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ROBERT BRowN1sGs FUNERAL.
His BODY Taken to its Last ReatiuG Plaao
In Westmlnster ABBEY,

HIS BODY Taken to It's Last h9utfug I100o
In Westmlnster Abbey.
LONDON, Dec. 31.-The funeral services
over the remains OF Robert Browning took
place at Westminster Abbey to-day. The body
was placed In q polished pine coffin on which
was q small brass plate. bearing the dates Of
the birth and death Of the poet. Wreaths from
Lord Tennyson and Miss Browning were
placed on top Of the coffin. Wroaths were sent
BY many other persons including Henry Irv-
ing. Mr.. Bancroft, Sir John Millais. Mr.. Alma
Tadema. and Sir Theodore Martin.
The dense fog which enveoped London COM
pletely hid the cortege as 1t moved to tho Abbey.
The sacred structure was crowded. As tho pro-
cession entered the Abbey and approached the
altar, Croft and Purcel's choral music was
sung. The coffin was carried down tho aisle
and PLACED In front Of the sltaE steps. During
ee All Go :? 10 S Our r'fsS Paes sad the hymn
-, Meditation" were sung. The choir also sang
ssp Ssd bH BrGss
bofne he Poes cons the ns sonsh
committsl service was chanted by the choris-
@ tsrs Dean Bradley offered prayer o r and re. re-.
Th she ssfvses asle
concluded with the benediotlon. AS the CON
SSsSs mS9ob dSHesssd the 0FR'ns played tho
Tho grave is In front OF Abraham Cowboys
monument. within the anglo marked BY Long
follows bust. The monuments Of Chaucer
Edmund. Spenser, Ben Jonson. Milton, Mat
thew Prior and Thomas Gray adorn the walls
sred With black carpet, and the ne, walls were we're
hidden by profusion Of rare exoties,
Close about the grave As the body was low
Rev. Edward White Benson, Archbishop OF
Canterbury and Primate OF all ENGLAND; the
ster: the Rev George Prothero, Canon Of
Westminster; the Rev. Robinson Duckworth
Canon OF WestminsteKi the choristers and the
Justice stephen. Sir Theodore Martin. the
venerable Fre3eriek FRrrar; Archdeacon Of
Westminster tret. Mason, Prof. Jowett, Sir
Frederick I,NGREon. Sir James PaRet George
Grove George smith. and Prof. Knight.
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FOUND HIM OUT AFTER THE WEDDING.
A SwIndIer in Jail a Few Weeks After He
Married - Utah Girl.

M0rrleu - Ut0h OIrI.
DENVER, Dec 31.-Thomas Lithgow, q
purchasing clerk in Tburber's wholesale gro
Gerry establishment In New York. is at present
confined at the county Jail on the charge of
desertion and swindlinR. Several months ago,
Lithgow. while en- route from Washington to
Chicago. gave up his lower berth to Mrs. NJ. O.
Phillips and daughter OF Salt Lake City.
Through this act OF courtesy Lithgow gained
the friendship Of the ladies' and previous to
bidding them good-by on arriving In Chicago,
he said he would be In Salt Lake within few
weeks. True to his promise. he appeared some
weeks later at the Phillips mansions where he
was most cordially received. Through his
handsome appearance and affable manners he
was soon fayorite with the fair, sex Of the
town, who O short time afterward were sur
PFIsedf to ssfp IF ahR0"s to
The marriage ceremony was set for last
month. and when solemnized It was the SOCIAL
the groom told his father In law that his broker
had neglected to send his allowance. and 6or-
seTea sel as tsW Wealthy % San Demineo planter When
at at the FIFTH Avenue, HOTEL but 4iihgow had
Meanwhile MI; Phllllps thought he, he would EOok
make tour OF inspection on MS 9w9 p~d ra nooa.
santed s1d 10 BE- arrived IN YORK
as soon as the young couple did. and put up at
the same hotel With them. lithRow said he
was to meet his broker In few days to settle
aome financial business. and, making some ex-
cuse. LithRoW absented himself. and after
breaking open his wife's baggage took the
vaiuabes and left for Syracuse:
The first intmation that his wife and her
father had that he had abandoned them was
despatch from Syracuse saying he would OK
plain ali as soon as he saw her. and wanted her
to meet him In Chicago, He went on to Chi,
to Denver. to which city a decoy despatch
brought the swindleE
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NEW OPERATING THEA TIRE.
The Latest Addition to the Roosevelt Hot
pital Under Way.

The Latest Addition to the ROOSEVELT Hos
pital Under Way.
Work has just been begun on the conotruc-
tion Of the new building. to be known as the
William J. Syms Operating Theatre Of Roose-
velt Hospital" which the late Mr.. Syms,
wealthy New York business man. who died last
spring. willed ss5o,o0o to construct and endow.
The new building will be OF granite and will
occupy the present garden plot on the Ninth
avenue front OF the grounds OF Roosevelt Hos
pital. II will bave o frontage Of 90 feet on
Fifty-ninth street and depth Of 75 feet, and
will cost between $150.0 and $1750O0 leaving
nearly 5000 900 for maintenance The theatre
win be for the free instruction in surgery OF stn:
dents and practitioners r. The theatre % proper VIII
height Of three stories. and will have amphl-
theatre tiers Of seats capable Of accommodate
ing 800 prsons. Around the amphitheatre will
be built one.story structure with plate glass
skylights, to be used for the manufacture Of
surgical dressings. implements. &c.
The Syms Theatre will be public institu-
ton, but will be under the control and manage
ment OF the Governors OF Roosevelt Hospital
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WANTTODANCE ATTHEBALL


A Mighty Surge or disappointment Is Gos
ing TO sweep Over This Fair Land-HS
WIN Take Week AFTER the Bali IL Over
just TO Write Ne 20 the Petitioners.
Considerable pressure has OF late been
brought to bear upon Mr.. Ward McAllster to
induce him to change the character OF the New
Years subscription ball In the Metropolitan
Opera House Jan. 2. It comes from persons
holding high official positions In the city state.
and nation, who wish to attend the ball and
have not sufficient social recognition. or warm
enough friends among the 400. to enable them
to get tickets In the usual way, through the
subscribers. Many OF them base their hopes Of
getting there upon the handles which political
careers have attached to their names.
This sort OF thing, Mr. McAlliRter says, was
expected from the beginning. There are ale
ways many legislators, Judges, Con0ressmen,
and others who apply for admission to the en-
tertainments OF special sort In New York
society. But the raft OF applications that have
come In for tickets to the New Years ball n
wholly Unprecedented. Mr.. McAllster's malls
have quadrupled in tho last few days, and the
kilograms he has received would take hours to
read through. Nearly every one who applies
is distinguished in some way or other. and
signs his name with all the accompaniments IL
is entitled to. Very many have urged that tho
Importance Of the coming ball must Of neces-
sity change its character from that OF q purely
private and social affair to the dignity OF pub
lie ball. whore people OF high official position
may be recognized. These applications reached
their maximum yesterday.
Mr.. McAllister has replied to few only OF
these requests. The preparations for the ball
have filled every moment Of his time. There.
has been some trouble about ge ting the Alder
men to permit the erection OF doorway to the
factorily arranged yesterday. There will bO
opera In the house this evening: At midpiRht.
Taft the architect; and klupder;, tho florist,
work continuously until 10 O'Clock tomorrow
night, when the Opera House will be turned
over to Mr.. MoAllister ready for the ball. Mira.
Delaney Kane and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt have
been added to the Reception Committee. make
ing the number five.
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GRIEVANCES OF THE POPE
Lee XIII. Makes = Remarkable Speech .,
the COnplntory.


ROME, Dec. 81-The Pope at yesterdays
Oonsistory said he was reioiced at the building
OF Catholic universities at Washington, Otta-
wa, and FribourR. Catholicism, he Raid, pros
pered under the favorable laws OF America and
the equity Of the men who administered them
in that country. His Joy at this prosperity rem
dered the grief Italy caused him more striking
by contrast.
The italian sdversarles OF the O,stirch per-
sistently continued their war aghinGstt as was
made evident by the recent utterances Of per-
sons In public positions acquainted with the
intentions regarding the Church Of the rulers
Of Italy.
Among other recent insults to the Church
was the demonstration in honor Of Giordano
Bruno. The italian Government, seeking to
detach the people from the Church. opposed
the action OF the Pope in every way.
His Holiness referred to the temporal power
as necessary to the independence and liberty
OF the Pope in the exercise Of his mission. and
declared that he did not claim the restoration
OF the temporal power from human motives II
s Ga and 70 e
Of the inalienable treasures Of the Christian
ia5Th Tbe nev italian penal code iust coming into
operation also ATTACKED tho Just ii SsFS 81 he
clergy and hi5deTed ds. Il their work wish new ob,
ass Sa ST Ds
charitable trusts, which had recently been
enacted with unseemly haste. Tia was o
fresh step in the endeavor to enaoe every
vestige Of religion from civil institutions.
, BY this law all pious stablishme enIs were TO
for the doyering Of girls without portions,
those by which It was provided that masses
should be said for the souls OF the dead. This
law violated tho wishes Of the founders Of all
those charities.
Priests were excluded from the benefits Of
charitable institutions and women were ad-
mitted to such beneflts. It was argued that
charity should be secular In order that It
might be moro acceptable. But. indeed. the
unfortunate are too proud sometimes to ac-
eept Christian charity; and outside the
Church there is no true charity.
Other blows also have been levelfed at the
Church BY the invasion Of the civil power forc.
Ing itself into sacred things. For . time all
these things might embarSass the Church. but
they can never definitely change It's course.
The Ritor7nd says the violence OF tho Ian
guage used In the Pope's allocution will not
prevent Italy from being governed in harmony
with the necessities Of progress andlt the aspt-
rations OF her people
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Iueena,aries in South Carolina.

COLUMBIA, Dec. sl,-During the past ten
days the Governor has issued no less than
seven separate proclamations Offering rewards
for incendiaries. and in the past month u dozen
such proclamations have been Issued. Not
ono of the guilty persons has yet been appre-
hended. The last case reported was that OF
Il. lincoln Taylor, a Northernlman who moved
nioht when he was asleep with his wife, his
dwelling was set ON fire, and Mr., Taylor. being
sick al the time, was soon overcome. ana per-
ing ont OF window, but broke both her legs In
the fall. ou.
md his stable fired by unknown persons and
ldV twenty five horses and mules. besides all
hiHplanLation machinery.
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No Ono Appears for Joss Against Chu
F0nE.

Chu Fong the Chinese Napoleon Of finance
had private examination at tho Tombs Police Court
yesterday Many Of his victims did appear because
they thought there would be others there In plenty to
send the big ChinAman up for good.
Joss anxious TO get back his 81, 800 which Chu
FonR said to have squandered in rioous living but
he could hnd Chinam6n to champion his cause.
joss contracted to remain upon tho floor of 10
Mott street in certain position Tor an unlimited num-
business Ills only priest deserted him some time ago.
and other Chinam in town 10 willing to serve him,
they 0gnninE to lose faith IN him They
say that even he was TOO much Of Aswe god TO CON
warned them by dream . Vision that the JoGs house
going be piundered, and that's why there
ChnamRn at the Tombs look after JoSss interest
the present most critical moment of chnatowns imam
Chu FonT waived an oxamin alton. and was held for
trial In the General Sessions In default OF 81 800 ball
each OF two charges OF forgery.
The sun., 1890-01-01
rs MARY ANDERSON ENGAGEDa

A Report that She will Marry Young Mr..
Navarro OF New York.
LONDON, Dec. Binary Anderson received
a reporter to-day at the Hotel Mediterranean.
She said:
II want the report denied that am about to
play in The Tempest / wish 1t understood
that have no intention Of returning to tho
stage. at least for an indefinite period"
Mrs. A. de Navarro and her son OF New York.
only persons now enjoying the companionship
of the actress. Great Intimacy has arisen be-
intimacy has Developed Into On engagement
between young Navarro and Miss Anderson.
Joseph Anderson. Mary nderson's brother
Mrs. and Miss Grimm have been telegraphed
TO. and return to London from Nice. His wife.
the daughter OF Lawrence Barrett. Is a most
daVOtA0 nurge.
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unERE ARE CHILD SPIES UsEDa

And Is Anybody Interested In Protecting
the Persons Spied Ont
District Attorney Fellows sent to the Po-
lice Board yesterday the resolution OF the
Grand Jury deprecatinG the use OF minor chill
dren by the police, particularly in gathering
evidence in houses of III fame. Commissioner
MacLean said that, while the Board had no
official evidence that children were used by the
police. he thought that they might be neces-
sary to get evidence in houses where
poses. He thought that somebody had got the
ear OF the Grand Jury with the idea OF protect
get at. Commissioner Voorhis declared him
self as opposed to the use OF decoys by the po-
lice In any form. The matter was referred to
Superintendent Murray to report when and
where children are used. il at all, to get evil
dence for the police.
The sun., 1890-01-01
A KILLING MACHINE TESTED.
EXPERIMENTS UPON A HORSE AND 4
CALF AT AUBURN PRISON.

The Horse Died Promptly end without Any
Display OF HE FeelinEs-Dr. Feirs Patent
ReSnSoitHter Ceulan't save she CALI
AUBURN, Dec. 31.--The special commission
appointed to test the efficacy OF the electrical
machines, which Harold P. Brown has sold to
tho State to bo used In putting murderers to
DEATH arrived In this city at O'Clock this
morning. The commission is composed Of DR..
Carlos r. Macdonald Of the State Lunacy Com
mission, formerly Superintendent Of the State
Asylum for Insane Criminals; DR.. A. B. Rock
we'll OF New York, an authority upon electricity
as applied to the science Of medicine and Prof.
Landy Of the School Of Mines OF Columbia Col
leGe, an expert upon electrical measurements.
These gentlemen were accompanied by Harold
p. Brown. the contractor who furnished the
maohinea IN kubnrn and Sing sing Gan Aus
tin Lathrop. Superintendent OF State Prisons
ana Two o.ner p.osporous LOOKING s Ronaieen ,ss,a
names.
and then went to the prison and exchanged
Dnrston Attsr the arrival ~ the 40 train
there were % three additions to the party-tvo
Auburn reporters and DR.. Fell Of Buffalo. DR..
Fell was member Of the original Commission
tha. "s1 raoommandod ,hn suhstitntion ~ elsc.
tricity for the rope. When tho committee was
asked ~ reporters would be allowed TO witness
the tests Of the electrical machinery. the NOM
bers smiled and said Yes" II they would al
low themselves to be- placed in the chair.
When tests OF the Aschine In sing sing prison
were made last week reporters Of the New
such sensational accounts Of the tests that the
nnt Se
.neioo,o aWa ueo,aeu i. .nos nv -, 49, .sstS
This Information was pleasantly communi-
Gated by DR. MacDonald this morning. DR..
sS vbober tho msOhpe
sessed tho voltage called for by the States
nothing whatever TO do with the tests. The
tests to Gen. Lathrop.
The work Of testing the machinery was , be,
BUT but s few noments non @ When one one Of Of the pulleys
steel one, broke. and the test had TO be poet;
poA9ed until this afternoon d DE- MaecDonala @
experiments with animals this. afternoon. II
they could get the animals, While waiting for
tasen tax % through % tie p prison "a By Warden Darston:
They visited sll the shops. the mess room. and
room during the dinner hour. and saw the 1900
convtcts at their midday meal. They were
then taken into the chapel where ,, Young i col
limitations Of corpet and bugle. The visitors
were 30 pleased with the entertainment that
they took up Q collection for the entertainer,
which Warden Durston deposited for him in
the clerks office.
This afternoon the Commissioner purchased
an old horse and o four-weeks-old calf and
took them into the prison, The animals were
electrified. and this evening DR.: Macdonald
ers. He said that they were very successful.
and had demonstrated that the alternating
current possesses the power to cause death In
simultaneously. The old horse was kiled first
A quantity of cotton was fastened to his head
and around his right hind leg. Then tho wires
were attached and the current turned on. The
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Now Workers in the Riviera.

NICE, Dec. 31.-The Riviera season Is late
in opening. Among the prominent Americans
here are Banker Morgan. who has the finest
villa at Monte Carlo, and Mr.. and Mrs. Delano.
who are at Grand Hotel, Monte Carlo. Mrs.
Iii. She Is now conyalescent. Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Winslow are at Cannes. Mrs. Niven.
sister OF Mr.. Vanderbilt Marmaduke Richard
son. and Mrs. Thomas Of New York are here.
The sun., 1890-01-01
Coal scarcs In ReIGium.

BRUssELs. Dec. sl.-The coal mine owners
at Charleroi are unable to fulfil their contract
with the Government to supply 10000 tons for
the State. and tho stock In hand for use on the
railways is nearly exhausted. Amicable over
lures made to the strikers have had no good
result Notices are placarded at Mons in
which the miners insist upon an increase of 10
per cent. In their wages, with minimum Of 88
cents q day for any day, and the recognition of
nine hours as o days work.
The sun., 1890-01-01
SAYS SIZE rs JOSHUA GREoG,s WIFE
She Sues for AIimony, and He Says 1t lS q
Case OF BIackmail.

She Sues for AIimony, and He Says 1t lS .
Case OF Blackmail
Application was yesterday made to Judge
TruRx OF the Superior Court for alimony and
counsel fee in the suit for absolute divorce
brought by Caroline Gregg against Joshua
Gregg. the carpet dealer. The case has been
She was married TO Gregg by Justice OF the
Peace at Coney Island In 1888. and that for a
time she was known and recognized as his
threw her of and married another woman.
She has concluded that divorce is desirable.
The defendant says that the suit is black
mailing enterprise, that he never married the
plaintiff, and that he never recognized her as
Judge Truax reserved decision.
The sun., 1890-01-01
MOUNT MORRIS WIRES CUT

The Only UnmoIested Electric Light Com
pany Suffered Yesterday.
Inspector Fitzpatrick of the Board of Elec-
trical ControAcut the main wire OF the Mount
Morris Electric Light Company, at Ninth ave-
nue. and Fifty-n ninth street. yesterday. This
company is the only enc On ID In this city that has
began. 1t had TO shut of last night and leave
Ninth avenue In darkness.
Only 5.O3O feet OF wire was removed yester-
day. or this 42l00 feet was the property OF
the METROPOLITAN Telephone and Telegraph
between Thirty ninth and Fifty first streets.
The sun., 1890-01-01
LORD sAL1SBURT's ILLNESS.
Me Has InAuenza In Aggravated FOVm-
Pneumonia Feared.

Pneumonia Feared
LONDON, Dec. 3l.-The Marquis Of Sails
bury has influenza In a severe form. He was
taken on the Oath. but as the observation Of
the strictest secrecy Is enjoined upon all per-
sons in the Marquiss household as to facts re-
lating to his health. 1t was not known that he
was III until Thursday, when he was threatened
with collapse.
Tho Queen then sent Sir William Jenner to
attend him. He was tben kept in bed three
days. and has been kept In his room ever since.
Pneumonia Is apprehended. and tho Marquis is
physically unified for e strugge with very
housed for a fortnight. He abstains from
business as far as is possible.
. The latest news from Hatfield Is that the
Marquis Of Salisbury is better. He heard re-
ports read In his bedroom to-day. and dictated
dispatches to his private secretary: who says
that no bulletins are necessary. and the con-
dition Of the Premier is at present not serious
The sun., 1890-01-01

OTTAWA. Dec 31.-The head schoolmaster at
Donald. British Columbia played in luck lately
Somebody wrote in his name to lady advertising for
correspondence, and what 1t may to-" The
sequence was that he received letter and check for
$3.50 on the National Bank OfMnnea pos and an invt-
taton to como at once and get married and receive
$loUL0 his wedding day. Tho teacher 10 thinking
the matter .
The sun., 1890-01-01
They VIII BLOW Out the Gas.

George Jensen registered at the Sherman
House i52 East Forty. street. on Monday niIht
and asked to bo called early he going to Chicago
the morning train. The porter. who went to call
him ht IA NJ. found him unconscious, lie had evil
IDENTITY blown the gas out going 70 bed Au ambulance
was learned that ho had Just returned from
his old home At EordstrAnd in schlSsTiE. Germany
tance OF 2 7e8 marks He had SN3666 In his pockstS
The sun., 1890-01-01

There were deaths from electric shock
In this city last year. whereas 10 persons run
over by and wagons and killed OF death from
sunStroke there but tho lowest suustroke
record In many OF suicides there were Ia Of
which ~ by shooting. 81 by poison n by hanging.
10 by stabbing 10 by jumping from high placeS by
drowning and by asphyxiaton by gas.
To nervous pedestrians who fear lest they should b
killed by some thug falling them whio walking on
the sidewalks OF our city may be interesting to know
that out OF 100000 inhabitants but 36 killed ~
falling objects and not third Of these the street,
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Dor Pedro Better.

OPoRTo, Dec. 31.-Dom Pedro is better.
The romans Of the ex-Empress will be taken
to the LRpa church to- morrow. and will there
lie in state until Friday. when they will be con-
veyed to Lisbon.
Prince Don Alfonso has arrived here to ar.
range for the funeral Of the Empress. Dom
Pedro attended masses to-day in the Mortuary
Chamber. He wept profusey.
The coffin Is oak lined with purple velvet,
and with a crystal lid The funeral will be held
fan Vincant
The sun., 1890-01-01
Cable Repaired In AIid.Ocean.

LONDON. Dec. 3l.-The steamer Faraday has
succeeded in repairing in midocean ono OF tho Western
Union Atlantic cables which has been broken for
time and which gives the pool companies all OF
their seven cables except one for Atlantic trario
The sun., 1890-01-01
SPARKS FROM THE TELEGRAPH

A. L. Hn's furniture factory at Fatibaut MINI, was
burned yesterday. Loss SO0h
CoQuelin tho actor bSxDs his south American tour
early In kaTch next Ho will open at Buenos AyreG
The Democratic caucus OF the Maryland House OF Del
eEatsS decided yesterday on che nominAt alton OF John
HubnOr Of hAltinorS county Tor speaker. The Dome
tan % boSFsst tor RE0a4sht and W. q RaEn6 0f Cooh
Eor 6oaEOlaBV,
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Abandoning - Vegetable Diet.

BERLIN, Dec. s1.-Dr. Alanus, eader Of the
band OF veRetarians. has abandoned the diet
ON the ground that a purely vegetable diet In
terferss with the proper function4 OF the ar.
tories. Tho French physicians Monin and
TriNlle confirm this view. and say II Causes
count OF the too great Drepohderanco OF min
oral ealts.
The sun., 1890-01-01
Cou.re Boys salute Miss 81. John.

Theboys Of the College OF the City OF New
York ~ strong waved flags and ehoruses at the
BroAdwAS Theatre last night when Charles Danny and
Mas St Jan appon I'd In Faust up Date II was
New YeRM party and Il raised more Of racket than
Any theAtrSparty OF the year A. bowling club which
WAS prcsSntp party, was KNOCKED speechess pJ 1ho
rumDus mAdSby the college lAdA
The sun., 1890-01-01
The Opshea Divorce Case.

DUBLIN. Dec. 31.-The Heeman's Journal
says that MI Parneli has instructed Mr.. LewS his
counsel to obtain for him tho earliest possible
the citation to appear and defend himself in the
suit for divorce brought by Capt OSheA against his
wife In which Mr.. Parnell u named az correspondents
Mr. PArne the paper sayA desires 10 settle the Issue
quickly as possible,
Al the Leagues meeting held here the speakers de:
Mr. PaFne and said no method dishonest but 1t
might tried the hope nure tho Irish cause but
Irish people for their leader
The sun., 1890-01-01
Lawyer DOS Passes Getting BETTER.

Mr.. John r. Dos Passos who has been very
III at his home IS East Fifty sixth street. progressing
nicely Last night the attending physician DR. Bull
ported that there WAS every indication OF complete
and rapid recovery,