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W TEtE SUN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1808. ' 8, ?
f CUBA IN THE ASSEMBLY.
riro nrsoLVTiosa FAronixo del.
tiovitEsar a in: discussed.
A bitllula Adopted Easreaalnsr lirapattar
nlth Ibe Patriot, an Dentmacln lbs
Atrocltlia rommllted by Npantsh Troop
Oliver I" Alt" In After the U Compantr.
AMiASV, Jan. 21. Tho Assembly spent moit
of Its cession to-night In a discussion of tho
Cuban question. Tho dobato was based upon
tno resolutions offorcd last wook bjr Sir. Collins
(Dot.. K. Y.) and Mr.lteddlngton (Dam., N. Y.),
catling upon tlio Federal Oovcrnmont to recog
nize tho belligerency ot the Cubans. Mr. Kclscy
mep Livingston), acting as tho leader of tho
majority In tho absonco of Mr. Nixon, offorod
s a substttuto for both resolutions tho fol
lowing: lltiolud (It the Senate concur), Tbat the cause ot
Cuba from the beginning of the revolution has de
lervsd ami tiaa received the sympathy of our people,
whose earnest hopea are for Itaapeedy triumph. As
rtprcsrntatlTea In tho Legislature ot the Statu ot
Hair York, we unite In denouncing the atrocities
committed by Spanish troops upon the Cubans, and
we appeal to our national OoTernmcnt for tho exer
cise of Its Influence In behalf of peace, by whatever
means necessity may require, at the earliest moment
when Ha obligations, other than thoae affecting
Spain, will permit the termination of the struggle.
. nttolvtd, Tbat a copy ot the foregoing resolution be
forwarded by tbo Clerk of the Assembly to the pre
siding oltleer of the Senate and to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives In Congress.
Speeches in f mror ot tho bolllgcrency resolu
tions wero uiado by thoir Introducers and by
Messrs. Donnelly and Phillips (Denis., N. V.).
Mr. Perkins (Hep., Monroe) said that the
Cuban question was without tho proTlnce ot
the Legislature. It has no mora right to Instruct
Congress, as proposed by tho Democratic resolu
tions, than Congress would baro to instruct tho
legislature on Now York affairs.
Mr. Armstrong (Hop., Monroe) advised tho
Democrats, it their sympathies wero so acutely
aroused, to subscrlbo to tho cause part of their
salaries for this week.
Mr. Chsnler (Dem N. Y.) rotortod that Tam
many Hall had alroady subscribed $20,000 for
that purpose. He assured his colleagues that
Cuba would bo free before June 1 , and said that
the concession ot belligerent rlchts would ter
minate the atrugglo in short order.
Mr. Kelsey said that his resolution covered
the samo ground as the othors In expressing the
sympathy of tho people of tho State for the
Cuban causo. and stoppod short only of instruct-
' big Congress as to its course.
The subBtltuto was adoptod, 71 to GO, all three
of the Cits, including Mr. Sellgsberg, who is a
Democrat, voting with tho llopubllcans.
Assemblyman Oliver (Dcm., N. Y.) continued
his pursuit ot tho New Vork city gas companies
in another direction to-night. lie has already
Introduced a bill for dollar pas in New York.
To-night he offered a resolution which directs
the Commissioner ot Buildings, Lighting and
Supplies to report to tho Assembly within ten
days, fully and accuratoly, tho names ot tho
oreral companies now in oxlstcnce which sup
ply illuminating gas in Now York city, and tho
amounts charged to and reccirod from their
several and individual subscribers and custom
ers, publlo as well as private, Jn that city. Ho
shall also report tho amount ot tho stocks and
bonds Issued by each of tho several companies,
tho fair valuation of tho property and appur
tenances owned by each ot said companies, and
the assessed valuations upon the properties and
appurtenances of each of these companies for
the years 181X1 nnd 1897.
This resolution went over under theruloand
a similar course was tnken with another resolu
tion introduced bv Mr. Oliver, directing tho
State Superintendent of Banks to report to tho
Assembly within ten days tbo savings hanks
which own and occupy buildings exclusively
for their own buslnoss purposes andtboruluo
thoreof. Tho resolution also calls for Informa
tion regarding the amount of Interest recoiled
by them upon deposits nnd surplus, tho amount
of Interest credited depositors during 1800 and
181)7. and the amount of salaries paid bank
olllrlals.
Mr. Ollvor says that many savings banks In
New York occupy exclusively for their own bus
iness real estate valued at from one to two mil
lions of dollars. Ho thinks that If tbeso bank
buildings wero rented In part for business pur
poses or less oxpenslve property used by tho
pavings banks for tho transaction of their own
business, the nionoy now invested in bank build
lngs would earn Interest and could be .added to
tbo depositors' profits,
Atsembljmnn DclanylRop., Onondaga) offorod
resolution declaring that the contracting of
municipal work led to tho degradation of work
men, with tho only benofltof enrlohlng the con
tractors at tho expense ot tho municipalities.
The resolution empon ers Speaker O'Grady to ap
point a special commltteo ot live members
to Investigate tho question and dotermlno
Vthelber municipal work could not bo nioro
satisfactorily performed by day's labor, and if
so, to recommend necossnry legislation nt tho
next session. Tho committee is to sit during
tho summer months In any city In tho State,
and may employ nn attorney, stenographer, nnd
messenger, though Its expenses must not execod
87,500. Tho resolution was referred to tho
Way&and Means Committer.
A resolution offered by C. J. Clark (Rep., Jef
ferson) was adopted, expressing sympathy In
the death of Senator Joseph Mullln of Wator
town, nnd directing the Speaker to appoint a
commltteo of three to report a sultablo memorial
to his memory.
The Statutory Revision Commission is pre
paring a bill to prohibit trading stamps, In ac
cordance with Federal statutes against gift
snterprlso concorns, and it will be Introduced
some time thlBwcok. Theso bills wero intro
duced In the Assembly:
Mr. 81oaDO Abolishing a close season for tbo hunt
tag of bsres and rabblta, and allowing tho moot
ferrets for rabbit hunting.
Mr. C. J, Clark Fixing an open season for wood
ock and grouse between Sept. 1 and Deo. IS, and
providing that nn prrson shall take more than thirty
all of either In an open aeaaon.
Mr. Sehulti-Approprlatlng 8180,000 for tho Im
provement of highways.
TheSenato passed n few bills to-night. Includ
ing Senator wloman's bill authorizing tbo ap
pointment of an additional laborer for each
ten horses stabled In armories of squadrons,
Jroops. battorles, nnd Blgnal corps. Among tho
Dills Introduced In tho Sonate wero those:
Senator Chahoon-Approprlatlng $77,252 for the
completion or the centre aeotlon and rut wing ot the
Dannemora Mate Hospital for Insane Convicts.
Senator Wleman Orantlog 200 pensions for life
to all surviving disabled volunteer firemen of the
corpugus or Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Alio prohibiting printing and photo-engraving In
penal Instltutlona.
Also prohibiting the hunting, killing, possession, or
sals of wild moose or elk, except that they may txi
brought Into the State for breeding purposes, and
that their meat may bo possessed or sold during the
Mason for the possession of venison, it killed outside
of the State.
Also prohibiting possession or sale of deer or vent
son except from Aug. 18 to Nov. SO.
Senator Johnson Authorlrlng Mh and game pro
tectors and foresters to make search where they hao
probabli cause to brlteva that flh or game la con
cealetl In olatl in of law, without search warrant,
xeept aa to bulldluga In the counties ot New Vork
and Kings.
Senator Koehler Prohibiting catching or killing
njii In any mannrr, except uugllng, In Jamaica Hay,
natiands Hay, Orasay Ilay, or nny of tho waters
adjacent and opening into tbo ocean through Inlrta.
DKUOCRATB JT.Y CONFERENCE.
Tfcey Decide ta Fight the Ilrpubllenn Canal
Invrsllmtlou mil.
Amunt, Jan. 21. The Democrats In the As
sembly held a brief conference to-night after
adjournment, nnd ngrced to fight tho bill pro
viding for tho appointment by Oov. Black of a
commission of beven to Investigate tho cannl
expenditures. They will support tho substitute
bill outlined by Senator fun tor last week. It
will namo n commission of throo Uopubllcans
nd two Democrats, who shall report to thoLeg
lslaturo before it ndjourns. Tho Democrats will
take the stand that Oov. Black should not be
left free to appoint n commission of politicians
to bring in a whitewashing report. Tit o) ears
"gotbey fought tbo tonsnlldatlon bill on tho
ground that tho commission to bo appointed by
Uov. Morton would draw a charier In the in
terest of tho Republican parly. Tho commis
sion named by him was ot Btirh uhlgh ohms
that It wns above criticism. Tho Democrats
known w ell as nin body vise that (Jnv. Black
win appoint n nimllur commission In tho nroioiit
instance, but they will try lo make political
capital now. as tboy tried In IBM).
flieonly thing the DcmncraU really fear Is
tu.it the cunal inrustJgntion will prove a boom
erang for thrni, and will convince tho peoplo of
the Plate that tho canal Improvements should
bo continued under Republican direction, It
will take sot enty-alx ntllnnntlvo votes to pass
1 the Cannl Investigation bill. Tho Republican
, lenders oro counting on sovtnty-clght. tho sumo
I ''umber tbitt voted for Mr. O'Orady for Speaker.
! liAlnibecr nnd Weeks, tho two Republican Oils,
will probably voto with iho Democrats. Tho
1 light will bo mode on Wolncsduy. when tho bill
will bo a special order.
I Reorganised Union Pacific.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan, 21. Tho new managers of
the Union Pacific have filed articles of Incorpo
ration of the reorganised company. The papers
I Jhow a capitalisation of t5l8U,O0O,0O0 and
' twi fcLrPnf ld th Utt CUb
JBJiaXt AND OUR XAX X.AWB.
A Measure t Mill Lot Methods of Heir Terat
Tax sjammlalonera.
TrtKNTon, Jan. 2t.-Tho fight between New
Jersoy and New York over tho corporations has
been renewed in tho Loglslnturo. A bill was
introduced to-night rendorlng it unnecessary
for corporations organised under tho laws ot
Now Jorsey to sot forth in their certificates or
statements tho location ot thoir buslnoss
outsldo ot tho State of Now Jersey, or tho
address of any stockholder or director,
mcrelr requiring thorn to glvo the address of
tho principal olllco in Now Jersey and provid
ing that nil notices for tho corporation or Its of
ficers sent to that address shall bo sufficient
notice. The tmssago ot this act will do away
with tho nocesslty for placing in public rocords
information of value only to tho tax gatherers
ot othor States, nnd will block nny Now
York Inquisition based on New Jersey's
publlo records. Lost yosr tho New York
Legislature, by tho Loxow aot, sought to make
it impracticable for n foreign corporation to
do business in Now York. Thereupon tho Now
Jersoy Legislature, without a dissenting voto,
passed what has boon described as an act in pro
tection of corporations, which destroyed much
ot tho forco of tho Lexow act.
This year tho tax department In Now York
has caused records to bo searched In Now Jersey,
and from tiioso records has boon made a list
which includes tho namo of overy corporation
organized under tho laws of New Jer
soy whose cortlricato ot incorporation
states that It Intends to do business
in New York. Tho namo ot overy stockholder
obtained from tho cortlllcnto of incorporation,
which Is filed ot necessity In tho Secretary of
Stato's ofllcc. who resides In New York or lias
an olllco In Now York, nnd the namo ot overy
olllcer and director of n New Jersey corporation
whoso rosldonco nnd Post Oftlco address are con
tained In tho atntcmont tiled, and who resides
or docs buslnoss in Now York, was got in this
way.
Now York Stato hns been more clover In pro
tecting Its corporations from forolgn taxation.
It only requires a Post Olllco nddrcsB of tbo
stockholders nnd directors, and this Is not neces
sarily tho residence Post Olllco address. Stock
holders aro at liberty to designate ns a Post
Olllco address n box lit tho Now York city Post
Olllco. Tho amendment proposed to New Jer
sey's Corporation law will mako only tho samo
requirements ns tho Now York law.
Tho Stato ot New York, having obtained tho
Information concerning stockholders of Now
Jorocy corporations residing in Now York, has
served notico of tnxatlon against tho corpora
tions upon every oftlcer or stockholder whoso
address appears from the recordB to bo in New
York Stuto. irrespective of tho question
whether tho corporation has ovor dono
nny business there. A letter from tbo
directors of a New Jersey corporation
to tbo Now York Tax Department, stating
that tho corporation has never transacted any
business In tho Stato of Now York: tbat it has no
olllco thore, nnd hns no property there and novcr
had, brings tho rcspnnso that unless tho return Is
tiled tho company will bo tnxod pitch nn amount
ns tho assessors may spoilt. Tho Now Jersey
director residing in New York or doing business
in New York, thus served Id In a dilemma. It
he makes no return, than tho tax will bo assessed
ncalnst tbo company ana will bo mndo n debt
of tho company to tho Stato, nnd upon Its
non-payment a suit may be brought agilnst
htm as one ot the directors rosldlng
In tho State, under tbo provisions of Iho Lexow
net. and tho only way in which he enn get tho
tax removed Is to begin proceedings in a court,
which will put him to an expenso not Inconsid
erable. Frequently tho Now Jersey director
or stockholder is served with a subpeuna
to appear before n Commissioner and Is
required to produco all tho books and
papers of tho company. Tho proceedings aro
carried on until the director and stockholder of
n Now Jersey company residing In New York Is
so much harassed and annoyed that frequently
ho concludes it better to orgnnlio his companies
hercaf tor under tholaWB of New Y'ork, or to
withdraw entirely from tho New Jersey corpo
ration. Now York hns ndded to tho personal tax
of cvory stockholder In u New Jersey corpora
tion within Its Jurisdiction the nmountot stock
hold by him in n New Jersey corporation.
Last year Now Jersey received mora than
81.000.000 franchise tax from corporations
doing business practically wholly out of tho
Stale, and each year this amount Is Increasing,
The Legislature hns always practiced liberality
with tho corporations, nnd tbero Is no doubt
tbat the proposed bill will bo passed.
vniTUAitr.
Tho Rer. Michaol J. Cramer of East Orange,
N. J., a brotbor-ln-law of Gen. Grant, whoso
death at Carlisle, Pa., was announced in Tub
Son yosterday, recoived tho degree of Doctor of
Divinity from Syracuse Unlvorslty, and the de
grco of Doctor ot Laws from Ohio Weslcyan
University, whero ho was graduated in
J 859. Ho was born in 1833 In Schaft
hauson, Switzerland, but came to tho Unltod
States when a child with his parents. His
mother died when ho was 5 years of age.
His father met with business reverses,
so that young Cramor had to go to work
in a Gorman printing office. Ho educated
himself at night, and prepared for college,
working his way through. He was appointed
Consul at Lelpslo by President Johnson and
served at that placo four years. In response to
a petition from business men at Cincinnati,
where Dr. Cramer had been pastor of n Metho
dist church, Gen. Grant appointed him Minister
to Denmark in 1871. a post which ho hold until
IH81. when Gen. Gnrlleld mado him Charg6
d'AfTalrot to Switzerland, with hontlquartcrsnt
Heme. Ho returned to tho United States In
1885. tho day after Gen. Grant died, and slnco
tbnt tlruo had devoted himself to literary work
and teaching. Ho was professor of systematic
theology in Boston University, professor
of church history at Drew Theological
Somlnary, and nt the time of his death
professor of philosophy at Dickinson Collugn,
Carlisle. Ho spoke nnd rend live modern lan
guages, and was a Latin, Groek, nnd Hebrew
scholar. For many years ho had been tho
United States representative of tho Zeltsehrift
fftr Throlonie nnd Kirclie. Besides nls widow,
Airs. Mary r. Grant Cramer, ho Is survived by
a son, Jcbso Grunt Crumer, assistant professor
of modern languages at Lehigh Unlvorslty.
Brief funeral services wero held last night at
Carlisle, anil tho body will reach East Orange
to-day in cbargo of bis sun.
Henry Carter, tho oldest j lingo in point or ser
vice in Massachusetts, illod in Haverhill jester
day morning niter thiily years tvi tho local
bench. Ho was born nt Bridgton, Me., In 1814,
and was a eon of Mr. und Mrs. John Carter. Ho
was related on his mother's aide to tho Hamlin
family, and was pushed fornard in his career by
tho Into Hannibal Hamlin. Left nn orphan at
15 ho started In life as a printer, was editor of
tho Portland Advertiser, spent two years at
West Point, wns n, dolegato to tho Republican
Convention nt Philadelphia In 1830, and Inter
was of the Massachusotls-Naw Hampshire
Boundary Commission. Neal Dow was his
worm friend.
Washington Ashley Barton, 07 years old, was
burled yesterdav from the residence of his son-in-law,
nt "7 Chestnut nvonuo, Jersoy Clly.
Mr. Barton died on Friday night. He had been
in the insurance business in this city and Jersey
City for many j oars.
Edward J. Williams. 01 years old, died on
Saturdnv night nt his homo, A 13 York street,
Jorsey City, of nonrulgia of tho heart, Mr. Wil
liams nt) ii member ot the Now Jersoy Slato
Company. A widow and thrco married tons
survive him.
Charles F. Reed of Auburn, Cal.. onco owner
of tbolnrgn Fair ranch, dli-d yesterday. Reod
wns woll known in San Fro nclsto. where bis
family lived for many years, as woll as in Now
York. His sister was tho late Mrs. Paran
Stevens.
The Rev. J. F. Ockormnn, a woll-known Meth
o list Episcopal minister, illod yeslordny ot bis
realdtnro in Baltimore. He win born on Oct,
211, 18Xr. nt Everett. Pa..whoro his mother, now
Mr. S. Fletcher, survlvos him.
Mirln GntivornrnV Mitchell, daughter of 8.
Wclr nnd Mary C'.iiHvalador Mitchell, dlod yes
terday at 1021 Walnut street, Philadelphia, In
her tonty-ccond year.
O. II. ShnllcnberBor. consulting engineer of
tbo WostlnghoUBO Company nt Pittsburg, died
in Colorado Springs on Suuday of consumption.
FIRE EXDAXaEltS LIFE.
Tenants or a West Side Tenement Hove Marrow
lUcnprs.
Thero was n $2,000 flro In a lenomont nt 447
Wost Sixteenth street about. 11:10 o'clock last
night. Neatly 100 persons lived in the Iioubo
nnd many of thorn had troublo in getting out.
Sirs. Mary Oray Injured hor back In Jumping
from a lire oscapo In the sidewalk, and two per
sons wcreotcn-nmti by tho smnko In the balls.
Firemen of Truck S took several persons by
laddoru from tho lire escapes nt the rour, and
others escaped by way of tbo roof.
Six Men Injured by tbe rail or n Searfuldlar.
Hohnum.svh.lk, Jan. 21. By tbo falling ot a
scaffolding this morning In n now ico bouse
bolng erected by the Erlo Railroad six men
wern injured. They aro Gllbort Wright, hip
broken; Frank Arnold, coniusioii i of lace nn.l
chin, possibly injured Internally; Doll Hum kins,
wrlnl lacerated, ribs anil arm broken on loit
Bldo: William Fiirinan, shouldir broken nnd
contusion of tho bead. Fred Signornnd another
mjn escaped with only bodily Injuries. The
bulldlug had no roof, and It Is suppose I tbnt Inst
night's heavy wind loosenod some of the stand
ard ot the scaffolding. The men fell a distance
of twenty-two frston tpa pile of board and
logs, and it I o wonder thoy were not killed.
HELD FOR HIS SON'S DEATH.
A FATITEn ASD BXS OltONX JAIZED,
nvTBATXiin jtor anor ninsEZF.
The Arabalanee Bnraeen CTtaa Was Called Raid
Tbat Daniel UlldarT Committed Saleliav bat
tbn irilllamsburc Felloe Havo Arrested
tbo Tns Men reading an Investigation.
Undor circumstances so suspicious that two
men aro under arrest pending farther Investiga
tion, Daniel KIldutT. 10 yean old, of 110 Berry
Btroot, Williamsburg, was found dead in bed
yosterday morning with a ballet wound over
his right tomple. Tho prisoners, Thomas Kil
duff, father ot the dead man, nnd his frlond,
James Qilroy, 40 years old, ot 210 Union ave
nuo, are known to havo boen in the rooms
where tho Kllduffs lived early yesterday morn
ing. Tboy assert tbat they discovered the sui
cide, as thoy call It. '
About 11 o'clock Qilroy rang the bell ot Dr.
Murphy's house at 170 North Sixth street and
asked tbo doctor to go with him immediately.
"Thoro's a man shot himself around in Berry
street," ho said.
Noticing that his visitor had been drinking,
tho physician asked him how it had happened.
"I don't know," said tho visitor; "I come In
and aeon him thore with tho bullot in his head.
If you hurry you might bo in time to aavo him."
Dr. Murphy followod the man to Borry streot,
and through a passageway to a roar building,
whero Gllroy threw open tho door of a room on
tho first floor.
"Ho's In there," said ho.
Entering, the doctor found tho body of a young
man lying on tho bod, dressed in underclothes
nnd socks. Tho right sldo was toward the wall
and tho right arm bont upward. Over tho right
tcraplo was a bullet wound. LIfq had been ex
tinct for several hours. The bed clothing was
considerably tossed and massed. Going into
tho adjoining room, Dr. Murphy found Thomas
Kllduff, who nppearod stupid from intoxica
tion. Inansworto queries ho said nothing in
telligible, Iloturnlng to tho room where the
body lay, tho doctor looked on the bed, under tho
bed, and around the room, butfoundno revolver.
Ho went out and said to Gllroy:
" You say tbat this man committed suicide I"
"Is ho doad 1" said Gllroy. " Ho shot hlmsolf
in tho head. I didn't know but he might be
allvo."
" Ho is dead. If he shot himsolf, where is the
pistol I"
" Ho w would I know 1" crlod Gllroy. " Some
body might have took it away."
" Woll, don't toueh tho body or move anything
in tho room," contlnuod Dr. Murphy, "until tho
pollco come."
The matter wns reported at tho Bodford ave
nuo pollco Btatlon, and Detective Sergeants
Kennedy and Dunn and Policeman Connors
w ere sent to tho place. Moanllrue Ambulance
Surgeon Requa of tho Eastern District Hospital
had been summoned and reported the case as
probable BUlcldo. But the olllccrs made dlscov
orlos tbnt gavo tho matter n graver aspect, Tho
first ot those was the finding of tho revolver,
which they discovered In Gllroy's pocket, with
one of tho chambers empty. Noxt they found
tbnt Gllroy had called at tho Kllduffs rooms
about 8 o'clock that morning, and he and the
elder KUduft went out a few momenta later and
did nut roturn for tbreo hours. Nono ot tho
neighbors beard tho sound of a pistol shot,
Thero has been troublo of Into betwocn Kll
duff senior and his son. The father had bis son
nrrcsted Friday night on n warrant charging
him with assault. Ho was so badly beaten tbat
ho wns barely ablo to bobblo to tho Leo Avcnuo
Pollco Court on Saturday and nppoar against
tho prisoner. Ho said to Justice Lemon:
" Your Honor. I'm afraid of my life from Dan.
Since I been poorly an' not ablo to work at tho
cooperage he's been Dentin' mo if I didn't havo
money to give htm so as he could buy them good
clothos he wears."
"Is that true, young man I" asked tho Justice.
" Oh, he's always plckln' on me," replied young
Kllduff carelessly. "I guess I dldn t hurt him
none."
Justice Lemon romandod him for further in
vestigation, promising to give him a sovero sen
tence if it is proved that ho ill-trented his father.
Tbo elder, instead of leaving court, sat on a,
bench crying, and Just before court was ad
journed went to the bench with a plea for his
boy.
He ain't a bad boy, Danny aln t. said ho.
"Would your Honor let him off this oncet I
Just wanted to teach him a lesson. I wouldn't
want my boy to go to Jail."
It was vain for the Justice to advise the
father against such clemency; ho couldn't bear
tho thought of having bis Danny locked up.
"Ho'll be good to mo after this, your Honor,"
ho kept assuring Justice Lemon.
So tho prisoner was brought out and re
arraigned. "Ak'alnst my better Judgment I will discharge
you," said Justice Lemon. "You ought to be In
tbo penitentiary, nnd you'll go there if I see you
hero ngaln, as 1 expect I shall."
Young Kllduff swaggered out of court, and In
the corridor met his father. Tho boy turned to
one of his cronies who was waiting for him and,
ignoring his father, said with an ovil laugh:
"I did the old fool after all."
Since then, the neighbors Bay. thoro have been
frequent scuffJIngs nnd quarrols In the Kllduff
apartments. Nobody but tho father and son
llvo on the first floor. They havo lived there for
about two years. Armed with theso facts the
ofllcers questioned Thomas KUduft and Gllroy.
Gllroy, who was less under tho Influence of drink
tli an his friends, made this statement:
"Thomas Kllduff came to my houso lata last
night, and we went to his houso togother this
morning. There we found Dan in bed with n
holo in his bead. I took away tho revolver and
wont for a doctor. That's nil I know about it."
This does not accord with a story which he
had previously told some of tbo neighbors. Ho
said then that ho and the elder KUduft had gnno
out about H o'clock to get a drink, leaving Dan
asleep on the bed; and while they wero out Dan
hnd shot himself. By the time Coroner Delap
got to the pollco station Kllduff had sobered
down somewhat, and in answer to tho Coroner's
questions made the following statement:
"I went to bed early last night, and when Dan
enrao homo at 1 o'clock ho beat me and put me
out In tbo yard. Ho gavo mo this black eyothat
you boo. 1 was afraid to go back, and I went to
a. house on North Eighth Btroot, nn' from tbero
to Gllroy's. In tho morning me nnd Gllroy wont
round to tho house, an' thero wo found Danny
dead. Wo wore both pretty far In tho drink,
but I knew enough to go to an undertaker's an
tell him to lay out the body. If Gllroy went for
a doctor nt 11, when we found tbo bay dead at 8.
I do not know what for be done it. It must have
been tho drink."
Kllduffs statement that he did not spend the
night nt homo Is confirmed. It Is also truo that
ho wont to Undortakor Ireland's about 0:30 yos
terday morning and told him that Dan was
dead, a statement which tbo undertaker re
garded with doubt owing to bis informant's
condition.
Kllduff had sobered up sufficiently last night
togtvon more Intelligent account of what he
knew nf his boy's death.
"My boy," ho said, "never drank anything
stronger thn sarsaparilla. After I had hint re
leased In court on Saturday we worotngothor
for awhile. In tho afternoon I left him and
wont to Mrs. Clark's house, at 220 North Eighth
street. My boy camo thoro in the evening nnd be
pan to denounce mo for having had him arrested.
Whllo I was arguing with him ho guve me this
terrific blow In the right eye. You ran see how
it Is swollen. I nuror laid my hnnris on Dan.
Ho wont out after striking me. and I saw noth
ing moro of him until on Sunday night whon I
went to tbo house, wbcro I found him alone.
Ho upbraided roe again, and then showed the
revolver. Ho said be bad bought it on Satur
day nlgbt,
"Dun became angry, and, pointing the re
volt or at me, ho mado mo fall on rny knees and
beg for mercy for what I did to him. When I
did sn he got u prayer book, which ho mado mo
tako hold of, and then told me that mv time hud
como and that I might ns well say my prayers.
Ho tired a shot over my bond, and when I begged
him not to shoot me ho replied: 'No, I wouldn't
Bhuot you, Thero are only blank cartridges in
this revolver.'
"I went out afterward and etayed at Mrs.
Clark's bouse. To-day I nnd Gllroy went to the
house and wo foun I tnnt tho boy had shot him
self, Dun told mo ho bought the revolver on
B.ilurdiy night for$l.B(, but bo wouldn't say
where ho made tho purchase,"
Father and son maintained thomselres from
money left to the older Kllduff by bis father.
This money is In a savings bank.
sub nonsEir hipped mar aoaix.
Tnen Mrs. Smith Paid "la and Coats for tier
Kxclllng inversion.
Topeici, Kan,, Jnu. 24. W, J. Crumpton,
principal ot the Pawnee Rock School, wns horse
whipped to-day by Mrs. Frank Smith ot Great
Bend during school hours, Mrs. Smith says
Crumpton Is cheating hor children out of an ed
ucation by not reslgntrg. and shotold 1)1 in slio
would not send hor children to him nny more.
After the horsewhipping Mrs, Smith surren
dered to tbo marshal nnd cheerfully paid a lino
of irlO and costs as Ibe .result of her entertain
ment. This is the second time Mrs. Smith has horse
whipped Crumpton. the first time being last
spring, when she nllegcd that Crumpton was
abusing her children.
Mutual Benefit Lire if Kenark.
The fifty-third nnnuaUtatcment of the Mutual
Benefit Llfo Insurance Company of Newark,
Just Issued by the directors, shows a surplus of
1(1,781,023.24 in the company's treasury. The
receipts In 1807 wero 711.831.110.12, In pre
miums. Interest and rent, and the expenditures
0.123,400.02, of which nearly If 1,000,000 was
paid out on death claims. The policies issuod
and revived in 18U7 by tbe company numbered
16,140. making a total of 02.738 carried by the
company at the beginning ot1 the preaoaU year.
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tazk Boxxa rvzKt.it aaitTAXsir.
Bant at a Church fair for tbe Mea lasla at
' the Phonographa.
The Morning Star Mission at 17 Doyen
street is holding a fair. At 8 o'clock last even
ing, tbo first of the three nights of tho fair, tho
room on tho third story ot I bo mission houso
wore packed tight with as contused and 'con
fusing a crowd as was over seen In Now York.
Thoro wero Chlneso in Chtncso clothes and Chi
nese in Caucasian clothes, there wero Americans
in Chlneso clothes and Americans in thoir own
evorydny clothes. Everybody was there to
look at ovorybody else. Except a Chlneso
string band and a Mollcan talking machine man,
tho entire activity of tho assemblage was
summed up in a unanimous mutunl stare.
Tbo orchestra is a thing that can bo hoard
almost any night by the stranger who wandors
through Chlnntown. Ono would think tho in
habitant would find llttlo in its complex cater
wauling that would exclto curiosity. But
never onco In all tho evening did it tuno up
without an instant congestion ot the Chlneso
olement of tho crowd around tho platform.
They crowded over each other as it in anxloty
to see who could got nearest lo tho Instru
ments, and onco in tho front row, they Jab
bered and chattered with as much complacency
as if thoy had been in tbo first tier of boxes at
(tho Metropolitan Opera Houso on a Wagnor
night.
The man with the talking machine alter
nntcd his pcrformanco with tho band. Ho
didn't chargo anything for tho exhibition of
bis machine It talked through a trumpet and
cvory ono In his pnd of tho room could henr
whntitBuld. The Chlneso npproachod it fear
lessly, but with unconcealed bkcptlclsm, 'ihey
llsloncd for a moment, nnd then laughed in one
another's faces Bcornfully.
"Where tnant" asked ono ot tho nearest to
tho demonstrator.
"What do you moanl" said lie.
"Man hoao talkcc. Whero him hldel"
"Look and soc," sold tho showman.
The Chtnoso folt nil over tho mnchlno. peered
into tho born, loaned over tho counter and
8okcd nt tho boxos nnd waste pnpor under it.
no ot them took hold of tbo machlno itself,
a "Llftl" hoaBkcd.
"Sure." sold tho showman.
Tho Chinaman lipped tho thing on it edge
and all tbo rest leaned over and peered at tho
opaco beneath. Great wns tho cackling whon
it was seen that tho machlno was not connected
with anything outsldo of Itself.
The Chintmcn wound tho machines for them
selves, had them taken to different corners ot
tho room, and went out to summon their friends,
cheerfully paying tho 10 cents admission each
tlmo thoy passed tho door. Tho Bhowman told
tbcm what tho machlno would Bay whon it was
wound up and, lol the machlno was as good as
his word.
A crafty-oyed, corpulent gontleman, with a
four-foot pigtail and a gold-cmbrolderod coat,
was tbo only one In tho opinion of his country
men who camo anywhere near to exposing tho
fraud.
"Him talkce China talk!" was his question.
Tho showman was floored and he showed It
Ho reluctantly admitted that it could not.
"By and by," ho said, "wo'll mako it talk like
a Chinaman maybe."
"Humph," grunted the skeptical one. "Bime
by, blm talkce Cnlna talk. I buy mobbe,"
Ho walked away, smiling scornfully, fol
lowed by tbe approvingly derisive laughter of
the rest.
After consultation with soma of the Ameri
can women connected with tho mission whoso
truthfulness had been established by years of
experiment, several of tho wealthy Chinamen
bought machines.
8TIIIKE AT BOItDEN'a 2I1ZZS.
Two Hundred Ittng Spinner quit Because or
tho Cat In Wain
Fall Riter. Mass., Jan. 24. The first strlko
of any importance ever made at tho Iron Works
mills, owned by M. C. D. Borden, was bogun this
noon when noarly 200 ring spinners left their
placos. They were employed in No. 4 mill,
which is the largest in tho country, containing
87,000 spindles. With them, as with tho other
dlsaatlsflod spinners In tho city, an excessive re
duction is tho causo of the troublo. Thoy were
paid on Saturday, and the wages, tbey said,
showed a reduction of moro than 11 1-0 per
cont. For Oiling yarn thoy say that pay was
cut IS per cont., for warp yarn 12
per cent. They talked the matter over
Saturday, hut It wo not until noon to-day
that they decided upon their course. At 12
o'clock nil left the mill and gathered in tho
street. There they hold it meeting and voted to
Blrlko. None of those who participated in the
meeting returned to work at 1 o'clock, and of
147 frames only 14 wero started. They wero
operated by thrco boys. Overseer Bennett said
that tho cut did not exceed 1 1 1-0 per cent., and
thut the operatives did not make known nny
firltvanco. Ho did not know tbat they wero go
ng to strike until ho loarncd that they had
voted not to como In after tbe noon hour. Tho
snlnners in No. 4 mill will endeavor to havo
thoso in tha three other mills Join them. At
noon they had no opportunity to talk with tho
others, but they will do bo later. The other spin
ners havo tiled no complaint, and may not join
tbe strikers.
The Weavers' Union at its general meeting
to-night refused to sanction n strike of
weavers nt tbe King Philip Mills. In re
porting the decision of tho King Philip
weavers, Secretary Whitehead statod that he
bad intorvioAod tbo Treasurer, who Hgrced
to mako concessions. He said also that tho cut
at tbo King Philip did not oxceod 11 1-0 per
cent., nnd as tho weavers had agreed to accept
tbat reduction tbey could not sanction a striko
there unless tbey gavo othors permission to
do so. Tbo union then rofuscd to favor
tho decision ot tbo King Philip employees. This
places the latter alone in tho fight. Tho national
association of mulo spinners has refused to sanc
tion tho strike of the spinners. The Weavers'
Union has acted similarly with the weavers,
and tbo ring spinners havo no union. All de
clare, however, that they are determined to win
out, and a bitter light Is in viow.
STRIKING WEAVERS QETTZXO UOZT.
Prospects or Troublo at Providence Geneva
Mill Gettlna- Outsider.
Providence, R. I., Jan. 24. The Wanskuck
Company is determined to start up tho Geneva
mill. A batch of weavers wero brought to tho
mill to-day and put to work, about half tbo
looms being employed. Tho superintendent
says tho entire mill will bo running before the
end of (tbo week. Tbo newcomers are Poles,
and It Is belloved thoy came from Webster and
olsowhere. Tbe men wero escorted by police
from tho mill to their boarding house, but
although something of a crowd gathered nnd
followod tbo weavers nnd thoir pollco escort, no
demonstration was mude. The strikers say
they will mako an olTort to induco tho
now men to leavo tho village. It is be
lieved that It will be n caso of moral
suasion first nnd bricks afterward, Tho crowd
following tha new-men to thoir boarding houso
uumheriil fully 200, nnd there wns some hoot
ing, but no open violence Homo of the strikers
nttempted to follow the operatives into tho
boarding house, but were kept back by the po
lice. Tho striko has been on now for more than
n week, nnd the company shows no indication
of yielding to (tho ilomaml for increased wnges.
Tbero certainly will bo troublo to-morrow or
next day If tho new weavers are not won oer
by tho strikers, It is understood that tbe com
pany Is seeking to checkmato tho striken) by
purchasing mills In other sections ot tho State
and thus tilling thoir orders.
Objected to .ton-Union Maehlnro.
Tbe labor trouble nt tbo I vlns Syndicate build
ing in Park row, whore n general aympathetio
etrlko was bottled last week, was in danger of
being renewed yesterday morning when tho
strikers went back to work. It wns found that
non-union hoisting engines wero in use nnd
Romn of tho btrlkera refused to work. John
Donncy, tho general tuutraclor, ordered that
the non-union machines should be taken out.
This was done and work was resumed.
Mncnroul Wortiero Form a Union,
The macaroni workers have formed a na
tional union and made application to become
affiliated with tho Socialist Trado and Labor
Alliuiuo. Tho application was referred lo the
Organization Committee of tbe Alliance lust
nlgbt.
ROSTOX'S DEADLOCK UNRROKEX,
The Rntlre Board or Aldermen Must Ksplalu
tbe Uelay lo tbe Cobrl.
Boston, Maes., Jan. 21. Tho entire Board of
Aldermen jnust appear in tho Superior Court to
morrow to answer to tbu chargo of uotoboytng
tbo precept of court, Issued ubout u week ago.'
Tho precept required them to call a spoclal
election in Ward 11 to elect n member of tho
Legislature to fill tboplacoof Frauds E. Lowell,
who ban retired to accept , United States Judge
ship. Their last day or grace was to-day,
This morning Alderman Conry announced
tbnt tho deadlock existing on account of tbe
nou-electlou of a Chairman would he broken.
At tho meeting this evening more balloting was
dorc, but after three hours the result wus tho
samo hs on inauguration day six votes for
Diar (Rep.) and tbo same number for Conry
()em.l.
With no chairman of coarse no business ha
been or can bo done. An especial appropriation
of If 50, 000 la urgently needed for highway pur-
Ksei, and many of the city employee bay not
ta paid (or week.
ri.i,ii ,' -tf ''r..''ii'Ail,fH,i''6 W3. ;
TUGS LOST OFF THE HOOK.
OREWa BATED, DVT TITO MUD SCOITS
LEFT ADRIFT Iff TBE OAZE.
THere TCn a Man oa Bach or Ttaem-oTooodr
Aboard. It la Raid. When They Camo
Aahera at Jenra'a Inlet-Sandy tott Ltxht-
ahlpaa Ark orSarrty for lbs Walla ea Crew.
Two tugs of the Moran Towing Company
foundered in tho ferment created by n westerly
galo off Bandy Hook on Sunday, Thoy wero tbo
James A. Dumont, Capt. Florlan Romard, nnd
the J. K. Wallace, Capt, George E. Dcmlng.
They IcftWallabout on Sunday morning, tho
Dumont with three dumping scows and tho
Wallace with two. Attor tho cargo ot tho scows
had vanished through their movable bottoms
tbo tugs and thoir tow started to return to tho
harbor.
Tho wind had shifted to tho west and was
blowing a galo. Tho bluff bona of the scows,
against which the seas smashed, mado tbo tow
ing tnlebty hard. Tho tugs, which had boon
used to fair woathar and harbor work, bad very
little freeboard, nnd tho crests tumbled ovor
their bons. flooding cabins, galleys, and engine
rooms. Tho Dumont sprang aleak, and by G
o'clock in tho afternoon Iho water tbat
camo in through the open soams nnd
poured over tbo rails had put out tbo fires.
Sho set her ensign union down, and tho ocoan
tug Arnott, 'which had been cruising near the
lightship In search ot a tow, came alongsldo and
took the Dumont's Captain nnd crow aboard. A
hawser was passod from tho Arnott to tho first
of tho three scows, and sho started with them
for tho city at 0:30 o'clock. Tho heavy head seas
lnfpcdcd her so much that sho did not got to
Staten Island until noon yesterday. Tho Dumont
sank in about eight fathoms, in sight of hor
craw, a short distanco northeast of Sandy Hook
Lightship.
After taking oft tho crew of tbo Dumont,
Capt. McElwoo of tho Arnott went alongsldo
tho Wallaco, which wns making hoavy wcathor
of it, and askod Capt. Dcmlng If ho didn't want
tobarcscuod. Capt, Doming thought that tha
galo would go down with tho Bun nnd that ho
could mako harbor. Ills tug was not lenklng,
nnd tho Arnott loft him almost stalled in tho
combers.
Nothing more was heard from tho Wallace
until about 4 o'clock ynstorday afternoon, and
it wns supposed until that tlmo that sho had
been lost with all hands. Then the tug Ocoan
King got. into port with tho nows that tbo Cap
tain and crew otthe Wallace wero aboard tho
Sandy Hook Lightship. They were landed last
night at Quarantine dock bv tho steam nllot
boat Now York. This Is tho ctory thoy told ot
their experlonco:
At 0 o'clock on Sunday night tho Wallaco
and her tow wore making leeway in tho riot.
Capt, Doming decided to cut his two scows
adrift. Thero was a man on each, nnd It was
Impossible for tbo tug to take them off. When
tho hawser was out tbo tug fell into tho trough
and shipped two big seas that almost cap
sized her. Sho got her hoad into It again
and found that sho could mako a couple of
knot. Tbo pounding of tho Beas opened her
seams forward, and at 8:30 o'clock Bho was
leaking badly. Sho had thon passod to tho
windward of tbo lightship n mllo or so.
Tho engineer, James Shccbnn, reported
tbat she could not keep aflout half an
hour longer. Capt. Dcmlng dccldod to put
about and mako for tho lightship. Ho
burned a darollght from the top of tho pilot
honsc. Capt. Huntley nnd tbo mon of tbo light
ship had been watching tbo tug nil tho
afternoon nnd evening and had correctly
surmised that sho could not weather
tho blow. Tho steam ot the tug gavo out
Justus Bhc rounded to under tho stern of tho
lightship. Ono of tho men hove n lino attached
to a hawser to tho lightshlpnnd the craw haulod
It abourd. Tho hawsor was mado fast to tho
after bltt, and tbo Wallaco strained at tbo lino
thirty feet astern. No boat could llvo In tho
sons, so tbe Boven mon on tho tug wero
told that they would have to tnko a plunge
into tho soa ut tho end of the heaving line
which was tossed aboard tbe Wallace In turn
each man on tho tug looped an end of tho line
around his body under his arms and
Jumped overboard. Hib transit from tho tug
lo the lightship wns swift, as thirteen men wero
hauling on tbe lino. Every man wns soaked
with salt water and half Irozcn whon ho got
aboard. All wero takon into the cabin und pro
vided with warm clothing while their own
dried, and hot drinks wero given to them. Tho
eon ot Capt. Dcmlng, Slato Percy R.
Doming, was tho last man to leave
tbe tug. At midnight the deck ot the
tug was partly Submerged, and she was
sinking fan. Before leaving her Mato Dcmlng
attached a buoy to her. Sho was cut looso, ana
drifted about 400 feet to the eastward of the
lightship, whero she sank in about thirteen
fathoms.
The two Bcowa towed by tho Wallace were re
ported aground yesterday afternoon In Jones's
Inlet. JuBt west of Short Beach. It was said
yesterday afternoon that no men could be Been
on tho scows. If tho men aro there they have
ulcntv to eat, and are woll protected from the
blast In the dock houses, whiih aro strongly
built. Capt, Doming says that If thosrowshave
stranded tho men aboard aro all right.
The Dumont was originally tho Young Amer
ica. Sho is an old bont, but was rebuilt about
eight years ago. Tho Walluco was forraorly tbo
Gen. Rosoncianz. Each tug was valued at about
517,000.
SYRACUSE'S DVAZ OOUNOIZ.
Tbe Two nodleo Try to Do Unalnrs In tbe
Same Itoom nt the Same Tlmo.
SvnACL-BE, Jan. 21.-Thcro wero scenes of
disorder and confusion at tho City Hall to
night when tho Common Council, under Presi
dent E. J. Mack,and tbe "Rump" Council, undor
Matty, attempted to conduct business in tho
Council chamber at the samo tlmo. Matty's
body being loss than a quorum could, of course
lczully transact no business, but ho proceeded
on tho assumption that he and his eight Demo
crats wero tho Common Council, employed tho
viva voco voto and declared motions lost and
carrJod at will. Tho Republicans transacted
buslnoss and mado appointments of city olll
cer amid tho pandemonium created by Matty
and his followers. Whcncvor tho clerk pro
tern, of tho Republicans or nny of tbo Republi
can Aldcremn were on their feet Matty rapped
and shouted for ordor and demanded that tho
Bpttakcrs bo silenced.
Tho two Presidents wero putting motions at
tho samo tlmo, two clerks were reading resolu
tions nnu communications, ucmuuratio nnn
Republican momberawcre uddrcsslng thulr
respective presiding olllccrs nnd votes were
being takon on different propositions simul
taneously. Tho Republicans nocr for n mo
ment rccognlted Mutty or tho minority, yet
Matty declared every projiosltlon put to nls
board carried without calling tho roll.
Alderman Kearney, who voted with tho
Democrots to olict K. F. Allen City Trcnaurer,
voted with tho Republicans in making tho re
maining appointments Ito-nlght Alderman
HIco, tho other recalcitrant, wns not; present.
Among the appointees were custodian of tho
City Hall and his assistant. Tho Incumbents
say there will bo lighting when tho now np
polnteos appear in thoir working clothes to
morrow to take possession of tbu ofllccs in tho
City Hall.
Col. Steward nnd tbe Brigade Htatr.
Col. Seward acted as Brigadier-General of tbe
National Gunrd for tho first tlmo last night ut
brigade headquarters. Ho received tho resigna
tions of Gen. Fitzgerald's stall. Ho said that
only tno required Immediate action nnd tho
others would bo held nt headquarters, and
things Mould goon ob before.
A Bargain Scarf Sale.
Our $1.50 Sc $1 Neckwear,
and well worth it to-day
65 c.
at all our stores.
Every shape of Neck Dressing
Ascots, Puffs, Dc Joinvillcs,
Four-in-Hands andTccks.
A great chance for those who
want the choicest effects in neck
wear. HACKETT, ( Broadway,
CARHART A
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OKBXAKB AT KIAO OBOU.
Baroa voa Btietow tar tbe roller Will Bo I
"Lire ana Let Live."
Sptetal Cablt DripatcSfi to Tnr. Bra.
Bbrmm, Jan. 24. In the Reichstag to-day
Baron von Billow, Minister ot Foreign Affair,
made n long statement regarding the position
at Klno-Cbou, and giving tho details ot tho re
paration China had undertaken for tho massa
era of German missionaries. The most inter
esting part ot tho statement was tho Minister's
reply to Hcrr Richtor, who sought to elicit
from htm a definite explanation of Germany's
commercial posltlon'at KiaoChoutn vlowof
Grenlt BrltalnV;"opcn door" declaration.
Baron ron I) How said ho could not bind
himself regarding tho future commercial nnd
political Inttltudo of Germany, but at any rate
shot would net toward tho other power on tbo
prlnclplo ot "llvo nnd let live."
Tho rcplv is obviously indefinite. It leaves
unanswered Jtho question ns to whethor Klao
Uhou will he opened to the commerco ot tbo
world on the model ot Hong Kong, as has been
hitherto suggested, or whether It will be llko
other German ports, whero, ot course, protec
tive duties obtain.
Concurrently with tho foregoing it is said
from a sourco which is sometimes soml-ofllclally
inspired that the decision ot the Government 1
to virtually mnko Klao Cbou a free port.
London, Jan. 24. Tho Dady Mali says that
a Japanese trader will shortly land Japanese
goods nt Tallcnwan, with tho object of testing
whothor tho port is to bo regarded as being
open or undor Russian control. Tho outcome
ot this action will undoubtedly lnflucnco tho re
lations betweon Russia and Japan.
Tho paper adds that overy detail respecting
common action by Grent Britain and Japan In
Chlneso waters hti been dotlnttoly agreed-upon,
Japan bolng, as sho ha been throughout, tho
moving spirit.
SIR. GLADSTONE'S BEAZTB.
Ill Condition la Again II eel a red ta Be Alarm
ing. Xptdal Cablt Detpatcti ta Tna Bin.
London, Jan. 24. Tho Pall Malt Qaxttta re-
Itorates the statement It mado a few day ago
that the condition of Mr. Gladstone's health 1
extremely grave and alarming.
LORD WILLIAM HEVIZZ ARRESTED.
Bo I Acensod or Forgery The Bvtdeaee
Against lllm.
Spcotal Cablo Despatch to Tint Scv.
London. Jan. 24.-Lord William Nevill, fourth
son of the Marquis of Abergavenny, was ar
rested to-day upon a chargo ot forgery.
Tho chargo against Nevill is basod upon the
verdict f und by tbo jury in tbe recent trial of a
suit brought by Sara Lewis, a money lender of
London, against Spencer Clay, nn oftlcer of tho
Guards. Lewis sought to recover from Clay tho
sum of 11.113 alleged to bo duo on two prom
issory notes cashed lor Nevill upon Clay's in
dorsement, Tho Jury found thnt Clay had been
induced to lndorso tho notes by a fraudulent
trick on tbo part ot Novlll, nnd In pronouncing
Judgment in the case tho Court held that the
signatures obtained by Nevill from Clay wore
substantially forgeries.
Bmaab't'p on a German Railroad.
Special Cablt Detjpateh to Ths Rtnr.
Berlin, Jan. 24. Tho Berlin and Cologne ex
press was thrown from tha track at Homo,
Westphalia, to-day. Four persons were killed
outright and twenty-one injured, of whom fif
teen are fatally hurt.
ALASKA COAST TRADE.
A Decision Calculated ta Protect and Develop
American liilrrcala on tbA Pacific.
WAsnrNOTON, Jan. 21. An Important decision
affecting tho present nnd future coasting trade
between this country and Alaska was mado to
day by Assistant Secretary Spauldlng of the
Treasury Department. Hereafter tho coasting
laws restricting tho trado to American vessels
will be construed to menu tbat goods In ship
ment cannot bo transferred to a forolgn vossel
nt any port or point en routo to the final des
tination. Tho case w hlch brought out tho de
cision was that ot tho Canadian Navigation
Company, which protcstod against tho rofusil
of Unltod States officials to allow tho transfer
of goods bound for Alaska to British vessels.
Tho decision Is a strong measure for the protec
tion of tbo Amorlcan oastlug trado, Into whloli
British transportation companies have boon
making determined efforts to break. Assistant
Secretary Spauldlng Bald in referenco to tbo de
cision: "This measure Is one of soveral In courso of
preparation by tho Treasury Department, which
seem to bo called for by recent ovontsnndnew
conditions to protect nnd develou Amorlcan in
terests on tho Pacific und In Alaska."
RAILROAD TO TESLIX LAKE.
It Will De Completed by Xext Fall Ibr the
Hlondlbo Trnfllr. .
Viotohia, B. C Jan. 24. Premier Turnor de
clares thnt a railroad will bo in operation from
Stlckeon RIcr to Tcslin Luko before noxt fall
for tho Klondike traffic, and that a road will
be built Into tbo hoart of the Omlncca, a dis
trict south of tho Klondike, where wondorfully
rich gold nuggots havo lately been found.
Seven stcrnn heel stcamors aro now construct
ing to plyon thoSllckcen,
The last regular Blcaitior leaving this port for
thenorth carried nearly 1,000 passengers, bound
for tho Klondike. Arrangements have been
mndo with tho Hudson Hay Company nt Van
couver to outllt 2.000 persons for tho Yukon,
who will enter tho mining regions by way of
Stickeen River. '
Letters from Dawson City to friends of a party
leaving this city Into last summer glvo particu
lars regarding tho costot living. Meals nnge
from 3.50 to $10; a man orderlnc eggs, steak",
and plo paying tho latter sum. Tho vnluo of
dogs can bo understood whon throo dogs can
pull 1,000 pounds nnd dog teams mako moro
than $100 a day freighting.
Minora' Ynfaon Certiorates.
Toronto, Jan. 24. Miners' certificates for
the Yukon will henceforth be issuod at Mont
real, Toronto, Vancouver nnd Victoria by tbo
collectors of customs and also by Dominion land
agents.
Klondlker Sluot Have a Year Provisions.
Victoria, B. C Jan. 21. Administrator
Walsb has Issuod positive ordors to custom
and pollco officials to permit no ono to enter tbe
Y'ukon country this spring without a year' provisions.
STOCK GROWERS' CONVEXTIOy.
Their First Knllannl Meeting- Over 4,000
fllocUmen In Denver.
Dfnvrr, Jan. 24, Indications to-night are
that there will bo 4,000 to C.000 stockmen in
tho city to-morrow, of whom 1,000 will bo ac
credited delegates to tbo First National Stock
(Iran crh' Com uullun.
Tho convention will be In scstdon thrco days
nnd will lose on Thursday with a grand barbe
cue, lo which lfi.000 tickets havo been Issued.
Dolcg.itin havii already arrived from almost
every state and Ti-nitorj. Tho prugruiiiiuu
embraces nil mattcis relating to stock gron lug,
mid tho primo object is to form a national association.
Ilrrerre Declares C. O. laelln's Aasesameat
Kire-slre.
MaiuRONi'.cir, N. Y Jan. 24. An Important
victpry was won to-day by ('. Oliver Isolln
Ufc-alnbt tho Assessors of Mnuiaruucck, who
recently assessed him rJliir.fiUii oti his country
homo, "All Vlm," und ijiSiMioo for personal
taxes, Mr. Uelln, Ihrwugh his allorneji", begun
1111 iicllnu tohaio tho real isutu valuation le
ditced to jtl 10,000.
Tho csi-ii wns inkun Into tho courts, and James
VV. Hunted of Pcckskill wns appointed refer -o
to tako tho lostiiium). Mr. Iluetcd decide 1 tu
ilny In recline .Mr. Htiin's assessment to irloo..
000, mi tlioKiouml Ihat his neighbors Henry M,
r'laglcr, Jnn.es M, CunMalilu, John 11. llcguunn,
and ultima uru icsscu lorunl) bO per tout, of
tho vuluu of their country hupius,
Mlirrn Vealrrrto'a Ftrea Here,
A. M SiO 1, 8K lt fourth street, Auiila Jantrn,
datiisKO C30, a:10, innrlrnt avenue, Isaac llerniian,
damuitoil.uou, 0:10, 28U West Milo'nlh sirrut.no
iluiuae; 10:5H, 513 Kuit Nlnet.'c uth atrert, T. New
lloorinr Cnmiiam, damans til, OOU; 11: IS, i'a lloso
kin-el, 1.0 ilaiiiMtfi-.
! M-IKiol, 1 711 Clinton street, blmonAlberrolIti,
d.lliaa t&U, l-.&A, 11107 Jlilnl uvtllUP. A. fteholou,
daiuaB IMiOt aiflO, lllu Ikiuery, Jsacu )U)vr. dam
Ki lit) 0:11". 05 Weal 14th street, lira. Delauu,
damage trifling; libl), 477 brvriith unuue, lira.
Y'uuaj Jonrs, daniav S4U; n ii, tea Itlvmnton
atreet, Morris Weliermau, damatu trlfllug'; 7 43, 137
West Thlrtj-fourib street, Sirs Jlary J McC.eeri-,
K. !., dauiaco n&i 9:tbK ltl'17 Third avenue, Iho
Yorirllle heddine Couipanr. damage trifling: 10:0U,
17feo Lexington avenue. Flags; llrothen, datuava
trifling; IU:B3, 6ua and BUD Ilroadtray, Mow York
Howl, Julius ItoWoson, damage aiuo,
-W,ryi-ft...- t . .
You read books filled with rtj ;
noble thoughts. How different $
tbo writers often aro from what $
tho books lead you to think them. ?;
So with many advertised ar- v
ticles; to know them you must
see them. a ,)'
Our garments are not old and j
shop-worn, but this season's 3 J
make. $ g
$15 and $18 buys walking- I
coat suits that were $19 to $25; -
double-breasted sack suits that i
wero $20 to $22 ; single-breasted f jjj
sack suits that were 18 to $25; .$ ;j
p i
Tinnwaa Prim At Pn & t!
Prince and riroadway. & if
Warren and ilroadway. n ,i
Thirty second and Broadway. 3" t?
HTClean-Up Sale f
" Extra Quality" 4 I
Enamels,
Winter Russets, & r
Patent Leathers,
Black Calf, down I
from 6.50, 6.00 I
and .00 to If
2 R 1 1
Not a thing wronfj witli the shoes, ex- a
cept that perhaps their season is slip- $
pine by. Only the brightest, newest, U i
briskest stock will do for our stores. '
These half-yearly sales '
are like helping you to ft)
find money It you buy. ) ft
French, Shriner& Urner. I i
152. 1263, 1455 Broadway. i
nnooKi,Y.v-oi7 a son Fulton si. i
P1III.AUBI.PIIIA ItlM Chestnut SI. )' t
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Telephone ft
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Telephones in actual use in the I v
Borough of Manhattan. i
HBW YORK TELEPHONB CO.
OOMTnACT OFFICES t't J
l8Cortlaoat,i5Dtj,gjDroodr7oy,irjW. J8ta ' J
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PHYSICIANS RECOMMEND '
WINCHESTER'S f
nVPOPHOal'IIITES OF LISIE AND SODA & '&
for weak lunits, nervous dyspepsia, Bnd to strenstlina 3
tbo wnolo nervous ami gvnerul system. Xa a brain,
nervo, and blood food. r ffi &
All druRglsts. r 4i X
WIXGIIKSTKR & CO., N. V. )f $
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KIZZED DX A FALL FROM A, ROOF. " W
A Widow nidi 8lx Children Topples rroni a W: M
Tlircu-Ntorr Tenement. f p
Mrs. Ella Loulso Lannln?, n, widow with six M
cbildron, was klllod yesterdny afternoon by f. (,
fulllne from tbe roof of U10 tenement in wblca k 'fi
sho lived, in tbo rear at 331 Wost Forty- i. 'yi
fourth street. Mrs, Jvtnnlng was tho Jnn- W F
ltress of both the front nnd rear teno- j X,
ments. Tbo rear bulldinir is tbreo stnrlna '
li'sh. Mrs. Linnlnir lived on tho top floor. Jio- J; w
tween tho rear of this bulldinir nnd tbo roar of 4 h
tlio houso directly back of it, which fronts on '; '(,
Fort .third street. Is n space about fourteen j k
wide. It la paved with flat; atones. Tho yarn i f
of tho two tenements project n few fcot wost ot 4 h
tbo west walls o! tho tenements. Tho yard f g
nro separated liy u board fence, 5
About 3 o'clock yosterday nftornoon Mrs. J
Lminlnghonrd somonne on the roof. Desirous '-J,
of tlndlniriitit who It wnn, tbo unmun unlkcd f
out other Urine room, which ripens on tho miiin ': 1,
hall, and up n litddnr, from tho top round o( T h
which ono may reach tbo roof thruuKh u aky V j
light. Onco tbroinrb tbo skylight tine musD J 9
step upon u strip of roof nhout eight Inihcs Js: J-
wide, which runs nlong tho entire depth of tb ., 3
Iioubo on tho wost side und pnrt way nlong tho f if
bouth side. f! ,,
Whon Mrs. Jamming got upon tho roof sho ; J.
found uyounifxnn of Mrs. I. ltd, ono of tho ten- s '(
ants in Uftl, trying tu put n now ciothuslino (' - a
through n i ulluy that is fastcnod to u pule I
on tho south edgo of tbo toof, Tho boy i
t-ould hnnlly reach the pulley, nnd Mrs. '' j
Lannlng went to Ills assistance. Tbo pulley i- S
was n little high lor hor, and, In tugging at it. t f,
she pulled it from the post. As the pulley gave Ji X
wny tbo wmnun lost her balance, and, standing 4
us tbo Vinson tlio narrow strip ot roof, tbero V s!
wik nothing to wiva her, when hu fell forward. if Jr
from dropping down through tbu narrow vpuca t
between tbo bouse In which she lived and tbo S
one In tbo rear of it. 1
As the woman fell she uttered n piercing K 1
scio.tni, which Mnrllcd all tho tenants In llie yt n
hiiUKV. Ilcr body wns found to bo wedged so fj
tightly bntwi en tho bo.ird fence and tho south jJ
wall of tins roar tenement Hint a section of tbo P i
fence bad to lie chopped nway, i i
8rjn ns. pi nMHSbl hth b bb f ?
Ljiy I IB I ST 1 11 if I
Im! ItSB H m m m BBS H n at I
SKhrh-W m Ha vhi
Soft, Whllo Hands, with Shapely Kalis, r.uxa- j?
riant Hair .th C'loa.i, WlMlcomo Scalp, pro. t i'
duced by Ci ticuiia SUI', tho most effective J I
skm iurif)i7 1 nl ti .uuilvln soap In the A, f
world, ns well as purest and sweetest, for i' i
toilet, bath, nndnursery. Tliitonly prcientlte J f
of inflammation and clogging of tho 1'oiics. J g.
(pleura !
rltivMihrotihsiuihw)rl1. rrru Dm Cm. 'y
la.nr hvU rrvi lioitou, t S. A ? -X
XT' iUm iwfarif 44 HfuUf tU Bhla, Bclp ut4 n
1AIY HUMORS r':XL