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B' ,. 'V0L. LXV.-NO. 90, NEW YORK, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1897. -COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY THE SUN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. PRICE TWO CENTS. 'H
HUNGRY MEN AT DAWSON.
Hi BUXDBEDS OE THEM ST A It T rOB THE
Hj zutrjsn rvuoy on tub coast.
Br Tnentj-ato Miners Arrive at tile with
B asoo.OOO In Old Dust una 1,000,000 In
fl' Drafts-The Cnnndlnn omclnls Tola the
W- Miner They Were Facing Binrvntlen end
I t Advised Them to ile le Fort Yukon, Where
f There It Plenty or lrnb-liinj Take Their
? Departure Circle CICr Abandoned Ist
Reetnurant In llnnMn Cloied Miners Cane
s Mem Men Arriving with Little Food.
HEATTl.it, Wash., Not. 29. The Bteamcr City
J of Beattlo has arrived hero with twenty-five
, m Iners, who camo over tho Dalton trail, bring-
I Intc with them 9200,000 In gold dust and
U 91,000.000 In dratti. Thoy alto bring- barrow.
f. f Ins talcs of the present distress, with itlll
jpjJjJV- greater to follow. Jack Dalton, after whom tho
BsK Jj trail Is naniod, came out with tho party.
MX , y When he left Dnwsou with his party tho
Mf ; ' ateamcrs Allco and Holla had reached thero
If-, , loadod light. The Holla's cargo consisting; of
V J whiskey and billiard balls. She carried no pro-
Y1 'j rlstons. The Canadian mounted pollco char
rjd tercd I ho Delia nnd gave all "ho wished free
Bf til possago to Jfart Yukon. Tho Delia Is roported
B J?U U haro loft about Oct. 12 with 200 men.
Bj. fVr According to statcmonts made by members of
ByM tho Dalton party there Is Uble to bo trouble
Hfjj? of a most serious kind this w Inter In
$ Dawson. Hilly Loak told ono of tho men
Bij In a, party aboad of him, whom ho met
Bi at Dyoa, that all the people talked about at
Br' . Dawson was a food famlno. Mon wero gathered
Bl; Cj In groups and cursing with might and main the
B ft newcomers that wero constantly coming Into
Biffr tho Klondike, w 1th scarcely any provisions.
Hp, Tho mounted police were offering free trans
B& portatton to grub piles further down tho Yukon,
Bill but to many hundreds who had labored
Bjl bard all through the summer accumulate
Bjft lng grub stakos tho prospect was unlnvlt
Bjfj lng. Tlicso men figured that It would take
Bit all their savings In gold to pay their living ex
Bill ppnscs at Fort Yukon during the winter, and
Kj that in the spring thoy would not have even
i' enough gold left to pay their passage money
l back to Dawson, to say nothing of purchasing
lit enough food to subsist upon until they could get
Kfc started again.
flb s To thoso mon tho offer of the mounted police
jRV -was no better than tho prospoct at Dawson of
Hi Tielng compelled to winter on half rations until
flj?' ' tho supply boats can roach tho diggings In the
Bjjrj spring.
jBfJ Somo of the mon who came from Dawson are
ByV 31111 Gnth. Joo Doyle, William lluckins, F.
F Kckort, II. Kobertsou. H. Raymond, Dert Nel-
at, aon, John W. Drauer, William II. Chambers, E.
W "W Pond, E. Ash, J. Glllls. Tom Wilson of
&i 'Nanalmo. and P. McGruw of Winnipeg, Jack
M , Dalton, Dllly and Charloy Leak, and eight
Kb ethers.
jj William II.Cbamlers,who has mined InCosur
j" d'Alcncs and Hocky Mountains of Kootcnay dls-
B trlctfor twcnty-flvcyonrspasr,sald: "Igotlnto
JH' Dawson early In September of tbls year. I found
B ninny old-timers In the Itoekles and Coeur d'Aleno
M! mountains. They ara nil actus well. I exam-
K incd the camp thoroughly, and can say that It
B Is better than It was represented to me. Tho
Hn' ground Is richer than It has been described. It
9u lsn.mlstako to think that the gold Is confined to
Biy Eldorado and llonanza creeks. Hulpbur, Indian,
BflH Dominion, Dear nnd Hunker creeks nro all rich.
BJj: New tributaries of the Donanza nre turning out
BJ richer than waseTpected. Hoy cral.bJg, strikes
fBJ-'j - hnV6tcrWtf.ftlOTinseatgrtr"Oneof'thcm Is at
ijKA Deadwood Creek, where 1,000 men haro located.
tBfj; They found CO cents to tho pan.
I' "Thero Is gold at Dawson, but tittle food."
IS Jack Dalton, wbosq. opinion Is worth somo
Bl' ihiug, says. "There will be no starra
fWjj Hon In Dawson tbls winter, yet at the same
maU tltuo flour and bacon are nut to be bad.
Hip Thoy wero offering 9- per pound for flour
I -when I left, and it-could not be had for that
111 Thero was np getting sugar or bacon, even at
H theso prices,"
Bt 9 Tho Canadian officials at Dawson have Issued
Ejj thii following notice of war lng:
mm "The undorslnuod olllcials of the Canadian
KjL Onvernmunt, having carefully looked over tho
BJi present distressing situation in regard to the
Bf BUpply at fool. for tho winter, find that
JHt t tho stock on hand is not sufficient to
JB?. meet the wants of those now In the district
jBft .. and can only see ono way out of the dlfllculty,
Hjdi and that Is nu immediate move down the river
BB& of H thoso who are now unsupplled to Fort
BJrVi ' Yukon, whore thero Is a large stock of provl-
BfJl Jlons. Within a few daya tho river will bo
Bftlt7 ' closed and the move muBt be made at once.
Blh "It la absolutely hazardous to build hopes
HfB I upon the arrival of boats. It Is almost beyond
IB)V, possibility that any more food will come into
I Biff t' this district. For those who havo not laid In a
flvoi. , winter's supply, to remain here any longer Is to
I fufjXi court death from starvation, or at least the cer-
Bfrll'- tolnty of sickneBa from scurvy or other troubles.
Hf Jl 1,'j " Starvation now stares every man In the face
Btl ' V y, 's bP'nR Ancl halting for outside relief.
Bwfi I ' Little effort nnd trifling cost will place them In
B'" It . comfort and snfoty within a few days at Fort
sKfii I Yukon or other points bolow, where there are
B?i7 ' now large stocks of foods.
1 B'ef " Capt. C0H8TANT1NE,
Bjf jf , " Of tho Mounted Police.
B I . " D W. Davis, Collector of Customs.
Ik) 'fn " Thomas Fawcett.
I Btf . ' " Gold Commissioner of the Dawson district."
1H '" Fort Yukon, whero provisions are reported In
Mj 1'iK plenty and to which officials hare advised those
B ljlv short of provisions to hasten, Is about 400 miles
BJVflJji from Dawson.
-BtW? JJr- Drauer, the mall carrier, says: "When I
rMJ left Dawson tho men who wore there had on an
BJf I. )' average four months' food supply. Some did
Bel! ' not have a month's supply. Some had four or
B J . five. The last restaurant closed the night I
BjrJ ; left. It had been selling nothing bat beefstoak,
B? 1 1 r, for wolcn tuo hungry paid $2.B0."
B IjS Drauer Is a resident of Seattle, and the regu-
Hfi ' lar Unltod States mall carrier. lie left Dawson
if on Sept. 27 and reached Cbllkat on lastTues-
Hi! day, There he knd his party were joined
Jj ' ., by Joe M. Dalton's party, which had left
B " Dawson two days after the Drauer party, but
Jr brought no nows of a change In the situation at
Br V -Dawson. The mall route of which he has charge
tfj, extends from Juneau to Circle City. Drauer
Hkf"' 'uft Seattle with tho mall of July 8, went to
Wtt Junoau, and left thero for tho Interior on the
f .'ft 13th. Drauer said:
"IIS " My partner, Fred Hoy t, accompanied me, and
i when wo reached Dawson ho took the mall and
mii proceeded to Circle Oltr, and later roturned to
Juneau. I remained at Dawson until the end of
B( ' August, when I went to Circle City to get the
B.V1. mall. There I met the first delay of tho trip by
B, j , misonotlow water, steamers being unable to
Bji ' come up over Yukon liar, ninety miles below
KJM)' Circle. I sUyed at Circle until Sept. 11, looking
u'lia' for a steamboat, but it never camo. On tho day
fliflv I left Circle City there was a severe snow storm
i ;jJI and the thermometer went down below zero.
I "When the storm came the river fell. The
' coiners realized that there would bu no more
- lr . Iteamors up until spring. They said; 'No
I U iteauiloat, no grub,'
K' "Just to show sou tho food condition, I will
K; ) aay'thut it was announced that In the general
ffri ness there was loss than two months' provls-
S( Ions. Thero wore other miners at Clnle, nnd
KW tbey cre without food. They had hct-n aide
If to buy from thu store people tomo crackers,
I (j a can or two of lubttcrs, u run or two of con
Bra rionsed milk, and u small quantity of dried fruit,
ail Of course the coinpanrroallred that there would
1 1 bo no food, and refused to suiiply the big de-
i mands inmlc by the miners for food,
i'ji "When the miners ami steamboat employees
Rk realized llml no inure Inats would bo up the
Ef river thoy knew that starvation threatened
Bf thtm, and the great stampede bevau. The first
MsBhaJlai 4uv.i-m. 0&te4tM! .?jjiifci
to leave Tfent to Fort Yukon. I guess thero
were about BOO In the party that left the first
day.
One boat came up from Fort Yukon with sev
eral newspaper men aboard, among them
being Correspondent Bam Wall and McOllvra.
They brought news that the Hamilton had
unloaded nil her cargo and tried to got
over tho bar light and hod failed In her efforts,
though she drew but two feot of water. This
news Increased the oxcttomtnt nnd made tho
rush toward tho food centres all the greater.
" On Sept. 14, Dert Nelson of Seattle and my
self loft Circle City nnd started to pole up the
river to Dan son City, a distance of 300 miles.
At the tlnio wo started from Clrclo City tho
minors had about all made their departure.
"It took us seven days and throe hours to
make tho journoy. Capt, Hanson, with two In
dians, who had left Fort Yukon, beat us Into
Dawson by about an hour and a half, Hanson
gathered the Dawson City miners together
nnd made a short speech In which ho ad vlsod nil
who did not havo provisions to last them all
wlntor to get out of the country to civilization
or try to reach points In the Yukon country
whero It was known that food could bo found.
" That night was the greatest In tho history
of Dawson City. Hwub well known that Hun
son spoke the truth when he said thnt tho
companies had no provisions, and would ho
unablo to got any boforo spring. Tho miners,
as Boon as they heard tho nows from his lips,
made hasty preparations to get out, nnd night
fall saw theso gold seekeni and men who can
to-day sell out for many thousands leaving by
hundrods for down tho rlvor and up tho river.
"The Uttlo steamor Klukuk. which was
to make the trip from Dan son to Pol
ly River, where Jack Dalton's trail starts.
was brought into service. Sho was besieged
by would-bo passongers who offered as
high as $250 that they might be aboard while
sho mado her Journeitof 17S miles to tho Pclly.
Tho Klukuk left Dawson on the afternoon of
Sept. 27 with twelvo or flfteon passengers.
" The next day wo made up a party Including
Horbert Raymond of Seattlo, Dert Nelson of
Scattlo, Darry Robsrtson of San Fran
cisco, and mysolf. Wo started up tho
river in a small river boat, the inmo one
w had used In going from Clrclo City to Daw
son. We left Dawson about 2 P. M. and were
soon on our way up the river.
"Wbllo Jack Dalton left Dawson n couple
of days later, tho situation there then
was the same as It was when wo left,
and I can tell you about that In very
few words. The only thing you could
possibly buy wan sugarbaking powder, spices,
nnd somo dried fruit. No Hour, bacon, or any
thing of that kind could bo purchased from any
of tho stores, bocauso thoy did not hare them.
Bo long as tho stores had any provisions prlcos
ranged tho same.
"I want to say that the stores treated tho
men all right, nnd never advanced tho prices,
although tbey wore Awnre of the shortage, and
knew that thoy bad but to ask for high prices
and recolvothciu."
Tacoma. Nov. 28. Tho men who arrived
to-day In the City of Soattleaaid that tho largest
part of the supplies In the Klondike district
wore owned by a comparatively small number of
men.
Some of the richest claim owners went toDaw
son with sacks of gold, after their clean-ups
were completed, and purchased a year's supply
for as many men as they expected to employ
working their mines.
These supplies then In stock were set opart,
rcn ainlug In trading companies' warehouses
until the purchasers wantod them.
Theso mine owners refuse to sell and will keep
their supplies to work their mines this winter.
Kxorbltant urlces bavo been asked at Dawson
for all eatables since It becamo known that no
supplies could got up river.
Flour was bringing 8140 per cwt.. bacon 93
per pound, nnd other things In proportion.
A meeting had been hold at which the food
.qiiMUrta,,.wna thoroughly. canvassed - -and
steps taken to ascertain how many men
lacked supplies to carry them through
tho wlntler. Thoso were notified that
they would have to go to Fort Yukon or
out overland. Many took boats and started for
Fort Yukon. Others Intended going down on
the leo aflor the river froze up. To-day's ar
rivals say that probably 100 mouwlll come up
the river to tho coast on tho ice.
It cost Ferguson 82.500 to got out. no paid
$100 for having himself and bis wife taken
up the river thirty-five miles from Daw
son, His wlfo then decided not to risk
her llfo on the trail and was sent
back to Dawson, whero she will live on one of
their olelms tbls winter. Doth parties expe
rienced extremely cold weather coming out, the
thermometer going down to 20' below. Snow
did not troublo them until they crossed the
coast range.
"Swift Water Dill " thinks that next spring's
clean-up on the Klondike will yiold fifteen to
twenty million dollars, and that the Canadian
pollco will put the camp .on abort rations this
winter.
nro CZ.UBHXD oxn xizzsn.
One Frlsener Bent Proinptlj to Ilo.pltali It
Was the Other Who Died.
Twentieth prc-cloot, 7il5 P. II. Tames Sennedy,
23 yean, of BIO West Twenty-ninth street, a pris
oner for disorderly conduct and assaulting offloeri
was found sick In cell and was taken to Roosevelt
Hospital) supposed fracture of the skull.
This, which is perhaps an original way of re
porting an assault upon a policeman. Is a police
bulletin from tho West Tbirty-sorenth street
station to Headquarters. There Is this to add to
It: Kennedy Is dead. What happened, accord
ing to Policeman Henry Woodlcy's statement
la this: He was at the corner of Twenty-seventh
street and Eleventh avenue yesterday morning
when four young men took their stand near the
corner and acted In a disorderly manner. They
refused to move whoa orderod away, telling tbo
policeman that they were out for a good tlnio
and lntendod to have It, A few moments
later as Woodley moved east down Twenty
eighth street the four, somowbat under
the Influence of liquor, canto down the
street toward him. They utrotched them
selves across the sidewalk arm In arm,
shouting, singing and calling to persona In thu
houses. When they nearrd Woodley ho halted
them and saying It was Sunday morning
ordered them to make less noise or he would
arrest them. One of the four replied:
"You go to hell, we own tbls ward.
Then another, turning to tho rest, said:
"Let's show him." With the words, John
Riley, a driver, of 003 West Twenty-eighth
street, started toward the policeman, lie was
somewhat In advance of the other three and as
he approached, Woodley struck out with his ftst,
catching Itlley on the left eve. Then ho grabbed
Riley and started toward Tenth avenuo with
him. Just then James Kennedy of BIO West
Twenty-ninth street made a lungeat Woooioy,
and, with the assistance of the others, threw the
Bolheroan and his prisoner to the sidewalk,
lotting to bis feet Woodley drow his club and
blew his whistle.
llr this time quite a crowd hod collected, and
putting Kennedy also under arrest tho police
man tried to force bis way toward Tenth avenue
with his prisoners. Kennedy drew back sud
denly and struck tbo policeman on his aide.
Woodluy bit him ono with the club on thu back
of the iiead, and he wont down In a bene
Policeman Powers In Tenth avenue had been
notified by a car driver that "a cop was
being done up" down the block, and ha
started oft on the run, Policeman Tingley, In
Eleventh avenuo, bad beard the whistle
nnd started east. Dy the time they ui
rived 100 or SOOpeoplo wero crowding around
the policeman and Ula prisoners. At thenp-
firoacb of assistance two of tho four in the orig
nal gang mado their esonpe, leaving Kennedy
and Riley In tbo centre of the crowd.
A patrol wngon was called nnd the prisoners
wrretakontotuestutlon house On tbo wuy tho
wngon wus stoned by tho crowd.
At the station liouso the wounds of both pris
oners were dressed by Dr. MncSider, and itlley
was removed to Itoosovclt Hospital to bu
treated for scalp wounds Inflluted with a club.
Kennedy whs lockod In a coll nt the station
house, as no ovldenro of Injury sve a few cuts
and bruises could bo found on him. About U
o'clock last nli; lit Capt, Drown examined him and,
seeing that his condl lion had changod since morn
ing, called an ambulance and had hlin removed
to Roosevelt Hospital, where a careful examina
tion showed that be was suffering from a fracture-
at the bate of the skull. He soon lost
consciousness and bo was dead before mldnlL-ht.
Just above his right eyo Kennedy had a silver
plate, the result of an operation for a fracture
somo mouths ago. Hlloy has been arrested mice
before, the police say, for assaulting Ohiccr
Meara of tho same precinct.
Woo.'ley was appointed a policeman on Nov,
12. lHHtl.
On Wednesday tbo Police Commissioners ap
proved charges against Sergeants McDonald
and Cosgrove ( thu Leonard strret stutlun, on
account of thu vUh of Qcorgo.Uuru. who fell
from his truck trttd whoso skull was fractured.
Ilo was locked up all night In a cell as a drunken
man. He was taken to the Hudson Street Hos
pital on the day alter his arrest and died there,
liiBJBJiiai(I.
COUNT BADENI RESIGNS.
xue xiiPEnon AzaoDEatAJtisa the
JlEICnaltATJI JLDJOVItttED.
These Steps Taken le End the Parliamentary
Hew and Islve the Oavtramsat Dtadleek-.
The roDUlaee Very Jubilant It hen They
Hear or Undent's nettremsnt Moeh tile,
order In the Mornlna Dr. tVeln BeUaaed.
5eal CaM Peipatth to Tax Sen.
Vienna, Nov. 28. Tho return to this city of
Emperor Francis Joseph from Walseo, whero ho
was visiting his daughter, has been Imme
diately followed by two stop which have In ,
vlow tho ending of the Parliamentary pande
monium and tho solving of tho Government
doadlock. Tho first stop was tho publication
this morning of on Imperial letter to Count
Dadenl, tho Primo Minister, declaring the
Rotchsrath adjourned. The second step was an
announcement mado at U o'clock this afternoon
from the steps of the Parllamont building, by
Dr. Lucgcr, tho well-known Antl-Sonitte loader
In tho Rclchsrath and Durgoruaster of Vienna,
w ho shouted to tho crowd In front of the build
ing: "Itadcnl has just glvon his resignation.
Tho peoplo's will is fulfilled. "
Tho pcoplo were Jubilant whon thoy heard of
tho retirement of tho Prima Minister, nnd thoy
govo vent to their toolings by waving their
hats and Bhoutlng " Hochl" Dr. Lucgcr had nn
audience with the Emperor, who told him of
Count Dadcul's resignation and of his accept
ance of It.
Dr. Daron do Oautsch von Frankcntburn, at
prosent Minister of Public Instruction and Eccle
siastical Affairs, w ill sur.cr.od Count Dadenl.
Tho nows of tho resignation of the Primo Min
ister kept tho Hlngstrasso crowded until Into
this evening, tho Socialist workmen and Ger
man studenU rejoicing, boasting, and arguing.
Instead of taking part In violently demonstra
tive processions, with which the day began.
When tho resignation bocamo known in Grntz,
tho capital of Styrla, this evening, tho city was
Immediately illuminated.
In Vienna the morning brought a renewal of
yesterday's turmoil. A crowd of students
asscmhlod outsldo tho House of Detention,
where Herr Wolff, tho refractory membor of tho
Retchsrath, was confined, nnd shouted encour
agement tohlm. .VtthoBamo tlmo a crowd of
workmen gathered In front of tho Parliament
building, shouting "Down with Dadenll" Tho
polico charged both crowds, and In tbo m&lco
that followed many porsons were Injured. Throe
ambulances from tho Society for Succor of tho
Wounded In Wnr Time wero kept busy In at
tending to the Injured.
Dy noon thero was a crowd of from 30,000 to
10,000 persona in the streets, who refused todls
perse despite the fact that many arrests were
mado. Eventually tho mounted police ana n
regiment of Hussars swopt down upon tho
crowd, BOiue of the members of which lied with
all speed from benoath the hoofs of the advuno
lng horses.
Tbcro wero many band-to-hand fights botweon
thoso who remained and tho pollco and soldiers.
The foot police, howover, wore tho only officers
who drew their sabres, with which they slashed
right and loft Into the mob, many of which wore
wounded.
Chevalier von Abrahamovlcz, President of the
Roicharatb, w hlle returning to his homo In his
carriage, was recognized by tho mob. Iletrts
Insulted and pelted with mud and stonos. Mat
ter! remained in this threatening condition un
til Dr. Lucger announced that Count Dadenl
had resigned.
Dr. Wolff was afterward liberated from tho
Houso of Detention, but his prosecution has not
been withdrawn. The Rclchsrath will he con
voked shortly to vote on the Austria-Hungarian
compromise and other urgent business. Daron
Oautsch is now forming a provisional Cabinet,
A definitive Ministry will be formed later.
Daron Oautsoh Is of German nationality. HIb
views aro moderate and conciliatory, and ho is
popular.
Tho audtenco that Count doluchowskl, the
imperial Foreign Minister, bad with the Em
peror yesterday is believed so have influ
enced his Majesty's decision to accept the res
ignation of Count Dadenl. Dad nows from the
provinces and tho state of feeling in Vienna
also helped him to the conclusion that It would
be better for Count Dadenl to go.
It Is now seen that Count Dadenl was mis
takon In estimating tho effect of the promulga
tion of the language decree.
Ho was unwilling to recede from the position
ho had taken, as by doing so he would merely
have placed hlmsolt In antagonism to the Czechs
Instead of the Ocrmans.
Nobody Is sure of what the next dovelopraont
in the situation will he. Tho most plausible
view Is that tho Austria-Hungarian compro
mise will be voted, and then nothing will stand
In tho way of the dissolution of the Relchsrath.
Tho Ministry of Austria proper, of which
Count Cuslmir Dadenl was President and Min
ister of tho Interior, came Into powor on Sept.
20,1803. The Count's nobility, In spita of his
nrlstocratlc bearing, is of recent creation, as his
father was mado a Count Just two years before
his birtb. The title was at the time but nn
empty honor, as tho nowly created peer had no
fortune with which to maintain It in a fitting
manner, and whon his two buns were born It
looked ns If they would bo compelled to work
for tbulr living. Fortunntoly tholr mother's
brother, a Count Mier, had married the famous
German actress, Anna Wlcrer.wbo took n great
fancy tu her two nephews, and, being childless,
bequeathed to them at her death her entire for
tune, amounting to several million dollars,
Uoth lads on attaining tholr majority entered
political life, and it was tho elder of tho two who
waaanpolnted by the Emperor to the difficult
fiost of Prlinu Minister of Austria. Ho has bad
he reputation of spending his fortune In a very
open-handed manner, and his younger brother,
who Is less genial, nnd Is said to ho almost
penurious, has long been by far the richer man.
COLLIDED OS A CLEAR XIOJIT.
The Rrhooner Xxiltle nan Down Iho (targe
millman, nnd Bath Bank Two Live I.o.l.
New Londov, Conn., Nov. 28. Tho tugGor
trude, Capt, Drown, of tho Thomas Towbout
Company, arrived here tbls afternoon from
Provldenco, and reported the loss on Saturday
night of the bargo Sllliman soven miles east of
Wutch II111, and tbo schooner Lottie, Capt.
Drown, of Thomaston, Me.
The schooner attempted to cross the barge's
bow. The result was a collision, and both
vessels sunk In less than ten minutes. CapU A.
D. PondUton of Llncoluvlllo, Ma, and " Nick "
Crayltcb, a Pole, wbo woro aboard the Sllliman.
were drowned, Tho crew of tho Lottie launched
a yawl boat and managed to run alongside tbo
bargo Dusy, which was In tow with
the Sllliman, The tug spout an hour search
ing for tho missing men and then took the
schooner's crow aho.ird and proceodod tn Provi
dence, tvlioro tbov will await tbo ownor of the
Lottie. Tho Gertrude's Captain says that the
night was very clear and he saw the schooner's
ro'i lightsome distance away Inshor-. As tho
schoonerapproached. the Gertrudes Captain no
ticed that the man at the helm was steering In a
somewhat errallu manner. The port and star
board lights on the schooner wero visible at
times, khowlng that she was bearing toward tbo
tow. To make uro that tho schooner would
clear tho tug and barges, the Gertrude was
pointed two points out into the Sound. The
1oltlu passed thu Gertrude sovoral hundred
tout away, and the Captain thought no moro of
It until he felt tho hawser oluck, anil upon In
vestigation found that the schooner had col
lided with the Hilllmsn.
The sloop A'lmlral arrived In Groton this
afternoon, having on board Capt. Pendleton's
trunk, which had bacu found Moating in Fish
er's Island Sound. L'apt. Pendleton was ubout
35 years of age. ami was considered one of the
most careful mariners along tho coast. It Is
believed bu bad no family, his wlfo having died
some time ago.
'I bu Pule was about 23 years of ago, resldenco
unknown. Tho Sllliman was loaded with 1A0
tons of coal, consigned to Fall Itlvcr, and the
littlehadacargootllmufrom an Kast- port.
There Is about fifteen fathom of w atf) where
the veutU sank. Vl
TOUSO JffS. CLAT VEJIX ILL,
the Has Hot Recovered from la mrect or
llelng Thrown by n llorsr,
WnrrKtlAtx, Ky Not. 28. Word has Just
been received boro that Qcm Clay's young wife,
Dora, who was thrown by John Dlggorstaff's
bay mare sovoral weeks ago and was suppotod
to have boon slightly Injured, Is dangorously
111 as the result of hor fall. Peritonitis has set
In, nnd hor physician considers her case serious.
Another young man has been mentioned as
an ardent admirer of young Mrs. Clay. His
nnme Is Dan Tudor, and ho lives near Gen.
Clay. Ho was soon frequently with Dora wbllo
the Qonoral was away being treated by n Cin
cinnati specialist. They met at William Rich
ardson's, near Gen. Clay's, and William's wife
1 drown pistol on Tudor and throatcned to shoot
him If ho did not go away and leave Dora alone.
Ho never went back to William's, but has been
to sco Dora since sho went to hor brother Cloll's
at Valloy View, Gen. Clay hoard of hor long
conversations with Tudor, and reprimanded her
for allowing him to talktohci. Tudor's friends
fear Gon. Clay, and Tudor Is keeping out of his
way.
SUE CLOSED THE WIXDOW OJf 11131.
Then Miss Karon Ilnld tbo Intruder Captive
Till ii l'ollceman Cnine.
Dora Baron, who lives with her parents In tho
roar of 77 Eldrldgo street, was about to go to
bod In her room on tho ground floor at 10
o'clock Saturday orcnlng, when sho heard a
nolso outsldo tho window. Sho called to hor
fathor, but ho told her It must )iao been her
Imagination. Somo tlms later Miss Saron was
awakenod by tho opening of tho abutters.
Looking up sho saw thnt a man had thrust his
head nnd part of his body Into tho room. Thero
was no imagination about It this tlmo; a man
was unmistakably trying to enter tho house.
Following the tlmo-honorcd custom of her sex.
Miss Saron began to scream at tho top of her
voice. Hor fathor quickly rnshed Into tbo room
nnd grabbed tho marauder, who was Just on
tho point of tnklng his leave Ho did not In
tend to bo enptured without a struggle and put
up a vigorous resistance
It was at this point that Miss Faron dis
tinguished herself from most other girls. Sho
saw- that her father might not bo nhlo to hold
tliu man, who was still partly In and partly out
of tho room, quick as n flush sho sprang to
tho window, pullod down tho low ursnsh, which
the mnn had raised In entering, and uinnrd him
to tho sill. Then sho hung on with nil her
might. DL-tectlvo Morris Cohen of tho Eldrldgo
stroct station heard tho rumpus, cuine up, and
took tho man away.
Ho gnvo hU namo nt tho station houso ns
John Connolly, but refused to mako known his
nddress. Ho was arraigned yesterday In Kisux
Market Court nnd held for trial. Miss Saron
Is about 17 yearn old.
DE. JtOACIl LOSES A JIISO.
Took Two Women, with llhaui lie Was Drink
Inr. Home, and Ills tVirolrnrrhrdTlirui.
Dr. Ernest Roach of 107 Lexington avenuo met
two women In Forty-second street at midnight
on Saturday nnd took them to Bcveral places to
get drinks. The last placo they visited was tho
Voudcrbll t Hotel, and w hllo they w ro sitting at a
table, drinking, a ruby droppod out of a ring
which Dr. Roach woro. Then the physician
drow tho ring from his finger and laid It on tho
table while ho stooped and picked up tho ruby.
When he had found tho stone, tho ring, which
contained a diamond, had disappeared. Dr.
Roach accused his companions of stealing tho
ring. They denied touching It, nnd n wordy row
followed, which caused tho proprietor to put
tho party out.
Then Dr. ltonch Insisted that his companions
should iro to his homo nnd bo searched by his
Wife. Thcv said thev wera wllllnir. and tlin
party went to 407 Laxinglon avenue. Mrs.
Roach was called, nnd sho eenrched thn
women tu tho hall. Thu ring was not found.
Policeman Kelly heard tho uoisu the party
made at Dr. Roach's home, Hnd wont to Investi
gate It. Tho physician told hlm that ono of the
women hnd robbed him, and uindu a complaint
against one, who said sho was Lnulso Gnant.
rihe was locked up lu the East Flftvtlrststreot
station, and was taken to Yorkvillo Court yes
terday morning, ltoach did not appear to prose
cute, and sho was dlschargod.
AUGUSTA'S I10T itATOlt.iLTr EIGHT.
One Cnndldnto litres 1,170 .trcroes to Drain
Work on Klecilon Has.
AU0C8TA, Go., Nov. 28. A thrcocornered
Mayoralty contest, tho closest and mostblltcr
event of Its kind in tho Stato's history, camo
to a close here to-night. Thu candidates aro
W. M. Dunbar, at present tho Postmaster; cx
Senator Patrick Wnlsb, nnd Daniel E. Kerr, a
leading figure In commercial circles. The lines
upon which the campaign was fought havo a
strongly national color, tho A. P. A. and dis
pensary issues playing loading roles.
Tbo present registered voting population Is
4,303 wnltcs nnd 3,072 negroes. Ever since the
Inception of tho exciting combat tbo attitude
of tho negro voters has been a matter
of conjecture. Mouoy has been spilled
like water, and Interest In tho result has
run very high. The climax of the bat
tlu was reached to-day by tho action of
Mr. Kerr's managing comuilttoo In openly
engaging for labor 1,173 negroes, who nro to re
port fur duty on eloctlon day, Tuesday. They
haxebcen employed to construct n branch of
the Georgia Railroad out toward tho municipal
gas works. Tho nocd for such nn extension Is
not obvious nnd II seems probablo that It will
never bo completed. Thu negroes will be al
lowed to vote teloro beginning thu duy's work.
OELAII03IA. XXOCKS AT THE DOOR.
nestings All Over tho Territory In Favor or
Htatsliooil.
Penny, Oklahoma, Nov. 28. Tho pcoplo of
Oklahoma aro now much Interested In state
hood, nnd tho next Congress will ho asked to
make tho Territory u State. In ncuilr every
county lu tho Territory meetings are being hold
nt which resolutions favoring Immediate state
hood are passod. Two weeks ago tho Territorial
Press Association mot at Hcnuussoy and passed
strong resolutions on this line, and blnco then
noarly every city has followed.
Oklahoma has over 300,000 population, and
ber lop assessment nmountB to noarly $30,000,
000. Tho advocates of statehood argue that
nearlv one-half or tbo Matos woro admitted with
a less population and less wealth. It Is the de
sire to get Immediate statehood, und thus be
able to have the Indian Territory attached to
the new fltato oa tho different reservations aro
thrown open to while settlement. Dot Ii Terri
tories would make a Statu uf moro than 300,000
Inhabitants.
oysters a now ix a o.v tiief.s.
Mr. Kemp Pulls n Ilrauck Out or thn Water
with rat Oialrrs on It.
Ottawa, Nov, 28. Ernost Kemp, oyster ex
pert of tho Marino nnd Fisheries Department
for the Dominion, has returned to tho capital.
Ho has latoly bocn Inspecting thu oyster beds
of tho Dras d'Or lakes In Capo llrclon, north
ern Nova Scotia. In alluding to this latter
Held of operations he roports upon tho pecul
iarity to ho found among the oyslor beds of that
region, of oysters growing upon tho trees bur
derlng on tho lakes. Ho says: "It is one of
the fow places In thu world. I believe, whero the
spatuf the oyslur is found deposited on seaweed
and on tbo branches of trees that extend down
or havo fallen Into thn brackish waters of tho
bays. Not long ago, at Rlvor Dennis, I surprised
and convinced a skeptic on that scoro by pulllug
up a tree branch witli several Hue fat oysters
growing upon it."
itEsvi.T or a sniEV ix bovuesteh.
A HI, I'll ul llallroad Mnn Coinlihiliif.il u the
I'oIIcb riiut lie llnd Hern Itobticd.
Rocuksteu. Nov. 28. A mlddlo-sged man,
who said that hu wus Chaster R.Simmons, one
of tbo managers of tho Union Pacific Railroad,
and that his homu was In ht. Paul, came to the
pollco station to-day In an lutoxlcatud condition,
. and complained that be hud been robbed. He
said thut hu came East to attend u railroad
men's convention, hold In Now York recently,
I and that after n rlcf visit In thu metropolis ho
I came to Rochester tu loll friends. OnHaliirday
night he met a woman lu tbo street and accom
panied her bouir. Hu remalnrd ut the woman's
, house, and when buawoko this morning 50 was
I missing from bis pocket, The man has been on
, u protracted spree. Ho wus utiabluto tell where
J th house Uln nulch he was roLUil, j
KILLED FOR HER DIAMONDS
"rnixoEsa doloobovkt" toib-
OXED IX BALTADOK,
Ber l.cretary and an Alleged BrastUan Connt
the sturdsrars Tbo Princess HI B a
Woman Who Used Hera ror n Tlmo Giv
ing Pnbllo Perrsrmancns on tho Violin.
City ov Guatkmala. Nov. 28. A report
which seems well authenticated comes from
Salvador thnt Princess Dolgorouky, who claimed
to he tho morganatlo widow of Czar Alexander
II., was poisoned In Salvador by her secretary
and an adventurer named Count Do Castro
Sormenbo.
She dlod suddenly, and her death was given
out as from yellow fover, but tho body was disin
terred by the authorities, whose suspicions had
bcon aroused, and an autopsy rovoalcd that she
had been polsonud.
Tho alleged Princess came to this country
from Paris under contract to play the violin at
thu Exposition and left here about two months
ago. Sim was heavily bejewelled, and It is
thought her diamonds nnd tho money sho car
ried woro tho objects sought by tho criminals.
Tho Count said ho was a Portuguese grandee
from Dr&ztl, but ho was apparently of doubtful
antecedents.
Ho nrrlvcd lnthls city about a yoaragonnd
was In pour circumstances. Ho advertised as a
professor of fencing and languages, and an
nounced that he was the graduntoof n French
Institute of high standing. He soon afterward
became a reporter on a local newspaper, and
owing to somo criticism fought a duol with Mr.
Mllla, son of the historian of Central America.
MUla was wounded, having received a sevcro
sword thrust In the hand, but ho soon recov
ered. At tho tlmo of tho breaking out of the revolt
against President Darrlos, Do Castro, who had
wormed his wn Into the confidence of Presi
dent Darrlos, was Chief of Police In Qurzal
tunango, but escaped the vengoanco of tho revo
lutionists by his hasty flight from tho city.
Tho dull times prevailing hero rendered the
country undesirable for an adventurer of bis
class, and ho wont to Salvador, where, accord
ing to telegraphta advices, ho was suspected of
complicity In the poisoning of thu Prtncoss.
Tho jowcls and other valuables of tho dead
woman wero said to have been found In tho
possession of tho Secretary and Do Castro as
they were hastening their preparations to leave
tho country. Do Castro, howover, according to
a telegram Just rccclvod, escaped, and Is bup
posodtoboon his way to South America, It 1b
supposod tho Secretary is still In duress.
Tho Princess must havo been a very attractive
woman In her jouth. Sho was ovor fifty,
though sho looked younger.
TUB STORY A3 OMAHA GETS IT.
Omaha, Nov. 28. A lettor hns just been re
ceived from an attachd of the United States
Legation nt tho city of San Salvador by James D.
Hnynesof Omaha which glvos details of a star
tling affair. In tho early part of October Prin
cess Dolgorouky. a handsome woman, arrived
thero from Guatemala.
Sho was accompanied by Count Do Castro, a
Brazilian. Tbo opera house was engaged, at
which the lady was to give n high-class mu
slcalo. The authorities, discovering that she
hnd boen exposed to yollow fever just before ar
riving, cancelled tho engagement.
She appealodto tho French Consul for redress,
offering her passports at tho same time. They
wci e signed by the Mayor of Paris. The Fronch
Charg d'Affalrcs desired to know if sho was
divorced from tho Prince, and receiving a
negutlvo reply refused to render any as
sistance. Tho lady was placed in temporary
confinement and on Oct. 23 was taken 111 with
what npponrcl to be yellow fever. Sho was at
once conveyed to a common pest houso, where
she died without medical aid or attendance. On
Oct. 2tJ tho body was cast Into a holo without
the formality of a funeral or a coflln.
Her friends appeared to havo lost sight of
her through tho olllcials Ignoring their protests
and tho French Consul refusing to accord
her any protection. The rumors about tbo
affair becamo ugly and tho Minister at Guate
mala Instructed the French representative here
to luvcstigato tho cause of her death, and sccuro
possession of thu Jewels and personal property
of the Princess w hlch were valued at $10,000.
At tho hotel whero tho unfortunato woman
hnd been blopplng it was discovered that her
largu personal property had disappeared. Later
her friends found somo of her Jowcls being
hawked about tho streets by thoso who had
looted her apartments.
An Investigation tsoxpected to bo ordered by
tho Fronch Government, and the developments
may bring Into disgrace suvoral prominent
olllcials who wero grossly delinquent in tho
ufluir.
A woman calling herself "Her Sereuo High
ness t ho Prlncesa Lill Dolgorouky " camo to Now
York In the spring of 1802 to play the violin
and announced that sho was the morgan
iitlowite of tho Czar Alexander II. The Prin
cess wus liberally boomed by ber advertising
ngonls and stories wero told not only of her
great powers as a musician but uf thn diamonds
which alio brought with Imr to this country. It
was said lu advance t hat she had played not only
in tho principal European c. tics, but that a uhud
at nnu time cniului ted an orchestra In Vienna
and had studied thn violin under Wlciilawski.
liispitoof thu fact that nothing had otcrbeon
heurdufberuud thu old-fa.hlonud wny lu which
shu had buen pufTed, thero was some otpectu
tlon thnt she might be a musician of some ca
pacity. Sho appeared at thu Academy of .Music, and
the audience Included a number of well-known
musicians, among whom was Mine, Camilla
Ursu, thu vloliutst, Thu Princess had not been
on tho stage for morn than a few mo
ments when the extent of her capacity
was plainly perceived. Sho made a com
plete fiasco, and proved her.olf to be
possessed of only a few flashy tricks and little
or no ability. That first (uncurl did not won
comu to u finish, as the musicians refused to
play unless they woro paid for their services
beforo tho socund pan of tho progrummo
was couimencod. Tho woman was ubout
10 yers old, and on tho stage made
rather a striking appearance. She did wear the
diamonds, or what looked from a distance as
though tbey were diamonds, which shu said
Aloxandcr II. had gh en her.
Her story here was that she had boon travel
ling In Russia under tho euro of Wlcnawskl,
who was an uld friend of her fathor. mid np-
E earing in concert wlthhlin. She said thut the
zar saw ber at a court concert and peiauadud
her luleavo tho stage. ....
She soon leirned that New York wns not the
pliuu likdy to uppieelnta her tulnuls. in the
Academy of Musio at least, bo sho took oil her
lung u clung gown, put on a short skirl and u
pair of high bonis, and went to play at luoEdou
Sluoeo Willi the Gypsy band thero.
Afturw.ird shu appeared at one of tho musio
halls. .Sho mado various attempts to organize
an orchestra w hlle hero and play at dances, but
thoy all liillfd. , ,,,.,,
Wis In thought to have remained In this coun
try about two years, hho tald that Spain was
her native country and that her namo was De
("jznau. Hut licrMiiis who know her believed
thut sho was l'reinh, III spito of hur claims to
biivolhrdln Russia for many years she had
never learned tha language. Shu spuko only
French. ... , . ,
With her was a Fronchninii who posod as hur
manager, and tho twu lived In u i!ut in West
Fourteenth ttroet. Her diamonds are said to
hevo boon genuine, und sho was knuwn to
hae a lerlaiti small amount of money.
Last night suteral persons who had knuwn
her In Now York mid Hint she bad
lelt this country with tho Idea of goln,r to
South AmrriiH or noma laud which would be
more, uimrcii tlvu of her musical talents, hur
history, ami her Jawclry than Now York was.
Thu PrinccsJ Dolgorouky, who was tho uiurgan
atlu wlfo of AluxauderlL, was named Catherine.
Hadl.ou Avenue Trolley Through to Ilurlem,
Thu now electric cars on tho Madison avenue
lino begun running yesterday mornlug on reg
ular schedule between 135th street and Astor
place. They had been in operation between
Forty-fourth street and Astur plucu for sumo
t inn.
Itlrhuril.. the Beululor, Dies In LI lea.
Utioa. Nov. 28, David Richards of New
York, the sculptor, dlod suddenly In this city
to-duy, Hu leaves a niuuw uuddaughtsrluNew
Yurk:
Ajg., ,iMiaiiwi.nMMsi-nBBnTSfimmisnmssasBBMsan
. BATED BY U1B BXOBX.
It Established an Allhl for Wagner ea BU
Trial tor Arson.
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 28,-Robert Wagner.
President of the Milwaukee Furniture Com
pany, whoso large warehouso burned July 3,
1800, has a peculiar snore, and to this be owes
an allhl which hu was ablo to provo In tho
municipal court, where be has been on trial for
arson. Ho wus promptly dlschargod,
Tho ovldcnco against hi in was damsglng.
His shipping clerk had sworn that Wagner
mado ariatigomciits for a flro on thnt night, and
part of this evidence was corroborated. When
tho defenco took tho enso, Mayor Rauschen
horgcr. Prosldcnt II. Doumgaertner of the Com
mon Council, and several older city olllcials tes
tified as to tbo defendant's character.
Mr. Wagner testified In his own behalf, deny
ing all charges. Then his daughters took tho
witness stand and established nn nllbl. They
said that they could Bwear tholr ftthtr was at
homo on tho night of the fire. Thoy knew It, be
cause they saw hlm go to his room and later
hoard him snore as ho was accustomed to do.
They were positive, they said, that It was tholr
fnthcr they hoard, becauso of his pocullar snoro.
which they could nut mistake. Judge Wallber
orderod tho Jury to find Mr. Wagner not guilty.
MOCK HAXOIXG BECAME BEAT..
Yonnc nedrlcke Nllupnd nnd Foil and Bis
rek Wns llroken.
Readino, Nov. 28. Harry Hendricks, aged
13 years, and a number of other bnjs were
playing about a stablo nt Dowulugton yester
day, engaged In tho gamo of " banter." One
boy proposed a hanging match. Young Ho
dricks agreed and dared his companions to fol
low his example. A halter was procured, and
Harry, by means of a stool, mounted to tho
crossbeams, around one of which ho fas
tened tho plcco of harness, tying tbo other end
around his throat. He smiled nt the group be
low, and they shouted In glee. Suddenly Hnrry'i
feot slipped and ho fell with n shriek which was
strangled In his throat by the band that tight
ened about his neck and cnt Into the flesh. The
other bo3 In horror fled for help. A man
quickly responded nnd cut the boy down. Drs.
Tyndull and Kerr, after nn examination, said
that the hoy's neck had been broken. Ho was
carried homo In a dying condition.
FE31UR MEXDED WITH WIRE.
Holes Wero norod In the Done ror the Purpose
Tho Operation n Nucre.s.
John Gordon of 320 West Twelfth street
wns taken to Dellcvuo Hospital on June 10 by
Dr. It. II. Sayre with a frncturo of tho left fa
mur, near tho hip. The patient was taken Into
Dr. Williams's ward, and on June 22 his thigh
was opened, nnd the fractured bone was bouna
together with silver wire, which was passed
through holes bored In tho bone for tho pur
pose. Tho pntlcnt was put back to hod, and ho lm
proved steadily. Tho physicians were con
vinced that tho operation wns n success, but In
order to make euro they took Gordon to Mar
tin's X-ray studio at 110 Kasl Twenty-sixth
street yesterday and hnd a photograph of the
left hip made. When tho negative was devel
oped It showed that the bane had knlt'.together,
forming a perfect union, and thut the femur
was to nil appearances as strong ns it had been
before tho fracture,
Tho cuso will bo placid boforo tho Academy
of Mcdlclno at Its meeting this week.
JOUX C. SUEEUAX STILL ABED.
Forbidden to Go to Work This Week, nnd Ktny
Go South.
John C. Sheohan, who was taken suddenly 111
at his ofllco on Saturday afternoon, was still
confined to his bed at his homo In West Twonty
third stroet. yesterday. Dr. Luddon, bis family
physician, attonded him, and it was said at Mr.
Shoehan's home that be bad forbidden his pa
tient to nro to his office or attempt to attend to
any business this week. It was further said
that as enon ns Mr. Shoehan has sufficiently re
covered from his present stuck to warrant It,
he may gu South for needed rest.
Mr. Shcchan's attack of vertigo was very like
that which Richard Crukor suffered when he
was City Chnmlierlaln nnd which led him to re
sign that ofllco nnd go abroad for treatment.
Dotb men, It Is said, nro troubled with nervous
dyspepsia. In the cuso of both men It Is said
thnt the malady was brought on by the nervous
strain incident to thu hard work devolved on
them by the detail work of tho Tammany leadership.
BHOT BY CHICAGO EOOTTATiS.
William Hel.on Mortally Wounded Deoanao
Us Defused to "Give I'd."
Ciiicaqo, Nov. 28. William A. Nelson, a
young draughtsman, was shot and mortally
wounded by highwaymen last night. Nelson
started to deliver several boxes of cigars to the
Garden City Dlcycle Club, of which he Is a mem
ber. At a dark placo on Shoffleld avenue he was
confronted by two rough young fellows, who
ordorod him to "glvo up."
Hu tried to pass them, and one fired a shot at
close range. The bullet entered his abdomon
and penetrated ono of the kldnejs. His assail
ants fled. An operation was porformed nnd tho
bullet removed, but the surgeons at the German
Hospital say ho cannot recover.
North Slders nro very nngry and say they havo
little bettor than no pollco protection.
MILITIA TO GVABD TOLL GATES.
Gov. Drndley Havo the Tnrnplke Dnldero Will
Hi. Put Dswn nt All Ilatards.
Lexington, Ky., Nov. 28. Gov. Drndley, In
nn interview here this afternoon, said he would
call out tho SUite troops to guard the toll gates
tbroitcncd by raiders. He thinks ho will Issue
a cull this week. Ho says he will keep the troops
on guard until the danger from tho raiders is
over. If It requires six months' time. He hopes
to havo a bill passed at thu next Leglslaturu
saddling tho oxpense of tho troops on thu coun
ties In which tho guarding Is noccssary. IHo
says the turnpike raiders must lm put down at
allhnrnrdsaud that ho will exhaustall the pow
er of the Commonwealth to that end.
TO CHBIBTEX THE KEXTUOKY.
Gov. Drndlsr Announces That Un Will Anpolnt
Ills Dauahter Christine.
Lexington, Ky Nov, 28. Gov. Dradley said
this afternoon thnt he would yield to the wishes
of the hundreds of petitioners who havo asked
him to select his daughter Miss Christine as spon
sor for the new battleBhlD Kentucky and would
appoint her in the inmlog week to christen the
vessel. Mlts llradley will be 18 years old on
Dec 20. Khn Is nt school at Washington Col
lege, Washington, I). C. On her mother's side
sho Is drscemled from the noted Kentucky sol
dier family, thn McKees.
Another Disastrous Prairie Flro In Texas,
San Antonio, Tox., Nov, 28, Another disas
trous prairie fire has Just swept o er tbo greater
parts of Crosby, Hale, nnd Lubbock counties,
completely destroying the range and many
ranch buildings. Two bands of sboep, one num
bering 2,000 bead and the other 1,200 head,
wero caught In the flro and every animal was
burned to death.
Thousands or Americans nt a Doll Fight,
Nkuva Laiiedo, Moxlco, Nov. 28. Several
thousand Americans from all parts of Toxas
witnessed a bull light here this afternoon. It was
a good exhibition of tha brutal sport, and de
lighted the Mexican spoctators. Two horses
were killed and one bulltlgbtor was seriously
gorod by a vlcluus bull.
fohoes's Do) FlrnbuK ('onre.srs.
Coiioiw. Nov. 28. Geurgu Cusack, ono of the
boy firebugs arrested last night, made a confes
sion t the police today. He admitted that he
was Implicated In tho various acts of Incen
diarism which havn terrorized tbepenuloof this
city during the past month. He declared that
Frank White, a boy uf his own ngu, wus just us
guilty ushe. Hot h, hu said, had In en rending
dime nuvels, and thoy eut buildings ntlro because
It was such fun watching them burn.
This and ni-xt week a special lre- of I'srhorr Drau
Uuutch liockultr U n be had at ill principal cafes
aud tr gardens. Adv. ) f
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TAMMAXY SLATE MAKE IIS. llBBnl
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Row the llatesmen Maeut Munda Wbaten or l-HBa
IVavl May De Corporation t'ounsrt-Xnlbnn BBl
Itrnne. John J. ftc-annrll nnd llrrnnrd York ItBBfl
Bold to De Hinted ror Coninilsilourrsulsw. r'naBa
LakkwooI). N. J Nov. 2.-T1io Tnmmnny H
statesmen here supposed to he making up a OBbI
slate havo apparently ncconipllshcil nothing $SBBfl
dcllnlto lu thnt lino uh yet, lllrd H. Colcr, the) "bbB9
Comptroller-elect, nnd John L, Shcn, ono of 4BmI
Hugh Mclintuhlliri chief lieutenants, nrrtvod 4!nBll
nt Uio LnUwood Hotel al (1:3(1 o'clock to-nlghU 'JjBJI
Mr. Coler wus met by Ma;or-olcct Van' Hl
Wyck, Mr. Croker. .Mr. Carroll and Dernnrd cVaHl
York. They chatted for n fow moments, and IM
then wont In to dinner. Mr. Colcr nnd Mr. 'iIBBi
Shea dlnod with Mr. York, whllo Mayor Van
Wyck und Messrs. Carroll nnd Oikir pat at inBl
tho uoxt table. 4 Be
It Is (crlaln that tho'nppointuicnts of bonds '1b1
of departments have not bcou formally consld- 'jl sifl
creel ns yet, hut It Is probablo that thoso mot- f'Voi
tcrs will bo sottled beforo tho Tammany dole- )BH
gallon leaves to-morrow afternoon. A confer- '.'BE
enco will taku placo tn thu morning, although
it may adjourn without final uetiun. Ono of ftflVJ
thu leaders is authority for tho statement thnt IfWaU
tho slalo will not he mado up whllo tho party naBI
Is here. He Bald that they wero hero for rest 'iBBl
nnd recreation, und that a blate-inaUng confer- bBTI
enco could ho held In Now Yarn much nosier IbbbBI
than It could hu held hero. It Is certain, how- ! bbBI
out, that Tummuny will Inku euro of the iBBI
moinbcrs of the organization who lost their 'SsbbBI
placcb when thu reform administration took - sbbBI
huld. Thn general Impression is that llornard -i SB
York will hu made a Police Commissioner, nnd 'BH
when ono of thu leaders was nsked about tills j BH
ho said: "llruoklyn will gel all that Is coming to ' ! flfl
thu organization over there." ,' BIB
Juhn YVhulcn, who Bcrved a term as Tax Com- ' B
mlbsloner, 1b linblu to ho reappointed, although ,- B
it is sold ho Ib looking for the mole remunerative. i BBJ
placo of Corporation Counsel. Vernon M. Bfl
Dnvls, who servod ton years as an assistant '. B
District Attorney, and whoso namo lias bocn -Bfl
mentioned for a placo on the bench und ns Dls- Bfl
trict Attorney, nnd who occupied tho ofllco of ' Bfl
chief oxecutlvo of tho District Attorney's ofllco ' HJH
during Col. Fellows's absence, la now said to bo Bjl
on tho slato for Corporation Counsol. John F. . flU
Mclntyre, It Is also said, will tako bis former ' BH
placo us assistant District Attornov. from flU
which ho resigned In order to defend Edward BE!
Ivory In England. None but truo, tried, and i BK
loyal servants of Tammany will be appointed to 1 SI
office, except In thoso cases whero tho law i'Bll
provides for bi-partisan boards. "fljl
Nathan Straus, who left here to-night, can, Bjl
It Is said, havo tho Prosidency of the Park H
Commission It he so desiros. Another cer- cflni
tatnty Is said to bo John J. Scanncll for Flro ''isfll
Commissioner. Mr. Scannell has been horo ;BJ
with tho party from tho first. vBJ
In tho morning all tho Tammauyltcs wont to B
rhurch. Mr. Croker, with Messrs. Carroll, ' ,flfe
Dunn, Whalen ami Spcllman, attended high flfj
muss at the pretty Uttlo Catholic church St. '.flal
Mary's of tbo I,Ke, while Mayor-elect Van afsTsni
Wyck, with IHMrict Atturnev-eleet Abn Dlrd flal
Gardiner, attcuded ten Ices at tho Kpiscupal fsfl
church. After church tho party walked buck ifBl
to tho hotel and wore left to their diversions be- tfll
furo luncheon. ' ;
Mayor-uloct Van Wyck eat In the parlor of fla
tho hotel before a hugo flro uf blading pine lepra , :flD
and rend tbo nowspupors; Mr. Crukcr took bis B1
favorite walk nrounu thu luke with Suproms 'isH
Court Justlco Miles lleuch, who got hero last bfli
night; Mr. Carroll bloshomod forth In a golf 'pBI
suit nnd Induced Mr. Whalen to tako a bicyclo f.BI
rldu; County Clerk-elect Sohmer took n fifteen- U'BI
milo breather on horseback, accompanied by VX
his son, William Sohmer, Jr. 'f;Bl
All wero together at luncheon, nnd Bhortly i'fll
after this meal was finished n bright rod and iffBI
black tally-ho drawn by four horses drow up In tvfll
front of tho hotel, and all who wishnd to go ,jB
wero Invited to Join tho coaching party. The iH
consequence wus that the tlvu seats nn top wore !IH
quickly flllod. Thero wero sixteen pemons in- ,'
eluding tbo driver, and thu combined weight t n
was almost n ton and u half. So many wero ' M
anxious to rldo thut the guard wus crowded off -1 HI
the boot to mako room for one; of the guests. fi'aW
It waB well fur tho party that thu couch win HaVl
driven by a professional wbo know his business !nU
or there might have been a dlttercnt story to 'ifll
toll. Whon;tho driver started his liorhos at u v tu
good pacodown tho road it was apparent to all iBl
that tho tully-hu was overloaded. No ono of k-'fll
the Tammonyltes would admit thnt hu was UWft
squeamish enough to fear dungcr. MHJ
"Lot me tako tnat horn till I givo you a ?!
toot," said Shorlff-ulcct Tom Dunn in Justlco ,-JM
Dugro. Tho couch norn was piu-ed over ami I (H
Tom inflated hlj lungs und blew into the horn SB
with all his might. Thu result wus u cqtieuk !
llko the Essex street fibh peddler make. 'Km
"That'll never do," said Tom. "It must ho 'Am
because I'm not used to that kind of nhnru. Here. jffl
Dllly, sou what you can do with It. Tho tier- m
mans can always beat tha Irlnh when It cmnes ('
to blowing ll horn. As Kelli need to suy, You rU
can never get nn Irish on lien in lugpthcr, he- ,j'jH
cause they all want to bo leudei.s.'" he cuniiud- (';
od, handing over tho horn to I'mintv t'lcik m
elect Sohmer. I'm
Mr. Sohmer took the horn and showed hlm- 4 I
self proficient ut tuotlng It. lie proved tu bo I I
tho hero of thu day, us thu tooting of tho hum 1. 1
served to keep up the splrlli tif lhupart. f I
The duiurorous tall) ho rldo thrnutcned ' I
"A llle" Dow lies with nervous prostration. Ilo . j
got a sent on thu und of the bout. There wus M J
no protecting rail around thn seat and Dowiiim' Ajm
is short mid fat. Hu could mil reach nnv- 'Vm
thing with his legs, nud hu olid all around the ';
seat as tho tully-hu lunhiil Into rut along the 'im
road, Tho party wus to go to Allaire, a dls- I
tnncoof seven miles, hut when they hud truwlled if
five miles somebody suggested l hat they turn .(
hack. Thn driver wanted to kenp on. hit' 't
Mayor-elect Van Wyck preform! his i Imlr lm- t
foro tho grata I'rn in thu hotel, hu hn told the i
driver to go buck und thu others voiced Ids i
sentiment. ;;
Thu strongest drink that has appeared on
the dining taiilo of tho Tammany wmtiirx n far .'
Is water from a famous spring lu thu neighbor-
hood. K
Thu four members of Silver Dollar Smith's i,
rrganlzutinn, including "Mollis" Hnchsilm f
and his luwyer, dlsuppoured from the Imtnl im-
mediately nfter registering and huvu nut been '
seen slnco. Mnyor Gleason la unloving him
self quietly. Hn attended muss thin morning h
and spent tho rumulnder of the duy around the A
hotol. if,
ELLIOT DAXl'OHTH TO WED AGAIX. 'f
The Drldo, Hies Mary R. Host, nt Prtsont a tt
Teacher In Illvorhrnd. Public School. 'J
RlVEntlEAl), L. I., Nov. 28. Tho cngngoment fU
of Miss Mury U. ltoat of this village to Elliot H
Danforth, Chairman of tho Domocrutio State il
Committee, has been announced. Miss Host is ?
a daughter of George W, Root, a olothier of this M
place. She bos been a teacher In tho Rlvorhead ijB
publiu school about eight years. Her resigns jB
tton, to take effect on Jan. 1, has heen tendered, fll
She lives In Roanoke avenuo. Sho Is nn old fl
frlrnd of the Danforth family and of tho former BJ
Mrs. Danforth, who dlod about two years ago. j
Mr. Danforth has visited Miss Rout at her hum 8
hero many times. Tho date fur the wedding ,
has not boon set, uor has tho place been decided ,"
on.
Commissioner Fltrhle to Marry,
Thomas Fitcbieof Brooklyn, Commissioner of
Immigration at New York, who has bcon a
widower for ten years, has announced tu his
friends that within a short tlmo he will bo mar-
rled to Miss Ida Tlnieson. Mr, Kitchlo Is over
60 years old, whllo Miss Tlnieson Is ubout -10. ;
They have known each other for many jcars, ;.J
A SCHOOL TEACH I It'S IXf'ESTIOX, j
lis Has Completed an la.lrument to Illustrate ,('
tbo Motions or tbo Karlb. "i
St, Louis, Nov. 28. A man of tho name of
Mowerybas Just secured tho patent for an lu- 'J
vontion on which ho has worked slxtcon years.
living practically un bread and water through
out that period. Hu calls his contrlvancu a '
tellurian. It Is an Instrument to Illustrate the -,,
motions of tho uarlh V
' Mowery was teaching school In Sarpy county,
Nub., In 181, when an inquisitive piiirMili-- ra
t ions convinced hlm it was m-tcsrarv lu h tve a -g
device that would show clearli tu tho Juvcn le i?y
mind thu rossmiH fur nlglil and day.
Hlucetliin hu has Ihu-ii winking out his Idea,
which he completed oul) last week Luc.il ex
perts buy his Invention should net him ample
reward for bis sixteen years' privation,
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