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Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
CRooks oAPTURED.
Clever Safe.Crackers Gathered In bv
Inspector Byrnes, Men-Record OF

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Inspector Byrnes, Men-Record Of
Their Work-List OF Mig Hauls.
New YORK, Jan. 28.-Two dangerous
crooks were arrested Monday by Inspector
Byrnes' men with costly kits of burglars
tools in their possession. They were clever
Billy Maher, alias George Houghton, and
David Cummings, alias Cronin. Cum
mings was discharged at the Old Bailey,
London, October 80, 1890, on ticket-of-
leave. He has been under surveillance
ever since he landed here five weeks ago.
He has big record as Mississippi river
thief of twenty years ago and has served
various terms.
Cronin is forty-two years old and has
been thief and safe cracker all his life.
In 1868 he blossomed out in New Orleans
where, with Billy Forester and Dago
Frank, he sacked a jewelry store and got
away with 500, 600. Before the authori-
ties of the Crescent City had recovered
their breath he cracked bank in the
French district and stole $65, 900. Jesse
Allen was his pal then. In st. Louis he
robbed Pawnbroker Barney Spears Of $685.
600 by cracking safe in the window
under cover of a dummy. After
the Chicago fire he turned hotel
thief and robbed Jenny Jinks, keeper
of a notorious house in the Windy City, of
diamonds worth $1,000. Next he bur-
rowed down through the ceiling of the
First National bank in Jersey City, and
was cracking the vault when women gave
the alarm: The whole band except Cronin
were caught at work. Cronin escaped in
time to crack a bank in Macon, Ga, where
he got $50, 900 and the First National bank
in Quincy, III. That haul netted him
$50, 900 in cash and $3.50, 900 in railroad Sc
curities. 1t was the first safe cracked by
the air pump system of drawing the pow
der in through the cracks by suction. He
was arressed at last in California and after
serving time fed to Europe whence he has
now returned.
Maher has done ten years in Trenton
for robbing the Jamesburg, N. j., bank.
He escaped after serving year, in 1872
and was re-captured 1875 Since his re-
lease he has been robbing around gener-
a11y
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
AT BIRMINGHAM.
Work Will be Commenced Upon the
Co6er.Dam AT Once.

Work Will be Commenced Upon the
Cofer-Dam at Once.
BIRMINGHAM, Jan. 2S.-The plans for
the building of the coffer-dam are all
complete, due principally to the efforts of
Engineer Brinsmade, secretary of the COM
pany.
1t is this, to build a railroad from the
quarry almost on line with the dam on
the north side near the residence of Sidney
Gesner, along over the river to few feet
beyond where the wall of the dam is at
present safe. Tho project appears simple,
quick and reliable, and the only thing that
may trouble the engineers will be rock
bottom in driving the piles. - s
The work will be carried on by f. A.
Rivers, of Holyeke, Mass, and not by con-
tract, it being safer for the company to
work and pay its employees per diem. Riv,
ers is in town already, and by tomorrow
the steam drills will be at work. The
quarry is being prepared to-day and mel
are already cutting timber in the woods
| under orders. 1t is thought that the wori
will not take more than two months a
kst, provided the weather will hold out
all right. The dam proper will not b
commenced before spring.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGs.

The New England Telephone and Tele-
graph directors declared a dividend yestsr-
day of s1.25 per share.
The Egyptian troops under the command
of the governor of Suakin, who captured
Handoub, have now permanently occupied
that town.
A committee of Boston business men
called on the president yesterday morning
and discussed informally the silver situa-
ton and opposed free coinage.
A young English lady suffering from
consumption, who was treated by the Koch
method in Berlin for two weeks, has since
died at Cannes of blood poisoning.
Colonel William Freeman Villas was for
mally elected senator to succeed United
States Senator Spooner in the Joint con-
vention of the Wisconsin legislature at
noon yesterday.
The colonies of Australia have asked the
home government to accord them the priv
vilege possessed by Canada of negotiating
commercial treaties with foreign countries
under the sanction of the foreign Office.
The upper section of the New Jersey
sea coast is still without Geographic com
munication. Messages are taken ''subject
to delay" and are sent by train to and
from New York. Most of the telephone
wires are still useless.
The directors of the New York, Chicago
and St. Louis railroad generally known as
the Nickel Plate) yesterday declared divi-
dend of 81 per cent. on the first preferred
stock. This is the first dividend ever de-
clared by the company. =
An Indian dispatch announces that
Grand Duke George, commander of the
Russian ironclad escorting the czsrewitch
on his present tour, fell from the maintop
to the deck yesterday and injured his spine.
Unless he RECEIVERS speedily he will return
home.
1t was reported in the lobby of the reich
stag yesterday that the government is
aboutto rescind the law prohibiting the i'm
portation of American bacon and hams, at
the same time directing that such imports
be subject to special inspection at the
ports of entry.
The Illinois joint assembly took six bal
lots for United States senator yesterday
and adjourned until to-day. They re-
suited; Palmer 101, Oglesby 100, Streeter
8; necessary to a choice 103. The current
gossip is that the alliance members
will now drop Streeter and vote for one
of their own number
The Clifton track managers-George and
John Engeman, William Engeman, A. H.
Battersby and Charles Sass-were each
sentenced yesterday by Judge Dixon in the
court of oyer and terminer at Paterson to
serve one year in the state prison at hard
labor and to pay fine of $500 each for
maintaining disorderly house at Clifton.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
NEARLY SUFFOCATED.

How the Lives of Seven Persons
Were Saved by an Alarm Clock.
NEwYoRK, Jan. 2S-An alarm clock set for
O'Clock this morning saved seven persons
from death. Policeman Lober and his wife
and three children lived on the first floor
of two-story house at the corner of 161st
street and Tenth avenue and Mr.. Schmoter
and his wife on the floor above. George
Sander, a contractor, who was fitting up
store in the basement, left two charcoal
stoves in full blast last night to dry the
plastering. The fumes and gas rose through
an imperfect door to the rooms above, 80
completely overcoming the sleepers that
when the clock went off and partly aroused
Miss Lober, she got up with difficulty.
| The other members of her family and the
Schroters were partly unconscious and it
took some time, with doctors assistance
TO ssbring them to.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
BOX "a.
A Slight Fire on wooster Street

A Slight Fire on Wooster street.
A slight fire in barrel of shavings in
the cellar called the fire department to the
house, 95 Wooster street, occupied by
Owen Kean, of the firm of Kean & Lines,
yesterday afternoon about o'clock. The
fire was easily put out by means of extin-
guishers, with but trifing damage. 1t is
thought that it may have been caused by q
man who was employed in the yard trim,
ming the grapevines, lighting his pipe and
carelessly dropping the lighted match
among the shavings. The alarm was sent
in from box a.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
PERIL OF A VESSEL.
Driven Half Way Across the
Atlantic by Storms.
TWO NOTORIOUS CROOKS CAPTURED.
Indians Killed and Devoured
by Wolves.
BRIBING LEGISLATORS IN The West.
The Proceedings of the
House and Senate.
TWO NOTORIOUS CROOKS CAPTURED,
BRIBING LEGISLATORS IN The WEST.
A BARK,s ROUGH EXPERIENCE.

A BARK's ROUGH EXPERIENCE.
How the Montreal Was Battered
Around In a Hurricane-The Decks
i Swept of Everything Movable-One
Sailor Killed-The Crew Almost
Famished..
NEW YoRK, Jan. 29-The steamship
Philadelphia Of the Red D line arrived to-
day from Laguyara and brought the news
that the bark Montreal, which left Wind
sor, N. S., for st. Simon island, Ga., on
November IS last, and which was given up
at Lloyd's as lost, is still afoat and that
she was short of provisions, had very little
water and that the vessel for the sixty
seven days she had been at..sea in making
the short journey from the Nova Scotia
port to the Georgia port encountered every
class of storm, hurricane and cyclone. The
bark was still sound in hull, but Everything
loose on deck was swept away. Five times
she was blown across New York harbor.
The week before Christmas the captain
was 43O miles east of Sandy Hook and he
made an effort to get to it, but storms and
the gulf stream drove him away. Christ
mas day there was barrel of pork and
few barrels of -four and three tierces of
water in stock and all hands had to be put
on short rations. On the third day of the
new year Captain Dexter sent some of his
hands aloft to furl the torn topsails, as he
feared another hurricane. One of the men
fell from the maintopsail yard to the deck
and was instantly killed.
The vessel was battered around in the
hurricane that struck them and was driven
half way across the Atlantic. Since then
she had been beating up to her port, but
sighted no vessel or steamship in the
meantime until she met the Philadelphia.
Captain Chambers of the Philadelphia sent
a good store Of beef, pork, bread and wa
ter to the famished crew and supply of
canvas. He offered assistance in towing
the vessel to port, but Captain Dexter said
that with his supplies he believed he would
be able to make successful ending to his
unprecedentedly long VOYAGE
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
THE WOMAN,s AUXILIARY
or the New Haven County Arch
Deaconry Annual Meeting.

or the New Haven County Arch
Deaconry Annual Meeting.
At the annual meeting of the Woman's
auxiliary of the New Haven county arch
deaconry held yesterday in st. Paurs par
ish building, addresses were made by
Rev. E. S. Lines, Rev. DR.. HARDWOOD, Miss
Grace Howard, for two years a mission
airy among the Indians in South Dakota,
and others.
Letters were read from missionary
workers in the various fields, including
those of Mrs. Graves of Witchang, China,
Bishop Leonard of Utah and Nevada, and
Bishop Johnston of western Texas. Let
tiers were also read from Mrs. G. B. Fuller,
wife of the principal of the Montgomery
institute, Mrs. L. r. Brewer of Montana,
Bishop Nichols and Miss Emery of Cali
fornia, Miss Wedden and Miss Caisson OF
LaurenceviIle, Va, and Lenoir, N. c., and
from the bishops of North Dakota, South
Dakota, Wyoming and Idaho. Mrs. Les
ter Bradley of this city contributed a pa
per on the work in Mexico.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
THE SILVER POOL.
Further Investigation-Testf Q
GAnAr1l RAvArAn

= uHhncT AhtcbSh&8 uoR-1eSkk"Ony oA
General Beynton.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-General b. v.
Boynton testified before the silver pool in
vestigating committee to-day that he had
sent the message to Dunnen of the York
Times on which the dispatch was based
stating that Dingley and Payne had said
that they would not have gone into the in
vsstigation if they had supposed that such
revelation regarding Senator Cameron
would be made. The witness said he &C.
accepted full responsibility for it, though
he would not himself have used Just that
language. General Boynton said that q
gentleman of as good reputation as any
man in this city, who was here by sum
mons of the committee, said to him that
being in the room he had heard-he
wished particularly to say had not cover
heard"-a conversation between Mr.. Ding
ley and Mr.. Payne. 1t was to the effect
that Mr.. Dingley and Mr. Payne were
talking in regard to the testimony that had
come out affecting Senator Cameron and
each was apparently explaining to the 9TH
or that he had no knowledge or expecta-
ton that such testimony was to come out,
expressing surprise at the testimony and
practically apologizing to each other that
it had come out in the investigation. He
therefore said Mr.. Dunnen was justified
in sending out the dispatch. General
Boynton declined to give the name of his
informant.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29

JOHNSON & BROTHER,
all and Alb State Street, corner Of Court,
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
Polo Last Night.

At Hartford-Hartford easily defeated
Boston here tonight, putting up superior
game in all respects. NcPeck was missed
by the visitors, Connen playing in his
place. The score was: Hartford 10, Boston
2. No fouls.
At Meriden-Meriden defeated Bridge.
port to 4, the visitors losing two goals
on fouls in an overtime game. Stops,
Abercrombie %, Curley 6; referee, O'Mal-
ley.
Last night at the New Haven polo rink
the M.P.T. defeated the U.F. polo team by
the score of 10 to 3. The names of the
victorious team were as follows: T.Besser,
first rush; II. Frank, second rush: A.John-
son, center; F. Myers, half-back; P. Bux-
baum, goal. Referee, Solomon Kern
timekeeper, G. Davis: fouls, III. P. T. 8, U
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29

BUFFALO, Jan. 2S.-Six Cinnamon and
two white men, Joseph Rich and James
Miller, the latter from Rochester, were ar
rested at Browns hotel, in this city, this
morning, charged with violating the Chi
nese exclusion act. For some time United
States officers at this point have suspected
that there was an Underground railroad"
in operation carrying Cinnamon from Can
ada into the United States. This morn
ing's arrests confirmed the suspicion. 1t
is believed that Miller has been working
the Canadian end of the underground, !"
with headquarters at Toronto. The ar
rests are considered very important. 1t is
understood that Cinnamon were landed
near Lewiston and that Rich was promised
$40 for the trip. Miller's bail was fixed at
81, 900. Rich and each of the Cinnamon
were held in $500.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
THE REED MURDER CASE.

The Inquest Concluded Yesterday-
Hearing to be Had Saturday Morn
Ing.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Jan. 2S.-The Reed
murder inquest was concluded to-day, af-
ter Barry had made his statement, his
story being substantially as previously
published. Inasmuch as Barry was an eye
witness of the murder the state officials
thought he should be placed under $500
bonds for his appearance at the April term
of court, which was ordered. The jury after
about an hours deliberation, rendered a
verdict that Elbridge G. Reed came to his
death at North Salem at the hands of Dan
iel Murphy and Frank Wood and that they
be held as principals, while Mrs. Reed was
an accessory after the act was committed.
The prisoners, who are now confined in
Jail here, will be given hearing in the po-
lice court next Saturday morning.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
WHAT TAKES THEM OFF +?

The Alarming Increase OF Pneumo-
MA and What 1t Means-s'The stitch
in Time'''
Scarcely day passes that one does not hear OF
men and women, whom we picture as the perfec-
ton of health and strength, being stricken down
by the terrible disease pneumonia.
Perhaps the greatest cause of pneumonia in
this country is the extreme difference in tenn
perature between the interiors of Offices and
homes and the outside air. So long as people
consider it necessary for theff comfort to main
tain a dollhouse temperature indoors, when the
mercury is very low outside, SO long will pneu-
monia find victims.
The greatest care and prompt measures should
be taken upon the first approach Of the slightest
SYMPTOMS of pneumonia. If you have tickling
q the throat, a ughtness In the chest, q pain in
the head, chilly feeling, or pains throughout
the body, act promptly, act wisely-bring about
an immediate reaction. This can sometimes be
accomplished by quick and violent exercise, but
that Is exhausting and wastes the strength which
should be husbanded. A far better plan is to
take q pure and strong stimulant which will
tend to equalize the circulation, check conges,
| tien and restore to health. There many
forms of stimulation, but only one that can be
| Recommendations is Duffy's Pure Malt Whis
/ kew This is the only medicinal whiskey upon
| the market, and its purity and power are proven
by its popularity. 1t has saved the lives Of more
| men and women who were candidates for pneu
monia than any discovery of modern science, anC
1t stands, as it deserves to stand, at the head Of
medicinal stimulants Of the present day.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29

BRUSSELS, Jan. 2s.-The preparations
for the funeral of the Prince Baudouin are
completed. Prince Henry of Prussia,
brother of Emperor William, who is to
represent his majesty at the funeral, has
arrived here. The governor of Brant, act
ing under instructions from King Leopold,
and Count Won Alvensleben, the German
Minister, met Prince Henry at the frontier
and escorted him to Brussels. Baron
Seckendorff and three German officers &C.
company Prince Henry.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
The farley Wax works.

Readers of Dickens are reminded that
Mrs. Jarley's ''Wax Works" will be on ex-
hibition this evening at the large hall of
the City missions, corner of Court and
State streets. The entertainment will be
in charge of the Young Peoples society of
the Humphrey street Congregational
church. The small price for admission,
Is cents for adults and 10 cents for chill
dren, will be in part for the benefit of the
woman's department of the New Haven
City missions
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
Narrow Escape.

JERSEY CITY, Jan. 2S.-A horse car car
rying fourteen persons, besides conductor
and driver, had narrow escape from
being run down at the Newark avenue
crossing of the Pennsylvania road. The
driver had barely time to put on the brake
and turn the team aside when train flew
past. One of the horses was dashed against
an iron pillar of the new elevated railroad,
but the car escaped damage. The passen-
gers made simultaneous and frantic dash
for the door, and several were severely
bruised in the crush. The fagman was
wholly to blame for the blunder.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
Disposition of the Indians.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2S.-When asked this
morning as to the final disposition to be
made of the Indians now at Fort Sheridan,
General Miles said: "That is a matter to
be determined in the future. Now that
Sitting Bull and other chiefs are killed
and I have most of the others here, the
Indians that are left, you might say, are
without leader and there is no danger of
further outbreak on the reservations,
The men whom brought to Chicago are
a crowd of outlaws Three hundred of
the Indians were sent to Fort Sully. The
others are all now under control of mill
tary authority and back on their reserva-
tions, where they belong, or are on their
way there.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
THEREyOLTIN chilli.

Favorable News Received i'm Lon
don-Frcnch Gunboats Ordered to
Chill.
LONDON, Jan. 2S.-The Exchange Tele-
graph company says that the favorable
news from Chill referring to the report
that the British minister at Valparaiso
was acting as mediator and that President
Balmaceda was on the point of rendering
his resignation was received via Mexico
and is anterior to yesterdays news in re-
gard to the success of the revolutionists
PARIS, Jan. 29.-The French squadron
in the waters of New Zealand has been Or
dered to Chill
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
ROYAL LIBRARY

At Paris has S24 600 volumes, British Museum,
London, 100000; st.. Petersburg library,
Russia, $4,000; Berlin Library, 100000,
but these cannot compare with the vol
umes than can be spoken in favor of the g. o.
Taylor Old Bourbon and Pure Rye Whiskey, that
the literary world viii accept the standard
stimulant, and your druggist will indorse it as me
dicinally unequalled, while your Grocer will say
1t Is superior to all others. It Is bottled by CHES
TER b. GRAVES q SONS, Boston, and ID guar
asteod ~
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
CONVENTION OF PRESS CLUBS.

Delegates Arriving In Pittsburg-Vis-
ing Glass Houses and the Great
Steel Works.
PrTTsBURa, Jan. 28.-The visiting dele
gates to the Press club convention passed
the morning in visiting the Pittsburg glass
houses Among other delegates who ar
rived this morning were j. Whitcomb Riley
and M. H. De Young, the latter of San
Francisco. Mr.Riley is tonight entertain
ing large audience in Old City hall.
Chairman Foster Coates of New York
called the session to order at noon and the
following committee on resolutions was
appointed: McGrath of New York, Rem
ington of Buffalo, Keller of Boston, Boyd
of Montreal, Purcell of Rochester. The
chairman of the committee on plan
and scope came in and reported.
A committee was then appointed to
make suggestions for and nominations
of permanent officers, az follows:
Hennessy of New York, De Young of San
Francisco, Anderson Of Boston, Reming-
ton of Buffalo, Miss Belle Gorton of Chica-
90. Several sections of the committee's
report on plan of organization were re-
ferred back for consideration. This after
noon a special train carried the members
to the great EDGAR Thompson Steel works
After this the party returned to the city
| where the visitors are guests of the loca
| members
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
Body Found in Chicago River.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2s.-The body of Benja-
min H. Campbell, the millionaire and
president of the Chicago Safe and Lock
company, who mysteriously disappeared
from his home November 80, was found in
the Chicago river near the Rush street
bridge this morning. Mr.. Campbell was
sorely troubled over his business affairs at
friends do not believe that he committed
suicide.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
STATE CORRRsPoNDENCE.
Southington.

Jan. 2S.-Mrs. Julia Coughlin, mother
of Mrs. James Coughlan, died at the age of
eighty-three Wednesday morning
Miss NJ. F. Shattuck, principal of the
Bridgeport training school, will give an
address on Language Study" before the
Educational association on Friday after
noon.
The concert given by the Harmonic
society Wednesday evening was considered
one of the best ever produced by the
society. There was an unusually large at
tendance.
The estate of the late Charles Bagley in
ventories little over So 200.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
DEVOURED BY WOLVES.
An Indian Camp Attacked by the
Ferociou. Animals-Many Indians
Kf1Iad

WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 2S.-Rev. J. Set
tee, missionary among the Indians around
Lakes Winnipeg and Manitoba, states that
camps of Indians hunting on the east side
of Lake Winnipeg, not far from Blood
Vein river, near Dig Head, were visited by
by band of wolves about 100 in number.
They attacked the camps and killed many
Indians and devoured them. One Indian
killed twenty wolves, another Indian
climbed up tree with his gun and shot
twenty. One mounted stage which was
not very high and the wolves reached him
and ate him. There is great panic
among the Indians. They say there are
no deer, consequently the wolves are mad
with hunger,
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
PueiIf.tfc Tendencies.

William 81. keenan, was arrested by Off
Ger Flynn last evening for assaulting his
father, who lives at IL Daggett street.
John w. Wahlmaker was arrested also
for committing breach of the peace on
Levi Morris, State street clothing dealer.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29
POLITICAL.
AoIlce.

The Young Republican club Of North Haven
are requested to meet at Memorial hall North
Haven, Saturday evening, January 81 1881, At
$50 for the purpose of electng officers and to do
any other business proper to come before said
meeting. Per Order.
RnRERT O EATnN Prs
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-29

The Aizpah circle of Kings Daughters
will hold . sale of fancy articles, candies,
cake and the like at the Y. II. C. A, 56S
Chapel street, tomorrow afternoon, and
in the evening q musical and literary en-
tertainment with refreshments will be
piyen.