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THE CHICIGO STRIKE
Excellent Prospects That the Carpenters
VIII Win the Day.

CHICAGO, April 19-Last evening all the
master carpenters Of KensinGton decided to
Join the new bosses association. This makes
Il strong accession to the number OF employers
who arc anxious to treat with tho strikers, and
gives the new association strength enough to
mako the settlement OF theIstrike very
probable.
The situation now is Iust this" said one OF
the strikers Conference Committee. III we
are sati fed that tie new boss association can
employ 5000 men. as they say they can we
will lot the men 20 TO work for them on Mon
day. Al the same time tho journeymen will
return tu Il number of large Jobs whero the
builders are private porson6 who arc willing 10
grant our terms. but under no condition Will
member OF tho Old Carpenters and Buildors'
Association until they are ready to recognize
the union. BY this means work can be g.
sumed on n large part OF the unfinished Jobs
now idle, and nearly all our mon will have em-
pOyment'
alton will not he aolc to get any men to work
tho union. and as q consequence the new boss
es association viii practically have monopoly
of new contracts and urgent work.
The clerks and other employees OF the
Unitcd Statrs ENpress Company In this city
in number about 400. whose wages will be re.
ducel ON May In Hccordance with the re-
cent decision Of the company. strenuously OBJ
morrow 70 talk over their grievances, They
say that the reduction is not warrauted. and
talk about resigning In q body, believing that
the company cannot I'll their places-
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MIR. M,INTTRE MISSING.
He HASN'T Beeu Heard from for More
Than n Week.

Alexander Mcintyre, for twenty-five years
cashier and bookkeeper for the dry goods firm
Of John NJ. Conway 4 Co.. ll3 Worth street dis
appeared a week ago last night. Yesterday
afternoon his wife reported tho fact to Inspec-
tor Byrnes and a general alarm was sent out
Mcintyre left his Office at 5:3O o'clock on that
afternoon in company with friend named
Carhart. Together they went 10 Fulton Mar
ket, whore Carhart made some purchases. Tho
two then went down Fulton street, stopping at
the Fulton Feny Hotel for n drink. They
crossed the river, and ut the Brooklyn side
separated. each ostensihly to 20 home.
Mclntyie lives at 34S Lafayette avenue. His
wife became anxious at his non-arpearance
that night. and went to the house OF his friend.
Carhart Carha,t Immediately crossed the
ferry, and made inquiries ut tho Fulton Ferry
Hotel. whore they bad stopped Tue man at
the cigar stand said he had seen Mcintyre pass
up Fulton street toward Broadway about 8
O'Clock. That is the last that WAS seen OF him.
About four weeks ago Mr. Mcintyre recov-
cred from II severe attack OF pneumonia. His
wife believes his Illness has affected his mind.
The missing man is 4s years old, 8 feet IN
inches in height. with a light complexion,
brown hair. and moustache IN iXed with gray.
He has deep-set blue eyes and a very promi-
nent forehead. Ho was dressed In dark over
cont, brown cardigan Jacket. black vest. dark
striped trousers and black derby hat
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DID he sHoor At THE G1RLss
A CrRnk who Fires Bullets Through From
Windows In EIi1abethport

Misses Maud and Irene Wcbber OF 2lS
Franklin street, Elizabethport were sitting at
window In the parlor OF their residence on
Wednesday night when bullet crashed
through the glass. shatterinR It. and lodged in
one OF the folding doors separating the parlor
from the dining room. Pieces OF the glass
lodged in tho hair OF Miss Irene Webber and
fell on her dress. One fragment also struck
her mouth.
Both girls were much frightened and ran
from the room. Miss Maud In her excitement.
pushing her arm through pane Of stained
glass in the door. She opened the front door
and saw man running away lie was the
same person, she thinks that earlier in tho
evening was lettering about the vicinity and
who spent some time walking up and down
opposite the house. He il described as being
tall and wearing n black overcont and Derby.
lie had black moustache.
On the following evening shot was sent
through tho second story window Of the Rev.
Lewis II. Dunn, the pastor OF tho Methodist
Church, who lives next door to tho Webbers.
Miss Lottie Dunn, the minister's daughter.
was In tho room at the time, and she barely
escared being hit. The minister thinks the
who infest an old rookery In Marshall street.
, Miss Maud Weber, however, Is positive that
the Hiring was done by the same person who
shot at their house. and who. she AYERS was
standing ehind u tree on the street on Thurs
day night when she and her sister were re-
turning home from shopping expedition.
Detective McGrail hns boen woklnR on the
case, but so far he has been unable to discover
the identity OF the mysterious marksman. who
is supposed TO be a crank.
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FREDERICK HENDERSON ARRESTED.
Coal Dealer Weinberg Snya He Swiudlcd
Him With IL Worthlesa Check.

Frederick Henderson, who says he is a
broker In Wall street, WAS before Justice Tighe
in Brooklyn yesterday on charge OF swlnd-
ling The complainant is Andrew 2. Wern-
berg. n coal dealer Of 81 Court street, Brook
lyn, who says Henderson passed n worthless
check for $50 on him in October last. LENDER
son pleaded not guilty. and was remcnded to
Henderson first made Wern6ergs acquain-
tanco about two years ago. He said he came
from California aS the representative OF Snaky
Baldwin. and that his mission was to establish
q high toned race track somewhere on Long
Island. He took several we'll known sporting
men over to Astoria and showed them a place
he had picked out for a track.
WernberE met Henderson at the Sheepshead
BnY track. and was very much impressed. not
only with his apparent wealth, but his extern
sivo acquaintance with men of wealth. When
Henderson visited him in his Office. and ae ked
him 10 cash his check for $50. Mr.. WernberG
did not hesitate for Il moment, and even when
he learned that tho check was worthless he
gave him, money on other checks that were
equally valueless. In all he says he lost about
$500 through his swell acquaintance.
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The Weather.

An area Of high pressure with colder. clear
weather dominated tho country east Of the Mississippi
River yesterday. To the west ~ that river 1t was
cloudy. with the trough OF low pressure In The Rocky
Mountains developing into n wel-de:ned storm that
will probably travel eastward to-day and rain In
most OF the states ofthe Mississippi aud Missouri valleys
The temperature dropped below tho freezing point in
the Iako regions ard IN tho New EU2End and Middle
Atlantic States The coldesi place was Horlhtd, VI.
22o In tho southern central and Aorhwestefn States
1t was decidedly warmer steep temperature gradient
In the Dak0tSs caused high winds III both States In this
city II WAS % below freezing.
The fair dry weather IN This city has been c0ntinu
Gus since the .'ih inst, save for lis' shower tho
lYth aud II the longest dry spell wo have had since last
summer. when from Aug - 10 sent . inclusive tho
weather was dry and Tho highest Government
t.mperaturs yesterday his city Was JO', and the
lowest .I. average humidity % per cent, wind fresh
northwest
To-Day promises 20 10 fair aud warmer. Monday fair.
followed Uy RAIN warmer.
.r." thermometer at rerrys pharmacy in THE suA
ruling recorded tno temperature yestsrIHy AZ fol-
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srlRKs FROM THE TELEGRAPA

James RuTnS alias Buffalo Casey. tho burglar who
escaped from the jail 10 schenectady the night OF
March H. has been capture In Chicago
Tho ilatI AnniyeTsAry Of tho hattie OF Lexington
Mas yesterday. hAiutes were nTsd bells ruuE and
IsEts House
The United States Senate passed yesterday tho hii
authorizing tho purchase OF site for building tor tho
accommodation or the supreme Court OF tho United
states uhs square Directly east OF the CAptVD tho
estimated coBe Of SSJO,UO
Delegates from tho District Of Columbia Prnrsy!-
wanna and New York state societies OF Of the Rev
oluton met IN Washington estefdAy and organized
general society OF to sons OF to kevo.utio orcsIs
Lee Carroll OF Maryland: General Vice President Major
Vim Wayne Of PoHnSYlVADia; General Secretary. James
Mortimer MontKom cry OF New York Assistant General
Secretary, Tlmothy a1tloek chse,mHn Of NeE York
IsnnSy yAniAi General apAip. the Rev Or. DARisI
COR0y Weston OI New York.
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MRS. GUION SUES HER LAWrER.
She Gave Him $50 ms a Retaining Fee
She Thinks He Didn't Earn 1t.

Isaac S. Foster lawyer Of this city, was
summoned to appear before Justice Bartlett in
Brooklyn yesterday to show canso why he
should not return $50 to Emily Guon. In an
affidavit Foster declared that Mrs. Guion re-
tanned him to defend man named y hitc VINO
was locked up in Raymond street Jai on u civil
process brought against him by Carrie y.
rival OF Miss Abraham for Whites hand, and
she was anxious to have him reIea-ed from
Jail He asked 500 aS nletHiner but Mrs.
Guon could not raise tho money. and no
agreed to tGko 500. lie asserted that he mad
worked for tina fee. and spent three hours OF
last teristmaS on the case.
The Court allowed him until "Wednesday 10
submit aiildayts and gave 20 samoIrl"ieGe
to MIS-. Guiou's new counse., Mr.. NewAAI
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show that 1t has only given way as result OF

show that It has only given way as result OF
the utmost violence.
"We begin to ask ourselves II charge Of
dynamite had been put In the cylindor and ex-
ploded would II have wrought more havoc?"
Concerning the cause OF the accident, Dun
nell SAYS: 1T is now plain that tho brass
lining OF tho propeller shaft split and gradu-
nlly ground down and with the filings from tho
brass wore out the liGnum vitW brush. thus
letting the shaft down on to tho bracket. and
woro IL so much that when weight came on It
It was unable to sustain the strain" lie
sums up:
1t ia impossible to see what has taken place
in the starboard engine room of the City OF
Paris and not conclude that she Is an enor-
mously strong and safe ship. Nothing so bad
ever occurred In an engine room before. 1t is
impossIble indeed to imagine that anything
worse can ever take place. Yet the skins Of
the ship were uninjured. Not q single rivet
has been started in the hull. Not life was
lost. No one was hurt save on) engineer slight
ly scalded. The ship hos borne a test OF alb
solutely unexampled severity. and she has
come through tho trial TO perfection"
Charles Emory Smith, our new Minister to
st. petorsburg Is still in London enjoying him
self Tonight he is the guest OF Harold Fred
eric ut the Savage Club. He will leave enrly
in tho week for Antwerp. and will go thence TO
st. Petersburg by way OF Paris.
Mrs. Burnott's play. Nixio." with little Luck
Webbing in the leading parts has been slated"
This play. and Mrs. Berangers version OF
Tho Prince and the Pauper.' with Vera
Beranger in the chief role. has brought about
an outcry against the nursery drama. The
Times says that Mike" is the worst concelva-
BILE specimen OF play ever written for the en-
ploitation Of child actress, and calls 1t "a far
rago OF pernicious sentimentaity." The other
newspapers are not much kinder.
The Prince and the Pauper" has received a
trifle better treatment, and tho little girls in
each play are lavishly praised in spite Of tho
fact that tho critics unanimously condemned
the plays.
"A Villager Priest" at the Haymarket, is
having q great run. l met Charles Overton,
who receives 70 per cent OF the gross proceeds
for his share in tho play this morning and he
showed mo q check for G12S rs his return for
tho present week. which makes tho receipts
E1 2SO He told me that his share last week
was f119.
The friends OF Mrs. Harry T. Sergeant, who
has been left destitute by her husband, who is
now managing Lady Jodroll Churchils tour
in America. are considering the project OF
q benefit for her at one OF the London theatres.
Mrs. Sergeant is entirely destitute. and has
two children dependent upon her for support.
The four year old Pioneer has been installed
n warm favorte for the City and Suburban
race, which will be run on Wednesday next.
Three to Is the quotation against MIN. Ten
to is offered against Vasistas. 100 TO against
Swift. 100 TO against Royal Star and kaikoura,
and Is to against Workington.
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A FRENCH FAIR.
Raising Funds for the support o fthe French
Benevolent Hospital

The tr-color of France and the Stars and
Stripes adorned the walls OF the old Seventy
first Regiment Armory last night. and beneath
them. in the booths scores OF pretty girls were
selling trink cts to the hundreds who came to
patronize the fair in aid OF the French Benev-
Miss Saiio Hargous, Mrs. John Alexandra.
and Mrs. 4. II: LnIaco presided over the Bel
gian booth. At the st: Vincent de Paul booth
there were Nine. Ch. Montaut. Nine. Z. La
Montague. Mile. La Fargo. aud Nine. August
Montaut At the floral pavilion Nine Ch. Du
Niyier presided. with Mile. Cottenet. Miles. T.
Coudert and G. Coudert.
Some beautiful articles are for SALE among
them a diamond brooch. any number of oil
ware.
Mrs. Paul l.. Thebaud, assisted hv Mrs. T. T.
Ralli. Mrs. Frederick Nelson. Mrs Paul Gill
bort Thebaud. Miss Amy -Schermerhorn. and
Miss Havemeyer. sold candies from u booth in
the central room, where also large, orchestra
will play every, day and evening till April 20.
when tho fair closes.
The sun., 1890-04-20

He Says He Has Killed Twenty.one Person,
and Committed MANY Robberies.


nnd Conmitted MANY Robberies.
BIRMINGHANI, Ala. April l9--To-day the
written confession Of the murdered Ben Elsey.
who was hanged yesterday, was given to the
public, and il it is all true, rs he swore 1t was,
his career OF crime was probably never sur
passed. Elsey was born near Dalton Ga, and
at tho age of IA killed another boy over game
OF cards. For this crimr 10 WAS sentenced to
tho penitentiary for tive years. but was par
doued after servin H. nunths Soon after
his release from prison hs began q career Of
crimo which continued for ten years. First he
became n thief ana gambler. and at the age Of
1G committed his second murder over game
OF cards. Soon after that he Joined an oath
bound organized band of robbers and murder
ers. who had headquarters in Chattanooga.
Tenn, and operated in tho principal southern
cities. white man was captain and leader OF
the band.
They robbed stores and residences and COM
mitted highway robbery Whenever opportunity
offered. Tho leader OF the gang had an inven-
ton for blowing open safes. which is described
by Elsey as follows:
Ills usual way OF using It is to put in box
about the size OF q cigar box, light it. then
wrap it uD so rs 10 look like q bundle. 1t
burns very slowly. and emits no smoke and
usually takes from tour TO six nours TO eX
plode. making very slight noise, About dark
f. he m sae Il 10 xhen IL
get il. Some time after Midnight he goes back
and unlocks tho door we always have keys
that will fit any lock and takes the money out
of the safe. lie would never let me know how
he made the machine. He also had n way OF
blowing them open when he found them
At Fulton. Ga, In 1885, Elsey and other mem
oeIs Of the gang murdered merchant and
robbed and murdered three white mon in Chat
tanDogo and threw their bodies into tho Ten
nessee River. Tho same year the murdered
mitted four highway IObberies in Knoxville.
Tenn. securi ne several thousand dollars At
Pinson, Ga, in the latter part of 1856 Elsey
grandmother, Rosa McC4rner. negro woman,
an ne@ Sf bS @ Ii. snnsa Hn d the whe
In ! 1887 I i Eisoy D assisted in tho murder of n
white man and woman in Mobile. Ala In 1883
Ga. by splitting her head open with an axe.
Mrs. HarRroye had $500 IN u trunk. which he
secured tsn md then ne % came ne to Aliaoama: Hts
known peddlcr and the Meadows murder for
which ho was hanged. Elsey's confession con-
II viii have 10 bring this to close. qs ! can
not spare any moro time on il. While have
mentioned only, a, few of tho many crimes
sIe5 +, EoS Hnd a, ffSt ever N.an since was
robber ever since i was i years old. can re.
member all the crimes I have committed. |
followed my crowd most OF the time for five
years. have been implicated in tho killing OF
twcnty-one people. eighteen men aud tlree
women. Nineteen were Thl,e and two colored.
bd nave no id"a GI Wa1t hoyo Maye stolen nor Of
In. nor Of how many safes | have helped 10
bnMaS BLOW SSpen, nor 81 how Isd many % PEOPLE have
Atlanta. / was married. 10 another woman
here two months before WAS arrested"
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Sorrow pSrvadcs the home OF Maior-Gen
oliver sumner TeRlL Leo the great maStin who made
Gen. Teal famous 10 dead Leo has been tho hero OF
many Republican para iH ana was Tho striking feA-
tnre IN the great oi business for Harrison
aud Morton IN the Presidential campaign: but a lew
days ago he succumbed 10 ganRrene, Resulting from
scrap wlth low.down bull pup The pup fastened on
10 leOs rear on paw, and only resigned his hUli
desperate pummo,ing with shovel Gen. Tsal Is
around with Grape on his hat
The sun., 1890-04-20

A. NJ. 90 2:3O GO Gouverneur street. Julius
Brans's barber shop and NichoiAS bees apartments
totai damage 500 IS, ld+ Stanton street. chimney
no damage.
NJ 80 I.7l2 washn 'on avenue Alexander Nes
bits apartments damAge s. b. +h2 East la~th street.
james y Duny ofrce damage SOoi ] 10 ls3 Thomp-
son street DAMAGE SlUU; 10, 2uO East Thrty.htln
street. no damage.
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To Alter tho Plans for tho Brooklyn Fed
eraI building.

WAsHINGToN. April 19-The law authorizing
the erection OF Federal building In Brooklyn requires
open space OF forty feet be tho sides
OF the building ON the south east and sides there
are wide FrsetS ON the north is an a,leyWay forty
and Grounds to day reported a bill amending the law
IL Affects tho north side tho object being
part OF this .de 70 facilitate the handing Of mails Tho
ioOr space OF tho building will be 900 feet aud by
tending tho rst Moor over the allsyway an additional
space ~ 900 feet will be Obtained and roadway
under this floor will be used by the mail WAEouG
Young a. SmyIIs'S "Aene" LIcOrICe Pellets
Beneficial and healing in throat troubles Druggists
AdB.
The sun., 1890-04-20

GREENWICH. Conn. Aprl II. 9.-JoSeph +, Sher-
wood, u farmer who lives near GenNiIe, has been
using dynamite to blast rocks hack OF his house
He put carridze in the oven of tho Kitchen stove At
evening intending to use i 10 day. " EXPLODED blow
ing out a. tho windows ant doors OF Ne hon'e and
wreckinR tho furniture sherwopd ms wife their son
Theodore and their little daughter were III the room at
tho timo Al except Mrs Sherwood were badly lured
one ~ SherwOods legs 30 badly mAnKlel that IL
lLnAi 10 La am uicN
The sun., 1890-04-20

A deputatlon OF musicians mainly from
Brooklyn, will go to Washington soon to protest against
the practice OF allowing United states military bands &c
play At concerts Tor hire The objection is esperla ly
directed to the military bands stationed Vt Fort amil
ton and Governors Island
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Twenty.nve Wells suddenly 90 Dry

PITTsToN. April 10. People in tho vicinity OF
Curry IIill are alarmed over the sudden and stimuli
tAneous failure Of twenty hve wells OF water which
had been relied upon supply the entire neiRhbor.
hood Tho wells were in excellent condition last We'd
pesday. aud tho water in them twenty feet cen
In they night they became dry and have continued 50
The sun., 1890-04-20
TIE NEW FERRY DIRECTORS


Officers to be Elected To-morrow-I1OllinS
to Succeed Strnnahan.
The new officers OF the Union Ferry Com
pany will be elected Tomorrow. and II is In
tmnted that the now Board Of Control will re-
duco tho dividends from to per cont. Mr..
L. u. Hollins, who is to 10 President under tho
new management. expects to have by to NOR
row the resignation of Walter y. Dcrrnuw Sr.
and Walter y. Degrauw Jr The father has
Ills friends belioye he will r.fmso 10 re-. i'm
and hold on till tho election next November.
According to the Indications the new direc-
\. Knapp. Alexander L. Orr. Il. Eldridge. c.
Zabninski; g. White; Felix GI,amphell. W, 4.
Iiavemeyer, Richard n. Young. II. L Pierre
pont. and w. A. Wall.
The sun., 1890-04-20

Tho Brooklyn rlasterers have reached an
agreement with tho employers for III" year beginning
MAY Heretofore they have worked nine hours daily
for 81 but under the new arrangement the day work
will consist Of eight hours with The same pay
The sun., 1890-04-20
Fast Tralns to WnshInrton.

A complete schedule Of fast trains to baltimore and
washington Is operated by the Jersey Central Reading
and b. and o. Al trains run through, and are euuippOd
with Pullman pAror and sleeping cara fuuctuIl
service stations foot Of Liberty sL-Adr
The sun., 1890-04-20

BertOA "see."
euArtA Ssoi riniA Sas Hst-AdR
The sun., 1890-04-20
A Discriminating PobIIe

GIVE John Andsr'0HS SOAOs the stamp Of ADDr0vAL-r
The sun., 1890-04-20

Il. a. w. "Tha MIngO Collar" Il. T. W.
our trade mark on your collars or cuns denotes per
feet form also superiority OF quality and nnIh-AdV
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08
QUEER COINCIDENCE,

Husband, Wife and Six Children All Claim
One Birthday.
In Berks County, Pennsylvania, at the
little village of Shillington, lives Sam
uel Shilling, living fulfllment of a re-
markable coincidence. He first saw the
light of day on the twenty-second day of
February, 1919, seventy years ago last
Washington's birthday. Beginning with
the date of his birth it seems that the
father of his country has kept a watch
full eye on Samuel Shilling every day
for the past seventy years.
Shilling was married on the twenty
second day of February to woman,
who, like himself, was born on that day.
Their first child-a boy-was born on
Washington's birthday, exactly one year
to day after their marriage, and two
years afterwards, on the same date,
twins, boy and a girl, were added to
the Washington-blessed household.
Five years rolled around when, on the
fifth anniversary of their wedding, an
other infant, a little girl, was added to
their blessings. The fifth and sixth
child, another pair of twins, came
around on schedule time two years
later, exactly, and upon the seventh
anniversary of the welded life begun
on the natal day of our first President.
Mr.. Shilling is very proud of the lucky
coincidence that has connected his name
and that of his family so inseparably
with that of the immortal George Wash
ington.
Many remarkable stories have been
related in this department, but it is
doubtful if there is another case on
record where father, his wife and six
children all claim one birthday, and
that, too, one of the most historical in
the whole calendar.-St Louis Re-
public.