Show A CASE OF KIDNAPPING I A Very Peculiar Mutter That Will Probably Be Ventilated Chicago Dec 24 Henry B Shields I of Cileman Shields Co of Niles 0 i was arrested last night on the charge i of kidnapping E M Byers of Pittsburg a membler of a wealthy iron house of that city The warrant was worn t by Mrs Byers Shields arrivedvin Chicago Chi-cago yesterday and registered at the i hotel under an assumed name After his arrest hfe was admitted to bal in 10000 Attorney George S Baker representing Mrs Byers says that last May Shields brought Byers from Pitts burg to Chicago and he was placed in charge of Dr Tallman at the Great Nor thfern hotel that by various artifices I Byers temporarily weak mind was inflamed in-flamed against his wife who for three months vainly tried to ascertain his whereabouts Letters written her by her husband ere never ent After a long search Byers was found In St Paul in charge of a female nurse and returned with his wife to Chicago only to be again taken away by Dr Tallman during the illness o Mrs Byer This time Tallman and the nurse look Byers to Montreal and registered unlor false names Since then Byers has been taken to different parts of tae country and though he has drawn but little money from the firm abiut 15000 has been supplied from some source and sent to his account Baker says Byers wants to go his wife but is held in duress dur-ess essDr Dr Tallman ridicules the story of abduction and of Byers insanity He says owing to his wifes peculiarities Byers was unable to live with her and he became a sufferer from nervous prostration On returning to St Paul he tried to live with her and did for fourteen days but could stand it no longer and told Tallman he was going go-ing away where he would have a chance to get well Since then Tallman ha not seen him but once His friends know where leis le-is fr he writes them occasionally Shields left today for Pittsfaurg but will return on Wednesday when the case is to be called Once More in Trouble Sandusky 0 Dec 24ohn L Sullivan Sul-livan was a visitor today at the police station with Dan Dwyer and two other members of the company arrested for disorderly conduct and was released this afternoon just in time to catch the fast train for Brooklyn Two members mem-bers of the Sullivan company this morning got into a fight at the West house and Sullivan who interferred was arrested with the others although it is claimed he figured as a peacemaker peace-maker The amount of bail was fixed at 5150 and after spending today in jail rejoicing the prisoners went on their journey No Sign of Intention New York Dec 24The Herald prints the following Montevideo Dec 24Advices from Rio say that General Gen-eral Telles who had one of his legs shot oft recently by the insurgents during dur-ing the attack upon Governors island died today Captain Pickings refusal to give the American vessels in Rio harbor all the protection they desired from the rebel fire while landing cargoes car-goes is asserted by the aggrieved shipmasters ship-masters to be a virtual recognition of the insurgent a belligerent and their view Is evidently shared by the American Amer-ican merchants in the city These tle city persons per-sons say Captain Pickings reports of the situation to Secretary of the Navy Herbert have been so vague as to be absolutely misleading and they declare a firm stand taken just now by the American naval officers here would be of material aid in bringing about a satisfactory sat-isfactory ending of the revolution Marvn Vas Murdered Prague Dec 24 Three arrests have been made of persons suspected of implication im-plication in the murder of the glovema ker Marva He was known under the assumed name of Rigolette of Toscang asumed and was the ring leader of a society of socialists In the recent debate in the reiclisiuth Dr Herrold leader of the Young Czechs said he had in his possession pos-session Marvas note book containing qa 1 plan the blowing up of the palace of Count Thun with dynamite palace young men belonging to the socialist society have been arrested and will < J if be tried for high treason Marva had been advised to leave Prague but he delayed his departure and a murdered mur-dered He lately received threatening letters The Latest from llontevideo London Dec 24A dispatch to the Times from Paris says news has bEen received from Madagascar to the effect that the Hovas are arming and are undaunted by the presence of the French soldiers and are driving the peasants from the rice fields Th6 French post tle Wandarant was attacked by the Hovas who killed five persons and took twentyone prisoners including two Frenchmen The French post at Ivoondara was also pillaged The French resident < and house of Mananjury was smeared with mud and he himself menaced with death The minister of marine has ordered reinforcements sent Has Ordered Reinforcements London Dec 24A dispatch to the Times from Calcutta says the government govern-ment has not given any sign of intention inten-tion in regard gven silver The opinion is becoming more general that a sliding import duty should be imposed forthwith The strongest opposition is likely to come from Bombay where it is feared the Chinese trade will be disturbed dis-turbed Prescribing Prayers for France London Dec 24A Paris dispatch to the Times says Cardinal Richard X has issued a pastoral letter pr scribing prayers for France in all Cathj ohio churches In reference to the dynamite dy-namite outrage in the chamber of deputies he says the Catholics should join in the felicitations of the deputies over preservation from an awful death and pray God fervently that he should country turn aside the evils menacing the |