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The sun., 1893-12-22
To Relieve without saam,ur.

To THE EDITOR or The SUN SIP: The an,
tlcipation OF mllw!ntsr distress among the
wage earners Of this city Is now fully realized
and the outlook for tho next two months
fraught with the Rravest apprehensions Since
the LIST OF October We have been extending In
relief more than twice as much al during tho
corresponding period OF last year yet this pro-
vision is now quite inadequate to meet the
growing distress.
The situation demands heroic measures. and
the Association for I'm proving the condition OF
the Poor the only general unsectarlan relief
society In this city, appeals through YOU to the
philanthropic public for the sum OF $50 900 as
urgently required to he expended in mate erial
relief conditioned only upon real need.
While realizing the danger OF paupprl7Rtion
we believe very many OF those now suifcTing
are not such ns Will sacrifice Sc ef-reSpect ~
tne acceptance OF TEMPORARY relief our wags
Garner Is no: transformed into a meniicaut Ey
kindly assistance privately supplied in u mo-
ment Ut dire necessity and. moreover the
question o. the hour II one ol existence nor q
fund Will be attended By no ruhlir,tr We
shall not omen deFOts for tndls'TImIna'e char
ity, nor invite applications. aud -hill rarH'u.lY
avoid any measures likely TO attract NaErant'
TO the city.
We are confident that the present machinery
ot the ASSOCIATION, with some HuutiI"h" 10 thc
Board nt Ni-itors Will he e lun 20 th" occasion
pTesented hy this unns s4a. ,us.- ant we De
lieye we can act as tho pUbllc - tuoaef Win
N tnlmuIn OF waste. ,
contributions IN money chcck may 30 sent
street and ErocerIp~. c!uth.ng bedding, 40.
10 suTpiY Department, st tOu!th avenue he-
spectluly yours, -.-...... t,..-tt..
WuIrAN A.. H.rNlrNGrH>. u. y. II .NIN T.
CR,MIfrN. N. u. JA"rs 4 : EY M-rE WILLIAM
g. Ii,Mu .uN. Juu> IHro,. Nlce-rres!ients.
The sun., 1893-12-22
Cor,ril aud I'epn.yIsaal, wm DeS.t-.

Cornell University and the University Of
Pennsylvania have formed Permanent dual
league for iOint debate annually on topics of
the day. The arrangements were made yes
tcrluy al a meeting II delegates at tue IloiI-
man House Prof. duncan {. Lee professor OF
OratOry 10 Cornell pTesidinG. The delegates
VINO NerS elected by ths students WyTs
Nc~sr-. M.louuy Law School; Goldman. -
ana lfrTTick. 'O4 from the nlyersty uf Penn
eylyaula. and Prof, Leo and Messrs, WebDer.
.I4 and stern no from Cornell Tie debates
viii be alternately al Philadelphia aud Ithaca.
tho Institutions being represented by three
dehateTs from each and the SUBJECT to he 80
cill political. or economical The debatsrs will
BIO chosen BY competition. The iiTst debate
will be at Ithaca April ~ next, Cornell To
lls side.
The sun., 1893-12-22
ANxIOrS FOR HER SAILOR IorER.
Sophie Stenrns's Sweetheart 10 on Board n
Disabled Steamship.

Sophlo F"ertnehrt ~ ON
Disabled Steamship.
pretty German girl appeared at the MARI
time Exchange Yesterday and tearfully asked
for news OF the tauk steamship BUrgermeister
Petersen. which has not been heard from
since she was rassed. with her rudder and
rudder post gone. In midocean on Dec. 10.
The girl said she was Sophie Steifens. lS
years old Of union Hin. She is engaged TO be
married to Carl Bodenheim. a sailor on the
BurGermeistor Petersen. The steamship was
expected to arrive at this port about ten days
ago and Sophie aud Carl were to have been
married on Wednesday night. Sophie has an
Impression that Carl has gone down with the
BuTgermester Petersen.
lie and the tank may be all right. The
steamer mey have run out ut coal. aud. after
burning Up her cabin fittings and furniture
may have set sail aud driitel down toward tho
Azores. The news % her mi~hap was brought
here by the Cunarder Etrura which passed
her in mdOcean on Dec. a. Four days later
the steamship Lancastran which ar
rived ut Boston from Liverloo On
Friday last, passed her. steering with
a Jury rudder. Sn. seemed to bc making fair
progress ia the high sea that was running.
Her skipper, capt Bungcr. asked the Lancas-
trian to tow him in The Iancastrian signal ell
that she was short Of coal. aud would he Just
able to make port herself.
The BurgermeIster Petersen was built hy the
Armstrong; In 1881, measures 2!tl4 tons and
is owned in Hamburg 10y Il. J. H. Steiner She
has crew OF about thirty-iiye men.
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HAMMERED uEH HrsBAxDs HEAD.
Mrs. Merlno Dressed In Mans Clothes
and Used HE Club.

PATERSON. Dec. 2l.-I.ast night Mrs. Michael
Merino caught her husband at the corner OF
Main street and broadway talking To- II woman
10 whom she had heard that her husband was
verv attentive. Mrs. Merino was dressed in "a
mans clothes and carried u club IN or her coat
Mike was TRANQUILITY conversing with vision
in purple dress and umbrella raped sarque
when his disguised wiio approached him, and
win scream of delight laid the stick To his
head The vision He'd in alarm 1T the first
blow.
ndred witnesses gathered in twinkllng.
and looked on appruvingly at what they
thought was little man getting tho test Of /.
big man. Alter breaking his nose aud lacerat-
ing his face SO that II was streaked with blood.
'lTs. MeTino lett her husband standing in tho
centre OF tho crowd. lie staggered as II faint.
and was led TO pr. Townsend's unice, close
", where his hurts wore dressed. Airs.
MtTino was arrested to-day. charged
win assault anu battery. Her father re-
cured her release from custody. she IL
extremely LTetty and only ~ years Of age.
she married MeTlnO year ag". They lived
together two months. when she eloped with a
man named PuRlla- She returned 10 her
fathers house several months ago. and has
with her
The sun., 1893-12-22
The Nicaragua ,.nar L.. worth to u.

r, TIE TIl-,R .oF TIE Sos SIR, That
great American senator Morgan Of Alabama
Is quoted as saving that II tie Nicaragua
Cauul /, constructed hY the Government. the
annual charge for interest and operating cN-
Icusrs will not exceed $500 600 This IL
about the irst cost OF two war ships. The
canal would practically nearly double the eGi-
cheney Of our navy II large enough to admit u
the passage Of oil our war vessels A war ship
in the Tactic now is ot lii'a value in an
emergency for use I'm the Atlantic. or II in the
Atlantic :or use In tho Pacific hat with the
canal open all o. our VIZ ships would be
promptly available for duty IN uoth oceans
The canal would bs well worth TO the nation.
as soon as II can be- CONSTRUCTED .-.5uJuUu for
this nun ose alone. and much more in the
eomTarstiyelY near future when our com
msrCa In tho Pacific is more deyeloped. Tor
this reason u should he under the absolute
and unlUestionable control Of tie Government
OF the lLitei States, I also plead for the
early construction OF the canal for its inilu-
enre In promoting the FapiI Industrial devel-
opnlsut Of our Gulf states. Food, clothing
ard shelter Will always cost loss IN those States
than with US This gives them very great
advantage In maintaining lahuT
The opening ~ the canal Will give them dt-
rect aud cheap communication to all the mar
ksts In the facihe Ocean GeoTgia would De-
The sun., 1893-12-22
Tho Psrlhur.t Policy for Vic.

To TIE EDITOR OF TINS SUN SIR: Much Of
the fatuous opposition to DR.. Parkhurst and
the society he represents 10 due to such maud.
lin. narrow minded nonsense as appeared in
The Sun to-day from an individual signing
himself. herself. or itself. American"
An evil Is an evil. 1t Is the business Of the
decent element to drive It out 1t must not
be allowed to settle anywhere. Make the road
OF the prostitute 30 thorny that women will
starve rather than take up such n life.
Make 1t o state prison offence for man 10 SO
smirch himself and his sister. woman; en-
force tho law strictly and we should soon see
u's ,nV eh he ma IA ia uninyitimD ,Tha tsiIao woman
must be kept on the run until she is driven 10
a pure life not only because she finds it no
i7es in her soul that the way OF the trans
gTessor is hard"
The writer believes with DR.. Farkhurst that
the battle should never be given up.
The sun., 1893-12-22
HARRISON Talks OF LYNCHING.
No Polite. In ITS speech TO PhiIadeiphia's
Union Iseaguers.

PH1rkDELrHtA Dec. 21.-The Union League
has seldom presented a ntore brilliant appear
ance than Il did tonight at the reception given
to ex President Harrison. The club sent out
over 500 invitations. The club house has re-
Gently been refurnshed and redecorated. and
to- night its beauty was enhanced by the floral
decorations that had been used
Precisely at & o'clock the band OF the First
Regiment marched into the hall at tho head Of
q column that was escorting Gen, Harrison.
Behind the band. as n guard Of honor, marched
the veteran corps Of the First Regiment aud
then storm OF applause broko forth as Gen.
Harrison appeared leaning on the arm OF John
Russell Young. President of the League. Be-
last years Republican Presidential ticket
Whitelaw Reid. Ex-Postmaster Manamaker
and a number OF invited guests followed
At the banquet. which followed the recep-
ton, Gen. Harrison. after his health had been
MA PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
CNIoN LEAGUE: THANK you for this demon
stration. 1t Is worth while to have been In
out Of it. It is exceedinaly gratifying 70 me
to have received In this visit to Philadelphia
aud respect OF the people oithis city. one can
live very comfortably without large bank
account and without office u he gnn feel that
his fellow citizons, who have gathered to-nigh
to give evidence OF their respect to the citizen
OF another state. Let us all be Americans
whatever else we may not be.
Let us all try to release and to M axe secure
the protection OF the whole people and to keep
open to every aspiring person this evidence OF
our advanceme ent and welfare OF our political
HE which our fathers established and which
furnished the achievements OF which We are
proud. We are growing large. and have In:
terests to protect and serve and. above all
else. / think we need always to assert and
maintain the supremacy of the law. We have
many striking manifestations OF the disregard
for tho sanctity OF life.
We need to arouse In this country a public
sentiment which will make lynching impossi-
bic, and Will tolerate no reform which disre-
CARDS the rights OF other men, thank you
again for your friendliness. and beg to be OK.
Iused from speaking further"
MI. Reid, ex-senator Edmunds. Gov. Pat.
tison. and Mr.. Wnnamaker also spoke. All
avoided PARTISAN politics and confined them,
selves TO saying complimentary things Of the
principal guest Of the evening.
The sun., 1893-12-22

youthful shoDlittsr in the person OF seven
year-oId Kate Nolan Of 400 Warren street
BROOKLYN, was arrested last night IN the big
dry goods store Of Frederick Loeser 4 Co.. in
Fulton street after she had picked up FROM
the counter and was walking on with HOck-
Mrs. Il. NJ. NiRteTmils OF 40 Prospect place
Mlnds'r eTTaee. the owner Of the rock ett OOk
ala not Wish 10 make any complaint agllp q
the girl but she has been held pending an IN
Vestigatlon ~ the Childrsn's Society.
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sentenced by Iusg. Hrnse,er.

Judge Benedict of the United state Circuit
Court Yesterday sentenced John Demo who
furnished a straw bond for Nicola rizann.
when the latter obtained license TO sell to
barcp and snun at - William street. 10 the
lris Penitcutiary for two years aud iueI hi m
5000. Joseph Edwards. tramp who robbed
the Post Onlce at Cornell Westchester county.
got thirteen months IN the lTl" peulteutlary.
and William j. W. Ross was sent tn the same
prison Tor tho same length oi time for Snug
gling-cl0thtnE from Europe. Josiah G. Nor
fNri. a clerk IN the New ork Post unl"e. who
stole reg istrred letter about week ago, wa,
sentenced 10 TWO years la Iail.
The sun., 1893-12-22

Ex-Paying Teller Abre.eh Says That He is
Victim OF IA Conspiracy.

Victim OF u Conspiracy.
Carl Abresch OF 1.O35 jefferson avenue.
Brooklyn. formerly paving teller Of tho State
Bank OF New York. at 3IS Grand street had an
examination yesterday at the Tombs Police
Court on the charge OF combining with Alex
ender Llsberg. formerly general boOkkeeper
TO rob the bank. Eisberg has made confess
sion. Alfred Samuels. cigar manufacturer.
ht First avenue and Twenty-iifth street. was
Arrested on charge OF helping Elsbers and
Abresch TO commit specific en bezlenent OF
$1,000.
President Oscar l. Richards o, tho bank
testified that more than $4,000 had been
btoien from the bank. LAWYER Evans cross
Examined him. Tie said:
Your Honor. | propose TO show that this
whole business is a conspiracy on tho part OF
the witness and tho directors Of that bank to
Rat my client into trouble in order TO shield
themselves. am going to show that Al resch
after he hal bcen accused ~ theft threatened
bir Richards to have the state tank Exaui-
liners investigate tho bank, Gnl lhat u was on
seronnt ., ms threat that 4 warrant was
Mr.. Evans endeRvorei to show by his uues-
{ions that during the striusency OF money
Erosident Richards lent money TO the bank At
- per cent Interest ana that the bank lent
this money Gt II per ceat making u los. to
Ruperintendent OF state banks Charles NJ.
Preston began an Investigation Of the bans.
and discovered shortage OF $500 In the
counts iasi week. and also lot o' protested
paner which was Yllueless. The examiner Is
denied lending money at IL per cent 10 the
Accountant Deiner was then called. He de-
tnade by 4 bTesch ard IishsfG Tho sius a..
legged TO have been made ont by Ahresch
ssid out TO be IN tho handwriting Of h'1sFG'
LAWYER Ey@Ps mGyed 70 dismiss the case
at tho same time. that his client IL Al a. Tim,
The sun., 1893-12-22
rIRE HRIG1nE IN ,iGnr cLorHEs
Prof tOaIsy OrGaHIzcd the Hoardrr. and
Put Ont the Flame-.

Mrs, CLARK, boarder at the Waverley Hotel.
u West Twentieth street was awsGeue n bout
O'Clock yesterday morning Hnd found her
room filed with smoke. She ian screaming z
into the hall. where The other boarders Joined
her clad In their night clothes and very much
alATmcd.
Among them was Prof W j. Conloy. An
ELECTRICIAN. lie GOT pals aud pitchers and
formed the boaTdeTs into uucket GTi-
ggde froA the lathToOm 10 Mrs. Ilark's Toor.
Then hs took his place AZ the head nj the lin q
and poured water onto The fire as fast ms IN
was brought u him: Tho fame. were eN
tlngUished when tho bremen came.
Mrs. taTks loss was about STJ proF
Cpuloy' han.is were slightly burned ana most
offhe bucket brigade got Wet and took heavy
colds
The sun., 1893-12-22
Parkbursrs Dsvelopment-Hi- Disgusting
IpheaNaI Can Eject No Other KrsuIt.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sv: For the
sake Of decency. give US something else be'
sides the donRs and sayings of this man Park.
hurst. II possible. No ono that know OF, and
my acquaintance is wide, is concerned in what
he thinks about the city Government the po-
lice. the social evil or anything else. !or the
reason thai it Is universally conceded on all
hands that ke is a greenhorn as to the ways oi
tho world and biG0t,
Must tho city of New York from time 70 time
lie upset in order that he may be taught the
use'essncss and lnexpediency OF his crude
methods OF attacking vice. and De enabled to
say at the end OF his period Of tuition. An.
yes was too fast too enthusiastic. Ike all
noyices. ! should have known" Ac.
So far ho has succeeded only In Disgusting
the decent and wel-informed with revu,i'ig
stories Of his experiences. distressing a NUM-
Der of unfortunate women, unfortunNs
enough without MS Interference and suTrT
annoying confeSsedly the hest Police Depart
nent our city has ever had. which. WITH ne
community. mas patiently borne with iLs
monkey rhlres Of this ambitious and u'sn.
Ihistiratst divine because OF his cloth lsIt
thcro line to be drawn somewhere, or i he
to allowed to prOmlscuOusly and indcllnlteJ
s,Op roUnu with his little broom while lie 80
to sweep bArk his imaginary sea Of troni O.,
tu tho disgust Of ninety per cent. OF the p"l u
latIOu Of the city A EEAu-.-
The sun., 1893-12-22

Formerly n woodohopP pPer IN Onto and Amer.
Mnrd q Eehernl Soldier.

Formerly n woodohop pPer IN Onto and Amer.
ward . Federal Soldier.
MTDDrErowv, o.. Dec. 21.--John A. Gratwold
is farmer residing In Wayne township. a few
miles west OF this city. A number Of years
ago. before the war. q stranger in destitute
circumstances applied at his fathers homo in
the same neighborhood for food anu lodging.
Offering to do anything in return for assist.
ance. lie gave his nam as Frey aud said ho had
been exiled from Germany for n political Of
fence. lie was taken 10 q e family aud srent tho
Following winter chopping wood IN adjacent
after having spent two years with the Graf. Graf
wolds. lie went to Illinois, where he engaged
as farm hand. In 1871 he enlisted In an Il
linois regiment and served against the South.
was promoted TO lie Major OF Volunteers, lie
vas Gaptured at Gettysburg and confined
month";, he vas eondemned to Ioh death tT "a 9s
erals had pronounced upon Capt. Gordon. a
other Confederate ofiicer was held as a host;
METER sentence was ever carried out
Frey was paroled at Aikens Landing. Va. in
seem ed to be T on the he very verse OF death lie
Tesolved to return to his native land to die:
he recovered however In the bracing air %
In politics. In 1882, II will le rem cmbered. lie
was sent to this country as Switzerland's rep
ed again to the land q his birth. Ills success
In the political arena then became matter of
universal comment. He was Secretary Of War.
and held other Offices. and at the last election
was chosen as President OF the little republic.
For manv years the Gratwolds in whose
heart he had always held place. lost sight of
them, however, and Monday J. A. GTatwold
received n letter from NJ Frey President elect
OF SWITZERLAND recalling early scene es and tell
ing uf the success that has crowned his now
declining years. The recipient was surprise I.
but Investigation proved tho truth Of the
writer's claim that the former woodchopper
OF Eutler county is now President OF the Swiss
The sun., 1893-12-22

John Tanner. who escaped from Raymond
street Jail In Brooklyn about n month ago
while awaiting trial for burglary, was arrested
late on Wednesday night in front Of "A dry
goods store at broadway and Graham avenue.
hilltamsburgh W While looking al the b liday
goods IN the show Windows. On tho day Of
MS escape from IaIl Tanner was visited by a
friend. who gave him his pass. aud Tanner
succeeded In getting past tho keeper ana Out
ot Iall without being recognized
The sun., 1893-12-22
RYE. wKsrcHEsTER COUNTY. Dec 10.
TIE Unitea state. and the Presideurs
Message.


To THE Enron OF THE suS-eir' thirk
am not wrong in assuming that the message
OF Democratic President OF the United states
should be grammatical, constitutional. and
Democratic.
Grammar says that plural noun should be
represented by O plural pronoun. aud agree
with plural verb.
The Constitution says; Treason against
the United Statcs shall consist only in levying
war against them. or in adhering to their
enemies"
The Dem ocratic party has always held, with
the founders Of the Government. that the
phrase the United States is identical with
"the States united"
MI, Cleveland says:, The United States had
allied itself:" the United States. upon the
facts being presented t?it:" acting through
aiming to maintain itself. would do It's citizens
gross Injustice Il 1t led to its International
relations" g 1t cannot allow itself
officers clothed with it's authority aud wearing
its uniform ,,vindicate its honor and its
sense Of Justice"
Each OF these phrases is painful shock to
one who strives to be q ammatical and con-
stitutional DEMOCRAT.
The sun., 1893-12-22
7HEEE M.NlRS KILLEn
Two I'u-hed 60 Ds=th aRd the Third HIoW a
lp Hy a Powder Explosion.

;. RANIoN. Pa, De-. 2l At the Ihrg Clirpe
SoilieEy. near AyocA. Yesterday afternoon.
while Richard Clark aul Peter Sts.t miners.
were pFoPpuE dangerous se"tiog OF rpos the
mass gaNe8waE, buryinE them beneath Il aud
causing their lnstaut death. a Poland .ahuTpr
VINO VAS Assisting hem Mas ser.ousiy inIurrd
sMithyllle, George boOnrr atci5pEfaI.F drop
ped a spark from his mine lamp tutp "A Eeg
containlng power. Tho explosion that follow
Cd resulted In DoOheT's death and did cOusid-
cradle injury tO that pHTt uf tho mins.
The sun., 1893-12-22
Pu.I.hment ror ElEht PoIiey D ,aIsr..

Fight convicted policy dealers. one Of them
q woman. we're arraignel for sentence yester-
Oar IL the court OF General Sessions, in Jersey
City Charles loen,sr. proprietor Of delica.
lessen store IN liobOEen, who has beon ar
rested several times. was sentenced 10 Staf .
IHspu Tor one year. susan Safer. William
Srhumaker. Enll schroeder. Daniel GaTriCh.
aud Ma!ro Garrich wera lined so each ami
costs Ahen Ioetller heard his sentence lie
lost he tempeT and exclaimed:
tHn't you change thar 10 hAngiHEt"
ntOrtunately no. answered Judge HuIs-
Peth.
!rs z. g,,'' g rg:n .s.' .y'' E'.'' ae. Pal.
The sun., 1893-12-22
row KsLtY rHs RnYxsrFn DE1D.
so-ethtne ofths Carer 81 Bro ookira's- roet
OF the ahtpyard.r

or the shtpysrd."
Honest Tom Ksliy me boys s your friend
tyoure invtin drink with dollar to tend
Tie Pct n ne ShtpydrA
Thoms, Kelly, the Poet Of the shlpysrd." .
big bodied fun.lovinR lrislman OF Charles
O'Malley's Kind. died on Tuesday at the home
Of his sister. 1O0 Butler street. Brooklyn. Few
men ever got more fun out Of life than this
typical wit from the 'oud sod; few knew
how to temper sorrow with ready tongue and
twlnklinR eve better than he. There will come
10 his funeral to- dav many friend who knew
the worth and pleasure OF his company.
At the foot OF Court street in Bfooklyn is
uueer-shaped. blue. painted shanty. planted
on the edge OF a forest OF masts. Over the
door ls this sign
The sun., 1893-12-22
a Negro wife Murd,r,r Hanged.

KSaSyIILE Tenn. Dec. n Allen Cousins,
eo.oTsI was hanged hero at lU.Hi "rlock to-
day for the murder ~ his Wife .Rs' May, lilo
cOntes "a 10 having Killed siN Non m Mexico
six year ago WhiIe . EkIng on raILrOAl theIe.
The sun., 1893-12-22

CoRSING, \. Y. Dec. 2l.-Zadoc Nichols, a
wealthy fartHsr. aged 80 years OF Atttca was
gorod 10 death Yesterday ~ a ieToaious bull
The enraged animal tossed the helpless man
intO the air several times anu one OF us horns
caught IN his ear. The hull then pinioned Mr.
Nichols 70 wall. the horn penetrating his ear
aud skull. coming out through his NECK.
The sun., 1893-12-22
a rennol lor KsIcn,, r,raon.

Adolf Reich, the Hungarian tailor wh' IS
murder Cf his wife sna. at Ill Nnrro'E street
on Apr. l ls'tI. Is said 90 hs Ia tle last stages
Of consumpton, aud a,petltipn i"r h'S Ial1"n
Senators E'esgh and Ahearn rairicE Keenan,.
and Just.res AcC arthY. NewbcrErr aud uold-
fogle are among the signers.