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KILLED BY HER BRo7HEH,s sHor.
Mios BuckIey's Wound Not discovered
Until the Day Alter It Wns inflicted.

Mice BuekIry's Wound Not Discovered
Until the Day After 1t Was Indicted.
Eighteen year old Margaret Buckley died at
O'Clock last night at 21fJay street. Brooklyn.
from a bullet wound in the left breast, which
she received on Wednesday evening. when
her brother James Buckley. 40 years old was
carelessly handling revolver. The shooting,
as the brother declares. and as Police Captain
Campbell believes. was accidental However.
the police received no notification OF the
tragedy until few hours before tho girls
death. although the revolver with which the
shooting was done belonged to Policeman
James More Of the Bergen street station.
Miss Buckley and her brother have lived to-
gether since the death of their parents about
four years ago. and were deeply attached to
each other. She was an excellent housekeeper
and their apartments on the first floor OF the
Jay street house were q model OF neatness,
Young Buckley was steady And was prosper
Fofcem nss More and his sister We're G close
vea W Viz ha since s9d hel Miss bro SsS
S Ss t sis5t months ago MoTS fTsqpsPty
ternoon al be ieit there bis sell, cock ing i've;
It IN the TOP bpTeau drsScr Mhsn BSetss
returned from his work about 81 o'clock he
found the revolver. and suppoSlng, as ne says,
that 1t was not loaded, began to examine 1t. 1t
suddenly went of. The lnpzzle was pointed
toward his sister. who was sitting In an adJoln-
ing room, and Buckley jumped up exclaimiqg:
:" Ny God! I've shot you" The girl also
capped her lips. she said: No, James. I'm not
shot"
The brother was at first greatly relieved at
this assurance. but soon his sister told him
that she felt a peculi ar pain In her leg, and his
apprehension that he had shot her returned.
When Miss More, who was absent at the time
Buckley's leg. but could find NO wound Tho
Be put to, bed, and during the night
mornipg. her condition became alarm;
Miss More discovered the bull wound In the
left breast. There was only single small
blood stain on the undergarment. DIR: O'Grady
OF Sands street was summoned. and at once
pronounced the case hopeless hut 1t was not
until 8 Q clock last eyening that the matter was
Rooney. soon afterward. reached the house to
take the girls ante-mortem statement she was
unconscious
Buckley was arrested and will DO held. pend
ing the result OF the inquest. He Weut bitterly
as he told the Captain how tho tragedy oc-
Cured. Miss Buckley WAS q pretty dark eyed
girl and great iayorlte in the neiRhborhood.
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COWLES'S STORY.
He Docs Not Think His Hrothor-in-IaW
Meant to Harm Him.

MONTREAL. June 1.-THE Cowles case has
assumed new phase. When young Cowles.
who Is in the hospital refused to make n
charge against his brother-in-law. Hale. It was
thought Hale would at once be discharged
from custody. Judge Desnoyers. the police
magistrate. said to-day when Hale again APP
Feared in court, that in the interests of Justice
he should have to insist on Cowles making de-
position or he would commit him for contempt
Cowles finally consented to mako a statement
n which no says that no threats were made In
the cab before the shooting. but previous to
leaving the hotel he had threatened to shoot
any one who attempted to deprive him Of his
child.
He says no was about to open the cab door
when tho shot was fred. and he supposed that
Hale mistook his movement for a hostile ono
He refuses to charge his brotber-in-law with
intention to do, him any harm. Mrs. Cowles
and the other witnesses OF the shooting were
before the Grand Jury. II tho Grand Jury ro-
turns u true bill Hale will have 10 stand trial
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JOT2INGS ABOUT TOWN

Xxi. n ESa sa' p :TtGpnF At O'Clock by
ship in the Republican Club OF $50 Fifth avenue
Judge German has granted an absolute divorce to
committed suicide NJ O'Clock last night by taking
| dose OF rat poison
The Business Mems Republican Assoc alton has elected
che Down I"wn kepTohcAn Club in body 10 member
Leo Xiii who is charged with abducting saen Yee,
MAS limited g Sa IN n S M ia MTT sAAc'
examined at Iiks !. G l. building yesterday. 1t WAS
the largest batch or applicants ever examined hero
Frederick tomato who shot his wife and her mother
at y AqDsrry street on May - was se4tsneed by
| months
The eleven Italian immigrants who. were going to
miles from Buffalo. were dobarrsd by tho Collector
the steamship state Of rennslvaula Yesterday nstsd
9H bT pGqt ts sGS6S ysSs PSGa
their "a nries b. inorSssed from year 10 90
1t was lad on tho table.
Tho msmneTs q The Arm2Ty Board rgnSd yesterday
cost not more than $4,000
animation In 500 bail Al lie Jeisrson Market OqnTl
Kim o s S new S H"fE Lie "
Easel s who nSH"s ns , 6GESstS En- g m n
terOAy 10 Sthto PRISON LOT " yohrb anu IL HOnlnb
Comptroller Myers sent a letter yesterday to the
President OF the Belt Line Railroad Company request
ing speedy settlement OF the bill for $40 sO5
city for the licenses for the years 1887 and 1883
Eugene Ely, who had Francis ". HRineS tho piano
maker, arrested on June b for hitting him with UNI
hTSa, but did no appear against lin had him arrest
ed again YESTERDAY on civil suit for $1,000 damages
Mr. llIines gave 600 ball
benjamin Meyer and Mrs Mary Num- who tried to
md some one who would marry Meyer and tho twelve
yeRrod daughter OF Mrs Mum were held In $500 each
Tor trial At the Tombs Court yesterday charge OF
abduction The child Is In the care OF Mr., GerEyg
cety
Detective Sergeant Heidelberg saw Michael EeaR!e
driving An express wagon through West Twenty second
man OF the Biou Theatre who ago $50 from
!se box once NeRSie WAS TeInSndsd al tho Jefferson
Market Court yesterday
run a. sixty. third street and Tenth avenue on
fTantE The boys arm was broke and he IL In RooEe
Welt Hospital LefrRntz held In $500 the YORK.
vile Police Court for examination.
Robert II, Wallace and |. b Iowil were committed
in default Of $1,000 bail each In the UcncrR Seas ona
yesterday on indictments for forgery aud grand larceny
In stealing SlOuOl in bonds aud cash from WRacos
uncle tho editor Of HIUdCsS BORihl Wallace pleaded
guilty, but was permitted to change his plea.
Jury before Judge Barrett IN the supreme Court
Circuit found verdict for the defendant Yesterday in
the suit Of T. W. u1laudet CO. banke and bTOkers
against the Union Bridge Company 20 recover ylu4l0
commission for securing for tue detendEnts tuuoHO
bridge.
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BLAZING GAS IN BROADWAY.
A TEN-FooT GEYSER BURNS ALL DAY
At FULTON STREET.

Electric Cables, Telephone and Telegraph
wires, Gas and Steam Pipes Broken
aud Burned-A workman Stumbled and
His Lantern Fell on Leaking Main.
big gas jet began to burn in the middle OF
Broadway at Fulton street at % o'clock yes
terday morning. and blazed all day long and
we'll into last night 1t was nearly ten feet
high before daybreak, from two to four feet
high during the forenoon, and was never less
than foot or two in height until 4 o'clock.
when the workmen succeeded in getting 1t UNI
der control.
The blaze was caused by the lighting OF gas
which spurted out OF a break In big main Mt
tho corner. where the street has been torn up
for a week past, tho explosion Of two electric
subway maDholes in consequence, and the
breaking of several other mains by the explo-
sions. Eight gas mains met Mt this crossing.
four passing up anu down Broadway and four
east and west through Fulton street. Five Of
these mains belong to the Consolidated Com
pany the three on Broadway connecting these
with the two which run through Fulton street.
The Mutual Company's mains, two on Broad
way and one in Fulton street, also connect
with each other at the crossing The pipes Of
both companies were broken and their Joint
contents contributed to the blaze.
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FIRE visits THE Asron HOUSE
It was the First Time. and II Ate n Hole In
the RoOt-Catarncts on tho Cnrpeta.

the RoOr-Catarncts on tho Carpets.
Many guests at the Astor House ate their
dinners on the installment plan last night, and
q dozen or moro shifted their rooms because
OF a fire under the gable roof on the southwest
end Of the building. The Aston House never
had fire before. and it didn't start this one.
which broke out on the top floor Of the build
ing back OF the hotel extending from Vesey
street to Barclay street. This floor was Allied
with the in1ammaOle stock Of Schlicbting Il
Pendsburg cane manufacturers. The fire was
discovered at Gu o'clock, and half an hour
later was roaring through the skyllGhted roof
and licking the oornice OF the southwest cor
nor Of tho hotel.
Manager i. T. Keith was at dinner with his
family whom an employee came to him and
told him there was q Ere next door. Mr. Keith
got force of men. including Judge Duffy and
Detective MoWilliams. and went to work clos
ing the iron shutters OF the windows looking
on narrow oburt at the back of the hotel.
Hose was unreeled and stretched. and stream
TsSs gent on the lire from th ad a09r WINDOW
EXCITED. I'm an old fireman myself" -,
have escaped sea ii the firemen lad brought a line
The Hsf are in nj the iaStory was Under control and
unconscious OF the existence OF the other lire
smouldering between the tie beams and the
gable roof OF the hotel. when guest smelt
smoke coming from room 80l. the window OF
which IL the last on the south overlooking the
space. eight feet wide between the buildings.
The flremen were told about the new fire. and
Chief McCabe sent out O. third alarm. Smoke
soon filed the south hallw on the top
floor OF the Astor House. and half
hundred guests hustled for their
baggage Porters dragged trunks from eight
or ten threatened rooms just below the fire
and piled them at the Broadway end Of the
hallway. The ceiling Of room 3nl burned
through and fell, and flame and smoke poured
out into the hall. There was a genera avacu
alton Of rooms on the upper floors, and the Of
fee and pariors OF the hotel were crowded for
a while with uneasy men and women.
The clerks looked on calmly and said there
was a fire next door. The invasion OF a little
army OF rubber. coated 1remen with axes and
hooks surprised them. Chief McCabe super.
intended tie work in the upper hallway and
on the roof It didn't take his men twenty
minutes to hack three big holes in the roof and
drown out the blaze among the rafters lie
had to use a lot OF water, and sooty cataracts
poured down two flights OF stairs and spoiled
many yards OF carrier. About fifteen rooms
were made uninhabitable. Manager Keith
says the damage will be about $4,000. which
the insurance companies will pay.
The damage to the cane factory and the sew
eral establishments below II. including the
Hub Publishing Company. Eisner \ Mende-
son. dealers in mineral waters. and +. u. Ben
iamin & Co.. chemical apparatus. will be about
10000,
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George r. Coils of Newark, whose wife left him
about u month ago because she was Infatuated with
william H. Lyon found her on Wednesday night at the
Park House. Newark He learned that she was there
with her lsyear old daughter whom he desires to ro
cover He found that Lyon had registered her as Mira
Bishop New York. and going to her roon he
pushed M n and found Lyon sitting in he d,rE
to 90 the injured husband hurried him by banging him
over the head with umbrella Lyon Escaped without
M With bis wife 9S.sSEGSy ImoSpiaE he Instructed
Mr., oolS Il employed in t6iS oily by the Whiting
Manufacturing Company. He has three children wiz
bTowsrI and also President Of the Newark City LOO
SO%pSnys 80 1s1 ass od ty hG rS%a sF1S Hd
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SAVED THEIR INsuRANCE PAPERS.
An Old Couple Nearly Lost Their Lives
Doing HIN Hospital.


Tho little old-fashioned two-story brick
house at 544 Hudson street, with cigar shop
and jewelry store down stairs. was ahre at
o'clock last night, Up stairs lived John
Curling the cigar man, 60 years old. and his
wife. aged SO. The firemen found it difficult to
get into the house. binding smoke prevented
their seeing anything. Fireman Nickerson
Jaw Mrs. Curling standing in the hallway. and
made for her. but she Disappeared. The six
families in the rear tenement were Yelling Tor
help. Their only means OF egiese was through
an alleyWay and hall in tn bul ming front
building, The III emen craWlnd Into the alley
WAY. where they found the frightened tenants
huddled in a group. They threw rubber coats
over the heads of the tenants and succeeded in
getting them all out. ,,
Firemen again entered the house, and cli i'm bed
out from the rear windows OF the second story
upon the roof OF an extension where they
found tho old couple lying. Mrs. Curling had
tin box olasped in her arms. She and her
husband we're burned about the body. face;
and hands. Curling said that his wife had
gone back for their INSURANCE papers. aud he
had gone back for her, The doctors at st.
Vlncent's think they will recover.
The origin OF the fire was tho explosion OF q
ten gallon can OF benzine back OF the jewellers
shop. Rudolph UtZen, the Jeweller. says he
used benEine to clean clocks.
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COLUMBUS STREET CAR TROUBLES
Citizens Toying to Induce the Company TO
Submit to Arbitration.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, June 12.-Mayor Bruck
called meeting OF twenty prominent men of
this place this morning. They discussed tho
street car strike, but with two exceptions all
favored compromise between the CONSOLE
dated Street Railroad Company and tho
strikers. This resolution was adopted:
Resolred, That while we recognize the right
Of the Consolidated Street Car Company to
manage its business in its own way. in accord
ance with its charter we advise and request, in
view OF tho condition OF affairs. that tho COM
pany waive its rights to the extent OF submit
ting the differences between II and its former
employees to Il compromise committee"
The Mayor appointed u committee OF five to
wait upon tho company. The company heard
what tho committee had to say, and then the
officers retired to discuss the matter alone. At
q late hour the matter was still under advises
ment and the company unable to agree.
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Collision In Hell Gate.

Tho Grsenpoint Transportation CompRny's steam
barge Josephine b. cOlded of lIalles FONT at 80 p.
NJ. yesterday with tho three.nastod schooner Maud
Robinson, In tow Of the tug ARROW. The barge tore
away the jbboom Of tho schooner. pulling down the
foretopmast and sAying In her starbOard bow above
tho line Tho schooner was towed to City Island.
whore she anchored for repairs she was laden with
coal. and her way from ltOhOIen for Forts
mouth \. H. Tho stsapbeat G y. HorthAn was on
barge going In The opposite drecton tried 10 be-
tween the korthRm and the schooner
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sh, said She Was a Bnron's WHO.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 12-Kathaleen r. Bruce
died In this city to-day. She was the wife Of
Edward Austin. a baron. OF Aberdeen. SCOT
land. She had been maltreated by her huS-
band until che ran away with a babe In her
arms and came to America, finding work In .
private family la this city where she was found
the girl went to Chicago with the family she
was living with Six weeks ago she returned to
Indianapolis and was taken sick. she mover
recovered. She requested that her body he
placed in a vault until her recreant husband In
Scotland had been notified,
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Our RIaemeu In GERMANY.

BERLIN. June 12.-Great preparations are
being made for the reception OF the German
American rihemen. deputation Of the
Bremen and Bremenhaven Rifles will board
the Fuda on arriving at Bremen. OnilandinR,
the visitors will march through the town to
the Rathskeller. where a reunion will be held
A gala performance will be given in the Tiyoli
Theatre In honor Of the visitors. After the
rifle match farewell conuners will be given In
the grand hall Of the SchuetZeLhof
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Striking Miners Decide to Retu

ELMIRA, juno ia mass meeting Of the striking
miners of the Toga cSunty Pa coal mines hold at
Blssburg to-day, at which q message was presented
from tho miners at the Antrim mines which said that
the miners of that district had decided to throw up the
strike and return to work Monday. protest was
entered against the reading Of the message which was
finally ruled out by vote OF 80 to IN Tho min0ra In
this hed have been out ABOUT month, during which
the sentiment apparent a. to days meeting would seem
10 indicate that the strike will be OF Longer
Duration. There aeomS little prospect of the minor0
winning In the contest with the operators and much
distress has already been o0cRSioned among the idle
W
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Hoth sides OF the Unhrla Case.

Collector ErhArdt sent to Secretary Window yeser
day account OF ths refusal of tho CunArd Steamship
Company TO return the seven Belgian gasSbowers by
tho steamship Umbra Vernon II. Brown, tho agent OF
tho steamship company, also sent an explanation to
Secretary Window In II Mr.. Brown. who 10 Ameri.
can citizen. that the law docs not authorize the
customs Sqthoritss To- designate the steamship on
that they shall be returned at the expense of tho com.
pRny which imported them he sent the seven Bel
CLANS back ON the Wisconsin OF the GuiOn line
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Thiry.nVo members Of tho first panel OF the sheEn0
jury had merry tmo at Demonico's last night At Q
banquet that arranged by the 1urors q comp1-
ment to Sheriff sickles Judge Brady presided ChAun.
cey N. Depew, Dan Dougherty, Judge Van Brunt aud
Father Dueey made speecheS complimentary u Gen.
SleEleA anu 80 ain Gen. q howard VINO zen Sickleo
Siokles said il was his aim the oce OF SHERIFF
pOrtAnCO
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Average June - 1884 ''''''''
scNAl or,l,u roprcIST USrLs ~ TKIDAT.
For Maine, New Hampshire Vermont and hasSa'
chukeA rain. preceded y i~iT in'As!e'n haus warm
or eAsterly winds
FOR Rhode Isani Corr.dieut Ont EaH-rn EsU York,
rain, Iighny cooie,. norfhs1srsriy ,HHdS.
For tho District u Columbia eastern PennsylvanlA
New Jersey. Delaware aud Maryland, Talni CoOlsrI
variable wi1Ia
FOR West Virginia western PsnnSYlygnG western
Now York, and Ohio tSig preceded BY rain in west
srn New York slightly cooler, except stationary tsu-
DSraIuTS In OhtSi variable WindL
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Carolina, Mann,ns,s Jub,,...

LONDON. June 12.-Cardinal Manning to-day
addressed a deputation bringing him gifts on
the occasion of his jubilee. He said he desired
to die as priest ought to die. without money
and without debts. He mentioned In detail the
various charitable objects. on which he in
tended to bestow his Jubilee gifts. In con-
ciusion the Cardinal invoked a blessing upon
his present and absent friends.
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East RITuR June l2-Ths local freight train which
reaches New London at about O'Clock, from New
Haven into open draw At this place this after
noon. The engine capsized and wrecked and
;Irre cars we've moiI-, eli l,rangey eupUgir 40 one
sol art 10 LEan III ltcn oLrucI q allow a
ger Signal Both the nTsn al aud engineer sIucA 10
Their posts the went aver its tidej against
the side OF the bridge wTsckinE train sent out
from New Haven. ghS bridge WsA .pPA5sRGe untn
after midnight.
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DENVER. June IL. - Twelve hundred car.
pointers quit work this morning and all build
ing operations for the time are paralyzed
About four weeks ago 400 machine woodwork.
ers and bench mill men demanded nine hours
and the men went out The men offered TO ar
bitrate, but the owners refused. and the matter
was taken up by the carpenteTs union. with
the hod carriers and timers will Join tho strlk-
ers unlesB the trouble 10 settled within the neIt
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Tho body of tho young girl found on Monday IN the
East River on TweIty-third street identified yes
tesday that OF Annie Westrich, IS years old, the
daughter of John Westrch saloon keeper of 20o Mas
avenue Brooklyn. dramatic teacher said the girl
and had left her very desponden when told she could
not 90 tho stage at Tho body was to have
been buried in the Potter Field Yesterday.
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DOVER n j.. june 10 -Thomas A. JauEon, a lad of II
whose father died recently leased boat tho AorTs
Canal and upon himself the support OF his mother
an four amal children. During tho thunder storm OF
last evening lie WAS steering htE boat near SanhopS
Hud IA. Brother aged H. HHs driving tie mule the
lowlath when tot OF lightning struck the boat and
was blacRoued and u coin III HIS rocket was partly
nnI al
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Resignation of Chief OF Police Munro

LONDON. June 12.-It is reported that Mr..
James Munro. chief OF the Metropolitan Police
force. has resigned in consequence OF the quar-
rel between himself and the Government re-
on tho occasion OF the demonstration aRainst
the Licensing bill in Hyde Park on Saturday,
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Moro designations From tho Chester Hill
Club.

Tho trouble In tho Chester Hill Club of Mt Vernon
growing out OF the refusal of antor Frederick Archer
perform service for the ladies of
set aside for the of the bowling alloy by them. was
intensified yesterday by the additional resignation OF
X S. Cowel and Mr. and Mrs |. q. Scranton At q
meeting of the trustees last evening the resgnAons
wore accepted.
Eleven members of tho club hAvo resigned on
account Of the action of the committee which Ap
pointed to investigate the antOrs conduct and which
reported in favor OF retaining the Janitor upon his
Offering apology to the ladies' who felt thai he had
been impe rim ent TO thOm
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Site orthe Worlds Fair.

CHICAGO. June 12-The Times asserts that
the Worlds Fair directors have practically de-
cided to locate the Exposition on tho lake front.
An effort has been made to clear the lake front
of all rs objecto enable features by coming to
an understanding with the Illinois Central
Railroad. and that with this end In view al! the
projects. 50 lar as site Is concerned, have been
made to the railroad officials yesterday.
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CAMpEH June l2.-DetectivsS are searching for ChAS.
Payntsr. . burIy negro living near Rcd Bank. On
Tuesday he attacked Miss Annie shott the
old daughter OF Frank shott and attempted to drag
her up stairs In tho house where she and her mother
were alone. The girl made an outcry and her mother
70 the rescue Mrs Shot attacked the negro and was
sensible PAypter then aed Mrs, shQta Jaw was
Her daughter suffered from shock and fright
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New Plot Against the Gar.

ST. PETERSBURG. June 12.-The Government
has received information loading them to be-
lievs that new movement against the life OF
the Gar IS contemplated. Consequently the
guards in the mpera palace and at all the ap-
proaches to the building have been doubled.
sons who are suspected OF being connected
with the movement
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Silva Porto,s Ksmarkable sulelae.

LISBON, Juno 12.-Adyices from Africa say
that Silva Porto Captain Major Of Bike whose
suicide has been before reported. killed him
self by blowing UP his residence with gun
powder, after the Portuguese defeat at Bike.
His body was found wrapped In Portuguese
flag In tho ruins OF the building.