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f 2 " THE SUN, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1897. r
F , CALHOUN BACK FROM CUBA
iok.v. xjse'fl special i counsel be
views tub situation.
,
; lf aajaltaain Can't quell Ibr. RevolutUn Cntll
v Ihe Jul Inenra-ent Dead ar might
' That or a llutl Attacked: br Ineet-Trntl
la aa Inknow'n Ituanlltr " the Iland.
William J, Calhoun, special counsel to Consul-
General Fitthugh Lea in tho Hulzcste, arrived
hero from Havana yesterday morntug, and spoko
p i roely of hi Impressions of the state, of affair
h InCuba. Hosald thathebelievedthewarwould
5 IV only be ended br the doath of the last Cuban or
i,' the final despcratiori and disgust of 8paln after
g weary rears of guerrilla warfare. He Intimated
E f- that tho evidence Oen. Loo had been able to
Em 'fc gather In the Hull cose was absolutely without
5j f vatue. and manifested resentment for the look
, V of courtesy shown to htm by Captain-General
B; p Woylor and by Fonsdevlola, who was supposed
V k. to bo tho most important witness in tho Hull
jfi ; ense.
R i The Saratoga, the steamship on which Mr.
g? l Calhoun cams from Cuba, roached her pier at a
f) little after 10 o'clock In tho forenoon. Other
M passengers were O. W. Fishhook of the State
ET '. Department, who acted as Mr. Calhoun's seci 6-
W. i tary, and Ramon 0. Williams, who was Oen.
'' " Lee's predecessor at Havana and is said to be a
Sf" " prominent candidate for Minister to Spain to
fy succeed Ilannls Taylor. Mr. Calhoun and Mr.
I'- Fishback went to the Watdorf. They will leavo
K- for Washing-ton this morning-. Gen. Leo's report
& , on the Ruiz caso, in the preparation of which
ft t Mr. Calhoun assisted, was mailed on the Sara-
&t toga and has reached the President by tills tlmo.
fc ! What is your impression of the situation in
fe Cuba I" Mr. Calhoun was asked. "Is there war
Ijf I in the Island I"
S "The whole state of the island Is pitiable. It
is a disgrace to civilisation. There is no war
, ' there, as we speak of war. There is a compact,
organized body of Spanish soldiery on tho ono
'. hand. On the other aro thousands of individuals
', divided loosely into guerrilla bands, ten, thirty
'( , or fifty in a party, ravoging the country, nnd
ti running awny. Ono day you hear of thorn fifty
miles to tho north. The next ten miles
WL south. Nover a decisivo battle, novor an
Jp attack of force by forco. Tho Cubans
ill aren't looking for a battlo they'd be fools if
B. they did. The situation may best be described
IB. by comparing the Spanish to a big, clumsy anl-
g mal, a bull, that is attacked by twarms of In-
sects. They buzz around him, thoy sting him,
Wk they torture him Into paroxysms of rage, and
;t i he can do nothing but switch at them or tramplo
.fif, '. few of them Into the mud in an aimless way.
Hg ,- Tho fight will nover end until the last gnat is
I lf (load or until tho bull has been driven out of its
I Kp senses, so that it rushes to solf-dcstructlon."
'I" "Did you go Into the insunjont camp or meet
v, any of tho high olllclals of the republlol"
ifi? "No." said Mr. Calhoun, "I did not go into
iff i the Cuban Unas. I did not meet any of their
fe' I Generals. I was invited to do both, not by the
, Cubans themselves, but by folks who sympa-
' thized with them and wcro in touch with them.
ft, You sco. 1 was down there as one of onr repro-
S, tentative to Spain in tho caso ot Dr. Rnlz. I did
'r meet lots of Cabana in Havana, but I didn't hold
St any conferences. It would have been Improper
ff for mo to go behind the backs of tho Spanish and
fe-' lo break away from the joint commission for a
K- consultation with persons In open rebellion
Z against them. I was not sent to Cuba to do
tk that."
K "It was generally supposed horo that you were
f- sent to investigate tho whole Cuban question."
K "That supposition waa wrong, then. I know
that folks had that Idea. It Is all exaggeration.
. , Of course, I had eyes in my head and could see
t,, things with them. If tho President oaks me
Rr what I saw I v ill tell him. That's all. But I
X' ' went out for the Hulz caso and nothing else."
I?. " Did Uie Spanish co-operate with you in the
K I Ruiz Investigation I"
IS "urt.ongo8ia,wno, wiin jic.,.l-o, raoae up
j the commission, was most courteous ancLkind.
S I honestly think ho was a anxious to know the
- truth osavo were. He helped us Ju every Dossi-
B bleway."
S? Hon-was it with the others J
"'I hey didn't run otter us begging forpermls-
Kg- slon to testify," woi the laconic reply. " We ex-
SL amlned six or seven."
'3S- "Did you reach any definite conclusion I"
5S, i "Now, look herol Dr. Ruiz had been in soli-
,H tary vonunemenU He received a hurt, resulting
if; In concussion of tho brain. Ho was taken out of
ST, the cell and died. If he waa murdered,' tho only
' . persons who know It aro his Jailers. They were
If., tho witnesses. You may make your own infer-
ft .,, enccs about the value of such testimony."
B& "JJId Konsdevlela como before you !"
S,v "N'n." Mr. Calhoun Bpoke gruttly.
mil " Where was he I"
Sh1 "I assure juu, sir, thatl would like very much
fiv to know."
Ht, " Did you see Captain-General Weyler I"
JKV "No.Bald Mr. Calhoun. "1 didn't."
W) ' It his been suid that Mr.'Colhoun took as an
J&i 1 attront Gen. Wcyler'sabsenco from the city dur-
$- inghls tmco weeks' stay there. Gen, weyler
tt whs within littv uronchundred mlleaofllavana
Is' ' all the time Ha returned 'On Saturday otter
B Mr. Calhoun left.
pt- " Ono tiling I loarnod down there," he said in
: S" conclusion, " Is that folks up hero don't know
I g, whutlife in Cuba Ik. You and I, for instance,
i ( couldn't stand out here on tho Btreet cornor and
: R talk this way if ho were in Havana. Folks
,' S don't do that wort of thing there. Everything la
j hA ilono under ground, in the dark, In whispers.
Si When you mean one thing 3 on must say just
r- tho opposite. They aren't acquainted with tho
' truth down there. Neither side is. Doubt if
E-. thero Is such a word in tho language."
fc, Mr. Finhbackdldnotfeel undor the diplomatic
restraint that kept Mr. Calhoun from lnvestl-
h gating things Uint tho Spaniards did not care to
W show him. Ho went out to look at the trocha.
- Ho found it. ho bald, a very formidable fortiii-
ft cation and strongly garrisoned. It did not look
JV'' much like a fort in a pacified country. Hut Mr.
fk Fishback did not go Into the insurgent lines.
"Does that mean." ho was nsked. "that you
j formed all your opinions of tho rebellion from
&' Sprtnlah stutunenu I"
m "Not at nil," he Bald, "We saw plenty of
Jp Cubans. You must remember that tlicro are
M Cutmns In plenty outside tho Insurgent lines.
S, Wo saw overybod) ; tulked with everybody."
Former Consul-Gcncral Williams said that the
M present Cuban situation was exactly that which
ho had predicted twenty-Uvo Tears ago In his
iw reports. Tho trouble lietwccn Hpain and Cuba,
,'S, ho said. Is not ono of politics but of organlra-
Sr- Uon. In explanation of this ho said that Spain
St needed to learn tho lesson of ruling colonies aa
f"1. Knxland had learned it. If Spain would give
Cub self-government there wouldn't be any
trouble. Ho had no ldeoa on the war fur publi
cation. Asked about tho report that he was to
bo mado Milliliter to Spain, ho said:
S "I have received no communication about it.
ir, hut I would bo glad to accept tho place. There
i. is nobody who knows the Spaniards better than
f- I do, I was Cointul at Havana for twenty-two
ears, nnd all my lifo. )ou might say, I have
s been mixed up with tho Spaniards. Whllo lu
it Cuba I mot nearly all tho Spaniards of note, and
C? men llko Compos aro my personal frlonds. I
y never had trouble with them. lean get ulong
m" with Weyler or nny of them."
ft
nr. was not nun nvnnAND.
But Fainter bmldt Looks Like Mr. Tonng's
V Itunawny npousr
'; Frederick Schmidt, -'- years old, a house
' puluter, of 218 Wobstcr avenue, Jersey City,
, had occasion yestertlay to regret his resemblance
i i to Mervln W, Young, formerly a gardener on
r the Ptevons estate at Hoboksn, Young's wife
X baa been searching for her husband for over a
!,- year, Sho says ho deserted berand that she and
'.-, theirbaby atedestitute. Yepterday Mrs. Young
buw Schmidt on the sheet In Hntioken and
ir oaused his arrost as tho delinquent husband.
i Schmidt vi as naturally Inriigiiiint nnd declared
g hn had never boen married to tho complalnniit
ii nor to any other woman. It was not until Mrs,
tj Young's mothor nnd n butcher who knows
Mf Young very woll hod admitted that Painter
F ' Schmidt was guilty only of closely resembling
(Si ' the runaway huMiaud that Schmidt was dls-
p. chargod.
I' sunn this rvj.hMAN cah co,
'a' Mr, MeCantran Says lie t'aiislit Cold Ilccnuas
1 - llio CSr-,1(uiit' Ilrated,
S Fnr.nKmcTOX, N, 11., Juno 7. J.imos McGaffl-
j t Can, au American citizen and a prominent busl-
:: j iicss'inanof St, John, has Just carried a (20,000
T ' suit for itainaRes aguiust the Pullman l'alaco
1 j. Cur rumpany to tho Supreme Court. McQafil-
i H Kan s.'is that while travelling In n Pullman
I ooaiJti f roni Koston to Hi. John tho heating ap-
I paratus Iiecnnia lisarranged, and as a result ho
! r contracted a cold vbUh permanently injured
i ff b.'s health.
I' !', A f.lttle ;irl Torn by a !i.
ft; Eur.Aiihtil.N.J., Juno 7. Whllo ploying near
j L-, per homo at Salem this afternoon, Mary Duffy,
'' E 0 years old, was attacked by n dog and was blt-
J 7 tau so badly that it was necessary to remove her
; lo the General Hospital in this city. The doj
strnyed Into tho jnrd, ran up to the .child, nnd
J ? leaped upon her, knocking her down. Then the
' I hrutu snumied ut tho little one's fare, and, sel-
i lug her uioek, turo a gush from tho mouth ul-
t t uiost to tho c.ir, Tho child's screams attracted
tier-father, who drove tbodogorf.
t ft American Croeeri t-'smpanr,
t ' Justice Truax of the Supreme Court has va-
s rated the attachment against the American
j j Orocerr nfcmjMny obtctaofl by Sleiiriund JXrau
1 i-"-J !, I J . -,,.!, , ,1,1, n l i ifn l M I J TilJ fc'ijJK
nAXHOlTTOS'R IMCLVHB BEAD.
Had I,tve4 In Ihe Town Twenty-four Years
WUhant naveallng HI I.tre leereu.
Atlintio Crrr, N, J., June 7. On Saturday
night, while the rainstorm was at Its height,
thero died here n man who for over twenty years
was known as tho mysterious recluse of Ham
monton, Who ho was or where he came from
was unknown to all but ono of his neighbors
before he died. For years ho was called Dr.
Potter, and one of his greatest yearnings was to
have his mail addrersed to hlra as " W. U, Pot
ter, M.D."
He rodo into Hammonton ono day twenty-four
years ago and purchased a small strip of land In
the suburbs of that town which Is borderod on
one side by the Pennsylvania Railroad and on
the other by the tracks of the Reading road. On
this he built a cabin lUxlO feet and lh stories
high. It was n loose, ramshackle building, the
attic of which was floored with looso boards and
was reached by a ladder. In this attlo was a
cheap cot on which the doctor slept. The ground
floor was devoid of all furniture excoptaplalu
table, a fow chairs, and a rickety stovo. For ten
years he was assisted In hlH labors by William
Frost, who dlod years ago, and if hn ever knew
the doctor's socrets ho carried them to his grave
Dr. Potior was 72 yoars old whon ho died, !
foet 10 Inches tall, nnd very slim. Ho hod red
dish bushy hair hanging about his shoulders,
rlo?oly set furtive eyes, and a pinched faco.
That he was wealthy thero is no doubt, and
many stories are told of bidden gold burlodon
his little farm. Ho believed himself n great hor
ticulturist, and planted 4,000 fruit treea of
several varieties on nn acrengo which would not
support half that number. Ho Is said to hnvo
owned largo proerty somewhere In the South,
and ho had a largo deposit in the Hammonton
bank, Ono of his hobbles was spiritualism, nnd
seancesworothoonly meetings ho ever visited.
At such meetings ho always offored(100 to tho
medium who would bring him in communica
tion with his father's spirit. A few years ago ho
ndvertlsed for a wife, and received bushels of
letters, but ho novor consummated tho transac
tion. Ho died of tho effects of his years of privation.
A fow days beforo his death, when ho Know tho
end was near, he allowed a fow neighbors to care
for him. Ono of theio was L. U. Joslyn, to whom
ho confldod tho names of his relatives with the
strict Injunction that they wcro not to bo made
publlo until after his death. The relatives are a
brother and a sister. Mrs. C. S. Hong, who llvo at
Medina. N. Y. They aro said to be poor. Potter
will bo burled on his belovod farm.
BUItaZAlta JJV TOllDHAM.
Tbey Hob m Reetery and Drink Commnaloa
Wlne-One Sbot At.
Residents of Fordham aro suffering from an
epidemic of burglars. Last Friday night thieves
got into tho rectory of St. James's Episcopal
Church, Jerome avenuo and St. James's place,
whiro the Rov. Charles J. Holt lives. Thoy
broke into a sideboard in the dining room, drank
all the communion wine, which was placed thoro
for safe koeping, and having eaten well in the
kitchen, walked oft with $100 worth ot silver
ware Entrance was obtained through n win
dow which had been left unfastened.
On Bundoy night Robert Niles, a lawyer, liv
ing at Sedgwick avenuo and Hampden street,
was awakened by the ringing of his burglar
alarm. Ho put on his bathrobe and stopped into
the hall. A closet door stood open. He pushed
It shut, and a man who had been concealed be
hind it sprongpast him and Jumped out ot a
side window. Tho yard is terraced, and the bur
glar went tumbling hcols over head. Mr. Nlles
had his revolver In his hand, and ho fired It at
the rolling figure. Then ho ran out Into the
street and fired again, but tho man got away.
The bouso ot John Stephens, who lives at Tie
bout avenue and 184th street, was entered on
Sunday In the absence of the family and robbed
of silverware valued at $80. Mrs. Elma Allen's
house, on St. James's place, was also looted of
$40 worth of silverware.
FLEECED AT CONST ISLAXJ).
A Baard Walk Bartender Accused or Taking a,
Swede OOOO.
Charles A. Crawford, a bartender In the Senate
'Hotel on Henderson's walk. Coney Island, was
arrested yesterday and held in $3,000 bonds on
the complaint of August Ohlonbcrg, a Swede ot
St. Paul. Minn., who said that his New York
address was 21 Greenwich street. Oblenberg
said that on Saturday ho became acquainted
with a very pleasant "yentleman" on the Bat
tery, who volunteered to stocr him through
Coney Island for and in consideration of the sum
of 10.
The nice young roan steered him all right
enough, but tho trip wound up with a poker
game, tho complainant said, in the Senate Hotel.
In tho course of the gamo Ohlenberg displayed a
roll of bills containing $000. Tho men set upon
, him and took the money from him. The police
went with tho Swede to the hotel, but the card
players had vanished. Then ho said that Bar
keeper Crawford was one ot the robbers.
Henry Dinah ot Cleveland, O.. staying at 74
Houston street, told a similar talo of the same
hotel. His loss was $170. Albert Todd and
William J. Wilson, arrested on Sunday for abus
ing the confidence of a man from Hartford
Conn., at the same hotel, to the extent of $50
and a watch and chain, wero hold yesterday in
$3,000 bonds for trial on June 17.
SUItTVEIt'S TJIIAZ, POSTPONED.
The District Attorney Ask for a Contlnoanee
I'nlll June IS.
WASinxaTOH, June 7. When the case of John
S. Shriver, the correspondent of the Now York
Mail and Exprctt, who was indicted July 3,
1801, for refusing to answer questions pro
pounded by a committco of tho United States
Senate during the sugar investigation in 1801,
was called In Criminal Court No. 2 this morning,
much surprise was occasioned by District At
torney Davis asking tho court for a continuance
until Juno IS. Judgo Dtttenhocfer nnd Judge
Jero Wilson of tho counsel for the correspondent
offered no opposition to a postponement, al
though they wero ready and prepared to go to
trial. Judge Bradley granted the motion for a
continuance, because of tho absence of Senator
Lodge, who was a member of the Senate Investi
gating Committee, and other material witnesses
for the prosecution. Senators Gray, Lindsay,
and Davis wcro In court as witnesses for the
Government.
So far only one of the seven witnesses In
dlctod, Hrokor Elvcrton It. Chapman, has been
convicted. He Is now serving his sentence at
tho District Jail. Four aro yet to be tried.
TVO CEBES SINKS AT A TrJTAJlJP.
Tbree or Her Crew Work tke Pamm Cntll
Compelled to Abandon Her.
The sea-going tug Ceres, eighty-five feet long
and vulucd at $12,000, owned by the White
Star Towing Company of this city, sank In New
town Creek yesterday morning as she lay at a
wharf within a hundred feet of the bridge at the
foot of Vernon avenue, Long Island City,
When the tug was tied to tho wharf on Sun
day night she seemed in good condition, but
about 4 o'clock in the morning shosprung a leak.
Peter Mann, the fireman, and tno deck hands
named Henry Wilson and JamoB Cnnners were
asleep aboard the tug. Tho noise of water rush
ing into the boat awakened Mann. Ho alanneit
the two deck hands, and all three got to work on
the pumps, but their efforts wero Ineffectual.
Tho men were forced to abandon tho tug nnd
clamber upon the dock. Then they watched the
Ceres go under until only a toot of her snioko
stack showed above water.
Trarllo was considerably delayed this morning
by the sunken tug. A wrecking company's dor
ricks nro at work raising her. The tug was
fully iusured.
jrao WANTS THIS OVriCET
Thoe Postmaster Have Died In Palmyra,
.V V., VWthln Twelte Month.
Wabhinqio, June 7. The Post Offlco Depart
ment otllcials ore about ready to believe that a
hoodoo is hovering over the Palmjra, N, Y
l'ost OfUco. Three Postmasters have dlod there
within twolvo months. The Postmaster ap
pointed about a year ago died soon after taking
office, and his wife was apiolntil to fill tho
vacancy. She held office somo weeks and died.
The office was without a head for a long time be
cause no ono wunted it. On June 1 Charles'.
Milne was appointed to the vacancy and now he
It dead.
Cloudburst on a Mountain,
Tolvoa, Statoot Mexico, June 7. News has
reached here of a cloudburst on Mount Ixtaccl
huatl, the volcano. Tho water rUBbed down the
mountain and into the valley In n torrent, wash
ing away many bousos and completely ruining
tho crops. Several miles of track and roadbed
on the Mexican Central Railroad wrre washed
out. No lives were lost.
Ileralrer ror the American Tbeatre Hunt.
Andrew A. McCormlck ho heon appointed re
ceiver of tho rents of the American Theatre
property at Forty-second street and Eighth avo
nue by Judge Ileekman of the Supremo Court In
the foreclosure proceedings recently brought
against T. Henry French by Elliott Zborowskl
on the undivided halt interest of Mr. French.
The rents at prjsent are $11,000.
SHERIFF M'LAIN IS BACK.
11 B IIETUBN3 TO BIS IWXB IN VB
BANA, O., XTN3lOUESTBn.
flmall Likelihood That Any or the other Fust
live from the Town TTIII Be Molerted on
Their Return Mayor Hanson Declares That
I'rbana I aim a IVatvAbldlng Town.
Umuxa.O., June 7, Sheriff MoLaln, who has
been missing since the lynching riot of Friday
last, cama homo shortly after noon to-day, and
was mot at tho railroad station by Doputy Sheriff
Korby end drivon to tbo Woaver House. He af
terward walked to his home.
There is oomo talk here to-night that Gen,
Axllne will ordor two companies ot the National
Guard to escort the Urbana militiamen back
and protect them from the public. Tho feeling
against them Is abating, however, and probably
no violence will bo attempted against them.
Judgo Helscrman telephoned Gov. llushnell at
noon, giving as his opinion that thero would bo
no danger to ShorllT McLaln. Capt. Leonard, or
any of the mllltla, and advised their return to
duty and work.
It Is reported that Gen. Axllne will arrest tho
ringleaders ot tho Urbana mob and alto the fifty
doputy sheriffs who refused to aid Shorlff Mc
lain. Several leading citizens will ask Got,
llushnoll to stop the investigation, nnd promise
that no harm shall como to CapL Leonard or
Shorlft McLtan.
Tho Ror. W. II. Caston, a well-known colored
minister here, commenting upon tho lynching,
says those who took part aro guilty of murder,
and that tho State is in dlsgraco for not uphold
ing tho mllltla In Its endeavor to protect life and
property.
All that remained ot Harry Bell was laid to
rest In Oak Hill Cometery this afternoon. There
was nn Immonso crowd at the funeral. The Rov.
W. II. Fuller of the First M. E. Church con
ducted tho services. Tho women held a meeting
this afternoon nt Urbana and decided to petition
tho Legislature to pass a law making criminal
aBsnult subjoct to doath penalty.
Uhiiana, O., Juno 7. Mayor Ganson, In an In
terview to-day, in speaking of tho criticisms of
newspapers on tho mob spirit of this city, says
that it tho truo farts of tho lynching were
known to tho outside world tho people hore
would not bo Judged bo harshly. Ho added:
" Our peoplo are as lawabldlng and conserva
tive as nny community In the United States, and
it requires a very grave matter to Induce them
to vlolato Iho law. Thoy, however, felt
tho necessity of protecting their homes
and tho vlrtuo of tholr wives, mother,
nnd daughters. Tho deplorable affair will
result In tho onactment of a law In this Stnto
fixing tho doath ponalty for tlio crime of rape.
Tho peoplo almost to a man regret the events of
tho last fow days, hut all nro satisfied that the
criminal has only his Just desorts nnd thero Is
not a regret in our city over tho end that has
como to htm."
CoumnUB, O., June 7. Gov. Bushnell nnd
AdJU-Gen. Axllne wcro In conference dur
ing tho greater part ot tho afternoon
nnd until 11 o'clock to-night with Capt.
(leorgo W. Leonard, who commanded
tho Urbana Guards whon tho lynching of Click
Mitchell took place last Friday and Col.
Charles Anthony ot tho Third Regiment.
O. N. G. Gov. BuBhnell was seen
after tho conference, but denied that any
thing had taken place furtbor than the officers
had simply made a verbal report "to him of what
had occurred at Urbana and the part tho militia
took. These officers will fllo their written re
port with the Governor during the present week,
and until this official report has been' filed tho
Governor will havo nothing to say.
It was reported that Capt. Leonard would re
turn to Urbana to-morrow, but ho said to-night
that he would remain here a fow days. Tho
Mayor of Urbana and Judgo who sentenced
Mitchell have written Gov. Bushnell thnt it will
be perfectly safe for Capt. Leonard to return to
his home.
Gen. Axllne says ho has assurances that there
will be neither persecution nor prosecution on
account of tho part tho mllltla took in the affair.
The lynching of Mitchell was the theme for ser
mons In all parts of tho State on Sunday, and
mob violence was universally condemned.
Coroner W. 1L Howltt of Urbana was here to
day, and says that in his investigation of the
deaths ot Bell and Baker, tho two men who
wcro killed by the mllltla, ho is going to make
an effort to fix the responsibility.
TUB AL.BANT 3TVBDEB MrSTEBT.
A Clue aa to Ihe Identity of the Man Whose
Body Ifu Taken Trent the Undon.
Albany, Juno 7. The waters of the Hudson
have yielded up a murder mystery. The body
of a man with his throat cut and the pockets of
his clothing weighted with sand was washed
from tho Hudson near the foot of State Btreet.
The wounds were Jagged and torn, as if mode by
a dull knife.
The body had been in tho water several weeks,
and when found was in a horrible state of de
composition. That the man was dead before
being hurled into tho river was Bbown by the
absenco of water from the lungs.
The body is that ot a man about 60 years old,
6 feet 7 Inches tall, and weighing ICO pounds.
The head is bald on top, but on tho back and
over tho ears there is light curly hair mixed
with gray. There Is a sandy mustache, mixed
with gray; otherwise the faco Is cloanly shaven.
His clothes wero of good material; camel's hair
undershirt, outing shirt with red stripe, four-ln-hand
nccktio ot some dark material, cotton
stockings mixed with brown, block diagonal
suit, coat of cutaway pattern, and new, hand
sowed lacod shoes, with largo extension soles.
Tho corpse was first taken to Dascher's under
taking rooms, nnd subsequently to the alms
house morgue, where It now lies awaiting Iden
tification. Hundreds of people viewed the re
mains to-day, but none was able to identify It.
Although tho body had been in tho water nearly a
month. It was not found until late Saturday
afternoon.
To-night tho police aro working on a now clue.
About April 18 last n Mrs. Martin ot Buffalo
camo to this city and reported the disap
pearance of her husband to Cant. Mead.
Sho said ho was a canal boot Captain
nnd left Now York with about $210
to go to Troy to buy an Ice boat Ho didn't re
turn, but a few days afterward she received a
letter say lng her husband wan there and to come
up and take care ot him. When she reached
Troy the person whose name was signed to the
letter disclaimed all knowledge of sending It,
and said some ono must havo been playing a
Joko on her.
The description she left with the pollco cor
responds with that of the man taken out ot the
river. Mrs. Martin said that when ho was In
toxicated ho had a groat habit ot show
ing his money. Martin may havo fallen
n victim to the "Side Cut Gang" In Water
vllet, who, seeing him display his money In
some grog shop In that locality, followed htm
when bo left It, and, getting Dim close to the
water's edge, slashed his throat, robbed him, and
threw tho txxly Into the river.
ADDBESSED JIT F. B. COUDEBT.
Mew Tork tVell-Known X,awyer slpeaks at
the University or Pennsylvania.
PniLADELrniA, June 7. At the chapel of the
University ot Pennsylvania this afternoon,
Froderlo It. Coudert of Now York delivered a
lecture before the students and Invited mem
bers of tne bar on " International Law," Mr.
Coudert arrived here to-day nt 1 P. M and was
driven to the Itollovue Hotel, where ha lunched
with a fow well-known Phlladelphlans. At tho
table in uddltlnn to Mr. Couilart wcro Charles C.
Harrison, Provoitof the University of Pennsyl
vania; Goorge Tucker Hlxpham, Samuel Dick
sou, J. Sergeant I'rlco, Theodore M. Elttng,
Judgo F. Carroll Brewster, George Wharton
Pepper, Charles Carver, Walter George. Smith,
Thomas learning, AngeloT. Freedley.M. Hamp
ton Todd, nnd William Draper IxjwIs.
At tho university chapel -Mr. Coudert was pre
sented lo the nudlenco by Theodore M, Rttlng,
Want Che AMeMmtut nn If Capital Stock Ro
it ti cod.
Albany, June 7. The Now York Commercial
Company, a Virginia corporation, with its princi
pal ottico I n Vow York city, has asked State Comp
troller Roberts to reduce the assessment upon
lis capllHl stock used in this State for the year
1HHU. The company la said to, control tho out
put of raw rubber material fori his country and
has a paid In capital of $1,5-10,000. The
Comptroller assessed the company upon $000,
000 capital emulorodln this Stato last year. It
is insisted that not quite half that amount of
capital Is employed hero.
Pell In Ihe Hlreet and Prarlured Urr Skull.
Mrs, Wright Wilson, the wife of a hotel clerk
living at 221 West Twentieth street, while
crossing Seventh avenue at Twentieth street
last night, slipped ana fell, striking ber head
against tho curb. Her skull was fracturod by
tho fall. '
Hood's
Arc as much superior to others Mj
an Hood's Sarsaparllla in to all Bs9 1 1 1 Q
other nartiaparlllas and blood J SBI
purifiers. They aro easy to' take, easy to
operate, silent .but certain, gold by all
druggist, 20 ceuU.
Every suit ' Lx3u
in our j$)Uft
throo otoroa -JgterSI
is absolutely Jywr f
all wool p7 T
tostod boforo wo jj
havo thorn mado. P jT M
Wo aro tho only W""L
Outfitters to Men. l V r
in tho City to-day U
catering to tho
pooplo aa jsj- 5sOULZ
Popular Prioo jf J Ci
ClothiorB.
To-day
Swoll tailored
c -n Business suits,
H ft" in all tho now
shades of
Brown & Olivoa.
Bottor onoo at
S8.C0 & $10.00.
Outfitters to Men.
M 279 BrOfld WaVrNear Chambtre
.,... V QjrtindplOreeavrleli
o TOnto 2? 1 SJxUl AvMr Mt-Btm
Shoe, Hatt anl PurnltMazi
ZAWTBB TEESE AND TUB DOMINIE.
The Teeae Family Scandal to Do Ventilated In
Court. J
Babylon, h. I., June 7. Tho family troubles
of Lawyer William Dwlght Teese are to be alrod
in court. Mr. Teese has not lived with bis wlfo
for soveral months. He is 30 years old, and
Mrs. Teese, a hadnsomo blonde, is 25. Tho
trouble botween the couplo is duo to tho atten
tions paid to the wife by the Rov. Isaac Newton
Phelps. Tho minister was rector of Christ
Episcopal Church, and he becamo a constant
caller at tho Teese cottage Dcsplto tho objec
tions of Mr. Tecso, tho dominie visited the cot
tage every day. Finally tho husband met the
mintstor leaving the house, an altercation en
sued, nnd tho minister was thrashed.
Mr. Tecso appeared beforo tho Board of Vestry
and demanded that the rector bo asked to re
sign. Tho vestry hesitated, and the husband
promised that ho would denounco the minister
at the services on the following Sunday. That
settled tho dominie. His resignation was re-
3 nested, and ho sent It In promptly, though ho
onled thnt bo was guilty of any wrongdoing.
A few days ago Mrs. Teeso Instituted legal
proceedings to obtain possession of hor two
young children, Dwlght and Daisy. She ac
cuses her husband of kidnapping them. The
children left hero on the morning of April G with
their father. Ho met tho little ones out walking
with the maid and told her he was going to tako
them to the station for a walk. When tho trnin
was about to start tho fatherplaccd tho children
on board and Instructed tho maid to return
homo and tell Mrs. Toeno thnt he had taken the
llttlo ones along with him. Slnco that day the
children hove remained away.
Mr. Tocso visited bis wlfo that night In com-
fany with his 'ither. What passed between
ho couple Is not known, but Mr. Teeso took a
trunk with him when he went. He has put In
an answer to his wife's complaint.
Mrs. Teese was a daughter of the late Dr.
Charles W. Cooper, n Brooklyn physician. Dr.
Cooper died about flvo years ago in a sanltn
tariura nt Amltyvllle, I I. Mrs. Mary A.
Cooper, his widow, is a resident ot this village.
SEQUEL TO A DOUBLE WEDDINO.
Dlvoree and Alimony Within m YearHatr
Oroed Indian the Itiidrgroom.
W. H- and Charles W. Van Dunk, brothers,
are half-breed Indians, employed as gamo
wardens in ox-Mayor Abram S. Hewitt's pre
serves at Rldgewood, N. J. They wero plaintiffs
in divorce suits which were beforo Vice-Chancellor
Emory in Jersey City yesterday to have
the question of alimony and counsel feos deter
mined. While out walking on June 27, 1890,
the Van Dunk brothers met Jane De Groat and
Mary F. Mulligan, colored young women and
struck up a flirtation with them.
The party went to a country tavern nnd in
dulged In numerous drinks. Then somo one sug
Sested that it would be a good Idea to have a
ouble wedding. Tbo suggestion was received
with enthusiasm, and tho party went to the
house of thn Itnv. J. C Starr in Mldralo, a fow
miles from Rldgewood. William II. Van Dunk
selected Miss Mullignn for his brldo nnd his
brother took Miss Do Groat. The party kept up
the spree for soveral days and then separated.
The Indians Instituted proceedings for divorce.
After holding a consultation the lawyers In
formed VJce-Chancellor Kmory that they had
agreed to fix tho alimony and counsel fees be
tween themselves, and the hearing was adjourned.
WABX PBAISE FOB WABIXO'S MEN.
Mayor atronsr Kipree Ills Gratification at
Their Annual Parade.
Mayor Strong has written to Street Cleaning
Commissioner Waring, complimenting him
warmly upon tho lino appearance mado by the
Street Cleaning Department at Its annual pa
rade. " Too much pralst cannot be bestowed upon
the men ot all ranks," wrltos the Mayor, " for
the grand showing which tbey made, their shin
ing carts and wngor.t, their sleek horses, tholr
spotless uniforms, their excellont discipline, nnd
their general soldierly bearing nnd demeanor.
The have raised tho annual parado of the Street
Cleaning Department to such a high place In
publlo f7or that the Polio and Fire Depart
ments must lu future look well to their laurels.'
Of Col. Warlng's sharo In securing this result
the Mayor writes:
"I need not add my thorough appreciation ot
your great work in bringing this branch of the
city government up to its present high rank.
Its condition when the new administration camo
Into power in January, 1807, was notorious in
its inefficiency; Its condition now, after two
a half yoars of administration ot Its affairs
under your guidance, is best illustrated by tho
dally work ot the men."
CANNOT FIND HIS HOME.
Frank Connolly, 18, Doe .ot Itemember
Where III Parent l.lir.
The Children's Society in Brooklyn has In its
care Frank Connolly, 13 years old, who does not
know where ho lives, and whose parents have
not appeared to claim bun. Tho boy was picked
up on Sunday night near tho Wlllink entrance
to Prospect Park. He snld that he lived in
Rorbcstor avenue, near Prospect place, but
when a policeman was sent with him to thnt
locality tho boy could not pick out his home. Ho
said his futher was Frank Connolly, nn engineer
at tho Rldgowood pumping station, but thero Is
no such man at the station. The boy also said
ha started from homo on Sunday afternoon to
sro his brother Giorge, who snld candy near
Prospect Park, but lost him. Ho said hn had
suffered with measles and had been In St. Mary's
Hospital, and had heon confined to his houso so
long that ho hail forgotten what It looked like.
Ha also said that at times ho could not remem
ber anything.
Colonial Safe Deposit Company Incorporated,
Albany, Juno 7, The certificate of Incorpora
tion of the Colonial Safe Deposit Company of
New York city has been approved by Superin
tendent Kllburn of the State Banking Depart
ment. Tho company Is formed by practically
tho same persons who were prominent in tho
recent organization of the ColouinlTrust Com
pany. The rompany has a capital of $100,000.
The directors are Koswell P. Flower, James K.
Borne. Henry O. Hnvemoycr. Pi-rclval Kuhno,
Cord Meyer, and Theodore W, Myers of New
York city and Lorin M. Palmer of Brooklyn,
Herrmann's Connecticut Insurance,
Superintendent Payne of tho Insurance De
partment bns announced that he will not Inter
few In the matter of an insurance policy for
$10,000 on the life of Alexander Herrmann, Iho
magician. Issued by tho Connecticut Indemnity
Association and assigned to Henry J, Brahcr.
Proof of death was exocutod by Charles Henry
Butier for Mr. Brahcr, his client, the beneficiary,
and tho company declined to pay unless Mr.
Brahcr signed the blank himself. Mr. Payne
says the company's requirement appears to be
seasonable,
MATTERS IN VAUDEVILLE.
THE BOOF OABDEN OF TUB CASINO
OPENED FOB TUB SEASON.
Vulgarity and FoellahneM In "A Kl(ht at the
Circa" Kara, an Imported Jngsler, Make
III Debut at theOlympla Parcroat Proctor's
The root garden of tho Casino was opened last
night with n performance that should have been
Impossiblo in Broadway, For vulgarity and In
decency its llko could hardly be found in a Bow
ery frco muslo hall, and for crudity
nnd foolishness tho crossroads of tho
country might bo searched in vain for
its equal. "A Night nt tho Opera" filled
nn hour nnd a half with songs that were vile In
languago and oxecrablo in vocallsm, dances thnt
wero awkward exhibits of shamefully costumed
women, and coarse jests by a lot of uncouth
follows, with no glimmering traces of talont in
their efforts to be amusing, Ono of the announced
thlngslnthtsdeplorablo show was nnlmltnttonof
tho Barrlson sisters by five pitiable women, '
whoso gross antics and salacious ditties wero
amazing, Tho aomblanco of n burlcsquo was in
coherent and witless. It boro a general resem
blance to tho pieces given by tho bands
of femnlo mlnstrols that como to tho variety
theatres of tho Bowery and Eighth nuenue,
but was not ovon of a quality that would bo tol
erated by audiences In thoso resorts. Tho as
semblage on tho Casino roof seemed equally
Interested nnd disgusted. There wns nolther
applauso nor hlsslncr, but only a daze of
wondor that such wrotchod nnd brazen per
formers had found their way to tho top
of a Broadway theatre. Whore thoy had
been brought from could only be conjectured,
but it must havo been a long distance, as their
names and faces woro strango to tho most
habitual observers of New York theatricals; but
wherever It was they should bo Bent back there
directly, and tho further off It is the better.
Beforo " A Night at tho Opera." a vaudovillo
showwu given by members of tho sauio com
pany, and tholr offonces In that section of tho
show wero nearly all reprehensible In ono wuy
or another. But after the burlcsquo was over,
ot 11 o'clock, a ballot entitled "Tho
Judgment of Paris" gavo a better turn
to affairs, and from that tlmo until midnight the
stngo was put to sightly use. Mile. Bartho nnd
I La Tetlto Adelaide, from "Tho Whirl of the
Town," camo up to the roof to lead tho dances,
which wcro pretty and artistic. A portion of
tho thcatro audtonco came up, too, and for that
one hour tho roof garden wus an agreeable re
sort. No nauseating preliminary puffing had adver
tised a pcrformor who mado his first New York
appearance on tho Olympla root last night, and
pleased the audlonco thero moro than any other
of his kind sinco tho expert Clnquevalll was
dlvulgod to our public Ho was a German Jug
gler, and better than two-thirds of the foreign
vaudovillo specialists who havo come to this
country within recent seasons could he havo
met the advance flatteries that havo preceded
thoappearancoottbcsedlsappolntlng celebrities.
But as he was quito unknown tho triumph he won
was the more significant, and nobody noed
despair over tho prospects of tho vaudeville
stago so long os such copnble entortalncrs aro
available. Oscar Hammcrstcln has at least one
number on his programme that Is likely to re
main there for somo tlmo to come and at the
samo tlmo accomplish the result, which does
not Invariably follow, of amusing tho spectators
who are carried up to tho roof.
Kara, as the new Juggler is called, makes his
appearance in evening dress in a sccno sup
posed to represent n restaurant. Tho lay
mind can make no effort to follow the marvel
lous consequences of that visit to the caf. It
would take a clncmetograph to convey any Idea
of the wondrous doxtcrlty with which Kara Jug-
Kles everything on the stage, including the red
aired wnltcr, and excepting only tho billiard
tabic Ho settles his top hat on the rack
with a movement In tho back of his neck.
He keeps two newspapers twirling In
tno air and roods another. When the waiter
hands him a cup of coffee he sends the cup, tho
saucer, and tho spoons Into tho air. and keeps
them there until they are returned to tho tame
In their proper positions. With an orange, a
knifo anil a fork he produces aerial combina
tions that are as astonishing for their difficulty
as for the apparent ease with which they are ac
complished. He holds a billiard cue, with one
bull on Its end, on the bridge of his nose while
he Juggles six other balls, and then lets them
drop into n pocket of his coat, finishing tho
operation with the fall of the ball from tho cuo
Into tho samo pocket. He Juggles two chairs
nnd the cafd waiter simultaneously, nnd varies
this by keeping a tablo and a cloth In the air at
tno same time. He does miracles with an open
umbrella, a top. hat. and a cigar, and he is just
us expert in manipulating in tho air five plates.
n punch bowl, and a ladle.
The new performer wns evidently nervous last
night and some of his trUkswcremorred by this.
But be is plainly a wondor. Once in following
an errant and extravagant billiard ball he ran
across the stage, anil, miscalculating tho dis
tance, foil Into tho orchestra. But he was able to
continue his performance without n pause He is
not as graceful a man as Clnquevalll, nor does ho
attempt his feat of strength. But moro dex
trous, facile, and remarkable feats ot Juggling
have never been witnessed here. Tho spectators
watched him with intense interest nnd applauded
him with so much enthusiasm at tho close of his
performanco that Kara looked quite astonished.
But it was his turn then to bo surprised, for tho
spectators had been in that condition for twenty
minutes.
In the bill nt Proctor's Theatre yesterday a
new musical farco and another transferred from
the French hail tholr first trials hero, and two
sets of vocalists and actors mado their debuts
In tho continuous shows. Placing together thus
an original and translated work mado com
purihon ino Itable, and this wns favorable to tho
native sketch. As tho new musical farce wns
but a half hour long nnd employed three cnpablo
vocalists, Dorothy Neville, Ada Barnard, and
George Thallman, each ot whom had a chance
to provo ability, there wi not a great deal
left for the w rlter to do. But ho secured a comi
cal situation by bringing n woman burlesquer
to tho house of a man with whom sho had
caroused and thero having her confronted hy
thowife. Tho husband had missed an appoint
ment with the frlskcr nt hor photogrnphorV. so
sho was In her stage costume, and what
this left to bo told to tho wlfo was re
vealed by tho caller's extraordinary free
manners. Eventually all three Joined in jojous
song as a token of disarmament, and though this
happy ending w as not qulteconvinclng, its tuno
f illness well nigh excused it. Even tho puns
that had gone beforo It wero forgiven, and tho
piece, which was entitled "The Music Hall
Singer." wns welcomed to vaudeville, with its
Interpreters. Richard Carlo was its author. In
the dramatic Bkotch, n discount masqueraded
as a valet to secure a meet lug with n wife with
whom ho was enamored. Most of its fun de
pended on tho blunders of the counterfeit ser
nnt nnd on hlsdlstnsto for his temporary cm-
Floymcnt. Some fun, not all of It Intended, cnine
rom his get-up. This Included a black frock
coat, neatly croascd, mouse-colored trousers
and a monocle, A bluo and w 111 to checked upron.
Its strings neatly tied In a coquettish bow in tho
mlddlo of the resplendent frock coat's back,
served aa a complete illsiiuiso for the nobleman,
though as he declared his dishonorable passion
ho had a pad tied around oach knee, for no had
been scrubbing floors. To seo a roal viscount
thus disguised and waving a scrubbing brush as
he declared his lovo was ludicrous, but tho
laughter didn't ring quite truo, bo perhaps tho
continuous show beginners concerned will try
again.
Thn lYratber,
Thtr wm a trouth of low prenur extending
yeittrrtay from the Uk reclont loutnward orr
the Ohio and Tennom valleys to thecait Oulf of
Mexico. Throughout tuts bait th wther was
cloudy, with om scattered ahovrers. Cloudy and
ihovrery condition also preralldlu th middle At
lantlo and Maw England Htatei. Tbey were due to
an area of high preiiureorer Nora Bcoila, which
was throning off nortbeaiterly wludi.
An area of blgb prenur wa contra! over the Da.
kola and Ulnneiota, morlng outhaaitward, at
tended by fair and decidedly cool wthr for th
iion, Th leir.peralure at Moorhiad and nil.
marck waa at freeilnc point and In Manitoba from
to A' below fieensgs the loweat reported was
9s at Mlnnedoaa. Froet was reported In Ulone-tot-,
th Dakota, aoutbarn Wiaconaln, and north
ern MIcblgaD,
In this city tli day waa threatening; hlgbeat offi
cial temperature 07', lowrat dS'i average humid
ity, 81 per cent.; wind unribcat, avera velocity
10 mllea an hour; barometer, corrected to read to
aa lei el. at S A. U. 30.27, 3 I', 31 .30. HO.
The thermometer at the United State Weather Bu
reau regttterrd the temperature yraterday as follovra;
1H97. IHOfl, 1HM7, 1BUB.
UA.M 04' Ail 111'. M 07' 07'
12 ! S7' (ii' Ml'. M. . . 51' (1
Sl'.M 67' IIVI'.'Mlil fit OS'
WAauixoioi rnRECiHT roa tvksdav.
br A'rie England nnd eatttrn A'eto York. Ught
ihotrtr are prvlnililt; tnttnly Mnift.
For the Dlatrlet of Columbia, eastern Pennaylranla,
New Jertey, Delaware, Maryland, anil Virginia, light
ahowera, probably clearing by Tuesday night i eaiterty
wind a.
For Wet Virginia, weaUrn New York, weatern
PennarlTanl. and Ohio, snower In lb rly mora
ine f tibwed by fjJxi trwu vartabl wind.
URIC ACID
POISON
Slays Its
Thousands.
URIC ACID POISON results from the ac
cumulation and deposition of Uric Acid or its
Salts in the system. This poison is generally
slow in action, but at times sudden and fatal
in effect. It causes Gout, Rheumatism, Stone
of the Kidney or Bladder, Drlghfs Disease,
Neuralgic Affections, Nervous Prostration,
Eczema, Dyspepsia, etc., etc. In women, tinder
some conditions, this Poison shows Itself in
Swellings, Dropsical Effusion, Uremic Coma
and Convulsions, and often makes its appear
ance during and especially after . Scarlet arid
Typhoid Fevers.
BUFFALO
LlTHIA
Water
A Powerful Antidote.
This water dissolves and eliminates .from
the system any deposition of Uric Acid or its
Salts, and is a GREAT NATURAL SPECIFIC
for these conditions and all others caused by
Uric Acid Poison. Taken as a common bev
erage or table water it acts as a PREVENTIVE
of the accumulation and deposition of Uric
Acid or its Salts, and of all maladies conse
quent upon such deposition and accumulation.
The claim here made for this water Is abun
dantly and emphatically attested by medical
men who are regarded as authority wherever
medical science is known.
BUFFALO L&THIA WflTER
Is for solo by Grocers and Druggists gen
erally. Pamphlets on application.
Proprietor, IlulTalo Llthla Npiing. To.
Springs open for guests Juno IS to Octvl.
COLOBADO WANTS A NAVAL BESEBVE'
sir. noooevelt anga-rot. That They Sflsht Stody
Seamanship on Pratrle dchoonera.
WAsnixoTos, Juno 7. Colorado wants to or
ganize a naval reserve and the Navy Depart
ment has been asked for advice and information.
Hundreds of able-bodied men out there, the pro
moters 'write are anxious to enlist In the re
serve, and if tho departmont will give proper
support they promise to hare tho finest organi
zation In the West. They fall to say how ships
are to get out to Colorado for the practical in
struction of the men. and give no intimation of
tho water facilities there.
Assistant Secretary Iloosevelt will wrlto to
the Colorado p.-omotcrs and tell them that if
they can marjlgo to get a w or vessel across
country and rind amplo sea room in tho State
for practical instruction in seamanship, the
Government will be pleased to assist the new
organization; othernlse the navy cannot en
courage the movement.
A Colorado Congressman has been enlisted in
support of the scheme by some of his con
stituents, and come to tho department to-day to
help It along. He says his peoplo are in earnest,
and that if tho department helps them they will
develop a tlrst-class organization.
This is the first serious request over made to
the departmont by an Inland State, whose water
facilities aro confined to small streams, tor per
mission to form a reserve. Mr. Iloosevelt will
suggest that If it is impracticable to get a war
vessel across country to Colorado, prairie
schooners might bo utilized by the new organization.
PASTOB SEIZES TUE PULPIT.
Goes off with If, the Oraran. and Hymn Book
When lie I Dlacharred.
Woodhavex. L. I Juno 7. The Rev. Ernest
Frldow, formerly paatorof the German Lutheran
Church at Union Course, is 38 years old, and
lives with his wife in Brooklyn. He was pastor
of tho Union Course church for about two years,
but got into pome misunderstanding with the
congregation and they parted. The church is in
the flro cngino house. The meeting room con
tained an organ, portable pulpit, and other
church accessories, including a number of hymn
books. Charles Menken, President of the Board
of Trustees, and Krncst Hackman, Treasurer,
charged the minister wlih removing the church
furniture on last Saturday In two trucks. Tbey
my th.it ho took tho articles to Brooklyn and
siurru iiiciu.
Tho dominie was arraigned beforo Justice
Ijucr this morning. Ho told tbo Court that he
owned an interest In tho furniture and had a
right to remove it. Ho uts held for examina
tion in bonds of eJSOO, which ho furnished. The
complainants say that the organ cost $1)3 and
that tho mlnliter paid 91 A of tho amount, but
has been reimbursed. Tho other articles wero
bought upon the Installment plan, but the trus
tees assert that the former pastor had no finan
cial lntcrc.it In the church furniture.
Inherit m 99,000 California Ratal.
Nkw Havex, Conn., June 7. J. I). Dover, an
attornoy of San Francisco, came to Now Haven
to-day to npprtse Mrs. William F. Williams of
MU Columbus avenue that sho and her cnlldren
w cro heirs to an estate of t'J.OOO In S'evnda and
California, left by Dr. James Williams of
Novuda, a brother of Mrs. Williams's husband.
Dr. Williams died intestate. Ho left deposits In
California banks of S3'J,000 and propertv In
Nevuda of f 10,000. Mrs. Williams has been In
humble circumstances.
The Xorth Carolina Railroad Injunction.
ItAijnon, N, C, Juno 7. The temporary in
junction issued by Judgo Simonton of the United
Htatei Circuit Court against the Governor and
Attorney-General of North Carolina to prevent
them from bringing suit to onnul tho lease of
the North Carolina Hailroad to the Southern
Hallway for u term of ntiicty-nlna years, will
como up at Asherlllo to-morrow. President
Ramue) Spencer, First Vice-President A. B. An
drews, and Attorney Stetson. Mr. Cleveland's
former law partner, left horo for Ashevlllo this
morning. Gov. ltussell will not bo present nt
the hearing.
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company.
Piiu.ADKi.rniA, Juno 7. The annual report of
the directors of tho Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal Company, submitted at tho meeting of
stock and loan holders to-day, shows the revenuo
from tolls for tho past year to have been S152
7H.:I7, nnd tbo totul revenues 9103,33O,t!a nn
excess of 2,38fl.l0 over tho preceding year.
.ft1.0V,0!,t "f uiiintalnlng the canal was $40,
1151.(1.1. and the Interest on tho yj.tlo'.'.oso mort
gage was $104,118, which with tho other expen
ditures left a surplus of 1" 0 15.07, an excess of
'A1I8'J.04 over thut of lHtltl. 0I
A Link or the I'an. American It.llroad.
VickaCiii'7, Mexico, Juno 7. T. A. McClen
nan, general manager of tho Southeastern Hall
road of Mexico, has arrived horo from Clove
land, O. Ho Is on the way to Han Uoroulmo, on
tho Isthmus of Tohiiantepec, nt which point tho
work of coii.truction on his company's new
railroad w-lll begin. Tho road will ho built ton
point on Ihe Guntemnlaii frontier nnd from Han
!i'iT."i'.,',.l,i" xu """"n. uiskliur a very Important
link In tho Pan-Auierlcan ltallroad sj stem.
llaJIroad lute War Impendl.-.
Omaha, Nob., May 7. ltallroad oOlclsls here
fear a general rato war, Tho cut at Kansas City
to ono faro round trip tickets to Chicago and f-t.
tauls Is tho Immediate cause. Charges are
made that somo roaiU are already cutting rate
to Ban trnnciico on Christian Endeavor busi
ness. All seem ready to participate at a mo
ments notice In what they expect to bo a great
rutewur, !,
Iloeton's Klrvaled ltallroad Dili.
Boston, June 7,-Tho Hcnato to-day, w Ithout
division, passed und engrossed tho Boston Kle-
J5!fi tal.1lroai1 "HI. Several amendments op
Posed to tho general purpose of the hill wcro
rejected. Tho"blIl now goes bick to Ttii HoSIo
for concurrent action on minor amondments. but
YALLEY STREAM INQUEST, I
ENGINEEB COLOAN'S VEHSIOX 0P
TUE TAI.LY-UO DISASTBll.
Ue niew III Whittle, Itnng Ml Melt, nnd r '
On All nrakeo Other Tmlltnonj Ji,r,mf
Atk Iho Wltnee Uneatlon About Thai
Itleetrlo Alarm Bell at Merrick t'rntiinr
Inwooi), U I Juno 7. Coroner William a
Coombs began to-night his lnqueit Into th
doath of Gcnriro K. Pnshloy, Wlnslow V, Uwls
Wlllam Gilchrist, Dora Bortsch, and l.esli0 j
Hoborts, flvo of tho vlctlmsof tho Valley Strimra
disaster on Momorlal Day.
Tho Inquest was held In Odd Follows' Hall,
Near tho Coroner wcro seutcd District Attorney
William J. Youngs of Queens county, Wha
promptod him in examining tho witnesses; his
nsalstant, Gcorgo W. Davis, nnd DctoctUu Den.
nls Sullivan of Mr. Young's ofllce.
Among ihe Brooklyn lnwycrs ropresenMncths
families of thoso killed nnd Injured wero .tudgs
Jacob Nou, Stnto Senator Albert Wray, JudM
Alfred Kramer, Goorgo F. Elliott, and Haney
Field. The Long Island nallrond Company naj
represented by Ijiwyors Frederick Ingrnhatn I
nnd W. I. Kelly, but neither took any artivs S'
part in tho 'proceedings. Back of tho rail wert YA
about 400 spectators. 'M
Much interest wns displayed in the testimony I
of Josoph Col Ran of 101 India street, Brooklyn, 9
the engineer of tho train which crashed Into tho
tally-ho coach. Ho testified: M
"As I approached n whistle post 1,400 feet
from tho Merrick crossing I blow my whlatl wfl
nnd tho fireman rang tho boll. Then, as we cams W.
within whatlludgetoboaboutnOOfectfrnmths ;
crossing, I saw the first tw o horses of tho tally-ho. vt
I Immediately grasped t ho w hist lo and put on the 41
brakes. saw the horses, then the tally-ho, I M
lowered my head, nnd tho noxt thliu- 1 was H
through tho coach."
"How fast woro you going I" asked Coronsr H
Coombs.
"Thirty miles on hour."
" Woro you behind tlmo t"
" Yos; a mlnnto nnd a half."
"Wero you trying to mako It up!"
"No. Somottmcs I do by degrees, other timed H
I don't."
llcgardlng the electric alarm hell nt the cross.
ing, Colgon swnro that when ho pusscil It on th 9
trip south to Hempstead that dav thchillwai
Tinging. Ho hod noticed It for days prciloui
and it had always rung. Then Colgan told ol
taking Mrs. Andrus from thn front of the rn.
glnc, where sho hung suspended by her drcas,
which had caught on the hand rail.
After that. Colgan said, bo backed the train to
tho cresting and assisted In caring for the In
jured. Ho sold he had been employed twenty
eight years as engineer, and had run tralni on
tho Hempatcnd branch for the last two ara,
His only accident previous to that of Memorial
Day had been some time ago, when he tstruik a
horse and wagon.
Tho foreman of tho Jury wanted to know If
Colgan had ever snld nnything to the rallrond
company about tho Merrick crossing being a
dangerous one. Colgan said he had not.
"Do you consider it dangerous I" asked th
Juryman. i
"I ain't hired to tell that," was the engineer's W
reply. 1
"How quick could yon stop a train goi&r
thirty miles an hour I" asked the foreman.
"in about 600 feet after I hod put on th
brake."
Colgan said thero was no block system con
nected with the olcctrio alarm.
Charles B. Fosdyck, tho fireman of the train,
said that at tho sudden wblstlo of the en
gineer as they ncarod the crossing h
peered out of the cab and saw first ,
ono pair of horses, then another, rinally th ,
tally-ho, and then the collision took place. Ho V
was too excited. ho said, to notics Jj
whether tho bell at tho crossing was
ringing or not. Ho had noticed in
on other days whon It did. Ho was
sure the engineer had put on the
brakes. Ho felt the shock. In answer to a ques
tion by Judge Nou Fosdyck replied that the bell
had nover been out of order to his knowledge.
If the bells at crossings failed to ring It whs Els
duty to throw a re l card out to the section
bands, and thus notify them to repair the bell.
Conductor John A. Iteeso could tell verv llttlo
of Importance. He had never noticed whether
the bell rang or not. He was sure the engineer
had applied the brake and blow his whlstlr
Brakeraan C. A. Dodd could tell nothine of
tho accident, but stated that a few hours before
tho accident, and on tho trip south, the foreman
of the section hod boarded the train and stood
with him on the rear platform.
"I'm going to listen nnd see if those bolls
ring, tbo foreman had said to him. Let mo gee
on your side of the pl.itform." J
After the crossing was passed, Dodd said, the
foreman told him the bell rang nil right. Dodd
raid he did not hear it. Ha never heard the bell,
as he usually stood inside of the cars owing to
the flying dust.
Conductor Iteevi was recalled, but said ha
could not recollect the presence of a section
bow on the train during tho trip to Hempstead.
Albert A. Goldncr of Valley Stream swore thai
the bell nt tho Merrick crossing rang wnen no
trains wera pissing.
Frank S. Cnrrick. a, second brakeman on the
train, snld he never paid any attention to tho
bells at crooslngs. He heard tho engineer
blow his whistle, however. He did not think a
train going at thirty miles an hour could bo
stopped under half a mile.
Charles II. Shricbcr, a dealer in fertilizers. I
said he was at the drug store on the Merrick H
road and saw- the coaching party pass. Thev fl
were not noisy. A few blew boms, but as it I
frightened a horse standing In front of tho drug
store, tho crowd on the tally-ho ceased tho
blowing.
Sbrieber said ho wos within a hundred feet of
tho railroad crossing when the train passed on 7
its trip south, and he did not hear the alarm bell I
ring. The Inquest was then adjourned until
cdnesday morning at 3:30 o'clock.
Justice) Gaynor liefer to the Tally.llo Dluatesv
In bis charge to the Queens County Grand
Jury in Long Island City yesterdny Supremo
Court Justice Gaynor s-ild the accident on tho
Long Island Railroad nt Valley Stream on
Memorial Day might be a subjoct for Investiga
tion. Justice Gaynor said that he did not wish It
understood that he was Insinuating that tho
railroad company was In any way culpable.
Tried to Steal a nido May Loe HI Lire.
EuzAnETii, N. J., Juno 7. Joepn Porter, 17
years old, ot Newark was visiting friends hero
this afternoon, and, on starting home, attempted
to steal a ride on a freight train on tho Pennsyl
vania railroad. When ho attempted to Jump on
tho moving cars, he fell under the wheels nnd
both les wero crushed. Ho was taken to th
General Hospital, where the surgeons amputate 1
one leg and may hae to rcnune the other. Ths
surgeons say ho will prohahly die before mornlnj.
miiuutr.pl niter I'onnulMlon Bipendllarr.
WASHtNClTOX, Juno 7, Tho expenditure
mado by tho Mississippi Hlver Commission
since Its organization, as reported to the t-ennte
by tho Secretary of War, havo been $24,357,331,
and thero are contracts outstanding nggtveat
ing 850,30S. In addition there ha-i been paid
the hads estate for maintaining n certain depth
of water in the passes at tho mouth of the Mis
sissippi, 7,0tl2.riO0, and I?d37.r00 will r due
the estate at tho expiration of the contract.
Ml (ionld to nnlld on InUerally ITrlshu.
Miss Helen Gould is to have a three-story brick
dwelling houso erected on University Height,
near tho Columbia University grounds. Plan
for it were filed yesterday with the niilM"ig
Department.
It Is to cost 30,000, nnd will occupy n lot f!7x
44 feet. In tho centre of tho block bounded by
Oxford nnd ixirlng places nnd I'nlrerKt'y
avenue. Miss tiuuld Is having tho houc lm.it
as an investment.
Voundllnv In Central 1'ark.
Park Policeman Geoghnn found a girl balw In
In a vallso Just insldo the Fifth n enue rntrai.-s
to Control Park at Ninety-sixth street yentrrir
morning. The bobv has light hair, blue rr-, fl
and full, rosy i hoeks. Her clothing is of g 'I
material. There aro no marks on the valiv or
on the clothing to indlcato where tho infiiit
camo from.
Tho little ono was taken to Bellevue I!npitil.
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