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DETECTIVE ENDS HIS LIFE.
KDWARD L. M"WILLIAMS WILL BE BEEN
AT THE ABTOR HOUSE NO MORE.
HE WAS TRIED FOR A BANK ROBBBRT
WHILE CHIEF OF POLICE IN JER
SEY CITT.
Edward L. McWllllams, at one time Chief of
Police of Jersey City, anfl for the last twenty
one years employed as detective at the A*tor
House, committed suicide by ■hooting himself
yesterday afternoon at the- Cosmopolitan Hotel,
West Broadway and Chamberf-st. He left no
note of explanation, but It 1b thought that Ill
health was the cause. He had been under the
care of a physician for a long time, and this
physician called at the Leonard-st. police sta
tion soon after a report of the case was made
there, and said that McWiUlams for several
years had been a victim of cancer of the stom
ach.
"I think the agony the man suffered." added
the physician, 'drove him to seek death. He
made an unsuccessful effort to put a bullet Into
his head about a year ago In my presence. I
got the revolver away from him before he could
hurt himself." The physician, It was learned.
was Dr. W. W. Varick, president of the Board
of Health of Jersey City, and a relative of the
dead man.
Owing to his long connection with the Astor
House. McWilHams was one of the best known
hotel detectives In this country. He was on
duty at the Aster House until about 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, and then went directly to
the Cosmopolitan Hotel, where he was assigned
to a room on the third floor, overlooking
Chambers- st. Before going to the room he told
the clerk he intended to take a nap.
ASKED TO BE CALLED AT 4 O'CLOCK.
"Be sure to wake me at 4 o'clock." he said.
"If I fall to get up when the boy knocks on the
door, have him enter the room to wake me." At
4 o'clock the day clerk sent one of th? bellboys
to awaken him. The boy knocked on the door,
end falling to get a response to his knocks en
tered the room As he opened the door he saw
McWilliams lying on the bed with a bullet
•wound in his head. The bullet had entered the
temple over the left eya and had come out over
the right eye. In the man's hand was a new re
volver. The bey at on.-.- told the clerk what he
had seen, and the hotel physician was sum
mored.
After examining the body the physician said
the man had been dead about on hour and a
half. The bullet was found on the bed beside his
head. A careful search of the clothing was
made for feme note explaining why ho had com
mitted suicide, but none wan found. When Mi I
■Williams'? body was discovered he was dressed
as he was on entering 1 hi* room, with the ex
ception of his coat, which ho hr.d removed and
placed on a chair. He had $20 In bills, aome
change and a number of Jewels. The body was
taken to the Leonard-st. police station, and later
■was removed to an undertaker's Phop.
MeWllliama was single and was about fifty
ceven years old. When a young man he was
made Chief of Police of Jersey City, and on
leaving that office he secured employment as
detective at the Actor Reuse. H*> leaves a num
ber of relatives, including a brother and two sis
ters. His brother is Jefferson McWilliams. pres
ident of. the Manhattan Delivery Company.
■whose home is it No. 205 Central Park West.
His sisters ere Mrs. J. E. Scott, at present at
Afibury Park, and Mr*. George Fields, nt No. 21
Euydam-st.. jersey City.
The manager of the Astor House said last
right that M' Williams was a faithful and effi
cient employe, and that he did not know what
had led him to commit suicide.
TRIED FOR A BANK ROBBERY.
McWilliams was born In Jersey City on June
24. 1*42. was educated at the public schools and
learned the trade of mason and plasterer. In
IW?4 he was appointed a detective, and when
the cities of Jersey City, Bergen and Hudson
were consolidated in IS7I he was appointed
Chief of Police, bin resigned in October. 1*72,
tinder a cloud. He was attending the Re
publican National Convention, at Philadelphia.
li June of that year, when Mrs. Beamer, who
occqpied the house. No. 3 Exchange Place, and
rented furnished rooms, discovered that three
of her lodgers who represented themselves to
be artists worked at night and were absent
during the day. Her curiosity was excited, and
bjm made an investigation. A heavy bookcase
that was placed against the wall was moved,
and a large hole in the wall was re
vealed. The First National Bank adjoined,
and an aperture had been made in the
trail. She secretly concluded that the
lodgers were lank thieves, and informed Hamil
ton Wall's, then president of the bank, who in
turn Informed Acting Chief of Police M; Homey.
That evening the lodgers were arrested. They
proved to be three well known professional
thieves — Proctor, Penning and Foley. They ac
cused Chief McWilliams of being In collusion,
i end said that for the protection he guaranteed
he was to have a chare of the booty. They
said thai if he had remained la the city and
protected them, as he should have done, that he
would have received the notice of the discovery
and have warned them to abandon the Job, and
they would have escaped sjTeet. Mcwllllami
strenuously denounced th* allegation, and de
clared It to be spite work of vicious men. and
pointed to his absence from the city as proof
of his innocence. He was indicted and tried.
The first trial resulted in a disagreement, and
the second In acquittal. He had been suspended
a? Chief of Police. After his acquittal he re
signed, and was appointed detective at the As
tor . iuse The three bank burglars were sent
to State prison for fifteen years each. A few
months later McWilliama was attacked in Cort
3andt-st. by a man named Johnston, and Mc-
WJlliama shot and mortally wounded him. He
was exonerated by the Coroner's Jury, as it was
fhown that Johnston, who was a friend of the
throe bank burglars', intended to kill McWill
lams.
GOER TO FFXITEXTIARY FROM CTIOICT..
LOTTERY I-ATV VIOLATOR TIREP OF TOMBS LIFE
■rare ax APPEAL.
William Louphlin, who was convicted recently of
vielatln? the Lottery laws and sentenced to two
months in the Penitentiary on Blackwell'e Island,
has given up his fight for a certificate of reasonable
ooubt. He appeared personally before Justice
Kman. in the Supreme Court, yesterday and Bald
that he wished to discontinue all proceedings and
serve hie sentence. His request was (jrar.'ed and
an order directing Sheriff Grell to take LouVhlin
to prison was made out.
The application for a certificate of reasonable
doubt was argued before Justice BißChoff some time
st?o. Pending a decision I.oughlin was in the
Tombs.
STEAMERS TO RUX OX THE DEAD SEA.
Washington. Aug. 7.-"The Dead Sea. which for
thousands of years haw been a forsaken solitude
li the midst of a desert, on whose waves no rud
«er has been seen for centuries." says United
States Consul Winter, at Annaberg. In a letter to
the State Department, "is to have a line of motor
boats In the future. Owing to the continued In
crease in traffic and the influx of tourists a short
er route la to be found between Jerusalem and
K*rek, the ancient capital of the Land of Hoab
Th* first eteamer. built at one of the Hamburg
docks, is about 100 feet long, and already has be
run the voyage to Palestine. An order has been
en en for the building of a second steamer. THe
one ready built and on the way is named the
Iroflomos (that is, forerunner), and will carry
thirty-four persons, together with freight of all
i::nus. The promoters of this new enterprise are
th« mates of a Greek cloister in Jerusalem The
y^r r f a Sbl^i nt t of the line 1? entirely In German
hands • The trade of X'K ' r * with the desert la to
day of considerable importance. It is the main
town of any commercial standing east of the Jor
dan and the Dead Sea. Its population consists of
■**>«" 1.800 Christiar.B and 6.040 Moslems. The m-r
ctThe* m f ar H k^rSf aXea Ker a ek/' ng <*'" "Witer.
THE SOXOMA LAUNCHED.
Philadelphia. Aug. 7.— The steamship Sonoma
Mat for the Oceanic Steamship Company, was
launched at Cramps' shipyard at 10:35 a. m. to-day.
The vessel was named by Mtsa Alice Yon B. Sam
uels, . lighter of William S. Samuels. Inspector Of
Lloyds Agency In this city. When completed the
Sonorea will enrage in the transpacific trade b"
(wten St. Francisco <md Auctralia With th- ,x
ception of the- St. Louis and the St. Paul .He is
the larrest merchantman ever built on the Deli
ware River. The dimension* of the vessel are-
Length between perrendlculars. (00 feet- beam'
ji feet: load draught, 24 feet; displacement 9 700
ton«. The contract speed is 17 knots, and the shir,
Is to accommodate 400 passengers. The Sonoma is
one of the three ebipn that Cramps' have con
tracted to build for the Oceanic Line. The first
of the three, the Sierra, was launched In May. and
the last of the trio, the Ventura, will leave the
ways in about a month.
BOLTS STRIKE BUILDINGS.
VIOLENT THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
BTORM DOES MUCH DAMAGE IN
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
A violent thunder storm swept over Westches
ter County yesterday afternoon between 2 and 3
o'clock. The storm was severest In Mount Ver
non, New-Rochelle and the towns on Long Isl
and Bound. The rain came down in sheets, and
in some places there- wai< a heavy shower of hall
stones. Many of the stones that fell were as
large as hickory nuts, and It Is thought they did
severe damage to crops. The storm was accom
panied by terrific peals of thunder and lightning.
Hundreds of tree« were struck, and the high
ways were covered last night with broken
branches and wreckage.
In NTew-Roeher.e four buildings were struck
and two were destroyed by fire. The first flre
In New-Rochelle was at 2:15 o'clock, when a
terrific bolt Of lightning struck the largo barns
of Livingstone Dlsbrow, In North-st., beyond
the Paine Monument. Mrs. Charles Dlsbrow.
whose husband leases the barns from his father,
was sitting at a window at the time and saw
th© flames burst out, but the storm was so se
vere that she could not get out to send an
alarm. Charles Slebrecht, a florist, of this city,
saw the barns burning and telephoned to the
police. Nearly all of the New-Rochelle firemen
were out of town on their annual excursion,
but a crew was found for the chemical engine,
which checked the flames and saved the large
carriage house and homestead. The barns con
tained nearly two hundred tons of hay and
farming implements and machinery, all of
which are lost. The firemen worked until late
In the afternoon trying La save the burning
bales of hay. They had a difficult time saving
the greenhouses of Watson B. Dickerman,
which were near the burned barns.
About fifteen minutes after the Dlsbrow barns
were struck another bolt set flre to a large cot
tage occupied by Mrs. Elizabeth Atless. She was
not at home at the time, and the cottage was
in the keeping of two men who were painting
and decorating It. When the storm came up
they took refuge on the veranda. While they
were sitting there a bolt of lightning struck the
house and tore away the roof. The crash was
go deafening that the m^n were knocked sense
ltpc and almost blinded. As soon as they re
ccvered they ran to another house and sent in
an alarm. The house and its entire contents
ere burned.
The other buildings struck in New-Rochelle
were the City Bank and the homes of A. J. L.
Bradley, a broker of this, city, and of- Arthur L.
E. Plattman The chimneys of the houses were
torn off and the inmates severely shocked. The
bolt that struck the bank set fire to the veranda
in the rear, ami also shocked some of the em
rloyes. Ex-Judge John J. Crennan and some of
the other tennants put out the flames without
calling ou the lire department. The tin roof of a
house In Anderson-flt was torn partially off.
A large Irish Fetter owned by Willie Shon
nard, of New-Rochelle, was killed in a peculiar
way during the storm. A large ball of flre
passed along the trolley wires at Hudson Park.
At the end of the line at the park entrance It
descended an iron pole to which the wires are
attached and went Into the ground, tearing a
deep hole. The dog struck his tall against the
pole, which was still charged with electricity,
and was killed instantly. The electricity also
charged the rails, and several yachtsmen who
were waiting for cars stepped on them and were
shocked.
SAYS DUX LAP WAS; HIS RUIX.
ALLEGED USURER ACCT T SKD OF EXPOSING
A MAN WHEN HE COULD NO LONGER
EXTORT MONEY.
Magistrate Pool. In the Jefferson Market Court,
yeEterday received a letter from another man who
says he is a victim of the Local Credit Company.
of No 73 West Fleventh-st. John L. Dunlap. who
is now awaltlnp a hearing on the charges of loan-
Ing money at usurious rates of Interest, Is the head
of the company. The letter is dated August 6, and
in part reads as follows:
When I read the papers last night I caw the
article about Dur.lap. Your Honor, I know you
nr<- Just. I have bf<*n a salesman for twenty-five
years In one house, and lost my place throuph him.
I have a large family and he exposed me to my
firm. I have borrowed £20 of him and could never
ge-t through paying him. It cost me> nearly six
time» the amount, and when I told him I was all
clear he said he would expose me if I did not pay
Ms notary, collecting and lawyers' fees. I was
employed In the largest retail store In Broudway.
He put shame on me and my children. Please ex
cuse my quick writing, au I was too nervous when
1 saw the article. Any time you wi§h I will be
then- to prosecute this man. L. F. A.,
Fifth-eve, and One-hunrired-and-<"lghteenth-st.
P. S. : As I have many good neighbors I will not
give the number.
Magistrate Pool J>ald he would try to find the
writer of the letter and have him 'r. court when
Dunlap has a hearing to-day.
FRAXK EURFT SEEKS DIVORCE.
HIS WIFE WAS PROMINENT ON THE 6TAOE AS
ADA DARE.
Frank Ehret. son nf George Bhret, the well
known brewer, has broupht a suit for divorce. The
wife, from whom he desires to be free, was for
merly prominent on the burlesque boards as Ada
TO some Who frequented the Casino Theatre
In ISCh: she was perhaps better known, because of
hf-r siyle of acting, as "Bouncing Ada." Thf- mar
riage was contracted In August, lv.is. it was
earnestly opposed by the father of th* brlrteproom.
anci was not made public until a month after the
ceremony. Later the father became less stubbornly
hoptlle, but he 1s said never to have forgiven his
son fully.
The news of the marriage, however, did not come
as an overwhelming surprise to the young man's
lnt:m£iie friends. They enid that this episode was
only In line with former adventures. Frank Ehrrt
ov. Ned for years one of the most celebrated racing
stables America ever saw.
The present divorce suit Is the third In which his
wife hap figured. She first married a circus clown
named "Ton/" Dare. Divorced from him. she be
crime the wife or Francis M. Roux. She waa Mrs
Roux when married to Frank EShret. She sayp
»h.r will fißht the present suit, and ha* engaged
Howe & Hummel as attorneys. She will ask for
alimony at Sin.nno a year and counsel ft-es. Ex-
Judg.- A. J. Dittenhoefer represent* Mr. Ehret.
GEORGE D. SWEETSER DEAD.
HE HELPED TO FOUND THE DRYGOODB FIRM
OF PWJ7ETP&R, PEMBROOK & CO.
George D. Bweetser, of Sweetser, Pembrook &
Co., died at 7:30 o'clock last night In his apartments
at the Hotel Majestic, from a complication of dis
eases. He had been sick for about the last four
months. Since the death of his wife, which oc
curred in November, 1897, he had lived alone in
his apartments at the hotel. He was an unusually
active mar for his years.
Mr. Sweetser was born In Athol, Mass.. on Oc
tober 12, 1826. He. with J. Howard Sweetser and
A\ illiam A. Pembrook. founded the well known drv
goods house of Sweetser. Pembrook & Co He.
leaves a number of relatives. The funeral will be
held at the Broadway Tabernacle, at 2 d m to
morrow. The burial will be In Greenwood Ceme
tery.
CERTIFICATE FOR EX GOVERNOR PECK.
George \V. Peck. ex-Governor of Wisconsin, has
received a renewed certificate of honorable with
drawal from Typographical Union No. a. The
former Governor Is proud of the fact that he wa°
once a member of the union. This was thirty
years ago. In his letter to the union making ap
plication for his renewed certificate of honorable
withdrawal he <>ald: "I have been Governor of a
State and have enjoyed other public honors but
I am proudest of the fact that I am a printer ami
a member of Big Six. 1 " Mr. Peck was invited to
be toastmaster at the banquet at the Kirby House
In Milwaukee, next week at the close of the con
vention of the International Typographical Union
and he has accepted the invitation
CAPTAIX GODDARD'fi EXCURSION.
The fourth annual free excursion tendered by
Captain F. Norton Goddard to the women and
children of the Twenty-firat Ward will take place
on Tuesday. August 14. It is given under the au
■plcee of the Civic Club m East Thirty-fourth-Pt
and the steamLoat and bargm of the excursion
will leave the pier at Thirty-first-st. and the Knst
River at 8:30 a. m. It is Bimounced that there
will be no delay In starting, and that the people
who go on the excursion will have two hours to
spend at Grand \kw drove, on Long Islan.l Sound
and be returned to the city at 6-30 p m Tickets
for the excursion have been Issued freely and
several thousand women and children are ex
pected to go. Milk and Ice cream will be dlstrlb
uted on the barzes.
NEW- YORK DAILr TRIBUNE. WE D:\KSDAY. ATTHST 8. 1900.
A STRANDED WOMAN'S WOES
COMES FROM BUENOS AYRES. SPENDS
ALL SHE HAS AND FALLS
INTO RIVER.
A plainly but neatly dressed woman, with pure
white hair and refined features, went to Superin
tendent Blair of the Society for Outdoor Poor at
3 p. m. yesterday and naked for aid. She said that
pho was Mrs. Mary Truman, of Buenos Ayres. ami
that she had been In Now- York only a few weeks.
Mrs. Truman said that she came to New-York, as
ehe expected to get some money here, bat was
unable to got It, and had spent the last cent of the
money that she brought with her. She was told
that the last boat for the Island had gone, and thai
it was impossible to go there before this morn-
Ing. The next beat thing waa done. A ticket for
tho City Lodging Hoi.so, in Flm-avo., was given
her. and she was told to return to-day.
Mrs. Truman went on the strlngplece at Twen
ty-slxth-st. to rest a few minutes, and while Bit
ting there rolled Into tho water.
James Melville, of No. 20S East Twonty-fifth-st.,
who was working on a scow, saw her fall and
Jumped in after her. So did John Bradley, of No.
832 East Twenty-slxth-st., and Richard Seery, of
No. 434 East Twenty-slxth-st. The three men
dived repeatedly, and finally, after nearly five min
utes, brought her to the surface. She was revived
and taken to Bellevue Hospital, where, owing to
her advanced ago and exhaustion, It is thought
doubtful if she will recover.
After she had been taken out of the ambulance
the driver found a bundle of papers which con
tained among other papers:
Naturalisation papers of John Truman, the
woman's husband, dated County of Solano, Cal.,
1867; a letter dated May 10, 1899, No. 30 Queen-st.,
Trinidad Island of Trlnldnd. to the American Con
sul at Caracas, saying that the writer, Truman,
had written to the Consul In the previous March
about a claim ho (Truman) had at Caracas, and
that he bad heard nothing more of the matter;
the death certiflcato of Jonn Truman, dated Oc
tober 27, 1809, at Port Spain, Inland of Trinidad;
A check bcok was found containing xtubs of
chocks on the Colonial Bank, of Port of Spain,
showing that Truman had paid out, from December
29. 1891, to October 26, 1892, M.460 In amounts rang
ing from $200 to $1,000. The checks had been made
payable to E. S. T. Vra*. and the stubs showed
that the money was due for Interest. A letter
from the officials of the Colonial Bank to Tru
man showed that the bank had shipped to England
for Truman, 7,228 Mexlcai. dollars, and that Tru
man had lost by the deal $264.
The following lettet, dated San Francisco, Jan
uary 25, 1900. and written to Mrs. Mary Truman,
'wan found:
I write you this letter in regard to that land I
purchased from you and your husband, John Tru
man. The county records show that you sold to
John Gleason nil of tr n . quarter section of land
near Bryon Springs. In Contra Costa County, Cali
fornia, and the said land has been tak*>n from
me by the bh!<l John Gibson, through it decision
of tht» Superior Court of said city, as the Court
.iepnis It a clear case of embegzlement. At that
time I was unable to find you to have you In r-ourt
at the tlmo of the trial.
Now, If you will klvp back the purchase price of
K.ild land I will return you the deed for same
without any further trouble, hut if not [ will got
rxtradltlon papers taken out and have you brought
bark.
Now I have written to the American Consul.
A Smith, and he will act or will have some one
Hot for me, and you can say what you will do In
rf>srard to the above matter Yours respectfully,
MRS. E. M. WLOUOHLIN.
No. 536 Clement-st.. San Francisco.
Th* papers are In the possession of the hospital
authorities.
TO RELIEVE PIG FRO\ MARKET.
AT,T. BESSEMER FURNACES TO BE PIT OTTT
OF BLAST ON SEPTEMBER 1
Cleveland. Ohio, Aug. 7 (Special). -After Septem
ber 1 all the Bessemer furnaces will be put out of
blast. From what is now known. It appears that
last week the Bessemer Asociation held a meeting
In thin city for the purpose of seeing what could
be done to relieve the pig Iron market. Bessemer
lrnn has* been put on the stock piles for the last
two lriWrths\ v.ith not a new Bale to relieve them.
There have been larg^ contracts, under which the
furnaces have been working, and these are still
In effect, and will not expire until September 1.
Besldra tfirsV Contracts, little business has been
r;.ir.i-, nv.r\ tbij production was In when the meeting
was called in this city. It was attended by repre
sentatives of all the Bessemer furnaces, and the
situation was gone- Into in detail, the conference
lasting several hours. The desire was to avoid
nnythtng like an agreement, and yet to have all
of the results of juioh a compact.
After a general dtacttftslon, therefore, It was
agreed that the one thing that would put the mar
ket on the basis where It was wanted was to limit
the production of Bessemer pig Iron. This under
standing having been reached, the representatives
of the various furnaces were called upon, and
each gave his Individual opinion. One after the
other announced that the furnaces which he rep
resented had decided to go out of blast on Sep
tember 1, and that the others might do as they
pleased. When all of these representatives had
placed themselves on record, It was found that
only two of the furnaces which are now In blast
had decided to keep up their work.
The Briar Hill and the Andrews Hitchcock fur
naces have decided to continue work. Of these
the former announces that It has two concerns
with which it is connected using Bessemer Iron, and
must furnish It to them: the- second gave notice of
en Intention to quit producing Bessemer iron but
to turn to the manufacture of foundry Iron While
therefore, these two will run as usual, their action
will not in any way affect th* amount of Bessemer
iron that is being offered on the marktH or is to be
offer«-ri The sole aim in tho r.-strirtion of pro
duction at this time Is to stop the downward
tendency of the prices of Bessemer Iron. The price
has broken now $8 or more on the ton. and yet
there is no demand for the product.
MAT DISSOLVE STRUCTURAL STEEL POOL.
Pittsburg, Aug. 7. -"The Chronicle-Telegraph 1 *
•ays to-day that It Is reported the American Steel
and Wire Company has entered the structural
steel market as a competitor with the concents
which comprise the structural steel or "beam pool."
The Wire company Is accused of having sha
prices of the pool companies and taking contrasts
which the associated mills would hay.> se lured ar
an even price. The result 1* that there Is a rumor
the pool will be dissolved. The structural pool Is
composed of the Carnegie Company, Jones &-
Laughlln, Limited, of Pittsburg; the Pennsylvania
Steel Company. Steelton. Perm. ; the Passaic Roll
ing Mill Company Pa Male. N. j.. and the Penroyd
Iron Works, of Philadelphia.
CHARGED WITH MURDEROUS ASSAULT.
FINDING OF A SWITCHMAN WITH BROKEN SKULL
LEADS TO ARREST OF TOUNO
BOAT BfILDER.
Louis Berger. fifty-nine years old. of No. 201 West
Slxty-nlnth-et., employed by the New-York Central
Railroad as a switchman at Seventy-fourth-st. and
the North River, was found lying unconscious be
side the tracks at that place at 1 o'clock yesterday
morning with a fractured skull. A trackwalker
and Policeman Michael Dolan made the discovery
They thought Bergen must have fallen from a
freight car. He was removed to Roosevelt Hospital
and was still unconscious at a late hour last night.
Detectives Saver and Day. of the West Sixty
elghth-st. station, were assigned to work on the
case, and last night they arrested Walter Dunn
twenty-five years old, who. with his father Davlil
H. Dunn, of No. 448 West Fifty-nfth-ot., build's small
boats at Seventy-fourth-st. and the Hudson River
The police charge Dunn with having murderously
assaulted Berger. The detectives say they will show
that Berger ordered Dunn out of a freight car ami
that Dunn ran in a rage to his boethouse and got
an ad«, with which he attacked Berger. crushing
in his skull
BOY CAPPER BROTHER'S DEATH
FOUR-TEAR OLD CHILD'S HKAD CRUSHED BT A
HEAVY TRUCK.
Willie Oevine, four years old, of No. 87 Flrst-st .
was crushed to death yesterday afternoon by a
htavy truck of the Street Cleaning Department
In front of his home. In Brooklyn. His brother. Jo
seph, who is twelve years old. was the direct cause
of his death. Joseph climbed the box of the wagon
In the absence of the driver and started the horse
Willie was playing In the street next to the curb
and was caught by the heavy wheel, and his skull
wu* crushed between the wheel and the curb The
An*t ftW , the accent and fainted when the
H^nrv y w f * r on was brought into the house
n Her.r> Meyer, »"ty-one years old, of No. 632
5?£5 ,n y 'i Ye ;K Ihc . drlv « r ot th « ■"agon. was
negligence h * Butler-st. station for criminal
BROOKLYN NEWS.
SORE FTEB AFTER PUBLIC BATH.
RELIEF THAT SEWAGE MAY AT TIMES
REACH THE PLACE AT BRIDOB-9T.
More than one hundred cases of eoro eyes have
appeared amor.ff the boys and men who have been
In the habit of using the public bath at Br'.dgp-et.,
and tt \* believed that the. bath is in snrae way
unsanitary. Within the last week a large number
of jiarients hfivc applied to tho Eye and Ear In
firmary in I.Mnffston-Pt. for relief from sore eyes.
They said their eyes began to trouble them after
coming out of the Rrldga-st. bath and that soon
after a painful swelling would appear. In every cn ?e
the trouble has been diagnosed afl conjunctivitis,
generally In Its most acute form. Those who have
come to the Infirmary for treatment nay that there
are many others who are afflicted In the same way.
Mr. Getine. the superintendent of the bath, denies
that the place is in an unsanitary condition. It
Is thoroughly -Meanned each night wltn a biK hose
and great care is taken to keep every par*, tn san
itary condition. Any person who Is founii to be
suffering from a disease or malady of any kind is
not permitted to go Into the water.
Thorp Is a fifteen Inch sewer that empties Into
the river about fifty yards north of the bath, and
wlih certain conditions of wind and tide the sewage.
it In believed, may reach the bath and cause various
diseases among the bathers.
BURGLARS CONTINUE ACTIVE.
THREK ROBBERIES REPORTED YESTERDAY
-FEW ARRESTS MADE.
The enterprising burglar has been busy tn Brook
lyn lately. In many Instances facts have been
concealed by tho police because no arrestfl were
made. Yesterday morning burglars entered the
home of Walter Moor^, No. fi3o Flatbush-ave., and
stole silverware valued at J2OO, $10 In cash and a
woman's Jacket. Mr. Moore, who Is a Produce Ex
change broker find vice-president of the Knicker
bocker Field Club, was sleeplnp In the room next
to the library, on the second floor, with the door
wide open. The burglary was discovered at 6 a. m.
by a Servant. Policemen from the (Irand-st. sta
tion found footmarks showing where the burglars
had climbed up the norch to the library.
The home of Thomas M. Hewitt, No. 211 Lincoln
Road, was entered by a burglar early yesterday
morning. The man stole $4 from Mr. Hewitt's
clothes and a gold bracelet and a watch from the
bureau In the sleeping room. When the baby cried
Mrs. Hewitt caught sight of the burglar escaping
from the room.
Many burglaries have been committed recently In
the Eastern District, and the police think they can
fasten some of them on Edward Hamnrand, thirty
years old, of No. 640 Driggs-ave. ; Albert Wade,
twenty-two years old. of Chicago, and Townsend
Johnson, thirty-one years old. of No. 83 Division
ave., who were arrested on Monday night. It is
said that Hammend has confessed that the three
had been working in the Prospect Park Slope dis
trict, in which many burglaries have taken place
In the last three months. The prisoners were held
by Magistrate Kramer in the Lee-aye. police court
yesterday on suspicion of robbery.
Johnson was arrested several years ago with his
brother for setting fire to Palmer's cooperate, in
Kent-aye. , when James Decry, a night watchman,
lost his life and several firemen were seriously in
jured. The brothers were sentenced to fifteen
years' imprisonment In S'.ng Sing, which was
shortened to twelve years by good behavior. They
separated on their release. Johnson has been ar
rested several times for different offences.
Abraham O'Brien, a lawyer, yesterday reported
at the Ralph-aye. station that burglar? had entered
his home, No. 1,100 Greene-ave., on Monday night.
His family Is in the country and the house is vacant
during his absence in the day. The burglars had
entered the house by climbing over a fanlight of
a door In the rear. Desks, bureaus, chlffonnleres and
closets had all been ransacked. Mr. O'Brien can
not say exactly what has been taken. At the police
station he was advised to say nothing about the
robbery.
NAVY YARD TUG CAPTAIN'S IN FXIFORV.
AN INCIDENT T REAR- ADMIRAI, fROWNTX
SHTFT.r>'!« VI?IT ANH ITS RBSm.T.
The appearance at the Navy Yard yesterday of
captains of the several Nnvy Yard tugs in blue
uniforms, with brass buttons and white duck hats,
whereas heretofore they hnve appeared In citizens'
clothes, is said to be due to a little Incident which
offended a high Naval official. When Rear-Admiral
Crowninshleld, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation,
visited Manhattan several weeks ago the officers
of the yard received notice that he would arrive
In Jersey City at a stated time. They were ordered
to send a tug to convey him to his destination, and
Captain Weeks, of the tug Pawnee, was sent to
Jersey City to meet him.
When Captain Weeks want to Jersey City he was
in civilian clothes and after waiting half an hour
there his attention was called by a sailor to a tall
person, also in civilian clothes, walking up and
down the pier in an apparently wrathful mood.
When the captain approached him, learned that he
was the Rear-Admiral, and Informed him that the
tug had been waitlnz half an hour. Rear-Admiral
Crownlnshield's displeasure is said to have in
creased. He wag quickly taken to his destination,
and on returning to Washington wrote a strong let
ter to Captain Wildes recommending that tug cap
tain* wear uniforms. The recommendation was
approved by Secretary Long, and the men appeared
in uniform yesterday.
It was said at the Navy Yard yesterday that it
would be several weeks before any more marines
were detached from the yard.
WORK OX RECORDS; BUITDIXG
PROBABILITY THAT WHOLE OF $500,000 PROVIDED
FOR WILL BE SPENT.
Work will begin within a short time upon the
$300,000 extension on the Records Building. The
Legislature last March passed a bill, mandatory
in character, calling for an appropriation of $."><*>.
000 for an addition to the, building. The city gov
ernment since that time has Ignored the bill until
recently. A protest was made by Commissioner
Waldo Of the Records Department that the Rec
ords Building in Manhattan was having much
money appropriated for it, and the Buildings De
partment officials excused the delay In Brooklyn
on the ground that the Board of Estimate and Ap-
Sortloniaent declared it could not s,ct until the
inking Fund Committee passed upon the case.
t""oniini=si'.ner WaMo has been Informed by Com
mißsloner Serwin that the t'uiiiiins can begin as
soon as thj county officers decide what they want.
It is thought thnt the Surrogate's private rooms
and courtroom will be built In the new wing an»l
as a number of rooms are needed by Register Howe
and storage rooms are required by the !
office, the whole appropriation will probably be
spent.
CLEARED FROM CHARGE OF ASS.ICT.T.
After a hearing before Magistrate Bristow yeiter
day. Poland M. Sackles, who was accused by
Samuel Stokum of felonious assault, was dis
charged. Stokum. who was separated from his wife.
called on rhe night of July 24 at a ho-ise in State-st..
where his wife and son and Sackles lived. In a
Struggle the son threw down the father, whose
skull was fractured The Utter accused Sackles
of striking him with a blunt instrument, but could
not prove Ins charge.
ORGANIZE TO SUPPORT BRTAX.
An organization of wage workers, known as the
League of the Constitution, was formed in Colum
bus Hall. Court and State sts., on Sunday night, to
support William J. Bryan. These officers were
sleeted: President, Thomas J. O'Reilly; secretary,
William Horan; treasurer, Alfred J. Boulton.
»
WOMAN DEAD,. BUSBAXD IX CUSTODY.
Mrs. Catherine Nelson, thirty-three years old. of
No. 412 Warren-st.. died yesterday In St. Peter's
Hospital. It is alleged that her death was due to
a beating by her husband, Charles Nelson, a
laborer, thirty-nine years old. It Is said the coiipla
quarrelled on July 26, and that Nelson disappeared
Boon after. He was arrested on Staten Island ami
arraigned on a charge of assault, which will be
changed to ■ charge of homicide.
COMPLAIXT AGAIXST LAWYERS DROPPED.
The case of E. T. Allen and Anthony Darmstadt,
attorneys, who were accused of taking a $100 fee
from Mary Splelos In the Special Sessions Court
last week, was brought up in that court yesterday
by District Attorney Merrill. The woman had
confessed to stealing the money from Wyckoff Van
Siolln. The- Court held that the case would have
to go to the Appellate Division, and the complaint
was dismissed.
JERSEY JUSTICE IX A CASE OF EARS.
Elizabeth. Aug. 7 (Special).— A jury in the Dis
trict Court here to-day found a verdict of $16
against Theodore Glusser, who was charged with
boxing Frank Btarck twice on the ears. Btarck
sued for $200. The alleged offence was committed
at a clambake on July 17 at the Lorraine Hotel.
The costs were added to the verdict, which made a
bill of about $40 for Olasser to pay.
CLEANSING CONEY ISLAND.
NOTICES TO VACATE SERVED YESTERDAY ON
THIRTY-ONE PROPRIETORS.
The inspectors of the Health Department are
moving: on the filth at Coney Island. *nd very
day more of the resorts are falling under the ban.
Yesterday notices to vacate were served on thirty
one proprietors, and the -whole Island was up in
arms last night. Within the last week fifty-two
notices hiivs been served, and the Heilt/i Dcptrt
ment inspectors have not vet finished their work.
Nobody seems to know Just who will be next.
CAPTURED AFTER LIVELY CHASE.
MAN WANTED BT POLICE ESCAPES AND TS
RETAKEN.
After a lively chase James Ferguson, an ex-con
vlct. forty years old. was captured yesterday by
the police. A warrant for his arrest was Issued re
cently by Magistrate Brlstow at the Adams-i*
police court on complaint of Joseph Sagor, a
Myrtle-aye. Jeweller, who had been robbed by a
gang cf which Ferg-uson Is believed to be a member
He was caught by Detective Keelan at Hudson and
Myrtle ayes , but the detective waa tripped by the
prisoner, who escaped. The man was overtaken
soon nfter.
In the Adams-st. court Ferguson was held for
examination on August 14 and was locked up In
the Raymond Street Jail.
TENEMENT HOUSES NEED ATTENTION.
CONDITIONS SAID TO BE WORSE THAN COMMIS
SION HAD EXPECTED.
Certain members of the Tenement House Com
mission, who have been discussing the findings
of that body, say that tho conditions In Brooklyn
were much worse than had been expected. This
la a general statement, as the Commission has
made only one visit to this borcugh. and has not
as yet gone Into details. It had been generally
supposed. howe*-er. that few of the tenement evils
that have been notorious in Manhattan were to
he found In Brooklyn The Commission, however,
has come to the conclusion that there are many
things here which should be remedied.
As regards light, the conditions In Brooklyn are
said to be superior tc those In Manhattan, but
in construction and sanitary arrangements there
are many tenement houses said to be as bad. This
arises from the fact that many of the buildings
now used as tenement houses were originally con
structed for private houses and have been re
modelled. They are old. and no more repairs have
been made than have been absolutely necessary.
Members of the Commission do not think that the
same laws can be nwle to apply to tenement
houses in both Manhattan and Brooklyn, as the
conditions in the two boroughs are so different.
OPPOSING LONG ISLAND ROAD.
RIDERS AND DRIVERS WANT STREETS OPENED
THROUGH VESTA-AYE.
Many of the intersecting streets in Vesta-aye..
through which the Long Island Railroad runs to
Manhattan Beach, cannot be continued to the
Boulevard by reason of an Iron fence Inclosing the
railroad tracks. Many business men In the upper
district who own horses have been wnrkln? o.u1 a *ly
to compel the road to remedy the <Vfe. t.
Tt is contended by Surveyor Noyes F Palmer that
the Lor,£ Island Railroad, at the particular place
In controversy. Is ir the eyes of the law. simply a
squatter. The property of the Long Island Rail
road is inclosed from Ka=t?rn Parkway down to
New-Lots Road, in Vesta-aye.. and Belmont-ave..
Sutter-ave. and other asphalted streets w<.>uld be
popular drive* and paths for horsemen and wheel
men, respectively, if the way were not barred at
Vesta-aye. The roadt<etl grade is considerably
above that of the street, and riders are obliged to
make a long detour to reach their destination. It
is said by citizens in the neighborhood thai if de
mands by them for the destruction if th_,iron wire
fence and the lowering of the roadbed grade to con
form with that of tho street are refused, they will
Invoke the aid of the Board of Public Improve
ments and the courts.
JACOB WORTH'S POCKETS PICKED.
Before ex-Senator Jacoh Worth ?tarrM for Sara
toga ye*terdr\y afternoon it became known in
Brooklyn that he had been the victim of pickpock
ets at the Kri^hton Bea^h racetrack on Saturday
afternoon. H? lost a watch, a heavy chain and
a charm studded with diamonds. The watch waa a
present to Mr Worth from the members of the
New-York State Legislature when he was a mem
ber of that body. The theft was probably com
mitted in the crowd at the ti.-k<rt window
Mr. Worth la congratulating himself that the
diamond studrled badge presented to him by the
Kings Coun'y General Republican Committee,
which h>* always wears on his vest, waa not also
taken.
APPEAL TO AID A YOTXG MAX.
The Brooklyn Bureau of Charities renew? Its ap
peal for $75 to get an artificial leg for a young man.
twenty-nine years old, with a wife and child de
pendent upon him for support. The man should be
able to earn a good ltvln« for himself and his
family if he could be provided with this leg Sub
scriptions should be sent to the Brooklyn Bureau
of Charities. No. (59 Sch&rmerhorn-st
WATCH MAX IX A FIGHT, MAY DIE.
Michael Kearney, of No 494 Eighteenth-st., is In
Seney Hospital suffering from a fractured skull and
may die. He was hit over the head with a club at
Seventh-st. and Ninth-aye. last night in a quarrel
between himself and a stranger. Kearney, who 1=
thirty-two years old. was a watchman for a new
house at the place where he was assaulted His
assailant. Frank Armisco. whose a.Mres* is no
known, was locked up in the Fifth-aye. station
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE MEETS.
At a regular meeting of the Democratic General
Committee of Kings County last evening at the
Jefferson Building. In Court Square. James D. Bell
presiding. Commissioner John L. Shea, chairman
of the Executive Committee, announced the follow
ing dates for the holding of primaries and conven
tions: Primaries. August 28; Congress convention*.
October S; Senate conventions. October 9, and As
sembly conventions, October 10. Resolutions were
adopted ratifying the nominations of Bryan and
Stevenson and denouncing England as an enemy
and Jealous rival of the United States, also im
perialism, trusts and monopolies. Following the
lines of th» resolutions speeches were made "by
Chairman Shea. Assistant District Attorney Little"
ton and ex-Assemblyman Otto Kempner.
LAXDSCAPE GARDENER ACQUITTED.
John De Wolf, the lands-ape gardener for Pros
pect Park, charged with assaulting Leo Tracey,
nephew of James H. Tracey, an undertaker, of No.'
2S Bainbridpe-st., was discharged yesterday by
Magistrate Teale in the Gates-aye. court. The
charge against De Wolf was that on July 8. while
Leo was in bathing at the Ocean Boulevard, Coney
Island, on Prospect Park property, Mr De Wolf
acting in the capacity of a Park employe used
unnecessary violence to compel the boy to' come
out of the water.
First *S/>otuing of v^ \^ v^ ><
FaJl WALKING HATS v« ~
EnglisH QLi\d American "^ n^ v<
This early display of Felt Walking Hats is called for by women who are going away
and will need fall hats before they come back ; also by women who wish smart felt hats
for outing wear right now.
The English Hats are stylish and distinctive —quite an exclusive collection, as there
arc no two alike in style and coloring. Prices, $6 to $12.
The American Hats have their own peculiar merits. Not only do American
makers equal the English, but they ship their hats to England. There is quite a variety
in styles, shapes and trimmings. Prices, $1.50 to $14.
Second tioor. Tenth ttr*?t.
PURSES »un,d Side *Bag 4
of Silver ©aid Silver Pl^te
We have a most attractive collection of these ornamental necessities; some of sterling
silver, others silver-plated ; in many new and effective designs.
SU te 7sl"t rr S £ ™ Un F " nCh *"' " d un - metal I Sterling Silver Side Bags. $7 50 to $62.50.
Silve^iciH^ *• v » Sterling Silver Chatelaine Purse.. $12.50.
, ♦»•« iv .pxj. i j tWflry Stor> Broadway and Tenth «tr»«t
p JOHN WANAMAKER
Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co.. Broadway. Fourth Avenue, Ninth and Tenth Streets.
NEW-JERSEY NEWS.
TO FILL VACANCY flf CONGRESS
UNEXPIRED ANI> FULL TERMS MAT BE
i KILLED AT THE SAME ELECTION
While It has from the first seemed clear to a
majority of the Republican* and Democrats of
Hudson County that It would b« both legal ar.*
proper to vote for a member or Congress to T.'H
the unexDlred term of th«» late William D. Da: v
and for the full term simultaneously and on th*
same ticket, there are a good many voter? in th<%
Vllth Congress District who still cling to the opts
ton that the unexplred term must b« filled at a
special election ordered by the Governor of x.
Jersey, and that the member for the full term must
be voted for on a distinct ticket.
The Tribune ha* so far been content to give the
views of the contestants of both sides of this ques
tion, but, with tiM ■!»■»• of getting a competent
legal opinion, a Tribune reporter called on Council
lor William 11. Corbin. a former member of the Am
•embly and counsel to the Senate Investigating
committee which uncovered several Suite House
and other peculations a few years ago. In Jersey
City yesterday. Mr. Corbin was prompt to expresi
his opinion verbally, but at the request of the re
porter he dictated it. after reference la the ■•»•
utes, as follows:
Section 2* of the Election Law of 1572. passed >■■
Congress, prescribes that a vacancy In th« office
of Representative shall be filled In the mar. - set
forth by the law of the State.
The State of New-Jersey by act of 18* fp t*.
Bee. 50) provides that where a vacancy shall happen
In the office. It shall N» the duty of the Governor
to forthwith Issue a writ of election to fill 3uch
vacancy, "unless th» term for service for wfc!rh
the person whose office shall have become vacant
shall expire within two months next after the hap
pening of such vacancy."
The term for which Congressman Daly was elect
ed will expire on March 4. 1301. I? consequently
is the duty of the Governor to Issue a writ «f
flection to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Daly".*
death, the unexplred term being mere than two
months.
The Governor may In his writ provide that th»
special election to fill the vacancy shall take pl*r»»
on the first Tur»«3ay of November next, and \»rv
likely he w!l! do so. On that day by law there not
also be another election for Congressman, to s»rv»
for the full term of two years from March 4. IVI
to March 4. 1903 (U. 8. Oen. Star. p. S. Sec. ».
The New-Jersey election law provide for the cast-
Ins: of one ballot, and not more, at the jrenera! «•>(•.
tlon In November, and therefore the name of the
candidate for the full term and the name of the
candidate for the unexpired term should both be
mit upon the same ha"or. They are as separate aj
any other two officers on the ballot and they preset
to the voter two distinct propositions, to *!• rt>
Who shall r>nr<> ; th» Vllth District in Consres*
fir Mr. Daly's un^xpired term? <T> "Who shall rep
resent the VTTth District In Congress for the r.o-xt
full term, beginning March 4. 1901?
The rumor that Robert Davis, the Democratic
leader in the Vllth District, had expressed hlffiself
as being in favor of the nomination of Assembly
man James J. Murphy to succeed the late William
P. Daly, has BO more foundation than the rumor*
of the same tenor which have preceded it. Ex-
Judge J. Herbert Potts, one of the leading Republi
cans of th" district, sale! yesterday afternoon that
an acceptable candidate would be named trr
the succession all in good time, and tha* the part?
would do its best to achieve success by deserving
ar»d workine for it.
Senator AlTan L. MeDermott Is not an aspirant
for the Democratic nomination for — ■»:- ef
Congress to succeed the late William D. Da!y. Till
was officially announced yesterday by Robert Day?».
who said that Senator McDermott could not be
persuaded to accept the nomination, and added*
"He would be an excellent man for the place, but
ho will not take It." Among the new name* tner
tinmd for the nomination is that of Dr. John D.
McGlll. Surgeor.-General of the State, president
of the Jersey City Police Board and a brother of
the jar* Chancellor McGi'.l.
READS LIKE A FABLF
BT*T IT IS A FACT THAT AX fNSN
MILKS A BLOOMFTELD COW.
Bloomfield. Augr. 1 (Special").— Gustave **:••:«•• *
contractor. Is the owner of a fin* Aldemey cow
which was famous in the neighborhood for the
quality and quantity of her milk. The cow Mrr*
every morning is taken to a lot near the SwecnJ
River. For the last ten days the fame of the tow
as a milk producer has been waning- Mr. Bruett
being unabl» to account for the milk failure, con
sulted a veterinary surgeon, who found the cow In
■rood condition, but suggested that some one a* «m
ployed to watch her. Mr Bruett and his _eo3s took
turns watching for several days, without result.
except that the supply of milk continued •- grow
less. Henry Bruett. one of the sons finally sug
gested that the cow be disposed of. The Br;- rj
had about decided to sell the cow. when Wliae
Bruett. a younger son. came hurriedly tnto> the
house and called his father to hasten to the pasture
lot. He hurried, and was In time to see a aaa!!
spaniel milking th» cow. The dog got away, a.-v!
Mr. Bruett is now waiting for the milk thief with
a gun.
COTTAGE AXD CONTEXTS BVRXED.
OCCUPANTS NARROWLY ESCAPE Hi NTOHT
CLOTHES— LOSS $3,000.
Long Branch. Aug. 7 (Special).— The cottage of
Max Marx, of New-York. In GarfleM-ave . was
destroyed by fire at 1 o'clock this morning. Th»
house was occupied by Mrs. F. Kaufman as I resi
dence and bakery. The fire started in the bakery.
and before the alarm was sent in the building. »n
beyond the possibility of being saved. Mrs. Kauf
man and her guests escaped from the buralr.g
building just before the stairs gave way.
The adjoining cottage, owned by Forme.- Sheriff
Wolley. was damaged. It was leased by Micha*!
Garland, of Seabright. The latter reii?ase<J it
early in the summer to H. H. Long, of No. 2CA
West Nlnety-third-st.. New-York. A governess \r.
the Long family alarmed the inmates. Amoas tr.s
guests of Mr. Long were Mr. and Mr? 3 H. Clary.
Miss Phillips and Miss Whitney. They escaped
from the bull ling in Their night clothes. The
Longs lost a lot of Jewels and money, besides fined
and clothing
The loss on the buildings is estimated at about
$5,000. covered by insurance.
TRUSTEES AXD . CONTRACTOR SUED.
Long Branch Aug. 7 (Special).— The trustees of
St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church a- Georf»
W. Baxter, a contractor, will he defendants In a
suit for damages at the October term of court at
Freehold. Papers in the suit were filed lay.
The. two sisters of Alonao Lonsstreet. of K?d
Bank, who was killed by the breaking of a aaSoid
while at work putting up a metal ceiling in the
church, ask for JCS.OCO damages. It Is alleged
that I.ongstreet was the so'.e support of his two
sisters, who live In Bath-aye. . tMs city. Frank
Farabaugh. of Philadelphia, an employe cf t^a
FVnn Coiling Company, of Philadelphia, was work
ing by the side of Lor.gstreet when the scaffold
gave way. Farabaugh'a right leg was broker.
Longstr^et was injured Internally and ! .:ad two
days later.