B THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, ,1696. x ) I
TORPEDO BOAT AWARDS.
iB
Wt Tirn nnnnssnoFFa out koxb of
tub xniniv-KXOT clash.
'Hfc Ceatraeta for thn Craak Veastte Olvea to
. rirma WbnH Ability o llulld Them aa
Sn Xlrqntred Una lleea tlaeeltaael by the
.Hk' Ordaaaee Xlureaa Hlehbora's Report.
ERt Wabihnotoh, Oct. 0. Contractu for the con
.IIk itractlon o( ten torpedo boats, three of which
'Mr I' arato run 30 miles an hoar, three USmllet. and
Ir four 20 knots, wero awarded by Secretary Her
tl( ' bert to-dny, and thus was settled a wrangle
Mr ? which promised to lead to some disagreeable
m I f disclosures. Several New Vork yachtsmen had
i ;.' Interested thsmselves In behalf of the builders
3 1 , of the Defender, and the Influence of a con
K . sptcnons member of the Cabinet was brought to
B K ? tar t0 aocurs tlie thirty-knot boat for this
i ;R Arm. Secretary Herbert, Immediately on his
1 ?i return from nbroad, took the question op. and
H' fE to-day deolded that 'the Herreahoffs were en
' fr tilled, under thslr bill, to but three of the
l tf boats, and these of the twenty-two and twenty
? knot classes, whllo the fasterl boats were
U' :, ! Riven to firms whose ability to falfll the con
Hi f " tract has been questioned by the Ordnance Bu
H. f reau and many of the bureau chiefs of the nary.
I 3, i The appropriation limited the number of
H ft :',' boats to thirteen and authorised the Secretary
B' k to expend not more than Sl.300,000 for the en
s' 3' b tire fleet, but under the contracts to-dny
II awarded ten boats will be built, costing prob
B, i ably SI, 100,000. Two co to a Portland firm,
Mr. which never before undertook a boat for the
Bjl i Government; one to ban rrancltco. two to Uath
B Sp ; (both of the.tlilrty-knot class), one to Ilaltlmore,
BV J and th remainder ore distributed amons small
h' ) . Kaatsrn and Western bidders. The report of
Bjf Chief Constructor Wellborn and Engineer-In-K
' Chief Melville, who rxatninod the plans and
BjU C recommended tho building of eleven boats. Is
Bfe' , regarded as one of the best presentations of the
Hp; J question ever made to the department. In part
Hff i His as follows:
Bt if "The object of a torpedo boat Is to destroy
Bffit j large vessels such as cruisers nnd battleships
Bj3 K preferably battleships by means of automobile
BJm J- torpedoes. It is necessary to give them much
Bj7 !'' greater speed than tho vessels which they wish
H" to attack, and desirable to make them as small
BjTi as possible. In order that they may offer a small
Bfc ' mark to thn fire of tho vessel attacked and be
Bf l , less conspicuous, and hence less easily detected
BJ while approaching large vessels.
BJU i "Since their prime object Is to attack with the
BT( j torpedo vessels of vastly greater power. It Is un-
Br- , necessary to give them any large battery power,
BH i.i and Indeed undesirable, elnco any increase In
Bj j weight carried necssnrlly means Increased
BJ displacement, with nil Its concomitant dlsad-
Bh s. rantaces from the point of view of torpsdo at-
BJr j? tack. The torpedo boat as we And It everywhere
Bj'i Is then a small, light, simple, necessarily vulner-
Bj! :i, able structure, relying entirely upon Its speed
BJ; ;. and power of avoiding notice to enable It to at-
H:, ',j tack largo vessels and upon its speed to escape
BJr h from them.
Bj cj' "Since torpedo boats hare been built In nam-
Bj- jt bers, the problem of defence against them has
Hwu J I necessarily presented tuelf to all nations liable
B; '! j to be attacked by them. Of foreign nations,
Yr I Kngland has been for years the nation to which
BJ?.' the solution of this problem baa been of most
Bji : ' ' Importance, for the reason that the nations
BJ& I;.. which were her possible enemies though mucn
B1 weaker at sea, on the whole have been stronger
BCT 1 proportionately in torpedo boats the torpedo
t boat being essentially the weapon of the weak
; , against the strong. Fur a number of years
J.'' England built vessels called toriedo catch-
Wfr', ' ere,' the first of which was tho ltattlesnate
Mhi V of about o'.'S tons displacement, built In 18S5-0.
,f T Expcilence had shown, as was to be expected,
v i that torpedo boats could not maintain their
'' J speed at sea except In Kmooth water, and that
? ( tnelreflcctlvenets was very much reduced the
fi moment ttie water became somewhat rough.
" J" The Idea of the torpedo catcher, then, was that
K,; i of a vessel much larger than the torpedo boat,
if which, nhile nut iiulle so fast In smooth water.
- Mould matntniti its speed better In a seaway and
Wk K, belargelr superlur to the torpedo boat under
L Kt ordinary service conditions.
AJV "Thee torpedo catchers, so called, were also
Bt sv rrosldert with torpnlo tuliesfas have been prac
BiEr. Vcrft-,4 Ucally nil vesels of war for many years now up
K'fOJtltairfathe largest battle ship), the idea being that
BjkSf " thfepsi.1 '" uttd, upon a pinch, for torpedo
BBS! aerHetw,
V' "The expKcnce with the English torpedo
BE? catcher, whlcli wero built In large nurabera,
WWi ua not altogether patHfoctory. Their maxi-
rflt" mum Eueed generally lell short, even In smooth
;Hft. water, of that desired, and was so much less
H than the inuximum speed of the torpedo boats
(Bfc that the latter were at a disadvantage only In
"-p.. water much rouitlier tlmn the average. Thus,
''- whllo the torpedo catchers were valuable as
iifm'' scouts, lookouts, despatch vessels. &r they
i . were practical fntlurei as an antidote to
if. Hi' the torpedo boats: hence a few years ago
;'?; the English developed another type of small
l St, vessel to which wns gtven the name
h Wti' ' 'torpedo boat destrojers.' These vessels
" W: were only of about twtco the displacement of
c- W. the large torpedo boats, but by reducing
i' i weights as much as possible and Increasing
. Ik their power they v ere given speed In smooth
; K water equal to or exceeding thit of the torpedo
4 C& boat, lielng larger they vrould always have a
?, I'j greater speed than the torpedo boats, and were
" r a natural nnd logical boat to build for tbo pur-
5 B poe Indirateil l,y their name. They were Mt
', ; ted with torpedo tubes, mi that they could be
Jv i nerd for torpedo attack when necessary, but at
( j tenllon was glren primarily to their battery.
ft since torpdoes n-nuld be ot llt'le use against
?f torpedo bonis, and the prime object of these
7 boats was to destroy torpedo boats.
hj "Our Information In-ltrd is tht the latest
V and fastest torpedo beat destroyer being built
S 7 for the Engllnh Government will not carry tor-
' pedoes. but will be armed with guns alone. This
1 y Is a natural developmentand in this connec-
jt : tlon we recall that the first design of the tor-
;. $ pedo cruiser, which was authorlrsd by Con-
' gress somo years ago, but never built by the
it ', -N'avy Department owing to the limit of cost bs-
y Ing too low, did not provide for any torpedo
tz. tubes, tho vel bring armed with guns alone.
,-; . "In examlulngthe plans submitted by bidders
9 i tor the thirty-knot torpedo boats, we find two
: J, distinct type torpedo boats proper and torpedo
. j loat dcsirnyers. Comparing the 143-ton boat,
'- f for which plni were submitted by thn liatb Iron
-; i Works, with the v.'10-ton boat submitted by the
t Union Iron Works, we find that the former is
rf-'V.i armed with three torpedo tubes and fourone-
"i . pounder guns. This armament is identical with
t h --.that of the three torpedo boats of 180 tons dis-
T , placementnowunderconstructlonforthBUnlted
Hi '., Htates. The -40-lou boat proposed by the Union
i n. Jron Works Is armed with two torpedo tubes
w and six six-pounder II. F. guns. While, because
fe of her armament. i"he would be very much more
'r effectivo Aga)ni torpedo boats, we are of the
, opinion that, for the purpose of to-pedo attack,
.) ; that Is. ii torpedo boat pure and simple, Mie Is
j ft unquestionably inferior to the 143-ton boat.
N AVIth the same speed, she Is larger and hence
-" less active In manoeuvring. She earrlrs two
; if torpedo tubes Instead of three, Is equally vul-
r ;. ncrable If struck, preKents n larger mark, and
,. from her greater rlre she Is mora readily do-
J- 'e- tecti-d than th smaller boat.
f "The question arises, however, whether largor
i hosts would be more valuable for all-around
v i work: that is to my, whether, for the navy, one
58 ft torpedo boatdestrorer Is better than one torpedo
Jrt loat. The torpedo IxiAttbstriirer would be more
' ". valuable as a scout and despatch boat, hne
;S. T would have a larger radius of action, she might
ii ' be used under fuvorable clrcumitances for tor-
i. v pedo attack, nnd she would be very useful
M ' a ncalnst the enemy's torpedo boats, it being
jt tt noted that w nave at present no vessel es-
g 4 peclally suitable to copo with the latter.
ij ft jjiooifzr.V'.s xaval jiattaziox.
t! K A Committee Haa Ileen Annotated to fro.
if 25. mote It Orsnnlantlon.
Wj The organization of a naval battalion for the
&, city of IJrooklyn, on the same lines as the Naval
! K Keserve In New Vork nnd Jersey City, which
f; J has been under consideration for somo time. Is
( P- now practically assured. At a recent meeting
K of theKaval Itejerve Association tho question
!A fiT of organizing a battalion In Ilrooklyn was thor-
4 ' oughly discu-sed, and the Hoard of Governors
4J i, was authorized to appoint a committee to pro-
k mote the work. In pursuance of this resolution.
a William O. Wallace, .loromo E. Morse, and
. ' Campbell C. Ilrown have been appointod with
ft power to add to their number. The rnmmlttce
A J was Instructed to sound the sentiment In llroait-
? 5 lyn and to determine what man is best titled to
1 undertake tho formation of the battalion and
,; to command it until it Is muttered Into the
, I Htate service. A meeting of tlie committee for
"I ,1 purposes of organization will be held at the
k Oxford Club to-night.
(
l THE AISSIY'H UE A 1.1 IT,
, it- Burcoa.Oeaernl Mlrrnbera; Ho;i I Was
y ' Uettep I-uat Year Than liver llerore,
i WAniS0T0N, Oct. O.-burgcon-Oeneral Stern-
S . berg's report for the year ended on June 30,
H ;-f 1800, to the Secretary of War was made publlo
W, to-day. Of the health of the army tie says:
K Zfi "All the rales that are usually considered by
F l alatlsttclans as throwing light on the physical
Ii, Wt condition of a community have been lower than
I'; fS; In any previoue year of the recorded history of
14 ii- ODr army. The number constantly sick was
Jgi 113.80 per thousand of strength us compared
ff IKr with .14.40 during 1NU4, and 41.87 as the aver-
V Kf age annual rale of the preceding ten years. The
i, j tnortallty rale from all causes was 6. IB per
U SkT thoatand of utreugth, as compared with 0.00 In
''r JK(' 1804 and 7.8S for the preceding decade. The
;F ' lowealjProvlous rats was 0.3 J, In 1880,"
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BBBsamfaT.'..'- tT,t'.l -v -. - -j ,.,'. , ' ,,,
ocxj.it UAiL-CAnnxino bkoobdb.
The Time Mads by the Blst Ltaera la e.
tlast Postal Matter to Lendoa.
WAsnraaTow. Oct 0. Capt. Drooks, super
intendent of the foreign malls service, has pre
pared a statemsnt showing the number of trips
made In a year by the transatlantic steamers,
the average time occupied in each trip, and the
quickest time made in conveying the United
Butts malls from Mow York to London and to
Paris during the last fiscal year. The number
of hours stated does not Indicate the time con
sumed In the sea voyage, but only the period
elapsing between the actual receipt of the malls
at the Post Offlco In New York and their de
livery at the Pott Office In London or Paris.
The statement of the quickest time made by
tho lines Is as follows :
Cunard (New York to London, via Queens
town)! Lucanla, 11 trips, 167.1 hours; Cam
pania. 13 trips. 168.1 hours; Etrurla, 111 trips.
100.S hours; Umbrla, 13 trips, 174 hours;
Hervla, 3 trips, -'01 hours; Auranla, 7 trips,
201.0 hours.
Hnmbnrg-Amerlcan (Now York to London,
la Southampton): Fncrst nismarck. 7 trips,
17U.3 hours; Normannio, 7 trips. 174.7 hours;
Augusta Victoria, 7 trips, 178.1 hours; Colum
bia. (1 trips, 177.1 hours.
White Star (New Vork to London via Queens
ton): Teutonic. 13 trips, 170.1! hours: Majestic.
13 trips. 173.0 hours; Germanic 11 trips, 107
hours; llrllannlc. 13 trips, 310.4 hours: Adriatic,
3 trips, S3S.3 hours.
American (New Vork to London, via Queens
town nnd via Southampton): New York, 16
trips, 173.1 hours: St. Louis. 13 trips. 108.0
hours; St. Paul. 10 trips. 1011.7 honrs; Paris, 13
trln, 170.3 hours; Ilerlln, 3 trips, 318.4 hours.
North German Lloyd (New Vork to London
via Southampton): Havel, 13 trips. 184.0 hours;
Lahn, 10 trips. 183.1 hours: Aller, U trips,
lUO.fl hours; Sprse. 13 trips, 180.1 hours:
Travs, 8 trips, 101,0 hours: Saale, 0 trips, 100.3
hours; Kms. G trips, IIIH.7 hours: Fulda. 4
trips. 301.3 hours: Kaiser Wllhelm II., 1 trip,
31ri hours; Werra, 1 trip, 330.7 hours,
Orneral Transatlantic (New Vork to Paris,
via Havre): La Touraine, 10 trips, 180.3 hours;
La Hretagne, 0 trips. 1 114.1 hnurt: La Hour
gognno, 13 trips, lull. G hours: L Champagne,
7 trips. 100.0 hours: La Uascngne. 10 trips, 300
hours; La Normandie, 7 trips, 301.0 hours.
AitttT a.i .Arr oRDiins.
Z,eavea or Abaeaee nnd Trnaarora la the
Two Hervleea.
Wabhinoton, Oct. 0. These army and navy
orders have been Usucd:
Capu James c. Arres, ordnance department, will
make not exceeding four visits per month during
October, November, and December from Governor's
Islsnd, lo the wor-s of the Pond Machine Tool Com
pany, PlalDfleld. X. J., on oftlcUl business pertaining
to the inspection of 10-tncli disappearing gun car
riages. The following transfers In the Sixth Inrantry are
made:
Second I-leut. narry H. Hanilholtz, from Company
C to Company 1; S'cond Lieut. Dwlght W, Ryiher,
from Company I to Company C. First Lieut, uercrly
W. Dunn, ordnance department, will proceed from
Iranxford Arsenal to the works of she American Ord
nance Comrany. Prldreport. on oClclal business per
tklnlnr to the Inspection of shrapnel.
Unl Lieut. IWiert L. Ihiwt. Mxtn Cavalry, at his
owu request, will be rulleTed from duty at the I'nlted
Btates Military Academy, "ov. 1, and will proceed to
Join his troop.
First I.lsut. John 1. Ryan. Sixth Cava'ry. will report
In person fur duty to the superintendent of the
United states Military Academy.
Leave for two months, to take effect on Nor. 1. Is
granted tecontl Lieut. Hamilton S. nankins. Fourth
cavalry.
The following transfers In the Fifteenth Infantry
are made Second Lieut. Henry J. llunt, from Com
pnnr C to Company K: Se ond Lieut. Oeorgs J p.
Ueefcs. from Company O to Company I; Second Lieut.
Kdward T. llarttnann. from Company 1 to Company
U Pecond Lieut, Ilerschel Topes, from Company to
Company C
Lrave granted rirst Lieut. Lewis It Koehlsr, Klnth
Cavalry. Is extended ten dfivs.
Flrt Lieut. E. M. Suplee. Third Cavalry, will be re
lieved from further dim at that post on tht arrival
there of Second IJeut. John christian, second Cavalry,
nnd vin proceed to Join his troop at Jefferson bar
racks. Missouri.
An army retiring Hoard Is appointed, to meet st
the Government llospital for tar Insane n-ar this
city, for the examination ot Capt. Robert II. Binham,
assistant surgeon.
Leave for one month on surgeon's certificate of dis
ability la granted to Capt. Edmund Rice. Fifth in
fantry. Leave for twenty days is granted to First Lieut
John P. Ryan. Sixth Cavalry.
Leave for one month Is granted Capt. Edgar 8. Dud
ley. Assistant Quartermaster.
Ldward G. llathcy seventh Cavalry, having ben
found by an Lxamlidng Dosrd unfitted for nromotlon
on account ot blivslcat disability contracted In the
Hue of duty, win proceed tn his home.
1'ave tcr four montns on surgeon's certificate of
disability Is granted Capt. Oeorge E. lloylem. First
Cavalry.
Cant. Charles 1L Rockefeller. Ninth Infantry, is re
lieved from rurtherduty at Slount Union College. Al
liance. o and Is detall-d as professor of military
science and tactics at Denlson f'nlverslty. Oranvthe, O.
Leave for teQ days Is jrranted Mrst Lieut. Francis O.
Irwin. Jr.. Second Casalry, rerrtiltln? omcer.
The following tranarers of officers are ordered to
take effect thl date:
Major David H. Klntle. from the Fifth Artillery to
the Third Artillery: UJor John It. 51) rick, from the
Third Artillery to the Fifth Artillery.
Major 3t rlcrf will report by letter to the Command.
Inx ueneral. Department of the Last, for assignment
to a station.
Knslxn IV. D. Blatner Is ordered to duty at Pitts
burgh. Lieut. C. P. Plunkit Is detached from Indian Head
and ordered to the Terror.
Tionnnn nx a TitAur.
fisher nasi 1IU Frlrads Are 1-ooklBC fr
Illtn with Gobs,
Lake Ohove. L. L, Oct. 0. Sunday morning,
while James Fisher, a laborer, who lives In a
cottage here, was away at church and his wife
and small eon were alone In the house, a burly
Italian walked in and demanded money of Mrs.
Fisher. When Mrs. Fisher refused the tramp
seized her by the throat. The woman fought
him while the boy ran to thehuuseof James
McCormlck, another laborer, tho nearest neigh
bor. Mrs. Fisher succeeded In eettlnc free from
the tramp and, rueliingup stairs, she locked her
self In a room. 'I lie man proceeded to ransack
the houeo. llureau drawers were pulled out
and the contents spilled on the floor. In one
was a purse cuntalnlng about $100. The tramp
secured this and paused in the road long enough
to pick up a big stone and hull It at Mrs. Kisher.
It smashed the window pane, but the woman
managed to get out of the way.
The boy and Mrs. McCormlck arrived soon
after the tramp had left. An hour later Fisher
returned from church and heard the story. He
and McCormlck armed themselves and started
nut in pursuit of the robber. Others look up the
hunt, and it has been kept up at intervals yes
terday and to-day, but so far without success.
LOCKZIi UP AS A CHECK TOROBIl.
JTrnak Soblnsoa rvanpeetcd nr Belonstlas ta
the llecker OanR.
Albany. Oct. 0. Frank Iloblnson, alias Dr.
Frank Roberts, allns Rosevelt Ferris, was ar
rested here this morning and Is In Jail charged
with forgery In tbo second degree. Iloblnson,
who comes from New Vork, Is believed to be a
member of the Decker gang of forgers, which
committed many crimes and was broken up
only recently. On Robinson's person were
found checks, several of them on Syracuse
banks. All were Mtfned and endorsed. On last
Saturday afternoon Koblnson presented at the
Mechanics' and Farmers' Hank a check pur
porting to have been signed by H. T. Hull of this
city. The clerks becamo suspicions, and when
they asked Koblnson for references be went
away. He went to Troy nnd registered at the
Troy House as Hoses eit Ferris. Hank Officer
Connors gut a description of tbu man and
started after him.
Koblnson waived examination, and was held
toawult the action of the Urand Jury.
TO BAYE THE LIFE HAYEKS.
Farmer Greea'a Hoa Htart Out to JCvaa
Celiac the Jersey Coast.
Lono lliuMCii, Oct. 6. John Henry Green,
eon of John Green, a wealthy farmer, started
on an evangelistic tour to-day. Mr. Oreen's
territory Is between Rarnegatand Sandy Hook,
and the life savers of the sixteen stations will
be the subject of his careful nttsntlon. Ills
sslary will depend on the liberality of the peo
ple in subscribing tn aid him In saving the life
savers. Mr. Oreun's territory covers ilfty-one
miles,
Brooklyn's Prospective Naval Hospital,
Washington. Oct. 0. Secretary Herbert has
adopted the plan submitted tn competition by
Smithmcyer, the designer of the Congress
Library, for the new ward of the lirooklyn Na
val Hospital, nnd In a few dars will Invite pro
posals tor Its construction within the J60.UOO
appropriated by Congress. The plans call for a
structure of whllo brick and marble of classic
lines, designed In accordance with the most ap
proved modern practice at home and abroad In
public hospitals.
Cashier Hcodeld Critically III.
Lono niUNCIi, Oct. 0. K. ScoGold, cashier of
tliu First National Hank nf New Vork, Is criti
cally 111 at the Garland cottage. Ocean avenue.
Klberon. Mr. Bcotield has not been enjoying
good health for some time. Ills attending phy
sician ordered him to tuko a European trip last
summer, but as the season advanced his tondl
tiou improved and tho trip was postponed. Mr.
Scofleld was taken with a hemorrhage a few
days ago. Yesterday bis condition changed for
the worse. To-day it was learned at Klberon
that Mr. Scotlelrt was resting easier. The Sco
field family have bsen at Elbcron since April.
1
MRS. WIDMAYER'S DESPAIR
AJtOVT TO XIZ.Z, njERBRLT TTlUtir
OTEItTAKEN JIT A jrOLZCBJltJ.lt.
Her Tlaefcaad, Who la a Broker, Ilad Cert
tier After at Final Qaarrel, aad Itla
Father Sefaeed to Bse Her-Aa Appar
BtBeooaalllatloala theTorkvllteCoort.
A neatly attired youna woman with fair
hair cried alond and wrung her hands as she
hurried along 'West Seventy-second street to
ward the North River at 11U6 o'clock Mon
day nUht. Sho was thickly veiled, and wora
a sealskin boa, a tallor-mado blank saoque, nnd
a dark walking dross. It Is an unusual thing to
see a woman unaccompanied tn that neighbor
hood at hour, and Policeman Totten. on catching
sight ofjier. followed. Bhe turned on hearing;
his footsteps, and, seotnr, his uniform, began
to run toward the wall thnt protects the west
ern embankment of Rlverrlde Drive at this
point, Tho roadway Is rough, and shs stum
bled on a bit of rosk and foil to the ground.
Regaining her feet qulokly sho started for the
wall anew.
There Is a sheer fall: of about forty feet to
tbo roadbed of the Hudson River Railroad at
this point. Before she reached the wall the
tollceman caught her arm and detained her.
Ho told her that he would bo compelled to ar
rest her If she went further.
"Oh, let medio; let me diel" the woman
cried hysterically. "I am vory unhappy. I
haven't a friend In tho world, and J don't
want to live."
When he was off his guard Bhe broke front
his hold, and made a frantlo dash for the wall.
He started after, and this time took a firm
grip of her arm and told her tht she was a
prisoner. Ho brought her to the West Sixty
eighth street station house. Acting Sergeant
Ohm tried for a long time to find out why she
had attempted to kll herself.
"I'll die. anyhow." sho moaned. "You
wou't ho able to provent mo always."
A card In her pecketbook bore the name of
Henry Wldtnnyer, a brokor. of 1G3 West Sixty
sixth street, and tho prisoner finally admitted
that she was Rose Wldmnycr, tho wife of the
broker. Sho said that her husband had sepa
rated from her, and thnt she didn't care to
live. She was almost in hysterics by this
time, and the Sergeant sent her to Matron
Valentino nt the West Forty-seventh street
station housp. She cried lier-elf to sleep there,
while the matron watched her anxiously, as
she kept repeating her threat to kill herself.
Meontlmo tho Sixty-eighth street police
lenrnwd that Mrs. Widmnyer's attempt nt
mlclde had followed nn unsuccessful effort
to procure an Interview with her father-ln-lnw.
who lives nt tho Hotel Kndlcott and Is well
off. Sho ha 1 left her one-year old child behind
In her fli.t on tho first floor at 153 West Sixty
sixth stre-t at 10 o'clock, and hod gone to the
hotel und begged to see Henry Wldmajer, Sr.
He refused to seo her.
The police also learned that Mr, "-'ldmarer
was Rote Jacobs b-foro her marrlago In tier
many to young Wldciaycr. six years ogo. They
moved to the flat In W-st sixth-sixth street
four months ago, and had had a number of
quarrels. Two months ago, according to tho
neighbors, Wldmayer left tho flat and didn't
return until last Thursdav, when the couple
had a stormy Interview, at tho end o' which ha
left bis wtfo In tears.
After Mr. Wldmayer'a arrest another tenant
In .ho flat went to the Hotel Endlcott with a
message from the prisoner, asking her husband
or his father to come tn her assistance.- The
tenant told the police that she could not get
any answer to tho second appeal. Word was
sent to her Bister, who Is a governess In a
wealthy family living In West Seventy-second
street, and the sister accompanied her to
tho Yarkvllle Court yesterday morning. Mrs,
Widmaser was still hysterical, and her eyes
were swollen with weeping. She sat In nn
anteroom with her sister beside her until
Magistrate Deuel's arrival.
Her husband and nls father, who had been
sitting among the spectators, asked to spenk
to the Magistrate when the prisoner was
brought to the bar. She told the Magistrate
that she was SS years old. After Policeman
Totten had detailed the rircumstances of the
arrest. Broker Widmayer stepped forward and
begged for the release nf the prisoner.
"My wife is subject to hysterics." ho said,
"and this Incident is the outcome of one nf
the-o fits. I can assure vou that she will be
well taken care of, and that this will not oc
cur again."
Magistrate Deuel looked pleased at the evi
dences ot a reconciliation between the conple,
and be discharged Mrs. Wldmayer. The hns
band and wife got Into a cab and were driven
back to the Cat. Broker Widmayer refused
to say anything about the case. His father,
however, said later that It was not true that
bis sun had neglected his wlfo. The two had
their disagreements, he added, but his son al
ways was. and was still willing to support ber.
Youne Wldmayer was formerly manager
for a brokeragn firm at 01 West Twenty
eighth street. He was unlucky In business
and the firm dissolved. It was said yesterday
that his father was going to establish a busi
ness for him.
rovxD he a n is the woods.
Tosse Appel IVne TJespaasteat Dseaas He
Couldn't Ijara av Trade.
Two boys who were looking for chestnuts
yesterday afternoon In a strip of woods near
Evergreen Cemetery. In Newtown, came across
the dead body of a yonng man. Paris green was
scattered all around, and the boys on searching
the man's pockets found a card with the name
of Theodore Appel and the address 10117 Jeffer
son avenue, Brooklyn, upon it. After notifying1
a hotel keeper of their discovery, the boys went
to tho Jefferson avenue address, where Mrs.
Samuel Heck, a tenant, told them that a Mrs.
Appel had lived thereuntil last Friday, when
she moved to 103 Schaffer street,
Mrs. Appel la a widow. Her husband, who
bad a large clothing business at 1410 Broad
way, Brooklyn, died a year ago, leaving a good
deal of property, lneludlng a bouse at 10117
Jefferson avenue. A few weeks ago Mrs. Appol
exchanged the house for the one In Schaffer
street. For several years her son hod vainly
tried to learn a trails. A month ago he at
tempted to become a cigar maker Ha was dis
charged by his employer a few days afterward,
nnd ft made him despondent. It was said that
some of his friends made fun of his misfortune.
When his mother began lo move from tho
Jefferson avenue house to Schaffer street nn
Friday the young man went among his friends
and bade them all good-br. It is thought that
be went direct to the woods and committed
suicide.
Denies That He Attempted Satelde.
When Henry Moritz. a salesman of 10S Van
Buren street, Brooklyn, who waa found nearly
asphyxiated by Illuminating gas In a room of
the Carleton House, South Eighth street and
Kent avenue, on last Friday morning, was ar
raigned In the Lee avenue police court yester
day nn the charge of attempted sulolde be told
Justice Goatling that there must be some mis
take about the case. He added that he hadn't
the slightest recollection of engaging a room or
of purchasing the rubber tube that was found
tn his possession. Moritz denied also that he
had taken Intoxicants lately. He was dis
charged. rilxteas. year-old Olrl Comutta Suicide.
Brr.ONK. L, I Oct. 6. Bertha ninksman, the
Blxteen-yasr-old daughter of D. S. Uinksman,
swallowed four ounces of laudanum last night
and died from Its effects. The motive for the
suicide is not known. Coroner Haleey of Hemp
stead will mako an Inquiry Into the cause of the
ecu
Kaoeked Down by a lilcyallst aad Bert
oualr Xajured.
Coroner Nason of Brooklyn had his attention
called last night to the Critical condition of
Martin J. Flaherty, 00 years old, of 2H Fillmore
place, who was ruu dowii last Saturday night
by a bicyclist at Grand street and Graham ave
nue. Flaherty had been waiting on a corner for
a car to go to his home. Wbena carcnmealong
he stepped from the curb nnd was about lo get
on the rear platform when the bicyclist tame
along. Flaherty was struck In the aide and
fell. The wheelman was unseated, but quickly
mounted his wheel and rode off. Nobody rec
ognized him. Flaherty was carried into a store
and an ambulance was summoned. It was
found that his skull nas fractured.
Charchea Most Ilnve Unlet la TTIlllama.
huricli.
The congregations of the Burhwlck avenue
Methodlst,Uapllst,aud Congregational churches
in Brooklyn have for a loog time been annoyed
at the Sunday mornlug service by the passing
of funerals and various chicles. The pastors
nf each, the Rev, Frank B. I'lilinm, the Rev,
1 homas J. Whlttaker, and the Iter. .'. W.
King, vainly tried to secure quiet In that ave
nue during the hours of the morning service.
They appealed last week to Police Commis
sioner Welles, and now a policeman is stationed
In front of each church on Sunday, to warn the
drivers of funerals and of all other vehicles to
slow down when passing the three churches.
New Offleere for the Packer laatitute.
B. H. Smith has been elected President of the
Packer Institute In Brooklyn, and B, F. Bel
lamy Secretary. The value of the property has
been Increased to the extent of (100,000 In the
last twelve years.
Whipcord holds tho samo posi
tion nmoii oloths as wiro does to
tho Btronrrost string mndo. Tough
as wiro is whipcord's definition,
and in making it tough, bounty
wasn't lost sight of.
All wool, you ask. No neod for
that question horo wo'vo nothing
olse.
Whipcord long-trousor suits for
boys up to 16 years ; Bhort-trousor
Buits, singlo and doublo-broastod ;
top-coats of same material.
TVhst we leave unsaid, our little book says. Do
yon want It r Your name and address Is all that's
needed.
Koqers, Peet & Co.
Prlaee and Broadway.
Warren and Iimadway.
Thirty-set ond and Broadway.
OX,EA80X Sim ELY A. CITIZEX NOW.
To Avoid Farther Complleatloas lie Has
Taken Out New Fapera.
Mayor Gleasnn of Long Island City Is a citi
zen now beyond question. It was Jnst a week
ago yesterday that he appeared tn the United
States District Court for the Southern District
of New York and took out the necessary papers.
When the Mayor's action became known In
Long Island City It caused a good deal of sur
prise. Ever stneo tbe commencement of the
proceedings to set aside his naturalltatlon pa
pers he has contended that he bad already
taken out two sots. The first set of papers was
Issued to him In 1807. Subsequently papers Is
sued In 1808 were declared Illegal, and Mr.
Glensan, thinking that his were issued In that
year, and not being ablo to And them, decided
to takeout another set. He made the applica
tion, but before receiving the papers found the
first set. and abandoned the proceedings upon
discovering that the original papers were Issued
In 1807.
The political opponents of the Mayor In Long
Island City are Jubilant over the latest effort of
Mr. Gleason to become a citizen. They say
that be has now admitted that his first papers
were illegal. Inasmuch as he has stated that he
believed him'elf under age at the time he ar
rived In this country, while a copy of the par
ish record in the county In Ireland where he
first saw the light ot day shows that he must
have been nearly SI years old when he landed
here, tome nt them expect to see tho big Mayor
nut out or nfllce before tho end nf the week, but
their expectations will not bo rcalizrd as soon
as that nr at any lime If what tbe Mayor and
his counsel say proves to be correct. In con
nection with Mayor Gleason'e application for
the new set of papers George W. btephens, his
counsel, made this statement yesterday:
" Gleason made the application lo be nat
ural I red for the reason that he did not wish
that any claim could possibly bo made in the
future thnt he bad failed to take out proper let
ters nf naturalization after having received no
tice that there was a possible mistake in his
original application. An additional considera
tion for tnking the step that be did was that he
did not wl h any possible question to exist as to
bis eligibility for the office of Presidential
elector nn the sound-money Democratic ticket.
In regard tn his official acts as Mayor nf Long
Island City they cannot be impeached under
any circumstances, the law being that tbe acts
of a de facto officer cannot be questioned when
be Is actually In possession or an office."
Mayor Gleason said yesterday that there
could now be no further doubt about his being
a citizen.
" I have gono through thn process of being
made one three times now." said the .Mayor,
"and ought to be a pretty good citizen by this
time. These papers are Anal, nnd I simply took
this step In order to pro ent annoyance and any
long drawn out litigation. Tbe act will not af
fect my office as Mayor or my previous official
acts. What my opponents and those in sym
pathy with them may my about my latet act
will not trouble me. I have received tho en
dorsement or a sufficient number of tho voters
of Iong Island City to convince me that I was
wanted or I should not have been chosen. Ever
since I held public office I have been opposed by
a certain element that fenrcd exposure and ar
raignment before the peoble. The result Is that
my every step has been antagonized. Hnt they
will find now. as they have In the past, that I
am equal to them, and tbat I am Just as much
If not more of a citizen thnn some of them .
"When a boy in Ireland I hoisted an Ameri
can flag over a barracks there, and while In this
country I have ncer raised the British flag. J.
Rufus Terry, one nf those active in this case,
seldom falls to fly the Ilritlsh flag on Inde
pendence Day. Several years ago he came very
near being severely dealt with by a number of
citizens provoked by his Knellsh ideas, and he
escaped only through the efforts of n neighbor.
I would not care to question any man's citizen
ship without good cause, but I should like to
see Terry's papers."
Bit. WIJA VOH STOCKHOLDERS MEET
Ther Are Httll Hopeful of Establishing:
Their Clnltne.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Drawbaugh Telephone and Telegraph Com
pvy, held at S Wall street, yesterday, John R.
Bartlstt and H. C.Andrews of this city, Frank
Jones of New Hampshire, Parker C. Chandler
of Boston. CoL J. F. Stokes of Philadelphia, and
James Jourdan and Abel E. Hlackmar of Brook
lyn were elected directors. President Bartlett,
tn his report, gave the present status of tele
phone litigation and of the Government suits
against the Bell company, and stated that tho
Drawbaugh oa was practically reoponcd by
the last. He alluded at length to the hill pend
ing before Congress removing the teohnlcHl bar
of two years' publlo use, which waa Imposed
upon Drawbaugh by the ruling of tbo t'ommlsi
sloucrof Patents. The enate Committee nn
Patents In June last presented a report favora
ble to the bill, and recommending Its pasragc In
tbe public Interest. The Senate will probably
act upon the report during thu coming session.
Presuming, he said, tbat snrli action Is favora
ble, tbecntlre question of the Drawbaugh claims
will be reonened In spite of the recent action of
the Court of Appeals of the District of Colum
bia, which appears to have adopted the decision
of the Supreme Court of the United States ren
dered in lKMS as filially settling all questions
against Drawbaugh that could at any time
thereafter arise.
President Bartlett said that he spoke at
length nn this phase of the company's long
legal fight, as some misapprehension might
exist, owing to recent despatches from Wash
ington regarding tho action ot the Court of
Appeals. Other officers of the company ex-
Sressd confidence that thn outcome of tbe
overnmsnt suits will be favorable to tbe Draw
baugh Company, and that the hill now pend
ing Tn Congress will be paused.
"West WSt
$ "RELIABLE"
CARPETS
iIt wishes were horses "
Our Carpet Department Ii m.ut opened up to tfco
people for free coin ga of wlihrs Into realities. is'o
carpH want, hove. er greats accompanied tj funds,,
liowerrr mall, but may be tatuned with tbe help of
our "Long Credit" ftitem.
Erery wtave we make, ts Reliable," competed of
purpit wool, colored with the beit dyei ere r dUUMed,
designed, in many caaes, after exquisite old textiles
of other centuries, raitly more beautiful than purely
modern patterns.
Iclne tb best T pea try Carpet t QS
ents per yard.
CASH or CREDIT
(OWPERTHWAIT tO.
104, 106 nnd 108 West 14 St.
NEAR 6?AV.
BrooKIyn Stores: Flalbush Av. nearRiftonSL.
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TRROWN TO THE SHARKS.
HPJLXir'B ItBW ALLIES XX HER WAR.
TAKE OX CUBA.
Tram Sept. 1 to SO Hlxty-threa Persona
Were Takea Ontalde or Havana Uarbor
aad Throvva lato the Haa-The Uonater
X.a Ban-era la Now the Chief or Police.
lUVAKa, Oot. 3, via Tamps, Fla., Oot. 0.
Since Sept. SB the Insurgents have remained In
the outskirts of Quanabnco and the Vlbora (be
yond Jesus del Monte, Havana suburbs), firing
at the forts of both places. This Is reported by
Spanish officers, but not published In the papers.
The censorship Is stricter than aver, a proof
that things are not farorabls to the Govern
ment. Tbo office of Chief of Polloe. corresponding to
Colonel of the Army, has been given to Com
mander La Ilarrera, because no Colonel of the
army has been willing to accept the office
under the conditions of dishonesty and cruelty
Imposed by Weyler,
Awful orlmeaaro committed every night by
order of La Ilarrera and Gov. Porrua, who Is of
the same type as La Uarrera. Every night at
tho Police Headquarters some prisoners are
taken out and put on tho books as released.
These Individuals are guarded by one "Cela
dor" (police delegate) and two policemen, and
taken, between 1 and 3 o'clock A. M to n land
ing place at the entrance of the harbor two
blocks from the Police Headquarters. Onoe
there the prisoners and the three policemen
step In a boat and start off.
They do not land anywhere, but after a while
tho officers come back without the prisoners.
This action has been watched night after night.
From Sept. 1 to Sept. 8(3 sixty-thrse prisoners
have disappeared In this way, drowned outside
of Morro Cattle.
The last two victims wero drowned on Sept.
0. They were an old and a young man. On
stepping Into the boat, the old man asked where
they wero bound to. The young man said:
"Why, don't you know? We are going to be
murdered."
The policeman gavn the young mnn a blow
which knocked his e e out, slapped nnd kicked
him, then started and never came back.
. The reason why these victims are token out
of the harbor Is on account of the Immense
number of sharks which gut hold of the bodies
and leave no trace. The families of ofllccrs liv
ing In Jlorro Castlo and tho Cabnnns have
complained of the lamentations and cries they
hear lato in the night. The cries arc attributed
to prisoners ill-treated aud takwi out.
On bept. -'II a fisherman notitled the police nf
tho presence of two dead bodies nn thu seashore
next to the Morro. These bodies wero dreesed
like country people, about SO and M years of
ago. Tho elder one showed Un bullet wounds
In the back, live bavonet wound In Iheslomnch
and chest nnd throat. The young man had a
bullet wound In the thigh and soternl Imjnnct
wounds In thn body und thrnnt. Their hands
were tied behind their backs and nieces of ropo
were tied to their necks. The bodies seemed lo
have been In the water for eume time. The
bodies were seen by a number of people, who
were driven away by Spanish soldiers. Tho
wounds were made by Mnustr bullets.
On Inst Thursday night Drombln, Cars de
O uar a, and Hoca. wer taken from prison ut
night, carried a few miles outside of Havana
and shot to death. The record in the police book
said thoso men had been released.
Loth the Spanish and the insurgents are burn
ing sugar mills. Two weeks ago nineteen were
burned In Matanzas province. In Havana pro
vince nil are being burned.
In Tapaste. near Havana, thirty Spaniards
wore overpowered nnd killed by the Insurgents.
Troops camn too late to the rescue, hut entered
the town and killed pracofnl nnd unarmed peo
ple, among them a Mayor, a Spaniard.
The Cuban leader, l.aso, took the town of Las
Canas and burned most ot It.
TEELOW TKTEK IX THE AH3IT.
C81 Spaalsh Soldiers Die or the Disease
la Xea Ilare.
Havana. Oct. 2. Tho sanitary report for the
first ten days of September was published yes
terday. According to It there were In the atmy
during that period 281 deaths from yellow
fever, 11 from dysentery, 0 from malaria, 8
from typhoid fever, S from phthisis, OH from
other dlneaset, and seven from wounds. The
total number of patients in the military hos
pitals on Sept. 10 was 0.475, of which 1,033
were suffering from yellow fever, 1,331 from
malaria, and 520 from wounds.
The steamer Santlogo, which left here yester
day, takes Francisco Tolon. Joso M. Haposo
Lopez, Antonio Jos6 Valdos Macbado, Jos6 Fun
dora Perez. Manuel Planas Ilodrlguez, Jo6
Saenz Medina, Antonio Llnrente, Mariano Sal
cedo, and Jos6 Estrada, all political prisoners
on their way to the Chufarlnas Island north
east of Morocco. Tolon is a Spanish citizen,
brother of Samuel Tolon, the American citizen
who was released at tho demand of the United
States Consul. I'lnnas Is a Pharmacist of Hay
amo. In May last he was arrested on thu charge
of aiding the rebellion. Ills friends say thnt ha
never mixed in politics. He nas tho accepted
suitor of n beautiful youug u'dow whu had re
fused to marry a Spanish officer. Impelled by
j(alouty thu latter denounced Planns ns a
traitor.
'Iho sugar planters In Sanctl Splritus have
been notitled that hereafter they must pny for
the- inaintenuncn nf tho soldiers detailed to
Ihelr estates nr the details will be withdrawn.
heveral persons were urreled in Sanctl pir
Itus eurly this wock. lien. Lopez Amor, one of
v eyler'a favorites, has taken command of the
district.
Advices from Puerto Prlnclpo aro that the
patriots havinir seized most of the (uttlulntho
province, meat Is very scarce in that city.
The old Cunard liner (iallla. now the new
Spanish kteamer Alvamdn Diw.an. arrited here
a fon days ago with 12.170 soldiers from tsualn.
El At inatUtr Qtmrrclnl, a rabid Spanish organ,
publishes nn article tho essence of which Is thnt
It is ridiculous to authorize the quotation nf
gold coin ngninst bank bills at the Mock Ex
change, while merchants are hing fined he
cause the; refuse In accept the bills at par. The
premium on gold yesterday was JliS percent.
The highest during the ten year' war was 11H
percent. In 1871.
Advices from Santiago de Cuba are that Gen.
Calltlo Garcia will accompany Maximo Unman
In the coming Invasion of the western provinces.
The Spanish Gen. Ilnzan Is sick at tbe Jucaro
and Moron trocha.
I'lOHXXXO IX yiXAR DEE ItlO.
The Mpanlall Say They Have TToa noma or
the IIICEs't FtEUts of tbe War.
Havaka, Oct. 0. Llcut.-Col. Grnnados re
ports that shortly after his column left I'Inar
del ltto City yesterday, he found at Qtmrna und
Cantabrla a Spanish column surrounded by
3,000 Insurgents, who bad brrn scutbyMaceo
lo attack the Spaniards. Llcut.-Col. Granados
made a vigorous attack upon the enemy, who
fired twelve ennuon shots at close range. A
prompt retreat to Cantavrla saved Ornnados's
command, its well us the Spanish troops which
had been surrounded,
'1 he Spanish forces were united nt Cantabrla,
and In the mean time tho ln-tirgents had taken
positions at I.oina lilnnca. The united Spanish
forces made an attack upon the tnsurgi ntt,
who were dislodged from their positions after
a tight lasting lit o hours. Tho Insurgents lost
elirhty killed nnd a large number wounded,
Tho Spaniards hml twelve killed and ninety
two wounded. Including four olllcrrs, Lieut.
Col. Grunadns had started to march Imck to
Piuardel lllo. when at 3 P. M. lie heard can
nonading on tbo other sido nf the hills.
Vesteroay a (lerco engagement occurred nt
Teja ilel Negro letviren a force of 700 Spanish
troops under Gen. Ilornal and the forces of
Maceo. The inurgent occupied good nnd ex
tensive poslttous. The buttle began nl I) o'clock
In the morning, The enemy madn n stubborn
defence, hut were finally dislodged with a loss
of 100 killed. It Is raid that when titer retired
ther enrrled awny Suo wounded. Tho Spanish
losses were Lleut.-Col. Hoinero and Gen. Her
nnl's Adjutant, killed: I.leut.-Col. Clmzal and
eight other nfllcers wounded; 18 privates killed
and 05 wounded,
XEWAJIK'S fillOI'IsirXEB TUBE.
Front First to Last Hbr Munaced tn Keep
Her Identity to lleraelr.
The mysterious woman who w ns arrested a week
ago Baturday night for shoplifting In a New
ark department store and has since been locked'
up at Police Headquarters In that city, was re
leased yesterday upon pleading non vult and
paying $75 fine and costs. She has been known
since her arrest as Jane Doe, and has persist
ently refined to tell her namo or residence. In
spite nf the fart that hundreds have heen her,
nobody has told who she Is. In signing the
record yesterday, she hesitated for a second
only before signing Jane line. Then she smiled,
thanked Capt, Daly for his attentions, and went
out with her counsel. She Is a plainly dressed
and unprepossessing woman of 35 learn.
Overcome by Gus from a Htove.
While Mrs. Kate Ochs, a young married wo
man, was preparing supper last ovening on a
gas store at her home, 70 Dupont street, Ilrook
lyn, she wasovsreome by Illuminating gas that
was escaping from a leak. Her husband found
her unconscious on the floor on bit retnrn from
work. An ambulance was summoned and Dr.
Linden revived tht woman, bhe has a weak
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FREE FIOHT AT A PJtIMAlir.
Men ranched and Unlldlatc Fired at a Blath
Ward. New Ilrnaawlek. Meeting.
New IlrtVNBWiCK. N. .1.. Oct. 0.-There was a
Jolly row nt the Democratic primary held In Mo
Mnnus's plumbing shop In tbe Sixth ward last
night, Tho cause of tho trouble was the rivalry
over tho election nf delegates to the County Con
vention which meets In this city to-morrow
morning to name candidates for Sheriff and for
the Assembly. The voters known to their op
ponents as the "high-toned Irish" w ere making
too strong a bid for tbe balance of power In the
ward, and tho regulars who hale " silk stock
ings" on general principles mado up their minds
to give them a taste of practical politics In tbe
way of a slugglng-match primary that would
spoil their taste for ward politics.
Peter Francis Daly, the Chairman of last
year's primary, is n dignified young lawyer who
has been looked up to by tho younger Demo
crats In the w ard as a sort nf leader they could
trustfully follow. Mr. Daly Is an out and out
lirynn man. and so aro pretty neatly all the
Democrats in the ward, but a faotlon headed
by Daniel Smith, a former letter carrier, and
Aldermnn Thomas Kenney have no use for Mr.
Daly, particularly because he bad never done
anything for them.
" Tbero will ho hell to pay at that primary to
night," said the Smith followers. "If Daly at
tempts tu elect his delegates tothe Convention."
The urocn-dlhgs Justified the remark.
There were about one hundred men In the
plumbing shop and two hundred moro outside
ti hen Mr. Daly, as the Chairman of the last
primary, called the meeting to order. It was
nndcrstood, as a tradition tn ward politics, that
the first thing was lo elect the new Chairman.
The bmitli faction were rather dismayed nt the
number of Daly supporters, and tbe word was
fins-ed around lo make a mighty shout for Dan
el Smith forCbnirmun when nominations were
called for, and to stampede the primary if pos
sible. Mr. Daly mode a neat little speech In calling
the meeting to order, nnd expressed tbe hope
that the most representative men In the ward
would bo sent to tbo County Convention, and
that order and falrueos would characterise the
proceedings. He gave hit hearers to understand
that he did not wish to be Chairman of the pri
mary nguln. Mr. Daly was enthusiastically
cheered, and the Smith faction looked rather
uneasy nt the volume of the demonstration. At
tho call for nominations for Chairman a dozen
voices shouted, " Daniel Smith I" Kully twice as
many snouted, "James Fleming!" Then, as If
at a preconcerted signal, a half dozen Smith
men made a rush toward the platform, on which
sut Chairman Dally. Daniel smith knocked the
young lawyer spinning from tbe platform and
Jumped upon him as he touched the floor. In an
Instant the whole place was in an uproar.
ftmitli nnd Daly, men of nearly equal alio,
clinched and rolled over on the floor, each striv
ing to get in short-arm blows. The crowd In
the rear mado a rush lo get at the men who
were near tho platform and were recognized
as Smith men. Kvery man in tbe room put up
his fiat, either to strike or to ward off a blow.
The Daly men tried to get at thu Smith leaders,
and thn Smith men struck at anybody within
reach of their lists. Arms snot out right and
lefu The air was thick with profanity. There
was. the noise of ripping garments, and It was
hard to tell who was Letting licked, because all
were punching promiscuously.
Then the Secretary's table with Its lighted
lamp was overturned. The floor caught fire and
a tlamo shot up tn the celling. The fighters
rolled away before they were scorched. An
alarm was sent In, but before an engine arrived
less excited voters had thrown water on the
flames. Mr. Daly was hauled out with his neck
tie and collar gone and his frock coat ripped up
tho back. He was cut and bruised. Smith
looked even worse.
Af ;er five minutes' fighting everybody seemed
to Iinvu had enough, and tbe injured went to
near by drug stores and saloons to fix op their
wounds. Finally a cordon of police arrived and
order wns restored. The meeting was resumed
anil balloting for delegates went on with James
Fleming In the chair. .Mr. Daly'sdelegates won
by a voto of 400 to 80. No arrests were made.
yrho owner of tho property threatens to sue for
'damages.
yOISOXED RT STOVT.
Close Coll for .Three. Jersey Cltr Ilea
Bottle May Have Meld Home JMalraeat,
William Hums, a contractor, of 308 Union
street, Jorsey City, and John Packer of 188
Lexington avenue, stopped In P. J, Kelly's sa
loon at Clendenntng nnd Wsstslde avenues on
Monday evening to have a drink. They had
severnl rounds of drinks and cigars. As they
were about to leave Kelly suggested tbat they
liavo a parting drink. He said he had some One
old smut In the cellar, and he Insisted that they
should try some of it. They consented, of
course. Kelly went down to the cellar and
brought up bottle of stout. He drew the cork
with some difficulty, and poured the stout Into
three small glasses. The men drank It. Almost
immediately the men were eeired with vio
lent pains in the stomach. Kelly fell from
his chair and rolled around on the
floor writhing with pain. Hums hurried
to Dr. Oeorge S. Henwlck's bouse. (II
lirinkerhotf street. The doctor recogulxed the
symptoms of aconite poisoning. Burns's month
was burned and he had a violent retching. Dr.
ltrnwlck administered an antidote, and as soon
us he saw Hint Hums wns out of danger he wont
to the saloon and nttended to Kelly and Packer,
Hums nnd Packer were out of danger yesterday
afternoon, bin Kelly Is still in a critical con
dition. Dr. Henwlck's theory la that the bottle
had contained a powerful horse liniment of
which aconite was the principal Ingredient, and
thnt it bad not been properly cleansed before It
was filled with the stout. '1 he bottle and what
was left of the stout were turned over to Prof.
Henry Lohman, chemist nf the State Board of
Pharmac) . to make an analysis.
Cambria Iron Works to Close Indefinitely,
Johnstown, Pa.. Oct, 0. It was announced
officially to-night that practically every depart
ment of the great Cambria Iron Works will
closedown nt noon to-morrow for an Indefinite
period. Three thousend men will be affected.
SUBSTITUTION
the FRAUD of tho day.
See you get Carter's,
Ask for Carter's,
Insist and demand
CARTER'S Little Liver Pills,
The only perfect
Liver PilL
Take no other,
Even if
Solicited to do so.
Beware of imitations
of Same Color Wrapper,
RED.
REAL EtlAll AVCTXOX AAhES.
s
At the Droadwav Ileal r.stnte Salesroom yester
day Phdlp A. Smylh sold In partition Nos. ISO aad
1S8 East Eighty-third streot, two throe-story Eug.
Inn basement brick houses, lots each 18x100. 0
Hncus Loewenrel and William I'rager for (1T.SKI '
also No. 171 East 12Bd street, two-story.frame s
home, lot Slx.7xlrregularx74.l, to John J. Mu. I i
lane, for St. 630. . I !
William Kennelly sold In foreclosure. Xaegte 1 1
avenue, centre line. 230 feet southwest of Ell- ' (1
wnnd strevt, running northwest 3Ufl.4x southwest )
lSO.oKx southeast 312.7x100; also Naegle avenue. ,
centre line. 230 reel southwest of rente line of Ell.
wood street, southeast 230x southwest luox north- I
w.'st SSOx northoast 100. to the defendant, Ar- (
noln Eustlg. for Sto.noo; also. In fnrcclnsuro. No. 4
167 West 188d street, five-story brlct flat, lot 23 'Tt
xru.ll, to the plainttif, O. II. Winsiow, fur 9J2,- 'i
b70. M
Strong Ireland sold In foreclosure No. 209 East II
Twonty-fourlh street, four-story brick stable, lot ' )
St. 4 4-5103. tjW, to Cahen & Daumgard, for til,- t I
S00. t!
u. A. Derrlau sold In foreclosure No. 823 Bast (I
lBSd street, one-story frame building, lot 20x100,
to John II. Hcdulrk, for 2,073. I
Real Estate Frlvnte Hale. 1
At private contract, Eckel & Patterman have sold 1
conjointly with W. J. Itoomp. for Simuel Camp- 1
bell to It. J. Lewis. No. 245 West Twentieth street. 1
three-story brick dwelling, lot 20x03, on private j
terms. i m
Heal Estate Transfers. JB
SSthtt.ns, HOe West Endav. 18xl02.i!:Jno ,f H
O Baker snd wife to Julius Schullinger ... S109 U IB
07ihst,2t East; Donald McLean, referee, to s H
Julia Casper 8,0601 "
124th st, n s. 0 eCthav. 20x100.11; Elsra , 91
Hiluemann to John A klegargee . . . 1 . ,, 01
123d st. ts, IbO.H w I'ark a. 20 Hxl00.ll; I sis
Uustnv Hoot and wire to Julia Nhlers 1. Vmi
Madison nv. w. 10.11 w ISSd st. 20x80; Qeo l B5
K Miller and n tie to Annie MJcncs lftOOOjQ KI
tmtitt. 222 East; Julia Casper to ltobt I, rT AM
Knagjs I4,S0 Q M
12th tl.ws.HOn3thar.20xlOO.ll: Pradley , v I 3H
I, Eaton and wife to Ktara Ilelnneman .. 1 ' ,Sii1
132dst. s a. 2J3 w Amsterdam av, tf0xVV.U 3
Henry H Chase and wife lo same . ..1 m
12sthst. leswest; Ucrman Scheldebergand m
wife to AurustusCrrvcltng .... 100 m
182d tt, s . 220 w Amsterdam av. IMi'.'U.ll;
Klara liolnemann to Bradley 1. Katott ....exchsags & 9
17bth st, n s. 225 w Amsterdam av. 30x100; I
Jacob Hess to Union Ileal Estate Co 1 I
lAlst st. s, 244.V e Uorrls av 25.0x118.3: ".
Patrick Mathews to Anna II Merer ... 4,000
126tb tt. s k. 823 e 2d ar, 23x09 11; AnnaM '
tlaffney to MaryMarren I :
4vth st. 421 West; LcrettaA Jlarren toF.mma
UOaffney .... 10 I TL
Wst End av.nw cor 83d st, 20x70; Edwdll I il
Hyan and wire to Oeo F Donovan . ... 1 f m
Av c. nw cor ath ft, ltiSxlOh, Unlonpori; M
Ella A Cudllppto Amalle Saltmaun .... -
Amsterdam av, n w cur 15ntn st. luo.into .
101st stxU7S: JoseDh Loth Co to Ber-
nard and Henry A Loth s. X 't j
Hoeav.w s. 273s Jennings st. 23x100; John ,1
Hansen and wife tn Amy llolmcren . . . 4V600 A
Lot 114. map of bulldlnc lots in v'sth ward by
Henry CTnomnsou, 23x100 Sophie Duden TI
to Ane'nContreros and ano ... 10 A 'si
Whltest,C2. Miriam tWIIIamaioClaraWTtll- 4. I
man , .... 1 M
Qoerck tt. US; Anna Vogcl to Republic Far- M)r0$fll
Ings and Loan Asso ... 0,009 I flsvssl
27thsl.440and 442 Went; Philip llcfiovern I MM
to Alice MetJovern . .... . 1,000 ' J T tafs il
8Slh st, IBS West: A Brltton Havens and wife A uBBbI
tuJesephlne H. Hoole 109 slaaaaaa1
Southern Boulevard, w , fO n lti?fh St. 23x - tsaaal
100, Walter W Truslcv and lfo to Ella- aUaaaaaal
bethKixrh B.800
Columbine tt,ns. 73 w Jefferson av. 23xl0; '
Ellen Donobue aud ano to ltobt J lie- tfaaV
Craekln . . .. 8,000 saSH
Van Cor ear place, n w s, lots 100 and 110. aaasV
map North Marble Hill: also s e s Terrure
View av, lot 203. and e 4C'-; ft of lot am).
same map; Fredc rle K Camp and ano, exrs, LftsM
to Howard McK Klrkland . . 8.000 K
Terrace View av. lot 203. and o 1S' ft lot ','0(1. Wmt
same map; Frederic E Camp to r'rederto E
Camp and ano as exors .. . 1 9B
78th st.n. 1H3 e 3th av. 22x102.2, Wra W fssS ,
Hall to Emll'.eTleaher . 1 Wm
SOth st, ss. 1 IB 4 b Usdlson av. 70 8x100 8; Mm
Samuel Fritzell aud wile to John Loy l Mm
6th av. f s. 21 2 n 112th st, 73 0x100. Chas fcTssV
Althof to Henry Bales .... 1 MB
Levare place. ssi,sti w cor lands of one LW
Mullen. 24th ward. 30x100, Ellen Dallvto H
James Conway. . 1,038 fl
Lot 101, btnek H. map Mapes estate; Hudson sW
P Ro-e and wife to Chas Knauf 600 1 H
While Plains a, e b, lot 7H map new village 7 H
of Jerome. White Plains av. e s. lot 70 same H
map, Amy J Ha lok to t"m 1- Hillock . ISJ.S30 H
riot in East Chester, adj laud ileo Miller, con- V
taln.2acres;KaihurlneLTLorntontoMary JH
Havey .... 1.100 B
lvth tt. na.S3e20thst.2.',xlI4.WestCh'tteri I
Joseph H Jones and wife to Win II Orlll 109 "'
Plot In EaatCbester containing 2 acres and . K
adjlandof r.eo Mllkr; liuhard Giles as
trustee to Mary Havey 1.100.
nrcoanku MokroAors. if
Anion. Kate, to the Iqultanle Lire Assurance B
Society or the U 8, ss4Uth tl. 143 wcthav, L
lHxrs .... 111X09 ft
Carnn, Catherine M. to Jennie J Boudlnot.tt
140lhst. 180 wmlisv, 3yrs (Slntgs) 87,609 assl
Same toOerald HIDroHn. rxor F.mmaTMur- M
ray, ss 140th tt, luow Mh av, s jrs (2 mt 10.000 Hi
Same to Charles K Bates and ann. exors or ssl
EdwInUates.ss !40tnat.2l3 v. Hthav.uvrs 8.000 HN
Sams lo same, ss 140th st. 220 w8thav, It yrs 8.000 JT
Same to trus of John II Power, deceased, s s M
140thst. 230 w sthav. 3 rs 6.600 H
Same to an Association for the Belief of He-
speotablo Axed Indigent Females. N V. s s M
140th tt. 283 w8lh av, II yrs .... 8.600
Dates. Imofiene C, to Henry B rostrnve, Trus M
or James Cosxrove, first; Maiden Lane, w, (
134 aud 130. 2 yrs.. . ... .. 9,009 H
Callaghan. Francis, and Patrick Kejnolds JB
and wives to William Hall's Son's, n w cor- is?
ner Lenox av and IS3th t, 4 u.onihs . ... 18401 H
Crow. William I. and Jamn W Taylor aud H
wives to Title (luarante,- audTrustCo.es &
West End av, 2n n IHJth tt, l ie yrs . .. 100.O08 B
Frankentnaler. Louis, nd wife, to Grand BM
1-odua of the United btates or the Indepen
dent Order 1 ree Sons uf Israel, w t Av a, 27
s0thst.0rt lt.009
rutir. Augusta, to the Kinlxrant Industrial
Bavlnis tank, ns 12Isttl. 71 o td av. yr.. T.600 -A
Dsrter. Maria A and Teler. to Herman O "asf
Kudllch, exor or August Scmrad, 31 and 311
DeUncey st, 2 yrs ... tLOOO V
Havey. Mary, lo Itlchard Giles, trus. a cor WTO"
?lV.r.nP,it rnd "d llne ot lnrt ot Ueo
Miller. Last Chester, 8 yrs 709 l
Uoole. Josephine II. to 11 Brltton Havens, la fsssl
West 83th .t, I yr ,'.';. 000 Wk
Us4s.lt. ueo aud ThotW Cowman and wives VM
to Morris gteiuhardt, n 1 1 13tn st, 100 e 8th M
av.dernaud 1.000 sHI
,Tfu.'h1Yri,"J0,', 'awrenceSlotton.s's Hm
tauibst. 170 w Boulevard. 3 yrt 9,009 fcJal
Ksho. John, and wife to Patrick J f.rlln 4 gM
Co. 200 10 28J Wett it and B5 and 87 Vestry iHsl
sl.lyr 61AI0 ' tm
Same, to Michael Larkln Co, 14B East 07th vrtM"' fSiM
tt, lyr. 4.110 ' -4Xic9
Knaxirs. Robert L. to Evelina, t e cor. 2J3 ItJb1
Eattu'ihtt, 1 yr .. ' oan "53H
Koch. Kllsahetlia. 10 Charlotte II Heck, w's J
fcouthtru Boulevard 00 n ln7lh st. 2 yrs.. . 1600 .1
K'""sg. Iloasnl licit, to exert, Vc. of . ,
lluxh ! Camp, n w s Van Oorlear place, lots '
lot and liuand lot 203 and part of 200
inapof North Marble Hill. 8 yrs . ajsea
H! .M,rI"' na wlte t0 Abraham Levy, 47 '"'"
to 61 1'lte st. 2 rrs . nann
Leshsr. ICmlll. T. to the U 8 Trust Co of' sy'
s w cor Madison av and 1Hdst.2yrt . 85000
Lawson. Ernest It. to the lruste. of the
loscopal Fuud of lie Diocese of NY. a a
114th st. 210 w Boulevard. I vr . ' a 000
Same 10 tamr.s s 114th tt,,llMi wBoulevarl, 8
Wl'5h'l!li'j,.l,i'w'm'''V lliii-a WiK St. li'000
..,wa.e "in av, J yrs 14.TSO
Mettler. John If and wife toftabella Wal.
lace. wtValsntlneav. 224.3 11 80th st. lyr 1.009
Merer, Anna II, in Lehna O Feldhusin i i
131st st. 244 tie Morrli ?". rfy '""""'" " J800
1 nTrs'd .ft iV ",,fo "' J'""-' c enry.
nscsfl st, 243 Madison av, a yrt 19.009 I
BA?.,,.,,"lK!i?',e'"r,rS,0,0 Suitable life ' " r
av 2 j,s f ' " m,it. I"l " 7tU
BlYlb,vJ"J?r,,.!Y n'1 V' ' '" Vranrls 11 " if
if.nn,i' u'st st, 100 w Wttt End uv, de.
8t.rS,,hl!.r'!;-lo Jobn O'lleck. e t 7th av, u'i '
s 2otn at. 8 yrs.... ansa
.hUi1iS,L'u7''u.u,uV 'hu O Baker, n t both
St. HBe West bndav, 3yr 8 00a
i!.1;H?tuncoY and wife 10 Emella li "
TrlI"narick,on.0.Westlthst. Syrs. . .. 18,009
T,.ii.ln WP' ,n 89"' ' 1 H H e Uth av. 3 yrs 8.009
Tlnsle). Waller M and wlfo. 10 Prlicllla B
1 ur-r and ano. s extrx.se wt aoutnsra
Boulevard, e0nlB7ihtt. 4 yrs . , . 1 ano t
Tlminlnt. John J. and virS to Alice Van II
w..SllTJ'r:D"7t'' ..2'Obthav.3yit. 0,009 U
Frnkif00 5,nd.L,'.,,rU to ""lonion 1
Zenke. Jullut and Emma to th Uerinan Sav.
aiaL,,luJ,t'5,Y-1!,a,,"',t.,'lelav.lyr. 9.609 I
Bni to Eva Knoll, s teeth tt, 201 eltiav'6 m
yrs..,.,, , 4.808) jBk
n.-.. . aicosoxn uuu. ""' """ fW
.r'lTvTj" K-to w m Slttenham, 146 b Vic
"nViVrs'0 KO,ff nro,Co' loiWalhlni- JP
hrnenger,JohnP,tothe"i5ioeltlorBw'gCo, W I
nwsM av, e ne 17th tt, 23H0O til
r" - is.OOOfo siaon
, DR. HALLETf f O-
TJj "Test blood and a...n..i... ..
9ttratntrs, (s.,v?rIl9oiii?5S5fy(0 I
itfilaiatosWA'M'! '' - wfSvU,.'.