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tS I THE FIEXDISU MOSQUITO noor which describes his VTTER VEPRA VITY. TIE TtXXIT1 THWV fETEI MEAM Or XXTEBMlXATIO TARDT CS-TICK TO TUB "SSAEE KKDKf." The mosquito aa ben Investlgstrd. He bss Wg inquired Into. Vn baa b4-n looked at (rota pot fit. What hU business I and bow he msy be terminated for tt bas not been found fkil hi kil mar A lw nu-fl tiuntMiiltr and right to exlat roc have Fee made stl deeU of research.

The result nil a too which will be published this week by tba Msr. Api'lrton. Whet bar the hie of printing a vr.lam aJt the mosquito we rrompted by a virtuous dv rirets merely niskbtscutsduess mutter of T-rr4 or a aether It found birth la an uu-rigaleotM spirit of revenge after an especially Severe aud attack by the Insect cannot t.s stated. Anyway, la the early bitiu- ti er of JHgft Dr. Robert IL Lauiborn Issued a circular te Die working entomologist of the country," oEertnf prtxe for the best essays describing original investigations Into the methods of rlr troy Ing the moaqulto and tbe bouae fly.

The foftl.routiua book contain the hmh of those te wbotu the prizes were awarded. T'ue trvl prf-ia wss given to Mrs. C. B. Aaron and tbe oooiul divides! between Mr.

Archibald C. Week and Mr. William ioteniull-r. tbe work may really lie called a symposium en the suhjrvt of mos.jiiltocs. lu aUirh Mr.

lien-tenmuIUr appears as the accuser of tbe Insect, 'Mr. Week as It defender, and Mr. Aaron a cue v. bo bold luUruiedlato views. A great proplr, already aw are from personal experience tbat tnoNqitUoes are undesirable associate, will surprised to find out wbat a trill serious riimiiy of tbe human rare the to-ccl and ala ah been the Insert la found i a fcj.il amnni; tbo t.i'ol7lcal remain of former sges, avparrntly never at any period bating len eiUuet, and always having been l.t.luM i Yh-ie seems to be no doubt that tbe tnosquito lapnnie of oimnuiilcntiiig a jwlsnn.

The fact Xu.n. it it la Mlnwid to irrvalli ion enourli out a aulhtlrnt (iilurrtity of hlood but little In ti atloo return in arvut to prove tula, tint it tti'o ml, I tiiat it oajuile of iutiociiUtioK mankind wlfli ninlurlai tiiKraxe. bit found tetuty it nialu out of one bundled fiiiiy to infected with bamalozou, and MrUrod, eoiutaeMiii on tliti, uu that tbe mfaing from Uiitria in Uo blood are ny (xrlnua. iir. 1' In.

ay of flarana aerta that It la Ma be-llrf tliutthe tiiofjiiUo an Jt'llow (over, lie ajya that tne lns- afu-r piilii'tiirlutt the akin of the yellow frv.r la-t ru, rrlMiiia aooieof tbe Krruia of tbe dtuciwe aod that be ruiiuunt'au tuwe to tbe nrxt r-n bevulla. Ke aure la be ttiat tbe jiio'aiutt ia llio active. If nut ttie only, avent for tbe dia-ai'iiilnallou of yr4liiw fever luut ho luilila that tU dl-ra run not nut where the mosquito 4e uot flunrlah. In corrobornt lou of tbla opln-hiii, be aaya that la the Htimmor of 1MH5 una-qultoua oie quite source in Havana, but wt-re very numerous io the Autumn, and that in tbe tniuuicr there were few yinlaw fever but tltnt iu OrtolKjf and Kovenibcr they lutreated eonihterahly. lr.

IX. Hammond, In RHenet appears, to confirm ttiii Tiew. "In sjya Mr. Hammond, ditrlfcif a yellow ftver epldcmle In Ausnata, no csaos oriiiiimUI at ctuiiirrotlle, a suburb amnutf the saud bills. There were un tuoaimltoea at miervllle, wblrb was proBched by a ratlu circuitous route from AUkusU.

home years aflir. a straiirlit. broad road was built throuab tho awatnps uirectly to the sond bills, claterns were alfto built, and moi'iultoes apearrd aud brcume au lntoli-raUle Ieat. Imrinj tbe yellow fever epidemic of 15 1 a numtx-r of eaaes orlirlnaieU at Uie sand bills atMiuDilInc with tnoaquttues." The bti wiil serve one wood purpose at least. It will do Juatlee to that mut malif ned inat-et varloiMly known In dltfrrent parts of the country as the drarou-fly, moaouitu hawk, "dovll tlarnlnir needle," and MaaaVe It will Iiiaca uuu lu a better llirtit, Instead of de-aenlnif the obloquy wbk has nulvertally been rust uihu bltu, be appear to lie entlUed to much eoUHldoraUon as tuo luaeci itUiod npoa to do-atrny the ntosqulto.

I likira TnA lift thA 1aw Tw a liool-if uiemory nerves me truly, It wua annate In that highly-developed reutre or clvillsatiou. New-Vork llty wbore session was broken up by the advent of au Innocent dracon fly throucb an oien window. An alarm ralaed by one scholar passed throttivh tbe ru-tlrermim: -A devil damlnir needle! A devil's tlarnlnir needle 1" TUe ominous phrae, pined la the teacher, and tbe agitation liecatne to kcu-ei-nl tUnt the Lad to be dlHinUatd a uu art of humanity." TUe i reach, who do not appear to bare the fear of tbe luaeet bleb we manifeat, bava called It tba "demoiselle." lraou fllei mn harmless enough, and, fir that matter, pretty enough, but eaa they really eat up all the mo-qnluiesl I'pou this point there are very opposite opinions. "A nuinoer or years ago," say Dr. Lam-born.

whlle einrijred lu bulldlnif the Uke huperlor and Miaalasippt Railroad, I made fre-juiu excursious. In tlie enpaoity of Director aud Treasurer of the company, tbroucb tlie swampy fureata around tbe bead of the rroat Uke. MlthifT to ramp at supper time, I often, with a sentiment of rratttuae, looked tbroiish iy mosquito veil at tba dragon file that col-1-rttd In tba open snare am oner tba pine trees. They darted from sldo to aide, like swallows in a mon.low.but with amazing rapidity; and at very turn, the natives attaured n.e, a tnoaquito eeae4 from Afterward I happened 1o itbaerre an enteiuologiat feeding a drairou fiy that baa est a thirty nouaa flies in rapid succession without lessening its Tonicity. What thoagbt could be mure natural than tha one tiiat oaaie to me, that an artificial mnltlplica-tlou ef dragon Dies might accomplish a tnllica-Uon of the mnaqulto iient," Capt.

V. Maraulny of tbe United Plates Army baa given hi experience. In the Mummer of lt HA hews on duty at r'ort Abraham Lincoln in Dakota. To abuw the thickness of tbe liioaqultoes at that time In tbe neighborhood of "ort Abraham Urrcoln be say: "On the target rauee durinr the end of Juno and about three weeks In July I could not stay unless I bad on heavy boots auch a are used out tiiere for rl.ltng. thick trousers, leather gauntlet, and a thick eaeha nes' tucked under helmet and collar of my tunte.

he air was tilled with cloud of these tormentors, yet at the appearance of two or three dragon Oil's tbe tuostniltot- would snddetUy dis-apjH-ar. lie waa curious to see bow they caught their food. noticed that tiiey flew In an Irregular kind of skirmish line, moved slowly, and very now aud then made dihs" at apparently tt'iUilng. aea one of these "dabs" meant UlOiMIUttOk "lley suid at almnt an average." ay Cant Mareulay. of three feet from the grouud.

I do nt know bow lnu they kept It up or oow early they began. They staid until all tba moaqut too spueared to be gone. I Intended catching one sad chloroforming It for xamlnation-I even ms-le a net for the purpose but I hadn't tbe heart to do it, because of tba businesslike Way they made Itfe bearable." It Is believed by some that tba dragon fty ean be so prapacated a to destroy moaq ultoea. I ureal voracity and tha fact that It chooses tha ero locality a the mosquito Is relied upon by Iboaa who bava (alt a In tbla remody. on tbe other band.

It 1 sad that the mosquito largely a nocturnal Insect, while tha dragon fly ouly dlnraal. and that tha dragon fly wonld tbus mis the ftiaecU which were abroad at nlubt Ume. It 1 also said that dragon Hie be artificially propagated with anything I the rapi ilty with wbu-b mosquitoes propa-trata themaelvea. Mr. eeks, who seems to hold that It wotald be questionable policy to attempt to destroy tba moxquito.

It being in his opinion a rravenger, say that other enemies way be relied r.pou to do that work. He suggest that to baulaii the mosquito tha best plan la to drain turadaws, bogs, aud swamp, to nil np stagnant rMla. and lvI rala-baidinc bellow eonUguou dwelling. Ha alo ay that ona remedy Mry tluii.l and near at baud I the preservation lnootl voroa blrda And be think that a lit-tie trouble taken to prevent bad boy from ktlt-Ik biri in tha neighborhood of town would ba JKely to go further than expei aiv and attompu to disseminata tha dragon fiy. lor the acopa at bis Uveatifc-aUoae iucludtsi ionsa aioa.

lie auggeeta. br tbo way, that a Yory affeoUvw leatrtiar of tha domesiie fly ta tbo unappreel-strd luaeet eoutmoaly known a tba thousand Of thU ereaturaha say that during tbo day It to tua darkaeae of leaky basin and cellar, but a night cornea forth, and trav. rsiag tha enUra bouse. sUUons tteelf head downward upon tba waU In tba kltobea or l5r 'Uy every one within roach. If uaablo to devour all of lu capturea.lt allow flrat to drop to tha floor alter recoup: a fatal wound, and proceed to tie others, lfo adniita, howavar.

ttat in spiia of lu usefulness ba d.iea not ancouraga this Insect ta his bouse, praferriac a whitewashed 41-)tr wiUdry.eemeatbottomandaajiitary nluub Iu to lu arvkv. Tba blto of thla linla erraturo la said, npoa tha authority of LatraiUV tj ba poisonous. Wr. Vevls doe not believe tt to be feasible to breed dragnn flies, at aay rata, so ueh a point a to bo eHW-iClou. If tha qiteaUoa lsraied wby It la not a aaay ta breed dragon files a tt is hab.

silkworm, bees, the a.uestian may ba tnswered by tha further query, why ts Is not a easy to produea herd of tiger. IVuns, aad ather ujkdruped a It 1 to ptvdur borsea, cattle, aad alter p. iir-ra may be reared la (warms front year to ir. but tt la ilouptful whether korneta or yat- AiiAtrailu pAei-inilfa, used to devour tba l'''t Uce tba Klorula oranga treea, require itcUil aid In rearing blr. liouteamuUer 1 1,.

a pica, raided la bekalf of tha mosquito. in tie larval auifa it destroys tbo germ ef fc uisa to ba luat and mWeltu. Tba germs of miasma are very Indefinite organisms and tbero are anethod of eitrTmlnatlnr them muck mora effective than the work expected from ihosqnitooa; these art drainage, clearance, aud sunlight. Amnn tuetiatural remedies against mosquitoes to be relied upon are the services of nab and water fowL "lb can be Introduced futo our publie lakes, and stnatl Wrda may he adopted for the purpose of destroying moaqulto larva near boioiee and la pond In well-leared field. This naturalist says that be has often observed bow Infrequent the larva are In Outral Ika, and be ascribe their absence to the bah aim inc warer iowl Certain artificial remedies are alo relied rn.

The use of cowl oil lu swamps, by lilr and floatlug opon tlie eurfaee of the water itself. Is a verj pnx-tk-a! aad euerzetir remedy. destroys tl.e monqutto in es rly stages. Tlie nae of lanterns, so arranged aa to tt'mrt wl destroy tlie moqitoca. anotber reineir.

Tbe iiMmqutaiea are attracted to tfeent. und are dextriijeil In thn can of coal oil or kircsene or other similar mixture which be urri. Tiy Simula be plseetl aruiind hooe. hotels, and la mr-hc. Tl.e expenae and tro'ilile manngeim-nt are mn a 11.

as they arc oniv uad during a few months of theyrar. Iudiifd, almnat every method tmvginalile of ratrntug' and destroying the inaivt lias been suggested, except the very aimpfe one of putting suit on iu tail and rlubliinglt to death. Tbeae sclent) 3c authorities are not above offering fur the relief of penwni wliono situation makes tlirm liable to suffer fn-m the bites of these insect tomientr. an. I who cannot wait for tbe propagation of the draitim flv.

1 hey lemon Jutce. vlnenr, oil of peppermint, sinl oil of jietinvroj al. A very strong Infusion of root of Tntleum repen la uovwafully udat himblrak as a preventive against mosquitoes, and a weak solution of quaaala wood boiled In water ba alab been rtc-oiu-lurndcd. One Intereating point la made by Mm. Aaron.

The public doe uot uuderntand rightly tbe subject of tha migration of mosquitoes, "she say. The Idea prevail at the seanlde that a land breeze briuga swarm of moaquitocs from iar Inland. This notion is baaed on the supposition that mosqnltoe-i sre capable or long sustained flight, which Isan error. The prevalence of tbe uioHitiiiues duriug the land breeze la thu ex-platncd. It 1 usiially only during the lull In the winds that tlie mosquito can fly.

On our coast a sea breeze meana a stiff brefZ4-. In such a wind the mosquitoes uauallycoucc.il tboui-aelves in tbe trees and large bushes, which on tbe aearoaat are battered down to a flat top by the wind, but if tbe wind dies down the moa-qnltoea, which the unsuspecting occupauts of seaside reorts sumioae to be miles awav. come out from their biding place aud tbe femnios. the only ones thut do the Ix'sia their work of devastation. Among tbe accusation brought against th moaqniio wnst uot be omitted one by Mr.

J. W. lurke that mosqultoe Interfere with the arts aud manufacture, that they ruin paper pulp, lint perhaps tbe most surprising rhurge made against tlirui that of Mr. C. H.

Murray, who tntei that he baa observed tbe moaqulto to livbt niou baby trout and literally pump out their brains before they could escape. Such ia the very Interesting discuasion whleh the public owes to Ir. Lamborn's inveatigatious and public spirit and the ablflty or the authors of this book. The investigation have, of course, a great humanitarian and acieutinc interest. Tbe question Is also oue of some commercial 1m-portuncr.

A syndicate which should abolish inosq iitoesand reclaim the lands which, even in the Mil bu rim of New-Vork this littl 1 ders deaerta, would, no doubt, bo a great financial success. THE MOSQUITO RESIGNED. A CUES PEA KK MARINER'S TARX OF HOW HE LOST A USEFUL FH1EXD. Conn's IsLijfD, Aug. p.

It was near the rape of the. Chesapeake Bay. We bad caught a few flab and had turuod homeward. The boat tossed lazily aud the calm showed no i(m of an awakening. Various stories bad been told stories of sharks und shipwreck, of queer flab and stranKo storm atoric so wonderful a to raise boucst doubt and provoke saroastio comments.

Tbe Cupuiu, grun, contemplative and taciturn, waa silent Presently be spoke spoke with grave uud serious deliberation that disarmed suspicion and compelled attention. You said something about mosqultoe," he bepui. "They're curious critter. Sometime people like 'em aud sometime tbey don't; Bometimes mosquitoes like people and sometime they don't I like mosqultoe, but tbey don't like me. They never bother me at alb It make no difference how thick tbey are tbey let me alotie all exoept one, and I want to tell you about him.

Following the water, as I do, of course make me get up early. 'Most ulwaj I can wake up right on tbe minute if I wish It done the night before and kind o' fix it on my mind. Jiut to make sure I got an alarm clock. I set it at 5 clock every morning, aud regular as tbe sun I woke. Tbo clock lasted all right from March to the 1st of July, but something went iid aAurm iarb os oer uuaiea.

I couldn't get her tUed, so I bad to go back to the old plan of writing it down on paper. me uox morning exactly at 5 clock a mosquito lit on tbe end of my nose and woke me up. lie did It again tbe next morn-lug, and the next ar.d the next, and so on for two week, lie tti always prompt Then I found that I had to get up at one morning. I put it down on the paper and ha Woka me on the dot 1 ll I ft I. a wor vuangoa my nour ror getting up every morning, and each time tha mosquito was on hand.

But the next Monday, when I wrote. 3 o'clock, on the paper something bap- rsaed. I overslept myself, rt was awoke. I Jumped out of bed and there on the table 1 saw something added to what I bad written. It was in blood, and tbl 1 tbe way It read: I would like very much to serve you, but a your hours are becoming too Irregular for any self-respecting mosquito, I am obliged to tender to you my That was all." "It was enough," said someone.

"But tell u. did you never sea your friend again." One cold Win ter night hen the snow was coming down by wholesale," continued the Captain, more deliberately than ever. 1 beard a curiously-familiar noise and I went to the door. There la the corner of tbe yard I could see through the bliudlng flake a huge drift, growing larger each Tba Captain paused. a your mosquito In the drift asked a voice from the other end of tbe boat "That' something that I've never been able to find out," replied the Captain, and with a grim smile he resumed hut usual occupation of Manning tha horizon.

'I lie re was a ailenoe for a mpment a th eam. but tbe ttrat mate Anally broke it "There used to bo a great many mosqultoe tbe Chepeke." bo said, million aud billion mora tbun have now. They went In swarm so big as to soem like clouds, and to abut out tha sunshine, Karly one Summer morning, a good many year ago, a fleet of achoonors decked In Hug and with tha bine uniform of; tbo crew atrung out on tbe decks to dry. aalled la tbe capes. Suddenly there eme two dense swarms of mosquitoes.

They made for the vessels, completely biding them lBf ute they flew away, leaving the fleet a bare a an oak wood in De-eembor. a piece of tbe aU. not a trand of the uniform, not a shred of tha flag waa left all were gone." The mate paused to measure the effect of the catastrophe. Vrhalbcm? cf theni," he continued. until two day afterward? when a crowd of astern Shore men were scared speechless by seeing a lot pf dude mosqultoe dressed in blue frouser and canvas coats." What becanioof thaflagt" asked tha curious voice from tba bow.

Up 0lem a asked the Captain what he thought of tbla. with his usual deliberation A a man of truth It trikea ma a being a trifle exaggerated." aaw TBS BIGBL1CXS8K XA1T. BALraoKX. Aug. 8.

-The high-jJcenaa law oon-tlnuo to work wall la BalUmoro. Crime ha decreased and the arrests are not a numerous a they were last year. Tha figure ao far are Bot aufflclently ample for comparisons, but tha general effect unquestionably favorable. Voder the 14 law there were no restriction on keeping open all night Tha aaloon are now obliged to close at midnight Violations of the law are not numerous. One of the large hotels started out to aell on Sunday, Pfopriptot was presented twice by rted.

At present to orl" tor? -ZSF "tW lor a regular meal. There te one place that does mtetretllVnT0" the lawliT off main atreota, and Is a second-class house with repuutioa. D.rligai boura li AkTt0 nU- during mfgil hor-after midnight and on Bunday it hr cau.thatncroaso being the toll for running the rtska otlne anf imprtnment Tbo Uw bas had an excellent effect in the tower u' TUM MSCOTIJtT OT AXTBZA.C1TX COAZi. Jresa Mtadlahi. 7airr.

4k Tb pro position to roct a aaouoment to PkXllp Glndor. who disearerod avthraetta coal on am-mit mil. Carbon County, in 1791, baa given riaa to pumber of claim for the honor of disco var-tag roai to Penn.ylranla, Tbe WyominTValley peoplo rlstra thai anthracite waaknowa in talk section of the eUto as early as 175L There is a traJUloa that hard coil was burned in Val ey orge about tba time of tbo French and Indian war. hoTertbebioa, too Maock Cbuak promotor of the ttlader celebration refuse to turpod aside groat their Plana. Tbey point with pride to the fact that the khla VaUci Co3 Mluing Compear begs a practVad mining la t'Xr-tbon tuntyrit In hnmediato eonsequenoa of binder a dlseovery.

and tt waa only th.n that tbo poaaibla laipnrtaac of ooaj aa a fuel beKau THE FOLI IS A XDISAXCE AXD TBE EXDEMQIX CLUB IS IN TEX SAUK HO AT. TWO OP.GAXliATIOX 9 TO WHICH THK SEir.HHOI MADK TO OJUrCT COMPLAIXTS HE AUTHORITIES. The eflrvecci I hilarity of at least two soclul clubs in this rity will probably receive a check from or elae come Into contact with the mwer of the Police Department or Uoard of Health or Vitfi. The first of tbta tin- Lamb at 3 i cat Tvenfy-alsth hi -t. Thin orgaulz waa originally rompo viXot actors, and there ia si ill a elemcu; of tlie tt.eatri-.il amoug its metj.

icrs aHbough outsider have crept into It ranks iu the laf. decado. At present the otiici of the Imli are aa follows: Mit-pberd Judge John R. Lrady; P.oy fcteele-Markaye; Cirr spondinj Secretary Thom.is Manning; R4corii ng Hwrctary Clay M. tircene; Treasurer John X.

Stow: Conneil Thoniaa E. Clarke. Oil Sk'nncr. F. E.

Olbert. E. M. Holland, a L. Collin? J.

H. Ryley, and K. J. Wool-sey. It will be seen it a clance tfiat thcae geiitle-men ore jrell ktu.

many of them being dU-tinguiahud in the several callinsa, and of good standing. That hey wonld leud -their countenance to any trar gression of a neighbor's right Is quite out of tli Question. And yet there are now lodfred a-ah st the Liimbi' Club two complaints that the ul.bouse is a nuisance. One of tiie complainant i la Miss M. L.

Thomas of 32 West Twenty-six Street and tbe other Is J. I. Reed, whoso hou i ia situated in Twenty-tifth Street directly li the rear of the Lambs' Club. Tbesrrople hsi made formal romtilainta to both tbe I'ollce i ud the Health Board that the riskiness of the is altogi thcr derogatory to the comfort, happiness, aud health of the neighborhood. Dr.

William Tilchcatcr of 3fl West Twenty-sixth Ptreet hn not formulated his grievances airalnattlie elnb aud presented them to ti I'onds tbe charge that tbel.amtis carry their bleat uks sh fur into the early morn-in? hours that tiey become intolerable. Ir. ChiebcsU alleir that lu all consistency this practice should lie stopped by cither the jioltce or the Health Br urd. fie av that sometime aso a young lad of hi household as wont to practice on tbe lanoforte. She seldom continued thia pra tii later than 8 i but the nelirhhor.

romp ulned to the Board of Ue ilth and she was for -ed to desist. In view of that action on the part of the authorities, Dr. Chichester la labie to see whv the Lambs should tie allow -d not only to play the piauo, but to sing, shoti and cheer till day begins to dawn. The most vigor as objector, however, la Mls Thomas. This la ly in a sister of Miss Julia M.

Thomas, who die 1 last year and waa well known for her charities ind her earnest work to promote paycho-pl lyskiil culture. ith Ml.s Thomas live kei mother, ninety years of ate. mi hth 1rirllja t. 1 Y. V.

1 a. I1IO MUlUUrillLV. tp protect them 1 rom the sonvra. the shouts, and tbe stories of i lie Iiniba. Tuev declare that more than one Li mb has a voice lflse the Bull of Baahau.

aud tli it thi ia uaed in bellowing rather than bleu line. Ther dcclaro that each new-comer to thi club la received vociferously and that the dhi on certain occasions make's sleep, or rent, or wmfort an impossibility. There la rIso siding iu the Thomas house-bold a gentlemni who share the opinions and discomforts of the Indies. This gentleman's sleeping anartm. nt ia iu the third story and lu the rear of the iue.

it overlooks the yard of the Lambs' Club tnd the occupant gets the full benefit at all tat happens in this yard or garden. In orde to withstaud the beat of the Summer ttio Lambs have erected a marouco here. This is 1 1 In minnted with Chinese lanterns, and when the ho id is removed the glure of these lights, aa well as the noise of the Lambs, penetrates tbe sanrtn M-y of the Thomas lodger. A few nicbts ago six Lambs attired in evening dress, ao the Thomas lodger says came into the irqnce nt a late hour and proceeded to make lings lively. Tbe lodger stood tbe noise aud lie glare aa long as be could and then sprang mt of bed in desperation and rushed to tbe wi idow.

It was 3 o'clock A. SI. and In hi race lie called out to tbe Lambs to desist He den mncod their conduct ns outrageous and vc red that unless the nuisance waa abated he uld turn hose on them and wash them out The Lambs we -e seemingly astonished and parleyed with le gentleman at tbe'wtndow. But be would agi so to no Do ald that he bad the lose ready aud that unless the nulsanoe wa abn ted the water would certainly be turned on. be- Lambs did not like the alternative oflcre I.

and finally departed. The following lay Detective Hayes of tbe Nineteenth Police Precinct called on the lodger and wanted to kn why he had threatened tbo Lambs. Tbe lodg explained, and the detective went away, sayln that be did not see his way clear to doing an; thing In the matter. This la tbe com ition in which tbe case now stands. Mis Tl; umas and her lodger and Mr Weed are clamcring for protection to tbe police and the Board of Health, and Dr.

Chichester Is lo iking on with Interest and approval of thir course. Mr. Steele Mac-kaye, tbe Boy if the Lambs, says that tbe noise Is made uot by actors, but by certain nonprofessional youl Uful member of the club, aud that the older me liber disapprove of it heartily. The police and tli Board of nealth have taken no detlnite action as yet The latter bodvhas Informed tbe con; pluinants that the case will bo attended to aa so in aa it is reached In tho regular order of the il epartment Tbla Is not the first complaint that has been made of the Lt mb' Club. Mr.

Weed made a charge tbat It us a nnlsance two years ago. and after that th nole was abated. Comparative quiet reigue. theu until the death of Washington Irvine 1 Ishop, the mind reader, at a hilarious gather tig in the ciubrooms. Then came another restful period, and the neighbors bad nothing to si until about two months ago, When the hilarity broke out again, and la said to have continued for since.

The other oci 1 organization that has run afoul of the reatf nl and somnolent prejudices of Its neighbors ii the Tenderlola, a youthful club, but its re nurces for noise, like those of most baliles, are vonderful. A few months a to theTenderloin ived Into its clubhouse, iu Thirtieth Street Just i ipposite the police station. The hour for the open Ing ceremonies was nildalght-Indeed. everrthir i-Tv, il. midnight A qmrter of an hour afterward every policeman the neighborhood was rushing to the plaoe ider the impression that a riot had broken out Copt.

Reilly gent over a kindly word of warning on behalf of his sleeping reserve and the st irm subsided. The Tenderloii era. however, congratulated themselves. The bad gotten into a ught. where it was impossible to disturb anyboi but policemen, and to keen a policeman awai; seemed to them to be a Jiat nKhhteou 1 71- But they bad not canvassed the local ty as thoroughly as they fancied.

An unseen Christian mlaeion lurked near lV? tb.elr f1 Saturday night hlcbjiuks, beginning at mi Inlght UUei the worthy feminine manager ol this Institution with horror. The result wa a -omplaint to the police against the nouu. the leera.and the rapping of oaken table will steins of beer The Tender-lolner were a ammodating. Tbey respected the prejudices of the mission and Itsmamurer toVieread.yf',t J'nk fao STtuXy Jf.ff Tenderloin hilarity wa at high tide. TIB soug the spteche.

and the recitation were received with unlimited glee for everybody feit Joyou. lu the certainty Yha the Sabbath was lot being desecrated. About I Ml aaleep In a chair In tbe back yard, which bad been carefully made Into a garden. I is presence was generally remarked, hut It I agreed to leave him alone to hi glory. Suddt uly there wa a tremendous explosion.

The wb ile neighborhood was surtled out of bed undo he Impression that a subway had blown up igain. It was followed by a wild i hnek tbat curdled tbe blood of even the Tenderlolnera. 1 tivesUgstlon disclosed the faot thataome one lad Ignited a gigantic cannon cracker beneath he gentleman so sweetly sleeping in th gardet The next day 1 he mistress of tbe mission renewed her comi lalnt to the police, and It waa supplemented by several m. re, Tbe Tenderloin Club has made a searching Investigation as to the origin of the cannon cracker, but to no pur-re. The eouclu ilon.

however, ha been reached talder attempted to tne leper. The result of all the trouble Is that the Tenderloin has boycotted all explosives, und In order to preserve the quiet of the elgbborbood ha adopted hissing a the expres itou of all approval within lu clubhouse. rfwtlS. 1 mri ot Health till do with the Lain and the Teaderloin remain to Air xsetisa coAca dog's Driver Mn.n. tti iuwi engine sxmyoae.

oaea one of the finest aoeo- Imena of aa English coach dog that can be found ZkiT; a au excellent achoUr. being Problem, with 1 rspldrty that woild do credit to aay schoolboy. With promjitneseUt wUl at one's bidding close a teJS4.1 "iakVaaiSrSct eourti.y. In music also this creature he made Vofcdarful progress, and ta not otdr 'to eiswige lu tuae fromio praao to Jasa at commajd. J5or must iu uaderbaad deed be anmen Joned.

With an St cool a Pickpocket tt wi walk up toonel anScker than a wiak. dspTrtve him of hU bandki. iilY7 Priwaeaade the street with never look aakaooe-J CalA the eommoa dci i "TJi? to be lowered fro, ba art. toe ratio poahioTlti faytamottottiligent and is maTmoretrik! lag by the keen Wk of lu eyesTlt baa a hani aaohna milCk violet XErjys jDDUcnoy. rOSJIBILITT THAT ALL COSCERSED IT MAY BE rrXISUED.

Ix.BlJX. July 34. Copies of Tire. Kew-Yoek Timjcs containing an aemunt of the kiduapptng of Violet JTevlu, the seveu yrar-old child of I'ratk P. Tln.

from bcr home with her cousin. Mr. f-amucl A. Martin of Kingston. near this city, have Just been received here.

and. being widely copied In tbe Dublin and Liverpnrl paiKT. bavo rreated a great sensation. Ttur.s' carefully into all the facts of tbo aod-icUon an. I bas s-en rela tives of the child, all of whom corroborate the main facts a printed In The Ttr.

John Corliett CotioUy. Violet's maternal urnlc, vtho kidnapped her and sent her to America in charge of Mrs. Irvln, stewardess of tho fctato I-ine steamer State of Icdrnna. has been summoned by Baron Pollock, Judi-'e of tbe (jur-n's Bench, Imdon, to i bow cause why he should not lie pnn'siicd for disregarding a writ of habeas, corpus requiring him to produce tho child in court. The Judge granted au attachment airalnst Couolly, returnable on Thursday, July 31, and then tho whole proceeding connected with the kidnapping will be made'known.

Conolly ia a brother of Violet's mother, and formerly at 14 Downtleld Place, Edinburgh. Of late years be has kept a stationery store at 155 Wavcrtree Road. Edge Hill. Liverpool, and he admits that he nbductcd the child at the Institution of sister Mary Alexis of Dodge 1ty. Iowa, and of Mrs.

Harian Ilaatriek of 517 llaiifbt Mreet, ban I rancisco, both sisters of tho child's mother. The chill's correct name Is Violet Lillian Nevtn, and i he was seven years old March 0 last Her father was Prank Philip Nevin, who wa manaicing clerk for a large wholesale house in Liverpool, and who married Margaret (er-aidtne Couolly, and died of quick consumption in Mr. Martiu's Road. Kingstown, in March. 1h.

On his deathbed he left tlie care of his wife snd babv to bis brother, Mr. illiam Nevtn, who is an oificer of the steamship Britancic. which sails on her next trip from Liverpool Aug. 13. As Mr.

aud Mrs. Sevln. with Violet, had long made their homo with Mr. famuel Martin, who is a prosperous business man of Kingstown and Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association. air.

vtiuiam Jicvlu. as tbe natural and legal guardian of the child, consented to ber adoption by Mr. Kainuel Martin after ber mother's death. The child's mother, though a Uonian Catholic, knew very well that the Martins were Protest-atits. as did Mr.

Nevin, but there was no stipulation as to what religion the child was to be brought up lu. and she was being reared in the faith or her adopted father. After the death of the child's mother, in October, lhh, John C. Conolly eutered into correspondence with her mother's American sisters Mrs. Hastrlck of 8au Francisco, whose hns-baud.

Mr. Edward Hastrick, la a Protestant, and with Sister Mary Alexia of the Convent of Mercy. Do lce City, Iowa the result of which was the klunapplng of Violet. Conollv took lodgings near the home of the Martins, In Kings-town, aud watted bis opportunity. It came Just before noon on the morning of June 4, when the child was out walking with her cousin.

Miss Martin. In Crosthwaite Park, South Kingstown, near the tilcnageary Road. Couolly knocked Miss Martin down and carried off the child to the nearest ear stand, where he took a car and with her drove rapidly to Dublin, whence ho crossed to Liveriiool. Conolly was at this time agent for an exhibition In progress in Edinburgh, and he took the child with him back and forth on his trips between Edinburgh and Liverpool. Mr.

Samuel Martin and Mr. William Nevin Immediately placed the matter in the bauds of Messrs. Pry frous. well-known luw tirm in this city, aud they at once communicated with Messrs. Cleaver, lioiden.

Garrett leaver of Liverpool, who sued out a writ of habeas corpus against Conolly. Conolly eugaged a lawyer and temporized by a pro.ulso io produce tho child iu court provided the expenses be had incurred wTe Some of his promises and offers of compromise were actually made after Molet was on her way to America. He delivered her to Mrs. Irwin, the stewardess of the state of Indiana, at Glasgow, June 14, with Just the elotbea she bad on her back and only one change of linen. After many adjourntnenu, the Court of U.ueen' Bench tiually issued an attachment against Conolly, the result of which will be known in a few day.

It ia untrue thut there was ever any rupture between Violet's father and mother. Thev were never separated for a moment and be died in her arms at the bouse of Mr. Martin, Kingstown, lie was not a man of property, but for years had been the chief clerk of a large Liverpool wholesale house. When his health failed he was hu hom5 wltl Mr. Martin, which he did until bis death, leaving bis child to Ma care His wife died alone In Liverpool last year, and not aa stated, on tho eve of a second marriage.

As tho child has probably now reached her destUiatlon nud Is with her aunt, Mrs. Hastrick, iu kiln Francisco, there Is no little interest here as to what course the Judicial proceedings may assume. Conolly will doubdess be punished under the attachment Issued against him, as he will be unable to obey the writ of habeas corpus requiring. him to produce the child in court Eminent counsel here say that this will not be the end of tlie case, as the crime of kidnapping is included in one of the clause of the new treaty with The United States, and tbat Conolly' alders, abettors, and accomplice on tbe American tide may be made to return the child to her natural guardian under that section. When Violet Kevin arrived lu thi city on the steamer Bute of Indiana, as exclusively published in Thk Times at the time, she was met by an agent of tbe Convent of the Sister of Mercy, Eighty-first Street and Madison Avenue, and taken to the convent ehe remained there for about two weeks, and as Mr.

Hastrick, her tallfornia aunt failed to forward funds to defray the exyenses of her Journey to the West the sisters put her on board the steamer fan Marcos, fur Aspinwall, on July 5, and paid her passage to ber destination. A XEJF STATION FOE JEESET CITY. IT WILL COST THE FENN8TLVANIA RAILROAD $1,500,000. The Pennsylvania Railroad began tbe demolition of its great nassenrer shed a tlx. ireau City sution last night It has had six new shed put up djolnlng tbe old ones, and just north of them, for tc mporary use.

Tbe sheds have Wd tltted with platform, and beginning to-day all train will be run Into them. The destruction of the old shed ha been made necessary by the progress of tbe work of elevating the track through Jersey City. Tbe company is constructing a four-track elevated road supported by great iron trusses. In order that there may be a little interference as possible to tbe traffic of the road, tbe company 1 elevating the track on tbo outh side of lu roadbed first IU plan Is to use that side when lt Is completed, and then go on with the elevation on tbe other aide of the roadbed. Tbe heavy iron trestle have been extended on the south side down as far as Newark Avenue and across lt Two blocks more wU bring it into tbe sution.

The old station building titted up for the surface track, will be of no service Pfor elevated S.d neMa-y wke tbe new platform as high as tbe first stories of the surrounding buUdlngs. That it may be solid and lasting, the company proposes to fill In tbe whole area or Us present station shed, to the height of one story and U.en rear tbe new station building 1 "Tnfrer wl Pass from tbe station to double-diarked ferryboat. lt work. of el8vtion make ot and work 1 to be toomToe.Ii.PO? rn "ation.othat: redy for service then. The outlay short of 81'.

taPJ-'ta will not fan m' oeod AfJTOS TITLES' TXATXL3L rs IA Detroit IYt4 Pnu, Aug. S. Mayor H. Fitter of Philadelphia, a Republican politician of wide influence In Pennsylvania politic and perhape, with the exoeptlon of Postmaster General Wanamaker. the wealthiest citizen ot Philadelphia, spent yesterday Je Ms 3 or Fltlrr called upon Gen.

Alger, and wa ikn hy the General to Gross af utU evening. He left wheb- w1 forWunaw! wnere no will atop a week or ten day, gotmr where he hii large tntoresu. After a few day' Qjonra in Washington the Mayor will continue hi Journey to Vancouver, BritUh Columbia. tBn )Skt to Philadelphia la th FaU. lie wm accompanied by Mrs.

Fitter. 1 niece, and tw lady acquaintance. TBO SATM TBS PM0TI7ABLM BIMTt JYom Ou Ckieagi Attn, There waa printed in a Chicago morning paper on Saturday an Interview with a prominent newsdealer in which the tatement waBad that th fact of forthcoming order dosing tha mail against a certain siliy hook waa known to him in advance, and tbat ho made a handsome profit from hi knowledge by ordering a lax apply of the lnurticteTWk. ThlTincldent. If true, auggesu two facto to the publie and to the Post OKloo autborttiea The bookaeT.er ksew a well aa tae ordinary citlzaa what would bo tbe eSect i an attempt to control the publie morale by an effleial edict.

Hi knowledge le to hi profit It might be Interesting to learn In hat toaaaer thi profitable knowledge waa reared, and if it wa a cause of profiu SrritW nterpnain tUater aad foolish BUILPING NEW CRUISERS WORK OX XUltBEBS XIXE TEX rEOOEESSIXO. AXD TIIET WILL CKDOCBTEDLT BE COMPLETED WtTHIK THE TIME LIMIT T11K1R F-XTIRE SUCCESS EXPECTED. Baltimore. MtL.Ang. 0.

Tbe Columbian Iron Work in this city have pushed tbe construction so rapidly on cruisers No. 6 au io that tbe fifth payment ba been signed for by the naval inspectors having charge of the work. In actra! polut of completion the now cruisers are one fifth along, aud one-fourth along If tbe material now at tho yard but not worked Into the vessels Is taken Into consideration. Over six hundred men are engaged at preseut on the two vessels, and It is plain that tbe Columbian people are cudcaroriug to make a record on them. The contract for No.

9 and 10 wa awarded to the Baltimore firm only last November, with time limit fixed at two and one-half year. A if to assist tbe Columbian Iron Works In it efforts, the steel people furnishing the plates and forgings are rushing their niitterial aloug In remarkably quick time, so riiplilly in fact that Naval Constructor W. H. Varncy, who is supervising the construction, remarked the other dsv that he Lad never seen material turned in so quickly and at the same time so free from defect or naw as in ine present instance. I do not like to predict wucn No.

9 and 10 will be able to enter the water," said Mr. Var-ney, "but there is every reason Io believe tbat unless something unforeseen arises, there will be no delay in the completion of these vessels." I to within tbe past few days not a check had occurred in the delivery of material. But now a hitch la being experienced over tho two stern post. The eastings for this part of the hulls are being looked out for by the bundard Steel Company, and for some reason the company bas been unable to deliver tbem within the time specified. As a consequence the material tbat Is coming In from other source 1 piling up In the yard.

Iu the building of cruisers Noa. 9 and 10 the Columbian iron Works has undertaken the oon- sinicuon oi nenny an me nttings or tne vessels, leaving to outsider onlv the furnishing of material in the quantities and kind desired. Thla undertaking is something entirely new to the Baltimore hrm. and Is believed by the contractors to be the only Instance of its kind in the war-ship building now going on in tbl country. In accepting the contract tor l'oa tt and 10 the firm undertook tbe machinery construction also, and those In charge of It have constantly endeavored to keep pace with tho hull construction.

Seven cylinders tn all hnvebeen cast and several pieces of shafting made ready for service whenever needed. The small brass and Iron work for hull fittings is well under way, aa the pile or finished metal here and there In the uiachlno shops -indicate. The cruisers ar9 building close alongside each other, their stems reaching well down to tbe edge of tbe Patapsco River. Viewed as they lie on the stock, tbe two vessels present almost Identically the same appearance. Their ribs, except those iu tho extreme after part, are oil in place.

The stempleces are standing, and the greater portion of the longitudinal bulkhead betwevn tbe two engine rooms 1 In place on each vessel. The water-tight deck beam are more than one-half in place, but tbe plating baa been held back and will continue to be until tbe sternposu are in position. In the machine shops Mafater A Co. have at preseut some eighty-five men at work, and this force la being constantly increased. Tbe General Superintendent in charge here is Mr.

J. L. Boyd. Thla gentleman bad charge of the Petrel's engines in the trial trip of that vessel. Mr.

Boyd remarked the other da that bis department waa making all its own machinery, even to tbe auxiliary engines. He believed, though, that the air pumps would lie mm based, a th contract specially stipulated for ekiplex pumps. Mr. Boyd expressed high satisfaction over the forged shaft sections which bad been received from Nashua, N. H.

On the shaft bearing magnolia meUl is being used. Thisns a form of white metal which was found on tbe trial of tho Charleston and York-town to be absolutely necessary to the life of the bearing. White metal la very similar lu composition to type metal. The magnolia metal Is of English design, though manufactured in this country by agents of the home firm. A depth of one-eighth of an inch of white metal will bo exposed in all the shaft bearing of cruisers Nos.

9 and 10. Iu addition to the cylinder tbat bare been cast, ell thehlgb-preMure (team cheat liner are In band and well advanced. Three high-pressure and two Intermediate-pressure pistons are well nigh Completed. Nearly all the small work of the air ports 1s finished, while, in fact, all of the coaling scuttles are completed except tbe galvanizing. The foundry le turning out on an average about 600 pound of brass castings per day.

Each of tbe cruiser will require five boiler, designed to supply steam sufficient for tbe development of 5.400 indicated horse power a a mean of a four hours' run. In eaoh ship there will be three cylindrical double-ended and two single-ended boilers. All the boiler are of the same diameter, namely, 11 feet 8 inches. In length the two forward boilers will be 18 feet 1 luch and the after boiler IU feet 8 inches. There will be three corrugated furnace to each boner.

These furnace will be aupplled by tb Continental Iron Works of Greenpoint L. f. The contract calls for 366 square feet of grate surface and 10.966 square feet of heating surface In tbe boilers of Noa. 8 aod 10. The thickness of the boiler plate wlU be one-Inch steel, in testing these boilers a pressure of 250 pound per square Inch will be applied, tbe method being to flU the boilers quite full of water, then pply beat The elastic limit of the boilers is not to be lesa than 32.0OO pounds, and they will be tested to about two-thirds their elastic limit In the placing of the boiler in each vesel there will be three boilers on one side and two on the opposite side.

The weighu are equal, a the boiler vary In size, one boiler in each case being single ended. The boilers being placed fore and aft give several different boiler rooms, by virtue of the longitudinal and atbwartshfp bulkheads. These boiler rooms can only be -reached from the upper deck, thus insuring against trouble such a arose in the case of the City of Paris disaster. Forced draught la to be used, but Introduced under the grate boxes and not by menu of the closed fire room system. Tbe work which the Columbian Works have In hand bas made tt necessary for this establishment to provide Itself with many expensive and fine pieces of machinery.

Strange to aay the greater number of new tool have come from estern establishments. Chief Engineer Boyd, commenting on this remarked that tbe machinery tool now being made In Ohio and Illinol were ahead of anything of like sort in the world. "There wa a time." taid Mr. Boyd, "when i.one nrnished good tools. Then some Philadelphia firms succeeded In placing on the market most excellent machines.

In fact even excelled some of the very best tool made in England. But now tbe shop to the East cannot begin tomake tool such as are made In Hamilton, Ohio, and other Western cltiea." Among some of the now machinery which ha lately been received i a new universal milling machine of the largest size, with all attach-menu, and a new twenty-tour-loch slotting machine, built by tbe Nile Tool Works. Hamilton. Ohio: a lifty-four-larb wlng twenty-eight-feet bed lathe, and a large radial drill with six-foot radial arm. These tool re of the finest make.

In addition three large drill pressesare being built for the boiler shop and are nearly completed. Only recently, Itf addition to the above four portable drills with flexible shaft were re ceived, and two heavy crane erected with two chain purchase of ti.Ooti pounds aud 4.000 pound respectively. propellers th new cruisers will be fitted with is not known. The peclfica-Uon call tor four-bleded screw of manganese bronze or some equivalent metal The Columbian Iron worke fitted an aluminium bronze 5m Urr to the no Pro vided tbat vessel with a spare propeller of the same material. But so much tlm waa lost in obtaining th blade, owing to detect, tn the e.tTngs.

tbat It Is thought doubtfuJ if wde WUl be used In Koe, 9 10- TJ Peolflcation further require that tbe propellers shall be built un the Ch bled, after having undergone tbe standard which authorized tho construction of cruisers 9 mnd 10 mut5ried the construction of ua another cruiser Tha contract for this eruiser, which In evTrTrespect Is a wter to No. 9 and 10 vu owl Ju.i Washington Lertog It Bo.to 4 The new vessel are each of 2 000 tons lis-ftut. their reapactiv meaaurelneiiuoelmi "7 feet and breadth 87feet Itwas laUnded thesVooatraoU wlih a requirement for eighteen knou mSd-mum speed at a mean of a tour fiourV Continuous run. Difficulty waa iiwric itm9! Uiniagbld. nnd tW conltmniTan vy Department lowered the toWe teen knou.

and then offered a boirWof 25 000 for every oae-quarter of a knot made Soeaa of tb contract requlremsnu. exeeea To understand the power tbat ha been sneo- DereJihi0? bTreS bered that tbe Atlanta aud Boston of a tiOO ton dlsplsecmrnt were only riven tome ioo horse power, while eruiser. o. 9 aTd lOara designed to -evempe 5.40O indicated horso nri0 revolution mtn? t.Tle.xpertcr the Columbia I Works bredict at least eighteen knou an hour lor each vessel. The engine Cre of tbl trim.

expanslon vertical type. Columbian Works pak very highly of the eharaetrr of tha -re aup-srvtafng. and araoTttdeBt of complete success for tbe company la it Tjnuire. TbeSeTy Department! Jeited Henry Davis all of tha Cnltod Slates Navy, BUIrXATISBZ is rapnaUeaOy a blood disorder, eaased by Inability of th kbiaey to threw off certain poUooa which ao-couBlat In the tiasaea about tbe Jotet aad maseiea. Tlie Cactus BWsmI Core very slmnty, quickly, snd nrnly care this Alimm by BeoTrafismg fcnporiUe In the bH4.

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HOU GATE IX XEW-TOEKt A GOVERNMENT DEFAULTER SAID TO BE LIVING INCOGNITO HERE. After nearly ten years of wandering In thla country and Canada Capt Howgate, the onoe trusted disbursing officer of tbe Signal Service Corp whose defalcation, arrest and flight to the Fall of 1880 made such a sensation, 1 said to be now living in this city under an assumed name. It Is said tbat some of hi old-time friend of the palmy days of tea years ago bare seen and conversed with him, and that even Government detective know of hi whereabout, but that though an untried indictment for tbe embezzlement of Government moneya bangs over bis head, they besluu to arrest him without orders from the Department of Justine. When Howgate wa the property and disbursing officer of the Sigual Service In Washington lio made a practice of defrauding the Government by forging voucher for large quantities of supplies lu tbe names of several dealers, drew tbe check to the order of the supposititious dealers, forged tbe Indoraemeuta, and got tbe cash. Gen.

Myer. then Chief Sign si Officer, bad such confidence in Howgate that when the latter placed a batch of vouchers before him for signing he signed tbem all without hesitation. Tbe fraud was finally discovered by a minor officer ambitious for promotion. He' lodged information and furnished indubitable proof against Capt Howgate, who at that time was making strenuous efforts to be appointed successor to Gen. Myer, then recently dead.

Charges were preferred against Howgato, and when tbe prize of Chief signal Officer fell to Gen. Hazen he resigned from the army and fled. Secretary Lincoln, then at the head of the War Department detailed Special Agent A. B. New-romlie to Und Howgate.

On arriving In thla city Mr. Newcombe fouud that the fugitive was prao-tically under tbe protection of Christopher Uo-gan. then a well-known private kept Capt Howgate posted as to the movemenU of the Government officers. Howgate, however, suddenly reappeared In Washington and was surrendered to the Government by bis bondsmen. Shortly after his arrest he was permitted to visit hi house, in charge of an officer, aud on pretense of taking a balh he escaped from a back window, and that was the last seen ot him in Washington.

He left a wife and daughter behind him with no meana of support tfrlenda secured clerkship for both of them In on of the departments, "There ia nothing at all imnrobaol in tha rumor that Capt Howgate I back again In Nw-York." said Detective L. A. Newcombe, formerly In tbe Gevernment Secret Service. I fion't Suppose the Government care very much where be la, and no doubt be could be arrested at anv moment if be waa wanted. I am told that Clark, who embezzled Post Office fund year ago and fled to Canada, ia also back and walking about town without any fear of arrest" ENGLISH ATHLETES COMIXG.

A SCHEME FOR AMATEUR CONTESTS IS VARIOUS CITIES. A series of stirring contests between American and English amateur athletes promised to meeting for which arrangement are new tn progress by tba Manhattan Athletic Club. The dates of the meetings have not yet been fixed, bat tbe English visitor will sail from home on the Majestic Sept 17, and they will doubtless be given a chance to test their mettle as soon as they may desire after arrival. President Carr of the Manhattan Club says there Is now no possibility of failure to the meetings, becauee arrangement were completed last week br a vriOTircu IS CI II II J1U VUC Saiford Harrier of Msuohaster, England, aud Inp in AisMtT Vhll.i-1ii. ton.

and other cltie. Tbe English club tipu- nugvi oest amateur athlete In tbat country. A at present advised, Mr. Carr ay, that delegation will consist of E. ftlonal cross-country champion, ldr of seven championships.

1 88d II. Morton, world's champion fifteen to V7 1. j. uwrsiin cuauipiou, anu Northern cross-rouutry champion; T. L.

Nlcho- Northern champion and sprint- wu ouo-nine runner, winner of nearly two hundred prizes, and third man tn H.irtnn Pnm In .1 i i uiuuum vEvss-vountrr championship; j. Martlndale. sprint and iv It cs, AAiAtt. ij uarier aoa htlf-niilj) ruBDer. With nh tnuiaHal fvwttn 4V.

a i a ..4 savsA. Ulw kUCi IUC JlUWTM- can club will harp to work to win In any ftr li A na-itAs wt.4..l. si i. uicu uis tngnsnmcn may en ter. Mr.

Carr foal aavured tbat no effort wUl be want to do to carry off the honors. wiu wu piae unaertne Joint man- -i tmbuuj oiuoa. Ane proceeds Will misnu uiem. Ane ZtZWZ.Zl1: personal tT- u.T, eapoctoa receipt, but the Manhattan Club assumes responsibility for the navment nf mbm uaillBC4 1QUL the share of prouu which the treasury of the English club wfu receive will be at least TJ programme of dates and dctalla wUl be oom- GQRXAX IS A FAVORITS. HE HAS DEVELOPED GREAT STRENGTH KtUKSILT IX MARYLAXD.

BAlTIMOMt Aac 9. Snnatnv work to the Senate has greaUy strengthened him in Maryland, and If he keeps lt np the Indication are that he will have little or opposition to hi re-election two rearm lwii v- dependenU say that he has dovelopd aa a debater beyond all their expectations. It is only la recent years that be has become a speech-maker. His reputation ha been exclualyaiy th line ot practical management and political Ula oratorical success in tha i. v.

fore, a surprise. His speeches have been elaboratilT rnio(Uri i. a. oflw ifTrllJf rPldly. He fs not much j-' uip nope mat iua P'tecUou win bmo more th deuato proceed a.

tOUgreasioual uampaiga is baglttnlnr tonUvest.i1 fnl el BSt gSppon'tTtM SaM thTun" of fbi ku HU. both strong lI.tbJ BVUJiires MALTIUQH9 i tUOVD OJf rrmm, BmUimr, AmrUmn, A la th past tea years Baltimore has made a Ion. stride forward lu iu architoctura the aid aotioaa hava be. Urgly abandoned, aad ur 5 .4 rttn a fuller conception of tha ur1? aeveloplnjan "55Snt gTOWth tro nrlv mmtm Mim growth strongly resu th. i ane of B-Umore a a 4rfty7 Wwn7 FOB nan Hrtnirtna a.

tha Balttmoce azul Ohta Bri th new Post Offio and Federal Court rSS.ilnf; Con and Hour baTgfSJ th new bank baildig7 th th awhurhe7TaVMw teres on th business street. t7? toHJdiag prool. etlS, VtW YIl tSili UTiTE POLITICAL PRIZES A TAXGLX OriB THE CHOICE Of xurcnoy ofticers. TAJKVAKT WAITS TXBTTHIXO, At wa Aaa Atjii A ALJE.aa.Ja JBAB OJb TROUBLE OT THI REPCBLICAKS. There 1 likely to be a todloaa toagl ta tba Board of Polio Commlaslorera over ta ap-pointxneat ef taspeetore.

poll clerk, aad bwllo elerka for tb next oleeUoa. poll Mans pra-liet that aay nam ber of eemplieatloaa may rlae, and thera 1 no doubt that some of them wUl turn ep. At a recent aUa of tha Police Board a resolution Was adopted tha poUUreJ rgaa-Izatloas to put la their lisu foe tuns-ns k. Aug. 15 aad for poU clerks and ballot clarks by Pept.

As already lndiratod la Tub Tints. Tammany likely to make aa effort to grab both Democrat! Inspectors this year. Th dl. trict organization of th Wigwam are already i uio ore aaaing lot two Inspectors, ona poll clerk, aad on telle clerk for each district Tha meeting af the Fx-eentlve Committee tb Cotmty Demoerarr neia last week at Coonrr railed baraoso the leatlers saw danger ahead la reference to tne taspevtors and to dark and ta hurry along the work of making out the Coua-tlea lista. As a result of this meeting some of the Counties' district organizations bar already met and prepared their list If Tammany trie to break the rule of several year pat node which the Couatlc took one and Tammany tba other Democratic inspector, tb County Iiea rary proposes to fight it out ia tbo eourte and mandamus th board to appoint their Inspect- If neresaary th Counties may make a fight for the fifth inspector provided for by tbe tows Of IMA7 If Ch.V An IkU cToiiml lh.t tl.

rUi.i. ri 1 lration that cast at least votes ob the state ueket in tbe last election, and that as th Police Board has not regarded tbcaa a entitled to one of tbe fonr Inspectors originally provided for, they ar entitled to tbe additional lu a pector. Tammany, of course, would dispute the rial a that the Counties are entitled to aa additional Inspector, and would deny that ther eaat ho OuC vote on the SUto ticket Tb Republican UUrrict rgaaltaiion bar, done iitUe a yet toward putting in their lists, but Commissioner Met lav einccU to kav them on band In time, bom of tb poliUclaa assert tbat a question may even ariae everts aptmlntment of the Republieaa Inepertor and rlerka. bnppoae, tbey the Republlrana la th city split a faction going straight and auotber faction Joining with tbe citlseaa' move- ment which faction would then art tho Inspectors! This Is a questbm that baa been aaked a great deal of late. Tbe traigbu would aay that tbey were th regular KepubUcaaa, and a such entitled under tbe Uw to half ot th urun mo representa tive of that political organization that differs with the Democracy on state Isiiw If.

ko. ever, the regular Republican machine declarer in favor of eoslif i.m It a -ni -r t1Tot Jh" "ralght ticket Republieans hould break away and run a traight-ont Re-publican ticket a alee question might arlae as to who should have the Inspectors. Polico Con mlasloner James J. Martin. Tammany, was non-committal when he was asked iuinoy proposes to ao in tbe matter of Inspectors ami poll elerka A Tammany man of equal prominence said however: tf4.

Tnany aa the only Democratl ArrsHlfsiiitn In iii.j.iP i. that each of tne two parties snail have two inspector. If TlDUlir Is the Uamoerarte ganlzaUon of tbe city, why are not entitled to the two InspMctors and; one each of th poll clerks and baliot clerks The J3ig Indisns' pretension aa ta being tba only Democratic organisation la tb city" Is a time-honored bluff that is aa harmless a It la meaningless. Richard Croker. Tammanys-old-man-ta-Ko rope, wul have much to aay a to the Wlgwam'a attitude on thla question of Inspector, it Is Jus' possible thai he will regard tbe breaking of the old rule of one Tammany maa and one CecBty Democrat a good enough midsummer polttica T1 district organisaUona of the lgwam can do no special harm by sending In request for tbe full DemocraUe complement inspector.

poU and ballot elerka, Mr. Croker-ln-Europe will bat hi say aa to whatdLsjMMttion shall mad of tbeae applications. With Commissioner Voorbla. Messrs. 5UrU.n' the Mgular Tammany men to the board would bar Uttla troubli doing about as Mr.

Croker thinks best TherJar now 8i7 election diatrlcts In tha Tnera sre four inspector, to each of theaeu J.n5..theT. 'Pi for five wort, udlng the registration. There, are two poll Stf h1 two-110' rack of tbe wll-rt01- for thel? work. The eomiteaaauon of tbe ballot clerk has not vet been flved tt I. I.

i the Polic Board. FOVEBTT MAKES 4 BURGLAR. THE mifTJL STORT OF MRS. BERQ AKD HER CHILDREN. Mrs.

Carrie Berg, a widow aad th mother ot four children, one of whom sh burled on Friday, was arraigned before Justice GoetUng to the Oatoa Avenue polico court, Brooklyn, yesterday, on a charge of burglary. Eb. keep a Mttte eantly and cake store a AUanUe Avenue, near Morse Street and lives In wretched quarters to tbe rear. A year ago her husband com- o' hla laabUity to obtain work, and sinoa that time the widow has had a hard struggle to support herself and herfour before she waa arreitod on Friday she foUowed her child to theiraveL :iHe.1 Ukw tho.tottonhiu. she left the others destitute of food Th burglary for which Mr.

Berg was apnra- hended was committed on Monday at toe rewt i1- VilTiri9 ftuM absence from horn th house was eutered aud some ginghajuand X'tlk1 vafW i. a3 The polioe were notified, and on Friday Patrolman Hardy noticed the piece of gingham hana Ing to Mr. Berg's window. cnu-red and had asked only a few questions, when Mn. Berg broke down and confessed her guilt She waa'ocked up over night and was yesterday held forth Urand Jury.

She told Justice Goetttna that sha w.f.n to Mf- nberg-a on Monday toeoUect a bill owed her oy Mrs. Altonberg-s'tuotherTand on at boB" took what sb ctelim W0 bout tha amount of her Her pitiful famay history excited the court's wmpailon. but ther was aotuing to do but to ho.dher. Friends bar agreed to care for th utUortunate woman's enildren. SE WELL'S MAX o'eTS THE OFFICE.

H. 8. VniTE APPOINTED CKITED ETATES DISTRICT ATTQRKET FOB NEW-JEMET. Gen. Sewell baa brought a ho mat's nest about hU ears by forcing the appointment ot Henry 3.

WTUt aa United Stat District Attorney of Xew-Jeraey. The aonouncameat of Mr. White's selecUoa was made yesUrday. When Jersey City wa mad a port ot entry some year ago Mr. whit waa mad th firs Collector.

Th salary was 82.500 pr yemr. ti duties wer none. fien. Sow.U induced Prr.IdentArthar to hito with Asa W. Dlckin' a young Jersey City lawyer.

-Mr. W-htt vowed eternal nmity against r.ewi lieU amauof larg means; adlelw-tired to a handsome residence a the ShrSw 5t Ha had plenty of tta7 aa bwi'thloV. well concluded that ha was net an unhandy man to nave at command, and when thv met as lMl KrjmbUsaa NsUoVsTco" Wbea TmlTi" ltweVa tbVnt tb Lnltod Stale Dls- lS'9 UB- b-WU for sf' llmed the position ret demonsUoa was mad at aablngton against fee well's infla-uZiiSL hhC ii" "loa a Lo 0ppoS to him, but it availed nothing, and th aMwat-meut baa been mad in splto of thetu. ru ssyr -bxmald- buizplto. Tnm IAS Stal xtot i2er Am.

During tha week th JUcord and CMid re-eeiyed rellabia Information that the raznor started a month ago, to tha effect that the Herald would xnov iu office up town. Weor-rect. The si for tha new bcilding is th block bounded by Broadway, Sixth Avenue, Tklrty-flfth aad Tblrty-sixtk Btreeu, where th old cTmory of the Seranty-first P-eglment now stands. It bj tbe Intention of Mr. Bennett to remodel th building, which will conUia ail the departruequ of the Herald.

It Is proposed -to have the watt of th first fioor almost ntirw jyol puts giaaa, and to hav looated this fioor th prtotiag press and other meohantral apparatus, so thai passers-by may see Lev a printeX It Is said that ths grouei for a term of thirty years, orE oa the bufldlng. it is understood, will fommenced very shortly, and Messrs. MeKim, "e-d hlt wUl th architect. Mr. Howland, tb buslnss manager th Herai-i.

returned from Xurop on Tuesday but and is prepabla that his trip had for lu object a oaauitetioa with Mr. Bennett yia this proposed change. Tb idea to moving tft ofiio np tow a la to mer centraUy situatnf for loeai awc -At present th distance to tb offie from tha centres ot local ws I a disadvantage, aad Is to do away with this inconvniac that tha naov ia mad. It Is a quetioc, however, as te whether this advanraa may not be scrtoasly offaet by the new offleo being located ao far Iroza tha luaduartota of ta fniatrd Prasa,.