The sun., 1890-02-23

buDJecteu OF my opinion OF the conduct
OF the Times in lending itself to those Infamous
hbels on the Gimsy evidence furnished to 1t
oitheir supposed genuineness Mr. Parnell must
be held to have come through tho inquiry
practically unscathed"
Further Information received here concern.
ing the dreadful occurrence OF last December
at Kara. In eastern Siberia. confirms the report
that the two ladies' Mesdames Sltuda and Ko-
Volivskaia, who were brutally floggcd by order
OF tho prison director for resenting indecent
proposals made by him. poisoned themselves
afterward. The floGglng OF political prisoners
has been deliberately ordered by the Siberian
authorities and not countermanded Mt St Pc
tersburg. 1t Is known that an important po-
lltical prisoner has mado HE escape from ST.
beria, and Is thought to be beyond the reach OF
the Russian Government. This refugee brings
full particulars OF some OF tho most recent
Siberian outraEcs, which will be published
when he reaches Paris In tho form OF direct
appeal to Floquet. President OF tho Chamber OF
Deputies. who suffered imprisonment under
the empire for expressing his sympathy with
Nihists before the Gar In the Palais de JUS
tice at Paris.
lvan Stcpniak Inst evening. at literary re-
ception where no was tho lion of the occasion,
told me that he adoption OF the Russian OK.
tradition treaty by the United States would
lead to an immediate augmentation OF the
horrors now existing IN Siberian prisons. OF
Romans Russian articles Stepniak spoke In
the highest terms. He said:
"of course. much information published In
my works necessarily comes at second hand,
and. though have had the fullest confidence in
my informants, have sometimes been almost
unable to believe that the terrible stories they
told we're true even with the knowledge pos-
sess Of the horrors o. Russian tyranny You
may imagine my feelings upon finding myself
50 entirely corroborated by this bold and uu-
preJudiced observer who has himself been a
witness OF most OF that which he writes"
The reduction in the bank rate has not pro-
duced the better feeling in the city Of London
that was expected. Uneasiness best describes
the present position OF affairs. The falling of
In Allsopp's brewery dividend having given rise
to much i'll feeling. the Standard charges
Lord Hindiip. who is at the head OF Alsopp's,
with deliberately misleading the public when
he brought out his business as company. and
asserts that he thus pocketed something like a
million by his fraud. Hindlip commenced ac-
ton for libel against the Standard, and called a
meeting OF the shareholders which was lively.
Hindip had rather q bad half hour and finally
a committee was appointed to examine the
books for the past seven years. with view TO
ascertaining whether Hindlip did not know
perfectly we'll that he was unloading a rapidly
failing property on to the public.
j. McNeill Whistler informs me that start
ling plot is on foot TO publish in book form with
out his knowledge or consent a comp plete colleo-
tion OF his writings. lectures, pamphlets, letters
&C.. and he desires. through THE SUN. to notify
all American publishers that he has given in
structions to his lawyers to begin Injunction
proceedings at once to prevent such publica-
tions in England and America
This week there was released from Ports
mouth prison a young American who has been
the victim OF great wrong. He Ia Joshua
Warren Lawlor OF Boston. son OF d. G. Lawlor,
naval constructor. and grandson OF Admiral
Warren. Young Lawlor started out with the
yacht Neversink early last summer to make
tour round the world. The Neversink which was
manufactured under n new patent OF the Nor
ton Naval Construction Shtpbuildine Company
OF jersey City and New York. ia the smallest
yacht that ever crossed the ocean. being but
thirty feet long. 1t was Lawlor's intention.
after exhibiting the yacht at the Paris Exhibi-
tion for her builder, to 20 on around the world.
visiting all harbors and ports aud going up all
naviGablo rivers for considerable distances.
his only companion being IGnatius J. Murphy
OF Brooklyn. who was to accompany him as his
torian and scientific man. Edison had pre-
sented them with phonograph, and Il
was Murphy's Intention TO bring back
great number uf specimens Of uncivilized
languages for pathological purposes. The trip
was 20 take more than two years. but the
young men expected to arrive in New York In
time for the Worlds Fair IN 1892. Lawlor as
serts that B. J. Black, German Jew OF Paris
and London. Is the author OF all his troubles.
The young American arrived with his yacht
in Paris on July 4. incidentally saving the life
If Il
under u raft after him. Black had charge Of
the exhibition Of the Neversink in Paris. and
totally without warrant he seized the vac ht in
LawIors absence and sent her Cherbourg.
Lawlor at once went to Russell T. Hoadley Of !
the Norton Company AMI got a bill OF sale OF |
the yacht and followed after 1t.
Black hired French crow and sent her to !
Portsmouth. Lawor reached that port lust as !
the NeverSlnk was about to sail, put out in a !
rowboat, and boarded her. The crew attacked !
him with clubs. and he shot ono man in the ,
eg. making only a slight wound, and got pos
session OF the yacht. This was more than
British law could stand and, in spite OF public
being with the American. he was
to two months imprisonment which
10 has Just served. Lawlor has gone to New
ork TO secure q title to the Neversink which
4as been lying in Portsmouth Harbor ever
'ince. and will then proceed on a tour around
he world with Murphy. who has been awaiting
lis friends release in London and Paris.
The operation that was performed upon
'oung Abraham Lincoln on last Thursday has
lad favorable result. The boy is better to-
lay than ho has been in several weeks. and
inister Lincoln, who has scarcely left his
on's bedside for months. yentured to visit the
egation, and was moro cheerful than he has
cen since the blunder OF tho French phvsi-
ians put the boys life into jeopardy. Young
lincoln is not yet out OF danger, but as he Is
lucky and possessed OF great vitality the
octors hope that no will pull through.
John Splan will sail for New York on the
'ulda Tomorrow with Il firm conviction in his
oul that there will soon be trotting circuit
established in England. The trotters that
plan brought over with Barnum's show have
II been sold at high prices. Lady Cleveland,
tar. and MaRnet have boon purchased By