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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-20
ON AND OFF THE STAGE.

Mr. Sothern's contemplated spring at the Lyceu
Theatre has been postponed by Manager Frohan OIL ~
count Of the remarkable success OF The WIFE, MI
Sothern and his company will be transferred 70 the Ho
Street Theatre Boston. fol the May This VIII
permit The Wife" TO continue its prosperous career
goes TO San Francisco. One plays are 70 20
presented aurihg The season at special matinees
Phylns Deane.' the play announced " be the heA'
In the Authors Matinee Series Madison SQUARE
Theatre has been withdrawn least for a time. and
WomaTs DUEL by Joseph Clark will be given In i''
stead In this play Mary Griswoid who will be re.
membered as having acted years ago the Wicked
World ut the Union Square Theatre and has long been
absent from the stage will make her rcappesranee.
Tomorrow night the 15oth performance OF The Cor
sair" Will De celebrated al the Biiou Opera House.
Seats for tho oponng night OF the New broadway
Theatre. which Is positively fixed Saturday March g.
Will Us sold At auction Monday Afternoon. February
81. at the Madison Square Theatre.
An inquiDg atsche Of the Union Square Theatre has
been much Impressed by the frequent articles In news
papers and magazines relative the books that have
helped great lie has managed diveis times 10
different members OF The Henrietta com
psny upon this score, with the following result Stuart
RobsonThe Psalms Of David. Pilgrims Progress ana
Thomas Kemp!s. W. III. Crane" Robinson Crusoe.'
a Arabian Nights" and Snoietts novels; g. II Kent
NltOns PARADISE Lost" and Regsine1." and SHAKE
Speare's plays; J. N. Hll-plutAIch Lives Dsles .
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oxford, n. j., Feb. Is, 1888.
THEY WILL NOT GIVE BLAINE UP.


TO the Editor Of The TrIb"hc.
Sir Permit me. a Republican whss first Presi-
Dental vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln and who
has voted that ticket steadily since, TO say that
l indorse every word Of the communication Of j. a 81
Of BrooAlyn Hei ghts In The TRIBUNE of February IS
For the sake Of cleaIness let repeat his language
for also belong 10 that large and growing number
who in a temper over this matter, and we wish
distinctly say that choice over every other
living man was traducod and slaughtered in the
house Of hts friends and only a fear OF these
traitors, the border where they be-
long, prevent his nomination by reclamation,
make the Issue For next President. James O.
Baine-Or a Democrat"
The case could not be accurately stated. 1t
represents the feeling and fixed purpose Of many
thousands VIII the gentlemen whose calling IL IS
to make states" and control delegations give the
fact lodging In their minds II may tres
pass a longer, lot add that the solemn
twadde In The Sum and some other papers TO the
effect that man who has declared himself not
candidate for nomination has therefore debafred
himself from accepting the nomination under any
.rCuHst ances that may Is as futile as II is
wish that the fictitious obligation they describe had
q real existence, but they know better There are
thousand prcccdents for such an acceptance and no
hint Of dishOnOrsbe conduct therein was ever before
made. | have doubt whatever Of Mr.. Blaine's
sincerity. | do not think he wants the nominate n
and we are bound to have him. Give US BLAINE
with anybody you please for sec nd place:
A REPU BIICAN SINCE 80.
Jersey City Heights, Feb l6 1858.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-20
HOW WOULD HARRISON Dol

To the EdifOr Of The Tribune.
Sir: The declination Of the Hon James G. Blaine
probably means wha, IL says. He Is neither double
minded unstable. This then settles the question
50 far rs to Nr. Blaine's nomination. The time
for holding the National Convention is fast ap-
pfOachrg Only Of the many hundreds
OF men in the great Republican party who would be
a strong standard bearer can be nominated. Many
men well many States have their favorites
This will be ! have with charity FOR ALL
Tor time past been lOohrg over the field
There Is just man l can mention, who would
carry Indiana, New-JeIsey, and Virginia: Benjamin
Harrison, tho grandson OF President WIN. Henry
Harrison and great grandson of Governor Benja min
Harrison of Virginia, signcr OF The Declaration OF
independence In all the generations from the very
first settlement Of America, man has had cleaner
record, politically, Otherwise than thai OF Idff-
son Indiana would stand by her son virginia
never yet went back any son OF her first settlers
She would not now New-Jersey would iall into
line with good majority. and what more IS neededf
Let the Convention then give us General Benjamin
Harrison OF Iud for President, and either VIII
lem Walter Phelps. of New-JeIsey, or General Joe
Hawey OF Connecticut. for Vice Pres dent, against
whose political records word damaging can truth
fully be spoken Victory and resumption OF good
government would be assured from tho very start
CHARLES SWANTON.
Oxford n. j., Feb. Is, 1885,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-20
COLLEGE STUDENTS AS "SUPERS."
nom The Tndtaudpo1r Journal

During a recent engagement Of Booth and Barrett
at Baltimore theatre their company was reinforced
by remarkably Intelligent set Of supcrs. Inquiry
elected tho fact that majority Of the fneiOohing
young appearing warriors court attendants,
etc. students OF the Johns Hopkins Uni
verslty. Instead Of each paying a dollar or two
night 10 see the play hey were paid dollar each ior
PARTED pating I'm Il. THIS must have been great
relief 10 tho audiences AS general rule the supers
who assume the parts Of noble Romans soldiers and
ctizens, look II they rad been captured In some
coal-bn. and dragged TO the stage without any OPP
portunty to wash their faces. They are invariably
pigo0n-toed and the puny proportions OF their lower
limbs botoken hard fare and little of IT, Their hands
seem to 10 In the way and their feet great incurn
rance to locomotion. Their helmets arc generally
awry, and they do not wear their clothes with classic
gracc. IL they carry spear they carry u nke
pitchforb, and II they bear lighted torch connagra
top Is always imntcnt. They move when they should
stand stu, turn 10 the right when they should go TO
tho left, and HImb ysters when they ought TO
shout Long 1--we the RepobIc.' Down with Tyrants."
and things Of that kind. These the cha racicr-
.sfcs OF the ordinary super. and II must have been
gfcat relief their places fled as was done IN
GaltInOre by yonpg fresh from the halls OF learn
ing II gfuat trxgedIans cOnld always draw the
Colleges for their supers the work OF elevsiing the
drama would 10 comparatively easy. Tbs super Is
tho key 20 the situation
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SEVEN DAYS WITHOUT W1TER.
sUrFERIYGs OF A sHIPwsECKrD CREW IN THE
SOUTH SEA.


SOUTH SEA.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 10 tSpeciaD-By the Australian
steamer which I'm day arrived Captain Watts and
thirteen OF OF the ship John T. Berry. which
burned at January on the Australian coast
The ship was loaded with paraflue and when the fire
broke out at 10 D. Captain Watts ordered oil hands TO
the boats The captain, first officer eleven OF the crew
and one passenger left the ship In boat while IN the
other boat were the second mate and nine seamen The
latter heard and IT is feared that she
is lost The following the chief features OF the Cap
ans story He said that twenty minutes after the fire
broke ont explosion was heard forward and the
flames shot up into the fore rigging The vessel soon
burned to the waters and boats left 800
miles the nearest land SO haty had been the de-
parture burning ship that nothing was secured
Fortunately a supply o. timed meats and biscuits was
found 10 the boat, but water In the morning notl-
ing was seen the other boat and the captain set sail
for the land. The suffered from thirst ana
the heavy that swept the boat drenched them
skin IL only by constant care that the beat
kept from swampDg. Ate seven DAYS OF intense
ing made at Nambrucca River Captain Watts !:
only twenty old but be had sailed as boy ana
for eight THIS tina third vessel that watts
a Co. OF ThOmastOn. Maine, have lost In two months
She was bound from Philadep nia to Hoga, Japan.
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LUDICR0US POINTS or REVENUE REFORM
SPEECH OF +. A. HARIsHoRN At THE COMMERCIAL


CLUB BANQUET IN PROVIDENCE
PROVIDENCE. Feb. 19-At the Commercial CUB pan
Gue last night f. A. HarshOrn of Troy, representing
the American Protective Tariff League said:
wellcqnipped American industrial establishment
running fun time IS an excellent revenue refollnef
The country needs of this kind and less OF the
revenue refOrmcrs who champion tho European manu-
factory The domestic workshop IS both revenue re-
dncer and a producer. The only possible I'M
prOvement upGG the American factory as revenue
refOrncr American factories instead OF one ny
the abolition of the internal revenue taxes the citizens
Of tho United States would DO tho freest traders on
earth, but the revenue refOrmes refuse to reform the
revenue I'm this pect They trying to stop tho
surplus revenue from tho tariff. when as matter OF
reform as this. II Is mO"kery and delusion There
has been sufficient revenue from tariff taxes In
the last twenty five years to pay the current expenses
Of the Government economically administered
Now H. for the sake of argument, we admit what IS
true the tariff adds 40 per cent TO the cost oil
these articles. must still decline to purchase abroad
II we would buy cheap. The real cost OF home
made article IS the value OF the crude or ought
raw material before labor has been expended on II,
pete the natural wealth Of tho United States to build
a $4,000 locomotive Not 800 Or Harris C0rliss
SO. $50 enginel Only about Sl3. Or 1928 harvest,
Ing machine Only 81 25 Or 81 pumpl About =
cents. Now. If manufacture at home, we keep our
money at homo and epiete the natural resources OF
the country little indeed only for the raw material
Bot II purchase abroad even at 40 per cent less
are largely depeed paving for foreign M chases
Whore. them does the robbery come In and who is the
robert The revenue refOrmer and not the manu-
facturer IS tho real robber
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DIED

Elm. EsS.G9, T. a. h; i'
Ss'SH s ON sa a
BIRKRACK-On Friday Februarv IL at his late residence
NO. l55 wot s,hs, John Bi'sbeek IN tho ol't year OF
Relatives and friend, are requested to attend hi. funeral
from At Ann Church on the Heights Brooklyn. on
Tuesday February q. at2p. m.
BLISs-In Yonksrs NJ " sunday February TO- 1888. Mrs.
Funeral Ia Rochester V. r. Tusslay.
Youngest son Of PSiip H. AID Mary D. brown IN hi, sSi
Relatives nd friends r,,pscay invet attend tho
pm ''''''' N'''' ''''
CAss IDY-on Saturday evening sh.r late residences 7o3
Nostrano ave- BROOKLYN. Jane II. Farnam wife of James
Cassidy, IN her 6lth yer a.. oo..,. 1870.
Interment private
Gnu RcHILt-In thi, city. February II. william Elliott
Funeral his late residence No. ia East 23is
IntsrInsnt . Merldsn. Conn. at2l5n pm.
COXAt Elizabeth. " J.. February H. 1888 Alvord NJ Cox
Family service at the 1890 ocosk public
At the James Methodist Episcopal Church at ''co's
Intermeni at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Newark. Nj.
rSSrgIFy Is E Hata " daughter
Funeral services at her cte resiiens South orange ~
rin n sav sssST 10 TO- 1918 o'clock
Intermsn at RYE y y. wednesday, upon arrival OF noon
M sa1. February 10 Charles
Notice of funeral hereafter
HEARsEY-In BROOKLYN, on Friday February i. James
H. Hearsev formerly OF Waeryte NY, agei 6S years.
Funeral will be held tho residence Of his sonp
law. Robert B. WOODWARD, 24t HenrysI Brooklyn, on
Monday, 20th INST, at 2:3Op. IA.
Please omit flowers
HOFFMA N-On SATURDAY February IS. at her late resi-
dence, 42i 23i-st., Gorvna r. Hoffman. widow OF
Samuel Verpanck Hoffman. IN this SOth year 81 her age
vice in Trinity Chapel. 26th-.t, near Broadway on
Wsdasstay. February 22. at ~ m.
owEN-On SATURDAY. February ls Mary A. owen. widow
OF Myron T. owen.
Relatives and frisns invited to attend the funeral
vices her late residence. Ne 100 East s2d's, on
ROBINSON-At the residence OF her son. Row Charles f.
Mrs Elizabeth PAYNE Robinson. widow OF Peter
Reblnso formerly of Waterloo, n. Y.
UNDERHILL-In Minneapolis Augusta H.. wife OF d. H.
Undsrhill
Funeral services ct Christ Church. Manhasse IA L. FADru
20. at O'Clock,
weldon SUNDAY Fsbraary H. Bertha T.. youngest
| daughter OF William and the late AaDs J. Weed
Relatives and friends respectfully invsel 70 attend me
funeral her late redsnce No. 23S East l2sth
| ST., Tuesday evsaIug. February 2l, at cclsek.
wHIrNEY-Entered into rest William Henry whitney.
| Sunday corning. February ~. 1883 aged 81 years
Funeral services his late residence 245 East oithst
EewYork CITY. wednesday afternoon. February -, 1885,
Int.rrnent AT Portland Me-
Portland and Boston please copy
WHITING-Departed in full hops Of blesssd immortality.
in FRIDAY, February IL 1888. Margaret, widow
OF Robert Morris Whiting. 10 her seth year.
Funeral services at l0o Cumberland st. Brooklyn Monday.
February 20. at $50 p m.
Intsrment At Sound Beach Conn.,, 2lsttnse
Train IL .27a IN. from Granl Contra Depot.
wOOD-At Poughkecpse February 49, 1888. Mrs. Mar.
8 widow David Wood, and daughter OF the
late Robert Boyd OF Albany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-20
ELKS oELEBRA EANANNIVERSARY

The New York Lodge Of the b. p o. Elks gave a
pleasant and largely attended entertainment at the
Fourteenth Street Theatre last night In celebration
of the twentieth anniversary Of the foundation Of the
order The orchestras Of Tony Pastors DoclOstaders
tho London AMI Fourteenth See Theatres played tho
overture to "Pque Dame" under tho baton Of Mr..
Lloyd Bowron In addition to this there were twenty
instrumental and vocal numbers the programme.
Among the performers Blamphn, the harpist :;
Lew Doc ks ader, william Frman Frank David, A.
d. Saxon, Archie Cowper Tony Pastor, Emma arson,
Mary WOolcot and Far mic Beane. The audience
was largely composed Of professional people. Man
ager Rosenquests gift OF the use OF tho theatre was
acknowledged on the programme
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-20
Az ALIBI FOR WILLIAM TASCOTT.

AT HIS BROTHERS HOUSE on THE NIGHT OF THE
MURpER-LooKING FOR THE YOUNG MANS &C
CoMPLICE.
CHICAGO Feb 19-F. B. Tascott. brother o tho
suspected murder cr claims that he can prove An abb
for the young He says
"On Wednesday, February g, my brother, W. B.
Tascott, who was stopping at my house, went with me
TO Chicago one Of the morning trains We returned
to Rideeland on one Of the afternoon trains My
brother was with during the afternoon, at supper
with and slept In my house that night. After
supper he went for few hours, but returned
home and IN bed before hafpast IL. There are
a dozen persons In this town who him during the
evening and Can testify the fact He went to town
day Or two after Mr. Smells murder and we have
not him since.n
"why do you not advertise and bring your brother
back at once 2"
"Mr Smell was a very rich His heirs want
some one 10 be punished for his death, and think
We had better wait a little before producing him.
/ DO not say that can produce him. but II we could
No would not do SO at once
Colonel Tascott has explicitly denied that the sup
posed murderer Is his He adopted by Mr..
Tascott, 1t is said, when be was about three months
old, and IS SAID to come of most respectable family
In Kentucky.
While the police rctlcent. II is believed that
the accom- pIce Of Tascott Fred" Bondy, who was
oloI aior at the Palmer House and disappeared
on February 10, leaving behind him his wardrobe and
Twelve days pay. BOndy Is twenty nine years OF
age about tive feet nine inches In height, rather stout
ly built, dark brown hair, lighter mustache. 1t IS
somewhat singular that rascott and Bondy entered
the employ of the Palmer House on the same day,
secured the kind Of work, running elevators.
slept not only In the room but In the bed,
and disappeared from their usual hsunts within two
DAYS vi each other. BoDdy was al work on wednes-
day, February 9, The DAY when the murder was dis
covered. He worked the next day, drew his pay on
February TO- worked that nght ana mas not been
seen since. Ten DAYS wages are ays Withheld
from the employees Of tho Palmer House, and Il is
In add;1au 10 this he leaves behind him what effects
he had Among thes, a dirty handkerchief deep
u s,ained with heavy clots OF blood
TIA, HEY attached little importance to the disappear
ance Of Bondy They also densed that the companion
on T,Sco,t IN the night VI the murder had been ar.
rested but lie belief became general that the dena
Wa moi strictly true, and that BoHdy was inc man
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Post Omce Notice.

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MR. CORCORAN SERIOUSLY ILL
MS RELATIVES TrLEGRAPHFD FOR sLEEP1N
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MS RELATIVES TrLEGRAPHFD FOR - sLEEPiNd
HEAVILY AND ALMOST Co>sTANTLY.
WASHINGTON Feb 1o.-w. W. Corcoran. the aged
millionaire OF this city, is again seriously III ana MS
relatives have becn tclegraphed Tor. Ills p'c'cn'
Illness is not connected with the stroke OF paralysis
which he suffered July last but fs the result OF
a bronchial attack which has confined him TO MS
bed for the last five weeks aud has refused to yoid
to treatment.
Mr. Corcoran's physician states that during the
past three days his condition has assumed much
graver aspect and that he thinks there IS goou go"u
for serious appreheu,) IN on tho part OF his frehds
and relatives Mr. Corcoran's niece Miss Eusts, says
that he sleeps heavily and almost constantly ana
that he seldom rouses sufficiently to recognize those
around him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-20
TIE LETTER TO MIR. JONES NO BARRIER.

TIE LETTER TO MR.. JONES NO BARRl En-
TO me Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Will you please inform me II Mr. James c.
Blaine has written a lettor declining TO be candi-
date for President this year? have Of course read
his letter to Mr. Jones' stating that his name VIII
not be presented to the National Convention and
In which he also says:
One thing only is necessary to assure success
complete harmony and cordial cooperation on the
part Of all Republicans-on the part both Of those
who aspire TO lead and # those who are eager to
follow. The duty Is not merely OF honorable dc
votion the party VIII Sc record and whose aims are
alike great but IL Is one demanded by the instinct OF
selfnteiest and by the SIN higher promptings OF
patriotism.
In speaking Of " those who are eager to follow"
no sane man win accuse Mr.. Blaine Of referring TO
the Mugwumps. The letter seems perfectly pirn.
Mr. Blaine says what he means and means Just what
he says nothing less and nothing more. lie does
1T want the nomination and will not stand in tho
way of others who -Four mcnthS VIII be ample
time to develop tho strength or demonstrate the
honor But II, when the Convention meets, Mr.
Blaine is still found 10 be the strongest man we
have IN the party, Is there any good reason why he
sh Md not be nominated lcpeu II his name shall not
have been presented TO the Converts N" and Is
tefe any reason, moral or political, cont tnc1 Ia
ul.S jcitcr I" MI tones why the higher pIomp'lnes
of patti tisr" should not compel him to accept
still hope and believe that he VIII be nominated, and
that he Will accept the nomination, and am con
fdeat that he VIII be triumphantly elected by the
sheer force of his aggressive Americanism. j. e. W.
Brooklyn, Feb &c. 1888.