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. ' I ',,F " 'T '" I (7T L - 0lm&J W,, THE WEATHER PREDICT VOL LXlV.-NaTs NEW YORK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, IS 9 G.-COPYUIG 1 II "1896, BY" TlTprsIjxlmTyff "aN1 ITHLISIHXg" ASSOCIATION. PJCKTWO CENTS. !jH CASTAWAYS FIND GRACE. shipwrecked xegiioes, it a it r. ixu ox a raft, coxyeried, nd Seen Their Hklpner do Dawn With 1 Four Olhcrn-Nrne Darn Without Food "- or Drink They Prnjrd and u Kleh Bonrdrd the Rnrt unit ICnln Fell Then Khlp Appeared to One or Them In a, Dreuni. nnil l.o t is Current Hprnnc Up and rJwept Them Into the rlhlp'e Coarse. Two pious men of tlio sen, who doclnro that Ihcr were saved by n miracle, arrived here yes terday on thoCunard lino steamship Umbrla from Liverpool. They aro James Jotters and Elijah Cash, black folks of Mobile. Ala., who. with Ptr Madison, also of Mobile, nro tho only Survivors of tlio little Yanneo brigantlne Mary T. Kimball, which foundered In a cyclone some whero In tho Caribbean Sea on Sept. S3. This Is the yarn that tho two negro able stamen span after they hail landed nt Kills Island, proved that they were native Americans, and had been Honed to go to a sailors boarding house In Mulberry street: The Mary T. Kimball sailed from Mobile on Aug. "0 with a carco of railroad ties and coal for (laantanamo, on tho south coast of Cuba. Her skipper was O. J. Doners. There wero threo other white men Inhsr crew her mate, whom the darkles know merely as Mr. Hood; her second mate, who was called "Charlie" by the skipper. and the Menard, Besides tho three negroes 2& who were sired, there was another Alabama x negro sailor mimed Mitchell, who was lost. The V brigantlne had hard weather, with heavy head It wluds for three necks after leaving Mobile. I Ilefore daylight on Sept. 2U' she ran Into the W c clone that dotted the lower North Atlantic I with derelicts. It blew great cuns from south east, and the alert black men had the Kimball bare of canvas before daylight, when she was scudding under bare poles. The shredded sen crests were liko a foe, and the sea Itself was In Tltlblo a ship's length away. About 1 o'clock In the afternoon, while the 1' gallant craft was racing for her life, a great comber rose on the starboard bow and roared I aboard. It swept tho forward deckhouse Into I the sea and started the seams torn ard. The chain I ' locker coor was carried away, and sea crests that frecfaently came aboard poured through the , opening Into the hold. All hands wero sent to i tho pumps. They could not check the leak. The deck load of ties shifted, and the brlgantlue rareened almost oor uu her beam ends. The kipper ordered the second mate forward to replace tho chain locker cover with canvas. A wave hit him and drove him up against the lee rail. The brigantlne began to settle br the head. The skipper ordered the mate and steward to go below and get an axe to chop awar the foremast. Meannhlle tho skipper himself was hacking awar at tha weather rigging of tho mainmast. The spar broke off near the deck and went by the board, but the cargo of coal, which had shifted to leeward, and tho awful force of the gale kept the little vessel down. The lnrushlng waters nearly drowned the mate and the steward In the cabin. They sud denly found themselves up to their necks In a loose section ot the Caribbean Sea, and they shouted for help. The negro seamen lowered a rope duwn to them and hauled them up on deck. Just then a monster sea crashed aboard and carried Jeffers away on Its gleaming cicst. The top of the nfter deckhouse wan Dlown off by the pressure of water and air as If dyna mite had been exploded under it. It fell near Jeffer and he clambered aboard of it. A splin ter from the shivered house tore a gash In his right leg. Peter Madison was knocked over board with the top qt the after house and saved him. elf by clinging to It. Elijah Cash, who had been for several minutes strucclltig In the seas, saw the deckhouse top drifting bis way and reacned it in a few strokes. It was now abnut 6 o'clock In the atternoon. The brigantlne n as over on her beam ends, with her yards dipping in the waves. The skipper, tuate. second mate, cook, and the negro sailor man from Mobile were clinging to the weather bulwarks. They surveyed the three on ton of the deck hoaao with an air of longing, Jeffers says .tellers and his two shipmates wero sprawled oa the top ot the house with their arms clasped around tho framework of the skylight, from which the glass had been broken by the seas. They were within a few hundred feet ot the i foundering brigantlne when she lurched and I went down, carrying with her in the swirl she created the live men who had bee'ii clinging to j j her. Not one of them uttered a error said a , ,i word before they were engulfed, and no bodies J appeared above the surface after the Kimball ', vanished. .;, Hundreds of railroad ties were tossed about the three cuslawajs by the wild cross seas, and II thoynero inconstant dread of being knocked I) from their refuce. They got clear ot tbe drift- lng lumber on tho next duy. Jelfers was once B washed from the top of the house, but was washed back again by a recurving comber. The r gale moderated slightly on tbe second day the V men were adrift. They had had nothing to eat m since the evening before the cyclone struck the P i brigantlne, and they suifered much from thirst. ' I .letters is a member of the llethel Mission, In .' Mobile. He begun to talk to the other tcimtn !. about the salvation of their souls. He says that I Cash and Madison experienced religion on the II second day. lie told them that if they had faith I and prayed earnestly to Die Lord Jesus Christ ( to savo lLetn, they would bu surely saved. 1 Their thirst and hunger became almost unbeur- I able on the fourtli day. '1 hey bad got sumo I relief by chewing their oilskins. TUey scooped up Handful of sea nater and drank it as they at with their legs dangling oer tbe sldo of their raft. For a time they felt refreshed by tho water. Then their tongues and mouths began to swell, and, JefTers says, thoy "felt qneer In their minds." Tbey had no matches to maku a lire at night to attract help, so they kept awake at night that succor might not pass them by, and spent the day in sleeping by turns. Thero was only one natch by dm and three by night. On the ei enlng of the stxtli day Jelfers, whose j turn it was to wutch, saw a schooner about two miles to leenard. He woke up his dozing snip I mates, und they tore a !oard f rnm the top of the I house, and, putting mi oil. kin on it, held it I a'nft. 'llm signal nu,s not seen aboard tho schooner, which uu hull down nithln an hour. I The men were almost ready to give up, but vi were encouraged by Jelfers, who said It whs HI time for praer and the exercise of faith. They VI knelt and prayed, and then sang "Hock nf rJ Ages" as well as they could through their 9 parched und swollen lips. Madison ami Cash It said that they had not been us good as they U ought to have been, but that if the Lord would spare them thoy would dedicate their lives to m Ills sen Ice. Jeffers says that the thought of I eating each oilier net or entered their minds, B." even nlien they n ere delirious. B At midnight on the rerun th day of their drift- Mf lng. they knew not where, on tho currontot tho P Oulf stream, .letters anoko from a short nap B and said: 'llos, we're close to land and I'm I guln' nsho'." B " Shipmates." Madison said, "we're In tho W ralddlu of the Gulf htrcuin.'' I "I tell ou, boys, mere's a man beck'nlng to I me ou thu eho. He told mo in a dream dat, he II would give inn food and clothes and send me H home to in J' Ife. I'm coin' .isho' " I The others tried In dissuade Jefferx, Ho shoved a bourd dunn into tho water lengthwise, B and although ho did not touch bottom he was not eututltd with his sounding, und walked overboard. After swimming around afew nun- utes, he iuturm.il to his lilpmiUen. Henasrr- freshed by his bath, 'lhal day a lmrracouta, ome dolphins, und a few butterllsh swaui near the rnfl. The men lowered their legs Into thoseaand tried to catch the fish, JelTers hays they might liaru caught a uarrucouta, but tliey had heard that the lirli was not lit lo eat, ns it Is ouiewhut of a seaecuienger, to lhe gave up (Ishlng. On tho ninth day Cash was delirious, and j MndlBon, who hud bi'en hurt on tho leg by a spar just after ho wus swept from the brinuntine, was so sicl. that he was unable to do anything for hlinxt.f. All w ere J sulterlng from mil water bolls. They urnjril fl for suuieiliiiig to appease their hunger ami re. EB lleie their tlilrrl, und, uslt In answer to their j prayer, Jelfers Miys, u buturrlsli jumped aboard and a shoner rnme. i ash i.anght the V butteril'h, and after scraping oit ihohtulesho V nit U Into three picccsand thc atotlieni. They caught some of the rain in their oilskins und Bb drauk it. V On tho nfternoon of the eleventh day of their drifting, whlcti nas Oct. it, Jeffers invoke aguln from a troubled sleep. He sas thai hu hail liud n dream which hu felt sine was going to turn out true. "A man came to me,' Jelfers siys, "and, eilling me by name, hu aid, r ' arise! He- 1. ild a goodly shllilhaio iniiarrd for you!' V Mi slilpniairs were asleep. 1 luuked to wind- v ird and there 1 ' the ship " i'hesliiti that Jelfers saw was the Norwegian H brig b. II. Hansen, Capu llasmus.en, from r Apalachlcola for Oarston, i:iiglam. She uas 1 pvamlle to leeward of the castaways, and they V ! prayed mluhtlly that ho might proio to bo tho " ' i .-- good ship of Joffers's vision. Jeffers led In tho praying. Ho said: . " Hoys, lmvo you faith In the power of tho Lord toave ua?" Thoy answered that they had, and he said! "Then nowlll be saved, nccordlngtnnur faith." JelTers savs that a strange thing liaipoiied then. Tho current of the Oulf Stream teemed to shift and the wind clanged, so that they drifted across tbe course nt tho brig, ('apt, Ilasmussen saw them, and, tacking shir, ho bore don n on thorn. The Norwegian came alongside of the raft, tho sea being smooth, nnd hove A line to tho threo darkles, who wore hysterical from Joy. .1 ifTers made a turn of the lino around the sky light, and tbo raft was brought snug up to tho brig. Ihen a sea lad dor was lowered, and tho shipwrecked men wero helped nboard the brig. They were taken first Into tbe skipper's cabin, where each reccled a half cup of water. They wanted a gallon or more, out tbe skipper knew how much would be good for them then. Later he gave each of them some hoi toddy. They got a. berth forward among the sailors and next day tho skipper made poultices for their sores. They wero landed at Garstnn on Nov. 38. They went thence to Liverpool, where the American Consul fitted out Jeffers and Cash with brand new sailor rigs. Including fur caps and fur-tipped overcoats, and sent thnm to this port In the steerage of the Umbrla. Madison was too 111 tosalUandwas sent to a hospital In Liverpool. Tho point w iiere the threo sailors were picked tin Is on the easterly edge ot tho Kulf Stream, oft tho Klnrlda coast. They had drifted more thun 500 miles. COr.. FELLOWS STILL JLLITE. Itta rhyalelaaa Think He Mar Live Tntll Noon To-dny. The latest news from the homo nf District Attorney John H. Fellows, 010 West ISM street. Is that he may, in the opinion of the phy sicians, llvo until uoon to-day. He has not him self given up hopo of recovery, and told his family so last night. Drs. Hodenstoln and Fleming spent all Satur day night with Cot. Fellows. They took turns watching him, one sleeping while the other was In the sick room, and during the night they expected his death momentarily. His extraor dinary vitality surprised them, and although he continued to sink grndually, the stimulants which they administered kept Mm alive. At D o'clock the doctors left tho house and went to their homes. Thoy returned to Col. Fellows's house In less than an hour and took their places at his bed side. All day long he continued to sink. He was conscious, answered rationally whenever the doctors or any member of the family spoke to him, and noticed whatever of an unusual nature happened In the room, but after rousing himself to speak he would lapse Into a semi-comatose condition and become delirious. Toward evening his sinking became more ap parent, and late In tho afternoon a messenger was sent for his eight-year-old daughter Mar guerite, ho had been saot to stay with rela tives In Kuglewood, N. J., on account of her father's sickness. It was then believed that the end was near. Tbe child arrived at the house a few minutes before t) o'clock. The physicians at that hour entertained posi tively no hope for the recovery of Col. Fellows, and announced that his family was prepared for his death at any moment. The gradual sinking continued during the evening. Ihe patient had suffered no sudden ulukiog spells during his sickness, tho failure being gradual and steady. The pbyslclans left Col. Fellows's house at 11 o'clock, with orders that they were to be called If there was any change In his condition. Pre vious to tbtlrdeparture all tbe members of tbe family were summoned to the bedside. Col. Fellows talked to them for some minutes. He said tnat he understood that he was about to die, and that he was ready to submit to God's will. He hoped to survive, however, be said, and as he had a strong constitution ho fell that he hod some grounds for this hope. At midnight his condition was unchanged, and the physicians said before they left the house that he might llvo tweh o hours. In tho course of the day there were many callers at the house, anrt telegrams from i all parts ot the country were received. . Gov. Morion telephoned an Inquiry. Among 1 the callers were Edward Lauterbach. the Chairman of tho Republican County Com mittee: S. II. Allen ot tho Astor House. Assist ant District Attorneys Vernon M. Dals. John F. Mclntyre. John II. Lindsay, and Henry M. Unger. Mr. Lauterbach and Mr. Uuger wero admitted to CoL Fellows's room. Col. Fellows recognized each of thsm. and each spent a few moments wjth him. Other Cillers were Father Slaltery an the Kev. Dr. Henry Dixon Jones of the Protestant Episcopal Church of tbe Intercession, of wulch Col. Fel lows Is a vestryman. Col. Fellows s son, John R Jr., who has been at Hot Springs, Ark., for nls health, is expected to arrive hero at SH o'clock this afternoon over the Pennsylvania Hallroad. He is a law yer and the managing clerk for Vanderpoel. Cuming &Ooodwin at 2 Wall street. He is 23 years uld. A party of friends will meet him in Philadel phia and accompany him to this city. Ho will not be allowed to see the newspapers or to re ceive alarming bulletins of his father's condi tion. Col. Fellows's other son. Harry, Is at homo now. with his mother, the eldest daughter, Bon nie, who is 10 years old, and Marguerite. nrtoKE Tit no van the ice. Nearly Dozen Deaths by Drowning In Varlona Pluees, IlAWLEr. Pa.. Dec. 0. Vesterday'afternoon, while Blanche Uishop. nged 14. daughter of Mr. David Illsbop. and Miss Klla Alpha, aged 13, daughter ot Mr. E. II. Alpha, residing at Hem lock Hollow, seven miles from this place, were skating on the Ice on the mill pond of Mr. Alpha, tbey broke through the Ice Into sixteen feet of water. Emll Alpha, aged SO. a brothor nf one of the girls, camo lo the rescue and fell In tho bols In his efforts to save the girls. Another brother, John Alpha, aged 18, came to their assistance and also broke through the Ice. All four wero struggling In the water when tbelrcrles brought the father of the Alphas to tho rescue. He also broke through the Ice. but succeeded In saving his son John's life after a terrible struggle. Tho other three. Blanche Illsbop, Klla Alpha, and Emll Alpha, were drowned. Their bodies wero recovered an hour afterward. Middletows. Dec. 0. Adam Henning. 21 years old. sawmaksr of this city, was drowned to-day In Hlgnland Lake Reservoir near this city, Vuung Henning In company with Charles Adams, a brother-in-law. went thero to fish through the Ice. They had walked out on tbe tno.lurh Ice about 300 feel when it gave way, precipitating both in seven feet of n ter. 'I hey kept their beads above water by holding fast to theedgos. Their ones for help were heard by several farmers living near by. but thev were nnable to reach them until a boat was procured a mile distant. A path was cut through the Ice, and when within thirty feet of the fishermen. Henning sank out of sight. When rescued Adams was so benumbed lth cold that It was with dlfllrulty that he did not also Biicrumb to the exposure. Heunlng's body was recovered a half hour later. Hahi rout). Conn., Dec. 0. Tho skating sea sou In this Slate opens with four drowning accidents, all due to the effect of the sun's warm rays on the Ire leiterday. The first was In Themaston yesterday afternoon. William, aged 7. nnd Josle. aged 11, children of John lioiirne, and Daniel, aged il, son of John Hyan, were playing on tho Ico on Nungaiurk Klver, when thoy broke through ami nrro drowned. The llnurlo children's bodies were recovered last nlelit and the Ityau boy this morning. Tim other accident was In Litch field. John Burns, nged lo, and his cousin were sratlng on Middle Pond when the Ice gave way and let thorn In, The Hums boy was drowned In thirteen feet of water. Tbe body was recovered. Hni.roKE, Mass., Dec 0. Anton Maenon, oged 1H. nasdrowncd In tho Connecticut Hlior this afternoon. He wus skating In compuny with a large party and broke through the Irs and sunk before uld iculd reach nlui. His body was recovered, Woik I.STI.II. Mass., Dec. 0 Alphar flrsnden, II years old. and .lin-rph Bernard, 7 years old, who have been ml'sliu- from home since pnlur. day morning, were found to.dai In Bell Pond. The bodies nere about log feet apart and SO feet from thp shore, where thero were several boles In the Ice, Driver llnlasWI Flads Mall I'oaeh. Tony Bolaskl, a driver employed by J, Llebe nmnof SccauciiH, N. J bile drlvlug through Wet Broadway, this clt). about J A.M. yes terday, found a enmm maj bag filled nlth mall and threw It Into his wagon. On his way homo he slopped In a ulnon In Forry stnvt, Jiir-ey City, and tohl ex policeman Zammskl v. hut h? had found, .am uski took Bolaskl u d tho mall hag to thopakai.u nvenue police n i tlon. rrom there they n -eseiu to pollen brad- auarters. I he mall b.ir , uiarKrd From I on. ' on for Oilawa, via vueenstunn." und there i was a tag labelled ".auada" on It. 'lliel'nst ortlce authorities In this city were notified, Uo- I laskl ww released. M.BHMHMMHMssBlBssBBSBBSntBsmantBnSBSBBBBBnMI KILLED BY HIS WIFE'S SIN. TilEOnoItE LEA It STltlCKES lrlTU Aroi'LEXT IS COVtlT. lie Fell (o the Floor on Beelns Tils TTIfo In the Prisoners Pen on Her Fourth Arrest Tor Drunkenness la Less than n. Week Died la Her Arms Soon AHir the Attack Whon n policeman of the YorVvlllo Court throw open tho door of the pen In which the women prisoners awaiting examination wore confined jesterday morning nnd bado tho In mates como nut, a man who had been sitting In the front row of spectators' scats ever since the court opened roso to his feet, and with an anxious expression on his faco examined the features of each woman who came forth. Ho was a tall, well-dressed man, with Iron-gray hair, and his queer actions attraotcd tbo atten tion of n. court officer, who strode forward, laid his hand on his shoulder, and aakod him what was thomsttor. " Oh, nothing," said the man, without even looking around. " Woll. you'll havo to sit down." said the policeman. The words wero scarcely out of his mouth when the man suddenly threw up both hands, and, with a sob, fell to the floor. At tho same time one of tho women prisoners gave a shriek and made an attempt to dash through the gate which shut her off from tho spectators. She was restrained with difficulty, and when two policemen carried the unconscious man out Into tho hall the fell over In a faint. Two hours later tbe man died In tho woman's arms In the Flower Hospltul. He never re gained consciousness. After his death It re quired a number of the hospital attendants to get tho woman away from tho body. She be came hysterical, and, tearing her hair and beat ing her breast, proclaimed herself the murderer ot her husband, Tho dead man was Theodore Lear. 40 years of age. a travelling salesman, of 1115 bocond av enue. 1 ho woman was his wife, Nellie. When tho woman callod herself her husband's mur derer sho rightly accused herself, tho police think, for while tbe hospital records set forth that the man died of apoplexy, the attack, they believe, was brought on by the womau's conduct Last Monday night a policeman arrested a well-dressed woman at Sixty-third street. She was Intoxicated, and a crowd of boys and men followed her. She was unable to give any ac count of herself In tho station house. The next morning, nhen arraigned before Magistrate Crane, she called herself Mrs. Archer, adding that she nould be ruined If she gave her real name. "I have a husband, a respectable man, who has put up with much from me." she said. "This last ho will not forgive, I know. For God's sake let me go, and 1 will try and do bel ter In the future." " Are you a drinking woman ?" " I have been," said tho woman In alow voice. " But I aai doing my best to bebave." "I give ou all the helD in my power," said tbe Court. " You may go home." The woman left the court room crying like a child. Thai same night a policeman found ber lying In the gutter at Fifty-seventh street and tirst avenue, and on Wednesday morning she was again before Magistrate Crane. " WeJL what have you to say, madam ?" asked the Court. " I have no excuse to make." said the woman. " If this Is the way you mean to reward the lenity or the Court." said tbe Magistrate, ' the less consideration shown you the better." The woman burst Into tears at this. She told thu Magistrate that sbe had been unable to con quer her appetite for liquor, but would do her best If be would give her one more chance. " If I was alone In tho world I would ask you to send me away," she said. But ray husband Is a good man. and when you punish mo yon pun ish him, loo." " I cannot 1st you go unpunished," said the Court, " so I will Hue you So, and when you get out try to be a better woman." The woman paid her fine nnd went away. On Friday she was again a prisoner. When she was brought up for a hearing a tall man stepped forward. "Can yon extend clemency once more?" he asked the Magistrate in a broken voice, "lam her husband, and after this I hope to keep her away from such places." "But she has already been here twice this week." " I know It; she has told me nf It. I have been away on business, but now that I am back I think I can control ner." "Is your wife a habitual drunkard ':" "hhe has had a great deal of trouble, and un fortunately has tried to forget it by means of liquor." ' Please let me CO for his sake." said tbo woman " I swear thst I will behave." " Well. It isn't the right thing to do, and I'm convinced that It will do no good, but you may go. If ou como before me again, however, you go to the workhouse." Both husband and wife thanked the Magis trate as they went away. "Il looks encouragtnv."saId Magistrate Crane on Saturday morning, when be didn't find Mrs. Archer among the prisoners. " Im afraid, though, she won't be away long." On Saturday night Policeman Thomas Kenny of the East SUty. solemn street station found a well-dressed woman haranguing a crowd of men and bovs at the comer of hecond avenue und seventy.slxtb street- Us arrested her and took her to the station house, where she gave her rmmo as Mrs. Archer. All nightlong the woman wept In her cell and implored the keeper to let her go. "This will kill my husband!" sbe cried. She became quieter toward morning, and when taken to court was cool aud collected, although erv pale, I The woman evidently feared that her husband i would be In court, for tbo moment sbe came out I of the pen she looked anxiously around tho ' room. Then the groan from tho mau and tho ' noise of bis fall attracted ber attention, and she ! raw two policemen carry her husband out of the room. ! Excitement prevailed In the court room after tho mau fell. His wife's hysterical shrieks and her struggles lo get away added to the con fusion. Magistrate Crane rapped his gavel a dozen times, and, when ho could make himself heard, said: " Bring that woman here, right away." A policeman brought tho prisoner to tho bar. " Was that our husband ';" he asked. "Yes." sobbed the woman, "Oh, let me go to him. I or God's sake let mo go to him before he dies. He will die. I know nnd I Imv,. um-.i him." "Is It as bad as that ?" asked tho Magistrate of a policeman, " Tbey ay he'll die." was tho response. "Madam. I cannot keep you from your hus. band. You can go. and may this bo a lesson to you." '1 ho woman hurried out of tho conrt room as fast ns she could go. In the hull some one told her an itinbuliuiro had taken her husband to the I-lower Ho-pltal. Fifteen minute, latsr she was by her husband's side, hhe didn't say where she n as going after the mau'a death, but left tho hospital looking d.ied. From papers found on the man It was learned that his name was Theodore Lear. Ills wife corroborated this later, uud said that sho was Nellie Lour. At 1115 Second avenue they knew very little about the Lcurs. '"I hey came here two weeks ago." said the housekeeper. "Mrs, Lear has ceilaln faults hut is lit hern Iss a respectable nomun. Sho has no children." MOKE TOLL QATES CHOPPED BOWS. Another Krnlneky JIoli Goes Through the C'ouulrv On n itald, IUniioDSUi'iia, K, Dec. 0. A mob of be tween forty Hnd slxiy men, armed with shot guns and axes rodo through Mercer last night nnd chopped down six toll gates. The gate keepers were warned not to repair thu gates or collect nny muro toll under penalty of being burned out. Tho mob passed through this city at 2 o'clock this rooming for Macksvlllo and Harrodsbnrg. and they destroyed every gate In the lino of march. At bait lther. one mile from hero. I)ae llarneit, a gatekeeper, was mads to choo down his own gate, and he was told lo notify thu turnpike directors that If the gate was re. paired and money collected tho ruhlers nould mil only bum the tollhouse, hut tho prluto property of the Hoard of Directors. Ilii-seiiieri iaer.rdeil tho gates repaired, and loll mil lw collected by ar armed guard if Iiere-sary. the s.suio naming wus given nt some of the other gates i,H!,lT. t,,ri1,0 ,lu'lJred toll gates lmie ben l 'JL'Ji1 i,lil.l,0P.,a UuR" I"'-' lh turnpike war began in asiilngtoo county three months ago, ftV.f, V1'' nT "rests havo boen made loVr?inPnrn'o"lVnt 1'00 mii ot "rnplko va ued at 54.000.0oo, and the Slate and county uthoritU, Uav. furnUhsd. no prot.etl wha x it no ny rnoM a vukiout zmt.v. Trnmps Itoh the Conductor nnd Toss Hint On the Biovlns Cars. A Pennsylvania Railroad freight train, duo In Now Brunswick at midnight Inst night, was boarded by six tramps at tho coal chutes nt Mtllhntn, west of Princeton Junction, nnd bo fore they left tho train they robbed the con ductor, throw him off the train, and rifled the poukets of two other men. Tho train slowed down at tho coal ohutos, and tho tramps cllmbrd Into a gondola car. Three ot them remained In thst car. and the others went forward to a coal car near tho head of the train. As soon as tho train loft tho coal chutes Con ductor Smith started to walk to tho head of the train. When ho reached tho gondola car, where three of tho tramps wero, thoy sot on him and pointed a revolver at htm. He knocked It out of tho man's hand with his lantern and ran forward. Tho second party of tramps was waiting for him. They got him down and went through ills pockots. When they had got eery thing of saluo from his pockets they threw him over the tide of the car while the train was running nt tho rate of twenty-five, miles an hour. Smith lundod between the tracks. Lewis Barrett of 400 Amsterdam avenue and Peter Lee. a tramp, wore on tho car In which Smith nns robbed. Tho tramps went through their pockets, taking S-JSand a gold natch from Barrett. They stood guard over Leo nnd Barrett until Princeton Junction was reached, where they jumped off tho car nnd ran into tho woods. Barrett ran toward over the cars and .tho tender, anil slapped Engineer Held between tho shoulder blades to attract his ottonllon. Held thought Barrett was a robber, and was on thu point of throwing him nut of the cab before ho could explain. When Held learned what had happened, ho backed tho train up until Smith was found, limping along belde the track. He was picked up, and w hen New Brunswick was reached, Drs. Clark and Baldwin dressed his wounds. He had a bad cut on the leg nnd was brnlsed about the body. Otherwise lie was not hurt Leo and Barrett escaped without Injury. Tho tramps aro said to havu robbed two men on a west-bound train at tho samo point earlier In the evening. 11UX AW AT 111TU TimEE T13IE.1. Dusk Overturned Twite and finally Hmasked Occupants Not Hurt George Sharkey, a hostler In the Webster livery stable at Washington avenuo and 170th street, took his sweetheart. Miss Parsons, ot 174th street and Third avenue, driving yester day afternoon behind ahorse his employer had bought at a discount because of its vlclousness. Tbo horse jogged along in a thoroughly respectable way until half thsdlstance between Tremout and West Chester had been covered. Then ho took fright at a boulder beside tbe road, shied, and started at breakneck speed for West Chester. The horse had not run far before It shied again, and slewed the bugcr around with so much vlolemo that Mr. Sharkey and Miss Par sons were thrown Into the ditch. Havlugac compllshed this, tbe horse ran a block and then ttnuped. Sharkey felt of himself and found that be was not hurt. Neither nas Miss Parsons, and they trot Into tho buggy again. They reached West Chester In safetv. but the atrof bustle In the village frightened the horio again. He reared and then bolted. Miss Parsons was thrown out. and her lee was cut by tho stones In tho rood. A West Chester physician bound up ber wounds, and after dinner they started for borne. The horse hebaved In a well-regulated man ner on tbe homo trip, but It hail evidently be come convinced that It was attending a funeral, for no coaxing would get it out of a log. Finally Miss Parsons said to Sharker that that gait was too slow for her. nne-Tit ner suggestion be snapped the whip just a theyreuched 176th street and Washington avenue. The effect was Instantaneous. The horse took to tho slkewalk w Ith a bound, and overturned the buggy In tlio middle of the street, throwing its ocoupaotaout. Then he kicked the vehicle to bits. Having done this ho allowed Roundsman Fennel to eulch him. Miss Parsons and Mr. Sharkey were so shaken np that they could not tell whether tbey were hurt or not. Dr. Shannon was culled from the Fordham Hospital, but before he nrrlved thev started for home, saying tbey wero not Injured. BPvninV.s jro.v;r oitDEits. Passed Tor S50 Karh on Two or Mere Nesr York Holels-Staleu Dlnnks. The Postmaster at Granville, O.. notified the Post Offlco Inspectors here a week ago that a number ot money orders supposed to have been signed by him hud been received at his ofSco for collection nnd verification. The orders were spurious, bnt the blanks wero genuine, and, he said, were undoubtedly part of a bundlo of fifty that had been mlssiug from his offlco for some time. Tho orders wero traced back to several New York hotels, and when the Post Office agents called there the proprietors learned for tho first time that they had boon snlndled out of $4S each. The follow lng fuels wero,learned at the hotels: About two weeks ago a spruce man came Into the Gllsey House ono evening and, after register ing, got a room. He signed his name Charles R, Watson, New York. His only baggairn was a small liuml ati hel. On the samo night, abnut midnight, a similarly appearing man. -upposrd-ly the same, got a room at the (.Irani) Hotel, registering as (ieorce II. Watts of Columbus, O. He was not seen again at either hotel that even ing. In fuct, not until the next evening at 0 o'clock, when Im Weill up to the desk at the Grand Hotel and asked for his letters. There was a loiter for him and in the letter a money order for SO. Ho told the clerk that It was too late to get the order cashed at tho Post Office, nnd. as he wanted to pay for the room and have, he asked tho ilcrk to cash the order for him. The clerk examined It carefully. It was dated "OrunIIIe. O., Nov. 21, 1800," pay. able to Ueorgn B. Walls, and signed "J. K. Jones, Postmaster," Hotels are quite willing to cash postal money orders, and Mr. Wntts foiS48 in cash, fi having been deducted for lis room. An hour later Mr. Charles It. Wat son repeated the samu performance nt tbe Cilley House, nlth llku success. It Is supposed that other hotels also w ere swindled. 1 he Hotclkeepers' Association was notified of thu swindle when ll was discovered, and notices were sent promptly to all the members of the association In tho country warning them agulnstlho swindle. Tho Post Olllco men have not 5 ct got track of tho swindler. VliVGVAY KEroLVTIOS E.VDED. I'onsul.Genernl Murgulosdo Kecelven m C'uhle Molate la 'I'll at J:sccl, IUi.timoiii:, Md Dec. 0. Consul. General Murgulondn of Uruguay to-night affirms tho statement he made through tho United Asso ciated Pressos on last Friday, to tho effect that the reported reolutlon In Uruguay was ot little account, 'the Consul-General was at that time in re ceipt of a cablegram from Montevideo, tho Uru fimyan capital, saying that the revolt was un mporlaiit. A subsequent publication which purported to ruurei-riil a serious condition of allairs in Uruguay, caused him lo solid the fol low lng cablegram to the Minister of Foreign Relations at Montevideo: "Merchants ask fur Information as to tho state of revolution in Uruguay," 'io this inuulry the Uruguayan Consul-General has receded tho following reply: "Hlotors complelelj defeated. Revolt ended. Situation of (iuverument impregnable. "HnnuLNANA. Minister of Foretirn Affairs." "1 have not at any lime considered thai, the uprising In Uruguay woulu become serious," suld Seflor Murgtuondo to night, " nor have I said so. although I halo been quoted to that ef fect, 'the Government of Urugua) learned last summer Uisiprpp-Viiilons wire being inude by Its political opponent to moll and the Gov ernment ut oiico took measures to meet ll ef fectively, I am satisfied thai the uprising atnounte I to but llitlo more than a skirmish and Hi at the lnsurgenl were quickly dispersed. "I regret that the reports ot battles In Uru- ?uay und ot the (iorrnmeiii troops being de eated hmu beun ciriululvl In Aliivriiu. J fear they will hoio u tendency to Injure the com mercial relations rxiMiug betneun tho United states una Uruguu." Killed Her lluabund by n lllow, Nxw OuiEAtH, Dec. 0,-Alex and Olivia Earnest, husband uud wife. III lng near Lake Charles, La., have been separated fur some lime. Alex went to his wife's residence last night to seek u reconciliation, but the old quarrel was rovived. In the quarrel the woman .truck her husband on tho neck with her Ul causing bis Instant death. Shosurrtndeiedatoacs to tho CONGRESS MEETS TO-DAY. HUE IMMlOllATlOS HILL HAS HIE ItKllIT 0 IF.tr IX HIE SEXATE. Nottitnc I.lkely to lit Done To. liny r.icept to ljtatrn to the President' McsmiKr An KrTort Will lie Mnde to C'hunse the Dnteaofthe rlpeclnl Ordern In tbe rlenule, Washington. Dec. 0. -It Is not likely that anything will bo dono In either House of Con gress to-morrow, except to exchange congratu lations ar condolences, as tho casu may be. over the result of tho elections and to listen to the President's message. When the last session closed tho House Immigration bill had and now has tho right of way In tho Senutc. It Is tho unfinished business nnd will bo called up J'l o forma at the expiration of the morning hour, S o'clock. Although known as tho llouto bill on lhq calendar as reported to tho Senate by Mr. Lodge.lt is a materially different measure, all of the llouso provisions, having been stricken out except tho enacting clause nnd a now bill substituted. This bill will bo called up on Tuesday by Senators Lodge nnd Chandler, who deslro to push It to a vote as quickly as possible. As tho bill camo from the Housu It provided not only for the exclusion of Immigrants who could not fill the educational test, but went at soma length Into tho regulating of alien con tract labor. Mr. Lodgo's substitute provides for what Is known as tho educutlnnal test, and excludes all persons over 14 ysurs ot ugowho cannot rcud and wrlto the language of their native country oresome other language, except that an aged person not so uble, who Is a parent or grandparent of an admissible Immigrant, mar accompany or bo sent by such Immigrant. For tho purpose of testing the ability of the immigrant to read and write, a oltatlun of Ave linos from the Constitution of the United Slates is to be used, printed lu tho various languages of the Immigrants, in good slxcd, rcadablo type, known as doubto small pica. Failure to comply with this test moans deportation to the country whenco the Immi grant came, at the expeuse of tho steamship company carrying him. An effort will be inado to secure new dates for tho consideration of special ordors that w ere not reached during the last session. The measures now coming under this preferred head ara Senate bill 1,012, to prevent tho desecration ot tho national flag; House bill 3,200, to amend the act to prevent the extermination ot fur-bearing animals of Alaska: House bill 878, to reduce the cases In which the penalty of death may bo Inflicted, aud Senate joint resolution proposing an amendmenttotbe Constitution providing for the election of Senators by popular vole. An Important local bill, on which there has developed a bitter tight. Is Ihe Detroit Bridge bill fur a bridge across the Detroit River. Il was poslpoued at the lastsesslun until tbe first Mon day In December. In addition lo the appropriation bills thero aro several measures mat. will contend with each other for tbo right ot way. Prominent among these are tho bills to refund the Prclflo Railroad debt: to admit the Territories of New Mexico aud Arizona; authorizlug the Secretary of the Navy toenll.t additional men, now pend ing in the Senate ou a motion to reconsider tbo vole by which It n as passed ; Mr. Davis's reso lution relative to tbe assertion and enforce meut of the Monroe doctrine: a bill to facllllalo tho construction of a cable between this coun try and the republloot Hawaii: providing for a uuifuriuulasntllcattun and grading of agricul tural products, aud one prosidlug for the reor ganization ut tho consular and diplomatic ser vice. In the House of Representatives there will be tho swearing in of two new members to first en- fage the attention of Speaker Reed and tho louse Messrs. Boatnerof Louislaua and Mokes of south Carolina. These gentlemen enjoy the unusual distinction of having twice rocelved certincates of election toons Congress. At tho last session tbelr seats were declared vacant, but tbe contestants did not succeed in estab lishing their rights thereto, aud nuw elec tions wero ordered to till the vacan cies. Since Congress adjourued another va cancy has occurred that occasioned by tbs dsuthof former Speaker Crisp. His son. who was bis father's clerk, hus been nominated to fill the unexpired term, hut tho election will not be held until thu l(!th Inst, The death of Mr. Crisp will probably be announced by one of his former collesgues, and after tbe reading of tbe President's message tbe llouso will udjourn. Mr. Blue, Chairman of tbo sub-coiumlltee ot tbe Committee on Appropriations, at a suitable opportunity will report the Geueral Pension bill to the House and announce a day for its consid eration. This will doubtless be earl) In tho week. The rules of Ihe House provide that all busi ness on the calendar shall retain Its place throughout an entire Congress, so that adjourn ment from one esilon to another means uu more thau adjournment from day loda. The programme of bu.lness for tbo first week of the session will depend on tbe developments from day today of committee action and recom mendation. Before the week closes however, the Legislative, Executive, aud Judicial Appro priation bill will be reported and placed on tho calendar, and on r rlday night thero will be tbe usual session tor the consideration of private pension bills. Speaker Reed, who arrived in Washington last night, had a long conference to-day with Chairman Dlugley of the Was and Meaus Committee and ex-ofllclo leader of tho Repub licans on the floor of tlio House, relative la the legislative programme for the coming session. Later lu the evening Mr. Reed said thai he Is still strongly of tbe belief that Ihe Dlngley hill or some other tariff legislation should tie enacted by tbo benato at ome. The 'treasury Is lu Dressing need of revenue, he tald, w blch should e furnished without delay. The Speakerndded that In his opinion tho Re publicans of the Senate, if they should act to gether, could bring any measure ton vote upon which thev all agreed, notwithstanding the ab sence of the previous uuestlnn In the Senatucodn of rules. Ho had no knowledge as to the truth of the report thai the Restibllcans of both Houses would meet in joint conference at a very early day to decide whether an attempt would be made to enact tariff legislation at this session If such a couferenee Is to be held, the Speaker suld, hu had not heard ot It. KILLED III ins orr.v OP.V. John Kratan Took It br the U a tile nnd Net It In n ltout. Faii Hockawav, L. I.. Dec. C Ono of a party ot four hunters mot his death Into this afternoon on the shoro of Jamaica Bay, near Rockanay Park, through the ucrldental dls. charge of his shotgun. Tho man had bvou gun ning ulung the shores of the bay since early morning. Just before tho accident three ot them were walking along the beach, and the fourtli was rowing u small boat which thu party had been using. Shortly before fi o'clock. It being thcnqulto dark, the men on shore decided to enter the boat and start for a place where they had left some of their effects. They hailed tbolr companion lu tho boat, and In response he rowed In toward tbo beach. When tbe bow of the boat touched tho shore one of the three men, with hlsguu over his shoulder, started tuwurd tho boat, As he reached the bow of the craft be swung his gun around and, gra'ptug il by the muzzle, let tho butt donn into Ihe boat. The huilstruok the side of the boalaud the gun iva&dUchurged. Thu gunner fell over dead 'ihecharguufbhothad blown away iho right side of his face. Ho wan John Kratun of East New York. Ho was mar ried and lived lu Vermont street, near Liberty avenue. While two of tils companions stayed by tho body, the third went to the station ut Seaside and sent word to Coroner Coombs nt In wood. 'Ihen ho boarded a train bound for llrookli n, to communicate, tho uenn to Kralan's fainlh. Kinlau's companions, it is reported here, say that honnscarrylnghlsguu with both hammers at full cock. Late to.nlght the body was brought to tho morgue at this plucr. IlltlCKS IX III.OCICU OF 7IIIIEE. Tlier Are Tossed ThrouBh Mr. Freeman's lllndow livery Mitiurdnr Nl;ht. Three bricks were thrown through the glass of a window of 1 humus Freeman's plumbing shop nt SO Juckson avenue, Long Island l ity, six weeks r.go last S.uurda night, Freeuiuti had now gluss put In thu window, and on the tolluwing hattuduy night three bricks were thrown throush the new glass. Every Salurdnv mgni slme three bi icks hm gone through tho same window. Freeman visited his shop ve. terday morning to see If his enemy hod forgot ten him, but tho glass was smashed and the threa bricks were lying on tbs shop floor. 'Ihe Long Island City police are tr lng to get a clue to lbs brick thrower. Freeman says he did nut siaij: to msTninvTB conx. Sufferers from Drnn.ht In X,oulslnnn to be ICellevcd. Ni:w Oiit.EANS, I.n., Dec. 0. Gov. Foster yes terday nppnlntcd a committee of four, with A. Mill saps of Monroo as Chairman, to arrange for tho distribution of corn nnd other supplies In the parts of north Louisiana stricken by drought, and authnrlred tho committee to draw on the Stato treasury to tho amount of $0J,000. The monibcrs went to St. Louis recently, ar ranged thero for tho purchase of corn nt a cheap figure, and securod from the railroads re duced rates on all shipments of supplies to tho drought section, Tho Governor to-day authorized the com mltteo tn go on with their work, Tho Stato will pay tho freight on the corn and sell It ai cost to the north Louisiana farmers, or gtvo It to those who cannot afford to pay. Thero are seven par ishes afteclcd, and sub-committees In each will see to the proper distribution of tho corn and other supplies. Tho money sot aside for this purposo Is tho balanco of the direct tax fund paid oror to the Stato by tho United States sev eral years ago. ii Ann of suaxtt hill killed. Hnmh Tjlrleh Keller i-osea ner Life In sus Accident. lIONnflIiAi.n.I'o., Dec. U.- Sarah Ulrlch Kelley, known as the "Bard of Shanty Hill," and an aspirant before Congress for tho place of Poet Laureate of America, was Instantly killed to day In Cherry Ridgo township by being thrown from her carriage. ScitA.VTnN. Pa., Doc 0. Sarah Ulrlch Kelley was a familiar flguro In Scranton and all through tho LacknWanns Valley. In which she passed much of her time In tho lastscoroof years. As the widow of John Kelley, a veteran of the wnr, sho sung her need of a pension In poetical mcasurc.and she personnllyplaccd it in tho hands of Congressmen until her want was granted. Mrs. Kelley was regarded by many as eccentric yet sho had friends everywhere who sympa thized with her In hor deslro to attain national distinction, a mark which she claimed because of tho war service of her husband. fOItlT-PirE SHACKS WltECKBD. A llesvj le Alone the Hrlttanjr and Month Enaland Cosits. Paiiis. Dee. ll. A heavy gals Is prevailing In Brittany, und tho reports received show that severe losses havo been sustained by tbo fisher men along that const. It is Known that forty five smacks have been lost, but there has been no report of any loss of life. Tho breakwater at Point Edgegrave. Bor deaux, has been broken by tbo heavy seas pounding against It, and tho low. lying country thereabout la submerged. London. Dec. 0. Reports have been received from Dover. Uythe. and Worthing detailing tho damage done at those places by tho gale. ESOLAXD FO()T THE KILL. Hhe Return to r.srrt ssSOO.OOO Taken from the Trrnaurj, Cairo, Dec. 0. Great Britain has advanced and tbo Egyptian Government has accepted tho sum of 500,000 to be repaid Into the Egyptian Treasury In pursuanco of the judgment of tho Court of Appeal, which decided that tho Calsse dola Dette Publlque had no right to advance that or any other sum to meet tho expenses of the Soudan campaign. A GIFT TO THE MASSACHUSETTS. The Forward Turret or the flattie Hhlp Prepared Tor the Stntne of Victory. Tho bronro statuoof Victory which has been presented to the battle ship Massachusetts by the Stats ut Massachusetts will soon be placed on tbe forward turret of tho vessel. Tho work of boring through the sixteen inches of solid Harveyized steel, of which tho turret is com posed, to fasten the statue to the turret. I su perintended by Naval Constructor Bonlos at the Brooklyn yard. The statue will not be un veiled until the formal presentation, nhen the battle ship reaches Boston tn n few months. Tbe figure Is six feet tn height, and represents Vlitory holding a naked sword In both hand. This will bo the Inicriutlon underneath it: "Duty Done Is Victory Woo." Naval officers are divided in opinion as to the appropriateness of the gift In the tlrst place and also as to lis position ou the forward turret. Naval Constructor Bowie, however, approves of It in both respects. Such an artlstlo em blem, he thinks, cannot fall to prove a constant encouragement to patriotism. Unlike a silver set, he says, it will be ever in view of the crew. FAVLKXEIC WILL XOT ICESIO. n ry He tVIII Krtnnln In the Stnalo Until Ills Terra Expires In 180O. Washington. Dec. d. Senator Charles J. Faulkner of West Virginia, Chairman of tho Democratic Congress timmlltee In the re cent campaign, returned to Washington to day from a short stay at his home. He nas asked about the report published this morning that he intended to resign from the Senate and become counsel for a large corporation. Hn said there was nothing in it now. but tno sears ago that was his expectation. "A very desirable and lucrative offer was made to me In 1 bill, and after consideration I decided In accept It w Ith n prov Iso. I told some of the lrndlng Democrats of my Stato that if they carried the Legislature I would luave the Senate, and they could elect two Senators. Vo had carried tho State every eur since 1S72, and I had no Idea that tho result nf tho election would be different then. But ll was. Und I did not resign. Tho situation is the same now. uud 1 shall uol leave until my term expires in lbUO, TO USE IHE THIRD RAIL SVSTEiT. Hmnlt l.lnea oflhn Nesv Haven Hood Near Hartford to He bo Equipped. llAHTroitn. Conn., Dec. a. Tho announce ment Is made that the New York, New- Haven and Hartford Railroad will title steps Imme diately lo equip Its short lines In this neighbor hood with tbo third tall electric system, A big power house will ho built at Berlin, ten miles south of here, and It is said thai electric cars will lie run b February. The eli ctrlo j stem will also be put In on the New Fiigland Road, between New Britain and Hartford, ami cars will be run between New Britain and Berlin nnd New- Britain and Hart ford, The distance Is about twelve miles from hero to New Britain, and a fifteen or iwouiy uiltiule schedule will be possible. 'I his move on the part of the steam road Is an effort to head off an electric slreot railway be tween here und New Britain. Efforts havo been made to build It, but so far the steam road tins succeeded lu blocking ilia project in tho courts. Work will be begun at ouco on the equipment of the third-rail nvstem. W03IEX VI511 SHARKEY. The Injured Pontile! Hl Confined to Ills Uuoru-.V 81O.OO0) orrcr. San riiAVCJSio, Doc. U. Tom Sharkey held a loveo to-duy. A largo number of women called upon him and littered his sick chamber with (lowers. At the "Chutes" this afternoon Fltrslmmnns and his trainer Illustrated the Sharkey knock out blows twice lo a crowd of 13.000 persons. vv ho 'heurud him wildly. 'IheOlmploClubnf this city has offered a purse ot SlO.OOOfor a len-routid contest he. tneen L'nrheli and Fltzslramoii", 'I he former has replied, stating that lie will consldrr nothing les than Jl.VuoO, uuu a suit able ullon ance for training expe es. Flliluitnons, when apprled of the offer made by the Olmpio Club, expressed his willing, tics to accept any propositi"!! cub iilatid to bring about n meeting with (oibett. hut re-nluti'ly adhered to lilt preference for a llnlsh tlu!it, ami suggested that ' Pompadour Jim" do Lu. ine.s with Dan Stuart tlrst. struck Ilia Non.ln-I.uw u Fatal II low. Patrick MoMauus, OS! years old. of IDA San. ford street, Wllllamsburgh, struck his eoii-ln. law. Daniel Mcllugb, on the hi ad with an axo during a row last night. Mcllugh will dlu. McManus was arrested, rirst-tlnss Tabu d'llola IS, Cents. v Uh wins IL09. Tts Waiwick, Urualwsy audtOlhst. HO I'liESE.NT FOR BAVARD. fl JIB DEC LIS Its WITH THAX1C.1 TUB M TELEGRAPH'S PROPOSAL. 'H Ills Views or Propriety Won't Permit Hint M to Jtenetlt br ThU Newspaper Enter H prise The TeleRrnph Hints That I'ross. H ure from Home Mny Have Intervened, H Loniion, Dec. 0. Mr. Thomas F. Bayard, tho M American Ambassador, has written a letter to) H tho lAidy Trtrifrapn regarding that journal'! ! proposal to take ua a public subscription for th (nH purpose of purchasing him a national Christ- lt mas gift as a token of tho esteem of the British l poople, Tho letter, which Is dated Dec, fi, says 'M " Early this morning I telegraphed you not ta bbI proceed further with your kind and generous" H proposal for a testimonial to ins from the people H of this country in token of their appreciation ot jH iny efforts to establish between tho two great ' risBBBBBsl English-speaking countries relations ot bar- H motiy and good will," sbbbbI Mr. Bayard then proceeded to say that ho was jH touched and gratified by the proposal and ths Imssi Trtcuruph's generous eulogy ot him, but that a bH few hours' reflection showed him that, bold- H lug his present ofiloa and Invested with, H Its discretion and duties, ho should scrupu- IbbI lously oboy tlio spirit of his country'! IIbbbbbbI law, which Inhibits any one holding an office of IbH trustor profit under tbe American Government IbsbbI from accepting "without tho consent of Con- I'ibbbbbbI grass any present from any King, Prince, or FbsbbI government," iIsbbbbI He furthor says: "While I live I shall not bsbbbI ceaso to thank tho people of these Islands for bsbI the wholo-hearted, unstinted welcome I havo JbsbI received at their hands and the warm hospltall- 'iasa! ties that hav e been showered on me and mine." i'bbI Tho Tcl(utaih, In a leader, announces tha ''bsbI withdrawal of Its proposal, it sas thore is no H ueid to Inquire whetherany high official author- ''bsbI lty Influenced Mr. Bayard to decline the pro- bbsbI posed gift. The reception of tbs proposal hat 'bI shown how sincere is tho good will ot tho Eng- PbbI llsh nation toward him. '! IXDICTED THE FREEHOLDERS? ' ilM" Hudson County Offloinla "Did Bullosas ' jR ullu Contractors. 'aam A rumor Is current In Jersey City that tha 1bB Grand Jury has Indicted tho Dcmocratlo mom- ubsb1 burs of the Hudson County Board of Free- JbbbbI holders which went out of official exlstonco on 'bH Saturday. Ths indictment Is said to be for bsbv! collusion A'lth favored bidders in tho awarding SbbbbI of contracts. When bids for supplies for tho fimaH county institutions aro advertised for, a bidder bsH who Is In on tlio ground floor puts high prices bsbv! on cheap goods and ion- prices on goods that rasH uro expensive. Iho specifications noser men- -ttbbH tlon any stated quantity of nny nrtlclelhat Is to bbH be supplied: tu-y slmnly cull for about to 'ibbI much of each article. It is alleged that when vsbH thocoitracls are awarded tho favored con. tsbbbI tractor secures orders for large quantities of l sIbbbI tho cheap articles for which he has put lu, bbI high prices, and small quantities, or, perhaps, ' bbbb! none ut all, of the expensive goods. Thi-, ll Is t'bbbbI claimed, cannot be done exttpt by collusion. UiCbbbb! Shurtff Heller, who sas director of tho Board I bbb! of Freeholders until ne wa" elected heritl, is I -bbbbI said tnb Included tn the Indictments. I i'BBBai 1 Is al-o rumored that L, 11. Broome, super. SaBBBs vIslLg architect of the new City Hall in Jersey tH City, aud Richard English, the mason con- Vbbbbs tractor, have been indicted for putting glazed Nasi b-icks ot an inferior quality lu the building. 'I-bbbbI 1WO MAXUOLES VLOWX UP. (bbbI ,,'H leetrlcT.ls;ht Wires IcslleOss In the. Well ,H Fourteenth eili eet eiubwny. bbbI Two explosions took place in the subway at ''bbbbI Eighth avenue end Fourteenth street shortly UbbbbI after 1 o'otock yesterday morning. The reports, FtaBVs which occurred almost simultaneously, wero Jam! heard several blocks away, causing a panto ibafl among the residents of ihe neighborhood. Aa bbbbI few- people were passing at tbe time, no one was tal Injured. 'IbbbI The first explosion took place about ten rain- -bbb1 ctes past 1, In front of -ill West Fourteenth, ffai street, Tno heavy manhule cover was blown fal into tho air and landed on tho sidewalk twenty A feet uwuj. A moment later the large man- 5, hole on tho southeast corner of Fourteenth J street and Eighth avenue blew up with great -i force, ripping up about '.'OO square feet of tbs V asphalt pavement, and tearing out the concrete foundation underneath. L The gas mams run through the subway on, Eighth avenue, and aro cro-ed by theelectrlo V light wires which feed the lamps on Fourteenth. street. It was at the point of crossing that tho 'fi. explosion occurred, and as there has been an fi odor of gas In the vicinity for several days. It Is 6 believed that jus escaping into thu manhole y was ignited by au clecflo spark. I tiCOUXDREI.S SHOULD HE HANGED. II. Clay Kvsni's Utterance llesnrdlas tBB Tennessee Election Frauds. il Chattanooga, Tcnn.. Dec. t). Ata meeting 'J In this city jesterday of the State Republican Editors' Association i x-Represenintlvo H.Clay V Evans. ex-United Stales Senator Wlllard War- t- ner, and Col. II. B. Case, Slate Department K Commander of tho li. A. Redelivered lndlg- ' nam speeches, taking as their theme the elec- . tlon frauds In Tennessee in November last. Mr. Evnus sulci that If thu scoundrels who .V committed the frauds hud their deserts they "A would be hanged to telegraph poles Ho de- clared that Norlhorn Immigrants and capital ,;; would not iiibb ,-outll till tlm ballot is purified. V Commander Case was loudly upplauded nhen . ' he said ; " Wo will get our rights only at the point of i ourguui-." 'Ihe utterances havo aroused many bitter comments. V IfOlr TO DRIXK ItEER. Dstter to l.at n Little. Ilread Ilefore In- ;' dtilKlnB In the tleverwKe. ja Briu.lN, Dec. 0. 1 ho Hessian Court has given a decision upon the Question of the injurious or tj healthful methods of drinking which is being I widely quoted, A restaurant keeper. In making ?J an application for n license ta sell spirits, ; pleaded that it was necessarily conducive lo t health that a g' is of cognac should le taken ,' before a peron drank a quantity of beer, W A number of eminent iheiiiiats ami others ; wore cal.eil as expert witnesses-, aiming them Prof, Gurfkj of the Gle.sen llvgieim Institute, I and their testimony persuaded Ihe I ourt lode. . clue that, although a small portion of brandy , would have a salutary effect. It would be belter . that bread should be eaten bi'lore a quantity ot ,i beer it us consumed, ' prayers roil Jin. iiouaiiToy. ? Dncey Avlts Ht, I.en'i. onBrruntlnn tn Pray ' for the Sslek I'plsmuul t'lericrmnit. y. Father Ducoy, pastor of !. Lei's Roman Catholic Church. Just before beginning his ser- 'i Luon nt the 11 o'clock mass jesterday morning, called upon tho congregni ion lo offer up praver.s 7 for thu speedy recoverv of tluiRiiv lr Mouth- 1, tun, rietur of the l'roies'aul Episcopal I'hurou '. known us "The luilo Church Around tho ' Corner," Fulhrr liucej at uded lo Dr Hough ion as ii dear neighbor who-n good deeds bad 4 won him the love uul esteem of ever) lioiiy, T Dr, Houghton v. a- wor-u on saturdav night, '' but seemed to Improve jesterday. Pneumonia has set In, but hi- pMsiciunsuru hopetul, I.n t'hnnipugiir lilt- Itollgh Trip, ft- 'i ho French liner La Champagne, which an. " chored ut yuui amine lust overling, hndntltna f ut It in two lieuv v gules sho encountered on the voyage from Hut re. When she was two daysout a big sen tumbled over her weather bow and bent the ra In g of the bridge, snu spent nearly I twudavs butlelliig waves stirred up by Iho o). ' clone thai liia'ti trouble lor IIik masters oil tho ' Carulinas ou '1 uesditj and ednesday. - lliiiiiivtii N.isnl Apprentices Return. Nl ii" in. I. J.liei.il All uf ths apprentice il bos who r npul tiotn the naval truliilug sta- , m tion e ' du afternoon had been brought back 1 or I. iid ri u bed of their own free will by 11 ,1 o'clock last night. a One tnalneer Kills Another In Usmlco, C in oy Mexico. Dec. 0. W. O. Wilson, a civil engineer of the State uf Tennessee, was I killed e.terdar by another Auvetlcan a- I ; Binvsr named UUhop King. Cr