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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-02-19

Princess Duck.
Our line cannot be equslled.
Very incest patterns at 12tc yard.
Indian Dimity, very choice 18c goods,
1910 yard.
Indian Dimity, finest quality, 25c else
where, our price 1Sc yard.
Scotch Tennis Suiting, 36 inches wide,
old price Soc, 25c yard.
Scotch Flannel, new and elegant designs,
worth 42c, 25c yard.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-02-19
Silks.

A superb assortment of Printed China
Silks, going at 25o yard.
ANOTHER LOT
Of spots and dots in "Cheney's" goods,
narrower than ths 81 90 grade, but differ
ence in width not as much as in price.
33o yard.
The evening world., 1894-02-26
ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE.
Donnelly Is Charged with
the Murder of Charles Madden.

The trial OF James Donnelly, charged
with murder In the first degree in killing
Charles Madden. on May "a last, was
begun before Recorder Smyth, in Part ii.
of the General Sessions, to-day.
Donnelly. at the time Of the homicide,
was a bartender in a saloon at 362 Eighth
avenue. Madden was twenty-five years
old and lived at 22S West Twenty-ninth
street. The barroom is conducted by
Felix Donnelly. a cousin Of the defend
ant. At the time Of the tragedy George
Ruch. Daniel O'Keefe and an unknown
man were In the place.
According to the prosecution. the men
were measuring their heights against a
wall opposite the bar when a shot was
suddenly fired and Madden was seen
staggering to the side entrance with
blood streaming from a wound In his
side.
He reached the sidewalk and fell.
There he told Ruch that Donnelly had
shot him without provocation;. He was
removed to the Roosevelt Hospital. where
he died the following day.
Assistant DISTRICT Attorney John r.
Mcintyre conducted the prosecution.
Lawyer Fred House. the defendants
counsel. will contend that the shooting
was done in self-defense.
The evening world., 1894-02-26
THRICE IN THE WRONG HOUSE.
strange Performances of "a Bcfud-
die Individual In PhIIadcIphin.

This H. the story told to n Philadelphia
Record reporter by II policeman whose
round comprise square after square Of
uptown residences butt precisely alike :
II all the misadventures Of people in
this neighborhood who mistake other
peoples houses for their own could be
printed they woul make n book.
only Yesterday morning | was called
aside by a lady who stated a case that
looked very suspicious. Telling her |
woul look into II and afterwards meet
ing the man she described. l asked him
some questions.
Yes said he. | have been In the
house next door three times since We
moved here a month &
The first time, coming home about
10 O'Clock and finding my key would not
Mt. | rung lhe hell and our new servant
girl. as | supposed. let me in. | went up
to ms room, duetliy. so as not to dis
turb my wife, turned the gas low. and
began 10 undress.
~ had not proceeded far when.
glancins AT the pillows, | saw a cluster
OF black rinElets. My wife has auburn
hair. | looked around the room. saw !
was in the wrong place and quietly de
camped.
about n week after, my key opened
the same house. saw the same room
and the ringlets. M retired unperceived.
How II happened again last night, /
don't remember. l heard the alarm, but
got out, l supposed. without being iden-
tihed.'"
The evening world., 1894-02-26
TRITz FASTENED HIS DEATH.
Killed Himself Because He Feared
He Would Die.

Fearing that he would die OF consump-
ton Adolph Tritz. a musician, forty
nine years old, committed suicide at his
home, 1167 Greene avenue. Brooklyn,
early this morning by shooting himself
in the forehead.
Tritz had been an invalid for eleven
years. He had a terrible cough and his
body was much emaciated. Some tim
ago he became convinced that he had
consumption and he became very morose
and Respondent.
At l.S0 O'Clock this morning Mrs. Trltz
was startled from her sleep by the re-
port of a pistol. Jumping out of bed
she rushed into her husbands apart
ment and found him lying across the
bed, with blood pouring from an ugly
bullet hole in his forehead. just between
the eyebrows.
She screamed for help. and awakened
Christopher Solder. who occupies apart,
ments on a lower floor. Solder notified
the police, who sent an ambulance to the
house. Tritz died before the doctor ar
rived.
Coroner Dreamer will hold an inquest.
The evening world., 1894-02-26

Entertainments That Would Not
Find Favor With American Girls.

Mr.. Medhurst. for many years British
Consul at Shanghai. tells. in the London
Million, of a singular card Of invita-
ton which he once received In China.
tention to commit suicide on a specified
date.
She was very young and attractive.
and belonged to a wealthy family. but
the Chinese gentleman to whom she had
been affianced from childhood having
nuptials, she gave out that she deemed
1t her duty to render her widowhood ir-
revocable by dying with her betrothed:
So she sent cards around TO the local
gentry giving notice of her purpose.
No attempt was made by her relatives
or the local authorities to Illustrate her
design. though Mr.. Medhurst appealed
to the mandarins, the general opinion
being that she was about to perform a
meritorious act.
woman did deliberately sacrifice her life
in the presence of thousands of specta-
tors. a stage was erected in the open
fields. with a tented frame over it, from
which was suspended a strip of scarlet
crepe. One end of this slip she fastened
little boy presented by one of the by
ISLANDERS. she mounted a chair and reso-
lutely Jumped off, 'her little clasped
hands saluting the assemblage as her
body twirled round with the Tightening
cord"
The woman was not bounded on by a
fanatic mob, as was the practicesat suit
tees in India. but immolation appeared
to be an entirely voluntary act. Sacri-
fees of this kind. according to Mr.. Med
hurst, are not uncommon In certain dis
tricts of China. and, strange to say,
the are rewarded with monuments,
sometimes erected by order of the EN-
peror.
The evening world., 1894-02-26
USE FOR PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
They Made n Good Road and Helped
TO Get III. stage out of n Hole.

Stories and incidents concerning the
career OF the late \. j.. Gambill multiply
now that he has passed away. says the
San Francisco Can.
There is one amusing incident In his
early life. when he was driving stage in
Tennessee. and which was characteristic
OF the man, that Will bear relation.
There had been a damaging storm and
many of the roads on his stage route
were badly, broken up AZ! "a some
he reached Il bad spot in a corduroy road
and his leaders came to a dead halt.
The stage was late and the passengers
were anxious TO get through. Jack put
his whip in the socket and calmly took
In the situation.
Jack. jack the passengers called to
him impatiently, what are you going to
do? How ar" We going TO get %throughF,'
driver, "and get out Yer. q couple. OF
you fellows.and take the leaders heads"
Jack descended from his seat and look
ed in vain for any means TO I'll the
break.
Suddenly n bright idea struck him.
lie was loaded down with public docu-
ments, a ton or more. and without more
ado he seized this freight and threw
bag after bag into the Chasm until he
made a paSsdble roadway. n the
horses and stage were led over safely.
II don't know he used To remark
constituents OF the congressman got
along without their documents, hut | do
know tina the stun made the best piece
OF iOad ON the CorduroN for some time,
They were well distributed, too, after
a while. for when the water rose higher
most Of the documents tioated down
the creek, and the voters who lived IN
the bottoms had free reading for quite
a while. II wasn't as dry, either as such
add with a chuekle; THE creek attended
to that"
The evening world., 1894-02-26
NEW JERSEY.
JUDGE JAMES T. WILEY DEAD.
He Was One of Union County's Most
Prominent Politicians.

ELIZABETH. N. j.. Feb. 26.-Judge
James T. Wiley, one of the most promi-
nent Democrats for the past thirty years
In Union County. died last night at his
HON on Elizabeth avenue, at the age of
seVenty-one years. Judge Wiley was
born in New York State, near Cohoes,
and for many years was engaged in the
wholesale ~dry-goods business in New
York city. lie came to Elizabeth in the
early ffties. and shortly after began to
take an active part in politics.
He was elected to the City Council, In
which he served four years, and part OF
the time was President of the Board. In
1868 he was elected State Senator from
Union County, and served three terms.
lie was appointed one of the Commits
%sioners of Taxation for Elizabeth, when
the Legislature in 1884. at the sugges-
ton of Gov. Albeit. passed bill 467.
Judge Wiley served for one term al
Tax Commissioner. and then was APP
pointed Postmaster of Elizabeth by
President Cleveland. At the expiration
of his term, Gov. Green appointed him
one of the lay judges for Union County,
which position he held at the time Of
his death.
The evening world., 1894-02-26
SON SUES HIS FATHER.
Monmouth County Interested In the
stout vs.. stout Case.

RED BANK, y. j., Feb. ?6.-The case
OF Stout W. Stout, which has been oc-
cupying the attention OF the Monmouth
County Courts for several days, goes to
the jury to-day.
II Is a suit OF n son against his father,
the father being John w. Stout. OF this
place. and the son John w. Stout. jr.
Stout. jr.. began farming at his father
place in Middletown township, a few
years ago. He was not n success as a
husbandman. and being a 'horsey"
young man. converted the farm into n
sort Of horse training establishment. He
laid out tracks and built big stables, and
was intimate with Il number OF the
owners OF race horses, among them the
Dryers.
Last September. according to Stout;
IRIS statement, his father placed
Joseph, another son. In charge OF the
farm. Young Stout claimed that an
receive $500 cash when he left the place
and an annuity of 500. Neither Of
these has been forthcoming, and a few
weeks ago he instituted Il suit against
he put on the place and personal prop
erty therein.
The suit was commenced early last
week at Freehold before Judge ConoYer.
Both sides ha able counsel. Stout, sr.,
denied that any agreement as to the
payment of an annuity had been made.
and produced accounts oun to S2l.-
600 as an offset to the sons claim. This
SCI. 900. according to the evidence, was
the aggregate of money given 10 Stout.
jr., at various times. but the opposing
counsel. by Stout. jr.'s. testimony and
book accounts. reduced the offset to $50.
The courtroom was crowded every day
Of the trial, owing to the prominence OF
the parties to the suit.
The evening world., 1894-02-26

II no one seemed to desire access to the regis
try lists. plainly that would devolre upon the
inspectors no very great duty OF Affirmative. ac-
tive vigilance In this respect.
Tut II the inspectors were apprised that per-
sons were DESTROYS OF seeing and copying the
list. and that efforts made by them for that pur-
pose had proved fruitless, then II may well be
said that the inspectors were bound to adopt
means to secure access which would not have
been incumbent upon them otherwise.
In the testimony given on that subject there
appears to have been one statement admitted that
1t may he was Objectionable.
One witness testified that when he served In
SpeCtOr Morris he told him that when he served
Inspector futile the latter said he was going to
hand the papers to the defendant. There can be no
doubt AS to the rule laid down by the Court re-
It was reiterated again and again that tho Court
intended to confne the testimony solely to state
ments apprising the inspectors of a desire to OBJ
tain access to the registry list.
must, therefore. be construed in the light Of the
previous rulings of the Court. Thus construed the
question was unobleCtionahle.
After the answer was made. the record shows
that the defendant objected to the part OF 1t above
referred to. but the record fails to show what
ruling the court made thereon. and no exception
was taken.
1t cannot he possible that. had the attention Of
the Court been called to the matter It would not,
In accordance with Its previous ruling, have
stricken the statement out. As already STATED.
as no exception was taken, the error must be
substantial, and the Court fairly apprised Of the
objection. This matter IL trining, and II would
be- absurd TO suppose that a conviction would be
reversed IN this ground alone.
The evidence OF the statements made by the
persons naNing control Of the lists or apparently
in control NJ the offices In which the lists were
lodged, so far as II was admitted, was competent.
IL was necessary to prove them to show that ac-
cess was denied 10 the lists.
The evening world., 1894-02-26

violence ommitt on persons desiring access TO
them as In any other manner, The fact that on
sunday there would he no legal right TO enforce
an inspection and copy Of the lists In no wise
Anerts the question. These COryists, " not dis-
orderly or committing any onense, had a perfect
right TO be present In the town.
u they found themselves the subject ~ un-
jnstinable assault or arrest, they night we'll he
deferred from attempting to enter the town or
make the copies at any time. II was u question
uf facts Tor the Jury TO determine whether ar
rests were made for the purpose ~ intlmidatlhg
ANA preventing persons from seeking access 10
the Hats.
II Is true the defendant denied this intent and
gave evidence tending to Justify the arrests " the
cupyistS, hut The cncct " this was simply to pre-.
sent u question ot fact for the Jury. The dental
ot the intent In no wise rendered the evidence In.
competent The same comin'n Is To he made as
To the evidence " the assault on aud arrest VI the
lacun party on election morning.
II the Jury believed such assault and NJ
rest wholly without Justification, and that
the defendant participated In them, II was t"r
them to say whether such acts were committed hN
the defendant with the intent to prevent access to
the lists or 10 allow the voting to be watched.
Mr.. ttrni , trstimony a. tu his interview with
Mckanc over the telephone was admissible
The evidence u' Mrkanc tended to establish
that he WAS the person who held the 'unNuIAaiun
with Gfult The tart that the defendant icnit :
that tho conversation had hy him with circuit WAS
Ms related by 'iruut did not render the evidence
Incompetent, The Jury was at liberty To believe
the testimony that he WAS the person that had the
conversation ant yet dislelicN" him aud believe
Grnut as tn what that conversation Was.
The evidence NJ What the profess servers said
to the Inspectors when serving upon them orders
- show cause why II mandamus should not Is.
sue was strictly limitcn hy the Court TO matters
tending to show u dCsiT" or wish on ~ part VI
those acting ON behalf VI Mr., Gal nul to obtain
access to the lists,
The cyid"nr" VAS competent for the pntpos,
Tor witch II WAS admitted Nv the Court. The duty
developed Nv III" statute upon the Inspectors il
TO be construed reasonably.
The evening world., 1894-02-26
SUGAR AND LEAD OPEN WEAK.
Bears Use London Quotations ia
Depress the Market.
Conflicting Reports from Washing
ton Retard Trading.

The veek onsrad u,,, .r, ,,,.,
WIN very qu'e'
markets IN wal street. The conflicting
advices from Washington in regard TO
tariff md ,nt.r,aI rayon,a ,aa,sio,,an
49,. a. n.e'"ai ,e'e"uo 'es's'a''oh
nave more influence than all other con-
siderations combined.
Sugar s,artad or n, o. ora ,.o,,,oa
"u % INV uee'heu
steadiiy TO III 3-S. AT the same time the
preferred dropped 1 Ia, to SO "a: Chicago
Gas 7-s to 81 "a; Manhattan Ia, to
isl-2; National Lead 2l-4, to 70 Ia: Ma
tional Lead preferred IA, to 70 1-2;
Reading - :, ooa-,. Ioui.y,,Is NJ,
,s =, N', i"us'"e' WV
Albany Il Chicago preferred IL, to 81 3-s.
and Cordage IA, to Ala.
The ,,r,,, a., ,.aa -. .,,o,o.,,aa D.,
''op !" "u ""s "e'.'e"'eu ny
the execution or stop orders. Bur
lington & Quincy rose 81, to 10 SIS: Dis
,uiar,, 20 90 o,,e ona pa,a,n, go ,o
The evening world., 1894-02-26
STABBED IN A SALOON ROW.
An italian Liquor-D Dealer Buries a
Knife in Kearn's Back.
Barrlcaded His Place When Police
Came to Arrest Him.

Chiattillo Biagio. an Italian saloon
keeper. OF 81 Front street, Brooklyn,
was held without bail by Justice Walsh
In the Adams Street Police Court this
morning to await the result OF injuries
which he inflicted upon Andrew kearns.
of 495 Warren street.
kearns and Charles McCue, Of 633
Baltic street, went into the saloon last
night to get a drink. They bought sew
eral, and then Biagio offered to treat
them. The party got into a dispute a
few minutes later and the customers,
1t is alleged. threatened to throw the
saloon-keeper into the cellar.
Biagio grabbed a knife, and before the
men could get away the Italian buried
the blade in Kearns's back. AS the in
1ured man turned. the saloon-keeper
pulled 1t downward. leaving an ugly
cash. seven inches long.
kearns fell TO the floor unconscious,
while his friend ran out and called the
kearns lying on the sidewalk in front
of the saloon. The door was locke and
barricaded. Word was sent to the lower
policemen. headed by sergt. Coigan,
went around to the saloon to arrest
the Italian.
They surrounded the premises and
then called upon the Italian to sur
render. He refused, and the door was
broken open. Biaglo stood in a corner
with the knife ready to fight off his be-
siegers. When he saw the police, how
ever, he surrendered and vent quietly
to the station-house.
He was locked up for assault and vio-
lating the Excise law.
Police Commissioner Welles was indig-
nan this morning when he heard of the
fight. and he may call upon Capt. Eason
to explain why the saloon was open.
The evening world., 1894-02-26
THE RULE OF THE ROAD.
Why American Transfers Keep to
the Right Instead of to the Left.

The rule OF the road In old England
has always been Keep to the left" In
New England, almost as soon as It was
settled. the rule OF the road came to be
Keep to the right" which is now the
universal practice in this country.
The change could hardly have been
merely arbitrary, says the Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle. English colo
nists would not have taken the trouble to
break themselves of the habit that had
become instructive except for some good
reason.
As to what that reason was there re-
Gently has been considerable newspaper
discussion without any. particular valu-
able outcome. That it is to be found in
ence between old England's roads and
New England's roads is likely.
a driver. in order to have the free use
of his right arm, must sit to the right.
He has right fore huh under his eye,
while he cannot see his left fore hub.
and. therefore. can drive more safely II
objects with which his wheel must not
collide and which must be passed closely,
are KEEP. on his right.
on the broad. level and crowded high
ways OF old England these objects were.
most frequently, the wheels OF other We
hicles going In the opposite direction.
To keep the contiguous and opposed
hubs under his eye the driver naturally
kept on tit itil.
on the narrow wood paths of New
England these objects were the stumps.
trees. rocks and holes on either side. a
man might drive for miles on one of
these roads without meeting other We
hiCles. lie did not have to take them
into consideration. In order to avoid
the instructions on one side OF the mar
row ROAD he must drive constantly close
to the distractions on the other side.
He would naturally drive close to the
side that he could most readily see. the
right. In the rare event of meeting an
other vehicle he must pull of the narrow
road altogether. The reason for keeping
to the right would now be- stronger than
ever. he would not he likely to follow
the old rule. pun across the road and
plunge his unseen left hubs into UNI
known dangers,
That is the most probable explanation
OF the American rule of the road. The
reason has practically ceased to exist.
and so has been forgotten. The condi-
tions now are the same here as they
were and are in England. The left fore
hubs OF vehicles coming in the opposite
direction Is what "A driver Is most fire.
Quently called upon to pass closely
Keeping TO the right he anne see
either his own hub or the hub with
hich II Is liable TO collide as they pass
each other. That is why the reasonable
ness OF the American RUE OF the road is
now called in question.
The evening world., 1894-02-26
%ASPHYXIATED BY GAS.
Neglect of n Brooklyn Painter Re-
suits in His own Death.

John Roader, a well-to-do painter. sixty
years old, of 2O1 st. James place, Brook
lyn, who was taken to the homeopathic
Hospital yesterday morning suffering
from gas a~sphyXiation. died there at 7
o'clock this morning without regaining
consciousness
Reader returned home late Saturday
night and occupied a guest chamber so
as not to disturb his wife, who was
asleep. His wife yesterday morning dis
covered escaping gas, and then found
her husband stretched unconscious on
the bed and a gas jet turned on full
force.
1t is thought that Mr.. Reader turned
on the gas for the purpose of lighting
It, and discovering there were no
matches In the room neglected to TURF
tor.
The evening world., 1894-02-26
KEARSARGE COURT CONVENEs.
Naval Inquiry Into the Wreck of
the Cruiser Begun.
Capt. Heyerman and Rear-Admirnl
Stanton Appear as Witnesses.

The Court OF Inquiry appointed to in
restigate the cause of the disaster 10 the
United States Cruiser Kearsarge. which
was wrecked on Iioncador Reef. in the
caribbean Sea, near Colon. on Feb. .
last. convened at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard at noon to-day.
The Court IL composed az follows:
Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, COM
mondant of the brooklyn Maynard,
President; Commander J.. ID. j. Kelley.
of the receiving ship st. Louis. at
League Island N~avy-lard. Judge Adj
vocate: capt. THEODORE f. Kane, Presl-
dent OF the Board OF Inspection Of Mer-
chant. Vessels, and Capt. Joseph y. Mil
Ter, of the receiving ship Vermont.
Lieut.. ldnan. navigator Of the wrecked
kearsarge, and capt. q. +. stanton were
present as witnesses. Judge-Advocate
Kelley opened the proceedings of the
court by reading thu precept upon which
the court Is convened, and asked the wilt
ness"s II they desired to enter any oh
lection 10 the composition of the court.
tie then administered the oath to the
members of the court.
In answer to Il question put by Judge
Admiral Stanton said they desired tC
appear before the court and present ties,
timony without the aid of counsel
Judge Kelley said the court would ad'
iOurn until . o'clock this afternoon, wher
the court officers will all assemble Oh
board OF the receiving ship Vermont.
The narration of the captain regarding
the wreck OF the kearsarge VIII then he
read to the officers and crew of tn,
wrecked vessel by Judge Advocate Kel
ley.
The work Of examining witnesses will
then be commenced.