New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-30
NOT WIGGINSs BIG SHOCK.
BUT A LITTLE ONE IN THE CARLTON CLuA
A LIVELY SCENE AT AN EARLY HouR-ruR CLUES
LAST DAYS.

LAST DAYS.
| All was peace and quiet at the Garlic.
CLUB at half past / O'Clock yesterday morr,., r.
Carlton, all New York club know oceup,s. ~.
bro wnstone house. No. Is West Twenty nfth-st Itm
proprietary club with John T. Chambsrn ~ propras-
tor. and the top floor is the NswYork wste
Club. Mr. Chamberlin had been entertaining ssv
friends but loft the ct o'clock Tho membseu
Of the Whist Club had finished for tho night their pr,-
found studies OF the echo In rumps the "pss
ultimate play, and md gone homo 10 dream OF hsnds
containing trumps and all the Colonel Thomas
r. Ochiltree the most active and ndefatgabs of TIE
early morning conversationssts OF the Carlton haA
sought his couch In ono Of tho upper The
OF the chips 10 Hunoon's poker palace next door alone
disturbed the solemn silence OF the hour.
Suddenly thsrs was o booming sound followed bys
crash 10 the cellar OF the Carlton aud clouds OF snns
smoke poured into the billiard In the basement
while the air filed with the suffocating fumes a
ammonia The building trembled II shaken BY a
earthquake. Democratic politicians who were dis
cussinx In the Hoffman House tho approach
ing meeting OF their state COMMITTEES
| thought that the Virgins upbcaval hal
arrived on time. and their faces grew pale - the
regular party inspiration shaken from the glasses
even which the way to their yearning Ipa
Henry f. Dizzy tho comedian and Edward + Rice. his
manager wore busy in imparting political wisdom 10
tho Democratic ssges ct tho time BY unanimous In
pulse politicians, comedian and manager adjourned
their conference the street. nre alarm was quickly
given and the nremen were on hand In few seconda
They escaped disastrous error IS to the iocs
ton Of the e whom they arrived In front Of the club
house ATTAINING head was thrust from upper window.
and in the uncertain light tho confagraon seemed con-
osntrated at that spot But was only the nery poll OF
Colonel Ochiltres who was looking out Tor Wigginss
general smash up. In . short time he grssped the SIT
uation firmly. and with the invnoibe intrepIdy which
has mark.d conduct many critical occasions he
ala In han aDdf
scendsd tho stairs Whom he was safely outside the
assumed command OF tho attacking party, and
directed the operations of the dremen with sUatsgis
| skill that Napoleon's most brilliant campaign
may have equalled but could not surpasA Busy
as he was, he found time to reassure tho trsm-
bling Rice and the horror-strcksn Dixey and
| to convince them that he had made arrange
ments to have the end Of the world delayed for the
present.
The fremen under Colonel Ochntree's direction made
short work Of flames It found that ne in the
engine which part Of refrigerating apparatus 10
the had burst and the fire was started from gas
Jet hand The club used both gas and electricity
BENJAMIN Harmed who had charge OF the lights, was
burned head and and was taken to the Now
York Hospital but Will be out In day or two. The
building aud furniture damaged to the extent OF
| 81, 900; insured.
| THE CLUB ABOUT TO PASS AWAY
Tho Carlton Club is drawing Its last breath John r.
| Chamberlln was q rich man a dozen years ago. He
owned much valuable property at Long Branch, incud
ing the Monmouth Park race.course sud clubhouse
| where faro, roulette and other games OF chance
| were played. He also had q big gambling house In
Twentyhfth-st In this city His horses were running
at all the great tracks and altogether ne seemed
highly PROSPEROUS But he lost large sums In Wall
Street and on the turf and was forced TO part with al
his property Then he went 10 Washington and opensd
there restaurant and cafe, wnieh soon gained repn
,aton The cooks negroes, the best experts that
mir md
oysters were especially delicious The Washington res
taurant has been highly profitable It was started In
The mansion once owned by Fernondo Wood, ana Two
adNn"s ssssS' eSSo Mr.
to start the Carlton Clcb here, IL soon naa !, :
was with full board OF officers all the due:
and Initiation fees went TO Mr. Chsnoerlln who paid
i. tho system Of the London proprietary clubs Ba.
there never were any prohts Though the Etcnsn ana
ceent the house was rarely full Nearly all the mem,
to spend their evenings those other CLUB. AMID inc
stir and hustle OF Demoncos cafe. there was no
public public playing Of cards, though poker In ~:
| private rooms was not unknown aud the stakes were
S ss wa. p n. a. /" The cid Turf CUB "a Mad
sOn square now detuuet weeh WAS, was Tor Time
Cban<berlns expensss we're heavy aud his recer,s
sn sS%e 81 the TsoaSs the 90 house
Kept up In liberal stve Il did not draw. and mort
and the Carton Club must go out OCTOBER Chan;
berlin will 90 to Washington. while the carlton VII
! ! 20 into the limbo OF "old. unhappy, faroa
, Things" as Words worth puts IT, fhe New
YORK whist Clue. which was organized last
winter aud which rented the top floor from Mr. Cham.
berlin mast quarters But Il needs no eptaph
Carlton does II is fresh and younS aud vigorous
| and will flourish elsewhere.
| The clubhouse will pass into the hands of f.
Huntoon who carries on what he calls the Hoi'n.u
Club at No 10. next door. This 10 generally reported
be a poker club pure and simple Proprietary poksf
clubs must be opulent affairs for No. 10 s ars. aud
house. and No Is Ia 30 be added 10 a. Al
annex tho Hoffman Club s certainly In oondiuor
/ | OF great prosperity.