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spanish-American Treaty.

LONDON, Aug. 10.-Tho Observer con-
tains an alarmist article denouncing the
political leaders of England for not ap-
preciating the serious effect which the
Spanish-American treaty will have upon
British interests in the West Indies. 1t
says the treaty will surely shut out the
English West Indian possessions from
the United States market and close Cuba
to Canada. British trade will probably
be effected to the extent of &c. 2.000,0 an
nually. The Observer argues the en-
couragement of closer relations between
Canada and the West Indies as an offset
to the treaty
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shorb Still Has a Good Chance. ..

CHICAGO, Aug. 10.-The Daily Meas
says: 1t is stated that John NJ. Samuels
of Kentucky will probably be nominated
as Chief of the horticultural Department
of the Worlds Fair at the next meeting
of the Directors. The division of the Pa
cific Slope horticulturists, it is said,
made it impossible to take man from
there. Samuels' friends assert that he is
practical horticulturist, as we'll as a
man of broad culture. he owns orchards
in Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida
and California.
According to the Inter Ocean, however,
Mr.. Shorb of California still has good
chance
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THE AMERICAN FLAG.
Canadians Ordered to Remove Decora-
tions in Honor of the q. AR

canadians Ordered to Remove Decora-
tions in Honor of the @. a. r.
DETROIT (Mich.), Aug. 10.-Great ex-
citement prevailed in Windsor, Canada,
last Friday. Citizens who have lean
ing toward American principles and gov
ernment decorated their places of busi-
ness in honor of the Grand Army OF the
Republic celebration. Minister ofMilitia
Caron was telegraphed to by Windsor
Royalists, who were wrathy because
Canadians made so much OF what they
termed - Americanism, and re-
quested that he instruct the authorities at
Windsor to remove the decorations.
This order was telegraphed to Windsor,
and the aid Of the Essex County Fusi-
liers had to be called upon. When the
Windsor Americans saw that the law
was imperative and that they must obey
the flags were removed, but not until
several squabbles, in which stones, etc.
were hurled, had occurred.
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A Worthless Ncrro Kf,Icd.

GALVESTON (Texas), Aug. 10. This
morning Jennie Anderson, who lives
alone, was startled by the appearance of
negro in her bedchamber. She
snatched a revolver from a bureau
drawer. but in her excitement shot her
self through the tleshy part of the thigh.
The negro ran, and the woman fred at
him, third the shot passing through his
heart, killing him. He was worthless
fellow, and could have had no good pur-
pose in the woman's room,
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Effect of the mckinley Tariff Act

LONDON, Aug. 10.-The 81. james Co
zette this morning prints the following:
Judging from the returns issued by the
Board of Trade it looks as though we
have already reached the end of good
times. The great decline in exports
from Great Britain is undoubtedly due to
the operation of the Mckinley law in the
United States. We have been told that
the Act would eventually prove mis-
fortune to the United States, but its inn
mediate object was to hit foreign manu-
factures, especially those of Great Britain,
and it is plainly evident this object has
been attained
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THOUSANDS DEFRAUDED.
A Gigantic Swindle Unearthed by
a Postoffice Inspector.
PEOPLE IN EVERY STATE IN THE
UNION DUPED

The President and Vice-President of
the National Capital Savings, Build
cago Under Arrest for Using the
Mails for Fraudulent Purposes
Thousands of Dollars Collected
From Unsuspecting People, But
No Returns Made.
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Severe storms in Iowa.

LEON Qa.), Aug. IO.-A severe storm.
lasting an hour and half, struck Leon
and Decatur County yesterday The
operahouse and schoolhouse were un-
rooted, and one house completely denol-
1shed. Fences, outhouses, sidewalks and
trees were broken and blown away. At
Davis City 5000 people were attending a
camp meeting. Two large trees struck
the Tabernacle, crushing it to the ground
and demolishing the seats and stands.
An alarm was given in time, however,
and all escaped.
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Confuent SMALLPOX,

CARSON (Nev,), Aug, 1O.-There are
now two cases of smallpox at the Stewart
Institute, one confluent Superintendent
Gibson has ordered pesthouse built i'm
mediately and the place quarantined
The Indians have all left school but half
n Dozen
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The Eight-hour La,y.

OMAHA, Aug. 1O.-Guy C. Barton, Pres
ident of the Omaha and Grant smelter,
was arrested to-day and charged with
violation of the eight-hour law. He
will be tried tomorrow and will receive
a Jail sentence. Then he will apply to
the Supreme Court for writ of habeas
corpus, on the ground that the law is un-
constitutional. This will be made test
case.
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IN RUINS.
Camp Douglass. Wisconsin, Destroyed
by Fire.

Camp Douglass. Wisconsin, Destroyed
by Fire.
NEW LISBON (Wis.), Aug. 10.-Camp
Douglass is in ruins. A fire started this
morning by the explosion of lamp in
Buffmiro's saloon. 1t spread rapidly,
burning several business houses and the
Camp Douglass Hotel. 1t then crossed
the Omaha track, burned the Commercial
House and depot, and went on in the res
idence district. The soldiers who were
encamped near by assembled and sue
ceeded in saving nearly all the goods in
the hotels and stores, and most of the
business part of the village. Many
dwelling houses were burned.
The wind blew from the south and kept
the fire moving very rapidly. and when
engines arrived from Mauston and
Tomah they could do little. The losses
aggregate S150,000 with Il small insur-
'ance. The telegraphic wires passing
through the town were destroyed, and
the railroad tracks badly warped.
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DEADLY FLAMES.
An Early Morning Fire in a Spo-
kane LOdging-House.
ONE MAN SUFFOCATFD AND AN
OTHER TERRIBLY BURNED.

Other Inmates Escape by Jumping
From Second and Third-Story Win
dows, One Being Fatally Injured
Great Changes Reported in the To-
biography and Appearance of the
Country Along the Colorado River
From the Effects of the Recent
Earthquakes.
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EXCESSIVE HEAT.
The Hottest Day iii New York al
This Season for Years.
HALE A DOZEN DEATHS AND OTHERS
IN A PRECARIoUS CONDITION.

Great Suffering Among the Inhabi<
tants of the Crowded Tencmcnt
Districts - Tho Ambulance Kept
Busy Carrying the Prostratod Poo.
pie to the Hospital-Three Persons
Rendered Insane-Tho Entirc Popu-
lation Looking With Forebodinss
10 the Dawn of Another Scorchtns
Day.
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The South American Mission.

CAPE MAY POINT ND Aug. 10.-The
President to-day appointed Richard Colts
Shannon of New York Minister to Mica
ragua, Costa Rica and Salvador. This is
the new South American Mission created
by the last Congress.
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HYGIENE AND DEMoGRAPuY.
The international Congress Opened in
London.


LONDON, Aug. 10.-The annual session
OF the International Congress of Hygiene
and Demography opened in. st. James
Hall this afternoon. The Prince OF
Wales presided. Among the prominent
delegates were Professor Pasteur of Paris
and Professor Koch of Berlin. The
Prince of Wales discoursed learnedly on
hygiene in his opening address, and was
loudly cheered. An immense number of
papers are to be read, and the number of
foreigners who have promised to speak
or read is such as to show that the con-
gress will, in the fullest sense, be inter-
national. Among the many important
subjects is a general question of means
of preventing epidemic disease from
country to country. The subject of tub
erculosis will be widely discussed, and
papers will be read on the means of CON
terring immunity from archaeological
affections. The subject of rabies will re-
ceive close attention.
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Eatal Disnnte ove,. xranes.

MEMPHIS, Aug. 10.-Saturday evening
at Norfolk Landing, Miss, in fight
which was the result of dispute over
wages, D. r. Wall, manager of the plan
tation, was shot and killed by negro
hand named Wall. Wall was mortalIy
wounded.
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Fatality Attending an Arrest.

CHILLICoTHE, Aug. 10.-While Police
Officers Hall and Won Kennell were al
tempting to arrest George Duhlemey,
who was trying to kill his wife, Duhle-
nley shot and killed Hall and slightly
wounded Won Kennel. Won Kennel re-
turned the fire, fatally wounding Duhl-
enley
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The Fire Subdued.

SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 1O.-The brush-fire
which started in Coleman's Addition
yesterday afternoon was subdued early
this morning. About one thousand
acres of pasture-land were burned 1t
required the efforts of seventy men to
gain control Of the fire.
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SHIP Railway Work Suspended.

HALIFAX, Aug. 10.-A cable dispatch
received here to-day from London orders
that work on the ship railway be sus-
pended at the end of the week. There is
no failure of the contractors or company,
as has been reported, but in the present
state OF the money market the company
has not been able TO float the remaining
securities without sacrifice, which they
deemed unnecessary. AS soon as the
present financial crisis passes the work
will be resumed
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Telegraph system for East Africa.

BERLIN, Aug. 10.-The Government
has decided to establish complete tele-
graph system on the German East African
Coast, and to-day officials started from
Berlin to Africa, where, Immediately
upon their arrival, they will proceed to
organize the system.
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DIR. Lindsley stin Unconscious.

PORTLAND orr, Aug. 10.-Dr. A. L.
Lindsey, who was thrown from buggy
yesterday while returning from church,
still hes unconscious at the residence Of
his daughter in this city. His condition
is regarded as critical
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Stable and Barn Burned.

SANTA MARIA, Aug. 10.-The stable
and barn owned by Hart House was
burnt early Sunday morning. It is sup
posed to have been the work of tramps.
The loss is about 81 coo; no insurance
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Northern Cfrcuit Races.

WILLOWS, Aug. 10.-The races of the
Northern Circuit, which includes Will
lows, Red Bluff, Chico and Woodland.
commence here tomorrow. The races
are ali filled with State horses. The
track is in superb condition
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Whisky the Cause.

ATLANTUs MOI, Aug. 10.-Last even
ing Frank Cotfey and several others
quarreled over pint of whisky. A fight
took place, in which Homer, son of j. L.
Mccullough, was shot in the wrist. Frank
Cotfey was killed and Robert Stanley
was so badly cut that be will die
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Two Fishermen Drowned.

ASTORIA, Aug. l0.-Last night. as the
steamship Mexico was coming over the
bar, she ran into a small boat containing
two fishermen. The boat was overturned
and the fishermen drowned
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International Geographical Congress.

BERNE, Aug. l0.-The International
Geographical Congress opened to-day.
DR.. Gobat, President of the Congress, de-
livered the inaugural address. Among
the papers read was one by DIR. Stout Of
New York on the Nicaragua Canal, an
enterprise in which the author declared
that the work had brilliant future
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Emperor Williams Health.

BERLIN, Aug. 1O.-The Cologne Gazette
reasserts that Emperor William is in ro-
bust health, and adds that he now uses
his leg easily and will be able to dispense
with the doctor after a few short sea trips.
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Two Colored Firemon Blown to Atoms.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. l0.-By the explosion !
of a steam pipe on the steamer Idlewild
last night. as the boat was nearing st.
Geuevieve, two colored 1iremen were
blown to atoms, and two deck hands,
Charles Adams and Marshall Carter,
probably fatally injured. X colored
passenger was also seriously injured.
The cause OF the explosion is unknown.
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In the Hands of Brigands.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, Aug. 1O.-Brigands
recently captured Frenchman named
Raymond, who conducted a farm near
Tcheresskoi, and his overseer, named
Rutfic. They sent Ruffic to the French
ambassador here, Count Montebello,
with letter stating that unless they re-
celVed S23, ,000they would shoot Raymond.
Count Montebello demanded of the Sui
tan that Raymond be protected and re-
leased.
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Short In His Accounts.

ATLANTA (Ga.), Aug. 1O.-The Journal
this afternoon prints story to the effect
that j. o. Wynne, business agent of the
Georgia State Alliance Exchange, is over
100000 short in his accounts. Wynno is
under $4,000 bonds. The Exchange Off
cials assert the shortage is a defalcation.
Wynne says the shortage is due to cler-
ical error and the loss of vouchers.
a later dispatch states that the shortage
of Wynne is between $35, 900 and $40, 600.
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Fatal Boiler EynIosIon

PARIS, Aug. 10.-A boiler explosion
occurred to-day at Chaumont by
which six persons wero killed and
four terribly injured. Their lives are
despaired of
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Special to the RECoRD-uN1oN.

Special 10 the RECoRD-UNIoN.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10-To-dav has been
the third OF the heated term here. and
the hottest of the three, with no pros
poets OF a favorable change tomorrow.
The local forecast officer SAYS the mer-
curry bids fair to touch the 1909 mark to-
morrow. AT y. NJ, without a breeze,
and the mercury heavily climbing up
ward, the air Twas sitting. At noon tho
heat was unbearable and at 3 O'Clock the
thermometer reached 90. All the after
noon the ambulance was busy CARRYING
humans who had been prostrated by
heat to the hospital. Nothing like it
has been reached at this time of the year
Tor nearly twenty years, and continu-
ance during the week means an enormous
increase of mortality, especially in the
crowded tenement districts. Halfa dozen
deaths have occurred, and many more
victims are in q precarious condition.
Three persons are reported as having
been rendered insane by the heat. A
number of members of the police force
had to leave their posts to-day
Ihe heat was particularly severe on
horses, many being overcome. The
scenes in the tenement district tonight
are beyond description. The entire popu-
latlon has deserted the tenements, and
sought the house-tops and streets Little
relief is afforded, however, by this
means, as the thick walls are sending
forth the heat accumulated during the
day. The entire population is looking
with toreboding for the dawn of another
daV,
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markets retards shipments and as re-
suit the drying of fruit upon an extensive
scale is being resorted to. This is the
first year that Newcastle fruitmen have
adopted this course.
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New Telegraph Line.

CARSON, Aug. 10. - Linemen COM
menced TO put up wire this morning to
make connection with the Western Union
in Carson City and the Tallac House.
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The Ameriean Won.

NEWPORT tR. t., Aug. 10.-Tom Petit,
the American court tennis champion, to-
day beat Boakes, champion of Canada,
three straight sets. Boakes received odds
in the game.
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Corbctt Anxious to Meet SIitcbo,I

NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-Jim Corbett
stated at the Sturtevant House this
morning that he was willing to meet
Slavin or Mitchell for 81 900 side. He
is particularly anxious to meet Mitchell
and take some conceit out of him, and
will meet him at any place in America
and offer him inducements which he
cannot refuse. He will fight him any
way he wants, from one round to finish,
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RaiIroad Division to he Cnr in Two.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 10.-The Hum
boldt (Nevada) Division of the Southern
Pacific is to be abolished. The division
has mileage of 200 miles and will be cut
in two at Carln. One hundred and
twenty miles will go to the Iruckee Divi-
sion,. ana the remaining eighty miles
sion.
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BAR HARBoR (Me), Aug. I0.-Secre-
tary Blaine to-day visited Secretary
Tracy on board the Dispatch, and re-
manned about an hour,
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The KILLING of Colxfn.

OAKLAND, Aug. 10.-A Coroner's in
quest was held to-day on the remains Of
r. s. Colyin, who was shot a week ago
by John G. Howell. The jury, after fif-
teen minutes doliberation, rendered a
verdict in accordance with the facts The
verdict did not charge Howell with mur-
der, or mention the name of Maxwell
who was held as an accessory on Colvin's
statement.
After the body of Colvin was viewed
by the jury this afternoon it was rec
moved from tho. Morgue and prepared
City.
Howell and Maxwell have been charged
with murder. Their arraignment will
probably come up Tomorrow morning in
the Oakland Police Court.
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WONDERFUL CHANGES.

Effects of the Recent Earthquakes
Along the Colorado River.
YUMA "a. t., Aug. 10.-Daily arrivals
from the region Of Sonora, on the Colo
RADIO River, report the most wonderful
change in the topography and appear
ance of the country. Many old land
marks are obliterated, prominent natural
objects wiped off the face of the earth and
new ones in unexpected places turned up.
The damage done was principally to
stock men, who have lost many cattle.
The CocOpaha Indians are heavy losers.
a small stream. four miles north of
Lerdo, which, prior to the earthquake,
was readily forded, became impossible,
owing to its depth. 1t is now necessary
TO cross the water course six miles back
from the Colorado. The Cocopaha Indi-
ans now predict another earthquake,
liable TO occur soon in their section,
They say natural signs indicate it.
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Chino SUGAR Factory.

ONTARIO, Aug. lO.-The delay in test
ing some of the machinery prevented tho
Chino sugar factory beginning work to-
day as hoped for. 1t is confidently ex-
pected that every thing will be in run
nlng order this week. Early planted
beets have been matured, but viii suffer
no loss of sugar by remaining in the
ground short time. An excursion will
run the day the factory opens. There is
great interest here in the event.
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a Supervisor Injured.

NORTH SAN JUAN, Aug. 10. - Ex-
County Supervisor NJ. Brophy was
thrown from his horse, near his mothers
house. at Cherokee. four miles distant
from this place, and sustained the fracture
OF an arm. and was otherwise considera-
bIv bruised. He was brought home here
this noon. A physician from Nevada
City was sent for.
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DrvInp Their Own Fruit.

NEWCASTLE, Aug. 10.-A very large
crop of excellent fruit is now ripening in
this vicinity. The state OF the Eastern
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LONDON GOSSIP.
The Queen Kept Busy Preparing
to Entertain Her Guests.
EMPEROR WILLIAM TO TAKE A FORT
NIGHTS REST AT KEEL

The Queen of the Belgians Rapidly
Recovering From Her Recent Indis-
position-The State of Ex-Empress
Carlotta of Mexico Not as Melan-
choly as Reported - Sir William
Harcourt the Coming Successor to
Gladstone in the Leadership.
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AT PIrTSBURG.
PITTsRURG, Aug. 10.-One death has re.
suited from heat to-day.
IN CONNECTICUT.

PLAINFIELD Conn.,, Aug. 1O.-To-Gnv
has been one of the hottest in years. aud
the drought is something startling. All
the late crops are burning up in the
ground, and the early ones have been
ripened so quickly by the drought that
they are badly scorched. The rive;
ponds and millstreams are lower than
for years. Ashland, Jewett City, Flaw
vitte, Central Valley and other places
having been compelled to stop the mills
for want of water. All through the val
ley of the Yantic, Quinebaugh and She
tucket Rivers the mills are idle,
Pachaud Lake, which covers 14,OO0 acres,
Is nearly dry. Unless rain soon comes,
the loss to crops and in wages will be-
great
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COOLER IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Aug. 10.-Dispatches from
number of points in Indiana. Illinois and
Iowa state the heat to-day was very Sc
we're, the mercury ranging from $50 to
1882 A number of prostrations were re-
ported, but few were fatal. The after
noon heat was mitigated at several points
by severe thunder-storms.
In Chicagoit was cooler than yesterday.
the maximum temperature being SO.
Excessive heat OF Friday, Saturday and
Sunday has, however, had its effect on
the mortality rates. One hundred and
sixty deaths were reported in this city
to-day, more than double the usual rate.
The morality among horses was also
heavy.
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SWALLOWED A WILL.

Peculiar Circumstances Surrounding
Woman's Death.
BORDEAUX, Aug. 10-Victor Berge has
just been sentenced at the Gironde Assizes
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GATHERED ABOUT TOWN.

District Attorney Ridgway has appointed Patrick
E. Callahan. Of the Seventh Ward, fourth assistant In
HIS Office under the law recently passed by the Legs
lature authorizing this increase in the force. Mr. Gala
had is graduate Of st. Johns College and the Column
b!a Law School.
The annual reception OF the Department of Micro
scopy Of tho Brooklyn Institute will be held In Art
Association Hall on Wednesday evening. There Will
be sixty-seven mcroScopical preparations exhibited
The Bridge Trustees hold their May meeting TO-
morrow afternoon.
At Holy Trinity this evening, DR.. Charles II. Hall
will preach upon The Dignity OF LABOR Win an Anu
sion to Charles Pratt
The funeral Of DR.. William Anderson a native of
Glasgow who died last week at No. 527 Henryst., at
the age of forty.seven, will be held this afternoon.
Broolvn City Lodge No. $40. Royal Arcanum, Rainbow
Council No. 1884, Legion of Honor, Clan Macdonald
No 49, O. S. c. and Ioanthe Council No. 400, Principe
di Napol, will attend
George w. Brown. grand marshal Of the Decoration
Day parade has appointed his staff and they will meet
al HEADQUARTERS Room IA, City Hail. tomorrow even
ing.
Captain Quick. Of the steamship Nimrod, yesterday
afternoon picked up the body Of a drowned man In
the Bay. 1t had been in the water some time, and
from postal card In the coat pocket the body was
Identified ae that of H. Helwill. Of No 769A Monroe
st. Helwi he'd not been by his friends fox nearly
a month.
Mrs. Lydia NICK Marquette, Professionalism
widow and physician, who attempted SUICIDE ie"
weeks ago by cutting her throat while suffering from
q cancer. died on Friday at the Long Island Cohege
Hospltal She lived alone with servant at safest.
and Willow Place, and got up In the hgh'' "eh'
down 10 the ward and cut her throat and returned 10
her room. she left property valued at $4,000
1obn Donncu. of No. 4O1 Twenteth-st.. who is en-
r,oroA nc night Waterman at the white lead WORKS al
Front and Adams sts., was arraigned before Pohce
Jnstce Walsh yesterday upon charge OF felomous
ossaut IN stabbing James Lynch on FRIDAY night
Donnel said that he used his knife IN sen-deieh'e'
lynch WAS stabbed four times in the neck ana once III
the abdomen. lie was sent to Raymoho suce' 'H,
70 await the result of Lynch's injuries. Lyneh hao
Threatened to kill Donnen'
In the Supreme Court yesterday judge Ouiieh maui
tho Judgment of the Court of Appeals III INC SUI "a
william Ziegler against Mayor Chaplin ana o'i'e's ~
the Long island Water Works case the Judgment Vi
the supreme Court, upon motion by W. D. ""sno''
A lecture ON the origin and development OF music
will ho oiven by Mr. 2. sidney SAMPSON before une
Rroohlvn Ethical Association to-moriO" evening" I"
hanpast seven O'Clock. in The second Unitarian
church. Clinton and Congress sts The lecture VIII D'
Illustrated with steseoptcGn views