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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-22
Lively Fighting In Brooklyn.

The Stag Athletic Club of which GENTLEMAN Jack"
Sicily. the boxer Is President held its second boxing
last night at the Grand Street Theatre
Wiiliamsburgh Mike Donovan. the veteran EXPERT
was referee, while Denny Butler held the watch
Johnny Dunn did the announcing. 1t was a good
show and tho several hundred spectators that packed
the gallery and more than com taby lled the body
of the house saw an entertainment at popular prices
far In excess so far ability was concerned of many
higher.priced Affairs of tho Kind.
Jim Gray of Troy and Billy TioFney ofSew York were
the FIRST pair They were announced as weighing but
g5 pounds each" In fairly good bout the little fel-
lows 90 ng at IL very earnestly. the Troy lad won.
Sul an next appeared and stated that owing to mo
20 with Kelly. and Aikens Will take on with him.
might knock my hand out"
"Swipes the Sew sboy' and JACK smith of Brooklyn,
who took Martins place. then went on smith was
too drunk TO do any damage and swip.s landed At
VIII. and in the fifth round SMipes landed fairly
hard blow and Smith went down. and while laying
Jim smith OF the n. A. C. disputed Rsferee Donovan s
decision. and in the argument which followed An.
swipes who bowed dramatically and left the ring.
Brooklyn 4. c.. and Moxe iiough. Heard A. G. came
next 1t was the continuation OF their former nstio
argument at the Amtys show last winter and for
six rounds. Patterson showed much more coverness
than his opponent and several sharp rae. caught
abrasons. and Patterson apparently IN obedience to
his friends cries Of Come on. show him where yer
live" 4c. went In and did such good twohAnded short
and long range work that Referee Donovan gave the
The event Of the night was t.nrognd night between
made Aikens bleed in the nrst round and forced the
The hsst round Kelly vent down and Atens punched
While down refeTss Donovan gave the night TO Kelly
and the police cleared the house. -
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NAY PROVE 10 BE A MURDER.
a Hungarian Meets His Death . Rail-
road Track In . Susplcious Manner.

A Hungarian Meets His Death . Rail.
road Track In . Suspicious Msnner.
NYAcK. July 21.-At about IL 55 on Sunday
night last. 40 train 81 Of the Erie main line
reached sterlington. the conductor and train
hands saw the body OF man lying on the
track. Stopping the train. II was found that
tho man was dead. He proved to be John
Torkovski. Hungarian. who had worked at
Tuxedo Park. Tho romans were taken to the
tower at Sterling station. and Coroner Conklin
Of Spring Valley was notified. He empanelled
o jury and adjourned tho inquest to Monday
next. On Wednesday the following story was
told by Mike Krnlak and the wife OF the dead
m st Ct SKR fnlss vs sna tire. friends all Hun
carians. started from kamseys Tor IaxsGo
early on Sunday morning. John Torkoyski:
in the afternoon. his mission being TO pay $40
passage to this country from Hungary. She
the and
to return shortly after dark. taking the rail
road track. both being pretty we'll loaded With
Torkoyski told kru!sk to go ahead for Tickets.
after ta 81 ,ss train
ground. and that going back he found him
w sna thSs station snd snd toand
70 Tor Rs Hns Tor help and to notify the dead
o %si vi" Fso s WIFE sns ss sen
to the tower. where the body had heen tax en-,
The case looks very suspiSious and foul play
Examining sfot The body. could find no marks as
though IT had been struck ~ tram. The
only marks were truise on the toreheiad ana ana
fingers OF a man.. The doctors opinion is that
death was caused By conclusion Of the BRAIN
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HIS CREDITORS MOURN.
Col. Knowlton Leaves Many Debts and .
Girl W " ouidn't Marry Him.


COLUMBUS. O.. July 21.-Col G. F. Knowlton.
Worlds Fair Commissioners for Ohio. has left
here. and various people and firms In Columbus
now mourn his departure. The good-looking
Colonel came here in January as the agent Of
the Worlds Fair Cooperative Bureau and rent
ed desk room In Gen. Powell's office in the
Wesley block. and secured board and lodging
IN flrst-class private boarding house. saying
that he intended to remain in Columbus
eighteen months. He then advertised
for a young woman stenographer. type
writer. and general clerk. and an answer
came from Miss Annie Miller Of Anderson.
Ind. who received the place: Miss Miller
proved to BIO a charming and accomplished
over. fell in love with her at first sight. At
first his success as a wooer was only indifer-
co be eod 20 her
consent. In the mean time Miss Miller had
moved to Chicago,
Ind. and by representing that he was wealthy.
ot s ths ths to
him at Elwood. Ind. and marry him there.
derson. and having found out some Of the
Colonels peculiar business transactions, re-
turned the money and refused refused to marry him.
leaving debts due to every body whom he could
induce to loan him money or give him credit
for goods
Tie Chicago bureau. which Knowlton repre-
sented. is Incorporated with capital of $780,
900. and has at his head some of the most
Chicago. Notable among them is the Presi-
dent. ex-Gov: John l.. Beveridge Of Illinois,
and Gen. A. L. Chetlain. formerly Consul Mt
Bank OF Chicago. When matters got too warm
for Knowton in Columbus q few weeks ago q
son OF ex-GOv. Beveridge came here and at
TEMPTED to stra ighten up his crooked affairs
and get a successor. Gen. Eugene Powell will
probably take up the work Of the bureau here.
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AeA1rsr Ia nEeALoyurA.
Justiee Andrews Says That The Act PR
hlhiting Her Dancing IL Constitutsousi

| Jsstiee Andrews Says That the Act Pro-
| hihitine Her Dancing II ConstitutsonsL
The constitutionality OF section 200 Of the
Penal Code. under which Mrs Charlotte Ever
was arrested for permitting her seven year
old daughter La Regalonclta to dance in King
Kaliko." at tho Broadway Theatre. on June 8.
| has been upheld by Justice Andrews OF the SUI
preme Court, who has dismissed the writ Of
| certiorari obtained by Mrs. Ever. II was oon-
tended by her counsel that the act in prohibit
ing children under fourteen years OF age from
| dancing. infringed on parents right to tho
services Of his child. and abridged the chids
right to pursue vocation. 1t was conceded
that the State had the rightto prevent children
from taking part in indecent or immoral ex-
hibitions or in any employment which was in
furious to health.
Assuming" says the Court. that in the
present case and In some other cases young
girls may be exhibited as dancers without in
jury to their health or morals. that fact does
not tend to establish that the act in question
is unconstitutional. The Legislature is vested
with the entire police power possessed by the
mined that it is Tor the rest interest Of the
state and Of young girls that they should not
as L. GGrf s s ns ns
Is not subject to review BY the courts upon the
ground that the law iniEinges upon the rights
Is Soation Of the liberty Of the chiid the
Court says:
This claim seems to me to have no founda-
ton whatever. In this state. and In every
other civilized community. children are under
cannot make contracts. their earnings belong
to their parents. to whom also they must rem
der obedienGe They cannot marry before GER
Intoxicating liquors nor to attend theatres
except in company with adults. and the male
infant Ia not allowed to vote until he reaches
the age OF twenty one years. In view OF these
and many other restrictions which have been
i'm posed upon the liberties OF infants 1t IL
certainly a most extraordinary doctrine. and
one which finds no SUPPORT IN our Constitu-
an inalenable right to publicly exhibit them
selves rs dancers. Of which they cannot be de-
prlyed ~ an &C, OF the LeE,s ,tio e.,
for trial in the police court, but was paroled BY
Justice Andrews in the custody OF her counsel
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h sSs se a.. q. r -.
talking about other things. She did not see m
the way When Chief DAVIS samo 70 arrest ons 81
her he said he did not know how badly Frede
W. Wen, cut s sIsa AiSs spehSd and said
wore thumb stall. She cut her hand with the
razor. and the thumb stall was saturated with
blood from her hand and from Freda's throat
box with her keepsakes. / found II there
What L was and why she kept It. She replied
that she vented to keep II because Il had her
the next day and found her reading a newspa-
per account Of the murder aloud to Lille
Johnson; She laughed over 1t. made all sorts
o. o.. rem y, about II and acted as though she
She still remains Indifferent to the result
OF her trial Often. whom the case is being dis
cussed: she will go of Laughing. or singing or
asked before the trial when It would come e up.
as che wanted to have q new dress for the oc-
to her appearance at the trial thnn in the re-
After Miss Matte Mitchell retired the frst
legal battle OF the trial began. Heretofore not
an objection on either side has been raised.
but when tho opinions OF the experts on insan.
case. the. Attorney. General objected on the
proven. and he woui d object TO the jury hear.
Ing the hypothetical case. The jury was dis
The states case shows that Mrs. Mitchell
WAS violently insane after a childbirth thirty
seven years ago: but has had no recurrence
to sunstroke. thus knocking out the hered-
itAry theory.
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TEXAS STEERS RUN HILD.
Fruit Stands and Boys Knocked Topsy
Turvy BY ~ STAMPEDE In VILLA msburgh.

Fruit Stands and Boys Knocked Topsy
Turvy by ~ stampede In VILLA msbursh.
Aherd of cattle became unmanaCeable early
yesterday morning. after being landed at the
foot OF North Eighth street, Williamsburgh. and
stampeded through the neighboring streets.
Lack Of water and long confinement in stock
cars had rendered the cattle almost wild. They
were in charge OF five mounted men and no
trouble was experienced until the neighbor-
hood Of North Second street and Bushwick
avenue was reached. There the stampede be;
gan and the furious beasts rushed pell-mell
through the streets. which at that hour were
crowded with factory hands going to their
work.
dashed the hrutes. led by an immense steer.
who with his horns oyerturned several ever fruit
GConnor and Beniamin Bush. living near the
II bruised. Williams Edwards: one OF the
mounted men. was pulled rom his horse and
he had Iassoed Several policemen discharged
their revolvers Mt the cattle. but this only
seemed to intensity the stampede.
The cattle were finally corralled In the farm
lands between Masperh and Meekcr avenues.
They were consigned to Plant Bros. wholesale
hutcherS.
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KINGS COUNTY.
Games or tho United brewers.

At Ridgewood Park. Brooklyn. yesterday the United
Brewers Association OF the State OF New York held
the anLuA festival and games 1t was estimated
that over 800 pers attended the Affair Tbs events
resulted this;
One hundr red yard Dash. Final Heat-won by Michael
Nucahey. barry A. A.. wtih James Fitzgerald. barry
A. A.. second. Time. IL "a seconds
OHaoran. Irish American A O. with put ut ~ feet
u inches: Michael Mucahy, Barry A. A.. Was second
with u put of ~ feet ~ inches and Matthew Cune OF
Brooklyn was third with 80 feet u inches.
one hund res, and twenty yard Hurdle Race-Won by
Michael oIIalloran rtshAmerican A. e.. with Mat
Barry A. A.. third. time. ~ seconds
Throwing Fifty-six pound Weight. Ecratch-won by
Michael O'liai!orsn with Michael Mulcahey second
and Henry fronhel Brooklyn third Distance. ~ feet
inches.
Running High jump. scratch-won by OHaIoran
with leap of feet inches: Michael Mulcahey was
second with o feet inches
Matt cIuno second and Ohailoran third, Time. 90
seconds
kunning Hop. Step. and Jump. Scratch-Won by
Michael OHaOran with leap of 81 feet 10 inch
Michael Mucahey WAS second with 30 feet in hes,
and John Stevens Brooklyn. was third with 81 feet
inches,
Onrtnile Scratch Professional Race-won by limo
thy Regain, with Peter Heggeman second
The special stellar attraction. the loot ball match be-
tween the Irish American Athletic Club
old opponents the william Barry Association OF Jer-
ssy City. followed IL for gore throughout, the
AmsfiesnS DEVOTED their snorts TO individual psy,
laWlSiSI { gsSl Aaa BsipiS
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AMONG THE YACHrSA1M:
Cruise Of the New York Yacht ClaN

Cruise Of the New York Yacht Cub.
Commodore Elbridgc T. Gerry OF the New Yssk Yasas
Club has assumed command OF the squadron. aal -
reapponted Stephen Peabody Fleet Captain. VIA b
compliance with his request has issued the following
general order reference to the annual cruise Il ~
club in August;
The vessels of the squadron win rendezvous q 0isa
Cove on Tuesday, Aug. 2.
Captains will report aboard the hagshfp - tas
same morning ut II O'Clock. when future movsnsats
of the squadron will be considered. Yachts viii b IN
readiness to start signal from the flagship imne.
diately after the meeting II SO ordered.
The race for cups presented by Capt. Ogden 0ssise
MI ,Shs pSSs az Newport on Friday Aug D. u.i'ss
during the cruise the Owl and Game Cook solsss
will be raced for by tho ed gigs and
cutters and dngies belonging to the yachts OF the
squadron and the holders will DO subject to challenge
at any time one days notice.
There will also be for the steam and naphtAa
launches belonging to the squadron. tho time oondi.
tons, and prizes Of which will be hereafter announced
by the Conn odUre.
.The ,utine and rules contained in the Club Manual
will be observed during the cruise.
The time OF yachts competing In squadron f0No
will be taken BY the judges boat which win carry the
American ensign nt the fore previous to tho start
THE orders for the dav W be signallod BY the das.
ship each morning after colors Practicable
At ali times during the cruise Tor any Information At.
fecting the movements OF tho squadron.
Captains further requisite during the cruise
utilize as far ~ practicable the stations and landing
other facilities Tor the purpose.
=" Yachts when In squadron will take their ships'
time in striking bells from that Of the flagship aAd N
no case anticipate IT,"
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Mr. Johnson sits In the court room day after
day with bowed head. which he rarely raisos.
He has lislcss air. and he and Mr.. Mitchell
arc tho objects OF much sympathy. Alice
Mitchell is rs clipper as n lark. The trial Is
no of,lra! to her and che comes up fresh every
morning. During M interval Of court to day
she converted In an animated manner with
her brother Robert, and smiled ae though not
ccaro was on hcr mind.
Gen. Peters bezan his cross examination Of
Lille johnson Nv requiring her to repeat all
the details OF that drive which ended in Alice
Jumping from the buggy and cutting Freda
Wards throat. Alice. Lille. and the little
nephew OF Lille started up town at $3.50
o'clock on tho afternoon Of Ian. %. They
drove to tho office Of Lilies brother. within .
hundred yards OF the Post ONCE. remained
there about fifteen minutes. and then started
back toward Lilies homo. According to the
witness. it was when half way me that they
met the Ward girls and Miss lnrnell going to
tho boat. Alice at once turned the horses
head and followed them. Once the buggy
passed them. when the girls afoot turned into
Second street. whereupon Alice again turned
her horse and followed. =.
sshe, did not ask Alice why, she turned
that Alice suggested going to the Post
ONCE to see if there was any mail for them.
When further pressed as to What she
rset she replied that she new then Al Ice was
Nor three times not TO DO %. as the Ward girls
hs n h es I'D shs @ssd to
answered her last letter and had not called on
her during her Memphis visit and that was
r. only cause OF unpleasantness between
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FOUR WORLDS RECORDS BROKEN.
wheelmen Prove That the New Maryland
Wheelmen's Track IL Fast.

BALTIMORE. July 2l.-This was great day
for the Maryland wheelmen. Their new track
proved itself one of the best in tho country.
there being broken on it four worlds records
the one. two. three. tour. and five miles tam
dem. Dorntge and Penseyres did these dis
tances in the following time respectively:
Two miles In 4:46 4-5. three miles in 7:l4 3.5,
four miles in 9:4l 10. and five miles in 1914
flat. The latter breaks the records Of 1885
made by Zimmerman and Bradbury in Eng
gland by AZ seconds The other races resulted
as follows:
Onemile Novics-J. B. Corse; Tonawanda Pa. nrst:
Glass Eek. Baltimore. second. Time c:52 10
nrst: r. Lnpian, wilmington. second Time. -! 30
W. H. Renseyer second. Time. !5S As.
Half Mile scratch-H c. Tyler. springfield first; l..
D. Munger second. Time IA 80
One mile HAndicap-N II. Van Sickeler. Chicago 80
yards rst: c. Graves. Springfield rs yards. second.
Time. 2 26 20
second. Time. 2:32
80 ards nrst; ". s.Campbe, NJ A, C.. rs yards sec
ond Time. l:07 SO.
Ouarter.mile Scratch-P. J. Perlo NJ A. c.. first; @.
p. Taylor. NJ. A. c.. second. Time. So <.5 seconds
Two.mie Handicap for Maryland Riders-JM White.
ouarter.m,ie, iiandicap-w. II. Nulikin. Baltimore.
so yards. hrst: Campbell 10 yards. second. Time.
88 4.b seconds.
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KEEPERS HAS A RECORD.
His Father 10 Snid TO Have Spent $4,000
Getting Hin Out Of Scrnpcs.

His Father 10 Said TO Have Spent $4,000
Getting Him Out of Scrnpcs.
Capt. Mclaughlin took to Police Headouar-
tors yesterday morning Henry Mason. who was
arrested on Wednesday for giving to Jeweller
John Il. Keim Of II East Seventeenth street
bogus check in payment for about
$1.40O worth Of jewery. Insnector Steers
recognized him as Joseph Keepers. Jr..
who has been arrested frequently in
tho past fifteen years for .swindling. His
of Newark. The police declare that the elder
Mr.. Keepers has spent about $4,000 getting
his son out OF scrai es.
Keepers was indicted. the police say. in 1884
for obtaining from Neresheimer ~ Co.. dia-
mond brokers OF 81 Maiden lane. 81. 100 worth
OF diamonds under false pretences. He was
not arrested until Sept. 30. 1885. After he had
bsrn time in prison a new trial was ordered.
but he was never retired In 1888 he was ar
rest ed in this city for swind ing operations In
Baltimore. He was taken to Baltimore and
sentenced to prison for three years and a half.
Frank Nagie and Edward .Hardman. two
Chicago crooks. worked with Keepers in ] ss4.
The three wore arrested for swindling people
in Chicago: but Keepers was disc harged. The
police say he has been arrested In Pittsburgh,
Wilmington Boston. and Baltimore.
Keepers was taken to the Jefferson Market
Police Court In the afternoon and held In
$1,000 bail for trial.
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New York Yacht Club M.st,.x.

The usual summer meeting of tho New York YaeAs
Club was held yesterday afternoon at Dslmonicos
Broad street building. Commodore Ebrdge Z. Gerry
presided and j. v. 5. Uddie acted as secretary.
Ex-Commodore s. Nicholson Kane. Chairman Of the
Regatta Committee. reported that tho steamer Wyn.
dert starn had been chartered for OF the clubs
members who desired to witness tho rendezvous OF
the fleet at en- Cove Aug .. when tho club starts
on its annual cruise down tho Sound: also that
steamer ad been chartered for Aug s or O. whom thu
races for TN Goeiet cup take place OF Ne wport,
The club Will also charter a ste take part IN
the naval parade in New York Bay Oct, ii, The
committee having charge of the presentation Of the
silver trophy which the club will the United
states cruiser New York will shortly select day for
the ceremony.
meeting OF tho feet Captains will be held on board
Of the flagship Electra at ii N. Aug. lust pre-
vious to starting on the cruise The following nav
members were elected: q. Weaver Lopez, Lloyd Aspin
austen william R. sa5., Willard nfaS Ward SS drsns a
Schley. +. 4 Gilbert. William II. Taller, Oliver j. 0sef
q. Creighton Webb. Eugene Kelly. Jr.. George Floyd
Nngut. Lieut.. j. n j. Kelly. u. +, NJ: Commander p
chell. John g. Agar. Nathan ID. BILL John G. FurmAn
cthaa%%neey Marshall Willism 4 Hazard. st.~sri
son. Jr. liza N. Cling. John f. Dwight Lent James
Waterbury, Capt, j. r, De Lamar. A. 4: Xust!n James
Edward Tofree. U. ": Duncan S. Ellsworth, Thomas
G. Condor. Thomas $ Rodgers. U. ). n.
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The suns s.,ds to New York.

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Suggestions 10 siohtseers and practical irJorma-
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HER MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.
Miss Baker says Her Agent Has Robbed
Her Of $1,000.

CHICAGO, July 21.-Miss Baker Of Boston. q
rich spinster. three years ago engaged T. g..
Spofford broker on the Open Board OF Trade
here, as agent. He is said to have embezzled
nearly $4,000 from her. Some weeks ago
spofford was missed. and Miss Baker. on going
over her books. found that a goodly portion OF
her fortune was gone When satisfied that
the fellow was an emhezzler. Miss Baker
swore out q warrant for his arrest. He was in
dicted by the June Grand Jury. but escaped its
officers until Yesterday. when he was arrested
at Portland. Me. He will be brought here for
trial. Miss Baker -aid to-day:
"Spofford owes exactly $15.a8S, I COM
menced Specializing through him two and a
half years ago. made O fair profit and en-
tered into larger deals until had S11 200 In
vested. A good deal OF this was compelled
to use on account OF the Barring crisis the
shipments OF gold and other matters. In Janu-
ary last had a margin Of nearly, $4,000. That
has since been reduced. but still ought to be
own speculations. teleGraphing him ,instrue-
lions when and what to buy: Peopie have ac-
nonsense. respected spofrord from the day
] met him ut the Sea Beach House In Santa
Gs thre Wnos FS wsn ssw h%
he went hunting and had two fingers shot off
Twas stranger to HIM but c adn ar 2 his
could never believe that one for whom had
done 80 much would defraud me.
whom have lived some time during the last
two years. persuaded me to continue my in
vestments. She is Spofford's sister. Her hus-
band, C. II. Fiske. is the proprietor OF n hotel.
have since learned that Snotford was clerk
there for two years and didn't ACT exactly
ali the difference between comfort and econ
omy."
About June Is Spotford was missed from his
have his mail forwarded to the Post Office in
New York city Failing to receive a reply to
only to find that the man whom she had be-
frie. led had robbed her. She engaged eH-Gov.
Hamilton to prosecute the search.
Spo!IDrd came to this city two years ago. and
at once began Specializing on the Open Board
Of Trade. He evidently got on the right side
plenty OF money. It is said that he was en-
gagged to a young woman at Argyle Park.