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DIR. GRATES'S TRIAL.
He IL Accused OF the Murder Last Spring
OF Mrs. Barnnby.


DENVER, Nov 24-The trial OF DR.. Graves.
who is charged with having poisoned the late
Mrs. Barnaby. will commence to- morrow morn
ing. Yesterday. through his attorneys. tho
Providence physician filed long petition. re-
uucsting continuance for three months upon
the grounds of not having received list OF all
the witnesses subpnnaed by the prosecution.
Had the request been granted the term OF Dis
trict Attorney Stevens would have expired. and
n mol pros. would have been entered. Judge
Rising. in his decision this morning. said:
In tho matter OF tho motion for continu-
ance in the case OF the People agt. Graves. the
first question presented by the afItdavits and
by the argument upon tho motio. is ono OF
law. and that question is. Did the defendants
attorneys Mt tho time this case was set for trial.
to which they consented. have n right to as
sumo that the state would produce no wit
nesses upon tho trial. except such as md been
endorsed upon indictment? ! think that the
what the law was at that time. They had no
right to assume that no other witnesses would
DO produced ut the trial than those whose
names were endorsed upon tho Indictment:
must come to tho conclusion that upon the
question Of law and upon the question OF TACT
the grounds of the motion are not well taken,
and the motion must be denied.
one hundred talesmen drawn yesterday only
twenty lone had been found who were quail
fled. and summoned another panel Of one hun
drcd and fifty Jurors. who appeared TINS after
The work OF selecting u jury will commence
Tie trial promises to be one Of great inter;
est. Public sentiment Is against MTayes ana
dcnce. The defence is weak. Witnesses from
the East arc arriving.
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SHE WILL TELL NOTHING.
A woman with q Fractured Skull Found In
q New BoMery Hallway.

Lizzie Shoa, A years old. book folder en-
ployed by John Sullivan OF 40 Mott street, was
found unconscious in the hallway Of the tene-
ment at 40 New Bowery. about 8 o'clock last
night An ambulance took her to Chambers
Street Hospital. Some one in the crowd that
had gathered said he had seen the woman
thrown out OF a window. .....
At the hospital it was found that she had
depressed compound fracture Of tho back OF
the skull at the top. The depressed fragments
CT bone wore lifted UP and she became con-
scious. She was asked how she happened to
be In tho hallway and how she had been hurt.
and she "siused to say anything. Her condi-
What Somebody said about her having
been thrown out OF the window reached tho
Oak street police and the ward detectives were
nut on the case. One OF the tenants Mt ~ New
Bowery told the detectives that she had seen
the woman in an upper hallway OF the house
talking with Thomas Bropson. another tenant
This. the tenant said, was only few minutes
before the body was found in tho hallway 30
Bronson was arrested. He was two-thirds
drunk and wouldn't say anything. He was
The detectives went cut. again to find the
somebody" It ia thought likely that the
woman fen or WAS pushed down stairs; though
what she was doing UP stairs In tho house Is
not known. She did not live there. II any;
body had been thrown out OF window and
carried into tho hallway good many people
would have seen it. ....
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BAIL FOR MRS. ANNA EIcHLER
A Bondsaan Furnished by Coaoissloner
Helatz-Nr. stumprs Long Memory.

Aelntx-Ar. StumpfS Long Aemorys
I The examination OF Anna Katrina Eichler
and her son Nicholas. accused OF trying to ex-
tort money from the wealthy brewer. John
Eichler. was concluded in the Morrisania POLICE
Court yesterday. and Nicholas was held in
$1,000 bail for trial. His mother was held in
$500 bonds, and Commissioner Heintz. the
brewers nephew. provided bondsman for the
old woman rather than have her locked up.
The cross examination OF Mrs. Eichler. who
claims to be the wife OF the brewer. was con-
tinued by Lawyer Ashbel P. Fitch. She had
been in America ton weeks. she said. but she
could not toll the year. the month. or the day
OF the month she landed. Il never bother
about such things" she said. Her husband
was drafted into the German army at the age
Of 20 years. but he had lame finger and acted &c
She could not tell her own age nor the age OF
Tho defence rested without putting Nicholas
Franz Charles stumpf bookkeerer for the
Consolidated Gas Company. went to Morris
when he w sMse Seven years od he had to
America on the vessel with Brewer Eichler
How do You happen to remember Mr.. Eich-
Hbait the mizzenmast Of the steamer" Mr..
s ssT 5sDes shden sSd
them. and fell and hurt my head. Mr.: Eichler
ran down stairs and told my father he said
Mr.. Eichler had done Just right and thrashed
Lawyer Costello. II, summing up. called at;
tention to Mrs. Eichler's age. .infirmities., md
ignorance. and said she had shown herself in
No one present could believe that Brewer John
Eichler was her husband. but he thought she
and urged that she be discharged.
Justice Taintor decided to hold the accused.
Nicholas was locked up.
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THIS ARREST APPARENTLY UNJUST
Thomas Fischer Admits That Spite Led Hin
to Accuse His Brother of ParrlcIde.

LODI. n. J.. Nov. 24.-John Fischer. war
veteran. who had lived in Lodi twenty-seven
years. died Sunday last. When his son
Thomas who was estrunged from his father
and the rest Of the family heard Of the death
lie went before Squire Richard Van Wrinkle
and swore out n warrant for his brother
Nicholas Fischer's arrest. accusing him OF
causing the death of his father. Tho young
man was arrested. To-day the brother who
mnde the accusation snid he was sorry he had
hail the warrant. issued. and admitted that he
could not prove the charge. that he acted upon
hearsay only, and was prompted by u long
The ground on which the charge was made
was an allegation TINT on Wednesday. Nov 4;
the older FISCHER was drunk. and in quarrel
with his son Nicholas was thrown out OF the
barroom on the tagging OF the sidewalk. His
right hip joint was broken.
Dr.. McFadden. acting County Physician: per;
the cause Of death to be pneumonia and or;
ganic heart disease. An inquest will pc held
result Of the autopsy warranted the CoEoper In
holding young Nicholas Fischer until the in
quest Is held
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Methods OF Choosing Delegates to tho Ma.
tlOnaI Convention Prescribed.

Methods OF Choosing Delegates to tho Ma
tiOnai Convention Prescribed.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.-The National Rcpub-
lican Committee issued this call to-day:
:" To the Republican Elections Of tie United STATES:
I'm accordance with usage and the instruc-
tion Of the Republican National Convention Of
1888. National Republican Convention OF
delegated representatives Of the Republican
party will be held Mt the city OF Minneapolis
on Tuesday. the It'll day OF June. 1892. at
II o'clock noon. for the purpose OF nomi-
mating candidates for President and Vice Pres
ident to be supported at the next national
election and for the transaction OF such
other and further business as may be brought
before 1t. Tho Republican electors In the
several States and Territories and the voters.
without regard to past political affiliations.
who believe in Republican principles and en-
dorso tho Republican policy. are cordially in
vited to unite under this call in tho formation
of q national ticket. Each State will BIO enti-
tied to four delegates Mt large and for each
Representative in Congress at large two dele-
tory. and the District OF Columbia to two dele
ss:sn .Ss
Ssiore the meeting q the National Gonsenton
sional Committed Of each such district in the
same manner as tho nomination lor q repre-
Provided that in any Congressional district
where there Is, no Rcpuhlican Congressional
under the next Congressional 9rtionment,
the Republican State Committee shall appoint
from the residents OF such districts commit
Vention to elect district deiesates The terri
torial delegates shall be chosen in
n delegate In Congress is made. Tho dele
gates 81 the District Of Columbia shall be-
II Srsry %ss 81
publican Central Committee q the District u ri Of
first TUESDAY Of January. 1902, 1t lilo hour q
s M ct 70 be 81 sns a shGa
by the member Of the National COMMITTEES for
tho Republican Contra! Committee Of said dis
trict. An alternate delegate for each delegate
~ the the abssnee Of the delegate shall be elected
the delegate Is elected.
the National COMMITTEES in writing. accom-
panied by printed statements Of the grounds
Of s w order se
contests will be given by the Convention In ac-
cordanee with the dates q fling such notices
JAMES s. CLARKsoS, Chairman. :,
JACOB SLoAT FAssETT. Secretary"
Claiming +. Meeks OF Colorado was elected
Arms OF the next National Convention.
The National Committee considered at its
clements OF the party In Utah, and resolved to
recognize the committee elected 9y the con
yentlon Of delegates at Salt Lake CITY on sept.
mittee.
Each member OF tho committee made a
State and its needs and prospects. These
We're generally hopeful in tonee, and were re-
ceiyed with enthusiasm by tho committee
sameness OF the addresses by indulgine In a
fierce attack upon the white Republicans OF
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LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS.
DAsHEs HERE AND 7IfInE ri TEE
SUNS UBIQUITOUs REP0RLERS
This IL Funny, somehow-Why Does white
Paint spilled n Diamond Importer
Make Men Laughs-Mr. Stern's Adventure

This IL Funny, Sonehow-why Does white
Paint spilled on Diamond Importer
Make Men Laughs-Mr. Stern's Advsntures
Leopold Stern. the head Of the diamond i'm.
porting firm Of Stern Bios Co. at 30 MaideA
lane. sat yesterday afternoon in his private
office back Of the store with n silk cap on his
head porting over a book OF accounts that was
spread out on his desk directly below q plate.
glass skylight. Mr. Patrick Donohue. a hum
bic devotee Of decorative art was icisurely
covering the skylight with fresh white paint.
A crash OF glass and dull thud startled the
diamond importers partners and clerk and
they ran into the office Just in time to see tho
head OF the firm rise slowly to his feet sheeted
in white. There was fine pool Of nice fresh
white paint right in the middle OF the
account book. The inkstand and table
ornaments were islands in lake OF white. and
waterfalls of paint streamed down the sides OF
the desk. Mr.. Stern's black silk skull cap had
from its color fed, A tin can lay bottom up
upon the floor. and splinters OF glass were
: Mr.. Stern looked VI, and saw Nj. Patrick
Ro ,l TI phi I peSrins down through
Il ak yer pardon. said Mr.. Donohua
~, .loH,ro very good; don't mention 1t" re-
i' Then no turned to his clerks and partners
and said something in "sprechen sic deutsch"
that was unfamiliar to the Gaelic ear OF tho
The police Of the precinct reported the epi:
went down to Mr.; stern's to get translaatIkS,n a
were industriously scrubbing the floor. and 2
pH pe w. PsfSa pf
knees scrubbin,g mp his paint. looked up at the
reP9r si,i,t Eastman ashamed" no said.
English or German for publication.
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PATERSON sCANDALIzED.
A wonan Starts . New War There On
Sensstlonsl Theatre Posters.


Sam Jacks creole burlosaue company. which
is playing this week at the Peoples Theatre
in Paterson. is causing scandal In that town by
advertising its attractions with large. bril-
lisntly colorsd posters showing the women Of
the troupe clad in scanty costumea The in
habitants Of Paterson have always been sensi-
tive on this point. The Evangelical Alliance
there two years ago had some bill posters fined
for similar offence. and Chief Graul Of the
police force at that time gave orders to his
patrolmen to arrest any one billing the town
with pictures which to their minds seemed
indecent
On Nov. 10 the first bills Of the creole company
appeared in town. Tho women residents were
scandalized and complaints were heard on all
M s but the f nss Ra steps q
on that day. when an elderly woman dressed in
ssT he s where hung
down. Theg sSssds sssraDcs ssaFs' Tear them
&c s,ss liz ana 1Sf'Ss shs police
conciadsd to take an ' additionai step He s ar
bill posters, OF the theatre They were ar:
ragnsdb on MG1sSsy before Recorder Stewart
Joe Mefie. the business representative Of the
theatre. when he was questioned yesterday in
regard to the. matter. Anthony, Comstock
Graul. and he said they were all right. SO or:
dered the men TO put them up When heard
e 81 We sss
"Fve been in this business for twenty-fiv
years. but this towns getting too moral for
me-"
Chief Graul told a reporter that Ziefle had
brought o lot OF posters to him. but not the
ones on which the com plant was based The
Chief appeared to be very much outraged at
that Ziefie." he added. Significantly, comes
around here again I'll pitch him out on his
nose"
Tho posters that have caused all the trouble
appeared on the Bowery two weeks ago. They
caused no unusual comment in this town.
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FELT SHE COULD ARISE AND Walk.
Sudden Recovery OF . Woman Long Help.
less from Paralysis.

Sudden Recovery or . Woman Long Help
less from Paralysis.
Ten years ago Miss Nellie Bennett, a daugh-
ter OF Barnardus Bennett Of Jamaica. became
afflicted with spinal trouble. which finally
deprived her OF the use OF her legs. so that sho
could not walk without the aid OF crutches. At
times she was confined to her bed. Three
weeks ago she visited a friend. Mrs. Montfort.
in India street. Greenpoint One evening
while there she had her lap full OF pictures and
photographic which she was examining. ~,
Montiord by calling out to her to come and
take away the pictures as she was going TO get
". hsr actions and tone alarmed Mrs. Mont
Walt until get your crutohes." - ,,,
Xee san %sf
fRs ans%ef srrs r. fSs
but she WHEN Mss
ACROSS the floor. Al first her step was wayer-
iSs and SnaSssasd bit i Sssans firm ISiSTf
help She s satsd Sysy her
sr rom Tie
following Wednesday she, returned TO herr
home in Jamaica. Her mother caught sight Of
srutches. and. It Is said. sic actually falnted
Then her sister. Mrs, si1ey. saw her and She
OF jamaica without the aid OF her crutches sho
was greeted with astonishment by her friends
Her recovery appears to DO permanent.
DIR. r. nj. Wood Of Jamaica. who has attended
her for more than twelve years, said her sud
was afiiicted with paralysis OF the spine. and
that palsy Of the lower hall Of the body had
treatment for her, malady for three years.
In describing her recovery Miss Bennett
through her limbs. She felt she could walk.
aud on the impulse she stood up.
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HE WAS TO GET $4,000 FOR $500
Tho Particular Bunco Man Thss TIDs -
said 70 he = Brooklyn Barber.


said TO he Brooklyn Barber.
A tall. red-faced man with scraggy whiskers
and blue eyes entered the Revere House. at
Broadway and Houston street, on Monday
afternoon. and registered as Nv. H. Boyd.
Dexter" He didn't specify what particular
town OF Dexter he came from. but the young
man who looks after the baggage thought
from his appearance that it must have been
far away. In tho evening according to this
boy. "a Teller wild wiskers come in md chinned
wild i'm for nearly n hour. Nd dis morn'n' dc
went out, M dey amt been back sence."
Detectives Crowley and McClqskey Of Police
living at ll2 Tenth street. Brooklyn. to the
noon on tho charge Of attempting to swindle
one William H. GEORGE stopping at the Revere
to get 50. worth Of counterfeit money from
and Gr rec S streets bn Monday afternoon.
The police had learned Of the mater and tho
found no green paper in his pockets. George
did not appear in court and the prisoner was
remanded.
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ARRESTED ON THE STAGE
Nulty Had Accepted Dixon's Challcnxe
When Detective Recognized Him.

When n Detective Recognized Him.
George Dixon. the champion colored bantam
weight. appeared on the stage OF Miners
Eighth Avenue Theatre last night and chal-
lcnged any one in the audience to stand up
before him. Among tho audience was Michael
Nulty. a laborer of 875 Eleventh avenue.
Pm your boy" he said. and as he passed
down the middle aisle the audience applaud
ed. He mounted tho stage and began to take
off his coat and waistcoat. In the rear Of the
theatre stood Detective Carey Of the West
Twentieth street station. who, recognized
Nulty as man for whom he had been looking
since March 20, 1890
In q few strides the detective reached the
stage: Come down. want you" said ne.
get another combatant Nulty was taken to
the station house and Locked up. =, .s.,,,,+,, =
Thomas Curran OF 432 East Seventeenth
street. Currrn was asleep In p paint mt shop shop
and two others. who threw acid In his face.
Nulty's accomplices are in prison.
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CONFLICT OF ORDERS AT SYRACUSE
Judge Kennedy Criticises Gov. Hin from
tho bench.

SYRACUSE. Nov. PA subpoena issued by
Gov Hill was served upon County Clerk
Cotton this afternoon commanding him to APP
pear before tho Governor in tho Executive
Chamber at Albany at 2 o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon to answer charges OF misconduct In
Office, and to bring certain returns OF election
Of the First Assembly district OF Onondaga
county. filed in the office Of the County Clerk.
the minutes Of the Board OF County Can
assers. and the certificate Of election OF
PuthcKJ. Ryan as member OF Assembly from
sthe First district. Judge George N. Kennedy had
Just extended until Friday the time in which
no had commanded the County Board OF Can
Wssers to return the erroneous returns In the
First Assembly district to the inspectors OF
election. and an order had been issued by him
And served upon County Clerk Cotton to turn
the erroneous returns over to the county can
mssers Mr. Cotton was thus confronted with
TWO orders. one by a Justice OF the Supreme
court that the returns be sent back to the In
sgectors, tho other by the Governor Of the
without delay, by, the County Clerk himself.
Oant u.s Marshall. attorney Tor the Board OF
tensia ,y C "a t who had secured the ex
TWged erroneous, returns. went before Judge
aA.enlRedy to say that he had had no knowledge
ha9cmmsnt Which had Just been served
III take judicial notice. Mr.. Marshall" Judge
hnennedy said to the lawyer. that you are a
t thbah 81 honor and entitled to respect wish
thsss s, could say as much Of tho Executive OF
~. MeLennan and E. n. Wilson. attorneys
"th Lolpty Clerk Cotton. called the attention
M II paRetfss a fe tSe M
msdv nEt acted in good faith with Judge Ken.
MA edy IN asking for tho indulgence OF the Court
sn np as soon as 1t was granted serving the
Nudge Judge Kcnnedy read the Subpoena and OK
pre- plbesied great anxiety to soc John, j.. Hallock,
NJ. Mo I nad served it upon the County Clerk. but
~: diiiaiiock was not to be found.
S%enuke us all. Because we meet with them
T Te should not DO downcast. David is a great
wa, o. misfortune to the people Of the State.
CSn",sS,n r., Kennedy then addressed himself to
Sus SSeii H.. The Judge said tho order he had Is
sued directing Mr. Cotton to give the erroneous
ansMns "a 20 me c9nyasseIs would be q sufficient
o fhfrg s w aaS % W b Ss %ade
rn a,u OF thc Governor in regard to them. Mr..
nud'nh said no had already compiled with the
can yr 81 inc Court and given the returns to the
,s Ihe Board Of County Canvassers passed q
J uJguu' IN the afternoon In compliance with
es,n EU hennedy's mandamus, sending the
eiectio onus returns back to the inspectois OF
ciniDers Incorporated In tho resolution a
fbtauSs requiring the inspectors to certify to
,nn Inn BOARD CONCERNING the existence Of any
LII h,,asr'grniarly as to endorsements upon the
All i,o,s, This clause would cover the Senator
H., cas. as well AZ the First Assembly dis
the nnn,Sl. and II was vigorously opposed by
NNo ss being In a majority. the resolution
NIL IT Is said that subpenas have been served
N''A many Inspectors oil election to appear be-
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POLICE DIAGNOSIS. DRUNK.
Mr. Lyon mt Last Gets to the Hospital, and
IL Still Unconscious There.

W. c. Lyon of 40 East 10th street, sales
man for f. =. JafYray & Co. was found lying on
the sidewalk ut 115th street and Third avenue.
ut o'clock yesterday morning. by Policeman
Garvey. He was taken to the East 126th street
police station. where 1t was concluded TINT no
was drunk. and he was left in tho section room
At IOl5 o'clock the man was still uncon-
scious. An ambulance was then summoned
and he WAS removed to the Harlem Hospital:
There the surgeons discovered symptoms of
apopleXy and say that tho mans skull per-
haps, is fractured At 10 O'Clock las, night he
had not recovered consciousness. and his con-
Mr. Lyon icft home about 8 o'clock Monday
night, telling his wife that no would return
If he met with foul play there is no outward
Indication Of His relatives say ne was not
away over night before. II he had beon drink
ing there was little. II any, Indication OF 1t
when he reached tho hospital.
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The storm centre Canada yesterday morn
ing travelling toward the Gulf OF st. Lawrence.' Il
had not In violence. Tho wind at Montreal
was blowing forty .four miles an hour.
There was other storm In sight, Fair westhsr pre-.
vailed over the country except for light fall OF snow
in Michigan and northern Pennsylvania. The weather
was colder everywhere. Thanksgiving Day 10 likely to
be cool and the greater part OF the county,
and especially in this neighborhood. ..
Yesterday cooler and fair In this city; htghese
ofcial temperature. 90 degrees lowest. ~ degrees:
average humidity 81 per cent: wind. southwest aver
age velocity. sixteen miles an hour
The Thermometer ut Perrys pharmacy In TIE SuH
hpinQ recorded the yesterday folio
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Two Sides to B.rretps Character.

David Barrett, who has received several
medals for saving persons from drowning In
New York bay and the East and North Rivers.
was arraiGned yesterday in the General ses.
sions to receive sentence for assaulting Pc.
liceman John Whitworth OF the Madison street
police.
formation is that you are a hardened ruffan
to teach you and men like you that police
officer. in the discharge Of his duty. must be
sentence you to State prison. at hard labor. for
five years."
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BEGGING In Trentou Unre mu.erative.

A bright boy of II was prisoner in the Har-
lem Court yesterday. His left leg and his left
arm had been amputated. and he hobbled along
with the aid Of a single crutch. Agent Moore
had caught him begging at Third avenue and
OF So Ashury street, Trenton. His father is II
puddler in the Trenton Rolling Mills and Gus,
fave is tho youngest of five children;, He had
sent him out to beg. but begging in Trenton
brought but little retuyn.s and last Thursday
90 to New York. Ho was given in charge OF
tho CORY society.
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the South, whom he held to be responsible. for
the Jack OF virilty Of the party IN that secton
suppressing the negro vote for feaT Of race
issues. He held that their pusillanimous
polIcy had resulted in untold party losses and
maintained that few vigorous contests and
manifestations Of their rightful power by the
Southern negroes would have whoiesomc
political effect and redeem southern statcs
IL was announced that a meeting Of tho Ex-
or three weeks upon a call from the Chairman.
to undertake the work preliminary to the Con
vention, and at o'clock the National Commit
tee adjourned sine die.