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but which had never been consumed, be forthwith
indiled the following;

Yrw So,n HorrI, Dec a, 1890.
SIN: Yours i * t tsi: date in answer to nv note Of
.na sSa.s a s1 n 1
House Committee of the Club and tss, my remedy, Il
es se SasasRs ons Suso e
reey ss :t to the sopr,eo.. enforce.
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friends, SsS ssis Isos.y n.siss5 y ySS! ss,iSn@
y. I.:;d y Sissss ss'ds %5ssii sad that fdseihe
You, Dcte = .holly syMIvs and en.Atsf.etory. and
can emily be considered as an hggraya,ion ofhe original
now insist on an immediate and unconditional
'poos'' '0'' 0'e''en''eiHi'Gf.B IL T. BArENAs..
Nj, Crans,op, however, wss sought ier in vain
psns friends found him AZ the club house and saer
explaining the motive Of his call, hspSed him the
public reception room, was blief and emphatic,
though courteous all sides. Mr.. Crsns,on en-.
Ss sFS . ;sss 1ss .os .%Ns. {.
commenced What would probably have been
general ,,. discu'siSS ., me ms'tsr, but
s.iiou upon The subject eosid be ensssed in. lie
then ssked II he could show The note 10 MI. casse.
GSss he pleased i with vii, TSer"apon, a. Il sSddsnis
rccollccting himself Mr. Cranston hastily said that
Mr.. Batemsn. The interview terminated thus:
DO you decline TO receive his letter, sir !"
And do you decline to offer tho explanation and
apology which Mr. Bateman require-''
THn ASSAULT.
This being communicated to Mr.. Bat-man he dc.
termiucd TINT but one eoure remained lor him To
pursue. Al about halipast o'clock he entered the
the restaurant where Mr.. Cranston was dining with
some lrlends, aud addressed him thus
"This 10 Mr.. Cranston."
Yes air." said Nj. C., rising a. he spoke.
You declined this afternoon to receive my letter
and TO offer me any explanation OF apology
Then tLere I. nothing lei. for me bs, this" and
at the same moment lie lightly struck Dir. Crsneton
upou the face with his open hand.
send for the police" screamed crsns,on, stag
down the ffcestone s,epe. and darted wildly IN diff
fcrent directions one up Fifteenth street then back
other 9th toward sixth avenue No policeman respond.
ed TO their summons. Mr.. Blteman. in the mean
time gathered his garments and smilingly withdrew.
The screams OF laughter which followed the an
nounccmcnt OF the event In the cafe OF Delmoneo's
we're .ny interrupted by the reiterations Of thanks
gentlemJn who, after cxhausting every means of
obtaining n pacific remedy for his grievance, had
constituted himself the champion OF the cause OF
| civihty ald fair dealing, and had redrcssed the
wrongs Of many by summary and effective, though
not violent cliostisement.
No other theme WAS listened to last evening IN
the New York Clubs. Opinion was, however, diyid-
| ed; the facts being impercctly known. THIS din;
| Guilty TUX SUS has now removed. II will be hard
| for even the most conservative stcklers for
the prophecies" TO say that any other course
was open to Mr.. BAte He had received gross
and unexampcd affront affecting not only himself but
| also his guests He had called for an explanation,
| and had been answered with fresh insults He had
| applied In writing for an apology, and his applica
ton had been contemptuously dis aissed. His lasi
| 6rm demand for satisfaction was not vouch
safcd reception. 1t would probably require kccncr
eyes than any OF the present New York generation
possess to discover any other way ou! OF the dicu
| ma than that which he finally adopted.
At midnight the air was full OF rumors, moetl j.
pointing toward future hostities. The most in
| port,nt Of these-whch VIC give for what Il /,
worth-is that Mr.. Cranston is preparing chale &C
| to be despatched to Mr.. Bateman this morning