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!THE last days of zoar.
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Hv JMU OF A XUTABZK XXPBBIUSXT
H,', IX COIIMUN1BU.
K
HI f i Th Members Who IIt Kept Ike Faith to flat
Hf."' '' About)It,O0OAlee evrtyeftrieCein.
'S '" Wnnlty nt lli siarl-Caaeee er It free-
Kv ' ,k perlirnnd III (lectin lllnsler, the Leader.
K' Tolkdo, April 22. The decline of th SJoar
m 4 ites. who havo Just relinquished their com-
HK munlatlo principle and abandoned the conjtltu-
K ' Uon under which they have labored for nearly
K three-quarters of a century, may be retarded a
B' tfio end of an Interesting experlmsnt. In one
K,' war It was successful. The material prosperity
H;. of tho order It a splendid example of the manner
H' In which good hard work, systematically ap-
H ' piled, will turn a desert Into a roo garden and
Ht' tho abode of contentment. It is true thatTus-
H& carawas county, O., was not exactly a desert
H when the Zoarites reached It In the bleak winter
H of 1617, but since that day they hare made their
K farms tho best, their bams the largest and their
K pockstbooka the heaviest In tho region.
H" In the spring of 1817 200 Germans from
B . Wurtcmberg, who had been harried In their
H . fatherland for yoara becaus of their peculiar
H religious tenets, embarked for Philadelphia.
B They were Induced to take this step by somo
B Quakers who had learned of the persecution to
B" which tho Separatists, as ther war called, had
B been subjected. This name they had earned by
Mkf their rsfusal to aocopt the teachings of the Lu-
B tbcran faith, and by some notions they had ac-
B quired as to the equality of man which
I, wre far from being popular with th Ger-
B man authorities. In short, they occupied
B su'cli a place in the social fabrlo as the
B "Come Outers" of New England did some
B year aaro, with the added unhapplness of
B belnc forced to mor oa whenerer the com
K ' blned powers of Church and State could discover
B their haunts. Poor and distressed. It was only
I through the holp of American Quakers that
B steerage passago for tho party could be secure j,
H and whon they reached these shores thoy know
B not how to solve tho question of dally bread. I
H Again they were befriended by the Quakers.
B- who gavo them a sum of money equal to $18 for
m each man, woman, and child In the party. On
H the voyage over, the natural leader of the party
asserted lilmself. Ho was Joseph M. Baue
B t , tnelor, who later angliciied his name to Dime-
lor. This man had been a weaver, but
through self-education had becomo a teach
er. Ho was a student of old German
theologians, and had assisted in reduc
ing to twelve articles the faith which
the Separatists had evolved. Before Philadel-
phla was reached he had been tacitly chosen as
i buslnsss manager of the party, and after a short
,, stay in that city was sent to spy out the land
and find a homo for his people. Bimeler was
plcasod with 5,500 acres of land In the virgin
, county of Tuscarawas, which was offered, at $3
an acre, on fifteen years' time. Further conces
sions were mado as to interest, and he recom
i mendod the purchase. The land was purchased
A- and ho and his people removed to It la Decern-
- ber. The land was parcelled out In severalty,
and each head of a family began llfo
in tho Now World with a heavy debt.
Then followed eighteen months of dog
god grubbing and hardship which well
nluh broko down their sturdy German determi
nation. Tho debts on the land bad not been re
duced by a penny, nnd there soemed little hopo
of hotter things. Their onlr homes were bark
huts and a very few log cabins. In fart their
destitution was so groat 'that the colony would
doubtless have bocn abandoned had it not beon
for a bountiful present of supplies which
reached tho Separatists from an unknown hand.
Then Blmelor camo to tho front again and
showed his ability as an executive. He pointed
r out tho fact that each was working for his own
v good, and an Immcnso amount of labor was
actually wasted oach day which might be better
applied by concerted labor for the general good.
This was tho beginning of the community of
,, Zoar, as they had namod their little, straggling,
.'.,.. ugly array of huts. The idea took root at
r once, and a constitution was mapped out.
,K'r ' .This has been amended from tlmo to time,
but tbo underlying principles laid down by
Bimeler hnvo nover been changed. By them all
' , labor was for the common weal and nil profits
. accruod to tho society. '1 bis In turn wus charged
f with protlding for tbowuntso? all. A covenant
1 was also made and signed by every ono which
if set forth the rtutlos of the Individuals to ono an-
iv other nnd to tho society, and this short code of
r iawa naa proveu eo enicaciuus mat in an mesa
Si. yell's no convict has ever come out of Zoar,
f and no bickerings ever roacliod tho outslda
?,. world until the movement for tho uoolltlonot
jj. the society began, some four yoars ago.
: The oillcers of the society were few, and both
lj men and women slinred In tbo franchise. An
j ' agent was appointed to buy nnd sell for all. so
V far as the relations of the Zoarites with the
$ World nl large were concerned, and. ns might
s hnvo been expectod, Illni Jlcr Wks chosen for tbe
f ofHce, and bo held It for many years. Throe
$, trustees wcro elected and their terms so ar
I ranged that ono of the threo wus chosen anew
j i each year. Tbcso trustocs were chargod
K with tho duty of providing board, cloth
f Ing and dwellings for the different mem
!t bers of tho society, "without respect of
V person:." They prescribed to each bis work
U in tho society, and woro the supervisors
of evory description of labor, with power to ap.
k point subordinates and superintendents. And
M that there might bo iv court of last resort there
SY was created a Standing Commlttoe o( Five, which
fj was what may bo called a society of peaco i.ncl
,,I arbitration, and to this body all differences wero
-t brought for adjudication.
i It will be seen that the power of tho dollar
f ' was not recognized tnthemaLe-upof thesocloty.
y. The covenant absolutely prohibited an Individ-
" tial from owning so'inuch ns n coppor cent, nnd
V from that time until the wind-up of the society
:'-; within tho lait thirty days men and vi omen
k have been born, wnd, nnd buried without having
r been contaminated bv the touch of lucre In at
' least one portion of tho civilized world.
f As for the marriage stato, the society was sor-
y rowfully compolled to acknowledge that It must
X- be a part of tbo system. Encouragement of
m marrying was not originally contemplated, as It
H was held by Illmelcr nnd tho Twelve Articles
f that God only tolerated marriage for the per-
, petuatlonoftho rate. The soeiety was to be
w celibate, a Illmelcr taught that celibacy was
't esteemed abovo tbe marriage state. This stato
1 of things runtlnued until Illmelcr himself be-
K came enamored of a rosr-cheeked, flaxen-
H bairod srirl In 1HD2, and the first marrlago was
.'I celebrated In Zoar. It may be remarked that
tf the girl benumo the mother of a largo family.
0, Prior to that time it was the bono of the
h, founders of the society that It would be recruit-
i d by means of novices, and early provision was
ft' made for thdr reception. 'I hey were to serve a
probHtionary period of ono year, after which, if
thoy choso to become members of tho society.
'it they signed tho covenant nnd constitution and
w made over all thulr property to tbo society.
U jTroni that tlmo they received a guarantee of
,ij two suits of clothes at all times, a good homo,
it, plenty to eat and medical attendance Schools
ft were also provided, but they ware nt an ele-
nentary n.uuro, nnd mental cultivation did not
,; raih o. very high plane In the society at any
;, time. Its founders wern Uorman peasants.
6 and tho socond and third generation showed
i; only such evolution as might have been ex-
peotod, shut out us tho youngsters were from
,. ,, the inoro progressive llfo of tho nelgbboriug
i ' towns and villiigeA Tho whole plan waB well
calculated to foster a Gorman peasant's nppre-
i elation of autmnl comfort and a pleasant feeling
' of general wealth us a society. A wlilo range
: of literature, which was bound to draw atten-
S. tlon to the meaning of meum and tuuin.wasnot
t sought for In tho trnlnlmcof the young, and
ii more streiswus laid on the study of old Grr-
man mystlca and theologians than anything
lse. Music filled n lsrae part of tbolr llvos
and religious services. 1-or many years a brass
i bind 1ms bion maintained in Zoir, nnd
i, tno weeknlght and Hunday services In tbe little
f church wero full of melody. Audible pracr
y i was nover Indulged In. and saernmsnts and
baptism wore renounced. Tbe society never
U heard a sermon riollvercd by an ordained mln-
5, later. The Tvvclv e Articles sot fortn that tho
',-' society did not reconle the intervention of
- priests, and even the marriage state was en-
tered into by uckuowlodgment before witnesses
it and a formal notification to the authorities of
tho county. These marriages were never bro-
;;. ken. either by divorce or separation.
' While Ulmoler lived he was virtually tho
I a soclelj 'a sovereign, and since bis death, in 853,
lM his One old home has been pointed out as tbo
M "king's" bouse It stands beside u funn little
M square park In tho middle of the town, and tbn
mf park In turn Is flanked by God's acre, In which
Bf reposo the dead Zoarites. Tbe park was pro-
V Tided by Illmelcr ns a place of recreation for tho
fgfgW SCour it o. and It Is essentially a German posy
v uardon. filled with old-lashloned flowers, holly-
Kl horks, bleeding hearts, single roses, and tbe
t like. A few monstrosities such as cyllndrlcally
Ki trimmed ilr trees and other German specimens
. of ornamental arboriculture nro plscea at flxod
j Intervals about the park and around tbo king's
K' house.
raw Tbo town Is Just as unprepossessing since tho
K logtalinsbno given way to brick house as It
H wosinlho old duys. It Ulnld out without any
mi regard tor. regularity, an 1 ultbough each lawn
ft ' and,,) ant Is scrupulously clean and nrat, the
Wb' wbulo scheme seems to lack order.
From tbo iiomeiu that the common plan wan
K adopted Zoar prosurred. Its fmiuiters were wlno
fb- enourto diversify tbo labor of the members,
IK. anUWyjintail-oll mill, a sawmill, two flouring
UAr mlllMBwo furnaces, and n woollen mill were
K tiijr ktarted. T6 tbcso were added a shoo fac-
f
lory and a browsry, flood vrater power is found
near tbe town, and all tbe faotories, with the
exception of the furnaces, bare been successes.
Like all Germans, the society's trustees have
built or all time, and the barns of th oommu
nlly have been erected with as much care
as tbo houses. Even while the people still
lived in loz huts, great barns war built, and
tbelr brown sides and red-tiled roofs were con
spicuous objects to the early travellers. More
land was added until 0,000 acres were tinder
cultivation, and the farming groups, each under
the care of n supervisor, were osrly afield. In
the town every on wa industrious also, but
th hours were not long In any depart
msnt of labor became of the Immense saving
ot time effected. Kach man bad his work
allotted to him by th trustees, nnd store
keepers, shoemakers, farmers, stable men. and
doctors were equal In dignity In the eyes of the
community. The women. were In no wise neg
lected. Ihcy struggled with heavy German
scythes, pulverized the ground with iinwleldlr
hoes, and reaped the grain with old
fashioned sickles until within recent years.
American harvesting machines were not used
until after all the surrounding farms had provod
for years tbe ofllclency ot such sppllances. In
addition women worked about the stables with
heavy wheelbarrows, and in lieu of using carts
toted sizable loads upon their blur-capped heads.
The truth is, tbe Zoarlle woman of the society's
first fifty years was neither a butterfly of fasti
Ion nor a Kiddy dispenser of rosslp. Sho had
more tho uppearanc ot bolng built for heavy
draught purposes. It Is not strange, therefore,
tbat the community was more noted for Its ex
cellent sheep, splendid rattle and other live
stock than It was for its display of human physi
cal .development and grace. Bimeler had not
turned his attention to that department of the
soclstj 'swell being and his writings aro silent
on It.
This seems to have been about tho only thing
that tho King omitted lu regulate. Wlillo he
lived ho held forth nt every service In the little
brick church, and after his death his teachings
were cnllotted In threo ponderous octavo vol
umes, which havo been tho society's prluctpnl
rules of conduct ever since. 1 hey are read in
the church to this day. but the Zoarites are
caroful to tarru them discourses and not ser
mons. They teach and treat or the minor as
well as the major morals, the niceties of good
bousekeeplng. rules of health, tine points In
cleanliness, and even many detnlts of physiology.
ou can't go wrong If you follow Illmeler, from
setting a leg to setting alien. He was an au
thority on rations, from bear to bread, and the
weekly allowance of groceries and the dally
meod of liquid refreshment were practically or
dained by him.
Hut somn twenty years ngo one who knew
Zoar could begin to foreseo the beginning of the
end. Novices were not attracted b) tho restful
though clam-llko life that Zoar afforded, and tho
casual stranger regarded lbs community more
asn strnngosbow place than a haven whero ho
nitsht lav down his burden of troubles. The
young folic droamod more of tbe outslilo world
than tbe pension of everything found which
supervened nftor a good Zosrlfe had worked
himself into tbo superanmi tod class. Some of
tbo maidens smiled on swains of the outer
world, and affected to desplco the warm
hearted though oln-fnshioned holders of the
old faith. Tbe charms of even the band
palled upon young fellows who had beard of hot
times in bigger towns, and many of thorn went
away. And even tho big hotel, which was an
early source of wealth through spoliation ot tho
summer stranger, brought into the community
an unrighteous leaven of unrest bred of up-to-date
garments and bicycles. And so It camn
about that sovcral of the Zoarites besought tho
trustees to glvo them their portions, that thoy
might go forth Into tbe world and be as other
citizens of the country at large. But to this
tho trustees demurred, and pointed out the
fnct that tbo community was under charter
from tho Stnto ot Ohio by a legislative
act passed In 1832, and that by tbo terms
of thi law nnd charter, each member's rights
wero bsd upon his remaining in and of the
original coronant. Then enmo the first lawsuit,
bj which several of thoso who wished to secedo,
but did not wish to go forth penniless, sought to
break the covenant. In this tbeywero disap
pointed, for the case was carried to tho Supreme
Court nnd the trusteed were sustained.
But the seeds of dissension had been sown,
and tho exodus of the youth continued. Things
camo to such a rass that thero wero fewer and
fovter maidens, until at last it was necossnrv to
hiro girls from the surrounding towns to do tho
housework and to milk tho 170 splondld cows
that marched with military precision to the
great barn to bo milked each day. And It nns
hireling hands that later poured into each of
the cans set upon the big fence. In a shining row,
tho proper quantity ot milk allotted to onch
household. The farm hands were also of foreign
birth, and workod for stlponds agreed upon by
tho trustees, whllo tho constantly nglng faith
ful gravitated Into tbe superannuated class, or
filled the vocations that required tho least
posslblo amount of physical exertion.
The end camo this month, as the trustees
deemed it unwise to right against fate any
longer. For soveral years tho expen60 of main
taining the socioty had been somewhat greater
than its Income, and it was decided to call In
commissioners who should moke an equitable
division of the common land and its improve
ments. This was dono 'with much care, and
everything but the church, the Town Hall, tho
hotel, and the largest flouring mill went into
tbo common pot. The last-named property Is to
beeold.nndaslzablo plot of land goes with It
ns a bonus. The hotel will be handled in a
Joint stock woy, for It Is crowded every year
with guests from tbo Knst. The balance ot tbe
Eroperty has been divided among tho 138 who
avo kopt tho faith, nnd each man, woman, nnd
child comes in for a reward to the extent of
812,000.
BUJLDJXO Tit Ansa AZ Altai ED.
They Are Afraid Ibe City VTea't Carry Out
Contemplated Public TVerks.
The announcement that the city has exceed
ed Its debt limit by many millions of dollars baa
caused alarm among workers In the building
trades who were looking forward to a period of
activity In public w orks under the no w charter.
The Bubject was brought up yesterday at the
meeting of tho Central Labor Union by Dele
gate O'Brien of tho Granite Cutters' Union.
"This Is n ecrlous matter for us," ho said. "If
It turns out that the city Is really bankrupt,
thousands of people in the building trades will
bo rendered idle.
Ilelegate'O'Brlen said that as most of tho in
come of the city was derived from taxation, tbo
C. lu U. should agitate for tbe equalization of
taxation. Ho referred to tho failure of recent
attempts of the Law and Legislation Commit
tee of tho C. L, U. some tlmo ago to Becure the
Indictment of a .corporation for tbe alleged
undervaluation of its property, and said that
another attempt ehould bo mad to have tbo
rich corporations taxed as much in proportion
ns private persons are. He stated that thorn
were instances whero tho property of corpora
tions was taxed upon from 17 to 23 per cent, of
Its actual valut whllo tenement house property
was taxed In somo cases 100 per cent.
The C. L. U. Instructed its Law and Legisla
tion Committee to resume tho agitation against
the alleged undervaluation ot property for taxa
tion purposes.
rrtyt jwooks ovt poiztioh.
Ceoraia's not Campaign Has t-ost all Interest,
lor Its CllUens.
Atlanta, Go., April 24. The war cloud which
Is now hovering over the United States has hod
the effect of destroying practically all interest
In what should othcrnlse have developed as tho
most sensational Gubernatorial campaign in
recent years. The candidates In the Sold, Col.
Allen D. Candlor, running as a so-called "Peo
ples' " candidate; Judge Spencer Atkinson, the
Administration candidate, and Senator Berner,
whose platform Is of a startllngly communistic
nature, have divided tbe Stato Into bitter fac
tions, nnd developments have occurred which
have antngonlzed the Governor and his erst
whllo Intimate friend. Col. Candler, and In
countless other wnju injected gall into the
canvass
But tbe war has knocked all of Ibis out, and
wherever tbe andidatcs tour the State for
votes they find tboi crowds thronging around
tho bulletin boards, nnd all surtsof in Juoeinenu
fall to bring them to listen to campaign speeches.
Interest Is steadily decreasing, and It may bo
necessurj to declare off all campaign events as
profitless until tbo war Is ended.
Labor Delegates lo Hear Ulihor Potter Preacb.
The Central Labor Union appointed a Com
mittee yesterday to attend tho services In
Trinity Church on Sunday evening, May B.
whon Bishop Potter will preach a sermon on the
lilior question, This was done nt the request of
Mies llsrrietto A. Keyser, Secretary of tbe
Church Association for the Advancement of tho
nteretts of Labor, under v. hose auspicos tho ser
vices will be hold. Bishop Potter has atked all tho
pastors of the Kplsropal Churches lu this dio
cese to preach sermons referring to labor on tbe
same evening.
Sirs. Robert Louis Slevenson Improving.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson, who has been til
for a week at the Hotel Albert, University place
and Eleventh street, was said to be improving
last night. Mrs. Stevenson has been in New
York nearly a month und Intonds to leave ns
soon as she can for London, wheib sho Is to
assist Sidney Colvln In preparing a book on the
life and works ot her husband. Aflor an ex
tended tour lu Europe and Kg)pt Mrs. Steven
eon will return to her home in the snmoan
Islands, Her daughter, Mrs. Rose Strong, Is
with Mrs. Stevenson at tbo Albert.
Bank llobbtra Uet n,ooo in Ohl.
Delaware, O., April 21. Early estcrday
morning tbe Scioto Havings Dank of Ostrander
was robbed of about s0,000 by safe blowers.
There were four men, and they gained an en
trance through a rear window and began tbelr
work on tbeorault by breaking oft the combina
tion. In thd opening they placed dynamite and
exploded n.way Into the inner safe, la which th
cash aud valuablea wsro kspt. . , i
I . I ll , II III'
Bmsa nrraekea Cptawa--lJroentBi Oratmn
aulaml rtagpiW Blrnefc,
A two-story frame frottago M uo8 Woodruff:
avenne, occupied by Mrs. Oedtla Buttlksfer. n
widow, and her brother EdWanL was damaged
by lightning during the (tdrm yesterday after
noon. The family had" neglected, to dose the
windows and almost every window In the house
was open. ,
A bolt entered a bedroom Vflndow at th south
east side ot tho house and made hatoo ot almost
everything in tho room. A large double, bod was
smashed, several chairs were broken, the carpet
was ripped and a quantity of plaster dlalodgod.
After wrecking tho bedroom the lightning went
out another window and down a waterspout
into the sitting room, .... , ,.
Mrs. Buttlksfer and her brother were In the
room at the time. Neither was Injured, but Mrs.
nuttlksfer fainted from fright. The sitting
room was wreokod overt worse than the bedroom.
Tho bolt afterward Wrecked the veranda, tear
ing up tbe planks, on of which was thrown
twenty feet away. Somo of the neighbors rang
an alarm of fire, but the firemen wero not
needed. Tbe damage to tho bouse Is estimated
at $500
The flagpole on the Hebrew Orphan Asylum,
Ralph avenue, between Paciflo nnd Dean streets,
Brooklyn, was struck by lightning at 4:55
o'clock yesterday afternoon and dashed to
splinters. It was thirty feflt high. Only a few
minutes beforo the, accident the hew flag, re
cently presented to tho asylum, was taken down
so Hint It would not get veU At the tlmo of
the accident there were, about 350 chil
dren In tbe building, but thny promptly
responded to the order of Superlntondont
Lazarus to fall In line fordlnnet. Notwithstand
ing that they knew somethlsg out of the ordi
nary had taken place, they marched downstairs
to the dining room, and in this nay a panlo was
averted. The damage; to the pole and roof is esti
mate 1 at HI. 000.
In the downpour to which th lightning was
an accompaniment 1,20 lnohes of rain felL
xianrxixa iv a abtlvu.
iBsaae Pattella rrUhtsstfl br a Strk TTftleh
Tor Oat Wlodaw.
TiutHTOW, K. J.. April 24. During a thunder
storm about 3 o'clock this afternoon lightning
struck one of the wings, of the New Jersey Hos
pital lor the Insane, near this city. Several
window were torn out. There are nearly n,
hundred patients in the wins:, and there was
much excitement omong thom for a time, but
they were finally quieted.
jlqed woiijuf rxnsorrATOit.
Am Oetegenarlan Arrsted rr fTearlag Feml
nlne.Garraeata In th Street.
Policeman James Tralntor of the Charles
street station, whllo at Hudson and Twelfth
streets last night, saw a tnandrosSed In woman's
clothes and arrested him.
Tho prisoner described himself as GoorgoW.
Allen ot 310 West Twelfth street, and said he
w as 80 yoars old. Ho wore ft wig over his scant
white hair, bad rings oh his fingers, and carried
a llttlo chatelaino watch. I
His excuse for appearing. In subh a garb was
tbnthowasaccustomedto wear women's gar
ments In the house In order to save his own
clothes. Tho women living in the bouse, ho
said, kept him well Supplied with feminine
ilorhes. He had nover bLforo gone outside of
the house in them. Last night ho ran out ot
chen lng tobacco, and ns It was dark and rain
ing, he concluded to risk the Chanco of discovery.
In tho woman's purse he carried were a num
ber of personals announcing that a young and
becoming woman was desirous or meeting an
agreeable gentleman, object matrimony, Capt,
Dclaney thought this a subject for Investiga
tion, and locked the woman personator up.
PJSItlZ OX A. MOUXTAIX SIDE.
Ta Ilrali Ivr or a Stne.Iatien TVasoa
OItci Way at a Critical Time.
Bomkrvillc, N. J.. April 24. Christopher
Waldron attempted yesterday to drive a team
ot mules attached to a wagon loaded with
stones down BohemlU's hill, the steepest grade
on tbe Watchung Mountain. The wagon brakes
were set bard, and he had proceeded one-third
tbo distance down the mountain whon tho brake
lever snapped In two. The wagon plunged down
the Incline with a speod that carried the mulos
off of their feet and threw tticul under the
wheels.
Waldron was thrown from his seat, Tho run
away wagon finally collided with a stone-laden
truck, which It demolished. Waldron was
severely Injured about the head and face. His
recovery Is doubtful. The mules were badly
injured.
jsots wzm jsrrst.itr xo pattx:
Salt They Were rrem BuOl TConlaat Ray
Where They Got the Jewelry.
Three boys went into Meyer's pawnshop in
Paronla avenue, Jersey City, on Saturday
night, and attempted to pawn some jewelry.
Tbe clerk pushed a button which rinrs a bell In
the Seventh street police station, and then on-
gaged the boys In conversation until Detective
lark arrived and took them into custody.
The boys gave their names as Charles Glllallo,
10 years old; Earl Debony, 10 years old, and
Antonio Dlttlno. 10;years old, and said that
thor had run away from their homes in Buffalo,
N. y. They refused to tell where they got the
Jewelry. Information ot tbelr arrest was sent
to the Buffalo police.
jvMtrr ha urn vita aTXAtianrr.
Th Bulgaria Arrive at Ualltkx oa Bar Way
to This Pert.
IIautax, April 24. The Hamburg-Amerlean
Company's new steamship Bulgaria arrived this
morning from Hamburg with 1,200 passengers,
mostly Galllclans from northeastern Austria.
They are destined for Winnipeg.
This is the first trip of the Bulgaria, the
steamship having been launohed in March last.
She has a gross tonnage ot 12,000 and has
accommodations for 2,400 steerage passengers.
Capt. Schmidt reports a stormy voyage, with
heavy soas and strong head winds.
The Bulgaria mado an average speed across of
nearly ten knots an hour. She will sail for New
York at. 6 A. M., with 0,000 tons of cargo and
170 passengers.
said roricrarAX bthttck uisi.
Hehler Died tVater-BurSleatlt Prsbablr Due
to .Yatural Causes.
Thomas O. Kehlor, a shoemaker of 203 El
drldge street, was arrested on Tuesday night by
Policeman Casey and was locked up In tho
Eldrldge strtot station on a chargo ot being
drunk and disorderly. In Essex Market Court
the following morning Kebler was discharged.
Ho had a brulBO oror his right eye when he
reached home, which bo said was caused by a
blow from Policeman Casey when taking htm to
bis cell. Friday night Kehler beoame ill, and on
Saturday morning be died. Coroner Bauscb in
vestigated tbo case yesterday and an autopsy
will be held to-day. It Is probable that Kehler
died of natural causos.
The Fumes Lin Adds ta It Fleet,
Halifax, April 24. For seven years a Halifax
company, known as the Canada and Newfound
land Steamship Company, has been operating a
transatlantic service betwoen this port and
Liverpool. Thoy have eold out their boats to
Furnusu, Withy &: Co., proprietors of the Fur
ness lino. The now owner will add tbe boats
totbcii licet nnd oporite them in connection
with a transatlantic acrvico from Montreal, St,
John, N. U.. and Halifax. The home company
will go out of business.
Cetrge Work (laid t Ha Out f Daggett
George Work, son of Frank Work of 18 East
Twenty-sixth street, who was operated upon a
week ago for appendicitis, was said to be rapidly
improving last night, and it Is thought by his
family that all dan.-er Is now past. Mr. Work
is a woll known yachtsman, pigeon .shot, and
amateur stccplcchsso rider. Ho had recently
been on. n trip to Arizona, and while there was
attacked with appendicitis. He was brought to
New York, and tbe ODJrutlon was performed at
his father's resldoucc.
Obi Leak Illooks Elevated Read.
A gas pipe supplying stations in the north
bound track of the Third avenue elevated rail
road was brok on In some way last night, and
gas escaped. Tbe leak, which oocurred at 123d
street, was very near the track. In conse
quence, engineers were afraid to run by it, fear
ing that a spark from tho engines uilgbt cause
nn explosion, Tho luuk resulted In o er half au
hour's blockado ot the trains,
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Where Veaterdar's Flrea Wsra.
A.M. It35. BO Oold street, no damasei 10:50,871
Second street, I, (iotleib, daraace SDOOi 11:20, SHOtl
Kgktli avenue, damage S0 11:35, 803 Jlott street,
Lllzsbcth Hinltb, damage f 5.
1 M.-8:00, 4B5 West Thlrtssnlh street, Thomas
Hopper, damato fid 4i!IO, 1108 Woodruff slraet,
Delta Iiutllckour, damage SUUQ e.00, Will I.oxlns
ton avenue, Deoker Jlros , uamarf irlfluigi UilD, 47
Lewis street, Julta.Msrxsr, duuajs irKHagi ltlSO.
HUB Cllalon strel,jamucl llobln, dain-trlAlart
11:66. 818 East Bsvcaty-UUKl, street, "TT OabrtcTj
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BATTLE OF BEEFIIANDLEHS
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xninxr BxniKsna ABSAiti xejt who
XEtutiEii xo axhmr.
The Striven ot tarshormea t ltel Them
by Preiendlnr That the Der Wa Deles:
hipped ta the Spanish Arau-eevfral Men
Are Mart The P.llee Ittservee Called Oat.
Thero was a battle last nlgbt in West street,
at King street, between beef handlers employed
by tho Chicago-Beof Coompany, who went on
strike, and men who refused to follow tholr
example,
Tho troublo began at 8 o'clock. Thirty-five
carloads ot beof had been taken to the King
street pier to be loaded on the White Star
freight steamer Georgtc, which Is one of the
largest freighters afloat The beef handlors
who were hired lo put the beef in
the ship's big Ice boxes refused to
go to work when they learned that
each man was to receive only $3 for his work.
They held a meeting on the pier and decided to
strlko unless their employer allowed them Ul
each. A committee was appointed nnd the
commlttco placed tho matter before Foreman
McGlbbons, who had employed them.
McGlbbons rcfusod to accede to the demands
of tbo men, so thirty plckod up tholr beef hooks
and mnrched off the pier. Ten wcro Induced to
remain by promise that thoy would bo treated
to supper. The Dig pier gato loading to tho
street was thou closed. The men who remalnod
at work woro told by one ot tho strikers' Pickets
that If thoy did not cotuo out somo of them
would get punched.
The strikers in the meantlmo visited the
Raines law hotels along West street and raised
an army of sympathotlo longshoremen. Tho
longshoremen were full of war. They marchod
In a body Into King street and hid themselvos
in doorways, knowing that tho " scabs" would
go to cupper at 10 o'clock. .
Soon the big pir gate opened and the ten beet
handlers who had refused to strlko Inarched
out, accompaniod by sovcral sailors and deck
hands from tho big freight stenmor. The strik
ers and longshoremen pitched Into the faithful
ten with clubs and paving stonos. Somo fought
with their fists. The scats and sailors returned
the fire. Eoreman McGlbbons hurried to a tele
phone nnd notified Pollco Headquarters.
Tho Charles street reserves wcro ordored out.
Tho rioters fled at their approach and no arrests
woro made. Ten of tho participants In tho bat
tle nro said to have been more or loss Injured.
One had to be taken homo In a coach. Tho
strikers got the longshoremen to help them by
saying tho beef was being shipped to the Span
ish Army.
The police were ordered to remain on the pier
nil nlgbt, ns moro trouble was expected at 4
o clock this morning, the tlmo for putting a
relief gang to work.
JVJirr JSOMBAT POTTBltr.
Distinctive Vases nnd Mantel Ornamtnta or
Katt Indian Designs.
Vases and mantel ornaments. Interesting
enough for cabinet nieces, yot inexpensive, come
from Bombay, Put cheok by Jowl with the out
put ot other Indian potteries, the Delhi, Mool
tan. and Khurza products, this new-old Bombay
vtare stands out distinctive becauso of Its lus
trous glaze and pocullsrly soft, neutral coloring.
It Is In tho matter ot this glaring that the
founders of the pottery are most interested.
Tho waro that thoy turn out now is
judged to bo almost as good, in regard
to the glazing, as the Chinese pottory of
tho same grade, but certain old and priceless
East India models that aro In their possession
bavoalustro and finish even mors desirable,
and It was to rovlvo this lost nrt that tbo Bom
bay pottery was established Ave years ngo. Tho
employees in tho pottery are all natives. East
Indians accustomod to working with tho clay
found right nt their doors. These students havo
tho old models In mind all the while, and each
year sees tho result of their experiments a llttlo
noarer to tho goal they are striving to attain.
In shape, as In coloring and ornamentation,
tho Bombay vasos and porfumo jars, drinking
cups and ewers aro unique. Thoy mako tho
bluo and white Delbl ware, with its quaint rollcf
work and grotesque figures, look cold nnd
alongside of them the flowered over purple and
pale green, or terra cottn and gray East Indian
waro Bcems overdone and unsatisfactory. For
$3.75 or 54 one can buy a chubby-spouted teapot
or coffoo urn that has tho soft sheen ot bur
nished metal in Its blended coloring, and yet
suggests tbe homely yellow clay crocks found
on old-time pantry shelves out In somo country
homestead where neither styles nor things
change often.
A flask-shnpod perfume Jar, with a Joalously
narrow neck, and a ltd with a tall knob to It
that shuts down close and even. Is of a grayish
chocolate hue that almost hints of pink. On
the flat sides of tbe j ir Indian figures are
depleted an dark, medalllon-sbapod back
grounds, figures that are the epitome of eae
and comfort, according to the Kast Indian
standard. The man (or tho woman, tho garb
does not tell which), is scatod flat on the ground
smoking n pipe of the sort requiring the bowl to
rest upright beside tho smoker. It appears to
be something of a job to get tho pipo smoked,
but a job most agreeublo In the performance.
This tbe smoker's expression makes evident. In
this country the quaint little Jar would be used
for crushed rose lonvos, but doubtless In
tho Orient it would hold some herb or com
pound. Intended to be inhaled as a soporific or
stimulant: for whatever purpose, It Is an Inter
esting Dossesslon.
On tho bulging sides of a tall, wide mouthed
vase all burnished in soft wood colors and
shaded clay tints, a man Is represented in the
act of clutching a bird that barely eludes hla
grasp. Hound and round the emooth sides of
th vase. In the Intertwining tropical-looking
foliage, tho figures aro repeated, the athletic
man never catching tbe bird, but never giving
up the quost. There Is no other coloring be
sides ullro nnd toUr brown and clay tints in
this piece, yot tho effect Is gay and plenslng.
On a teapot tbnt looks very short-walsted and
long-skirtod and liana nose turned up In pert
fashion, and a fine top and twisted handle the
chief ornament is a human figure outlined In
palo brickdust, on an eYru grounJ nil framed
about in dark leaves. Tbo figure Is unclothed
and squats cross legged on tho ground: It Is a
man's figure with an abnormally Bmall waist
nnd elongated arms. Tbo expression on the
bearded facsvls so sanctimonious und solf-dopre-cutorr
as to be extremely comical.
On other vases and urns of this Bombay group
thero are people In various nttltudes doing
things tbe naturoot which you would llkotory
much to know, but which Is Bhroudcd in mys
tery to thobo unacquainted with Hindoo cus
toms and practices. All tbcso vasos, jars, and
urns are distinctive In shape, and nil aie let off
with bands and bordera of foliage, leaves and
bloBsoms tbnt are not tho tint of Just ordinary,
natural, growing plants, but have a bird, or an
animal body, or a humun head or faio. sug-
festod In tho outlines that form thorn,
'nlo brickdust color, broldored ovor with black
(the black deep and velvetllke), gray and
shaded green, wood color and dull yel
low, are some of the combinations of tone,
with always a thread of n brighter green or rod
to mako It rich, Certain smaller ploces nro
tinted like tlio breast of a pigeon or tho subtle
glints that show out on a w lid duck's wing when
closely inspected. Somo of the natlvo figures,
depleted with tho disregard for anatomy that
obtains lu Oriental drawings, aro blotted all over
In ono color us to clothes and features, but the
face has expression, and an anklet or bracelet
or neck beads will sblne out luminously. The
Indian girl, arrayed In native togs, all decked
out with straight stomacher and elaborate head
dress, has a place on certain pieces, nnd the Idol,
wooden, square limbed and beetlo browed, Is
burned In on another. Watering pots, musical
Instruments and games nrot hinted at.
These Bombay products are so much In
shape and fashion like importations from other
nnclont countries that It Is n wonder thoy can
look so distinctive with only their peculiar col
oring nnd manner of ornament to differentiate
them, but, though tho Italian and tho French
and tho Breton potter may send cluy of liko
shape and qumntness, these Bombay copies nre
apart and to themselves, to be told ataglanco
from all the number and complexity ot their
nolghbors. They are nn exception to th rule
that things worth having must necessarily be
high prlcod. They can be got from 91.50 up to $0.
A3TBVZ.AXOE llllOXM DOWN.
Surgeon Carried ly Trailer Car to a Patltnt In
Time to Save Ills Lire.
Ono ot tho rear wheels of a Bellevne Hospital
ambulance came off at Twenty-socond street
una Second nvenuu yesterday morning while the
nmbulanco wus answering a call. Driver Searlee
signalled a south-bound under-trolley car and ho
and Dr. Nutt boardod It.
Tbe car ran without a atop to Fourteenth
street, where George Welter, a biker, ot 160
Second street, had beon stabbed in the head and
was bleodlng badly from a severed artery. It Is
thought that the man's llfo was saved by the
use ot tho trolley car. He was taken to the hos
pital In another ambulance and will recover.
Fire Prlsbtena a Theatre Audience.
Br. Louis, April 24. Fire In the Great West
ern Printing Company's establishment on Mar
Let street, near Hroadwaj, this afternoon,
caused n panlo in Hopkins's Grand Opera House,
across the street, and entailed a loss of more
than $75 000. The lire was seen bynn occu
pant ot the upper gallory in Hopkins Theatre.
He yelled "Flrel" and threw the audience into
a panic. Attache's of tbe tbeatro attempted Id
calm tholiptBiatora and the aifoir was conelodaij
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J.VItXh BX TUB KZOrtDIltB BACKET.
Thtntand r Radish. Immtrrnnts VlMhtasT
Drltlsh CaUasbla.
Ottawa. April 24. Sine the Klondike fever
became acute over 20,000 men hare gono by the
Central Paciflo Hallrosd alone to tha Paciflo
coast. The trains nre stilt running full In that
direction. Notwithstanding the fact that Vic
toria nnd Vancouver are full of idle men, who
bavo cither returned despairing of are unable
to procure outfits to make the Journey to tbo
Klondike, thd rush still continue. This Is now
augmentoit by tho weekly arrivals nt large num
bers ot English Immigrants bound for British
Columbia. Although the Intending settlers aro,
ns n rule, fully Informed of the congested state
of the coast cities, thoy tako their tickets to the
coast, trusting that, whilo others may fall, they
will succeed.
Tho groat bulk of these settlers nre well pro-'
Tided with clothing and baggage. Not a few
brlngout with them valuable household effects,
while. In a few Instances, the Kngllsh lark Is
tenderly cared for nsn living link connecting
them with the old country. This is In conform
ity with the practlco which has prevailed from
tbo beginning of luitnlgrstlan to British Colum
bia a disposition lo mako homes In Canada
modelled after tho Kngllnh dea of comfort.
So fnr British Columbia has been preserved
from tho necessity uf oponlng almshouses, tho
bulk of her population belna- In comfortablo cir
cumstances; but If tho rush contlnuos, thero will
bo a serious problem to bo discussed by tho
municipal and other authorities. Although
tho groat mnjority ot thoro who tnenn to r-r-ttlo
In the country aro comfortably off, thousands,
slnco the cut rates have prevailed, have reached
tho coast wbo ore unable to get further, who
have no means, and for whom no employment
can be found.
VABJE KZOXDI1CE OOXJ) CZAI3IO.
tlw Intendlaa- tnvrater Will B Swindled
Dales They lavrttlgate.
Ottawa, April 24, Tho Gold Commissioner
in tbe Canadian Yukon, writing from Dawson
City to the Minister of the Interior, calls atten
tion lo the indiscriminate staking of gold claims
in the Klondike region, whether tbe conditions
warrant such staking or not. Ho says:
"Another matter which I will bring to your
attention Is tho manner which exists for staking
every stream and gulch In tho country whether
thero is any prospect or not. Men think noth
ing of perjuring themselves by taking tho oath
that they havo found gold on (tie claim which
tboy may have staked when tbe thermome
ter was 00 below zero. Streams nro staked
for sever l miles In tbo space ot a few
hours. Tho dotlnltlon ot n mining division
which allows a claim on every separate
stream which flows Into tbe Yukon, liko
nverv other regulation which allows nnr lati
tude has been abused by the people staking on
the dlfferont small streams more claims by far
than they could possibly represent. Of course,
many of theso creeks will nover bo worked; it
would cost moro to m ike a surrey of these small
atrenms than all the revenue which may be ex
pected from them. Hundreds ot theso worthless
claims will be advertised for sals on the markets
In the outside world at prices far in excess of
their value. Capitalists will not be likely to
purchase without Investigating the properties
thoy may wleh to acquire through tbelr scents,
but the small Investors will suffor, as the money
paid by them will be as good as thrown away."
KZOXlilKB It AIT. WA T JPZAX PA ICED.
Why Civil Bnglneer Jehn Drawn Alderan
Killed Ulmseir.
J. B. Alderson, tho civil engineer who shot
himself Saturday night in his room at 123 East
Twenty-ninth street, and died later in the prison
wardatBollevuo Hospital, Is believed, to havo'
committed suicide because of the failure of a plan
to build a railroad to tho Klondike. Among
his papors were found a large number referring
to tho topography of tho Skngvruy country and
a lot ot estimates of tho coat of railroad con
struction and similar data.
Guernsey A!dor.on, the eon for whom tho
Biiiclde left n letter, is on employee of the New
York, New Ilnvcn and Hurtford Railroad, and
seems to hare fli.-urcd in bia father's plans. Ho
called at tho Morgue lust nlgbt. and after Iden
tifying the body mnde arrangements to send it
to New Britain, Conn. The dead man's other
children nre a son. who Is an engineer at New
port News. Va , and a daughter In tho Sacrod
Heart Convent nt Inwood.
Alderson was tho invontor of several well
known electrical appliances, and had considera
ble ropulation both at home and abroad. He
was at one tlmo superintendent ot tbe Harrison
Electrical Company's works at Newark.
A SUICIDE'S lOKETUOVaaT.
Etettred sterehant Thomas Smith Careful to
Protect the Carpet rrom Bloed fltalua.
MoNTCLAirt, N. J.. -April 24. Thomas Smith, a
retired merchant of Hartford, Conn., committed
suicide this morning in his room at the Mansion
House by shooting lilmself In the head. Some
time ago ho underwent an operation at tho
Mountainside Hospital. It was deemed success
ful, but shortly afterward he becamo tempo
rarily deranged. IIo believed he was going to bo
sick, and, though In fact be was well to do, w ould
becomo a burden among strangers. Yesterday
he acted more strangely than usual, and when
he retired last night he was extremely nervous.
At about 7 o'clock this morning an employee of
the hotel wont to his room to arouse blm. The
door was locked. The proprietor of tho hotel
broke In the door and found Mr. Smith lying on
n quilt spread on tho floor nt tho foot of tho bed
dead. He bad shot himsolf in tbe right templo.
Mr. Smith left three letters, ono directed to
Edwnrd Hartenstcin.tbe proprletorof the hotel,
asking his forgiveness for committing tho deed
in bis house. One addressed to ICdwln B.
Uoodell, his counsel, appointing him exocutor of
his estate. Tho thinl letter was to Dr. It. C.
Newton, his physician. Iho suicide was 58
J sues old and a bachelor. He had boarded In
lontclalr for seven years. The quilt was
spread on tho floor apparently to prevent the
earpot from being stained with blood.
XIZZED HIMSELF WITU OAP.
Dejected When Ue Tried to Enlist Decaase of
Weak Heart.
J. B. Thomas, a clerk who bad bean out of
work for toveral months, killed himself with
gss on Saturday night In his lodging house at
78 Loxington avenue. He tried to enlist In the
army throo days ago, but was rejected at the re
cruiting offlco In Third avenue because of a
weak boaru
fibot Htmseir on Ills Wife Grave.
Slrmund Sands, 40 years old, committed sui
cide on Saturday afternoon by shooting himself
In the right templo on his wife's crave in Mount
Hope Cemetery, Jamaica. His body was discov
ered by a gravedlgger nt 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. In ono of the pockets of the suicide
was n. billhead on which was written "M, Sands,
00 Washington square. N, Y. I want to be cre
mated." That namo nnd address do not appear
in the Directory. Th police aro looting for his
relatives.
Teuag John liana Kills Mlmsair.
John Hang, a tailor, 18 years old, committed
suicldo yesterday in a closet of John Stueben's
saloon at 127 Meserole street, Williamsburg, by
Inhaling illuminating gas. He was out ot work.
Btuoben told tho pollco that Haug was con
stantly reading trashy novels. Friends of Haug
last week urged blm to onltst in the army, but
he refused.
uletdn Due to Motlier-ln-Law I
Charles Kittel ot 418 East Seventeenth street
took rat poison Saturday night and died yester
day morning. He told bis wife that bis inability
to get along with her mother, who lives at 28
(iannevoort street, drove him to death. Kittel
and bis wlfo made tbelr living washing markot
niens' aprons. They had two children.
HADN'T OAlt PAIlKi HIKED A CAB.
Mrs. Westnn MnorUrd the Cnfemnn Down and
Kicked Illro When 11 Asked rr Pay.
Tho nexp time Mrs. Marlon Weston of 333
Third avenue halls Cabman William Barnes he
won't see her. Ho saw her on Saturday after
noon on Third avenue. She climbed into his
cab and ordered him to drive to Seventh avenue
and Fortieth street, She wont into a salooo
nnd stayed an hour or more. Barnes waited
outside. Ho sent n messenger to her. .She camo
out. He suggested I hat Immediate payment of
thocabhlre was desirable. She knnckod hint
down, Sbo kicked him on the ribs, tibo slapped
bis face.
"Why," asked Magistrate Cornell when she
camo before tho bar of Jefferson Market Court
yesterday morning, "why didn't you pny this
man I"
"Sure, snld Mrs. Weston, "because I had no
money. If I'd n had money I'd a taken a street
car. I didn't hnvo a rent, so I called a cab. It
was too easy only I couldn't lose him."
bhe was lined t)3.
Lest Two of Her Crew In a Typhoon.
PillLADELrnu, April 24. The British ship
Algburth, from Sawarang, Java, which arrived
to-day with 3,000 tons ot sugar for tbeUpreckels
refinery, passed through a typhoon in tho Indian
Ocean on Dec 7, Mate William Evans and Sea
roan John Miller were washed overboard and
-losroi tho erew were injured. Ska will luad
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HttLZ.B aniOHBBTBn BXItZ ttlMMO.
HnshroaeV Charard with Ahdaetlag a tintTala
ttatel Steward Danshter.
On the charge ot hnvlngnbducted a 10-year-old
girl named Belle Chichester, Frank A. lias
brouck of 838 West Thirty-fourth street, a ste
nographer employed try the West Shore Rail
road, wis arrested on Saturday by Detectives
Perkins and Bchum of tha West Twentieth street
station, Whon he was arraigned in Jefferson
Market Court yesterday morning Hasbroock
said that he had not abducted tho girl and didn't
know where she was, although be had been vis
ited by her, he said, slnoe she ran away from
borne.
The detective and the girl's mother said that,
they had learned that the missing girl was
lodging at 833 West Nineteenth street. The
detectives went thero nt 0:30 o'clock Saturday
morning and waited until noon, when Has
brouck appeared and was arrested. Meanwhile
the detectives had found a litter from him to
tho girl which acknowledged receiving a letter
from her, advised her to keep under cover, and
said that he knew be was "no longer sus
pected." Thoy learned nlso that th girl had
been living nt 330 West Nineteenth street slnco
Anrll 18 under tho name ot Mrs. Hopo Allen.
Magistrate Cornell held Hasbrouck for ex
amination to-morrow in f 1,000 ball. The de
tectives hopo to find the girl to-day,
Th girl's father Is the steward in a Buffalo
hotol. Belle, wbo has had employment in n
Now York hat trimming factory, camo her
with her mother recently.
zoxb ttozf TAzns HEZiaioir.
Three Cavrled Indians at th Calvary Bap
tist Chnroh Yesterday.
Th converted Indian chiefs, Lon Wolf,
A-Ha-Tone, and Buffalo Meat addressed tha
congregation ot the Calvary Baptist Church
last night. Lone Wolf and A-Ha-Tone are
members ot the Kiowa Nation, Buffalo Meat is
a Cheyenne. Lone Wolf has had a picturesque
career. He was a leader in th last Kiowa up
rising, was captured and sent In chains to Flor
ida. In 1800 he waa converted, and since than
has been doing missionary work among hla
brethren.
Buffalo Meat and Lone Wolf cannot talk
English. They spoke last night in the Cheyenne
language. A-Hk-Tone Interpreted their remark.
Lone Wolf's appeal to tho whites follows:
" When the Great Spirit crontcd tho world. He
divided It Into two groat seasons one warm and
tho other cold. Tho warm season brings light
and life; tbe grass springs up, the birds slnr,
there is growth and development to fruit, and
Joy and gladness. The cold season brings death
and desolation ; t be grass dies, the trees are bare,
tbo fruits nro gone, tho animals boonme weak
nnd poor, the very water turns hard, thero is no
Joy. no gladness,
"You Christian white people are like the
summer. You have life and warmth and light
and knowledge The poor, wild Indians are
like tbe winter; we have no growth, no knowl
edge, no Joy, no gladness. Won't you share
your summer with us i Won't you holp us with
thn light and life, that wo may hare Joy and
gladness and knowledge and eternal life here
after I"
B.IZZBD IX BOUTJIEItX TOItXADOES.
Four Live Ijost and JVearly a Doaen Prana
Wounded In Two Storms.
New OrtLEANs, La.. April 24. A tornado swept
over J. W. Crano's Viva plantation on Red
River, a few miles below here, about 4 o'clock
yesterday evening. Thirty-two houses were
blown down. Including two dwellings and Mr.
Crane's store. Two negroes were killed and
sovcral others wounded. Mrs. Yates, Mr. and
Mrs. Walkor and other white people woro
wounded. An ox wagon, with a negro driver,
had an ox killed. Tho driver and part of tbe
wagon were blown away and have not been
found. Letters, papers, and remnnnta ot goods
from Mr. Crane's store were picked up three
miles away. One man saw a wagon body and
house top, with gablos intact, passing 200 feet
in tbe air. Heavy rains, with some hall, fell
hore, but no damage was dono.
Last night a tornado swept over West Pusca
goula, destroying tho houso of Henry Andrews,
a colored man, who lived on tbe routhslde of
tho Louisville and Nashville Railroad, about
hnlfamllo westot the village, killing two and
wounding soven of his family. About a mllo
from Andrews's Mrs. KIttrel heard tho storm
coming and ran out to her poultry yard, when
she was seized by tho blast and driven between I
tbe henbouso and fonce. Injuring her seriously. I
STARTED TO FIQHT TUB BPAXZABDB.
A ltt-1 ear-Old Boy nun Away from Johns
town, X. V., hut Is Cangbt In Tribe's II III.
TniDB'a Hill, N. Y., April 24. Yesterday tho
police of Johnstown sent out an alarm that
a grandBon of ex-Mayor Knox of that city had
suddenly disappeared from home. Tbo lad was
traced to Fonda, and late in the day was seen
walking toward Trlbo's Hill, on tbe Central
Hudson Railroad. At about 10 o'clock last
night he was nrrested here at tho station,
-where he was awaiting the arrival of a train.
Ho said that his intention was to go to Cuba
and figbt the Spaniards. He had considerable
money, a revolver, nnd cartridges. In tbe
afternoon he waa at a Fort Unnter hotel, whero
ho wroto the following letter to his mother,
Mr. C. B. Knox of Johnstown, which was found
to-day in a box nt tho Central-Hudson station
which Is used by railroad employees to deposit
letters In:
Scaii Maim a: I am Terr sorry I ran away. I am
coins to Cuba. I bars got a rerolrer ana twenty
cartridges. I barn au engagement on a ship. It's no
ue trying to nnd me. because I travel In th woods,
lam going to war. Your son, Ciiaolxs.
Tbe boy Is 12 yoara of age. He was taken
home to-day.
ODITUABT.
Dr. Cornelius N. Hoagland died at his home,
410 Clinton avenue; Brooklyn, at 8:40 o'clock
last night. He took a trip abroad on Jan. 27
laBttbtitwas compolled to return again on April
0, after which tlmo ho was confined to hls.bod
with an affection of tbo heart, Ho was born In
Neshanlc, Somerset county, N. J., on Nov. 23,
1823. He enterod Starling Medical College at
Columbus, O,, in 1831, and was graduated from
tho medical department of tho Western Reserve
University at Cleveland. In 18S4 ho was elect
ed County Auditor in Miami county, O., and
served six years. When tbe civil war beirsn he
becamo First Lieutenant of the Lafayette Blu s,
an organization recruitod in Troy, O , nnd which
was attached to tho Eloventh Ohio Infantry. In
October, 1801. he was appointed surgeon of tho
Seventy-first Ohio Infantry. He served to tho
close of the war, being wounded In tbe breast at
Nashvlllo. After the war be engaged In mer
cantile buslnuss. He moved toBrooklyn In 3 8(18.
Ho was the President of tbe Cleveland Baking
Powder Company. He founded tho Hoagland
Laboratory ten years ago, and since then has
presentod to that Institution $184,000. Ho w as
tbo President of tbe Board of Directors. He
was also Interested In the Brooklyn Free Kin
dergarton Soeiety and the Brooklyn Ej e and Kar
Hospital, and had made large contributions to
each, He was n fellow of tho Micro
scopical Society of London, llfo follow of
tho American Geographical Society of New
York, and was also n member of the New York
Genealogical and Biographical Soolety, and tho
Long Island Historical Socioty. He was the
regent ot tbo Long Island College Hospital, was
a member of tho Loyal Legion, and a trustee of
the Syracuse University, Antloch College,
Adelphl College, tbe Peoplo's Trust Company,
and the Dlmo Savings Bank, and was a member
or tbe Hamilton and Oxford clubs. He leaves
threo children, Cora A., tbe wife of George T.
Tongeman; Luella J. Hoagland, and Elizabeth
K., the wife of Charles O. Gates.
Jackson McNeill, for many years connected
with tho London and San Francisco Bank, Is
dead ot pneumonia In San Francisco. Ho was
02 years of age, and a native of Boston.
The Weather.
Th depression which was moving eastward ta a
trough eorerlng tbo country from tueOulf to Can
ada centred yesterday on the coast of Virginia, at
taining some force, but not of a dangerous nsture
The highest wind reported on the coast was about
twenty four mtlet an hour, between New York city
and Ilatteras. Rain was falling In th AtUnllo States
and Inland lo tbe lsk regions and Ohio Valley. F.lss
where tbe weather was generally fair. Dense fog
enveloped the coast.
In ibis city the day was cloudy, foggy, and showery,
breaking away somewhat late In tbe afternoon.
Humidity stood at 10U per cent at 8 A. M., and ftll
slightly In the afternoon) wind shifted from south
east to southwest, and beoame variable, average
velocity ltt miles an bourt highest offlolal temperature
OS', lowest fit'i barometer, corrected to read tossa
level, at 8 A. M, gO.ea, if M 36.01.
Th tbsrmometer at th United States Westher Ko
rean registered the teciperatureyesterday as followsi
1H98. 1807.1 1894. 1607,
9A.M mi- 03'lflPM DC 03
1HM 57- BD U 1 U 61' Ol
81'. M OS (IH-'lJllId 01' Of
WAsmxarox rojcicmr rou noxpir.
For Kew Cngland and tailtm titu York, rafs.o!
foued bvfair utalhtrl brltk iwrOxrly uindi.
for rsstern I'eunsylvanla, New Jerssy, Dels
ware, Maryland, th District of Columbia and Vir
ginia, fair weather) cooler, northerly winds.
For western Pennsylvania, western few York and
Onto, fair, with dtcreuln cloudiness i fresh north
erly wtotU,
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Young Conple Coneiuded That They Had Be) H
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A Harrlase Ceremony That Was Hastened by W
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to John Jay Chapman was announced yester- -l-H
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THItER 31XBTEKIOUS PltlSONEBS. M
Arrested Mr Swindling, and Xtrr Stepping at Mm
a Breadwar llotrl. jH
Dayton P. Tanner, Francis A, AUn, and
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tho hotel they did not appear to know aa. ml
another, t'
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