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THE LETTERS BOWykY LEFT.
He Leaves His Body to the Coroner to
bury and burn 1t.

bury and Burn 1t.
Deputy Coroner Donlin held an autopsy yes
terdey on tho body Of Hugo Bowsky. who
poisoned himself on Saturday at his boarding
house. at 233 East Eighty-eighth street. He
found that the suicide had taken cyanide Of
potassium to effect his purpose.
Bowsky was 38 years old and was not mar
ried. He wrote three letters. one to his brother
Louis. who lives at 81 East Eighty ninth
street. another to his landlady. Mrs. F. Nei-
mann. and third to the Coroner. The letter
to his brother begged his forgiveness and told
him where he would find some pawn tickets
representing the dead mans effects. The let
tor to his landlady informed her that his
brothers would pay her for oil the trouble he
had caused. This Is the letter othe Coroner:
"OCT. 10. 1891.
"Jo the Coroner.
MY intention. and hope to succeed. is to
hnvo 1t buried or burned or thrown into the
river. so fishes can have some benefit, or
whatever you have tho authority to do with
II. as l do not care what becomes OF 1t after
ward. I don't like or wish to have any
ritual funeral I nave brothers here. but I
don't want them to have anything to do with
It. The party Of which l havo the poison Ia
not responsible. ! obtained It under false pre-
tenfes ny brother vii settle for TIE room
will have tho body to cremate let him have
Bowsky gave no reason for taking his life.
but no had not worked for some time and was
out Of money His brothers will take charge
Of the remains.
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TO ATENGE HER DAUGHTER.
A Frenxied Mother Throws vitriol Into th
Face OF Young Man.

A Frenxied Mother Throws vitriol Into the
Face OF . Young Man.
GALLATIN. Tenn. Oct. 12-In April OF 1880
the name OF Miss Minnie Overton OF this vi
cinity was compromised. and she attributed
her downfall to Samuel R. Elliott, . popular
young man OF the county. whose father was
Attorney General NJ. R Elliott, the eloquent
lawyer and preacher. Young Elliott said he
was not alone to blame for Miss Overton's loss
Of reputation. Her child died and he refused to
marry her. and would not leave the country
when threatened with death BY her father and
now thought to be living in Texas.
Yesterday afternoon III o'clock Elliott was
in the store of W. Witherspoon on the square
when Mrs. Overton. who has been almost half
frcnzied over the affair, entered. Walking UP
to Elliott she dashed the contents Of a large
bottle Of yitrol or sulphuric acid into his face.
1t struck him square between the eyes and
spread oil over his face. In ten minutes his
left eye was entirely destroyed. and 1t Is
thought his other eye will be lost. His face
was horribly burned. He did not fall and
asked for oil for his face. Doctors We're sum.
moned and he was removed to the residence of
severely. Mrs Ovcrton at once loft the store.
The OYertons are well known throughout the
State. Miss Minnie Overton is decidedly hand
some and we'll educated. She Is about 25
years old. She was very popular In society.
and her downfall was q source Of sorrow to
many warm friends.
Sheriff Terry has warrant for Mrs. Over
toms arrest. sworn out by Ben Elliott, q brother
OF the injured man.
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GARHA STILL At LIBERTY.
President Diax Offers $50. 900 for Hin Dead
or Alive.

San ANTONIO. Tex. Oct 1S.-The capture OF
Catinero E. Cara. the leader Of the revolution
now In progress In tho northern States Of
Mexico. has not yet been effected. although
President Diaz has offered a reward Of $50. 900
to any one who will take him. dead or alive. It
has been very difficult matter to get anthem
tic information concerning the bold invader
during the past week. but the report reached
here late last night that he was near
Piedras Negras. Mexico. with an army Of
several hundred men well armed. The Mexi-
can Government Is rushing troops to that
section by tho hundreds. and will make every
effort to bring tho uprising to an end. =, -,
There Is great alarm felt among. tho citl-
zens on both sides OF tho Rio Grande border.
That CARA has not yet given up his wild un.
which he has just issued. and which Is being
distributed In all the cities Of tho republic
through his secret agents.
CARA is Issuing his proclamatlons from
point not far from the border. doubtless with
SEnnsnt LII tl09Rs. q sklpiinS SysS the Rio
small settlement on the line OF the rail
road which runs through Eagle Pass.
The country all around is very sparse
settled and the chief Industry Is
courses with thickly wooded banks, which run
north to, that river. Gnrza would have little
trouble In escaping undetectod into this coun-
try The region northwest OF his present
headquarters Is almost wholly uninhabited
there Is little probability that be viii Be cap.
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KILLED HER WITH HAMMER
A SIXTEEN YEAR Old BOZ MURDERS
HIS EMPLOYERS DAUGHTER.
He Hides tho BODY Undcr the Harm Floor
and Goes to Work Ususi-ConfessinE
All When tho Poor Victim Ii Dlsc0Yered.

He Hides tho BODY Under the Harm Floor
and Goes to Work ms Ususi-Confessinr
All When the Poor Victim Is Discovered.
MILWAUKEE. Oct. 1a.-Three weeks ago Annie
Kodatz. the 14-year-old daughter Of the tenant
on q farm Just north Of tho city. disappeared.
Late last night her body was found in a hole
beneath the COW stable on the farm.
The discovery was made by the father and
mother Of the dead girl The latter Is nearly
crazed by the shock. Early this morning
Albert Kohls. 10 years old. employed on the
farm. was arrested on a charge OF having MUIR
dered the girl. He confessed to-day.
His story was told with stolidity remark
able in ono 80 young. At no time did the boy
show any signs Of emotion. and he reveals the
terrible details rs calmly as though talking Of
everyday affairs.
He said that he had been intimate with the
girl. who was not very bright This intimacy
was In May. Recently no found that she was
in trouble. and. fearing the anger OF her
parents. he determined to kill her.
On the day OF the murder Kohls said he won't
out to the barn with hammer and nails to fix q
broken place In the COW stable. Annie was there.
and no asked her to hold tho board for him
to nail. She complied. and as she stood stoop-
ing over he struck her ON the temple with the
hammer. The girl fell to the floor. and as she
was not dead the boy struck her again. Ho
thon went out In the yard and remained ten
minutes when no returned and raised
some boards in the floor OF tho barn
which he had previously. loosened and tun-
bled the body down into the hole. after which
and went OF to worf In another part part Of d1 Tie
barn.
by what occurred half hour later. Tho day
to poison the Kodatz family. Paris green was
the father. who ute arst was made sick. and
no one else, touched the soup. There is now
no doubt that kohls put tho poison in the
ternlined to xiii Annie three weeks before
the time Of the murder. As the girl could not
BIO found. it was thought she might have poi:
he knew where she was. lie told
the barr a%d held eon 1 for fSsn to na S alton
he Tsprd %hiio he ' WAS '' tsins ." the
story the party STOOD pod over over the body
half hour Before Durns all esis time tho boy
showed no signs Of nervousness or excitement,
though he now admits that when he was called
The body was buried in corner Of the barn
near the door apd not twenty feet from the
house Yesiterday Mrs kodatz thought there
When her husband returned from work she
spoke to him. about 1t. and. taking a shovel
and lantern tern they went to the stable and
the pile Of manure and soon uncovered the
GS HSed M bsown ns fled to af
verify their. statement notified the police.
The boy is understood. with big black eyes
and u not unpleasant face. He has worked on
the. farm two years and was good worker.
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CARA is Issuing his proclamatIons from a
poipt not far from the border, doubtless with Il
ITALY FonAoWs eERM4Nrs LEAD
Revocation or tho Decree Discriminating
Against American Pork.

Mr. Louis Contencin. President OF the italian
Chamber Of Commerce. says that he has Just
received notice from Italy that the Italian
Ministry has revoked the decree discriminat-
ing against American pork. For some months
Mr.. Contencin has been endeavoring to per-
suado the italian Minister at Washington of
tho advisability Of this action. He said last
night at the italian Chamber OF Commerce.
Penrl street:
notwithstanding the. Meat Inspection act
passed at Washington. last August. authorlz-
Ing tho President to close the ports OF this
country to products OF any nation discrimi-
mating against American products. no threats
q retaltntlon upon Italy have beon mado by
demand for tho free admission Of American
pork into Italy on. the part OF this country.
The rovoking of tho decree by the Italian
Ministry was purely voluntary, and an act Of
courtesy. From the first tho Italian Chamber
OF Commerce here has worked for this repeal.
considering tho law excluding American pork
unjust and thinking that I'LL things possible
should be done to strengthen, the good feeling
between this country and Italy"
The notice TO Mr. Contencin WAS In the form
OF mn official despatch from llomo
WARRINGTON. Oct. 1S.--Ths State Department
has not as yet received any Information re-
ehe by hs
can pork. Negotiations have. however. been
progressing satisfactorily toward that end
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HIS PAL GAZE HIM AW1Y.
When Burglar Brown Came Citizens Sur
rounded the House and Caught Him.

When Burglar Brown Came Citizens Sur
rounded the House and Caught Him.
IsL1p. Oct. 18-Daniel Brown and William
Davis entered into a wicked agreement to
burglarize tho summer home Of Tax Collector
Alden S. Swan Of Brooklyn. which Is In the
heart Of Isip. The burglary was to be COM
mitted last night. Davis did not have
sufficient bottom to- carry out his part
OF, the agreement. On Friday night he
told the authorities about the agreement, and
tho Citizens' Committee. armed with the same
Winchcstcrs and other weapons with which
they hunted Tom Richardson; the outlaw. only
ff ws E pa on ahS EN- 9asg at tfe
commit the burglary. Davis hadn't told
climbed film In window The armed 9Ea guard gave
then they descended on linn. He was packing
his. plumber, IN bags. He made, a show OF
resistance. but succumbel to tho superior
n9mbers. He couldn't help seonfessing, , and
several OF the burgaries that Tom Richardson:
the hunted outlay Of cnXe fame. was supposed
Brown will divide among them $1,000. reward
which Is offered by summer residents here for
the capture of burglars.
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JOHN b. RAxsLEY MISSING.
Released nron Asylum Through the
Ekorts OF the Woman Ho Was to Marry.

Released ffon An Asylum Through the
ERorts OF the Woman He Was to Marry.
John B. Ransley is rich confectioner OF Gin
cinnatL Early in the year. when he was rum
ming three stores and q mandatory. he ad-
mitted his mother and sister to partnership.
He came to New York. met his present wife.
whose maiden name was Speer. and was be-
trothed to her.
His people had Ransley placed in the Long
view Lunatic Asylum. near Cincinnati. When
Miss Speer learned his whereabouts she
hastened to Cincinnati, interested the Lunacy
Reform League OF 10 East Fourteenth street
In the case. and secured Ransey's release Tho
COUPLE wepn married. and have since lived at
2.O56 Seventh avenue
Now Mrs Ransley Ia looking for her hus-
band. She says they visited friends in Newark
and returned to New York on Sunday. MIR.
Ransey went back the same day to Newark,
and on Monday Mrs. Ransley followed but
learned that he had left. presumably to go
home again. Not finding him there. she traced
him to Philadelphia and Washington. He reg
istered in the Hamilton Hotel. Washington.
and there she lost all trace Of him.
Mrs. Ransley says that her husbands rela;;
to borrow money to live on She is very anx-
tous to learn her husbands whereabouts. but
has not yet appealed to the police
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Tho storm that has been tho lake regions since
Friday forced into small Lake Erie and
northern New York last night by high pressure area
moving eastward over the Western States There was
steep pressure gradient extending from tho storm
centre to the Atlantic const. The winds on the New
England coast became high. increasing from to so
miles an hour at Block Island and should become high
from the east the from New Jersey Maine
to-day changing to high northwest winds at night.
The rain the Lake region and should
this region to-day. Showers scattered
the central States. Elsewhere the weather was fair.
Tie advancing high pressure has caused fall OF from
10 to IL degrees In temperature In all the central
States and the lake regions. A similar fall may DO
pected here by Tuesday morning.
Itwa, cloudy yesterday In this city highest odiciai
temperature. $780, lowest, 5lo: average humidity. 30
per cent: wind northeast: average velocity y miles
hour.
The thermometer At Perry's pharmacy In TIA. sus
tan, aursy rda fno
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WITH 4 WOUND ON HER HEAD.
Mrs. johanna Tussel Found Dead In Her
House Near White Plains.

WHITE PLAINS. Oct. 1a-To-night att o'clock
word was received at the Sherifrs Office here
that Mrs. Johanna Tussel had been murdered
mt her homo on the old Mamaroneck road. two
miles south Of White Plains. Tho officers went
down there. They went into tho house and
found the woman lying on the floor She was
dead. and she had slight scalp wound.
There was no one in the house. Her hus-
band George and her three children Ind been
out walking. A few minutes before the officers
got there they had returned One OF the little
children was ahead Of the others. She ran In
and saw her mother lying on the floor dead.
She ran outagaAn and alarmed the neighbor.
hood.
Thomas Robinson. colored. and James Rob-
berts were arrested by order Of Coroner Drew
They were seen near the house q few hours
previous
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THE 1Asxr roo sssosotr WORRIED.


ITU2DyIv0nIaH WDEfucD
Against The Csesrnaksrs' Uaios.
LANCASTER Pa. OCT. 1R-A sweeping de-
cision against trndos unions was handed
down by Judge Williams, and concurred in by
the other Supreme Court Judges. in case Just
decided AZ Pittsburgh.
Cigarmskers' International Union No. 128 OF
Ephrntn, Lancaster county by bill in equity
restrained Cigar Manufacturer John H. Brtn
die for using the Clgarmakers' International
Union label on his goods. Tho County Court
sustained tho Masters report In behalf Of
this Injunction. Brendle Is a union manufac-
turer who had incurred the III will Of local
officials and refused to use their labels. He
issued similar labels or trade marks Of his
own, and appealed to the Supreme Court from
Judge Williams, in refusing to continue the
on, the ground that. the ,cigarmakers,,
4 s"' personal ' and ocial orcanlzatIon. not
81 Sonesss a. snsso the Ssn law
Sass % Az Y isssg.S
f,s% asn y union fss5
,s nS TSs .se ssss ASss
iirst. class Workmep: and edds that ali cigars
Cooley. Prison. or aitH1 tenement Rouse work.
manship." and has Note therefore "recom-
throughout tho world"
Judge WiilIamss .dccisicn says: "This is
an attempt to use the PUBLIC nS as means OF
their goods or labor A frst-class work
man Is one who. does nrst-elass
given society or not. Fllthiness and cimt 4al-
lty Of character, depend on conduct, not on
membership Of the union. Legitimato compe:
business methods. not on tho use Of Vulgar
epithets and personal denuDciRttons.
The International Union In this case has an
avowed purpose to do harm to non-union men.
to prevent the sale OF their work. to cover them
with oPproSrtS and tnsy ask * court Fl
decline to say So"
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JO1TLNGS ABOUT TOWN.
Six teen excise arrests yesterday.

Tho Aitulon Monument Committee acinowisdges
making the total amount on hand now 81 1880.
The Fifth New York Heavy Artillery Veteran vouu.
tecrs VIII hold their thirteenth annual reunion LYRIC
Hall to-day There viii be reception In the morning
dinner at o'clock. and M entertainment In the
evening.
Mrs Thomas c. P!ntt, who has been In Europe for
several months returned yesterday on the steamship
sorIHaDnir, much improved III health Mr. Batchelier
,hiLri states Minister To Portugal; Conrad Ansorl.
hul Mr. Stanley Matthews were also passengers the
AurinHhl.E,
foIr policemen walked Town Madison street yestsr-
day Afternoon h"aiiis strotcher Gpon which lay
10th thHt covered nm, Acsowd Of over Thousand,
men, wULlrn, mad bnrel!e AIDED children, follow ed
1oStnF one another 70 get close View Tho policemen
carried their burden into the station house
Coronsr j. wa, the body OF Mlchsel Casey, srsy.
81 81 Market street. and hs lad died in AT,
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THE WHOLE TOWN ALARMED.
CHURCH SERVICES GIVEN UP IN CLrF.
TON FORGE, TIRGINIA.
Three Negroes Were Iynched I.nte eatur-
day Night ana Now the Citizens Fear
nm Uprising - Gov. Mckinney Sends .
Military Company to the Scene.

Three Negroes Were Lynched I.nte aatur.
day Night and Now the Citizens Fear
nm Uprising = Gov. Mckinney Sends .
Military Company to the scene.
CLIFTON FonaE. Va. Oct. 1S-The entire town
Is in arms and pickets are posted on every out
skirt. The trouble comes ovbr the rumored
uprising OF the negroes In consequence OF last
nights lynching
Mayor Bcwles has teleGraphed to Gov. Nc
Kinney to send the Monticello Guards here as
measure Of procautlon. The reports caused q
suspension Of services at the churches to-
night The troops will arrive about midnight.
The negroes who were lynched were miners.
They had boen paid on Saturday and appeared
in Clifton Forge during the day under the in
fluence Of liquor. They were boisterous and
disordery. threatening to take the town.
A posse under charge Of tho town Sergeant
won't to arrest them. They resisted. and
moved of In the direction Of Iron Cats. . mile
and half away The posse followed Tho
negroes turned and began firing. The shots
were returned.
Ono white man. p A. Boiling. q railroad
brakeman. was instantly killed. a white man
namod Wilkinson seriously injured. and ono
negro dangerously wounded. Four Of tho
negroes wero arrested and taken to Clifton
Forge.
About o'clock this morning about 100 mon
the Jail and lynch them. By the use Of axes
and crowbars the doors were opened and the
negroes taken out
A boy 10 years old was released. and tho
other three were taken to tree short dis
lance from town and hanged One negro and
one white man were killed outright and three
negroes hanged.
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Mccain KILLED Smith Last Year-Thls Time
He IL Stabbed HIMSELF

Mccain KILLED Smith Last Year-Thls Time
He IL Stabbed Himself
On Sept 20. 1890. John Mccain. a driver for
Undertaken Nsughton in Mott street, and Tom
Smith. cab driver. got drunk together in
Barney Healey's saloon. 20 Chatham square.
Mccain Is q member OF John G. Rice Post
G. A. X. Smith remark ed that he could whip
any man who belonged to the G. A. II. or wore
2 COPPER button. Mecann said he couldn't;
Smiths head was cut. He died six days later.
McCann was acquitted on the ground OF self
defence.
met William Smith. u brother OF Tom Smith. in
front Of /. saloon ut 13l Eldridgestrect
NlcCann snys Smith drank with him and
then borrowed his knife and stabbed him
with 1t. saying that no would kill McCann for
- smith NIT n says that Mccain saw him, and said:
There goes Bl FIRTH i killed hs brother
cut In the cheek and neck. lie was not seri-
ously hurt Smith was arrested.
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Stabbed by u BABY 10y.

Ethclrcd Sullivan. years old. OF 24S West
Thlrty-sixth street. tried to lick Henry Roof.
years old, of 23S West TliIty-siXth street, yes
terdny afternoon. Henry had .penEnifc. and
when Ethclred came for him he struck out
with It. The blade entered Ethelred's right
breast and hs ran hSps cEylP FIRE His parents
the wound. Capt. Cross said last night that he
understood that the wound was serious. Henry
10 too little to be- arrested.
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Mrs, Drexe,,s I.,bera,,ty.

guthrie. Oklahoma. Oct 1S.-The Catholic
Bishop OF Oklahoma has Just received COM
mInication from Mrs. A. j. Drexcl of Phila,lel-
phla Offering to pay the tuition OF fifty Indian
children Mt the Catholic college ut Purcell
She also said that rs soon as she can obtain
the necessary land from the Government she
will donate 100000 to erect schools and
churches in the Riowa. Comanchc. and Apache
reservations for tho education Of their chill
dram
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4 FREIGHT TRAINS JUMPS THE ira K.
Great Haste to Clear Away the Wreck to
Let Gov. Hill Pass by.

Engine 273 with a long train OF coal cars
behind 1t jumped the track at the Park avenue
Hoboken. crossing OF tho Weehawken branch
of the Erie Railway about 4:30 p. NJ. yester-
day. The engine plunged through the soft
cars also left the track and wtrc wrecked.
Fireman Jackson was frightened and started
to climb>back into the tender. AS the engine
and tyatiSr lurched over to one side Jackson
was thrown OF and he received some slight
bruises The road at that point runs parallel
the railroad employees said that Gov. Hill was
expected to come on the West Shore train due
at X o'clock, and special efforts We're made to
train. The efforts were successful. Before7
o'clock the only yestige of the wreck left WAS
some coal which hud been dumped from tho
coul cars.
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Margaret Lane. ~ years old. Of 266 West
1881 street. was taken to tho Manhattan Hos
pital yesterday. suffering from Paris green
poisoning Her husband. Charles A. Lane. is
a. travelling agent. Mrs. Lano has been ,ad-
to drink sh aow s On Fat
mouth. She drew some water in q glass and
drank II. Then. turning to her 14-year-old
daughter Mary. she said: W
"There: / have taken some Paris green and
will be dead soon. and will not bother any. one
ve.y much longer. tried to take 1t while ]
dryp
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The Spain Gets In.

Tho National line steamship Spain Is all
right She came in yesterday from London.
after the longest and stormiest voyage she
has ever made For twenty-one days she
averaged lsss than $50 miles g. day. and como
days made less than co. Head gales and tall
and made little Roadway while the seas and
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The brig Harriet q. Captain. from Nuovltas.
brought Thomas Evans. a seaman. here q
prisoner yesterday. On the outward passage
on Aug, 5 Evans refused to set sGl as ordered
that followed Evans stabbed the mate In the
abdomen. making n dangerous wound.
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Gov. Hin starts for Atlanta.

ALBANY. Oct. 1S.-Gov. Hill. accompanied BY
Gen. Ferdinand P. Early. Col John 8. McEwan.
Labor Commissioner Peck. tho Hon. John Nc
Call, Gen. Austin Lathrop, and DR. H. 8. Pierce
Of New York left at 2:38 this afternoon for At
aracn 70 Is t deliver the
ment The committee sent from Atlanta to
escort the Governor reached here at noon In tho
private car OF President Inman of tho Rich
mond and Danvile Railroad. and were enter.
tanned at luncheon by the Governor,
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Suicide or an OIL Broker.

PrTsBuRaH. Oct. 1a-william Lyons. a
prominent citizen Of Allegheny. and linseed
oil broker committed suicide at his residence
this morning by shooting himself through the
head. Ae was 90 years old.
He leavesa wife, daughter. and two sons
Mr.. Lyons has been great sufferer from
acute dyspepsia.
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a Grain Elevator Falls Apart.

NEWARK Ohio, OcS 1s.-The grain elevator
OF Root d Mcmillan was wrecked by falling
apart Inst evening. and 10000 bushels OF
wheat were spilled. one half OF 1t falling into
an alley. A man with a team was passing and
barely escaped with his life.