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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-10
IT HAS WANAMAKER'S Enforcement.
A Nick el.in.the.Slot Machine for Selling
Postage Stamps.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 0.-The resignation Of S.
A. Whitfield OF Ohio. First Assistant Postmas-
ter-General. which takes effect on Sept. l. will
be followed by the resignation Of other Post
Office officials within the next few days These
gentlemen leave the service Of the Government
to connect themselves with the Boston COM
pany that owns patent for a recently invented
postage stamp selling mach line. which has the
official endorsement OF the Post Ohice Depart
ment by dropping n nicke in the slot OF the
new devic" it gives forth four cents worth OF
postage STAMPS and onc-cent coupon. good
for it, face value in trade at the stores of any
OF III. firms who advertise on the coupon.
This coupon is said to be not un like n national
bank note. and viii not escape the criticism OF
being much like q counterfeit. Postage
stamps. OF course. can only be sold ut one rate.
and the owner. OF the slot machine. therefore.
e eeppon adS S prveres upon inc
United States Labor Commissioner Carroll d.
Wright is the President of the Boston com
pnny that will flood the country with these
Yam ee money-makins and troube-savins
devices
place for recruiting agents forne inycntions.
the practice Of drawing on Uncle sam postal
employees having r. been set several years
its prosperous career. At that time Theodore
\. Vail was the General Superintendent Of the
RAILWAY Mail Service at salary Of $500, 49,.
borrowed from his fellow officials and bought
a block OF stock. Ho afterward resigned his
the telephone company. and several other
officials of the department were soon after
phone company. Mr. Vail is now many times
a millionaire. 4 few years ater the handsome
and popular Second Assistant Postmaster
cept the Presidency OF u trust company in
New York city. and he took with him some Of
the most valuable officials who had been his
subordinates in Washington. Like the Patent
and Land olccs. tho Post Onic" department
is getting to be valuable training school for
business men.
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The sun. Guide to New York.

Replies 10 questions asked every day bv ne
suests and citizens Of the American metropolis.
Suggestions 10 siohtseers and practical i,voy,na-
lion for practical people The Sun pil publish. in
time for use al the Columbus Celebration nert 90
tober. complete. unique and practical guide book
10 this city. uW tell risitors ,chat he sights
are. ho'o 10 reach them, phere 10 lodge and board
phi'e here and he cost. phTe 10 do ,rholesals
or retail shopping ho,o 10 a'nuse themselves. and
get rest ,ohen ,oeary Of sightseeing. IL ptH be at
Idchre'y printed pleasant 10 read. and the sub
sect matter piH be drided and arranged in q ,rav
to insure the best results. The retail price DiH BE-
90 cents per copu The SUMS Guide Wil also Offer
uneQualled and exceptional opportunities 10 adpev-
Gsers. Those ,ohO tcish further Information on
Ibis subject should address The Guide Book Do
pdrhaeni Of I've NeU York Sun
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THAT ASBURY PARK RAID.
Nine Witnesses and Proprietor Williams
aud His Clerk Admitted to Bail.

Nine Witnesses and Proprietor WILLIAMS
aud His Clerk Admitted to Bail.
AsBuR1 PARK. Aug. 9.-The raid on the big
drug store Of Henry Williams on Kingsley
street last night has caused intense indiCna-
ton among the cottaRers and hotel guests.
The arrest of nine respectable persons as wit
nesses has added to the feeling
Among those who were in the upper rooms
were several women. Ono OF them belongs to
a we'll known family OF Newark. A member Of
tho Seventh Regiment OF New York had his
promised wife with him In ono OF the rooms.
This couple made their escape after the off,
GERS put in an appearance: Chief OF Police
Bailey took tho names OF the persons In the
front store and let them go. He then let the
women out the front door.
The police officers took Mr.. Williams. ]. B.
Baker. and ono Of his clerks and the nine wit
nesses to Park Hall. John A. Borden tho
Justice OF the Peace who had issued the war
rant. opened the court in the basement Of the
Town Hall.
After a short discussion Justice Borden de-
cidsd to admit the witnesses to bail and keep
their names from tho reporters The wit
nesses were marched up to the desk OF the
Justice one by. ono and placed under bonds
of 500 each. Williams and Baker were locked
up over night This morning Williams was
placed under bonds Of $500 and Baker under
bonds Of 5000. to await the action OF the Grand
Jury In October.
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FEEDING GROUNDS or TIE FISH.
Important Diseevcry Msde ~ the FISH
Cerr,,ss,erer's schooner 9rsnpus.

Inportsnt Discovery hsde - ne
Ceuuissieser's Schooner ersupus.
woops HoL1. Aug. 9-The United STATES
Fish Commission schooner Grampus mas Just
returned from an examination OF inc oeop-
water fishing grounds south OF Martha's vino
yard. with the tile fish. the nrst that mas peen
caught in ten years.
The flsh was first discovered In 1873. Speci-
mons were sent to fish experts and the mar
kets and IL was recognized as flsh OF value
for its food qualities. as 1t was found Witnln
few hours' sailing distance Of New York. Inc
Fish Commissioner. realizing the Important
nature Of the discovery. began careiui IN
yestigation OF tho entire region. to determine
the extent OF the grounds. the abundance OF
the fish. and the best means OF catching them.
Tho result shows that the FISH were abundant
In the spring OF 1882. however. enormous
quantities OF this FISH were found dead on tho
surface OF the ocean from Nantasket to Cape
May. and since that time none OF Thorn has
In 1880 u systematic study, Of the relations
OF the Gulf stream and the Labrador current
Donald, with the idea OF establishing con-
nection between the changes in tho tempera-
s "sS 81 si T"ff ha
warm water band was approaching the edge
OF the continental platform. nearer and nearer
The idea sugrests itself that 4 this band BAL,
feeding di grounds OF the tile ish. which was
a tropical fish. might DO possibly so extended
that It would find its way far to the northeast.
II. then this band should be withdraw. the
first place at which it would leave the edge
posite New York. and the water there would
DO too cold for the fish to live in.
The consequence would be that those fsh
that had found their way further east. as we'll
as those on their ground. would be subject to
conditions which would bring about their
Wholesale destruction.
Four DAYS go tho Grampus went out to tho
fishing grounds OF Mnrtha's Vineyard. and.
finding tho temperature much increased. the
trawl lines were set and the fish caught 1t
is the intention OF the Comms sioner to man
out the warm area to the southwest and get
travis to determine tho relative abundance OF
the fish.
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Somcrby's Hand and Iron Hall Affairs.

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 3.-Judge Fell Of Com
mon Pleas Court No. has indicated 10 Charles
II. Krumbhaar. state Superintendent of Bank
ing. through an attorney. that he will this
wrrk entertain petition for the appoint
mcnt Of n receiver for the Mutual Banking
Company. which is the local depository of the
Iron Hall. and with which Supr"m" Justice
Somcrby OF tho order is prominently identi,
He'd. if the deficiency of capital stock is not
made good at once.
That the affairs OF tho Mutual company are
destined to playa conspicuous part IN tho iron
Hail reccivership proceedings il "vli"nccd by
the secret and hurried visit Of supreme JUS
tie" Somerhy to this city YESTERDAY
To-day II was learned that tn" luSiice came
on for ailidayits Of the solyenry 81 'hn Mutual
Company. They are for use IN ia" supreme
sitting Of the Iron Hall n. indianapolis. and In
case the officers Of the bank are moi present at
the receivership proceedings will also be used
there.
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TRENTON. Aug o-Jonn T. Clancy. receiver
OF the Trenton China Company. filed bill In
the Court Of Chancery to-day praying to have
set aside as fraudulent the mortgages given
by tho company prior to it's failure to Jona-
than Steward. Thomas A. Bell. and Philip p
Dunn. directors OF the company. and to the
Southern National Bank tho Bank Of Am erica
and tho Western National Bank OF America.
$500 $50. *.
They purport to hnve been given to secure
endorsements and discounts given to tho COM
pany by the defendants. There are unsecured
creditors whose claims amount to $4,000,
and the receiver asks TO DO empowered to dis
tribute the money in his hands among all OF
them. The Chancello or will make an order In
the course Of Il few days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-10
JO7IISGS AROUr TOWN

Music in Monnt Morris Park this evening at O'Clock
by Eben's Seventy .tirst Regiment band.
stephen W Dorsey of New Mexico Is at tho Victoria
CONGRESSMAN James j. Bc!dcn OF syracuse Is at tho
Windsor.
Jeremiah Callahan, an actor, 81 years old. Of GS
James street. inmate Of Bellevue Hospital lie is
suffering from CONSUMPTION.
Pew 40 In Grace church was sold yesterday at the
Real Estate Exchange - Ihbrrty street for the estate
OF Mary Mason Jones Tor $500.
Eugene SOule a conductor on the cable cars
caught between last night at l6Ith street aud
Amsterdam avenue and severely hurt lie WAS taken
home.
Policeman william Gray was taken to Bellevue Hos.
pital Al NO o'clock last ght from his residence nt
ltS West Fourth street. lie WAS suffering from heart
disease lie died In the hospital fifteen minutes after
being admitted.
The new downtown passenger station of the New
York. Ontario and Western Hallway at the foot of
Frank lin street will he opened for business on Monday:
Aug IL. with ferry connection bet that point
Mechnwken The ferry service which has been ten.
porariy running between Weehawkrn and the foot Of
West Thireent ntrce VIII be Withdrawn after Aug u
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Professional Friends Anxious 10 Ease The
Lot OF tho Ex.Ch am pIop,


Billiardists Maurice DAILY and George slos.
bofea,y interested themselves IN
rion of wide renown in billiard circles. whose
mental illness has for Ave or six vaars mast nm.
fitted him for tho active practice OF his profess
sion. tits probable that whom cool weather
sets H. ana the great body OF tho billiard
be made for a public exhibition for the bene.
Joseph Dion is now under the medical car.
Island MACY sy ,me sn he OF the wares
hnmnn. ,.. .a, W." "" n"e '"hen a ueep anu
suS n5s1sss In tho sa case
Portable md hnnnx a. no.o,,io nion Uas
tuansso, a,a n ma Us possible. ZION was
had kept him at tho private institution for sew
further sojourn at Bloomingdale impossible.
Billiard plavers in town Who romsmhar th.
that physically he is as strong and as hearty
Dion who is living in this city. visits him reg
ularly, but DR.. Macy says that tho billiardist
many Other Patients around him. o and iy Where
uxurcs that rennat ha Stvs %. IAN NIUE
MI Dion was nrostrated s ac 10 a MY 10Y:
ba was IN fnn nrnposs ;on,i ~ tr;n1 ~ no
nevsr lost hs a. Fl Hstp ~ 'r,n anu ne nus
snvs that II r. wcra noSsih,s to .o.%ro h,iii"pa
I'm bie for tho az cSa m nInn be would ba cnrta IL
TO nrize tha nrseent and ancnra $500 d.oI 81 am
iovmant nut ~ n that his seoa,at en -
Would ba ab,e 70 shara Tharo IL NJ mraennt
No hi,;ord tab,o % VA gf ~ a. ptessteu ~
aincmit ~ ioi NAV az Mn,n asano anu ~ u
Billiard lovers viii douhtIess be :" rIoG 70 I'D
rnnsfsr of fss 10 tnse lund ior
Ha ,Sas fo .o aI 70 ~ ppi ~
sters AMI FLA wnn a,nonE liz pi. ta
nnngS "a a rao ,,o e,.o anu Get.oh were us
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NEW JERSEY PROHIBI7IONISTS.
They Sing. Nominate = candidate. and Raise
8ss1 for the Campaign.


TRENTON. Aug. 0.-The Now Jersey State
Convention of the Prohibition rarty WAS hold
in Masonic Hall to-day. About 500 delegates
were In attendance. Tending the appearance
on tho stage OF the temporary Chairman. a
quartet OF professionals sang Keep the Bail
Rolling" Tho chorus was very lively. and
the singers gave it with much animation.
thnsiasm. Women in the audience Joined in
the song. and some OF the more emotional
delegates shouted Amen
Thomas J. Kennedy OF Hudson re- received tho
goot134 votes The Rev. Dr. B,Graw Of Camden.
editor OF the Temperance fG1"ttr and solomon
Parsons Of Passaic ran against him. One bal
lot was sufficient to decide the contest. Graw
Withdrew while 1t was being taken. but. new
ertheless. received ~ votes. Parsons got q.
Robert y. White n New York real estate man
Ho called 1t to order. made speeches ut inter-
walls OF ten or fifteen minutes during the day.
offered numerous suggestions and many rsso-
lutions. presided several times. and In the
middle Of the day. while tho committees OF the
Convention were out comforting. he appsa ed
for money to defray the expenses OF campaign
and raised 1891.
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SPARES FROM THE 1ELEaRAPn

Max Psrsiki a wslLtnown barber in Danbury. Conn,
committed suicide by taking Paris green. He leaves
wife and two children. The cause assigned for the
deed Is dependency.
ON Monday night . landslide occurred on the Cen.
trail Railroad whtesburg. Section hands were In
. cut ht the time. Three negro lsborsrs were Killed
aud two severely wounded.
The Brooklyn Granite Company. which conducts the
Stony Greek quArries In Connect employing 200
men have given to the demands OF their ploy
aud the men have returned to work.
The Navy Department ha. decided to send the cruiser
Newark and the gunbUat Bennington to Genoa. Italy.
represent the United States In the Columbus cee-
bration there. Both vessels are 1T CadiA
Charles NJ Howe, real estate broker, has gone 10
Canada, leaving unpaid judgments against him in
Buffalo Of several thousand dollars Mortgages nled
against his property aggregate $4,000 Three bank
in BunG;o ors In JAmestOwn, and the SexboArd BaLk
OF New York are creditors.
George yiyemors 10 years old. while under the In.
huencs OF liquor jumped on the railroad bridge into
eighty FEET and was drowned. He started TO show .
com panion how well he could swim, and Jumped 90
Lsfnrs he aonid be nrsveptsd-
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ATTACKED BY HIS WIFE.
Mrs. welch Struck Her Husband tho
Head with Old Blunt Axe.


Head with an Old Blunt Axe.
David Welch. laborer who resides at Tip
perary Corners. Now Dorp. S. l.. was attacked
by his wife with an axe yesterday morning
while he was lying awake in his bed.
Mrs. Mary Welch has been acting strangely
for some time. She entered the room. waving
the axe in threatening manner. and struck
her husband several violent blows on tho
head and on the arms and back. The axe was
an old one and very blunt. or tho blows might
have resulted fatally.
Welch's cries OF murder" brought several
neighbors to tho scene. who succeeded in dis
arming Il the - woman: Wc b YES. Vas removed to
Mrs. Welch was arrested and taken before
Justice Kulmann Mt Stapleton. He held the
woman on the charge Of assault in the first
degree
She was committed to Police Headquarters.
where she will be examined to-day By Police
Surgeon John l. Feeney. II found insane.
she will be committed to an asylum. The
Welches have four small children. who have
been taken charge OF by Father Burns OF st.
Patrick's Church at Richmond. OF which the
Welches are members.
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COMING TO CONVERT NEW FORK
Tho Metropolis tho Chosen Field for the In.
Production OF q New Creed.

San Francisco. Aug. a.-Stephen Maybell.
one OF tho original sand lot agitators and Den.
his Kearney's first lieutenant. is now the head
OF now creed which no calls Heaven at
hand" 1t is formed on the plan Of the Saliva
ton Army. and Maybell calls himself General.
He has declared that tho Generals should be
celibates. but this rule he has now revised BY
engaging to marry Mrs. May Hansen. who is
the commander OF tho female wing OF the
heavenly army
Maybell proposes to have unique marriage
ceremony performed next week in Metropoli-
tan Temple. No priest will .of1lciate. He has
written a now marriage ritual. Ho will ask
the bride questions and she viii catechise
him. All references to poverty and separation
by death are omitted.
Maybell was divorced only week ago. He
has obtained many recruits. and proposes to
begin his religious army work In New York.
He has engaged barracks there and pro-
vided for street services with brass band &C.
comtaniment and gaudy, uniforms. MARKELL
is n good speaker. and has been connected
with many crank movements for tho last ten
years. Several years ago he was prominent
as candidate for tho Presidency at the Peo-
pies party Convention.
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eGnnects Mr.. Morse with any Of The Others others

oonneots Mr.. Morse with any OF the others
who are snspected OF the tr I'll. fi.a mne police
re yheofs
Lizzie borden alone. It H. strongly favored
by the Tss an e fh
which duplicates both Lizzio Borden and
They we're the only two persons in tho house
when Mrs; Borden was murdered. and the
sullivan girl was in tho house when MI Dor
zen 6sr was ked IVA. .af'g east on the premses
The. DEVELOPMENTS OF to-day have strength
ened this theory.
WHERE WAS BRIDGET ON SATURDAY N1aHT'
tn. authorities hay. realized shrt i. .zss
apart. Tho actions Of the sullivan girl have
Ss .Ss s Il. on a.
to ne ep nts the P pecc' Who're she wa. bstwssa
Mrs. Patrick Harrington ,mct her at 8 o'clock
ut the corner of Second and Morgan streets.
i've blocks from the 70 Srs
home. Bridget stayed there, until yesterday
ornnG when hs bS a9 w ths
III met Bridget on Saturday. night" said
Mrs. Harrington this afternoon. and she told
me that SHE was going to leave the Bordens;
! told her to come home with me. shs STAYED
ny hns, al OF nS nbat
o clock she and / went to the Borden house.
She was going to get her clothes and como
Dack Will me. iho poieo WOMAN Wv 'S'
Ibid she have bundle whom you met her. ?"
VI don't remember said Mrs. Harrington.
left he BORDEN house said the sa rsPG Mts uor
rington. hastily. - It. was dress she was
going to wear on Sunday"
Why should she want another dress II she
was not going out and did not go out =
II don't know" said Mrs. Harrington. =,
Tho police say that bridget sullivan brought
no bundle back to tho Borden house"
Mrs. HarrinCton's reply was evasive. She
Ireland. and have been In Fall River over
eleven years. Bridget sullivan is II cousin OF
4 point came to light tonight that throws
MURDER urd '.A" An oca Of one Of tn. banks here
pairing to mako a will and apportion his estate
He had gone SO far. says this official as TO
take number OF shares OF stock in the l'urtee
Safe Deposit Company and in. the Union Ma
his wife and two daughters.
This official says that he was going to divide
It on the ratio of twenty shares to the wife
and one share each to the daughters. II .
this and II she hated tho ono W no would bene-
tive could there bo
story came out late tonight that Peleg
Joseph Silvia at South Brayton. last Friday.
Two detectives investigated it and found 1t to
be false.
ordinance empowering the Chief Of Police.
billiard. to increase the police force to what
ever number he deems necessary to meet the
demands OF the Borden murder
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Policeman Whitbeck Of tho West Sixty
eighth street station had hard time arrest
ing Patrick Doyle at Amsterdam avenue and
Sixty-sixth street at o'clock last evening.
Doyle was suffering with delirium trsmens.
Two Of his friends came TO his rescue and be-
gan assaulting the officer Doyle wrenched
Whitbeck' s club from his hand and belabored
him over the head.
big crowd collected. somebody cried for
police, and half dozen officers came to their
fellow policeman aid The three men were
quickly overpowered. but they did not escape
without bruises. Doyle's friends were Mi
chael Cannff and Patrick Duane. Whitbeck
and Doyle were taken to Roosevelt Hospital
and had their injuries attended to-
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BROOKLYN.

The motion to continue the preliminary Injunction
In tho suit OF John AdAmson against the mon Rail
way Company wa. adjourned N the supreme Court,
John Erickson. aged 20 of 12o Cofoy street. Brook
Ign. was overcome by heat while at work on the Rich
ards street dock yesterday afternoon and diei shortly
after being taken to the Long Island College Hospital
Forty Italian shoemAkerS employed in the factory OF
ling place Broeklyn. stIust yesterday .ttsInoon be-
scheduls which they had presented to him on reurS
day Tbs 200 men In the other departments have nott
VIII 70 Out II: ! pI.s 20 ~ ~. Would - AID
to-day,
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Stole I.nces and Silk.

Charles A. Miller. II years old. n messenger
employed by Clcary 4 Jewell, importers OF
silk End laces at West Twenty ninth street.
IA locked UP on charge OF larceny. BY his
own confession he has robbed Cleary 4
jewell of $1,000 worth OF silk and laces.,
one nt pS s Vast 70 straet
also under arrest on the charge OF receiving
stolen goods, Cart Mclaughlin was notified
by Messrs. Cleary K Jewell that they were be-
ing systematically robbed. and Detectives
Madden and Sloan arrested Miller on sus-
picion
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A LAKE ERIE MYSTERY.
The Headless BODY OF . Man. TIED Up In .
Bag. Floats Ashore Near DunkIrk.

bag. Floats Ashore Near Dunkirk.
DUNKIRK. Aug "a grain sack containing
the remains Of q man drifted ashore about
seven miles west OF Dunkirk and two miles
west Of Van.B Buren,. on Monday. Aug. g. The
bag was seen by Mr.. Skinner OF Brockton. who
was passing along the beach. and he united it
to ascertain tho contents. He was Mortified to
find the remains Of human being in badly
decomposed state. Dragging the bag far
enough on the beach to DO safe from
Brockton. Supervisor OF tho town, OF
Portland. DIR. Dean tslephoned Coroner .Chas
Blood OF Dunkirk. who visited tho SPOT and
examined tho remains. which no found to DO
those OF a man OF apparently middle age. en-.
tirev nude. without any head and destitute OF
The large bones. especially those OF the legs.
were broken and sawed. as II for tho purpose
OF being hacked in the bag. Coroner Blood.
after noting n description OF the remains.
buried them on the beach.
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British Steamer Ashore ON tho Florida
Coast,

KEY WEST. Aug. 0.-The English steamship
Sapphire. from Cardifr bound to Vera Cruz
and loaded with a railroad plant. is ashore on
Fowey rocks. about 200 miles north of this
city. on the Florida east coash The captain
and four m on arrived here about o o'clock this
afternoon In u yawl boat and asked for assist
ance. which they secured. They report no
damage to the steamship as yet.
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A Permit to Transfer Riss,n,. BODY.

A permit was issued yesterday by the Health
for the transfer Of the body Of
Charles W. Riggin. the United States sailor
who was killed by the mob in Valparaiso.
Chill. Tho body is expected here to-day on
to PhsdeIphla wh.ps the fSner SG
will take place. The naval and g. A. r. posts
OF that city will participate in the ceremonies.
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OTTAWA. Aug. 9.--Premier Sir George Dibbs
o: New South Wales arrived in the city to-day
to confer with Sir John Abbott regarding
cable connection between the Australian
colonies and Canada. and also regarding the
projected line OF steamships from British
Column hia and the British possessions in tho
South Pacific. Premier Abbott is ont OF town.
and Sir George left tonight without tho OK
tralinn governments will contribute hand
somely toward the two services.