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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
A GREAT TIE-UP IN COTTON
Wharf Hands In Savannah Strike for More
Pay-1,AOO Cars Side Tracked.

SAVANNAH. Sept. 2o-The commerce OF this
port Is demoralized by strike Of wharf
hands Eleven hundred went out yesterday
for an increase OF pay from fifteen
to twenty cents an hour. These wore
in the employ OF tho ocean steamship
company running to New York and Boston
and the Merchants and Miners line
running to Baltimore. Tonight all tho
wharf hands Of the Savannah. Florida
and Western Railroad went out. To-
morrow morning. unless their demands
are aceeded toll all the men at the cotton
presses. all the draymen. and hundreds OF
other negro workingmen along the wharves.
who are in sympathy with the strikers. will 60
out to support them.
OF 1000 bales Of cotton and large guam
tity OF naval stores that came in yesterday
not q package has been handled. Fourteen
hundred car loads OF cotton are side tracked
along the line OF tho Central railroad and its
branches this morning.
By tomorrow night the present prospect Is
that shipments OF cotton from the territory
tributary to Savannah will practically cease or
find their way to other ports.
The loss inflicted on the cotton. naval stores.
and shipping interests here threatens to be
enormous. Meetings Of the Board Of Trade
Cotton Exchange. and committees OF the
strikers unions were held to-day. and at IL
O'Clock tonight conference was being held
by committees OF these organizations and rail-
road and steamship company officials with no
progress toward a settlement Public SYM
pathy Is with the strikers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
Suicide at white Plains.

WHITE PLAINS. Sept. 29.-Abner Ferris Of
Arihonk. a baker. 50 years Of age. committed
suicide late last night by shooting himself In
front OF tho residence Of JosephEShute.
Yesterday afternoon he called on his friend
Frank L. Cox. who keeps a mems furnishing
store In White Plains. and gave him slip OF
paper. on which he had written the address OF
and that Of his isther ohm Ferris. 2S5 West West
Twelfth street, New York.
Ferris did not tell Cox that he intended to
commit suicide, but said that he thought 1t
best to let Cox know the address Of his wifo
and father In case anything happened to him.
He told Cox that he had come to White Plains
to look for work.
Chief Bogart says he has learned that Ferris
had been paying attention to q young woman
vulge her name. The body lies In the dead
house at the White Plains jail
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
MISSING FROM 4 CONVENT SCHOOL.
Miss Anderson Puts y Green Dress AM
Lace Hat and Disappears.

Miss Anderson Puts on y Green Dress and
Lace Hat and Disappears.
Miss Nanny Anderson OF 3A1 Clinton street.
Brooklyn is missing from st. Joseph Academy
in Flushing. She returned to school on
Wednesday OF last week after the summer
vacation. 1t was warm the next morning. and
between 8 and 8 o'clock she received permits
sion to go to her room and change her dress.
She came out again attired in q green-colored
dress and black lace hat and left the grounds.
Nothing has been heard Of her at the academy
since. Sho took along her pocketbook. which
1t Is thought contained about 81.
Miss Anderson Is the daughte OF William ].
Anderson. stationer doing business in Spring
street No. 341 Clinton street, Brooklyn. Is q
large double house which Mrs. Anderson runs
as boarding house. Mr.. Anderson said last
wv; have made inquiries in all directions
whore We supposed she might have gone. but
w. s t ss mot SsG s s 6ou tG ss
was supposed to have taken team in that d.
rection. and the probability is that she 10
stu on She So Wa
and n' easily h 'nS ' not fHS
end young medical student boarding here.
Moreover the medical student is still here and
has not been absent during the past week. My
and probably some romantic IDEAS which have;
AZ s ; ;sn1d IT, S,S All 1nE that
ssess ne Z, inc fh brass
face. had several rings on her fingers. one a
largo cameo. and wore broad. black lace hat
with pink flowers. dark green marine dress
with velvet sleeves, and carried q black satchel
and sun umbrella"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
Tho Weather.

Tho high pressure that was closely following tns
storm In the Lake regions yesterday overspread the
Ohio Valley and lake regions last night travelling
rapidly into the Atlantic States with cooler weather.
The storm centre had passed northeast to tho mouth Of
tho st. Lawrence attended by high winds over the
lakes and the New England coast. and brisk winds
the middle Atlantic coast. Tho temperature fell 10
degrees % degrees In the lake regions and fall OF
10 degrees 20 degrees should take place this morning
In this neghborhood. with fair weather Cool. fair
weather should prevail here until Thursday night
or Friday morning.
West OF the high pressure extending from the Daks
southwest to Utah. Is storm centre OF unusual
attended by severe gales over Montana the Dako.
tas and Minnesota, and in tho States surrounding the
centre. with but light rainfall This depression hes
caused rise OF 10 to 20 degrees In temperature
the upper Mississippi States and colder weather In the
exrone Northwest, with snow In British Columbia. This
likely to be the most far this season.
and its will probably be toward the lake region.
Rain fell in this city yesterday afternoon lowering
the temperature 10 degrees Tho highest ocial tenn
peaure 81 degrees the lowest 60 degress average
humidity 20 per cent. wind from IL to 10 mies An
hour changing from southeast to southwesti rainfall
IA OF an inch
NJ
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
MRS. DELL's RECORD.
6he 10 Not Altogether Stranger to ths
Police and the Courts.

sho 10 Not Altogether n Stranger to the
Police and the Courts.
The police OF Capt. Gunner's precinct have
been looking up the character OF the woman
who was arrested on Sunday night for deposit
ing I'm infant on tho stoop OF the house 81
East Sixty-ffth street 1t has been found that
on Fob. 20. 1890. she was arrested for disor-
derby conduct and lettering on tho street. She
hceived six months sentence In the Harlem
Court, but Thomas letter. a butcher Of Third
avenue and Elghty-ninth street. furnished
bonds for her good behavior. A few months
ago she was again arrested In Harlem for as
saultinR o policeman. The same man saved
her from punishment. Mrs. Dell sent word to
letter on Monday to come to her assistance.
but he says that he has done with the woman.
30 Mrs. Dell is locked up in the Yorkville Court
prison pending examination.
She gave her address, as 2O3 East Tooth
street. but she left that place oyer two months
ago. Ono Of the tenants says that while she
was there she had iyc or six children with her.
which she said were her own.
When tho case comes up for examination
Charles Il, Ferguson OF 1.l9O Second avenue
will make another complaint against her He
has positively identified her as the woman who
night Of July IA.
Mrs. Dell has q sister. Mrs. -Karsch, who is q
midwife at 1854 East seventy fourth street, and
Mrs. Dell has occasionally lived there as nurse
Mrs. Karsch Is reluctant to speak about the
present affair.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
A HORROR OF FOUR YEARS AGO,
The Story OF tho Murder OF 81 Chinese Has
just Como to Light.


San Francisco. Sept. 2o.-vice-Consul Bee Of
the Chinese Legation here has just received
from Walla Wala the statement Of Hugh Mo-
MILAN. which throws light on the murder OF
thirty-four Chinese miners on Snake River
four years ago. In April. 1887. report came
from Idaho OF the discovery Of over twenty
dead bodies OF Chinese found floating down
tho river. All had Gunshot wounds. Deteo-
tives were sent by the Chinese Consulate into
the Snake River country. but they returned
declaring it was q paradise H renegades and
cattle thieves. and no clue could be found.
Mcmillan now makes statement which was
given him by his son Robert. 10 years old.
just before the lads death.
Young Mcmillan. Bruce Evans. Hiram May
nard. Carl Hughes. "Lide" Garfield. Max
Larue. and Frank Vaughn were in a cattle
camp ear the Snake River when some one sug-
gested that they clean out a neighboring camp
Of Chinese miners. Armed with revovers and
Winchesters. they surprised camp and killed
twelve Chinese. only one escaping. wounded.
All the bodies were thrown into the river. They
searched the camp and obtained over s.. 600 in
gold dust. On the next day four Of the party
returned to look for the wounded Chinese.
They found him in boat and beat out his
brains. Then they discovered eight Chinese
coming down the river. These they ambushed
and murdered and threw their bodies into the
river,
Not content with this. they started UP the
river to another Chinese camp. where thirteen
men worked. and the same bloody work was
repeated. The unarmed Chinese could offer
no resistance. All were shot and the bodies
were cast into the river. Here the murderers
found a large amount Of gold dust. estimated
at $500 which they divided. The scene Of
the murders was in Wallowa county. Or.
yice-Consul Bee will do all in his power to
track down the murderers and to secure in
demnity for this atrocity which Is one Of the
worst that has ever occurred on this coast
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
LOCAL R.PUBLICAN DATES.
Mr.. Patterson's Committee in Favor OF .
Straight Local Ticket.


The Republican County Executive Commit
tee met in its rooms in the Tribune building
yesterday. Jacob NJ. Patterson presiding.
The primaries to elect delegates to the
various local nominating conventions were ap-
pointed for Saturday evening. These are tho
dates selected for the conventions: County.
Oct. 8. Grand Opera House hall: Congress.
Senate. and Aldermanic. Oct 10. and As
sembly. except the fwenty-fourth district,
Oct IL. The Twenty-fourth district conven-
ton will be held on Oct. 10. The convention
OF the Tenth judicial district to nominate q
successor e q. Civil Justice A J. Rogers will be
The Executive Committee issued orders for
and requested the Committee On Nsturaliza:
ton to continue its work in the Executive
hold mass meeting in GONG big hall
on Oct. II or therenbouts;, Mr.. Fassett will
have returned from his talking trip up tho
State by that time. and 1t is the Committee's
intention to have him. Senator Hiscock. and
DR.. Depew for the orators Of the evening.
1t is the idea Of the committee to have Sc
RES OF ratification meetings In each OF the
Congress districts after the opening big mass
meeting. Mr.. Fassett ts to be pressed into this
service for about eight days
The members Of the committee favor q
straight local ticket There's not much In
sight worth trading foD.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
Two BULLETS ABOpE THE HEART
One or Mrs. Dorn's Two Mysterious Visitors
HID Just Left Her.

About year ago Mariana Dorm. pretty
German woman OF 20 hired tho basement
floor OF 34S East Ninth street, and moved into
tho roome there. She lot the back rooms. She
put up a sign as a midwife. and kept good
deal to herself.
sho was neat and pleasant. and tho people in
tho house liked her. although they learned but
little about her. She had lived. they learned.
somewhere In Twelfth street, and had como
from Germany.
They understood that she had husband
there. and that she had left him because they
could not agree after hor two children had
died. Last spring she bought out
little candy store across tho way. at
345. put up her name there. and took down
her former sign. She hired fifteen year-old
girl. Rosie Zittell Of 1876 Crosby street, to at
tend tho store.
Mrs. Dorm had two callers. One was a gray
haired man. who was known Us her uncle. No
one ever heard his namc. and 1t was under-
stood that he was either big merchanto or .
He bought the store Tor her. It was. said, and
Ss otSsF s6 III TS%s
%ss about " ana %s !ysS ss town ,oaa.,.r
Rse Ssn .h Dosn and aa sqyyeSer
after she had closed the store The old man
Seo tT hssS I the sa In To-
II IS seemed en- as IL Mrs. Dorm were anxious that
the two mon should not meet, for one day last
store store she ' s.x The old man NAN at the Window
hurried sss h% th.t cut shs s1$ HseHs
the side door of her store where che had let
Son Sf out nes s s @ sf sr s%as eS S
got into the store and stole peanuts and
Recently. 1t had been said. Tihlman was
since. then Mrs. Dorn Complained Of pains
- hope ths pain wont come back. to-day
b. ar f .a as es b. Masr
About O'clock the, old man called 70 see
away ava Rosie heard Mrs. Dorm coli her and ran
across the street. From tho sidewalk she saw
Mrs, Dorm lying on lounge In front OF tho
AS Rosie was about to speak to her. Mrs;
Srn h pistol ao dn to hss heard
tins ;ho had shs st hoIssii for br; Muller ii
pistol bullet wounds in her breast, over her
heart She was unconscious when they got 30
She Was takep to Bellevue and the doc
sss her history is another FS tragedy
found beside her. written In pencil on the back
OF an Ell Dorado" programmes:
DEAR JoHx: Farewell Good.by Love to all. except
| the man who led my mother to death-not revenge.
DR.. Muller knows nothing that will explain
| the letter. He had known her about eighteen
months She came to him then to be examined
for admittance to the Thusnelda Lodge Of the
| While waiting for tho ambulance, Mrs Dorm
raved and kept pointing. her finger toward the
| and Avenue A."
John Tihlman. Mrs. Dorn's supposed lover.
the northwest corner Of Eighty second street
and Avenue A. He is n fresce painter. and is a
| big man with heavy blond moustache.
| night that Mrs. Dorm was simply an acQuaint-
ance Of his. He had been to her house about
eight times.
Hs did not know anything atont h,- hat ,ry
| and had never met her uncle nor heard OF
him. He could give no reason for her attempt
mentally deranged at times.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
COLLAPSE OF A PATERSON BRIDGE
Two Horses aud u Truck Wedged In the
Wreck-One Man Injured.

Two Horses aud n Truck Wedged In the
Wreck-Ono Man Injured.
PATERSON. Sept 20.-One OF the spans OF the
Broadway Bridge. crossing the Passaio River
and connecting Passaio and Bergen county
collapsed late this afternoon. Tho bridge is
the last one OF the old wooden structures Of q
past age. and. although frequently repaired
and rebuilt, has long been considered unsafe
The Passaic Freeholders have been in favor
Of replacing it with an iron structure. but they
were oyerruled by the economical Bergen
Freeholders who oppose anything new as long
as the old ono will hold together.
The bridge collapsed Il, under the weight Of 2
Clark. cement sewer pipe manufacturer. The
truck and horses wero wedged in the wreck
but were rescued after several hours work.
The driver. Edward 'Whalen. escaped injury,
but Patrick Dooly Of 30 MarshalI street had
He was catching ride home after his days
work.
As the nearest bridge. that at Thirty-third
street Is underKoins repairs. the Betgen
tour to get into the city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
III. c.npben.M ck,nley Debate.

COLUMBUS. O.. Sept. 29.-Chairmen Neal and
Hahn OF the Democratic and Republican State
Executive Committees had some correspond
ence yesterday and to-day relative to series
OF Joint debates between Major Mckinley and
Gov. Campbell Mr.. Neal proposed eight Joint
meetings. but Mr.. Hahn declined to enter into
the arrangement for the reason. as he said.
Mckinley daily until election day. with the OK
ception Of Oct 0. He offered to accept for this
Neal insisted upon tho series OF eight. and
offered to cancel Gov. Cempbell's engagements
cations are that there Will be only ono Joint de-
bate between the leaders OF the two great par
ties, and that one will BIO the meeting already
noon. Oct, &
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
WILL HE BECOME INSANEs
The Policeman who WAS Called Upon to Ar
rest His Own Wiz.


John J. Ryan. tho Hoboken policeman who
was called upon early on Sunday morning to
eject drunken man and woman from horse
car and discovered that tho woman was his
own wife. was sent to St Mary's Hospital last
night.
When he went to tho police station last night
to report for duty he said he did not feel right.
and he thought he had better take a rest. His
head felt queer and he feared his mind was
giving way.
Ho evidently was suffering from nervous
prostitution. He has been hrooding over his
by his wife. and. seeing that no could not bear
up any longer. he decided to ask for few days
rest He thought the hospital was the best
His friends think he Is on the verge Of In
sanity, and would not be surprised II he be-
came insane His superiors speak Of him as Q
n quiet, retiring disposition. and entirely de.
voted to his family. His wife has had previous
esc9pades. but he concealed them IN order to
It is thotEh also that threat made by his
wife to kill him after her release from jail has
helped to bring him to his present Condition:
until his ailment develops itself.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
Many Italians Joining.

Tammany's Naturalization Bureau at II
Centre street is doing big business. The
first days work proved highly satisfactory. but
Yesterdays was more so. There were 112
applicants for white tickets UP to 3 o'clock.
That meant 112 brand new Tammany votes.
This vas IN addition to any number Of foreign;
we're referred to various Tammany, leaders for
red tickets which would entitle them to re-
Committee. Chief Clerk McNamee said that
he expected to Ill up his application book
within two weeks. Tho book contains blanks
for $500 names.
There was even a smaller proportion OF ignor-
ant foreigners among Yesterdays applicants
ton still continued 70 be italians with Germans
next in number; About a dozen , negroes, -. OF
There have been no Chinese or Japanese APP
nlicRnts
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very restricted districts. ia very much exag.
9ornteu: As q matter OF fact, there Is not as
timG, tho beginning Of the campaign. It will
Do oil over long before election day"
Among tho letters receiver by Candidate
Flower yesterday was one from ex-Oongress-
man Quinn. which said:
rev mon IN public life have had better op.
ability you fought for and guarded every in
terest pertaining to our city, State, and nation
no man will work with more earnestness from
now until the close of the polls on election day
ton which. politically speaking, will be only
hating place on the highway to tho White
House, to the Presidency Of this great re-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
MRS. HART wou1Dy'T SHAKE HANDS
Iustend She Stabbed Her Husband with .
Hat Pin In Open Court.

Three years ago james Hart. an ice-cat
driver OF 423 Fast Twelfth street. was married.
and le and his wife. Jenny. lived happily until
Jenny met Charley Holmes. Coney Island
bartender Hart left her six months ago. and
Mrs Hart had her husband summoned to Es-
sex Earket Court yesterday morning to an
sw"r tn" charge Of abandonment; Justice
Ryan told man and wife to shake hands and
not what Mrs Hart wanted. sho had q hat
pin in her hand which she had been lingering
turned his hack to her. to leave the platform.
she rushed at him. and .hmTying the hat pin In
his shoulder, shouted I'll get even with YOU.
any way. you liar"
'Oh. Judge, i'm stabbed. I'm. stabbed"
screamed Hart. VIII" was Indy frGht"nod,
wore heavy clothing. aud tho hat hin had only
punctured the skin. A charge of assault Was
made against Mrs. Hart. and the Justice gave
her ten days
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30

Average on Sept ~, 1890. ---~s.oos
LOCAL FORECAST TILL ,. u. waDNEaDAy.
For southeastern New York Qncuding Long IsAndl
also for western Connecticut and northern New JersA
clearing In the early morning. fair during the dAyy
cooler. northwest winds. Thursday, fair and cool.
Conditions favorable for stormy weather Friday.
WARRINGTON roREcAsT ?. H. WEDNESDAY,.
Tho storm which central In the upper 81. Law.
renee Valley has moved to the northwest ATTENDED ~
rains along the Atlantic cosst which viii probably 10
followed by COOL fair weather tomorrow The a
high pressure covers the central valleya and lake
region. attended by cool fair weather. The baromstss
has fallen rapidly. with warm, southsrly winds TO the
west of the Mississippi aud tho barometer u unusually
low over Utah and north Of Montana. The nrst saov
Of the season IL reported tonight nom Edmonton.
Warmer fair weather IL indicated for the central val
leys tomorrow. and tho storm in tho Rocky Mountain
region will probably extend the lake regions ana
upper Mississippi Valley on Wednesday night.
For Maine and New Hampshire local showors; north
westerly winds; stationary temperature cooler Thur.
day morning.
For Vermont fair Wednesday; cooleri westerly winds
For Massachusetts cooler; fair Wednesday, westerly
winds
For Rhode Island and Connecticut. generally fair
Wednesday; westerly winds; stationary Temperature.
For Noe York cooler; fair Wednesday; aorAsrlv
uind.
For eastern Pennsylvania fair; cooler In eastern,
stationary temperature 10 western portion northsrly
winds.
For New Jersey. fair Wednesday; northerIy winds,
cooler.
Por tho District Of Columbia Delaware. and Mary.
land fair weather. stationary temperature; norherly
winds.
For West Virginia fair stationary Temperatures east.
erly winds.
For western New York fair; slightly coolsr variable
winds. warmer Thursday.
For western Pennsylvania, fair. slight changer n
Temperatures variable windsi vArmsr ThsIsdAt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
THOMAS M,GREEr'Y EXPELLED.
Tho Canadian House OF Commons Igno.
miniously Turns Him Out.

OTTAWA. Sept. 29.-Twre in the history Of
the Canadian Parliament have members OF the
House Of Commons been expelled. The first
was Louis Riel. tho leader in the first and last
rebellion in the Canadian northwest: the other
is Thomas McGreevy. whose name has been
closely associated with that OF Sir Hector
Langevin. and whose conduct has been tho
subject Of q Parliamentary investigation this
session.
Sir Hector escaped, but McGreeyy Is not 30
lucky. the verdict Of the committee and the
House being against him. He is at present in
ply, resides ip Canada for good reason.
When Israel Tarte first made his charge In
the House against Sir Hector. his friend Mo-
Greeyy. and the gang. he was hooted and CEN
sured for attacking the character Of these gen
tlenen. To-day. having secured the expulsion
most crooked work ever exposed. in Canada
Tarte stands to the front. lionized. and with
knighthood In prospect.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-30
THESTAR THEATRE HAUNTED
so AN OLD W4TCHM4N SAYS AND AN
ENGINEER'S ASSISTANT
james waliack's Ghost Used TO Walk There
and Now They Are Seeing Lester Wal
lack's-Maybc II IS Only an Old Picture.

james waliack's Ghost Used to Walk Theres
and Now They Are seeing Lester Wall
lnck's-Maybe II IS Only an Old Picture.
There Is something tho matter under the
stage of the Star Theatre Several Of tho en-
ployees assert that there is n ghost there. An
engineers assistant says that ho saw tho thing
on Friday night after the performance. when
he had occasion to go TO the theatre cellar. It
was dressed in white. with head resembling
Lester Walack's.
Mr.. Theodore Moss said that there couldn't
possibly be any ghost there. and that the on
gncer must be dreaming. Tho assistant en-
gnecr declared, however, that ho wouldn't go
down stairs again. He insisted upon 1t that
there was something queer there.
Waterman johnson Of Pnlmor's Theatre
says that Mr.. Moss Is mistaken in asserting
that tho ghost is n myth. Mr.. Johnson was
Waterman for years at tho Star when 1t was
called WSallpck's Theatre. He knew both
asserts that he often hoard the elder Wal
the corridor, followed by Lester Wnllack,s step
long after the thcatre was closed up: Lestes
,Wanack wns aliye thon. bHt his father n had
had equity foot and was compelled to use
Ono night watchman johnson. going his
shade Of tho, elder Waiiqck. 1t wore tho cape
ovcrcoat that the actor always wore in his last
days. =.
ca sn nn G ths WISE Vision 70 more
the ghost. and that he doesn't care whether
the statement Is believed or not BY other folks.
stored in the cellnr may have been tho sub
stance OF the latest ghost story.