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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
TIE MAJOR WILLING TO USE FISTS.
Scrnnton's Chief Executive md Editor
Who Are at the Boiling Point.

SCRANTON. April "a. --There is said to be cx-
ccllent prospect OF n nst fight to q finish be-
tween Mayor John II. Fellows and 7. A. Bar
ret. tho city editor of the Scranton Times. who
also acts as editor OF tho Scranton
page OF tho Elmirn Telegram. The men
have been bitter enemies since Mayor Fellows
was elected. Mr. Barrett having earnestly ad-
vocated the election Of Mr.. Fellows's oppo-
nent. Mr.. Barrett has been q constant thorn
in the side OF the Mayor. He has accused the
Mayor Of administration while in oillce.
has ridicued his messages. laughed at his
management OF tho police force. and made
light of his efforts to prevent the Times from
getting news.
One OF Barrett's reporters recently tea sed
tho Mayor about the city editor. and said that
barrett would like to test his muscle in n fist
encounter. The Mayor expressed his willing
ness and the reporter so informed his chief.
Mr.. Barrett made the reporter make affidavit
to tho Mayors statement before a notary
public. and then sent an acceptance. Mr..
barrett wrote that he would meet the Mayor
outside tho city limits without weap ons and
referred tho citys chief executive to MIR.
Morris. editor OF the Tunes who will arrange
further particulars.
The same evening that the letter OF Mr..
which was delivered TO Barrett by Police
Sergcants Spellman and Edwards. Barrett
refused TO show this letter to reporters. but
said it contained an acceptance. and that he
was to meet the Mayor with bare knuckles ut
an early day,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
GORMiN COMING OUT.
His Maryland Friends betting that Cievs.
land VIII Not he Nominated.

BALTIMORE April 2i.-Chnrles ]. McAleese.
one of the best informed Of tho political lead
crs in this State. placed big bot here yester-
day afternoon that Cleveland would not get tho
nomination at Chicago.
Senator Gibson. who Is very close to Senator
German. TO whom no owes his election AS
Senator was hero last night. When asked
point blank IL Mr. German il u candidate for
The nomination. he hesitatcd before replying.
and then said:
Mr. German never told mo that he WAS a
candidate. but his friends are all very anxious
to SEQ him candidate"
A statement like this on the part Of Mr..
Gibson is regarded as n positive adm IGN
Of Mr.. Germans "andidncy Abiding t. Mr..
Germans position on the silver question
and his ,ailuro t. y9t" when re
subject was Indirectly brought t. the
attention of the Senate lat w".E. c'nator
Gibson remarked TINT he Thought VI ,TIfGan
acted wisely lie rOnt"n!"i tlai II Mr. hor-
man receives the Prr-iG"HtlAl no0lnHt"n hs
would bo a stronger ranIiin'" when y 70
known that hn due, not entertain radical
views on tho question.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
Not Done For Two Years
Hoods Sarsaparilla
ADJUSTMENTS.
Scidrs Closing Sunday Night Concert In the
IcnOX Lycemu.

Seidrs Closing Sunday Night Concert In the
LcnOx Lyceum.
The winter season of Seidl Sunday night
concerts in the Lcnox Lyceum closed last
evening. and in the closing event Herr Seidl
afforded to his audience one Of the most thor
oughly delightful and successful concerts Of q
notable series.
Tho audience was large and enthusiastic.
and had Seidl been willing tho concert would
have been doubled in length by the encores.
One-half Of the programme was devoted to
Wagner. and wide variety of music in n
lighter vein filled the other half. Three
donty numbers for the strings. polo
nase by Herbert: "Anitra's Dance" from
the Peer. Gynt" suite, and Czbulka's
Dream After tho Ball" were especially
etition OF the latter: Miss Irene Pcvny mado
further connuests with her two song numbers.
and also scored an encore, -Four Spanish
opera W fH " Gss basoma new
great, concert fayorite. were given in fine style
Sapsody by yf vSor he eto Th icy Is sd Fs
what v"nturcsome composition. mainly the
music OF a nnmber of Irish ballads and not u
few y liGs 81 llluly woven together in excellent
The Wagner excerpts were splendidy done
iI sed I Eto s dy 5af dozen ssH
encore that 'n nabsr snd Hsrr
mund's E D Song" to satisfy the a aaSf
GnSc The forest scene Of Segfried%
as sieq1riea and Miss Pevnya as ahe Bird Land and
the prelude to, Tristan and Isolde" BY the
Vera and 1f9 Me Death by FRAY
OF the concert Herr Seidl was recalled to the
platform to receive applause that was some
thing in the way OF an ovation by way of fare
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
Federation Of Literary Societies.

Delegates from about fifty Hebrew literary
societies in this city gathered at Clarendon
Hall. in East Thirteenth strcct. yesterday
afternoon. in response to call from Moses ii.
Grossman. who has charge Of the column
Our Literary Societies" in tho Jr,rish Mes
sengn, to discuss tho federation OF the literary
societies into sort of union for general i'm
pr2Vcmrnt This object Is TO DO gained by tho
selection Q! three or four delegates from each
"rgah lY,si, who arc 70 meet once a month
4. y. lsa4cs. professor Of languages in the Col
lego 81 tho City Of New York and editor of the
summation Of the scheme. Mr.. Grossman
was elected temporary Chairman OF tho meet
constitution for tho union. All tho delegate s
present were IN favor Of tho plan. There arc
about 200 of these. literary societies in town.
are young men between lSand 80 years oil ngc
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
SAPPHIRE bearing LANDS.
Eight Thou.nnd Acres on the Missouri River
Sold for 81 100000.

HELENA. Mont. April pa deal has been
consummatcd by which big English syndi-
cato comes into possession Of the sapphire
lands owned by the Spratt Brothers. a
cablcgram was received yesterday from Lon
don by y. u. Spratt from his brother. A.
n. Spratt. telling him to place the deeds to
the English company on record. and to turn
tho property over to A. b. Wood. general man
agcr OF the company. This will be done on
Monday. Tho price agreed upon, for the
ground Is S2.OO0,OO0. one half Of which is to DO
IN cash and the balance in fully rad-up
shares.
The property which originally figured in tho
negotiations Comprised about l.Wpo acres, nnt
tho consummatcd deal includes. Edo:
rado bar; containing 1,2si Gcres Of
nectcd OF ali tho gem land. was the
nucleus. and to It has been added other gem,
bearing grounds, making n total Of 5000
acres on both sides OF the Missouri River. and
extending n distanceo OF twelve or fifteen miles.
The lands are about twelve miles from
Helena.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25

At Dolmonico's and Mt many OF tho hotels no
drinks were served except to persons ordering
food as well. In other places crackers and
choose wero served FREQ to those DESIRING,
drinks. Ono crowd OF young men. untic-
ipatinC u dry Sunday. hired room in
Broadway on Saturday and stocked it
with wines and liquors sufficient 10
carry them over tho LAY. They found. too.
that they had n surprising number of friends
when s inc secret r Fl their precious storo was
evening from oXcesscs duo to the unusual
stringency.
tho Seventh ward had carpenter cut holes in
the of fences IN his buck yaEG on Friday and 1T
no turned all tho customers out of the
@ rnssd 9 tfe 0u sSads sof and 'e LETT TIN"
tho store was closed. After midnight and all
day yesterday and last night the saloon
doore cut In tho fences. and the tenement
Ga TS5nef hs hf st dsfaca
plain clothes Yesterday to keep a lookout on
The sal99 1as in tho millionars district south Of
s.s. a"@ duty Se0n sss the ''9 s s0sh BePa
sps System sSpsrintende SnusB Byrnes toiS i
The CAPTAINS that they must use the spies il
trist helped to keep tho side doors tight by
giving the Captain pointers on those that were
ad
found open Php Harry. who house Used fo to be-
SS9pnss II W ths rsfnt and
whom O'Donohue attempted to got into the sa-
loon he showed him away and fred bad an,
'tRsss%a A9a 'ss Seass
e tho Hsf ss Faly Of hs
old and Germans young. Germans tall and
al srr
dampen9d heights Of Hoboken. Tho crowd
wss g9Sod bas1ed but
was arush, to reach tho gates and the heer
halls Just beyond. M Ht,9 and men We'd IL
along BY the arm. much as Il toddling Child
pulls by its side a rag baby.
perspr dE menheTrs reared good nntuTSdy
York was too dry In tho Hoboken saloons the
Was whilst du haben?'
The lawless. sinful thirsty answer invariably
|Eip slas bier"
h nnd sooh Ess % and Sar
tenders were arrested.
The ilrst man to fall victim 70 the, vigil
dent Of the Twenty third Assembly district
ai3uGr :. poH bS Ass9cntion; His saloon at
O'clock on Sunday morning by Policeman
Law. who arrested him. Justice Welde dis
charged him.
In his tour around the precinct Capt. Brooks
found himself near SnlZcrs, Harlem River
sounds Of music and revclry within. He found
seXenty-ilye couples dancing there.
nc told ar. SulZcr hH w3ud have 70 stop the
Aurora Dancing Academy was using the hall
for practice. Capt. Brooks arrested Mr.. Sulzer
who declined to stop tho dancing
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
Hismurc'S and Capriyi,

BERLIN. April 24.-Tho HaotJmger Nach-
richien says editorially to-day that it was
Prince Bismarck who first proposed tho ap-
polntment OF Caprvl to T. mlnst erial place. rs
Bismarck held the opinion that domestic
Of nm able military authority In tho Ministry.
Such conflict, In Wow Of the Suites rights
doctrine in Gcrmnny, and the Social Dcmoc-
Prince Bisnarck. in the Hamburger Mach
rich,em. says that saprlyi wishes some strong
when tho Army Reform iii Comes mn' and
Kaltenhorn is II weak drhatrr. who could al
ford !itt e aid in he conflict which will gather
round the PROPOSALS Of tho Government in mil
itary matters next winter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
HER Child HAD SCARLET FEVER.
Poor Miss Behan and the Babe Forced 10
Sleep In u Corridor.

Miss Catharine Behan walked into tho Bod
ford avenue police station on Saturday night
at 104 o'clock and told Sergeant Black that
DR. Ashley Weber OF lG5 North Sixth street
had found her baby i'll OF scarlet fever and had
directed her to report the fact to the police.
Sergeant Black aud Doorman Tighe are
married and have largo families, and neither
Of them rclshed tho idea OF carrying scarlet
fever germs home to their children. They no.
titled pr. II. c. Baker OF tho Health Depart
mcnt whose residence is within few blocks
Of the station, and pr Baker tSlcphoned TO
the house of Health Inspector DIR. James w.
i. Roby. DIR. koty was out. and Dr. Baker
contentcd himself with asking that he be told
TO 90 to the Bedford avenue station as soon US
hc came home II was nearly D O'Clock on Sum
day morning when ho got home. and then, rs
i was too late to got m AMBULANCE from the
decided to wait for daylight.
In the meantime Tighr had made the unfor-
tunattc girl and her intherless baby as com.
duty. tho majority of whom arc married. OBJ
}eeted to her presence IN their sitting room. .
INFECTIOUS nature Of, the baby's complaint
made it, contrary TO the police regulations to
shelter her in "a cell. and bed OF blankets was
At 1880 o'clock yesterday morning DR..
lloby arrived ct the station. An ambulance
away. and undcr tho doctors supervision the
STATION WAS fumigated with sulphur and YEN Yen;
tateh. The blankets the woman ian, and nd child
tmo before tho policemen arc satisfied that
they are beyond danger OF carrying the dis
Mis-; iehan told the rIwl,cS TINT she wa, was
born her father turned her ont Ct doors and
nuo. When DIR. ,Wcbbcr pronounced the chilI's
complaint scarlet foyer her sister told her she
s %h S" Dr. wcbssT den Try n@ d nS out
Letting to notify the department OF the case.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
The Sunday Night Dnmrosch Concert,

With Nine. Scalchi and Mme Clementino do
Vere-Snpio as soloists it was no wonder that
Music Hall was filled last night for the last
but ono OF the Damrosch Sunday con-
certs. 1t was an unusually enthusiastic
audience. They checred everything to the
echo. Gounod's Cradle Song" had to
DO repeated before quiet could be re-
stored. Mr.. Jules Conus's violin solo
ried the house by storm with "Ah aucl
Giorno." Mme: Clementine- de Vere-S npio
was equally well received. 1t was Nine. do
concerts. She sang !" Esclarmonde." 1t was
after the duet LA Gnzza Ladra" by Mes
great audience appauded loudest and longest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
Amusement Notes.

The end OF the German theatre season is not
far away. rs indicated by II series Of benefits
and revivals ut the Amberg. which Is left alone
to provide entertainment for tho German COM
m%nE CSmG opera VII this
ssyisninE; as benen. tie! f. leo bittrshst9n; bs
weil-liked works will follow.
Philadelphia prize play" will come to
town for decisive verdict on Tuesday after
noon. at the Broadway. 1t is not a curtain
raiser. but full thrcc-act travesty. entitled
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleopatra" 1t was fortunate
Phiadephia Music and Drama. ana on last asst
Monday night y was acted for the first time in
Max md Viz club q amatSnrs " IN th9t cty
They will hiring over NIL tho Philadelphia
scenery for the Broadway performance.
The towns theatres whore out .and.o
variety forms the chief plan OF entertainment
are well in line for spring. Tho conjurors
art seems best liked by the visitors Mt the
Eden Musdc with jqGGleEy as an agreeable
eide issue. Musician toWnii and the dexterous
sarian orch che THO American historiEeMni
gallery. containing illustrations Of national
IailyuptoH,s marx, fyiiH lssm@ns Titus sti Ii
headilne IS frank 'a lush Dutch DAILY and James ,es
i. Hoey. Bush is comic mimic Daiy is n
dialect com cdian. and lloey. a brother OF vii.
liam Hooy, is original in his burIeSslpo meth
Fox, Captola Forrest. Isabel Ward. Goodrich
and Mcbride, and l rEd z APP sompets ras:
is i'm force al Kostor & Bial's ns an addition to
n couple OF burlrsInrs. Carmencita. the
Spanish dancer. continues in favor. whilo
some spocial foreign lnror,ations arc under
lined for an early an eArance.
Hear In Mind the bargains In Furniture
Now offering at Fnts stores l4th st. and 9Th ayAds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
A sw,udler Get. 10 Year. In Prison.

CHICAGO. April 24.-Edward a, Trask. the
notorious real estate and bond swndler. was
found guilty yesterday of issuing fraudulent
paper. and his punishment was fixed at
eighteen years in tho penitentiary He has
YET to stand trial on six other indictments
alleging wilful and corrupt perjury. conspir-
acy, obtaining money under false prctences.
anu almost every other phase OF swinalinG. on
tho calendar. Trask has become notorious tho
world over. and his victims number thousands
Though indicted scores OF times he has until
now escaped punishment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
SINK DOWN FROM HUNGER.
Kate McGrnth Found Unconscious In the
Street with Her Babe.

Policeman McGlynn found Mrs. Kate Nc
Grath on Saturday night unconscious on the
sidewalk in Leo avenue and Hayward street.
Williamsburgh. Atwclve- months old baby was
casped In her arms. Two policemen carried
her to tho station. n half II milo distant. Am
bulance Surgeon Clifford snid she was suffer-
ing from exhaustion induced by starvation.
He gave her restoratives. and Sergeant Rogers
supplied her with food and drink and shelter
for the night. Yesterday she and her baby
were, taken to the nlmshouse at Flatbush. She
is only ~ years old.
She snid her husband deserted her n month
ago. and on April = slie was uisposscssed from
her rooms in Middleton Strnot Sho had pre-
food. After she was disposscs sed SHE slept in
sheds and vacant houses. and she had eaten
only when she could beg tho food
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
1T WASA VERY DRY SUNDAY.
nut 1T WASN'T ABSOLUTELY DRY FoR
ALL THAT
Tho Man who Knew How had no Trouble
In Getting HI. Beer. and the Man who
Dsdn't Know Any Other Way to Get II
Could GO 10 Irobokcn or brooklyn.


Tn Getting HI. Beer. and the Man who
Dldnt Know Any Other Way to Get II
Could Go TO Irobokcn or brooklyn.
, It was n comparatively dry Sunday In this
. town yesterday. and Brooklyn and the towns
on tho New Jersey shore OF tho North River
benefited accordingly. The police under Ill
rection Of tho new Superintendent really
seemed to do the best they could to suppress
tho usual sido-door trade. and only those
persons who were personally known to
the saloon keepers were admitted to euch
places us remained open under cover.
Many woll.known places were closed es-
pecally in tho centre OF town. Along
lower Broadway tho shades woro raised. and
the rnssers by. including the policemen. could
500 the closed bars and wine rooms. In Park
row the samo regard for law and order and
the presence OF tho police was observed APP
parenty Side doors wero tightly closed
everywhere.
Even In tho Bowery tho saloons were closed.
In Hestor. Delaney. and Essex streets. and
further east. tho liquor men. whose regular
customers came to their doors with pleading
looks and vigorous knocks wore unosten-
tiously admitted. A stranger had no show
whatever. In Chatham square. Mt about 4
o'clock. o woman was seen with foanng
pitcher OF beer.
Along toward o'clock tho fcrrybeats from
Brooklyn and Staten Island began to land in
New York crowds of men who had certainly
como from no prohibition town. The hewls
and cheers Of these travellers kept the police
men busy for some hours
Tho police made l20 excise arrests. Ninety
ono was tho number made Sundayn week ago.
As was tho case on that day tho Twenty.
seventh Precont East Eighty-eiChth street
etationl. took the lead in number. Capt.
Schmidtbcrger mndo twenty-five arrests as
against sixteen mado under Capt. Carpenter
on the proceeding Sunday. Tho record VI ar
rests by precincts is as follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
A Runaway with nm insane Man In tho
Wagon.

The bit broke in tho horses mouth while
Policeman Sickler was taking an insane man
named Anderson to the Essex County Asylum
IN Newark in police patrol wagon last even
Ing. Tho animal ran away Tho wagon
struck and demolished light carriage
IN front OF livery stable. and tho po-
Hcemnn was thrown out Ills hcad struck
tho curb and he was half stunned and badly
cut about the face. His insane charge. who
yelled Justify during the excitement was re-
strained from escaping by Dr. Ives. Michael
Barrett, and by Seeker ns soon ms hn regained
his feet, Tho insane man was not thrown out.
Anderson was taken to the asylum In coach.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
Killed by burglars.

ST. LOUIS. April 24.-Edward DrcSIcr n
bachelor who keeps cigar store on rino
street. was found dying this morning. with his
skull fractured. Burglars had entered his
place through q vault-light in the sidewalk.
and tho murderous work was done with a
heavy iron bar
Two bootblacks were arrested on suspicion.
Both asserted that they had been with two
women during the night. and tho womca both
deny this.
DrcNlcr. managed to crawl To the door, bat
could mike no outcry lie had con -d"rHl,lo
Ut II A. VI. to-day
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
Thought Her DauShteI-in-iaw wns Sham.
nIuEs

NORTH PARIS. Ne. April 24.-NIrs. Elmeda
Richardson swallowed dose Of poison day
or two ago. and while she writhed in pain on
the floor her husbands mother stood by and
looked on calmly. She Is accused Of causing
the separation OF tho husbnndnnl wife. and the
attempted suicide followed. Mrs. Richardson.
I'D taken poison. She Thought shr was sham
ming. Tho arrival OF II ncighbOr saved the
youpH woman's life.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
Money far Evlcted Tenants,

DUBLIN. April 24.-ln speaking at Slane this
afternoon. John Dillon answered tho recent
statements Of tho Parnclltcs with regard to
the national fund for evicted tenants. In tho
last six months. h." said. tli,tO7 had been paid
out to mid families i2rcihIy .dispnsscsscd.
Mirhaal Davtt advised the holding Of u Home
kule Convention directly after the Belfast
CniOnist Convention.
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Cork. April "a, Tho Mayor Of Cork presided
today over u big meeting of pnrnelitcs to de-
mand amnesty for the Irish political prison
crs. Resolutions were. adopted demanding
and urging the Irishmon in America to bring
this question strongly before the candidates
view to obtaining every possible support for
the movement. The lIealyitcs boycotted tho
in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
The Ga. Took Care OF In. l,t

Nine. de Fenelon. the ex-actress who was
asphyxinted by burning-gas on Friday night
at her lodging at 107 East Thlrty-nrst street.
gueathed $40 TO the person vino would chloro-
form her cat in case 1t survived her. II she
computed suicide she evidently forgot that
gas. like care. would kill u cat.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
Would Never Walk Again

He was getting worse instead OF better and
would be as we'll Off at home. So we brought
him homo on tho iron frame. and kept him
on it for nine months longer. He was per-
fectly helpless. wasting away. white US a
sheet. and Nothing but skin and Lomc. You
could see every vein in his forehead and
hands. said, IL 1t was Gods will to take him. knew
he would be better of. After Willie had been home
about nine months was taken SICK and began to take
Hoods sarsaparilla for my blood. II helped me- and
also gave to Willie not expe citing would do him
any good But from the first dose seemed to be Just
the medicine he needed. You cannot imagine my de.
light when soon SAW great change for the better in
my boy. lie improved rapidly and gained in strength.
Four nbscesses on his hip all healed up and when he
had taken two bottles of Hoods Sarsaparia he was
lively and active and able to go long ways with the
aid OF crutches He could also stand alone. which he
hau
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
An Optical Illusion.

Brggs-Jasway d!ssraoed himself at the Won rluucr
dinner the other night.
Gr!ggs-What on earth aii he dot
Rr!ggS-When the Charlnic russo came on he though,
II beer and tried to ,lrlnh II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
French soldiers Drowned In TonL In.

PARIS. April 24.--Adyices received from Ton
kin arc to tho effect that tho sloop Messagcries
Iluvalcs. used rs n troop transport. has gone
down in tho Clairhue River. Thirty French
soldiers and the Captain were drowned. FIJI
teen men arc said to have escaped.
Ono account says that the sloop's boiler OK
nlodrl and the vessel was burned: another.
that the vessel ran on snag. which tore hole
was unsenwoTthy and had been condemned by
II French engineer
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TIE man VI noted Qugorly On the dock a the foot
OF East fwcnyi hird street on saturday HIzt that he
was taEen TO bellevue Hospital not Known under the
name u \rof Arthur jones at the address he gave
sseond nNenae In fact he Is not known there AT
All. The man Is IN the insane pavilion. and lie will be
sent to az asylum II his queer actions prove 10 be due
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-25
The Pennsylvania Limited

Isgnown at home ard abroad as the "worde areatsst
Passenger Train Ado
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Hear In Mind the bargains In Furniture
Now offering at Fiints stores 18th st. and 9Th ayAds