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i VOL LXV.AN0:-113, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1897. -COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY THE SUN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. PRICE TWO CENTS. tl
W 7,000 PANES SHATTERED.'
Wk the work of eiout founds and
ffl - UAZV OF DTNASIITE.
Jaw I v
Hi J atanlsaloa la Brooklyn That Was Felt Three
' I Blocks Away and Heard Xearly All Over
, the CUT Tbe" Dynnmlto ta Be Coed la
Shoot a trail far Arbuekls Brothers.
li A large part of Brooklyn im shaken by a
Hk terrific oxploslon'nt 8:45 O'clock last night. A
jH stick ot dynamite weighing eight pound and a
mt' half had been left for safety In tho end of an
Kv I tight-Inch gas plpo on tho property of Arbuckla
Hf Brothers at John and Pearl streets. At that
Kjt'u place thoArbuckloaaro building a large lugar
Mfy refinery. The building U completely inclosed,
Kj and wbon tho workmen loft It last ovening at 0
Hh o'clock most of tho window sashes hod been sot.
K- Across from tho reflnery thore Is a vacant lot
HC In which an artesian well Is being drUled to
WjnVJl ) supply tho reflnery with water. In tho corner
Wf'( nearest tho reflnery tbero was a small shanty of
M' j rough boards which Inclosed the 20-horso power,
B- englno which wns used to run tho drill, the
A steam being furnlshod from a coffee mill noar-
I Ml by. The work of drilling this well has been go-
All ing on night and day for several necks, and at
3vjsj 0 o'clock Inst night it bad reached a depth of
Hil 030 f ocU
HRf I It was noticed then tbat the drill was working
HI hard, and on Investigation disclosed the fact
HLB that tho holo at tho low r extremity was slightly
hWJ out of plumb. In onler to reliovo the drill from
It" It aldo prcssuro It was determined to shatter the
lV rock with dynamite A pnekago containing
Ifvwl eight and a half pounds was socurcd and, after
wYi being Imbedded In manure for several hours to
K ) warm, It, it was thrust Into tho end of the gas
HEM plpo for safekeeping. The opon endoftheplpo
Hjil was cut ered with paper.
Kiln At """' o'clock Thomas Lowney, who was
WMf Ifl helping $. J. Gullagher with tho drill, went out
HfiI toward tho englno house to get the dynamite
HO I tho time having arrived for setting off tho
M'l! I blast. When ho was about thirty foot from tho
KJmS I plaoo In which it vt as stored bo saw a peculiar
Km I yellowish flaniocloso to tho ground. As quick
III, a "asn Lowney turned nnd started to run.
HJsj f At that Instant ihcro was n roar as it many
RfiM cannons bad been fired atonco, and tho air was
IN Yjj died with flying boards and clods of earth. The
Hfiav ground trembled violently and Lqnncy was
HJvffl pitched forward on hts fnee At tho tamo time
HjCa&i theru was a tor- ',flo crash of falling glass, and It
Hi ijfc seemed to Lowney as though every window in
Bll tho neighborhood had .been shattered. Ho
I lap managed to crawl to the drill houso, where ho
I I W found that ho had nol received a scratch.
Hjfjjp Gallagher, who stood bosldo tho drill, had a
4RI harrow escape from tho flying splinters which
K&tt wero hurled through tho lightly constructed
KV& walls of tbo drill house with the forco of pro-
1 jectilcs from cuns. Watchman Mulcahny.whoso
f - duty It Is to guard the lot, was standing In John
I'l street at a point about 200 feet distant from tho
W; point of tho explosion. Ha says ho was lifted
LI trout bis feet and hurled violently to the ground.
f He escaped, however, with a f ow slight bruises.
H J Another watchman.who stood near the reflnery,
m was also thrown down.
M t The explosion aroused th- neighborhood for
Hi blocks around, and a great crowd of men.
II women and children poured from tho bouses,
II; shrieking with fright. Kvcrj pane of glass in
Wu j "Codfish row,'- a lino of tenements In Plymouth
HA street, near Pearl, was shattored, nnd in many
W ! of tbo rooms tho ceilings fell.
Y ' Nearly every window in Smith pros.' boiler'
Bv shop, the building of the Lecomte Manufacture
Ipfr inn Company, the Mnsury Pnint Works, the
I 1 Arbuikle coITlo mill, tbo saloon of William Mc
ft Gownn at Jay and Plymouth streets, and sev-
II 1 erol'othor buildings of the neighborhood was
Si I also broken, and It Is estimated that no loss than
11 It 7,000 panes of glass suffored. Windows wero
SIM broken thrco blocks from the scene of the ex
BjwI plotiou.
bHiB '"1B shanty In which tbo engine, stood was
HI IQ wrecked, and tho debris una piled high on tho
Hfj machinery. All tho window frames In the re-
Hb H flnory wore loosened by tho explosion, and many
HH II of them fell to tho ground.
HJl I It could not bo csccrtained last night wbethe.-
HHLB or nut tho walM ot tho now building had been
)HT injured. No ono could be found who knew, or
AH. was willing to tell, what could have caused the
HHV dynamilo to explode.
BKf JtAXh. CLE11K HUOSE STOLE $0,000.
a ftl Thr NCnte llnnklua Company or Newark Has
vtHjS Illm Arrrated.
jAHS 'I ho Finance Commlttco of tho State Bank-
AVI Ing C'oiniuny of Newark met yesterday
JHHJ mor'iln to hoar tho report ot an expert
HHl w ho hud been engaged for some days
fHjil upon the hooka. The expert reported a short-
H'l "co ot 7'-00 ln tno hooks kept by Julius
IHL I A. llroso, a discount clerk, who had been em-
III jl I plojed ln tho bank for ten years. Ex-Judge
IjH I Gottfried Kruegcr, the Vice President of tho
H,' bank, sont for llroso. Cashier William Soherer
I Dfl t0''' lim ot "10 discovery nnd asked what he had
rflf to rny. llroso confessed tbat he had stolen
r SW ?0,000 or ?0,5OO.
llilw lie said Hint ho had spent the money and saved
MJ. nothing. That was all he would tell about the
hCc ! matter. Detectives were summonod by telo-
ILJi iiluino nnd Brose was turned over to them. On
HH 'llc ""' tn Police llvadounrters he told the
HH (lcteulieb I liat Ills thensmlulit reach if'J.OOO, but
) HH) no ould Buy nothing about why or bow ho
HH began ti steal orwh.t ho did with the money.
ijHb Hu went quietly to his cell nnd did not appear
I fHB to be grcntly disturbed by his arrest.
1 Ht At tho bank ll was said that the money had
H nj hem taken iu small amounts, chiefly from thoso
1 H who paid tbelrnotos boforo thoy wero due, glv
B Ing llroso n chance to withhold tbo money and
HI Ax his books by making the necessary entries.
, Hf He did tlio work cleverly and thus mnnaged to
f carry on his thefts year after year without do-
Av teuton.
lirose is SI) years old, and unmarried. Ills
HM father was former Alderman Charles Urose,
who died somo years ago. The young man lived
HI with his mother at 0 couth Orange avenue un-
, HB til she died three years ago. lie was not known
HI to irnmble or dissipate In any way, and was ro-
f garded as a quiot, unassuming young man with
H few rnults.
JHIt Cashier Uchoror said yestordny that the loss to
HK the bonk was probably cdvered fully by Uroso's
IHi bond in the Fidelity and Deposit Company of
I l Baltimore.
W F, TO BAVJE THE I'ALISADES.
HaO
I HJ An Aellon ta nettraln Ilrann A flemlBg
jAHJl rron Deraclnc Tlirm.
HH Chancellor McOllI hoard argument ln Jersey
HHTl City yesterday In tho action brought by the
I HH I State ot Now Jersey to restrain Charles A. Brown
1 9Bu& an(1 JoUQ Fleming from defuclng tho Palisades.
I Hl ''10 e'0Dlants havo been operating a quarry
HH in a hamlet known us Palisades, just above
HI Fort Leo. The quarry Is located at the base ot
MJal the Palisades. Brown Sz Fleming obtalnod a
II! ffrant from the Ulparlan Commissioners on
III Aug. 8, 1B0S. The grant was revoked on Bent.
Ill 17. 1800, In consoquence ot representations
Hill) made to tbo llipurlan Commissioners . tbat
Hill Brown & Fleming were destroying the Palisades.
WMmi . The firm contended that they were notdestroy-
m.mm lng the I'alls ides, but wore working their own
Hfl 'aud between tbo PulUudes und high-water
Kil Ju&rk- Tdo question to be decided Is whero tho
) Pallsadi.s begin. Decision was reserved.
M XOUNO ZVETOEKT VOHQXD,
MR 8aia HI, Patber's Lira Was la Danger aud
Tin Tliat JuxlOed Ills Ael.
IHI Cnioioo, Dec. 21. Adolph Luetrert'f son
HW Arnold has admitted that ho forgod tho name of
HJ Paul Jaeschkc, a wealthy plumber, as an In-
Vf dorscmunt ot promissory notes lor $1,730 given
Will by his father to Attorney William A, Vincent
HA for logal services In tho lint trial for murder,
VI The son makes light of Iho forgory, aud says the
d end inslifled the means.
Hi "A human life wua at stake," he said. "I did
Mf sign Jaosthke's naimr, anil uhntof 111 Itdoes
HI not seem very wromr, Vincent would have an
fl Indorsement. jHimilike refuted to sign. I bad
I'Hl, to have un Indorbt-iuciit. bo 1 signed the name.
YAH 'Iheuolea will bu paid when due, tbo Urstmv
HU turlna- on Jan.'lO.
HHL Mr. Vincent suid ha did not expect to prose-
HR cut youug LuetgerU
a HamTV
rUtBXAN SXLLEb ar SMOKE.
Three ethers Overeaaa In a Cellar aire la
Paarteeath flrsat-Oaa Kay Bis.
In a cellar Ore at 420 East Fourteenth street
last night a fireman lost ,hls Ufa and three
others wera prostrated by gas and smoko. On
maydlo. Martin J. Oakley, a brother of Alder
man and Councllman-eleot John Oakley, was
the one who was fatally overcome. Tho others
wero Potor Donnelly, James Davis, and Lieut.
Thomas Ilead. All woro mombers ot the crew
of S Engine. ,
Tho fire was discovered at 7:13 o'clock by a
man ln Jacob Steinmuller'a stable adjoining at
428.- It had started in a coal bin in the rear ot
the cellar, and Is supposed to have been caused I
by the careless handling of a light by someone
getting coal.
While eevoral men with buckets of water trlod
to extinguish the flames, somo one rang an alarm.
The firemen arrived just as the volunteors woro
compollod to floe by tho spread of tho flames.
Engine Company 5 Is locatod only a block
away and It was tho first to arrive. A lino ot
hoso was q llckly stretched through .the front
hall back to tho head of the stairway leading ta
tho cellar, Oakley was at tho nozzle.
When the cellar door was thrown open a
oloud ot denso smoke, heavily charged with
Illuminating gas, puffed into tho faces ot tho
firemen. The dull red glare ot tho flames could
bo soon below, and In splto of the smoke tho
firemen descended Into the cellar. The tour
named wore at once overcome, but the others
succeeded la reaching the strcot.
Every endeavor was. at once mado to rescuo
tho victims of tho smoke. Donnelly, Head and
Davis were draggod out before long, but it was
over twenty minutes before Oakley was found.
He was then beyond resuscitation.
Whllo surgeons from different hospitals wero
trying to revive him ln the dispensary of Grace
Chapel nearby. Father Edwards of tho Iloman
CathollcChurchof tho Immaculate Conception
administered the last rites of the Church. Hoad
and Donnelly wero taken to Bellevuo Hospital,
The second was unconscious at last accounts.
Ills condition fs critical. Head and Davis wlU
recover. Tho Are did about 9500 damage.
OWKEItS OF nAMDUJlO.
rta?
XIarena Dalv and TwojtyHpfcMontana Ulan
Bat Ike Bon fslVaovcr.
Cincinnati, Deo. 21. Ed Tipton, Marcus
Daly's confidential man, has been ln this city,
and says that Marcus Daly and two partners,
also from Montana, are tho purchasers ot Ham
burg for $-11,000. The names of the two part
ners will not bo mado known until all three
mcot at Now York. It Is understood that ono
or, moro of the owners may seU to tho others at
this meeting.
Tho now owners ot Hamburg have at last been
nnnounced with somo posltlvoncss. That tho
Montana men hnte secured a high-class rnco
horse Is undeniable for tho ton ot Han
over and Lady Itccl proved himself to bo ono
of tho greatest two-ycur-olds in the world. Tho
colt has tho perfect action which Is to essential
for u horso that must run fast and for. Ho has
proved conclusively that he is a phenomenon to
carry weight. Wheiherhecanstay theDerbyand
Ileallzatlon distances will bo unanswered until
bo gooa to the post next spring. Tho long win
ter is before him yet and many things muy hap
pen between now and the racing season In this
vicinity. It Is well known tbat Hamburg
showed rhcnmntlc tendencies last spring, and lc
Is only this ailment that prevented the son ot
Hanover from becoming an Inmate of Michael
F. Dwyer's stable.
Hamburg's alro was a stayer of no mean order,
al though ho was at his best at a mllo. His dam
was A aprintor and a near relatlvo of sprint
era. Including such Hyersaa. Domino and
Correction; Tmt ' his dam was by the
fout-mllir Fellowcraft, and. tho second dam
was by the good racehorse and stayer Enquirer.
Hanover would have gone much further had
bis action not been so lolty, and theru is ud
gainsaying tho fact that he is getting horses
tbat can slay. Therefore, the owners of Han
over's best son, Hamburg, should bo hopeful.
MADE X11E XVniL APOLOGIZE.
minister Ansall Get SturctUn ror Tut Bbats
at the Dancrori's Boat.
Washington, Dec 21. In a cable message re
t'llved at the State Department to-day James B.
Angcll, tho United States Minister at Constan
tinople, reported that the Turkish Government
had mode ample apology for flrjng on the
Bancroft. Ofllctals of the department sold that
this was tho first news of theoccurrence received,
nltuuugh tho affront was given on Dec. 4. and it
lsk,npn positively that tho Navy Department
hasnoofllclal information other than that con
tained ln Minister Angell's despatch.
According to Mr. Angcll's account, tho Ban
croft entered tho harbor of Smyrna after dark
on Dec. 4 and sent a boat ashore While the
boat was proceeding tbrqugh the water two
shots were tired at it from the Turkish fort.
Commander Arnold of tho Bancroft immediately
reported tho fact to Minister Angell, who mado
a demand for an explanation and upology.
The Turkish authorities Investigated the
matter, and showed to the satisfaction of the
Minister that the shots wero tired from two
muBkpts by soldiers who thought tbo men in the
boat were acting suspiciously. Two olllcers of
the fort were dismissed, and the soldiers who
tired tho shots woro punished. The apology
was amplo and satisfactory, and the citato De
partment considers the incident ended.
AOOOVXTASX I.OXO ItECOrERIXQ.
Us Recognises Friends Transfer or the 099,
000,000 or Securities.
Thomas C. Long, the head accountant ot the
Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank, who disappeared
from his home, 788 Carroll street, Brooklyn, on
Dec, 11 and was missing nntil last Suuduy even
ing, n as still Buffering yesterday with tho mental
aberration tbat caused him to wander n ay.
His physician. Dr. Ilobort Ormlston of 117 South
Elliott place. Brooklyn, said yesterday that Mr.
Long needed a rest moro than anything else.
Dr. Ormlston hopes for tho complete recovery of
his patient, who waa so much better yesterday
that he recognized tbo members of his family
and greeted them by namo. He oIbo became
conscious that he was at home. His broken ref
erences to places ln New Jersoy near Now Yarf
were continued, but tbo physician has forbid
den the family to question htm.
As to the rumor that Mr. Long hnd been
drugged and spirited away, Dr. Ormlston said
that such a suggeston had been considered but
tbat he bad absolutely no fnlth ln it.
Tbo bank ofllcersare having a new door built
for the security vault, which was broken open
during Mr. Long's absence. Tho $22,000,000
worth of Btocks and bonds which wore kept In
the vault have been put ln a place equally safe.
XEEVJf'T 1'A.Y A OllVItOIZ 1'LEDQE.
urregal Belts Decides Tkal the Subscription
Was Wllbout Consideration.
Kingston, N. Y Doc. 21. Surrogate Botts
has decided that a subscription to aid In paying
for the (00,000 St. James M. E. Church of this
city Is void on tho ground that there was 110
consideration. In January, 1803, when tho
church was about complotod, and a large amount
of money required to pay pressing Indebtedness,
an appeal was mado ot a Sunday service, and
members of tbe congregation wero asked to
subscribe on slips ot paper, such subscriptions
to be redeemed In semi-annual payments. On
the strength of the pledges tho money was to bo
raised Immediately upon mortgage. Luther W,
Wood (now deceased) not a church member, at
tended tho meeting and subscribed $200. When
be died nothing bud been paid on the pledge. In
deciding that there was no consideration the
Surrogate says that " be was probably affected
and moved by the fervent appeals for financial
aid, and, in accordance with the contagious
spirit," wrote tbe subscription; but was tbero
any consideration I "As a stranger to the
church and its affairs, what Interest could he
have as to whether the creditors of the church
wero many or ono V
Hrxlean Rucar Growers form a Trust."
Monterey. Mexico, Deo, 21, All of tbe
sugar planters of Mexico buve formed them,
helves into a trust for tbo purpeso ot regulating
tbo production of sugar In this country. They
say that tho present price of tho product Is too
low.
Bo easy to leave your ordtr with Acker, Merrill
IOimdlt, i'ark ft Tllturd, or ltotwrt dray, 4SH UtU av.i
Macy Jcakiui. e? Liberty St., and U. Pscclul, 710
7lb ., for BaUaullus's India 1'ate Ala, buttled at
IttYtlj.Adv,
-jiW , . . ..'. tit.
BLANCO OFFERED A BUIBE.
JIB WOULD dim ABANOVItEX, TO
BETRAY CUttA, $100,000.
The Offkr tTaa Contained Inn letter round en
Col. Rail's Body nnls Believed Re Was
Gelnr to His Death Tut Spanish Agents
Ranged ror OAVrlna' Autonomy to Con. Babl.
Havana, Dec 20, via Key West, Doc 2L
Tho Insurgents found on the body of Co). Joa
quin Ruiz a lotter from Gaptaln-Qoneral Ramon
Blanco authorizing Huts to offer 9100,000 to
Col. Nestor Arangurcn and a high ofllco to
Aranguren's rather, who Is now ln tbe United
States. Gen. Blanco gave plodges in his letter
that both promises would be fulfilled Immedi
ately after tho return of Arangnren to Havana
with Col. Itulz. Tbo letter exlonded a similar
offer to Col. Raoul Arango If Aranguren, at Ur
accepting tho terms, should mo his influence
with his friend Arango to that end.
About a month ago an attempt to bribe Aran
guren was made by the palace authorities, and
the report,spread ln Havana that on of his sub
ordinate olllcers had accepted an offer to betray
the patriot cause. Blanco and some of his staff
wero talklngnt dinner three weeks ago about tho
falluro of this attempt Col. Ruiz, who was
present, said that the plan had not been intelli
gently prepared, and tbat ha could make it suc
cessful. Blanco then gnvohlm the mission that
cost him his life. Noxt day Ruiz repented of
what ho had said, but it was too late for him to
withdraw from his promtso to the Captain
General. Botoro leaving Havana he said to a
friend In the Union Club; "I know that I am
surely going to my death."
Ruiz was not ln his uniform when he met
Arahgureu. Ho left his uniform at tho Inn in
Campo Florldo, and went to the insurgent lines
ln a white suit and oaring a straw hat.
The nows Is circulating here that Gon. Jesus
RabI, second ln command of the insurgent army
in Santiago de Cuba, has hanged two com
missioners sent to him by Gon. Pando with tho
offer of autonomy and a largo bribo if ho would
surrender. Ono of tho guides was reloased and
sent back to Pando with a lottor from Rabi, ln
which the Cuban commander said; "If you
think that our law sentencing to death those
who coino to us from the Spanish camp with
such propdsals doos not mean what it says, you
will now bo convinced to the contrary. Until
Spain recognizes tho Independence of Cuba ws
shall answer tbe Spaniards only with death. If
you want to take our IU es in revongo como and
tako them."
Tho Spaniards in Havana succeeded in brib
ing, four days ago, a Cuban soldier nsmed Ms
lunga, who surrendered and received . $200
for roveallnc the location of a Cuban camp In
1 the caves of Ponco, botwecn Caraballo and
I Aguacate, in this province Tho money was
given 'to Malunga by Deputy Fernandez do
Castro, now the most influential man ln the
Captaln-Genoral's palace. Tbe Spanish troops
wen o the cave and found there fifty alck and
wor cd Insurgents who thought thoy were
safely concealed from tho Spaniards. They were
all assassinated.
Gen. Rafael de Cardenas of the Cuban Army
has w rlttcn a letter to the military commander
of tbe town ot Guines, announcing that tho in
surgents will Inflict vengeanco upon the Span
iards for tho murder of their leader Pltlrreand
themassacres at Cuban hospitals around Guinea.
The anthentio report comes from Camajuanl,
Santa Clara, that tho Spanish column of Col.
1 Ros klllod two insurgents after thoy had sur
I rendered to the Spanish. Their bodies wero de
livered for burial to an Inspector of Police
namodCabarroco, who found on them passports
signed by CoL Roca himself.
ITAEltlXQ TO THE aFAXISH.
Peace afeoaeagers Will no Shot Vnlrso Tney
Come Coucedlnr Cuba's Independence.
Scfior Tonias Estrada Palma, dolegato of tho
Cuban republic, gave out yesterday tho fol
lowing statement:
, "Tho death of Col. Ruiz did not occur ns tho
Spanish havo put It, whllo ho was negotiating
as a peace messenger under a flag of truce.
Again and again havo tho Cubans promulgated
tho law that all who should come to them with
peace propositions not based on tho indepen
dence of Cuba would be treated' as spies and
dealt with accordingly. CoL Ruiz not only
knew of the oxlstenco of tho law, but according
to the Spanish accounts, was personally warned
as to his fate. Gen. Blanco and Sccrotary-Gon-eral
Congosto, too, were well awaro of tho exist
ence of the decree Nevertheless these latter
took advantage of tho unfortunate Quixotism
of Col. Ruiz and sont him to the Cuban lines.
Tbo blood of CoL Ruiz is not on the hands of tho
Cubans, but upon tbe heads of Blanco and Con
goito, who sent him to his fate
"If the penalty of tbe law bad not been car
ried Into effect, doubtless Spain would have
taken advantage of tho fact to show that the
Cubans were not In earnest ln their rojoctlon ot
autonomy absolutely but were willing to listen
to arguments. This decree was not promul
gated because tbo Cubans nro afraid of disaffec
tion ln their ranks, but bocauso It is known that
innumerable Commissioners would othcrvlno
bo sent and on tholr return mako false state
ments, encouraging tho belief that paco mlgnt
ho established on a basis other than indepen
dence. "Such statements would only servo tho inter
ests of Spain In gaining time, with tbo result
ing death of thoutunds, owing to tho useless pro
longation of the war. Besides, the Cubans are
advised that tho Spanish aro seeking to enter
tbe Insurgent linos with the purpose of assassi
nating tho more important leaders. Documen
tary proof of this fact Is In our hands, and we
aro the more cautious when we remember that
ln 1870 Gen. Blanco authorized Gen. Polavleja,
ln Santiago do Cuba, to execute as many un
armod Cubans as the latter thought necossary,
as un example.
"It Is somewhat remarkable thut with the
first nows of tbe death of Col. Itulz came tbo an
nouncement of tho killing by tho Spanish of
ovr forty sick and wounded Cubans found ln a
hospital, and not a voice waa raised ln prote t
thoroat. Tho shooting of Cuban prisoners by
tho scoro passed almost without comment, tho
thousands of wounded Cuban soldiers slain ln
hospitals attracts but little notice, it is so com
mon. "According to all tho laws of civilized war
fare, the Cubans lrom the beginning bad the
right to retaliate ln kind, but they never havo
done so. On tho contrary, all prisoners taken
by them were et at liberty and tho wounded
attended to. We are denied by tho cntlro
world a status as belligerents, and might thero
foro claim that we have not the obligations to
conduct tho war as belligerents, but wo do not
intend to take tills stand either.
"The conditions obtulnlng In Cuba and the
character of tbo Spanish, demand, honever,
that wo take the nocenaary measures to speed
ily terminate the war by convincing tho world
that Independence nlono cun satisfy us. We
accordingly lssuo a docreo nnd solemnly warn
Spain of Kb enactment. If, despite this wnrn
ing, thoy persuade a man to bo rash enough to
come to us to treat on tho basis of autonomy,
we must elthor acknowledge that our laws aro
mado only to 00 broken or he compelled by a
zialnf ul duty to carry It Into effect. It is a ques
tion of the lives of ono or two rash men or of
tho lives of thousands of patriotic Cubans."
j
BVEAKEUHUIF IN UAllTLAXJh
Cbarsos Asalntt U. I Turner, Whoaa Caadl
daoy Host or Ibe tloltlinere Mombere Favor,
Baltimore, Dec 21. On Monday evening tbe
Baltimore city members of tbe Maryland House
of Delegates met In caucus at the Carrollton
Hotel and fourteen of the eighteen In at
tendance voted for B.L. Turner as their choice
for Speaker. Four of the rrnrcscn atlves left
tbo meeting and refused to voto for Turner, say
ing ho was unlit to servo In tho capacity.
To-day a sensation was sprung when charges
were published impugning the personal Integ
rity of Mr. Turner. As the Maryland Senator
ebfu Is involted In this fight, politicians are
considerably worked up over Iho matter. Mr,
Turner Is accused of shady money transactions,
ana he Is chargod with having "gono urong"
as custodian of a trust fund, which Sonator
Wellington had to make good as his surety.
Desks nl tCxwort Prices. Hale Cc?.,
So. ID Btent st., next Produce Exchaags-aiJa,
LEITEll'S JMO W2IEAT FUllCIIASEB.
Rls Total Holdlnr Sow Aggrearate 0,500,000
Dnsbels Testrrda Sales.
CnioAoo, Dec 8L Sash whoatls being do
llvorcd to Joe Loiter as fast as the elevator mon
can make it up. To-day's doltverlos to him were
1,000,000 bushels from Wearo nnd 000,000
from Armour. Letter's total holdings ot cash
wheat to-night aro S.bOO.OOO bushols, and olo
rator mon eny that thcro will bo fully 7,600,000
bushols ln storo bore by tho end ot tho month,
most of vthloh he will own. Thcro woro no
striking developments ln thomarkot to-day,
tho only fcaturo being Letter's purchase of
100,000 bushols of December wheat from Car-rtngton-Honnoh
at OOJL Tho rnngo for tho day
was from 08M to f LOL with tho close at ?1, or
tho samo as yesterday.
Georgo B. Fronch, Letter's manager, was very
busy on the floor giving out orders to buy and
sell May wheat, and his brokers traded in a way
that puzzlod the pit. When the magnitude of
the transactions ln wheat is considered it is
without parallel ln the history ot tho grain
trado at this season.
Thoro havo been times when as largo quan
tities havo been brought hero from tho North
west and other sections by rail, but nover since
Chicago became a market havn receipts boon
so large bylako, 0,070,000 bushels having
been rocolvod according to olllclal figures.
Tbcso aro nearly doublo tbo previous estimates,
the actual movement never having been cor
rectly compiled. Sinco tho 1st of Dccomber
there havo been received 4,425,000 bushels,
ot which 500,000 bushels are still afloat ln tbo
harbor. Receipts of contract grade to-day
were 400,000 bushels, making 600,000 bushels
in two days.
Thero aro eight days left befors tho December
trading comes to an end. In that time, ac
cording to tho estimates mado by tho elevator
mon, there will hnvo to bo nearly 2,000,000
bushels put Into store.
"Wo havo not been ln the market without
getting a profit," said P. D. Armour this even
ing. "Tho recent advance gavo us the best
chance of tho year to make money by bringing
tbo wheat here. As to tho futuro, I belle vo
they will como out ahead on it."
P. W. Wearo said ho believed that 40 per
cent, of tbo wheat shipped hero from tho North
west would bo sent back to Minneapolis for the
millers to grind into flour.
DENIED 11 T J1JI5. PVZLMAX.
Widow or the Cnr Builder H Not Elected to
Take llor Dower ItlshU In tbe Estnte.
Chicago, Doc 21. Mrs. George M. Pullman
makes a positive denial of tho story that she
hnd decided to renounce the part of her late hus
band's will relating to her and had elected to
tako tho dower interest which under law she
can do at any tlmo within a year from the date
ot filing tho will. While tho wldi.w makes a
positive assertion that she has not mado such a
decision she is very careful to avoid saying any
thing that would indicate what sbo may do at
some future time, nnd it is generally believed
that she will take that stop before tha legal year
expires. Her purpose it is said, will bo topro
vidofor her two eons, George M. and Sangor
Pullman, who were practically disinherited.
John S. Runnells, counsel for tho execntors,
also mokos a statement that points to tho pos
sibility of such an election at n future date out
ho says hn does not bellcvo that If such wero
Mrs. Pullman's purpose she would tako such a
step before the latter part of tho year allowed
her In which to deoldo, , j. , .. ,
"I ?nnnot understand why the papers keep
printing? such stories." said Mrs. Pullman to
day. "There la not tho slightest ground for
such a statement. I have not renounced my
portion under tbo will nnd elected the dower
interest, and do not know that I shall."
"There Is absolutely no truth In that story,"
said George M. Pullman to-day. "My mother
has not mado any such decision, and In fact
tbat matter has not ovon beon considered."
IIENUADEN ElsaiSQ COMBINE.
An Engllih Invention Efas Broucht About tbe
Sale or American Plants.
Tiverton, R. L, Dec. 2L Tbo report of tho
combination of tbe menhaden Interests of tho
country has been confirmed. It is moro than a
combination, however, tor It is nothing less
than the transfer of ovcry menhaden factory
and steamer from Delaware to Maine to a syn
dicate composed of English and American capi
talists. Tho sale was brought about through the in
vention of n new process of handling tho fish.
This process Is tho invention of an Englishman
named Stanley and It saves fully SO per cent,
over tbe old method.
Representatives of the owners of the patent
brought a model of the machlno to this country
and set 11 up ln tho factory ot the Church
Brothers ln this town. It was ln operation two
weeks, but betore tbat time expired tbe llsher
men wore convinced thnt tbey were behind tho
times and that theycouldnotcompote against tho
new Invention. It then became a question of
Cxlngprlces on tho plants. This has been done
and the deal Is complete Tho names of the
persons holding tho patents hnvo not yet been
made public. Tbe factory of the Churches here
Is ono of tho largest, if not tho largest, ln the
country. Tho concern was among the pioneers
ln the Industry.
A $18,000,000 3T1I.K TttUBT.
Hew York IU Cblrr market Milk ta Be
Cheaper and Uettrr, It Promises
Trenton, N. J., Doc 21. Tho Farm and
Dairy Product Company of Jersey City filed
articles of Incorporation to-day with tho Secre
tary of State It will havo a capital of $15,
000,000. Tho Incorporators aro John B. Bum
merfleld and Henry O. Evordcll of Brooklyn,
Samuel B. Lawrence and Francis B. Lowry of
Now York, and Burnham U. Stlcknoy of Eliza
beth, N. J. The syndicate or milk trust Is or
ganized with ImgliHh and New York capital.
Its business will bo to purchase milk from
farmers und distribute It to consumers.
Tbe organization of tho trust has been under
way several months, and John Gilmoro, the or
ganizer, says thnt a reduction In tho retail
Erico ot milk will follow, being made possible
y tbo economy ln an organized syBtem of do
livery, Tho chief market will bo New York
city, where about 4,000 wagons are now en
gaged daily in delivering the milk supply.
Under tho new system routes will be laid out,
bettor servlco bo ghen to consumers, and not
moro than a thousand wagons be required.
The present price ot milk Is 0 cents, and Mr.
Gilmoro eays the trust could do business at a
profit by belling nt 3 cents a quart. Farmers
will bo required .to supply a better quality of
milk and they will rocelvo better prices.
BllOT AT A BKIUSIEItTON.
One or Iho Crowd Probably Morlallr Wounded
by Ibe Bride's rather.
Monticeli.o, N. Y Dec 21. Lewis McGee
and Edith Racine wero married at noon yes
terday nt Starlight, a hamlet twelve miles
from Montlcello, and according to the long
established custom tho young peoplo gavo them
a sklmmerten ln tho ovening. At 10 o'clock the
old tin pans, horns, and guns which havo done
Borvico at many a similar affair were taken
from their places, and the sport of tho evening
began. Loading tha ".erunaders" was Wal
lace Stanton, a young farmer. 27 years old,
who had been an admirer of the bride. At tbe
firing .of the first gun Mllo Racine, the brido's
father, warned tho crowd to stop. This they
retusod to do. Tho old man look down lite
gun from tbe pegs behind the stove and walking
to the door tired two shots at the shouting,
dancing mob. One charge entered tbe bad: of
young Btauton and bo fell to the groumt. Tbo
other charge went wide. The wounded man
w us taken to his homo a short distance a tray.
Ho probably will die.
90O bc-heolbousM to lie Bold.
ToritKA, Kan., Doc 21. Tho Attorney-Gonoral
and State Superintendent of Publlo Instruction
to-day decided tbat tbo 200 schoolhousrs In tbe
depopulsted districts In western Kansas may bo
sold at publlo auction, 'these buildings have
stood for years unoccupied, the homo of bats
aud owls. In som cases enough tuxos have
beou collected from non-resident landowners to
keep a six months' terra of school running, In
many instances for tho benefit of a single family.
Tbo Talk oriba Town.
Simpson's now Loan Office and Bat Dsposlt Vaults,
Uil Wsstaid sk.i.suliieaU.Tay.-.adii, ,
JOSIAII QUINCY ELECTED.
BE WINS BOSTON'S HVNIOirAB
riaijx BT 4,000 rZUJlAZITT.
WlllSaeeetd Blmseir as the city's ChlerKi
entlve Tom Riley Polfod Only 9,S
Voles Ono Branch or the City Oclslatura
Mar Be Repnblloan Democrats Rejoice.
Boston, Doc 21. Mayor Qulncy was re
elected to-day, polling a tremendous rote, carry
ing every Democratlo ward and running very
strong In tbo Republican wards. Tho total vote,
with but ono small proclnct missing out ot 101,
1st qulncy, 30,707; Curtis, 39,741; Riley. 2,885.
Qulncy's plurality, 4,048.
The Riley vote, upon which tho Republicans
based their hopes ot defeating Qulncy, was
ridiculously small, a paltry 2,800 votes In placa
ot from 10,000 to 14,000 estimated by his man
agers and the Republican machine Tho outly
ing wards alone remained true to Curtis, but
tbo Republican majorities of former years wero
reduced. In fact the Republican vote prac
tically elected Qulncy.
Roturns from tho first eighty-four precincts,
mostly Republican, showed a small margin ln
favor of Curtis, but notoqual to tbo estimate
sent out by tho Republican City Committee
The roturns from tho strong Democratlo wards
soon put a quietus on their hopes, and early
ln tho ovening they gave up tho fight and con
ceded the oloctlon of Qulncy by a plurality. Tho
Democrats held a Jollification meeting ln Mayor
Qulncy's ofllco, whero tho successful candidate
greotcd his friends.
Tbe result Is acconntcd for by tbo men on the
Inside on tbo theory that tha Riley movement
was planned and executed by tho Republican
machlns ln an effort to divide tho Democratlo
vote. The general belief ln this fact cost tho
Republican party many hundrods of votes, and
secured for Mayor Qulncy many Democratlo
voters who might othom lso hat 0 cast their bal
lots for an independent candidate.
The voters undoubtedlyrofused to tako to
Mr. Riley seriously, and bis small vote Is thus
accounted for. It Is probable that tho Republi
cans will securo a majority In the Board of Al
dermen, but the result a 111 not bo known until
very late Tbo Common Council will bo over
whelmingly Democratic
In tho School Committee, one-third of which
body is chosen annually, tho republicans again
havo a preponderance, although it la tbe habit ot
Boston electors to disregard party lines in this
matter. I. P. Dnre Democrat, is reelected Street
Commissioner by 6,000, end tho city has voted
for licence by about the same majority as last
year, perhaps by a slightly reducod one.
Tho featuro of tbo oloctlon was the knif
ing of Candidate Curtla in tho heavy
Republican wards. In Ward 11, on the
Back Bay, Quiucy gained 072 votes over
Williams, candidate for Governor at tho
Bute eledtton; In Ward 20. the largest and
most wealthy of Dorchester and the home of
Curtis. Qulncy gained nearly 700 votes. Ou tho
other hand, ln the hnrd and fast Democratlo
wards, Curtis made only Blight gains.
The vote was Increased 10 per cent, over that
of tbo November election, and 85 per cent, of
-the registered voters went to tho polls. Straight
voting was the thing, and the vaunted Btrcngth
of Tom Riley, tho Urjan Democratlo candidate,
was dlsBlpated like the mist ln the morning sun.
Chairman MncCabo of tbe Republican City
Committee said early ln tho ovening thnt he
would demand a recount, but tbo majority
against his ticket grow so largo thnt bo will
probably change his mind. Ho and Mr. Curtis,
tho detooted candidate, attributed their disaster
to tho superior organization of the Democracy.
Mayor Qulncy says It is a "justification."
Mr. Rilpy ironically observed that on tho faco
ot the returns he was not elected. Patrick A.
Collins and the other Democratlo lights say it is
just what they expected.
KILLED BT BOBBERS.
An Old Man Choked to Death In nia Kitchen
nnd Ilia House Plundered.
St. Louis, Dec 21. Jacob Wcinerd, 00 years
old, was found dead in bis kitchen this ovening
by his wife Ho had been gagged and bound. A
handkerchief was tied across his mouth and a
towel was fastened around bis neck. He hod
bcon choked to death. His wife had been visit
ing bcr daughter. When she returned home
this evening Wcincrd was lying on the kitchen
floor, faco down. Sho ran and summoned the
neighbors. Iho house had been ransacked. A
satchel hnd been stolen and every receptacle- ln
tbo placo wns overturned. There nus evory
evldonceof a violent struggle. The windows of
tbo kitchen were bmkon and a poker was lying
under the dead man. The furniture was scat
tered altout tho room broken or overturned.
Dr. Orck. who was summoned to examine tbo
body, declared that death occurred about 8
o'clock this afternoon. Mrs Welnerd had been
away from borne stneo 8 o'clock ibis morning.
Woinerd worked nt the waterworks until a
month ago. He had no money, and bis wlfo
cannot remombor that ho ever had an enemy.
Robbery seems to havo been tho motlvo of the
crime, but tho culprits secured vory little booty.
SIX NEOROEB EBOAPE FROM JAIL.
Town or Newport Kewo Wn Voting at the
Time on Spending Money ror is Wow Structure
Newport News, Va., Dec 21. A jail de
livery occurred at the Warwick county prison
here at about G o'clock this evening. Six negroes,
all serving sentences ranging ln time from six
to twelvo months for felonies, are -at large
When Jailer Curtis went to the cage at a Uttlo
after 0 o'clock with tholr supper ho discovered
that Instead of eight guests he hnd only a pair.
Ihoso who escaped wero Tom Johnson, W. 1L,
Lauronce, K. Jones, William James, John Mor
ris, and Brant Williams. During tbe afternoon,
with the aid of a chisel, a knife, nnd a (lie which
had been smuggled In to them, tbe men dug a
hole through a double brick wall large enough
to ndralt them to the Jail yard. Then a blankot
was thrown over the high wall and the escapo
was comparatively easy.
A peculiar coincidence Is the fact that aspeclal
election was held In tbo city to-day to see if tho
Freeholders would voto to lssuo bonds to tbo
amount of 81(0,000 tor tho purpose of building a
now tall. Tho projoct narrowly escaped defeat.
Tbo Jail now ln uso Is an old one, long Binds
declared unfit for use, and escapes have been
frequent.
HILLED IN A STREET DUEL.
Former Joyce Shoots Mr, Montgomery ror BU
Attentions to Bis Wlfo.
UAHTVlLMt, Mo., Dec 21. A street dnel oc
curred bore at noon to-day, and as a result R. 0.
Montgomery, a wealthy real estate agont who
had won prominence in politics. Is dead, and
John J. Joyce, a retired farmer, Is charged with
being his murderer. The killing Is the outcome
of Montgomery's attentions to Sirs. Joyco.
Montgomery wis divorced about three years
ago and since then has been living with bis
children. Joyco frequently protested against
the Intimacy which was maintained between
Montgomery nnd Mrs. Joyco.
On last Saturday Mrs. Joyce left home for
Council Bluffs, la., Montgomery accompanying
her. She did not return this morning, though
Joyce learned before noon that Montgomery
wns back In town. Both men drew their revol
vers as Boon as tbey saw each other on tha
street to-day. Not a word wns spoken, Mont-
frumory fell at the second shot. He died Instant
y, Joyco willingly gave himself up.
SAVANNAH NEOROEB FROTEBT,
They Resent Ibe Ileoolutlons nnetllnr Presi
dent McUlnler Wot 10 Uococnlso Tbelr Race.
Savannah, Go., Dec 21. Tho colored resi
dents of Savannah are incensed at tbe resolu
tions adopted at tho joint meeting of the Cotton
Excnango nnd Board of Trado yesterday, pro
testing against tbo appointment of a colored
man to olllco ln Snvanuuh by President Mo
Kinley. The following circular has been issuedi
To nil loyal eolortd men;
" Your rnco has been Insulted. Will you re
sent it I Meet at Harris Street Hnll on Wed.
ncsduy night, Dec 22, at 8 o'clock, nnd
stamp your disapproval. Attend yourself, and
cneourago your friends to do so. Do not allow
an Insult to your race to go by without resenting
It. Boloyul."
Cbas National to Doublo IU Capital.
At'a ineetlogof the stockholders of the Chase
National Bank yesterday it was voted to in
rre so the capital ot the bank from &500.0UO to
1,000,000.
WaMorf-Aatorta, Manhattan, Holland. Hoffman,
Delmunlco's. Hurray 11111 ilutela. havo IJalluutlue's
lirowu Slout India iale and iturlon Ales, Ask for
toauy Adu,
TBEY UOttllED NEBRASKA.
Tho Sum srasny.NTl Stolen Coder Three State
.tilinlnlalrnllont.
Lincoln, Nob., Dec 21,-Kxport Accountant
Frod Jewell to-day revealed more crookedness
In the Republican administrations of tbe past,
This timo It wns boodle obtained through mis
management of tbo Stato prison hero, tho aggre
gate stoal reaching $537,871.
Tho Uxpajors find small comfort In the as
surnnco which tho report gives thnt only about
(0,000 of this amount is rocovorable, although
ho says II. 0. Russell, Chairman pt tho State
Board of Lands and Buildings and his board is
responsible for nearly $12,000 misspent ln tho
last year.
Tha half million was gobbled up under tho
throo Republican administrations preceding
thopresouU In those days convicts cost tho
State about (13 a week, whllo they now cost
only $3. v
Tho report shows wholesalo stealings by War
dens Dorgan, Stout, and Monhor ot tbe rifles,
shotguns, and furniture beside groceries, cloth
ing, meat, and other ncccssarlos sufficient to
supply several families.
Tho report also shows that within a period ot
five years contractors muloted tho Stato
for over $500,000, and tho suggestion Is
made that perhaps State ofllctals, many
of whom aro Involved, got a slice. Al
together only about a dozen men are
answerable for perhaps $10,000 stolen botwecn
1873 and 1S05, and it will bo hard to recover
this amount or to even punish the culprits.
WALKED TITO UII.ES JN 1113 BLEEP,
Carey Was Barefooted nnd Rls NlBblefletbea
Were Wet from the Rain.
James Carey of Chestnut street, Kearny,
N. J., was arrested at 1 o'clock yesterday morn
ing whllo walking through tho streets of the
town ln his sleep and dressed only ln his nigh t
clothos. Ho was caught after he had traversed
nearly two miles. His feet wore bare and his
nlghtclothes had been saturated by tho cold,
drizzling rain that was falling.
When taken to tho police station Carey said
he had gone to bed at tho usual hour with a
slight headache, but otherwise ln a normal con
dition. He said he had nover walked in his
sleep before to his knowledge.
STEIN OUTSIDE TUB CODE'S FAZE.
Was Once Convicted of Murder nnd Ueaca
Tbero Will Be Wo Oeorsla Dnel.
Atlanta, Go., Dec 21. On the ground tbat
Editor Orth Stein was once convicted of murder
in Kansas City, both Solicitor-General O'Neill
and Attorney Johnson havo withdrawn tholr rep
resentatives, and all negotiations for a duel over
the publication of the arrest of a Savannah party
for playing pokor ln the Kimball Houso hero
aro off. O'Neill and Johnson now say that they
are going about armed, and that If 8toln nsaln
mentions their names In hts paper thoy will shoot.
To-night Stein Issued a statement reiterating all
his old charges and openly asserting that either
bo or his enemies will have to Icnve town or die
An encounter Is noxt to Impossible at present,
for all the persons concerned in tho violent con
troversy are being guarded by tho police Rep
resentative Oliver, tbe principal witness to the
assault that followod Stein's publication, will
recover from the ovcrdoso ot morphine which
ho took on Saturday.
BE WON A WIFE.
Malonn'a Compensation ror tbo Lou or tha
Claim. Ho Was Arter.
Tofeea, Kan., Dec 2L The marrlago to-day
ot Richard Malono and Miss Mary Hlldreth at
Caldwell, Kan.. Is the culmination of a romantlo
experience. When the Cherokoo Strip was
ppened for settlement on Sopt, 18, 1893,
Malone and Miss Hlldreth, at tho. report
of tho signal gun along tho southern Kan
sas border, on tholr well-trained horses,
mode the famous raco ovor tho plains togother
for a home In tho Indian lands. Tho claims they
desired lay five miles south of Caldwell. Tbey
wore maintaining a good lead In the mad rush,
when suddenly the girths of Miss UUdreth's
saddle broke. Her escort saw Her dilemma,
reined In his horse and assisted her. She could
go no further, so they staked two claims Bldo by
side.
They then erected a house on Miss Hlldreth's
claim just across tbe line Malone erected a
barn. In wblcb he lived during bis enforced
residence on his claim. Miss Hlldreth occupied
the bouse. Last week tbey both proved up their
claims, and to-day they wero married.
BAM HOUSTON'S SON.
Re Pleads Cullty to Riilinar Judco Jennings In
Oklahoma m Year Acs.
Wiobtta, Kan,, Dec 21. This morning in tho
District Court for Woodward county, Okla
homa, at Woodward, Senator Templeton Hous
ton entered a plea of guilty to tho charge
of killing Judge Jennings a year ago. Hous
ton Is a son of tho late Gen. Sam Hous
ton, a lawyer of acknowledged ability, and
headed the Oklahoma delegation in tho Chicago
Convention which nominated Bryan for Presi
dent. Ills first killing in the Jennings family
was Edward Jennings, who waa killed by Hous
ton In a fitrbt about two years at Woodward,
Houston's life being saved by Sheriff Jack Love,
who wounded the pistol band of John Jennings,
another brother, as ho brought his gun down
upon Houston.
DEMAND FOR NEW OOLD PIECES.
Sub-Treasury Rao Plenty, Dnled ISO, ror
Christmas Presents.
Tbe usual before-Cbrlstmas demand for gold
pieces for presents Is making Itself felt at the
Sub-Treasury. A constantly changing- line of
from fifteen to twenty persons stood during
business hours yesterday ln front of tho paying
teller's window ln tbo gold room. Tho appli
cants wanted to exchange legal tenders and
Treasury notes for gold pieces of '07. and all
were able to get them, as the Institution has on
hand a lnrgo supply of new &'s, 10's and 20's,
There Is only a very limited supply, however,
of 2K-dollar gold pieces, and there are no dol
lars oxcept for an occasional stray speolmen.
Gold dollars havo not been paid out at tho Sub-
7 treasury tor many years. The Government no
onger coins them.
FORGOT TO CLOSE A BWXTOB.
A Brnkeman'a SosllBenes Caaaea lha Dath or
Two Loeomotlt o Engineers.
TEimn Haute, Ind., Dec 21. The brakeman
on a freight train on tha Chicago and Eastern
Illinois forgot to close a switch at Cayuga to
day, and the " New Orleans special" ran Into his
train, cautlng tbe death of Engineer Hobson of
the Now Orleans train and 8. E. norsen, a new
engineer, who was travelling with him to learn
the road.
Fireman Gleason ot the passenger engine Is
seriously Injured, as Is also ii. i. Kellogg, In
spector of air brakes. Tbe engines were
I wrecked.
bOLDIER L1KAM KILLED.
Bun Over by Truck Tbat Wns Carrilnar
Throe Tons or Torpedo Cnbto.
W1LLET8 Point, L. I., Dec 21. Joseph Llkam,
a private In tbe United States Engineer Bat
talion, was klllod hero about 3 o'clock tbls after
noon. Ho was driving the lead horse attached
to a truck loaded with a drum of torpedo cable
weighing three tons wbenjio stumbled and fell.
Both tbe forward and rear wheels on ono side ot
tbe truck passed over him. Ho lived only about
twenty minutis.
Ho had been a snldlercontlnuously for twenty
eight years. He leaves a widow and a daughter
A vnara nld.
Collector llrpner Robbed by Masked Mrn.
Plainviei D, N. J., Die 21. Charles IL Hep
ner, a collector for the Metropolitan Insurance
Company, reported to tbo police to-nlgbt that
ho had been robbed by two masked men In
West Third atreot at half past 5 o'clock this
afternoon, llopncr unld that as he was hurry
ing home two men sprang out from behind a
tree, Ono seized him by tho throat and tbo
other searched bis pockete, securing about KM.
Laical Marine lutelllceure,
Arrirtd fit Normtssla, from Olbrtltar.
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ItER FLEET SETS OUT FOR NORTEC " OTW
CHINA WATEBS. JgJ
Sho la Biprctrd In Demand at Concession la 3
Dalance Thoso Granted In Uermany and i?iV
Russia Dora She Want Carerno, or Quel ltJ
rnrt Island, or Tnllen-Wnn Bay I It la Bald ;ftt
Russia Has Orrered thlnn a Large Loan-. ,m
Japan Looks On Complacently The Crnlifr Jw
Jrnn Rart flora to China to Btrenathen lha ?$$
French Bqundron There Reporters Bieludr4 .iK
from the flerman Fleet In Ittao Chou flay, ui'ji?
3jMfalCatlaX)uarAfaroTni8cii. h WH
London, Dec 21. A despatch from Shanghai &&
to a news agency here says that n British fleet 'M
has started north, for tho purpose. It Is believed, ' Wf
of supporting Sir C. M. Macdonald, tho British; fiw
Minister, ln his declared intention to demand ! Rl
from China a concession to balance thoso JW
granted to Germany and Russia. It is boltovcd, . V
In Shanghai that Japan Is cooperating wills. JM
Great Britain. t&
Iho British cruiser Edgar and two torpedo "jab-oats
sailed from Singapore yosterday, bountt W'-
for China. ,,Sjsl
The Standard urges the Government to main Tto;
tain close relations with Japan. 'm&
SuANanAt. Doc 21. It Is declared here thai i 5J
Russia notified Japan othor intention previous ?&
to occupying Port Arthur, Russia has six larga ' .;
and eight inferior warships, with a complement ' ',
of 0,000 men, ln tho Chinese Boas. , (k
Numerous reports aro current hero regarding inE
the Intentions of Great Britain. One report J
asserts that sho will occupy Tallen-wan, with, ,;i3J
tho view to commanding tbo entrance to the) .W
Gulf ot Pechlll, while others say that shew IU W
take possession of Chsfoo, Chusan, or tho Island U
of Quelpart, M
'It is also reported that Russia has offered to M
China a loan to enable her to dlschargo the In. &.
demnlty due to Japan. S,
Admiral yon DIedrlch, the commander of the js
German squadron at Klao Chou Bay, has given $j
orders excluding newspaper men from the war- S,"
ships, and preventing all foreigners, oven Ger ; TjB
man residents, from boarding tbo vessels. ,fo
Toeio. Dec 2L The occupation of Port Ar ' v?
thur by the Russians has excited no talk here o( jfi"
reprisals or of maintaining Japanese Interests. Jrc
The press treats tho matter calmly. ' M
Pakis. Doc 21. Tho Frenoh cruiser Joan ,
Bart has been ordered to sail from Brest for ;jw
Chlncso waters to strongthon tho French squad- 'A?
ron thore Jbj
DEFZECTIONS OF THE NEEDLE. !
Remnrbnbln Vngnrlea of tbe Blnanetlo Iffeedla -jig.
In a Lnrare Pnrt of Central Ruaala. W&
Spictml CabU Dtipatch (o Tna Son. -'?.
Moscow, Dec 21. Experiments that hava -W
been mado by Russian and French savants la :jj
connection with tho remarkable deflection ot -M
the magnetic needle over an immonse area in -'jS
central Russia have given curious results. f,M
The observations wero. confined to the strip ot --0fc
country between Moscow and Kharkov, a dls- ,
tance of about 860 miles. Tho ncedlo showed l;
the greatest aberrations ln tho provlnoe ot 'W
Kursk, where in tbe north it was deflected 20. ;WL
One hundred and fifty miles southeastward the) ,15c.'
doflectlon oxecodod OU', the needle pointing oast Si;
and west. Instead of north and south. .i
Engineers who are engaged building railroads "Jf,",
in thut part of the country aro much Interested, -,M1
in tho experiments. Tbey speoulato as to how srw
tbe magnetization will affect tho durability of , ,jj
the rails. 'tjfC
It Is known that rails are usually more dura. !;
bio when laid north and south than In other di. -'Ri:
recllons, the greatest wear from magnetism be W'-
ing when they ore laid due east and west. ' &il
ZORIZZARDHUTBHE. jfjl
Br, Jacob Lorltlard Harried ta the Widow of 'M
a Newspaper Hin, c$f
-fractal CaM Despatch 10 Tmt Bus. jjgj
London, Dec 21. Mr. Jacob Lorlllard of New gfe-
York city, brother of Mr, Pierre Lorlllard, wot) M;
married to-day to Mrs; Uuyshe. Tho weddlna . iftj
was a very quiet one, only relatives and inti- jjSj
mate friends of tha bride and groom being pros- -K;
ent Tho couple will spend their honeymoon in ff-:
Paris, and will thence returu home '!
Mr. Lorlllard sailed from Now York two weeks ySf i
ago for tbe purpose of getting man led. He met j
Mrs. Uuyshe travelling In Europe last ' fflj
summer, and tho members ot his family Wj
have known for some time of tho an- m)
preaching marriage. Mrs. Huyshe Is tha -
widow of a former attncha of the London bureau;
of tbo Ntw York Herald, who was n son of a '- J6f
General In the-Knglish Army. Mr. Lorlllard is 'St
a widower, his first wlfo having dlt don Aug. 1. , "5,
1800. Sbo wns a Miss Frances Uhlhorn. He) I,
has three grown children. They aro Ernest, ?,
Jacob. Jr.. and Mrs. William H. Sands. i
Mr. Lorlllard lives at Throgg's Neck, Wosb. Jf
ches'er county. Ho was one of the first Amerl- f
cans to go In for steam yachting, and he has) "in
built and sold more steam yachts than any othor ' '
private individual In this country. Ills son-ln. ,
law, Mr. Sands, Is tbe champion of St. Andrew's) vf
Golf Club. jg
RACE WAR IN AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, 5
It nnaKi tended to tho Annr A Fight Between) M
Two Regiments. g
Snelal CabU Dtipatch to Tns BD. g
London, Dec 21. A despatch to the Dally 8
AfafZ from Vienna records Incidents showing ' fl
that racial animosity has extended to the army 3?
A racial quarrel ln tho Ferdinand Infantry bar- j
rocks at Prague resulted ln a fight with sldd V?
arms between tbe 102d Bohemian and tha ,'S
Eighteenth German regiments. ,W
Ono soldier was killed nnd snvon were danger- 1
ously wounded. The Bohemian rogimcut has ',
since been transferred to another placo. 1
The Twenty-eighth Infnntry Regiment, which ii
was recruited entirely In Prague, sullenly to lm
fused to do duty on the streets during tho
recent rioting In that city. Since then tba ?.
regiment has been confined to its barracks. fit
TAHITI ANNEXED TO FBANOB, 'M
Tho Bill Passes tbe Chamber Havre as a Post T.
tor Larxo Ships. ' M
5jc(a! CabU Dtipatch to TVS Bint.
Paius, Dec 21. The Chamber of Deputies to , jF
day paascd the bill providing for tho annexation ! ,;'4
of Tahiti by France 'j
A committee discussed the bill dealing with
tbo Mew York mall service M. Monjaret d , 'j
Kerjegu contended that Hnvro could not ao (
commodate the large vessels capable of making A
22 or 23 knots which must be built. .. LjM
M. Boucher maintained that the ordinary t m
speed would not for a long time exceed 20 3j
knots. Kconomio Interests, ho enld, demanded, im
tbe continuing of Havre as the terminus ot tho m
A tlautlo service l-JB
WELZHAN'B NEXT VENTURE. ' j,
Ue Wilt Start for Iho Norlb Pole Most Tear by j Tj
Way or Vraus Jvsor Land. W
j.aJCab! Da(MoTsiBu. ft
CnntSTlANIA. Dec. 21, Mr. Walter Wellman t-ift
has bought at Troinso the sealer Laura, a vessel $M
of lo3 tons, for tho expedition which he will j
lead to Franz Josef Land In Juno next. Nino m
men, chiefly Norw cglans, will accompany htm.
Mr. Wellman, formerly a newspaper corro. , I
spoiident ul Washington, led an expedition to jZY.
Spitsbergen severtil juursHgo. for the purpose leg!
uf attempting a Journey ot cr tbe sea Ice toward i!ri
tlio Nut th Pole 'Iho Hoather conditions woro .?
very unfavorable, aud tbo expedition was do- :5?l
Mr. Wellman's present purpose Is to advance '
northward over the Islands of Krnnz Josef Land, tg
as far ns possible in tbe season or ltf'Jd, to pitch '1!
bis nlntur camp at the furthest iwlnt reached, .
und In the season of 18011 In nmkuim attempt 3
lei reach the North Pole, rilu-o Niuiacunud lha 3
Fram ri'turiicd, tho Franz Jin Laud. approach, ft
to the polo has nut becu lu f n or am''Uff Axouo w,
authorities, . fv
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