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II VOL LX1V.-N0. 119. NEW YORK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1896.-C0PYRIQHT. 1896, BY THE SUN riUNTlNG AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. PHICK WO CENTS, jl
1 1 DUNCAN ELLIOTBURNTOUT.
I I VIS WIFE DRIVEX FROU ItZR
I I BED DT TUE FLAUB3.
Hi. Annan Fottir RTirly Hurl Dropilnc:
Trom a, Beeond-Hiory WIndovr-Tuo Cot.
Kn , tnueontheCountryClubaronndnTotnlly
H Destroyed with Most of It Content.
Jf The three-story framo cottago st West
jif Chester, which had beon for several seasms the
Hj'A borne of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Kllltt, was
71 ) burned to the ground yesterday morilng. It
y took a little more than a hour for thoflames to
reduce the house, which was one of the finest
NL buildings on the grounds of tho Country Club,
S to ashes. Tho lives of somo of tho Injiates were
f ndaneered, and Mr. Julian Poltfr, who was
l Tlsltlng tho Elliots, had to Jump from
J 1 a second-story window to the gronnd
I I to save himself. Ho was hurt by tho
i) fall, and at one tlmo tn tho after-
i noon his condition was so sirlous that Dr.
Jl 'William T. Hull was sent for. Dr. Hull was In
I consultation with Dr. Detnlnt of West Choster.
Kl and said later In the afternoon that ho thought
Mr. Potter was out of danger. A close examlna-
tionof Mr. Potter's injuries was ImprAcilcable,
be said, but It was not unlikely that ouo or two
J) ribs lutd beeu broken ant! that ho was suffering
1 ' from Internal hemorrhages.
JH The house was tho drst ono alonje tho road
ijT which enters the groinds of the Country Club
fl ft from the north. It was built several v ears ago
1 1' by Stephen D. Marshall. member of tho club.
H who lives at Hay Chester. The Klllots leased It
H I and bnd futnMierf It handsomely. They hail a
H )) number of Hub paintings there, a llbrar and
I many coitlv draiicrlos and tnpcstrles. They
H k kept fifteen son ants In the houtic, and thereat
!1 of the household comprised Mr. nnd Mrs. El-
Jlot. Miss Pace, a tralnid nurse, and the two
children. Duncan Elliot, Jr.. 4 years old, and
I Robert Elliot, who was born on July 4 last.
. j Mrs. Elliot has not been In the best of health
Hi I ' lately, and consequently does not rlso early.
I ) Mr. Elliot was up at 7 o'clock yesterday morn-
I W lng. Howent to St. Peter's Church and didn't
W .1 know anything about the flro until It was all
1 l over. Six of the servants had gone to early
I I ll i ,,,as, at st" Ry'uonll',, leaving nluo In tho
LlJji house, besides the nurse, Mrs. Elliot, the two
jjy" children, and Mr. Potter, who came on Friday
WK- on a visit. All but tho servants and iho nurso
My were In bed when the fire was discovered.
BE It was a few minutes before 0 o'clock when
EJ Lewis Clark, one of the servant, detected tho
H smell of smoke. Uo spoke to the others
J about It and they began poking around
BJ in closets and corners to see If anything was
Bj burning. When Clark threw tho collar door
BJ open a burst of yellow smoke filled the kitchen.
BJ lbe women servants set uo cries that roused
BJ every one in the house. The smoke went to tho
BJ uprer part of the house and filled the rooms
Hj there, so that there was small need of inquiring
BJ what was the matter.
BJ No one could get Into the cellar for the smoke.
HJ Eomoof tho servants ran up stairs to Mrs. EN
HJ ) Hot. and the children and others ran out of the
B hou'e. Miss Pace was covering the children
fl with what garments she could lay hands on.
Bj while Mrs. El Hot was getting ona wrapper and
B her shoos. There was no time to do more dress-
H in,r than that, for already the flames had
HI) reached the dining room ana threatened to en-
Bj xelop the entire loner part of the house.
B MIi-s Pace carried one of the children out and
Hi a servant carried the other. Mrs. Elliot and
Hie I another servant -following. There was then, a,
vwti erowd of about a hundred people aronnd tho
HttV"' building, and sleighs and carriages came from
BjVit ity direction bringing others of the Country
H'lil 1 club settlemenU John Miles, a waiter In the
HI I I Lome, ran with the news to tho club bouse and
HJIf 1 u telenhone message was sent to tne West
HM I Chester nollce station. A call for help was sent
BjF' to Unlnnport, too, and later a second alarm
Hrfl aammoned the Bremen from West Farms.
BUJjX Mrs. Elliot and the children were bundled
BJlj II Into carriages and taken over to the club house,
BJIil1 where rooms were put at their disposal. As
Bfull. many of the women servants as could be taken
71b along went also, the rest standing around with
IHfjB ' chattering teeth walling for the firemen to ar
iwff rue, in the hope that the flames could be
I'JHB checked until they could at least get In and save
'CjBJ aomeof their effects.
IJWk Some of the people from West Chester who
JBB I'm-1 come up to see the fire crlod out that there
lPf wits a man In the socund-story window at the
3 riurth end of the building. Immediately every.
7 Ixidy made a ruth to that side of the house. In
the window, with one leg over the sill, all ready
V to lump, was Mr. Potter.
Hl "Don't Jump!" yelled a man In the crowd.
I Mep cool, you're all right. The firemen will
H be here with a ladder In a moment."
t Mr. Potter made come answer which conld
H not be heard In the turmoil, and put bis other
H lee out of the window. A servantcainerushlug
around w Ith a big horse blanket at that moment,
and Mr. Potter, seeing tnat they wore going to
J try and catch him. waited. Miles, tho waiter.
grabbed nn end of the blanket, two villagers
irot two other ends, wlille Miss Pace, the nurse,
H laid hold of the other side.
B The four held the blanket under the window,
K and Mr. Potter swung himself out until he
H hung by bis hands to tho Bill. Just before
I letting co be gave a warning cry, and. from
H) nervousness, apparently, one of the people at
H the blanket let go of It at the cry. So Mr. Pot-
B ter. wtio weighs nearly -01) pounds, got a bad
B fall. The tieople wrapped him up In the blanket
nnd earned him to a carriage. He was taken to
E the club house and put to Iwl.
H Uy 0:0 o'clock Knclne Ml from WeitCnester.
In thareo of Capt. Sullivan. and Engine 04 from
H Vnlonport, In command of Chief Ahearn, bad
K Arrived. Lines of hoso were laid, but as tun
f nearest hydrant was H00 feet away, and there
B was not half enough hose, little hendway could
H be made. The whole building was afire by this
H time and evidently could not bo saved. The
H servants were congratulating themselves as
H having escaped with their lives, when suddenly
a piercing shriek broke out nn the air, followed
h by a series of shouts of "There's somebody In
H the house!" from the east side of the building.
The firemen ran around to see If It was true,
US Bnd the crowd followed. In the third story wln-
H dow they saw a woman. It was Maria Flynn.
HI one of tho servants, who had got safely out of
BBHf the house once and had then gone bock to try
nd save snmo of her effects, blip had got up
H; the stairs, but when she went to go down Again
HI found that the flames had out olf her retreat.
BBK I'? elllng to her the crowd managed to prevent
V her from Jumping, and the firemen put a ladder
up. Fireman Charles Uffelman went up the
CL? i ladder and brought the woman down.
W ) That ended the exciting purt of the lire. The
1 , woman was taken to the clubhouse with the
n ' others, while the firemen played their Hlngle
Klfi'r hose, and the building kept lulling In. There
Hlftl were one or two slight explosions during the
Hl(',t ' lire, which were attributed to the presence In
Ul! the cellar of several barrels i f kerosene oil. Uy
n 10 o'clock tbeemtugn was In lulns.
Hf.l Just what the lorn will be cannot be told at
Bu tbe present time. The only thing saved in the
Ks entire housnwas somenfthe silt er which wai
Li' in the dining room. Mr. Elliot told the police
K that Ills losawonlrl Ira about $50,1)00 and that
j! the larger part of It was coered bv Insurance,
V. H Is said tnat a urcr.t deal of Mrs Elliot's
If jewelry Is In the ruins. .Mrs. Elliot was .Miss
B Bailie Ilargoue, and It a famous beaut).
V.l Mr. Potter Is a brother of E. C. Potter and a
lii nephew of Hlshop Potter. He has been lame for
nl jears, the reullof a dlteaeo or the hip which he
had In htiwiutli. Nothing to cxpluln the origin
ft of the flro has been discovered. It started, very
) likely, about tho furnace.
H' A ItAXKKH KIIjLH HlXSET.f,
Hf
BJ, I Otto WnmnJorff ofChlcaBo, lVho Fulled
Bf,:l J.nt AVeek, f.'oininlte Hulcldr.
iCHICAOO. Dec, 27. Otto Wasmansdorff,
senior member of the firm of Wnsmansdorff it
Helnemann, bankers, whose failure was pre.
clpltated by tho failure of the National Hank of
Illinois on lust Monday, killed hlmtelf at his
home, 510 Cleveland avenue, this morning. He
shot himself In tho right temple w 1th a revolver.
His body was found a few moments later by a
n ,v grandchild, with whum he had been playing In
W the sitting room Just before bin suicide.
11, Despondency and worry over his bank's fall-
n I 'iK uro warn the caiikes nf Mr. Wasmansdortf's act.
ILf iHr lie had been unable tu sleep fni toveral nights,
HbT and suid that his standing in financial circles
j?Ar had been ruined. Nobody heard the fatal shot.
CJfi. Mr. Wasmaiihdorff leaves a widow and two
iT II) grown sons. He was born in Flenerodo, Prus.
1 1(1 lo. In 1840. came to America In 1803. aud had
) ,' been a resident of Chicago ner alnoe. The
U Jilled Arm of WasranusdortI A- Helneman was
I jtUanlzed In 1H71. J ust after the greauiro.
ir itt ii a vs in rone is casi;
The Expert Chemist of the Vntveralty 8ne
Ilia Wire.
R. August Wltthaus. professor of chomlitr'y
In tho medical department of the University of
tho City of Stow Vork. who testified as an ex
pert In tho Meyer, liuclMnan, Fleming, and
other noted poisoning trials, has brought Bolt
for absolute dlvorcs against his wife, Dly E.
Wltthaus.
Tho casn will come up before Justice Truax in
tho Supremo Court to-day on a motion of the
defendant's attorney, Charles A. Jackson of 10
Exchango place, for alimony and counsel fees.
Mrs. Wltthaus has Died her answer, denying
each and every allegation, and has brought a
oounlor suit for separation against Prof. Wltt
haus nn tho ground of cruel treatment and
abandonment.
Prof. Wltthaus In his complaint alleges that
his wlfo was unduly Intimate with Ovo men In
1883. Mra. Wltthaus In her answer files affi
davits by throe of tlicao men denying the alle
gations. She states that ono of tho others Is
unknown to her and that tho fifth cannot bo
found.
Tho couple were married by tho ltev. Dr.
Houghton In the Little Church Around the
Corner In February. 188'. Mrs. Wltthaus
states In her papers that they lived happily un
til the night of Oct. 'J4 last. She says that on
the morning of that day sho asked her husband
to take her out In tho evening to see the sound
money naval demonstration In the harbor.
Ho excusod himself, she says, by saying that
he had a business engagement and had to dlno
with a friend at tho University Club In the
eening. She then said that sho was going to
sco tho parado with a man and his wife, who
were friends of theirs. Mrs. Wltthaus says
that her friend had secured seats on the
roof of the New Jerey Central ftnllroad
building at Liberty nnd West street'. There Is
a rettnuranton tho roof, and the part which Is
not enclosed was rented out by thn restaurant
man for the occasion. Shosajs she was walk
ing through the restaurant with her friends,
when she saw her husband sitting nt a table
with a woman, sho walked up to the table and
said to her husband'
"fjood evening: what are you doing here?"
Sho says her husband ftu'bcd red and replied:
" Don't make a scene."
Then, Mrs. Wltthaus states, tho woman with
her husband said sarcastically: " Oh, she won't
make a scene."
Tlii mnde her angry, and she asked:
"Who ore on?"
At this, she states, the woman drew herself up
and said:
" You ask the Doctor who I am."
There was fome further talk between hus
band and wife, and Mrs. Wltthaus says that
her hnshand refused to neenropany her home.
At homo the next day sho says, after be had
told her who the oman w as, she told him tht
she would not llvo with him any longer, and be
gnt e her a beating, almost breaking her arm.
gat e her a beating, almost breaking her arm.
Afterward, she sajs. he threatened to out her
In an Insanoasjlum. He tried, she mi e. to ar
range a separation from her through ner friend.
Lawyer Samuel O. Adams, hut demanded that
she should obtain a divorce from him on other
than the statutory grounds within six months.
She declined to do this, nnd then he brought his
action. She states tnat hi allegations are mado
upon information and belief, and are without
any foundation In fart.
Conway and Wenbrook are attornes for
Prof. Wittbaui. Mr. Conway said laH night
that the Professor would state his case In court
at the proper tlmo.
MIKES ICE FAJt TO SOVTII.
Drifts Atroi Both Went and Kunt Bteam.
htp lnnea--Cnbln Day Sera Polar Hear.
Picturesque sections of glaciers from Green
land and Labrador are making navigation In
the steamship lanes off tho Banks of New
foundland perilous to nalga:ors. Tho bergs
are coming down on tho chill Labrador cur
rent a mo ith ahead of the aohodule of the
Hydrographlc Office, and thev are taller and
sollder than any Ice massos that hsvo been
seen since the memorable season of 1800. In
February of that year fifty bergs were passed
by a single steamship. The skipper of tho
steamship, which was Hrltlsh tramp, de
;larcd that all tho bergs wero more than fifty
feot high, and that some of them towered
300 feet above the truck of his mainmast.
Tho ship's company of the Cunard liner Cata
lonia saw on March 10. 1800, a truly ex
traordinary berg, which, they estimated,
was 1,000 feet high. Thoy did not make any
affldalts on the subject, and it may be that
they were merely spinning a yarn for the
Boston marine reporters, who wrote that the
air in the neighborhood of the Arctic colos
sus wa so cold that all liquids on deck. In
cluding somo Scotch whiskey, were frozen.
Boston wa) not chilled by the reception of
the news, as It Is somewhat accustomed to
low temperatures.
Tho big bergs of the phenomenal season of
1800 were not dangerous, as nearly all were
honeycombed and rotten. They were, as a
rule, not a bit spectacular, having no towrs
or mlnareu like those that are now drifting
across the east and west bound tracks of the
linera.
The freighter Brooklyn City of the Bristol
City line, which arrived yesterday from Swan
sa, brings the latest news of Ice off tho Banks.
She passed several miles to the north of a
blulsn-green berg on Dec. -'0, about elxhty
mile boulh of the place where the lted Star
liner Frleeland sighted alght days before one of
the flnost crjtal lslons over captured by a
snap-shot artist. The Bronkhn ClU'a berg,
which was 800 feet long, probably was once a
part of the thrcc-plnnacled apparition that the
Frlesland's passengers went wild over. It
had lost one of Itn pinnacles In Its drift of
eighty miles ncrons the castand westbound
stc-amshlD lanes, but It was still a line spec
tacle, and solid enough to make the heart of a
lookout leap up in his mouth If he should hap
pen to como across It of a sudden on u dark
and foggy night. Tho air was clear when the
Brooklyn Clt) passed to tho north of tho berg.
Sho was taking a southerly :oursc becaubo of
the reports her skipper read before ho left Swan
sea of the presence of Ice In the northerly
lane, which Is that prescribed for west-bound
steumshlps. If the berg was tho same that
tho Frlcsland passed it had lost about S00
feet of Its length.
tho cabin boy of the Brooklyn City, who had
noer seen any Iro otborwlse than that found
on tho top of English streams, wns much Im
pressed by tho speuuicle. He said to tl.e en
gineer ai they stood In the waist of tho ship
that ho thought ho saw t.vo white bears on
the berg. The engineer told tho cabin boy
that boys who told whoppers would go to a
Cloto where Icclwrgs do not abound. The
oy wrolo something nhout Icebergs after ho
had found ur all thui the engineer know on the
subject. This Is his Inspiration:
"O. I arn a craft of thu Arctlo line, with a
rargo of polar Ixar, mv top-hamper Is of weird
design, and I'm bound for nnvwhoro. I was
li" III on the emit of Labrador, without re
gard tucost. and Inunchtd.wltli a rrjstal crash
and roar, with thu help of Capt. l'roei. Look
out for me In the region of fogs, on the east
ern edgi of tho Banks, where I'm inontloned
most In tho greusy logs of light, high-lulltude
tanks. O, skippers, ou need not dread mo
murh when I got to forty-two. for then 1
crumblo at the touch, as the (lull Stream bores
me through. But look out, for if )ou hit me
square. In maUIng your northern trips, tou
may find yourself deploring the fare of tho
port of missing ships."
MAIL J'ACKAUK uriUlllOAIllt.
A. Find on Coney Ialand That HukkhU a,
Itohbery of the Mull,
The United States Post Offlco Inspectors are
trjlng to solve the in) story surrounding the
finding of a package of million the beach at
Coney Island early last week. Oil Wednesday
Postmaster Dayton received a letter from a
man at Coney Island, In w hlch wns reported the
finding of the letters.
Mr. Da) ton put the caaoln the hands of the
Inspectors, who began un Invosllun'.lon, the re
sults of which they have refused to make pub.
He. or to tell to Mr, IMyton. Ill" supposition
is that the letters had been opined on boaidof
one of the east-bound ocean steamers, and aflnr
being rifled of the cnclosuies, were thrown over
board. A number of complaints havo beon received
at tho Post Offlco re( ently of the non-delUety
of Important business communications, and
some complaints of the loss of inone) enclosed
lu letters havo nlto been made, It Is said that
mall bags containing valuablo letters were
stolen at a railroad station In New York from a
Western train thaturrlved onTuetday.
Postmaster Daton said last night that he
did not know where the letters that were found
at Coney Ialnnd came from, but that In his opin
ion they were thrown from a strainer, possibly
an Incoming one. He added I '"the Inspectors
are very ecretle and I myself have not been
able to leal u anything more about the case."
PROTEST AGAINST OLNEY.
AUKltlCAN JtESIDEKTS IN JEItVSA.
LEM AVPEAL TO THE PltESlDEST.
Secretary Otaey's Order Withholding; Fro
tectlon to Certain American Declared
to He Vnjnatlflnble nnd ITneanattln.
ttonnl-It Amounts to expatriation.
TitE Bux received yesterday tho follow,
lng circular drawn up by American resi
dents In Jerusalem on Secretary Olney'i re
cent order to dlplomatlo officers to withhold
Government protection from all Americans
whom the Consuls may reasonably autpect of
haUng no Intention of ever returning to tho
United Stales:
"At a meeting of tho United States cltl
zon, exceeding 100, domiciled In the city of
Jerusalem, Palestine, held at tho United
States Consulate Nov. 30. 1800, to take some
united action Indofenceof tholr rights, of which
they are now threatened to bo deprived, tho
following address was presented by tho
Chairman, M. F. Franklin, M. D., a copy of
which was unanimously roquostcd for publi
cation, nnd a committee, composed of the un
dersigned, was appointed to forward a true
copy thereof to the President of tho United
Stntos as an appeal for mora efficient protec
tion of United Stntos citizens In Turkey.
"At this moment, when this nation Is snak
ing with apprchnslon otchll disced and
war, and when wo scarcely know what to
look for on the coming day, tho situation
rt tie United States citizens lesldeut here
Is mado extremely perilous by tho untimely
order Issued to our dlplomatlo officers to
withhold all Qotcrnmout protection from
those whom thoy may reasonably suspect of
not halng tho animus rotortcndl. (. r.. the
intention of reluming to the United States.
"Our Oovrnmcnt must cortalnly know
that. Independent of such an order, tbo status
of the United States citizens In Turkey, al
though based upon the debts, privileges, and
Immunities granted them by treaty. Is Al
ready non slstl potest. Wo therefore most
earnestly protest against the application of
this order to United States citizens resident
In Turkev, and moreover for the following
reasons:
"First Becauso tho rights grantod us by
treaty to reside hern and own real estato is
not limited to any time, nor Is It In any wise
proscribed; else were such a provision alto
gether useless and superfluous, and because
In pursuance of this provision many of ui
havo established oursehes here, gome as
missionaries, somo as philanthropists, some
are engaged In commerce while others have
been recommended hither for climatic and
sanitary reasons. But those whom this order
Is calculated especially to affect ere the mul
titude of poor, aged Hebrews, who hae come
to spend their last days In the land of their
forefothers.
"Second It cannot be shown that tho loy
alty of our fellow citizens to our flag and In
stitutions have In any deereo diminished by
reason of tnelr absence from their natlvo or
adopted country. On the contrary, they
nave learned, by bitter experience, to prize
United States citizenship as a most precious
privilege and blessing, and we make free to say
that their patriotism far exceeds teat of many
who have never left Its shores.
"Third While residing In thn Sultan's do
minions they enjoy the privilege of tho extra
territorial jurisdiction of tho United Stales,
are subject to Its laws, and amenable to Its
tribunal alone. The refusal of tho Govern
ment to grant orotoctin i to those who hare
ne er renounced their allegiance, or to enforce
treaty rights In t.leir behalf. Is branding them
with the mark of Cain, so that all who meet
them may slay them.
"It Is equHalent to an act of expatriation, a
power never granted by the Constitution of
the United Slates, nor by any act of Congress,
to bo exercised by any officers o er their fel
low citizens. Some of us still bear the Mars
of injuries received In the sorvlce of our coun
try, and all of us are ready to answer any call
jr demand that may pronerly be made upon us
In Its defence, and It Is Impossible toconInco
us, by anv number of orders, that our (io em
inent, which Is 'of the people, for tho people,
and br the people.' would withhold Its protec
tion front the poorest and weakest of Its citi
zens. "Nothing Is so humiliating and painful to the
patriotic citizen as an insult offered to his
country, and that takes placo wheneer the
rights of its citizens are permitted, with Im
punity, to be trampled under foot, in viola
tion and defiance of treaty obligations. And
nothing is so sure to bring a Government, posses
sing all tho elements of greatness nnd strength.
Into universal contempt, as a cowardly and
slavish submission to repeated and aggravated
Insults and wrongs.
"Fourth Becauso Its promulgation at tl.ls
time of danger Is most Impolitic, nay, most
cruel. It has already added fuel to the cer
Increasing hostility manifested toward for
eigners, and more especially toward citizens
of the United States.
"Fifth Tho protection which our Consuls
have been able for somo years past to grant
us has Ix'on more nominal thin teal. He
dress for offences committed by natives
against Unlfd States citizens, eoncht through
our consulate from the nntlvn tourts. is in
most Instances treated wlih disdain; and
.hoso referred to the authorities at Constanti
nople are consigned to some place whence
there Is no return. Consequently grenl
wrongs from which many of us. entirely in
nocent of any offence, are sintering, wrongs
which not onlr affect our rights but In somo
casps Involve many thousands of dollars, re
lain unredressed. Therefore till these wrongs
are righted and our Just claims enforced,
many of us are compelled to remain, how
ever earnest! wo may desire to return to
our native innd.
"It Is no more It tho power of our able
and highly respected Sccretars of State, by
a mere stroke of his magic pen. to change
our circumstances, limn it is to enforce trea
ty obi cations 'y the same means.
"Wo consider, therefore, that this order
was issued In contravention tu existing trea
ties, nnd t tat It expatriates loyal eltlzrnR,
and that the declarations therein, that the
fact of a person's owning real estate her" ,'
to bo taken as prima facie cvidenco of nn In
tention never to return to the 1'nlied Stabs.
Is an assumption warranted neither iy law
nor reason; since somo of us, who never ox
pected nor desired to own ono fool of land In
this country, were unpolled to accept hind
In lieu of our claims from banks recently
declared bankrupt, and ivlll have to retain
possession of them until such tlmo ns we
mi) be able to dispose of them.
"To sum up In a few words, the laws gov
erning 1'nltcd Stntes cltlztns domiciled In
Turkey, nnd in seml-clvillzed nnd barbarous
countries, dllTor most cssentlall) fro"i those
which govern our countrymen In Christian
countries. As has Imhmi stuted, we are hero
within tho extraterritorial jurisdiction of the
United states, and sunject to Its authority
alono. Such .Jurisdiction over Its citizens
never war, and Is not now, exercised by the
United States In any country In Europe. SI
"Therefore, wo contend that this order is
In contravention to law and is not applicable
to our countrymen domiciled In Turkey while
tho existing treaty between the United States
and tho Sultan remains lu force.
"It Is aroltrnry. and contrary to law. In that
It! deprives Innocent citizens of their rights
w Ithout trial, nnd be-auso It v'rtunllv abro
gates the treaty, a powor vested nnlv In the
President and honnto of the United Stntos.
"All which Is mot respectfully submitted to
tne consideration of the President of tho
United States.
"M.J. Fiianki.in. M. D., Chairman: T. .1.
Al.l.KV. Secretary; H. IUh'ALovkmi, Capt. S.
JOIIMON, L. M, SlMPIHO, M. STKUN, I. LKW,
Executive Committee."
j.aw oi.v.uk Kit.r.rsn jiy o.i.v,
loacph Ifngbea'a I.lle Alight Havo llaen
Mnvcd Ilnd He lleen Cnlled.
Joseph Hughes, a law clerk In the office of
Backus & Manne, on Montague street, Brook
lyn, and who lived In the boarding house at af;
Clinton strert, died nt that place at '.' o'clock
yestorda) morning from aspliixlntlon. He had
retired late on Thursday night, after telling the
servant to call him early on Chrlstmns morn
ing. Tho girl forgot to do so, and on Christmas
evening .Mr. Hlggs, a follow boarder. In going
down stairs to dinner, detected the smell of
fas. He traced It to tho room occupied by Mr.
lughes. The door was burst open and Mr.
HuglieN was found In bed unconscious. Phs
clans wero summoned and they worked over the
patient for several hours, but be never regained
consciousness.
It appears that Mr, Hughes bad carelessly put
out the gas In the gas stove used for heating
the room, leaving both valves open. Mr. Hughes
was 27 years old and a graduate of a law school
tn'loronto. He had only been In Brooklyn a
short time. j
MISS KBAIIXO'a ItEATlT.
Thn Iolle Hdll Haapletone of Porter
tVrlghl'a Relation to Ik
The killing of Miss Ellen Keating at the
Montauk avenue and Eastern Parkway station
of the Kings County Railroad. Brooklyn, early
on Friday morning, has caused muoh sorrow In
In tho New Lota dlstrlot, and all day yesterday
throngs of men, women, and children called at
her late homo at "5(1 Montauk avenue, to ex
press their sympathies. Mrs. Keating, tho
mother. Is prostrated with grief. The funoral
will take placo this morning at 10 o'clock from
tho Church of the Blessed Sacrament at Fulton
and Market ilrett.
SuperlntendentMcKftlrcy, who has conducted
tho examination of the witnesses In the case,
said last night that the killing of Miss Keating
had a more serious look than was expected at
first. He satd he did not like the contradictory
statements made by the negro porter, Alfred A.
Wright, nnd the police wero carrying on a
kcarohlng Investigation Into the matter. It
certainly appeared to him that the girl had met
hor death whllo under great mental excitement
from somo cause.
Detective Garvey and Capt. Baldwin are hard
nt work on tbo case, and Iho latter said last
night that he was oonvlnccd the prisoner knew
more about tho causa of the girl's death t han ho
was willing to acknowledge. Capt. Baldwin
said that oven If Wright's statement wns true
tbat he was assisting Miss Keating lu getting
nway from theenglnonnd was hurled ndtslanco
of ten feet acrcss the tracks. It was strange he
did not show any murks of bis tall. " If ho was
struck hard enough to be hurled ten feet, as he
sais," Bold Capt, Baldwin, " I cannot conceive
how bo could possibly escape without some
marks ot being struck by the engine or show
ing some mnrks made by Ills fall on the oppo
site tracks."
Detective Oarvey said he had found a Mrs.
Eliza Waring, who lives at 82.1 Belmont avenue,
who In October last visited tho taino station to
wait her daughter, who was expected homo.
She was at tho station between 0 and 7 o'clock
In the evening. It was raining hard, and she
says that Wright insulted her and asked hnr
what right she had to be out on such anight,
Sho told him to mind his own business or sho
would report him to the company.
Miss Annie Brodle, 1H years old, of SIS Mon
tauk aveiiuo. said sho was also Insulted by
Wright whllo sho was on the station waiting
for a troln about two weeks ago.
The Inquest w 111 tnku place on Wednesday.
nnooKtiix CAit aiiitit jivnxEi.
A Defective Trolley Wire C'nuita BOO..
OOO ninae.
A defective trolley wire In tho Itldgcwood car
shed of tbo Brooklyn Heights Kail road Com
pany at Myrtle and Wyckoft avenues. Just over
tho city line. In Queens county, yesterday after
noon caused a Are which destroyed more than
six sections of the building. There are thirteen
sections In the shed with double tracks In each,
and the building, which was of brick and bad
Iron supports, came to an nngle at Myrtle and
St. Nicholas avenues. All the open cars, and
some closed and sand cars, were stored In that
part of the building which was burned.
George Goodwin, the superintendent of tho
Wllltamsburgh system of the company, wns In
bis offlco talking to the trackmaster when ho
discovered tho Arc. Several hundred employees
who wero near by helped to run the 200 cars
out of the shed. Ten open enrs. two closed cars,
and two sand cars were burned. The Ore spread
so raptdh that in less than Ovo minutes six sec
tions of the shed were burning. Tho wind drov o
the flames toward the three-fctnry storage housu
of Weir &, Zerweck's High Ground brewery oil
the opposite side ot Iho treet. '1 hat building
wasot wood, and was used ns nn icehouse until
tho new brewery adjoining It was completed a
few years ago. The storage houpo contained
:I50 bales of hops, valued at S12.UUU. besides a
largo quantity of malt, and the basement con
tained valuable machinery and many barrels of
beer.
The Brooklyn Fire Department was aided by
ftvccompanl'itof volu eerttreaiun Irom Queen
county. The Queens county men apparontly
wantod to boss the job. The police took a hand
In tbo argument and compelled about thirty
kickers to got out of the tire lines. Then an
agreement was reached by ivhicli tho volunteer
firemen were stationed on a shed In tho rear of
tho storago bouse. Tho police were told that
tho damage to the railroad property might
amount to S30.000. Brewer Zenvcct until hla
loss would amount to $'-'.",,000.
CHICAGO 1IAXK TO UETIllK.
The Aclaa National to Go Out or Itualneea
Under Clearlno Ilnnae Kupervlnlon.
Cllictoo. Dec. 27. The Atlas National Bank
of Chicago has decided to retire from bualnes.
and tbo Clearing House Committee, at a speclul
meeting to-night, decided that the associated
banks of tbo city would advance the amount
needed to pny Its depositors in full. The amount
required Is in the neighborhood of StlOO.OOu.
Tho meeting w as held at the home of Isaao G.
Lombard, a member of the committee, about 11
o'clock to-night. The action of the committee
is expressed 111 the following, signed by I. G.
lOinbard. L. J. Gage, and others:
" 'I ho Atlas National Bank having decided to
retire from business, the Clearing House com
mittee lias made an examinatlo-i of lu uffairs.
and on Its report the associated banks of tho
city havo decided to advance tho amount
needed to pay Its depositors in lull as shown by
Its books Dec 21), lHlltl. without waiting tu con
vert its assets into cash.
"The amount required to bo advanced will
not exceed SdOO.OOO. The bank will not recelvo
any deposits from date. Checks on it will bo
settled through tho Clearing House as usual."
Iheofllcersof the Atlas National are: Presi
dent, W. C. D. Ornnnls- Vice-President. C. B.
Fur" ell: Cashier, II. W. Stone; Arslstaut
C'n-hler, W. h. Tlllotson. The bank was or
ganized In lhh7. many of Its Incorporators be
ing officers of the Union National Bank. Its
capital stock Is S700.UOO. Mr. Urannls has
been President from the start.
It Is given nut to-night that during the past
few j ears newer nnd more pushing Institutions
have been taking business nway from the At
las, nnd that ns a result of these defections
over two nnd a Jialf millions In deposits have
been withdrawn from tho bank, most of It dur
ing the past six months
Mr. Grannls Is an old man and decided somo
lime ago to go out of business. The bank Is be
lli ved to be perfectly solvent, ns tho action of
the Clearing House Committee Indicates.
COAl. AM IltOX CO. SVtil'EXns.
The ('nlnmliiia nnd HocklnR Company Pnt
In the Iliinde or u Iteeelvrr.
Cot.miuun, O., Dec. 27. Tho Columbus and
Hocking Coal nnd Iron Company, which es.
capod the hands of a receiver last summer when
It was pushed by tho holders of Its bonds tho
Aster estate went Into the hands of Jay O,
Moss, as its receiver, on appointment by Judge
I), C. Badger of the Common Pleaa Court here
last evening. Moss Is tho President of thu Moks
National Bank of Sandusky, nnd also of the In
solvent company. Ho entered bond In the sum
of S40.000.
The recelvoi was appointed on the application
of the receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio Hall
way Company, who took cognovit Judgments
against the company for $tl3.4Uft freight
cliargcs. Tho company wns organized In 1KH2
by Samuel Thomas of New York, Wallor (-'rafts
of this city, and John It. Iliichtel of Akron. The
capital stock wa fixed at S.100,000. Tho com
pany owns 13,001) acres of coal lands In the
Hoc king Valid and Ave furnaces, all of which
are In operation. It employs S00 minors. The
bonded indebtedness Is Sfi'10,000.
The representatives of tho company here nay
that tho receivership Is only a tempora-y mai
ler, and that a meeting of tho creditors nnd
stockholders of the company la to bo held in
New Yerk to adjust the trouble.
SAXTA rZAVS aET OX l'Jllll.
Tho Cotton Hnovv on Frederick Cooperl'a
Coat Ignited by it Match.
The Ilnnsa Harmonla Singing Society had a
Chrlstmns treo for tho children on Saturday
night at Mozart Hall, at 328 East Eighty-sixth
street, with a Ufo-slzed Santa ClauB covered
with cotton snow. In tbo midst of tho festivi
ties the presiding genius of the yuletlde loaned
over Mr. Fred Balzer, who wa playing the
piano with ouo band and lighting a cigar with
the other.
Santa Claus and tbo flame coalesced and vvent
hastily out Into the hall together to fight It out
there. Somebody hauled Santa's coal off and
saved him. When it was all over, Frederick
Coopert of 16411 Second avonue went to the
neighboring drug store and had some painful
burns on hit arms and chest dressed. Then he
went home,
The Hot Hprlnna of Arkansas.
Owned by the United Htatei ao-ernraent. Winter
cllraau mild and sunny. Arlington. Avenue, full
man. Waukesha and otber hotels always open. Hotel
Eaitraaa opens Jan. lit). Illustrated pamphlets and
mil Information t urnlioed by W. K. llot. Bill broad
way, Ksw York. Call or wrlte.--Mu.
TRAIN'S FALL OF 110 FEET.
zoaa of TtmxTT.aEmx Lima ox
AX ALA1IAMA ItOAD.
Train on the nirmlnKhnm Mineral Jlnltrond
Plunsen Into the Cnbnbn RiverOnly
Nine Survlvorn ofthe Wreck fJapponad
to ilar lleen Caused by Train-Wreck.
era-Fire Horns Wreoknse nnd Victims.
BmutMaiiAM, Ala., Dec. 27. Twenty-soven
persons are dead as the result of a wreck on
tho Birmingham Mineral Railroad at a bridge
over tho Cahaba River, twenty-seven miles
from Birmingham, at 8 o'clock this morning.
Only nine persons survlvo nnd some of them
will probably die. Many of tho bodies gathered
from tho wreck are so badly burned that thoy
cannot bo recognized at all. The railroad Is a
loop that makes a circuit of the mining towns
near Birmingham. .
Tno train left Birmingham at 0:30 o'clock
this morning. It contained men, womon and
children going homo to various places nlong the
Mineral road. They had spent tho Christmas
season with friends and relatives in Birming
ham. The train wont over the Louisville nnd
Nashvillo main line to Tacoa, fourteen miles
south of Birmingham, thence along the Bir
mingham Mineral tracks to Guruee. seven miles
westward, and there went upon the llrlerlleld
and Blocton branch of the Southern Railroad,
which Is nscd by tho Mineral as far as Blocton,
flftoen miles further wost-
Slx miles west of Gurnco was tho bridge over
the Cahaba River. This was an Iron structure
110 feet high, resting upon four stone piers, ono
on each side of tho river nnd the other two sup
porting the ends of tho middle span. The length
of tho brtdgo was 400 feet and of tho middle
span ISO feet. Tho Ironwork on the stone
piers In tho mlddlo of the stream was 00 feet
high. Tho stono piers wero GO feot hlgb. The
bridge was what Is known as a bench bridge,
and had no overhead work.
Exactly what mado the tratn fall Into tbo tiver
Is not known. The engine wont over tho further
of the two middle stone piers, and the tender, a
combination baggago and smoking car. and two
coaches went down just before reaching that
pier. The engine fell on Its side and the coaches
piled on top of ono another In an Indiscriminate
mass. Stoves In tho coaches set Are to tho
wreck, and In a short while It was a mass of
flames.
A farmer who went out to feed his cattle saw
tho flames and heard the cries of the burntng
people nnd rushed to the scene, but could du
nothing on account of the Intense heat. Peoplo
burnod up before his eyes. He rushed to Har
grov e station, a mile away, and gavo tbo alarm,
and relief trains were at once sent out. When
they arrived upon the scene the wreck was a
mass of smouldering embers. Threo llttlo chil
dren were seen upon tho rlver'e bauk, their feet
partly burned oil.
Other survivors wero In almost as bad a
plight. The fireman made a miraculous es
cape. He jumped from tho engine as It de
scended aud landed In four feet of water In tho
channel of the stream, escaping with a broken
nrm. Tho coaches fell on hugo boulders, w hlch
jutted out from the shallow stream and held
them In a good position for burning.
Ono of tho survivors of tho wreck told one of
thu physicians tint just after the truln pitched
into the abyss three rough-looking men came
from the woods nenr the wreck nnd went
through tho coaches as far as the flames would
admit them nndlben mndU'oTT hurriedly. It is
also said that those men aided tbo flames by
setting tire to other parts ot the wreck.
ll Is confidently believed tno train was
wrecked by theso threo men. and that the work
was accomplished by removing a rail on the
bridge. Tho weight of the engine bumping
across tho ties is supposed to huvo made die
bridge give away. Tho theory of a removed
rail is supported by the fact that the engine was
found with lever reversed and steam shut olf.
If the bridge had simply collapsed, the engine,
they say, would havo hit ono of the piers nnd
broken Its front, but the wreck shows tliat it did
not strike an) thing that way.
Three muu attempted to wreck tho southern
train nt McComb's trestle a few days ago, and
three men robbed a southern train In Fayette
county, near Blrmlugham, two weeks ago. Tho
theory gains ground that tho three men who
robbed the tratn this morning perpetrated all
three deeds. Mrs. Carney, wlfo of the dead
flagman, begged her husband not to go out this
morning, saving sho had a Lrcsontlment he
would bo killed. F.nglneer While bad Just lost
his membership nnd Insurance In tho Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers by falling lotako
out his card.
Another wreck occurred at the scene of tho
first wreck at 3 o'clock this nfternoon. A Um
ber train sent out to repnlr the bridge collided
with the relief train at tho scene of the wreck,
nnd William Easterllng, a carpenter, was killed
and another carpenter's legs wero broken. A
number of newspapermen nnd railroad officials
worn badly shaken up, but not seriously Injured.
The work of idenllfsiug the remains goes on
very slowly. Scores of persona have besieged
tho railroad offices all day Inquiring for friends
they thought mlghl have been upon the train,
bnt the officials can give them no definite Infor
mation, ns many bodies are unrecognlznblo.
Superintendent Gee of tho Southern Express
Company is fathering information about tho
accident, his company being Interested In tb)
recent lawloss nets here.
The country In which tho nets have been com
mitted Is celebrated ns tho home of the noto
rious train robber. Rube Burrows, and thorceno
of soma of his exploits. There seems no doubt
that ho has found successors who perpetroto
similar deeds nnd Ilnd refuge In the steep crags
of their mountain homes. Tho relief train
brought In some dead bodies to-night.
Thellstof thodrad who havo been Identified
is as follows: Frank White, engineer, who
leaves a wife nnd four children: Bruco Phillips,
Block ton, merchant; Oeorgo S. Williams,
Brnokwood, mlno foreman: I,. W. Martin,
Brookwood, merchant; Mrs. H, M. Hnnbury,
Birmingham, nnd two children; James Boiling,
Guthrie, Ky., express messenger; A. P. Connell,
Birmingham, conductor, who leaves a wife and
two children; W. E. Webb, residence unknow n;
Identified by hit. watch ongrnved with that
name.
Tho survivors are: II. M. Hanbury, con
ductor, seriously Injured; E. E. I.cbola, Helena,
mortally Injured; Andrew Hrvson, Brookwund,
mortally Injured; Will Garner, Brookwood,
seriously Injured; Stan Stewart, colored, fire
man, arm broken; three unknown children, feel
burned off; unknown woman, foot and arm
burned.
Henry Hnnbury, a conductor, was with his
wife and two children out for a Sunday ride.
He saw his wife and children burn before his
eves nnd was not able to assist thom, Mrs. Wil
liams was thrown Into a little wator and sho
had the presence of mind to go Into the burning
wreck and gel her two children out. She w 111 die.
The locomotive which was pulling tho train
was No, 37. ono of tho best pasbenger engines on
the road, and was on exhibition at the Atlanta
Exposition, The bridge wns constructed lu
1801 by the Phmnlx Bridge Company.
Nlte of Lincoln Memorial University,
Loiiibviixk, Ky., Dec. 27. The Lincoln Me
morial University, of which Gen. O. O. Howard
Is President, will probably be situated at Hnr
rowgate, Tenn., as Gen. Howard has Just bought
the Four Seasons Hotel property there. The
hotel and a sanitarium were smrled at Harrow
gate, which Is four miles from Mlddlrsbornugh,
In 181)2 ntneost for building, furniture, and
grounds of one and a quarter million dollars.
The furniture, which cost a Quarter of a mil
lion, was sold at auction last ear for $27,000.
The comnnny had failed soon after the Middles
borough boom collapsed. Now the building and
several hundred acres of land have been sold
at a price that Is said not to exoeed $10,000.
COKHCIXQ THE aVZTAX.
Everything a Ready Ezeept the Method
and Tims or Dolus About I.
Bemmn. Dec. 27. Reliable advlcos from Con
stanlnoplo say that tho agreement of tho pow
ers for tho enforcement of reforms In Turkey
is complete with the exception of tho matter of
tho methods to be pursued nnd the tlmo of put
ting the measures of coercion agreed upon Into
operation.
tVITll THE ItOEXIQEX ItAT.
A. Cent a I'hlld Had rJwnltowcrt Located
nd rjneceaefutly Removed.
nocilESTnit, Dec. 27. A Roentgen ray sur
gical operation was performed by Dr. F. V.
Zluimerot this city to-day which will boot
great Interest to surgeons. A child twonty-two
months old swallowed a cent sixteen days ago.
With a radlngrapl),the cent was approximate
ly located a weofc.'iao In the tcsophngus. A
prolonged attempts wicathon mado by ordinary
means to extract lbe Coin, but without auocess.
It was finally determined to use the fluoro
scope during tho operation, tho observer direct
ing tbo movements from his observation of the
coin and metal Instruments as they appeared on
tho fluoroscopo screen. Thin boards were placed
across two boxes and the patient was placed
under tho Crook es tube.
The observer placod himself beneath, and
with tbo use of the new metallic screen of Inch
mosh definitely located the coin. Tho tube was
then placed under the patient, and Dr. Ztmmer
proceeded to grasp tho coin under tho direction
of the observer.
It was highly successful, the coin being re
moved after slipping once or twice from tho
forceps. Tho patient was under tho lnfluenco
of ether, and tho observor saw ove ry movement
of tho forcops. The patient Is now considered
oat of danger.
DUDLEY' a BIO DIXXER.
The Town Won Fame on Election Day nnd
Gen, Uuckncr Paid for the Mpread.
TorEKA, Kan., Dec.27. The men, women, and
children of Dudley township, Haskell county,
Kansas, celebrated Christmas at the expense of
Gen, Simon Bolivar Bucknor of Kentucky, late
gold standard Domocratlo candldato for the
Vice-Presidency. Dudley township has only
twelve votes, but It Is the only precinct In tho
Unltod States that gave a majority for Palmer
and Buckncr.
A few days ago Gen. Buckncr sent to County
Clerk Cave twenty-flvo gallons of old Kentucky
whiskey and a check for $60 to be turned over
to the Dudley Democrats for Christmas pur
poses. They resolved to give a big dinner In the
echool house, and Mrs. Mary Akers and Mrs.
Sarah Henthorn were made a committee of ar
rangements. It w as a royal spread of turkey, quail, and ven
ison, witb plenty of whiskey punch on the side.
Tho entire township and many from the county
Beat were Invited. Following tho dinner, the
children were entertained, and In the evening
the grown folks danced.
AKESTUCHY CUltlliTMAI SIIOOTSXO.
Two Men Fell Drud and Anatber Wan
Mortally Wounded In u Row.
JIocst Vkiinov. Ky.. Dec. 27. A Christmas
spree six miles north ot here caused tbedeath of
two men estcrday afternoon and may end In
the death of another. The dead are Jack
Rlgsby and Armp Rowland. Greeley Lear Is
dangerou-ly wounded. A drinking frolic had
been going on, when Klgsby got Into a quarrel
with Harry Jones nnd some other men and wns
severely beaten. He wenl home, got up a party
ot friends, among whom was Lear, and started
back to gel revenge. He found Jones with
Armp How land and boveral other men, and
shooting began quick!). Thu row was general
and lasted several minutes, with the result that
Rjgsby was shot through the head and Row
land through the bod). Lear was also shot
through tie bod). The surviving fighters re.
tired and there havuboen no arrebls. Rowland
killed a man scvoral years ago In Garrard
count).
DOI.SO 3 KXOTS AD SATISFIED.
Dlanbled FrelEbtrr Didn't Wnnt Any Help
from the Brooklyn City.
The steamship Brooklyn City. In yesterday
from Swansea, passed closo under the stern of a
disabled freighter on tho night ot Dec. 12, about
100 miles off the Irish coast. She was proceed,
ing at about three knots, under fore.and.aft
all, Capt. Watson of the Brooklyn City hailed
the stranger and asked It she needed assistance.
Iho answer ramnback that she did not. Capt.
Watson could not make out the name of tho
stranger, as hor skipper shouted It across tbo
several ship lengths ot sea, but ho sa)s It
sounded something llko "Caldy." She was
bound from New Orleans to Liverpool. It Is
piobnblothat she was the Holbein, which re
cently put Into (jueonstnwn with her crank pin
loose after a hard battle with a gale In mid-ocean.
A FltlXCBaa AXD 1IER LOTVIt.
Clara Wnrd Iluyn a lions for the Parent
or ner tirpsr Mualclnn.
London, Dec. 27. The .Sfdiidnrd's Vienna cor
respondent telegraphs that the Princess of Car-aman-Chlmay,
formerly Miss Clara Ward of
Detroit. Mich, who eloped with JanosRIgo, a
Hungarian gypsy musician, spent Christmas
ere at the but of Rlgo's pareuts at Stuhlwels
senberg. Hungary.
'Iho Princess has purchased a house and
several acres of land, which she has given to
her paramour's parents. On Christmas Day a
number of gypsy bands serenaded ltlgo and the
PrlncHss. The couple will go to America In the
spring.
.i imrsov coxricrm or eti.o.
Mr. VnoKhn MlKht 'I'nlk Free rlllver, but a
Later Chnrae Wna Huatalnrd.
Topfka. Kan.. Dec. 27. The Rev. E. II.
Vaughn, President of Soule College of Dodge
City, nflcr un ecclesiastical inquiry lasting four
da) s, haa been deposed from the pastorate of
the Methodist church at that placo for l)!ng.
Previous to this trial Vaughn was charged with
mixing In politic, particularly in that ho madu
free sliver speeches lu thu campaign. On this
charge lie was tried before an ecclesiastical
court at Garden Clt), but acqulf.cd, tlio court
holding that a preacher's political creed Is his
own and that his flock rnunoi Interfere.
SIIO f.eruinn Fnctnrlea Reamne Work,
Beiiun, D;c. 27. Htr Confthtionatr asserts
that .1110 Gorman fnclorlos have resumed work
since Mr. McKlnloy was elected President of
the United states, and that about 300 factories
huvo Increased their hands. 1ho factories re
suming Include. twcnU .eight woollen goods
mills, fifteen cotton goods works, twenty-throe
gcntlemen'o outfitting works, nnd olghleen
carpet factories. All ot theso hud been closed
for several uars.
Striking Mlnera Will On Hack to Work.
St, Louis. Dec, 2". The miners of tho Bollo.
vlllo, 111., district who have been on strike for
clghtdn)s for nn Increase from 35 cents to 10
rents hare derided to return to work ut the old
wages, Thin decision was preceded b) thu ap
pointment of a cotutiiitleo to present the matter
to tho Stale Hoard of Arbitration for final de
cision. About I, '.'00 men uro Involved.
Police rltnlloa Lighted b Ciir.llrud Lamp.
Frozen water 111 Hie gas pipe leading to the
East 120th street police station shut off all tbo
HghtB in the house about 4 o'clock vesterday
morning. A number of big headlights were
burrowed from tho car station of iho Third
Avenue Hailroad Company at 120lh street and
tho rooms were lighted In tnnt way until da),
light.
.Nobel Didn't I.e ivo 810,000,000 to a Vol.
vrrICi,
Stockholm, Dec 27. A semi-official donlal
Is given to the report from Paris that M. Alfred
Nobel, the Swedish engineer and chemllt, who
died at San Remo, Italy, a short time ago, had
left his fortune of $10,000,000 to Ui9 Blookbolm
University, j
MAJORM'KINLErSCABINET I
initEE AFPOIXTSIKXTB RELIEVED fl
JO HATE REEX AGREED VPOX. ?JB
" sl
John Mherrann for the State Department, ;'B
Dlnoiey of Maine for the Treasury, nan i'M
Cornelias N. Ullae of New "Vork far thn '9
Nay v -Mark Uaana to Do to the Senate, ;
WAsnisoro.v, Doc S7.-It Is unofficially an-
nouueed that Chairman Ilanna of the Ropub- ,'
llcan National Committee will return to Jm
Washlng.oh next month for n somowhat pro- pU
tractcd stay. When ho cornea perhaps some- JH
thins now can be learnod about tho make 9
tip of Prcsldont-oloct McKlnloy's Cabinet, "jM
Washington is always full ot statesmen, but jjM
there aro not so many politicians hero as la H
tho various States, and llttlo definite Inform- )W
Hon can bo gained as to tho Influences at ejH
work In behalf of tbo various candidates. M
When Mr. Hunna was last in Washington, ,'S
about the time of tho opening; of Congress. )
Cabinet making was a vorr popular ocoupa- l9
Hon, to which Republicans generally seemed '!ifl
dovotod. Mr. Ilanna was talked to on the ,.B
subject of tho Cabinet by almost every lbs- T-fl
publican who called on him during his Wash. - ilH
Ington visit, and although he protested that '9
ho was not In tho business of Cabinet max- ;;M
lng, his influence and advlco wero as eagerly ssal
sought as if he had announced that tho Presl 3jffl
denUelect had commissioned him to make np a fiB
slate. Among other things, Mr. Ilanna said, i$H
explicitly that tho President-elect would not M
formally offer places in the Cabinet to any. !?
body until just before the 4th of March. 9
This does not make it cortaln by any means, S'W
however, that tho Presidentelect has not a iU
very good Idea now of tho' names that ha -fl
would tlko to see. on tho list, or that he has m
not founded several prominent Reoubltcasa jfl
as to their desires. Thore are a large nam. J?B
ber of candidates in the United States Sen Vil
ate, but It Is not thought that many of them, ifU
will bo chosen. Among tho Senators them Hfl
selves, the belief has now settled into convic jfl
tlon that three appointments havo Dcen agreed rjB
upon, as follows: H
Secretary of State, Jo us Snzajux ot Ohio. -ffan!
Secretary of the Treasury, KxLsot Draaurr, Jr v jfl
of Malae. 41H
Secretary of the Navy, Coajtcrcs N. Buss of New ?
York. cm
Mr. Sherman's colleagues ln'the Sonata are ,'
convinced now that when Mr. Ilanna was '-iSB
hero the Ohio situation was talked over, and -B
tho plans laid for carrying out tho political H
agreement mado by tho Republican leaders !
in Ohio, by the terms ot which Mr. Sherman yM
is to go into the Ccblnet, Mr. Ilanna and Mr. SB,
Foraker to the Senate, nnd Mr. Bushnell &9
was elected Govornor. So far as con be 3Jjfl
learned, Mr. Ilanna made no direct state-
ment to any one while here, licyond express- 'tH
jug his disinclination to take a Cabinet place, rfl
for tho reason that If he did he would have 'nfl
to sever all his business connections. No IH
Republican hero who enjoys a reputation jS
for political shrewdness believes for a mo. U
ment that Mr. Ilanna Is to play tbo part ot &
thu modest power behind the throne and re- H
main In Cleveland whllo tho Ohio Republican ?;
leaders, much less deserving of prominence H
than himself, enjoy themselves In Washing- fj.
ton, -:'
Among those who know Senator John Sher- iU
man well It Is a matter of great surprise that iaai
the President-elect desires to glvo him the """ faH
most Important place In the Cabinet, and that B
he is In. lined to accept it. Finance is the !
only political question to which Mr. Sherman ,$B
has given deep study during his long and busy fl
life, and umong those who know hlai best It Is U
not thought that he possesses the qualifies- M
tlons necessary to maxe him a successful Sec- "JH
retary of Male. He has not bad great expert. iana
ciice in dealing w Ith diplomatic questions, and. jJ
being now in his 74th year. It Is regarded as flfl
somewhat surprising that he would care to aa- IjH
suuie the great work and responsibility attached ,fM
to a Cabinet office. During his Chairmanship of lfl
tho Committee olt Foreign Relations Mr. bher. vH
man ban not taken a prominent part In dlsoos- 5aB
lug of the important questions either In the H
committee or on the flour of the i-enate. It 1 '11
ev on said by some of the Ohio Senator's most
Intimate friends that hla mind is not as clear ,
as It was. and that his memory is at fault to ;
such a decree as to occasionally embarrass his JV
committee colleagues, lhls has been a sub- fl
ject of comment In tho Senate for some time, ,-,;
and Mr. Mierman'e course on the Cuban qnes- "
Hon Is pointed to at, an Illustration of his fall- ?
Ins mental powers. A s ear ago ho was thought
to be a friend of Cuba, and was at least in favor
ot the resolutions recognizing the bellLcer- j'B
ency of the insurgents. Ihis year he has ;
chanced hi: views, und is now one of the most ''
poi erf ul friends of the Administration In lu $
conduct of foreign nttntrs, tne Cuban question -jiM
Included, in Congress. It naa left to benntor idH
Cameron ot Penns)lvanla. .v man who was B
never especially Interested in foreign affairs, .
to Introduce tho Cuban resolution in tne Sen- '.W
ate, and to draw up the ablo report In support ;
of it. 'I hat ro'ort, it is understood, was writ- i
ten by Mr Henry Adams, formerly of Boston,
but. whoever wroto It, It la regarded as an able ;!
document, well sustaining the claim that the ;-'-
passage of the resolution Is justified by the ,;?
facts of the situation. :;
Senator Sherman, although Chairman ot
the Foreign Relations Committee, has apparent- :?
ly given no study to tho Cuban question, and S H
has taken no active i.art In the work of the
committee, contenting himself with announo- !
Ing his opposition to tho Cameron resolu-
tlon. ami maklug no light Against It. bens- ;,
tor Davis of Minnesota has made an cxhaus- "$U
tlve study of tho International questions in. f$MJ
volvcd. as has Senntor .Morguu. represontlns rH
the Democratic: minority on the committee. j$U
Aa with the Cuban question, so it Is with w
other important matters liefore thu commit- ..!,
tee. nnd It Mr. Sherman should be appointed ,(
Secretary of state, his friends think that he .
vvnull bo content with allowing the foreUn ?
polio of the Cleveland Administration to be M
carried out to Its legitimate conclusion, and '
that he ivould not bo cnpablo physically or jH
mentally of blocking nut a popular foreign fl
polic) for the McKlnley Administration. Mr. 49
Sherman has lately hnon regarded us n strong; l.m
nntl-JlngoHt, und would probably not change lijB
his atlltudo If he were appointed Secretary ;(;
Clmlrmau Dinglcy of tho Ways and Means 'jfl
Cciiimitleo still hijs that he does not de- ;
slro to bo n mciuboi of the Cabinet, and that X
he hones ho will not be. It is well known.
however, that the President-elect has talked
tho matter over with him nnd made known If
to Mm his desire to hnwi him assume charge (
of the tlnani ml policy ot the Admlnlstra- ts
tlon, Mr. Duigley said to an Intlmnts friend f,
tho other du) Hint he hopi d he would be al- 1
lowed to remain In the House of Represents- a
tlves. His frletide do not think he will be.
As to Mr. Bliss. It Is generally conceded by J
Republicans In Washington that he will
bo asked to represent tho Stnte of New York i
In thn Cabinet ns -ecreinry of Hie Navy. It Z
wuhl be gratifying to tho President-elect to i
bo ablo to otter this place to a man who Is
iiceeptablo to nil factions of the Republican 5
party In tho state of New Vork, and as It i
was mado known to nlni soon after his eloo. J
tlou Hint the anpolntniont of Mr. Bliss would
meet with universal annrov.il. It Is thought
that his was one of the first names decided 1
npon. Tho friends of Pollio Commissioner 1
Konhovelt aro Mill determined to prerent lilt J
mime to tho "resident elect ns n candidate 1
for the officii of AssMnut secretary nf tho
Navy, uhuihcr Mr. Bliss, or n Itoimbllcan ?
fremi bourn other Statu Is iippolnlud Secre- 3
tin. $
CAIIIXET TALK IX CtSlOX.
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The Niemea or Uliiglrv, Hliermnn, nnel Illlasj .--
Are Mentioned Fiielrlc.nloue Candidates. .
t ANTON, 0 Dec, 27 Within a week tht
Proildeiit-elect will probably commence work
on Ins Inaugural iuliln"i, una It will not take
him many days to tluMi It, for he has well Oxect ';
In his iiilnd the Hues of thought he wishes tods
vclopu nnd tho suggestions ho, wishes to make. -I
After Major McKlnley has finished his ade 4
dreex he w 111 dev ote nil of his lime to the work
of oik'unlzlng his Administration, and he may ,
go smith for a few weeks to enjoy a short period
nf rest nnd compiratlvo solitude before setting ,
out for Washington, 1
Major McKlulc) hu, according to tho belief v
of those who have watched the matter closest, '
invited no ono save Mr. Hanna to become a
member of hU Cabinet. It Is understood, how. ,,'
ever, that Nelson A, Dlngloy of Maine will i
probably bo mado Secretary ot ".lit TrcM- v
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