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V0LLV...r\'?- 17,845. NEW-YORK. TUESDAY, 8EPTEMBEB 24, I895.-TWELVE PACES. PRICE THREE CENTS. COtiSULS PLACED UNDER IT. THK PRKSIIUKNT BXTBNDfl TIIK CTVIL SKKV1CE.. ,i iggVBS AN our?KR AFTBCTINO MOM THAN' i,v:.k Of THI C*0*~8l*___S REPRESENTAT-VES OT Tlli: CWXTBt thk REPORM gTSOJfOLT ADVOCATKD Bl BB. RETJiRY ul.M-.Y ITaahington, Sapt. IS.?Tha Prealdenl has laaoeJ gn order placlng ali gradaa of the Conaulai Ber irlth a companaatlon between Si.oon an<l ?; under a modlfled clvil aervlce, whlch pro. xi&t* ? t elaaa bul not oompetltlvc examinati ms. wlll affect n llttle more than one-balf -? aagaged In the Conanlar Bervloe of th.' Unlte I Statea, Tho order wns suggested an 1 f .mmended In ? rep >n to tha Preat* ,1 retary Olney. Mr. Claveland'a order le ai itlvi Ifanalon, Beptember 20. 18*V>. li !?? : greal importance that the eoiwula nnd agenta .>f the L'nlted States shall proper qualtllcatloni fur thelr respectlve 10 I" ascerrained either through a BStts : I ol prevloua actual gervlce under the [Vpartment ol State or through an approprlate ex . |i h hereby ordered that any vacancy ln a con i-ni.rxlal ggency now or hereafter ex rj '.f which is nor^more than $2.5.0 i than ft.OOOl or the cjmpensation of whlch, ,f iviiiei from otTicial fces, excluetve of notariai RAclal receipta does not exceed 8,600 ?xv 11,800, shall be filled ia) hy a trans pronotlon from some other placa under the oepartmeni ,,f stu-e .if .i character reuiing n> :ha Incumbenl f-.r Ih4- plaee t,. be IHle.l; or ppolntment of a person not unl, r rhe bo* psrfnenl o'. Btate, hul havlng pr-.-viox-iy served ler 10 it" astlsfactlon In a capacity tenl ..ualify him for the plax-e to be filled; by the appointrnent of a person who. bav? lng ' irnl.hed the eustomary evldence of character, ? ??? anl eapactty, and beinK thereupon t> the presldent for examlnatlon, is found m ?_ ii examlnatlon lo be qoallfled for the ; V - the riirpa">ses of thi-. orl.r. notariai anl un ? - - not be re^ar led. but tbe compensa ? ., consulste or commerclal agency shall be lf the r.flice ls salarled. by reference pracedlng approprlatlon ac:. and. if the I sa.arled. by r. fereru-e to the reiurns il fe-s for the last precedlng Bscsl y.-.tr ? .xamlnatlpn heyelpbefore provlded for ihall i,. t>- b board of thre.- peraona designated by the ( Btata, who shall alsx. pres'-rlbe the ta to whlch such examlnatlon shall relate ? p'nera! mode of conductlng the sama- by the boai an^v In a consulste wlll be fl.l-d at flls nn'.v when a aultable appolnUnenl cannot any of the mode. IndlcatCd ln the sec -sgrarh of this order OROVER CLEVELAND. ln his repori to the Prealdenl advocatlng the .. , ,|iat| n 0f f?., .rder laaued this mornlng *,. retarj Olney entera into an elaborate disus ... n of the snhjo-t nnl revleWfl tho hlstory of ln the paat to bring ab .ut this reform. In the laal Congreaa Benntora L Ige and Morgan unaucceaafully endeavored to provlde for the rc organlxation of th.- Conaular _terv.ee on ? clvll ? baela hy means ot a rlder ain the Conaular '.plomatlc ApproprUtlon blll. The actlon of ? Prealdenl Indlcataa that the Executlve con fi lers thla a "iibjcct for that bianch of the Qov ernmenl to deal with entirely under lts ennstitu tl nal prer,.gatlvcs wlthout the lnterventlon of the legislatlve branch. BECRETARY OLNETfl REPORT. Becretary Olney has glven much attentlon to this matter while on his vacation, an.l has been effldently alded by Chlef cierk Renlck, one of the most ardent advoeates of dvll servlce ln the Consular bran.h ol the .State Department'- work. The Se iretarj ln his report M the Presldent, smonjr other thlngs, says: I'omplalnts of the Consular Servlce of the l'nlted States. of the Incompetency of consuls and of tho liijnrlous conseaiuences to great publlc Intereata are nol lnfreouently brought ro the notica- of the Ue partment. Thnt they are not alwaya well lounded ar, and Inatances ure by no means rar- in which Interested partlee Indulge ln the eevereet , i demiiation of offlclals whose only fault has n.-en a proper adherence to the line of thelr legitlmate .iulles Nevertheless, lt cannot I.e denleo thal omplalnts against consuls ar- ln aome cases i.nwarrunted. there ar.- only too many oth.-rs wnlcn . annot l?e so renarded. lt ls contended by boards of tiad.- almmbers of .ommerce and other like bodlea all over the country that If our Consular Bervi.?<? were what lt shouid be and our consuls were Offl hoaen for their fltneaa for tha dutiea to M rged by them. the reaulta would he tO'the moat favorabie character. The oontcntion eeoms reasonable In Itaelf and 1s supported by th* prac : ...j,. rlence of Oraat Hritaln and other European countrlea . . . , Congress has to some extent recognlaed Ita Juat : - x .he Matiit.s providlng for consular puplls nsular clarhs to be appolnted upon sailsfac tory evldence of quallficatlon derlved througn ** tlona or otherwisa- By the a.-t of IBB4 tb'-r-e orlglnally llmlted to twenty-flve m num .i ,aH.-d consular puplls are deeignated ? ir clerka and llmlted to thlnej-n to number . to be removed from efllce excepi tor ttkitd to Congress ln writ Ing tta Pertl"*" ta note also In this connectlon tha > ih.? ast se. *| ,:. of Congress bllls to lmprova- the ( onsnlai BST -. . _,rir,-r competency ar,d titn.-sn in its offl ? irofuced nto the Benate by repreeenta .... ?,.?;.,t,.?l partlea. It ls t^ eaacutlva ?f ,):,- Oovernnmnt, however w . l? n igh -.,, ,,, be most strongly Impressed wlth iim f our Consular Bervlee and by whlch ap proprate measures for removlng them would most .r,l!!a.(.,i He^lttanotsurprtalnato ? IM* the Ii.-partrnen of^Btate Promul n order requlrlng all appllcants for con ,,4 5-ent themselvea for examlnatlon at ? ! 'o? Examlnera met. organlaed and held ? Un0" "? ?r^rl,af?rl,o;v " tndoe*Pn H -.<?! Beven as satlsfa.-too -t <10^ "^ ? more than one ex?mlnatk)"****?? ,n . 0f IMg and the next step taken in ;,. 187.1. This order, made IU- ihat ofApri n ler the i'lv'1 Servlce Aet a.f Marcn s, wii. .:.:';... ;,Mi--?N,.,r>,i^: tMti ^",._,traW-. e-ertawS"n^hYDe? " ?i Tie .'j her hv transfer from some : ' 1>'fb_.e,i>l. -leri.-al consular or dlplo of aervlce, uer,.^., , ._ i r Vh_J22*5_SS. nho8,ha- preMy tment or some person w"u ??- . ... tll, Department of Btate ???"?g; , by the appointment ottttmt^raoB wh . ; .rtificate.s of ' -nara ci er i . ,, ,lon< th% ^T thfannual ?om^ns.il-n ls ! f-r i . stes of whi.-h the ann.w - i <? .... anl less than ?000. J1"'1 .^ ? po?i- I , ,?; be? found auelffled for im po.i i r this order ar. examlnaUor^H was or-^an- ! la. ' bj .he Becretary of Btate??n??\\ Wash- - ,n_.lbe S___?i_fk?!_Tsnade under this ronformably to regulatl tn *****, ,Nam!ned .mber of Peraona *>*** , ?,,, 187S and 18.1. I ne s> wer m i'r'*';'-' f";1,, .ve h. I.e ? .-onsu'ar Bervlca and r -l ^' n?r,h?. ; ? f mu. h emteiraassmen^t. Itw-M never^ rt llved, and though the necessarj mnec . ? the two thlng. ls not obvious. n ?g x? en glven up ?l*?"??%^,r?rWK ?'^" ?it.sfuncttonst^theil jv-? , . 1871. a rellnqulshment orowi" ? ^ ffusal of Congress to make an> approp.. :' inch of the servlce. f as -"?? ' '"' '?" ?"ait.?St--. authorlaea .r.i. R^rlMd "^-"iSuuti.Ss Utr ',' .. nromote the rffl : Btatea aa may beat pro?JJ?" "f ,.H(.h resi eci to aae, *\**}^**\*^S?%\^ lnto -. for the branch of **??; ne . eeka io enter; and for wia *"*?? m aulUble peraona to '1tn/'uc' , ,.,,,,,. gutrle. a. i may preacHbe 'h:,'r.'iu,rle" nn?,n, a ho ?sh regul.tlon. fnr the con ! t r t'J .. ,, miiv ' . '.ntments In th.- I ? **" . t?. ***y I Sese ^^.ffi^SfiiP ?eforn. ?o uUlxed aa 10 t.rlng out tha 502K_._e* wblch anl improvemenl of the r .ns,. a, Ser l . *m ??*? unvei . \ ? .needed to t-e ?**"*?% ot ,he Itly and elaborate ."?^S^ZJJL ,. ter provlded by the Benati? ... ...nij '> ]( to wlll i.e found necesaan tojmai ??*??. ' x11 '?* ___,}' 'have no v" b enm ,h* pr f those bllls nave _w-v ? lt Tn" Vr r <?'?"? '":l v never be and that . mi ?nd wrnjw' **? (1? --uch mtanah.i.- II .an do BO harm and m*v ? good to .....ke . thorourh 'r??'?lrel b> iectioh authori- i oj HK ot the Kevised Htatutes. WHAT IT || EXPECTED TO .*.<'.'<.MI'U.-H thereforo raaaaaaneada.the pro ittoa of the ..rder mada m*** ,1J-day' fl,1<J ln ?M?'Mfffing li says: lt dlffera in detall rather t****^**^?** tO. he other executlve ordera sirea > c*,c-en H a..umef4 u,at consuls ma> l,r"J examlnailon; rom tw. claaaaa of j.ersons witnou. ? -?..niii.ui.il ?-? s-eaatad t*9t?jtb OOVERNOR MORTON AMA'/ED. IIK PATI A Hic.ll CQMPUMKNT TO AT LANTA'l OREAT ACHIBVBMCNT. ALL THR KCW-TORK PARTY D*_-__HT_0 WITH what THE. RA** V. THI kaii: Tln* MdMAX'S COKOK-M OPBNKD. A'lanta. On., Bept. H?Tbe Woman's Department of the Cotton Htates and Iniernationnl Expoeltion began worh to-day wlth the formal opening of the tirst, of the wuman'p conKre?scs to lx* held und, r ;ln* BUOpieea of th" board. The audltorlum of Ihe Woman's liull.ling araa CTOWded. The mual?-. waa furnlshel bv Ollmori a Hand, with VlCtOT Herbert , leadlng. Mrs. Jos.ph Thompson, prealdent of the Womaa'fl Board, nnd Mra. l.oulle M. OOrdon. chalr i man of the I'ommlttee on Woman'a Congrea^es, made addn ~s?*.*, and un opening ode waa read by Mrs. Marj-heriti A. Mamm, of "The New-York Mall and Kxpress. The occo.-ion formally begins the . many congreaaea of woaaen whleh ure to i.e beld ln the Woman's Hulldlng during the Kxpoaltlon. Al! th.- Oovtrnora are ?.-,,,,,.. Oovernor Woodtmry ; of Verntont ani Oovernor Werta of Ne-w.ereey, ! wlth their mllitary escorts left here yesterday by tbe Boutbern Rallway for tbelr homes. c.overnor Morton fltarted laal night on a apeclal train; Qoy ! ernor McKlnley went back to Ohlo. an.l Oovernor Mclntlre to Colorado, Jual before atarting Oovernor Morton had a talk with Frank II. Kak~r. eommtssloner to the Bxpoal t'.on ttom N.-w-York. who 1- here superlntendinc the construrtlon of the N-w-York bulldlng. The Oovernor enpreeeed hlmaelf aa belng amazed at -he KucceF* of such an ur.dertaklng by a clty of At lanta's .-!?-. "Hak-r." aald be. "can you concetve how a citv like Atlanta .ni dO ao mueh" It la slmply amaalng. Thla la a greal fai. and every ..... sho.V.I aee It. l hui- all Sew-York wll. rome and 1 wlll trv and aee to It thal mj People nre told of the Kreiitn^a* of thls Southern Kxpoaltlon Colonel .lohn Jacob Aetor. Hamfiion Fiah. .la-ob A. Cantor and othei Sew-Yorh men talked ln the aame atraln. Senator Cantor said that he hoped i come back aome llme Th- party bad only one ?)..> Ht tbe Fair. nnd mueh of tbat tlme was taken ip ln ceremonleo. Waahlngton, Bept. r. The Qovernon of Vermont, New-Jeraey and New-Yor*. with their partle*. ar? rlved in WashingMn to-day nnl t-.-r.lght from At? lanta. over the Boutbern Rallway. and left the city for their reapectlve homefl as aoon as they <-..;.ld mak" connectlona. Qovernor w oodhur*., or j er mont, arrlved early thla mornlng ani Je^rtr*-d at i-,ic!::; Oovernor Morton reaehed here at 130 D m cn a apeclal traln. an.l left the clty tw?nty minutea iat-r; Qovernor w-rtn. of New-'. raiy. ar? rlv. i ,,n the train wjih Oovernor Woodbury. nnd I for hi me fflriy thla afternoon. Oen.ral Sch fie'.d came ln at 9 o'clock to-nlght Waahlngton. Sept. 23,-Oovernor Morton and hla party left Atlanta nt I p. m. yee_erday in their apeclal traln. and WOUld have arrived In Wnsh Ington at 1 o'clock thla afternoon but for the break inc of the left forward ecceniric on th* engine a mlle and a half eaal of Manaeaaa. whlch detalned Ihem an hour and a half on H.ill Kun battlefleld The traln ran to Alexaadrla wlth one eynnder. anu paaaed on throush for Albany to-nlght. AX ACorillAL EXPECTED. THK CASI AOAWIT TIIK INDICTED rRlNTKP.S IN THKNToN C\>NSII>KKKI* WKAK. Trenton. N. J.. Sept. 23,-The trlal of the prlntera ladleted for conanlrncy to defraud the state in the matter of contracts. evldence eonccrnlng whlch waa flrst made pubHc during the aitting of the Benate Inveatlgating Commlttee. began In the Mercer County Court thls forenoon. John L. Kueer. the prlncipal drfendant. was represent.d by Jamea Buchanan. Bamuel Kallsch and judge Chauncey Beaaley. Charlea B. Rohtnson was represented by Rlchard V. I.indabury and Kergua A. ivnnis, and Emll Kranettler and Otto Heinta were repreaented by Walter J. KnlKht. The Jury empanelled conalats of tweive repreaeatatlve buatneaa men. In lipialnf for ihe Btate, I'roaecutor Stockton aaid It wonld be shown that ln the latter part of IM Ihe State awarded contract* to Kuser for the printlng in Oerman of the annual rrports Of the Board of Edueatlon and of the Inapector ol ac ?ors. = and Workahopa. Tbe prlce pald for.com poaltlon was M centi a th .uaand ema .'?,'h? had bld IS centa for one of these reporta and H centa for tbe other. and the contracta had been awarded to him. He wrote to State rom roller Meppenhelmer that be could not handle ,he reports. ? ml wna relleved of the contracta. Kuser, accord ? Z , he C.osecu.or-a story. had pald Koblnson U r? >or aoing ba.-k on hla agreement w th the BUate and had also pald aunta tO Kranettler and H-int'a tonsfraln from bWdlng, and he. belng then ?h ? sole bir'.ier. obtalned the contracte at hje own orlee Kuser was then buslness manager of The Newark Frele Zeitung." whlch dld the printlng and r7*on7roii<V H>pp*enbelmer was put on th* atandL and he told the story of Hoblnson's wlthdrawa! of h"o "ld ar.d of the awardlng of the contract to KBenedlcl Meth, the preeeut buslness manager of ?The Newark Frele Zeitung." testifled that tbe book. of tht concern abowed that W0 wer. pald bv Kuser to Roblnaon, Ku?t explalned to th.* wit e.c* that the mon.-y waa paW to Roblnaon for ?m> vlce* rendered in connecuon with a lob of 're-iton pHntlt. ? work. He had no fuller explanatlon of th - ma.'.r When .he wltneaa came into tbe manage ment of the peper PM wa* atlll due to RoMneon. a,;.1--o-ecm.,!r1,.S...ckton real the wrltten aKre*ment i?-?X-n K-...*er .ml Roblnaon. under whlch the a - -_ *K_srkk'_,.w.?^i^'-?_ - ? n\Ht'S- atsr__i-_?vsK F^ar__-__w**^?--i?B '^?hS_!~ti., a-tm i" ?'??>"* ?< _* "f',?r; ?*?_3H_l^,'?.Wi_^ff? anta without leaving th' ,r b.-ats. _--_?-? BBPPBB88BD THE AXAB0BI8T ItOWBRAT. Cblcago, Sept. 23.-The portlon of the addreaa of Mowbray. the Enghah Anarchi-t. whlch canaad ta JSTtor thnnch to call a ball ye-terday waa as f?*__IlM the tlme I am ln Chl-ago 1 Wl_ ''*<*\^ tStitta^^ ?^B?tri__aHbSi thJllort-iS red flag of trlumph. _?h_? __f -ieoDie underatand how to a-t and bvo like men h rt:. uprlght. there wlll he no ..- 1 of Vove"nment. Des.roy the Oovernment? Inspecor Bchnnch and Captaln Schuettler np peand on the fltagfl a. .hlfl juncture and told Mr. KSr* to ^A*^irvrg?is otAVtroAfltf? x*&^ emphatlc Ortjn Ot '" retCue. Kor a moni-nt ,1r,r<',T?n i r ''? wt-ro '.mmlnent. but at th. crltlcal vlolence "." '/."'.d, .'.airman of ihe maaa-meeting, ,;",;'?t,,o, X ~''i-'! ind hurllm hla henchmen iU n,i il?* crlel to .hem lo ,...-~.-rve order. V , ?.? i...r. fllled th.- alr, and aturdy An Howla and leera J ? , fc ,? ,h). Blan Vu.". "-.pt in 8-h. -tile,??:...?' i hbn down ..... atepa. im th.'* Kondon a-d.a,or ""^ "'j tr*>***,**\, ?*__ full half-bour fhairmnn Mlach addi-as. i ,i. ,is ,embl_ieln Oerman. teUIng -hem there wae ao ap-ei Hrom the pollce. and ln he m*^*tJ***om. io land atru.-k up the Inaplrlng _l?rae*.liaiae, v'. ch waa tahen up by every man on the irounda untll there was or..' greal .hor..* I wm growtag "'k by th.s tlme. and Inapector .-.-haack pul a veio on a propoaed apeeeh by Locy l'arsona. T.4/.r-.7?7/; I'i r9Its BTOLBX. Bl i.ouls. Sei.t. 23 -Some t:me Baturday nl-ht tht ot'llce of the clerk of the Houae r.f I>eleKates ln thla dty waa entered >>> peraona unknown, and the deeka of the place rlfled. \aluable papera. prln . pally coplea of franchlf.es wlth atreet rallways. were ..oleii The loss Is Irreparable, as many of the ;' .m cannot be dUOUcTted. The cliy |. pUBh im ih cotnpanlefl to fulin cbarter agi?ement^ and .,- leaa of theae papera leave* the clty powerle.a i enforce ordlnancea. Beveral inllllon dollars are r.'pres'ented li. the lost pap.-s. ? ELXCTBIC POWBB FOB BABIXA BLVMIXVM. Nlagara Falls, St-p' -1 .S|.eclal>-It was learned here to-.iay ti.at the Plttaburg Rcdaetlan Company Cloaed a conirect Wlth the Nlagara Fall- Hvdraull' j'ower ManufrK-turlng ."oinpai.y for 3,1am horre pow.-r deMvered <-" the ahnfl of tbe turbine* to i.e placed under Ihe hlgh bank by tb. Hydraul!.- POWCI Company. It la aald tbat thls in.wer la to be fur Qlsbed al a renmrhnWir low iigur.* The Redoetlon Companv wlll Install upon theae turbtnea dlrect cur ,. nt aeaieratora >?>?? a_erenl fi<.m whleh win i? ____ fo. the manufaeture ef aiuminum Thi* _a_ Lmnortanl announcemenl for ih< i: , ,i,.i. i-,'ni,H.i\ wblcb bar. talked of uatna K.0W i\^^a\^aT^*tZv9t* ***** f"r *** ?uwurneture ! ?'f auminum i.e.-auae .. alvea them Iba practlcal conno of al the prea.nt avallable ,-heap gOWei .hlrl, ml.ht iri the handa of a rlval Cpmpany bfl rj- .."Vimpe.llion wlth ther l-'-duct lt la under Toi.li ihat ?he furngcea wlll bv placed ln a bulldlng under the bigh bank. I1E KILLED IIIS MOTHER, THE SHOCKlNd CRIME OF A YOTJSQ DRUNKARD. AN iii.ii VrTDOW R1CEED AND BEATEN BBCAWSR sin: RHBLTBRED lu-rn iti: NE10H80R- - HKit DEATH IN THR CHAR ITV HOSPITA-. An old woman r.amed Hridget M.irphy. who llved .,- Ke ;.i i:. n Pourteenth-at., dled al tba Charlty Hospltal, oi B-sehweU'a i-iand. ea Bunday, from la Jurie* inflicteii by h.r son, Martln Murphy, ... I evenlng Of S. ;.t'-ml>er ?.. The facts of the case pr sent many pitlfi.l featuna Th,' oll woman. who was a wldow, worked as a iaaadreea, an i out ef her wmall earninas was rreQOently forred bj vloien, ? ? to provlde h-r .-on wlth monty to buy Uqoor. Oa Ihe nlahl <.r Beptember I Mrs. Murphy bIIowi I a 11. ghborlag family. which bad beea dtapoaeeesed, o take gbelter In her home. It Is sald that Murphy, Who was sleeping off the effect. of n 1. , .1 h. .i\'.. ke and ordered i.irr, mother to turn the family out. The old woman refuaed, and Iherenpoa her son knooke 1 ber down Wlth hla llst. and whl.e ..he was lylng aari ihe floor klckel her into Inaeaaltriilty. One of her rlbs wa? broken, aad she was sfterwsrd lound to be auflerlng fr.-.m other aerlona inj.iries. She was taken to Be.'.evue 1! ?pltal, and then to the I'harlty Hostiital Jual before her d.-ath she sald to a nurse: "My boy used to be a good boy until he began to drlnk. and then h.- became a ru-rfe.-: devll. 'Ioi knows. I trled to use him well. To thlnk he would use BM Bo! I am .lylng, and he has killed me Coroner'a Phyelcian Weatou, sfter an examlna rion of the body. sald ihat he hal seldom aeen a more slckenlng -ight Ha- found ihat th>- face aad body were badly bruised, and rhe left alde was t masM of eontuslon. Murphy, srho ha-. been <n prlson swaltlng the re? sult of his mother'a Injurtes, wlll he brought t>e fore the Coroner to-day to answer a eharge of kllllnic hls mother. BOLBE8 ARRAl&XED FOR MVBDEE Bll TRIAL POR Kil.l.iv.; 11 f PITESEL WIU QIN IN PHIUADELPHIA ON OCTOBER -?. Thiiadeiphia. Bepl 8, Herman W. Mudgett, a'i.i? H. H. Hoim.-s. was airalgned i.efore Jndge Fin letter, ln the Courl of Oyer and Termlner, f .-day on the indi.-tnia-nt chayalng hlm witii th.- murder of Henjnmin F. Plteael in this dty on Beptemher 2. 1S*-I. My the advice of hls counsel, Wllllam H, Shoc maker and Samuel r. Rotan, Holme. pjeaded not guilty. Dtottict-Attorney Oraham a*ked that Mon? day, October ?\ be Sxed for the beglnnlnc of the trlal llolmes'. pounsel objected t > thla date, fcut 1h? Jiidir.-. after hesrlng arirurncnr on both sldcs, said that he Ihoughl October n would allow sufn clent tlme for the defence to prepare its case. He then ordered thal rhe mai be set <i"?? f.>r that day, \4ith the understandlng that when th<- tlme arrlved nelther slde .ould ???. to 1 inw into court and oblaln a .ontlnunnre on paltry excusea H'lW SHE FBIQBTEXED THK BVBOLAR. A WOMAX, AFTER DiacOVERINO THF. THHEP, BPpEB OF \N" IMAOHfART REVOLVER ANL' DROVfl TIIH ROBBER awav. Mrs. .1 ihn w. Low, a.f Avenue B and Forty-eec ond-st., Hayonne, awoke at M yesterday morrlng and saw a man erOOChlag at th? head of a stiir way leading to lha bedroom door. Bha abook her hUSband, and nithOOl making a nolse pointed lew ard tin- open door. Just then the Intruder strucc a match. By the Mf-ht a.f tha- match tna? I,ows a* that the man WOrS a BBaak. "Did y.iu leave that door open?" sald Mr. I.on !n an ordlnarv trne to hls wlfe. ' No, I dldn't. and there'a a mon ln the house. Here'8 your revolver." sald Mrs. I/. -v Mr iJow was not at Ihat tlme the ,.wner of a v. volver nor was his wlfe Hut the expedlent had t.e deslred efTect. The burglar w.-nt down the stal s wlth two lumps and gprang out at a dtnlng-roon wlndow at whlch he had entered. He se.-urel nothlng._ SHE EILLED HER A8BA1LABT. mrs CAMEDT-S rtBTOl, WENT OPP aOCIDJBNTA__L WHII.K gHB WAS -TRUOOUNO WITH A DRVNKEN RUPPIAN. Well'boro. P<nn. Sept. 23. -The post-boro.iKh rf Tioi;a. ln this county, inl a Bcnsatlonal abootlnj case on Baturday nlght Pour young men Orsr Bhellman, Daniel ?????. Peter Oee and n Mosher fceeame Intmrlcated and tarrorlaed th. towi .just before mldnlght they drove onl to Ihe cooa try hom- of m .rdecal Canedy. They earoused aboo the house. drlnking and intlmHating Mr. Canedy who was Ul and unabifl to cope wlth them. Plnallj they enterel the room of Mr... Canedy, who wa also lli ln bed. and made impropor propoeala tr. her She managel to reach B bureau. nnd. B-CUr Ing a revolver, ordered tbe Intmdera away. Thre? of rhem left the room. bul Mosher, in his drunken frensy, grappl. l srlth rhe tboroughly frlghtened woman, and waa BbOl through the body, the bul>t enterlng hls l.r.ast anl MVerlag the aplnal " rd. Hia compaakma ruahed into rhe room after tha shot had bar. tl', 1. anl found Mosher lylng on th floor naoenlng, "She han shot rn- IhrOUgh.*' The; removed hlm to Hr Brotrn'a offlce in Ttaga, wher he dled in I'-ss than tw. nty minute-. Mr.?. Chnedy I attBed bffore tha CteroBer-a *ur last evenlng th*it the plstol was aer -id. nr.iily dll charged in the atruggle. After bearlag all the evi dence the jurv returned a verdlct th.t it waa i caae of luatlflaWe bomlcide, and that Moaher earn ,? hla di ''h by i ahol tr im a platol in the hand of Mrs. Canedy wh::- -he waa defendlng her life her honor and her hom-. Mrs. Canedy Is on!) nlnet'-en years o:d. THE BDE8E CARRIED OFF TW0 BABIE8 SHE AND THK CH1I-DREN WSRS -HSaiNQ Fo; TWENTT-rOtJR HOURS. Oertle Brant. a half-wltted girl, fifteen years ol. employed as a nurae by Henry Bchwccardl, of N Ol I'nton-ave., lefl home at 2 o'clock Sunday afte noon wlth her employer'. baby, flffen montl old. In her arms. and dld not return. ln the eourr of the afternoon she wa. seen at Oak I'olnt wll the chlld in company wlth two strange men. Te terday the parents of the baby were Bcarchlng P ber and ao wera the poiice. The g'.ri an i t> baby arera found about i o'clock by Pollcema Furguson. of the Morrlsanla Squad, at One-hu dred-anl-forty-nlnth-sf. and Hallr,,a J-avc. fi-> gave .." reason for her hmg atap. Bha told, ho ev .-, how rhe bad gone t. Mrs. Llpka r, of <)i buadrad-end-forty-etghth-et., near CBartlandt-av and borrowed a baby carr..'.|-'e to wh.-,-; th- Iiie one about in, This was on Bunday afternoon. lii dentally the pi.-i borrowed Mrs. Kipner's baby Id wheeled that along, too, The iriri wai taken to Ihe Morrlsanla statl-m. .1 the whv io the Btatlon wlth her Purguson m-t IS. Behwi ar.,;. srho anstched her baby ..ut of lha et riiRe. Mra l.ipk.r'4 baby was taken to the 8 i'.iii, when ti :.. thei came and got ir. Pollce Captaln Creeden sald u?t night that ? thought the itr.nt Kiri would eventually be eenl > an Inaane asylum. FIIIXQ 8TATE OFFJCEBF TEEBS. an amkni-mknt < it.isi:n hv BENATOR TILU-N KIU-BD IN Till. S.'ITI! CAROUNA C*0*aTgTI TI'TION.VI. I'-WKNTI. IN Columbla. s. c, Sept S Th? coaatltutlonal < . vention lo-day began direct work on the Oonafj tlOfl and had Its llrst recular debate Tbfl .iri taken up was that on th>- RxecUtlVfl DepartmenBfl reported from tbe commlttee it mahea only io n..table ehangea from the old Conatltutlon, onof these giviliK piwer le Ihe Oovernor to v.-to rt of a general Bpproprlatlon blll whlle a; provlnghe o'her part.*-, and tha oth--r ir.*at!ni; IH Aivir> H.iard of Pardooa, whoae deciakma shall nob. flnal without the approyal of the (love: nor. An attempt waa mnle to am.iid Ihe a m.ikinir terma ..f Btnte offl.-era four j.-.irs Inateeof two, und m.L.iK tbe Qovernoi f.r in, dlate r. ?. .fter a debate pertletpated Iny sev.-rai of the leadhii membera, Inclodlng Benot Tiiiman nr i .-\ i", ,? ino. Bbeppard, who wnaila oppon.-rit for Oovernor In Ihe bltt.-r campalgmf IBtt, andex-Conf - maa lobnetana the ainendrnt waa kllleil by a vote nf 64 ?_ 47. Tlllman end Sp p-i.i both oppoood ih.- amandment, whlle Johnaae ravored ll. A majorlt) ot th>- Coneervatlvea or n Tiliman membera roted wlth Tlllman for a art term. Aa aboui fiftv membera were abeent, an .iit.pt arlll be made to-morrow lo t.kc up thla ijueon agaln on h moti.m t.. reronelder. Th* conventlord ntrned before complettim Ibe Bxecatlve articb From ih>- progreaa nnd* to-day lt la evtdenl at the conventlon wlll be in i<e?*.oh at leaat two vtke l.naer. Thi* wufl the last day for introdu.-il.s.f proj is. I (,.-w ordlnencee, and th<-re waa a floiof thr in ull b-. ing referred lo npprupriate coimnira H18 KE1GHB0RS RETALIATE. MI: WOL-T-B BACKTARD EXTEN8IO.V CAU8BI TROUBLB, DBPRIVRI) OF TIIF.1R AORBSABLB VIEW OVBB A BEAt*TlPt*_, qi'.ahi'.a.mii.k. THB ADJOIHIM HOCaEHOUDCM v M.l. HIM IN ON ALL SIDRi IVDOR BARRRTT ORANTS AN INJVNCTION. Abraham Wolff. a member of the banklng flrm of Kuhn, Loeb & ('.., a.f this dty, i.as baen i.uiixi Ing an extenalon to hls hanusa.me house, No. 47 WatA Nlnety-ftrat-at., which ls the aource of greal anaoyanca t,. bM netghbora an.t has beeome the ? ri.- of some interestltiK legal contentl.ins. Mr. w.iiff recently purchaaed a handaome four-atory ; brownatone fronl house on Ihe north alda of I Mnoty-flrst-st. between Central Park WTeat and | Cotumbwa-ave. mix is ln an unusualty Bna netgh ii rh md. an.l all the houeea ln th" block .>n both ( sldea are owned by Wdl-tO-dO peopl-. Few, If any. of the houses have extenslons In the rear. exceptlng llttle outhouaaa, wl-.ich ln nn way j Interfer,- wlth the ilght and alr of the r.etghborlng ? dwellings. The result is that the Interior of the ; block bonnded by Columbua-ave., Central Park Weat, Nln-ty-flist nnd Ninety-eecond st?. \r, a | thlng of beauty t.? hehoid, or. rather, if waa until Mr W0I8 bollt hla extenatOR. The objectlonaMe feature about this partl.-ular extension Ih that It eovera almoat entirely the yard ln the rear of Mr W iff's houae. it is a three-story and baaement bri-k exten?lon and runs back to williln four feet ..' the r.-ar nn.- of the ior. while lt bordera dlrectly on I1. ? dlvldlng lina- fencwon the e.iFtern alde and eomes ii wlthln rl..-.-.- Inches ..f ihe dlvldlng ii... nn the areatern si.ie. On tlie eaatern alde Mr. w.iiff has bollt aindowa, an.l lha reault is that. while he haa acarcety any backyard ..f h:*- own, he enjoya nn extenatve view of the beautlful back jrai N .f hls iii-lghbors. , NOT TO Bl DETERRED. It was the common underatandlng among the houaeholdera in th^ block that ihey irould abatatn from bulldlng any conalderable extenalon ln thelr backyarda, in order that ihe rear \ia-w from their houaea mipht be Just as lovely and attractlva as the front vtew. In vain dld the nelghbora labor wlth Mr. Wotff to deter hlm fr,.ni this proje. :. Mrs .Tulla Umh. tha- wlf. of Mr. Oroh, of the brew Ing flrm nf ilroh & Son, who llves t.. ihe weat of Mr. W.iiff. went so far as to offer a large BUm of money tn Mr. Wolff lf he would curtali his ambl tlmis dealgna to beneflt hlmaelf al liis nelghbora' egpenae, bul Mr. Wolff waa obdurate, Bhe then offered to bulld an extenalon In common aith hla, whi.-h would be of benefll to them b,,th an.l would not interf.r.- wlth thelr llghl and alr. Mr. \v..iff .-.ls . decllned this offer. In vain Mrs. Qrob polnte i oul the fact that lfn.il th.- people ln the block were to follow Mr. Wnlff's ezample ln buii.linsr iti their backyarda the block WOUld 1"' Worae off in the matti r of Ught and atr than Bome "f the ITorayth st. t'-nernent.-i. Up went the three-etory brlck ex? tension, nnd there lt stan.ls to-.lay. "OKTTINO nAi'K'' AT MR. WOLfT. The n.'lghb .rs. howver, had reeonrse tO re venge. Mis. Oroh r-r-imptly flled plana wlth the Rulldlng I 'epartm.-nt for th? erectlon <-f a oorru galed Iron f.-nce on tho extr<-ni>> easterly edge of he- ba kyard. It la to be palnted black on the eastherly rlde, or the s!de fao.ng Wolff's house, and as lt is to be thlrty-flva feet long by twenty elght feet hlgh and wlll be withln four Inches of Mr. Wolff's extonslon. It will completely cut off his beautlful vlew of the ne'.ghborlng backyards un the we*.t**rly side. Hut this ls not all. Th<*- n-ii-h h o- in Klnety-aecond-at. whoae backrard runa aqilare int.. thnt of Mi. Wolffe also has taken ? tepa to bulld a CorfugntOd Iron fence ..n ;h<- r.-ir llne of liis yard, whlch will be twenty-flve feet v.lde by thlrty feet high. Thls wlll be withln f.-ur feel ?f the renr wlndowa of Mr. Wolff's extenalon and wlll completely cut ofl his vlew in thni dlrec tli 11 To add to the complete dlacomflture nnd Imprteonjnent of thoee dwelllng in the new .-xt.-n alon, tbe n. Ighbor <>n ti.e eaeterly alde of Mr. Wolff haa lucceeded ln compelllng Mr, Wolff to i-ri.-k up all his wlnd iwa Ofl thal alde, thus nuiking his al-ode Httls better than a daik cell. Mr. Wolff . aiin.-t underatand why all this fuss la belng mad- about his pet extenalon. H" ha* appealed to tbe courta, nnd Judge Harrett has granted an injiinctl.m to ahow cauae why the Iron fence on the Onh premlaea sh nld be bullt. The lnjunction wlll be argued Thur.-.iny. DRAGGFI) AI.OSG DY A BVXAWAT B0E8E NKMIV I. HAS.'II. THK Wll d.KKN MAMFArTI'HElt Of PAfBAlf*. N. .... Itl'N' OVKR AM> IIAl.l.V I'ltUSKI'. Henry L Beach, the large wooll.n manufacfurer and mlll owner of I'aaaalc, waa the vlctlm of an exciting runaway in Bloomdeld-ave., Paaaaic, yee terd.iy. He had lefl a liors- and tWO-eeatod car rlai;e for a moment whlle he entered a druf? atore, and, th.- anlmal be.omlng frlghtened, siurted to run. Mr Haa.-h I> aped Into the roadway, pl.-ked up thfl relna from the (.'round and almost Instantly was tnrown down. the earriane paaalng over his body. I ? llnes were twln.-d around him and he was dragged thlrty feet cn the ma a dam, tbfl horsc then l.reaking away with the carnage and running: Into Waahlngton Place. Mr. Hasch w.is badly bru!*ed. but waa alde to get to his horsa and car rlage, whlch he drove home. A STEER'8 MAD BtJB IB WILLIAMSRURG. 117. ICMBU BOTi AND ROM INTO CAVXJE-CARl CAPTURBD AfTCR A U\ KI.Y "11ASK. A Tex ia ateer, maddrned with thlrst, ran through the sireeta of Wllllamsburg yesterday afternoon, to.aslng boya and running Into troiley-cars before he waa captured. The ateer BQOapcd from the yard of May'fl alauKhtei-houae, at .lohneon-ave. and Whlt.-st. He had only a few minutea before, been reeelved there wlth a ll'-rd of fli'ty, whieh had l.n I-I at North 8ixth-at. from tho Jeraey yarda. "Ja k" McCormlck and hla POO, herdera, had the anlmala In eharge. Findlug hlmaelf fr.-e, tbc ateer daabed through Johnson-ave. to Buahwlck-ave., wher.. Ouatave oerhar.it. feurteea yeara old, of No. Ifl Meaerole-ei., and another boy, whose name could not be learned, were toss.-d Into the alr. They escaped wtth sll:,'ht bruis-*-. The ateer contlnued along Bushwlck-ave. to Mes erote-at., turnlng into Meserole-st. and ri.nhlng to Ornham-ave. There the craie; beael stru.-k a troiiey-car fliled with paaaengerfl, caualng mu.-h exdtement among them. Hy thia time several hun dre 1 men and boya were ln pur.ult of ihe ateer. Mr. Mcformlck and hla aon were also In cioae chaae, mounted on mustanga. Hefore the _t.-er COUld I.e laaeoed h.- hnd run Into another car, caualng some wom*n ?ho wera paaaengera to ? : ? i.i, and jump to the atreet. Atter belng laaeoed 'h. tienst waa thrown wlth dlffl.-ultv. and then bound wltb ropea and tak.-u l..rk to the alauKhter-house in ? aagon. Many women aml .-hlldr.-n narrowiy aaca-ted belng toa?.-d by the lnfurlat.d beaflt The yella of the crowd ln puraull at:...del the'.r attention, and they ea ..; . I to placea of BafOtjf nn: btbam Ttra uxadtlla lacxobxd. Valleja, CaL, Sept. tt, Tha aew ateel t.iK L'aa .1111.1 was lauached el Man Island ar ; p, ?,. gstur daj and was namrd r.-iadin. i... Mlaa Hattle Kng iish, daughter of ss-Coogreseman Warran Kngiish \\iio aecured rhe *<".,.??. approprlatlon for Ibe i.'uii.i lug of the tug. ? ? CATBOUOB Tt) A888BBL8 IX WABHIXOTOX Washlngton, 8<-pt. 2".-The ilrst three daya of Oc? tober wBI witn.-s-a tb?- iargasl eoncourac ..f Cathollo pr* .-as whlch Waahlngton haa .-x-r known. Oa Oetober i tha foarteen srchMabops x.f tbe L'nlted Btatea wlll n.eet ofllelally to dlscuss thelr dlocesan affairs .ind lo hold thelr animal consultatlon ..s dl? reetora of lha CathoUc I'alvenlty. The Indlcatlona sre thal thi. eongresa ?iii be attended by Cardlnal Otbbons, Mon.ignor Batolll, all ito- ar-bbtsbope an.l a lar<e number of blahopa .w.d prleeta Th.- Kmhar Mle League I. a doclr.n.l order whl.h whs founded ln Parla ln IS..".. lt has a large mctnb.rslilp li, Ku. la ihls 1'ountry it lu. been .? ently Inetltuted, Tha ohjeet af the organlaatlon is lo promote devo n.i.i .mi t? -i.i.io th.- ix'iowledge ot the Cathollo ? lo'-rrine of trsnanli'iantlatlon. Lafl year, OB \u gu?t 7 .ui.i 8, the nr.i eonventlon of th.- League met ..: Netra Dame unlvsratty, Houth Bend., in.l. a fee i.i:.? - nnd bylawa wera then adopted. but lt w?. - l to leave the neneral framlng a.f the a.ao ? atlon to it>. llr.t congre.. to BBOOl here thl? au? tumn. TIIE COOL WAVE C0M1NG. \ FALL OF CO DBORBBfl IN THE TBM* PERATURR PROBABLB TO-DAY. OFFfCIAUl PAY THK IH )T WKATHRR SPKI.l, I.*~ BUDBD tiik HIQHBBT point RBACHBD vks tkhi-.w WAg '.'* 7 DBORB-BB, a de i;i(KK U_gg TRAM "N SINDAY Th*- welcome announcement waa made last night that it will be c ler to-day?'"deddodly cooler, f.-r the thermometer." aald Mr. Drnn'a young men at mldntgbt, "wlll drop at leaat 20 degree* to-day." AbOUl mldnlght the temperature began to fall, and at 1 o'clock the dlfference was eonslderable. At 6 o'clock last evenlng the temperature as regl* t?red by IVrry's thermometer was 90 degreea, agalnat *7 d.>gr<>.*s oa Bunday night. At 9 o'clock lt reglstered S4 degreea. agalnst II degreea on Sun i day; at 1.' It was 81 degrees, and at 12:30 79 de 1.1 The (lay was not behlnd Saturday and Sun? day ln th.- matt.-r of br>ak;ng re.-orda. I* wlll go down in Porecnnter Dunn'a records aa the hotteal September 2.1 In thls i dty in many years. i Th.* temperature at s a. m. waa 78, at io a. m. lt was Sl, at noon tln* nierrury hnd cllmbod to Bi degr.-efl, 2 p. m. to M degreea, 3 p. BL, 91 de Kri'ea, nnd 4 p. BL ih.* top notch was reaehed. 94 7-io degreea. Little as New-Yorkera know lt. ihey may be thankful to humldity that lt dld not enter the rac- wlth heat. for the .-..iiiblnatlun would have rnad' tbtngB alrnnst unbearabl.- During the aummer tb.- conteat for aupretnacy has been between heat and humldlty, but Just now humldlty seems to hnre dropped out of stght and left the reapunelbtltty entlrely t.. its rlvaL Saturday th.- m.-rcury went up to !*7 degrees, ..ii Bunday lt reaehed M, and yesterday lt dropped ,-i little over one degree. Ofllclally, thls i.? whg| th- weather man had to say yeaterday: ?.-..?r."" he said, p.dntlng to a myaterloua-looklng map. "the cold arave ts <-om Ing .-ut of ihe west and moving ri*.rrit upon us. Tm* backbone of the hot wave la broken, and by to-morrow lr wlll have gone out Into the broad Atlantlc. Ther4* will be h conelderable fall in the temperature .-ith.-r to-nlght i r to-morrow morn? lng. I don't thlnk ihat wn wlll have any more very hol weather like that whleh has prevalled In the laal f>-.\ daya, f-.r lt ls too lat" In the aeaaon. By to-morrow." ended the weather au thi rlty, "we shall fbrget that lt has been warm." New-York has aeldom experienced su.-h weather <i~ ihat of the last three days. and the weather aharpe ln futurn years may have great tales to tell ..f the records for heal made mi September 21. 22 and 2.'!. A "TORNADO" THAT DID LITTLE DAMAGE. APPEARANCg Of A ITNN ld. Sl 1 \ f'KI ? CLOUD IN HI'IHI.ANI. PARK, K. .1 SHKAVKS nr COUN TUKN APART KO ONB HURT. There was a small "lornado" ln Hlghland Park. N. .1. Just acrcss the rivpr from New-Brunawlck Sunday aftertinn. It was purcly local. and dld little damage. but It frightened a good many per? son.* who saw lt. There were* threata of a atorm about ?,:jO o'clock, but tho aun was ahlnlng when funnel-ahaped cloud appeared. whlrled round and round. and th-* roar could be heard half a mlle away. It appear. 1 BO iud lenly and struck the ?roun i and hourdeil |atO tti? alr asraln BO qulckly that prr.~ons sltttnjr on their BtOOpa, who Jumped up to run for safety. found it waa gone before they had takni a dozen fltepe. The amall end nf the cloud was In a rornfMd ln whlch the corn Btfllka hai been cut and tled Into sheavea. For a dlfltanc of 60 f.- I wlde and UB long; eyery aheaf waa torn apart. whlle stray atalks were carried aeveral hundred yarda nway. The track was at the Junctur*. of two cornflelda. "ne waa owned hy Wllllam H. Dooley and Charies li.lKle. BetWOea th* (lelda runs a llttl* brook, and the torniido appeared to follow* the courae of the brook, Immedlarei,- fifter ihe passin* r>f th* tornado cloud the alr, whlch had been warm before, be o*m* exceedlbaly *:lll ani aomewhnt stlfllng. Thls condltlon lastM about flft.'en minutea. PERIBHED IN THK BLIZZARD. Cblcago, Sept. BL?A dispat.-h from Rawlins, Wy .., aaya "Frank Nevan, s ranchman, on s.it.ir day mornlng sent his two llttle boys, age<i eleven and rhirre-n. oul after the .-ows. The boyn not re turnin;*, lie came In yesterday and alarmed the town. About twenty workmen Immedlately re sponled. They have all returned wlthout Ilndlng any trace of the mis.lng tioys, who undoubtedly perlahed In Baturday'a storm. The searchers re? port the snow ln the hllls two fept deep. The stage rrom Bnake Rlver on Saturday ni^ht picked up ? shepherd named Oray, who was lylng near the road. completely exhauated and silghtly frozen. Wh-n he heard the stnire approach he flred hls pistol to Bttract the drlver's attentlon. He was ao numb srlth 'he cold be v-,as unable to reach the ?tag WlthOUl .us.- ls;an,-e." H'.TKI. OCB8T8 MADE HURRIED ESOAPKS. Baal TToy, WlB., Bept tt.?In a terrlfic storm last evenlng on Lake H.-uIah. a summer resort, Hotel Beulah was deatroyed by flre, .-ausing n loss of ? The ruestS made thelr esrape pafely, hut lost thelr valuables. ? A lamp Is supposed to have blown against tbe porch. DAMAOE DONE BT A TORNADO. MenomJnre, Mlch., Bept tt?A tornado swept over this clty laat nlght, blowlng several mllllon ;'.-. t ot lumber lnto the lake and rlver. Much of lt was drlv-n acroM the bay. Shade tree. were up rooted dwellinga unroofed, 3tore fronts broken and wtrea prostrated. The loss ls $100,000. - m BRIOHT AN1? COOL IN THE WEST. Chlcago, Sept. 2.1. a'hl.-ago people thi. mornlng en j ij e.l dellghtful autumn weather. The thermometer reglBtered H legreea early this mornlng, a llttle too co'.d for comfort, but by noon had rlsen ten deareea Wlth B prospect Of a ritlll further lncrease In the temperature Tha raln caaaad and the sun shon'. All klnd- ol bualneaa has received un added lm petua from the ehange. Omaba, Sept. ML?The weather here ls Btltl cold, but the temperature ls gradually rising, standlng at .?". degree. at noon. So far no damage has been done ro tbe eropa. Denver, Sept. _3 -Reports from all over Colorado thi-- afternoon show that s bllz-ard prevalled throughout the State early ya-sterday. Snow from two -., -, n Inchea deep has fallen, whlch ls unpre eedented ln Beptember. To-day the weather 1% trlnht, but COOl. _ _ DECRBABE IN THK MILK BUPPLT. Hewhurg, Bept. 8 (Speclai).?Tha latenaa heat end drj weather are havlng a serious effect ln dimlnis'.i ln-,' the aupply of mllfc ln Orange <"ounty. The farmers who deliver dlrect to the clty customers ar ? reduclng th- amount tO each in order tO let Bll v.r\ aome The boata of the Ramsdell Trans Dortstion Cornpan\. whi. h , arry Hrge .luantlrles to New-York < :ty every nlght, are now taking 300 cana a day lesa than formerly. I'onds. lakea and atreama sre low, or entirely >ir>. and need af raln i_ f.-ir greatly. _. XXUXJOX OF COXXECTtCVT I.FHISI ATORS. Sew-Havsn, Sept. H Tbe reunlon of the mem beri of the last Oeneral Assembly of this State In vVoodmoni to-day was attended by about three hundred leglslators and their friends. Includlng most of the promlnent polltlaal leaders of the<state. Th. banquei began al.out noon. The toa.tmaster w.n saniu.l Pessenden, of Btamford, Bpeaker of the House of R*.pre..?ntattves. and among the Boeskers were l'nlted Statea Senator Kawley, <?ov ernor CofBn, Ueutenalit-ilovernor Cooke. Stllea Jud-on of Btratford, the Republlcan leader, and Oeorge M. Ounn, of Mtlford, th?- Demoeratle leader. OBAXCB FOR A TOUXB AMBBIOAX. San Jose. <'al . Sept. 'ii Hip Slng l.ee, a wealthy Chinese merehant of this dty, offers a half-mte.e.t ln hls buslnesa and J...CO0 in caah to any reputable young American who wlll many hl. daughter, Mol Lee. Hip sii.k Lee la the wealthleal CMnaaaaa ln th!. valley, h:. fortune belng .stimate.l ut 178.000. H- COttdUCU B K'-na ral mer.-handl.e .tore und lot i.-rv in th.. .ity. ..ml has branch atorae at Wataoa viiia'. rtanta Crua an.i Sallnaa. Lea iias becaaae thoroughly Amerlcaalaed Ms wlfe dled about ? yeai ago, aad as aeveral attempta ha\e i>een made 10 k map Mol. !.?? ls afr.nd thut if she doe- not marry so,.n ih.- iiight.in.iers may aacceed in *>t> di.i t.ng her. Mol I.ee Is s'xt.ei. vearn old, und I. connl.ler.Ml a good-lnoking .'hlnes.? glri .^he rea.U snd arttea ajnKiinh. ar.d pla\s sori.e uf the most popular alra of ihe day on tho gultar. Iler Eng 11 h ,in i raoatcal edueatlon wa. obtalned from an ,,|,| Prenchmaa who 11 ve. r,enr chlnniown, und x\,.oin Ihe father baa employed as Moi'a tutor for Ihe Us three yeara. Iler father gratifles all hi-r l?a res, and a few w.-a-ks ...... he bought her a bi Bhs has learned to ri.ie. FdTBOXIBB BOBB TXDVBTBIB8 Wear Kno\ hsts. made by Amsrlcan worklng men. They leal ihe world.?Advt FOR SUNDAY DESECRATION, DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. BTRACUfB DBLBOATBI ALLOFONF. MIM1X ?'ll'EE WHlBIvKY AND NO SK-NDAV THEIR BHBfA II. il.KTII SKNATdll IIIl.I. BSACRR- THB BCBHH AXD TAXHB C-MMB Of Tilg MytOIt HK.M.KHS CAUM .'RAWFn 8TAVS AWAY BCBHBB AM) W CIDKNTS VKSTKRDAT. (bt ****_r_gr*Mupa to tme nusown.] Byrneune, n. y.. Sept. 2.1.-"Free whlakey and no Sunday"' is the platform of the Sunday Deoo* .?rat.on Conventlon "C the Democratlc party arhlch will gggnjnhll here to-morrow. Thls plat | form appeats In the talU of every k.nl ot DtBBB I crat?rural DerrWrat, clty Democrat and Mug w-iimp Democrat. It was a surprlae tO the newa paper correspondent-. to flnd the rur.-l Democrata as lirmly ln favor of appeallng tfl the people of the State to open the saloons on Sunday aa the city Democrata, wno naturally champlon the cauae of the llquor dealer*,. f *r rural aentlment ls practlcally unan'.mous In Its opposltlon to a lrgii!__tlon of the aale of Uquir up-?n Sunday. Hut te all appearances the rural Democratlo polltlclans thlnk that the chance of posslbly play ing a v.lnnlng card in the citlea la tOO 0000 to be 1 ..st, an.l therefore have reeolved t<> dinregard the oplnlona of tl.elr own ronstltuent*. And aa for the Mugwump D?*m?. rnts. nearly all of them belong to th* Clceland wlng of the party, whlch la deslrous of nomlnatlng aome Cleveland Demo? crat of New-York State for Prealdent, and there? fore vvi*h 10 carry New-York State thls year by hook or erook for the Democratlc party ln the hope of maklng an Impreaolon up?>n the Demo? cratlc Natlonal f?nventl>.n. Thua every claaa of Democrata would BgCliftce Sunday f ,r the fake of a polltlcal victory ln this Stat-. The teople Of the Stat" can be trustel to pass Judgmenl upon auch a pullcy at the polls next November. BBXATOR HII.I. ABBUMBB lONTROi,. David B. H1C who lirs; enunciated tlie party poll.-y of authorlzlng the cltles to aell llquor on Sunday, arrlVOd h.re fram Albany early thla afternom, and was folkmrod a ll!.!" later hy Senator Murphy and ex-LI?*iitenant-Govei nor Bheehan. Rlchard Croker, nho nmuaea eeery oata by hla pretence of n t belng the real 1-ader of Tammany linll, returned to New-York, and. es tabllahlnf hlmself at ?he end of g long-dlst ince t-lephone, began tO gulde th<* pro.-eedlngs of the Tammany Hall delepates here. Mr. Hlll tOOfc rooms at the Yates II..us.*, , n the flrst BoomboVU the offlee, and at on.'e gggUBBOd personal dlr<vtlon of the affairs of the gpproa. hlng conventlon. He sent for auch promlnenl delegates a* dld not Immedlately call upon him and oonveyed t> them the Imprcaslon that he Intcnded tO be the Riitdlng spirlt of the conventlon. liundreds of I>_dlng Democrata called upon '.ilm of their own wlll and had long talks *-*lih him about the propoaed pianks ln the party platform and suggested can dldatea for State offlcea. Mr. Hill aoon dlscovered that the pol!tl.*lana of the Democratlc party with nearly practlcal una nlmity were wlth him ln hla notlon that the party should commlt itself to the free sale of llquor c,n Sunday. Yet there were aome who advlsed that the plank upon thls subject be writtet*. wlth great care. It should be frank, ao that every VOtOT in a city would underata.id that the Democratlc party was wllllng to cpen the aaloona on Sunday. and yet there should bo certain sentepces In If whlch COUld he interpr?h*d tO the rural Democrati. mlnd as meanlng that the sale of llquor g/Ofgld "nly be authorized In cltles lf a majorlf,- of thclr lnhabl tants voted for lt. Whether thls would render th. moral reep inslbility of the rural Democrat deslr? ous nf malnUtnlng the sn.*redness of Sunday any the less* welghty was nut explalned. Mr. Hlll. havlng recelved a good deal of advlce upon the subject, requested varlous peop'.e t>. pre pnn Bunday llquor pianks. Besides, eevefRl poll? tlclans voluateered pianks on this subject. J. hn lioyd Thacher, of Albany, contributed one; Fran eig lf. Bcott, eorporatlon Oounoel of New-York, contributed another; Hcrman R'.dder, manager of "The Staats Zeitung." submitted a thlrd. All of these pianks unmlstakably pledged that tha Democratlc party, lf intrusted with power. would open the MlOOne ln cltles on Sunday.-. Tli BTB VII mor.-* or less clothlng over thls idea, plalnly in? tcnded to coneenl Its actual deformlty. but the meanlnp; was i learly dlscernlble and VOtOra would not be deceived in the least by the wordlng. Be anxlous were the authors of these pianks to mak* It plaln to voters that the Demoeratle party really Intended to open the saloons on Sunday that care. fully wrltten sentences. lntenled to bear In the future some other constructlon, could not have any effect. Mr. Hiil late in the evenlng an nounced that the Sunday llquor pianks were so great In number that lt would take all his talent and that of the Commlttee on Kesolutlona tO plane them down and flt them Into one. and there fore nothlng would be done upon the subject further to-night. A GREAT CROWD IN ITBACUf-E. The 450 delegatea to the Democratlc Srate Convention and thelr 650 alternatea, with con lestlng delegations numberlng 200 persons, anl attendlng Democratlc pjlitlclans to the number of 2.000 persons. -11 arrlved ln Syracuae to-day, and filled th.1 hoteis and boardlng-houses of Syracuae far beyond thelr capaclty. The streets of Syracuae arere a-rowded also to-nlght wllh th* Democratlc poUtlctSOS and voters of th? clty. Hands werr? playlng on the maln streets sur r.r ndlng the blg hotela and the clty had a pru nounctd C mventlon ap.earance, owlng to the display of colored buntlns on the chlef bulldlnga. Alhambra Hall also had been flnely de. orated and was ready for the occupatlon of the conven? tion. The Yates House wa. the centre of the convention excltement to-nlght. Its maln oflU'a and the long hallway upon which was altuated Senator Hill'n room wer.1 Jainn ed wlth Demo? cratlc pollttctans, most et them srr.a^king. The crowd was not aeiecL "I would n >t eapreaa anv dlatrust of this Democratlc crowd." sald Senator Hlll In the evenlng In hls room, "but I would like to aay, nevertheles*. that I left my hat ln the State ('.iminltto.ro,un at the other end r.f the hall, an.l would aoaae one klmliy get it?" There was a mlnor auhject fa>r consUlerat! >n whlch occupled the attentlon jf the Democratlc polltl.'lans to day. This was the questlon xif the excluatou of one-thlrd of the Tammany Hall delegaflon from New-Ynk and the BdmlttSBCO of State Democ? racy delegatea ln thelr plicee. IfnatO* Hlll had nurrendeivd a repreaentatton of one-thlrd t. the Cleveland Democrats of lluffalo. Rvhester and Ilrooklyn. anxl he dld not see why he shx.uld not surr.-ndei' th> same am.unt ol' representatlon tt. th. Cleveland Democrata af Mew-Yott. wh_ niasrjuerade und.-r the n.une of "the State l'ein m riioy." Hut Kl< hard Croker ..bje.-t-d. Tho aentlmenta of tha Tammany iiaii Msbb-Sssi were expressed p.)lr,tedly by ex-I'.?lice Commlg slon?T James J Martln. "Why," he a-k -d, "ehould the State Demooraoy be admltted after thelr trea.heious alllance wlth the Republlcan party oti a lo.-.tl tlcket ln New York laat fall? They ahould stand upori the atoo| of repentance for at least one year "N'hy. when we bolted ln 1879. we dld not get back lnto the Democratlc party fully for several years. Now the State Democracy aetids here as one of Ita leading delegatea Everett I\ Wheeler, who wa?m