qum hit moilo of life A low ago atthe roiiucst of ninny friends ho undertook todlctuto for publication some reminiscences ofhis Iwork IIB an AbolitionIst TIio task provedtoo great and ho IblnllJutltWitmloll Illoltol on Nov21 118111 and livedI hero allI I fatherJohn Phillips was tho first Mayor of Bostonmini of course sent him to Harvard whenceho was graduated In 181 Ho was admitttil1 to piactlco law lInt but as nei-ther
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his tastes nor necoHrltlei requiredhim to remain In tho profession lie soonloft It and for many years duvotcd hitmain onorgics to tho mittslavery causewhich ho was prominently identified trim thotIme of thin murder of Lnveioy which arousedhlA list eloquent speech in aooul 111 In1817 to the closoof tho late 01-1frauclilseuiont of black men Ho was an unIllnnlilng outBiiokon abolitionist and neverhesitated to advocate dIsunion as tbo mostexpeditious means of freeing the slave
In time height of time antislavery movementwhen its advocates wore often treated with ob-loquy
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nnd brutality his eloquent voice commifndod ottentlonnnd respect from many whowent only to scotT and jeer His oratory wnpeculiar to himself He had tho art oflots history statistics anecdotes denunciationami argument In time most cnptlvntIng way eothat from the tlmoho b0111 to speak to thoclose tho interest Ho spiced111101his addresses with arid bitterpersonalities and never tired of excoriatingtho slaveholders nnd their friends end manywas thu telling blow which ho dealt to thoalllesof the Houth among Northern churches andsocial antI business institutions Ho struckthe foe of tho Bluvo wherever hu found him 6was In time van alwlYs to lnip the slao
Tireless In hlO Iork ho wont wherever freespeech was Iormilot advocating his cause onlecture lt conventions meetings ofAbolitionists anti everywhere that a wordcould bo said In favor of humanityI Ills pul-Ishid npeecbes wcro proparid with great cart1morlr11 and delivered IIn n free easy
eonveixatlonul style that winat onen original and unarming Ho hadnonrt of tho obtrusive fifth Imtmummns of thoIprofessional elocutionists He depended moioupon his matter than his manner and his IInclslvo words cut close tu tho beiirers mentalcore Ills appearance nx a speaker bucamo nsurety for n crowded audience As he bloodbefore an nudlnnre In scrupulously neat moottasteful dross with easy grace anti brl ht In-tellectual
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fnco hoI was a good picture of a irontman of time old schoolHo lived forty years In the old homestead in
Ensnx and waslliiallyconipelloil8ruOlosWUopening of a now Htrnet In8AUVft was lucreI that hoI used to receive uthiJohn Ilrown of Oasawnttonite and his fugitiveslaves mind many a chip of tho old bouio hasboon taken away by relic hunters lIen honursed tenderly for years his invalid wife towhom he gave lIfelong devotion After remov-ing
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from Essex street ho Ivelll Common streettoro of Mr speeches
during the war From the first hesaw that the war was time opportunity for theslave mind ho kept urging ttime North to moroactive measures Ho was Impatient with MrLincoln and In oneot his speeches In CooperInstitute declared that Mr Lincoln was an
old turtle Ho made thrilling speeches Infavor of arming educatiqg and enfran-chising
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the blacks and was always predicting-that they would seize tho opportunity to freethemselves at the 81rl00ol their mastersHo was n warm lImo Emancipationproclamations of both Fremont smut Lincolnand the fruition of his hopes was found In timeadoption of tho Fifteenth Amendment Mrriiilllps found time all his life for urging otherreforms also He was always an advocate fortemperance for tho nufranchluom ofwomen and anlwas a prominent speaker onthose topics
At the close of tho war Mr Ihllllps cameprominently to tho front as an advocate of thisprinciples of the GreenbackLabor party Hogot 20000 votes as a labor and tumpcrnncecandidate for Governor of Massachusetts in1870 and soon became celebrated for an markedutterances on tho labor question ns hal char-acterized
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his nntlslnvory speechesWhon tho lecture system In thus country was
most In favor and other forms of amusementfor small cities and towns were not so common-as now Mr Ihllllps was In great demandns a lecturer Among his most cele-brated
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lectures wor those on Tho LostArts eulogies Theodore Parker andJohn Brown nnd Toussaint LUu > orturo
Tho Lost Art was n charming literary pro-duction
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curious data going to slowthnlho ancients worn In maui respects
rnB In works of art He even trl81time ancient history of many modernvaried the lecture from time to time anti de-
livered It hundreds ot tunes In various parts ofthe North-
On the Chinese question Mr Phillips differedfrom some of the old abolition orators andfavored tho restrctlon of Chinese Immigra-tion
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as a moans of osuentlal protection ofAmerican workmen Hn said They whoseek to Hood us artificially with barbarouslabor are dragging down time Americium homoto level of time houseless street herds oftie If the worklngmon have not combinedto irevontthlsltlstlmothitttliiysliould Whenrich men conspire poor mnn should combine
Mr Phillips was of medium heightcompactlybuilt erect nnd of gracuful carriage His eyesworo blue Ho usually wore Bhortsldowliliikers
An Imprest Agent Stun Awoy wltkllHOOOWAIL WAILA W T Feb 2EE Johnson
agent of the Inlon Pacific Ilallroad anti slit of HitUnion Iaclric Express1 misappropriated a 1package offlHooo consigned to John Iteiinell railroad lontractor-by Iatlil A TOtem banters of ttirllandl The packagewas addressed Agent Inloil 1atlflc Fssu Johnon disappeared xllh the mono m Tuesday ami1 V Iarrested auit placed In Jilt ciltrilay
A Threat 1oltnii All Ike Viler orTexniAUSTIN Tex Feb SBtuto Honntor Ter ¬
tell recrlrtd an anonyniom letteryeitrrdajr Ilirrateiilnythat It free ira i was luterftred with by Ihe Legislatorsall tho waters In thu State of Teias eneloied In pBtiirefwould te poleoiKil The Utter created A imatlon Inview of tile miiterloui disease that Ile iwttplug cS-
uuuiticri ol calile In certain parti of tlstile
Hn FEVARDIUfT JETS KO D UOETwo of tke Jury on Hie Hid ea Only 0 of-
Throo CountsAfter 23 hours of deliberation disagree-
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and slumber the Jury In the FouardontCetnola libel suit came back Into court for thefourth time at fi oclock yesterday afternoonForeman Davis said
I We find for the defendant on the first andthird counts but we disagree as to the secondcount
five counts on each of which MrFtuardent claimed 5000 damages only throewere submitted to the jUr Tho libel allegedin the first was that l frt publeht an-swer
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to Mr Fouardent thoCypriote statues Gsa dl Oesnola said that thocharges were maliciously mado and absolutelywithout foundation In fact The libel allegedIn the second count was t In a letter to thetrustees ot the Metropolitan Museum Gen dlCosnola said that tho firm of Rollln ct Fouardent had not made an honest effort to sell thecollection and had overcharged him for ex-penses
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The third count was bated on dendl Cosnolaa letter published In various news¬
papers Intimating that Mr Feunrdent wits acharlatan Ignorant of archaeology and eitherthoroughly dishonest tthorougbly Ignorantanti reckless
I object to tho reception of limits vorlctsaid Mr Banes I think wo are averdict on alt tho counts-
The CourtI It poKiltilo for you to agree gentlemenupon countI
Foreman Iiavla I do not think II10101Ibli e I tlilniwe are unanimous on that point
Mt Choate The Court ihoulil treoeTlh IelMr nanoolubmU thattiiero l andthat llt snottier trial on Ihallul Woare entitled verdict Oi the IImue iutmiltu1 Wcannot be compelled too soother trial on the tecoudcount
Mr ClinueteWe hal not endeavor to compel you toto another trialtJudco Bhlpman directed Clerk Mason to
record tho verdict and time jury wore discharg-ed
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They got f 102 eachfor their fiftyone daysscivlco Time jurors who voted for nn entireverdict for Jon di Cosnola worn G P M Davis
Willl Greenwood Alexander VanderbergFnrrnr Charles W Watson K Porter
Mason Charles 0 Oxlwrnn Gerald DonollyJames Turner nnd George P Ilradford Thosewho hold out anti disagreed on tho cocondcount woro Lewis Frith nnd John Ixiwcry
Several lawyers expressed tho ollhand opin ¬
ion that tho failure of tlio jury to agree upontime second count made tho verdict time PanIc nsIf hero lund been nn entire disagreement Itwit apparent hnwovor that Gen ill Cesnolnscounsel mind friends did not look at it that way
JUH AND AXXIK coiniKr AKKKSTKD
Their Sister nnil ker lliiilinnd Hulk JellAreenlcnl lf Uonlnir 1upiclvd-Tliuinns Collier who with lila wife Kate
was poisoned by tho hash tho family ate forsupper on Wednesday died In great agony at720 oclock yesterday morning In his house InChurch and Townnond streets Laurel 11L I Ills death followed that of hiswhich occurred on Friday morning Theirlittle daughter Annie who so turns is knownAte tho stone food as thoy was not affected byIt Before Mr Collier OieOl t ho told CoronerItoblnson that he did not suspect anybody hind1poisoned his wife mind himself They humid noenemies that they know of Their relationstoward each other had ulwoyj> boon happy
Dr Do Witt Hitchcock of Long Island Citymode a postmortem oxninlnntloti of Mr Co-lliers
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holy yesterday afternoon amid sent thohtomacb kidney and liver to the UniversityMedical College In this city for analysis Thomonitor that was sprinkled upon tbo food Isalso JlllsuhjlCtOJ to examination Collierwas His autopsy strengthenedDr HitehcockB opinion that tIme death of bothwas due to nrAoIICallolsonlnThe body Mrs Colliersfather who died without medical attendanceon Friday Jan 18 just two weeks previous toMrs Colliers dub will bo oxhumod to ¬
morrow Tho vord let of tho Coroners jjury wasthat he died of peritonitis
After the autopsy Coroner Robinson returnedto Lonmt Island City and soon afterward Con-stable
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Hicks of Nowtown called on him nndthoy both started for LnurellU They arrivedthero about 9 oclock John Cowhoy the son of IJoimls <Cowhov < Then theywont to tho house of Janice Duty about nblock away nnd placed Annie the slytot of John and of Kato Collies under arrest
STJIIKIXO IX J rr RIVER
The Operative Voting la Qui Work In TenBlllliteurly 1OOOO 1creun Idle
FALL RFTKK Feb 2The meeting of cot ¬
ton operatives tonight was tho largest overholl here rime hal wits densely crowded nnd
neighboring streets were thronged Thomeeting wits very IplrJel Several speechesdenouncing tho uetol the manufacturerswcro made anti It was decided to strike In thomills on Monday ns follows Throe of theUnion Mills one of tho Hagatnoro Mills onto oftho Tocumsoh MllUono of the Chnco Millsonooftho Wampanoag Mills ono of time lOad Millsmind two of time JlorderCitv Mills ThofollowI mug resolutions weru iinanlinotislv looted
11tTmi In the face of the ItiiproUnir iun Jlo u or tilelirint cloth murker thoUrtf° UuiUnl tun the > tarJuft iftIttlI Mid tin lucrrax In lie jetamitl of Ihe cultoiitees leer itluti a reduction ul nagrt Ihaa Stein amioutitcdtherefore
A1rftvil That we show our 1lpplfRBur and reent thereiluctlun hv an tiunitkiliat ktrlke In l n mill-
iiniltril Tliut It thiiuld ho vet form luti the public thatIIr Ito rorpnrntlonB were in ciirneiit In Itun htalement that
rnlucltnn wli necewury uiul that tliey wer oLIlKtdt-o cut iloun the ruitnlniT vxpnen nf itt tuttlisI theyShould hie bttfun hy retlncinit tho rnormou eularlee ofthe treainrcm Hicenle und ierivcrl-
Dosldos the ten mllli mentioned above thohelp In tho Itlchard liorden and Linen millshave refused to return to work on MondayCoiinoiuoiitly nearly ton thousand persons willbe Idle An appeal uakmg otHlstaneo fromcotton operatives throughout Now Englandwas adopted Tho operatives decided to paysingle men U a week nnd married moon 460besides 25 cents weekly for each child unem-ployed
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while thin etnko continues
I she tke Queen of Tklll tCHICAGO Fob 2A woman arrived lucre this
morning and registered A Ihe Urand raclflc I UmeRepau Salmon she was accompanied uy Mr I MurghJudge or the Superior Court and French diplomaticgent at1 ThU Society Islands Although the railwaycompanies al Ihe way across the continent have hadorders Ito place at the disposal of the Quern of Tahiti aspecial drawing room car tll Mine Hftlmou took thatcar this evening for Sew hv the Mlrhigsn CrimInalI
Mr Jlurgier poslitvelyI denied In a smiling way nuntime remark that II wan nut rtryninlnlilI of Ihe rail-way companies to Irint in IIhUunt Hint It wns theHiivfHotiely
n or anrIslands
person cmmecti < w lilt thud ro > al family or
Mr Murgler said tint itt y n itthity going to reporthimself to the MlniMT tsr KirHirn iralrs at IarlsI antimight or might not ritiirn The parly haie no suite orattendants anti oceup > rontliruoui rooms at holds ItIqueried whether the French Uovirinuent In kidnap¬
plums time queen of Tahiti
Tko XI Acndemy HoalnvA-
NNAI IIH Fob 3Cadot CI C Craig of tIme
Notal Academy was inked this ereutiig whether howould make any statement IIn reply to the outs madeyesterday with reipect to the almplee lusting uu BirIO lint Cralo ald lie prefer not to icy tune
other Iholl WI abooluhly-ucIrel
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Anolhe caIloldIt by Iall to slnnd on hl > hud Theysaid at the settle time dont Ilull to stand1 on yourhind If Craig replitd No Thtn they oritend Stilt tostand ou his headand lie ritual Thtn riveral nitutrtclasimen sprang at him ttu put him iui his head troiwarned them ofT tituS tried in escape tut liter lied himagainst Ihe wall with tlm Uhl put onl Then Craigstrnik out with Jhis riuilvM got thu Stain rpnnCraig and he manairil l shake them situ I get awnythe bugleI houinUd for nuiiiier Afler iiiitr thuupper claaMHtfii tried to carry IOralg up chair icy utuatu-mterie anu he rnlnted Title trnuulit tin hrrirealil ofMale Mho sailed lime uftlccr vi Iho day mil hue adult
Ubltuurr-iol Milton V Klild Journal ink of tin Mouse nf-
Peligatesof Maryland diet yesterday inornlulii llullltimers He WM a resident of tecil county Hu wasChief Clerk of the State OMMKullinnl Convention Inmaul and had Ion Ilinllnuoukly chriStI Chief Work ofhits Home of Delrgsles bf emory Lctiulatture aimmc hinttlmo untilI two
J ututeI iotmg tueln ion huucrtIttnut hr WlkIr-d
anti to hlueutther of I ii lhy luumtil hi5ei54 Ills builtursa rrlnlims withi Set ieik fIitihieltllelima dry lol lietaei wee extensive
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1 hays a puitttuer if I sian or 11-1lrollOI
antI atiled allILury N hiclltn 1ra
NORWAYS FAMOUS SKATERH-
EATING TUB HEST RECORD AT EVERY
MIL A LONG n Cfbi ke Appears ssnd lw ha BkBles A-
Mnjlllon oa IeolVknt Old pru aid-xChamdau Nay of kla Performance
Mr Aid Paulson of ChrlsUnnrt Norwayperformed by far the greatest skating ilent oversoon In America yesterday afternoon MrPiiulsen has given several exhibitions of hisremarkable skill on skates In tho vicinity otNow York within the past few weeks In a tonmile race a week ago ho vanquished seventeenpicked skaters Two woro from Norway onofrom London Eng another from Londonant ono from Montreal ono from Bt John
one from Tarrytown two from Iobokenand the remainder from Now York Brok ¬
lyn Thoy were the fastest representativesfrom their respective footlons The racecame oft after dark on the hlltorlcalgroundsof Washington Park Brooklyn the largest en-closed
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skating rink In this country The tractIs a Quarter of a mile of Irregular outline withono very sharp turn Mr Paulson Is short-sighted
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and wears glasses After making 1 fewrounds on this track tim Norwegians breathfroze on his spectacles and he had to make hisway by Instinct lie skated Into tho crowdedlino of spectators several times and once re-
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a hard t I Nevertheless he defeated-all his opponents easily and mado tho fastestamateur moon In the world fornicating around-a path Ho made his first mite In 3m 34 3Sslive miles In 19m lot and 10 miles In 39m725a Those records aro given to comparewith yesterdays performance which was asuccessful attempt to boat nil existing recordfrom ono to twentyfive miles
Time news of Paulsons former oxplolta drewa great crowd of Bthlutos and famous skaters-to Washington Park From Nowburgh cameJosh Ward tho tlyar over water before it iscongealed Tim Donoghun time acknowledgedchampion of America twenty years ago nndtime man who with Charley Juno used to dashthrough crowds on tho Ico in Central Parkwith time swiftness of swallows on tho wingWith them wcro Tim Donoghue Jr alreadya prbo winner anti Fowler anti Qllmoro fastskimmers of lie 111101 Grouped near the-attmrtliugpoint 1Curtis time 100mlloskater L E M who is almost as nimbleon Hkntns an horrunning shouts 0 A Averytho hctavywnithtskatcuof the Mf A A C andtime racers Phllllnir 1fnff Walton Oiienkhernnrllrlun IvesCminimintnWiibofl10bhioUtltcrmmFerguson and others
AlVcyeH irene tturned to Paulscn when hncanwout for the ordeal Ho Is a mediumsizedman of 2i years a lithe below tho averageHtature rather broad shoulders hut with nodistinguishing pollute of cxtraordinay strengthor endurance Ills spectacles light eyes nndllaxen hum give hint tho appcnrmicit of 1 quietscholarly> IUnlolll Ho speaks and under-stands
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tlio langungu very Imperfectlyills younger nnd handsomer brother talks forhim Ho sass that Axol line ekatud since liewax 8 years old In a country of skaters wherethuy have ice seven months In time your hn hasboa ton all competitors Ho would think nothingof nkatlng 100 American miles between minsetanti lark In 1BS1 anti ISSJhowon the principalprlxen lit the skating tournaments In Vienna
Notwithstanding Axoln clerical appearanceho Is time Majilton of fancy skaters Startingoil at a threeminute clip inn tow strides ho-throns himself in time ulr front ono foot andwhirls around tvvlco before striking on thoother Cutting n short curve on tim outsideedge up bo goes again without apparent uxertion making his double whirlsi more easilythan thu old experts used to cut figure8s backward Tlio heights to without ho-fprings and time grotesques as well ns gracefulshapes ho falcon are bewildering Tim looomo-tivo slaps waltz stops serpentines grapevinetwists onefoot loops anti ringlets our ex-ports
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would nppcnrliku boys play in Aid Honever drinks spirits thor iisos tobacco If hobecomes thirsty while skating bo swallows acur of lukewarm water
Taking oft huh furtrimmed overcoat ho ap-peared
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and n tlgbtlyflttlng dnrkjickct tucked tnsldohis knee brooches Ho wore stout shoes andlong woollen stockings Ills skates are towlong anti light Tho blades arts very thin com-pared
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with the American club skate They arelevel on the bottom BO that nearly time whololength rests on the Ice
Starting with n steady nnd nearly straightstrdko bending well forward ho cioshed hisarms behind his back clasped bis lingers topetlior and rnMed his hands justt abnvo hiships He carried a vvliittt hnndknrchluf welldoubled up In his right hand With strongovum strokes nxcopt when making tIle turnsho increased his strides until they inuisurimabout ten feot on tile ftnilclit stretcher alongtime Bides of limo rink Ho swayed his body veryslightly barely tmlng time edges of his hknteauntil ho struck tIme turns Milo after mllo hocontinued his rapid and even flight over thonot too solid icn ho was obliged to avoid cutsand holes in his path innrkod with roil paintwithout changing his pobition huts body bentforward Front his hips ills hands claspedbehind him having all the appearance of takingn utile easy exorcise Not until Montgomerytime chmnplon of America amid other fast skatore minds round muller round with time Nor-wegian
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and soon dropped back with theirshorter but uulckorntroken did thin spectatorsniiprcclnto time speed that time apparentlynt minus skitter was making Mr Curtis whohas judged races front thin icobound lakes ottime Soithwest to the ponds of tlio metropolissaid That mnn beats nil that I ever saw bo-foro on skates Tim Donochuo remarkedafter watching him critically for a long little
vvhoro on earth does ho trot his power 7 Homoves without iipptiient effort Viuol got noonn to match
Tho llrst turn opposite limo entrance wasvery sharp almost n corner In fact After timeiiici Paulson said ho lost ground every tlmo homade it which was just 100 times In the twentyfive sullies Ho made 400 turns In nil withoutchaiiLIng lila position from time first turn to thelast boating time record In every mile and fin-ishing
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as strong apparently as when he start ¬
ed A crowd of boys mind men cheered himacross time ice to limo refreshment saloon whoreho sat whllo other races woro In progress chat-ting
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with Norwegian Captains amid others ofbis countrymen wile had come to see tlio raeExperienced and accurate timers Mr Averyof time Manhattan Athletic Club and Mr Hum-mer
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of London timed each lap of time twentyfive miles Mr Paulson skated time first mile In3 mln2U25sec live miles In 17 main 8025see ton tulles In 30 mln 17 15 soc fifteenmuss In 15 ruin 9sec twenty miles in 1 hour10 nun f57 sec timid twoutyllvo miles In 1 hour113 mlnJS25 soc Tills heats IX O Ourneysprevious bust record of 1 hour 59 mln 18 socby 25 mln mid 50 110 sue
In nllvetnllo race over time same track limitnn hour later ton very fast vvollknovvn skaterscontented for hires menials rime eritrieHwxreTim Donoghue Jr Ollrlon Wilson IliifT Phil ¬
lips jucckhornor Fowler Ollmoro Carmananti Ivea Starting In n living bunch severalstruck Into time holes anti ruts falling morn orices heavily jucckbornor skated on one legwith Ilie other and his urins Iin thin air forBomo distance Tim Donoghuo Jr nprnwledon the icu several times und Pfuff nnd Philups nnd possibly others lost their olmncofor prIzes by rather serious fails Wilsonlod nt time end of Iho llmt mile In im 3J 35sPfnff nt time second In 743 25 Wilson nt timethird Iu I1147 15 Ollrlon took time load In thefourth mllo and kept In front to time finishwinning In 19m 52s Wilson came a goodsecond and Tim Donoghue Jr third
In a race of 150 yards trial heats Phillipshail n walk over for the first heat Walton wonthe second In ICe and Wilson time third Inin 1Iis Wilson also won the final heat endrues In 1C ISM
WllkdrawlnaT Ike Trade llollonWAMIINOTON Feb 2Mr Durcliard time Di-
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of hid Mini appeared today before the MouseSub Committee on Coinage Wright smith Measureswhirl IIs rnnrlderlnr Ihe subject of the withdrawal oftite triad dollar Me vail that between frioooilio stu-d1tautoil were out and he believed they wire In the
hands of trail sittemn Ttue rommltUe are prepsrlmt abill fur the whhdrawliiK of that stein Stud w III probablyrl orl it lo mIte full connnltlee next urek IIt IsI undercitiindI that the hill will provide that Ilia trade dollarshall be received at par for Uournment dnc and beretired
lineman Jl Eaton Moat Try AgainWASIIINOTON Fob Secretary Chandler
suit to day that an miimlnallon uf Ihe paptrsof thepersons certified to him Iiy the Ch II Bin Ice Commis-sion snUuDed him Ithat mali of Ihrm were unfilled fur Hiework tu br dun leer lie rcaon that lluy wtre deficientIIn uenmanvhlii html imiir and orthography IHe returnedtile put ere In HitIdiiitiiUrlon In the nu u list theywoufd srnd liluilhenamisol mure mpttiit men tostitch frum
Wkul the Trouble was nt Hey NI reelA crowd collected around five struggling men
at Uroadwuy anti Dej street at norm jesterdny Theywet Vtmeetlvee IuiitMr Polan and lemiitan anti twoalleged plrkpofkeis John genIi and Iairlik lialtonThe delvtlltts had lItumi s itch tug tin sidewalk from awindow of tie Wettrmu Union building and streamed> llurpl > and Pallon mi sight Tile iirlioucra wire Itscuarirtd by Justice Putty
Frlckteied Into Leaping to his DealkR-
TIUCUBS Feb 2Near Palmyra today theengine r of aNew York Central locomotive allowed lbswater to get out ot the inline He told Ilia firemanOaorirt W Uaacolna of But Hrraeuse that Iho boilerwoild tiolode Jucolot liaf i ana wu blUed
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UR XAYDKBa SVBflCIOltS
lie WIll Not BelleTo Ibis Ran Karder dJImc Wir and Dangler
Old Mr Mayboo sat yesterday In his easychair at the residence of William Hlmonsonhula soninlaw near Glen Head Ho Is almosttotally blind though ho appeared to look at hisvisitor while talking Ho spoke with greatnervousness and at times when excited hisbands would tremblo like a loaf
My daughter ho said was as strong as aman and no ono man could have clicked herto death I believe Ed Tappon was ono ot liartwo murderers and the other lives in thisneighborhood The night when my daughterwas choked In an outhouse n year ago woheard her scream twice after she had gone emmt
and my wlfo ran out My daughter said time
man was Inside anti had seized her by thethroat when she entered tine broke loose antiscreamed and the man ran out A strangerwas soon near our house that evening by someot the neighbors Ho was a short stout manwith a black beard I have always believed thatthat was no man but a woman of the neigh-borhood
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dressed In mens attire anti with afalse board and that the recent murders wanGas much for spite ns for plunder
Mr Mayboo related several instances to showthe III feeling which had grown upbntwuen thisneighbor and the women ot bIn family butthey seemed to his listeners Insufllclont to fur¬
nish a motive for murder Mrs Blmonson hisdaughter and her husband share his beliefand the detectives nay they three resolutely re-fused
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to render assistance by furnishing cluesWhich led In any other direction
Ills singular District Attorney Flemingsaid yesterday that In answer to my manyrequests that the Mnybeos would give me com-plete
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Information about every man whom theyhad over employed on the place they never al-ludod to llugg
When wo went to Mr Blmonson for a de-scription
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of tho watch Detective Smith aidyesterday he wouldnt give us anything butfinally said Ill give you just this much thopiece of the chain that hooked on to tim watchwas In lie shnpo of n hand That wits all howould toll Ust-
Dotectivo Wood had a warrant issued by a-Long Island Justice of tile Ponce certified byJustice Duffy In tine Tombs Police Court yes ¬
terday It was torn negro who IH supposed tobo Implicated with Itugg and who is now Inthis city
111 ItRIXG TON ACQUITTED
Dr JCnlns AV Tcncocks Flight to the Kuof-of tke 1urlt Jleforraed Oinrck
The Jury In the case of John D linn Inston who has boon on trial In Jersey City forconspiring with Hut us W Peacock and Elnm WCory to defraud the American Legion of Honorrendered a verdict of acquittal yesterday mornlag It was rumored thnt soon alter time jurywent out on Friday evening they woro evenlydivided At 10 oclock yesterday morning theyhad agreed anti wore brought Into court Asthe words Not guilty woro ultorod tho de-
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sprang to his fcutaiul with his fncoturned unwaul anti his arms raised hn ex-claimed
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Thank ClodlI Thank Modii Tearsrolled down his cheeks Ho was discharged
Dr Peacock who was Indicted with Harring-ton
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but who was usod as a wltnosR for tho-Htatc says that at H oclock on Friday nightwhllo ho wis sitting In his library In his dress ¬
ing gown and slippers Harrington coiled nttime house and rushed past time servantInto the library As hn on to red bo puttile hand back to his hlppockot anti threatenedto blow out Ito Doctor b brains Time DoctorSays ho ran out of tho library and rushing upstairs mudo his escape through tho scuttle tolimo roof Thoueo ho crept along to tho root ofthe Park Reformed Church
Sire Ilorton tIme Doctors daughter InducedHarrington to leave the house anti then begann search for her father After looking for himfur over nn hour sue discovered the scuttleopen and passing through It saw him In timestarlight standing next limo eaves of the churchHe was HO severely chilled that medical nt-tondnncu was secured
Harrington denies that ho had any intentionot shooting Peacock
Filial Mishap to Scow 11The ferryboat Hobokon of the Christopher
street line ran down dumVIig SCOW No 11 of tlc BarneyDumping float Company In midstream on Friday nightat 81 oclock frederick Hauley an employee on time
scow wee ilrovrreJ Capt Van Keurcn of time ferrybo-ats that ha took the scow for a nmsn of Ito VhrnhetIlt tutu nearto avoll A colllnion lie found that what hetint late for toe wee a dumping scow laden with whitewhen IUit Buntlerniftn nut his lirotlier Inlavr Fredtrick Ilojvlry sere on the scow The latler aion thoubriilire lii front of the vhci HIOUBO colllnir up Tnpc andthe Captain i niiln tlio vrhft liit uo The tug urneliAWee tiiwmuur the ICIMV Alth arhnrt tinwpor on necouut oftin Ice llnplvy Soya the alunn that a ferr > ltoat wnaabout to mUm thee ecuisy down mul thi next moment theCiillUion otrurrtj Titer wnrhHrcly time Our the Caplain to jump out of I Ito uhielhouxt when the trow-ttirneil by the force of the tilow iluitiped her lend suittilled HutuJcriuaii pprntij clcurntid fcup d but llopley-vi8caUKtitbv the tooll unt xnnt iit n hundtrtiiDii-
Bwnm to tile tug and isae illtketl up hut lluplev SanSerum no more
The cow thr owners mv woe not Inilrn with whiteache but with dark Huff innhily ftrtet dirt ThereMan hrlKht Htarll ht nml the ptun lin1 to e lest lltrhta-Thvpfow was ntw wurth flJnot ttnd wu eto of tlio-phtent pontoon kiml thai minis lo tlitiup Hi had Sitetlld nut sink bud us a i thus ed over to the Uumburn lock
Aldermen Jtcllty Get no NtilnryAlderman Chnrlcs II Itollly of tho Twenty
fccond district wai nt thus time of liii fUrtlon Clerk ofthe Seventh CivIl District Court Itotli the pay ruth ofthe Common Coumll for Janiiiry and tht nintrK t Courtroll contained his name Comptroller Oraut refutes topay Mr Reilly until lie IID let iuhd thnt Mr IMIU lao therltit to hold totlniHfB minI IINI rffi rred tin questionto the Corpurailiui OMIIIHC Alderman itiItiy sin s he-di e not Intend to drawi his eal ir > uts an Aldtrmun butclaiim tthat lit dun hold both iillUm-
AlderntHii Kirk wai nnmcil on the Aldermen pay-roll HA rr> idcnt of the hearth mitt lti i tmlurv se ti en-tered nsfJMJ that Mini Intiijf the IreitldentH ocher> forefull month Coinitrnll tlratit oliJicUd to lay any oftIe Aldermen milil the men > n ll st it no altered as tohow that Mr Kirk was mimed to pay as Pnnident ofthe Hoard only frum Jan 22 on which Jay ho electedhimself
Temperance In the lioilou Art flubBOSTON Feb 2The proposition to establish
nwino and card root al the Bitten Art Club drew alarge crowd of members to Ihe slut meeting to nightUr Ihlllu Ilttlit tupporttd Sic proposition on theground that It was consilient wllli the practice ot tImeclub In having punch end other refreshments on baturCan evenings
Mr ApplMon hoped the nueMInn as between wine andcards would be dttde k huh tins did not meet with favorThis friends of prohibition were much elated when tImeWIuI UF autO card movement was defeated Ibyatole of uiIc iitb3
Mr Roosevelt JmmmereyKxCongrossman Robert B Roosevelt line
sppiuiimteet tluo Coutimulttee svllch I to proheule a piati of-
erganitailomi Stir the itooso cltItutleiiiiea Demnocraci-Anuong then are Wheeler Ii leeklman tIlllem 1 ColeYrltriiu ft Coudert Eumgene Crimger lawstrm N uller-tleainitler ltuw Ltthletau I harrttohh Jobtu ii Boyd
tin Atmitin VhitiO Jrlr Titonmas C hmmnx Dr Biuitetn ItotleOrte II >lcAtein hIunry llaveiiuc > er Marcuma thurbiorg and iio rri W hum Mr itnoseveii also appointeda a countuijihee lo securp If l > latlon for this city Brandssn Blab > Khrplierd r Knapp tamia E CoulterWilliam A Butler anti Itobert A Van Wyck
Mrs Ifonklie SirIng Down Two CuckoosMrs Robert Hopkins ot Princes Hay Staten
Island Is an ornithologist A few diyi ago sIts saw twobirds aught on a tall tree near leer home and recognizedthem at once as a pair of relowbllled cuckoos whichare rate visitors to siaten island Hhe took her doubleharrejled shotgun with the use of which the Is will ac-quainted and broniht down one of the coSine fromice shut and then Shucked over Itiue second on the n IngMio has emit the two prize to a tailderinUI
TulU eta New Ireiiot IlulldlnaTIt is reported that tho directors of time Now
York Central lUllroad contemplate building a large ad0Iliumdfpot on ground whlcii they own at the northeast corner of 1irbKconJ street suit Fourth avenueThe lensnls of tlirbulldin s nn lots UU to 1117 iJast Fortysecuiid street hey reciliedtliu necessary legol noticea lho prepared lo vacate tho premUfnon tlie expirationof their present loser on May I Tile lots run Iihrmighthe tlotk to Kortythlrd ilrent having a frontage outeeth streets vf about IWI feel
Tke Governor Illumes the IollcenicnTime Governor has commuted to twontyflvo
years Imprisonment the life sentence of Uonato Magalilo who vtas coinlcUd of mutilir IIn Ihe iccoud de-gree
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on Fb 21 INM In this city ThoCoycmorcrltl-cipesiollce officers fur iflilnic men chftrifed with crime ahal tnnrarier without luiitllgatlon and says llmt theydid >u III this case
tunroy Oets kit StayPoliceman William Conroy who was recently
convicted In the Court ol Uencral Sessions for tluiuur-dtr of Ictrr Keenan obtained A stay proceedings yesterday pendlliK appoal lo tIme lleneral Term uf tie u-
prcmo Ouurt This star Is A matter of right after a convkiiun mu the Otusral htsslont for murder
ALEX MEADS BURNT BARN
run TOWN OF aRERxmcu WILL mtT-O FIND OUT WHO FIRED IT
A QuIet Meell T on at filtrate SnM eTwoT-koneetnd Hollars Reward 0Werdm o-
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of the Troubles na Two fxranaIn consequence of tho burning ot another
ot Alexander Mends barns the Selectmen jcalled a special town meeting In Greenwichrued It was hold In Days halt yesterday after ¬ jnoon Only about 12IJ persons attended butthey wore the leading mon of the town Whena reporter wont among them they declined totoll the story of the long list ot fires and litiga ¬
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tions preceding the burjilng ot tho last barnbecause they said It would not do torn Green-wich
¬ 4man to bo seen talking about the matter
They said the town was rent into two par-ties
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each of which feels so warmly onthe subject that It would not do for any one tobe suspected of having told the story to thepress particularly as no story that would suitboth sides could possibly bo told Messrs e
Whitman S Mead J A Lockwood anti J FClose Selectmen signed tho call for tho meet-Ing Mr Amos M Brush was chosen Modera-tor
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and George O MoNall tho Town Clerkacted ns Secretary It hail been ngrocd that Inorder toavold Quarrelling time merits of the casewere not J to bo discussed The CURO em ¬
braces the occurrences In an old and bitter h
feud between two old fanillleo of tIm town In 4the course of which dining llfteen years therehave boon many mysterious fires and pro ¬ ttraded lawsuits Time meeting having beenorganized several resolution1 wore handed upto time Moderator for adoption and were dis ¬
cussed by the assembly The reporter foundn venerable old former In n butternutcolored i
overcoat who volunteered to toll him exactlytime iiictn In time cato without the admixture of t°
any bins or tiny attempt to explain any detailor Incident In tip narration
Its like tho good old story of religionsaid ho ivu toll it ovnry time wo meet Thistown was founded In IGlo but I cant recollectwhat happened that yeart My recollection tdont go back no fin thern time previous genera-tion
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Dnvlil 11 via toils fiithor sot out a lot ofcherry trees front of hits own property andopposito to Aaron Hutted hind After¬ tfrward ho sold lies wlllln1 Aaron should utgohavo nil this cherries ho could use but notto skin tho trees httnng feeling grow up be-tween
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time parties Then there cnmo troubleabout thin imldln limit Imtwoon limo farms of pAaron and David S David iH said hod always I
bad trouble about that end of lift farm and hismother hail trouble hotoro him Commission-ers
¬ iCwas appointed tow onravnl time tangle s>
Thitvias llftuon yours nco Afterwards someof Aaron IliMedn cattle va hamstrung anti nyoung apple orchard waft destroyed luttt limo 1HIIIIIU tUnic Aaron Ikistod wte ns I shouldhivo told you Moxunder Meads uncle 4
Doth Alexander Mend and David S Husted t
were present at thu meeting They sat In theAnnIe row of BOits They nro suustantlnl 43looklng moon Jiotn have reached middle jage lucy did not ponk during tlio meeting t i tor In any way manifest any feeling with regard o4tto what wui spoken or done One resolutionthat wan offered was that time Selectmen and i2tJoseph K ItiiHsell itere to bo appointed a corn ¬
mlttoo to Investigate tile fire of JniiMl and to tdraw for expenses a cumin not to exceed 500Mr Ititsscll opposed this resolution l
About 1872 said time farmer to the re-porter
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down Ho was down to the vllluyo vlsitln1which tho fire took place Well that rouseulmoro trouble Ho hud trouble about his InButtineo muriel twas nhviiys said noniu parties Trlj itnot friendly him notlllcd tho company and qnindo time trouble
Tile farmer suspended his narrative whileMr Husoll announced that ho was iu favor oftIme following action sj
hcrnu The barn ot AltAftiiler Mcvl tutu hummed bySte tim tIme nlxht of Jon llrI Hl nnd thy orltfln of raIdfire Is believed to uRic teem inrenutary therefore hj T
ItetnlvA That the Svlcctnieii of tile iou n of llrcenwlch 4arc hirrhy authorized emil dlrrcfd lo appoint s committee of three persons to Im i MltrMe tIe cumin of time burn polug of sail learn of AlexnuderMcad tho names of saId vtjcommittee tu be kept prlmm Iiy aIl Selectmen und cornmlltec anti said heltclmen are hereby authorized to 9jdrew orderon tho Trcmurer of the town for sums notto exceed f5nO Iu the aggrtgvte lo be piUd to tIe com-mittee
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for the rurpogo f aicertalnlUi nnd coinlctlnctlio Incendiary or Incendlurtei said sums to be charffeato the account of fires
This resolution was adoptedWhere was Ii time vouernUe farmer In-
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Oh about David Ss house burningdown Well ho and Alexander Mend hid beenfriends up to that lilac nnd both wore pillarsIn tim Congregational church After Hint Aaronllustod had a nniall barn burned down aridthen between 1875 and IflSI tour of AlexanderMends burns were burned down In limo samelimo David huts had his carriage house and
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barn burned Nearly four years uco wo I
had the llrst town meetlu about It humid thegrand jurors uail Selectmen investigated itTime > sot anti sot and couldnt llnd out a timing sajSoon after tiuiut Alexander Mead brought suitagainst David 1S Hunted charging htm withtrespass and tho dccstruitlon of thice hamsTIme suit wns n civil ono for 120100 Hwas I
tried before time Superior Court und u jury and 1It L
tho verdict was for tho defendant An appeal twas taken to time court of last resurt and anow trial was ordered on thu ground of ovi 3ult net vim tell A Itt xhmtu iler Mead wanted to Intro ¬
duo being excluded In about a year tho casewits tried ngnin nnd the jury disagreed It was i u
tried iiKain last Novcinb nt Duntjiitv tiedAlonnder Mead got a judgment for iiUW anti u icosts This was nn tho to tiiiKny of two per-sons
¬as to a declaration hy Dnvld It that ho had
burned Alexanders bii in tumid would burn uvoryIjHrn ho put there tltto a gui tcetlllod thatat the burnln of tho llrst barn slio seenDaviil K seurqtcd in n collir 11tt fuel mviiy antirceegtilKed him hy tlio llht of limo burn In-bulldln
f oAn appeal was taken by Dnvld H-
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time eau Is nov pending HutI iin time inonn itlimo on tho night of time lllliof last month °
Alexander Mend hail anothot barn burned andthree or tour wooks buforo that hula reonthiouaowilt discovered to ho on lire
Agniutho fanners talk was Interrupted whileauitiren of time town iinliilunllunnlly provoked J J
laughter proposing hunt the investIgatingcommittee bo composed of thrcuprominent f
citizens unknown to tho community Mr AA Marks the nrtlllclal limb itmnufncturer olthis city moved that lie following be added totime resolution which wns adopted I
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Itniilml That the Comm vf JKV he and hereby la appropriated and iitTuridI a n teSS ant rite Ithe apprelien lonHud conviction of the party or parties bitiiu flre losaid hum
Now whats tIme use of nsklti my opinion r Itjlie aged farmer lniiulrcdIn n whisper Iknow you didnt ask it donl I Hut whatstime use There Still Moaclos lirthls town mind1UO voters by that iianic Thnyro related bymarriage to itch thin town and time other halftIme town syinpathbeH with the Hustods-Theres nn electric eonnection between thellustod and Mead farms and time town andhut towns nt tile hot ond of Iho wile Old lfriends daxcnt speak out tholr opinions eI1 cfathers and sons have to keep quiet marriagesare broken ouT and families lure split up on the 4plague timing Scores mind scores of us are altmixed up in it Why theres boonarrosts anda divorce case anti kidnapping and churchwars nnd town meetln squabbles over It foryears and years back I honestly bllovo I amtime only moan thnt could give you tho factswithout exurcsslnrin opinion
Time men who are to form due Investigatingcommittee are not yet choton When they artheir nnincs will not lie made public It It 1Tj 5hoped that eomo good detoctlvn will undertaketo clear up the mjsicrv atundlug tho frequentfires The Husted farm anti tIm land of MrMead who Is a florist tiro divided by the racatrack and other property of Mr Itockofellor theoil millionaire Those estates nro juMuboutamile beyond tho village Greenwich ei
