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EUROPE AND TIE ORIENT
1r roircjis ASXIOVS TO KNOW I
JJ XXAVT XUllMS OF IEAOE
IVoierrnl Find of Hitherto VOW
People In EgyptT > G Mneh vrtnktnE
for AVomtnA Demand for Mare Hlrln
Lest Control of Child laibor The Prlne
Montenegro Rrlncs a Suit for Itb t
t Irlipl Triumph In the Italian Election
Appalling Illiteracy In I Portncnl Ilrlt
lnh joeltilUUConftr Lord Koiebery May
Keslixn nt Any Time The American 80
tl tr In lx > a < tonrrof huxley Condition
SpeetaJ Cab Dtfpatch to TUB Bex
IONnon l April 20 Europe await with the
keenest Interest authentic news of the trtaty of
peace between Japan and China The matter Is
regarded by nil tho great eowtrs as of the
gruvtit Importance of any diplomatic event
tlnco the Berlin treaty Was signed Now that
the war has ended In a manner such a no
inroucau l I > prophet had foretold there are not
wanting expressions of regret In all the great
advice the
capitals that Lord Roteberys a to
the outset not acted
powers to Interfere at outet was act
upon The diplomatic apprehension which 1s I almost
eerywhere expressed tends however to much
txaircerate the danger from Japans menacing
growth from a child to 1 giant among tho na
tions Few fears are felt of any Immediate ef
fect upon European Interests but all the foreign
olllces profess t sec the gravest dangers i the
suggestion of I ChineseJapanese alllanct with
a avowed Asia for the Asiatic policy
It Is generally understood that the forthcom
Ins treaty will contain no clause t this effect
but the Impression prevails that there will be
several secret agreements which are not In
cluiitd In the official treaty I Is understood
that Japan has been carefully teetlng European
opinion for several weeks pat by throwing out
this nnd other suggestions in socalled forecasts
of the terms of peace This special point aroused
arh unanimous opposition that the Japanese
Government made haste through Its Minister
to Franco yesterday t allay the apprehension
He denied with authority that the treaty con
ilis any provision for an offensive and do
tcmlve alliance He added It appears
10 mo Impossible that there can b any
intento between two nations which have long
leon separated by feelings of antipathy and
even deep hatred Indeed I am almost certain
1t there Is no alliance and that the treaty I a
were pact putting an end t the hostilities
He went on t remark that i spite of the
armUtlce and approaching peace the Japanese
eminent had ben compelled t interfere
with many local newspapers a they wen
abusing China in a most violent manner
Inrope he concluded h no reason t feel
disturbed at the stipulations of the treaty as
Japan far from becoming a military or com
mercial adversary would open fresh markets in
Asia for Europeans and Americans
i There Is no doubt that the treaty will b se
cretly revised by the European Cabinets before
I I I ratified on May 8 but whether any sug
gntions which may b mae will b accept
C b and is of Impossible to
by China Japan i course impssible t
j say The belief Is strong that both Russia and
Kngland will make an active use of their
Influence and the Impression prevails in the
diplomatic circles of London tat Japan wiU b
khrowdly willing to make important strategic
cnCs lon In Asia t tOe power 1 order t
c ucuro liberty t carry out her plans without
f Interference
I The colt of Egypt has just yielded up another
secret which archaeologists and the world at
Urge I will receive with the keenest interest
Irif Flinders Petrie who is the greatest of
modern Ugyptologlsta announces the discovery
of a new race whose existence has hitherto been
unsuspected in that ancient land He has just
riturucd from a three months search In tie
d IJtrlct between Balms and N egaeh thIrty miles
north of Thebes He uncovered the remains of
oral successive dynasties of Brest classical
Interest In the ruins of the ancient town of
Nubu They nere discovered less than a quar
ter of a mile away from the remains of another
city which Is utterly different in all its contents
from anything heretofore found in Egypt I
the town had been found In Syria or Persia no
one Mould have supposed It was connected with
Egypt Not ouly a the town found but aO
I series of cemeteries of the same raco Nearly
2000 proves were excavated Every object want
t I noted In position and everything was preserved
and marked by Petrie and his assistants
The result was most strange and inexplica
ble Not single Egyptian object was found
not a carab hieroglyph Egyptian bead god or
amulet such as are abundant In the neighbor
ItiK Egyptian town Not a body was mummi
fied or burled at full length All were con
tracted with their kn cs bent up t their ms
Tw ail of those people was the next problem
Little by little the explorer limited their epoch
xmtll be can definitely say that they lived b
tween the seventh and the ninth dynasties or
about 3000 I C They probably were the people
who overthrew Egyptian civilization at the close
of the old kingdom and produced the dark age
of the seventh and eighth dynasties when
the t Egyptians teem to hare been oppressed by
disaster it Is clear that the physiognomy
of thu race was fine and powerful without a
trace of prognathlsm Their stature was re
markable corn being over six fet In height
The development of the legs points t their
having been a hill race Thlr hair was brown
Wary and not crlp The prominent aquiline
floes and long pointed beard gave a strong r
temblance t the Libyan and Amorlte typ
One remarkable custom was the eating of
wa et por
tion sf the bodies of deceased persons The
wend as almost always severed from the shoul I
nrs and the hands were oftn removed Pot
tery WM placed our the decapitated neck In
ono IIce was a handful of ribs in another a
toilful of arm bones elsewhere a pile of
erlbr The bones of several bodies were
seer
itttOfd toethnr and line of bona were strewn
round u 1111 each with their ends broken ott
oM the marrow scooped out All these
acpe out Al thes things
1 < lot undoubtedly to ceremonial cannibalism
I is not to be Inferred that this implied Igno
rince of civilization In lints of
rllzaton many Inos pottery
flint working and beadmaking these people were
the eouaU or superiors of the Egyptians Their
art were well advance in mot 11 but In
l o directions I was a low level No writing
UflSl 1r
iHiwn uejond personal marks Drawing
In tin sculpture were In a rude condition Metal
Ionevrr was well known Cop e chisels or
wilier adLe < show that the people were amllla
With woodwork and traces of finely carved bed
framu
with bulls fet were found Copper
nitaics
show that sewn garments wero used
and copper harpoons were made Flint work
II more highly developed than the
hlhly develop thanaonK Egyp
Eap
lao The forms of knives differ from any oUb
fWPllan race and the exquisite machlnelik
exqulalt mablnelk
flaking of them shows the highest skill
Who this unknown race were aud whence
they came cannot yet b decided Thlr pot
ur pt
wry
shows some peculiar resemblances to that
01
the Amorlte period i Palestine On the
otbor hand several connections point westward
connectons plntwhrar
I t M alt antI < l Italy Prof etrje found ample
evidence
In the sam neighborhood which I 1 a
of high h P VU i00 feet above the present Ivl
the
Nie of the existence of I race of mn
ftttdating all history by many thousands of
years
Large massive tUnis beautifully worked
aud i Ont butfuly worke
uworn were discovered ot exactly the
laloe flrms ai these well known in the river
rrav10 Franc and England The to ncroU
BUI IU of the was shown bjr the black and brown
taieing of theta while others 6000
old
tem
whie other IOOOe
bv k old
their
side
eriii lido showed scarcely a tinge of wtath
cring Bt ld s these other flints cf later paloo
Ithlo typo are fonnd embedded In the ancient
gravels of the former high Nile
Women workers In this country are arriving
at the conclusion that tho law takes too much
car of them Hitherto all factory legislation
lUll proceeded on the assumption that women
and children are equally hololess to protect
themselves Their hour of labor amount of
overtime length of mean time and In fact
very thing save the vital question of the amount
of their wages have been rigidly sot forth In
uccrsslve statutes This tender solicitude has
become so much 1 mailer of course that It Is I a
real shock t philanthropists to hear protests
against their benevolent legislation from women
workers themselves A session rarely passes
without 1 factory bill of some sort being Intro
duced In Parliament and of these
duce Parlament one so measures
now before the House of Commons was brought
In by the Government
Herein of course women and children are
treated alike as babies who do not know what
is good for them Certain sections forbid them
t work more than I specified numbor of hours
overtime weekly and they ore strictly prohibited
ted from taking any work homo with them
But many trades scheduled within tho operation
of this bill are liable to fluctuations Others
bi lablo fuctuaUols Othellre
cason trades and the restrictions sought to be
Imposed would seriously hamper women In
their efforts to earn a living while waiting for
husbands who In
husbdl may never come or keeping
Idleness husbands wno have come and have
come to stay which ot course Is one of the
privileges of women workers
Consequently the Society for the Employment
of Women have taken the matter up and are
sedulously moving various public ladles to peti
tion Parliament to omit the sections In the bill
refere t Inasmuch as they enormously re
strict the freedom of adult women t dispose of
heir own labor and seriously affect the will
being of women working in different trades
The probabilities are that the women will be
accused of Ingratitude and that Parliament
will reaffirm that they do not know and are In
capable of knowing what Is good for them
Simultaneous with this cry of women comes
the demand and a loud one for reform In the
law relating t child labor In the textile trades
but it is I for more stringent legislation and It
will probably be successful despite the opposi
tion of the trades unionists and employers At
present a child may start In a factory as a half
Lime worker at the age of 11 and the proposal
now Is to raise the limit to 12 The Lancashire
and Yorkshire operatives though stanch
trades unionists and sound Democrats in other
respects are bitterly opposed to any Interfer
ence with child labor They would if they
could reduce the limit t 10 years at which it
once stood Naturally enough the manufac
turers are at one with the men In maintaining
the present system which keeps down tho
wages although the men seem Incapable of ap
preciating the fact
It I not often that a reigning prince Is 1
plaintiff in an action for libel but that is the
present position of Prince Nicholas of Monte
negro He has brought action In the Servian
courts agalnit the famous tutor and patriot
Marco Bascovltsh for an alleged libel contained
i pamphlet which that gentleman published
In January Mr Bascovltsh accused the Prince
of conspiring in Russian Interests with the
Servian Radicals against the Obrenovluh
dynasty with Intention to seat himself on the
uneasy throne now occupied by exKing ian
Interesting son But this charge has been made
against Prince Nicholas over and over again
and Its truth had become almost an article of
tat among those who are accustomed t fol
low the tortuous ways of Balkan politics Why
should the Prince suddenly take mortal offence
at the reiteration of the charge at this moment
That is 1 a question which is agitating a good
many more or less distinguished people just
now Probably the actual trial will throw
some light on the matter Piquant revelations
are promised anyhow for all the Radical lead
ers In Servla have been summoned to give el
dnce and some famous Montenegrin chiefs
who until these later degenerate days always
settled their differences at the point of the
sword will also have the novel experience of
testifying in a court of law
THE BUNS Rome correspondent estimates a
a result of the latest calculations of experienced
Italian politicians that Signor Crispls adherents
hermits In the new Chamber of Deputies will
number quite 300 out of I total House of COS
members Most of these will probably be elected
on the first ballot Second ballots will be un
usually numerous for a variety of reasons and
the various opposition factions wil of course
coalesce against the Ministerialists Novel has
tbero been In Italy a general election more
fiercely fought or one in which the Government
of the day has made use of its power more un
scrupulously
People who remember the prodigious pother
which Portugal made two or three years ago
when England tried t bounce her out of some
territorial advantage In Africa will be surprised
t know that the population of Portugal Including
Madeira and the Azores Is
eluding Maeia Azres II only
6040700 of whom 2010300 females and
that fourfifths of the population are unable to
read or write In Lisbon where most of the
fuss referred t was made there is a population
of 612000 of whom 304338 are unable to rrud
or write It is not surprising that although the
census was taken five years ago the Govern
ment has only jOlt made up Its I mind to publish
these flmires which It would be hard t beat In
any country of the world claiming to be civilized
izedThe
The Independent Labor party which Is a
euphemism for the British Socialist lies been
In annual conference this week settling the
worlds economic and social business with all
the confidence of youthful reformers The
party owes money t its Treasurer and finds
great difficulty in collecting its dues from the
members but It has breezily voted hundreds of
millions sterling for such things as pensions
for tho aged and living wages for
workers and loafers alike leaving the ques
tion of ways and means In the air
Although they are admittedly fenclalUts
and covertly sympathize with anarchism the
delegates had not the courage to pass a propo
sal t change tbe partys name to the Indepen
dent Socialist party The motion wau rejected
on tho ground that It would L Indiscreet to
avow purely socialistic designs on the eve of a
general election a fact which indicates pretty
clearly that tho British democracy has not yet
learned to love these newfangled things This
gathering ot workers was remarkable for the
sleekness and generally prosperous look of
delegates who claimed t represent the poorest
of the poor The broadcloth badge of the bour
geoisie predominated and glossy silk hats that
detested mark of respectability were aggres
sively In evidence
The proverbial dulneis of the Easter recess
has been relieved by a variety of speculations as
t the Immediate political future of London
The HoiW which since the death of Its
famous editor Edmund Yates has been as
mendacious as Its New York namesake ven
tured this week upon the absurd statement thai
Lord Rowbery has been shamming illness and
Mr Gladstone means t return to office and
lead his party over time general election Some
neoondratu newspapers mainly provin
cial reproduced thin cockandbull story
with additional frills with the result
that quite an amusing controversy has
been raging In the last few day I Is I needless
to say that Lord Rottbery has been really il
and that his health even now is so shattered bJ
prolonged Insomnia and continued mental
worry that his retirement from the Premiership
may be announced at any moment When he
goes the Duke of Devonshire will take his right
ful place at the head of the Liberal party from
which be was excluded by I political cabal t
which a historian will only b able to do justice
heno
a generation or 8 hlno
There I a vast difference i social and pain
z ±
otto feelings between Americans residing In Eu
rope and Americans travelling In Europe This
difference accounts for the doubt whloh certain
li exists about tho success of tho efforts t or
ganize an American society In London Last
nights gathering nt the Cafo Royal was enthu
siastic and successful In a way but It wan more
remarkable for those who were absent than for
those who were present Those who officially
represent tho United States in London arc ulv
lug cordial support to the proposed organiza
tion Many prominent Americans here are not
nnd will not unless tho executive managements
is put upon a broader and moro representative
basis If the plan Is so modified that the great
floating American population which during
most of tho year vastly outnumbers the perma
nent American residents can cooperate in cele
brating national holidays and other functions
of the society it will probably flourish
The London Sisterhood of Advanced om
en has decided to take a bold step toward the
emancipation of the S 3 I has long groaned
under certain Implications of servitude con
tallied In a few pusengei of Scripture and has
determined to abolish these disabilities by pub
lishing a Womans Bible New readings of the
old passages will be given and tho volume will
contain suggestions to show that tho
verses about womens inferiority really
mean the opposite of the ordinary accep
tation The book of Genesis Is now ready
In It Eve Is rather II praised than othcrwlso for
having eaten the apple Ills pointed out that
Satan did not tempt her with an array of silks
satins and other things which some people think
most seductive to her descendants but with
an offer of knowledge man being of such 1
lethargic grovelling nature that a similar lofty
ambition never entered his mind Besides If
the fruit was not to be eaten Eve should have
been Informed of the fact at first hand and not
through an agent Thocommontary is furnished
by the committee of English and American
women
Prof Huxleys condition in tho past week
causes crave anxiety His recovery Is checked
hy fresh complications which eminent special
ists aro endeavoring to control
Both sides claim to have won by the boot trade
arbitration I is doubtful If a settlement would
havo been reached e easily but for the importa
tions of American boots and shoes which have
arrived in Immense quantities during the
month and have found u ready market This
so alarmed both sides that they realized that
the trade was in great dancer The quality of
the American goods also compelled tho work
men to recognize the fact that it was impossible
to Insist longer upon their demand t keep out
machinery American manufacturers have
only to follow up time advantage gained In order
to hold trade
profitable
holtal > rottable trldo
EVJIOPK WILl IXTERVEHE
Germany ltn tli and France Will Protect
Their Interests In China
BFRLIV April OThe evening edition of the
Kotlniithe Zcttuiig says In view of the press
ure exercised by the Japanese war party Ger
many urged Japan at the beginning of March
t bo moderate In her terms of peace
adding that a demand for tho cession
of mainland territory would be especially
calculated to induce European intervention
When it appeared from reports of tho condi
tions offered by Japan that she was little dis
posed to follow this friendly advice Initial steps
were taken on March 23 t establish an under
standing with the European powers
A complete agreement was reached b Ger
many and Russiaand the cooperation of Franc
was secured The three powers will now pro
ceed to take joint steps in Japan to protect their
interests The territorial changes at which
Japan view alms will bo the first point t b kept In
viewThe
The object Is t prevent Japan from entwin
ing herself so tightly round China as t be able
in case of need to shut of the latter entirely
from Europe Such an Injury to their Interests
the powers desire to avert in Rood time Japan
bal shown hitherto such circumspection that
she may be expected now also to desist from
drawing the bow too tlchtly
The Yordtl ut che Allnemelnt Hung says
M Germany never had any Idea of abstaining
from Intervention In the East Throughout the
war she has been fully alive to tho great danger
that might arise for Europe both politically
and commercially as I result of the new
order of things In cost AsIa Germanys share In
the European Interest concerned iso Important
that the Government would bo guilty of serious
neglect In case It should not vindicate our
claims with firmness and determination to the
full extent
The Chinese Government ba concluded a loan
for 30000000 marks at six per cent Interest
with a syndicate composed of National Bank
fuer Dcutschlana Heydt Co and Behrens i
Sons of Hamburg
Sr PETEnsnnuo April 20A semiofficial
note has been issued to the newspapers here t
the effect that the Russian Government Is lu no
wise satisfied with the ChinaJapanese treaty
especially the clause providing the cession of
LlaoTong Russia the note says will act in
concert with other powers In protecting the in
terests of Europe even supposing one of the
great powers does not share in such action
pwers acton
LONDON April OA despatch to the Pal
Mall Guzettc from Tientsin says LI Hung Chang
arrived there todav Ho Is I In good health
A despatch from Tientsin to the Central
News says that tho new ports to bo opened by
China are Huchow Shao King Cbcntu Pekln
and Kal Fong
The KconomM commenting on the Chine
Japanese situation expresses the opinion that
should China become an ally of Japan Russia
would be tho only power t receive a serious
check Any alarm that Is felt in Europe
over such a contingency the paper thinks
is premature and the Economist also be
lieves that the fighting strength of Japan
Is greatly exaggerated In conclusion the
I IreaUy eaKerate paper
regards the treaty of peace as outlined In the
despatches as evidence that the speculators In
a sharp rl > e In silver will be disappointed owing
to the easy terms granted t China In the pay
ment of the Indemnity
ThoStatlut believes that Ohlna could borrow
tho entire amount of the Indemnity at six or
seven per cent
The Speaker nays that most of the Indemnity
I likely to remain in London the Japanese
Government employing I for tbe purpose of de
fraying the expenses of stores and munitions of
war purchased In Europe The paper also
thinks It unlikely that mote than the sum of
1S000000 of the Indemnity will be paid In
silver
A despatch from Hiroshima to the Central
News says that the Mikado ratified the Chinese
Japanese treaty this afternoon
OMEN WILL 1KAJ
And the Uarielllnl Will II Hug After
Labor 1urnde
the May Day Lbor
The arrangements for the eighthour parade
and demonstration of the Central Labor Fedra
tion representing the Socialist trade unions
and District As mbly 401C of 1 on May 1
are practically completed Ernest Robin Secretary
rotary of the Central Labor Federation said
yesterday that there would be a number of new
features this year Among these will b the ap
paranco at the head of the parade of the mem
bers of nineteen worklngmena singing societies
They will be followed by 1000 member of
worktngwomens organizations At Union
square where a mats meeting Is to take place af
ter the parade the singing societies will form a
semicircle In front Directly behind will be the
women and the MartelllaUe will be sung
the women and the audience generally being expected
pected t join IB I the chorus
Crescent Blcjtle Bt OB Earth
I T them and buy them at Bowmans Broadway I I
ad11L and Spaldlngt ttaaUsoa tqu titrden
t
FIREMENS BRIBERY FUND
i
SENATORS OUT SOME EVIDENCE OF
AN AlTEltVT 20 JIAISE JT
Hnlne Robertson sand CoBgcuhnll Appear
bJ Counncl QUICK TetlC Cnlllnc Lou
lnyn UDT An Jlxpenalve Hacrlflce Inyn
Snld OftlcrrH or the Firemen AUHnctn
tlon AlNn Tell of the 1unil the Dfficrr
Aimoclntlon Tried to ltnle An Dfficer
DentcM the Htorlc AlleBvd IHmlpitcnr
mince or it Irtc Jtxt of Scliutnrn
The Senate Conmilttco appointed to Invcstl
gate tho charge of bribery ought against
Senators Rained Coggeshall mid Hobertson til
connection with the pntnago of tho bill to In
croao firemens salaries eat yesterday In Part
III Court of General Sessions Senator OCon
nor presided and nil of hIs colleagues on tlio
committee Senators Pound Mullln Cantor anti
Parker I were present
Henry L Einstein owner of the IIC8t which
lenrr I
originally published tho charges and Lemuel
Kly Qulitg editor of the Ilttx who wrote tho
story were on hand with their counsel Ellliu
Root Tie accused Senators eat In a row In front
of tho committed with their counsel Gcorgo
Unities 1 brother of Senator Haines
Mr Hoot addressed the committee saying that
ha was prepared to present evidence In support
of all of tho statements that had been made and
that many of hIs witnesses were In tho room
willing und anxious testify Others ho said
there might b SOle dlnculr In getting at and
for theo ho would ask for subpcunas Ho was
assured that the committee would assist him In
getting theeo witnesses and then Mr Qulgg
took the tttand Ho testified that ho miulo up
his article from fActs which wero furnished to
him by others Personally ho did not know that
any money had been raised to corrupt members
of the Legislature and he hrnl never seen any
plldenator
Senator OConnor told the witness to KO on
and tel all that he know about tho mutter
lIes re tallies and Hoot both objected stienu
ously The committee overruled the lawyers
and then Senator OConnor asked II Qulgg
where ho got Ills Information 1 was derived
almost entirely from James D Clifford I ro
man said the witness Others who furnished
mo with Information wero a Mr Rultcnhauser
a Mr Regan nnd a Mr Ryan all of thorn fire
men several others whose names I cannot re
member now and Louis F Pan
In answer to Questions by Mr Root tho wit
ness said that he was personally acquainted
with Lou lan nnd that he had had two con
versations with Payn on the subject of tho
Firemen ray bill one In this city and one In
Albany
Qllid he make any statement regarding Its
unifiitlmilit to as to Include time Increabn ot tho
salaries of officers as well us of privates of time
department AYe he told me he had put
the amendment on the bill Ho said ho would
take it oil
Mr QUICK hero explained that the bill whn
originally uruwn up called for an Increase in
pay for the rank and lllo No provision was
made for the olUcerc In Its original form time
bill passed the Assembly but In the I benutn I It
llO ll tl lf dAc t
wa amended l no as to Include officer leuutor
Robertson offered the amendment and when
it was reported the bill was referred
back to the Cities Committee for fur
timer consideration It was about this
time that the witness had his conversation
with ll Pajn Ho met Pain in New York and
told Pnj n he understood Payn would make no
further opposition to the passage of the bill in
its original form Payn said that lr abandoned
his opposition at great sacrlfica to himself but
ho promised that the bill would be reported the
next day without the Robertson amendment
Ho assured time j witness that there would bo no
other Deposition to the bill
Ue bald that he supposed I wanted It done
no matter how much It meant to him and I
tald maleI thlt did Then he Rave me to understand
that he was not doing It for my sake and I told
him that I understood that perfectly That af
ternoon the bill was reported without the
amendment but was immediately referred back
to tho Committee on Cities I
Mr Root Did he say what tho nature of the
Bacrlftc henna making was AHu said It
would be quit expensive to him
Asked by Mr Hoot to whom he referred In his
article us that most notorious lobbyist t ho
replied
To Louis F Payn
Mr IjuiLK timer paid that Fireman John IX
Clifford had told him about a demand for
S 15000 to pas the bill aud amendment through
the beimte and that In the case of the officers
collector had been authorised to go around ana
collect the money which was raised to be sent to
Albany The rank and the Clifford told him
had refused to co Into tha bribery business and
would not contribute any money A dozen
other firemen had told him about the efforts to
collect The names of these men would
colect money Tlo
bo given to the committee The statement that
Senators Maine Cosseshall and ItoLerUon
were implicated In the mutter was based on In
formation that time witness hud secured from
riremon Cltllord and Rottenhauir
Fire Comminloner Micttleld testified that he
had prepared the draft of the original Pav ey
bill He I was emnloj otl as attorney for the Fir
melts Mutual Benevolent Association and so
far as he knew no fund hud ever ben raised by
that organization to secur the passage of the
fNIt Ho Imposed the condition when gTeo drew
up the bill lie said that no money should be
raised bi further its passage The Fire Com
missioners I were not in favor of time amend
ment Mr Quigz had once brought him
certain memoranda In regard to time
bribery charges und he had Immediately
bummoned Fireman Hums Assistant Fore
man Smith and Fireman Rottenhnuser be
fore him They all denied any knowledge of the
existence of any fund The witness admitted
that the delay In acting on the bill greatly sur
prised him and said that he had had several
dluikre bio Interviews with Senators at Al
bany over the matte In his conrerfatlon
Mr Quiet Senator Rainess nutne had been
mentioned frequently but ho declined t say
just what was culd about tho Senator
I was Important to know who our mends
were he turn and I dont mind saying that
his vote was one of the things we discussed
11 Qulgg went buck on the stand and on
crossexamination by Mr Raines told of a con
versation with Senator Raines in which the
latter expressed hli Intention of supporting the
Firemen s bill and that he had not looked Into
the Judicial halet bill This conversation W
Ield In Mr Plaits room at the Kenmoro Mr
Platt was not present Later the witness talked
to Senator Robertson who said there would ho
no opposition to time bill Nothing was said by
Ithernt the time about amending the bill bo
that It would Inoludl the olllcers of the depart
ment At Mr IUUs office In New York after
ward Senator Italnis once mar promised to
support tilt bill
James U 1 Clifford President of the Firemans
Mutual HenelU Association UstlHed that the
organization had a legislative committee of
thirteen mumbcrs one from each tire district
an arbitration committee and an organization
committee of five members The witness said
that ho IU a member of all of the committees
He was Interested In the Iavey bill lie lied
talked about It with Assistant Foreman Quinn
of IB engine In Dalys theatre on the evening of
March 0 Quinn was formerly a member of the
larch I but on being made an officer lad to
give up his membership
alve He dime to me said the witness to see If
the salary bill couldnt be attendsd to at Al
bany Ilesald that he had Information t the
effect that our bill couldnt be passed without
money The officers he said had concluded to
lbe oaldl
Ilnoy ril fund of 1160UO and time men would have
t raise 10000 I asked him where he gut the
Information how he knew that money would
be necessary und he said
It comes straight from Lou Payn
Then ha suggested that I inset John J
non Drnulfluti I nf t It A 11 IP A U f t > llit Inn
and come to som agreement > It wan the only i
time for action he said us the new Constitution
would pnt all hope of raise in salaries out of
al
the way far ten years Senator Robertson he
said would never 1st the bill cOle out of com
mitt uiilest the money was put up I told
Julnn that we had heard such rumors before
and that the men hud decided that they would
rather lose the Increase than pay u cent for It
QDid he say what the onlcers were doing 7
AYe be mid time onicru were starting to
raise the necessary money If we didnt do our
share he said the PanT bill would be shelved
for good
OUld he say who Lou Payn was ANo
and I had never hoard of him at that time
UUld he say that the bill would past If Payn
had charge of U Ale said that anything
ha charl
Payn took bold of was bound to go through
Payn had the pople with him hi said
Uunlnttold the witness that John J Burnt
had charge of the money already subscribed
Burns he said was a personal friend of Payn
The bill was at that time In a precarious condi
The F ols r Not All Dead You
Lots of 00 are buying stale drug aud spoiled
medicines over the into bargain counters where cod
fish and calico UI sold H oilblo folks laugh pocket
40c DUonviry dollar and get rrtli goods of the
a ao t
very twit Quality by buying th lr dootor prescrIptIons
and Keneral drug store supplies at Hikers CUt av
I ar itJd st44V
tion the witness said an I had been recom
mitted by the Senate Ho went to Uulgg about
the matter and asked him t publish the whole
timing in hits paper
t what did Rottonhauicr do in tho mean
time 7 asked Mr Hoot
Acting under my instruction ho saw one
William Gordon said tho witness Gordon
told him that Patrick OReilly had collected
money from a number of officers In the depart
ment Only died suddenly and Gordon all
that hit widow hold on tu the money subscribed
The officers had tried to get It back bulcouldnt
I went to tho houso at MIa Amsterdam v
enue with RottcnhaUKer went on tho ltlS
and wo taw Mrs OReilly I told her thnt we
understood that certain people were making nn
unjust claim against nor She laid her husband
had told her fcomctlilng about time mutter but
she didnt think he had collected anything He
went out to collect one day but came back with
l empty satchel She had 1 list of the men In
the department who uere going tu contribute
Mie laid nnd the amount that uuh one was go
ing to give up Wo told her that we didnt euro
tu see thnt whereupon site suddenly burst out
and paid Oh I know who you represent You
reprosnt a man named Robertson the Hon
Mr Robertion My husband told me that I hn
bad charge of the matter Then sho said If I
ny one Watmtuu any money that they subscribed
they can get It down at tho engine house
Thu wltne said thnt there wem 10H officers
In the department nnd that ho understood col
lections wcm made bj men appointed from the
different battalions He know of only ole of
theMe collectors 1 inim from Jl Engine whoso
lane hu hud forgotten He did not hear the
names of either henntor KHllies or Senator
Cogevghnll I muttloned In connection with the
bill until ho read them In the newspaper ar
ticle limo bunday previous to the favorable
reporting of the bill by the Senate commit
tee the witness saw Mr Qulgg and gavn
him full Information about the mutter Rotten
hammer mind u number uf active firemen did time
salon thing Hu knew thut Mr Qnlki mont to
publish the entire story Inter when ho saw
Mr Qulug again the onveiiatlon turnul on 1
book kulcl to contain the statues of certain
Senators with amounts uf mono marked down
next to them Tho book he thouKht hud been
in possession of a man named Campbell of 23
Engine rime assistant foreman ho heard had
taken the book away from Campbell ali it had
disappeared He got his Information an to the
contents of the boqk from lilrcman Regan of his
company I
llltrnrit vn OTntmnd ntid ITriil T 1 Ifrtttoti
hauser of ill Engine was nnr called II Is the
Financial Secretary of the Fi colons l Associa
tion HP testified that he aikcd Assistant For
mull Smith of 2 Truck on March U what kept
tho Salary bill In the Senate and that Mnlth
Instead of replying unlil that Rottunhauser
ought to try and Ret the Presidents of the two
organizations together to talk over nrrame
mvnts that would have tu be made rime IGii
would not ho reported until the last day of tilt
session unless money was forthcoming Smith
sUd
sUdMr Platt haul timid that the bill would Income
a law Smith said but nevertheless If they
wanted to get It out of the committee theyd
huv o to son the KUbetwetn There were peuple
In Albany who wero lot out for their health
said Smith
Mr Root Did ho say who the gobetween
was ANo
QWhat did he say about Payn AOnl
that he hud Interested himself in our behalf
QUld you understand that Mr Putt had
any connection with the money AXo I did
not
notThe h
The witness paid that he reduced nil of his
conversation with Smith to writing and turned
It over to Clifford When Mnlth spoku of people
not being out for their health he understood
Smith to refer to time gobetween
Jlrclallohn J 1 Burnt President of tho Offi
cers Association tell > 1 thnt he innie from
Chatham N Y where Mr Iuyn comes from
Asked whether he had ever collected
any money tu tend to Albany to help alum the
palace ot the Salary bill the witness saul that
he had not and that no one In the association
hud Ho would know of It if they hud hu said
The visits of hiiiibelf nnd other members of the
ansoriutlon to Albany were In tlm Interest of the
two per tent Insurance tux bill he ul When
the association concluded to utk Mr Puyns
help in itettlnL time Salary bill through they in
structed the witness to ask Mr Payn if he would
accept his peiihes from the oruaniatlon
spoke to Mr Payn about this matter bald
the witness thinking It wus nn ordairy and
perfectly legal proceeding and he Raid to me
I you ever speak to me uuuln about money or
expenses bill Ill never do anything for you or your
billThatiooncluded
Thatiooncluded Burnss testimony and the
committee log adjourned until next Friday morn
Inl
William Leary publisher of the Pre did not
testify although snbpienaed
lImo 1avoy hi became law In Its original
pending form A separate ulUcurs salaries bill i now
pel lll
JVXJCJIAL or Tl1 P GOTP OllAR
Hrnator OConnor Announce the Death or
the Illll toad Coroner lloeber IN Notified
Funeral services over tho late doff grab bill
were held yesterday Part 11 of the Court of
General Sessions Senator OConnor officiated
nnd William Travera Jeromo mis the chief
mourner in the absence of tho parents of the
bill Recorder GaLs grief was so lutciifo that
It prevented him from attending Hu sent
Kearney his personal attendant who repre
sented him
At 10W oclock the committee appointed by
the Senate t Investigate the Court nf General
Sessions convened Chief Justice Cowing amid
Judge Fitzgerald sat behind the Clerks desk
After everybody was seated a painful silence
fell Senator OConnor was the first to break It
Gentlemen como to order raid ho
Senators Lexow Robertson Pound Cantor
and Haines looked solemn and Senator OCon
nor went on
We are down here to dispose of the Investi
gation of the Court of General Sessions In con
nection with the socalled Golf bill Judge
necton
lO
Cowing the committee will hear you
Chief Justice Cowing who hud said at the last
session that Recorder Guff was Ulllug lies
arose and said
Mr Chairman and gentlemen of tho Senate
committee 1 desire to make a little explanation
with voir kind permission During thu very
heated discussion which took place at the lust
meeting before this honorable committee I was
betrayed into using an unparliamentary expres
sion I thlnl that 1 tu due to Ito I oummltteo
I fbouhl to tho commutes
that apolocl7o cnmllt for
having used It und respectfully avg thnt I be
allnwed tn withdraw It and to substitute In lieu
thereof the gentleman Is mintakcn
Senator OConnor there lie no objection
the minutes will be so corrected Now wlau
hud a talk with the learned Judges this court
Judges Cnwlnr Allison and Fitruerald coultl
Recurder GoftTIn reference to thin Investigation
Icorlr
tion and vvhllu we think that the Investigation
was originally justified In reference to uU of
the abuicu that existed In this court yet we
find that In the court as now constituted thro
in a general dlspusltlun all around t settle these
matters in harmony with the public Intcrentsand
far the public good and It Is believed by us that
the Interests of the public and of the court Itself
will be best preserved by dropping the Invest
wi and practically dropping time tocalled
Goil bill which I think when we go back to
Albany will probably bi > abandoned and
dropped for we are entirely satlsllrd from what
has been Bald t us by the learned Indue nf this
court that thee will not lie any necessity for limo
further urging of n bill of that kind and that Is I
the unanimous feeling I believe of the commit
tee today
Judge Cowing smiled and bowing to the com
mittee said Thtn you do not require our at
tendance any further 7
No Judge responded Senator OConnor
Then we will withdraw siild the Judge
and ho and Judge Fitzgerald left court room
Recorder Goft remained In his chambers dur
ing the services He was visited afterward by
Coroner Hocber the object of whose visit was
left t conjecture
JJKOTrVr > JV TIE MOKltlS CAKAT
A Jloy Keeeue SlIP Hmml Brother then
Nwlm After a Flontlnc lint
three young sons of Henry 0 Jones of G3 Lin
coln avenue Newark went fishing In the Mor
ris Canal near the old Bloomileld road yester
day and the eldest was drowned The boys
were Harry li years old Arthur 1 years old
and their 7yearold brother Ralph rise lat
tr while playing on the bank stumbld and
fell Into tho canal Harry jumped In after him
and succeeded In pushing Ralph up the bank
He wa about to climb out when h noticed
Ralphs hat floating down the stream and
started after It
The bottom of the canal slopes t a depth of
five or six felt and the bat was items th middle
Harry waded out as far at he could anti then
swam down stream until he reached the hat
He turned to swim ashore and suddenly threw
up his hands and sank The other boys waited a
minute nr two and as he did not come to the
surface they began to scream This attracted
the attention of some men who began n search
for the drowned boy The police aided In the
search and late In the afternoon the body was
retoverd
It Is tuppottd that the cold water crnniped the
boys legs as the other boys say that he was
swimming all right until a moment before he
tank
Jt 4c VT E de W K Jts W
Ctucaaua nwol Clau
iniooixxn UP XX JEST1it ZiON
Into Report of Hrlhery In Connection ullh
Police line Other Illlln
Fenator OConnor Chairman of time special
Senate committee which li i Investigating time
charges of bribery lli connect with the Fire
Simons Salary bill left for his Lome nl lUliKhnm
tim last nlttlit and will I turn t up In I Alluiny to
norrovv night Ho told his friends that he will
nki > steps to extend the scope nf tho Investiga
tion tu the Police ItmrRiinlntlon bill time I I Hy
Magistrates bill nnd tin Judicial Sales bill All
sorts of severe timings have been timid as tu limo
connection uf certain Senators with these bills
arid Senator OConnor said that It was time
he nlmosphcro was cleared Most of hetiutor
OConnors associates who woru In town weiu
surprised that ho consented so readily lester
day to an adjournment of lImo special committee
until next Friday lime criticism uf some uf his
nsoclUei was tint he should have Insisted on
sessions tomorrow and until time whole matter
was cleared up
It was admitted by those who hind looked over
tIme Ibid that the work of tIme special Invebtlunt
IIIR committee will prolong time life nt the Legis
lature almost Ui > tolimn i nnd will postpone
definite action on the City Magistrates bill
There was olio Republican Senator about
town who was wrathful Ho vvnt John lewis
Chllds of Kloral Park He Is time gentleman who
threatened to resign hits seat In the ijctmlo
tho other day bccnuso It hud been Intl
mated that Jot Morton Is to veto his
bill fur ma normal school In Jamaica
Senator Child may as well resign nt once If
ho Is going to nsUov Morton will surely veto
time bill Guv MorUina putltlun on this matter
was explained last night He has already vetoed
three such bills on the ground that he will not
put limo Statu to what ho conrldorsan unneces
sary expense just nt this time and he will not
mako an exception in the case of Senator Chllds
amid Jamaica
hAIl 1JtEbSKJI Jilt IrONS
rears that the Fort ut Chltral Will Fall
licTure Heller omen
CALCUTTA April SO Gen Sir Hubert Low who
commands time Chltral expedition telegraphs
from the foot of Jambatal lass which ho is
about to cross that disturbing news has reached
him regarding time British garrison In the Chltral
fort 1 ho garrison ho Enys Is hard pressed by
the tribesmen who on April 10 carried tho
mines within ten yards of the fort
Gen Gatacre tho comrrnnder of the Second
Brigade w ho Is advancing upon Dir U pushlni
foiward with nil possible hot > te Tho news re
ceived at Simla In the last days justifies the fear
that the efforts to relieve Mr Robertson and his
companions in the fort will prove too late
CA EXILES A IS fILL LT JV HI HE I
A Dlovr nr the Iar or n Fall Would Irob
nlilj Kill HuHHcnbucU
George Sussenbnck the bookkeeper from
Chicago who attempted inlclde In Central
Park on Feb I2 was vrrmuimcnel In the Harlem
Police Court yesterday Ho said ho did not
know what he was doing when he tried to kill
himself and on this plea Justice Koch dis
charged him Sunsenbnrk shut himself In the
forehead and the bullet Is xtlll In his head
The doctor any that ho will always have to be
careful as a blor or the Inr of a fall Is liable to
break the membrane which holds the bullet In
Its present position In such a case the result
would probably prove fatal
Il IJIIY1fD irnirE PLA rING INDIA
A Little Girl Tied o n Hlake and Bet on
Fir by 1lnymute
HAVEIUIILU Mass April 20The Cyearold
daughter of E L Hall residingat Riverside
w as playing Indians with companions today
and was selected as a victim to bo burned at the
intake She was tied hand and foot to a pole
her playmates piled a lot of combustible ma
terial about her feet and set It on fire The
wood quickly caught and soon the girls cloth
Ing Ignited Assistance came In answer to her
screams ur she would have perished It Is feared
now that she may not recover
S1IA 10 WEI HIS FOE ASh ttlEfT JILl
One Italian Murders Another In Park Place
Just After Ilnrh
George Gunnetti nil Italian laborer of 10
Baxter street was stabbed and killed by Joseph
band M years old of 1JZ Molt street In front
of 88 Park place at H > 4 oclock last evening TIme
motive tor the murder as far as the police could
ascertain was tho fact that Gnnnettl had Sauda
discharged from his place n week ago
Sanda and another Itullan were employed on
time New York Central Railroad pier nt the foot
of Barclay street Gunnetti worked there too
He reported some misconduct of time two Ital
ians and they were disc harecd One of them
went back to Europe Santa was left without
home or money
He decided to bo revenged nn Gunnetti and he
lay In wait fur him last ev nnlng with a stiletto
Gunnetti got through work shortly after H
oclock He walked through West street and
turned up Barclay Sandn followed and when
Gunnetti was In Park place between
Greenwich and Church streets ho at
tacked him That block In Park place
is usually diverted at that hour Them were
nn ryewltnesies to the minder but It Is believed
that tint two had a desperate struggle Sanda
Slabbed liunnelll In time groin and In the thigh
He then ran at Hip speed down Park place with
Guntiettl InllottliiK him shouting police
Three men who were on their way to thus
Holioken ferry heard Guunettlh cries and joined
in the ohue When time wounded man reached
the southwest corner nf Grenwlch und Barclay
streets he tattered and fell
An Italian street sweeper tried to bend Honda
off but was driven oil by time fugitive who
made nluiiRnnthim with his stiletto hnnda
ran to Waslmtngtonm Street anti then turned south
He wat caught by a policeman Jtiet as he passed
Hilton street He hud thrown away his stiletto
after trying to rtnb the sheet sweeper and was
trombllnic like a leaf when the policeman cap
tured him
The nfllcer took his prisoner back to here
Gunnetti was lying Ho was unconscious and
could nut identify inn murder When an am
bulance from the Hudhon 141 root Hospital ar
rived the tiirfunii pronounced Gunnetti driul
Dm body wart rcmuved to the i Church street
police Ktatlnn
Sandu admitted In Sergeant Burns that hu
nnd don s the Ktubbln The dead man hadto
rents in banco i No weapon WHS fourcl on him
Handari stiletto nay found In the bimemcnt of
flli Washington street It WMH eight Inches
lone and hud a wooden handle bound with
twine
SMYTH FOIl < IJtlXl > HACHESI
The Tuiiiiauur Connrll Will Elect Him and
lie Will Accept ti Iol
It was authoritatively announced yesterday
that exItecurder Frederick Smith will bo the
next Grand Sachem of the Tammany Society
He has blgnlfied his wllllngneis to nerve and
will bo elected when time council of Sachems
meet after their Installation un tin night of the
first Monday In buy The fact that tho ex
Recorder will succeed exvlajor Illlroy am in
mto sense be taken an n turning down nf Air liii
roy for the latter gentleman was asked before
he vvnt to Kuropu In irm entto hold over us
Urund Sachem hut hu refuoed to do so
It ib the purpose of thu Tammany Hall politi
cal orcunUation to takn nn active steps toward
reorganizing until after the city Is tedlstrlcttd
in Juno next
Oil Drop Xlvlow SZ
PiTTSUimun April 20Time Standard Oil
Company followed up yesterdays reduction lu
the price of l nm > ylvania Held oil by offering
2afl a barrel this morning live cents less than
they paid yesterday In the speculative market
the opening price and llrst Kale nt May certifi
cates at Oil City was SIO tIme price at which
it closed yeeIcrtlay Inside of mi minutes the
market dropped uital at SVM7 The closing
price for the May option on the Exchange was
JS1074 adropuf HcenU from th opining
price
I I Choice sal principal theatres regular price m
J omossjUngturmscseagir service 2cj4u
AYMRTOOKOBS BANK
k ic
silo Axn TCITHEIS niscnAnaat
SEIJJrs JIIfOTIILIINLAIT I
4Y
590000 TukcnAII Rtol n More Then a
Trnr Ain end the FitUe Entries tTndl
covi i > i < i by the Kvaraluntlon or the Hooks
Alter Ncclja fllulitAjnmr In Custody
It N announced by tho National Shoe and
rnthir Rank that Hamuel C Aymar a book F
keeper In tIme bank and a brotherinlaw of th
convict bookkeeper Samuel C Scely who L
robbed tho bank of 350000 Is also a defaulter t
Prcildont John A Hlltuor says tbnt Ar
mar has stolen S0000 of which time bank I m
o cilfiUOO thin rest nf the loss falling on the I t
Guaranty Company of North America Ay ul
mars surely
Aymar hud been employed as bookkeeper in
ho bank for over twcntyllvo years It was on 4
lila mmenditlon that Seeloy was employed t
here and s great was time confidence In him E
lull i ho was retained after Scelys flight Ho
kept time ledger fiuiu M toZ and much In thin mj
fcuuiu vay as Soly kept time A to 1C lodger I
Somo tlmo ago It was suspected that there I
nilwht bo something wrong with Armnrs books
and they were subjected to the closest examina
tion At 2 oclock scstcriluy morning It was 11
found that this books uuld not balance within
SJOOOO
Mr Hlltnor states that neither the imrplun 14
the undivided prollts nor the capital stock of the i
bank will be Heeled by tIme defalcation as after
tIme new management took charpo of time Insti 4 I
tution on March 4 lost a guarantee fund was 4
created and set aside to cover any losses which 4
might hao been sustained previous to their
assuming direction of time banks affairs iJ
Another thing that the now management did m
was to establish a strict surveillance over all the
clerks employed In the bank especially over
thoso who wore known to have in any way I
afllllated with Scely Any clerk who was found
to be Irregular In his habits wits discharged It 1i
was this system of aurvelllanco which led to
the discovery of Aymars defalcation When
Amar went out to luncheon and after he left
the bank at night ho was watched and It was j
learned that ha drank Then the system of 4
checks upon tIme books which Mr Hiltuer Intro
duced was applied to Aymars books and the
Irregularities were discovered t
Aymar worked boldly His desk adjoined
that of the receiving teller When there was a u
long row of depositors In Hnound the book
keepers long connection with the bank gave
him n personal acquaintance with most of the
depositors Aymar would say to a depositor im
mediately In front of his window
You neednt wait for the teller Mr Blank
Ill take your deposit
Glad to get through with his business as
quickly UH possible tIm depositor would hand
his pass book to Aymur who would make the j
credit and return the book If thus depositors j
name happened to bo on Aymars ledger ho j
would credit the amount on ibm ledger and
then put so much of the dcpoilt as was cash In j
his pocket Then he would charge to one of the vi
large accounts on his ledger tho amount he had
pocketed from tim deposit ho hail just been
good enough tu take In order to keep the de Y
positor from vraltlnir 1
Mr Hlltnor suites that Aymars thefts cover
a considerable period but were all committed
prior tu a year ago This doesnt speak well L
for the examinations of the books made after °
Eeelyj flight
On Friday at noon Ayninr went to luncheon
and did not return That evening the Vice u
PresIdent sent a letter to hlmat his house COD
Hulscy street Brooklyn Informing him that his
services were no longer required Time Guaranty
Company tent detectives after Aymar as soon
an they were Informed by time bank officials that
ho was discharged and the reason for It
The detectives hud no difficulty lu locating
Aymar who had not attempted flight and who
slept ut home on Friday night A complaint
made by John T Cole cashier of time bank
was lodged at Police Headquarters In this
city und Detective Sergeants Formosa
und Butler went over to Brooklyn to i
get him He was found in the company of a y
guaranty company man at Barnabys drug
store 723 Fulton itrcet and took him before
Inspector McLaughllnat Brooklyn Headquar
ters Aymar admitted his guilt and said
hu didnt know whether he bad stolen 30000
or more than 0000 It had been going on so
long Thus detectives from Now York brought
him over here He hosawlfu and two children
Aymar lived at fiOO Halsoy street In IJiooklyn i j
a houso for which hs son Bald he paid ShO a
month rent His salary was 1200 Ho attended 4 t4J
In the Rev Dr Kents Presb torlun church In
Lewis avenue of which his daughter Is a mem t
ber When found by tIme Guaranty mon last
night he was leaving Brotherinlaw Scelys
house which also Is In Ilultcy street v j < 4
ft >
Aymars father Is n wellknown amid respected
cltUen of Jamaica L I of which village he has
been tho President
Mr Hlltiicr states that the bank Is In excel
lent condition Its business Improving dally and i tfI
that time new business last week amounted to
over S00000 In deposits It was decided by the
director that n frank statement of the defalca
tion would be much bfttcrthan tu try tu conceal
anything from the public
OIIMKISS OUEEK DEATH
He Wu Fixing IlUK and May lEave Got
at ii ctrle Hhock
There It some reason to suppose that William
OhinulH ynunir cigar clerk was shocked to 4
death lat night by electricity An autopsy will fi j
+
have to be mnd to decide whether such was the Vjl
case or not Ohmels was 18 years old nnd was
employed In Kauftraans cigar store nt 00 Cort
landt street I rt
About 8 oclock last night hu crawled out on
the cornice over thin store to unfurl a display
banner which had got wound niuung time flag tj
pole Edward Levy another clerk stood nn the
sidewalk watching him Near the iimmg pole ls
stretched nn electric wire
Levy tajs that he saw sparks flush from this
wire and ut the Hirno Instant young Obinolt
fell backward on the cornice Levy ran up to
his aid Hu found Obmels crawling through 1i
the window He Hremrd dared Levy helped
him don n stairs nnd had a policeman Bond for i v
an amlmlanee Before tho ambulance arrived ivki
Ohmels win dead °
Tlm ambulance surgeon found no burns or
other murks which would Indicate that OhinclJ F
had tome into contact with u live wlie
Timber Iund Fluntevr > on Long Island
WI T DFKU PAIIK L L I April ao Seven
hundred acres of valuublo timber land In this
iUnlty Sims destrocd by u forest lire that u tJJ
tturtul on Mrs Parks property yesterday after i
noon A nnrthnent wind carried the flames j
thr iiiRli Whilmore Wluglnsa pmi > crty and for tI
11 tiiii Mr Wiituinss house wus threatened A 1
enrial alurm wa < tent out unul there was a
raiiiug > ii l fanners from near nnd fur to tight
the lluiifu HIM Wlgulns property was saved
but hit ltauise smvelmt on burning over property
uu i nrd hy Jeorge Vail Coats J Birch the
Coloiildl Mlnenil Water Company Edward T
Kruham Lawrence Courayaiid K llaylls The t s11 j
loss is estimated at SOooO Tho liru is i sifl > A
pipii to bate been not by n tramp who was
m
driven assay from the Pike plttcu
The Ilovn llalenteU
PARIH April 20thie Governor of Diego Bun
rlez MaduKascur has telegraphed the Gov i
ernment that the French troops have occupied u z
the fortress of Ambodlvohlbo attests spirited at
tack The Havas resIsted for a short time when
they evacuated the place A low of the French
wore wounded but none was killed
allBBln Vote I > uwu to Fire
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