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su,t for 100000 Worn onI..a

Newbold Lawrence. a member OF one OF
the oldest families in Queens comfy began an
action In the Brooklyn Supreme Court yester-
day to enioin the town OF Hampstead from
leasing any part OF Hicks Beach md to deter
mine title to the beach also to daermIne the
towns title to part OF Rockaway Beach. Co.
darhurst Long Beach, Jones's Bead1 and the
Isle OF Wight. The property involved is worth
S5UU.OOO Mr.. Lawrence bases his claim on an
alleged deed given By fifty:eight citize,s OF the
town OF iIempste9d IN l725 to one Of his an
town in its corporate capacity In their an
swer the counsel for the town assert tha they
ever since the original patent was ISSUED. In
l845. The suit was begun in 1880. Several
hundred people who have taken, title fromthe
ha
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p., Roon.v Lose. His Daurbter

CHICAGO, Nav ia few weeks ago Pat
Rooney. the Irish comedian, was arrested here
charged with assaulting John Harding. must
cal director OF the Rooney company. 1t was
said at the hearing In court that Harding had
been paying attention 10 Katie Rooney, Pats
stepdaughter and the most valuable member
OF his support. and that the comedian looked
upon tile musicians wooing with great ds-
grin and bear II. because to-day II was made
known by Harding that he and Katie were
quietly married IN this city on April 23. kato
her baDyhood. Harding bears a good name
among orchestra leaders. Katie, has several
ONE the courts have been called upon to pro-
tect hGr from his rage.
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The Storage passengers from the Ham
burg line steamship Rugla have complained
TO the Barge Once authorities of ill-treatment
received on the voyage.
They say that they were robbed by the
steamships agents in hamburg and received
n scanty supply Of food. except on the last day
OF tho voyage when all received first class IA
tons. for which the Captain circulated for sig
natures IA vote Of thanks 10 himself for kindness
10 his passengers. The complanantS say that
their breakfast consisted OF a cup Of coffee and
a biscuit; their, dinner OF pea soup, half II
half a pound OF black bread and a little more
coffee. They also assert that iavoritism was
shown to the German passengers, and that the
Poles. HuDRariaus. RUSSIANS. and others SUI
cred for want Of fool
The passengers tell Of tho mysterious disap-
peHranco of u steerRgo passenger named Car
los Maioskly. lie Disappeared on tho second
night ont from Hamburg. together with his
vaIises and personal property. He is supposed
to have jumped overheard.
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RACING At LEXINGTON.
Inst Day OF the Meeting-Lndy Washing-
ton Wins tho Breeders' Stakes.

LEXINGTON, KY, May 13.-This was get
away day at the Kentucky Associations course.
Four OF tho five favorites won. The exception
was the third scramble. which was won by a
second choice. The track was good, and the
last three races somewhat redeemed q poor
meeting Scroggan Brothers won the two
stakes. which gives them four stake races at
this meeting. They only started in FIVE There
is q big exodus from here to night to see the
Derby at Louisville tomorrow.
Martha Page was scratched In the first race.
a selling purse at a mile and fifty yards. only
leaving two to 90 TO the most. Spectator. III,
He won in a gallon by three lengths from
Liederkranz. ~, smith riding. Time. 40.
for non winning two-year-olds at this meet
Ing. Beula b.. IS. Allen up, was the favorite at
3 to. 2 against and she won easily by two
who beat Sly Lisbon length and u half for
place. Time. SIS seconds.
me SILVER Kne ioS Alien 'U up was an
money favorits. but San Ardo. 100. Steepe in
the saddle, az to second choice, won by a
Brookful two lengths for place. Time, Al
The Breeders stakes for two year Odds. five
n5onFs the C461h sysp The
lis lWiliams,: Greenleaf l1S Allen. Lady
Washington was iayor!e at 70 on Green
ton was urged little in the stretch. and
coming on like race nag. won In clever style
by half q length. Greenleaf getting the place
by two lengths. Time. 1902.
The NTH and last race Of the day and meet
kins was scratched. leaving the following
starters: Lord Tom liimyar 80 Cooper; Ing
fish Lady. 80 lstepuej; Brnndolette. l0t Brit
IWiliiamsJ; Unite. IFS Allen. The betting
was TO English Lady, "a each Unite and
Brandolette, u to CATALINA. and 10 to each
lette led 10 the first quarter when English Lady
took up the lead and drawing away easily won
two lengths for place honors. Time. l;42.
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DIDN'T COME TO TIME.
Forty-four Hudson County Election Oncors
Not Ready with Bail.

Not Ready with Bail.
Theforty-four Jersey City election officers,
for whose arrests warrants we're issued by
law Judge Mppincott on Monday, did not APP
pear in he Hudson County Court OF Sessions
yesterday to give bail as they had been in
structed t. do. and many Of them could not be
found at al. The reason was that they could
not find BAT, and II they went to court without
1t they would have been locked up. Sheriff
Davis told SUN reporter that they would all
be in court tlis morning with bondsmen. IL
was rumored about the court house that
several OF the accused men had left tho city to
avoid being arrested. and that they would not
return until the excitement had died out
This Is probably MT true. though It is known
that several OF the men are badly frightened
and might run away. The Grand Jury will
meet again tomorrow morning. and there
will probably be QUESTION as to indictinR the
men who have been arrested. II Is pretty
generally believed thtt about twenty indlct-
ments have been found but they may never be
presented to the oour'.
Every sort Of influence NAV be brought to
bear on the jury to indGe 1t to reconsider tho
effort may be made TO inalce the jury to lndict
only on the charge OF conspiracy. This would
be the hardest to provo OF he foprcharRes that
have been made against he officers A Sun
reporter learned yesterday bat nextweek forty
more warrants for the Rrres OF elective officers
will be sworn out. They viii be the last Of the
lot. and will make the total number 1ls.
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HARRY HILL IS BROKE.
1rs ROW WITH THE POLICE HAS LEFT
HIM POOR IN MS OLD AGE
III. Ev.ntful Career orthI- Celebrated Man
HI. battles. Virtues, Vanished Riches,
"a nj. Place in Houston Street.


"a nj. Place in Houston Street.
Harry Hill il broke. The famous old
.norts Inst abiding place IN Harlem has been
en.,ly closed. aud all IL goods und belongings
.o,d ont nv nm auctioneor. Lack OF police
,,rntsction il tho cause. Ton years ago Harry
nm was generally Iepntei To- be worth SjOO00O,
.lthough he was not worth that. His place at
Houston aud Crosby streets was. porhurs. the
rno.t celebrated sporting place. in the whole
country. To-day tho old man is practically
vi,hout means. All his possessions have van
Jshed in bitter fight with tlo police. lie has
hssn driven from pillar to post, and is now
bslpess and alone. His host friend-or at
Isast the one in whom he trusted most-descrt-
ed him a few ycars ngo with $4,000 OF his
money. The old man has lost great deal by
speculation and bad debts; but the main cause
Of his misfortune has been his ilgat with the
police. The police have bested him, and Harry
Hill has given up the battle.
RThe essence OF the whole. matter is that
Harry Hill always kept an all night louse-
porhsps the most peculiar house OF its Mind in
the world. The business done was entirely Of
an all night" character, and as such Of
course. was In utter violation Of the excise
laws. To run such n business required TO-
secured for years and years. until finally there
was q row. A little over four years ago Harry
Hill alleged that he was made to pay altogether
too much to the police for his protection He
made kick OF the biggest kind. and charged
Police Captain Murphy and Detective Moran
Of the Prince street station with levying large
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CAPT. L1T11kToN LONGS FALL
A Bookkeeper at % a Day Tempted to
Steal . Few Mundreds.

Commission Merchant j. d. Nordlinger Of
II and 10 Bridge street wrote a letter recently
to the George Zeigler Company. Milwaukee
grocers, asking them to settle an account Of
$19l.4O. which was due on April II. Mr.. Nord-
linger received a reply that the bill had been
paid by check and that tho check had come
back through the bank endorsed Littleton
Long" Capt Litteton Long is Mr.. Nord-
linger's bookkeeper, and whenever Mr.. Nord;;
linger received checks In his mail he handed
them to his bookkeeper. who kept tally, and
marked them of ON his sheet, from which he
on tho ZeiGler check. but had kept It and
Dashed It himself on April IT,. An examination
check for $S53.9l from. J. Trask Steele OF
Springfield Mass. had also been appropriated
by Long. Mr.. Nordlinger looked back as far as
February and found thefts amounting to nearly
$4,000. Long was arrested and owned up. He
said that he could not resist the temptation put
In his way. He received a salary Of SIS q week.
Capt Long is So years old. He lived with his
wiie and daughter at Bath Beach and Is q
church member.
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TAKES Two 70 BE INCOMPATIBLE.
Perhaps Col. Shepard Hasn't Got Manager
Gray Tight as He Thought.

Application was made to Judge Lawrence
Of the Supreme Court. yesterday, for an order
directing Col. Elliott F. Shepard to furnish u
bill OF particulars in his defence OF the suit
brought against him by Frank l. Gray to re-
cover five years salary at $1,000 year.
When Mr.. Gray had the disagreeable expert
ence last year OF being dropped from the pay
roll OF the Mail and Express for using the flesh
ly arm against another employee he took his
COPY OF the five years contract to A. j. Often
on. When Col. Shepard got the summons he
turned 1t over to Noah Davis. The latter read
viding that MIR. Gray might be discharged II he
we're dishonest. incompetent. failed to per-
form his duties or incompati6le." Mr.
bility." and 80 a general denial that Col. Shep-
ard owed Mr.. Gray anything was put in.
Mr.. Gray wanted the particulars OF his in
compatibility" Justice Lawrence reserved do
cl6ion.
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INNOCENT, BUT IN PRISON
Periured Testimony sent an Innocent Man
to the PenitontInry.

AUGUSTA, Ga. May 1S.-The dying confess
sion OF a false witness has given to a Georgian
his liberty. OF which he has been deprived for
sixteen years Seventeen years ago William
starincker was tried In the court OF Burke
county for the murder OF Henry Chance. The
evidence was purely circumstantial. and be-
cause Starincker had some trouble with Chance
short time before he was killed the jury con-
victed him, and lie was sentenced to the peni-
tertiary for life. lie stoutly denied his guilt.
John Crane on his dying bed. In tho presence
OF witnesses last week confessed that he
sWore falsely against Starincker, and upon his
per!ufed evidence he WAS sent 10 tho ,peniten-
tiary Tor lie. Gov. Gordon. upon receipt Of the
confession and petition OF citizens. yesterday
ordered tho Ielease Of Starincko- from prison.
starlncker returned to his homo In Burke
county to-day and received q hearty welcome
from his old acuuaintauces
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THE KENTUtKY DEREr.
Six starters Announced for the Great Race
Milton Young Makes Ret.

LOUISVILLE May -. As the great race
for tho Derby draws near the interest increases.
and although the prospects seem to indicate
that it will be decided on q heavy track. this
does not lessen its Importance one iota to the
lovers OF racing that are already here and
others that are hourly arriving. At the track
all is hustle and activity. At this writing up
ward OF 400 horses are chartered there. and at
least IS more will arrive from Lexington to-
night or in the morning. Among this number
are a majority Of the performers that have run
with distinction all up the line SO far, and
others of the class OF Riley. Spokane. and
Proctor Knott, who have yet to face the flag
On the board tonight only six horses arc
the smallest field, save in 1880 and 1881. that
has ever gone TO the post in this classic race.
up In quality. and III" field as whole. is a
fairly good one. sufficient to insure a great
he to the The last moment i in d"Gbt III
Icy and lobespierre will divide iavoritism
when the track odds are nut M tomorrow. but
ed than i'll Lotcher, whose followers fail to fig
IRE how he can lose On paper Ito seems o havo
starter not even excepting Riley and Robes.
great guns. but outside OF his stable few
believe that he will he, abe 10 stick out the
other starters. it is the general opinion that
both are outcasscd a. the distance and weights.
After viewing the situation, the smart people
say it will be n great usslo hetweon iev and
Rohesplerro, with til" chHnc"s In favor Of the
former; and if any other starter beats this pair
II will be Bill l.ccher.
James Is. Ferguson will start the horses dur
ing the meeting. and indications are thai fully
thirty bookmaking firms will 10 business on
the track
The dscnse now a}li"ting last ycar's Derby
winner SnOkane, is 'ho"Gnt 10 l.. lunG lever.
and even If il does not fosult fatally. the Neter
mary surgeon attending him ieurs !! vii! unit
him for future racing.
Trainer James Murphy. who VA thought 10
have been fatally injured by u fail last SatEr-
day. IS pronounced ont Vi danger by LIS ply
Sicnn.
Following ara II" woGll'- md the lockcvs
for the Derby the list hc;uc from wha' NAV DO
considered an = Tic al source. o"E ! "m"nds.
!. Murphy; l'"ho. picre llS. ~ hilr%: Prince
Fpnso. lis. Cvrrton: 'ni-pd", H.. lien: I'.h
Letc!cr lis. Il. Lrwi, uuliu.r. ~, lions.
Tho weather j. c!"u.!y ana threatening to-
night
4 private bet has ,Ju-' boon l"Gi-'er"d II 500
that outlook wuu!L hca. ~. irtrhQr Tuo
hacker OF fhr former II lItoE oun&. owner
Of OuunIaEa, sire Ol outlook.
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nlr Wind storu, In IIlInol..

SPRINGFIELD. May ia violent wind
storm struck Springfield last evening and last
Cd for perhaps thirty minutes. Fences were
destroyed and the steeple OF the st. Agnes
Church was blown down. The damage to
property. however, is not great Reports from
surrounding places indicate that the storm
WIS very severe all over this part OF the state.
At quincy H. great damage was done to
skylights, windows. and hhrut berry by O fuii-
smio ra IT, BnriinSton nu IOWA. c iEGtninS
struck several buildings and u number OF peo-
pie received slight shocks.
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An Actor in Trouble.

SPOKANE FALLS. May l3.-Augustn C.
Tate. who Is said to be the son Of an ex- United
States Marshal in New York, was arrested here
last week. charged with adultery. His wife is
rie,y theatres. and is better know as Gus
Savllle He has been travelling with "A Miss
ST. Clair. who is also named by Mrs. Tate In
her complaint. Tate has furnished bonds for
trial. and Miss st. Clair has been ordered to
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LONDON, May l3.-The York spring meet
ing opened to-day. The race for the Great
Northern Handicap OF 500 SOW. for three
year-olds aud upward. one mile and three
quarters. was won by II length by Mr.. $. j.
Bakers fve-year- old bay horse Tyrant, by
BeGuclGrc. out Of Queen Of the Meadows, Sir
Benedict. by Edward the Coufessor, out OF [ ur-
rer Bell. was second, ind Mr.. Nyner's five
ar-old bay mare FallOw Chat. by Iiagioscope,
out OF Stone Chat, q bad third.
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AUGUSTA, Ga, May l3.-Treasurcr J. L.
Murray OF Aiken county. s. c., is $lG.376 shoi t
In his accounts. Mr. Murray says he does not
know how 1t escaped his hands, butas il Is gone
dollar for dollar. Tonight he turned over TO
Gen Werner his claims to property valued at
$4,000. and he will try to raise the balance. II
lin unsuccessful. then his bondsmen will be called
upon TO make good the deficit Mr.. Murray j.
stil in Aiken, and II Is not yet known If he Will
be crmiunllv prosecuted Tor his mismanRge-
ment ul county finances.
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FIne Ysars fnr Fr.srnaen.

BosIoN. May 49, - Charles p. Fessenden,
whose shortcomings while in the employ OF the agents
of tue PIOvidenl Life Assurance Company OF New
York we're recorded In this mornings srN Was son.
fenced 10 day 10 nyo years in state prison. Ho 10
nephew OF the Hon William Pitt Fessenien Secretary
OF tho Treasury under President LnconS Admin5,Ta
ton Since last October he has stolen 5000 His fAm.
lily had repaid several thousand dollaTs which he had
smbeLEled pTOVioUbto that tune
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Entrt.s Tor La den FarL.

There will he seven races again at Linden
Park to-day, the sixth race receiving so many
entries thft II lad TO lie diyidoI. Closter and
the IssaquoEa lilly may 10 10. tho opening
race. and the Madeline colt and Rosa should
go we'll in the second. Blackthorn, Little Jim,
and Puzzle should be dangerous In the third
fourth. KomGnce may win the fifth. with Bill
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Died 100 Years OLD.

ELIZABETH May l3,-Patrick Higgins Of
Elizabeth died to-day 100 years and months
old. He was born In county Roscommon. Ire
land. on Aug, ~. 1889. and he came to Amer
lea in 1870, He has lived In Elizabeth twenty
years HIS wife, "a years old, survives him.
and three daughters, are living In this coun-
try. Two sons arc well-to-do saloon keepers
in Elizabeth; Mr; Higgins il is said. never
his death,
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Pretty Belle Proves HsrssIr GOOD One n
the Green CIRSs.

BALTIMORE May 19.-Pimlico track never
looked better than II did this afternoon when
the flyers OF the Southeastern Circuit made
their appearance to open the third meeting
OF that series The weather for three days has
been glorious and the sun shone ilercely whom
the gates were opened to-day.
Frank Brown President OF the Maryland
State Agricultural and Mechanical Association
under whose management the meeting is. was
the busiest man on the grounds and scores Of
prominent citizens were in the boxes and pa
wilton, As for the sport Itself, there was no
lack OF sensations for favorites were bowled
down in the first and second events, and the
fastest mile OF the year was made by the PAGER
Victor when he flew over tho splendid course
In 2:2OL in the second heat Of his race. The
appearance OF the young marc Pretty Belle
in the three minute class proved disastrous to
Harry C., who had carried off the honors here
last week and also at Washington. 1t looks
now rs II Harry G. Is none other than the
trotter Clarence King. though his owner. John
Waters OF this city, still insists that he Is
straight and eligible to start in the slow
classes. The objections to the supposed ringer
as a pretty sure winner. Pretty Bell was too
speedy for him and after getting two heats
asTey get sne first to lis credit TSep she
went on and set pace that was too much for
tho ReldinR, and her mhluen race ends with
Victory and record OF 2:29h. Pretty Belle was
bred by George A. Singerly Of the Philadelphia
Record, and is still owned by him. She is ak
years old, and her sire Messenger Chief was
also owned by Mr.. SinRery Her dam is
grsnddaushter OF the renowned old thorough
bred lexington, Mr.. Singerly was here to
see his mares debut and WIS greatly pleased
10 see her get to the front. Harry C.'s down
fall was not half as costly to the talent as was
the 3 90 pace when Victor. after putting In two
fast miles failed in the third, and was never
able to retrieve himself. Dick G.. who proved
the most enduring of the sidewhselers made
n new record for himself in the third heat, and
won the next two. with little opposition from
lis tired Competitors, The local PAGER Orphan
Boy. carrying the Oriole Stable colors, had q
lot Of speed, but was unsteady. so hat he did
Dick O. was the winner at Washington
two weeks ago. whore he outlasted Victor and
it was to-day. The bay mare, Maud. started
ont well to sustain the confidence OF those who
backed at odds against field OF seven. but
tho race is unfinished owing 10 heavy thun-
der shower which fell after she had won two
heats and Clipped two and q half seconds or OF
her Washington record. Wood Martin is tho
starting Judge for the meeting, and A. Wilson
and A. f. Booth OF this city making up the trio
In the stand this afternoon, with Thomas u.
Brown and Ed Hyatt rs timers.
The following are the summaries OF to-day's
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Minnie seIlsnan eet. an AbsoIate divorce

Judge Andrews has granted an absolute
divorce to Minnie Kaufman from Eugene ].
Kaufman. Mrs Kaufman was Minnie Selig-
man, the actress. DIR. Kaufman brought a
similar action against her last fall. but with
annlipatInn - 49, w.
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Special trains for the Linden Park races via the Penn
SyVAnA Railroad leave stations foot DaBbToGSes and
returning after tho races: Special leaves PhiRdSphiA
~ noon returning after the Leaves Long Branch
~ ViSO 4 NJ returning AZ o'05 y, A.-AdH
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ST. LOUIS, May l3.-Thc first pool Of tho
Kentucky Derby FUrbcI tonight sold as follow;
Stoy $50 kobespicrrc Si-u' Prince Pouso. 49, Bill
Letcher go. PGslde $50: outlook 81.
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WILLIAM GEORGE DLNNISS Jg0 EAST JIsT ST.
thought very often II wont be better of Il
would CON NIT suicide
had catArrh ever since was or years old aud
think had 1t about AS bad MS any Coul have II.
had Catarrh In the head had running IN ty lef car.
There was discharge from tho Ut yrlluw
suffered with tight selling in tho head hau pans
In the back ot my head AMI N NV forehead iie mis-
cradle. My nose sfopHc! M nrs oil ono Sle aui
then on the other suffered Win pains in my rgS aud
hack and a tired feeling ! had no ambition and q
would out 10 Central Park walk would want t.
come back right away. Nohtnt amused INC.
had ringing noises III my ears ana dropping hack
OF nucns in my throat When would To"p down !
would get dizzy. NV memory was poor so that wnuc
phl-gn all The time nd dulu care t." eat
his was he condition m when went N Nni-
tors MctOy aud WtAnau the sixth Jv OF last Feb
runry. Under their trcat m"nt br.nm improve
idlY went 10 the Manhattan liUSuit Al for months
the treatment got there dId tit ~ .rph
n'er Doctors NctNy AMI NtiInau.s treatment feel
now as II had begun new lie. ! feel happy
feel that life worth living. fr>l very thAnkCl
I" nocors McIOv Eni Is lmon Tor the won crfu rea'.
mcnt hay" received rom tom ;rel An"S' rnirsiv
well NOV don't hive ANY innrr pam. irw in my mead nr
my back or leEs Wy nose perfectly tree here il no
uisrhhrFe from my ear any more Hn am not deaf now.
haven't that tired i"riiUg ." Yer and there - n" drop
ming back in ny ihfnht. ant ! .rf ru' hawkiug and
spfiug gIl the tinc l"s | feel very thankful to
Doctors Mccoy aud Whitman the wonderful treat.
ment have received from tlcIn "