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The policeman came up to them and made
inquiries. But all were so bcwidernd TINT he
could find OUT nothing about whence they had
| come or where they were going nr why thcy
! were here. At last he got hold of IN old negro
! who plainly had indian blood in his veins. and
questioned him. This old man explained that
| he and his companions had reached New York
on Saturday night from the Cherokee Strip. in
| Indian Territory. on their way tn Liberia.
! They were under the leadership OF n Metho-
| dist minister named HILL colored man also,
! but this leader had disappeared and they did
not know what to do. They had been driven
out Of II lodging house where they had spent
the night. aud white mar. named McCor-
mick had Just taken 5000 from them to
| hunt them UP u lodging place.
Gillespie tork them up to stephen Meriitts
mission at 2OS Eighth avenue. The officer led
the way. and behind him followed the stray
Cling train of wet. forlorn. and dazcd WANDER
ers. surrounded by great crowd OF curious
people. who could not understand what this
plantation train was doin. on rainy Sunday
morning. going through the streets Of New
York, in charge OF u policeman. Some Of the
Ssa aa nsss 6hersa %e4s ps
housed in the basement Of the mission. and
hem tho see ana
soaked skirts and took the Wet garments on
tne SllNeElnS, crying LhDles. INC men tOiu tne
story.
They came from the lands Of the Cherokee
milton. twenty iiv. miles 81 the northwest Of
Fort smith. near Il station rnllod Muldruw. 1t
Is well known that for several years l.l-t bsi,
Up Turner las been writing TO the cc9lrrd
Mot h"diht pnrers articles setting forth the adj
ynnta:es to the negro Of emigration to Liberia
The American Organization Society. which has
ing out its literature. full IF glowing accounts
lie to the negro ministers Of the South and
Southwest. Most OF this seed has fallen upon
stony ground. But every now and then an
excitement has arisen among Il little party OF
negroes. peculiarly dissatisfied with their sur
roundings. and colonsts have gone to Liberia.
Last summer Bishop Turner wrote some
particularly glowing letters. and the Colonizn-
tion Society sent out II pamphlet which made |
Liberia hnr like i new gold dollar" tu use |
the phrase Of one nf the negroes. These docu- !
mcn,a reached tho Cherokee lands. where |
Cher"k"ea and half breeds and negro suunw |
men We're living together in II state 81 rccp- !
ro'nl distruSt Thu sluuw men md som" |
other negroes. who did not avn lands but !
worked for tho s,luhw men. hated the Indians. !
who hated them with equal rorpiality.
When the glowing ac counts OF Liberia began |
to kind cent husiasln In the negroes the Chero-
KEGS saw chance to get rid OF them and !
iunncd the flame SO last August when |
negro Baptist preacher named Frank Priestly |
cnme down from Arkansas to get together
party tor Liberia he found the seed already |
snwn and Cherokces ready TO help him plough
and harvest He had nm aIbs ally in certain
DR.. EuniI, OF high reputc among the negroes
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DIR. Kl,treds. ON Patriotism,

The Rev. Abbott f. Kittredge preached last
night at tho Madison Avenue Reformed Church
On True Patriotism" "One OF the greatest
rcrils OF this nation.' he said. is the moral
cowardice Of Christians, When men ordinarily
upright and walking in the path OF moral rec
titude como in contact with public opinion
they lean on that opinion instead OF standing
up for what they know TO be right. They pin
their faith to their party. and they would rather
These are the men who nrc the dangerous
element Of our nation. They are what Is ruin
not to-day on the side OF right. Therefore you
must not be controlled by, public opinion. You
lot YOU drop. The problem OF policy does not
have TO do with You OF with inc. You must
pave the mora courage to vote for that which
wrong"
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1HE LAMP S1RrCK me BABE
Moioney Threw II at His Rrothcr.in.,nxy
and BrOke His ChlId,s Skull

John Mo'oncy is II lnborer. "A years old llv-
Ing on the topiloor OF the tenement house ut
AS Water street His wife, their ten months
old boy. and his brother in-law. John Ha.-
gcrty live with him.
Ats o'clock last evening Mrs. Mooney was
away from home and the two mon were rl,y
ing cuchrc. ''''
Tho game broke up In II quarrel md Hing
gnrty left the house. but came back shortly
alter anys u hnd they agan got into row Moon"y
He threw va lighted lamp ut Uuggsrty. Har
gerty lodged and the lamp struck Moloney's
child who was playing in u corner OF the room
Tho men paid no attention To the boy, Int
erappleI and fought out the door to the hend
VI the stairs They fell down the first fiirht
anh struggled out to the street To.icun,nn
sullivan arrested them and took them to the
Sergeant Fitzgerald passed tho house and
heard the cries OF tho child. and. going m
stairs; found II moaning and unconscious Ha
took Y 70 Gouyerneur Hospital. where it WAS
t t1und 20 pc sGiiSring from compound frac.
die before morning. "NN''
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VIENNA. Feb. 2l.-An expedition has been
projected for the purpose OF libcra.inG the
fifteen Austrnns who arc still detained by the
Mahdi. 1t is to start from Vienna at the end
OF March. Collections ARE now being made for
the necessary funds to equip the expedition.
The enterprise will be in charge OF Lieut..
warges. nn able Austrian officer who recently
IN nn horseback IN ninsty-fonr days. spending on
ne Journey oni "llo. He proposes to- Start
keren and kassnn t. Omdurmnn retmt:iinr
VIII, WITH ms rescued trs,neIs. providing he sue
Enrded IA very hazardous ono. Int still n
large sum Is being contributed by the public
~ START II out. II Is his purpose 10 rninavor
MnhdI s successor ' VIZ
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4 nlslse nicnt NOtra

That porularization OF science. "Urauis
or Trip to the Moon." will be changed and
improved greatly for reproduction at NIu-
sic Hail week from to-day The faults
which lessened Its vnlus. both as instruction
and anu sement. will be rcmedied in the mpa n
it will realize all expectations.
Harlem playgocrs get the, best in all
tent 70 wait their chance. Fresh from
tho Biiom to the Harlan Opera House
comes The City. Directory" There will 10
which was remarkable for its hriskncss and
cleyerIess. thnnks TO the abilities Of School
mark. and the others Of lii" east sI"ni t the
Columbus tbs Primrose & West minstrris viii
offer their always acceptable entertainment
In which the dancing and tho singing nre os
prrinlly rraiscworthv The oliO contains a
number OF performers new to This city.
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The symphony String Qunrtcttc delighted
ii quite large md especially discriminating
and apprec!atve audience OF music lovers and
music masters At its fifth concert in Chamber
Music Hall yesterday with IN afternoon OF
chamber music that was thoroughly
charming and artistic. Mr.. Alexander
Lambert. assisting at the piauu in Volk-
TO the, enjoyment: The Iuarte,te seemed 10
be IN the best Of form. and its established rep-
utntion for artistic work WAS increased by yes
terdays concert. Every number and every
movement WAS rendered With the finest skill
with hrillianry. and yet with dainty finish and
delicate shading
The programme consisted Of Reothoven's
quartet IN L minor. op. Is. No. I. Of which the
schcrnu and mcnu"tto movements were as
pe"in lly plensin. ana well done: Volkmann's
trln in ]! Hat minor. for piaun. VIOLIN and
A. No - ''N'' 'b'
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any town but Fort Smith. and there only. a. few
times At 30 o'clock in the morning 81 Fob.
gan. The Cher"eees had lid the party a joy
full farewell. The negroes who were not going
crowded the Fort Smith station. and, amid
cars staIte,l for New York. The negroes were
paving S1S for each grown person, 50 tor boys
and girls while the babies went free. In the
whole crowd there was perhaps $500 in cash.
They worc their plantation clothes and the
pickanntnies were hnrefootcd.
They got to New York at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon over tho Baltimore and Ohio. .Ihoy
had told nobody that they were coming. There
Hill did not know whore to go or what TO do.
me officers Of tho Central Railroad OF New
Jersey passenger station In Jersey City
eped crowd pushing about like a herd Of
ssh na ior several hours. and. being unable to
told Hill to get them to New York as quickly
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Toward nightfnl! Hill led them over by the
'SrrS tse them bs about h es
frettins and all were tired, they, advanced
% p,, lodging hIpss IN West street, near
hard rut charged them 81 oT each he'd or iliy
glad to pnY it. as the rain was falling and ,he
first city they had ever been loose In filled
Hill nestirred himself he.n cs In the morning
70 seek out another lndging pace less expen-
sive w TI they might await news Of the voy.
t", Were day late for the supposed sailing
Tine ni nt OF the vessel; They thought they could
aon s% Hst d s q ths sea st
III, had hardly derprtei before the lodging
no nnus" kreirr ordered them all ont Of the plare.
and he did not want his house choked up any
long thhnger No they Kicked up their bundlNs and
Their leader was gone. they were iilled with
Is SsY S6 Win ESprsssm an" M"e c ss
offered to get them. u place to shelter them
from the r"nring rain. they passed over s3o5U
Gi!lesne found them ana how he took them to
the WS Me.r Ri Nj, Nj sion has already been ipId
roaming about i"oEnw for Hr ' Ioaains ' p,a was
After he had walked for an hour or So he met
= n; Ncw York negro named Vaughan. who took
mn street kept rya Mrs.: Epps:; She offered
hae eSke # n sI to of thu rp'ty Then n went
" INV thcul. no lDuxlnG- mouse keeper
told him that they had gone. He looked IN
ana down the street II He'd with alarm and fear
hitet InInrlng often, he sawa man who told
nm they mad gone somewhere with police
man \ policeman dire ted him to the station
house: and at last he got to the mission hut
his wife and baby had started out to search for
nm and wtr" lost. SO h" went out again. was
repor,ed missing. was taken to Police Head
quarters told his story. and was taken back to
the mission
y His wife had been found and brought in.
Nearly Nearly al ne straGglsrs had also come in:
Clothes had l,ccn dried. babies nursed. and
stninnrhs illlrd. Srtrlts had risen again. A
young couple in corner We're max ing love A
man was hummins Il plantation song and u
group ni men we're laughing, They were
Pastor Fill was downcast. lie had some rrall-
Intion OF what was in store for them. Ycster-
day afternoon and last night collections we're
iuSrn ~ vnrions churches OF the n"iyhbor-
hood Mr., Merritt decided I" kcnp.all the party
for the night i'll the beds his mission, buns uc-
cnny ordinarily To-day he and the police
Will consult as &c villa is to he done.
his flock. said:
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KallrOnd Notes,

Tho Chicago Times says there MAJ le an.
other revolution in Union Pacific ut Il, NIX
annual meeting. 1t is generally understood
tiht the affairs Of the road are in much worse
CONDITION thnn Gould supposed ,lcy wrt,
istration OF Charles Francis Adams. trId :
no Sonnee,I"n Is prinsipally IN bonds. and 'l"r'
nection with the rond Is Il drtrm"nt in -,rat II
q benefit These stockholders are "Edchol
inS 10 work M movement which will le.IIt
renrestntirE the foreign interest in thn road
Is now rndouyorlns to effect mn arrangrn"nt
ny which i!ie tnion Pacincs corsoii,lat ntIrgst
imo!es WI ne taken upnn,i thr r"muIny re-;
Level Level OF Mr.. Gould's Influence In it, iinaura!
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Thieves Break into a. Chanel.

FLUSHING, Feb. 2l.-At an early hour this
morning thieves broke into the chapel con.
nected with tho First Reformed Church IN
Washington and Prince streets. They forced
open window. and were apparently well
ACQUAINTED with tho premises. ~ they lad no
niiilculty in finding key. which they t.srl 10
vais closet IN which money and art rIer OF
n n1,,n w.re Kept They got 500 In cash and
HEY dropped about So in silver outside. rrar
ne ne morse sheds. This money was found ~
ths sexton OF the church. II is believed the
robbery was committed hy a gang OF BOYS VII,
Law committed othar thefts IN tho yitag";
IRE pprTIIerick stockings. aged II. was ARRESTED
t nm locked M on suspicion Of being one of tho
,nsSes, Inc police expect to make other ar.
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It appears that this ,Priestly who WINS tall
and thin and smooth. was an ignorant
and w0n S4ces and ha
breeds. talking and cxhort ing making wild viii
MT II snyy By s
early fall II great steW was on the fire. bulb
EnE and @Glng HsyGr VIZ there sS
and ignorant minds it was indeed u promised
land OF free farms. Tree tools; free ratons. with
expenses Of going ping paid and perfect equality
Among ne negroes Of this partieulswy section
oa asfr9 as ba GGSerse
ignorant and chIdishly credaoIs us tho oti i.
ers. But by luck in marrying u Cherokee wo-
This George Washington. having. lad tr.aSis
M," rssa sI to Of s the
to iIs %asnSSS If
berian circulars and also some Information as
to the way to get e Liberia; The Icgroes
Swn nS Su
that from there transportation would be free
n vessel s,o which yhns would s4i on Feb 10 and
man would get $50. each married man twenty
five acres Of good land. each single man ten
Colonlzation Society pays no fares.
T., With the beginning Of winter George Wash
tools. what household goods they did not care to
take along. their horses. cows, pigs. and chick
the Cherokees toiled harder than evor to in
duce such as were hesitatinG 10 make the VEN
turs The time OF departure was set for Feb.
H. and the place was 10 ba Fort Smith. Asthe
dry approached the excitement around Null
ed not to go changed their minds and tried to
sell their farms. But the willy Cheroi ces either
refused to buy what thoy fet sure they could
4 price sufficcat to buy tho negro ticket to
A few days before the departure Priestly fell
sick OF n fever and made over the Iendershit,
tosn tall, slim Methodist minister named
lrentiss II, Hill, who WAS full Of the Liberian
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1IrHrs AND SUSPECTED 7rpHrs.
Two OF iesterday'- New Patients Were Not
From tho Massulln .' e.

| A"""' I. ,1. were MOI
| From tho Nassnsn. :
Within the past three day. the Health
ohlcers have found four persons apparently
sick with typhus fever in this city who were
not nassenpers nm the steamship Woss,iio
rvo pI t,,ars ''.s,o 80 a.a," "aSs''iA'
| Two OF them were found yesterday.
Three new On ses and one death was ycstcr-
| ~" ~, 'eu"' ny. n'hs NV VI
the health Inspectors. who iswatchfnE 8 Essex
street. reported case OF tyrhus 10 Commits
| siorer Rrvopt The su-aror ,r,a sn,nr,n,
snh,,z.; ~ ,,,rs r,as,. Wa, .. I",""'
sHpnlzSi 80 years. hussian who arrived on
the Massilia. He WIS removed to North Brother
Island.
me pes'house at ~ East Twelfth street.
furnished another case. Rachel Hesselberg
~ vears old one NJ ina N,ss;Iio ;mm;,r,nts
was removed to the Recantion Was 'in'""'S
Last Monday Max Tangerman. % years old,
n German immigrant who arrived hare siy
.,, 49,. ,.' WV "i'i,'' ne'o OLA
months ago became I'LL lie was lodging at nm
emi.rant boarding house at = Greenwich
,,.a.h- T. VIZ o.e. wei, '''tcu WIN
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The Reading Management Diseharxlng En-.
ployees,

EAsroN. Feb. 21.-There ia much excitement
here among the employees OF the roads leased
by the Reading owing to second notice from
the Bridge department of the Lehigh Valley
road notifying twenty-five men. carpenters,
painters. and mechanics of their dismissal,
making forty men discharged within week
at this place. 1t is estimated that at least 200
oithe men in this department have been laid
say these hisinissals ars only tempornry'
8 TwiIagy 10 f,s,o lack Of work local L.hiFh
men who askcd when they would get wnrk
again Were told they would better look Tor
other Jobs. II Is also learned thar three non
Jersey division. are laid or. and tho wages ui
the others arc 70 lie reduced alter March I.
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PLANFIEID Conn. Feb. GA novel scene
was witnessed to-day at church revival
which has been in progress for week or more
East in Packervile n little hamlet short dis
the society demHn the Immediate BAPTISM OF
all converts the day they Join the church. To-
day thirteen new recruits We're received and
had to submit to an icy bath In the Quinne.
bnug River. The banks Of the river near tho
were, crowded with people. who added 10 the
novelty Of the scene by singing and shouting
while the thirteen converts We're being bap-
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Nine. Scaichi Fails to Appear at the seId
Concert

In spite Of the disappointment caused Ly
the absence Of Nine. Sralchi. tho Seidl con-
cert last night was exceedingly enjoyable
Nine Scalchi's name appeared on the pro-
gramme but almost at the last moment Mr.
seidl received telegram from her physician.
saying that tho singer had taken cold and
would not he able to appear. When this an
nouncement was made from tho platform
there WAS a faint murmur of disappointment,
but it died away the moment Nine Tavary ap-
reared and began to sing. Caro- Nome
from Risolrtto' was her selection, ami ne
her clear. sweet voice trilled and Eiidru
through the gnmnt OF emotion, now warhlnr
with Joy. now signing IN grief the audience
listened cnraptnrei and al, times almost
hreathless The music ceased bu, for a while
the SWEEP trill fingered in the air fainter.
fainter. until it died away. and then there vas
y Spontaneous burst Of applause that made
the building trcntle.
Sisnor GNlassi sang 20 lie yerd ami mioi"
in unusually fine voice. Miss Pru,nstldt who
had leen selected to take Mime. Sralrui's
place. sang an aria from GioconGu. and for an
encore song by Stricken.
the season ct the Ienox Eyreuin.. 1t will I've a
grand Wn:ner might. and the singers vii! be
Barosch. and Herr Emil Fischer
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ATcHIsoN. Kan. Feb. 2l.-Ex Senator John
J. ingalls, last night was made a member Of
John A. Martin Post, q. A. H.. md on Wednes-
day next he will deliver the address OF well
come before tho State Encampment in this
application. as his military record Is vague.
but under u ruling Of Copmander-in-Chie
IAlmer the Application was finally accented.
Mr.; ingalls, WAS Judge Advocate Of Gen. Dcitz-
leS'9 stan on the Price raid. which position he
held three months. but he did no actual ser.
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New Jersey ara.d Army appointment,

TRENTON. Feb. 21.-Gen. Il. A. Donnclly. the
newly elected Commander of the New Jersey
Department OF the Grand Army Of the Repub.
lie. has announced the following appoint.
ments: To be Assistant Adlutnnt- General.
master General. Christopher McGratii. Cam
den Department Inspector, Augustus A. Mes
sands. Jersey city; Chief Mustsrlng Ofiicep
william ii; knause. Newark: Chief OF STAFF. u
nounced latcr. w 81"
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Wrote NV RESIGNATION
Hoods SarsapariIIa
ADJUSTMENTS.
A Great Treat for Lovers Of Wagner ut the
Dnmrosch Concert,

Las. nights Damrosch concert at Music Hall
promised to DO great treat for WaCncrites.
and so 1t proved. and the fact that the great
hall was quite filled in every part, almost
crowded testnes TO tho manner in whicl,
Wagner is beloved by tho musical peopl. Of
this town. The audience was brilliant and
fashionable as well as large. and altogether.
from the musical. tho social. and tho man
agciial standpoint. last nights cuncer. mny 10
considered ono OF the most successful OF the
series.
The programme was exclusively Wagnerian
was selected with grca: nicely OF Judgment
and splcndidly rendered throughout. both
orchestrally and vocaiiy. Ii consisted OF ST.
lections from "Lohengrin." the Meister-
singer" and from the Nibelungen trilogy The
soloists were Nine. kronold Horst, Nile Fell
citn kaschoska. Nine. Marie Ritter Goctze.
and NJ. Sebasten Montariol. Nine. Ida Klein
was announced to sing az first soprano. hut
MI bamrosch announced that she was indis-
p9Trtnd and Nine. Horst sang in her stead.
had to to WA S,sy the sIEss ana
demands 81 the audience Perhaps the most
Fire Charm. and the Ride OF tho
w vsikyriss from dom. Di' wa'knre~ They
"WaIdwrhcn." and the, vocal trio song Of
concert was excellent. and the numb I Mem mem
toned only emphasized the general ex-
cellenre.
Next Sunday night Mr.. Dnmrosch will give a
grand !"Ssinl night. in honor OF the ce ntennal
OF Nossni's birth. aud no makes very uttrurt-
i've announcement for the event
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BERLIN. Feb. 2l.-TEe Emperor Wi,lio ~, hos
given an audience % the uthor. composer, md
director OF tho fairy satirc. "Das Hcilire
LAchen. In complimentins them upon the
a"nuntinn OF the piece. y rehearsal of when
IL, III recHht'y witnessed. lie Emperur thanked
mem Ior their work. and snid he believed tbs
t. a, Mould assist in educating the young In a
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acquitted u I'm or Murder La Eir.-n MInut-s.

CONVICTION. Ky. Feb. GA few weeks ago
Richard Gray shot and killed stephen Grosan
IN The office OF the City Treasurer here, Gray
accused Grogan OF deceiving hi. dau.N'"r
tunapr promise Of marriage. Hrogan admitted
NH, ,,n anu offered to settle with money ulW
t any anernoon acquitted him after being OF
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A Variety Actor stabb.d Nv I'll. wife.

DULUTH. Feb 2l.-Edmund welch manager
OF the Iarlor Variety Theatre. lies in -.
Mary's Hospital with hole two inches deep
IN ms back; Early yesterday morning his
vile, hitty WEIGH stabbed him. The partia.;
tsss are withheld. lie will recover. Kitty AMI
thamund WEIGH are weli.knowu variety 40.
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A Fine Chemical La borntory.

CHICAGO. Fob. 21.-Sidney A. Kent. the well.
known Board OF Trade man. will build the
chemical laboratory for tho University of Chi.
esgo Il will cost sl5oOO0. aud will be the
h h chemical laboratory IN America. Prot.
sist In making the plans. WV W 90
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Seemed to lie Selling 1Ila,.clr In Marr,.s..

BALTIMORE. Feb 21.-Rosn Horowitz was tue
defendant this afternoon in II case which ItGa-
Zlcd Justice WariIeld. Abram Horowz
charged her with stouliug two rairs OF trous-
ers from him. The woman testified that she
had worked for Horowita until two months
ago. Wien he offered to marry her il she gay.
MN 800. She accepted. Iid I'll" money. AID
man who said he was minister performed
tho ceremony.
She lived with Horowitz Ave weeks, when
becaus" OF q heating. she returned To- h"r l,"I
to get rid OF hen, SO that he could marry annt.'
woman who had "fere! him sl.o She rhrn
nemanIeI return OF her 500. and. wiler he
refused. she took the trousers. The Justice
gave her tho hcneht Of the doubt. and Dis