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The sun., 1889-12-07
DID roU HEAR ABOUT GOV. u11L2
A AystIfyInE Assurance on the Tape that
He had Not Been Shot.

MYstiTying Assurance on the Tape that
He had Not Been Shot.
Shortly after the business on the floor Of
the Stock Exchange began yesterday morning
somebody told an appalling lie The little
groups OF men that were scattered about the
floor OF the Exchange had met In one OF those
mad rushes which are incomprehensible to
those who are ignorant Of the powerful effect
any change in the price OF stocks has on the
nerves of those who earn lieing by keeping
track of these things. Every man was trying
to make himself prominent by standing on
his toes, waving his hands. and yelling whom
the lie was perpetrated.
1t spread like a cloud OF dead leaves in a
whirlwnd. Everybody asked everybody else
If 1t we're really true that Gov Hill had been
Bhot, and when mono Of the members seemed
to know the messengers were applied to. These
young men. In their eagerness to ohlige, went
out on the street seeking Tor Information.
Some OF them being gifted. literally gave In
formation wherever they were unable to re-
ceive il. In this mRpner fantastic story trav-
elled through the downtown streets, In and
out OF oflces, and in Il very few minutes had
reached tho other Exchanges.
Shortly after IL oclocd the lie reached the
news agencies, and "a query was at once sent to
Albany. In a few minutes the lie was " nailed"
The Information that the Governor had not
been shot was put on the tape. much to the
amaZement OF large part OF the city, to which
no inking OF the lie had penetrated.
The sun., 1889-12-07
Mr.. Jenkins A1nrr,es His Secretary.

Mr.. Charles Jenkins, President Of the Man
haitian Railway News and Advertising Com
panies. was married on Wednesday afternoon
to Miss Catherine Dufley. his private secre-
tary. They were married In the parlors OF the
rectory OF the Roman Catholic Church OF Our
Lady of Good Counsel on Ninetieth street. be-
tween Second and Third avenues.
The bride is o pronounced blonde. and abont
"a years OF age She wore brown cloth trav-
elling dress and u bonnet of similar material.
Brilliant diamonds. the GIFT OF the groom,
sparkied in her ears She was accompanied BY
her friend, Miss Lille q. Grimes. Col Hahn OF
the elevated roads was Erssdentt Eond6nt phs aey
tbs, service qssisted by bath0 Faths. William =;
Go years OF age, but appears much younger:
He was dressed In neW: tightly hitting suit OF
dark blue broadcloth. Mr. Jenkinsis reputed
to be- millionaire, and lives n handsome
house on Central avenue IN New brighton.
About year ago his first wife was thrown from
her carriage and killed while driving to tho
landing to meet him.
bridal tour OF several weeks. Mrs. jenkins
entered the employ OF the company OF which
Mr. jenkins Is President as a typewriter eight
years ago aud became within q lew years his
private Secretary. She resigned her place only
about a week ago to the regret OF the other
employees. who did not know the reason for
her sudden action.
The sun., 1889-12-07
TIE LIST OF MpsINTE.
A Congestion of che Lungs Knocked hin
Out in his FIrat Week.

Poor McGinty Is deadl He brcathed his
last about o'clock yesterday morning. He
had been trying hard to sleep all night in his
pen in,the Central Park lion house. He was
suffering greatly from the Inflammation Of the
lungs which had resulted from a cold caught
on Wednesday. As he lay In a corner OF his
pen he looked moro like bundle Of rags than
anything else for he was bundled up in flan-
nels till nothing could be seen OF him but his
great ugly nose.
There was nobody in and around the lion
house during the night but Tom Donahue. the
watchman. But everything possible had bean
done for him, and all that was left for Tom
Donahue was to sympathize. As the night
wore on McGinty breathed harder and harder.
When the kind-hearted watchman came
around again. a little after O'Clock in the
The harsh breathing had ceased. After n little
watching. though, he failed to detect any
breathing and he hastsned to ,Onh wake @ SHpeEn
unfortunately named. The Ccntral Park Keep
ers are, sure that 1t was the name-MeGinty-
McGlnty was born iot i9 the lion house in Cen;
ta Park at os d Sea
At his death he, weighed e5 pounds, and vas 8
potamus. ever born in this country. Ills mother
was Fatima, or Miss Murphy as she WINS
afrectionately called. who, was bought by the
city In 1886 for $1,000. She Is six years old.
His father is Caliph.. the big hippopotamus
which New York bought from Cincinnati. Miss
Murphy refused to nourish her baby. and on
Tuesday he was transferred TO another cage
and fed on the bottle, administered by Super
intendent Conkliu. He was doing finely until
he caught slight cold on Wednesday. which
rapidly developed into congestion Of the lungs.
He took three doses of quinine elk grains each.
He was worse on Thursday night, and at s
o'clock Mr. Conklin decided that he must have
a hot mustard bath. The bath was prepared
in n big tank and carried into McGinty's pen.
Then lie was taken out, dried, and wrapped up
in nc, end OF tlannels for the night. When MIR.
Conkltn next saw him. McGinty was dead.
Yesterday morning the body was taken into
n little house behind the bird house and dis
eected. Mr. Richardson Of the Museum OF
Natural History. whore McQinty's stuffed hide
will soon be on exhibition, handled the scalpel,
and discovered that Superintendent Conklin
had diagnosed tho case correctly. The left
lung was badly conCested; The spinal column
was removed and sent to DR.. G. +. Spitzka,who
wants to find out what 4 ahippopotamus's spinal
marrow looks like under he microscope. Tho
remains were then put into a cart and sent to
the Museum OF Natural History.
The bereaved parents were snorting in their
tank yesterday with nothing but their faces
visible Some drops of water on their cheeks
were not tears though the children looking at
them protested that they were. The cold TACT
is that neither Caliph nor FatimB cared o cop
per about McGinty's death.
The sun., 1889-12-07
W1LSON ESCAPES WITH MS LIFE
Five Jurors for Death. Two for Life I'm.
prIsOnment. Two for AcquIttaI.

Five Jurors for Death, Two for Life I'm.
PrisOnment. Two for AcquittaI.
Charles Wilson, on trial in the General
Sessions for tho murder Of his young wife.
Louisa, at Tenth avenue and EiGhty-trst
street. on the night OF May 10. testified yester-
day that. until five years ago. from childhood
he had lived Mt Dansville, Livingston county.
working as q teamster. After he came to this
city in 1884 he continued to work at teaming.
He and his wife had occasional quarrels. She
went home to her mother several times. after
quarrel, but returned to him. Eleven weeks
before the shooting without any warning she
left his home in Eightieth street. near Tenth
avenue, and went TO her mothers home. q few
doors away.
On the night OF the shooting Wilson met his
wife on Eighty-lrst street arm-in- arm with
her young cousin. James Shining, who boarded
with her mother. He asked his wife to go
homo with him. and she started to do so. but
Shining interfered. Wilson told Shining not to
between man S0d Wifi
put m his his hand and behind him. Thereupon M wilson
attempted to draw his own revolver; SHINING
and caught hold OF his pistol with the right. In
the struggle Tor the Hosse@SSSlon o. Ihe pistol 1T
Wilson appeared to be overcome, at this
sobbsd. otf E He related that after wanderns about
poyer, Mr. Blanchard, who advised him to
surrender himself. and he did so.
In summing up for the people Mr.. Jerome
contended that 1t was either murder In the
first degree or no crime at AL. AZ. hecorder
right meeting his lawful wife ON the street at
night with a man he did not know, to require
her to go home with him. But he had no
Tered to prevent his wife from accompany-
ing MIN. and acted with such violence rs gave
ger OF serious bodily harm. and there was no
way OF escaping the danger Wilson had the
In self-defence against Shining, and was dis
charged accidentally. Wilson should be ac-
Quilted.
A ballot showed that five OF the jury favored
conviction OF murder in the first degree, and
flve murder In the second degree while two
Jurors thought that Wilson ought TO be ac-
quilted. Then the jury went to dinner and an
hour later they compromised on manslaughter
II 9e rt seg M b aGs shaved 70 aas
prison for 20 years.
The sun., 1889-12-07
ONE WIFE TOO MANY.
Mrs. Mnppln's Husband In Poland aud Mrs.
SIIverman's Husband in s8d Street.

Mrs. Mnppin's Husband In Poland aud Mrs.
SlIvermnn's Husband in SBd Street.
Philip Mappin, alias Philip Silverman, will
answer before Justice Power at the Essex
Market Police Court this morning to the charge
of having one wife too many.
On Oct 20 Philip was married under the
name Of Siverman to Elizabeth Glazer. The
couple engaged rooms at 332 Enst Seventy
third street. where all went smoothly until last
Sunday morning. Then Mr.. and Mrs. Silver
man received call from Mary Mappin who
had Just arrived from Russian Poland. Mrs
Mappin said to Mrs. Silverman's husband. Il
am your wife, and will not leave this house
until you go with me- Nlappin. alias Silver
man, took matters coolly, am In you hands,"
no replied. Do what you please with me-"
Wife No. protested that Silverman had cruelty
deceived her. Mrs. Mappn took her husband
with her to her lodgings at 109 Delancey street.
Later in the day she had him arrested. and he
was subsequently held in 81 900 bail to answer
to- The charge Of bigRmy
Mrs. Marpin says that she, married Mappin
ct Plutsky in Russian Poland three years ago:
lived for nearly two years at lS Stanton street,
where child was born to them. A scar ago
she went back to Poland to secure some prop
erty left to her husband. She has Just re-
turned. Mappin denies that he married the
woman. though he admits that he lived with
her as she says He says he changed his name
about two years ago Mrs. Silverman told
Justice Powers that the Mappin woman had
demanded 5000 hush money from her.
The sun., 1889-12-07
4 TRANs-PAc1FIc RECORD BREAKER
Tho New Steamer China Crosses From
Yokohama in 19 Days 1e Hours.

Tho New Steamer China Crosses From
Yokohama I'm 1e Days rs Hours.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6.-The record across
the Pacific was broken to-day by the arrival OF
the steamer China Of the Pacific Mail line
ter passage OF IL days and 18 hours. which
would have been reduced about & hours had 1t
not been for extremely thick weather during
tho last hundred miles. 1t was the steamers
maiden trip from Yokohama. Tho fastest
previous record was made by the Oceanic Of
the Oriental and Occidental lIne which lowered
the Pacific Mail steamer Gaeics record. l3
days lS hours 20 minutes about 4 hours ana
20 minutes.
The China is the largest steamer on the Pa
ciiic. She was launched about five months ago
on Noy. D., She is 4Q6 feet long, 40 feet longer
than the City OF Peking. Her breadth OF beam
i 4S feet, depth Of hold 36 feet She has four
OF which extend to the spar deck. Her cargo
capacity Is 1000 tons and her gross measure
ment Is 5.4SO tons. She has accommodations
for 1000 STORAGE and 1870 cabin passengers
The ship is lighted throughout with electricity.
and has all tho latest appliances for comfort
and safety. Her maximum speed Is about
pineteen knots.
The sun., 1889-12-07
Latest Marine Intelligence.
Tho steamship State OF Indiana arrived last night
JOTIINGS ABOUT IOHM
The Washington Arch Fund. ssl. .4o2.oo,


Tonight's lecture In the Cooper Union free course
will be given by Clarence Pulley OF Boston on The
City OF Mexico - with illustrations.
James Fort advance agent and his wife Gertrude.
sOuDretle in "kunnlng Wild got verdict for $50 In
Judge Brsns court against John Nld for salary due
The Police Board voted yesterday TO give an exhibi.
ti0n drill OF 800 pOlcemen AT tho Seventh Regiment
armory Nov 20 for the benefit OF the PAn'Amercan
Congress
The congregation Kaa Adar Jsshurun at u Eldridgs
street has received from Gov Beaver an ackn0wleda'
nent Of hc receipt of S29 contributed TO the sufferers
by the Hood OF COnemAugh valley.
John Martin, is years Of met instant death while
suffering from delrium treinens at 90 Water street
yesterday Dy either falling jumping from window
in the fourth story to the pavement,
Thomas BugeT who arrested with three others
Oct on charge OF having assaulted and robbed
old Italian l6I blerCker street discharged in tie
Jefferson Market Police Court on Thursday.
Jury was obtained in the oyer and Termner yester-
day 10 try John Iark the sand schooner Captain Tho
Oct ~ 10 '''"'' '''N' ''''"'" '''''' ="
fair for the benefit of tho Church OF st. Thomas
opened to-day BY the ladies Of the parish in cOle
mans Hall on 10th street near Eighth avenue aud
Will continue until Dec. II.
Hook and LNdder@ while returning from slight nrs
IN BrOdway. Broone Stree. last n Rht upset
In Spring street Crosby while trying to avoid
!Tpf y d wsp sm, SySr Ia a, & ssIs9 70 Snned fashion and
Thomas DAILY laborer employed by Building Con-
tractor Joseph stApeton said before lie died OF frAc
tured skull that stapleon had hit him on the head with
cart rung The prepondsrance of tho testimony before
the COroners Jury yesterday was that pay had fallen
into cellar aud fractured his skull Ills death was
found to he accidental
Post: " Y. q. RiMet, Commander. q ayers Senior
N.Cr0mn ludrr H. scott Junior Vice "nltpaHter, ~,
Il Lindsey chaplain; s. H. Layman tGcsT nf he
Day u. LaIaretLe Othcer OF tle Guard J. IsAAcS.
Brady, and Scott Delegates 70 ASpOLl4 cSAs
@lttON
The sun., 1889-12-07
UBn1EN,s ADDRESS 4 DEAD SECRET
A Myth Who Doctors Horses and Deals In
Paints and Patent Medicine.

A Myth Who Doctors Horses and Deals In
Paints and Patent Medicine.
William L. Smyth, who holds Pier IS East
River under the Dock Department. swore in a
litigation with the department, that Thomas
O'Brien was the lessee. and had been damaged
by certain proceedings Of the department
Smyth was arrested on charge of perjury,
and at ,the ,Tombs yesterday solon P. Roth
schild. vino. 1t appears on the papers. took
smyth's acknowledgment OF his afIid davit, final
ly admitted that he believed the prisoner was
the man who signed and swore to 1t. and that
1t was genuine document
Tho star witness Of the day. however. was
ex-Civil Justice VIM. II. Kelly, who insisted
that O'Brien, the nominal lessee, was a man
and not a myth. Mr. Coleman. for the city, in
ance with O'Brien. and ascertained that
OBren was O veterinary surgeon. q good
Judge of horses. o successful manufacturer OF
patent medicine. and dealer in paints The
witness could not remember the exact location
OF Thomas OBrien's residence at any period
prior to three months ago. but admitted that
within the past seven years OBrien had lived
on Staten Island near Stapleton or Tompkins.
vile. and In Harlem. and had peen connected
in some way with the paint business In Di-
vision street. Whom questioned as 10 the pres
ent address of Thomas O'Brien the witness
pleaded his privilege as counsel, and stated
q private and confidential matter In the course
OF professional employment
Justice Hogan reserved his decision on o
motion that Mr.. Kelly be compelled to reveal
O'BrienB address.
The sun., 1889-12-07
DoCKszADER HEARD FROM.
He was In Philadelphia Over Night. and
Went West nt II A. NJ.


| PHILADELPHIA Dec. 6.-Lew Dockstader
the minstrel. arrived at the Bingham House
| late Thursday night He was accompanied by
his wife, He went at once TO his room, and
| this morning came down and talked to the
| clerk. lie said he was all broken up. and his
cake was all dough. He had gone dead broke
and didn't know what he could do. He added
that he thought he would go out into the
country and take things quietly for a short
time. He and his wife went West over the
Pennsylvania Railroad at II 40 A. NJ.
Joe Garland got a letter late Yesterday from
the minstrel posted at Philadelphia. in which
Mr.. Dockstader said that he was coming home
to-day. and that his wife was so prostrated that
she hadn't been able to leave her bed or to talk
10 any one. He added tbs he expected to be
able TO settle with all his creditors.
1t seemed likely yesterday that Dockstaders
minstrel troupe will not be allowed to go to
DocSstaders associates SOC TO re revive It's fortunes.
Mike Tobin Dockstader's business manager.
In ond i {ha ba 6ad T asn
joined by leaders in the troupe in the attempt
to start the company again.
that Doekstader had pawped every ayailable
bit Of properly to pay on the most @ needy Of his
came convinced that negro minstrelsy was
played out in New o York AT A. this time he had had
rena Of 81 si 10 meet "sG and 1 he esoSed 10
change his entertainment to minstrelsy. part
In black face and part in white, 10 conclude
with an operetta. He consulted Mr. Conried Of
OF the manuscript and score Of a German
operetta. which came out as Tho Tallapoosa."
Dockstader had been 30 nervous for weeks
up to that time that his fellow minstrels got
used to the spectacle OF seeing him going
around behind the scenes. drinking q nerve
tonic, unfolding wet sponge on top OF his
head. The failure of the piece was such a blow
TO the over-strained minstrel that he gave ZIP
In despair. The operetta had been staged en-
tirely on credit Ho paid his bill at the Sturte-
want House. took what little effects he hadn't
pawned from the theatre and LETT the State.
Mr.. Henry G.lsey Dockstader's landlord, said
that Mr.. Dockstader needn't have worried
about his rent and could have run along for
long time on credit, SO far as tho rent was con-
Cerned.
The sun., 1889-12-07
RE-ENROLMENTS ABOLISHED.
TIE REPUBLICAN LOCAL LEADERS
STRENGTHBN THEIR GRIP.
No" GOING Back to the People" Every Year
Any MOro-POiice Justice TnintOr Cane
Get nnck Into the Comfy CommLttee.

No" Going BACK to the People" Every Year
Any MOro-POiice Justice TnintOr Cane
Get Hack Into tho County Committeo.
The Executive Committee of the Republi-
can County Committee met last evening Mt "a
West Thirty-flrst strectnnd tho regular sitters
In the rooms of tho Eleventh district Republl-
cans stood out on the sidewalk until they got
through. 1t was long wait, for the commit
tee discussed the new constitution and by
laws at great length. Tho dissensions In the
districts were allowed to slumber.
Police Justice Taintor provoked o stir by pro-
posing modification OF the rule that no ofIlce-
holder undor Democratic authority shall be
identified with the Republican organization.
Sitting Bull Lawson came down on him pon-
derously In Response, saying that he had no
voice or standing In the committee under the
rules. Justice Taintor thereupon withdrew
from the meeting. lie was appointed Justice
by Mayor Grant.
The rule was reGnucted without change and
provides that no person holding office under
Democratic authority. other than a notary pub
ltc commissioner OF deeds. or an inspector OF
election. can be member of the County Conn
mittee, an officer OF any district organization,
or delegate 10 any nominating convention.
The rule extends to any office, the power OF
appointment % which is vested in any Demo-
crat. or any, Board or body the majority Of
appointed by a Democrat. The rule applies to
police, court clerks, but has never been en-.
The main change made by the new rules in
the whole scheme OF organization was the
gives The district " orranizn;ion the fnIi powes
and practically makes permanent the hold Of
the local leaders upon the machine.
Nilsson Hall was selected as the regular
place OF meeting. and Alderman Cowie's bill
Tor, rent Of the Grand Opera House nall was
The sun., 1889-12-07

same statement, saying that the girl had brown
hair and carried black bag. After answer
ing few questions Mrs. Fouratt suddenly de-
clined to talk further. The detectives went
out TO tho Fouratt place In the woods yester-
day afternoon and examined it closely. We
found it, said Detective Gregory. F." q simple
howell The hut contained an arsenal OF woa-
pons-old fashioned guns and pistols and
swords. 1t was an ugly-looking place alto
Rether. Il saw the room where the girl said she
was confined, and she described 1t perfectly"
Chickens seen about the FouTatt house at
once suggested to the minds OF the detectives
Railway murder, Near the murdered girls
tanning nine eggs. nearly ali broken. No one
could be found anywhere around Railway who
remembered selling or giving eggs to any
woman who remembered the girl found dead.
Yet the girl had eggs got from someb body, and
that somebody was not q great way of. She
was not carrying eggs to or from great dis
tance. and she unQueBtionably had some local
end or object In view. Tho presumption was
inevitable that somebody who knew eome-
thing about the basket OF eggs was keeping
STILL It is not hard to guess why. on the occa-
sion OF party, eggs should be carried by the
guests to the house OF such poor family as
Clinton Froats. The way in which the dead
girls body was lmbeded in the mud made Il
been killed about 9S o'clock in the eyeninR-a
fact which is not without Significance in the
present instance.
There are other clues in the case, such as the
size Of the boot TRACKS found In the frozen mud
near the girls body, the bloody knife found
near at hand. and these the detectives may be
able to follow out.
The sun., 1889-12-07
a Cut on Applied to the Cold Wave.

The storm that passed over the lake regions
on Thursday causing ght in this city central
yesterday Nova Scotia falling in Canada and
rain in the northern New England States. There
high winds from Boston north. Heavy rain falling
tho California coast. All other sect ions of the
try were fair.
A storm brewing in Manitoba cut of the cold wave
and caused considerable fise In temperature in that
region. 1t colder In the lake regions and about
100 below the freezing point. In tho South It WAS
warmer
Iu this city the day fair. Tho highest Govern
ment temperature was 400; lowest $50; average hu-
mldity. rs per cent; wind, fresh west
To-day should be fair and colder. Sunday, fair. with
stationary temperature.
The thermometer at ferry's pharmacy in THE SUE
building recorded the temperature yesterday AS folloWs
"a. NJ 800; A. NJ $40; A. NJ, $50; II NJ. 39'; $50
+. 81, 42o P. NJ, 4o'; p NJ, $40; ~ midnight 35e
Average -. Average on Dec, 8, 1888, 329s
oFFIcE FORECAST TILL p NJ SATURDAY.
For Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont fair; siRhk
ly warmer northweslerly winds.
For Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
fair; warmer, westerly winds.
For eastern EeU York eastern PennsyIrdnG> and NeS
Je,Sen fdiT; Wdrmer; uesterV rinds,
For the District OF Columbia Delaware. Maryland.
Virginia and West Virginia, fair warmer except sta
tiOnRry temperature in southw esern virginia south
erly winds; warmer, fair on Sunday.
For western New York. western Pennsylvania, Ohio.
Indiana and kentucky warmer, fair southeriy windA