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"VOL. LXIV.-NO. 8. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1896-COPYRIGUT ,1896, BY THE SUn1'MNTOT AND PUBLISIIINg"'aSSo"c1AT10N. . ' I'RICeTwO CENTS. JH
ABDULLAH KHALIFA DEAD.
X11E 3IAUBIST ITItANT SAID TO
HAVE X'ASSEB AWAY AT BOOA.
fie Wn Only 40 Tor Old, and for 11
Tour Had Itul.d the Million of the
Hudan with a Bod or Iron Who Will
Confront the Egyptian Army Novrt
Rome, Sept. 7. Tho Triluna publishes a de
spatch from Kassala, the town on the edge of
tho Sudan hold by the Italians, announcing tho
death of the Khalifa, tho successor of the Mahdl
and the leader of tho Dervishes, against whom
the Anglo-Egyptian expedition Is now operat
ing. Beyond saying that the Khalifa died at
Ucca the despatch sires no dotal).
Abdullah et TalshU Khalifa, was the most
powerful and successful of tho threo Khalifa
of tho thrco lcadlne Arab tribes thatinlHHS
helped tho Mahdl to overthrow the government
of Kpt In the eastern Sudan and establish
the Multilist dospotlim In Its place. Each ot
these Khalifas commanded a distinct section of
tho Mnhdi's army, and Abdullah's force
bid most to do with tho annihilation
of Gen. Hicks and bis army. Abdullah
was the favorite of bis master. The
Mahdl believed that it bo died Abdullah
was the only tuaa who could maintain the
strange emplro ho bad raised and keep the
upper hand of tho rapacious Sudanese
tribes. Before his death the Mahdl nominated
tbe Kbnllfa Abdullah as hlssucccssor. and thus
the ciuel and tyrannical Arab tribe of the Hac
garas, whose leader was Abdullah, became the
masters of the Egyptian Sudan and ruled It
with a rod of Iron.
The Mahdl died on June S3. 1885, after three
years of power, and Abdullah has since been
known as "the Mahdt's successor." There was
Intense jealousy and disappointment on tho
part of tho Danagla and Jaalln tribes, who had
Ixen the rulers, bnt now became tho ruled.
Civil war on account of Abdullah's accession
was narrowly at erted, but ho was too strong for
his enemies in the other tribes, ana they finally
euoe tbe part of discretion just when all bad
been made ready for battle.
Tbo new ruler then made it his business to
render the other tribes harmless. lie reduced
' the power of tbe two other Khalifas, and they
became men of little Influence. lie sent many
I of the Jaalln and Dnnagla Emirs In chains
hundreds of miles np the Nile, and he
permitted his Baggara to plunder the
other tribes without mercy, under the
pretext of levying taxes. Thero has been only
one ruler of the Sudan for the past eleven years,
and he has been the Khalifa Abdullah. Ho
maintained his policy of cruelly repressing
all the people except his own tribo until
three or four months ago. Then he was
frightened very badly by tbo news that
England and Egypt were setting ready to
InTade the country and overthrow his power.
After that news reached Omdurman be made a
(treat show of reversing his policy. He car.
ooLfd the imprisoned Emirs and tried in many
Ivtsts lo win hack the disaffected people. We
hare not jet heard of the resultof thesn efforts.
Tbe Khalifa's empire, within w hich not a pir
cls of European Influence has permeated since
;he Mahdl captured Khartum, extends along
-lio Nile from Dongola on the north to tbe
Ingtaborhood of Lado on the south, a distance
sf about 1,:I00 miles. Omdurman, the caDttal,
-Juitacre.'i the Nile from the mini of Khartum.
- M about midway between these point'. Tho
Khalifa lost Dartur.but still bis empire extends
from the western limits of Kordofan to
Abyssinia on tbe east, and embraces
about 700,000 square miles. Daring the
I eleven years be has controlled the destinies
f of tbe Egyptian Soudan It is estimated
that nearly three-fifths of Its Inhabitants
hale perished through war and famine.
Constant warfare has greatly diminished the
pale population. Omdurman for years has
been full of women who had neither husbands
nor mala relations. Owing to this state of af
fairs the Khalifa decreed, some years
co. that every unmarried woman in
Omdurman must be provided with a hns
bind within three da) s or she would be handed
or to a Raggara as a slave or concubine.
There was great giving in marriage in tho next
three days. These forced marriages were for
the most part ill assorted, and many of the
couples separated In a few months.
If Abdullah is dead he baa fallen while still
almost a young man, for ho was only 40 year
old this year. He was a Baggara, with dark,
coftee-coiored complexion, his face much
marked by emall-pox. He had a long and
prominent nose and wore a short beard,
according to the Moslem custom. When ho
helped conquer the country he was very
thin, but of late years be bad grown exceed
ingly stout, and his skin hung In folds under
his eyes. He could never conceal his Baggara
accent and dialect In speaking Arabic. He was
gifted by nature with tremendous energy and
common sense, but he had no education what
erer. He could not read or write, and for this
reason he would never accept written peti
tion. Be was very cruel by nature, while the Mahdl
wu naturally humane. In the terrible days of
tie famine, when bones were ground to powder,
nude into a sort ot bread, and eaten with eager
ness in Omdurman, the Khalifa showed no
5.(,rc. p")r' or desire to relieve lheo ter
rible sufferings. He did not care a Jot for any
of tbe people except his Baggara. and he made
sore that th( y were all well fed. He treated the
white prisoners in his hands with great cruelty
except a few whom he could make useful to
him, and their enjoyment of his favor was
spsimodla and uncertain.
Like the Mahdl, Abdullah wished to destroy
even the recollection of the old regime under the
ft) ptlan Government. This is the reason that
tiny destroyed so many of the old towns which
fad attained some measure of prosperity under
tbe Fk pilaris. Old Berber was dceerttd and a
BewHerbcrwas built by the Khalifa's command
Just north of the) old town. This is tho reason
aiid the only one why by far tho finest city In
tropical East Atrlcn was laid In ruins. It was
tbe work of the Khalifa. Ho left hardly ono
stone upon another In Khartum. One day in
- ism, after he had been in power a little over a
TesAbdulUtforderedthe thousands who lived
in hhitrtiira to quit the town within three days.
' Un the fourth day thereafter the work of
aemolitlnn began. Houses were pulled down,
tbe wood of windows, balconies, and doors was
taken acres the river, nnd soon the town was
gtrnili to be the habitation of wild beasts,
toy bricks wero taken over the Nile,
w hlartum was a heap of mud ruin,
the building material was nsed In the
'earing of Omdurman on tbe other side of the
Mle and It became a city of 160,000 innabl
Jatits. The most conspicuous building In It was
"let nib of tho Mahdl. Thousands of workmen
ero sent over to Khartum to gel tho
material for It. The Khalifa himself. Eiulr.
MJulges carried stones for the dome Of
rourse, tlio whole city followed their example,
sna in a short tlmo all the stone required was
Jtthe site. The Khalifa's palace, also, was a
sumptuous building for tbo .Soudan.
Iloth rather Ohrmalder and filatln Pasha
bare told us that the Khalifa was intensely
;5 n and proud, cruel and quick tempered. He
Jhered very strictly to the proscribed forms
ft prnjiT. and Insisted that the people should
f humble and (lev nnt, though he himself, of
le years, lias lived in part the life of avolup
tnr Hut he did not permit pleasure to lnter
' with affairs of Mate, lie was a man
"great activity and directed all Important
oosIium In person. He also receded the re
Ports on the most trivial alTulrsand was always
"rivhilmid with tiuslne. For twonr threo
fears past ho hod given rather lets nttenllnn to
u'liKfcj and more to bis numerous family of
he
K All the Judges were his tools, and thus the
na ifauiured In ills own person tho right to
Panlnii or to conlct. He was tho nbsoluto
nttr of lire nnd death. No prh ate person
, pirmitlul lu possess firearms. Tho crlmo
j" 'islnic tobacco was punishable with eighty
h. Ho terrorized nil the people except his
Biiunriis who were contemns long ushogao
Hi( m opportunities to plunder,
fn ",""" on hear who will succeed Abdullah
("rati nf inglorious season, for the prospects
JJOrt are that. In a few months more. theSiudan
fovinces will again he ill the hands of Egvpt,
f(r I up h) timlaiul. Aliuullah was ambitious
J" (U U an hereditary U( cession, and he
" 1 hU ekhst son, Onronn, with tills
m Vll "o Is now ',':.' jeare old. He l mar
;)' ' tin! (laughter of his uncle Vakub,
inn hoiillfVs brother, who desired to take up
lue renn of power himself when his brother
""""'Nlii and was trry Jealous of his nephew
""ll he was propitiated by tills matrimonial
'"'"" ((.mini has often angered hi father
;,i ? icrUnring nddlngreenble disposition,
Ml IK "" lH1' whi subjected to tnurli bevere dis
"" c'l'i ( wi( h had a good effect upon him,
.."i ilace where the Khalifa Is said to haio
t"a. not mentioned In the most important
fV"'" n the Soudan, nor Is It to be found on the
.wsinlrtl '1 here Is a place of that name on tne
atini!"'1''' ut "T'0U,ljr tbl' ' not;the town
nNu fr-. - ..,, -..yy....
BALLOON t'AT.LS IXTO JIltLZ. GATE.
It Ws Anra nnd Soma Obaervera Bar
Thero Was a Man In It.
People on the upper east aide, between Nine
tieth street and 136th street, saw a big gray
balloon sailing along at dnsk last night directly
over their heads and apparently 800 feet In the
air. It was travelling east, and was linking all
the time so rapidly that boys ran toward the
river front, expecting to And that it had struck
In the vacant lots along the river.
One or two persons saw a light in tbe balloon
as It passed over First avenue. When almost
above the dock at the foot of 100th street it
seemed to collapso. A oar or basket which de
pended from It was hanging by one edge, and
many spectators believed, from the way it
tilted, thnt thero must havo been a man in It. '
When the peoploon Ward's Island first noticed
tho balloon it seemed to thorn to be coming from
the north or northwest. When it was directly
over the Island It was scon to be on fire.
Keeper Olcason and Messcngor Patrick
McGoern think, though they are not at
all snre, that they saw a man in the car
throwing out ballast or waving a flag or some
thing of that sort that balioonlsts In peril are
supposed to do. The balloon struok the water
four or ftvo hundred yards south of Nigger
Head Point, tho southern extremity of tho
Island.
There was a strong current setting toward the
Sound, and tho balloon was sucked under
almost Immediately. It twisted and wlgg led
In going down that the spectators wero very
sure thnt there was a man underneath. But no
one saw him.
A few momenta after tbe balloon disappeared
a small launch passed rapidly through Hell
Gate toward the city. It went over tho place
where the balloon hod sunk, nnd Immediately
nfterw ard set up a tooting which lasted until It
was beyond hearing.
The Ward's Island people went oat In a row
boat, but could find no traco of the balloon.
Everybody on the New York side of tho river
ngrecs that the balloon came from the direction
of the Hudson. No two persons agreed on much
else. Thomas Illgglnsn reporter found sitting
on a barrel at tho corner ot 104th street and
First avenue.
Mr. Hlggtns said that he saw the balloon when
It passed over First avenue: that It was as big
as a circus tent: that he was quite sure he saw
four or rhn men in the car. fighting tor tbelr
lives. He heard them swearing at each other.
Tbe policeman on duty at the Astoria Ferry
also saw tbe balloon; bo says that It was a
small fire balloon, not moro than four feet In
diameter, and that It had no car.
The Ward's Island ferryman at tbe foot of
llflth street was on the Island at the time the
balloon came down. A be saw It the balloon
came from tho southeast : it was as big as a two.
story house, had a basket, and was all crumpled
up nnd turning inside out. Ho did not see it
strtko tbe water.
The conductor on a First avenue car deposes
and says that, while coming down town on bis
car on bis 0:30 trip, he did hoar a small male
child sitting on the front seat of said car cry
out and exclaim in these words:
" Ob, mamma, look at tho big balloon 1"
Whereupon the deponent looked in the direc
tion Indicated by said male child and saw no
balloon at all. but n kite dancing on the end of a
string, tbe other end of which was held by a
person unseen: that said kite had no car at
tached nor was It on fire.
A. P. A. XOtr IK ELIZABETH.
Trouble Caused by m HtrlpofGreen Rlbboa
Tied Over n School Flac
Elizabeth. N. J.. Sept. 7. A big rumpus wa-i
created here this morning by the discovery of
several yards of green ribbon tied to the top of
the flagpole at Public School No. 1. The school
building was opened formally this afternoon,
and part ot the ceremonies was the presentation
and raising of an Amerlca'rt fta:TrhT.'flng'7waa
given by the local councils of the Junior Order
of United American Mechanics, who had ar
ranged also for a big parade.
When tho committee In charge of the raising
went to tbe school grounds this morning they
saw a long strip of green ribbon floating from
the masthead. They say that they learned it
had been placed upon the mast by a member of
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church. Tbey
hunted up the school officials, who sent for
Michael Beglan, tbe contractor who placed the
pole. Beglan refused to go to the school. Then
the Junior Mechanics began to wonder how
they n ere to get the ribbon off the pole. Finally
ex-Assessor John P. Arnold, a member of Elisa
beth Council, volunteered to climb the pole.
He is a heavy man, but by hard exertion ho
reached the head. The pole is very small there,
nnd it swayed back aid forth In a manner that
caused tbe crowd below to scatter In alarm.
Arnold reached the ribbon, however, and tore It
off. Then he Mil down the pole.
The Junior Mechanics began an Investigation.
Beglan said he did not place the ribbon and did
not know how it got on the masthead. A boy,
however, told one of them that he hud been sent
by the man who put up the pole to a near-by dry
goods store and had purchased the ribbon for
him. Beglan says one ot his emplojees must
bave placed the ribbon.
The new school Is In the heart of the parish of
fit. Patrick's Church, and the peoplo of the sec
tion look upon tbe Junior Mechanics as first
cousins or brothers to the A. P. A.
As the news of tho ribbon Incident spread
manyif theJunlorMechanlcsexpresscd aueslre
that the "t.lttle lied brhoolhouse" be made a
feature of the parade this nfternoon. It was re
ported thnt the float was to be brought here
from Newark, nnd both sides prepared for
trouble. Better counsel prevailed, however, and
the parado was given w Ithont the float. A letter
carrier from the Elizabeth Post Office was on a
trolley car that passed the procession He
jeered tho meo In line. About six of the Junior
Mechanics left the ranks and attempted to
board the car in order to get at him, but failed.
Hnd not the movjrmnn on tho car put on all
speed there would have been a fight. The mem
bers of the local rounclls will make to-morrow
a complaint against the letter carrier to the
Postmaster-General, and will try toseoure his
discharge from tho service.
Iho flag raising and opening of the school
followed the parade. There were 8,000 persons
at the exerclsi. including 1.A0II Junior Me
chanics, and astthe flag was raised to the mast
head It received a snlute of twentv.one guns
from the gun detachment of the Third Itegl
mont, N. O, N. J.
Bin tuet rr.AX as escape?
flaw Found In tbe Cells of JaeUeon and
Walling, the Pcnrl Ilrvan Murderer.
Cincinnati, Sept.", A negro prisoner named
Walker was searched last night by a turnkey
in the Covington Jail and a US-calibre revolvor
was found In his pocket. Walker occupied a
cell adjoining those In which Jackson and Wall
ing, the Pearl Iirjan murdorers. are confined.
Tne Jailer suspected a plot to break Jail and
ordered tho cells searched. In Walllnu's cell
half a dozen saws were found. Both Wulllng
and Jackson protest their Innocence, but tbo
Jnll otllclals think the plot was to hint been car
ried out nt (I o'clock this morning, when only
two men would be on guard.
A search of Jackson's cell to-day disclosed
two line strel saws hidden betwiun the sale nnd
lining of an extra pair of tnn shoes which be.
longed to tho prisoner. The revolver found In
Walker's nocKit hns been Identified as one
owned by Walling before his arrest.
I.I LEAVES OVlt SOU,.
lie la Much Impresned by the Vletva of
Nlugarn Irons fbe C'unndlan Hide,
Niaoama Yki.f, Sept. 7. 1.1 Hung Chang
was up bright nnd rarlr this morning, feeling
well, though he passed a rather restless night,
the noise of the falls disturbing him. He had
breakfast at 7:110, consisting of fried fish, rice,
duck eggs, and a cup of some Chinese liquid
mixture, all prepared by his own cooks. The
da broke lino and clear, and a change In the
programme was mado.
Instead of waiting for the special train the
Viceroy, acioiupoulod by Sir Henry Joly. Hlr
A. C. I'armiiler. mid his interpreters, took car
riages at li o'clock and droe to tho Canadian
side, where a trip through tbo Canadian
Park and Dulferiu Islands was made.
I.I was much more Impressed with the
view of the fall from the Canadian side. He
said It was magnificent nnd sublime. The re
mainder of bin suite left on the uprrlnl train at
about f);0S, The Karl left for loronto from
the Canadian sldv at 10:30 A. M.
I.l' Wreath Placed on WasbluRton'a Tomb,
Washington, Sept. 7. -The Chinese Minister
Vang Yu, accompanied by several members of
his legation, visited Mount Vernon to-day by
special train, and deposited on the tomb of
Washington the handsome wrratn which Ll
Hung Chang was presented by Inclement
weather on Haturday from placing there with
hi own hands.
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CRASHED INTO HER SLIP.
THE ERIE'S BiaOEBT FEIUITIIOAT
BBTOKD COMBOL.
Waltlne: Faeeancera on the Bridge Throvra
In Heaps and Caucus la m Shower of
Torn and Splintered Flanking Several
nurl, but Only One Idkelr to Die,
Loaded to tbe rails with a holiday crowd the
ferryboat John G. McCullough left her slip at
tho foot of Chambers street for her slip at the
foot of Pavonla avenue, Jersey City, yesterday
afternoon, at 1:4S o'clock. On the New Jersey
side the ferry house was packed with another
holiday orowd, in a hurry to get to the New
York side and away to Long Island, or down by
the sea for their day's outing. The throng on
the Now Jersey side extended out of the ferry
houso nnd down upon the bridge leading to the
slip of the Chambers street boats.
As the McCullough drew near the Now Jersey
slip those on shore noticed that she was mo log
much faster than boats usually do when round
ing Into their berths. .Still, no one on the boat
and no ono In the ferry house had tho faintest
notion that anything was wrong. Suddenly the
attention ot all was attracted by the clanging
of bells, the shouts of the man at the wheel, and
the answering shouts of tho deck'hands. Still
the boat came on. Sho bad banged Into tbo
piling at the south side ot the entranco to the
slip. Tho piling eercd to the right, the McCul
lough swung off to the left and glided into the
slip. Those who travel upon ferryboats aro ac
customed to see the boats veer from side to side
In making a landing, and. therefore, no one
thought when tho McCullough struck the
piling that she was bejond the control of tho
pilot. Such, however, was the case. The man
at the wheel had given the usual signals to the
engineer when drawing near tho slip, but the
boat did not slow down. The signals were re
peated and still the boat went on. Then the
pilot knew that something was the matter and
that tho McCullough must orash into the bridge
leading to the ferry house.
In a moment the smash came. The boat
crashed Into the bridge, carrying away a guard
rail as she struck. Tho Impact forced loose tno
heavy planking beyond the bridge. These
planks are fully three Inches thick and about
ten feet long, Somo 600 persons wore standing
In that part of the ferry house where the
planks wero torn loose. So. great was the force
of the collision that men. womun, and children
were thrown from their feet and dropped in a
struggling mass over which tell splinters and
broken timbers.
In the crowd wero Mr. and Mrs. Patrick
Hoffman and their four-year-old daughter
Elsie of 763 Itiver street, Peterson. The child
was borne downlu the crash, and before sho
could rise or be picked up a big plank fell across
her left leg. The child gao a little cry and
then fainted. Near her stood Mrs. John
Etans of fllUK Paonla avenue, Jersey City.
When the shock came Mrs. Evans was thrown
to the floor, and W. L. Lock wood ot L'50
Sackett street, Hrooklm. stooped to pick
her up. Lockwood was Just reaihlng
for Mrs. Evans when n neavy timber In
failing strnck him on the left side of the head.
He fell as If dead. Nicholas Weiss, 31 years
old, of 152 Warerley place, this city, was hit by
a splintered plank, tbe right lee of his trousers
was torn nearly oil and his leg was lacerated
from the hip to the knee, beveral others were
more or Iris lujured, and their cries
caused a small panic. Policemen hur
ried to the scene, ana reserves In pa
trol wagons were summoned from ihu
First and Second precincts. When order had
been restored. Lockwood. Weiss. Mrs. Evan,
and Elsie Hoffman were picked up aud carried
to the waiting room of the Erie Itallwa. Look
wood was still nnropsclous, and all tbe eflortt
of the policemen failed to revive him. Hurry
calls for ambulances were sent to St. Francis's
Hospital, and soon two ambulances arrived.
The womnn. child, and the two men were taken
to the hospital.
An examination showed that Elsie Hoffman's
left le"g had been broken in two places. Mrs.
Evans s right ankle was dislocated, and Weiss
nas snfferlng from contusions about the face
and chest, and also from a deep cut, about
seven Inches long. In tbe right leg. After their
Injuries had been dressed these three were sent
home.
Meantime other physlclnns wero at work upon
Mr. Lockwood. It was seen that his skull was
crushed in from the left eie aliuoit to the back
of the head. It was Impossible tu restore him
to consciousness. After a careful examination
theph)slcians expressed tbe belief that Lock
wood would die befor morning.
Immediately after tho accident, Capt. Cherry,
superintendent of the ferry, made an investiga
tion. The pilot insisted that It was no fault of
bis, since lie signalled to the engineer, as be
usually does, to slow down when tho boat was
about 100 yards east of the entrance to the slin.
The pilot raid thnt after he signalled the boat did
not slow down, and tho rudder would not re
spond when he turned the wheel. Ho gave It as
his opinion that tbe bolters were too heavily
charged with steam, and this prevented the en
gineer from slowing down. The engineer, when
questioned, denied that thero was too much
steam on. He said there was no more than is
usually carried. He snld that tho accident
must liae been caused by the rudder's being
out of order, or perhaps there might have been
something wrong with the wheel. What con
clusion Capt. Cherry came to be tef used to say
last night. He said that his first report must
be made to the officers of the rnropnny.
William L. Lockwood, who la expected to die.
Is 4!.' j rars old nnd lives In a flat at -'fill hackett
street, Urookljn, vith his wife and two chil
dren. He has been employed for somo years In
the Long Dock mill and elevator In Jersey City.
Late last night Mrs. Lockwood was notified of
the accident and started In a carriage forSU
Francis's Hospital.
BEFVSEB Tit EIOHT A BUEL.
finds 1 Wilms of OrortEla Cballenstee
George M. Drtnaen.
Duiimi, Gn., Pent, 7, Mrr. Fnnnle Twiggs
Isthcjoung nnd beautiful nlfe of Judge II,
1). Twiggs. Her nnmo has been involved with
that of George M. Hrlnson, a wealthy rel es
tate owner, nnd now the nominee for Itcpre
scntathe on tho Democrutlo ticket In Eman
uel county. Brlnson and Mrs. Tirlggs hae
been In correspondence with each other for
seteral weeks. Yesterday Mr. Brlnson visit
ed Collins, a small station on the Georgia and
Alabama Ballroad. He romalned till even
ing. On going to the station to leave town he
pulled Lis handkerchief from his coat, and a let
ter dropped to the ground. Home men picked
It up, and before they could return It to tho
owner the train left.
Tho men read the ml'slve. It was from
Mrs Twiggs, Inviting Mr, Brlnson to go on a
plensure trio to Tjhce Island, a summer reiort
near -avanmih, nnd also asking him to bring
along a friend us (he had a young woman
friend who would accompany her.
The letter was mailed to Judge Twiggs, Ho
was very angry on reading it, and a txene en
sued when he confronted his wlto. Ho then
sent n challenge for a duel to Brlnson and re
inestcd an immediate reply. Brlnson studied
the situation and declined to partlulpato In
curb unlawful proceedings. Judge Twljtgs
then tent htm word that 1 e would kill lilin on
urst sight. Tho matter stands in this way
nt present.
, XO UIJ.I.IXO TIIIU CT.
Hhot, Picked Up for Ilrud, and Cast Into
tbe Hound, Hlie Mil II l.lin,
Wim.ett'h Point, L. I Sept. 7. Private
Michael Corcoran ot Company C of the Engineer
Battalion bad n black cat. Sergeant Edward
Duffy of Company A, who has the house adjoin
ing Corcoran'a In the row of dwellings occupied
by married soldiers, discovered somo time ago
that the cat had stolen some of his chlckrns.
He concluded to put a stop to the depredations,
and lay In wait with his rifle a week ago. The
cat appeared and vvns making her way to tho
hencoop when Sergeant Duffy fired. Tiis cat
rolled over on the ground. 1 he Sergeant picked
her up and found that sho gave no signs of life.
'Ihen he cast the body Into the water.
Nothing was beard of the cat. except that she
hail been killed, until last night, when Corcoran
heard a rat mewing at his back door. He
opened the door ami in walked his black cat.
lie found tho bullet wound In her neck. He
probed for tbe ball with a smalt chisel and soon
extracted it. The cat Is now to all appearances
as well as ever.
The mystery of the cat's reappearance has
been made deeper by the story of two soldiers
who declaro that on the day after Hergcant
Duffy cast tho body of tbe cat Into the water
they found it on a lot of drift on shore and
threw it Into the water again.
Attend Worklastnen'e Mass Xtttlog at Cooper
Uulon. Tbundsy. Sept. 10, ii 1. M. Speeches b Hon.
Terence V, powder., V arner Miller, Senator JTavsj,
and others. Ade.
STILETTO nOVXBS IX HIS HEAlll.
Vita Orarone or thin Clip Killed by Ills
Countrymen In Jersey Cllj,
Vlto Grarone, an Italian who lived In this
city, but at an address that could not be as
certained, was murdored In Jersey City
latt evening. Llko most Italian murders
this one is in many ways lnystorlous, and it
was Impossible, up to n Into hour latt night,
to learn all the details of tho crime. Tlii.ro
was a gonernl row at COS Grand street, lu
which revolvers, knives, and atllottoci wero
used.
Vlto Mario Defonzo of 4 Hod ford street,
Newark, enmo to Jersey City jesttrday af
ternoon to attend a christening party nt tho
houso of his fnther-ln-lnvv, MUhacl Jatirlll,
U00 Grand street. Ills wlfo and bnby ac
companied lilin. Tho family and guests
passed tho afternoon drinking hcrr. At the
samo tlmo Vlto Grarono and hU friend, Al
phonso Gratenonto. were passing the after
noon with Pasqualv Acosvdl, a barber, who
has n shop at (102 Gland street. Lata lu tho
afternoon Dcfouzo loft tho 'hrlstontng party
nnd went out. A fow moment" afterward
several pistol shots, mid tho nolsu of a
hot fight were heard. The flghf vvns In tho
hallway between tho two buildings, nnd must
havo been carried on by several men. Police
man Gonsor, whoso attention was attracted
by the shooting and tho tdiouls nt tho men,
found Grnronu lvlng dead on tho hallway
floor, lio had two stiletto wounds through
his heart. Dcfonzo bad n bullet wound lu the
calf of his leg. A revolver which was still
hot was on tho floor. Evory chnmlier had
beeT empted. A few feot away from tho re
volver lh pollcemnn picked up two stilettoes.
The pollcemnn telephoned to tLc I'ommuiil
paw avenue station and tho reserves wero sent
down In tho patrol vviigon. Police Captain Cox
accompanied then and took fhtirgc ot tho la'c.
Ho found It almost Imposslblo to get nil) In
formation. Tho Itnllnns were reticent nnd
professed ignorance. Tho Captain sent (Ira
rone's body tu Specr's morgue and Dcfonzo
to the hosphil. ll was found that Defonro's
wound was not dangerous and ho was tnken
to iho Commuiilpaw uvenuo station and li ( ked
up. (In mado n statement In vvlikli ho Mild
that when he wns going down htalra he met
Grarone, who said lo him:
"Well, vou Italian, what aro J oil doing
here7 I'm going to kill vou."
Grarono drew n revolver and oegnn shoot
ing, Dcfonzo said. Dcfonzo closed in on him
with his stiletto, nnd two or llirie others Joined
in the a lira).
Defonzo snld that bo did not gel near en ugh
to Grarone to stab tilm. Ho admitted that ho
knew the murdered man in Itslv but declared
that thero was no tmd blood octvvcen them, ov
eral of tho Italians wero locked up as witnesses.
VI.EASUItE BAT llABB AGUOUM).
Her Lond of EacurelonlMii llronabt to New
York by she Albvrtlnn,
The steamboat Pleasure Bay of the Now ork
and Lonp Branch Steamboat Company ran
aground on her return trip to this cttv nt TU
o'clock last evening on tho breakwater north of
the Highlands.
She left Pleasure Hay at 0:10 o'clock, loaded
with passenger, most of whom wero bicvclists
returning from a holiday trip to Long
Branch and Asburi Park. 'I ho steam
boat grounded so genth that the passen
gers did not know nnv thing about It until
her engines stopped and she legun to w hltlc for
assistance 1 he life t-nv Ing crew from tho
bprrniaietl Cove life saving SI .liou heatd lief
whistle and camo out III their boat.
They found thnt the paseemrers were in no
danger. Capt. John Do) den nf tho Pleasure Bay
told tho life eavers that he had pai.d tbe
steamboat Albertlna of the Merchants' Miatn
boatCompan) in tne Shrewsbury Itiver on her
way to Pleasure Bnv.
Capt. Bovden aked them tn telephnhe to
Capu C. E. Throckmorton of tho Allx-rtlni to
come up and tnkothe Pleasure Ha' paeengers
to the city.
The crow of the Albertlna hnd irono homo,
bat the Contain hnMllj summoned tlirin and
got steam up and reached the pot w hern ttie
Pleasure Hay ni aground. Mnnll IxmH
from tKith steamboats wero lowered nnd
flftj passengers haa been transferred In
this manner when (.apt. Throckmorton found
thnt there was enough water on the port ehb of
the Pleanre Hay to allow hlin to go up along
side. Gangplanks were run out font and nft.
and the lilorclNts trundled their heels across
to the Alb(rt!nn.
It took only a short time for the transfer of
paenger. The crowd did not rein to rulnd
the grounding at all, and ihc inn)nrlt pr ferred
remaining aboard the Pleasure Knv to taking
their cliancs in the sin-vll boats. 1 he .lb( r
tlna landed the crowd nt Iho Battel) at ly.lo
this morning.
OltOVEVILLE VAKVKX 3111.1 S SUl.lt.
Edwin (Inuld to Turn Them Into n Xlulcb
Factor) ltullt bv A. T. rilettnrt.
The Continental Match Companv of till C'ort
landt street, of which Edwin Gould is Presi
dent, has purchased from ex-Judgo llenr) Hil
ton tho Grnvevlllo Carpet Mills atGlenham,
mar MiitKawaii. N Y
These mills wero erected bv A. T. Mewart
about nineteen jears ago. and tho machinery
alone cost ne-vrly Sl.OOO.OUO t the tlmo the)
were considered to be the niot complete carpet
mills In the world. About three ) tar -ago,
whin Hilton, Hughes A- Co. first began to g t
Into dlflV-ultlm. the mills were rlnsid nnd the
1.000 rinpliit res cli-i Imrui'd A supt rluti-iiilent
and about tweut) maililnlKis. Ilrm u. vatch
men. Ac. were kept lo guard the. buildings a-id
turn the tnachlncr) to prevent rust, Ac.
Edwin Gould's match company has Jut coin.
pletid a contract to Mlppl) Austria with
matcher, mid the old carpel mills will be Usui
as a match faclorv.
The mills are supplied with water power from
Flshklll Criek, about one and a lia'f miles from
l'lshklll.on-the.Huilsnn, '1 wo dam" were reel
ed tn furnish motive power nt a cost of about
(80,000.
H1'AI'S nTHEX irAll.
Tbe Philippine Islnndrre ( nuture a'Spnn.
Inli (lEai rnor.
MAIiimi. Sept. 7. A. dt6patch tothe wpmriiil
from Hong Kong sa)s that n thousand insur
gents entered the town of r-an Isldro, capltnl of
the provlnco nf Nucva I'oljn, island of I.iuon,
the principal Island of the Philippine group, nnd
had taken prlsoucrstho Governor, his secretary,
and priest. The Insurgents wero lod by Siuitul
lano, a half-breed.
riauiixo ix cun.t.
Patriot Ifefent tbe IXpnnlnrda In Mntan
. Province,
Havana, Sept. 7, A Spanish column under
the command of Col. Fohdev tela has surprised
and captured an Insurgent hospital ntiir llanos,
provlnco of Havana. Two Insurgents were
killed.
Advices from Jngney tirnnde, province of
Matanzas, are to tho effect that a serious en
gagement has taken plnio between tho local
guerrillas nn.l an Insurgent forco eiuiimauded
by Morojon, The Spaniards wero surprised by
the Insurgents anil were defeated litter a hot
fight, losing fourteen killed.
The Havana pollen )isteniay nrreslrd .lone
Gonzalez; Lunuza. n lnw)or, ilunertilo lllam, n
Hungarian iiiulciuh; Alfred a) hi. brother of
an ex Insurgent liwler. anil Alfiedo Hcrnuude?,
brother-in-law of Samuel S 'lolon. the. Ameri
can merchant who was arrcrtid on 'lliursday
lastou bourd tho Amirldin ateuiuer renee.
Jtlot In Uiireelonn,
MAIinni, Sept. 7,-The elections for members
of tho Councils General of Mndild nnd tho
oilier provinces weru held jesterilay. Iiinmvt
cases tho Government candidates were tucciss
fill, in Barcelona tho elections ri'sulud In iv
riot, dm Ing which tho v otlng urns w cro smashed.
Knives and revolvers wire used b) thunuters
and three persons wtro seriously wounded.
A Curllst Manifesto.
Ma mi in, bept. 7. TheCnrllsts havo Issued a
manifesto which pestlmlntkully dosoribes the
situation In l-palu. It ulllrms that the rights of
the Church Is the fiist principle of tlmCarllst
part) , nnd supports the freedom of the provinces
in administrative and financial matter.
The Carte Adjourned.
MaihiiI), Sept. 7. The Cortes adjourned with
out date.
Democratic Htate Convention at IluOulo.
Take Lehigh Valley It. li. Hound trip tickets
Eight dollars. Good Sept. 14 and IS, returning
on or before SepU 10. Tickets at all Lehigh
office, Alt,
POrOCKATS WIN ARKANSAS
BJIOIIAIILI! 1'I.VBALIIT rOB JOKES
ron aovEitxou is 00,000.
Populist Desert Their Nominee, but (he
Plurality for tbe Popoernta I Ouly U.SOO
Over Thnt or Four Year Aico, When
the Populists Polled Ul.OBO Votes.
Little Hock, Ark.. Sept. 7. Oftlelal returns
received from tho following counties late to
night give Daniel W. Jones's majorities for
Governor: Miller (Texarknnn), S00; Phil
lips (Helena). 1,100; Woodruff, 1.000, out of
total vote of 2,(100: Franklin, 800s Lafayette,
noo; Sharp, 1,700. Jf these mnjorltlos aro kept
up throughout tho State, Jones nnd tho entlro
Democratic ticket will rccclvu 00,000 plurality.
Thu Hcpubllcnns practically had no tlckot In
tho Held, the opposition being nn Indopondent
ticket composed of men most of whom wcto but
llttlo known. The Popull-ts scratched Flies,
their candidate! for Governor, and voted almost
solidly for Jone-, as did many of tho sound
money Drmociats.
Tw o ) e urs ago. w hen tho Populist vote reached
24.000, tho Democratic plurality was 48.0U0.
Four ) ears ago, with n Popnlltt vote of 31,000,
tho Dcmocratlo plurality was BU.OOO. This
year, with tho Populist vote thrown largely to
the Democrats, it may reach 00.000.
Tho weather wns all that could bo desired and
an unusually large vnlo was polled. Thu large
vote wns caused by spirited contests In mnny of
tho counties over local offices and tho prohibi
tion Issue. In Little Hock the license qncstion
was the chief Issuo.
All tho Christian, Methodist, nnd Baptist
churches held services during tho progress of
tho balloting, nnd many prayers wero offered
for tho success of the anti-llconso cause.
Tho liquor men won tho day by a largo ma
jority. If the Interior counties voted ns well as
thoso on tho line of tho latlroads, tho entire
votu of tne State will reach lb0,000, nn in
crease of 24,000 over 1804.
All State, district, county, and tow nship offi
cers n ere voted for. Including one-hnlfof tho
State Senators and 100 members of tho popular
branch of tho Legislature. This Legislature
will elect n sucroasor to Senator James K.
Jones, Chairman of tho Popocratlo National
Committee, who will havo no opposition.
The Populists and Prohibitionists hnd a can
didate for Governor only. Tho Gubernatorial
candidates were: Dan W. Jones, Democrat;
II. L, llciumel, Republican; A. W. Fibs, Popu
list, and L. W. Miller. Prohibitionist.
Owing tn the largo number of counties besnnd
the reach of telegraph and telephone facilities,
the returns from tho election aro slow In reach
ing hea'dquar'ers. Scuil-afilcial returns received
from fourteen of tho principal counties of the
State glv e Jones n plurality of 1 8.000.
The Prohibition vote throughout tho Stato
showed a marked decrease.
fsoveral clashes occurred In tho doubtful
counties between the Democrats and Populists,
(lno was at Clinton, Van Buren count), tho
placo whero Congressman Dinsmoro was as
saulted last week.
Clinton is twenty-five miles from the nearest
telegraph taton and II N lmposbln tn le urn
full particulars, but It l.- thought hem that no
serious result came of the reported riot.
Whlto county, tho birthplace of the Populists,
has gone Democratic, vvlillo Newton. Searcy,
and Madison have rolled up their usual He
publican majorities for legislative, uud county
offices.
Tho RxpuNICttn vote In the State wilt tx flfl.
000 to 42.0UO. although 4,000 poll tax receipts
have been trsued lo colored voter", mnu) of
w horn aro reported as remaining nwny from the
polls Ihe llepubllinn vololn 1804 was 20,000,
and In 18U2 iu. 3.I.0U0.
ChnlrmaiiHeiirr VI. t ooper of the Republican
Statu CniuriHlcH w rotu Ihu folio v lug statement
for tbe prcsp to-night.
" 1 here ha- been great dissatisfaction among
the Hepnbllrans of this State with tho ( lection
Judge - appointed b) the Diiuucr.ils in over
twontv (otiullesof tills --tate. nnd a great many
ftupiililic inn in llie (untitle , fearltn: their votes
would bo counted for thu Di mi cratic tli ket.
did not go to tbe poll. Iho Mate- Eledlon
Hoard is comport I of (he (.overnur. Secretary
of Mate, and ttorne) General, nil Democrat--.
"The) lupolntid three Klci lion Cnmmls
s'oners In each coumv. Tho iiovernnr prom
ised that the minority Commissioner In ench
coiintv should be a ltipnbliran or Populist, to
ho gov et mil by the vote of two years ago.
This I rimlso vva fulfilled, and a Hipublhan
nppolnted In each county whero thu Iti
publie.in, hart moro vot( than thu Populists,
and iu counties vv heru tho Populism had more
votis a Populist Commissioner was appointed,
but l'i ever) count) tin rewire two Ilemocrnllo
Cimmiis-iloncT". nnd In a largo number of l!o.
piiblltan cntintlut they overrule tho minority
Commissioner and rcie-i ted nil tho Judgos,
"In over iwint) counties ot this .state the
Republicans had no volco lu the appointment
of tin- Jiidgo, of election, but the) were ap
pointed by tho two I)i inocrattc Commissioners,
and In nearly nllprcUncla theelectinn nfllcers
i aro Ileinocints. and In some places the third
Judge Is an Ignorant nigro. who cannot rend or
write. s a sample, of Ihiuocratfc methods I
will rite Phillips coiintv "1 hern thu two
lldilocrat.d Election Commissioners were ab.
sent from thu inuhty. one eaiivaHHing
thu "-Into for tho Democratic ticket,
and the llemoirntlc Count) .luilc and Miurllf.
Imth rnnilldnlcn for reelection, m ted as Election
Cmniiiissioni rs. vvlilch wns a clear violation of
tho law. vv Lie li sajs 'No pi nou who Is u candi
date for an) office to ho vntid for at such elec
tion hhall act at. County Commissioner.
"These men intlrely Ignored the Republican
Coiiimls.loiK r ni d his urgent riqueat that ono
Republican Judge he appoint! d fnrench prcdnct
anil nppoiiiKd tluee Demociatlc elictlon
Judges for every polling place Iu lh county.
Tlxre was not n Republican Judge In tho
count). rnihstnutlJill) the 8nii,o contlltions pre
vailed in over twent) nf thu Republican count
ties of the Mate. Republicans opeuh ( hurgo
thnt he niipolutmuiit of thc-u Judges menus
whulisalu fi. mil In tliesn counties, but under
our unique election law It will bo very dllllcult
to uniartli these fraud".
" Phillips count) Is Gov. Clarke's homo
count), aid he expressed great surprise that
llie.liulgc nnd .-iherlll should have taken sin h
a( lion. lu n)K he has ndvhes from several
other roiinliis that only Democrats have been
nppnlnli d but hi, authority rra-ed with the
appointment of tho Count) Commissioners.
" 1 h length of thu ticket innki s thu counting
Blow, nnd renders It Impo'slhlu to Institute in
telligent ( nniparisolm between the total vote
to dnv mid that of two scars ago. Returns re.
( chul up to midnight Indicate that tho
vole for the Hi publican candidate for Onvernor
will show an increisu from 40 tn A0 pur cint.
over tho votu for 18114. '1 lie Democ'ratH elnlm
they liavo a majority or 1,1100 In Woodrulf
county,
"'llieru aro onl) 1,147 white voters In this
count), and this Is nun of Kmcnuntlcs lu which
not a Republic an Judgii was appointed, ard It
is perfictly apparent that tin so Judges have
(otintid at least 1,00(1 Republican votes for thu
Democrats In tliat count) ."
nivicoKEE rtiiEtroitics stoi'Veb.
The Tnmmuny Club llu lis Annunl Petty
Trouble with Ihe Police,
Tho Cherokee Club of East Sovcnty-nlnth
street, which had ncolllslou with tho pollco last
)car that cost Capt. Strauss his place In tho
department, had another )ostert!n). On Its re
turn from a chowder party it paraded tho
streets iu thu Twcnt) .eighth Assembly district.
'ihu proxi Humid included n display of llru
works iu front of thu club lioum. Max ( ranier
was Iik h.irgu nt the dlspln) He wns waving a
roinaii candlu when lluumlMiiau .lonci. of tlie
East Hxt) -seventh Hreel Motion ordered Iho
llinvvurkn in stop. Tlitywcru not stopped, and
Jones arrested Cramer.
At thu pollcu ttiillun Cramer said liyi under
stood the club had a penult for the dlspln).
Sergeant Burgo) no w lio was In charge ordered
him locked up.
Half uu hour latei Assombl) man Joseph Green,
with a lawjcr, visltid thu police Mallou and
exhibited what purported to h. n permit signed
by Clerk I'enl.ukof the Board of Aldiiinen,
containing a cop) of the resolution passed by
thu Aldermen and signed by Mu)or Strong
gi anting the permission for thu tlreivnrks
hetgennt llu nujne decided thnt own It tho
Penult vvaseorrei t he hail no power to leltaho
Cramer. He vvus (bat tu all remonstrances,
nnd not until Maurice reathersni, thu Tain
many Hall leader of lliu ilUtrlu. slgmd a bond
fur 4 Hill fur Cramer's appearamu In the York
villa Police Court in tho morning was Cramer
released
loirs or tbe Fair Cslnte.
rsv.N l'MAM 18(0, Sept. 7, Mrs. Herman ()e.
rlchsnndher sister. Miss Birdie Fair, arrived
from the East last evening. 1 he object of their
visit Is to give their testimony in the Inquiry as
tothe validity of the pencil will of their de
ceased father.
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VJ'SET BT A BACK l'VFF.
The Preullnr Way In Which nn Oyster
Sloop Wn (Sent to tbe Oottom.
The oyster sloop Christie, returning from
New York to the Great Kills of Staten Island,
was capsized nnd sunk near tho Orchard Shoal
Light on Sund-vy evening. On the bont were
Capt. Abe. Munee of Prluce's Hay, Robert Fox,
mate, and Daniel Wcstcolt, deck hand.
The arcldont wns a strango ono. Tho skipper
was at the wheel. The wind vvns blowing fresh
from tho south, but, as it looked somewhat
squally, ho ordered Weatcott to taketn tho Jib.
Tho boat was bowling along at a llveh rate,
when suddenly a lack P'lir rrom thu north
struck her, sending the boom to port with tor
rlflo v lolencn nnd turning her over In nn Instant.
The Captain, a stout old man, held to his wheel,
Thu mntu and deck hand Mil loose the bateau
and pulled him Into It. The sloop filled nnd
sank. '1 hen the men rowed nshoie Inlhc bateau.
Capt. Mnneo ts ono of thu most experienced
wntnrmen of Match Island. He says that never
before during Ids many v cars of sailing hns he
known or heard of the winds olailnit mi oh a
treacherous trick. A back ptitT Is common
enough In light winds, but In n stronir wind no
body oer heard of such a thing lu this neighborhood.
took nt: a ux:-it hxb'.s c. oi.it.
Mr. Itrlnmeyrr nV Tnrrytovrn L-nTcs
Home nnd allien About till City.
TAHlttTovv.s. N. Y Sept. 7. Tho woman pass
ing as Ncttlo Chlsinark, 40 jcars old. who was
found walking in Wel Tenth street vesterday
and was taken tn Bellevuo Hospital, becauso it
was believed sho was Insane, Is Mrs. Nettlo
Krismoer, wltcof Mettls Krlsmcjor, a butcher,
in Heiitmsn nvenuo here.
Thursday last. Mrs. Cannon, a neighbor, called
on Mrs. Krismeycrand Mrs. Krime)er said sho
bad got somo mnnev and was going tn New
York. Thou sho walked out. This was tho last
seen of her by anv body lioro who knew her.
Mr. Krlsme)er uad stored nwny In his trunk
considerable gold, mrstly In Slo nnd S-!0 gold
pieces. 'I liese he hnd saved while In tho navy
(luring the war. Mrs. Krlsmejer broke open
tho trunk and took out must nf the money.
Tho amount Is snld to be prett) large. Sho had
spoken often nf Mrs. Weslon, wlioe husbnnd
keeps a mint store nn Eighth nvenuo near
Mxlh or uvculh street, rod It was believed by
her frlonds she. had gnuu there,
Mrs. Krismeyer has suffnred from temporary
mental derangement seve-rnl times in tbo last
year.
jtp.v.iir.ir o.v tiu: BniBai:.
A Whcelvtomnn Itlcicle Kmnsheil, but tho
Itlder Knenpe Harm.
Vv hlle nn express wagon, owned by William
Corrlgitn of 27 Prlnco street, Brooklyn, wns be
ing driven ncross tho bridge to this rlty yester
day morning one of tbe straps of thu harness
broke, near the New York end of the bridge.
The driver got off thovvngon to repair the break
and the horse run away.
A )oung women who was riding a bicycle a
short dlstnncc ahead sa v the runaway approach
ing nnd Jumped from her wncel Just In time to
savcherllfe Thuwncnnrati over the htc)c!o
nnd smashed It Justnstho wheelwomsn Jumped.
Pollcemnn Peter Mclveon stopped the runaway
bv closing the big gale at the end of the bridge.
The wbeelworaan snld sho was Carrie Cole,
man of Hamlin's Hotel, on tho Brouklyn Hnule
vard. Mil! vvns not injured. Her broken wheel
was taken nwny bv thu uxprcsman, who prom
ised to have it repuired.
AX ACTEESS BhCOMES J.V.V.4.MT.
Found Wumlcrlne In Elalith Avenue
Couldn't Get uu Enanarment.
Catherine I Bench, .'I I )ears old, of 243 West
Thirty-eighth street, vvns found ) est or (lay by a
lollcemnn wandering aimlessly in Eighth ave
nue, near Thirty-eighth street. When taken to
the West Thirty-seventh street station house
she behaved in a manner that indicated mental
dl-order.
Her friend, Mrs. Jennie Williams nf the Ho'el
Warwick, when notified, said that Miss Ilc-nch,
who pluyed a minor part at the Broadway
Theatre last ) ear, wns despondent of lato over
her Inabilltv to get an engaeerrent. and had
a( ted In such n ninnner thnt her friends con
templated putting her iu some institution.
hhe added thnt Miss Ileal hiame from Lincoln,
III., where she had rich relatives six venrsago.
and Flncu then had plajeil in kmtI theatres.
Miss Bench wns sent to Bellevuo Hospital.
''31UUUEH AlTEMl'TElt.
Found os tbe Itullrond Trnck with III
Head Cut Open.
Fihiikii.i. Lavpivi. Sept. 7. Mark McGold
rlck, nn (inplo)ce of I. alley's brick ard, noar
Flshklll Landing, vvns discovered lat night 1)
Ing ncro the track of thu Central-Hudson
Ilallrond at Low Point In an unconsc'ous con
dition, with a gnsb in ills head He was taken
to Highland Hospital, at Mntteawaii. where thu ,
hospital doctor" found that his head had been
cut open with an axe. It Is supposed that he
was tbo victim of an assault, with Intent to
murder, and tin assailant, to cover their crime,
h (d laid his body on tins track. All operation was
pci forum! on the man to-day. but ll Is thought
that hu cannot live.
AVltrilOX SKI Alt SCHOOL CLOSED.
Tbe C'nbnn War nnd Federnl I.eglnlatlon
Compel It to Close It Door.
Npw Oiii.f. ins, Sept. 7. Tho Audubon Sugar
School ut this city, the only one In tho I'lilled
States, has lu en compelled to close because of
the Cuban war and adverse sugar legislation b
Congress, Thu school vvns established at tho
Louisiana Sugar Experiment station at Audu
bon Park, and hnd nbialiird n reputation
throughout the West Indies and Europe ns thu
best practical agricultural school on this conti
nent in teaching sugar growing and manufac
ture. '1 hu ruiolution has completely cut olf nil
Mudcuts from Cuba, and thu Bchuol has been
compelled to close In cciuscqiience.
1'Ot.IVE .SEUOEAXT as a JV1IOE.
sliiro-oyne Decided that 31 r. -larobnoa
Needn't Keep Ihe Dunlielm flitby.
Mrs. Mary Jncobson of 104 East Sixty-third
street took to tho East Mxty-sevonih street po
lice station last night a slx.mnnths-old boy,
Walter Dunlielm. Shejmld that on Feb. 13 the
iKiy's parents, Theodore uud Maggie Dunheim,
whom she' bus not seen elneu. mado arrange
ments with her In board the bah).
'I he) iiei:lrct(d to pay her. anil she did not
wanr to l.iup the child an) longer, tsergeaiit
Burgnv nu decided that sho n eedn't keep It It
shu didn't want to, nnd sunt It to Belluvuu Hos
pital lu eatouf n pollcemnn.
MISS. TUAISEh'S FATAL FALL.
Heine Nrnrlglitrit, Nile Htcp on n Hky
lluht Willie WHlklns an m Hour.
Agnes Trainer, U'l years old. vvns killed lost
evening by falling through a k)llght In the
roof at IIHd Tenth avenue. Mho lived with her
daughter nt . 'IDS) 'lentil avenue In ono of a row
of two-sKiry houses that run from .INI) to 31)1),
mid was in the habit nf going over thu roofs lu
order to visit a neighbor in 3HA,
Mm was nearsighted, and last night stepped
on the sk)llirlit. Miu fell through It to the lower
hall, breaking her neck. Her body was taken lo
her claughtci s houso.
CAS Alt A XTATS OVlt CATTLE.
Nblpper Ask for the Itrmoval or the
Ninety liny' Quarantine,
Ottawa, Sept. 7. Representatives of Co
liadlau cattle shippers are hero to urgo tho Do
minion Government tn remove the ninety da)s'
quarantine imposed on tattlu entering tho Do
minion from tho I'lilled States
'Iho object Is In enable tho Imporlntlon of
Amerkun eatllo Into Canada for exportation to
Great llrilulii Premier l.iiurler has promUcd
tola) thu mntler bufnre Ills Guveijimuut at the
earliest po-slblu moment.
Cable t nr 'thriit Horn Cur Over on a
Horse,
Cable car "Mil of tho 'I Hint nvenuo line ran
Into car 87 of tho First avenuo line oppo.
site TUB bf ofllco last evening. 'Ihe
cars were on tho tamo track, going
south. ihe rnblo car struck the horse
tar from behind, throwing it forward on the
horses and olf thu Hack. Duo of tho horses was
pinnud underneath the rar, nndwus extricated
with dllllcult), so badl) hurt that it was shut.
Carlisle Gov to liar Ilrrbor
WAiiiiNOTON, kept. 7,- Secretary and Mrs.
Carlisle have gone to liar Harbov, Me,, to re
main. week,
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WATSON POUNDS SB WALL, M
HE aoaix nncr.Aiti:s THAT ihm f
MAIXK 3IAK 31VST C031E JJOITJV. ftM
lie Bay Hewnll I "A Dend Weight to vH
tbe Ticket," "A Knot on n I.oc," nnd '!lH
Hrpresent klcKlnlcylam He Declare jl
th Tleket Bluat Us llrin nnd Wataost. -vKaH
Dallas, Tox., Sept. 7. The speech ot tho Hon. , H
Thomas E. Wnl son of Georgia was tho feature iiftfl
of the Labor Day celebration here. Directly JttH
after the pirndo fi.000 persons flocked to the fil
race track grand stand nt the fnlr grounds. iH
Thero wns cheering when Mayor Holland Intro- MiiH
duced the Hon, Harnett Glbbs, who In turn In- 9
troducrd the speaker of the drlr. Mr. Watson f"fl
began his talk by praising tho victories of J&M
peace. He would rather havo been tho author ififl
of the Constitution of the I'nitrd Status than H
the victor of tho battle ot Waterloo. Ilonddedl vS
" I am here to-day to talk tn Ihe laboring men ftH
of tho contract entered Into nt St. Louis In 1080 fJt
between the Western laboring men and the Kvl
Southern laboring men. I am hero to say to $H
them that they ought tn stund by It. 1 am a ftiM
straight !vopul!et. I don't want to look to on fyH
side nf the mid or tho other, but as lung ns I am VH
)our standard bearer I will carry It to victory lH
rlghtelowii tho'mlddtoof tho rond'or fall. At &H
that meeting nt St. Louis men who repicsentcd H
organized labor signed a contrnct with the jivfl
farmers thnt they would vote together, act to 1i9
gcther. until they got such reforms as they $H
needed." wfl
Mr. Watson reviewed bis personal political fl
career from that time, nnd declared ho had jnfl
twice been swindled out of n scat in Congret.1 .jrfl
by tho Georgia Democrats. Ho declared that SJB
ho hud alwti)s been truo to labor's Interest. iU
Coming down to tho present campaign, Mr.
Wntson directed his oratorical batteries ospe- S'H
clnlh at the Hon. Arthur Sou all, tho Popo- J)
crvtlc nominee for Vice-President. He said: lull
" Don't dccldo this matter too quick!). You !
enn't turn bark If Jim go with me. You must JH
burn )our bridges. Can you gut nny reform by 'H
electing Br) an and Scwall T Don't get in front '("!
ot the wagon. Suwalt stands for tho tuonopo- Sil
llstlc interest: tho same interest that McKlnley ?;'
stands for. He Is a banker, a railroad klnr, and !?'
n tool ih the hands of the ( apltnllst. l$fl
"sew all Is thu contradiction of everything 'H
that Ilran 1. He lues no place on tho platform. sSl
You can get what )ou want by standing by the X..U
hi Louis platform, it didn't do what 1 wanted !
It to do, but It aid tho best Unit tt could do. ill
They le ft me on guard, and w hllu Tom Watson K
lives thu Peoples party shall not die. Every ?;?
argument prov us Itrj an right and mo right, too, -S;B
only nlllliu moio so. TS
"That I mean buslnrss my past life show. tVM
Ihat I mean tight n v scars show. Sen all on
this tlckot represents ever) thing that McKlnlop
does, und thu gold.statidard men aro adopting vfl
these tactics to tic Br) all's hands, bewail Is a vU
deadweight tn the ticket. Hi can't carry nny $
votes Hu can't earn his ownfamllv. Vv hen- Hi
ever my miu takes tho slump against mo I will t'l
get ofT and crawl under the bed. 31
"Scwall ennrtot carry the wnrd In which he Jf
lives. Hu is a knot on n log. if Itrjan carries 31
Nebraska, w heru iiu lives.it will be the lorn t 3j
Wntson Popnltsts who w 111 enrr) It for him. To ?l
Democrats i a) : 'We modu your party come to &l
time. We were the coal ot lire on thu terrapin's .1
back, and It never bad all) idea of travelling
until It felt the effects of thu fire ' You say: j
' u bave been shooting nt each other 4 1
for four Jears: now let's stop.' I tns ;
Yes' You sa) : 'Give up jour gun.' I say:
'Excuse me. the temptation to shoot might be :S
too great if )ou havo bath guns. It 1 come ,
(low ii I kill mt party and mark myself as a il
traitor and a cow ard. I am willing to go into co- jl
partners wltn vou, but 1 don't want any Jonah, U
und the whale business, with ou the whale." liW
"What about Indianapolis.'" some ono in- tl
quired. U
"Let every man manage his own funeral,"
was the answer, evoking great laughter.
"I am going to Kansas nnd havo them take
down the Rr nn nnd Sow all electors and put up 1H
Bryan nnd atsou eli ctors. 1 want )Ou to do t
the same. Have no McKinle) or Son all. Stnnd fH
by ) our colors, and be true to ) our principles. I
lam a Southern man, Jtistllku you. und )ou '
must respect me, my part), and tho eectlon we jf
represent." A
"Will Bryan accept tho Populist nomlna- -"J
tlon r" was askod.
" You bet he will accept. I plcdue you mf t
word that Hr) an will accept mo as h.srnunlng f
mate "
Ever) allusion Watson made to Br) an was "J
productive of deafening applause. His abuse of "A
Sew all brought forth very Utile uftlrmatlve J
demonstration. Mr. Watiiu Is booked to speak a
at the l'annln County Fair ut lionhani to- M
morrow. fi
IVomnn Found Dend In lookers Wood.
Nrw Rorm 1 1 k, bept. 7 'threo boys found
the body of nn unknown woman In Jerusalem 'A
Woods to-day. Nothing nf valuo was found on
her. In one dress pocket wns a railroad ticket 3
on the New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad from It) e to Mount Vernon. Tho date
stamped on the back of the. ticket was effaced. X
Coroner Hat. nine; or Mount Vernnn aftr-oxam- 1
inlng the boil! came tn the conclusion that
there ii giniind for a suspicion of foul play. '
The worn in' hands wero securel) bound by A J
hundkirchlef tlchtlv Knotted. 3
'Ihrspnt where the body was found Is about 3
two feet from thu road, known as btcvensun'e J
lane, i
Ilroke the Itre-nrd In Alllzntor Ilttntlac
Nivv Oni I vnn, s.cpt, 7 Frank s-nrln of Vln-
cent Coh.is'bti Parish, who bus Just returned
from the Louisiana sen marsh, 'ins bioken the J
record III the matter nfnlllgntnrrhniitlng With
Ills two joiing sons upstarted on Aug .1 into the i
in irsh m Vi million Parish, ami in Mine weeks
he killed 11 t alligators In about ten square 1
miles of marsh. '1 hu alligators ranged from 1
live to seven fct In length The hides wore 4
salted down In .imp nnd hnulrel b) wignn to
the tvati r for loading In thu boat. Mirln netted
an result of three weeks' alllgilor hunting !
S'.'UI.
A gunnel Settled With n Sholiun.
Ntvv Oiiiii.'., ept, 7. Yesterday Dudley
Ricks and Wright Wilton, twu joung men of
excdlcut family In langipahni parish, La., met
nl Murilock.quarrullod over n small matter nnd
Immudlatcl) opened tiro on ench other with pi- A
tols, but without effect, llson then procured '
h shnlguii, nnd, returning tn thu lluht. killed
Hicks instantly, as well ns an aged negro woman $'
who happened to bo passing at the time. Rick '
hnd thu reputation of hav Ing killed several men, ;
olio of them ills own brother. For this homicide ,.
ho wns tried and acquitted on tho ground of 4;
self-defence, fj
Kicked While Tennlnu a Horse. j:
John Brooks, ,'l J years old. of los President
street, Brooklyn, was kicked in the face last
evening by a hort-o belonging to Knapu Broth- "i
er- nf 12. Harrison street, by whom he is em- i
plo)ed as n driver nnd received n compound j!
fracture nf the frontnl bono. He wns taken to A
St. Peter's Hospital Tho police report tnat
hu was" teasing" thu animal when tho kicking Mi
occurred J'
A Illcyrllat Itun Down and nadir Hurl. 4
While riding a hic)clo on the boulcvnrd la J j.
Jersey City )caterday afterpoon, John Moloney, j
28 ycais o'd, of .Id Chestnut avenue, was run ,C
dnwn b) a horse and buggy at Seavlew avenue. A f
He vvns thrown fnm his wheel and stunned. i
When ho came, to his senses be told where he , "
lived and was taken home. Ills Injuries arc ",
dangerous Edward Feutiov of Dill) Hrrtmhall j
avenuo was the driver ut the horse ' r
Hold Medal from the Klnie aC llelgluui, if
I'lTTsniiiiiiii. bopt. 7. Arthur Schneider, K
VIrc.Cnnsul of Bolglum In this city, to-day , '
pinned uu thu Inpel of the coat of Victor Adams. ft
nllolginn plato-glass worker of Charlrrol.n gold fc,'
lnednl (Oiiferred by King Leopold for bravery $
an I coiirngu iu rescuing five of his countrymen '',
finm drowning In the Monoiigabuln River on j
.inU ir, ihos el
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Hhot Iho SI in Who Ilroko In Her Door. (
SrniiKi. Citv, Ky., Sept. 7 John Combs, J
young farmer of Delaware, Ky., was instantly ' 3 ,
killed last night nt the homo of Mrs. Anna Mills,
heal Delaware Combs had gone to thu houso f
tn uieel a )nung woman, but Mis. Mills refused
to open thu iloor to him. Ho broke It In, and as
ho walked lu thu shot him In thu head twii e.
Helied with ( rumps und Drowned, j
George Burger, .'ID ears old, of 747 Newark II
avenue, Jersey City, while bithlng in the
Harkrnsack Itiver at the foot nf Broadway yes- A
terduy nfternoon was seized with cramps. Be- J
fnruastl.tatice could reach him he fj owned.
The body was recorcrod and taken tolsSpeej" vfl
morgue, .