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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-27
NEWSPAPER GIRLS fHEAD.
They Make the Newspaper Boys step
smoking Cigarettes.

SmOklnG
Tho Eastern Pross Association. composed
chiefly Of boys and girls who publish dlminu-
tive journals in nearly every State this side OF
tho Mississippi. held It's third semi-annual
convention at tho metropolitan Hotel yester.
day
Although no one journal ia edited and pub
lishcd by girls alone. ten of tho forty amateur
journalists present wcro girls who contribute
to amateur papers. These took an enthusi-
nstic part In tho proceedings especially when
ono of their number, Emma H. Klein Of Will
mington. was to be voted for as Official Editor.
She was elected. beating her stepbrother,
Charles H. Lawson Of tho same place. almost
two to one
The girls were heard from. too. when q
motion was made to stop cigarette smoking IN
tho Convention room. Tho motion was
seconded by n girl and carried almost without
opposition. only the half a dozen smokers
Almost AL that was done by the Convention
was 10 elect officers. Of whom tho following arc
the chief:
President. John Henry slower $50 West oriy.sevenh
First Vice President. R. Levin Mitchell Of Delaware.
Zee OrdnR Secretary. 4. H. sniith OF PennsylvaniA-
Corresponding Secretary J. r. Wade OF Virginia.
Treasurer. Herman A. Jaehne OF New Jersey
Mr.. Slower is % years old and poet in ad.
dition to being an amateur journalist VIII.
mington was chosen as the place OF the next
ner at the Hotel Marlboro. Mt which cold water
was apparently the only beverage. The En-.
pirc state Amateur Press Association so met,
and resolved to establish nm official organ.
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PhilndelphIa's Detective BUSINESS.

Tho detective force OF the city OF Philadel-
phia, under the direction OF Chief Wood. has
in its official capacity to deal with some Of the
deadliest rutlians. most unprincipled scapc-
Graccs and most unconscionable rogues who.
outside OF Gaboriau's novels. draw the breath
Of misspent and Improbable life. Occa-
sionnlly they have to do with u less ensan-
guincd offender. or rather alleged offender.
and such seems to have been the case when
the machinery of the department was put in
motion fow days ago for the apprehension OF
DR.. Cruel. Il Philadelphia physician charged
with assault. DR.. Cruel was. at the time that
tho accusation We refer to was made against
him. u candidate for appointment to local
Office. His co-defendant. Mrs Hilert. was
charged with conspiracy. and against the two
warrants were issued. Mrs. Hilert was ar
rested in the afternoon Cruel was found in
the evening.
After Mrs. Hilert had been incarcernted in
the City Hall. and Dr.. Cruel in the Park avenue
station. Chief Woods machinery was put in
motion. Wood did not know what had hap
pened. so he detailed Detectives Hamm and
Eckstcin to watch DIR: Gruels house and late
These SET two sleepicss scntincIs cstablished a
vertable state OF siege; hey guarded all the
means OF exit and approach; watched the roof;
bulletins appraised Chief Wood of the situa-
tion. in its. changing phasos. when to their
chaGrin and constE,rnation Dr. Cruel. who Ind ,y
appearance reading the Public Ledger. while
two almanncs protrnded from the pockets OF
tives, were acluainted with tho iptility Of their
declaring. with no prctonce OF conceaiment,
that had they known that DR.. Cruel had already
been arrested. they would have returned to
thoir homes.
Tho Iress refers to this error OF the Phia-
dclphia detective forces rs "an amusing In
cdent" Itcertainly must have been for DR..
to be on the vaulted, superiority Of Woods
torians who numher fifteen in all 10 one OF
whom receives q. 100 year from the Quaker
another sets s2l2 80 per anpHm for serving
OF tho City. OF Thilal elphia." It is ali Very
well to be ,iocund and mcrry, over such an, epi-
sode. and 1t Is very probably tho most philo-
sophie, course. hut tho fame 81 the Pliladel-
phia detective force cannot Withstand many
such sclosurcs ns this ono, and the insensi-
hility Of Cruel to the plight in which; by being
surers is. indeed. by no means an enviable one.
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MRS. tHirM.iN lIKELr TO DIE
Nurse scarvart, who shot Her, Anxious tor
Her Recovery.

Her Recovery.
Tho physicians at tho Scncy Hospital In
Brooklyn reported last night that there was a
slight improvement in the condition Of Mrs.
Cora Chapman. who was shot In the left breast
and right hand by Herbert Scarvant, he trained
nurse who had been looking after her insane
husband. 1lawlcy Chapman. She Is still. how
ever. very far from Icing out of danger us
there Is only II slight hope that her life may be
saved.
Tho rcport that Mr.. Chapman had boon
steadily recovering from his dazcd
Scarvant. and that there was II suspicion that
tho latter had been dr,igging him. is discrcd-
itcd by the police. Capt. Early said last night
that Mr.. Oh. pinnn remained in the same men
tai condition ~ before the shooting. and that
there was no ground for the suppOsitiUn that
Scarvnnt had been druEring hin, !or the pur-
pose OF retaining his place in tho family. A
care ol MI Chapman. and his mother law
VIII also remain Tor the present in tho st.
Marks avenue house.
r, Since his removal 10 Raymond street Jail.
Scarvnnt has not been visited by any OF his
friends, md SO far has not employed Il lawyer
to defend him. He has made eager Inquiries
about Mrs Chapman,s condition ind Is cyl
IDENTITY extremely anxious Tor hcr, recovery; II?
has snid that he does not want to DO held
responsible for his declarations directly after
his arrest when he was siii FER ing from
but ut the same time he has not withdrawn his
statement ns to he nature OF tic relations DO.
tween MN nnd Mrs. Chairman. lie Will not hc
For three years before he became Chupmars
nurse SearyRnt was employed as butler in tho
family of MIR: liuylcr. tho well-known contcc-
TONER. and both Mr.: Huylcr md the other
members OF his family give him an excellent
character.
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JOHN sHERMAws SEAT
His Friends Say the Foraker Boom VIII
Collaose BEFORE the LeEislature Meets.

COLUMBUS. Ohio Nov. 20.-Mr Jacob Donald
son, Senator Shcrman's first lieutenant. said
to THE Sun correspondent tonight:
II never conceded thirty-eight votes Tor
within nine OF the .:omination) to cx-Gov.
Foraker George Benton. who used to bo
Forukers assistant executive clerk. was blow
ing about how many votes Foraker would got
for Senator. and how few Sherman would
receive ono night in the Neil House. and that
made mo mad. and | pulled out a printed list OF
tho Republican mcmbers-elcct OF tho next
Legislature. and asked Bcaton to please mark
the men who were for Foraker He carefully
went over tho list and marked all who would
vote for Foraker. l counted them. and there
were exactly twonty-eight of the ninety-thrce
members elect l did not affirm or deny any
Mr.. Donaldson.' asked the reporter, will
Sherman have nifty votes in the caucus"
Mansfield ssss Nh MI h%Hs nre 81 tran to
sixty, votes. You will find that BY the time tho
his reflection us you arc that you nre breath.
ing. He has votes, enough now. and is grow
ing stronger every day"
Fornkor's friends and managers here laugh
the old. old story Of wlistlng while going
mp They =" assert hat Foraker has forty.nino
votes. or two more than enough to nominate,
q the Gle
tary Of state. He denies that liz will make tho
speech nominating Foraker for Senator in the
Lampson is n candidate for President pro tenn
OF tho Senate, and there Is movement on foot
to Dust !ient-ttov. Marquis DEM, ~ soon as
fore G6vernor-ccet McKinlcy's Inauguration
aud put Lampsnn IN his place as II sort Of re.
taaitory measprS Tor Lamps0n WI rrd
Of the Senate two years ago.
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THE REBEL FLAG.
II Appears Printed Invitation to ST.
Louis Dnll.

ST. LOUIS. Nov 26.-Tcr the past year an
organization known as the Daughters Of tho
Confedcracy has been collecting money to aid
in the establishment Of n homo for disabled
cx.Confcderates at Higginsvillc. Mo. Tonight
a ball was given in the Merchants Exchange
for the benefit Of this fund. 1t was Il very
swell and very successful affair. but great
many members of tho G. A. r. who were in
vited and who have been friendly to the move
nlcnt did not attend. The reason is this:
On each invitation was n very pretty picture
Of tho Confederate i,aG in coors. 1t was tho
chic. feature of the invitation. but the G. A. II.
men did not like II. Major Leo Rassieur. en-
Commander of the Department OF Missouri.
said to-day:
Il received an invitation. but shall not at
tend the ball. don't question the worthiness
OF the movement to provide n home for
appeal comes to me through the Daugh-
teri 81 the Confediera.sy. and ] don't
Se 5np years y
and they We're not pleasant years. either: and
! think It is an atrront to naunt the lost cause
send us Their circula rs with the rebel flag G at
press That flag e. don't want It thrust SO con-
spicuously under my nose: 1t reminds me
friendly to those Who fought on the other side.
Some Of my best friends are among the ex-
Grand Army men want no ill-feeling. They
want no more war and no more OF the war
this talk ofthe .Confederacy is. in my. judy
ment. renewal Of the old apimosities that we
t sSd Mar re Sse sn rs ha
reunion OF several Grand Army posts the other
evening. Nothing but sympathy, was, ex.
objection t was made a to their haunting pic
ture Of the rebel flag.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-27
IT KEEPS TIM CAMPBELL YARN.
The East Side Labor Trust That Repub-
lIcan MnchinLsts Mnve Lighted On.


When. ut the last meeting OF the Republican
County Executive Committee. tho district ma
chinists wcrc kicking so wildly over the
alleged fact that Democrats were employed
in the Federal service. Johnny Simpson. the
leader of the Sixt district. sat in n corner and
chucklcd. This merrment and the failure Of
Chairman Jacob NJ. Patterson to appoint q
committee Of five to find out why the Demo.
Gratis weren't turned out and Republicans put
In. are now making talk. Members OF the
committee nre asking each other:
why hasn't Patterson appointed the com.
mittee? Why didn't Simpson have some,
thing to shy at the meeting?'
Some OF the Republican machinists. endeav-
oring to get an answer to these questions. met
a member OF tho New York Democracy Of the
You fellows make me tired. You go chas-
Ing around licking for ipi1rmation when its
Simpson: so can Tim Campbell; so can l. In
the first place. you fellows want to understand
kind Of friends and when one wants a favor
the other will grant it II possible. The County
fpSy Of ha this district is
Strength. Tho Counties have Keep no places ,s
Paterson Shensver he to get 20 JOB 30 fop
any OF his constituents. He has gone to Pat
tcrson good many times. and Patterson has
never refused him. As it is necessary for the
applicant to have the endorsement OF the Re-
publican leader Of the district on his applica-
son for this endorsement and ne always got
1t. In return Patterson has helped Simpson to
get some OF his personal favoritcs into warm
hooks. and SO tho thing has been worked
The result OF this has been that simpson has
about 100 men in the, Navy Yard tho Custom
MSdrsf ss ares Goany Do
Gratis. There isn't Tammany man or a New
York Democrat among this lot"
This little story OF nm east side labor trust
made the Republican leaders open their eyes
very wide. 1t looked reasonable. and after
weighing lot OF things that have happened
At the next meeting Of tho County Executive
Committee 1t Is likely that n demand will DO
committee at once, and that his name and thut
Of Simpson shall not appear on tho list.
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Rough pu...x.. Aero.. tho Atl..,,e.

Boston, Nov. 26.-The steamer Nessmore.
which arrived at this port to-day from London.
reports very stormy passage. In one storm
the vessel lost lifeboat and the cattle fittings
umidships. On ono occasion she was obliged
to heave to for twenty-four hours. She was
six days overdue when she arrived. On the
14th ]. Taylor. one OF tho crew. was washed
overheard and sank almost Immediately. He
belonged In London.
Tho steFmer De Rnyter. which arrived to-
day from Altwerp also reports an extremely
rough passage, Owing to storms she was
hove Ia several times. once for thirty; sX hours.
oilcr, was washed, overheard and lost. lilo
lived In Antwerp, where no leaves .flvo chill
dren. After passing Cape Race the high pres
were stopped thirty nine hours for repairs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-27
NO cn.fNCE FOR TIE BRITISH
They Decide There IL no Money for Them In
81 RaiirOad Across the saharn.

They Decide There Is no Money for Them In
Railroad Across the saharn.
About six months ago some English capital
lists decided to see what the prospects were
for paying railroad across tho Sahara. They
very quietly sent out two English engineers.
who had instructions to go to Tripoli and push
into the desert south Of that country for the
purpose OF learning what they could Of the
conditions Of railroad building there. and tho
attitude Of tho people toward such project.
They havo returned to tho Mediterranean
coast. and tho report that has reached Eng
land Of their Investigations is not favorable to
the prospects Of the speedy building of a rail-
road.
They say. in the first place. that the people
in tho GASES south OF Tripoli arc devoted I'D
herents Of Es-Senoussi. which means that they
arc fanatical Mohammedans. who would do all
in their power to rcpel the advance OF western
civilization. These desert people are we'll
armed. and sufficient in numbers to defy the
Turkish sodiery OF Tripoli. Beyond the cases.
Of which Fezzan Is the most important. the
country is described as peaceful and quiet by
the caravans which make their way through 1t
from Timbuctoo and tho Niger regions.
The English engineers say that the con-
structon OF a trans-Saharan line from Trpoii
would present great difficulties. and. owing to
tho hostility Of the natives. would bring no re-
turn whatever. This exploration shows that
tho ,enterprising British hoped to get the start
OF the French who are planninsrailroad routes
further west.
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HANGED HIMSELF BEEOEE THE f'Eis7.
Cases Guest Had Arrived and Case seemed
In High Good lIun,Vr,

Cooley Case. AZ years old of 276 Second
street. Jersey City. hanged himself yesterday
morning in his bathroom. Case was a boss
carpenter. employed by tho Eric Hallway Com
pany. He was married, but had no children.
On "Wednesday his nephew. William Dcvoc.
came from Princeton to spend THANKSGIVING
with him. Mr.. and Mrs. Case and Dcvoe at
tended u wedding on Wednesday night. and
returned home about midnight. They sat in
tho front room talking until nearly o'clock.
when Case went to bed. His wife went to tho
Kitchen to finish some preparations for the
family's Thanksgiving dinner. and did not re-
tire unit nearly 3 O'Clock. Her husband was
then asleep
Mrs. Case awoke about g O'Clock and discov-
cred that her husband was missing AS he
did not return within ten minutes she went to
look for him. and found his dead body hanging
from the trunsom in the bath room He had
fastened piece of heavy wrapping Irvine TO n
hook. put the other end In slip-knot around
his neck. md then sunk down on his knees
The body was leaning against the door. SO that
Mrs Case could not open it., She screamed.
and her nephew forced open the door.
Mrs. Case is unable to give any theory of her
husbands motive Ior killing himself He had
no financial or other trouble Us far rs she
knows. was earning good wages. enjoyed the
best OF health. and was happy in his domestic
relations Before he went to bed he had been
laughing and Joking. and seemed to BIO in ex-
cellent spirits,
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CHICAGO. Nov. 26.-six men were plunged
into the Icy waves Of Lake Michigan this after.
noon by tho capszing Of the little pleasure
yacht White Cloud Tho accident occurred q.
half milo out from the Auditorium. A
tug at once put out to the rescue. but
two Of the unfortunates quickly suc-
cumbed to tho intense cold: and before
upon which all had climbed, Both perished.
They Were father and son. Charles and John
Emeris, aged 90 md s Their p
In tossing about In the chilly water. The six
men had spent the day on the lake duck shoots
ing and were homeward bound.
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An immense audience filled the Brooklyn
Tabernacle yesterday when tho Rev. T. De
Witt Talmage took his place In front Of big
bale OF cotton. which had been substituted on
the platform for tho pulpit. The decorations
were elaborate. A banana tree fifteen feet
high. and loaded with green fruit. stood at
either end Of the platform. and baskets OF
were, distributed like. footlights in front The
panels on each side Of the platform were fllleI
banked behind the. cotton bale were wheat
and oats and husked corn. forming arches.
from which branches were suspended. with
ing from them, The organ was almost hidden
by the mammoth corn stalks. THE Triumpha
OF Machinery" was the subject OF tho sermon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-27
aw them last. they were. to ali appearances.

saw them last. they were. to all appearances.
friendly.
,Slincy was brought before Justice Ryan In
the Essex Market Police Court yesterday
morning,
.. Mrs. Lyons was there as complainant;
Slincy said to n reporter that he had not killed
Lyons. or even quarrelcd with him.
Justice Ryan ordered him to bc taken before
the Coroner. The night before Coroner Messe-
Jim. When Mrs. Lyons appeared before him
yesterday he asked her abruptly:
Now did you kill your SOM"
My Lord. nor she exclaimed, Il loved him
too WELL no matter what he did
S!incy was committed 10 tho Tombs without
bail to await tho result Of tho inquest which
will DO held on Monday.
Tho arrangements for tho funeral Of the
murdered man have not yet been completed.
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Unhappy Although Out OF Quarantine.

The United States and Brazil mail steamship
Vigilancia. which was detained ut Quarantine
on her arrival there early Wednesday morn
ing. was Kept until yesterday because Deputy
Health Officer Skinner thought there had been
yellow fever aboard the vessel during the voy-
age. Tho detention was the cause OF con sder-
able Inconvenience to tho passengers A
quantity OF baggage lay on the dock yesterday
examination. and a number OF the passengcrs
spent the day lowering around their effects
and making remarks in mixture Of Portu-
guese and English that seemed very inap-
propriate to Thanksgiving Day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-27
M,DoNAAD,s MEN SUSPECTED.
They .yerc Had Terms with Patrick
Roach, and Roach's House has Burned.

They .yerc ON Had Terms with Patrick
Roach, and Roach's House has Burned.
"Old Billy" Mcdonald is ono Of the best
known characters in Carmansville Hc lives
in little old frame house at 10Th street aud
Kingsbridge road where he also has number
OF small stables He does a largo trucking
business. employing about twenty-five men.
who work or and on. according to the condi-
tion OF business and play baseball and foot
ball when they are idle. All around Melon
AIDS place on tho rocks are ramshackle
houses and huts. the owners Of which havo
lived in them n long time, some for over forty
years.
Patrick Roach. tho keeper OF the lighthouse
at Jcifrey's Hook. near Fort Washington. lives
in the mcanest looking hut of all with his wife
Bridget and their daughter Mary. q pretty girl
about 10 years Of age. Last summer while
the Mcdonald gang" were playing the ball
flew into the window OF Roach's hut and
smashed several articles. On two or three
other occasions tho ball did damage to
Roach's property. but he made no complaint
until ono day about, four months ago when
tho ball struck his daughter. Mary and hurt
her badly. Then he ordered the gang to stop
obey. SO he went to the Harlem Court and got
summons for some of the men; When thoy
did stop. but threatened to get oven with Roach
for aking ur their sport.
was sitting in the Kitchen rreaiine an evening
paper when she sawa tongue OF flame appear in
q corner of the room. She spranE ur and made
for the door. hut before she could reach it sho
was cnvclopcd in flames. She lost her head
then; and would probably have bcen burned to
to the window, and. grabbing her by the Shout
doris. pulled her safely out into tho open air;
She was horribly burned on tho hands and
around the face. but refused to GO to II hos.
pitaL Mrs. Roach was up stairs. and escaped
by jumping from window. She landed safely
on her feet. and except for a few bruises ON
the hands was not injured.
The lightkceper was asleep. and tho light
awakened him. Tc ran to the Kitchen. but
found the door locked. and then. sprang
through an oren window out on tho rock.
An alarm Of fire was sent out but the shanty
had gone up in smoke before the engines ar
rived. All of the household goods Of tho fam
lily were destroyed. Tho fnnily will live with
tho neighbors until Roach builds a new house.
The Reaches believe their home was set on
fire by tho Mcdonald gang The latter deny
the charge and say. that il the Reaches had
had less beer on Wednesday night there would
have been no fire.
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John I. Murray disbarred lawyer. was
held in 81 900 bail in tho Yorkvile Court yes
ter,lay on charge Of grand larceny. Patrick
j. Sullivan. a policeman Of the Broadway
squad. alleges that he intrusted to Murray
S307.5O to be invested and that Murray
retained it for his own use. John Murray was
by Judges Van Brunt, Brady. and Daniels On
Oct. IL. 1889. while arguing a cuse before
Surrogate Ransom. Murray denounced the
apologize and was committed to the Ludlow
street Jail for ten days When he came out
he made an affidavit stating that no meant
every word that he had said. and this led to his
al bu
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Connecticurs Big Serpent.

DANBUIY. Now 26.-The serpent which is
said to inhabit the waters of Lake Kenosha
has been seen again. There is now no qucs-
tion that n large serpent inhabits this
lake. A number Of stories have been told
regarding tho size OF the serpent by those
who claim to have seen II, but they differ the
serpent's length being given at from 20 TO
100 feet. John Clark says that his wife has
seen It number of times. Its head Is much
larger than o dogs. but is fiat. It's body,
which Is rs large as man's body. tapers to
the tail, The serpent 1t Is said, was seen yes
frightened that they dropped their fishing
rods and baskets and RcaInpcred for home
whore they all arrived exhausted.