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I Blfe SIIAM BATTLE TO-DAY. Wj THE CITY TO 11 V. ATTACKED BZ ITS S& ohjv Tit our s. jzX II Oih Troops, Too, Will Con.uet th. B. M rrner-Xaarly n.OOO Jinn In All Will II IwL' Kngnsed Vnn f'.rtlnndt Park t B the JK Centr. or ll.alllltlfa Tnn Maaaeuvr.. jK Van Cortlamlt Parle will bo tho teens tola fjj , morning-of a stirring battle between thousands of Imb,' aoldlora, noil In the afternoon, whonlho rougher raE work of war la over, tbo entire First lirlgtido IIS' Trill be paraded brGoii. Louis Fltxgerald, and I )Jt marrhed In rovlew beforo Jlajor-Gen. Wesley I'M Marrltt of tho United State Armr. Th Uttln liar' "'" D8 'oucnt bstween two wines of oar own Jr New York city troops, and, although it la not ISfc' expected that any one will be either killed or !' wounded, yet It wilt be accompanied by the rat- WW, tie of muskotry, the booming of cannon, the IB charging of cavalry, the rushing hither and IB' thither of aides with reports and orders, and, mM' In short, with all the picturesque features of lii-, real war. Ip The forcei to be engaged In the battle ar the I1, Seventh, tb Zlghth, the Ninth, the Twelfth, Bwji, the TwentT-aecond, tho Sixty-ninth, and the ! Beventy-Ilrst reglmonta, the three cavalry MM' troops of Squadron A, tho Flnt Brigade Blgnal U; Corps, and Wendel.'a and Wilson's batterlea of & light artillery. Altogether there are moro than wut 0.000 men la Don. Fitzgerald's brigade, and 'f' there are llkoly to be close to that number on t, the fleld of battle this morning, with about MM 8.300 men In ono of tho contending forces and 1 about 2,700 In the other, isf The stronger side will bo known as tho i "western force." This will consist of tho Eighth, th Ninth, the Twelfth, and Twenty Big sscond regiments, tho First Ilattery under Wen I del, and on troop of cavalry. Col. Seward of g the Ninth will bo In command and Major Avery H Jf D. Androws, brlgndo engineer, will act aa chief .V at staff. $, Col. Daniel Appletun of the Seventh will com H mand tbe "easlorn forco" and LtenU-CoU WWS Stephen II. Oliu, chief of staff to Geo. Fltz- ' gerald, will bo Col. Appletou's chief of atari. i Under Col. Applston will be tb Seventh, Sizty- & ninth, and Sevouty-tlrst regiments, Wilsons Mtir Second Mattery, an J two troops of cavalry. K ' Qcn. Fitzgerald will take no direct part In ! the battle, movements, but will observe them mti from various parts of the fleld, nnd In order . , that every detail may be fully known to him, I i other members of his staff than those already (' mentioned Will be detailed with each force. it Major Van Duzer, Major Harrlman, and Capt. If Bmfth will resort to CoL Seward for duty, and .' Major Montant, Major Roosevelt, and Capt. ' Coster will report to Col. Appleton. Mmx The general scheme of the battle is that the fv western force Is supposed to be part of that of H& an enemy coming down the Hudson valley and f attacking this city by way of Iliogsurldge. Ills Mt only the advance guard, sent to foel for and find Mt-S- the guardians of the city, to tako possession of Mt proper avenues for tbe advance of more troops MmE. and to guard these, aud Anally to form tbe left ij flank of a force advancing upon Klngsbrldte. & In order that it shall play this part, tbe troops Mtfk forming tbls division will gather In the morning I V at Itiverdale station, on the Hudson River Hall f'3 road, and Col. Seward will begin his operations f. from the Intersection of IUvor and Itiverdale avenues at 10 o'clock. f," Col. Apploton's forces are to b the defend- ! era of the city. The Seventh and Sevcnty- Mtsi first regiments will reach the outsklrta of the MWl- battlefleld at Woodlaw n station on the Harlem & Railroad, and tb Sixty-ninth will no to Wil- MWir liamsbridge atatlon. Col. Appleton'a bead- H'. i quarters will bo at Jerome aveuu and the Gun I' Mill road at the beginning of operations, and MSi"; here he will receive the portion of tho cavalry ft and artillery which are to assist him. The cav- Mt?1, airy and artillery will hate already arrived on , the ground, they having started last night. Mt'j Gen. Fitzgerald will retain eight men of th H; (Signal Corps aa his mounted eacort. while tbe MMu others of Capt. Hedges' men will be divided MVi between the eastern and western forces. Every Mi Infantry man will b provided with twenty MA rounds of blank ammunition, and there will b m- forty round for each of the batteries. Net until 4' the end of th mancauvres will either Mwh' commander know whether he ha won or Mai. lost the battle. When the final positions & axe takn a suramins; up will be made t and a decision rendered in favor of the com mander who has succeeded In getting the . greater number of men Into effective places. In Mm- the meantime the spectators will have had a mWff charming picture of military action worked out Mmi- before them with enough noise and bustle to MWs: make It stir their nerves. V Since th fleld of operations is so large It will Mm Si be impossible for any one persen to saeall tbe Mku. manoeuvres, but that part ot Broadway which F& overlook the parade ground 1 the best point MW from which to viw the spectacle. The battle Mm A operations will be confined to Van Cortlandt Mt' Park, and In all of that territory there la only i'' th parade ground which Is open and level MM"'. enough to admit of tho rapid evolutions of cav Mmi airy and artillery. Swamps and streams at Doth i? tbe northern and southern ends would prevent 1 any extensive movements of troops there, and ' the lake and the buffalo lncoure in the centre ; of the park are not to be Invaded. MM? The orders declare that Vault Hill and the ? ground lying between tbe two branches of k the New York and Putnam Kallroad and the B; Mosholu road are to be considered Impassable i. obstacles. It may therefore be assumed that v Mosholu bridge and tbe section about Van Cort- ; landt station will be Important strategic points ', about which the earlier operations will concen- trate, and that the final struggle will take place ;. about the paradeground.wbereafterward there ; will be a round-up of all tho troops and a parade BCF and rovlew at 3 P. M. ' For those who will follow TnE Sun's sugges- tlon and view tbe battle from Broadway, where , It overlooks the parade ground, the most con- . venlent route to their destination is by way of , the Sixth and Ninth avenue elevated railroads to 185th street, and thence by way of tbe New Mmf York and Putnam road to either van Cortlandt . or Mosbolu station. Trains leave 15Sth street J at 8:30. U, U:30, and 10 o'clock in the rooming, and tuke thirteen minutes to reach Van t'ort- ? landt itAtlon. Tho latest of these trains will V- bring tbe visitor to tho ground almost as soon as ' the troops will begin to manoeuvre, and even the train at 11:10 might take one there In time to see the wind-up on the parudo ground. j Those who wish to pco the men of their favor- ' It regiments as they arrive and perhaps also follow them through the battle should proceed ,. either by the Hurinon Hlvcr road or the Harlem f to Itiverdale, Woudlnmi, or WlIllamsbrldKe. - The Seventh will take a train at the Eighty- - sixth street station at H:f0 A. M., tbe Eighth will leave the 110th street station at 0:15 A. M., - the Ninth nlll start from the old Thirtieth j street station of tho Hudson Blver road at 0:15 ;, A.M., tho Twelfth will And a train at Sixtieth I street and Klevcnth avenue at 0:15 A.M., aud the Twenty-second will tlnd a train at tbe same Mmt't time and place, while the Sixty-ninth and Sev- f enty-rlrst will start from the Grand Central Station at 0:50 A. M. The rentio of interest in the afternoon will be I Oen. Fitrgcrald's headruarters, at tbe Van Cort- landt mansion, and tho parade uround. There- view Is to be held at 3 o'clock. Trains leave . 155th street every half hour durlncr tbe after- Mmui noon, at tbo e en hour and halves. The mansion and par ado grounds are alioul ten minutes' H'r walk from Van Cortlandt station. H TJIEAHGOXA UT O u E.S I.V Kit WATER. H Tke Ib Hnbmarlne Wreeblur lloat Car- B aee a Nurresrtil Text. H IliI.TIMoiir., Md., Oct. 8. The Lake submarine BBJt wrecking boat Argonaut, with six persons BBJ' aboard, went to the bottom of the Columbian BJ; Iron Works dry dock late yesterday aftemoon, BBJ , and with a clear Ave feet of water above her she BBJv. remained two hours. Those who went down BBJ with Simon Lake, the Inventor, were Edward BBJ L. Peacock, John Mclnnos, Alexander Cochran, BBJu B. T. Champion, aud Mr, Wilson, a diver. At BBJV first tbe Argonaut was allowed to sink gradu- BBJl ally, but when about ten Inches above the snr- js face she ninde a lungo downward. From the ex- ' haust for tbn gas rnginn used In the boat n rub- r ber hose led to tbo surface, and through another p hose attendants In a rowUout conversed with ,' those Inside the submarlno vessel. The electrlo lights generated by the gas en- j,' (Tine gave plenty of light and tbe quantity of )! compressed air was said to be sufficient for the t- number in the boat to have subsisted until this ' morning. Half an hour beforo tbe boat as- BBI'r cended to the surface tb air Inside wa so BBu, fresh and pure that cigars were smoked after a MMm'l luncheon nod been served. No attempt was V made to send a diver from the boat. On drop- ping the heavy keel from the vessel she bounded BH-? to the surface like a rocket. BBJ.. OBTt Gsttysburg tu Ilct ItUlin1 Hmu. BBJ? mem, HL Tb Soldier and Bailor' Memorial Commit- H,, tea, composed of Mayor Strong, Comptroller BBJ Fltcb, Recorder Goff.Gon. Colli, President Mo- BBJ Mlllan of the Park Board, and Joseph A. Gould- BBJ'a, an. Chairman of the Momorial Committee of BBJt the O. A. 1L, loft the city by the Pennsylvania BBl Ilallroad for Gettssburg at midnight last night MmWil to inspect the memorials erected on tbe battle- .' Held with a view of getting hints for selecting t the most appropriate deslgu for tbe soldiers and -' sailors' monument which is to b erected at the 'i antrancato thepurk at Fifty-ninth street and BBjr Fifth avenue at a cost of t!6O,000. They will ? return to New York on Monday, and they hone BBjI1' t be able to decide on a model tho coming week. Hf A Ills rail and kllakt lujurlea. BBJ ', William Purcclo, HO years old, while delirious H from drink fell from tho fourth-story window of BBj'r his home at 177 Sackutt xtlect, Brooklyn, yes- : tenlay morning. In his desceut he struck an u awning and rolled off to tbe sidewalk. A f-' severe shock and a few slight bruise wr the BBJ) fnlr injuries he sustained. BBJ.; BM--- - i" I mimmkmmmUmnmmMmMmmmmmmmMm TjiEAsvnr orximvx.ED on TAjtirr. Dlagler mil nte affect Tin Fatrle !) Btrora tk Mamat It Was llcaed. The United States Beard of Genera Apprais ers has overruled the Treasury Department and bedded yesterday that the Dlngtey Tariff bill did not cover In It operations tho whole of th day upon which It wa signed by President Mo Klnlcy. 1 he Colloctor of Customs at Boston, ta whom the test case tried before tho board di rectly applied, Is Instructed to rellqufdate the entries of Stoddard, Masurtck, Itlcharilo & Co., tho Importers who appear In the case,Joasto accord with tbo board's decision. There are In all soventy-seven cases In which protests have been Hied, representing; entries made at various Custom Ilouses on th day the Tariff bill was signed. These involve botwesn $300,000 and $100,000 In duties. Tho case tried was a test case, brought on an ontry of wool, W. J. Gibson, counsel for tho Treasury Depart ment, argued before the board that the tariff took effect by rotation from the earliest moment of the day on which It was approved, while th counsel for tb importers argued that It took effect from the moment It was signed, Henderson M. Hoinervlllo wrote the decision of the board, which was handed down yester day, all tho board concurring, Tbe decision lays In part: 1. That the tariff aet ot July Si, 1807, did not be come opsratlr as a law until 0 mlautes afur 4 o'clock f. U. of said day when It was approved by the 1'mldftnt. 8. That It was not operative by relation on any previous hour of the day. but that ths tariff aut of Aug. 28, 18IU, remained unrepealed aud la fore until the precise moment whoa said aet ot July 114, 1887, waa approved. 8. That goods iraportad and entered for ooniump tlon In lbs foranoon of said July 114, 11)97 (or at any hour prior to th tlms of approTal of ial4 aot), would bs g OTerned aa to classification and rates of duty by tea Tariff act of 1BU4, and not by said act of 1897. Tb protests ars sustained In harmony with tb foregoing news, and the Oolleotor decision tn each casa la reversed, with lastruotlooa to rallquldate th entrlas accordingly. General Appraiser Somervlllo was formerly a Judge of the Supreme Court of Alabama, lie wrote the decision in the test case involving tho constitutionality of tho McKlnley tariff of 1800. as well as tbe decision upon tbe date of opera tion ot the Tariff act of 1804. These decisions were sustained when they llnally reached the United States Supreme Court. Lawyer Gibson, for the Treasury Department, will appeal from the decision of the board, and the case may be carried as far aa th United Slates Supreme Court. a jfEtr CAFvemy province. Two Xaailsk Friar Ran Hero to Fouad It Ileadauarter la the YTmU A new province ot tho Roman Cathollo Or der of Capuchins Is to be formed In this coun try. Fathers Flnnegan and Fiege, prominent members of the order, have Just arrived from Birmingham, England, bearing Instructions from the Most Rev. Fathor Bernard of Ander matt. Minister General of the order, to organ ize a new provlnco and eventually erect a mother house. Early this week these Capuchin friars went to Washington to pay their re spects to the Apostolla Delegate, Archbishop Murtlnelll, and to Baltimore to present a letter to Cardinal Gibbon. They returned yes ttrday to this city and ore at present at the home of the Capuchin friars in West Thirty llrtt street. Father Flnnegan explained that the new provlnco will be wholly for Americana, or at least for English-speaking people. There are, he said, two provinces of the Capuchin Order already In this country, hut both are German and work wholly among Gorman-speaking peo ple. He Is not yet certain whore the bead quarters will be. but Inclines to the opinion that a site will be found in or near Chicago. Father Flnnegan said that the money to erect tbe proposed monastery would have to bo raised In this country. Father Flnnegan is to speak for the first tlmo in this country at a uiocttng of temper anco soclotles in tbo Paullst Fathers' church next Sunday evening. Like all members of the Capuchin Order, Fathers Flnnegan and Flege have full beards, and wear long brown cassocks of rough ma terial, girded at the waist with a knotted rope. Around tho neck Is a bone rosary, from which Is suspended a crucifix, and attacbod to the back of the neck band of the cassock Is tho capuco or hood, from which the ordee takes Its name. While Indoors this hood Is allowed to hang down the back. In tbo street it Is used to almost completely cover the head. Sandals protect the feet. DENIALS BT MRS. BIIRADT. SB Resile la Caart ta th AlleratUa r Bar IlHSBaad, On ay Oae. Georgians Shrady explained away before Jus tice Parker of the Supreme Court yesterday what she did not deny of the charge made against her by her husband George Shrady in his action for divorce. As the different charges of Intimacy were read to her from the complaint shs denied one after the other, occasionally add ing " and be knows It Is not true." Regarding the episode In which It wa said she hsd come borne drunk from the saloon of Christopher Borst, and her coachman, Gus, had unbuttoned her shoes and carried her to ber room, she said that certain Incidents had been distorted. She was not at Borst's saloon that night. When she cam home a hotel keeper's bill for the board ot " George Shrady and wife" was handed to ber, and as she had not been at a hotel with her husband she fell Into a faint. Her maid loosened her clothes, and Gus unbuttoned her shoes. When she recovered abe went to her room unassisted. She said she bad gone to Borst's saloon several times and had drank with htm, but it was only in a social way, nd there was no ground for his evidence that hn had been Intimate with her or of his employees that she and Borst had sat on each other's laps and klased and hugged. She had first met Ilorst by calling at his saloon with Bertba Moses, "a respectable little woman who was under age" and who was known as " Birdie," Ou cross-examination by Mr. Hummel for Shrady she denied that while she was on the stage as Georglaua Mclnotte she had played In "The Baebful Venus." Mr. Hummel wanted to knowif she. had not been fined by Pollco Justice Klibreth for giving an Indecent exhibition In tbat play. The question was ruled out. Several witnesses then testified tbat Shrady had been about with a woman named Lillian Cole, whom he had Introduced as Mrs. Shrady. Tho case went over to Monday. UPSET jy POUO UKEEP.1IE. Hunter llonl State Coatmltteeniaa Vail In tho Republican Cltr Convention. PocoiiBKKrsiB, Oct. 8. At tbo Republican City Convention this afternoon Deputy In surance Superintendent Robert II. Hunter routed bis enemies, horse foot, and dragoon, and took absolute control of the party ma chinery in every one of the seven wards. A straight Hunter ticket was named and Mr. Hunter was elected Chairman of the City Com mittee. The First ward delegation was un seated on the ground that tbe delegates bad been elected by Democratic voted cast at a Republican caucus. Tho fight between Mr. Hunter and his opponents for the appoint ment ot school census enumerators has re sulted in a, Hunter victory. .Superintendent Skinner turned down the candidates whose numes wero sent to him by State Coinmltteman Vull'u supporters and appointed those on a lint prepared In the Interest of Mr, Hunter. The upset Is so complete that Dutohess county politics has taken a humorous turn fur the ilrst time in mouths. Imported Feattaera ftabjoot tsare. The United SUtss Board of General Appral ers has now undsr consideration ths value ot plum and ornamental feathers from Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico. Crude feathers of this sort-were mad subject to a duty of 15 pr cant. by th new tariff. They have been on th free list, and consequently their market value had not keen considered. Some Invoice prices hav been advanced by the local appraiser 100 per cent, under tbe new tariff. Whonan advance of 50 per cent. Is made the collector Is required to seize the Importation. Among the Importers whose case are undr consideration are Cade nas k Co., D, U, Cowl, and Booth ti Co. A Venral Seirer Cnsartnen. Ths workmen who are engagsd In putting In the fourth avenue underground trolley road un earthed an enormous sewer at Walker aud Cen tre streets yesterday, III made of brick and I eight feet In dlnmeler. One ot the foremen'said that the sewer had urobubly been built moie than a hundred years ago, Tbe bricks, which are an inch iiilnuer than those in use to-day, crumbled when struck with tbe pi ok. Tbe swr extend along Centra street, and Is half tilled with sand. Oalrloka A Co.a Caiklar Arrested. Carl Faber, the cashier of Oelrlcbs & Co., who was arrested In Hoboken on tbe arrival of tbe steamer Barborossa yesterday on a charge of having defrauded his employers, was arraigned in Centre -treet Court lato in the afternoon. He was held for trial in t-1100 ball, which ho fur nished, Detectiv Cuff said ha understood tbat Fabr bad made fill restitution to Oelrlibs 0: Co., and that furtker prosecution would bo dropped. aMBBBBBBBflBBBBBBHBM iTHE FIRST THING ; i?S a man ncc(3 iQ tho autumn is a J$ TOP COAT. jf 1 His Spring Suit may bo warm enough theso ; tjjj CS& oarly autumn days, but during tbo onrly ; '. l ro' mrnin.gB and lato ovoningB a Top Coat in a ; Vtj SrC nocossity. ; ! ; Tp " j' In no other garment ia stylo bo ossontinl ; ' ' r and lack of it so appnront as in a Top Coat, ' rTT tu Thoso of our mako which wo soil at ; i Ml l $J2, $5, $J8, $20, $22, $25, ' ' 11.' 'lli vr0 'warran equal to first grade tailor's 1 ' Ik) '&' niado-to-ordor garments at doublo or moro 9r Njk than doublo our prices. : S. W. Cor. Fulton f4r C Kk rW wX East J25th St., ', : &NassauSts. 4kt? Jm4WN J58 to J 64. . WO D I-UK CL0TI1IE1H. Open Kvenlhf a. , IWWWWWMWWWWWWWWWnWWWaVXAASVWWWWWWf PRISON LABOR. now It Ha neneflted by the Heeant Canltltn tlnat Amendment In Tnla State. The second day's conferenco ot the Prison As sociation, which is being held at 1S5 East Fif teenth street, was devoted to the discussion of "Prison Labor," Commissioner of Charities John II. Burtls of Kings county opened the dis cussion. He spoke of the effects of the consti tutional amendment which became operative six months ago, and which forbid tho isle of prison products to any but State and municipal lastltutlons. " When the amendment was first adopted," said Mr. Burtls, " those Interested In our State penal Institutions were in despair. It was thought that the great number ot prisoners who would be thrown out of employment would In crease the ratio ot Insanity. On the contrary, what seemed disaster has proved a blessing. We find that In six months the most remark able progress has been made at Sing Sing, Erie, Clinton, and Matteawau, Trade schools have been established and men are being fitted for useful lives. Moreover, the municipal and State Institutions, including the National Guard, are compelled to pay the market price for prison product. So great has th progress been that It is safe to say that the penal Institu tions of New York will within a year or so be self-sustaining. This morning the member and guests ot ths association will visit Blackwrll's Island. To day's conference will be presided over by Dr. Austin Flint, and the subject of discussion will b "Criminal Anthropology, Crime and Dis ease." Dr. H. E. Allison, superintendent of tbe Btate Hospital for tbe Criminally Insane, will read a paper on "Tb tltatu of the Insan Criminal." BOJTT 1TANT TUB HEINE TOVNTAZN. Teaaparaaco Woman Opposed t It Boltta Plaeed la Prpet Park. A protest has boon sent to Park Commissioner Dettmer of Brooklyn by the Kings County Wo men's Temperance Union against the proposed placing ot the Ilelno fountain In Prospect Park. The women say in part: "We have learned from the press that you hav been approached by certain persons relative to tho placing In our beautiful Prospect Park,whlch certainly reflects th smile ot God, a fountain whoso Influence upon the moral natures of the young who would gaze upon It would not tend to Inspire them with that modesty which Is one of the greatest safeguards to virtus, and a peo ple void of virtue Is worse than dead. Wa are further Informed that the city of Berlin refused to erect this 'Heine' fountain on account of Its Immodest suggestiveness. Brooklyn people claim to be at least as pure as the citizens of Berlin. "Wo therefore, in behalf of the children of Brooklyn. Implore you to refuse this fountain and protect against ths further importation of vulgar exhibits aa conducive of the moral degra dation of the American people." Commissioner Dettmer sold a few days ago that before even considering the proposition to put the fountain In tbe park, a select commit tee ot art experts would nave to pass judgment upon It. The committee has not yet been appointed. CAPT. TU3IBRIDOE SUED. sir. IlalbHalacn Wanti It CnSeratood That Ha Ha Xot Bean Damned. Frederick W. Kalbfleisch, a son of a former Mayor of Brooklyn, is suing Capt. William Tumbridge, tho landlord of the Hotel St. George of Brooklyn, for slander. H com plains tbat on March 80 Capt. Tumbridge called him a thief and a swindler In the presence of several persons. He specifies that the Captain added to these epithets two words Implying that in consequence of bis being a thief and a swindler God bad damned htm. He also com plains that the Captain said: "You have come to my hotel to hang me up for a board bill and 1 will make nn example of you." Mr. Kalbfleisch. who denies the truth of the alleged utterances, wunts $43,000 damages. ANOTHER OZEASON SQ.UAJBHLB. Bx-Pollea Captain Woods or Lons Island Cltr YVnnts llelnatatomant. Anthony S. Woods Is making a fight to be re Instated as Captain of the police force In Long Island City, and yesterday he secured from Jus tice Gaynor, In tbo Supreme Court In Brooklyn, a writ of certiorari to review tbe action of tbo Police Commissioners In dismissing hiss. Ho accuses Mayor Gleason of having Instigated his dismissal, and says that the Police Commission ers, on March 12, 1806, were all Gleason ap pointees, and tbat tbe cbarsxs against him were prepared by Instruction of Mayor Gleason, who had threatened to have bitu dismissed. Affida vits were presented from Commissioner Grady and Fitiglbboo to tbe effect that a wrong had been done to Woods, as all tb facts lu the case had not been presented to them at the time. nroohlrnltva Off for ITaahvlll. Mayor Wurster and Mrs. Wurster headed a delegation of about 100 Brooklynlles who started on a special train from Jersey City last night far Nashville, Tenn., to participate on Monday at tbo celebration of "Brooklvn Day" at tbe Exposition. The 120 members of the Na tional Guard, wbo are to represent the military glory ot Brooklyn at Nashville, started in the afternoon after being reviewed by Mayor Wurster. Three Valuable Books GivenAway. AtT AKD FASICV WOIIK." 'I!IIMIY nui.tirs," "Iiojib uYBiftu." Mrs. Italia Dafgett, editor of J7 Htm; has pnb Uibedanew edition of bar popular book, "fancy Work aud Art Deooratlom," tbat (ires practical In structions for making doilies, table corars, scarfs, tray dottii, pla cushions, ato., at)., with Afty Illustrations. Tbls book, together with "Nursery Rhyuas" (a 10 page pamphlet with a handsome olord eovar dealt a of th Old Woman Woo Lived la a Shoe) and "Kuo eeuful noma Dyeing." will b sent frea to any reader cf THE SUN who forwards tha following coupon to Wells, Richardson Co , Burilagtoa, Vs. COUJMpX. IMt tntltlet any rradtr of th Neu Tar sun o tie copy of " JVsiioy ITorfc and Art leraon," " Nurttry Khymu " anil " Succenful Homo DyHng," His above liberal offer Is mad to advertise tba old reliable Diamond Dyrs, and to get their bosk upou lioma dyalog Into the nauda of i omen wbo waat to dress well by luaklnK their old clothlngloukllko bow, lllamoud tiyrs hate special dtea for oottim, differ ent Irom !hoe that are ud tor wool, and are the ouly puckae dyes on th market that can be relied upou to Klvrcuiors that lll not fade or crock. The fact that Diamond Dyes have been lb standard hums dyea for nearly Iweuiy years and that their sale in creases from year to year, 1 proof positive tbat they have uorer bad an euah TO BVCOEED DR. STORKS. na Mentioned for the Presidency or tha American Conarecnttonnl Hoard, The eighty-seventh annual meeting ot th American Board, the great Congregational for eign missionary organization. Is to be held In New Havon next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs day. Great Interest centres In tbe election of a successor to ths Itov. Dr. Richard 8. Btorrs ot Brooklyn, who has been the chief executive of the board for tho past ten years and who has de clined reelection. A number ot prominent men have been men tioned in conneotlon with the Presidency ot this board, chief among them being the ltev. Dr. A. J. Lyman, pastor of tha South Church, Brook lyn; Associate Justice Brewer of the United Btates Supremo Court, the Hon. Samnel B, Ca pen, a business man of Boston long Identified with Congregational misalon work; President Carterof Williams, President Tucker of Dart mouth, the ltev. Dr. Alexander MacKenzle of Cambridge, and Dwlght L. Moody, the Uvange- llBt. The election will be decided by the corporat members alone, about 300 In number, not more than two-thirds of whomwlll be at New Haven. The Vice-President, ETw. Blatchford of Chi cago, announces that he will decline a re election. As yet no names to succeed him have baon mentioned. MOUND A 3IURDERED ITOUAX. Bertha White, Colored. Taken Anar rrom Psltstoiva, Pa and Killed. Ravaomo, Pa Oct. 8. A murder was rsvealed to-day on the Schuylkill River below Reading. whn the remain ot a young woman were identified as Bertha Whit, who had lived for a short time at the house of Mrs. Gates at Potts town. Mrs. Gates to-day visited the marshes along the river where the remains still lay, and she at once declared that the body was thatot Bertha White, aged 29, a mulatto, who had dis appeared mysteriously five weeks ago. Mrs. Gates told th officials that Bertha bad come to her home apparently a runaway from Philadel phia, that the next day a colored man, who said sho was his wife, had oalled and Insisted that she should go with him to a new boarding place. Bertha refused, but the man Insisted. She did not come back. Tbat night the colored man returned and said Bertha had again run away from him. The next morning be packed up all her belongings and took them away with him. He has not been seen slnco. The skull of the young woman shewed she had been hit on the head with a hammer and killed, and tbat tbe body had been bidden In the bushes where It was found last evening. 175 E OP RIVER WATER POR rlRES. Chlar Bonner to Visit Lab Cltlea to Learn How Ther L'a Tkalr Adjoining- Watar. President Sheffield, at a meeting ot the Fire Commissioners. Introduced, yesterday, a resolu tion that Fir Chief Bonner and an engineer be sent to Milwaukee and other lake cltlea to study the system in those towns of using water from the lakes at fires, with a view ot adopting something similar in this city. He said that, at Milwaukee, flroboats forced lake water through pipes laid In the street by at taching a hose to the end of ths plpo plavln, on a tire as much as 3.000 feat distant. H thought such a system of pipes in this city from th East and North rivers would render excellent service, especially In tbe downtown dry goods district, where hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of prooerty might be menaced by fir, and. In casa of any accident to tbe regu lar water supply, tbe loss would be enormous. He added that he had discussed th matter with Mayor Strong and Comptroller Fitch, and that ther approved the plan. The resolution was adopted. The Fire Commissioners will ask the Board of Estimate and Apportionment at Its next meet ing for sufficient money to appoint another Deputy Fire Chief. There are now two depu ties, but tb Commissioners ay tbat there should be a third one In tho upper part of th city. BwedUb.Amerlrnna' Oirt to Kin- Oscar. Advices received yesterday from Sweden by Ernst Lundgren report that King Oscar re ceived, on Sept. IS, the silver group sent to him by Swedes in this country as a memorial of tbe twenty-fifth anniversary of hi reign. Minister T. B. Ferguson presented the congratulations of the Government In the palace at Stockholm and then presented the silver group. Kiug Oscar replied in a speech of thanks, and received later.from Minister Ferguson, the draft sent by the Swedish-Americans In Worcosler, Mass., for the "King Oscar Sanltnrlum." Tho King said he would accept tbo draft Instead of the proceeds of It In order that when It was re turned to Worcester It might bear bis name. He promised to sign It "Oscar II." Nw York Lawyer Dlee SaaSanljr in Troy. TnoY, Oct. 8. Arthur P. Ilodgklns, a young lawyer associated with Eaton U Lewis, New York city, died luddonly of heart disease In a River street saloon tbls tnorniog. He was taken 111 in th street and entered tbe saloon, n hero ho soon expired, Mr, Ilodgklns came to Troy on Wednesday morning to appear for tbe Globe Yarn Mills of Fall Hlver, Mass., In a creditors' action in tbe Supreme Court against William II, Blllbrough and others. He said that be was too HI to go on with tbe case, which will now prob ably go over the term. Before Mr. Ilodgklns left Nsw York city he wss told by a physlolan that he had enlargement of tbe heart. lie lived at 131 West Eighteenth street and leaves a widow. ervle Itrlpos ror Street Car Man. The Metropolitan Street Railway Company has dscidsd to decorsts the sleeves of tbe new uniforms of all Its employees with service stripes, which will indicate the length of tlm the men have bsen In tbe employ of the com pany. For each year of service up to and in cluding th fourth, tbe employee will be entitled to one blu stripe. After the first five year all blue stripes sre to be discarded and replaced by one gold stripe, and for every subsequent five years of service another gold stripe will be added. Some of the employe of the road have been In th scrvlc for more than thirty years, Annnal Inspoetloa or tk P, It. It, The annual Inspection of tbe mainline of the Pennsylvania Railroad is about completed. The inspection party, consisting of many prominent officers of the road, passed through New Bruns wick, N. J., yea tenlay, having Inspected tb line from Pittsburg. The Inspection train nas run in four sections, nesrly 300 persons forming the In spection party. After the inspection is finished the Geneial Managers' nrlte of H50 for the hast division between Plttsburir and New York will lie awarded, together with the General Managers' prize of it0 for tbe best sub division between Philadelphia and New York. Tbe awards ar mad for th best general ap pearance. For ten consecutive years the first prise has (on to Division B. which extends from Newark to Dean. This division Is now in charge of Franklin Duant. Mew Railway t Cnnymaa. Doranoo. Mexico. Oct. 8. Material has ar rived at Mazatlan for use In building a new rail road from that city to Durango und Culiacnn, It Is also pruposed to extend the line up tbo Paclflo coast to Gunymas, where connection will be made with the Sonora Ilallroad, which was recaatly acquired by the Southern Padflo Company, HERE'SPINGREEBACKSAFE OU, TESl RE EN lO t'ENEZUELAf JUST SLIPPED AW AT FOR REST. Orcat Plaeo, Venetuatn Palataea 89 a Itnanel field Clrona There ruey Lot,, Americana rimed slim Oat or Town nlth "The Star. Spangled llanner" In n Uesntlorr War. Travelling under his own name this time, Oov. Huron 8. Plngrce of Michigan, otherwise Potato Pingrce, alias G. I,. Gaylord, stopped In this city yesterday on his roturn from Venez uela to Detroit, As G. L. Gaylord, tho patron saint of the potato went through hero cu route for Venezuela on Sept. 13. Nobody knew blra And nobody Interviewed him, although he was hero twenty-four hours. This tilled him with mingled surprise that such a thing could hap pen and glee at his own cloverness In making It happen. Now ho has resumed bis personality, and Is roady for work after his rest. He looked bright-eyed and healthy when n reporter saw him at the Murray Hill Hotel yesterday. And he said: " Well, I'm back. Had a good timet Of course I bad a good time. That's what I went for. When 1 go for a thing I usually get It It It's lying any whero around. Got In this morn ing on tho Red 1) liner Venezuela. Feel flno. Fine. Oh, great! Venezuela's a great place. Anybody tells you It Isn't you tell him he's a don't )uu believe him. Delightful people down there. Honest as the day Is long. Slept with my door open all the tlmo 1 was thero and never had a thing stolen. Heard beforo I went there wer a lot of darn menn cusses down there. Uoldonl Don't put that down. Got It down al ready t Well, all right. Let It stay. But don't puj any more of 'em down. Yes, that's what I heard before I went: but If there's any of that kind donn there I didn't meet 'em. "Tell )ou ono thing, though. Ths people lack enterprise. It's a magnificent country, but un developed. Ought to develop It. No; I didn't go down to develop it, and I'd like to find out who started that story. There was nothing commercial In my visit. It wss for rest and nothing else. Did you ever go nine years with out a vacation t No I Well, It you had you'd want a rest. Why did I go to Venezuela for recreation t Why shouldn 1 1 1 Where'd you expect a man to go Klondike or Hoboken f Anybody ever tell you Vene7uela wasn't a good flace to spend a vacation I Because if tbey did hey're II llablo to be pretty far wrong. There wasn't any businest In my trip at all, and It I was in tbe elgnod statement business I'd give you one to that effect. There's gold in that country, and other mineral rlcbee, and th soli and ell mute are good. Yet coal Is 918 a ton, flour Is $15 a barrel, and potatoes (2 a bushel. You needn't underscore tboso potatoes. I don't caro anything more about potatoes than I do about other vegetables; but when I see 'em selling for $2 a bushel It m.ikcs me wish I'd taken a ship load or so down with me. President-elect Andrade Is going to start agricultural school thore pretty soon. He's a flno man. President Andrade. Ob, line! That's his picture. "I had along talk with him about the condi tion of the country, and about th nits here, and If he don't think now that Michigan is the grcatost State in the Union and only a short man's jump from the golden battlement ot the blest it ain't my fault. Americans are great people down thero In Venezuela. When I left La Guayra they sscorted mo out of town In n carriage with a braBS band and a hundred sol diers. Thebr.issbandpl.iyed 'The Star-Spangled Banner" all through the march. They laid oft in relays for breath. Sometimes while tbe boms were resting there'd be only tbe bass drum and a rife or two holding up the tune; and then they'd take a vacation and let the brasses do tbe work, I've beard it plnyed more according to Wagner, but I never liked It better. Some day I'd llko to go back there. It's a great place for a man In need of a rest. Oh. great I "In my absence I haven't altogether lost track of what's been going on her. There' that Hawaii ratification business. Annexation seems to be tho thing now, according to the no tions of th enlightened nations. Look at Eng land, how annexation has mad hr, Spain Is on her last legs. She has a small heart, and has hsd for many hundred years, and now there isn't much left of it. Local politics pretty lively here. I see. Either Low or George would make a good Mayor for New York. I kbow George personally, and know him to be an honest and htgh-mlnded man. I believe Low to be tho same kind of a man. What's that I Spellbinders I Ob. orators, you mean. Looking around for orators, ar tbey I Well, I don't think I'll stop and make a speech. I can get all the politic I want right at home. Politicians waiting at every corner. Tbey drove me to Venezuela. Now I'm going back to them. Intended to take a 6 o'clock train, but got a telegram from my brother, and may stay over. "Don't you worry about their worrying over mo at home. They knew where I was all right. The only thing about my secrecy in going away was tbls. I raid to a friend of mine, said 1, ' I'm going away for a few weeks to get a rest, but on't say anything about It." ' What's the use I' aid he. ' You can't get away without all the papers knowing It,' 'Oh, can't II' I says, 1 M ell. I'll just bet you a box of oigars I can gat out of the country on the quiet.' 'I'll have to go you,' he says, and now he owes me th clgara. 'No. this ain't one ot 'em. You can smoke It with safety. Don't smoke I Well, I wish all our politicians would follow your example. Aavthlng else you want to know about! Not Well, just get that right about my going to Venezuela, will you I I went for rest and pleasure, not on business. To get away from the politicians. Yes. that's my idea ot restand pleasure Good-by. MISS CLARK WON. Novertkelesa Ilia Si-taork, Her nival. AIM Bo colvod a Blojolo. Matawax, N. J., Oct. 8. Th Fire Depart ment of Matawan held a festival In Qohlhaua's Hall In Main street during three evenings this week. A bicycle was offered as a prize to the young woman who collected the largest amount of money for tbe benefit of the department. Sev eral of tho popular young women of the town be gan canvassing for money several days before the fair was opened. Miss Mabel Clark and Mlsallerlba Scbock were soon far In tbe lead. When tbe result of the contest was mado known at 10 o'clock Inst night Miss Clark was found to have the largest amount by a small margin. Kach young woman had collected nearly $1S0. The committee w bo had charge of the contest decided that each was entitled to a bicycle. Jnstlo Gaynor Separata Four Tnkappy Couples. Justice Gaynor of the Supreme Court In Brooklyn yesterday granted decrees of divorce tn Ella It, Thomas from Frederick A. Thomas, William F. Ayling from Florence K. Ayllng, Joseph Itlgley from Kmina ltlgley and Julia WIerner from Wolf Wlerner, ffroohlp guU'trtigtmtutg. WATERED MILK AND SHODDY involve tho same principle or lack of prinoiplo. Ther nro both frauds requiring nn oxpert tost to discover the deception. Both look like tho genuine nrticlo. In the mutter of lionot clothing yonr only security is in ileftliiirr with a lesponsible firm who make their own goods and cnitrantoe overy (.arinont thy sell. This is our position. Moioover, having 11 largo retail pt res wo are concededly tho largest manufactur ers and lotailors of o.othiug in tho United States, which enables us to charg.' Io-h tliiiu uti.ers 'or goods of pijiiul merit r to offer better clothing for tho hiimo money, S FHlton St. r. DeKaib Avo. Vtarf BROOKLYN. OVI.RI3 V, SMITH, Manager. 3oj' ull irniltsilU aj, s I . I 75 to JlO.dU IJmn'all wool bulls atis 11 tu n 7,00 to In Oil Men's ad wool hulls. ... .10.00 to tb.ou lten's fall Overcoau V.OOto X9.00 groofcljjn aavftmrmtntn. JuxtXnmtXX ' n, nrO" ",,,ai sSaisSA4svsl,avwsMSaBllMnlaSiknhaf vfsSSSSS'Jvr,r - - BROOKLYN. Kk ll nCa. .fr' Wm d laM-l Human naturo hovr JT 1 iflCI !! Idi 1 1 nBo man-r Tyar H 1 thoro's a moan aiclo to H 1 TT l it, too. Now wo bolioTt B" J I f 1 Ifirl Tl J progress-invention Mm K C411V1 IJ-JL now methods whioh add Ifl to and improvo our storo 1H and benefit our customers. Thero nro others who imitato ua thoy will JM do it we've no particular objection yofc in connection with this noir H dopartmont of oura so successful juat anoto of warning to our custom- ! orB. Attompta may bo mado thoy liavo boon in othor linos to appar- SM ontly cut tho romarkablo prices wo'vo established on some of our mado- JaB to-order suits. Kindly bear in mind thero aro clothes and clothes jVl reputations and reputations clothing oqnally Hr I f c4- as good aa oura cannot bo sold lowor comparo M J IUI3 tho oIotll oarofnHyoxamino tho mako-up. fx With us you havo our guarantoo, and knoir H ' just what that moans your wifo does, any fM Ti(t& way- $14-00 for a mado-to-order suit IIVJ'&.W sond .t ba(jk i it dooan-t fit sorgo lined rff doublo or single breastod English walk- H ing coat or sack or wo will lino it with I VfWfB t 0 1 II O strong, durable silk for $18.00 juat like 1 naillSO. finding 14 to 20 dollars. Olotha-tho best for- j eign and domestic Worsteds, Cheviots, Cas- I simeros all wool, not a trace of shoddy or SUITS j thread of cotton. We can give you the stylo, made tho cut, tho finish of the most stylish tailor and suits from the finest cloths tho market XO OT&QV affords, up to as high as $40.00. Look at our t A rynA Q cloths for Covert Overcoats all shades we'll ,,VI H -mako y ou a beautiful coat for $ 1 4.50 but COVrt have all prices from that up. Trousers from fiTCLwntc $4.00 to $10.00 made to fit yon UVerCOaiS stylish and comfortable tho patterns are tho j J 4..J50. . latest, and very attractive. ' tH 1 f trfi erea a snap in Overcoats for Winter dark blue, blaok afaf J Piya3U and brown Kersey Cloth couldn't bo finer tailored iBj. trimmed in very best manner lapped Seams fine quality Satin 'Kj Shoulders and Sleovos all wool Clay Diagonal Cloth or plaid lining beautiful silk velvet collar Your fashionable tailor would charge $40 IW to $45 We'll givo you just as much fashion and stylo and (r q rmsx f satisfaction and odly charge you P "Jvf ' Nothing in our businoss experience has been moro gratifying to us than tho first week in this new department hundreda of mon havo manifested confidonce in our ability to please them wo will show them that we appreciate it APRAHAMst-rsiK i. Brooklyn. Y. A 1 lnUCI Our Merchant Tailoring Department Opens for Business To-day. j. tOur new department for the making of Men's Clothing to order will be ready for business to-day. We have exercised the utmost carefulness in t completing the organization because our aim is to t have the most perfect tailoring establishment M Our force of cutters and designers has been re- HI cruited from the highest talent available. hIs Our stock of woollens represents the best the B world an offer and comprises a large assortment Jm of the newest and most fashionable fabrics. Mf ' Every detail of the new business is in thor- ffl oughly experienced hands. " No tailor in the land is prepared to serve yoix better none can give you equal service at so small , a charge. 1 We propose to the style that skilled fl Us JpLw. workmanship and eerSk. the best materials Qf Tj can put into a garment, for one-third to one-half I j" less than the exclusive tailors' prices. We mean j to satisfy the most particular men. I y As an inaugural inducement we will make jA Q MEN'S SUITS, with English Walking or Sack fl giB I Coats, double or single breasted, of fine imported . ft ggg 1 and domestic worsteds, cheviots and cassimeres, : ffl Kp rTfll with heavy and durable silk linings; and MEN'S CJCmW ul OVERCOATS of fine Kersey or Covert Cloth, A JJfL lined throughout with heavy silk, at CMrJ u $19.50 each. " The tailoring will be very superior, and they will be the equals of suits and overcoats usually sold at 230.00 to $40.00. Clothing Departmant, Second floor. WANT A RATE WAR STOPPED. tialvt-aton Slfrrhnnl Aak retf.rnl IntrrvPiitlan In III llnltl. .r Nlrntiialitw l.lnrs. The (liiliuittuu Cliiiiiilior of ('ummerrr. Mer chants' ICulmii.w, Cuttun r.xi'luiut;", Deep Wuter UtllliMliiiii Cuminlltei), Hiul tlio Uuanl uf Trml li.ib uulteil lu a ro'iucxl to Aliorni')--tiancrul MuKriiuu Unit tliu t'nllcl Hlite UU trl"t Attonay nt litis city talu ut-iion tu rml the rate war auionir Ilia Mallory, I ho .Mtiriftui, and tlm I.nnts Mar iiti',iiiihlji lini'-i. plrlui: Iki tnren tills t'lty untl tlulr or .Mexico ntu. 'i'lio (tulvt-iitnii i'iimieri.iiil Ituillrt ai rt Unit tliu ratu "r l In violation uf n ,u( o prolirt tnulo ami itiiiiiiinvo iiKiiiimt iinluulul n Hti.iinU ami iiinniiiulliH, an. I liny Inn. Mrillui to tin- ('ImiiiIht of CmiimiTOP cu tlili rily unlt-lin,- that tin) Join wit n then) in juuni-iiu- Hid mutter. Attorncy-dcw-riil .MeKmnu lin re queatl tlm I lllloil SUitctt Illslrn I Atturiiu) hero In see If uttlolcnl uvlilenro exist upon which to Imse ni'tion. A SJ.OOO Vrrdlrt r.r Auth.ny t'.uisl.rL, Anthony (,'nmsloclc received a verillct of a.!, OV.'.tlo m his suit, against WlllIaiiiTntler Wil son In the Hiipirmn Court In llroiiklyn yojtrr 'day. The amount ropiesentml tin piliieiinl mill Intercut on inn no ca mails by Wilson lu ln:i lu feltleinenl of n jmluiii.iit fur l, oliiuuinu by Couistoek u;iaint Wilson, (.'uniMock rcieiri-u a verrllcl apnlnst Wilson for$l(UXM but agreed to settle on a basis of 1.100. VVilsou rbv two Botes (or tills amount, but (ailed to meet thsui. Bad Cats Kickansen rr BrMs Tleketa. lB Secret servlco detectives are looking- for a 9 Bang- of counterfeiters who ars engaged In mak I Inc and passing spurious cents, a majority ot 1 which have been passed at the bridge entrance! B In exchange for tickets. At th beginning- of last month secret service men were stationed at P the toll botes and it ahnrp lookout u a kept for 1 the counterfeiters. No one, however, attempt! I to Ps any Ud coins, und the detectives aban- I doned tbr.fr vigil. Yesterday afternoon five bad 1 emits wore taken In ui the brldg-e, and the deto- I ti os have returned to their natch. Vrruth Arehn.l.slsl. O.los in Vnentan. C'itvokMkxico, Oct. 8.-Comte and VIcomts de llrimont, Kronen urchosologlsls, have arrived hcreuu their way to the remote districts nf the Slates of Chiapas and Yuoatan, whero they will explore tb ancient burled cities, They have received permission from the Mexican Oovern ment toicavat in the old ruins. VITALIZING TONIC WINCHESTER'S IIYPOPHOSPHITES. TIIK MUM' W.KKfcOT TOSH' AND ISVIUOHATOn known to uirillca) science. It ta a perfect cure for Kfr.i-ral debility anil weakness of all Muda. Also VkaK nsrvousaess, ntfbt sneata and wasting, Ammmt All druggists. Immmm WINCHESTKK tb CO., Prop. fawM