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He Followed Them From Russia to This
Country, and May Recover tho Money.

MER1DEN. May 9O.-A curious plot came 20
light In this city to-day. In little village IN
Russia some three or four months ago there
lived O poor family named Meaks, consisting
Of the father, daughter, and two sons. Tho
daughter was handsome young woman and
had many admirers. In this same village
lived q rich man named Lapeu. who had O son
who was infatuated with the Door mans
daughter. and wanted to marry her. The
girls father would not consent to the match
unless the young man paid him certain sum
Of money. Young Lapeu then stole $500
from his wealthy father. and gave It to
Meaks as the price Of his daughter. Tho
youth wanted an early wedding. and this was
ny packed Up thetT, goods and came s to this
tanned from Lapeu was used to purchase a
house Mapsu came to this country in search i!
Weeks ago lie fonnd Where i his sW Sss
was Lying and called on her. She soon con-
vineeS him that dd she was not glad to see him.
Lapeu then demanded his money back, but
when i was not fGrthc S69 he attached tho
Plains Junction, It. for some time. and he
with Lspeu. and tried to get him to withdraw
had bother take the girl and call 1t slnare: TO
LnlS Lbpou cOnb6nlou, WilDuF6W the suit, inc
brother telling him he would arrange the mar
riaRe shortly. He persuaded Lapeu to 20 with
him to White Plains Junction. saying he would
set him up in business. He agreed 10 give him
some goods to sell on commission. When the
two got to White Plains Iieaks gave the
young man a lot OF goods and compelled
agreed to return tho goods In a certain
time or pay for them: Then he loft tapeu IN
aesoa Ib place zee IN af ba 'onGG ne hSa
tramped back to this city. however. and made
another demand for tho girl or his money. Tho
he arrived last night and had Iapeu arrested
for embezzlement. This morning a number
OF Hebrews who had taken an interest
in Lepeus cage sent to Now Haven for Attor.
ney J. p. Goodhart. to come up and sec what hQ
could do for the young man. MIR. Goodhart had
an Interview with Attorney James J. Plat Of
this city. The latter Incurred into the facts q
the case. and. becoming convinced that Lapeu's
Attorney Goodhart will take steps 10 recover
the $4,000.
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FIRST BRIGADE TO ARMsI
Van Cortlandt Park Hill Must BE 9tormod
and Defended this Morning.

and Defended this Morning.
This will be a notable day In the history OF
the National Guard OF the State. battle viii
be fought between a force consisting OF three
regiments and battery Of four Gatlings post
ed In one OF the strongest natural positions In
this neiRhborhood. and an attacking force OF
four regiments, a battery OF three-inch rifles.
and detachment OF cavalry The strength Of
the position will be recognized by those famil-
lar with such matters when 1t is known that 1t
is to be the hill in Van Cortlandt Park. lust
west OF the northerly end OF the lake. 1t
Is hill that rises 140 feet above the
surface OF the water OF the lake, 1t lis well COW
cred with heavy growth Of timber to protect
the troops. 1t has rocky. and In some places
precipitous sides. and. what is OF equal impor-
lance, 1t can be approached on the side on
which the attack is to be made only by cross
ing two bridges now standing over arms
OF the lake. and causeway across morass
that must be made under fire by the attacking
force. We're the fight to be real. instead OF in
the nature OF drill. the waters OF the lake
and the swamp would be red long before noon.
The defenders OF this hill will be the Eighth.
the Ninth. and the Seventy-lrst Regiments:
the enemy the Seventh. the Sixty; ninth, the
Twenty second, and the Twelfth. From three
points the attacking force Will march on the
hill: they will engage and drive In the out
posts. and finally arrive as nearly at once as
possible at the deadly crossings, which II one
may Judge OF the character OF the regiments
leading in the battle, will be caEEied at the point
OF the bayonet with yell. This done there
will be such a charge through brush and up
over rocks to the crest Of the hill as was never
seen in this part OF tho land since the days
when the contnentals and the redcoats were
charging on each other in the fight for Ameri-
can liberty.
The forces will reach the scene of the battle
by 30 o'clock in the morning. and those who
would see q semblance OF battle fought with
we'll to get not later than that honr on the top
of the bills to the east Of the lake. where they
will be out of the way.
work OF the signal corps while the fight is on.
and still another will be q grand parade on the
new parade ground in the afternoon when the
fight Is over.
The wise will carry drinking water and a
lunch with them. for such things are not to be
had on the ground.
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COMMISSIONER BoorHrucKER down the gang
plank, and he bowed his acknowledgements.
They escorted him across the North River on
American Armys headquarters In Reade
street. He comes here to help to get recruits
for the American branch OF the service
fox de Latour Tucker He looks like typical
blond EnGlishman, but he was born IL Mon
Henry St. George Tucker, was director OF the
East India Company. He was IN the India civil
service. When on o leave Of absence In Eng
signed from the service. He has spent nearly
eight years as a Salvationist in India He is
the first Protestant missionary. the H9r GTv
says who adopted native dress and food. He
and his officers walked through the streets OF
Bombay barefoot Just like the natives-
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RAID ON CANADIAN ROADS.
An Omcer OF tho Canadian PaoInc Says HE
Road has No Fear oft.


MONTREAL, May 80. - Tho despatch from
Washington to-day stating that the Pennsyl-
vania. Vanderbilt, Union Pacific, Southern Pa
cihc, and other American railroads were
uniting in an attack on Canadian roads in con-
sequence OF Senator Culloms resolution draw
ing attention to the inroads OF Canadian rail
ways, especially the Canadian Pacific.
upon American freight traffic from Western
points to Atlantic ports was shown to a
Canadian Pacific official this afternoon. He
said that the Canadian Pacific had no fear OF a
combination Of American roads against 1t, as
its road Is associated with all the roads Of the
United States in transcontinental trade
through the Transcontnental Association.
The facts In connection with this association
are those:
All the railways in the association, recognize
ing the fact that the Canadian Pacific was not
on q footing to compete with them, on even
as 1t had no rail connections with Pacific ports
in the United States. allowed the company
diffor0ntial transoonttnental rate, handicap,
as It were. In favor OF the Canadian roads.
Canadian Pacific agents at San Francisco are
allowed. by an agreement between the roads.
lower rate than any OF the American roads.
This dltferential freight rate just enables the
Canadian road to compete on equal terms with
the American roads, and 1t has boon receiving
q good share OF American tranRcontinental
freight.
dian Pacific will be In direct contravention OF
the agreement entered into between the differ
ent roads with the ultimate consequence in
plain view.
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Laying the Corner Stone of Monument In
Troy.

Troy. May 9o.-The laying OF the corner
stone OF the Rensselaer, county soldiers and
sailors monupent WAS feature OF the obsery-
ance OF Memorial Day in this city. In Oak
wood the graves OF Gen. John L. Wood. Gen.
George II. Thomas, Gen. William b. Tibbetts.
Col. G. Il. Willard. Col. John McConipe. and
Their distinguished soldiers received special
attention. The parade at II O'Clock was wit
messed by thousands OF citizens Gen. Joseph
b. Carr, OK Secretary OF State. was Grand Mar
shall. At Washington square, the site OF the
monument grand stand was erected to hold
1000 persons. on tho platform were 100 school
children who sang PATRIOTIC songs. The corner
stone was laid bY Col. {. l. Macarthur. Presi-
dent OF the Monument Assocation' who made
the dedcatory address. Tho kov Peter Hav-
ermans tho oldest Catholic priest in the SER
vice In the United States and who kept the
Stars and Stripes ilying from the steeple OF ST
Mary's Church in this city az during the war,
made az address,, AZ Y GRAFTON was delivered
State street Methodist Church At 2:15 T. NJ,
the Grand Army veterans paraded to lakewood
Cemetery. where appropriate services were
held at the soldiers plot.
Tho monument will cost $4,000. or this
amount s25,0OO was appropriated by the COun-
ty. and the balance has been raised by sub
scrlptions. The full amount has been sub
scrlLed. 1t will be ninety feet high. The base
will DO Of granite, with bas reliefs on the sides
representing war scenes. The column. forty
seven feet high. will be surmOuntsd by a
bronze figure representing The Call TO Arms +"
This will be thirteen feet high.
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IN FAVOR OF THE CITY
Referee CIeveInnd's Decision iu the Lang.
don Wharfage EuIta

don Wharfage Suits.
Grover Cleveland. tho referee appointed by
tho supreme Court last December TO deter
mine the questions OF yalue!in the eight cas- es OF
Langdon against the Mayor. has announced
his decision, In which he Hnds in favor Of the
city Tho plaintiffs sued to recover compensa-
ton for the destruction Of their wharf rights.
which had been eNtinguished when the city
built the new bulk heads and piers on the North
River in pursuance OF tho act OF 1871. and
claimed that such compensation should be at
the rate OF at least $1,000 per running foot
Altogether the plaintiffs were interested In 1875
feet Of water front and their total claim. with
interest since 1877. came to nearly $500 600
Mr.. Cleveland has adopted the position taken by
the defendants counsel that the value of tho
PLAINTIFF rights is only 500 per running foot
which will result In 9 judgment against the
city aggregatinc IN all the cases probably less
than S76OO0 This sum the city has always
been willing to pay. Thomas +, Wckes. upon
his resignation rs Assistant Corporation Coun.
eel, was retained as special counsel for tho city
in those cases on account Of his intimate
knowledge OF them, and was assisted by Henry
Il. Twombly OF the Law Department. Corpora
ton Counsel CLARK thinks that tho decision
will not only finally dispose Of the LanGdon
cases. which have now been pending thirteen
years and more but will enable him to secure
a comprehensive and final determination OF
several other litiGaiions affecting tue city's
water front.
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Tho TAFrytOwn Soldiers Monument I'm.
yelled.

TARRYTowN. May 8O.-The soldiers monu-
ment erected in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at
this place was unveiled this afternoon in tho
presence Of several thousand persons About
500 veterans from the different villages along
the Hudson, together with the different fire.
men organizations Of Tsrrytowh and North
exercises Were under the direction OF Ward ID
Burnett Post' S98. commanded by q. It. Car
Eev. deorSe Z stTobTidgs Of New st York DE ds
llvered the Grafton.
The monument, which was'desigued by John-
SON VI. MuEdy a blind man Of Yarrytown, is CT
rome. and represents n soldier standing at
ease. Tho corner stone OF the monument WAS
dedicated on July 4, 1857, ana the shaft was
high. The statue cost about $4,000.
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CLAIMED BY ANOTHER WOMAN
MIR. Williams of New York Who Last
Week Married a south Carolina Girl.

'ou y ''OUN" C"EOIIH~ WIFI
COLUMBIA. S. c., May 30.-Glenn Spring Is a
watering place and summer resort, twelve
miles from the city OF Spartanburg. Last year
MIR. Williams of Now York city visited the
Springs. lie was reported to be wealthy and
lived up to his reputation. He became en-
gagged to Miss Florence Smith. an estimabe
young lady and amember Of ono Of the very
best families OF Spartanburg, Miss Smith was
turned 10 New York ior the winter. but n
nonth ago he appeared at Glenn
Spring ana asst week was married TO
MISS smith; Yesterday n handsome woman
with an infant In her arms arrived ut the
springs ana In the presence of Mr.. Williams
serted vile Of Mr.. Williams. 4 stormy inter
view followed, and the young bride was almost
prostrated Mr.. Williams denies all knowledge
OF the woman. and being unable to furnish
PROOF OF her marriage, she returned with her
child TO SpartanDurR this morning.
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Emil Gsschke Missing.

Emil Goschke, an insurance collector who resides IN
Main street Belleyle. j., has been missing since
lat Monday aud his young wife is nearly distracted
over his strange absence. Some time ago GeschEo re
questei the company by which DO is employed to
examine his accounts a. no believed that he wAA
ssyerSl dollars over Az Inspector. however, found
that he was between ten and nfteen dollars short.
This worried him greatly and to several friends he
spoke exeitedly about the matter niS believed that
he has wandered away while under strong mental
excitement He il about "a years old, nearly six
feet tall, smooth EhAVeh and OF fair compile EiUn -
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oARF1ELD's MONUMENT,

tho most imposing ever seen In Cleveland. The
decorations along tho line OF march and all
over the city were the finest ever seen here
The procession started at o'clock In the
afternoon. Gen. James Barnett was the Chief
Marshal. There were twelve divisions as fol-
lows:
Ftrst-The Society Of tho Forty:second Regiment O.
handing; nineteen posts and batts!ons of the Grand
4rmy or me Republic; eleven commands Of the Union
- "
seeond-Fifth Regiment o. n. G.; Pugh Cadets
Regiment West Virginia n O.; washington Infantry,
Pittseurah; Sheridan Sabres Pittsburgh; Hibernian
9on Mich; battling Gun battery Cleveland: Brooks
battalion. Cleveland; Cleveland Grays; battery A,
s st pnio IiRht Infantry; Gov Campbell OF OHIO and
Third-Frst Cleveland Troop cavalry, detachment Of
Presdent and Vice President members Of the Cabinet
Gen schoneld Of the army. Senators and Representa-.
vss ~ C9nGreM tho orator of the day. and other dis
roppsEsn,bg TemPn5s thirteen communicate,
bus CIevnIesnd d ana FtSonrHh DeiE3it Coinm
Win thS officers of the Grand Encampment and Of
'T Rn Cqmmandery Of ohio with their personal stalls
GadeH regiments, and divisions
sixth-uniiormed Rank odd Fellows Six Cantons.
Knights of St Mathew and uniformed letter carriers
hlHhth-G German Warriors Association, First Prussen
NSIein and out Of town associations.
Ninth-Ftrst bohemian Church societies.
ITShth.SeVen hungarian civic societies
EleNohth Fourteen mis- elHnoous civic societieA
TWelfth-CitiZens on foot aud In carriages
vast concourse OF people had preceded the
procession to the cemetery and when the ex-
ercises began there were thousands congre-
gated about the great stand that had been
erected: and on which were seated the distin-
&uiyhed guests. Among the latter were MIS-.
OArnolo' WIDOW OF the President and her four
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ThouGht Rats were SwarmInE About Her
and Plunged n Kni'e Into Her BODY.

ThouEht Rats were swarmInE About Her
and Plunged n Kni'e Into Her BODY.
Sophia Shutz. a German girl who has been
living at 100 West l05th street with man who
is varlously known as William Brown or VIII
liam Higgins. plunged q knife into her abdo-
men yesterday, and is now lying In precari-
Gus condition In the Manhattan Hospital.
Just who Brown or Higgins is no one seems
to know. He gave the former name when he
moved into tho houso In Tooth street. but his
letters came addressed to him as HigGine. He
and Sophia occupied apartments In the rear OF
the second fiat. Mrs Hickox has rooms also
on the same floor.
1t appears that few days ago Mrs Hickox
missed a diamond necklace and reported Its
loss to the police, and also whispered q sus.
plcion that Sophia Brown could tell where II
had gone Yesterday morninR Sophia returned
found it." she explained. Lying in my
also about the possibility that children might
The neSEisce Incident seemed to worry her.
and she bTewed herself bowl OF Jamaica
the afternoon Charles White the Ianitor.
thsm.n ' RfSsttsUao1't you see thS%2" N-'N' VI
=, He ran to the West Tooth street police sta
tSn Capt gSrs9SGq fn e
70 tell the policeman,s name, but his number
is 500. Janitor White says that the police
man took q look at Sophia who was compare
lively quiet at the time, and. turning about,
said she was all right
A few minutes after the policeman left the
occupants Of the house heard Sophia crying
out again:
"T6ere I've killed him I've killed himp'
At tho same time they, heard her fall, and
on the floor In pool OF blood, with big carv-
ing knife by her side.
"Ono OF them ran up my Clothes" she ex-
planned family, and i stabbed it,.
She had driven the knife clear to the hilt into
her abdomen, Just above the groin. She was
taken to the Manhattan Hospital. where it was
said her chances OF recovery were very slight
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Henry switheE who Kept saloon In j Id street.
East Orange y. j., was found dead on Thursday
ing in brook which runs Us place. lie LEFT tho
saloon late in the afternoon, AMI IT is believed that
while crossing small unRuaTdcd hrIdgo h" WAS seized
with ApupleNy and fell into the deep cut over
the eye probably caused hv STRIKING HiaTn stone In
bobed q tue hrogE, was a." mark OF external in
Jury. when found he WAS lyiIg 'dcr down ward In tho
water County rl,ysician Wrlgl son THINKS HpoplsNy
was tho cause OF death kWitEcr was w yCars Old lie
leaves a wife and seysTal children.
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The steamship Holland Overdue.

The National line steamship Holland Is nine
teen. days out from London. She usually
makes the run In fifteen or sixteen days. and
it may be that she has run into some very
heavy weather or against the hotilla Of Ice
and has a crew oil about nifty men. She carries
cattle 10 England and brings general cargo
here. She was built In Newcastle twenty eight
years ago
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silken glory OF the
Army Of the East,
arrived at Hoboken
yesterday on the
steamship Norman
MIA. He found q
hundred Occidental
Salvationists. with a
sprinkling OF native
East Indians, gath
cred on the pier to
greet him. They
sang their war
songs asihe stepped
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MIR. DOWNIN6'S GIFT.
Brooklyn Working Girls Take Possession
OF Their Summer Home.

UI THcIT 5uWHoT HOMO.
Two hundred and fifty working girls Of
Brooklyn went to Locust Valley In special
train yesterday to participate in the ceremo nies
attending the taking possession OF the Feeks
farm at that place, which was presented to the
Brooklyn Association for Working Girls by At
torney benjamin W. Downing. The farm COM
prises about thirty acres. There Is O large
farmhouse on the place overlooking the Long
Island Sound.
The keys OF the building and the deed Of the
Haynes. President OF the Working Girls Asso-
citation. by Mr. Downing yesterday. Addresses
were made by Mr.. A. A. Alfred. Mr.. n. s. Rob-
inson. the Rev. Mr.. James, and Mrs. DR.. Shop
hard The place Is Intended as o summer
homo for the working girls OF Brooklyn.
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BosToS May 30 A cable despatch to The H>rdd gys1
the official dimensions OF the new c"utrebuard cutter
Verne. taken yes'crday TONNAGE rating 1852 tons.
losdwaisr hue length Sass feet, draught with raised
cehtte,oAtu ~ feet; beam, !" feet. cal area s9Sa
square n.ti hs esntre9oard dropS feet and the area
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THE STATUE IN THE RoruNDA.


SOM, James. Harry, Abram. and Irving and
nor daughter. Mrs. J. Stanley Brown. Ruther-
fora B Hayes. thePresident OF the Memorial
Assoclallon. presided. and alter America had
opening speech.
bishop Leonard prayed and OK ov. Jacob d.
COX aeliyeTed the grafton OF the day He said
1t - well that this memorial should 10 built
here. In the capital city of tho Western Re.
serve, on the eastern side. where the branch
S, r1auS teau to al the counties OF the old
mss pe 2e T Msssrn Twenty 5ds
apotheosis OF Western Reserve manhood, II
IL me enplem Of the heroic qualities developed
lie OF the West 1t typiles the courage Of man
ana OF woman. which planted new homes where
savages still roamed tho physical vigor OF body
nna hnp WhIch ielled the forest and subdued
thrift which, would tie content with nothing
short Of the highest civilization and the broad
est enlightenment; the soaring purpose and
every farmers boy to aim at the highest flights
In literature. In science. and in statesmanship
Standing In the presence OF the Garfield statue
many young soul, conscious Of kinshiV in
seli-dependence. In longing for cultivation, and
for noble career. and possibly also In capac-
ity and will, may form aspirations and pur-
poses as noble as this scnlptuIed form. and as
pure as the marble In which II is chiseled;
memorial, and to place this statue upon its
pedestal. to commemorate Garields virtues
and services. AntaRonisms are here forgot
ten Cynical SsrRinG t has no Place here The
patriotic were all 80 abundant in him that out
OF them the young o. coming generations may
construct IA ideal on which - mould thom-
imperieitiOhs incident TO human nature and
which every man must humbly acknowledge
his share In. may here no dropped from view.
and the model to be initiated is made up Of
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PATBsON, May 3n-After heng out about thirty
hours the Jury II the ~ Cornelius L. Petty late
keeper OF tho almS house discharged to night be
ing unable TO agree reported that they stood &c
Tor hcQhttA The charge for an Assault Annie
Bowen one Of the iRmGtSL new uiAl VIII probably
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A Sow Hnrr.lt.Rooth Enrnrement.

Lawrence Barrett arrived on the Lain yesterday The
ahuuiar swelling In his neck which he went abroad
w, 70 treated for has been much reduced that he
Vii ~ SUE TO return TO the stage In November no
VA 'I't into renewed engNGSmsnt with NJ, BGOth-
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CHIEF shLTATIoNIsT OF INDIA.

Commissioner Booth-Tucker Comes Over
in Fall Uniform.
Commissioner Booth Tucker, who has been
commander Of the Salvation Army in India for
the past eight years, attired In oil tie flowing
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-31
PIaywriEht Gillette Seriously III.

william Gillette, the actor and playwright, 10 lying
Hartford
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8idiug Srademies.
HIS MONEY AND BRIDE TOOK WINGS.


EQUESTRIAN OUTFITS; illustrated catalogues free.
Il WHITMAN SADDLE CO.. lls Chambers st
, 1890-04-25

On Sunday night DR.. j. NJ. Harrison
will II his series of interesting
lectures to men at the opera house. Few
men who have devoted a life to special
ties have gained such wide celebrity as
he. He has made a circuit of the earth,
and has addressed large audiences of men
wherever the English language is under
stood, He has for years been closely
identified with the hospitals OF Austria,
France and England. and is a thorough
master of his sub, cts. He will illustrate
his discoveries b. dissolving views, cspec-
tally prepared for him and taken from
actual cases under his treatment.