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. THE SUN, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1897, 8 . ;
I CUBA'S NEXT PRESIDENT.
CALIXTO O ARC I A QUITE CERTAIN TO
POLL A LARGE MAJORITY.
Bat Wfllhrr He Xor HI Vrloaso Think Be
KbaMld Iton Leave lb rteld to Take a Civil
OBlce There Ars nraalartts la Cab Was
Really Vrara rr War with Annln,
Havana, July 10. The correspondent of Tire
Et'K In SAnttaRO do Cuba city writes that It la
almost certain that a largo majority ot rotes
for the Presidency of the Cuban rcpubllo will bo
obtained by Qen. Callxto Garcia. In September
next, according to the Constitution, tha term of
President Salvador Clsncros Botnncourt expire.
Tho letter adds that tho election ot Oen. Garcia
might be considered absolutely certain were It
not that the General himself and many of his
Intimate friends and the members ot his staff
consider that, under present circumstances, Oen.
Garcia Is more useful In his present position aa
Commander ot the Cuban Army In Puerto Prin
cipe and Santiago do Cuba than ho would be a
President.
The few military duties ot the President are
confined to passing upon tho nomination made
by the General-in-Chief, appointing civil em
ployees of the prefectures and organizing the
latter. Tho prefectures arc clrll stations estab
lished throughout the island and used as hospi
tals, provision depots and shop for repairing
arms. Tho Secretaries ot War, Finance, Foreign
Affairs nnd Interior farm the Cabinet Council ot
tho President.
La Lucha has published the following sug
gestive editorial:
"Our Madrid correspondent cables us that
- publto attention has been called In Spain to tho
groat activity In all the navy yards and arsenals
ot the nation. At tho same tlmo he announces
that Seflor Canovas ho doclared that all this
unusual buslnoss In the Navy Department ho
nothing to do with any expectation ot war with
the United State.
"But tbo publlo has arrived at the conclusion
that Seflor Canovas's declaration Is merely dip
lomatic, and that probable war with tho United
States Is tho real cause ot the naval prepara
tions. Who can tell the truth I Who can dis
cern tho future I Dut wo affirm that a war
Kgainst the Americans would be better for
Opaln than a war with people ot her own blood
and nationality. In a war with a forolgner one
Stay win or lose In a civil war every ono
Ibscs."
The editorial clearly proves that the Spaniards
still cherish the delusion that a war against
America would result In tho Cubans stopping
tho Insurrection in order to help the Spaniards;
while the real fact is that tho insurgents would
avail themselves ot tho opportunity to tako
Havana by land as soon bs the first American
warship was in sight off theso shores.
Tho fact fs more ridiculous still, and prove
that thoro aro no limits to the Spanish imagina
tion, that many projects for conquering the
United States havo been gravely discussed at a
meeting of prominent grocors and members of
tho Union Constitutional party.
At this meeting an offcnslvo alliance between
Japan and Spiln was the basis ot all hopes. Dr.
Joverwasof the opinion that " tho tlmo of de
cadence and dlsappoaranco had arrived for tho
United States." Others said that a combined
attack by the Japanese and Spanish army, the
Japanese binding on the Pacific coast and the
Spaniards invading Florida, would result in the
total defeat of America.
" Florida would again bo ours." said one ora
tor, "and Japan would annex Hawaii."
Notwithstanding all this fiery language, tho
patriotism ot the excited gentlemen of the
Union Constitutional party oozes out when
proposals aro made to them to advanco provi
sions for the Spanish soldiers in Cuba without
spot payment. They haven't tho least faith In
their own Government when It Is fighting a far
less powerful too than the United States, but
they want an International war I
RETTER LET CTTDA GO.
'e
- That Is the Bart or Talk That I PohUelr
fbt Heard In Santa.
Madrid, July 7. El Impartial asked the
Liberal uowspapcra whether Soflor Sagasta
would accept power If offered to him after it
was orldent that there was no remedy under
Canovas for Spain's misfortunes. El Correo
garo a somewhat ambiguous reply, but El
Qlobo, which is supposed to receive direct Inspi
ration from 8onor Sagasta. said:
"In our opinion, tho accession of the Liberal
party was necessary in January; it might have
dono somo good in Juno; but the situation In
Cuba Is becoming more and moro grave, and the
day Is not, perhaps, far distant when tho Lib
eral party will not bo able to accept the respon
sibility of power for obvious reasons.
"The Llborol party was willing to step in
when tho flro could bo stopped; but this would
do no good when all that remains Is a heap ot
ashes. If, to uso the same figure as El Impar
cial, the physician now in charge persists to the
end in taking caro ot the patient, do not let him
expect that he Is going to have the assistance of
other doctors when the death agony begins.
Medical consultation should be held in time if
good Is to come from a change of treatment.
The attending physician must certify to tho
patient's death."
Befior Conalejas, who has repeatedly been a
1 Minister, has withdrawn from the Liberal oortr.
I He does not agree with the party's declarations
In favor of colonial home rule.
Seflor PI y Margall, leader ot the Spanish
Federal Itepnbllcans, says In El Xueto Hlgimtn
that the Cuban conflict has reached a pass when
a solution favorablo to Spain is not likely to bs
reached. He said: "Wo have reached a mo
ment llko that when the Kngllsh became per
suaded of the futility of their efforts to subdue
the colonies which now form the United States.
If the Cortes were open and thero were among
Its members men such as Louther and Conway,
It would not bo dlfllcult to Introduce a motion
declaring all to be enemies of the King who
should favor the continuance of the war to
reduce our rebellious colonlos.
I "In Cuba everything Is hostllo to us. Both
I Bagasta and Sllrcla cannot fail to see this, as
I we hare long soen It. Tbero are certainly In
I Cuba some men who, for somo reason or other,
I side with Spain; but most of tho inhabitants
I hate us, not, perhaps, so much for our tyranny
I as for our sauandering of their public fortune.
I "The women hate us even more than the men.
I Were Maximo Gomez to enter Havana in trl-
umph, the Cuban women would be the first to
cover his passage with flowers.
"We know nothing of tbo Insurgents oxcept
what tbo Government chooses to say and it
always falsifies the truth. It would bo greatly to
the interest of the nation to bocomo acquainted
with the true Inwardness of tho Insurgent move
ment, and also with tho Intellectual develop
ment of the Cubans. Thore aro in the United
states and other American nations numerous
Cuban clubs that foster enthusiasm for tbo
cnuao of Independence. They publish books,
pamphlets, newspapers and revlows, some of
which aro brilliantly edited ond Illustrated. Tbelr
pmp-irfanda is most active. The Cubans havo
an Ideal which their poets exalt. All ore ready
for the sacrifice. On the other hand, we lack
such enthusiasm, and hence, although having
"T.?S$5r "-''ourcw, our enenry Is less.
Tbe outlook for us in Cuba Is extremely dis
couraging. If w0 do not wish to consummate
Si" nw. wo must clear out, as Seflor Sllvela In
mealed the other day, for even In case we ob
talnedpcace, it would bo so costly that we would
none the less continue on the road to ruin."
' .uAWJd,p.B ,0 t:l Olobo, tho leading organ of
tho Liberal party, Spain's navy would mako a
very poor show In case of an International war.
?? I'elsyo, Carlos (jutnto, and Colon, upon
which so p many hopes were fixed, must undergo
repairs, for which a year or more is required.
Speaking of the. Colon, which was recently built
f.t.iJrn?,Jf'' Imparcial says that the vessel
lacks steadiness, and that this deficiency will bo
mure apparent when the artillery is mounted.
A part ot the artillery has not been finished yet,
H ,hJ n,akli of tho two larger guns has
f2l eI'n.bei5"Pl ''ho Victoria and Numoncl.
!wipIAliorio 'flstate. aro undergoing re
E.r?.S7ti wlu not tor service as coast
fhL,fori11 7- The Infanta Maria Teresa,
J.I .nJuJnido ,mJ Ykcayo. are the only vessels
?;.nn.XB!u.?whlc,h. "e now available, but It
irnrtilui""!I"'tll.Ifr?ll,, more afraid of
il?. PJ""1110"" provided for the cannon than they
m ?V'h0 '"''" "artillery. Tho naval author
J Lnl1" ,Je" notified of this, hut. so far.
hii , .li'nnr ff u,t- ,The cruiser Alfonso Trece
?h Ai&'al,,urr- Cruisers must bo fast, and
Lraaiir in'r" i1 "Ifniely "low. Her speed Is
Ki r-ih'erlor ,n thBt "Penned in tho con-
hurVie lr h,W"?i. dstroers which were
Um'mVi""1 1,ri l 'Iborapsons have not
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neoro TRKAcnrn'a hot sermons
Tb Bev. Mr. liknMn Stir Up at Behlrrn tm at
HsiluaUs Chnrch.
Bmon auto. K. Y July 10,-The progressive
Ideas and rigorous sermons ot the Iter, W. J.
Johnson havo caused a schism In St. Paul's
colored church. This Is the society which lost
Its church property last summer through the
efforts ot a former pastor, who wanted to put up
a temple ot worship equal to anything occupied
here by the white people. The burden was too
great and the pastor suddenly disappeared. Ho
afterward gave a his reason for going away
that he only got $3 per week, and it went
against the grain to thank the Lord on an
empty stomach for blessings that he wasn't
getting.
Then Mr. Johnson received a coll to come here
and h was received with open arms. Mr. John
son began at once tho task ot Inculcating hlghor
standards Into his colored parishioners. One of
the first things Mr. Johnson did was to elevate
tho character of the entertainments for raising
money for the church. One night a musical
and literary entertainment was advertised at
tho church. When Mr. Johnson enterod an
artist was cutting a pigeon wing in a buck and
wingdanco to the muslo of " Coming Thro' the
Ityo." The next number was a song of "Llttlo
Annlo Roonoy " variety. Mr. Johnson was horrl
flod and stopped tho proceedings. IIo forbade tho
congregation giving any more entertainments
of this kind In tho church. IIo told the people
that If thoy wanted to dance and slug songs ot
that character to biro a hall. Thero was somo
protest, but the entertainments ceased and
everything appeared to movo along swimmingly
until lost week, when camp meeting began in
Bennett Park.
Mr. Johnson preached some vigorous sermons,
which gradually diminished the attendance of
colored people and Increased tho attendance ot
tho whites. Mr. Johnson heard that some of
the members of bis flock had held a mooting
and hod determined to starve him out. Then he
Broached stronger sermons than ever. Although
lo morcury was already up in the nineties, he
made the air fairly smoko with his graphic word
paintings, describing the blistering heat of tbe
placo whero slnnors go. This had tbe desired
effect, and all might havo boon well but for a
sermon proached at tho camp meeting. One of
his parishioners described It as "ono of de mos'
'fonsivo oratorical 'glomerations I'eo listened to
nigh on deso forty y ars."
air. Johnson said, among other things, that
tho Southern colored man is superior to tho
Northern negro. " It is Just as easy for a col
ored man to be a Christian as a white man. The
Northern negro does not own his own home.
Tho man without a homo Is a lawless man. Ho
has no responsibility, and the Christian commu
nity has to take care ot him in State prison.
Whllo Southorn negroes suffer from lynch law.
Northern negroes suffer a groat deal more from
bad whisker and lawlessness. They llvo In al
leys Instead of owning homes fronting on the
strcot. Wo don't want men whose rotes can be
bought for a 10-cent gloss of whiskey. Two
frogs fell into a barrel ot milk. Ono gave up and
was drowned. The other klckod and was saved.
I say to my people, kick and savo yourselves
from sin.
' Christ didn't come Into tho world to save
silks and satins and gold eyoglasses; that's nil
moonshine. It's getting so you can't tell tho
servant from the mistress. The mistress goes
out all dressed In bows and furbelows. A llttlo
later the colored sorvant follows her, dressed
exactly the same. A man once said to mc, 'Tho
colored man is a monkey; ho apes everybody
else.' I am proud of my color. I don't want to
bo white.
"I think It's a disgrace for colored boys to
hnng around tho corner until 2 o'clock Sunday
morning singing 'Old Black Joe.' I seo some of
the colored men who can't afford it riding
around town on expensive wheels. Thoy aro
trying to imitate the whites. I haven't got
senro onough to stay on a wheel. I want to
preach tho truth, and I don't want to be starved
out. I am on the sldo ot the Lord, and I know
He'll tako caro ot mo. I don't care how bard I
hit those who aro not on tbo side of tho Lord.
Some of you sinners ought to get hit. and you
ought to bo hit hard. I am going to savo you or
offend you every time I preach. Let us pray."
SPURIOUS PRIEST IN JAIL.
' Father" Rntnven Make a Great Stir tn Vic
toria and la Sew Locked 17b.
YAHCOUVEit, July ID. A religious riot has
been Imminent In Victoria, incited by a spu
rious priest colling himself Father Ruthven,
who so enraged the people of Victoria by mak
ing astounding charges against the Roman
Catholic clergy In general and Fathers Ntcolyae
and Lemmons of Victoria In particular that he
was arrested and thrown Into prison, where ho
Is still confined.
In tho mean tune rioters, whose silly brains
were turned by the statements ot the fake priest,
stoned the Catholic church and committed other
breaches of the peace. They were not even
quieted when this despatch was received from
New York State in answer to an inquiry from
tho Superintendent ot Police:
" Buffalo. N. Y.. July a
" Five Indictments, charging Victor Ruthven,
alias Victor M. Hlordan. bogus Catholic priest,
with swindling, were found In the Court ot Ses
sions, Erie county. New York, In tho January
term. 1803. Ruthven was tried on ono indict
ment in the Supreme Court at Buffalo, Edward
Hatch, Justice, presiding.
"Ruthcn was convicted on Jan. 20, 1803,
and sentenced to tbe Erio county penitentiary
for one year, which sontenco ho served.
" Four other Indictments are still pending.
" Damel J. Kknnkfick, District Attorney."
Father Nicolyae had Ruthven arrested for
making the following statement:
"Father Ruthven will show that lying, theft,
anarchy, and murder are taught by Romish con
fessors, and hereby challenges Priest Nlcolyae
or Father Lemmons to disprove these charges."
Many witnesses were called to prove that the
priests taught nothing but what was good and
moral. They said they would not st nd quietly
bv and have their religion Insulted by Ruthven.
Respectable Protestants us well as Catholics
are urging the authorities through tho press to
punish Ruthven to the limit of the law.
Ruthven was expelled from a seminary In Ire
land before he entered holy orders. After vis
iting Australia he posed for soveral years In tho
United States as a convert from Rome.
rovim A COLZEOE nUXQEOX.
Tbe Astonishing Cavern Berne CTerkmen at
Bewdoln Discovered TjrhUe Dtgttng.
Brunswick, Mo., July 10. Laborers who had
just begun work yesterday on the excavations
for the remodelling ot Appleton Hall, one ot the
Bowdoln Collego dormitories, were astonished
to find the opening of a subtorronean basement
below the real cellar of the structure. It wo
In a perfect state of preservation, and had evi
dently boon untouched for years.
The oldest nttachd of tho collego had no recol
lection of tho existence ot tho place. The base
ment was divided Into several apartments with
walls ot masonry. Tbe walls were lined with
sombre black, so that the darkness was inky.
To add to tho wlerdness of tho placo tbero was
an array of skulls and skeletons arranged In
fantastlo disorder. Some coffins lent their dis
mal presence to the ntmosphere of death. Tbe
workmen scampered out of this underground
place with their eyes staring and could not bo
Induced to venture back again for some time.
Further investigation developed the fact that
this chamber of horrors was connected with
closots In tho rooms of some of tho students in
tho dormitory by moans of small passageways.
None of thostudonts remaining In town baa
any knowledge of this place. There Is evidence
of ago In tho cavern, and some of the college
authorities say that It may have been con
structed by the hazing tuon of years ago.
For the Keller of Suffering Cnha.
Washington, July ID. A meeting in the In
terests of the National Itollof Association for
Cuba, In aid of tho American Red Cross, was
held yesterday afternoon In tbe First Congrega
tional Church. Mrs. Burrows of Michigan was
In the chair, and the object of tbe association
was set forth In a brief address by Mrs. J. Ellon
Foster. Advocate-General. This was to ralso
funds by private solicitation and public appeal
for the relief of suffering Cuba, tho money to bo
expended under tbo direction of Miss Clara
Barton. President of the International Red
Cross. Miss Barton has signified her willingness
to undertake the work whenever tho people of
tbe United States shall have oxprosscd In a
substantial form tbelr desire for her to do so.
rxt Offln Mare gunned.
Strrvwtx, N. Y July 10. Cracksmen broko
into tho Post Oftlcoat Ramsoy's, four miles from
here, last night by forcing the window In the
rear of the building. They blew open tbe safe
with dynamite, but secured only - worth ot
stamps and 912 in chauge for their trouble.
Tbe Post Office Is In the largest grocery store in
the village, and as It Is generally known that up
ward of $30O Is taken in eyery week, it was at
first thought that the robbery was done by local
talent, but tbe methodical way in which It was
done shows that It was tho work of professionals.
Rochester Jew Must Close Tbelr llsns aa
Sananys.
RocnxsTCR, July ID. The Jewish population
on Front and 8U Joseph streets, this city, Is In
a high state of Indignation. Yesterday the
edict went forth that the Jewish merchants
must bereaftor cease to do business on Bnnday,
Tbe edict was oboyed to tbe letter, and tbeso
two streets, usually the theatro of unwonted
activity on Sunday, were yesterday strangely
silent. Not a single violation ot tho order was
reported by the police.
SPANIARD ON CUBA'S SIDE.
AXCORTA, FORUERZY A BPAlflSB
SOLDIER, OFFERS UIS SERTIOES.
sttlrd la Cab After the Last War, and Me
came an Autonomist Expelled from Cuba.
He Went to Spain, and Was Arrested rbr
Conspiracy Jumped His Dall and Came Here
Ono ot tho passengers who arrived here on
Sunday from Havre on tho steamer La Gas
cogno was Seflor Iandro Gonzalez Alcorta, a
Spaniard who sides with tho Cuban patriots.
Toward tho close of tho ton years' war Alcorta
was token to Cuba as a private, and fought on
tbo Spanish sldo. At tho end of tho war Alcor
ta's battalion was dotallod for garrison service
In Havana, and ho managed, whllo fulfilling
his duties as n soldtor, to rcnow his studies at
tho university, and finally bocamo a lawyer.
IIo was later appointed teacher of philosophy
a', the Provincial Institute ot Plnar del Rio,
and soon acquired considerable practice and In
fluence. Ho married the daughter of Seflor
Volez Cavlodos, leader of the uncompromising
Spaniards In tho province, but ho nover figured
In local politics.
When tho Reformist party was organized by
some dissentient Spaniards in 1803, Alcorta
was elected Prcsldont ot the Provincial Com
mittee ot tho party in Plnar del Rio. In
August, 1809, shortly after tbe uprising of tho
Cubans at Balro, Alcorta resigned tho leader
ship of tbo Reformists and doclared that noth
ing short of complcto autonomy could savo tho
island from total ruin. Ho denounced Oen.
Martinez Campos, whose policy, he said In a
pamphlet, was In ooposttlontto the Gcnoral's
liberal antecedents. Ho criticised Campos be
causo ho yloldod to tho uncompromising! Span
lards and ordered Mujlca, Acobo, and other
Cuban leaders to bo shot. He pointed out
Campos's Inconsistency, which led him to pa
tronlzo tho Spanish Conservatives In Cuba, al
though fully persuaded, at he hod often re
pented, that the only way to savo Cuba for
Spain was by recognizing tho right of tho Cu
bans to self government.
Havlnir been ordered to anlt the Island. Al
corta went to Spain and started the publication
of La Pax, a weekly nowspapor dovoted to tho
advocacy of tho establishment ot homo nil o In
Cuba, ha Pat was summarily suppressed in
Soptembor, 1800, and criminal proceedings
were brought against Its odltor on tho chargo
of conspiring against the sovereignty of Spala
Ho was kept in prison until about a month ago,
when ho was released on ball, which ho Jumped,
escaping to France.
Alcorta will offer' his sorvlcos to Seflor Es
trada Palma, tho Cuban Delegate hero.
"Why, being a Spaniard, do you sldo with the
Cubans! Alcorta was asked icsterday.
"I sldo with tho Cubans, ' he replied, "be
cause their C0UB0 is tho cause ot Justice. Be
side". It Is tho cause of my children, who, llko
my wife, were bom in Cuba. As long as Cuba
is a Spanish dopendency my children will not
bavo a country. They cannot call Spain their
country, because they know that In tho name
of Spain tho lives of thousands and thousands
of their brethren havo been taken and an abyss
betwoen Spain and Cuba has been opened which
nothing can ever bridge.
"There Is another reason why I sldo with tho
Cubans. I advocated autonomy as tho onls
moans to maintain Cuba and Spain united.
Autonomy Is now accepted by Canovas and by
tho cry men who only a few months ago would,
in tho name of patriotism, havo hod mo shot as
a traitor. But now, whllo tbojo men think
that thoy aro tbo same patriots of old.tho charge
ot treason Is still hanging o cr mo. Why am I
a traitor! Simply because, whllo it was yet
time, I asked for the same concessions which
Sagasta is offering, now that it Is too late."
'What Is tho feeling prevailing in Spain with
rofcrenco to Cubal"
"A a rulo my countrymen know well enough
that Spain's rulo in Cuba Is nesting Its end.
Incredible efforts have been made by Spain to
overcome the rebellion, but bo far without suc
cess. There Is no probability that these ef
forts will borenowod. Not only Is the Spanish
Treasury exhausted, but the pcoplo are tired ot
war, and would not consent to tho sending of
any moro soldiers to Cuba. It would bo diffi
cult to dcscrlbo tho Indignation caused by
Canovas's words concerning tho possibility of
sending 20,000 men to Cuba In October. IIo
hod to declare that he bad been misunderstood
and had spoken only hypothctically. Tho fact
Is that he wished to round public opinion.
"Industry and agriculture In Spain aro par
alyzed. There aro over half a million estates
embargoed by tho Treasury for arrears of
taxes. Tbe L'atalonlan manufacturers, whose
rotten goods are now exported to Cuba, are
well aware that they will have to closo their
factories as soon as tho remittances to pay the
army In the Island aro discontinued, as tbey
will ba soon, becauso the Government cannot
ralso $10,000,000 a month by constantly ap
pealing to credit Tbo Government woxld
willingly leave its homo obligations unpaid In
order to have money with which to meet the ex
penses ot the war, but It dare not do so, for
fear of a revolution.
"Most Spaniards, high and low, would wel
como a conflict 'with the United States, which
might afford Spain an opportunity to surren
der the Island and thus get out of the scrape
without having to negotiate with tho rebellious
Cubans."
AnotliT passenger on La Gascogne was An
tonio Bravo y Correoso, a lawyer of Santiago
de Cuba, who was deported to the penal settle
ments of Spain in Africa In September. 1803.
Through the Influence of tho Autonomist party
be was allowed to remain In Madrid. Ho es
caped to Paris about four months ago, and has
since been travelling through .France, Italy,
and Switzerland.
DISCREET SPANISH OXTXROAT.
It steam Vp m Cuban River Things Get Rot
and It Steams Down Aratn.
nAYANA, vlo Key West, July 10. The Spanish
gunboat Maria Christina, under command of
Lieut. Crogner, tried to reconnoitre the river
Banes in tho provlnco of Santiago de Cuba,
knowing that soveral Cuban camps were on Its
borders. Tho c-unbost bad not anejindml th
river bolt a mile before a sharp flro was opened
upon it by the Cubans from both sides of the
river. The gunboat answered the fire, but
Lieut. Crogner, fearing that torpedoes might
havo been planted, stooped his boat, and this
order saved him and his men. A tow moments
later a terrible d)nam!to explosion occurred,
but did only slight damago to the boat, which
was at a distance from tbe dynamite. Several
Spanish sailors were wounded, and two killed.
The gunboat then returned to tho sea under
fire from the Cubans.
At Canas, Pinar ilol Rio province, the Spanish
Major Abaanco was Informed by a spy that nn
insurgent hospital was In tbe neighborhood and
might be easily raided. He asked tho holp of
Col, Coferlno sopera, and both started for tbo
placo with 300 men. Instead of finding the bos-
Sltal they fell into nn ambuscade, prepared by
le Cuban leader, J. F. Gomez. Afior ono volley
the Cubans surrounded tho Spaniards and a
bloody hand to hand light ensued. The Span
lards, In spltoof their surprise, fought braely
for nearly an hour, killing fifteen insurgents
ond wounding man) more, but they bad to re
tire, leaving on tho field tnenty-se en killed,
thirty -ono wounded, many guns, and much am
munition. Major Absanco himself was sovoroly
wounded. Tho Cubans treated the wounded
and sent them back again to the Spanish fort at
Cartas.
Next day Col. Sopern mnssacrod several wo
men and children helongini; to families of
pact 11 cos on the outskirts of tho town.
Col. Atbcrgotl has been defeated again by tbe
Cubans lu two engagements near Mabuya,
Remedies, Santa Clara produce, 'the first en
gagement lasted four hours, and then Albergotl
withdrew into tho town, his losses including six
officers, among them Dr. Maranges, and four
teen soldiers Killed and forty-two wounded.
With some reinforcements ho started again to
the field and fought llvo hours more, lie bad
to retire a second time, with seven officers and
twenty-one soldiers killed and fifty-two
wounded.
Major H. Arce of tho Spanish guerrilla force
of Melcna del Sur, Ilaana province, has de
serted to tho insurgents with seventeen of his
soldiers.
WOODFORD LEAVES jrABIIIXQTOX.
He trill Remain In Brooklyn t-'nlll July as,
and Then Start Tor Hpalu.
WAaniXGTOW, July 10. Oen. Stewart L, Wood
ford, the new Minister to Spain, said good-by
tothoPretldont and Stato Department officials
today and left Washington, armed with
official instructions and a mass of docu
mentary evidence relating to tbo Ruiz and
other coses. He will remain In Brooklyn until
July 28, when ho will sail for Europe. Officials
of the State Department profess to know noth
ing about the reported Intention of Oen. Wood
ford to stop in London and Paris to consult with
tbe Kngllsh and French Governments in re
gard to an arrsngoment for pressing claims
made by citizens of those countries and the
United States on account of Injuries done
tkem In Cuba. Gen. Woodford would
not talk on the subject. All ho would say was
that be oxpectod to reach tho Spautub court at
San bebastlau between Aug. 20 and Sept. 1,
and thst he thought everything would bo dono
to make bis stay pleasant. Tho time set for his
presentation to the Queen Regent Is sufficiently
remote to give tbe new Minister an opportunity
of visiting London and Paris. It was expected
that Consul-Goneral Lee would return to the
United Slates before Gen. Woodford left for
Spain, to hate a talk with him over the situa
tion in Cutis, but tho intention ha been aban
doned for somo unexplained reason.
DR. AtlBOTTS VIEWS AROVT JO IT AS.
A letter tUpUlnlasT His Change r Ontnless
About tbe Mlrarle of tke Whale.
The attention which tho Ror. Dr. Lyman Ab
bott recently attracted to himself by tho sermon
In which ho dealt with the Biblical tale of tho
prophet Jonah has led people to look up some
statements of tho pastor of Plymouth Church on
thoBamo subject, A Canadian Journal, under the
heading "Abbott Against Himself," has pub
lished somo ot Dr. Abbott's earlier remarks on
tho supposed mlraclo ot Jonah's sojourn In tho
whole, and set them against his later utterances
with more or less sarcastlo comment. Tho
Canadian paper took tbo earlier riows from Dr.
Abbott's expressions in his "Commentary on
Matthow and Mark." In this work, which was
published In 187S. Dr. Abbott (ays, referring to
tho twelfth chspter of Matthew, fortieth verse,
in which Jonah's Journoy to tho Nlnevltes Is re
ferred to:
" Observo that Christ gives his personal sanc
tion to tho account of this miracle, which, more
than any othor In tho Old Testament, has been
subjected to criticism nnd ct en to ridicule. Wo
must cither accept the Old Testament history
ot this mlraclo or bellovo that, Jesus was a de
ceiver or was htmsolf deceived.
Continuing, In that commentary, nnd still re
ferring to the samo verse of tho Gospel, Dr. Ab
bott said:
Bo shall tho son of man be thrco days and
thrco nights In tbo heart of tho earth.' lie, tn
tact, died Friday afternoon at 3 o clock and rosa
again on Sabbath morning, so that ho was In
the heart of the oartb only two nights and ono
dav and a part of two others. But Jewish
reckoning accounted part ot a year a wholoono
In estimating royal reigns and a part of a day as
a wbolo ono In statomonts of tlmo; so that
Christ's statement accords exactly with tho
facts as tbe Jews would hove stated them.
Christ unmistakably recognlzos In the miracu
lous dellveranco of Jonah a parable of his own
resurrection." ...
In response to a lettor ot Inquiry regarding
tho contrast Dot ween somo of those statomonts
and thoso In bis rccont sermon. Dr. Abbott
said that ho had no wish to any anything further
to tho public concerning tho story of Jonah and
Christ s supposod Indorsement of It, Ho added,
bowover, to his correspondent that when ho
wroto his commentary on Matthew, ho regarded
Matthew xlt, 40, as Christ's utterance
"I regard Christ as tho supremo authority,
now no less than I did then," he continued; " but
as tho result ot further study and reflection I
hae reacnoa tne conclusion, now anonieu oy
many, and probably by a majority of modern
scholars, that Christ nevor uttered these words.
Interpretations of Christ's words aro often con
nected with them In the Gospels, and a variety
of circumstances lead modern scholars to the
conclusion that Matthew ill.. o, is such an
addod interpretation added either by Matthow
or by an early scribe. ....
"Tbeso words do not occur in Luke s report of
tho address of Christ. Christ was not In the
heart of the earth three days and three nights.
Tho very polntof Christ's address Is a point-blink
refusal to furnish the sign which the Pharisees
demand, while tho Interpretation makes IHm
accedo to tho demand. The experlenco of Jonah
was not a sign neither to the sailors nor to tho
Nlnovlles, for to neither was It known. For
these reasons I accept the conclusion that what
Christ said was that to the sign seeking Phari
sees no sign should be given except tbe sign of
tho prophet to tho Nlnevltes. who repented at
the preaching of Jonah without any accompa
nying sign. Tho teaching of Christ is Its own
best evidence."
Here Is the fortieth Terse of the twelfth chap
ter of Matthew, together with tbe context:
SO. Dut X say unto you. Tost srery IdU word that
men shall speak, they shall sir account thereof to tho
day of Judgment t
37. For by thy words thou Shalt bo Jnstlfld, and by
thy words thou Shalt be condemned.
31. Then certain of the scribes and ot tho FhsrtMos
answered, saytaz. Master, wo woold seo a sign from
thee.
3D. But ba answered and said unto them. An evil
and adulterous feneration seoksthaTtor aibrni and
there shall no sln bo given to It, bat tho sign of tho
prophet Jonas:
40. For as Jonas was three days' and thrco nights In
the whale's belljt so shall the Boa of man be three
dara and three nighu In the heart of the earth.
41. Tha men of Nlnsvah shall rise In Judgment
with this generation, and shall condemn Hi becauso
tbey repented at the preaching of Jonas : and, behold,
a greater than Jonas Is here,
It I fair to Dr. Abbott to state specifically
that his lettor, in which he did not hesitate to
avow tho change that twenty years of study had
effected In his opinions, was written dlstlnotly
as a reply br courtesy to n correspondent, and
not In behalf ota newspaper controversy.
CTT LEAVTTT LOOSE AOAUT.
Early Decease of tbe Cite' Colon XTonld Ap
parently Xot nurprloe Ulna.
John Brooks Leavltt mado a speech at a meet
ing ot Cits at 204 East 104th street lost evening.
These are somo of the things he said:
"Ahrlman and Ormuzd are at this moment
playing a game of chess for a certain soul. Two
hundred and fifty men aro the pieces, citizens
at largo the onlookers. Ahrlman stands for
Thomas C. Piatt, the master spirit of the Re
publican organization, a United States Senator,
a Tioga county voter. Ormuzd may stand for
R. Fulton Cutting, ono of tho representative
spirits ot the Citizens' Union, o private citizen,
a Now York county voter.
" Tho Citizens' Union was organized to eject
as trespassers from tho municipal domain both
tho national parties. It must antagonize both
the national party organizations. It cannot
consistently cooperate with or rccognlzo ono
any more than the other, certainly not the Piatt
machine, which Is, if possible, moro fraudulent
than Tammany.
"Ahrlman, alias Piatt, has a powerful assist
ant or understudy, the ablest Advocatus Dla
boli v. bo has appeared in many a year. It has
been the peculiarity of this personality con
sistently to mako tho worse appear tbo better.
This personality always attacks honest men and
defends rascals. So long as Tammany was tho
strongest now er for evil, this personality was Its
vitntmiA tlifen,-lAr hut h.r.in to favor the Piatt
machlno as soon as it outstripped Tammany in
tbe race to Hell. Consistent aa Advocatus Ilia
boll, this personality forsakes a sinking devil
tor a rising one. Such aro tho players.
"Tho stake Is the soul ot tho Citizens Union.
Piatt must kill or capture It before he can pro
ceed 0 step further In his larecr as tho Republi
can boss. If Boss Plat t can carry out his scheme
of persuading the Citizens' Union to nomlnato
only threo candidates, and leave him, reluctantly
accepting them, to name candidates for all tho
other offices upon this island, bo will not only
capture the Citizens' L'nlon but will kill
It. In face of the planks in Its platform
and of Its Invitation to Join its ranks for
the purpose of making nominations for all
the officers, it would not only be defeated at the
polls upon any such nrrangement, but it would
deserve, and could neicr survive, defeat. Nor
could It survive a ictory at tbo expense of its
Drinclples. A pledge thus given must be kept.
Ormuzd is playing to keep It. Ahrlman to hao
It broken. The issue of tbe game la doubtful.
Let us hope for the best, tat us watch with In
terest tbo next more. At present Ahrlman has
Ormuzd In check."
T. R. TURLET APPOINTED SENATOR.
Car. Taylor Xanieo tbo nurreaoer to the Late
Ishnni ai. Harris.
JonNBON Crrr, Tenn.. July ID, Thomas B.
Turloyof Momphls was appointed to-night by
Gov. Taylor to fill tho vacancy In tho United
States Senate caused b) the death of IshamG.
Harris. Mr, Turley was born In Shelby county,
a few miles south of Memphis, and near tho
Mississippi line. He Is tho son of Judgo William
B. Turlo, at ono tlmo Judge ot tho Supremo
Court of Tennessee.
Ihe new Senator Is SG j ears old, and the law
partner of Luke T. Wrliht. benator Harris
was a member of tho firm before his death. Mr.
Turley married a Miss Folkes, sister of Judge
Folkes of the Supremo Court, a few rears after
tho war, and has e oral children. Mr. Turley
served gallantly In the Confederate Army, and
since tho war has built up a large and lucratU o
law practice in Memphis. He is a dyed In-the-woof
Democrat, and is worth something over a
quarter of a million dollars.
Anpolntment by the District Attorns,
District Attorney Olcott mode these appoint
ments yesterday to 1111 vacancies caused by res
ignations: Jamoa Rlloy, 424 West Thirty-first
street, chief subpu-na sorvcr, 91,200; subpoena
servers nt l.O00. James J. Flood. 233 Clinton
street and Bernard L)iich, 300 Spring street;
M. P. II. Voullalrc. 314 West 127th street, assist
ant record clerk, s1.200; Joseph B. Simpson, 234
West Thirty-second street, clerk Part 1V Gen
eral Sessions, 1.200; Louis M. White. 1403
Third ovenue, clerk. Part 11., $1,200. and Jesso
Myers, 334 East Eighty-sixth street, stenog
rapher, $320,
Speedway Appraisals Confirmed.
Justice Smyth of the Supreme Court has af
firmed tbe report of Commissioners George C.
Coffin, Henry Hughes, and Matthew Chalmers,
appointed to appraise property to be taken for
the new speedway. Property owners claimed
$325,000 for property taken. Tho Commission
ers allowed $275,000.
Reception to Mcr. Martlaellt,
PtATrsBUBO, N, Y July 10, A reception was
tendered Mgr. Martlnelll, tbe Apostolic Dele
gate, who Is attending the Summer School here,
Iat Plattaburg barrack to-day. A reveille of the
Twenty-first Regiment was one of the features
which delighted his Eminence.
frV IP
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
"LIAR" AND "ROODLER."
Tke Kpllbrts That Chlenso omclaU rtnrled at
Each other In Publlo Meeting.
CniCAao, July 10. Two County Commis
sioners fell out to-day over tho awarding ot coal
contracts for county Institutions, and called
each other "Liar" and "Boodlcr" with vehe
mence. Prcsldont Healr nccusod tho colored
Commissioner, Wright, with being Interested In
certain bidders, and tho negro retaliated by
asserting that Mr. Hcnly had asked htm to make
a fight against Armour It Co. on tho meat con
tracts. " What's that I" iloranndcd President Healy.
whoso foco was whlto with angor. "Repeat
that statement."
Commissioner Wright did so doflantly.
" Well, then," said .Mr. Healy In ringing tones,
I say the Commissioner Is a liar!"
"I say ouaroallar!" Wright shouted. "You
sent for me anil asked mo to abstain from
opening up a discussion of tho merits of P. D.
Armour & Co. I had prepared a speech for
tho occasion. You asked mo not to deliver
It- Now you are masquerading as a reformer,
whllo you go around ou tho quiet nnd do your
flno work. That's tho kind of a reformer you
are. That's the kind of 11 reformer, gentlemen,
you have for your President, And now ho hides
behind tbe subterfuge that I am a liar. It Is
a mighty flimsy subterfuge."
Tho entire mcotlng was given over to wrong
ling of this nature.
XTD ONE H1NTJIE OF FREEDOU.
VT. ST. Sidney, Charged with the Lost Murder,
Set Free and Arrrslrd Again.
BnrrxiErortT, Conn.. July 10. William K.
Sidney, who Is charged with tho murder of Ed
ward Long at Greenwich on Juno 0 last, was a
frea man for a brief tlmo this morning. Judgo
Wheeler, after hearing the cano on the writ ot
habeas corpus secured by Sidney's counsel,
ordered that he be discharged, on the ground
that bo had not had an opportunity to bo heard.
Sidney was arrested on a bench warrant and
brought to this city and confined In the county
Jail without a hearing. IIo has been detained
tbero for moro than a month. Judgo Wheeler,
In gttlng his decision, said:
The liberty of a citizen Is of too great Im
portance to warrant Imprisonment without first
giving the accused an opportunity to bo heard."
After tho order of dlschanxo was signed, Shl
noy started to walk away with his attorne) x. He
bad been a free man noout a minute, and had
reached the steps of tho County Court House,
when Dcnuty Sheriff Kltzroy of Greenwich
stepped up to him and placed him under arrest,
Sidney was taken to Greenwich, and will have n
hearing at once. Tho evidence tho State has to
connect him with tbo murder has not been disclosed.
j-o rroir, xo sionet, no friends.
Paul Tbenusoch's Reasons for Jumping from m
Ferryboat Into tbe Hirer.
Paul Thomasch, a Frenchman, 45 years old, of
242 West Thirty-third street, this city, last
evening committed suicide by Jumping Into the
East River from tho ferryboat New York whllo
the boat was on its trip from Twenty-third
street to the foot of Broadway, Williamsburg.
Thomasch was a waiter, and had been out of
work for several months. He went aboard tho
boat at tho Niw York slip a little after 5 o'clock.
When tho boat was within a hundred yards of
tbo Williamsburg slip ho leaped from tho stern.
Two deck bands and some passengers rescued
him, but be died In the slip before the arrival of
an ambulance.
In a farewell letter to his family Thomasch said
he hod no monev, but his brother owed him
4,000 francs. He added that all his former
friends had refused to help him.
JUMPED FRO 31 TifE RRENXAN.
A Woman Trleo to Drawn Ilereeir to Eoeapo
the Almshouse.
Catherine Kane, 53 years old, when on her way
to the almshouse on RlackwcU's Island yester
day on tho department steamboat Thomas S.
Brennan, Jumped Into tbe East River. Tbo boat
was nearing tbo almshouso landing when
Mrs. ICano got permission to go to a wash room.
A moment later some ono beard the crash of
glass In this room, but no ono suspected that the
woman had jumticd overboard until the alarm
was raised by the shrill whistle of a tugboat.
Tho tugboat Captain had seen Mrs. Kane forco
herself through tho window and drop into tbe
rlvor.
The Brennan was three lengths beyond when
her people saw tho struggling woman, nnd it
was too late for Ibem to go hack. She was, bow
ever, seen from lllarkw ell's Island, and Keeper
Brophy of the penitentiary set forth w 1th a row
boat and rescued her.
DID SPERI.INO KIJ.T, HI3ISELFT
Only a SIclodramatle Itote to Indicate That tie
Committed Kulcldr.
Guatave Sperling, a barber, w as found dead In
Deo yesieraay aiternoon in n longing nouso at
00 Bowery. A note written In German on tho
back of a business card headed "Gustave Sper
ling, tonsorlal parlors, 14 bouth California ave
nue. Chicago," which was found in his clothes,
sold:
"I am most unhappy, nnd after twenty years
of unhappy marrlid lite I salute dMth with
pleasure. (K'stam: brinusn. Barber."
As an autopsy has not yet been held. It is not
known what killed Sperling. What he wroto Is
the only evidence that ho committed suicide.
ONE.LEOOEn MAN A SUICIDE.
IVeaves a One-assrd Unbr Forbids UU wire
to Srn Ills Ilodr.
A one-legged man, apparently about 43 years
old, poisoned himself with carbolic acid at the
Seventh aenuo entrance to Central Park at
12 o'clock last night.
In his pocket was a letter sa)lng that ho was
James I) Hanlon, nnd that ho nncc had a etoro
at 1101 First atomic. IIo nsked that his wifo
bo not allowed to seo his hod, nnd that bis peo
ple would take caro of his children, especially
tho baby, which lias only ouu leg.
ills Two IttrinDl at Suicide la a Cell.
Henry Fleming, a plumber, 31 yean old, of 03
Woodhull street, Ilrookl) n, was locked up In tho
Bedford a enuo police station scsUrdny after
noon for bolng drunk. Twenty minutes later
Doorman Kelly found Fleming hanging from
his stispenderi to the cell door. Fleming w n
Insensible when ho wns cut donn. He was taken
to the KaMern District Hospital Mid it wns
thought last night he could not live. In a pocket
of Fleming's toat was found a new spaper cllt
ping, which showed that Fleming li id tried to
bang himself In a tell of the Eldrldgo street
police station.
Tried Suicide In V. W. r, . Rooms.
Atlanta, Go., July 10. Edward Summerau,
a young man well known In this city and Au
gusta, Ga., attempted sulcldu by taking mor
phine at tho Y. M. C. A. parlors to-day. A situ
ation that ho expectid to hau had been tilled
by another through 11 mistake. Ho had no re
sources and attempted s lf-dtstructlon. Phy
sicians brought him around safely.
Killed lllmselr Ilrruuse lie Had Tn Work.
Christian Fchrnnn. a cigar packer, 54 )ears
old. of 101 East Fourth street, who had becnout
of work for some time, killed himself with car
bolic acid yesterda) .
Drowned While Fording a CrerU.
PrrrsBUlio, July 10, Shortly nftcr 8 last
evening a party of six porsons attempted to ford
Licks Run In aiiagon. Tho run empties into
Pctors Creek, about one half mllu below Snow
den, and was much swollen from yesterda) 'a
rains. By somo means Irwin llojd and wife, an
aged couple, were thrown from thowagon.swept
away by tho curront. nnd drowned.
Drink Pure Wiilcr
While in tho Country.
For tho convenience of out-oMown patrons'
Hrgrla Distilled Water can be purchased In cut
containing twelve half gallon bottles. Price IS.sO
per case t. o. b. !ew York. Allowance tor
empties.
HYGEIA DISTILLED WATER CO.,
OtU W. MTU ST. '
. V if&f iiiataiVl'iifisiiifMI
GAS CONSOLIDATION PLAN.
EQUITARLE DIRECTORS OPPOSE IT,
RVT CAN'T PREVENT IT.
Knough Mock Pledged, It Is "aid, to (Tarry It
Through lout or the Ke.nllnhlo Directors
Are Raid to Hold More Acrtilene Than
Koultablo Stock Suits Over That, Maybe.
Tho dissatisfaction of tho directors of tho
Equltablo Gas Light Company who had not boon
consulted In regard to tho recently announced
plan tor tho consolidation of thnt company with
tho New York and Kast River Gas Company re
sulted yesterday In n meeting of tho Kxocutlve
Commlttoo of tho company. At this moetlng,
which all tho members of tho commlttoo and
most of tho directors attendod, the notlco Invit
ing tho stockholders of tho company to deposit
their shares with tho Central Trust Company for
tho purpose ot consolidation with the New York
nnd Kast Ither Gas Company or tho snlo of their
shares to a svndkato wns considered, nnd Unas
unanimously docldcd thnt tho commlttco and
the directors In attendnnco should decline, as
stockholders, tho proposition to deposit their
stock, and that, as directors, they could not rec
ommend other stockholders to accept It. It w as
found that nono of tho directors who nttondod
tho mooting had over bocn consulted in regard
to tho proposed consolidation.
Tho plan Is understood to havo been nrranged
between II. II. Holllns & Co., representing largo
Interests In the New York nnd Kast Rlvor Gas
Company, nnd some of tho IirgcrstorkboldcrB of
thohqultnblo. J. P. Morgnn k Co. agreed to
form tho sjndlcato which would undcrwrtto tho
plan for tho now company to bo formod to tako
ovLrtho Kqultablo and Kast HUor companies.
Tho s ndlcnln circular has been prepared, giving
particulars of tho schemu for the tonsolldatlon.
Thcntw company, it Is proposed, shill hnto
910,000.000 5 per cent, bonds, t.10,000,000
cumulntlvu preferred stock, nnd $3,000,000 com
mon stock. Tin basis of uxchnnee contemplates
that holders of KrjUltublc stock shall rcceh o 225
per cent, in bonilu of tho new company, 25 per
cent. In preferred stock, nnd 25 per cent. In
common slock; hnldors of Kast River common
linns getting 100 per rent. In new cumuhitho
preferred nnd holders of Kast Rlcr preferred
getting 125 in now preferred.
llccauso the only nomo appearing in tho syndi
cate circular was that of J. P. Morgan & Co , It
was iitsumcci in somo quarters jestcrday that
tha ileal for tho consolidation had been brought
about by that llrm. J. P. Morgan Sc Co., how
over, simply organized tho underwriting syndi
cate by request,
Uwnismtod on excellent authority that tho
proposed consolidation would certainly bo car
ried through, as enough stock had been pledged
to accomplish tht purpose before tho notice
pf tho Centrnl Trust Company was Issued. It
lstruc.it wns said, that somo of tho directors
of tho Kqultable Gas Company have not yet
approved the plan, but it is well known, it wns
added, that a number of tho directors of this
company hold but llttlo of Its stock, although
some of tho samo directors are largely Interested
In ncetj Icno gas. The story of tho formation of
acct)lcne gas companies, und how their stock
and rights were disposed of, has been told in
Tut Sfv. Ono of these companies, called the
Now York Acotylene and Carbide Com
panv applied to the New York Legislature
of 1810 for an omnibus charter allowing it to
lariiipcs In Greater New York. Tho bill was
skilfully progressed through the Senate, but its
character was exposed In The Hcv, and
such indignation wns aroused that tho
Eroraotcrs were nover ablo to get the
ill through tho Assembly. Tbe citv
authorltle. headed by Corporation Counsel
Scott, denounced tbo measure In rigorous
language. Tbo Kqultable Company purchased
tho acetylene rights for New York city at a re
ported cost of 500.000. but after tbo explosion
of tho occtyleno gas tank in New Haven by
which a number of people were killed, nothing
so faros known, haa been done with the rights
so acquired by tho Equltablo Company.
Tbero was n report last night to tbe effect that
some of tho directors of the Equitable Gas Com
pany propose to bring suit against their brethren
In the Board of Directors who paid $500,000 for
tho occtyleno rights.
IRE TIUONETVILLE FLOOD.
Beginning the Inqueat Into the Canoes or the
nrraklns or the Damn.
Newbcro, July 10. The first hearing In
the lnrcstlgatlon of the recent flood at Timor cy
Tillo was held by Coroner Bcvler and a Jury at
Metropolitan Hall, Mattcawan, this afternoon.
Altogether ten witnesses were examined. The
testimony of Patrick Murphy, who kept the
boarding house, Hugh Bogley, and John Con
roy, who lost his wlf 0 and. two children In the
disaster, is the same as the statements mode to
The Slt" represcntatlro and published. They
told of tho waters rising on tho night of the flood
and of tho death of tho seven victims.
Superintendent Sherff of tho water company
swore that ho employed two watchmen, John
and Albert Gordon, to look after tho dams.
Their duties were to see that tho water was
moving properly from tho recrvolrs. They
were instructed to watch tbo dams in times of
hcaiy rains and raie tho gates.
"Inuc no knowledge," he said, "as to what
caucJ tho damn to clve way. From appear
ances I should judge that the lower dam gave
way tlrst, Tho spillway at that reservoir was
smiller than tho ono at Miklngah. ' ;
When John Gordon, tho watchman, was
called. District Attorney Wood, who examined
tho witnesses, did not sweir him. There Is a
pi-lblllty that ho miy bo held as being respon
sible for tho flood. Ho said ho had been In tho
company's employ for twelve years. Ho had
never ?een an thing about tho dam that ho
considered dangerous.
On Tun-du) morning hn examined the Mel
xinpah. That nlht tbe rain woko hlra up and
ho could not sleep. Ho never expected thf
dam w ould give way at once. Tho gates were
opened In No. 2 dam, tho lower one.
William Thorn, who for peven years was em
ploj cd as watchman nt tho dam, oatd that bo
had on one occasion seen tho water run over
tho Mo-int llcncnn dam.
Engineer Urcvoor. who was engaged to in
spect the dams and mako a report, swore that
tho ilnms were exceptionally well constructed.
but tho spillway was too small and was onlr
1 foot ami 7 inches below tho crest. It seemed
to bavo been constructed 3 feet and 7 inches,
but had been changed to Increase tbo dam's
capacity. If tho spillway had been left in tho
same condition as when built it would hare
carried off tho water, or If n, watchman bad
been there tbe catastrophe could have been
prevented.
The Inquest will bo continued to-morrow.
ORIFFITnS AND XRS. DICKET.
Sir. Dickey Arrn.ro Illm or Leading tier
Astray and Yinnts B30.000 Damage.
Papers were llled with Supreme Court Com
missioner Samuel V. B'gelov of Newark yester
day In nn action by James S. Dickey, n varnish
manufacturer, for '-0,000 damages against
Thomas W. GrIBlths, manager of tho Liverpool
and Indon and Globo and Lancashire and
Manchester Insurnnco comp mlcs. Dickey
charges Grllllthswlth having led his wife astray.
Commissioner Hlgelow Instructed the r-hcrltl to
arrest Grlftlths and to admit him to $5,000 ball.
In tho atlldavit Dickoy ta)s his wtfo has con
fessed that within tho last six months she hns
had secret correspondence nnd many meetings
with (irlfllths. Tho meetings vvcro witnessed
by her sister. Mrs. Dlekchis confessed further,
according to the attidav It, that n short time ago
she accompanied Grltllths 10 a New York hotel,
where the) were registered as Mr. Grlfllths and
w lfc.
lloth men aro well known In Newark. Dickey
h-is two voung children, lirlltlths also has a
family. Ho is said to bo nt Long Branch.
From the Penitentiary to Slug Btnr.
Charles Clarko, 21 years old, was sent to Sing
Sing for four cars and four months, yesterday,
by Judge Hurd In thu County Court In Brooklyn
for stealing u watch' from Frtnk W, Anger on
June 17, when ho had only boon out of tho pen
itentiary two months.
Tim YTftathrr.
Fair weather prwalled over nearly all the country
yesterday, savo for iomi elou lines ant showers
along Ihe Atlantic coast aad la Ihe list (lulf Mates
Th barometer w as hl;U ult tin MiJJIr an 1 North At.
lautlo coast anil over Ihe !.o.ky Mountain rrxloni)
It was comparatively low ovtr vvrsteru Texas, Okla
noma, and southwestern Katiias The te-nperatur
bad fallen In ttte upper MUajurl Valley and on the
tnld Its fcloe of this nr Vy Mu'jntafuj, aud remalaed
stationary lu all other dlitr 1 ti
In this city the duv u a clou ly, u 1th showers Id Ihe
afternoon! highest nclalte:niieraturo 77 loweiteh-;
average humttll.y 0reent , wliideast r!) avurJiis
selcK-lty n miles an hour, barometer, eoi recti d to
read to tea level, at 1 A M VI 31, II' 31 ,1 1 ,'S
Tliothennomtur at the United Slates W either Hu
reau registered the tomtcr.iture yesterday ai follows
IM17 It-Hi 117. llffl.
9AM .. 7S ! 1.1' M 71' !''
WM ... 71' 71 111' Jl 71' 07'
Dr. l. 7.1' 71' i Mid 71 07'
wssiiisotos roiif vst r r ti esost.
For Maine, .Sew Hampshire, .ml crinont, remrally
fair, soutlerly winds
fur Mtiiaochuifttl, lihodt Inland, C'onnseflcut, and
ea$ltrn ,Vftc 1'orlr, soirr, outhtrlv tclndi,
tor tLe DUtrlct ofColuinh'a. raitero Pennsylvania,
Kew Jersey, Delaware. Maryland, and Virginia
thunder showers t southeasterly winds.
For western Now York, western Pennsylvania, and
Ohio, showers, light to fresh southerly srtaaa, ,
tr., -,- 6l v j .j -..Ey' .i
Every exertion makes a hot IK3
day hotter. r
Every extra ounco of weight , "f iBB
you carry is an extra exertion. ,f B
Complete suits of nun's cloth j I
weigh but 36 ounces. -iilj a
Gray, brown, Oxford and .4
black; $10.50 and $11. , '''I II
" " " i j i j
Heat takes tho starch out of .
shirts. m ; J ' ,
No starch in negligee shirts 'h
to take out why they're so H'
cooL $1. j' I w
Rogers, Peet & Co. 1 f
V:sk
Prince and Droadway. '- "4P
Warron and Broadway. tlll
Thirty-second and Droadway. i?t?ni
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JJ. AND O. IMPROVEMENTS. rt '!
Answer In the Litigation to Prevent the Par 11'. i
chase srXeir Itotllng Block. r?lln!
rvi A KH
Baltimore, July 10. The Mercantile Trust wj; l
Company,fof Baltimore to-day filed Its answer ''it' n!
to tho petition of Messrs. John K. Cowen and l"M H
Oscar G. Murray, receivers of tho Baltimore Vli V
and Ohio Itallroad Company, for authority to 4; "'BU
purchaso rolling stock. The answer protests i
agulnst granting tho receivers authority to 1 Mbt
purchase tho rolling stock, and gives an analy. tj, B
sis of what tho estimated expense of tho pur- J'l'jfar'
chase will be. Tho total amount which must bo ' P M
paid for the cars Is 02,315,550. Tho answer Ji P
says that tho receivers Intend to g-unrantos ifi
absolutely on account of principal, whatever J
the length ot their receivership, the sum ot 'i --f
9053,700. In addition to this tho receivers I&B
bind themselves to pay Interest to an amount tn 'c aE
excess of D25O.0OO within threo years. On 'f jE
each year thereafter, while tho receivership ,P 'M)
lasts, all maturing interest and payments on 5 if
tho principal must be met. This the trust com- vl
pony declares will bo a very heavy burden upon 1 Jf
the resources of tbo road. 1 jfv
Tbe Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company 1 -
Is trustee, under tho mortgage of 18b7 upon tha 1 T
main division of tho rood. It Is asserted than i), -la
It doc not appear taat the proposed equipment) h $L
Is required for the main line, and that to pay A .l
for it out of tbe revenues ot the main lino 'fiAHH
would be diverting tbe revenues, and may re- '" !
suit in defaulting tho Interest upon tbo bonds .'
secured by the mortgago of 18a7. ?. .a
Tho petition, it Is declared, does not satiafae- j; "Ja
torily show that tho additional equipment will ", SjflH
bo needed before the mortgages are foreclosed f 'll
on tbo roads und the receivership terminated. 4 gjjB
It is maintained that tho receivers have no ,i
right to Improve the equipment ot tho railway. Vi
Their sole duty is to maintain tbe railway as i is
It was when they took charge ot it. t ftjfl
GALVESTON'S RATE WAR. 1 llfl
IrartSier Redaction In Freight Prices Had by i f nl
the Mallorr Company. jOH
Galyxstov, Tex July ID. The Mollory 11ns ' t HH
has announced the following rates between New -2 ,a
York and Galveston : First, second, and third- '3?"'-'j
class, 10 cents per 100 pounds; all other classes. 4H
7 cents; wool, in any quantity In any stylo of J Jffl
packing, 10 cents per 100 pounds; fourth- $ "I Mo!
class, less than carloads, 7 cents. These rates ." i
apply on Houston traffic plus the differential. 7 '3pV
They become effective immediately. The South- 'Sw
era Pacific and lone Star steamship lines have fV
announced the same rates. , '-'aaHi
The rates effective on July 10, the fourth- 1 1 '
class rate for less than carload lots was 10 , i 9h
cents nnd for car lota 7 cents. The rate Is now ' bj
7 cents for any quantity. Wool, before July -I, s! '
was carried at 60 cents per 100 w hen in biles. Sf
or 50 cents when in bags. Si
Tho continued cutting by the stcvmsblp com- ' 3;
ponies Is taken here as an indication that tho - ;
conference called by the railw iv companies in ,j!
New York on July 'J4 win no; probably result in p
a settlement of the dllMeiiltj. tjs
The steamer Miami of the Lone Star line, first jKj
of tbe new line, armed tonight, and was re- Jgf
ccivedwith an artillery siluto as she steamed dfj
up tho harbor. A largo number of citizens as- ai
scmbicd at her landing to bid bcr oltkers wr4- W
come. .!i
ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC. W
Bale or Central Division Uonds to the At. Loot mll
and Han Francisco suthorlsrd. :g
The holders of tho certiflc-vtei of deposit of S
Atlantic and I'aelrlc gu-vrantco tru't 4, nt a JS
meeting yesterday, authorized the Heoran!zv ; fjjfi
tlon Committee to cxecnte an agreement for tho j-
sale to the St. Ixmls and -Hn Frvnciico Ball- 9
roadCompanyof tbe$J TPl.OOO Central Division Sja
Os held bv tho commit 'ce for the txnertr. of tho SfM
bondholders. Theterinof the alo arc 3t0.- K
000 in cash and $1,500 mil of s . I.011U and Han Nil
Francisco 5 jwr nut. bonds, secured by a mort- (
gage on tbe ulv lslon. fjl
Coarta Rapid Tmnslt Commissioners. fcu
Tho Appellate Iilvlsion of the Supreme Court ' "gtj
has nppolnlcd Arthur I). Williams, John Sablno J
Smith, and Algernon S. Crlsscll commissioners AM
to decldo if rapid transit ro-uls shall be con- 'Wi
strutted acinrdingto tho new plans submitted, . 'MatM
although the required consents of property own- j 8
era could nut bo obtained. Williams has boon ',
President of John ('. hoohan'a l'c.iuod Club. . P.i
Peary and Ills I'urty tnll. 44$l
Boston-, July 10. At 0 30 o clock this morn- j KJ
ing the steam whaler Hope, which Is 10 carry aS
Lieut. ILK. IVarj ami his pirt to the fartorth, iP"!
left her moorings nt In Whirf. Ai the Hopei jSa
steamed out into the Mreiui she was ,-retted fif,
wlih cheers from thousands. Tho whi'tle on yii
tho Hope was kept bus answering salutes till ,lTfS
she was far down tha hn-bur. immM
3ra
Vr. Stoles' lunernl. i ?4f
Oceav Ghovk, X. J July li). Thf funeral ,iw
services over tbe Itov. Dr. hllwoil II rilokcs, J i,
late President of thoO cinlirovec-iinpincetlng, ! ?SH
took pla(0 111 1)10 Auditii-i im tins afternoon In Ml
the presence uf,ooprsi,ii lltshups Newman Mi
and 1 Itgcrald nnd others npokc. I $ fl
f Who Klf f
fi opened (that m I ' 1
fT bottle of Cfc Hf
gitool-beeir? Kify j
R The popping of n ' jbp t 3 J)
corkfroni.ibottlcof 1 ,N "jy I Jt
U Hires is ,i Sijjtinl of " If ,!
Q KocxlliciilUitiiitlplca-rti7!v i jf
ft sure, A hotiiul the jtJc i J
ti oM folks like to hour W j
y til.- children can t i -W )j j Sj
I Rootbeer p5 '
5 la composed of the . - 7 '
i ery liigr'riieiiiK tho Y , i
A srak-in requires. Aiding J ?
I lliodlgestioii.NOtiiiiiiig tTV A
B tlio nerves, purlfj ir- vjl
the Mo Ml A teninr- j-. -jot ,
n nneotirlnk for ttmix.r- V'XUfAtA t '"
D unto people. r-v Hji f J
Q WtSa only Vy " fef ' I
Tasrurms liirtaCs.ralla. JrA ' r
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