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says Hes Not 60 Blame.
Hermann Levy Of 1853 Ridge street Ia ped
dler OF small wares, aged 20. On Saturday
afternoon he went TO Max Cohen's saloon. ut
Ridge and Stanton streets, and, when he came
out, his head in some way came In contact with
the sidewalk. He was carried back into tho sa-
loon. and an ambulance surgeon sewed TIP his
scalp. after which ho went home. Cohen. who
is 90, was arrested for assaulting him. and. at
tho Essex Market Court Sunday was held to
await the results OF Levy's injuries in $500 bail.
which he furnished. The stories of the encoun-
ter, as told by the two men. differ radically.
This is Mr.. Levy's story;
II would buy fish In Cohcn's saloon. He
gave me fish. did not wish IL. said II was
not good fish. and wished another fish. Ho
would not give me the other fish. and soon ho
took hold OF mo and pushed mo out TO the side
walk. and there he tripped me up and threw me
down. My head struck the sidewalk so hard IL
Is broken. lie threw me down hard. Cohen did
] did not wish the fish. You sec, II was not II
good fish, and ="
The reporter fed with this rather incoherent
version OF the row, he started to find Cohen. lie
did not know Cohen's address, and determined
to make inquiries. At the corner he found
group 2f Hebrews who looked as though they
"Yes. yes" they chorused in reply to the re-
p99rrters question. % I'VE know Cohen. He lives at
NO, he don't; he's got saloon at 1888 Clinton
strest"
ia Allen street"
Seven or eight other addresses had been sug-
gestcd when policeman came to the reporters
rescue
Say. young fely." he said. "dont you'se
know there's l43 original Cohens. and about
5000 more that don't claim to be oriRinal2 Is
II the one we arrested that you're looking for Y"
The reporter assented. and finally got on the
right track. At Cohcn's saloon admittance was
denied him. but Mr.. Cohen agreed to meet the
reporter outside the door. which was then care
fully locked Bcre Is his statement of the case:
" Levy was In and out of here all Saturday
afternoon. He made disturbance. but we let
1t pass. Then he wouldn't pay for his drinks and
we had to put him out"
Wasn't there something about n fish 2" in
quired the reporter.
oh, yes. Why, You seem to know more about
II than do"
The reporter modestly dlsclnimed any supe-
rior knowledge, and Mr.. Cohen continued:
He wanted to bny fish. but he hadn't paid
for the drinks, 40 we wouldn't let him have It.
Then he made a row, and put him out. He
was drunk or weak and fell on the sidewalk"
Did you strike him or throw him out2'
why, no." replied Mr.. Cohen. in surprise,
he Is an old man. ! would not strike him. or
your own father. have ray-haired father
myself Oh, no, would not push that old man.
He fell down, that was ALL"
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RUSSI1'S AMERICAN CONTRACT.
To Take 1,SOO Tons OF Armor Plate from
the Bethlehem Iron Company.

SOUTH BETHLEHEM Pa, Jan. 1o.-Lieut. j. F.
Meigs, armor expert of the Bethlehem Iron
Company. arrived homo yesterday from Russia
with a contract from the Russian Government
for 1900 tons OF unharveyized nrmor plate,
which will be used on two war ships the Cars
Government is building. Twelve hundred tons
will be of 10 inches thickness. and 800 tons OF
II inches. This contract requires that 600 tons
be delivered in st. Petersburg within seven
months from the receipt OF the drawings. and
the balance in five months. Mr. Meigs says he
believes the company can deliver 900 tons within
the first-named period. The order will keep the
great plant of the company in operation for one
year. Work on the armor will begin at once.
The Russian Government will have an inspec-
tor here constantly while the armor is being
made. He left st. Petersburg yesterday and is
expected here in about ten days or two weeks.
He has all the drawings with him. Proposals
were received BY the Russian Government from
fifteen armor making plants. Among these were
the Bethlehem Iron Company and the Carnegie
steel Company. Four firms in France, three in
England two in Germany, one in Austria, and
three from other countries, including one from
Russia, sent proposals. The proposals were
passed upon by the Technical Ordnance Board
OF the Russian navy.
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M1LHoLLANDIsM LOOKING UP.
There May Ne . Uaion League Cias Ait
ance Against Platt.

The announcement that John e. Millholland's
State Club had succeeded in cancellinR all its
Indebtedness was q surprise to . great many Re-
publican politicians vho have been looking for
the collapse OF tho club and Mr.. Milholland's
faction ever since 1t was turned down bv the
State Committee last fall. The men who OK
pressed their surprise arc loath to accept tho
statement that the debts of the state Club wore
met by the payment Of initiation fees and dues.
i was asserted by these friends of the State
machine that the money to meet tho clubs
pressing obligations had been contributed by
snti-Platt Republicans who are satisfied that
Mr.. Platts friends will organize the Republican
County Committee for 1906, and who want MIL
hollands organization as the nucleus Of an op-
position anti.machine Republican association.
If William Brookfeld falls of reelection as
Preaident or the County. COMMITTEES said one
Sccessions 70 the membership 81 the State ClSS' s
and for Union League Club Republicans among
these new members. Milholland has started q
club which is destined to be the home OF ali the
Republican malcontents In the State of New
Xork. The Union teaga,s, Club men realize
against Platt. i believe some Of them con-
tributsd freely TO paying on the State Clubs
debts"
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rENNEssEE's eoVERx0RsHIP.
RepubIieaas Not So CoaaasAt as They
Were OF Their Ability 10 Seat Evans.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Jan. 10.-Tho expected
clash between Democrats and Republicans
over the contested Governorship came to-
day, and oratory reigned supreme throughout
che morning and afternoon sessions. A petition
and address presented by Gov. Turney to the
Senate. asking for . thorough investigation OF
the election on the ground Of fraud, set tho
ball In motion, and tho action of tho Republi-
cans in calling up their resolution providing
for canvass OF the returns increased its ve-
locity. An amendment offered by the Demo-
Gratis, which embraced Gov Turney's views,
brought mp heated debate. which lasted
throughout the day.
Senator Bates. Democrat from Hickern coun-
~, sided with the Republicans. In an able
speech of considerable length, he advocated the
seating OF II. clay Evans and the decision of the
contest afterward. This Is practically the
ground taken by the Republicans, who say they
do not feay an Investigation.
The Republicans are not so confident tonight.
as several Democratic Senators from whom they
expected support have been whipped into limo
by their party leaders. senator Ledgerwood OF
Knox ID cited as an instance. When he fret
reached the capital he made no nceAlment OF
the fact that he was In favor OF seating Evans,
but to-day he made one OF tho strongest speeches
In favor OF an investigation.
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Plan for Opening tho Colony OF Ep,,ep,,cs

ALBANY, Jan 10.-The State Board of Chari-
ties this afternoon finally agreed upon a plan
for tho speedy opening Of the Craig
Colony for Epileptics at tho Sonyea Quaker
settlement in Livingston county. Instead
OF asking for an appropriation OF sew
eral hundred thousand dollars to erect
appropriation OF 100000, which is to be ex. .s
pended in repairing the buildings already on
the property, which Is now owned by the State.
The Board has estimated that the present build
inRs can be repaired and utilized for the pur-
poses Of the colony, and that tho colony can he
opened and maintained for one year with the
100000 appropriation which the present Legis-
lature will be asked to pass
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UTAH RFPUBLYCANs WIN.
ommissioncrs Withdraw Their Opposition
in the Mnndnmus Proce edlngs.

SALT LAKE. Utah, Jan. lO.-T le mandamus
election case on which the control of the Consti-
tutiona! Convention depends came to an unex-
pected and sudden end yesterday. The Utah
Commission members who are the defendants,
appeared by counsel in court and withdrew op-
position to the writ, announcing that the evil
dence in the contest in SaE Pete county showed
tnat the returns had been tampered with Le-
OF election, and when they reached The Com
mission. They believed. on the original showing,
that the three Republicans who had sued for the
writ were elected, and they would no longer re-
fuse to issue certificates to the Republicans.
This decides three out of the twelve seats which
were In doubt, ana probably gives the Republi-
cans control Of the Convention by a narrow
margin.
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Ban OF the Lieaerhr... BaehsIors.

The Bachelor Circle of the Liederkranz gave
its annal reception and ball last evening at Lie
derkranz Hall. For ten years German-Ameri-
can residents Of tho city have allowed no en-
gagements TO interfere with their invitations to
the ball Of tho Bachelor OF tho IIiederkranz
Each year the invitation list has increased in
are made. Though the bachelors are the nomi-
nal hosts, the benedicts of the Liederkranz lend
q willing hand in entertaining the guests. The
ball opened at O'Clock and the dancing con-
tinued for seven hours The leading spirits of
the ball were Hobart ellis Fred A. Ringler,
Col. Rupert, Henry and Rudolph SchAefer.
Henry Zollner, ana the Messrs. Paggenburg and
KaAmmerer.
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Gov. Mortou Made No PROMISES.

ALBANY, Jan. 10.-A delegation of prominent
Troy Republicans, headed by Congressman
elect Black and Charles s. Francis of the Troy
Times. waited upon Gov. Morton this morning
to urge the candidacy of Samuel Morris of that
succeed Michael Delehanty. Gov. Morton re-
ceived the gentlemen cordially. but, as in the
case of other candidates whose claims have
already been presented, msde no promises.
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Stole the Lead which Hs Made IntO
SPurIOus NIckeIs.

PIrrsFIELD, Mass, Jan, lO-John Supcrnangh
was arrested this morning in the act OF stealing
q small bar OF lead from the Water Department
tool house on School street. When searched at
the station tue police found some lead hve-cent
pieces In his pocket. Tho onicers then searched
his room and found a mould for making eoun.
terieit nickels. The pOlice also found AquAntlV
Of lead stolen from the Water Departments
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Hangsa Hlm.sir In HE Cell.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. lo,-Edward +. Van
solver, aged AS years, committed suicide to-day
in Moyamensing prison with a strap which ho
had borrowed from fellow prisoner. He was
discovered hanging TO the bars Of a window by
Alexander Miller, an inmate of the same cell,
life.
The suicide had been committed 10 prison for
deserving his wife. He left letter telling where
he wanted 10 be buried. He added that he did
not wish his wife TO have any OF his effects.
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AIontsIaIr FoIk swlnaIsa.

MoNTCLAIR, Jan. 1O.-About ono hundred
persons residing here have been swindled out Of
81 each during the past three weeks by a young
man calling himself Robert p Brady. He
alleged that he was an agent OF Joseph II. Smith
OF Newark. and was taking orders for fash
light photographs OF the interiors OF residences
Brady filled out receipts In businesslike man
ner, collected money IN advance, and promised
that tthat the pictures would os TAKEN In a Few days
him
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To Drag the NIobrara for Barrett Scott's
BOdy

oNEILI, Neb.. Jan. ION. Roy. G. d. Multi
han, and James A. Phkerman, the men arrested
for completely in Barrett Scott's abduction,
waived their preliminary hearing and were
bound over 10 appear at the next term of the
District Court in the sum OF 81. 200 each. They
all got bail and were released. The web is
tightening all the time around those arrested.
To-day party Of about forty men will go out
ing It,, They intend to cut the ice and probe and
drag the river for n long distance, and 1t will
probably take four to eight days. They will
take bedding, and camp on or near the river and
stay until they are satisfied that the body is not
there.
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Ts Cross the Paeiae In a Duplicate OF the
Nina.

MILWAUKEE Jan. 1O.-Capt. Adolph Freitsch.
who sailed from this city to Queenstown in the
sailboat Nina, now proposes TO cross the Pacific
In q craft similar to the Nina. Capt. Frietsch
and his boat are on exhibition at the St. Jamos's
Theatre In London. In letter TO friends In this
city he asserts he has received an offer for his
boat and will sell II. Then he will go TO San
Francisco, build another craft, and cross the
Pacific 10 Melbourne or sydney, Australia, MAX
ing stop at Honolulu.
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DR.. Shurtle6 Sues for Divorce-His WIfe's
Counter Charges.

Counter CharEeD.
Boston. Jan. 10.-Dr. Fred c. Shurtleff sued
for a divorce from his wife, Grace L. w. Shurt-
left, in the Superior Court, before Judge Fessen-
den. to-day. DR.. Shurtleff was at one time o
professor In the New York College of Physicians
and Surgeons. His wife is the daughter of Dea-
con Roundy Of fremont Temple. Percy A.
Shurtleff, a cousin of the libellant. and Harry
Healey, both coachmen in DR.. Shurtlefr's en-
ployment, are named rs correspondents. Mrs.
Shurtlefft contested the case, and charged the
Doctor with intimacy with Mrs. Brandon, q
wealthy South End church member.
DIR. Shurtleff testified that he returned uncx-
pectedly one night, and found his wife kneeing
beside the coachman's bed. She acknowledged
improper conduct with the coachman in the
presence OF the Doctors brother.
Several witnesses testified to Mrs. Shurtleff's
intimacy with Healey the next coachman in
the family,s employ, and an array OF Witnesses
rooms to wealthy Mrs. Brandon, and to his pay
Ing attention to her to the neglect Of his wife.
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The Wagner Company's once Robbed.

ALBANY. Jan. 1O.-The office in the Union
Station in this city. used Jointly by the Wagner
Palace Car Company and the Western Union
Telegraph Company. was robbed last night of
S125 In money belonging to the Wagner Com
pany. The office Is within twenty feet OF the
place where the Central Hudson doorman
stands, aud was apparently entered by way of
the window. There is no clue TO the thieves.
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STRONG LEANS ON BYRNES.
<NoTHBR sTREEr-cLElNINo CON-
Fan IN THE MAYORS OFFICE


Ths ssperistsrdent L,,ser. Loreer Ths-
s.e Aess s"a "ss c"n"aer"si Ohss
with ME Honor-1ooyo 900 Csrds or In-
..-...,. 1890.
"a. .D.yI.Now n,s for A-.r,e.. c,u.e..
Superintendent Byrnes fingered In tho Mayors
ONCE last evening after conference Of head. of
departments, held In tho Mayors private room.
and had q confidential chat with Col Strong,
lasting for ten minutes after the Police and
participated in the conference had left the City
HAN. The Mayor and the Superintendent had
their heads very close together. and their talk
eeemed to bo OF very private nature. II is un-
ders.ood that IL had no reference to the orders
necessary 70 carry out tho policy determined on
ct the conference with reference to street clean
ing, but that It related to the retention OF Mr'
Nyrnes as executive head OF the Police Depart
ment
I, y-,,i h. rsm.ynhc,.d that Mr. Pvrnea te.,i
ned before tho Lexow committee that he had
plaoed In tho hands Of Mayor strong his request
e. r.,,r.n,on, -. urn.r,n,ondon, ., po,ic.
should the Mayor caro- to dispense with his ser
yiccs The abatement hns been made that the
-. a.. 80, .a,,a.. O., .,.v h,,,..,t =, ,h,.
chance to rid the force of the Superintendent.
hut on the contrary dcsires to accent the
e,,s..in,anao,,,,a w.. % ..,.,.no. In r.or,.n-
.N.ao INV asa pne D ,' 1s.. ~, :" ,ha r.,.
ons oe.wesh ,he Mayor anu 'ne ,h.
intendont Byrnes has recently evinced SO lively
an fpt.rest in shokino n m tho force Tn secure the
,,..,.s sarsena.an, y, ~. o,,, or,,nsno.. 4, ,s
uotCor ehIorceineht Va 'he S'.S oioihsneeo' y"
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COLD WEATHER
YACATIONS

Are more and more fashionable
every year, Break up the winter,
rest the brain, and arc full OF rare
enjoyment. Shortest, cheapest,
most practical, and hest for the
busy man, are afforded by the
Old Dominion Line excursions
TO Old Point Comfort. Sixteen
dollars pays every necessary eI-
pense
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ALBANY. Jan. 10.-Thc report OF the Assembly
committee which during the past year has been
investigating the administration of the State
prisons and their condition, will show that the
sanitary condition of the prisons at Auburn and
Sing Sing are in need OF much Improvement es-
pecially at Sing Sing, and that several buildings
at Sing Sing, especially the mess hall, are unfit
for use. Several members of the committee are
of the opinion that there should be new prison
to take the place Of the one at Sing Sing. The
administration Of the prisons will be touched
upon at some length.
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SHOT HIS WIFE AND BABY.
TarHeP Pawiiag Then Hanged Himself
His wife May Recover.

LEwIsBURa. Pa, Jan. 10.-At White Deet
township. this county. Wesley Pawling shot
his wife and child and hanged himself to-day.
Pawling was a well-to-do farmer and lived
about mile west of New Columbia. At about
8 o'clock this morning he went TO the house of
his her-in-law, q half mile distant, and
oade her accompany him back home to witness
grand shooting match"
Upon their arrival at the Pawling homestead
he took from his pocket revolver and shot his
four-weeks-old child dead and then shot his
wife, but IL Is thought not fatally. He then
went TO tho barn and hanged himself. Jealousy
is assigned as the cause of tho young mans act.
Mr.. Pawling was a son of the late b. 3. Pawling.
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E..sssrstary FaIrehIla's rrsaIstIoa.

Charles Il. Fairchild last night inAugurAted
the winter talks before the Brooklyn Demo-
cratic Club, his theme being Tho Currency"
lie contended that the present financial muddle
was the result Of the msmanaRement and eX-
travAgance 0f the past Republican Administra-
tion and Congress. and that the Democratic
party should not DO sAddled with 1t. lie eulo-
Rized the so-eAlled Baltimore system, and pre-
dicted that out OF tho present controversy the
beet possible financial legislation would DO de-
Veloped.
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CoIored Concl,men Rejoice.

Three hundred couples made merry last night
at Tammany Hall in celebration of the thIrtieth
anniversary of the Coachmen's Union League
Society. This society is beneficial 'brganiza-
tion Of colored coachmen. which took its name
from tho Union League Club because that or
ganizatlon aided the colored people during the
draft riots OF 'U3
The grand march began about midnight.
An address was made by Bishop James H.
Cook or the A. NJ. L. Church, who was once
President of the society. Eleven OF tho founders
of the society were present last night.
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Sullivan Says His show VIII Go on Until
May IL.

WATERLOO. Ia, Jan. l0.-John l.. Sullivan and
company arrived here yesterday. When inter-
viewed as to his show closing, he remarked:
Il will never Gloss in any business undertake.
Malicious persons who hope to injure my busi-
ness have circulated such reports, but my COM
pany has not disbanded and will not. We
opened on Aug. 81 last year, and will close on
May IL next. With one exception, the company
Is the same as when we started out, and business
IL satisfactory"
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Appea,. for Executive C,.mencx

ALBANY, Jan. 1o.-The first application for
Executive clemency reached Gov. Morton TO-
day. One was an appeal for pardon from Lorezo
Priore, who was convicted of abducting a little
girl in New York city and sentenced April g.
ls95, to three years imprisonment. PriOre al
leees that it was conspiracy ON the part of his
stepmother and others TO get rid Of him. The
other application was that OF Robert Warren OF
New York city, convicted of bigamy and SEN
fenced Juno %. 1903, to two years and six
months at Sing Sing. Both these arc personal
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Csissr. aons at the Herald Square Theatre

Silver bonbon boxes were presented to the
ladies at the Herald Square Theatre last night
on the occasion OF the Tooth performance Of
Rob Roy" Under the pretence that they were
not going to play under tho leadership OF
Reginald de Koven. the composer of the opera,
on this occasion, the members of the orchestra
summoned Mr.. De Noveils into an anteroom
Messrs. Whitney and DE Roven gave a banquet
to the company, and Manager Charles L. Evans
with u supper.
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Poisoned Her Baby by Mistake.

Tho two-months-old baby of Arnold Froi-
devan Of 1 Patchin place awoke at o'clock
yesterday morning and began to cry. Mrs.
Froideyan, only half awake. found bottle and
gave the Infant spoonful OF its contents. 1t
was laudanum instead of the soothing syrup
she had intended TO give.
She noticed the mistake almost at once,
aroused her husband, and he ran for a doctor.
The baby died six hours later.
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AIbIa WykIpa:A suIeiae.

Albin WykipA, a photographer at 1878 AV-
enue A, has been very poor OF late, and, becom-
ing unusually despOndent at midnight last night.
took a large dose OF poison. An ambulance
from the Presbyterian Hospital took him away,
but he died as he was being carried up the hos
pltal steps. IL Is supposed that he took cyanide
of potassium,
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where Ysstsraay's Fires Were.

A. M-I9;5O. AIS East Twentieth street. Thomas
o'Bren, damhgeSlO.
r. h.-2;25, 5OT West Fiftieth street. Wallace Mott.
no damage: $500, a. East scvsnty-sixth street. W.
fisher, damage S25; $3.50, 1877 West Twenty third
street, q. r. MOodwoTth. NO damage; 6;30 T9J firbt
avenue, Charles Schahel, damage tTnnEi S!e4, b13
Ninth ayenngs No dsmass. sile, .5bd East Lightly
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Mistook = 'rossum for a Burglar.

BLOOMFIELD, N. j., Jan. 1O.-Ata late hour on
Tuesday night two men passing the residence of
the Hon. Amzi Dodd heard a noise proceeding
from the rear OF the house. Thinking that burg,
lars were trying to force entrance they hurried
on and told Policeman Hummel OF their discoy-
cry, The officer went TO the house, his club in
one hand and revolver In the other. The dis
turber proved to DO an oleven-pOund OpOssum.
which Iiummel managed TO bring down at the
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DIR. Smith Falls .nd Breaks HI. Leg.

ALBANY, Jan. 10.-Dr. Stephen Smith.
prominent physician of New York city. and n
member of the State Board of Charities. while
proceeding from the Capitol building to his
O'Clock this afternoon. slipped on the icy walk
and broke his leg above tho ankle. Commits
sioner Letchworth, who was with him. had him
taken to the New York Central station. DIR.
Smith left for homo in New York on the 3 o'clock
train
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The twenty second annual masquerade ball OF
the Societ6 FRANCHISE L'Amitie was given last
night at the Lexington Avenue Opera House in
Fifty eighth street. The hall was decorated with
tricolors and festooned with greens.
The grand. march commenced at 10 o'clock.
and the harlequins and coumbines. the gem
darInes and the vivandieres, the Louises and tho
Marie Antoinettes fell into line and filed down
the hall. Many people in plain clothes lined the
pageant. After midnight the music got into
every ones veins and the merriment grew apace.
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Kimed IN . Quarrel over Cards.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Jan. 10.-Raphael Del
Grego was stabbed and killed by Lorenzo
Caruso Ia Hill street saloon this evening. Tho
two men were playing cards. and had an alter
cation. After a few hot words Caruso drew o
long knife. and, rushing upon Del Gregg, stabbed
him in the left side.
Tho dagger penetrated tho heart, and Del
Gregg fell dead upon the floor. In the excite
ment which followed CarusO escaped.