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Read “The Sky-Msn" In To-day's Virginian I VOL. 1.— No. 223. THE WEATHER—Unsettled; Much Cooler. RICIIMON D, V A., Till’ RSI) A V, OCTOBER i>o, lino. 10 PAGES City Ulttw ... •Ml* K4HIm... Dr Mall, Ow Ta DR. CRIPPEN SAYS HIS WIFE IS LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY Accused Physician Takes the Stand and Tells Story of Belle Elmore’s Dis appearance EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT SHE WENT TO CHICAGO TO JOIN BRUCE MILLER Prisoner Declares > fond ness for Young Man Caused Troubles Which Resulted in Her Leaving Him Made l"p Storv of lit r Death. I.OMION, Oct. 20.—Kor tin* flr~t time slnif hi* arrest on^ board the Mont pom* at 1‘nllier I’otnt, 'gix-t**\ l»r. H. H. Crippen this afternoon Rate hi* rertdoii of lltc dewppenranee of lit' wifi*. I Idle Klmore, tlx* music hall xlnttcr, whom he I* duirptl >v)lh mur (kcrlng. After a *oii*nH<>tial opewln* *t«te ■miit b> Id* eounXM. who related a plot to Miiujrcle Crtppen from the .UimlrcM, Cripprn look tlx* Maud. He made li clear lmme«lt»u*i> that tlx* defense will seek to print* that Mrs. Crlppni Is not dead. bat that kIu* lied to \mertea. oMc'ii*!hiy to join Hruce Miller Dapper and spruce a* a dude, at tired in the lielglu of faahlon aixl Hlumliu! mi sign* of iimmumr«K f'np |M-n had walked hrhklt to tlx* wltnesa aland. t'rtpiM'ii lir-.t Rave tlx* Juror* a brief aniline ol hi* earl) life and hi* medi cal career, both In tlx* I nUrd state* and I.(island. **l knew tluit m> wife had lieen fi-tondl* will. Milli’r.” lx* continued. "hixI I often upbraided Iter for cor rceponfilnc: with him. In I***»• < ora admitted to me I hat site n n« very fiH«t of Brmv Miller. <htr relation* front tlrii on were atrultied l<» tl»' breaking M«‘ rr|WM«llj threat - noil to hate ine. telling me tltat aite nuulil go to America to join Miller. I la at »un Iter on •funiutry SI of tilt year. utal I Itrlieve that -he Itol to America. t owocted Story "T<> a' .ii! s. undal 1 oe in ti ll a story that xh« hart g-ou t.. Anii-ri a t'> alter..' to . i-rtaln pri'an hualttr-a for me tj. I'alif .rnla ami that wnffe on h*-r hh a to- the American 10.. fluent she had tltert and bad neon tt. - clnernted thro. I simply eouhl not face tin I'm rid* with an admission that mj wife hart deserted me. "On the M tntuy night lifer. I wrote a lifer in her name, to tin Mull' Hail li.ii. !. resigning her po sition ay treasurer Mr and Mr I'aul .Martir.e’tl came to our house for dinner After they left tn\ wife abused me for net paving him more attention and said " This 1- the brush of it 1 won't stand'it any : -ng'er Fshali i«a\ e you to morr ■ ' and you will never hear of mi again |t<*f‘ re this she told that the man see would go to was better able to support her than I was I went to business next morning, and when I went home, between b and 6 I’ M 1 f iund she had gone "I tried io think how t,. cover up her absent* without scandal. I wrote to the gul.d that she hud gone away, and I told that to ail our friends. I afterwards realized that this would not he a suffi. ie it explanation for her not coming hacK, and la’er told peo ple that she was ill ol pneumonia. Afterwards I told them that she was dead 1 do not remember teliing them when she died, except that it was in California When they asked me where my a >n lived I gave them his address. "I then put nn advertisement in the 'Kra that she was dead, as 1 thought that would prevent people asking me a lot of question. What ever l said to other people in regard to her death was absolutely wrong hut done to prevent scandal I'awnotl No JowHs. "I (tn m>t know what my wife took with her when shp went away She had oftt-n told tne that when we part ed, she wanted nothing from me. I never pawned any of her Jewels. I did draw money on several cheeks alined by her. We had a joint hank ing account, in her name, and I always carried several Idank checks to which she had signed her name bo that 1 could get money when 1 needed It. “It is true that 1 was at the Benevo lent Fund dinner at the Criterion with Mis* Iceneve, and that she wore a brooch my w ife left behind. Bhe also wore my wife’s furs. Miss I-eneve had been In my employ and I had known her when she was employed by other firms, for the past eight years "After my wife disappeared. Mlsa Leneve lived with me as my wife in the Hllldrop Crescent home. 1 have been Intimate with her during the past three years I had frequently visited hotel* with her but l was never away from home at night. "After 1 had told people that my wife was dead. Miss 1-eneve and I went to Dieppe for five days and stay ed at a hotel there. “My rtrm belief is that my wife went to Chicago to Join Bruce Miller. He often sent her presents and wrote bar loving letters. In some of which he signed himself, ‘with love and kisses to brown eyes, Bruce.’ ” Denies Poisoning Her. Crlppen was questioned regarding purchases of hyoselne, the deadly potaon which he Is charged with hav ing used to murder his wife. He de clared that he had never- given his wife any poison The hyoselne, he swore, he had given In very small dosea to several of his patients who hat) been suffering from nervous dis orders. Crlppen admitted that hit wife had a scar somewhat similar to that de scribed on the body supposed to he that of his wife. He said she had carried the scar for years. Crlppen £QgBtiaiM« pa Sixth Page. j. Virginian’s Base Ball Extra The Virginian will issue an extra immediately upon the close of the ball game this afternoon, giving a full account of the third game between the Athletics and Cubs. Every play will be given and there will be a detailed score. The service will be full, prompt and accurate. Watch for The Virginian extra. ATHLETICS LOOK LIKE WINNERS Connie MaekC Shipper? Probably Will Take Third Game of \\ orltl’a ('hampionfhip Serin? if Popster? Have it b ip uretl Ilipht. WKSTSTHK BALL PARK. CHU'A-J OO. Oct 2b—About thi> worst lino of goods pf)MrtSti(1 by the ( hieago weather man was dealt out to-da> when the Athletics and Chlcago Cubs got together here f"r the third round ot their world s ■ haraplotishlp argu nient After a week of ideal Indian sum mer. the thermometer took a drop lust night, and with the descent rame a dismal, half-hearted rail:, which left a hang-oxer in the shape of a Scotch mist so ttiick in the ball park that a high fiy had to be followed wit It binoculars Bugs All There. Despite the comltllor s. Chicago 'baseball hugs, impervious to either water or disheartening conditions, be gan short!} after midnight to line up before the entrance gates During the morning it was announced that nothing short of a et*.«d> downpour would head off the Kami As this word spread, the pilgrimages to the park started, and. though the game was not called until 2 o'clock, fifteen thousand fans had jammed into the bleachers and unreservi d portion be fore 11 o’clock. It was a good-natured crowd, not overly optimistic, but apparently re signed t" any fate the gods of the diamond might see fit to deal out. The swarms about the gates steadily grew in slso and by 1 o'clock the boxes and reserved seal portion of the stands were comfortably filled men and wo men sitting uncomplaining!} In the uncovered held boxes, while they were Soaked by the light drizzling mist Warm Ho'option. A few minutes before 1 o'clock th. Cubs appeared "n the held and began to limber up. a minute later tin Ath letbs trotted on the field and were given a rerepti >n quite as enthusias ts . Bender especially being singled out and greeted w ith horns *f war leu ps _Big Kc11. a I h was the 'enter of at traction among the Cub pitchers as they started to warm up as it was generally expected that he would he the one selected by Manager Cham e to break the hoodoo which has been doing such consistent work for the Cuba To-day's line-up; f’llieago—Sheckard, left tieid; Schulte, right field, Hof man. center field. Chance, first base; Zimmerman. ; "- oiid base; Stelnfeldt third base. Tinker, shortstop, Kllng catcher. Ueulhach, pitcher. Athletic*—Strunk. center field: Borti. left field; Collins, second base, Baker, third base; Davis, first base; Murphy, right field; Barry, shortstop; Thomas, catcher: Coombs, pitcher. Ground rules were adopted, giving , two bases for any hit into the crowd. Klr»| Inning. ! Athletics—Strunk came to hat and 1 Reuthach sped the first hall over on the dot at 2 o'clock Ueulhach took I plenty of time and with three and two on Strunk the latter also waited and drew a pass Laird sacrificed. SPENCE FOUND DEAD; BODY BADLY CUT-UP Evident That There Had Hern a Desperate Struggle Before He Have Up. I (Special to The Richmond Virginian > ROAXOKK, VA. Oct. 20.— M. M. Spence, yard conductor of the Virgin tan railway, wax found dead on the xtde of the Roanoke river at noon to day, with numerous knife wounds on his body, head and throat. The jugu j lar vein and carotid artery were aev j ered and he lay in a pool of blood, with blOod'covering his fact and cheat. His I clothing was torn from him- and he j presented an awful appearance. It i was evident that Spence was killed after a desperate/- hand-to-hand strugg. Who his assailant was no one knows. I Spence was married two months ago. | GIVE UP PARADE BECAUSE OF RAJN Veterans Only March to Boat and Take Sail Down the River. (Special to The Richmond Virginian ) NORFOLK. VA., Oct. 20..Becauae of Inclement weather. the Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans aban doned their parade to-day. with the exception of an Informal march from Commercial place to the Montlcello hotel, whence, accompanied by the sponsors. they went for a ateamer trip around the hajrhor. To-night the reunion closes with a hall to Veterans, Sons and sponsors at the .Ghent Club. Rculbach to ( ham-e. * omns new She< kard. Baker Mingled through renter, scoring Strunk Baker was * aught stealing. Kling to Tinker. <>na run . ("libs Shedkard walked H< hulte doubled into the right held bleachers, whereupon the Chicago contingent ripped great holes in the overhang ing g]«*om and fog. Hofman up. drove a I«,ng fly into left field crowd, but it fell outside the foul line and failed to . mint. Hofman filed to Strunk and Sherkard s ored on throw In. Schulte moved to third. Chance up, fanned. Zimmerman drove a long fly to Strunk’s mill in deep center. One run. SIDE SHE HEMD GEBNURDT CONFESS Sensational Testimony Develope* iu Murder T. rial on T.ong Island. RIVEKHEAD U 1 . Oct !0.—Fol lowing the sensational testimony of Mr? Henry Werpup. of Newark. N. J.. that she had heard Frederick UeB hardl, on trial fos the alleged murder ..f Anna I.other, tell Foroner Savage that he shot and killed the woman. Savage " as himself called to the stand to-day to substantiate this testimony. Gebhardt's counsel, Kdward J Helily. tried t» prevent the coroner from tes tifying. hut as Mrs. Werpup s testi mony had payed the way, judge As plnail decided that Savage should tell hia story Gebhardt's confession, according to Alii W,.r|.■ ■ was rondo in the liTUok lyn police headQiiarters. She said she overheard Gehhardt and Savage talk for half an hour, wnen the prisoner declared. Well. 1 admit it 1 shot and killed her " i >ther damaging testimony was given against Gehhardt by his first wife, who was an unwilling witness for the prosecution. She declared that Gehhardt gave her several trunks of clothing, many of the articles of which were marked with the Initials "A. L." The prosecution is trying to show that these trunks were turned over to Mrs. Gehhardt after the alleged mur der Gehhardt was agitated during much of the time that his wife was on the stand, and twirled his mous tache continually. SUSPEND EIGHT DRIVERS FOR USING CHECK REINS Caught using check reins on their mules, eight drivers employed by the city street cleaning department were suspended for ten days each by Sup erintendent Henry- Cohn Thursday morning. The rule prohibiting the use of check reins was issued several months ugo. DENIES THAT CHARGE HAS ANY BASIS (Special to The Richmond Virginian.) NORFOLK. VA„ October 20.— Mayor Riddick received a letter tot day from the Eureka Fire ollse Manu facturing Company, of Atlanta, assert ing that the charges made against <"hlef McLaughlin, of the Norfolk Fire Department by Thomas Reynolds, of a Baltimore hose company, are false. Reynolds asserted that Chief Mc Laughlin received a big order for his department for the Eureka Company, because that company had paid hts expenses to the firemen's convention at Syracuse and given him a gold medal. Reynolds, who was for a time tire chief at the Jamestown Exposi tion. wires the mayor that he will be hero to-morrow to prove his charges. NEW TRIAL REFUSED; MUST GO TO JAIL (Special to The Richmond Virginian.) NEWPORT NEWS. VA.. October 20.—Judge T. J. Barham, of the cor I poratton court, has declined to grand ; a new trial to John Hughes, the white man who was recently given one year in the city Jail. Hughes was Indicted for criminal assault upon his little I step-daughter but was found guilty MU VX M—llU M4 tokUMZs I r..- . .... v.:.y, (MEN KILLED IN BOILER EXPLOSION Two More Will Die and Score Seriously Hurt iu | Panic, NEW YORK, Oct. 20 —Six men were; blown to bit*, two were family Injured and a score or more seriously hurt j when a big ten-ton boiler exploded to day In the plant of the American Manufacturing Company, a Jute con cern. at Greenpolnt. L. 1. When the huge ootier let so, tear ing through the walla of the building and hurling mutilated bodies over a block, twenty-five hundred employees In the building stampeded for the exits j Two thousand of the employees were 1 women and girls snd they Jammed the 1 doorways and stairways, trampling upon each other In their panic-stricken effort to leave the building There were s doxen men at work on the big boiler when It exploded. Word had Just begun for the day and the big Jute factory was filled with employee*. Without the least warn ing the big cylinder split like a bomb, hurling the workmen through the i wrecked walls and driving four big cylinder-heads up through three of the 1 floors of the building. All of ths dead were machinists] at work on the boiler Three of them were Mown through a aide wall of the building, and their bodies were found, horribly mangled, in the street. The others were found under the de bris. ELEVEN INJURED IH cm SHIM-OP Tli rep May Die—Freight Cars Collide With Intenirban l’a srnger 1 rain. HARMONY. PA. Oct. 20.—Eleven person#- were—seriously—aijur^J, tUV--o probably fatally, to-day -when Inter urban pa.'-sender and fretght cars col lided head-on In a fog near here, ac cording to a telephone message re ceived shortly before nocm Relief ears bearing physician* and nurses were dispatched to the scene. SHOTS DISSIPATE > inn iiiiimrni n Boston Boy, Fired on in Freight Yards Will Go Back l lome. The wanderlust which caused seven ' enteen-year-old Chester Keyes to ; leave his home in Boston on a hobo ing trip through the country, left 1 him In Richmond last night, when, 1 while passing through the freight 1 yards of one of the local freight yards he was made the taTget for a fusillade of pistol shots, fined by railroad de tective#. who misfiook him for a car thief. Young Keyes, terrified and wanting to go nowhere but home, deserted the I life of the road On the spot, and be i took himself to police headquarters. : There he told the tale of his wander ; Ings and his repentance to Bertlllon I Clerk Toler. The latter proved a sympathetic lis ; tener. and a hem the boy had done i talking sent a oelegratn to hts father. ! who Is a prominent horse dealer In i the Hub City Ae reply was recelv : ed Thursday afternoon saying that the | father would some after his son and i take him back home. UntH^the pa 1 rent arrives <Jerk Toler will look out j for the boy. j The chastened runaway said he had | been on hts way to Jacksonville. Kla., i where he hast hoped to And employ j inent on some ship that would bear him away to foreign shorea STEALS GLASS EYE TO BUY “EYE OPENER” Loser of Optic, Unable to See Spirit of Joke, Causes Arrest. BOSTON. MASS., Oct. JO.—Because he wanted a drink and In order to raise the wherewithal to' pay for It, ha atole George McCluaky's glaea eye. Eddie F»>)«y was sent to the Houae of Correction to-day for thrse months. Foley 'law McCluaky plaea hts false optic In a glass of water before re tiring last night, and whan no one was looking he picked It up. A poAlceman found him iB A BBBB atm <*«> him SENATOR D. B. HILL DIES ! AT “WOOLFERT’S ROOST” nun) BKWEvr hili., I.eadlaK Vnrk Dranwnt, nhn t« dead after a brief illneam. C0HE1S BITTEN o» ommieR Three Children Also Victims of Canine That Went Mad in I linwiddie. TAK K TREATM E N'T 11 EKE Another I log Runs Amuck in Mreklenburp and Still An other in Bedford. Five convicts and three children, bitten b> h rabid, terrier within w> eral days near l>inwiddie Courthouse, fourteen miles from Petersburg, will reach Richmond Friday Mui will take the Pasteur treatment under dire, tlon of the State Health Department Superintendent Tatem., of the con vict road force, now working in Dtn^ widdie. brought the news to Rich mond Thursday, when he called on Governor Mann and requested that free treatment he accorded those bit ten Mr. Tatem is father of the three children who win take the treatment. It ts said that the dog bit several other persons, and It is likely that they will avail themselves of preven tive measures, too The terrier, according to Mr. Tatem slept in the convict camp, and was a very fierce little canine. His head which has already been examinee, showed that he was mad, beyond a doubt. Superintendent Tatem was accom panied to Richmond by Assistant su perintendent Johnson, of the same road force. The two called at me penitentiary after seeing the Gover nor They also called on Health Com missioner Williams. Victims Grow in Number. Two persons front Mecklenburg county and one front Bedford county are the latest patients to be received for Pasteur treatment at the nurses' setlentent. Second and Cary streets. The twelve-vear-old son of Mr. J E. Uusrles. of Bedford, one of these , patients. was bitten more than a week ago by a terrier belonging to a neigh j bor. The head of the animal, on ex j amlnation, showed that the animal was undoubtedly mad Several othoi person* bitten by the same dog have so far failed tc« take treatment. The Mecklenburg patients, two 1 young men, seemed very much fright j oned when they came to the settle . ment for treatment Wednesday even Ing for the first time. They were ac. 1 eompanled to Richmond by Ur, A ' T. Hart, of Ogburn, Ya., near which plate they reside. The dog which bi ! them Is said to be still at large and 1 has already bitten several horses and ' cows. A vigorous search for the can ine Is being conducted. Though they are giving treatment i at the expense of the people of Vir ginia and of Uncle Sam. who donates j the serum free of charge, officials oi I the State health department deem II ! Improper to divulge the namer of tht | Pasteur patients under their care. Or I this account the names of the Meek 1 lehburg patients were not ascertained ' when Inquiry was made at the offlet of State Health Commissioner Wil j Hams. Including the victims of the mat terrier that hit a number of person! ! in the vicinity of Third and Broac I 9irtrtsu», utn nuiiivvi i tho State Pasteur treatment now to 1 tala an even dozen. The names of tin j local victims have already been pub llshed in the Virginian. Discount Rate Raised. LONDON. October 20.—The dls count rate was raised by the Rank ol I England to-day to h per rent., fron 4 per cent. The latter rate had ob tained since Septemuer 29. Joks D. Wsst Like It. NEW YORK. Oct. 20.—The critloi screed to-day that while the acting we splendid, the vehicle wa* hardly up t< the standard, and that "Keeping up Ap pearancea,” the ftrst play from the pel of Butler Davenport, -the archlteot, I' destined for a J>rolo«aed run. i s ■ j' FUMES DESTROY PEINJT FACTORY Fire of I'nilftormiiK'd Orisrin. Leaves f >nJy Walls of Levy I’lan Siaudins. 1 SCORES OUT OF WORK Many Men, Women and Children Thrown Out of Fiuploymeut. Other It< ms. (Spe. ial f> The Richmond Vlrglni-st.) PETERSBl'RG, VA Oct 20. Fire of an unknown origin .wiped out the four-story plant of the Levy Peanut Company, on HolUiigl rook street, op posite the Stratford Hotel, an.i for a time threatened the entire business section of the city, shoot 10. SO o’clock Thursday morning i—Tile buildings of the I,ffv Company were almost totally destroyed, only the walls being left standing. The loss will be heavy, although some Insur ance was carried by the firm. Thousands of bushels of peanuts went up in smoke, as tilts firm is one of the largest In Petersburg, the pea nut center of the world Sidney Fisher, a member of the Arm, said no one hsd been found who could , explain the origin of the lire. He was i unable to toll the amount of Insurance ! carried on the plant. The damage will probably amount to about 125,000, as all the nia hlnery was consumed oi ruined and a large stock of peanuts was on hand. | A large number of colored men. wo i men and children were deprived ol i work by the tire, ns the l-evy Com I party employed scores of them during : tne cleaning seal u Prompt nr<1 effective «ork on lh* part of the firemen is nil that savef the mure business section of the city from bring wiped out by the (buries j The firemen battled heroically w ith th« i tire ami by jeopardizing themselves by 1 venturing close to the seat of the flam* to thor water or, broke the backbom | i>f what looked like a conflagration. MISTAKES Cl i ^ _ ] Humor SliooTs ami Kill' 17-1 ear Old Last—Saw Brown Mail. I BITFAI.O, X Y. O-t. 20.—Mis ; taking her brown hair as he saw i through a clump of bushes for a re< i squirrel, Seeley Conley shot and klllei Martha I.. Pope, a seventeen-,vear-oh j girl. Justice Davidson, of Altlen i where the girl was shot, held an In quest to-day. Conley gave himself u] to the police after the shooting. Mfi.TflFI RETURNS I TO m HOUSE Presulen* Resumes Executiv Labors After Long Vacation at Summer.Home. WASHINGTON, Oct. SO.—Presklen Taft arrived tn Washington at 7:1 o'clock this morning? and went di redly to the White House, where h will take up the work of Uuk. winte fct-dtyr. " Famous Former Solon From New York Succumbs to Brief Illness I WAS SICK TWO WEEKS; DEATH NOT EXPECTED Ago ami Tax on Vitality Brought SuiMcn Change in Con liition -Sketch of Ilis Career. A I.HA XV, N. T.. Oct. 20.— Cntted States Senator David B. Hill died at lit» residence. WoolferVs Roost, C at 3:45 thin rooming. For two weeks he had been ill .tvltH a cold and com plications. Last week', the senator's condition was serious, but he had seemed to improve this week, and yesterday was in good spirits. Mr. Hill's age and the tax upon hlS vitality, however, brought about a sud den change during tile night. The only person in attendance at the time of talafg death uas the senator's nurse. Last of Old Line. David Bennett Hill was the last 0#f| the old-line politician* who made - Democratic history in New York Stall when that party secured control gfCllj the State government following the nnius stalwart and half-breed RepuMleN can tight, which involved Preatda Chester a. Arthur and Senator RoacOtCl Conklin. He was for years in ubsolut*. control of the Democratic party organ- fl Izathm In the State., and his bitter con- |p filets with the Urover Cleveland or- I ganizatton finally culminated in Cleve land abandoning New York State as his home. As a fighter >1111 had no superior, and. as In the case of all men of his stripe, his enemies war* implacable haters, while his friend® M were idol worshippers. Hill in tlw ;|j very height of his sway in this 8tatl was characterized by the close follow- ~$t ers of President Cleveland as a “pog* m nut politician," and the country at el large accepted this expression as rep- :,M resenting the man for many years. .jj Since he retired from active partietps*.."^ thin iii political affairs, however, Hitt S hus been better understood and ther* - p has been a disposition to five bint the place his talents earned for hint. • As a lawyer Hill had few equals. n«4pjf he received large fees in many of ths 1? cafes he was called into, notably tlM ; MoMneaux and the franchise tajt ap» | peals. Horn In Havana, X. Y.. on August c; 2a. 1843. young Hill received alt >5 academic education and then moved tn Elmira, where he studied law. Ad mitted to the bar in 1864. he at onenp took an interest In politics, and thac ; very same > ear he was made city at- -p toruey of Elmira. He was a delegate J in the Democratic national convention of 1 s77. and from that time until 1MI i he was a conspicuous figure at the VH0.-M gatherings of his party. Mayor of Gbnlrs. Hill was elected mayor of Elmira t| | 1S82, and In the faJl of 1893 na given second place on the State tick- p et. headed by Grover Cleveland. Ag governor aniL lieutenant (OTenKg Cleveland andrHill frequently clashed. At the election of 1884 Cleveland Whit, chosen President of the United StatSg. and when he resigned as governed^: Hill under the constitution became governor. Previous to that time Hill had basal the permanent chairman of tha Dam erratic national con mentions of HTf and 1881. and It was no secret among his intimates that he was even ttMMp laying plans to he elected President : of the United States. All through career this was the one ambition dag Hill. It was this ambition that brouffllf: about the rupture between Clever land and Hill. After succeeding the governorship Hill at once the party machine in the State. Cleveland was defeated in 1888, Marriage Llsenee 1 A marriage license a ; Henrico county Clark** day to Elete Mag Hub* yt* hMNfc./ of Cleveland content, and tha fig| between Hill and Cleveland force* the delegates from New fork to national convention of 1892 wt in the molt bitter faahion for following three yearn. By means what has since been classed "Albany snap convention of Hill got the delegate* to the Chic convention. He then made a com! nation with Arthur Poe Oornun, Maryland, whereby they were to i forces and defeat Cleveland, the convention assembled, however, was found that Daniel Lamont the Western friends or Cleveland made a combination whereby Cletf land had the votes needed to no* nate and Corman deserted H1IL , act of ‘•treachery.” as he character It. embittered Hill, and ne and Cre delegated Bourke Cockran to make . speech nominating Hill and denoti ing Cleveland. Vain Eloquence*. The oratory was lost, however, Cleveland was nominated and eb ed. Hill served as governor of t York from 1885 to 1891, wnen l was elected I'nlted States senator, i [ served in the latter position until II I Although he fought Bryan In the vention ;f 1890, and retired to . Albany home during that > saving: “I am a Democrat still still," he seconded the nominal! Bryan In 1900. | After the defeat of Bird 8. for governor in '*02. Hill said through with politics. Since that 1 he has attended to his practica l and lived a quiet life at hla home here. COMMITTEE TO HOLD REGULAR MU Members of the Council on ordinance, charter and » meet Thursday night at t will be a regular monthly will be devoted mainly to eratlon of routine business . ■