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I SAGASTA'S GREAT SCIIEME.
JTB EXP ROTS TO TANK It IB IDEA. IN-
xo iorriMt trxi jjjh".
I Mort and II Are Trying to Secure the ravr
or Wealthy Cubans for r on the nasi
or Autonono, tilth Native OOlcelielder
a Cuban Pntrlot It III Kibble at the nail.
HaVaM, Aug. 10. A momentous political
plan with regard to Cubix la In preparation by .
oVfiors Sagasta ana Moret 7 Prendergaet In the
hope thnt their party may Boon bo called to
power In Spain. Sefior Moret hai written from
Madrid to several Inlliicnltnl Cubans who reside
In Paris, asking their support (or the new
schomu. As Is well known, the Cuban colony In
Paris Is principally composed of the wealthiest
natives of tlio jsl.ttid, and It contributes largely
to the revolutionary fund, sometimes with sub
scriptions which amount to over $200,000.
Among tho Cubans In Paris whom Benor
Moret has addressed is Sefior Ellseo Glberga, a I
prominent member of the Autonomist party, '
anil a Senator from Cuba. Sefior Glberga has '
hel I, since the beginning of the war, an attitude
of expectancy, and has recently published a
pamphlet in which he appears disposed to ac
cept tho homo rule solution. Beflores Moret and
gagusta, according to the latost news received
here, aro confident of receiving Sefior Qtberga's
aid, and they bare oven declared that In case
the Liberal party should como into power they
will ask him to come to Cuba as a special Com
missioner and try to convince the revolutionists
of the wisdom of ending the war by accepting
the programme of the Liberals.
There is no precedent to give Sefior Glberga
much encouragement to undertake such a mis
don. During the last war the Cuban poet Juan
Clcniente Zenca accepted a similar mission
from Scftor Moret, came to Cuba from New
York armed with a Spanish passport and hi
credentials, and on arriving here was looked up
in the fortress of La Cabana, and after a few
months was treacherously shot by the Spaniards
themselves. It is not even known In what part
of the gloomy fortress the remains of the help
less Zenea were burled.
The plan of Bettors Sagasta and Moret Is the
com esslou to the Cabana of a liberal home rule
system, enlarged with (air promise that the
administration of the Island will be Intrusted to
I the natives and Dot to the Spanish residents.
1 Benor Moret has gone so far as to write long
I letters to President McKlnley, assuring htm
I th..t the plan will meet with the approval of th
8. most Important element among the Cubans
I and that a steady pacification of th Island will
Ibe the result, to the great advantage of Amer
ica's commercial Interests. As previously
reported In The Sun, Sefior Moret,
according to the Diario U la Marina of
Havana, poses as an old friend of th President
of the United States, and speak about bis cor
respondence with him. It is doubtful if. in this
ease, Sefior Moret ha had a favorable an an
swer from Mr. McKlnley a h had from Sefior
Glberga, Probably the much-talked about cor
respondence 1 what the Spaniards call " half a
correspondance," a term derived from a Spanish
offlceseeker, who onoe said to a friend:
" I am half corresponding with the Bring."
"What do yon mean by that!" asked th
other.
" That I write to him, and ha answers me
not."
It Is very likely that in a (ew day th plan
of Sefior Sagasta and Moret will be carried in
to effect. If Sefior Romero Robledo and 811
ve!a,who hate one another with a deadly hatred,
no not peacefully settle their old quarrel, which
Is not probable, as both aspire to take the place
!:' of Canovaa as leader of the Conservative party,
I the Conservatives will have no united force to
cope with the Liberals In Parliament, and then
Gen. Atcarraga will bo compelled to resign and
the Queen will almost certainly call Sefior Sa
gasta. Such, at least. Is the situation a de
scribed from Madrid to nl friends In Havana
by Sefior Arturo Amblard. a leader of the Cuban
Reformists, a Deputy in the Cortes, and a warm
friend of Sefior Sagasta.
I Besides the preliminary overture to the
' Cuban resident In Paris, Sefior Moret, a soon
Y as Sagasta 1 In power, will send an official repre-
fl tentative to New York to confer with the Junta.
V Advances made up to this time to Sefior Estrada
IB Palma, It is said here, have had no favorable
ZH effect for securing peace in Cuba on tho basis of
JRJ home rule. The real representative of the
jjflv Cuban revolution in the Island and abroad have
BJ repeatedly declared that they will accept noth
ing but the Independence of Cuba. Neverthe
less, the hopes of the Spanish Reformist her
are centred In the above project and they even
declare that Sagasta and Moret will satisfy th
United States, whatever may be the Instruction
carried by Gen. Woodford to Spain.
ORDERED TO HOUR FOR CANOFAS.
Hany Cuban Women Who Did Bet Wear Black
Were Arrested.
Havana, Aug. 18, via Key West, Aug. 10.
,' Last week the Spanish military commander of
tne town of Sagua, Santa Clara province, ordered
all the Inhabitants to dress In black for nlnedays
u mourning for the death of Canovas.
He ordered at the same time that all the
, Louses should be draped in black and forbade the
( singing and playing of musical instruments in
the private residences.
A careful list was taken of the families that
did not comply with the order, and the report
was given to the Governor by his agents that
many young w men had not dressed in Mack.
They were Immediately placed under arrest and
tent to the jail In chains for forty-eight hours,
whero they were among the lowest class of
criminals and were exposed to all sorts of
dangers,
it One hundred and fifty orphan of paciflooa.
' f who were killed by the Spanish troop in Plnar
I del Rio, aro now in slavery In that province.
The Governor, Sefior San Pedro, has given them
as servants to the Spanish officers. The girls
have all been assaulted, and terrible tortures
are inflicted upon the boys by putting them In
the cepo, an old Instrument of torture used In
Cuba years ago upon the colored slaves.
Another report of a barbarous raid upon a
Cuban hospital comes from Clenfucgos. At a
hill near Cumanayagua. in the district of Cien
fucips, Major Moscoso of the Spanish battalion
of Ballen attacked a hospital of the Insurgents,
assassinating twenty-six wounded Cubans, four
women, and five children. Moscoso was at the
head of 160 Spanish soldiers. The hospital was
not protected by the Cuban Army.
At Armenteros, a few miles from Havana, the
Cuban forces of Col. Aranguren routed the
Epauish battalion of Otumba after a hard flgbt,
which lasted several hours. This Is considered
; here to be one of Aranguren's most brilliant ex-
j" plolts, as his cavalry numbered less than half as
many men as the Spanish force.
Gen. AdoKo Castillo also had an Important
sneounter with the Spanish battalion of Baleares
. at Falcon plantation, near San Antonio de los
& Ilafios, Havana province. Only the Spanish
version of It Is yet known, and they claim a
great victory, but for all that the column re
treated to tho town of San Antonio.
BPAIN WINS ON PAPER.
the Sari Ibe lias Drives the Cubans rrem the
IIIIU or Havana Province.
Sjxefol Cablt Dupatek to TH Sen.
MAnniD,, Aug. 19. A despatch to tho Impar
tial from Havana says that the Spanish forces,
after (our days' fighting, during which they lost
nlnoty men killod or wounded, have driven the
Insurgents from the Ir mountain strongholds in
the province of Havana,
IMPRISONED IS CUBA.
The Fate or Mr. and Mrs. Damlat-uea. natu
ralised American Clllieu.
Washington, Aug. 1.The State Depart
ment recently cabled Consul-General Lee at
Havana to inquire Into the case of Mr. and Mrs.
Domlngucs, naturalised Americans, who were
reported arretted by the Spanish authorities
laid louttned inromunlcailo, at Mutanzas, on
the cluro of assisting the Insurgents. Gen.
Leo was also instructed to see that their treaty
rights wore respected. A reply was received to-
tuy iroin our Consul At Mutanzas s tying tti.it
D01nln.ru. a was still In prison and not allowed
to cuuiuiuoit'ute with his friends, but that Mrs,
Dsmlngues had been released. Tho Consul
I
further stated that he had visited the Mr t
her home after hor rel-asc, and found her In
bed suffering from nervous prostration, anil half
crazed from tho ordeal through which she bad
passed. She has a wound In her throat. In
flicted by herself whllo crazed by tho shock. Ho
added that sho was In a constant stnto of nlarm
over the probable (ato of her husband.
Iteller or Americans In Cuba to Continue
Washington, Aug. 10. Consnl-Gonoral Lee
a few dajs ngo notified the State Department
thnt the $10,000 placed to his credit from the
appropriation of $50,000 made by the Inst Con
gress to rellove the sufferings of slrk nnd desti
tute American in Cuba had beon nearly ex
hausted. Tlio department has decided that the
work of relief must continue and will shortly
place an additional sum at tho disposal of Gen.
Leo to bo used for that purpose.
JERBEY CUT FINANCES.
Mayor Rons Answer the Itonrd or -Finance and
Itelterntr Ht Charge or Rtlmvagnnre,
The third chapter In the controversy between
1 Mayor Hons of Joraoy ("It 1 nnd the Hoard of
I Finance was furnish oil yesterday by Mayor
1 Hoos. Tn his first communication the Mayor
charged tho beard with mismanagement of the
city's finances. The board retorted with a long
statement containing facts nnd figures to show
that the finances had been managed with ex
ceeding skill nnd ability.
Mayor Hoos's communication sent to the
Board of Finance yesterday was highly flavored.
He speaks of the tax rato, and says that the
Commissioners are rosponslhlo for it because
they mako the appropriations, and the rate
must be high enough to provide tho money.
The Mayor says that thero must be radical re
forms In the method of assessing properly.
Continuing, ho says:
" You say that the millions of dollars collected
under the Martin act have not been expended
for current expenses, and that those moneys be
came part of the sinking fund, and are Invested
by the Sinking Fund Commissioners to be
used to retire the several Issues of tax ar
rearage bonds upon maturity. You add: 'It
must be evident, then, that this board has nei
ther tho power nor the opportunity to use these
moneys for current expenses, and your chargo
is as utterly without foundation as the
others previously disposed of.' I charged
that the millions collected under the Martin
ectwrre pild Into the treasury of the Sinking
Fund Commissioners, borrowed from those Com
missioners by your board, and the money used
to pay the current expenses of tho city. Thnt is
exactly what has been done. The money Is not
In the sinking fund. The Sinking Fund Com
missioners did not expend it. They loaned It to
you. You spent It. If you did not spend It for
current expenses, what did you do with it t
" You say that the funds were Invested by th
Sinking Fund Commissioners. You mean that
lhnv liwnNl Ihfl mnrmv tn vmi. Vnn I..t,j4 ..
IUDJ .VULJVU MIU IUUIIHJ IV JUUl IUII IBnilCl BV
curltles and sold them to the Commissioners,
and a nice lot of paper they are. You Issued re
demption of land bonds. These are to be paid
whon some one redeems lands which the city
bought In at tax sales because no bidder could
be found who would pay the amount due for
taxes and assessments on the land put up at
publlo auction. The city bought the property
ind then you arranged with the Sink
ing Fund Commissioners to loan you the
amount paid. You got the money and the Sink
ing Fund Commissioners got your promise
to pay when the auction business Improved.
The Sinking Fund Commissioners loaned this
money on the basis of the value of the land.
You borrowed it on the representation that this
land was worth tho amcunt borrowed. It is not
probable. It is hardly possible, that any member
of your board ever examined a single piece of
the land thus mortgaged to the sinking fund.
It is charitable. In view of the results of sales
of the fee in these lands, to suppose that
you did not even know the location of the lota
upon which you were borrowing.
" There are over 8500,000 of these redemption
of land bonds held by the sinking fund. Not
content with this, new taxes were levied on the
lands. If, at a well advertised auction, a lot
will not bring the municipal Hens adjusted
against It, what do you think of putting more
taxes on It after It la purchased by the
city and Inducing tho Sinking Fund Com
missioners to loon you money to be paid
out of these additional taxes I That Is
exactly what you did when you borrowed from
the fund on tho 'subsequent tax bonds.' You
answer that the money In the sinking fund must
be Invested, but why invest it in promises to
par when the uncollectible Is collected I
Your communication asserts that there were
F3.055.300 of bonds paid by the Sinking Fund
Commissioners from Dec 1, 1691. to May 1,
1897. As the city debt increased $900,000 tn
that period, it is quite plain that you have reck
oned that every old note retired with a new note
was paid. Let me offer a suggestion In tho
Interest of large exhibits. If you mnke all the
securities thirty-day notes and renew them
twelve times a year, in the next five year you
can show that we have paid off an amount far in
excess of the assessed valneof the town."
The Mayor notified the board that he will not
sign any more " subsequent tax bonds and thnt
ho will not consent to the loaning of the sinking
fund upon any security that is not above
assault.
REDUCED RATES FROM QAEYESTON.
A Cnaaee for Southwestern Bnyera to Como
Here by tne Hallory Line.
The Mallory Steamship Company announced
yesterday that it would sell reduced-rate
tickets from Galveston to New York on Aug.
28, and that It would contlnuo the rate to mem
bers of the Merchants' Association on all Its
sailing dates throughout September. This con
cession opens up a large part of the Southwest
to the association, which was shut off by the re
fusal of the Southwestern Association to grant
the reduced rate made so generally by the other
roads of the West. The Mallory line belongs to
the Southwestern Association.
Communication has been opened with the
Southern Pacific people asking it they will not
sell through tickets to New York from all points
on their lines on the certificate plan, provided
the Joint Traffic people will handle such tickets.
The Trunk Line people have announced that
they will handle the tickets of the Norfolk and
Western Railway Company, the Seaboard Air
Line, and the Richmond, Froderickaburg and
Potomac Railroad Company, so that this simpli
fies the 3outbern sliu.il.ori very luurb.
Among the vlsltots at the rooms of the Mer
chants' Association yesterday were about twenty
of the delegates of tho Wholesalo Liquor Mens
Association, now In convention in this city.
Most of them were out-of-town men, and they
signified their Intention of joining tho associa
tion before returning to their homes. The resi
dent and non-resident nembershlp lists con
tinue to grow dally. Among the acquisitions
yesterday were tho Qermania and Columbia
banks. Goldman, Sachs Ic Co., and Kuhn, Loeb
&Co.
The merchants and buyers from the West and
South now in town all seem convinced that
good times aro coming to stay. J. C. Lance of
La Crosso, Wis., said yesterday: "All this talk
about the Improvement of trnde In th West Is
absolutely bona tide. The murket is In excellent
shape. Prices nre advancing In woollens and
American made goods."
Gardiner tc Bates, laundry supplies. Grand
Rapids. Micb., said: "We did the bent July
business since we started business In 1878. We
are hopeful of a good fall trade. All Indications
point that way. The factories are all working
full time. The reports from agricultural dis
tricts are very encouraging. There is a general
feeling that business Is Improving."
r. B. Franklin of Franklin Ic Co., dry goods
merchants of Columbus, Miss., said: "Business
Is good. The prospect is very bright In that we
have the best cropa since the witr. Themllls are
all In operation and are making money. '
HOPE FOR CANADA TET.
Mr. Ueltle Thinks ImmlsranU Will Go Tkere
Wben We Won't Take Tasm Any Longer.
Toronto, Aug. 10. The British Association
got fairly down to work to-day and some twelve
or fifteen meetings were In session at the same
time In different ports of thu University of To
ronto building. The proportion of young men
attending the meetings as members Is striking,
and it must bs acknowledged that thoy appear
to be pursuing the studies and researches in the
different branches of sclenco for a commercl.tl
end and that their nrdor Is lsrgely due to their
desire to make a living.
One of the most Important meetings was that
of tho geographical section, presided over by J,
Scott Keltle, the Socrctary of tbo Royal Geo
graphical Society of Great Britain, Speaking of
exploration, ho said immense progress has been
made in North and South America, Asia, Aus
tralia, New Kcnlund, nnd in the North Pol.tr
reglonB, but unfortunately little had been dono
to follow up the work of Sir J.imea Ross In tho
Antarctic regions.
In the field tli.tt was open before them In the
future were districts of the Balkan peninsula,
which aro as vaguely known as teium! Africa.
There are unexplored tracts In southern and
central Arabia and Thibet, and blanks to be
filled In other purts of Asia and on tho Siberian
Referring to the polnr expeditions, Mr. Keltle
s.ild that someone Mould reach the North Polo
at no distant date. Nnnsen had shov. u tbevtuy.
He referred, to tlio problem of population, and
said that a third of Australia was as barren
as tbo Sahara. Aslu already has an
enormous population nnd has fow tracts
that may bo colonized by Europeans. The limi
tations of Africa were touthed upon, and it was
shown thu for Europe, in delimit of Asia,
Africa, and Australia, America must ronuln
the great outlet; and tla-n nn no reason to
doubt that when the stroain of emigration finds
Its progress to tbo United States blocked it will
turn toward Canada.
1.
MINERS REFUSE TO YIELD.
OVERTURES FROX COAT. OPERAT
ORS REJECTED Ur STRIKEEB.
The Operators Bay Now That They Will Beat
the itlrn by (he Vae of Mining Machine
Committee Appointed to Start Dp the Mines
nnd to right the Strikers to the Vnd. 1
Prrrsnono, Aug. 10. President Ratchford of
1 the coal miners has refused to con for with the
Pittsburg coal operators. "War to the knlfo"
will result from Rntchford's refusal tn theoptn-
. Ion of Col. W, P. Rend nnd other operators.
As told In Tne Son to-day, the operators
last night officially resolved to start tip
tho mlnos at tho earliest posstblo moment.
Unofficially, but really representing tho wishes
of nil tho operators who attended last night's
meeting, several mine owners telegraphed to
the President of tho United Mine Workers, Mr.
Iln u hford. nt Columbus, and to the President of
tho Pittsburg district, Patrick Dolan, who was
also in Columbus, asking for a conference with
tho Pittsburg operators.
i Rntchford's answer was awaited anxiously
to-day. It catno, and It made the operators
' angry. Ratchford's reply was sent by Patrick
I Dolan, who said that be and Ratchford refused
to consent to hold a conference with the opera-
) tors of the Pittsburg district, but that they
would probably consent to hold one If all tho
I operators of the four States of Pennsylvania.
i Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois would take part In It.
Said Col. Rend:
"The voice la the voice of Dolan. but the hand
Is the hand of Ratchford. Dolan went away
from hero last night fully favoring the pro
posed conference, but I supposo Ratchford
has talked him over. Ratchford's reply Is
very disingenuous. He knows vory well
that the operators of Indiana and Illinois
will never consent to hold a conference
with us. Once they belonged to tho Interstato
Association of operators, but they left Rand
they have slnoo on more than one occasion re
fused to do business with the Ohio and Pitts
burg operators.
"This means war to the bitter end between
operators and miners. The strikers demand a
25 per cent. Increase In tho wages for pick min
ing and a CO per cent. Increase In the wages for
machine mining, with the evident purpose of
destroying the utility of the machines. But we
will beat them at their own game, and will de
feat them with the mining machines. We de
cided last night to reopen the mines, with non
union labor If necessary. Ratchford's refusal to
confer will only strengthen us In our determi
nation. " In reopening the mines we will start np cer
tain machine mines. We will begin with them
because we shall not need so many men to oper
ate them. We can easily get enough machinists,
mine bosses, &c., to operate tho machines, and
there will be no trouble to find plenty of un
skilled laborers to load the coal after It
has been cut. Such workmen will flock
to the mines, for they can make bet
ter wages than at any other untkllled
occupation. Why. Patrick Dolan himself made
95 a day when he worked for me loading machine-mined
coal. Of course not all can earn
that amount, for Pat wen an excellent work
man, but all can average from 2.50 to $5 a day.
Of course we'll win the fight, and our success
may be the death knell of the United Mine
Workers' Union.
" The operators will probably refuse to deduct
from the miners' wages the per capita tax as
sessed on them by their union, and without the
I per capita tax the union cannot live.
This money Is squeezed from the working
miners, and we help to do the squeez
ing. The Central Ohio Fuel Company,
composed of W. P. Rend &t Co., the Sunday
Creek Coal Comnnny, the Northern Fuel Com
pany and Courtwrlght, Klstler & Co., has
in the last four years deducted $50,000 from
their miners' wages, and part of this money
was paid to the union oflicinls for per
capita tax and part for check Welshmen's
wages. We had to withhold this money
from our miners, otherwise the offlclnl
would have called a strike. If we succeed in
beating this strike we may refuse to act any
longer as collectors for the miners' offlolal.
This is the last week of grace for the strikers.
If they do not return to work we will startup
our mines without them next weok."
At a meeting held this afternoon and to-night
the operators completed an organization, elect
ing Peter M. Hitchcock President. J. C. Dysart
Treasurer, and C. W. Bain Secretary. The fol
lowing committee was appointed to prenare a
programme for carrying out the resolution to
start ud the mines: J. C Drsart. W. P. Rend. F.
M. Osborne. J. A. O'Nell. U. A. Andrews, J. B.
Zcerbe, and George W. Schluederborg. The com
mittee will report to the general meeting to
morrow. Treasurer Dysart saya that the men who now
belong to the organization represent an annual
production of 5,000,000 tons of coal. The funds
with which tho operators will flgbt the miners
will be raised by an assessment on the tonnage.
Perhaps it was because Patrick Dolan left for
Columbus last nlpht that the marching strikers
did not defy the faherltl this morning and were
not arrested. Thn programme of marching de
spite the Sheriff's orders and submitting to
arrest was not carried out. At tho Turtle Creek
mine tho strikers scattered themselves along
the road in squads of two and tbree. The
deput sheriffs halted them and ordered them
back. The strikers obeyed, and thero were no
arrests. At Plum Creek the strikers aDparuntly
oi'eyed the deputies but slipped nround by side
at lis and got to their destination, the Plum
reek mine.
Coicmbcp. O., Aug. 10. National President
Ratchford of the coal miners said to-day: "It
Is no longer a fight against De Arrnltt, It Is no
longer a light against coal operators. It Is n
fight against the courts, a fight against Injunc
tions, a national fight for the preservation of
cit II liberties."
Mr. Ratchlord said that the miners would
endeavor to prevent the operators from moving
any coal, but ho would not say what tactics
would be employed to accomplish this result.
Tho Executivi Board of the United Mine Work
ers has been in suasion here all day. The meet
ing was held behind closed doors. The question
under consideration was bow to meet tho sweep
ing Injunctions granted by the courts at Pitte
burg and in West Virginia. The members of
tho committee say that they have not yet
agreed upon any plan of action and that they
will not complete their labors before to-morrow.
They even refuse to divulge the plans which
have been discussed, but it is understood that
one of them Is to try and Induce the railroad
employees to refuse to haul any coal that is
mined. President Ratchford says that while
the inlunctlnns have giren them some trouble,
tho strike Is by no means lost. He asserts that
the miners will be victorious.
MINERS' TRIAL IN PROORR8S.
Judae Con near the Case or Allseed Defiance
of the Jackson Injunction.
WUCEXTNO, W. Va,, Aug. 10. At 4 o'clock
this afternoon Judge Nathan Goff adjourned the
trial of the twenty-seveu coal miners who were
arrested yesterday (or contempt of court to 10
o'clock to-morrow morning. John J. Davis and
William Scott of Fairmont represented tho oper
ators and ex-Qov. A. B. Fleming and W. G,
Meredith of tbo same place appeared for the
strikers. The Monongah Company, under whoo
injunctions tho arrests were made, snld that 10(1
out of 248 miners were at work at their mines,
and that the assembling of the prisoners In and
about the property of the company Interfered
greatly with the conduct of tbo force employed.
The defence moved to discharge the prisoners on
the ground that they had bean arrested illegally,
but tho court overruled tho motion and the trial
went on.
Clarenco Watson, an operator, testified to tho
location of the mines, and Deputy Marshal Ran
dolph said he hod frequently warned tbo strikers
against parading on the roads leading to the
coininny's grounds. At the conclusion of Ran
dolph's testimony court adjourned until to
morrow. In the New River district Organizer Fred
Dllcber announces that ho will proceed with
the work assigned him regardless of tho Injunc
tions Issued by the Federal Court. He alleges
that three-fourths of the district Is Idle.
It Is announced to-day, and is not denlod by
union officials, that reports of tho organizers
from Monongah are exaggerated.
There la not a mine In the district Idle,
although some are badly crippled.
Credit Men Have Uanqnet,
The Now York Credit Men's Association had a
banquet last evening at tho headquarters of
the Arkwright Club In the Mutual Reserve Life
Fund bull ling, Duane street nnd Broadway,
There were about forty members present, and af
ter nominations w ere received from iMommUleo
which had been Instructed to select candidates
(or officers for the coming year there were a
number of speei be from men whotoldoftho
signs which wore evident to them of the return
ing wave of prosperity,
Herman Sluck or Williamsburg Missing,
Herman Guck, 20 years old, son of the late
Lawyer William A. Guck of Williamsburg, and
a law student in the office of Fischer k Voltz of
74 Broadway, Williamsburg, has been misting
for a week. He was lust seen at Coney Island,
His grandfather, ex-Judge Herman L. Uiick,
yesterday asked the Brooklyn pollco to help
find him. , ,
yO BLANDER TRIAL IN CRANFORD.
The Country Club Decide Kt to Investigate
That Knchre rarty now.
A member of tho Board of Governors of tho
Cranford Country Club nnnouncod yesterday
that tho board had decided to drop the charges
of slander brought by George Damon against H.
T. Wntklns. Ho also said that the vote on tho
subject was unanimous. This Is a step
forward In the conflict that Cran
ford has (cared since Juno 10, It was
on that day that Mrs. Wntklns roturned
to tho club tho cuchro prize she had received,
saying that In giving It to h r tho club had In
sulted her Intelligence nnd deprived her of hor
earnings. It Is alleged Mr. Wntklns told
poople that though supposed to bo worth $1.08,
tho prize conld Lo duplicated any day In Twenty
third street for 08 rents. Mr. Dtmon collected
evidence and went to tho club for vengeance.
Ho went to the club, ho haH alnro explained In
a proclimatlon to the public, becauso tho mu
ter concerned the club and not the United
States. If the club shut pfr an Investigation he
sworobyoll the go Is of his hnusolinld that he
vould post his evidence whero he that ran
might read and laugh, Tholr ovldence Is
tho affidavits of eight prominent citizens of
Cranford. Crahford wants mightily to know
what is In them. As the Country Club has de
clined to recelvo them Cranford expects to see
them at any minute. Meantime the Watkins
clemont Insinuates that Mr. Damon doesn't dnro
show bis allliUN its, because they aro bs empty
as soap bubbles. Mr. Damon says that tho affi
davits show that cither Mrs. Damon or the
Watkintes or tho eight afildavlt makers ought
to go to Jail.
So much for the definite Issuo. Back of It Is
tho falluro of tho folks who have lived In Cran
ford for years to take kindly to thecnergctlo
and ambitious ways of thoso who have como
among them lately. Onco thero was an old
Crnnford Casino, to which tho old crowd bo
longed. It hurnel down. The new crowd
came In and formed the Crnnford Country Club,
taking In all tho members of the old Casino.
Thero have been differences us to a site for the
new clubhouse. Tho new crowd wants It in a
now place. The old crowd wnnts It n here the
old Casino was. On July 30 the Rahway River
took a pnrt in tho trouble. It ruse and covered
tho site fnvored by tho News with four feet of
water. The things said by the Olds during tho
next few days weren't ploasant for tho News to
hoar.
Tho Olds control tho financial affairs of the
club. The Casino property Is theirs. It has
nevor beon made over to the Country Club nnd
tho property has gained In value since the fire.
In it lies nil the Country Club's hope of financial
salvation.
" Tho end of this thing, snld a lawyer of Eliz
abeth who Is Interested. "Is far from clear, but
I am satisfied that 11 will spoil the Country
Club, and It may spoil Cranford Itself for the
next ten years.
TBE PRESIDENT STARTS FOR TROT.
Bis Special Car Slde-Traoked Ontstde the City
Cntll Morning.
Trot, Aug. 10. The President and his party
left Plattsburg at 0:40 to-nlsht for this city to
attend the meeting of the Society of the Army
of the Potomac His special car was attached to
the Montreal and New York night express,
which Is due here at 2:45 A.M. The car will
not reach here, however, until 0 o'clock to-morrow
morning. The President did not care to
sleep In his car while it was side-tracked In the
Union stntlon; neither did he care to go to one
of the local hotels here, when his accommoda
tions aboard the car were entirely to his con
venience and liking. He know that If his car
were brought within the city limits it would
soon be surrounded by well-meaning but nolay
people, and that a night's rest would be Impos
sible. For that reason he decided that his car
should be side-tracked within a short distance
of Troy, a plan In which the railroad people
immediately concurred. Much regret is ex
pressed to-night becauso Mrs. McKlnley will
not be In Troy with the President.
According to best information to-night, tho
President will not go to the Syraouse State Fair.
He goes back to Bluff Point on Friday night,
and Mondny he starts for Buffalo, and thence
for a cruise on the lakes In Senator Banna's
yacht.
Whon the President arrives here a committee
of citizens, accompanied hy Gov. Black. Adit.
Gen. TUMnghost, and others, will go to the Union
Station nnd welcome him to the city. At 10
o'clock tbo President and party will visit the
collar and cuff factory of Clueit. Coon & Co.,
and the President will be presented with a box
of collars mado esDeclally for him. Afterward
ho will be taken to the Troy House, which will
be the headquarters of the Society of the Army
of the Potomac
The civic and military parade has been di
vided Into four divisions, and will Include about
11,000 men In Hue. The President will ride tn
Mrs. Mnry Howard Hart's magnificent private
carriage. The Governor, Major of the city, and
some other official will probibly ride with him.
The annual meetlngof theSocfetyof the Burn
side Expedition nnd of the Ninth Army Corps
will be field in connection with tn.' reunion of
the Society of the Army of the Potomoc The
meeting will be held at the Troy House.
PETER CARROLL A SUICIDE.
The Thlrt Avenue Chop llonae Keeper Asphyx
iated by Cu.
Peter Carroll, keeper of a chop house at 300
Third avenue, killed himself sometime Wednes
day night by inhaling illuminating gas in his
rooms over his restaurant, which had been
closed for repairs for a month and were to be
reopened on Sept, 1. He was found dead in bed
yesterday morning. The gas-Jets in the room
wore open.
Carroll had been complaining of bad business
for some time past, anil blamed the Raines Law
for this. He was also beard to siy that he
feared he would not hivu enough money to
reopen his chop house. He suffered much from
Insomnia, brought on by w orry over his business
troubles.
Carroll had been in the oister and chop house
businiss .'or more than thirty yoars. He was
known to every man, woman, and child in the
neighborhood, and was 1 ery popular. He was a
pronounced Tammunr man, and his chop house
was patronized largely by politicians.
POLICEMEN STOSED RT TOUOIIB.
The Reserves Una 10 ne nt to Dltpers tbo
Saloon Wrecker.
A gang of toughs tried to wreck William
Klotz's saloon at 508 West Fifty-second street
last night. Policeman Mcintosh of the West
Forty-seventh street station caught Bernard
Kelly, 17 years old. of 412 West Fifty-second
street, in the act of throwing a atone into the
saloon. The crowd tried to rescue Kelly and
attacked tho policeman with stones. Policeman
Ticrney went to Mcintosh s assistance and
caught John Dlllard of 425 West Fifty-second
Somebody telephoned to tho station house,
and the reserves were ordered to the scene of
battle. The patrol wagon full of cops reached
there In timo to save Mcintosh and Tierncy
from further attack, and when the mob had
been dispersed the two prisoners were landed
safely in tho station house.
MORE CLOAKMAKERS STRIKE.
Aetna Strike Won I'urertalnty About m Gen
eral Htrlke.
Several more strikes of cloakmakers against
Individual manufacturers took place yester
day. The largest of these wus that of the out
side men employed by Pelor Bros., at 734 Broad
vr.iy. of whom 250 went on strike.
The strikes in tho shops of Singer, Son & Fold
mann, 317 Canal hlreet, and J. Blauner, Spring
street nnd Broadway, were settled jestenluv.
An increase of 30 per cent. In wages was grantod.
A. Rosenberg. berroUry of tho Unit-d Broth
erhood of Cloakmakors. would not say yesterday
bow long thu general strike had been postponed
or whether It had been postponed Indefinitely.
All tho new strike were authorized by tho
Executive Committee, bo said.
Cigarette Utrls on Strike.
A strike of paper cigarette makers In twenty
four shops on the oast side has been In progress
since Monday. There aro about 120 strikers,
of whom 70 are girls, and tbo headquarters of
tho strikers am at 138 Ludlow street, whiro
they held n meeting yesterday.
Too strikers belong to, the "Russo-Turklsh
Paper Ctgnrelto Makers Union, 'and uinko al
leged Turkish lignrettes with mouthpieces.
These alleged Turkish cigarettes ore great
favorite among tho east aiders during strikes
of the tailors. . . . , . .
Tho Secretary of tho union, Samuel Ginsberg,
said vesterday that the strikers had boon work
ing sixteen or elgh'emi hours out of tho twenty
four, and mado only 110m $5 to $0 a week.
Scene Painter Strike.
Strikes of tho scene painters employed at the
Fourteenth Htreot Theatre und In Voegellng's
studio, West Twenty-third street, near Eleventh
avenue, were In progress yesterday against thir
teen men who refused to Jolu tho Protective
Alliance of Scene Painter of America. The
strikers allege that the non-union men aro try
ing to break up tho alliance.
Some of the stage bund are on strike in sym
pathy with tho scene painters.
FLINT'S FINE FURNITURE.
Great clearance silo
of summor aovoltioa.
j'lllllii1ii.
R0YA1 I
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
WARSHIP RRVIX DISABLED
Th French Mlntiler r marine Attacked on
Tula Account lie May netlre.
Special CabU ZXspalen f o Tmt Stm.
Paris, Aug. 10. Tho French warship Brnlx,
one of the vessels forming the escort of the war
ship Pothuan, on board of which President
Faure Is en route for Cronstndt, has returned to
Dunkirk disabled.
Although the accident to the Brnlx seems to
have been such as warships Are always liable to
meet with, the Incident has Incensed the press
and public, who regard It ns marring the del at
of the President's visit to Russia. Admiral
Bosnard, Minister of Marine, has accordingly
been made a scapegoat.
It Is asserted that some of his colleague out
spokenly criticised him at a Cabinet meeting
that was held to-day, with the result that there
was an exchango of wnrm words. Admiral Bes
nard finally declared that he would resign.
Prime Minister Mollne ncted ns peacemaker,
and induced him to withdraw his resignation,
but it is beliovrd that he has only deferred his
retirement from office until the return of Presi
dent Faure.
The Brulx is a steel, broadside cruiser of 4.750
tons. She was built at Rochefort, and was com
pleted only a short time ago. Her dimensions
are: Length, 347 feet 7 inches; beam, 46 feet,
and denth, 17 feet 8 Inches. Her armament
consists of two 7i-lnch eight-ton guns, six Sc
inch quick-firing guns, and fourteen guns of
lesser weight. Her engines are of 8,800 horse
power, and she has a speed of 10 knots.
OOZLI TO DIB TO.DAT.
Tbo Assassin or Canova Will Spend Rl tjast
tlur tn Charge of OTonk.
Sp4cimX CabU Dttpatch to Tax 8nv.
Madrid. Aug. 10. An Italian Anarchist
named Rossi was arrested at Yergara to-day. It
Is believed that he was attempting to communi
cate with Golli, the assassin of Prime Minister
Canovas, who U now under sentence of death
by the garrote In that town.
The death sentence was read to Oolll In his
cell this morning. After the reading the con
demned man was given In charge of monks,
who conducted him to the chapel of the prison,
where, according to the Spanish custom, he will
spend the last twenty-four hours of life In com
pany with spiritual advisers and the guards
who hare been detailed to prevent his escape.
His execution will take place to-morrow.
Sefiora Canovas has requested the priest who
gave extreme unction to her husband, as he
was dying from the assassin's bullets In the
bath at SantaVAgueda, to visit Golll and assure
him of her forgiveness.
L1TELT TIMES IN NUBIA.
Vlndln Plenty or Water for the Railroad
Butldtug on the Dcert.
Special Cablt Deipatch to Thk Sck.
LoyDON, Aug. 19. A correspondent who has
returned to Wady Haifa, at the second cataract
of the Nile, after a year's absence, reports that
stneo the advance of the Anglo-Egyptian ex
pedition against thu dervlshos was made tbe
town has been motamorphosed. Whole streets
have been cleared to mnke room for workshops.
A shed for the use of the engines employed
on the railroad that Is being constructed up the
river Is bclnir built.
The railroad across the desert to Abu Hamed
has been completed for a distance of 130 miles.
The difficulty that was bo much dreaded, the
lack of water, has been overcome, a good sup
ply having been found at a depth of sixty feet
eighty miles from Korosko, along the line of the
railroad. Another well Is being sunk fifty miles
further out. The engineers are of the opinion
that water will be frequently found in the desert
by sinking wells.
KURDS ON THE JTARPATH.
They nald a District In Anatalla and Kill
Both Christian and !tfolnis.
Special Cable Despatch to Tnx SDK.
Lovdox, Aug. 10. A despatch ftom Tabrees.
In Northern Persia, says that the Kurds tn
Anatolia are apparently avenging the attack
that was recently made upon them by Armen
ians who had crossed Into Turkish territory from
Persia.
The Kurds have raided the Salmas district,
where they massacred 200 persons. They
wreaked vengeance, not alone upon the Chris
tians, but upon Mohammedans as well.
SPAIN'S NE1T CABINET.
The Queen I Likely lu Conflrm Aearmsm sua
nil Colleague In USloo.
Special Cable Deepatch to Tnx Son.
Sam SEBABTiAtT, Spain. Aug. 10. Gen. Arcar
raga. President of Hie Council of Ministers, ar
rived here today, and had an audience with the
Queen which lasted an hour. Her Majesty will
again receive hlni to-morrow.
It Is expected that the Queen will conflrm
Gen. Azcarrnga and his colleagues In their
offices, but the Indications are that the dissen
sions In the Conservative party are too numer
ous ami too serious to permit the belief that the
crisis will benmootbly nolved.
The Ministers yesterday placed their port
folios at the disposal of Gen. Atcarraga In order
to facilitate matters if the Queen desired to
make modifications in the Cabinet.
Tho Duke nnd Duebeo f fork In Ireland.
Special CabU Deipatch to Tec Svs.
DOBUN, Aug. 10. The Duke and Duchess of
York oponed Lady Cadognn's Irish Textile Ex
hibition to-day and afterwnrd visited the exhi
bition of the Horticultural 8ociety.
Their Royal Highnesses have met with a cor
dial reception everywhere.
Rlcclrle Cab In lndon.
"pedal Cable neiafch to Tax Bo.
LoypoN, Aug. 10. Electric cabs made their
first appearance In London to-day, when four
teen of these vehicles began competition with
the ordinary hansom and growler cabs.
Minister Ansel! Arrive at Ills Poat.
Special CabU Dtepa tea to Tns 8v.
Cokstantinovi.h, Aug. 10. Mr, James B.
Angell, lha now American Minister, arrived
here to-day.
The Hamburg Bvprr Wreck.
Special Cable Petp,tlch to The Sun.
RERUN, Aug. 19. The Emperor has ordered a
thorough Investigation und detailed report as
to tho causes and circumstantesof the derail
ment or tho Hamburg xurs. which was
thrown from tho tr k on Saturday oonlng be
tween Colle and Utizen. killing four persons
nnd Injuring twenty othirs. .
TheiiiiperMI train, with the Emperor and Em
press on board, had pnssrd o er the same line
only blx hours previously, and tho theory of the
tw Iioiindtlm 1.1 road official i that the track
K been YaiiipnriMl with lor the pm pose of
wrecking that train and not the Hamburg ex-
yrcR. -
till b fuxir Widening Itectr Street.
Comptroller Kltch acted on the petition yes
terday whlth was sent to film requesting bis aid
In eocu Int. the widening of Rector street by
recommen.ri.ig to tho Ijojni 01 Street Opening
and 1 hi nrovcmenl that It be done between Trin
ity Plato and West street. Ho doubts the feasl
blllfyof continuing tbe Improvement to Broad
w ay; as Trinity hurebs ard is on one side of the
street and nn expensive ofik-e building Is In
processor erection on the other.
Miii or Strong Sill rterdny that he Is not In
favoi of such nn Improvement at this time.
Under tho now charter the Hoard of Local Im
urovemcnU for tho burougli of Manhattan could
take hold of the matter, ho added, and thero
would be tittle delay in considering and acting
an It then.
MR. SIFTON GOES TO DYEA.
A MEMBER OP CANADA'S MINISTRT
ON AN OFFICIAL TOVR.
He Will se How Canada Obnoxlon Slew
Rccnlatlen Work on the llorder Thei Tell
or Taking Mnetv Pound, or Uold Out or Ihe
Stowart Itlver In Tbree -stamp Mill.
Ottawa, Aug. 10. Owing to tho reports
which are dally coming (o tho Government con
cerning the throatcno 1 troubles browing between
Americans and Canadians on account of tho
customs nnd othorenctlons ncnlnst American
miners going Into tho Yukon country, It was offi
cially announced this evening that Mr. Slfton,
Minister of tho Interior, will go ehortlv as far
as a Junenu steamer can carry him, to Inspect
tho situation for himself from tho Pacific ro ist.
Ho will accompany Major Walsh, Administra
tor of tho Yukon, and his dctiu limcnt nf
mounled pollco as far as Taglsh (Thllknot Pass)
and soo them well startol Into tho Interior,
Thoy will leave Victoria for Dycn hy tho Gov
ernment stenmcr Quadroon Sept. 23.
Tho Minister will Inspoct tho facilities for
landing passengers and tralllc nt Dyea and con
veying them over the Chilkoot Pass, and will
generally make a searching Inquiry into the
whole situation.
ALASKA BOOMISa.
A Mew DOO-Stamp Mill for the Trcndwell-nig
Find on Mewart Itlver.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 10. The ontlre Terri
tory of Alaska is now experiencing tho benefi
cial results of the Klondlko strike. Juneau
papers received by latesteamors report arrange
ments being made at Treadwcll for tbo erection
of a new 300-stamp mill. A rocont survey of
the Treadwell mines shows over 11,000.000
tons in sight, making a now mill an absolute
necessity.
Messrs. Trombly nnd Donne of New York re
turned from Alaska on tho Queen and took tho
first trnln through to the East. Their visit 13
presumed to have connection with mining in
terests. A stampede is sotting In toward Stewart
River, a tributary of tho Klondike, occasioned
by tbo report that ninety-six pounds of gold
were takon out in three days' workonone of tbe
tributaries of thnt strosm. This report was re
ceived by miners nt Lako Ltndormiin nnd has
caused many of those who had Intended going
to the Klondike to stop nt tho Stownrt.
Tho steamship Bristol, which will sail for St,
Michael on thcMtb, Is meeting with great suc
cess in securing passengers from Seattle, many
thinking tho nil-water route far preferable to a
freeze-up nt Skoguay. Quick despatch Is prom
ised to them.
TITO MAILS A MONTH TO KLONDIKE.
Canada IValMt Proportion Accepted by th
Pnt omce Department.
Washington, Aug. 10. The Post Office De
partment to-day received from Mr. Coulter,
Deputy Postmaster-General for Canada, a pro
posal for the carrying of malls between Dyea,
Dawson City, and Circle City, which was ac
cepted by the department, and tho Canadian
Post Office was so notified. The offer of the
Canadian Government is to establish a Post
Office at Dawson City, appoint a Postmaster,
and make it an international exchange office.
They then egVee to carry ull tbe malls of the
United States, one trip a month, from Dawson
City to Dyes, the United States agreeing in re
turn to carry all the Canada malls from Victoria.
B. C, to Dyea. Tho Post Office Department Is
to pay the Canadian Post Office the sum which
it asked from Canada if tho United States was
to provide for tho transportation of the mails.
This is regardel us nn exceptionally fair pro
posal. It HI give the United States two malls
a month to Dawson City, ns there Is Hlreany n
monthly contract In force running from Dyea to
Circle City via Dawson City.
Up to this time, while the mail for Dvea from
Circle City passed through Dawson City, there
being no exihango office thorc, the pouches
were kept closed and no mall could be dis
tributed, nor could imv mall be added. The
establishment of an exchange oltlco there will
change all tliK
OBITUARY.
John B. Foster, for thirty years professor of
Greek and LAtln at Colby University, died at
his borne in Watervlllo, Mo., yesterday. Ho
was born in Boston on Juno 8, 1822, but at tho
the age of d years moved to Waterville, where
he was educated In the public schools and fitted
for Waterville College. He graduuted in tho
class of 1843. He graduated from the Newton
Theological School in the class of 1850, and at
once was called to the editorial chair of Zion't
Adcocate. whore he remained till 1858, when he
accepted the chair of Greek and Latin at Water
vlllo College He remained there till 1892,
when he reslgnod on nccount of his health. He
was for more than thirty years teacher in the
local Baptist Stutt- Conference. He leives a
widow and one son. the Rev. John M. Foster.
whn la n minalnnnrv in Phtn.t.
James Ellis Humphrey, instructor in botany
at Johns Hopkins f'niversit, died Wednesday
at Port Antonio, Jamaica, where he hnd gone
wlthapartyof studentsof tho university. He
wns born at Weymouth Hoights. Mass., about
thirty ) cars ago. He was graduated from Har
vard as R Bachelor of Sclenco in 180 mid was
made a Doctor of Sclenco in l-92. He was mado
a member of the faculty ot Johns Hopkins Uni
versity lust June.
Israel Firjeon died on Tuesday nt his home,
13 West Eighty-eighth Mrect. Mr. Karjoon was
a brother of H. L. Fnrjeou, the English writer.
He was a Jeweler and founded tho firm of Far
Jeon Jc Co., Gl Nassau street, Mr. Farjeon wns
born in London. Englnnd, In 1832. Forty years
ago. after helping his brother to establish the
first newspaper printed in tho Now Zealand
gold fields, he crme to this country.
Col. John O. Hodges, aged 66, died In Lexing
ton, Ky.. yesterday. He graduated nt Centre
College in 1855 with Adlal Stevenson, cx-Gov,
Crittendon of Missouri, and other well-known
men, studied law, engaged In newspaper work,
and In 1875 rounded tho Lexington tibterrtr.
In 18B0 he was appointed Superintendent of
Schools. Afterward he was State Senator from
Fayette county.
Denis II. Morrlssey. chief clerk of the As
sessor's Department In Boston, died nt Sharon,
Mass., yesterday, of consumption. He was one
of the most influential and popular Irish-Americans
in Boston, nnd had a wide acauaintanco
among tho Irinhmen of tbe country. He entered
the employ of the city In 1872.
Joseph G. C. Cottier. 23 years old. of Jersey
City died at Paris. France, on Tuesday, of ty
phoid fever. Mr. Cottier had b.'n tho travel
ling companion of Prof. A. B. Guilford, prlnri
pal of Public School No. 7 In Jersey City, who
died of typhoid fever a week ago.
Mrs. fllv l. Oatfer. widow of O. A. Gliffer-
tho founder of the china importing firm ol O. A.
Oagrr ii Co.. died on Wednesday at her home,
120 Illrks street, Brooklyn, aged 70 years. Sho
was identified with sccralcharitablo organiza
tions in Brookljn.
Charles II. Griffin of Tilllnghast & Griffin,
stock brokersat 11 Wall street, die 1 on Wednes
day at his summer home In Konnchunkimrt,
Mo. Mr. Griffin vrtif a member nf tho New York
Sto 'k Exchange. He hod been ill for a month or
more.
Frodorick Newton Cheney, formerly Socretarv
of tlieCh.imtcr of Cuiumerro of Boston, ulcd
suddenly nf heart disease on Wednesday nisht.
llo was 52 earn old.
Col. Elmer Otis. U.S. A., retired, oied Wednes
day nt I.os Angeles, Cat. He was appointor! to
West Point from Ohio in 1849, nnd retired six
yeiraago,
Edward F. Klynn, a member of the Marltlmo
Exchange, died on Wednesday at his home, 90
Bergen street, Brooklyn.
Thomas Madden, well-known Brooklyn con
tractor, died eterdriy at Ids home, 231 Albany
avenue, aged 76 ears.
ROCKEFELLERS OrERASSKSSED?
They lletnln nn Kvuert, Who Itrpnrt fo th
3louut !'lranut Aftses.or.
TAltltTTOWN, Aug, 111. -The nssessors of the
town of Mount Pleasant heard the complaints
ol William and John D. Rockefeller to-duv. The
Rockefellers were repnsentod by Howard II,
Moree. Abram Hyatt of Sing Sim: testified ns
nn export witness that, according to his np
praUement of the Rockefellers' properties, their
iisscsunieiitwas too hlnh. William Ilockefeller's
pronurty Is assessed at if'-VoM'0(. Aii-nrdlng
to Mr. llyiut H 1 wurtli .i:t;i.-no. John I),
Rockefeller's issis.ineiit is frti7.O00. Mr,
Hyatt appraised his proper!) 'it iSHH.iiVi.
Mr. Millard, tho aUonu tnr the assessors,
was not conversant with tho facts of Hie cases
Rint Mr. Ilvatt was not iross-cxamliieil, Mr.
Morse said that tho cases wmild bo taken to tho
courts.
Kl-Uv. Morton's Personal As.es.inrnt In
llhlnrbrck Doubled.
Kingston, Aug, lP.-Ex-Gov, Morton's per
eoiiiil assessment In tho town of Hhliiobeek is
Just double what it wns last jcir, Onlhotik
ml of IHHfiMr. Morton - inent was T3n.
1MKI. but ho lu.d .he Atw-iM that in cqull) ihn
nttmtlon should iHiliiiriii'ii i uiiiIIIiuAh s irs
obligingly ralte i Ihenases mi-ill lot0,lHH).
Where i.trrd' tlrra Mere,
F. Uhlp, 60 Wen llMtH '. damage 1100,
-!1, iiiMiiiaiiiMissiiiii'f lii i
iflfl
OUlt IIOllllV. sI'Bjunl
Good stufl', well-made, pnys. jl
It pnys in nothing better tlmr g-jfl
in clothes. fillll
Tlmt's what we're here for. $jl
Fur shoes, hats and furnish- If Im
inga too. S;1:H
Hookup, Peht & Co, IrRlH
2r aril
Prince and Prosdway. Hi '-WiU
Warren and Ilroail w ay. fSirWU
Thirty e ,mt au 1 Ilroadway. 331 HMB
,TOSEPlI C. llENDRIX, PRESIDENT. WWM
""""" Atllnf
(bo.rn to Prrsliln Over Ihe Affair of the) iKSsB
llnnbrrs' Assoctnllnn. "vlUI
DBTnoiT, Mich., Aug. lf.-Tho Bankers' Con- tliflH
ventlon ended Its libera to-day with tho clco- 2l!j
tion of officers nnd tho usual votes of thanks. flH
Thero wns a pretty little hit of politics In tho ;!l'lunl
election, ns Frank W. Tracy of Springfield, III.. lw
laid all his wires to bo elected Vice-President) 'S Bun
and rocelvcd tho vnto of the nominating com 'ianunnl
mittce, but was beaten out In the Convention by iHunl
Gcorgo II. Russell of this city, who received two nn
votes to his one, Tho report of the nominating1 BH
committee in favor of Joseph C. Hendrlx of New v'imuul
York for President wns unanimously concurred j )KI
in by the delegates, nnd Alvnh Trowbridge, also ' 'BH
of Now York, was re-eloctod to his place as 'a (H
Chairman of tho Executive Committee. Mr. I !
Rouen of New York mado a vigorous fight in '1 I
favor of Tracy, but It profited him nothing. i i H
N. B. Vnn Slykc. President of tho First Na- 'flffc
tional Bank of Madison, Wis., began to-day' ii. r
discussion with a paper on currency legislation, 'Jit
In which ho snld thnt "in these times of peaca ,-Jfii
and prosperity our Government should not feel 41' M
compelled to resort to decoptlvo expedients in -jS; M
order to maintain Its credit." Am? M
Harvey J. Holllster, on "Organized Capital,' vj.
aid: Ja:
"Money with a human personality and con- 'Wt' V
science back of It Is never wholly bad, but when ''ff ' -m
this form of power Is concentrated, as In these :St-
days, such combination loses the human per- 'ffil'S H
sonnl quality und becomes a problem so serious -,,"' C
that legislators confess their Inability to deal js !
With it." i'l :
He snid that capital, to be safe, must not only Am'; M
protect socioty by speedy punishment of tbe 'U'W
criminal, but by bearing Its legitimate share ot j'J'n
Government expenses, and should give attention vJf'jjHI
to tho rearing of men, not machines. ''A ,'iBni
Myron T. Herrlrk of Cleveland, Bradford ,M H
Rhodes of New York. G. Gunby Jordan of Co- 'J'iZ;sTuul
lumbua. Ga.; William G. Cornwell of the City 'MnUBui
Bank, Buffalo; Charles R. Hannan of Iowa, and !(!
L. P. llillyer of Georgia also read papers. A ''ICSui
resolution was passed urging Congress to pass -.'sV SH
legislation permitting the organization of na- n!sinM
tional banks with capital in excess of $25,000. ffi jKB
President Lowry, John P. Branch of Richmond, , hi
Charles Homer. J. L. Hamilton, and E. H. Per- '" -BI
kins were appointed a committee to urge noces- Hj V I
sary legislation in Congress. j M-MbM
JiXtnunnl
A STEAMSUIP THIEF CAUOHT. i4unnnl
Arretted In Iloboben Artor ttobblng Torn) jvjunulsnnl
rnemt Dlsui-rek Passenger. K SB
Some days ago tho officials of the Homburtr- :'iK''n
American Steamship Company notified the Ho- vl !l
boken police that a number of articles had been If H
stolen from staterooms on the steamships wbtlo 21 'H
they lay at the Hobokcn piers. Detective Ser- -f'f-Jnnl
geant Nelson saw a well-dressed man about 'jjblJHu!
35 years old loitering around the ships every 3nu(
sailing day. Just before tbo Fuerst Bismarctt jW-nsunl
sailed yesterday Nelson Baw the man walk up 'wiiuH
the gangplank. He remained on board until tho tif'asnV
ship was about to bo pulled out and then hut- jjr fM-'
ried off, carrying n cane and a silk-lined over- -.'ivitBi
coat. Nelson took him to Police Headquarters. '( ,H
Ho snld be was n Frenchman, an I that ho 'i! jH-l
could not speak English. He w rote bis name as m M
Frassorn Arnaud, but would not give his ad- 'ft ' 'JJjjjjT
dress. The enne he carried bore tbe initials 'ij --rfM
"G. H. F." When the steamer reached Quar- n '!
rantine one of the ship's officers telegraphed 'U jfm
back to Hotioken that an overcoat had been H )
stolen from A. Rosenthal, n passenger, nnd that ' Ml
a cane had been taken from stateroom No. 120, "j ;'TH
occupied by Gotfried H. Floto. :i ,'jM
Recorder McDonough held Arnaud for further !( "M1
examination. S
AN ARGONAUT ARRESTED. -JPftl
cbemetbal' Trip to the Klondike Cola Fields A 'jjj
Interrupted. 'I i
Jo-eph SchemethnI, the manager of a saloon fjj 'rJJ1
nt 305 Kent aronue, Williamsburg, was ar- -i j&
raignod In the Lee Avenue Pollco Court yester- jf'laV
day charged with appropriating $200. The ao- ' M
cusstion was made by Julius Scharmann, a jjj 'Mi
brewer, of 239 Cook streot. Scharraann hired w fflj
Schemethal to manogo the saloon a few month iy "A
ago. When Scharmunn went to the place on ai 3ft
Saturday to collect tbe receipts Scbomethal was jj
not there. Scharmanu says that $200 wo 3j .-
missing from the c.ish box. Uft .---
A warrant for Schemethal was issued. V? !W
Court Officer Bretintg went to his house on Sk VMS
Wednesday night to arrest him. Schemethal' fa, '
mother-in-law and father-in-law would not leo VT-,i
him In. S'heme'hal ri'n out of the house, but: -jflt ''-
was enptured In ttn vard. He had $322. several . V
pauiDhlots on the, Klondike gold fields, and a 'im ,!jL
railroad ticket to Seattle in his pockets. 3 'K
Scl.suicthnl (ilii he hnd mado arrangements to rjl -Snl
go to Alaska. Ho denied thnt be had approori- VI .B
ated any monoy belonging to Scharmann. Jus- -i -
ticoTeale referred tho matter tn the District i JM
Attorney, The matter may bo settled out of ij hH
court. Mi 'W
BICYCLE POLICEMAN INJURED. ,jjt
lie ITpMIs and Fall on n file or Stone White jl 'M
t'haslng a ftcorrher. 'xl iH
While Bicycle Policeman Michael Collins wan M.WB
chasing n scorcher down Fifth avenue lost night ''3' 'I
the scorcher turned suddenly Into Eighty-third 4 fl
streot. The bike cop mado too sharp a turn ' z
around the corner nnd, tipping over, foil on top -H v
of m ilo of crushed stone, upsetting the danger If
signal light t Its top. - f J.
1 lie scorcher had escaped by tbe time tho po- 6 4
lleemangoton bis feet. Collins limped to the Hi h
Presbyterian Hospital, where n doctor exumlnod h K
him and tound that his left wrist had been jf' "ijl
sprained. Huwas also cut nnd lirul-od on the tl- i
body. Iliswoundswerodrossodaiid Imreturned iu
to duty, although one of the spoken In bis wheal (J; f
hnd been broken lu tbo fall on the pile of stone. fV i
Illrjrll.t Hurt on tbi llrldsr, L '
A. C. Firn, whllo riding a bic)cle across th S I
brldgo roadway yesterday morning, wns struck W f!
by a horso driven by Fred Jaeger of 06 North jji JJ
Elliott place, nnd received se ero bruises on tho SI
arms and legs. Ho wont Hi his homo at 310 iff
Seventh avonuo utter being intended by as fjfi
Hinbulunce surgeon. '!' 1
at p
Failure or n I'lah llauk. Jfi.
Salt Lakk, I'tnh, Aug, 10. Tho bronrh estab- fjf if
llshment of the banl.i"g liouso of Georgo Arthur ujf i?u
Rko&Co., at Kurck.i, this State, nssl.-ned to- 9t
day. The ll.inllitles nf the brnmhwill nut ex- . SI j
ceed ij-ii.'i.lHIO. and II is said i r tllors will b MP J
jiaiil in lull. liie other banks owned by Rice In iff ')
Colorado nnd elsewhere aro said not to bt JM
ullectoii. W
lartriidrrOut or Work Hang lllmselr. ffj t
Joseph Lukes, n Imritndcr out of work, com- t i
mltcilsulcldoos!erdn by hanging himself from '$ i
tho llrst-Mury lire escape of tho tenement at M .j
;i2," Avviitio A. Lukes quarrelled with hi f i
v.fi two cnrs ago, and slncn that timo hnd fl
drifted annul town gulling odd Jobs, und bold- iS I
lug lioiiu of them long. "Q I
ilc.hid oil" v lived at 11)25 Alcliuti A. and fl f
wiii'ii lioili'iidud In end his hiu liu iiia.io his wuy ,R '
tulhc rd In the re.irof the liuii.e, dim bod up -&1 ,
on n ihllcslitd iiiur the firu escape, und hangod W I
himself. m i
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