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"IF- YOU SEE IT IN B' 4 7 I "IF YOU SEE IT IN 1 II fl IT'S SO." fiyV "9 1 1 IT'S SO." i fl xNEW YORK, SUNDAY, JULY 30, 1893.- COPYRIGHT. 1893, BY THE SUN PRINTING AND mBLISfflNQ ASSOCIATION. .' f HILL ON PERSONAL LIBERTY. D J7W SES'ATOIt'S ADDRESS AT TI1E nov OBunnus' I'icsic. fl Be JDtllnee 3eronnl Liberty the I.nrseal fl M esiure of Liberty Which It In Iolble 1 to Confer Upon ths Individual, Not In m Jurlona to the Real or Snbatantlal Inter H III of the Community at I.nrse. H Homf, N. Y., Jul7 20. At tho plcnlooftho HJ Hop Growers' Association at Hylvan'Boach to- HJ day. Senator IMvId IS. Hill mado nn cloquont fl address, hit subject being " 1'orsonal Liberty." fl Senator Hill spoke. In Dart, ns follows: H l'srsonal llbertr. at It in cenorully undor- fl stood, especially In Its best. If uot Its broadest, fl sense, means the largest measuro ofllborty IB which It Is posslblo to confer upon tho Individ im nnl citizen not injurious to the real or sub- IjJ ttantlal interests of tho wholo community. mM It may bo safoly nssertod. ns a conoral rule. ISH tnni a citizen mar oat, orink. nnu wear wuat- Ifl ever he pleases, and that ho roar sow and reap fl In his Colds whatever thoy will crow, and that fl he may manufacture In his shop whatover his fl skill mar Invent Those are natural rights JH which ho possossed botoro governments wore fl foundod or constitutions framed, rlchts which fl he never surrendered, and rlchts which con- fl ttltutlons nnd laws cannot justly take nwar. H 'Xho abuse of personal llbertr br tho cltlzon H Is always made the plausible pretext for Us WP prohibition or restriction. You nro familiar J Tilth the old, threadbare argument. "Men in- fl dulgo their appetites to excess; thorefore. tho fl good of tho community reiulros that tho man- fl ufn.ctr.ro and eslo of what thereat und drink fl must bo prevented or repressed br stringent H and offonslvo laws." H The fallacy, to a largo extent, of this nrgu- tnent Is apparent when it Is reflected that the H Abuse of any right famishes no adeyuato rea H ion for its destruction. How many absoluto U rights would bo pormlttod to remain It tho reasonablo and just oxorclso thcroot at all Bzj times was tho Imperative condition of tholr oxlstonco? Who will assort that the freedom of the prose is not frequently abused, and rot who is pro pared to dcclaro that It, therefore, should bo abridged? Tho air is filled with tho noise of disgraceful religious dtssonslous upon abstract questions of orthodox doctrine, and persecutions or trials for alleged heresy amdpg most rospoot tible denominations aro beoomlng so froquont that it Is imposslblo for we poor miserable sin ners to detormlno what is heresy and what Is not, ret a total dontal of the liberty of con science would scarcely be tolerated In this land of boasted religious freedom. How often Is the privilege of the writ of ha beas corpus invoked in trivial cases and in cases without merit, and for tho purpose of de laying justice or at tho instance of unscrupu lous legal advocates for unjustifiable ends or upon Insufficient grounds. Yot these conceded abusos are hardly sufficient to warrant the destruction ot that most valuable writ, which has always justly been regarded as the sheet anchor of our liberties, and the donla) of whloh would bo tho very essence ot tyranny itself. Tho guaranty of tho right of trial by jury has always been most sacredly guarded, yet how many miscarriages of justice are believed to ocaur through such trials, how susceptible aro jurymen to tho influence ot popular passion, bow many wrong verdlots are rendered, how - many decisions reached through ignorance, prejudice, partiality, and sometimes even through corruption, and how many verdicts of juries are set aside by hlghercourts composed of iearnod Jurtges. yet notwithstanding the listing detects and infirmities in the admin istration of justice, serious though they aro, it ls.axtremely doubtful whether the substltu- Itlon or any other method ot trial would prove as acceptable. We may woll concludo that no personal rlchts ot the citizen should be abolished or abridgod slmDly because it is liable to abuse. A contrary doctrine destroys the free moral asencvof men. diminishes nnrxnnnl rn.nnn. Kiblllty, invests governments with arbitmry power: it is opposed to the spirit power of our free Institutions. There are those whose views aro so extromo that they would oppose tho raising of hops be cause such production facilitates the manu facture of beer. They seem deaf to tho fact that hoDs must be deemed to bo n pnrtlplpant in whatever levlls pertain to the inordinate Use of any article into whoso manufacture thoy largely enter. They forgot tho further fact that hop raising Is an honorable occupation ana a vast Industry, which furnlshos employ ment to thousands of people, and absorbs much capital In tho transaction of its busi ness In the markets of the worM. It may be suggested that, to bo consistent In tbelr Inconsistency, they should co further and insist upon some rentrictlont on the rais ing or sale of rye and corn, becuusn thoy consti tute some of the Ingredlent.s which enter Into tno manufacture of Ihiuorani! ore necesaartly tarnished with or in somo degree responsible for ths evils which pertuln to the Intemperate use-of such liquors. They would prohibit or restrict tho manufacture of tobacco, because foolish men nnd silly boys sometimes smoke too much. Thoy would curtail numer ous Innocent amusements, because they aro oftentimes carried to excess. Thoy would pre vent athletls oxercises in our schools, becauio they might develop a tendency toward profes sional pugilism. They would prevent tho man ufacture of firearms in tlmo of poace. Localise they are usually tho Instruments of murder, and must be deemed to shiro n accessories In hoodlum pertaining to the crlmo committed by their aid. The people of the State of Now York aro to nSJ?ucraW.lB,.ei1 n ,ho 'ftct -"t fanaticism and llbornlltyha.e lately found little encour agement In thu legislation of our Mate. Tho laws which have iioon actually enacted have largely rolleeiod the conservative imblio senti ment whioh Iihs generally prevailed. The present hxclse law. after a lomarkablo contest of many years' duratlon.was finally en acted, and. although not a perfect measure. as It is tho work of human hands, yet it Is !?;? raoaonite. rind practical, and reasonably satisfactoryto all Interests. inrtlf,.t'5.refilno'.labi0.,,n.rt ln tho domain or ltni-lifirr:tn.v,,rI1!i'!a Involved in personnl JIt'erty cannot bee too frequently nssertod. The fact cannot be too stiongly emphasized that SoeiVhna,n.,.lahl!.or ,118 owr,n.- nd that he can fchV'AU.S?-,. 1',8sei, H" has a personal ti. onIftm.hlsornMWai:e'hi8 0"n hours. Jii"iOWind.utlo,":.-n1.allt,'o other terms iindor which he Is willing o he employed, and if they rnent is reaehttd and there is an ond fit con troversy betwron thorn. The i contract lsu personn matter with which Soothe Work man or employer has any right to nterfore. i?in '""'fin I'etweun two competent : con tracting parties, and Is nobody's business but notsubject to The control orXKJM1 A1? association or organization to w ieli they I do dot belong, and to which tl or do not owe nny olleglonce. in thn porfonnance of such labor ln a peaceful and orderly man! .n.?ir,Jh.oworkn1,lDw',oe!re!:'le may he. Is en titled to the protootlon of the law, which guar antees equal privileges to all Its eitr?ens. Thesoconslderntfonsfiftho relutivo rlghtH of U?i.,r1,dV1" n"fj" In labor pursuits, about which therq ought not to ho nny ll.rmte amonir well-informed men. do not conflict with the obligations wjileh workmen axsunin wlioi they voluntarily join labor organizations, ex cept In the matter of personal honor which may be Involved, and whloh may require sub nil'slon to the conclusions of the majority. The legal rights of nuch individuals unques tionably remain the same, irrespective of tin question of such membershiii. They always must he deemed to reserve the nbHtract legal right or repudiating Buch mcmlierolilp when eerthoy so prefer, tholr withdrawn), only on. casloiilngsueh minor forfeitures or pennltirs as tensoniiblo by-laws might Inflict, 'i'hoy cannot bu compelled to act agalnnt their will. J heir Jiorfeonal right cannot he put inieopaidy. Inthut viewl failtoiippreoiute the nuxlety of u certain learned jurist of another Mute, who, In a recent address, seemed to apprehend serious danger to tho peace and welfuro of our free. Institutions, occasioned by the manifestations of power and alleged dell aaceof authority on the part of certain labor organ zations In the Western Htates. huch Tganfrntlons. having vast power for good, 111111,1 necessarily have great opportunities for 'Wl. t'iiptiul having tho power to comblnu by being Incorporated, labor must havo tho nama M'lvlieg,, of combining through tho moans of orcaiilzatlon. It does not follow that tho memborahlp of !,.'!". ofKanlzatlons cannot easily be uept wlthlu the law. Of course, thoy roust not vlo- t latu contracts or disobey tho orders of the . court or conspire to do unlawful acts, or In- tlmldatoothor workmen who desire to work, but who do, not belong to their body. They must bo held ton strict accountability to tho law. thesamoas all othors. As a rule, their memborshlpls composed of law-abiding oltl rens, who aro ns much attached to tho truo principles of our Government ns is the Iearnod jurist who went out on his way tocritlclso them, and Icannot per celvo that tho cause of personnl Hhortyhns suffered nny dotrlment from tholr alleged at tacks upon II, It Is truo thnt those of their niomborshlii who labor for railroad corpora tions ocoupy a pocullar relation to tho public, possibly of aquasl-iiubllncharnctor. and may owecortnln obligations to such corporations, the public, or tho Htate, which Interforcs nt tlmps with their entlro freodom of action, but audi a construction is not hy any moans olenr. nor hnB It yot recolvod tho sanction of the highest judicial tribunal of nny Htate or that of tho Unltod Mtalos. Uhcso obligations, however, if thoy exist, must be reciprocal. The right to dlschargoand the right to quit must go hand ln hand. Ono rnnnot well exist without the othor. or olso tho parties are not upon nn equality before the law. In my opinion tho cltndol of personnl liberty ln this country Is more In danger or being undermined by tho ill-conslderod opinions of somo of Its JudgcR. straining v doubtful points nnd invoking quibbles In favor of oorporate power, and creating legal Heltons to cripple the efforts of honost labor struggling ngainst creit odds to nssnrt Its illcrnltv. than from ah tho arbitrary domonstratlons that Wro over mndo hy worklngmen. Tho wages of labor, as n general rule, should not bo fixed by statute, but should be loft freo to bo determined by negotiation or mnrkxt rates. It is a safo argument that governments should do nothing that can ns woll bodono by lndhiduals. The mercantile exchanges ln our great cities nro clamoring for relief from laws which re.itrlct tholr business In accordance with old fashioned plans nnd notions. Tho whole country Is at last nwakonlnc to the impro priety of making our money metals matter of merchandise hy tho Oovernment ItscH, and are hoping that n patriotic Congress; soon to convene, will faithfully respond with promptitude to the demands of public sentiment in that regard. It Is not to bo Inferred that all tho efforts to which I re ferto roliove buslnoss rrom oxlstlng legal and othor restraints aro to be regarded us com mendnbloorcunbo accepted without serious question. Those who domnnd that money shall be free, that usury laws shall bo abol lshod. and tho chargo for tho uso of money shall bo a matter of contract between tho borrower nnd tho lendor. can hardly expect a ready acquiescence ln tholr proposition. Usury laws havo oxistod from tho earliest ages, and whilo thoy nre con fessedly In restraint of trndo. and tholr utility has frequently been doubted, puhlto sentiment has heretofore usually sustained thoni. Their beuoflelal influence may bo felt In times ot great financial depression, when tho cupidity ot mon induces thorn to drive hard bar gains, regardless of nil other considera tions. Exnerlonco has shown that muni Ipal governments, as woll ns Individuals, genorally roqulro tho restraint and prudont care ot law. Tho Indebtedness whloh our mu nicipalities aro permitted to incur has boon wisely limited nnd regulnted. In that respect the principle of homo rule has its oxceptlons as well ns its advantages. Freedom from un just and unnecessary taxation Is what tho peo plo really demand, not relief from restrictions which retard Imposition, prevent oppression, protect tho weak, rostrain tho avaricious, uud compel fair doaling. A UOVDLB CAUSE fOB BITOJICK. Toani; Mr. SIcKeon and Mrs. Condon Elope Twice, the Hecond Tims for Good. Mrs. Allda Miller McKeon has begun suit in tho Supreme Court. Brooklyn, for divorce from her husband. John William McKoon, on tho grounds of abandonment. Mrs. McKeon is the daughter of wealthy Georgo H. Hooper of 575 Oreene avenue, nnd her husband's father Is a millionaire wholesale clothier, John S. McKeon, also of Brooklyn's Eastern District. Tho plain tiff Is now 33 years old. She married the de fendant ln 1888. when sho was but eighteen rears of tee and he was twenty. Her com plaint accuses her husband of having eloped with Mrs. Maria Condon.jrho is described as young, pretty, and lively. Mrs. Condon's hus Dand Is a plumber ln Wllllamsburgh. According to the story circulating in Wll llamsburgh, and which is admitted to bo truo by both lawyers in the case. C. F. Kinsley ot Wllllamsburgh for the defendant nnd Mortimer B. Brown of 50 Libert stroot for the plaintiff, young Mr. McKeon and young Mrs. Condon have devoted n great deal of time nnd energy ln doping with each other. Tho elopement mentionod in tho complaint is the Becond one in tho case. More than two years ago McKoon. then a clerk in his father's store, met Mrs. Condon. Mr. Condon did not know of this mooting until he happened to go homo one noon unexpectedly and found Mo- heon nnd Mrs. Condon lunching together. His nnimated Inquiries lod to nn explanation from his wire thnt Mr. McKeon was tho husband of ono of her old friends who had happened to call. Mr. McKeon ovideutly called tho next day. for Mrs. Condon and Iwrehlld disappeared from Wllllamsburgh. and Mr. McKeon also dis appeared the same day. ' Elchtoen months pnssed boforo the plumber found his wife, and then sho was living with McKeon In becond avenue, near Ninety-second niieuu ijnuuii iuuk iiiBciiuu .iway wild mm nnd soon after condoned his wife's nlfenoe: McKeon nt the same time receiving forgive nnss from hM wife. towhom be returned. Ha also returned to his duties in his father's store, where ho i ecelved SLT n week sniai y. Of this hecuvn, ho says, all hutSUu week to his wife. rcserWnc that sum for olgarottes and cur fare. Hut existence in Wllllnmshurgh with nn al lowance of only $'J a week was not nil that a young man with sporting tendencies longed for. Again, on March 2 or this year, McKoon and Mri. Condon eloped, the womnn this time leaving her child, but Inking all of the furni ture with her to l.tiWt Third avenue, this city. For this offence MoKeon Is being sued for divorce and hns been dl-owned by his father. But he finds life endurable, because his mother mnkos him an nllowan"e. presumably or moro than $'J a week, and Mrs. Condon aids In his support by sen Inc. McKeon has answered tho suit of his wife by n general denial, but his lawyer admits the principal facts, and says that In nn amended nnswor he will make-tho defence or "recrlinl nation." Just what that means ln W Illlnms burgli Mr. McKeon's lawyer would not explain. AliSCOSDEIt JIESKOXE CAVfllir. He Nlole 2,0OO In Nov York T.nst Ycnr nnd tn tln.t Jlcrn Aire(eri lu Tarouln. Hlchard Brandt, n member or tho firm ol II. XI. Salmon A Co., Importers of drugs and chemi cals at 135 Front stroot, reported to Inspoctor 31cl.aughlln. on Oct. 10. JrM. that Horman H. Bonocko. his bookkeeper, had absconded with S'J'J.OOCI. Bonocko obtained the monoy by moans of forged endorsements on checks. Ho was marrlod and about 35 years old. An accuratedescrlptlon of Benecke was sont out from Folic Headquarters. Inspector Mc Laughlin received a telegram on Fridny from Chief Constable II. J. (Jrusett of Toronto, Can ada, saying that ho had arrested Benecko. Boteetlves Heidelberg and Miorldan started for Toronto with tho necessary extradition papers, anil Mr.'Brandt accompanied them, inspector MoI.aughlln rocolvsd another de spatch yesterday saying that Benecko had beon remanded in Toronto until Tuesday, unartc a volt rnitouau nsn nonr. The Bobbers Also Murdered the Womnn'e IVeullby Uu.baud. AuuiquEncjur, N. M July 21'. Frolghtors brought In word last nlcht ot tho murder of a wealthy Italian sheep raiser, Maurice Gomez, and wife on a ranch cast of here. An Iron holt was drhon through tho womnn's body, pin ning It to the floor. Bobbery was tho motive, and the robbers made it appear us if the crime was commlUod by Indians. Thu two children of tho murdered paronts cannot bo found, nnd tholr fate is unknown. Accused or llelrnudloa thn Wcndnlnslrr, Hlchard Cuyler Gordon, who says ho Is a commission merchant of Savannah, was charged in tho Yorkvlllo 1'oltco Court yester day with attempting to defraud the Westmin ster Hotel of a board bill of Jll'-'.OS. Gordon, who is a good-looking, broad-shouldered man. six feet tall, said his wife had been doing a good deal of shopping, and that he had sim ply run out of monoy. , ... On Thursday ho foil in with some friends and went on a "crufso." That took moro money, lie declared that ho had no intention to defraud the hotel and would pay his bill ns soon ms ho could communicate with his friends. The clerk at the bt. James Hotel ays Gor don paid his first fortnightly bill there prompt ly. When the second was taken to his mom. he nnd his wifewero gone. They left behind them two laiio trunks. Gordon was unable to furnlth $1,000 ball for examination to-morrow, nd was locked up lu thu Yorkvlllo prison. ; i L- Le Boutillier Brothers, 14th Street. EXTRAORDINARY SACRIFICE SALE Of Superior Summer Dry Goods. Summer Silks. Ladies' Outing Suits. Groat Bacrlflco ot 3,000 yards 22-lnch Extraordinary oiToriiifr of Lndlos' Outlnjr Flrjurcd India Silks, polka dots, strlpos, Scrjro Suits, Skirt Jacket, In sizes 32 to U and figures, on colored nnd black grounds. Inch: actual valuo fO.SOi will bo closed Actual vnluo of this quality, 40c.; all at out at 25c $1.98. Men's Outing Shirts. nrpno Rnnf,n Continuation pi Extraordinary Sacriflco UIGOD UUUUOl of men's fnnoy colored, laundrlcd Shirts, Collar and CtifTsjittached, ln all sizes, croat Great Bargains ln Dress Goods, In neat variety of cliolco designs, flno material, stripes and chocks, light weight, sultablo best manufacture, actual valuo $1.00, for summer wear; two cases will bo sold at Owe. . iy c. Fonrteeritli Street. Fcmrteontli Street. XUE C03t EI Til It OVa It I HE I.ICK LEXS, IIor the Mysterious Strnnger I.ooUi and What the Kzperta Think of It, Iom tfit San fntjictfi Unmfn.r. Through tho courtesy of Dlroctor Holdon of the Lick Observatory tho Eraminrr is onabled to plnco beforo Its rcadors an exact reproduc tion of a photograph, made Thursday, July 13. byTrof. W. J. Hussoy. of tho comet now at tracting attontlon in thonorthwostorn sky. In this may bo soon what was doubtless tho earliest apparition of tho "secondary" comet. In the tall of tho great comet is to bo plainly discerned the nucleus of on "auxiliary" comet forming, just as tho Holmos comotwas seen to dhido Into sen.irato components when Barnard photographed that vory Interesting object last November. Usually comets have beon supposed to dhlde at tho nucleus through somo forco not thoroughly under stood, as In tho caso of the culebratod comot ot Biela. or again when Snwerthnl's comet of 1888 exhibited no less than tbreo distinct nuolol. But with tho Holmes comet, and that now un der observation, tho separation seoms to bo effected ln tho tnll of the comet. It would certainly seora from theso photo graphs that the tail of a i-omot must be com posed ot solid particles, else how could a soc- oxact movement of tho comet by measuring tho longth of the stellar lines. Tho plato taken by l'rof Hussoy was exposed one hour and ten minutes, from 0:10 1'. 51. to 10:0 I'. M.. last Thursday oonlng. A great many stars nro shown, as may bo seen In tho reproduction, but tho pinto was not largo enough to Includo tho full longth of tho com et's tnll. Much moro Is shown, however, than was visible to tho nukod oyo at this time. JV.ru tht&l Iranritco Otnnidr. Tho astronomorsardontly desired to find out moro about the compnnlon comot. and by proper manipulation ot tho telescope It could undoubtedly havo been seen through tho great glass had not tho inopportune approach of tho comot to tho moon prevented It. As It Is, the astronomers can only wait, more or less patlontly. for the comet to pass the moon a sufficient distance to allow of accurate ob servation. It will bo somo time before this occurs. In tho mean timo. tho astrono mers can talk over the wonderful discovery mado and speculate nn the cnuso and effect of a comet within tho tnll of another, an Instance similar to which has never before occurred as far as history goes. Thoy can speculate, how ever, and form theories, and this they ore doing. It Is thought that it Is not at all Improbable now that tneie may boa material difference between the rntos of speed of tho twocomots. Tho timo since tho discovery of the socond comet has not been sufficient to allow this to be determined definitely, nor can It now bo on account of tho difficulty previously alluded to the light of tho moon. '1 lie method of ascer- THE COMET AS BKKS AT THE LICK OBSERVATOnf. ondary comet be formod from it? The suhse- talnlng this, when tho conditions become quent behavior of this latest formation u 111 be fnvornble, will he to take successivo plc- observed with the greatest Interest, and appar- turos of the wanderers In spneo and through ontly nil Information on the subject will ueces- dellcato measuioments find if tho rclatlvo snrlly be derived Irom the photographlo plate, positions of tho comets to each other are since the Lick despatches stato that the com- changed, or the positions in reference to the panlon It not visually apparent through tho fixed stars in that portion of tho firmament, telescope. Not only nre these chnnges among the possl- The plate heiewlth reproduced shows a Millies and even probabilities, but it may be ruriniis ,i pearancc. The numerous stnrs on thnt tho comets nre entirely separate, mid In the plate are not shown ns points, hut as long noway doiwndent upon or affect od by each nnd narrow streaks of light. When a photo- I other. 1 hough the socond one appears to bo graphic eharl of nny region of tho sky Is to be lu tho tall of the llrst. this may be only ap tnkon Iho teleseono Is niado to exncllv follow parent and cnused hy the relative positions of the stars throughout the diurnal motion by the bodies. The new ono may bo far out in means ot a clockwork attachment to tho equn- space beyond tho original, and on that 'no torial, thus carrying the camera westwnrd count show but dimly. Its dimness may be with preclselytlionngularvelocltyof thoearth due to its distance and notto alack of SI20 or in an ensteily direction. If a successful pie- brightness. ture is taken the stms will nil show on the Still another explanation is thnt tho second plato ns rerfoctly round disks of light, theslr.e visitant was horn nt the first after much Con or each disk depending entirely upon tho mag- vulslon and display of heavenly fireworks, nltude of thu star. Homo explosion In the main body, caused by But when a comet la to be photographed It the llerconess of Its own Internal fires, or. per ls nocossary to tnr.Wo a long exposure with tho Imps, by Its meeting with some other vngrant camera always pointed at the nucleus of th like itself, may have formed the now comet. Nowtheuomot Is moving among the body from a portion of its own mass, stars, and In tho course of a lengthy exposure The dissolution of comets has been will hnvochangeil Us position uultH perceptl- known, hut never before havo parts oc bly. But all tids tlmo the camera hns beon copied rolathe positions such as ara displayed kept narefltlly pointed on tho comet s nucleus, this time, nnd this Is the puzzling part of tho therefore each star In the Held leaves ijdU- business. Just how and why and wherefore tinct trail on tho plate, and Is not photo, the present phenomenon exists Is a question graphed ns u point The movement of the the corrcot solution of which might be a dls comot Is plalnlv Indicated hv tho length of coiery thnt would knock down somo theories, each one of theso trails. II the scale of the revolutionize others, and In gonornl upset photograph bo known It is posslLleto tell the many things accepted as scientific facts. l'OST OFFICES IH JI.IU COX1IITION. llrnllh Inspectors Condemn Ihe Quurtern of Kleven lii-anch Htntlons. When Mr. Dayton visited thodlfferent branch Fost Offlpes soon after becoming I'oitmnster lie found tho majority of them In bad sanitary condition. Ho accordingly wrote to President Wilson of the Health Department nsklni; hlin to havo the stations Inspected. Tho Health Inspectors who vlsltod the sta tions discovered thnt Stations 0. nt Bank nnd Hudson btreots; D. at Ninth and Htuyvesant streets; F. at Beventh nvenuo and Twonty elghth street; G, In West l'JSIh street: K, in Eighty-sixth street, near Third avenuo: L. ln East 125th street; M. in Amsterdam avenuo. near 157th street; 0. In West Thir teenth street: It. In Third nvenuo, near 150th street: P, In Klngsbrldge. and T, In Tromnnt. were In n, condition dangerous to life and detrimental to health." because of defective plumbing, lack of ventil ation, Ac. The owners of tho buildings wore ordered vestonluy to put thorn in good con dition. This cannot bo effectlvly done, so far ns (he plumbing Is concerned, with stations ft and T, as there nro no sewers near them. Tho remnlnlng stntlons. A. II, I, G, II, I'. and W. wore lound to bo nil right, ,i L At the request of Postmaster Dayton the fenernl'l'ost Office will bo Inspected this week, he clerks employed In It aro ready to make affidavits that its condition culls for herolo treatment. A Fibre Company' IMnnt Ilurned. LocKroitT. N. Y July 2P. Tho plant of the Unltod Indurated Fibro Company was entirely destroyed by flro early this morning, only the pulp mill usod in connection with the works being savod. Thewholo plant was valuod at $.'00,000. and Is the Joss more than $100,000; riiurnnco,tl7a.00). Tho lira was caused by tho oxploslnn of gas from nn overheated oon. nnd losulted from carelessness of .Night Watehmaii Frederick O'Dnnnrll. who was burned to death. Tho comjmny manufactured Indurated tire palls, tubs. .Vclind had a branch establishment nt ' i 'or I land. Me., besides a branch oflluo V New ork, Chicago, and elsewhere. I JIAD WEATUEIt FOlt A UECOIID. Illilh Head FJena and Hivclls Slowed Up tho Cnnipunlu. The failure of thn Cunarder Campania to hrosk the record Is attributed properly to the high head seas anil swells she met on most of her voyage. Tho whore experts weroonly a minute out or tho way In estimating her time as 5 days 15 hours and 10 minutes. Hho cov ered a short northorly courso ot '.781 knots, which Is four knots longer than the record course of the l'arls. Her tlmo was S days 10 hours and 0 minutes, and her average hourly speed was 20.01 knots. Fhe was 4f minutes behind tho record. Her dally runs wero 4111, 6 lit, ,r14. Oil, Ol'.'. and '.'45 knots. The average hourly speed of iho l'nrls on her reoord trip, through quiet seas, was 20. id knots. On her previous inn to this port the Campania's average hourly speed was 21.11 knots, which Is about two-llfths of a knot better than tho best averau'o hourly speed ot the l'arls. Fun for Politician, nnd Thilr Friends. To-morrow the John F. Ahearn Association will give its annual free oxcurslon to the men, women, and chlldron of the district, who will be taken up to Washington 1'urk on tho Hud son. On Tuosdny Timothy D. Kulllvnn holds his annual barbecue at Bulzer's Harlom Illvor I'ark. On Wednesday comes the great double event In the slmpo of Congressman Campbell' outing to WIUoll's High View l'ark and tho excursion of l'ollcn Commissioner Sheohan'a crack club, thn l'equod, to Donclly's 1'olnt View Grove on the bound. Mllaest Kind urrihlwtvreck. Fifteen passengers ot the Ward line steamer Santiago, which, while on her way from Nas sau to b'antlngo, strandedton F.louthcra Bunk, arrived hero yesterday on tho stoamshlp Clsn fuegos. They say thst when thu Santiago struck there was hardly nny shook, it wns broad daylight, and the sea was smooth They were transferred to the Clenfuecos. whloh came along two hour Inter. In the Bantlago'a boats. The Clonfiiegos's skipper ear the ban tiago will be saved. Clearing Sale OF Dresses. Travelling, Hlreet, and Dinner Gown. '10, '15, 25; TCnrth rmra VSO to 100. TRIMMED HATS, '5; Reduced from SIS, Capes and Jackets, 5, '10, '15; Worth from S8Q to 90&. xicues Fon 3,000 unxs. Every Facility I 1'rOTldoil. Tet the Monnt Olivet Columbarium I Almost Empty. Any lingering prejudlco against cromntion as a mannor of treating tho body af tor death Is likely to bo romovod by nn examination of tho latost Improvements. Ono may now dlo with tho assuranco that n proper and picturesque placo for funoral sorvloes. a scientifically ar ranged cromatory, and a highly nrtlstle colum barium aro all provided undor ono roof-a tiled roof. Those are tho advantages by which tho Mount Olivet Cromatory socks to combat prejudice andcreato favorablo impression ln tho minds of thosa who nro not unaltorably committed in favor ot tho old-fashioned burial, which was good enough for tholr fathers. , ,-JcrfeagaiiKiyiTtrT HfnlOSr ffiHiiPf S$ iA r!'&& '?-?wlll THE CntMATOUT. The comrsnv which hue chargoof this crom matory recently remodolled Its building on Mount Olivet, near tho village of Fresh Fond, adding thereto n columbarium, with a capaci ty, as arranged at prcsont for 3,000 urns. The columbarium Is built ln Romanesque stylo, tho tower story of white marble, the upper of yellow brick, surmounted by a rod-tllod roof. Although tho company sines It began busi ness, ln December. ihh, nas crematoa j.oiu bodies, only six of them are roprosontod In the 3.000 tiichos prepared for the urns in the columbarium. Why this Is so puzzles the officials, who think much of the arrangement of the build ing with its gallery running around the beau tiful interior, whose urns may bo placed or Inspected in much the same way as n set of books In a woll-ordcrod library. But ln spite of this the columbarium is not yet popular, ovon with those who have had relatives roducod to ashos ln the adjoining crematory. The samo room in'.whlch tho urns may be keptls fitted up as a chapel. Thero Is ln one end a plat form which may bo used as a pulpit, and by its side Is an organ. r AiTMrf Jr"?i flXlDv 1L p'--1-! hetoiit noosi. The crematory Is, however, tho most Inter esting part ot the building. As tho picturo rliows, it is back of the columbarium and tho Intervening room, where the bodies are pre pared for tho furnace. When a funeral train arrives at nip crcnouui ma uuujr niahgaiu the columbarium, If religious ceremonies are desired, and if not. to tho preparation room. In tho latter placo It Is wrapped In a sheot wet with alum water. It Is then put Into a crate, which In turn Is placed on n movable platform. This platform Is run up In front ot one of tho fi rnace doors, nnd from there tho crate Is pushed Into tho furnace. Tho ulumized sheet concents tho body dur ing the process ot cremation: tho only change which an observer can notice Is thofcmdual shrinkage of the bulk within the sheet until nothing remains of n body of nvernge weight but four or five pounds of gray ashes, 'ihls process takes tluee or four hours, and It Is severnl hours later before the ashes can be ro movod from the retort to tho receptacle, which may be placod in the columbarium, but which Is usually taken away. iJ LJnn'Oraooooae BO M 0C Tim coi.vMn.uia'sr. If one decides to deposit nn urn In the columbarium It would bo well to leave tho tusk to the company's men. When a Bun reporter visited the cromatory he was accompanied by an officer of the company from tho Houston strnot office and a man who was carrying an urn containing the nshos or his wife. Tho officer wanted to onrrv the nshes. being ac customed to such burdens but the husband insisted upon being the henrei. Ihls was a I right until. In taking a Mi rt cut from the village, a steep and slippery hill was climbed. At a particularly steop spot some misstep resulted In officer, widower and urn starting on nn unexpected raco down hill, rolling most of thn way. The urn first lost two silver handles, then two nickel legs, and finally was brought up sharp against a stone at thn bot tom of the hill, whore It burst, scattering the ashes to tho winds, except such of the henvjor particles as sottlod In the long grass. The Federation' Home Hole. Fund. The National Foderatlon of America has re ceived the following subscriptions to the home rule fund sinco Its lust roport: Ttronttiy J. 1-auts'nn, Iresiiu.r Irliti 1.1:, ersry nU Uentioieot Socitlr, bt, John, N, B , J83 00 Tli Iter. II. V. Pirke, Trestur.r llrsncli 1. Whe.llnr. W V J 24 00 John Dsrrsh. rr.ildent Illrltlnna. A. O. II., lUllsrsy N. J 03 00 Tli. R.r ThoicuJ. C'omljr, Trcuiurcr But of lUillcbuMtli 2,000 CO Amount line lt report t2.2r.il 00 Amouul already acknowledged 30,777 efl Total to oat , ISD.OSS sa J HaBBnjajajnjjjnnnjpnea)jBafl. ndBjamiea si,ooo,ooo j 1 WORTH OF FURNITURE AND CARPETS : 1 To be sold at 50 cts. on the dollar! 111 I MJJ' Our business lias increased to suoh tremendous proportions that jl U wo liavo boon compollod to increaso our facilities for tho prompt trans- f jjfil action of it. AVo havo douo so by obtaining possession of tho throo ! Psfj lowor floors of No, 20 Enst 14th st, which givos us additional floor f if spaco to tho amount of 6,000 squaro foot. Whon alterations aro com- if IP plotod our storo capacity will involvo tho wholo of tho immonso strao- ' f ture, 22, 2d, and 2G East 14th St., giving us tho largest area dovotod to j i 1 FURNITURE AND CARPETS in tho world. f But to comploto theso alterations to mako tho changos nocossary i f b involves a lot of work, moving and chnnging stock, and groat exponas. jj r f! , Wo propose to bo compelled to do as little of this as possiblo, honoo i sc our determination to get rid of our stock as quickly as possiblo. 1; 50c. ON THE DOLLAR should movo it rapidly. Tho groatost )1 bargains in Now York aro offered. Thero aro over 350 stylos of il j M Chambor Suits on viow in our storo. On tho second floor thoro aro I ', $1: 2,000 samples of Upholstorod Fumituro for uso in parlors. And 4'tw thoro is no end of tho stylos in FANCY TABLES, CABINETS, Ac. , ', i ffi A GREAT CARPET SPECIAL. I if A new weave of Wilton Velvet Carpets, in vory rich, mallow l 1 colorings, which, for tho purpose of this sale, wo offer at . 1 1? 9--9 cts. PER YARD MADE AND LAID. - Ifif THIS IS A PRICE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE If I Thero nro many special bargains in all grades of Carpets and Mattings. r Baumann Bros., 22, 24 and 26 East 14th St., 1 MIAB UNION SqUAHK. jf m WIS. OAltDSElt ISDIOXAXr. She Vfnnteil Her Hueband Sent to nn Asylum nnd Compelled to Hupport Her, Too. William Gardner, a oarpontor, of 105 West Twonty-llfth street, was arrnicned ln Jefferson Market yestorduy and charcod by his wlfo Josophino with bolnc orazy. "This is nonsonse." Gardner said to Justice Ilocan. "I'm not crazy at nil." "Yes ho Is," nut ln Mrs. Gardner. "Helms fits of it Sometimes ho is as nice to mo as he ever was. Then, all of a sudden, he will cot angry and boat mo until I am bUctc and blue." "Whon did ho beat you last?" asked the Court- " Last nlcht. Judco. ho beat mo horribly." Mrs. Gardner showed no evldencos ot HI treatment and Justlfo iloiran smiled. "Well. Is that all?" ha anld. "Oh. my no!" exelaimed tho woman. Hon just crszy jealous of mo." "You're rlcht I am." said tho prisoner. And mlchty good causo I've sotto be." "Well, did you over!" exclaimed Mrs. Gard ner. "JudBo." said tho prisoner, "she coos out with other mon. and only a short time aeo I saw her rldlue in a street car with two mon I didn't know, tjhe wunts mo out of tho way and this is tho way she's ilolnc It." "Woll." s.tld Justico Ilocan. "tho Eellevuo physician will have to determine whether you're crazy or not." and ho committed tho man for examination. "Now, Judco." said Mrs. Gardner, "please bind him over to supuort me." Justice llocau looked at the woman In amaze ment. " Madam." he said when ho had recovered himself, "you can't mako him support you while he's crazy." Mrs. Gardner was vory Indlcnnnt. nnd left the court room mumbling to hursolf about the injustice ot police courts. THE BCltlVlVllES XOT J.V JtAIiJIOXT. Mr. Scripture Tt'lll Hitve nClianee to Prove Her HuMmnd Nut Entitled to n Divorce. The Gonornl Term of tho rJuprom Court hns revorsed the decision of Judce Alunzo Helloes in erantinc a deeroo of dlvorco to Jeremlo Scripture, a wealthy lumber dealer of Glens Falls, from his wife. Tunny V.. bcrlpture. and hns ordered the default openod. Tho Scriptures were married in Kingsbury. N. on July 4, 1804. nnd havoason. in lHrtO Mrs. Hcrlpture left her husband and cume to this city. Hho allseed at tho time that she was llltrontod by him. In October. 1KSJ1. Mr.tiorip turo broucht u notion for divorce, Mrs. Hcrlpturo denied tho charce", anil mado coun ter chorees of cruelty. In May, 1KK!, lawyer Lea lit of this city was notified that the enso was comtnc up for trial. He applied for an adjournment, but It was deniod by Judco Kel louc. On Juno IK of the same year tho decroe of rilvorc was onterod by default. Mr. hcrlpturo married acaln some tlmo aeo despite l.awor Leuvitt's notification that an application for the oponlncof tho default was about to be mado. Judce KellocK refused to open tho default, and an appeal was mado to the General Term. The Ilrookljn Trolley' Lut Victim Die. James Pettlcruw died yesterday at tho Brooklyn Hospital from injuries rocelved by belnc struck by a Do Kalb avenue trolley car on Fridny moraine. Ho was about to cross I the street nt Do Kalb nvenue when tho car. which was colnc down tho stoep hill nt a hlch rata of speed, struck him in tho side and knocked him headlong a dlstnnco of ten or twelve foot. Ills skull was fractured, and ho did not recover consciousness. II'. was born In Scotland sevonty-seven years iil'O, anil hud been employed ln tho Assay olllco nearly half his life. Suicide am Hcptnuirrnarlun. Ilobert McKennott.aced 72 years, committed suicide yestorday moraine by hnuclne him self from abeam in tho collar of his house at (172 Hereon street. Brooklyn, after he had hacked IiIh throat with n dull razor. Ho had been In HI health for some time. EUWAIID AVJIJRX'S DEATH. lyh M There I Some Suspicion n to It Cnne it'M &l nnd the llrooklyn Coroner May Investigate. if Ml $r The death of Edward Aubary. a brothor ot ,W Mi A. L. Aubary. a member of tho Brooklyn Board if is ra;' of Education, which occurrod on Friday nt the) s j' gft Brooklyn Hospital from a supposed atfaok ot ijjiju SB' apoploxy, will probably bo lnvesticated br ijjlj K Coroner Keno. Mr. Aubary was 00 years old (; J mt nnd eccnntrlc nnd lived alone in alodeinsat l AM' 120 Mvlncstou street. Atthoush he had no 'J. ; IS occupation his checks wero never refused by . f . S IK the saloonkeepers ln his nolehborhood. JMR' S IB Ho was apparently In uood health on Monday iii.,'5 ! nlcht. but early on Tuesday moraine he wns "j, ,'t WJ found partly unconscious In the cutter near ' H his home, with a cut on the left side of his tliiti IH head. He was takon to his lodeinc. nnd was. - 31 m to all appearances, porfectly conscious when t l Ml romovod n few hours later to tho hospital In 4 ':! Ml' nn ambulance. There Is some susploion that P T. Ve bo may havo been assaulted during a dispute. V (f tW about some money which wns owing htm. and gi tl IS which. It Is said, ho was anxious to oolleot. Rig gS I'ractlsed Kpurrlns on Ills Tonne Sister. "A'tii'l P The attention of the Gorry society wns call- ,4J B ed to tho cnoe of Gortlo Nasencost. need 14 if IH years, of 5S4 West 124th Btreet Neighbors ft said tho child was Ill-treated by her mother ,hjj vm nnd hor brother John. John is IB roars old, g-jfe H and Gertie snys ho Is taking sparring lessons. ,) K and likes to display his prowess in practlslnit f& JH upon her. Her mother, sho said, did not In- Js.ltj S tcrfere with John's amusement. Gortle was !f 1 ; B taken to the Harlem 1'ollce Court yesterday. .-Jit Wk Her father said ho would see that his dauch- A J Mi tcr was not abused In tho future. Tho case 'tl r flr' whs adjourned a month, and tho child was '1,1 1 IB surrendered to her fathor. jf-E-B fl An Excursion to Vlalt Dr. nartaell. (73 B Somo of the friends ot tho Itev. Iir. BurUall Iff H of Itondout aro arranging a big demonstration 'fi H for him. Thoy hopo that he will bo restored ; e H to tho Church of tho Kolphany, In this city, ln ;ofj rK the fall, and thev propose to visit him at his igj H homo on bunday, Aug. 13. Mr. Borry of 453 I if! Second avenue, who has charge of the arrange- J i!f t-, monts. says that it will he the biggest ex- ' , H cursion thnt over went to Itondout. All of Dr. H1 ! Burtsell's friends are Invited to ioln. and a V H spocinl train on the West Hhoro Railroad has i A 9 been engaged to transport them. t la & rieked Up by a Naval Keaerro Colter. i Eg M John McCabe. 8 years old, fell overboard yes I jjjj Wt torday afternoon while playing at tho foot ot - jjf 9 East Twenty-olghth street. William Sweeny I !U H of 440 West Fifty-ninth streot, who was work .11 B log on a briok scow, jumped for the boy nnd '!'; caught him br tho arm ns he was about to j't H sink for the second time. A squad of ths naval : Li ) roservo. who wero nut practising In a cutter , iM, aM tinder command of Lieut, ltenwlck, picked no , 'it ) tho man and boy. Neither was much tho .i H worse for tho ducking. ilfF A Father Mae III Son. j ; X HJ Joseph Muser has begun a suit in tho 8a- i Jj B promo Court ln Brooklyn against W. G. Muter, j 'A IH his son. for an accounting and conoral relief. W SJ He alleges that his son hns overreached htm , ' T HI to the extent of S10.000. and tho suit Is for tho ! M rocovery of that amount Among other acts H complained of, he charges his sou with having Ui H received monoy from him to nurohnBe a piece ', i of property nnd with having It put ln his own , j w H name. The plaintiff denies all tho allocation. B Killed In a I'onder Mill JExploaloa. 'IB Houtii Acton. Mass., July 20. No. 2 Cornlnff ' j il B mill ot tho American Powder Company bleir , tQ B up at 8:20 o'clock this morning. One man. J & B William Clegg of Uxbrldge, Mass., agod about i H 27, unmarried, war Instantly killed. He had f H been working for tho company two years. itja There worn about 2,ri00 pounds of powder In ' '-f tho mill. Tho cause ot the necldent Is a mys- , ;? ) tery. Last year the oompany lost two mills in ;; the same way, j A HENRY LEWIS & CO., ill Jewellers and Silversmiths 1 1 TO THE QUEEN, 172 New Bond Street, jf j LONDON. j 1 1 High-Class Jewels, 1 1 Antique Plate, j 1 1 Inspection Respectfully Invited. j i fl SPORTING CATALOGUE NOW READY. fl Uifl