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The sun., 1891-06-03
ALDERMAN MORRIS TAKES A HAND.

He Goes Into Aldermn Flynn'a District In
Moment OF PernicIous Activity.
In the absence OF Alderman Flynn, tho rep
resentative OF the Battery district. Alderm an
John Morris Of the Ninth ward offered reso-
luton in the Board yesterday against tho
occupation Of Battery Park or any other park
by the elevated railroads. Alderman Morris
was once an anti-monopolist. and once. as
private citizen he made great and successful
fight rgninst saueaky shoes on the elevated
car brakes. But his incursion into Alderman
Flynn's district to Join Assem- blyman Tim Sui
livan. another outsider. IN n fanciful defence Of
Battery Park IL thought by many to be n feature
Of his campaign to show that he 10 bigger
Alderman than the gigantic Flynn. The lat
ter. Of course. will not dare to vote against the
his district. But 1t will be gall and wornwood
for him to favor anything introduced by Mr..
Morris.
Morris made a speech In support OF his reso-
luton. He is one nf the few orators IN the
Board. Alderman Harris moved 10 refer the
matter to the Law Committee. as II waa being
considered by the Park Commissioners and
properly belonged there. He also called at
tenti to the fact that the destruction OF the
Battery elevated railrond facilities would be a
serious injury to the business and prosperity
residents OF the upper part OF the city,
Alderman Morgan suggested that the Rail-
road Committee. OF which lie is Chairman.
was the proper committee TO which 10 refer
tine resolution. The Board agreed with him
by vote OF Is to s.
The sun., 1891-06-03
Charles Prnt.'s Will.

An application was made yesterday By Law
yer Louis q. Ledysrd in the surrogate's Court.
Brooklyn. for an order admitting the will Of
Charles Pratt to probate. Mr.. Ledyard ini-
mated that John d. Rockefeller. ono OF the
witnesses to the will, IL at present In Cleve-
land. and he asked tho appointment OF com.
Ia,S mission on to take his Testimony. The Surrogate
days. John ID. Archi old. the other witness,
testified TO The authenticity OF the will.
United States District Attorney Jesse John.
son presented . petition. asking to he APP
pointed guardian OF the three minor children.
He said incidentally that there were no grounds
for q story that there would be n contest over
the VIII Surrogate. Abbott announced that
The heaEnE would bo adjourned until Mr..
None OF the heirs Was In court
The sun., 1891-06-03
PROBABLY A TRIPLE EXECUTION.
Murderers Slocum. SmiIer, and Wood 9eu
tenccd to Death.

hurdererS Slocun. Smiler, and Wood 9en.
fenced to Death.
II the sentences passed by Justice Barrett.
sitting with Justice Patterson. In the General
Term OF the Supreme Court yesterday. be car
ried out Harris A. Smiler and James A. Slo.
cum wife murderers and Joseph Wood. who
killed Charles Ruffin on May 10. 1889. will be
executed during the week beginning on July 6.
Counsel for the condemned men say that their
clients have many months OF life before them
yet and II. j. Haire is so certain that tho Court
OF Appeals will uphold the objections which hs
lodged on Monday that he offers to insure
Woods life as u safe risk.
District Attorney Nicoll and his assistants
Semple and Mcintyre were in court when the
three murderers were brought in. Mr.. Nicoll
oroned the proceedings by asking that the
Amrose SrY sna oser
Smiler. interpDsed the ob.ection that. as he
asJnstice Fitzgerald had assigned I to him John ohm
4. Heinzelman. who was not member Of tho
aaS hf 70
Nicoll said that there was no proof before the
Court that Hoinzelnan was mot lawyer. and
tosnsy's Opinion aud denied the SUI "pplicston % Az
client had never had a legal Trial. as ohm r. K.
ieinzelman lad been assigned to defend
% Hs e 81 besn bsnr pS Nth h
jeopardy, and no Court had a right under tho
Constitution to ,endapger bis life o second
court thar sentenced him had no jurisdiciion
his clients life had not been In jeopardy. Tho
objection was oyerrued. For Wool. Mr.. Hniro
said that he had received no legal notice Of tho
he had lodged In the State Court OF Appeals
acted NJ stay.
Mr.. Shermnn's abatement that John G. Holm.
zslman. who once was Smiler's counsel, is
under indictment for practising law Illegally.
true Hein2elmnn ia under indictment, the
charge being q misdemeanor In practising law
tlleGnlly. But Mr.. sherman. In making the
indicted tor tho misdcmenn or 6f revealing tho
finding 1f nm indictment by. the Grand Jury
Heinzelmnn has nevor been arrested. Tor the
reason that. in tho latter rart Of March. two
dnys before the Indictment against him was
found, he di.appenre'l. and Inspector Byrnes's
men have been looking for him ever since
Ihey traced him 10 neighboring State. but
then lost track OF him.
The sun., 1891-06-03
THE LEGAL STATUS OF A DUCHESS
It IL Involved In Proceedings Uader Louis
Hammersley's VIII,

1t IL Involved In Proceedings Uader Louis
Hammersley's VIII.
Under the will OF Louis g. Hammersley his
widow. now the Duchess OF Marlborough. was
made one OF the three trustees and one of the
executors. She is the sole beneficiary undor
the will. which gives her life interest In the
whole estate. BY a compromise o short timo
ago. 1t was decided that the executors should
turn tho estate over to themselves rs trus-
tees. They presented decree to that effect to
Surrogate Ransom for signature. Tho CO.
trustees OF the Duchess raised the point thut
having married a Duke and taken up hor resi-
dence nbrond. she bad become a British sub
lect and was thereby incRpncitatsd from act
ing under tho will. Tho question was SUBJ
mitted to the Surrogate for q judicial lecis ion.
Robert s0woli as counsel for the Duch,s IS OF
Marlborough. suggested thar. rs no application
had been made for her removal. the Surrogate
had 10 jurisdiction In tho matter. No steps
had boon taken TO remove or disIualify her.
and tho Surrogate had no power In tho irem-
ises George 4. De Witt. for tho trustees. said
that they did not wish 10 lake any compulsory
proceedings. but thought 1t q proper matter
for a judicial decision. They had personally
no objection to thoir CO trustee. but considered
the matter a. most important one.
Surrogate Hanson thought MIR. Sowell's point
we'll taken. and said that inasmuch as no ap-
plicatinn had been made TO remove the pucheas
OF MARLBOROUGH from her trnstesship. ho could
not act. He would take tho decree and examine
IL before signing II.
The sun., 1891-06-03
DRIVEN TO THE moor BY SMOKE
Tho Bruenings and the Parrot Saved
Kraemer Loses About $50 900.

Rraemer Loses About $4,000.
Max Bruening lived with his wife. his little
son Louis. his mother. who is rs years old, six
canary birds. n parrot. and pet cat on the ton
floor Of 1O5 East Fourteenth street, pcxt door
to Steinway Hall. At 2 A. NJ. yesterday Mrs
Bruening awakened bor husband by pulling
his moustache inter trying in vain to inform
him that she smelIed smoke. Bruening opened
the door and great cloud OF smoke pufIed
into his face. Ho shut the door. aroused tho
rest OF tho family. and made preparations to
retreat to the roof.
The building is three stories high. with q
basement. and only Bruening's family lived in
It, BrueninG 10 an employee OF II. H. Kraemer
Il Co.. manufacturers OF musical instruments
and dealers in decorated art. who occupy the
basement and two lowcr floors There was
not n minute to spare for volumes OF smoke
rolled mp tho stairs and made the Railways
getting old Mrs. Bruening ready as she in
sisted on dressing. Hruening and his son
were all nearly stIiled by the smoke that poured
ground them. sucked up by he MGrausht when
" su.h seressblns yoIns Poor HToiy" IN II
ong-drnwn accents. that Bruening wont back
e.sa Ss a"HSsr TSs .a e
canarles vera apparently so frightened that
they did not peep, and they were left behind to
ThS a 1 Sar,S sS Dsr'y esd wi5k Srasa
ing carrying the parrot. made their way to a
window in the Steinway building opening on
the roof. hc window was in the apartments OF
!. Peirie and family Mr.. Petrie was Steinway
4 Sons first salesman. and he has retired from
unle for the remainder 0t the night
The fire was extipguisheI without any harm
lire and water In the basement and two floors
however. DESTROYED much valuable property
worked on for six months. several portiIres
value at 81 200 each some $1,000 flags. and
ell the stock ofmusical INSTRUMENTS. Kraemer
tS5.0OO being covered by insurance.
The sun., 1891-06-03
The w,ll,.msbur Fire.

were thrown out OF employment BY the %.
st'uction by fire early yesterday morning Of
the buildings OF tho Brooklyn Cooperase Com
pany In willlamsburgh, will he put to work 70, o.
G Grs.apeint. % % Jersey s CITY. and Blooklyn.
aaarsd Gs ia ~. a titoo soS ,ns
ported yesterday. As soon a. the insurance u
adjusted the work Of rebuilding will be 81 begun. n.s
The freight shed Of the Now York Centre
and Hudson River Raj rond was damaaea lam R
81 900, The coopsrage turned ou; o'ooo DAT
relb day.
The sun., 1891-06-03
To San on tho .reuto.ic.

When the steamship Teutonic sails this aiter-
noon she will carry az passengers Mrs. Russell
Harrison and Mrs. Mckee. who arc going
Mr.. .Dimmock. who accom- panied them to
New York. may remain for several days. The
Marrison IoI PARTY m were busy yesterday With
Iison said he had too much else to attend to
70 talk about p0llticS He will remain In Now
York several weeks. -.
The sun., 1891-06-03

William Fl. NJ. sistarc. formerly member Of
the bankrupt brokerage firm of William H.
NJ. sistares Sons Il Co.. who was jointly In
dicied with Harold Clemens. ono OF his former
partners. for appIoprlating s55.rOO worth Of
securities belonging to Hecksher Eros of
tlrn,.. pleaded not guilty yesterday. in the
Court of General Passions. before Judge Mar
tins to one Of ,hc six indictments pending
against him. j Ind taken several months Tor
the District Attorney 10 get sistare % The
terpossd several m moti"ns which REQUIRED the
consideration OF the Court,
The sun., 1891-06-03

Tho janitor of the buildings 2o5 and 2o7
Broadway found the front door OF POI open at
A. II. yesterday and summoned four police.
men, who searched the building. Between
high desk and tho wall on tho third floor they
found man crouching ON the floor whom
they looked up. He had orened three doors
hstwsen tho street, and the apartments iu
MED By the Mutual watch Gompany Who bad
= large stock q goods. The Ioce ,l,,I thGpgbhs ~
was sIraiencd in the Tombs Police Court.
whore Manager Hughes OF the company iden'
tined him as James Anthony, one Of the CON.
the building 10 sleep on the effects ol li1uoL
Hc bad the keys OF the building. he seemed
% be reoentant and Justice Hogan discharged
him with q reprimand,
The sun., 1891-06-03
A NOVEL OCEAN STEAMSHIP.
Her Cabin Entirely on Her Upper Deck uus
Full or Fresh Breezes.

The now steamship Didam OF the Neher-
lands-American linz finished her FIRST voyage
to this port from Rotterdam yesterday. She is
something OF a novelty In the passenger trade.
She carries only first cabin nnd steerage pas
sengers, and her cabin 10 entirely on the uprer
blowing the first class voyagers may breathe
the sea mir.
Tho Didnm and her Incomplete sister the
Dubbeldam. will ply between ports In Holland
AID Buenos Ayres after this summer. One ~
the objects oi constructing her cabin on the
benefit OF all the fresh air obtaina abe out doors
In the tropics, The Didam measures 4,O0l
tons gross. is 1923 feot long. 40 fe I beam. and
engines that drove her at the rate Of Il knots
on her trial trip. Her owners think she Will
this port in ten days. This will! be shenI Of
tho performances cf any OF the old ships of the
line. although she is much smaler thnn they.
The sun., 1891-06-03
Henry Dahmnnn KIN. Himself

Arsenic In his whiskey killed Henry Dah-
mann OF Newark ye,tcrday noon. He was
found lying In Washington Park at 10 O'Clock
pital. where lie told thar he had swallowed the
POISON, "t ~ al! through drink" he said
old and widower. He gave up shosm stiss
gone time ago and became q barkeeper for
,sS rfnSnk Sonust:r OF S5 Ward street boarding
The sun., 1891-06-03
FOUR-AND-A-nALFp PER CENTS CALLED.
To BE Taken Up on Sept. .. with Certain
Possible Exceptions.

To Be Taken Up on Sept ., With Certain
Possible Exceptions.
WASHINGTON. June 2.-The following circular
In regard to the redemption ot Az nor cont
bonds was issued this afternoon:
"TREAsunY DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. !
WASHINGTON, juno 2. 1891.
BY virtue OF the authority conferred by law
upon the Secretary OF tho Treasury. notice Ia
hereby given that the principal and accrued
interest OF such OF tho 4,i per cent. bonds is-
sued undor tho ao;s OF July H. 1870 and Jan.
70 lsJl, as may be ousastnndipE ya ON ths second
ITreaSsnry Ire Of the United states in the city Of
"EuRgestiHns have been mado IN the mart of
the holders OF some Of these bonde OF n desire
tp extend the payment ihereof. at the option OF
cent. per annum. and the secretnry of the
Treasury will hereafter consider wheiber the
Hcceptsnce OF such offers or nny of them VIII
event reserves the right to except such bonds
from this call.
the extension OF tho ~; per cent. loan a1dei 10
the call is made more az O matter Of precnution
4 than Of peoessity. The Treasury Department
ility -one million Az per cents. outs anding but
In view Of the uncertainty Of future receipts
s2d eMJpsnditurss y T. Judged better to the
ample s asesS AZ Il. ss
psnsSs ot ot the Government. but q conf iidsnt that
T 6s HSS 70 rS.s ~
tTation. Ono Of the purposes 10 sueeesiing an
opportunity 70 extend the maturing loan at .
he sniorsed retrsmeat Of part or ali il q % The
s23 600. 0O0 national bank circulation now So
cured BY ~ per cent. bonds.
The sun., 1891-06-03
A Suicide Is.u,,s.d a. a sw,.s,.u

The body Of tho man who shot himself In the
mouth In Streot's hardware store in Ninth
avenue ON Monday was identified at the
NoIgns YESTERDAY by James Keep ai 500 West
man as J. ". Perry Of EastleiSh. ENGLAND. iIa and and
n;t tnat b. Ena was a swindler. eett ng money from
member Of thc order Mr.. Keen said Perry
begging and lying. No one has claimed the
The sun., 1891-06-03
Elght Fridge Trs.tse. Kesppolsted.

Mayor Chspin Comptroller Jackson. ana Aud
ttor Weber met yesterday to appoint the eight
bridge trustees from Brooklyn. They voted
unanimously for tho reelection of the old trus-
tees who are James Howell. Moses May Alfred
6, BArncn, Alden b. Swan, John Mollsnhauer,
9sotEe M Anderson. 5sth Z. Hssnsy and
The sun., 1891-06-03

real estate deAls persist IN asking and TO which The
correct snswer would lie BecAnss the landlord Insists
~ huEss: , sSss 2, q s.C.d NAY y n %: :Ssps
Across the Bay "ths obiset Of which V TO chow she
.sss o e s% tor snrowin. o
health, and esmfsrt bseoAs the ewasS Of thslr sWi
The sun., 1891-06-03
go . gliding 9radeuies.
Central Park Riding Academy.
wELLTRAINRD SADDLE HORSES
FOR BIRE DURING THE SUMNER SEASON,
NEW FORK lNp NEW JERSEY sR1Del

The state Conhissions to Meet In Q Few
Days for Organization.
Tho Executive Committee Of tho New York
and New Jersey Bridge Company reported 10
the directors and stockholders. when they met
yesterday. that in spite Of the constant At
tendance In WASHINGTON OF Vice. President
Greene or Secretary Swan. assisted by special
counsel versed In the course OF Congressional
legislation. tho bill conflrmatory OF the
charters granted By the States OF New York
and New Jersey failed because OF the
time lost in the struggle over the Silver and
Force bills. watchful eye. too. had to be kep:
on Albany, lest nufavorable legislation should
injure the company. Four bills were intro.
ducsd into the Legislature last winter whose
success would have tended to interfere
With tho sompany's power to. cSnst@rues on @
session tho New Jersey legislature passed
ss RSssSsRs Ss ses ~ S Ss
General This eertIiiea.e e socepsanee, having Ips
act and acceptance are in the nature OF a con.
tract which prevents the repeating or modIn.
The T report PC ttH thus IS" continues:
~ e expected thai The Commis;;ion ;i !n,sE. sH:
the state e Of Now Now YORK ior orssnizsilon to psr.
feet the corporation under the law oi New Jer.
sey. The amount. required by tho Now Jersey
act is 10 hand ready to be subscribed: the SUB;
stock Whom this has been done stems will bs
taken to consolidate the two corporations Tho
consolidation will probably be effected Sept l.
Tho Director, of the New Jersey company
will meet next Monday.
The NsM after the
terday In the reelection OF all the old directors
except II. N. Birkett whose place was taken
by Louis Windmnller.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
Saved by a Joke.

For getting a man out of o hard place a
joke is sometimes better than a gun,
thinks the Kuth's Companion. A
Yankee drummer boy was out on a little
foraging expedition during The late civil
val all by himself and had scaled a brist.
ling picket fence to get at a tree full of
tempting, rosy apples. He had filled
his haversack and his pockets, when he
was startled by a stentorian voice: "Drop
them apples, boy, and git, er yer a dead
yank."
Crashing through the tall weeds came
the owner of the apples, rife in hand.
The boy ran for dear life, but chung to as
many apples as he could.
On reaching the fence be grasped a
post and tried to climb over, but the pick.
cts seemed to have gained a foot in
height and many degrees in sharpness
since he entered the orchard, and, as he
scrambled over, n of them managed to
insert itself between the small of his
back and his leather belt in such q way
as to hold him suspended at the mercy
of his oncoming foe. "Git, I tell you !
Git, or I'll shoot |" roared the Confeder-
ate.
The boy looked over his shoulder, and
despite the ugly rife leveled at his head,
called good-humoredly "Oh, see here,
now don't shoot !! Don't you see I'm on
picket and can't leave my post ?"
The man lowered his gun. a broad
smile over his face, and he answered {:
Cali right, sonny, stick to your post"
Then he turned and went away in the
direction whence he had come, leaving
the yankee boy to &c. out of his predica-
ment as best he could, which he finally
did by cutting his belt with his pocket
knife.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25

The Court of General Sessions is not
inaptly denominated a '.jim crow" Court.
The time of a learned Judge, an efficient
Solicitor, Jurors that have to lay aside
their pressing personal duties, and tho
Court officials, is consumed largely in
determining whether some hapless negro
is guilty of carrying a concealed razor or
pistol, whether a "coon'' did or did not
strike, or attempt to strike, another, or
whether some certain ''son of Ham" stole
(Bill Arp would say 'borrow') ayearling,
shoat, mess of "roasen'" ears, a pair Of
shoes, or some other trivial thing. OF
course some heinous offences came up
for trial. AS a rule, however, we suppose
IS per cent. of the cases tried are negroes
charged with some misdemeanor, which
q sensible trial justice could dispose Of
Just as effectually as the Court Of General
Sessions, and with a great deal less ex-
pense to the County.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
After % Years,

Yesterday it was reported on the streets
that Mrs. Carrie Fleming, of this city,
widow of the late Rev. W. b. Fleming,
had, by the death of a relative in the
North, fallen heir to half a million dol
Jars. The Herald has gathered the fol-
lowing facts in regard to the matter:
Just ninety.nine years ago, a wealthy
resident in New York city named Ed
wards, a near relative of Mrs. Carrie
Fleming, of this city, died. At the time
of his death for some reason he desired
that none of his immediate family should
share in his estate, so he contracted that
at his death all the property he owned in
New York city. consisting of twenty. FIVE
acres of land, much of it already i'm
proved along Broadway and Wsll streets,
should not be sold but leased for o term
of ni%nety-pine years. This was done
and it is said that the record of the trans.
action is completed.
MI. Charley Hoke, a brother in law of
Mrs. Fleming, is equally interested, and
is nov ip New York pushing investiga'
tions. Their attorney, Judge Wycklife,
of Walhalla, ia also in New York, and az
the lease will expire this year they will
take steps at once to recover the prop
erty.
Mrs. Fleming was a Miss Martin, of
G~reenville, and it is through her fathers
relatives that she ia connected with Ed
wards. It is estimated that in the event
| this claim is established the share Of each
| of their heirs will amount to something
over half amilliop. -sbartqnburg Herald,
October 18th.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
A LOGICAL ARGUMENT.

"a Farmer" of Equality, s. G., who
evidently reads the National Economist,
scores a good point against DR.. Macune,
editor of that paper, in this weeks Adoo
cate, and rasps him severely. Like all
good Democrats, IA Farmer" keenly
appreciates that the tariff question is the
momentous subject before the American
people to-day, before which all others
fade into comparative insigniicance.
How, then, can DR.. Macune be a good
Allianceman and yet speak disparagingly
of this, the strongest and most important
plank in the Ocala platform, and seek. to
smother discussion Of it by declaring
''there is nothing in the tariff question:"
and terming it a "breeder of sectional
strife? ?" What sensible man does not
know that the tariff bill now in operation
is the most Ubiquitous burden resting
upon every taxpayer, except the pro-
tected Northern manufacturers? Who
does not know that the abolition Of this
Republican enormity would afford great
or relief to the farmers, and everybody,
than the enforcement Of any other Of the
Ocala demands7 Wequote the following
from "a Farmers" letter, and commend
it to the unprejudiced consideration Of
every reader as a sound and logical argu
ment:
"Protection protects less than one
million out of nineteen millions of q
industrial population and taxes all the
nineteen millions; yet the National Econ.
omist saws: There is nothing in the tariff
Question: that it is "a breeder of section
al %strife.' and that the agitation Of this
question is an effort on the part OF the
Democratic party to galvanize an old
Ghost of sectional hatred In the last is
Sue. October 20, its editor saysthe discus.
sion of the tariff is a 'hoary conundrum,'
and we find published in its columns
such articles as these: The misleading
tariff ISSUE the tariff question is q hoax
oil If which lead us to believe that DR..
Macune i, either a protectionist or in IA
yor of a third party or both, p that ne
ia using his influence as editor Of the
official organ of the National Alliance to
divert the minds of farmers from the tar
if question, and commit them to GLASS
Iepislation, the very thing the protective
barons of the East most want. Now,
what right has DR.. Macune to say any
thing against any Of the Ocala demands?
Is not a reduction of the tariff n OF these
demands? Certainly. Then, can we fol-
low his leadership and ignore this de-
mand, and still remain Democrats, when
we know that this question is the leading
issue with the Democratic party? we
think O We know not, 0f'sll classes
of people the agricultural'olass should
be more Interested in tariff reform than
anv other. Why? Simply because the
American farmer pays the burden of tax
levied for protection-that is forthe pecu-
niary benefit of the American manufac-
turer, It is a tax of which the farmer in
particular gets no manner Of good" etc.