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v??? IV N?? I7.72(i.
NEW-YORK,
TI KSDAV,
MAY ?H, IMI3.-TWELVE PAGES.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
KILLED BY UNKNOWN MEN
A MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN THE HOME OF
M. C. D. BORDEN.
rCRDlNAXD HARM*. ?? DORTOW 8 SECOND BUT
. ,?,. OiiWKRED A KIN?; OF -nil: BASEMENT
PEU. OF Tin?. HOVRE AT NO. ? WEST
FIFTV SIXTH ST.. ???) WAS S1K>T ON
OPENING Tin: poor. No TRACE
Tin: MURDERERS,
\ .?'. ting, mysterl mi an 1 desperate orim?-? ira?
committed yesterday, when ;i colored butler was
murVTcd In a rich man's house In a fashl niable
part of the city at midday. Two mon took rart in
,he murder, and the police last night were with?
out even a clew t.> their Identity. If ro!>i,ery was
the motivi for the crime, the murderen were ?lis
gnpolnted, for they were frightened away ai aoon
ai? they ha I shot their victim. If revenge was the
mrtiv-\ the police have yet to learn the cause of
: ? it,-'?.
vi ttlm was Ferdinand Harris, a negro, who
was employed in the family of If. C. i'. Borden, a
linen merchant, who ?s in business at No. 117
Dtl .1 ?
The Borden home I? NO. 2.'. Weal Flfty-slxth-St,
and If a fur-story brownstone dwelling. Tho
,j:i entran ?? I? '?:i ned by a high stoop, built
?I." shaped. Beneath thla stoop is th.- basement
entrance. Tin-.>r four stops lead down to the
basement l or fr> m : e sidewalk. There an- out?
ride Iron dons, which tre not faatened during the
.lay. and next to these are glass-panelled doors,
h .? ne always kept lock* L
Tin? Borden family consists of Mr. Borden, hl?
wif- and four grown sons. There are seven ser?
vants. Five of them an? girls, named Katie
(?ynch, Katie Fitzgerald, Katie Murphy, Kath?
ie ? and Mary Ryan. There were two colored
butlers. One was Harris. Henry Wallace Is the
head butler. The murdered man had been m the
employ , f Mr. Borden since last October. He was
h'.r-'d on the recommendation "f Wallace. Pre
vious to assumili? the place of butler, the mur?
dered man hid been employed for four years as a
j. :??: ? the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was
born In Petersburg, Va., and came North about
eight years aco. He has a brother ar: 1 uti le in
this ? Ity.
Mrs Borden was out of the house, and her
husband and sons were away, when the mur?
der was committed yesterday. The head butler
was absent also. It was about 1:M p. m.. and
the city was still darkened by the storm when
the basement bell ranp. It is the duty of Kittle
Murphy to answer this bell. When It ranjr she
was In the kitchen talklnp to Katie Fitzererald.
the conk. She started to open the dour, but
as she Stepped into the b>np, narrow hall lend?
ing from the kitchen to the basement entrance
she saw the butler come out of a ro >m close to
the entrance. He called to her that he would
answer the bell, and then stepped to the door.
He turned the key and unlocked the door. As
he pulled it open two nun stepped into the
hall. This s th'? story t .id by Kittle Murphy:
N< < QUARRBL HEARD.
She Fays she stood on the threshold of the
klti hen and saw the door opened by Harris
and the men enter. She did riot hear any
words passed, but suddenly several sh"is were
lired. She did not see a weapon drawn by the
men. nor did she see the butler shot. The only
tangible story she will tell \s that she heard the
ehots flred and then ran Into a pantry and
Ocked herself in. She did 8t>, she says, because
she was frightened.
Katie Fitzgerald, the conk, was not so nervous,
though as much startled. She looked into the
hall and saw the butler making toward her.
He sta?ti?'-r.-d as far as the threshold of the
kitchen, and called to the cook: "Get a doctor. I
am shot." Katie Fitzgerald says I,. nevi r spoke
another word that sh?? heard. He was standing
by the kitchen door as she ran out ,f th?? house
i:i search of the nearest d ctor. She stood on the
F:d> walk a few minutes, waiting to see if a ? -
liceman would appear No officer came. s> she
hurried along toward Bixth-ave., watching every
house for a doctor".? sisn. At ? ?. 47 West Fifty
sixth-st.. she found Dr. Dessau, who hurried
with her to the Borden h?.us-. When !.?? ?? .t
there Harris was sitting against a closet near
the threshold of the kitchen, dead. A bullet had
pierced his abdomen. The doctor's services
srars not needed, ani h?? went away Just as
several policemen arrivi l at the house.
DARKNESS HID THE MEN.
An investigation was at once start? 1, but It
was not productive of Important results. Katie
Murphy could not give any description of the
men or tell how the shooting occurred. The
detectives went outside and found Carl Schml It,
Bheppard Knapp'? coachman, who told them
that he heard the shooting and saw two men
dash out of the basemen) where the munir
was committef), but he could not say whether
they were black or white. He ascribed his
failure to distinguish the men to darkness
Bchmldt Bald that one man came nit first and
tli- other followed in about a minute. They
tan ti Flfth-ave., aid turned the corner in
the direction of Flfty-seventh-st. No trace of
them could be found after that. The other
person who saw the men escaping was Dena
Ohlllger, of NO. 408 Fast Blxty-thlrd-st., who Is
employed as a laundress in a private family at
No. 3o West Pifty-sixth-st., directly acroa? the
street from where the murder occurred. Bhe
told the police that she was stringing a line
in the front basement when she hear.) four
shots flred. and a minute or two later saw two
men run out of the basement of the H irden h use
She could not say whether they were black or
white, but, according to her recollection, one
of the men won S derby and the other a slouch
hat.
THEORIE! REOARDIXO THF. CRIME
Matthew C. D. Fad?;., when seen by a Trib?
une reporter at his home shortly after the mur?
der of his second butler yesterday afternoon.
said that be 'vas al hl? office, al No. 117 D?nne?
st, when he was Informed by telephone of the
trouble at the house. Mr. Borden said that he
could form no idea a* to the how or the wherefore
of the crime. All he |u* w was that when he g .t
to the house th- ?. dy had I.? removed to an
Inner ro .m, and that he should give ?t up t..
the relatives of the dead man aa soon aa h?? re
; authorisation t. do so. Th? brother and
uncle of the murderers victim at? th- only rela?
tives, it |a said, that he liad it? New Yotk.
There .,., m ?,, b- two theories regarding this
sudden ani startling ? time One i? thai th- two
men w.u. liei th- house, and aft..- seeing Mis.
Borden and the head butler u? out, approached
the from basen? ni ? or, thinking that th- place
was empty and th- roast clear They may heve
rang;and las?me disi ite with the as stani butlei
the fir--t of the si oti may nave b en >- Idental,
and they ?rere obliged to Antsh the . i-tini In
order to escape, >r Harris may have attempted
? ? oppose their entrance, and mei u>-- death
while trying to defend hi? employer's property.
Th??? second theory is a leas tenable one, it up
i'0?*>s that the murder was the outcome of some
ite quarrel between Hani? and some des?
perado, who calle.| at th- boUSfl f.JT the purpose
?.' wreaking vengeance on blm.
The murdered man'? uncle, David Harris. w-ho
!? a waiter for Dt Klmball. of L'T West Thirty -
eighth-st., was also called t ? the house, bit - oui I
not aid the police in any way. except to give the
history of the dead man. Both th- uncle and
brother? said that Harris was engaged to be
married to a colored jfirl named Rose Artie, who
is a servant in the famUj of Dr .?. m Kramp?
ten of No Ml Weal Thlrty-fourth-st. The
marriage was to take pia * Si an early date The
girl alSS comes from Petersburg, and has known
Harris for ."-ven or eight years Al far as lbs
Harrises knew their murdered relative had no
rival for the crlrl's affections.
When the Set? tives called to see the ^iri they
found her In hysterics, and nothing could be
learned from her. The news o? the murder I ad
prostrated her, and her shriek'? could be heard
out in th? stree!.
?
?ni: gr. inns pxsxr.s orr t? sa.
Dt aware lire.ikwater. ??? 27 -The American |
FI'.? BtOBSaef St. ?????*. which left Philadelphia on
Saturday for a three-days' trial trip, passed to sea
*J W? o'clock this mornlna. rihe was detained In
ine Delaware Bay yesterday by ??*.
THERE WAS (?HEAT DARKNESS
A HAD QUARTER OF AN HOl'R FOR NEW
YORK city.
tho elevai
) ?? routini?.? ?
found In the
THI'XDEH ani? I,|i;htmv, \. ? ? ?p IKIED TBK
ATMOSPHERIC iwi.i. ??G? SEOR01* RTITKKED
AND OSE ??.? ???.?.?:?. at ??????? PARK,
BROOKI..YX THE DARK DAT* OWHieTORY,
'??? gai waa lighted yeeterday In tea middle of the
da) .ill over New-York. ?? ? ? ?? w unui ml fog
or amok?. On the contrary, rain wa' felling hearlly,
il!' 1 thftl I? ii-.iiV.1y s i|i; ,?-. I 10 cPar the air. Tat
the aride a?acea In the city ?-here the sunlight falli
unobatructed when II falli al all *? r?> aa dim ??
they usually are in th.? middle of the evening;
placca where there i* usually ? pieaaanl aha k be
came ipoti <>f ?loom, and the ipaeei between high
building? were elmoat absolutely lark? So ordinary
work could be done Inalde buiKlngi without arti?
ficia] light s nid.? of Ike courti idjourned nearly
:in hour >? Mer than ueual. Lanpa were lighted In
llway care. Thcae few peopl ? ark ?
ili.? watch for lie end of the a irl ?
ry darkneaa ? gleam of hope. The
m TP general view was that ? cyclone waa coming
There was a general closing o arindows, aa tn In?
vitation for the cyclone to ?tor outside the house
and thoae who had ofllcea In mar building! from the
fifteenth t.. the twentieth Boon began to wlah thai
they had atayed nearer th? eirth
Bualneaa was aim?'?: enttnly auapended on the
sto. k Exchange. The Exchange waa lighted, bul
the membera crowded about tie doora and wli loa
and aeeined to be more Intereated In U
and weird darkneai than In Ihe flueruatlona of the
market, At the Produci Riehange bualneei wai
brought lo a standstill whlh the darkneai
The lighting facilities ar pocr, and the telegraphic
orden could noi he p ? ? While II Mated fully
fifteen mlnutea bulini ;- a ti practically au ; ?
? wag on the Stock Exchange ihow< lai
a letter which waa report? ? ? ? hav >.p aent fi
? broker'! office. In which the writer eald: "And
u deep, denae darkneaa descended on Wall Rtroet
when it became knows that Byrnea had asked t
be r. tir. l. and the ?loom reated on the ?
centre and was noi dlapelled until th? newi cam
that hla recjueet had been granted And II ?a?
wall"
THE CITT 'N DEEP OLOOM
The trouble really began at noon, of a few m
later. Before thai it ?ed been rather gloomy, even
for a rainy 'lay. but then tt began to get pheni tn
enally 'lark. It laated for only a little while. Bj
1?30 it ha ? begun to grow a little lighter again. Th
effect from th?? wlndov? : The Tribune office wax
moat curious. City Man Park looked much ti
: a starlight nlghj by r, ? meana -
on a moonlight nlghl Th? high build
th* square loomed up It ? ?? ^ ghoetly way.
ry vlalble Th?? elevated railway station In Park
Place could not be a?en al all. In fact, it wai
?.^ ...ly possible ? ? ' ? ? ? ? t smaller l
: . ?g beyon ? ??>? ? rner of th? ? istoffl
l'.r a la ay
The oldest InhaMtanl aald thai he had nev ?
?n. h darkneaa a? mldlay. s me youi -
however, who hn ? better memori? ?. recalled ? I irk r
.lay in the autumn of Ml. Bui thai waa lu* ? by
foreat Bree. Then the air becanw ft ? moky
Bchoola were dismissed and all Indoor arork, <
artificial Ughi roui ! no! be ; ? ? ?
pended. Mother Bhlpton had - ? that
end of the world, ani ih ?se wh ? wer?
... it ber pred t. 'as r -it sure that II ha ;
It was generally auppoaed that thoae ari
- wen the least ? irmed ? ?
darkneaa, i"it It was Impoaatble to :'.:,'
persona, in order to verify the w ?; I
the ignorant ?.."<ple, in the poorer quarter?
city, feeling! ? f apprehension of an ; ? :1
were really frequent ani Inte
Next to the persons artth clear conadencea, m?n
of science seemed lacllaed to regard th* wh ila sub?
ject moat lightly. Profeaeor John ? it.?, s of
liimMa Colle??, in anewer to laqukrlea by a Tribune
reporter, Bald that beyond the faot that tt was .?
tretnety denae there wai nothing? phenomena
the darkneaa. "There were no unuaual 'onditi ??."
he aald, "atta'-liint to th? gloom, which ?M
solely by the condensation of the exceeatvi
In the air."
During the thunderotorm a boll of Hghtntng
atruck one of th? cabina in the ground! at %m
broae Park. Boutl Brooklyn, used by the nei
In "Black America" quarter* There w< re ' >ur
darkeys, two mei and two women, In lb?
nt the timo, playing "craps." None of then
Inju ?-i bul all were atunned. A mule need ?
wnrklrg of the cotton . ill tig from R
Carolina, wai Ini killed There
?rable consternai ? among the ?
er."??< on the g? tunda and 't arai ?ritti thi ;????..?? ?
effort that they vere finali) mai
it nrm had subsided ihoui 1
hundred of the nnxroea gathered ti . ??
kneeling down, chanted hymna ol Ihankfuln?
their < - ape.
OTHER PARK DATA RECALLED
Although there are. as has been laid, riviri?.? vivid
recollection? of me dark day of >?'-. pel In thla
pari of the country and in New-England when
the term "the dark day" i.? used it meani May 19,
it?... The darkneu then was .? ?? ? and ? ?
f< nd<-1 from New-Jersey to Maine ll wai mosl
denae in Maaaadiuaetta and New Hampshire It
was less in Nev-Tork, and in New-Jerse)
barely noticeable, It began between IO ani il a m
and lasted till n'Kht. li seeme I to be caused I
Honda that earre up from the southeast II iu
said that In the open air it Wl ! le ? ? rea I
ordinary print or to te]| ?he tim?? by a watch Th?
t.irds nil disappeared, and fowls areni to roost,
People who were overtaken by the darkneaa on
? ? : p t r y rorida wer? able to find th'-ir ?ray only by
poing toward distant lights, if they aere so fortu?
nate as to ?'? any it li scarcely necessary to >\
thai everybfdy th>-n bellevi t that the end of the
world had .-.irne. Th< f'onnectl il ,'? ?; dature -.vas
In session a: Hartford, and the me m he m fell
as -in.? aa everybo<lj else 'hat the whole
was done for Connecticut has always labored un
d.-r a conviction Of sin, from Its first nettici!? I I
the pr?sent day. When trams .ir?? not allowed lo
ron in meeting-time. \ member of th.? I<egi*ut
with the cimmon feeling that, wherevei
when a calamity 1? inimlnent. It Is better to be
somewhere*?!*?, moved tr, adjourn. "No,' tal ? an
other member, "if this Is tt,<. Day of Judgment
let ns be f.'ind ?????.?? our duty" .<., ? . ,
la fur?? went on enai ling blue la a
Previous to this, two dark days had been noti ?
In America on ? ???:<>r.<-r 21 17!?*. and <>.?,,!,.. ??,
17*52. To tfo further back, then was an extremely
dark day iti the year 95 H f., of a/hlch it nei ?
hardly be added, no observation) ??. taken In
America, so far as recorded, and thi-r?? were otl eri
In the yean ?. p eg, 744 and 77', in England
?liete were -?.-p k da ?. s in January, igty; and '"to
tier. Uli and In Canada October .^
ceptlonally lark Many t)).;, L have bei
van <??>. to sei ?'.?ml for ?u.-li phenomena Smoke
aeema usually to have a good deal to do with II
end vol ?nie ashe and ? tal an ali ? ? alle ? ui on
to bear their parti In the a oui ting. ??. apilo
heavy 'loud? are of coarse regarded ,- ? ?
causes, with the a Ided uaumntlon thai Ihej ..'?'??
arranged In double .-trata Whatever the . ?
the condition is unpiegsant at a tin
summer bright nei? is expected,
v. hen
THE GILDED EAOI.E BT?1TCK BY MOHTNIXO
In the thunderstorm yesterday, lightning ? truck
the gilded eagle on the to) of ih? laeataff which
Burmotmu the tower of th* Eagle Hotel at Reld
ave. ani Hancock-at., Brooklyn, ,,f ?hlc'h charlea
FJelbel is proprleti r. The eagle was blackened ?
what, and the flagstaff split The boll ?eat down
the aide of the house arltho?! dolna mu-li d-.u.i
Th? ? ople in Ihe hotel had a la' scar? ?'. '
silvered pole on the tower attracted a ??d deal of
.it?? nt Ion ?" "'
TH?. KOCK8CBJ8B TMHC?OB THE B0?8E,
Tlinv BARELY MlSfl A MOTEEN ANO HBR m,.
DREW, who AftK BADLT PRIOHTgfNtO) ny
Tin: NOME AM? i-.m.i.im; i?i,asti:i:
A serious accMeni took r,|il(., ?n gjatanjay ,(f?.r.
noon In Weal Hoboken, th.- ditali! of which were
not made known until yentcr.uy. Join, |\., ?,,
Of fnlon ??11. and a gang of men had been it
work for tuo w.-ks grading iMhols Bt t?,.
face Of th<? street la rock ?Uld considerai,.. ,
??? ?? neeeaggry to remove it. laturdaj after?
noon an unusually lar?;, i,I/t?*t uns lei off. and ? *?
huge j.i'-res of rock were hiowu ihrough tn. house
Of Herman Theumrnel. Which faaofl In Dubol
In the house when the rocke <r.iHhe,j through II
were Mrs. Theumrnel and her eh I.Iren. Th. y bad
a narrow aaoape. The eraafeung of the r? kv and
the fallliiK of the plao,.- f.tim ,hp wa)|s , ,.,.ih
lertifled theea, as Boon at they .?.?., ,i heS
Bed lo the str.-et and remain**! giere until ntiah
hors asHiirfHi Mrs. Theamme. that there a ui ?,
more dancer. -Mr. Peeney immediately t?|,| Mr,
Theumrnel. and later her huaband, that he would
pay for the damage don?, '
WANT h'/:Lsi;? TO GET OUT.
THE TRIBUNE'S EXPOSURES CREATE A
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WHAT TUR s1', >:? ? \?:? OP STATE .-WS ???G?
IT ??:?t;\.; OF THE VOOHHEES G????????
rONfUDRRIN?! hkmiMai. M50ISI?AT10N.
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?? nton, M ij ? (8pe -la? ??? -' 'rjr II
Trll une ih! morning ? \? ?It g Seen in "' s,:""'
Henry (' ? li . ? Itnan -lai c ? lltlon from ': own
sworn statt t, made lo the Trenton Tax *
s.T<. ? hose il itj it ?ras to H? Mi Kelsej here
of the local taxes, . ned s profoun ?
the Capitol ar. ! ihroughoiit the Si ite. Banking
on, tli and m inj Si il " h ?ve l? ng
? ; thai Mr Kelsey was avei to paying taxes,
alt ? s-nie ? v. ?. iut< l I ? pr? vailing ? k*a lhai he
w.is a mllll' p lire "The Evening 1 - ' '
ton, a l'?m rratl ? paper, apt iking ? lit?
after p f< rrlng in " arti? ;?. di ; in th it U th?
was nothing eli si iwn against th- ft'cretarj o
State, The Tribu .: hl
th.- tax niii..? is ?ufficimi ground u| ?n which to
demand Mr Kelsey'i reslanatlon forthwith,
pollili Ian* In this ? m ? ., , I that Mr. t
a Ian - real eel ite owner, but "
The Been larj of Btati iwn a fool ol real
. mate in Tn nton II- does -\* ? si m< little p il
prop? rty In Bui ? a ? 'ountj.
worth only a fi I>
. giving the H -.???-? it\ ..r Btnte ai ' '
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any real estati [Tei ?
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BEN? Il \'.i ?!"' ??? HE 1 ?Ol '?Il G THE
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E? lo.h?- Noah l>av|p Ip nn applicant for J
Court ..r Bp< ? i.ii ?? ? n il he ha? a line
Ind >i pemenl for II pia It is not a ?
mon t e.: ? un la ex-J Davis'? rep
utatlon, who has servd with high ?llstlnrtlon and
great rredlt for fourteei ? >eneh of the
Sut?: t.' lurt, I? ol '.?? for appolntnv nl to th? ? ? ti
criminal ludi lar) Hi I the venerable lui I
II? \? thai he - m lie of p .-m . In t!.r
ira ? I rat Ion of th? ? many las
judge* and t ui in? ? m? ? ? ? (he elty agree with him
Iti this view, and t. v? ? urged the Mayor
t.. appoint him,
\?? ? ? V- .o ? . me? hai anon, lid IP ??
Ilot . ? ? ? true, ? '.? Ins. an ai pile in! for s ? : ?
un !-r a law whl . .?? ???? d, In a l< gai
opinion, t . b? lituilonal. When the pi
polire Justice determine?) t.. fighi the I'll) M u
Irate? law In Ih ? oui t the) ret? ? ? ? ' I
Darla, and it li un k rstood lhal he re? ? Ived ? hand
? ?? :. ? im ? Il. .?, li ar Up IO Ih? l'OUI I Ol
Appeals, t?,? . however, ma) ??- viewed aa a mat?
ter "f buslnes? on the ex Judge's part, end perhaps
Mayor St ron? will noi allo? Il t.- wetgh against
Mr, Ds ino lion to lb? Spi si I
hi neh.
UIS SIZE SAVED um //?"?/ I HAT II.
A MAN WEIGHING1 OVES -<" ??????? STl:t"?'K Bt
THE ? ROLLET ???? ?.Aitili: n> >;'>
t S DER THE PENDER
Augustin Johnson, nvrtity?. rears old, of No,
? ?.un ? Brookl) a, ees driving s carl
- Thlrd-ave al [?exraw-st, yesterday after?
noon, when a trolle) ear knocked lbs earl off the
iraca Into ? lampposi <?n the corner. Th< post
win; through tii?? glas? fient ol .lohn H. Bordan'?
liquor-store, partlall) wrecking the bar Datares and
? lui lag s da mags of ti-?
Martin Poley, twenty-three year?? old. of No. im
Harrison-st., was crossing Columbta-ot al Harri
during th?? rainstorm yesterday, .?<> ? bad hi
,t hi* need A
toa
umbrell ? down ? h
car knocked h.m down, Ike fonder rolling him
thirty feel ovei the ?llppery stones Poley neighs
Over tWO hundred pounds, and was 100 bl? for the
f'ti'bi t.i ???! ever. He wan. brill*?'! on lh?> Ua*?\
and legs, but went home without assistance.
SECRETARY URESHAM DEAD.
HIS ILLNESS TOOK A SUDDEN TTTRN FOR
THK WORSE YESTERDAY MORNING.
Tin: PHYSICIAN?. ?????????) HOPE EARLY IN
Tin: ??????a, BIT YIIR SECRETARY I.IN
OERED OS 'Nili. AFTER HIDNIOHT
His ???? A.VO OAt'OHTER
WITH IHM at THE BND
W.i-hirrt h. ?a) 28 Secretan Greahnm died
;it 1:1 ? - ??? k. ? ? dea .. ? ? more quiet.
in ire . alni or :?, . ; ? : ||
'''?'t tw . h un pn ling disi lut: ? there had
bet ? no in! an..e,,t ,,?? ;, pulse ?? ? .. ?
?" ?t. II?? lay during ?!' it m le with lu- lie,
line on th.? amis of hla daughter, Mrs, Andrew?,
wiiil? Ins dev. I. d ? ?? - ?. nil ||do, his nan.Is
claape l In her?, his : . - turned that :.:s lail
? .. gai ihould ?, s: ;i? ,?? her.
At 1 -" ti.? ? ? . || iwly on U1 HI
tie? . ?, ; came. Ile w ta .? ned ?u? to the last n??
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wem
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W. Q. ORKSHAM.
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pll at< ! with hl ?, ind w ta only tempo
rati! ). ,?.,.ri
eli ! Bppr ?!!-. i|.
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arrive |n M I |-ag
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Ilaliillr.. if th ? ? ? .
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i ..f the critic il II
lena ? nur? of ti Pi ' '? land -
'?!1 l.lll e.
\? ; ? ; ' .. ? .' -I li '?'??? ?
Army, im one of the ph) ?Id?
att. nd ?nee that ? retary Oresl im w u d
and thl ? waa coi ny ??
Thurrx. r. ? !, :? '? I
.-lat?s ta say Ina; that th?
llvi a half-l.r or an h
but thai hi! I< Ih wa ly a matter ?
? he cat ? wa - a h
\ . iter Colonel C I wor I
thai the ph) ?I Ian '. having dot ?? all thai I
could, had ?? Hrcd from the room
? ? nan lay, an : lei I with tus :
At his bedside were hla faithful a?
her laughter ai I her daughter's husband, ind the
s.- i-.-t..? ?. -, nie e and her huai in<1
?hat the ape il n il b extlng ;
lar) ?, who waa
Irivr to VVaahliiKl m ????? ? api lai train from Chi
agi h ni I an Ive.
? lenei il ? ;? es ,., m waa rone, loua mosl ol
pvi nlng, ai ? a' able t ? api ak ? word
of comi rt a? d hope to th< att ? ken
bedside, bul i' waa appari til thai he i? It thnl
deu11, was ? , ir.
Mai ?? . General < ?? than ' ? mil) ind
hla ? realized thai he ? ? In
? ought .inn
to leave Washington a id : ike som.? rest, but he
could noi ?- persuaded to do ao. ? ? ???
lo f. ! li:.'it It wa! his dut) to remain it hla (tosi
and '?? ? Ihe ? ? p Ibi II; fu everything; per
iffl e, and ?? ? ho ha ? ? iwn
him ? ng knew that he would never :<>iiik hi
duty whatever might be II.? equence? to
him o? i? ? perfoi ?? I he heglnnli
hli last Ulm is, however, he hai leemed to re
alite that real was absolute!) ne ? iry, and late
la?l week hla family and personal friend? wer
! ipeful lhal he would be strong enough h ?? .
the end of this week to be remov? I to a qtilei and
healthful ? ? ? few honra' I .urn. \ of
? ilio ..,' Capital.
The member! of the Diplomatic Corpa, wl
extn mei) punctlll >ui In ? lei this chat
acter, called during Ihe evening, and lefi their
carde. Othi rere ( rhlef Juatlce Puller, of
ipreme Cou ml Been lar) Adee, . t
the State Department; Aealatanl Poatmi
General Maxwell and .hues, and Controller
?. k< ?
Secretary On ham's son Otto, who ??\?.?? in
Chicago, waa telegraphed for 111 ? -* morning, and
is expected to arrive in the olty on a ap al
train, which will meet him at II.nil burg Penn.,
t. night, al an earl) hour to morrow morning.
The official statement given oui by ih<? Secre?
tary's pbyalrtnna to-nlgbl aa t" bla cond? n
? shown that it has been much more ? rtou since
Saturday laet than eiiher tbey or the other? who
nil admbaaalon to the aickrooffl would acknowl
. ?.. Bine? the pnewtnonlc aymptorna appeared
Injection? "f nltro?gljrcerine and atryehnlne have
been administered freely, and thl? afternoon and
t ' nii:iit ?.ormai salin.? injection?, aggreg itlng ? v
er,.? quarta, irore-gtven,
I ?tiring the day the Sacra tort a?J fn a Btupor,
Continued on Seventh Pene.
TO GET BID OF DOSS ISM.
MOVEMENT POR REFORM WITHIN THF:
PARTY.
WORK OF THE REPITBLICAN CLUB CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE CONSIDERINO ?G? tOaSTIONl FOU
ENLAROINO THE STATA COMMITTEE.
A movement has been foi ?. time In prng
reas which has for its object Improvement in
j tb. methods and political mnnaiiement of tho
: Republican party of the State, and a better rep
resentatlon of th?? real bone and sinew? ?if the
organization in it? councils. Th- purpose is to
? take the control <>f the jarty out of the hand*
of venal leaders and mercenary camp followers.
Enlisted In flit* movement are many Republi?
cans who have excellent rerurds as active and
unselfish workers for ?he cause In every As
semhl) district of the city.
Gradually the Republican Club, No. 450 Fifth
?IV... ha? become th?? headquarters for this
movement, and its rink* have been recently
recruited in Increasing numbers from assoni
the foremost members of th- part- in New
Fork city. Th- Campaign Commutes of the
?iub. which Is composed of flfty true and de?
voted Republicans, held an important meeting
at tb- clubhouse last evening, and dis<ms?ed
th- questi.m of enlarging the Republican State
Comn Ittee a:: a mean? f ?? advancing the party's
Interest. This committee :s now made up
of one member from each Congress district
with one memher-at-large, who is the repre
s? util. ..t' t; - col? : ? Rei ubllcani of the
??-tot.. One ??? at step toward reform within
the party, if was believed, would be found in
Ini reasing ;h- State Committee, malting it rep
resentatlve of the elements which would wm?
mend it t.. the ? irnesl and thoughtful r'ssers
of voters. A representation which would dt?
vpst the patty of tli<? stl?ma of bossism was
? ?. irded na th ? b ught
? ? meeting wai presided over by Ad-ib-rt TI.
st....?.?, ihe chain : ;???? hei were made by
A Ilia \ ?? mbl) man r*rank G>.
l'ave)? an?! other well-known members. Thr?e
plans ?.I : 'pre ? ? ??: ,n (??!? the State Committee
were brought forward, with the view "f ? h ? ??????
Its eh f a "dose orp iratlon." lugg^sted
by Its present membership of less than three
d?7.en. One of these was to constitute ? commit
no fr im each Assembly District under the
Thl aj uld m ike ? body
if ?G??, ne which son el ighl would be much
? . ? trolled than the
ni ; ?? Vnothei plan pi poaed was to have
. member for each >1 the Senate list lie ts under
the recently adopted Constitution. Tals would
lership of the committee up to
????-:. more than the present repre en?
\ third ? ... me wsi I ? ? ve each c lunty
;!.?!?. bul when .1 ' mnty forms ?.'.t? than
? ? ? ? ' ? ihi uld have an ad?
. ?-->!?. itrlct with?
in, i? ase the commit
? upw If I Of 1UO.
Tl ? ? ? p ended in the app ilntment of a
. which 1st ? \ ? '? - the ause?
. ; ? ; : t?. t:;?? full Campaign
Th- latter ?ill make an ? ? ? istlve
? ? ? th? Iub a' :?-!-. meeting of June
a -tlon is -x;?? ted, in the mean
, I y prepared . ?' will be sent tu
i: ? ? the Si te urging Immediate
by agitating
. I legate? t.. 'h<>
?Jtate ' ' tlon who are in
??a the aia.s of t!u~ progressive move
l>i;. BUCHANAN RESENTENCED
CONDEMNED TO I'll: 1>URIN<; THE FTRJST
WEEK IN JULY.
THi: COVET OP APPEALS PKCLARK!. THATTHRKK
WAI ? ' LEOAL I ''It TO His l:X!:<VTTO>i
HEARD ics PATE CALMLY,
\ , rt \V. Hii'hinin ap
?.. ,r. : ! . : \; peali tills- ifternoon
t? for the poison
? \ ? Pellos -. of New
.? . ? ;r, - h? lentenc? of
lelaya which
. ? :.? the Court
r it tempi t ? ?et a stay
? :.::.?? ? . -? nel ' ' ? ir??, and he.d
it.? therefore moved
? ? >:;>? on Buchanan.
Mr. tl -: 'f. J lid that th?
S? s ? s < ". . ? ; ? ? .-a Nild act ? a
\ that hi new exi art svkteneo
?soa hie Wife* bu:
I from nat ?' .'
idge then asked: "Ha? the prisoner
? . Court abould not pronounce
?
Dr Hu?hai ?;, il ! ?? ai I - il I in a low, firm
There was no crime com?
mitt? '. In connection with the death "f my deceased
.? ?.? ? certainly protest against this extraordinary
;.? ? -.?.? || ? .ken."
The Chief Judge then ;? ?. ? -.\. I the I iw under which
till?, sad ?' ?' : th it the potfitS
.... ? b) counpel on both .??M?? had been submitted
- ;.airin 11 srgumenta He contln
?
?' turi Is of the opinion that there is no appeal
. I'nlted State? .' uri and that th?pre are no
? ...o-:..\ ;? even! the Court gasi
. tei e U. enter' iln no ? ? ibt as to our
: ?. md we think :t our duty to obey.
... 1er a warrant to Is
u'.u len if .-;:ticr Sing Prison
, th? pr ???:?.-!? at the bar t> he electrocuted
1 ini >r the week commencing Monday, July I.
, ?,. ,? ? is pronounced si 1:40 o'clock. Buchanan
? ? the sentence silently and calmly. \# be
,,;;? ,.f th- courtroom he siw a dark-?tyod
woman standing near th?? doorway. There
? a look of recognition between the two, and Hu
.?m asked her to come Into the attorneys' r.vcn
?? him This she wus .:.' ned to d.i. but ad?
mit?an S . i? . ? 1 t" !..?!" Sh- . 1-.-lit.,? 1 to ftVS
,i, Buchanan was taken back to Ring .->ing
? ?.. , -, ,. k train.
- - ? -
?BIS BUBOI.AB IMI'IDYS TORTURE.
WITH ?????? MATCHES APPLIED TO Rnj
? , , ,r THE '? ICTIM W M IDE TO ?;????:
?' ms MONET.
Kingston, N. V May 17 About 1 a. m. a burglar
entered tin? room of John Harrington, a tobaoeootst,
uhi 1.1.1res ?.\.?? h'.s store on The Stian.I. After
?...?m,; l.im nearly Insensible and tying* his hands
und feet, in- placed lighted matehea against Har
. lefl foot, demanding 'hat the pin?.? where
hi money wa kept i*> rev? ale 1.
Harrington'? f??"t was burned to a blister, and he
wai terribly hurt on the forehead. The burglar
? ? iwo che ks one for B.600 and the ether for
railroad order for ?'?- and f.'< ? t? ?ash. ?
fello? nini, ?? O'Itellly hai be?? arrested ?m eus
l'i?.? _^_,_
St) REPLI VIT FBOM His KOBLM ??????.
IRJtlAOB OP HUM? BHOLTO POPOLAI TO ijo
; \ ADDIS DEPENDg UPON TMK
MARQtrnra odnsbet.
Ban ??m.'?.". May H, Lord Sbotto Douglas who
in. no? publicly announced his conditional eagagei
? t to I?? il 't.. Ad !.;. tl-? music hall song ani
dance art It, Is awaiting with Inipatience the reply
to his epistle addressed to his father, the Marquis
ut Queenpberry, askinii for permlaatoa to marry the
lady,
I!.? told his fr?en Is last Bight of hie flrit meet?
ing With Miss Addis, saying that it was a cape of
1.,v.? at first Sight, and ihat after that he went
back '?oli ?v.nlng t?> the theatre where she was
playing Lord Douglas says that as sikhi as he Is
? to Miss Addis h,? win leave this country
ani gel soin ? place under the British finii, as he does
not like American? or American way?
l'In? Addis airi opens an ???????-p?p?? at u musi??
hall here to-morrow desplts tas pretests of her uo?
pi,? n it?.???.
? -??
tar hi:a \r sa //..<? ron UtK?.
Townsend, Wash., May 2'.- The
Port Townsend, Wash., May ft.. The I'nlted
States cutter tirant, the last of the BehrltiK Sea
fleet tO go Berth, sail?? I this BSSesjBSg, She Is bound
for Sttka, Where ?he will raport for detail to Cap
lain Hooper, commanding the Revenue sgnadraa.
Slu? Is detailed this ,.??.?.?.?. ??. protect the seals.
Upon her r?turn It in expected the ??rant will be
il-talled on Hervir? al?n? the Southern California
boundary, suppressing Mexican amugggllng, with
ina.l'iu.irtei'ij at Han 1)1?>m.
TT IS EX-CHIEF BYRNES NOW.
IILAD OF THE FORCE RETIRED
THI BOARD'S ACTION TAKEN ON HIS OWN
APPLICATION.
inspector con'mn DBTAILBD ?* acting ?t??e??
AM) several CAPTAINg MAM ACTIM in?
spectors -captain nnnotJOCiO retired.
BOT CAPTAIN EAKIns's APPUCATJOM
denied, a? CRAsWajj ark to ?
PRBPERStBD AOADfgT HIM-A
BKJ l'AVS WORK BY THE
POUCS commissioners.
Thomas Byrnes, the most famous Thief of Po*
lice New-York ever has had, was retired yesrerv.
day afternoon upon an annual pension of $3.000.
Ills retirement was upon his own application, ani,
? go far as the oui. ini record shows. It was entirely
voluntary, hut it was known to everybo?f at tho
Central Otflce that In applying for retirement ha
had yielded to the desire of the new reform Police
Board. There were many at Police Headquarter?
who deeply regretted th- departure of the Chief,
and they gave f.e> ?!|H?<eloil to their feeling
when they shook hi* hand before he walked out
Of th?? building a private citizen.
His retirement caused a sensation In the city.
Many ltlzens express.?.1 disappointment and come
a fear that his loss of power might embolden crimi?
nals and further demoralise the police force. His
?nemlee?and they are many- gave expression to
their delight. As nouai, Mr. Byrne? ha ? nothing
to fay. He gnpfgnjld to take the change calmly
and philosophically, and those wh ? tri-.I to ascer?
tain from him the fa ts about his linai talk with
the CommbNOonera found hint na Inscrutable ae
ever.
MR. BYRNES'! APPLICATION.
Mr. Byrnes attended to his duties as usual yes?
terday morning, and only his closest friends |ri
the department kn.-w that he had ConcJodod to
yield to the desire of the Commissioners and ap?
ply for retirement. Shortly before noon, when the
city was darkened by the storm, he went up to the
otllce of Commissioner Parker, and sat down with
him for an hour's teeret talk. Ommisaiont?rt
E7C-CHIRF THOMAS BYRN'ES.
Roosevelt. Andrews and Orar.t met in the Board?
room and transacted some routine business while
the conversation In Mr. Parker's rom waa still in
progress. About 1 p. m. Mr. Parker Joined his
colleagues. He had in his hand the application
of Chief Byrnes for retirement, and when he was
in his seat be said:
Some time after the appointment of this Board,
and consequently after I came into odloe, the Chief
of Police, probably because of former official ac?
quaintance with me, toll me privately that If at
Kii> t::ne tue lnt?r.-.-ts ..f the force In which he hi 1
served for almost a lifetime, and In which be h i4
risen :'r..m th? lowest to the highest rank. ahou?
In the opinion of the Board be Bervi l better by hla
nent than by his c intlnued presence In It, he
wo il I n.?Idi r it bla duty to hand in hi? application
for retirement. H?? baa stated that to me not upon
one acca Ion alone, but upon severa..
In conformity with that statement, and In th?
spirit In which he made It. h? handed to ma thia
morning his application for retirement. Since this
:?: ard .une into office there have been many state?
nta attributed to the numbers of the Board
h, M far a? they were quote I. were without
authorisation Under all the?? statements, the Chief,
m far a.? this Board knows, has remained s.i.-nt,
as was in the line of his duty to do.
He requested me to add that if th?- experience ar
1 ilred by him In his long service should, in the
.pinion of the Board or of any of its members, be
?nought useful in the administration or elevation
^t the Department, he will ten i : hla all gladly ani
Joyfully.
Tin: BOARO rv.wiMors.
Major Kipp, the chief clerk, took the paper from
Commissioner Park? r and said:
"The question Is upon the retirement of Thom?
as Byrne? on a penatoti of ?,?? a year."
Preetdont Roosevelt voted ?? lOOd "aye," and
the other three Commissioners f, IIowed his ex?
ample. The Board then went Into secret session,
and the ex-Chief joined th? Commissioners In the
Hoard room.
Ex-Chief Byrne? remained In the Board room
half an h ur. After shaking hands with the
Commtaalonera and bidding them g o ?by, he then
went downstairs on the elevator and passed into
the Detective Bureau, whore g number of the de?
tectives who had served under him for year?
were gathered to bid h I in farewell. The ex
Chief was asked if he had anything to say. but
shook his head In the manner peculiar to him
when he has much be COttl 1 any. "I have no
statement to make," he said, in a determined
wa\ "If any statement is to be made let them
make It," lie added, ? xlding his head in the di?
rect i ti of the Hoard room.
com.I? DBTAILBD .\s ACTING CRISP.
After Mf Byrne? areni d ?wnetatra inspector
Conila waa summoned before the Commissioners.
At 2 o'clock the Commissioners again threw open
the d ors Of the Board r.? and announced
that Inspector Conlln was detail..! Acting Chief
of Poll?'?, and that Captain Cortright, of tho
Bldrldge-at. station; Captain Brooha, of the Hast
?rne-hundred-nnd-tvrent)-sixth st. station, anJ
Captain MeCullagh. of th?? West Thirfj.-sov. nth
st. station, had been detailed as acting In?
spector^. The three captains were relieved of
precinct duty and ordered at one? to report to
Acting Chi. f Conlln. Conlln will assign each to
th" command of an Inspect!, ? district.
The Commissioners retired Detective ftergeantg
Timothy ti.dden and Michael Crowley on pen?
sion? Of $1,000 a year. Police Surgeon John II.
Porn was also retired on a pension of $1.50) a
year.
MOW POLXCI CIVIL ?AVICI BOARD.
The Hoard also appointed Inspector Conlln
and Captains Cortright. Hrooks. afcCnllOgh and
Smith. Of the Kast Twenty-second-at. statiin, aa
a Police Civil Service Board. The Board then
took a recess tlli 6 o'clock.
The Commissioners refused to have anything to
any about Mr. Byrnes'! retirement. They ion
tented themselves with referring to the statement
made by Mr. Parker at the meeting, and added
that there was nothing more to be said.
THI?: kx-i'HIKF SAYS OOODaTT.
The ex-Chief stayed at Headquarters until late
in the afternoon, packing up his effects and what
personal property he had in his office. He said
he would be around lor a day or two to straighten
rut some matters left over. All the afternoon he
was kept busy meeting persons who came to wl.sh
hlni goodby. Every one pressed his hand warmly
and had a kind word to say. " The pillee officer?
doing duty at Headquarters, and especially the
men In the Chief? office and Detective Bureau?