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THE PAST AND THE PRES
ENT. .
THE NEGRO AND THE DEMO
CRATIC PARTY.,
A REVIEW OF LIVE TOPICS.
15V CARL THOMAS.
In these days of political excitement
;,nd activity throughout the states it is
ikarly seen that the brother in black
i-,n 't in it. ' ' He casts many thousands
: votes in Pennsylvania and New York
. s well as in other of the great com
ir.'invvealths, but when the day of dis
tribution arrives he is pressed to the
rt-ar and driven back again to the "even
uniir of his way" a sadder but seldom
a wier man.
There is, however, one conspicuous
, rnple to the contrary one conspic
. ,'; success in the politics of Pennsyl
v aiii. 1. I refer to James Raymond, of
Alk-r.town, Pennsylvania, elected to
tV magistrate's bench in '93, a raem-
r of the board of aldermen for that
. isdiction, with a white constituency
j . hind him. He is a conspicuous del-
, . lt- to the Pennsylvania State Con-
rfon, a strong Quay man, able, elo
, u nt. and respected throughout the
st dt . He seems to be our only prom
v.i i;t poliiical exception at this time in
:; enters of political fermentation.
Is the Negro Democrat dead ? What
'. - become of his organizations ; his
. r.ventions; his resolutions ; his 16 to
: t;- ories ? Is he to be found in Ken
t -. with Hardin or Blackburn ; or
u'.ih Iirice in Ohio? Not there, did
say? Well, then, perhaps he is
w
rkinv; ciuietlv with the silent Gorman
i M tryland ; or maybe attempting to
sslst in his own disfranchisement in
.s 'ith Carolina. Where is he?
1 ui-11 remember having seen him
; ;rin the first years of Cleveland's
,i!":inistration. There was J. Milton
T nier. smooth and suave, on his way
5 . tht- city hall, to the chair now occu-
'. by the large and famous Taylor.
R- sv was a candidate for Lynch's boots
' t'u-1". S. Treasury ; so was Matthews
1 Mbany : but Carlisle threatened to
r. t-n- from the Cabinet if the President
-.troduced among his official house
hold any Negro, however able he might
W. however meritorious might have
1-een his services to the party in the
t injure State, or elsewhere, and down
t the present issue, he has success
iz managed to keep free from negro
I'l.timination the official list of his
department, andHhas, no doubt, ably
assisted the President to recognize the
1 nnciples that it was of far more im-
rtance to his administration to suc-
-sfully manijDulate the finances of the
( iiintry than to give the slightest re-
c .nition to tne negro, orseeKtnrougn
th powerful assistance of the national
ciiiministration to win converts from
uir.ong the Afros by rewarding men
tun of such consummate ability as
Muart of New York; Peter Clark of
Uo, or Downing of Rhode Island.
Th.it any self-res j3ecting negro can ally
himself "to a party which has success
iul'v thwarted every attempt on the
i art of the President to give him prop
t r recognition, with one single excep
tion, and that was in Taylor's case ;
..ii'l Taylor, by the way, would never
Ha- been confirmed but for his
shr u d scheme of making his confir
mation a race issue, and by drawing
3 r. uerick Douglass and other influen
tial black republicans to his rescue,
'-'- uiaed to secure enough republican
t to elect him. So you see the re-
rd the democratic party has made on
t.-.t m-gro question ; they don't want
"';. and they have simply told you so
m so many words.
Flu-re is abroad at this momenta
spirit of libellous criticisms on certaiu
it our school teachers who have al
av occupied a high position of res
P lability in the community. I always
endeavor, whenever I hear an assault
made ujion a woman's character, to
t-t down to the facts in the case. In
Ueiidoes and generalities, unless sup
lrted by incontestable evidence, is a
Ut dangerous article with wThich to
l,.it- dealings. Some day a certain
rttd estate dealer will get himself into
trouble unless he refrains from too
y' h talk about people who don't even
know him, and, what's more, have no
vies: iv whatever for that high privilege.
1 dropped mto nis office last week on
i matter of business, and found him
Grounded by several men of similar
uirupttion, with one exception, who is
"Raided as a very eloquent divine,
"iid usually preaches to fifteen hundred
Vj"ls each Sabbath day. I was re
v'ad to be seated, after listening a
"i-Hunt to the conversation, I was
Tt ,'-sied to substantiate a statement
1'iudt by our ministerial friend. I, how-pvr-
disagreed with him. The remark
"uv ,-. ncerning the character of one of
;- prominent lady school teachers.
r; the course of the conversation,
Jl":r" bt-came quite animated, several
'4tr caustic as well as invidious insin
Jt: ris were made by our real estate
-r" respecting the morality of the
' y -Tidnied lady.
J .une deeply interested and be
lI5 i ;ous to know more about the
: I quietly suggested that per
had been misinformed, that
u:il.
ss iK Une. absolutely some specific
Ul-tn.it unless he conld nrove bv in-
"t's:d)le evidence, the charge made
J :: would be better for him to re
T,":n .r'm further criticisms. Upon
"iuin- him down for proofs, he be
Rit confused, lost his head and fin
r mUi compelled to admit that his
Jn,;rK. were based upon "hearsay;"
v'-rsiy" is all risrht as far as it goes,
t is lar tlie XV1SQT tiling to say noth-
rfr
iT, will be very shortly
. y i rj9n tT tne Frencfi
J,,amnly has the wnoia
,1 in 11s sovengii
fif'.npt action to
artment, but
ch univer-
1 press
protest
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against this monumental infamy, and
France has at last been made to realize
that it is something to be an American
citizen, although perforce a black one.
That Mr. Waller will secure an indem
nity for the exposure, privation, and
suffering to which he has subjected fol
lows of course in the natural order of
lhings. For some time he has been
suffering from maleria, and the general
lack of medical attention.
THE NEGRO IN AMERICAN POL
ITICS. From the Literary Digest.
Two vigorous writers, one a South
erner, the other a Northerner and for
mer Abolitionist, discuss what they de
scribe as the "negro question" in the
Globe Quarterly Review (uy, New
York), and the views expressed are as
adverse to the negro as the language
ubeu is piain ana empnauc. ine bourn
em writer is Mr. Eugene L. Didier, who
thinks that emancipation was a curse
to the black race, a hideous mockery
of philanthropy, and a great injustice
to the white population. The Northern
writer is the editor of the magazine, Mr.
Thorne, who indorses some of his con
tributor's opinions and adds, as a state
ment of bis own conviction, that the
South must either re-enslave the negro
or export him. Mr. Didier, after some
severe criticism of the "blunders" and
"crimes" of the statesmen who brought
about emancipation and enfranchise
ment of the slaves, characterizes the
negro as follows :
"The negro in fact is a natural-born
and habitual liar ; he lies without cause;
he lies without reason; he lies directly;
he lies indirectly ; he lies unceasingly ;
he lies unnecessarily; he lies always;
he lies at all times, and under all cir
cumstances; he lies when he knows he
will be found out the next minute. Ly
ing is as natural to the negro as steal
ing, and in both he is an accomplished
adept.
"The negro, in fact, is shiftless,
shameless, brutal, deceitful, dishonest,
untruthful, revengeful, ungrateful, im
moral. The negro in fiction is a sim
ple, good-natured, docile, affectionate,
honest, almost angelic creature. The
former is a hideous reality; the latter
exists only in the imagination of a cer
tain class of Southern novelists, who
ought to be ashamed to draw so attrac
tive a picture of a degraded and danger
ous race, whose existence is a menace
to the civilization of the South."
Suffrage, Mr. Didier continues, has
done nothing for the negro, because he
lacks the mental and moral traits which
citizenship requires. The negro, he
says, is an alien and will remain one to
the end, because he can never assimi
late with the white race. We quote
again :
"The right of suffrage has been de
nied to the Chinese, whose civilization
is three thousand vears older than ours.
It has been denied to the Indian, who
was the master of this continent a thou
sand years before the white man set
foot on American soil. Yet this great
privilege has been indiscriminately giv
en to the negro, who can never form a
part of our civilization ; who can never
enter into social relations with us ; who
can never be better than he has been
and is the most ignorant, the most de
graded, the most hojielessly dejoraved
human being that the world has ever
seen. All the blood and treasure that
has been expended to set the negro
free, and put him upon an equality with
the white man, has been thrown away.
The negro is now, and always will be,
the servant of the white man. The re
lation of master and servant is the only
relation that can exist between the
white and black races. They have
been from the beginning master and
servant, so they will be to the end. No
change in the Constitution can change
the inevitable laws of nature. No
change in the laws of man can change
the immutable laws of God."
While the ballot has done nothing for
the benefit of the negro, continues Mr.
Didier, the results is the white popula
tion from this sham enfranchisement
have been disastrous in the extreme.
Mr. Didier says :
"The negro has been the cause, di
rectly or indirectly, of all the troubles
that have taken place in this country
since the formation of the Government.
He was the cause of the sectional devis
ion of the country into North and South.
He was the cause of the bitter feeling
between the two sections which finally
culminated in the civil war. He was
the cause of the death of one million of
the flower of American youth. He was
the cause of the expenditure of one
thousand millions of dollars. The ne
gro is still the one dark spot that over
shadows the fair land of the South with
the darkness of the Dark Continent."
How the negro question is to be
solved, Mr. Didier omits to say, but he
declares with great emphasis that it is
a sectional question and not a national
one, ai.d the South alone must beal
lowed to solve it, without any interfer
ence or dictation from the North. He
concludes by asking the North to re
member that this is a white man's coun
try, and that negro suffrage is not and
cannot be an actual fact. ' The people
of the South," he declares, "would be
wanting in the splendid characteristics
of the great Anglo-Saxon race if they
permitted themselves to be ruled by a
horde oi black barbarians.
Mr. Thorne, in commenting editori
ally on Mr. Didier's paper, says that it
contains "God's truth" and that it will
force itself gradually into unwilling
hearts and minds. Since the war, Mr.
Thorne says, his views have been slow
ly changing in regard to the negro. He
no longer favors the education of the
negro, because freedom and education
have proved a curse rather than a
blessing to him. We quote from Mr.
Thome's paragraphs :
"The Southern States, though the
most beautiful and fertile of all this
broad land, are practically a deserted,
uncultivated, neglected, and barren
portion of this country. The negro
above all, the Southern will not work
except under the lash. For the last
twenty years he has been a loafer, a
thief, and an immoral fungus upon the
fair life of our Southern lands.
"No law of honor or of obligation
can enter his skull, or keep him in the
field or at any vocation one hour longer
than it suits his momentary freak : and
I emphasize the fact, above and beyond
all Mr. Didier's facts, that the negro is
an unmitigated curse to the South be
cause he is an insufferable loafer. He
can work , the soil of the South is cry
ing to heaven for workers, and the ne
gro must be made to work or go; noth
ing but some sort of re-enslavement
can make him work, therefore he must
be re -enslaved or driven from the
land."
Graham Mason, a white man, was
arrested last Monday at Marlboro,
Md.' on the charge of assaulting Ra
chael Ross, a respectable colored
lady, whose husband happened to be
from home.
Ellicott City, Md., the Howard
County September term of the circuit
court convened last Monday. Judge
Jones charged the jury to investigate
the lynching of Jake Henson, who was
charged with the murder of Daniel F.
Shea.
It is-said that Boston spent $75,000 in
entertaining the Knights, while Si,ooo,
000 was left in that by the visitors.
War clouds are threatening Germany
and Japans, but no doubt dijDlomatic
winds will blow them over.
JAMES MONROE GREGORY.
Prof. James M. Gregory, of Howard
University, is to-day one of the leading
educators in this country. He has the
respect and confidence of the best .ed
ucators throughout the United States.
For some reason, which the colored
press and the people don't indorse, he
was removed from the professorshij) of
Howard University, under the pretense
that the institution was in debt, and' to
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enable the managers to meet a pay
ment of some fifteen hundred dollars
it would be necessary to abolish his
office. He is the oldest professor in
Howard University, and one of the
most competent. It can be seen that
the reasons advanced for his removal
were subterfuges, from the fact that
Dr. Rankin, the president, a few weeks
ago called the executive committee
together and recommended two white
men for positions in the university. If
there was no money to pay Professor
Gregory, certainly tbere was no money
DR. JOSEPH WILSON'S DEATH.
FATHER-IN-LAW OF B. K. BRUCE CA"
REER AND CHARACTER.
Dr. Joseph Wilson died last Monday
morning at half past 4 o'clock at the
family home, No. 449 College avenue.
He had been an invalid for several
years. The immediate cause of his
death was diabetes. He was born at
Augusta, Ga., February 22, 1S17, and
was educated in Philadelphia and Bos
ton. In early life he learned the prin
ter's trade, after which he followed a
number of pursuits, and finally became
a dentist, in which occupation he con
tinued for many years in Cleveland, O.,
whence he removed to Indianapolis
nine years ago. Since he has -, lived
here he was, by failing health, unable
to continue the practice of his profes
sion. Dr. Wilson was a man of gentle and
agreeable manners, well informed in
books and in current events, and a
good conversationalist, though modest
and reticent. He leaves a widow and
five children. The children are Leon
idas A., of Cleveland, O., Mrs. Emily
F. Harang, of La Fourche Parish,
Louisiana ; Mrs. Blanche K. Bruce, of
Washington, D. C, and two unmarried
daughters, Mary A. and Victoria A.,
Written for the Bee.
GLEAMS OF
SUNSHINE.
Bv Capers F. Rogers.
'Tis said that time's eternal,
Ever floating on the breeze,
Its merriest when in vernal ;
Gives life to all the trees.
'Tis then the birds clear their throats,
While flitting gently by ;
Singing a few sweet soft notes,
Underneath the deep blue sky.
'Tis then the flowers spread out plain,
The buds nod in the wind,
Bowing in respect to the falling rain,
And in refreshing slumber grin.
The sky breathes forth a balmy breath,
The sun opens wide his eyes,
And everything that is left,
Is an army of idle sighs.
They drop in all listening ears,
Cheering each and every heart,
Sprinkling every eye with tears,
Down both cheeks they start.
THE LONGEST WORDS.
From the Ladies' Home Journal.
Below are the nine longest words in
the English language, at the present
writing :
Subconstitutionalist.
Incomprehensibility.
Philoprogenitizeness.
Honorificibilitudinity.
Anthropophagenanarian.
Disproportionableness.
Velocipedestrianistical.
Transsubstantiationbleness.
Proantitransubstantiationist.
to pay those white men. Mr. John F.
Cook and Rev. Waring, the two col
ored members of the executive com
mittee, opposed the recommendation
of Dr. Rankin, hence his two white
appointees were defeated.
The case of Prof. Gregory has ex
cited universal indignation.
The consensus of opinion is that
there is a movement on foot at the uni-
J versity to depose all the colored pro
j fessors.
At a meeting of the alumni
held some time ago, Mr. Jesse Lawson
denounced Dr. Rankin to his face. He
told him that the university was in need
of an educated president and a friend
to the negro.
The people are watching with a
great deal of interest the action of the
next trustee board meeting in Profes
sor Gregory's case. Since the motives
of Dr. Rankin have been exposed, it is
believed that two-thirds of the white
trustees and almost all the colored
trustees are in favor of reinstating
Prof. Gregory.
who for several years, have been teach
ing in the public schoots of this city.
Ex-Senator Bruce, who is a son-in-law
was here recently and saw Dr. Wilson
in his last illness.
Dr. Wilson was a member of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church, and the fu
neral sermon was preached by Rev. G.
A. Carstensen, of St. Paul's. He was
buried at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Senator Bruce, who left the city
a few days ago to be with her father in
his last illness, returned to the city last
Saturday.
Miss Victoria Richardson, who is a
teacher in Livingston College, N. C,
is in' the city, the guest of her brother
Dr. G. H. Richardson.
OHIO LIVELY.
Cincinnati, O., Sept.. 6, 1S95.
Mr. J. O. Butler has retired as the
Cincinnati correspondent of the Bee,
and Miss Gertrude F. Carter, a brilliant
young lady writer, will assume charge.
Brice will have a majority
democratic convention.
of the
A great deal of Ohio matter was
crowded out on account of the late re
ception of it.
Coxey has an idea that he stands a
great chance of being elected.
FIRE OH EAST BOSTON DOCKS
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BOSTON AND ALBANY FREIGHT SHEDS
?& DEVOURED BY FLAMES. pZ
Cunard Ulner Cephalonfa Is Towed Oat into
the Harbor With Her Biggins and Side
Ablaze Firemen Overcome by the Smoke
but Not Seriously Injured Freight Cait
and Dwelling Houses Consumed Bcforo
the Fire was Entirely Under Control
Tho Loss is Estimated at 8300,000
Boston, Sept. 4. One of the snoat dis
astrous fires that tias occurred along
Boston's water front in years, broke out
on the dook3 at Bast Boston this morn
ing, and before It oould be controlled
three piers, two large storehouses, a
freight sliecl, and fifteen freight cars
were destroyed, and a number of
dwelling houses damaged. The loss is
estimated at $150,000, partly insured.
The flames were discovered on the end
of the Boston and Albany Railroad pier
in freight shed No. 1, known as Old
Bound Top, about Ave o'clock, but an
alarm was not given until 5:30, and at
that hour -the structure, which was a
one-story building, several hundred feet
in leng-th, was a mass of flames. A
steamer was discharging a cargo of
hemp and flour and other freight in this
shed was destroyed. A large amount
of freight was also thrown Into the
water from the docks.
At 6:30 a second alarm was given
summoning almost the entire Boston
fire department, the department from
Winthrop and the fire boats. By this
time the fire had spread to the adjoining
docks, at one of which the Cunard
steamer Cephalonla was moored. Be
fore the steamship could be towed out
of danger, her sides were ablaze, one
of her life boats was partly destroyed
and her rigging was on fire. The flames
were extirrul.-hed, however, as soon as
she was anchored, and she was not
badly damaged.
But little of the freight in the big
three-story warehouses, Nos. 4 and 5,
owned by the Boston and Albany rail
road, could toe removed before the fire
fastened on the buildings, and in spite
of the vigorous efforts of. the firemen
both structures were sooon almost en
tirely destroyed. The loss on the freight
stored in them will be very heavy, but
no accurrate estimate of Che damage
on this freight can be estimated now. It
was impossible to remove the cars be
fore they caught fire, and are almost a
total loss.
A light wind carried the blazing em
bers from the conflagration Into the
tenement district near by, and three
houses were nearly destroyed. Three
smaller dwellings were sliglitly dam
aged. Shortly after 9 o'clock the big
storehouse, No. 8, was 1n flames, and
the fight of the firemen were directed to
this point.
The main part of the building was
saved, the flames being confined to the
south end, wlhich was gutted. At 10.30
the fire was under control, but still
smouldering. It cannot (be entirely ex
tinguished for some hours. The smoke
was dense and suffocating and many
of the firemen were overcome, but not
seriously injured. The cause of the fire
is not known.
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AMERICAN TARS W A FIGHT.
Men of tbe Cruiser Newark Resent the
Tearing Down of Our Flag.
San Francisco, Sept. 4. By a private
letter from Montevideo it is learned that
on July 4 the sailors of the American
cruiser Newark and those from the Brit
ish merchant marine in port had a rough
and tumble flght.
A Briton took down the American flag
that was used in the decorations of a sa
loon. That started tbe ball rolling, and
for twenty minutes the fighting was fast
and furious. No one was seriously in
jured. Later in tie day John Astrom,
one of the Newark's men, was stabbed in
the abdomen. He was recovering when
the letter was written.
POPE HEARS A PROTESTANT APPEAL.
Methodists Ask for Religious Liberty in
Soutn American Countries.
Chicago, Sept. 3. The committee ap
pointed by tbe Chicago Methodist minis
ters to appeal to Pope Leo XIII. in the
interest of religious liberty in those South
A.merican countries where the Roman Ca
tholic religion is dominant, made its re
port at the regular meeting of the min la
tere yesterday. After sixteen months the
members of the committee report that
:hey have succeeded in having the matter
:ak"n up by the authorities of the Church
it Rome.
What is asked of the Pope Is that the
Protestants of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia
shall have the same religious liberties as
the Catholics in the United States.
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STANLEY COMING TO AMERICA,
African Explorer Sails on the Majestic for
New York To-3Iorrow.
Liverpool, Sept 3. The White Star
steamier Majestic, which sails for New
Tork tomorrow, wWl have among her
oassengers Hemiry M. Stamley, M. P., the
'.iirican explorer; Charles H. SherrUl,
Jr., of New York, chairman of the Yale
sommititoee on track athletics; Thomas
F Bayard, Jr., and Mrs. PierponJt Mor
gan and daugihfter.
Mt. Stanley's departure Jias created
surprise among this friends. He has re
fused to talk with reporters upon the
subject. He goes alone, bis wife re
maining ia Helvetia.
MR. OOOLEFS MAOEDJE WILL PLY.
Rochester Man Makes a Successful Test of
an Air Ship.
Rochester, Sept. 3. Inventor Cooley
has at last made a success of -his flying
machine. Copley's new model is forty
Eeet long by l .venty feet wide, having
eight wings of canvaa, and, with the
aid of four strong men, who were an
chored on the ropes, the boat w?s al
lowed to catch the breeze, which struck
her amidships, and she shot up into the
air like a rocket. The higher she went
the faster was her gait, until the slack
In the ropes, were played out.
SCHOHARIE REPUBLICANS MEET.
County Convention at Cobleskill Endorse
Hobart Krnm for Senator.
Coblesklll, Sept. 4. The Schoharie
County Republican Convention was held
here yesterday. M. W. Harroway,
Supervisor of Richmondvllle, was
chosen chairman of the convention. F.
P. Craft, of Jefferson, secretary. The
Hon. Hobart Krum was nominated a
delegate to the State Convention, Her
schal Roberts, S. E. Tennartt and L. H.
Jackson were nominated also. All were
elected. The alternates are: E. B.
Hard, Coblesklll; C. B. Hubbell, Jeffer
son; D. L. Fethers, Sharon; A. MciMH
len, Carlisle.
The following: resolution, was adopted:
Resolved, That the Hon. Hobart Krum
is hereby empowered to name the dele
gates to the Republican Senatorial Con
vention. Mr. Krum selected Che follow
ing: Ir. A. Ii. Haines, Sohoharte; L. E.
Nichols, Jefferson; A. Hogadom, Gllboa;
J. Van Vechten, Esperance; I. F.
Plank, Wright; W. E. Bassler, Sliddle
burerh. All elected.
QUAY NAMES A COLORED MAN.
State Execotive Committee and Members
at Iarse Appointed.
Philadelphia, Sept. 4. Senator Quay,
was at campaign headquarters yester
day, and announced the appointment of
the Executive Committee and members
at large of the State Comcolttee. The
former consists of Frank Willing Leach,
of PhQadelphia, chairman; Lieutenant
Governor Walter Lyon, Congressman W.
A. Stone, Allegheny; Conrressman John
B. Robinson and ex-State Senator
Thomas V. Cooper, Delaware; ex-Lieutenant-Governor
Louis A. Waters, Lack
awanna; State Senators C. Wesley
Thomas and Boies Penrose, Philadelphia;
State Senator W. H. Andrews, Craw
ford; Lyman D. Gilbert, Dauphin, and
Samuel A. Davenport, Erie.
The members at large are: John Rus
sell Young, Philadelphia; Congressman
W. C Arnold, Clearfield; ex-Congressman
A. C. Hopkins, Clinton; Charles H.
Haustis, Philadelphia; State Senator W.
W. Bremen, Franklin; Representative
Walter Merrick, Tioga; Floyd L. Klr
mer, Bradford; W. W. Grlest, Lancas
ter; John B. Raymond, Blair; William
B. Gill and Alexander Crow, Jr., Phila
delphia, and Parke L. Waters, Pittsburg.
Mr. Raymond Is the first colored mag
ever appointed a member at large, j.
ONE SEABBACH VICTIM DEAD.
Crews at the Wrecked Trgtfng Hold foe
Criminal Negligence.
New York, Sept. 4. William Pcdnler,
one of the passengers who was Injured
4n the Labor Day smash-up on the Sea
Beach railroad died yesterday morn
ing, and an Inquest on this body will be
(held next Tuesday evening.
Four employes of he railroad who
were arrested the engineer and fire
man of the runaway engine and the
engineer and conductor of the rain
with which it came into collision at the
Bay Ridge yard were yesterday held
for trial on a charge of criminal negli
gence. The total number of the injured taken
to "hospitals or treated by ambulance
surgeons was fifty-six. Of these, one is
dead, twenty-nine are still in hospitals,
thirteen have been discharged from
hospitals, and thirteen sent to their
homes after having been treated by
ambulance surgeons at the scene of the
accident. Many other persons were
injured, but so slightly that they left
the scene of the accident without re
ceiving medical attendance.
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FREDERICK N. LEWIS WEDS. "" .
Albanian United In Marriage to a L, It tie
Falls Young Woman.
Little Falls, Sept. 4. Miss Blanche G.
Ferguson, of this city, and Frederick N.
Lewis, of Herkimer, were married at the
bride's home yesterday, the Rev. Ernest
Marlett, of the Episcopal Church, offici
ating. After a wedding breakfast serv
ed by Moore & Peterson the young cou
ple left on the noon train for a tour
through the Eastern States. Mr. Lewis
holds an important position in the State"
Labor Bureau at Albany, and Is hijh up
in the councils of the Democratic party.
His bride Is one of the most beautiful
and accomplished young women of this
city. After their bridal tour the young
couple will reside in Albany.
rDMOr-E GOLD FROM THE SYNDICATE.
rreaaury Reservo Below tbe 8100,000
OOO Mark and no Deposits Made.
New York, Sept. 4.GoId -to the
amount of $1,700,000 has just been with
drawn (from the sub-treasury. This in
cludes 3600,000 of Arbuckle Brothers'
$1,000,000 for Crossman & Bros., and
$100,000 lar Neselages and Fuller. No
gold (has yet been turned over to the
gpverrrment, and there h-s not as yet
been deposited any to make up the de
ficiency. Up to noon to-day 1.0 part of the
$2,000,000 in gold deposited in the sub
treasury yesterday had "been turned
over to txe Government nor had any
additional deposits of gold been made
ay the syndicate. As the matter stands
ihe treasury reserve Is -below the $100,
100000 gold marie a
FISHING BOATS ARMED.
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Canadian TJeet ol Crude Cruisers Malca
Many Seizures.
St Joan's, N. F., Sept 4. A Virginia
Lake mail steamer from Labrador reports
hat one Canadian fleet of flatting cruisers,
veil armed with gattlmg guns, cannon
tnd other weapons, is seizing- all the New
bundland vessels found in Canadian wa
ers? and has conveyed them to a head
uarters in the Straits of Belle Isle.
A portion of Labrador belongs to Canada
id a portion to the Newfoundland fisher
len, and each country usually fishes in
be territory of the other without inter
&rence. The present proceedings are
.oubtless due to some- hot-headed and in-
ompetent official. There 13 much excite
lent here, and the Government hM a.
ummary meeting to consider the situa
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