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II LAST SHOTS AT SANTIAGO.
i ran bombabdmext a tame affair
K ox ran wAiismrx
Seenea as tha S-Inch Gum TTe.ro Fired
: Relaxation of the Hlgor of the Blockade
at Santiago Dlioniilom on Shipboard of
Ew the Credit Duo to the Varlom Leaders,
K Orr SlKTilao, July 17. The work of the navy
,? In these waters scorns to have been fully ao
afc comrllshed. The action of July 8 dostroyed all
B' tha Bpanlsh warships hero except the small
IB, gunboats that were never Intended for tea
Br service. The last two waoks. thoreforo. havo
'M been, uneventful although full of uncertainty.
B Tho Brooklyn, tho Texas, the Indiana, the
W , Oregon and tha New York have taken part In
&j' Ions ranee bombardments of Santiago from
8 oft Aguodores. bnt their work wa scarcely
ff, more than target practice with the 8
K tnoh guns. A ranee ot 8.200 yards was glvon
' and a direction such as "thirty-three degrees
W forward of abeam" and the cans wore fired
jfjL every Ave minutes or so. A keen eye mliht do
ff tect tho flight ot the Bhells as they passed In
M. land, high over the hills, and a faint sound of
tffi their rush through the air could bo beard nt
. There havo been various other plans In mind,
! but none has been earrled out Within two
days of the destruction ot the Spanish fleet
; preparatory orders were Issued for forcing the
l' harbor with the small auxiliary vessels, but
' ' the first traoe Interfered. Then It was ar
v ranged that the battleships shonld bombard
j Bantlaeo from off Agnadores with tholr 13
L lnoh anna, bnt anotbor truoo stoppod this.
W Again preparations were mads for counter
It mining the harbor, and a number of gunootton
f mines were manufactured on board tha Leba
i non, when word camo that the surrender ot
$ Santiago had been agreed to. After two days
j this waa oonflrmod.
In the meantime communication by signals
had been established between the fleet and the
r army on the beach, and tho wigwag flags were
swaying and dipping all day lone, tholr plaoo
, being token at night by eleotrio torches on tho
j s ahlps and a blinking lantern on shore.
In the fooo of all the possibilities present, tho
bombaidments. that did occur seemed tamo
' enough to those who hoped (or and expected
W greater things. A stranger on the Now York,
howover, might hare found much that was un
usual In the soenos, espeolally below decks.
Tho entire crow was not at gonoral quarters.
, Two divisions ot the watch manned tho guns,
I , and tha powder division, nhort-handod, anp
Iff ft jjF piled ammunition. Battle ports woro not dosed,
I f ft m nDd wItn men n(1 offloera at their ordinary
f i' i- Bl amusement, the regular gathoring places pro
I I. f le sentod no unusual appearance.
!j; A game of whist waa in progress In the steer
H Me or junior officers' moss, and the Quarters
opening out ot It. the wooden bulkheads In
j jt front of which had been ohopped away long be
k fore, were oooupled as usual. Hero letters woro
being written, and there young men sat In their
S underclothos reading. In one room a group
was watching Cristobal, a parrot given to En
W sign Boone by a sailor on the Cristobal Colon.
j The bird stands swaying his body from stdo
to side muttering Spanish words unintelligibly.
t Tho snap of a triok turned down at thewhlat
; tablo is heard and one ot the writers lays aside
J a eompletod page of his letter. Suddenly, in
t such quick succession as to appear to be slmul-
taneoua. with a report such as only a big gun
S makes, come a concussion, a heave and a
t- breath ot air. the echo of the first report and
the clank of the gravity return ot the gun
r mount
I' Tho parrot crouches teetering on his perch
$ ho falls oft It aometimes and the men standing
I- about smilo, though they have given starts
i themselvos. Tho whist players turn book tho
i last trick and recall Its playing as though It
E wero something which had bean done long be
H fore. There Is a blot on a letter, and a reader
W has lost his plaoo. An onlooker at tho whist ta
P ble places his Angers over his ears for a mo
ffi mest, and thon removes them one at a time to
S.' seo it he has been deafened. No matter bow
'' many times one goes through this experience.
, l he is always startled. After a time one can con
I trol his muscles enough not to Jump, but he is
apt to reltove himself by a nervous shout or
I laugh at eaoh shot.
I Thero Is, consequently, a sound ot volcos
i r after every dlsoharge of a big gun In a slow
, bombardment like that at Aguadores. Theef
S, feot is to lend an appearance of greater intorest
to the scene than is really felt As a matter of
f. fact suoh a bombardment amounts to little on
E the ships taking part In it At the other end,
I however, it Is a different story. Shell oltor
1 shell comes hurtling through the air.
apparently falling from tho sky. All
a fall comparatively near ono another, land
y lng with a throb, behind which comes the Bound
L ot the flight which sounds like tho crack of a
I Blant whip with a rotating lash. Blmultaneous-
ly with the Impact ot each shell Is tho terror of
I Its explosion. It is after this that the sound of
I the gnn Itself reaches the landing place of the
I Si shell. That comes rolling along with tho rail
I' ot the fragments of tho shell and tho settling of
H the dust.
j& With tho announcement threo days ago that
JK Santiago had surrendered came a znoro notice
s' able tendenoy to relax the rigor of the block
S. ode. This had begun on the day following the
t destruction of the Spanish fleet Its first Indl
g" cation was the removal ot the launch and tor
J pedo boat patrol at tho harbor mouth. Twelve
Is days ago the Ardols signal on the flagship New
i York made signal that thereafter battlo ports
X need not bo kept In place at night and that
: lights might be shown In ofllcors' rooms. Since
I the surrender battle hatches have also been re
Sj moved from Bomo of the ships and other
; changes involving moro time In preparing the
I big guns for action have been made. At tho
I same time, however, the supplies ot ammunl
r tion Beady for the larger guns of the secondary
, jP batteries have been Increased.
I' There has been no let-up In the strict lookout
f maintained every hour of tho day. This fact Is
sufllolontly proved by the quick discovery of
fe the attempt to run the Itelna Mercedes cut of
( Santiago harbor on tho night of July 4. It was
I" learned to-day that she was probably sunk by
,- American shells, as two large calibre holes mar
I be seen In her hull.
r The lost two weeks havo naturally been full of
fe discussion as to tho relative importance of the
I various operations undertaken so far and as to
, I' the credit duo to various leaders. Ail such dls
I cusslons aro undortakon by strongly prejudiced
F men, and what reports of thorn gain ourrency
r in tho newspapors should be read n Ith a due
I consideration ot this fact
I , Tho rivalry between the army and the navy
I Is, of coureo, keen. Tho results achieved at
S Santiago hava been due largely to combined
! effort, though the actual accompllshmenta of
Sifi '" eaohbranoh have been dlstlnot Thero might
. f have been batter coOporation at times, por
"!! Mi bps. but In that cubo thero would be yot more
?j t W diffloulty in dividing the glory. Of tho iustlco
ft. 1 1 r ' the various olalms already advancod under
f 3 thlM head, ono who has spent hla ontlre time
gift J afloat Is not competent to judge.
i I Tho credit for dt-Btructlon of tho Spanish fleet
III B two weoka ago Is, of course, due to the navy.
3 Ii ' and thero seems little oall to attempt to give
fife this orodlt to any Individual ship or man.
JJI jf Every one did his part in that glorious work.
I' I I' ud. while the engagement lasted, there was no
III Pey jealousy or vanity apparent But before
J I I the Colon filled and slipped from tho reef upon
It I I which sho had beon run. or tho flames on the
t Sft le threo other cruisers had begun to die away as
I g m, soon. In fact, us tho mon on the dlfferont ships
'ill h had loliiuro to talk at nil. conflicting claims und
f I K statomonts began to bo mode. Some men on
! E- ver!r on8 of t,l oltl,t Amorican ships that
fell f0011 Prom'uont parts in the action claim more
' I t iff for that ship than tho consensus of opinion on
'ft 1 I $ all the othor ships allows.
1 1 f' f It was a noticeable foniure In the news glen
!c 3 R K ttl0 naw,',','er despatch boats by ships on
ft I & ft "10 5IaTan'1 blookado two months ngo that all
f,f K Wps btscraod to tako plcasuro and a sort of
'K?s fc Pi"lde in unselfishly praising the work dono by
W I F ft11", This feature has boon nmrkcdly ab
'Au r ent here. Tho claims ndvaucod in behalf of
Biffed 1 UieUrooklyu havo boon mo9t porslstnnt, but
K y not raoro preposterous than tboso in behalf of
P' f. !ho Texas, the New York, the Indiana, and the
jl w V luwa. Theso ships all did what thoy could, and
MM I
did it woll : but no one of them has the slightest
reason to claim the entire credit, or even any
very oonsldorablo part or It fsr overpowering
any ono of the six Spanish ships that
came to grief on July 3. Any suoh
claim for them In advanced deliberately
nt tho expense ot tha Just due ot
other ships. Thoso despatches have already
referred to tho accomplishments of the Oregon
and the daring ot the Gloucester as greater
than might have boon reasonably expectod ot
them. The other ships did tholr whole duty,
and but llttlo more. The greatest' American
strength was In tho 0-poundar Are that literally
beat the Spaniards back from their stations.
Tho Ores that consumed tho Teresa, the
Oquondo, and tho Vlscaya might have been
extinguished, with proper preparation and
more Immediate attention, and tho Colon was
surrendered In pure cowardice. No more credit
belongs to any American Captain than to eaoh
member of his crow who did his duty, and
Admiral Sampson's work had all been dons
before the Hoot appoared. He was but llttlo
more than & spoctator In tho action Itself.
TUB POJtTO JtlCAS JVXTA.
Gen. Unverat Says It Is Mnde Up of Feopls
Not Known in Porto Rtco.
WisniNOTOif. July 22. Qen. Antonio Matol
Lluveros, the representative In 'Washington ot
the Porto Rlcan annexation party, said to-day
In an interview that tho Porto Rlcan Junta In
Now York, which had taken upon Itself to elect
a Republican Governor for tho island, was made
up of pooplo not known in Porto Rico.
" Tholr Ideas," he said, "aro contrary to the
sentiment of the peoplo of the Island, who
want annotation, realizing that the Island U
too small to exist as on tndependont republic
I seo In to-day's papors that Dr. Ilenna declares
that ho has always been personally In favor of
annoxatlon, and, dosplte tho fact that he Is
President ot tho Revolutionary Junto, be would
be glad to seo the island annexed to the United
States. Such, however, has not been his attl
tudo heretofore.
Gen. Lluveros showed some documents and
lottors relative to a mooting of the New York
Junto, held on July 12, presided over by Dr.
Henna, when that gontlcman announced the
rofusal ot Gen. Miles to allow blm to equip an
expedition. Tho truth Is. Gen.Lluverns said,
that Dr. Henna tolegrophod sometime ago to
Gen. Miles, offering tho services of a well
equlppod Porto Rlcan expedition to accompany
the American Army. His offer was promptly
accepted. Thon ho sont anothor telegram an
nouncing that the formation of tho expedi
tion was conditional upon his recolvtng a
civil commission to go with the army.
This Gon. MUos promptly declined to pormlt
and he told Dr. Henna that ho neod not equip
the expedition. At that meeting of tho Junta
Dr. Henna explained that ho had been working
to bring about tho Independence of the island,
and by a majority of the votes of thoso presont
about thirty, ho was ordored to cease his work
in that direction. Aftor the meeting, howevor.
the Republicans held a soorot eonferonco and
decided to contlnuo the work. It was at this
mooting, continued Gen. Lluveros, that Soflor
Flguoroa attaokod the United States Govern
ment doclarlng that it would be bettor to send
on expedition to fight against the Americans
than to aid them.
Yesterday Gon. Lluveros had a eonferonco
with Gon. Palma. Minister of tho Cuban repub
lic. In regard to the disposition ot large sums of
money presented to the Porto Rico revolution
ists by the Cuban Government Gon. Lluveros
disclaimed oil responsibility for It and said the
money hod been turned over to Dr. Julio
Henna, head ot tho so-called Porto Rlcan Junta
in New York, and suggested that Gon. Palma
Institute an Investigation ot how it was ex
pended. "All that has been given to tho Now York
Junto, however." sold Gon. Lluveros. " can In
no way be charged to our people. We have
never asked old from any peoplo savo the
United States Government The statements in
regard to Porto Rlcan affairs given out from
Washington yesterday were correot."
mXK ITALY QO TO WAItt
A Keport That Her TTnrthlps Aro Author
ized to Bombard Cartagena.
Speaal Call Dupatch to Tnr Suv.
Rome. July 22. Tho Italian warships Pio
monte and Dogoll have sailed from Lisbon.
Theirdestlnation Is not known, but It is be
lieved that they ore bound for Colombia to
augment tho Italian squadron there.
It is said that Admiral Candlanl. who Is now
at Cartagena in command of the Italian squad
ron, has been authorized to bombard that city
to compel the settlement of the Cerrutl claim
by tho Colombian Government
KTLZED O.V 3IONT DnAJTC
An American Named niegel Attempted to
Make the Aaoent Without a Guide.
Spinal Cailt Vttvalch to Tax Sua.
Rome, July 22, A wealthy American named
Rlcgel has met his death whllo attempting to
make the ascent of Mont Blano without a
guide. His body has beon found in a glacial
crovasso.
iiAiiooxs TnnEATJiy to jiebez.
They Assert That the Government of Ja
maica Does Not Ouard Their IMghU.
Ssxciit CalU DupaleX la The Bum.
Kinoston, Jamaica, July 22. A deputation
from the Maroons Interviewed the Governor
to-day about their dispute with a white man
named Salmon, who lias successfully olulmed
In court, by right of twelve years' occupation, a
considerable area of land, which, tho Maroons
say, was cedod to thom after their rebellion.
The Governor rofusod to Interfere with tho
legal decision.
Tho deputation urged that tho treatyof peace
with tho Government after tho rebellion glea
them tltlo to tho land. They do no acknowl
edge tho lows of tho colony and threaten an
other rebellion rather than to relinquish a yard
of their rosorvutlon.
The deputation returnod to Aecompong. tho
Maroon capital, with tho determination to
BOlze tho disputed land and defy the constabu
lary and military. Troublo is thought to be
Imminent,
Tho Austrian cruiser Maria Theresa returned
hore to-day after an nbuenco of nlna days.
Maroons Is tho namo formerly given to runa
way nlaes In Jamaica, and i to-day applied to
their descendants, many of whom have little
ehlllxatlon. and dwoll in the more Inaccessible
parts of the mountain distrlots.
llKIWr.T.IOX IX CUIKA.
The Chlnrie 1'leet Preparing to Tako n
Hand Agalnat the Inturgnnta.
AperiaJ Call lUtpaltk to Tnr Bu,
HonciKono, July 22.-ThoKwang-HI rebellion
has not yet been subdued. Admiral Kok Wan
Mun has instructed tho floot to get In readiness
to sail nt a moment's notice, and Admiral Lao
Ylun Ting has beon ordored to enlist a foroe
of bnncsto bo used In on emergenay.
IV (roloum in Matubelelnnd.
.tyrcial Ct Ditpatch to Tn Smr.
Oapb Town, July 22,-FetroIeum has been
dlsoovored thirty miles from Uuluwayot Tho
man who mode tho discovery has received one
offer of 30,OO0 for his property.
30,000,000 loaned to the Trantvaal.
.Spinal CabU DtlpakX to Tn Sun.
Bkrun-, July 22,-It Is believed horo that Dr.
Leyds, Secretary of fetato of the South African
Republic, has sueceoded in raising a loan ot
i,OOO,0O0 on behalf of tho TrauBt aal Government.
Lunatic llrraLt Station Itoule Window,
Jacob Welnlgraii of 51 Monroe street an In
sano toilor. threwa stono through one of the
windows of tho Sfadison street police station
last night He was wrested and looked up.
CAKADtAJT TACIFia WAR.
Itestorntlon of Bnte Uhely to So Agreed
Upon as tho Tleralt of a Conference.
Cnioioo, July 32.-flIr William Van Home,
President ot tho Canadian Paolflo Railway,
passed through Chicago to-day on his way
East from 8t Paul, where he had been In con
foronoe with J. J. Hill, President of the Great
Northern Railroad, on the transcontinental
possengerrato war. No offlolal statemont has
yet boon made regarding the result ot the con
ference. Unofficially, however, it Is said that
on agreement was reached, the praotloal result
of which will be the cessation of the war and a
restoration ot rates on a basis which will bo en
tirely satisfactory to the American lines. This
announcement has been received with a great
deal ot satisfaction by the American lines, all
of which are tired ot tho war. It Is expeotod
that a meeting of tho lines will be called Imme
diately after Sir William Van Horns reaches
Montreal for the purpose of settling the details
of the restoration of rates with the least possl
bio dolay. .
aim, Dnomrsn snon the xtzsibb.
Not aiisaed at Oncellody ricked TJp After
tho Little Steamboat Had Gone On.
Tho Now York police received this telegram
from Yonkors lato last evening:
Look out for the body otn young lady lost oft
steamer Ulster botwoen 125th and Christopher
streets. Blue skirt red. plaid walsi
Capt W. BNTDrn.
The Ulster is a llttlo steamboat that loaves
the foot of Bloomflold street North River, ovory
other wookday at 0 o'clock In the evening and
gotstoSaugertles at 4 o'clock next momlng.
Hho left lost ovonlng on time. Sho does not
usually stop at Yonkers, and It looks as It the
Captain ran In thore last night to send his tele
gram. A woman's body that answered tho descrip
tion had already boon found at tho foot ot
West Twenty-sixth street by John MoKenna of
D42 West Twonty-nlnth streot. the watchman
on the pier there. At 7:45 o'oloek Mo
Eonna saw tho body of a woman drifting up
stream toward tho pier. Ho went out In a boat
and, with a boat hook, drew the body to tho
pier. A .patrol wagon took It to tho West
Twentieth street police station.
Tho girl had light bronn hair, a light clear
complexion, and bluo eyes, wag about o feet 0
Inches tall, and of average build. Sho Boomed
to be about 1U yoars old. Sho wore a red and
whlto plaid shirt waist and a blue, skirt lined
with black silk. She wore Inced black shoes, a
turn-down collar, and a red silk tie. Hor fea
tures ware clean out and regular and she had
apparently beon very pretty.
No hat was found. There were two rings on
hpr fingers: ono was on old-fashioned chased
gold ring with a garnet Hotting and tho other was
a plain gold ring. A gold altham watch n as
tucked undor her belt and her ouITs were fast-
Smod with silver cuff buttons. Nono of this
ewelry was marked with n name or an Initial,
(one ot hor clothing wan ninrkod In any way.
Tho body was sent to tho Morgue to anait in
structions from Capt Snyder of tho Ulster
whon he roadies Baugertles. Tite Bun got tho
Presldentpf the Saugorttos lino at Baugortlos
on tho tolcphono last night but ho had not
heard of the coro. and could give no guess as to
tlie Identity of the young woman.
It Is surmised from the wording of Capt
Snyder's tolegram, taken with the fact that tho
body was found off Twenty-sixth street that
the discovery that tha girl was missing was
not made until tho boat bad got un to 125th
street and that nobody saw her fall overboard.
Tho young woman's watch had stopped at
twenty minutes after 7 o'clock.
WIFE HER Oir.V DETECTIVE.
Ponnd Her Runaway nuaband, an Ex-Post
Office Clerk, Turned Walter.
William A. Dutchor was locked up In tho
West Thirtieth streot station house last night
charged with abandonment by his wife. Grace.
Dutcher was arrested by Court Officer Broder
lok of tho West Fifty-fourth Street Court on a
warrant Ho was arrested on Jan. 24 on the
same charge. That tlmo he was arraigned be
fore Magistrate Pool and ordered to pay his
wlf o Si u week for her support. Dutchor was
employed as a clerk In the General Poet Office
at tha time and Magistrate Pool paroled him
on his recognlzanoe.
Two days lator Maglstrato Pool received a
lettor from Dutcher. who thanked the Magls
trato for setting him at liberty. Ho endoilhis
letter by saying that he wouldn't pay his wlfo
anything for her support and that ho Intended
to loovolhe city. He resigned his clerkship in
tha rostOmco and disappeared.
A couple of doys ago Mrs. Dutchor visited
Coney Island, and In walking along the Bowery
saw hor husband carrying a tray of dishes in a
restaurant. She came back to tho city and got
a warrant Dutchor was arrested in tho res
taurant yesterday aftomoon. Ho was employed
as a waiter.
PIKE IX COXET ISLAXiyS BOWEJtT.
Chief Klrkpntxlck and Two Oilier Firemen
Overcome by Smoke.
A fire that threatened wide destruction In tho
Bowery at Coney Island last night, caused only
$3,500 worth of damage This was dono to tho
concert hall of George Lawrence In tho Bowery
and Thompkln's walk. Throe flremon. lnclud
ingChlef Klrfcpatrlck. wore overcome by smoke.
The hall was crowded at 10.45 o'clock and
tho audience was watching a performanco
when smoko aroso from under tho stage. It
was a neck-and-neck race between tho perform
ers and the audlcneo as to which should reach
tho street first. By tho tlmo tho last person hod
renchod tho sidewalk, tho whole roar of tho
building was ablaze.
Under tho stage had been stored a lot of ex
celsior. This and tho oll-palnted sconory and
wooden stage llxtures caused m denso asmoke
that all of the other concort halls on the Bowery
had tocloaodown. The street was soon crowded
with tho visitors and women in tights and other
airynttlre The Are swept under the floor and
reached through to the boardwalk. It was in
tearing un this walk with pickaxes that Chief
Klrkpatrick aud 1'lrcmcn Frank Livingston
and Ucorge Webb were overcome by smoke.
They soon revived.
HltEW A IiErOLTER XX A CAFE,
Well-Dreaaed Young Man Didn't Havo a
Cent in nit Pockets.
David Livingstone, a well-dressed young
man. who said ho lived at 310 West Elghty
soventh street walked into the Cairo Cafe", at
34 West Twonty-nlnth street last night and
loudly domunded thatwaltors attend on him.
Robert Burroughs, ono of tho waiters, went to
Lh Ingstono and said :
" Wo know you : you've mado troublo In hero
before, and wo won't serve you. You bettor go
away,"
Livingstone pulled a revolver from his hip
pocket retired to a corner of tho room, and
filled the chambors of tho revolver with car
tridges. The room was cleared of waiters in a
miuuto.
Ono of them went out to Broadway nnd
brought back Policeman Keed, who walked up
to Mr Livingstone and Bald:
"Drop that "
Mr. Livingstone dropped his revolvor with
astonishing promptness, and was taken to tho
Thirtieth street station, whore he spent tho
night There waa not a cent In hla pookets.
ZVXATIO AT ST. PATllICK'S.
Ho Telia Cathedral Wonblppors That Ho Is
In Communication with Ileuven.
Hugh Larney, an electrloian, of Ryo Neck,
walked up tho main aisle of Bt. Patrick's
Cathedral yesterday afternoon, and whon hor
tho chanoel shouted to the fow worshippers
who woro In the church:
"Come and bo saved. I am tho only one who
can help ou. Being an electrician, I have
direct communication with heavon."
Special Officer Rutledge managed to get Lar
ney to tho East Titty-first street station by pro
fessing penitence and asking that messagos bo
sent to heaven for hlra. An ambulance from
Flower Hospital was summoned and Larney
climbed Inside and cocked up his feet on tho
tallnleco.
"'Tlsn't overydayyou can put your feet on
Vanderbllt's mantelpiece," ha chuckled.
,JI0TrLV&on tSth,9 Insane pavilion at Bella.
pWtfttaTJSri rchrnonf arrt
kerdraowa!"611 tho
Confessed to a 830,000 Shortage.
Milwaukee. Wis . July 22 -J, H. Myers, de
faulting Secretary and Treasurer of tho Home
Building and Loan Association, admits a short
ago of $30,000, and tho directors beliove tho
amount to ne double. Mjers says ho is not
SUrj.fitnSramount- A Jfoceiver has been ap
pointed. Myers spent the money koeplng un
GONE FROM CAMP THOMAS.
rinar op oex. nnoomca ironcna
ZtiATBS CUICKAMAVOA.
Three Itrglments Start for Newport News
Gen. tyroobe, tho Hospital equipments
and Signal Corps Men to Start To-Dny
Other Forces of the first Corps to Go.
Chattinoooa, Tchn., July 22. The Second
Brigade, Tlrst Division. Plrst Corps, broke
camp to-day at Chlckamauga. departing for
Newport News, Va, to be transported thonoo to
Porto Rico. To-morrow Gen. Brooke and staff
nnd a guard of two companies, the signal oor
vlca corps and reserve hospital and ambulance
corps will also leave for Newport Nows.
The Third Brlgado, First Division, First
Corps, will follow as soon as transports can bo
provldod, and tho movoment ot the First Corps
will oontlnuo thenceforward in order. Probably
tho entlro movoment will require frotn ton to
fourteen days, and transports may not be fur
nlshod rapidly enough to justify the removal
ot tho troops from hore In that tlmo.
Tho movemonts that havo thus for bconmode
from Chlckamauga demonstrate cloarly that on
army caunot bo transported in a day. This
was a day of great activity with tho Fourth
Ohio, Fourth Pennsylvania, and Third Illinois
Regiments. Rovetllo sounded this morning at
S o'clock, and tho mon ot tho throe regiments
had their last mess at Chtokamauga at 3:45
A. M.. tho earllost breakfast they havo over
pnrtakon ot at Camp, Thomas. The men ata
with good cheer. Thoy wero eager, every one,
to boglu tho work of tho day. Tho plan ot
movement was that tho Third Illinois should
move first tho Fourth Ohio noxt aud the
Fourth Pennsylvania last
Tho Third Illinois broko camp at 5 A. M.. re
ceiving tho command to movo forward at 5:30.
Col. Bonnott gave the command in a ringing
voice that set tho early morning air vibrating.
The Major commanding the First Battalion re
peated tho command to the Captain ot tho first
company ot tho battalion and tho Captain gave
it to the men of his company. Then tho pout
up enthusiasm of the men broke forth, and tho
first company steppod forward amid doafening
cheers that woro prolonged until tho last com
pany ot tho regiment had turned its back on
Camp Thomas and faced tor Newport Nows and
Porto Rico.
Whllo tho Third Illinois was leaving tho Fourth
Ohio was preparing to do so. It loft at 7:30 A.
M. All ot tho regiments allowed themselvos
two hours and a half for the four-mllo march
toRossvllle. Tho Third Illinois was loaded at
once into tho troop train. The train consisted
of 100 cars divided into nlno sections. The
work of loading lasted all day. but was finished
bofore sunset and tho last section of tho train
rolled out early to-night
To-morrow Rossvlllo will again bo tho sceno
ot action, as the hospital and ambulance corps
and signal service oorps are to load thoro abo
This morning the Twelfth Now York partici
pated in a division formation, tho Third Di
vision, First Corpi. being reviewed by Gen.
Sanger commanding. Tho review was on
Bnodgrass Hill. Nino regiments wero in line,
about 12.000 men in all. Seventy-four bugles
sounded tho calls and nlno bands plaved In
spiring marches, while the colors of nvorv mm.
maud wero waving above the boys in blue. It
was an Inspiring scono.
In the Ninth New York to-day Private Henry
Ronner. Company K. died of typhoid fever,
leaving six other fover patlonts of tho Ninth
at tho point ot death.
Tho Eighth Now York. Col. Chauncoy. won
anothor signal victory at sham battlo this
morning. The Fourteenth New York ofllcors
will not express themselves, but they are
known to entertain hopes of tho transfer of tho
Fourtoerth Now York to tho First Corps, so
that thoy may bo included In tho oxpodltlon to
Porto Rico.
Tho Vermont troops enjoy blessings that
aro not common to most volunteers. Tho State
of Vermont pays its troops 57 a month
each In addition to what tho national Gov
ernment allows thom. To-day was pay day In
tho regiment, and a handsome sum of money
was distributed to tho regiment To tho credit
of tho home-loving spirit of this regimont Col.
Clark says that about 80 per cont of the
amount duo tho boys to-day was ordored sont
to the homes of tho troops Instead of being al
lowed to come hore for distribution.
Tho work of tho United States Army signal
and telegraph corpsli otahlgh order. The boys
can lay five miles of lino nnd havo it In opera
tion in an hour. So good is tho telegraph sor
vlco that Gen. Brooko has abandoned tho
telephones. Tho corps has sovoral kinds
of wagons. Ono carrloa a big roel ot
wire lu Imlf-mllo lengths and dry bat
teries. Two lids drop down ineldo for tho
telegraph instruments, nnd It Is wonderful how
fast these men can put up a lino. A wogon
loaded with poles about twelve feet long and
threo Inches In diameter follows tho reel wagon
and drops tho imjIos off nt tho required distance,
Tho wire runs out from tho reel through a sort
of stay that keeps It from kinking.
The cantcon of tho Tourth Ohio Is no more,
and now some medical ofllcors aro of the
opinion that It would bo bettor for tho mon if
beer wero sold. Tho others nro non-committal.
In plneo of tho reclmontnl ennteon a man
who was formorly with tho big Third Illinois
temperance cantcon has started a plnco whore
excellent coffee, tea, ginger alo and cookies can
bo purchased. The Colonel and Cnptiin-Sur-gcon
Wright keep a close wntch on tho place,
and tho man says that he will sell nothing ox
copt that which is recommended to bo perfectly
harmless.
Capt W. Goddo of the Norwegian Army, de
tailed by his Government to watch tho work of
tho United States troopi during tho war, is now
at Lookout Mountain. Capt Oodde has just
returnod from Cuba, whoro ho witnessed tho
attack on San Juan, no was hlmsolf attacked
by malaria In Cuba. Tor several days ho has
been watching tho men at Camp Thomas, but
is now nt Lookout Inn recuporatlng. no will
accompany Gon. Brooke's army to Torto Rico,
where ho expects to seo somo llvoly fighting.
Capt. Godde Is highly pleased with tho Amor
loan soldiers, and In making tho most favor
able report to his Government He says the
American way of fighting Is as much of a rev
elation to him us it is to tho Spaniards. Tho
battle of Santiago, ho says, demonstrated forol
bly tho excellent training and tho sturdy on
duranco ot the Amorlcans.
I.lrEI.t XIOIIT AT MIAMI,
Sentries fihoot nt Hnldlnrs Itiinning tho
Guard to Spend Their Wages,
Miami, Fla July 22,-Only one Incident of
violenco marked tho jubilation of tho troops
horo after $150,000 had been distributed among
them by Pa master Bralth. Tho placing of the
olty under martial law and tho breaking up of
all blind tlgors. with confiscation f whiskey
found In such places, happened to jironorvo tho
peace. A rcw occurred shurtly befcro mid
night whon six pistol shots nnd six shots from
rifles woro heard lu rapid succession. Tho
sounds came from tho northwestern part of tho
village, where troublo with negroes had pre
viously ocourrod, and instantly provost guards
with special dotalli from each regimenTwero
hurrying to tho spot Field oflloars with doubled
guards kept tho mon In camp olosoly to their
quarters.
Tho shooting had commoncod whon a soldlor
attempted to run the western guard lino with
out responding to the challenge, A sentrv from
the Second Texas, namod Butler, opened Are
on him as he ran Into the palmetto bushes and
tho fleeing private returned the fire with a
revolver. Promiscuous shooting followed. In
which all the sentries along tho lino took part
without knowing whom thoy were flrlng at,
and It is a wonder that no fatalities wero re
ported. Ono of tho balls entered a small shanty
to tho left of the road, where four oltlzons woro
sleeping. The ball went through tho sldo ot
the shanty, tore through tho fleshy part of the
bock ot one of tha sleepers, James Williams,
and broke tho loft arm of anothor, E. W. Ram
ago. They wero speedily attended by surgeons
from tho division hospital, and to-day they
moved out ol rifle lango ot the guard liooa,
XTa ODD ADOVT MEASVHES.
Jirperlences ot a Provincial Who Went to
the Grocer's nnd tha Milkman's.
"Tho odd applications and picturesque mis
uio of certain weights and measures by gro
cers and provision denlors of New York." com
Plained the recent arrival, "aro most puzzling
and haraiilng to tho stranger. Now, whoro I
como from'-ontrftI Western States vegeta
bles and fruits nro sold bythoquarterpeok.half
peok, peok, and bushol t dietary fluids by liquid
measure strlutly, and dry groceries by avoir
dupois weight This Is what provlnolol Chris
tians aro taught to expect But here much of
It Is reversed, as I have found to my discom
fort. "One morning shortly after my arrival I sot
out to do a little marketing at a corner grocery.
My attention was attracted by the display ot
potatoes, so I entered and said:
" ' How much aro your potatoes a pock V
"'We don't sell 'cm by tha pock, mister,'
answered the grocer. 'Potatoes Is 8 oonts a
quart.'
" This surprised me. However, I dldnt want
to appear greon, so I continued :
"'Of course. Nlco-looklng tomatoes those.
How much a quart V
"'Quart, mister I Laws, tomats don't sell by
the quart! They're 10 oenta a pound.'
"This was anothor surprise: still. I never
turned a hair. I turned to the pcaohos.
" ' reaches ought to be getting cheap by this
time,' said L 'What nro theso worth n-or
pound?
" Tho villain was beginning to grin his Idoas
of a humorous situation bolng low and crudo
and I saw that I was on tho wrong track again.
Wo don't sail 'cm by tho pound.' return ml
my tormentor. 'Peaohes la 20 oentaasruall
moMuro.'
' I surrendered unconditionally after that
wJP.Ulrftw mysolt on hU meroy.
Toll me.' I humbly asked, 'what is a
measure?
"That stuck the grocor, I was rejoiced to
note. He scratched his head In a perplexed
way for o moment thon he said:
why, as to that mister, a measure Is a
measure. There Is small measures and largo
measures, whloh Is tho only difference botwlxt
thom that I know of, You can see for yoursolt
how much they holds.' and ho brought out a
basket tho capaolty of which was atrlllo loss
than a quarter of a peck, and anothor twlco as
largo. Honors being about ovsn, I concluded
to i clyo him another chance.
I'M take a largo measure of your apples. If
the price is right rI offered: but the grocor rs
sumed ills grin and shook his head.
Apples go by tho quart' ho objected. I
collapsed temporarily, rocovored and plunged
recklessly into a vortex of quantities from
which I emerged a mental wreck. Everything
In mensuration was upside down avoirdupois,
dry, liquid, cubic, linear, square measure waa
hopolessly misapplied. No two vegetobles or
fruits. It seemed, wore sold by a common
measure.
"My wife had charged me to purchaso some
S room. soon my way homo I stepped into n
airy shop, favored tho dairyman with a cola,
steely glanco, nnd said, with deep emotion:
I want n rod of cream.' It dazed him, but
I paid no attention to that
Or. if It is not sold by tho foot yard, or rod.'
i continued, gottlng down to survoyors meas
ure, 'give me a link of tho flnld.'
It was evident he thought mo crazy, but I
was still Buffering from the offoctsot nervons
shock received at tho grocer's, and didn't care
what he thought
' Apparently you don't sell the artlolo ac
cording to that measure.' I wont on. 'Very
well, give me a liter of tho boverago.'
He was in agony by this time, and I saw tho
word Pollco forming on his bloodless lips, so
I concluded to put him out of misery.
What I want' said I, ' Is a pint of cream.'
A pint of cream.' repeated ho slowly, on
coming to. We don't sell cream by tho pint!'
.. My first lmpulso was to kill him, but I
thought better of it, being n stranger in Now
lork. and asked him:
"'In thp namo of nil you hold deir nnd
sacred will i ou kindly toll mo how olso you pos
sibly could soil it?'
" W hy, as to cream, sir.' he replied, appar
ently mora astonished than over by this ques
tion, wo Boll It by the pouud I '
"That was the final straw and I staggered
home to moke my wife solemnly promise never
to send mo out again to do tho marketing and
to omploy a guardian and a statistician when
she went hersulf."
HELLIXQ THE DOLOE WOltKS.
The Felt Shoe Plant Sold to J. Dupont Whlto
of New York, for 887,780.
Litoxk Falls. N. Y.. July 22. The first of
the Dolgo corporations, tho Danlol Groen Com
pany, manufacturers of felt shoes, was closed
out to-day by Receiver Richardson. The prop
erty was bid In by J. Dupont Whlto. nn attor
ney of New York, for $07,750. The plant will
remain In Dolgovlllo and work will bo com
menced in tho factory within ten days.
All the agents formerly in the omploy of tho
Daniel Green Company will bo sont out on tho
road noxt wook with a full lino ot samples. Ro
colyer Richardson will make application before
JuiIl'o Scripture, in Romo. to-morrow for an
order confirming tho sale. James Woodberry
of tho firm of Mlllette, Woodberry k Company
of Beverly. Moss,, manufacturers of felt and
lcatuor shoes, was tho lending blddor in oppo
sition to Whlto.
Tho nows that tho factory would be started
nt once was wolcomod by the wage earners of
polgovlllu. and to-night they ore celebrating,
Immediately ufter tho property was knocked
down some of the former employees raised tho
llag on the felt shpejnlnnt Thesaloof tho felt
t?r,',9r ?K 4'lreu. Dol? Hon by Receiver
Mils is dated for Aug. 3 at Dolgavillo. Tho re
ceivers of all the Dolgo corporations In tho vil
lago are taking steps to oloso out tho trusts.
SOLD BY JOE ZEITEIL
Two Pieces of Rral K.talo Disposed Of to
Help Pay His Dcbta.
Cnicioo. July22.-A quit claim dood In which
Joseph Loiter conveys two pieces of downtown
property to John P. Wilson, representing tho
Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, was filed for
record to-day. Tho property Is situated on
Adams street, 00 feet east of Fifth avenue,
south front and on Washington street.
80 feot east ot Dearborn, south front
The consideration Is "$1 and other valuable
considerations." Tho property convoyed by
young Letter is gilt-edged realty in tho busi
ness centre of the city. Each lot Is improved
with a flvo-story building and tho aggregate
valuo of the two pieces is about $400,000.
Joe Leiter is In Now York nnd Attornoy Wil
son, representative of the bank, is out ot town,
so tho transaction is partly shrouded in mys
tory. Tho Illinois Trust nnd bavlngs Bank
wns ono of young Lelter's heaviest creditors
at tho tlmo of his failure, and it Ih presumed
that the property was turned over by Loiter to
help pny his indebtedness. The deed wasdatod
Juno Id. and was never acknowledged bofore a
notary, as 1b customary when deeds aro not
fllod for record nt once. Thoproporty, though
In the son's name, is apart of the elder Lelter's
Chicago holdings.
TICTI3I OF AX OLD OA3IE.
John Nicola lluneuad Out of 8280 by Three
Fellow Comitrjuiru In nobokon.
John Nicola, who sold ho camo from Wllkes
barre. arrived In lloboken yesterday morning,
and intended to sail for Italy to-day. Ho had
$250 In hi pockot While loitering about the
North German Lloyd steamship piers ho mot
throe othor Italians, who told him that thoy
wero going to Italy, and suggested that they
put nil their money together and appoint ono
of tho party to pay tho expenses. Nicola con
Bonted, and was selected to curry tho money.
Ono of tho men hail a small bag Nicola gavo
htm his $250. nnd, after each of tho party had
contributed what money ho had. tho man oppar
r.n,tlyiJl,',StMi U'ie """' hi tho Isr and handed
it to Nicola. Thou th-y went to West lloboken
to spund tliH day. ponding tho sailing of a
stonmor. They entered n Haloou at Oortlandt
f,!S2vfnoSlluton ajonuo.andafew minute
later Moola discovered that his companions bad
disappeared. He opeued tho bug ami n.uml
that it contained a plug of tobacco wrapped in
a piece of newspaper. " "
FLAOS FLYIXO ErEItYfrilEItE.
Seen In tho Country as Well as the City A
Glance from a Car Window,
From a car window, when travelling through
tho country, ono may see a flag flying from a
line stretched from a house to a treo. Hero and
thore U a smaller flag flying from a polo or
rising abovo a barn, and larger flogs, again,
flying from poles on housos.
Passing through smaller towns and cities the
traveller sees flags flying from buildings as ho
would seo them hore In New York, and when
JUl'S.?1"- countrr again lioeeohoneo mire
flags filing from housoh und outbuildings.
And he Sfos hero fhtgs flying from poles of
greater or less l.olght planted I: ! yards; ri?li
irfiwP?88 ar Invproaslve-ln tho city; they are. I
liaouB-thn.0rCMlU nLea " K'eft: I
1
SOME LESSONS OF THEWAR.
GEltXAXY FIXDS OUT TUB VALVB OF
OUH MILITIA.
Astounded ntlts Feats-Trlbnte to Onr Sailor
Boys' Markamnnihlp Dombnrdincnta
Do Llttlo Damage Torpedo Hoots Dis
credited Speed Versus Good Shooting.
FnntXt Fnnkurttr Ztitung,
Tho cotirso of the Spaiilah-Amorioan war up
to date lias brought many disillusions to the
desplsors ot militia, ormlos, and tho German
nowanaper strategists espeolally, who jeered
at "tho militia Generals going Into tho field In
elegant dress," hove become somewhat moro
cautious In their oritlctsm slnoe the fights ot
July 1 and a botoro Santiago. When wo con
Ider undor what unfavorable clroumstanooa
tho Amorlcan soldiors woro obligod to fight
wo must admit that they havo exhibited an en.
durance and bravery that cannot be sur
passed by any troops, no matter how
woll trained. Dismounted cavalrymen wcra
employed to storm a, strong position: a prepa
ration tor the Infantry attook by artillery flro
was Impossible, as thero was no artillery; tho
men suffered from lack of food, because tho
commissariat had to strugglo with groat diffi
culties of transportation ; the preliminary prep
arations for tho oaro ot the wounded wore very
defective. All this was known to tho soldiers,
who, nevertheless, advanced with undiminished
courage. Tho positions the Amorlcans galnod,
on both days ot battlo they not only retained,
but later won still more ground.
The Spanish troops, whose military qualities
aro vnluod vory highly by the opponents of tho
mllltla, woro stationed In oxcolleut strong posi
tions, had with thom aulllolont artlllory. mado
uso of smokeless powder, wero suportor In
numbor to tho Americans, and were com
manded by ofllcors experienced In war. Why
did not those European-trained troops sally out
of Santiago and simply drlvo tho Americans
Into tho sea? Why does no Marshal Blanco,
who Is Bald to havo at his command a woll
ormod army ot ot loast 100,000 mon. accus
tomed to tho climate and to fighting, make his
superiority felt? Our newspaper strategists
and desplsors ot mllltla soldiers have not yet
vontured to gtvo on answer to theso questions.
Tho valuo ot troops does not depend merely
on tho military drill, suoh as Is usual In Europe.
Thoro Is mil Itla nnd mllltla. A popular army Itko
tho Swiss, with Its full equipment ovor ready for
war, represents a stronger power at tho be
ginning of a war than the American State
mllltla, which Is not intended for foreign sor
vlco. and out of whloh. whon war breaks
out. an army must first bo formed. In spite ot
all theso disadvantages and difficulties, the
Americans havo sot an army on foot In a few
weeks which was obliged to tako tho Hold
undor unfavorable circumstances, and never
theless has shown Itself thoreln not merely
equal, but suporlorto Its woll-tralnod adversary.
Almost as Instructive as tho combats on land
havo beon the sea fights. In tho first placo, a
termer exporlenco has beon conflrmod, namely,
that a bombardment of modern earthworks,
even with guns of largo calibre, does little dam
ago. Whon tho English sixteen years ago bom
barded tho fortlfloatlons of Alexandria they
believed they had completely destroyed them,
but on landing they found out. to their aston
ishment how irttlo harm their hoavy firing had
dono. Iho AmorlcaM have now met with the
;amo experience at Havana, nt Ban Juan do
Porto Rloo and at Santiago de Cuba. It Is not
alarm over tho mines but fear of tho guns of
Morro Castlo and of La Socapo that has re
strained Admiral Sampson up to the present
from risking on entry Into tho harbor of Santi
ago, although the Morro fort has been repeat
edly bombarded and tho newspapor reports
have more than onco announced that "the fort
has been reduced to u heap ot ruins."
Of on effective use of mines wo have heard
as little as of the uso of torpedoes. In the bat
tlo between the fleets tho Americans had no
occasion toapproaohthoSpanlardsnoarenough
to bring their torpedoes Into play, whllo the
Spaniards wero so hard pressod hy the Amerl-
PAtl nrn That rhaV v-iVlM nn ait., thl.t. - l.a
tlnp Ipoio torpe.fops Whenever Snmish tor-podo-boats
have uttemntd to approach Ameri
can ships they were either, when the attempt
Jh?.m.'?S nlBht- discovered by the search
lights and then overwhelmed with such a hall
of shot that they wero obliged to withdraw,
or olso. as in the case of Cervera's dash, were
?.. one9 s,hof ? nieces Tho two Span
ish torpedo-boat dostroyers. Furor and
irS.'SV'MJ" 28 19.30 k.nota- ttn'l wSrS
ar,m.i.lV.Lltn ui 1.4-Ppund nnd two 6-pound
quie'te? 2ncl.a Maxim gun. As soon as they
-mf nfu! if ""F" harbor.nevertliefess.they
were attacked by tho armed yacht Gloucester.
,'i!XlnnKi0"llr a ew0rpounderand3.poundor
quick-firing nuns, and rendered iiselces In o
Sri'inA0 v.Xhe Gloucester Is said to have
fired 1.400 shots and suffered hardly anydam-
SK5Sci5SJl5I1B.t noted that In thtecwetwo
torpedo-boat destroyers, vessels which here
tofore have boon represented as extremely
"lK111 P' wor? destroyed by
an nrmod yacht of inferlorspoed to theirs.
Equally Interesting are tho observations
mado on the fight between battleships and
thSlROrrS-. A.9 ln ft? btattlB of tuo YaI- botw"n
tho Chinese and Jnpancse. superiority In
ThJkRK!,anI!,p decdl the fight off Santfiffo.
?,!iS?.ni,shi voa,,oi9 wor 'n Par superior In
nFt?, Hri1M.KW.eiI;lcan : tho valor and discipline
of the Spanish sailors ore much praised by ths
AhmhlCni,8?,,?xpelLW, officers commanded
K P'ju' nevertheless they wero defeated
without doing any damage worth mentioning
to tho enemy. It is well known that for years
tho Americans hava kept up Industriously
target Practice, nnd thaf they expected ccSd
results from thli themselves Good guns without
good gunners are useless in a light Tho Span,
birds shot poorly and tho Americans shot woll.
The result was that the Spanish vessels caught
flro and vvorethereforecompelledtorunnaliore.
ItYt farn,eitor armor influenced the outcome
.fii!l? 1?ht Sannot..bo determined with cer
tainty. Ono thing, howovor. is settlod. ner
speed could not save even the Cristobal Colon
from tho jure aim of tho Americans. Besides
this, the American material, missiles a woll
?.,ar,mior.rlot.'J: s(,pRs t" havo shown itself to bo
muiih better than tho Spanish. American ex
perts, indeed. boTleve that in this respect they
are superior even to the English. 7
DIED OF A DItOKBX KXEEOAP.
His Slx-Tenr-Old Son Hreaks Hi Kneecap
at llli Wake.
Han3 Anderson ot 202 East 104th street died
in the Harlem Hospital yesterday of meningitis
resulting from breaking his kneecap two weeks
ago. Ills body was token to his former homo,
and last night a wako was held.
About 10 o'clock the dead man's 0-yoar-old
sou Edward climbed on a chair near tho coffin
to get n gllmpso of hlsfnuo. Tho chair ovor
tnniPd and the boy was thrown to the floor.
Whn ho was picked up It whs found that his
kneecap had be(;n broken nxactly ns his fath
era had boon. In both cases It was the rig t
knee that was Injured. The child wan removed
to tho Harlem Hospital for treatment "mu,rcu
Passed Floating Bodies of Hourgogno Tie
tlnm, WiT.in)3TOV. Dol . July 22 -Capt. Sawyor of
the IJrltMi steamship Ollileld, which arrlvod nt
this port vesteruay foroll. reports having passed
between 150 and 200 bodies of peoplo who
were aboard tho La Bourgogno. Tho first body
was sighted by tho lookout and whllo itwus
being invost pted ; tho sailors began epiintlnr
tho othor bodies. Th placo where thu corps"
VNOro soon was BOraedlHtanco off Hnble Island
and probably tiMinty-flvo miles from tha placo
whore the La Bourgogno went down. A num.
hl1d Wer B cf W0Inn aud
August Oppenlielmer Purchnaes n Country
heat In Saratoga.
BAiUToru, July 22.-" Stonolelgh." at the
corner of Union r.venuo and Circular streot
tho country seat of tho lato Harry B, Leach of
New York, who died In Paris some tlmo ago
has been sow to August Opponholmor of New
Wk forSWO.OOO Tho property Is one of tie
Uncst lu Saratoga
Jury lu the Kemtry Trial Out Ovor Night,
WH.MINOT0N, Dol., July 22 -Judgo Bradford
charged tha jury In thocaso of United States
Benator Kounuy this morning. Tho jury ro
tired nt 1 o'oloek this afternoon. Tho Judge
lemnlni'd nt the Court House until ilo'cloTk
tills ovenlng nnd eft. having ordered cots lor
the jurors V; indication has been obtnlnod
as to the standing of tho jury. wwmwhwu
blx Horses Ilurned,
MotT VBBboN.July23.-Tho largo stables
ln South Third avenue ownod by Joremlah
Byron, a contractor, wore destroiod by flro
early th a morning. Blx horeos perished FS
thulr stalls, utiiong thciu two which era being
trained for the truck. The lire is supiiou d to
havo boon incoudlury "w1 lo
JorrixoH about Ton-x.
Judgment! of abaolute dhorca wero urantodrei.
terdaybj Justin nanu to Annie Uevlin ?riu cifrl.
toiiher UerJin, to Cbarlen Uiilwhi r f mni Ai Sa 1 1
eher.and tortus Kutat from Anil
t
IITOifrtnTlTisf Mllllflllllllllilllla LmrnA. . " '
Wo "skip" nt one o'clock 1
But in our stock wo haven't I
skipped a thing that man or boy 1
wears day or night. I
Roqkiis, Pjskt & Co. I
Prince and Broadway, I
Warren and Broadway,
Thirtr-aeoond and Broadway.
VICHY '
NATURAL MINKRAIi AVATKU
For liver Complaint, Btomach Dlsordoro,
Gout and Dyspepsia.
Takon with meals it facilitates dlfrcstlon.
Pint Bottles ln 1st Class ltestnurnnts', '-Ida.
SO-CALLED VICHY InBTPnONSornULS
IS HOT VICHY.
General Agency, 220 Broadway, N.T.
OBITUARY.
Joseph II. Sprague. a loading; Democratic)
politician ot Connecticut, dlod suddenly of opo
plexy at Hartford on Thursday ovonlng. Sir.
Bpraguo had served two terms as Mayor or
Hartford and had been q momborot tho Com
mon Council tor several terms. He was born
ln Qreenflald. Mass.. March 8. 1820. graduate
from Harvard University ln the olass of 1851.
and soon after become tho editor ot the Orocn-
Sold Oaiette. In 1830 be went to Hartford aa
ooretaryot the newly organised Charter Oak
Flro Insurance Company. The company failed
as a result of the Chicago flro and Mr. Bpraguo
then organized the Atlas Fire Insuranco Com
pany, in whloh he hold tho placo ot President
until the company wound up Its affairs. In
1884 Mr. Bpraguo was appointed aotunry of
the Connecticut Insuranco Department and
field the office until two yoars oco. Mr. Bpraguo
eaves a widow, who was Miss Ado Stevens ot
Boston, and three children Mrs. Ada J. Cramer,
the wlfo of tho hot. l)r, F. F. Cramer of Denver.
Col,: Mrs. Borah B. Miller, tho wlfn of Honry it.
Millor ot Bendai. Japan, and Miss Effle P.
Upraaue.
x-8enator James A. Otis, politician nnbj
society man, died nt his homo at Bollport yos
torday morning. In 1884 he was elected to tho
Now York btato Sonata from tho First district.
He was a Republican and was o member of tho
Union Leaguo Club. Holenves three daughters.
Mrs. Frederlok Eddy ond Mrs. J. M. Clorksoa
of this city, and Mrs. Munro. the wife of o Porto
banker. Mr. Otis was stricken down on Wed
nosday night with a severe attook of congestion,
of the lungs. Hewas 04 years old and was
bprn In Boston. Tho funeral will bo hold on
Monday from Heliport Episcopal Churoh. Tho
interment will bo in Bellport Cemetery.
John n. Smith, a grain merchant ln this city,
died suddenly while chatting with some friends
on the piazza ot his homo in Eighty-fifth
street near Twenty-second avenue, Benson
hurst lost night Ho was seeu to press his
hand ovor his heart ond thon fall back in his
chair. A physician who was summoned said
Mr. Smith had died almost instantly. He was
70 rears, pld. a widower, and Is survived by
three children.
John F. 11. Brown, for twenty-five years pro-
irietor ot the old Pleasure Bay House, no ir
,sng Branch, died yesterday. Ho was born it
Sing Bhig ln 1817. In lBbJ ho took chnrcn of
the restaurant concocted with the Ocean fl M
lit Long Branch. In 1873 ho bought th, ','i
Pleasure Bay House of Mrs. James Wallace.
Howosmarriod twice. A widow survives him.
Major B.F. Eakle died yesterday at Lew it.
burg, W. va. Ho was for nearly fllty yeuro
connected with tho Oroonbrlor White Sulphur
Springs Hotel, and ono of tho mott widely
knqwn hotel men In this country. He whs a
Major In Stonewall Jackson's brlgado. was
three times wounded, nnd hod threo hoi sea
shot from under him at Gettysburg.
James G. Bamet. Vlco-Presldent of the Mur
phy Varnish Company of Newark, dlod at his
summer homo ln Belmar, N. J., on Thursday
nightof weakness due to ngo. noivni born ln
Mondhain on Bopt 0, 1817. Ho leaves threo
eons.
Unlit the Merrlmnc's Hollers.
KrsaSTON, N. Y.. July 22. Jnmos Ilodie, who
Is said to have built more steam boilers than
any other person in the United States, Is do id.
Ho was born In Glasgow. Bcotlniid, In 18.12,
and camo to this country In iar)2 to work for
his undo, who had charge of the W'tst l'olni
foundry for twenty-nlno years In 1K'5 he
built four boilers for tho Morrlmao, nfterwnrd
famous as tho Confederate ram. In 1HK! ho
went to Jersey City and boamo ionnnotod wlt'i
tho firm of Theodore Smith llrothur. In
1880 ho returned to Rondout and outorod Into
partnership with Col. John MeLntco.
SUICIDE "USED TO HELL."
So lie Wanted His llody to Ho Cremated
Shot Himself Because Ills Wife Was 111.
Ignatz Shack. 45 years old, a clgarmakor.
who lived at 317 East Sovonty-fourth stroot.
committed sulcldo yesterday ln Brnun's Park,
a bathing resort at tho foot of East Blxty-slxth
street by shooting himself through tho right
temple with a .44-collbro revolver.
Pinned to o memorandum of debts, amount
lnpr to about $43, which ho left behind, wns tha
following statement:
" This should , be paid from tho lodge money.
Sly body should bn cremated, ns 1 wnt ut-od to
hell till my life. Tako my body to Lohoeka. in
First avenue, between Bcvonty-fourtli and Hev-enty-tlfth
streets. He will attend to everything.
I also hope that no one will attend my funnrul,
as I have seen all tho people in my houso dur
ing Ufa that I want to see'
Shack's wlfo has boon ailing for somo tlmo.
and he had threatened to kill himself, it Is
said, several times.
Kentucky Hank President Kills Himself.
Louisville. Ky.. July 22. W. I. Barauola.
Trosldent of tho Peoplo's Bank of Burijstown.
Ky committed suioldo this morning ln the
bath in the rear of his houso. shooting himself
with a revolver.
Ho had lately been very despondent He was
the head pt one of thp oldest banking Institu
tions In tho Statu. All his nltalrs aro eald to bo
ln good condition.
aiiitlny on the Yacht Hrnnhllde.
Old Point CouronT, Vo , July 22. 1 ho steam
yacht Wild Duck, ownod by Mr J. M. Turbos of
Boston, arrived nt Old Point to-day, nnd Is .n
chored In Hampton Itouds to-night. Thu steam
yacht Brunhlldo also arrived, and thero wus
fpmo troublo u board while ho lay at yiiarnii-tlP-,
Bho flew, the union jack upside down,
and it was said that there wus a mutiny on
board caused by the refusal ot thu oicw to put
to sia. A boat Ullod with armed men from one
ot the warships went alongside and uuellud tho
mutiny, which was said to bo trifling.
Jumped from Suicide Itrldge In Chtengo.
Oniwoo,JuIy22." Sulcldo bridge." tho high
brldgo over tho lagoon In Lincoln Park, was the
scono of another sulcldo yesterday uftumoon.
Louis liockiip, unemployed, climbed upon tha
railing and In thp sight of hundreds jumped
sovunty-llvo feot Into th lugoon More than u
score of Persons huvo tnkou tlu'lrllvus at "Sui
cide brldgo" within two joars Lust winter a
man Jumiwdf rein It, nnd with his head crushed
a liolo through ico thick enough u numiiltf
skates. Several women huvo abo taken tholr
lives there.
A Juno Iliillun Shooting Proves l'atnl.
Antonio Krrcnds of 22a Eist Ninoty-sevorith
sticct dlod fit his homo last night of bullet
Wounds received on Juno 27 On that night ho
mut Dlnlfcso Cnttano. whoso resldeneo Ih un
known, jt llAlthstrectand i'lrst uvenuo.
'lliero la a woman In tho case, and Dlnisio
fired seveial shots, ono hitting Urrendo In the
head and un In th ihest 1-rrende waa taken
to Harlem Hospital, but left It n vvcnk ago
galiibt the surgeon's advice. The pollco aro
looking for Cuttuuo.
Where Ynterday'a Tires Were,
A. M.-12 10, Jeriuua I'ik aud Van Cortland
avenue, Jubu Lyona, damage f&,ooo; J 10, 1'icr IIP,
Kt Klver, (l)di line, dauiuge allflit, il ju, il.u
Eat Smi-iity fourth itreet, ( atlurtuu bclir-idtr,
danmca slight. 8 4fi, Ilratnu and Hcduwlrk Bveiiiirj.
Manmret lJjtna. .taniaite .llulit. .u, aa Caimou
atretil. Max IlljraUh, daiuazs alulit
1' U.-iHO, un Went Nlnity.foiirth etfeet. Mra.
0.,,'7,.',.In"S',..,.,?0 S41 w" Tlilrtj olKhlB
aUuit,14rdMcrlth. dainaga ta; u.no. 7inK.fi.m
I avtou. no dauiag. ' "" -"