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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05
Iossrs IN VARIOUS PLACES.

South Royalton. VT, Aug. 4-The farm ouioihgS DC
longing to James Williams with their contents were
burned this morning. Loss. 90, 500 insured. Mr. Will
Jams was seriously burned in attempting to save his STOCK
UaverhilL Mass. Aug A barn belonging 10 Sol
omon Cummings In Plastow. N. H., was burned this
-ning with four horses two cows and largo quantity
OF farming tools. Loss $4,000; insured
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05

bIue ribbon and said Now, any Of you children
gjye me a reason why, I am not a drUnkardr
There no reply for a moment, then childish
little voice in tho roar OF the room piped out:
a,Cause this Is a prohibition town.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05
A CUIMpTOysUTP RROL DSVORD CONTEST

At least 5000 people crowded about the Palace HOTEL
West Brighton Coney Island at o'clock yesterday af
ernoon witness the broadsword contest for the worlds
championship and si0o0 side between Duncan O. Ross
and Captain John Daily After the crowd had become
impatient Ross and Daily, clad In steel made their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05

From Tho Youths Companion.

From Tho Youths Companion.
noted Sunday school worker living In Kansas
was once asked talk to the children of a sunday
school the subject Of temperance. lilo Is very
earnest In the cause, and bit Of blue ribbon
as a badge OF hts principles.
Rising before the school, he pointed to his bit Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05
. VETERAN sUPpLANTED BY AN EXREBEL

Pittsburg, Aug (Special. Twenty five years ago
william A. Short, Pittsburg man. entered The Gov
ernmcnt service clerk I'm the Office Oh the
Register of the District OF Columbia About ten
wears ago he was transferred to the Health Depart
ment OF the District few days ago his resignation
was asked and within a halfhour tho vacancy was
filed by an ex-Rcbcl from Annapolis Nd. city
Treasurer Joseph f. Dennston said to-day that sho1
was a member Of his company during the war and
was a good soldier.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05

appearance mounted horses During the soven.n
bout Daily was from his horse and sprdn'd nv
ankle necessatlng his leaving the field Ross was o'
clared tho winner by Referee Miller by 10 points
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05

of organizing women's Republican CLUB hcsu 'u,sootb
which have boon opened at No "a west ontry are
st The most influential ladies' 10 and and satisfactory
Gaming the organization, she says al"
snrorrcss has been made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05
TO WIND UP THEIR BUSINESS.

Boston, Aug. 4.-The directors OF tho PRESCOTT t1rs
Insurance Company voted to-day TO wind up It's ana0
The risks will be ressued in English company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05
THE STEAMER DREW IN COLLISION.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y Aug. 4--The steamer Drew
while on her way north last night was In collision With
a tow OIL Stony Point
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05
CALLERS AT HEADQUARTERS.
GENERAL MALONE HOPES TO oAhhi 'i''''-'-

LIE AND MR. WISE ARE AT PEAOE
MI. c.,rrdav balfboliday IS observed In SORT Oh
wav At all the political headquarters, anu ,no
boat vcs,erday made every ono ieei i"o So
.u.v % tho seaside as early as possible Noso''"o
49,. ,,.ra was a steady stream OF visitors AZ INC NY
,orrr rooms Of the Republican National Cohn'',o'
.t.a,r,out tho day. Senator Spooner, OF WISCONSIN,
~, nduc,ed the investigation that solved the "Ss
W.. ~ .onrectcd with Widow McGuiness's Pig was
49, ,h. first TO enter Chairman ouays roo"S'
IT, haa a grand report to make for tho "es'' par
,,o,,.r,v his own state. 1t was In admraOi' 'o"-
,,,,, be said: everything was harmonious anu '.io
- was sure OF getting It's old-time majority, uo
IL. IN. inauence OF the Administration ana tho Do
o...,,o committcc In regard to the senate la'''.
MI, Mr.. spooner had little to say lie ic. s",V "
rou,d nrovs satisfactory to the country. IL VIII uo
renorted soon and in the Senator's OPINION wi" P"''
Tho senate and possibly the House.
General J. Hale syphcr, of Louisiana' anu ga
e.nstor Mabonc OF Virginia, were the next ViS'o''
H. Mabonc,s dmInutve form was attred In thc ooo'
ost ~ summer suits, that seemed to mako HI" W"
,,,,ous NJ the fact that the mercury was UP a"one
-. r,reties There was going to BIO red not nsme
a., Virginia he remarked, but the chances ".iv LAY Ia
ILL., ~ Republican success He and MT WIsY H ,
hnriod all animosItIcs Tho party WOuu pni a,.tu,
Esther and mako tho best fight possible 10 rcora ',n
Tho historical old commonwealth from bou Gia ~
some OF the other callers were LOUIS N " D,, ~
n.I,imorc James r. Went. of Richmond X. 1. reIu
grew Sioux Falls Oak J. C. Price oaiisp" FL, L
e. VI. Taylor. Redfcld, Oak Henry u. bu IH ~ p
paterson. Major j. III. Walker, of Brooklyn, and d. h
Corwln
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05

suhds Al selrs Black HsssU 4 xus ss MOI ss
Seney ROUNDED. Rstalsd By b \ ltnan q Co
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

In the diagram line shows ine s states
fluctuations yesterday, as observed AZ thy indicate the
SiSnai Servies station at this city The dtshes nav
telnperature noted at Hudnups pharmacy us b'0a'"
TRIBUNE oYyiog AUG. s. u m.-fair Wes'n', :, ,ns
vailed yesterday followed BY severe th"nue ao the
,veninr The temperature ranged between 7S' anu "
vsae f7o.o, being $40 higher than the correspond"
lns day Last year. and aso higher than on Friday n.
IL and near this city today there VIII p'''-
cloudy. with light showers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05
T he Lady

Who has fine Hair, and desires TO pros
serve its color, abundance, and lustrc,
should use Ayers Hair Vigor as q
dressing. 1t keeps the scalp clean and
cool, and is by far the most exquisite
toilet preparation in tho market.
b. M. johnson, NJ. D., Thomas Hill,
Mo, saws: ~ have used Ayers Hair
Vigor in my family for number OK
years, and regard it as the best hair
preparation / know OF. 1t keeps tho
scalp clean, the hair soft and lively, and
preserves the original color. My wife
has used II for a long time with most
satisfactory results"
Mrs. s. A. Rock, OF Anderson, Texas,
writes AT the age OF "a, in Monroe,
La, / had severe attack Of swamp, or
Inalarial, fever. After I got well my
hair commenced coming out, and so con-
tinued until II had well nigh all gone.
] used several kinds OF hair restorers,
but they did no good. A friend gave mo
q bottle OF Ayers Hair Vigor. Before
finishing the first bottle my hair began
to grow, and by the time ] used three
bottles, / had fine head OF hair"
Ayers Hair viqOr,
PREPARED BIZ
o. }. G. Aver & Co., Lowell. Mass.
Ged By Druggists and Psytumsrs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05

CENTRAL PARK METEOROLOGICAL Ne. n..s,
Professor Draper OF the Central Park oosorVs'o.y
,onow,,y yenor, for The week ended noon sasuey
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05
WHY HArrERs WILL VOTE FOR HARRISON.

uUy MATTERS WILL VOTE fOR HhhlsioON'
Orange peoplc Interested in the hat business are
,a,ed over the failure OF Congress to increase inc
,v,v on manufactured hats, and this feeling Is In
eeed nv the fact that four Of the largest hat 1op-
hro firms I'm the country have placed orders In Eng
I'D Tor an aggregate Of $4,000 dozen mats
Tho firms I'm question arc Sweet. Dempston d Co..
-, Chicago. Iongley, Low & Alexander Of Chicago
rr,edlander & Kock, OF San Francisco and A. Laulcr
a. Co Of this city. The loss to tho WORKING matters
NJ this country by these orders alone VIII nor iaii
short OF 100000. Tho first instalment Oh thcso
orders was received from England by a. Lauier 4"
Co and consisted OF 700 dozen. A manuiacturlh.
concern I'm the Doddtown district Of Orange mas
heretofore filed those orders of A. Laufer IL Co..
and this season got tho usual assortment OF samples
and STYLES These taken to block MAKER,
the blocks and fanges made ard these To-
cetber with the samples Of hats. were shipped 10
England The hats received cost, duty paid, ABOUT
oA per dozen and cannot be duplicated here for less
than about $50 to 1876 per dozen.
The knowledge Of this action by the 1obbers IS
making votes for Harrison and Morton In the hating
districts rapidly. A Tribune reporter spent Two
DAYS IN round Of the twenty eight hat factories IN
thc Orange district which have united capacity OF
about 1000 dozen per week, and tho change In tone
% the iourneymen was remarkable. In ono shop
r,re men were standing together Eight were Dem
ocrats and one was a Republican. but there were
even Uarrlson votes among them. In another
shop out OF forty-scven men employed III INC man,
ing department forty were old-llne Democrats anu
thIrt weight OF them pledged themselves 20 fatrsn ,
This with the seven Republicans, maze Iorty-hEo
out az forty sec en- from a heretofore OVerwhemlngy
Democrac shop. The same spirit exists all through
this branch Of Industry
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05

PERSONS KNOWN TO DE MISSING
Seven more persons arc known to DO miss'ne
and there seems TO be no doubt that the seven
charrcd bodies at the Morgue still undermined
are theirs The missing list rs given yesterday
is as follows:
EUCH HARRIS, ago twenty seven. single Oh NJ hIn,
Norfolk-st Many friends called 70 naue could
the Morgue yesterday, but althonsm nro uosi 10
give unusually minute descrpto,i, 'hoS "'i' ~
TO identify OF the bodies as MS -. -
FREUNDBURG JACOB. age thirtyhve OF NO 20 TUT
syth, St., leaves q wife and four chldreh-
LEyILN NATHAN ase sixty-two. OF NO "a Dvision
At worked I'm his sons shop on the TOD moor.
was announced FRIDAY that his body had been ileh,
fed hut his sons and daushters made carelui eNan
nation OF eli the bodies Yesterday ana aicu W recos
nize any Of them : that OF their father.
MARKS JACOB age seventeen. OF No. 40 Deiancey-s~
MARKS JOSEPH age thirty. Of No. SO Eldrdee-st !;
leaves a wife and two children
MEYERsEN NINA. age nineteen. Of No IL LUDLOW
Woman among the bodies that is doubtless her body:
but her SISTER fat;cd ind the slightest nsrk that
she could recognize.
RUHINoFF HARRIS, ase 1fty OF No. 81 Essex-st
Ills rother expected FROM Baltimore last night
1t is quite possible that there are still more
dead bodies in the rubbish on the various floors
but if so, they are probably the bodies of persons
who have no friends to inform the police that they
were missing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-17
DEATH OF LEVI APGAR.

Levi Agar president OF the North River Bank. died
yesterday at his home. No. 15i West Fortyfourthst
OF general debility consequent upon old age. The
funeral will be held at 4 80 D. IN. Tuesday. at All
Souls Church. and the following day the body will be
taken to Wooiawn Cemetery for burial.
Mr. Apgar was born November 10. 1908. at Mount
Pleasant " j. where in his boyhood he worked on his
farm LIE and went to Philadelphia. where for several
wears he was employed clerk. In 1923 he paid a
visit to his native and then took up his home IN
this city where he has lived since. He formed
O. ccpartrC rshp with Jacob Happock, and under the
Arm name Of Happock Apcar they conducted
prosperous grocery business in Deyst for some years
MI Apgar purchased his partners interest and con-
tnued the business 1888 under the name of Levi
Apgar g. Co. He had acquired large Interest In the
North River Bank successfully carried IL through the
panic Of 1857 In the following he retired from the
grocery business and devoted ali his time and energies to
the interests OF the bank in year elected
20 No its president 70 succeed Marshal o. Roberts. He
hold the office until the Of his DEATH giving his per
80, attention TO the duties until two years ago, when
ht health began to fail He director In the Mer
chants, Insurance Company the Star Insurance Company
d tho Jersey City Insurance Company His death VIII
he generally regretted by the large number OF friends he
had made by reason Of his admirable qualities lie
a,c. widow and four married daughters, Mrs Ldward
= redaon wife Of ex-C0lloctor Hedden; Mrs Thomas
Fessenden. Mrs. Josiah S. Knapp and Mrs William T.
Tent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-17

such ascertainment of the electors appointed se!ng
forth the of such electors and the canvas. !.
other ascertainmcnt under tho laws OF sush sIa.e
of the humber OF votes given or cast Tor cacn
for whose appointment any and all votes nave oech
given or cast and Il shall also thcre,pon Dc the uuy
of the Executive Of each state TO deliver TO thc
of such state before the day on which .ney are
required by the preceding section 10 meet, tne sale
certificate, in tripcate, under the seal OF inc sta,o
and such certificate shall be nclosed ana translttu
by the electors at the time ana IN INC saiho
manner pro, Ided by law for transmitting by such
electors to the seat Of Government the lists Oh All
persons voted for President and OF an persons
voted for es vice-President; and Sectoh 100
Of the Revised Statutes is hereby re- re-
pealed and IL there shall have been any maj ue-
termination in a State of controversy or contest as
provided OF this act, IL shail De the
duty of the Executive of such state, as soon as pia
ticabe after such determination, to communicate un,
der the seal of the State the secretary OF STATE OF
the United States certificate of such determlnanon,
in form and manner .he same shall have been maze
and the Secretary of state of the United states as
as practicable after the receipt at inc staie De
partment Of each of the certificates herein before
directed TO be transmitted TO the secretary OF state
shall publish in such public newspaper as he shall
designate, such certificates in fun ana az the nrst
meeting Of Congress thereafter he shall tr$lsnit 10
the houses OF Congress copies In ful OF each and
every such certificate received heretofore at the
State Department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-17
INSTANCES OF ALCOHOLIC frances
QUEER EXPERIENCE OF MEN WHO DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT THEY WERE DOING, THOUGH THEIR
FRIENDS NOTICED NOTHING PECULIAR
ABOUT THEM

The perlllar theory set up by the defence in MUIR
der trial last week, that the accused man was In
state of alcoholic trance In which consciousness and
memory were lost, while his actions were apparently
rational, recalls strange experiences of New
York residents. lawyer who conducted one Of the
most important criminal trials OF the last two years
showed marked pcculartes in the Of the trial
which lasted over month. medical journal asserts
that the lawyer drank pint Of brandy day and
after the trial retired TO his country house and
after stopped drinking He swoke one morning and
could not recollect single incident Of the long trial
after the forenoon OF the first day. When he read the
proceedings Of the trial HIS reading recalled nothing to
his mind and the details TO him to one
who had been absent from the country while the trial
was going
An Incident which created some interest several
years ago the action OF well-known lawyer, who
has prosecuted and defended many noted criminals.
He formerly immoderate drinker, and one
evening after extended "sprec" no went to Police
Headquarters and entertained the reporters with a
long story Of beautiful Chicago heiress. whom ne
designated by some such name Mary Ann Finnegan.
The hciress had been kidnapped from Chicago, and
was the lawyer said, then detained prisoner by
Inspector Byrnes. Some Of the papers contained
long reports the next day Of the woes Of Mary Ann
Finnegan, and the lawyer made affidavit as to the
alleged facts and procured a writ Of habeas corpus
from Supreme Court Justice directing Inspector
Byrnes to bring the young woman into court 1t was
subsequently ascertalned that such heiress had
lived in Chicago young woman had been hd-
mapped, and that Inspector Byrnes had no prisoner
in his custody. The whole affair was a fiction Of
the diseased brain, and the lawyer afterward denied
any consciousness Of the transaction, although his &C
tons he'd not been such to lead persons who saw
him 10 believe him irrational
A story is told Of country banker who came to
New York on important business and drank an
unusual amount of liquor He made some engage
ments, kept them all, transacted his business cor
recty. and then bought a ticket under an assumed
name and sailed on outgoing steamer. When three
days out he awOke and could not remember the
Incidents from the day before he sailed until he found
himself on the steamer In mid-0cean He returned
the next steamer lie IS man who is universally
considered truthful and he says that he cannot
recollect any OF the transactions of those days I'm
which he dealt with many business men who noticed
no pecuarity I'm his actions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-17
DEATH OF HENRY p. MARSHALL.

Henry Perry Marshall, the cashier Of the Seamen's
Bank for Savings, died suddenly yesterday afternoon
In the Iunc room of the bank, at No "a Wallst He
was eating his luncheon at the time and without
warning fell in his chair, dying before physician
could be summoned, and recovering conscious
ness There had heen previous warning OF Illness
and he had apparently been in his usual health 70
the time of his death. The coroner examined the
body, ard permit for its removal to his home,
at No. 214 East Seveneenth-st
Mr. Marshall seventy four years old, and was
well known in downtown business circles, and had
also been prominent In church work. He came Of
an old New York family but he born in Wood
bury Conn, where his grandfather bad gone TO be-
come the of the Protestant Episcopal Church Of
the town. In his grandfathcr's house the first Ma
flonal Convention Of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in this country was held. and in the old chuchyard
near by Mr.. Marshall will be buried next week
Mr. Marshall came to New-York when a boy. He
was employed for a time In large mercantile es-
tablishment and afterward served as United States
Consul for several years in India In 1s45 he en-
tered the service Of the Seamcns Bank, and remained
with it continuously uu his death. becoming cashier
I'm 1863 He also known as an Gn!ring worker
in ST. Georges Church and i'm many church societies
He had been member OF the vestry OF ST. Georges
for some twenty years. and had also served the
treasurer OF the church for many years He had also
occupied official positions at various times in the
Protestant Episcopal Church Missionary Society for
seamen the American Tract Society, the Prison Asso
ciaton the Bible Society, and the Mercantile Library
Association He had been married for more than
forty years, his wife having died only year ago
Three daughters and one son. Henry Rutgers Marshall
who is an architect, survive him
Mr. Marshall was OF sturdy physique and
fine appearance, and had always enjoyed such good
health that he was able 20 get an insurance policy
on his life after he had passed his seventeen year
His death IS supposed to have been caused by heart
failure He usually passed HIS summer VACATION az
fbe old homestead in Woodbury., although not long
ago ne had secured a country homo on the hunsoh
Previous TO the removal of the body 10 Woodbury. me
funeral Will be held IN St Georges Church, probably
on Monday morning
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-17
THE cgURcg TEMPERANCE SOCIETY

At its annual meeting in stcInway Hall on Monday
night the Church Temperance Society will be addressed
by Warner Miller, Chauncey NJ Depew Seth Low and
other wellknown speakers The society, which was
organized six years ago In this city, has been steadily
growing Robert Graham, tho secretary, was the
organizer Of similar society in London and was for
fifteen wears its chief director The value OF the work
accomplished there, led to his being called to New
York to take the management Of the movement here.
This was mainly brought about by q number Of
the Episcopal churches of the city but such men as
Dr. Howard Crosby, Of other denominations, have
given It their support from the start It's officers in
clude Bishops Williams and Potter, the Rev. Drs. W:
r Huntington and II. Y. Satterlce, and General
Wager swayne. It's purpose is the union of those
who believe In temperance and total abstinence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-17
THE WEATHER REPORT.

GOVERNMENT INDICATIONS FOR 81 HOURS.
WASHINGTON Nov. 1910 p. m.-For New England, fair
precede by light rain colder except in Vermont
tionary temperature
For Eastern York Eastern Pennsylvania NewJersey,
Delaware Maryland and Virginia Saturday colder and far
For the Caronas Georgia and Alabama, colder and fair
cent in the northern portion light local showers.
For Florida Mississippi and Louisiana. light showers pre-
coded in the portion by fair weather colder.
For Eastern Texas. light rain colder.
For Arkansas local showers, followed by fair weather
stationary temperature.
For Tennessee fair precedd by light showers in the east
ern norton colder the eastern portion stationary tenn
perature in the western.
For Kentucky West Virginia. Ohio Western New York
Western Pennsylvania and Ohio fair stationary tempers
ture
For Indiana and Iliaos fair Sigh; rise in temperature
gor Michigan and Wisconsin fair preceded by local SHOWS
IN the northern portion OF Lower Michigan stationary TEN.
peraturc.
For Missouri Minnesota and Dakota, stationary or slightly
higher temperature
For Kansas Nebraska fair followed by snow or rain IN
the western portion stationary temperature
For Colorado threatening weather and rain snow slightly
warmer.