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BELIIDIREs TRIALS.
DR.. Msttison Pleads Guiity. sad Ex-Frse-
holder strader IL ArraiGned.


BELv1DERE, N. j., Jan. 3.-Dr. J. V, Matti-
son. the OK clerk OF the Warren County Free
holders. who was convicted yesterday Of forgery
on 30 clear a case that the jury did not quit
their seats to mako verdict. came blthely
into court this morning. ready for any
one OF the eleven other indictments hang
ing over him. He had spent the night.
and the past two months. in fact. In
a cell which. In merry minute. when he was q
Freebooter. he had selected In sport as his own.
That was only eight months ago. but then DR..
Mattlson was a very influential man In War
rem County. and one who did not hesitate to
walk into Wall street and buy or sell
a few shares. This morning the Doc
tor stroked his gray beard and played
with a big seal ring on his finger. His
fallen fortunes are noticeable in his linen more
than In his jewelry. for the latter is bright
ever. He sat In q chair which is said to have
cost the taxpayers three times what II ought to
have cost. Judge Beasley sat In another. a
great green cushioned one OF four behind the
desk. that also cost q good many dollars
more than they ought to have cost. DR.. Mattl-
son. In the most forward way. pleaded guilty to
three other charges OF forgery. committed In
his official capacity as clerk. OF the Freeholders
Then he turned and shook hands most cordial
il the bsp % and said aid that PSosecutor tor Harris Y al
though he had eighteen ex-offlceholders In
dieted. had not got half Of them;
The forgeries Of which Dr. Mattison pleaded
guilty this morning were those OF which. as
an % s1Rert Poticisn making "a bis his Lying oSt
we're clumsy raisInes Of the amounts
OF first vouchers, apparent on their face.
are such clear forgeries that no one could have
paid them without knowing It unless he was
very stupid. The filing In OF the numerals
:, After DR.. Mattison was taken back to his cell
strader. an ex,Free6oider' He Is washing,
ton business man. heretofore In first t-class
standing. He Is a smiling man, and although
light hearted enough as he took a seat by his
counsel and pulled out his steel bowed specta-
cles. All OF the Indicted olficials wear steel
wears heavy eoid-bowed ones. Mr.. sirader
was accused. to-day. Of taking 9 voucher that M
@ Snd Ses year later psSa Changing III % The is7o' e.
1871" and altering the endorsoment to cor
respond, and then getting the money from the
tho naked eye and Mr.. straders lawyer was
obliged to admit that somebody had got money
himself weighed down With indIctmeHts. tcst.
While I M Mr. S StrRSGer RS ' Insisted that Mr. ca@%ns
was badly mistaken about IT, The testimony.
SS wTns wa" Mr. mostly sigr.dSf sfRS5n SaR%ns SSt
Dr. Mattison made the forgeries. Some
OF tho experts. as is CUSTOMARY. thought the al
ing, and more thought II, was like Mr..
stralders md the Jury had very little
charging them and Mr.. Strader therefore put
up his spectacles. packed up, his blank books.
and took an early train for Washington. for he
Tomorrow other indictments will be pressed.
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collected on the underside OF the radiator. and
the explosion is said to have been due to the
upeuual expansion Of the metal after a full head
OF steam had been turned on.
One Of the steam pipes in the building known
as st. Catherine's Hall. at 286 Washington ave-
nue.. brooklyn. exploded yesterday morning.
severely burning Bertha Mangell. a domestic
about the face and arms. and causing dam
. The maid servant in the family OF Mr.. Charles
Davnnt. at Park and Kent avenues, Brooklyn,
made IRE In the stove yesterday morning
while the pipes remained frozen. The result
was an explosion. which blew the range into
n loss OF t400.
Mr.. Beecher. In his Friday night talk about
the cold snap. told what his father. the Rev Ly-
man Beecher. did when It was cold, In the
Litchfield hills. The experiences Of that time
OF determination.
TalmaRe shivered and looked cold last night
and said: Coming here tonight has been an
Arctic expedition. A few months ago. wise men
began to prophecy that we would have no win
ter. and that the yellow fever scourRe would
spread 10 this city, and 1t would be o second
New Orleans here but. thank God, the blasts Of
tonight have killed the germs Of the disease in
the South. and thousands OF precious lives have
been aayod.p
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JorrINGS IN AND NEAR TIE CITY.

Those who desire revision OF the tariff sugars win
meet in Chickering Hall on Monday evening next
A requiem mass for Archbishop Hughes and Bishops
Dubois Concannon, and Connolly was celebrated in St
fatrick's Cathedral yesterday
Tho funeral Of Mrs william H. Ie ROY. daughter Of
Thomas Adds Emmett was from Christs Church. "eL
ham, yesterday ItwAs numerOusly attended.
Tho employees In Evans peake Co.'S store presented
on New Years Day agod watch and chain 10 their fellow
clerk, Capt James Lynch, Vi ue steamboat Long Branch
The pupils OF ST TeresAs School gave their annual
Christmas entertainment in the sunday School Hall u
the church last evening. The feature OF the entertain
ment was tho cAsthenie exercises with Indian clubs
George GuenAi Son OF ST and 80 West Fourth street
the largest importers Of piano materials In the country
made an assgnment yesterday, giving eleven prefer.
for s3j s9 The liabilities estimated Al Sllnn
The hrm has factory In Tenth street that cost el3oN
and their store on Fourth sueeteOH t9OOOO aud u morb
gagged for StO.OO1
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into white caps that tralled behind them stroaks

inD Whito capb ulht uhlieu Denlnu bnom btrehkb
The high wind caused much damage 10 tele-
graph wires IN this city. They were torn from
In suburban districts t towls % were as0S frozen to-
TG The pSn.5ys S Q; cattle
cents pound in the New York market.
DELAYS n the arrival Of mails occurred on the
Western. the Pennsy yivania. and other railroads
wind on the Newark meadows late Thursday
night marked 10 deRreoe below zero.
A driver on the De Kalb avenue line OF horse
cara In BROOKLYN was overcome BY the intense
eS %ss Sad b9 TO
sequently rallied.
Jane Collins. aged a. was found In destitute
condition In the alley at "a Oliver street. over
Mary Mckown. 80 years OF age. OF 49i East
Thirteenth street. was found last evening at
Eighteenth street and Sixth avenue. overcome
by the cold.
The KngsbridRo police reported that James
lawn Heights With both his ieot frozen.
Henry Evans. aged GO. Of 4l6 West Sixteenth
street, was found In q helpless condition in
died while being taken to the hospital.
The Philadelphia steamship Faqita was struck
by sgT II thS owf5 sSY and the 5So
Of the captains feet. She returned for repairs.
- Not more than 200 persons were on the Ice in
Central Park at any one time yesterday, and
these frequently sought shelter In neighbour
ing buildings
All the hospitals had cases OF frozen extromi-
ties TO treat. Ears suffered most frequently.
Jane Collins was found In hallway at 50 Oak
street. Her arms aud feet were frozen. There
in the Tenth and Sixth Wards. and in other
tenement districts The Five Points House OF
Industry distributed coal 10 about seventy poor
families.
The thermometer nt Hudnuts indicated at
A!c;,Ms 81 g zero 80 II NJ e'ivsa r M,
Institute in Union square at 8 A. NJ. A.: 8, zero
g,7o: II NJ, Ia; 81 7. NJ. l1ss; 8. 10'; ., 10,
70 10'; and at Kaisers in Harlem at A. NJ. A.
below; Q, zero; and IL NJ. 81.
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THE sCHUYLRILL COAL TRADE
Rates OF Wages 60 be Determined by the
Price Of Coai-Priees for Lehigh.

PorTsvILLE, Pa, Jan 3.-The Acting
Chief Engineer has received tho following
from President Gowen regarding the Schuylkill
trade for this year: You can announce to
your men that tho rate OF wages to bo
paid by the company In 1879 will be
determined by the prices OF coal. and
governed by q minimum established by
tho rate OF freight and tolls. exactly
as It was in 1878. You can further say that the
prospect for steady work is bettor than 1t ever
WAS before. and although the price OF coal and
the rate OF freight will undoubtedly bo lower
than they were last year. we will agree that no
matter how low either will 90. the rate OF wages
during the year will never DO less than twenty
per cent. below the basis. We expect to con-
tinue our collieries at work.
" The railroad company has agreed to such q
sliding scale OF tolls and freight charges as will
undoubtedly enable the individual coal op-
orators also 10 keep steadily at work. Tho de-
servedly high character Of Schuylkill coal will
readily secure q market for the entire product
and with earnest and hearty cooperation among
all interests-workingmen, operators. and
transporting companies-the Schuylkill region
will at once take lis proper position at the head
Of the trade"
PHILADELPHIA, JAN 3.-The LehiRh coal op-
orators met In this city to-day and agreed upon
the following prices. which show a reduction OF
about ten per cent below those prevailing in
November and December:
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TRAINS DELAYED.
The Ferry blockade and snow In Central
New York Causing DetentiOns.

Nearly all the trains on the northerly and
westerly railroads due hero were late yesterday
Tho steamboat Jesse Hoyt. that brings passen-
gers from the New Jersey Southern Railroad. Is
fast at her pier at Sandy Hook on account OF
ice. Her last trip was on Thursday. Tho
through trains on the Central OF New
Jersey and the Pennsylvania Railroads were
delayed little. but some local trains were aban-
doncd on account Of tho ferry blockade, The
r. NJ. through express on tho Erie was not
started at that hour. but was coupled with tho
p. NJ. train that started out on time There
were no through trains from Buffalo on
account OF the snow blockade on the Buffalo
division. Passenger trains when they can bo
run on that division are made up OF both broad
and narrow gauge cars In the Same tra n. On
the enstern division. however. only broad gauge
passenger cars are run. Trains were delayed
all along the road from ono to four or
was MOI, expected to arrive before A.
the through express last evening was do
layed half an hour. and on tho Greenwood
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night gradually lowered. until this morning
tho mercury stood 21' below zero In exposed
places In the city Throughout the northeast
from l5' to 80. below zero. Trains are delayed
on all the roads.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. Jan. 3.-The thermometer
this morning at daylight had fallen to GO above
zero, The river Is filed with floating Zoe,
making navigation above this point hazardous.
PIrTsBuRgH. Jan. 3.-The Signal Service Office
twenty four hours at 10 below zero. In more
exposed parts Of the city Il fell to AZ below zero
BATAVIA. N, Y. Jan, 9.-The hardest snow and
wind storm known In twenty years has been
prevailing here aimee the night Of tho 1st and
Is still raging with great violence. All railroads
and mail routes are blocked, snow plough
with five locomotives arrived here from Buffalo
att T, M, andt the snow bound train has started
drlfted In places to the height OF twenty feet.
Thermometer about zero.
YANKToN, ID, T.. Jan. 3.-The thermometer
l2s below to- night w
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MRS. ANDERsON,s LONG WALK.
The TireIess and PIucky Woman Tram,ins
and sIngInx by Turns.

Mrs. Anderson is bravely continuing her
walk at an average OF about ia to the quarter
mile during the night and 5ii throughout the
day. Ats A. NJ. yesterday. after going over her
l.661st quarter in 4:09 she mounted the stage
and sang. Sweethearts. When Boy" After
finishing tho next quarter. instead Of retiring to
gelne Quartet. who had Just dropped in. sim
ing What are the Wild Waves Sayng" On
ending her 1.7i7th quarter. mile in :o2. she sang
in plAintive voice. | Dreamt My Little Boy
was Dead" She then glided over the next quar-.
ter In 10. She was in apparently fine condl-
tion last evening. pacing around her track with
light and elastic steps.
just before starting on her 1.79Gth quarter,
which she walked In 5:l4's. her physician said
her pulse was down to neapy lllty. but that q
little excitement would bring II up again.
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EXPLOSION IN THE THUNDERER.
The es-Ton Gun Burst., Killing Nine Men
and WoundinG Thirty-throe.

LONDON. Jan. 3.-The following telegram
has been received from Admiral Hornby COM
mandng tho British feet In the Sea OF Mar
mora: Ono Of the thirty -eight-ton guns OF the
turret ship Thunderer burst this morning Jan.
q. killing Lleuts. Coker and Daniel. two petty
officers. four soamen. and a marine. The gun
blowing overheard. The gun had been fired
with a batterlng charge, but when It burst 1t
shell. A boatswain and thirty-two men were
wounded. twelve OF them very badly. The tur-
rot was disabled. but the ship was otherwise
uniniurad -
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Refusing to Release Red L.ary.

Judge Choate gave his decision. yesterday
htthe knew OF no way OF compelling the Governor Of
Massachusetts 10 exhibit the evidence upon which he
came to the conclusion that Red Leary" answer,
able TO trial lie hereore dismissed the writ Of hAbea
corpus upon which the prisoner was brought into the
United States District Court and remanded him TO tho
custody OF the Sheriff stay OF proceedings wAsgranted
for seven days however that case for appeal TO the
Circuit Court be made. Red LeAry's' lawyers
thoy viii carry die TO the supreme Court OF tho
United States The questions Of law are new, and II
Judge ChOate Is oVeTTued new era OF immunity for
persons arrested requsuOns will be afforded BY pos,
sDle protracted litigation tho United states COurtL
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The schedules OF WIN. w. Parkin, George W. Talbot
Hobart Geary Talbot olyphant Tobias PIN, and John
y. seaman. composing the nrm Of oyphant Co. mer.
chants In the Chimes trade were hled In the Court Of
Common Pleas yesterday by Henry NJ Olmstead, tho
gnee who says that the accounts Of Parker Talbot
OeAry and OyphAnt exhibit large debit balances. but
that he believes that they arise IN consequence OF their
being charged with their respective shares OF losses In
addition TO the amounts drawn by them for living aud
family expcnscA The schedules give the nominal assets
as sSSs70, actual assets, slsl ,2oi liabilities, about
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Minnie Cum mInEs Ill.

Minnie Cummings. Manager Of the Drawing
Room Theatre talking with friend last evening In
her paror In the Hotel Hamilton. when she tottored TO
a sofa. She Is dangerously sick with pneumonia The
heavy cold she had might have resulted seriously
had not Mrs Cummings been troubled with
the Drawing Room Theatre shesubet Il from
Hermann, the magiciAns agent and has
paid her rent in advance, but Hermann in
three months rent and On Thursday Minnie Cummings
OF the tenants, served with writ Of dispOs
session. This, coming top OF her troubles in the Mol
cuhauer business helped TO break her down The ply.
sician says that she must have Tor bsoute
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Tn. Lorlllard Horse. In England.

A despatch from Newmarket says that tho
Duke Of Magenta is the mend and hopes enter
taned OF his complete recovery There were several
horses the vessel aboard OF which the Duke ship.
ped to England Before arriving at Liverpool disc Ase
broke among them.
The Duke was de tanned three days on the vessel before
he shore. During this time he refused food
and developed symptoms Of violent cold. For several
weeks he forced to take Cruel dashed with brandy.
Finally number Of ulcers formed and sqppuratcd on
the surface and the Duke dwndled almost skele ton
before he began u mend.
The other colts in Mr. Lorard's stable are progre ssng
finely Uncas has grown into a great racer nearly siN.
enhAnds high Parole is all right, and All except tile
Duke are taking their exercise with 1ne action
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Lake road the trains were behind the schedule
time. On the. New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad no through trains were run yes
Syracuse something like schedule time was
mad 70 Albany. Between Albany and syracuse,
II was said last evening In the Grand
Central Depot many trains were abandoned.
but which ones. the telegraph operator said.
could not be ascertained. On the Hudson River
all day. The usual trnins, also. were sent out,
except the 1880 p. M. special due in Albany at
ii 40 =. M. Passengers who expected TO catch
the special had 10 walt until the $50 p. NJ. ex-
press. arriving In Albany at 80 this morning
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Another Fractured skull.

Police Oflcer Hennessy found man lyie9
helpless the Sidewalk Twenty hrst and Fira
avenue last evening. Blood WAS flowing from his ears
he was benumbed with cold, and showed signs Of tntoN'
cation
supported by the police o1cer he walked TO the Twen
Vsecund street police station and gave his address
Lawrence Kenny. waiter. OF 400 First From
there he walked u Bellevue Hospital. where It was
cerained that he Was suffering from fracture ~ Tue
Ia. nll liz ~ Ii
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TIE COLD IN BROOKLYM
Accidents 20 steRm-HeRtIns Apparatus -
Beecher and TaImage on the Weather.

Tho steam radiator in the plumbers store
OF j. Scallay Rt 70 Myrtle avenue, burst ycster-
day morning with such force that William Seal
lay. nged %. who was sitting near it, was thrown
through the front window into the street. He
was taken home and attended by DR.. Peck.
who found that his shoulder was sprained
by tho fall. and that his ankle had been
scalded by the escaping steam. william Simp-
son was slightly scalded and John Conselyea
ator was blown to pieces and tho front OF the
store Was blown out. A quantity Of frost had
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Strike In the Luke Flaler Colllery.

poTTsvILLE. Pa. Jan. 3.-A strike occurred at
the Luke Fider coiery, Of the Mineral Railroad and
Mining COmpAnys mines at shamOkin this morning.
their compensation had been decided upon. and tho
new order took effect this morning they struck This
coleTy has been In operation all the season, employing
$40 men and boys while great many other colieTlel
huft hoe IA
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Long Islanders say they have not expert
enced weather so cold as yesterday in many
years. In Riyerhead tho thermometer marked
threo degrees below zero in Jamaica It was six
below. and in some other places Hs much as ten
below, Tho Long Island Railway trains were
slightly delayed. Great South Bay is frozen
oyer, so that persons can walk from Babylon to
Eiro Islnnd,
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WAsHISdToN Jan. st Is announced. appa-
renty In somewhat semi Official shape that Hayes has
decided who 10 appoint as Minister 10 Ger.
many. Wayne MacNeigh came 20 this city
yesterday and went away to-day, and the wise acres
are inclined TO connect the two facts remembering the
service that Wayne MacNeagh once TO Hayes AT the
head Of the MacVeagh Commission But this is probubly
wrong Men well Informed are inclined TO believe that
llartranit viii get the appointment as II f understood
that the Administration Is inclined tO proptAte the Cam.
ttufu
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Man md Team Frozen ,o Death

ST LOUIS, Jan. 3.-John Gray, a farmer,
was found dead near the banks OF the Robl-
deaux this morning. His team and wagon were
imbedded in the leo. From appearances It was
fell through. and that Gray. in attempting to
rescue tho team. fell a victim to weakness and
cold
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ELIZABETH, N. j.. Jan 9.-A brakeman
named Opdyke was frozen TO death while COM
ing down on Central Railroad freight train
frozen on North Pennsylvania freight train
while going over tho Central division. His
namo is not yet known
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ST. LOUIS. Jan. 3.-The Second Baptist
Church. tho Rev W. W. Boyd. pastor at Beaumont and
Locust streets was burned this morning The building
had yet been dedicated II about Si75OOo II
Of rough brown stone. aud one Of the 0nest and
most imposing edhees in tie city. The loss " estimated
81 klV0,OOO, insured i0T SlQO.OV1
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Deciding on Municipal Appointments.

The six Republicans and seven anti Tam.
many Democrats who Will compose tho majority Of tho
Board Of Aldermen decided in caucus last evening
to elect Jordan Mott to tho Presidency and Jacob NJ
Patterson Jr., to the office OF Clerk ol he board.
Lots were drawn Tor the nomination OF Sergeant az
Arms and the selection NJ that officer tell tO Alderman
John !. Morris Capt Francis j Tuomcy the Clerk Ol
the sitting Common Council TO be Deputy Clerk Of the
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Tho signal once Prediction.

Diminishing north and west winds. back inc
20 southwest stationary slightly higher temperature,
and clear weather
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Piano Charlie Arrested In Toronto.

TORONTO. Jan 3.-Charles Bullard. alias
Piano Charlie" notorious burglar who has been con.
oerned in large burglaes III the United States and Can.
ada, and Charles Durand, well known New York thief
taken before the police magistrate to-day charged
with stealing gold chain rOm Chapman's lewelry store,
and committed Tor trial
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TuK LOUISIANA SPECIAL NUNHKR DisrRIHUrl0E
tral Office. v. William. II Great Jones sst-AdA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-18

And now 1T Is reported that patent medicine
firm In which Ex-Governor Tilden is concerned
has been detected in extensive evasions OF the
revenue laws. Large quantities OF the boxes
and bottles OF the Tflden remedies have baen
discovered In different cities bearing no revenue
stamps. The nephew OF Mr. Tilden has been
In Washington TO fix the matter I'D with the
Internal Revenue Bureau, but thus far has not
been able to explain the omission satisfactorily.
He may succeed In showing the innocence OF s,
j. T. and all the other coparceners In the trans
action. but it is a rather curious fact that the
western democrats shake their heads rather
more suspiciously about the charges than do
the republicans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-18
Double sheet Tomorrow.

The Double Sheet STAR Of tomorrow will be
of exceptional interest, and large extra edition
Will be printed to supply the demand. As here
tofore, our advertisers will no doubt want to
utilize the opportunity to display their bids for
public patronage in way to attract the atten-
tIon OF the Immense number of readers of the
double sheet, and we would ask, therefore, that
they send In their advertisements intended for
to-morrow's issue as soon as possible, in order
that they may be properly displayed and class
flied
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-18

Our reporters give elsewhere the particulars
OF the lynching OF the negro, James Carroll,
charged with brutal outrage upon an esti-
mable lady near Point OF Rocks, Maryland. The
particular atroctty and barbarity of the deed,
and the undoubted identification of Carroll as
the perpetrator, make this as nearly justifi-
able case OF lynching as can well be conceived;
and yet the act OF the lynchers Is one that viii
bring no credit upon the people Of Maryland.
1t has the spirit Of lawlessness that one expects
to find only In desperate border communities,
and which has no excuse In a civilization as
advanced as that OF Frederick county, Mary
land. There can be no preterce that ample and
speedy justice would not have been visited on
the criminal by the courts of Maryland. By
their hasty action the lynchers have, however,
both discredited their courts as dispensers OF
justice, and themselves as law-abiding people.