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mind and dispOsing mind and memory, do
make and publish this, my last will and testa-
ment, revohng all wills by me at any time
heretofore made. After the payment OF my
Just debts and funeral expenses, give, de-
wise and bequeath all my property, real,
personal and mixed, OF whatever kind
and wherever situated, to my said husband,
Edward F. searles, his heirs, executors, admin
istrators and assigns forever. The omission
TO provide in this will for my adopted son,
Timothy Hopkins, is intentional and not
OccaSlOned by accident or mistake. j appoint
as the executor OF this will my said husband,
Edward II. Searles, and ny partners Thomas
4. Stillman and Thomas n. Hubbard, and
request that my said executors be exempted
from giving surety or sureties upon their Uf1l-
Cial bond.
Whereas, my said husband this day makes
a will In my favor ! do now declare my In
tentiOn and my understanding OF his inten-
tion, that he shall be free at any time during
my life, without notice TO me, and after my
death, II he shall survive me, 10 cancel or re-
woke his said will or make any new Will or
Wills, codicil or cOdicils, and shall have entire
freedom TO dispose by such new Will or cOdicil
or In any other manner, whether by deed.
sale, GIFT or otherwise, OF all or any part OF
his property, and / reserve similar freedom
and rights for myself during his life and after
his death, II should survive him.
In witness whereof / hereby unto set my
hand and seal In presence Of three witnesses
this sixteenth day OF July, A. ID. 1883.
Methuen, July 6, 1883
Signed, sealed, published and declared by
Mary +. s. Searles, the above-named testa-
triN, as and for her last Will and testament in
presence OF us three, who now, at her re-
quest, In her presence and In presence OF each
other hereunto set our hands as subscribing
witnesses the day and year above written.
William w. Dodge, No. 72 spar sstreet, Cam
bridge, Mass; Charles NJ. Thornton, Law
renee, Mass; William Othniel Norris, Me-
thuen, Mass.
With all that has been printed concerning
the wealthy lady and her fortunate husband,
Il is somewhat remarkable that no mention
has been made OF the fact that Ar. searles is
a New Yorker.
An EVENING WORLD reporter this morning
learned that the husband, who Is now a many
times millionaire, has a residence az 90 ifth
avenue, while the other two executors named
In Mrs. searless Will are also New Workers.
These executors, TThomas F. stillman and
Thomas Hubbard, are members OF the we'll
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His suggestions so fully coinclded with her
own views that Mrs. Hopkins finally induced
him 10 take complete charge OF the work OF
construction.
From being the master mind in the building
OF her mansion, MIR. Searles was soon pro-
noted to the position OF master OF the fair
owners affections. The acquaintance began
in the little Massachusetts hamlet speedily
ripened into love, and on Nov. 4, 1887, Mr.
searles and Mrs. Hopkins were quietly mar
ried in Trinity Chapel, in West Twenty-sixth
street, this city, by the Rev. DIR. Platt.
shortly after their marriage the happy
couple removed 10 Mcthuen, Mass, where
they passed most Of their time, although Mr.
Scarles stlll maintains his city residence at
80 Fifth avenue
when Mark Hopkins died, in 1878, he left
an estate inventoried at s2l, 100000. All OF
this he bequeathed to his widow, except
81, 100000 and when she married Mr.. Searles
she was worth fully sl7OOO,OOO.
BY fortunate and wise investments her for
tune had nearly doubled at the time OF her
death, and the $50, 100000 that Mr. searlcs
now becomes possessor OF has yet prospect
i've value OF nearly double that amount.
Mrs. searless death and the entire transfer
OF her property TO her husband may control
the destiny OF the Southern Pacinc Railroad.
II is well known that she had such large
holdings IN the stocks and bonds Of that road
as TO easily give her the balance of power.
and she was said 20 have been acting steadily
with Coils p. Huntington IN his control OF Lhe
roads management,
Whether the transfer Of the estate Will
enable MIR. Huntington 20 continue In control
OF Mrs. searlos's blocks OF stock remains 20
be seen. It Is not impossible that now sena-
tor Leland stanford may succeed MIR. Hunt
inRton in the possession OF the controlling
interest.
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THE PRESIDENT DENIES IT.
Says Ho Doesn't Even Know that
Noble Means 10 Resign.
Reports of Wnnnmnker's Resigna-
tion Denied at Washington.
InY AssnciArrn rnras.l

CAPE MAY, N D., July 3l.-The reported
resignation from the cabinet OF secretary
Noble was absolutely and cmphatiCally denied
TINS morning by Private secretary lIalfOrd on
behalf of the President. Secretary llalford
said:
There Is not a word OF truth IN II. sccr,-
tary Noble has not resigned IRON the cabinet.
and as far us the President knows, ha, no In
tention OF doing So"
WASHINGTON, July al.-The report that
Secretary Noble, of the Interior Department,
had rendered his resignation having been
again revived, Acting Secretary chandler, OF
the Interior department, was this morning
asked for Information on the subject
He said In n very positive manner that the
report was untrue, aud declared his belief
that IL was simply revival OF previous
rumurS which had been denied by the Score
tary himself Secretary Noble Is spending
vacation near Richneld Springs.
lsrFcrIL TO rHE EvESISd wontpl
WAsIIGSGTOS, july 3l.-This mornings an
nonncement OF the resignation OF Secretary
Noble, Of the Interior department, created
little excitement or surprise as II Is n matter
ot old report. Naturally, however, It has oc-
casioncd renewal NJ gnf7ip as TO the future
career Of the Cabinet o1lcer, who Is said TO
be about to retire.
RumOr insisted that he was TO go either TO
the bench In tho new Circuit Court or to flll n
foreign mission.
But close upon such reports NJ this came
another to the efIcCt that II was Wana-
makers resignation which the President had
In hand, the Administration having been con-
vinced AT last that the good man from Phlla-
dephia had become an incubus which II was
not wise TO attempt to carry.
There seemed TO be no one in Washington
10 confirm the revivined report OF Mr.. Mobiles
resignation. At the interior Department,
Acting Secretary Chandler denied in very
positive terms that there was any truth In
the report.
AS to the Wanamakor rttmor, II is given out
on what Is said to be the Postmaster Gen.
erals own authority that that ofllcial has not
come to the point OF Withdrawing from the
cabinet.
For q day or two there has been story
about town that the President was holding
the resignation OF a Cabinet Oi1lcer under
consideration, pending his choice OF a sue
cessor to the retiring Secretary.
Friends Of Mr.. Wanamaker assert that to-
days rumor OF his coming withdrawal was
simply nlling in OF the report referred to by
the use Of the Postmaster Generals name.
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Fire Breaks Out on Elm City, With
1900 EyCurSiOniStS Aboard.
Only Prompt Work Of Officers Averts
an Awful Catastrophe.
a Man and Woman Almost Suffo-
Gated In Their Stateroom.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, July 31.-when the
steamer Elm city, OF New Haven, which left
New York at O'Clock last night with about
l,80O excursloniBts on board, was about half
way between New York and Bridgeport, fre
broke out over the boiler-room near the port
paddlc-wheel and blazed up In a most alarm
ing manner
The nameI were mostly below deck, but q
dense black smoke curled up from below
and struck terror to the hearts OF the passen-
gers.
The excitement on board was intense and
for few minutes amounted to q panic.
Women screamed and the little ones chung
to their mothers IN terror.
man and woman in state-room 40, which
is Immediately ever the boiler, were almost
sufrocated by the smoke which filled the
room, and we're carried below in an uncon-
sciOus condition.
The prompt work OF the officers OF the boat
was the only thing that averted an awfui
catastrophe.
The crew were set at work with axes chop
ping away the woodwork In order to got at
the blaze
An aperture was cut in the floor OF the
state-room over the boiler, a hose inserted
and a stream OF water was soon playing on
the flames.
After working about an hour the men man
aged TO extlnguish the IRE. The blaze
originated from an oycrheated boiler, which
ignited the woodwork In the engine-room.
The man and woman who were overcom
by the smoke recovered before tho boat
reached this city.
few Of the women tainted during the 1re,
but no one was seriously injured.
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.INHERITS THIRTY MILLIONS.
The Vast Hopkins Estate Willed
to q New Yorker.
Mrs. Mary Searlcs's Adopted Son
Ignored In Her Testament.

BY the will of Mrs. Mary T. :. Searlcs,
widow OF the California millionaire Marx
Hopkins, her husband, Edward +. Searlcs, OF
80 Fifth avenue, becomes heir to her immense
fortune OF s3O.OOO,O0O.
Mrs senrles's will was filed for probate yes
terday at the Essex Registry In Salem. Mass.
1t is brief document, but Its sucCinctness Is
nevertheless effective, aud the vast wealth
that was once the property OF Mark Hopkins
Is now entirely transferred to his widow 5
second husband, to the utter exclusion Of
Mrs seNrles's adopted son, Timothy Hopkins.
The win reads as follows:
Know all men by those presents that |,
Mary +. l.. Searles, wife of Edward +. Scnrles,
or Methucn, In the county OF Essex, and Com
monwealth oi Massachusetts,, being OF sound
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not IN any sense a charge upon the county.
Thcs" fees. he said were paid 10 clerk, who
acted IN AL such matters, AS salary and he
pad for watchers and others deputiZed TO aCt
IN rcpcNus
The city Consolidation act provides that
all Officers who receive salaries shall pay into
the city Treasury all fees they receive before
their salaries are paid.
Three months ago comptroller Myers found
that iha tUrOucrS were not accounting for
the fees they received while acting as Sherirs
ia case where the sheriff was disqualified
BY being party 10 the suit or other legal
cause.
The Comptroller found that one OF the Con-
SOlida'iHn acts made a. mandatory on him TO
hold back the salaries OF all OfTlcers who
failed 60 account for aud pay over all fees re-
Cclycd.
lie then promptly notified the Coroncrs
that no salary would be paid them until
they turned over to the Treasury all fees re-
cciycd by them for acting in the capacity Of
Shelns.
The Comptroller asked the Corporation
counsel for an opinion and the latter decided
that the salaries must be held back until the
fees were turned over.
That was more than six weeks ago, and
stili the CurOners have made no statement OF
fees received.
coroner schult2c then began mandamus
proceedings against the Comptroller 10 com
pei the payment Of his salary for the months
uI May and June.
The COruners stated that In all cases where
the sheriff cannot act and the law requires
the CyroHers 70 act In hts place, II has been
the custom o turn the papers over to young
man I'm the ShcriTs ullCr, who serves them,
ulllWng to act AS a COTuneT's deputy. This
young man receives the fees In all these cases
iu lieu Of "A salary,
Tho ices amount to about $1,000 year.
THIS f. violation u the state law which
uutr- lr .hr duty uf COrOuerS TO discharge
the duIlr, Ui the sheriff IN certain cases. ThlS
law Iurs not provide Tor the appointment OF a
deputy tD do the work, but expressly provides
thal II must be done by the COroners them
. selves.
There Is no authority OF law for the serving
Of papers ny he young man in the sheriff
once Who acts as an alleged deputy OF the
COTuurrS.
An Interesting legal question may arise as
90 the legality q the service ~ papers served
by the deputy, who was appointed without
authority Of law.
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COR0NERS BEATEN IN COURT.
Judge Barrett Refuses 10 Order the
Comptroller 10 Pay Their Salaries.
Must First Ray to tho City ShcriG's
Fees Illegally Collected.

Judge Barrett, of the supreme court, after
hearing argument to-day, refused to grant
the u0udtmu, applied FOR by Coroner
Schult1c, representing his brother CorOncrs,
requiring th' Comptroller t. pay their sOln-
res, which he has been Withholding because
they retained certain fees which came into
their onco instead ot turning them over to
the city treasury.
MIR, Grocubaum, of Hays a GrCenbaum,
presented the argument Tor the CorOners.
lie argued that the law provided that the
Coroncrs' salary, $4,000, was IN lieu OF all
compensation, tees, etc, which were a charge
upnn the County
They were certainly entitled, he Contpndcd
to the fees received In rcplCyCu suits where
they were paid by private persons aud were
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QUAY TO STICK TO THE SENATE.
VIII Gen. Reeder Succeed Him In
the National Committeep
rHPEcAL TO TIE rvEsrNa wouLp.I

fBPKCtAL TO TIE EyEENd Womb
PHILADELPHIA, July 31.-In an interview
with a Times reporter Mr.. quay emphatically
denies that his withdrawal from the Repub-
lican National Committee IL TO be followed by
his resignation from the senate.
Gen. B. Frank Reeder, Of Easton, has al
ready been spoken OF "A senator Quays sue
cessor In the Committee. Shortly after the
Senator's arrival last night Gen. Reeder
entered the Continental, having left Spring
Lake, where he is spending the summer with
his family, IN the afternoon.
Although II was said that Senator quay had
not sent Tor Gen. Rceder and didn't know that
he was coming, the first question The General
asked after registering was what rooms the
senator had been assigned TO.
Gen. Reeder said that the talk OF his being
IA successor to senator quay In the National
Committee was q complete surprise TO him,
and that he had known nothing OF II. His
meeting with senator quay, he said was
simply a coincidence.
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sHRlNEs cHEsTERFIELD CUP
Cuttlestone Second In the Last Day
Event ut Goodwood.


LONDON, July 81. This was the last day or
The Goodwood meeting The event OF the day
was the race for the Chesterfield Cup (handi-
capl, value 800 sovs., added to q sweepstakes
OF 10 sOvs. each, for three-year-olds and up
ward; the second to receive 90 sovs. out OF
the stakes; one mile and quarter.
It was won by Mr.. Henry Miners four-year-
old chestnut fllly Shrine, by clairvaux or
Isonomy, out OF Pilgrimage. Lord Bradfords
three-year-old bay colt Cuttlestone, by Re
trent, out OF POsthuma, was second, and Mr.
q. Ryalrs four-year-old Elopement third.
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EXTRA DAY At SARATOGA.
King Grab Defeated Homer and Ny
Fellow at Nine FurlORSS.
Fine Weather Brings Out Large
Crowd of Visitors.

SARATOGA RACE TRACK, July 3l.-Thc
weather opened clear, cool ana bright at
Horse Haven this morning aud large crowd
turned out to see the horses compete for
purses only There were six events on tho
card, and the horses entered were so evenly
matched that betting was very brisk.
The second event. In which King crab,
Homer and My Fellow met, was the feature
Of the day, and King crab carried on the
purse.
FIRST RACE.
For maiden two-yeaT-olds. ilve and one
half furluugS.
Starter. WAS. Jorksys, Straight b,uiug.
! NJ McHregnr. llj. n. Williams ..,,..... Is
> Wood Auds Baby
flly ...,........lln. Sims ... .............. G#1
Panhandle ......llO. .Ritchie .............. al
Glcc Bay, Montella, Furnish, Marmout,
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COY MRS. LESLIE CARTER.
Not Yet Able to Be Examined as to
Mr.. Phelps's Little Bill.

Rufus p. Livermore, counsel for George W.
Phelps, Judgment creditor OF Mrs. Leslie
Carter, did not examine her In supplementary
proceedings to-day before Judge BisChOn OF
the Court OF Common Pleas.
II was said Mrs. Carter was still indispOsed
and seeking rest in the country. Mr.. Liver
nlre consented to an adjournment until
NJ nday.
dr. Phelps's bill IL for Sl67.75 for a pastel
portrait OF Mrs. carter which she declined to
accept on the grounds that II was not good.
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WON'T BE FORCED OUT.
Appraiser Cooper Says He and Mr..
Platt Are On Good Terms.

Appraiser Marvelle W. cooper is anxious
that the public should know that he is not to
be forced out OF of1ice like collector Erhardt,
despite the many rumors TO that effect.
He said this morning that he does not pro-
pose to resign, and that the relations between
ex-senator Platt and himself are and have
been for some OF the most friendly character.
A friend OF the Appraiser said that he knew
that 1t was Mr.. Platt who interfered to save
the Hepburn Committee.
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stahhad fnr a Oirnratte.

Police Capt, Kenny, OF Brooklyn, is looking
for three NorWegtAns, whose names are un-
known TO him, who are charged with stab
bing John Hunt, q ninetoen-yeaT-old boy,
living at 60 Dykmnn street. Hunt met the
Lorraine streets They quarrelled over q
cigarette, and Hunt was stabbed In the
breast
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IF CHAPLIN, GRANT TOO.

Both New York and Brooklyu's
Mayors May Fight for the
Nomination.
It was stated this morning on the author
lty OF well-informed Tammany Han man
that, should the Kings County delegation In
the Democratic State Convention persist IN
the determination 10 name Mayor Chaplin az
IA candidate for Governor, Tammany Hall win
present the name OF Mayor Grant.
The real Tammany candidate, Congressman
Roswell p. Flower. will, It is said, be pre-
sented by the Jefferson County delegation
time comes.
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Depot Blown Up by Powder.

BIRNINGHAM, Ala, July 3l.-Fifty kegs OF
powder In the Alabama Great southern Depot
exploded about midnight last night, COM
pletely wrecking the building and demolish-
II is believed that two men seen lOanng
around the building early In the night set II
on nre.
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SUING FOR AUToPSIES.
D putty Coroner Donlin Wants $500
from the City.

Deputy Coroner DR.. Philip Z. Donlin has
nled with the Comptroller a claim for $500
for services performed in assisting at the
autopsies on the victims Of the n. Y, Central
Railroad tunnel disaster Of Feb. go last.
The autopsles were made by direction OF
District Attorney Nicoll and Drs. Witthaus
and Hamilton, who also assisted at the
autopsy, have, like Dr. Donlin, each flled
claims for $500.
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Jumped Overheard to Escape.

Two boys were discovered In the act OF
stealing corn from a grain car at the Penn
sylvanIa railroad grain elevator, foot OF Third
and, being pursued by wRtchman, Jumped
into the river to escape arrest. one OF them,
william Thompson, was captured, and to-day
Justice O'Donnell held him for trial.
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Accused by Her Mistrees.

Sophia Paris, a gOod-looking young wo-
man, was arrested in Jersey City this morn
ing and held for trial on a charge OF stealing
a gold watch and chain from her employer,
Mrs, Lenning, OF $40 Third street. that city.
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No Trnce Yet of Cox.

At the ONCE of Accountant James Cox, az
broadway, who has been so mysteriously
missing for two weeks It was said to-day
that detectives had as yet found no clue TO
his whereabouts.
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SUPPLE is DIsINFECTED.
He Drank East Side whiskey, Car
bolic Acid, Pearline and Borax.

Henry supple, piano-maker, thirty-ope
years old, wound up spree this morning by
a remarkable attempt at suicide at his homb,
GAG East Thirteenth street, rear.
According TO the police, Supple took dose
OF carbolic acid, pearllne and borax, but at
the house 1t was said he drank mixture
which had been LETT for dlsinfecting purposes,
when there was a contagious disease In the
house some time ago. He is in Bellevue Hos
pital prisoner.
supple came from Boston, and was employed
In Seabury's plano factory. He had been
and three children, who are in destitute CTR
cumstances, The hospital surgeons say he
Will recover.
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Policemen Dey Broken.

At meeting Of the Newark Police Board,
which lasted until after midnight this morn
Ing, the Board dismissed Policeman Luther
H. Dey, who arrested Ellen Hanrahan be-
cause she resisted improper proposals.
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Lost His Job and s15 Besides.

In the Essex Market Court to-day Henry
Schmidt, John Lane and John Domain, Of
Brooklyn, were fined $15 each for thrashing
Henry Siebrecht, OF 27 Prince street, In
saloon on Chrystie street last night. The
reason for the assault was that siebrecht had
one OF his assailants discharged from a situa-
ton ne held.
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Law Reaches Umbrella Thieves.
John Reynolds, Edward Colyer and John
Murray, all young men, were to-day held for
trial at Jefferson Market, charged with
breaking n showcase at 45l Eighth avenue
and attempting to steal lot OF umbrellas
contained therein.
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THEIR CHILD WAS DROWNED.

Body OF Little Ernest Loeb Found in
the River and Taken Home.
The body OF little Ernest Loeb, only eight
years old, was found this morning by Police
man Celler OF the Delaney street squad,
floating In the East River on the foot OF
stanton street.
The lad had been missing from his home, at
90 Common street, since Tuesday morning
II Is supposed that he went down to tle dock
TO swim. and was accidentally drowned.
HIS body was taken to his parents home.
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STABBED In BRoDIE's SALOON.
A Drunken Customer Used 4 Knife
on Lunchman Dee.

There was a cutting scrape in Steve Brodle's
Bowery saloon last night. Michael o'Brien,
a Pittsburg boilermaker, entered the saloon
pretty drunk and got into night with man
named Daniel Holden, whom he says tried to
rob him.
John Dee, the lunchman, interfered, when
OBrien stabbed him in the right shoulder, In
nictlng painful wound. O'Brien ran out, but
was arrested later by Detectives Foy and
Hogan, OF the Mulberry street station.
Justice Diver held him in $500 bail for
trial at the Tombs Police Court this morning.
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Fire in a Flat.

A slight fire occurred on the third floor OF
the five-story nat at 21O East Fourteenth
street, at 4 O'Clock this morning 1t was
caused by curtain catching flre from gas
Jet In the rooms OF Annie Welshman. The
damage was small.
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Insnlted and Struck a Girl

While Jennie Alexander, a tallOress, Of 157
Attorney street, was standing in front OF her
residence, William Green, a young man who
lives next door, passed by and made pro-
posals to her. She demonstrated and Green
struck her. Justice Duffy fined Geeen $5.
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Irene Had His Watch.

Fifteen-year-old Irene Mcbride, who lives
with her mother In Ridgewood, was arrested
this morning charged with stealing a gold
watch from John Rumpt. a butcher, OF l04
West avenue, Wallabout Market, Brooklyn.
The watch was found In her possession.
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Dora, Carlotta colt and Fauvettc also ran
Auction pools: Mount McGrcgOr, S25 Nor
tclla, $50. MarmOnt, 81.
The race was won by Mount MCGTCgur.
with Woodlands Baby nlly second and Pan.
handle third. Time-ll3.
SECOND RACE
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Robbed a oh,ld's savip rs Bank.

Justice White, in the Harlem Court, to-day
held Herman Friedman, twenty-seyen years
old, for trial on the charge OF breaking into
Mrs. Lena 9terbetts rooms, at 245 East one
Hundrf d and Twenty-nrst street, and stealing
50 cents and dollar Dill from childs savings
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Another Missing Man.

John Beand, thirty years old, OF 2235 First
avenue, was reported missing at Police Head.
quarters to-day. lie Is n wire walker and
has been suffering from nervous prostratiOn
The evening world., 1891-07-31
CITY NEWS TERsELY TOLD.
To-Day's Record Of Minor Hap
penings About Town,
Chronicles Briefly Drawn from Notc-
Book and Docket

Complained of His worthless Son.
Charles Brown, Of 90 First avenue, COM
planned Mt Essex Market to-day that his
son Arthur was a worthless lOafer, and jus
tice DulIy sent the young man to the island.
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Fell and Broke His Leg.

stephen Laird twenty years old, OF Os5
Amsterdam avenue, while playing ball to-day
In vacant lot at the boulevard and Ninety
fourth street fell and broke his leg. lie was
taken homo.