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TO CELEBRATE COLUMBUS ON TIME
Spanish Citisens Propose . Grand Pageant
In New York In 1893.
SAN FRANCI8C0, OHL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW Y0Rk N. u

Spanish Citisens Propose Grand Pageant
In New York IN 1e04.
Tho "Circulo Colon -Cervantss." a recently
organized Spanish society. has sent to the
Mayor plan OF celebrating the fourth centen-
nial Of the discovery OF America. and asking
his approval OF It. Tho Writer'S say that the
postponement Of tho Worlds Fair to 1898 10
likely to result in no adequate commemora-
tion OF the exact oudri-centennial. Mayor
Grant has looked over the details OF the
scheme. and .willin due time undoubtedly give
his approval: Mr.. Imre Kiraliy sailed for
search b Of necessary data. moiels. and designs
for an accurate and historically correct repre-
sentation Of some Of the sceues OF the expedi-
Tho spectacular feature Of the proposed
celebration as far as decided up n. are ihus
1T is proposed to arrange historical pro.
cessional ca pageant. !,a surpassinG 10 grandeur
and E%srs
sn@ G 5s s4Hna at Doosns n:
This procession viii halt at Ave Inherent points
in this city. and ut each Of these be greeted BY
gatorl These, comprise: Th :. application OF
naments by Spanish MOBILES: surrender OF the
Keys Of Grenada: s;isning Of C9lGmbus's Com.
a ai
tion R OF Indiana to Ferdinand La and d e sSanelia
1t is proposed to employ large bodies OF male
and female singers as well as hundreds Of chill
the purposes named are the City Hall Park,
Washtngton. Union; and Maitson squares. and
at Barcelona constituted tho climax Of his
trinm phs. 1t is proposed to oxompliiy Il at Gem
ttai Park by second procession illustratipg
discovery OF the now continent. Iluminationo
and pyrotechniral displays are also oontem.
plated. and q grand course au fnmbeau. Pop.
ular subscriptions are to be relied on for the
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How to Kin the Rose bug.

Tho editor Of tho Rural Ne,D Yorker an.
nounces that he has just discovered q sure
way OF killing the rose bug or ross chafer
without injury to foliage. The bug has In.
creased rapidly in the last few years and has
devastated thousands OF viney ards. Tho edl.
tor says:
EXPERIMENTS made during tn, present
week provo that this insect cannot survive
temperature Of over 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
The next step was to ascertain II this method
OF destruction could be pur to m easv. prac-
ticeble use, Water was heated 70 40 devrees
and poured into pail. A small hand force.
pun pump Wth eight feet Of hose and haIt-inch
minatinG with cyclone nozzle. was then used
10 iorce the water upon the rose chaftrs Of the
wore not less than 1..o Of them. The
first, spray upon the beetles was shown
by the thsrmometer to be l2O. The, rose bugs
receiving the direct sd ny were dend In about
one minute. The others recovered Tho tenn.
T. rature OF the water WAS then raised 30 that
the mercury rose to -14O when the thorn
e;er Was % placed within two inches OF the noz-
ra mragnol" flower containing hhy, or more
h5eeties All were almost instantly killed.
Neither foliage nor flowers was injured"
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A cable despatch announced three or four
days ago that the Berlin and Charlottenburg
committee for tho assistance OF jewish fugi-
tlves from kussa was supposed to be sending
many OF Its pennloss wards to America That
such is the case virtually has been Roknowl-
edged by the committee. Early In this month
the Berlin correspondent OF the Vienna Neue
Freic Iresss wrote from Charlotlenburg:.
Tho fugitires receive not only refresh-
ments and clothing when they arrive at the
station here. but the poorest get tickets for
more more than $500 ior this TIL purpose 10 The % Ham. am
burg, ,Ame,ican Packet Company.
rolls % and sarGas wh' rss sas
platform the emigra9ts 60 below to the base
Crsnts' In little baskets, Old trunks. and in
ragged bags. the men and women drag after
ry sSi eSdssn oa
fairly well Eourished. but the adults have the
worn and worried appearance OF the Polish
Jews. The emigrants are mostly mechanics.
day laborers and clerks
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DE1ACY RAN OFF; HIS SALARY RAN ON
The BoodIe Alderman Demands His Pay
for the Timo He spent In Exile.

soT suS Aa"0 AAc spent In Exhe.
Doodle Alderman Robert E. De Lacy mas on
tered the lists In a competition Of cheek with
Michael Duffy. Duffy. it will ba remembered
sued John Keenan, for a share OF the Jake
Sharp bribe money. which he alleged had stuck
to the fingers OF that medium OF communica-
ton between the franchise seekers and the
franchise dispensers. And now De Lacy has
filed claim against the city for balance OF
$1,000 salary. which he says is due him as a
member OF the Board OF Aldermen OF 1856.
It was In April OF that year that De Lacy was
The Doodle business OF 1884. The variants variants for or
turned 10 the Comptrollsr. so Do Lacy has
1led claim for the amount with the finance
The Comptroller was astonished at the as
sprance OF such q claim from q man who had
abandoned bis office and neglected his duties,
but no treated Do Lacy with great courtesy,
and reierred his claim to the Corporation
counsel. who is empowered under the Con s0li-
daiion act 10 make an examination OF claims
for money tn the city treasury. Tho examina-
ton will be held on Tuesday before Assistant
Corporation Counsel Sweetspr.
The law point involved is whether tho salary
does not belo2g 10 tic otfice and Is NOT rerov-
erable. as here WAS neither resignation or re-
moval in Do Lscy's case.
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HELD FOR THE GRAND JURY
The Woman Accused OF Hsrso Stealing
and Other Crimes.

The Woman Accused OF Hsrse Stealing
and Other Grimes.
NEwBuRaH. June 2O.-Mrs Paul Halliday, tho
woman charged with horse stealing and other
crimes. had q preliminary examination this
morning before Recorder McCroskery She
presented a frightful appearance. and kept up
q constant shrieking and jabbering Sheriff
Goodale and Turnkey McColum were Obliged
80 hold her arms to prevent her stripping her.
self OF clothing. She seemed to have a dislike
for her husband. and she shrleked. Take him
away: never liked hIm" At other times she
would yell out q question. apparently listen
Well. why don't you do it?"
Two or three witnesses were examined.
among them Ir. Halliday and Mr.. WhItbecE.
me me iixerynan from whom she engaged the
Halliday stuck to it that she was a /" she devil"
He said with an emphatic lerk OF the head that
she was as sane as any one In the court room.
Whtbsck said in answer to ones.
tiou ss to her being rational when she
hired the team and when she came back: II
Mr. Holiday testified that Farmer Scott ,oiid
trading OF horse. with him. This. IL true. will
clear John q. Lynn OF West Newburgh, who is
in the Kingston Jail god by Scott W I'll hay-
ing conducted the sale to him Of one Of the
stolen horses.
Mrs; Halliday was hold to await the action of
the Grand Jury. She WAS taken to Goshen
jail at noon by Sherif Goodall. and will be
pronounce her insane and she is transferred to
an asylum,
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A STRIKE FOR FREEDOM.
The Slaves In the Comora Islands Rise
Against Their Masters.


Against Their Masters.
The little archipelago in tho Indian Ocean
south OF Zanzibar. known as the Comora
Islands. is not often heard from. but 1t is now
the scene Of civil war and great distress. and
tho French. who established a protectorato
over these islands lew years ago. are having
hard time Of 1t. Five months ago the Sultan
died. and Prince Salim. his son. and Said 9th.
man. his brother. disputed the succession.
Prince Salim gave 800 guns to his fathers
slaves and ordered them to bring Said Othman
to him dead or alive. The negroes took 9th
man prisoner. but their feelings toward him
were really moro friendly than toward the late
kings son. and SO they released Otbman and
conceived the idea OF using tho arms with
SECURE their freedom. y
a hs TSsy
completely eutted the town OF Bamboo. and
the e,,s only people in The the place whom they re-
said eheS Woua M hsr
ters il liberty was not giyen to tham; Prince
himself until March Is. when. 1000 negroes
y % H to IT, fRa De
fenceless people and old men and women suc-
sumbsd to the fury Of the blacks and horrible
ON March is the French n-of-war Bour-
saint arrived ed at Pomony: on the island Of Jo-
who declined to give up thelr guns or to allow
the French resident TO hoist his flag. The
attempt to land. A little later the vessel left
Johanna It is supposed to get troops from
dtion OF tho island Ia not known. but it is sup
posed to be in full possession OF the blacks.
who have made this bold stroke for freedom.
Until tho suppression of the slave trade. the
Comoro Islands were a very profitable market
for slaves, many thousands of them being
on the plantations.
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are made up The cotton report is given ont at

are made up: The cotton. report is given ont at
no, noon gu the 10th the grain report a. ocloek In
syefaae sScs condition the cotton @ crop
more than an hour, before the time when the
+. wss nos ss. n to M III. n
there are about 500 % soYds % IN the Ss'% report a:
e1nert calculator puts It on the cyclostyle. and
within i've minutes after the last word 10 writ
rsprSodnsns %aesns Thsse srs osced % IL
yelopss; sealed anu addressed: This work Is
ms 6Sfors NJ
the telegraph orsrator Is sitting At his insIrn.
Washington Offices OF the press associations
and with the cotton and produce exchanges.
IN the sa%e room to tsks eosiss of Tho re"ort
70 newspaper offices and the oiiices 81 brokers:
AnY can obts1 Of The bnstn II ao
senger TO the department. A copy "f the re-
tort is taken to the Secretary Of Agric9lturs. O.
issue 4. "aH Almost nUs exactly noon Mr Snow
siops from the secretary's Office to the adJoin-
talnng the bulletin to the messengers In walt
Ing. The eleGrsph operator receives cory.
r has ps s .s Of the
port the Telegraph instrument is ticking II on
in tho ofncSs OF the Cotton and P,oduce FIX.
changes all over the country. and 1t 10 being
for use In early eiitions Of afternoon papers:
possible lor any one to have the a vantage OF
any one else In the distribution q tnis news.
after II has been given out officially from the
department. A few years ago there was no
teleRrap ph instrument in the department and
there was always scramble among the mes
sengers and others Interested to see who
would first deliver the report ut the telegraph
offces. At that time the most important in
formation In tho report was In the summing
up, A great many brokers had agents IN
washington. who sent messonRere to the de.
partment mounted on horses or bicycles. and
there was always race for the telegraph
ofce. A broker with a private wire antiei-
summary at the end and sending that first. It
took some minutes for the onerators OF the
press associations TO get through the intro p
portant summary. I hese lew minutes were OF
value to the broker or srecul lator. as they gave
him an to msss sSs at
Nowadays the summary is put in the first som
tsncs Of the report. and the Introduction IL no
longer an introduction.
puzzled the department and the country By
anticipating the report some ten minutes.
Tho n who rSm tho Scs %
followed. but he seemed to hive no advantage
over any one else. as he had to 70 !uSt as far
Th h tie Srs Of ,s
a telegraph operator betrayed the syndicate,s
secret. There was n wire stretched from their
So In nos to the II. s of mbs s
two messengers 70 the derartment on the
snow o hurryine u I % 10 III. agents % ONCE ' with the
the office OF the lumber company. where the
Ss t % es enos
gers were racing across town to reach the tel
egraph ONCE the bulletin wa. going out over
ss Dss ii Tss ss dsvsrs s tn
egraph office.
The sun., 1891-06-21
SHOT An Ex-PoLIcEMAM.
Reckless Sport with Toy Pistols Leads "a
the Arrest OF THREE YounG RurGlers.

Reckless sport with Toy Pistols Leads to
the Arrest OF Three Youpg RurEi.rs.
Ex-Policeman Thomas Moran Of 1876 East
112th street was walking down Third avenue
Yesterday morning when he came across three
boys practising with toy pstols near 111th
street. He walked few steps further when he
felt . stinEing sensation In his left thigh that
told him he had been shot. He captured one
OF the boys His prisoner was George
Ahearn, 16 years old. Of 2099 Sec
ond avenue. Ahearn said his companions
we're Michael Malone. Is. Of 229 East 111th
street. and Patrick Kcpney. 49, Of 2040 First
avenue. Policeman Roed arrested those lads
and took Moran to the Harlem Hospital to as
certain how badly he was hurt There was q
small ho,e In Moran's trousers and ono in his
leg to correspond. Dr. Hammond said that
the work OF examining patients for the purpose
OF furnishing evidence for policemen or mag
istrates properly belonged 10 tho police sur
geons. So Moran went back to the police sta
tion. still IN ignorance, as to whether tho boys
had shot him with lead or with rebble.
.@pios u D. sff' Il phSs S'f.1 Has. n tSs ns
street bad called at nj, the station and told ser.
bfoFsn b % into during @ the nisht % and that hat S .ooS
blank cartridges and a dozen toy pistols had
been ssplsn He had fSuRd some Of The ,sti
bad purchased % them Of Maone The boy boys I. ar.
rested for. shooting Moran admitted that they
no had wounded the 81, policeman. He hadn't
meant to do 1t. though. he said.
aS saa
on charges Of burglary, Malone will hays also
to answer to charge Of felunious assault. He
him some ~ The @ ana hat he sod
some o; the pistols and ammunition.
o Morsn &c
was not much hurt.
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Justice Bartlett reserved his decision.
Hill the Choice or North Carolina.

Mr.. Edward Chambers Smith OF Raleigh, N.
c. Chairman Of the Democratic State Com
mttee OF that State. is in tho city. Speaking
of tho possibilities OF 1892 Mr.. Smith said :
"A strong Cleveland feeling at one time crept
into our State. but 1t has returned from whence
1t came. To-day onr people believe that In tho
tionaI Convention David IS. Hill will receive
The nomination. Gray nj nttena is our choice
Tor the Vice-Presidency. You may rest AS
sureu that the South and tho x, eat Northwest
will be q unit on all vital questions at the next
Convention.
II don't imagine the Farmers Alliance poo
believe that II the Democrats nominate a
strong ticket the Alliance will endorse IL, One
thing 10 quite certain. that they will not have
anything to do with the Kepub blIcans."
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xlr1y xn1 AooUsrs xoH1

esys She wevla Rather Stay VIA 2Fss
Pierce thsn 90 Back 20 Hfw-Hewe Iss ee.
Mrs. Pierce, who keeps . boarding house -
221 East 126th street, advertised on May 10 fer
young girl to do light housework. The next
day she received visit from John II. Howe.
q married man about so years old who keeps
orockery store at 204 East 120th street. He
was accompanied by pretty girl 10 years old.
with big brown oyes and light hair. Howe told
Mrs. fierce that the girl was Kate ksir.
daughter OF an old friend OF his who. being
consumptiye had been obliged to 20 to San
Francisco seven years ago, and had LETT the
child with him. She was old enough now to
earn her living. he said. and would like the
place In Mra. Pierce's house. bargain was
struck and Howe went away, leaving Kate to
begin her duties at once.
On June 16 Howe reappeared at the house
and said that Kate could not remain there any
longer. He had benn watching the house. no
said. and had. seen Kate fetch beer from G
saloon He took hsr her, away ~. Z, Win ns
r Gc cam tn'1 II s yon ;n Wish TO- said
sho shranE back trembling. The 6oarders
gathered about. and Howe was forced to leave
YssterdsS Hove had Mrs. Pierce summoned
Court On carge 81 unlawluIly retaining Gus, Gus,
CON '0SMn Ms Pisr:es % Ssd Wished 70 re-
mntp there Then Howe remarked that tho
girl be committed t. the care OF n me ss;,a so,ciety
until he could write to her father.
1t!ooked ns u this conrse would be taken
unttl ex-Police Sergeant G. G. Buddington. who
boards at Mrs. PIerce'-. and who had ques-
made his way to the stand and said:
II this man Intends to persist In bis at
tempt 10 get this child in hia clutches again. I
will make charge OF criminal assault against
deadly iear Of him that she dare not complain
Justice Diyyer assured the, trembling girl
that she would be protected. ahd she told her
hsr mother died, she said, when ,shs she VA. VA:
Obliged to have some. one to care for
her. She spont some time In the iamily
shop where her father worked. Her father
made tho acquaintance Of Howe and soon Al
ter became SO dangerously Ill OF cnneumptinn
that he was obliged to go 10 California. ne
years ago. Two years ago. when Mrs. howe
her room and assaulted her. He had also us.
salted her moro recently.
corroborative evidence. and without 1t he de.
ctded not to entertain o complaint against
Howe. He refused. however. to surrender tho
child to Howe. aud she went back to her du-
Kate has three brot heks. but has not heard
from them IN long time. They are John. aged
about 20: George. 25. and william. n. Will
liam. che thinks, is employed on trading YES
business In New York. She wrote to hor father
about two weeks ago. but has as yet received
no answer.
Howe refuses to talk about the girls chalCe.
The sun., 1891-06-21

ST. JoHNsBURY. Vt. June 20.-In letter 70.
osived here yesterday United States Land
Commissioner Henry G. Ide. who arrived at
Apia, Samoa. on May l6. says chat tho new
government is now fairly under way The
10 universally recognized as King. The new
hief Justice. appointed from the Supreme
Court Of Sweden: and the English and German
Commissioners have arrived. and everything
Is quiet and prosperous. Mr.. Ide speaks en-
thus asiically Of his reception by tho natives.
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Called Him Out to Shoot Him.

SCRANTON. June 20.-Danisl Freeze. young
man. was visiting last night at the residence
OF Mrs. Barclay In Elmhurst. About OK oclock
Mrs. Barclay answered . knock at the door,
A man inquired for Freeos. who answered the
call and closed the door IS no went out He
had hardly done so when the unknown person
over the right eye, coming out on the aide Of
thS head. Another shot was fred. the second
man y unable to account for the shooting, and
the AFFAIR occurred so quickly that hs could
NOT recognize his assailant. His recovery is
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SUICIDE OF MELANCHOLY sv1ss

He Cut HIS Throat tho oelIert, Leaving
His Children and Their Maid to Fortune.
Ernest schreuber. . melancholy Swiss from
Biel. In the canton OF Aargua. killed himself
by cutting his throat with razor In the steer
age OF tho steamship Gellert on Sunday last
when the vessel was In mid ocean. Just before
leaving Bel he had obtained a divorce from
his fathless wife. With his chIldrsn ao.d 70.
speciiyely q and I years. In charge Of a maid.
hs h.in sailsd i,d firm Hayre i2r the New World to
Chicago, where HIS sister lives The govern ess
VIII probably 10 returned, and tho children.
who cannot be returned TO the custody OF their
will iako care OF them.
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THEY WANT cEsANA IN NORTH ADAMS.
He 10 Said to Have sws.dled His (,ouutrx
men There Ont OF 0s ,OOo OF More.

no 10 sata TO Have Swsadled HIS Country.
men There Out OF 0s .OOo or More.
Cesare Cesana. who WAS arrested by In
spector Byrne's mon on Fri'!ay at tho request
OF Chief OF Police Charles W. Fuller OF North
Adams. Mass. on charge OF swindling was
remanded In the Jefferson Market Police Court
by Justice McMahon Yesterday for ten DAYS to
await the arrival OF re Iuisition papers
Chief OF Police ull-r came down II ON North.
ampion In the morning with the warrant ior
nierun and accused Cesana OF obtaining sSUO
from him BY false pretences.. lhisi Fuller
SAID that Cesana had swindled his Country
slo'0nl he obtained the money from Them on
me promise tnaI he would invest It for them
et a high inte OF interest. Instead OF Invest
Ing j ho pocEetsd It. Ctsana WAS nn ngept OF
Inr nan German. an american Lire Irsuranc: Com;
money belonging To- The comIany. That MAS
not true. He was discharged by the company
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Expected to Heat Tine from H.vr..

The new twin screw steamship La Touraine
OF the French line started yesterday morning
from Havre ON her maiden ,rip To this port.
She measures 10000 tons. and is expe ted TO
deyelop. $4,000 horse power. She was con-
structed ut the yards OF The steams hin COM
pany at ST. NsZaire. and she is commanded by
Cant Franauel. the co9modore Of the French
knots An houE, That rRle Of speed will bring
her 10 SANDY Hoog in seven days, which will be
more than half day better than tho best time
The sun., 1891-06-21
Fish Dyins In Mis.esot. Lakes.

MINNEAPOLIS. juno 2o.-A fatal disease 10
attacking the fish OF the lakes in the vicinity
OF st. Paul during the past week. Fishermen
nave reported an enormous number OF nsh
Eoating dead on the face Of the water. At
Pick el Lake yesterday The ater was lit.raIIv
covered VIII dead bass and other species, The
same phen9nenon 10 noticeable at Coleman's
trst that some one had poisoned the water.
iHIt ths m mortality 10 noticeable In SO many
cause Will be invSstigstSd, ~
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HE rs OPPOSED 70 "BL1ND 11aEna -
Mayor Henphill OF Atlantis Objects to Beer
SAloons In tho Outakirta

ATLANTA. June 20--Mayor Hsmphill has
created a sensation vetoing all beor licenses.
Atlanta has two kinds OF Ilcenses One is to
snloon keepers selling whiskey and Wines as
well as beer. nr 81 900 per annum. The other
is fot beer saloons alone. at $3.50 per annum.
The former are kept in tho business pnrt OF
the city; within certain prescribed limite, The
beer saloons are in the out.kirts. and in some
reason for refusing his approval to beer ga
looms is that these have been. to all inlents and
nnfair 10 the prohibition element and to saloon
men who pay the higher license. The au-
foulcement has created great deal Of dis
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Thinks She IL One OF John Jacob Astor's
Heirs.

Mary A. Pagan. . spinster. A years old, re-
siding at 86l East Seventy-frst street, was
committed by Justice Diver in the Harlem
Court yesterday Tor examna ion as to To- san
ity. She has had hallucinationa since or
father cd i0nr years ago She thinks sh. l.
An heir OF John Jacob As'or and entitled to
hall his estate. She says Surrogate Ransom
10 keeping her out OF her heritage. and she de-
clsrcs that she will kill him II he does not act
Justly By her.
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Confessed |. Murder a. N. wa. p,,.x.

WICHITA. Kan. June 2o-For over year tho
mystery surrounding the murder OF Chris
torhcr Helm. a wealthy cattleman. whose BODY
was found on the Cherokee slip rlddlpd with
bullets two weeks after he had been killed, bas
banled tho authorities. A few days. ago q
burglar was fatally shot at Cherokee. Tex,
psn named Ben Scott killed Helm and robbed
hls body OF large sum OF money. II is said
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HrrehaII Said 10 Have Confessed.

HAMILTON, Ont, June .O.-Dean Wade OF
Woodstock was here the other day and told a
leading citizen that Birchal who was hanged
at Woodstock for the murder OF F, c. Bsnwell.
confessed to him. but he refrained from max
Ing the confession public because II would
criminate another person.
The sun., 1891-06-21

TOLEDO. June 20.-Gsn Pope, U. &. A.. ac-
companied by his family, en- route from St.
Louis to the East was compelled to stop over
horo by tllnosA He hopes that q dNys' rest
viii enable him to proceed.