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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01
DIXON'S NEXT OPPONENT.
Something About the Man Who VIII Tn
TO Whip tho Colorcd Champion.

u
TO Whip tho Colorcd Champion.
Jack Sicily. who is to meet George Dixon al
New Orleans on Sept. for the largest purse
that feather weights ever fought for. has .
good record. not in tho number Of battles
which he has won. but in the easy manner
with which he silenced the fears Of his friends
and clubmates by giving away pounds in
weight and then winning handily over good.
game men. He is always in condition. but he
proposes to make special preparation for his
fight with Dixon.
No man in the ring is more popular than
Sicily. and he is easily at the head OF the 100
pound class. He frat appeared within the
ropes at the tournament of tho brighton A @.
on Fob. 9. 1885, where he easily defeated two
Chnerich. He next won the N. A. A: A. A.
Gham,hp 1on in the ll5h1pound class defect
Park A. g tourney. again. defeating Neager.
although giving the latter nearly eleven
Sewbursh A. 9. tourney. in Anri { s &oa c tIs
turing the State championship in the ll5-
His greatest fight then occurred with Jack
McTiernan. It was for ten rounds. and Skelly
played with Mac until the conclusion. when he
i2o. bound class ct the BRIGHTON 4: Z; ID 1851,
T. the " Broofy SSA' nsp skss
and J. Roche OF the Star A. c. were to have had
II out IN the llnal. nut JACK won by forfeit. he
won the l2O-pound competition OF the Ma
tional A. c. next, defeating Mike Mulroy and
Jack Collins OF the Bridge A. c.
Skellys only defeat was that gained by arti-
flee by Johnny German. in their special fight
before the NATIONAL Athletic Club. IN the Cler-
mont Avenue Rink. where Sicily. having
measured German up in the first three rounds.
and final round. the bout closing with German
on the ropes. all but out. and Skelly nursing .
broken hand. which made him more cautious
than usual, Tho surprise Of tho spectators
was great when Rcferce Jack Adler declared
German the winner. Germans reluctance to
make n new match at the weight at which he
fought Skely. 125 pounds. proved how much
| he dreaded another meeting with the cham
piOn amateur.
Skely is modest and gentlemanly lad. and
carries the good will Of the entire sport loving
fraternity with him in his coming fight II
will leave him comforta bly, fixed If he succeeds
marry a right little Brooklyn girl to whom no
is engaged and his hacker. Reynolds. will pur.
chase property with Skellys vim nGs. as he
wants to make nothing by the match
Il may he n fool" said Reynolds to a Sun
reporter yesterday. but perhaps subsequent
events will prove that am right. I believe
Jack Skely to be Q flstic marvel. and am will
ling to wager $4,000 on the result Of my opin-
ion. which. happily for me. is not shared by
others to any great extent
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01
RAIN IN THE STATE CAMP.
It Prevents tho Twenty-second's Detail
from Going Out to Drill.

It Prevents the Twenty.second's Detail
from Going Out to Drill.
STATE CAMP. PEEKsKIII- July 31.-There was
rain all day in camp. and Capt Nathaniel
Peggy" Thurston couldn't get the Twenty
second Regiment detail out for the drill that
he intended should Put himself and the men
work with those from the other crack regi-
ments. who have been making progress while
he has been cooped UP here as guard in
structor. He will. therefore. have to start with
handicap. but if he does not come out a win
nor it will be because everybody else
Is hustling. He has got Col. Camp and
Major Franklin Bartlett to spur him on. Capt.
Fish OF the Seventh has got Col. Appleton 8
Twelfth and Capt. De Forest OF the Twenty
third are both good goers in military race.
Neither the Captains nor their hackers lost
any time at the start. That was Mt o'clock.
BY Col. Bates OF the regular army.
These schools have usually been held on
the bluff or in the big instruction tent. near
the battery camp. but this was no weather for
not room in the tent for all the officers who
are here To days session was held in the
back part OF the mess hal and Col. Phist"rer
was head usher. He distributed the pro.
introduced Col Bates and Lieut.. French. who
told a lot OF things about the movement of
troops
Officers who have iarriyed since last night
second. Capt. Frank Roosevelt, Capt. 4. n.
Capt. Ezra De Forest. who commands the
Twenty;third's detail, Is Major now H. was
about three weeks ago. and last night he was
sworn into Office by Gen. Porter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01
FADING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
Ono House Entered Through . Skylight.
Another Through . Rear Window.

The house at 40 West Fourth street. where
the Rev. DIR. Parkhurst once witnessed I'M
speakable orgies. and whose former proprie-
tress. Nine. Andrea is now serving a term on
the Island. and the house at A West Fourth
street were raided by Detectives Carey and
Mcconnell Of the Mercer street station at
about o'clock last evening. The detectives
couldn't get into either house in the usual
way. McConr ell climbed to the roof OF 40. and
entered A by a skylght. Then he let Carey
and several policemen In by the street door.
They found the prorrietress. Marie AItifel.
under the basement stairs. and arrested her
and three other women.
Entering 40 by rear window. the DETECTIVES
found the place apparently deserted. After
prolonged search they tackle big wardrobe
up stairs. The door was locked. and they tried
in vain, to open it. Finally they tipped the
wardrobe over on the floor. and woman
Weighing about 200 pounds fell out She
previous was arrested at the same place She
has run the place since Nine. Andreh went to
the Island. She and another irmate were
locked up.
Tho news Of the raid spread rapidly. and at
tracted hundreds Of people to the sidewalk OPP
posite the houses to watch the work OF the
police.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01
GUIDE GID STORMS DISGUSTED
He Hooks . Little Bass by tho Tail and
Thinks Ips . Slx.Pounder.


Thinks It's . Slx.poundor.
A little group Of men and women sat under
the trees at Willow Point, Greenwood Lake.
on Saturday evening watching the twilight
shadows falling over the mountain and tho
CLASSY lake. Gid Storms came along In his
fiat bottomed fishing boat. rowing as only a
Greenwood Lake guide can row. with both
oars in his left hand and casting right and left
with light split bamboo rod to which a small
frog was attached The cove at Willow Point
gives up bass or two to Gid every time he
comes along. and. as usual. he dexterously
swept his boat around the point close under
the big willow and cast close to q little patch
OF weeds which showed their tips above the
water.
struck at the line and an instant later the
swished through the water as the hooked fish
That's a dandy" Gid chlrped. as he felt the
full strain on the rod: six pounds if an
ounce" and. dropping his oars. he stood up to
play the fish. which resolutely sought bottom.
The watchers on shore betrayed more excite
to get close view Of the struggle. The bass
sawed about for three or four minutes trying
to get under the boat at times and at others
making for deep water. but Gid was too skill
full to give it any chance to foul the inc. and
finally brought It. bel ly up to the side of the
gust ana surprise, and lifted the fish into the
boat. 1t weighed about one pound. but in
dashing at the frog it had missed its aim and
was hooked through the tail Thus hooked it
was enabled to make the best use OF all OF its
fms and fight like fish Of six times its weight
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01
Apuua, Meeting OF tho penc. Union.

SToN1NGToN. Conn. July 31.-The twenty
sixth annual meeting OF the Universal Peace
Union is to be held in Peace Grove. Mystic. on
the shore OF the ocean on Aug. 10. II. and II.
Last year 5000 people gathered in Peace
Grove. and it is believed the forthcoming peace
meeting will be the greatest one in the history
OF the union. Noted orators will address the
great rally and express their opinion Of the
Homestead strike riot am other demonstra-
lions OF the kind. Among the peace societies
that will attend will be, those Of New York.
Pennsylvania Maine. khode Island, Mas s
OF tho speak crs will BIO the Rev. Dr. William
j.. Derrick. its eloquent colored preacher OF
New York: another. Mrs. Hannah J. Bailey
President OF the peace department OF the No
mans Christian Temperance Union. Belva
Lockwood will DO present. and the President
whose name Is Love.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01
MISSING MRS FITZGERALD FOUND.
Went from Her Homo In bloomfield to
Brooklyn, Where She Was Frustrated.

DTooAAyHp "herc Suo VIM
Sarah V. Fitzgerald. wife OF William z.
Fitzgerald OF 80 Clinton street. bloomfield.
disappeared last Tuesday. Mrs. Fitzgerald
left home at P. NJ. that day telling the Ger
man servant girl that she was going to Brook
Ign. Mr.. Fitzgerald came homo In the even
ing. and not finding his wife. asked the servant
where she had gone. The German girl has
been in this country only q month. and evil
IDENTIFY did not understand her mistress. for
she replied that Mrs. Fitzgerald had gone to
Bloomfield.
Mr. Fitzgerald waited patiently, but his wife
did not return, and diliRent inquiry failed TO
reveal her whereabouts. He searched the
hospita!s. visited tho police stations. and noti-
fled all his and her relatives that his wife was
Mrs. Fitzgerald WAS found in Brooklyn on
Thursday night at tho home OF her aunt. Mrs;
In Fulton street. A card in hor pocket bore
the address OF Mrs. Driscoll. and the ambu-
lance took her there.
She accompanied her husband home on FRI
day night. II" and the little children were so
elated over her return that they hoisted nag
which now floats over the happy household
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01
xARRIAeE AND DEArH.
Two Announcements In 4 Rochester Paper
thst win Be OF Interest Here ss Well.

r., Announcements IN q Rochester Paper
that VIII he ofIsterest Here ss Well.
ROCHESTER. July Sion Saturday last the
two following Advertisements appearing 81
simultaneously in the Post Express OF this city.
attracted much attention. especially among
newspaper men. who had been moro than once
called upon to hunt up stories In which the
bride and widow figured more or less promi-
nently:
wHrTNEy-HoxIE.-At the Palmer House. in on
cago Feb 20, 1892, Mr.. @. ". whitney of New York.
a retired stock Exchange man. to Mrs. Henrietta 4.
Hoxie OF Rochester N. y.
wHrrNEY.-rn New York city June o 1892. George
W. whitney, aged IS yenrs.
Some time ago Mrs Hoxles name was con-
nected by common report with that OF real
estate man. prominent member Of the Park
Avenue Baptist Church. who went away from
the city rather suddenly. leaving his affairs In
a complicated condition and his wife in ignor-
ance OF his whereabouts.
About three years ago she presented at
Rochester bank O check for 100000. pay
ment OF which was refused year later she
sent for reporter and showed him another
check for 100000. drawn on New York bank.
which she said she was going at once to New
York to collect She said It was only the first
remittance OF q large estate in Europe in which
she was interested. Six weeks ago she
asked reporter Of n local paper to
the effect that Mrs. George W. Whitney. for
%Sry Mrs X ox vstps
at their home on Meigs street. The personal
Mr.: Kennedy tho father OF Mrs. Hoxie. is an
Mess ''s erSS tSo ms y MIS-
vas rs husband 81 her danghter Mrs;
then u showed the reporter into the dining
room and sailed her dsughttHr Mrs Whitney
W. Whitney. and handed the. reporter clip
ping from r,n newspaper and retired to the
Mrs; Kennedy In response to several inquiries
by the reporter. said
II dent know why the papers should want
Or of what interest it would be to Rochester
neSpe to tx 5ny t she T ns
had known each other for five years. and were
engaged to be married nearly all that time.
ease. and soon after the wedding he began to
fail; They made two trips to California after
ay 70 New SS Sork She Ms he ded h ass
o. sonrss; there is not one word o, truth in
the lies all originated in. the Park
Avenue Baptist Church. Ny DAUGHTER
disappearance. and gosspers concluded that
they had gone, away together. Just because
Mr.. Adams had been seen with my daughter
The clipping which Mrs. Whitney gave the
| reporter was to the effect that Mr.. Whitney had
died aftera brief married life and thathefore his
| death he had settled all accounts with his rel
atives and left his bride sole legatee Of IN es-
| tate of $4,000. 600. Mrs. Kennedy at first
| said the clipping was from New York paper
| and afterward said 1t was from Pittsburgh
paper.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01
Mr.. narrlty Looking for a Summer Home

LONG BRANCH. July 3l.-Samuel Josephs. a
warm personal friend OF Chairman Harrity Of
the Democratic National Committee. called
yesterday upon Hugh Griffin Of the Rowland
Hotel and asked If he could accommodate Mr..
Harrity with suite Of rooms and a parlor for
the balance OF the season. Mr.. Griffin offered
Mr.. Josephs one Of the main parlors OF the no.
tel and a suite of three rooms. After looking
ut the rooms Mr.. Joscphs requested that they
be reserved until no could communicate with
Mr. Harrity. Mr.. Josephs said that Mr.. aar-
rity wanted to make his summer homo at the
seaside. and he hal persuaded him to select
Long Branch on account Of its proximity to
New York and Philadelphia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01
Pounded Torpe do with a stone.

Little Johnny Ryan OF East Newark found a
small. fiat tin box with strips Of lead attached
to it on Saturday afternoon while playing with
other children near the freight tracks OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad. 1t is evident that
Johnny knew that the box was a signal tor
pedo used by railroad men, for as soon as
freight train had gone he placed the box on n
rail and began pounding it with n stone while
a group Of children stood around him. Tho
torpedo, exploded, and the flying tin, struck
had his chin badly lacerated. and a little boy
named Lauer was cut on the cheek. A little
Q strip Of tin In the calf OF his leg. johnny
Ryan Qped unhurt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01
MISS BOVE DIES OF POISON.
TOOK PARIS 9REEN BIZ MISTAKE,
HER PARENTS SAY,

hut others Tell OF Oppo.,t,or IN vy.r Mar.
rfsse with Young Poiar,o, and Hint at
su'e,ao-rsmous tn the italian Colony for
Her Besuty-A Remark able Funeral.
There lie to BIO one OF the biggest funerals to-
day that Mulberry street has aver soen-the
funeral OF girl celebrated in the Italian col
ony Tor her beauty. She was Angelina Bove
the daughter OF Rafael Bove. who is a saloon
keeper at ~ Mulberry street. and one OF tho
wealthiest Italians In New York.
on sunday week ago Angelina took dose
OF farls green. from the effects OF which she
uieu last thursday night 1t was given out by
'ne fanny thae sne had taken the poison by
mistake A lot OF the poison. Il was said. had
been mixed with water to rour into cracks in
tested with vermin and had been left acci-
dentally in the kitchen closet, where Angelina
had drunk some OF 1t by mistake.
The family still stick to this story, but It
was reported last night in tho neighborhoo
o1the Bend that tho girl had taken the poison
because OF disappointment in love. She was
10 years old. and was engaged, It is said. to
nineteen-year- old Jerry Polario, the son Of a
butcher at "a Mulberry street
AT first the girls parents thought we'll Of tho
match. but another lover appeared, who soon
won the favor OF Angelina's mother Mrs.
Bove insisted that this man. who is said to be
a)eWeller. was a better match for her daugh-
ter than the young butcher.
she repeatedly urged this upon her daugh-
Ter. who listened unwillngly. On Sunday.
week ago. the mother broached tho subject,
and soon afterward Angelina bought the
poison at neghborng drug store and drank
IT, so 1t Is said. IN beer.
She then told, her mother what she had
done. and told her also that she would not
have taken tho poison had she not thought 1t
tainted when he heard What i Angelina 'f had
done.
Last evening the body Of tho young girl lay
~ IN the pbGr On the
flower garden.
There we're wreaths and designs Of banners.
evening friends and neghbors climbed the
narrow stairs and filed into the little parlor
to look at the cir Is face.
At the funeral to-day there will he six
friends of the dead girl Tho funeral will be
conducted by the Turduarto Tasso Society. OF
which Angelinas father is President.
Services VII be held in the CHURCH OF the
funeral pageant. led by two coaches. each con-
tanning four girls who were friends Of tho
dead girl. and dressed all in white. will wind
through the streets in the immediate neigh
Ferry.
The six coaches Of flowers will follow the
two containing the young girls friends. and
the entire m embership of the Turquarto Tasso
society numbering about $50. will be in line.
The coaches will each have driver and a
foOtman.
The burial will be at Calvary, and there. will
funeral 1t is said. will be $4,000.
Among the chief mourners will be Polario.
the youth on account of whom Angelina Is said
to have taken her life. They were to have
been married. tits said. on Aug. Is next.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01
Stanford students. Capture n erampu..

MONTEREY. July 81. = Tho students OF the
Johns Hopkins Seaside Laboratory here. n
branch of Stanford University. with the aid Of
fishermen. captured on Friday a large-sized
grampus after an exciting chase. They want
ed the huge fish, which looks like n whale. for
dissection in tho laboratory. SO they hired u
boat and went grampus hunting.
A big fellow was harpooned. but no showed
remarkable strength, and for several hours
the students in the boat were yankedi L, around
the bay at n lively pace: Only the skill OF tho
swampcd. The grampms measured eighteen
feet. and the skin will be stuffed for the
Stanford museum.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01

Tho Washington police asked the New York
police yesterday to look out for three white
boys who had run away from home with 500
Early last evening Patrolman Bernard Devine
on duty at Canal street and the Bowery. espied
a trio that answered the descriptions He col
Jared the two younger boys. but the Older one
got away.
At Police Headquarters one Of the prisoners
said he was James Is Garry. Otherwise Frank
Bayard and was lB years old. Ho said he
lived ut the National Hotel. go Pennsylvania
avenue. Washington. was a clerk in the Agri,
cultural Department, and had salary OF SoO
Carlton Wright. aged IS. Of $50 G street. n.
W. Garry had n large sailors knife and Q
box OF 22-calibre cartridges. He also had
S2i. "a. The boy who escaped carried the pis-
tot and had tho rest OF the money.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01
A burglar Assault. John Higgins.

John Higgins Of 113 Columbia street, Brook
Ign. locked up his house week ago and took
his family to the country. He remained In
town Saturday night. and on going to his
homo early yesterday morning met burglar
on tho second floor. The man knocked Hig-
gins down with a club and sprang from the
window to the sidewalk. Policeman Lynch OF
the Amlty street station heard Higginss cry
made for the river. The policeman fired .
s sa which brought the man to a. halt ne ne
name as Martin Shannon. III years old. OF 90
charge OF burglary
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01
sUFFALWs wREcxED BANK.
The Alleged Atterspt OF Defssiter Dsss 70
Poison tho Bank Exsmirers.


Poison the Bank ESsmsners.
BUFFALO, July SLATER thirdy-sN Gays
work on the accounts OF the old Naionai eav-
inRs Bank. now the Empire State savinss
Bank. the State Banking Department onlci"'s :
have turned the bank over to the new noare :,
OF Trustees selected by tho depositors. anu
the new Board will begin active WORK .o-hoI-
row In the effort to put the bank into shape 70
renew business.
Damn and Armstrong still languish IN JAIL
although II is intimated that Damn trlenus
will make an effort to bail him OUT. ~ mas
just been developed that when the panR eA'
aminers started in at the lold Nationai Dann
endeavored to delay their work by trying 10
make them sick on drugged lemonade.
1t Is also declared that Damn EXPRESSED a
wish for strychnine for himself on the day OF
his arrest. bottle containing some dark lie
auid was afterward found In the bank ana mas
been turned over to the new trustees VINO VIII
have It analysed.
Examiner Backus was seen by The SUN re-.
porter to- night. and. In regard to the attemp'ea
poisoning. said tho reason tho affair mao not
been spoken Of at the time was because there
was enough excitement alre' Tread u, uou,d Damn
been able to hide the traces OF the defalca-
y he % sGq ,n not He might have got away
roioD y ySs think an attempt was made to
Mr.. Backus said he thought Damn was oes-
perate enough to do almost anything.
Damn was seen at the jnil BY The sun corse-
spondent to. night He ADMITTED givhlnf ie" Was
drugged. He said:
The day was warm and ! made some
lemonade. which the bank examiners orank;
Nothing was said about cramps until the nex1
day. when they came to work and sald e9 ON
was ALL"
goric secreted in the bank 2,
might have had some there Tor myself.
What about the brandy"
oh. we always kept bottle IN the gale tof
people who tainted away In the bank. ASKED
tho examiners II they would like some. but
they refused"
IBID any OF them tell you that the defalca-
ton had been discovered and ask you 70
make a clean breast OF it 2"
Yes. that's true. 1 said there was short
age and would give the figures the next day.
but had not the time to do 30. and 1t was
neglected"
Did you drink two glasses Of whiskey and
say you wished you had been able TO obtain
strychnine. 30 that you could have taken 1t =
II drank some whiskey, but l. do not re-
member having said anything about poison
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01
The RIoting Idaho Miners.

BoIsE CITY. July 3l.-United States District
Judge Beatty yesterday fixed bail for tho
nineteen miners from Wallace and tho six
teen from Wardner who are now in Jail
charged with contempt OF tho Federal Court
Bail was fixed ut 81 300 each. hut so far none
has been furnis shed. The hearing OF the con-
tempt proceedings was set for Tuesday.
twenty eight men from the Gem and Burke
arrested yesterday and taken to tho Wallace
military prison.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01
CONDEMNED BY THE CHURCH..
Catholic knights or Pythias in Iowa Liable
to REORGANIZATION.

to REORGANIZATION.
Fort DODGE. July 31.-Whether to forsake
allegiance to the Roman Catholic Church or to
the order OF the Knights of Pythias is a
question that Is troubling about one-third Of
the most active members OF the lodge here.
The same question will have to be decided by
Catholic Knights all over the State. In re-
tho two Catholic Bishops Of Iowa hnye written
that tho order Is condemned by the Church IN
for Joining or maintaining membership is ex-
communication.
The Catholic Knights here say that they
who upon investigation. found that Arch
bishop Ireland Of st. Paul and Bishop Marty OF
Sioux Falls expressed their Judgment that 1t
was not prohibited.