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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-06
ALL ON ACCOUNT OF The ROACHES.
KAUFFELp's BEER-sHoP WAS BURNED OUT. ASB
TAILOR II THE ROOM ABOVE



Reaches became too plentiful lately in Franz Kauf
fed's beershop on the ground floor OF the tees
frame house No 100 East One-hundred and ninteenth
ST. and KaufeId has tried to externlnate them with
a mixture Of oil and turpentne. At I a. m yester
day he was throwing spray Of the mixture against
the ceiling with squirt gum and the stuff caught lire
from a lighted lamp. The flames quickly hlled the
beer-shop. Kauheld and his family fed to the street
and gave the alarm. Two families on the second hoor
barely escaped. William Heineman, who slept soundy
ON that floor until the smoke was thick In his room
Jumped from window and hurt his arm slightly.
Charles Mohring an old tailor, lived On the top moor
with his wife and her friend, Minnie Kleber. Their
escape was cut Oft by the flames Policemen In the
street saw the women at front window and told them
not to Jump as the hremen were coming. Mohrlng
fell on the floor, overcome by smoke.
Hook and Ladder Company No. Ia dashed up to the
house and the fremen went up ladder to the roof.
They cut hole there TO let ont tie smoke Fireman
NiInphns ran a ladder from the window where the
women we're TO a window of the nearest house, and
hep,d them across the bridge. Then he went back
and dragged ont Molring. The old tailor was sun
insensbe when an ambulance arrived 10 tKe MN 70
the Harlem Hospital, but the surgeons Thought ne
The fire caused loss Of about $4,000 which was
covered by insurance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-06

Albany Aug "a hearing held before Deputy
Attorney General Maynard today Oh the application ct
lain J. Moore o stakeholder in the KnickerbCcAer
storage Company, Of New-HOrk City, asking the Az
General to bring action TO dissolve Tie COM
pany on the ground Of lis Insolvency ana On tle
further ground that the corporation has violated the
low, IN pot holding annual meetings or elcciing directors
,nnpoIly since 1857 Afer hearing both sides, Judge
MAYNARD said that no evidence had been produced
showing that the company was tnsolvent' but on
the contrary, the opponents Of the application had
prodnccd certified copy of the annual report Of the
COMPANY fled with the Secretary OF state. fol- last
,,oor showing its liabilities TO be TlG,9l9 while hs
assets werc s1s517 Regarding the alleged viola
- ,on.ctinr the annual meetings and the election
of directors il appeared that there had been gen
crai acuuescencc on the part Of all the stockholders
In tnis policy Judge Maynard took the papers and
reserved his decision.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-06
SAILING UNDER a CRAZY CAPTAIN
THE CREW MUTINIED AND THEIR COMMANDER
KILLED HIMSELF.

THE CREW MUTINIED AND THEIR COMMANDER
KILLED HIMSELF.
The steamship Finance, Of the United states ana
Brazil Mail steamship Line. arrived in brooklyn
Yesterday and is at RObertss Stores On board OF ner
was the crew of the Norwegian bark Hugh Fortcscue
Captain A. NJ Geelmuyden, which was bound for
Maschio. with general cargo. The crew had mutt
MED There were ten of Them. The only one who
would talk was a sailor named Louis Williams. lie
says that about fifty miles from Cape ST. Rogue the
captain. who was a Norwegian, began beating about
without apparent object, and continued to do so Tor
three DAYS. Then he announced that lie was gong
70 BarbadOes and at other times he said he was bOund
for other places Finally, June IL. the lighthouse
at Maranham was sighted. Then the crew arose and
took possession Of the vessel
The captain went ashore and laid the case before
the Norwegian Consul, and he summoned the crew.
The captain said the crew mutincd because there was
NOT enough food and had brought the vessel 10 MaIn
ham, This they denied. They sent back to the
vessel and three days later the captain went on board
While sitting In the cabin he shot himself in the head
diving soon afterward 1t is supposed that lie was
insane The captains brother took charge OF the
vessel and new crew procured. The old crew
then came to New-YOrk.
The Finance also had board nine men OF the
crew of the barkentine Steadfast, bound from Trinidad
for PHILADELPHIA with asphalt She ran ashore on the
west end of the island of santa Cruz and after strip
ming her the crew made their way 10 the port Oh
santa Cruz whence they were Forwarded 10 81.
was from Belfast. she on her first trip, and was
insured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-06
UBRIEN &c CLARK IN TROUBLE.
THE PROPERTY OF THE BIG AoUEDUCT
FIRM GOES INTO A RECEIVERS HANDS.
SUIT HAS BEEN BROUGHT BY oBRIEN TO DIS
SOLVE THE rARTNERsHIp-coNDIT
OF THE CoMPANY's AFFAIRS


IpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuERI
Poughkeepsie Aug 8 tSpeciaD,-Judge Barnar
to-day appointed James w. IIinckley receiver 0
the firm assets of O'Bren & Clark, Of New
York Aqueduct fame. The appointment wa
made on the application of the First Nation'
Bank of Rhinebeck O'Brien and Clark being mse
defendants The judgments were fled agaist
the firm in favor of the bank one for S7,I42 20
and the other for S4,491 81. On his examrtion
in supplementary proceedings before Refe-e NJ
V. b. Schuyler. of Rhinebeck. short tie ago,
John O'Brien testified as follows:
i reside in Rhnebeck and have foreighteen
years past. l am member of the firmf O'Bren
& Clark. The firm consists of mysif, Heman
Clark and John Mooney. Edward carney has
an interest in Moneys share. Clfk resides at
Portchestcr, Westchester County, n Y. Clark
and represent about three-quares OF the prop
erty. Mooney resides in New-loR City. Rear
ney resides there also. The plae OF business OF
the firm is No. 40 Wal-st, Ne'-iork. am IA
mi!iar with these two judgments. The moneys ad-
vanced by the bank were for tie benefit of O'Brien
d Clark. We claim of the city of Ncw-York on
the AQueduct contract abou' "a 10000
AN action against the city has been recently
tried before Judge lngrahm and jury. Actons
are pending as to five other sections. we are
prosecuting an appeal rom the Judgment of the
Court. About S25O,OO is held in reserve by
the city on the cngi,eers' certificates, which
claim is due now. don't know when the city
claims it is dvc. Te 10 per cent is subject TO
suit The firm ha, an action against the Long
Island Railroad ior $4,000. We have tools
and machinery, bit can't say what 1t is all worth
We have an equity of redemption on certain real
estate. 1t is IN High Bridge Fark New-York.
1t has been Condemned by the city for park pur-
poses. 1t has been appraised at $l20,00O Our
firm has an account in the Mt Morris Bank;
also in the American Exchange Bank. No
balance worth speaking of i'll either The
American Exchange has an assignment of our
claim on Section of the Aqueduct of some
S42, 900 We claim $4,000 in that section
John O'Brien has also begun suit for
the dissolution of the firm of O'Brien
Il Clark, on the ground that Clark has
overdrawn his account 81 100000 or more. The
papers are returnabe before Judge Barnard on Sat
urday morning. Judge Guernsey is O'Brien's at
torney, and j. w. Hinckley has been appointed
general receiver
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-06
DIED From THE ASSAsSIN's SHOTS.

Charlottesville Va, Aug. 5.-Danlel +. Connel' OF
Portsmouth Ohio who was shot by some unknown per
son while lying in his berth on the Pullman seepnecaf
ON tse Chesapeake and ohio train last SATURDAY morn
;ng died here at 10 O'Clock this morning at wright ;
Hotel, where he has been ever since the Tragedy, ne
m ststemcnt except the one already published,
nav The assassin deliberately shot him after demanding
hiS money which was refused
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-06
RoRBED 1 B4TLROAD OF s25. 900.

Louisville KY. Aug. 5.-Thc amount taken by syl
vaser Young deaulting cashier OF the Newport News
and Mississippi Valley Railroad, has been estimated
by his bondsmen OF the Guarantee Company OF North
America at $4,000. A reward Of $1,000 has been
offered for his arrest and return here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-06
CossEcRA1ISG AN AUXILIARY BISHOP.

Boston, Aug. 5.In the Cathedral OF the Holy Cross
~ morning the Rev. John Brady was elevated from
the ONCE OF parish priest Of hmesoury 10 the piane OF
auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese Of Boston. The
ceremony of his conservation Of the most i'm
p0raDt that have taken place in New England, and
wos attended with all the pomp and magnilcence Char
AatAgis0e U this RELIGIOUS denomination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-06

FOUR pRsoNs KILLED AND MANY INJURED on
THE0GDENsBURG AND LAKE CHAMrLAIN.
PlaSburg, N. Y, Aug. 5.-A fatal accident oc-
cure tonight on the Ogdensbury and Lake Cham
Mai Railroad, near Champlain. An excursion train
of en- cars was in collision with passenger train,
al four persons were killed and many Others
ere more or less badly injured. Full particulars
lre not obtainabe at present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-06
TIE coryrRY ABOUT HARRlsBURG FLOODED.

Harrisburg, Penn, Aug. 5.-A cloudburst occurred
last night between this city and Rockville and caused
PAXTON Creek to rise so rapidly that the railroad
tracks and many houses in South Harrisburg were
eooded. Several factories were Inundated and opera
lions had to be suspended. Trains on the PenusyE
vania Railroad ran through several inches OF water
, ,,o mr. three hours. A nUmbe: of dams burst
ana cooded the surrounding country. There were
-, narrow escapes from drowning, but no loss Of
s,, i reported The water Ia receting rapidly,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-06
ANEX CRSION TRAIN IN COLLISION

pending aws1s Of which the breaking OF the late Mrs.
Hopknss wis the object, that he antipate1 any,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-06
NOW QUEEN OF THE OCEAN.
THE MAJESTIC MAKES A RECORD-sREAK-
ING TRIP
HER TINE WAS SEVENTY MINUTES LESS THAN
THAT OF THE CITY OF PARIs-EN-
THUSIASM OVER THE VICTORY

THUSIAsM OVER THE VICTORY.
The White Star Line steamship Majestic, which
arrived at Sandy Hook at 5 80 a. m. yester-
day, broke all previous records of transatlantic
travel by one hour and ten minutes. She left
Liverpool on July % and went to Queenstown
for mails and additional passengers, and at 3 100
o. N. on that day passed Rock Light, the start
inc point for all racers across the Atlantic
The following is copy of the log for the
voyage:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-23
A Moorish Tradition.

Referring to the plague of lccusts this
year in Morocco, the British Consul at
Mogador quotes a tradition as to them,
which was told to him by Berber fish
erman. It runs as follows: ''In the in
terror of the Sahara are people called
Jeraidua, or locust owners, who have
control over the locusts, and used to re-
ceive yearly presents from the Sultan
of Morocco. and they kept the locusts
back. Every year a certain monster
came to that place, and it died there,
and these people used to burn the car
cass and then all was we'll. But if it was
not burned, owing to the men not be-
ing in a good humor. then it putrefed,
and bred millions of maggots, and they
became locusts. And lately some of
these men came to the Sultan and said
Have not people been complaining Of
Iocusts p And the Sultan replied that
they had. WELL said the Jeraiduja,
we are the locusts; why have you not
given us our customary largess? Anoth-
er version was that the locusts came out
of a certain cave or pit in the Sahara,
over which some holy people had con-
troll. The same idea of the potency of
the intercession Of holy men has fire.
quently been noticed in causes as
signed by Moorish fishermen for the
periodical falling off or improvement in
the supply of various important kinds
of seafsh. "
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-23
Color Weddings.

According to the Illustrated American
hereafter weddings will be as distinctive
color functions as any entertainment on
the list. This popular decision has been
made evident at a number of handsome
nuptial ceremonies of late, and not in
conspicuous in the list is the oft-de
scribed marriage of Miss Forbes-Leith
In London. Hers was Enthusiastically a
yellow wedding, with some points of
decorating worth noting. All the door
ways were draped with amber-tinted
India tissues, the mantels and mirrors
were imbedded in golden daisies and
feathery grasses, while the windows
everywhere were latticed across with
garlands Of yellow roses and buds
woven with ropes of smllax. Hangings
and ornamentations of every sort car
ried out this leading color, the only
thing white being the bride under a
huge snowy and fragrant wedding-bell.
Strangely enough, this-with us-very
ordinary floral piece is a complete nov
city on the other side, and excited
much comment and approval upon its
its introduction.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-23
No Miracle In This.

Zone of the most striking instances of
mind cure l ever saw" said Judge
W one day, twas exhibited in an
old lady client of mine but it was a case
Of self-cure. He name was Norton.
She had been a second wife. She was
in bed seriously i'll, and sent for me to
draw up her will.
81 FASTENED to the house with paper
and pen. | found table and chair ready
for me at the woman's bedside, and in
a few moments told her [ was ready to
prepare the will if she would tell me
what she wished it's provisions to be. |
wrote the Introductory phrase rapidly,
and leaning over toward her, said
Now, 60 on, Mrs. Norton
"Her voice was quite faint and she
seemed to speak with an effort. She
said: First of all I want to give the
farm to my sons Harry and James; just
put that down.
"'But,' said ], you can't do that,
Mrs. Norton; the farm isn't yours to give
away
"iThe farm isn't mine 2 she said, in a
voice decidedly stronger than before.
"No, the farm isn't yours. You have
only life interest in it.
"'This farm that I've run for goin'
on forty-three years next spring, ISM
mine to do what | please with it? Why
not, Judge? I'd like to know what you
mean
'"Why, Mr.. Norton-your husband
gave you a life estate in all his prop
erty, and on your death the farm goes
to his son John, and your children will
get the city houses
land when die John Norton is to
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-23
An Obsolete Fiction.

An appeal from the taxation Of costs
in the suits of Thomas G.. &. Bell
against Eliza Dawes gave Judge Arnold,
of Philadelphia, an opportunity q few
days ago to accentuate III an opinion
the changes in the laws of Pennsylvania
governing the relations of man and
wife.
''The law now regards the unity of a
husband and wife as an obsolete nc
tion," says Judge Arnold. "And 1t has
accommodated itself to that fact. The
old rule of law that, on a gift to man
and wife and third person, the man
property and the third person took the
other half, is abolished by the modern
legislation in regard to married persons;
each takes third now. Statute law
recognizes that husband and wife are
two persons in substantial matters.
The act of June 3, 1887, recognizes the
customs and habits of the people and
declares these customs to be lawful.
The common law was the customary
law of the people declared by the
judges. 1t twas the best statemanship tor
the faculty to observe what was needed
and then to grant it.
"There was time when husband
and wife were one in the eyes of the
law. The husband, on marriage, took
all the wife's horses, cattle, sheep and
oxen. He could chastise her, moderately,
say the books, but if he does it now
he will be punished as wife-beater.
A wife was a helpmate indeed. She
spun yarn, wove cloth, made frocks
and breeches, and was generally
merged into her husbands pocket if
not into his person. Women who
bring out the spinning wheels Of their
ancestors or buy them if they have
them not, exhibit badge of woman's
bondage. Now, husband and wife
wear clothes made and bought in stores.
In olden times there were no bazaars
and grand depots and establishments Of
smaller size in which all that is worn
by man or women could be bought.
Formerly married women were I'M
der an actual disability to buy goods
and make contracts; now they are not,
except that the law of this state, in its
transition state, still puts the burden
on the stOre-keeper to prove and for
judges and juries to decide, that the
articles sold by him to the woman were
necessary for her, overlooking the fact
that the best Judge of what is necessary
for a woman sound in mind, body and
estate is herself. Her disability in
this respect is changed into a privilege
to get and keep all she can, with an i'm
munity from liability, except for nee
essaries. The next legislature will
change this, no doubt, as it has been
changed in England and in nearly all
the states "-P hiLddelpItia Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-23
Novel Fire Escape.

T. H. Jennings, Of Duluth, has per-
fected and patented fire escape which
promises to be an actual protection if
the apparatus will work in practice as
we'll as the model indicates. The ap-
paratus is a form Of elevator, attached
to the back of a building, with fire
proof doors leading into it from the
end of each hallway on every floor.
The doors close automatically and the
person entering is at once shut off from
the fire. He steps on platform in the
elevator and his own weight will take
him to the bottom and land him out OF
doors.
The elevator part also works automat-
ically and cannot be put out Of order
in excitement. The weight Of a child is
sufficient to send the platform to the
bottom, the speed being regulated auto
matically by common governor at
tached at the top. Any number of
people could be going down at the same
time without increasing the speed.
The platforms are attached to an end
less chain, folding as they pass up and
falling into place as they come down.
The apparatus is very ingenious and
very simple. Mr.. Jennings has named
it the Jennings automatic fire escape,
and is now trying to arrange to put one
into operation. Thus far fire escapes
have been limited to ropes and ladders,
which are often rendered useless either
by the fire or by the rush of people
and the difficulty women and children
have in making use of them. If Mr..
Jennings fire escape proves practica
Bile, as the working Of the model seems
to indicate, it will be of inestimeble
value ana benefit.-Dututh Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-23
Why They Go to Europe.

The Bangor News thinks that the high
fares on American railroads result in
sending people to Europe. "All of the
New England and Middle States" it
says. ARE now full of people who have
climbed Alps, visited Rome, boule
wards of Paris, been ali over the United
Kingdom and seen the midnight sun on
the coast of Norway, and yet who have
never been west of Chicago. They
hear Of the beauties Of the Pacific
Slope, they read about the glories of
the Yosemite Valley, and they want to
go and see them; but when they learn
what it will cost they think they cannot
afford to go further than Niagara Falls.
After that they 60 to Europe, and SO
year by year the Atlantic passenger lists
have been swelling rapidly until now
fem nj ate -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-23
German
Syrup
Group.
We have selected two

We have selected two or
Group. three lines from letters
freshly received from pa
rents who have given German Syrup
to their children in the emergencies
of Group. You will credit these,
because they come from good, sub
stantial people, happy in finding
what so many families 1ack-a med
icine containing no evil drug, which
mother can administer with con-
fdence to the little ones in their
most critical hours, safe and sure
that it will carry them through.
ED. L. Willis, of Mrs. JAS. w. KIRK,
Alma, Neb. l give it Daughters College,
to my children when Harrodsburg, KY. I
troubled with Group have depended upon
and never saw any it in attacks of Group
preparation act like with my little daugh-
it. 1t is simply mi ter and find it an in
racu1ous. valuable remedy.
Fully one-ha1f of Our customers
are mothers who Use Boschee's Ger
man Syrup among their children.
A medicine to be successful with the
little folks must be a treatment for
the sudden and terrible foes of child
hood, whooping cough, Group, diph-
iberia and the DANCE Gus infamma-
tions Of delicate threats and lungs. %
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-23
HE POEI,S APOLOGY.

No, the Muse has gone away,
Does not haunt me much to-day.
Everything she had to say
Has been said
Twas not much at any time
All that she could hitch in rhyme
Never was the Muse sublime
Who has fed!
Anyone who takes her in
MAY observe she's rather thin;
Little more than bone and skin
Is the Muse;
Scanty sacrifice she won,
When her very best she'd done,
And at her they poked their fun,
In reviews
Rhymes" in truth, "are stubborn things,
And to rhyme she chung, and cl1ngs,
But whatever song she sings
Scarcely sells.
If her tone be grave, they say
"Give us something rather gay;
If she's skittish, then they pray
something else!'
So she's cut the whole concern,
Lutte AID Tyre, and torch and urn,
Thoughts that breathe and words that burn,
Joys or woes.
For ParnassuS is too steep;
And the only Muse [ keep,
And that keeps me, writes heap.
But it's prose
-Murrdy's Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-23
NIAGARA STOPPED FLOWING.
The Water Froze and The Falls Were
Dry tor n Short Time.

The Water Froze and The Falls Were
Dry tor Short Time.
1t seems almost incredible, says the
Toronto Globe, that at one time in its
history the greatest and most wonder
full waterfall in the world actually ran
dry. Nevertheless, it is an established
fact that this occurred on March %,
1913, and for few hours scarcely any
water passed over Niagara Fails. The
winter OF that year had been an excep-
tionally severe one, and ice Of unusual
thickness had formed on Lake Erie.
The warm spring rains loosened this
CONCEALED mass, and on the day in
question brisk east wind drove the ice
far into the lake About sunset the
wind suddenly veered round, and blew
a heavy gale from the west. This
naturally turned the ice in its course,
and, bringing it down to the mouth
of the Niagara River, piled it up in
solid, imT wall.
So closely was it packed and SO great
was its force that IN a short time the
outlet to the lake was completely
choked up, and little or no water could
possibly escape. In very short space
of time the water below this frozen
barrier passed over the falls, and the
next morning the people living in the
neighborhood were treated to a most
extraordinary spectacle. The roaring,
tumbling rapids above the falls were al
most oblIterated, and nothing but the
cold, black rocks were visible in all di-
rections. The news quickly spread and
crowds of spectators locked to view the
scene, the banks on each side Of the
river being lined with people during
the whole day. At last there was a
break in the ice. 1t was released from
its restraint, the pent-up wall of water
rushed downward, and Niagara was it
self again.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-09-23

have this house and farm whether |
will or mop
"'Just So
"'Then l amt going to de- said the
old woman, in clear and decidedly
ringing healthy voice.
"And so saying she threw her feet
over the front Of the bed, sat up,
gathered blanket and coverlid about
her, Strengthened up her gaunt form,
walked across the room, and sat down
in chair before the fire. The doctor
years ago. The old lady is alive to-
dav. "-H0rrisbur Telegram.