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New-York tribune., 1878-03-01
AN INJCACTION on THE EXILES."
TIE NLw PLAY At TIE BROADWAY THEATRE ~
LITIGATION.

TIE NLw PLAY At TIE BROADWAY THEATRE IL
LITIGATION.
The rehearsal of the new Russian play,
"The Exies" proceeded at the Broadway Theatre last
evening" despite the fact that injunction served
ON Mr.. Duff during the afternoon onjOning him from
producing the play on Saturday evening. George Fdw
cett Rowe the author Of this OF the play,
Quoted the rehearsal.
Mr. Duff said that Judge DOnohue had granted the IN
iunction on the motion OF Tompkns Hi, OF the Bos
ton Theatre, who alleged that they had bought
original play entitled "The EXes" Of Messrs. naTdoa.
Nus and Lbomski, paving therefor several thousand
dollars 81 am told" sald Mr. Dun g that this mun-
nccu sum was represented III cash by 500. The afi
dayits of Eugene IOmpkins, who arranged for the pT
chase OF the play in Paris, and OF l.. X. Schewe who
trausla lated and adapted the play, accompany the
motion They claim that ours IL stolen copy and that
that title original one never before used Tor
pay make allusion to the novel by Lubonsk,
winch was dramatIzed by SardOu and Nus. Judge DIT
ttnhOcfer Is counsel for the cOnplainanis. ExMayor
4 Oakley Hall aud Charles W. Brooke are my counsel.
We claim that George Fawcctt Rowe, who the stage
business Of the play In Paris, made an entirely new
dramntizatiou OF the original novel. In his version
there one character and the entire third act which do
not appear III Mr.. TOmpsnss Boston version. We also
claim that the title Is not original there being not less
fhnn Twelve fourteen plays and novels of the came
name Thirty play Was enacted IN baltimore
called The EXiles OF Siberia and team OF elks was
used i'm the The summons II reurnabe
on Monday We shall ask the trial be held Saturday
morning II the cOmplanans plead lack oi pepirail0n
hope TO obtain order vacating the injunction untl
the be tried Its merits. ana 10 De ready 10
present the play Saturday evening.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-01
PACIFIC MAILiS LATEST STEP.

THE CONSOLIDATION WITH THE PANAMA TRANSIT
COMPANY PRACTICALLY CONsCMiATrD.
The arrangements between tie Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, the Panama Transit Company and
the Panama Railroad Company. for the consondat0nio
the two steamship lnes have been nearly completed
SYNOPSIS oi the scheme published IN The IRiBu NJ
several months ago. The Transit Company owned The
steamers Georgia, South Carolina, Clyde, George vs..
Clyde and Crescent City. These vessels and
the contract between the Transit and the
Railroad companies have been pulchssed by The
payment 600 Panama Railroad honlS m ZOO cach
ana s notes for >3jO,OOo. 1he notes are Ps able III
has given the Panama Raj road bills OF sale Of several
oi is steamers security ior me Loan oi me bond,
extend the paymen OF the 100000 due from the Pacific
AT the oticc Pacific Mail Company, II was stn,ed
yesterday that the AZ ausomcnt between the seN'i"
companies had virtually been Coup icC, although som.
probably would be arranged Gurng The current Week.
II vas iurtntr stated that the steamship Company
mad transferred thirteen o. rs Ir-'ei, TLi, r,.nq,
umpany, to the railroad company, hut tue
names of the other eight vessels were refused
Al the office OF the Panama RalrOfd company
stated that the Pacific hal had agreed tn tr1n"-
fer fifteen steamers OF which live formerly "tonEod To-
the Transit Con paw tn OF the others being the
city Of Psnarna CITY OF ny ydney, City Of New .1oIk,
Col Il, c lima. Acapulco Granada, Costa ILcd, HOhtu-
ra. and the salvador Tlc bills Of sale OF The five Tran
III COMPANY steamers. ana Oi the Acapulco. Colon.
Costa Klca, Granada, and salvador were registered at
inc Custom House Yesterday.
me contract bel crn the Pacin, yail and the Panama
Railroad extends i0I fifteen years from February ls1e
aud south America The uahc irohlS are 10 nr dlNlGed
between tie two companies. substantially a. htI'pl"Ie
ly agreement u is also provided tnat the steamship
COMPANY may rcpurchase hercIitc the steamers sold the
railroad company. The olbfr steamers belonging 40 ne
Pacific Mail Company not above mcntiOned, arc te CE
q. Pckiu, Civ Oi Toxic. Winchester, Colorado CElHa
Great Republic, Alaska, Constitution and Dakota.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-01
NEw.yoRK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY, MARCH l, 1878
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
.,T1cIs1yG srREET-CLEANING PLANS.

CRITICISING STRENGTHENING PLANS.
POLICE OFFICIALS OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED sYs-
TENS AS EXTENSIVE AND IMPRACTIcADLE.
The two plans for cleaning the streets OF
this city submitted ny the commission arloi'en Nv 'p'
Legislature and consisting OF Mayor Ely, COMMISSIONER
Cam;bel of the Department OF Public Works, ana Ptes-
ldent Chandler OF the Board OF Health, were severely
criticised hy police officials yesterday These piahs'
which have drafted into bills ana are now reay
Of the Legislature, favor respectively the
" small contract system and the block SYSTEM" The
Police Commissioners fear that neither plan il feasible,
OWING to tue expense. or the two plans the
block system ia most popular with them. This Plan
Is claimed would be less expensive and more easily
cnrled into execution than the other The commission
ers however, think thnt the latter plan would cost
more money. # adopted Than WOuu DC Appropriated 'oi
Chief Clerk Hawey who has made specially Of the
studv of inc street cienning problem said yesterday, In
sneakiug of the small contract system that II would
require very large Of money to put INTO execu
tiOn. The amount OF salaries proposed Tor the supeL
tpndept his deputy ana assistant much moro tha
was now paid the supervising officers OF the Street Clean
ing Bureau. II would be impossible, he thought TO ma
able to fu!hl IT, An attempt was ina1e sonie yr.fs nsU
ne asserted to have the work done by contract but
cCssu. II the city was diyided INTO twenty
districts, the bill propo,ed, injustice to the city
would result from the fact snat many many roi OF
require cleaning aud hence the contractor wordbc paid
Tor work he did not perform this could not re-
suit under the block systen, under wheh the Woik
would be done by men employed by The police INC
block plan Mr. Hswley said has not Yet been fairly
tested. but II proposed bv the conference he
would object to It, on The ground that H. hSo woud re-
quirc nearly six times the amOunt OF money for officers
that paid the present officers and that II could never
succeed limiting the number OF workmrn To 000and
number OF casts to 200 The bills. he thought were
both defective, and would n. t meeethe emergency.
Captain Hedden, OF the street cleaning Bureau also
criticized the bills They we're, he thought rot suited
the purpose being fur expensive than the pres
system and calculated, II put into execution, to
resi f.upg
New-York tribune., 1878-03-01
OYSTERNEN AT WAR.

George Williams and David Woolcy. the
NcwJersey oystermen two Of the Of the soop Ann
Amelia arrested Tue sdny yesterday pleaded guilty
taking oysters from the Princess Bay oyster beds, and
were fined S2J each and 10 bs imprisoned In the County
Jail for fty nine days The captured sl00ps III
numter-the Ann Amelia, Turntable, Fire Island RIVAL
aud QucGstep Of NewJcrscy, and the Ella and Alaers
OF New-YOrk-havc been chained together and
lying in charge OF the sherh's officers. In Hopkins sn
M Tottenyile. II runOrcd, late yesterday after
noon that IN attempt would lie made by their owners
TO Tctake One from the Of each Of these
sloops except the Arm Amelia, has heen committed To
the County Jail, and will be examined, to-day before
Justice Haley The names of eight other sOops with
Their captains, III the possession OF the Richmond
County authorities and they viii be captured should
they the planted grounds. The depredations
committed the planted beds extend over period Of
several months. III which time the bed owners estimate
their losses "A nearly 10000.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-01
GOING INTO BANKRUPTCY.

SiXty-seven failures were reported, during
the past month In this city, with aggregate Liabilities Of
81 COS $685. and assets S605.G3l There is large fall
ing OIL both In numbers and the amount or liabilities ~
compared with the month of January, IN which there
were one hundred ana tWeuty--eNCn failures, with ld
hiiit.cs amounting to @7,lt3.OOO.
Whuock Il Andcr-on J"hbcrs In wOollen goods, AZ
No 100 Graudsi. failed yesterday, aud made an assign
meut 10 James Anderson. The nous" had been esiai-
lishrd ifeen !cas, and Lad excellent credit unti
recently. Tie failure caused by To-. t~ aui the
financial GtriugcuCy extending over q period oi hFr
veIE4 The Liabilities are estmHted at from rl'O!oo 10
500 900. The l>ct- are large, ctsstug ~ ~tprh h,
r,st ivahe, tfc which VIII prOhahly rcai2 slOotOp.
bout forty o. tbe cl l..rs ~ J. g Clinton Coz pro
u7.-ors ~ the blackboard Office un ErpIit, Whose
iulluTr WAS puuuuuoci ~ rduys IHIitNE. have
united IL employing counsel to prosecute Their claims
against tie Il has been ufcrrtducd that the total
viii not exceed $500.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-01
wRONGIYG AND ABUSING CHILDREN.

Henry Bunckard, of NO. 220 Woostcr-st.
brutaly beat and abused Annie SMITH grl who
in the house Wednesday nigt He broke her right
Yesterday Justice Duffy committed Bunckari, await
the result OF the girls injuries.
Officer Chiardi OF the Society FOR the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Children, yesterday saw two Italians Maria
and Lizzie Lavcza six years and two years old respect
ively on Fiiiave, begging and pcrsi tcnty following
uassers-hy until they got aims Their mother
found sittule a stOOp block away. The woman
sent PcmtcnHry for six months, and the children
were sent TO n charitable institution.
The same officer also arrested, yesterday, Gnilia ROs
a blind woman Of No 1S1 Spring. for begging, being
led by her nephew Luigi ROSsl age five years. she
sent TO the Of the COmm-sOncEs Of Charities and
Corrections and the boy TO the Prdrectoy by Justice
Duffy.
Officer Chiarii brought Isabella Mcmahon, Of No. 40
Cherry-st., before the TOnbs Police Court for mrud
cancy Work had provided for her hush nd. hut he
gave NJ his employment and rclapsed into vagfancy and
wife and children, Isabella ten years. Mary
seven Robert sir, and Thomas three. could bc IN
the most dreary days OF Winter begging In downtown
streets Mrs. Mem anon was sent To Blackwcl!'s Island
for two months and the four children tie
Juvenile ASYLUM. boy of twelve years still! remains
lc father
New-York tribune., 1878-03-01


In presenting Mr. Bose native OF Calcutta. with his
diploma Mr.. Wales remarked that it gave hlm peculiar
pleasure that graduate OF the University OF Calcutta
and OF the University OF Edinburgh should think his
education incomplete without degree from this college
According to the custom OF the institution, certificates
of merit were bestowed upon sxtythree members OF the
unior class who had passed satisfactory examinations
In their course.
Professor William Tod Hclmuth presented the prizes
for the year. making few remarks TO each OF the recp
ents The faculty prize, for the highest excellence In
everything was awarded to G. r. Searns, as was also
the prize for proficiency in oDsetrc science. Mr. Bau
yet ianor received the prlze for the best report OF
surgical clinics at the college. Mr. Chaplin received the
Allen medal for research In materia medica. prize
cal cncs and Mr. Walters for the best thesis on
mental diseases Mr.. MO1att received the Wales prize
proficiency ia uCiOr studes and MI Spencer OOh the
prize for the best operator the cadaver honorary
mention made Of several Of the graduates.
The Vacdctory behalf of the Faculty was deilV-
cred by J. r. OCOunor. He urged the gradu
ates consider their studies as only begun, ana sad
that the Of oil success medical man was III
the word work" MIR. ShensiOne followed as the vale
dctoran OF the and in the course OF his address
stated AT length the principles OF The disciples Of abne
mann The closing address 10 the graduates was dely
cred by the Rev. DR.. Tucker. of the Madson-square
PRESBYTERIAN Church. DIR. Tucker quoted Websters
words TO Charles Sumner presenting the latter with
prize the effect that by Its acceptance he bound him
self 10 society 20 be worthy OF It, Tue ncnbers OF the
graduating class owed u 10 ther m0lher conege.to
themselves aud public TO strive to perfect them
selves in their profession the doctor was mans pest
friend, not excepting the minister The cxclCsee were
eDlyened by excellent inuslc-
New-York tribune., 1878-03-01

NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY

BAL1moRE. Md, Feb. 2s.-Tne annual
meeting of tho stockholders OF the northern
Central Railway Company was held to-day Tho
annual report OF Colonel Ihom's A. so'it
president for the year ending Dcccmhcr 81 l-s7.
ycs me revenue ~ the road aud lca- nni controlled
Inr. AT S4.u-O3~7 = ant tie total ole 'tls
expenses at S1.5ij.92i %, leaving ~ hrl 'th-
iu-. Il 32i itJ a. IN comparison Win .ee
wear so there was decrease in net caruiugs oi r-''
537 - rqua to SIS per cent. The total eAlHl"s 'lr
1876 were - 2I-.32j 62 The expenses 4o - Ntfe
~1-l5g1I - sowing % decrease in eNu'u-t- q -
of %igGiop =, 1871 per cont lees than ih To-
ami an increase IN tbe net earnings 81 flH"-
-G3 90 In addition to the net earlhar' -
above stated, there received from dlhldfhd
mud Interest %lSi,Sli 81 snd a contribution igr
operating tho Elmlia Chomuug aud 'anaudhgua dl.
visions (r0m the Pcnnsy wanna Railroad oMpall VI
-G5T7O 23 Manng total ncl receipts o '',uf ~
The net receipts applied to tue pay oi tlo in-
crst ON toe lien 10 tht state Of Mary land. uoftEagc M
irb,cdness. etc. leaving balance 81 uc'iic faF
l~77 carried 10 the credit OF proht aud loss oi slL'
7U5 80. --o
The following were elected directors for lh1s-1g;
Thomas 4. scott, W.iar Morris, :. NJ FELTON, u VI
Pnilhus. George b. Koberts,. Edmund eintn. 0foire
small, b. Newcomer, :. VI. Shoemaker, j. y. Huie1'
tn-ou, Dell Nobit ir, and NJ B. sellers.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-01
MR.. HEwITTs PREDICTION.

DEMAND FOR REPEAL WITHIN YEAR.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2o-In the House. to-day, Mr.
Hewitt said
In the inmate which allowed 20 the
passage OF tins bil, predicted that IT. repeal would be
drna ded within year by the Indignant voice OF de-
ceived and outraged propc.
At least S6O,OOO,OOO Of legaltender notes must he
taken from the community and locked up In the Treas.
ury during the coming twelve months. fats 10
contraction NJ the rate OF Sj,00O.O00 per month.
But upon these egaouders rests structure Of oans and
discounts to engaged business the Of four
10 IT, therefore, WITHDRAW S60O O0O0 ~ legal
tenders from circulation must re1uce the loans aud
discounts S2ioOO0.000.
No country IN tne world has ever been subjected
to great strain, and no country, however
strong and prosperous, could stand II. But weak
aud staggering We are already, tbi. sudden
and wicAed contraction, for which no one 10
prepared VIII work universal rum. No man who IA In
debt can survive it, aud the business OF the country will
nud itself In the relentless grasp of pas
sonless machine, which, Ike the iron woman Of Surem-
berg the vaults OF the InquisOn, will literally crush
the ylcim IN the evcrcOnlractng embrace Of death.
The operation OF this bili w therefore, be- certain
10 all business, VIII close up our factories,
VIII throw vase laboring population out II
work from the inability OF employers any
longer % command the means necessary 10 ma-
cniuery of production n motion. A. the nat
stands. strange 20 say, OF country governed by
law only hope rcss IN the prudrnee, trOilen and
forbearunce OF tue secretary OF the Treasury.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-01
AN ARMY OFFICER's WANDrRIyGs.
fIrU1ENANT l.. y. wHEELEE's Hight 10 EUROPE
AND EFTUHN-nIs SANITY roCBrrD


AND EFTCHN-HIs SANITY uOCBrrD.
In the soldiers hospital at Fort Hamilton
lies Lieutenant l.. j.. Wheeler, OF tue ls United S'or.
Artillery, whose abrrnce for two months caused h's
friends much uueasiucss. Ia December Liedtcsaut
Wh cerw ordered TO appearat the Army HealQ
IN this city, 10 au.wcr before general court martial FOR
alleged dsOaedeuce OF orders nud for iuifioti0 Of
amy rules lie obtained poStpOucmcnt ot his trial
the pie, that he dcod to procure Witnesses. He then
disappeared and for months his friends searched
for INN in vain. lie had drawn from the payn.st the
little money due him AZ The time. Some UI his friends
thOuLh t nc had gone to the Arc.lc Ocean board
whrung vessel. others believed that he hid committed
suicide hc had been known 10 br suffering Oin great
mental depression.
GA the afternoon Of February q, just ns The officers
were about leaving the Army IIcadgugrors Lieutenant
WhcceT cutcTYl the building and surrendered himself
He was poorly yGrrsscd aud bad evidently been suffering
from Illness He sent at once, charge Of
officer, Fort Hamilton whcrc h~ placed under
OF DR.. Nicsefy lie states that after ms visit
the ayn.stcr's office, hc visited tue wbaryc-. and
wandered about until late M night. Ia he morning. hc
found himself on board scaInsAp bound for LlVeI
when he rc.chcd that city, he went 10 London. where
hr IoaIncd about uuui his money gone. Hc walked
the streets day almost In tturYug condition. The
American Consul hnaily obtained for him passagc 10
NcW-lOTk.
Lieutenant Wheeler'5 friends believe him TO be insane
aud he will probably be sent To asy uln he
Is able to leave the pltal.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-01
NETWORKS PUBLIC HOSPITALS.
REPORT OF The VISITING COMMITTEE or THE STAT
CUApIrTFs AID

REPORT OF The VISITING COMMITTEE or THE STATE
CHARITIES AID ASSOCIATION.
The visiting committee for Bellevue and
other Public Hospitals has made Its sixth annual report
to the state Charities Aid Association. After
graduation the work already done aud the great I'M
provemsnt In the medical care and nursing in Bellevue
the report calls attention TO the ventilation. still
treIney bad in parts Of the hospital II states that
appropriation has been made for work which, the COM
mutcc hopes will remedy the difficulty in part. II con-
dcinns measured terms the cells for the reception
Of tie insane poorly ventilated gloomy and damp. in
which patients should bc retained only few hours
Yet II violent. the patients retained In them until
doctor he obtained from the Tombs; II not Violent
they detained FOR eral days in these cells until
the Orderly thinks there enough u warrant
scudng FOR the physician. The report also condemns
The great delay In such cases cRscdb by other fOrnaites
irIeI spr king of the vor done anon the ten-dav"
and of TIE Emergency Hospital, the report takes
up tGo Charity Hospital il points out many improve
menis that nave been made. hut II calls attention 10 TIE
great OycrcroWdina OF the wards and 20 h failure Of
tne Commissioners 10 have the new Maternity iayilior-
opened between October l. When they finished and
towels ia the Ornthanlc ward and vai0uA WLnt IN the
payions Tor ratIens suffering ron Igrrnc and
slch arrangement Where does The r,-3ous.Jy rc.tf
Witl The suburduato, or VA the s}stcln u tie COM
no real power, and reserves Ia the Board tie
management Of details which properly belong to
cal the attention ~ the Board of Commits luucrs to
abuses and def cuclcs and 60 nciccu officials. they
thai the heads of Institution. ciu have. al
plcaiion. all that they quirc. and that they report
subordinate a. inciici'i ir "E Sne vi! hr i4.rE' H.
bat does hc of the other Institutions"
I.c conc hson s cihrr thHi the heads ~ l'uiious II
continue. tnc Dinc iaiis urh tbs Comin.ss"ucts Tie
IcluI; cn spc'k- OF hc other hospitals, COudcnllnL
dance a the Lgunuc Asylum al B,c!.wclrs island and
wtHc frhcta approving thc management oi iAt ll4Its
New-York tribune., 1878-03-01
DISCUSSING AMERICAN FISHERIES.

At the SESSION. OF Tie AMtIIcan ISL Cultur-
lists Association, yesterday the following officers
elected: President Robert G. Roosevelt vice pre- sdent
George shepard Page secretary Barnet Phillips; trea
surer Eugene g. Blackford. Executive Committee:
II. j. Reeder, Frederick Maher, j. W. Wilmo W. f.
Whtcher Seth Green II. ID. McGOvern, Benjamin West.
Eugene Blackiord read paper On the results Of The ar
tificl of ehad. He claimed that by this
means alone the supply kept up. The setting Of
ponnd nets at the mouth Of streams which the siad
ascrnded To spawn had caused decrease Of OneOurth
In the number OF nsh since s72 close time" from
Friday night To Monday morning, was recommended
Mr.. Roosevelt read n paper on ees. Professor Good
gave statistics showing that the fisheries OF the United
States Welded ls76 2oI OBS 900 pounds valued al
S7527ss2p First In prominence we're the oyster fish
cries the products OF which valued at S5OO00000
the cod - 325.5i0 the whale, So 900; the mack
ere 375 26 menbaden, 81 ,657,79o; the great lake
fisheries at III 100000. and the lobster CATCH 900 COO
New-York tribune., 1878-03-01
THE PESNsYLyAYIA RAILROAD

PHmADELPIHA, Feb. 2S.-The rumor that
Ms,rs Dcrbyshre Bacon aud -hortridgo of TIE Board
of Directors Of the Penusylv Railroad had Resigned
10 give Ilace to Ncw-h Workers. was pronounced To-
day by officers OF the comp 10 be unfoundtd.
Mr. Derby slurc said Tonight that there ws not wfi
of truth IN the story that the m board was M s"ssoh
five hour- YESTERDAY preparing the annual rrloit aud
more harmonious meeting was never before held -
Regarding tine rumor that gent. men from New-f0rk
were 10 be admitted o the board. Hr nefbYshife rat
that that could be possible, the charter urDids
:hc election OF except Penn-y yanians o. that ouie
New-York tribune., 1878-03-01
Custom HOUSE CHANGES.

Collector Arthur has been authorized to ap-
point three additional. entry clerks. in tHo Eouda o.
Ia Custom ou.c. assist m carrying out tc plan of
making tniri1s proposed by tho Jay Commission TA,
authority was granted 80 thc request Of tie Collector
cr b" bad 'ri-d th"r"v scheme long enough 70 hc"'mr
f.-i,i nat, with additional ucip WdH pgacrt able
Tac new clerks vii bt taken from the nqudli!iS
dear urnt lcr pnccs there VII bc filled ~ tugn from
> iinIfc grades.
f. j. lm!i,r, Custom House SOrekcerer. in charge ot
Fo' e's warchousr hl- been removed hN the Collector
forcausc. m, complaint, which was made hy Disric-
.tornry Wo.aiori. charges that Nlu'tcr bad been
,ul} ~ writing 90 cc.taln irp,rtrtt. Warning th.lu
against Special Agent Huckctt, and Of otuer iiicgu
Itr
New-York tribune., 1878-03-01
THE rrPRY-BOAT COLLISION.

In the inquest yesterday in the case Of
Clare, H. Ebert. killed bv the collision b"'wccI tho
frIy boat Jane, Fisk tr aud schooner Joseph Cio"cy
Detective ONc. ~ The Ninth Precinct. testified Tint be
visited the schooner iust after IN" collision occurred
and WAS unable 20 the hight hanging M the rgHpg
until nearly along side. :. :. Van Glider plot of tue
frrtN boat MoristoWn> Of the Delaware, IackHUauui
and Western Railroad, Testified that the schooner
anchored about 800 yards from the foot Of Christopher
Il. hc saw ligits the schooner and heard no iog
horn signals william Buut the pilot on tHc icIry-hoat
Iubou %, the yumc liue. testified that he heard np
Lnu blown bl the of the .ehuOncr althouZb his
boat ptscd within short distance OF II. TAe inquest
was adjourned until Monday.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-01
A ROBBER's TERRIBLE DEATH.

William Tracy, a convict recently released
from State Prison, died at the Nnetynnh street Hos
pa Yesterday from injuries received early Wednesday
morning by being run over by freight train the
Hudson River Railroad. near Tw0-huniredhst. Tracy
and unknown man met by officer on the rail-
road aud they acting IN suspicious manner
the officer tried to arrest them fight ensued, during
when n train along and Tracy WAS run over. His
companion escaped. Two boxes containing store goods
were found and had been brought ron this city by the
robbers when taken to the hospital Tracy begged to he
shot IN order to be relieved from his suffering. Tracy
was recognized member OF gang OF thieves engaged
i'm robDiug railroad