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RAILROAD NOT TO BLAME.
I jissii.t of the ixquiry into the
MEURICK JIOAD ACCIDENT.
) njprrtnr Uatehelt' neport Plans the Blame
Mf on the Driver and the Occupants or the
' Tllj-lm, Who Were Unmindful or Any
I Iblns P.icept Their Own Merryinnklng.
H AinANT, June 4, Tbe Long Island Railroad
B Company '' exonerated from nit blame In a re-
H port filed with the Stato Railroad Commission
mk (r inspector Ocorgo 8. Gatcholl of Buffalo, who
o wh designated by tho commission to investigate
thcaurs which led to tho accident on tho
nenipstend hrnnch of tho Long Island Railroad
tt tho Morrlc k road crossing on Decoration Day.
nit report shows that tho cnglno struck the
cosch between Uio forward and roar wheels.
,. The report 1ms not yet been mado public, and Is
cot likely to be until tho bonrd renders a doclslon
I pfllclally ""In tho blnmo for tho accident. Col.
Ashley W. Cole, tho President of tho Railroad
Commission, carefully examined Mr. Gntcholl's
report this afternoon and afterward gavo his
views regarding tho accident to The Scn cor
respondent. He said:
"Mr. Oatchcll has mado a report of his por
sonl examination of tho ground and inquiry of
the persons who are doomed to know most re
ftrdlni; the online of tho accident. Ills report Is
not qulto concluded, nor has tho Doard of Rail
road Commissioners seen It. It tonds cry
strongly to evonerato tho railroad company.
The claim, so broadly mado, that Engineer Calll-
!ftn neither blew his whistle nor rang his boll
before reaching tho crossing Is refuted by strong
evidence. It Is tnio that tho survivors of tho
accident say that tho proper signals woro not
riven. Thoy would porhips state moro exactly
loth tho truth and their own meaning If they
confined tho statement to saying tint thoy did
not heir tho signals. So far us tho me
chanical gong at tho crossing Is concerned,
U was In good order and undoubtedly
rnj. When tho lending horses wcro at
the first rail of the track the driver, had ho
been looking to the left, could have seen down
the track In tho direction from which tho train
tame for certainly 1,200 foot, and probably
1,600 feet. Thcro wero no fences either on his
rtubl hand or his left, and he could bnve swung
his horns Instantly In eithor direction. There
was a slight up grado to the track, and It would
hive been a simple mutter to have stopped tho
Ullr ho with the bra to just where it stood, and
let tho engine kill the leading span of horses or
allot them If they could not be swung oil the
track by tho use or the reins, and tho roach and
twsscngors would have been uninjured. Drlier
UcCormick, however, told Mr. Gatchcll that ho
thought ho could get safely across the track
sheid of the train. His first thought undoubt
edly was of tho danger to his horses.
"The impression that this is a crossing at
which tho dangers are extraordinary arises
from misinformation. It Is not on tho main lino
of the Long Island Railroad, and only thrco
trains a day pass at this crossing. A farmer who
lived in tho neighborhood was killed at that
crossing some years ago. but It would hardly bo
claiiuod for him that ho was taken unawares,
viewed from any standpoint the accident was
hocking and pltiiul. but the greatest blame
lies with the heedless and Innocent party as they
rollicked along the road, paying no attention
whatever to anything but their own merrymak
ing, laughter, mid hornblowlng, which, prob
ably, had at tho moment diverted the attention
of the driver himself from his dutv.
It has been said that frequent complaints
have been made concerning the dangerous char
acter of this particular crossing. It is proper
here to say that no complaint concerning It has
t er been made to tho State Railroad Commis
sion, before which board such complaints should
properly be made, and to which the railroad
companies are always amenable. An anony
! mous letter to a newspaper or o grievance ex
jrCJ pressed to a poundmastcr or a Tillage trustee
Vjg la scarcely a proper form of making complaint
on such a subject. Of course there are ways of
proceeding through tho local authorities to
remedy such evihjr-lrot few people take ho
trouble to set the machinery of tbe law
la motion. Such an accident as this .one
would not be likely to happen again
In a hundred years, and there is good
reason to hope and believe that within
ten or fifteen years It will bo rendered well
nlah Impossible In this Stato through the
enforcement of tbe new Grade Crossing law.
This Uw, howeter, had to be brought to the at
tention of many successive Legislatures by the
Railroad Commission, and failed at each session
until the one just closed. Even then It had but
five votes to spare in the Assembly, and was
polled through on tbe last day of the session
onV Fi the united efforts of railroad officials
and tho members of the Railroad Com
mission, who pleaded personally with the
members for their votes. Many members told
jno personally that they were opposed to tho bill
because they fcarr.l that It was going to Impose
, additional taxes out heir towns or districts, and
fl J?,1?6.0' ,henl kne' 6 Httlo about the scope of tho
bill that they believed it provided In substance
for the Immediate abolition at one fell swoop of
all tho grade crossings in the State."
THE BRIDE BESCEXDED A LADDER.
! This Way sua Lewis Escaped a Merry
Party or nice Throwers.
i PLArNnELD, N".JJune4. Benjamin F.Lang
worthy of Chicago, who was best man at the
marrlago of Miss Louise Augusta Lewis to
James Everett Kimball in the Seventh Day nau
tili Church last night, devised n way whereby
the couple evaded a party of n hundred young
peoplo who awaited their coming with rice, old
hoes, and other tokens of good luck. At tho
door of the carriage that It was supposed was to
carry them from tbe homo of tbe bride to the
Itation of the Central Railroad of New Jersey
the couple's friends had prepared the nuptial
hazing, which was to bo complete in every de
tail, but they wasted their efforts.
B Langwortby put up a ladder from tho back
B yard to a second story window, and when the
tlmo came for them to depart for the train the
H couple descended tbe ladder to tho ground.
S They wore then conducted to mother carriage
that had not been bedecked with whlto ribbons
and other tokens signifying tho presence of &
newly married couple, ana they wcro on the
H train speeding toward ilench Croft, Mass.,
abere they are to spend their honeymoon, bo-
ore their merry friends discovered that tbey
bsd been fooled.
flj Mr. Langwortby, however, had too lively a
H lense of humor not to hare any of the usual
T pleasantry with tbo bride and bridegroom, and
J be saw to It that their trunk was sent to tbe
m Itpot covered with white ribbons and with two
H or three shoes dangling from tho straps. The
I groom's coat pockets weroulso liberally supplied
I with rice, which ho emptied, much to his em-
BV barrassment, at a later hour. As a gentle re-
Mi' sunder that their friends still thought of them,
H a pair of old shoes tied with white ribbons were
J sent by cxpross to them to-day.
MOJMJ FJIOSI A KV8BIAX P11180X.
tlthl Nallors Land In Ian Fraarlseo, and Tell
H or Their Had Lot In ladlvoatok.
J 8a v Fiufcinco, June 4. Eight American sail-
Mi rt returned hero to-day after nearly two years
W la prison at Vladivostok. They forniod part of
Hf Ue crew of sovonteen men on the American
schooner Salpon, who wero captured in the fall
ot 1S05 on ltobber Island, near Saghalcn. They
lay they signed for an ordinary trading cruise,
and when they found tho Captain Intended to
raid the Russian seal Islands they protested, but
H a v.. in ' ijt.i landed latn In tho seuson on Itob
H i?j !"nd when It wus known the wuuhincn
'in withdrawn from tho Russian Fur Soul
H. i,W'" "warehouse.
Mt v. lino cm tbu Island they wero surprised by the
K P-urancii of the Russian cruiser Yakut. Tho
B .;?'",""' tho bullion uml tlireo iiienuiu to sea
JM abandoned thvsnllnrs on Iho Island, These
?' taken to Vladivostok and thrown Into tho
wmuirm ruclvlngprlson, Infested with nnin
if? rw did with inuvlcts. After six weeks
i Vi ",,lt "Tough afurclcul trial mid were dent
n,J','" "i"i prison. They thcro wero half fed
ni ''ll "'"' desperate convicts, .tubbings
I S?. .",""'" r "tro frequent. In June of last
Su "lll K0t a "ol" ,0 H'u Captain of tbo United
lit i "" I' lipla, which was in tho bar-
l.Jl '" ."'" itunsiaii olllelals deceived lilin by
ulv. ", "10 Prisoners would lie released in tho
."J"i.'''ioiilli. Kmally friends In California
InU"1' ",l" ''"' -MuerleanMlnlstcr In St. Tutors
V ,'K " I on Man h -Jti lust an order for their ri
al Vi.n'.'""', i bo sallord lust no tlmo In leaving
si 'Auivodiok.
Hj (,old Ksporls.
OoU roln amounting to 500,000 was with-
7 J'slcrda) from tho Sut-Trcasury by tho
,' of HudUbu.li, Ickelholmor & Co. for export
Thl. i!efUlu", t-(laJ' '') thb ster.uisblp Obdam.
li'i'y Iho total exportr of gold this week
t bi,VT,,K "n,l tbo total sinco tho present ex
J , mi "WTtuicut Ut-an oo AprU S7, $ 17,118,02b.
tsoo,ooo rjtox wxitE tappimq.
Ramraerfleld, Arrested In Denver. Tells or
Urent luocess In Several Lands.
Denver, CoL, Junel. CharlosMoran and It.
M. Summorfleld, tho pool-room wire tappers,
were released to-day at noon for lack of evidence.
Thoso men have been very free to talk ot their
prowess In other cities. Their outfit included
wlro cutters, a flvo-strap switchboard, a box re
lay and Bounder, polo climbers, and other para
phernalia for good work In wire tapping. Thoy
said thoy woro able to cut in upon a duplet wire.
Summorfleld says he won a record at the Chick
erlng Hall contest In 1801 ns a fait Bonder, hav
ing taken third prlto ot that tlmo.
"Fhoj oars ago," said Sumc'orfleld, "Moran
and I went Into the business ' tapping the
wires ot pool rooms and raoe trucks. We saw
how easy It was to mako money In that way.
Tho pool rooms, you know, hnvo uo legal exist
onco and thoroforo they cannot punish us.
"In New York wo ran rui ft blind an X-ray ap
paratus factory nt 08 East Thirteenth stroot,
undor tho namo ot Lo Roy & Co. Sometimes wo
got local parties to placo our bets on a 10 por
cent, commission to avoid suspicion. Wo havo
had tho plcasuro of breaking pool rooms In Ger
many, England, Canada, and thlscountry, raising
In tho last Ave years Just about 9A00.000, much
of which w o ha vo spent In bucking the faro bank,
some In foreign travel, and some in the purchaso
of Now York real estate. In St. Louts wo did
four pool rooms two months ago for $7,600 bet
ting on Dasqutl and Parmesan ot the Oakland,
Cnl., track. Wo also won In backing Royal
Nottle instead of Plug In June, 1603, at Now
Orleans. We also had fun with tho Robyand
Columbia Heights pool rooms in Chicago on Feb.
23, 1807, and similar places In Toronto and
Hamilton, Canada, and tho Point of Pines and
Lynn rooms, Lynn, Mass.
"We wcro arrested in New York in October,
1800, and July, 1801, on thechargo of wire top
ping." Theso men will probably not be able to con
tlnuo their garoo in Denver.
JfISS COOPEK'S nounzED BEQUESTS.
Adirondack Sanitarium a Veil as Cooper
I'nlon nenenta by Her Pencil Kola.
It Is stated that the bequest mado in the will
of Miss Julia Cooper to the Adirondack Sani
tarium for Consumptives at Saranac Lako baa
been doubled by Edward Cooper, the brothor ot
Miss Julia Coopor, and residuary legates under
her will.
Miss Cooper died In January. Her estate,
real and personal, was estimated at $000,000.
She gave to Cooper Union $100,000, to the
Adirondack Sanitarium $23,000, to the Now
York Infirmary for Women and Children $23,
000, and to individuals about $230,000. The
rest of tho estate, some $300,000, was left
absolutely to hor brothor. A week ago, at
the thirty-eighth annual commencement ot
Cooper Union, ex-Mayor Howltt, tho Sec
retary of tho Board of Trustees, stated that
on the margin of Miss Cooper's will, in
pencil, wero the words: "Another hundred
thousand," and that in compliance with that
wish tho brother, who was the sole executor.
had doubled the original bequest, and had given
Cooper Union $200,000. The news that he had
done the samo thing with the Adirondack Sani
tarium bequest comes to Tiik Sex from tho
sanitarium. Ex-Mayor Hewitt said to Tns Sex
reporter when asked about tbo matter that it
was one of which he would not speak. One of
the officials of the sanitarium In this city
would make no statement for publication,
but friends ot the sanitarium said that the
statement was true. The 8UN reporter saw
the original will of Miss Cooper in the Surro
gate's oHlce yesterday. The pencil note is on
the front of the single sheet of paper on which
the will is written, and is on thommrgtn-rflfeetty
beside tbe paragraph relating to Cooper Union
and the sanitarium- Tho marks ore very taint,
and look as though thoy had been rubbed. The
note reads:
I wish to mite this ssra (300.000 Instead of flOO,
000 to Cooper Institute, and to the saaltarlam 50
000 Instead of 1X5,000. JCLUOoorxa.
Nov. 10, 'OS.
In the probate papers filed by Mr. Cooper
with tho will he says:
" A large proportion of the residuary estate,
though bequeathed to petitioner, will be distrib
uted among several persons and various benev
olent Institutions, pursuant to the wishes of
testatrix as made and Indicated by her In her
lifettme, though the same never wero formally
executed or expressly incorporated In her last
will and testament."
VttDAJT HXAKES.
Six-Footer I'nder a Floor In Pearl Street Utile
One In City Halt Park.
This is a true snake story, for a Sun reporter
has seen tho snake. It lacks only ono Inch and
a half ot being six feet long. Ben Eggers, who
keeps a saloon at 140 Pearl street, says It was
killed In his cellar, and he keeps the corpse
down there on the top of a whiskey barrel to
prove it. Mr. Eggers says that be heard an out
cry in the cellar, whore n carpenter was taking
up somo old flooring, and went down to investi
gate. Ho found tbe carpenter, the carpenter's
boy, and tho snake. At first it appeared that all
tbrco wcro trying to get out of the cellar at
once. Tho arrival of reinforcements was the
signal for attack, however, and a lucky throw
by the carpenter crushed the snako's head. The
snake is a Ilatcanton conttrictor, ordinarily
known as a blacksnnkc. How he got into tbo
cellar Is a mystery.
While worlcmon wero digging about the flower
beds in tho City Hall Park yesterday a brownish-yellow
snako about two and a half feet long
was discovered and killed. It was laid under
Sheriff Damsen's window, and several deputy
sheriffs swore off. Ono of the yellow Journals
sent a civil engineer over with a compass, a sur-
cjor's chain, nnd n boy to measure tho snako
for the Sundu) unper. The engineer chained
from tho place where tbe snake was found to
the place where its body was reposing and made
UN. 07,30 E., IcA. 73 f.
BUEJIIFV TA3IHEX AH A. WITNESS.
He Oxblalns at SUrtlns That HU Kama Is Hot
Uamsen.
Sheriff Edward J. II. Tamson was in Special
Sessions Court yesterday as a witness In the
caso ot Robert Stclner, who was charged with
having passed a boomerang check for $20 on
John Malono, a hotel keeper at Eighty-fourth
street and Third avenue, on May 25.
"What Is your namo I" asked Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Matthews. I
" Edward J, II. T-a-m-s e-n, Tamsen, not Dam
sen," repllod tbe Sheriff,
" What do ) ou know of this case I"
"Not much," said tho Sheriff. " I was In the
SlaairZtituno restaurant ono noon for lunch.
Bitting on, I moan at, a dablo, whon Mr, Stelner
game in. Ho says to me how am I, and I re
sponded to him. Then wo shoog hands and
talked. Pretty soon another mans enme along
and shoog hands with me, and Mr. Stelner asked
mo did I knew him. 1 told him In a very super
fluous way that I knew him slightly: that I had
seen him at polldlcul gatherings, and that's all I
know,"
Sheriff Damson was then excused. As no
morn serious evident o was brought against
Stelner ho was discharged.
SECOND riOTJU'H 1IODY EOVXD.
Taken from Vnder a Tank In tbo Collapsed
Hoap Factory.
Tho body of Jacob Jacobson, tho carpenter, who,
with William Fnuer, was burled In tho rulns'of
the collupsed building at Twelfth avenue and
Fifty-first street, belonging to DaUd H. Brown
U Co., soap manufacturers, was found last o oil
ing, Tho workmen who hod been digging for it
finally saw the foot sticking out from under ono
of tho big tanks which fell down in the rentre of
tho building. Thoy were two and a half hours
extricating thp bod.
It was crushed so badly ns to be almost un
recognizable. Jacobson's silver watch was
smashed, but there was enough of the dial left
to show that It had slopped ut 0:32 o clock, Tho
collapbe occurred ut 0:13, and It is supposed that
thu w atch wus fust.
Prescription B Park Place, It, V.
1'olsoit caso, lH s gallons.
The baby and children must drink no other during
summer bare quantity seat to country at one.
TL 8011 Cert, raaod Water, H.D.-Ua'i).
SHE LEADS IN BATTLE.
Philippine iNsvnoENTs rioitz
VNDEIt DR. EIZAZ'B WIDOW.
Her Company Has Already Won Two Vic
tories nnd Follows Her Devotedly Her
lleanty nnd Her Determination to Farther
the Cante for Which Her Husband Died.
Tacoma, Wash., Juno 4. To-day's advices from
Hong Kong say that the boautltul widow of Dr.
Rlzol has caused a sensation throughout tho
East by nssumlng command ot a company of In
surgents in the Phlllpplno Islands. Already her
command has won two lotorlos over Spanish
troops. Her hoadquartcrs aro at Nale, In Cavlto
province.
It was roportod recently nt Hong Kong that
slio had luovod Into Lnguna province, whoro
Spanish troops havo beon operating latoly, but
this proves to bo a mistake. Early last month
her company attacked and droo back tho
Spanish advance guard in Cavlto, inflicting
seoro losses. Two of her company wero
wounded. A few days later Spanish troops at
tacked tho insurgents and wero driving them
back. Then tho company of Capt. Rlzal came
up and changed the defoat into victory.
Her success Is accounted for largely by tho
fact that hor command is composed of picked
marksmen.
At another tlmo hor followers Bet flro to bov
eral large estates before tho Spanish troops
could occupy them, thus destroying largo stores
upon which the Spanish were depending.
It will bo remembered that Mrs. Rlzal Is the
stepdaughter of a retired Hong Kong morchant,
who went to Manila for her health. Thero sho
met Dr. Rlzal, nnd married him after a brief
engagement, against her stepfather's wishes.
Soon afterward Dr. Rlzal was captured by tho
Spanish, convicted ot treason by tho court mar
tial and ordorod to bo shot. His wlf o was per
mitted to eoo htm just beforo ho was executed.
Later she docldod to dovoto tho rest of her Ufa
to tbe causa for which he died, and, after mak
ing final preparations and arranging her affairs,
sho went to Cavlte, whero her coming was
hailed with delight by tho insurgents.
When Dr. Rizal's body was delivered to his
family his sister found in the bootlog a stirring
ode he had written in prison, in which ho called
upon his countrymen nevor to forsake the cause
of liberty. This ode has been printed and dis
tributed among tho insurgent troops. Mrr.
Rlzal has taught it to her troops, who, accord
ing to reports from tho Philippines, delight to
sing It under her leadership.
Mrs. Rlzal is an oxnert horsowoman and
passes an hour every day practising with the
rifle. Latest reports stale that, notwithstand
ing tho Spanish boasts, tho Insurgents are win
ning more victories than nro the Spanish, and
that thero Is no prospect of tho Spaniards sub
duing tho islands.
The Spanish Governor-General has requested
tho Government at Madrid to send him 8,000
more troops at onco.
IS CAMPOS TO REPLACE WETLEItT
sicaa That the Conservatives star L'nload the
Buteher and Hold On.
Special Cable Detpatch to TBI Box.
Madrid, June 4. Thero is great anxiety
among all classes to learn the result of tho
Queen Regent's long interview with Gen. Marti
nez Campos to-day. It is hoped that his known
opposition to Weyler's policy of coercion will
prevail, and that Weylor will be recalled. This
step would be among tho first that Seflor Sa
casta would take If ho wero appointed Prime
Minister.
There is a significant change in tho tone ot tho
Conservative press, which indicates that tho
fata ot the Conservative party is In nowlso re
garded as being dependent on Weylor.
Although popular opinion Is in favor of Sefior
Sagasta's forming a new Government, the im
pression prevails that thf Conservatives could
remain In office if they recalled Weyler, In which
case Gen. Campos would probably consent to rc
placo him as Captain-General of Cuba.
After a conference with tho Quoen Regent, the
Presidents of the Senate and tbo Chamber of
Deputies have advised her to retain Premier
Canovss del Castillo and his Ministers in oQlce,
OUBAN-AXEItlOAX CITIZENSHIP.
Tbo London Chronicle Hnro We Aro Dlekerlna
with Spain to Rearulato It.
fptctal Cabli Df patch to Tnc Box.
London, June 4. A despatch to the Chronicle
from Washington says that Secretary of State
Sherman is considering a proposal from Spain
for a treaty to prevent fraudulent naturaliza
tion, mainly with the idea of preventing natives
of Cuba from claiming American citizenship
after two years' residence In the Island, follow
ing the issue of their naturalization papers.
SPANISH SOZDIEnS 3IITTINT.
Driven to Deopatr by III Treatment, They Kill
a Llentenant-Cotoaol.
Havana, via Key West, June 4. A sensation
has been produced by tho news that tho soldiers
of the Spanish battalion of Plzarro have
mutinied, killing their Lieutenant-Colonel. The
cause of tho revolt was tho bod treatment of tho
soldiers.
THE WLT. ARMISTICE SIGNED.
Tnrkej Mar Bovletnal Hor Armj Urooee
Stuot Babe the Blockade.
Sptoial CnsU IHtpatch ta Tns Sits.
Athens, June 4. The Turkish and Greek del
egates met again to-day at Taratsa to consider
tho demands of tho Porte regarding the applica
tion of the armistice, as far as It affected marl-
.fmn Affairs
Greece finally acquiesced in tbe Turkish de
mands, which were that tho blockado of the
coasts of Macedonia and Rplrus should be
raised, that no troops or contraband ot war
should be landed on Turkish torrltory, and that
vessels (under tho Turkish ling should be per
mitted to enter Greek ports without hindrance.
The full armistice was then signed. Turkoy
will be allowed to revlctual her army In Thessa
lyby woyof Volo, but will not be allowed to
land troops or munitions of war.
VESUVIUS HU11BT3 VOHTH.
Tho Most Violent Bniptlon Rlnre 111 TO, When
Sixty Llveo Were Lost,
Sptoial Cablt IHipatc to Tns 8cm.
Naples, June 4. Mount Vesuvius is again In
eruption. The flow of lava from tho crater
covers an area 2,000 metres long and 300 metres
wide. Approach to tho mountain is extremely
dangerous.
Tbo eruption is the greatest slaoe 1872, whon
more than sixty lives wero lost. A woman has
been severely burned.
Victoria's Letter lo All KngUsbtneu.
Stxcial CalU IHtpatch loTiit Run.
London, Juno 4. The Quoen will address a
letter to Englishmen at homo and abroad on tho
occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of her acces
sion to tho throne Tbo letter will bo circulated
In facsimile
Killed by n Live Wlro.
llALTIMOHE, June 4. William P. Ray, head
salesman and assistant manager ot Cllnes' bi
cycle establishment of this city, was on the
portico of the second-story front room this
morning dlroetlng the pasting of somo signs on
the building, when, to steady hlmsolf, he grasped
a live electric light wire. It is thought that
2,700 volts passed through his body. Death
was instantaneous. His hand was badly burned,
and his foot was disfigured. Mr. Itay was 30
years ot age, and came to this city from Wash
ington. He bad boen in tho employ ot Cling
Bros, for three year. -
DOCTOR CHAHOED WITH MUHDEU.
Arrested Owing lo His Peculiar Treatment of
Prank or Brooklyn, Who Died.
Denvkr, Col., Juno 4. Dr. LowIb F, Preston,
a specialist with an advertised euro for con
sumption, was arrested late last night nnd re
leased upon ball to-day, charged with tho mur
dorotDatld l'ronk, a patient from Brooklyn,
N, Y, Tho body of Pronk will lio exhumed and
nn Inquest will bo hold if tho autopsy shall de
velop that doath was duo to tho prnctlco of tho
specialist.
Dm Id Pronk, with his family, enmo on in tho
Inst stages of consumption. Thu CIgnrrrnkors'
Union furnished money to glvo Pronk tho benodt
of uioillrnl Jreatuiunt, nnd Dr. Preston's now
euro was tried. This consists in inserting a
trochar Into tho lungs at a point whero a cv Ity
is supposed to bo. Through this hollow tubo n
loop of platinum wlro Is Insorted. Conncctod
with tho loop aro tho wires ot n powerful dec
trio battery, nnd whon tho current Is on tho loop
takes on a whlto heat, which Is supposed to kill
the germs within tbo lung cavity, Pronk was
unable to survivo tho application ot chloroform
and the operation, dying soon after tho operation.
Preston says ho has n written rolcao from
Pronk, nnd will produco his collogo diploma as
a defence.
DELEGATE POSIllY'S PREDICAMENT.
Kept In Quarantine, Far from tbo Internallonnl
Commercial Consrro.
Galvkston, Tox June 4. J. J. Pomby, delo
gato from tho United States of Colombia to tho
International Commercial Congress now In ses
sion at Philadelphia, Is a passenger on tho Brit
ish steamship Explorer which arrived yesterday
morning, and Is being held tho usual tlmo in
quarantine. Mr. Pomby Is n woalthy banker
nnd merchant of Carthagenn, and h very
anxious to got away so that ha can attend tho
congress, but tho chances nro that ho w 111 not bo
released until Sunday morning. That would be
too lato for him lo fulfil his mission, nnd will
rendor his trip to this country useless, as far as
his mission is concerned.
Dr. Mayfloid, thu quarantlno officer ot the
port, took t ho matter up with tho authorities at
Austin, and advised that, as thu shin Is entirely
hoalthy, tbo drlcgato be permitted to land and
proceed. The authority was secured, but It
seems that tho passenger cannot bo landed until
tho Custom llouso peoplo say so.
The Collector appears to havo no discretion
under tbo law In the matter, and Mr. l'ombj has
taken tho m.vttor up with the rcproscntntho of
his country at Washington In tho hope that ar
rangements ran Ik- made for his releai-o. He has
also tologTaphod tho Congress nt Philadelphia
to use its Influence In his behalf, nnd it is
thought that ho may be helped out of his pre
dicament, otherwise he will bo held until Sun
day morning.
WEDDED TO A NOHLEMAN.
IQIh Enmy Plnsse Married br Major Paean of
lloboken leolerdny.
Eckhart von Walther, said by his friends to bo
a German nobleman and to havo been an olllccr
honorably discharged from tho German army,
w as married yestorday afternoon bj Ma or Fa
gan of Uobokon to Emmy Emlllo Clarissa Cath
erlna Frederlca Angelica do Condot Illo Plasse
of this city. The ceremony took placo In the
office of tbo Mayor.
The witnesses were all officials ot tbe city of
HoboLcn. Mr. Von Walther has been In this
country for soveral years. Ho has been a teacher
In the Southern States. Ho met Mlsi Plasse,
who was also u toacher, in January. Since they
hd not enough acquaintances In this country
to make a. big wedding worth whllo, the de
cided to have tbe simplest one possible, and took
a cab to Uobokon.
They hod tho idea common to foolish young
folks from Now York that a Hobokcn wedding
attracts the least posslblo amount of nubile at
tention. When they teturned In their cab to
056 Lexington avenue, where both have been
living, the other folks looked thorn in thu eyo
and said "Beon married!" Mr. and Mrs. Von
Walther blushed and said they had.
DOOS CAUSE PANIC.
Ono Alarms n Barber Sbops Customer, and the
Other Scare Shopper.
The heat affected a black collie dog which
Mrs. Mary Ellis of 130 Third avenuo was tnklng
up Broadway yesterday afternoon, nnd ha
cavorted around In such an alarming fashion
that Mrs. Ellis released hor bold on tbo chain
which held him.
Ho boundod Into tho barber shop of V. Martlo,
under tho Hotel Marlborough, and n pnnlo
among tho customers and shavers followed.
Tho animal was chased into tho hotel lobby,
and, after scattering the guests thero, It ran out
into tho street. Ho saw persons in the neigh
borhood wildly excited and dashed back Into tho
harbor shop.
Policeman Steadman got around by this tlmo
and knocked half tho llfoout of the dog with his
stick. Then bo took him into the street and
finished the other half w 1th a pistol shot.
Another dog a yellow one-dashed through
Twenty-third stroet from Broadway to Hixth
avenue earlier In the afternoon and scared tho
shoppers along that thoroughfare. At the cor
ner of Sixth avenuo Tony Be an of 307 East
Forty-eighth stroet killed tho dog with a blow
of a club.
Mil. SHEPA JU) 'S CA MDEN MARIUACE.
The Rev. Mr. Van Horn Did .lot Know lbs
Man Who Unve Hint a S)SO Fee.
Rev. William Van Horn ot Third stroet and
Kalghn's avenue, Camden, has made tho
discovery, it is said, that it was ho who
performed tbo first ceremony ot morriago
which united Elliott F. Sbcpard with the
widow Esther Wiggins. While President
McKlnley was being inaugurated on March 4
last a well-dressed couple were ushered Into Mr.
Van Horn's prcsoneo by Cob Driver Harry C.
Park. They asked lo bo married. Tho brldo-
groom ga n his ago ns 23 and tho brldo hers as
.3. The brldo said sho was n widow.
When the couplo had gono Mr. Van Horn wns
surprised to tlnd that the bridegroom had
handed him live $10 bills. When tho Shopard
marriage crcntod bucIi n sensation, tho Rev, Mr.
Van Hum, remembering that fee, which was
bucIi a surprlso to a Cuiudon preachor, went to
his records and found that it was ho who hod
Berformcd tho first ceremony to the win of Mrs.
hopard, the daughter ot William II, Vandcrbtlt.
DROWNED WHILE BATHING.
Dr. Townonnd Wire or Waahlnston Lose Their
Llveo In the Uulmt e-alteslon, ,
Galvkhton. Tex., Juno 4. Last night Dr. H.
B, Towuo, his wife, and slster-ln-law, MUsGruce
Trout, went Into the Unit bathing.
A large ware suddonly struck them, carrying
them out to soa. Miss Trout was thrown on tho
rocks of an abandoned jetty. Tho doctor nnd
his wife wero carried out to soa and draw nod.
After muoh difficulty Miss Trout got back to the
shore, and in a bewildered condition found hor
wav to her fnther'B residence, und reported tho
incident to her fathernud brother.
A vigorous search was Instituted Immediate
ly, and tho bodies wiro recovered early this
morning. Dr. and Mrs. Towne lame hero from
Washington, 1). C, about n fortnight neo on n
visit to Mrs. Tonne's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S,
C. Trout. They Intonded lenlng to-day for
IiOiilslana, whero the Doctor Intended practis
ing his tirofcsslon. Thoy leavo two children, a
boy and girl need, respectively 12 and 10 jours.
THE XEW MINISTEH TO SPA IX,
tniaai.' Wllllmns, Former Cotisul.lieneral nt
Havana, Hald to He llio Presldrul's Cbolt-r.
Wahiiinciton, June 4, It Is said Unit tho
President's choiuo for Minister of the United
States lo Madrid Is Mr. Ramon O. Williams,
formerly Consiil-Goneral In Havana, Mr. Wil
liams has been travelling in Motlco fur somo
tlmo and U ignorant of tho President's Intention
lo solid hi in to Madrid, for a telegram which was
sent tnhliu carl) this week readied .Mcxku City
after Mr. Williams had left for Nuw York.w hero
lieu 111 nrrho ou Monday. Ho cumta on tbo
steamship Saratoga, whlih also brings Mr.
Calhoun, tho United States BpoUal Commis
sioner to Cuba,
Itlsofllelalli stated at tho Whlto Hauso to
day that tho President will appoint n Minister
to Spain somo tlmo next week. Mr. Calhoun
will return to Washington on Tuesday aud will
report to thu President,
Nysek. ". V. Two beautifully furnished cottages
to nut forseuoo. A. W. Esxer, 8 fork place, K. T.
-Ats.
CHANGES IN THE TARIFF.
REPUBLICAN STEEBINO COMMITTEE
MAKES AN IMPORTANT REVIStOX.
The Principal Changes Asreed Upon Are In
the Dulles In the Wool nnd In the Nnsar
chedulep The Proposed Increase In the
Revenue Tax on Beer ta Abandoned.
Washington. Juno 4. On Tuesday evening
last n largo numbor of Republican Senators. In
cluding tho uiombors of tho Bub-Commlttco of
Flnauco who framed tho tariff bill. Senators
Piatt of New York and Spooncr of Wisconsin,
who with tbo sub-eonuultteo form tho steering
commlttco cliargod with tbo work of putting
thu Tariff bill through tho Sonato, mot at tho
rostdonco ot Senator McMillan ot Michigan.
Aflor a good dinner thoso Republican loaders
held n long nnd earnest consultation for Iho
purposo ot settling all differences that oxlstcd
with regard to tho various schedule ot tho bill,
and to mako sure ot harmonious and speed)
notion In getting tho bill to a vole. Tho result
of tho conference was nn agreement to proposo
very radical changes In tho most important
schodules, which will not only uocure unani
mous support for It on tho Republican side ot
tho Senate, but will mako the hill acceptable to
tho House leaders nnd reasonably suro of adop
tion by tho Committee of Conference, to which
it will eventually go.
Tho wool schedulo will bo amended In ac
cordance with tho demands of tho Sena
tors representing tho distinctive wool-growing
States. In brief tho proosod changes
aro: Tho minimum duty on third-class wools Is
to bo lncrcnsod from 4 to 5 cunts a pound, nnd
tho lower dlv ding lino In third-class wools, be
tween maximum nnd minimum price, is to bo
reduced from 10 to 0 cents. Tho duty on first
clnsi wools is to bo Incrensod from 8 to 0 conts a
pound, and that on second-class und skirted
wools lo 10 cants.
Tho sugar Bcbedulo la to bo recast. That is,
tho duties aro to bo made specific. Possibly
thoro may bo a slight docronso from tho ratos
fixed by tbo House; but if this bo conceded It
will bo vory slight.
The proposed tncrcaso of tho lax on boor to
$1.44 a barrel will bo abandoned, with n possible
concession to thoso who arguo tho necessity of
additional revenue in tho way of uraendmonts
to tho present regulations so that tho full
nmount of tax of $1 n barrol shall bo paid. A
rebate of 7h cents a barrel for leakage &c, Is
now allow ml.
This chungo nlono will add nearly $3,000,000
to tho internal revenue receipts. If It shall be
found expedient to pro (do additional sources of
revenue tho proposed restoration ot n stamp tax
will doubtless bo mado, tho stamp to be of tho
value of ono cent Instead of two, ns under tho
old regime, and mado to apply to chocks, drafts,
stock certificates, tec
INHERITANCE TAX VOID.
Tbe Pennsylvania Law Declared Cuconslttn
tlonal by s Philadelphia Court.
Philadelphia, Juno 4. President Judgo
Hauua, In tho Orphans' Court, In an adjudica
tion tiled in tho cstato of Gcorgo Blight, de
ceased, this afternoon docldod that the now
direct Inheritance tax of 2 percent, to be levied
upon personal property aboo tbo value of
$3,000 is unconstitutional. Ha bases his doclslon
on tho ground that It is in conflict with the Con
stitution, which proHcrlbes that all taxation
upon the same class of subjects shall be
uniform; that the Legislature has no power
when levying a tax upon n Class to exempt any
tmrt ot that class from taxation, becauso tho
Constitution prescribes that when a tax Is laid
no power to exempt shall be vested In the Legis
lature for othor property than that exomptua by
thu Constitution itsolf. aud that as to the es
tates of persons who died before the passago of
the act. Its provisions are retroactive und there
fore Illegal.
If this decision Is confirmed by tho Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania It will deurlc the Stato
of a prospective rovenuo of $730,000 a year.
MR. CLEVELAND FISHING AGAIN.
Mr. Benedict Tneht, with Htm on Board,
Forced to Anchor nt new London by the For.
New London. Conn.. June 4. Banker E. C.
Benedict's steam yacht Oneida camo to anchor
In the harbor lato to-night on account of tho
fog uftcr a fishing crulso In Gardiner's Bay.
Ex-President Cleveland was on board.
Tho yacht started from Greenwich early on
Thursday morning. It ran down to New York
before starting on the cruise. Tbe Oneida ar
rived off Plum Island nt 7 o'clock and remained
thero at anchor over night
Tho crew camo ashoro for tho mall to-night
and reported that a large mess of black bass had
boon taken. Tho Oneida will proceed to Gray
Gables to-morrow and loavo tho cx-Prcsldent at
his summer home there.
IN8URAXCE IX LOXG ISLAXD CITT.
Pollrle Cancelled Because the Fire Depart
ment Has Been Bednced.
Tho recent reduction of tbo Long Island City
Fire Department to thrco skeleton companies,
totally insufficient to copo with a good-sized Are,
has had Its effect on one of tho largest Insurance
companies of Now York city, which has notified
its agents to cancel all policies In Long Island
City and write) no now ones, not even on dwell
ing houses. Tho company did a profitable busi
ness in tho clt), but preferred to glto it up
rather than tnke chances with present flro ser
A Ice. Mayor Oloiuon cut dow n Iho Flro Depart
ment forco owing to a lack of funds to maintain
it. The cntiro upper part of tho city Is loft with
out protection. An effort will bo made In that
district to organlrc volunteer companies.
TARIFF SCHOOL FOB SEXAJOR.1.
New Vork IleTortu Club Open Headquarter
In Wasblnston,
Washington, June 4. Headquarters of the
Roform Club, tho gold Democratic organization
of New York, have been opened here, with Gal
l In Tompkins In charge. It Is understood that
tho purposo of tho club In coming to Washing
ton at tills tlmo Is to furnish technical Informa
tion on tho tariff to Senators who may desire to
use It in tho dobate. Iho work of the club has
hi far attrnctod little or no nttentlnn. although
Mr. Tompkins bus hud informal talks with a
few ot tho gold Democrats in Congrcas, especial
ly the Senators. Thntdeaof tho dub seems to
bn that the gold Democrats bhould oppose the
Tariff bill and thus create tlio only issue upon
which Democracy can unite.
DREW A PISTOL AT THE WINDSOR.
Private UrtenlUe Locked t'p for Threatening
In Nhoot the Hotel Drtertlvr.
Charles A. Coatcs, a private detective from
Boston, who has been sta)Ing for a week at tho
Windsor Hotel, loft thero yesterday nnd went
to tho Grand Union. Ho had an engagement
with somo friends in tho Windsor caf6in the
evi nlng nnd liought drinks for tin in.
A qiinrrol ii rose between him and tho bat keeper
out the change, and Ciiati-h lie-gnu to crttliiso
tho hott 1, nnd when Henry Mlenhoff, the Windsor
doted he, tuld him to behave, Coattadrow a 3H
callbio t-owdwir und threatened lo shoot Mlen
hoff, Tho hotel dctoctlvo took lilm to the East
Fifty-first street pollco station und locked
him up.
A Baby Zebu In Ihe (ity Mrnnsrrlr.
A zobu mndu Its iipponrnnco in tho Inclosure
of Iho humpbacked initio of the Central Park
menagerie yesterday morning. There Is a herd
of halfadoren of the drcHiiij-eycd, black and
gray nnliiinls In the park which arc much petted
by the children, whop.it their heads while feed
inn thorn with lonklcHiiiid t.uidy.
Thu latest iirrhul is Inn colored with a whlto
head, nnd, ill thu afternoon it ran about tho en
elusuiu. jotting a tumble now and then when It
weak legs gao w i. Its mother followed It
wilh apparent snlleitudu, and ran her tongue
over Its bod) each I me It full, as though to
sootho thu pain, who Iho bull zobu gazed at tho
little one with lndll.uri'iuu.
Clove lend In 14 hours aud I S minutes by Ken York
Central. Iaru Ursud Central station D 00 P. H., ar
rive Cleveland 7;10, Toledo 10.06 next morniBX.
CUeifO 4 .00 ft. iL-Aiv.
MARRIED ON HIS DEATH BED.
Robert P. Fnnnlnr, Tepbrw or Calvin S. Ilrlee,
Mnke Miss flpeneer Ills Wife.
Pomona, Cal., Juno 4. Robert E. Fanning,
nephew of ox-Senator Calvin S. Brlco of Ohio,
died suddenly nt Tempo, Ariz., this morning,
nnd tho Information has been telegraphed to his
relatives In Pomona Valley.
Mr. Fanning had passed much of tho Inst fivo
months In this region. Ho had pulmonary con
sumption In tho second stage. In May physi
cians told him he must go to a drier climate, so
ho moved to Tempo. List weak ho had several
hemorrhages that noarly Ulllod him. His mother
and MIbh Eleanor Spencer, to whom he wns en
gaged, woro called to Tempo. Mr. Fanning wns
told his end was near, nnd on Tuesday ho was
married on his doathbod to Miss Spencer, Ho
grew steadily worse, nnd passed away during a
hemorrhage.
Ho wns assistant to tho general manager of
tho Iron Mountain Railroad, and onoot tho most
promising railroad ofllcors In tho WojL. Ho In
herited wealth from his father, and ho willed
that nnd n largo insiiranco to hlj brldo. Ills
body will bo taken to Sodalla, Mo.
JAILED FOR HIS USE OF BOTTLES.
A Hynagegue Functionary lalnly Protest III
Isnomnce or tho Bottle Act.
Louis Blum of 102 Suffolk street, n function
ary of an east sldu synagogue, was sentenced to
tho City Prison for ten days by Magistrate Mott,
in tho Essex Market Court yesterday, on a
charge of violating tho Bottlo act.
Blum was dologated by tho congregation re
cently to procure nnd sot In position a canopy
which Is usod in tho Hebrow service?. He ro
movod tho tops from fourteen siphon buttles
which had accumulated in his house, and fash
ioned them Into hooks to hold tho canopy.
Somo members of tho congregation notified
tho Uptown Bottlers' Association, nnd n detoc
tive arrested Blum on Thursday afternoon und
seized tho mutilated siphon bonds, w hleh w cro
tho property ot members of tbe Uptown Bot
tlers' Association.
Blum protested his innocence of any Intent to
violate tho law and offered to pay for the proo
erty in court, but his offer was not accepted.
Ordinarily In such cases Magistrates haio In
flicted a fine of 30 cents for each bottlo Involved.
GOV. DYE'S NEGRO FAMILY WINS
Ho Forsook Iho While, and Depurated III For
tune to Those He Choose In Their Plnee.
Elberton. Ga., Juno 4. By formal act to-day
tho mulatto family of tholato ox-Guv. Gcorgo XV.
Dyo camo Into possession of his estate, said to bo
worth $300,000. Dye belonged to ono ot the larg
est slave-owning families In tbo South. Having
been Jilted by the daughter of n neighbor, ho
forsook white companions, and retiring to his
cstato, devoted himself to cotton planting.
When ho died Bomo years ago $40,000 in gold
was found In n sack under tho pillow on which
his head rested whon ho died, and another large
sum was found in anotbor nlacc. His will left
all to his negro family. His whlto klnspoople
have tried to break tho will.
A CHILD IIOBSE THIEF.
Ten Year Old and a Feet N Inehe Tnll, and
V.ct Has Stolen by the Wholesale.
Perrt. Oklahoma, Juno 4. Ed Reeves, a 10-year-old
boy, 3 feet 8 Inches tall, has been ar
retted east of here for w holesalo horso stealing.
Reeves is tho youngest defendant that ever ap
peared on tbe United States docket.
KILLED HIS SISTER BY ACCIDENT.
Ike Threw the Rtono at HI Brotber-la-Law
aud It Hit Her on tbeflond.
Mason City, la., June 4. Frank Wiltse and
Jeromo Dow, brothers-in-law and both prosper
ous farmers, living two miles east of Charles
City, had a dispute to-day over the trespassing
of some cattle. They exchanged blows, and
Wiltse seized a stone weighing about three
pounds and hurled it with all tbe forco ho could
muster at Dow's head.
Tho stone missed Its mark, but struck Mrs.
Dow, his sister, in the back of tbe head, killing
her Instantly. Sho was standing near, n wit
ness to tho dispute, but, bocomlng alarmed,
started to run Into tho house. Wiltse. when he
saw what he had done, was frantic with grief.
Ho at onco surrendered to Sheriff Parker and
?:nve bonds for his appearance at trial. The
unernl will lie held to-morrow. The trial Is Bet
for tho day following.
WEDDED LATE AT XIOHT.
A Brooklyn Couple Call t'p Justice Oetger
After 1 1 O'clock.
A couple who debarked from a Pennsylvania
Railroad ferryboat In Jersey City, at 11:30
o'clock lost night, asked the policeman at the
ferry entrance where they could find a clergy
man or a Justice of tho Pcaeo. Tho young man
told tho policeman in confidence that they
wanted to get marrlod. They wero directed to
Justice of the Peaco Gelgcr, who has an oflico
adjoining Police Hendquartors.
Justice Gelger wns called up and performed
tho ceremony. The brldo, a pronounced blonda.
described herself as Mary E. Pnrkor. 20 years
old. of GOO Carroll street, Brooklyn. Thebrlde
frrooni. a beardless youth, was Otto K. Knlner,
21 years old, of 130 South Oxford street, Brooklyn,
DIED AT THE WEHT SHORE FERRY.
Mr. Balman Wet to Have Hailed To-Day for
Knropo on tbe Lueanla.
Charles Balman and his wife arrived In this
city yostorday from Blbloy, Douglas county.Kan.,
whore Balman had earned ft compotenro a a
farmer. The couple were going tn sail for Europe
to-day on tbo Lueanla. Mr. Balman fell just after
leaving tho West Shoro Ferry at the foot of
West Fort) -second street, and died. It Is sup
posed, of heart dlscaso before an ambulance ar
rived. Ills body was removed to tho Wost
Forty-so enth street station. Mrs. Balman went
to see n friend named Morgan, who keeps n hotel
at Ciarkson and West streets, to get him to help
her arrange for her husband's burial. Mr. Sal
man was 07 J ears old.
IMGVSTB ATTACK A FARMER.
They Are orihe Srvrn-1 ear Variety and Hungry
Bnoush lo Rat a Horse.
Hit RiinEAD, L. I June 4. Norton Raynnr, a
farmer, came to Rlverhcad this afternoon
to notify tho farmers of tho nrrlvnl of tho
seven-year locust. He was drhlmr In from
Manor to Cnlvertnn this afternoon, and when
midway bom con thu two fnrmlnir districts he
ran Into a swurm of locusts. They nttneked
Ila) nor and his horso nnd completely oWurod
tho sun as would nbigrloud, lla nor declared
he almost suffocated and that tho locusts were
very hungry.
Bellamy fllorer Quit Cinrlnnnll for Jood.
Cincinnati. O., Juno 4. Mr, Bellamy Btorer,
the now Minister to Belgium, and Mrs. Slorer
hao hid a long good-by to their Cincinnati
friends. Last nlghl they Marled for Washing
ton, nnd on Juno 10 will sail for Eurnno,
ThoHtorcrshaiodriided for tho future, when
In this country, to mako their homo nt Wash
ington, whero they h.it o pun based n hnndsoino
residence, Mr. Storer will visit this city once n
year to look after bis Interests. Their mansion
on Qrandin road, this city, has been dismantled.
Philadelphia' Nusar Fleet.
Piiil.AnKiriliA. Juno 4. Tho sugar steamers
arriving at this port bato almost attained tho
dignity of n flint, hi numerous aro they. Four of
them ciiuie iip tho rh er last nil-lit and to-day with
ciin-niM for Spreikuls, tho Franklin Compan),
nnd thu American Sugar Refining Company,
The stcniiinrs to day weru tho lloeclideiin. from
Dantzlc, with 33,OtW bugs of sugar; tho Vedrn,
from Hamburg, with 13,20i bags; thoMokta,
from Hlcttln. with 33,110 bags, and tho Strath
ncBH, from Hamburg, with 311,320 bags.
Collector Mllbrrlh Down with Pleurisy.
Collector Kllbrcth la very 111 with pleurisy at
his Now York clt) homo In tho Dakota apart
ments. Mrs. ICIlbroth was summoned last night
from Southampton, tho country homo ot thu
Collector.
lleadaeheWUdom Take Tarrant's SeltserApsrleat.
II removes the cu. JL&v.
RIOT TRIUMPHS OVER LAW. JS
.V OHIO MOB LYNCH El ITS MAX 'Ml
AFTER A BATTLE WITH MILITIA. ilsBnli
t:iNsafafl
Two Cltlsrn or Urbann Killed and Several wjjBH
Others Wounded by lunrdmen Trying In ; BaH
Protect n Negro Who Had Assaulted On 'BbsbbI
or tho Moat F-atlmabln Women In Ihe City (-.'- S H
An All-.Vuht Biruguln with tho Mob Mill- ( yX H
tinmen Cowed nnd Turned Awny Tho I&BsbbbbI
Sheriff and MllltU Captain Flee rrom tho "JtVI
Town Sharp Criticism or Uov. BushnelU AVlg'ossal
UnnANA, O., Juno 4. Riot triumphed over '?V 3
law In Urbana this morning, and a man who &? VH
hnd been tried, convlctod, nnd sentenced to im- '' !
prisonnicnt was taken from tho jail nnd hanged t S Msssai
too, trco In tho court ynrd: but victory did not tlH
rest with tho mob until after n battlo with ths j . I Ml
Urbana guards, In which two men woro killed i ; If y
outright and a dozen others desperntolr " asssi
woundod. To-night tho city is in tremendous 'ivlH
excitement. ''mVasafl
Tho Sheriff, who did his best to fulfil his duty. v, M
and tho Captain of Iho militiamen, who in strlv- 'Vassal
Ing to uphold tho majesty ot tho law fired Dotnt 'Tvasssi
blank at their fellow citizens, havo fled tho town 'ii JlH
tocscapo tho ragoof hlthorto law-abiding n.on, 5, t-ilB
which tho knowledge of their lawlessness seems 'vJI'obB
to havo Increased. Tho lynching of tho negro " 'ffihllB
who nssiultcd ono of tho must cs.lmahle women UiHH
In Urbana Is openly acclaimed, and the wildest VB
threats nro mado against all thoso who strove to 'i.!H
prevent it. P-mBsbsss!
On tho 27th ot Mvy Mrs. T. M. Gaumcr. ths " I kfll
widow of nn Urbana newspaper man well known 1 'jBjH
In Ohio, was assaulted nt her homo In this city tafH
by Charles nllns Click Mllcholl. who had boon a , 'jl
porter at ono of tbo hotels here. Mitchell w.ia wjLssal
uiruslod und held to uwn.lt developments, Mrs. S.l
Gaumcr's condition being so critical at the 1 iSIaH
tlmo that It was feared she would not -'flBssssi
survivo tho shock. The real nature of , aSssssi
his crime was not known at that tlmo, InsnBssssi
tho Impression having gone out that ho had f-ml
been detected In nn attempt at burglary nnd lvnBBsi
bad attacked Mrs. Gaumcr in his endeavor to ' H
escape Sho Bcctned to want to conceal the) 'ijH
facts. Tho feeling, however, was Intense against 1WH
tho 1102T0, und yostcrduy when Mrs. Gaumcr fnWzsfl
told tho real story of the assault tho indignation kf sassl
of tho populaco know no bounds. Excited lBaal
crowds gathered on tho street corners, nnd CThI
when Mitchell was taken to tho homo Hsassi
of Mrs. Gaumcr nnd was idontlllcd post- 'Ussal
tlvoly by her, tho friends ot his victim Mssi
became frenzied with anger, and tho words 'flassl
"L)nch him!" wcro upon the lips of a thousand .'91
men. All that was needed was a leader. Great ' '1I:sbbb1
crowds began to surround the county Jail, whero r"tsBll
Mltevbcll was held a prisoner. Sheriff Me-CIuin Ossi
became apprchcnslvo and called upon tho Ur- ' 1
bona Guards, composed of forty men, a part of nvb!
tbe State mllltla, to come to his assistance. Ths jjll
company responded and was on guard at tho 1ffa!
jail during estcrday afternoon and last night. 'NbbI
It became so apparent to Sheriff McClaln and tM H
tho other court officials that if action was do- flasai
la cd mob A lolenco would result that It was do- 'u'ssai
tcrmlned by Judge Hclscrman to impanel a dB'JH
special Grand Jury, placo tho prisoner on trial. BoVassa!
sentence, and havo him removed to the pcnlten- ShIbsbI
tlary in Columbus at once. Sheriff McClaln ufl H
occupied just twelve minutes in impanelling ths IjH H
Grand Jury. S H
The Jury wero sworn immediately and charged S
by the court. An hour later tt filed its report, "'&!
indicting Mitchell for criminal assault. Tho 'PijFB
prisoner w as brought into court disguised tn ".XlH
soldier clothes, and upon the odv.'eo of counsel fssssssl
who bad been appointed to defend him entered a j- IHj
plea of guilty. Judge Hclscrman then sentenced vXsbbb!
him to tw cnty years In tho penitentiary', at hard jB H
labor. This is tho full limit of tho law. Judgo HH
Ueiserman showed that ho was in sympathy '9 sssl
with tho mob which surrounded tho jail, as In K H
passing sentence ho remarked that the crime -XBj
ought to bo one punishable by death. 'SX H
It was the Intention to rcmovo Mitchell ira- , flJ-Bs!
mediately to the Stato prison In Columbus, but XMbb!
the mob had so increased In numbers and be- .JD M
come so menacing in manner that the Sheriff 'Sj H
changed his mind. Ho smuggled Mitchell back S m
Into the jail In his military uniform, and then In 19 l
the bono that tho quick conviction and sentence fS JH
would appease tho mob, bo appeared on the jail I'Kll
steps and shouted: "Boys, go home. He has S sat Sal
been tried, convicted, and sontenced to twenty ' tSI
years." ISH
Cries of rage arose from the crowd whon they ;K TM
learned that they had been tricked. Tbo Sheriff SjSB t9
retreated Into the Jail and double barred all ths 'iffl Vm
doors and windows. Ho placed tho negro in the rH f'
most sccuro cell, on the second floor, and or- fta !'
dered the militia to remain on guard all night. jgjj I;
Tbo guardsmen w cro stationed on the ground b f
floor. In thecorrldors. Mjj
Tbe Sheriff had planned to spirit Mitchell jjVjj
away In a carriage fronr'tho rear of the jail and p'g
drive him to Hagenbaugh's Station, a fow miles rll'i
off, and thero board tbo cast-bound Panhandle) -i?3 !
train for Columbus. Ho was afraid to do this. Iff '
bow ever, as tbo mob surrounded tho Jail on all ' fyi'.
sides. Had ho done so it is likely that his effort f'X
to savo the negro would havo failed, for when .JlJ,
tho train reached tho station It was boarded by ,KS
a number of men from Urbana, who forced ths JjHj
conductor to keep it watting while thoy soarched JjUJ
every car to mako suro that Mitchell was not , .t;!'
there, )tt$
Ab tho ovenlng wore on the crowds about ths f,
jail thinned out and tho Sheriff bogan to feel ftl
more secure. At midnight all was qulot. Halt B'f'
an hour later mon wero scurrying through tho tw
Btreots from oery direction toward tho JalL '$
Whon about 300 men bad gathered ono of them VI
went to tho Jnll door, and. pounding loudly, W,
shouted: , , Wi
"Ohoupyour prisoner I Wj
Capt. Leonard ot tho militia ordered his mon 3;-i
to fall In. Tho crowd outside heard thu com- fit
mand nnd tho rattle of tho muskets as the sol- -J
dlorsobcjed. Their blood was not yet unto the ' m f
fighting pitch and thoy fell hack. But they rol- MS if
lied beforo long nnd returned to tho attack. , IjjB
It was planned by tho leaders of the mob to -Sin b,
keep the soldiers and deputies engaged lu ths ,a;T, a
front of tho Jail while an attack was mado In 'i
the rear. 11111 1110 men in ironi carriea out ino rwi
flan loo eagerly. They wero so threatening that iSl'i
'apt. Leonard and the Sheriff thought that an -IJj
attack was Imminent. Capt. U-onard throw dvrf
open tho Jnll door, and, standing ou tho steps, jjj ,
shouted: v i.d jj
"I will glvojou thrco minutes to dlspors. ivi'?j
If you do not wu will Urol" ,eil!',4
The crowd wns a bit daunted by tho deter- ,"i 3
mined bearing nsl fell hack Involuntarily. Just ' Wt,y "I
at that moment of slleniotho crash of slcdgs 'dc.l.il
hammers against tho Iron of the rear door rang iSJJj -
out. Hoping perhaps that tho attention of the H' r 1
mllltla would bo dhorted to tho re ir. mid not ii ii
bellolmr in thnlr hearts that thu mllltla would "y J I
fire upon I heir own friends, tho crowd tn front Vi't1'
ninde a wild rush forward. ..,. '-JJft k
Thoy were mot by a vollov from tho rifles of F4 i)
tho mllltla, and a score of men fell in their , A U
tracks. Tho citizen soldlors stood Arm, with SM if
guns to shoulder, hut thero was no mod. Ills- umS f-
majed and panic-stricken, though Infuriated, Ms
tho crowds ran helter-skelter, i hoy weru In no ;t Jl
mood lust then to run up against another wall fll n
of bullets. Tho mon lu tho rear dropped (heir ii -M
sli dgo hammers and fled, J A Jf
Tho crash of tho rifle volley rang ocr ths W M
town, and almost Instantly men, women, aud , jA M
children camo rushing from their homes, tl 5
"There's ft big battlo between tho mllltla and jj ii f
citizens!" was thownrd on ecry ono's lips. Ths J if
entire community was wild with excitement. I f
Tho first ones who gninod courngo enough to ' "t f
approach tho jnll yard found it like a battlefield. 1 V
Mm wero 1) lug all about with blood pouring n R'
from their fiullot wounds. Two wero stuns . ' ;f &.
dead. Ono wns oung Harry Bell, a business A
inuu of thu town, aud tho other wn J. Muggins 7," 'x
of Kcniiard.n nearby town. Dr. Thompson of tf- 5 "f
Lowiabury, liny Dickinson of I'rhana, I'rnsi'iu. t, if
ting Attorney S. II. Denton, Ralph .MtCiimu, 1Vi7
Znuc Wank, A. W, Howen.nnd Dennis (mny. i,' W I
nli of I'rliana, wiro woundeil, Wank and Bowen e "J A
probably mortally. m U
As tho dcnil nnd wuundid wore curried front I . ; 'H
thu Jnll yard It kcciiiixI ns though tho entire pop- ,J 'J
ulatlou of the town and surioundliig country ' Jl 7, (1
had turned nut. Ycllsof ragu rang through ths ' J t sf
streets till dawn. .,..,,,,,,., F, if sM
Early lu thu ovenlng Sheriff Met lain had tele- '-' i It
graphed to Hoi, Iliishuell at Woosttr for assist. I 1
umo. Gov ilushncll replied that the Sheriff ,'.?!
ought to bo ahlo to proteittho prisoner with 1 a
the aid of tbu local mllltar) company and what J
deputies he could call to his assistance, , U JS
Tho Sheriff had douo his best, and now, bo- $ '1
sieged in his Jail Bad with a mob cUmorlns Im - f A
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