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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-07
MAX MARETZEK MISSING.

A telegram sent by the Associated Press agent
at st. Louis concerning the disappearance Of the
veteran impresario Max Maretzek. It said that
Mr.. Maretzek. the manager and director OF
the English Opera Company now performing
ut the Grand Opera House. in that city.
had been missing since Thursday morning.
When last he pacing the rotunds of the
Lindell Hotel in q nervous manner. and remarked to
q friend that he would 60 out and take walk.
Since that time he has not been IL IL kno
where he is Financial embarrassment IL supposed
to be the cause OF his disappearance.
Inquiry made last night among the personal
friends OF Max failed to elicit any Information
corning his whereabouts. though the belief is gem
eral that he will turn up LAS soon as things blow
over" 1t is secret that since he started on the
road with the new American opera "Sleepy
difficulties. artistic AZ well rs financial.
few days ago he lost Miss Rice-Knox.
his prima DONNA and things have since grown from
bad to The idea that Max may have given
way to dependency under the pressure of bad luck
Is secuted by his intimates. who declare that
he il too familiar with financial embarrass-
ment" to be seriously annoyed by it. Gen.
eral regret il expressed that the man
who made the first venture with American opera
should have met with such indifferent success but
those who know the still declare their faith in
him. aud announce that will turn up all right in
n few days. Neither Mr.. Marctzek's daughter nor
his old friend Sgnor Torriani had last night heard
Of the disappearance. 1t is likely that IL the
bers of the company had any fear for his personal
safety they would have telegraphed to New York.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-07
A MISSING FARMER.

William Mccullough. well-to-do farmer living In
Yolo county, CAL. came on to Orange. N. j..
whore his mother resides about six weeks ago. for
tho purpose Of attending to legacy left him by his
father. Last Tuesday Mr.. Mccullough. accompanied
by two friends visited New York. and, after making
u few purchases walked to the corner OF Fourteenth
street and Sixth avenue. There he parted with his
friends, and ut q quarter TO one O'Clock entered .
Christopher street car. intending to take the train
which leaves Hoboken at ten minutes past
one o'clock for Orange. Since then he has not
been soen or heard of by his friends. Mr.. McCul-
Tough had In his possession about $500. $4,000 OF
the amount being In the form OF certified check
on the Broadway bank. and payable TO his order.
Payment of this check has been stopped. He had
also in his possession gold watch belonging to his
mother and having her name engraved on IL. The
missing man was thirty-six years old. tall and OF
dark complexion. lie was dressed In dark clothes
and drab ulster oyercont.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-07
PIGEON SHOOTING.

BAYoNSE. N. j.. Dec. 9. 1879.
match Of 80 birds shot here to-day between
NJ. Dixie. Of Philadelphia. and william ii. Thomas.
of New York. the conditions being % yards single
barrel, ii and traps, for pool of $780, the loser
paying :or the birds.
The match opened in a misty rain. Both the con.
testants rubber clad and braved the elements.
the spectators seeking the shelter OF Deighboring
shed.
In consequence OF the severity OF tho weather the
scores were poor. tho smoke OF the guns hanging
low to tho traps. The result was q victory for
Mr.. Dixie, the scores standing:-
Killed
Dixie. .1O111, %1111, 10101, 10101. 1912 Is
Thomas. .....11111 1000. 1l100. 0i11*. 1910 IL
tDnad OH of honnda
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-07
"Not precisely; two grains of opium will not kill

"Not precisely; two grains of opium will not kill
a four weeks old child"
what! do you mean thatT'
mot when 1T is taken ut intervals"
snow want you, for your own justification, TO
find for me the mother of this dead infant This
has very bad look. girl gives you her babe to
take care of. The child becomes sick. This prescrip-
ton does not look il it were given to improve the
chld's condition. 1t looks as though the slightest
mistake in administering the medicine would XII
the child. The mother has been coming TO see you
tor long time and you must know VINO sue Us IS,
That woman must be produced in court anu you
will not be discharged until she is.
NOT RELEASED.
Counsel for defendant inquired II the doctor
would be permitted to go his office ana attend 10
his business in the usual way. The necessary
bonds. he said. would DO forthcoming Inc ino.ner
of the dead child would then call on the DOCTOR
when she could be taken before the Coroner
Il cannot release the doctor SAID the coroner;
This may be all mistake. Yet this mistake Will
appear aggravated if we produce the mother.
Did you, Dr. Wolf. that child the next morn
ing?"
Eyes, SIR"
'sHow did it looks"
III WAS very white. but it began to drink; was
told it given but dose OF the prescription,
which stopped the vomiting never heard any more
about the case. except that the baby took natural
uourishment and was healthy"
The Coroner remarked that II OPIUM had been
given week ago the child could not die of that.
Officer Chiardi suggested that II was not the opium
but the aromatic sulphurc acid which had proved
fatal its effects. The latter drug contracted the
muscles Of the throat and prevented the child taking
proper sustenance. The child had thereby died OF
starvation.
pr. Wolff objected to this view of the 'That
prescription, said he. "has rendered me good SER
vice i'll other cases"
Doctor" said Coroner Elinger. 81 will require
you to find 900 bail; and it must be good bail, too.
In the meantime, want you to find that woman"
"Of course What do about the woman"
replied the Doctor.
John c. Webster, of No. 2S1 East Tenth street. fur
nshed bail to the required amount ana the Doctor
was thereupon restored to liberty.
DR.. MacWhinnie will hold an autopsy on the body
of the child at the Morgue at eleven o'clock this
morning.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-07
BOGARDUS' SHOOTING SCHOOL.

Captain A. Ii. Bogardus. having leased tho Tivoli
Theatre building. No. 30 Eighth street. is fitting it
up Tor shooting school for wing practice at glass
balls. He will open his school Wednesday even
ing. 10Th inst when he will shoot at 200 balls.
sprung from six separate traps. and perform other
difficult feats OF Workmanship. The Captain will
be assisted by hia SON
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-07
CHALLENGE FROM GEORGE ROOKIE

NEW York, Dec. 8. 1879.
To EDITOR THE HEnALD:-
will hight any man in America for 81 900 side
donovan prefcrred) and the niddleweight cham
pionship; or will tight Donovan q glove fight for
purse of 81 900 and an outside wager of $780, ut
any time and place to be hereafter agreed upon. Re-
spoctfully, GEORGE ROOKIE
Middleweiqht Chanpio Of America.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-07
THE ORPHANS BENEFIT.

MAMMOTH PERFORMANCE AT THE ACADEMY OF
MUSIC -PRoGRAMME FOR AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
After week OF hard work Mr.. Vincent. who has
charge Of the Orphans Benefit. has completed all
the necessary arrangements for the mammoth per-
formknce at the Academy of Music during the after
noon and evening of December IL. The several gen.
temen who compose the committee charged with
the promotion OF the benefit have not been idle,
and the artists who have volunteered their services
for the occasion will be greeted by crowded houses.
both in the afternoon aud evening. Such bills
presented for both matinee and evening have never
before boon attempted on any STAGE The or.
tremest limits of the dramatic profession meet on
stage in the cause of charity. and thus is &C.
complished o combination which money consid.
Grafton could bring about. The greatest American
tragedian and the greatest American low comedian
lend their efforts to the good cause. Dialect and
classic English will be spoken during the Same
afternoon, and at the evening performance the
artists Of Havery's Theatre will repeat for the
orphans an act OF the play in which they appear vi
the West Fourteenth street house. It would seem
that the gentlemen having charge Of the benefit
have combined two years work
Owing to the Cathedral fair last winter benefit
given to the orphans. 80 the present entertain
have been given n yearly rotation In tho past. AL
the theatrical attractions now running In the city
ing programmes
THE PROGRAMME.
The afternoon performance at one O clock opens
with u scene from Poor 10, by Master N ID. Wood.
the boy Hamlet. Then Emmett gives the second act
of Fritz In Ireland assisted by the entire orches-
ira from the Park Theatre. Miss Clara Morris fol-
lows Emmett III the third act of Miss Mutton. sup.
ported by Misses Louise Muldener, Seymour and
Williams; Messrs. Gus Levick. j. III. Mccormack
and 4. williams. Then Harrigan and Hart fot-
low in the 'Mulligan Guards Christmas;" tho
Skidmorc Guards songs and spccialties by the
following members OF the Comique company
Messrs. Wild, Gray, Goss, Fox, 4. Cronin, Iierney,
Foley. shaier. West. Mccullough. Fay. Mealey, Fitz-
simmous Rourke Buckley Benson, Welsh Ed
wards Burt Fisher, Queen, bradley. Husel, Walton.
Dickens, Barry Misses Mack, Yeamans, tforenho.
Bird, Mordaunt. Tony Pastors bright particular
stars follow next. Niles and Evans, the Wilkinson
brothers and Flora Moore arc mentioned, Then tho
speciai attractions that have made .Enchantmeut's
a success ut NIblos will be presented. The .sStra.
tepists' conclude the afternoon 4 programme. which
no one will complain is too short.
THE EVENING PERFORMANCE.
If tho program IN q FOR the AFTERNOON Ia attractive
what adjective will fty characterize that which has
De.u prepared tor the evening? In looking over the
list OF good things prepared Tor the evenings enter.
tanment one is constrained to make OF tho title
of the item the bill s.Did You Ever?' After
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-07
dEETINa OF THE GERMANTOWN HARE AND
HOUND CLUB.

(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. Q. 1872
The meet Of the Germantown Hare and Hound
Club yesterday was at the residence Of Mr. James
Fisher. about SIX miles out Of Philadelphia. the
North Pennsylvania Railroad. Notwithstanding the
threatening aspect of the weather the following
ladies and gentlemen Of the hunt assem-
bled at half-past three ut the trysting place.
Mr.. George W. Carpenter on Theta. Mr.. Roger
Sturgis Woodstock, winner OF two-mile
race in October ut Rose Tree fall meeting; Mr..
Bloomfield McIlwsine. who. Notwithstanding his
fall last Saturday. was ready to tempt the
fates more on his mare; Mr.. William s. Croth-
ers Jr bestrode Endurance; DR.. Bray was mounted
on Cruiser and MIR. Sam WEIGH brought out Wind,
while the field was also graced by tho presence Of
Mrs. Welch on Lark, and Miss Csde Burton. riding
an unnamed one. There were many spectators pres
ent in carriages and on foot. but they wore doomed
to disappointment as no sooner were the riders
assembled than the long threatening rain
came down in such torrents that postpone
ment was rendered unavoidable, IS the slip
perry state Of the ground rendered cross
country ride at the breakneck speed At which
the members OF the club are accustomed to travel
not only extremely hazardous. but positively dan
gerous. For the want of better sport the members
amused themselves for . half hour 30 in jumping
the stfest hurdles that Mr.. Fisher had set up for
practice. Soon firing of this somewhat mopotonous
sport, the members wendell their way homeward,
wetter IL not wiser men.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-07
HARE AND HOUNDS.
EXCITING RUN OF THE HARVARD ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION.

EXCITING RUN OF THE HARVARD ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE HERALD.1
Boston, Dec. q, 1879.
The Hare and Hounds meet of tho Harvard Ath-
letic Association this afternoon in Cambridge proved
amost exciting. but. owing to misunderstanding at
the end of the run, somewhat unsatisfactory affair."
The hares were Manning and Thatcher. both OF
49, and the whipper in Captain Trimble of the "Var
sity." The hounds were about forty in number
among them Messrs. Trimble. Bacon. simmons.
Otis. Atkinson. Hooper. Sturgis. Warren. Hammond.
Thorndike Morrison. Crehore and others. Ill well
known athletes in the college.
The scent laid across Harvard square to
Church street, and then turned into the enclosure
back of College House. from whence it issued into
the rubbish of Palmer street. eight foot fence
The hares had q seven minute start. The hounds
went in good order until tho board fence back Of
College House reached. This and the doubling
Of the hares Palmer street checked them con-
siderably. and the hares obtained good lead From
Palmer street the trail led up toward Pixies stable.
and through numerous back yards out on to Church
street again, to Bratte street and the University
Press. The appearance OF SO many scantly dressed
students and the crowds OF followers, while the trail
sought after around the square: created al I'M
usual commotion among the staid townspeople,
some OF the Celts verify believed that good old
Irish fox hunt was actually in progress. After some
more back yards off Eliot, Brighton and South
streets. the hares. doubling second time. struck
off toward Mount Auburn street. past Longfellow's
then passed over the ploughed ground near the
Winchester estate. over the marsh beyond, swan
Abattoir bridge and passed through brighton to
Carey Hill, in Brookline. by the time the marshes
near Mount Auburn were reached the hounds had
got pretty well struggled oet. After houndering
about in the mud and dirsies OF the marsh
some of them managed 10 cross the creek
although in making this last attempt many came to
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-07
AMERICAN COLLEGE BASEBALL.

By TELEGRAPH To THE HERALD
sPIrSeFIELD. Mass, Dec. Q. 1879.
Representatives Of Yale. Harvard, Brown. Dart
mouth. Princeton and Amherst colleges organized
here to-day "Tho Ameri can College Baseball Asso.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-13
LOUISIANA LIARS.

4nother of the Breed Discovered and
,s:se Brought to Light.
Every little while, as people begin to won
der what has become of the Potter com
mittee, some member of that uneasy bodv
makes discovery and the committee nro-
ceeds to spend some more public money in
adding new act to the monstrous farce.
The latest has been made by Mr.. Jacob D.
Cox. 1t presents one St. Martin, sergeant
alarms of the Louisiana House of Represen.
tatives, in the attitude of an affiant that every
one of the witnesses who recanted their tes-
tlmony to the bull-dozng in that State was
hired and paid for doing SO by the Tilden
managers. Conclusive proof of this, it ia
said, can be produced. This, then, will
furnish work for the committee, and a CON
venient excuse for further delay in making
up its report. There is no room to donbt
that st. Martins affidavit can be corroborat-
ed by Louisiana witnesses that are able To
prove anything, if the compensation be suf6-
Gent. There IS no more reason to lonht
that the witnesses were hired by one party
to repudiate their testimony given for the
other, than there is that they were hired bv
the other party to give it. But in this mar
tlcular instance interest centers chiefly upon
the question as to the compensation Martin
is to get for his part in his latest deyeiop-
ment in the science of Louisiana politics. IT
ought not to be very large, for nothing that
he or any other Louisiana politician NAV
swear to can change the public conviction
that Louisiana politicians Of all varieties are
the most capable and prolific liars and ner-
jurers on the planet.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-13
State Fire,nen,s Convention

Arrangements have about been perfected for
the State fremen's convention to be held at
Mankato, commencing on Tuesday.
Chief Strong, of this city, has been indie
tatlgable IN his efforts to make the convention
success, and the admirable manner in which
several very difficult obstacles have been con-
quered is deserving of great credit.
After no uncomfortable amount of difficnltv
ne has succeeded in securing special rates to
the convention over all the roads in the state,
The st. Paul Sioux City, Milwaukee & St.
Paul railroads, together with their several
branches, will sell round trip tickets to the
convention at half-fare rates.
The st. Paul L. Pacific will sell ono ticket on
the condition that all visitors are to be returned
tree upon showing O. certificate signed by the
secretary of the convention.
All tickets will be good from the 18th to the
10Th day of the month, excepting those over
the Milwaukee & st. Paul, which will be recop-
nized until the 18th. The managers of all the
roads have issued special instructions to con-
ductors, brakemen and other employees to af-
ford every accommodation possible to those
visiting the convention, in order that the usual
com cor plants arising from the crowded con-
ditlon OF the cars, etc., on similar occasions.
may in this instance he altogether obyiated.
large attendance is anticipated and there is
no reason why the convention should not prove
a most decided success.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-13
The Pope's Encvc,ica1

ROME, Jan. 1.-THE Pope's encyclical &C.
cuples seven columns of the O5seryators
ho''anro. The Pope inveighs against social
ism, communism and nihilisa, which mill
tate no longer secretly, but openly against
tne civil state, rupturing matrimonial ties, iq-
nor1ng the rights of property, claiming every
tnlng, however legally inherited or honestly
acquired, and attempting even the
lives of kings The sinis-
ter agencies spring from the
reformation which opened the slrice- oates ~
skepticism till Goddess governments have
arisen wherein the author and redeemer If
the world is ignored, youth arc trained to
believe mans destinies are bounded by the
present, and without any hereafter; hence
impatient, aggressive spirits which seek its
gratlncatlon at others expense. Thus the
natural development of the reformation was
Indicated by previous pontihs from Glenn
ent Al. to Plus X, in their allocutions and
encyllcals, but the church's warning is more
than ever required. Equality desidentsn
oy the sects is contrary to scripture. There
are distinctions between angels in heaven.
a Jortaore there must therefore be distiue-
tlon between men upon earth. When
tyranny prevails, when the church
Shields the oppressed, when the tyrsnt
IS too strong, she enjoins resignation. The
Pope justifies the message, and the subseryi-
ance OF woman to man, of children to par
ents, and of servant TO master. Such inter
dependence, rightly observed in the state a.
IN the family, would operate on earth as it
does In heaven. Poverty, of which socialism
is lmpotent, is corrected by the church,
which. besides her own charities, enioins
almagiving on the rich, to whom she thus
reconclles the poor. Such is the solution of
the evils for which socialism seeks revolu-
honary remedy. Lei, therefore, ali princi-
palltles and powers accept the church, the
safeguard of earthly and the surety OF heav-
emily things.
The ltalle regards the encylical as an ap-
peal to all Catholics to organize crusade
against modern institutions, and, with that
object, to participate in political elections.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-13
AMERICAN IRON TRADE.

Large Increase of Pig Iron Production in
Pennsylvania, But a Falling OF at Other
Points - Healthy Condition of the Iron
and Steel Rail Production.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. l2.-The report of tb,
condition of the American iron trade the
past year has just been completed. It states
the production of pig iron in the United States
in 1877, was 2,3l4, 5S5 tons. and in 1878, 1882
OOO tons. Pennsylvania shows an increase of
over 100000 tons, while Ohio shows decrease
of over $4,000 tons. In 1878, Pennsvlvania
made more than SO per cent. of the total nrn.
ductlon of pig iron in the United States. At
the close Of 1877 there were in the United
States ZIG blast furnaces Of which 27O were in
blast and 446 out Of blast. At the close of
1913 there We're 700 furnaces, of which EGO were
IN blast and 40 out of blast. The stocks of
pig iron on hand and unsold at the close of
1877 amounted to 642.351 net tons. At the
close of 1878 about SIG, 900 tons. At the close
OF 1876 the stocks amounted to e68, 798 tons.
The production in 1878 was increased about
1u.OOO tons. Stocks decreased about 1876 O0O
toms and consumption increased about 1876 600
tons. Ten of eleven steel works were busilv
engaged IN the production of steel rails during
the entire year.
. Putting the iron and steel rail products of
the year together, we have in round numbers.
a total OF $50, 600 tons as the real products Of
the year. This product has only once been ex
celled IN our history, in 1852, when the pro-
ducts reached one million net TONS In 1879
we will probably equal that immense amonnt,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-13
Troublesome Tramps.

The immediate vicinity of the Lake Superior
railroad depot has become almost uninhabita-
BILE of late, owing to the immense number Of
tramps who make night hideous by their
drunken. not to say beastly orgies. The favo-
rite resort OF the gang" is a yawning gap
situated in the hill near by, and known as the
''cave of gloom
In this so-called cave nightly reunions are
nelo, the entertainment being varied by ribald
songs and coarse bnffoonery, which faint the
lnotfensive air like exhalations arising from
the uttermost depths of perdition.
AZ an early hour yesterday morning Capt
CLARK detailed posse of policemen with in
structions to raid the affair and bag all the in.
mates A cautious sally was made upon the
lar, which resulted in tho capture Of half a
oozen habltues, the remainder having antici-
pated the raid by making good their escape.
The men arrested are utterly Indifferent to
police authority, and the question of ho. thew
shall be disposed of is already of paramount
Importance as their frequent arrest is little
better than farce
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-13
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
THE NORWICH PRISONERS,

NORWICH, Jan. lin the trial of Mira
Cobb to-day the prosecution recalled the
prisoners mother, and elected a statement
which it tried to disprove by calling tha
prisoners daughter. The aim was to i'm
peach the value of Mrs. Waterman's testi
mony. There was an exciting argument
about allowing the child to testify at all. and
then, over questions put, very dramatic
scene occurred. The court ruled that the
child might testify, and she narrated CON-
versatlon with her grandmother, showing
that the latter had tempered with her as q
witness.
AN INDIAN HANGING.
San FRANCISCO, Jan. ia dispatch from
Pendleton, 10th inst, via Wa!la WalIa. 11th.
reports tne execution of the Indians White
Owl and Outfit Jumps, who we're hanged at
2:3O P. M A strong guard of regulars and
militia were on duty to prevent possible res
cue, but nothing of the kind was ATTEMPTED.
The chiefs were dressed in full Indian cos
tune, and preserved throughout the stoicism
of their race, both dying with the death
chant on their lips.
GUILTY OF MURDER.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.-the trial of
Troy Dye, ex-public administrator of Sacra-
mento county, for the murder of A. M. Tnl-
LIS, concluded early this morning, the iury.
after beng out twenty minutes, finding a
verdict OF murder in the first degree.