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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-31
The West D,xorce Ca.s.

Judge Bookstaver OF the Court Of Common
Pleas has denied motion to strike out the
answer of Stephen Aston West in the action OF
Kate B. West against him for separation. The
motion was made on the ground that he had
not paid alimony and counsel fee.
They were married on June ii. 1857. and
have three children. Mrs. West alleges that
her husband has violent temper and threat
ened to arrest her and the children and drag
them, through the streets hanIG ran He
going to "get out" and she left his house.
Three days lator no took their youngest child
from the place whore she was stopping.
He denirs her charges Of cruelty and failure
to provide for her
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-31
ELLEN r. PECK'S FINE HAND.
She Gets - 1000, and Doubtless Hopes It
Won't Come Out OF Her Husband.

The suit Of the executors Of the estate Of tho
late William Mangam against Richard W. Peck
was to have been tried in the Supreme Court
in Brooklyn yesterday. but it went over for tho
term. The defendant is the husband OF the
adventures Ellen E. Peck. and the action is
brought to set aside as fraudulent deed OF
the house at 300 Putnam Avenue made BY Mr..
Peck to his son Roy l. Peck. Mrs. Peck
Some years ago she obtained loan Of $1,000
tors Of the ManCam estate. A man named
Lawrence. who represented, himself as Mrs
was executed and signed the name Of the lat
ter to the document
After this occurrence Lawrence was con-
victed OF another crime. and he Is now in Sing
Sing prison. Mrs. Peck; however. pocketed
gage adjudSed void and cancelled. The Man:
gam executors sued to recover the money. and
however. was returned unsatisfled. and the
present action was brought to prevent the
Putnam avenue house from being transferred
to Mr.. peck's son.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-31
A PAIN Nv HIS LEG.
wiiiiam Hodge Thopeht Il Was Rheuma-
tism Until the Doctor Cut Il Out.


About three weeks ago William Hodge. a
hostler in Alexander Busby's stable. 322 East
Thirtv-eighth street. felt severe pain in his
right thigh. He examined his leg. and finding
nothing tho matter with II outwardly con-
cluded that the rheumatism had gotten hold
OF him. He kept at his work. however. until
last Tuesday. when his leg became so still
with the swelling that he was obliged to quit.
A Second avenue physician advised Hodge to
go to Bellevue Hospital for treatment. and
there DR.. Glisan examined the log and found
an abcess forming on the upper part OF tho
swollen member. He concluded that this was
caused by some foreign substance. and Hodge
was put under ether to undergo an operation
The doctor found n pin an inch long a little be-
low the abcess near the skin.
When Hodge came to. DR.. ellison showed the
pin TO him. remarking., 1t Is not good idea,
my friend. to use your leg as nin-cushion."
Hodge could not explain how 1t got there.
He remembered to have felt no pain such rs
must have been caused did the pin. enter his
leg from tho surface. nor was there tho slight
cst puncture or scratch on his leg near the
position 81, tho, pin; It is possible that no
Hodge will soon be able to 20 to work again.
The pin. which Is bent nearly double. will DO
preserved in tho hospital museum.
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MUST USE THE STARS AND STRIPES
No Other Flag VIII he Permitted Mt Mill
tary COLLEGES Accepting Federal Aid.

No Other Flag VIII he Permitted ut Mill
tary Colleges Accepting Federal Aid.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 30.-Secretary Proctor pro-
poses to leave the War Department in blaze
OF glory and patriotism. and with the United
States fac wrapped about his tall form as a
mantle. A General Of the Georgia militia saw
a battalion OF cadets from the military acad
envy OF the State drilling under whathe termed
"a nondescript banner" instead Of the Stars
and Stripes When the matter was brought to
the attention of the Secretary of War he had
st ts 81 al ns 81 "
been detailed as instructors. ana whcre arms.
AMMUNITION. and equipments have been FUR
In n Communication addressed to the faculties
Of these institutions, which are LOCATED 10
Gs9rg Aatama sSath essnGGa
essssion where a dne is REQUIRED BY g,nitelI
s ssa she Enfssa stass IS
IN the case Of the Georgia cadets which Is
the only thus "a. tea I vas WbeSS
thss g q ths military nstita.Io;R q, the
n sSe esss the Gnsa
seesstsTy fSstsr holds that the acsspta,.p3es
military Instruction. .establishes the national
sasis Sss that TIN s' National HsHss ae
a bags 81 Shall Fsa' used q
e %sRs arc st used this 9sguaton z
asa astsg 81 s. oa 81
S Sa: : snS sSsrs e
Are mot o. q
any device or banner they may see ut to adopt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-31
DEAD At Hrs WIFE.S DOOR
It WINS Closed Against Him I. Death. Too
as In Life.

Jacob Kraus a Brooklyn cooper. made ono
Of his periodical attempts yesterday to SEQ his
second wife. who left him two years ago hc-
cause OF his habits and who now lives at 235
Second street. When she saw him coming
Mrs. kraus closed the door of her room in his
face. as she had done moro than once before.
kraus drew revolver. and. setting it against
his left breast. fred Tho ball penetrated the
lung. inflictine an injury from which he died
suicides pockets were considerable sum OF
money. some private papers, and the following
letter:
RRooKLvx. y. Y, Oct. 81.
After my death please notify my SON Frank r. Kraus
Of Lnwood street, between Fulton and Atlantic ave-
nucs. as he draws my nsurancs money-5l2o. IwAnt
to be buried in the Lutheran eimers
old cemetery. JACOB kRArs.
The son named is one Of three childred by
first wife. The second wife said yesterday that
she did not open the door when she heard the
report of the shot which killed her husband
and she referred inIuirers to the neighbors for
particulars as to his suicide. kraus was rs
years old. He worked occasionally ut his trade
and when he didn went to his wife for money.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-31
The Weather.

Fair weather prevailed generally over the country
yesterday excep. for light falling in Montana the
Dakotas and Minnesota. cold 10 spre aiding
over the Northwest States in the rear Of the storm
centre.
The temperature in the Northwest fell from 100 to
1872 and there should be similar fall in the western
part of the lake regions today tho cold reaching this
nelghborhood by Sunday night
All east OF the Mississippi River It warmer. the
temperature ranging between Coz and 7oe and few
points MS high as 127
In this city the highest ofcia temperature &C.
loves. ape average humidity 10 per cent wind south
west velocity ten mtles hour weather fair
The thermometer at Perrys pharmacy in TEE sux
building recorded the tempe yesterday follows
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81 4 WEEK on $40 IS E1oRB1r4Nz
So the Special Sessions Judges Thought aAA
Fined Mr.. Virgins 500.

Mrs. Emma Ludwig of 1876 East Twenty
seventh street earns her living by sowing. On
Oct. 10 she had II payment to make on some
furniture she is paying for on tho installinent
plan. Not having tho necessary money. she
applied to Clinton G. Virgins OF III Broadway,
who offered to lend her SO on her sowing
machine. Tho MACHINE was taken to Ill
broadway and Mrs. Ludwig received the $40
A week later she went to redeem the machine
and Virgins demanded 81 interest. Mrs Lud-
wig offered him 81. which he refused to accept.
She finally paid him tho amount asked. took
her machine home. and then had Virgins ar
rested on n charge OF violating the. ptwn-
the Court OF Special Sessions yesterday before
Judges Smith. Kilbreth. and Ryan Virgins
was fined 500.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-31
VAR TALK IN WARRINGTON
ss' II 10 AL Outside OF the Navy aAA State
Departments.

w.. "'p"'aeh'''
or MMsiN'IoN' oet. :N-Sehor Pedro Montt. the
mas .,ai representative OK the CHILEAN Govern
s .ru' IN Washington. late this afternoon re-
U N.Y. 'ne following despatch from the Gillian
~'A'''er o' Foreign Affairs:
.MnAea chill. Oct, Decentralization instituted i'm.
ssaeiy and continues with all diligence. and is not
Se,ms a ,uuul, .,TpM R.snl.r so,s,s,s n"i.s
and the ,nee, IA, .,,.r, =. ~ $1,000 "e. ponso
III. sonSa,.at. thirty Amsreaa. ."a . S...
'1 1s. r, , committed before tho judicial authors
.,.s ny ,s.. hand, u.s1 1:f. u. .s
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-31
A Young Clerk Nisslng.

Robert G. Welsh. aged 20 years. has been
missing since Monday He was . clerk en-
ployed by D. Appleton 4 Co.. 8 Bond street.
aud was last seen leaving their office ut noon
on Monday He said that he did not feel well.
and that after getting, lunch he would 60
home. Neither his family nor his employers
Ho had been suffering from attacks of faint
ness ana his friends think that he was sud
denly Ia Ken i'll In the street and was taken to
some hospital IIo wasa graduate OF Williams
College. and had been in the employ OF Apple.
ton 4 90. less than three weeks; He lived at
father. Wheaton A. Welsh, who is principal Of
Public School IS in Brooklyn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-31
Survived an Electric shock OF 1850 Volt.

SAN ANTONIO. Oct. 3O.AMr. Cushing. assist
ant superintendent OF the San Antonio Eec-
trio Power Company. which uses tho Westing-
house alternating current system. was testing
the power Of tho current last night with an
ampere measure. It showed $50 volts. By
some means he got into connection and was
Knocked apparently iifeless The current en-
tered through his right arm. ran w to his
burned hole through the sole Of his shoe.
His fingers. arm. and toes nre burned Other
wise he Is all right to- day. He had three doc
tors and all the electrical experts in the city
around his bed to-day. but is ut work tonight.
He says that during ths shock he meyer lost
consciousness: that 1t felt as though he was
being tossed in u blanket.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-31
TEN noCHs FOR HORSE CAR MEN.
The New Organization So to Notify Street
Railroad Presidents,

The National Brotherhood OF Surface Rail-
rond Men. the new organization which has
arisen out of the ashes OF District Assembly
DOG OF the knights Of Labor. concluded :ts
labors yesterday afternoon. The following
officers were appointed: President. Mortimer
O'Connell Of New York: Viee-Prcsident. J. H.
Skinner Of Lynn: Secretary Treasurer. F. c.
Lewis Of Lynn. Sergeant at Arms. A. j. See-
ley Of Detroit: Executive Board W. II. Rogers
ofNew York. John Edsall Of Syracuse. Hugh
Collins Of Denver, Andrew Hastin Of st.
Louis. and Henry Carter Of Milwaukee,. 1t was
will remain with the Knights Of Labor. It was
deci ded that ten hours arc to constitute days
T. every railroad President in the United
States.
Mortimer O'Conncll. President Of the new or
ganization. denied a report that it was to affll-
late with the American Federationof Labor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-31
MRS. BRockw4r GETS 4 DIVORCE.

She Is About to Marry, Gus Heekler. Her
Recent Husbnad's Foraer Partner.
Judge Beach signed yesterday a decree
granting divorce to Josephine E. Brockway
from Frank 8. Brockway. on the statutory
ground Brockway is the manager Of tho
Hotel Creighton. ut Thirty-hrst street and
broadway. The proceedings were held before
William J. Lacey OF 30 Nassau street. Brock
way offered no defence.
night but neither would say anything in re-
gard to the matter further than that the separ-
alton left them good friends .N
Gus Heckler. who formerly was a partner OF
Brockway in a Broadway saloon and ls at pres
ent in the employ OF H. r. Finlay Company
Of III Pearl street. said last night, in the pres
ence Of Mrs. Brockway. In her rooms at the
Gedney House, that they were to be married
within week. and she did not denyi it
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-31
CAPT. SCHCLTES REPLY.
He isn't WorkinEAf for Candidate Grote. anA
"Scorus be Called His. Friend" q.

N1h1ADIoASu
"Scorus be Called His. Friend" q.
The Police Board received Yesterday the
answer OF Police Captain William Schultz Of
the Thirteenth precinct to the charges that he
has been intimidating saloon keepers of the
Twelfth Assembly district in tho interest OF
Tammany Hall. The Captain denies all the
allegations. Ward Detective Brennan. who.
it was stated. acted in concert with Cant.
Schultz. does not belong to tho Thirteenth
precinct.
ing particularly for William F. Grote the Re-
publican and County Democracy candidate for
Alderman In the district. This the Captain
denies en- phaticall".
II scorr to be called his friend" he writes
His character will not bear investigation.
station for various offences on many occasions
He was indicted for riot and felonious assault
In Queens county"
The Board filed the Captains letter.
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Policeman Conkliu'. Day or.

Police Captains Brogan and Copeland called
ut Police Headquarters yesterday and pre-
fcrred charges Of Misrepresentation and
drunkenness against Policeman Edward W..
Conklin OF tho Charles street station. On
Wednesday Conklin obtained a day off from
Capt. Copeland on a certificate Of sickness On
policeman WAS drunk in a saloon in Fourth
street. The man was Conklin. He had been
head covered with contusions He was taken
to the Mercer street station and thence to the
Charles street station.
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A a2oo.ooo n.th Ho..e.

SARATOGA. Oct 3O.-Lovengston's new bath
house was thrown open to the public to-day.
The building is SOxlSo feet. The whole in
terror is done in guartered oak. white marble.
and white enameled brick. Tho style OF erchi-
baths Of white marble. the largest 4Ox7O feet.
1t cost S2OOO OO. and ia claimed to be the finest
and most CONF lete bath house In America
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-31
The Lost Schooner Supposed to 30 tho
Uruguay.

HALIFAX. Oct. Gothic four-mnsted schooner
Uruguay Of Windsor. n. s.. owned by F. W.
Dimock x Co.. is believed to be the craft which
Cant. Chute of the schooner seraphine at Bos-
ton reports having seen founder. with all
hands, on Saturday last. She was bound from
Windsor for New York with n cargo Of plaster.
She carried rs rasscngor Edwin Slosson of
New York. William Parsons was master. Elias
Cochrane and James Morris Of Windsor mates.
and Il. Henry A. Hunter. Herbert Grove. and
four foreigners, seamen. The Uruguay was
1876 tons rcgister.
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TO BE MRS. FRANK LESLIE AGAIN.
Ars. w. {. X. Wilde Resunes Her Former
Name for BusIaess easoAs.

Ars. W. e. H. Wide AenW0es k1er EOrmer
Name for Business easoas.
Mrs. Frank Leslie. WHO recently married
William C Kingsbury Wilde. has received per-
mission from Judge BooEstaver Of the Court
OF Common Pleas to reassume on Nov 30 the
Of Rrsnk ise In her petition she says
Last night Mrs. Leslie said: II desire the
prestige Of nv old name: and desire to reas..
partly because Of its value in my business
affairs Of course intend To- continue my
present work; wouldn't give Il up for all the
publishing o Spanish illustrated weekly and
the name will be exceedingly valuable to me"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-31
The Balloon Bridal Party SAFE.

BIRMINGHAM. Oct 3O.-The balloon bridal
party who made the ascepsion at the State
Fair Yesterday came down safely last night in
the mountains seventeen miles northwest III
here. They passed the night there and came to
the city this morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-31
M,n,.t.r C.,-te,,. Coua,t,ou.

At11H o'clock last night there was slight
change In the condition Of Minister Carter. who
ia lying III at the Everett House. but DR.. Knopp.
who WAS summoned assured the family that
there was no Immediate danger
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-31
BITTER TAKE OFF FOUR HAT
Bat Ir Your Csaseieaee 10 Concerned II
May Keep Your Hat o..

nat II Your C0aseaeaee 10 Coneee1e1 Kos
May Keep Your Hat o..
Justice Barrett OF the Supreme Court yester.
day decided that person intending to regis
ter should ON taking tho oath or affirming re-
move his nat out of courtesy. unless he states
swearing bareheaded. Eddy + Thomas oi thu
Furty-iirst Election district OF the Nineteenth
Assem- bly, district declined to remove his hat
bers his lawyer. James W.. Osborne said.
were sitting at t4s time with their feet cooked
lination was not the result OF conscientious
scruples and Justice Barrett yesterday ORDER
ed the inspectors to register him.
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Seventies. 1--we. Lost At x,m.ss='= Hest.

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 30.--Capt Thormegan.
commander OF the steamer Oliver Bernc.
which was destroyed last night by fire at MIL
liken's Bend. arrived here this morning. He
steamer at seventeen. Two OF them were deck
passengers. names unknown.
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where Yesterdays Fires Were.

An $3.50. 2+3 Mulberry street. Antonio Bonnerh
r M-,IO gas escaping under Fleetwood Bridge,
I65th street and Jerome avenue damage; TN "a
Cottage place. damage so: 1000 empty freight
Hudson River Railroad Company, beach aud Hudson
streets. damage elo.
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The DreokIya sAa Dostsa Express
Leaves Brooklyn and L. City via Long Ist4nq ana
Eastern states Line at II y. \. daily. sss = 4 col
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E0Dtso Dtaes ExDroos.
xa: sS:: :.s sss KS IN Nc" f''i ''a'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-31
TIE TENNESSEE CONFLICTS RESCUED.
Battle Between tho Miners and the Guards
The Stock sde Burned.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn. Oct 81. IA M.-One hun
drcd and fifty convcts werc released at Brice-
was burned.
A battle has takcn place between the guards
and the miners
The fatalities are not known.
Southern live-stock journal., 1891-05-28
Publications Received.

From the Department of Agricul-
ture, "Record of Experiments with
Sorghum" by H. w. Wiley; eek
perlments with Sugar Beets," by
same author.
"Thlrd Annual Report of the
West Virginia Experiment Station"
with compliments of Director John
A. Myers-a neatly printed PAM
phlet of 200 pages, profusely Illus
trated with cuts of the Station build
ings and machinery
From Geneva IN. " Experiment
Station, Bulletin No. 3O-Cabbage,
Caulifiowers and Tomatoes. Also
Bulletin No. 31-Commercial Valu-
alton of the Food and Fertilizing
Constituents of Feeding Materials.
From University of Wisconsin,
Bulletin No. 27 The Feeding Value
of Whey.
From Maryland Experiment Sta
ton, Bulletin No. 11-Tomatoes.
The following summary of the work
will interest truck farmers:
1O2 different lots of seed were
tested. Set 4x4 IL feet apart.
Yield ranged from 2 to 20 tons
per acre; general average II 3-4
tons or 800 bushels. Selected vari-
eties averaged IA tons.
Best yield, the Ignotum. 1891
tons or $50 bushels per acre.
Best ten varieties, average prod
uct Is tons, viz: Ignotum, Favor
Southern live-stock journal., 1891-05-28
grower who saves

the diligent fruit grower who saves
his crop.
In Warren county, Tennessee,
according to the McMinnville Stand
ard-the farmers have started new
order. 1t is called the Far mers'
Reliance. 1t is not secret order
by any means, but filings its doors
open to the world. It's platform is
brief and contains a uniqne lesson
in political economy as follows:
"Work hard ten hours in the day,
800 days in the year, never come to
town without bringing something to
sell, and never buy anything with
out paying for It." On this plat
form every man can have little
subtreasury of his own at home.
Col. James M. Simpson, one of
the most prominent and successful
planters of Kinds county, Miss, ar
rived here yesterday en- route to
Mississippi City, where his family
will spend the summer. Col. Simp-
son reports the greatest possible
damage done by the prevailing
drouth to the crops Of corn and cot
ton in his section. The prospects
at the beginning of the season were
especially encouraging tor a large
yield in their particular products,
and planters and others interested
were hopeful accordingly, but this
unprecedented spell of dry weather
has, as stated above, proven any
thing but satisfactory. Col. Simp-
son said there had been little or no
rain in his section for the past three
months and more.-N. O. Times
Democrat, May 25.
Southern live-stock journal., 1891-05-28
A Mississippi Hay Press.

Mr.. J. w. Hunter of Macon,
Miss, makes change in his adver-
tisement this week, adding cut of
his full circle hay press. Mr.. H.
writes in regard to the sale of his
press since putting it on the market
"Am having splendid success with
my press and will soon be all OK,
and will settle with you in 80 or 60
days. Every one who has bought
my press gives good report. Sold
three in one neighborhood in your
county. Mr.. J. G. Rand writes me
that there would be no use trying to
sell any other in Oktibbeha county.
Have sold already in Virginia, AL
ALBANIA, Georgia, and Mississippi,
this season."
Southern live-stock journal., 1891-05-28
National Pacing Horse Breeders As
SOciatiOn.

At an adjourned meeting of the
National Pacing Breeders Associa-
ton held at Buffords station, Giles
county, Tenn, on May 1.-the follow
ing directors were elected to serve
for the ensuing year: J. M. Wilson,
P. M. Babcock, M. c. Campbell, E.
III. Douglas, III. R. Lenoir, Campbell
Brown, G.. F. Buford, S. d. Davis
and P. Woodbridge. M. c. Camp
bell was elected president, e. III.
Douglas vice president. S. N. War
rem is continued as secretary and
treasurer. Four thousand people
were in attendance. The meeting
of the association was made the
occasion of a grand celebration in
honor of the pacing horse. Old
Tom Halls grave was magnificent
ly decorated. Hal Pointer was ex-
hibited; a grand barbecue and
speech making followed. Among
the speakers was Thomas Parsons,
of Cleveland, O., registrar of the
National Standard Pacing Horse
Breeders Registry Company.
Southern live-stock journal., 1891-05-28

A MoRTAGE which is put on a
farm to make improvements that
are really needed, and which add to
the producing capacity of the farm,
is good thing if not too big to be
paid. If the man who makes the
mortgage does not know his busi-
ness, and cannot use the money he
borrows over and above the interest,
he will lose by the transaction,
and the mortgage will pinch him.
Some men can afford to make mort
cages, and some can't. 1t is wise
man who knows himself we'll
enough to get into the class into
which he belongs. Northwestern
Agriculturist.