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BROTHERgSTALE REVISER
Avoxarn rsitstox or tjik fiout
AT TU C STOXE CRVSUER.
asrlatfnant Harris 8n Brother Struck
llln and Tlmy irapll, anil tThea Hi Mm
Cmef llreilhers lean hi Thongn the Devil
Mere Aner llln but Not n Sinn rolloned.
PovcnKnEMiE. Aug. 5. If W. Frnnklln
Brothers, mechanical engineer from Panama
and Brooklyn, bad killed all of the-400 and
odd men who attacked Ulra after bs as
united William P. Harris, auperlntendent
nf the Clinton Point stono crusher, tho
story bo told ot tho encounter and of bis
Tonnlntr fight with tho mob would have been ns
w-ood to day as It was yesterday. Thero would
havo teen nobody alive to contradict It. For
tunately Tor him, though, Mr. Brothers didn't
kill anybody. He didn't even hurt anybody very
erlouslv, and, as n result, a very different story
from that told by Mr. Brothers yesterday of tho
troublo at the crusher was obtained to-day.
Tho stono crusher, as everybody hereabouts
rail It, Includes tho quarries and stono-crushlne
plant of the Hudson Hirer S.ono Suoply Com
pany, of which W. C. Andrews of Now York Is
the President and W. A. Alsdort Is tho Vice
president and general manager. Tho New
York oQlcc of the company Is at 2
Corlhn It street. The quarries and plant nre
os the b.inLs ot tho Hudson, about sovon miles
south of Poughkccpslo, on a spur of lnnd called
Cilaton Point. A few nioro than ,r00 men aro
enplotei In getting out and crushing Ibo stone.
Te superintendent of tbo quarries and crusher
It Wllllum P. Harris.
Somo months ago Brothers, who was at one
time eniploj ed by tho Panama Cnnal Company
asan engineer, and who now lives in Brooklyn,
toU the officers ot tho Hudson lllvcr Stono Sup
ply Company that ho had an Invention for carry
log tbe stono from the quarries to tho crusher
which, if tho company would givo It a trial,
would demonstrate that Its permanent use
would sivo tbo company thousands of dol
lars a year. Tbo President looked into
the matter. Ho concluded that It was
north tcli'lo to give Brothers'a Invention atrial.
By an arrangement between tho company nnd
the engineer-inventor, tho company was to pay
tbe expenses of sotting up tho necessary ma
chinery and Brothers was hire 1, at u stipulated
price per day, to superintend the work.
According to General Manager Alsdorf, whom
a Sun reporter found at tho crusher this after
noon. Brothers had been at Clinton Point but a
short time bo: ore he began to Issuo orders right
and left. He not only wanted to boss his own
work, but be wanted to bo chief cook and bottle
washer of tbo wholo concern.
The work at tbe quarries and crusher was in
; charge of Superintendent Herrls. The company
held him responsible for the successful opera-
i tion ot tbe plant. Mr. Harris, tho company
thinks, knows his business. H irris didn't object
i to anything Brothers did as long as he didn't In
terfere with the men and the work at tbo
! crasher and In tho quarries. When bo did
Harris called him down, reported to the Presi
dent ot tbo company, woo, according to Mr.
Alsdorf, approved of all the acts of tho superin
tendent. This made Brothers mad. and he baa
greatly annoyod Mr. Harris for several months.
Brothers put the capstone on bis officlousness
yesterday morning when ho hired Henry Baker,
once the foreman of tho quarry, but who. ac
cording to Mr. Alsdorf. was discharged by Mr.
Harris several months ago for inefficiency.
Baker went to work under Brothers yesterday
morning. Wben Mr. Harris reached the crusher
he wiu Informed of tho fact. He sent for
Brothers to come to the superintendent's office.
Mr. Harris stood in front of theottico door when
Brothers came up. To him Mr. Harris said:
Mr. Brothers, I am informed that you have
a man working under you named Raker, whom
you put to work this morning. Is that so I"
"I oon't know that you have any business to
concern yourself with tho man that I hire." re
Dllcd Brothers, "but if curiosity is consuming
you 1 don't mind tolling you that you have been
correctly imurrued."
"Thank y..u tor your Information." replied
Mr. Harris. "Did jou know tb.it Baker was
discharged from these works onco becaueo he
neglected bis duly 1". " ... ...
"J-am uorfcctly wcllawaro of that fact, sir,
was Brothers'a reply, " und I expect to hire over
again m ny other men whom )ou have dis
charged before I have dono bcrc."
"Ah! You do!" exclaimed the superinten
dent. "We'll si o about that." and, turning on
his heel, endid the conversation.
The story of what followed differs materially
from tbo atorv told bv Brothers to Policeman
Chirlcs McCubo nt thu depot here yesterday
morning. Hero Is Mr. Harris's version:
"I hail hardly turnod nround when I heard a
step behind me, nnd thu net thing I knew
BroiborB had struck me between the shoulders
with a plumb-bob which ho had In his pocket,
AssoonKalwns struck I turned around und
grapulod with my assailant. In the scuttlo we
both fell to the ground and Brothers hit mo on
top of the head with tho plumb-bob. Three
or four of my men saw tho occur
rence and started to run to my assist
ance, thinking that I was being seri
ously Injured. The men shouted as they
came. Brothers beard them, ana in less time
than it takes to tell It ho was tin and away, run
ning as if tho devil was nftorhlm. through the
woods yonder, in tho direction of tbo house
where fin had lodgings. My men were going to
follow him, but I told them to go hack to work.
Thev did so lramelintely, and that's the last
anv of ns about here has seen of Brothers."
''How about Brothers s statement that, find
ing et cry avenue of escape from this Immediate
vicinity cut oil by your men, he got a rerolver
snd held up twoof tbera to clenra way for him
to the railroad track I" asked tho reporter.
" Messed If I know," answered Mr. Harris.
"I did bei r that be lorrowed n retolver from
Baker, but bo never held up. or even en
countered any of my men In bis flight. Tho
only ones or our emplojees who knew of tbo
trouble were tbe men in the Immediate vicinity
of tbo office. All tho rest wero at work in or
nbout the quarries, half a mile awn v.
Few of tho 500 men wo employ here
know now tbat there w,'s so much as nn ex
change of words between Brothers i,nd me. Not
am. in tollowcd hiiu; not a man interfered with
his goingnut. I' ho hvln't been Beared out of his
boots bv tbe shouts of thrcj or our men who
were coming to my nsslstniie o after I was down,
he ncc.1t t even havo hurried to get an a v.
That's what his 'running fight with a mob
mounted to.'"
(icncrnl Manager Alsdorf, Henry V. Corby, nt
tbo head of the office stair at the crusher, nnd
Jam s MtKcnrin, superintendent at the quarry,
corroborated Mr. Harris's story. Besides, Mr.
B .Msrtnrf said:
"II others in all right, but ho has given us
troun cover since ho camo tier". Ho 1ms tried
to nrrocito 1 1) himself an authority which ho
neter had nnd which ho couldn't got. Wo tried
to get along with li'iit, howeter, because no
kneev hit) intention would be useful
to us. nnd we thought the best man to oversco
the celling up oi tbo nc eswiry machinery was
Ibinian who Invented the contii wince. Ho bad
no money to expend in putting In thu plant, so
itenirreoil to tear tbo expense and gite him a
Mlary and a rovalt). All the men who worked
under him the eomp-iny paid. Nobody has nny
u hirlty to biro ntiy men cmplojod by tho
company hero but Mr. Harris. When
Brwbirss ys bociino hero yestcrdny morning,
"Un iiitlionty lonisuinoihirro of everything.
he tells n nhsunl fulrcbool. However, ho dc
H nlcd io thu President of tho comutny this morn.
ln' that bu even told the story that was printed
lo this morning's pnpets."
rjM Brothers wet not t the works to-day. but tho
H reporter tor The Sun saw Pollcem m McCibe,
J ni lb 'i officer retold tho story which Hi others
H old him, which wns tbo sumo story published
'n The Scn this morning. To the story Mc
J Csre made an nmusing addition. Hos.ld:
''When Brothers got to tbo part of bis tnlo
J where ibo pistol flgurcl hosald: 'You know.
Officer, I understand human nature. Few un
B 4erUi nd It as well as I do. I know that if you
eel tbo drop on me I' vo got to bold up my bands.
J and I alto know tbi.t if I get the drop on you
)ou've got to hold up tour h nds. That's
B num. in niture. Officer. I knew that, nnd
a lb t'a why I borrowed the pistol. I had
Pioof thut my know lertgooi human nature wns
J correct, when, on seeing roy rvoiter, the two
f pen In that dark, dto try pass In tho woods nl
a loetcd nie to os. This Is not tho first time I've
a carried my life In my hands. I'm use-1 toll. I
J come from a long lino of fighting stock, and I
1 i?A,!tn at danger as sou laugh at a joke,
Officer. "
H basher sp.ii.jnyo prostrated.
H Ills sentence for Kculiejtllus; L'alterslty Fundi
H I'oslponect Inileflulielj.
H Chicago, Aug. 3. Former banker Charles W.
H Hpaluing has secured an indefinite respite In the
H ; asslng of sentence. Tbo motion for u new trial
H Has to have been rondo I efore Judgo Horton
1 this morning, but owing to Spalding's physical
1 condition tho argument went over, and as
Judgo Horton left on u several weeks' vacation
I this ovenlcg tho date of tbe bearing remains un-
H fixed,
H Soulding's physical and mental condition oc-
a casions great anxiety among bs Iriends. B.nce
M bis couvKiIon laotd-turd.iy of embcrllng funds
a ot tbe State University, h has refused ah food
a or substantial nourUhm.ntof any kind. He his
not loft tbo iron col in his ceil sinco8unday
H nigbt. His former typewriter. Sarah Louise
Er,yUJ- oo of the principal causes of bis aown-
H tall, has not visited bim since his conviction,
al Ibougb a irequent caller before that time,
SiiMaataiHwailssisMSaiilSi
J9 COMPETES WITH ST. BWSTmir.
A. BroekUn Contractor Cluircva fr rtaMllas;
trt n Rainy Pat. '
City Auditor Sutton of Brooklyn toeaotly dis
covered that eiorblttnt prices had been charged
for supplies furnished to the Jail 'and other city
departments, and. after Investigation, Jio cut
the bills down moro thin one-hMf. There are
other claims against tho city" which the City
Auditor will carefully lnvcstlgtobcforo thoy
are paid. These are the bills ot Washington
Bulkluy.an attlvo Seventh ward Republican,
who has bad tho contract for sprinkling Sixtieth
street, Eighteenth avenue' and SJrcnty-nlnth
street, in the Bay Ridge district. Ho has turned
in eight bills each ot $24.0 and tb'oy
have been certified to as correct by Nicholas
Flocken, tho Superintendent ot Streets. Ho was
to sprlnklo tbo streets mentioned; was to use
eight sprinklers, five, days each ntfa&day. The
samo work is done by tho Park Department for
$5. The bills were presented to the Board of
Aldermen at tho meeting on Monday last, und
were rotorred to tho Finance Committee. They
will now go to tho City Auditor. Tho bills are
for these dates: Juno 8 to 1'A f!240; Juno 13 to
17, $'.! -to; June 18 to U2, $240: Juno US to 27,
5240: June 28 to July M, $W0; Julv 3 to 7, 240;
uly 8 to 12, $240: J uly 13 to 17, &240.
All bills under $250 aro passed by tho tarlous
departments, but It they reach or exceed that
flgurolho bids must bo advertised lor and tbe
contract awarded to tho lowest bidder.
It rained Incessantly on July 11. 12. 13. 14. 15,
10, and 17, and yet Mr. Bulkloy charges tbe city
tor sprinkling tbo streets on theso da) s, ana Su
perintendent ol Streets Fiocken vouch, s that
tho work was Hone. Mr. Bulkier wad paid a bill,
of 5387 on March 27: another bill of 9100 was
audited on Juno 21, nnd now ho has presented
tho eight bills referred to. It Is said that one of
tho At lermen, who is interested in tho Mreot
sprinkling business. Is iu reality dotug tbo work
that Bulkley charges tho city tor. and that Bulk
ley Is merely his superintendent. Tho Alder
man, however, nuts in u denial.
Mr. Bulkley wns asked to explain tho matter
last night. He said ho had not charged tho city
for sprinkling tbo streets on rainy days, una
when bo wiistmormod that bis bills, presented
to tho Aldonnen worolor work suhl to havo been
dono cturltig tbe rainy da) a. Mr. Bulkley woa
unnblo toeNplaln tbe matter. Ho suld bo hau a
contract with the city, but did bot know when
he hau obtained it or who bad glveu it to him.
Ho also said that it was his understamling that
ho bad to sprlnklo tbo streets, rnlu or shine.
Mayor wnrsior'a attention was callo.l to tho
mattor yesterday, and he a ld that ho would eoa
that the bills wero thoroughly Investigated be
fore tboy wero paid.
1'AT 31AX (JltEir FATTER.
Ills Wire Called tho Obesity Expert Down
She twy He lilt tier, ana llu Hloi Arretted.
Patehson', N. J., Aug. 5. Otto Meyer of 0
Ilnmapo uvenuo weighs 420 pounds. Ono
month ago and for a long time prior t hi re to bis
weight was 414 pounds. Mr. Mcjcris one of
the best-known men in town. Even trolley
companies that do not seem to euro for any
thing have grown to respect blni. He Is
a good-natured man and did not seem
to mind carrying around 400 pounds ot
flesh, but wben his avoirdupois exceeded that
he came to tho conclusion that it was time to
have it stopped. Ho tried all tho obesity cures
In tho market, but ho grew no lighter. He wor
ried, yet his worrlment made him no thinner.
Bonio ono recommended Dr. Carl Stucken of 07
Butler street, who oroclalnied himself an
obesity specialist. Otto saw the doctor, who
agreed to reduce his weight at a i.ollur a pound.
No money was to oe paid until 100 pounds were
suutracted. and then $100 were lo be paid over
to the doctor.
Et ery morning the doctor came and massaged
his not Impatient patient. When htihad worked
on one side as tar he could reach, be went to the
oth r sldoof tbe prostrate man and came as
near cotering all the territory as he could.
Tben Otto was laid lu a bath tuo as -big as a
small swimming tank. He lay and soaked and
druamed that his Falstaffian girth was being
gradually reduced. This baa been going on tor
over three weeks, but Otto baa stea .Uy gained in
weight. This morning be submitted to tbe usual
massage treatment. While be was soakimr In tbe
tank. Mrs. Meyer called the doctor aside and
told him that her husband had not lost any desh,
but. on the contrary, bad gained fifteen pounds.
Tho doctor reiused lo believe it, and she und the
doctor had an argument. According to her
story, he said she was a llnr. She called him a
fakir and made some reflections on bis skill.
wblch greatly angereu him.
He grabbed ber. sbo says, and struck her in
tho faco and slapped ber. Mr. Meyer, In tbe
bath tub, heard tho wholo trouble, but, in bis
condition was unnblo to. help iilc -wife. Mrs.
Meyer, however,' when she found she could not
take euro of bersell. culled In the strong arm of
the law. She ran to tbe office of Justice Hub
schmidtand made a charge of assault and bat
ter) against Dr. Stucken. Tho doctor was ar
rested, and in default of $500 bull was commit
ted to Jail.
A DISOIiaA.SIZED tTOOISG.
Feathers Jjf from tbe lat)' Uat and tho
Han Succumbs to m Uair Xeloon Hold.
Keeping time with measured tread to the
strains ot tbe wedding march from "Lohen
grin," a young colored man with a young col
ored woman resting lightly on bis left arm
walked through Madison Square Park last
evening. Tbe young man's bead was high In
tho air, and bis companion gazed upward into
bis face.
Twenty paces behind strodo nnotber young
colored woman with eyes shining with tbe fire
ot rovenge. Tbe young colored couple sank
softly on ope ot the park benches. The other
woman crept ud behind them and pounced down
on the young woman on tbe bench, grabbing
ber bnt and tearing feathers, flowers, and rib
bons Into a shapeless mass. Tbo young man
turned his head in time to bo caught with a
half Nelson hold and yanked clear over tho
back of tbe bench.
All Interest in the concert vanished as the
woman and man rolled over In tb grass. Tbo
other woman screamed and fled. It took half a
dozen park koeporn to put nn end to tbe wrestling
match. At tbe West Thirtieth street station
the young man sild bo was Hugh Cylcman of
238 West Twenty-eighth street and tne young
womnn ssidsbe was Maria Kune of 312 West
Forty-ninth street.
" 1 wns keepin' company with this lady, but
I've dono shook her," said Coleman.
"Judge, don't you believe everything that
coon snts: be made farra an' talked 'bout me In
tbe nark like anything," said Maria.
"Jos' like a common nigger to make such a
remark," sneered Coleman.
"You was mighty glad to kcop comp'ny seven
months with ibis common nigger, retorted
Mario.
Botb were locked up.
COPS MUST STAY O.V GVAltD.
Eacli Mint Wntch Ills Prisoner Till Another
.Makes au Arrest and Itetleies lllin.
VAlUiBUiia, N, J., Aug. 5. Consternation
reigns In the police force here. Slnco the bor
ough cut looso from South Orango lis public
peaco has been ronscrtcd by volunteer police
men, who get $2 a day when on duty, On or
dinary d.its theso policemen do their ordinary
work. When things aro dull they go forth and
nrresta tramp, which Is tantamount to n day's
labor. Tbe tramp Is taken to the Jail and locked
up. If be broiks out there Is no trial. If he
commits suicide thero iu no trial. Same thing If
thoj ileatehes tiro nnd burns down wllh tho
prisoner. But tho volunteer policeman gets his
ij?2. xnyway. nnd gels it easy,
Hcreafterlia isn't goin to earn money qulto
so simply, Tbo Common Council has decreed
that any officer who makes an arrest shall act
outslttH tho cell door as guard until court opens
or until another olllecrcomes nlongwf ha pris
oner. Then the second watches while the first
goes lo dinner, and they take turns. Onerrest
a day is u largo average In Vullsbun.'. There
fore. If nn officer nrrcs s a tramp nt 4 o'clock lu
the afternoon, he must guard him until 7 o'clock
In the morning, when court opens. Two dollars
fora 6liunlo m 'iter of arresting a man Is good
pay, but $2 for arresting a man nnd sitting on a
cold stone nil night to guard him Is a simple
Insult. Tho volunteer constabulary of Vails
burg nro considering hindlng In their badges
and resigning in a batch. ,
MAMIE M'CAUTUY'A liHATtr.
Dr. HI array or Itrookl)n Would Jfot Issue
CertlDrnte An Aiilopsj to Do Made.
Mamie McCarthy, 17 years old, of S3 Oouver
neur street, died yeeter'ay morning at tbe
borne of ber aunt, Sarah Colton, nt 07 Colum
bia street, Brooklyn, under circumstances which
bave called for an Intcstlgntion by Coroner
Coombs. She was taken sick at 10 o'clock on
Saturday night shortly after her arrival
at the bouse on a visit to her aunt,
nnd tho symptoms were so alarming tbat
Dr. Murray of 126 William street was
si.romonea. Dr. Murray prescribed tome
me 'iclne, and tbe next, two days tbe girl
seemed to bo steadily recovering, but on Wed.
nesday night she ngaln became vory 111, Dr.
Murray was again summoned, but wben be ar
rived, at 7:30 o'clock In the morning, the girl
was dead. He refused to grant a certificate' or
make any statement about the esse, nnd it waa
referred to tbo Coroner, Dr. A. W, Shepard will
make an autopsy tbls morning, A brother of
tbe girl said last night that she was subject to.
sudoen attacks of Illness and that bo believed
her desth resulted from natural causes.
GORMAN WON'T DISCUSS IT.
-
yBirnsn Arriima xon denies tbe
ItVMOlt that uu ih to retire.
He lays He Will Hot Announce Ills Political
Attltado Call! the Cara'aahrn Open It Is
Bettered. However. That He Will Pnbllrly
Retire from tbo Race for tbe Meaatorshlp.
WAgnntOTOx, Aug. 8. Senator Gorman ar
rived in town this morning from his country
place at Laurel, Md. He will go to Saratoga on
Saturday for a visit of several weeks. ToTnE
8rn correspondent, who c tiled his attention to
tho statement ot a friend of the Senator's,
published In TttK Scn this morning, alleging I
that ho will In a few days announce his retire
men; from politics and his determination not to
be a candidate for re-election, he said that he
would mnko no statement whatever for publica
tion at this tlmo and not until tbe campaign
opens In September, when his political nttltudo
will be fully mado known In his publlo speeches.
Thosowho know Senator Gorman best place
little reliance in tho report that ho will retire
from tho Senato In case the Legislature Is Demo
cratic. They regard tho published statement
as tbe result of a little ill tooling tbat cropped
out at tho recent State Convention between the
Dcmocratlo factions. In that convention thero
was one faction who wanted a straight-out freo
silver, IB to 1, financial plank adopted, whllo
others advocated an equally plain gold plank.
Onowlngof tho party, made up ot enthusiastic
Gormanltes, Insisted on naming the choice of the
convention for United Statos Senator. They
had written Gorman's namo in tho plank, nnd
he, as Chairman of tbo Platform Committee, re
fused to consent cither lo tho mention ot his
name or the adoption of a radical money plank.
It was necessary to use vigorous measures to
suppress tbe advocates ot these two planks and
bring In n conservative or evasive financial
plank nnd nilt nil mention of Senatorial candi
dates. Gorman, Indoed, was compelled to
threaten that bo w ould oppose these propositions
In open contention If they should bo agreed to
In committee. Ho won his fight, but it left Its
scats, nnd the Senator will nate to perform
somo ot his clcverost fonts of diplomacy to
smooth matters otcr nnd put tho Democracy of
Maryland In harmonious fighting trim for the
fallcimpalgn.
Gorman's friends think he gave another Illus
tration of his reniarknbleshrew dncss in political
management by re'uslng to allow the uso of bis
name by tbo State Cont ention. To do so would
bo to make Gormanisui tbo issue, and be would
thus be tbe direct target of tbo Republicans
during the c impalgn.
Baltimore, Aug. 5. There Is no doubt that
thu statement purporting to havo romo from a
personal trlcndot Senator Gorman, in which it
isnnnounced thathe has withdrawn from the
Senatorial race, was Inspired by Mr. Gorman
himself. This is tbe opinion of politicians gen
erally, and although Mr. Gorman ro'usoil to
either affirm or deny to-day Its outhentlclty.it
is believed tbat be will in a day or two mako
the announcement over his own sluna
turc. Somo po. Melons who havo fought
with and against blm Incline to the
belief tbat tbo foxy Senator has a
string tied to the withdrawal, and that he will
reconsider bis determination after the election,
should bis friends be in thema.orlty. Campaign
ers, hawet er. point to the fact that even if this
Is tbesibeme it could not succeed. Itwnstrbd
onco before, by Sen tor Willi im Plnkney Wbyle,
and failed miBerably. The reason Is plain. Tho
moment Mr. Gorman announces that ho is not a
candidate others aspiring to succeed him will
go into the tight, and loyal as they may htve
been to the Senator, t bey would soon turn against
blm If they found they had beon bamboozled.
So that, whether he is sincere or not. It Is be
lieved tbat he is out of the fight. It Is also a
fact that be has within tbe past two weeks told
somo of the leading Democrats here that he
would soon make a statement that he would not
again be a candidate for re-election. Among
o' her reasons advanced is that of continued ill
health. While tbls may not be tbo underlying
cause.lt undoubtedly has much to do with tbe
decision reached.
Mr. Gorman has been a very sick man. nnd Is
now far from being well. He Is weak and b g
gard, and needs building up. His phrstcl in has
repeatedly warned him against undue excite
ment and overwork, his nervous ststem being
so broken as not to be strong enough to with
stand the strain. Then, again, the tight is en
tirely uphill. He has against him tho leading
Democratic papers in the Statu rnd a united
Republican party, while his own p-crty Is dis
rupted because of the division on the currency
question. To succeed while thus handicapped
Is out of the question, and no one realizes this
more than Mr. Gorman himself. By withdraw
ing he can pose as n marttr. who sacrificed
himself for the good of tbo party, and should
tho Democrats win tils lnfluenco would be
greater tban ever. The impression la that
should ho snecced he will namo his successor,
and tbe man would In all probability bo taken
from the Eutern Shore. W hatevertho outcome
may be, tbe coming tight will be more Interest
ing tban ever.
Mr. Gorman has gone to Saratoga with his
son. and will remain thero until Sept. 1, when
he sxpects to hate so far rrcovered as to return
and take part In tbe campaign.
Civil Service Examlnatlous to ftecurti 5(w
Merit Lists.
Albakt, Aug. 5. Open competitive examina
tions for merit will be held iu twenty cities of
tbls State on Aug. 27 and 23 for nearly etery
class of positions In the Stato service which
come under the civil service rules. The exami
nations nro to bo held by tho Stato Civil Servlco
Commission tosecuroncw merit lists, to go into
effect Sept. lo. In compliance with Gov. Black's
order tenmn tting all existing merit lisison that
date. Iberu are quite it number of appointments
to be made In tbe State departments, and many
of the appointing officers are waiting the new
merit lists before filling vacancies.
Col. Stevens and SAelsber Untabt.
Col. James II, Stevens, who was a stamping
clerk in tbe United States Gauger's office and
who was dismissed iu March, 1805. has asked
Collector Bldwell foranothcr hearing on charges
that he. Stevens, made against United States
Weigher Charles H. Knight and that Colloctor
KUbrctb dismissed. The charges were to tho
effect that Knight recommended Stov-cns for
dismissal after borrowing money from Stevens
until Stevens could lend no more. Stevens has
Interested National Committeeman Glbbs in
bis case. The Collector said yosterday that be
didn't see the neod of another hearing, but that
be would have tbe record ot Col. Stetens looked
up to see if injustice bad been done blm.
I.leul. Itflebel Moore's funeral.
Tho funeral of Lieut. Michel Moore tbe vener
able veteran soldier who served as a drummer
boy in the warof 1812 and whose career in tbo
regular army extended over a period of sixty
tears, was held yesterday afternoon from his
late homo at 20 Set en 111 avenue, Brooklyn.
There was no military display, A medal of tbe
Boi Icty of the War of 1812 and a button of tho
Military Order of Foreign Wars wero placed cm
the Lloutonant. Tho interment was in Green
wood Cemetery.
Policeman Itarniiaab I'lshls lor Ills Place.
Tho Pollco Commissioners of Long Island City
met last night to try new- charges against Po
liceman Owen J. ICavanagb. Former Corpora
tion Counsel William E. Htowart served upon
the lo rd it temporary Injuctlon granted by Jus
the Smith of tbe Hupretne Court, restraining
tho board from irjlug Kutnnngb during tho
Sundency of an application made to Judgo
mltb for a permanent injunction.
O'ttrlll) Died or Natural Causes.
Coroner's Physician Donlin made an autopsy
at the Morgue yesterday on tho body of Martin
O'Reilly, whoso death at tho almshouse) was
thought by bis daughter, Mrs. Nellie Dunn ot
lbOO Second avenue, to be due to 111 treatment.
Dr. Donlin said death was duo to pneumonia
and nephritis.
May Abolish Hour Uradlnr,
A meeting of the flour trade will be held at the
Produce Exch nge to-day to decide whether
grades of flour shall be abolished and flour sold
in tbe local market entirely by sample on its
otn merits. Incaso it Is decided to abolish
grading, tho flour inspection s stem In the fu
ture will apply only as to soundnets and uniformity.
Pawned Ibo Jewelry or Ills Customers.
St, Iioib, Aug. 3. William T. Crosby, the
jow eller who is accusod of pawning much of tbe
jewelry and many watches belonging to tbe cit
izens of Webster Grote, was arrested on
Wednesday. Crosby has made a confession.
Marshal Nice says thero are thirty claims for
jewelry and watches against him.
Two rerrj boats Collide.
Tho Hamilton ferryboats Pierrepont and
Whitehall collUcd yesterday morning while the
Pierrepont was leaving tbe slip at tbo foot of
Sackett street, Brooklyn, and tbe Whitehall
was omlng in, A portion ot the guard rail of
tho Pierrepont was carried away, and some of
the passengers were thrown to tho deck. No
one was Injured,
Hot Hurt by a Fit r-9lorj fall.
Louis Skunlck of 70 Willett street fell yester
day afternoon from the root ot tbe tenement,
which Is Ave stories high, to the yard. When
the doctors at Gouverueur Hospital examined
him they found that his only injury conI:t.d of
a oruiso on onu leg. He was able to wsU borne
from the hospital.
RROTUEnnoon of tue kisqdom.
They Express Sympathy with President An
drews and with tbe Striking Coal Miner,
Albany. Aug. 5. The fifth annunl convention
of the Brotherhood of tho Kingdom Is bttrtg
held tbls week In Marltwo, N. Y. A largo
number ot distinguished men In clerical, educa
tional, und professional circles nro In attend
ance. Prominent among tho speakers are Prof.
N. Schmidt of Cornell, Prof. Waltor ltauseban
busch of Rochester, the Hon. Ernest H, Crosby
ot Bo.ton Hall, Dr. Ponbody of Homo, N, Y.; tho
Rov. Dr. J. N. Whiton pt tho Outlook, and Mr.
Carter of tho Church union.
Ono of tho most. Interesting discussions to-d ly
was In reference- to, the lorced resignation ot Dr.
E. B. Andrews of Brown University, which was
followed by tho acoptlon of resolutions declar
ing that tthllo "thu ica-al right of tbe governing
bodies of our universities to remove any ottlier
employed by thorn Dor cause that seems to them
sufficient Is a novo debate, tho moral justifica
tion of such action may iu oach caso rjgutlv bo
demanded," und that, "In flow ol recent
cases indicative ot u sirang and dangerous tend
ency to allow corporate Interests to intcriero
wltbourmostlmportnnt means of shaping an
enlightened public) opinion, wo aro prompted to
extend, particularly to President E. Benjamin
Andrews of Brown University, uur heartiest
sympathy and slnccrest esteem, nnd to express
our decided dls ipproval of the action ot the cor
poration of Brown University loading to his
resignation." ,
ltesolutlons of sympathy with th men in tho
coal miners' strike wero also nuopii-d, iu which
It Is said: "Wo protest especially against tho
tendency to glvo capital a llrsi Icln on tho pro
ceeds of industry. Wo hold that, un ths con
trary, a fair wage to tho workers should como
first, and Interest and dividends second,"
riohts or iroKKj.v.ur.v.
Gov. Atkinson or West Virginia Iteplleo lo
Queries Put to Mini bj Presldeut t.omuers.
Wasiiinoto.v, Aug. 0. Samuel Gompers,
President ot tho American Federation of La
bor, to-day received n letter from Gov, Atkinson
of West Virginia concerning queries mado by
officers of tho Federation about tho right ot
worklngmcn In tho Slate to bold public meet
ings to discuss the coul strike. With rcferonco
to an Injunction Issued by Ibo Circuit Court ot
Marlon county against Gompcra nnd others, tbe
Governor said It would to manifestly imprupor
for blm to cvprcss nn opinion, as the Judicial
department of tho Stato is independent of the
Exccullto. Ho lias requcttol tho Attorney
General ot the Stato to nppeur in thx Injunction
mailer on. I assist In httlng an carl.t adjudica
tion hi the State hupremo Court. The Governor
vigorously dcfcniis tnu right uf free aucech, and
concludes s follows:
"So long as thu worklngmcn of tbls Stato con
duct their ciuso In a lawful and peaceful man
ner It will ho m duty, as It w 11 bo my pleasure,
to protci t them; but.if they shou.d. in un Ill-advised
hour, violate tbo law by interfering with
the rights or property ot olheri. It will bo tut
sworn duty to rcpruss energetically mi I speed
ily all law Icssnesi. Hiid to see tbat the puhlic
pe.ice is maintained at all hazards nnd tbul tho
proper! o our people Is protected; for we must
nil. whether rich or poor, omploccr or employee,
high or low, respect and obey Ihu law."
KXEE PAXTS MAKEllS RIOTOX78.
Tbey Mob a Xan-Unton slhop aud Pull Whiskers
or .ou-Cnlon Mrn.
The striking knoo pants makers, notwith
standing tho repeated cxbc nations of their
leader, Morltz Pino, to respect thu law. broke
loose from tbo traces yesterday nnd followed
tbo usual methods of east sldo strikers w hen
they are out for a week or so. They found non
union men nt work in tbe shop of Jacob Abra
ham in the rear of 77 Essex street, their present
headquarters. A number of the strlkors saw
the men at work nnd ordered them to stop.
They tben Invite 1 the workers to go down into
the yard and "get licked." but tbe Imitation
was declined.
B.C. committee was sent to get tho lucnout.nnd
falling in this, a crowd gilbcrnd and proceeded
to raid the shop. Eggs, maturo enough tohtvo
walked by themselves, orcr-ripo bananas, bits
of coal, and other missile" wero thrown. A
window wan broken, and somo one went out
shouting "Murder! Police!" A policeman from
the Eldridgc strcot station cunio and round two
men tugging at each other's whiskers. The
combatants tied and tho crowd scattered. No
one was seriously hurt and iberowcro no ar
rests. Moro contractors signed the agreement, but
thero was no " rush," consequently the strikers
were In bad temper,
Thero was no change in the oiher.clo thing
strikes. '
arMoht rroitKEtts dissatisfied.
Covemmeut Employees at Mprlnafleld. Mass.,
Object lo a llsit nediicllou.
SPniNOKlULD. Mnss.. Aug. fi. Tho employees
o' tbe United States armory aro indignant otcr
a chtnge in tho schedule of prices paid for piece
work, which they usert has cut down their
earnings from T to 30 percent. Somo are talk
ing of following the action of thu employees of
theartcn.il at Troy, N, V., two jcirs, ugo. when
eighty men put on their coats and left theshups.
After an Int edtlgalion Senator Hill and Secre
tary of War L iliiont caused a chunco in torn
mandant und mallei wero ariaugcd satis
factorily. The tn en lit rr say tbat all thc need
Is a lender, nnil tbet will tako similar action.
Complaint of Col, Mnrotriil, the commandant,
Is lo t made to c.'unrcMH!iii (illicit.
When the men returned to work un Mondnv.
after it threo tt irks' Abut 'own, the) wero noli-
tlc-d of tho change. Then emplnjed itipicirtt-
lug are cm h lo 10 pi r cent.; those un the mill
ing, drilling, mid Hc-rew niacliini't cmd all cither
piece work, 10 to an pi r cent. Tho barrel
fitinightenerH. who ur-cd lo earn 92 25 n clay,
can now hardly e irn 5l Tift u dav. Tho straight
eners in thu Manchester Arms C'niiip.inv, the
men hern t, earn fioni l to ir7adat. A
8)atc!ii of tines In Uigur itc.l lit Col. MorJccui
bus also caused a deal uf complaint.
Marie Itnrherl's tfw Trouble.
Mario llaibcrl, tho hlaycr of Domlnico
Cntaldo, her botrajcr. Ins got Into difficulty
with tho labor unions, .-be secured work with
Jacob Hcjman. a con contractor of 171 Elm
street, but did not join tho union. Tbo Brother
boo I of Tailors hoard nf this, and yesterdav
iluiiiaiidod thai she should either bo diFcbarg d
or join tbo union, llcremplajcr lefusnd to dis
charge her, and sbo refused to Join tbe union.
Nllk Mill lleeelter lias n Nlrlkr. on Hand.
Pateiwon', N J.. Aug. n. Ono hundred and
fifty broad silk weaters in tin) employ of tho
Golden Hod Silk Co:niat:. which went into tbo
hindsnf a rccelter cm Miuiday, struck thlsnf
ternonn against n pmjord reduction of 4 cents
n yard on woi en goods Tin) plant Is lu ihargo
of Iteccltcr Pennington, who is authorized to
wind un tbo affairs ol the concern.
A rut-and-Urlrd Mi-Ike llad?.
Tho Cornice nnd Fk light Makers' Union,
numborlng OOO, hate decided to strike for an
increase of wngca on cpt. 7. They nre now re
coitlng$3 n clay but do mind $3.S0. which was
refused. Thoyliate nppuiiite I u Mrlko commit
leuand will make tlm Libor Licum, Ot East
Fourth tticet, their licudiunilure.
Ithennnln Nllk Mills C iiiiiiletcly Tied Vp.
Colleoe Point. N Y Aug. rs. Tho fore
woman and Butoral apprentices in tbe lthcnunla
silk mills joined the strikers to-duy, and tbo
factory la now complete!) tio 1 up.
JIJSUOV M'fAVL A Sit TUE A, O. II.
no Accepts I he OOlen of Arbitrator Detwrrn
the Two Kneiluns.
Trestcw, N, J., Aug. 5. Bishop McFaul of
tho Catholic dloceso of Trenton has accepted tho
office of nrnltralorbclween tbe two factions in
tho Ancient Order nf Hibernians. He will listen
to tho testimony of thoso interested on next
Monday afternoon In Ibis clt). Bishop McFaul
was chosen iirhlir.Unr uf the points in dispute at
a jolniionferencuof the national officers of tbo
rival faction held at Atl.inliu City otiTues la.
Tho cuiiicrcnce. utter a sesslonor e oven hours,
agreed upon a Plan to unite th ltio.CXHj mem
bers of the order under one head, and Icit to
Uishup MrFuul Ihe settlement of all disputed
points. Bishop McFaul is the- Now Jorsoy chap
lain of the American branch of tbe order.
Kett port Hop lu Honor or Yachtsmen.
NEtvroRT. It. I.. Aug. 5. Thero was a special
hon given to night at the Casino in honor of tho
visiting yachtsmen and ttu lllllo theatre was
crowced lo oterllowinj, Among those present
wero Mr. and Mrs. Uoyal Pnelps Carroll. Mlsj
Alice Blight. Miss Fair, Miss Burden, Mrs. Her
m nn Oelrlchs, Mrs. Belle Nellson, Mr. and Mrs.
T. Hitchcock, Miss fcustls. Miss Urnnt, Mrs.
Potter Palmer, Mr. und Mr. A. J, Drexel, Mrs,
Edward King. Miss Kintr. Mr. and Mrs. J. It.
Drexel. Mr. and .Mrs, . t. D. 8tokes, Hirry
Lebr Stniucy Mortimer. II. A. C. Tay.or, Miss
Taj lor, J.T.Buraen.Jr., Miss Annsdanas. Mr.
and Mrs. U 'J. Iselln, Mr. aud Mrs. W, R. Tray.
crs. Mrs. E. T. Gerry, Miss Gerry, Mr. nnd Mrs.
B. U. Sbaw, John Boit, and James Oils,
Where Yesterday's Plrrs Were.
A. H 8:55, 8344 Eighth avenue, 8. E. Beruhetmsr,
damai "l 115. Ddancey street, M, Rodes,
dainsji tnfllcg
P. M.-SilO. SO Mtclouctl strsst, Ulcbssl Nolsa,
dams(SIOi 11 tin, xtuu second sroniie, nodsmsjo
OPPOSES A a. A. B. VISIT.
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DOE. CCakOS DOEHS'TWAST IIJE XX.
CAMPMEXTIX IlICUMOSD.
Issue) a publle I-ettrr Against the Proposed
IVatlonnl (latbrrlna In Tbat Cits-rears
Impressed Tbat Ibo .lorthrrners Would Xot
Recrlvo a Cordial Greeting In Virginia.
Hldnsfosn, Va Aug. 5. In view of tho action
df tho Ydung Men's Business Association of this
city In resolving to Invito the G. A. K. to hold
j Its 1890 encampment here, Col. John Cussons.
! tbo Virginia Stato Comtnnnder of tho United
I Confederate Veterans, has written a letter op
posing the move on tbo ground that tho visitors
would not rocelro hero tho cordial wetcomoand
sincere hospitality to which thoy aro entitled,
and which they would naturally expect toenjoy.
In his letter. Col. Cussons says:
" We srtotild sedulously avoid any act or utter
ance which might possibly engender friction be-
tween tho departing and tbe on-coming genora--tlons
of our people. Old Confederates dwell
naturally on tho past, nursing the memory ot
the great days which nre gone da) s rich In
jPromlso nnd In achlovcd renown days dnrk
with tho gloom ot defeat, filled with nbldlng
sorrow, yet never until now threatened with
tho tint of shsmo. Meantime our young men
lift their eager gazo to tho future nnd nre im
patient of all that may seem to chuck or hinder
tholr career.
" I sympathize with them. I wish them God
speed. They aro tho true talesmen of Virginia,
nnd in every fibre ot my bolng 1 thrill w Ith their
energy nnd gather Inspiration from their hope.
But la this meeting of llio Grand Army of tho
Republic a thing to bo desired by tho pcoplo of
'jourcltyt Would ) our Cotifcdcrato camps bo
likely to forget their rainy repulses nnd cor
dially fraternize w 1th tlieno visitors? Would
they entertain thorn with that frco and cltusivo
hospitality which has to long marked their
treatment of tho stranger within their gitesf
And tailing thin cten In slight degree, would not
tbe day of healing bu pushed furl ho r back 1
"As a separate proposition, peril ips. nothing
would bo moro instructive) or moro salutary
than n closo Intel mlngllnc of our Southern
touth with the men uf the (irnnd Ann), furllio
illusion which Northern literature has been fos
tcring mining our )oung people would bo rather
tndoly dlssipito.l when it mixed assortment of
thoaci gentlemen should begin to resale ton with
their camp suugs on M mliing Through
Georgia' and tho 'Sour Apple Tree.' and
hliondan's Hide In tho Vnlloy, niul to bo less
than prepared fur this would impui-o it restraint
upon your gnosis which would rob their re
union of ono of Its striking ch iriictcristics,"
Cnl. Cusons then quoted tho uttcrancoif "a
well Inlormu i nnd p itrlottc Northerner," tt bich
is In pert as follows:
"Lctttlmo and merciful sllcnco obliterate the
scars nf war. nd succeeding generations, fos
tered bv the smiles uf prosccrit), i-otlcn the bit
terness of the past mid mellow t lie memory o.' a
miclity struggle. In which each contending host
called upon Almighty God to ktistaln their
ciusc. which tt honest Iv believed to bo Just."
Cnl. Cussons concludes:
"I fully join with you In the opinion that
for Hlchniond or any other Southern rlty to
assume thu relut on of host to nn organization
which Is partly cotuiiosod of negroes would at
this time be pocull rly untltting. and I sincerely
hope that some other tnethol may bo detised
for tbo advancement of Richmond s welfare."
It lshllotcd hero that tho letter of Col. Cus
sons w ill preclude any posslbllltv of securing to
this city tho G. A. It encampment.
TUItX DOWX MAYOR IIOUS? XO, SIRl
Democratic Lender Hails or Jersey City Sinn
Praises of tbe Major.
Humor has been current among the Dolitlclans
in Je-sey C.ly that If tbe Court of Errorsand
Appeals declares tbo Mi-Arthur act constitu
tional and thus necessitates an election for
i municipal officers in Notcmbcr. Robert Davis.
I the Democratic leader, will not permit Major
Hoosto lo renominate L In regard to bis ru
mored intention of turning Muyor Hoosdown,
Mr. Divls. lid yesterdny:
"It Is true that Mn)or Hoos and I have not
been In perfect tutor ion some public matters,
but our clittcrenccs of opinion li.no been trilling,
taken altogether. Two men will not always
think alike. Because the Mayor and I ate both
sttilw art Democrats, that is nn reason why uur
opinions should be exactly ulike in all cases. My
belief. Outvoter, is that where wo bate disagreed
euehof us has been perfectly sincere In tbcotin
ion thit ilia contention lias been right. Our
differences bate never been serious enonghTo
cuui-o friction and 1 gucs3 I would be describing
the situation accurately werei I to acy that
Mat or linos Is one of tbe beet tricnus I have in
the City Hill."
" Who will prubnbly be the Democratic nomi
nee for Mat or If an clei tlon is held in Novem
ber I" Mr. Pat Is wannsked.
"Whj, Major Huos. ol course," replied Mr.
l)at is priiinpllj'atid eitiphatballt. "Th ro Is uo
llinocncl who would h ct e the slightest c banco
tif getting tho Dimocrilic nomination titralnsl
Minor Iloos. His iccord Ins b 'en crcdllablo
tliruughout. From the din lie tookuillceon May
:t the Major's aim has b n to ri'ducu llio bur
dens of the t.npnjers. Hi' has bcn bandiiapped
fron the start ht Iiomih- iiiiiuic-ipsl boards
and one of tho results uf this lack of harmony is
the incie.ise in the t c rate. It dues not require
uiiicb Itivc-tlgition to as. rtaln that the Mayor
basin no un) bjen resinitisi jlc io- the now rate,
am' that I ho Finaui ' ll'urd and tbo Tax Board,
which are rcsponnh'u 'or tho into, arc Loams In
which the inajiirlij nf tbe inriubcrs were up
pointed by Mayor lloos's predecessor."
jinoKV.it ir. . nritm:i.i. a ovicide.
Took Trlonnl Tuesduj Ills I.ast Command to
Ills Hon Obrjed Intll leslrrday.
William J. Kuildcll wni found dead in bed at
his home ut 1313 Hoe avenuo jcslerdny morn
ing by his son Thomas, u lad of 10 jears. Ho Is
supposed to bat o committed suicide by taking a
large dose of trloual.
Ho was wealthy once, but lost tho bulk of bis
fortune somo tlmo ugo In unfortunate specula
tions in blocks. On lo-ing heat lly, two months
ago his ttlfo left him. Ho told Ills friends tbat
sho had gone lo tho roiintrj for the summor.
They say that sho abandoned blm, Sbo was bis
second wife.
He was in tho habit of buying trlonnl ot
a druggist nt Intervale atcnuo ana Krccniin
street, where ho also often used the telenliono to
place his stock onleis. At II n'llock Tuesday
evening bu sent his sou Thuin.m to tbo drug
sloio to buy two drachms of trional. When tbo
boy relumed with it Mr. Ituddell went to his
room, telling I ho lad to allow no ono to enter or
dint nth bun. as he liiomt to rest thorough)).
Thomas obctedhis father's last commend to
the letter until 0:30 o'clock jcslciday morning.
Then, having he in! nothing from his father,
bo tiled tiiciitet bis room. Ho found llio door
locked, (ic-ltlug a companion toitsnlstbim.be
clltnlied through a sldo window and found his
father stretched across tho bed, ciead. All the
trloual had been drunk.
Mr. Kiiddell wiik n member or tho Consoli
dated Slink and Petroleum Evchnngc, which he
joined cm March V. 1HPI. He hail his office with
tho broki race linn nf Height " Freesc. at 03
Hroadwii). Formerly ho was In tbo furniture
business.
Nuteldr or nn lutalld.
rtuclolph Von Hall. 00 )cars old, who lived
w lib his tintnai rled sister at 4011 West SiMccntb
street, cut bis throit yesterday with n razor
nnd wns remotcd to tho New York Hospital,
where be died a lew hours after bis admission.
Von Hail used to do odd Jobs at palming nnd
piper banging fur a living. Ijtst Decern crho
sum-red icstiokpol piral.rsls.and wait lu Belle
tuo Hospital lor treatment. Ho was discharged
fioni Ihnt institution two weeks ago. wben still
an Intalid. Ho is said to have belonged to a
good Gel man family.
Consolidation of Two UrooUljn Trolley Com
jtanles nioc Ked.
Justice W. L. Smith In tbo Supreme Court In
Brookljn yesterday gran cd n temporary In
junction on behalf of Patrick II. Fltnn, restrain
ing tho projected consolidation of the Coney
Island ami Brooklyn Hailro id Company with tho
Brooklyn City und Newtown ttnilrnaii Company.
An order to show cause why tho injunction
should not bo nude permanent U returnable
next Monday.
A Long Branch Pastor Takes a Schenectady
Cbario,
Lose Branch, N. J.. Aug. 5. Tbo classls of
Monmouth at a special meeting In tho First He
foruied Church today dissolved the pastoral re
lations between the Itov. A. B. Herman and that
church. Mr. Herman his accept da call to tho
Mount Pleasant ltolormed Church at Scheme
tndyastbe successor of the Hot, Luurou tun-derteer,
Major of Grand Itaplds, Mich., Oets a Ulvorre.
Pewit, Oklahoma, Aug. 5. Mr. Henry
Kountz, Mayor of Grand Ilaplds, Mkb., was
divorced to-day from bis wife, Teresa Kountz.
The) have h id ten children, Tue Court gave
bis wifo $10,000 alimony -nd a flno mansion in
Grand Huplds. Kountz asserted that his wife
was insanely Jeulous of him and mado his life
miserable.
Cloakmabrrs' Premature Strikes.
Strikes of cloakmikers in a number of shops
are expected to-day There aro now jjoo out,
in spite of tbe fact that a general strike Is being
arranged for.
PQWDER
Abiautcly Puro
ROCKEFKLT.ai'S OPIEK TU SELL.
Tax Assessor Mas tin Would I.Ike an Option on
it, at snao.coo.
TArtriYTeTwx. H Y.. Aug. fl. Tho story that
William Itockcfcllor would sell his hand somo
residence and gra tnds In Mount Pli nant town
ship for $350,000 tld not cause any excitement
In this village, for It hau born well known hero
since last sprinj: that Mr. Hock feller's plsco
was on tho niari et. Mr. Rockcfcll ir was driven
out of Grecnwhh. Conn., onnccou'lt of his In
creased taxes, intl Mr. Hawks, his superin
tendent, says th.tt tho nsscssors Intend to drive
him from hero. Mr. Rockefeller paid nn av
crngoof $50 a i'n- taxes last ) car. Thlsjotrlt
will average 81125. Henry Ficldrai sajs thtfc
Mr. Rockefeller placed his property In bis handr
to sell before going to Europe.
Mr. ItockofcCor spends annually 00 000 flu
Improvements. HIb place, comprising OHO
acres, is all kept in tho best repair. Tho lane1 Is
most valuable. Michael Martin, ono of tho
Assessors, said to-day:
"I wrotoiilottor to Mr. Rockefeller Just be
fore ho started for Europo nnd inked blm to
grant mo nn Interview. 1 -vautcd to get tho
amount of his personal prop irtj. Ho did so. I
called on him utni I b id qull j n lone talk. He
sworo tiff his personal n, cl liming residence In
Noworl;. 1 saj this Is not ,'ii.bt. I think per
sonal property should bo texed where lound.
Ho Is ntsessed for otil) $100,000 per
sonal property In Now York. Ho has
that much nlnno in bis carriage house
here, not speaking nf tho furnishings iu
his mansion. Mr. Itockofollcr sad tbat largo
owners should bo humored. 1 consider my lltlio
e-ottago just as valuable to mons hf mansion Is
to him. I pa) moro taxes in pronortion th in ho
docs. My nousn la mortgaged, yo I pay taxes
for lull valuo. If Mr. Rockefeller willofTcrmo
hlsphvre for 8350.000 In writing and givo mo an
out Ion for thlrly days I will soon find n pur
chaser. This his ngonts will not do. Thoc-nhlnet-worklnono
room cost about $50 000. That is
enough to buy all tho Irish shanties lu tbls district,"
WAR OX IXSURAXCE COMPAXIES.
Kansas OfDrlnls Very Hitter Aralnst Judgo
Williams tor Imtcrrrrlng.
Topeea. Knn Aug. 0.- Gov. Leedy and tho
State officers, including Webb McNall, Superin
tendent of Insurance. ho,ve grown very bitter
and malignant slnco Juxlgo Williams of ths
United States Court lsaumd an injunction re
straining them from Inta-fcring with tbo busi
ness of the Mutual Life Incmrance Company of
Now York. Tho Governor said to-duy:
"It seems to mo that a Eederal Judgo when he
undertook to suspend tbo entire criminal law ot
tbo State, as did Judge Williams at Colorado
Springs, should have tbe courtesy or decency to
notify tbo Attorncy-Geno-alof tho State or tho
Stato authorities that be cont-mpUted doing so
and give us nn opportunltv to bo heard.
"1 do not now- Lelleve that tho agon t of any
Insurnnco company which his no license or
authority to do business In Kuisas will bo per
mitted to do business In tbe bla c. IproDosoto
carry this caso to the highest tribunal in the
land and ascertain whether this Is a sovereign
State or a teparutc municipality. 1 propose to
protect ibo interests of this Statu and defend its !
honor "
Judto Williams says: "I issued tbat order in
thodischirgeof my duty asa Fedotal Judge, be
cause I believe til cl under tho law a of ICmsas
this eompiny is entitled totrnnsaet its business
in that State as long as it Is shown to bu In it
sole cnt condition. This Is the principal requisite
for securing a license under tun Stato law s.
"If tbo State authorities oppose tuy ordor. tho
mailer will got Into tbo Federal courts for set
tlement." Mr. G. C. Clemens, Supreme Court reporter
lor Kansie. demands tbat tho Populists Im
peach Judgo Williams. Clomens says the Fed
eral courts are a meiiaco to States rights and
should ho abolished. Ho proposes thai tho Pop
ulists mako this theory tbo principal Issue of
tbe coming campaign.
GERRY SOCIETY RKFI'SEV BALL.
Wouldn't Iteleaso Its Vnueig Prisoner on Ills
ferniidmotber'a UonC.
George Tochfar. 13 years old, of 'JO Tompkins
street, was arrested for loitering nt Broome and
Cannon streets nbout 0:30 o'clock last evening,
and, nftcr being taken to the Delanccy street
pollco station, wus sont to the rooms of the
Gerry Boclcty.
At 8 o'clock his grandmother, Mrs. Subrer of
10 Cannon street, went to the pollco station and
furnished a bond for tho boy's release, gltlng as
security tho bouse in which she lives, which she
owns.
Sergeant McCormick approved tbo bond and
sent a pollcem m to tbo Gerry society's rooms to
fot the toy. Tbe iiollccuiau found a man named
llticklcy in command of the Gerry society.
Gluekley told him that ho wouldn't let
thu boy go. no matter what lamd was offered
for his release, and thopoliccmnn wuaooljged to
go back to the station without blm. Sergeant
McCormick mid Mrs. Suhrcr wore astonished ut
the refusal to release the boy. Mrs. Subrer is
afraid the society will try to keep him, now it
bus got bim.
PROSECUTOR TUURMOXD ACQUITTED
He Ulllod a Young Man In ftoutb Carolina In
a Pullllral Qusrrrl.
CotXMMA. S. C. Aug. 5. An Edgellcld jury
to-day. after thirty minutes' deliberation, found
Solicitor J. W. Thurmond. Stato Prosecutor for
tho Fifth circuit, not guilty of tho murder of
W. G. Harris. Jr., last March. Harris was a
young man ami belonged to an old family. He
travelled fora drug bouso in Columbia. Thur
mond had recently twen elected r-ollrltor, while
II .rrls's lather was tir'catcit fora county office.
Yiiung Harris, meeting Thurmond, charged
blm wllh detecting his father and called blm a
dirty Tillmnnltp. Thurmond withdrew Into his
office and Btcio 1 at the door. When II crrls canio
by moro wnrda were exchanged. 'Ihurninnd
said that Harris advanced on liim with n knlfo
In his hand, when ho klckol blm doetn the
steps. Harris r.imo nt bim again, bo set ore,
wllh a knife in his loft hand and his right hand
on bis hip, andThiirmoud sbo: blm dead. Thero
were no witnesses to this. Harris's knife was
fdiiuo close i in bis right pockot, nnd ho had no
other weapon,
TllOMPSOX J'fTf OCT A TIRE.
The Acting Police Inspector "polls lilt CutTs
lu Plating Flreiunu soltialre.
A fire tint started in n room on the third floor
of the building m 1(1 Third atenuo utO o'clock
yesterday morning was discovered nndpiitout
by Acting Pollen Inspector Walter Thompson.
Tho Inspector, who was coming clown town In a
train cm the Third nveniieel voted riilrnad.saiv
tbe fire trntn near window. Ho got otf tho train
nt the Ninth street ttatlon and ran up to the
room wnero tho sliidcs t.t blinds of u window
were burning. Hn had the fire oat In a few min
utes but burned bis cutis bevond repair In tbo
effort
CUEATEIt THE GALLOWS.
Leorj, Sentenced lo lie Unused Three Tears
Ago, Ulrs a nturnl lirntr,
San Francisco, Aug. 5, William Letry, tho
old man who has cheated the gallows for three
years, died to-day In S in Quentin Prison, Ia5.try
fatally stabbed a Swiss In Monteret county in a
drunken quarrel, nnd wns ronnctrd and sen
tenced to death In the earl) part o 1 901.
His friends secured n postpo-ieinenl of tho exe
cution. Recent 1 his health failed, nnd ho was
sent to tho prison hospital.
His case protcs lb t it Is vory difficult to hang
a man linear tbu CillfornlaUwbwbo has money
or friends with means.
I
HOME OF THE MOSQUITO. I H
f lilt BSSBSBSBsl
FOVXD nr A SAVAXTi or COVRSB M I sRHl
IT IS JT.V .VL'II' iTEIt.HEY. A fi IH
On the rtonrt to Arlliiatun Ccmrterj-Ile At- iYl tfJfiBtil
tended a .Meeting nt Which a Committee or eHB JlHssiH
Seternl Million VI n Appointed tp Tnhn m iMkM
Charge or n tree llenrh on Nialen Island. i ttlHf flsaaaaaal
Ho was a passenger for Ncv York on a Corf i'E lllll
landt street ferryboat. Probtblj ho did not; i SSl'tlB
weigh moro than llo pounds, but ho woa verr ' l v!(:H
tall. His ljng gray hair bung drooplngly from J iiSsH
beneath the. old funeral hat he wore. Ills line n J( iilfHfl
duster was besmeared with mud nnd bjool. ' 6 'MHsaaaB
Under his nrm ht carried a portfolio with. ' ll
faded green cot cr. When ho took off his bucK- f'J fljyH
skin glotrs ono hand was wish to bo coinpara- rx lPlaHI
tltcly fat. Tho cither hand tvaa thlo nnd bony. 'yi I sil
with fingers liko tho claws of a lobslor, la IltJSI
When a newsboy ii-kcl bim to buy a paper jfl H
-ivlr,g (hi) latest Klondlko gold news, bo refused Mm J 9LsH
with scorn. Mfc f Sfll
"'So." ho said snlemtilj-, "Ibp newspapers are ,M SaHH
too, tap behind tho era In which ttooxlst. Thev '',M IflH
nro Hiridlng experts tu Aluska to proipect for if jH
rold-rtlthv gold, when wo hate more grao if HlR iLII
KubjcctH for lutnstigutlim nt home. I am n It' HfVllssaaaal
j poor man. but. In the Interests of humnnlty,, I 'Im'viltfsnnH
hntodctoted my tlmo In liitestlcatlng nmattrr 1P UfsaH
Unit Bhuuld hut ii bee n Inquired into many year rS jl jjjH
ago by tho (in eminent. I hato spent a life- J3 ' ijlH
tlmo in tbo work mid I Intc uindu n givat dls- ' 3 jjS tljB
c-oterj. I linto found the ho.nc of the nios- ! gg fjH
qulto family." V J (fH
"Will j on fell us nbnt it!" s-ild TUB SfN'sJ f j! iflH
mosquito reporter, win was u'l tbo butt. 3 il isaaal
"With pleasure, sir," answered Hie stranger, j jug H
"but remember cue thluit: It uuialiud for Ibo 'M EllH
great Pror. Von Postliiu lu mako tho discovery. lillai flisHI
I nm lie. 1 hato found tho plain when) ths llfssVrsslsaaH
mosquito keel-. Tho plate wlu-o tho culex dSllar'sH
fumlly originated; the til ro wli,-ro tho Pro E LiMjKM
hoi-cldcun UltMnn uf thu Order of Dlptura llsStllstH
meets; tho p'aco whero this so ic. -oclcty of !! ft Isssfc3"
two-t Ingcd InsccU bold their tccicl eouubivVs) AlflafUsaaaHK
at midnight und coniucl their vilu i!oU for ah- LtBlllsflsaH
no)lng and dcstruyluu uiiiiil.lud. Yc.- sir, I 'tlBSW sasaH
luivo discovered ami exniored thu p iln. cs of tho ,. iHffi lijH
the known kikscIcs of mosquito hi d of c.tcrnl fB't
kindred species that buvo nrtcr ben dlscov 'ifjwfi sasaaasi
ore.! before. I havo found tbo Order of l:n)-l - IIEI stsaaaaal
Wlro Proboscis, llio Indc'lietel'in Vlian c.f , S R ' IH
ClrcJo Snwjcrs, und the Lrltml lW.tii.rliw) I of ' fi jj3f H
Awl Drlvcrr. Look upon thut loft baud. Thut Raj IH
was uuco thin liko tbie right one, but 1 fed It to k R;S! HaH
tbo enemy on tho field of buttle furiiiiuiuiiltr's 1 SM lH
future protection I fed it tu thu enemy o.i the 1, lliSl sbsbIbII
field of buttle. ; tjigj H
"And tbe battlcllcMl" said thu majquito ro- , $ fu inasasa!
porter. ' f wSX H
"Ob. the battlefield," tuld the pi ofc-vor. "The H-Sj H
battlctlcld wus In Jersey, un the highwuy that ii1 Hi H
passes through thu Mustiulto coiiitc. Jer- H ffSJl "aTsaaal
sc)ltoa cull It the roid to Arlington Cemcicry. ,!; im n
it is 'ravelled only bv the Mo-qulto ulutis and 1 jj-ffi WM
funeral parties. Thu fact that thu hearra J Will sH
driver is u friend of Death prelects him trom ' 2A H
tho cliptera attacks. But to resume my store-. , 8 K B
I havo discovered six clans ut n.o.qultocs. I.i 'im PtS jftH
each of the six clans ' found tho ntluc-klug fi .) b&IbH
bands divided Into battalion), with a Major iu ,0 V-lJi, ssH
command of each battalion. Captains with Jfi .'$S jH
whiskers wore In command of each company, jf, ht-l H
there being 000,000 companies in each bat- - l S-ift 9H
tolioti. Then they had blcyelo squads us aui.- ' IiM oibIbII
illurlco to cacb company. Thev carried avrjt J 9M JM
us puncturing machines. Eucli ono In tbo borso 3 ffl Sifm H
brigade I found armed with a bat bod wire pro- : 19 H
boscls. In tbe ombulutico corps were many w H'w
armed with circular aims. The Brotherhood of ' mBM salaH
Awl Drivers seemed to be in the majority, for IfWlfi iH
I found threo mllo- of thorn assembled tor rest, ' LlKS bbsbH
with 04,030.000 on ono llttlo lolaniL 'ihoy . ffJS!' isH
have soft, elongated bodio, ioig legs, largo ; Kni-imafH
hoods, palo blue eyes, unit long bbitl: whisker. ., wW'JBsH
I noticed wbllu invostlguting that tbe men nfi Mmslsusl
moiciuitoesull soaked liicir headj In thu water '5 . 1sb1sbIB
on their estates, whilo the women mo.miltocs '.HKsssafl
wero tbo soldio-s who etcit to war with bu- 'iVlKi'sMsasasI
raunity. On, I forgot to tell ) nil alsmi tho Royul -gi jHTrsasasal
Lancers. 'I hey ure big fat women musuuitoos, P 'ihI'sbIsbH
who have a sucking probo-cis furmed of a, slIwbIsbIbB
membraneous sheath inclo-ing from two to six ,I1B'Usbsbsb1
lancets that could easily taiiictiire mi Iron A .llll JBsalBfl
blcyelo tire, or drill u hole in a steel railroad J illMl-l
truck, 'iho side pieces of tbe puncturing Ian- .' rjf KjH
, eetu seem to bo protected wab sheet Iron, and ' ifMMasaH
servo not only us suction lutes, but us sup- J' 'raH
porters and protectors, uf tbo lancet?. Tbo 'iSI.'SsbIbIb!
members ot this order carry knob'cd balancers, ' !uSaH
or pol.-crs, behmu their kinglets, wh.cb thoy t. . W-JjU
uso whon getting ready tor icn ntlack. Tboy r flkssaH
work by daylight, and ure tcry fond of human IBjHsali
blood. M) tond. in fuct. that, tncy often attack ; anBLasafl
thu AS cary Willies' who happen to get off tba ? sWaW tsraafl
road to Newark. It is a common thing in this j ?(' HH
nntvly dlscotcred country tu ceo a Weary " :B ff ,'i rfH
Wlllio tramping nlon; with nn old tin -.cash- - fc &-, SkH
boiler on his head.: mil u tin totuaiu cni cov- R-'iii laosl
crlng caoh band. On siieli an oeeaion toj will iMir' jH
ses: the battalion commander of tho ske-ct band ft tl.. aH
bUstlo homo to notify tlis Saetyera. all of whom itj M"' B
carry can opcnor with them. Tbo aettcrs 'V .til alsasasl
then attack tbu Willie.-. cuttli.g tbroujli their !',' gjH
tin protectory. 'SS?llsaB
"I must mention tho lcgnnentnl band ! ll) Jilousu!
of musicians." eiintlnued the piolcs or. "IhcjT ' 'T l' 'llssB
arc men muquitocs with plumed antenna-. ' JJJ ' nSsafl
They are not foml of war. butcire big, good-ni- A '"-MeinB
turcd. pcaitful fellows ttbti simply flit ficm ,A) l tfH
flower to tloetcr sipping tho i.ew and -wect ' fl S1-1' iH
juices, requiring Ilttio If any food prepngiiting 5j ?i : SH
their spcc'i" and then delmr. Now- and then pJpjJ
tbo niiisicijus go out at Ihu be it uf an iirmy fg- mM
sent to make war upon miiiil noev sca&ide le- P mVii fM
sort, but these poor fellow- as u ru'o never svtsr 2 8H
c-oiiio back to Jersey. While 1 w,is etploring e'l H ' sH
their territory yosterda) 1 inaii.igc.l to gel lulu ' V '. H
one of their count!) nicct.nrf-. t)f course I ''-'SS B sal
hato not learned their luiigiiiiri' ni yel. but 1 ," n H
uiiderst.eiid a few of the things w hicb thev buzl s H(H M
about. The subject dl-ciie'd tcoH-iday was a ji; Sjn
new beach. Tbo inu-hian. ralbcri-i -thero If H 1ta H
wero two or three million of 'lictu and they. ft
opened llio meeting with a dole'ul air. A com- T; g fi
mlttec from btuten Island n-poried Ih.it a new ': , h g JH
trolley car line hud been i -tubll-hrd and thut a , ! ' jiB
new beach resort had Iwen opened up t tho ' -if ' XluH
public on the casterlv shoie- uf -t.ilcii Island. S' 3H
Tho t-ommltlec seemed lo hat c- -aid the jdaco ii' '' ilfsaB
teas called Midway lb nth. lor la a minute thero , ' i'M'YrfM
was u great buzz nnd Hie musienn pieteut ,!,: ImH
sawed off a chunk of tune tii.it -minded liko ' .') B
this: 'Iri!. tzz-ezz-cv.-cu-1r; u.. Ut ezz-izz-czz- t , iS'KlsaB
izz; izr, c-zz. izz.' r r$H2M
"You see." continued tl.e prn'i ..in. "thecom-i JbJlffisaB
mltteo got thoniimeot the be... h mlvnl u little. i .f"BiaH
They probablv meant .Midland, und not Mid- i Qolsai
way. lint there was great jol'ltt .n.il cheering . j ffifs(lM
and dancing around when the imuuitteo mudo Tire 'ISjaB
its report. The old (Ti.ilrui.ii, n big. grny- l.s; W KiM
beardeil mosquito, appointed it committee of f 3- t.rlLSil
SO.lHio.OOO eawyers und r.ii,iioti,ii(o Mucin to -M SiifllH
take care of the licet bcieli on Mitten Island. , i ?!(
Tbe Committee on Summer Hoarding Homos J; a IfJaB
rc(Hirtcel that husiiii-s wns bud, but that tho -llllli aiSB
tanous rcginii nt.s were doing nil the work they lA'lRNf !
could find. Tho C'niiuiilttco on Hummocks re SlBtisil-B
ported that summer gills were- tt wiring thicker .Tv5"-ssalaB
clothing tban cter te.'circ, unit recommended '4 JS ?salaW
that nn nttueking nrmt- nf xawtc-rs ba deiailed '3 IK '-'sbsbsb!
to bamnioc). dut). Thu t'h.iirwtiiiuiii of the Jtt slnH
lllcyclo t'omuiitteo said that liu-incs along tbn &?, 4';',,BsjB
Jersey roads was plentiful, as fur as fat necks gf" U'i 'Rtsai
were cunci rncil, but sho w.ts surry to siiy that 'j.; (jj) "M
tho Irathci blcyc'o boot bad soiucwhat Inter- jl J ij
fcred wltli llio army's work, ii JJ' js
"The Chair referred llio latter portion of tho I ill' f m
report In the Coiumitlei) in Viisiind Mccn-. '44 -i.idB
A petltinn wns receivud liom the llnekensnck jit y 9
Hungry li-ind. asknu; for fi-d. It Isdng stated " 11 V, W
Hint there) was it fniiilnc in line kcn-ieeiv. owing I Y,!r M
to tbo niimlier of Hosiniiiiuis who were flopping 'i nw'sal
there. Then tbo Press Committee- made a ;J Nl H
long report eomp'iiliilnir of mi uiiiiiei.tionnhle j'S !R jl
ncetspaisT that was clrtiilatiiig tsl-clliii .to i la totS
ries to llitf elleet tbul .Iere) hnjs tveic. I'eingfn I JS jtf-
Jersey ho pitals from mo ijultu bill - Pros a 13 tT!
iicrlty was leported fioni Hergcu Heidi. Rnth 1 J -A
ltencn. and Canarsie, and the meeting tlicn ad- j'JM -S
Journed. Tbo meeting ten- held in the dllcu 1 w j&fM
bn.lde the Ailir.gtoti Ciiiicleet i.aitl abo-t 3 5 J- JHllB
o'clock Sun In) afternoon Whin it was oter 9 $?
tbo numberless millions of iiuiinltots jrctrnr pill
ro.o in tho air tu go otf tin the-r rer"iitu ? R vissWfl
signmenls. and would ti.u liclietc it, the air :'i, W jlHfl
darkened llkce clouds of t:iok- ftffl.. S ;
"Well, sir. ' rebiuui.l the proff-. or. "I really l,Gv mM
thought Night had mudr a mts'.nkr nnd come t Si "j .-Ml
over the horizon too nirit tir-pliu mt way "pi f'MfUl
In tho dirkness, I h -d to ilhl with nil my , nj $mm
might to gel back on the Viw.irl; plnns. toad. jst jH'ct
The army tbreev lance in'o me, bored ho.csall i a Bl-eL
over my nrnu nnd dnailder... and awcd big Ciifr
chunks one i.f my link I hud nie head and ( ,J ifr.l
fnto protected wllh a m.uk of in) oeeii intru- If', fl
tion. and nlo my rigli' bund Hut I ai ritlced '9
my left hand in tho cinuc f seieme ,,19 1,'W
'Then I got nut my lantern .ml aw my I 1(81,
hind was black with a 1 sorts end i-ic : inos j Jfjij
filiitnes. I finnllv stiieiediel In gcMin.' uur to ; . jf
the New Horn f'reck tt I e-re the jouug ones wer sf Oj
iuKi'tisinghott teiumthnr sius indiunccs. luc J H
lie-oil thai the unt joing eteie the wcll-s.nown Jfl
wiug.ers; tbe bung s'.spended iroin ll.ie tutfac? i . W-,.1
uf llic te ate head dciwiiwn-d I reutMng nil bv ' j( ' '
means of a re-piralnr tube tehi h roes mi ut SI JL'i
an anglo frrm near lln body u mini pleating VI KS-
with the nie b.t i the lube- und l.r iiiimiiul 41 'vj(!
Joint 1 found provided with radiating l.j'.rsi S1 j,?
their bends were round nnd many of il.em had i m
a tiny of bicatbln-- tliromtli their whUkeu. I f ' l ttf
notlce-d 'onio lite tl.i)s old cbat.-o tboir skin; M-
others ten du)s o'd made n second tnango !u t L W
skin, i-niuc of them ut i-M fi.ough to fe't .i ; sje
Into lmtli.ese go! out of their i'lja ibellleails, t 5 JlT
ihn el) ti"ing warm, ntil . iml sunnt Tbey j cSJ
c linbeti nut with their front pair otngsl.rtt. j 3 il
and paiiing heir legs on the water lor ciipport, fl JK
the) unioidcd their heat) wrt 'ting en that Hi 3 , Ii
tho sun n d air dried tin in 'Hun tliy diow ,ra -i 1j;
out their bind legs. UM'bid the'r U e.ies out, .Kj ill
niul stink iiji their nu i as if In -ic t i.t thee . J5 ,Mj
dltln i etc-n eire tor linn inollu-r' ibfti thee i ;E g(i
c eiutetl their raw and in cct mil ticw ao' i , vf
on t le warpath, innaiug for bmod hcn m ft
mosqililo I met on tin nt "tilio i ,t uej moteo it jtfl
Ills wings fifty tunes n -c olid I hnu my m.cro i ia "!J
scope with tne. and in nif hanj bug, t hit h 1 i hi ft!
left ut a Jerse-s hotel I !n e tuo-ieb' -lOOipccI , jA 19 l
mons lor dissection, ihcliidiu? twenty seven J g 1
ipeclroetis ot Um dancing bai.d which do not V fl
bite, but dance around each n her in tbt air ' jjf 1
"Good day, sir." suddenlv e cue ludod tho pro- (U "&1
fessor, "the cost's In lier v'e e t .jk silo. WtJPi ., If
out of Jersey." It t,
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