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The sun., 1890-01-15
Hotel Men Dino Together.

The Hotel Association Of New York had
its eleventh annual dinner last night at Del
monico's. W. d. Garrison OF the Grand Union
Hotel presided.
When coffee was served Mr.. Garrison intro
duced the Rev. j. X. Paxton, who made happy
speech in response to the toast " Our Country" ;"
The hotel men are never content" said he
unless they are crowded and never satisfied
unless they are full. My knowledge OF hotel
proprietors Is that they are usually pious men,
but the hotel clerk ought to have allowance
made for him at the judgment. don't know
whether We shall get the Worlds Fair. but We
can take all strangers in. God Almighty may
be able to make better land than the United
States but he hasn't done it."
=, In answer to the toast. The city OF New
ed; Judge James Fitzgerald spoke to the loaBl.
Our Courts"
James H. Bresin responded 10 tho toast The
Hotel Associations" For Tho Railroads"
the New, York Central, responded.
W. J. Tanning talked about the Hotels OF
the World" and !. W. Rice OF Chicago eulo-
Rlzed three hotel men whom every New York
Grand, samuel, Hawk Of the, Windsor, and a.
J. Dam of the Union square Hotels.
Among those present were Recorder Smyth
Comptroller Myers. ) udEe Cowing. Police Com
missioner yoorhis. Police Cagtains Smith. Gar
Major George ". Mclean. y. 8. Gilmore. Henry
j.. Abbey John SchoetIel. Frank Sanger Major
handell, y. =, A.. Tax Commissioner Coleman,
William N. Penney Under Sheriff Sexton. and
present were; G.. II. Daniels. L, j. Richards. NJ.
O. Roach. G. L. Lambert, II. Il. JaGoe. w. ii.
Underwood and James Buckley.
The sun., 1890-01-15
AALIsoN,s SEAT IN DANGER.
Judge Rothrock, who 10 Strong with the
Farmers. Takes tho Field Against Him.

Judge Rothrock, who 10 Strong with the
Farmers. Takes tho Field Against Him.
DEs MONIES, Jan. IA bombshell burst
in the Allison camp this afternoon that sent
everybody scurrying to cover. Later the forces
rallied and adopted heroic methods that will
either make or break Mr.. Allison.
The bombshell was the announcement that
Judge Rothrock Of Cedar Rapids. now the
Chief Justice Of tho Supreme Court. would be
here tomorrow and mako an active canvass
for tho Republican nomination for the United
States Senatorship.
1t was supplemented by the additional an
nouncement that Gov. Larrabee would sup
port him. and between tho two It was small
wonder that there was dismay in the Allison
army
Judge Rothrock has been on the Supreme
and is In accord with the farming hi interests Of
the state on transportation and Kindred Ques-
tSns It Mho Is on d 6ssO *. s d Il. that The
RqS'HfR H s6n fES .R asous4E dSE hint take oi bsns
TRas Ras be Is
known that RoRroeE %as Sie9E De-
The 81 fe tb one was n regard to the 9rgsnza-
once. even II everything had to be ddd conceded to to
the Democrats, The Republicans had agreed
promise that he could get one Of the Inde.
pendents to vote for him.
To-day Wilson was called into tho Allison
headquarters and told that he could have until
o,morrow morning to produce that vote, and
independent kept on voting with the Demo-
Gratis, that he must stand aside and allow the
claims upon the Speakership.
The second move was even a greater confess
sion OF weakness than the first. They called
morrow, night. The purpose IN this is plain.
30 lar there has. .been no organized Opposition
time when he could not have received
q majority Of the Republican votes. for
the reason that there was no Candidate
running against him. The new that EothrocS
was coming. however. put an entirely new
phase on tho question. It was feared that the |
Hook TO his standard. and 80 Allison figured it |
out that the only way for him to be nominated |
was to be nominated Mt once
The sun., 1890-01-15
a Doctor shoots Three Men.

MACON, Mo-, Jan. 14.-Dr. T. j. Norris shot
three persons In tho streets OF Macon this after
noon. He is physician and druggist, and he
shot DR.. w. @. Larrabee through tho right
shoulder and leg. S. NJ Virgins through tho
groin. and Deputy Sheriff Poison through the
body. Polson's wound Is believed to be fatal.
Norris claimed DIR, Larrabee owed ior drugs.
pr. Norris says; II presented the bill to
pied receiving some OF tho articles.
Later he came in the drug store and
said ought to, charge the drugs to tho peo-
man who would make such proposition was
dishonest, and ordered him to leave the store.
me out; and then drew revolver and began
The sun., 1890-01-15
MISS BOYD SEIZED AND ROBBED.
A Man Throws His Arms About Her Neck
In tho Street In tho Dark.

Man Throws His Arms About Her Neck
In tho Street in tho Dark.
Miss Hattie Boyd Of $50 Third street, Jer-
sey City, was assaulted and robbed in front OF
her own house about 7S o'clock on Monday
evening She had been down town shopping.
and was returning home She carried her
pocketbook in her hand. She walked up Jer-
sey avenue to Third street
On the corner she noticed man standing by
a tree. He eyed her. but she paid no attention
to him and walked on a half a block to her
door. The house stands back in tho yard fifty
feet. Tho nearest street lamp Is fifty feet fur
ther down the street. Miss Boyd stopped out
eide the gate to take out her latch key.
She was just about to open the gate whom she
heard shufliing noise behind her. and the
next instant man threw his arms around
her neck and drew her head backward. he
tried 10 seize her pocketbook., She screamed
sey avenue heard her and ran TO her assistance
At the Same time the doors OF two or three
houses in the neighborhood opened and people
ran out into the street. Before any one got
near TO where Miss Boyd and tho man were
struggling the thief had succeeded in wrench-
made off in the darkness. Half a dozen men
followed him. but could not catch him.
Miss Boyd ran into her house as soon as she
recovered yesterday and went to the Second
precinct police station with her father and re-
poes do heSFd Of sS she C the 5 the the
It was quite dark. but she could see her as
a short man, and wore % no oVereoat. Coat he he had had
on dented Derby hat. He was clean shaven.
His face was round and puffed up. He was
was dark. There was only 81. 80 in Miss Boyd's
pocketbook. Miss Boyd is 95 years old. She
is the daughter OF Capt. Boyd retired steam
The sun., 1890-01-15
KUNZ T0HAVE A NEwTRKAL,
EUB COURT DOU8Ts THAT HR c0aE
FART Nv dR0NIN1S llURDER

couGhlin. O'9pllivan. and Burke ere 0en,
| tsneod ana WhiFieaA Away 90 JolieHITAau
An Protest Their InnoesnsS In csuFS.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-The great oronin trial
was brought to . close this afternoon, when
Judge Mcconnell formally sentenced Daniel
Couehlin, Patrick o'sullivan, and Martin Burke
TO spend the rest OF their lives In the penitsn-
tary. Little KunB whose guilt was always =
matter OF speculation, and who was sentenced
to three years imprisonment will have new
trial. 1t 10 not likoly that ho will be retried as
States Attorney LonRenecker asVmuch as adj
mitted that he was willing to turn the little
| painter loose
Tho morning session OF the court was con.
| sumed by Lawyers Winn and Donahoo In ar.
Ruing their motion for new trial for the four
defendants Judge Winn confined himself en-
tirely to the composition OF the Jury. which he
held was not only bad, but illegal. He con-
tended that ut lsast FIVE Jurors had been
selected In spirit directly antagonistic TO the
law. and that Juror Clark's case was the worst.
Donshoe talked loud and earnestly for KunR
but once in while he stepped aside to speak
word for poor o'Sullivan. who sat twirlinR
his moustache in o nervous way. It was 1
o'clock when Mr.. Donahoo finished. Then
States Attorney LonRenecker announced that
the State had no reply to make.
1t did not take Judge 0'Connell long to write
his opinion. In disposinR Of Kunz ho admitted
that he discredited tho evidence Of young
James, the lad who swore that ho saw the
painter washing himself in one Of the dons Of
SO far as the rest Of the prisoners were con-
cerned the court was entirely satisfied with the
new. trial to Kunz, the little painter with tSSrs
n his eyes leaped to his feet, and in broken
Then big Dan CouRhlin was asked II he had
ANYTHING TO say Why sentence should not b
directly upon the Court % The sr9 prsonss SySs sSd
vots9 r. Honor am innocent was COZ
ing across the line Of prisoners. he soiEsd
Kpnz's K hand and wrung Il warmly.
i feet before Coughlin sank back IN his chair.
test my INNOCENCE OF this a Crime bsioro Goa Goa
Az dlstant mt, When, When shan 80 ipdioassd 81 81
diced Jury on periured evide1Se." " an if not
pleading for mercy. am mot asking for Kind
am aSa 9i sRea sf'f have aSs NOT RSs
Burke,s faoe was crimson and his big eyes
sparkled spitefully as he arose to address the
In England" he roared. IT always know
men n en- By perjnred testimony. but never thought
stand while tho Court passed sentence upon
them; Two minutes. later the prisoners
Coughlin passed from sight. bis old father.
who had been In the court room all day, burst
Burke. O'sullivan and Couahlin were takon
to, Joliet at 9 O'Clock Tonight They wore
spirited away from the jail in closed Carriages.
and whirled through the streets at o lively Raif.
30 much secrecy was observed that probably
less than twenty persons knew that the pris-
oners were going to leave town to-nleht.
transfer.
other by balls and chains. They smoked cirarN
and chatted merrily in the train, and oi9hS
policemen accompanied them.
The sun., 1890-01-15
o1PE DooLEr ouAELHuoHn
Must Answer with uis nest 1lesd ~
Calling Veterav nnv .O,navD

Calling Veteran Day "o'DAy."
| Major" Michael A. Day Of Belleville, an
old man and veteran who fought bravoly in
Company OF the Eleventh New Jersey Vol
unteers In the late war. thlrsts for the rich
red gore OF Captain Jack Dooley, who form
erly Kept the hotel into which the Van Renss-
elaer mansion was converted. and still earlier
kent hotel at Franklin aRl was known as
the Mayor Of that town.
Capt Dooley is now superintendent OF cir
culation OF the Newark SUNDAY Standard
paper which indulGes in spicy personal para
graphs. There was one about Major" Day
recently, which he resents. and he accuses
Capt. Dooley OF writing or Navigating It. Day
came out with challenge yesterday, as fol-
OF that paper and no doubt tne courts
TO that source am too much of a sodisr to allow my
onR T.c ShSsete St nc to ss healed up by dOSt 6
GoIs ssosnSSs Ana ana. oe have complete proof that this
am soi9s to Sys sst,tHc.ion and that in the
m TSS s on a.. CHALLENGE he he said 5 lack Do1y
rescnative at GoSrtsndt street Beievo. Who win az.
held him aud Fys @ ,hf Sss, RSSs of
>. Dooley dearly loves JOKE. but Major" Day
is Ii. In no jokingi mood. lie wns, q non-commis-
sense of honor. considerably exaggerated by
the present issue and fed by the sdvlces, Of his
isfy him now but blood. His own Irish blood
iis up, and be says he will not quietly submit to
the taunts which have been thrust at him.
one OF his complaints Is that the paper call
ed him O'Day. This is not his name, he says,
and he doesn't want to be called out OF his
name. He could not find Capt Dooley yester-
day and II was therefore that he published
his challenge 10 the world through the news
papers,
evsn5ns cSPt p0Soy Snd returned from TTsnton last
challenge he said he should accept It, and.
recognizing Days superiority with the sabre.
ne should choose pistols or shot guns. He
says further that Major Day and Capt. Riordan
fought duel In the basement OF Days place
In Cortlandt street on Christmas morning. and
that Capt Riordan cut Days arm and dis
armed him.
because this duel was made public In tho
Standard MAJOR Day was agRricved. and nence
the challenge. Capt Dooley and Major Day
are mon Of equal height, but Capt. Dooley Is
more youthful and has the advantage in
weight. lie Is an expert with the pistol. and
has been known to hit hawks on the wing with
rifle. He said last night that he didn't want
10 hurt the Major, but would certainly defend
his honor. Seconds will be chosen at once he
said and the preliminaries arranged within q
day or two.
The sun., 1890-01-15
an ACCUSED PASTOR RESIGNS.
There was an Ugly Scandal AAOat aAd H
Declared Himself InnOceaL

There was an UGIy Scandal AnOat aAa He
Declared Himself Innocent
MILFORD, Mass, Jan. A.-The Unitarian
Church at Mendon has sensation In charges
of immoral conduct against the Rev. G. A.
Young. About fourteen months ago tho Rev.
Mr.. Young was called from a Rhode Island
pastorate by the Mendon church.
He was unable to get suitable board in 80
small q town. and finally he was accom-
modated in the homo OF Charles Williams. A
few weeks ago reports emanating from the
Williams household charging Mr.. Young with
improper conduct toward Mrs. Williams bo-
These were Indignantly denied by Mr.. Young
and his friends. and few believed them. A
parish committee investigated the matter last
week, and listened to Mrs. Williams's state
ment through lady friend. and concluded
that Mr.. Young was not guilty OF the actions
both Mr.. and Mrs, Williams and were very
The Rev. Mr.. Young ON Sunday announced
from the pulpit his Intention to at once leaye
town and his pastorate rathor than be sub
jected to such q scandal Ho said: - AS
/ stand here before you, the people |
love SO well, and In the presence OF
God. declare the charges against me false.
have been here only about year. and have
the Gospel, and leave with the best wishes
The affair is causing intense excitement In
the town and vicinity. This Is the church that
declined to call a. clergyman some time ago
because he used tobacco.
The sun., 1890-01-15
Mn. YANDERB1LTs T. If. @ 4.
Fourteenth Anniversary OF the Railroad
Branch-SPeech by Mr.. Vanderbilt.

Fourteenth Anniversary OF the Railroad
Branch-SPeech by Mr.. Vanderbilt.
The railroad branch of the Y. NJ. @. A.,
at Madison avenue and Forty-flfth street, cel-
ebrated its fourteenth anniversary last evening
in the club house recently erected for the men
by Cornelius Vanderbilt Speeches were made
by Messrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Charles Fran
els Adams. Erastus Wiman and Chauncey NJ.
Depew A good many Of those present were
yardmen and trainmen.
Mr., Vanderbilt presided, and announced the
opening hymn. Onward. Christian Soldiers"
and ho Joined in the singing fervently.
Charles Francis Adams. President OF tho
Union Pacific Railroud. whom Mr.. Vanderbilt
called upon for the first address, mentioned
the sole fact that institutions OF this sort
formed tho missing link between the manage
ment and the ranks. Cornelius Vanderbilt he
said. had been the pioneer in this betterment
of the men. and he would be able In tho future
to look back on his past, and say that he had
left his road elevated to a much higher degree
OF intelligence than when he took 1t.
MIR. Wiman cracked Jokes on Mr.. Depew, and
afterward MIR. Depew pummelled his with
stories about Mr. Wiman's hunting expe-
riences IN Canada. Mr.. WimRn wasn't always
to be believed. Mr.. Depew said. He said he had
been hunting deer. whereas Mr. Depew found
out afterWurd that they were musk-atS.
The sun., 1890-01-15
German Opera.

At the third performance of "TannhRuser'
in the Metropolitan on Monday night the op-
era was given with the same cast as upon the
two previous evenings. A generally good rom
derinR was thus obtained. But it must be ad-
mitted that the Pilgrim ohoruses are still very
far from correct in intonation These are so
beautiful. and arc written so perfectly for
mons voices. that 1t seems a pity that moro
care should not be taken to make the
singing Of them unexceptional. The ma
terial Of which the male chorus is
formed at the Metropolitan appears to be
vocallY good There are even strong symptoms
of intelligence to be discovered In the way the
men do their work. Besides this. they seem to
be both energetic and conscientious. which
leads to the belief that with proper influence
exerted they might be persuaded to sing In
tune those Pilgrim strains. The women are
attacking their phrases. In mixed voice por-
up to the proper pitch.
Fraulein " iesner. though she was animated
and excellent throughout the second act.
failed lamentably In the scene OF her prayer.
She Is unequal but latterly has displayed
hints of power quite unsuspected
VoRl seemed stronger last night. There is
every reason to believe that whatever short
cominR6 have so far been noticeable in him
are the outgrowth OF his illness and lack OF
Herr Reichmann repeated his delicious sing
ing OF the part OF Wolfram. Tannhauser" Is
to be repeated at Saturdays matinee.
The sun., 1890-01-15
LATE STORM REPORTS.
WidesProAd Destruction in the Northern
Counties OF tho State.

NOENhGFA
Counties OF tho State.
WATERFOWL, N. Y Jan. 14-Reports are
coming In from all points in northern New
York OF damage done by the wind storm yes =
tsrday. Every village and all the country in
Jefferson. Lewis. and st. Lawrence counties
felt the force OF the storm. and bear marks Of
its violence. Church steeples have fallen. plate
glass fronts have been smashed. houses and
barns unroofed by hundreds. trees torn up,
and chimneys demolished In tho town of
Brownville q barn was blown down and nine
cows were killed. In Carthage a church was
nearly ruined, and q woman was struck by n
siRnboard and knocked senseless.
30 far no report has come OF lives lost or of
any serious injury to human beings. The ST.
Lawrence was very rough yesterday. and there
were many casualties. The tower OF the
Thousand Island Park Hotel was torn of, and
the boat house at Round Island Park was
greatly damaged. The roofs were partially
torn from a large number OF summer cottages.
1t is impossible to estimate the amount OF
AMsTERDAM, N. Y, Jan. ia cyclone ragged
in the Mohawk valley nearly all OF last night,
and the wind blow at tho rate OF 10 miles an
hour. The telegraph and telephone wires
were Drostrated, and considerable damage is
reported done to farm buildings. Many OHM
noys. fences. and trees were blown down, At
Albany. Bush, q farmer. is reported to have
been fatally injured by being struck By bricks
from falling chimney.
The sun., 1890-01-15
GEIP TOOK L FRESH HOLD.
Testerday's Clear Weather. It Is Expected
VIII Cut the List Down Again.

Yesterdays Clear Weather. It Is Expected,
win Cut the List Down Again.
Certificates Of 21 deaths from influenza
and complications were turned in yesterday
the largest number by 2 Of any day since the
epidemic began. The mortality list yesterday
was 2l2, a gain Of 53 over last Mondays
These lists are made up at noon on the death
certificates turned in and yesterdays list rep
resents Mondays mortality rather than yester-
days. Sixty OF the deaths were from pneumo-
mia. 10 from bronchitis. and 33 from consump-
tion. The complicated diseases were:' Pneu-
monia, IL: bronchitis. s; consumption l; con-
yulsions. l; meningitis .. OF the deaths from
influenza. were females and 12 males, the
Oldest 81 and the youngest 10 years OF age 1t
Is expected that yesterdays cold and clear
weather will cause decrease in to-day's list
The police sick list yesterday was 256. against
27S on Monday. DR.. Tracy says. in his weekly
mortality report to the Health Board:
The l,424 deaths last week represent q
death rate of 1854 against 1890 for the urevi-
Gus week and 24.79 for tho corresponding week
OF 1889. The increase Of 122 deaths was due
mainly to an increase Of acute respiratory af-
deaths attributed to hdMenza, 70 10 bronchitis.
and 90 70 pneumonia There was a slight de-
OF tho heart and kidneys. or tho deaths 93
were attributable to influenza, that being tie
only cause assigned IN seven cases. the others
having been fatal on account OF the superven-
tion Of bronchitis and pneumonia. When in
fluenza has been reported as complicated
with other diseases than these of khe |
respiratory organs, the deaths have been
classified under the name OF the |
more serious organic disease. phthiss |
and diseases OF the heart and kidneys. But |
cases OF influenza ending in capillary blonchi-
HAM, or nndsr ah nave peen eassed as IN
applied to all the specific febrile or zymotic dis-
eases that deaths due TO the natural seQueJie
of such diseases pneumonia In whooping
cough and measles, and laryngeal cardiac par
aysis In diphtheria) are to be taken as due 10
the specific disease and not to the seQuela,
As on the previous week. the deaths from in
iluenza and its seQuelm and from pneumonia
2 occurred a. during the week IN greater proper
westerly side of the city, In some OF the crowd
ed downtown wards. the Sixth, Tenth. and
Fourteenth for example. the deaths from these
dlselses were comparntYely few"
The sun., 1890-01-15
CHICAGO has 1T BAD.
About les, 900 Persons Sick with Innuenza
Large Increase Sn the Death Rate.

About les 900 Peraons Sick with Innue enzn
Large Increase Sn the Death Rate.
CHICAGO. Jan. 14.-Health Commissioner
Wicksham and his assistants now estimate
that there are 125.000 persons down with
influenza in this city. or this number $4,000
are school children. In some OF the schools
many OF the rooms are closed. There are 1855
policemen sick. and on the Cable street car
lines several trains have been abandoned,
owing to tho ravages of the disease among the
drivers. ~
The mortality in the city Is becoming alarm
ing. II never was so great as at the present
tlme. Undertakers and doctors have been
working night and day for two weeks and
some Of the prominent physicians have en-
pi0yed assistants in order to take care Of their
business There were more dead people In the
city on Sunday than the hearses could deco
rously carry TO the Graveyards. Eight bodies
Wero taken 10 the cemeteries in carriages
There have been over 100 deaths from influ-
en2a in ten days. and ten deaths from the dis
ease within the past twenty -four hours. The
deaths from pneumonia and bronchitis average
30 q day. Since Sunday there have been 235
deaths from all causes in the city. The weather
Is unreasonable and still greater increase
In the death rate is expected.
The sun., 1890-01-15

The report was circulated yesterday that
Actor Richard Mansfield had cut down tho original
company OF no actors engaged to present Orchard
Ill at Palmersto so memberA The report was based
up'na statement made by number OF the dismissed
actors who complained that they had expected to have
"A seasons employment but dismissed with two
weeks notice reduction OF forces was At once appA-
rent 10 the audience at the theatre lIbt evening.
Manager John stetson has taken charge Of Actor
hHnBneldS Company for tho road and tho actor Will
not present Richard M as tho pany essential 10
the production Is too large AMI too travel
ling purpose Mr. Mansfield Will limit his repertoire 10
roles ia which he has already established favor
with one new character that OF "Beau BEummell."
This piece has already been In rehearsal for Amsr
can presentation
Nine. Ponis, Ada DlAS and Mr.. Atkins Lawrence are
among those who will retire when "hichAId ILL.," is
Withdrawn Rt the end OF this week