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7 0 I c c- t 11 I t Q i THE SUN SATURDAY JUNE 13 1891 TIlE CADETS DOFF THE GRAY II CZOUXTG KIKJICISEB OF TilE ORADU CLASS AT TEST IODtT- eo i ArO by Cenmeaamna Borrow and Beeretiry Freetor An ImortialT Been TVhemCadate and Bpectatorn Blood with Bwd Head e When H The Hlar Spucled Banner tVaa Plard by the Band 4 WCST ForNT June 12Amorjg tbe trees on ti the law II front of the library this morning 3000 persons were gathered under a lartja- eaoopy I There was a big Platform decorated with flogs for the Board of Visitors and ofll ceri of the post and lonl rows ot benches and chair in front of It for the caII and tbe peo- ple ¬ Tbe beautiful fashionable women and the dazzling uniforms of the army offloers made a brilliant spectacle The rattle of a drum In front of the barck brought out thu Impatient cadets and a momnt later they were marching across the lawn to tbe muslo of Yankee Doodle Th 1 r took the seats reserved for them in front I ot the platform which sat tho superintendent and the Secretary of War with tbe Board of and a long line ot professors In cocked Vlltr either side The ladles formed a charming background behind them Cot Wll ion the superintendent was tbe presiding officer Tbe cadets and all the people rose while Chaplain Postlethwnite offered prayer Tben the matchless band played Old Hun dred Congressman Burrows of the Board ot Vie ftors was next Introduced He said tbe clue e 91 entered the army when the country was peace with all nations There was no war I orrtimore of war and tbe one thought that be desired t Impress upon them was this Faithfull efficient service In tbe army in times ot pea was a Important to the Gov- ernment ¬ of the United States and as honor ¬ able to the soldier a when rendered amid the flub of arm A nation ever prepared for boida the bond 01 every otuer na ato keep tbe peace A Government with ¬ out force I is aailmposatble vs a Oovemment Without law Ther In no nation on the face of tha Blob democratic or despotic tbat his not 1 Us right to command Its armies and tf needs b its navies tn enforce Its sov- ereign ¬ deres Disband the armies of the nations slobo dismantle their n ets and civil government would perish rEeL Therefore II at times > ou become wen of th endless I monotony of camp life In tlel of peace lot tilts thought inspire you newed zeal- Another tbouah suggested said Mr Burrowd b Monderson a few mo- rn ¬ en tu ago Soldiers should not be heedless to the sentiment of their songs and to the muslo- of their bands At any public assemblage In England when n band plays God Ba the Queen every truo Englishman rises to his t feet and uncovers 1 wish I were the custom in this country I would to see every true American n hen he hears the tinnd notaof Columbia or the Star Spangled Ban ¬ Bal rIse to his fret and uncover I As soon a Mr Durrwl ceased speaking tbe bad to Star Spangled lien ¬ ban great expression ant Cot Wilson t and the battalion of cadets jumped to their with one Imnuilelolowed by every per ¬ let In the with bowd beads until tbe last note bad ceased It was an Impressive ceno Tear came to many yes 1 was the first a > ceno bad ever witnessed at the Aoanemr The ben retal of War was the next speaker He said We all miss from tbls platform to ¬ day a familiar fare one who was In the latter yearn or his Ufa always piosent on these occa ¬ Ilonr It rarely falls to the lot of any man to large a place In the minds nnd hearts of tbe people of his country did Qen Sherman I own say nothing better to young soldiers to day than simply to commend to you the life this great soldier and citizen aa ne In very way worthy of Imitation The Secretary of Fboi mans memorable words Quote notably thou In his letter re- signing ¬ the office of Superintendent of tbe Louisiana Military Aoidemy In which be said be would stand by the old Government of tbe United iBtates while a fragment of It re- mained ¬ The cadets applauded this sentl eVUVM tloidlr The Secretary handed the diplomas to the as Col UiUon called their names Saduatas few complimentary words for Cosby who stood first In his class ToSewell the second man ho said You strove hard for tbe victory and came near winning Ilbare In the honpra Ecbols Molndoo anti Morrow were the other star men of the class When thedlploinns bad all been delivered the band begun plating Hall Columbia and again tie people rose to their I lest and those wbo haul kept their hats on In the open air Un- covered The Rev Fatber OBren of the Board ot Visitors gate some excellent advice to the cadet and the exercises oame to close with a benediction I back to the barracks the battalion marched with elegant precision to the music of Auld Sine and J Jhe Girl I Left Behind anl The orders were read nnd then 00- 1awklnslne the command Break ranks A from lour hundred followed by the Academy cry There was a stampede tiy tb graduating cUfis to thsir- roomstodoIT thn urar unit put on civilian clothes The graduates and tbe third class- bntbinenttnNrw orl city this afternoon to attend tbe and to go to the theatre In the bll and ended the day with 1 fitre WelJ banquet Interentlnc Audience at Palmer nod the Broadway i The graduating class at West Faint In even ¬ ingdress filled tbo boxes at Broadway I Theatre last night and tbe class ot 91 wear ins their stray uniforms nioso from the front seat every now anti then to applaud tbo sing- ers ¬ with their rliielns class cheer Do Wolf Hopper Interpolated verse or two about the success of tbe lew York baseball nine and Delta Pox sang a stanza about Flirtation Walk Theio wore bats anti balls fastened on the proscenium arch of Palmers Tbentro and Cunt Anson and his playors of tb < Chicago nine tile New Yorks men and t apt Ward and nU 1 wife Helen Dauvray oc cnpittd the boxes Dlgby lll > aDI The Itoy- v on Ibr Left Field fence and number of buoballoUsON worked into the o to- t the audience rA rlt te dellbt KEPT A BUCKET IS TEARS Mime Adams Wae Married to Mr Btoln and TUca Allowed a Friend to IlHrrr HIM Gustavo Stolz wat married nearly 15 years ago nnd be has four children Ills home is at 64 Morrull street Willlainburgb It I is said that within a year before his mnrrloae that I Is in- Jebruary187flho was married to Lizzie Adams I by the late list John Sounder and that the i first wife Is stilt urine anti also that she Is an 4 acquaintance nf the second wife to whom however Kbn never rovenln the secret of her 1 Ii husbands llrnt mnrrlnge Each marriage was r bylhf same minister The first wife ueer lived with or stOke to her bunband after the Oeremony Until two week all Mr Stolzllied with his t second wife 1 h neighbor colled upon bar acid tod hoc of her hunbandn pnivi- ous piarrlaco Mrs Hlnlz ooucht tIis Adams who knnwledged the relationship but said she hail no lealro to prosecute ir MOIz- Mr k Htolz bnweter consulted Irienul all I resulted In her liusbaiUs IrCIIon 1 w Whlh accused him f Y The iecale l wife In berttlrnonvyete- rtt May in tbo Leo Avenue Police Court told of her Stole ant how for flftren i r arTIttie to years b- eIId p in Ignorance ol n former marriage and t dlacovfieU that his lawful wife 11 ole of her friends Mrs Btolz Na 1 acknowledged her marl to Stolr anti added unit with him afterward or spoke to him Her led corroborated what she said Btnlz was r held to await Ibl notion of the Grand Jury Mrs Molz utter the examloatlon was nvrrsaldshe nnd Stolr wee on n lark on tbl I nieht they wet married anti looked on tbe ceremony as it joke They wera married sim- ply ¬ r c because titou hat dared tin to marry him r Exciting Sceno In I h ACrlean M Com I j teresa J 1 NEWPORT Juno 12At this afternoons see lion of the Now England Conferenou of th- or African M E Church there was a lively scene p between Bishop Turner and tbe Rer H H- Hurley D D of Boston one of tbo leading men of the Conference Dr hurler came In late and the Bishop Informed him that a he had notheard nfl nf the testimony In a trial wniD Was In progress be would not be al low tvote Then Cal e was finished t Dr Hn- Jeprl denied tlo right of the Bishop to bim of ht vote al l asuiortei tlsm be- t should vote recardles tbe Bishop an Bonnremxnt The Bishop then orderea the Conference Marshal to remove the Doctor from within the bir of tho Conference Dr Hurler protested And declared that no power other should remove him Bishop Turner said that for the peace and order of the CnnfiTDtiia tutu iltuId not order a resoitto fore hut hi < ihmild lnt recoanlio Dr Jlurlev ns n niHinler end lronOlncpr hint suspendeil Ibm the Cnl forblrdn to nirach until I ho npologled to blm ley excitedly dcla that be would never anoloslz He remained within tbo bar for some time and then wlthdiew Time most prominent members of the Confer- ence ¬ agreed the sbop acted only by authority thaI in him al regret the un atcuant l episode i Toma wmxRns 110nn H nnd Rlaiieir a Rich Maa ifhcn He I > Hati Bcea ESslnheHtsiS 110 For the five years Immediately preceding Jan 1 Darar Wlttmer was 1 stenographs and write for John F Lovojoy A Co at 102 street Ills salary was SUi a week With It be supported a wife and two young children In Brooklyn nl occasionally hinted t his employers tbat he bad run through two small fortunes while sowing lili Wild oats and that he had a rich father abroad from whom however be would re eelve nothing a he hid been estranged from him romo ten years During the lat Christmas holidays Wlttmer received from Germany a notification from his fathers lawyer in Germany that Wlttmer Br had Just died leaving eli his property to his only eon Young Wlttmsr at once got a leave- of Absense and went abroad Six weeks later he 1 back again to resign his position get his family and pack up for Germany He told Mr Lorejoy this story and showed papers whIch proved Its truth Hs father had left an estate of 2000 ot this amount Is In Some 1260000 nf It Is invested In a great coun- try ¬ place near firemen The hour IB In the midst of a park of eighty acres All this now ever Is not left unconditionally to the son as he was at first led to believe He la to le- on the place and Is to be the head of the Wit mtr family The care of the park Ant and us Wllmln I Is left to trustee tier ¬ moreover aro to be idWltimlii estates expense In the best universities Germany ttliimer himself 1 is to hue tlOO annually for Incidental ex- penses ¬ Ills eldest child upon reaching Its majority will Inherit tbe bulk of the property vid Mr Wlttmer will set e2oo or ISO for his separate dependant on the condition that Allhilis live on tbe family place if Ihal be should al his raldencelbere be would- be cutoff with ISO property would beheld In trust for hIs children Mr Wlttmer Indicated his preference In the mat- ter ¬ by palling with all Ida bolonclnca for firemen on Marl Tbe history ot the fortune of Wlttmer Rr and his relation to his only son are somewhat unique The elder Wlttmer came to America from Germany some forty years neo went Into the cotton trade In the South and got together something over alUOOOOO During tho war he returned to Germany for a visit He met a young woman to hit liking and ought her back with blm although he refused to marry her She bore him a son He cut of his relations with her eventually and she name North with her boy She married a espertable man In Brook- lyn ¬ and died there about ten years aao Wi tier married too but his wlfo died In without having given him a legitimate heir He went back to Germany soon afterward to pass the rest of his lit He Ireat house near Bremen mini sent for his to come and live with him He Iltmatlon boy legally with the name of Ber- nard ¬ Wlttmer and started him In buslnees with SOOO Young Wlttmer made clucks 101 drakes of this amount in a few months father was annered by his xtravaganc and refuted to help mm further The young man cams to America again and settled down to typewriting with the Idea that It was al up with tho big place and the bond bankbooks near lInemen It wa under the cloud of young Wlttmers spendthrift record In Bremen Iha the elder Wittner tied up his tightly In the care of trustees TYPOaRAPUICAL UNION COVrEaTJOV Important Amendment to the Conciliation or the International Union BOSTON June 12At the International Typo graphical Union today a resolu- tion ¬ pledging the Convention to adjourn at 4 P M Saturday was voted down Action was then resumed on the report ot the Committee on Law The constitution was amended so as to make the President of the International Typo- graphical ¬ l Union a delegate by virtue of his office to the American Federation of Labor The motion was rejectnd permitting unions having over 600 members to strike without sanction ot the Executive Council The prop- osition ¬ to cooperate with other organizations establishing labor bureaus and labor lyceum wee on recommendation of tbe committee de feted debate followed the presentation of a proposition by President MoOraltb of the Bos- ton ¬ Union to repeal certain sections ot the constitution and institute tbe following- Local Union ihaU andearor to eeenre equal watts for both isaac taking lush meaenren aa they hem ex- pedient for the aceoinplUliment of auch remit At the conclusion of the debate tbe roll rail was taken and the proposition was defeated 41 to 69 and the sections In the constitution relatlhg to female labor will stand a at pres- ent The following was adopted Employers and prlstera not worklni at the bnilaeai- cm remain oa me active mcuibereMp Hit In the dlrrc lion or ubordlnato iintonp blat thee ehall not be ill irltile for ama 1 the International or aubartlnate- naloni Delegate Drlulban of Austin Tex proposed- an constitution making It unlawful for any unlou printer to do more than ten bouts work per day without reclhlnl double the schedule of walel in wblcb he was working overtime and also proposing a line of 5 for each offence against tbe rule The committee reported it amendment but without the proposi- tion ¬ to Impose a tine Both were laid over tor future action- It was voted to go Into executive session at 8 P M and a recess was taken until 2 P A AttROClIAR PARK Mr McPnrlnnd Think tSrm Chambers Pre eats an Exaggerated Picture Lawyer W W McFarland who Is being sued by Mrs Elizabeth B Chambers for 5000 damages an account of wblch was printed yesterday said yesterday tbat Mrs Chambers bad greatly exaggerated the state of affairs at Arrochar Park In her complaint and main- tained ¬ that tbe place was still a secluded re- sort ¬ and not overrun by the South Bench crowd The house kept by Mr Kigali was a re ¬ boarding bouse Thore are twelve cottages now situated In the park Instead of being a failure the park was a great suucess from tbe openlngand tbe reason he Bave up managing I was that it took too much time from his business He had organized the syndicate and was one of the directors in it now The park Is still enclosed by a fence and Ihl only part of It which was accessible to public was a small strip near the station used for business purposes There Is a man in charge of the park and he takes care that there aro no trclslAS5erR Mr McFarland sail he had person In the park who did uot have a right to bo there un The Coming MeetlnB or the International Ilomeeoputhle Convention The Homoeopathic profession of the world and especially of tbe United States are look- ing ¬ forward with great interest to the coming meeting oltbeWorlds Convention of Uomcro- DathlajFhyelclans to be beld at Atlantic City NJ on Tuesday evening June 10 and con- tinuing ¬ its session until June 23 In addition tbe American Institute of Homoeopathy the national organization of the United Stateswill assemble on tho IStU Init transact Its busi- ness l ¬ and adjourn to participate In the pro- ceedings ¬ ol the Worlds Convention The Convention will open with tbe distin- guished ¬ Richard Hughes MD of Brighton England in the chair Dr Hushes Is world famous al the author of HughessPharmaoo dynamlca one of the classics of the Horaeo pablo school There 1 be an address of greeting by T Y Klune President of tbe American Institute of Homeopathy followed by an address by the honorary President the NVorlUs Convention Hobart Ellis Dudgeon of London Tbe folowlnl distinguished physicians from abrold represented by papeis or in person Alexander Mllers M U Dresden Edward T Blake M D London Oscar lien ten M D Copenhagen Dr GajiavarUln Ly one Dr OulilurJ Brussels Dr Frlonet Her mont France Richard Hughes MD Eng ¬ land UTh Kafka M U Karlsbad J ilnriny tore M D Liverpool U W Clark zi 1 Winnipeg Dr Joaritin Gonzalez Mexico F- ci idnjundar L M 1ICaloutta India Dr AL Lotbacber L IPBO Dr Tblrnenkner Switzerland J > r E H M ampton acid Dr Vincent Leon Simon Paris The United States will be represented by delegations from 11 of tile States and Territo- ries ¬ Among will be found Dme of the most die Ingulsbed and successful physicians and surgeons of the Homceopathlo profusion all of whom will present essaya or participate in the discussion upon the papers as read The sessions tue Convention will be held in the bRlroot or pavilion of tbe new United btates 10tel Failure onus Htcau lleutlns Company New HAVEN Juno 12The New Haven Steam HeatIng Company was adjudged a bankrupt ydey and Joseph G Sherman was appointed reenter The lioutile arose Irom the failure of H C I Potter of Brockton Mass who owed tbe concern about 15000 Other had debts to be amount of sioouo nre said to bs outstand lag Time capital stock of tbe concern Is siP isio About onehalf is held In this city and the remainder in New York and Boston J1E WAR A CatKF FOR FJ The Rer Mr MeMradevr Itldnt Vet the Recalla Colic Quick Enough DUTIont June 12OJhe Her Wllm Mo Meadow Supreme Grand for Lie of the Colored United States Benevolent Association was locked up last night charged with 01mlntnl 113 by false pretences from members one his subordinate lodges Im arrested and I dont know whit Im ar¬ rested ton 1 had I nightS to tax the members according to the constitution and theyd have got their collars it they had waited I few days longer George West a member a subor- dinate ¬ lodge No 11 related that Chief lo Meadows had taxed a number ot order to raise funds to buy some regalia and 8 the regalia or collars were not delivered after a two weeks wall West had the Chief ar- rested thinking tbnt lie bAd appropriated thi cash The Chic wa very Indignant He sale those the membra were in too big a hurry for The constitution gives the Chief unlimited powers It fixes his position for life atasalary of tcno per annum and In consideration of his long and faithful serx Ices to the association which was oieanlzed Incorporated In IBfW provides that his salary shall be paid alter his death to his daughter Emma during her me The constitution lurther provides that nt the death of an olllcer bin widow Is allowed t2 per month as long as she remains a respectful widow ot good standing Any officer found talking against tbo Chief shall be remove train omen without any counsel when the charge Is legally found RUETTS TRIAL BEQUX Seven Jarer Obtalnedtlle Reply to tha Charge or Abdnctloa The trial ol William B Ithott the young Southerner upon an Indictment charging him with abducting Mary Morris and Katie Flynn respectively 8 and 12 years old was begun yes- terday ¬ In tho General Sessions before Judge Martin Bhetfs counsel wore exDistrict At- torney Fellows exSenatorGrady and Lawyer John R Abnoy a member of the Southern bar having an office In this city To Col fellows as an exDistrict Attorney was accorded the privilege of sitting within the bar The girls whom libott is charged wIt ab- ducting ¬ were news girls nt the ferry house ot the Pennsylvania Railroad De- tectives ¬ Mellon arrested Rhett nt the VRllnd Ferry on the night of Jan 21 as he was nbotit tn enter a cab and they allege that he wasendeavorlng tu Induce NarY Morris And flynn to enter the cab with him Kate two other girls of about the same Mamlo Williams end Katie Kelly flower ale with Mary Morris end Katie Flynn defenoe It is understood will be that 1beU1 annoyed him In the Jersey City depot br trying tu compel him to buy flowers or newspapers and to ffhe them money He cs caned from their Imnorunl181 and did not know tbat they boat that be- came over on until tbey followed him through the ferrybouse on the New YOlk side up to tbo cab that he bad engaged to take him to his home Seven jurors were obtained and the trial was adjourned until Monday BTECKLER nL It Not a Tenth District Orcantaatloa the raatllr I Starting The list of the Sleekier Committee of One Hundred now on exhibition at tbe club house shows tbat only about onetblrd of the mem ¬ bars live In tbe Tenth district A follower whose enthusiasm outran his discretion said laA pight will run Harbureer for Senator of course but that Is only a starter The real business IB to run Alfred bteckler for the Su- preme ¬ Court nut do you expect to elect him inquired a startled auditor Never mind about that was the answer We will beet Ingrahnm and elect a Repnbll can wont we1 And we will have to b taken care oi next year wont wo i Tranrer of Catholic Priest Archbishop Corrlzan has reconsidered some of the transfers of Prlltl made by him last Monday The Connlcb wbo was transferred from St Stephens Church to St Josephs Church Sixth avenue Is to remain at Bt Stephens the Rev John D Boacb who was to become an assistant at St Augustines Church Sing Sing is to lay at tbe Church of the Sacred Heart In West Fiftyfirst street nnd tbe Rev Dr P J Mahonr who hid ben ordeted to Ur Augustine Cburobwl tinue to do duty a the Clurch Holy Crnls Rev Michael J Shine one of the re- cently ¬ ordained priets who bad been ap- pointed ¬ to the the Holy Cross ba been assigned to tit Augustines Church the Rev James E Gaggln who I Is to pursue higher course at tbe Catholic University I Washington I is to aot an assistant at Bt Au ¬ Church Sing Sing temporarily The ruslnel Cbandonet has been transferred- from Bt Raymonds Church Westcbester to the Franciscan Convent of Our Lady of Angels In Peekskill aa assistant chaplain Expert Testimony Related Agents Metz and Clapp ot the Society for the Prevention ot Crime sustained two more defeats In tho Court of Special Sessions yester- day ¬ Tbey testified that they haa seen 12j a old Michael Foley of CS DOlnlnl street enter the saloon of Owen at 47 Carmine street on March 12 and get a pint of beer The lad swore that be bad never been in McCanes- or anybody elres saloon In his Hue and that on the day In question be had been in school all day Even during the lunch hour be had not out us ha hud his dinner with him lie produced a note kohl his teacher ¬ fled the statement and tbe prisoner was dis- charged ¬ The other case was that of John Meyer a saloon keeper of 835 Oieenwlch Street wbo also was discharged The agents were rebuked recently by Polios Justice Mo- Mubon for causing arrests on evi ¬ dence Not a Namesake O C 01 Tbe man who was prostrated br the heat at tbe Flatbusb avenue depot of the Long Island Railroad In Brooklyn on Thursday and on re ¬ covering consciousness nave the name of Graver Cleveland and his residence at Iear sails LOOK Island Is not I namesake of tbe oxPresklnnt but la David Hennessey who Is said to lie an employee In ono of ibt cIty de- partments ¬ of Brooklyn imd who was once mixed UP in a row over the ballot l box at a liemncrntlo primary in the Nineteenth ward lie hail bceu stimulating too lively Rod he de- clares ¬ that on recovering from his prostration lio forgot lila own name He spent several I tbe Bergen Arell police station before 10ursil lila friends and hud blm out Yesterday I was reported tbat baled 1 too ill to appear court One Way for an Art to Oat Rich Joseph Bnddztlenl who menaces the Pacific Portrait House at 1441 Brcndway offers to make Ufasize crayon portraits from photo Il albs for nothing but his cuslom ro have to for tbe frame It has been charged that no- ne lay > ever received either portrait or frame from Buddzllonl Mr Jenny M Brrok nf 67 Bntin dora aepu West Philadelphia had such an experience two months ago Last week she happened to be In town and after making a fruitless cell at the office of tbe Pacific Portrait Joule called upon Police Captain llellly At Market jesierday Jtuuuzllcnl bola In 1500 examination He pulled Wil roll of iloo unten and counted out fnewhlob he mid on the desk JustIce Kelly would not ac- cept ¬ the money antI Budmllenl had to wait while Ills lawyer went to the City Chamber alns office to get a certificate A Cur Land of Famished Sea Lion A car load of thirty sea lions arrived here from time Paclllo coast on iburdIY and be- cause ¬ Capt Mullot to wore con- signed had no bi of lading from Buffalo the superintendent tbe N II C freight ynrde at be foot of West Sixtieth street refused to de- liver tile animals awl Cnpt Mullet went away hreatenlng to bolL the inllioad company re iponslble for worth of sea lions Ha has not yet appeared tn adjust the dispute with tbe railroad company and yesterday morning tbe car wits opened and the hose was turned upon the tarnished sea lions Three nt them wet dead Later In the day the others were removed to the pool In bv Conlrallak permission of and nol tbe sea lions ate perfectly willing to wait as long as Capt Mullet pleases Lawyer Clarltla Fall to Appear Lawyer Philip T Clrukln who got himself Into a lot of trouble because be took poshes Ion of fhere rold Mnmle Mulligan on n writ of habeas corpus and turned lier over Io her mother without conaullni the Court wan not In court yetero hRl dl reeled I was reported tbat was a Ick Judge Lawrence remarked that Mr Clarkln- md a very sickly way of attending to his habeR corpus allI that be bed ben guilty contempt tbnt be in court on Tuesday next or be IPper TIPS IN TilE PUBLIC STORES- AN ACCUSATION lit AT DOO1EJ noim UAB NOT pnoyD Tie S ys Too that the Hat l rasd Among the KBtplorec with Sliptrl tcudent Iletnrtrc laowiedg lr Tarl- on Aliened OkjeeteAn Inquiry Begun J a Howe whole I a floor bookkeeper In Ibl- Apprllr18toresls one of tbe Republicans or which la presided over by Georce Wanmaker Hews appointed to the service on the recommendation ot lien resentatlve James J Belden Ho bat written certain letters to Collector Erhnrdt reOeotlnR on Robert S HoUerty who entered the sen Ice as a night Inspector on May 24 1880 and on July 23 1839 was made acting superlptenden of laborers at the public stores On April 20 last Howe wrote a letter to Collector Erhardt which I Is said to have run as follows It la with the greatest reluctance I write Ihle but patience in my case has ceased to be- a virtue I am subjected to the potty spite and Indignation Indignities 1 ot 1 8 Helferty the quondam superintendent of public store at Lalgnt street In my bumble bookkoeper I have no mean of redress hence I write this also that theta I In a perfect scheme or rather system of blackmail in vogue br whIch merchants or brokers cannot get their goods transferred from one floor to another for the proper examlnern without iclv Inc blood money Hoping have not taken too much of your valuable time 1 nm sir yours respectfully JO HOWE Howe was reluoled by the before tel what bo knew atom par chares Sir did appear nnrtsaid lad been paid to the Inboreia and elevator m at tho public store All told there are about 250 of these individuals and Mr UU1 said ho was not In position to name an at that time who Had receive the money from merchants and brokers I turned outthat at tbe time Howe be was under suspension madehlru- irIe leave J he Collectors private seer tary rank Sperry It is atatedlueltoledH- owe nut Howe could not the people who bad bcnelltid by the tips or by Jielfeityft alleged wtconduct Howe hat since made this On Fob IU 1891 a subscription paper was circulated on every floor In the public stores with knowledge Hnd enuotlon of detaied Bupe Intcndent BoDed K Holferty whether bookkeepers elevator runners or laborers wttro asked expected to contribute 25ceutsoachtomako a purse to be avon to the notnry who Hwears the men snmlmontbly- na to the correctness of their signatures who already rocelvua t3UOU from the GoverDltnt for his service If be received the suinme Is nn open question and the notary has the benefit of the doubt On April UUtb IBul a paper under pre- cisely ¬ the came conditions was circulated by Mr James Webb neUert meSS askIng for fifty cents from each laborer for a fund to buy flowers to bu used by his HolferuV G A It lOt on Decoration Day oinWlnl are n few of the mena nome who Lonl Dolman buokkootier 50 cents t barlrs H elevator runner 50 cents Henry Mc GonlKal laborer fiU cents Thomas Batter bury dO cents James Con is ton laborer f 0 cents Kugene Klttels Su rents Charles P Wllpon laborer SU cents Jacob Ylnstetter laborer 50 CentS and scores of others These are sufficient to show the character of tho man and If they tbe men bud nut contrib- uted ¬ flimsy excuses would have been found for suspending them 11 opportunity offered The men objected dare not do It openly The public store as conducted are a political sweatbox In justice to Mr C A Burr Dnp- utr Collector who Is a gentleman nf honor he Is unaware of tbe existing state of affairs I believe Collector Erbardt and Mr Sperry said yester ¬ day thnt this statement was news tn thorn and that It had never been recehed at the Custom- Douse It was furthermore said that Howe In his original letter to the Collector proclaimed- that bo was ready to prove hits assertions tbat money was paid for privileges nt tbe nubIle stores Yet on Investigation Howe did not gin any names of the alleged rascals It was learned that II owe had sent this letter to Pri- vate ¬ Secretary Sperry According t llmnl mede I r D< etfnly submIt the rollowlmr r Inviiilmlon of rCIO u I tatert the iy iem or bllckul exist as ar- elu4 that no cases al belaDnno after or above I elock A M the MI a find tbe name K of the cantlemen which nave they would r all r submit to tie prtitnt torilon than tuck a thall not heeded and remediedwould leave them In a ooa411nl M J llum of R F Downlni a Co Aui Vnn r Broker faioiaicc WiniKr Clerk AD Kman Foreman ot Openers sail raoktri Third Door Sixth Dlvlilon Mr Sperry his bad several Custom House brokers eonfernceswlht- beso of the Collector he has submitted all of Howes oomplalnia to Deputy Collector Burr forIn ¬ vestigation Mr MacseytoldMr Sperry flatly that he had never paid bloo moneyfor setting his goods said It Is alleged tbat have either submitted to such extortion or have knowledge that others have an submitted I do not know of ever doing such an act in order to facili- tate ¬ my business I have never seen a man bribed sad have no knowledge of such things belol lone at the public stores Sperry asked Mr Massey if any Oover ment employee had naked for pay for facilitating his business Mr Massey said noQ Do yon know Initaneea where a demind far money or gratuity haa been made upou broker for inch aervloeebr employee A IcAtioaiyepeak of myown bvalnta aodl nave riopersonaiknowisdeeorauysaoim- thing t I Aa a matter of course there la averuiu envy there amuer ma who often say Well Mr Maier can do ao and and 1 consider it only duo t mr lentlemanlr request cad atraUhtrorwarA war of dOlal bnilneu end keiplnf > t have heildea a young man at the publlo IIIJI to dust me Local Bepubllrnns say that Mr Howe Is ready to testify before United States Corn mu loner RooseYI and lime Twentyfirst District CommIte all of hi charge When be¬ Custom officials be failed to give namues and specific ln tances of wn ne doing bnt his friends now say that he larealy to tell all be knows and tbat Mr Roosevelt- will summon him to appear before tbe I In I committee when It resumes ltd ost I Siting Custom House on Monday eslonl Clerk Spark Thought tbe Notice Was Frlvolonaj Lawyer n Halre counsel for Joseph Wood the aqueduct laborer who awaltnl death by electricity for the colored follow laborer on the aqueduct served another notice ot appeal to the Court of Appeals clerk Sparks of the General Sessions urn day Lawyer llama has taken Woods case twice through the State and United States courts alreadr At first Mr Sparks was In- clined ¬ tu reluso to accept the notice on thn ground that the notice was frivolous But Lawyer llnlro instated upon bo filing of tbo notIce and also upon to oltlna from Mr Sparks aiortillod copy of the notion He said that he would imply nt one to the Court of Appeals for a bearing upon his latest appeal Alabama Convicts will be Leased out AgaIn BtEMiNorrAM AlI June 12Four years ago Jefferson county abandoned the Irano system as to her county convicts and put them at work building macadamized roads In that time they have constructed sixtyfour miles of road Today the Court of County Commission- era voted by a majority of ono to return to the lesse system The argument used In fRO of he loan nyMem In that It will pay to con- victs out and ties tha proceeds tn linlld roiids with free labor This experiment nf road working has ton regarded as ol great moor lance becatiBH it holds out a hope of roller from the convict lease system which Is felt to be a- blot on the Slate Labor Congress at the World Fair CHICAQO June 12The World Congress Auxiliary I li promotnl scheme of worlds congresses in Chicago during the Exposition of 1893 The Committee on Labor Auutressei issued tie preliminary address Asday It promises that ample aocommoda lions will be provided for all labor organizations nconoml associations and In- dustrial ¬ tociHllcii which may ctnlro to bold congresses or ronventloneof ther own and under the direction of their own properly con tltuted auihuiltles Thitre will also bo a Gen oral Labor Congress during the Fair Fell Overboard lute u Shark Mouth NonroLK June Information has been received In this city of the death of the colored cook of tho schooner Silver Queen at the mouth ot the Chesapeake Diy by being ewal lowed by a shark He was John Howard and with others of the crew saw a school of sharks following close after the vessel Upon the suggestion of one of the men an Improvised pet wa made to oaptc cc oneor the monsters toward became entanc1e4 in the meshes the net and lell over the vessels side The oremostof the sharks was not more then tel feet away Several buoys wore thrown to man but be win vceu no l rlu Coy lIurlelBha Cnndlduey for Conarco AUGUSTA Me Juno 12Coy Kurlnldi is waking strong efforts to secure tho Republican nomination fuyCongesain this district Ills atest Is A circular letter marked Personal that I Is belue sent to citizens Ibroulbout the district In which the I Is In onstant receipt of leter UrllDI blm to be- come a and tbat be has finally concluded to announce hits candl lao KEWS TOSRAXtttOADMtf The Canadian Paelflefleea < e Weffe With- drawn the SlOT Rate AdaalttlnaWD- eIVattr So MayjBe no XateATVr lies the Canadian Pacific haltitfSd wltjl drawn Its 107 tariff wan a fcomrhAh qs lion yesterday among tramo men TbeteiJiJt alien and maintenance of westbound rpU generally depend upon the above fact Ac- cording to all outward appearances the Can dian Pacific bnl drawn in its horns hi the Broadway agent of that company hadrA the courage to admit that It had beenbeatn Tbo fact Is that the West Shore got sViaoflhe > r sure for IU connection with the foreign that It was forced to turing the Canadian f I < clflo to time or take the con < eqicnces When the Canadian 1ncino people were asked yesterday what tbolr rates were from New York to St Paul they said 11a they had no more rates i they were not Jnltlilhie and only tie Initial company rates Go and ask tbe West Shore people on the next corner above saId the Canadian Pa- cific ¬ agent I v It tbe agent ot the foreign line really what ho said tho Trunk Line lent lucky In eBcaplnl a general war Ot rrtUs shed a the Llckawannl an4Western threatened to on how Ions the new leaf will remain turned ov rla uncer- tain ¬ for tho card rates which the Canodlnli- Paolflc has withdrawn temcorarlly mar bo put In force at anytime withoiUanynotice- as was the case before hut there was a fcroW lag belief yesterday that the Canadian PuclOo will take the defeat with good grace i Inasmuch antheWistflbora has recehed some conces- sions ¬ This Is the dull time the 111 alao little business is moving that no much a road cuts the rate it cannot Mt much more freight- A < Chicago despatch says The restoration of eastbound lake and rail rates has hid no effect I uchtcklmr the demoralization of wet hound rates ft was omolally announced here today that the National l patpfi has Issued n piorxirtlnnal on the tar basis of 21> cents first Boston to Chicago on business flOla t000intnwestofthseity Tbe scale In egCti on the several clashes was follow 211 3s 3116 len4 13 Added to the rail rtttaafouzm ublc1 to St laul and itiinumniolis lake and rail basis train Boson tlil those point bJ cents first class The some line iubiislrect- a tlrll of 7J cents fret class from Boston and of York to t 1aul and Minneapolis by way TJiehria Railway In connection wltbits Union Steamboat Line bad previously nounced a proportional rate of 3H ceuts an Cblenuo to let th RIral competlilon of the Canadian National Uespatoh mado the further seduction to preserve I Its ugrreil dUTercntlal on this tu mess The lar lake and rail rates by that link rJ eeaboar I to Chicago an agreed upos early In the season i is on tbe basis l of The We tern rOdl are 4coI to take no i art In the on xvostbound rates but uses keening a sharp lookout to ascertain poI ¬ tively whether auntbound rates have bienac tually restoied by all tbe lake lines An acent of one of the fast freight lines said There is no doubt that some of the tolar 1 rail lines have contracts nt the war rates which nlll not expire until Jult but there will be no row on that account prpvltHcr till lines in question maintain the higher rates after that date In tbo United States Court InOjnahn yester day AttorneyOenoral Poppleton finished for the ph1nilfl In the nock IslandUnion Pacific He was followed Judge Dillon general counsel for the Union I acme whore ¬ viewed tbe contract at length anti iointod out that it amounted In fact tp a teals Jle Assorted that he Hock Island road In Nebraska and tbe Omaha and Republican Valley branch of th > Union Pacific were roaa competing lines Under the 8tntelawit illegal for parallel anti competing 1 wa lease their roads or otherwise to consoli ¬ date Judge Wlthrow In sneakingofthe fniiiou letter of Government Director Ilummor stated thAt he had been know tn whim Mr Ilummer cJrloul said Ills attention had been contract when Mr Plowmen WHS put upon the stand he stated tha his attention had called to tbe contract br Judge Dillon bl slated tbat he had three interviews with Judge Dillon and several with Jay Gould before the letter W written The main point of the litter jotted down at these Interviews in aud which Mr Hummer h aferwAr wrnt theletfa I terests were being Interfered with and ItS 81q vlsed I that tho operation of the contractbe suspended t Various complaint have eome to Tttcfltm from commuters on the Harlem Railroad above hIte Plains They say that an hour and a half between 813 ltl1 P M when no train leaves the Orand J Station which they can take to reach They have been asking for trains In tbe bcrhood of 6 oclock but one of ibe rays that the only answer he got commutr did not pay to run many trains boy Whlte Plains This man thought that the company wanted to confine commuters to the towns be ¬ low that point There were some interesting revelations the meeting called br Chairman tinier lo consider the demoralization of paaiena r rates between Chicago and St Louis The first matter taken up was the scalping of couttoj tickets from DetroitBuffalo and Ptttcburin to Bt Louis by way of Chicago Of tbfrtrfottr coupons of this kind purchased imp the Chair- man ¬ twentyfive read over the abashwnll the rest were scattering After considerable discussion Mr Flnley decided to take up this question with the Issuing lines in the East and with tbe authorities of the Central Traffic Association as the Eastern lines boycotting the Alton were paying a commission tnl kC brokers In Buffalo to facilitate ibis eoalpIn the Interest the lines between that coIatBnd Chicago r- As to tbe scalping of tickets from St Louis to Chicago it was shown that theta was A combi- nation ¬ ticket over the Jacksonville soc South eastern from bt Louis to Jacksonville and thence to St Paul at n through rate at 1526 with a rebate of SID on Chicago As tha market price for tickets between Chicago and fit PaDj does not exceed 110 it was naturally Inferred that a commission was raid on tbe 825 proportion between Hr Louis cOd Chi- cago ¬ antI that the ChlcagnSt Paul pro- portion was redeemed Irom the broker in Chicago Time JacksonvllleSoutDsaitern people were surprised at these revelations and tried to prove that other lines were manipu ¬ lating rates In the same way Tb question was referred to the Chairman who will redder hue decision later If this decision falls to pro- tect ¬ the Alton the latter will Protect luslt Independently as It ha reuolvea to do In the matter of tourist rates to Eastern points The new fast train to Chlcaco via the Penn- sylvania ¬ Railroad whIch entered tbv service lest hundaran the Chicago special lias1 been rechrUtened the Columbian Express In honor of the Fair In bestowing thla title on the new train the Pennsylvania has taken lit initlatho among the raflroiuls ItVHcOanlzing the merits of the Worlds Exposition Lypro tiding special facilities for the comfort or visitors- A t Port Jervls despatch says The tjt Railroad line done a handsome thing in retir ¬ lag the veteran locomotive inidnoer Nathaniel Tntt horn the arduous dutlls Of pnSMnntr twice on the main line to the llghtay place nf switch engineer in time yard here Ills work permits him to remain At home EngIneer raft has n rorira for Rtiioessful and honorable service In bis voca ¬ lion that Is possibly without a parallel In IrW history of railroads He was born itt Menn ham Mass In 1H25 nnd In IJtT alter ulna mouths if f fcitrvlot as firemen ho took anon vine on the Boston end Worcester rlallioaiu He oame f i om tbat road to the Erie 111 IBM For tblrtrUve years anti until recently np ran daily tlrstclasB passenger tubs over tUn Delaware division of the Erie trip of IdA miles between this place andflusquihanria with no break ID contlnuouaservlc eitcent for sickness or brief vacation During tie whole period be was never reproved bylthekoropnnr luring his whole career of lortyfnur yfars ft an engineer no passenger on lips train rut by him was ever seriously IniuredEy an accident Engineer Taft has a curious mania for Joining stcrt fraternltie and benevolent soolellei In Is H main tier o thirteen oclelle friclurU- ng the Free Masons Udd Follows StilgbtS of Pythias and Jtcdiion Hanged Illmcrir In Bnyonn The body of a man din had taocedl- everaldays blineU ago to a sapling near the t tuhati of the Morris Canal In the woods of Barslde Park Bayonur was found rosterdfty inphlnB Ills Dockets were all empty andbe haa not been Identified He wa a gocd ooklftlrmlifi- if line physique about I5 years oil lie wak feet 10 inches tall and he neighed about isti Hiunda He had ft full face ciQjl7pp4 black hair and a black moustache Ufa oUitT- ing was nest and clean and be looked lllie a- iroiperous mechanic The body wa attired In a blue and white striped shirt black trou era darkbrown waistcoat hi own oitat ew lace shoe and a black derby hat r The Remnant that the LawjerLqf5 Henry George said yesterday that th result of tho litIgation over tbe will of Oeoric Hutch las wbodlnd six tears ago leaving I500U to his widow and 1200 to Jlasemhateslngle tax llteDUnre < HBlbat ol the tQH net oraeeads- wbism the lawyers In the case neglectedto absorb he wads entitled to a little morel thaU 300 and whatever lila might amnat W tertewvdDtSVvoofSti Widow Ui cc it litigsUo ntt to give all the property to the widow bdt claimants tinder the will refuted eti t this proposition 4 mt 9 j jaw vmuromr ITAVCAI- TWhe tsgra I em Trial fbr Knrtler- i Nay Uenae One Elae Milled Merr Attbetrlat yesterday In the General Bei slons before Becorder Bmyth of Fernaqdo- Lagrano indicted fur murder in the first de- cree ¬ In tabling Carlo Morro with a doubts dged dagger In front of the tenement at 811 East lOllh street on April 10 Atntttant Dis- trict ¬ Attorney Davis called Itafaelo Antlco of l6 East lOitb street wh testified that while Morro was fUhtlnc with an Italian named paetano hi saw Lnarann who had no connec- tion whatever with the fight and was a stranger to Morro run out tit the yard o809 East 104th street holding a dagger under his coat At that moment Morios wife hat separated her husband nut Oaetano and was leading him Into time house As she saw Lngrano elm sprang forward to protect her Iitisbnnd with lien nwn holy Lngrnno made two lungas with limo iliiggerat Morro but ills xlle shielded him At Ills third attack however the dagger penetrated Storms abdomen Other wltneises testified to tliu same ifrct Ubett 1 Mr Davis tested tile pejuples case lit him owlu behalf Laerano IpstlMfd that he- wn merely spectator of the fight between Oaetano and Mormnnil that he took no purl In It and illd not stab Morro tj mo unknown hal lan must hate done It iit nnnl CnrdloarlPnoln- Aviindo nnd Maria Amiiovla corroborated LHgrxno anil a an IntlninteJ tbat MotTo wnn- Molibed by an unknown Italian the usual lrattiri olnu UnllHn hnu ocld onse Then the detente rested with the privilege of cullluc one other linrsi ost MonUar Another Field for ITomnnn Work In Mr Harry Du Vnls article describing the Grand Central Depot In Frank Leellea Illn fated Netotiopfr for June 6 be speaks of the work women tire doing In thn compttolleia department of the New York Contra Railroad Twenty of the oierLs are girl be says and adds that they art excellent workers Inlth- ful and atteutirecdustanty proving that they ate fitted for broader telds of labor France women are tinlxersullyeiiiiiliiyed for time Bale of tickets at railway stations Iho time la coming when It will lie ask d why timer should not hate an equal chalice with men In tilts country for apolntinentB to such positions dflml here is a capital lialiing school ° lime mgaestlon Is a new one to the maiority of railroad men and many of them have die eused It wIth Mr Du Val awl nrnmiK them- selves It seems not nt all unllkrly that within a short time women will begin to be employed as IB tore suggested Mr JJu Vat bandied a subject vrnb wbloh be was so famlllnr an to have made It dlmcutt lor him to write about It with the zeal ot u new and keen Interest but he did that anti more bestilea since It appear that his article may be Ilm means of opening new Held of industry lor women Tired of the Karanpo Cocktail Theodore FT Lee Secretary of the Quaint Club has often played his pranks on friends but of late he has been practising huge joke on himself He decided with theadvent ot warm weather that he would not apply any hot and rebellious liquor to his blood Boas not to appear peculiar ho secretly invented a qompouud of sugar and water colored with raspberry and bath a bottle of It kept nt the Uavarin old Toms and all the other places to which he goes with friends Wherever tie went be ordered a Rnmapn cocktail and got this In ocuou lluld The thing worked like ebarm and whenever one of his friends said to him Ill take one too he got n blgbpressuro Cocktail of gIn Instead uf water Yesterday Hllas Cummings J W Bunlick and Qua Lemon all wellknown railroad men went with Lee to get luncheon and on the way they stopped and ordered a Ramnoo Then Lee re ¬ belled See here gentlemen said ho I dont want a Bamaon Confound your llam apo I have not bad drink in tour weeks and Im getting thirsty Then he confessed whet be lied done and ordered a Martini extra strong This Should Cease One of the outrages of the moment is the behavior ot the brldgemoa nt the Cortlandt street ferries Whenever a boat comes into the slip the people are apt to be crowded well forward against tho patent guard rail that crosses the end of each boat On the womens eldoof each boat it IB the ladles who are pushed against this railing The brldaomen instead of lifting the gangplank with both hands and sliding it from the budge to It e deck of the boat now catch it up by a rope and sling It violently upon the boat As they do so they yelLLook out feryer fetl orLookout or youll alt yet reel crushed The women are unable to retreat and a moment of terror follows If such cruelty were practised upon animals protection would volunteered and it is difficult to understand why humanity should have to put up with it Lincoln and this Handy Hook Railroad Ur John W Newell receiver ot the New Brunswick State Bank writes to THE SUN in confirmation of Its recollections of tbe manner In which the old Lone Branch Railroad at- tained ¬ permission to run iu trains on Sandy Book He IB certain tbat the date of that per ¬ mission was not later than March 11863 He says tbnt a map of Handy Hook was shown to the President with the proposed railway line traced upon It In red Ink The grant was written by President Lincoln on the margin ot the map and It was given to Con Edwin A Steven In the presence of exOov Newell and John W Newell The permission was worded so as to permit the laying of the track to remain during the pleasure of the Presi dent of the United States The Pn eenEerAEcnt > Scheme The newest bit of enterprise br the Inde ¬ fatigable passenger agents in town is an idea that originated In the brain of the general Eastern agent of one of the big Western roads Be has fitted up a large room In the rear of Ills office on Broadway for the o nvenlence of grangers in town who are patrons of his road in this room be has a desk table chairs tele ¬ and directories and newspapers of all the principal places along the line of his rail goad All who patronize the railroad are In tiled tp make tbls room their headquarter and already to use the vernacular of the Woolly West a great many huvn caught on Mr Turners Return Mrs Hattie Barnes Turner who went abroad jefore tho scandal connected with her bus band haP been published has suddenly re- turned to this country and is at the home of er brother lIen A C Barnes Mrs Turner ud Intended remaining abroad forsomo time but lien brother learning that Mr Tom Turner wa on hit way to Europe for the purpose of making tip with her cabled her to come to hits home Mrs Turner hastened to follow tbo advice of her brother and has refused to eve her husband under nnvcircumstances She will make her home with her brother for the present The Heidi Society Concert The Beldl Society of Brooklyn has made a contract with the distinguished pianist Mr Franz Hummel to play with the Seldl concerts at Brighton Bench on Saturday afternoon and evening of Jun27 Other artists who will appnar there during the summer under the auspices of the8eldl Society nre Mme Hitter Ooeti and Emil FlMiyr Tbe Seldl Hoclely undertake these MpecM concerts for the sake of the benevolent fund of time society the spciat feature of which In summer is the free dxcurslon to the beach which they give to otnen and children A Wall Hlreet Sporleman This la the country for sports raid a Wall street man to a frend Who had just returned from Eurore Since I aw you last year I have hunted the alligator In the Everglades I have harpooned thetarnoi the saw and the devil ¬ flab In tin lull 1 bnvo nurtiieil the elk and bogrlztlylu tue mountains I ha e studied time beaver In Itis Iltints I have hunted In tim wondi and on the plain 1 have fished rom the lakes nf Miilne to the lagoons of honda and have kept an era on iot quota lonsof tbi t tnuk Exchnnco In Now York It- in < been helter fun for me tbau a trip to old Europe would have peon Dr Fordjee Barker Will JTbowlUof Dr Ford yre hanker was tIled for probate yesterday Tn Ills friends Abraham H Smith and Dr Thomas B Andortnn the teStator leaves a Part ot valuable library of vOrkaofm medldix and surgery Tli rest nf the library Is lot to Firdjco D hacker his let resIdue of the stti i 4 left In trust ftir the widow and upou her Ueatblt ii logo to Fondue A Barker Cheap kfeonahlne The whiskey which was stored In a U a rarebouse In Greenwich street and which the tovoroment is trying to Prove came from II Iclt stl in run liv wxAlderniun Bnrkts h54 been sold to tpbrnlm howe a soctlflir of Rica treat ut threo tents n gallo t ChaIrman Murpby Cult on the Mayor Edward Murphy Jr the Chairman of the Democratic State Committee came to New York yesterday with bis son who I la to sail for Enropa today Mr Murphy called on several Blends Inolndlng Mayor Grant with whom bo aftirwaro went to the races ITWATllE O1ANGE DIAMOND rnutrar aoooo XR CARROLL BAT- BAitD Ott irASTSD XT BACK Jeweller Beat Who Wa to 8 stI It > Commlailo Had Beta Too Long Aba the Job and ok Poll6eian with a IVar- ma Jtstoid the Htone < o It Owner Mr Joseph W Carroll lithographer of 71 Duane street called at the Tombs Polio Court yesterday afternoon and asked fora warrant for the arrest of Charles Stale a- jeweller on 007 Broadway en a charge of larceny Mr Carroll told Justiej- 0Hellrr that of June 4 he save Jewel ler Scale in diamond valued at between 160000 and 170000 to sell for him on comtnls Mon Shale he said hail been recommended to him asia trustworthy man He cure the diamond which Is none other than the Oraneo the second Israeli diamond of In kind In this country to Mr Scale and cot a receipt for It After waiting for seeral days and getting no word Mr Carroll called on the jeweller and demanded the return ot the atone ale told him that be was negotiating with a gentleman for the purchase of the dia ¬ mood and Mr Carroll left On several other occasions Carroll says he tailed en Beats and each time tho jeweller put him off aa4 finally lelused to give up the stone Justice OReilly Issued a warrant which was given to Court Officer OConnor to serve When OConnor and Carroll entered Beale1 office the jeweler WAS seated at the desk writing An foonas learned the business of hit visitor be took a small faded blue jowflrr ease from R drawer In his desk and offered It to CawolJ saying Heros juur diamond Carroll lyow so away and let rue alone lint Hie policeman was not going to 19 cheated out or a prisoner Hnd ho hhnvrd Car toll aside and sold IM take that stone Please And you will kindly put on yourhat mind come with me Beiilo demanded lose the warrant nnd It was shown him tile tnitde- no further resistance and wa mien to this Tomb Jolice Court Justice 1 Ullallly had lift tho bunch and while Settle was locked UD his bonrlHinan and a policeman scurried around to find the JUKI Ice ion reporter Mr Eesle said he bod nothing to SUIT Its n lung story be remarked mid really not worth tellmcr I didnt try to steal tbe diamond aitdnever refused to give It up tu Its owner Mr Cnrrnll tell a different story I tried every way possible to net that itnno I nek with- out having tieale arreeted Im raid hut It HAS melcss Tho man tried to tell ins to my love that I had never ulv n him time gem unbound he knew I h il bia receipt In mr i oket Fiom time to limo lie had nut me off with store UN 1 neeotlatlouB I bad told him In this flint plAce that I would not take leis than MflOto- tor tba diamond and bo bad piomi o1 touch It for mote At noon todnr I went tu hit ofllce and raid Pivo hero Seal you give ne that diamond or Ill hate you nrrestid lit latmheil anti mild that such a thing was not possible tjo I wont rlcht to I bo Tombs court anti got a warrant The Orange Is a magnlficentrellow diamond OPT It 1 said that theta la but ne larger in tbl country Ills an exquisitely tlniol none and Is perfectly out and flawless It weigh a fraction over 115 carat but ten carOls less than the famous Tiffany yellow diamond nlil h Is said to be worth 1000oa Time Oratics was found In the South African fields In 1HN4 Dutch jewellers cut the gem In AmstorUnrn unit In li H87 sent It to London where H w s tn I IP ur chased byarommlttee of women for Qmen Victorias jubilee present In accordance with the fjuoeriB suggestion hnwevr the SoOiKiO which was to have been paid for It was used to erect n hospital Mr R B Lawrence ot Colorado then purchased the diamond paying It Is said SBBuoo for It Sirs Lawrence wore It In hernoiklaco until Daring Urns label When Mr Lawrence who wn a heavy loner by the failure sold the tone to Mr Edward Bruce of tile Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company Mr Carroll aot It from Mr Bruco some mouths ago In Montreal HE WAS SIB AMBROSE BUEA Governor of the Bnbaaae bnt the iapeo- tore Went Through HI Trtrak Sir Ambrose Shea KCM G the Governor of the Bahamas arrived yesterday on the steamship Clenfuegos with several trunks Be was In a hurry to vet away and told the cus- toms ¬ inspectors who started Ho examine his- bsggsze that he was no smncgler and that hi understood thatlbe United StatesOovernraent had ordered its inspectors let the baggage no through without examination The limpeo tore kept on InspectloK and Sir Ambrose got angry and said things Afterward I be InRpe- etora showed that the only orders the Govern- ment ¬ had given to them was tofaejlltato the examination of Sir Ambrowa trunks Sir Ambrose sails for Glasgow today on the Clr cassia Xnn Over Im the Btreet- Balratore Gataccl an eightyearold news ¬ boy was run over by a Fourth avenue surface car on Thursday evening He died yesterday and the driver James Bowe was reminded at the Tombs Court Thomas Woods 5 years old of 113 West 132d street was nm over yeser day by a light wagon and received a scalp wound Vlncenzo Caperta 8 years oM of 403 East 112th street was knocked down by a horf and one of his arms was broken Wm McCauley 10 years old of lift 1nst Ninetieth street was caught between the wliel and some lumber on a truck and his loft lag was severely hurt He was taken tnih Pieabr brian Honpllal l Mary Bonnet head tamuimitrecs at the Victoria Hotel wa knocked down bra runaway horse at Twentysixth street and Broadway and received a severe cut over tin kft eye Antonio Rosa 2 yeiirt old of 113 Mulberry street was run over by arm exrreas and received a scalp wnuml Lionel Soson11 years old of 411 Last llehtrtbl d Ktrret was run men by a cart anti seriously Michael Beteeman of 15SEa > tFortrrer nth slreer while riding ablorelx at Knmrorenlh street anti Lexlneton avenue l tat night was run down by an express wagon and rccuivod it fracture of the ankle One Days DlToscn The marriage ot Alice A Godwin and Thomas Godwin was ordered cancelled by Judge Lawrence in the Supreme Court ye ter day upon the application ot Mm Godwin Thor wore married in July 1875 and subse- quently ¬ it wns discovered that at that time Godwin had another wife hymn whom be had married In 1855 Tho decndnnt was cm- ployed in thoruidltors department of the New York Central antI Hudson River Imllroad In December 188S he wa risked to resign liii second wife has uot seen hint slice Judgments of aboolnte divorce were flied yesterday In these canes also Uy Judge Me Adam Elizabeth C Culbertfrom Robert X Cul hen anti Sarah Welsn from Bernard Weiss tiv Judge Froeilman John J Dunning from Stacy A Dunnlnn by Judeo Lawrence Imrna- Martena from Adplph Mnrtens br JudM- Trunx Charles W Bamiert from Ullzalieth- llausort br Judge IMeohorf Archibald Wise ¬ titan from Jennie Wl emau judge Anilrews baa granted a limited dl vorco to Heater K Mooney from James J Mooney Cnpf Wield Fall Into an Area Cnpt Charles F Field a steamboat broker of 71 Broadway while on his way up town from hut office yesterday atteraoon stopped bra moment at the corner of Doy street and Broad- way ¬ An Iron rolling about three feet and a ball high protects time deep areaway on the Dey street clue ot the Mercantile National Bank building and upon this Mr Field sat to continue his observailonc Two clerks ID the bank saw him suddenly throw IIP his arm as- If to catch bis balance nod then he lell I ask ward tilsh nd striking the stone areaway twenty feet below Sir IlelU vis taken to tile Chnmbern Btrert- Hnsnltnl Ills Injuries consist ot a scalp wound n contiiMd ear antI cnncuxion nf tile brain Hit ann unconscious all of la t ovop nir hut it is thouklit be will recover CapU tleld lives at 18 Vet Blxtyrtrat street Wants Sliver Dollar Smith indIcted Frank Wolf the Eighth Assembly district saloon keeper who says he was assaulted by- tliver Roller 8ralh In front of Smiths saloon in Essex street on the night of June2 visited ha District Attorneys office yesterday wIth a view to preferrIng complaint of aasaoU against Scnhlb Volf was refinfrrced by tbr fltnesseiMprrla Berpsteln saloon Veeoer oj- Jtcome nnd lisex atreeU Bamuel Albert sno- Jrf iiussle Goldiarb Well was referred to Assistant District Attorney MaoDona wboijaye- nm i ubp < rnan requiring his witness to paar before the Grand Jury on Monday morn lag To Protect Nonunion Me It having comoto the attention of the Ad- Isory tomuilltoo of the New York IumMr- 1riule ABsoclatloit that nonunion trainers were being discharged in favor of unlf men a tnpetinii was culled yesterday afteinoon which decided that In any case an em- ployer ¬ discriminates against nonunion men shall be mu favor of union men no more luuiber delivered ito sucS employer conUaou Ii owner

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THE SUN SATURDAY JUNE 13 1891

TIlE CADETS DOFF THE GRAYII

CZOUXTG KIKJICISEB OF TilE ORADUCLASS AT TEST IODtT-

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i ArOby Cenmeaamna Borrow and

Beeretiry Freetor An ImortialT BeenTVhemCadate and Bpectatorn Blood withBwd Head e When H The Hlar SpucledBanner tVaa Plard by the Band

4 WCST ForNT June 12Amorjg tbe trees onti the lawII front of the library this morning

3000 persons were gathered under a lartja-eaoopyI

There was a big Platform decoratedwith flogs for the Board of Visitors and ofllceri of the post and lonlrows ot benches andchair in front of It for the caII and tbe peo-ple

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Tbe beautiful fashionablewomen and the dazzling uniforms of the armyoffloers made a brilliant spectacle

The rattle of a drum In front of the barckbrought out thu Impatient cadetsand a momnt later they were marching acrossthe lawn to tbe muslo of Yankee DoodleTh1r took the seats reserved for them in front

I ot the platform which sat tho superintendentand the Secretary of War with tbe Board of

and a long line ot professors In cockedVlltr either side The ladles formed acharming background behind them Cot Wllion the superintendent was tbe presidingofficer Tbe cadets and all the people rosewhile Chaplain Postlethwnite offered prayerTben the matchless band played Old Hundred

Congressman Burrows of the Board ot Vieftors was next Introduced He said tbe clue

e91 entered the army when the country waspeace with all nations There was no war

I orrtimore of war and tbe one thought thatbe desired t Impress upon them was this

Faithfull efficient service In tbe army intimes ot peawas aImportant to the Gov-

ernment¬

of the United States and as honor ¬

able to the soldier awhen rendered amid theflub of arm A nation ever prepared for

boida the bond 01 every otuer naato keep tbe peace A Government with¬

out force Iis aailmposatble vs a OovemmentWithout law Ther In no nation on the faceof tha Blob democratic or despotictbat his not 1Us right to command Its armiesand tf needs b its navies tn enforce Its sov-ereign

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deres Disband the armies of thenations slobo dismantle their n etsand civil government would perishrEeL Therefore II at times > ou become wenof th endlessI monotony of camp life In tlelof peace lot tilts thought inspire younewed zeal-

Another tbouah suggested said MrBurrowd b Monderson a few mo-rn

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en tu ago Soldiers should not be heedless tothe sentiment of their songs and to the muslo-of their bands At any public assemblage InEngland when n band plays God Ba theQueen every truo Englishman rises to his

t feet and uncovers 1 wish Iwere the customin this country I would to see every trueAmerican n hen he hears the tinnd notaof

Columbia or the Star Spangled Ban¬BalrIse to his fret and uncoverI As soon aMr Durrwl ceased speaking tbe

bad to Star Spangled lien ¬bangreat expression ant Cot Wilsont and the battalion of cadets jumped to their

with one Imnuilelolowed by every per ¬let In the with bowdbeads until tbe last note bad ceased It wasan Impressive ceno Tear came to manyyes 1was the first a > ceno badever witnessed at the Aoanemr

Thebenretal of War was the next speakerHe said We all miss from tbls platform to ¬

day a familiar fare one who was In the latteryearn or his Ufa always piosent on these occa ¬

Ilonr It rarely falls to the lot of any man tolarge a place In the minds nnd hearts of

tbe people of his country did Qen ShermanI own say nothing better to young soldiers today than simply to commend to you the lifethis great soldier and citizen aa ne In veryway worthy of Imitation The Secretary

of Fboi mans memorable wordsQuote notably thou In his letter re-signing

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the office of Superintendent of tbeLouisiana Military Aoidemy In which be saidbe would stand by the old Government of tbeUnited iBtates while a fragment of It re-

mained¬

The cadets applauded this sentleVUVM tloidlr

The Secretary handed the diplomas to theas Col UiUon called their namesSaduatas few complimentary words for Cosby

who stood first In his class ToSewell thesecond man ho said You strove hard for tbevictory and came near winning Ilbare In thehonpra Ecbols Molndoo anti Morrow werethe other star men of the class

When thedlploinns bad all been delivered theband begun plating Hall Columbia andagain tie people rose to their Ilest and thosewbo haul kept their hats on In the open air Un-covered The Rev Fatber OBren of theBoard ot Visitors gate some excellent adviceto the cadet and the exercises oame to closewith a benediction

I back to the barracks the battalion marchedwith elegant precision to the music of Auld

Sine and JJhe Girl I Left Behindanl The orders were read nnd then 00-1awklnslne the command Break ranksA from lour hundred

followed by the Academy cry There was astampede tiy tb graduating cUfis to thsir-roomstodoIT thn urar unit put on civilianclothes The graduates and tbe third class-bntbinenttnNrw orl city this afternoon toattend tbe and to go to the theatreIn the bll and ended the day with 1 fitreWelJ banquet

Interentlnc Audience at Palmer nod theBroadway

i The graduating class at West Faint In even ¬

ingdress filled tbo boxes at Broadway

I Theatre last night and tbe class ot 91 wearins their stray uniforms nioso from the frontseat every now anti then to applaud tbo sing-ers

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with their rliielns class cheerDo Wolf Hopper Interpolated verse or two

about the success of tbe lew York baseballnine and Delta Pox sang a stanza about

Flirtation Walk Theio wore bats anti ballsfastened on the proscenium arch of PalmersTbentro and Cunt Anson and his playors oftb < Chicago nine tile New Yorks men andt apt Ward and nU1 wife Helen Dauvray occnpittd the boxes Dlgby lll > aDI The Itoy-

v on Ibr Left Field fence and number ofbuoballoUsON worked into the o to-

t the audience rArltte dellbtKEPT A BUCKET IS TEARS

Mime Adams Wae Married to Mr Btolnand TUca Allowed a Friend to IlHrrr HIM

Gustavo Stolz wat married nearly 15 yearsago nnd be has four children Ills home is at64 Morrull street Willlainburgb It Iis said thatwithin a year before his mnrrloae that IIs in-

Jebruary187flho was married to Lizzie AdamsI by the late list John Sounder and that the

i first wife Is stilt urine anti also that she Is an4 acquaintance nf the second wife to whom

however Kbn never rovenln the secret of her1 Ii husbands llrnt mnrrlnge Each marriage wasr bylhf same minister The first wife ueer

lived with or stOke to her bunband after theOeremony

Until two week all Mr Stolzllied with hist second wife 1 h neighbor colled

upon bar acid tod hoc of her hunbandn pnivi-ous piarrlaco Mrs Hlnlz ooucht tIis Adamswho knnwledged the relationship but saidshe hail no lealro to prosecute ir MOIz-

Mrk Htolz bnweter consulted IrienulallI resulted In her liusbaiUs IrCIIon 1w

Whlh accused him fY The iecalel wife In berttlrnonvyete-rtt May in tbo Leo Avenue Police Court told of her

Stole ant how for flftrenir arTIttie to years b-eIIdp in Ignorance ol n former marriage and

t dlacovfieU that his lawful wife 11 oleof her friendsMrs Btolz Na 1 acknowledged her marlto Stolr anti added unit

with him afterward or spoke to him Herled corroborated what she said Btnlz wasr held to await Ibl notion of the Grand JuryMrs Molz utter the examloatlon was

nvrrsaldshe nnd Stolr wee on n lark on tblI nieht they wet married anti looked on tbe

ceremony as it joke They wera married sim-ply

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r c because titou hatdared tin to marry himr Exciting Sceno In I h ACrlean M ComIj teresa J1 NEWPORT Juno 12At this afternoons see

lion of the Now England Conferenou of th-or African M E Church there was a lively scenep between Bishop Turner and tbe Rer H H-

Hurley D D of Boston one of tbo leadingmen of the Conference Dr hurler came Inlate and the Bishop Informed him that ahehad notheard nfl nf the testimony In a trialwniD Was In progress be would not be allow tvote Then Cal e was finished

t Dr Hn-Jeprl

deniedtlo right of the Bishop tobim of ht vote al l asuiortei tlsm be-

t should vote recardles tbe Bishop anBonnremxnt The Bishop then orderea theConference Marshal to remove the Doctorfrom within the bir of tho Conference DrHurler protested And declared that no powerother should remove himBishop Turner said that for the peace andorder of the CnnfiTDtiia tutu iltuId not ordera resoitto fore hut hi< ihmild lnt recoanlioDr Jlurlev ns n niHinler end lronOlncpr hintsuspendeil Ibm the Cnl forblrdnto nirach until Iho npologled to blmley excitedly dcla that be would neveranoloslz He remained within tbo bar forsome time and then wlthdiew

Time most prominent members of the Confer-ence

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agreed the sbop acted only byauthority thaIin him alregret the unatcuantl episode

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Toma wmxRns 110nnH nnd Rlaiieir a Rich Maa ifhcn He

I> Hati Bcea ESslnheHtsiS110For the five years Immediately preceding

Jan1 DararWlttmer was 1 stenographsand write for John F Lovojoy A Co at102 street Ills salary was SUi aweek With It be supported a wife and twoyoung children In Brooklyn nl occasionallyhinted t his employers tbat he bad runthrough two small fortunes while sowing liliWild oats and that he had a rich fatherabroad from whom however be would reeelve nothing ahe hid been estranged fromhim romo ten years

During the lat Christmas holidays Wlttmerreceived from Germany a notification from hisfathers lawyer in Germany that Wlttmer Brhad Just died leaving eli his property to hisonly eon Young Wlttmsr at once got a leave-of Absense and went abroad Six weeks laterhe 1back again to resign his position gethis family and pack up for Germany He toldMr Lorejoy this story and showed paperswhIch proved Its truthHs father had left an estate of 2000ot this amount Is In

Some 1260000 nf It Is invested In a great coun-try

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place near firemen The hour IB In themidst of a park of eighty acres All this nowever Is not left unconditionally to the son ashe was at first led to believe He la to le-on the place and Is to be the head of the Witmtr family The care of the park Antand us Wllmln IIs left to trustee tier ¬

moreover aro to beidWltimlii estates expense In the bestuniversities Germany ttliimer himself 1isto hue tlOO annually for Incidental ex-

penses¬

Ills eldest child upon reaching Itsmajority will Inherit tbe bulk of the propertyvid Mr Wlttmer will set e2ooor ISOfor his separate

dependant on the condition thatAllhilis live on tbe family place ifIhalbe should al his raldencelbere be would-be cutoff with ISO propertywould beheld In trust for hIs children MrWlttmer Indicated his preference In the mat-ter

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by palling with all Ida bolonclnca forfiremen on Marl

Tbe history ot the fortune of Wlttmer Rrand his relation to his only son are somewhatunique The elder Wlttmer came to Americafrom Germany some forty years neo went Intothe cotton trade In the South and got togethersomething over alUOOOOO During tho warhe returned to Germany for a visit Hemet a young woman to hit liking andought her back with blm although herefused to marry her She bore him ason He cut of his relations with hereventually and she name North with herboy She married a espertable man In Brook-lyn

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and died there about ten years aao Witier married too but his wlfo died Inwithout having given him a legitimate heirHe went back to Germany soon afterward topass the rest of his lit He Ireathouse near Bremen mini sent for his

to come and live with him HeIltmatlon boy legally with the name of Ber-nard

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Wlttmer and started him In buslnees withSOOO Young Wlttmer made clucks 101 drakesof this amount in a few months fatherwas annered by his xtravaganc and refutedto help mm further The young man cams toAmerica again and settled down to typewritingwith the Idea that It was al up with tho bigplace and the bond bankbooks nearlInemen It wa under the cloud of youngWlttmers spendthrift record In Bremen Ihathe elder Wittner tied up histightly In the care of trustees

TYPOaRAPUICAL UNION COVrEaTJOV

Important Amendment to the Conciliationor the International Union

BOSTON June 12At the International Typographical Union today a resolu-tion

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pledging the Convention to adjourn at 4 PM Saturday was voted down Action was thenresumed on the report ot the Committee onLaw The constitution was amended so as tomake the President of the International Typo-

graphical¬

l Union a delegate by virtue of hisoffice to the American Federation of LaborThe motion was rejectnd permitting unionshaving over 600 members to strike withoutsanction ot the Executive Council The prop-

osition¬

to cooperate with other organizationsestablishing labor bureaus and labor lyceumwee on recommendation of tbe committee defeted debate followed the presentation of aproposition by President MoOraltb of the Bos-ton

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Union to repeal certain sections ot theconstitution and institute tbe following-

Local Union ihaU andearor to eeenre equal watts forboth isaac taking lush meaenren aa they hem ex-pedient for the aceoinplUliment of auch remit

At the conclusion of the debate tbe roll railwas taken and the proposition was defeated41 to 69 and the sections In the constitutionrelatlhg to female labor will stand aat pres-ent The following was adopted

Employers and prlstera not worklni at the bnilaeai-cm remain oa me active mcuibereMp Hit In the dlrrclion or ubordlnato iintonp blat thee ehall not be illirltile for ama 1 the International or aubartlnate-naloni

Delegate Drlulban of Austin Tex proposed-an constitution making Itunlawful for any unlou printer to do more thanten bouts work per day without reclhlnldouble the schedule of walel inwblcb he was working overtime andalso proposing a line of 5 for each offenceagainst tbe rule The committee reported it

amendment but without the proposi-tion

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to Impose a tine Both were laid over torfuture action-

It was voted to go Into executive session at 8P M and a recess was taken until 2 P A

AttROClIAR PARK

Mr McPnrlnnd Think tSrm Chambers Preeats an Exaggerated Picture

Lawyer W W McFarland who Is being suedby Mrs Elizabeth B Chambers for 5000damages an account of wblch was printedyesterday said yesterday tbat Mrs Chambersbad greatly exaggerated the state of affairs atArrochar Park In her complaint and main-tained

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that tbe place was still a secluded re-

sort¬

and not overrun by the South Bench

crowd The house kept by Mr Kigali was a re ¬

boarding bouse Thore are twelvecottages now situated In the park Instead ofbeing a failure the park was a great suucessfrom tbe openlngand tbe reason he Bave upmanaging Iwas that it took too much timefrom his business He had organized thesyndicate and was one of the directors in itnow

The park Is still enclosed by a fence and Ihlonly part of It which was accessible topublic was a small strip near the station usedfor business purposes There Is a man incharge of the park and he takes care thatthere aro no trclslAS5erR Mr McFarland sailhe had person In the park whodid uot have a right to bo there

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The Coming MeetlnB or the InternationalIlomeeoputhle Convention

The Homoeopathic profession of the worldand especially of tbe United States are look-ing

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forward with great interest to the comingmeeting oltbeWorlds Convention of Uomcro-DathlajFhyelclans to be beld at Atlantic CityN J on Tuesday evening June 10 and con-tinuing

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its session until June 23 In additiontbe American Institute of Homoeopathy thenational organization of the United Stateswillassemble on tho IStU Init transact Its busi-ness

and adjourn to participate In the pro-ceedings

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ol the Worlds ConventionThe Convention will open with tbe distin-

guished¬

Richard Hughes M D of BrightonEngland in the chair Dr Hushes Is worldfamous al the author of HughessPharmaoodynamlca one of the classics of the Horaeopablo school There 1 be an address ofgreeting by T Y Klune President of tbeAmerican Institute of Homeopathy followedby an address by the honorary President theNVorlUs Convention Hobart Ellis Dudgeon ofLondon

Tbe folowlnl distinguished physicians fromabrold represented by papeis or inperson Alexander Mllers M U DresdenEdward T Blake M D London Oscar lienten M D Copenhagen Dr GajiavarUln Lyone Dr OulilurJ Brussels Dr Frlonet Hermont France Richard Hughes MD Eng¬

land UTh Kafka M U Karlsbad J ilnrinytore M D Liverpool U W Clark zi 1

Winnipeg Dr Joaritin Gonzalez Mexico F-ci idnjundar L M 1ICaloutta India DrAL Lotbacber L IPBO Dr TblrnenknerSwitzerland J > r E H Mampton acid Dr Vincent Leon Simon Paris

The United States will be represented bydelegations from 11of tile States and Territo-ries

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Among will be found Dme of themost die Ingulsbed and successful physiciansand surgeons of the Homceopathlo profusionall of whom will present essaya or participatein the discussion upon the papers as read

The sessions tue Convention will be heldin the bRlroot or pavilion of tbe new Unitedbtates 10tel

Failure onus Htcau lleutlns CompanyNew HAVEN Juno 12The New Haven Steam

HeatIng Company was adjudged a bankruptydey and Joseph G Sherman was appointedreenter The lioutile arose Irom the failureof H CI Potter of Brockton Mass who owedtbe concern about 15000 Other had debts tobe amount of sioouo nre said to bs outstandlag Time capital stock of tbe concern Is siP isioAbout onehalf is held In this city and theremainder in New York and Boston

J1E WAR A CatKF FOR FJThe Rer Mr MeMradevr Itldnt Vet the

Recalla Colic Quick Enough

DUTIont June 12OJhe Her Wllm Mo

Meadow Supreme Grand for

Lie of the Colored United States BenevolentAssociation was locked up last night

charged with 01mlntnl 113 by false pretencesfrom members one his subordinate lodges

Im arrested and I dont know whit Im ar¬

rested ton 1 had InightS to tax the membersaccording to the constitution and theyd havegot their collars it they had waited I few dayslonger George West a member a subor-dinate

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lodge No 11 related that Chief loMeadows had taxed a number otorder to raise funds to buy some regalia and

8 the regalia or collars were not deliveredafter a two weeks wall West had the Chief ar-rested thinking tbnt lie bAd appropriated thicash The Chic wa very Indignant He sale

thosethe membra were in too big a hurry for

The constitution gives the Chief unlimitedpowers It fixes his position for life atasalaryof tcno per annum and In consideration of hislong and faithful serx Ices to the associationwhich was oieanlzed Incorporated In IBfWprovides that his salary shall be paid alter hisdeath to his daughter Emma during her meThe constitution lurther provides that nt thedeath of an olllcer bin widow Is allowed t2 permonth as long as she remains a respectfulwidow ot good standing Any officer foundtalking against tbo Chief shall be removetrain omen without any counsel when thecharge Is legally found

RUETTS TRIAL BEQUX

Seven Jarer Obtalnedtlle Reply to thaCharge or Abdnctloa

The trial ol William B Ithott the youngSoutherner upon an Indictment charging himwith abducting Mary Morris and Katie Flynnrespectively 8 and 12 years old was begun yes-

terday¬

In tho General Sessions before JudgeMartin Bhetfs counsel wore exDistrict At-

torney Fellows exSenatorGrady and LawyerJohn R Abnoy a member of the Southern barhaving an office In this city To Col fellowsas an exDistrict Attorney was accorded theprivilege of sitting within the bar

The girls whom libott is charged wIt ab-

ducting¬

were news girls nt theferry house ot the Pennsylvania Railroad De-

tectives¬

Mellon arrested Rhett nt theVRllnd Ferry on the night of Jan 21as he was nbotit tn enter a cab and they allegethat he wasendeavorlng tu Induce NarY MorrisAnd flynn to enter the cab with himKate two other girls of about the same

Mamlo Williams end Katie Kelly flowerale with Mary Morris end Katie Flynndefenoe It is understood will be that1beU1annoyed him In the Jersey City depot

br trying tu compel him to buy flowers ornewspapers and to ffhe them money He cscaned from their Imnorunl181 and did notknow tbat they boat that be-came over on until tbey followed him throughthe ferrybouse on the New YOlk side up totbo cab that he bad engaged to take him to hishome

Seven jurors were obtained and the trialwas adjourned until Monday

BTECKLER nLIt Not a Tenth District Orcantaatloa theraatllr I Starting

The list of the Sleekier Committee of OneHundred now on exhibition at tbe club houseshows tbat only about onetblrd of the mem ¬

bars live In tbe Tenth district A followerwhose enthusiasm outran his discretion saidlaApight

will run Harbureer for Senator ofcourse but that Is only a starter The realbusiness IB to run Alfred bteckler for the Su-preme

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Courtnut do you expect to elect him inquired

a startled auditorNever mind about that was the answer

We will beet Ingrahnm and elect a Repnbllcan wont we1 And we will have to b takencare oi next year wont wo i

Tranrer of Catholic PriestArchbishop Corrlzan has reconsidered some

of the transfers of Prlltl made by him lastMonday The Connlcb wbo wastransferred from St Stephens Church to StJosephs Church Sixth avenue Is to remain atBt Stephens the Rev John D Boacb whowas to become an assistant at St AugustinesChurch Sing Sing is to lay at tbe Church ofthe Sacred Heart In West Fiftyfirst streetnnd tbe Rev Dr P J Mahonr who hid benordeted to Ur Augustine Cburobwltinue to do duty athe Clurch HolyCrnls Rev Michael J Shine one of the re-cently

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ordained priets who bad been ap-pointed

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to the the Holy Cross babeen assigned to tit Augustines Churchthe Rev James E Gaggln who IIs to pursuehigher course at tbe Catholic University IWashington Iis to aot an assistant at Bt Au ¬

Church Sing Sing temporarily Theruslnel Cbandonet has been transferred-from Bt Raymonds Church Westcbester tothe Franciscan Convent of Our Lady of AngelsIn Peekskill aa assistant chaplain

Expert Testimony RelatedAgents Metz and Clapp ot the Society for

the Prevention ot Crime sustained two moredefeats In tho Court of Special Sessions yester-day

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Tbey testified that they haa seen 12j aold Michael Foley of CS DOlnlnl street enterthe saloon of Owen at 47 Carminestreet on March 12 and get a pint of beer Thelad swore that be bad never been in McCanes-or anybody elres saloon In his Hue and that onthe day In question be had been in school allday Even during the lunch hour be had not

out us ha hud his dinner with him lieproduced a note kohl his teacher ¬

fled the statement and tbe prisoner was dis-charged

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The other case was that of JohnMeyer a saloon keeper of 835 OieenwlchStreet wbo also was discharged The agentswere rebuked recently by Polios Justice Mo-Mubon for causing arrests on evi ¬

dence

Not a Namesake O C01Tbe man who was prostrated br the heat at

tbe Flatbusb avenue depot of the Long IslandRailroad In Brooklyn on Thursday and on re ¬

covering consciousness nave the name ofGraver Cleveland and his residence at Iearsails LOOK Island Is not I namesake of tbeoxPresklnnt but la David Hennessey who Issaid to lie an employee In ono of ibt cIty de-partments

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of Brooklyn imd who was oncemixed UP in a row over the ballot lbox at aliemncrntlo primary in the Nineteenth wardlie hail bceu stimulating too lively Rod he de-clares

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that on recovering from his prostrationlio forgot lila own name He spent several

Itbe Bergen Arell police station before10ursil lila friends and hud blmout Yesterday I was reported tbat baled1too ill to appear court

One Way for an Art to Oat RichJoseph Bnddztlenl who menaces the Pacific

Portrait House at 1441 Brcndway offers tomake Ufasize crayon portraits from photo

Il albs for nothing but his cuslom ro have tofor tbe frame It has been charged that no-

nelay

> ever received either portrait or frame fromBuddzllonl Mr Jenny M Brrok nf 67 Bntindora aepu West Philadelphia had such anexperience two months ago Last week shehappened to be In town and after making afruitless cell at the office of tbe Pacific PortraitJoule called upon Police Captain llellly At

Market jesierday Jtuuuzllcnlbola In 1500 examination He pulled Wilroll of iloo unten and counted out fnewhlob hemid on the desk JustIce Kelly would not ac-cept

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the money antI Budmllenl had to waitwhile Ills lawyer went to the City Chamberalns office to get a certificate

A Cur Land of Famished Sea LionA car load of thirty sea lions arrived here

from time Paclllo coast on iburdIY and be-

cause¬

Capt Mullot to wore con-signed had no bi of lading from Buffalo thesuperintendent tbe N II C freight ynrde atbe foot of West Sixtieth street refused to de-liver tile animals awl Cnpt Mullet went awayhreatenlng to bolL the inllioad company re

iponslble for worth of sea lions Hahas not yet appeared tn adjust the disputewith tbe railroad company and yesterdaymorning tbe car wits opened and the hose wasturned upon the tarnished sea lions Three ntthem wet dead Later In the day the otherswere removed to the pool In bvConlrallakpermission of andnoltbe sea lions ate perfectly willing to waitas long as Capt Mullet pleases

Lawyer Clarltla Fall to AppearLawyer Philip T Clrukln who got himself

Into a lot of trouble because be took poshesIon of fhere rold Mnmle Mulligan on n writof habeas corpus and turned lier over Io hermother without conaullni the Court wan notIn court yetero hRl dlreeled Iwas reported tbat wasa Ick

Judge Lawrence remarked that Mr Clarkln-md a very sickly way of attending to his

habeR corpus allI that be bed ben guiltycontempt tbnt be in

court on Tuesday next or be IPper

TIPS IN TilE PUBLIC STORES-

AN ACCUSATION litAT DOO1EJnoim UAB NOT pnoyDTie S ys Too that the Hat l rasdAmong the KBtplorec with Sliptrl

tcudent Iletnrtrc laowiedg lr Tarl-on Aliened OkjeeteAn Inquiry Begun

J aHowe wholeI a floor bookkeeper In Ibl-

Apprllr18toresls one of tbe Republicans orwhich la presided

over by Georce Wanmaker Hews appointedto the service on the recommendation ot lienresentatlve James J Belden Ho bat writtencertain letters to Collector Erhnrdt reOeotlnRon Robert S HoUerty who entered the sen Iceas a night Inspector on May 24 1880 and onJuly 23 1839 was made acting superlptendenof laborers at the public stores On April 20last Howe wrote a letter to Collector Erhardtwhich IIs said to have run as follows

It la with the greatest reluctance I writeIhlebut patience in my case has ceased to be-

a virtue I am subjected to the potty spite andIndignation Indignities 1 ot 1 8 Helferty thequondam superintendent of public storeatLalgnt street In my bumblebookkoeper I have no mean of redress henceI write this also that theta IIn a perfectscheme or rather system of blackmail invogue br whIch merchants or brokers cannotget their goods transferred from one floor toanother for the proper examlnern without iclvInc blood money Hoping have not takentoo much of your valuable time 1 nm siryours respectfully JO HOWEHowe was reluoled by the

before tel what bo knew atomparchares Sir did appear nnrtsaid

lad been paid to the Inboreiaand elevator m at tho public store Alltold there are about 250 of these individualsand Mr UU1 said ho was not In position toname an at that time who Had receivethe money from merchants and brokers Iturned outthat at tbe time Howe

be was under suspension madehlru-irIe leave J he Collectors private seertary rank Sperry It is atatedlueltoledH-owe nut Howe could notthe people who bad bcnelltid by the tips or byJielfeityft alleged wtconduct Howe hatsince made this

On Fob IU 1891 a subscription paper wascirculated on every floor In the public storeswith knowledge Hnd enuotlon of detaiedBupe Intcndent BoDed K Holfertywhether bookkeepers elevator runners orlaborers wttro asked expected to contribute25ceutsoachtomako a purse to be avon tothe notnry who Hwears the men snmlmontbly-na to the correctness of their signatures whoalready rocelvua t3UOU from the GoverDltntfor his service If be receivedthe suinme Is nn open question and the notaryhas the benefit of the doubt

On April UUtb IBul a paper under pre-cisely

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the came conditions was circulated byMr James Webb neUert meSS askIngfor fifty cents from each laborer for a fund tobuy flowers to bu used by his HolferuV G AIt lOt on Decoration Day oinWlnl are nfew of the mena nome who LonlDolman buokkootier 50 cents t barlrs H

elevator runner 50 cents Henry McGonlKal laborer fiU cents Thomas Batterbury dO cents James Con is ton laborer f 0cents Kugene Klttels Su rents Charles PWllpon laborer SU cents Jacob Ylnstetterlaborer 50 CentS and scores of others Theseare sufficient to show the character of thoman and If they tbe men bud nut contrib-uted

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flimsy excuses would have been foundfor suspending them 11 opportunity offeredThe men objected dare not do It openlyThe public store as conducted are a politicalsweatbox In justice to Mr C A Burr Dnp-utr Collector who Is a gentleman nf honor heIs unaware of tbe existing state of affairs Ibelieve

Collector Erbardt and Mr Sperry said yester ¬

day thnt this statement was news tn thorn andthat It had never been recehed at the Custom-Douse It was furthermore said that Howe Inhis original letter to the Collector proclaimed-that bo was ready to prove hits assertions tbatmoney was paid for privileges nt tbe nubIlestores Yet on Investigation Howe did notgin any names of the alleged rascals It waslearned that II owe had sent this letter to Pri-vate

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Secretary SperryAccording t llmnl mede I r D < etfnly submIt

the rollowlmr r Inviiilmlon of rCIO u Itatert the iy iem or bllckul exist as ar-elu4 that no cases al belaDnno after or aboveI elock A M the MI afind tbe name K of the cantlemen which navethey would rallr submit to tie prtitnt torilon thantuck a thall not heeded and remediedwouldleave them In a ooa411nlM J llum of RF Downlni a CoAui Vnn r Broker

faioiaicc WiniKr Clerk AD KmanForeman ot Openers sail raoktri Third Door Sixth

DlvlilonMr Sperry his bad several

Custom House brokers eonfernceswlht-besoof the Collector he has submitted all of Howesoomplalnia to Deputy Collector Burr forIn¬

vestigation Mr MacseytoldMr Sperry flatlythat he had never paid bloomoneyforsetting his goods said

It Is alleged tbat have either submittedto such extortion or have knowledge thatothers have an submitted I do not know ofever doing such an act in order to facili-tate

¬my business I have never seen a man

bribed sad have no knowledge of such thingsbelol lone at the public stores

Sperry asked Mr Massey if any Ooverment employee had naked for payfor facilitating his business Mr Massey saidnoQ Do yon know Initaneea where a demind farmoney or gratuity haa been made upou broker for inchaervloeebr employee A IcAtioaiyepeak of myownbvalnta aodl nave riopersonaiknowisdeeorauysaoim-thing

tI Aa a matter of course there la averuiu envy

there amuer ma who often say Well Mr Maiercan do ao and and 1 consider it only duo t mrlentlemanlr request cad atraUhtrorwarA war of dOlalbnilneu end keiplnf > t have heildeaa young man at the publloIIIJI to dust me

Local Bepubllrnns say that Mr Howe Isready to testify before United States Corn muloner RooseYI and lime Twentyfirst DistrictCommIte all of hi charge When be¬

Custom officials be failed togive namues and specific ln tances of wn nedoing bnt his friends now say that he larealyto tell all be knows and tbat Mr Roosevelt-will summon him to appear before tbe IIn I

committee when It resumes ltd ost

ISitingCustom House on Monday eslonl

Clerk Spark Thought tbe Notice WasFrlvolonaj

Lawyer n Halre counsel for Joseph

Wood the aqueduct laborer whoawaltnl death by electricity for the

colored follow laborer on theaqueduct served another notice otappeal to the Court of Appealsclerk Sparks of the General Sessions urnday Lawyer llama has taken Woods casetwice through the State and United Statescourts alreadr At first Mr Sparks was In-clined

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tu reluso to accept the notice on thnground that the notice was frivolous ButLawyer llnlro instated upon bo filing of tbonotIce and also upon to oltlna from MrSparks aiortillod copy of the notion He saidthat he would imply nt one to the Court ofAppeals for a bearing upon his latest appeal

Alabama Convicts will be Leased out AgaInBtEMiNorrAM AlI June 12Four years ago

Jefferson county abandoned the Irano systemas to her county convicts and put them atwork building macadamized roads In thattime they have constructed sixtyfour miles ofroad Today the Court of County Commission-era voted by a majority of ono to return to thelesse system The argument used In fROofhe loan nyMem In that It will pay to con-victs out and ties tha proceeds tn linlld roiidswith free labor This experiment nf roadworking has ton regarded as ol great moorlance becatiBH it holds out a hope of roller fromthe convict lease system which Is felt to be a-blot on the Slate

Labor Congress at the World FairCHICAQO June 12The World Congress

Auxiliary Ili promotnl scheme of worldscongresses in Chicago during theExposition of 1893 The Committee on LaborAuutressei issued tie preliminary addressAsday It promises that ample aocommodalions will be provided for all labororganizations nconoml associations and In-

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tociHllcii which may ctnlro to boldcongresses or ronventloneof ther own andunder the direction of their own properly contltuted auihuiltles Thitre will also bo a Gen

oral Labor Congress during the Fair

Fell Overboard lute u Shark MouthNonroLK June Information has been

received In this city of the death of the coloredcook of tho schooner Silver Queen at themouth ot the Chesapeake Diy by being ewallowed by a shark He was John Howard andwith others of the crew saw a school of sharksfollowing close after the vessel Upon thesuggestion of one of the men an Improvisedpet wa made to oaptc cc oneor the monsterstoward became entanc1e4 in the meshesthe net and lell over the vessels side Theoremostof the sharks was not more then telfeet away Several buoys wore thrown toman but be win vceu no l rluCoy lIurlelBha Cnndlduey for Conarco

AUGUSTA Me Juno 12Coy Kurlnldi iswaking strong efforts to secure tho Republicannomination fuyCongesain this district Illsatest Is A circular letter marked Personalthat IIs belue sent to citizens Ibroulbout thedistrict In which the IIs Inonstant receipt of leterUrllDI blm to be-come a and tbat behas finally concluded to announce hits candllao

KEWS TOSRAXtttOADMtfThe Canadian Paelflefleea <e Weffe With-

drawn the SlOT Rate AdaalttlnaWD-eIVattr So MayjBe no XateATVrlies the Canadian Pacific haltitfSd wltjl

drawn Its 107 tariff wan a fcomrhAh qslion yesterday among tramo men TbeteiJiJtalien and maintenance of westbound rpUgenerally depend upon the above fact Ac-

cording to all outward appearances the Candian Pacific bnl drawn in its horns hi theBroadway agent of that company hadrA thecourage to admit that It had beenbeatn Tbofact Is that the West Shore got sViaoflhe >rsure for IU connection with the foreignthat It was forced to turing the Canadianf I <

clflo to time or take the con <eqicncesWhen the Canadian 1ncino people were

asked yesterday what tbolr rates were fromNew York to St Paul they said 11athey hadno more rates i they were not Jnltlilhieand only tie Initial companyrates Go and ask tbe West Shore people onthe next corner above saId the Canadian Pa-cific

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It tbe agent ot the foreign line reallywhat ho said tho Trunk Line lentlucky In eBcaplnl a general war Ot rrtUs shedathe Llckawannl an4Westernthreatened to on how Ions thenew leaf will remain turned ov rla uncer-tain

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for tho card rates which the Canodlnli-Paolflc has withdrawn temcorarlly mar boput In force at anytime withoiUanynotice-as was the case before hut there was a fcroWlag belief yesterday that the Canadian PuclOowill take the defeat with good grace iInasmuchantheWistflbora has recehed some conces-sions

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This Is the dull time the 111 alaolittle business is moving that nomuch a road cuts the rate it cannot Mt muchmore freight-

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Chicago despatch says The restorationof eastbound lake and rail rates has hid noeffect I uchtcklmr the demoralization of wethound rates ft was omolally announcedhere today that the National l patpfihas Issued n piorxirtlnnal on thetarbasis of 21> cents firstBoston to Chicago on business flOlat000intnwestofthseity Tbe scale In egCtion the several clashes was follow 211 3s 3116len4 13 Added to the rail rtttaafouzm ublc1to St laul and itiinumniolislake and rail basis train Boson tlilthose pointbJ cents first class The some line iubiislrect-a tlrll of 7J cents fret class from Boston andof Yorkto t1aul and Minneapolis by way

TJiehria Railway In connection wltbitsUnion Steamboat Line bad previouslynounced a proportional rate of 3H ceuts anCblenuo to let th RIral competlilon of theCanadian National Uespatohmado the further seduction to preserve IItsugrreil dUTercntlal on this tu mess Thelar lake and rail rates by that link rJeeaboar I to Chicago an agreed upos early Inthe season iis on tbe basisl of

The We tern rOdlare 4coI to takeno i art In the on xvostbound rates butuses keening a sharp lookout to ascertain poI¬tively whether auntbound rates have bienactually restoied by all tbe lake lines An acentof one of the fast freight lines saidThere is no doubt that some of the tolar1

rail lines have contracts nt the war rateswhich nlll not expire until Jult but therewill be no row on that account prpvltHcr tilllines in question maintain the higher ratesafter that date

In tbo United States Court InOjnahn yesterday AttorneyOenoral Poppleton finished forthe ph1nilfl In the nock IslandUnion Pacific

He was followed Judge Dillongeneral counsel for the Union I acme whore ¬

viewed tbe contract at length anti iointod outthat it amounted In fact tp a teals JleAssorted that he Hock Island road In Nebraskaand tbe Omaha and Republican Valleybranch of th > Union Pacific were roaacompeting lines Under the 8tntelawitillegal for parallel anti competing 1 walease their roads or otherwise to consoli ¬

date Judge Wlthrow In sneakingofthefniiiou letter of Government DirectorIlummor stated thAt he had beenknow tn whim Mr Ilummer cJrloulsaid Ills attention had beencontract when Mr Plowmen WHS put uponthe stand he stated tha his attention hadcalled to tbe contract br Judge Dillon blslated tbat he had three interviews with JudgeDillon and several with Jay Gould before theletter Wwritten The main point of thelitter jotted down at these Interviewsinaud

whichMr Hummer

h aferwAr wrnt theletfaI

terests were being Interfered with and ItS81qvlsedI that tho operation of the contractbesuspended t

Various complaint have eome to Tttcfltmfrom commuters on the Harlem Railroadabove hIte Plains They say thatan hour and a half between 813 ltl1P M when no train leaves the OrandJStation which they can take to reachThey have been asking for trains In tbebcrhood of 6 oclock but one of iberays that the only answer he got commutrdid not pay to run many trains boy WhltePlains This man thought that the companywanted to confine commuters to the towns be¬low that point

There were some interesting revelationsthe meeting called br Chairman tinier loconsider the demoralization of paaiena r ratesbetween Chicago and St Louis The firstmatter taken up was the scalping of couttojtickets from DetroitBuffalo and Ptttcburin toBt Louis by way of Chicago Of tbfrtrfottrcoupons of this kind purchased imp the Chair-man

¬twentyfive read over the abashwnllthe rest were scattering After considerable

discussion Mr Flnley decided to take up thisquestion with the Issuing lines in the Eastand with tbe authorities of the Central TrafficAssociation as the Eastern lines boycottingthe Alton were paying a commission tnl kCbrokers In Buffalo to facilitate ibis eoalpIn theInterest the lines between that coIatBndChicago r-

As to tbe scalping of tickets from St Louis toChicago it was shown that theta was A combi-nation

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ticket over the Jacksonville soc Southeastern from bt Louis to Jacksonville andthence to St Paul at n through rate at 1526with a rebate of SID on Chicago As tha marketprice for tickets between Chicago and fit PaDjdoes not exceed 110 it was naturally Inferredthat a commission was raid on tbe 825proportion between Hr Louis cOd Chi-cago

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antI that the ChlcagnSt Paul pro-portion was redeemed Irom the brokerin Chicago Time JacksonvllleSoutDsaiternpeople were surprised at these revelations andtried to prove that other lines were manipu ¬

lating rates In the same way Tb questionwas referred to the Chairman who will redderhue decision later If this decision falls to pro-tect

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the Alton the latter will Protect lusltIndependently as It ha reuolvea to do In thematter of tourist rates to Eastern points

The new fast train to Chlcaco via the Penn-sylvania

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Railroad whIch entered tbv servicelest hundaran the Chicago special lias1 beenrechrUtened the Columbian Express Inhonor of the Fair In bestowing thla title onthe new train the Pennsylvania has taken litinitlatho among the raflroiuls ItVHcOanlzingthe merits of the Worlds Exposition Lyprotiding special facilities for the comfort orvisitors-

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Port Jervls despatch says The tjtRailroad line done a handsome thing in retir ¬

lag the veteran locomotive inidnoer NathanielTntt horn the arduous dutlls Of pnSMnntrtwice on the main line to the llghtayplace nf switch engineer in time yard hereIlls work permits him to remain Athome EngIneer raft has n rorira forRtiioessful and honorable service In bis voca ¬

lion that Is possibly without a parallel In IrWhistory of railroads He was born itt Mennham Mass In 1H25 nnd In IJtT alter ulnamouths iff fcitrvlot as firemen ho took anonvine on the Boston end Worcester rlallioaiuHe oame f i om tbat road to the Erie 111 IBMFor tblrtrUve years anti until recently np randaily tlrstclasB passenger tubs over tUnDelaware division of the Erie trip of IdAmiles between this place andflusquihanriawith no break ID contlnuouaservlc eitcent forsickness or brief vacation During tie wholeperiod be was never reproved bylthekoropnnrluring his whole career of lortyfnur yfars ftan engineer no passenger on lips train rut byhim was ever seriously IniuredEy an accidentEngineer Taft has a curious mania for Joining

stcrt fraternltie and benevolent soolelleiIn Is H main tier o thirteen oclelle friclurU-ng the Free Masons Udd Follows StilgbtS ofPythias and Jtcdiion

Hanged Illmcrir In BnyonnThe body of a man din had taocedl-

everaldaysblineU

ago to a sapling near the ttuhatiof the Morris Canal In the woods of BarsldePark Bayonur was found rosterdfty inphlnBIlls Dockets were all empty andbe haa notbeen Identified He wa a gocd ooklftlrmlifi-

if line physique about I5 years oil lie wakfeet 10 inches tall and he neighed about istiHiunda He had ft full face ciQjl7pp4black hair and a black moustache Ufa oUitT-ing was nest and clean and be looked lllie a-iroiperous mechanic The body wa attired

In a blue and white striped shirt black trouera darkbrown waistcoat hi own oitat ewlace shoe and a black derby hat r

The Remnant that the LawjerLqf5Henry George said yesterday that th result

of tho litIgation over tbe will of Oeoric Hutchlas wbodlnd six tears ago leaving I500U tohis widow and 1200 to Jlasemhateslngle taxllteDUnre < HBlbat ol the tQH net oraeeads-wbism the lawyers In the case neglectedtoabsorb he wads entitled to a little morel thaU

300 and whatever lila might amnat WtertewvdDtSVvoofSti Widow Ui cc it

litigsUo nttto give all the property to the widow bdtclaimants tinder the will refuted eti tthis proposition

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TWhetsgra I em Trial fbr Knrtler-ii Nay Uenae One Elae Milled MerrAttbetrlat yesterday In the General Bei

slons before Becorder Bmyth of Fernaqdo-Lagrano indicted fur murder in the first de-

cree

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In tabling Carlo Morro with a doubtsdged dagger In front of the tenement at 811East lOllh street on April 10 Atntttant Dis-

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Attorney Davis called Itafaelo Antlco ofl6 East lOitb street wh testified that while

Morro was fUhtlnc with an Italian namedpaetano hi saw Lnarann who had no connec-tion whatever with the fight and was astranger to Morro run out tit the yard o809East 104th street holding a dagger under hiscoat At that moment Morios wife hatseparated her husband nut Oaetano andwas leading him Into time house As shesaw Lngrano elm sprang forward to protecther Iitisbnnd with lien nwn holy Lngrnnomade two lungas with limo iliiggerat Morro butills xlle shielded him At Ills third attackhowever the dagger penetrated Stormsabdomen Other wltneises testified to tliusame ifrct Ubett1 Mr Davis tested tilepejuples case

lit him owlu behalf Laerano IpstlMfd that he-

wn merely spectator of the fight betweenOaetano and Mormnnil that he took no purl InIt and illd not stab Morro tj mo unknown hallan must hate done It iit nnnl CnrdloarlPnoln-Aviindo nnd Maria Amiiovla corroboratedLHgrxno anil a an IntlninteJ tbat MotTo wnn-Molibed by an unknown Italian the usuallrattiri olnu UnllHn hnu ocld onse Then thedetente rested with the privilege of culllucone other linrsi ost MonUar

Another Field for ITomnnn WorkIn Mr Harry Du Vnls article describing the

Grand Central Depot In Frank Leellea Illnfated Netotiopfr for June 6 be speaks of thework women tire doing In thn compttolleiadepartment of the New York Contra Railroad

Twenty of the oierLs are girl be says andadds that they art excellent workers Inlth-

ful and atteutirecdustanty proving that theyate fitted for broader telds of labor Francewomen are tinlxersullyeiiiiiliiyed for time Baleof tickets at railway stations Iho time lacoming when It will lie ask d why timer shouldnot hate an equal chalice with men In tiltscountry for apolntinentB to such positionsdflml here is a capital lialiing school ° limemgaestlon Is a new one to the maiority ofrailroad men and many of them have dieeused It wIth Mr Du Val awl nrnmiK them-selves It seems not nt all unllkrly thatwithin a short time women will begin to beemployed as IB tore suggested Mr JJu Vatbandied a subject vrnb wbloh be was sofamlllnr an to have made It dlmcutt lor him towrite about It with the zeal ot u new and keenInterest but he did that anti more bestileasince It appear that his article may be Ilmmeans of opening new Held of industry lorwomen

Tired of the Karanpo CocktailTheodore FT Lee Secretary of the Quaint

Club has often played his pranks on friendsbut of late he has been practising huge jokeon himself He decided with theadvent otwarm weather that he would not apply anyhot and rebellious liquor to his blood Boasnot to appear peculiar ho secretly invented aqompouud of sugar and water colored withraspberry and bath a bottle of It kept nt theUavarin old Toms and all the other places towhich he goes with friends Wherever tie wentbe ordered a Rnmapn cocktail and got this Inocuou lluld The thing worked like ebarmand whenever one of his friends said to himIll take one too he got n blgbpressuro

Cocktail of gIn Instead uf water YesterdayHllas Cummings J W Bunlick and QuaLemon all wellknown railroad men wentwith Lee to get luncheon and on the way theystopped and ordered a Ramnoo Then Lee re ¬

belled See here gentlemen said ho Idont want a Bamaon Confound your llamapo I have not bad drink in tour weeks andIm getting thirsty Then he confessed whetbe lied done and ordered a Martini extrastrong

This Should CeaseOne of the outrages of the moment is the

behavior ot the brldgemoa nt the Cortlandtstreet ferries Whenever a boat comes intothe slip the people are apt to be crowded wellforward against tho patent guard rail thatcrosses the end of each boat On the womenseldoof each boat it IB the ladles who are pushedagainst this railing The brldaomen insteadof lifting the gangplank with both hands andsliding it from the budge to It e deck of theboat now catch it up by a rope and sling Itviolently upon the boat As they do so theyyelLLook out feryer fetl orLookoutor youll alt yet reel crushed The womenare unable to retreat and a moment of terrorfollows If such cruelty were practised uponanimals protection would volunteered andit is difficult to understand why humanityshould have to put up with it

Lincoln and this Handy Hook RailroadUr John W Newell receiver ot the New

Brunswick State Bank writes to THE SUN inconfirmation of Its recollections of tbe mannerIn which the old Lone Branch Railroad at-tained

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permission to run iu trains on SandyBook He IB certain tbat the date of that per ¬

mission was not later than March 11863 Hesays tbnt a map of Handy Hook was shown tothe President with the proposed railway linetraced upon It In red Ink The grant waswritten by President Lincoln on the margin otthe map and It was given to Con Edwin ASteven In the presence of exOov Newelland John W Newell The permission wasworded so as to permit the laying of the trackto remain during the pleasure of the President of the United States

The Pn eenEerAEcnt > SchemeThe newest bit of enterprise br the Inde ¬

fatigable passenger agents in town is an ideathat originated In the brain of the generalEastern agent of one of the big Western roadsBe has fitted up a large room In the rear ofIlls office on Broadway for the o nvenlence ofgrangers in town who are patrons of his roadin this room be has a desk table chairs tele ¬

and directories and newspapers of allthe principal places along the line of his railgoad All who patronize the railroad are Intiled tp make tbls room their headquarterand already to use the vernacular of theWoolly West a great many huvn caught on

Mr Turners ReturnMrs Hattie Barnes Turner who went abroad

jefore tho scandal connected with her busband haP been published has suddenly re-turned to this country and is at the home of

er brother lIen A C Barnes Mrs Turnerud Intended remaining abroad forsomo timebut lien brother learning that Mr Tom Turnerwa on hit way to Europe for the purpose ofmaking tip with her cabled her to come to hitshome Mrs Turner hastened to follow tboadvice of her brother and has refused to eveher husband under nnvcircumstances Shewill make her home with her brother for thepresent

The Heidi Society ConcertThe Beldl Society of Brooklyn has made a

contract with the distinguished pianist MrFranz Hummel to play with the Seldl concertsat Brighton Bench on Saturday afternoon andevening of Jun27 Other artists who willappnar there during the summer under theauspices of the8eldl Society nre Mme HitterOoeti and Emil FlMiyr Tbe Seldl Hoclelyundertake these MpecM concerts for the sakeof the benevolent fund of time society thespciat feature of which In summer is the freedxcurslon to the beach which they give tootnen and children

A WallHlreet SporlemanThis la the country for sports raid a Wall

street man to a frend Who had just returnedfrom Eurore Since I aw you last year I havehunted the alligator In the Everglades I haveharpooned thetarnoi the saw and the devil ¬

flab In tin lull 1 bnvo nurtiieil the elk andbogrlztlylu tue mountains I ha e studiedtime beaver In Itis Iltints I have hunted Intim wondi and on the plain 1 have fishedrom the lakes nf Miilne to the lagoons ofhonda and have kept an era on iot quotalonsof tbi t tnuk Exchnnco In Now York It-in < been helter fun for me tbau a trip to oldEurope would have peon

Dr Fordjee Barker WillJTbowlUof Dr Ford yre hanker was tIled for

probate yesterday Tn Ills friends AbrahamH Smith and Dr Thomas B Andortnn theteStator leaves a Part ot valuable library ofvOrkaofm medldix and surgery Tli rest nfthe library Is lot to Firdjco D hacker hislet resIdue of the stti i 4 left In trustftir the widow and upou her Ueatblt ii logo toFondue A Barker

Cheap kfeonahlneThe whiskey which was stored In a U a

rarebouse In Greenwich street and which thetovoroment is trying to Prove came from IIIclt stl in run liv wxAlderniun Bnrkts h54been sold to tpbrnlm howe a soctlflir of Ricatreat ut threo tents n gallo

t ChaIrman Murpby Cult on the MayorEdward Murphy Jr the Chairman of the

Democratic State Committee came to NewYork yesterday with bis son who Ila to sail forEnropa today Mr Murphy called on severalBlends Inolndlng Mayor Grant with whom boaftirwaro went to the races

ITWATllE O1ANGE DIAMOND

rnutrar aoooo XR CARROLL BAT-BAitD Ott irASTSD XT BACK

Jeweller Beat Who Wa to 8stI It >Commlailo Had Beta Too Long Abathe Job and ok Poll6eian with a IVar-ma Jtstoid the Htone < o It Owner

Mr Joseph W Carroll lithographer of 71Duane street called at the Tombs PolioCourt yesterday afternoon and asked forawarrant for the arrest of Charles Stale a-

jeweller on 007 Broadway en a chargeof larceny Mr Carroll told Justiej-0Hellrr that of June 4 he save Jeweller Scale in diamond valued at between160000 and 170000 to sell for him on comtnlsMon Shale he said hail been recommendedto him asia trustworthy man He cure thediamond which Is none other than theOraneo the second Israeli diamond of Inkind In this country to Mr Scale and cot areceipt for It After waiting for seeral daysand getting no word Mr Carroll called on thejeweller and demanded the return ot theatone ale told him that be was negotiatingwith a gentleman for the purchase of the dia¬

mood and Mr Carroll left On several otheroccasions Carroll says he tailed en Beatsand each time tho jeweller put him off aa4finally lelused to give up the stone

Justice OReilly Issued a warrant which wasgiven to Court Officer OConnor to serveWhen OConnor and Carroll entered Beale1

office the jeweler WAS seated at the deskwriting An foonas learned the businessof hit visitor be took a small faded bluejowflrr ease from R drawer In his desk andoffered It to CawolJ saying Heros juurdiamond Carroll lyow so away and let ruealone

lint Hie policeman was not going to 19cheated out or a prisoner Hnd ho hhnvrd Cartoll aside and sold IM take that stonePlease And you will kindly put on yourhatmind come with me Beiilo demanded losethe warrant nnd It was shown him tile tnitde-no further resistance and wa mien to thisTomb Jolice Court Justice1 Ullallly had lifttho bunch and while Settle was locked UD hisbonrlHinan and a policeman scurried around tofind the JUKI Ice

ion reporter Mr Eesle said he bod nothingto SUIT Its n lung story be remarked midreally not worth tellmcr I didnt try to stealtbe diamond aitdnever refused to give It uptu Its owner

Mr Cnrrnll tell a different story I triedevery way possible to net that itnno I nek with-out having tieale arreeted Im raid hut It HASmelcss Tho man tried to tell ins to my lovethat I had never ulv n him time gem unboundhe knew I h il bia receipt In mr i oket Fiomtime to limo lie had nut me off with storeUN

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neeotlatlouB I bad told him In this flintplAce that I would not take leis than MflOto-tor tba diamond and bo bad piomi o1 touchIt for mote At noon todnr I went tu hitofllce and raid Pivo hero Seal you give nethat diamond or Ill hate you nrrestid litlatmheil anti mild that such a thing was notpossible tjo I wont rlcht to Ibo Tombs courtanti got a warrant

The Orange Is a magnlficentrellow diamondOPT It 1 said that theta la but ne larger intbl country Ills an exquisitely tlniol noneand Is perfectly out and flawless It weigh afraction over 115 carat but ten carOls lessthan the famous Tiffany yellow diamond nlil hIs said to be worth 1000oa Time Oratics wasfound In the South African fields In 1HN4 Dutchjewellers cut the gem In AmstorUnrn unit InliH87 sent It to London where H w s tn IIP urchased byarommlttee of women for QmenVictorias jubilee present In accordance withthe fjuoeriB suggestion hnwevr the SoOiKiOwhich was to have been paid for It was used toerect n hospital Mr R B Lawrence otColorado then purchased the diamond payingIt Is said SBBuoo for It Sirs Lawrence woreIt In hernoiklaco until Daring Urns labelWhen Mr Lawrence who wn a heavy loner bythe failure sold the tone to Mr Edward Bruceof tile Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph CompanyMr Carroll aot It from Mr Bruco some mouthsago In Montreal

HE WAS SIB AMBROSE BUEA

Governor of the Bnbaaae bnt the iapeo-tore Went Through HI Trtrak

Sir Ambrose Shea K C M G the Governorof the Bahamas arrived yesterday on thesteamship Clenfuegos with several trunks Bewas In a hurry to vet away and told the cus-toms

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inspectors who started Ho examine his-bsggsze that he was no smncgler and that hiunderstood thatlbe United StatesOovernraenthad ordered its inspectors let the baggageno through without examination The limpeotore kept on InspectloK and Sir Ambrose gotangry and said things Afterward Ibe InRpe-etora showed that the only orders the Govern-ment

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had given to them was tofaejlltatothe examination of Sir Ambrowa trunks SirAmbrose sails for Glasgow today on the Clrcassia

Xnn Over Im the Btreet-Balratore Gataccl an eightyearold news ¬

boy was run over by a Fourth avenue surfacecar on Thursday evening He died yesterdayand the driver James Bowe was reminded atthe Tombs Court Thomas Woods 5 years oldof 113 West 132d street was nm over yeserday by a light wagon and received a scalpwound Vlncenzo Caperta 8 years oM of 403

East 112th street was knocked down by ahorf and one of his arms was broken WmMcCauley 10 years old of lift 1nst Ninetiethstreet was caught between the wliel andsome lumber on a truck and his loft lag wasseverely hurt He was taken tnih Pieabrbrian Honpllall Mary Bonnet head tamuimitrecs

at the Victoria Hotel wa knocked down brarunaway horse at Twentysixth street andBroadway and received a severe cut over tinkft eye Antonio Rosa 2 yeiirt old of 113Mulberry street was run over by arm exrreas

and received a scalp wnuml LionelSoson11 years old of 411 Last llehtrtbl dKtrret was run men by a cart anti seriously

Michael Beteeman of 15SEa > tFortrrer nthslreer while riding ablorelx at Knmrorenlhstreet anti Lexlneton avenue ltat night wasrun down by an express wagon and rccuivod itfracture of the ankle

One Days DlToscnThe marriage ot Alice A Godwin and

Thomas Godwin was ordered cancelled byJudge Lawrence in the Supreme Court ye terday upon the application ot Mm GodwinThor wore married in July 1875 and subse-

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it wns discovered that at that timeGodwin had another wife hymn whom be hadmarried In 1855 Tho decndnnt was cm-

ployed in thoruidltors department of the NewYork Central antI Hudson River Imllroad In

December 188S he wa risked to resign liiisecond wife has uot seen hint slice

Judgments of aboolnte divorce were fliedyesterday In these canes also Uy Judge MeAdam Elizabeth C Culbertfrom Robert X Culhen anti Sarah Welsn from Bernard Weisstiv Judge Froeilman John J Dunning fromStacy A Dunnlnn by Judeo Lawrence Imrna-Martena from Adplph Mnrtens br JudM-Trunx Charles W Bamiert from Ullzalieth-llausort br Judge IMeohorf Archibald Wise ¬

titan from Jennie Wl emaujudge Anilrews baa granted a limited dl

vorco to Heater K Mooney from James JMooney

Cnpf Wield Fall Into an AreaCnpt Charles F Field a steamboat broker

of 71 Broadway while on his way up town fromhut office yesterday atteraoon stopped bramoment at the corner of Doy street and Broad-way

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An Iron rolling about three feet and aball high protects time deep areaway on theDey street clue ot the Mercantile NationalBank building and upon this Mr Field sat tocontinue his observailonc Two clerks ID thebank saw him suddenly throw IIP his arm as-

If to catch bis balance nod then he lell I askward tilsh nd striking the stone areawaytwenty feet below

Sir IlelU vis taken to tile Chnmbern Btrert-Hnsnltnl Ills Injuries consist ot a scalpwound n contiiMd ear antI cnncuxion nf tilebrain Hit ann unconscious all of la t ovop nirhut it is thouklit be will recover CapU tleldlives at 18 Vet Blxtyrtrat street

Wants Sliver Dollar Smith indIctedFrank Wolf the Eighth Assembly district

saloon keeper who says he was assaulted by-

tliver Roller 8ralh In front of Smiths saloonin Essex street on the night of June2 visited

ha District Attorneys office yesterday wIth aview to preferrIng complaint of aasaoUagainst Scnhlb Volf was refinfrrced by tbrfltnesseiMprrla Berpsteln saloon Veeoer oj-

Jtcome nnd lisex atreeU Bamuel Albert sno-

Jrf iiussle Goldiarb Well was referred toAssistant District Attorney MaoDona wboijaye-nm i ubp <rnan requiring his witness to

paar before the Grand Jury on Monday mornlag

To Protect Nonunion Me

It having comoto the attention of the Ad-

Isory tomuilltoo of the New York IumMr-

1riule ABsoclatloit that nonunion trainerswere being discharged in favor of unlf mena tnpetinii was culled yesterday afteinoonwhich decided that In any case an em-

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discriminates against nonunion menshall bemu favor of union men no more luuiber

delivered ito sucS employer conUaou Iiowner