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The sun., 1892-02-14
BEGAN IN THE ELETATOR.
TAs Hotel Royal Fire Attributed to Hard.
ing's Search for . Gus Leak.


tits believed that the woman's leg and foot
ionnd among the Hotel Royal rubbish on Fri.
Gay belonged to one Of the bodies previously
found. They will be buried in Potters Field.
Miss Julia II. Fulper. who escaped with her
mother from the fire. used to wear n silver
J emblem won by her brother. William II. Full
per. at Princeton. for putting the shot. 1t was
Hound In the rubbish yesterday.
Fire Marshal Mitchell submitted his report
Ing 1t says:
a. ne conclusions arrived That the nre originated
SooI eeVator SHAFT at point above the firs oico
plooaoy In the vicinity OF the third floor. and that
ras caused BY candle used by the night engineer
shn, A. Harding. ~ or about the hour OF II O'Clock
~ mshl Tor the purpose OF examining and testing
connections aud the rubber ube connecting the
In S.u, hInp with the service pipe.
nsslne the latter. which WAS set In groove In
for. f,a o me shat the rame OF the candle, in
m su WAS run along the tube. II in this way IN
,nSS Vpuioh mat ono OF two things happened result
isst ~ ~, @ .ne Disastrous connaRratioI. Either small
Sins.r gas gas gnlted, escap!ng detection by the
with some Of the dry fibre OF ne wood or with
ins .uinGlaon OF fun and dust in the groove lenv.
fhs csphLk which In time Was tanned into name by
'ATTSaushl passing up the shaft
ss.kl. no drrbt whatever from the statements
~. oy lhe engineer and Ons Andreas oeppler that
n.h ~. "M burning nercey on tho upper noofs before
- "ea' any appearance on tho two lower floors.
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: rHs c,Ts FARM FOR THE INSANE
Mayor Grants Advisory Board Goes Out
and Takes = Look At 1t.

Mayor Grants Advisory Board Goes Out
and TAKES . Look At II.
y Mayor Grants Advisory Board. consisting Of
Elbridee T. Gerry. President Barker Of the
Tax De partment. Oscar Straus. ex- Minister to
Turkey; School Commissioner Lummis. and
: ex- Mayor Franklin Edison. which is to deter
mine the advlsnbility OF turning the city
pauper insane over to the care OF the State.
visited the City Farm for the Insane in Central
, lslip Yesterday morning. They were accom-
panied BY President Porter Of the Department
OF Charities and Correction. DR.. Alexander E.
Macdonald Of the Wards Island Insane Asy-
lum. and DR.. Carlos r. Macdonald. State Com
tRa missioner q %, 81 81 Ln1acy. The party inspected
af,In me farm and buildings and expressed them
, tnS place was conducted.
Ihe farm consists Of about 1000 acres. It
Mas purchased as an experiment during
mayor Edson's administration for $50, 900.
. ihere are now AOO patients. all mon. on tho
!!Afm. and they have $50 acres under cultiva-
tion. They do their own work. and there is a
snoe shop. laundry. and blacksmith shop on
!ne premises The patients range in age from
90 10 ~ years. and they are housed In nine
ohe-story pavilions- There is no overcrowd-
ing' The place Is in charge of DIR. H. O.
George Q. CALDWELL. It is expected that the
,nstitutlon Hslon Will be self-supporting In another
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DECISION OF TIE ROGERS CASE
The Question Was Whether Mrs.. Rogers
Adopted or Bore Her Chile.


PROVIDENCE. Feb. 13.-An important decision
was rendered In the Supreme Court to-day In
the celebrated case Of the relatives OF Henry
r. Rogers against Henrietta NJ Rogers.
Henry T. Rogers was one Of the best known
business men in the State. He accumulated
considerable wealth. and while pretty we'll
along in years he married good-looking wo-
man whom very few people hereabout knew.
She had a child which. 1t was claimed. was
procured from Boston lying in hospital The
Rogers; under the hhode Island law. carried
custody. whereas. had there been no child.
only one:thi ird Of the estate could have been
claimed by her Court and jury have repeat
edly deciIed that there was not sufficient evil
dence to prove the claim that the child was
not that OF Mrs. Rogers.
The matter finally came before the Supreme
Court in an appeal Of Abner b. Rogers for set
tement by equity. but the court now holds
test and dismisses the case. When the ques:
ton Of the pRrentage OF the child was heard
about dozen Boston witnesses swore the
ton testified she was the mother. A small for
tune has been spent on both sides in fighting
the case.
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Know. Too Much to Answer Questions.

little Hebrew boy about g years old. whose
friends apparently were desirous OF bestowing
him upon the public. was found on Thursday
evening wandering about Grand street. At
the Eldridge street police station he sat
dumb while the police piled him with aues-
tions and hot coffee. He was equally uncom-
municative to Matron Travers at police
his name was Louis He seemed to be able to
understand English. and sang snatches Of the
popular airs TO himself when he thought he
any questions. He was taken sick yesterday
and was removed to st Vincent = Hospital.
BE 10 nics-looktng boy. with brown hair and
blue eyea
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His Eye Wa Knocked Ont.

Little Ferry. N. j.. has a locality Of unenvi-
able reputation known as Castle Garden"
where free fights are Of frequent occurrence.
Some nights ago crowd OF drunken young
sters wero engaged In such n contest The
single simple rule that governed tho fray was
wherever you SEQ head. hit it," and one OF
the combatants struck another a savage blow
on tho eye with n heavy stick. The Injured
man fell with, groan. and an examination
out. This discovery sobered the fighters and
stopped the battle. The man was carried to q
saloon and a. physician was summoned. The
doctor said the chastly cavity that once con-
tnined the eye had not recently been emptied
of its organ H vision. The man whose face It
weie sober. AS "Glass.eye Louis" He has
carried an artificial eye for many years.
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OUR INTEREST IN Wards ISLAND.
Ought We to Undertake to Support Immi.
grants Who Promptly 60 Mad Heres

grants Who Promptly 60 Mad Heres
Emigration Com Il issloners Ulrich and Rorke.
Senator Mcmahon. Mayor Grant, and Comp
troller Myers had a conference Yesterday on
Senator McMahon's bill providing for the
transfer to the city Of l20 ncres Of land on
Wards Island. together with tho Verplanck
Hospital for thetInsane One Of the stipula-
tions in the bill is that the city shall support
the pauper insane who come here from abroad
for at least one year after their arrival This
clause was supported by the Commissioners
and the Senator. but the Comptrollor objected
cause the ground had been obtained By tho
has has, aircady contributed Is per cent, Of the
State taxes. a portion OF this money is used
for tho care OF the insane.
The Mayor suggested that the land be put
M at auction. He remark ed that an advisory
committee apponted to look into the case Of
recommend the transfer OF all the lunaucs to
State care. The conference ended without
reaching an agreement
An Injunction restra ming the Commissioners
from selling the Wards Island property until
they have paid S:3:,. .G37 which Is said to he due
the city. Inns been issued by Judge Beach and
served on them.
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George o. Clarke. appointed Nov %. 1882;
| Edward A. Dunham. appointed Dec. 81. 1870:
WILL NOT BURY HIS WIFE
Awaiting the Return Of Her Departed
Spirit for Ten Days.

MAIDEN. Mass. Feb. 1S.-In a zinc-lined
coffin the body OF Mrs. Sarah E. Bailey has
lain for ten days. awaiting burial Her hus-
band. John Bailey. is a spirtualist. and he is
awaiting for the departed spirit Of his wife to
return while the body remains In tho house.
The coffin was made by a fellow Spiritualst
and Mr.. Bailey himself hned 1t with zinc. No
undertaken was allowed to touch the body
The neighbors were not informed OF Mrs.
Bailey's death until her body rad been cold q
week. Then they were invited to participate
In a peculiar funeral service. They we're sur
prised to learn the next day that the body had
not been buried and that the husband had no
intention o! buryinG it soon.
The neighbors notified the police. and this
morning Chief Richards and Medical Exam
iipper iper DYreIl visited the house and examined
sition. They urged Mr., Bailey to bury it; and
IS long as please: and IF not going to bury
The officials say that there is no law cover
ing the case and the Board Of Health claims
that It can do nothing SO long as there Is no
danger, to the. health Of the people. Chief
states that In case OF a death an undertaken
must be summoned and 1t is proposed to take
Mr.. Bailey to task for the violations OF 1t.
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The motion Of Joseph Kerr to have the GUS
tody Of his fve-year-old daughter Florence
who was willed away by her mother. awarded
to him. has been denied by Judge Beach Of tho
Supreme Court.
Mrs. Florence Kerr who had son by a
previous marriage. died on Jan. 27 BY her
will she gave tho custody of the son to Mr.
Jacob Moeser OF "a Perry street and that of
Florence to Mrs. Moeser. Kerr had been sep.
arated from his .wife for nine months. All
were members OF tho Perry Street Methodist
Church. -
Kerr had procured for the production In court
ot Florence stated TINT Kerr had been dropped
from membership. in the church: that he had
not provided for his wife. who had to work IN
dren: that while She was III the church mem-
bers had provided for her. and that. Kerr had
not paid hor funeral expenses. Mr. Moeser
o.her member Of tho church who was amply
able to provide for hor.
The sun., 1892-02-14
The OAcial Axe Has Got Down to II II the
Cuaiom Houne Alnhahet.

The official axe got in It's fine work at the
Custom House yesterday. and twelve moro in
spectors Of customs were decapitated. They
have been on the list for this fate for several
weeks. The general charge against them was
inefllciency. They were pretty evenly divided
as to politics. but the Republicans on the list
have been classed as "deadwood" by the
powers The inspectors who were discharged
were: ..." ..'"'- &" .''r.--' F".
y George O. Clarke. appointed Nov. %. 1882;
Edward A. Durham. appointed Dec 81. 1870:
Edward H. Dederick. appointed Nov. 70. 1888:
William II. Guernsey. appointed Jan 3, 1882:
Joseph Hayes. appointed Oct: = 1887: William
X. lawson appointed Now 3. 1886: Theodore
GGoehep. appointed A Aug, =. 1ssa; sa william
T; Egan. appointed Dec - 1856: Peter F.
appointed Aug. II. 1886: William j. Mcmillan
appointed Jan 49, 1885.
These new appointments and promotions
we're announced: William H; Lersnsr. now
Jr.. now clerk class ]. inspector: Henry Walker
inspector: Isaac Harris. inspector: James A.
Cryan. now clerk and acting deputy Collector
to be chief clerk and acting deputy Collector.
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MURDERER COTTO RESENTENCED.
He Must ne Killed In Sing Sing In the Week
beginning March 3S.

Beginning March IS.
Jeremiah Cotto was taken from Sing Sing
yesterday morning to Brooklyn for resentence
to death for the murder Of Luigi Francolosa,
his fellow Italian ragpicker. Cotto lived with
Francolosa and the wife Of the Inter in IL little
shanty in South Brooklyn. He tried to induce
Mrs. Francolosa to poison her husband. but.
although she participated In the murder plot
she refused to administer the poison. Early en-
the morning Of July "a. Cotto and Francolosa
started for New Utrecht to steal vegetables,
While they were returning Cotto tabbed his
companion to death in a lonely lane on the
outskirts of the city. Francolosa had fifteen
been inflicted from behind. Cotto was pre-
pairing for flight with the wife OF his victim
when he was captured His trial in December
resulted in speedy conviction Of murder in
the first degree and he was sentenced to be
killed during the week beginning Jan. Is
The case was carried to the Court ~ Appeals.
but last week the Judgment was affirmed:
Yesterday Judge Mo9re I 81 fixed M the week week be;
Cotto in Sing Sing by electricity. Through
an interpreter Cotto said 1T was somebody
else who committed the murder" On the trial
he swore that he had killed Francolosa in self
defence
Tho lawyer who defended Cotto says he will
carry the case to the United States Supreme
Court, on the ground that his client was not
tried according TO the provisions o. the treaty
between Italy and tho United States. Cotto
was taken bnck to Sing Sing as soon as sem
tence had been pronounced.
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THUNDER sTORMs TO ORDER.
FroE Elihu Thomson Said to He Ready "a
Furnish the LlghtAing.

LYNN. Fob. 12.-Prof. Elihu Thomson. the
Lynn electrician. claims to have discovered
the knack Of making lightning. In few days
the scientific and electrical journals will pub
lish full details with accompanying figures Of
Prof. Thomson's latest discovery.
The invention is at present Of more scien-
tiflo than practical interest. although there
will be, plenty OF practical uses for it
eventually. Tho professor has succeeded
tremely high, potential discharges. In IN
arc ELECTRIC lamp the, carbons are perhaps
three ghths OF an inch apart. and In scarch-
light little further. Tho flame when they
are separated acts as a conductor. In Prof.
Thomsons new machine. however. the dis
tance Is eight inches. and no flame can leap so
far. The result Is that torrents OF sparks arc
ports like the rattle OF IA Gatling gun or q case
Of crackers. The strength Of Che discharge
machine. It has been suggested to, the Pro.
iessor that he form q partnership with Dyren-
forth. and that the firm furnish thunderstorms
to order,
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nIA an PA MINERS ALMOND MEAL
~ (The OrginaD cures Pimpes.
D uuvuu 6&VD Blackh-ads Rough SKIN. kc.
SUING FOR THE MONET SHE LENT HIM.
And Indignant Over tho Story That Sh
Was Married Before She Came to A me r,c,

And Indignant Over tho Story That She
Was Married Before She Came to A me rica,
The suit Of Lena Schenlitzer to recover $50
lent to Louis Rosenstock. before Civil Justice
Steckler yesterday, grew into an inquiry as to
whether Lena. who is 81 years old was maid
or a matron.
She came to this country from Austria at tho
age Of IL years. and became acquainted with
Rosenstock. In July last they signed be.
trothal agreement, known in Hebrew as Q
'tinoyum." Louis. she says borrowed vari-
GUS sums OF money from her. and bought q
sclf present able on the summer excursions
they patronzed. At the close Of the season he
cast her of az IL she We're summer girl.
Louis took the stand and said he was In love
with the girl until he received information that
before she came to this country. although so
mother OF two children lie said she ad.
mtted the MARI age and had said she had in
tended to get divorce He denied TINT no had
received money from Ior. and said hs had
given her valuable iewelry.
Louis Gerringcr testified that he had been
she had a family there. Edward Gerrineer
letter to her husband in Austria. informing
him TINT she desired to get u divorce.
Lena flurricd into tho witness chair. and in
Indignant terms said she was a maid. and
stamped false the stories of her marriage In
Austria. She said Louis had got up the story
free from her. She said, MS he WAS now paying
attentions to another girl
Justice Stcckler seemed nonplussed and re-
served his decision.
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MEMBERS OF RIVAL ExCHANGES,
Aud They Have Fallen Ont Over . Trans
action Involving $3.50.


Business wasn't in II as topic OF convcrsa-
tion on the Consolidated Exchange yesterday.
Every one was talking about Broker William
W. Hanly's controversy with Frank B. Whit
field Of the Stock Exchange. Mr.. Hanly is a
conspicuous member Of the Consolidated Ex.
change. and the rumor Yesterday that he was
looking for Mr.. Whitfield with a gun was posi-
lively denied by his friends MIR. Hanly says
he was damaged to tho extent OF $3.50 be-
cause Mr.. Whitncld refused to accept some
stock he had purchased for him. MIR. Whit
BY either party to the alleged transaction. and
he deEies MIR. Hanly's claim.
Nj Hanly says that on Jan. % Mr. Whitfield
purchased IRON him 100 shares OF the stock O:
the Consolidated California and Virginia Min
ing Company md agreed to pay at tn" rate. OF
81 a share. with the further agroement, that
price as commission Mr.. llanly says, how
Whitfield refused to accept it. The stock went
down and Mr. Iinnly lost $3.50. He has
brought suit through r $. Crane Of GO Broad
way. to recover this amount. and the Consoli
dated Exchange has grown feverish over the
cOntroN erSy.
The sun., 1892-02-14
Jealousy Cnu..s Murder and suic,de.

TOLEDO. Feb. ia newsboy. when deliver
ing an evening newspaper at the house OF
John Molloy last night. looked through the
window and discovered two bodies lying on
the floor. Ho informed the police and investi-
CATION revealed that q murder and suicide had
been committed. Alolloy ana his wife were
found dead on the floor. which was covered
with blood. The woman had ? bullet wound
the right temple and another below tho ear
They had been dead twenty-four hours
Though 72. years Of age. Moloy. had been so
jealous Of his wife, also aged ". that he made
her life unbenrable.
The sun., 1892-02-14
MEN BLowy INTO TIE WATER.
sorous Snow Squnll AstOnIshes the leo
Cutters on Lake HOpatconr.

snow squall swept over Lake Hopatcong
on Thursday afternoon with such suddenness
and fury that seven men in gang of ice cut
'ers We're blown into the open water from
Hhich the Ice had been taken. There were
tsilNty men on the ice field. and nearly all Of
tb,',i bw saved themselves from wetting only
X X throwing themselves fiat on their faces
thoWW tRboWn away from the big square hole which
narydWr tmgy mea made, Two horses were upset. and
quickly over, and the men who remained on
enc Held fshed their companions out OF the
Ss. s,er y, with their Ice hooks. The Thermometer
aS i Il ss e: sSss
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James Ritchie. % years old. OF Grand sire et,
Hoboken. is an employee In the Hoboken Gas
Works Yesterday afternoon q waste pipe
leading from drlppingtank at the works be-
came frozen. and Richie was sent to thaw 1t
out. He thrust a rcd;,hot iron into the pipe.
and the nnxt instant there was an explosion.
Tho tank was blown to pieces and RitchIe was
hurled a considerable DISTANCE and made I'M
tho hcnd and body. and was removed to st.
Mnry's Hospital.
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KIDNAPPERs FOILED.
Gunner ana RaymoaA Accused OF Plotting .
Disappearance sor Patterson.

Deputy Collectors Of Customs John H. Gun
ner and Frank Raymond sailed yesterday on
the Ward line steamer Yumuri for Cuba for a
three weeks rest from their official and politi-
cal cares.
They tried. It is said. to induce Jacob NJ. Pat
terson to accompany them. He had almost
consented to go when he was informed that
Gunner and Raymond. while pretending to be-
friendly to him. were really his enemies. and
TINT they intended to lose him In tho caves OF
tho Cuban bandit.
When charged with this horrible attempt
the conspirators almost admitted thnt tile
plot by saying that they thought they were
acting i9r the lest interests OF tho Republican
would prevail in the county organization.
The sun., 1892-02-14
An Evangelist Drops Dead.

SCRANTON. Feb. 13.-Col. Havley Of st. Bar
tholomew's Mission. Now York. early tits
week brought to this city Mr.. H. Z. Dews IN
evangelist who had been laboring In New
mission for drunknrds, which was opened with
public entertainment on Thursday evening
Mr.. Dews labored early and late all the week
store Of Hiil l. Connell this morning Mr. Dews
droped over dead. from heart disease. He
was 40, years old and had been an evangelist
for the last nine years.
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sober, but Crazy.

srEUBENvILLE. o.. Feb. 13.-Three weeks
ago Frank Barthold. a plssterer was taken to
the bichloride Of gold institute at MarysvilIe.
o. He was treated three times daily and was
cured of all desire for iltoxicants; To-day he
granted for his sdmission to the Central In
sane ASyluin ut Columbus Hs was perfectly
SAnO when hs went TO the institute.
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The,r H,beru. t,on RuA.ly D,s,urbed.

Contractor J. J. Carlock was digging in tho
frozen ground at the rear OF his house at
Saddle River. N. j.. "a few days ago when he
unesrthed nest of eighteen black snakes
sleeping the winter away. The reptiles were
az ssn aaf found mo e sffses sse$
hss sig ss.i :ss HsS q ss 9hSas h Tsns'd from
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sA. Ha. slept Eighteen Months.

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb 13-In the insane asy-
lum is q patient. Bridget Pendegrast. who has
not been awake for eighteen months. year
and half ago she showed symptoms OF
drowsiness. and despite all efforts she soon
settled into deep slumber. During the day
She sits in rocking chair near a window, and
at night is placed In bed by attendants. Her
force. Her only food is milk, OF which she
takes about three quarts day through u
silver tube In her nose that connects with the
as no effort arouses her. 1t Is not likely that
she will live much longer.
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A Bank with Too Much OF the Presidents
PnRrr.

MooIHEAD. Minn.. Feb. 13.-At meeting OF
the depositors Of the Merchants Bank OK
Congressman Comstock. the Chairman. was
authorized to appoint committee Of five to
an to hsEs the tsnE S int
the assets $14il41!. Tho bank holds Sl4l 900
Of President Bruins paper. besides HIS over
draft for S:4OOO. Thelndcbtedness OF Cashier
Kurtz is $4,000. unsecured.
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A FRIGHTFUL SENSATION.
THE AWFUL EXPERIENCE OF CHARLES
n HUysOM

he su6trcd for Ten Fears 'rtfh ohtd,rh and
became Confirmed u'h-breother he
Says Doctors Mccoy ond WS'd'nan Cured
Him.
Mr. Charles r. Husson Of tho nrrn OF Hussop, schnu.s
Co who keep n general store at Queens Long island
has written the following letter. doctors Mccoy and
Widman-Slrs II Is pleasure to me tn bear witness
to tho efficacy OF your treatment. which, trust has
permanently cured me OF that most disaVrceabe ot ali
dsensrs-CntRrrh For the past ten years have been
annoyed with catarrhal troubles lthad reached tha!
stnRe ~ here II had made confirmed of
me- The result was that on awakng IN the morning
my throst dry and and my head completely
st0pped which is frightfully unpeasnn seniatoi.
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DOCTORS Mccoy and WllDMAN,

OFFICES, 3 EAS7 49D STREET, NEW YORK
AND 1877 MONTAGUE STREE7. BROOELTN
where all curablc cases arc treated with success
II you live at distance write for symptom blank.
CONSUL TArlON At OFFICE or BY MAIL FREE.
Address all m all 10 Fast 42d street. once hours-e
to II A. NJ to P. NJ. 7to9P. NJ sundays 9 to IL A. NJ
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A.S .:s ssri i: s:ss::,; az. Sss:.ss 'I
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"when uncori unnte enough to contract slight
cold In the head. It would remain for period OF two
or three weeks spite OF all that could do Since
your treatment OF my case all "t these unpleasant cir
cutnstnnces unk to me. This is third and
last month OF Treatment. am! wr this III spirit of
thRnkfuness for the services yon have performed for
had never dared dream could enjoy. Doctors Mccoy
''CIIAS. H. IIussON"
Doctors Mccoy and wildman make speciality Of the
treatme mt Of af chronic dseaseA including catarrh
They furnish all medicines free and their cha rses for
treatment arc so moderate that they ara within the
reach of all.