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BEFORE A BLOW WAS STRUCK.
Capt. brooks and His Men break Into n
Snloon md Pre- vent n Prize Fight.


Late on Saturday night Police Captain
Brooks was surprised by the news that n
prize fight was to be held in Edward Ferriss
saloon at 1856 Lexington avenue. At mid
night there was a great marshallinG Of forces.
There were Roundsmen O'Brien and Mott.
Detective McCabe. and twelve men in the
ranks. with Sergeant Havens. noted for the
length and whiteness OF his beard, to give
dignity to tho expedition. Capt. Brooks COM
manded tho whole
The force reached the saloon at l A. NJ. The
doors were locked. as saloon doors are sup
posed to be at that hour Sunday morning. but
there were sounds Of revelry within. Detec-
tive McCabo tried to get in the side door, but
the side door. too. was locked. Three men
approached the saloon. and one remarked.
Lets 60 in and SEQ the mill" They knew
how to knock. and were admitted without
Detective McCabe. following closely man.
aged to get one foot in the door as It was be-
ing closed. Policeman Jones added his weight
m tGe made
break for liberty and hiding places.
There were two very light weights. two bar
through a closet window. while another made
sued baek BY o CAPTAIN Anothsr 0i Hid ue
hind the bar and many tried to carry tho main
entrance 5y Hsssns asssnl orc -,,,
the excitoment,, and swung his, baton with
great impartiality. Policeman Jones had a
swollen Jaw and detective McCabe has lame
arm. They say their hurts feel like the work
OF night stick. and that no one under a Ser
geant would dare mistake them for witnesses
or principals OF n prize fight.
No one escaped. Tho would-be fighters
were locked mp for trying to fight; The pro-
prietor and bartenders wero locked up for
violating the Excise law. and the spectators
wore, locked up for trying to witness fight
Arthur Morrison: aged ls years, OF 3O7 Fast
aged Is years. OF 1856 East 106th street They
were stripped to the waist. and a sawdust ring
had been prepared In front OF the bar for their
convenience. Outsiders say the fight was for
S25 a side and that spectators paid twenty
five cents each for admission The police
found n set Of two:ounce gloves.
In the Harlem Police Court Justice Meade
flned the lantams $40 each. He held Ferris
in 81 90 bail for violating the Excise law and
discharged the bartenders. The spectators
were fined 81 each. Each Prisoner had at
fine. No one offered, to pay for the fighters.
and they were sent down stairs to await the
arrival of funds or to work out their fines II
their friends forget them.
The sun., 1892-09-19
Commnnder.In.Chier Palmer Starts for
Washington.

ALBANY. Sept. 1s.-The Albany G. A. r. bat
TALON escort to Commander-in-C Chief John
Palmer to the National Encampment at Wash
ingtop left this morning with full ranks and
colors flying amid the congratulations and
good wishes OF hundreds. Escorted by the
Jackson Corps and headed by the Albany City
Band the battalion went to Gen. PaImer's resi-
dence and thence to the depot. where they
boarded train on the West Shore Railroad
and left for Washington. Thousands, of peo-
age. Before leaving the house Gen. Palmer,
on behalf Of Mrs. Palmer. presented to the
battalion beautiful flag. which bore the like
ness of the Commander-i in Chief In oil. Major
Macfnrlune RESPONDED for the battalion.
The sun., 1892-09-19

CHICAGO. Sept. 1S-The Socialists and hot
heads In tho Trades Assembly. with the single
exception OF Thomas Morgan. captured the
meeting OF tho assembly to-day. and decided
to boycott the Worlds Fair The discussion
arose upon the reading OF communication
from Secretary CuIp inviting the assembly
as n body OF organized labor to participate in
tho parade on the occasion of the Fair dcdica-
iomeroy declared that labor did not want to
parade before q body OF narr"w-mi
Fair should be- closed on Sunday. Organized
labor did not ask any fayors OF such hypo.
critics and prohibiton cranks. the chief among
whom WAS Elliott j. Shepard OF New York. It
was also asserted that labor had been ignored
by tho Fair management
The sun., 1892-09-19
MANY LIVES ENDANGERED.
A Waterman Accused OF Setting Fire to q
big Brooklyn Tenement.

John Manning. AZ years old. OF 1O1 York
street Brooklyn. was arrested last night
charged with setting fire to the fve-story
double fiat house 161 Front street. Tho fire
occurred at o'clock. and there was a small
panic among the thirty-oight families who live
In tho building. Manning rushed out when
the tenants did. and was pointed out by Sow
eral OF them to a policeman. who arrested
him. They said that they had seen Manning
go into the basement shortly before the fire
took place.
The prisoner is watchman for tho Clyde
Steamship Company. and formerly lived In the
tenement but was dispossessed. 1t Is alleged
that he threatened to get eycn by setting fire
to the house. Manning made statement last
night in which he said that he went into the
basement TO get some kindling wood which he
left there when he went away, and while there
discovered the fire and extnguished it.
The prisoners wife said that her husband
went to the house to call on a friend. There
was no wood there belonging to them SO far as
she knew. The fire did little damage.
The sun., 1892-09-19
% thermometer at Perry's pharmacy in THE SUE
ding recorded the temper yesterday as follows,
WASHINGTON FORECAST ToR MONDAY.

WASHINGTON FORECAST MONDAY.
For New England, continued fair. warmer weathss
except slightly cooler in extreme northern portions a
Name Newliampshtre. and Vermont; south west winds
FIR hep York. eoninf fair and oavm uealsr n.
e.t slightly cooler IN etrsms northern portion; souA 10 ~s
winds
For eastern Pennsylvania, New jersey and Dsls,
ware fair south winds
For the District OF Columbia and Maryland fair az.
cei probable showers on tho Maryland coast by Mon
day evening; variable winds
For West virginia. western Pennsylvania and west
ern New York. fair; west winds
showers have fallen in tho south Atlantic and east
Gulf states, due TO slight disturbance in the east
Guf but elsewhere the weather has been fair The
temperature has risen from tho central M,ssissppi
Na!oy eastward over tho lakes Ohio Valley and New
England 1t has fallen in the interior OF tho east Gulf
States due to cioudness and rain and in tho Missouri
Valley and Northwest; tho greatest fail 10. to 49, 90.
cuEng over the DakoaS The AIR pressure ia high over
the Middle aud sourh Atlantic States. ana a second
hgl area covers the upper portion of tho Mssissppi
and Missouri valleys. extending norIhward across Tho
border. Tie disturbance central north of Minnesota
aud North Dakota last evening. has moved eastward
aud is passing out tie st, Lawrence Valley No pre-.
"ptativn occurred ia .Lo un.rd States from TINS dis.
turhsnds. The pressure is failing over the western
saskatchewan Valley. hgt no threatening coalition.
are us yet reported Generally fair and oantiuued
warm weather Will prevail III IA. middle districts east
OF the Mississippi ami rlUivr far weather Tor the lax.
regions Showers WI! continue over the eastern Gull
States and will probably extend northwArd over sass
ern Tennessee and Virginia BY Monday syeainx
The sun., 1892-09-19

Woman W @ W Who w. d@ss it Isn't wea mem: she's
sticks his his feet into those shoes we cali cali
him a dude. Do you know what a dude is ?
He is boy that went to seed instead Of grow
Lord il. ! live till dude Kills me. old Methu-
SSpe spenEns XII ef shep Clergy ey he sad
Because mans preacher that doesn't
make an angel out OF him BY any means. If
on kome @ III lis ansn viii ass ses hs
wings amt spronted yet; used to think
pTsScheGs 0st wsrs angels but Two seen them
Now will speak about tho moral phase of
home life. foa W Tay ta forget M AL the rest q
cars how much money You are WORTH What
your name is. what business you do II
you've got bad, children at your house. Jor-
Of people in New York that. il they never folt
kf sss dog ut esy msn ss s9t G@ S soa IA R
and wife that he can't, bank Jordan's a
hard road to travel for that fellow.
children lies. We've all rot good G exampIe wl1 and
old elow in hs rs rgh g9i to
age him. though. Those parents run families
s HS ds dt of oHt Of New Iork
Look here. Tell you my doctrine.
Say. did you hear what your daddy said to
"'Yes SIR
."XSw' ..Xsx syy you're sure you understand mo?'
Nov, let mo tell you IL you do that again
there will bsa boXful OF monkeys down at tho
means. and they'd rather go fishing any tme
than 20 to the barn with. their daddy. j let
my wife do tho praying / do the hickory part
"Man comes and complains about his son.
tn, old unI IN n a., ROTH,
sir: sir he he an't got any daddy Go homo. nno' tax. ak
km@w @ S, once sSss said d 70 III" lis cId eo'0fea man
boy. yo is pig Dye knoww'ot pig
''.'Yes. sub: son of a hog"
In tho evening sam Jones took up the sub
jesst, again and spoks Of family relations
can one get divorced2 Most marriages nova.
days amt marriages at all-that's tho trouble.
him. k0 ys Sg III hSip Sps SAVE ssys Gs sbe Al f aG
friend of mine celebrated his golden wedding
recently, and he tSa and hls wife wi 6 seemed such i
his happiness. He thought for IL moment and
'"'A good understanding to start with. that :
woke up and looked at my wife. She wa :
awake. and aswo locked aroundthss room thern
ss your choice but say % wife To- SeheSssr 'SSs g6S
take now YOU ve got to stlck To- right.
says she. and she got up and took the dress
dress ever since. llaughter
Now about children. The farms the place
these town children worth killing"
He spoke on Tor some timo atter this. and
suddenly iooking Mt tho clock said:
It's later than | thought. Hut my serm on
is like a train Of ears. You can cut 1t Off any
where. and put the caboose on. Just want 10
good and pnre and let your nelghbor do the
same. II will be like tho man lighting the
lamps on broadway. One at a time they fla sh
up until at last they stretch out and meet far
II every home is good and sweet therell
be no, need Of going TO heaven. Wen be
do Just now. Imagine New York u suburb of
heaven! Why. there isn't a particle Of room
in the downward direction between New York
Tonight Mr. Jones will speak at the Brook
lyn Y. NJ G. A.
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A Kelley P..,en. Die. In an In.an. A .xl.m.

WHITE PLAINS. Sent. 1a-John NJ. Burtis 80
years old. graduate OF tho White Plains Kee-
ley Institute. died at the Middlotown Insane
Asylum on Friday night whore he was COM
mitted on Wednesday last as insane.
Burtis was we'll known at White Plains. and
moved in high social circles. lie formerly re-
sided at Scarsdale, whore he married dauEh-
ter of Mr.. Geo. Willets, IA wealthy farmer. He
was associated as a partner with his cousin in
large coal and feed business at Iarchmont
ON the Sound.
Gould Is. Sollick aged AZ years. who came here
intending to take the Kceley trnntnent. died
of alcoholism at tho Carpenter House on Sept.
.. James s. Herring. who had also como here
for treatment. died of alcoholism on sept l3
at boarding house on Court street, II was
treated al the Keecy Institute
The sun., 1892-09-19

An Ohio Sportsman Imports Five OF Thea
an Expe rIment.

An Ohio Sportsman Imports Five OF Then
Experiment.
Tho Thingvalla line steamer Norge. which
sailed from Copenhagen on Aug. 30. arrived at
this port last evening. She brings a consign-
ment OF five Lapland reindeer in charge OF Q
native trainer. for Charles Gelliland. n we'll
known sportsman of Dayton. The animals
stood tho journey WELL They will be taken
hence to Canada. pending tho advent of cold
weather. when they will be sent to Dayton and
put in training for a trial of speed against
some OF MIR. Gelliland's best horses. II sue
cessful, Mr.. Gelliland will try to mako reindeer
racing popular winter sport. Native sledgcs
ness used on the Russian stepp"s.
~ The Norge brought 754 passengers. DR..
because tho steamer touched at Christiania
and Christinnsand permission for him to land
inside the twenty-day limit will have to bS
procured from the Secretary OF the Treasury.
The sun., 1892-09-19
THROWN FROM MS HORSE.
Emperor william has = Hard Tumbles but
Escspes without a Scratch.

BERLIN. Sept, 1a-Emperor William was
thrown from his horse during tho manPuvres
near Anklam on Saturday. and narrowly es-
caped being crushed by the horse The En-
peror was accompanied by his War Minister
and by several members OF the grand general
staff He was riding at a gallop through a
Gad covered with high grass endeavorlng to
keep in view cavalry charge some distance
ahead. With his well arm he held a fold glass.
while his other arm rested helpless on the
pomme! Of his saddle. His horse stumbled on
the edge OF a ditch concealed by tho grass.
and before the Emperor could grasp the reins.
bowled over; Tho Emperor was shot over tho
horses head.
Tho horse scrambled up. bounded directly
over the Emperor. and bolted. The Emperor
rose laughing before the members OF his staff
rent and his uniform was stained, but ne had
neither bruise nor scratch. He ,ridicul cd the
anxiety OF his stafY. and refused to tako any
one Of tho profrered. horses. When his own
horse had been caught he mounted. and pro-
ceeded to discharge his duty as one OF tho
umpires
The sun., 1892-09-19
LIZZIE PEAK MURDERED.
THE SISTER or THE FAMOUS NEW
JERSEY MURDERER KILLED.
Stabbed By the Man with Whom She Hsa
Heen lAving-Je ealousy the Cause.-The
Murderer Arrested After y Hunt.

Murderer Arrested After = Hunt.
Mt. HOLLY. Sept. 1S-Between IL and I
o'clock this morning Lizzie Peak. % years OF
ago. sister OF Barclay Peak. the well-known
murderer Of Katie Anderson. for which crime
hc is now In state prison for life. was mur.
dcred by Wesley Warner. with whom she had
been living in Brooklyn for three years. Jeals
ousy caused him to take hor life A week ago
they camo to Mount Holly to attend the agri-
cultural fair hore Warner had refreshmen
stand and the girl stroled about the grounds,
Sho received the attentions Of young men. and
1t Is said that Warner was much angered.
Last night he went TO tho homo Of Lizzie'a
father. which is about mile out of town. He
found the girl had gone into town. and he said
ho would wait until her return He was asked
to GO to bed. but said he preferred to sit up.
Mr. and Mrs. Peak retired. and that Is the last
they saw OF Warner. They were awakened
1ater by somebody who carne TO tell them Of
the death of their daughter. Thcn the father
found that Warnor had gone. A large carving
knife had also been taken.
Warner had gone about an eighth Of mile
from the house and concealed himself. About
o'clock Lizzie. her two sisters. and three
young men came along laughing and talking.
Warner confronted them. and without q word
stabbed Lizzie Then he started for the 9th.
crs. Ono of the girls recognized him and called
him by name. and then he turned and run
toward town. Lizzie walked about 100 yards
and FELL Tho rcst OF tho party ran to her. and
finding that she was hurt. picked her up and
carried her to n house near by. but she died
before She was taken inside. On her neck was
wound three inches long.
The men hastcncd to Mount Holly for q
doctor AMI to notify tho police. Joseph L.
Brvan, who lives near the place. and into
whose house the body was taken. was lust re-.
turning home Hearing tho cries Of tho
party he pulled his revolver from his pocket
and started in the direction from which the
cries proceeded He net man coming on
run and who said: They tried to Kill me. but
l got away" Bryan hurried after tho sup.
posed ass aiantssbut had not gone far before
he di iscovered the true state Of affairs. The
murderer went to tho home of friend in
town and called him to get up. tolling him he
had killed Lizzie.
Go and give yourself up" said his friend.
and Warner left. but went to another house.
This morning he appeared on the street. and
Constable Brown arrested him and took him to
Jail Coroner Deworth viewed the body and
will hold an inquest on Tuesday.
The sun., 1892-09-19
whItr-hnIred aud - Suicide.

An old man with white hair and beard ana
poorly dressed was found by Policeman Muller
about 20 O'Clock last night lying face down
ward on the sidewalk in Garden street. near
Fourth Ilubul;on.
A patrol wagon conveyed him to tho police
station, wlrro ne died in q few minutes. A
small Nask. rarity lllcd with carholic acid
was found in the outside rocket Of his coat
city Physician simon saii tho man had taken
some Of the poison.
\ small memorandum book was found in his
vest pocket, and written on 1t were the names
OF Leon Thompson, Scranton, Pa; George
Beck, and James SghreIde Tho body was ro-
moved y Coroner ParsloW S und ortAa! DE shOp
The sun., 1892-09-19
spo1hrD MIR. 7HAcHER's CLOTHES.
His Hairy Trunk Looked Like u Cholera
COnvryance and It Was DIsIniccted.

COnvryance and It Was DIsIniccted.
CHICAGO. Sept. 1S.-On Friday OK Mayor
Thachor started from Albany to Chicago to
look after some matters at the Worlds Fair
headquarters. lie brought his hairy trunk.
which had travelled all over Europe along
and had it filed with clothes. He cnme By
way of the Michigan Central. Those customs
officials across the border spotted that hairy
trunk with its flaming labels as soon as they
saw it. 1t had suspicious and dangerous ap-
pearance. They jerked it from the baggage
car bored holes in the trunk and squrtcd it
full OF solution OF carbolic acid. To-day a
to the Auditorium. His clothes were ruined
His new fall suits were spotted where tho acid
struck them. and holes were burned in his fine
underwear. That is WIN Mr.. Thacher ap-
peared In only one suit yesterday instead Of
three as usual.
The sun., 1892-09-19
They Heat an Old Man.

George Zimmerman, II years old. OF 1874
Allen street. Charles Brengel, L. years old, Of
SIS Sixth street, and George Rocker. lS years
old. oil 80 Sixth street. woro held for trial
yesterday in the Essey Market Police Court
an aged Hebrew. OF 1876 LUDLOW street. Tie
three young men. who were returning from n
bali early yesterday morning. heat and kick cd
the old man without any proyocation. The
prisoners say that Middleman made mistake
when he identified them as his assuiIants.
The sun., 1892-09-19

woman cabin passenger on the steamship
Etruria. which arrived on Saturday. was ar
rested. charged with attempting to smuggls
in two trunks containing silvcrware. bric-a
brac and silks The woman went bitterly over
her detention. but refused to give her right
name or say where she lived.
The sun., 1892-09-19
a Runaway on Mott Street.

horse attached to 4 light wagon contain.
ING two men. George Miller and Charles Han.
son, truck d.iyels OF Eleecker street. ran down
and smashed tho vehicle. The horse was
caught at Peil street. Miller's shoulder was
fractured and Hanson was badly bruised
The sun., 1892-09-19

gone through with. Nancy Hanks to-day on
out Of 100 men ip this crowd would bring.
imProys menhood S,I, cod Pnd ,S wS1sS hood? o,,,o
Ssyo $ Tn evo Sa c %Ssn Sho did nais sfs
t%s agSp Ana W It BID b girl n the pSst 9Ss
ti9p, believe IN deyeopn
home. Ignorance ia what's matter with 1t.
4:
wouldn't know principle il YOU met Il com;
S s sticking es Thp Ill
is the same. II you talk about principles there
tss Il NJ parss Fl y s%s
at all that you can got them to acknowledge is
difference on the tariff: and some Republi
cans cans arc for low tarin and som. Democrats for
Nov listcnl There amt one voter in every
ty thonssnl thnt ever seriously read and
TnS,s aYsq, rsd s 1 II th sSaspSs nee tina.
,Thsre Isn't mt one In y 1000 in in this State TINT
looked he code q the STATE OF NeW York
s go Thf hs
an. and i,p Upward to better government and bet
The Republican, politician tells you this,
and all good Republicans applaud. The next
5 hs F has
speech. and while the i.ernblican spoke the
thing the biear-eyed fool. ' ''' '"' 'Ani'
d5eosF aa to he hrd
and like them. they will get to heaven. H most most
of them. but they will meyer get 70 Washing.
amt on the way to heaven any way. II we're @
going to strike q bes limo for heaven I'd go the
sba ar9Ee hSS oSriy S sIhek
for every time the Repnblicans and Democrats
act he rascal they act the fool and The fools
sySSrxaiy
We'll, you. say Brother Jones you won't get
there this year II wo can't stop the rod d-nosed
Democrats, and the swell-hearted Republicans
for they drink beer you know. and It Affects
their the q heart, and tn the Democrats drink whiskey
What We need more than ANYTHING else is
nr tat hoss ry vel ad tnow thas
swayed me for the last time. Ihsve totcd the
torch and burnt ny ny fingers, and howled my
ocrats in the South. Am less true to princi-
pie? No. Just found out my crowd got some
II was born Democrat raised a Democrat,
and never knew anything else TO be; but.
thank God. Pm regenerated now. Oh. you old
wen never nave
to repent OF having belonged to your crowd |
have, done heap Of things. but never got as
low down as that.
We need intelligence. Do you know that
the books n child reads will make UP his life?
wish every parent would get Tolstoi's What
To Do. or the Census Of Moscow He took a
moral census Of that town. and no learned a
few things that might do parents real good to
know.
:" Do you know what hog heaven is? Plenty
to eat and nothing to do. And there's many a
boy and girl in this country that Just lives in
out they will find they have butted them
against pig snont. for they're on level
worse on boys than 10-cent yellow, backed
literature Is on girls Many little whippoor-
will widow Is running around the country and
she was made one by that little novel wife
Only In Name Make this country Intelligent
Now listen. A man spends 'ty. third Of
his liiA In d chair Enu
The sun., 1892-09-19
Not the Kaiiroad President Who Was
Killed.

PHILADELPHIA. Sent lS.-The Samuel De
Courcy who was killed by train at Beverly.
\. J., last night. was not Samuel q. DO Courcy,
President Of the Western New York and Pitts
burgh hailroad. but his cousin. samuel W, De
Courcy. who resided in Beverly
The sun., 1892-09-19

~ S"Hs Soy
yoI.ro 10 years old,
you've sat in q chair
Twenty-Five years.
L ,ery sensible man
will get a comfortable
chair to sit In. A man
spends one-tnird of his
life in bed. Everygood,
sensible man will get
him u comfortable bed
to sleep In. Every man
spends one-third Of his
life on his feet. Every
good, sensible IN a n
will get him q good.
sensible shoe. / can
tell what o fellow has
got in his head by tho
kind Of shoe he wears.
Take a shoe with
tho heel In the middle
nN Il thn f1N,
The sun., 1892-09-19
Ensland and France iu Egypt.

PARIS. Sept lathe Memorial Diplomatique
says that the Earl Of Rosebery. British Min
lister of State for Foreign Affairs, is expected
to arrive In Paris shortly to confer with NJ.
Rbot AZ to the relations Of England and France
in Egypt The basis Of the understanding. 1t
is supposed. will be tho withdrawal of British
troops from Egypt in return for French con
cessions In Morocco oanaSewfoundland affairs.
The sun., 1892-09-19

Avoid Ice from Fil!hy Pools or Streams
By ordering from n Y. HygeiA Ice Co.. 52d st. ER1ys