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Went Bewa C'ost, rratt Prayed aad
All aa Bear .Took, to tka Blgalaa.
NonXAM)lE-Br-TnE-Sjk. K. J, Julr 22. The
railroad praklcnti ami bankers and brokrra
and their wlvea and daughters and sisters who
Art tumnierlnir ai Hen. Karle's summer hotel,
The Normandle-hy.the-BeA, hnd nn exciting
afternoon to-day raculnj ami entertaining tho
shipwrecked craw of tho schooner Robert II.
Mitchell. whMi foundered two miles off shorn
and In plain sight of the hotel,
i The day la with northeaster, and. as la
anstomary when northeasters are around, the
teas pllrdup on the beach and the spray dashed
orer the bulkheads aad across the road way. As
Is customary also, every summer hotel guest had
hit ere peeled for ships in distress.
The two-masted schooner Robert II. Mitchell
same along about 1 o'clock. She aa bound out
for Baltimore with a cargo of salt In bags.
When the hotel folks saw her first aho was four
i miles off, toward .Sandy Hook, and coming
V. down the beach at A good clip. She was up-
I ward of three miles off shore. Capt. Abner 11.
West of the Normandie life-saving station hap.
pened to bo Op in his tower, too. and saw the
Mitchell at about the same time the hotel folks
saw her. She was under mainsail, malntopsall,
foresail, and two jibs, and seemed to he making
flue weather of 1L Off to the south fire miles
there was a coast steamer coming up to New
Tork. It wasn't but a few minutes after
all the folk aaw the Mitchell that she
changed her course and came In for the
beach. A Dr. Freeze and n Mr. Qoarrler,
two of the hotel guests, decided that she was In
trouble, and they dashed off for tho life-saving
station to tell Capt. West, who had come down
from his tower and was Just sitting down to
dinner. The Captain ran up Into his tower
again. Meantime the guests at the hotel had
run across the road and had gathered on the se
wall. While, from the hotel grounds, they
couldn't make out that there was anything the
matter with the boat, yet she kept headed in.
Suddenly she gara a lurch io port, and a sea
coming behlutt her seemed to lift her and drtre
her down into the water. It was a long half
minute before she righted herself again, and
everyone in the party on the beach held his
breath. A she did right herself the watchers
sawmenclamberlngupon the rigging both fore
and aft. They were Teady at the time to swear
that there were not less than twenty of them,
though thare afterward turned out to be only
five. For perhaps a minute after the vessel
righted she held her head up; then she took an
other sudden list to port, another he caught her
under the stern, and this time her noso went,
under the wares, and In a moment she slid down
Into the water as If she had been on a toboggan
allde or had slipped down the way s of a dry dock.
Just as she went down a wavo washed over
her. For a time the watchers were speechless
and stupefied. Then their senses came bock and.
they screamed and ran hither and thither,
W-tr r4. "?. nnnnathlnV, buVnobodx
'knemiscwhet to do. Two mlnu&S "after the'
boat had gone down she seemed to have found a
steady bottom, for her two masts that had been
swaying hack and forth grow steady. The topi
stood twentr feet ont of the water, and ivir un
In the cross trees men could be seen clinging.
Capt. West had reached the top of his tower
the second time Just in time to see the boat
pitch forward and sink. The coast steamer he
had noticed five miles to the south before looked
now to be only two miles fromthe sunken boat,
and the Captain was sure that the folks aboard
could not fall to see the topsail of the wreck,
which floated above the waves like a signal of
distress.
He called to his daughters, Hettla and Fanny,
to run up the red and white flags, the official
distress signals, to the top of the flagstaff on the
tower, so that If the steamer did mist the top.
sail down near the water she would see the
regular signal and know that there was trouble
somewhere thereabouts. Because the appropria
tion for the maintenance of life-saving stations
is so small, it Is not possible to keep crews at
these stations the year round, and In the sum.
mer months the Captains only are on duty.
Capt, West's regular crew U made up of fisher
men, and most of them live at Seabright, a mile
below Normandie. The Captain started on a
run to that town to gather them up.
lie ran into the town shouting and the town
turned out to meet him. Three of his own men
were in the crowd and he called for volunteers.
There were enough to man a dozen lifeboats.
Pome one found a wagon and horse already
hitched up. The owner shouted to the volun
teers to pit In and In almost lees time than It
takes to tell it the party was going down the
road at a break-neck speed. The Captain It
getting along In years, but he swears he ran the
mile la Seabright in five minutea, and although
the horse looked older than the Captain and the
road was nearly hubdeep with sand, lie Is ready to
swear that it didn't take more than three
minute to get back after the start was made.
The tune seemed very Inn. howeer, to the
hotel clients. After the first excitement they
had calmed down a bit and had watrhed the
coaster coining up. A dozen or so of the guests
nsd glasses, and they kept the rest Informed of
what they aaw. They were all sure the steamer
would see the slgaal and put In to tho rescue.
A 4ozen times those with the glaascs called
that she waa heading In, but alia wasn't.
Hi- kept straight on her course awl
iias-ed by the wrec. Then the crowd
araouncuf her Captain and said he was In.
tinman. Uustneas men swore they'd find out
las name of that boat and have the whole crew
luuiarged. Another steamer was sighted, but
bb was further out. She passed ilka the first.
1 he folks with the glasses could make out the
movements of the men In the rigging of the
w recked vessel and they called them out. Now
ami then a wave would wash up, anil for an in.
''ant the men would be concealed. Then a
ami wuuld go up:
-They're lost! They're lost!"
nut the waves would recede showing them
III ritnginir. Time and time anln theseatre
wt rcLwated. aud ervrr time the big lumps
mim jump up in the throats of the wutchars.
sut the denunciation of the coaster's Captain
would more vehement. Klnally the shouts of
tfe men In the wagon coining llcktty split down
th nuii were heard, and the shouts of the crowd
t ehlnd it that had followed along lu Its I rail f mm
eabrlht. Then the men in the hotel party lau
down to the life aarlnK station.
-.f-'I't. Weat was the nrt man off the wagon.
lilt daughters had already uulorkrd ami opened
the doors of the house where the big lifeboats
era kept, and they had the line fait to the front
ot the drag on which the boats rested, read y to
M grabbed and hauled out. The Captain seized
the end r the line and ran out with It. The
aud the volunteers fell In behind him. ami
hi bank Presidents and railroad I'rrsUteuls and
"Iters fell In behind them, each with a grip on
hi line.
It was a third of a mile rua up the beach to a
place a here the boat cuuUI ba launched. Ihe
road fur that third of a inllo was the sandiest
'U of road lu tho whole titate of Jersey, but the
heavy carriage and the heavy huat were w hlskcd
"er it like a sled on an ley hill.
In the turty that manned the ropes there were
ei- lerk of the 1'nluii States Heuatc J. II. Flair.
U Clark. Ylce-I'resnlont of the Culled rtau
Trust Company; Schuiter Walton, J, K l.wtd
of Idd & Coffin H. 1'. Kern. I. f. lUibbln-. A.
; Brown. Howard I'arnJU William itlrd, (jen.
'".I-Ferdinand Earls. Jr., V. H. Patton, Ool.
J Witheriagton. t O, I'cWrs, and u. ', Kolil
'4t, T" tell the truth, the whole hotel register
tnlKJI bctrinted. foreter) man there whucojkl
tut hold hid hold of tlie rope aud pulled and
sultd and ran a If batau was alter huu. lUitht
fl'ntithe water's edge they went.and then
l"ttlog ku the rope they manned the skies of
i the boat, and with a whoop and a rush the
"inched u out ou the surf.
I spt. West's crew consisted of I'eter O'sen,
Ar Jrt-jr riwansun, and August Johnson, iyku
Ur, mi (.vrroll H. Wot, Charles trricLson.
ttar'e lAwsoii, and Jobn Miller, toluutixr.
l " had their shoes oil and their trousers
fjiii u, abore their kueca. They carried tho
"t on out aaar the first breakers and then
auaUed la Uks saesfcsr, aud as a wave re
ceded and carried the Wl with ll they grabbed
their oars, and pulled for dear life. ' "f"UUTO
Then iheer after cheer went up from the
shore as they successfully rule the breakers.
Men and women danced up and down nnd
cheered and wared their hats and handker
chiefs. .i.llTM,U'uljr,,rrt billing 'or the melt until
they had crimed the bar. and Krnln as they did at
the nan Ihelr progrras was exnnnernttnuly low,
An long a they were within hearing the crowd
yelled at them to encourage them. Finally they
imt across tho bar, and then the people settled
down to wait.
Probably half the distance to the wreck had
been rovcral hen tho guests with glasses stirred
Jil the excitement again by jelling that the
lifeboat was Milking. A wa c had washed over
It. It seemed an age .before the boat appeared
again, and w hen it did it oouid bo seen that tw o
of the crew had dropped their oars and were
balling her. Fromthnton there wasn't n mo
ment's peace for those on shore.
They were sure the boat was nearly filled with
water and that nnother wave, would sink her.
For tho time they forgot the shipwrecked
sailors In the rigging for the crew In the boat,
m friends or relative were eer watched
closer than were these men, and when, at last,
the boot was .near to the two-master and the
men who had been balling sat down to their
nars again there was more cheering, Tho sea
was running heaxy.
As the lifeboat came near the foundered
schooner and the folks on shore with glosses
tried, "They'vo got there now." a big wavo
alml them away. Tho men In tho rigging
could lie seen making ready to leap. Tho life
savers twirled their lat around and bent to
their pars. A few strokes brought them within
reaching distance or the foremast, and one man
in tho rigging gave n lenp and landed in
the txutt, which fell Into the trough of tho sea
and it us nut of sight for nn instant. The shouts
were silenced inntantly, and the dread that tho
J!"1." -101 came again, but thu next wnve
lifted It and showed the men still at their oars
and making for the mainmast. They rrached
the mast on the crest of n wato. and a man
dropped Into the Ixwtt. Tho boat was swept
nn a hundred yards this time, and down It
went out of sight a second time, but It rode the
water like a gull. The next wae shown! it
bead around and tho crow straining for. a.
fourth gn at tho roast. They made it with a
dozen stroke and were again on a wavo crest
that carried them with the speed of an express
tralu by tho rigging, to which two men were
still clinging, (ino dropped Into tho boat as
they went by. With a graceful sweep the boat
turned and made for the mast. This time a
fourth man dropped safely as tho others had.
On the next trip the fifth and last man was
saved, and the crowd on shore shouted l
" 1 hey' e got them all."
This crowd by this time numbered nearly a
thnwand persons. The sinking of the boat had
been seen as far south as long Ilranch. and
crowds had come in stages and farm wagons
and every kind of vehicle: tho whole town of
Heabright had come: the Highlands of JJave
slnk, Oalllee, Monmonth Beach, North Ixing
Branch had all furnished their share, and the
newcomera were more excited and more ex
citable than the hotel folks. If the wreck of the
boat could be seen at Lena Branch the shouting
of this crowd must hare been heard there.
It was wonderfully inspiring, and It seemed to
grow louder. It seemed even to down the roar
of the ocean as the lifeboat with the rescued
mariners was pulled away from the sunken
schooner. The crowd thought the boat would
land at tho spot it started from and it gathered
there and waited so close to the water Uiut
the Incoming surf dashed sprar over it and
every extra large wave washed up over shoes
and stockings.
Time passes slowly at times like this, and the
halt hour It took for the sturdy life savers to
bring their boat in seemed to lengthen to hours,
but the crowd stood there heedless of every
thing and still shouting. At last the boot was
Inside the bar. Capt. West Instead of heading
for the crowd headed up the shore a quarter of
,a mile, and there came a scramble that couldn't
!be equalled in a panic at a theatre, men
and women actually tumbled over each
other and walked on each other for
the honor of getting there first and
ihavlng a hand in hauling the boat ashore. The,
(crowd got to the landing spot before the boat,
and as a roller caught the back of the boat and
shoved It within fifteen feet of the beach, a hun
dred men dashed Into the water, and, seizing It,
dragged it in. Soon it was well up on the beach.
Then they seized the men and lifted them out of
itho boat and held them up over their heads, and
ahouted and relied and cheered until they were
Teady to fall from eihanstlon. , m
thtroTrtJBfflTtfSt quiet ered'to think. XJenV
Karle got his thinker ready first, and he elbowed
hls.way through the crowd and invited the res
cued and the rescuers to the Normaudie. Ua
had right op the spot with him three gallons of
steaming hot grog, and he poured it Into the ex
hansted men.
When the start was made for the hotel every -liody
went along, but there was room only for
the guests and the life savers and the ship
wrecked men. It waa nearly 4 o'clock, and for
the first time since the schooner had been sighted
luncheon was thought of. It hod grown
cold or burnt up in the mean time,
but ever) body was so happy that a
little tiling like hunger wasn't a consideration.
All that the ople thought of was the comfort
of the shipwrecked men. They were headed to
the dining room, and there at the centre tablu
all the delicacies of the fine hotel were heaped
before them. The cooks w orked now as hard ss
the life savers had worked, and things were
tilled up until it looked as if the table would
break down.
rlomebody suggested that something was
needed to wash uo n the food, and the guests
began to bur champagne. They bought enough
to give all the sailors a bath, aud there was
neurly enough left oer to drown all the life,
saving crew, buOher took It like little men. and
between tho gulps of wine and the mouthfulsof
foul they spuu the yarn of how they camo to be
w recked.
The Captain of the boat was BenJ. Pratt, and
as he spun his yarn it ran like tills:
" We left New York at N o'clock In the morn
ing. The Mitchell is a stanch craft, and be.
longs In Baltimore. We were going home with
a cargo of 145 tons of salt. The sea was getting
up a lilt and a fog was driving In on the wind, I
decided to put back behind the Hook and wait
until the weather cleared. We put about and
tacked off shore. The watch that went on at la
o'clock reported to me while I was down at din
ner that there was two and a half feet of water
in the hold. I went on deck and told the mate
to stand Inshore on the other tack. I heard
strange noises in the hold, and railed
Fiy mate, and he listened and heard them, too,
I was like the swash of water. I got up and we
went to the forward hatch, tore off the tar
pnnlln. and opened It. There was water, sure
etiough, three feet of It. I called all hands to
the pumps and we went to work, 'ten minutea
later we fouud the water was gaining onus at
thu rate of half an inch a minute in spite of all
we could do, and then I made up my mind that
our only salvation was to beach tn boat."
Capt. Pratt's yarn after this isn't Interest,
lng aa the one spun by Mate Twifford. bald
Iwi fiord:
Yea, the Cap he told us to head In. an' we
headed, an' he told us to bust our livers at the
pumps, an' we busted, but bustin' an' all, the
w ater gained on us. hen the Cap he saw we
rouldn t make the shore an' beach her, he saye.
Well, I guess it's time to pray,' and I told
him I didn't know any. prayers. lie said he
remembered a little one he gut out of an Episco
pal hymn look, and he began to say It, and we
all took to the rigging. Then she lurched. He
kept right on. Mhe lurched, again and then she
went down, an' 1 says to him: ' ell. Cap, It
seems like we've struck bottom. I guru you can
ttoppraylu'.' an he stopped. By guin, skipper,
this here elder are great stuff, aln'tlt f"
And he tipped a glass of champagne and drank
It. as the Captaiu admitted that It was.
It waa late before that meal and the wine were
finished and the yarn had been spun dozens of
times. Oen. Karlo had been busy all the time,
lie had suggested a subscription for both rescued
and rqxruers. and had started each with a lib.
traUontrlbutlon. .. .
By the time the meal u as ov rr he had SSA8 for
the resent rs nnd Sflu for the sailors. Ho pre
sented It to them there In the dining room, ami
some of the men cried. The Captain sold he and
his men wanlrd to go to New York, ami they
started on the 7 o'clock train.
"hay," said Mate Twifford to Oen. Earle lie
fore he left, "d'je know, by gum. I think that
ire hard elder have gone, to my head I"
A sallonnai, expressed his gratitude thus;
"Waal. I don't want to gel wrecked again;
but, by gum, d'l e know I aln t thu dainu suorry
Iwiuvm-cVi-dhere?''
Another al.l to the Oeneral.
"rmv.mste, I Just tell e that there salt ain't
such u dead bias after all.''
'Ihe gutstsof thu Hotel JvortnandUi haven't
i nend from all the i-xrltemrul to-night, and
they haven't ened congratulating each other.
ihultobcrt 11. Mitchell was built in Dorihes-ter-ount,Md..lnli4.
Mie Is !0i feet long,
with 'JH feet Uaiss. and Is of lrtl tun burden.
Hhe had a full rarv" of salt In bags. The boat
Itself was probably not worth .more than
SvuiM). t-he was not insured Her Captain
owned a one . quarter interest In her.
t'aut. Kobert Mitchell waa another of her own
eis. Besides her Captaiu nnd mate her crew
consisted of John Paul Edward Brown, and John
Mauy.abla searacu. They all losteverything
save the clothes on their bat ka. The Captain
hid SI 50 in cash In a blatk bag in the
labloT It went down with the rest. The Mitchell
lira in about lorty feet of water two milea off.
shore, rhu Is standing upright on a sandy
bottom, aud It Is possible that she can be lubed
unit, the heavy sea to-night runs her up and
starts her touniilug on the Uatlu The salt will
probably keep her lu nn upright position for
touitt time at least. ,.,... L
The vessel foundered ft almost the same spot
that the tugboat Nieol foundered lately, per
nape a few hundred feet further inshore.
'rue guest at the Noruvsudie have been doing
a great dtal In the tharlty line Ue past work.
Ou tsaiTday tliey luaJ up pursa of S30 tor
the family of Hobcrt Brutui,a waiter, who
loat hi lif reatuin auothor pcrsga,
OFFICIAL; FtolT.C.PLATT.
tups ron a HKrvm.icAX for
M.uon un xo co.vm.vj;.
Warnlag to the Mugs that It Woa't Take
si licit More Abase to Make Htralakt
Republican Ticket odt-ltcpabllcaaa to
Act aa a fait, (Straight Ticket or Male,
Thomas C Plait decided yesterday to en
lighten the people who want to know whether
he Is for a straight Republican municipal ticket
or not. Ho consented to talk on the subject at
the Oriental Hotel. Manhattan Beach, raster
day afternoon. He says that the Bllss-Patter.
son and Mllhollaud factions will unite In sup.
port of one ticket next fall, hut It wilt be noticed
that he does not say how this union la to be ef
fected or if cither or neither of the factions will
be recognized as regular by the State Commit,
tee at Ita meeting next Wednesday.
Mr. Piatt began by talking about the Hi-par-llsan
Police bill and the accusations of a deal
with Tammany, based upon the fact that Mayor
Ollrvy has made the Police Board non-partisan,
Although the bill failed at Albany.
"After the Presidential election of 1BD2,"
said he. "I made up my mind that if the fates
ever gave us nnother Republican Legislature
during my lifetime, I shonld exert every In
fluence I possessed to secure the passage of a
law restoring to tho Police Commission the non
partlsan, or bi-partisan character, whichever
ou choose to call It, which It formerly pos
sessed. The facts that have been brought out
by tho I,exow Committee concerning tho
atrocious behavior of tho police In the election
of 1801!, were known to me then at
most aa completely as they are now
known to everybody. I was perfectly satisfied
that the Republican ticket had lost from 15,000
to 20,000 votes In this city aa the result of the
Intimidating Influence of the police. I was sat
isfied that, no matter what our friends in the
country were able to do, the majorities they
gave us were liable and almost certain to be
overcome so long as the Police Board remained
the pnrtlsanlnstroment of Tammany lln.ll. The
contest of 1803 gave us a Republican majority
In both branches of the Legislature, and I gave
my friends to understand at once that In my
Judgment, whatever ehto the Legislature did or
left undone. Its first and greatest duty was to
reorganize the New York city Board of Police,
on a bi-partisan basis.
"The Oorernor was a Democrat. Our majority
waa not sufficient to enable us to pass anything
over bis veto. His views had to be taken Into
consideration, and I made an effort to find out
what he would do with a bill accomplishing this
end. I knew, of course, that he would consult
with tho Tammany leaders, and I sought to dis
cover how they fi lt about it. I learned, some
what to my surprise at the time, though subse
quent events have thrown light upon the mat
ter, that they were not disposed to make more
than a formal resistance to a bill having tho
simple effect of removing the existing Com
mission, and requiring the appointment in
its place of tw o Republicans and two Democrats,
providing the authority to appoint was left
without limitations or conditions to the Mayor.
An eminent Republican, for Instance, told me
that on one occasion, when he had chanced to
encounter Mr. Croker. he had asked Mr. Croker
how Tammany felt with regard to a bi-partisan
Police Hoard, and that Mr, Crokar replied tlint
he thought Tammany hod made amlstake when
it made the Pollrfl Commission a partisan ma
chine; and he didn't know but that it might be
a good thing for the Democrats to share -with
the Republicans a dual responsibility for the
condnctoftbe police.
"What that meant was, of course, obvious
enough. The .boar earppsuraa of the Lnow
JAoialHhe;rtpialtlflFiBtidld
not think and ao not think that Republicans
have any desire to escape the responsibility that
attaches to their control of public affairs. It
may be true tliat the police were several re
moves from a Christian Endeavor society in the
old days when the board was bi-partisan, but
they were equally far from being what they are
now. and whatever clso they were they were not
as thej bav c since been, n menace to free gov
ernment and an instrument of fraud and
misrule. I did not suppose the mlllenlum
wonld come when wo had a bi-partisan Board
of Police, but I knew this that the ballots
which went Into tho boxes on election day
would be the same ballots which came out to be
counted: that the count would be reasonably
free of the faults of bad arithmatlc, nnd that
the police would not ba used to protect Demo
cratic polling officers and poll workers In the
commission of crime, to rob tho Republican
party of Its rights and the people of their will.
And I knew also that tnere would lie a general
Improvement in the morale of the jil!re force.
That Is the necessary result of as) stem in which
one party acta aa a t neck upon the other, and 1
have Jnst enough faith in my party to believe
that with even Increase of Its influence there Is
nn accompanying improvement In the conduct
of public affairs.
"Being what lc called a 'practical politician
I waa anxious to secure tho pasaaga of a bill
that the Governor wonld sign rather than
one that he was sure to veto But ours is a party
of many minds. Those newspapers that make
it a particular part of their business to denounce
me for what I do, and with equal warmth for
what I don't do, and also for what I hav en't the
least idea of doing, veiled lustily that there was
a 'deal' between me and the Tammany leaders.
There were Republicans foolish enough to believe
such sill) lies, and at once there was a loud
outer) that the bill must beumended. Nobody
reemed to know why It should bo amendwl, or
how, except that, being In the form lu which I
wanted It, It must bo put Into some other form,
no matter what. I knew that any amendment
would result In its being vetoed, but their wis.
dom prevailed. The bill was amended, and It
was v etoed. Republicans, by taking Mugwump
nnd Democratic advice, had administered to
themselves another defeat and had played Into
the hsnds of the enemy, as the enemy calculated
they would.
" Tammany, how ev er, had become conv Inced
of Its mistake In seizing the Police Board. The
I.exnw committee, doubtless aided it In arriving
at that rnnilurlun. Mr. tillroy took the first op
portunity to till the place of a Demoi rat with a
Iteiiubllcan. and upon the retirement of McClave
he has appointed another Republican, They are
both Republicans whose fidelity to the public,
whose competency to dUcharge the duties of
Fubllc office sutcessfull v , and whose lojalty to
heir party are proved beyond question. I ron
grutulste the Republicans of the city and the
htate that the interests of our Itfurty will now be
adequately protected on election ua). and lam
? lad of this even if we have had to take it aa a
avor from a Tammany Mayor rather than as a
matter of law and right as we should have got
It, If my plan had been adopted. The Republican
Commissioners go into office, I will undertake
to say.wtth no other obligations upon them than
the obligation of the public, oath they took.
Nothing has been demanded of them directly or
Indirectly by hint or suggestion on the part of
the appointing power. They go into office aa
Republicans and free men, to do thrirduty in
the light of their Judgment and their conscience.
" One interpretation put upon the apiulntment
of these Republican Commissioners Is that my
influence and that of my friends will bo exerted
in favor uf a straight Republican municipal
ticket this fall and against a combination nf all
theuntl-Tainruany fortea. Of course In denying
that It means anything in the nature of an un
derstanding with Tammanv I deny this. But I
want to go much further. Ihave never said that
I was (n favor of a straight Republican ticket this
fall, and. as u matter of fact, think that all
these elements of our citizenship w hkh are op.
pi land to tho preaent government nf tho city
ought to get together and ought to make
a ticket that will be generally satlsfao.
factory. I have said again awl again that the
head uf any such lb ket must be a Republican.
In that 1 adhere. Wo have tried the experiment
of elrttiug rtform Democrats here and It
doesn't work well. The) invariably come to
forget that they were elected to bring about a
revolution In theiomlui t of municipal affairs,
ami the idea that sooner or later immscssch them
alwais is that the) must take tare of the nn.
tioual Democratic party 'Ihe) want to bo
good, but only so far as Is consistent
with the success of Democratic State and
national tickets. Their acta ore performed w Ith
one eye fixed on Albany, the other on Washing.
Kin. and none at all ou the welfare of this tity.
Republlcansliavi- bad all the experlenre nf tliat
w-rt thty want. The demand fora Republican
candidate for Ma)or, a Republican whotbur.
ought) represents his party, U universal among
Republicans, and It Is a slue quanonot an)
combination.
"Hut if the fitate Democracy, tbt flood fiov,
emment ilubs. the (lermau.Ameriran L'nlnu.
and all the other organizations tliat aim at the
ov t-rrhrow uf Tanunan) , will accept this rondl.
tion, there ought to bo no difficult) in the way
nf a sutcaful coalition. 1 coufrss, however,
tliat J don't quitt life the lone, in which this
subject is dbvtusxed by the Democratic and Mug.
wuuip element uf ll Aiiti.Tommany font.
If they want ti omblnn -ritU us they would
bitter stop trying to pick quarrels with Us. I
d '.'t much care to ba frUiuls with a man worn
I con see the h.vlo of a knife sticking ont
from undar his shirt. The Republican party has
from una hundred thousand to one hundred and
tweat) five thousand totes In this city tbta fall
which fit can tidsc to tfco tuppurt vl m Ucktt
, ".,'
headed by a popular and thoroughly representa.
tire Republican cand Idate Tor Mayor. They are
nearly all willing, and maifjr of them anxious, to
put these votes behind n rokiMnation ticket, but
they propose to be met In th negotiations look
lng to (hat result In a tplrit of confidence,
friendliness, good will, and mutual respect. If
they can't be met that warihey won't be met at
all. In the Interest, there fere, of good city gov
ernment and a successful enmblnatlon ticket I
respectfully advise our .friends and their
newspaper organs, to stop lying about Ilepubll
oans, including even so humble a Republican at
myself. If I understand thf feeling of the Re
publican party. It is running pretty high Just
now. It can easily be turned toward practical
unanimity In favor of a combination ticket, lint
on the other hand It wouldn't take much to
unite It In favor of a stmlfrht Republican ticket.
The State Democracy and the Mugwumps need
not suppose thst they raf combine with a part
or a faction nf the Republican party. The Re.'1
publicans will act aa a unit this fan, whether
they support n combination ticket or a straight
Republican, They will make oil the sacrifices
necessary to bring About A roalltlon If the point
of a straight Republican candidate for
Mayor is conceded and If tho negotiations ran
be conducted In a spirit of general confidence
and good will. These, At all events, are my per
sonal opinions, and they are submitted for
whatever they are worth,0
Of tho published stone that he has with
drawn his favor from the Milholland faction
nf the party and will doetara In favor of the
regularity of the Bltu-Patterson faction. Sir.
Piatt said!
"That Is not worth discussing. Much stories
are simply fakes.' "
wnxan TAcriox xs xrovzAnt
Maybe tka Htate Committee Woa't Paea ea
Tkat at All Neat Wedaesdajr.
Tho Republican State Committee, whtoh Is to
meet at noon In the Fifth Avenue Hotel on
Wednesday, may bare a very tame time after
all. It will name time and pioon for the Repub
lican State Convention, but, according to many
Republicans, It Is Improbable that any steps will
be taken to settlo the controversy of the fac
tions for recognition here Is New York county.
There Is backing and filling Ion both sides, and
where gore waa to flow and Jiair was to be torn
there Is now a disposition to postpone the hos
tilities. The O'Connor Ur of April 34 de
clares that the lists of Inspectors of elec
tion, poll clerks, and ballot clerks must
be Med with the Police Commissioners
not later than Aug. 18. Neither the Milholland
faction nor the Bliss-Patterson faction has
filed any lists. It Is said that tho State
Committee cannot act until the lists are filed
with the 101160 Commissioners, and if neither
the Milholland list nor the Bliss-Patterson list
Is filed before Wednesday noon there U little
prospect of the discussion breaking out at the
meeting of the committee The law governing
the case is as follows: c
" On or before Aug. 10 In any year the Chair
man of the Executive Committee of the General
Committee of each of such several political
parties may mako and file with the said Board
nf Police a list Of persons qualified to be such
Inspectors, poll clerks, and ballot clerks and
thereupon appointments shall be made aa here
inbefore provided from the persons named In
such lists or list; and If any 'of the persons so
named shall not be duly quallfled. the Chairman
nf the committee by whom they were named,
may, within ten da) s afterjvotlc to him of the
persons so disqualified, submit names of
other persons duly qualified, and if the
names of quallfled personssbsll not be submitted
as above provided the Board of Police shall se
lect am! appoint qualified persons belonging to
the poll Ileal party entitled to nam such officer.
If more than one list of any political party is
submitted to tho Board of Police the appoint
menl shall be made from the list, if any. sub
mitted by the organization of such party recog
nized as regular bythe State Convention of such
party held next before such 18th day of August;
out if the regularity of any of the organizations
of a party submitting two or 'more such lists
shall not have been passed on by such Stats Con
vention of such portr . then sssch npomtmeut
ABAlI be madafrom tha Usl s?auted by the or
(rsjrtiaHrm dectdieftobectWiar by -the tata
Commlttee appointed by or organized in pursu
ance of said State Convention."
Neither of the Republican organization has
completed Its list, but Milholland says his will
be filed to-morrow. The Bliss-Patterson people,
while admitting that their lists are not com
pletc, declare that the State Committee tan
act nn the controversy If It chooses to do so.
The Milholland people insist that the commit
tee, under the O Connor law, cannot act until
competing lists are filed w 1th Uie Police Board.
It now-looks as If the fight. If continued, might
go to the Committee on Credentials of the Htate
Convention. Or, the htate Committee could be
railed together again before Aug IS.
Another way out of the difficulty has been
suggested. It Is that a suli-commlttee of the
Stale Committee be appointed on Wednesday to
take testimony as to the enrollments of the two
factions nnd In this wa) to arrive at a solution
of the difficulty. This subcommittee could re
port before Aug. IS, and the Police Commis
sioners could then determine the "regular"
list according to the report of the sub-committee.
Members of the old Committee of Thirty want
ed ) etterdayln bet 1 1,000 to $100 that the State
Committee will not declare the Milholland
organization " regular" on Wednesday. The Mil
hollandltes, with less rash but with equal nerve,
wanted to bet $100 to $10 that the committee
will not recognize the llllse.Patterson organiza
tion a "regular" on Wednesday.
HllB T1IHAH1IE1) THE COXDUCTOR.
Thea Miss Flnkaey Took Ike Coaa.eered
Mm'i Badge for Mecnrity.
Conductor Pasquale Ilrrsha of the Fourth
avenue car line had his face scratched, his
clothes torn, and his badgo taken away from
him on Saturday night by a young woman pas
senger with whom he had a quarrel about
change. The passenger was Miss Mary Plnkney
nf New Rochelle, who says that she Is a pro
fessional companion to invalids and aged wo
men. Until yesterday she was employed by
Mrs. Morris of 77 West Fiftieth street.
Miss Plnkney w ent to aoe some friends on Pat
unlay evening. About half.past 10 o'clock she
boarded Breeha's car at Twenty-fourth street.
The other passengers who looked up when she
passed them on her way to a seat saw that she
was a well dressed and demure-looking person.
Opening hrr purse as she sat dow n she glanced
over its contents and finally drew nut what the
rondurtorsald was a well-worn five-cent piece.
This she handed to Rrraha, When the tar
reached the Park avenue tunnel Misa Plnkney
bccknnrd to the conductor and remarked
pleasantly:
"I'hauger"
The conductor looked puzzled for a moment.
"Change," said he, rousing!), "Oh. )c; yes,
there is quite a change In the weather. Cooler;
much cooler."
" Weatherl" retorted Miss Plnkne), bristling
up; "who's talking about weather? I want
twenty tents the change for the quarter I gave
you."
Thecnnductor was so astonished that he could
make no reply for a moment. When he had suffi
ciently regained his composure he said:
"You pave mo a worn-out nickel, madam."
"Wlia-o-t?" screamed MUs Plnkney, now
thoroughly srousul. " I gave you a If You
horrid little man. take that,"
hutting the action to the word, she dealt the
conductor a villous upper iut on the eye, fol
lowing It up with a series of straight rights and
lefts and half-arm swings that would havedono
credit to Mr. Corbett. Then she drew hrr finger,
nulls down the side of Bresha't nose, and wound
up Iit trarlrg from his coat bis conductor's
shield, which she thrutt Into her iwckct, re.
marking:
"That s security for my twenty rents."
During the struggle the other passengers bad
manifested their partisanship the men by
cheering Mlsa Hnkney on, aud the women by
calling ou the un fori u us te conductor to put hrr
off. One woman said :
" You only gave hire a nickel; I saw you."
" Who sa)s that r" Miss Plnkney snapped, aa
the made a dart at a meek little baldheaded
man, who promptly bolted for the door. The
driver poked his head inside the car, and caught
one on the tar for his curiosity,
"Drive like hell!" shouted Rrrsha, and tho
driver took the advice. Mis Plnkney tried to
pet off, but lireaba prevented her, " Drive on,
lltll," he yelled Then he and the woman had a
second battle. In which his coat was torn and
Ihe scratch on Ids nose, was lengthened. B) tliat
time tho car had reached Ihe (irnrul Central
station, and the driver called a policeman, who
firrMUd Mi Plnkney. hhe screamed very
nudly, and a large cmad gathered, but shs was
Dually locked up. I'eswidsr morning she waa
arraigned In the Yorkvilie Police Court aad
was discharged, as Breahn refused to make a
complaint against hrr.
Aa Oil Htlll XUs-Uasa.
A big oil still In the yard of the Standard OU
Company at Long Island City exploded yester
day morning about 10 o'clock. The explosion
broke the windows of many surroundlnghoases
and brought out Ihe Fir Departiuant. The fire
waa quickly MtlugviUhsd. The stills are fitted
with patent tops, which, when they are bluwu
off. turn ea sUauj that quickly suUUta the
flames.
TILLMAN WILL TRY AGAIN.
SB XXTBttDB TO ItEOTEX TUB HTATE
DISPENSARIES OX AVG. 1.
Ilia rrflamatlon to That Effect Ready to
BerabllaheTo-dar-TnlEbrtTvillBe
' Made Va4r the JLa.iv of latrS), t'poa
TVhlth the Cewrta lists Not raase.
Columbia, S. C July 22. To-day Gov. Tilt,
man told a reporter In his cmphatlo way that
"he had made op his mind to open the dtspen.
sarlra again tight days hence, arid that hew ould
lame his proclamation to that effect to-morrow,
allowing the barkeepers a little time to dispose
of Ihelr stocks."
The Governor had previously expressed him
self in similar way at several camralgn meet
lngs, notably at a great gathering of hit follow.
era at Holly's Ferry, In Edgefield, county, fester.
day.
There he stated hit position fully, declaring
that the people wanted the dispensary and
that they should hare It. He claims that the
act of 1803 has never been touched, by the Su
preme Court and assumet the entire responsi
bility for lu non-enforcement during tho last
three months.
"I took the act of '03 and hid out In the
rrashre,"'h says, meaning that by suspending
Its operation he prevented A test rase being
brought liefore tho court. He openly charges
tliat the Supreme Court deciding the act of '03
unconstitutional was due to political prejudices,
'and does not conceal his belief that
Justice-elect Gary, who will step Into
Justice McQowan's shoes on July 2ft, will pro.
tect the validity of official groggrriea. Gary Is
what Is known in these parts as a true-blue
Tillmanlte. and as President of the State Sen
ate was active In aiding the passage of the law
In '09. It Is believed by antl-Tlllmanltes, on no
direct evidence, however, that Tillman hat had
a word with him In regard to his views.
Since the shut down In April the stocks of
whiskey have remained untouched In the
county dispensaries. Their keepers have kept
watch over them, receiving half pay In the
moan time, and therefore thrrewlll be no delay in
starting business "at the old stands "again. At
all of the campaign meetings the Governor has
made a specialty of defending and praising his
liquor dealing method and has Invariably tested
the sentiment of the audiences with his hand
primaries. In nearly all coses tho result baa
been a dispensary vindication.
Gov. Tillman's announcement to-day has in
spired a general feeling akin to alarm. It is
plain thathe is In one of his angry moods and
is thoroughly determined. . . .,
" 1 shall enforce the law more vigorously than
ever" Is hit language, and this is Interpreted
that he will continue to appoint as constables
men whom ho describes as those who will
shoot to kill," and that he will multiply the
number.
With the State already In the throes of A fierce
campaign, and with a large minority of the
people regarding Uov. Tillman's defiance of the
State's highest court as itself a dlrei l violation
of law. It will be difficult to hold them In re-
Slnce the Darlington riots fifty companies of
countrymen bare been armed and mustered
Into the militia. These to a man are partisans
of Tillman, and their backing, it Is feared, will
encourage him to measure Incomparably
harsher than those which he used prior to but
Why the Governor has taken this sudden
action without watting for the December ses
sion of the Legislature, as waa expected. Is a
puzzle. One explanation Is that the country
proplo have shown little Interest In the political
campaign. Attending meetings In smaller num
ber! than for several years, .and that It
14 1its 'wish ito est them t fared up."
t Is avagasted. too, that he It anx.
out to ,osts. tho. syttsi'-l operation
again before the expiration of hU term of office
In Nnvtmber, and that he doubts the ability of
any Tillmanlte who may succeed htm to start It
again.
htlll nnother theory Is that he wants notoriety.
It Is universally believed hero that helnn the
point of avowing himself a Populist, and that be
aspires to lie the national leader of that party
1 he dispensary experiment has been the chief
factor In giving him prominence heretofore, and
it is thought thst he wishes toiatrh the car of
the country by making another aggressive fight
In Us favor.
It will be remembered that under the Supreme
Court decision prohibition is supposed to prevail
throughout the State, whereas, aa a matter of
fiut. barkeepers are openly selling liquors In
nearly all the towns of the State. and few, if
any. efforts have been made to check them.
This demoralized condition of affairs has
f:reatlydlgustrd many temperance people who,
n the past, have constituted the main strength
of the dispensary opposition
Three say now that the fight is simply
one between the saloon element and
Ben Tillman, and that they propose to
stay nut of It. At any rate the
situation is viewed with general apprehension
by probably everybody in the State, except the
Governor and his most violent partisans.
UIMirTALLIC COXFEBEXCE.
Called to Meat la Waaklagtoa oa Tkare.
day, Awe. to.
Washington, July 3'.'. The officers of the
American Bimetallic League to-night Issued a
call for a conference to be held In this city of
those ho believe that no permanent improve
ment in the condition of the country can be
hoped fur aa long as the present gold standard
pollc) Is pursued and who favor the Immediate
restoration of the bimetallic standard In the
United Mate, with the free coinage nf both
gold ami silver at the ratio of lfl to 1. The call
sars:
"The country has now had a year's experience
under the gold standard policy since the arts of
lHW1,closlng the mints of India and thestoppage
of the coinage of silver in the United btatea.
The results of this experience are manifest on
every hand, of builnena depression of the coun
try. In labor strikes, and In the general dlscon
tt nt that ever) where prev alls."
The. date named for tho conference is Thurs
day, Aug. lrl. 1N01, and the purpose Is to take
into consideration the situation of the country
and to decide uin the pollc) to be pursued to
bring about tho change In the monetary policy
of the Government neteeeary to restore pros
perity to the people.
TlTO Jfff.V ItROirXEP,
Oae from aa Eaeareloa Hleamer aad the
Other from w Caaal Boat.
William Hurley, aged St ) ears, a deck hand
on the excursion steamer Hosedale, from Bridge,
port, Conn was drowned yesterday afternoon
while the boat was making Its lauding at tho
foot of Slxt). fifth street, Brooklyn. He was In
the art of throwing a rope from the boat to the
dock when he was taken with a fit and fell over,
board before any one could reach him. He sank
almost Instantly in sight of the excited posaen.
fers. Tho body was recovered within a short
Ime.
While the tug Oen. Burnslde was passing the
Central Railroad fern sll'is III Comtnunliiaw at
7:10 ' lock last night with a tow-of canal boats
a cry of "Man overboard!" was raised, and the
tug stopped. Cant. Coffey of the tur, learning
that George Nehllnger of the canal bont Daisy
had fallen Into the river, mode an effort tu save
him, but it proved unsuccessful. The bud) was
not recovered. Capt. Cntie) reported theaitl.
dent to the imllceat the Gregory street station
In Jersey City,
JiRECKIXMIJIOK AXD THE 3IASOXS.
A Brport tkat I-exlautox Ixlsa No. 1 Has
Kxpellfd !!m.
Citcui.fATi, July SM. It Is believed that the
Masons have expelled Col, Breckinridge. An
eminent Mason to-day showed a responvlblu gen.
tlemsn a new 1) printed list of the member of
Lexington Lodge Nn. 1, Issued since art-rent
meeting, remarking aa he did so;
"Masons are not permitted to divulge the se
crets of the lodge room, and I an't say whether
Cob. Breckinridge was expelled from our lodge
or uot, but here Is a uuniUle list of the iirreeut
membership, and you can seo for Yourwlt who
are members."
An exututnttlon of tho printed roll showed
Cat. Breckturidge's name to be mlsslDg,
Tka Htcam Yacht I.oraa JlalseC
The steam yacht Lorua, belonging to W, L.
Stove, which r.at sunk off hand's Puint last
Jhursday night, through a coUIslon with the
sblng boat Nat Strong, was raised yesterday
and lowcvl to a dry duck, where she will be repaired.
TlMPrlvatfcompartiueatearaf the Vew York Cso-trJasUtMssaSvlBxurtoccjtrAveV-qJs,
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JUS TEMVEBATVltB OVER 110.
A Hsmstrwek Man Packed la lee nt Beltevne
ITaeoneeloite Thirty-roar Ilonra.
There Is unusual Interest among the doctors at
Bellevuo over the cose of n patient supposed to
be Joseph Kenny, who was admitted to the hos.
pltal Saturday afternoon. Ho was suffering
from a severe sunstroke, and nt 7 o'clock last
night had been unconscious for thirty-four
hours. Shortly before 1 o'clock on Saturday
afternoon the man was seen staggering on the
sidewalk on Third avenue near Eleven tU street.
Opposite tho Charities and Correction building
he fell and An Ambulance was called. At tho
hospital he was put under tho onro of Dr. Hproull
inwards. Tho doctor found that the patient
was suffering from tl.o congestion of the lungs
that It noticed immediately before death. The
chemical thermometers used at the hos
pital register to 110 4-10 degrees above
xe.ro. When Dr. Sproull took the tern
peratureof the newcomer the mercury Jumped
to the limit in a few seconds and there is little
doubt that the man's temperature waa trlween
,113 and 111 degree. Although It was expected
that h could live only a fcwmlnutes Dr. Sproull
hod him packed In Ice In a tub. For twenty-five
minutea there waa no perceptible change In hit
temperature. After remaining for nearly an
hourou tht loo. however, his temperature fell to
104 degrees. Cupping of the chest was thon re
sorted to and oxygen was administered. To the
surprise of the doctors the man lived through
Saturday night, breathing heavily. Early yes
terday morning the Ice treatment was repeated
and his temperature fell to 101 degrees.
The patient Is a man of splendid physique,
about forty years old. and weighs In the neigh
borhood of 100 pounds. He lay last night par
tially on his left side breathing In convnlslvo
gasps through the oxygen cone which an at
tendant held over his nose. He had regained
consciousness sufficiently to open his eyes when
his chest was lightly slspped, but he could not
speak.
From the name In a bank book on the Bank of
Barings, which w found on his person. It It
supposed that he Is Joseph Kenny. The bank
book Is numbered 388,203.
TUB TltlBr GOT A WAT.
Oae of the Newport Policemen Watllae
for Him -Tailed sas lis Baa.
NrwroBT. July 22. The Chanler cottage,
Bath road and the Cliffs, waa entered last Fri
day night br neat work at a window and a
trunkful of silver and other valuables, owned
by Wlnthrop Chanler of New York waa removed
and buried temporarily near the bam of Major
T. K. Glbbs's cottage, near by, on Qlbbe avenue.
The servants found It and Major Glbbs told the
Chief of Police, and a plot was laid to catch the
burglar, who was expected to return to get the
trunk. Ho did return at 2 o'clock this morning,
but the four police officers lying In wait were
not equal to the one man, as one policeman got
excited and yelled at the fellow before he was in
the net set for him. and the thief turned quickly
and ran. All four policemen chased him, firing
many shots, but he got away safely, wlthoutthe
officers even getting a description. The Ma) or
doubled the police force to-day.
The cottage of Mrs. W. K. Thorne Is reported
to the police as having been entered and ran
sacked some time between Wednesday night
and Saturday. Mrs. Thome Is In Europe and It
Is Impossible to tell what has been taken. The
police found bureaus and closets broken open,
but A wtll-fllled wine cellar waa untouched,
Entrance to the house was made through a rear
wlndowJry cutting through theblind.and break
lng tho glass.
CORE A' S ItEXAXIiS.
She tVaata the .Taaaaeae Holalera to I.eava
Before Hhe Will Talk About Reforms.
Loxnof, July 22.-A despatch received this
evening from Yokohama says:
"It is stated tliat Corea demands the with
drawal of Japanese troops from tho peninsula
before considering the reforms propoed by
Japan. The Japanese Government Is much sur
prised by this demand. Corea has nev er before
been so firm, anil her present attitude Is regarded
as proof that she hot been Influenced by China
to defy openly Japan's wishes. Negotiations
have been In progress for several days between
Toklo nnd Pekln, but their tendency Is not gen
entity known."
The Chinese Legation here lias heanl nothing
from Pekln since Saturday morning. Every
body there discredits the rumor that war has
been declared, as well as the report that 10,000
Chinese soldiers have started for Corea. The
officials at the Japanese Legation also discredit
the war rumors of the last two days, and express
much surprise that war has been regarded here
as imminent. The British Foreign Office denies
all knowledge of war or final preparations for
war between Japan and China.
WAS HIE STRAXtiER UROIVXEDt
The Yaekt Emma J. Capalsra aad Her Oc.
eapaate are Thrown Iato the Ilaj,
James S. Waters. a liartender at 0 West street,
accompanied by Thomas Burr, George Mltth
ell, and Charles Thomas of Jersey City, set out
for Keyport from Communlpaw on Satur
day night In tho two-ton sloop jncht Emma
J, Just before they started, according to
Waters's story, a well-dressed )oung man
who was a stranger to them, asked for a sail,
and, receiving permission. Jumped aboard.
When oft Bay Ridge )estenla) a puff of wind
capsized heacht. Her occupants were thrown
Into the water.
All except the stranger, who seized a life huny
that had floated from the lioat, clunrf to the ui
tumed yacht. The stranger disappeared pres.
ently, but whether he was drowned or merely
drifted out of tight is not know n.
With the aid of the crews of nearby )athts.
Waters and his companions finally righted the
Emma J and, after balling hrr out, got her
towed Into Tompkinsvllle, H. I, They had len
in the water Ave hours be fore assistance arrived,
and w ere proportionately cold.
ALL THE OEYSEUS I'LAYISG,
More Wpcetaeular Effects la the Icllow.
aloae Rational I'urk,
Mamuotii Hot h'1'Hi.vnsYi.i.uiu shim: P.vnK,
Jul) 22, A trlcsram received here from a rrll.
able source )t a shrk ic-euibUng uu earth
quake won felt at Norri tie)ser Basin at a
o'clock )esterday morning. The nuv truttr
gejser, which had been quiet for some time,
broke out with terrific force, throwing rock
weighing tw cut) -five pounds to u height of "CO
feet and steam rising 300 fctt, arc onijmnicd b) u
roar equalling the comMncil exhaust of a thou,
sand locomotives, which could be heard for Un
miles. Ev try ge) serin tho Norrls Basin pU)ed
for hours. The new cruter now nirixife.es any
ge)cr In actlun In the park.
JVMI'Elt FROM THE t'lLORlil.
Joseph 11. Lord of IlrooLlyw I'ommlls
Halclde Near Full Ulver.
Pai.l. Itivr.li. July 22. Joseph B. Lord, aged
40, committed suicide, b) Jumping from the
steamer pilgrim of the Fall Rlvtr Unci at 2.30
o'clock this morning, as the steamer was off
Watth Hill. He hail Wn with his broth
er, F- II, I-onl, in a stateroom. He grew
uneasy, and asked to g on the main
deck to smoke. While his brother was
lighting his cigar hs ran to the guard rail and
lumped overboard before he could bo prevented
Boats were lowered at once, but Ihe crews failed
to find htm. The steamer arrived here an hour
lata in consequence of the dila) laird a as
furmerlv a member of the Boston c jr-xt firm of
iJirX, hlttemore A Putne),and until a few
ays ago he was Irs veiling u-'ent for Thomas l.
Leodoa of Philadelphia. Ho rcaigutxi on ac
count of 111 health, saul u as ou his way to South
Berwick, Me., where an aged mother live. Hu
leaves a wife and three children -,u lirooklyu,
2i as t-
CRISIS IN Till; Tlltlll' FICIlf. 1 I
Tho Fate of tho Bill May Bo Deoidod - Q I
in tho Sonato To-day. Q H
PLANS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, lfl '
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Indications that Ihe Coatest Will Result la) j'H H
the Passage or (he Hsaale Bill or the) ' tfl 'smm
JTallare of All Tartar LeAislatloa at TklsJ H M
Besslaa-Tke Presldeat ano Hta Hapoarto ZH M
are, However, Htlll Confleeat of Vletorr- vl mm!
An Attack to Ba Hade en the Hngas .H M
Rehedale The Bleetosnrea Made Bst H
fore the IaveatUatln ComtaUteeThtj H iM
President's Letter Coademasd by Bias M )M
erata In Heth floaeee fleaator niltrlorr imB ':mml
the rrealdent Il Not Break Earlier S M
Henator Harris Maya the Prssldsat A 4 ,JH M
vised tha Paeaase of tho Beaate BIIU ;W
Waaiiisotox, July C&r-To-morrow't debate) JM
In the Menato It looked forward to with great t(l M
Interest and anxiety by the Democratic leaders ill
In Congress, as It It the general opinion thst this "Tlgl --
development of the day's session will determine Vvlsml ' ami
tho fate of tho compromise) Tariff hill. Hint 'n'lB 'Ami
the speeches on Friday condemning tho act of v-fl mm!
President Cleveland In writing the letter to Mr. (11
Wilson and foreshadowing the defeat of tho bill, iJ M
unless the female amendments to It are allowed jjl i
to stand, there has been no caucut of Demo. Y'vMm ' 1
cratio fJeuatoro and thero will be none. Tha fl 'H
determination of tho forty-three Democrat H fl
who poised the bill on July 3 to stand by it t&B igH
Against all Attacks still remains firm, and the) ' H
situation to-day indicates moro strongly thaa iMM xsmi
ever that the outcome of tho contest between Vm uiMI
tho President and the Senate will be tlie passoga Immi !
of tho Henato bill or tho failure of all tariff &uB ''sH
legislation at this session of Congress. rtfH iH
President Cleveland does not share tills view laB ''xsmi
of tho situation, nor do Chairman Wilson and Sml 't'lMi
a few of the most enthusiastic Administration iH XaH
supporters In the House, who have been closely ...Mm '
associated with him In the preparation of tha H aH
makeshift Tariff MIL Mr. Cleveland Is reported, twM )
on the authority of Congressmen who talke4 H I
with him yesterday, to be supremely confident AM t'iH
that hit letter will have tho same effect that all ipim Ha
his "bugle calls" to his party In the past hav 'Mm
had, and drive a majority of the party In Cono H Jtsmi
gress to do Ids bidding. Indeed, he has been s .Hot 'HJ
Impatient of criticism of his letter that h JwM ml
gave little consideration to the advice of sev. TB "H
eral of tho party leaders, to whom he showed It; it fl Bl
before sending tt to Congress, to burn It, Tha KjB sBl
President talked with several Democrats 4S BJ
about his letter during the several days B ssmi
It was in course of preparation, ami lfl 'H
several of them. It Is known, pointed out to hint JB 'H
the great risk he ran In signing It, but be had YB mi
already made up his mind before consulting; H'tml 'IBl
them, and their warning fell on dent ears. It Is tlB IB
thought that the Democrat who gave him tho. ftflH - H
greatest encouragement in his plan of discipline -JJB B
lng the Senate was Don Manuel Dickinson, who jBJ MB
loves nothing better than sensational politics. fl BJ
and who has been the most fervid admirer of ;B vaBJ
Cleveland's previous publio epistles of a llko iB jB
pyrotechnic description. Speaker Crisp and "B Bm'
Representatives BtrauN Breckinridge of Arkan. jSgjl BJ
tat, and Perhaps on or two others had knowh ':iMm 'Bl
edge of tha letter during the process of Incn bo B 'flml
tlon.nndof ootrroth-rjdonauad applaud It, ' 'JPw Bml
now that It hat been made public." will 'H
It Is evident to-night that, while the Senators jtkjf B
have no plan of action beyond a determination SI Bml
to deba'e the motions now pending to amend H smmi
the bill and during their speeches to attack tha "IjS BJ
President for his Interference in legislation and )l BJ
announce their iutentlon to stand by tho Scnata 'M BJ
bill as at present framed, the Administration 99 HH
programmo contemplates the destruction of tha Xj9 BJ
kejstono of the bill by amending the sugar Wt BJ
schedule as proposed by Senator Vilas's motion yM HJ
to nbandon the one-eighth of a tent differential ,Iq jBjai
duty to thu sugar refiners. This motion Is itself rW BB
unparliamentary, and there is no duubt tliat In jfl HJ
Its present shape It would be ruled out of order; III BB
but If Mr. Vilas, acting for the Administration, 1; HJ
persists In his attempt, how III undoubtedl) find tttk BB
a way to have hit motion voted upon. Tha J i BJ
President regards the sugar schedule as tha " J BJ
proper pmv It Ion to attack, as his pica for the re ( HJ
ttntlon of protection to the sugar producers ; 1 HJ
nnd refiners Is admitted to be the weakest) ! BB
spot in hit letter. It Is tha one sched tl BB
uie, moreover, upon which there Is prom. j Bl
tse of a breaking away of the Democrutla ' BB
Senators. Palmer, Brlce, Jarv Is, Berry, Batetf j BB
Irby, Hill, and one or two moro have alreod) ex BBJ
pressed their willingness to support the Vila SBJ
mrtlou and, if insisted uon, it may be carried. ! BJ
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fire, however, lu seeking to amend tha j jBjfl
bill In this rospect, for If they succeed I HJ
they will put the entire bill In grave) i I SBJ
danger, because the J.ouislana Senators BJ
and probably the Populists will voto against it, ' j BBJ
Senator Vilas, as the Prtstdrnt'a representative, ' B
appreciates Ibis situation, but there Is every VjBJ
reason to supiiose that he and the Prosldrnt ara ' , BJ
moro than willing to assume the responsibility fj BJ
of their actlun. Indeed, there are Indications S I BjVJ
that the dumsglng testimony recently plsred la n " BmrJ
the possession of the hugar Investigating Jr' smmB
Commttteo Implicating certain Senator Jj ) BjtJ
In speculation, notwithstanding their sol. 'f JBJBJ
ercn oaths to the contrary, is to be used ' T i BBJ
as a means of forcing these suspected men -J BH
to vote for the motion of benatnr Vilas. il
Sensational and damaging testimony was pro "t I JBjfl
dured before the committee )esterday, and t JJ
seven witnesses have been summoned to appeaf f H
to-morrow, among the number being ex-Senator BBBJ
William Pitt Kellogg of Louisiana, and It is sold I Bjafl
to be the determination of tho President to keep; I flmBJ
Ihe Investigation open until the Senate ields to I oBBBI
his demands to amend its Tariff bill. If It re. J BjVJi
mains obdurate. It is said the Indictment of cer. j', BaVaPJ
tain Senators for perjury may bo resorted to. fj BBH
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President and tho henato may have Important .fit 9PJPJ
results In forcing Senators to support the Ad. f ', BjVB
ministration, at least to the extent of voting fur i M
the Vilas motion to amend the sugar schedule, 4 VjBBfl
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Washington, and, following upon the long and BBBJ
almost unprecedented season of hot weather, BjBBI
It i ame as a decided relief to ever) body. The JBfl
Congressmen, however, uot knowing of the I BBBJ
plcaautthaugu In prospect, left town lu largt HjVB
numbers ou Friday evening and esierday for 'g 9JBJBJ
tho tenvhore and thu mountains, and only a : V BBBJ
handful of the Democratic leaders of the two "I JBfl
Hoiues have li nt the day In the ell). Tha 1 ' J
Administration forces leave been hard at work, BBBJ
however, aud hod several e oiisultutlons at tha BBBJ
White House during the da), Senator Gorman, j H
who will to-morrow lead the fight in the ' flBBJ
Senate against the President and in be. aBBJ
half of the Senate bill, went to his country J j H
home at Laurel, Md , and hit colleague, Mr, i I BBBJ
Gibson, left )fttnls for hit "Eastern ;M BJBJBJ
short" resident e. Senators Smith and Murphy ! BBBJ
departed for the New Jersey coast. Senators ' JBfl
Camden aud Faulkner went to West Virginia, v' H
anil Mr. Jones of Arkanuu uk his family to f flBBJ
(V-cauflt).Md. ( 'halrman Wilson of the Wavt aBjBBJ
ami Means Committee left town Immediately BH
after making Ihe publication of the President' I'l B
personal letter to him, and others uf Ihe House BBBJ
leaders flesi iroin the beat lu various directions. f JBB
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pleasant the) would probabl) luvve remained In lit aBBB
Waihinston, But as they did not It was Im- 1 BBJ
possible for Tut StN correspondent to obtain i BBBH
their views regarding the vrbdom and effect ii BlBBJ
of thePresident'sinterferencelnlhetarllTstrug. Jf BBBJ
gle, and the probable result of the contest bo. tls BBJ
tween the President aad the Senate. Such of flBBB
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scan, and tbt oplaknu of tLuo who cgaiealcd t IB