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R, 8 THE SUN; TUESDjCr, JULY 20 181,7a , I
i PARK BOARD SLAMS AHEAD
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FBOTESTB AQAINBTBOTAXIOAT. OAR.
K XHTJV FEAHB UNHEEDED.
Ei (iwWmti Irnsrfi llio ilrn rT1i(lr firm
Hw ' Blperts ana That or the Hat Art Fed-
Ht rAIIB ana Adopt the Socletj's na
Kj, Oaly Cetamlrsteuer Ullea In the Xecatlve.
IE'- The Park Board completed yesterday It" ur-
Wt render to the managers of the Now Yorkllotanl-
K est Society by adopting without farther modltl-
K cation or alteration their plana for the botanical
Wi; garden -In Bronx Park. By this action the
K' board Ignored almost entirely the atlrlcaof Ita
K own conimltteo of eiperls, who In their report
Ml' advised tho Commissioners to decline to aourovo
K the plana. It la true that tho Commissioner did
K compel the Botanical Society to alter tho plana
M In a few minor details, as suggested by the ex-
i pert, but the modifications were so silent that
K the general scheme of laying out the gardens la
ft preserved almost Intact. In adopting tho plans
;- the Park Commissioners also Ignored the protest
K of the Council of tho Fine Arts Federation. The
T Commissioners refused even to listen to the read-
P" Ins of the resolution adopted by tho Federo-
K tlon' Council protesting against the approval of
PSl the plans, and the document was " filed" with-
K outahearlng. The resolution was as follows:
K " Wktrtai, The artists of Kew York look for-
K ward with treat Interest to the establishment of
K the contemplated botanical gardens; and
ft' " IFAe'rea. They believe that, as these gor-
y - dent are to bo placed In one of tho public parks,
K' they ore Justified In demanding that they shall
fcj be io arranged and disposed that thoy shall add
WF& to, and not detract from, tho artlstlo eflect of
Hj. tho surrounding landscape; and
K! " Whertai, Tfao Department of Publlo Parks
Bj bos retained experts, whose standing and obll-
K' Ity are recognized not only by the members of
B.-' their respective professions, but by the publlo
Kb at large, to examine and report upon the artlstlo
R. excellence of tho general schemo prepared for
tho construction of tho proposed botanical gar-
E dens In Bronx Park; and
RR " n'htrtat, Thoso experts have unanimously
K condemned tho proposed scheme and have reo
Kl ommended changes and alterations; and
K ' li'hirtat. It Is conceded that those In control
K' of important municipal projects should oo
K operate with and net upon the advice of sklllod
R; experts In order that tho work proposed may
It;' reach o. successful lssuo ; therefore be it
K" "Jietolttd, That the Council of the Fine Arts
BX' Federation deeply regret and strongly deprecate
KJ, the action of the Park Board In rejecting the
Ifc recommendations of Its commission of experts
; to whom it had referred the plan formulated by
Wp tho Bjpard of Management of tho Botanical
MSt. Gardens; and that they respectfully urge the
V gold ParkBoard to reconsider Its resolution ap-
proving of tho general schemo referred to, and
fk to trlvo to the report of its experts tho consider-m-i:
atlon to which it Is entitled."
mi The only member of the Park Board who pro
KE tested against its aurronder to the Botanical
ml Garden Managers wns Commissioner Stiles, lie
K aidthey bod not been selected In a proper man
By ner nor had thero been a proper competition,
mi ad when the ayes and noes were called for on
my the resolution adopting the plans, specifications
BS" and form of contract as presented by tho Board
kT of Managers for the museum, power bouse.
Mi tables, closet group and greenhouses Mr.
J Btlles withheld his vote. A resolution was also
'7 adopted without his assent appointing It. W.
a Gibson and the Lord & Bumham Company
m';- architects of the buildings, their compensation
'. to be five per cent, of the cost Mr. utiles also
K-r refused to rote on the resolution, which was
m adopted, reaoestlng the Board of Estimate to
mf authorize the Comptroller to Issue bonds to the
ml amount of $500,000 for the erection of tho
Hr buildings.. All three resolutions were adopted
WM without discussion and without loss of time, and
I' the speed with which they were passed by the
mm board led the outsiders to believe that the whole
Wi matter was cut and dried. The resolutions were
Mt and they were all- Introduced by President 11c-
K Mlllan. Commissioners Ely and Crugcr. wbo
mm helped him to pass them, said never a word In
K explanation 6f their votes.
my. The Advisory Committee of the National
Mi Bonlpture Society made a report recommending
K that the application of Gen. John Watta do
' Peyster for permission to erect another statuo
mn of hia ancestor in .Bowling Green In place of the
:.' one now In position, be granted. The commit-
" tee also recommended that the new statue be
Be placed In the long axis of tho ellipse of the
y Green and directly in tho middle of the pathway
mif aoqthot the fountain, the pathway to be widened
Efc as much as necessary for the purpose.
x " I don't se why the new De Peyster shouldn't
'" be aet up where the old alleged De Peyster Is
m now," sold Commissioner utiles. " It's very
K badly placed, I'll admit; but we haven't any
J-; money to move it. and 1 haven't heard the De
K' Peysters making any remarks about paying for
Hf the new foundation, which will cost a good deal
K- of money."
' The cost of the statue was referred to the
my- Municipal Art Commission, and Superintendent
ms Parsons was instructed to submit an estimate
K of tho cost of a new foundation at the next
meeting. G. Turin), tho sculptor, reported that
K, the plaster oast of the statue of Simon Bolivar
K to replace the one now in Central Park, was
B; ready for inspection In his studio at Garrison,
mp Btaten Island. Secretary Leary was directed to
notify the National Sculpture Society. Mr.
K Turlnl received the commission for the erection
mz of Bolivar's statue from the Government of
K- Venezuela.
By Jfnglneer Parsons nBked the iboard to consent
IT' to the building of the extension of tbo rapid
'., transit tunnel under Broadway south of the
mf Federal building. This extension Includes the
Kr loop which Is to run partly under Battery Park
e ana partly under one corner of Bowling Green.
K. Mr. Parsons presented a rough plan showing
Wi, tho lines of the now roate.
K " We can't consider this application until you
K file exact maps of what you want with this de
Hi Bailment," said President McMillan. "Wo
t can't give you a roving commission to build
y- jour tunnel wherevor you please."
?;. " Also lndlcato on your map every tree that Is
K. to be touched and every foot of sod that yon
fc propose to disturb." said Commissioner Stiles.
ms' Mr. Parsons looked bewildered, but he prom
K Ised to have the mapmadons requested, lie
K-"- also promised that for every tree removed on-m-(
other would be planted in tho park.
mt, The Mayor's Advisory Commltteo on Small
h Faks requested tho Commissioners to set aside
mK a space in the East IUver Park for a play
Ev ground.
mil "(What kind of a play ground I" asked Com-
t raiisiloner Stiles. -'Thero are play grounds for
a blir children and play grounds for little children."
K Both kinds are u blessing," said Prcsldont
mi, McMillan, and the matter was referred to Uuper-
! Lnttpdent Parsons with Instructions to submit a
Mn plan for the play ground embracing sand pits.
., llenagerle Director Smith mado another re-
; poitonthe herd ot buffaloes which wero pre-
Mi'. aenled to the city by the lato Austin Corbln, nnd
mwl which are rapidly eating up all the crass In Van
,; Oortlandt Park. He recommended that the herd
K bo xeduced and that the buffaloes bo fed on hay
In the future. The report was referred. Super-
mV- intendent Parsons submitted a plan for tho wld-
mfi. enlbg ot 110th street from Fifth avenue to Bev-
Fr antb avenue. After a long discussion on the
mv propriety .of making the corners on the north
mfi aide of the thoroughfare at Sovonth avenue
K round instead of square, the matter was lata
- over to await the action of the Board ot Street
K Opening. Mr. Parsons also submitted a plan for
tjit the Improvement of the Poe Park In the Twenty-
fr fourth ward, for which the Legislature has ap-
n. proprUted 010,000. The board ordered that the
mvi, Imiirovementsbemodo and authorized Mr. Par-
' oons to employ any one he chose to aid him in the
K Toe North Bide Local Improvement Assocla-
mtf,' tlon sent a petition asking that the two small
; Uhinirular parks at load street, Washington
K and Brooks avenues be put in proper order,
t Secretary Leary was directed to notify the
f? petitioners that their request will recolve at-
H lentlon when the budget for next year la made
mp up. The trustees of Columbia University sont a
'.' communication thanking the commissioners for
mv erecting a stairway from tho unlvorslty boat-
mt. house on the Hudson Itlver to the lllverslde
' Park. Thomas K. Crlmmlns requestod that ad-
K- aluonal policemen bo stationed along Park
ftv Tnul! ?F ixo protection of the small parks In
K the middle of that thoroughfare from Fifty-
Mr, sixth street to Ninety-second. Mr. Crlmnilnsfs
mfy request wast referred.
'
c? afarslSTW Hayben's Drotber Arretted ror
K Burglary.
Mx Mahet, L. I July 10,-David M'ayhew,
K "Has Washington, a ncrgo, Is under arrest
K'; bere on suspicion of bolng concerned In robbing
bK ft reslueneo of John Wooley atNow Hyde Park.
HI r' Woo'or n(1 bis hired man both Identified
ML i"?8" ap one of the burglars. A number of
Hi fo1TrUSeJl.T? ben committed recently In New
k Hye .Park.MIneola, Gardon City anj Queens
K ) tb authorities believe that the prisoner had
B ?JJ?? 1Rutbc?S: w.en wrested Mayhew war
K armed with a 42-callbro revolver and a dlrk. Ho
K "5 TSr1.Pawn tickets for watches and Jewel-
K ti7 Vjtitoi at a pawnshop at 10 Sixth avenue.
K SV,wJfor'c-t Tbe prisoner Is a brother of Arthur
MX Mayhew.who was put to death atSingSlngabout
MP'- twWnoothsoforthemurderoffltophen Powell
Hff ' Braseltasi PmrsM t
K- Kkoxttllk, Tenn., July 10,-ConsIderable
MM? Kiystery surrounds Jtut supposed drowning of
WiL, Braxelton in Be Tennessee Itlver, a rails
Km andahUfbelowhfia,pn Friday night, niver-
H wen bar given Jfthe search, asserting that
H the nan was no 'Jlrowned. ifrarelton'i only
companion has aj5 gone, and the clothes that
BEXHAX XVJtDEJt TJtXAZ.
Imswrtaat relat rbr the Derenea Attempt t
Bribe a Mas n th Faarl or Juror.
nocntsTxn, July 11), The sensation mongers
are not Interested in the testimony offered by
the experts, and tho attendance to-day at the
Benham murder trial was light. Tho women
who havo been so much In evldenco each day at
the trial aro contenting themselves with parad
ing up and down the streets In front of tho Bo
tavla Court House, waiting for the lawyers to
get through with tho doctors, so as to give them
somo additional food for comment. Prof. R. A.
Wltthaus, tho celebrated New York chemist,
arrived at Batavla last evening and spent sev
eral hours In consultation with tho attorneys
for the defence. Ills examination will
probably last two or threo days, as it
is chiefly on his evldenco, it is under
stood, that the dofenco relies to prove
that the appearances noticed In the dead
woman's body are not those which would )tkely
havo been found In cose her death had resulted
from prusslo acid poisoning, Bonham this
mornlni was again norvous, and the worried
look on his face Is Increasing. Tho Jury have
stood their four weeks of confinement well.
Yesterday a tuo-mllo walk around thovlllsgo
was given them, and this morning thoy ap
peared In tho best ot hoalth and spirits. Dr.
Stephen Y. Howell of Buffalo was put on tho
stand at tho opening of ceurt. He snld ho was
n uraduato of the Collego nf Physicians and
Surgeons of New York nnd of the lloyal Collego
of Physicians aud Surgeons ot London. He did
not think that the symptoms noticed in Mrs.
Benham wero duo to prusslc acid poisoning.
"To what, then, would you attribute It I"
asked Mr. Macker.
"Well, It is dlulcult to say, owing to the
wretchedly Incompetent way in which the au
topsy In tho case was performed.'
Dr. Howoll said that although he had con
ducted many autopsies, and nad witnessed
many more whllo he was abroad, he had never
seen a case of hydrocyanic poisoning, his Infor
mation being entirely derived from tho books.
Ho was asked by Mr. Mnckey how he would ac
count for tho degenorato stato of the dead wo
man's hoart. ...
"I should attribute the stato of the heart
found In this case to some other reason than
prusslc acid, probably from tho progression of
the disease of tho pelvic organs originating at
the tlmo of the birth of the child." he replied.
This Is an important point for the defence, as
it is claimed by the People that prusslc acid was
responsible for tho condition of Mrs. Benham s
hoart as revealed by the uost-mortom.
This morning Sheriff Heal arrested Wallace 8.
Martin, a well-to-do Alabama farmer, on a war
rant sworn out by District Attornoy Lcseur
charging embracery. Proceedings were com
menced utter adjournment ot the Benham trial
lit noon beforo Judge Dunham in Justices'
Court. The offence with which Martin Is
charged Is a crime of a most serious nature. Ho
is accused of attempting to brl bo one John old
rich, a Pembroke farmer, whom he supposed
would qualify as a juror in tho Benham case.
Weidrich and Martin were both drawn as Jurors
on separate panels, Martin being on the first. It
Is alleged by tho people that he urged Weidrich
to answer all questions so as to qualify
hlmsolf as a Juror In the case, and that he
(Martin) would work Weldrlch's farm while ho
was on the Jury, and that probably the attorney
for the defence would give blm 91,000 It he
would hold out for a disagreement. Weidrich
did not qualify as a Juror. Martin, when be was
arraigned, pleaded not guilty, and demanded an
Immedlato examination. District Attorney
Leseur asked for an adjournment, owing to tbo
fact that his duties at the Court House would
not permit him to attend to the case. The case
was set down for Aug. 3. Martin's brother
married a cousin of Benham.
STABBED AFTER CARD THAT.
Tbe Ban TTbo Won All the Bloney Thought t
B Df tag or Bis Wound.
At daylight a doctor yesterday informed the
police of the Bedford avenue station, Williams
burg, that John Rocco, an Italian, was dying at
his home, 109 Frost street, of nine stab wounds,
which he received in an altercation late on
Sunday night at North Ninth and Havemoyor
streets.
Rocco, with half a dozen other Italians, played
cards on Sunday night in a house at 260 North
Ninth street. Rocco had extraordinary luck,
and when he ceased playing, a little beforo
midnight, he had nearly 928. When he left the
house he was followed by Joseph Laury. At
North Ninth ana Havemeyer streets Laury got
Into a dispute with Rocco and told Rocco ho was
a cheat. While the two were In a wrangle the
other Italians appeared. Laury whipped out a
stiletto and. before Rocco could defend h'msolf,
began to Jab the point of the weapon into ltoc
cos chest. Other Italians drew knives and
daggers and helped In tbo assault on Rocco.
Two friends of Rocco, when they tried to pro
tect hlra, wero stabbed In the arm. When Rocco
fell his assailants ran away. Rocco's two friends
carried him to his home.
While Rocco's wife was washing the blood
from him one of the assailants returned and
warned her against complaining of them to the
police. Rocco became unconscious a few hours
later and a doctor wan summoned. On his ar
rival be found that the Italian was In a precari
ous condition and notified tho police.
Detectives wero unablo to obtain any Informa
tion from either Mrs. Rocco or any ot her
friends. All professed not to know anything
about the attack. Information furnished by a
email Italian boy led to tbearrest of Frank
Laury and Lorenzo Grlllo In Long Island City.
GUM Bernardo and Alexander Fllleppl were ar
rested in Williamsburg. Joseph Laury was
found under a bed In his house at28TenEyck
street. The five prisoners were taken to
Rocco's house. Ho Irientlfled them all as his as
sailants. They were then taken to the Lee Ave
nue Police Court and remanded for a hearing.
Rocco's condition became so bad yesterday after
noon that Coroner Nason was directed to take
his onto-mortem statement.
LURED HER TO II IS ROOST.
ray tralth Arrested for Trying to rub aa
Alleged ActreM.
Lillian Elliott, who said sho was an actress
and lived at 310 West Forty-eighth street, met
Fay Bmlth, a bookkeeper, In Eighth avenue
3unday night. Theydrovo up to Fort George,
and It was 2 o'clock yesterday morning whon
they got back. Smith said his wife was In the
country and Invited his companion to go to his
flat at 401 West Fiftloth street and have some
thing to cat.
When they entered the rooms were dark and
Bmlth made no effort! to light the gas. Miss
Elliott says sho bocamo suspicious and started
to go out. Ho locked tbo door, sho says, and
selzod her. Sho believed ho Intended to rob
ner and sorenmod. He struck her, and sho foil
down, her bead striking a corner of the table,
which made a gash in her scalp. After a time
sho got fi her feet, and, running to tbo door of
tbo prlvnto hall, dashed her hand through the
glass and shrieked for help. The tenants wero
aroused, windows flew up. and from protruding
heads enme cries of "Pollcol" "MuriWl" :
Policeman Esterbook entered the house and
arrested Smith, and an ambulanco surgeon
sewed up tho wound on Miss Elliott's hoad.
Tho prisoner was held In $1)00 ball for trial for
assault In tbo YorkvlUo Police Court later.
Smith, who Is bookkeeper for William Brooks
& Brother, gravel dealers at 010 Wost Forty
ninth street, Is under indictment for alleged
manslaughter In connection with tbo death two
rears ago of Frank McDonald, It was charged
that ho struck McDonald on the head with a
balestlck, thus causing his death. He has not
been trlod.
On Mny 13 James McDonald, a young brother
of tho dead nun, called Smith out of his ofHce
und flrod four shots uthlui from n rovolvor.
Nono of tho shots took effect, Tho young man
5ald. A?.llt' .a tbo law would not punish Smith
for killing bis brother, be thought ho wasjuetl
tied .In doing the punishing hlmsolf. Young
McDonald s trial has not yet taken place.
BXnTANT BWISDZEtt BEXIEXOED.
Jailed for a Year and Must Pay IOO Vtne
Other Sentences,
Heavy sentences were lmposod In Special Ses
sions Court yesterday by Presiding Justice Hoi
brook. Alfrod Levnn, 23 years od, address re
fused, was charged by Detective Perkins of tho
West Twentieth stroot station with swlndllug
servant girls out of 91 each by promising situ
ations In the Somerset Hotel, at Homervllle, N,
J, There Is no such hotel. Levnn was sen
tenced to pay a tine of $100 and to serve one
year In tlio penitentiary.
Glusnppo l'etrocelll of 107 Mulberry street
was charged with practising modlclno without
a license. Ho testified that he worked among
the poor and that his usual fee was but 15 conts.
He was fined $.10.
Thomas FiUglbbons and Frank Clark, both
ex-convlots, were charged nlth sloallng 200
empty sacks from a Columbus avenuo grocer.
They Hod about tholr previous records, and
Justice Holbrook, leArning this, sentenced Fltz
gibbons to pay a tine of $200 aud to servo ono year
In tho penitentiary, whllo Clark was lined $400
and sentenced to eleven months In the penitentiary.
I While nines la Xewarb.
Four bagmen of the Newark Street Cleaning
Department delighted an expectant populace
yesterday by appearing for the first time in
white duck suits after tho fashion of CoL Wir
ing's white wings. Tho suits will have a thorough
trial and if they prove successful the whole
Newark department will be uniformed in them.
WHO SWINDLED DR. LOTH
PETtnAPB MBB. MABT JIAXBElf AJTD
KOT XLUXtr FECK.
Mrs. Hansen 0ernted as Old Strm. Peck, and
the Police Itecordn Show m lnr i-t t
Chanrra Against Iter Why s)he Is peeled
Both She and Mrs. Peek Are Wanted.
The Brooklyn authorities wero not so sure yes
terday as they wero on Sunday that Mrs. Mary
Hanson, who swindled tho late Dr. Christopher
Lott out ot 910.000, was Mrs. Ellen Peck, the
notorious confidence woman. It seems now as if
Mrs. Poek, who at last report was living a
quiet, honest life, has been maligned for some
thing she had no hand In. Years ago, when Mrs.
Pock's plausible tongue was bringing her in
thousands of dollars, there was anothor woman
who was playing tho same game moro quietly,
but with almost as remunerative result. Cu
riously enough, the n,ame by which she was
known to the police of the country was Mary A.
Hansen. She is to-day. If she is alive, of about
tho same ago as Ellen Peck, and it sho Is tho
woman who so cleverly buncoed Dr. Lott out of
his thousands and Nurse Shea out ot her hun
dreds. It is not at all surprising that the police
of Brooklyn Jumped to tho conclusion that she
was Ellen Peck.
Mrs. Hansen never attained to thenoforloty
that fell to Mrs. Peck's lot, and sho had been for
gotten long ago by the police. The case of Dr.
Lott bore all the marks of Ellen Peck's handi
work. The authorities still think that Mrs.
Pock may be tho woman who conducted this re
cont swindle, but they are willing to admit that
thero Is still a very big doubt about It.
Mrs. Hansen's record Includes ono or two cases
which were workod in precisely the way charac
teristic ot Lott's case Ono that was almost ex
actly the samo was tho swindling of Frederick
Bohmot ot 102 Allen street, this city, out of
92,300 In July, 1880. Bohmet know a man
named Kllnk. He had known htm slightly for
about twenty years. Kllnk posed as a shoe
maker, but he was In reality a notorious scoun
drel named Hansen and tho hUBband of the con
fidence woman. One day Kllnk rushed up to
Bohmot In great excitement and told htm
that he had Just marrlod n widow
named Hansen, who lived on Jersey City
Heights. His wife's uncle had died, and on es
tate of 9700,000 had been left to her. The
monoy was on deposit in the United States
Treasury, he said. It had been In litigation for
a time, but owing to a recent decision of the
Supreme Court would be turned over soon to
his wife. Whllo Bohmot was congratulating
his friend and they were talking things over,
Mrs. Kllnk, or Hansen, rushed in. She waved a
telegram In her husband's face, and declared
that unless they got some money right away
the fortuno thoy had fought for and won would
slip away from them. Tho money was needed
to got tbo Supreme Court seal on tho papers In
tho case, and ot courso Bohmet was appealed to.
Ho lent Mrs. Hansen 92,310 on her written
agreement to return It on July 10, 1880. when
sho was to got her money from the Treasury.
She also agreed to make Bohmet a present ot a
four-tory tenement house. Of course, Bohmet
nover got anything out of tho couple. He
finally realized that he had been swindled, and
complained to the police.
At that time the pollco had other complaint
against Mrs. Hansen which they were investi
gating. Mrs. MaryMesam of 1 First avenue
had been swindled out ot 92,000 by the woman.
Her sister had lost 91.000, and others had been
talked out of sums ranging from $100 to $0,000
each by Mrs. Hansen. Through Bohmot tho
police got trace of the woman, and eventually
they arrested her In Jersey City. She was re
leased on a writ of habeas corpus, but was ar
rested as she left the courtroom on complaint ot
mennra u. x-errr or uu uroaaway. wno con
tended that she had secured 9300 from him on
the strength ot a story that the Sheriff of Phila
delphia was holding 911,000 ot her money.
Tho police records show more than 100 cases
In which it was contended that Mrs. Hansen had
swindled both men and women. This, they say,
would bo apt to represent about a third of her
operations. One of her most daring swindles
was the securing of $10,000 from Jersoy City
politicians on the ground that 9000,000 of her
money wa In the hands of Cardinal McCloskey.
and she was unable to get It, She was arrested
at the time, but sho escaped punishment by
settling with those who wanted to prosccuto
hor.
In 1870 tho woman got 912,000 worth of
woollen goods from merchants In this city on
tho strength of a story about a tled-up fortune.
Almost invariably the woman wo arrested
when the stories of her swindling got out, but
she always eseaped on a technicality.
Tho Jersey City police record describes Mrs.
Hansen as she was In 1870. Sho was then 48
years old, 0 feet 1 Inch tall; German, but ablo
to speak good English.
The woman who swindled Dr. Lott was be
tween 00 nnd 70 years old. and about the height
of Mrs. Hansen In 1870. From tho fact that
Mrs. Hansen Invariably employed tho tled-up
fortuno ruse. Iris thought that she may bo tho
ono who victlmlzod Dr. Lott. As told In The
Hun yesterday, tho Mrs. Hanson who got Dr.
Lott's money posed as the wlfo of "Admiral Jo
linnn Carll Hansen" of the Danish navy, and
pretended to hat e 900.000,000 on deposit In the
United States Treasury suits at Washington.
What puzzles many persons Is how Dr. Lott
happened to be deceived by the woman when, at
any time during the six months over which her
operations extended, ho could have discovered
the entire falseness of her statements about her
millions by making a single Inquiry. His friends
explain this by saying that tbo physician was
an easy-going, benevolent man, who had a vast
amount of confidence In those bo liked, and
never had n suspicion of Mrs. Hansen until a
fow days beforo ho was stricken down with his
last lllnesi. The pollco explanation includes
many tales ot Ellen Pock's cleverness, which
has fooled cleverer men than Dr. lxtt for years.
The Iter. Gilford Nelson, Mrs. Lott's pastor,
who made public the story. Is criticised severely
by tho Brooklyn authorities, who say he has
destroyed all chance ot capturing tho swindler
by the publicity he paro the case. Dr. Nelson
thinks he did the right thing nnd that the pub
licity given the case will do moro to brink lire.
Hansen or Mrs. Peck to justice than all the
quiet police Investigation In tho world. He de
nies that the uoman will get any fresh warning
from the publication of the cise. Sho got nil
tho warning she needed when Mr. and Mrs.
Simpson, her alleged son-in-law and daughter,
wero arrested for aiding In tho swindling ot Dr.
Lott.
One thing which Dr. Nelson desired to set
right concerns hli criticism ot a certain As
sistant District Attorney, whom he charged,
without mentioning bis name, of neglecting tho
case when It was given into his charge. It
was stated yesterday that Mr. Miles was the
man referred to. District Attorney Backus
tbousht Mr. Miles was tho man, and said so,
but Dr. Nelson said not. He meant Assistant
District Attornoy Caldwell. Mr, .Caldwell de
nied yesterday that he had neglected the case,
nnd said it was absurd to contond that bo
had advised tho Grand Jury not to Indict Mrs.
Hanecn and Mr. and Mrs. Simpson. He had
also asked Judge Aspinall, he said, to fix high
ball in the easos ot Mr. and Mrs, Simpson when
they were arraigned, but the Judge had declined
to make It more than 9000 each, because the
prlsonors wero accused only of misdemeanor.
The police are now after both Mrs. Hansen
nnd Ellen Peck. They will arrest either ono or
Iwth bb soon as thoy can get thorn. If the Mrs.
Hansen who swindled Dr. Lott Is not Ellen Peck,
tho police think Mrs. Peck will soon present
herself hereabout and demand vindication.
A high Brooklyn pollco official said last night;
"Thero has been, I em confident, a great mis
take in confounding the Mary Hanson who nas
been Indicted with I'.ilen Pock, the noted swin
dler and adventuress of twenty yours ngo. I am
milto positive that they are not identical,
Twelve yoars ago Mrs. Peck was an old and
much broken-down woman, and since that time.
1 ainltold. has been llvlnir In close retirement anrl
under an assumed name In a remote part of tbo
Stato, I am not at liberty to toll you who Mrs.
Hansen Is, but you will make a serious error it
you say she is Mrs. Peck."
IVoser Can Sue stakeholder and Collect.
A verdict of 9100 which Joseph Llebman ob
tained against Frank Miller, as a stakeholder
on a hot, was nfllrnied yesterday by tho Ocuorul
Term of tho City Court. Llebman put up tbo
9100 on tho election of Bryan for President
against 9300 advanced by ono L. Fisher on Mc
Klnley. Thoro was soino misunderstanding
about the mattor. Ltohmnn demanded his money
back, and Miller refused to refund. Tho Gen
eral Term holds that tho monoy was wagered on
a contingent event and that Llebman has n
right to recover It back.
Mrdal or Honor to Vr. Blackwood.
Washikotox, July 10,-Dr. William R. D.
Blackwood ot Philadelphia has received a medal
of honor for most distinguished gallantry t Pe
tersburg April 2, 1803. Dr. Blackwood was sur
geon of the Foity-clglilli Pennsylvania Volun
teers. The medal was conferred for "removing
severely wounded ofllcers nnd soldiers from tho
Held while under a heavy Are of the enemy, ex
posing himself boyou I the call of duty."
nisnnlst Steele Gees (o Sing Sing.
John O. Bteclo. alias Frank Stead, was sent to
Blng Sing for four years and four months by
iHSt&S? l.ho County Court In Brooklyn,
wouitStaU1 ao
aaJaMSnMatt.'lv'A'e.frj'i - 7:frtt
EEEB OAXB .BE IB OVERWORKED.
The Question or Ills (tanlty to Be Reviewed
Before Jadie Darnard To-Uny.
PouaitKKKrsiE, July 10,-Howell C Rees of
New York, whoso dramatic escape from the Fal
kirk Banltorlum at Central Valley, Orange
county, on Saturday night has arousod general
Interest In his case, said this mornlngt
" I f oel that I am overworked, and I know that
I need a rest, but I don't want to tako it in an
asylum."
Mr. llees talks rationally and docs not try to
erode tho question ot bis olloged Insanity, but
meots It squarely and treats It In the some
fashion that he probably would any subject of
personal Interest to him. His counsel, James G.
Moyerof Fiehklll and William H. Wood of this
city are Impressed by bis attitude, nnd evidently
feel that an Injustice has been done, which they
mean to rectify by rocourso to tho courts.
" I really bellevo that Mr. Rcos is sane." said
Mr. Wood. "I think that he Is suffering from
overwork, tho samo ns any business man might
be, nnd that a rest, which he proposes to take,
will restore him to good health."
The question of the montal condition ot Mr.
Rees will be revlowcd before Judge Barnard In
his chambers in this city to-morrow. It Is not
likely that much testimony will bo takon, ns the
time Is too short for the preparation of a case In
volving so many technical points, but some
disposition will bo mado of tho propo
sition to detain Mr. Rees In an insano
asylum, which is opposed by his friends.
Whether tho court has tho power, pending: tho
final decision of tho sanity or Insanity of Mr.
Rees, to chango tho place of detention specified
by tho authorities In New York, is a mutter of
serious doubt. A strong fight will be made to
prevent the return of Mr. Reos to tho sani
tarium In Central Volley, from which ho es
caped, the nrgnment being made that It would
have a serious effect on his health to revive
memories of his experience there.
Mr. Rees attributes his predicament to tho op
position ot his father nnd brother to bis business
methods, which, ho says, they regard ns too ex
travagant. Ho regards their nttttudo as very
strange, because he has always consistently fol
lowed a rulo of spending monoy to make money,
and has met with uniform success. Ho claims
that ho took n dyeing nnd cleaning business
established by his father, and raised It from
an unsuccessful venture to a money maker,
which Is now clearing 820.000 a year.
Through a lawyer namod Goellcr ho claims
that he becamo Interested in tho Phoenix
Gas Works at Fishktll, and bought a controlling
Interest in it. Ho was made President and his
father Vlco-Presldent of the corporation, and In
the reorganization of its affairs ho gave his
fathor enough of tho ntock to deprive hlmsolf of
a -controlling Interest. Thereafter he found
himself hampered In tho management ot tho
company by tho Interference of his father, and
he made a proposition to buy or sell for 98.000.
It wan to dose this deal that brought him to
New ork nnd kept htm there until the day of
his arrest at tho Manhattan Hotel,
XEJV HEAZS J.Y rjPTEEX MXKXTTES.
Wentwortb Bare a Heal Is a Heal Whether It
Costa 5 Cent or OS.
Acting Inspector Allaire directed several of
his detectives to look for Raines law violations
on Sunday, as ho was. not fully satisfied with the
work of tho Captains under him. Two arrests
were mado by tho detectives, who brought their
prisoners to Centra Street Court yesterday. De
tective Rein arraigned William Rubber, a wait
er in a hotel at 10 Doyers street. Rein swore
that he asked for a glass ot beer but was told
that a meal was necessary.
" I said." testified Dotective Rein, " that I had
eaten a dinner but fifteen minutes before, and
that all I cared for wo a glass of beer. He said
ho could not help that. So I ordered a beer and
a sandwich. I paid for both and left the place.
I returned in fifteen minutes and ordered a gloss
of beer. Again I was told that I would have to
order a meal. I did so, and paid for both, and
then arrested tho waiter."
"On your own statement," sold Magistrate
IVAntwnrth "l1i.iiunMl.i1l,.h..Mil "
"But," objected Inspector Allaire, "this ar
rest was made under section 31, which provides
that meals must be bono Ude and not merely a
subterfuge. This detective had two drinks and
two meals within fifteen minutes."
" If he wanted ten meals In fifteen minutes,"
said Magistrate Wentwortb, " the saloon keeper
had a right to sell them to him. I will hold that,
in every case wboreomeal Is paid for, whether
It costs five cents or$0, it is a bonafldo meal,
and not a subterfuge. If you do not ogreo w 1th
mo you can take tho evidence to the District
Attorney's office and make a test cose."
Inspector Allalro continued his objections un
til Magistrate Wentworth lost patience and or
dered tho next caso to bo brought forward, thus
ending discussion. Detective Slnnott thon ar
raigned Michael Fitzpatrlrk, a waiter In a
Haines law hotel at 110 Bowery. Slnnott and
Detective Berry ordered beer, but no meals.
They were served with beer and sandwiches and
Fltzpatrlck proposed to chargo them for the
moals.
" I told blm we hod ordered no meals," sold
Slnnott, "and thatwcwbuld not pay for them.
Accordingly he handed mo the change, charging
mo for the beer only. Then we arretted him."
"I did not cbargo for the sandwiches, as I was
afraid they would start a right In tho place and
I wanted tonvold that," said Kltrpatrlck.
"It was not tho prisoner wbo committed a
crime," said Fltzpatrick's lawyer, "but the po
liceman. The waiter wanted to charge for a
meal, but the policemen intimidated him."
Magistrate wentworth held that as tho detec
tives had not ordered a meal, Fltzpatrlck had
violated tho law and bo held him for trial.
Magistrate Pool, In Jefferson Market Court,
held for trial four llalnes law hotel men for sell
ing beer on Sunday to acting Inspector Haw
ley's detectives, on tho score that although It
was accompanied by a. sandwich, tbo policemen
wore not legally "guests" of tho "hotel."
TAKIXO PBOEIT3 J.Y WHEAT.
A Slunan In September In the Morning Bnt
Prices Go Up Axnln.
Ocean grain freights wero strong yesterday
and the higher rates acted as a chock upon the
local export market for wheat. Tho demand
for ocean freight room for grain in tho lost ten
days to ports in the United Kingdom and Con
tinental Europe has resulted In an advance ot
from 0 to IS per cent. But four boatloads, or
82,000 bushels, of wheat wero reported to havo
been sold for export in tbo local market. In Chi
cago, howover, exporters took 140,000 bushels,
and with tho sales at the outporU tho day's ex
port business aggregated over 400,000 bushels.
This, combined with further news of crop short
ages In foreign countries, supplemented by for
eign buying of futures, had a l cry decided off ect
upon the wheat market. It exhibited great
rallying power. There was n sharp decllno
early In the day that carried tho September
future down to 74 13-10 cents a bushol, as
against 70U cents, tho closo on Saturday. All
this loss was, however, more than reentered be
foro the close of tho day, tho final quotation for
September being 70W cents, sales having pre
viously been mado at 77 conts. Tho early de
cline was due to general telling by professional
trndora to take profits on tho hull dido. The
foreign buying, which was a feature on tho re
covery, wns reported to ropret.ent both Uvor
pool and Paris account. Tho foreign markets
closed firm.
Private cable advices reported that tho
threshing In Franco was turning out vory un
favorably, that tho prospects In Hungary woro
for a Biuall wheat crop of poor qunllty, and In
Austria for a, crop below tho nvcrngo.
Some of the recent export demand has repre
sented wheat to bo shlppod to Mediterranean
andAdrlatlo ports, to which no wneiit from
this country has gone excopt for scod since
1880. Prominent among tuoMi ports nro Trlesto
nnd Venice, ports usually supplied by Russia.
jaxeb nrsir Drixa.
nil Urother, Who tubbed mm, Held Without
nail.
James Flynn ot 025 Dean street, who was
stabbed by his brother William at 027 Pacific
street, Brooklyn, on Sunday, Is dying nt St.
John's Hospital. Ho Is suffering from three
wounds, ono of them in tho intestines. Tho sur-
f:eons yesterday performed an operation on him
n thohopo of saving his life, nnd Flynn soemod
t o I rix r ro-v-o t e raporarily aftor It.
.wM.llam viJ, who did tho stobblng, lives at
427 Cherry street, this tlty. He wns urralgned
In the Flatbush Court yosterdny. He admitted
the stabblug, but said he acted In suir-dcfenso,
nnd struck without malice. He was held with
out ball by Justlco Teale.
Caught In Pond Lily stems and Drowned.
MonmsToWN, N. Y July 10,-Arthur Nelson
Pavle, 10 years Old, tho son of George W. Puvlo,
a travelling salesman for Bloomlngdalo Broth
ers of New York, was drowned In Shonguin
Lako, four miles from here, this afternoon,
while bathing with several other boys, members
.fJha.ru"l0.r department of the Young Men's
Christian Association. Pnvlo was graduated
from the Morristown public school In June, and
was employod as general secretary by tho Y. M.
a Association for tbo summer months. He
took the boy up for a daj'a outing, He fell
from araft, became entangled in pond illy stems
in ten feet of water, and drowned. Robert Lee,
B yeora old, dived repeatedly after I'avlo sank,
but C011I4 not extricatoAlm,
MADISON AVENUE TROLLEY
jp.E7JAr.rr to xaAcxioy to tear vr
TJIE STREETS UPrOSED.
t. Barsen Rheade Protest In the Kanie or
Property Owner Against Giving Away the
ItlsBt Proposed Conditions Third Avenue
Ballread Has Spoke la Put In the Wheel.
Commissioner Collls'gnvo aSicaring yesterday
on tho application of tho Metropolitan Street
Railway Company for permission to chango
tho motive power ot tho Madison avenuo strcot
car lino to olcctrlo powor, or, moro particularly,
to tear up tho streots in order to effect such a
change, authority to moko which has boon
granted by tho Railroad Commission. Presi
dent II. II. Vreeland of tho Metropolitan Com
pany was there, with his counsel, Ellhu Root,
and Englnoer Plerson of tho company; and so
woro W. II. Pago, Jr., ot lloadly, Lauterbach
& Johnson, counsel to tho Third Avenuo Rail
road Company, tho. engineer ot that company,
John Horsen Rhoados, Jr., appearing for his
father, who represented Madison avonuo prop
erty owners; W. C. Trow, counsel for an In
dividual property holder ot upper Madison avo
nuo, and two or thrco other persons.
President Vreeland has grown a little fuller
of faco within a couplo of years, nnd Just a bit
gray, and has dovelopcd a striking rescmblanco
to President Dopow, Not thnt ho would bo
mistaken for tho only Chaunccy, but ho might
easily be pointed out, especially as ho leans
forward over n tnblcjnhllo sitting, for a younger
edition ot tho Doctor leaning over a banquet
board. Ho has moro hair on tho top of his
head thon has been left to Dr. Dcpcw, but ho
wears his sldowhlskers exactly as does the
President of tho New York Central and keops his
slight mustacho so closely cropped that it
isn't noticeable.
Mr. Vreeland didn't do much of tho talking,
leaving Mr. Root to speak for tho applicants.
Mr. Pago, whllo In no way opposing tho appli
cation, mado a vigorous stand to compel tbo
Metropolitan Company to fllo a map shon lug 11
purpo&os in Park row, or an that purt ot tho
Madison Avenuo Company's lino south of
Centre street, and ho won his contention.
Mr. ithoades was tho chief opponont ot tho ap
plication. He read a lettor from his father,
who is absent from tho city, and who said that
tho people ho represented protested becau90
thoj believed that tho penult should not be
granted unloss the company wns compelled to
pay somo sort of compensation to tho city.
Upon Madison avenue, ho sold, tho chango
from horso powor to electricity would, without
restrictions, deproclato property values.
If a pormtt was to be granted, ho nsked that
tho company agroo to clean and kcop cloan
tho avenue, pavo and rcpavc, and keep In
order tho roadway, not to salt tho tracks In
winter, to rciuovo tho snow, to regulnto and
control tho speed of cars to a point ot safety to
pedestrians, and to limit tho clanging of bells
at each street corner, and that It bo not
allowed to "run its care at moro than a two
mlnuto headway at any and all hours of the
day."
Mr. Rhoadcs lives In Madison avenuo. "We
understand," ho said In tho letter, "that con
tracts havo been awarded to tear up tho cen
tra of this avonuo In order to build n lnrgo
eowcr, for the cost of which we, as property
owners, will havo to pay a heavy tax, nnd we
ask why, If this is necessary, tho tlmo should
now be chosen to do this work, nnd If it is be
oauso this company. ;do not wlslctbelr tracks
disturbed by sucb work to bo dono in tho
future! Wo arc aware that tho sencra of a por
tion of this avenue are badly arranged and In
bad condition. If this Is so, we ask. why
should not this bavo been remedied before, and
why the work should bo dono now in order to
accommodate this corporation, which is de
manding great privileges at no costl If tho
property owners and residents of this avenuo
are to hnvo their property injured by tho nets
of a corporation who are overriding tbo rights
of tho people, they surely havo an honest
right to protest and complain that tho public
authorities are going beyond tho limit of their
patience in thus serving tho Interests of a pri
vate corporation. Wo inbist thnt our rights
are being invaded and serious Injury is to bo
dono to us. and our natlcnco Is about ex
hausted. No wonder that tho masses of our
citizens are growing restless under theso viola
tions of tho very spirit of municipal authority,
and ready to retaliate both upon clvio au
thority and corporato greed." ;
Mr. Pago wanted plans submitted to tho Com
missioner, saying that ouch was tho practice
showing how tho company purposed building
Its road, under tho changed niotlvo power,
along Park row from Centre street to Its ter
minus at Rroadwny. Its charter gavo It tbo
right, ho said, to opcraio only ono track south
of Centre street. At Tryon row had been tho
original tormlnus of tho Harlem road, and later
the company hud got permission to run a single
tracic below thnt point, but only a slnglo track.
This tf tick tho company had, somo ears ngo,
abandoned to or turned over to tbo Third avenuo
company, whou U10 Third avenuo lorupany put
in cable power, the Madison avenue compnny,
howover, continuing to run its cui-s down on
tho cablo company's track, und tho cable com
pany permitting too Madison avenue company,
by courtesy, to run ltr curs up from Broadway
to Centre street, on n track owned by It, but
not used by It since it acquired tho Madison
avenuo company's single track there.
Mr. Pago wns not rcudy to say, ho sold, that
his company was not willing to glo nny per
mission tho other sldo wanted In the premises,
but he wuntcd tho mnp filed in order thut his
clients might know just what wns intended.
"All wo propoo to do U to build on our own
tracks." said Mr. Root. "Wo will givo nny
Information to tho Commissioner of Publlo
Works, but will not submit to Interrogation by
counsel for tho Third A euue Railroad Com
pany." Thero worc sovernl polltoly tart remarks
during this part of tho hearing. Tho Metropoli
tan people, however, would.not explain tho de
tails ot their plans,
"You can toll tho Commissioner whether you
proposo to build oifo track or two tracks, and It
is disingenuous and unfair to tbo Commissioner
to pretend othcrwiso," said Mr. Pago.
Tho only rcsponso evoked was an oxprosslve
"Ohl" from Mr. Vreeland.
Commissioner Collis said thut he should like
to hnvo the Metropolitan Company fllo a mnp
at his ollee, showing tho existing tracks nnd
tho way lntwhich the applicants proposed to
cross tho Third avonuo company's tracks, or,
after grttlng downtown, how they proposed get
ting back to Centre street. Tho Third avenuo
peoplo, he Informed Mr. Page, might sco tho
map. Until It was tiled ho would stay his hand.
He mode clear during the hearing his wish to
have tho work that was to bo done dono this
season, as he didn't proposeho snld, to allow
tho streets to bo torn up 111 tho winter.
BATS HE TOOK TIER 950O.
And Arcer lie Took It She Heard He More or
Their Partnership.
Edward Helnocko, alias Otto Von Ness, 80
years old, of 200 llloomlleld street, Hobokon,
was arrested at his homo yesterday on a warrant
Issued by Justico Mende of this city, charged
with swindling Mrs. Anna C. Gould, a German,
of 218 East Nineteenth street, out of 9000. De
tective McMnnus, who appeared against the
prisoner bofore Acting Recorder McCulloch in
Hoboken, said that Helnocko was a well-known
swindler and had been in Sing Sing Prison, FIIs
photograph Is 2.400 in the Rogues' Gallery.
Mrs. Gould said thnt Helnocke agreed to enter
Into partnership with her In the tobacco busi
ness, and she gavo him $000 to purchase sup
plies. That was tho last she saw ot him before
his arrest. Helnocko will be hold for extradition
to this city.
One or Turfman McBlmeel's Fllllea Throw It
nider.
Y0NKKns,N.Y July 10. Edward Eggleston,
a rubbor for E. J. McKlmeol, the turfman, lies In
a precarious condition in St. John's ltircrsldo
Hospital as ft result of Injuries received by being
thrown from tho back of a two-year-old filly
which ho was trilng out on tho Haw Mill River
road, Eggleston was speeding tlm filly In com
pany with tho an aged thoroughbred. When
they reached tho stono bridge on Ashburton
avenuo tho Ully boltod, throw lag Eggleston head
first against a stone wall and fracturing his (skull
lu two places.
ITCHING
SKIN
DISEASES
Brnor Cuis Tmituixt for torturing, aliflr.
Briar. Itching, burning, and scaly ikln sad scalp
diseases iUU lots oriislr. Warm bsibs with Co.
Tioum boir, (rutte applications of Cotiousi
(ointment), and full dotes of Cuticosi ItnoL
TUT,grsstcti of blood purlnen and humor cures
(pleura
a la sold tliotoot tst world. Forrs
jseo fc Cain. CVisr-, Ms rM-. Hus.
3- " flow r Ctf ItcblsiSils DUmms," frtt.
REDROp rllllrcaSV
aor. amaaa a biiarfsuooter.
Camp Cholera nt Ilea Olrt Coort-Martlal or
Private SleAntey.
State Camp, Ssa QtrtT, N. J., July 10. Tho
Fourth Regtmont, N. O. N. J., was in bod con
dition when reveille this morning ushered In
tho first nctiro day ot its week's tour of duty.
Camp cholera had crippled tho command during
tho night. Only a fow oases had developed yes
terday afternoon, but after supper the sickness
assumed tho proportions of on epidemic In sov
oral cases tho men wero so weakened thnt they
foil Insensible in tho company streets. Uy mid
night tho regimental emergency hospital wns
crowded with pntlents. This morning when
sick call was sounded more than i!00 men fol
lowed their first sergeants to tho hospital to re
port sick nnd roccive treatment. For the fore
noon battalion drills fow ot tbo companies had
moro than a dozon files lit for duty.
Through tho efforts of tho regimental and
battalion surgeons tho epldemlo was got nndor
control by noon, and most of tho men will bo
convalescent to-morrow. Commissioned officers
and tho surgeons bellevo tho sickness wns occa
sioned by tho combination of inlserublo weather,
artoslnn wator, nnd too much "high Jinks.'1
Col. Qeorgo O. Fclton, post n.unrtcrmnetcr this
week, mndo nn Investigation to-day nnd found
thnt everything about tho kitchens, mess halls,
rations, fee, was In first-class condition.
Tho guard mount this evening was with a do
tall of men not nllllctcd with the prevailing com
plaint. Most ot tho uion took port In dress
pnrnde.
This afternoon Oov. Griggs scored 34 point
out of a possiblo 30 far seven shots on tho 000
yard range, nnd qualllled as a sharpshooter. Ho
Is now eligible to shoot on tho long-dlstanco
ranges for qualification as nn oxpert.
Last night a "snnp" roll-call was held and
fourteen enllstod men fulled to answer. They
will bo tried by the regimental court-martial,
consisting of LlcuL-CoI. Bumstead. Capt. Brink
erlioff, Lieut. GlcnBon, and Judge Advocate
Kllnk. Tho court sat to-day to consider tho
csso of PrivotoMcAuley, chargod with applying
vllo epithets to Capt. Wallaco N. Vreeland, his
company commandant.
TWO 3IEX CRUSHED TO DEATH.
A Ilogshead or Molauro They Were Lowering
In a Cellar Itolls fiver Them.
Thomas Clenry of 78M! Summit avenue, Brook
lyn, died in the Presbyterian Hospital yester
day. His was tho second death which has re
sulted from carelessness In putting a hogshead
of molassos In tho cellar of the noma of tho
Sisters of Miserlcordo, at 031 East Eighty -sixth
street, on July 7.
The oldor part of the building occupied by
the Sisters was oner a prlvnto dwolllng. It Is
on tho north sldo ot the strost, near the East
River. The old mansion now forms tho wost
ern wing of tho institution. It contains the
parlors on the first floor, and its cellar ii a
atorchouso for many of tho heavier supplies
used.
On July 7 the Sisters bought a hogshead of
molasses from Felix Taussig of 111 Wall
street. Mr. Taussig engaged a truckman
named Patterson to deliver tho hogshead, and
t'nttcrson had It put into one of his trucks and
sent it oft with Clenry and Daniel O'Leary to
haudlo It. Tho Sisters hud seen men havo
trouble beforo in getting heavy packngos of
this sort Into tho cellar, und had a pair of skids
made to fit over the collar steps to slide things
down on. Clcary and O'Leary unloaded tho
hogshead ot molaspcs nnd were going to let It
down the steps without taking any precau
tions, but were urged to use tho skids, and put
them In place. They had ropes on their truck
to let tho hogshead down with, but trusting to
their strength they tilted tho heavy pockogo
over onto tho skids, and standing one on each
side In front of it started it down.
Tho next moment the hogshead got awar
from thorn and shot forward, catching each
man in betw cen its sloping sides and tho walls
of tho stairway. It rolled the men around,
crushing their bones and lnlurlng them Inter
nally, until it stopped at tho bottom of the
Btairs. The men were pinned fast, and were
unablo to ccape until a third man, who had
been assisting them in placing the skids in
place, workod'.tho hogshead from side to side
and released them. O'Leary's leg was broken,
nnd at flrstlt was believed that this was about
tho extent of his injuries. A doptor was sent
for, and the police summoned an -ambulance.
' I don.'t want to go In tho ambulance." said
Clcary. "I must tnko the truck back to-night."
"You won't take tho truck bnck to-night, tho
surgeon said, and he carried both men off to tho
Presbyterian Hospital. It was evident that
O'Leary was In a Berlnus condition, and he was
sent to'Bellevue that nifht. He died, tho fol
lowing day.
THE NEW BRZOnrOX CREHATOBT.
It Can Be Hon, bnt There must De So Of
Tensive Odors. Say Justice tiaynor.
Philip F. Kobbo, a taxpayer of New Brighton,
8. I., obtained an injunction last month, re
straining tho trustees of that village from cre
mating the garbage. Tho trustees then aban
doned tho collection of tho garbage, and when
complaint was mado said thnt they had no way
to get rid of It. Yesterday tho trustees applied
to Justlco Gay nor In the Supreme Court in
Brooklyn for permission to operate the crem
ntory and destroy tho garbage by an odorless
process. Justlco Qaynorin deciding the matter,
bald :
" Tho judgment ot tho court did not close the
crematory. The trustees closed It upon their
own responsibility. If. as thov soy. It emits no
offensive odors it is their olticfnl duty to run It.
Tho Judgment is only that offenslro odors be
prevented. Thetriulof tbo caso revealed that
It had habitually been run In tho most slovenly
manner, owing to tho lndllferenco of tho trus
tees. The garbage used to bo put In whllo tho
furnaco was cold and then heated up gradually,
a process which Inevitably caused offensivo
odors, us tbo wltncssos all agreed. It seemed In
crodlblo that publlo officials could treat tholr
neighbors In such a way until It wns admitted
and tho court hnd to grunt tbo Injunction,
"Let tho Judgment bo suspended until Aug.
20, to sec If they can run It properly. It would
not tie too much to expect them to stay up nights
to do it It necessary. That Is what they were
elected for."
BATS anE HARRIED THE TOT 3TA1T.
Coghlll Bookkeeper UUnutlnr III Estate with
Ills Mother.
The little toy store at 42 Bowery that was run
for fourteen years by Francis Coghlll, who died
suddenly, leaving $10,000 In cash In various
holes and corners of his room, was closed on
Buturduy by orders of tho administratrix, Mary
Coghlll. There Is a fight on for CoghlU's
money between his mother, Mary Coghlll, and
Mary Cohen, who pasted during CoghlU's lifo
tlmo ns his bookkoopcr, but who now says she
wns his wlfo. When Coghlll died Mary Cohen
continued to run tho store, nnd would probably
havo been running it still hud not tho mother,
who still recrnrded Miss Cohen ns au employee
of tbo firm, round thut uho was nssumlng entire
control ot tho buiduvss, und doing it with the air
of n woman who hnd n perfect right to.
Sirs. Coghlll decided to got rid of Mary
Cohou and replace hor with an assistant who
would allow tho real proprietor of tho store to
lunu u llltln say regarding Us mnnugemont.
When, however, Mrs. Coghlll Informed Mnry
Cohen thut her services were no longer needed
aud thnt she could put on her hut und go, Mia
Cohen coolly replied thnt she was tho wi'ow,
und ns Mich was lawfully entitled to tho proiv
crty. Mrs. Coghlll the elder put Itho mnttor
In tho hands of her lawyors, lloorncui, Hamilton
& Itunsom ot loo llroadwny, with Instructions
to hnvo Miss Cohen removed from the store
forthwith.
Miss Cohen hired Luwyer Abrahnm Levy to
ficht for her claim. She says sho has letters
written! by Coghlll thnt will completely prove
her claim.
niehnrdson Will Contest.
Citations were yesterday Issued on petition of
Qeorga Rlchurdson fortno probate of the first
will ot his futhcr, Joseph Richardson. This will
was executed on Oct. "0, 1804, und leaves all
his property to his son Ocorgo nnd bis daugh
ter, Doll a Graco Richardson. In tho petition
for the urobato of this will Oeorgo Richardson
fays thnt tho real estnto left by his father In
this Stato amounts to $120,000 und the value of
the personalty is unknown, hut "oicrsds
$.111,000."
Thu citations for tho probntoot this will are
leturnnblo 011 Aug, 0, tho samu date fixed for
the return of tin- citations in proceedings to
urobato tho last will, whlih wero issuod soma
lime ngo on petition of tho widow, Emma J,
ltlcliurdson. Tho last will was executed on
April "i lAt, nnd divides the property equally
among his widow, son, und daughtor. Richard
son dlod on JuneH last In his narrow house at
11210 Lexington avenue.
further Daiimsn Done by Ibe ifata Itlver.
TomiKON, Mexico, July 10. The Nazal River
is on tho rampage ns tho result ot ton days of
heavy ruins. Tho river has overflowed and
completely changed its tourso in many places,
and great damage has been dono to cotton
plantations. A bridge of the Mexican In
ternational Rnllrosd has been wanned uwuy,
and t rattle has been suspended, Ou tho Sun
Pedro braiuh ot the Mexican Central the truck
Is under water for tevornl miles. Tho south
bound express on the Mexican Central ran Into
a washout twenty lulles north ot here, and the
engtno Plunged into the stream, drowning En
glueer Y. W. Cott,
GOLDENLOCKS LICKED HIM.
BALD-HEADED COKHVMER Of BXKK-.
ERB TJtOVyOED IX FARK ROW.
Woman with a nawhlde nnd an Umbrella Wa
Lying In Walt ror Him In the Krotanmnt
Ran he Wa Once Ml Wire That Satlanod.
Rrerybody, nnd Sympathy Wa with Her.
Park row wns sorenc. It wo yesterday of tor
noon. The basoboll games hadn't begun, nnd
It was possiblo to wnlk through tho street .
without having your pockot plokod. Tho newt
boys flitted horo nnd thoro under the foet ot
pedestrians-, tho cablo cars travolled without in
terruption, and tho benighted llrooklynltcs who
were "oft" early picked tholr way toward the)
hrldgo entrance Tbo usual number of vlo
tlms of tho Blnkcr habit lurked about the door
ways of tho restaurants awaiting supper tlmo,
when they, could again throw In "threo sinker
and ono in tho dork." Park row, In fact, wa
l'ark row, and penco reigned.
Of a.- sudden a sinkor victim shot out of s
restaurant and hurried up tho strcot toward
tho bridge. Ho had proceeded three door
whon a suddenly thero shot out behind blm a .
girl with yellow hair. Ho was tall and had a
smooth faco and a bald head. He was about 00.
Sho was younger much younger. She wad
dressed In black and sho carried an umbrella
and something else. Tho something elsa wo
dono up in brown paper.
The moment the I)ark row crowd saw this
yellow-hatred! young woman scooting after the
bald-headed man Instinct told them that some
thing was up. 80 they gathered oven before
she reached htm. Thero was a feminine shriek
and tho next Instant a mix. The bald-hooded
mau Boomed to recognise the shriek. Ho
turned, nnd Just as ho did tho two arms of
tho blonde began working like a windmill, flho
usod her puckngo and hor umbrella aa clubs.
Tho brown paper wont flying at the thud stroke
ind disclosed a rowhldo.
"V-l-l-l-o-l-n," sho shrieked. "Yon broke up
my homo and stolo my husband. Your wife
another. Tako that and that and that."
Sho punctuated her remarks with cuta and
mashos. ....
"Wowl" howled the viotlm. . . it . ,.
"And that." screamed the blonde, and that"
Sho worked both hand, but sho was so close to
tho man that she couldn't do much damage.
Sho pushed htm. Ho tried to turn and flee.
Sho gavo him another, and be tumbled into
tho saloon at 31. Sho wa after blm. Soma
ono caught her whip. 8mash, bang, oamo tho
umbrella on tho bald bead. It broke In two
pieces the umbrella not tho bead,
"Let upl" howlod tho man.
"You will break up my home, will your sho
screamed. "Oh, you will. You wiU. And
every time I catch yon on Park row 111 beat
tho lifo out of you."
"Smash!" She bad honied off, and now sha
hit him in the Jaw with her right.
"Crockl" She gavo blm another with her
left.
By this time thero wa a crowd of a thou
sand about the saloon. Policemen pushed their
way In. .
''Bang! Smash!" sounded the fist again.
Tho policeman got bold of the blonde and led
her out. The bald-headed man, pale and trem
bling, said: "Give me a drink."
"Uwan," sold the bartender. "Dye t Ink
wo'ro servln' such mug as abuses ladle like
datt Qwan wld yer. Ye' cos git nnthln
here."
Tho policeman came back and took tho bald
headed man out. They shipped him in ths
opposite direction to the ono takes by the
blonde, and told him If they ever caught blm
licking another woman they'd fan blm and
lock him up.
Tho blonde wouldn't tell her name, bnt sh
said she had been married to the bald-beaded
man, and ho hod broken up her home. She
dldn t explain how it was done, bnt wanted
badly to get the name ot the man (which sha
gave) printed In the paper. She denied that
she was a yellow journalist looking for a sen
sation for Sunday, but nobody would be sur
prised to see a story headed:
"How it feels to horsewhip a man. Per
sonal experience ot a horolo staff reporter."
Mr. Kern. Who Willed Her Child. Want Her
Liberty.
Fannie W. Corn bos obtained a writ of habeas)
corpus requiring bor production before Justlco
Smyth In the Supreme Court by the authorities
ot the Matteawan Asylum for the Insane. Sh
was nrrested In 1803 for killing her child, Flor
ence, 0 rears old, and, being found insane, wot,
sent to this asylum. She escaped, and has lnc
been conducting a boarding house in this city,
She was returned to theinstitution about tw(
weeks ago. She says that she Is now sane. 1
gublie gtotittfl.
TOOST OFFICE 'NOTICE.
(Should be read DAILY.by all interested, a change!
may occur at any time.)
Foreign malls for the week ending July S4. Its?,
wui close (PKOUl'TLY In all caaea) at tbo General
Post Omco as follows:
. TKANSATLANTIC MAILS.
TUESDAY. At 7 A. M. for EUROPE, per staamshlB
Trare. via Plymouth and Bremen.
WEDNESDAY. At 7 A. It. (supplementary 9 A. xf.)
for EUROPE, perateauitolp New Yorkwta Boath-
arapton: at 0 A. M. (supplementary 10:30 A It.)
ror EUROPE, per ateanuhlp Adriatic, via Cjaren-
town (lettera must be dlrecud -per Adnatlo;
at 10 A. JI. for IIELGIC11 direct, per steamship
Ilerlln. via Antwerp (letters must be directed
' per Berlin ").
THURSDAY. At 7 A. II. for EUROPE, ser steamship
F. Bismarck, via Plymouth. Cherbourg, and
Hamburg.
SATURDAY. At 7 A. M. tor TOASCK. BWITZEB-
LVNU. ITALY, SPAIN. PORTUGAL, TURKEY.
EfiVPT. and BRITISH INDIA, per steamship La
OacoRue". via Havre (lettor for other part of
Europe mutt be directed per La Gascons "it at
8 A. it. for NETHERLANDS direct, per steamship
Bpaarndaiu, via Rotterdam (letters mutt be di
rected "per Spaarndam ") at 8 A. if. tor QENOA
direct, per ateamablp Kaiser WiUulm L (letter
mast be directed per Kaiser WUbelm I."it at V
A. JI. (supplementary 10:80 A. JL) ror EUROPE,
per ateamsbtp Auranla. via Queenatowni at 10 A.
M. ror SCOTLAND direct, per steamship Ctroassla.
via Olarow (tatters must be directed "per Ctr-
cLSla")iat 11 A. M. ror NORWAY direct, per
steamship Tblnrr alia, via ChrUlUala (letters mutt
be directed "per Thjorralla").
PRINTED MATTER, Ac. Oennan steamer tatting
en Tueadaya take Printed Hatter, to, ror Oar
many, and Specially Addressed Printed Matter,
c for other parte of Europe. American and
White Star ateamers on Wednesdays, Oermaa
steamers on Thursdays, and Cunanl, Pranoh. and
Herman steamers ou Saturdays take Printed Slav
ter. to., for all countries for which they are adver
tised to carry man.
After tbe closing ot tho Supplementary Traasatlaatle
Malls named above, additional supplementary
malls are opened on the plera of tbe American,
English, Froneh and Oerman steamara, and re
main open until within Ten Minute of the hoar
of sailing; of ateamer.
MAILS FOR bOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA.
WE8T INDIES. Jto.
TUESDAY. At 10 A. M. (supplementary 11 A. M.) for
CENTRAL AMERICA (except Costa Rica and
Guatemala) aud SOUTH PACIFIC PORTS, per
steamship Advance, via Colon (letters for Ouate-
malamust be directed "per Advance")! at 11A.
M. for PROORESO. per steamship Santo Domingo
(letters for other parte ot Mexico must be directed
" per Santo Domluro")! at II A. M. for BRAZIL
direct end LA PLATA COUNTRIES, per steamship
Coleridge, via Pernambuoo, Rahla, aud Rto d
Janeiro (lettera for North Uraill muat be directed
"per Coleridge") i at 13 P. M. for COSTA RICA.
Jer ateamer from New Orleans i at U P. U. (or
AMAICA, per steamer from Boston.
WEDNESDAY. At 1 P. M. for CUBA, per steamshls
Seruranca, via Havana.
TnURbDAY. At 11:30 A. M. for TORT ANTONIO, pe
ateamer from Phlladelphla
FR1DAY. At Sf:3U A, M. for NEWFOUNDLAND, per
atoamshlp Assyrian from Philadelphia; at 10 A. V
M. ror BRAZIL and LA t'LATA COUNTRIES, per I
ateamsbtp Salerno, via Pernambuco (tetters for
North nrarll must be directed "per Balernn"),
SATURDAY. At 10 A. M. (supplementary 10:80 A.
M.) for FORTUNE IbLAND. JAMAICA. 8AVA-
Ml.I.A, CARTIIAOENA, and OREYTOWN. per
steamship Altai; at 10 A.M. (eupplementarv 1U:H0
A, M.) fur CAPE HAITI. OONAIVE8, AUX-CAYKB.
and JACUI'.L. per ateanuhlp llolttelni at 10:30 A.
M. far CAMl'KCHK. CHIAPAS, TABASCO, and
YUCATAN, per ateamablp Orlaaba (lettera for
other parla ot Mexico and for Cuba muat be dl-
i.'c.l.'L'.'1"J'.,0..r.l"''"l n A- ' for NEW.
FOUNDLAND direct, per ateamahtp Pnrtlai at 11
a. w iML).ioiiiruirj iiiau A. JI,1 rnr VEMi,
ZUELA, CURACAO. BAVANILLA. and CARTHA
ULNA, per steamship Philadelphia; at 1 P. M. for
NORTH BRAZIL direct, per steamship Dunstan.
via Para. Maranhatn. and Ccarai at H:30 p. M. for
tr. PIKRHE-M1Q.UELON, per ateamer from North
S) duey,
Malls for Newfoundland, by rail to Halifax, and
thence by ateamer, closo at this onice dally al
8:8U P. M, Malls for Mlquelun, by rail to Boston,
and tlieuca by steamer, close at this offloe dally at
S.3U P.M. MatlsforCubarloseat thla offlcedally
at 7 mi A, JI., for forivardluf by steamers sailing
(Munilajsand Thursdaya) frum Port Tampa. Fla.
M.ill tor Mesleo Clljr, overland, unteaa specially
addrcsed for despatch by learner, close at this
ctllcx dally at 2:Uo A, M. and U.Uu P. M. I Regis
tered mall closes at nilin p. M. previous day.
TRANS I'ACIKIO MAILS.Q
Malls for China aud Japan, per steamship Victoria
(from Tnrotna), elOtte bere dally up to July lid
all). MP M. Malls for China, Japan, and Hawaii,
p,r leauuhlp Doitu (from bau i'rauclaoo), close
here daily up to July HI at O:S0 P. M. Malls for
the Society tilanJs, r sbln Cltr of Papeltl (from
ban Kraticlaoo). close here dally up to July 80 at
0 110 p, M. Malls for China and Japan (specially U
addressed only), per steamship Empress of India
(from Vaucoutar). close bare dally up to July I'JO I
at 0:30 P. 51. Malta for Australia (except Watt I
Australia), Hawaii, aud FIJI Islands, per steam- I
aklpMlonrra (from Vancouver), rloae iters dally 1
arier Julj 117 and up to Aug, 1 M (1:30 p. M. Malls T
for llanall, per steamship Australia (from han il
l-ramlv-oi. rlnoe here daily up to Aug. 4 at 6:30
p M. Mails for Australia (except those for Weal
Auairalla. m hlch are forwarded via Europe), New
Zealsud, llanall, FIJI, aud bamosu Islands, per
stcam,hlp Alameda (from Ban Francisco), cloas
herrdallyup 111 Aug 14 at 7:80 A. M., 11A.M.,
and U:U0 P M (oronarrlvalatNtw York of steam
ship Campania v, lib lirltlsh malls for Australia).
TraiPa trio malls are forwarded tu port of sailing
dally and tbe schedule of closing Is arranged on the
f .resumption of their uninterrupted overland transit.
Rriiutered mall closes at 0 P. u. previous day,
" CORNELIUS VAN COTT. PoatmastM
Kjott Offloe, New York, N. Y July !, 17.
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