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“Equal and Exact Justice to all Men of Whatever State of Persuasion, Religious or Political. ”-—Jefler.;¢§
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NE‘V YORK’S POLICE SCANDAL.
Policeman Thorne’ s Confes'len Said to Be
a Startling Story or Crime.
New YORK, Dec. 17. 4Policeman Au-
gus tus J. Thorne, who was for nearly- 13
years a‘ spec lai Officer" in the Leonard
street precinct, has made a confession that
promises to be quite as startling in. its re-
sults as that made by Captain Tinibthy J.
Creeden. Thorne was indictedong’Friday
for bribery and perjury in connection‘ivith
the extortion practiced by ex— Captain John
T. Stephenson upon Produce Merchant
Martin N. Edwards. He was the messen-
ger by Whom Stephenson demanded ap-
ples, peaches and money from Edwards as
a bribe for the privilege of blockadlng the
sidewalk in front of his store with boxes
and barrels of merchandise: '
When Captain Stephenson Was on trial
before the police} commissioners, Thorne
denied under oath that hehad ever taken
messages to Edwards, or that he had ever
Seen him. When Stephenson was convict-
ed of the offense of blackmailin g Edwards,
Thorne was : promptly indicted. One
night’s confinement in the Tombs prison
and the prospect of 5001'] sharing Stephen-
son ’s fate convinced him that hc-had bet-
ter make a full confession of his guilty
knowledge.
During a three hours" interview with
Assistant District Atterney Lindsay he
admitted that he had acted as “special of—
ficer” for Captains Jacob Siebert, Joseph
Eakins, Max F. Schmittberger, Josiah A.
Westervelt and A(l'1llg Captain 0’ Tools
while they commanded the Leonard street
precinct. He was a patrolman in the same
precinct u ndcr Capt-tips Thomas Ryan,
Adam Cross . and Michael Dohtg‘ty.
Thorne, it is understood, told all about
the blackmail he levied from dry goods
and produce merchants, poolroom keepers
and policy shop ownersi"’in the precinct.
He also revealed, it i's‘s‘aid, collusion be-
tween the poiice and men who conducted
the “gyp game,” a species of confidence
operation by meansof which countrymen
were induced \to pay $200 or $520 for
Worthless horses. It is understood that
Thornc’s confession gave names, dates and
the amount and disposition of the“pro-
teetion money” in all these cases. He de-
clared that he would have become a wit—
ness fer the people against Stephenson had
he not been . prevented by Stephenson’s
threats.
Senator Lexow and Mr. Goff say that the
revelations of the coming week will be the
most sensational 0f the session of the com-
mittee.
Bot-h Captain Crecden and Policeman
Thorne, who were suspended by the Police
commissioners, have been Icinsta1ccltl1e
former by direct request Of the Lexow
committee and the latter by the police
board’s voluntary action.
A Dramatic Tragedy.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec“ 17.—Near
Pierce’s Mills, Marion count-y; Ben Howell
and Ed Cochran were rivals for the hand
of Miss Dora Rawls. Last night they met
at her house and quarreled over; their ri—
yalrv. In the parlor a desperate fight oc-
curred, the girl being a witness. Knives
were drawn, when Will Rawls, the girl’ s
brother, stepped In between the combatants
to separate them As he did so he "received
a stab in the heart and died. As he fell he
cried out, ”Ed, you have killed yOur best
friend.” Each combatant charges the other
with the killing. .
A Decision Against Tillman. .
CHARLESTON, Dec. 17.—Judge Golf’s de-
cision on the ownership of the arms of the
Washington light infantry, which Gover-
nor Tillman requircd the company to sur-
render fer insubordination, is adverse to~
the state and sets forth that, no reason
having been shown why the company
should forfeit its arms, they are to remain
in its possession for the purpose for which
the federal goverment originally issued
them.
New Game and Fish Commission.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Dec. 17.—The
Fish and Game association of New Jersey
has been formed here, with James L. Smith
of Warren county as president. A com—
mittee of 21 was appointed to formulate
suitable game laws to be submitted to the
game commissioner and to the legislature.
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-who cannot understand the benefit
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Pierce’ 8 Favorite Prescription. Did
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cheeks? yOr a healthy one without
them? A woman can live in full
health, do more work, have more
pleasure, amount to more, by taking
the é‘Prescr1pt10n.‘VheiI . the
bodily functions are not regular the
'woman is delicate.
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invigorating tonic, a soothing and
strengthening ne1v1ne, besides, it
lessens pain. It’s the only 1emedy
for woman’ s chronic weaknesses and
irregularites that’s guaranteed to
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L—‘La
ANOT {CUP MESSAGE
It Alouses the he of the Membeis of
the New York Yacht Club.
LITTLE CHANCE FOR A RAGE.
It Is Believed That a Contest For the
Cup'Is Now Only a. Secondary Consid-
eration \Vith the Englishmen.
A Sharp Reply Expected.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Secretary A. Case
Canfield of the America’s cup committee
received the following cablegram from
Richard Grant. secretary of the Royal
Yacht squadron, yesterday.
Canfield, New York Yacht Club.
Cablegram to Dunraven, 10th, brought be
fore flag ofiicers. Matter must be submitted
club. If challenge accepted now and repre-
sentative wins, will not demand ’cup failing
satisfactory agreements as to receipt. Please
cable. GRANT.
This message was posted on the bulletin
in the clubhouse, and Mr. Canfield replied
acknowledging its receipt and saying it
“ would be referred to a meeting of the cup
committee to be held this afternoon.
It was fondly expected by yachtsmen
here that the Prince of“ Wales would be
able to‘ smooth out the troubles and agree
to sign the receipt for the cup, as required
by the cup committee, in the event of the
Valkyrie winning, but he has evidently
declined to assume the responsibility and
has decided that it, is a matter for the
members of the"squadron to decide.
They EVant Too Much.
The general opinion in the New York
Yacht clubhouse last night was that the
cup committee would instruct Secretary
Canfield to cable asking for a definite re-
ply at once and to inform the Royal Yacht
squadron that the committee could only
arrange a race for the America’s cup ac-
cording to the terms of the deed of gift,
and any matter apart from that must be
arranged with the New York Yacht club.
One member said he thought the Eng-
lishmen were going a little too far. .“If
we went to the other side,” said he, “and
criticised their deeds as they have ours,
they would say we were insulting them.
Now they are doing what they would not
tolerate from us. The deed of gift is as
fair and sportsmanlikc as it can be made,
and they must indorse it if they want to
race.”
It was stated on good authority that
Lord Dunraven had cabled to H. Maitland
Kersey asking him to try to arrange a race
or series of races for him. He is willing to
build a yacht and come here to race against
any yachts that may be built to meet his.
Mr. Kerscy is not likely to be successful in
this mission. The New, York Yacht club
members say that it must be a race for
the America’s cup or none at all.
Don’t Care For the Cup.
Itis doubtful if any member of the club
could be induced to build a yacht for such
a purpose. If Lord Dunraven likes to bring
his yacht over and race in the regattas, he
will be welcomed, but no importance could
be attached to such a visit.
The cablegram from Secretary Grant
makes it evident to yachtsmen here that
Lord Dunravcn is confident of the winning
powers of his new boat, the third Valkyrie.
Latham A. Fish, one of the members of
the America’s cup committee, is quoted as
saying: “It is my experience that when-
ever the Englishmen had a yacht which
they thought could win a race they sent
her over regardless of all deeds of gift.”
The cablcgram just received bears out Mr.
Fish’s observation.
It is the general opinion here that at
last the America’s cup has taken second
place in the estimation of English yachts-
men, and that they wish to follow up the
defeat of the Vigilant in English waters
in the past summer by a series of races Ofi
New York in 1895 in which an English
I" yacht shall be victorious, no matter wheth-
er the race is for the blue ribbon of the sea.
——the America’s cup—or for the honor of a
victory of England over America alone.
The cable message from the secretary of
the Royal Yacht squadron to the New
York Yacht club, which has been posted
on the bulletin board in the clubhouse,
has not only aroused the ire of the mem—
bers of the latter Organization, but also
seems to have effectually settled the ques-
tion of an international race in 1895.
The sentiment at the New York Yacht
club seems to be that Dunraven’s preposi-
tion to come over and race on any terms
or simply for the honor of carrying the
emblem of the Royal Yacht -—squadron
across the finish line ahead of a boat flying
the racing signal of some Yankee yacht
club is uttered with the most sportsman-
like intentions, and the enthusiasts declare
that if he comes he will get all the racing
he wants. They hold, however, that if
the America’s cup is to be the object f
the visit of the new «Valkyrie the Royal
Yacht squadron must recede from its pres-
ent position.
A Caustic Comment.
Vice Commodore E. M. Brown, when
asked if he thought there was any chance
for a race after this ultimatum Of the
Royal Yacht squadron, replied, “Yes, there
will be a race it we give them everything
they want. ” He intimated also that the
New York Yacht club had come to the
point where they no longer were willing
to stand and deliver. Another well known
yachtsman said very decidedly.
“We have about come to the end of this
thing. If the Englishmen won the cup
and took it across with them, we would
have a nice time getting it back. They
would hold us so strongly to the deed of
gift—dimensions clause, ten months limit
and all—as to make us ashamed of the
lenient manner in which we have treated
them. Let us lose it once, and then we
will learn the lesson. ”
From all appearances these sentiments
will g0vc1n the actions of the America’ S
on committee at its meeting Monday. N o
in thcr concessions to the Royal Yacht
squadron are looked for by the club mem-
bers on the part. of the committee.
The French In Madagascar.
PARIS, Dec. 17.—The French forces in
Madagascar are not only occupying Tamar.
tane, but themarines are intrenched in a
, strong position.
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FATHER AND SON DYING.
A Horrible Affair That an-n the Result of
8. Domestic {Bum-rel.
MADISON, N. J., Dec. 17.—James Hink,
65 years old, is dying at the county jail at
Morristown. His son is dyinght the fam-
ily residence, near this village. He was
stabbed by his father, and the latter is
suffering from a pistol wound given him
by Village Marshal Squire. The stabbing
Was the outcome of a domestic quarrel.
Yesterday-afternoon Hink and his wife
quarreled, and the old man started to beat
her. The son interfered, and so enraged
his father that the latter seized a butcher
knife and- thrust it into the young man’s
side. The second lungc was more deadly.
It was aimedat the threat. but the son
stopped it by throwing up his arm. The
knife entered the arm at the elbow, and
the force With which the blow was deliver—
ed carried the keen blade right down to the
wrist, almost severing the arm from the
body. -
Later in the day Marshal Squire arrested
Hink and after being taken before Justice
Ransom was allowed by the justice to re-
turn to his home to secure bail. Soon after
this word was conveyed to the marshal
that Hink was acting wildly, and he pro—
ceeded to his house for the purpose of re-
arresting Hink. There a hand to hand
encounter took place, Hink making a. fierce
onslaught on the officer with a club.
Squire drew a revolver and fired, the bul—
let striking the old man in the abdomen.
Notwithstanding his severe wound, Hink
continued to resist until he was exhaust-
ed. He was then taken to the jail, where
a physician attended to him.
ANOTHER IIIURDER IIIYSTEBY.
Two \Vomen Shot to Death In Their House
In Broad Daylight.
JAMESTOWN,1 N. Y., Dec. 17.—Two in-
offensive and unprotected women living
in the town of Busti, about five miles west
of here, were murdered yesterday after-
noon, though by whom or for what motive
is not easily ascertained. They were Mrs.
Winslow Shearman, aged 67, and her
daughter, Mrs. Clinton Davis, aged about
35 years.
The husband of the former and the
brother of the latter were absent in at-
tendance upon the funeral of Mr. and Mrs.
Myron Shearman, who had been killed less
than a week ago by a train at a railroad
crossing. The young son of Mrs. Davis,
the only other male member of the house-
hold, was away at a neighbor’s, leaving
the women folk alone in the house.
The lad was first to enter the house and
discover the crime. Two rooms were
stained with blood. ~ Both women had been
shot, and death had been instantaneous.
The house had been ransacked evidently,
but not robbed. The homestead was in
plain view of other dwellings, yet nobody
was seen to enter or pass that way.
The police of this city were appraised of
the tragedy and are working on the case
with small chance of ferreting out the as-
sassins.
Does Not \Vant Foreign Troops In Peking.
LONDON, Dec.17.—The Times publishes
a dispatch from Shanghai stating that the
Chinese government has intimated to the
foreign ministers its objection to receiv-
ing military guards in Peking, the govern-
ment answering for the efficient protection
of the legations. Accordingly the guards,
numbering 50 each, at the British, French,
German, Russian, American, Italian and
Spanish legations have been ordered to re—
main during the winter at Tien—tsin,
Where are also stationed warships Of Grmt
Britain, France, Germany, Russia and
the United States.
To Contest Budd's Eiecti'o‘n.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.—The Repub-
lican state committee has finally resolved
.to contest the election of James H. Budd
as governor. A committee of seven was
appointed under instructions to go before
the state legislature and demand a. recount
of the entire vote for the state offices, par-
ticularly the vote Of San Francisco. This
action means a bitter fight in_._the coming
state legislature, which convenes on Jan. 8
Not a. Common Herd Criminal.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 17.—Albert Forbes,
who says he was one time secretary to
Governor Morton of Indiana, was fined $50
and 30 days for associating with thieves.
He said it would disgrace him to go to the
workhouse with the common herd, and he
would tell the police where they could find
a check he had forged and passed. The
check was found. It bore the name of a
prominent business man.
Harrison Can Speak For Himself.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 17.—The statement
of D. ‘8. Alexander of Buffalo to the effect
that General Harrison would not accept a
renomination for the presidency has called ’
out the statement here yesterday forcnoon .
that no one has authority or is at liberty
to speak for Mr. Harrison on the subject 0%
a renaminati'on. ’
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A SNUB P All Till. KAISER
The Reichstag Bones. HIS Bill to Pun-
ish Its Socialist Members.
WILLIAM IS FULL OF FIGHT.
He Is Evidently Determined to Bulldoze
the Reiehsiag and Tells His Soldier's
That Dark Days Are Ahead Which
They Must Meet Unflinchingly.
BERLIN, Dec. 17——-The snub which the
reiclistag has just administered to the
kaiser and the perplexing position in which
Chancellor Hohenlohe consqeuently finds
himself Is the sensation of the day in the
, German capital.
Before the reichstag voted on the appli-
cation of the public prosecutor for peimis-
sion to punish the Socialist members who
upon the opening of the reichstag refused
to rise and cheer for the emperor, the uni-
versal opinion was that the government
had made a serious mistake in demanding
that the reichstag forcgo its constitutional
prerogatives and authorize the judicial
punishment of Herr Liebknecht and the
other Socialists on the charge of less ma-
jeste.
It was known on every side that the ad-
verse decision of the reichst-ag committee
to which the matter was referred had a
tremendous influence upon the members,
and therefore nobody was surprised when
he reichstag adopted, by a vote of 168 to
58, the report. of the.-,c0111mittee recom-
mending that permission be not granted
to the public p1 osecutor to take action
waiust the Socialists,
The significance of this declslon can
hardiy be overrated, m It is not mereiy a
defeat of the government proposal, but is
a distinct rebuff for the emperor himself,
as it is an Open secret that he was the au— '
thor of this attempt to make the reichstag
surrender one of its most cherished privi-
leges.
What the emperor will do in view of this
moral slap in the face is a question which
the people are asking themselves. -His well
known obstinacy of character gives prom-
ise that he will not sit quietly under this
reverse, and a remark which he made in
the course of an animated after dinner
conversation at the officers’ mess of the
king’s regiment of Uhlanc during his stay
at Hanover. in the middle Of the past week
is attracting attention. His majesty said:
“Dark days are ahead, and I hope all my
officers will meet them unflinchingly. ”
This utterance, nobody doubts, refers to
the coming struggle with the Socialists
arising out of the proposed antirevolution-
.ary legislation, and it is interpreted as in-
dicating the intent-ion to force the anti-
rcvolutionary bill through the reichstag
Without material modifications.
Hohenlohe’s Reign May Be Short.~
The fact that the demand for the prose-
cution of the Socialists emanated from the
emperor has also had a most unfavorable
effect in Germany and has greatly weak—
ened popular confidence both in the wis-
dom and in the independence of the new
chancellor, whose first appearance in the
reichstag in his new role was quite a dis-
appointment.
Physically, too, Prince Hohenlohe is not
the man to make an impression, like Bis-
marck for instance, on the reichstag. The
small frame of the new chancellor seems al-
most lost in the commodious fauteuil with
which he is provided in parliament.
The task bi‘fOl'U Prince Hohenlohe al-
ready bristles wirh difficulties enough
without adding to them by involving him—
self in such a terrible blunder as propos-
ing to infringe the rcichstag’s privileges,
and it is an open question as to whether a
working majority for the goverment can
be secured in the present political situay
tion, even by cnsnaring the adherents of
some parties in the reichstag whose sup-
port depends largely upon the exercise of
tact upon the part of Prince Hohenlohe.
Therefore it is not astonishing that the
impression new prevails that the Hohen-
lohe regime will be short lived unless he
quickly develops a more masterly grasp of 4
w:
the situation than this big mistake
dences _
After the relcnstag nudp‘ceu‘tne commit-
tee’s report against the prosecution of the
Socialists, the resolution to increase thl .—
disciplinary powers of the president of the L
reichstag was put and carried, only the
radicals and Socialists voting against it.
Emperor William has ordered the mar-
blp palace at Potsdam, where he spent the
first few years of his married life, to be
put in readiness for the crown prince, who
will then receive his own court retinuc.
The crown prince, Frederick William, was
born on May 6,1882.
A curious fact in connection with the
change in the reichstag quarters is that
the furniture of the present meeting
room of the Socialist deputies was brought
from the old building, and the very arm-
chair from which the Socialist chairman
now calls his associates to order was
Prince Bismarek’s seat for many years.
There has been quite ah epidemic of ar-
rests for lose majcste in Berlin recenlty. N o
fewer than four culprits were arrested in
one day during the past week for making
criticisms of Emperor William’s speech.
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