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I VOL LXIH.--N0. 279. NEW YORK, FRIDAY. JUINE5, 1S96 COrYHIGHT, 189g7 nYTHEluyTlilX I'M. AXiTTuDLISIIIXG ASSOCIATION. PKICK TWO CKNT& fl
I AUSTIN CORBIN KILLED.
B xunowir mou a cabbiaob ox
H MB ESTATE AT NBirPOBT, X. It.
m Ilia Coachman Alio Kilted nnd III Grand.
H M, Corbln JCdRall. and lr. Paul ICnn.
K . alert tJerlonaly Injnred-Horsta, Brl
HI for the First Time Without minders,
BJ Became Jfrlahteaed-Oecupnata of the
BjM Carrlace Thrown Down anlEmbaakattnt
PR and Aaalnstn Wall Mr. Corbln's Career.
H, NEwroivr. N. II., June 4 .Austin Corbln, tho
millionaire banker and financier or New York.
BJ and bit coachman were killed a the result of a
JJ runaway accident here tUU afternoon.
A joajig grandson of the banker, Corbln
Edgell, and Dr. Kunzler, the latter an Intimate
friend of tho family, woro In the carriage and
V were seriously Injured.
Young EdgoH's leg- wm broken and ho was
H badly cut and bruised otherwise. Dr. Kunz
B ler's Injuries are supposed to be of an luterual
saturo.
Ml The party started on a fishing trip about tl
HI o'clock. On coins out of the j ard at the Farm
B House the horses shied, tipping over the car
's) rlage and throwing the occupants down an du
ll bankmont about eight feet against a etono wall.
2ft, The nccldont was duo to npalrotgroou horses
(&l attached tc tho carriage taking frlcht.
Wp Tho coachman held tho reins and tne horses
m were being- driven for the first time without
n blinders.
Mr. Corbln's famll) saw the accident from the
B. piazza, and hurried to his assistance with tho
ml farm help. Mr. Corbln was tho first picked up.
t His skull was fractured and hl face bruised
HI and bloody. The coachman was found dying.
aj Young Edged and Dr. Kunzler were uncon-
M sclous.
fl The victims wero quickly removed to the
B family resldenco, and calls wero sont in every
fl direction for physicians.
H I Drs. Tolles and L'pham were among the first
to answer the response. Drs. Cain and Sttckney
M of Newport wero also present, and later other
H physicians came.
jf, Mr. Corbln's condition from the outset Indl-
I cated that he was beyond all aid.
Ibsre was a fearful scalp wound four Inches
I lone on his forehead, the flesh being torn from
1 the skull.
W On the right side of the head there was a
n wound anout tbreo Inches long, and the skull
fl was fractured. His right leg above and below
JL the knee was badly fractured.
Vf btokes's skull was fractured and he bled In-
tcrnally. lie never retained consciousness, ana
.' passed awayiAbout 0 o'clock.
' 1 I)r. Kunzler and young Edgell regained con-
9 aolonsness about an hour after the accident. Dr.
i 3 Kunzler was able to state briefly that the horses
I V became unmanageable soon after turning the
I corner af the driveway leading to Newport.
He recalled the determined effort of Stoke to
; hold t.te horses under control and the animals'
flight and final bolt.
The tjooldtnt came so suddonly he thought no
one in the carriage had any idea of the danger
j that threatened until it was all over.
He attributes bis own as well as Edgell'e es
cape from death to a sort of miracle.
His injuries, beside a severe shaking up, con
sist of a broken arm and a sprained ankle.
Young Edgell's fractured leg was carefully
treated. Ills experience was similar to that of
. Dr. Kunzler.
Although faint hopes, if any. were entertained
for the recovery of Mr. Corbln. everything pos
llble was done whereby his life might be pro
longed or ultimately saved.
,-, Medical assistance was summoned from
I Boston, and of those enromonid Dr.
X Cilley arrived early in the evtnlne. Aus-
1 Un Corbln, Jr.. son of the millionaire.
Vjj who was In New York, was informed ofjtho ae-
Jll cldent by telegraph. He at once left for the
fit bedside of his father on a special train,
if As the evenlnc hours ran on it became evl-
jE dent that Mr. Corblu was sinking and
ffl that his death was only a question of
SB' a short time. Gathered at the bedside were
flj his wife, her daughter Annie, and Mrs.
9H Edgell, another daughter. Vouug IMgell. the
JJK . grandson, although sudering himself from his
S & , Injuries, was also present.
Vjl All the members of tho family except Austin
Sri Corbln, Jr. and Mr. Corbln's on-ln-lan. Mr.
fjHtr George Edgell, were present. Mr. Edgoll Is on
jWl a Business trip in the West.
Sm The millionaire gradually grew weaker until
jSlJ . be passed away at 0:43 P.M. Young Mr. f'or-
UaJ bin arrived on his Ipeclal train shortly before
jJB 11 o'clock, but too late to see his father alive.
'i From all that can be learned relntle to tho
$ fSf1) ause of the accident it appears that It was due
MI1' in a measure to the fact that 8toke, the coach-
t man. refused to heed advice not to drive the
ll Dorses with open bridles.
?. It appears that when hitching no the horses
:,W' , .be gardener cautioned Blokes not to leave off
jljfc ' 'the blinders
vSJ , Mr. Corbln, It Is also stated, was notlnsnnsl-
ViM Die to the gardener's caution, but. as he
& ras a lover of pure-bred horses and had
wB sll the confidence in ihe rnachman, he
Am too. Dald little heed to what was said. So
f anxious was the gardener, however, that as the
I- carriage left tho grounds he gave Blokes
ll . a final caution to look sharp after the
V 1 aorses, which wero not used to open bridles.
? f The horses were nuly recent!) purchased by Mr.
I i Corbln, and he knew little about their qualities
I I for driving purposes.
f 'the death of Mr. Corbln has cast a gloom oer
,. . (be entire communlt), by whom he was held In
the highest respect.
ille was In tbehabltof spendlniraconslderable
portion of bis summon here with his family, and
aas always shown a personal Interest in all that
pertained to the welfare nl the town and Its
lf people. Stokes, the unfortunate rnachman, had
ocen long in tho employ of the family and was
regarded as a mast capable man In his calling,
Tho condition of the Injured late to-night Is
, u, comfortable as can he expected. There is
hardly any doubt of their full recovery.
f General Superintendent W, II, Wood of tho
II Long Island system of the New York and New
ij&i. England Kallroad as soon ah he learned of the
MV accident to Mr, Corbln had a special train
A , consisting of a sleeper and a locomotlxo made
It I ready to leave the Grand Central .Station with
U . surgeons. He tried to get Dr. Hnll, hut the Doc-
J I ,or had gone to Kurope, and he secured
IS j f)r. Hnnry F. Wnlker.and several oth-
Jfl ' lra They left ori the special at
B:'J5. The track was cleared for them, and
T tt 0:53 I', M. they were at New Haven. Tho
JK' , train rattlod Into Hartford at 10:10, A de-
3 ipatch waited there for butierlntendent Illnod
7 ' laying that Mr. Corbln was dead. The troln
i (hen started bark to this clt), n here it was duo
. it ":30 this morning.
J Mr. Corbln's partner, Mr. Edgell, had left for
riowrrt before the special train started.
' , AVSTIX VOBMZ'S J.I l'K,
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1 ' X UrlerHketeb or the Lawyer nod Hi.
t eler-What lie Did Tor I.one Island,
'1 Austin Corbln was born In Newport. N, II..
In 1887, Hlsfa.her was a lawyor In tho town
M and wanted to make a lnwjor of the son, and
sent him to Klpibnll Academy at Merldec, N.
K H. After graduation from the academy young
A) Corbln earned money enough to pay his way
m through Harvard haw bcliool, was graduated
VJ thora with honor and went back to
HJ Newport to print " law, This was In
nfl 1H10. Ho went nut to Davenport, la.,
BJ a couple of Trars later and practised law
K' there until 1854. In the meantime he had made
7Sr friends with a banker named Macklot, and In
M 1834 they formed the banking firm of Macklot&
) Corbln, the only Institution of the kind In the
j' oily which didn't suspend pa) roent In the panic
VaVsV , . .., f twhg-. iM..hvjWj uzafViri
three years later. This fact gae the concern
great prestige. Mr. Corbln organized at Davon
port the first national bank In the country
under the National Currency law of 1801,
The bank was very successful, and In 1803 Mr.
Corbln came to New York with a fine fortune
for those days. He founded here tho Corblu
Banking Company, Its ofilte was a little room
In the rear of 170 Broadwnr, and Its only em.
ployeo for a long while was an office boy, all the
work being done by tho banker himself. His
acquaintance through the Won brought him a
great deal of business In tho East, and ho pros
pered hero as he had prospered thoro. Ho loot
a great deat of money o-. Western farm mort
gages, which wero then gilt-edged securities.
He began Investing largely In the stock and
bonds of the Iudlanapolls, Illoomlngton and
Wcstorn llallroad, aud n hen that road got Into
difficulties he reorganized It successfully. This
was ono of his first railroad ventures. He was
mndel'resldeutof the reorganized road, and he
set about learning the railroad business from
the smallest detail of tho mechanical depart
ment up He learned every ono, and liked rail
roading better than banking.
In 1H73. while Mr. Corbln was spending a
weok in the neighborhood of Coney Island, lie
brcamu Interested in Its possibilities as a sum
mer resort and began bnylng property there.
In three leapt time he got possession of a largo
part of the Island, and then he built a railroad
to It and a great hotel on his property. He had
tbesecret of successful advertising, and hi hotel
and his railroad immediately became popular,
and the natural attractions of the Island began
to bo realized by otht r men of money. But Mr.
Corbln was ahead of all. and had llrstcallnn
about ever) thing thoro was to sell. He kept on
lmprotlng tho property, and It became Im
mensely valuable
It was afewyoars later that be began mov
ing all Long Island ahead. Ho went away down
on tho island and built himself a summer home.
To get to It he had to travel on the Long Island
llallroad. and the trains didn't run to suit him.
He saw the possibilities of development on
the Island, and ho set nut to do the develop
ing. He first got control of the railroad,
and then he encouraged tho bulldlne
of homes. He Improved the service and enabled
people to get to Interior points In reasonable
time, so that it was possible to live there and
work In New York city. Whenever competition
was threatened by tho building of other roads
ho cut It off with new Hues of his own nr Im
provements on old lines. The sleepy towns
grew and became prosperous The whole Island
was revived from ashen that mlghthave lasted
until now If Mr. Corbln had not got hold of tho
railroad. Tho road, which was In the hands of
a receiver when he got It, waaon a paying basis
in twn ears' time.
Mr. Corbln becnmeconnectedwlthmanynther
railroads. TheKlmlra.Cnurtlandtand Northern
w as one of bis. He took hold of the Philadelphia
and Heading, and for a number of )enrs wns
Its President. He was also President of the New
England ltallrnad. Ikstdes his railroad schemes
he was interested In any number of other busi
ness enterprises, most of which added to his
great fortune One of his latest projects, and
theone In which he was most Intrrebtcd. was tho
establishing of a great lino of ocean suanurs in
run between Montauk Point, l.oiu Island, and
Mllford Haven, England. 1 he distance of water
travel was so shortened that fully twenty
four hours was to be saved on the Jour
ney from New Yorl- to London. Mr. Cor
bln hud great confidence in the success of tins
project and he wrote one or two magnrlnn
articles about It. He tested his engines nnd his
whole railroad equipment to see how fast runs
he could make from Montauk Point to Long
Island City. How far he hail gone toward car
rying out his plans in this line is not now
known exrept to his business nssocl ites.
Mr. Corblu had a project for the connection of
the Pennsylvania and Long Island railroads by
means of a tunnel rout undirlhe North ami
East rivers, from Jerey Clt to Atlantic ave
nue, Brooklyn. Two companies weru chartered,
one In New Jerse), the otiier In New ork,
llio firt, tlm Ne York. Ww .terse) and
Eastern Kallroad Company, ivas authorized to
construct a tunnel from.!or") City or Hoboken,
under the North Itlrer, to n point on the
tohndnrv lfie In-tween Nun nrk and New
Jersey. Ihu second, tho New v'ork and
New Jerey L'nilerground Hallway Cumpaii),
was authorized to construct a tunnel from Tint- ,
bush and Atlantic avenue. Ilrookbu. under
the East River nnd New York city to n jmlni on
the New York and New Jersey boundary
to connect with the other tunnel. Mr.
Corbin's scheme also contemplated a branch
tunnel to the Hiltnrv from his Itrnikbn ter
minus, and nt one time there was talk of an un
dergronrd road up West street In this clt).
These two companies were consolidated In Ma),
lin I.
Mr. Corbln's game presene at Newport Is
famous. It Is Lulled ltiuc Mountain Voret,
and lies nil arnnud Newport. He hns a TdO
acro farm on Long Island near liabylnn,
atd some ten years ago he nut a nerd
of buffalo and wild deer there. They
didn't prosper on Lone Island Ills son
Austin. Jr.. told him that what they needed
w s room and a wild country, and Mr. Corbln
bcian thinking about the mountains of Niw
Hampshire. Around Newport, he thought,
was the very plaeo. and tie sent his agents
to buy all tho country round. He got a good
deal of It for what It was worth $5 or 110 an
acre, nnd then the peonle learned what It was
wanted for and thnt tne man who wis bti)ln
was rich, and they put the price up to t"i or
JlOOnnarre The nirint kept rleht on bii)lng
until Mr. ( orbln bad all of the C'rodon Moun
tain rountr) It waa lot? mites long and 4 miles
wide, nnd contains nearly 10 00(1 acres The
wtiolewos surround ed b) awlrefenco. and there
the inlmals were turned loose. There wero (Iks
and deer and hutrnln, wild boar, wildcats, and
halfatlnzen otherklndsof ti'g iraine, number
ing In all probably l.."00 head. 1 he whole plnco
wni theirs, and they lived as wild bb they had
overlived. Mr Corbln visited the place about
onto a )ear with friends, and there were some
great hunts there.
Mr Corbln marriid tit Davenport In lfir3
Mls Hannah M. Wheeler, daughter of Wmeon
Wheeler of Newport, his native town. Htio
survives him.
His eldest daughter, Mary, married Reno
Cheronnet Clinmpnlllon. a grandson of the
great Egyptologist. She died In Paris In
1H0J, and her htiHtmnd Is dead also.
They left n eon. Andrf. who is bilng edu
cated In this countr). Mr. Corbln's daughter
Isabella Is the wife of George S. IMci'll. Mr.
Corblu's partner In the Corbln flanking Com
pany. Another daughter. Annie, Is unmarried.
The son, Austin Corbln, Jr , Is a student at Hnr-
vara,
TIKY HTILI. VAST TO JOIX VH.
.Aanexatloa Itesolntloaa Passed by the Ha
waiian Lrstalnture.
Honolulu, May 38, via San Francisco, June
4. Resolutions in favor of annexation to the
United States have been unanimously passed by
both Houses of the Legislature. It is merely a
repetition of former notion.
President Dole, referring to the financial nnd
political condition of the Islands this morning,
said: " Tho extraordinary expenses of last year
growing out of the Insurrection and cholera for
a time exhausted the surplus of the current rev
enue, and the Legislature Is now completing a
provision which will undoubtedly yield a large
surplus over all nppioprlstlons. A new loan of
800,000 will ho placed on the Honolulu mar
ket nt five per rer.t." In conclusion he sold:
"At no tlmeslnen the reiolutlon of 1801 has
there been such an absence of political unrest
ns there Ih to-dav, and there Is no appearance
whatever of uneasiness among the Hawallans."
KSULASII TllUI!ATi:.VH ll Air All.
Blokes n Peremptory Ilemnnd that Volney
Aahford Us Allowed to Iletura.
San Fiiancisu, June4. Advices from Hono
lulu stato thnt President Dole has received a
peremptory demand from England to allow
Volney V, Ashfnrd to I tnd on Hawaiian terri
tory. Ashford and his brother Clareme took
an nctlvo part In tliu revolution of 180,1 and
woro exiled.
It is understood that Prcslilonl Dolo has re
plied to tho demand, refusing to allo.v Anhford
to land. In closo official circles It is billcved u
British man-of-war will come and Ashford will
belauded, without respect to tho wishes of the
Government.
The Hawaiian Government will remain firm
in the mattar, and will probably appeal to the
United States for aid. "
The Ashford brothers are at present In this
city, Volney Ashford being quite ill.
3)1 Kit J.V 11IK SlltKET.
Dr, zturkr'a Patient Kiplrrn Honn After
Getting HI Prescription,
An elderly man, whoso name is not known,
fell dead In Lexington av cnue at Twenty-eighth
street last night. His death was duo to hetrt
disease.
He had Just got a prescription from Dr. Mar.
tin Jlurlte of 147 Lexington avenue. Dr. Ilurke
saw that the man was very 111. and told him to
go home at once. He didn't know who his
natlentwas. 'Ihu man's body was rotnoved to
the Morgue. There was nothing is tho cloth
ing to indicate his identity.
RAPID TRANSIT NEARER.
IZAXIIAITAS'S 1'I.ASS LATD UKrojlK
rill! CUM3IIS.1WX.
lisp MhotvlnR the Rnntes Pronnaed Tormnt
Application to lie Made Next AVerk
tr. Gould Hum Klretrletty or Com.
pressed Air May Soon lie Knmloieil.
The spoclal committee of Manhattan Elovntcd
'Railroad directors met the Rapid Transit ItalU
rosd Commission ) esterdny nt tho Commission's
rooms In the Home Life building, and laid
before tho Commission n man showing
proposed extensions of tho elevated rail
ro&d'. Those prcsont were Major btrong,
Commissioners Alexander E. Orr, John 11.
Btarln, William sUltitvay, John H. Itimnn, and
John Clnfllii nnd their counsel, Edward M,
Bbepnrd, and Albert II. Bnnrdman, George
Gould, Hussell Sage, and Robert M. Gallnw ay,
representing the Manhattan road; F. 11. Ttitir
ber, representing tho Board of Trade and
Transportation, and a number of other inter
ested porsons.
.Mayor Strong shook hands with Mr. Gould
and Mr. Sage In tho anteroom, and then tho
whole party went Into tho meeting room and
closed the doors. The moetlnglnstcd more than
two hours and was harmonious throughout.
Mr. Gould was tho principal epokesmm for
the elevated railroad committee Ho said that
he nnd Mr. Sato nnd Mr. Gullnwav hud been
authorized to confer with tho Commission re
garding an extension of their lines to meet tho
demands for better facilities for clt) transit,
nnd thnt he had brought with him nmnp show
ing certain now routes nnd additional trucks
upon existing routes which ho desired to lay
beforo tho Commission as u basis for discussion.
These routes and plans, ho oxplnlned, were
purely tentative and btihjoct to nil such altera
tions bs might bcagrecdonnsdoslrabloatterthe
discussion then In hand was over.
He then spread beforo tho Commission a map
of the city upon w hleh theo proposed exten
sions and changes were shown In connection
with tho present elevated railroad lines.
As thesewero pointed out Mr. Gould explained
the purpose to be accomplished by each for the
benefit of the public. The first new line
which was shown on tho map. beginning down
town, was ono to oonnoct nil of the prlnolpal
North River ferries It would begin at the Bat
tery placo station of tho present west side
route and run olong West stroet to Little
West Twelfth street, then to Tenth avenue
and up Tenth avenue to Twenty-third street.
This would bo b two-track structure. Across
Its teruilnnl at Twenty-third street and Tenth
avenue It Is proposed to run a two-track span,
which would begin nt the Twenty-third street
ferr, where tho Pennsylvania and hrie rail
roads are now building new ferr) houses, and
run to Moth avenue, wheru a connection wottld
be made with the nn eut Mn h ivi nue line
AnutliT tvw-trai k spur would start from tho
est street line at the Chrlstn) ber i-ireet ferry
and run along t lirltnpher street to the Kighth
street station of the '-Ivth nvuiui) road, w lie ru
ll wou'd Join that road. 'I his branch would
alo connect nt Its crossir g with the Ninth
aiinue rnnd at ( tirltopber unil Oricuwlch
street". It) means of tins new line anil Its
brnuchis. Mr. liould explained, all the North
Hiver ferries from Tvventj-third slreet south
would be put In direct connection wltn the west
side uievnted mads
I I hen in connect them with the east side roads
and alMi to put pasengers on the east, side and
from llronklvn In connection with the wti.i
side and Its theatres and hotels and the shop
ping district. It is propo-ed to build a i ro-s-i
town line start'ng Irom the llrcokUn Bridge
entrance at tho City Hall station of tho Third
avenue line i his would run up t'entrt street
to Canal and westward along canal street m
West street, where It would Join the Vet sties t
line. This line would cm Imth the Mith and
Ninth avrnun lines in Canal street, nnd would
make pasunger connection with them
1 hei was explained how It is pri p ned to pro
vulo for a great increase of np and dow n traffic
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Heavy black lines show the m-w lines nlldi msr
bo built at uuce iidI doltoil lines His tin nitons
widen may follow soon Ilia niMlllotis to lln nresiMil
routes by third und fourth traeks are slum n li) add d
Unison ilia map.
on both the eust side and the west side, and to
provide for express traffic. On the east side,
Mr. Gould said, they would mnko the 'Ihlrd
avenuo Una a four-track road from I lintham
square to the end of tho Bower) at Sixth street.
Then the four tracks would merge Into three
tracks ud 'Ihlrd avenue, and these would ho
eoutlimed to tho llurlem. Un Second avenuo
also, he said, it was proposed to lay a third
track from Urand street to the Harlem Hiver
The Second avenuo road was built for speed,
with much lighter grades than any of the other
elevated roads In this city, and very fast trains
could be run over Its express tracks It was
said during the talk that trains might be run
over tluso east side lines at a schedule speed of
twenty-live miles nn hour.
On the west side nn change Is proposed on the
Sixth avenuo line, but tho Ninth avenue line
would be provided with a complete third track
from the lattery to tho bond at the highcurvo
at 108th street. . ,
From this bend a now two-trark line Is pro
posed which should run westward to either
'lenlh avenue or the Western Boulevard and
then north. Mr. Gould said it had not been de
termined whether this should be a tunntl road
through ihe heights or a surface road. His
map showed this llnolntd out nn tho Western
Boulevard to l."ith street, wliero It took a
diagonal course through Now street to 144th
Mieet, turned Into Tenth nvenne, nnd continued
to Fort George,
All of theso liner, and additions and ono nn
the cast sldo, presently In bu described, Mr.
Gould aid Ids company wns rend) to build nt
once.Heldcsthese.hodescrlbnd two routes which
he aald the company would stand rendy to build
ns soon nsthore wns n decided need for thim.
Thetlrst of these was a two-tiack lino which
should branch out from tho proposed Port
tlenrgo extension nt lO'-'d slleet and '1 en til av
enue, whiro the Kliigsbrliluo road comes In,
and run out along tho Klngshrliigo rnnd to tho
city line.
Tho second wns nn extension of the present
east sldo suburban lino frum its ttrmlnus nt
lTdli slreet toward tins city line to tho north.
In provide, however, for the growth andaei out
modntlnti of the north side east nl the existing
Hue, Mr. Gould said that hlscompnn) was rend)
to build nt once a two-track branch inning
from the 1411th street station of the at 'jurban
road and running to tho Bronx River along thu
Winchester road. This road, he said, they
would also extend when the need aroso for it.
Probabl) much to the disappointment of n
lotot croakers who had pridlelid that the con
ere tit o would split upon dimnnds which It wns
raid would ho mado b) Mr. Gould for protec
tion from individual damage suits In case tho
Manhattan road were to undertake now enter
urines, there was no Jnr upon that imlnt. Mr.
Orr said after the meeting that ho had askxl
Mr. Gould whether anything of thnt sort was
expected.
" Mr. Gould said tlrtt ho understood perfectly
that no one had authority to mnko ntiy such
Kuarnntco," snld Mr. Orr. '"Wei expect to
build thcsutiuu linos und extensions with our
own money.' snld Mr. Gould, "nnd to pa) what
ever damngus wo have to"
"The) expect, however," Mr. Orr lotitlnued.
"to git the consonts of the propirt) owners
nlnng these proposed northern extensions. A
fewvenrsngo they had consents for almost tho
whole of the 1 ort Georgu loute, nnd, although
these have expired. It Is probable thnt they
could begot again. Mn)or strong nssnred Mr.
Gould that he believed from what ho hnd b en
told by tho delegations of north side cltUens
who hid been to see him that ILI per tent, of
the propert) owners along tho proposed llnu
from 14lllli street to the Bronx River would
glvo their consents, and thus rellevi thu enm
pnn) of suits for damages
"Mr. Gould also said that hlsrompmiv did not
expect to tie relieved of taxation on the new
Hues, and did expect to pat something to the
clt) for tho new franchlsi."
Mr. bagodoolarod Ills billet in a dnuhlo-dcck
elevnted railroad ) stem. " 1 hoi e to -en sin li n
S) stem built 111 this clt) Im. lore I die." he sild
with enthuslai-m. "nnd 1 believe It would be the
most perfect thnt could be devised It would
have all the advantages of light nnd nlr. and
would notdlstlguro the streets '
There wns talk. too. anout tho motive power
of the near future, and Mr, liould snld thnt his
people were expecting soon to bo able to substi
tute cither electricity or compressed air for
steam.
'1 be upshot of thewhole confi retire was that
the Manhattan Elevated Road committee prom
ised to put their schemes In writing betwien
nowanilnext lliurvla). and upon that ilaj.
when the commission will sit ncaln. to -tibmlt
tbe-e In the form of n formal imputation fur thu
con-riitnf tho Commission lb it the roads I o
lmllt. lliat ended tlici on fi rence. nnd.afti r the
Manhattan people had withdrawn, the t om
mlsslon took up ricular business.
Mr. Orr pre si nteil a lelti r of irslenntlon from
Commissioner srth Low. Mr. I write that he
hnd undertaken thennrk of allapidl rnnsltt om
mlsfclomr at tho urgent Invitation of the Cham
ber of t'onimerco nnd In the hope that an ado
unit" soli.ilon of the rapid trnnsit problem
might he reached. Sttn o the dii islon of the
Appelltte Division of the sutrenie ( ourt wns
ninde public that hope was disappointed "it
mil) n mains within tho power of ihe Cmninls
slon." lie wrote, "under existing conditions, to
do whit may tin imsslble to im ren-e the rapid
transit failllllis In tin elt) h) Mine enlarge
uient of tho clrvntcd rillron 1 sv tem titiurs
can protei t the 1 tit. rests of the i ity In this pai
tleulnr Held as well us I, and nt fir less Inton
vi nleni i "
I here was n letter slcned bv lit L)tnan Ab
bott. Allurt "-haw. Ftllv dler. .Inroh -chllT,
O'car Mi-no- and J. Kenned) i od urging the
c. minis-toners to stick to their guns nnd to
moflif) lb ir nlans nnd routes tuough to git
tliim ndiipid nii)how nnd build i rind with
the i''s molo ). Chief E iglnier I' irsotn nlsu
wrote a sort of fart well lette- In which lie gavo
a rfsnmiV of his work anil sn1 1 the total rnst of
It hid bn n but S4l.470.v.'ti. which was tonsld
einbl) less llnin the cnt of the similar work for
tin mm li smaller road now ldng built ill l'o
ton Ihe I ominlssloti ndjourned ntter ap
proving the fees i harend b the xtrt wit-tiis-is
willi ! Ik fore Ih' (i lb it t urniiii-sli u
aril disnpp-o Inc of the thirces made b) the
tenograpln r of that Coiitin. -ion
Kitu rinntr i.iritrn.
Rnofofii llurnlnc Sliililt- 1 nsr In-Cuneti-man
llnrp.r's BltAHONjiTiiI.
'Iho extension to the Ijru stnhto of Isaac
Johnson, an Iron manufacturer of Spill tin
I)U)vll. wasdlsenvcriil to be on Urn nt 7 o'clock
last eituing, and limn -o tner, a neighbor,
who. like the other villagers, carrlis a kc) to
the flro lux, rang an alarm
When 1 nglne ( oinpuii) oJ i f Hiverdalo ar
rived, I in mini Ilarber saw that his men would
hnvo some difficult. In putting out the tire so
he rang a special iilariu for Engine 4S of lord
hnm. 'Die water was nt low pressure and o ll)
one hose could It' turned on the fire, whhli had
sturted In tho ha) and feed on the second lloor.
Four of the nun nl the RiiinHIe engine were
ordered to get on tho second floor nnd tear out
the burning woodwork with their picks Tho
mi n got to work on tho seiond floor as the Ford
hnin engine arrived Miortly after the fvr roof
of the burning building full In on the four lire
men llnilnnv) roof ciiu-id the second floor to
glvo wn) and, when It fell, two of the brick
walls laud In, bur)lng tin llremeu in the
rnlns
llieir companions went to work quickly to
eitrhnte them and sown dug the four mon out
of the mass of brli k and dirt, .Ml four
men wire morn or less burned uo of
Pntrlck (ilynn'a ribs was also broken.
Pittr Milan wn injured Internally. Wi.
Until Mullir riceitnl a routiislnii of the
ixu k and was cut on the bend and lioilv. Thomas
Co(Te)'s right leg was spraliiid mid hnnln re
ef Wed n senlp wound. I lie Iniund lireinen
were removiilto tlm I orilhnm Hospital I lie
fire was easll) eitlngulshed nfler the building
had i av ed In 1 lie damage Is S7.000.
Mr. Johnson's com liiiian, Henry llnrper,
started for the railroad station w Ith a t arrlnge
a few minutes before the fire was dlscovi red.
While waiting for his employer's son nt the
station Hartirwas Informed that tho stable
wasallre. Ilolashiil thu horses Inlnn run and
stnrtnd for tho building. As hn reached It he
lumtinJolf his box and shouted to one of the
Un men on tho sei nnd floor of thu building,
"For God's sake, save tho tin box in my
room "
'I tin fireman grabbed the box and threw it out
of the Window. As he did so tin lloor caved In,
'I he tin box contained JJI.fiOO, all of Harper's
saviins.
MAOOWAX AXIt MISS. J1A ItX.ti.
The Treutoa Mint ICeliirna u llnrrlage
l.lcenae It FrteuU Hnd Hrciirnl.
Clin Aim. June 4. 1'rnuk A, .Magownn, the
wealth) Trenton, N, J., manufacturer, who got
into trouble about u jenr ago because of Ills
lovo for Mrs. Lllen Barnes, who wns the wlfo of
oneof Mngowan's tmpo)ees, secured n llcenso
to da) tomarn Mrs Barnes. Mrs. Barnes has
Just rettirnid from Oklahoma, where sho got a
dlvnrio from her husband, J, A. Barnes Ma
gownu was iiuihln to bo hern In time, so Robert
11 U Inn of N'on ork ncted as his Intermidliiry
nnd iiinilo tho necessary uflldavlt to get tho
llrenso to wed. ., ,
short)) la foro Hie County Clerk's ofllco closed
tills evening Mngnwan n turned tho license
which nulhorled him tn lunrr) Mrs. Karnes,
sating ho had "no use fin ll." It la thought
that tin) ma) have gone tn Mllwatikie or soino
other city In Wisconsin wliero no license Is
neressary for marriage.
. ,i V r.i : n ciia a a ;i.
Kogera Tnkea oniionnd nr tlm Mimanchti.
aetts HlBBlnoii itptitln ol the lard,
Copt. 1 red Rogers, who has beon Captain of
tho Brookhu Nnv) Yard blnce October. 180U,
will bo dotached to-day. Re will assumo com
miindof the new buttle sliip Massachusetts, and
will be BUceeoded as .Captain of the )ard by
Capt. I'raiicls 1', Hlgglnson, who served in the
mum rapailt) .it Mure Island. Capt, Hlgginsou
has served llftv years in the navy.
CblcuKO Iteucblns uut lor Two Mlltloas,
ClllCA(Ji), June 4 Thu Rock Island road suc
ceeded In reducing Its time between Chicago and
Rock Island lesterday afternoon, making tho
run of 181 miles In three hours and thlrty-nlno
minutes, the fastest prov lous recurd being 3,4a.
When the time Is reduced to tbreo hours and
tidily iiilnutcs It is proposed to anuex Rock
Island to Chicago.
"Helot Help!!" trlea the Patient II
"AH right!" answers the smart doctor who sets pre
scriptions nilsd at Hlkera. whsre druss sod luedl.
clnss are alwars pure n? fresh being cuusunily re
newed 011 acconut of big busmen, etu avncoruer
gtd sc-if 11,
SLANDERED HIS PATIENT.
mt. jialaha tovitn ovii.tt of
"DLUltAlilSa 111.11 MltMUlir.x
He tVna Accused nf Bnjlnrt That Miss
Nelson Wed or a Criminal Opernllon
.lill) Klnilsi n Verdict or 8S.OOO llniinigra
-A Kttson. Play Tjlr Case on I.onc Island.
The trial of Iho Snrn rwin-Balnlnn slander
suit, legtlliln tho Queens Count) Supremo
Court beforo Jttslleo William D. DIcke) on
WcdncRilr.y. indtd jesttrdii) with ft verdict
against Dr. Dalai an.
Mr. Ida C. Sii-icreon.n widow, of Ever
greens, L. I., brought suit it-aliit Dr. yiegln-rt
Bnlnhan of 5 Paliretto street. Biookln, for
$10,000 dumnges for "degrndltig the memory
or her dcccn-id ila'uhtT." llnrn Olivia Ntl
son, a hnndsome girl of nlnitien jtarn. who
dli d on last Nov . "H.
Mlsn Nelson was attended h) Dr. lltlabin.
who, It was alleged h tho complainant, told
his wlfo nnd othi rs outaidi' tin famll) thnt Ihu
girl dhil of tho 1 Ifnts of in ilmluiil ni ration,
or something nf tho tamo nntiin. Mrs. Sor
ctrson and In r daughter wept during tho trial
whenever tho acitlsatlnns ailnst the dead
girl who inferred to.
Dr. Bnlaban testified In his own behalf thnt
whou tailed to the sick girl h found hersullir
lngfroin peritonitis, nnd when her luothet
askul wlmt iisiinll) led up to the lltas hn
named th various tnuses. ono nf which, if it
had applied tn Miss N lion's cu'c, would
have gone to show th it she wnt not nchastii
gill. 'Iho Doctor dt tiled, honour, thnt ho said
posilivi 1). as lie vinsiiccunil of s-i)lng. that tho
girl vns sulTorlng from the olTei ts of n crimi
nal operation. Mrs r-nnrrsnn also 1 harmed
thnt i)r. Baliitiaii tills il hi 1 daughter with In
sulting qui ntlniis.nnd thus put heriniui h)sti rl
cal tnti. In which sho rcmilncl until shudied
on the following day. , , ,
Mrs -iiiers'iii mid she Hum fr und thnt her
nelihlnirs were talki ig about tho manner of
In r dntightii's 1I1 ith, nnd iifterwniil hiirnid
tint Dr. Ilalibati had c in Hinted the jtor)
based on his sus'ili l'ni 'llio day lifter thu
girl s iltutb nn autopsy wns pirformid li) Dr.
C. N". ltirlierof the Klrg" Count) nnd Brook
hu Clt) ho-iiittK n-slsted by Dr. William
Browning. Dr Burlier tist.tlid nt the trial
that his examlnntl wblih was made In tho
tirisonco of Dr. Ilalaban. siiimi 1 that ih ath
was due to peritonitis, nnd that the charges
made iiL-alnst the girl's t h irai ter wen holly
unfoundoil
.ndrcw Johnston, an imdertaker. of :iKtt At
lantic avenue, who had cl.uri;c of the fun ral,
ti stilled tint when ho llrst Willi ti .Mrs -or
ei rbon's houso he net Hr Biiluban. who told
him in nnsiver to his question that tho girl
death wis duo tn nn Ini'nor il pro- tn e. hut bo
would ti v the matter up in tho dc ith certlll
cite b rep-isi ntlng llus a 1.1 e of pirltonltis.
Miss Jennie Ni Non, n s'sler of the dead .jlrl,
cori.ib jriited her nn th'T h trtitnnu in detail
Prof, t arl Hei k of M. "Mark's llospitnl test!
fled In n cini ral way In behalf of 1)1. 11 ilabsn,
telling tlie customs of phvniciniis in lasesjllke
the one to which the Doctor waaeal'cil,
Iho case was glvn to the Jun at ft 10
o'cloik ji-tcrda) afternion. nnd a verdict
fnrfi.OuO for the pliintllt was returncsl 111
hour I iter. , , ,
ugust I'. Wagner 'ins 1 ounel fir tho de
font. Tin prosei utlon was eonducted b) .1.
l.dward s van'trom.
Dr. slvlert li Unban Is nn underlcil man.
"ls)inrs old lie has be n p ph) si Inn In
aitlvo 1 met ne for fo irtci 11 )eaie. He i a
graduate of Heldelbi ig Lnivcrsity. Germany.
ut.Tt.cis tiii: Kiisrtt' a 1 it.
SI. Herbettc 4 III Net Arept the Dceorn.
linn ol the ICed ItlKte.
L"MM). June I 1 he ( m 11f.fi will to-morrow
1 uUlsh a despatch from Paris sijlnthnt
M, lieib-tle, Ihu retiring rrciich Ambasfudur
at Berlin, has refused to accept from buiptrnr
William the prnlli red decoration of the Red
Encle. I ctausc as a Grard Cro-s of the Legion
of Honor be ih 1 Milled to a higher deiorntlon
M Hrrbe'te s recall from the lurmiii capital
w is doc to tl e f let thNt he had rendi led him
self u'm ivious in thu hmpcror nnd tin ticrnim
oPUIvls with w houi he came in contact, -o
gn nl Is the repugnatne felt toward him b) the
Emperor that ids Majest) has uf late n fustd to
nl'ind an) film Hon where ho would be com
tieilid to meet liliu
r tin r r i:" cm t: victim nr. tn.
Ilia Identity l.-nro-il lij Ills Vnn Heine
'lattoofrt on Ills Arm.
CI irence 11. Horelton. the b'c) lisl who was
run down hi n (-oluiniius nvenui mbV enrnt
Slxt) fifth treit on Wiilnrndii) mninlng. died
)iscrdaj iificrnoon nl the lloosi 1 ill Hospital
Tho Immediate cante of dentil was a fracture at
the basii of tho hkull Iloilnl not recover eon
scloiisneis nfler ho was run down
Mr llarelton win implojed as night watch
man In Bowman's Illocle Acaduii) nt ll't)
thlrd street nnd llroadwa). Hr went on duly
at half past H) at night, and usutll) went huiiio
at 'I o'clock In the morning lie was on the wa)
to his home whi-n the incident occurred, ills
fnmil) wns not untitled nf the accident uulll
about ft in lock )itirdn) morning
'Ibei'ilai was the fault of the hospital au
thorities Ihe rablo car's victim's full naiini
was tattooed on his left arm, jet no n s ort of
the tatliiuid natiii wnsmidii to tho pollco until
many hours after Its discover).
a niryci.i: ninth 1. trr nn: ihimh.
rhe Took l.r.sons Irani Her llnnhnuda
Prlrnil, und Then Unite HIT to aj,
Walter t Thomas of .lersc) Lltj.who is In
the service of the Pullman Pnlnco Car Com
pan), lias begun a suit for divorce from his
vvlfi. Bertha. Tho roupln wero married on Oct.
4, lSN7,nnd the) livid happily together until
Mn) .1 Inst, when Mrs. Thomas suddenlj dlsap-peaud.
Mr Thomas nllriuuies tne breaking tipor ins
home to a hlejcle. A few months ago Mrs.
Thomas got tho blcjcle fever, and her husband
bought ft wheel for her. Thin alio had to learn
it. Mr. Thomas Is not a win clnian, but ho had
a friend, Joseph It llirni. who Is nn expert
Hi rm volunlii red to teach Mrs. lhuiiins, and
hlsolfer was iicceptul,
Mrs Thomas proud nn apt pupil, aud snun
she nnd llerin wi ro Inking long spins together.
Mr Thomas thought the) were passing ton
much tliuo tocitbi r and rcmotislrniid with his
wife, tin Mn) ft Mrs. Iliomas si 111 all iho fur
niture tn n storage warehouse, wont awn) on
her wluel. nnd mviii lame hack. Hei 111 Is
named mi co-respondent in ihu billot complaint.
a. (i.'s or it it nn: iori:itoit tin.
111 Hort Out Ills (Jrenter New York Com.
mission lor lllitl If He Like.
'Hindoo lloos had held thciucelita III for n
long time and tho general public began to ho
ltevo lint they were really sntlslhil with tho
Mil) gournment wns being nduilnlstc red In tho
clt). State, ami nation. But they have broken
outngnlii. This tlmo they want to udvlso the
Governor whom tn appoint on the Greater New
York ('iimmlsKlon, I lie Confederated Council
of Good liiiveriunimt I In hi has uilunteerul Its
sci vices to Gov. Mm tun In this matter. It met
nt the inoiiHof Good Government Club A last
Tuesday night and iippolntcd n committee, of
whli ll lliarlis Mcuatl llaviton is Chairman,
to confer with thu (jiivuniur and ask him to
furnish themwlthn list of all men who have
beun rrtomiiicuilcc! 10 him for appointment on
thu I oiniiiiHsloii Tho members of t'leinmmlt
ten were Instructed to tell the Governor that
the Good Government clubs hnvo 1111 candidates
to ricommind for appointment, but that they
tlilnk they are pocullnrl) lilted to report on the
relative merits of the different men whose ap
pointment nas been recommended Mr, Davison
w rote the Governor n letter un Wcdnosdoy and
tntdu this handsome offer.
Cruiser Columbia Jolua the Fleet.
The United States cruiser Columbia arrived
ytbtcrda) from Newport News and anchored oil
Tompklusvillc, adding glory lo the North At
Unllo squadron, consisting now of five splendid
cruisers nnd the bottle-green ram Kalahdlii.
1 he t olutubla recently Bank tho Old Dominion
steamship Wyanoko In Hampton Roads. Mie
was slight!) damaged herself above the water
Hue, and lias been undergoing repairs at New
uort News,
Uurnett'M Vanilla Extract
Used anil blitily endorsed by all leading hotel. Ait
mgmumaammatmmimuaimuWf'mmatmmMm
STIIIKhttS riltll AT A CATt.
A. Motormnn Faintly nnd a Conductor Herl
ously Injured In Milwaukee,
MlhWAtiitKr, June 4. Lnte to-night a car on
the Hnwoll street extension was fired Into b) an
unknown party nnd Motormnn John E. Brceti
was fatall) and Conductor Schwnrts eorlou'ly
Injured.
About thirty shots were fired, but who tho
would-bo assassins were Is not known, as the
shot camo from bohlnd n dumb of bushes about
six blocks from tho city limits.
Tho car vrns riddled with bullets, and had
thero been any passengers lti It the list of fatal
ities would have been much larger.
The shooting Is tiutloubtcdl) the outcome of
the present strike.
issvi.Ti n MAtn im'.x camvoh.
The Letter Irom Urn. tlnrrcro Tint Led to
tho Cliittlenicr.
Mvtintn, June 4, Tho attempted duel be
tween Gens. Martinez Campos nnd Borrem,
which was prevented by the timely Inti rferenco
of IhoCaptalii-Gcnernluf Madrid, who arrived
upon tho scene Just as the principals wero being
placed In tin Ir positions by their seconds. Is the
sensation of the hour.
Thu Impindiil publishes tho text of the letter
written to Gen M miner Campos by Gen. Dor
rcro which brought the qtlnrrel between the
two (line rah to a crisis and provoked Gen.
Martlner Campos to challenge the writer. The
lcttt r com ludcB as follow s:
"Formally )iars )ou have been my enemy.
My patience) Is ended, nnd 1 nm now ready to do
to ) ou w hat the rebel In Cuba couldn't do,"
T bo Ministers are indenturing to indtico Gen.
Burrcrn to wlthdinw tho letter, and If ho re
fuses to do so'he will be court ninrtliillud
Every cHort Is bclnj made lu Madrid to pro
v out tho duel. Gin Prlmn Rivera, the Captain
tieieral of Madrid, prevented the duel from
taking place Just as the the principals wero
being placed In position on thu fill 1 )csterda),
and both Generals were sunt to the Ir resjicctlio
residences under nominal arrest, lien Artar
raga. Minister of Wnr. has summoned both
Gen. Martinez Campos and Gen Barieroto the
War Mlnlsti). his intention being to procure
promises from them that they will not fight
Thu Queen Regent Is also seeking to piclf) the
would-be duellists, nnd has requested tin Ir at
tendance nt the palace to-morrow.
T he republican dp -ss Is profuse In Its abuse nf
Marshal t tempos, and offers to Gen. Barrero thu
leadership of thu revolutionists.
lir.niiv u.ii.i. l'ttit Assmim.T
einl llrrllner Dlspeitri. the Nomination with
Ilia Iti.llnjrsly or the llud-.
Evnnder Beir) W all. once railed King of the
Dudes, has gone Into politics He Is the Treas
urer of the Itnsroe Coukllng Republican Club
of tho Twenu-sevonth Assemhlj district, an
organization w lib ti ndl.i res lo the political for
tunes of Piatt and Lauterbach. and he has an
nounced his intention to tr) for tho nomination
for Assembly neii fall As the Twent) -seventh
district Is counted n Hmoktleld cll-trlet under
ordinary conditions. Mr Wall would have no
walkover In his contest, but he has more than
the Hroiktleld tne 1 to contend with Mr "sol
Hi rlllt r Ins set his heart on having tho Assem
bl) nomination In I' e 1 wcnty-scvenih, nnd lie
ravs Weill can't Inivelt.
"I am rum Ing as a politic nn, not as 1 freak."
said Mr Birlliier )csurdii whilo discussing
Mr. Wall's as.ilrtt'nns and making bis own dis
til ct at the same time.
ItKVCOAlS J.V Ol'Jl AIt3IT.
They Hnr In HnllTm thnt Cnele Hnm En.
lIsM Ilrlllsti llrsrrler.
II VI irv. June 4 It Is asserted he re tint de
serters from the Itr'tish Itojal Artlllerj are '
llnllng read) emploimeut in the nr' der) bri- 1
gndrtt of tho I'nlted Males. Trained gunners '
aro much in demand there, nnd extra Induce
ments aieheld out to them to Join
The men who succeeded in deserting from
Halifax and Joined the arllller) In thek'nlted
States write letter, to chums remaining lure",
pressing them tn give "leg ball" likewise It
Is paid the tempting of men to desert nnd go
to the Untied --lutes ma) be sccrctl) encour
aged from abroad.
CI UC US 1' A II AltK CltAZKD MM.
At n Parade of the Hume Clreti 94 leare
Am Weaver VI re lll Future Vll.
Put (iiihrrpait-. June 4 Schuyler Weaver, a
well-known fireman of tills clt), becamo raving
nnd yestcrdav while watching 11 circus parade,
and tn-daj was adjudged insane and sent to the
asylum. T 11 enty-four years ago, whilo watch
ing a parade of the same circus, Wenvcr met
the woman who became his wlfo. and with
whom ho lived happily until two weeks ago.
when she died. In his delirium he tells tho story
of his courtship ov er and over again.
J.4.1fJff.V7) FltBK TO-UAT.
He evnd the Other elohannesbara Leaders
Villi lie Hct at Llberlr.
I.omiov, June 4. Mr. J. B. Robinson, tho
South African millionaire, who Is now In Lou
don, received a despntrh to-dav from Pretoria
sn ing that John Hajs Hammond, Col. Francis
Rhodes, George Farrar, and Lionel Phillips, tho
four leaders of the Johannesburg Reform t om
mittee, will bo released from custody to-morrow.
VMVIItr. SElll LOW vvzzi.Kn.
Teehnleal Terms Keqalre m Hpretat Hear
lag la the Printers' Tremble.
President seth Low of Columbia College, who
hns accepted the position of umpire In the dis
pute between J, J. Little it- Co. nnd their print
ers, has appointed Inursday next for a hearing.
The Joint committee of Tjpcigrnphlcnl I'nlen
Nn. linnet the New York Typothetm to which
ttie trouble was referred and which selected
Mr. Low as umpire, have sent him briefs giving
both sides of the quarrel, Mr. Low, however. Is
purlcd by the technical terms of printers, such
us 'phnt ' nnd "lean." All these will be ex
plained tn him nt the hearing, which will take
idace In the atti moon nt tho rooms of the New
York TyptJthctuion rultou street.
XAi.it siyioiM msriAXT.
They Tear Dovsn nnd llnrn a HtaKtnR for
the Wool ry Nlatii.
Nkvv IlAVrN, June 4. Vale seniors defied the
faculty this morning while d tuclng around a
roaring flro on the campus in ado out of a
wooden staging that had hi en put up tn assist
In thu elevation nt the slntuiiof ex.President
Woolsei). Thet were angry Decnuso the 1 orpo
rntlnn had selected as a situ for thestaluv 11 eot
In front nf Dttrfeo Hall, wliero the memorial
would pret out the senior games nj the lend'.
As soon as llio staging was completed mure
than 100 fculnrs gathered around It und they
nil seemed tn charge upon It nt once, T hey tore
It down, piled It up, poured kernseno on It. and
applied lire,
sM.tii. rim: cavsisx iho nvnnr.
Fire Chief Huns Over n Child1 nnd Truck
lilt u TclrKrapu Pole,
Rosle Ilosenstock, 4 )eirs old; of 107 Second
street, wus knocked down In front of her home
yesterday afternoon b) the wagon of Acting
Fire Battalion Chief Meagher, who was on his
vt ay to a lire, Sho was taken homo and found
to lie uninjured,
Hre Truck 11, while leaving Its qnnrters nt
74'. I If th strict, in answer to the same alarm,
collided with n telegraph pole, hut nn harm was
done, The 1T10 wasn ttllllng blazoat .141 Sev
enth street.
The President' Family Uo fo tlrsy tintilru.
W'ABMIMiTin, June 4 Mrs. (Tin eland nnd
her thnu little girls, Ruth, Esther, and .Marlon,
nnd her mnld. left 11) 11 special car attached 10
the 7 riU iigiilur I'emiM luinla llnllruud train
this morning for the President's summer cot
tage, "Gru) Gables," at Burtard's Hay, Mass.
The Maine Halls for Key Vest.
Fout Miinkcii.. Va.. June 4. The battle ship
Maine sailed at 2 V, M, for Key ";'elL
SIR WALTER WINS AT LAST. M
THE OSBCK STA IlLtl'S l'ltinf. TAttBU 'H
HIE IIUUOK I.VX II A M I CAT. 'jH
Twenty Thousand Persona Saw the Croat rsal
Itnee Yesterdny-ClllTord) the Favorite. &f
Hrntea is None, und Hltotild llsvs Wo-. tSBai
'trow lirlelne tc Co.'s l.lttioa Wlaa the ilssal
fOst.OOO Kapectntlon Htnkes- Tnral Oeta iM
1,000 for Vtlnnlnc with Mir Waller, r)H
Sir Walter, tho Uneck SIAblo's gallant little iH
ohsmploii, won tho llrookbn Handicap at -ia
Grnvcsoiul jrsterday nftrrnoon, but he was fMW
really tho second best liorsu In the race, and Jt
Clifford, the favorite, beaten o ily a few Inches M
unquestionably should have won. Sir Walter
has hi en rated for years tho most unfortunate M
tlioroughbrul In training. Prlzo after prlre
seemed within his grasp, when some dark M
liotsu would rush out of tho ruck and M
roll the son of Midlothian of honors , H
which appeared secure. Turfmen sjmpa- M
tblzid with Dr. Gideon Leo Knapp, who M
was the princlpul owner of tho liorMi. hut that M
good sportsman always smllod nnd said that Hlr M
Walter would do better another day. The M
olhui da) came jesterdsy, but the voice and M
tho hand ho loved so well wero stilled, and B
when the winner's number was hoisted 1111 tho Jt
telegraph board thoro wns ft shadoof sorrow on
mail) n good sporlsman'a face, and mail) a M
man snld whilo tho cheers of tho uulliinklii; M
sounded In his oars. " Would that Dr. Knapp M
wero alive nnd here to tlnyl" '-M
Clifford was probubl) tho most prorounced M
favorlto that ever went to the post for either M
the Hrookltn or the Huburbnn. nnd the result of M
tho race provid that thu public was right in its iM
estimate of this game and speed) thoroughbred. jM
Thu delay of forty minutes at tne post killed JH
CHlTord. who carried the top weight. Some M
wireprono to lay the blame on Lis) ton, who M
rode thu son of Bramble, but thu bo) seemed to M
be riding hard all the wu), and what looked H
like a marvellous burst of speed through the jH
slietch wusdue lo the factth it w Idle the other M
horses were tiring Clifford plodded on and on H
and nil but caught Sir Walter ou thu post. M
There Is ouly one thing 10 sa) about blr Wol- H
ter. the public knows Till: ricn'ri opinion of M
)il 111 since he first appeared at Graresend and H
defeated Dr. Rice and a lot of other swift H
tno-)esr-olds. For his Inches he Is one of lbs H
most remarkable horses foaled in tbli country. M
W till the cjurage of the game cock he )M
possesses speed and a beaut) of form wM
rarcdy equalled. Yeaterda) he was tn the H
hnnds of 11 master, Frederick Taral, who H
got off In front rank at the start, kept him H
clear ut all danger, free from pockeU. and, H
when hu found him tiring, nursed him and H
wheedled him over the line. HJs c)es were H
stirting from llieir sockets aid bis nostrils H
weru distended to the point cf bursting: but H
Tural held him together, ant. bj dint of the M
grintest skill kept him up to bis work und he M
Btaggerid over the Hue a nose n front or CUf- M
AN LltllVTIC iAVORlTK. B
New York's racing public has always had its M
Idol Yean ago It was Miss Woolford. the M
shapil) daughter of Billet nnd Fine) Jane. Bj
Then came Tne 15-.nl. f.dlmrd L the lordly H
Troubadour Firen7e a-d -rlvntur folloaed. jVJ
Then tame Lamplighter, supreme for a few !
)iars. followed li) Mr Waller und Henry of fl
Nniurrt. Witlterwas alwaisbure of a worm M
reception, no o. utter what the company wast ,
and ids a; penruiice on the track was always a 3H
signal for the wlldi-st applause. Ills record aa B
a twi-year-old and as a thire-yenr-old was S
darrl'ng. aid It wa; not until his .career H
as 11 four-)enr-olcl thai be encountered M
thegeui -sof illluik. That season hn was prom!- M
nru'l) tdaceil 1 1 all of Ihe big handle ips, losing jH
some of them bv a length and others by a nose. 91
The same thing fo.loiud In l.vi.V, and his vie- H
tones were few and far between. Every year jH
the b ind en per imposed a high penalty on the M
hor-e.but the ujblic. so fickle In most things, H
but faithful to the last when sir Walter was H
concerned, gave hltn their most hearty support. M
When Dr. Knapu died last winter. lr Walter.
among tbo otner asiet. of the Oneck Ms bio, jH
passd Into the imsjesslm of his btotliers Thoy jH
determined to carry on the stable, and Sir Bj
Walter wns nominated for the Metropolitan, H
the llronklvn, and the suburban. It is a matter H
of turf history how Mr Walter led up to the H
last hundred lards In the Metropolitan, and H
was then beaten out b) Counter Tenor and IH
St. Maxim. Taral declared that he would H
bate won had he been permitted to jH
earn a whip. Those who lust on the H
Mttropolltnn determined to back the little fellow H
for the Brookl) n. It required the stoutest heart, H
boncver, to cling to am thing In theracobc- H
yond Clifford after tho erforruancos of the son BJ
of Bramble at Morris Park, where his achieve- H
meats entitled htm to being considered qui to BJ
the best hore In training BJ
A TIIIIONII AT TIIF. TnVPK. 9J
The withdrawal of Henry of Navarro nnd Jj
Handspring would, It was thought, prevent
many iersons from going to Grausend )ester- BJ
da), but such was not the fact. The attindnnce, BJ
while not UP to that of two ) tars ngi, was very
large, and tho Brookl) n management Invoevcry BJ
reason to feel proud and complimented. The BJ
Brookl) 11 Handicap is a nice to conjure BJ
nlih. Beginning with one of the greatest BJ
battles on record, w hon Dr) Monopole, BJ
Blue Wing, nnd Hidalgo finished heads BJ
nt) in 111 nsi, k nas iinniuceo uiuiv bbj
genuine races than nnv other eveni In the his-
tor of the turf of like duration. It is a race
which enimges tho attention of tbo horse-loving
public as soon as the weights aro aiinouucecl In
the winter t) Mr. Ynsbnrgh. nnd holds the In-
ti rust until the wlntur has psnl the post.
lhen theau ra-e Aineriian cltein wants a tip
on the next race, 1 hat's Hie unkeei of it.
1IAIIIANT IAV AMI Itlllll-TllMIl Am MlAftrB.
A more perfect da) for tacing than vestcrday
could not have bull made to order Tin run at
an nienslnnal cumulus 1 loud to mottle the blue
lloor uf the heavens, nnd Iho breere, ivhlt li blew
from thu east, sun It of the salt water and sea-
weed, Tho new railroad arraugi iiieuts brought
tho croud qulckl) nnd uiiiifortiibl) tn Hie
course, and lone buiiiiu Ihe llrst nue was calhd
the grand stand was 1 rondi d In Uilh it tiers
nnd tho lawn mid puddoik weie thickly sprln-
kled with people, And "noli jnp n
Hns nit) tally taken llio trouble to note the Im-
prove men t In the npoinraiici' uf the men and
women who patronle the oort of kings under
the new order of things 1 W here are the leeches
who former!) l-estend 1 irij -truigerwlmramo
to Hie betting 1 Ing or the p idilnc K I W here are
tho painted sirens who wi re it sponsible for most
of thorcintiimel) which was he aped upon lace
tracks and racing, nnd where ate the mi-i rupu
lous tempters uf Joeki-js nrtd hursi mi n w ho
laid tho snares nnd nlnats iinuiged to cover
their tracks t Gone, nil of them ; or. If any re
main, they keep In tin biiikrroilnd and are
being graelitall) crowded Into nlao urlty T here
Is 110 room for them In this new ago or prosper
it) in racing.
TAlll VUIMKN AMI IIIIVVK MKS A-I'l KVTV,
It wns a pltnstile to move about )oslnrday nnd
ohierve tho character nf Hi" nttuiidtnie at
Grnvesend. Tho miiiiu fe ituio was noticeable
ai.MoirU I'ark. Ciiuld thuie taut higher tribute
paid urn more llatlerlng pniinlsii made nf the
future ol raring ll. inritiif i honHiinds of
pretty women were In llio boxes and seats uf
tin stand, nnd mi 11 prominent in man) lines of
life mingled eer)whei and ixeluuiveil oplii.
ions, It is needless to glut mums, T ho W est,
boutii. and 1 ast all soul their representatives to
glvo tone to the c 1 nsioii
The Brookl, 11 Hiiinlliiipwas considered a sure
thing fort lltforil, nnd nrobalilj nine teiilhs of
the .0,000 persons prise 111 had decided that he
wiuilil win With llinr) of Vaviirreand Hand,
sin lug mil of tin- wa), nine starters wuetnrrtcel
The obscure Piibidli . who nuier had an) pre
tensions tn lliiudluip form 111 d whoso entry
nnslargei) a Joku, wus n ralched, nnd this left
elkhl caiidldiites. 1 Uirord iin.nut nt oven
money, with St Mnxlm suninl elm cu nt 1 lo 1,
Sir Waltir was third in favor at 11 tn 1, with M
to 1 against Ni.nkl 1'oob. I A to 1 t ouuter foiior,
0 to 1 each Hornpipe and Lecnan, and .10 lo 1
Lake Shore.
fit cjini 0. riiyronn
Ennugh money to enpaillre a 11 itlonnl bank I,
wuseliovelltil In on l IHTcird. and thy plungers, U
with thu exception nr Pittsburg Phil, were 1
un hltn to a man Phil hns always had a I
fondness for Sir Wn,ler, .mil his money was L
placed on tho white-faced darling of UM I