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New-York tribune., 1886-02-28
TWELVE PAGES.
THE NEVIS THIS MORNLNG.


FoRFIGX-Testimony of a servant in the Plmhco
murder trial. - Trouble III the Comede EIah-
caise. == Treaty between France and Madagas-
car ratified - Continuation of examination oI
Socialists in London. == Victor HugoS oh'h-
day celebrated IN France.
DoMEsTlC.-Excitng ice yacht races at fouEh-
keepsie -- The Police Commission oi Olh'in-
natl ousted by the Supreme Court of Ohio. ----
Damage done by the gale in the At
Jantic States - Snow i'll Georgia. -- sale
of Northern Pacific lands in Dakota. -- An
appeal TO John c. Emo. == Trial of Duncan
for the murder of Van Schaick at WATERFOWL
ny. GO Proposed eopcnng of The Mccormick
Reaper Works III Chicago. GO The Louisiana
Board of ardons refusing TO commute the sen
tences of Pat " Ford and John Murphy
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-A witness before the Sen
ate Committee said that Jacob Sharp boasleu
that he had fixed" the Aldermen --
Much havoc by the high wind. --
Great sale of horses at Pierre Lorlllard's
Rancocas Stables. == Savage amateur Sparrlng
in Tainmany Hall 60 boat with from
seven to eleven men missing from the
Idlewlld. 60 Car stables burned III
BROOKLYN. -= Gold value of the lcgal-tcnder
silver dollar (4l2l2 grains, 1917 cents ==
Stocks dull and after early advance reacted
and closed weak.
TIE WEATnER-In indications for to-day: Fair,
followed by cloudy weather and possibly rain OF
snow. Temperature yesterday: Highest, 49,
lowest 90; average, 1872
New-York tribune., 1886-02-28
THE PIR1TE AGAIN.

Mr.. Roger Sherman, the Philadelphia pirate
who carried his black flag into the room of the
Senate Committee on Patents the other day,
ami demanded free pillagc as the brthright of
American citizens, has printed a pamphlet ON
the International Copyright question. He in
vites criticism upon it. but respectfully sug
gcsts to members of the Copyright League that
invectve is not criticism Knowing some
thing of human nature, and especially of the
dsputatious temperament, we cannot say that
we were surprised, after this preliminary, to
find his tract abusive and insulting to the last
degree. Nobody is likely to pay it the cOmpli-
ment of a criticism; but we hope that whoever
finds a copy will read it, and We are not sure
but hat the League would do well to circulate
1t at their own expense as an awful exposure
of Mr. Sherman's morals.
The freebOOting publisher states twelve
"reasons why an International Copyright bill
should not be passed by the Congress of the
United States" the whole twelve however
being included in the last, which runs a fol-
lows: "Because it would be wrong to force
" the people to pay for what they can now have
/" free, and create difficulties where none now
"exist" On another page he puts this view of
the case even more brutally. The author, when
he gets a copyright ut all, only gets it in con-
sideratiOn of the good his productions do to the
community but the American public already
"possesses all the advantage TO be gained from
q the English authors why do they then seek to
q take that advantage away I" At least there is
no ambiguity about this. We know Just what
New-York tribune., 1886-02-28
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New-York tribune., 1886-02-28
DRY-GOODs MEN AT THE THElTRE.

THEY CROWD THE PLAYHOUSE N FOURTEENTH-
81. AND APPLAUD EVERYTHING.
The wholesale dry-goodS men took their turn
last sLt at the Fourtecuth-S The had
all been sold In advance, but the and jam
so great that it took ten minutes even TO get
through sho pages and tho confusion lasted long
tnat the curtain did not use until almost O'clock
The boxes and balconies profusely DIR ped with
flags and walls OF tho parqu"t aud sides of the
we're covered with dryeoods samples mass OF flowers
at the front OF the stage welcome from tho
company to the guests from the dry goods district who
filed both floor and galleries. Miss Irene
Verona warbled attraciyey Gdb,ie, the costly Miss
Montague smiled aud sang to nnumerabe encOres the
heller and the Lone Fisherman danced and the AmazOns
marched as individually ever aul tue audience had
The grace to notice even the worst OF Mr..
Mackly's puns Nothing could have been more decOrous
from a buresdue point OF Wow and Mr. Rice nasened
at the end of the first act to assure those
whose wives might he supposed to have scrupeS about
tho chOrusi that II the dearest aim oI his hearI
to giYs a pure clean and wholesome entertainment.
At tho end Of the first act Harry Dxey ran In for
minute In the costume Of AdOHiS The second act
seemed To bo delayed unaccountably, when Manager
Good appeared and announced hat tho company mad
gone on "a STRIKE. NothIg loss than suspension OF
matinees Friday and an increase OF wages on
minds were granted tho gags" the
manager the committee and the dry goods
trado general became more furious
and worse than ever my H. :. Hart, sit still; said
man, senior partners with bald head. were sitting In
the front row. nud when they all appauded she really
knew she'd like do but 10 wasn't for her 70 say
Tho curtain fell on the last act about II o'clock
New-York tribune., 1886-02-28
TIE scoTcH coLoyISrs ~ FLORIDA,

TIE SCOTCH COLONISIS ~ FLORIDA.
To me EhtOr Of me IrtOHRe.
SIR: Much has been written concerning
tbe condition oi the Sarasota co!ou7ts, but uniu 20
present time expression o. opinion "l hi Dolly mas
been made to the press It /, n) proposed 70 enter he,e
int, tho d,b.tlhle question OF how they de-
ciycd by the exaggerated statements OF the promoter OF
tbe colony. Coming from country OF great natural
he,u,v. landing in mid Tiutcr uuon Hat and sandy
stretch Of SOIL where proper provision had bc IN made
"a receive such large body OF People dss tt'lAcoh
cnvd only be the uIural 0utcouei more especially Wien
it WAS ound that no adequate means ot communicated on
existed with her parts OF the state. AMI that the
chances OF ln,klusa futurc home we're largely dr.
counted by the poor character OF the land Not"ith-
.t,nne i ate Ot atirs only iew o. tie colon.'iS
ba,e left Florida FOR other states and some Tor
their homes in the old country.
50 far every member OF the colony is desA'ei with
the climate and those who rem 'in are detrrhluei' 10
make a home th, great continent. thu question ot
their future locality has Hccp one oi mucA coh'I eI'o
Whilst some have already settled IN south and E'st
by mi, committee u the pcaufU couut", OF Mdl'' II,
Jefferson Leon and Gadsdrn. majority nave dec'aSto
settle IA Middle fio"alt7 sol. nc'nS ,,r. ,,,rs
the general character OF tnc same pt'cn's l'ut''
in GO A non wish those OF their native IAN l4Hu
Florida; ana where the Inducements ol ,u,t.- in,
,rrtds are grea' 'ly enhanced by the good tiNb m
muu.cliiou existing with AL parts al the Htdtr an 'o
crops cultivated are III many respects ." ,I' ~ ,,nv
nrt,r to those Of their oNu country Ihcr' 'c MANI
other features oi an iutcreolnt KIND Whl'A nee lo
80, H. tr mere but which will aid mu'h % thc Yalue "t
tne homes which it Is tAeir Ineaton OF reaili Ia '''
~. tcc 0ilite sure that our anticipaonS would have
been more than realized, If mad been located III SUI
fr ,factuu cOuld have Dceu foLud instead oi on
tbs share of slra4ota Ray where the condition. arc
wholly unsuitcd to Le habits anG HoITS Si "'' u Wv
'0'0"' JonN BRERLroN
CECIL ". S,OIE
- D. MicDoNAiD, Sec.
New-York tribune., 1886-02-28

os nerverted this poor boy. Nor is there any
danger that boys will fail to appreciate anu
enioy the best class of fiction. They are as
canable as their seniors of comprebending the
masters. and it is an impeachment OF any
novelist to say that he is beyond the grasp ol
an intelligent boy of from twelve years up
ward
The advantage of a thorough grounding IN
frst-class fiction is great in alter lile' p"u
novels swarm and though there are eXtabG
enough good ones to sOace the leisure oI al
who know what to read, there is not much prop
ability that any one who has reached manhood
without acquiring that knowledge VIII hhu
time to learn the principles of selection suDse-
ouenty. As to the vicious reading whlch
never appears in libraries, public or private
which no decent bookseller keeps in stock, yet
which is got and grcedly devOured by boys
whose parents neglect their duty, it would not
be easy to speak too severely OF it. The DOCKS
which make immortality and crime heroic
which are intended to pander to all the OabeSC
tendencies of calOw youth, are In no lhetorlcai
or hguIatvc sense crimes against society INC
father who learned that his son was conSOrllhE
with thieves and moral leptrs would be nor
rificd and indignant yet ths III effect Is llle COM
pany TO which such infamous books introduce
bows. and the contamination resulting Is Ire
anenty as real as objective familiarity with
criminals could produce. The lesson of expert
ence, therefore, is that none but the pest hctIoh
should be put before boys, and that thry
should be encouraged TO read that ana not DC
told that they are wasting their tim" III reading
uovcls For if driven away from healthy INTEL
lecrtal 1asturage they will wander OIL into the
deserts of vicious literature, ana once there
they are Liable to a,simlate more evil IN Il
twcllcmonth than will be got rid Of IN lie
fine
New-York tribune., 1886-02-28

GLASS doors" These touching sentiments should
now be removed and pictures OF Garland,
Lamar. Pan-Electric telephone, and seVeral
packages of refused papers hung IN their
nloces. That these things are so IS not the
fault of the Republican party and the Dem
ocrats shout that the responsibility does not
rest on them either Where, then, is it to be
placed Perhaps the President can find some
nleasant answer TO this cOnundrum.
New-York tribune., 1886-02-28

ella and the characters emerge from numerous amus-
ing situations with good feeling on all sides. The musls
is light and meodous, and the chorus OF school girls
adds 10 atractiveness OF the Operetta Five hun
invited guests listened to the first rendering with
pleasure and amusement The orchestra was drected
by Louis Lichtenstein
New-York tribune., 1886-02-28

MEETING OF THE LIEDERKRAN% SUoIAi O.
The annual meeting OF the Liederhianh "a
cIety was held last evening in LiedefAr"nA "a Iva
th moved that the statutes be so amenuou of Inc
n the discretion OF the directors tho Hs anend
yearly surplus OF the bank department. meeting
Tna fo,wing were elected to NIL vacancies i,isnstnin
NJ Directors; Friedrich krutina. faui .a0a i r. Var
Carl l. Recknagel. William ~ Suis'H
ler Emde.
New-York tribune., 1886-02-28
ELRSr PRESENTATION or A AEw OPERETTA.

FIRST PRESENTATION or A NEW OPERETIA.
There was presented last evening mt Adelphi
Hail. Broadway aud FIFTY ysecoud-st. an Original oper-
eta IN one act, entitled Love at School, The hDreto
Ia by s. X Lchtensein, and the music by LOUIS Llch-
tensten both of this city and cousins Aschoo grl Is
loved at the same time by her teacher and Dy scnoo
trustee tho latter being the object OF the affections Oh
schoolmats aud cOnGant Of the first girl Inc trustee
had secured the aprOintment Of the teacher 10
his suit with the irsJ GIRL but tho teacher pays Jouh
Alden TO tho trustees Miles Stnndish Tho second gir
however consoles the trustee for the loss OK lls Prs
New-York tribune., 1886-02-28

Since The TrepiRg Post is interested IN comparisons
of feminine STYLE we venture to suggest whetherthe
old woman OF lawyer who prepared Tor II the
thrilling account of the Indiana Prayer-meetlng
scene Is nos an unconscious plagIarist mat style
Is unqucslonably Hairey Camps
one Of the Seattle Home Guard, who stood out so
CALAMITY against the mob and preserved order uhilI
the regular troops under General Gibhon arrived
was "A veteran oi Company \, I'D Regiment OI
Iiroolyn aud has written home 10 his father quite
,p:ltcd account of the affair lie says that there
were several i;rooalyn aui Ncw-lorA boys IN the
Home Guard. and ale and Columbia Colleges were
represented by youug mca who dld those In~tItd-
tluu, credit. Some Pacific Coast papers nave
blamed tine Uom" Guard for firing Gpon the mob
but it appeal, that tia, Was NOT aone hniI the
rlotcr, tried TO wrrst their rife, from the defenders
of LAW and order. and then no alternative renamed
The seattle Home Guard certainly deserve praise
from all law-abidiug citizens for thcir hrmuc-s
and tbe more 40 lna,much as there /, no reason to
suppose that they were any iondcr oil the Chinese
than thcIr uclchhors.
Well. we'll aud now rhl1dclplna special to The
Uoydr refer, to a n"V BfolGWIy muilpn1lre aS
being lu mat cIfy. Aud the new etc. Is none
other than Billy" Moouey. We h1d not the
slightest suspicion that the amount was 50 large.
Portland Oregon j, the home OF Democrat
whose heart h.r the wholesome heart ol the young
gentleman whom Clara Nclc oc were treated 80
snainr.u.,y. has been changed to -alL President
Cleveland j, responsible for this sud transformation
m one ol his Ou sou supporters Cleveland, 1S We
eaihc. lIJu q letter winch the Portland statesman
print, go ~, OI,5oHiia. has declined e. give INN
ANYTHING. Inc absence of pap from his stomach j.
responsible for thr presence oi gall n h~ heart In
IN. lcttcr IN question thr disappointed oice-se'Acr
after laying bare bis grievance conc!u.c9 with
thee decidedly threatening verses:
Turr.'.. Dc tr1uu.. 90 i.r sweet by-anl-hy,
You can SEQ tho anger f.sLius lu my eye
I'm bad our-hchr mc toot!
I've q ra,or in uy boot,
And e. use 90 go the future shall try.
I'm ,lc.lcr %, the -.,la.s,, from tnis day.
Ms ambition IL uy enemies to Lay,
I VIII meet you Ht tur polls.
And Ill iAAr yuu DER thr Goals
You Will -cr ne 600 ti." tul. trst "i ih' iray.
We gather from these lurd lines that Nr. CIeye-
lands prospect. of clpturn, the Oregon delegation
IN l~-, are not as ,ooi as thcy mi ght be.
Talking about the tirlii, ono thing Is certain
the inau who fails To fence Iu hI- own coruurid
must be- read, to take the consequences II his
ucighbor,' pigs and cows eat mp m, gram.
New-York tribune., 1886-02-28

The Assembly has taken long time about
it. but now that the members are at work they
are making satisfactory progress. hearing
was given on the liquor question last week and
the claims of the high-license people were con-
sidered. Steps were also taken toward the uni
fication of the educational system of the State,
and Speaker Hustled gave decided setback to
the lobby by announcing that hereafter he
should enforce the rules against the admission
of strangers to the floor of the Assembly. II
this kind of work is kept up until the end of the
session, the Republican party will probably
have no reason to be ashamed of the record its
representatives have made.
New-York tribune., 1886-02-28

On another page will be found some facts
and figures showing the progress OF the work
on the new aqueduct, and the probability of its
being finished at the date specified in the
contracts. The entire line is under contract
and the attack is now general at every point
Of the thirty-three and One-fifth miles of
tunnel, eight and one half miles have been
opened and the present rate of advance is one
third of mile a week. Over 4, BOO men are
at work and about $4,000 pounds of explosives
are being used every week. The figures show
probable consumption of nearly five million
pounds of explosive for the entire work of
shattering nearly fifty million cubic feet of
rock. Considering the magnitude of the work
as shown by these figures, tire cramped space
in which it is done, and the great pressure for
time, it is subject for cOngratuation that there
are not more casualties to report.
New-York tribune., 1886-02-28

A review of the Presidents first year in the
White House, which The TKIBUNE's regular
Washington correspondent furnishes this
morning, is not a record which will give much
plasure either TO Ar. Cleveland or his party.
Yet this is the fault of the facts, not of the
writer Mr. Cleveland went into Office year
ago next Thursday with several embroidered
notices hanging ON his wall like these "Pub-
JIG Office is a Public Trust" Tell the TRUTH"
*1he Government should be conducted behind
New-York tribune., 1886-02-28

The recent protests of Michael Davitt against
outrages IN Ireland are reported in full in
the English papers, with the comment that it is a
pity Mr.. Parnell did not take this same position
earlier. 1t is of course the right tone foi the
Irish leaders at this time, when they desire so
heartily to make the Nationalist cause a thing
of peaceful politics and to secure for it the
sympathy of the world. 1t is as true now as
ever it was that the worst enemies of Ireland
are those who commit crimes within her shores.
The protest of Davitt is the more significant
since it is he who has been the great OF ganizer
for Mr.. Parnell from the beginning. Now that
he has raised his voice against crime, we may
look to see a foundation of fact speedily put
under Mr.. Gladstones assertion that no Crimes
Act is necessary fOI Ireland.
New-York tribune., 1886-02-28

The gale which was considered both remark
able and severe on Friday night was even more
remarkable and more severe yesterday. 1t had
been confidently expected that the wind would
90 down on Saturday morning, but it blew
harder then than it had done during most
of Friday at one time reaching sixty
miles an hour. All day the gale kept up,
greatly to the annoyance of every one who had
to be about on land OF water. Few accidents
are reported, however, which is the more note
worthy because the Signal Service did not dis
cover this storm until it was upon us. The re-
port that two more storms are brewing one in
the West and one in the South, can hardly be
considered encouraging under the cilcum-
stances.
New-York tribune., 1886-02-28

Since The Erepipg Pos, is interested in comparisons
of feminine style venture to suggest whether the
old woman OF a lawyer who prepared for II the
thrilling account Of the Indiana Prayer-meetlng
scene Is nos an unconscious plagiarIst. That style
~ nnnunstlnnnhlY NaIreN Gamps
New-York tribune., 1886-02-28
1Uc STUDY or EcOy0WC&.

Sarasota Bay Fla, Feb. 49, ls'o'
, 1886-02-06

1t will be remembered that the last SEES
sion Of congress passed an act by the
terms of which the jurisdiction of justices
of the peace in Wyoming could be ex
tended in civil matters to all cases in
which the amount did not exceed the
sum of 5000. 1t only remained for the
Legislature of the territory to pass an act
in accordance with this Legislature on the
part of congress to have the new order of
things 90 into effect. The bill which is
nov pending in the house of representa-
tives and which was introduced by Hon.
N. j. OBrien provides for this and con-
fers jurisdiction in all civil matters upon
justices Of the peace in this territory to
the extent mentioned. 1t does not of
course GUST the district court Of jurisdic-
ton Of sums less than that, but provides
that in cases brought in that court for less
than the $500 the plaintiff cannot recover
costs The house OF representatives in
committee of the whole yesterday reported
this bill back together with a timely
amendment prepared by Col Downey
with the unanimous recommendation
that it be passed.
, 1886-02-06
CRIME RECORD.
Horrible Attempt to Destroy
Human Life.
A Murderer Drives a Clergy
man From His Cell,
And Dies Denying His Guilt to
The Last.


ST. LOUIS, Feb. IA terrible attempt
upon human life was perpetrated last
night, shortly after 10 o'clock, in a shanty
near the railroad tracks in East st. Louis.
Railroad men who happened to be out
were attracted to the shanty by the glare
of fire and heartrending screams and
cries from six men who were in the
shanty. The door was broken down and
two men rushed out enveloped in flames,
while four others were carried out and
rolled in the snow. The faces of the
victims were blackened and long strips OF
flesh peeled OF, presenting a horrible
sight. The unfortunate men were taken
TO the railway depot, and while there told
how the fire originated. They had stroll
ed into the shanty one by enc to get
warm, and were sitting around the stove
talking, when suddenly the stove burst
open and flames leaped all over the ROOM,
enveloping the men before they could
turn to the door. The fire was the result
either Of a practical joke or a deliberate
attack on their lives to settle an old grudge.
The strange manner in which the fire
started can only be accounted for on the
ground that some wretch poured oil or
powder down the chimney to the stove.
1t is said that the man who perpetrated
the deed, is known, as he had a grudge
one of the men, and declared but
recently that he would get even if it took
years to do it, Near the shanty was
an oil can. The railroad men who
ran to the rescue saw a man retreating
from the shanty. Ii the man had been
he would have been lynchcd.
The six men were all fearfully burned,
it canno be learned whether any of
them are fatally injured or not.
, 1886-02-06

NEW York, Feb. IA Tombstone,
Arizona, special to the Post says; The
reported causes leading to the shooting of
Captain Crawford are confirmed by the
arrival here to-day from Sonora of A. j.
Hunckc, a citizen of undoubted crcdi-
bility. He reports that last month four
teen of Crawiord's scouts, while intoxi-
Gated, attacked Mexican citizens living
near Fronteras. They subsequently rode
into Frontcras, firing up and down the
streets, driving the torrorized citizens into
their houses, which they barred, prcpar-
ing to defend themselves. The drunken
scouts had the town to themselves for
a time. The Mexicans banded and were
ready to attack the men, when Crawford
rode into town and by his presence sue
eceded in drawing of the scouts.
, 1886-02-06

DENVER, Feb. 5.-Si Minich, one of
three men who murdered Samuel Bald
win, near Leadyillc, in October, 1884, for
81, 700, was hung at Leadyille this after
noon. Up to yesterday evening Minich
expected Governor Eaton to commute his
sentence TO life Imprisonment, and was
very Indifferent, driving the clergyman
out of the cell with violent blasphemy.
This morning, when he discovered he
must hang, he called loudly for a preacher
and earnestly prayed the Almighty for
forgiveness. He assembled the scaffold at
$50, a cigar in his mouth and a smile on
his face, and was launched into eternity,
denying his guilt to the last minute.
, 1886-02-06

Here in Cheyenne we are still having an
Indian summer. In fact, the extraor-
dinarily fine weather we are having is phe-
nOmenal. From all parts of the country
the news comes to us of storms and biz
yards, but here in Wyoming we know
nothing of them. The thermometer al
most daily goes up to 50' and CO. above
zero; the air, as a general thing, is soft
and balmy, and at times the sun pours
down with an almost midsummer heat.
Such was the ease for a portion of the
time yesterday, and il the weather con
tinues the same to-day the street sprink-
Ter, which has been called into requisition
many times this winter, will need TO be
run out again and set to work.
, 1886-02-06
GENERAL MATTERS.
The Dakota Bill Passes the
Senate.
Rock Island and st. Paul Roads
Cutting Rates.
Interesting Dispatches From
all Parts.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The debate on
the Dakota bill closed at > p. m.. and
after the rejection of Buffers substitute,
it passed by the following vote-yeas 80,
nays %. The only Democrat voting in
the affirmative was Mr.. Voorhees,. The
negative votes were all Democratic. The
bill divides the territory of Dakota on the
line of the 10th parallel of latitude: pro-
vides for the admission of the southern
portion as a state under the title of Da-
kota, and the organization of the northern
portion into u separate territory under the
name Of Lincoln
This morning was the coolest of the
season. The thermometer at the signal
office registered % below zero at 7 o'clock,