11111 SEEtllllEBAUCH.
The Disgraceful Occurrences at 9. Din-
ner of “Society” Men.
STORY OF “LITTLE EGYPT.”
Disgusting Performance Described by the
Woman Who Gave It—Captain Chap-
man Tells of What He Saw at I
the Notorious Aflair.
,NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—Lawyer Howe had
promised that his client, “Little Egypt,”
would be the first witness at the resump-
tion'of the Chapman trial today, but when
the time came the dancer was not present.
Mr. HOWe declared that she would be sure
to come later, and an afiidavit from her
was shown, in which she told of the part
she played at the Seeley dinner. The wom-
un came in later.
It was just 10 o’clock when Commis-
sioner Grant took his seat, but the court
was not called to order for some time, as
Captain Chapman had not arrived.
As “Little Egypt” had not then arrived,
the first witness called was James J. Arm-
strong, partner of Moore, the vaudeville
agent who gave the first information to
Captain Chapman. While a legal argu-
ment as to the admissibility of Arm-_
strong’s evidence was in progress the fol-
lowing affidavit of “Little Egypt” was
handed around :
{“I am known as ‘Little Egypt.’ My
name in my own language is Wabe. I
was born' in Algeria.
“I was employed to dance at the dinner
given by Mr. Seeley. I was to do two
dances, both nautch dances. In the first
I was to dance in slippers and stockings,
with no tights. My thighs were to be ‘cov—
ered with thin gauze from above the knees
to the loins, through which my body could
be seen. From the loins to the lower part
of the bust was to be bare. For an encore
I was to dance entirely naked except fo
silk stockings and slippers. ~
“I arrived at Sherry’s at midnight. I
was let in by an employee of Sherry’s and
was taken up three flights of stairs to a big
blue room. Champagne was brought to
me by men whom I did not know. One
was a guest of the dinner and one an em—
ployee.
Special Distinction Shown “Egypt."
“When I had been there for some time,
two employees of the place, one of whom
wore knickerbockers and the other, Who, I
was told, was Sherry’s son, being a young
man with smooth face and light hair, of
- about from 20 to 22 years of age and
speaking good French, took me by the
hand and rushed me from the big blue
room two flights higher to a small ante-
chamber.
“They told me to ,sit- there and said
there was a little trouble below. The man
who I was told ivas Shcrry’s son came up
three or four times with some more wine.
‘ “At about half past 3 a. m. I danced my
first dance, as arranged, and during the
[dance I was practically nude. I did not
dance the encore. as I was told that there
was danger of the police coming again.”
The afiidavit is signed “Egpyt. ”
Witness Armstrong told how Phipps
and Deuchman had called on him and said
they wanted two dancers for Seeley’s din—
ner who would dance without clothing.
' “I said I was not in that sortpf busi-
ness, and that there was only one woman
in New York who would do such business,
and that was ‘Little Egypt,’ ” said Arm-
strong.
“Mr. Phipps said he had already en-
gaged her, "’ continued the witness.
“Phipps said, ‘Armstrong, you’re getting
quite a Sunday school member, ain’t you?’
When they went away, I went into Moore’s
office and said, ‘Billy, those men are the
same who made improper proposals to
Anabelle. ’ Moore said: ‘I wish I could
have met them. I would have wiped the
floor with them.’ ”
. Chapman Testifies.,
At the conclusion of Armstrong’s exam—
ination Mr: Hart called Captain Chapman.
After telling briefly of his 20 years’ ex-
perience in the police department Captain
Chapman was asked, “What, if any, orders
were given you on taking command of the
Nineteenth precinct?”
“I was ordered to rule the precinct with
an iron hand; to drive out crime and in
iqu'ity without fear or favor.
“On the night of Dec. 19 last,” con-
tinued Captain Chapman, “I had been out
patrolling my precinct. I got back to the
station house at about 11 :30. I found a
man named Moore waiting to see me. We
went into my private ofl‘ice. Moore saidto
me, ‘ Captain, if you heard that nude or
partially nude women were to dance at a
dinner party in your precinct, what WOuld
you do?’ I said, ‘I’d stop it, of course,
and, if necessary, arrest everybody con-
cerned.’
“ ‘Then,’ said he, ‘I’ll tell you my story.’
“He then went on and told me what has
already been told, of an offer being made
to Anabelle to dance. I then said, ‘Where
is this thing going on?’
“He said, ‘At Sherry’s.’
“I said: ‘You must be mistaken. I have
known Mr. Sherry for 15 years, and I
know that he would not allow anything of
that sort.’
“After I had turned out my men at
.- midnight I took my two ward men, Wal-
ters- and- Coddell, and went to Sherry’s.
.-.-we got there at about 12:30. Per ps it
was a little earlier. As we approac ed the
building from the Thirty-seventh street
side I heard sounds Of laughter and ap-
plause. We went to . the door. As we
walked up the steps I saw a woman just
ahead of us enter the place. As I got to
the door it was locked in my face. Mr.
Wilson was at the door.
do you want?’
_ What the Captain Saw.
“I showed my shield and said I was cap-
tain of the precinct. He then pulled down
the curtain and ran up stairs.” '
The captain then' told how he waited
outside the building for half an hour before
he was able to gain an entrance. The cap-
tain then went on to describe what he saw
when he entered the woman’s dressing
room. . ,
“When I entered the room, there were
four men there—Mr. Rich, Mr. Harper,
Mr. Seeley and Phipps, the agent.
“Mr. Rich was standing in the center of
the room talking to Cora Routt. The wom-
an wasnearly nude. On a sofa at one side
of the room was another woman. She
was partially nude. There were three oth-
er women, in the room, all partially nude. ,
“I walked up to the Routt. woman and
said: ‘You‘are a disgrace to your sex. You
ought to be ashamed of yourself to be in
this condition before these men! I have a
good mind to arrest you. ’. _
“Then Phipps came up to me and want-
ed to know who I was. I told him, and
then, and not until then, she ran behind
the portiere, and after that she gave me a.
tongue lashing.” '4’ ‘-
He said, ‘ What‘
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No Agreement Reached ~ With Refer-
ence to Autonomy For Cuba.
MINISTER DB LOMB’S DENIAL
The Work of Executing Men For the
Crime of Being Revolutionists Goes
Bravoiy on In Cabanas Fortress.
1 "Official" Victoriesr'Reported.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Senor Dupuy de
Lome’s attention was directed today to
published statements purporting to come
from Madrid to the effect that the Spanish
government had instructed him to notify
the American secretary of state that Spain
would accept the terms of a. peace settle-
ment with Cuba submitted by the Amer-
ican government, and that he had cabled
the authorities at Madrid of his communi-
cating the acceptance to Mr. Olney.
The minister observed his usual course
in declining to discuss the details of diplo-
matic subjects, but he was emphatic in
denying the publication as a whole, stat-
ing that it had no basis of fact, and that,
in his judgment, it was a fabrication which
could not have emanated at Madrid.
Further than this general denial the mine
ister would not discuss the publication in
detail, as this would necessarily lead to a
discussion of the real status of negotiations.
From other sources, however, it is learn
ed that the situation has undergone no re-
cent change, and that the su .us today is
exactly what it has been for some time——
namely, an alleged purpose on the part of
Spain to apply extended reforms of autono—
my to Cuba as soon as the pacification of
the island is assured.
The advices from Cuba satisfy officials ,
of the Spanish legation here that this paci-
fication is progressing rapidly. A cable
dispatch just received from General Weyler
says that the province of Pinar del Rio,
which has been the storm center, is already
pacified. Naturally this statement serves
only to amuse members of congress.
, “Official” \Var News.
HAVANA, Jan. 13.——Leocadio Rodriguez
was shot at Cabanas fortress today. Clau-
dio Perez and Jose Perez Garcia will be
executed in the same manner and at the
same place tomorrow. These were all in-
surgents.
During a number of skirmishes in the
Novinces of Pinar del Rio, Matanzas and
Santa Clara the insurgents lost 39 men
killed, retired with many wounded, and
the troops captured 11 prisoners. During
these engagements the government forces
lost 1 man killed and had 18 wounded.
General Toral, being informed that an
insurgent force intended to attack the vil—
lage of Caney, province of Santiago de Cu—
ba, moved upon the enemy and dislodged
the latter at the point of the bayonet from
the positions occupied. Theinsurgents left
3 men killed and some arms and ammuni—
tion on the field and were seen to retire
with several wounded. The troops had 5
men wounded.
Mere Spanish Brutality.
BOSTON, Jan. 13.——The Cuban-American
junta of New England has received news
from its agent in Cuba of an act of brutal-
ity which, it is alleged, was perpetrated on
a Cuban plantation near Cienfuegos. The
plantation was taken by the Spanish
troops, and all those who did not make
their escape were killed. These consisted
of an Old woman of 74, her grandchild of
12 years and another family. All of these,
the agent says, were put into . sugar
hogsheads, set on fire and burned to
death. The letter also tells of the destruc-
tion of a body of Spaniards in Trinidad by
an American named Taylor, who threw a
dynamite. bomb into a camp, killing about
50 soldiers.
A Torpedo Magazine Explodos.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 13.—-—The magazine of
the Columbia Dynamite Torpedo company,
at Shamokin, Pa., 18 miles from here, ex—
ploded today. Two men and two women
were killed and one man injured. The
names of the killed were: L. P. Stickney,
superintendent; James McCloskey, work-
man; the girls, names not known. The
injured man was Walter Crane. He will
probably recover. The building was blown
to atoms.
Roosevelt as a College President.
BUFFALO, Jan. 13.——A special from Ge-
neva to a local paper says that when Theo—
dore Roosevelt, New York’s police com-
missioner, declared a few days ago that he
had no political aspirations he little
thought at the time that this statement
would invite the'offer of the presidency of
a college. 'Yet that is the result, and the
presidency which will be ofiered him is
that of Hobart.
Governor Morrill’s Lust Act.
TOPEKA, Jan. 13.—The last official act
of Governor Merrill was the pardoning of
Anderson Gray, the Sumner county farm-
er sentenced to death for instigating the
murder of Thomas Patten in May, 1894.
The murder was committed by Thomas
M. McDonald, Gray’s farmhand, Gray
having, it is alleged, hypnotized McDon-‘
aid and compelled him to do murder.
Harmon Is Roticent.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Attorney Gen-
eral Harmon was seen at his office today'
and questioned as to the probable course
the government would pursue with respect
to the Pacific railroads now that the fund-
ing bill had failed. Beyond the statement
that some action probably would be taken
within the next 30 days he declined to
discuss the matter.
Lost Her Propeller at Sea.
LONDON, Jan. 13.——The German steamer
Hcrcynia, for Hamburg, passed Prawle
point today and signaled that on Jan. 10
she spoke a vessel supposed to be the Ger-
man tank steamer Minister Maybach, for
New York, which had lost her screw, but
was proceeding under sail.
Mrs. Black’s First Reception.
ALBANY, Jan. 13.—Mrs. Frank S. Black,
wife of the governor, receives tomorrow
for the first time. The hours are from 4
until 6 p. m., and Mrs. Black will be as-
sisted by Mrs. Pruyn, Mrs. Erastus Corn-
ing, Jr., and a number of young society
girls.
The Disabled Durham City.-
HALIFAX, Jan. 13.—The disabled steam-
er Durham City of the Furness line was
reported off this port today in tow of .an—
other steamer, thought to be the long over-
due Damara of the same line. ' -
' Lady” Henry Somerset InJured.
LONDON, Jan. 13.—-—Lady'_ Henry Somer-
set has suffered a severe contusion of the
forehead in a carriage accident ' at West-
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lrrsn SENATORIAL. . 1. J's-As.
Members 01° theldaho Legislature Eiwors
able to Dubois Uni-outed.
BOISE CITY, Jan. 13,—The lower house
of the legislature has unseated‘ two Dubois
members from Binghamton county. Three
Democrats voted for their retention. 1 The
ground upon which this was done was the
' alleged irregularity in printing the names
of the candidates on two ballots, This
point had been decided-by the supreme
court in opposition to the stand taken by
the house. A singular fact 'is that the
governor and several- other state officers
had their names on the two tickets, and
the same conditions prevailed on other
county tickets._ It is claimed by Dubois'
friends that the action of the house Will re-
act in his favor. ' ~
The Oregon Contest.
SALEM, On, Jan. 13,—The sixteenth bi-
ennial session of the Oregon legislature has
convened. The senate organized by the
election of Joseph Simon of Portland as
president and adjourned. The house made
no organization, owing to a contest over
the speakership, and the vote for United
States senator will therefore be delayed un-
til J an. 26, as the statute provides that the
vote for senator cannot be taken until the . ' '
second Tuesday after organization. The
delay in organization was brought about
by those opposed to the re-electioh of Sena-
tor Mitchell in order to gain time. The
speakership contest has narrowed down to
J. Bourne, Populist, and H. L. Benson,
Republican.
Senator Palmer’s Successor.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Jan. 1 3.—-Tuesday,
Jan. 19, is the'day selected by the senate
for' assembling with the house in joint
session for the purpose of beginning the
balloting for a United States senator to
succeed John M. Palmer. A joint resolu-
tion to this efiect was adopted by the sen-
ate today. '
. A New Bank Scheme.
CHARLOTTE, N. 0., Jan. 13. ——S. Witt-
kOWSky and associates will make applica-
tion to the legislature for a charter for a
' new bank, which in' its operations will dif-
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fer in some material respects from any
such institution now in business in this
state. The parent office is to be located in
Charlotte, but the intention is to establish
branches all Over the state in smaller
tOwns, after the manner of the “Canadian
system,” which is reputed to have been ad-
vantageous to business interests and suc-
cessful generally in the Canadian provinces.
The Deep Waterway Project.
CHICAGO, Jan. 13.—-The deep waterway
commission appointed by President Cleve-
land in November, 1895, has finished its
report and submitted it to Secretary Olney.
It will be placed in President Cleveland’s
hands immediately, and by him submitted
to congress as early as possible. There-
port is an unqualified indorsement of the
ship canal project to connect the great
lakes with tidewater. ‘
The Thames Was on Fire.
I LONDON, Jan. 13.—The premises of the
Russian Oil company, at Purfleet, have
been burned and immense damage done.
Cataracts of burning oil were poured into
the Thames, illuminating the river from
Greenwich to Gravesend. I The Purfleet
powder magazine and the Anglo-American
Oil company, adjacent, were saved by the
efiorts of the fire brigade.
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The Wefi‘oh'e'r.
Fair; decidedly colder; high northwest-
erly winds.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
- Exchange. . -
New YORK, J an. 12,—Monéy on call easy at 1%
per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3}§@4}é
per cent.
tual business in bankers’ bills at $4.87}[email protected]}é
for demand and St.84}[email protected]}é for 60 days. Post-
ed rates. $1.84}é@4.351,éand [email protected]}{;. Com-
mercial bills, 31.8514. Silver certificates. 64%
@655fic.§ no sales. Bar =ilver, 69%;». Mexican
dollars, 50%c. Government. bonds firm. State
bonds dull. Railroad bonds firm.
Closing;r prices: ' -
Archisou .......... 14% New England ..... —
Bur. & Quincy... 7216 N. J. Central......l00}é
0., C., C. & St. L. 13“ North American. 4%
Chesapeake&0.. 1739’ Northern Pacific. 14
Chicago Gas ...... 15% Do. pref ........... 33%
Chl'da-J: ........... — N. Y. Central ..... 94
00110.1 Uil..~ ...... 13% Omaha ............ 49%
Del. & Hudson . ...11]% Ontario & \Vest... 14%
Dist-inel's’ ’1‘1'.l-. .. — Pacific )Iail ....... 24%
Erie..... .......... 15 Reading ....... 2’."
General Elm-nug. f‘fl’lé Rock Island ....... 67%
Hocking Valley-i. 17%, Silver Bullion ..... 65%
Lackawanua ...... 155 St. Paul ........... 74%
Lake Shore ....... 151 Sugar Refinery. . .11254
Lead .............. 24 Texas Pacific ...... 9%;
Louisville a; Nash 49% Union Pacific ..... 7%,
Missouri Pacific. 20% \Vabash pref ...... 16%
Northwestern. . .. 103 \Vestern Union. . . 83%
General Markets.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—FLOUR—Slate and
western quiet, but steadyycity mills patents,
[email protected]: winter patents, [email protected]; c .y mills
clears, [email protected]: Winter straights, 84 [email protected].
WHEAT—No.2 red opened higher on better
cables than expected, weakened sharply under
a bear raid and recovered later on a short
scare; March, 90@90 11-160.; May, 86%@o‘7y§c.
CORN—No. 2 quiet, but. steady on prospec-
tive lighter receipts; May, 30&é@30%c.; July,
3196c.
OATS—No. 2 quiet and steady: February,
3.3%c.: May, 22%@ZZ 15-160.
PORK—Firm; mess, [email protected]: family, 89.3)
@1050, » .
LARD—‘Steady; prime western steam, $4.20,
nominal.
BUTTER—Steady: state dairy, 1009155504
state creamer-y, 13®19c. , '
CHEESE —1 Quiet; state, large, 7lé@11c.;.
small, 7mm. '
EGGS—Steady; state‘and Pennsylvania. 17%
@183véc.; western, 13@l7c.
SUGAR—Raw quiet: fair refining, 2 13460.:
centrifugal, 96 test, 3 3-16c.; refined easier:
crushed, 50.; powdered, 4960.
TURPENTINE—Steady at WWMc.
MOLASSES—Steady; New Orleans. 22@32c.
RICE—Firm: domestic, 3Wcs JapanAM
@Qéc. .
TALLOW—Dull; citY. $60.; country, Me.
HAY—Firm; shipping, W799»; good to
ahoice, 70@75c. ’ ~
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Grim)? Curl: TREATMENT for torturing, disfig- ~
uring, itching, burning, and scaly skin and scalp ,
diseases with loss othalr. —-Warm bathsi'vith Cu- ,,
nous; Sou, gentle applications of CUT-IOUIL ‘
(ointment), and full doses Of'CUTIOUBA Rubi.- .-' ‘
yam, greatest of blood purifiers and humor cures
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On- Hosiery.
This will be the GreatestSale, \ .
‘ of Dry Goods of Modern Times. ‘
on Dress Goods.
liver $25,000 worlh of‘Winler Wear, including Dress Goods, cloaks, Wrappers,
Blankets, Flannels, Hosiery, Underwear, Gloves, and lion’s Furnishings, al aboul'so-
oenls on lhe Dollar. The story is plain and simple: Our Sloclrs. are by far loo large
to carry, we cannot am” 1003"! them-over'and alerrifio slau hler i ' '
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resull.1 Friday we lull lake invenlory and llarkllown Slook.’ g es ls lhe
'Saturdav Jan. 9th,l897
he greal Sale will begin and will conlinue unlil .lhe enlire lolsare disposed of. lie
among the early callers and Secure your share of the prizes, as many of the lolsfare
small. liall orders will not be laken‘. The following is a parlial lisl. oflhe bargains:
ism: POPULAR. cLoAK Room
Every Winter Jacket and Cape must go. We did not '
carry any over last year, We will not carry any «
over this year, the prices ' will Sell them.
One Ha]f.-0ffthe Marked Price on all J aokétsnflneflalf '
$16.98 Finest Quality Kersey Jack.
I ets. tan, black and green, half
price, 8.50.
$21.00 [Boucle trimmed with fur,
Empire Jacket, navy and green,
half price, ' “1,50,
CA PES
$13.50 Black Boucle Capes, 'Ihibet Trimmed, Half
Price,
$13.00 Seal Plush Jackets, Trimmed
long, Half Price,
$17 00 Seal Plush, 33 inch, 140 inch sweep, Half Price
$23 Seal Plush, 30 inch, 140 inch sweep, Half Price.
CA PES
116,00 Black, Single and Double ‘Capes at Half Price,
' $16.98 Boucle Jackets, in green and
black, half price. {3.50.
$14.98 Kersey and Boucle Jal- ets,
, half price, 1.50.
$11.50 Rough and Plain Jackets,
half price, 5.15.
$10.00 Boucle Jackets, we have
' $3.90.
6.15.
with J et 30, inches
6.50
Something in Every Department will be
large sizes only, half. price, 5.00. -
$5.00 Beaver and Bouc’e Jackets, all
Children’s Jackets and Gretchens
will be sold at half of the marked
You can have .a. child’s
coat for 980 1.50 2-00 2-50 3-
CHILDREN’SOAPS‘ * ' '
S ilk and Velvet Caps, were 750 to $1.00 small
Sizes only to close out, each, ,
Children’s White Silk Caps, each,
100 Ladies’ Worsted Fascinators, were 79 t .
Black, White and Pink'all at one pricec, 0 flat:
GOSSAMERS. , ., _
All our Rubber Gossamers that 1
$1.90, each, we so a
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PLATE ‘ GLASS
Mutual Plate Glass Insurance , Gompa
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