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HALL'S FIGHT FOR LIFE.
jig SHOOTS OSS OF JUS PORTV.
OVJSSB BAILORS.
Oalr Eshauatlew Ended Bla Jubot.ueut
glrutU TTIth the Other en tho BHk of
tk MkBMtr Robert P. Xing en HoiUr
IMght-The first Fortmsraeoo Bylng sad
(apt. Hall la JTlaahlnaj J allHe Haja ike
teller Tried Hon Rial aa4 Ha Tired.
Tb ichooner Ilobert P. Kins made her p
penrance in FHshlng Bar on Saturday after
Bonn and dropped anchor between Biker's Isl
and and College Point. BheU a 113-ton boat,
and differs little In appearance from dozens of
other coasters that come down from Maine
wsters loaded with fish or lumber and return
with cargoes of cement or other rough freight.
The King halls from Kingston, liaas and so
does her skipper and owner. Capt, Parker J.
Hall, wb.6 Is a smoothly shaven, tturdy-looklng
Isallormaa not yet S3 years old. lie Is strongly
built, rather below the medium height, and
stutters too much to fill the btU for a typical
ship's mate.
When CapU Hall bought the King, four years
Co, and want Into the coasting business, he was
an experienced skipper, though a young man.
His father owned Garnet Island at the mouth
of Plymouth harbor, and the son began to sail
his own boat when he was in years old. lie be
came the captain of a yacht and cruised around
Boston for three years, and then he went Into
the coasting business. He Is not a drinking man,
and he prospered.
When Capt. Hall ran into New Bedford a year
sen last Decoration Day to plok up a crew he
shipped as sailors two brothers, Charles and
frank Duard. They were young men, Portu
guese, from Cape Verde and excellent sailors.
They spoke English rery well when they talked
with the Captain, and In conTcrsatlon with each
other they spoke Portuguese.
Capt. Hall had rery little trouble with them
until recently. With these two men and an
other, John Lobs, as a crew, he sailed from
Augusta the latter part of June, loaded with
lumber and bound for New Haven. The only
other person aboard was a woman, who did
the cooking.
Head winds, fogs, and gales delayed them,
and racked the schooner so that she put Into
Portland for sereral days to make repairs. The
Duards began to grumble. Capt. Hall paid
little attention to them, and, after a rough
voyage, he brought his boat safely to New
Haven, where he discharged his cargo and In
tended to pay off his crew.
Lobs was paid off, but the Duards agreed to
all to New York with him. They could return
to New Bedford as easily from here as from New
Haven, and the schooner was going up to
Itondout on the Hudson for a cargo of cem ent.
When the Robert P. King dropped anchor off
College Point on Saturday afternoon. It was too
lata for Capt. Hall to go to New York to get the
money to pay his men. The crew stared aboard
all day 8unday.
Early on Mondar mornlnir Cant. Hall hnd th.
dory lowered and with the woman who had been
his cook he rowed ashore at Zehden'a Hotel at
College Point. The Duards waited all day for
the Captain .to return. He owed them about
6300. which he expected to got in New York,
when be had not returned at 8 o'clock ther
turned In.
.Capt. Hall returned from New York on the 8
o'clock boat. He was alone, the rook baring
remained In town. There was a slight rain fall
ing and. something of a sea running. He got
into his dory and started for his schooner, which
wag at .anchor half a mils out In the "WfrnrH
31a Zebden saw him go.
Its heard nothing more from the schooner
until midnight, when one of the Portuguese
sailors landed at his dock In the dorr. His head
was bandaged.. His clothes were blood stained.
He rushed up the pier and told Mr. Zebden that
there had been murder aboard the King.
-The Captain shot my brother and he shot
me," be said. "My brother is dying. Uet a doc
tor quick."
Mr. Zehden summoned three College Point
policemen and started on the tugboat Henry
Horn for the Robert P. Kkig. As the tugboat
came alongside, Capt. Hall leaned over the rail
and snouted:
"Ahoy there! Is that the doctor!"
"It la.'' said Officer KraebleL,
"fomeaboard then," was the reply, and the
three, policemen scrambled over the side. They
found the other Portuguese sailor stretched ont
on deck with a tarpaulin over him. He was shot
tlirongh the left lung. Half a dozen sailors from
nrlghbortngschoonors stood around. The light
o: the lanterns showed splashes of blood all over
the deck. CapU Hall, h&nself. was covered with
Uood from his own wounds and those of the
tailors. It was raining still.
.No one could give a very clear account of
gurae were taken ashore and sent in an Impro
vised ambulance to the Flushing Hospital.
Capt. Hall, whom they accused of shooting
them without provocation, was handcuffed and
taken to Uie College Point JalL Ula story and
that of the wounded sailors differ only In the
explanation of how the light began.
The Duards say that they believe the Captain
Intended to make away with them to gain the
WOO that he owed them. According to their
story, as toon as they had helped him raise the
dory, he whipped out his revolver and began
hooting without saying anything. The men
who boarded the schooner after the fight do not
tak; any ttock In this story.
They ear that no sane Captain would think of
doing sueb. a thing. Capt. Hall says that hedoee
not drink, There was no evidence that he had
been drinking on Monday night, and his theory
of the fight is that the sailors thought they
could do away with him, and get the money that
f was supposed to have brought back with him.
lie thinks that they may have intended to run
off with the schxvner.
Capt. Hall says it wai about 9 o'clock when he
rowed alongside of the King In bUdory. He
found that the crew had gone below, and he
tailed them on deck to help get the dory aboard.
As the men turned out he heard them talking to
each other In Portuguese, They came on deck
and the Captain ordered them sharply to help
raise the dory. The Duardtsetto work without
)tng anything.' The dory was placed on deck,
keel up, on the port side abaft the malu rigging.
t-apt. Hall says that while he was assUilng to
secure the boat one of the men hit him a terrillo
Wow over the left, eye with some kind of a club.
" w done without warning, and ho cannot
y which one struck the blow. The force of it
wheeled him around and knocked him over on
the cabin, where be fell on his side.
" I was not stunned." he said, " for I guess it
uses a pretty tough blow to do that. I knew It
,Hmutlr, Those Portuguese had started in
toalu me and throw meoverboard."
As Capt. Hall fell he whipped out a new re
volver that he had bought during the day in
ew.,rk- uld ,lUl ly1n n bis side, he
emptied It as fast as be could pull the trigger.
Ill flro shot struck Frank Duard In theleft
breast lust above the heart. Frank dropped to
the deck where he stood. Capt. Hall says that
lharles Duard rushed at him and he emptied
Ms revolver. Charles was shot In the back of
the bead.
('apt. Hall doesn't know how the wound hap.
pentd.to.be. in. that position, unless Charles
turueu nu head tor a moment to look at his
brother as he fell. This wound elld not stay
i narles. Us was probably not as much crippled
by It as the Captain had been by the blow on the
bead. Before he reached the Captain, Hall had
gotten to his feet and was ready for him. They
grappled, each feeling that it was a death
struggle.
The deck was slippery, and lighted only by
the lanterns. No other schooner was within
hall, nor did the pistol shots attract attention.
they were heard by ths crews of other schoon
ers, who thought that some one was celebrating.
he Captain and his antagonist were evenly
matched. Thsy are loth strong men. and as
';'T clinched each struggled to get a grip on the
other's throat.
bey awayed up and down the deck, now
getting close to the rail and In danger of falling
ortrboard locked In each other's embrace, and
ealu (ailing to trie deck, panting and straining
tv cry muscle. The revolt er had been dropped,
sod It was useless anyway, for It had been
emptied. Capt. Hall had another revolver In
bu cabin, a big, old-fashioned one, but it was
loaded, and he knew that if he could onoe get
Possession of it be would be safe.
p'or along time neither man spoke. Then
' rank Duard, who was shot first, called to his
brother for help.
1 isn't help you." panted Charles. "Hell
kill us both If f let him go."
. I-apt. Hall says that his struggle with Charles
liuanl Lasted (or more than an hour, and. Judg
lug from ths looks of the deck, they must have
(ought all over it. Neither man dared to push
the other overboard for fear of being dragged
over himself.
A late tug churned past, but there wss no
one on the King who had strength to hall her.
Duard had blttcu the Captain's left thumb to
t'e boue and had bitten bis left breast. Mauy
thort-armblotishad been struck, but the fight
M all the time at close quarters and they were
PolVryetTectuaL Finally the msu roUed over
fin a clinch near Frank Duard. They ware both
t
exhausted. Holding the Captain's arms firmly
plnn ed to bla side, (lharles called to his brother!
" Oet a biasing pin now, and settle him."
But Frank hadn't the strength to get up.
"I'm bleeding to death," he said, "and I can't
move."
That brought hl brother to terms. "If I help
Frank," he said to the Captain, " will yon prom
ise not to shoot me?"
It was a queer sort of a truce to patch up be
tween these two men, who had been fighting
for their Uvea. There was no one to see that Its
terms were lived up to either, but Capt. Halt
had no more fight In him, and be was ready to
do what be could for Frank. With the under
standing that neither was to attack the other
the two men separated. They bandaged Frank's
wound as well as they could, and then they
agreed to go togeth er for aid.
The dory was lowered, and as Capt. Hall
started to get Into her he fainted. When he
came to he says that Charles Duard began
pounding him again. They had another fight,
and again they agreed to stop and go for aid.
By this time the dorr was half full of water, and
they lowered the big boat. The lights of a
schooner straight ahead guided them, and when
they came alongside she proved to be the Ilaiel
Capt. Hall knew Capt. Coxren of this boat,
and he lost no time In piling aboard, leaving
Duard In the rowboat. Hairs iC9 and clothes
wsre covered with blood. He found Capt. Cos
sens sick In his cabin, and he had difficulty In
explaining who he was and what had occurred
on tne King.
In the meantime Duard had asked the crew of
ths Hatel Dell to get into hts boat and row back
to the King with him. They refused, and he
trailed awayjeaving the Captain aboard the
Hazel Dell. Duard then rowed to the schooner
M. F. Reed and, hailing her. shouted t
" There hsa been murder aboard my boat, and
I wantbelpl"
The crew of the Reed hustled on, and Capt.
Finny, after hearing Duard's story, sent two of
his men In another boat to accompany him back
to the King, When they had rowed half the
distance they weakened, and, saying that they
were not going to run the risk of being shot,
they put back. Duard kept on alone, making
slow progress In his heavy boat. He was weak
from loss of blood and from his struggle with
the Captain.
When he once more got aboard the King he
found his brother alive and conscious. Capt.
Hall had not returned. Charles decided that he
would gp ashore for help. He balled out the
dory and started, for College Point In ber. arriv
ing there at midnight. In the mean time the
crew of the Hazel Deil rowed Capt. Hall to his
schooner, and did what they could to relieve the
wounded man.
When the tugboat Henry nom with the offl.
cert i from College Point came alongside Capt.
Hall was about as mnch in need of medical at
tendance as was Duard. It was nearly daylight
when ths Duards arrived at ths Flushing Hos
pital. Charles Duard's wound In the back of his
head was a glancing one and is not serious.
Frank was shot through the left luns and It Is
believed that he will die. His ante-mortem
statement to the Coroner yesterday agrees with
Capt. Hall's story of the long fight In every de
tail except as to the way It began. He says In
part:
" On Mondar morning Capt. Hall told us that
he was going to get money to nay us. He got
back about 6:30. We went to bed. He called
us up to hslp htm haul un the dory. I was
standing by the main rigging and my brother
was with me. The Captain pulled his pistol and
hot me first. I dropped where I stood. Then
he thought I was going to die and he shot my
brother. My brother fell down. too. Capt. Halt
Jumped on top of him and grabbed his throat."
Charles Duard then told of the long struggle
between his brother and the Captain. The po
lice, however, are not Inclined to take any stock
In the story that Capt. Hall shot the two men
without provocation.
, Capt, Hall sent this telegram yesterday morn
ing to hts father In Kingston:
''Mutiny on the King, I am In Jail. Men dy
ing In the hospital."
He received a teleirram last nhzhtsavlnir that
his father was on his way to College Point,
After Capt. Hall had told his story of the fight,
he said :
" I returned to the King with only 840 n ray
pocket, for I bad changed my mind about pay
ing off the Duards. I found that It was hard to
get men In New York, and I decided
to keep them, although I was paying
them lU month. I owed each of
them about J160. They eridently thought
that I was going to bring hack a large
sum of money with ma,' I think that It waa
their Intention. to murder me for It, I hare
never had any trouble oa pay boat before, and.
they may search the crsuTfbr myrecordTT
bought a revolver In New York yesterday, be
cause the one I had on the boat was too big to
carry. Portuguese sailors are hard to deal with
when they get ugly. These men, however, had
never shown any signs of mutiny, and I wasn't
prepared for any attack from them."
.Capt. Hall's face and chest give evidence of
the rough handling that he received. An officer
was placed aboard the King to guard her. and
she Is likely to remain at anchor off College
Point until Hall knows whether he is going to
be discharged or not.
"I don't know much about lawyers and
courts." he said. " but it seems to me that the
word of one good American ought to go farther
than the statements of two bad Portuguese."
CITIL SEJtriCE SCAXDAZ.
Clerk Daltoa of tka Brooklyn CobbIiiIos
Jlouaesd.
The Civil Service Commissioners In Brooklyn,
whom even such a distinguished Republican re
former as Alderman Waikeley declared on SI on-
day in the open Board to be the greatest official
nuisances In existence, spent fite hours jester
day in Mayor Schleren's office in the trial of one
of their subordinates on a charge of corruption.
Edward N. Dalton has been an $800 clerk for
the Commissioners for the past four years, and
Joseph L. Bergen, his accuser, has been almost
for as long a period an unsuccessful competitor
for a place on the eligible list of candidates for
appointment either on the police force or In the
Fire Department.
The facts brought out at the protracted ex
amination showed that Mr. Bergen had got a
setback at each examination, either through
failure to come up to the intellectual standard
or the adverse report of the doctors.
Finally, about the close of IMS,', through the
advice, as he avers, of his friend. Plumber
Joseph A- Trapp, be made the personal and con
fidential acquaintance of Clerk Dalton, who, he
was assured, could wifely pilot him through the
labyrinth of dl.lUultlc.
That he was In close touch with the $800
clerk In the Civil Service Commission was msde
clear by the production of several communica
tions from 31 r. Dalton requesting him to rail
and see htm " about matters w e hail lieen talk
ing about."
Bergen swore that the matter was purely a
financial one. He swore that his understanding
with Plumber Trapp and Clerk Dalton was that
the latter could post him on the subject be was
to bo examined In. and also secure him a higher
rating. For this service Dalton demanded 10.
On his cross-examination Bergen became
badly mixed up as to some statements he bad
filed In his application papers, especially as to
tits age and the period of bis residence in Brook
lyn. To put it very mildly, the statements were
extremely conflicting.
Cleric Dalton emphatically denied that he had
ever demanded s-0 or any other sum from the
candidate. He admitted, however, that he had
become quite interested In Bergen's success,
and had furnished him with copies of previous
examination pspers, and also acted In a sense
as his guide, philosopher, and friend during the
trying penoa oi nu appearance berore the lit 11
Service Board.
He was willing to go to all this trouble as an
act of friendship, but when Mr. Bergen proposed
that he should give him 140 for his services, he
said be did not sea why he should refuse the
generous offer. He admitted in his testimony
that this 120 offer was " the matter " referred to
In his letter.
Plumber Trapp, denying that he had any
knowledge of any attempt at corrupt practices
on the part of Dalton, testified!
" Herzen told ms that If he failed to get on the
police force In Brooklyn he thought he might
very likely succeed in New York. I asked him
how he could do that. He explained that the
book keeper In Police Commissioner McLiave's
lumber yard was his frleud, and he thought that
through his Influence and the expenditure of
$JOO or S 100 he could get on the force."
The Commissioners, after a few minutes' de
liberation, announoed this decision:
" We unanimously find that the evidence sub
mitted does not support the charges made. We
find, however, that, on Mr. Dalion's oh n admis
sions, he was guilty of official impropriety, and
therefore he Is removed from hit position as
clerk of the Commission."
A friend of Mr. Daltoa said that his rrmovsi
would likely be followed with some interesting
disclosures about the working of ths civil ser
vice business in Brooklyn.
tfebMaerR.lL Mitchell la Port Asala. .
The cargo of salt in the hold of the schooner I
Robt, H. Mitchell, which foundered a mile and '
a half off Seabright on 8onday, had dlssohul I
so much j eslerda) morning that the schoonir I
floated, hhe drifted In a souther!) direction. I
pursued by the tug C.E. K arts, which made
last to her and towed her into this port. 'I be I
New York Harbor Tost boat Company, which I
owns the Evarta. will put in s daim for salvage I
axolnst the Mitchell's owners. J
FINE REPUBLICAN SHINDY.
XJttS STATE COMMITTEE irECTED
TO SMASH MILllOLZASD.
Brooknsld Want Them to Co It To-day-Is
the Blow ItnrtB Putt the Thirty tVIII
Not tTeew for Illm-Comptroller Boberts
Brtase Ilia Boom to Towa-Tlme sutsl
Plaee ofthe Htate Coaveatloa to Be Named
The Republican State Committee Is to meet
at the. Fifth Avenue Hotel at noon tolay to set
a ume ana place ror tho Btate Convention, at
which candidates for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor are to be named. Tho Hon. James A.
Roberts, Comptroller of the State, and the can
didate of the Mugwump Republicans of Buffalo
for Governor, has seized the opimrtunity to press
his candidacy, and all of the Republicans who
assembled in the Fifth Avenue Hotel last even
ing received copies of the following Invitation:
The Logan Clnb of ths city of Brooklyn cordially ex
tends to yourself and friends an Invitation to meet
Tht iron. JAXS A. ROBERTS,
Comptroller of the Ststs of New Tork. In ths parlors
of the dob hoaea, 039 Sixth avenue, on Wednesday
strain-, Jnly 88, st 8.80 o'clock.
Jctr, 1894.
Mr. Roberts was at tho Imperial Hotel, and
not far from him wero a dozen typewriters, and
the Roberts boom boomed. Secretary of State
John Palmer was In town also, with blood In his
eye. Mr. Palmer believes that Mr. Roberts has
nsed his offtco to help along his boom for Gov
ernor. State Treasurer Addison B. Colvln, who was
also In town, viewed the Roberts boom with
more or less Interest. Comptroller Roberts ap
peared to bo anxious to rush his boom and make
It altogether more Important than the delibera
tions of the Republicans at tho Fifth Arenue
Hotel,
Mr. Piatt was expected at tho hotel last night.
He did not come. There were In the corridors
such men as William Brookfleld, Chairman of
the Btate Committee and President of the Re
publican County Comnittto; Dwlght Lawrence,
Job Hedges, Wilbur F. Wakeman, Barney Big
Hn, Henry Grasse, Henry Glcoson, Inspector
Williams, ex-Collector Francis Hendricks. Gon.
Ram Thomsa. John N. Dmis-a- Ar.TTnltMt Htt
Marshal Jacobus, Senator Saxton, Reuben L.
Fox, Chief Clerk of the Republican State Com
mittee: William Leary, the young fire eater of
the Twenty.flrst district: John E. Mllholland,
Fred Glbbs, Gen. C. H. T. CollK John Sabine
Smith, and. later on. Henry O. Burleigh of
Whitehall and Charles W. Harkett, Chairman
of the btate Executive Committee.
Although it was midsummer, the scene re
minded one of the hottest days In a campaign.
The great question dlscused was as to the
recognition of the opposing factions In New
ork county. Mr. Brookfleld was nevermore
determined in hi life than he Is In opposing Mr.
Mllholland. He met Mr. Mllholland nndgnve
him a bit of sweetmeat out of a paper of sugar
plums, and the two exchanged pleasant words,
but Mr. Brookfleld is determined to beat Mr.
Mllholland before the Slate Committee to-dny.
Mr. Mllholland has said all along that his lists
of Inspectors, poll clerks, and ballot clerks
would be filed with the Police Board before
noon to-day In order that the Htnte Committee
might hav e reasonable ground for action,
Mr. Mllholland said last night that he had
not filed all of his lists, and that those ho had
tiled were with Police Commissioner Kerwtn.
The Brookfleld faction has not attempted to file
any lists with tho Police Board.
A Sun reporter learned something further
about that meeting of the New York county
State committeemen In Mr. John Sabine Smith's
office on Monday. It was ascertained that Jacob
M. Patterson on that occasion suggested that
one-third of the Inspectors, poll clerks, and bal
lot clerks be given to the Mllholland men, and
that he was promptly voted down.
Mr. Brookfleld and his friends would not lis
ten to any seen proposition. Mr. Brookfleld Is
to preside at the meeting of the State Commit
tee to-day and his friends declare that If nobody
else takes up the cudgels against Mllholland he
will do It himself. He will have nothing to do
with Mllholland Ina political way. He has the
support of all of the New York county commit
teemen and most of thoso In Brooklyn, and Is
determined to smash Mllholland to-day It pos
sible. The talk of the country delegates n as all to the
effect that s) long as the New York city men
and the Brooklyn men felt ss they did about
Mllholland, a spirit of homo rule should guide
the deliberations of the btate Committee, and
tliat there should be no steps taken to opdoio
Mr. Brookfleld and his friends.
There wont' a Republican lit all the gathering
who did pot speak kindly of Mllholland, but
most of them wound up by sating that bo was
not the Republican party In New York county,
and that he should not have precipitated the
schism.
Many of Mr. Mllhnlland's friends said that tho
State Committee rould not net to-day, for the
reason that the opposing lists for Inspectors, poll
clerks, snd ballot clerks hail not been fljed with
the Police Ikmrd. Mr. llrookflrid and his
inenas care little or nothing (or that fact, and
some of them said that Mr. Mllholland had
the slightest intention of filing his lifts.
It Is a very happy Republic an row. The fight
was started lost December, and posslbl) It will
not culminate until thu State Convention meets.
The Committee of Thirty and their friends de
clare that New York county Itepubllcnn polltl'-s
mutt be divorced (rom Republican htate tl.
tics, and while they are rradv to recognize Mr.
Piatt as the master spirit of the State, thry will
not tolerate his rule in New York or Kings.
Nmen( the warmest friends of Mr. Piatt with
whom a bt'N reporter talki-d last night, menwho
hate btenlosI and faithful to him for many
years. delared that he had mails a frightful
mistake In recognizing In his published inter
views the Mllholland imminent. Tturearetwo
tides to this question, but thn Itemihllcan sent!.
mentlnNew ork county am! Kings seems to
favor Mr. llrookfield and his friends.
The whole fight, as ilriady tld. Is to divorce
Republican btntc politic atvp he Hroiix (rum
Republican politics in Nw York county and
King". Whether this is a le movement, son.o
Of the Republican snlotis raid. Is quite another
question. This (rncttH arove at the lost Itepub.
llcan State Cmv entloa In Syracuse, when the
New York count) di legates upiiortl John .
bine Smith for Judge of the Court of Appeals
strainit KdvtardT lUrtlett.
The New York count) delegate kicked very
hard at that time becuute they had not been
consulted by Mr, i'lultiu to thenomlnutlnn of
Mr. Ilartlett. Mr. Itartlrtt ns one of their own
kind, a member "f the Republican Club and a
member of the Union League Club, and all of
the delegates were friendly tohlin personally:
but they had not been consulted on his nomina
tion, and for that rramu they put forward Mr.
Smith merely to show that they could not be led
by the nose.
Mr. Hrookfleld's determination to down Mil.
hnlland Is tuch that be will not listen to the ail.
vice of Mr. Piatt, Mr. Hackett, or Mr Burleigh,
or any of his old friends in that ramp. He is
bound to beat Mllholland before the state Com.
mlttee, and be has been working morning, noon,
and night to bring about that result.
It looked last night as If Mr. Milholland mutt
now fight his own battles. So far as known he
has but one Htate committeeman with him,
Henry Grasse, and It was said that Mr. Urasso
would make the plea for the Mllholtandiles be
fore the Slate Committee t-dav.
There It promise that the t-tste Committee
will tu, IntinriutMl wrltf, r.,tnf I, in. In .niiT.irt nf
one or the other of the local fait Ions. Reside
all the clubs and other organization favoring
the two factions which hate already held meet
ings and adopted rt-clution, nearly every
one of the Assembly district organiza
tions of the Mllholland (action met last
night and passed resolutions proclaiming
their regularity and demanding their recogni
tion by the Htate Committee. The central or
ganization, too. through Mr, Mllholland and
Police Commissioner Kerwin, also issued its
promised anal sis of the Hliss-Patterson organl.
zatton In another Assembly district thebecond.
In addition to these, resolutions were adopted
by the Republican Club of the Twenty-seventh
Assembly dlttriit lu support ofthe Bliss- Patter
son machine.
In their alleged expose of the alleged crooked
character of the Second district enrolment. Mr,
Mllholland and hit friend siieak of Denis bhea,
the former leader there and the man who, they
declare, assisted the Bliss-Patterson machine in
organizing their representative there, as "an
Indolent, plausible gentleman weighing about
UiQ pounds," who had a lot of Democrats ap
pointed deputy United btate marshals in the
txxond district In IHUJ.
AU of the election frauds In the Second last fall
are laid by the statement st the door of Shea
and his friends, and the Mllholland men take to
themselves all the credit of furnishing the evl.
dtmce to convict the violators of the law. The
Bliss-Patterson enrolmrut is denounced as be
ing about nine-tenths chaff, and some samples
of the mean by which It was secured In sereral
election district are given.
ISrecklarictgs's Coafeasloaa Coatlaue.
KusM.io.UT, K, Jul) St. The campaign
began in this county to-da). The Hon. W. C.
Ok rut lias an appointment for every day this
week. C-ol. Breckinridge spent the night la this
city and then drove to Harper's Ferry, Henry
county, yesterday, where he repeated his con
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A CLOSK CALL JTOK BKVHX.
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Issnroaee Patrsttasen Heeler Paulas; Iteor
ftd s Fire.
About an houi after rloslng.up Ume lost even.
Ing the third-floor windows of 91 Walker street
were blown out by an explosion, and the air was
full of outing shirts, paper boxes, and fragments
of brown stone from the window sills. Out of
the window simultaneously come a burst of
flame, and fire soon seized all three upper stories)
of the flve-etory building.
The pavement wo Uttered with ihlrts when
the firemen got there, indeed, shirts as well a
bits of brown stone were blown through the
windows of SO and 23 directly opposite. The
Iron shutters In the rear of CI had been blown
open and there was a flrst-rato draught, -The
fire raged to fiercely that the firemen could not
get their ladders up on the front of the building
and the only effective means of attack was by
the water tower. Five streams also were
brought to bear on the rear of the building from
the windows of 2'i and 21 White street, twenty
feet away. Tons of water wero thrown Into the
building and poured from floor to floor and
down the holstway and rolled out of the
doorway like a mill race with a crest of foam.
Capt, Sanford and the men of Insurance Pa
trol No. 1, from Murray street, were doing their
utmost to save some of the stock on the ground
floor, occupied by Jacob Slnshelmer, a dealer In
men's furnishing goods. They got In by break
ing tho glass In the front door and climbing
through. There wero sixteen men at work In
the store covering up the stock with tarpaulins.
Ono of them heard a familiar rumbling and
shouted to all hands to get out. The men raced
for the windows and the door. The men of
Truck 8, under Capt. Van Hum, who were out
ride the windows cm the ground floor, alto heard
the rumbling. They smashed In the hugo plate
glass windows and pulled out all the men they
could lay hands on. Then there was a deuco of
a crash, and down came tho second floor. An
other rending crash, and the first floor hod col
lapsed. There were still seven men Inside there some
where. The Insurance patrolmen who had Just
escaped turned around and dashed bock among
the debris. The seven men wero all together,
close to the door. They had missed death by a
hair's breadth. They were stunned by theshock.
and if they had been left In there a few moments
longer would have been suffocated. The floor
hod shifted toward the rear in falling, and this
saved them. The six were Patrick DeCourcoy
of 74 Market stmet, Louis Annormullcr of 270
West Thlrty-tlxth street. John Uulgg of SO
Avenuo I), Theodore Ailing of Bedford Park,
Frank Hlckcy of 143 Washington street,
Michael Nagle of 133 Cherry street, and James
Robinson of 170 Sands street, Brooklyn. They
were led across the street, hod after a short rest
and a little stimulant went back to work. One
of them shook tho band of his rescusr, and re
marked: .
"Thanks, partner. That Squares us on the
Pearl street Are." .
That was the flro which occurred a few days
before New Year's, where a floor fell and a fire
man lost his life.
The four upper floors of the building were oc
cupied by L. Gordon, a manufacturer of shirts.
Ho was around afterward, but rould not tell
what had caured tho explosion. He laid ho had
a dynamo on the third floor which ran the
hoist, and supplied power through the sub
way. There was nothing bestdos this but the
fas pipes, Thu loss Is estimated by the pollco at
'.'0.000, divided between L. Gordon and J.
Slnshelmer. O. J. I-ewls, an auctioneer, had an
nffiroon tho ground floor. The building Is owned
by C. M. Voorhees.
TTJT RAirSOX XTTZX8 AOAIX.
Ot the TTay to BnOato BlU'a-Laat Hear
of la Itacksasavck.
HackxxsaCK, July !M, Albert and Alpheut
Ran son, the 13-year-old twins of Artist Albert
L. Hawson of Woodcltff. who organized a band
of cave dwellers called, the Kicpoo Terrors in
Woodcltff last winter, have again broken out.
They hare started to Join BnffAla Bill's Wild
West show at Ambrose Paritf' ' r
The boys left-home lhl!,fftemoon about 1
o'clock after their father had ttarted for New
York. They changed their old clothes for tuita
of now. They did their old clothes up In
bundles and carried them along.
Ileforo they left they wroto a note to their
stepmother and slipped it under her plate so
she could "read it (or dessert," as one of the
boys told a retsirter In Uackensack this a(ter
noon about 4 o'c lock.
He said that Woodcllff was too dead slow (or
them, and they had made up their minds to
shake It dutt (rom their feet for the summer
season and perhaps longer If they fared well at
the show.
When asked how much money they had, Al
bert said they hod (orty-thrce cents between
tbem. They had walked to Hockensock, and
expected to walk all the way.
' Oh, we will get along all right," said Albert
when asked where they expected to sleep to
night. " We have got an aunt In Sixty-ninth
street. New ork. she will keep us all night,
and If we don't get there we will crawl into an
empty car soiuch here along the road."
Albert anil Alpheus created a sensation last
winter by leaving homo In the dead of night
after their (athir hail broken up the gang of
Klckapoo brnvis and destrutrtl their cavenn
the banks of the Pasckack flrook, where the
gingof would-be )nung outlaws were getting
rc-iidy to prey uim their fathers' and uelgh
hers hen ruosUnnd pigeon cote (or their winter
provisions.
'inn boys were so angry at their father for
breaking up the gang that thry resolved to leave
home, and they did so. They remained away
from home for three dsy. Tiiey were forced to
return from sheer hunger and cold. 1 he two
Uijs are grandchildren of the actreivt Laura
Kerne, and ar hrire to property and Jewell
which belonged to her.
roVXfl MltS. JtEJI.lltEST'S AllKKST,
Hhe De-ales that She Areosted ths Plata
Clothes II aa Who 'look Her la.
A Unit II o'clock last night bpeei.ll Officer
Cook of the West Thirtieth street station ar
rested a well drrsvd )oung nonun nt Twenty
fourth strret and sixth av nine and took her to
the station house, where he charged her with
loitering
At the station house the woman at first re
fused to give her name, and denied the officer's
accusation that she had accosted several men in
hts pretinrt, and had also addressed him. she
said that Cisik had spoken to her first, and that
the did not know she teas under arrest until
they had reached Thirtieth street and Sixth!
avenue.
After much persuasion she said tho was
Christina Demarest, ','il ) ears old, and wife of J.
Herbert Demurest and that she lived at S.1H
West Twenty.nfih street. She also said that
her husband mo a nui of Dr. John H. Demar
est. tho well-known ph)tlctan of 1,IM)U Madison
avenue.
A reimrter visited the house at S3 West
Twenty-fifth street later uiid was Informed
that no 'arson of thst name lived In the house
and that it was n boarding houe for men.
Later Mrs.Drniarrst Informed Matron O'Brien
that the had been separated from her husband
for some time and had been living with her
brother, whoso address she refused to give, and
that thry did not agree, and the had left him a
few clas ago and had gone to live, with her
washerwoman, a Mr. Dennett, at !HU Seventh
avenue.
S A lit HE ir.1.1 THE flUE maushal.
Am AuslrUa Jew Who Hade Moaer Out of
llrouasillle' Fire -arrested.
David Melnlg, an Austrian Jew, was arretted
last night In Goerck ttreet by Detective Ser
geant George Zumlt of Brooklyn, who is de
tailed from Brooklyn Police Headquarters to
duty under the Fire Department,
Melnlg I accused of extortion. He has. it Is
said, stt indled many of the Hebrew residents o(
Brownsville, whose houses or thops have caught
Are.
His plan was to represent himself as the Fire
Marshal, and to pretend that he bad evidence to
show that the place of the person be swindled
bad been set afire for the Insurance.
The mere fear of arrest prompted many of hit
victims to pay him from t'ii to $100 to "set
tle the case." There are many complaints
agalutt hlni,
Used tutd Ctssos KeaosslaaUd.
BtOOU-OBD, Me-, July 24. The Republi
cans of the First Congress district held their
Convention here this afternoon. There was a
large attendance of delegates, among them Gov,
Cleaves and ex-Attorney-General Llttlefleld.
Horace B. Burtank of baco presided. He con
cluded his speech with a prediction that the
nominee of the Convention, the Hon. Thoinst B.
Reed, will be bpeakerof the next House of Rep
resentatives and the next President, Mr Reed
as renominated by acclamation.
KAaoMKtx. HL. July 24.-The Republican
Convention of the Twelfth Congress dis
trict assembled In this city yesterday and renom
inated Congressman Joseph G, Cannon by oocla-trillion.
THE COREANS LOSE A FIGHT
JAPANESE SOLDIERS DKPHATT1IEM
IXTHR CAPITAL CITT.
The Chlaese Reatdtat at Beonl Aeenasd of
lasttcatlBg the right-China Beenrea st
Fleet sfTrsBisorls, and Her HoldleraAi-e
Hnn-jtas: to theVlceror'sCsuan atlirntsta
Naoabau. July 24. -Ad vices from Seoul
say that a battle has been fought there be
tween Corean and Japancso troops In which the
Coreanswere rcpultod with considerable lots.
The Corean troops together with some Chinese
soldiers, mode an attack upon the Japanese gar
rison at the Corean capital and attempted to
take the Japanese position by storm.
A sharp fight ensued, hut the Japanese fire wss
more than the attacking party could stand, and
they were compelled to retire. The assault upon
the Japanese garrison was made at tho Instiga
tion of the Chinese Resident at Seoul.
Lokdok, July 24. the Japancso Minister has
official Information confirming the report of the
engagement between Corean and Japanese
troops at Seoul. There Is no doubt In the minds
of the members of the Japanese Legation that
the attack upon tho Japanese garrison was In
stigated by China.
A despatch to the Central News from Shanghai
says:
" When war has been declared the non-combatant
powers will exact a plcdgo that the treaty
ports shall be exempted from attack, their re
spective squadrons combining to Insure the ful
filment of the pledge. China lias embargoed
the fleet of the China Merchants' Company, the
vessels to be employed as transports when
needed. Negotiations are proceeding with other
Vessel owners.
"Tho partial blockade here Is aimed only
against passenger and cargo steamers owned In
Yokohama, Nagasaki, and Kobl. Somo owners
propose to sail their vessels under the Ameri
can flag,
"The Viceroy at Tientsin claims that there
are military and naval munitions In the lm
erlal factories sufficient for a tlx months' cam-
1algn. Tho Viceroy's camp in the neighbor
lood contains 30,000 Infantry and cavalry, and
additions arrive daily. Another force will
shortly bo de-snatched to Corfu."
The Japanese Minister, Viscount Kawasc, has
presented to the Earl of Klmberiey, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, a copy of the report of the Gen
eral In command of the Japanese troops In
Seoul, concerning tho alleged assault upon Brit
ish Consul Hlliler by Japanese soldiers.
Tho report denies that any violence was offered
either to the Consul or his wife, and expresses
regret that an unimportant incident should
have been magnified and misrepresented.
HiiAnoiiAt. July 24. It Is reported here that
a Chinese transport ship had been sunk by a
Japanese gunboat.
The British Charge d'Affolres at Toklo has
wired the British Consul here that Japan has
agreed to treat Shanghai as outside the sphere
of operations In the event of a war between Ja
pan and China.
afore "Was- Hhlps (tor Corean Waters.
WAsmsOTOX. July 24. Secretary Herbert
sent orders to-day to the Concord and Petrel,
now attached to the Behrlng Sea fleet, to re
sume station with the Atlatlo squadron, where
they were stationed last before going to the
Arctic.
These orders are presumably to have these
shins convenient to, if not actually stationed in,
Corean waters. The orders went to San Fran
cisco (or transmission to Ounalaska. the nearest
point at whloh the ships con be reached.
set o vrroR en vr en while dr vxk.
This Resell ted In Ille neeomtas; sv Ilorso
Tht ef and sv Kidmawncr.
Henry Bchraeder. a, form hand, who was ar
rested In Chatham square on Monday night by
Policeman Fox of the Oak street station on sus
picion of being the man who, on Sunday, stole a
horse and wagon from his employer, n wealthy
farmer of Lower I'reaknrss, N. J., and drove off
with Charley Kuntze, his employer's scTen-year-old
son, was arraigned In Jefferson Market
Court yesterday. Schraeder admitted that he
had kidnapped the boy and stolen a hnrso and
wagou from hi employer, but denied that he
nan uone to w un any criminal intent. He ssld
that on Sunday, when Intoxicated, he harnessed
up the horse and wagon Intending to drive to
church. Charley Jumped Into the wagon with
him, and he drove to Greenwood Lnke instead.
"Then I sold the horse and wagon to William
Del) raw, a hotel keeper, for S5, and we came to
New York," Schraeder added.
Ho further said that he and the boy slept In a
Bowery lodging house Sunday night, and that
what money he had not spent for liquor was
stolen from him by the other lodgers.
Charley Is an Intelligent-looking little fellow,
and while waiting for the case to be called
amused himself plat Ing about the court room.
Herald that he had a good time In New York
with " Henry." and was In no hurry to go home.
Justice Hogan committed Schraeder to await
extradition papers and sent Charley to the
Gerry society.
vrnEX she irox'T she iro.vr.
Un. Katy Dnrkt's rlteadrastness mocks
the Third Ansae Cars.
A good-looking woman who said the was Mrs.
Katy Burke of 021 East 14Sth street, was ar
retted on the Bowery at Spring street, about
midnight last night, for disorderly conduct. She
hod with her a pretty child 3 )ears old. which,
the said was hers, and there was a man with
her, who, she said, was her uncle.
They got aboard a north-boun 1 Third avenue
carat Grand ttreet. The woman, who was tho
leader of the part), would not iv- their fares,
saying that they should have hail transfer
tickets (rom the t! rand street car they had left.
Thecondurlor told tho womun that slid must
jus) or leave the car. She would not. and. after
a talk and u tussle that causes! a dela) of five
minutes, he surcccded In pulling her off. the
man, with the bab lu his arms, follow ing In an
uninterested wa),
1 he w oman got v good grip on the conductor's
roaland began to ehakn hlni anil to scream.
Thcrod that assembled blocked the trucks
and policemen arrived. They rould nut Ir
suade the woman to pay her fare or to do any.
thlngelse. bhr Insisted on being arrested, 'Hie
I man said he didn't want to bo arrested. So ho
handed over the child, and It urn it mother
were locked up.
.SMALL. POX IX XE11ARK.
Twelve More Cases Dlaeovered Tecterday,
Making Tirnt. sis In All.
Twelv e moru caseaof small-pox tt ere dlsrov ered
in the Italian quarter in River street, Newark,
yesterday, making twenty.six rases in all.
George Spltzer, a Brooklyn man, w ho was found
sick In the street on Motidsy, was taken to the
City Hospital, and he remained there twenty
four hours before hts disease was properly
diagnosed.
Last night Health Officer Lehlbach with a
corps of inspectors, district physicians, and a
police escort visited the Italian neighborhood
and mAdea hnute-tn-houto examination.
Three children and two adults were found In
the first stages of the dlteate and one more
house and Its Inmates was quarantined at mid.
night. A number of families began to move
out of the neigh liorh od, but were slopped by
health Inspectors.
To-day a tent will be erected for additional
patient. as there arr now t went). (lie persons
In the pest house. If more racs apis-ar lu
River street the entire thoroughfare will ba
quarantined. It was rrported lost night that
two persons lu the Adams street Italian colony
are in the first ttsges o( smal.iii.
Hurvejor Uctiulr Nwora la.
Surveor John C McOulre was sworn in by
Commissioner Shields jesterday afternoon, and
for an hour afterward was at the Surveyor's
office In the Custom House. He had a long and
Interesting talk with Mr. Rlatrhfonl. who has
been acting burveior tlnce the retirement of
George v . Lyon, Mr. McOuIre will takechargv
to-day. He has not selected deputy sun e or
to succeed Mr, CaUln, Mr. Corning, and Mr.
Collins.
John H. McCarty was sworn in yesterday as
United btstes Marshal and will take offlce to
day, relieving John W Jaobus, the Republican
holdover. United btate Judge Heuedlct hat
approved hi bond, which it for l.'O.ooo. His
sureties are Cliarilles Commissioner Edaard C.
bheehy and David F Porter, the latter the Pres
ident of the Hamilton Bank of Harlem and a
Milholland Republican. "" auu a
Chsspsst tares cUs' outlag. OH Pots t Comfort sod
retaxatyeaa; fit pays STsrjlklag. OU DomlUoa
WHIPPED THE XEOROKS.
Eaveactrepptna- White Men Thenght They
Overheard tt Wholesale Assassination Plan,
JAcuoit. Mhuu, July 24. In the neighborhood
of Rocky Ford, 8lmpeon county, three miles
from the railroad, tho negroes held a secret
meeting one night last week, and several white
men slipped up to the shanty to listen. The
meeting was presided over by an old negro
woman, and those Inside were discussing a
wholesale slaughter of whites. The old woman
asserted that when the men got ready to kill the
white men tho women would do their part
and attend to the white women and children,
and tho said sho would have no scruples about
dashing the head of a whlto baby against a
stump. Summoning assistance tho eaves
droppers arrested the whole meeting. The men
were tied and whipped severely, and It Is re
ported tho old woman who presided has been
" lost In the swamp."
The meeting was the outcome of a visit by a
negro agitator from Jackson, who carried the
news of the recent ntitldynchlng meeting In New
York. Tho whites now makethrcaU thst Ida
Wells will have something really Interesting to
tell In England soon.
MARRIED A ROT I'OR I'VX.
Freak of Irettr Pontine Fnrrlnglon, Who
Jternsen to Live with Ilsr Ilnabnnd.
Jamaica, L. L, July 21.-Chnrles Knlrth. 17
years old, of Foster's Meadow, and Miss Pauline
Partington of Springfield were married a few
days ago Just for a Juke, and have been Tery
serious ever since. Miss Fnrrlngton Is 10 years
old, and Is the adopted daughter of William
Fnrrlngton, who died recently and left her an
Income.
She It an attractive blonde, and always hot
Wen a favorite with the young men of Spring,
field and Foster's Meadow. One evening last
week Knlrth railed on her and they went out
for a walk. It Is not known whether the moon
light had an) thing to do w 1th It or not, but they
began talking about matrimony.
" Why don't -you marry. Charlie?" tho young
woman asked playfully.
" Because no one w ill hat e me," was the boy's
answer. '
"Wouldn't It bo a big Joke If we should go
and i get married " suggested .Miss Farrlngton.
Charlie thought It would, but hinted that they
might be comimllrd to live entirely on bread
and cheese and kisses, as ho hadn't enough
money to suptiort a wife.
"Olu I have lots of money." the girl said J
come on, Charlie, we'll get married."
After some more persuasion Charlie assented,
and they got a carriage, drove to Jamaica, and
called em the Rev. J. L. Poulson. who tied the
knot. The)oung woman handed a five-dollar
gold piece to the clergyman.
Then the two returned to their homes, agatntt
the protest of tho bridegroom. For several clays
tho )cmng husband vainly endeavored to Induoe
hlswifeto live with him. After a while he lost
patience and threatened to compel her to fulfil
her vows.
She sought the advice of Justice Hendrlckson.
who told her that Kalrth could not compel her
to Uye with him. Ksirth was at first inclined to
let the matter rest there, but ono of his associ
ates told him that he was still lawfully married
and could never marry agnln until the present
co.n.trc.t hftU bn annulled. He now says he
will endeavor to secure a divorce.
The bride, when asked why she did not want
to live with her husband, declared that she did
not love him and had only married him " for
fun."
GEORQE MOXTAOVE DEAD.
Taken III Hnddealr Alter Comlnc Home
from the Union Leaarue Clnb.
George Montague, President of the Second Na
tional Bank, and until recently Treasurer of the
Union League Club, died suddenly last night as
he was preparing to go to bed at his home at 14
West Thirty-fourth street.
Ho dined at the Union League Club and
seemed In his usual health. This was not a.
robust condition as he had lately had dyspepsia
badly.
Ho took a cab to go homo sot long after 10
o'clock, and reached his house about 10:29
o'clock. Soon after going to his room he rang
for water. To tho sen ant who brought tho water
he sold:
"I am 111: send for my doctor."
Physicians were sent for, but none arrived In
time to afford him relief. Death was due to
heart disease.
Mr, Montague was born In Troy alsiut sixty
four ) ears ago. Oncoming to this city heron
neetcd himself with the Seventh Wnrd Hank, of
which he ultimately became President, lie
subsequently succeeded John C. Kno as Presi
dent of the Second National Bank.
He bad been for ten years Treasurer of tho
Union league, wheu a few months ago he re
signed because the club refuted to reinstate a
discharged bookkeeper at hts request. He was
Treasurer of St. Timothy's Church. He leaves
a widow and two children.
IMPALED OX A WAG OX SHAtt.
Insurance Collector James F. Fojle Killed
by a Runaway Tenm.
Patxhsox, N J.. Jiily24.-James F. Foyle of
03 Park at enue, an agent of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, had Just turned the
corner of River and Mulberry streets to-day
when a team of horses that William Mills, a
Uv cryman, had been nercielng, enmo dashing
down River ttreet.
The wagon collided with a telegraph pole and
broke part of the hanics. The horsei then be
came unmanage ible. and Mills, to savo hlm
eclf, slid out of tin' back of the t illicit).
When the, l.ore, rc-ur-hcsl tl.o corner one
warned to turn Into Mulberry stre-ct and the
other pulled In the direction of Iflter street.
They rai into the corner house with a truth,
ImiueJIng Fo) l on the shaft against the house.'
tide, ihe shaft plcre-ed I.I chest. I
Fo)ldroppi (rom the end of the shaft dead
a the hor-s srer cuught oml backed down
frtni the sidewalk.
HE SYMPATHIZED HITII f. MIA 11.
A Ust Unshea to (he Htnu. unit Tries to
Rescue Her from Duval.
LoMMix, July 23,-WhUe Sarah Bernhardt
wapla)lnglu the"Damo am Cornelias" last
evening in the. Theatre Royal, Glasgow, a man
ran to tho stage from the wings, in the fourth
act, and seizing her by the shoulder made a
heroic endeavor to rescue her from Durcd.
Whipped for Ueenlag st Halooa.
Cot vmui-s, Ind July 24.- The home of George
Herron at Borne) 's station on the Big Four
railroad, catt of this city, was entered on Mon
day night b) ten masked men, Herron was
taken from his bed. bound to a telcuraDh uole.
and wblppesl. Herron recently moved from this
city to that place and started n salism under a
Government license against the wishes of the
eltlrens. Herron sat he recognizes! Jacob U
JMe, ex.member of the Legislature ami Big
Jour railroad agent, Frank stapp, druggit of
Hope; William Miner. George Me)ers, Cliff
Johnson, and Arthur Glvan, all well-known
citizens, at the men who whipped him. Ail ex
cept btapp were arrested last Right.
JUT r, Hlevenson's Miner to Return to Work.
DhOOMiMiTox. HI., July vt. The striking
mlnersof the McLean County Coal Company,
who went out on a t)inpatlirtlc strike three
months ago, will go Into the mines in the morn
ing The) go lack at the old wale, but ohuli some
concessions, including coal (or their (amil) use
st a resluccsl rste. Vii e-Prrsident fitevehson Is
President of the company, and the agreement
has been reached since lilt arrival here a few
da) ago.
Eva I.jSIa Uaul Quite ror Good.
Evangeline L. Mann, or Hamilton, or Gaul, or
11 11 toil, w ho made claim as the w idow of Robert
Ray Hamilton and Instituted litigation over bit
will, and who recently signed a quitclaim in
favor of tho executors, having settled for $ 10,
000, has also stipulated that proceeding which
were begun by her In the Supreme, Court to re
cover $ J.W.'jO from the estate be dlstnlssed on the
merit without costs.
slumped lata sv Huralaa; Brush Heap.
Si'LMVAX, Ind., July 34 Lizzie Raines, wife
of Prof, beigel Raines, Superintendent of the
Sullivan city schools, committed suicide to-day
by setting fire to a brush heap and then Jump
ing Into the flames. Set eral of her friends were
out picking blackberries, and she slipped away
rom them and took her life.
sWkisshsjBbrUsttBlMgsBnt)J
ANOTHER TiiRIFP MB, .
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Democratic) Sonators Discuss the m ' j
Situation. 1 1 i!
HILL DEFENDS CLEVELAND. l
It -Was Pointed Out that Any Change is) 1 ' 1
the Sennte 11111 Wonld Mean Ita Defeat, J ' -
nad tho Canton Adjourned Without Acs, tfc j
tton Until Thle Afternoon-la tho Senate. X j .
Mr. Illtl Defended Mr. Cleveland's Ltt J 1 .,
ler to Mr. Wilson, and Attain Bald thai a '
Ille right Was Against the Income Tsx, "' ' y
WAsni.tOTOX, July 24.-For three hours and tt Jr '
half the Democrats of tho United States 8enat ' 1
were In caucus this afternoon endeavoring to eAl1 ' '
restore tho party lines broken down by the ao "g: '
tlon of tho President in attacking those Senator 'f,
who do not agree with his slows nn th u,iw s
subject. 1 I
Tho caucus was not called by Senator Oof, J ; '
man, tho Chairman of the caucus committee. I
and was not asked for by either the friends or , ,
tho opponents of the President, It waa really M ,
nn Informal conference, called chiefly at ths IB ' V
suggestion of tho Louisiana Senators, who de-' Wj J
sired to consult their colleagues with regard to JB
their attltudo toward Uio motion of Senator f '',
Vilas, to abandon tho ono-clglith differential M
duty on refined sugars. vj.B -',
Tho discussion in the caucus was at no time jSjj A
animated, and turned chiefly upon the parlhw $M hi
mentary status of the Senato bill and tho mo- $M f
tlon of Mr, Vilas to amend tho sugar schedule. 19 1
It wm highly significant that Senator Jarrls, KM w
thick and thin Administration man, suggested Tern '
thnt the bill be sent back to the conference com- ,fS
mlttce without Instructions, and that Mr. Vilas, i$H 4
representing tho President, had no demnnd to M i
mako of the caucus. & J,
The Wisconsin Senator, however. Intimated, i
although he did not say to In plain terms, that - M 3
if his amendment should bo adopted the Presl-
dent would regard It as a sufficient ooncesslou m f
to Justify him In withdrawing his opposition to
an agreement on the Senate amendments. vL '
Even this much will not be granted to tho M '
President, however, for Senator Smith repeated 'T i
his statement made In the Senate that If tho 'Y 1,
slightest change is mado In the bill ho for ono y
would vote against it, and the Louisiana Sen- if
ators made Uko threats. Senator Palmer, more- K ''
over, an enthusiastic cuckoo, endorsed the sug- f I !'
gestlon of Senator Jarvis to send tho bill back 5
to conference. Senator Pagh answered that if "f, !
the coal or Iron schedule should be changed ho v;
and his. colleague, Mr. Morgan, would decline 7
to support the bill. ;
Senators Hill and Irby declined to attend tho ' :
caucus, and throo or four other prominent Sen. j( :
ntors were absent. Among them was Senator A '.
Murphy, who remained away because, he re- i U
gards tho previous caucus agreement as binding 4' ,
upon all the Senators who attended tt to support J '
the Senato amendments. He says that If that $ fl
agreement Is no longer In foroo ho would like to ' ' 9
know It, so that ho can act accordingly.
Senator Murphy is one of the Senators who ff
stands ready to support a motion to Indefinitely 1 fl
postpone or otherwise dispose of the Tariff bill ,J 9
in case it shall be amended In the slightest par- i U
tlcular at the dictation of the President, Tho L 9
caucus will meet again to-morrow. W " ''
The motion of Senator Vilas Is, strictly speak- J S
Ing, not parliamentary, but It can undoubtedly , flj
be brought to a vote in somo way If Insisted &; j fl
upon. The Senators who are opposing the Presl- . S
dent and standing by the Senato hill prefer to ' fl
keep the bill In the Senato until Instructions can i H
be glren to the conferrecs to insist upon tho H
Senate amendments. The parliamentary ex- ' H
perts hare decided that, as the bill is now In tho , fl
Senate, the House cannot get control of It In any '
manner except by requesting the Senato to re. H
turn It, a most unusual request, and one to H
which tho Senate would hardly be likely to H
agree. H
Members of the Ways and Means Committer . jV
and members of the House generally are mak. j ;
ing a very mild opposition to the Senate amend. ' H
meuts, and lire already beginning to suggest that i M
the good of the pirty demands that some tariff ,
bill lie passed, uhd that It Is their duty, there- M
fore, to make the best terms possible with tho H
Senate. H
As the rose stands now the President's friends B
in the Senate und Houe are willing to accept Jj
the lUghlctl modim atlon of the Senate amend. M
menu at a vindication of the President and : M
withdraw their opixwltlon. Falling In that, U
they will attempt to havo the bill sent back to V i H
the conference committee without Instructions, .. H
hoping that something will eventually "turn
up" there that can bo uscsl by the President to j H
show to the public that his attempt to coerco
the Senate did not altogether fall. M
The President Is almost wholly without sup- H
porters in the benatc, however. If his demands ;' B
recclvx any attention at all it will bo wholly at i B
the hands of tho members of the House, and HJ
even here ho expects but scant support and en- M HH
couragrment,becauo the little that con be ac s HJ
compllshed by Chairman Wilson, Brecklnrldgo i'
of Arkansas, and the handful of other Admin. ,r,S flfl
titration Democrats will bo entirely offset by ;0 HjB
the predominating sentiment In fat or of )ield- v H
ing to necessity and adopting thu Senate bill. ft
During the threo hours that the Senato was ssssssi
In seestou before the caucus wo held there waa HH
a t.oticeahle absence of tho excitement that
characterize! tho session yesterday. The samo HJ
eager throng filled .ho seaU In the galleries, but fBjl
the Senators were not present In such large) BH
number and the House had recovered Its com HH
posure sufficiently to remain in session. Forty ' . SH
or tlfty members had come over to witness the) i BJ
third da 'slight between the President and tho ' , BB
benate, hut all were dlsapjsdnted In their ezpec BB
tatlon except those who had the good fortune to BB
listen to the speech of Senator Hill. In hit new BJ
role of defender and supporter of President BB
Cleveland, the New York Senator was more) BB
direct, effective, adroit, and satrlcal than usual,
The closing iortlon of his speech, In which BJ
he gav e full rein to his ability as a satirist, wero flB
so amusing to the Senators and the audience up ( B
etalrso to provoke the crowds Into hissing tho J BJ
suggestion of Senator Haw ley to clear the gal. , J BH
j BH
In addition to defending the attitude of Pre-sl- HB
dent Cleveland In the (lending controversy, tlt BVJ
Senator Hill cleverly replied to that portion of BB
Senator Gorman's speech yesterday which oo jr BB
cused hlinof Intincerity andof adeelreoaly to ' BB
fan the existing discord among the Democratic) 2 SH
Senstort Into a flame that would destroy the f flB
Tariff bill altogether. Senator Hill was easily a
match for the astute Mr. Gorman, and could fl
not be led into a statement as to his vote ou tho flflj
bill. In rase It should be amended in accordance) flfl
with the withe of himself and the President, flflj
be)ond saying that he would cross that brldgo U
v, ben he reached It. I fl
Senator Laffrry of Louisiana occupied the re. ' flH
malnderof the day's session after Mr. Hill had 1, H
concluded his speech in attempting to explain H H
the attitude of himself and Senator Blanchard j fl
stllh regard to the tu.'ursehedule. The Senator : flB
talked fur a long time, hit remark being based H
upouhlt motion that the Committee of Confer. i fl
euro be instructed to provide forabount) on i flH
tht year's sugar crop, but he did not tucceed In 1 H
making It ver) plain to the benate what I dt. J flB
sired by hit ronstituents or himself. He seemed I flflj
to be more interested in ringing the praise of flfl
tnetugar schedule of the McKitde) law than in flH
tutlngwhat hi altitude would be lu cose the flfll
motion of Senator Vilas io itrlkc out the dltTer- flfljl
Ciitial oue-elgnth thould be agreed to flflj
The LjuisUnA Senator became Involved tc s) fl
discussion with Senator Aldrlch. the RepuLU, flflfl
can leader of ths tariff fight, during which it flHfl
became quits' evident to the bsnate that th flflj
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