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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1885)
flio Bookwalter-Lanaing Oaae Budding Into a Promising Sensation , ROW AT THE WINDSOR HOTEL. Albion's ICscnncd Murderer Heading fbrl < ineoln Tracing lloyco'n Pack- nec Snlihnth Invents llrlolly ipltoml/ed Stale Arrivals. fntoM TUB nEr.'s LINCOLN iirnr.Au.1 The Bookwidter-Lnnsing case promises to be one of the biggest sensations of the year. The statement was published hero yesterday that the notion begun in the diStrict court to compel Lansing to con vey back the lille to olock II had been withdrawn , but il is not true. Mr. Norris - ris , who has engaged Hut-wood , Ames & Kelly to look after Mr. Bookwtiltcr's in terests , says there has been no compro mise. Mr. Lansing is understood to have requested Norris lo wire Bookwuller lo come on at once at his ( Lansing's ) ex pense , and ho would explain mailers , and Ibis is Ihe only move so far that oven looks like an ell'ort at settlement , Mr. Bi'ok- ' wallor will probably roneh Lincoln to day , when a conference will be hold nnd future action determined upon. It is alleged that Mr. HookWnllor has more than the Dofoiibaugh transaction to de mand nn explanation of. In one instance , it is claimed , he scut Lansing $ 1,000 to buy the Kieper properly wilTi , leaving the price and details cnlirclv with him. Lansing reported that he. hn'd bought the property for .fiti)0 ; ( ) , and Bookwafior an- thori/.ed him lo forward n deed at $1,000 , the extra ! ? ICO being his commission. Now , so Iho story goes , Morris has found that Lansing paid only i.WO , instead of $ ! 1)0 ! ) ( ) for the land. And Ihus tlio moro one looks inlo Iho case Iho moro compli cated and numerous the charges become. The BKI ; man will "nothing extenuate nor naught set down in malice , " but in-hit the cold facts from day lo day ns brought out by the probe of investiga tion. LOOKING roil r.CKI'.UT. A telegram was received by Marshal Hcach , from the sherill * of Albion , Neb. , yesterday , staling tlmt J. T. Kokcrt broke jail there Saturday and could bo expected in Lincoln to-day. The "wanted ' man has a brother here , a stone mason and contractor , for whoso home the Albion authorities fhink lie will point. TltACINU ItOYCr.'S I'ACKAOi : . AVhilo in Omaha' lust week Ollicer I'ow- ler found at the ollico of the Pacilic Express - press company the package shipped from Hastings by Itoyeo , the burglar. It was addressed lo H. G. Blair , and was await ing n cjuimnnt , lloyco having failed to call for it. owing to a pros-sing invitation from the Lincoln authorities to stay hero , and explain whit ; lie was doing in the store of liuird Bros , on the nighl of Ihe 'JOth. Contrary to J'owlor's expectations the package contained nothing but wear ; ing apparel , and thu ell'ort to connect , Iloyce with the burglary of King ifc Hull- man's jewelry store at Friend fell through. Koyce , by the way. made an unsuccessful ell'ort Saturday U > escape from the county jail , where he is held awailinir trial. A now AT TIM : WINDSOK. Saturday's mail brought to Clerk llig- bco nt the Windsor a copy of the bill of fare used on Christmas ( lay at the Can- liold house in Omaha. It was a beautiful production , aud Iligbeo incidentally called the attention of his fellow clerk , Mr. ( < oodvvin , to it , remarking , "Bob , that beats our bill. " Goodwin afterwards reported the conversation to Nat. Brown , one of the landlords of the Windsor , and Drown , after Tilling up on whisky , pro ceeded to show his displeasure by attack ing Iligbeo in a brutal manner , pounding him until warned by Mr. Itccson and other guests lo desist. Later in tlio day Iligbee , by the advice of friends , had Brown arreslcd and taken to the police court where ho pleaded guilty and was lined if 10. It is only a short time ago that Hrown assaulted his partner , .loll' Glass , so severely that the latter is still suffering- from the attack , and 1ms n suit for $2. > , OUO dam ages pending. As Brown is a strong , able-bodied man of nearly 210 pounds- , and both his victims are small men. nub ile opinion is naturally very strong against him. The trouble between Hrown and Glass puts matters at thu Windsor m an embarrassing condition , and ns no arrangement to "buy or sell" can be made , the house will probably bo forced into the hands of a receiver. Meanwhile Brown holds the fort and Goodwin olfl- ntes as clurlc , while Iligbeo is "on leave" with Ids salary continued by order of Glass. The property is a valuable one. nnd in the hands of competent men could lie made to earn big money. Undo Dick Kitchen , of the Paxton , was down Saturday night lo look it over with : i view to make tin oiler for it , but seeing the condition of affairs , went back to Onmlia without oven hinting at what he was willing to do. HltllU' .MKNTION. S. L. Glasgour , ti prominent attorney from Burlington , In. , is stopping at the Windsor with Ids wife. Captain llotchkiss and the men of Co. D , N. N. G. celebrated Christinas by u target shoot near the fair grounds. The loss on Mr. Noble's house wa.s ad justed tit $1,083 and on the furniture at $4f > 0. 0.Dan Dan II. Wheeler , jr. , nnd his wife , are up from Omaha on n visit to friends , Charles Keith nnd Kllio Davis returned home 1'riday in time to receive the con gratulations of their many friends on tnolr romantic marriage. Early yesterday morning n snonk thief lifted six line overcoats and a valise from the store of Kvving , the clothier on O btreot. The valise was the property of Will Tiiver. and contained some valuable personal effects. No clue , other than that one of the coats was solil at P. S. George's store , has been found. W. H. Perriiie , book hooper tit A , C. Ingrain's , will start Tuesday on u visit lo friends in Chicago. 'Tho funeral of James Heywood , the minstrel man , took place yesterday after noon , STATi : AKltlVALS. Storms , Starling ; ! ' . U. Hnmer , Kearney U. W. iloliiison , Nobrnnska Cily ; H. A. Blair , Fromunt ; V. Lancaster , Seward ; John J. Caguoy , Plnllsmouth ; ,1. O. ' Chase , I'ainiHHint ; P. Hobbs , Wvinoro : G. II. llastinu's , Crete. TII 13 c.\niiiN : or .THU WKST. _ Phenomenal Growth of North Western KanHiiH Honest Jamil Olllcors. Oiir.iti.ix , Kan. , Dee , ' 'ii. [ Special Cor respondence , ] Northwestern Kansas is booming as no part of the west over boomed before , and the rush for lands In Norton , Decatur , Itawlins , Cheyenne , Sherman , Thomas and thu north half of Sheridan counties is indeed surprising , oven to Nobraskaus , This district , for- inorly oonlrollod by the cattle kings of western Kansas nnd Nebraska , is certain ly ns line foil nnd eliimilo u lies west of the Missouri river and is being taken un der the hoiucttund and timber culture laws us fast as thu register and receiver can nuik" nut the pnpoiT Tlio completion of the Hiulln"tou & Missouri Itiver railroad from R publican City , Nubnieku , to Oberlin , and the progress - gross ibul road will make further west next season , hns infused new life into nn once descried country , and all fool jubi- nut over the advent of the railroad in their midst , for they know tlmt where the Burlington & Mi souri Hivor railroad goes Iho country becomes thickly settled by industrious farmers , mechanics and business im-u generally , nnd prosperity is witm-sjod on every hand. No ono , not even from lovely Nebraska , comes here and returns di. ntilied. On the other hand , they usually purohn o or locate a chum upon land * ju i as pretty and pro ductive as that portion of Nebraska along the railroad from Crete west. . . > T\TIX I.\NI > orrirn. J ho United Hlate land ollleo for I he northwestern district of Kansas is located here , and the officers are busy nil the lime. Mr. I'iileluui , register , and Mr. I idly Scott , receiver , are both on the nlort to see that no fraudulent entries arc permitted , nnd the ridings of tlm honor able commissioner of the general laud olllco nro rigidly enforced. I 'or thuir determination - termination lo enforce the laws to Iho loiter thuso men have incurred the dis pleasure of rings and laud grabbers , who sue the end not far distant. " I ! undcrMnnd olTorls are being made lo defeat Mr. Scott's confirmation by some disappointed democrats , who vvoro ex pecting the position themselves , mid others of both political shades , who have banded together for the purpose of gob bling up all the bo t lands for graxing purposes , and especially all the hinds ad- iaoeiit to the walor courses. Messrs. Pnlohuii and Sooll are not slow in tum bling lo Ihe racket of Hitse. cattle monop olies , and Ihe result is their sohcvuM lire being exposed and defeated at every cor ner they make. Hence , if they can suc ceed iu defeating Sooll's con'lirmaliou , seen re Pnloliau's removal , who is a re publican , and induce Mr. Clove- hind lo lay Lieiieral Sparks , Iho commissioner , on the shelf by sending him abroad , and Ihe appoint ment of men who will wink at their fraudulent entries they expect to succeed iu running the country again as they did when the cowboy hold unlim.lod conlrol of this vast region of land n.nd shol down all tlioso who attempted to move on and occupy Iho best lands there are iu the state of Kansas. Jt will bo a bad day for Ihe poor homesteader on the western prairies when the United Slates senate KKl-TSKS TO YOXKIISM ( iiM.K.\l. Sl'AUK * as commissioner of the general laud office. He may have made some rulings that are not consistent with some of tlio ridings of his predecessors , but so far as I can learn none but the land grabbers and cattle kings are kicking , while Iho actual settler who came from other states to build uii a homo for himself and chil dren is well pleased with all he has done and is doing lo enforce the law and sou that the laud is occupied by actual set tlors. Having had some little experience in the hind department of tlio government , the writer knows what he is talking about when ho assorts that Commissioner Sparks' rulings , or at least most of them , will bo fully indorsed by Iho mas-es as limo progresses ; and with such officers to manage the local ollioo at Oberlin as 1'nlly Scott and II. S. Patchnn , the honest settler need have no fears when ho moves upon ami occupies the land in good faith. ,1. W. PUAUMAN. AN'AUCIIY'S MINIONS. Socialistic .law Workers and Wind \Vnnteivi JloliI Meetings. CmcAfio , Dec. : i7. Seventy-live or ono hundred tepresont.itives of the socialistic ol- omenl of Chicago held their usual Sunday meeting to-day , and occupied an hour or so in discussing "Needs of .Socialism. " Con trary to the expectations of a good many people in tlie city , yostculay's dynamite sen sation was not touched upon. Vcre few in- llammatory expressions vv ere indulged In. Them was a largo attendance at a mas * meeting of the Central Labor union hold to day , at vvhieh a number of anarchists were present. Ueorgo Schilling delivered quite a lengthy address on the 'advantages of liie eight hour system , and Paul ( Jrottkon , speak ing on the same subject , took occasion to re fer to anarchists as an injury to the eight hour law through their ctticnio views on the labor illicit Ion. The anarchists present greeted Ihls remark with hisses , but woio al lowed to remain , alter a discussion as to the advisability of turning them out o ! the meet ing. Among others the lollowing resolution was adopted : Itesolved , Thai this meeting condemns the hypocritical and unfriendly position taken by anarchists with regard to the eight hour demand of the proletarians , and in con se quence hindering tlie accomplishment of the prolctaiians , No f rtlier light was thrown on the myste rious attempt lo blow up Judge Trees' dwell ing. An Ootogii.iclun Murdered. Koxnono , .Mass. , Dec. 29. .Mrs. JCIi/nbeth Arrington , a widow , aged SO , was murdered hero at a late hour on Friday nlglil or early Salnnlay morning. .MrsArrington had for nh > n time occupied : t cottage at the coiner of Baker and Chestnut streets , whoie she lived alone aud was In humblecircmnstanccs. Her llloless bodv was found vestoiday morn ing laying tnioii the kitchen floor. Tlio head was coveted with blood , which had Hewed Irom decii vvouuds on tno head and neck. .Mrs Ainngton was a pleasant old lady , mid was generally beloved bj the townspeople. No motive for tlie crime is known , and no clue to the murderer. Mother nnd Italic Fatally Hnrneil. Pirr&nrno , Dec. ! ! * . Mrs. Haibai-.i Jloycrs and her 'J-year-ohl child died to-day from In juries received last night b.v the explosion of n lamp , which the little one , who was playing about Iho room accldently upset. Almost Instantly there was an explosion which scattered the burning Iliihl over the loom , the llames onvoloning the mother nnd child. In her ( right .Mrs. Meyers Jumped Irom a second story window , and besides being terribly burned received Injinlos which resulted In her dc.U 11 this morning , The baby , who was burned almost to a eiisp , died during the night , and both vvetu burial tub til tci noon. tK to I'rorout tlio Indians. SAN FII.V Ncis-co , Doc. 'JT. Piusnant to In structions Iroin thu secretary of war at Wash ington , yesterday , in tiers were Issued to-day to lioops A and K , Seioml cavalry , to pro ceed to Arl/.omi. They aio being dispatched topiotcct tlio Indians on .San Cirlos leservu- tlon Irom a threatened attack b.v the whiten. .Major Cordon will command the cavalrv. Thu dale of their dc | < artiuo will not bo li.xcd until iliMintches have been received Irom ( ieneral Crook indicating a point In Arizona for the lumps to take up position. Assumed tlio Kolomii Vows. ST. houis. Due. 47. At the convent of the Saerod llouit today , tlm solemn ceremonies attendant upon the admission of thirteen young ladles lo that Institution were per formed. Uf this number tlncu took Iho last so emu vows hum which they can never be ivlcasul. Four took tnu UjM vows and six were admitted as novices. The cer emonies wciu pcilonmui by Vicar ( iuuoral Hrady of St. Louis. Among the young ladies was Miss i'oly of Umaha. Doped With I'oioimcd Whisky. DAVTO.N , Ohio , Jee. : -John .V. Barker , of Ihe Soldiers' Jlomo , l.dcof the Third iovvn artillery , vvu > found dead In a b.tloon In thu western pail ot the cd > to-day. When ho eunio to the cltv he had about 3\'M \ ) In his possession , liut nfiy cents vv.is tound on Ids person. Tlio neighborhood Is lull ol low dives and It lit supposed Im was vat ruDbfd nnd then duped with poisoned whisky. After Twenty-Five Years. SKP.VI.IA , Mo. , Ii.'c. 'Jr. James J , . Slg- mend , brother of ono of the most prominent citizens of thl.i county , vvaa brought to this city last night by u detective , and turned over to tlio sheriff of Iloukcastlo county , Ky. , to which place he will be taken to answer tor a murder committed twenty-live years ago , The prisoner was ai rested HI his homo in Ticniun , ( iriuidy county , wlioro ho bus re sided lor tun year * . A special inducement will bo given at Klguttcr'a luammouth clothing house un til IJceombur Wth. HANGING OF OU1N BOIIANNON , A Defansa of the Supreme Oourt in Its Decision in the Oase , An Important. Precedent of Iiaiv Kg- tnltlMicd toCJovnrnin KnturoCrlin * Inn ! Procedure In This State Tlic Trial llcvlcwed. Pi.ATTSstot-TH , Nob. , Dec. 20. [ To the Kditor. ] The Nebraska City Press has been asking foran expression of the press of tlio state on the hanging of Bohanuon. In a recent number of that paper Ihe cdi- lor says : "In his first trial Hohannon was acquitted of that degree of murder of which death is the penalty. His soo- end trial was , or Miould litivn been , to determine the degree of his guill compre hended in , lo scr , and certainly uotabovo murder in the f-ccond degree. If he H hanged on the loth of next month the act will be ono contrary to the eonstilulion of the United States and of the stale of Nebraska , and will be nothing more nor Io s tl-au murder under the doubtful sane- lion of the supreme court , that availed itself of Iho merest technicality in sus taining the last verdict. " If you will grant mo thu spnoo in your paper , I shall try to answer what 1 think an unjust and unwarrantable criticism upon the action of the supreme court in the somewhat celebrated oa. = o above re ferred to. The supreme court , by its de cision in that case , has established an im- iiortant rule of jaw that shall govern hereafter in the criminal practice of this state. While that ruin makes it legal and necessary for Hohaimnn lo yield up his life on the gallows unlo-n , upon an inves tigation of the matter , the supreme court ot the United Slates shall decide it has jurisdiction to determine the matter ( I do not believe it will so hold ) , and reverses thn supreme court of the Mate , ye I I be lieve it to bo a good rule and supported by reason and good legal precedents. In answer lo the lifst proposition of the Press , vix.i "His second trial was or should have been to determine the degree of bis gnill comprehended in lessor , and certainly not above murder in Iho second degree1 1 quole largely from the opinion of our supreme court in this ease. Judge Uec.se , speaking for Ihe court , says : "In the en.se of the State vs Belioimer supra ( found 20 Ohio slate , 57' ' ) , Judge White in writing Ino opinion of tliu court thus slates the question for decision : 'Tho question for decision therefore is whether the legal effect of granting a now trial was to set aside the whole verdict and leave the ca n for retrial upon the same issues on which it was lirst tried , or whether the rolrial was properly limited by the. court to the de gree of homicide of which the defendant had been found guilty , ami to the inferior degree of manslaughter. The question is discussed at considerable ) length and with n good degree of logic and reason , and it \vus linully held that Iho defendant in the prosecution could bo put upon a second trial upon the whole ot the indictment , tlio same as though there had been no previous trial and verdict. In Iho course of Iho opinion , the learned judge makes use of the following language : Hut the effect of selling aside the verdict linding the defendant guilty was to leave at issue and undotonninud the fact of the homi cide ; also the fact whether the defendant committed il , if one was committed. The legal presumption on his plea of not guilty was innocence ; and tlie bur den was on the stale to prove every essential fact. The only oll'eot , therefore , that could bo given toVo much of the verdict as acquitted the defendant of murder in the lirst degree , after the rest of it had been set aside , would bo to regard il as qualities of an act while tlio faet of the existence of I lie act was unde termined. This would be a venliot to the oH'ect that if tlie defendant committed the homicide , ho did il.withoutdeliberate . and premeditated malice. There can bo no legal determination of the character of the malice of ti defendant in respect to a homicide which ho is not found to have committed , or rather of which under his plea , ho is iu law presumed to be inno cent. ' "Upon the question of the entirely of the verdict it is said : 'Hut upon mature consideration wo tire of opinion than the verdict is severabh ; only when thorn is a conviction or acquittal on different counts for separate and di.stiucl offense1) , or where there are several defendants , but that where there is but ono defendant and in fact but one oU'enso , the verdict is entire. ' The cause was taken lo the su preme court upon the exceptions of the state's attorney , and the decision could in no way affect the riirhls of defendant in tlio prosecution ; but the rule of law was dialed by the court : ts follows : Where-on trial for murder , the defend ant is found guilty of a lower degree of homicide than the highest degree oTiarged in the indictment and on his mellon anew now trial is granted , Iho efToot of grant- ins a now trial is to .sot a.sido the whole verdict and leave the case for retrial up on the same issues as upon the lir.st trial. ' " The deoision and rnlingof the .supremo court of Ohio , rofeirod to in the above , are approved by our supreme court. Of this opinion Koeso , J. , speaking for the. court , says : "That it is jiint it seems to us cannot bo questioned. That it l-i neces sary for the protection of the Jaw-abiding < . itiy.au is equally clear , and the fact Unit many of the btates have incorporated n provision to that oll'cct in their criminal laws gives weight and force to the .state- ment , " To what our supreme court 1ms paid , I might add that the supreme court of the state of Missouri had adopted tlio rule contended for by counsel for Hohan- nmi and by the editor of the Nebraska City Press , and by numerous decisions sustained it in cases rai-iing the question raised in Holiannon's ease , The rule was in force for many years and tlnilor > is.laluro of that state failing to abolish it by any legislative enactment , the nonnle ol that state adopted a now constitution in 1S7 , , and abrogated the rule cst .blUhcd by Hie supreme court of that state and which our supreme court has been asked to es tablish in this stale. In commenting upon tlio mailer of the chan o in Ihe fundamental Jaw of Missouri the Untied States KUiromo ] court hits said , in the col- obraled King case : "There is no quo- lion of the right of the state of Mi ouri , cither by her fundamental law or by an ordinary act of legislation , to abolish this rule , and that it is a valid law as lo all offenses ooiumiltod after its enact ment. " The foregoing language of the supreme court of the United Slates fully unsworn , I think , the .statement that "if Hohannon is Jiangdd the act will bo contrary lo thu constitution of United States anil the. state of Nebraska. " Tim highest legal tribunal in Iho land hi ; < said tlmt the people of the stutuof Mi < ouri hud the right to abolish the ruin contended by Uuhannoii's oomueland the Nebraska Ptvss , by an ordinary act of the legisla ture. I tit ihu legislature could not have passed any laws , or established any rules of prac'tk'o in criminal oases , In conflict with the "bill of rights. " Jl scorns to mo , Ihorcforo. llmtit must bo conceded that the decision of one supreme court is not in eouHid with that part of the constitu tion of thij fatato which siija : "No per son shall be twice put in jeopardy for the tiuinu ollonso. " ThoPreai further says that if Bohannon is lian < rcd , il will bo nothing more nor Joss than murder under thu doubtful sanction of the supreme court , tlmt availed itself of the merest , technicalities in sustaining the last verdict. This is nil uiijnn nthick upon the action of the supreme premecourt. . Only three errors \vero complained of and relit d on for a reversal - sal of the case by Uohannon , through his attorneys , iu his pctitiou in error , and they were ns follows : First , that tluT former conviction of murder in the pec- end degree was an acquittal of murder in the lirst degree and n bar to a convic tion of murder in Iho first degree at any subsequent trial ! Second , that the court erred in nvcrriilinirdcfoiidaiit's challenge to ono of the jurors called into the jury bo\ , but ho did sit in the trial ot the case. Third , misconduct of the assistant pros- eputor iu his speech to the jury in refer ring lo the Cincinnati riots- . ' 1 ho lirst of the < o alleged errors 1 have already noticed jit too great length. No complaint is made as to the ruling of the supreme court upon the other two. It was nol contended that the evidence , at the last trial , did not warrant a convic tion of mun''r ' in the lirst degree , mid the prisoner's c jimsol virtually admit that it was sulltoiont lo support the verdict ren dered , as they did not press that question in their argument on their motion for anew now trial nor before the supreme court. The holding of our supreme court upon the question of lirmcr jeopardy is well supported by the dooisimn of the supreme courts of tlio states of Ohio , California , Kansas. Indiana imd Kentucky. In view of tin * faol and everything else connected with the case , 1 can not tell what "tho merest technicality11 is , referred to by the Nebraska Cily Press. I assisted in pre senting this easi ) to the sunrenio court , and believe the decision to no a just one. Hut if it is unwarranted it should not bo upheld. Until better reasons tire offered than 1 have yet hoard or road , 1 shall en dorse the decision of our supreme court. J. B. Sritouu. now i in "GOT Ch\s. ; II. lloyt , the Knmiy Dramatist , ntid How lie Won I-'nmi * . Mr.Cluis.II. Iloyl arrived last night with the company representing his latest creation , " A Tin Soldier , " billed for to night and to-morrow evening at the op era house. Mr. lloyt is traveling as mali nger of this one of his several successes , and thus has opportunity lo study pop ular sentiment in the greeting of his work over a wide range of territory and among various peoples , as it were. The methods of successful workmen is always an interesting theme. It is a sort of aggravating pleasure to road how easily great achievements have been compassed and the prize of success plucked from before our very noses , whore our purblind senses had failed to recognize it. It would , however , by cheating Mr. Iloyl of a largo measure of the credit due him to call his success tlie fruit of a lucky thought , although ho modestly says on that point , " 1 have been very fortunate. " So ho has , but ho coined his fortune largely in .the mint of his own genius , and his attainments are wholly of his individual earning. Those who have studied the construc tion of one of Mr. lloyt's comedy farces have appreciated thu fact that the stage work and by play have taxed the ro- somces of tlio author as much as the lit erary portion. It must seem u mystery to the uninitiated how the dramatist wont about bringing in the buffoonery ; how at the reading of certain lines , for instance , a character is made to rush in and ex plode n torpedo on the bald cranium of another , or how simultaneously with one antic Ihe whole cast cut a grand collec tive caper which brings down tlio house. Mr. lloyt's plays are full of this funny business and although it would seem a greater part ot .it Would bo discovered and .suggested in the rehearsals , he says such is not the ease ; lie works in nil of it in tlie seclusion of his htudio , inter- joetini : it between tlio Hushes of wit and satire which constitute his lines. . Ho studies Iho situation and by sonio intuitive gift , per haps , fores'ees its happy effect at eaoh point. Indeed so seldom does he miscalcu late that ho holds tiie actor.s strictly to his directions , permuting no digressions and allowing very litlle "originality. " Once in awhile a really good thing is suggested and ho accepts it. Daniels , the "Old Sport1' in A Hag Haby , originated tlio catch lines , "You and mo had belter have an understanding. I guess you'll have to get another boy. " However aelors in working in their own inspirations frequently blunt the humor the.y seek to sharpen , and Mr. lloyt believes in hold ing closely in chock. The titles of his plays are no less unique ! than tlio creations themselves , and much speculation is excited by their oddity and hick of application. "A Hunch of Keys" was arbitrarily selected to cover tlie great hotel farce , which was Mr. lloyt's lirst fancy. Ho caught the idea of this play from a little hotel which came under his ob servation in ti Vermont town. Mr. lloyt strangely enough claims that ho is incompetent to conceive a plot. This statement is largely to be doubled , as : i mind of sucn unquestionable genius' is rarely short of concept ivo qualities , and Mr. lloyt will find himself someday belter endowed than ho thinks. It lias so far occurred , however , that ho Inn adopted the plots from previously existing nlays. Thu"KagBauy" is "Young Mrs. Winthrop , " and the "Tin Soldier" is the "Silver King. " Mr. lloyt Is yet a young man and is to-day celebrated at twenty-six. Ho was formerly a journalist , being connected for some jours with the Boston Post. On Unit ] ) iier ] ) ho ground out tlio daily grist of fun in the All Sorts column until he discovered his real calling and knocked oil'paragraphing for play writing. Destructive Fires. Nuwiiunvpoirr , Mass. , Dec. 20. Karly this mornim ; lire broke out in Hoardman's p'oco- ry In Adams block and extended to the Ma sonic block , Equitable buildings , Tennoy's shoe factory and tlio private residence of G. , ) . Klnnoy , all of which were destroyed , caus ing a lo s of bOX ( ) ) , partially Insured , Thir teen business places were limned out and IM hands tlnown out of woik , Kucliics were sent from Newburyport and llavorhlll. Jo- hejih lllsley and ( ieorf-'o A. Ch.aso were both Instantly billed by tailing walls , and .six olii- oisvveri ) Injured. t'oi.i.iNsvn.i.i : , Ma. , Dec. 20. A lire do- struyed olKht Simon , a hinjo quantity ol cot ton and tlio depot 01 tlio Alabama it Great hionthcrii railroad to-day. Loss heavy , but not estimated , Dc.troiL't Clmruli llow.l rr , Doc , : > ! . The serious outbreak K the Polish ] Satbhoner.sof ! St. Albeita's Catholic church , w Icli occurred yoaterday mornliiK In luml > ( ' tlio house of Basil Loin- hie , In which It is , climated 0001vioen - ( ; agcd , In whloh ono man was Mint and killed by the polieo , It was Jc'nrrd would be renewed this niornlm ; . A lar e ciovul as-embh-il nbimt St. Alberta's chinch , bill dispersed w ithuilt diJHh'aiij1duni're. ) : Why lie lOo.loycil ocean Travel. Chicago Herald : "Have 1 over been to Vurrnpv" oxclniniod'tho middle aged and bald headed passenger ; 'Vhonhl say I had. Hall'a do/.en times. Like it ? Uiithor. 'Titin't < > n much Yurrnp I euro for as the ocean voy.igo.s How I do love those' ocean trips , though" ' "Don't you get sea-sicky" "Sea-Hokv I .should hay I did. Why , 1 jn = t llo in my berth live days out of tliu oighl aud hope the infernal s.hip uill sink in ten mile ? of water. There nconm to bo a whole { slaughter huu. > u inside of mo. I feel like u sicK egg. Hut I enjoy il all the bumc , you bet. " "Enjoy a voyage under such circnm- htanocsy How do vou make that out. " ' Well , you fcoe , * my wife ohoV nlwtijd along with mo. She gets siiok , too - hioker'n 1 du. In fact , she gts M > sick that she can't talk till ntVr we've anchored on the otlu r .side , and it I wore to try for n wool : I couldn't t ( 11ou whu ! bio-- ; ! ' 1 dii/s ( > f relief they are to me ' oinnv vrTfinn vSlOuA AM ) TIIL1R An Interesting Interview with n Trader from Pine Ridge Reservation , 15od Cloud nnd the ARCH ! Indian Photographs Spotted Tail's Mur der Sioux Name "tc. Mr. George E. Bartlelt. n Irndor on the Pine Hidgo reservation , was in Iho oily yesterday on his way enst for business purposes. IIo called OH his old friend Mr. Emory , of the Omahn doteolivo ns.so- elation , ami there n UKK reporter had the ] ) lcasurc of nn hour's chat with him. Mr. IJnrtlctl is yet a young man , but Ids life from early youth hns boon spent among the Sioux , nnd ho is ns well acquainted with their customs , language and history as n member of the tribe. Mr. Bartlcll is nol prejudiced by any interests , to distort facts , nnd us ho is nn intelligent and ob serving man , he affords moro facts of in terest aud importance relative to the na tional wards of the Pine Hidgo and Hose- bud agencies than nnv one. recently inter viewed from those frontier districts. "The Fremont , Elkhorn < & Missouri Vnlloy railway extension , " said ho in reply to a quest ion upon that point , "has proven to the agency Iho most beneficial .stop yet taken iu thfU region. The line at Gordon is only twenty-six miles south of the ngeney , mid freighting from that point is nol the tremendous job that hauling supplies over hundreds of miles of plains formerly was. It is an inler- osluig fact , perhaps not generally known , that Indians are paid a liberal toll for freighting their ovyn rations into Iho reservation. There are now 8,000 Sioux and about ! ,000 Pawnees on the Pine Hidge. and they are all revelling to fat ness in the liberal government bounty. The cash annuities are large , and tlio clothing , rations , blankets and house hold goods are snllioicnt for their coin- tort. Game abounds on tlie reservation , nnd every month two hundred and tifty cattle of butcher stock are driven In. Those the Indians kill and eat , selling ( ho hides for Jfil.OO n piece to the traders. The Indians do not live in one great , body about Hie agency as many suppose , but nro scattered over Iho reservation in camps nnd small communities , live , ton. twenty and even fifty miles from the ngencv. Each of these small towns , as you may choose to call them , sot up some male member whom they cull chief , but his sway is a mockery ol tlie dominion of the warrior kings who in aborignal times spread the glory and terror of the Sioux nation from the great rivers to the mountains. " mu : CLOUD AND jt'oiLUcunnv. "JIow about Hod Cloud and his claim lethe the chieftaincy , and on that point toll mo something about his trouble with Dr. MoGillicuddy , " asked the reporter. "Hod Cloud is a weak-minded old scamp , ami his assumption of leadership isdiscounleiianced by the largo body of the Sioux. IIo has the following ot a few Indians and a number of 'squaw men. ' These last are whites who settle among the Indians and marry squaws. They are all almost without exception shiftless , worthless knaves , although I know one or two old fellows who frequently come into my .store who arc harmless , good iiatured men. But the 'squaw men' as a class are a troublesome lot , and it is they who have incited old Hod Cloud lo many of his 'kicks' against the agent. McGillicuddy 1ms a biul opinion of the 'squaw men' and has given them fre quent occasions to understand his senti ments. They therefore do nol love him , and have found in lied Cloud a pliant tool for annoying the doctor. That is the truth of the whole matter. The Indians and all the traders like McGillicuddy , and believe him lo be earnestly and singly devoted to interests of the Indians and tlie promotion of Iho pence , prosperity and growing civilization which he has established since entering Ins olliee. " A MtruiiKU ricroiiiAi.LY tiicoDKTii : : ) . Mr. Bartlelt had with him a number of photographs of scenes about the reserva tion as well as the likenesses of all the distinguished Sioux of both Pine Hidgo and Rosebud agencies , A glance through the album with explanatory remarks , on each portrait by Mr. Barllelt is full of in terest. The photos were taken by tin itinerant artist who worked to his mone tary profit uion tlie vanity of the Indians , but the work is very good , for all that. "This is Spotted 'J'ad , the great chief of all the Sioux nation , who was murdered about live years ago , " and Mr. Bartlett pointed to a card photograph of a majes tic Indian seated as on it throne , clad in till the glory of feathered head dress , braided hair and beaded buckskin robes through tlm folds of which protruded an arsenal of pistol bulls , knife hilts , hatchet helves and other weapons of Indian war- faro. "And this is Crow I Jog , the murderer of Spotted Tail , " continued Mr. Bartlelt as ho turned to a cabinet picture. The subject was a man in civilian's attire , but with features of the strongest redskin skin cast. Ho stood in the paraded atli- titude which is common to pnotlogrnphic subjects under nn artist of pour taste. Ono hand rested his weight upon a table , his loft leg was thrown across his right and was poised conventionally on the point of its boot , while his disengaged hand rested on his hip and grasped a broad felt hat. The expression was as severely blank as the countenance can assume staring into space before a camera. The long hair which fell loose ly over his shoulders crowned the whole and gave poor Crow Dog moro thu ap pearance of an Indian quack of the east ern village kind who was suffering from adosool his1 own medicine rather than the rod handed murderer that ho is. "What were the circumstances of the killing all'air , nnd how did Crow Dog hap pen to escape the vengeance of tin law and the wrath of Spotted Tail's followers and relatives ? " "The murder was Iho elinvix of a feud of longstanding between the two men , but as no ono except the principals wit nessed the all'air little is known of the circumstances. Tlm two men mot in the road near tlm Hosobud agency ono day. Pistol shots nltrnelod men in the ollioo of Ihe agency , nnd on running out they iouiid the "real ehiof lying dead in the dust , the blood pouring Irom n half do/.en bullet wounds while Crow Dog stood calmly by reloading his empty revolver. Crow'Dog was arrested , but some legal hitch secured his acquittal , and he still lives among his people. Oneu in a while young Spotted Tail miike.i talk of ven geance , but ho will novur do anything , Jloro is Ids picture. " L " MOIIi : 1N1MAN rHOTOGIlAPJS. ! The "non of the old man" is a young buck ubuiit twenty years old , mid had his picture taken iu nil thu glory of : i jeans coat _ braided hair , laood-frontwoollen [ shirt and a highly ornamental neckerchief. Ho looks ( lull , and is said to bo , bulh iu point of Intelligence and prowcs * , a most ' 'dogi'iieratu son of u noble s-lro. " Spotted Tail was a really great man , a sachem and warrior among his people , and n eloyor diplomat in Ins relations with the whites. He , like Iho old Napoleon , had uspiivd to found a dynasty in his Iribu , but nature cheated Ids hopes with un worthy progeny , and his family hnsfallcn back to the raiik and lilo. Searcs-tlie-Kiiimiy had lukuta rplendid piuturo , and presented thu linoot speci men ot rod-skin munhood yut seen iu thu album. This buck i.s n young mail of wonderfully line physique imd intelligent well formed features. Aln , his record i.s tarnished by ono piece of malfeasance. One day , after the death of n member of his family , h- was ohc.ving the cuslomsof his pronh by walling iruin tie ! summit of n small butte , whnn a man came along driving n load of liar. In the ngony of his gnof Senres-lho-Knoiuy took a reckless - loss shot nt ( Ids individual and hit him in the fleshy portion of the hip. lor this outrage he served n few nmith < * penal imprisonment. Since that time ho luis boon very well behaved. Stands First graced n oard in his native cos-tunic. This gentleman is note worthy from the fact that he hii-s HO compromised his crodil that he can't got "tick.11 He is a confidence mnn nnd works all new ar rivals , white or rod , with sotno racket lint is always damaging lo Iho pockets of his subject. A card picture of n stately nnd demure looking redskin in regimentals , silling by the side of a kindly faced squavy. aroused the reporter's interest. "ThU is Captain ( icorgo Sword , as his original nninp of lle-Who-Hoars-llio-Sworil has boon civil- ized. He is the captain of Iho fifty Indian police at Pine Hidgo. and Is Iho most reliable redskin I over mot. IIo is honest and pious , and at the same time valorous and dnrmir. Ho regularly at tends Sabbath services at the Kpisoopal mission which has recently boon opened there , and discharges the duties of his olliee with nn intelligence nnd discrimin ation that has won for him the perfect confidence of nil on the agoncv. " Mr. Barlletl had numerous other pho- graph * , but thu most interesting of Ilium have been cilod. INDIAN' NOMKNTI.ATUUIJ. "How do Indians receive snob singular and significant mimes ? " was asked. _ "The ceremony of christening is not very elaborate nor the influences of name selection always the same. DilVoring sig nally from their white brothers , they do not worry for months beforehand lor a suitable name for the 'little nngol. ' It frequently happens that a pappooso is far advanced In joutli before the matter of his name is thought of , nnd then for some performance or exploit or suggest ive event ho may bo named : it onco. For instance , the great nnd bravo Sinnx , Young - Alan-Afraid-of His-Horses , was dubbed that forsliying.whcna childfrom some fiery cuyiiso his stern father was forcing him to mount. Again it occurs that a child is christened on the moment of its .birth from somu co-incident oiroum- stttneo. Kor example , til the nativity of Voods his Bear-Huuning-Through-Ihe , father may have glancedlout of the wig wam door and scon n griK/.ly scampering through adjacent timber , n sight inspir ing a tillo tor his heir. Hain-iii-tlie-Kaoe , Iho Sioux who is said to have killed Cus- tor in that terrible light on the Litllo Big Horn , was born in bad weather , and n gust of wind blowing in a spray of rain wet the face of the new born infant , n most apt suggestion for his name. Ono remarkable feature of Indian nomencla ture is tlmt the selections are frequently unchaste and at times shockingly inde cent. Although they have instincts of modesty , sueTi as discountenance ex posure of person or lewdness of any character , there is no such thing as vul garity in tliu speech of Iho Indian. All tnemes are open to mention in the pres ence of both men and women alike and mailers on which we would feel Iho utmost delicaev are freely discussed be tween them. The propriety of this is in sured by the innocence in which custom allows it. The Indian knows nothing of the salacious , filthy converse largely common lo his moro enlightened while brother. Ho cannot appreciate the vicious pleasure excited by a vulgar yarn , for to him the subject is matter-of-tacl and not under tint ban of indecency. However , you would have to laugh amid your blushes if a list of some of those household titles wore road oil' to you. Their mcntionablc names are peculiar enough. There is Wulks-Undor-thc Ground , Kills-the-Knemy-Alono , Nol- Alraid-of-Pnwnoo Poor-Hear llunts-IIis- - - , - , - - llorsus , Covolo-IJowls-to-tho-iMoon , Hull- With-One-llorn Kats-litiw-Meat Huilds- - - , - - , - . . Don't-Liko-lIis- Hi.s-IIonse.-by-the-Uivor , - - - Climbs-Cotton wood-Treea ml countless Pipe , - - , less other such long drawn out names. Their length is accounted for by Ihe pecu liar conslruelion of the language. Host assured tliu names are not so long in tlio Sioux tongue. It frequent y occurs that ono short word expresses all there is in the translation. Thus , if a chief on n trail wishes to leave orders behind him for a following detachment , he can write i on a piece of bark inado fast to a polewhich he plants on the trail. In so doing he may leave but one word , and yet those few letters can convoy an order to 'follow the picked trail to tins third butte and turn to the south two hour's ride , where I will join you. ' That is the reason that the Indians frequently have such long names when translated. Wore they so unwieldy in their own .speech they would not bo made use of any moro than among us. " HIS DI3ATII-H13I ) WISH. Itcnll/.ation of tlicj Dying Hcipiest of tlio 1 jii Ic Senator Sharon. SAX I'ltANCisco , Dec. 27. United Stales Ciieuil , .hid no Sawyer Saturday moinin rendcied n decision in laver of the iilalnlitf In thesnlt of Sharon vs Hill , brought to de clare void the alleired marriage contract. Tlie action was brought by Senator Sharon against Sarah Althca Hill to declare null and void the contract upon "hich Superior .Jiid e Sullivan nulled the dotcndaiit a divoice from tlie plaint ilf a year , t o. The decision , alter stating the evidence In the case , covers T.n pa os of lo al e.ip written with a typo wiiter. The decision says the principal ques tion Is whether the allowed declaration ot'mar- rwjjo is itenuine or forced. .Much space is devoted to an analysis of Hie testimony of ehirosr.iplile experts from which thecoui I de cides that the testimony Is largely in favor of the plaintilf , and proves , tar as such evidence can , that the signature to Ihe document is tolled. It also holds fiom the same tost- ! moiiy that thu wuid "wlfo" Iu Iho ' 'my dear wife letters are tracings substituted lor other winds. Thu opinion concludes by stat ing that the alleged mari-iaire contract is a forgery and the decree is mill and void , The main opinion Is by .JmUo Doady of thu United St.ites district eouit of Ouwon , anil contains -UDO ! words , Judge Sawyer liled the concurring opinion. A Itloody C'lirlHtmitf ) HOY. Oiur.uio , Dee. ST. Thomas Kinjf , IlvliiK on Cologne street , In n quarrel Christmas nlKhl , murdered Ids wife by healing out her braiiH will ) u chair , Do was ai'J'oslod bv tim police in thu aittTiiooii. Kin : , ' icmaliied in the house until morning , when ho informed a sister of thomuidercd woman what he had done , anil then disanpcarcd. Khuvvasn chionie di inker , ami ids wife id o was lrciiionty ( ! Inluxlcalcd. .She leaves no childicn. ' ; KlttNon'rt DriinUen I'Yunlf ' , NHW YOIIK , Dec. " . The biii'iviiiu court to-day denied the motion of JIiu JIary Kiltson , otherwise .Minnie Clark , for alln.o.iy and counsel tecs in ( lie suit brought by her lor separation Irom D. I. . KittMin , lo whom Kho claims tihu was m.iiTicd in April hist. Kittsou alleges that he has no knowledge id tlm mairiauo , and that It must have taken place when ho was diimk. A Hear Kiul Collision , I'jTTsnt'iKi. Doc. ! i ) . This ninrnliiK the third division of trekhl No. r , , P.tiihamllo ralhoad , ran into Hie rearof the second sec tion nc.ir Philadelphia ( 'ross Ko.ul , ' ( ) miles north of this city , wrccKim : bulb triaus and slightly in.jurin , , ' two men , Immeilhitciy after tiiocollifiou the wreck took nro and 1. ' cars ol cole : and merchandise were dt > lio\uil , Tim IOM will probably reach siio.ojy. The cause of the accident is not known. KK-alln ; ; iThiku Pall. ( ' ' uvKi.A.vn , Dec. U7. Lnst we1 ! ; Ihe Ca sino roller rink , ono of the fanciest institu tions ot tin : kind in tlio city wont inio b.iid- : ruptcy , andyuaUilay thu l.i'nmd : link , on Kuelid avenue. , a SlT.OW Btludtuv , Jolloviud suit. This morning at 11'1 : ! o'clock a team of hoiaT.s attached to a dirl wa on without a binlj wont Hying down Jou < ! lu street , having loft tholr driver bcinud them.1 They vvoro fauglitnt Twelfth , where one of them tell and aluppi'd thuir ilyin career. FOOD FOR COMMON SWINJ Another Addition to the Mysterious Trag dies of Austin , Texas. FOUND DEAD IN A BAHN YARDj An Klulit-Vonr-Oltl Hey Devoured l ) llo s The Mysterious Dentil oCtlio youth's I'nther-\Vllta nnd Mother Ihulcr Arrest. Ar iTix , Tov. , Dee , er.No clue 1ms yet been unearthed to the mysterious tragedies ( if Christmas i-vo. .Mrs. Phillips , one of the victims , was bin led yesterday. Mrs. Hancock Is unconscious nnd Is slowly dying. James I'liillii- nlso dyinc. Ills wounds are worse tluui nt tlrst supposed. Tlu community was ntrnln horrified yester day by tliedis-covcry of n scries nlci lines even moro Inhuman than thu others. Tlio remains - mains of Claude Kame.i , a lllllo S-yonr-ohl \vhllo child , were loimd In a liarn-yard of lit * mother's premise * , In the village of Chirks- vllle , a few mile * wosf of Austin. Swine worn devouring tlie body and when discover- t'd thov had I'uteii all the llcsli friini the bone * but llio features were UTopnl/ed. Last August Iluch Kame-i , the lather. IUJB- tcriously died ami the enioner's jurj declined that ho had been poisoned hv unknown hands. About the time of his death Charles louitnoy beeamoa Imaider In Urn lainllv , which comprised .Mis. I'.ainos iitid two chil dren , Dollle. a ed 11 , and Claude. The mi- natural moiher tried to give the rhlldren away , pleading puverlv. A eoi pic of weeks ago she told her iioiulilmi-.s sin- had given Dollie to a select teacher down 11m liver. Monday night .Mrs. Names visited a nclghhor- borliitf family and aked the pilvliego of spending the night. Him sdd she had given Claude away to n tamily In Immpassiis and that Coiirlnov beine absent slit ) was afraid to sloop In the hou.se alone. The nest morning the woman departed tor Austin. Courttio ) returned yo.stord.iy , found the house ( libelled and di-covored the body of Claude , which had boon bulled a foot deep ami umoolod by hogs. Inloiis1 ; o\eitemenl prevailed when ( ho. news of the murder leaebod Austin. Couitney ivns ni rested on suspicion. JSciirdt Is being made for ] ) ullli ) , who It is coitnin has been mnrdoicd. No out- saw her leave the village , The husband's death Is also attributed to the llondish wlfo. The police to-night traced the woman to San Antonio and aio looking lor her. Tim chief of police leeelved n telegram from San Anionla last night , stating .MM. Kamos , who.se little son \\iis found dead in the back yard of her pieiuisos- , had been ar rested in .San Antonio and would bo brought here to-day. The cltv council and citizens' committee on safety both held a prolonged session lastnight with eloped doors , consid ering means lor iineaithlng the porpetratots of the series of ci lines that hormtcd the city ami preventing the .summary execution of Hie criminals when apprehended. It Is be lieved that Hie committee on safety has ills , covered an important cine. Several thousand dollais have boon .subscribed in this city to aid in feiretlng out the assassins. Til 1C SOCIALISTS' SYSTHM. A Dynninltc llonili Placed on Judge Ijanibcrt. Tree's Doorstop. CuiCAdo , Iee. 'J7. The pullco discovered yesterday attornoon what Is thought to have been an attempt lo wicek Ihe residence of Lambert Tree , of this city , who Is now United .States minister at limssels. The building is olio of the most expensive In Chicago , and has been unoccupied since Mr. ' Tree's departing tor ICinopo. A dynamite bomb was iKscovcicd under the fiont door way anil a fiiio was attaMioil. The polieo were informed and look the explosive away. ! It was set oil'on the lake Irout hv them ' when the toirinc I'oieo of the explosive wa.s disclosed. The noi.so wa.s beard many blocks and tin/en gioinnl lo thu depth of .six luet. was torn up. Theio is no clew to tlio peipu- ' trators or tnelr intentions. ( Up to 11 o'clock last night the police wore t unable to Inrnisli any clue as to who are the I perpetrators of Ihe deed. Though there has ' been no socialistic demonstration lor .several i months ot any ; ucount , it is pretl } gcnoially similised Unit some socialist attempted the ' demolition of .IiuUc Tree's mansion "for the good ol the cause. " Tlieie are no evidences to make tins theurv hoem probable , but in tlio absence of any other it continues to hold. The police are still investigating the affair. NO AIVIOlTMCii)131) ; . Gov. .Sloncniiin'H Caustic Common ! on t ho Chinese Question. SACUAMIINTO , Cal. , Dee.7. ! . Ct ! > v. Stone- man yesterday received a dispatcli from Secretary Dayaid troiu Washington , in which the wiiter stales that his attention has been called by the Chinese minister to movement * in dliferenteitics in this .state for thu expul sion of Chinese. The minister suggc.sls that it is preferable to prevent violence than to repress It alter it may have arisen. In reply to Secretary liaynrii liovernor Stone- man telegraphed : "There has not been a .single net of violence ! toward ( lie Chinese of Ibis state , nor do 1 anticipate any I rouble which cannel bo con trolled by ( lie local authorities. There Is a deep-seated and unanimous tooling on thu cuait ngiilnslliiitlicrlmiiilgrntifin of Chlne.so. Thousands of good clli/.cns are unable to ob tain a livelihood owing lo their inescnee. " In conclusion ho sa\s : "Iti'loiring to tlio suggestions of ( he Chinese minister to your self as to the proper method of picscivlni ; good in dor in this state , I may say wo are capable ot perioimlng that duly without giatuitoiis suggestions irom that quarter. " SOIIAKKKK 'I'mCIIA.MIMON. : . Tlio Cnrly-lli'iiilitd ( Tint Manipulator Wins tli Dool-lvo diiiut. Cmo-Afio , Disc. 'J7. Schaefer mid Hloa- son played the linal game In the ball ; line bil liard tournament last night in the presence of about ! ! 00 spectators. With thu help of good plav and two or thioo magnificent runs Scliaofor won the game and earned the title of champion of the world , In the twenty-third inning Kehaofor , by marvelous mil-rung mid position play , made b7 mid then lost the rail byamiscuo , llo KOUII pit It back , however , and went a ongal a boaullful gait until ho stopped at ITuon a loiu bank shot , which lie hud to play In get the balls out ol balk. The t > cuiu then stood : Sehiicler-m , Klosion * U. Hcliattfor got ko > cd up again In his twonly- lilth liiiniij ; , and did not run down until he icolcd oil'uli P n l-oniciuii of 110 , whloh ended with being kiK.M'd out. In the "Tlh Slossnn made 71 , and the score was , fjehaclvr O-VJ , iSlnsson fifi. Nothing diuinl"d , JSchael'er tonk uii Iho business , and with what was lirolmbfv Ihe HUH ! Mipcib billiard exhibition over i.oen iinditr liku uiicum-danocs , run out tliegame with US .Sehaoler's total , f > 3 ; a venire , B t'jS ; high est run , ins. iSsson's | ) total , tt.1 : average , ll'10-aj ' ; highest nm , 7 . Cnnnilliiii HAJIII/IOK , Out. , Dee. 27. It Is reported Hint a general ulu lion In thu Dominion has been decided on. .Sir John .MaoDonahl fears , It i' . ropoilod , to meet the Itouso , owing to thu M-ntimont ol thu Kiencli in thu Kiel case and the knowledge that when parliament moots ugly levolations of coruiplion and misgov- eminent v > ill be laid hate by Inn commltleo to ho asl.cd lor. The convention of .Sir John's stipjioitois to aiT.ingo a platlorm in on which to go to HID country uill Ini he.d Tnr.-j. day next , and ill isdliitiniiill be diidared as Hion as Sir John n-iurns Irom tliu other side In January , Much excitement prevails In the jno\ince.s. A KritiHh Hurk on this lloulci. Vifi-oniA , H. 0 , Dec. 'it.- Dmlnthu prevalence of a thirl ; fug the Itiillsh bail. Ar abella , linnber-l.idon for Australia , went aslioro 1'ild.iy night on tint rocks oil Trail IMand. a t'ow mllosfiom this jmrl. In otl'ottn to t'c.l her elf Ihe IIII'llni was UM ! > f-linnd.d. lluih vi sKt'lt ! remain hard and last , 'jlu.uni i's have gene to their assistano1. Their posi tlon Is ] > eiilons If a suuilicust vvlnil spiing- up , as a heavy Hinf broals : on the * ldo vvhoni the v Mls ! lie. The I'ilot i owned by It. lltnihimilr it .Sons , ol Yk'toila , anil U valued A 'J'oi'i'illlu Gall ) . V , Dec. 'ju. A teiiluo gule lias prnvaili'd heio slm e vc-torday noon , and to-iliij U.f-uiiid is bl > . \\i > - . ; binder tlian ever. The lij > | iui end ol I In , ivs ib i.-U ' . of S , < * rant 9 J