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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02
CHARGED WITH RoBB1yG HOTEL GUESTS.

For a considerable time guests at the st. James
Hotel have been much troubled by the mysterious dis
appearance from their of various articles of
underwear and small SUMS Of money. no cle~ was
obtained to the thief until Saturday night at O'Clock,
when William c. Lyon, a Chicago merchant, missed
the sum Of $50. a twenty-dollar bill with a small
hole in it formed part Of the money. and the hotel
detective, Conway, who was promptly Informed of the
loss, able after brief Investigation TO fix the
guilt Of the theft upon James Kelly, hall boy. When
Kelly was searched Mr.. Lyons twenty dollar bill
was found on him, he not having been able to leave
the hotel and change it, Unlike most other novces
in theft, Kelly was Of provident disposition, for,
when his room, at No. 377 Fourh-ave.. was visited
there were found various articles belonging Fritz
Emmet, Morgan J. O'Brien, Walter Gregg, Captain
Conner and Others while GIG was taken from his
pockets. Kelly was taken before Justice Hogan at
the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday, and on
the complaint Of Mr.. Lyon was held for trial in ball
of 800.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02
CHASING IN AGILE LUNALIC.
ESCAPING TWICE ON SUCCESSIVE DAYS.
FROM THE ELIZABETH HOSPITAL.
ADMITTED on SATURDAY SUFFERING FROM

ADMITTED on SATURDAY SUFFERING FROM
sELFINFII CTED STAB WOUNDS.
The authorities of the Elizabeth Hospital had
lively chase yesterday after a lunatic who man
aged TO escape from the institution. The paueho
was Albert Zimmerman, the young musician WIN
on Friday tried to kill himself by stabplns
himself in the chest with knife and also severins
the arteries of his wrists He was taken 10 the
hospital, and on Saturday afternoon. while the
orderly was absent from the ward in which Zlnl-
norman was confined, the latter sprang from ms
bed jumped through the window, and scaeu
the hospital fence. He was captured
in the street. and brought back to the waru'
where he became so violent that he had TO DC
strapped 10 the bed. -, lie
Yesterday he seized opportunity when his
keep was out of the room, and burst the sudps
which fastened him to his berth. lie darted 0uU
of the door, and, barefOoted and clad only IN Ms
nightshirt raced through Jacques-st TO EhzapetH-
ave down which he ran two blocks 10 h's
brothers. house in Iligh-sL, where he astonisheu
and alarmed the family by his sudden appearance
He declared that he was being pursued by pallu
of murderers who wanted to kill him. lie was
pacfed and detained until the hospital authorl
Ties reached the scene. when he was again secured
and taken back to the hospital. Last night he
was violent, and again had to be strapped 10 the
bed His recovery is not looked for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02
ooxTEsTIyG A SEAT IN THE IOWA HOUSE.

Gamer, Iowa. Dec (speciaD.-Papers will be
prepared tomorrow for a contest over the election
Of John Law as representative of the LXXXVth Dis
trict The State Democratic Central Committee
has engaged the services of A. b. Cummins. OF DeS
MolneS, who is now Investigating the matter. Tho
case will excite great interest throughout the State
as In case Of Laws defeat the Democrats will have a
majority OF one in the Lower House and can elect
speaker a. c. Ripley, Democrat, who was tho can
anate against Law. thinks that he can fully ostab
sh the fact that Law j. not citizen OF The United
S1ales, ana Is In consequence not eligible 10 office
Inc records Of Oneida County. ". Y. show thai, I'm
TOO naturalization papers taken out by Thomas
law. In COLUMBIA County, Wis, where the Laws
formerly lived, the records show that Thomas Law
presumably John Laws father, took out his first
papers Representative elect Law served one year in
the iatc war In Company /, I'd Iowa Cavalry. He
held The office OF County Recorder OF Winnebago
Lom,y, IOWA. ior iour years and always supposed
that hc was citizen on the gfound OF holding dis
charge papers from the United States Army. Law is
I 9I the opinion tha he can es abltsh his citizenship
by virtue OF his fathers becoming a citizen while he
was yet minor. Law was born in England.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02
WRECKED ON THE JAPANESE COAST
STORY OF THE SURVIVORS FROM AN AMERICAN
BARK LOST WHEN HOMEWARD BOUND.


san Francisco, Dec speclaD.-Thc steamer Gaelic
which arrived to-day from Yokohama, brings the
first details of the wreck Of the American bark Chese
borough on sthe japanese coast in which only four
were saved out of a crew Of twenythrec Inc
survivors are Henri WILSON, American; William Regal'
Englishman and Moses Peepsa Finn, all sailors
and Victor Boeck an American Lad of eighteen, VINO
Joined the vessel for his health. His father was
formerly professor I'm the University of Virginia anu
aferwaId at the Philadelphia Polytechnic Institute.
He is well educated, and gives a graphic story Oi
the wreck, which one of the worst In the ahhaiS
of the stormy Japanese coast.
The Cheseborough sailed from Philadelphia last
April for Kobe, with kerosene. She passed through
a tvphoon, but reached port safely, and then went
to Uakadate where she loaded with sulphur for New
York She sailed on October -, and two days la'er
a Gale came on. which drove her on shore
She went broadSlde on, and the waves swept
across her decks Captain Erickson ordered out tho
Ioncboat bit the seas were 50 heavy that it could
not be launched. The only safety was t. climb into
the rigging In the starboard rigging were sathelG1
The otiIces and most Of the crow. The COOK an OH
man named Fee, of Providence, II l., who leaves
a large family there, was too weak 70 cnmp inlo @ uo
rig.rInC and was drowned in Lis bunk. Then tho
masts went by the board, carrying the wretched
man bcruImbed with cold into the sea- In which
The strongest swimmers went down. The captain.
mate and several expert swimmers were drowned
only those who grasned bits Of wreckase were cGfei
10 the shore Boeck sunk several times and had
almost given up when he touched bottom and was
able to Seize rope which japanese fishermen cast 70
found three comrades The Japane scared for them
kindly and took them 10 Hakadate, Ontca eIa.es
Consul General Greathouse thth gave tnch ttdispO p
cans lost were the first mate, j. Is; bailey Ot Bah,
Me-; second Mate Powers, OF New-nSrA' %9O leaVeS
Philadelphia, who leaves wife and child, and Will
lam willard, olso Of Philadelphia, where he had a
Japan with Commodore Perry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02
IN FAVOR OF MORE SUBSIDY AND LESS TARIFF.

." a "" VI MOhh ~ bSlD1 AND LESS TAhItF.
Chieago, Dec. / (SpeciaD.-"I am in favor OF sub
shes To steamship lines to carry our mails" said
Senator Washbum, of Minnesota, to-day. "There is
certainly strong growing sentiment In favor OF
taking this means TO extend our trade The foreign
trade which England and France have secured they
have had to pay for Why should We expect to scuro
foreign trade without paying the price 1t is evidenc
from the Postmaster Generals report that he VIII
make strong effort to accomplish something III the
way of postal telegraph. have been stu1ylhs tnls
matter considerably OF late. paid psrucusf Tse Ss1n
ton TO II while In Europe this summer t caysrn arv,
nearly all the telegraph Is operated by the ,n
ment The business Is most sarsfactofy donei onSs o
have yet 10 deiinite dects,on nut A !. pos
office Department TO operate the telegraph 10 'aii an
country The matter which Is imporsnt ~ sp'0 The %
duties on many things must be cut down. Inc SUI
plus must bo geduced.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02
DEATH OF A o1EBGyu,v FROM INJURIES,

Ohahoersburg. Penn, Dec. l (SpeclaD-The rev.
Dr. 'ohn jay Pomery, pas ,r of the Central Prcsby-
terlan Church. died here thI morning from eryspelaS
due TO injuries received three weeks ago from a
Idi' JIG was oorn In Roxbury, Penn. and was MY
h'e years oh lie was graduated at Lafayette Col
lege and at Princeton Theological Seminary. He was
chaplain Of the ID Regiment PENNSYLVANIA Reserves
from October, le62, 10 june 1868 and Of the 10oth
Regiment, PENNSYLVANIA Volunteers from september
1854 10 June, loo1' lie was the first chaplain OF the
" Military Order OF the Loyal Legion of the United
states having Deen elected In Philadelphia In leoo,
College and Of Wilson College, Chambersburg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02
1854 CITED BY d GANG OF RUFFIANS
A CITIZEN STRUCK DOWN WITHOUT PRoVocA-

CITIZEN STRUCK DOWN WITHOUT PRoVooA
TIoN IN HARLEM STREET.
gang OF downtown rffians visited Harlem yes
teriay and raised disturbances all along EghthaVe-
They visited Thomass drug store, at one-hlndred
and forty -second-st and Eighthave, and assaulted
him. Thomas called for help, and the follows ran
away They lad hardly got block away when they
insuIted John ]. Devne, of Onehundret and forty
second st. and Buddhurstave. He demonstrated win
them when one Of the gang, Peter Worth, bar
tender. raised heavy hor-handled cane and Drought
II down with crushing force Devine's skull Tho
injured man sank 10 the ground The gang ran away
but Worth was afterward captured and locked up.
Mr. Devine was removed TO his home. His scalp
was badly torn, and his skull may be fractured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02
POISONING HERSELF WITH PARIS GREEN,

Bridgeton n. j.. Dec. 1 (speclab.-The wife OF
superintendent r. Melvin TOwlc of the West Jersey
Packing Co., died early this forenoon from doso
Of Paris green, which she told her husband she had
taken. She was one of the most benevolent women of
the city, prominently connected with church work and
charities, and highly esteemed. she was about
fifty years old. and for the last few months was not
In her right mind, owing 10 complication Of diseases
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02
COLLISIONS IN THE NFRsry

Liverpool, Dec. 1.-The British steamer Iowa
Captain owens, bound hence for Boston, with freight
and passengers. came into collision in the Melseg
last evening with the cOOnladden STEAMER Ligurlan,
from Alexandria, and also with the spanish steamer
Munin. The Ijguran was abandoned. but her cargo
of cotton kept her aiOa and she subsequently
beached. The Iowa and the Munin were dOcked.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02
DRIVING OYSTER DREDcERs FROM Hoc Island.

DRIVING OYSTER DREDGERS FROM HOG ISLAND.
Baltimore. Dec / spcciaD.-Whlle tho Governors
and law officers Of Maryland and Virginia are dlscnss-
Ing the legal phases Of the Potomac River boundary
dispute, the Maryland Oysermen continue trouble
some. Two of the state police boGs and one of the
Virginia oyster steamers cruising near Hog Island
protecting the oysterbeds and buildings belonging 10
Mr. Lewis, against whom tho dredgers have threatened
vengeance for causing the sinking of the MARYLAND
schooner Lawson several dredging boats were driven
of the flats yesterday and today by the police boats
aud as they sailed away, those on board fired their
rifles In the air Governor Jackson has referred COX
ernOr Lees letter and the whole question 10
General Whyte, who In few days VIII outline Mary
lands position IN the matter Commander Foster Of
the Virginia oyster navy, has been friendly 10 the
drcdgers, having better knowledge OF their troubles
and the real state Of affairs than the officials at Rich
Dond. lie has, however. received imptratlee orders
from Governor Ice 10 protect the law OF The State Of
Virginia aud not be guided in his action by the
proclamation OF the Governor OF Maryland Unless
some solution Of the trouble Is speedily reached there
IS likely to be some fighting near Hog Island in few
days
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02
WORK OF THE AYrIsGAvERY CONFERENCE

WORK OF THE ANTISIAVERY CONFERENCE.
Brussels Dec. 1.-The AntiSlayery Conference yes-
crday adopted resolutions in favor OF the establish
ment by States possessing African territory OF sta
tons with local military forces for the suppression
of slavery, the inland stations 10 be connected with
the coast by railways. and by steamers the great
lakes also for the prohibition of trade in firearms in
the slave districts, the suppression Of cannibaSm and
human sacrifices. and the protection of commerce and
missions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02

secure the 100000 offered by Mr.. Rockefeller for
a Baptist university at Chicago. The Rev. L. L.
Gates, of the agents engaged I'm soliciting this
money in Chicago that he has already secured ono
pledge OF 100000, one Of $25 900 few Of 70 600.
few OF 81 800 about forty OF 81 900, and forty of SoOo
and about $50 ranging from 300 down to smaller
amounts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02
SEEATOK CHANDLER ABBrvF

SENATOR CHANDLER ARRIVES IN TIME.
Senator William f. Chandler arrived last night on
the Cunard steamer Ehura, and was met at Quar-
antine by the revenue cutter Chandler upon which
he was taken 10 jersey City. where he boarded the
midnight train for Washington
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02

STANLEY TO REACH THE COAST on WEDNESDAY.
cairo, Dec IA dispatch from Zanzibar says that
Henry NJ. stancy Is expected to reach Bagomoyo on
Wednesday next.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02

A FLANNEL FACTORY IN WALES DESTROYED.
London Dec. 1.-The Cambrian Flannel Factory at
Llanidoes. Wales has been destroyed by fire. Tho
loss Is so 900 pounds Richard Chamberlain is chair
man of the company operating the factory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-02

SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 4 BAPTIST UNIVERSITY.
Chicago Dec. ospec.aD.-Ths Chicago Baptiss are
making heroic effort TO raise 100000 with which
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-29
Hnrs srarce.

jess Pettinger is one of the shiftiest
stockmen III Tarrant county and when
a good thing presents itself he is readyt
to lay violent hands on it. He has re-
allied the fact that there is money in
hogs and for some time has been trying
TO buy a bunch to put them after his
cattle. He met q GAZETTE reporter
Yesterday and in the conversation that
followed remarked:
II have got it in for you fellows on THE
GAZETTE.
'sWhat' 5 the matter now?''
s'Why. have been running all over
this county for week or so trying TO
buy up q lot OF hogs TO run after my
5cattle, but you GAZETTE people have got
the people SO worked up on the hog
question that hogs can be. had for love
or money. The people are going to keep
their hogs and feed them.
''Do you think there is money in
hogs?'
'.Yes, sir, I do. There is more money
in hogs, If the business is not overdone,
than there is in cattle.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-29
THE COLLISION.
Further Particulars of the Wreck of the
st. Louis Express Train.
Four People Killed Outright and Number of
Others Seriously Iniured-A Brakeman
to Blame-The Victims.

sgANAJoHARIE, N. Y, Sept. 28.-The st. Louis
on the New York Central road, which
left Albany at 10 O'Clock last night 2let with an
accident at Palestine bridge about midnight.
The first section broke down and stopped for re-
pairs. The rear brakeman was sent back to sig
nal the second section, but for some unknown
reason failed to perform his duty. The engineer
Of the second section says he did not hJsus
and the first thing he saw was the lights offthe
first section directly in his front. The first section
wassAaade UP of the baggage, mall express and
the passenger cars packed with people andsa
Wagner sleeper on the end. The crash was
.ferfFdes tHRe second section telescoped into the
first section, knocking out the lights, plunging
everything into darkness, and producing the
greatest excitement Only enc was tele-
scoped, Wagner sleeper. but several other cars
were damaged. The killed are:
REV. PRENTICE DUvE, Dayton, Ohio.
SADIE BOYD, Westport, N. Y
w. Il. MANNING, Marquette, Mich.
CHARLES FRANKLIN, porter of the Michigan
Central railroad.
The injured are:
Mrs. w. H MANNING, who was Miss Julia
Darts of Westport, injured about the head.
MISS TATE FREDCNIA, back hurt and face cut.
ENGINEER HoRTH, Albany, both legs broken
and otherwise injured
R. E. FOWLER, New York, conclusion Of the
spine, otherwise seriously injured,
WILLIAM II. MCELRoY and H. j. LEWIS, New
York,
w. H. ENGLAND of the Union press exchange,
New York.
Several others were injured slightly and there
were startling and hair breadth escapes. The
special car of President NJ. E. ingalls, of the
Big our railroad and also that of President
Ledyard of the Michigan Central were on the
train and were wrecked but none of their party
injured. Trains are passing the wreck.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-29
GALVESTON.
Thirty Strong Is the DseD- Water Delegation.
An Accident at the Beach Hotel
Narrow Escape.
specfsl to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette
GALVESTON, Tex, Sept. 23.-Thirty strong
was the delegation that left here this morning
for the Topeka deep-water convention. They
occupied two special sIeeDers and several bag
gage cars. The sleepers were handsomely dec
Grated
Yesterday the TWO immense smoke stacks at
the Beach hotel came down with a crash For
tuuEtely no one was hurt, but the guests we're
considerably startled. mana ger Mckinley IN
startlv ordered the fires drawn and the hose
turned on, 20 prevent q CouhagratiOu. This
being done. be notified mis- guests tnpC. under
circumstances the hotel would have to ipl-.ie-
diately close. and they would have 20 seek other
quarters until the damage was repaired.
Charles Daniels, cotton screNman, mar
rowly escaped instant death ABOUT
o'clock this morning while at work in
the hold OF the steamship Harrow
gate, loading at Newman landing a heavy
piece Of timber. known as hatch beam, was
suddenly IoOsencd from its place and fell Into
the hold Of the vessel. The edge Of the timDez
pIOughed is way along Daniels LETT forearm,
almost seFeriEg the member, the end stikiEE bin
in the head and shoulder Light cut on the
head IS all the damage to that part OF the body,
but the weight OF the tiuoerseems to have lodged
on his shoulder and right arm. Daniels was I'M
ne is lying in a critical condition.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-29
Waco Real Estate Transfers.

Special TO the Gazette.
WACO, TEX, Sept. %. = Messrs.
Cassadey & Dillworth, abstractors of
titles. Waco, Tex, have compiled the
following list OF real estate transfers for
the week ending Saturday, September
IS:
Kellum and Rotan Investment Co. TO
E c. Hatton, two lots on Austin street
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth i,
$1,000: J. a. Solomon ct al. to a Fabbre
25xI65 feet. south side of public square
$3.50; Robert Workman TO Ben T.
DHFaI. 70x1I1 feet, III South Waco,
sbart of the Woodward tract, 1915;
E. A Woodward ct al. 10 Robert
Workman, lot in South Waco, $50:
f. D. Seley to J. P. Garland, lot corner
OF North Sixth and Kentucky avenue
$500: Ben T. Duball TO Robert Workman
52xl75, South Fifth street, 5000; AdoiPh
Teinberger 20 } Z. Ky&er. block Il
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-29
Efsere TeSs 4isee,, Itg
The fspfovea ,Aiason5a, lampsat W. Es
Lake 3, Fort w6Fth, Tex as.ssE
To the Business Men of Fort Forth

We have been for some days arranging
to compile and publish a new city djrees
tory of Fort Worth and have asseeIat6d
with us in the work MIR. ID. Clark,
gentleman of integrity who has had six
years experience in the compilation of
directories.
The directory will be printed and pub
lished hsre and the men engaged can
Eassing and gathering names are all
Fort Worth residents. We will guaran-
tee TO give you as good a work as any in
the state and will appreciate your patron
age and encouragement.
TEXAS PRINTING AND LITH. Cos
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-29

A great many people are under the
impression that grazing land cannot be
filed on, rs it is leased by the cattle
companies, but such is not the case.
The OK company have given up their
lease in this county, and are now tak-
ing down their fence and making all ar
engagements TO move out OF this county.
Besides, a great deal Of grazing land in
this county should De classified as az
ricuItural land, and will be so classified
by the state agent If his attention is
called 10 it Childress Index.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-29
TIN Fntnre Cattle Market.

Che depg4smeut OF agriculture sums up
TIE futuEeSof the cattle market as fol-
ESss;- The future tendency of prices
with cattle VIII probably be 10 advance,
on account of the improbability OF in
creasing the stock of cattle as rapidly as
the population is augmenting. But this
advance will be slow aud uncertain for a
number of years. II viii be 81 least
three years before the stock of cattle has
been reduced TO the proportion as COM
pared to the population which existed in
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-29
BRENNAN.
Paper Pulp Mill to be Started-Of for
Topeka.

Special to the Gazette.
BRENNAN, TEX, Sept. pa factory viii be
started here in a few weeks for the man ufacture
of pulp for paper making. The material used
VIII be cotton boil huIs. Seven thousand dol
lars worth of machinery has qeen ordered and
the building is being put in shape for the work
10 begin. MeSsrs. Otto EngeIke Of Brennan
and Theo Vinke Of Galveston are the enterpris-
ing citizens.
Hon John D. Mccall, comptroller. and Hon
L L Foster were in the city TO-DAY on their
way TO the deep water convention. James A.
wilkins, mayor also left for Topeka 10 attend
the deep water convention. The city council
allowed him ten days leave of absence.
District court has been engaged to-day II the
trial of Alfred Hudson for the murder OF Ed
Brackens in August, 1888. No verdict yet.
Both parties are cOloTed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-29
Crackers and Cakes.
OUR NEGRO MINISTER.
Secretary Tracy Denies that Naval Officers
Object to Sailing With Fred
Douglass.

CHICAGO, III, Sept. ga Washington special
says: Secretary Tracy denies emphatically that
Commander Kellogg of the Ossippee asked to be
relieved from command of that vessel because
Minister Douglass was to sail for Hayti on her.
He makes like denial as to the report that
Commander Evans who succeeds kellogg in
command, reported the Ossippees boilers
out of repair for a similar reason
Commander Evans wanted TO go to
Hayti and is still anxious to go, and what is
more, ii was not he, but the engineer IN charge
of The Ossippee's engines, who reported her
boilers to be in bad condition. Commander
Evans insisted she in a seagOing Condi-
ton, but as precautionary measure I sustained
the engineers and ordered the Re arsarge to be
made ready for similar duty. The Kearsarge
viii be ready to sail for Hayti with Mr.. Douglass
on board on next Tuesday morning. navy de-
partment official is authority for the statement
that a few officers of the Ossippee made some
objection to going to Hayti with Ministex
nOuglsszs-1s-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-29

1873, and then the mean price of steers
was but 81 % per 100 pounds, or So cents
less than in 1888 In other words, the
price of steers for several years in the fu-
ture will depend more upon the price of
Aegs, upon the value of the exports of
cattIes and upon the proportion of steers
marKefed, than upon any changes likely
tosoecur III the number of cattle per 1000
of population WHICH exist in the country.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-29

The cold spell haseaused the wild geese
to come south While there are very few
in the country nov, there are plenty of
blue wing teaIs MabrY can tell you what
size shot to shoot them with. Go and see
him