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NEW-YORK, THCK8IMT, MAY 5, 1887.
J'KICIS THREE CKNTa
CONSERVATIVES IN A FIX
THF GOVERNMENT DISCOMFITED BY THE
T ac?e??ance (?FTHEIR challenge.
TOB mm CASK ?? LAST ??????^???? O,
tuMMON*-W. U. SMITH AN IN?*
KSTTD G????.
'RT G??1? G. TO THE TRinrwR.]
LoM>ON.May4. ? earrounded
??KSETi?t?? S ?he? M.
?t ?unbar, ab maladroit rancor
?G,? J*Z reconl.y kicked out
2 t,e representation of Derry for corrupt prac
lice G and consoled byb.s.parly with a baronetcy,
eoove-nment has been landed in a dilemma
from.vh.cb it is imponible for them to emerge
wTtLit serious datna2c. The Irish members have
made sverai attempt? since Colonel Saundereon
S?? the slander? of The Km? on
ST floor of the House of Commons to
?et the matter investigated ae a
Gestion of privilege. A? long as they appealed
themselves for their justification their demand was
refused by the Speaker. As soon as the demand
VM ?,ade bv an enemy for the purpose of injuring
them it was readily granted, in the belief
that the Irish members would shirk inquiry.
So the question is at last before the BmM of Com?
mons whether the Editor of The Time? is to be sum?
moned to the bar and to be compelled to give proof
of the slanders which he has beeu uttering for sev?
eral months past
The eagernees with which Irish members accepted
the challen (re discomfited and embarrassed Govern?
ment, who have refused to grant the inqniry they
have professed anxiety to secure. This action
amount? to a retreat, and nothing can obscure the
clear f.iot that having chalked up a chal?
lenge to the Irish members they ran away from if
when they saw it accepted with avidity. So long
as the slanders were confined to The Times the
Irish members could afford to ignore them as they
have ignored ench slanders for the past six years,
but the repetition of the charges by re?
sponsible politicians altered the situation. In
any case Irish members would not take action of
the law because of the facts that one partisan on
thejnryconld upset the verdict and that the liti
g.ition won d involve endless delay and prove
simply an advertisement for The Times'$ libels. St,
John Brenan. whose case against the publisher of
a libellous pamphlet has just been decided, filed
his actiou eight months ago, and this has been con?
sidered an unusually prompt hearing owing to the
fact that the defendant did not summon
any witnesses. If Irish members proceeded
against The Times in the law courts
the Coercion bill would be carried
bcfire the case came to trial, and the purpose of
the libels would be served bv dilatory motions. On
the pretence, for example, that wituesses would
have to. be sent for to America, The Time?
could delay the trial for a long enourh
period to attain their end. What the
Innh members demand is that the charges should
be investigated by a committee of members of the
House <>f Commons, responsible public men. formed
proportionately of the parties in the House, and in
which the Tones themselves would have the ma?
jority.
This demand was pnt in the form of an
amendment ny Mr. Gladstone, which will be moved
to-morrow by him. The debateon this may last till
Monday, indeed, out of the present situation any?
thing may come, even a dissolution. Noth?
ing more absurd and outrageous can be
conceived thau the proposal of the Gov?
ernment that if Irish members desire
tliev would Drosecnte The Times and lend ne the aid
of their At torney-GeneraL If Irish members wanted
to prosecute they couid do so without the permis?
sion ot the Government and tbey would prefer to
employ their own counsel to handicapping their
case bv taking an enemy into the camp.
It is hardiy crediablethat a body of men pretend?
ing to be rational conld seriously put forward the
argument that it was a fair and welcome proposi
tio.i that the Government which has traded on
these libels for mouths past, whoso members
have repeated them on every platform and whose
leader in the House of Commons has made himself
partkri'H criminis with The Time* and liable to pun
ishmeut bv umpagating the libel on his bookataill
at all the railway stations in Knirland. should un?
dertake the championship of the man they h?t\?
slandered and prosecute their own principal ally
in the press. T. P. Gill, ?. G.
T. P. O'CONNOR ATTACKS W. H. SMITH.
Mit. ?????? CALLS TUR COXSICnVAIlVKS A LOT 01
CADS?MR. GLADSTONE AND LOKD R. Clit"RC1IILL
MF.KT AGAIN?" THF. 1IMK8" TO BK
PR08KCCTED.
London, May 4.?The Times in an editorial refer?
ring to Mr. Lewis's niotiou that the House of Com?
mons take notice of The 7tmc?'e charges against Mr.
Dillou says :
We ?re unable to see why Mr. Iywls felt calieri noon t/> pro?
test. We have no objection to the issue belnjr raised either in
01 out ol l'itiliiinieiil. Mill we ? annoi lu In it?*! citing Unti
munit buslneni should he delayed eren for a day by debater
upon what we published In good tilth and with evidente ton
inmatoiy ot everything we advanced.
In the linns.? ot Corninone tliis afternoon W.
II. Mniili l'11-.t Lord of the Treasury, annotine? d
that the Govcrrmeut had resolved that the alle?
gation that the statements of "The Times" ac
fMtag Mr. Dillon of falsehood constituted a
breach of privilege, whs not sustained by prece
dent. It would be a ain>t the dignity of the
riouso to summon "The limes" to the bar with?
out previously LBQUbilg into the circumstances.
The (ioverimieiit had intrusted the Attorney
General and such others as he cared to associate
with him to prosecute "The Times'' for the
libel on Mr. Dillon, who was at liberty to select
such counsel as h<? saw fit.
T. P. O'Connor condemned the Government's
f?ix.|Ki?al. lie said he commiserated the Govern?
ment on their humiliating and dtgndlag piatilo?
'Han? proposal was really for a collusive action at
law made by ?.lie vendor of the libel. .Mr. (/(on nor
hero produced a cojiy of "'The Times'' entai?
iiu: the litui on Mr. Dillon, and nourishing it
uloft lin said :
I purchased this cony of The Times at one of the bookstall?
?wiied by the Hlgnt Honorable Kirat Lord of the Treasury
it 1? he, ?peaking tor the (?overnment, who ?aya no breach of
privilege was cmnm tied. ?Irish r-hwra.] He li. therefore
.t.eplv luiereated a* a party in the rase agalnxt the K.liU.r of
ih* Uwes. I hi two men ought to bo In the dock together
The Irmi, meni berireject hit proposal as un'air, unjust and
unprecedented. IheHonseot commou? ought not to be
taken In by a collusive a<tiou.
Mr. Edwin J. IL P. DcLisle (Conservative), mem
ber for Middle Leicestershire, arose ton point of
order. He said ho had heard Charles Kearns 1 ?cane
lautier (Home linieri, member for Middle Cork say
the "Conservatives were a damned lot of cads?'"'
llrish voices?"So you are !''|
Speaker Pee!-Tne clerk of the House will pienso
?e? that the werds are taken down.
Mr. launer deuied that he had used the word
damned. He related, however, that the Con
servatives were a lot of cads.
. The Speaker said he must withdraw the expres?
sion and aiKilogize.
Mr. Tanner said he would do so.
Sir William Vernou Haicourt denounced the
Government g proposal.
Sir Kdward Clarke, Solicitor-General, moved an
At?'en?il0iithe 0???G???"?'? Imposai to the
effect that the House declines to treat The Time?
Maternent? concerning Mr. Dtllon asa breachTf
FwilT" H0 ?^??that ,1? a??? the Atiornoy
Oeneral were responsible for the advic? on whiuu
the Government had acted.
?'"^..K,*!?dolph (?i,ur(:uil1 admitted that the case
;? tack made hy Mr.' O'Connor ? W.U?
SSWTwte ,n. the 1,ouse? No one out
CSte was di?U with SEtSE?* leadcr ln tue
on behalt of the^l,,^?,^^^*^ ^??ry<'?ry action
committed against one o it* ?i i hi ,,r,v'le?e
tort that it was the leader of th0^~.ei,C?Uld V"
ought to have been expected u lliW? WV?
bavin? taken the leadUtsUl?9i^\&lfi**+
agttauon for the reveal of the ftfi ^J?^",au
?to ????10"^1 ????leallr r.po4iau tha a.aeru?n of
ttGHVaiM
paper nffi,!^1^? n"tml,et ,ur ?"na?rianrt and a newa.
Bg ^A?uTcVeersT U' "?"?""<?? ?????it
P?ckW like it [Cherra V"h'?, " **V? wl,ul? b>*u>r' 0'1UV
oom.
inch nnesttons of law a? a court conlrt. In conrt thr> proaecn.
tlon would proceed at the colt of Ilio comi try, wltli lite em?
?loyment or any counsel the Irish members likul to nani?,
? thi* way the truth would be arrived at ?od Justice doue
the offendura.
Mr. Dillon said In? did not consider the ordinary
tribunale of England, in the present state of putii ?
cal feeling oa the Irish question, fairly open to
members of the Irish party in the House of Corn?
inomi. He, therefore, maintained that ho had a
ll?bt to be heard before a committee.
Mr. Gladstone intimated that in the event of the
adoption of Sir Edward Clarke's motion he would
move an amendment to the mam question to tho
effect tbat an inquiry he made by a committee into
the charges of wilful falsehood in a speech deliv?
ered in the House of Comiuous brought in an arti?
cle by TheTimeeagainst, Mr. Dillon. [Cheers|.
W. II. Smith asked if Mr. Gladstone would make
that motion at once.
Mr. Gladstone said that he was snrprised at tho
suearestion. coming as it did from the Government
leader in the House. For him (Gladstone) to mako
such a motion at the present timo would be only
making confusion, and it would tend to obscure the
issue it the course suggested by Mr. Smith was fol?
lowed
On motion of Mr. Bradlangh the debate was ad?
journed.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE IN A MINE.
A HUNDRED AND FIFTY MKS DRMKVKD ?? ME MX?
TOMBED?THE MINE ON FIRE.
Victoria, B. C May 4.?A dispatch to The Cotonili
from Nanaimo, on the eastern shore of Vancouver Island,
says an ex plosion occurred iuNo. 1 shaft of the Victoria Coal
Company's mine at ? o'clock last night. One hundred
and fifty men are believed to have been In the mine at
tho time. At midnight several bodies had been
recovered and a few persons seriously burned
were rescued at the same time. Tiie.-o
numbered twelve In all. There were little hopes of re?
covering alive any of those still in the mine. A rescuing
party went down, but owing to black damp was unable
to do anything. 8. Hudson, of the rescuing party, died
shortly after coming out of the mine.
The scene around the shaft was most
heartrending. A special train carrying surgeons from
Victoria arrived at Nanaimo at '-! o'clock thi* morning.
\\ lieu the dispatch left Nanaimo the miao was on Hie.
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SOCIETY IN THE MEXICAN CAPITAL ASTIR.
A PI?DSPKCTIVE Dl'l.I. OVKIt A YOING MAN'S ATTEN?
TIONS TO MISS BAZA INF.
St. Lotis, May 4.?A dispatch from the City of Mexico,
says: " In all the higher circles of the capital little else
Is heard but Ulk of the prospettivo duel In which the
Spanish mluUter is concerned, and the hope Is expressed
that the trouble may be settled without bloodshed. On
Saturday night a ball was given at the Casino by the
aristocratlo Spanish club. Among the guests was the
beautiful daughter of ex-Marshal Bazalnc, of France.
Bk? was escorted to supper by flenor Barton, a young
gentleman of wealth and position. He was calici
from the side of the young lady by fienor Norelga, who
undertook to chide him, some say. Barrun says that he
accused him of two much familiarity with Miss Bazalne.
At any rate, bitter words were exchanged, aud a scene
was avoided by the tlmoly Interference of friends. The
Spanish Minister took up the ipiarrcl, as a friend of the
Bazalne family, on tthe ?round that bis
countryman had acted improperly In drarciiiK
the name of the young lady Into notoriety.
Horelga thereupon ?juarrellcd with the Minister
and made comments nSeetiaf upon the Minister's stand
lug In the Spanish colony. Again blows were prevented
by bystanders. Tho excltemout was Intense. Mea
shouted and women screamed. 1 he two principals were
taken charge of and escorted home by their friends.
This was 2 o'clock Sunday morning. Since then negotia?
tions bave been going on preliminary to a duel, while
efforts are bel?g made outside to hush It up."
NKW8 NOTES FKOM LONDON.
LMB04 May 4, 1M7.
T)r. MAiscn.?Dr. Maisch, of Philadelphia, has been
Sleeted honorary und corresponding member of the l'har
uiacentical Society of Great Britain.
??????? Cai.i.khs. -The Queen t->-day received at
Windsor Castle the several deputations of Cotonisi rep?
resentatives who have t>oen attending the Colonial Con?
ference here. Her Majesty accepted various addresses
which wero presented to her.
Colusi?n at p?ka.?The steamer City of Montreal, from
New-York, which arrived at ??iieenstowii to-day. reixirla
that she was In collision wltn tho American schooner
Edith on April -1. and that the latter was sunk, lue
crew of tho Edith was rescued by the steamer.
AFOITAN KOL'NIMRY COMMISSIONA.
ST. ?p?.???p?;, May 4.?A semi-official denial Is
given to the leport that the negotiations of the English
and Itusslun tViuiminsions on the Afghan boundary ques
tlon bad failed. The Commissions will hold the first
formal Joiat meeting to-day.
BUSPII IOUI of A MIMAI OEimUL?
Paiiis, May 4.?The I'U Xieurrtnr Mtrle dismisses as
factitious the reasons given by the German preis for
General Waldersee's tour along tho frontter of Alsacti
liorraine and says:
Kverythlng warrants us In thinking and saving thai he It
solely studying the hest points of concentration or Oenaaa
trimps in proxiinlty In our e istitn frontier. We.iies
that the'lenitati (?pera should sock to mislead Ul lu irg.rl
to the object? of his joui my.
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A TRAP VOI BBJCUTARY BATARD.
Ottawa, May 1 <Sj#fial).?It Is topare?! that the
English and Canadian officials aro laying a trap Inn
which they expect Secretary Bayard to fall. At first sight
in the light of the published correspondence and the otter
recently made by the Marqul? of Bailaban to revert to the
Washington troatj It seenisablg back down for Canada.
By ilie treaty of Washington Americans are allowed
concurrent ime ol Cauad.au lis dug grOOJMlS In return
for the free entry Into tin- lulled Mate-, of ? anadian tinti
and Bai pruine'?. Once let this treaty go Into effect and
the Canadian Govern ment will make it unlawful to tish
Within the tlirci-iiille limit with pana Mines or In fact
almost everything excepting thesmull seines used hy the
Canadian lina'?. The Americans huvini: only eonenrrent
use with Canadians Of tbC grounds would he us llalile to
ii re-l and seizure M arc the ( anadian* themselves In case
of violation of the law, and while the Canadians would
get a free market for tbeli'Bat the Amcrlcaus would gel
uuihing of value lu return.
nuoMira 01 CABLI nevi
PaI?IS, May 4.?The Frenen Government have decided
to suppress "the performance of ?' Udiengrln " In the fut?
ure in Baris if it osattooeo to bo aoooapeoled by aati?
(?crinan dein mirations. The Paris papers generally
coiideiiui the popular opposition to the play.
St. 1'i;ti k?iii i:<i. May 4.-Tho Czar and C/arlna depart
on May 15 for Novo-'J'cherkusk, the capital of tlinlxiu
t'ossack country, to witness the ]*>?? Cossack military
parade. Troops ate already being dispatched to take pu?
nition along the line of railway to be travelled \,y tlie lui
penal party ho that the entire rout? will lie guai de?..
Pout Sai:>, May 4.? James (?onion Bennett's steam
yacht Namouna has arrived here.
PKKIN, May 4.? The Government has ordered that every
foreign inls-f.iiiarv In China must huid a pun-port from
his own ? <o\ eminent lu older that his nationality may be
shown.
St. PmaBBOBO. May 4.?The seven prisoners eon
dennifid to death for connection with the recent plot to
MOMStMt? th?? i'/.ar 0(0 all men. The Othon who wem
convicted of complicity In the plut received vallons sen
tones? to penal servitude, the most severe being twenty
years.
QmaumtOWW. Key 4.?Tlie Anchor Line steamer City
of lumie. Captato Miiuioe, from New-York April 87. fur
this jHirl and LivcrjOol, urnveo. off Brow Hood at 2?0
p. in. Ui-day. Timeof passage, U days, *j:< hours, and '?0
minute?. _
OOTMMXOM MOU ??AIWU riuHiiiilTIox.
? VOM W'iitTii, Tex., May 4.?Governor Boss has lo?
dined to be prim ni at the Anti-Prohibition State
Convention at Dallas, but has written alitici declaring
bin inteiiliiiu to vote against the Prohibition ?iniiMiiliuenl,
which he declares to lie Impolitic, iiuwlsc, and against
the genlu- of free institutions. Ho llnd? the present laws
?domato to protoet |iiibllc liberty and private rights,
and "?i) s Texas challenges comparison as a people with
those States where prohibition has long obtained, and
Texas has larger churches, larger sums of money it
Mittd to educational punaises, more dwelling* and
wealth according to population, and fewer criminal*
than Maine. The Governor says: " Divorces and Crimea
against chastity are greater In Maine than here, and
wlnb they bave been energetic in trying to relieve tin O
Solvei of the burden of the oppressed poor by repelling
tlieui ne rapidly an MOStM? from their border? and
driving them out of the boundaries M Wanderers and
outeasis, still they have a greater number of paupers
than Texas, while the evidenco of discontent by strikes,
mobs, unions and conventions against employers attest
at once the misery and discontent of labor among them.
'J'owiisof Maine arc stationary, anil her villages almost
everywhere proclaim a general decline."
Continuing, tho Governor says: "The Slates which
have adopted prohibition laws have simply been robbed
of their Mattinate revenue, liquor should not be driven
from nubile traille, when It may be fully regulated l'y
law. You only force It to Itocoiuc a sestet traffic and
deplete the State's } early revenues to the amount of
?1,000,000."
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Tin: CASK 09 FOTUEKlxoiiAM OliXJUMIK
8t. Louis, Mo., Muy 4.-The trial of the express
mesaeugtr David H. Pothciliighiim was resumed in the
Criminal Court to-day. Conductor Speligli? was recalled
and testified that the messenger was tied to stay, and
when he was released bis limbs were numb. Ho said
that Fotherlnghnm told him that he heard the knocking
at the door when the train stoppi d at .Minche, and did
not respond because at that lime the robber covi ml hnu
with his revolver. The defence brought out the fact that
the messenger was compelled to accept a PO attinger In the
express car on orders of his Superiors, Judge N'ormile
gave as his opinion that the rohberv did not occur in this
city and conscijiieiitlv it WSJ out of the Jurisdiction of his
court, und accordingly dismissed the caso.
FOR THE I'llESEUYATlOX OF THE IJARTFORT).
II ah n m; 11, May 4 (V1"' ">? -In the House to-day a
resolution waa pasted asking that In compliance with
the unanimous desire of the surviving soldiers and
sailors of the War for the Union, the sloop of war Hart
ford should lie brought from the. Fucine coast to New
York or notion, to be MMnaly preacrvod an an object
lesson lu pulrlotlsui for the coming; generation?.
TWELVE TUO USASI) COKE O VESS CLOSED.
Tllfc WORKMKX RKKt'SE TO ACCKrr TIIK DECISION
OK LMTIRK JACKSON'.
riTTHnrao, May i (Speeial).? Thirteen thonsnnd coke
workers iu the C'onncltsTille region to-doy began a
strike to cinipe 1 their employer? to accede to l'emenda
which the arbitrators nud denied. There are 12.000
ovens and none are bel?g drawn, while many were
only charged yesterday. As a result much coke will
be rendered u?rlc?s, und it is said the loss, to Operators
on this nceoiint alone will amount to between <j?r?0,000
and 175,000k The prompt obedience to tue order last
evening to cease all work shown that the strikers are
determined. The operators nra couslly as determined.
Tbe aggressiveness of the Knight? ot Labor in surpris?
ing. They even wanted the Amalgamated people to
b"u'in tho ?tri e on Monday, that the loss to the
operator? (rom the hcav\ coal charge* of Saturday
Bight be the greatest, and they were active in urging
that no pumping at minee lie allowed. As a result the
pumping plant nt Hroadlord is shut down, cutting oil
the water supply for the Baltimore and Ohio ana
Pennsylvania railroads and tho town of Scottdale.
Only three coke works in the region are in operation,
and 111. ir product ia uaed exclusively by the blunt
lurnnc? companies which own them. These firm?
granted the ??*| per tent ad vanee demanded, hut, as
they ship no coke, their action has no effect on the
situation.
The coke syndicate held a merlin? to-day anil after?
ward its members ?.ml that they were content to let
matter? rest and await developments, that they had a
large stook ot coke on hand ami that they would be
beneiit?? I rather than injured by a briei stoppage at
least.
" The Labor Tribune," which is edited by Thomas
A. Armstrong, in a column editorial today, contends
that, it arbitration is to be ot any value (he decision
rendered under it should be accepted. A rclusnl to
accept the result, it says, ia damaging to the cauti of
labor, unless n can be proved that had faith was con?
templated by comparatively tew and those members
without inl?ncnee. It says that the public owes the
coke syndicate an apology tor having charged upon
previous occasion?, when urliitratiou had been sug
neted, that the syndicate'? acceptance of an award
wa? uncertain. "The Tribune " sajs the workmen
should have acrepted the decision ot I'mpirei Jackson,
and then requests a conference with the o|?cralora to
decide upon luturr wages and terms. " Tbe Tribune "'
? :iys that the workmen's argument before the arbitra?
tion board contai led no allusion to the tact that tho
operators had previniuh offered an advance ot D per
cent as a compromise, and that, as it was not before
tho umpire, he could take no cognizance id it.
ASKING ??a??? ???? BUNDAY WORK.
G????a??, May 4 (S/iefial).? The employee of the North
('lib ago KoilluK Mill* have petitioned for relief from Hun
day work. Every since the works started they have been
obliged to work every day of the wee? and they consider
thl? an unnecessary hardship. In their petition they say
they have not snttlcient time for rest and many
of them are obliged to do violence to their re?
ligious scruples In order to comply with the requirement?
of Sunday work. Superintendent 1'otter has requested
that they continue the present arrangement until bot
weather, when tho Hun lav work will be abolished uiitli
fall. This proposition will probably be agreed to by tbe
RoraooTrm lwd ?mm rant
No stoue cutting wu dune yeater lay lu the large dis?
trict In .Vew-Jeraey coutrolled by the fitone-cutter?'
t'ulou lu Newark. One contractor In Harrison, another
In BloouiQeld and another lu Franklin lurreudered. The
boMea" association, however, remained firm. As each has
dcpo?lted f??? ai a forfeit In stnke emergencies there is
a guarantee that for two weeka, at least, the
boaaes will not yield. Tue great bulk of the stone cut In
the distri? t ma? to New York, Krooglyn, 1 los ton. Unitelo
and other cities, little being ??<? ? la Newark and neigh?
boring place*, li) stopping the supply, therefore, build
lug enterprise In the largo cilio? will be embarrassed.
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1 I.I ? All .H 1.M.IM.KHS QBUMBLDMl
Th? re li eMM ttouUc ou the Ninth Avenu?? I??' VaVM
Haiiioad, lut. U \s ill undoubtedly tie
..tU'-'l Without Ik? liiterferrnco of ( bief
Engineer Arthur of tim lirothcrhood of
Locomotive Engineer?, to vajea tie- engineer?
belong. locomotives which formerly laid t!|i 10! the
night at Keetor-et, hare bee? ?>? lcred up town to
one-hundred aud-forty hfrli-?l., and the rji.iinrs who
foneerly began their day's trip* down town havo
now gol Uj gel up ?a'lier lu th?? morning. Many of
them ||\#> in BrooUnrMd New-Jersey, and ihe new
orii-r will comi el tinn? lo mow t,, Uni. m, -
th?] CM gel to lb" -' l'Ion cu tl?le to ta,,?? Olli tl.-IC
engin??-, mi?? of the engineers said la-t nicht tn.it he
did not think anything would be done by th?? Brother?
hood, because II didn't re-pnr?? any more hOWl Of
label a day, but H im ??. ? alena >i them k-natiy.
I BATI RI I OF THE LABOR PROBLEM.
A number of tin? <ua n*Hfc"l** in tL'? employ if
LotnnOi Peodot ? <o bove retened to wort ami the
strike Is practically a fallun?. In all probability all
of the men will I*? at wurli on the ????? proscribed
by th" llrni before the end of the ?reek. | ?.-y fear
that If they do not return to work their ploOSS Will
i.e ' M en ? ? the Bj anlafa eigai makers,
lloth the lie II and the ?liver matinfset urers d'Tiy
tbal tbera baa been any settlement of the lockout
of the silversmiths and tu?? situation i- not materially
? bangi ?
Niw lUviv, (nun., May 4.-The messengers of th
Western Colon Telegraph Company, who are paid ? ? cut*
for each nns?age dellvcre?!, demanded an liicie.ise ths
iieriiingof 1 cut- The demand was refused and fifteen
boys went on strike.
iMiivs ve .? ?-, Haj I The conference of the Executive
Coiniiiltlce of the National Ciilou Lflbot I'arty yesterday
did not go beyond the colisi .'eralioti of plans for Matt
organization. Indianapolis was BStSOtOd as the he.id
quitara Sos* Mao patty. Patdlnand tannar, al Bradford,
lvnii , was inaile tin? member of the National POM Silt IPS
from Pentisylv itila, ti succeed John II. 'laves, (olone)
,li??e Harper, fnun Illinois, says that tho Henry George
men will not be reoogauted a* such by the futon Latxir
part/, and if they want to organise a National parti on
the Isolated land theory of Mr George they can do It.
Ilo? m w party al-o propines to abut cut the Socialists,
if 11 can be doue.
? s?
KM rosi e if s l'insniw ?MFMWM MEM,
1 vi ?. Kivi ?:, May I '???trial?. Dr. .1. C. Wldtuey, of
Pawtuckct, It. I., who aay? he was the physician In Mrs.
r'onter's family fur twelve ye tra writes a statement of
the tiouh'.o in which the Uev. ('. !.. Goolell an 1 Mis.
I'ostcr, of Providence, are Invol' -I. HI?: object is to ?how
that tho finding of the Investigating cotumltteo of the
Niiilhern Now-I.iigland Conference win paitlulaud that
the verdict which was rendere I on the ground that Mrs,
Poster was addicted to the Intemperate use of morphine
is unjust. He says :
It mi occurred that I attended Mr? Foster from Julv. 1B7B,
until lit? spiingof ini'j conn????????t, and is caslon illr aaw
??? ? as a nu ibcl adviser till the fall of ImM.I, and I never aaw
any of th? im-ulal plicnnmeua which Ihn ti lai en munte*
desi ribo. 1 save her litui -1? 11 lit?- as 1 ilo all ottici patients
when site iieede<i il and I iicvxi lufure heard that ?lie "had
been addicted io the In temperato uto of luurohluu over sime
IMI'.?."
s?
?.? f'.r.i Mvi.E or cnu, service ?? reform."
? Cut? Aun, May 4 S),trial?.? The post -olllce aiithori
ties are now dismissing employ?s with greater Ireedoin
than ever. Donovan iittormeil S. Hutshuck thai Ui
err?ices were not wanted any longer. Mr. l'utsback
has been a carrier lor sixteen years, and only lift
IfteOk days In that time. He ag? ved during tho war in
Company C, 7th Illinois Infantry, and it is slid that
esci ? man, woman ?ml child, irrespective ol politic?,
on his nuile wouln fjtjgi ? petition lor his rotSOtJOS in
ilbcc It is claimed that not to exceed lilty meli have
been retain id on the rolls ut nil those employed in the
Peder?! Huildiug prim to Match 4, 1 *?>.?.
MirOLJiB TOVMIMT? is ferie.
| vi.iiviuiii., May 4 \S?ttrinl).~ There was a narrow
escape from loss of life ou the Kaltlmure and Otilo near
IJauiavil e early this morning. A train of two baggage
cars and four coaches containing a party of Bagttsk
tourists on their way to California and a number of Ger?
mans bound West ran against an open switch. The train
left the track. Olio passenger coach was tossed against
a lime car, another was thrown down a 15-fcet embank?
meut and the two others were thrown on their sld.-i .ml
dragged. The Injuries were extremely few oonsldering
too rad that the train was going at fifty miles an hour
and llic shock wus so sharp and strong. One of the
Englishwomen hai her loft ankle broken and another
bau lur wri?t broken and six were Injured.
TEI.Ed ?l AV UIC SOTES.
raoHiBmoa ? ooKMWonaot,
riARTFOiil?, May 4.? I he lliiuae today passed resolutions
providing for a constitutional ituicuiliiirnl prohibiting tho
nianuta? lure and sain u! niton? atiug lupiora by a Tote of 141
?.? .. ?. This nutter i.uw goes asnal to the mm legislature.
BARTRQUAKIE OH Till?: PAOfKO OOAJt.
Hv?< TUAUCUm, May 4.-? severe earthquake occurred
?????triiUv whii h ?-\tended fium (Jenlreville, Cal., through
Arizona. New.Mexico, to El i'aao, l'oaaa. The shock wai
alaofellal uuaymaa. Ilium.
AN UNHATlHKACToKY VERDICT.
???? M HOI i.v. N.J., May 4.?The Jury In th?? case of Will
lam Agnew, on trial for the murder of his wife at Palmyra lu
January last, returned a verdict of murder In the sen.lid de
(roo. The poop,o arc displeased wliri the vuilut.
wiu.i ? ? ai si:i) iiv a iikokk.n flange.
KiiP.liKid? k, Md.. May 4.?A weslbm ml emigrant train on
the llalti'noie and iihio itatlroad waa thrown tinn? the track
by a broken flange, a tew miles from lid* illy early ima un.ru?
ing. Five can wem badly wrecked auil eight 01 leu pam? u
gura were alighlly Inturcd.
( BLXBSATfaTO BEBOVI BUBDBSDTB ftlKTHDAY.
l'un M.K.t.i'liH, May 4 i.s'//erini ?- Mrs. Hannah Whltiuar.
who hsa lived all her lite at 4. J I 1 ranklmd ave . celebrated
In r oin- liiinitieih blrihilay last night. Mb? la well and navel
coinplaius of troni.le ot any kind. Her lather, John II.
Worrell, waa also born In Kraukford anil waa the owner of
powder mills their. Ir.nn win. ? the American Army received
IU aupyly lu Uto Involution and the War of 181?,
THE OIL CONSPIRACY CASE.
TESTIMONY GIVEN BY ALBLRT MILLER.
A WlTBttl WHO BKTKAYKD ALL PARTIKB???9
?TAT?MKNT8 ABOLT THE YAHIOI'8 OIL COM?
PANIES.
[?t TKi.r.oRAPit t? tur t???;:p?_] '
????a?.?, Mriy 4.?The oil conspiracy caso was,
resumed to-day in the Supreme Court, nnd Alliert
Miller, on whose testimony the charge of .conspiracy ia
based, wns the prlncij al wituets. llis testimony was
directed alnioet entirely against the Messrs. Everest,
ot Itcchester, and he knew almost nothing about
Mesara. Arehbiilu, Kogers nni McGregor, of New
York, except that they were interested in the Vacuum
Oil Company, of Hochester, of which the Everest?
were minareis. The evidence of Miller showed that
while ho was still in the employ of the Vacuum Com?
pany he hud procured duplicate castings 1mm the
patterns for tho Hutl.il ? Lubricating Company, and
that lie hud, as lie admitted, betiaycd both comnauies.
He said that when he agreed to leave the Buffalo Com
r any, in addition to the BIBtOOO a year which he got
tor doing nothing, ?? exeat paid him f?,??? and hit
expenses on a California trip. In the croes -examina?
tioii Miller s.'iid th.it, while employed by the Vacuum
Company ho had come to Buffalo to help looato tbe
rival works and bad gone to the iron foundry ot
Emory Jones, in Rochester, where, he caused dupli?
cate? to lie m ni?? ot castings used in the Vacuum's
plant. The patterns were owned by the Vacuum Com?
pany, and ho did not, tell Joues that they wore in?
tended for the Opposition company, aa he haa
authority to get casnn :*. The cross-examination was
conducted by Mr. Bacon who traced the movement?
ol the witness since ho left tho employ ot Mr. Everest
and found that he ??,??? not worked long in any refinery
except one in Corry. I'enn..where he is now employed.
"Did you tell Mr. Eveieai," he ?us asked, ?' that
you were worth $-0,1)00 to his company to stay out of
the oil business I "
14 I don't think I put it that way. Miller ?aid he
had asked Patterson, an employe ot the Vacuum, to
come to B?llalo, but denied having threatened to
m.ike things red hit lor him if he did not do go."
The deteuce reminded Miller ot statements he was
?aid to have ui.idc .o difierent people about the
various oil compauies. He denied telling J. Av res, ot
Coir.v. that be leti the Baulaie Company because ita
finan, ini conditimi was loor and never told E.
Min.Her, ot Ha*eisii!o (anal, that he would crush
Everest because iie had lulled to give him money. He
told Johl llristow, ot Itoclieiter, that he would come
hack into the Vacuum with I] ing colors. He denied
?aving that the Standard aiid Vacuum compatii??
would hare to buy up the Unitalo comi.un ics. ile luid
ecnveisiitious with V. U. Sttxton and Captalo A. l>.
Mack at Corry. I'enn.
? Did you tell them if you had remained with the
Standard'inste??! ol going with the Buffalo gang you
would have I.? aortli ???5,000 I "
" I said 1 would if I stayed with the Buffalo Com?
pany."
Miller said that he did not tell them that the mistake
ot his lite was leaving the Standard Company, nor that
be said, extending bis hand: " Here's a iialm black,
rou-li ?,nl Itching, and the party that (ills it fullest
can have it nnd me.'' Be told Captain M.ick to make
a t ronosiiion, if he had one to make. The witne*? got
mixed tiji about seeing either sir. Kogers or Mr. Mo
Gregor in New-York, but lelt certain It was the
lorn ?t. He had talked ?ith Dennis O'Mrien, but did
not tell him tliut he could make $00,000 ii Everest
did ? if arrange with him.
-Did you tell him that if you could not get termi
you would burst up tbe Standard I "
? No sir, I anew better."
" Dm von not say you coula break uj the Standar 1
In two year? ? '?
? I had more sense than that."
Mrs. Miller waa sworn. She le the wile of the pre?
ceding witnes? and had only answered some pre limi
nary questions when the court adjourned.
WRICK ON TH! WKST ?HOHE.
KBMOTOV, May 4 (Serial).?A wreck occurred on the
West -?hore road al>out 5:30 this evening, near Cornwall,
blocking both tracks for some time. ? train In charge of
for Curry, whllo trying to get out of the way of
the Hudson Hiver express, was run Into by a train of tho
Ontario and Western going south. The Hudson Hiver ex?
press ran Into the wreck before any warning could be
given. The express cars ami other cars were consldera
hl) d imaged and two engines were badly ?mashed up,
A search fur one of the ooiadMtors failed to find him ami
he I? supposed to have reached Corn wail and boarded a
bout from that point
7p / k11: p OBKMXS KILLED G.? A BLAST,
A FIHOIIirt'I. aociDBUT ON a rah road ? Al A
?.a?a-p??: mad ill ail BROBOBB,
liBBiJWiM. a'??, Mai t Moo sretfdug so the Ooed
Water extension to this city of the Georgia Contrai Itall
roail hrln{ news of a fearful accident on that road In the
Coosa Tunnel. One white man and seventeen negroes
were at work In the tunnel when a blast prematurely ex?
ploded with terrine BMW and twelve of the men were
killeih Five of the 1st lies have been recov ered. The
white nun escaped death.
? //.M 8 Or KMXTVCRY DEMOCMJ IB
OFPOBOra CITO BBBTtOI BBVOBM and Titr TABtTf
ami ADV ms 11 Vi; ?BBS OOtRAOl Of BILTBB and
? BTATB high IH.
Lorami il, May I. -The Democratic State Convention
was called to order to dav In I.iedeikran/. Hall by Colonel
.1. Meddard JoBBStOO. Senators. | Hill wan inaile tetti
poni] ehaiiinun. He had Just concluded his addii-? tO
UM unten lfled when James MofftBtlS Intro
dined ? rcnolution heartily endorsing tho Ad.
ralnlstrutlon of PMSSBOJal <'levelami and moved Its
adojiM.iu without sraltlBg Hie com ? leti on of a permanent
organization or tlie? formality of a reference to tho Com?
mittee on BeSOlatloM .McKenzie vva* cheered as he read
his resoluiloii. but Congressman Taulbee sprang to his
feet and moved that the motion Ite laid upon the tibie
de?dating that its adoption would commit the Democracy
of Kentucky to policies, to winch It was
known to be antagonistic, as In the case
of silver, the Civil Servlco, etc. He was
for any resolution approving President Cleveland's
boucty and Integrity of purpose. After withdrawing his
motion to lay upon the table, his mutton that the resolu?
iloii be referred to the ( oiuiultten on Resolutions was
passed. Chairman Hill afterward decided that Mr. .Me
Keti/ie'n motion was out of order.
Congressman John o. Caritele was elected permanent
chairman. The platform WSJ written and drawn up by
.lohn O. <arll-le und Bear* Wattcrson. That part which
is of National tutetest and which wa-n adopted is as fol?
lows:
V sibilare our confidence In the integrity ami coliseli n?
llatOS ib-viilioii to duty of President Orovcr Cleveland and
osagratalata thecountrjr and the party upon the accession ol
a Demo, ralle i<dtnluislralloD national, ecouoiu cal and ell .m.
and we par?an u ir anteas) Hi" President tor the ri.iiiity
ami courage With which >>.. has pMtMtSd the treasury trou
pillage by his exercise of the veto aeWSK
We farol lionest iivll Service lleform. by which we mean
the ?iiforceineni of ihe faithful performance by persons up.
pelateti to ofBee, of all public infles entrusted to tliem and to
this end as well as in the maintenance of the spirit of our
representative fonti of government, we demand the
?nutest measure of personal and party responsibility, and
ar? op|Hisr,i (,, the substitution. In room of this
of bfn tenure, a civil pension list, and all other appendages,
of a tiurcaiileraiie. ?ysteui foreign to ilio genius of our Insti?
luti ?a* and peonie.
We declare the honest money of the Constitution good
enough for the people as expressed lu gold ami silver and
Sepsi coiivcitibio into coin ou demand.
The platform reasserts the duelline of State Rights and
denounces the tanfi as a inastei piece of Injustice, lno
ipiullty and false pretence.
General HucWmr was nominated by acclamation for
Qovernor.
A SERIES OE 8UICIDE&
AN OI.I> ? (.?? ? ?, ACOMUH?TAIUK IH'SINLSS MAN ? NU
AN ?????? WOMAN DYlNOItV TIIKIU OWN HANDS,
CiiK'auo, May 4.?William l'eluer, ? Gennari
actor, committed silici.lu tina morning at the home of
? Fie.l " Kratt, No. 29 Clayhourne-ave., where ho
had been stopping. He tired three shots to tuako sure
ot his death. The cause of the do?d la reported to
be inranlty. l'ultzor had been taaon to different
lunatic asylums tour times within the past tour
years, Iroin all of whicl. he was discharged as beine
perleetly sane. Each time he was conliued at the
Instigation ol hit laiuily, with whom it seems he had
sumo trouble.
? I'eltzer was about flfty-five ?cam of age, and hud
been on the boards of prominent German theatres ot
the city tora quarter of a century. His principal
character was Bip Van Winkle, which he played
in both English and German.
A boarder at No. 2i?8 Kinxie-st. shot and killed
biniseli tbi? morning, l'apure found on the holy in?
dicate tho naine ot tho man to be W. C. Brink and
his home Estelle, ? "?*.
Sr. liOOlfsj Mo., May 4.?Cora Sullivan, age
twenty-two, daughter of a wealthy oitixen ot Mont?
ginnery City, Misauuri, committed suicide last night
She wa? recently admitted to the Protestant Hospital
tor special treatment. She lelt a letter, statini; that
ehe nas possessed ot the devil.
Caui.isi.k, I'enn., May 4 {Spenni) ? Mr?. Sliokie,
an old woman, who lived near Chambersburg, in the
up,ier end of this valley committed suicide yesterday
bv hanging herself in tho garret ot her house.
l'liiiAHKii-HiA, May 4 {.Special?,.?An unknown
man was found hanging to a tree in the suicides'
quarter of Woodlands Cemetery this morning. A
letter found on Lim ?tai:d " My wile drive me to seit
destruction."
KILLED DY AN ELEOTIUC LIOUT CURRENT.
frTt?iltWT?lV May 4 ? verm/1. While Thomas Tigne,
a lineman lot Uie Brush Electric Light Company, im ad
Justing the carbons last evening he was killed. When
Ills body wa? taken down, wounds like those produced by
burning irons were found on hi? cheek and arm.
TUB MXXU? B0?TRWB81 SUAKEX.
A VOLCANO REPORTED FROM ARIZONA.
MOUNTAINS CKUMIlLKIl BY KAll 1 IKjCAKK SHOCKS?
KKLT IN CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO.
Tucson, Ariz., May 4.?An earthquake occurred
hero at '2:12 yesterday afternoon. No person wa?
injured. Considerable damage was done to buildings,
goods were thrown from shelve? of ?tore? and many
house? were more or lea? cracked. The shock was
accompanied by a rumbling sound. Many clock?
were ?topped and tho entire population of tho city
took to the streets terror-stricken. When tbe ?hock
struck Santa Catalina Mountain, great slice? of the
mountain were torn Iron its side and thrown to ita
base. Vast cloud? ot duet rose above its crest, 7,000
feet above the sea level. It was believed for aome
time that a voloano had burst out on the ere?!, ot the
mountain. One towering peak, known as the " Oil
Castle," a prominent landmark from Tucson, ha? en?
tirely disappeared. The extent ot the (la.?age cannot
be told tor leverai dayi. This was the first earth?
quake ovar experienced in Tucson. The public school
building rocked to and fro like a cradle, and some ot
the plastering fell creating tbe utmost consternation
among the scholars. Tbe school waa at once dis?
missed for fear ot a repetition ol tbe shock. According
to <? gentleman who timed it, tho shock lasted just
lour minutes. One or two slight vib atious have
?id ce been felt.
Shortly after tbe earthquake a volcano broke out
at a point t ?/cnty-two miles south ot this place in the
Total Wreck Mountaius. The sky is brilliantly illumi?
nated.
Wit.cox. Ariz., May 4?A severe earthquake ?hock
was felt hero at 2:10 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Tho vibrations were from north to south and lasted
one minute and fortv-five seconds. The two-story
residence of N. J. Wilson wa? ruiued by the shock.
No one was injured.
?? OBK, Ariz., M?y 4.?An earthquake was felt here
at 3:11 p. m. yesterday. The vibration? lasted
twenty second?. At San Carlo? tbe shock lasted two
and one-ball minute?. The Iudiana were badly fright?
ened.
1'iioKNLV, Arie, May 4.?An earthquake shock was
experienced here at ?1:40 p. m. yesterday. The vibra?
tions were north and south. People living in upper
stories rushed downstairs and several Urge pendulum
clocks stopped.
Hk.vsoN, Ari?., May 4.?A sensation was created
here at 2 r. m. yesterday by a tevere earthquake.
Minor shocks were felt at interval? far into tbe uigbt.
Ureat excitement prevailed ani the people rushed
from their places of business and home?. The South?
ern l'acino engine turn-table wa? moved lorward and
backward with the brakes set. A person just in from
the vicinity of the San i'edro River report? that the
ground opened about ?1? inches, aud water rose in
places that bad hitherto been perfectly dry.
Smoke was noticed about 5 o'clock which appeared
in the neighborhood of the Whetstone Mountains,
eight miles tiom here. Some say it is a volcanic
eruption, and as nothing ot that character has ever
been known lu this region tho greatest surprise and
curiosity exists. Several buildings in this city were
mutenally damaged by serious crack?, aud the losses
on each are estimated at from $20vt to $1,000. W.
W. lialdwin. who own? tbe most expensive building of
those damaged, sustains a loss ot about $1,000.
Cknthkvii.lk, Cal., May 4.?A heavy earthqnake
shock waa felt here at 7:i2 yesterday morning. The
dii fctlon was from north to south. The shock was
preceded by what seemed to be a heavy, rumbling ex?
plosion.
TOatMTOn, Ariz., May 4.?A eevere shock of
earthquake occurred here yesterday about 3 o'clock
p. m. aud continued to shake furiously for forty
seconds. This is the first occurrence ot the kind ex?
perienced iu this territory tor twenty years. Win?
dow? were broken and buildings cracked and other?
wise injured. Ten miles from this city a lake covering
an acre ol ground was completely dried up iu twenty
minutei. The embankments r.loug the New-Mexico
and Arizona? Kail way were moved from their former
poi it ions, iu many instance? as much as twelve inches.
&?????, Mexico, May 4.?At 12:45yesterday after?
noon two earthquake shocks were telt here at short
intervals, lasting altogether a tew seconds. The
direction wae East and rYeet. Clock? all stopped
running, but no damage is reported so far. Similar
shocks were telt along the line ot the Sonora Kail
?oad. Tbe following la from tbe agent at Torree
Station :
Une inimit? after the first quivering sensation wa?
telt the highest eliti of the Chivato Mountain tell,
cau-ine a cloud ot dust to riso like smoke from the
explosiono! alargo quantity ot powder. Erom this
station it had tho appearance ot a volcanic eruptiun."
.(/./. i;i:.ii>v FOR the uasuisg of smith.
BOW HIS LAST DAY WAS I'ASSKD?A STATKMKNT
FROM IBI DOOMKD MAN.
Siici ill Grant completed all the preparations
yesterday for tho hanging of i'eter Smith, wlucn will
take place In the Tomb? about 7 a. m. to-day. The
upright? and orosapieco ot the gallows on which six
murderers have been hanged were lowered by ropes
In.in th.? I'otnhsganeiaud under the supervision ot the
hangman, the gallows was erected on the spot where
< 11..C .11, the last murderer to dio in tin Tombs, was
hanged. 1'iecautione will be taken that none but tbe
tew allowed by tho new law shall witness fio death,
l'olicemen will lie stationed on the roofs of the bouses
from which the procession to the gallows would bo
visible to see that the roofs are kept clear, r.lm-st.,
between franklin ami Leonard, will be closed by tho
police.
Smith's last day was the busiest, probably, that ho
has suent siuce he entered the City irrisori. Ile slept
lor several hour? on Tuesday uight aud at 7 o'clock
awoke, to llud hather Lluriimjuet ,eady to say ma??
tor his soul. This waa done in tho little chapel on tho
top lloor of the women's prison. Two kneeling
Sister? of Charity prayed lor his souL Deputies
Brawl and Smith, ot tbe death watch, were also
pieseut.
At H o'clock Deputies Young. Hauly and Curran
took charge of the prisoner and they remained with
him until 4 p. tu., wlieu Deputies Dclmnre, Carraher
ami Hinke entered his cell to remain with him till
hie death. Sheriff Oraut went to see him iu the
morning und iu the atteruooii. Smith thanked Mr.
(?rant tor kindness shown him in bis last dava. At
noon, his brother, Hichard Smith, and In? |si-ter, the
wiled Policeman Hv rues, called and bade him good
l.\e. Alter they lia?! gone Smith sent lor William F.
Howe, tho counsel for Sweeney, who Is charged also
with theoeathot Watchman llauiioii. Smith asked .Mr.
Howe to send a notary to hi, cell and he would give
him the " exact faets "'of the murder. Mr. Howe did
so and sent his partner, Mr. Moss. This i? Smith's
statement :
It Uuow 5 o'clock In the evening of May 4, 1?T, a tew
Hour? In tule in y ? ?? . ut mil. ? >u lay fxprcta ?????G" iiiailu iu
Mi. William f. lluwu lu person, 1 make tin? voluntary sworu
statement :
Mr?. Harmon and her daughter swore on my trial b<*fore
Recorder Muy the thai about two years before mv trial I had a
?{tiarrel with the deceaaod, John ilanuou, and that at tlu.e of
???? ijiiarrcl 1 made use ot tho following expression In sub
atanco ? "I will kill the .usui? an otteuaivo
??l.llhet] If It take? twenty years," meaulug
tho deceased. Their evliteuce lu that respect
wa.? wholly untine. I never had a i|iiarrel with the deceased,
John 11 an noil. In my lire. [ Barer intend the words ?hi. h
Mrs. Ilari mou and her dailRliter said 1 uttered and I uevtr
m id?? a threat against the aaid John Hannou In my life.
l'Kii.ii Bam,
In the evening Sweeney was taken to Smith's cell and
bade hi in good bye. After tin.? smith seemed even more
despondent thati before uud hail little to ?ay.
WOUAHLE MORDER BY ATOLICEUAS.
a rouira man bkltali.y clubmd on scnoay
KVKNIX? ? ACTION UK TDK COKONKR.
Edward Tully, of No. '230 Vurick-st., was arrested last
Sunday evening by 1'olicciniin Moore, of the Ninth
I'rc< Imi, who charged him with selling a pint ot beer in
violation of the excise law at No.'il Ciirminr-st., and
also assaulting him. fully was held in $500 on tho
charge of assault and iflOO for violation of the excise
law. Yesterday Coroner Lidinan was called to take
Tully's aute-morteui statement, it being alleged that he
was dying from Injuries received l.y being struck ou tho
head !>y rolleeinan Moore.
Tully told tho coroner that he thought he was going to
die, and hi.? statement In substance was that he went to
Lynch'? barroom about ? p. in. Sunday with Michael
Hums, l'atrick Dolan and Bernard Meltitec to fix a waste
pipe Unit was nv ci Mow ing luto the building. Policeman
Moon? came behind them w ith a can uud asked for a plut
of beer. Tully said that there was no beer for sale, that
he was only Ilxlng a pipe. Tho policeman called him a
vile uai.mil said be would " take him " In any how.
The ..Mi,, r struck Tully on the head with his club. Tully
caught the club and the ottici?r drew his pistol. Tully
grubbed this and held fnet to It until 1'oliceiuaii Tovvn
M ml came up. To v\ use ml wiped the blood from Tully's
face and took him to tho Charles Street Station. Moore
ul.??.. (I him In the elation Ihhim?. Tully vviis takeu to St.
Vincent'* Hospital, where his woods were dressed, and
was brought buck to the Charles strict Station and
locked up over night.
The coroner'? Jury gave a verdict that Tully ? came to
his iiijutles by being struck on the head with a club by
nilleer Hoben Moon?, or the Ninth Product, in the
hi loon No. si Cunulne-st., between ? aud 9 o'clock
Sunday evening last"
Coroner Kidman .?aid that Tully was dying from a
fractured skull. The ?crgeant at the Charles Street
Station last evening said that he knew nothing more
about the case than apla'alcd on the blotter. Moore was
not on duly, lie reported on Tueaday that he was sick.
Ills tddreea al th?? station Is No. Jli'.i West Fourth St. He
doe? not live there. Mr. Lynch told a Tumi \t. reporter
that his place vvus not opea on Sunday and corroborated
Tully'? ?tory of the allig? d unwarranted clubbing.
Coroner fcidiuau will take further action lu th? case to?
day.
RECTOR WARD FOUND DEAD
? ?
HE TOOK AN OVERDOSE OF CHLORAL
WHILE IN BED.
TH? BOTTI.It AND A NOTE BF8IDE ???? Jl'PGB
DRKW. WITH WHOM HE WAS STAYl NO, DOES
HOT THINE HE M KANT TO KIIX HIM?
SELF?MRS. WARD NOT INFORMED,
The Rev. Charles W, Ward, the Knglewood ree.
tor who shot his wife recently, died yesterday
under circumstances which suggest snicide at th?
borne of his friend and counsel, Judge J. B. C.
Drew, at Rockand Lake.
At .4:30 p. m. Dr. J. 0. Wilson, of Washing?
ton, brother-in-law of Judge Drew, found Mr. Ward
lying dead in his bed and by his side was an empty
three-ounce bottle which last night was tilled with
chloral by a local druggist. Mr. Ward bad been
taking chloral in eight-grain doses for some time
ander the directions of Dr. Banks, of Knglewood.
On the table by the bed of the dead man was fonnd
a note in Ward's handwriting addressed to Dr, Wil?
son and now in the possession of Coroner Ackcrson.
Mr. Ward said in the note that the chloral was so
weak that he bad been obliged to take it all the
previous night The note was dated 4 am. Ltist
night Judge Drew said that since February 22, the
date of the shooting, Ward had not slept, except
under the influence of narcotics, and recently hit
friends had sat up with him until late every night.
Dr. Wilson said that yestetday morning, heeding
Mr. Ward's special request, he did not diet nib him.
Dr. Wilson sleeps in a room adjoining Mr. Ward's,
and last saw the clergyman alive about midnight,
when Mr. Ward said:
" I will go to bed now and bave a long rest.''
At intervale during the morning Dr. Wilson
heard bis patient's heavy brcntliinir, but it was
not nntil 4 p. m. that he tried to arouse Mr. Ward.
After knocking ten minutes at Ward's door he found
them locked and being alarmed opened the dour
leading to his own room.
He was horrified when he saw Mr. Ward clad in
a night shirt lying dead upon his bed. His face
had a peculiar pallor upon it and It. Wil?
son hastily felt his pulse, was convinced
that he was dead and at once
summoned Dr. Hour?, of Rocklaud Lake, short I ?
afterward Coroner James W. Ackersou took charge
of the body, which was viewed by the jury, who
will bold an inquest to-day at 11:30 a. in. T. F.
Instilan, a Nvack undertaker, reached Ju ige
Drew's house last night and took charge of the
body, which lay in a room over Judge Drew's draw?
ing-room.
Ward came to Judge Drew's house three weeks
atro yesterday. For six weeks arrangements
were pending to take him to the Litch
field, Conn., asylum. They fell through and
later It was almost decided that be suonii
go to the Morristown nsylnm.
Judge Drew telegraphed last night to Mr. Haft,
of Euelewood, senior warden of Ht. Paul's Church.
Mrs? Ward was not iuformed. Ward was visited
last week by his cousin, Miss Hall, and bu
little daughter Bessie. They left Kocklaud Lake
on Monday Judge Drew said that Ward came to
j?ockland Lake intending to tike rooms at the
Overlook Mountain House, so that he would be
near Judge Drew and assist In the preparation fot
the defence in thecrnuiual proceedings and the suit
brought bv Mrs. Ward forseoaration. Judge Drew
noticing his continued state of meutal depression,
prevailed on Mr. Ward to remain as a guest al
his own house, finding that it was impossible fot
him to transact any business. On Judge Drew's
suggestion that Ward's meutal condition ?.I be
improved by treatment at a private asylum,
arrangements were made and practically compieteti
yesterday for an examination of his condition by
some of the best physicians m New-York city.
Judge Drew said last night :
" I had not been able to prepare his legal an.
ewers because of his affliction, and 1 wrote to
C'ortlandt Parfcer, Mrs. Ward's counsel, thit I did
not thiuk that Mr, Ward in his present condition,
was mentally fit to reply to the ehaiges against
him."
Judge Drew spoke very feelinaiy of the friend'
ship between himself and Ward, and said
iu a husky voice: "Mr. Ward was a
lovable man. " Then turning to ?
corner of the library he said: " lucre is a speci?
men of his work in modelling.'' _^_
The work referred to was a fine! ? sculptured bust
called " Sybil,'' executed by Mr. Ward iu Uomo ?a
1?78 and exhibiting much artistic talent.
Dr. Wilson, although a comparative stranger to
Mr. Ward, also testified warmly to the clergy mau'e
good qualities.
When tho question of suicide was referred to.
Judge Drew, Dr. V\ tlson and Dr, House were all re?
ticent. Judge Drew said that it was a question for
the Coroner to decide, but that he ?lui not believe
Mr. Ward took tin? overdose of poison with suicidal
intent. Judge Drew maintains that the note left
bv Mr. Ward a few hours before death sustained
his theory. The jury empaunelled by Coroner
Ackerson is composed of the best citizens of Koek
land Lake.
Dr. Wilson thinks that Mr. Ward had been dead at
least three hours when found.
The affair created much excitement in Kock?
laud Lake, but wa? not beard outside the
hamlet of tho Knickerbockers until ?
o'clock m the evening, Kocklaud Lake
being cnt off from ail railroad, BUtftBBi and tele
ulioiic communication.
?ho family of Aaron J. Vandorpoe?, with whom
Mrs. Waul is staving, at No. 1 West MXteciith-sL,
this city, had heard nothing of Mr. W.ii-l's death
when ? G????? m: reporter called there last even?
ing. An operatio;) was performed on Mrs.
Ward on Tue.-day and BOTOffBl piece?
of bone were removed from her
j.ivv. .She was much exbau-teil ye-ienl:,y from th?
effect? of the operation and it was deemed best, by
Mr. Yaiuleiitoel's family to keep Hie news of bei
husband's death from her for the present, at least
si???;??*(>? ?SD hooks missiso.
WMIfBBfflBB MOHJB UMKS1BB BOB BUL M'OUORl
?INJVXCTIOXS AXt) WARRANTS IBBVBA
The town ot Westeheater is considerably stirred np
about the littgatlou which lias been i;oinu on 1er a
tettataci between Su|x?rvisor-eleot M. Usuell and
Daniel J. Mettrory, the ?Ideated Supervisor, about ? he
town books and moneys. Mr. McUrory counted oo
being re-elected. Ho had served three terms, and to
tar has kept his successor liom getting ???????? of
the books and records. Mr. k inch ajy ie?i to Judge
Mills iur mi order compelling Me'irorv to turu tee
Looks over to his euccessor. l'.ut beiure ,ludge Milla
cutid reasoui lily act on the application. a Iricnd *t
McCroiv Joshua <l. Mnllett, applied to Justice
Uarnnril, at I'oughkecpsie, tor an injunction re-train?
ing Mctirory, troni delivering up the nooks, under the
plea that the interests ot the town would be ?tetter
served by tie books temniniiig in the hands ot Me
<)rorv. It was urged thai Mr. ltauch had not given
his In ? ml.s. The tact about that was that Mr.
Kauch han ottered his bonds to tlie town board and
that body, ot which Mctirory izas ex-otlicio chairman,
dee lined to accept the bond.
When thctse lutti* came to the attention ot Judge
llarnaril. be immediately vacated th?? injunction.
When Judge .Mills received notice ot the dissolving of
the injunction he made an order on 1 uesday directing;
Met I lory to turu over the books, moneys and records,
cr go to jail. A search warrant was alno ir.-ued.
The wat rant was executed, but nothing belonging to
the to -? ? could be inumi iu Metiivry's house, and
nothing has yet been fatimi. Constable Miles O'Ueilly
could not timi him, and up to ? Iule hour last night
reported that he had not nerved the order, although
several PWPl? in Weeteheeter village say he ia at
home No intimation hasBOM inailo by Mr. Hauch
that Met ?ror.v is short in his m count?. The tacts
about Kauch's bond are tln.t ibe town board demanded
a bond ot $.10,0410. Kaueb gave boiuUinen who
justified in $80,000. When the board rclused to
accept them, Mr. Kauch ordered the clerk to place
them on tile, and he did so. The bonds are therefore
on tile now and are a matter ot record.
Yesterday (another injunction w a- placed on file ia
the Cotnty Clerk's ottico in Wbit* 1'l.tius, retraining
! McUrury irom delivering the books until argument ?
! heard on the Qiestiouot bund. It is also believed
' that the injunction waa served on McGrory. There
sill evidently bes?me tine tigli ring on the matter ot
time touching tne order of Judge Mil is and the grant?
ing ot the injunction by the Supreme Court at I'ough
keepaic. Judge Mills's order ?as made at - p. m. I'uea
dav and an officer started to serva it at ouee. The in?
junction order wai made on the same day, but did not
reach Wesichester until yesterday.
S EX.i TOR CAVDEX XO LOXOER A CAXDIDATB.
Charleston, W. Va, May?.-A meeting of Canute a
Democrats was held last night, when Heuator Camden
offered, If seven ballots were taken today and he waa
not elected, to withdraw. Seven ballota were taken In
joint assembly to-day. There was no choice and Seuator
Camden withdrew his mum?.
? - ?#
larari t? jvmpfrom the BRinaa at niobt.
Kdward Curry, age eighteen, of Clinton-si and Hamil?
ton-ave., Brooklyn, tried to Jump from the Bridge
umtut mlduight last night. He was arrested
arter he had reached the.south roadway from the
promenade and was loeked up in Brooklyn. He refused
to state what his object was In attempting the foolhardy
deed, simply remarking thai it served him right to hi
ocked up._
FAILURE OF A liOSTOX MERCHANT.
Boston, Mass., May ?.-Blchard Preston Lawrence,
dealer In woolens and tallore' trim?
mings, of Bedford st.. has Bled a
voluntary p?tition In Insolvency at Sale? He owes
?100.1??. The largest creditors ara in Lawrence, H?W?
aork and Boston.

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