New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-20
FLAMES IN THE STAR THEATRE.


complsh that end.
FLAMES IN THE STAR THEATRE.
Some alarm was caused by slight outbreak on
fire Mt tho Star Theatre on Monday night. Inc
audience had all left the theatre, but inc stage VIZ
tenanted by most of the performers when corner
of scenery became ienied from hea.eu r,ev
wire. II was at once put out by q stage CaiPeh'ei
who merely stamped upon 1T and so stlnea IL.
fire alarm sent however. and lew minus ,1o
later the engines clattered up to the Noors, ul,o
chorus Girls shrIeked and for three minutes reGl
lation panic seemed ready to he formed WIN tho
departure of the disguised fremen, a 1ccp anu iood
peace once more prevailed and lnrle hlTan{ MiPon
bis foyered brow with sigh of relief, Fireman
Michael Crab am, who was detailed al the thes ~;
reported to Assistant Chlel Bonner fbs rear of the
stage leading TO FouTtll-aVe. were opst'uo'o VII
rubbish that the gas brackets were nov pIuPclS
protected and that the fire was caused pH ln3ImJ
descent electric lamps lgnting sceueiN. lie auuHu
that he had tested the automatic hrc-OoA III 'nc
theatre and found II out OF order
HOW AsCHOONER WAS SUNK BYASTEAMLK'
The steamship Frostburg which arrived rom
Baltimore yesterday brought me captain anu w"
of the schooner S. r. Lopez which was run down ny
Ue Rrifieb steamer Kate Faucet on Monday. The
story of The captain of the lost schooner ~ III o
lows: The Lopez was bound Tor thls poIl. 40 a., .
O'clock on Monday morning the steamer was seen
hearing down ON the schooner. II was clear nighi
and tho steamer could he seen distinctly lnat
there might be no difficulty IN the peoplo on ,he
steamer seeing the schooner the mate burned
torch but the steamer, paying no hccd 10 II, Ropt
on and struck the schooner on the poit qua',o,ii
The saptain and his crew got into Their boalS anu
were taken on board tho Faucet, when stopped
for them The schooner sank in twenty m mn noa
after she WAS struck. she was Nalueu at F%o'oVV
aud registered O1O tons'
DRAKE'S MEMORIES OF RrINELANDER.
The Rhinclander Lunacy Commission met again
Yesterday In West Twenty-ninth-st. Ex-Judge
curtis resumed his cross-cXamluation of Lawyer
Drake and. ~ the previous day. hhlncIshuer
was present. MIR Drake said that 1t was ten years
4 Al. f, tlp
landers acts were irrational. Asked ny MT;
Curtis TO give speclnc account ,ho
as many m he could remcnhcr ot tho
nctions upon which he based that conclusion he
ntioned an affair wlnCh occurred when hhlle-
lander was about nineteen or twenty ana wnitm mo
called the whiskcr affair" the principal features
heinz thnt Drake aud Rhinslandcr were at hHNan-
nah aud tho latter pretended to bG going TO il'onn"
him ON steamer at savannah aud watched ~ do
parturc Rhlnclandcr however, did not y" 10 lor-
Ida but two OF three days later told Inc witness
hear R"s of of him some early day from st.
Louis or California. The next that ne witness
heard of RhIncandcT was in the house oil his grand
mother, Mrs. Chici-Justice Oakley, n savannah,
where he was pacing The room IN great e1citche4t
aud disguised with par OF d &c
his conduct except that he had been arrested ny
detective who had mistaken him for somebody else
and that he Intended to sail for Europe by the
White Star Line the next day. .
Another instance recOunted by Mr.. Drake oGr
CURED in Toronto, where, III the presence oil hlmscu
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man who was crossing his path carrying a long
ladder and laughed when he was rebuked. MI.
Drake also referred TO the fact that Rhinelandcf
once declared his intention of connnnG his WIG IN
the boardn house, he did not wish her 10 make
aconalntances and also to his having lightly spoken
on one occasion of having kept his horse without
feed for four or five days.
| ANOTHER WARRANT FOR WARDS ARREST
Another order of arrest against Ferdinand Ward
was granted by Judge OGOrman IN the superior
Court Yesterday on motion of James +. PIERCE OF
Sewell Pierce q sheldon who has brought a snlt
against Mr. Ward and Others on behalf OF William
H. Bingham 1t is alleged, in the complaint that
Mr. Bingham vas defTauded out of large amount
by the false representations made to
him by Mr.. Ward 'The order was placed
IN the hands of Sheriff Davidson who VIII
execute il IN case the suit III the lappan case Is
Withdrawn.
Mr. bingham in his afidavits sets forth the posi-
bilitv of a compromise in the case now pending
between the representatives of eX-Clty Chamber
lain J. Nelson Tappan and the defendants IN the
suit in which Ward is now detained IN Ludlow
street Jail. 10 prevent Wards leaving the coIn-
try i'm case Of a settlement of that suit, and thus
placing himself beyond the reach of the laws OF the
State under which Mr.. Bingham claims redress hc
application for the new order of arrest was made;
Nh Bingham claims that the firm of Grant N Ward
cheated him out of 47 544 ~ by false preences OF
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