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. flksfiasos of lightning. Wles stumbled alonf
f tbroutb. Lewis street can In hind until ha
t r reached th corner of Palisade arenas. '
V,' Outsid of the Union Hill police station
jj, J ' dangled a lira telophono wlro which had ben
' l mapped off by the itorm and fallen across an
i I eleetrio light wire. Tho dangling wire was
p f ,- charged with electricity nnd a coll of it laron
I SL the sidewalk. Wleso walked right Into this coll
; St. and In a moment becanio tangled up In tho lire
4 M wire.
5 Mk. tit screamed In agony and made a dash to get
S Kr free, tmt the writhing wlro twisted around his
tfc lege and body nnd ho throw himself on tho
X fil around and rolled orer and oyer In his efforts to
S, rfetrree.
v T Wlese'e shrieks alarmed tho neighborhood. A
y f j Mm. Eohlmeyer, who llres directly across tho
jj f, rtrtet, saw him walk. Into the coll, and she
iS I , added her screams to those of tho suffering man.
1 t Police Sergeant Krlegor was alarmed br the
a, s ' cries, and he ran out with soTeral patrolmen.
? K Sergeant Krlegsr found a pair of rubber glores.
J 8 Ue got a garden rako and carefully pulled tho
V. ) wires from around tho body of Wlose. The
f t latter was lying quite still in the street and an
f. odor of bnrnlng flesh camo from the body.
i v Wleso was dead whon carried Into tho station
(: , house. The wire had made red ridges on his
t C faos and head and burnod clear through bis
f KL sergeant Krieger stationed men In a cordon
it fc around the lire wlro until tho linemen arrived
if JK and out It loose. Wleso loares four ohlldron.
If w '' ' Trxnr' BVT XOT XUE ,-Er"MT-
if Ej njy Has O.dO Inebe or Bala to IU Credit
It K. Since tbe 11th.
M ft'' Members of the BL Bwlthln's Umbrella Trust
j were the only folks in this latitude who were
sj B"' happy yesterday. The black mushrooms snrang
'& r' up everywhere. Some persons had tholrown
'$ p ' umbrellas and others well, as Ham said to
$ ', Japhet on a wet day, "Where did he get It I"
Vj referring, perhaps, to Noah's gamp. It was the
1 i old story of leaden skies and Intimations of a
ijj g second Deluge.
M Y" Between 4. o'olock yesterday afternoon, when
,17 f a series of thunder showers began, and 8 o'clock
'' ' at night, 1.S0 Inches of rain fell, and at mid-
j. nUtht the fall had been 2.40 Inches. The wind,
Vi ' which had been easterly for several days, shifted
! to the quarter from which the showers came.
h "From 4 o'olock In the afternoon until mid-
I - rjlght It was either from tho northwest or north,
' edging at the last Into the northeast. Between
? ; O and 10 o'olock tho rain camo In sheets, cat-
'' , araots, and torrents, and luckless folks who had
V accumulated all tho moisture their clothes and
J' skins could hold, simply walked oalmly through
' It or stood In It and looked as forlorn as a
ft drenched roostor In a barnyard.
i -If there is any doubt In your mind that these
i leec eighteen dnys have been wet. call at tho
f Weather Bureau and ask the man In chargoto
: let you see the records. You will And that tho
a . greatest recorded rainfall for tho month of
4 July was 1 1880, when, as the offl-
etaf language says, there was a preclp-
.S ltatlon of 0.03 inches. The next best
, performance of the rain gauge In July was in
-V 1873, when 0.45 inches of rain flooded this
f neighborhood. Theso records are for the wholo
n of" July. The record with which Assistant
b Farmer Emery had to do last night Is for only
;. eighteen days of the month. lie was not officially
3 aware that any rain hod fallen here on July IS,
t St Bwlthln's day, or on tbe two dava succeed-
j, lng; nevertheless, some rain did fall on all
,';,. those days In Brooklyn. It was not much, but
. It was enough to warrant the devotees of tbe
, damp saint In declaring that there was
";; BOincr to be forty days more of it. The
V record for the fifteen days that were
, worth counting by the Weather Bureau
a shows that thero were hoary showers on July
; IS, 14, and IS, when 1.78 inches, 1.45 Inches.
:i ; and 1.00 inches of rain fell, and that since (and
il Incladlng) July 11 0.40 Inches hare fallen, with
Z three more days In the month to be heard from.
'f There was no rain before tho 11th.
V. The reason for the perslstont wetness about
f". New York may be found In the weather condl-
'., tlons In the neighborhood of the Oulf of St. Law-
& k renca and about the lake regions. A low pressure
" has been loaflng aroond Lakes Erie and On-
" - tario for several weeks. It has spread this way,
V and has extended seaward and down the const
t ' as far as Virginia. The high prossure over the
tj Bt. Lawrence has not been high enough to push
ti the clouds of low pressure away. If tho high
. would only deroloD a really altltudtnons barom
ff eter. we might soon hare some sunshine and a
jC Bemblance of summer conditions.
:. ' There was a break at midnight In the storm
& clouds In the northwest, and the stars were vtsl-
Jt ' We around masses of floating vapor, but Sir.
fi Kmery was not Inclined, with his barometer
W registering only 20.80, to say " the rain Is orer."
y That all rain records for July will be broken is a
V' Jr probability that might be bet on.
j, '. JERSEY SJTJtEJ.il 8 aWOZZElT.
ti r
; XSIHdgesi TTaatdtd Away Part er ITewark Vaaer
f - "4 jfirler Trmmc Delayeil.
Atlftklnfleld tho heavy fall of rain has swollen
& tho streams so that the low lands are entirely
Ti submerged. Green and Stony brooks, usually
j lfttla more than rivulets, are raging torrents
S now. Nearly every bridge along Stony Brook
''" baa been washed away. Tbe county bridge
t '. across Oreen Brook at Grant avenue has also
Iwen carried away.
,1 f In Newark the rainstorm has caused wlde-
s .' apread Inconvenience and considerable damage
If- , to property. At 10 o'clock last night the low-
V lying portion of the city known as " The Neck "
p . was under water to a depth of several feet. In
5 . some of the streets the water Is so deep tbas flro
t . hydrants are completely submerged, while letter
S boxes were only a fow Inches above tho water
it line. The tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad
$ ' on New Jersey Railroad avenue are under
$ s j water, and trains are running Irregularly. The
g , West Newark branch of the road is under sev
,XJ oral feet of water, and trafflo Is entirely sus-
5 ' pended.
p. , iOn the Newark and New York branch of tbe
T( ' Central Railroad trafflo is at a standstill. Tbe
fj tracks of the Lehlgn Valley Railroad at Frellng-
bjnyaen avenue have been washed nway, and no
ti , trains can run over that road. That avenue.
6 which is the main thoroughfare between New
jg ' ark and Elizabeth, is completely submerged,
P and even the trolley cars haro been obliged to
K , Bton.
IT Tbe high tide In the Passnlo River has caused
Kj the water to back up and choke the sewers.
', AtCranford the llnhway River Is rising rap-
t' Idly. At Westfleld the streets are almost lm-
fy passable.
Last evening the meadow district of Ilnboken
t? and tbe lower part of tho city wore Inundated
.; with two feet of water. Tbe tracks of tho West
.-' Bhore and Erie railroads wero completely cov-
n - ared. When the flood reached Ryan's cooperage
?f ' factory at Jackson and Ferry streets It floated
barrels and staves and sent them eallinu- In all
t; directions. It also floated timbers and barrels
fe In the yard of Da Is's Baking Powder Company
A and In Meigs's lumber yard,
t Aboltof llBhtnlng struck the trolley wires at
!. Newark and ashlngton avenues and ran along
1: for a block. Illuminating tho entire neighbor-
; hood. Thellghtnlng burned out the motor boxes
Eon Bjreral of the trolley cars of tho North Hud-
, . son Railway Company, delaying trafflo for more
'; than half an hour. Another bolt shattered the
? SagsUfton Odd Fellows' Hall In Washington
h (. and a thiril struck tho flagstall on
J., Klotcner s iron works nt Hudson avenue nnd
2 Third street, sending tho splinters flying Into
; the street.
BRxmVAT. N. J.. July 28. The heary rainfall
has raised the Rahway Jtlver many feet. The
water almost reaches tbe top of tho piers of tho
Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, nnd rushesacross
b Bridge street. Dock stroet and several other
; streets near the river. Several families have
.", tieen taken out of their dwellings on Bridge
t street, and people on Haydock street nro prepar-
)i IBS " & 9uU. Il ' reported that the dam at
' Muton Lako has given away. Great damage
i has been done.
ii TUB JIAIKVATjZ IK JXRaJST.
K
i Crepe Severely Damaaed and Many Law fields
Kullrelr aunuerged.
f ' Nrvr BitDNswicic, N. J., July 28. Reports
jij received by E. W. McGann, Dlroctor of the Now
X . Jersey Weather Bureau, from corrucpondents in
6 orery county of the State Indicate that tbe
1? damage to crops resulting from tbe long con-
-i tittued rains has been unprecedented. Corn in
H particular has suffered severely. The severo
thunderstorm which swept the 8tate on Friday
did a treat deal of damage. Hailstones as big as
S' i"8 ,'?' Many acres of corn were laid
V W Vegetables were badly cut and great
quantities of orchard fruits of all kinds wore
L ' blown from the trees.
I , A great amount of damage has been done by
( , washing and many low fields are entirely sub-
i ?!?4 fhe harvesting of oats lias been re-
?.. Kl,JB'vJll,,iJ,e'. overripe and sprouting In
f , the fields. The hoariest rainfalls for tbe week
Nf are reported In Inches as follows:
v Newark, 0.03; ,8outh Orango. 0.44; Moore-
K town,0.35:Uoycrly.0.20;LlviiiKston,0.40; Ran-
f. S'n4'8. Mout Airy, 5 OS; liightstonn.
fi SS; Cape Slay Court House, 4. lii; Toms River,
LV 4.37 ImlaystOH u, 4.20; Vlnclaml, 3.8i. '
jj lllsh Tide at (.rernporl,
lT (Qbbkhpout.L. I.. July 'JS.-The tide is running
jo b,lgbcr than an) body hero has over known It to
'Jf run before at .this time of the year. Tho water
JP Ter many docks, and an east wind is bluw.
jng up a gale. The Sheltor Island ferryboat
! broke down to-day while plowing through the
tahlftCfc0 team auncU Netun hw
T CAMPERS, STORMBOUND.
PAJtTT OF TOUXO FOT.KK mtSOlTSD
ox nuaKLEtisnnr island.
Two ef the Caapfn Are tilrls and Their Pa
rents Fear That the EipMore Will Oe Tao
Much rr Them All Cemmnnlcatlon with
he Island Cut On Slace last Monday,
Huckleberry Island, which lies In Long Island
Sound a mllo east of Now Rochello, Is inhabited
Just now by a party of seven discomfited and
stormbound campers. The henry northeaster
which has been blowing for the last two days
keeps them prisoners on the Island. Even If their
boat has not been blown away, they would not
dare put out for tho shore, and nono of tho boat
men of Now Rochello or Davids Island Is will
ing to renturo an attempt at rescue. As the
campers aro well suppltod with food, they are In
no lmmedtato danger, except from exposure
There aro two young lodios In the party, and
their parents fear the rough experience may be
too much for them. All the young peoplo llvo
In Mount Vernon.
Huckleberry Island Is a favorite camping
place for tho Inhabitants of tho towns along the
Sound, It Is a little further out than Davids
Island, and In calm weather a good swimmer
can costly swim from one Island to the othor.
Tho bay where the landings aro mado Is very
small, with rocks all about, and In rough weath
er It Is extremely dangerous to go ashore.
Tho Mount Vernon campors went to Huckle
berry Island two wcoks ago. In the party aro
Charles Bard, tho son of ox-Judgo William II.
Bard; John Nesbllt, tho son of Cashier T. F.
Nesblttof the People's Bank; Ezra Do Forrest
and Lulu Do Forrest, his sister; Christian Mor
gan, Edward Cornell, and his sister Blanche
They took with them two tents and nn ample
supply of canned goods. Ever since they have
been out It has rained, and they kept
Euttlng off their homo-coming In the
opo that thoy might bavo a few flno
days to romp In. Every day or two ono of tho
boys would row over to New Rochello and buy
bread, fresh moats, and Btich other things as tho
ontup might need. Young Cornell was thero
Monday and purchased six loaves of broad.
That night the storm camo up nnd thero has
been no communication with tho Island since.
Tuesday aftornoon Judgo Bard, who has a
summer home on City Island, about seven miles
from Huckleberry Island, began to get alarmed
tor the campers. The breakers wero rolling in
heavily In front of his place Taking his sea
glasses he looked across the Sound to lluckle
erry Island.
To him the waves over thero seemed seventy
flvo foot htah. He bocamo very much alarmed,
and posted off to Mount Vernon tho first thing
yesterday morning to find out what the news
was. Ho got no oncouragement. Mrs. Do For
rest was in a great stato of alarm. She had
been up to New Rochello the day beforo nnd
tried to get to her children, but the boatmen
wouldn't venture out on the Sound. She then
returned to Mount Vernon, and when she heard
of Judge Bard's "estimate ot tho height of tho
waves she went right back -to New Roebelle.
She offered a boatman 93 If he would go to the
Island and bring back news of tho campers.
The boatman ventured out twice, out each
time his skill was nearly swamped. Judgo
Bard, who had frightened the wits out of all
the friends and relatlvos of the campers by his
account ot the waves, followed Mrs. De Forrest
to New Rochclle. Ho offered 910 to any man
who would take him over to Hui kleberry Island.
William Volght tried to do It In a naphtha
launch, but he had to out back.
Then the Judge decided that the next best thing
to do was to get over to Davids Island. He suc
ceeded in doing so, and was enabled to see with
his glasses that one of the tents had withstood
the gale. Several of the campers were seen
walking about in the rain, apparently enjoying
themselves, and the Judge concluded to quit
worrying. Ho returned to City Island and tele
graphed to the frightened parents of tho campers
that their children were all right.
If the storm continues much lonsrer the camp
ers may have to dig clams for a living, but thoy
are sure to have plenty of fresh wnter. Mr.
Nesblttsald last night that tho canned goods
they took along ought to last another day at
least. In case of real necessity, he said, he had
no doubt a tug could be found that could land
and take tbe party off without danger.
On Sunday there was unothcr camping party
on the island. Whether or not they are still
there Is not known. Judgo Bard saw no traces
of them with his glasses. It Is not known who
they wero or where they came from.
ST. SWITULS'S 1TET BUTtlAH HAT.
i
Why Halny Jnlj is Has Always Forty Sae
eesaers. St. Swlthln, who Is made responsible for any
rain that falls within (swlthln) forty days of
July 15, the day of his funeral, which is dedi
cated to him. was Bishop of Winchester In the
ninth century. He was one of the instructors of
Alfred the Great, and accompanied that mon
arch on his pilgrimage to Rome He was also
Chancellor of England.
When he died ho ordered that his body should
be burled. outside the church, " under the feet of
the passengers and exposod to the droppings of
tho eaves from above." When the clergy tried
to move tbo body to a more honorable
tomb Inside tho church, there came on such a
storm of rain that the funeral procession had to
disperse The storm continued for forty days,
so nis entombment In the church was aban
doned, and his body was allowed to rest In the
humble grave he had chosen for himself. This
legend Is the foundation ot the belief, whose
truth the present summer thus far proves, that
a rainy St. Bwlthln's Day will have forty successors.
BAD WXATUEJt Xy SUFJFOZK COVXTT.
gammer Boarders Are Leaving tn Droves Craps
Damaged br the Italn.
RrrxRHEAD, N. Y., July 28. Summer hotel
and boarding houso keepers ot Suffolk county
have the blues to-night. The weather Is cold,
and a winter overcoat Is not burdensome. For
sixteen successive days rain has fallen here.
Yesterday and to-day a severo easterly storm
raged. The constant downpour of rain la tbe
heaviest known to the oldest Inhabitant. Board
ers are flocking back to the city from tho sum
mer resorts, and the new arrivals are fow. Each
mall brings to the gloomy hotel men notices to
cancel engagement for rooms for July and Au
gust. Crops are suffering to some extent from the
bad weather. Large fields of wheat nnd oats,
which have been cut but not thrashed, are
moulding on the ground. Potatoes are also suf
fering from tbe rot which has begun to strike
tho fields.
A WASHOUT IX JERSEY CITY.
Central Ballroad Tracks Are Voder Masses or
Sand and llock.
The heary rain last night caused a washout
on the Newark and Now York branch of tbe
Central Railroad In Jersey City. The tracks were
submerged from tho Jackson arenue station
to the Boulerard on tho west and to tbo Arling
ton arenue station on the east.
The rain washed down great masses of sand,
earth, and rocks and the cast-bound track was
blocked for several hours. Tho platform at tbe
east-bound track was lifted up by the flood ami
deposited on the track. A largo force of mon
was set to work to remove tho ddbris. They do
not expect to have tho track cleared before 7
o'clock this morning.
ItAItlTAX ItlVEIt OVERFLOWS, i
Flew Brnnawlek Daslness Mouses an tbe Water
Front Are Under Guard.
Niw Brunswick. N. J., July 28. The Raritan
River has overflowed Us banks and Is four feet
higher to-night than at high tide. The streets
along tho water front from the Albany stroot
bridge to the steamboatlandtng aro under water,
and people are on guard in tho business houses
on tbe water front. Horses bavo beon removed
from the stables on Burnot stroet, which runs
parallel with the river. Many cellars are flooded
and the frosbet has started many small boats
adrift, Tho inability of tho sewers to carry off
tbo water has caused many houses In tho vicin
ity of Drift streot to bo flooded.
The New Brunswick wrecking train was called
out to-night to repair a washout on tho Pennsyl
runla Railroad near Elizabeth. Trains are be
hind from thirty to sixty minutes.
.few Ferry rrom Statea Island to Brooklyn.
County Judgo Stephens ot Richmond county
granted a franchise yesterday for a new ferry
between Staten Island and Brooklyn, Tbe ap
plication for tho franchise was mado by tho
Brooklyn and Staten Island Ferry Company,
tho officers of which are Frank T. Brown, Presi
dent; Mead K. Stonu. Secretary and Treasurer,
and Hugh McRoberts, General Manager. All
aro residents of Staten Island, Tho tranrblso
Axes the fare at 10 cents. It was announced
that tho ferry will begin regular operations on
Saturday morning nith tho ferryboat Superior,
which will run hetween the toot ot Ariottii
Btrcct. Tompklnsville. and Thirty-ninth stroet,
Brooklyn. Trips will ho made hourly.
Hotel Illrhellru Manoaers Arrested.
Jacob Scbrleber and bis wife, managers of the
Hotel Richelieu, In Wost Twenty-fourth street,
were arrested last night by three of Chief Con
lln's men for maintaining an alleged disorderly
house The arrest was made on a warrant is
sue! by Magistrate .Foolu Tbe Schrtebers were
hailed out. '
riOE-rRKSIDEXT HOB ART AT CAMP.
Ce. TTanser Clvea Dinner la His Honor, and
the Gnn stiad Fires n Balnte.
Stats OAxr, Sea Gip.t, N. J.. July 28. Vice
President Uobart, accompanied by Major-Ucn.
Joseph W. Plumo, commnndor of the Divis
ion, N. G. N. J., and Brlg.-Gon. William J.
Sowoll. who Is commandant ot tho Second
Brlgado as well as Unltod States Senator from
New Jersey, arrived In camp this evening. Tho
distinguished rlsttors reached Sea Girt In n
special train nt 0:43 and thoy wore recelrod at
tho railroad station by tho commandant of tbe
post, Brlg.-Gcn. P. Farmor Wansor of tho First
Brigade nnd his assistant, LlouL-Col. John A.
Parker. They woro grootod nt tho "Whlto
Houso" by Gov. nnd Mrs. Griggs and the mem
bers of tho Commnndor-ln-Chlof's staff. Tho
division, brlgado and regimental officers subse
quently called nt tho Governor's cottago to pny
thelrrusprcts to tho guests. In tho meantime
tho Second Reglmont's gun detachment tired a
Balutnof nlnotcou guns as n compliment to the
VIco-Proeldcnt. ...
At brlgado hoadqunrters In tho evonlneGcn.
Wansor gavondlnnor In honor of tho visitors.
In addition to VIco-Presldont llolmrt. Major
Oon. Plumo. and Brlg.-Gons. Sowall and Wan
sor there woro present: .... ,
Gov. nnd Mrs. Griggs, tho Misses Griggs, Mrs.
Plume. Mrs. Wansor. Hrlg.-Oen. nnd Mrs. Don
nelly, Brlg.-Gon, and Mrs. Spencer, tho Misses
Spencer, Urlg.-Gon. nnd Mrs. Meaner. Brig.
Gens. Congdcn nnd MrGlll. Col. and Mrs. Bar
bour, Col. and Mrs. Potter, Col. and Mrs. KuBor,
Cols. Haines and Pholps. Capu Fornanco and
Llouts. Donovan nnd Fcrgor, bnltcd States
Army; Lieut, and Mrs. lloncll. United States
Army; UenU-Col. Parker. I.lout-Col. Myers,
Major and Mrs. Wallace, Majors McClavo and
Hopper, nnd Capt, Tuttlo.
Just beforo 10 o'clock Vice-President Hobart
left for Monmouth Roach, Ho will not return
to take part In tho colouration of Govcn.or's Day
to-morrow.
If the storm continues to-morrow It will Inter
fere with the ceromonlcB nnd parades arranged
for Governor's day. A reception to Oov. Griggs
will bo held In tho oventng nt the clubhouse of
tho Now Jersey Stato ltlflo Association.
HA8TIXQS AOAIXST JUXKETS.
The Governor Vetoes the 11111 for legislators
Expenses to the tirant Celebration.
HARnisnuito, Pa., July 28. Whon tho Legis
lature docldcd to attend tho ceremonies Inci
dental to tho dedication of tho Grant Memorial
In Now York and tho unveiling of tho Wash
ington Monument In Philadelphia It was sup
posed that the bills would bo footed as usual by
the Stato, but things aro different now. The
bills for both trips were cut down In the House,
and Gov. Hnstlngs takes a final fall oat ot them
in tho following cto to-night:
"This bill appropriates for tho purpose Indi
cated In the title tho sum of $5,000 In a single
Itom. Tho General Assembly, pursuant to Joint
resolution of thu two bodies, attended the cere
monies connected with tho unveiling of tho
monument nt the tomb of Gen. Grant at Now
York on April 27, 18117, and llko ceremonies at
tbo unveiling of the Washington Monument at
Philadelphia on May 15, 1897, and this appro
priation Is Intended to cover tbo expenses of tho
members ot the Legislature In attending such
ceremonies.
"I withhold my npprovnl from this bill be
cause I bellevo It to bo an Improper expenditure
of tbo public funds. It Is nowhore made tho
duty of tbe Legislature to attend publlo occa
sions of this kind In their otllclal capacity, how
ever worthy they may be, nnd therefore tho pay
ment of tho oxpenses out of tho public treasury
cannot bo Justified. Tho Executlro and Judi
cial departments of the State wero In attend
ance at the ceremonies, both In New York and
In Philadelphia, as was also the National Guard
of the State, nnd nil without any expense to the
Commonwealth. I sco no reason why the Legis
lative Dcpirtmont should bo made un exception.
In principle tho appropriation cannot bo de
fended, nnd although there may be legislative
Srecedent for It, it is. In my Judgment, a prcce
ent that would bo more honored in the breach
than in tho observance."
"SQUEALER" TUUSS BLACK3TAILER
A Loser at the Albany Club Trie to Extort
Money from It Iroprletor Locked Dp.
A man who reported to the police of tbo West
Thlrtioth stroet station on Monday night that
ho had lost 100 In the Albany Cluo, at 118 West
Thirty first street, playing red and black, was
locked up last night on a chargo of attempted
blackmail. Caleb Stmms, tbo reputed proprie
tor of tho club, was the complainant. The pris
oner described himself as Frank II. Nathan ot
334 West Eighteenth street. He sold he was a
broker. The arrest was made on tho strength
of tho following letter, sent to Caleb SImms at
the Albany Club last evening by the man under
arrest:
"I have seen the party that was with me on
Monday evening. Kindly oblige me with $30.
That Is making it light that Is, if you don't
want me to appear against you at tho market.
Let me havo answer by bearer.
"F. H. Nam an,"
Tho letter was sent to Slmms by Nathan from
Daly's billiard parlor nt Broadway and Thlrty
Mrst street. As soon as be read tho letter Slmms
hurried around to tho Wist Thirtieth street
station lth tho messenger. There he told Ser
geant Tims that the writer of the letter was
trying to blackmail him. Sergeant Tims
thought so. too, so he sent Policeman Schtbels
with tho messenger to arroat the writer of tho
letter. They found him at Daly's. Nathan
didn't deny writing the note Ills real name is
said to be Clark.
Caleb Siinins denied before he loft tho station
houso that gambllnu: was carried on in the Al
bany Club. Capt. Chapman says bo doesn't put
any faith In what tho colored politician Bays.
TTAQE RESTORATIOX FLAXS.
ITlndow Class Workers Representatives
Meet to Consider Tbrlr 1'ay Question.
Philadelphia, July 28. Tho Wago Commit
tee ot tho National Association ot Window
Glass Workers met nt the Bingham liouse to
day to discuss tho prospect of an advance In
wages under the Dlpglov Tariff bill. Twenty
four members were present from tbe eastern,
western, and northern districts of the United
States. Under tho Wilson bill the window glass
workers Bubmlttod to n scale of reduction In
wages ranging from 213 to 38 percent. About
7 per cent, of this was afterward restored.
Under tbo new tariff nrt the association Is hope
ful of a restoration of tho figures paid under the
operation of thoMcKlnlov bill.
Tho committee will begin tho work to-morrow
of revising tho age scale, and will probably re
main In session until Saturday. Simon Burns
of Pittsburg, President of tbe association, Is
confldent that the manufacturers will not op
pose tbe claims of the members for a restoration
of tbe former scale.
KXEE "FAXTS" MAKERS WIXXIXO.
Three Manutactnrers Have Already Yielded
The Strike Expected to End Soon,
Three manufacturers conceded tho demands
of tbe striking kneo "pants" makers yesterday,
which Include a general advance of 33 per cent,
and a ten-hour work day. The list of prices de
manded was not mado out until tbe attsrnoon.
The threo Arms aro Judge, Brook & Co., GOG
Broadway; A. Ocstrelcher of 88 Monroe street,
and L. Schneider of Monroo street. They will
advanco prices to tho contractors, who will In
turn advance them to their omployeos. Several
hundred of tho strikers will return to work to
day, nnd It Is expected that the entire Btrlke will
be settled by the end of the week. Max Pino,
tbo now leader of tho strikers, said yesterday
that tho anti-sweat Bhop luws are violated by 20
percent, of tho contractors. They employ men
and women to work, he says, on floor where
these contractors havo living rooms.
FOR A LAIIOlt 3IOXOPOLY.
Local Iron Workers Threaten ntrtkro irThey
Von't Cet AH the Work for Local Ilalldlnga.
The Iron Moulders' Conference Board, repre
senting all the unions In the Iron trades, has
sent a circular to architects, owners, and build
ors, asking them to gle contracts only to union
firms in tho Greater New York for Ironwork
for buildings in tho Greater Now York. The
circular adds that strikes will be averted It
contracts are placed with New York union
firms, so that Nov, York or Brooklyn workmen
may bo cinplojed on the Iron work. It states
that through contracts given to other cities
many ironworkcm in New York are tdlo.
BRIDGE OVER THE ST. LAWREXOE.
Phoenix llrldsn Company Will Have to Work
Mxht and Day to Do tbo Work.
PncewxviLLK, Pa., July 28. Tho contract for
a seven-span, stool bridge for the Ottawa and
New York Railroad to cross tho tuo channels of
tho St, Lawrence HIvcr.noarMontrcal, lus been
awarded to tho PliienlN Bridge Company at'a
coat of nearly $1,000,000, The contract U to
bo completed by November and tho works hero
u ill bo kept going night ami day to their fullest
capacity until that time, employing a larrjo force
of men.
Thu brl tge will bo half a mile long, nnd will
contain 7,000,000 pounds ot structural steel.
It will have tour spans, two ot 22u feet, and a
main span of 420 feet over tbe north channel,
built an the cantllerer plan, nnd a swing span
OTOX the Lachine Canal of 240 feet.
COAL MINING UNIFORMITY.
THE OPERATORS AT PITTS BUBO
COUE TO AX AOREBHEXT.
It Mow Awaits the Signature er OB Per Cent,
or Those Concerned to Become Blading
The Mine Owners Think It Will Not End
the Strike Even ir It Should Be Adopted.
Prrrsnono, July 28. The "uniformity agree
ment" for tho coal mine owners has beon pre
pared, and all that now remains Is to socuro the
signatures of 05 por cont, of tho Pittsburg dls
trlctoperators. This will bo tho chief difficulty.
If the necessary percentage is secured nobody
will bo mora surprlsod than the oporators them
solves. Thomas Young, Senator Hanna's rep
resentative, is moro hopoful ot tho situation to
night "There has been a remarkable change In the
feeling ot operators whom I thought opposed
to tho uniformity agreement," ho said. "Tho
only mon, I bellevo, who now stand In the way
nro tho river operators and those on the main
lino ot the Pennsylvania Railroad. It they will
only sign, uniformity Is assured,"
But tho mon who attondod tho meeting of the
oporators to-day Insist that the status of tho
Btrlko will not be chnnged, even It tho requisite
percentage of signatures should be obtained.
Uniformity they say is only a formation for a
Bottlomont. They assert that tho miners are
badly fooled It they think the fact that the op
erators aro willing to discuss uniformity means
that thoy aro woakonlng in their determination
not to grant tho Increaso In wages asked.
Tho operators mot this morning at 11 o'clock
for tho second day's session. Without much
dobato tbo preamble nnd tbo first flvo articles ot
tbo agreomont were adopted. Those articles
provide that payment of wages shall be mado in
cash; that a ton of coal shall wolgh 2,000
pounds; that tho minors shall bo credited with
tho full weight of coal on the wagons; that no
operator shall bo interested in a store, and that
no deductions for store accounts shall bo mado
from wages.
In tho afternoon the remaining articles were
adopted. Theso provldo that uniform prices
for mining shall bis paid, tho price to be deter
mined by a Joint convention of miners and oper
ators; that the wnge differential between thick
nnd thin vein mining shall be ascertained
by the mcmbeis of a commission to
bo created, and, if tbo commission cannot
agree, those engaged In thick and thin
rein mining shall each select a referee, the two
chosen to solectathlrd; that the standard screen
shnll bo of la-Inch mesh, tho screen not to ex
ceed In area sixty square feet; that thoso vio
lating the agreement shall pay to tho commis
sion a penalty of 10 cents a ton of coal mined.
After the agreement had been adopted Oper
ator Zerbo spoke on the strike situation. He
said the operators stood In a critical relation to
tho miners. Yet tho convention had not con
sidered tho strike for a moment. The miners'
loaders bad Induced the miners to Btrlke at an
unpropltlous tlmo, and the reflex would be
found in the nrtlon of tho leaders next winter,
when they would appeal to tho public to put
into the miners' mouths tho broad they, the
leaders, had taken out of them.
It was not low wages that made the miner
poor, but rather tho tact that mines, miners,
and operators were so plentiful that the entire
coal market could be supplied by GO per cent, ot
the mines in operation. For that reason 40 per
cent, of miners and mines must remain idle, or
to keep them going wages would bo reduced.
W. P. de Armltt wanted tho newspapers to
make It plain to the miners and the nubile that
uniformity would not settle the strike. Alex
ander Dempster showed how lost fall tbe
miners' leaders cut down tho price ot mining
to hurt Do Armltt, nnd yet, by calling a strike,
had only given tho operators two months in
which to enjoy the benetltsof the wage reduc
tion. Messrs. Do Armltt, Zerbe, Stoytler, Drsart,
and Sanford were appointed a committee to
secure signatures to the agreement, and tbo
Arbitration Commissioners, Little. Bishop, nnd
Owen, all of Ohio, nereaidod to tho committee.
The convention then adjourned, to meet at tho
call of the Committee on Signatures.
AFTER TifE DE AR3IITT MIXERS.
Bands or Strikers Marching to Persuade"
tbe Mm rrom Working.
PrrrBncno. Pa., July 28. All the country
about W. P. Do Armltt's mines is allvo with ex
citement to night. Strikers are marching across
the country to gather at the McCrca school
house, where tho big meeting will be held to
morrow. Sheriff Lowry sent out four coach
loads of deputy sheriffs, armed with rifles, to be
ready for any trouble that may occur. Do Ar
mltt's mines aro Isolated from the rest ot the
district, but from all directions, even
as far as Uftocn miles away, strikors are
on the several roads marching to tbe De Armltt
mines preceded by brass bands. Mr. De Armltt
baa an old Injunction directed against tho
miners' ottlclnls "and nil other persons." It
forbids them to gather in assemblages on tbo
property of the compiny. on the vacant lnnd
adjacent, nnd on all roads leading thereto.
iho McCrca schoolhousc Is several miles from
tho company's property, but tho injunction ran
bo stretched to cover the schoolhouse. It Is
Sheriff Lowry's intention. In rase tbe situation
looks critical to-morrow, to serve tho Injunction
on Debs, Mabon, Counahan. Morrison, and
other labor ngltators who arrivod hero to
night nnd who will speik at the meet
ing to-morrow. With about 2,000 strikers
gathered at the schoolhnuso there may be
troublo should tbo Injunction bo sorrcd. The
marching strikers will persuade the Do Armltt
miners from going to work, nnd try to Induce
them to attend tbe meeting at the schoolhouse
Do Armltt's men don't want togo to tbe meeting.
JOIT-t MEX EXPECTED TO OO OUT.
Strikers' Agitator Making Headway Among tho
Coal Miners.
Ottcmwa, la., July 28. Tno hundred men of
the Rathbono Fuel Companyat Rathbono Joined
the Forebusb men, who struck on Monday, Tho
Mystic men, 000 in number, will not go to work
In tho morning. Tno agitators from Streator,
111., Hunter and Eeenan, camo to Ottumwa last
night, having been sent here to get tho Iown men
out and Induce them to Join tho general
movement. Tbe agitators went to Centcrvillo
to-day, and began work on tbemen there Adelo
gato meeting of Centrovllle district men was
held nt that placo to-day, but action was de
ferred until Friday. Tho men In Mahaska,
Wapello, and Munroe counties are still work
ing, but tboio who belong to tho union say thoy
will Join a general strike. Tho non-union men
of tho mines at Muchiklnock and other places
say they will not quit, and that thero will be
trouble if any effort is made to Interfere with
them. Operators expect a general walkhout
among union men throughout Iowa,
SMALL GROUP OF MIXERS TTIX.
OSO Men Employed at Potion, Pa., Get Utxber
Wages and Go Back to Work.
Altoona, Pa., July 28. A group of 2B0
miners employed by tho Mitchell Company at
Patton have resuemd work, after winning their
strike. Tbo operators called the men together
nnd announced that all tholr demands, includ
ing an Increaso of wages, bad been granted.
Tho strike at Hastings Is growing more
complicated. Mlno Superintendent Nicholson
of that place was arrested to-day on warrants
sworn out by tho strikers, who charge him with
perjury, Nicholson's offence, thoy say, was
committed when be took oath that the strikors
had threatened to burn tho works. Tho minora
at Hastings say they are able to provo that
they havo been robbed of 000 cars during tho
month of Juno alone Thoy blame this on the
local bosses and havo Instituted suits to re
corer wages for digging this amount. A
meeting was called by the operators to-day at
which concessions, were promised, but not a
striker attended.
STRIKERS 1TAXT TO CONFER.
Falling That, an Extension of the Spraxuo Elo
rator Strike Is Threatened,
Several days ago the Board of Walking Dele
gates sent a committee to the works of tho
Sprngue Elerator Works at Watsesslng, N. J
to ask for a conference regarding the strike of
machinists. Mr. Spraguo, tho bead of the firm,
lBRWuy, and will & away for aomo tlmo, ana
the superintendent refused a conference,
i The tominltteo reported to tho Board or Walk
lng Delegates yesterday. Tbo board, nfter a
i?.nB.. ' UMln. Instructed tho secrotary to no
tify tho superintendent of the works that unless
e, conference was agreed to, tbe board would
take prompt action. This means that general
strikes will be ordered on behalf of tho strikers
on buildings where Spraguo elevators ore being
put up. The board will wait until the end of
tbe week before taking action.
Miner Get a nalse or lo Cents In Kentucky.
MiDDLMnononan. Ky July 28.-The coal op
erators in tho Ml Idlesborough district to-day
voluntarily i are tholr men a raise of 10 cents it
I on. 1 hoy s) y they nro willing to divide profits
with the inoi ,
Llxhtnli a- tilt a Tree In Central Park.
A thundeibolt hit a big willow tree standing a
few feet southwest of tbe art museum In Cen
tral Park during ytsteruay' storm, knocking it
over. It t ell across a footpath. Mocking It. Bev
eral trees ni Mown down.
arm? fhzzippixes was.
Spain t last Rear That It I Waging Mere
Fiercely than Kvr.
Kfxefal Cast Dtipaleh la Tim suit.
Madiud, July 28. Mall advices from the
Philippine Island show that tho Insurrection
thore, Instead ot bolng about quelled, as tho
official despatohos assort, Is stronger than ever.
Tho battlo at Puray, which look placo on Juno
10, as wns cabled to TnB SON, turns out to havo
beon most disastrous to the Spanish arms. Tho
insurgents, who numbered 4,000 mon, under
tho commnnds of Chiefs IJanora and Emtllo
Agulnaldo, almost annihilated onoot tho two
Spanish columns operating ngatnst them.
The Spaniards woro commanded by Captain
General l'rlmo do Rivera and Gen. DuJIolo.
Their losses woro four officers and fifty men
killed nnd olghty woulidcd, while many wero
captured by tho lnsurgonts.
Far from being subdtiod, as has been officially
cabled from Manila, Agulnnldo Is triumphant
at Slbul, where ho is at the head of 6,000 men.
WEARY OF THE LONO WAR.
neatarknble Criticisms or Spain and ITeyler In
a Havana Newspaper,
Havana, July 24. A remnrkablo editorial Is
printed In In Lticha under tho hoad, "Tho War
In Cuba." I am informed that it was Inspired
by tho hitherto most uncompromising oloments
of tbo Spanish party. As far as tho press In
Cuba is allowed to express Us rlows, tho editorial
condemns Gen. Weylor's policy and methods of
warfare and echoos tho gcncrnl cry forpoaco
which nil tho Spaniards hero nro raising. The
concluding paragraphs of this editorial say:
"Tho ovll In Cuba Is and has always been that
tho direction ot colonial affairs Is In Madrid, and
that more caro Is given to tho personal interests
of tbe Spanish politicians than to tho welfare
and Interests of this country. Such has been tho
real cause of tho revolution, and tho responsi
bility for it rests upon all the Governments that,
since tho restoration to poncr of tho Bourbon
family, havo ruled Spain.
"Tho mild methods of Gen. Mnrtlnoz Campos
disgusted thoso Madrid politicians who de
manded from him blood. Are. nnd extermination
In his dealings with tho Cubans. Now tbey
think otherwise Gen. Martinez Campos
policy was followed by other methods, thoso
which tho Spanish politicians desired. Itnp-
fcared wise to let Martinez Campos carry out
lis plans to their conclusion, but he wns recalled
In the midst of his work. Tho policy was
changed. Blood, Are. and oxtermlnntton camo,
without better results. Havo tho Madrid poli
ticians now any reason to complain t
"Thus they trifle in Spain with the most
sacred things, from the pntriot's point of vlow.
Thus we have to suffer through their fault, and
through their failure after failure So public
sentiment In this country has been debaucliod,
nnd It has become necessary togo to the lowest
classes to find noble nnd Just feelings."
Tho same nowspaper has great doubts that
tho Cubans in arms will accept homo rule, but It
says that home rulo "or anything clso that will
bring peace will bo welcomed by olL"
BPAIX WOX'T PAY.
Canera I Said to Deelare That Moot Ameri
can Claims Are L'njust.
Havama. via Key West, July 28. According
to a despatch received from Madrid. BeBor
Canoras has declared that no attention will be
paid by Spain to most of tho claims ot American
citizens In Cuba, backed by tbe Ameiican Ad
ministration, ns they are unreasonable and false.
Gen. Rlus Rivera has been transported from
tho hospital ot San Ambroslo to tho Cabana
fortress again.
Tho Spanish police In navana. In addition to
tho discovery of a large supply of ammunition
Bent from Key West to tho Insurgents via Ha
vana in cans of condensed milk, has seized sor
eral pieces of lumber which came on tho Amer
ican steamer Scguranca of tho Ward line, and
which are said to hao contained munitions of
war.
Tho war is going on fiercely In nil tho prov
inces. At ltucnalstti plantation In Puerto Prin
cipe proilnco, the Insurgents, under Gen. Lopez
Rccio, had a hard llirbt with the Spanish bat
talion Cazadorcs do Cuba, htch, after several
hours, ended in it Cuban victory.
Another brisk engagement took place at San
Ramon plantation, in tho samo province. Tho
Spanish guerrilla of Camaguuy was defeated,
loavlng on tho Held twelve klllod and nlnetoen
wounded.
A largo number ot cnttlo havo been captured
by tho Insurgents, near Sanctl Spirltus, from
the Spanish battalion of Puerto Rico.
Ignacio Plzarro. ex-Major of tho town of
Madrugn, In Havana province, has beon re
leased. Ho was Imprisoned nnd prosecuted for
aiding tho revolution.
In Santa Clara province Gov. Naronjo Is com
pelling tho paclllcos concentrated in tho town
to pave tho streets and perform other labor for
tho municipality without payment. Those who
protest are pui.ishcd as slaves.
EXD OF A ROMAXTIO COURTSHIP.
The Third Attempt or Art-hie Iiotrman and
Minnie Brlmer to Elope Prove Surrmrul.
PouonKEEraiE, July 28. Tho romantic court,
ship of Miss MInnio Rolmcr, tbe 10-year-old
daughter of Adolph Retmer, the wealthy pro
moter of Dover Plains, by Archlo Hoffman, the
young bank clerk of the same rlllnge, onded
yesterday with tholr elopement and marriage
by the Rev. Mr. Burnett, a Baptist minister nt
Lithgow. Twice beforo Miss Relmer and Mr.
Hoffman hod tried to elope, and each time tbo
father ot tbobrldo by his vlgllanco nipped tho
scheme In tbo bud.
Tho first elopement planned was on May 29.
when Miss Rolmcr had arranged to moot her
affianced at tbe Dover Plains Hotel, wbero a
minister from Amenla was to unite them In
marriage Hoffman had engaged a team of
swift horses to carry away his bride, but ho was
late In his arrival at the hotel, and tho father ot
the girl, hearing of the nrrangement. went hur
riedly to the hotel and took his daughter home.
The second attempt wns mado on July 10.
Miss Relmer bad her clothes done up In a bun
dle and hlddon under her bed, and only awaited a
favorablo moment to hurry away from her
parents' houso to Join hor lover, when again her
desire was thwarted by tho accidental discovery
of tho bundle by her mother. A scene followed,
which emlod with the command by Mr. Itclmor
to his daughter to go to bed. Mrs. Relmer
was orercomo by the excltoment, and bo
camo hysterical. Her condition grew so
bad that bur husband took her to New
York for treatment, and during his ab
sence left Deputy Sheriff Frank Fcnn of Dovor
In chargo of trio premises. The officer is a large,
good-natured man, and his duty was to sit on
tho front piazza, with a largo palm leaf fan to
keep himself cool, and watch to see that Miss
Rolmar did not elope. Miss Minnie was deter
mined lo meet her lover, and when the privilege
of her homo was denied to hi in sho Insisted on
sitting on a mnrble horse block In front of the
bouse with him.
The end ot this Interesting situation camo
yesterday, whon Miss Minnie Itclnier left home,
ostensibly to go riding with a lady friend. Archie
Hoffman hired a lively team, and, accompanied
by William Applobeens driver, met tho ladies
on tho Chestnut Ridge road west of Dover
Plains. Miss Relmer got Into the carriage with
Hoffman, anil Applobeo drove tbem rapidly to
Lithgow, At Lithgow they stopped nt tbo home
of tbe Rer. Mr. Cooper, pastor of tho Methodist
Church, and asked him to perform the cere
mony, but bo, not being a regularly ordained
minister, could not comply with their request.
Happily lie had a Baptist brother, the Rev, Mr,
Burnett, visiting him, nnd he volunteered to
marry them. The n itnosses wero Miss Rclmer's
lady friend and the driver.
After tho ceremony tho couple drove to Mill
brook, n tashlouablo summer resort not far from
Dover Plains. There thoy nto their wedding
supper at Gemmlll's Hotel. Later In tbe even
ing thoy roturnod to Dover Plains. Hoffman
was at his desk In tbe Dover Plains bank at the
usual hour this morning.
HISS QEXEYIEYE DALY DROWXED.
Daughter or Michael T. Daly Loir Her 14o
VTlillo Bathing at York Beach.
Portsmouth, N. H.. July 28. Miss Gcneriero
Daly, the 10-year-old daughter ot Michael T.
Daly, formerly Commissioner of Public Works In
Now York, wus drowned at York Beach yester
day. The young woman, In company with ber sis
ter, Miss Emilia Daly, Mies Ella Ranny, and her
brother Cecil, went In bathing shortly after noon.
Miss Daly ronturcd out further than tho rest of
tbo party and was caught In tbe strong under
tow, ami beforo aid could reach hor was drowned
In sight of her friends.
Cecil Daly made an attempt to eavo his sister,
and nearly lost bis llfo In to doing. He snam
out to save her, but became exhausted. Two
young men, Samuel llowdeu and Herman Shat
tuck, put oft In a dory from thu bench and suc
ceeded In reaching both Miss Daly and her
brother, but when thoy got ashore .Miss Daly
could not bo ruWvod. although two doctors
worked on her for two hours.
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SUICIDE OR ACCIDEXTT
Toons' Kdward Mitchell or Flushing B9MU
Himself Dead.
Flusitrxa, L. L, July 28. Edward A. Mitchell,
23 years old, vras found dead In the bathroom
of his father's houso shortly after noon to-day
under circumstances which Justify the theory
of suicide. There was a bullet wound in bis
breast Just abovo the heart, and a 38
calibro revolver vrlth ono chamber empty lay by
his side Ills mother and her daughter Bessie
are at Willlamstown, Mass., and a younger son,
James Mitchell, Is on tho cruise with tho Naval
Reserves. Edward was apparently in tho best
of Bplrlts when he went to tho railroad station
this morning with hts father, Ernest Mitchell,
who Is envnged In the wholesale dry goods busi
ness at 74 Leonard street. New York.
The bervants say that after his father boarded
the train young Mltcholl returned home and at
10 o'clock went to his room. About 12:30 Nora
Dillon, a maid servant) entered the bathroom.
Sho found young Mitchell lying on the floor,
dead, lly bis side was a revolver with ono
chamber discharged. Over tho heart was a
bullet bole. The weaDon had been held so close
to thu body that the shirt and undershirt were
scorched. Both arms were outstretched and ono
of tho legs was doubled under the body.
Young Mitchell was n graduate or Berkeley
Propiratory School ot Now York In the class of
'111. Ho also finished the course at Columbia
College and had taken up the study of medicine.
Ho was a member of the Nereus Boat Club and
Flushing Athletic Club. To all appearances he
had no difficulty that might have promtited him
to tako his life. John K. B. MItrhell, a cousin,
says It is his opinion that tho pistol was acci
dentally discharged while Edward was engaged
In cleaning iL
EX-COXVICT ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Ka Cse for nil Living. Ho Say Didn't Bart
ntmsetr Much lt Go.
Frank Curran, an ex-convict, 27 years old,
after getting a glass of seltxer In Patrick
Hogan's saloon, at 1456 Second avenue, yester
day, went Into a rear room and fired two shots
from a 22-callbre revolver Into his mouth. lie
was removed to tho Presbyterian Hospital,
whero tho bullets wero extractod. As his in
juries wero not serious ho was taken to tho East
Sixty-seventh stroet station house, where bo
told CapU Grant that ho camo from Sing Sing
Prison n few days ago, after serving two and a
half oars for attempted burglary. lie said he
had no home. ... ...
" Why did you try to kill yourself I asked tho
Captain. ,
"There is no use of me living." be answered,
"lam only an ex-convict, and what can such a
person dot I have no home; no friends. No
one would trust me. and I don't care what be
comes of me. I havo been in prison for the lost
time."
"'ou are In a fair way to go back," the Cap
tain said. ......
" I'll never go back. What s tho use of me
living f If you were In tho hard luck I am you
would probably do tbe samo."
Ho was taken to tho Yorkvllle Police Court
and arraigned on a charge of attempted suicide.
He told Magistrate Hedges that he did not know
what ho was doing at tbo tlmo he fired the shots,
and was discharged.
SUICIDE AFTER MAItJlIAQE.
Drtde and Bridegroom or a CTeek Take Hot
phlne to End Their ZJves.
Houston, Tex., July 28. Jules Bunnell and
Miss Ella Lu Williamson were married at
San Marcos last week and went to Galveston,
whore Bunnell thought ho could get work. He
failed to find It, and the young couple
cams here. They were found yesterday In
their rooms at tho Hutchlns House, near
ly dead from tbe effects of morphine
taken with suicidal Intent, Heroio measures
were nt onco adopted, and It seomed for a time
that their lives would be saved, but Bunnell
died this morning at the electric power house,
where he had been taken to try tho effect ot a
strong current of electricity. A strong storage
battery was used on Mrs. Bunnell, and for
twenty hours she was kept alive, but shortly
after noon to-day she died,
Bunnell was a photographer and was without
work, but told a cousin that ho would havo a
Job as soon as ho could get to Waco.
A DOCTOR KILLS HIMSELF.
Be Took Potion Because Ills Wire Persisted la
Riding the Bicycle.
Kansas Crrr, Mo.. July 28. Because hts wife
persisted in riding a bicycle in spite of his objec
tions, Dr, J. D. Porter, a prominent physician,
head of the Physicians' Supply Company, com
mitted suicide In his offlco this morning by tak
ing morphine, strychnine, and hydrate of chloral,
and Inhaling Illuminating gas. Dr. Porter was
apparently as happy and contented as any man
in Kansas City until Mrs. Porter bought a bi
cycle not long ago. The doctor was not in sym
pathy with her riding It, because be did not
think It womnnly. but she wns delighted and
would not give up the wheel.
Soon the doctor showed signs of despondency.
He ate dinner last evening and went dlreot to
tho store and began taking potion. He was
found dying when they opened the store. Mrs.
Porter is prostrated with grief. She Is a daugh
ter of a Mr. Blnndy of Zanesvllle, O,. proprietor
ot largo machine shops there. "
GUARDED THE SUICIDE'S BODY.
Carlo VTatrhrd Beside Ills Bead Master' Chair
L'ntll a Policeman Drove Ulna Away.
John Mack, a saloon keeper at Metropolitan
avenuo and Humboldt street, Williamsburg,
committed suicide early yesterday morning by
inhaling illuminating gas. On Tuesday night
Muck ullowed his bartender, Philip Volhardt,
to leave several hours earlier than usual. Mack
closed bts place at 1 o'clock. --
Four hours later when Volhardt opened tho
saloon ho found Mack dead in a chair. The end
of a rubber tube, which was attached to a gas
burner, was In his mouth. A pet dog named
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Carlo was besldo the dead man's chair. The dog A
growled ssvngoly when anybody aoproached tjfl
tbo chair. Ho remained on guard until a police-
man prodded him several times with bis dub, B
Thon the dog slunk into the street. !
TOOK FOISOX FOR SPITE I
Mr. Fortane Wanted to Frighten Her Bfetheii H
but ltllled Herel H
Tnuti Haute. Ind., July 28. Mrs. Myrtle Wm
Sparks Fortune, a bride of a few months, died fl
to-day from arsenical poisoning, selt-admlnl- hfl
tered, although not with suicidal Intent. She
wallowed a preparation which she used In de- fl
veloplng negatives of photographs, to aggro- B
vate her mother, who had scolded her for spend- IB
lng money too freely. Her stepfather, whose tH
dc.ith. less than a year ago. caused nowspaper IH
publicity, left her S2.000 life Insurance. It was M
this money she had been spending. She took the IjM
poison yesterday afternoon, and at supper time &
told her husband what she had done. Soon W
afterward she became very 111, and physicians !
were with her for tbe next fifteen hours. Sho m
said sho did not Intend to kill herself. M
ALICE BARRETT'S SUICIDE M
OOOO Belonsins to tbo Firm tor nkleta IX
TVorkrO la Mlnlnv. 19
Bostox, July 28. The Fire Marshal has been 9
Investigating tho fire that occurred tn the offlos fS
where Alice Barrett killed herself. One lm- IwS
portant fact that came out to-day was that $200 rjB
of tbe Arm's money left with Miss Barrett on EH
Saturday Is missing. What she did with the fl
money has not been ascertained. Mrs. Barrett, H
tbe mother of the dead girl, has broken her FU
silence nnd has told the Flro Marshal the name IS
of tbe person to whom Miss Barrett loaned the I
$800 mentioned in her last letter. But he Is
pledged to secrecy In tbe matter at present. He I
says that It throws light on the mystery. Miss lm
Barrett mado a will on last Wednesday. M
Brnsttst LonU C Wedel a Suicide. I fl
Druggist Louis C Wedel. 63 years old, whs IS
lived with his slater, lizzie, orer his store al ;
1030 Fulton street, Brooklyn, committed sui- yM
clde by shooting himself In the right temple In VM
his room yesterday afternoon. The druggist ls
died an hour later. lie left a letter to his sister JQ
as follows: Uf
Dub Ltzziz: I oonld not do otherwise. May your HJ
dsys yet tie happy. LonU, b a good boy.
L. C. Wedzz.
The Louis referred to was the druggist's H
nephew. Wedel was a widower, and bad been
ill for some time. Mr. Wedel had been In the HB
drug business in Brooklyn over thirty yean. fll
Killed HtBueir to Saeapo Arrest.
Jean Malaussanne, a laundryman, of 228 HJ
West Twenty-seventh street, got drunk Tues- H
day night and beat his eight-year-old daughter. Hi
His wife ran out for tho police. When Malau- Hj
sanne beard them coming back with ber h ,
locked the door. As the policemen burst It In
be shot himself. He died almost Immediately.
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Triett Suicide with Paris Oreen.
Mrs. Anna Kruger, 30 years old. left her bus- ''
band four days ago after a quarrel. She rented ,'
a room as 364 West Thirty-fifth street. Last ri
night she was found unconscious from the
effects of Paris green. She was removed to
Hoosevelt Hospital, where It was said she would C
not recover.
DRAFTS OX THE CITY'S PURSE fM i
PnhUe Bath Provided For Objection to Prt- j..
Tate Purchase ore C. X. T. Site. h
CoL A. P. Ketchum. Chairman of the Board of
Trustee of tho College of the City of New York,
asked the Board of Estimate yesterday to pur- fi
chase forty-one lots bounded by 139th and 140th ;
streets, Amsterdam avenue, and St. Nicholas ft;
terrace a a part of tbe site for the new college f
buildings. Tbe estimated cost of tho property, I
he esid, was $350,000. ff
Comptroller Fitch objectod to the purchase on K
the ground that the land would have to be yjb
acquired through a title guarantee company, ,J
which holds an option on nearly all the property t Kfl
also because J. O. Butler, who had been em-
ployed to negotiate the purchase, owned four II
of the lots, for which he refused to take less
than $40,000. Mr. Fitch said that if taken by
condemnation proceedings the property, be was
sure, would cost not more than $300,000. It
was finally decided to lay the matter orer until
Mayor Strong gets back from nichfleld Springs
Oon. Collis was empowerod to employ a corps
of paving Inspectors, who shall have charge of
the repavlngof all streets In the city after Aug.L.
" To prepare for election," said Comptroller
Fitch.
Gen. Collls's plans for a new publlo bathhouse
In tho small park which Is to be established In
lttvlngton street were approved. The bath will
cost about $70,000.
Oon. Collis also presented plans and estimates
for tbo repavlng with asphalt of Central Park
West and Eighth nvonue from Kilty-ninth street
to l&Oth. Tho cost, ho said, would be about
$317,000, The matter was laid over.
Bonds to the amount of $1,210,000 were au
thorized for the building of new schools, the
alteration nnd enlargement of old schools, and
the purchase of now school sites. It was aUo
decided to Issue 1185,000 of bonds for tbe im
provement of St. John's Park; $175,000 for the
acquirement ot nrivate property for the south
ern approach of the nw Third avenue bridge
across the Harlem Illvcr, nnd $100,000 for dim
axes done In changing the grade of a number 1
of streets In tho Annexed District. n
Volunteer Army Nuisance" Complained or. I
Police Captain Chapman of the West Thirtieth 1
street station received a letter a few da) hko ft
from a resident of West Thirty-fifth street coin if
Ilatnlngof tho "Volunteer Army nuisance' nt li
(roadway and Tblrty-flfth street. Tbe Vol un-
teers hold nightly services at the locality named.
Chapman says he Is powerless to stop them, as
tbe Mayor has given them a permit to hold thslf
meetings.
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