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f TTf,tfi ssanssasssssassssssassssssasaMsaaajs:
i ' "(MfBLtNG ATBOWEUY BAY
I' ji'ir xirjfj bvbe-tuixo oames jivx
BMOOTJILV OX SVXBAY.
a Jtiwtowa Pollen Construction of Iho Un-
jaoeoniaodatlna; Cappers Jolly Iho Visitors
4w"k the Pollen IX not Interrrre ffra-ro
Tarsjeta tor naseWalla lo Out on a Hlrllie.
M Boins laws U niado for Bams people anil some
foe other people. Others Is made for fow, and
still otters for the many. Wo tako It to bo our
.duty (o enforce suoh laws os aro turned orer to
, nj and to leave tho rest to othors. Such laws as
tack complainants to make them properly
capable of being regularly enforced wo are
obliged to pass over for other laws."
This, Is tho lucid and dlptomatlo answer of
fjapt. Corrlgan of the Bowery Bay police to the
,. question:
ijT "Captain, what Is your opinion of the Raines
ff , kT lanr
M fc Under these circumstances It Is easy to under-
Jt ;,3 stand, .why the sandwich Is not a part of the
3 . Bd'nday decorations of the beer halls of North
"i .Jleaoh. So liquid Joy at least was unconflned
V yesterday. With one most unpleasant exception
the amusements of the crowd and tho crowd's
i way of partaking of those amusements were
,fi harmless and mirth provoking. The excep-
& tfon was the perniciously active presenoo of
& six or sight gentlemen with smooth tongues
ft t and deft fingers who Invited the visitors to par-
if ' tlclpateln games of the "I-wtn-and-you-lose, or
if f you-loso-and-1-wln " sort. These folks had In
jJ Jcpsratlon In one place a common or country fair
;Vf 'sweat board, two slot machines at fifty cents
ff and one dollar a drop, with jack-pot attach-
& nts,'and a ball and cone outfit. The man
v In charge of this last came was an open-
faced fellow .with a crumpled slouch hat and
U a good-natured voice, no was assisted by an
ij Indefatigable army of accomplices, headed by
e one "Beadloe," fraternally so called. The ao-
K '-'ebtnpUces herded around the board with eyes
' jjlRUrintr with carefully-prepared excitement,
j, as 'they won their employer's money. They
,'y promptly but surreptitiously passed It back to
i "Beadles," who promptly returned It, likewise
i surreptitiously, to the hands of tho "Boss," or
I open-laced man who ran the ganie.
. Though not uncommon at New England fairs,
tt tho came Is less familiar to New York crowds
K than most of those In use near the beach, and
Sf . ,tnuoh simpler. From a miniature gallows above
V the table hangs a bull as big as a lame orange.
The Boss" takes a wooden cone three Inches
S? &lgh and an lnoh across the base and sets It In
Ki the middle of the table. He then announces that
K any gentleman who will so swing the ball across
LW .tho board that, in returning, wlllknock over the
t-ii cone, will win $3 for every SO cents be places on
tf tho board.
. 1 ,.Ut doesn't cost you anything to try," was his
'J . cry, " not a cent, You can do Ft for fun or do it
ff- 'for money, It's all tho same to me. Do It for funt
t' practise all you like. Or put up a half and I'll
.put up 82 every time."
r, .The folks who tried It for tun were almost unl-
:, fprmiy successful. So were the cappers. But
ii the Innocents tried in vain to Btrlke the cane
after they bad risked a coin on their success.
L X0U 'ul1 do "" thebo&swouldcry, "if you
X could only keep your nerve. Keep your nerve
3 and it costs me $2; lose your nervo and It costs
'3 Vou a half. Step up, young man, and try it, for
F tun or mooey. as you like."
? The most persistent capper was a short, young
- 'man, with clean-cut features, sandy bnlr, and a
ft , contagious air of suppressed excitement, He
;i wore a blue string tie, dotted with white, and a
--; light brown suit. When he opened his coat he
i; disclosed a pair of green suspenders. His pat-
'.' ' ent leather shoes shone dimly through the dust
' that accumulated on them as he trotted from
one game to another. For ho was a " cap
I per for all four. At each pluce, liefore
l He laid down his money, his eye sought the
)i ' eye of the man running the game, who in turn
fy tnade a slight motion of recognition. The peou
j" llarlty of this young man's "capping" was that
V be always won and never cashed in to Beadles
5, or any one else. Lato in the evening, as his actlv-
e Ity continued undiminished, the folks who ran
S the games seemed to grow Impatient and angry.
x But they still continued to let him win and he
i still continued to placo his money, though Bea-
-, dies told him more than onoe there was " no use
j making a hog of himself just because he had
1 met a few liberal people."
a The Bowery Bsy police do not Interfere with
-; gamblers. One of them was asked why.
2 "The suckers they .cat on," he said senten
T tlously, " had better lose their money that way
T than to get into worse trouble with it."
': t Another said: "They ain't on the company's
A. sraunds any way." The " company" referred to
,- Is' tho North Beach Improvement Company.
The police are not hired, by the company
, 'but by the town of Newtown. There le
it . tu visible line between the pavilions.
;-f '-'carrousels, beer halls, and rifle ranges which
i; am on the company's ground and thoso which
';: are not. 'There is no difference In the quality of
'r the ebowa The only way In wblch a stranger
y can find the boundary of the company's prop-
H erty Is by observing the limits of police activity.
ft Several of the places where a week ago negroee
ij ,oIered their-beads as targets for baseoalls
Itorledbythe visitors were doing a small bust-
ZV peas yesterday. The proprietors had substl-
i iuted wooden beads for the human targets. The
r Cearoee had struck for an Increase of pay after
, their popularity or that Sunday. Most of them
i bad been dispensed with.
V 'OKEEXEBa BULE AT COXEY laLAXD.
& tttiey Stemed the Trailer Can and red a Oie
ii First Sundar Crowd era Slonth.
f For the first Sunday In a month the yourg
4' man and. his best girl had a chance yesterday
& to disport themselves at Coney Island without
f taking an involuntary bath from tho weeping
j heavens instead of disporting themselves in the
jr eurf and baking their faces in the sunshine.
ff Tho rain had been 9omlng so steadily day after
vf!, , day! and the cold winds had been sweeping the
v'j resort with such regularity that the wiener-
7J, runt man was pining away for want of
g patrons, and the gloom about the place was
blacker than the clouds above. Hence, when the
',' bus roso yesterday morning with no mist to
fi dim Its warmth, and brightness, the sausogo
f pian, tho peanuCvender, tho balloon seller, and
.' tho rest of therreat professional army which
! makesjita living at Coney Island prepared for
I a! day's bis business.
for wero they disappointed. Tho crowds
Z poured in unceasingly untllong after nightfall.
' Next' to those of Fourth of July nnd the day
j following, It was tho biggest crowd of tho season.
j. Bhirt Waists and craslCsults bloomed by the
.1 thousand and the fakirs were happy.
3. i iTho fakirs, however, were not tho only crea-
ji ' tares to welcome back tho multitude. Thcro
V were at leant four hundred million mosquitoes
X- on' hand to areet the merrymakers, ana they
i, -bad come lu the Interim of ilulnevn as a result
of the rain. A skirmish line nan established
just above .Ilajfh Beach, and as the unsuspect-
lng mortals round In on the trolley cars, the
f. im3T ell upon them. Then came a fight which
fi resulted in the loss of many tempers and much
i tlood.to the occupants of thu enrs and pro
A Bumably .of some lived to the mosquitoes.
fi , A man unacqunln ed with the habits of Long
i Island mosquitoes after a twenty days' rain
s -would have been justified in believing that
!'. there was an Immense insane asylum at Conej
V Island to which maniacs were Doing taken in
Z. carloads. There was such a wa Ing of bandker
.; chiefs and slapping of nucks and ears as to lead
5 without quojtfou to some such conclusion.
R After the tourist landed In the Island proper
- It was almost as bad. Battalions of the peaky
,, , iusocts hovered nbout tho piers of the Iron
L i Bteanjboat Company so that no ono oscupod.
, Thoy vera in nil the concert halls and rcsuui
f rants, and Iho gravity railroad nnd the shoot
6 ; the chutes did a laud-offlco businoss, for whllo
i. .indulging In thoso pleasures one was safe from
if the nl&gue.
, Tho proprlotor'of a stand on the Bowery who
I else their skill with a baseball at tho expeiu-e of
a dummy Ethiopian and 6 cents for each three
I, , hOU had evidently been renClng the nuns-
V "papers since the ruins began, lie had placed on
I the bieast of his dummy a card bearing those
Si word: .'This Is St. Swithlu. Souk him."
j Many followed tho advice given, but it Is not
5 In evidence that their enmity toward tho a.
; leged caune of the wet weather increased the
; ' accurucy of their aim,
V. ' Late In the afternoon when the crowds com-
f jneneed to eo home there was the usual rush for
"S e"","'"! boats. 'Ihero wero no -xal ftal-
I 'illMi Vu.' onoJareS woman was squeezed until
A j'fhe fainted Bho had an exaggerated idea of
-.her pwn activity, and thereby came to" grief.
k , IPWr J,!'.h "0IP8 bP othor persons, she en
f -SoVV board nSIarcy avenue trolley oar
M8ur.1f,venu ,whU8 li. was ,n motion Hho
j H'1 U,U BlrloV7 ono "" and " red balloon
i '8J., i.AU,er' ,V'e taf kent Pishing slowly
$$mgbFll'i f"6.1!1'"? mo,b' OIul th0 largo woinaK
I being close to the tracks, attempted to boird
-the car. ybo wus on tho roup side, but ns tho
?5 "i".01""!' bUu wabbeil tho lon- bur sup-
posedly for. the purpose of keeping pooplo off,
and gavo a hoarc.
'. J& mi??!11 Vf mnd h.cr f1"'0 a Bnvo nd ho
i. robo majestlcallj . her head under tho bar. Iho
i 'result was partial suffocation for her.
I 'Liir0"' K nm choiring," eho jclle.1 us tho red
i A.ballo.went upln tho uir. Hho tried toIcYtrl-
J cdta-herself, but tho crowd bold, dler kept
5 hoving her tighter and tighter In between tfio
t ffifliM1"1, tb," Pkuro was rolieved. Then
f Ih 'dfIow,1Jr 1 "i? Brouml, red I., tho face
."A eafP'on for brcolh. A limn led her to one
' l& miS "Vi ,,0Ucr,,.'l n.b1,1- I'll soon 'recov
ered sufficiently to find a chair t table.
. ina,' she said to tho little ulrl. "e ill not
', borne go .until do blase l.s embdled'owtd " DOt
- .Mi0 E10! th! WM ,l" sitting at the table
. and uj had bo far recovered as to havo nui
?' eaasad another red baUoon. ; vm
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BiBBOirxar coirnuza xir xoaoooo.
A riea for tke Boteatloa of Coasnl-Onorat
tlarko at Tansier,
ALtiANT, Aug. 1. State Treasurer Addison B.
Colvin recently received an Interesting letter
from A. B. de Ouervllle seeking the State Treas
urer's Influence In having Consul-Oeneral Burke
at Tanglor, Morocco, reappointed, M. de Ouer
vlllo married a niece of Mr. Colvin In New York
city last Christmas week, and they have been
travelling since, spending some time at Tangier
and other Moorish cities. To those not familiar
with the reasons why this Government found It
necessary a few weeks ago to have our naval
vessels visit Moorish porta, with a view of show
ing our Importance and strength as a nation,
Mr. de Quervllle's letter Is In the nature of a
revelation. lie says:
"Patrlotlo as you are, you are undoubtedly
anxious that our flag bo respected wberover It
has been raised, no matter whether It is In n
small or a large country. Unfortunately enough
wo gained a very bad reputation as a nation In
Morocco through the dishonest dealings of Con
suls Qoneral who preceded Mr. Burke.
"Morocco, like all countries where wo have
Consular Courts, Is In many ways much more
Important as far as representation goes than
even England, France, or Oermany. In the
last-named countries the Consul-Oeneral Is,
after all, but an official commercial agent, and
any good business man can till the place. In
semfclvlllted countries, however, the Consul is
often 'dlplomatlo agont,' and always a 'Judge,'
who must decide allthe questions coming before
the Consular Court. It Is neceisary that the man
should have, not only the knowledge of our
Jaws, but also be acquainted with international
aws and the laws of the country to which he Is
accredited. In order to act fairly be must also
understand the people among whom he is living.
All this cannot bo learned in one day, and all
persons acquainted with such countries know
how much we hurt our Interests abroad by con
tinually changing our Consuls.
"For several years the consulate-general at
Tangier has been the source of enormous reve
nues totdlthonest Consuls, wbot
"First Appointed or recommended for ap
pointment as Vice-Consuls to other Moorish
cities undesirable men willing to pay from l200
to $1,000 for the position.
"Second Accepted large bribes In order to
decide a case in favor of the brlbor.
"Third Sold to rich Jewish and other mer
chants the official cards which the Government
of Morocco elves to foreign Consuls, and which
are permits for goods to pass the Custom House
without being examined or paytnr duties. You
can easily Imagine what large 'Importers'
would pay for cards giving such a privilege.
" Rifles, guns, and pistols cannot be Imported
Into Morocco except by the Government, and are
therefore very expensive. The wife of our late
Consul there brought over as personal baggage
largo cases of firearms, which her husband
sold for their weight in gold. Matters be
came so scandalous that the Moorish Gov
ernment requested Mr. Cleveland to re
call his representative. It waa then that
Mr. Burko, who was Consul at Malaga,
Spain, wsb ordered to proceed at once to
Tangier, to take charge of the consulate-general.
Ho Is a man of great experience, having
been a Consul In Spain and In South America
under Republican and Democratic Administra
tions, and he has succeeded In arranging mat
ters to the satisfaction of all, gaining the re
spoor, confidence, and admiration of the Moorish
Government, the natives, and the foreign rest
dents. But be has been there only a few months,
and the work of vindicating our national honor
must be continued by a man who thoroughly
understands the situation."
AFRAID OFUEIi CnLXESB HUSBAXD.
Hra. Chv, TTae ITas Married to Hln by Dr.
HaeArtBHr. Ttaoncbt to De Demented-
X young woman walked Into the East Thirty
first street police station last night about 10:30
o'clock and told Sergeant Kelly that she wanted
protection from her Chinese husband, who, she
said, was trying to kill her. The woman hod
with her a o-year-old girl, Elsie, who she said
was her daughter by the Chinaman. '
According to her story, her name Is Mrs.
Fannie Chu. Her husband, Paul Chee Chu,
runs a store at 30 Mott street. They live at 400
Wythe avenue.
Seven years ago, she said, she was a member
of the Baptist Tabernaolo on Second avenue.
Paul Chee Chu was also a regular attendant at
the church. The present Mrs. Chu, who waa
then Miss Kllgour, became acquainted with
the Chinaman at a church entertain
ment. He sang a song about "Where the
Lilies Grow So Fair" in such an exquisite tenor
volco that Miss Kllgour fell In love with him.
They were married April 0. 1891, by the Rev.
Dr. MacAxthur in ths Baptist church on Thlrty
eoventh street, between Sixth and Seventh
avenues.
They lived together happily, tho woman told
Sergeant Kelly until recently, when she thought
herhusband began to treat her coldly. She be
came afraid lately that he wanted to kill her.
Saturday nlaht, she said, she went to bed at ber
usual hour, bat did not go to sleep because she de
tected a strongsmell of gas. Herhusband seemed
very nervous and kept asking her' why she
.didn't go to sleep. He also kept muttering that
he thought he would chop her head off. She
slept none Saturday night, and yesterday morn
ing, after her husband went to church, she took
her child to Coney Island.
In the afternoon she returned. Her husband
was not at borne. Being afraid to pass another
night with thera she came to this city to see Dr.
MacArtnur. She could not find bun, but saw
F. It. Morse, who, she says, witnessed her mar
riage. He told her to go to the police station,
Sergeant Kelly learned from the woman that
her mother lives at 1716 Webster avenue, Tre
mont. He telephoned the Tremont police to
notify her. He was of the opinion that Mrs.
Chu was demented, and said that unless ber
friends called for her he would send her to Belle
vue for examination as to her sanity.
She told the sergeant that she hud been once
In an Insane asylum. Chu was not at his home
last night. Mrs. AHers, the ianltress of the fiat
In which hellves, said that his wife was thought
to be demented by all the neighbors. She said
her husband always treated her kindly.
BCLYIM CAHPAlQlf LH XEUItASKA
Three Conventions or Populists, Democrats,
and Silver Republicans to De Ueld on Sept. l.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 1. On Sept. 1 the three
silver conventions of the Populists, Democrats,
and Republicans will be held here. All arrange
ments have been completed to make the occa
sion a great Jollification of the silver forces.
The three bodies will act separately, but In
conjunction, and will nominate the same candi
dates. Afterward a mass convention will be
held. Letters from several prominent national bl
metalllsts have been received by the committee
saying that the writers will bo present. The
Hon. W. J. Bryan, Senator Henry M. Teller,
and the Hon. C. A. Towno will in turn address
the convention.
The plans have been made more elaborate in
order to counteract the Influence of the reports
that have been circulated recently concerning
the alleged caucus of Bryan's friends In Ne
braska to force him to quit talking silver for a
wbilo. The meeting will also be the occasion of
a national address, to be Issued by Bryan to
the advocates of tho sliver causo throughout
the world.
It will touch upon the progross of the cause
being made throughout the country and the ev
idence that Mr. Bryan has himself received
during the past six months on the lecture plat
form about the renewed Interest In silver.
The address will reiterate that It Is the only
living Issue, and that all factions are to-day
tending In that direction for the campaign of
1000. Bryan s friends will also at the same
time formally deny that they ha-o contomplatcd
asking him to withdraw even temporarily from
tho platform, and will deny that they have said
silver was a dead Issue.
The Populist and Democratio Conventions
will be composed of 2,700 delegates each, and
tho Republican-Stiver Convention of 1,000 dele
gates, so that the meeting will bo a roprosenta
tlveone as far as the silver forces are conoerned
In Nebraska.
PRICE OP CiaAltEXTES OOEB VP.
Increased Internal nevenue Tax tke Cause
Notice to Dealers.
ASPark row cigar dealer said yesterday that
there had boon an advance In tho price of cig
arettes of JBujents a thousand and that they
wore novTP!SK for f4.10, Tho advonco. ho
said, was cnu'sWby tho advance of 00 cents a
thousana'in thoS&ternal revenue tax. The
Americw'.Tobs.cctAconipany, the dealor said,
has agrtjed to' BtanUwo-tlfths of the extra tax,
leaving the dealorbito stand throe-flfths. Tho
advance has already gene into effect on tho
common brands of cigarettes, although tho re
tailers havo not- put up the price aa you Tho
ilculer also said that several of the mnnufuc
turors of all-tobucio cigarettes have sent out u
notice advancing the prico of their brands, and
he expectod il others would raise their prices
next woek. 'I he dealer said the retailers would
bo obliged to put up tho prico of cigarettes, As
the margin of profit under the now prlcos Is not
BUlUclent for them. Common brands of cigar
ettes which usually sell for ft cents a package
of ton will bo Bold hereafter for II cents and
packages of twenty will retail for 12 conts.
Iho dealer also said that thcro would bo con
Bidoroble difficulty In raising the prices by the
retailers as the competition was so great that
many would stick to the old prices.
BowdsnLtthlaSpriag Waur oxidises the surplus
sugar In diabetes. 131 V, tsd, near Broadway.-.,
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RIVAtS OF THE KLONDIKE.
XT IS BAJJ TUET BATE DEBIT TOVITD
pmtriiKR vp tue rvKOX.
Reports or Great Mining Strikes Made on tb
toarl and Polly Riven Tbts Vear They
Are Said to Do Kren Rlebor Than tho
Klondike Dnsy Times at Talra InleU
San Francisco. Aug. 1. Tho most Interest
ing feature of the mall advices that come from
the Klondike will bo the details of the mining
strikes made on Stxiart and Polly rivers this
summer. Soveral times since the arrival of the
Klondike miners with their nuggets from Bo
nanza and Eldorado creeks Btorles havo been
afloat of still richer fields on Stuart Creek and
other creeks further east. None of the returned
Klondlkers was able to give Information on tho
subject. Many havo mined with limited suo
ooss on Stuart, Polly, and other rivers before
striking rich dirt on tho Klondike's tributaries.
Tho only hint of what has been found comes
through Surveyor Ogllvle In the following newa
from Ottawa, received at Victoria, B. C:
"While the Government officials are ex
tremely reticent as to the latest advices from
Surveyor Ogllvle and Inspector Constantino,
the fact has leaked out that thoso ofilclals have
assured their departments that scores of miners
are deserting tho Klondike for a richer district
further east, belloved to be Stuart River, where
It Is said still more wonderful deposits have been
discovered this spring."
The last letter from Mr. Ogllvle was dated Yu
kon River, near White River, Juno 7, and con
tained this Information:
"As opportunity presents Itself to send you a
few lines, I take advantage of a friendly log on
the bank, with my camera box for a desk, to wrt to
a short account of my doings since I last wrote,
on Jan. 30. I have made a survey of all tho
claims applied for nt or near Dawson. I surveyed
nearly 3,000 claims on Bonanza and Eldorado
Creeks, and got nearly all, if not all, disputes
on these creeks and they were many settled
quickly and without trouble, and, as was most
Important, educated miners pretty well In the
requirements of the mining laws. I am now on
my way to Polly to make a survey of claims ap
plied for there, when I will go out via St. Mi
chael and San Francisco." The above letter
has already been printed In substance In Tub
Sun,
Pelly River is about parallel vrlth Stuart River
and enters the Yukon about forty miles higher
up. Both rivers are on the right or east bank of
the Yukon, and are east of Dawson City. The
Pelly has also been prospected by some Klon
dlkers with little if any suoeess, but this Is no
proof that other prospectors havo not been more
fortunate.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 1. Tho steamer Alki,
from Juneau and Talya,arrlved early this morn
ing, being detained a little over her usual time
by adverse wind. She has postponed sailing
till Tuesday morning. More passengora and
freight are offering than she can carry, and
many are turned away.
Her officers report busy scenes at Talya, with
huge stocks of freight and baggage piled up
along the beach and a tented city of prospective
millionaires scattered among the trees and
brush. They are organized Into small parties of
from four to twenty, and those experienced in
camping and packing are making fair progress,
while the Inexperienced are not faring so well,
but all are hopeful and think they will be able
to get through the first trying ordeal all right.
The officers also confirm the report of the
exodns from Juneau, Douglas, and other places
In south Alaska. The towns are almost aban
doned by able-bodied men, and the stores are
cleaned out of their stock of outfitting goods.
Among the first man to try the White Pass to
the Klondike is Mr. Bratnober, an American
mining expert, who has been in the employ of
tho Rothschilds for many years, and is still en
gaged with them. He and his guides anticipated
making the trip from tidewater to Dawson In
forty days, and expected to accomplish it on
horseback the greater part of the distance.
OAJTAHA AJTD THE KX.01TDIK.3B.
Seattle and Teasonvor Aro Acttated Over tb
Situation.
VAnoouTBB, B. C, Aug. 1. The citizens of
Seattle havo held mass meetings pr sstlng
against Canada collecting duties on the neces
saries of life taken Into the Klondike, and urging
the Government to refuse bonding privileges to
Canadians.
Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia,
will hold similar meetings and pass resolutions
asking the Canadian Government to refuso
bonding privileges to Alaska to all Americans
if the United States Government acts upon the
Seattle suggestion.
A party of engineers, surveyors, telegraph
operators, and scientific men sent by the Do
minion Government will start for the Yukon
gold fields from Victoria next month.
EZOXDIKE AXIt THE PBAZBB.
Several Potato or Similarity In Their Prosyooto
nnd Rooms.
San Francisco, July 20. Although the Klon
dike 1b tho only toplo of conversation in stree;
and office, parlor and barroom, and though
every second man you meet declares his inten
tion of going to Alaska us soon as possible, tho
actual departures for the land of gold have not
been so numerous thus far as the departures
for Frozer River, thirty-nine years ago, whon
20,000 men Bturted for tho diggings in four
months.
Rates of passage are what the steamers
choose to ask and tra ellers aro willing to pay.
The Alaska Commercial used to charge 120;
the asking ruto is now $250, and at tho office
the Invariublo reply of the clerks is that all the
ships aro full. At Scattlo nnd Tacoma the
steamers aro fllllnir up with horsos and dogs;
the freight on a horse Is $22.50 to Juneau; on a
dog $5; but the shipper is rcqulrod to pay in
addition $11 a ton on forage for the animals.
Half the old horses lu Washington are being
shipped north. More circumspection Is exer
cised In the seloctlon of dogs. It Is reported by
travellers that the American dog will not aland
the cold of Alaska; dogs of the Yukon or Dan
ish breed are preferred, and aro worth a little
moro than horses.
Tho promoters of the Klondike boom appears
to bo getting scared at their success. They
havo evokod a moement which they cannot
stop. It Is In vain to warn tho adventurous;
every young man thinks ho Is going to be the
ono who will oscapo starvation and gather In
nuggets. Louis Schloss of the Alaska Com
mercial, which stands to make the most money
out of the fevor, is warning every one to stay at
borne. Ho Bald:
"Wo shall refuso to tako paisengers at all In
our noxt steamer. Wo could sell every berth
at tho prico wo havo been usklng-2o0, as
against 120 last spring-but we shall not sell
one. Wo shall till up -lth provisions, and I
have no doubt tho Pacific Coast Company will
do tho suinc. Wo aro afraid. Those who aro
mad to got to tho diggings will probably bo ablo
to get transportation by chartering tramp
steamers, und thcro is a serious risk that there
will not bo food enough for them ul Juneau or
on tho Yukon, After tho Ncason rloses It will
be next to impossible to get supplies into tho
Yukon country, and a lurgo proportion of the
gold seekers may starve to death, 'lhat would
tie an ominous beginning for the new cuuip
Alaska Is not llko California or Australia or
South Africa. It produces nothing. When
tho supplies from outsido aro exhausted, famine
must follow to what dugroe no one can tell."
It Is understood that there are 2,000 tuns of food
at St. .Michael, and tho Alaska Compuny has
three largo und three small steamers to carry
It up rlvor. It Is hard to ascertain how much
thcro Is nt Juneau; It Is vaguely stated that
thcro uru 5,000 tons. At a pinch steamers
might work their way for several months to
tome through tho Ice to that port from Seattle,
whl-h is only tiireo days distant. Hut It may
bo nip und tucl. if there is uny rush of gold
sookers from t lit) East,
Old men aro pointing out how hlttory Is re
peating iUelf. i'ho Klondike is Fiazer River
ur uculii. It wus in tho spring of 18.18 that
the rush nt gold seekers bcian. Victoria, on
nncoiuer Jolmid, wus their rendezvous and
"tse. There was no road through tho cafion of
tho Fraer; tho gold sookers vlumberod over
prncipii'i's and through dnllles on the odgo of
uliisscs whero a goat would havo had diffi
culty In keeping Its footing, to Murderers' Bar.
if? bfal that series of bars formed by the
euuies in tho current of the river on which the
miner; found their reward. All the way from
Hope to Yale tho river was sprinkled with pros
pectors, who, during tho eeason of X888 made
aa average, or said they tnade an average, of an
ounce a day, jutt as labor Is said to be com
manding V-IB a day on the Klondike.
Tho yield of the Frazer River diggings In 1858
was over 82.000,000, probably about as much
as the yield of the Klondike will be this rear.
In 1850, 1800, and 1801, it was probably larg
er. Those who were lucky concealed the meas
ure of their luck, while boasters exaggerated
their gains, so no accurate returns were pos
sible, .Over tho sides of the Frazer CaCon every
thinr had to bo packed on tho backs of pros
pectors or Indians, and provisions frfquently
fell .short. Many times mining had to be bus
pondpd for want of food; parties left the camps
for the river mouth In search of supplies or al
layed the pangs of hunger by eating wild berries.
There were no cases of starvation on tho Fra
er, as food was always within two or three
days' reach; and the cold, though severe In Io
cember and January, was nothing llko tho torn
peroturo on tho Yukon.
The Frazer excitement wae subsiding whon,
in I860 and 1801, It broko out afresh in con
sequence of discoveries on the upper confluents
of the river, such as the Quesnel, in a country
to whloh, from a range of mountains Intersect
ing It, the name of Cariboo wae given. Refer
ring to a bundle of old papers which had been
carefully preserved, an old miner recently road
to the writer extract which aro marvellously
like the stories the newspapers are publishing
about tho Klondike,
At Antler Creek nuggets could be picked out
of tbo soil by hand, and the rocker yielded fifty
ounces In a few hours. Shovelfuls sometimes
contained rso each. Individuals were making
81,000 a day, and the output of sluice and
flume claims was sixty ounces a day to the
man. Much of the ground yielded $1,000 to
the square foot. At William Creek, eeveral
claims realized 100 ounoca a day. Ono man ob
tained 387 ounoes In a day and 401) ounces on
the day following. At Barkorville the Dltter
Company washed out in one day 200 pounds of
gold. Several olalms yielded 100 ounoes and
more dally. Tho woke-up-Jake Company
washed lfty-two ounoes from a panful of dirt.
At Van Winkle Ned Campbell and auoclates
took out 1,700 ounces In three days' washing,
and near there the Discovery Company, con
sisting of four men, took out forty pounds in
ono day, and cleaned up at the end of the season
with $250,000. At Lowheo Creek Richard
WUlouirhbr worked a claim on a blue slato bed
Cck within four feet of tho surface, and ob
lned eighty-four ounces in ono day and 81.000
In ths weoK, while near him two brothers
named Patterson took out 810,000 In five
weeks, ono day yielding eeventy-threo ounces,
partly in nuggots weighing ten ounces each.
At tho Quesnel forks the clean-up for the day
was sometimes aa much aa two men could
carry.
The discoverers of the rich diggings at Antler
Creek were three men Roe,JDIety, and Mo
Donald. What became of McDonald, who waa
5 French-Scotchman, from Cape Breton, is not
nown. Dlety died a pauper at Victoria in
1877. Rose wandered away from camp ono
day, and for weeks no one knew where he was.
A party tramping through the snow ono day
came upon his body. His tin cup hung from
the branch of a tree. On it was scratched with
the point of a penknife, "Dying of starvat'on.
Rose."
From first to last not less than 850,000,000
of gold came out of tho Frazer River and Carl
boo diggings, but no fortunes can be traced to
that source. In this city of millionaires not a
man can be pointed out who owed the founda
tion of his prosperity to Frazer River.
OFFICIAL MAP OV AZA3KA.
It Inclndea tho Klondike Region, and Was
Prepared br tbo Coast and Ceodetlo Surrey.
WAsmxaTOX, Aug, 1. Tho Coast and Geo
detic Survey has prepared the best map and
chart of Alaska and the Klondike region extant,
and so great has been the demand for it that
Superintendent DufUold baa been somewhat
embarrassed to supply promptly all those who
have made requisitions. The chart is the latest
made of that part of the world, and shows not
only every mountain peak, range and river, but
the paths most accessible to the far Yukon re
gion. Krery Inlet and bar Is marked and all the lit
tle places, suuh as Mound City, Clrclevllle, and
Forty Mile Pass. The record of the past two
weeks shows that at least 6.000 of these maps
have been sent out from Washington, ono Chi
cago firm alone calling for 500. They are sold
for a moderate price and can be procured In a
few days. On this map official sanction Is for
the first time glen to the spelling of the word
Klondike.
ITEIOn-TnE-BABT jrATZXEEB.
Important Dtaeovery Flatters Toons JJother
dom at Saratoga.
This has been a great year for babies in Sara
toga. The crop has been the! largest and finest
in the history of the town. The races and the
golf tournament and the club house and the so
cial functions are not nearly such attractions as
the parade of babies in Congress Spring Park on
any fine morning. .
The summer visitors have found out when the
parade takes place, and they make It a point to
visit the park during the hours that the Infants
show, which is from 10 o'olock to noon.
A baby in a family Is usually the cause of
some entirely new discovery about food or cloth
ing. The arrival of one of the Saratoga babies
resulted In a discovery by its mother of some
thing that should prove exceedingly useful In
any well regulated home.
T The discovery was made by Mrs. Circular
Street, and consists of a scale showing how
much an average normal baby shouli weigh at
blrtb, and from then on. up to the ago of two
years. Tho scale was made out by a well-known
New York physician, but Just bow be arrived at
the results obtained is not known. The scale is
as follows:
At birth, 7 pounds. 2t weeks, 14.3 pounds.
i days, A pounds. SB weeks. IB pounds.
4 diyt, 0 pounds. 7 months. 18 pounds.
7 days. 7 pounds. S months. 17 pounds.
& weeks, 7Lj pounds, 0 months, IB pounds.
1 4 weeks, 8 pounds. 10 months, 19 pounds.
0 we.-its, 0 pounds. 1 1 mont.4S, 90 pounds.
B weeks, 10 pounds. l'-i months, '41 pounds.
10 weeks, 1034 pounds. 14 months, 2 pounds.
12 weeks, ll1? pounds. IB months, 23 pounds.
14 weeks, 12 pounds. (IB months, 24 pounds.
In weeks. 1? pouuds. 20 months, 2& pounds.
IB wei lu, lBj pounds. '2 months, 2a pounds.
20 weeks, 14 pounds. 124 months. 27 pounds.
22 weeks. 14 -j pounds, j
As soon as the young mother came upon this
scale of weights she told all of her friends who
were as happy as she or who expected to be.
The result was that every joung mother In town
now has a scale.
During the baby parade in the park the
matrons compare notes as to the weights of
their offspring. To provide for any possible dis
pute as to statement, most of the perambulators
are provided with weighing scales, and the dis
pute is settled by weighing baby on the spot.
POZICESIAX BEYIXE PAROLED.
Ill-nek's Friends Bar Uls Kllllnr or O'Ueere
Was Cnjustinahle.
Policeman Thomas W. Devlne of the East
101th street station, who shot and killed Cor
nelius O'Keefe while arresting James Lynch
on Saturday nlgnt, was arraigned In Harlem
Court yesterday alonr with his prisoner.
Lynch's relatives and neighbors assembled In
force in the court, and with one accord testi
fied that Lynch's arrest was uncalled for and
the shooting of O'Keefe entirely without war
rant. Tho examination was adjourned before any
material testimony was given as to the killing
of O'Keefe. Lynch was held In 81,000 ball for
examination Wednesday, and the policeman
was paroled In the custody of Capt. Creeden.
TITO CUIZDBEX'B FATAL iriBBAP.
One Drowned In Her Ratbtub and the Otker
BuOocated by a Pillow.
Mary E. McLaughlin, 0 months old, was
drowned In a bucket which was placed near ber
bed at her home at 73 Roosevelt street some
time Saturday night. She bad gone to sleep on
her mother's arm, and It Is not known when she
fell In the water. In which ebe was to have been
washed In the morning.
Ida Satterborn, 10 days old, whoso parents
live at 33 Pike street, was put to bed by her
mother early Saturday evening, and some time
later Mrs. Satterborn in preparing the bed for
the night threw a pillow Into place, as sbo
thought. It fell upon the head and face of tho
baby, unseen by the mothor, as there was no
light in the room. When Mr. and Mrs. Sattor.
born went to the bedroom to retire tho child
was dead.
Drowned While sicylarklnr on tbo Hudson.
John Clow, 30 years old, of West Fifty-fifth
Btreet, this city, hired a rowhoat and took three
frlcnis out for a row on tho Hudson yesterday .
aft moon. He had beer and whiskey In the
boat and he and his friends drank both freely.
At about o o i clock they crossed oter to Wee
hawken. and while skylarking near the Wost
Shore Railroad docks Clow fell overboard nnd
was drowned. His body was recnt ered an hour
5. r,unr W"8 "moved to Coroner Oreenlcul's
morue In West Hoboken.
Two Drowned In the rharlro River.
Boston, Aug. l.-Robert Stock, bis wife, and
his elcbt-ycatvold son Robert, accompanied by
John Peters and Solomon Peters, hired a boat
5ie.sr, i!i? ,QTn""lum on the Charles River and I
h ..? if ff ft rS." hls. ' ternoon. When near .
J,n.ie v!j?n 'Cambridge side the boat was
ttedtroSX 1U,Urt Bt0ck aud
' ' " '
BLOCKED THE FERRY SLIP.
ins rosTEn'B noir oot btvok be-
TtTEEX PXIiEB 1WILE DOCKlXa.
The Tldo Swnnr the Flsblna- Strainer Around
So That She Sbut the vrilllatnibnra: rem
oval Weotsldein the Slip The Bnstslde Had
to Help Cet the Foster Out or tbo fray.
The fishing steamboat Al Foster had a hard
tlmo making her dock at the foot of East Twenty-third
street on her return from the Cholera
Banks at 0 o'clock Inst evening, and the passen
gers were not able to land for nearly an hour
after hor bow touched the pier. The Foster Is
commanded by Capt, Al Foster, nnd Is one of the
most popular of the Oraft that go to tho fishing
banks every day.
After landing some of her passengers at tho
Battery, yesterday afternoon, she steamed up
tho river with about 450 men, w omen, and chil
dren on board, Sho struck an obstruction off
the Battery, and tho Incident excited some- of
the passengers. They had hardly become calm
when tho boat got to the Twenty-third street
pier, to the north tldo of which she Ucb up.
The passengers were all anxious to get ashore.
Capt Foiter usually runs tho steamer up even
with ths plsr, and then, clearing tho pier by a
few feet with the bow of the boat, swings hor
around so that sho can be backed Into the dock,
i He tried to do this yesterday. The tide was run
ning so strong that instead of clearing the pier
the bow of the Foster was thrown against It.
She ran in between two piles that held her fast,
and the tide swung her around so that she lay
broadside aaross tho slips of tho Green
point Ferry Company's landing, shut
ting In the ferryboat Wcsteldc, which was
ready to start for Williamsburg with a
crowd of Brooklynltes on board. Her captain,
thinking that he might bo able to help the
Foster, started the ferryboat and tried to push
tho Foster s stern out into the stream. Capt.
, Foster set the steamboat's engine trolug at the
same time. The ferryboat and the Foster puffed
away for fifteen minutes, trying to raise the
1 blockade on the slips and force the steamboat
out Into the stream.
While this was going on, the women and chil
dren on the Foster got frightened and began to
scream. Some of the men lost their nerve, too,
and they added to the noise. The women
thought that if the boat was forced Into the
stream she would be carried off at the will of
the tide, and many made a scramble to get
ashore. The bow of the boat was held firmly to
the pier, and six women clambered over the rail
fencing off the lookout's station and climbed
from the dock of the boat to the pier.
Polloemen Connors and Klneagh, when on
duty In the vicinity, had been attracted to the
pier by the noise made by the boats and the peo
ple. When they saw the women scrambling
ashore they ran to the pier head and helped them
land. About a doxen men also got ashore over
the rails before the crew of the hoat could stop
them. One fat man tumbled from the rail to tho
pier and rolled eight or ten feet. Us wasn't
hurt.
Ths efforts of the West Side to get the Foster
out of trouble proving useless, the three blasts
on the whistle that usually brlnit a fleet of tugs
to a vessel's side were sounded, but none of the
tugboatmen who cruise about the East River
waa at hand. About that time thoUreenpoInt
ferryboat East Side steamed up from Williams
burr. The situation was explained to her Cap
tain, and he put a two-inch hawser on board of
the fishing boat. The lino was made fast to the
stern of the Foster, and at a signal the West
Sldo pushed, the East Side pulled, and the
Foster started her propeller. They workod
I toruther for a few moments, and then the
hawser parted. Another was substituted for it,
and after a few minutes' hard work the stern or
the Foster was pulled, pushed, and forced
around Into the stream. The ferryboats stood
by, and Cant. Foster ran bis boat bow first Into
the dock. She wss made fast about 0:45 o'clock,
and the passengers got ashore in a few minutes.
No one was injured during the hour they were
penned up.
RUSSELL'S BCBAPS WITU FBIEXDB.
no Thrashes One and Chases Another, Who
Mad Stabbed film, on or a I to or.
While John Russell, an employee of the Ave
nue 0 street car line, who lives at 640 East
Eleventh street, was standing at Twelfth street
and Avenue A about 11 o'clock Saturday night
William BUgh.' who, Russell says, is a friend
of his, walked up to him and said:
"Do you want to flghtt"
"I don't know."
"Well, come down to tho dock and IT1 llak
you."
"You tjo to heU."
"No, you'll go there," was BUgh's answer.
"Look out, I'm going to shoot,"
As ho put his band to his hip pooket Russell
struck him between the eyes and knocked him
down. Bllgh got up and ran.
An hour later, whllo Russell was discussing
his victory with two other friends at the same
street corner, some one cut him in the
back of the neck with n razor. He turned
around and saw Hugh Mclilnley of 182 Avenue
A, another of his friends, lie says, running up
the s.reet. Russell took ufter him. Mcliln
ley dodged Into a three-story tenement faouso
at Thirteenth atreet and Atenuo A. Russoll
kept rlghi at his heels, with the blood pouring
from tho wound In his notk.
"Don't follow mo or I'll bliootl" ellcd McGin
ley as he ran upstairs two stop at u time. Rus
sell chased after him. lieu Jkf'lnJey reached
the roof he slammed the Bcuttle door atler
him. As Russell puthed it up and stuck his
head out he saw Mctiinlcy muklng n leap for
the adjoining roof. His leap fell short and he
shot down into the yard. Russell descended
the stairs and told u policeman what had hap
pened. His assailant was found wrlthimt and
groaning. He had broken his knoo und could
not walk. Both men were taken to llellovue
Hospital as prisoners. Illigh was at the hos-
Sltal at this time having his injured eye
rciscd. He had walked in of his own accord.
Russell refused to mako a complaint acalnst
him, and he wus not detained. Russell's ex
planation of tho second row Is that after Bligb
was whipped he Bent McGirley uround to get
square for him.
" 'Twos a cowardly net," said Russell, "but
what the hell. They're all me friends. 1
wouldn't make no complaint against noTman.
What the hell's the U6el"
Later the police arrested BUgh on general
principles. Ho was fined -810 in the Essex
Market Police Court. Ruancll was discharged.
McGluley could not bo arraigned on account
of his log.
BllOOKLYX ELECTltlC FOVXTAIX.
It Will Soon Furnish a Doullnr Display on tho
Prospect Park Plnu.
Tho electrical fountain on the Prospect Park
plaza In front of the Soldiers' nnd Sailors' Memo
rial Arch, which Is to be one of Brooklyn's at
tractions, is now almost completed, and tho date
for the opening exhibition will soon be ar
ranged. The fountain was designed by F. W.
Darlington of Philadelphia, and constructed
by tho Wilson & Uaillle Manufacturing
Company of Brooklyn. The basin, which
is of heavy concrete, with a cement bottom,
is 360 feet In circumference, and the high
pressure service from the water tower closu by
will furnish tho fountain with a capacity of
75.000 gallons an hour. Tho Brooklyn Heights
and Nassau Elcctrlu trolley companies will
supply tho necessary powor to run tho pump
and llluminato the fountain freo of cost, In an
ticipation of an increase in the traffic on their
cars passing the fountain. There will be 1S2
colored slides or glasses, aud tho flow of
water will be so arranged as to secure a
dazzling variety of dlsplajs. While tho electrical
displays are suspended, the basin Itsolf will be
illuminated with sixty Incandescent lamps
around tho base. Thorn will also be nineteen
automatic focussing arc lnnips of 800-candlo
f ower each, which enn be adjusted by the opera
or so as to Illuminate tho Memorial Arch and
tho picturesque walls surroundlnir the plaza,
'iho contract price for the fountain was $24,500.
BIXXEBB AT XEfTPOBT.
Vleo-Preeldent and Mrs. Iloliart Kntertatnod
br Mr. Depew and ex-Senator Urlco.
Newport, II. I Aug. 1. Chauncey Depew
gave a. dinner at PInard Cottage No. 4 to-day in
honor of Vice-President and Mrs. Hobart. The
Hobarts were dined to-night by Senator and
Mrs. Calvin 8. Brice, the guests being Mr. and
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Mr, and Mrs. Van Rens
selaer Cruger, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Wilson, Mr.
and Mrs. H. M. Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. A, O.
Canfleld, Mr. und Mrs. Potior Palmer, Mr. and
Mrs. John Jucob Amor. David King, Miss Edith
Cushlng, Miss Garrison, Miss M. Kate Brico,
Cliiuinrey Depew, James J. Van Alnn, T, San
ford Beaty, Llspenard btennrt, T. F. Cushlng,
L. II. Brlee, and W. Kirk llrlcc.
Mr. O. II. P, Belmont galea muslrale at Bel
court this atteruoon ami there were nine dinner
parties at tho Casino to-night.
Quarrel Over a heat Mori sor F.uda In Dealb.
Wichita, Kan., Aug. 1, -Hilly Leonard, a
mill man of South West City, Mo., shot and
killed Jack Hamilton on Cowskln Prairie, near
Afton, yesterday, .V difficulty arose over a
mortgage on somo wheat. Leonard held a mort
gago on the gruln and went to tho place to re
move It, Humlitoncame up and said be hud a
prior mortgage ou the same crop. A fight took
flace in whlob Hamilton knocked Leonard down
wlco. Th-n Leonard shot Hamilton, who died
t about three hours later.
OALWAT ME1T AOBOWZK
Pickpockets Worked tho (excursion, Too Mol.
Ilsraa's Watch In the Chowder.
Tho Galway men of this city got aground In
the Kill von Kull yesterday. The association
had hired four barges with the steamboat Crys
tal Stream and two tugs to go to Ocean Grove,
N.J., leaving Market street at noon. They got
Into tho channel at Shooters' Island, Mariners'
Harbor, at 3:30 o'clock, which was low tide.
Tho channel was too narrow and ono of the
barges grounded. Thereupon tho tow was split
In two. The' Crystal Stream went on into Staten
Island Sound with two of tho barges and the
tugs pulled the grounded barge off In about an
hour and a half and towed ber and her com
panion off In the wake of tho others. The plcnlo
got back to tho city at 10:30 P. M.
The excursionists were so Interested In the
nautical side of things when the barge grounded
that a score of pickpockets aboard thought their
business hours had come. While Floor Man
ager Mlko O'Reilly was urging the musicians to
play dance music, a woman on tho upper deck
of tho barges shouted:
"Help I Murder I Mo watch Is gone I"
In a mlnuto a dozen othor women were shout
ing that their watches had been stolen. Then
the cry was echoed on the lower deck of another
barge, and here a comedy waa enacted.
Tim Mulligan, who lives In Corlears nook,
was standing near the lunch counter. He felt a
tug at his vest pocket, and the man who stood
near him made a more to get out of the way.
" You've got me watch," said Mulligan, and a
crowd tackled the man, who had tried to get
away. Tho stranger had Mulligan's watch In
his hand. Ho turned quickly and tossed ths
watch Into a pot of cbowdor.
Mlko Monahan, Captain of the Galway Pollca
Committee, rushed up and shouted:
B"Letmeat that pickpocket T
"Get me watch first,'' Bald Mulligan, "it's In
tho chowder."
The chowder man was directed by the police
committee to fish for Mulligan's watch. He
couldn't find It with a spoon and so he put his
ana In and got the watch.
Some men thought the pickpocket ought to be
thrown overboard. The police committee an
nounced that they had a "trouble room" below
decks, and that business bad been dull with
them, so It would be best to drop the pickpocket
Into the " trouble room."
" But I'm not a pickpocket," explained the
man who had taken Mulligan's watch; "I only
took tho watch for a Joke. I'm a Galway man
meself to the backbone."
"Let him go!" shouted several In the crowd,
and ho was turned loose.
He Joined the other members of bis gang and
the gang started in to work the other barge,
while the police committee went away to find
the Captain of the tugboat.
They wanted to know by whose authority the
excursion hud been delayed, but as they couldn't
reach the tugboat Captain tbey made their de
mand on one of the barge Captains.
"We're stuck in tho mud." said the barge
Captain.
' I know we are," replied a committeeman,
"but some one stuck us here. You want to
keep the barges here all night so the bar
prlvllege'll pan out for O'Connell."
So the crowd tackled the bar, and before the
excursionists got through drinking O'Connell
had sold 175 half barrels of beer.
When they finally got moving they proceeded
to Union Grove, on tho Jersey const. Here the
bara-e, that had born aground, remained one
hour, and at 6:15 o'clock started homeward.
A landing was made at East Thirty-first street,
and here Beveral more watches were stolen
while tho excursionists were getting ashore.
Three pickpockets were nabbed on the dock, and
gave up the watches tbey had stolen when the
crowd threatened to throw them overboard.
They were let go.
YEX.T.OW "PATHETICS" SPOILED.
Came Warden Vandrrhoven Did !Yot Perooeata
"Uolden-Ualred Tots."
Last week Deputy Game Warden Orrin Van
derhoven of Passaic, N. J., prosecuted two per
sons for '-applng robins, and the next day one
of the yellow Journals printed a " pathetic,"
telling bow the hard-hearted Vanderhoven had
seized upon the pets of two little schoolgirls
and had made complaints against the children.
The afternoon edition of the same paper en
larged upon the story and published touch
ing pictures of the "golden-haired tots."
Mr. Vanderhoven was so worked up
that he sent for a reporter of the
rival yellow Journal and asked him to print
the facta. The reporter promised to do so, but
the next day bis paper only made the tale more
piteous and Mr. Vanderhoven more cruel. Yes
terday a third Journal that tags along In the
wake of the two main yellows Joined In the at
tack. It made up for being somewhat late by
increasing the number of little girls to four and
adding editorial comments.
Yesterday Charles A. Sbrlncr, the State Fish
ana Uumo Protector for New- Jersey, visited
The Sc.v office and told the true story of the
affair. He brought the documents with him
and the two complaints showed that the persons
prosecuted, instead of being school children,
were full-grown Italian men, Frank Ocllpo and
Matho Pordon by name.
"This is the most brazen fake I'vo heard of
vet," he said. "It'shurd to believe that it was
based on the cases of the two Italians, but as a
matter of fact their cases are the first and only
ones in which Mr. VHiiderhoven has been con
cerned. He found that the Italians were trap
ping robins to sell, and he w as so careful that he
HSked me about the matter before going ahead.
1 told him to prosecute, and he did. As for seiz
ing household pets, our wardens are specially
directed ugalnst anything of the kind. This ex
tract from the Instructions issued to them cot era
tho caso:
"There Is ono fact which should alwaja be borno
In mind, and that Is that the flsb aud game laws were
not enacted for the suppression or sport, but for tho
enhancement of It, aud that the laws aro uot to bo
usfld for tho purpose of oppressing any per-on.
AVhero habitual violations of the law have occurred
through tho Ignorance of the offenders, common
Justice dlitatts that these persous should be
warned of the tact that they are ululating
tho law before the rigors of proucutlon
ara resorted to. Wherever leniency is Indi
cated by the circumstances It should be exercised,
aud that In mauy cases where the Utter of the
lawhaslietu plaluly violated, Thus, where persous
are In possession of a robin or a thrush, which tbey
keep fur household pets, no prosecution would be ad
visable, fur in good could result therefrom, aa the
liberation or the bird after a long period of confine
ment would result only In Its destruction. Hut thts
leniency should not be extenJeil to persons trapping
birds or Iran-liking In them, esen It the object of such
trapping or traftle bs tho securlugof household pets."
BIDEWALKS AXD PEACES COVEHED.
Precautions Taken at Present on Two Fifth
ATeuue Uloeks.
Tho sidewalks of the two blocks on the west
Bide of Fifth avenue, between West Fifty-first
und West Fifty-third street, havo been boarded
over and the fences boardod up to preserve
them from Injury during the laying of the new
water mains along there. There are two new
48-Inch water mains going down in Fifth
avenue, one on each Bide of the avenue. About
600 men are now engaged on the work, which Is
being carried forward at a number of places at
once.
Tho main on the east side of the avenue In the
neighborhood of Fifty-first street has been laid
and the trench ou the west side has now been
opened. There Is rock here, and blasting is
necessary, but the trench Is close to an old
water main, and light blasting charges are
used. Most of the rock taken out is carried
away, for large pieces are not filled back Into the
trench, but paving stones nnd the excavated
earth are stacked up adjacent to the trench, nnd
for protection against this material and against
nny Injury whatever In the course of the work
tbesldowalks and fences here have been com-
tdetely covered over. This was first done on the
dock from Fifty-first to Fifty-second streot, and
owners on the block abovo followed them.
The block of three residences extending from
Fifty-first to Fifty-second street, which was
built by the lute William II, Vanderbllt, who
himself occupied the corner residence at Fifty
first street, is occupied by George W, Vander
bllt, In the corner residence at Fifty-first street
William D, Sloane, In the middle residence, and
Mrs. Margaret L. Shepard, in the corner resi
dence nt Fifty-second street tho entrance to
which Is on Fifty-second street. The flagstones
forming the sidewalk on this block attracted at
tention w lion tbey were laid on account of their
great size, and the costly and beautiful fence
along this block Is familiar.
It Is common nowadays to board up windows
nnd doors when people go away for the summer
sometimes stone fences are covered, and oc
casionally carved stone posts, or stone figures
are boxed up, and not Infrequently sections of
the sidewalk are covered over to protect them
from marring or other damage in the course of
work; but this Is perhaps the first Instance of
the boarding up of sidewalks and fences for
entire blocks.
Mrs. Sue Phillip Ilrown to Wed Mr. Tweedr
To-Day.
O WKNBOono, Ky Aug, l.-Mrs. Sue P. Brown,
one of the handsomest and best known society
women In Kentucky, will be married to-morrow
In New York to John Tweedy, a wealthy hat
manufacturer of D.inbury Conn. Mrs. Brown
wnsa member of the Woman's Board of Ken
!uctyofJlhWo..rIdFalr ninaers. and was
identified with the Commercial Travellers' Ex
position at Madison Square Garden In Now
York last year. She was also identified with
the Atlanta Exposition.
IS
Al
Cf)tr arc 1
More badly dressed Men 1
in iDlt city now j
than at any time f
during the past doxen years. J
Cbere need not be,
for we are playing Dawc Jj
will) prices. I
BroKcn ranges of Sunnier floods
at a cut or 1
25 per cent, to n 14 per cent. jf
Serges !."$; "Sfg ?
Btirnliatn PDillips
Custom tailoring only.
temple Court Annex, m, nassau St.
A BOJIAXCE OF CUBA.
A Cavalry Leader Who Avenue the Tfronrs or
Ills Ancestors.
The name of tho revolutionary leader. Gen. i
Jesus Rabl, is mentioned often In tho despatt hes
from Cuba. As Commander-in-Chief of the s
Cuban cavalry forces in tho east bo has won
renown not only by his deeds of daring and his '
skill as a strategist, but also by his chivalrous
spirit and his devotion to the cauae of liberty. t
The Interest In his career Is Increased by a H
otrcumstance made known through a Cuban 1
letter to THE Son, that he Is one of the few II v- I
Ing descendants of the aboriginal race of In- fl
alans who Inhabited the Island when Columbus
discovered It In 1402, and nearly all of whom
were slain or enslaved by tbe Spanish con
auerors. It Is against the offspring of tbe race
who destroyed his own ancestors th.t Gen.
Rnbi now wages war with all the eneru-y of his
nature. Four hundred yeats after his people
were crushed by Spain he appears on toe bittle
fli id us Spain's defiant enemy.
The aboriginal race that inhabited Cuba In the
flltecnth century, when it was invaded by Spain,
were known as Clboneyes, and they numbered
perhaps 40,000. Tht-v belonged to the same
stock as that which then dwe.t upon tbe other
islands in the Caribbean Sea. and toat have al
ways been spoken of ae Indians. The Clloneyes
were singularly docile in their character, and
tbey received I ho Spsmards in a friendly man
nor; but their gentle traits did not save them
from ruin. In a few years they suffered the
doom that awaited tho natives ot most of ths
other American countries subdued by Spain.
The story is a familiar one. The Spaniards
overran the island, massacred thousands of Its
unlortunate Inhabitants under circumstances of
extreme cruelty, burned their proud chief at
the stake, and reduced to Involuntary servitude
those who were left alive, assigning to each
Spaniard a gang of Clboncyns numbering
nbout 300. The treatment to which tbe slaves
were subjected by their masters was so harsh
that nearly all of them were dead within twenty
or thirty years. It Is a black chapter in the his
tory of Spain.
A few of the people took refuge in tho moun
tainous region of the east, and a small number
of their posterity may be tound thereat this day.
They are of a light copper color, and they
intermarry, as do the Jews, so that their blood
Is kept distinct from that ot the other inhabi
tants of Cuba.
It Is to this almost extinct race of mankind,
the race of tho ancient Clboneyes, that Gen.
Itabi bcloncs, though he is less noted for his do
cility than for some other traits. In recent times
he has done his part in causing Bpaln to suffer
for the wr ngs that Spain Inflicted upon his an
cestors four centuries ago. He is as hitter In
his hatred of tho Spanish tyrant ns he Is proud
of his descent from the aboriginal Clboneyes.
.v. . "A ln.hl" youth, nearly thirty years ago,
that this heroic man first took uparmsagainsi
Spnln. He participated in the ten years' war,
alter which he wafted for his next opport unity:
it eamo in the second month of 1805. His mili
tary record sinco then has been a brilliant one,
and has manifested the finest qualities of a
mind that Is inspired by the love of liberty and
Justice. He Is a man of broad thought, and he
converses about public affairs like a statesman.
Under his command there are five battalions of
cavalry, besides a small force of infantry.
There has been a report that Gen. Rabl wonld
taxer part in the projected campaign sralnst
Havana. If he should do so, and if it should bo
his fortune to enter tbe capital bearing the flog
of free Cuba, the story of tho romance of tho
hero of the modern Clboneyes would be rounded H
off. to the dishonor of Diego Velasquez of tbe 1-
yearl511 and to that of valeriano Weylsr of 1
the year 1897. I
OOBPEL BLOCKS TBE WAT. i
Brancellsu at a aiadlson Snare Corner Tri
umph Orer the Pollca.
Maxwell Johnstone of 7 West Sixty-third
street, an evangelist, attracted suoh a crowd
at th esouthwest corner of Twenty-third street
nnd Fifth avenue yesterday afternoon that tho
sidewalk und half the carriageway were occu
pied nnd foot passengers had to walk far out of
their course to get past. A policeman told
Johnstone that he would havo to discontinue
the senile, ns he was blockinr the street. John
Btono and tho woman who accompanied him at
once went to the West Thirtieth street police
station, where they 6honed a permit to bold
open-air services.
"What right." they demanded, "has police
man H50 to prevent us from pro.iching the word
of tho Almighty God when wo have a permit
from tho Muyort
of-STF'?",' ?'c"ermptt sent n policeman to tell
850 that Johnstone had a right to hold his ser-Tjcf?.-.
Johntone distributed tho A B C traits
of Christianity in tho police station before ha 1
went home.
A BOITTllPAW EGO PZAXT.
Vegetable Rrldenre or Iho Ntrcngth or Baoeaal
In rtfewnrlc.
In opening a barrel of egg plants on Saturday,
one of ex-Alderman Munglc's boys discovered
one of unusual form and placed It aside on tho
desk In Mungle's storo on Belleville avenue,
Newark. Tho first man who camo in picked It
up and remarked:
"Who says that baseball is not the national
game when vegetables take such shapes as this.
Ji,rt ' n1!10..01"!? o' left-handed pitcher with
the ball In It. 1 our llngcre and a thumb all In
tbo proper place for twirlintr tho sphere."
,.i5i!.m,rif plckea "P "o egg plnnt, and. after
?,nlm U ST1;'"',1", flu: "This probably
?ue , n .the neilthliorhood of a ball ground, and
the plant wits influenced by its surroundings."
nr r-tr,Tf.l,,lanil welrt? B pound, and the ball Is
UrfJ.H i 'fon '" "llo the lingers and thumb
are stubby and deformed enough to suggest th'
hand of a veteran player. "
A Little Treat for tbe Flaheo.
After a rain, worms come out of the ground
in the parks, where they are sometimes seen
on tbe wnlks, and whero usually no special
attention is paid to them. Tbey crawl back or
they are trodden out of existence But In tho
lr l,i'.e7iwBrk'.w,Wre tuo Aiunrium Is situated,
It Is different. There, when the worms come
put, a mess of them is gathered for the fishes in
,t,eS.A,T,rlu,1." thtl l" worms, and sS It hspi
Sfnrtflii, .tt,!Jf,eJ'Vh,eav'ral5 the trout and the
Si..?,rttfb?iic,'.1.mblD'f.percll'l"1Q the suufish I
are sure of a little treat.
Cnt and Hank Flaht ror a Bird.
From the lxelport. X. T., Journal
In the early part of last evening a party of 1 if
young folks who were driving along thePRaplds U
road were wlmessesofa strange spectacle. Just
fh. rev.ti'effinpa""1B.t.n8 fft"f S'rs. Brown
their attention was attracted to a monster cat
on a rail fence around a field near by. They
pulled up their horselo watch the. feline, whose
2St,w.W6,i'e?yUBIreL After. moSenttl"
cat was seen to make a sudden lean and ?
HeBh.rd 'vfrt',rd,n l"8 '" front oPf h"lBS i
of tho Sim H? .rat vroctedaa to make a meal
tfivimrflfv '&" Jart?'dryeonallttleway
no of ."fSina0 ,"clllen1'. whe,n tbey heard sounds
as ot a terrlflo struggle coming from their rear.
Tboey.aoKhtn, hlPPf V w , srreatly .mixed at I
the sight they beheld. A large hawk was In
n'S0 hB.nid idVlly tonfllct with the cat
. ynhaui. iUbt tee" L etching. The cnt
BLn?t.uba "inch, tbe best of the fleht '
whenefnh.erBin??ri,n Sundance, hut Just
,.,R .ibe rg blrd Memed about to sue
tumb, tho cat was seen to woaken, and then Iho
skyward, Thu battle lasted for fully ten min
utes and w as by no moans over. The 'cm seemed
mldaf?'" ?, 8Jre.?Btb B"d fouht '"" tT"r in I
Snu.Jir !llH fl""8.)r "" OUt Of ItS elellll'lH. f
however, and his hawksh p kept right "i i
'".? an.d,1",.Bnt P,,cce ot woods, aiiif dlwp- F
peared, both struggling for mastery.
Where Yrotrrdai'o Plreo Wore. jj
A.M-1 45, as West EUnenth street, dsinae i I
4:10,804 Third areuue.T. Karrll,damaKe !in i i" g
a Kast 1 1 1 til street, damage (3, y o, 55 t.il I
IW.f.,;"C,,l',?nreet.d,,"ae sl 10:. 21" Monro
street, Max Ilium, damagetlo.
io,Mii ' m'A'V8 1,luvV!rJr" s'"e Brodle, .lamas'
i.J.i J'.,aS5 Amsterdam avenue, damage 1.' .
S bo' K?",'." """ Mo Jacob, d, ,,,,
ff,0. ":- &4,.w,i,Lrh""e,h street, dauiage l
SHO. 40C West Thlrty-ssTentn street. Uarr Doita,
damage ot bi48, Bow.ry, datus; 1 1 " ( I
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