Show YOUTHFUL THE CAPTAIN OF TUB GANG EIGHT YEARS OLD the manner lu which they did their dvork NEW YORK sept 18 william bo hantho gouged out one of his cifes eyes one day early last year and the other in july last was tried today to day in the county court of sessions in long island city before justices garretson brandon and kellogg he had been indicted by the grand jury on two counts one referring to each eye ho was tried in one case today to day mrs bohan was in court and made a vain endeavor to save her fiend husband from the punishment due his crime her testimony was given unwillingly when the jury brought in a verdict of guilty tho prisoner betrayed ao sign of nervousness other than a covert glance at his sightless wife he will be tried on the second count and it is believed justice garretson will give him the full penalty thirty years A CHICAGO sept 18 Chi cagos burglars are becoming highwaymen this afternoon a lady was assaulted and robbed on one of the principal streets of the city aud in the presence of hundreds of people the affair occurred oa the west side of dearborn street immediately south of washington street mrs pedrick a resident of california visiting relatives in this city was walling southward carrying several bundles at the alloy a young man stepped out and knocked mrs pedrick down grabbed her pocketbook and was off in an ini stant he flew southward and was soon lost in the crowd mrs pedrick was helped to her feet she was covered with mud but with tho exception of a bruise on the shoulder where the thief struck her she appeared to be uninjured she cried bitterly and was very much excited and nervous the police are hunting for the fellow for two or three months past a large number of petta burglaries in the vicinity of western avenue and madison street in this city have annoyed the police exceedingly the local papers opposed to mayor roches administration have been unsparing in their condemnation of the police for inefficiency while the au ties have been exercising remark able vigilance As a result of a careful investigation they have gathered in a remarkable gang of burglars four boys aged eight ten twelve and thirteen years and tho youngest william morgan proves to have been the captain his lieutenant is wm sullivan a ten year old lad henry the eldest was the general utility man for the gang george hopkins aged twelve is a recent addition and is yet but a novice the boys are all of respectable parental e and their relatives are thunderstruck at the revelations concerning their precious progeny numerous burg laries which were reported to the police and were laid to old and experienced cracksman cracksmen cracks men were confessed to by the doughty little captain they had been holding a regular carnival of crime no house was safo when they crawled around in the back yard as was their usual method of attack their usual plan was to saw a panel from a door morgan who is quite diminutive could easily get through the aperture thus made and admit his companions the particulars of a dozen burglaries were detailed to the magistrate in the police court this afternoon showing that these boys had within two months stolen almost everything arom candy and jewelry up to a horse ahe latter animal they really stole from a barn and drove it away the intention of selling it but finding they were liable to get into trouble allowed it to go after driving it about for half a day in all the houses they entered they took every key they could get and meant to fit out the members with a good set that would unlock any door when the magistrate had recovered from the amazement produced by the cevela i eions of the infant captain ho fined hopkins and held sullivan and to tho criminal court in bonds of 1000 he was puzzled what to do with the captain but finally sent him back to the station until tomorrow to morrow AUGUSTA lesept Me Sept 18 the official returns of the maine election have been received from all voting places save a few remote and unimportant plantations the roll gives burleigh rep for governor putman dem republican plurality on gubernatorial vote the pluralities for congressmen are first district reed 2437 second district dingley third district micken fourth district boutelle tho republicans have 31 senators to none for the democrats and representatives to 26 for the democrats of 99 county offices sheriffs pro bate judges county attorneys etc the republicans elected 96 and the democrats 3 washington sept 18 the president today to day transmitted to cenores in answer to the senate resolution the correspondence in relation to the chinese treaty A letter dated yamon the foreign office to minister denby in regard to the coming of chinese to this country contained bitter complaints of violated treaty obligations and of the cruel outrages upon the chinese the original project submitted to mr chan ten hoon by secretary bayard under date of january 12 1887 embodied a proposition that for a period of thirty years beginning with the date of the exchange of the ratification of this convention ven tion the coming or j edum to the united states of chinese laborers prohibited and months befaro the expiration of said period of thirty neither government should formally have given notice other of an tion to treat sucha proposition at an end it shall remain i n full arce for another perica of thirty years bs that the provisions of this shall not affect the ya 11 68 wa of chinese subjects being teachers travelers for curi osay att t or pleasure but no laborers to come to the united states and reside therein mr hoon in his reply to secretary bayard states that ne had several things which he intends to propose but cannot under his instructions do so until the outrage cases are settled the correspondence shows that on march the chinese minister left a document giving in detail and minutely the plan proposed by the chinese government to prohibit the immigration of its subjects to this country part of this document however is in reply to bayaras bayards Ba yards project it declares first that china proposes to punish chinese laborers who have never been to the united states and who fraudulently attempt to secure entrance into the united states and that as china does this of her own accord and for the protection of their subjects there is no necessity for fixing any limitation of time second that chinese laborers with property or relations m the united satisfactorily prove the same and must henceforth when leaving the united states for china deposit with the consul general at ban francisco a statement showing this to be the case or otherwise they will not be entitled to return third chinese shall be permitted to go through the united states in transmit for other countries fourth the exempt class of chinese subjects such as teachers merchants etc if possessed of certificates shall be permitted to land without detention under any pre the document requests that the president proclaim that with a view of preventing united states subjects from suffering ill treatment that the chinese government has of its own accord prohibited the coming of chinese laborers into the united states it also asks that officers shall be appointed to be specially charged with looking after the safety of tho Chine sein the west with authority to call on troops to protect the chinese A treaty of extradition by which chinese criminals will be delivered up is also suggested united states is asked to reduce the duty upon rice imported from china on april 18 1887 mr bayard transmitted a draft of the convention to the chinese minister and invited him to meet him at the department tor the consideration of the subject the correspondence closes with a notification by bayard to the minister of the ratification of the treaty by the senate enclosing the two additional dit ional amendments adopted by the senate and the ministers reply when he says tk have carefully examined these amendments and as theado not alter the terms of the original treaty it will faive me pleasure to accept them in due form slay vet be alive NEW YORK sept 18 the mail and expresses london cable sir samuel baker the well known author and african explorer in common with other authorities does not believe stanley has been slain sir samuel says tho public fail to appreciate preci ate the enormous difficulties of opening a new route in africa in the face of opposition from the slave dealers he recalls the fact that he and his wife were for nearly three years cut off from all communication with the outer world and they became the subjects of obituary articles in the papers he says that the idea that the white it stanley is absurd the natives do not call white men pashas the so called white pasha is probably one of the principal arab slave hunters who at the head of a large force has assumed the position formerly occupied by pasha sir samuel believes that when stanley is next heard from it will be found that he has joined emin boy the murder of mayor Bart ellot has made a deep impression in germany it is the opinion in many quarters that the proposed expedition under peters is quite inadequate to relieve emin in the face of the proved difficulties of stanley and Bart ellot |