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V?-LV... N?- 17,844
NEW-YORK, MONDAY. BEPTEMBER SA, I805.-TWELVE PAGES.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
FATAL TO DR. BURNETTE
p-r PIES FROM CANCKR. THOUOHT TO BE
A RESl'LT OF INOCI'LATION.
wv\yi CAFl" A NOTEWORTHY OKB, AP IT IS riK
ftjSPBD TO RK THK llltST 1N WBICH TBBBB
18 A CQBPLBTB CBAIB OP BVIOBBCl
ESTARI.ISHIVO THE TllBORY OF
INOCI'LATION
X few weakl rro The Trlbune announcerl that
{he attention of aeveral membera of the medlcal
?tfeaalon :i?d been called to the lllness o* Dr.
j;_v.ard WorthlngtOO Burnette, of N'o. lli Weal
?%*f.y-.ourth-0t.. I.y reason ot the fnrt that fnr
the ftrst tlrr.e ln the hlstory of mcdlxlne ln this
cauntr> It waa malntalned that a eomplete ohaln
cf evldenee provlng that cancor wai. lnoeulable
j,td been r-learly es'ablished in I>r. Hurnette'a
caax-. DC< Hurnette dled yesterday afternoon, and
g number of representatlve physldans wlll now
enter apon a Bearehlnn h-Yeatlgatlon of the eir
am*9Xt9acm and prlmary causes ,>f Dr. Hurnette'a
lllness. wlth a view of dt-tei minlng d-flnltoly the
tjtbert i much-dlaputod queatlon in this country
gs ti whether cai ,er by ino.-uiatton is a possl
tllity.
nn H W. JoNF.sa OPINION.
Arrordlr.g to the oplnloa >>f l >r. R..'.and W. Jones,
oi Ncv M Weat Fifty-ninth-st . wh.. attended Hr.
Burnette, rh.-re ara lubatanllal grounda for the
belief that hls patlent coutrart?d the malady by
j-e.s.m ' I lomewhal eai ileag ai t after treatlng a
?aaaaa wim was guffaring from cancar,
It seen.a that about a y?-ar bk . the doetor was
ralled lo attend a Mlss iiatch. of No. 102 West
Thlrty-f iurth-et. She compladned of an Irrlta
tt..n of tha tonglM. ?"d In order to allay the paln
he applied nltrate of sllver with hls fing.r. A
c if ii urs later, while shaving hlmaelf, he
cut a Blgbl R.ash on hls l*?ft cheek, and to stop
the Bow of blo.-vl he rubbed aome pow._l.-r ..n th.
gnund with tha aame Bngar that he had pra?
Vi.usiy applied U) th" uMinan's tongue. Aftar*
warl a Bwelllng reaulted, an.l canoar daveloped.
J: was ; unxl Bubaequentty that th.- ii-ritatl.m of
the tongue from whlch the woanan eomplalnad
was canoar, and abOUl the aa.-ne tlme that the
di-eas* manlfeated Itaelf In nr. Burnette'i face an
operatl>n for mallgnant oancer was performed on
the iromaa'a trmpue As If 10 further tlie ivn
laatlon that a chain of avldenca <?f lnoeulable
rancer had boen found. it was r-t.it>->I tbal Mlss
Hatch beraelf had caughl ihe dlaeaae by uatng a
gpeaking-tube belOAglng 10 a man wh,. h ul pre
Vlousiy dled arlth eancer in the month.
^\ OPERATION ON DB. BUBNBTT-Ci PACB
Dr. Hurnetu-'s a.'.iati.m increased soalarmlnely
|r; Ita effects that in Mardi parl of the Jawbone
tAas removed. and tha nheefe cul away almost
|o the left eye A fe\v w.?ks nfter this opera?
tlon, how. ver, thur mnliKnant symptoms OKaln
get in. and ppread ,iv>t ihe i-ntire slde of hls
face. He reallz^d thai death was a c-rtaln re?
ault. and he regulated his affairs aocurdlnjjly.
About a wea'k a*.. Dt, Hurnette rallie.l p.-r
ceptlHy, and Dr. Jonea. who attended him, ex
Jiressed some hopa\ But with the advent of the
hot wea'her he b.-cami worse, and suffered ln
ta rsfly till hls death.
I>K BURNBTTB- CABBBR
Dr. Burnette wai a natlve of Conneoticut.
ttle atudled medlclne and was graduated fn.m
Ihe College of Physlciani- and Surgeons ln this
Clty ln 1869. For a number of y.-ara after
**aard he was house surgt-on of Bellevue Hoa
jiltal.
On R'vlr.K up this plaee Dr. Burnette re
fnoved to the Weat Slile, opened an offlce at
{So. 115 AVest Thirty-fnurth-st., and had an
axtensive practlce. He was a wll-known man.
}l> -4 as f.T years .juarta 1 mast.-r-s.TKeant of the
|th Reglment.
The doetor was unmarried an.l occupled a stilte
Cf apartments at the same number as his offlce.
Jlls only known relatlve is a brother In San Fran
clsco. n.w un his way t.> New-York in response t,>
a disp.atch announctng hla brother'a pracartoua
fondltiOB. Dr. Jviies said last nlght that there
Rvero s-me fur'.her remarkable features of this
case thnt could n,.t be giveii out at piesent. The
tiates of the autopay and Of the funeral will not
be flxed until the brother. Wellington Burnette,
has beej h'-u.l fBom. I?r. Hurnette was a Mason
g?f hlgh degree.
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$1QX8 OPEE8PECTABIL1TT THAT FA1LBD
%in MMBBI WAI IUBPKI8BD TO PIBD B'BBIDWI
PICTURB IM TBB BOCIUES' OAUUBBT.
L. H. Rogera, a statloner, of No. 75 Malden T.ane,
Vas golni up the steps lea'iing to the Cortlandt-at.
i-- ? caUh thi Nlnth-ave. expreaa uptown on
t . of July n, arhen he fell a tu^ at hls
aratoteoal end Ipund rhat hla aoM watch araa koi....
;.lr ;. . ? t aure ai.o.a iln- Identlty of tbe
letead a young ni.n. who had Ju?t
; . r.rn ar ?! gecuaed hlm <>f the theft Tha
: '? reaaed greal ladlgnatlon. He offered to
1 - poeketa Inalde oul for Mr. Rogera to show
that he had not tlie watch, and when that dld not
1 Mr. Ru*tr.- h.- off- r. d tO tak. him to hla
hom.- gnd ahow him that hc waa l'r ..k McBrtde,
a reap. table rlerh. Mr. Rogera conaentlng. W -
Brldc ? k him to a ilathouse at No 110 A est
r-t?ti_-et., and, openlni the door wltn nia
) "Come upstairs ar.d 111 show you 1 rn
all ripht. ' ? , . ,.
Mr !: gera however. waa satlsfl.-l. and after
,- Imael/ by tappwiB McBrlde a i.ok.r*
t really dld not have the watch, apologiz^J
?o rhe roung maa and went home.
Ha :..'-.! for ParJg rhe na xt morning after report
V. . 1. 0f the -..11. at Ihe -Deteetlve Bureau
a: p . Haadquartera an.l telllng all abo.n the
A g< . ?.,! alarm wa_ sent out for the watch. ann
tr ? ., ac da) Captaln Mangin. of the .onkers
poltc-. returned 11 to headquui ters with a srory
to the effect tha: Charles f'ik". of . onkere, had
I It In the side po k-t of hla1 coat on reachlng
; had handed it m at the Toakera poll.-e
Jfrfltogera returned from Burope *********
?*-, , hll wat.h When he ??*'<_
c'.-in. :? be waa aaked to take a look ortar he
rogueg pall^rv to see whether or not ne ( ould fln.l
thr phot-crapb of the young man he ha<] ?rcoin
P-r home To hls -urprise he soon re.-Ofrn.zpn
U . ?? plcturJ of C3-arlee McBrlde. eHaalaineg
0?' r.nor, allaa "Ki 1" Halllsey, a well-known plc-k
il Brlda wae arrested yesierliy
DBTBBBB ASI> BOBBBD BJ A FET8IC1AR.
Hot Rprtaga Ark., Sept. 22.-A ******** WHR
liaated yesterday by the arrest of Dr. 11. B. Town,
e? Baa Antonk). Tex.. on the chHr?e <?r havlni
drugg.i anl robbed Mrs. Kate Nettles of Oak
fcdge. I*., at the I'.ited BUtea HotB *********}
1 . eara that Dr. Town and his %????/??> *&??
N--... - t, j..ln them ir. a glaaa of vi ine ?" ln,,?
1 at tbe hotel. She was uken ?1 atw dnnauig
tta ame. when the doetor gave her aJ^YROOtrmic
tojtction wnirh rendered her unconactoua. 8* trm
tten robbed of her gold watch fn* ??_[lc%*\* Jn
town ( ,nf.-s-ed the r.al.bery and was plaeea in pna*.
A hin COXTBACT 8BOUBBD FBOB 110XOI.CLTT.
B.rm.nKham. Ale.. Sept. O.-The Howard-Harrl
aon Iroa Coa-oaay. ot Beeaaaaer, yeaterday **?T?
a eontract for aeveral th-,usand tona of elghte^n-lnch
Baa p'.pt- for the city of Hoaatalu. The aoahractB
for a ..ftVlent BttPPly 10 ?-w"Ah*%Z?cX V?5
order before compleled is exiH-?'i- to ea-eeefl ???
lona. This 1- the flrst foreUrn c.ntraet of WO aw
? : by an Amerteaa conipan>.
FOtRRXB OBBTtFlOdFlOB OF OBBCBB
?e-lgeaort r???., BtpL U i*******-??^ !?
kat ba dapa a number of che-ks drawn tRttt*
Unks of thi. clty and purportlng 10 **\* ?
IIIIBH have be.n received from other ******
Payment. The che-ks were caahed la VAtmy w.
Bobokaa and other rttlea near New_York. WJ ?
they ume to the attentlon of the t'?"l{"'7|un WHs
*i? aeen at a Klan<e ihat the '^ it work The
bogu. and that awlndtora h?- b-*? ? \^i9Uxdo
'???? ka *rr.- algned by B B. Wornt"??? !^ of th
cherkg. gtamr.e.1 wllh a rubber *t?n)l,.*il? s,.w
y?lllatna. merchandlae broker. ? ' ^'^.hv.i
York' About twaatv ehecko ha*e been jrr n_ ,
B*r*. ranrng from %?> upward. The *?"***' ork
fitlon ia done with a rubber Btamp and ther *"r
ta poor. The names of the < aehlere and tellera m j
?*veral Inatancee could not be made out
THROUGH A8ETLIOBTT0 THE FIRST FLOOR
A FIRKMAN ON nt'TY IN A HIOH BROOKLTN
HOISK AI.MOST K1I.I.KI. HK FAI.I-~ UPON A
UYT OF HOTTLKH. IS (TT ANI) HAS
Rll ARM1 AND I.FO PROKFN
Two flremen wer* injured. one probably fatally,
at a flre whlch waa cauwd by the exploalon of a
kerosene lamp ln the apartments of Jamea \V.
Coyle. on the thlrd floor of the double four-atory
flathouse No. 1.434 Broadway. Brooklyn. at 2
o'clock yeaterday mornlng. Mr. Coyle wa* al* 0
bad'y burned about the hands aml face by thp K.i~
ing oll.
A few minutea before 2 o'clock f'oyle waa awak
j ened by the crylng of hla Infant chl'.d. and. gettlng
out of bed. -larte.i for the bedroom wherf tho
chlld waa sleeplr-g. He fln*t went to the dinlng
loom for the lamp. whlch *Ii>?kI on the tab.e. Aa
| h<- waa about to plck lt up II expiolp.l ln.*iantly
tbe room waa ln a 1-1 ._.-. ;.nd Coyle, realizinK thp
\ poaltlon of hl* wife and chlld, darted Into the bed
i room and grabblng the Infant shouted to hla wlfe
! to follow him. Mrs. .'oyle lost no tlme ln get t Ing
I out of the apartment. As thpy pa*?*ed through the
j hai.way* th-y arouflfld the other sleeplng tenant*
! by their shouta of "flr. '"
An alarm waa s<-.*it by n poilceman attached to
the Kourteenth Preclnct., nnd whon the flrem<*n ar?
rlve,) the flamea had ga:ned niuch heulway A
aecond alarm was qulckly aent ln. The men suc
i'i*i'.lad, aft-r an hotir'a hnrd work, In conflnlng the
blaz.* to the floor where lt had start-1. although
| damage to the amounl ..f aeveral thauaand dol'.ara
wh* done to the apartment* of the other l.-t-.inta
bv water. Th*- entlre loss wn* eatimate- nt tlO.OQ$
I'urlng thp btata Frank Wool*. a llremati. Ihirty
futir vear- old, of Truck i'ompany No. II, f.-ll
through im alt-shaft on the roof of No. 1.4*2 to the
ground floor, whb-h wa? occunted _y Krank H.
LOflCfl a* a drug store. The unfortunatc follow fell
ln amoiiK tb.- botl ??, ahlch broke be-neath hlta.
Several ol WooAa't romrid*- aho w.-re ai work
on the roof witn him shouted to the m-n !
I.. N.w. and (.ne of th.* flrst 10 raa** hlfl alde
was Mr Hoerain. who Ifl a member ol thfl truck
company. lim-ram in hl.- anxlety to reacue woola
cut hl* har.ds bad'v by tbfl brok-n g ass. \\ h.-n
rToodfl wa- canifla] >ut of the bui! llr.g he wan uo
conscloufl and bleeding froan aeveral i|gl) gashei
about th- head Th- art.-ry of the rlght w-rist
hi 1 t.pen cut and h<- was rapldly bl.lln* lo death
when Dr Hanflen and Poilceman Brown qulckly
atopped the flow of blood by tylng a handkerchlef
aborc th.- wout.d. It was fully h.lf an houi befora
an amhulan.e arrlved from St. John'fl Hosplta.. An
examlnation ihowed that botn arn**) and the ruiht
leg had been broken an.l that h- had wistalned in
ternal lnlurl?--> Hp wan tak-u ... Bl Mar) n hoa
piia'i, where iu* condltlon laal nlghl >*?..- aaw ??' ??.
BerlOUB. , . . ...
Boeram'fl '.arera'ed hands were drafljed dj i>r
Lyneh. and h<>. too. w:is Iflkeil to the boaplta
Coyle'8 burna wera also dr. **-? '
THIEVES IS XEAEB1 JEB8ET /""Vs
THK INH WUTANTS HAl'I.Y 1T,I<'.HT':NF!1 BT THK
NIMKR. H *i BITROUARIBB A PARMTSR'I B
PBRIKNCB WITH A HU'.HW tTMAM
People llvfrrg ln thp vtemtty of Orade*', Etna,
W.aiwool irl New-Mllford, H 3.. al wl't'.n a
radlua of flve mlhs. nre almos. afraid to g.- i i
at niirht b-cius- of th* number of burglatl-* ani
attempt* at hlnhway robben co-nmlttfld withln Ihi
laat ihr.-- nigh.s. on laal Wfldnflfldai n.ght ihlevei
entered the houae of Chrlfltlfl Demareat, a ftorlat.
Itvtng fll Ktna, and reliev.-.| him of the ronl-i- ?'
ala tioiis-rs pocketa. No .ni.* hp.inl the burglar.
Mr. Demarest ha.l aold oul hl* gieeahouaei ?nd
fio-ai bufllneaa Iwo daya belare, nnd it Ifl auppoeed
thls fact waa known. He was to r.-relve th- rn .n .
on that day. but lu-klly for Mr. Derrflreat, Ihe pur
chaser falif-d to ke.-i. bls prO-Blflfl and dld BOt comfl
around untll the day after ihp bi rglary T:ie
thieve* gnli-d an .-titrancp to Demareflt'fl hous- by
boring a bok in thp glass over thp win.low l itC
and pushlng th- fa*t"ner bark with a wlre.
August Hlock. a hoUl-keeper In th^ rlllace, wa?
alao awakened the name nlKht bv a nol*.- at hlfl
:?? Lroom wlndow, and on gettlng OUI 0? bed at. I
maklnj; an Uivestlgatlon. found thal some (Mtfl Rfl I
l?een boring a hole over his wlndow
John Alberts. a wellto-do fatir.?r. cominonh
known aa "Humpy John." on ncoOUBt ol ? U?rg?
hump on hla back, llving Just out Ot the_v?j??_
was rohbed of a valuahle hors* and carrla-- ( d
ThursJav nlKht. They w-re tak-n from blfl BttUMe,
whieh ls some dlatance away from thp bCUfle.
On Frldav night the grocery store of \ an nus
kirk _ I.andmann, ln whlch l~ tbe poat offlee of
Oradell, was entered for the thirl tlme. withln fl
war. and an attempt made to blow open th< Inrve
new safi- latply purchased by th.*m. Hut th- bur_
lars werp scar-d away by Van His'.ilrk. Who Bleepa
over th- Btore. H- w-nt downst.ilr- wlth hla re
volver. but fnil-d to gel a ihol al th<- thle?ea ai
thev h-ari him and eacaped Th-y a'flo trled to
piuer the butcher shop of Peter K* tter near bj. bu
did not bi cceed. ,, ...
iK.nii Hu.-rk. a jroceryman, ll**in_ nt i-.tna. wnii.
drlvln- hom? fr.m Nva k .-arly Saturday m
waa h-ld up by two men on a loaely road whi.h la
called Ihe I-ia;l~.i<l." about two nil'.-s from wh-r
be Uved The m-n gra'nbed the blt and lemanded
Mr Hu-rk's money. Infltead of complylng with |he
thleves' wlshes he lashed his horae wuh th- Whlp
afVi luccofldad In maklng his Hcape.
IAKE A\P CAXAL TBAFFIC TBPBOYtW*.
Huffalo. Sept. 8.?Tbfl last week flbOWtd Imprevfl
ment ln BtTOral WflpflCtfl ln lake and eanal tr.itflc.
General mercbandlF i has bflflpta to mov- freely,
?raln recelpte. are fairly n.-tlv.*. and coai sh,; -
ments nearly np t<. th- Btandard. i-akp frelgh:
ratea Bt. w-nparatlrel) hi*rh. imt ther* an* no im
medlate proapectfl of a further advanca. In the
we. k . nd-i laat tAght l,l-M_6 bwihelfl of fraln.
iiu.u.0 buahela of Baxaecd, and i-?'."'" barreir* of Bour
wre recelved here by i?ke. Bhlpmenti of coai for
the week foot up 7?..*'..'. tons. The i-celptfl of lum?
ber for th- weeh w.-i.* ll.l-7.-K feet, and of flhin
_l.a^ 1,620,000 pleeea were dellvered h.re Iron ure,
lead Bpelter and coppei came forward ln large
? ? > .-. and the packagn freight movemenl wai
perhapa ht elargeat of any weeh Blnce the oi
of the preaenl navbratlon ae_,Boa I.. fact, every
thlng point- to an Increaae ln recelpti and ahlp
n en.H for th.- reniHir.dci of the leaflon. The Erte
,-,,,? _i_ c mparatively aell laat wpek. but th
ihipmentfl of i*.ain do nol c .mpare favorably wuh
those of the last two w thren yeara Boatmen,
however are confldent thal bualneai on the canai
win Improve BDntflwhal ln the next few weekfl
8TABBBD BtB TOBMBXTOB YATALCT.
Phlladelphla. Sept. tt?Patrlch McAvoy, John i:-^
vlne and Chartefl OunM board.* 1 ln th- Mm* hou*.
at Tw.lfth arl Colonna BtB. l.ast night M .1
and Devtafl tilPi to lnduce Qnnat ro i.uy beer, and
when the _e-,ian refus-d tbey flubjectej '
i ne rough hor?ap-_y. Late* In the nlgh: a:;.r all
l.a i retlred, tiunst thougrit the matter over bi
came enragad at the treatmenl he had n
Rlfling, h.- took a nrunli.g knlfe, and, gi Ing lo Mc
n -,* room, stabt.el h:m in th. breaal aa he lay
ln bed Ounfll then tiel from th- houae. The m un
in VfcAvoy'a chefll hi 6 terrlblfl one and h* -annoi
live. iJunst return.-d to the bOUfM latet to get hlfl
elothes an 1 wa.- arrested.
TO BBBOt A BOFVBBXT AT 8BTYT8BCB<i
Oettysburg. Penn., Sept. 2.' (SpeeUl: Matthew Mc
Cullongh. president of Ih- Veteran A.-sod ltmn Of
the 73d New-Y'ork V'olunteers. la ir. town U) naakfl
arrangements for th- purchuse >>f a sue for lli
monument to be erected n-xt y-ar by the rflMJ
oppofllte the Hhprfy barn. Th.- has. of th. i..
ment will b? aeven feel aquare and ala feei
wlth two lifeslze broiize .-t.itu.-s < m- wlll repre
-,i.i a volunteer flremanMn full unlform ai
othpr a flouave. Under the former wlll be ihe in
?crl|)tlon "New-York," and und-r the latt.-r "Oettya
burK." Thf moiumeiit will b- thlrt-.ri feel hlgh.
and - 11. c<mx JX..Vro. The regiment waa organlaed
from the members of the \ ml r Flre Department
of New-York. In thls battle :<-4 membera were
present, of whom 61 w-re ki:i.d, IM ln un!*... aod I
mlaalag,
TBLEOBAPBIC KOTEB
Kan Hernardino. Cai.. Sept. 22 Kl.ner E Riwell.
an attorney, hn* H la al eged t v
guilti of forgery ani embeulemenl amountlng to
fXt.Qoo All hla vlctlma are hlfl cllenta. Th. pi
ioaer has been reimburs-l l-y RoWflll'l irioth-r.
l'oughk?-p*ie. N. Y.. Sept. B.?Thfl H.v. l)i Krao
di B *8Tieeler, :'or thlny-slx year- |.aM..r of I ?
I'reabyterlan rhureh ln this clty, tendered hlfl n
natlon at the mornlng lervlce to-day. He haa I
over uft> yeara m ine vldalty. Hfl wli be ma.i
pastor ementua
i -i-t, in . s-j-t B.?Two men were kllled aad on
Injured In a fr-ight traln wn-k ..n thi Chlcago ani
Alton Hall.oad yeaterday near Druviiaond Tbfl
dead men, who *.r- burnad In Um rulna ..f elghl
cara wera unknown tramp* Th? Injured man aaa
Judge r.urk, whose leg was broken and back hurt.
The tram par.-d ln th- nilii.ll
i.ogansport, ind.. iept :. A teat ... U.' ' n
, , ,-. i reaterda) bf flre ln thia clty. H. P. K- -
tirg's diug atore, H. Behnadlg & Co., dn'good
john Dewenter, mea'l furnlshlngs, w-r.* burned OUt,
l ptiox Mn-.-. s.-pi. -2 i.specu.i l-'ii- coaaum**d
th-'larg.'- n-w barn ot Anson Ph*lps Stokes near
Shadowbrook thls afiernooii wuh IBOBI of Iti COB
r-nl? -x.-epl tb- fllock. lt ll not k'."wu how Ihe
Are caught! Th- .attmaie.1 loa- li !1V'?'. [naured.
Tha Btoaea famlly ls now oce-jpylnK ?nadoarvraok
iauig Braach. M. ?' . BkWt. -2.-To-dny th- njfini.ers
of ihe Ordar of Rallroad Coaduotora ... Lodgfl No
xni of laraay Clty, whlch i.* compoaed <>f conductora
'of'the New-Jersey fentr.il ayatem. held ihelr aenii
moi.thly meellnn here. ln Cantle Hai. aiel aft.
ward i.artlclpated ln their Ihlrd annual i-lnmbake
at Wardell'a at Port-au-Pe-k. About Blxiy con
ductora w_ro Drta-^*- I
THE "8C0BCHEIT OVTBVN.
A MOUNTBO POUC-EMAN TOO MUCH F*011
A COLOKED WHKK1.MAN.
; he ib ARrtEsTr.n. HCAPBi, ABD CMVBI TBI
OPPIC8B A IK.T CBAgfl K'aR TWO MH.i-'- OB
TMK WAY Tn COttRJ 1KI.ANP PORCBD
TO WAI.K IIAi'K AND DRAW
Hls MACHirfB
Reddlngton Sfowe, colored. twenty-fotir years
old.
who llves at N>. 84 Wllloiighhy-st., Mrookl\n. ere
ated eoaetderab.e ex. :i?ment anl aaaaaaaaeal on
the Coney Island hlcyrle path yesterday. He waa
arrcsted anl looked up. BtOWB ls lh.- pTOOd I ?
*.-s<>r of a handaaaaa blcycle, an.l he I- known na a
"sooroher." He was out on hls whee, yeeterdajT.
? nal was spe.-llng up and down the path just OUt*
slde of I'roepect pgrk lle was seen by I'olleeman
I.asa, of the Hlryr-le Mounted Squad. who arrest.-1
him for fast anl rrokle-m rl.Ilng.
I.ass st^rtel to take hls prisone- to fhe llrtle st.i
tion In the park. Tho two wer. ridlng gloni Blda
hv slde when Stowe thinklnR ha- snw a goo_rcheii-?
to esrapa-. turned around on hls wheei aml mada- off
In the dlrectloa af i'->ney Isl*nd as fast as he could
pedal I'ol .eman Dass is also known as a
"acorcher." and he Immedlately set off In pursult
of hl? man The raea> was a hot an.J furlo.i- oxw.
ai.d fhe hundra-.Ii of eyollets In the path cheered th*
<? lateataata, maklng nray tor them at the same
tlme. I.iuss appeared ro l>e sloniv galr.lng on the
tleelng aegro, When all at once the rubber tire of
the front wh'-e| of hls blcycie burst, and he took a
header, landlni several yards away
Th,. nolae ot ih.- poUooaaaa'a fall eaaaad stowe to
turn hls head, and thr-n tn- too came ta grlef, fall
Ing in in.. iround Hla srheel, however, waa not
danaaged, nn.i he remounted and atarted off agaln
Po'.iceman Laaa could not continue rhe cha-"- on hla
broken wheei, -nl s.-einif a bro'her pollceman r!l
itig by a.n a borae, he oulled han off, and, geti na
on the anlmal, -njirt.-,! once more ..:t.-r tr,. ilored
n.uii. The latter aaa a long diatanee In front, and
ii A-..* rt race between borae ar..I blcycle There
xxas g lona proeeaalon of abeelmen tralllni
behlnd to nea the retnili i.f th<- ra.-.-. lt flnally
ei-:.-i in I..-- recapturlng hls priaoner aboul l?o
mllea down Ihe path. Laaa x\,>..!?! noi permll tha
negro ... nde bla aheel back io the Btatlon, maklng
him w.iik a.ini draw ihe maehlaa
OBOWXED 1\ IHE BDWBOX.
1 WKMIBI OF KO tB OttAMBHCt I'ARK. OOH
DOWN WHILg BATBINO
I-'.. || young men, all un.ie.- twenty >ea.s old, wbo
gave their namea ae Cbarlej Qrscle, of S.
Easl Twenty-tblrd-ai . Henr* J. Oltman, ol X.
Irvir.tr Plaee; Barcua P. Harley. of No B Baal
Elghteenth-ei., snd Jamea Barry, of So. W Bee
on_-a\*. areni inro ihe Washlngton Helghta pollce
sraiion, ai OM-hundred-aiid-flft/-second-st. an!
Amsterdam-ave, about ?; o'clock last svsnlng ..
reported thni a cotnpanloa, i Wlggtna, o: No ":
Qramercy i'ark. h.oi been drowned in thi- ii
Rlver .iir Waal Ona-huadred-and-forty-elghth-st.
They sald that th.- (Ive of them ha.i fOfte dOWfl ' I
tbe rlver aboul < o'clock, nnil after hirir.K bathlng
suirg al the balh-house there had engaged . boat,
Tbey V4,4-ti- oui inio the siream aml swam sround
iwhlle Toung Wlgglos ?a? ? falr awlmmer,
Hl SntUSed himaelf hy dlVlttg off the sta-rn of the
bual The llttle- erafl Ir. the mean llme had Roated
some dlstance from shore out lnto the swlfter
curren*. tVlgginp, was seei.- io take a lonp dlve
fr..m the boal. lle atarted to swlm back after rls
Ing, bul must hav.- been Belaed wlth crampa for
he suddenly los' hiadway snd rhe current carried
i, ui away.
The otnei young men all made for the hoat anl
pul led nfter him Over a mln.it.. was tast In gettlng
ui li r way, and Wlaalna aank before they eould n-a-t
near hlm. Th.-y rowed towirl the snot v.h?n tha-y
Ju-.lged he ought to rlse, but he dld nor come. up.
They rowe,l ab,,ut for BOHM tlme, hoplng to get
!*om- Irac" of hlm. but as It grew dark they gave
lt up an.i wenl asbore.
\A_gglnss cix.rhlng was gathered up and taken to
tti~ siatlon when fhe young -neai i iport. i thi
ilrowntntf there. WlffKlns'i* fath'T. I'tedrrlrk A.
WlifKlns, a publlc sccoontanl with an ofllce at No.
t.', Broadway, wa* Inf,>rm>-,1 at hla home. No 2.1
.;? imercy I'ark, by a messice through Pollce Head
qtiartera.
Toung Wlgelns Is sald to have been in accountant
him*e|f. inaaKed ln some New-Torh b.mk. The
body had rioi been recovered ar a late h.nir.
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A FVLICBMAX CALLED IT A JODOBBBT.
.-At.i.l is.nis. WHO WAI KtLLKD BT A CABLE-CAB
BATVBDAT, HAD CAliaBD A MAN s ukatm
\ni> i:i:i:n AOQIT1-TKD ?.K MITRDBR
It waa learned yeaterday ihat .John Calledonla, a
Weal Indlan by blrrh, who was str.ick and killed
Baturdaj sfternooo by a i ible-car at Plfty-thlrd
sr snd Beventh-ave., ten years ago killed a young
[rlshman for sasanltlm hls wlfe CalledoaB at the
time was a hot-beaded youni fellow >.f twenty-one
years, snd wss employed ln g barber ahop ..r No. I
Thaimas-.st. lle and hls wife llved In ThOSBPOOfl Bl .
and "lie nlirhr a yoong Ilisbnan, partlally Intnxl
bated, entered his rooma snd sttempted ta. sssaull
.Mrs. CalledonM The young husband resented lt. a
quarrel ensua.', snd Calledonla kiiie.j thr latroder
He v-hh tr!e-l for murder and was acqultted, but
tbe affair cluni t" him. an.l causa-d hlrr. nnn-h un
happinesa Bra Calledonis waa so much affeete.1
thal ahe became Inaane, and was commltted ta an
i, nrhi ra- ahi sl III rem .ir.-^.
Al the rini of hls death falledonle was thlrty-ona
yeara old, an.i llved at No MR Weat Blxty-elghth
s. H.. xva - emp.oyi I ai a blcycle Instructor si
x .<;? leffries' Blcycle S.-Ih?.!. In Beventh sve
. ,ii Prancla Malion ,.f rhe Wesi Porty-sev
entn-st. atatlon, wh. arresteil rhe grlptnsn of rhe
car whlch kllli I Call. I. I the above story,
and said. "Perhapi thla la a j.i Igment"
LOFED HKi: for BBB IXTELLIOEXCB.
R MANTIC BABRIAOE OP TWO BR/TOtZVYH TKl.n
PHONE EBPLOTEH HAD BARB-.T BET
Bl ?<>llV THB WBDDINO
Johr, Blalr anl Miss I,.-onle Neill, of Hrooklyn,
wer> marrled ir. Bliford, Penn.. last week nnd r
rath?r roman'Jc drcumatancea. The brl legroom ls
employed in the auperlntecdent'a ofllce at the
Brooklyn Telephi r<- Headquarters. Mlaa Neill was
ihe night Bupertntenden*.. Bha arorfcad on the t'.p
floo.- of the buBdlng, trhl'l Mr. Hlilr's nffl.-e ls ln
th.- basemenl Ha conducted cmsiderable bnsiness
by Wlra wilh her ald, and Ihey ,-ame t-> kn.,-x ? i
otber well, althoucl ihey rare'y met. n,- was
: w.th her IntelUgence and the gra?p <?f her
xv .--k nrhlch she llsplsyed in all h;s deaiings wlth
l.er. One dn> lasi areek he called un the niKht
auperlntenden* ar,,i _ strarne volce replied, Ha- in
qulred for .M!si Neill, anl was Informed that she
h*i gon. to Bliford, her substltute j-.kink!v addlng
tbal marrian. w.n tbe objecl of bar VlBt. Tbia
.Keema-l lo aroiTJ Mr Hlair, anl he qtlletlj set out
for Miiford A day ,r tWO ngo he r- t :iri..-l t,.
Brooklyn wlth the nishl supa-rintendent an.l ai>
nounced ri^t In thelr sbaence aha hul beeome Mrs.
Blalr. The) ar- noa kesplng house sl No. ii"
Cumberland-si Thi brlde la a atep-daucbler of i'ip
tair. <i R Jones, a well-known Orand Army man
of Hrooklyn
/.) DRYRLOP COAL LAXDB l\ MXX1CO.
Kl Paso, 'I'e-., Sept. 22.? Ya-sterday ? blg land deal
v _? made scroes tba nver, In Juarea, Mexi.-... m.
I'.x'i.-h. Pollector of Cuatoang at Juarez, i;,-ner.i!
Hernandes, of the Mexia-an Army; (Jova-rn,.r Ahu
mada, of Chlbuabua, Bexlco; M;.x Weber, Oer?
man ."nsiii ar Juarea and ,i r .'. -!.\ and Lleu
lei inl Davla, ..r ki Paso, adopted plana yesterday
fnr ti.rganlsatlon of a compaaj, arlth n capital of
$;..,.!.? ? r-velop coal propertles adjaceni t-i tbe
cltv of Juarea Th* ajrndtcate purchaaed 10.
i( land, whl.h embracea all <.f ihe coal landa
adjolnlng ibe corporatloo >.f Juarez.
FBAIBIB FTBBB BAOIX0 IR TBB WBB1
Oreen Bay, Wla, Bept B A trar-t of awamp land
aboul ihree mlles BqUSTS, la th>- liiwii* of Balaa and
llumbolalt. this cr.ur.tx, |- l.uriilriK over. Doasagaa
so far hav.- been confined r.> the burnlng of many
atacka ..f hay and fencea, imt there is greal danger
frmn I.
WlChlta, K.ii . Bept B TorrtMa pralrie llres are
rHKina in tbe aoutbern pan ..f Oklaboma. Tbou
siinds Of BCrea I, 11 .? I.eer, ,|.vaslat,,| and the l,,ss
win i.e h.-.i, x The damage t.. tba bay crop is
great, ,.rid other eropa have tuffered The cowboys
bave organlaed into flre brlgsdes nnd are iluhilng
the Bdvsnclng flgmaa.
Kl.-i rVfa . Bepl B A giaal ilre Is rag.ng ln g ,
Bwamp . half-mlle north of tha- atllaga ,?r \.-w
Hril^tein Ali th*- tii-lghborhood has lurmd out to
sim th.- jroxress of the flre.
appleton, wis.. rtept. _2 ? Pire hns broken out
,.g .n n i.iii.r Bwamp, and yesterday Imrned over l
b irii.li! traet ot rklnshla tlmber, The r,.". ehocksd
ii conslderably, bul .ii.ie?K lang-contlaaed, s..Hkinj;
iiiin.- come. ihe whole wunp aeeana desttaed i ? be
ln.rneil i .nin.i- of that regl.m have protscted
thelr [iroperty hy a syslem of l.a.-k llrea during ihe
lasi week, and ln the event of the de?tructlon of tha I
- ? ..in., lha loa? wlll Imi uiosiiy conflned to tlmber. I
THE WEST LS SHIVERING.
\ A COLD WAVF SWOOP.-t DOWN FROM THF
FAK N( .RTHWFST.
BfllDKN ANP RKMARKAHI.F YAl.ifi IB THF* TF.M
ikrati-rf:. ACCOMPAKIBD BT nn'it winps.
HAIN ANP BHOW?THB WKATHKR
B-RIAtTg ntUBCTlOlfn*-,
I?es Ifotnca, lowa. Sept. 22 ? The cold wave from
the Morthwcal reaehed here thls afternoon. The
early part of the day was extremely hot and th*
sky almoal <-i, ar. About noon the sky became
overcast. and at 1 o'clock the olmids suddenly took
on tho nnpearance of an approacblEg tornado.
The temperature fell wlth the ni ist remark.ihle
rapldlty ..vr kn.ivn here In flfteen mlnut.-s the
fall wa* .12 degreea, nnd slnce then It has been
Blowljr slnklna;. The* fkll at 1 o'dOCk wna Instan
tan"nus; a wall nf cold alr aeemed to pass ln and
f r e out the hot. A few mlnut*!* afterward tt
heavy raln Bet ln, a.-.->mpani<*.l by wlnd whlch
reaehed a veloclty ?.f slxty mlle* r".d Ald some
damage lt is .-..ld to-night. an.l froet la e-tpected.
Kanaaa Cltjr, M ... B?pl ... The bot Bpell ol Iwo
we. ks was hroken to-day. A trrriflc Kale pre
vailed nll -lay. blowlng flftv nlles an hour untll
n.. .n. wh-n the cold wave, accompanted by raln,
came, th" mercury dropplng with great rapldlty.
To-night there is every Indlcatlon of fl
Omaha. Web., Sept. 21. A tr.-m.-nd-.tis cold
wave struck thls regior last night. Two Inches
Of BHOW fell u_. Iyoa.l. S. D . and gno*? fell orer
parts ..f Weatern X< hraska and Wyoming.
Th- nvrcurv dropped nl dejs-rw*. ln twlvp
houra bare, ranglng frorr* M yesterday to B
thls m.iniinK A heavy raln fell here most of
tbe day
St. Loula Sept. 22 ?A drop of 20 degreea ln
temperature was recordid here at 6 p. m . from
that of th.- aame tlme yeaterday. a high wind
from the south prevalled all day. nnd reaehed
a vatocity of thlriy-flv- nilles an hour At 9
p. m th.* th.-rm i * ter read 6:i degreea
Waahlngton. Bept. --? By th.* tim.- the morn*
Ing papera ar.* received tbe much-retarded and
long-wiahed-for eold wbxo win hav* extended
over nilnola, rannlng ? fnll of from thlrty to
forty d.-gr.-es iu temperature Tba npproacb of
tbis cold wave ovei tbe Central Mlaalsatppl
Valley m.s antlelpated by tbe puWiahed fore
caata of tbc Weather Bureau .... Baturday, and
thls mornlng i Bpe lal bulletle waa laaued, gl*/
Ing telegrapMc warnlnga of tbe decided char.B"
ln temperature to 1.2-fi atatlona In th.- BUtea of
tbc I'pper Mississippi Valley nnd tba upper
lake regton. These warninKH have been e?
t. ii.Ied eaatward to ihe Stntes of the Ohlo Val?
ley In anticlpatli.n that the COkd wave wlll *-x
t.-nd orer them Monday night
The appfuach ot thla cold waee was flrst Indl
cated by the reporta received from the extremc
Korihweat Canadlan statlon on Thurgday, and
it* alow movemenl to the aouthward was due to
an extended area of h!-,'h preeeure, whlcb eov
e.-.-.i the eaatern half of the Unlted Btatea, with
im eentre over the s.mth At-antlc s.at.-.*,. Thls
.ilstrlbtiti.in of preea'-l. K<*ve perslstent w.r-ii
aoutberly wlnda until the area of *ii??h preaarure
oovarlng Ihe eold wave jrathered gufllcteflt force
to overcome this realetance. Tha cool wavo waa
drhen almost r-outhwjrd ovei the Rocky Moun
tnin Btatea on Beptember M and 21, attended b*.
anowa .-...'I freeslng weather In Colorado, the
Dakotaa ird Nebraaka whlle there wia aome
uncertalnty as to the rapldlty of th.- advance >f
thir rool wave to tbc eaatward, when II Bral ap?
peared In ih- extremc Northweet, there e/erc
sirotiK probabllltlea on Saturday that It would
extend orer the central vfUl-y to-nlght, and
flUCb notlce was duly i-lven. while the mornlnx
renort of lO-iay lustlfu-d a wid? dlstrlbution <>f
trw* emerarency ararnlnaa above referred to. The
rapld d-ye|opmenr of tl-.-* dcpreaalon, whlch ff~
now r?ntral over l.ake Buperlor, wlll haaton th*
movemenl of thls .l wave to the eaatward aud
and every avallable meana of informing the pub?
llc of thi- much-needed change In lha tempera
tur.- has been broufhl Into requlaltion to-nlghl
in the Btatea u far eaal as Pennaylvanla. Wlth
ln this reglon about 8,000 Atatlona or towna hav.*
been Informed of the probdble breah in th.*
w.-.rtn wave.
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THF COLD WAYF BTRIKB8 CHICAOO.
AFTKIt A DAT OF INTKNSK IIKAT TIIK MKRiTRY
BUDDKNI.- I'R'WS.
rhicaro. Sept. n.?Tbfl hotteai Beptember we-k
whict-. thfl people of Chlcago bave experteneed In
more than twenty yaan was followfld to-nlght hy a
?udden eold way-. Tha fa nperal tn all day was u
blKh aa on any day In th.* phcnomenal hot apell,
th- tbermometer at I p m. reglaterlng M degreea
At 11 o'clock to-nlght the m< r-ury ln Ihe Auditorlum
T-.w-r Bbowod 66 legreea, a drop of _.". degreea ln
Blghl hour*. The temperature ls fallln* fl-OWly as
ih- greal eold blaal from the northwesl approach?fl
in all Ua rellcvlng force.
Th.-r- w.re hai.' a dosflfl aerioufl proatratlona from
th- beal to-daj and one death. Wllllam Waltera,
an employe or the North Chlcago Btreet Rallroad.
fell dead whlle al work Tbe advance of the cold
waV( about *. o'clock was heralded by a wind ot
Kr( , veloclt) whlcr H! aome damagi to property,
and contlnued whlk* the heated atmoapl
Ing rapldly coole.) Raln ilao rodi I to th? meteoro
1 wical pheaonu n i of tl ? lal .
i. .-,(,. dln ctlj due . . heat ?f_ re rec irde l i .r
,h'.. B-eek ended 1 ' I ntahj flflflioui proa
l rat lona The total number of '.???ith- for the week
wa* 517. a great Increaa. over the aamfl week last
-,t r Tl,- record of horaea uill. 1 by heat wu
? tho number belng 250. Th- nv.xlmum tem
nerature for the aeek aa? M. Thfl rnaJorit) of
. w.-r. of Infanta, thlrty-onfl ln one day beim?
gheat.
DROWNED IN" THB LAKE AT CHICAOO.
nv? MEM AKD BOTB CACOHT BT THK QALJE AND
PBBISH
rhicajco. Bepi B.?Flea boy.* and young m.n
perished in the lak<* this afternoon whlle seekinij
r.-llef from the heat on shon*. Their deatha were
? by the heavy sea crcatcd by the Btrong
win I whl.-h prevalled all day. becomliif* a gale at
nlgbt.
.>:\ young men went out on the lake off I.aw
ave., Lakevlew, in a boat. When H0 reet
from shore all of tliem took off th-lr clottk -
, i into ihe water. A Mg wave came rolllng
ahoreward whii* they wera iwlmmlng around the
them away ar-. i under the aater
Tb, |,.?,i ,,r Robert Becker, aged twenty, palnter,
body r- iveri l; Otl 9 hwelger, twenty yeara old
bartender, body noi r.rered; Oa ir Ruber,
nlneteen Jewcller. body not recov r*d rrank Btahn,
<-ne of the aui rlvore, awam to the b i tt, beartng the
, macloua form of Wlllllam Gerkenaneyer, who
ua- pulled Into the h.,u |ust tn tlme to aave his
llf* The slvth m-mb-r of the pirty. John rclbaeh,
alao awam t.. ih- t.oat.
Tht oth.-r 'at iUMe* occurred at ihe same hour
off Hop. lal- *ye ln the aame pirt of the clty.
Wl ii nn Bllloti and Oeorge Bngel, both aged eleven,
were awlmmlng wh-n a towerlng u,iv brokc on
them carrylnn th-m under, only the body of
Bllloti w*\a r-overed.
ONl.v ONI PROBTRATIOM IN THK BTRRET.
ln spit, of th* Intenae heat yeaterday onl>- one
Of prostralion ln tbfl Btrael was reportel by
;i ,. .Iirn.-a Horn. Bfty-four ye irs old >'f
\., j 6SI Thlrd-ave., wa* overcome at th<- foot of
N'lnety-flrat-at He was removed to the Pordham
HoaplUl by th. Eafll Elghty-elghth-at. pollce, but
recovered ln a short :nne an I went home.
FKI.I. FIM.M A WINIM'W WIIIl.F, ABLB-BP,
john fi, Donneii, a laborcr occapytng rooma tn
the third floor of the tenement-house \o. M \inth
ave., sat out on thfl wlniow ledgfl oraJtaturday niKhf
In < rd-r to gel a breath of fr>-h alr H- w-nt lo
sleep m that p.-?ltlon and f.-ll to th- pavemeat. He
atru k on hla head and was Instantly klll-d. A po?
ilceman pli'k*l up thfl body nnl cirrl-d ll up
agaln, and the coroner'* offlee wa* informed Don
nell aaa marrled ... id leavn a wif- und aeveral
chlldren
_ ^ .
ni:\v-kni;i.\.vi> BW-BLTBRINa.
Newport. ii I, Bept. ~ 'MewpOfl 'on I her hot
t*st day af the aeaaon to-day, lha Ihermometer
? r!ni( *(? ln the shade.
Bnneook, N B . Bepi -- Thi* baa o.-en th* hot
iy ef tbfl aeaaon. th* B-ercury r.-Kisiering 92
all dav People and rattle ha\e BU-fcred mueh
from th* h*.t
I'.rrv, N M Bept H BOOM Of th<* oldest re*l
dentu eooaMer to-day th* warmaal known hen Ib
Beptember for n. ire th.m thlrty yeara, Tbc tn. r
BBometer rearlfltflred VI la lb? shade at noon.
Naatuekci alaeaa, ?'--??? -'- Al I p ... te-day the
iii.i,ui) r.fllat-red *8A Thls broke the fall record I
for Nantuykct. .
DEEP 8N0W IX COLORA DO.
A FAM. OF FROM FOI'R INCHES TO A
KOOT ALL OVP.K THK BTATE.
IBHM-PffB UBRBRR BUPPBBBD BT tiie PBCIT-OBOW.
FlRS-A KlM.lNa; PBOBT pAPBC'IED.
Denver. Col.. #ept. 22. The damage done to the
frult Interest* of the State by rhe heavy snowfali
Of laat nlght la beyond c.rnputation. In the nelgh
borhood of Denv.-r frult and shade treea were j
broken by the heavy snow freezlri- lo the llmbs.
yet in fuli b-nf, and scarvetjr a tree for mllea around |
eaeaped injury.
Reports from the Interlor show the same de- !
plorable conditlons. varylng only In degree While
the frult-growers may save most of the mnture.i
frult. tbe men- s.-rlous Injury ls In the broken
trees and shartered trunka.
The snowsti.rm was gemTal over tbe State, the
amounl varylng from four to tweve in<-hes. To
,lav the sun shone hrlghtly. The Ind.catlons are
favorabie for a killlng frost to-nlght.
XO RELIEF TILL TO-MORROW.
CONTINUED WARM WEATHER PROPHE
BIED POR To-DAY.
THK HIOHBBT TBBPBBATTBB rtFiroFUaEr) YF.sTKH
DAY. 1)8 DBOBBBB, OBB DBOBBB LOWBB THAN
OM IAT-TBDA- BOBB TBAB IMII TWO*
I'l.K IBBB COOL AIR AT COKBt
tSLAKO
The weather was a llttle cooler yestenlay, but the
dllference was so siight thnt few could 'lerect any
moderatlon in rhe temperature from that of the
precedlng day. New-Torkera were just as un
c< mfortable as on Baturday. Kortur.ateiy. lt was a
day Of rest to most people. an.l the day could be
gpenl at home ln MB*lge attlre, or at the nearby
reaorta More than Rn.??i people were ai Coney
Island, lt was estimated Saturday nlght was o ?
of the most un.onifortable nlghts of lh.- summer.
and tbe beat, like Baaquo'a ghoat, murdered glesp.
[n degreea there was B fall ln the temperature
yesterday in comparlson with the feats of the mer
a-ury on Baturday, for the hl-*hest polnt recorded t.y
Perry'a thermometer, whlch Is a better Indlcator of
the h.-at *all ln the streets thsn Ita lofly orttclal
brother, re.-ordid :*> degreea st IM v rn? T de?
greea below rhe oftlciai flgures of Baturday. Dur?
ing the early evenlng a c lollng breese awept over
the heate.l clty. and prov.-d a blesslng to the
thronga ln the erowded tencment-houses.
. me of 'h.- siKhts of the ,-iiy yesterday could be
altnesasd by takinij a siroll along either of the
arater-fron ta Whole farallles gathered o.. th.. plera
-.inrll they were erowded to thelr utmost llmtts, and
there apent the da) an i a greater part ..f ihe
nighr In seeklng comforl and coolnsas. The alde
w.iik aoda-wster atanda did a rushlng bua nesa thal
made thelr proprletor* roi. ihelr hands xvith glee
There is aome conaolation In tiie fa.-r thal the
skyrocket propenaltlea "f the raeururj arlll soon be
aubdued, as the equlnoctlal atorrna mai soon bi
expected.
Thi h.r arave has about apent irs for.-e.
The hlgheat temperature recorded sl tbe Wi
Bureau yesterdsy asa '? degreea, a; X p, n.
degree loarer ihan <>n Baturday, ind ri-.e joweat, 75
degreea, al I a m. Poi to-day, fair and contlnue.l
-.x.iirn weather ls expected, aritli thunder-aboarera
and cooler w.-ather by to-morrow mornlng.
PROBTRATEO SITTINO IX A VPIKOOW.
BL'OH Hi.ANKT. CHABrTIBg ABB OOBRBCTION
. i.i:it... KH.i.Kii BT a FALL FROM BU
BOOB TO THB HDEWAUC
H.igh Blaney, a clerk ln the Department of Cbarl
ti.-s and Correctlon, was overcome by beal while
llttlng ln a WtttcOW of hia room, on th.- second
tloor at No. IM Paat Tweifth-st.. reeterday after
He fell tc th.- aldewstk and dled Inetantly.
Ulaney had been ln !11 health for sonie tlme, anl
had only recently returned from Hot Sprlngs, Ark.
CRFSHKD TO DEATH HY THE TBOLLBT,
A BBW-TOBBBB Riv OVBB txx A ITBnrWAT CAB -
SO BAOLT MANCI.KI. THAT Kl DI-B A
PBW H' al ItS I.ATKU.
J-nnes Oerman. elghteea years old. of No. $B\
Boal Thirty-ilfth-st , this clty, was so badl:
cruahed by a Btelnway troUey-car last evenlng tha:
h- dia-d later. ib- had beea to Recreation i'ark i
to aea the ball wra,. th.-r.-. and after the game
ran to catch car N'o. M, whlch w.is |ust leavlng
Jackson and Btelnway av.-- He alipped when he
trled t" Jump aboard,, and hnrii legi w.-nt under
rhe wheela He waa aken r,. Sr. fottn'a Hosplbtl
ln I.ong Island Clty, where his legs were ampu
tated. li.- dled a faw hours later.
TBdMPLED VXDER His B0R8E8* FEET.
A PENNITLVAMA LAWVER BBBTI with A PBOB
aiii.v iwtaL ACCIDBNT.
Altoona. Penn.. Bept, ... N. P. Mervlne, a lead?
ing member of the IC.iir .'ounty h.ir. met with an
aceld.-nt thla evenlng whl.-h may cost hlm hs llfe.
Hs waa oul drlvlng wirh ihh family, and when le
acendlng a ateep hlll the neck yoke whlch held the
hors.s to the tongue bioke. He waa Irawn over
the daahboard and trampled under rhe horses' feet,
suatalnlng a long and leep aound on the top of ihe
bead, aeveral deep laceratlona about the face, a
large ga-h gcross rh.- thi >_?, and all Ms fro,,t teeth
wer,. knocked out. The horses, freed from
their drlver, ran for hair ( mile wtth the other ,???
cupanta stlll ln the carrlage. Ona .1 I - horses
then fell, and the other one broke looae The
waa thua atopped. nnl Mra. Mervlne ran back to
her husband lay unconacloue. in which condl
tion ha atlll n ra iii
- ?
WBEELMEX HAVK A KXOCEOUT.
THET DAIB INTO BACH Ol'ItER IN ll'BP-AVE.,
COKBT I8IJ-ND, AND ABB THROWN PBOB
THEIB BICVCUSB ONB BADLY Kt'BT.
A colllalon between blcyclee that came near re
aultlng fataily took plade In Burf-ave., Coney laland,
yeaterday afternoon. Prsnk I.. Hwy, tblrty-flve
years old. of Ocean Parkway, and Heyward Bmlth,
,,f -?? , ut '''ermont-ave . were ridlng In opposite
iirecttona, and mist<-,.,k each other'.- Intention when
aboui *... paaa, comlbg togetber alth terrlfl l ra.
Hoth were knocked frnm thelr wheels. Bi Oray
Buatalned a fract.ue of il.- lefl kneecap, and xxiii
i.e uid up for aomi tlme. Mr. Bmlth was not eerl
ously hurt. Tt..- whee - srere badly damaged. Mr.
Oray was removed to his bome.
was TBB WATCBMdX DBOWBBDt
MTBTEBIOUI DIIAPPBARANCE PBOB TBB ll.Ml,.
BOAD BBI-X1E NOM BEINO BUILT
OVBB THE HAltl.KM
Oscar Roswell, B nat hm.u. fo- Terry "? Tench,
the iron contractors enstructtng the draa of the
new New-Tork .'entral Rallroad brldge ar Park
9*9. anl fhe Harlem Rlvar, t? mlaalng, an i tha
itlona are thai hla body Uae at the bottom vt
the riva-r. All diy yesterday Mr. Terry had dlvera
at i\ .rk and others dragglng the rlver. I.ut up to
nlahtfall the body hnd nol been recovered
Roswell had baen nlghl watchman th.-re for three
month- Ha araa . sober man, who ittended to his
buslnesa aad was alwaya to ba seen wiih b
lantarn walklng aboul the temporarj atructure al
night followed bj a ut.:.- Bkye terrter. Baturday
$H was pald to blm, and ihis he took to his wlfe.
The coupla llved al No LH] Thlrd-ava, aad bave
...ie ch.ld AbOttl I O'ClOCk Saturday nlght h.- w i>
about the pler and Bpoke lo aeveral people lb
abOWSd no sign* of IU healtii or of drlnk.
At l'i O'ClOCk Harry Wllaon, steward ,,( the
-r Anna <J Pells, nraleh i-1 t;ed t.> tbe pler,
saw Roswe.l banglna to a fandei r.it.e alongslde the
vesse! He a.-k.-1 hlm what h?- was doing tbera
itosweii rep.ied thal hls ittle ,i.>k had fallen In
an.I he wa." gettlng hlm ,,ut. \\'.:.->n belped lake
th.- dog oul anl tha-n lenl a hand to Roowall, who
th i ? keo hlm and ? g.ked off.
At 11 o'clock .'.iptaln Daly, of the a-anal-boit Annle
Daly, near by, heard ihe ;iti.?? dog barklni H
xx.-nt .,.. deck and then crossed over t>. tha pler.
nu tbe planklng he found Roswsll'a lantern and
tlie dnn; Otl a ple.-e of tlmh.-i two fe.-t further
down ard three f.-et above the water he found Ko
weK'a cap, with the i.mi acroaa it torn, lylng aa if
it had fallen there The watchmaa ?.is n >t to ba
aeen and vxas nol aeen afterward
There was a th.-orv yes:-rdn> among the work
ni.-n thal Roawell had I.n aaaaulted by shanty
Iwellera from tka aastern baak, with wboaa he had
ha.i trouble before. Tbera wsa nothing to show
that thiH w.is the ,'nrv. The pollce thlnk Koawell
?I ;.;.. i .,ff a l.eam mlo the rlver. Htrlkmg hls cap
and tearlng lt as he fell,
it awi-11 araa ihlrty-flve yearn o'.d and was a
Bwede b> birlh. He bad formerly baen a wal'.or.
K..r your shoes. why pa> from Jl'i to BA Whea tbe
Crawford at B.0??. B m> or even II.Oi are Just as ?ood
In every reapectT Broadway, cor. llth-at.?Advt.
THE 8YKACU8E CONVENTION
UEADCBfl of THK BOfTH-l FAHTIONS OF
THF. DEMOCRACY ON' THK SCENE.
DE-tAlflM OP THF. PTAT** PEMOrRACT - HIIX
WANTS HARMONY OM THR M-l'lISLATIVE
TKK1.T, ANVHOW -'*ROKEn?
ATTITIT'K.
*BT TKI.I-r.RAPI! TO THB TlUBtME.'
Byimcine, Sept. 88.?Dft'ld B. Hli'. remalned ln
Albany to-dny completlng the preparatlon* for
the Sunday Invaalon Convention of the Demo?
cratlc party to he held here on Tueaday ar.d
Wednesday of the present week. When asked
why he did not ?;.? to Syractiae, he replled wlth a
smi;.*: "Oh. you know l am a jrreat ref.pe-.ter of the
Habhath." Thls austero attltude dld not prevent
Mr. HUI B-tVtng tx peraonal chat wlth Danlel O.
Crlffln. of Wat.-rtown. one of th.* candldaten for
tbc Demoeratle nomlnatloa for Attorney-.-eneral.
Mr. Hlll alao expected 10 have a prlvate confer
enc* wlth ex-Contr >ll.-r Frank Campbell. of Hath.
who deelrea the Democratlc nomination for state
Controller. Thus Mr If i.i w.ia busy at hla old
trad.- of nanilnK a Democratlc State ticket In ad
vancc of the rneetliiK of the Democratlc State
Conventlo 1. He alao at frequent intervata during
day was in t.i.**.h .ni communleatton with
Bdward Murphy. Jr., Rlchard Crokeruad Wllllam
F. Bheehan In Baratoga. The subject <.f their talk
was the method of <-ntie|ng the Cleveland I "*mo
crata bark into compr-inlatng relatlong with th?
HI!!-Murphy-Croker-Sii.*ehan machlne. Mr. Hill
thi:*ks that by grantlng tbc Cleveland Democrata
only one-thlrd repreeentation from the cltles of
New-Tork. Brooklyn and Buffalo they wlll be
aatlafled, nnd yet they will n-t paln any materlal
[i i s-ssl n ot the machlnery of the Democratlo
party Cr >ker, who la the actual leader of Tam?
many Hall to-day, ns vVIIUam F. Sheohan ls the
actual leader ..f the Democratlc -Tganhrallon ln
Buffalo, is not dtep i h d I i granl repreeentation 'n
the Democratlc Btata Conventlon to the state
Democracy of New-Tork, unleoa th.- ieader? of
th.it organlaatlon promtac tc support the Tam?
many ir.iii local and legtalatlva c-tndldntee. Mr.
Hlll thlnka that Croker is riirht so far as the \eg
lalatlvc candldal i are con erned; that the state
Democra y lea lera ahould promlaa to aupport
Tammanj Hall'a i andldatee to* S.-rators and Aa
aemblymen,
CROKBR AND HILL HOT VKT AORKKP.
Some of the Tammany Hall kttdera arrlved
here to-nlght Th-y were ex-May.>, Thomas F.
Ollroy, Dbrtrlct-Attorney rdlonra, ex-Polloa Cona*
?i laal .ner Jamea J. Martln an i ez-Oorpomtlon
Counael wiiii.im H. Clark. it waa evtdent from
their talk that <'rok"r an?l Hlll had nol yet mme
t.< an agreement ns to the aurrauder by Tam?
many Hall of one-thlrd ol Ita ?<-ats ln the eon
vention i<> th^ s.a.- Democracy delegatea.
Jamea w. Hinkley, the chalrman of the Damo
cratlc Btate Commlttee, was also reported to
bave aald:
"Il reata wlth Tammnny Hall to say whether
or nol tr!.- Btate Democraey dalagntog shall be
gdmltted "
Mr Hlnklej thua appnrentty t.-ke*. the atti
tude that lf Rlchard Croker aaya "No" the whole
project of admlttlng th,- State Democracy dele
>r.-ii-s mual be abandoned. Benator Murphy.
bowever, arlll hav.* aotnethtng to aay about thia
matter. For aeveml yeara he and Croker by
tiu-ir use oi patronage have oontroUod the ma
chlnery ..f the Demofrntla party, and Dnvld B.
Hlll haa been hut a flgurehead. Mr. Hlll now ap
parently h.is unlted the KlnRa County Demo
rrats and those of many of the interlor countlea
of tbe Btah i" aupport of his plan of a-lvlnK the
Inl.penl.nl Democmta <>f the State one-thlrd
repreeentation In th.* conventlon, and one-thlrd
repreaantatlon ln the Democratlc state rom
mlttee. Wlll Murphy and <"r..k.*r mrree to the
parl of the achemc wblcb s.iys that Tammany
Ha'.i shall flurrender one-thlrd of ita rapi-wata
tion i'i the coneentlon to the State Democracy?
Bome doubt is expreeaed that they wlll. an.l lf
th.y do not a COnfUct may follow between Hill
on one alde and Murphy and Croker "n the
other
Robert Orler Monroe, one of the leadera of the
Btate Democracy, arrleed here to-niitht ln com
pany wtth vVllllam B. Hornblower, the candldate
once of Fi'-s, l.-iu Cleveland tor Bupreme court
I || Colonel Monroe and Mr. Hornblower
btc delegatea t i tbe c mventlon aa repreeentntlvee
,.f th.* st it.* Democra. y organlaatlon. "We have
recelved aaeurancee that WC shall be admitted to
nventl .." aald Colonel Monroe, "and on
the atrengtb of I - incea are bave ate. ted
.1. legatea for ea. h one of tne thlrty-flve Assembly
dlatrteta N. a-York Clty." Colonel Monroe
d ea nol know how many of these dei.-gate- will
bc admitted. [ndeea, bc dld nol haz.ird any
statement about this BU niKht.
HALL AND WORMWOOD K< >R HILL,
There la i nc aectlon of the state Democracy or.
K,.tiizari..ii whlcb are mueh br_4m_*
b'ob to th? conventlon i; arlll n alat makinf any
pledgea of aupport to Tammnny Hairs loenl ..r
legialatlve . Indeed, lt la to be donbted
if Charlea B. Fntrchlld oi any of the leadera of
the Btate Demo. ra : iri-anizatton will make any
pledgea of an alllance wlth Tammany Hall on a
local ticket In New-Tork, or even npon a legis
Intlve tlckit, They wlll take the attltude that it ia
aufllclent thai they pledge their aupport to the
Democratlc Btate ticket. This will be rather
galllng newa to Davtd B HUI, arhen he remem
bera thni Charlea B, Palrchlld bolted his nomina?
tion for Oovernor and thai Beerett P. Wheeler,
the boltlng Democratlc candldate fot Oovernor,
wlll be one of the Btate Democracy delegatea if
that organlaatlon la admitted l i the conventlon.
Benator Charlea L Ouy, ol Tammany Hall, waa
one of the Dem cratlc lendera who arrlved bctl
to-nlght. He tttaln rd Btate promlnen. e laal yenr
b) leadlng the al imj ede for Hlll ln the D.-mocratle
State Conventlon, whlch reaulted ln the latter*a
nomination r. vVhether Hlll thanks
Cuy now ts queatlonable. Benator Ouy dld not
carc t.> aay ap) i ilng r tr publlcatlon ainuit the a.l
miscti n , ? the Btate Demo iracy delegatea to the
Btate Conventl n. "i ara wllllng t.> ezpreae aay
eentlmenta frankly, kowaver," be siid. "in r.gard
to the iion. The Republlcan
party has c .me OUt frankly In fUTOr Of m.intaln
!ng the preaenl lawa agetnel the boJc of llquor on
Bunday. We l ?? n oi rata are In favoi of permlttlng
tbe aale of llquoi on Sunday aftern .ns under
pi |? i reetrictlona, and therefore ought to any ae
in unequ'vocal terma, Thei-.* la n thlng Uke hav
Iiik clear-cul p lltlcal laeuee. The Btnte under
iii party favor- matntain
Ing the preaenl laws forb ddlna the aale of ll<_uor
,,*i Bunday. Lel the ? .tera "f th.* state under*
stnnd th;,t the Democratlc party fav-.rs Sun lay
local optlon, ,. referendum for citlea In >>ther
worda, we aould glve citlea the optlon of havlng
theli aaloona open on Bun laj afternoona or dooed.
If the people vote ... open them on Sunday, well
and good; lf th.y d-> not, w.-ii and I ood. l.? t ua
.-, ,\.- a i. ferend'im on the matter. For the llfe of
me, I cannol -??>? that the questlon of the aale of
n Sunday la n mornl queatlon. Toucnnnal
llquor-drlnklng a moral queatlon Hk.- ste.il
Ing or gambllng. it i*. morally nnht that the
votern of a clty should have the lenal authoi-ity t?
\ ,.i. upon tbc .|ii.-sti..ii of opening .r ahuttlng the
aaloona on sunday. As l -au) befora, l bope UM
people of tins Btnte Wlll hnve such an avowal hy
the Democratlc party <<f ita poaltlon that the ?..
lo .ns ahould be opened on Sun.lay afternoon that
thera wi" h<- no queatlon ?f lt* attltude. Thep
a i-i Oght ...it the laaue Intell-gentiy of the npen
Iiik or doalng of aaloona n Bunda} "
BX-OONTROLLKB KT__M IS WH.I.IN".
Benntor Hlll has .e.-eiyeil a letter fnun er
Controller Theodore Myetn, of New-York. ex
prefl-Bng the lattei's wIlliiiKiiess to btBMM a can
di late for State Cmtroller. but novertheleaa put
tinK ihe decialon of Um queatlon whether or not
bc ahall becognc a candldat.* ln Mr. lllll'a handa.
Mr mn thua Aiii have a cnndldate for Controller
al i.is dlapoaal ln th.* peraon of Mr, Myera
s. arai Buffalo delcgatoo of lw_port_Bot nri IfoAj
h.r. to-nlght 4mong them were Normnn R
Mak. Fll! i- of "The HulTalo Tlmes"; Aaaembly
man CjugL.ln and Joaeph T. Rvynolda, tbe aecre