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VOL. LXV.-NO. 27. NEW YORK, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1897.-C0PY1UGI1T, 1897, BY THE SLN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. ' PRICE TWO CKNTS. 1 i
FASTEST OF MAIDEN TRIPS.
tjiz kaiser wil11elm der qrosse
a marixe marvel.
S" Her first Voyage rrom Reathampton the Fast
Ml ror That Course In Addltloa Mhe Beat
the iairanlne But Day's Rm, aad Mad
an Aterace Hrver Baualled on a, MatdeaTrtp
Uulldera Kxpeet Her to Average UB Knots.
The giantess of liners, the Kaiser Wllhelm der
Orosse, of the North German Lloyd fleet, has
fulfilled the prophecy of her builders, the Vul
can Shipbuilding Company of Stettin, by beat
ing the record from Southampton, which was
6 days and 31 minutes, and Wat held by the St.
Paul of the American line.
The tlnio of the great German scorcher Is 5
days 22 hours and 4ft minutes. She not only
creates n new record on the Southampton route,
but she smashes all maiden records on any
rout, and Imperils the supremacy of tho Cu
oarders Lucanla and Campania as mistresses
of the peaceful seas of commerce
A look at her marvellous days' runs Indicates
what may lie expected of her In tho future when
her machinery has limbered up. At noon on her
first day from the Needles sho had covered 209
knots. Sho distinguished herself on her first
full day's run by eclipsing tho record of the best
ship on the Southampton route. She reeled off
B31 knots. On tho succeeding days her runs
were. reapectUely, 403, 512, 554, 501, and to
Bandy Hook 180 knots.
Her run of 504 knots, completed on the nauti
cal day ending nt noon on Saturday, exceeds by
two knots the best westward dally run of the
Ounarder Lucanla. This clearly indlcntcs that
It will not be long before the Lucanla will bo a
back number.
The Kaiser covered 3,050 knots at an average
hourly speed of 21.311 knots. There are bigger
avAmffna thfvn thnv ns Is ihnvn In innth,, n.f
of this story, but this Is only a maiden trip.
Gustav II. Schwab, agent here of tho North
German Lloyd line, was not altogether sure that
the makers of the big ship were right
in their confident prediction, which al
most amounted to a guarantee. The tone
of his voice, when TnE Sun gave him the
first news of the Kaiser crossing the bar last
night indicated his surprise and pleasure. lie
aid, off hand, like a man who had been lying
awake nights figuring on tho subject: "In that
case her time is five days and about twenty-three
hours."
He added that he would not send a tug down
to meet the triumphant ocean crosser, and that
she would not come up to her pier until this
morning. It may be seen by the tlguros that
II r. Schwab's guess was pretty nearly right
Naturally the Kaiser passed many liners that
csed to be considered swift. There was an un
identified Cunarder, maybe tho Auranla, from
Liverpool and Southampton for this port, whose
passengers were probably duzzled by the way
the four-funnelled steamer flashed by them;
a Red Star steamship going west, comparative
ly, like an antediluvian craft; the twin-screw
Stuttgart of her own line, bound hither; the
AUer, which is due here to-day, and the Taurlc,
a White Star twin-screw freighter, also due to
day. She passed the Taurlc off Nantucket light
ship early yesterday morning.
The obasrrer at Fire Island did not get a
glimpse of the new space annihllalor. Porhaps
H her commander. Capt. II. Engelbart. wanted to
surprise the world ashoro by being first seen at
B a point that would leave no doub" that
the Kaiser had knocked records to smithereens.
B Betides, It take time to run in toward Fire
fl Island shore and signal your appearance, and
tho Kaiser did not want to lose a minute. It
was somewhat misty oft the Hook, and the
H observer there did not notice the ship until she
bad crossed the bar, a few minutes after 9
fl o'clock.
fi On her magnificent run of 504 knots on Satur-
fl day the Kaiser made an avarago of nearly 23
knots an hour, which Is what her builders think
fl (be can sustain for a wbolo voyage. This means
that she will) beat the Lucanla by about a knot
I an hour on a voyage, and that sho will reduce the
I time from Southampton to five days and a half.
fl She developed 30,000 horse power on the trip
fl she finished abeam of the Sandy Hook lightship
B last night, and her avorage daily consumption
BJ of coal was 500 tons.
H Her steam pressure to the square Inch was
H 180 pounds, and tho average revolutions of her
H screws was 77 to the minute. At certain hours
IB on the trip the steam pressure was a trifle
Hj higher and the revolutions of her propellers
JHJ faster. That was notably so during the lost eight
WJ hours, when ber average speed was twenty-
H three and a quarter knots. She was bounding
J for home base then, and the engineer represent-
H lng her builders, who was bossing the trip down
H In the business part of the ship, knew what was
8 expected of bira.
H Fivo years ago the Hamburg-American line
jfl had the record from Southampton. The Erltlsh-
ifll bnllt stesmshln Paris of the American line cut It
IB! down to 0 days 0 hours and 37 minutes in July,
MM 1B93, and the new American liners BL Paul and
H St. Louis reduced it last year to the figures that
BJ the Kaiser has just eclipsed.
H The best hourly average of the Campania for
a voyage Is 22.01 knots, which she made In a
fl run to the eastward in May, 1805. The Cam
BJ pania's best hourly average, also made on an
H eastward voyage, is 21.82 knots.
H The best hourly average of the St. Paul, from
JB Southampton to Bandy Hook, mads in August
j last year. Is 21.08 knots. The best single day's
j run of the Lucanla Is 602 knots; Campania, 553
BJP knots; St. Paul and St. Louis, each 530 knots,
BJ all mnde going west In nsutlcal days of twenty
Hi four hours and about fifty minutes.
BE Among the passengers who arrived on the
j Kaiser Wllhelm der Orossa were Director
Bn Bremermann, Dr. James P. Boyd, his High
BE ness Prince Brancaocio, Prince Marco An
flj tonlo Brancaccio, Consul-General Felgel, Dr.
H C. Cushtng, the Hev, John Farelll,
H Prof.A. Oudmann, Theodore II, Havemyer, Jr.,
Hj Maltland Kersey. L. Lorlllard, Jr., Prof. Loutch
Bj ner, Dr. A. K. MacDonald, Dr. John A. Hoblson,
Wt Mme. ile Navarro, Director Herman Schumm,
I Dr. Carl Hchwlckeratb, Prof. John J, Stevenson,
j and P. D. Cravath.
m Adolph Hlllburdt, late United States Consul at
K Moscow, Russia, with Mrs. UUlbardt and their
I two daughters, were also on tho new liner.
j The Kntser will sail from this port at 8 o'clock
j on Thursday morning for Southampton and
j Bremen. She will doubtless smash another reo-
I ord, made on Sept. 8 by tho American liner tit,
2 Louis.
BJ That record will probably not be a very hnrd
j one for her. as it Is six days ten hours and four-
I teen minutes, at an average Bpeed of 10.04
I knots.
The Kaiser Wllhelm der Grossn Is the largest
I steamship that has been launched since the
W colossal Great Eastern left the ways. Wnels
I 64 B feet long, or thirty-one feet shorter than
the Great Eastern, and she measures 14,000
I tons gross. The Great Eastern was only a single
l, screw and the made a freighter's time of about
HI ielvo knots. Nobody can tell yet the oossl
I ollltlesof the great German flyer, which has
I already travelled at the rate of more than
twenty-two knots. But that she will do sonie
f what better than the Campania and Lucaula
H ,V!er" little doubt In the rnlnds of her owners.
H ,Vlers iH be a stonmship bigger than the
I Kaiser before tho German Is a year old, and that
flf will bu the White Star liner Oceanic, which will
I measure 17.00O tons, and will be longer ovon
I than the Greut Eastern,
I ibe Kulscr Wllhelm der Grossels the only
fli ,.,er "Ithfour funnels lhat has evor been In
I this or an) other iort. These are her dlmon-
Ipu: length overall filH feet, beam (10 feet,
poi 13 fcet tonnage 14,000, und displacement
.'0,000 tons. She has bilge koels on both sides
Bl ! "f Puii. by which her tendenoy to roll is
cliri ked. The violent vibrations so often ere-
1 tX;1,1 ''' great engine power on ocean steamers
will not bo felt on her, as tho engines are ual-
I snccilbythn Bchllck system, by which the up
H ami down motion of the ponderous maites Is
coinp nsated, ud the heaving motion of tho en-
H glnes so dlsagreuublu to passengers and injur!-
fl ous to the vessel borsolf will be avoided,
flf ,lhe ship Is divided Into sixteen transverse
m pulkheads, all extending to the upper deck, and
I ty one longitudinal bulkhead in the engine
H i room into eighteen water-tight compartments,
Bjj F o that even should three compartments fill the
vessel could not sink. The four groups of boilers
are each placed In a separate water-tight com
partment entirely divided from the others, so
that In case of a collision the vessel would nevor
be without steam to work her main engines or
her pumps. This featuro Is an Improvement on
anything that has ever been attempted in this
direction on passenger steamers.
Tho vessel has a double bottom that Is divided
Into twenty-two subdivisions. In addition to
these safety anpllances the Kalsor has twenty
four large lifeboats, placed upon the awnlnr
deck, ready for Immediate use. Sho has been
built In accordance with the requirements of the
Imperial German Navy Department and will In
case of war be tilted with a large number of
guusandonter tho German naval service as
a cruiser.
The ship Is driven by two triple-expansion en
gines, having a combined horsepower of 30.000.
Each works on four cranks with four steam
cylinders, one behind the other, and constructed
by the Vulcan Shipbuilding Company of Stet
tin, the builders of the hull. The dlamotor of
the cylinders Is as follows: High pressure cylin
der, 52 Inches; intermediate cylinder, 803t
Inches; wo low pressure cylinders. OOHi Inches.
The two engines nro separated by n water
tight longitudinal bulkhead. Tba two three
bladed propellers measure 22 feet 3 Inches lu
dionieter, with a pitch of 32 feet 10 Inohos.
They are constructed of bronze, and eaih weighs
20 tons. The crank shafts and the screw shafts,
which measure 24 Inches In diameter, aro mnde
by Krupp nf Eeeen of iiIlVo! steel. The length
of the shafting Is 108 fceU The two condent urs
have a cooling surface of 35.522 square fac-t,
and tho tubes In tho condensers aro 11.0110 In
number, comprising a length of thirty-live
miles.
The boiler room is ventilated by natural means
and artificially through sixteen vcntllntlng en
gines. The four nmukrslncke measure 12 foot
2 Inches In diameter, nnd reach a height of 100
feet above tbo keel.
Noarly all of tho first cabin staterooms are
upon tbo upper and promenade decks, nwny
from the bulkheads, which mny thus bo kept
closed. There Is n promenade deck above the
upper deck 400 feet long, and on this are a
llbiary, smoking room, rnblnsdoluxe, nnd spe
cially arranged stiituroouis. There nre thne
wide nnd handsome Btalrcases running to the
promenade dci k from below.
The dining room In the width of the ship, nnd
nccommnilutes 350 persons. It is do-orated In
light colors, and has an ornate dome. There nre
200 saloon stnteroomi. 100 second cabin state
rooms, and berths for KOO si ecrage passengers.
The crew consists of 450 persons, all quartered
near their w urklng stations.
2EXTI.ST ABJIOTT HACK AOA1X.
A Ceuple oa La Chatupagua qnld to R. the Pair
Tnat let Out ror Cape Town.
Dr. Frank Abbott, the dentist who sailed from
hereon the steamship Paris on July 23 with a
woman, under tho names of Mr, and Mrs. W. F.
Day, returned yesterday on La Champagne and
was recognized nt Quarantine. The names Mr.
and Mrs. Frank May were on the passenger list
Mrs. May had fivo trunks, In which the cus
toms officers found nothing dutiable. Mr. May's
baggage was checked to New Orleans, and he
said that he was going to that city.
Only once had Dr. Abbott been heard from
since ho left New York. When he married Miss
Harriet Pickett, ten years ago, tbo couple went
to Hvo at 200 West Seventieth street- Dis
agreements arose, and in February last tho
couple separated. Mrs. Abbott applied to the
Supreme Court for a limited divorce, and Justice
Truax awarded her 975 a month alimony.
Dr. Abbott paid up regularly until August
last. Then his wife's counsel. Senator Frank
Pavey. was notified by the doctor's lawyer that
Dr. Abbott had disappeared.
A few weeks later a friend of Mr. and Mrs.
Abbott received a letter from the doctor stating
that ho had gone to Cape Town, with" Aman
da," meaning Miss Amanda Morton, a relatlra
of his wife.
Mrs. Abbott was much surprised to bear last
night the report of her husband's return. She
said tnat sne nadproor that ner husband bought
tickets for Cape Town via Southampton for him
self and his companion, and that they had sailed
on July 28.
Sho said that the doctor owod ber three
months' alimony, amounting to $225. As to
future proceedings, she said she would bo
guided by the advlco of her lawyer.
SVFFE111XO O.V ALASKA TJtAILS.
9feM at Okas-war Weep aa Tbey Tell f Tbelr
Hbrertunes.
Tacoua. Wash.. Sept, 20. There Is terrible
suffering on the Skagway and Dyaa trails In
consequence of the winter wind and rain storms
that prevailed there last week and tho unpre
pared condllien of the Klondikera who were
caught scattered along the trails. Their physi
cal suffering Is not lessened by the knowledge
that everything tbey possessed In many cases
has been sacrificed and nothing accomplished so
far aa securing any of the Klondike's golden
wealth is concerned. Storms hava destroyed
their provisions, and manyarelefl with scarcely
enough dry food for another meal and without
money to return home.
Passengers who arrived on the City of Seattle
this morning estimate that there are 000 to
1,000 men on the two trails who haven't means
to purchase tickets back to Puget Sound. Their
statements are corroborated by letters by the
same steamer. A small number of these
men may find work at Sksgway, but for the
-majority there will be nothing to do this
winter. Many of them are too poorly equipped
to stand the weather now prevailing, which
ranges from constant rain on the coast to Ice
and snow at tho summit of the passes. The
Skagway River is no longer fordable, and wher
ever there Is any soil the mud Is now ankle
keep. Men who returned to Skagway just be
fore the storm found many a man who broke
down and wept as he related the story of his
misfortunes.
PRESIDENT ItlAZ'H BOX HERE.
Baa Dean Sludytna Faalaearlng Abroad 31a
Cold Standard rar Mexico, lie Tblaka.
Porflrlo Diaz, son of the President of Mexico,
arrived here yesterday on the steamship La
Champagne, and is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
He Is a short, slight, young man, 24 years old,
with a Utile mustache. He was graduated from
tho Mexican Military Academy, and Is a Cap
tain of Engineers In the Mexican Army.
Ha has just completed a year's work with a
company that purposes to build a tunnel under
the English Channel, tils object being to Im
prove his technical knowledge. He was In Paris
when his father was assaulted by the crank
Arroyo. He says he laughed when a orrespond
ent told him his father had been shot at by an
Anarchist, because, ho says, there aro no Anarch
ists In Mexico.
He wan Informed that tho Indignation over
the lynching of Arroyo, when it became known
who were tho Instigators of It, vt as as great ns
thut over the asmiiilU The arrest of tboiu con
cerned In the lynching met with generul ap
proval In Mexico.
When asked if ho thought thcro was any prob
ability of Mexico adopting the goldstandnrd,
ho said thiro wns not. Mr. Muz linn llvn years
yet to servo In the army. Ho will start for Mex
ico to-duy.
H. W. rAT.KXTIXE KILL Eli.
Tks Brooklyn iJinyer Thrown from n Carriage
nt Putnam, Conn,
Pot.vam, Conn,, Sept. 20. S. W. Valentine, a
lawyer, of Brooklyn, N. Y was Instantly killed
this afternoon at l'omfret Landing, Mr. and
Mrs, Valentine, who wuro visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Henry L. Hurt, took a carriuge drive this after
noon behind a spirited horse.
Near l'omfret Landing tho horso ran away
and the occupants wcro thrown out, three of
them being dragged some distance. Mr. Valen
tine's head struck a big stone and his death wns
Instantaneous. Mr. Burl' skull was fractured
and bis recovery Is doubtful. Mr. Valentine
leaves a widow and two children.
Mr. Valentine lived nt 010 Marcy avenue,
Brooklyn. Ho was a cousin of Theodore 13.
Willis, the Commissioner of Publlo Works of
Brooklyn, und candlduto for llegisler on tho
Itopuulican Couuty tUkut,
VOIE EIItST, TItVS PRAT.
Oaall the Prayer. Bays the Bar. Dr. nuchlel,
ir Strong r.anuso Ualr Tor On.
Oranob,N. J Sept. 20. The Rev. Dr. Henry
A. Buchtel, in his sermon tbls morning in Cal
vary MetbodiBt Church, East Orango, declared
that the duty of good cltUenshlp requires a
Christian to attend the primary meetings of his
Jiarty in preference to attending a prayer meet
ng. If u man cpuld bo imagined, ho said, in
such frail condition that he bad strength
enough only to do ono thing on election day,
either to say his prayer or to vote. It would be
that man's clear duty to omit bis prayerion
that day and to rota.
AFTER NOMINATING TRACY
JlEPVnZlCAXS WILL AVVOIXTA COX
FE11ESCE COMMITTEE,
Bat .to Compromise la Wow the Central Feel
lng Cltr Convention Will Not Approve
"tram's Administration Sotblns Nettled
About Fitch Candidates ror Justlra lintel
Manhattan Conrerenea Rita Mix lluura.
The final conference of the militant Republi
cans of Grenter New York beforo the City Con
vention, which Is to assemble In Carnegie Hall
at noon on Tuesday, was held at tho Hotel Man
hattan yesterday, Tho confcrcnco began at 10
o'clock In tho morning nnd did not break up
until 4 In the afternoon. Those present were;
Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx Presi
dent Lemuel E. Qutgg, National Committee
man Frederick S. llilibs, Edward Itutorbach.
Collector George R, Illdwoll, Surveyor Silas C.
Croft, Abraham Gruber, Commissioner Collls,
Postmaster Van Cott, Charles II. Murray, and
Jacob M. Patterson.
Borough of Brooklyn Lleut-Gov. Timothy L.
Woodruff. Commissioner Theodore 11. Willis,
Walter B. Atterbury. State Committeeman
Andrew Jacobs, Representatives Denis M.
Hurley nnd Israel Flucher.aml Mtchuul J, Dady.
Borough of Queens Henry S. Johnson.
Borough of Richmond Hugh McRoberts.
President Qulgg presided. In the first place
reports were heard as to the bedrock sentimont
of Republicans In all the Assembly districts.
These reports were all to tbo effect that tho
Republicans and their sound-money allies de
sired nothing better than to go into bat
tle with Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy as their
candidate for Mayor of Greater New York.
Since Gen. Tracy announced that If in tho judg
ment of tho Republican City Convention he
should be nominated he would not resist that
judgment, the sentiment in his favor, tho
reports said, hnd crystallized and become
stronger and stronger. All classes of citizens,
according to tho reports of the Republicans,
had read Gen. Trace's telegram to President
(julgg and declared lhat they liked lis manly
and modest tone, and nil agreed yesterday that
Gen. Tracy was a warrior bold and tho mun to
lead them in the fight. Gen. Tracy stands
squarely and firmly upon the St. Louis platform,
and, moreovor, believes every minute In the
day that the Republican party Is tho party to
give a sound and honest municipal administra
tion to the greater city of New York.
indeed, after all tho reports were In there was
little or no talk heard about a compromise can
didate, and the proposition from some quarters
that possibly a programme will be outlined by
which Gen. Tracy and Seth Low are to ro
tlre and ex-Mayor Frederick A. Schroeder of
Brooklyn or soma other equally strong candi
date be accepted found little favor.
I ha sentiment at yesterday's conference was
dead against any compromise on candidates,
fur the reason, it was explained, that the Ro-
Eubllcansnreuotat all responsible for tbo un
appy divisions between them and the Citizens'
Union. They echoed the utterance of ex-Mayor
Schroeder: "Mr. Low should retire for Gen.
Tracy." Oen. Tracy retired for Mr. Low In 1881.
The proposition to nominate Comptroller
Ashbel P. Fitch for Comptrolleron Tuisday was
discussed. Not a few believed that Mr. ritch
should be requested to write n letter announc
ing bis unequivocal belief In tbe sound-money
principled of tbe St. Louis national platlorm
of 1806. Others demurred and said that
Inasmuch as Mr. Filch oted for McKiu
ley and sound money last year he should
not be requested to reaflirm his action of last
year, especially as the heads of nil tho Influen
tial moneyed institutions in -New oric are
strongly of the onlnlon lhat tbo Republicans
ought to nominate Mr. Fitch, not only because
he voted for McKlnley and sound money, b t
because the gold Democrats ore entitled to
conslaeration at the hands of their Re
publican allies. Moreover. Mr. Fitch boa
many friends among the G rnians, who
believe in sound money every hour In the day,
and the Germans, ltas ascertained, desired Mr.
Fitch's nomination by the Republicans. Nothing
definite was determined on as to Mr. Fitch's
nomination. Tbe decision will be made to-day.
Senator Piatt and bis friends have believed "11
along tbat the Republican City Cuncntion
should nominate Mr. Fitch, for the reason tbat
Mr. Fitch and bis gold Democratic friends are
entitled to the highest consideration.
Tha conference paid its respects to Mayor
Strong when Gen, Collls requested his brclher
conferees to instruct that a resolution Indorsing
Mayor Strong's administration be adopted in
the City Convention on Tuesday. Nearly every
Republican present at yesterday's gathering de
murred. Tbey not only nomurrea, but In as
courteous language ns possible declared per
emptorily tbat no such resolution could be In
troiiucrd in a Renubllcan Oltv Convention, and
tbat much less could a Republican City Con
vention adopt such n r-solutlon. it nas
recounted how the Republican organiza
tion In 1804 accepted Mayor Strong on
tbe representations of the Committee of Sev
enty. The Republican organization did tbls,
believing that Mayor Strong would recognize
that the Republican party of New York would
bo responsible for his election. The Republican
party elected Mr. Strong, It was contended, and
rrom ibe first hour of his reign be ap
pointed crank Republicans who had no affil
iation with tbe party organization, but,
on the contrary, were seemingly bent on
smashing It to flinders, for no other
reasons than aplta against Its leaders. Next,
Mayor Strong appointed a lluo old galaxy of
O'Brien Democrats, Grace Democrats, Sleekier
ltes, and others, to ottlce. meantime keening In
office nearly 15,000 Tnmmunyltes. Col. Warn
ing's administration of tbo Street Clean
ing Department had been most admira
ble. It was said, but Col. Waring should
have tbe sole credit, for tbe reason that
he has done the work himself, and
Mayor Strong wus no moro responsible
for Col. Waring than Col. Waring was responsi
ble for Col. Strong. Besides, It was Insisted,
Col. Waring has had a sufficiently large nppio
prlntlon to do the work of his department in
excellent fashion, nnd, as one of the conferees
put It, "Col. Waring would have been a fool or
a knave or both not to have erlred tbo glorious
opportunity at bis command." The constant
rows between Mayor Strong's Pollen Com
missioners. Dock Commissioners, the discredita
ble beetles lu the Ma) or's olllcc, and the prulunlt y
of tho Mayor, these und many other mutters
concerning Mr. Strong were gone over. Tim re
quest of Gen. Collls. thai tho City Convention
Inilorbo Mayor Strong's administration vtns re
jected with a hangl Moreover, It was declared
at thoconiercnco that, Invlewof MajorStrong's
appointments of bushwhackers, the administra
tion of Mayor Strong had not been conducted
bv Republicans, and for that reiifcon the Repub
lican organization of Greater New Yum .cpudi
atrd it.
After this the Republican conferees caught
their breaths nnd outlined thu programme for
the City Convention on Tii'iday. Ucut.-Gov.
Woodruff Is to bo lemporury and pniuinm-nt
Chairman. District Attorney Olcott Is to nomi
nate (Jen. Traey and Dr. Depow Is tn second the
nomination. Mr. Luuterbaeli is to be Chairman
of tbe Committee on Resolution", Sllna it,
Dutchcr of Brooklyn Chairman of the Committee
on Coulcsted Seatw, and Mr. Johnson of Querns
Chairman of the Committee, on Pcrmuucnt Or
ganization. A committee of twenty-eight on permanent
organization, which Is to bo the campaign com
mittee. Is to bo appointed by tho contention.
Insto id of President Qutgg meeting to day tho
members of the Astnr IIoubo uufrrciire, the
contention on Tuesday le to nppolnt ft i ntninlt
tee on conforonro, wl'h President Qulirg at tha
head, and all antl-Tammnny Imrtlos will have au
opportunity to bo heard should thpy so desire.
Concerning tho county ticket to bo named on
Thursday by the Republicans, It was reliably
ascertained last night that Mr. Glbbs, Mr.
Relsenweber, Mr. Wanmnker. and othor As
sembly dhtrlc leaders nre very much opposed
to James R. O'Bolrne'e deslro to bo nominated
for Register. Their rontlmont was to the clfei't
Hint It was nbout time that O'Belrne was
dropped outof the window.
It wus definitely auortalued thnttlie Repub
lican County Convention Is to nominate Justice
Van Brunt and ex-Judge Thomas Allison ns Its
two candidates for Supremo Court Justine In
the First Judicial district. Also, that Julius II.
Seymour and Kllsha K. Camn aro to bo the two
candidates for City Court Judges.
MAKING 2'OET VXIHSIC J VET KG.
Owners or the IHinmntled Barlt Muy Flint Rx.
pert Tldluas or Her Hoon.
Charles It. Flint of Flint & Co., owners of the
big four-masted American bork May Flint,
which Is somewhere In the Atlantlu trying to
make port under jury rig, said yesterday that
the gale that whipped the masts out of her must
have Leon of uuuaual force, as sho wus very
btrongly sparred. Ho says thut her commander.
Cupl, Nickels, Is an old schoolmate of his and
one of the best navigators uttoaU
Mr. Flint thinks that if the May Flint was not
In good shape Capt. Nickels would not buvo de
clined tho offer of assistance from thu British
steamship Craftsman, which spoke tbe bark on
SopU 6. It is likely, Mr. Fllut says, that the
hark will steer a course for Newport News,
whore she will bvrrausd to resume her voyage
LVSOllISIt IS HllOItT OllDEll.
Wegro Killed oa Rnnday la n Court House Yard
In Daillaht.
IIAWESVILI.K, Ky Sept. 20. Tho first day
light lynching In Kentucky slnco Murderer
Barker was hanged from the Court Hottsoin
dow In Lexington fifty years ago occurred hero
at 5 o'clock this afternoon, when Raymond
Bushrod, tho 20-year-old negro, was hanged by
a mob for assaulting Miss Maggio Roberts.
Tho crlmo occurred yestordny afternoon near
Potrle Stullon, throe miles from here. Miss
Roberts, who Is 10 yours old, had been sent to
the station to buy; some groceries. When
half a mllo from home she was assaulted by
Bushrod. Ho had a largo coupling pin In his
hand, and when sho resisted ho struck heron
tho head, making her unconscious. Sho recov
ered about an hour afterward, and managed to
got home.
Mr. Roberts quickly gathered a, crowd of
nolghbors, and they chased tho negro Into a
thicket. Roberts left his friends on guard and
came to HawosIl!o for Shurlft Fuquo. Tha
latter gathered a posse and went to tho scene,
but tho negro was so carefully hidden that he
was not enptured until nearly midnight, tho
Sheriff finding him secreted In como under
brush. Ho got him out of the thlukot without
attracting the attention of Roberts and his
friends and placed him In jull,
The nows of tho canturo did not become
known generally until this morning. Then
men from the Potrie neighborhood began com
ing Into town In Bmnll squads. Tbey contin
ue. 1 to como nil duy, and nt 4 o'clock this
afternoon fully 300 strnngcrs woro hero. At
half past 4 Judge Adair told Jailer Brown to
give It out that Bushrod had escaped. This
caused tho mob to scatter, nnd to begin a search
for tho negro. Some of the mob remained lo
hlnd, and! they soon learned that tho reported
escape wns a ruse of the officers to Bplrlt tba
negro nwny nnd prevent u lynching. Tbey
sent runners to overtake tho members of tho
mob nho hnd left town, and at 5 o'clock they
were buck tit tho Jail demanding admittance.
A report was spread that Oov. Bradley hnd
ordered tho Stato troops to como horc, ar.d this
spurred the mob on to action. They procured
hummers and uxos and broke down tho jail
door. They led Bushrod Into the Court House
yard, where he confessed thut ho had as
saulted Miss Roberts nnd asked tho leaders nf
tho mob to let him prny. They granted hltn
tho privilege, nnd ho prayed for nearly fivo
minutes. When ho had finished tho noose was
placed around his nock nnd he wn.s hanged
quickly. After waiting until Hfo was extinct
the mob left without firing n shot. Tho execu
tion was witnessed by fully 000 people.
It Is learned to-night that Bushrod catno here
from Brockport, ind., and that ho had been
charged with assaulting a whito girl In that
State.
JtlOT IX A STREET CAR.
Fatseaarra Wouldn't Pay Their Fares, and the
Pollreman Wouldn! Maka Tham.
Among the passengers on car CO of the Statcn
Island and Midland trolley line, which left
Richmond for St. Orarge at 0 o'clock last night,
were a dozen men and women who were under
the Influence of liquor. When Conductor James
Gardner asked for their fares tbey refused to
pay. The conductor signalled the motorman to
slow up. Then he threw tho spokesman of the
party Into a ditch alongside the road. Ho sig
nalled to go ahead again, hut tbe motorman
misunderstood hhn. and stopped the car. The
ejected passenger got aboard again and he and
his crowd started in to thrash the conductor.
One of the men fell off and was left b bind.
Tbe motorman left his place to help the con
ductor after turning off the power, but one of
the women turned It on again, and he had to go
back to his station. In tho meantime the
drunken men and women had kicked and
clawed the conductor to the back platform. He
grabbed the bundle bar of the brake and for the
timo being stood off his assailants.
Things having quieted down after passing
Grant City be again ventured to ask for tho
fares. Another riot started. The conductor
was assisted this time by eonio of the other pas
sengers, und the rioters were kept In check until
St. George wns reached. Then Policeman Smith,
the first officer sighted on the whole trip, was
appealed to, und he drove the disturbers anuy.
No arrests were mode.
BUICIDE OF E. I.. RVRXETT.
lie Leaves n Letter arruslna Charles Hasai-d
nad Others of lTrrrklnsT Ills l.tfr.
Cananiiaioua, N. Y Sept. 20. The remains
of K. L Burnett of Elmlra were found on tho
shore of Cunandnlgua Lako to-day. On his per
son was the following letter:
C4SVCP4I0CA. H. Y.. Sept. 28, '97.
To irAom it may concern:
Cbsrlei nuzard, A. M. PeWItt, and old Jndira Pratt
wrroksd tuy life, eighteen yetri ai;o. The vendetta li
still open. They are dead, and I follow tnto hell. If
need be. E- L Dcu.vett,
Elmlra for reference".
Mr. Burnett came to tho Webster House on
Friday and registered ns E. L. Bronson of Buf
falo. He disappeared on Friday night and was
not seen ugalu until bis remains were round
here to-day. In his room wns a satchel In which
was.nmonc ol hnr things, nti empty vial hearing
the label "morphine. Hn wus aliout 50 rears
of age. A remarkable thing ronneeti-d with the
death of Burnett Is the fuct that Hazard com- j
mittcd suicide by drowning In the Hudson
Rltcrut Flslikltl on Friday night. The latter
was at ono time a woll-known publisher In El- i
nilra.
A BTARVIXO CREW.
Tha Ship Hahnemann 111 Daje at lea-Ureat
uulTerlna' on Ilonrd.
San FrtANClBCO, Sept, 20. Ono of the longest
voyages on record wns that of the British ship
Hkhncmnnn, which arrived Into last night, 214
days from Newcastle, England. Tho Captain had
dled.Hoveral seamen were suffering with scurvy,
and nil were In grave danger of famine. Ill luck
followed tho ship from tbe outset, us It took her
a month to get out of the English Chaunel, and
head winds and gales near Cape Horn retarded
her. She was four months rounding tbo Cape.
Then sho fell Into the doldrums. Capt. Blndnn
fell sick nf erysipelas and died and nine seamen
came down with scurry. For two mouths they
lav bpctliued under the tropical sun.
Then h bieee camo und they reached the
truck of Hni.olulii traders. By this lime all the
food excc.it salt incut nnd blHcuitn was ex
hausted. The mate fired rockets to attract at
tention, hut no vessels wrio sighted. Finally,
when they begun to lose hopo, tho I'nltcd States
training ship Adams appeared and supplied
them with potatoes, rice, lemon Julia and luocll
ilnrs. This was Capt. lllndou's Uret vnjnge on
the Hahnemann. For yoars ho ran on steamers
between New York and Halifax.
REOAX WITH OIXOER SXAPB.
Mrs. Murkel Under Treatment far the Second
Time ror the Jamaica Clmer Habit.
Mrs. Emma Mockol of 430 East Thirteenth
street went to Bellevue Huspltul yesterday to bo
treated for tho Jumalca ginger habit. Sho has
been addicted to the habit for yoars, and ber ex
planation of Its origin Is that when u child sho
wus unusually fond of gtngor snaps; She says
that sho used to buy ginger snaps and eat them
the way many girls do cutidy.
Gradually she got so she couldn't do without
them, and this ledher to satisfy her craving for
ginger by drinking the extract.
Tills Is not the first tililu Mrs. Meckel has been
In tbo hospital fur the habit. Sho wusthoro lutl
November for suren days, nnd when she left
promised to reform. As Jamaica ginger is In
great part alcohol, tbo effect is similar to that
of w hlskey, both physically nnd mentally, so t be
dot tors put her In the alcoholic ward. Mrs.
Mockol Is 28 years old.
Vacant Asilstaut District Atlornaishlp.
It was said yesterday that It Is the purposonf
District Attorney Olcott to promote our of his
deputy assistants to tha place of assistant, to bs
vacated by the resignation of Alfred Muter
bach, The choice Is laid to lie between Hal
Bell, D. Frank Lloyd, and Otto A. ItosaUky.
The alry U 7,600. "
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UXITED ItESIOCRACY MEAX lO .YOJtf
1XATE 1I1M TO-XIOHT.
Clancy or Brooklyn ror Comptroller, Overton
or Queens Tor President of the Council, nnd
Itx.Mherirr o'llrlen for Sheriff Aro Also on
Their Slate Delay Counselled In Vnln.
The City Convention of tho United Domocracy
will ha held at the Lenox Lyceum to-night. It
was thought a fow days ago that the conven
tion might adjourn without making nomina
tions. Tne leaders lu tho movement got together
at the headquarters of the Young Democracy,
140 West Forty-second street, yesterday nflor
noon, however, and decided to go abend and put
a ticket In tho field.
They have decided to nominate Henry George
for Mayor, although Mr. Gcorgo has signified
his desire that no attempt shall bo made
to put him In the field until Tammany
Hall has showed her hand by nominating can
didates nn I adopting a platform. The United
Democracy loaders, howetor, are bound to bo
first In the field. They say that tbo Election
law gives Mr. Gcorgo plenty of timo to
withdraw after the Tammany Convention
la held, and that he need not accept
their nomination until he Is satisfied that Tam
many has not done what It should either in the
way of nominations or platform. In excuse of
their precipitancy they say that the burden
which Is put on tneni by tho Election law In
making independent nominations Is such that
thoy must begin the work of securing signatures
to nominating petitions at once.
Tho leaders said jmterday that they will also
probsbly non tnnte ovCongresaman John J.
Clancy of Brooklyn for Comptroller and W. S.
Overton of the borough of Queens for President
of the Council. Judgo Overton wus nominated
on Saturday as the Bryanlto candidate tor
County Clerk of Queens county, but he can with
draw nnd accept a place on the city ticket.
Tho county slate of the United Democracy
has not been completed, hut It is settled that
ex-Sheriff James O'Brien will be the candidate
for Sheriff on It
There was a general discussion by tbo Pro
gressive Democratic League at 54 WestTwenty
third street, last night, of available Mayoralty
candidates, and a resolution wus adopted In
which II was stated that the organization would i
benatlsttrd with the nomination of either Su
preme Court Justice William J. Uftjnor, Henry
Oeorge, Elward M. Grout. Charles II. Stover,
or A. 11. CrulkBhank. In tho discussion it wns
made evident thut the general belief Is
that Henry George would be the best can
didate for thu HryanltcH lo name. Justice
Gaynor's loaning toward tho regular or
ganization and his seeming unwillingness
to run regardless of results was referred to, and
It was suggested that Mr. Grout Is In tho same
boat. Either v-uttld like to be the regular Dem
ocratic nominee, but It was said that neither
cared to run as an Independent candldutn. For
Justice Gaynor It was bhid that, under tbe Con
stitution, he would have to resign an a Supremo
Court Justice If he ran for Mayor, and hu can do
more good for the cans' of llraulsm on the
bench. Delegate J. J. Daly said:
" If the so-called regulars don't nominate
Gaynor or Grout wo will nominate Henry
George and elect him."
Jeremiah Healer made a speech. In which he
shIu that notice should bu served on Tammany
Hall at once that the Bryanttes do not purpose
accepting anything In the nay of candidates
that the Wigwam seems to b ready to offer,
and will Insist tbat tho ticket shall be made up
of men who meet tbe hearty approval of the
Bryan men.
He said that the mere fact that a Tammany
organization man voted for Bryan would not bo
enough to insure tho Indorsement of bis nomi
nation by tbe Bryan men. He must hare voted
for Bryan becnusu ho believed In llrynnlsm, not
because he bllered In Tammany Hall.
Treasurer Wilbur Eastlake was expelled be
cause he " affiliates with tbe Tammany office
seeking clement of the Lesirue." which has Its
headquarters at Hudson and Lerny streets.
A proposition tu appoint a committee to at
tend the City Convention of the I'ulted Dentoc
rac), to be held to-night, and urge an adjourn
ment and postponement of nominations until
Oct 1. was modified so as to make It n request
that the Democratic Alliance, which will meet
to-night, appoint such a committee. Then it was
adopted.
After the meeting of tho League Vice-President
John Honey bald:
." Wo have assurances that Henry George will
accept our nomination, and I bcllev c he vt ill be
nominated. There is no doubt that the Chicago
platform and municipal ownership nnd control
of franchises will bo issues In the contest. We
have it on the best authority that the Republi
can leaders have determined to make the Chi
cago platform ono of the strongest issues by
denouncing It In their cltr pisiform. They
will raise the cry that the credit of tbo
Government is threatened; that a victory for
Rryanltm in this commercial centre of the
country would menu a great boom for Bryanlsm
throughout the tountry. and a revival of tho
agitation which culminated In the election of
lWOtl. They will luivo the whole Republican
i party and the sound-money element of the entire
! country up in arms and ready to help In this
, fight.
'Tammany s leaders ought to bo able to seo
this mid accept the Issue, but thoy seem to lie
wilfully blind. The Bryan men. however, nre
ready toHicept tho gage of battle, and will up
hold tho standard of Democracy. You can rest
assured, too. that they will make no mean
shotting at the polls."
EIFTT CEXTS rOR A RESCUE.
Ua ntsked Ills i.lta In stopping n nunaway
Tram, and Tbat Mas Uls Itewnrd.
A young man saved two persons from grave
danger in Ixin Island Cltr resterdnv iifternnnn
and got 50 cents for risking himself. It wns
Into In tha afternoon, when the homeward rush
had set In from Calvnry Cemetery, that a team
attached to a coach came plunglngdown Borden
avenue toward tho on trance to the Thirty-fourth
street ferry. In tbe coach, crumbing on the
floor, were a woman and n child. The team
rushed on, dodging trolley cars and wagons
standing along the curb lino. They ranov er the
Long Island Railroad iroi-slng near East av
enue less than a tnlnuta sftern train hud passed.
When near tha Intersection tit Vernon avenue
an athletic young man ran out fiotn the curb
and, catching one of the Lorses by the bridle,
succeeded In stopping tho runnwajs, but nut
until hohad bcn tlnown dottu In the effort.
When tlic ooacli had slopped otuurs rushed up
ot.d took out thu almost fainting woman and
frightened child. 'I buy hurried hwuv In the
throng with no thought of thanking their rrx
'uer. Tlio hornes were held until thiiilrlver ar
rived. He gave the young man 50 renin nnd,
mounting the box, drove off. Tim rescuer de
clined to give his name. As he walked away he
said something about framing his reward.
XEIOllROllS WiXTEh JO Ll'XGtl HIM.
Inmates or Two Tenement Houses fame James
Ilujln's Arrest Tor Irsou.
James Doj le. 27 years old, of 505 Grove street,
Jersey City, wus unruled last night und locked
up on a uharunuf arson, Doyle occupies apart
ments on tho Hecoiid floor of the rear house.
Shortly uftrr II o'c'ock n lire wuaillscuvoicd in
his front room, und tho Fire Department was
summoned, The first persons to urrlvo in the
room found tbe lounge saturated with kcrntene
and bUing.
ThellaiiKS worn ijitlckly extinguished. Mrs.
Nevliix, ttlin lives dnwiiBinlrs, lold Mis. Brady,
tho uncr of tho house, that Dolo had been
going alaiiit all day drunk and threatening to
bum the house down. She bitld tlutt he emptied
a can of Kcroieno over tho luutige nnd ocl It
uflro
'll.ere are several families in tho front and
I car houses, and there vvus lotisldeiable excite
ment nt the time of timbre. Sumeof tho men
suugi ittd thut Do)lo ought to bo lynched, but
i bo was hurried away before the proposition
I took definite shape.
I l .') i OX RLAVKW ELL'S ISLAXI),
i A llelrolter Marries a Patient la the City
i Ilospltnl.
There was a wedding yesterday in the city
hospital on Blackvv oil's Island. John Fither
came all tho way from Detroit, Mich., to bo mar
ried tn Emily Ftshitian, a patient In t he botpitul.
They have been sweethearts for years. When
Fibber beard that his lluncee was 111 ho thought
he'd better marr) hei und take her West.
Yesterday morning hu tailed at Bellevue Hos
pital and uskud tho chupluln, the Ret, John
Voting, to go over to the IsUnd and tie the knot.
The ihsplsin could not go, but bo sent his
astlstaut, the Rev. Mr. Morgan, They don't have
many weddings on Blackwell's Island, and great
Interest was taken in this event.
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STOOlt OEE EIOIITEEX MEX.
Haddock Shot Seven nnd Stopped Gambling en
That Turpentine I'arni,
Aiii.ikoton, Go,, Sept. 20. Tho proprietor of
a turpentine fnrm near Damascus has hnd sorl
ous trouble becauso gamblers have como among
the hands and kopt themnvvn) from work, All
of lost week a largo number of tho employees
failed to report, nnd, hs tho distillery was short
of hands, the woods rider, John Haddock, took a
Journey Into the forest to try tu find thu absen
tees. Tho duty of tho woods rider Is to patrol the
forest on horseback and report on tho condition
of affairs. Haddock stumbled across eighteen
of tho truants seated under thu shade of a glnnt
oak nnd engaged In gambling. He nskod why
(hev hnd not mnde nn appearance at the works.
Rcsouting his interference, tho entire party
swooped down on him.
Ho backod his horso against a tree, and, draw
ing his ruvolvcr, shot Into tho crowd with such
good effect Hint savon woro wounded, four. It Is
thought, mortally. Tim others became demoral
ized and ret! cited In dlcnrdir. Haddock then
returned to tho dlbtillcry and reported tho
nffalr, returning to the stone with a relief party
to attend to and bring In the wounded. Tha
proprietors four no moro trouble from crap
shooters.
POISOXED MEAT rOR HIS GUESTS.
Capt. Harris Ileellard the Hospitality or (he
Chirr or the Irrls.
San Dii-go. Cal Sept. 20. Tho Sorl Indians
of Ttburon Island In tho Gulf of California, who
hava murdered many prospectors and explorers,
trlod recently to poison tho crew nf the srhoonor
Emma and Louisa, which bus just returned j
from exploring the Islands in the gulf for guano,
under n concession from Mexico secured by Mr.
Jcs.se Grant. Capt. Harris Intended landing nt j
Tlburon Island, but the Sen Indians enmo oft in
canoes, nnd were so liostllo that he had to estab
lish a night watch to guard against attack.
The chief of tho Indians enme out to the vossel,
but refused permission for any one to land. Ho
kept twenty braves In a canoe near tho vessel
who watched It elo'cly. The Captain thought j
they feared treachery, but afterward concluded
tbat they meant to capture tho vessel.
The chief presented dipt. Hirrls with a dish
filled with meat stow, but nono of thu crew
dared to cat It. Later Capt. Harris fed u por
tion of tho stuff ton Boagull, which died lu less
than five minutes from the offects of the poison
In the mixture.
.SHOT TWO MEX AXD 111MSELE.
Bllnson'a Victims Objected to Ills Attentions lo
Their litri-ln-ljw.
Wepsteu City, Is,, Sept. JO. After shooting
two men last night, at Vincent. M. Mlnson ran
from tho house to a cornfield and secreted him
self. The neighbors traced him to the cornfield,
nnd when they found his hiding place he sent a
bullet through his brain.
Mlnson had been keeping rompsny with Clara
Peterson, a sister-in-law of the two men shot,
for several months, llwnstn direct opposition
to tho wishes of her brothers-in-law, and fre-
?urnt quarrels resulted from his persistence.
Ie bad often threatened to shoot the men.
Ijist night at tho supper table Mlnson was
, upbraided by tho men for his attentions to tbe
girl. One ot them called him a " liooby." Quick
as a flash ho drew a revolver and before they
realized what he was going to do he shot theui.
Frank Larson Is trio most bcrlously injured. Ho
was shot in tho ntslouu-n. and thu physician
says he cannot live. Osmond Peterson has a bad
w ound In his left side, aud his reran cry is doubtful.
TWEXTT CEXTS FOR A KISS.
The Jury Rldn't Agree With Mrs. Pllkey That
tbft Damages Were 9'J,OOU.
Torosto. Ont, Sept. 20. At the Cobourg As
sizes yesterday, J. F. Hendricks, white-haired
nnd 70, was tried by a Jury for kissing his niece,
Mrs. Kfflo Pllkey. a school teacher. She asked
hei uncle to drive her to her mother's house.
Tho Journey was made at midnight. The old
man kissed her on the way. hhe asked for
S2.000 damages. Tho Judge said the old man
I evidently had no Improper Intentions. An old
man bad a right to kiss femulc relatives with
out having his character suspected. The Jury
uwarded the plaintiff twenty tents.
Murder tn Revenge ror n Itulnrd Home.
La Sau.e, HI., Sept. 20. Charles Gideon, a
miner, of 0-lesby, near this city, killed Andrea
Holla, a blacksmith, who, ho says, ruined his
home. Rolls was n Belgian and had a wife and
family In the old country. Hu boarded nt tbe
Gideon home aud became infatuated with Mrs,
Gideon. About a month ngo Gideon sued Holla
for alienating his wlfu's affections The woman :
and Holla both testified thut thcro was nothing
Improper In their conduct and Gideon lost his
suit. He brooded over his troubles and com
mitted murder.
Thrre Persons Hurt In a llunaway.
Jamaica, L. I., Sept. 20. Samuel Bedell, with
his sister, Mrs. John Webb, and hereoven-yenr-old
son Wallace, w ere driving down Smith street
yesterday, when a rein broke and the horse ran
awny. The carriage collided with a post and
was overturned, throwing tbe occupants tothe
? round. Mrs. Webb was badly bruise I and Sir.
ledril'a right leg wns hrokrn and his right
wrist sprained. The iblld rcieived n gnbh
across tbo forehead. The currlage wus wrecked.
The Hush or Wheat to Dututh.
DULCTII, Minn., Sept. 20. The movement of
wheat at the head of tho lakes Is hrrnkingnll
provlous records. Up to Sattitday night, 3.4117,
08 bushels had been received and Il.tlOXl.OOO
bushels shipped, against reicluta of 1 ,:iti5,l Irt
htinhrlH nnd shipments of 2,:i07,12,1 bushels Inst
year, drain mun say that tho rush will con
tinue until thu tlritwvck In October. Count! r
elevaluis report that most farmers urosellltig
tholr wheat now, und that only a few are wall
lug for a further advance In the price of gruln.
Dr. Pnrkhurst Coming Hark .irtrr Klrclloa.
Henry Burr, Superintendent of the ooiely
for the Prevention of Crime, has just rucelvod n
letter from tbo private secretary of tho Rev,
Dr. Charles 11, l'aikburst. Tho letter wns
written from Lucerne; It announced that Dr.
Pnrkhurst was In good health, and that ho
waa doing some mountain climbing. The letter
also stated that Dr. Parkhurst would remain
abroad until the cold weal her began, and would
return to Now York Nov, HI.
Heat Man Put ou Airs and Was Killed.
New Om.FANH, La Sept. 20. At the mar
rlagn of W. P. Woollry and Miss Lizzlo Strothor
nt Onklln Spilugs, In Calcasieu parish, Rudolph
(onion, the host man, wanted to uiaungr tho
nffulr 'Ihehrlilegtooiii objected, and the rt stilt
wns u quariel, In which Gordon wns killed,
Wnolley and a fi lend uie now in jail charged
wllb murder.
Head Out or Train Window NtrueU bl Another
Train.
Georgo Ellis, a negro, of Spit) ten Duyrll stuck
It Ih head out of the window of n New York Cen
tral train yeslrrday iiftoriinmi when near his
home, and u train going tbe other way hit it.
The blow caused concussion cf tho brain. Ellis
may die.
A Mexican Town llnluvod.
Duiuniio, Mexico, Sepl, un. -Terrlllo rains
have caused greatdamago mi tho Puc.llo slopo
of the Sierra Mndres. Adtices huvo reached
here lhat a torrent of tv.iti r swept dutvn ft rim
tho mountains upon thu luttu of t'aiiueleio,
loulbwcsl of here, washed uvtuy mauy of tho
buildings, und drowned ten persons.
Cable Car W recks Horse Car.
A car of the Madison mid Chambers street lino
ws struck while Housing Park row yesterday
by a car of tho Third atenuo cable road. The
cablocar so budly dam -'cd the boioeiar 1 lull it
hud to be removed from ihu truck. None of tbo
passengers was injured.
Milled While I'lai lug Us 1 1 un n llonr.
Jacob Weiiistrin, S years old, of 21 Allen
street, fell from tho roof of tbo four-story tene
ment to tbe area yesterday and was killed, He
was playing ball ou tho roof with Michael
Tosher, U years old, aud went loo near the edge.
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Under tho A err Charter tbo Slnktnt Fund Cast
Sell Hold Houdi or miter Honda at Its Ops ',
tlnn-oinjor, Comptroller, and President er i -'.'
Iho Council Control This 1'und and Optlsn
The loaders of Tammnnv will not bo pleased f
to learn that tho radical Br.vnullcs havedlscov , i
erod tint the frco-sllvcr plank of Iho Chicago Jj jg
platform is n dlrtluitlvcly "local Issuu" In th S i
present campaign. I ?;
J. J. McMillan, ntlelcg.ito to tho Progressiva j S
Dctnocratlo League from tho Thirty-fifth As 1 'i
ecuibly district, wus Iho first to call nttentloaV '
lo tho nntlcrnt a meeting of the lengtio hold aa -I
51 West Twonty-tlilrd street yestcrduy aftof 4j v
noon. The men who would bn acceptable to th M '
league ns candidates for Mayor were being din gf '
cuBsed when Mr, McMillan roso and said:
"It Is, of conrso nsicnttnl that tho oandi 2) 1
duto for Mayor hhould ho a strong Bryan man. Si '
thoroughly imbued with tho principles of Da t)j $
mocracyns enunciated at Chicago. U'o mult A 5
not spend all our tltno and thought, however, jl S
ou the selection of a proper Mayoralty candts Vfi ';
date. It Is Just as essential that tho candidal '1 ?
for Comptroller shall 1 as true a Bryan man 4 'f
ho whom w e ahull nnmo for Mayor. . 4
"In theGro.itcr Now York charter it Is pro H
vldud thut all tho bond's to bo issttod by tho cltr $ S
sIirII bo piyublo In gold coin. 'or In the legal
current y of the Cnltrd States,' at the option o( J $
thu Commissioners of tho Sinking Fund. Thaj j M
Mnyorlsaineinborof that commission, but sa J f.
Is thu Comptroller, nnd thu Comptroller Is tha ' fi
oftlcinl who recommends tho form of tho bonds, A J
With a giiltlbug Comptroller wo will havo &
only gold IkjiuIs issttod. That meant a I Y-
great deal when tho unny millions of bond ( j;
which will unissued mutually by this city are &
considered. It means that t hu gold bugs will f
throttle us and retard lite progress of the causa J If
In which wo uru cnllslod. We must electa i C;
Comptroller ,ho believes in tho monoyof tha A'
United Mtntcs Constitution, gold nnd sliver. J
"This is nola n-vtlonnl lssuo moro than It i t j
a local Issue. Tho gold bugs havo put this op- n
tlon in our city charter. They will Uko ad van- i U
tageof It If they win in tho election. It Is our 1 V
duty to meet tho Issue squarely and seo tola '(
that no tn in who will vote to exerclso tho char- j s
trr option and Issue gold-coin bonds Is mads ft ' '
member of the Sinking Fund Commission." '
Tho provision of tho charter to which Mr. Mo T
Mlllnn referred is contained in section 160 ot n 't
tltlo 2 of the chapter on flnanco, and was ac '
curatelj quoted by him. 1 7
The Sinking Fund Commission under tho newr 5;
charter will bo composed of tho Mayor, tha ' ,
Comptroller, tbo Preildcnt of the Council, tha , t
Chntulicrlaln (appointed by tho Mnyor), and tha v
Chairman of the Flnanco Committee of the $
Board of Aldermen. i
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A HOT TIME I- XEW ROCnELLK. 'I!
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Firemen er Heller Knttlnr Company Wen m Bit ,' if
I vor Trumpet and Owned the Village. ?
New Rocmki.le. N. Y Sept. 20. The firemen 4 B
' of Relief Knglno Company owned tbls village s Jj
, last night. They were the victors in a contest 5;
' for a silver trumpet in the fair of St. Lucag'a '
Lutheran Church In tho Town Hall. The votes
cost 25 cents each, nnd tho rivalry among tha A
fire companies was Intense. All had chipped la ' Jj
for funds, nnd th: backers of each company were X -c
whooping up tho contest In great shape when
the backer of Relief Company drew forth a Jd
roll of hills as large around as an rlephant'o 'i
leg. The other contestant retreated in disgust t
and the Relief Company's backer opened hit uj
roll, 'the wrapper was nil right, but tho filler $S
i onslsted of Confederate S50 and IflOO bills. The
Relief Company got tho trumpet, hired tho band &
at the fair, and paruded to a neighboring hotel. 3u
where the trumpet was plugged up at the small U
end and tho firemen cooled hot spots In tha
back of their nuks with what they poured in rf,
and out of It. v'
All nrmed themselves with brooms and $
marched through the villiirc streets to tbehousa fK
of Augustine smith, foreman of tbe company. Iv
Thero they net lire to tho brooms, tho band 3
played, and they rouse 1 Foreman Smith. The th
servants thought the bouse w as afire and fled, lJA
Foreman Smith let the tlrcmon In the bouse, et-
Robert li. Laggan prctentod the trumpet to him,
nnd they had u merry time of It for awhile pasa f)
lug it around.
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FOUR ROllllERS STOP A TRAET. $
They Ilstd lp Two Mea While a Braksmaa tf
nacks the Train Out or Hanger. K
PortTLAND. Or.. Sept. 2G.-Only eight mile
from this city the Oregon Railway and Naviga $f,
Hon Company's east-bound train was stopped, -)
last night by four masked men. who robbed the :
engineer and fireman of $40 and their watches,
but failed to get anything more. The engineer V,
wus stopped by signal, nnd before he could do . I2
anything he was mado to get out with the fire- vj
man and go into the brush, where they were ro- '
lleved of their valuables. j
The robbers were evidently green hands, for j
thoy letl no one on tho onglnc. HrukcninnCasoa . j
ran forward to Hnd out tho taune of the stop- 1
i page and huw the engineer being taken Into tha '
i bushes. He Jumped into tho engine and began I ':
hacking tbe train, when the robbers opened lira i
on him. He got the train out of danger while -'.;
the conductor nnd tbe tassengers prepared toi ,K
. fight the robbers. The latter made no attempt 7
I to rob the train nnd soon afterward the engineer :!
and brakeman returned. j
THIS THIEF IS ECCEXTRIC.
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He steals When lie Is llriiuk and Ultra HI aw
aetr Cp fa the Police When Sober.
Han I'ltANcisco, Sept. 20. This city has probs I i
I nbly ono of tbe most peculiar thieves In the I !;
j country. He Is William II, Kinney, u middle-
uKcd Australian, who takes anything in sight '
when drunk and then when sober gives himself
up to the police Ten years of his llfu have been
client In jail lor petty thefts of which noona
would bate known but for his voluntary con
fession. I 7
Duly a ten lays ago ho was released from jail I
nflet serving six mouths, hut yoslarday he saw
i a nickel-in tlii-elui mm hum in a saloon, and -when
iho birUerper's b,n k was turned ho stole
it und pawned tho machine for 75 cents. '
i
coroxer 1101:111:11 itux away vrrra,
ATlrr a Collision with n Waaon In Central ,
Park, Ho Walks Home nltli His Daughter.
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Coroncr Hoeber hired n victoria yesterday I
afternoon from Liveryman S. Mouahnn, 121
West Forty-fifth street, nnd took his dnughtor '
driving in Central l'utk. While un tho Wost '
Drive opi'O-ile Highly sixth titiict the horse he-
ivme frigl.tc ami ran nnuy. At I'lghly-tilntli ,
i-liiel it collided with a mud ttiignu driven by j '
P. J. Ilv.ili-y of llhit second avenue. Healey'a '
velili le was mccked, hut no one was hurt. j
The Cormier do, lined to drive nny further, i
and tent the driver lo Ibe xtnblc with tho via-
toria, nil lie he and his daughter walked home.
IIOAllltrn II V A IIAI.l) EAOLE.
The Wran lllril lleo-tril .111 Mint an tha
Nlrniashlp tlllllln's Slain Ualr.
A buhl caglo llcvv Hhuird the 111 Itieh steam
ship Autillu, which got In yesterday from Nas
sau, when sliu was off the Dniaw aro Capes on
Satuiday afttrnoou, It lit un tho foremast, nnd,
after viewing the ship iiwhllc, flew to the main '
guff mid ruiistrd tlieni nil night. Yesterday
inornii g thoe.iglr, doubtless unserving for tho
first time that the lltillsh itug was Homing over '
the hIiIii a titlti.it!, Uko it true American bird,
unritfully winged Its ttuv In tho direction nf the
Jersey roast. It vt us nearly exhausted when It
lit on the foremast.
A I.EUAL P KOHL EM.
Complication Urowlng Uut or Taking a Vonnsi
st ninnii tit (bo Theatre,
Omaha, Sept. Jtt. A man In the town of At
lantic recently tool; ti young woman inthethe
atte Her tiiLet ilrow a bicycle, and later the
inau hon owed the n heel und r fused In ret urn It.
The woman had hltn nrrrsti !, and In court he
Iis defending himself on tho ground that ho paid
for tho ticket which drew the wheel, and tba
blcyclo accordingly belongs to aJin, ,
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