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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-05
GOT READY TO FIGHT MELIO.
A BOsTONTAN PLAYS HOAX ON
THREE HUNDRED MEN

| He Advertised for re cruit- for Brnzirs Navy
| from Admirnln Down TO Stokers. aud Got
Crowd-ne Registered Them and Drilled
Them nr Two Hours-Tbsn some OF Them
Pound Him Ont md Th-re Wa. Trouble
BosroN Nov. All aboard for Rio was
the cry IN the North End tonight. AMI great
was the excitement among the sailors In the
sailors boarding houses and dives.
II was caused by an Advertisement IN n
morning newspaper. which said That aiew
generals. four admirals. navigators. engineers
and defeated prize fighters and 400 able men
were wanted to ship at once to Brazil via
Liverpool, as cattlemen. " Bring along your
small arms and rations and clothing. Apply
c. Bellem. 232 Commercial street"
The crowd began to collect in answer to this
advertisement early in the day. and by noon 1t
looked very much az il there was serious COM
motion on Commercial street. Jim Mollo. VINO
works for Bellem, was master OF ceremonies
and he began registering about O'Clock. IN q
little room up one fight.
The applicants reported for duty with their
small arms" and "rations.' The small arms
consisted OF knives. toy pistols. or anything
that came to hand. and the rations usually
consisted OF sandwiches. The men we're not
examined physically. although jim cast his
what his occupation had been.
The answers to this question showed that
men from nearly every walk in life were ready
to Join the cause Of peixotto. They wero all
ready to fight Admiral Mello and his fleet.
There were farmers BARRIERS. cooks. tailors.
shoemakers boiler makers. iremen. CATTLE
men, electr clans. teamsters, engineers.
moulders. and few Generals.
After 300 or more had been registered they
were informed that il would be necessary to
60 through little preliminary drill SO as to
learn to " keep step"
Jim took thom out on tho Atlantic. avenue
and formed them in columns OF two. Then he
marched them and countermarched them and
stopped the company every now and then to
reprmand some individual. Then they went
on some recruit who was not keeping stop.
Another stor followed and another rerri-
mand and then the march was resumed without
music. to the intense astoni-hment OF the on
lockers. Every one was asking every one else
what 1t all meant, and the rumor went around
that they were sailors for tho now brazilian
Finally the men were marched back to head.
quarters and ordered TO report for duty on
dismissal they were informed that they were
to be shipped to ;Arple Island OH Monday
where they. were to receive $1,000 each rs
uniforms arrived. when they We're to be
SHIPPED to yerpoo AND IRON mere 10
least Mr. Bell am says it is although Jim. who
Is supposed to be the victim of the Joke. was
very serious over his part in it.
There was great excitement in the North
End in consequence OF the Joke. Us many OF the
victims were blowing in n part of the thousand
which they expected to Receive.
Later several OF them pnd social visit to
Mr. Bellem's mems furnishing goods storo
aud broke s25 worth, OF windows md bit a
t Rsss cut that at Beo viii nPf be- udcousy
missing on Monday.
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SAVED IN Two BY TR4MPS,
The Awful Fate of n Luriberman and His
Wife In the Northwest.

From The ST. Loui. Globe Democrat,
SPOKANE. Oct. 3O.-From Naples. small
lumber siding on the Great Northern road.
about forty miles east OF here. comes tho story
OF deed which, for fiendsh cruelty. has but
few equals in the annals Of crime.
jacob Herzner was the owner OF small saw
mill at Naples. whore he lived with his wire
and son. There is no other neighbor within
half mile Of the mill. On Saturday last the
son. John. went to Bonner's Ferry. and upon
his return home in the evening he was con-
fronted with sight that froze his blood with
horror: on! on the floor Of the mill he found MS
and a few feet distant. bound TO tho carriage
used in conveying logs to. the circular saw,
two. Tho son applied such restoratives n 3
were at hand and succeeded in bringing. his
mother to consciousness. when she painfully
and with much difficulty related to him what
About / O'clock In the afternoon she was sit
ting in the house which is but short dis
lance from the mill. alone, when two drunken
tramps came to the door and demand ed food.
guage. She became frightened and succeeded
in slamming and boiling the door before they
mill. and finding, no one there they returneq
to the house and demanded admittance and
upon being refused they broke in tho door
Finding their victim alone. one OF the men
struggles Mrs. HerZner emitted pie rclng
shricks. which were heard by her husband
who was in the timber n short distance away.
He FASTENED to the house. and arrived as the
second tramp was In the act OF committing m
assault. icing unarmed. he was savngely nj
tackled by the men, and after a terrible strua-
gle. In which the tramrs were badly bruised.
Herzner was knocked sensecss
In order to cover up their crime they hit
upon the plan of putting l1er2ner on the log
they were engaged in their iendish act Mrs
llerzner staggered to the mill and implored
them to spare her husband. but was answered
by terrible blow on the head with stick of
wood in the hands OF one Of hor assalants.
which rendered her unconscious to what fur
tramps executed their horribl deed. and leav-
ing Mrs HerZncr for dead they fed. The son
spread tho news to the surrounding set
tiers and posse was soon formed to hunt
down the men. but it is feared that they will
escape under tho cover Of darkness. q they
In 20 sayarn lnurs, start.
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rom The Sun fTdHrs0' ftuW'HeT'
SAN DIEGO. Oct. &c Mrs. A. H. Mckinney.
living on the Lenita ranch In North Cho as
Valley. has killed good many ratt!esnakes
In the time she has lived in the valley. Rattle
snakes are epicures In their way. and the same
genial warmth that ripenS the orange ana
pomrgranato Is much esteemed by them. That
is why they are frequent callers in the Vine
yards and orchards Of Chollas. Mrs. Mckinney
has disposed OF most of the unwelcome visit
ofs by means OF a sharp hoe. when cut their
existence short. but the other DAY she en-
countcred fat rattler that a most got away.
-, She heard a tremendous whiHHing ana rat
Ting on the side hill at tho other end OF the
vineyard. and went UP there. The noise was
made by big snak . that had been stood up
by the family eat. lie was mad and warned
the cat in tones that vibrated SO last she
cgnldn see his tail
Mrs Mckinney did not dare to attack the
snake with hoe alone. because he was big
and ready to fight: so she sent q little girl for
q revolver, and took three shots at NM me
last bullet came within an inch OF the snakes
head. and he decided 70 move Ito glided
toward II hg bush, and Mrs. Mckamey. seeing
she was about to lose h m. tackled nm win
the hoe, and nearly cut him In two about loot
from his rattlos.
He dragged himself into the bush ont OF
Slght, ana Mrs. Mckinney was AFRAID 10 follow
nm. she did not give nm UP. however, Dut
stayed there TIL her husband cams home. and
told him the snake was there. Mr. Nj ckamey
thrashcd around hut did not see nor hear the
Sulke and had to boat tho whole bush down
INon no found The snake, cut so badly that
he could not rattle. but madder than ever; He
Was Killed after an exciting, battle and his
eleven rattleR now adOrn the collection OF
souvenirs left by former visitors.
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PROFIT IN GUINEA Pos.
The Reward of Three Years Labor In Pro-
ducing IA Caudatcd Variety.


Il have Just como in from the country" said
the young man with the tall style derby. and
succeeded III making n large and Juicy fool
stayed with nm uncle of mine who has a farm
sixteen or seventeen miles from nowhere. and
the he1bGns got the Laugh On On me S" many
The Gueerest experience that | had.
though was at one oftheir county fairs. They
other. and was on hand to take II in. went
out to the grounds with .rarty OF young
hood. and undismayed by the failure of my
former efforts to string tie rustics. started
out to have fun wth ten s6nG as we srMGR
OF hours. and was pokinG AL manner Of fun
at the people we met Finally we came to tho
shed where the poultry was On exhibition, and;
as we went along looking at the variousy bred
chickens. got particularly funny, At the end
OF one Of the TONS 2 nrro w SoH WIN ave
number OF countrymen stand inG around look
ing at the queer little animnlsS. 49, -
Then said loudly: DC, you know that If you
PICK up.aa guinea pig BY tho tai its eyes VII!
Continued. Pick ono Il them pp by the tail
and its eyes will drop right ont. Most Gueerly
constrncted anatnmirally OF any'aninal known
"A big; strappinc fellow who stood beside the
sisted that was right. but he stood and dog
gedly shook his head. and the rest Of the coun-
1 n a s sGed %s MN noY SuHS s
argued for some little time AMI then made u
grand blun ! pulled out little roll of bills
and offered to bet the Eeuhrn SO that Just
that thing would happen. Imagine my surprise
when the l.ouhen hauled greasy Odd pocket
book out o! his jeans and covered the money.
was sure had him. Tor the bet was a catch
one anyhow. and as tho young women who
we're with me were egginE me ON | couldn't
think Of tiunking.
"'I'ndorstand,' ! snid, j claim that II you
pick up that guinea pig by its tail its eyes will
drop OUT
~ understand said tho countryman as he
opened littlo door in tho side Of tho box and
pulled ont guiuea pig; Now pick this ono
ur4md let's see its eyes drop out
Then began TO laugh, la. my friends.
J. said. : have played little trick on you.
that's al. As n guinea pig has no tai you
can, pick one up hy il. You could. do not
doubt that its eyes would drop OUT
i reached out FOR my half Of the let when
the big countryman said: llol' on there. mis-
ter. You list look m Sc" If this here guinea
pig hnin't got n tail ! eEampel 1t. and may
! be switched il it didn't have II tail an inrh
long. The countryman picked ii up by tho
little caudal appondugc, and oil course. its eyes
didn't drop out Then he reached over. grabbed
the wad Of money. and put i in his pocket, le-
marking the while: i didn't think when |
developed TINT breed Of guineas that they
would ever make that much for me.
I'm DO blamed ii he hadn't been working for
three years to produce guinea pigs with tails
He had succeeded and | was chunp enough
10 go up against the only cage Of that kind OF
animals in the world with my chestnut about
their eyes dropping out"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-05
The President and Secretary Gresham
Squirrel Hunting.

WASHINGTON. Nov 4.-Squirrel shooting has
become popular pastime with the President.
Congress being now Off OF his hands. he spent
the first day after the adjournment traInpng
the woods OF Montgomery county. Nd, in pur-
suit OF the nimble squirrel Tho woods OF
Montgomery county. which are not far from
the Presidents summer home, 'Woodley."
abound with them. and there arc many faith
full Maryland Democrats in that vicinity al
ways willing to enjoy days hunting with 80
distinguished n sportsman as the President of
the United States. To-day the President was
accompanied by Secretary Gresham. who IS
also found OF squirrel shooting, and it is
understood that whom the party returned to
"Moodley" they had well-iIlled gamo bag
While the President was in the country hunt
Ing SQUIRRELS and nutting seyeral, Senators and
Representatives called at the White House
hunting public Offices for their constituents.
Several OF tho Congressional callers. among
whom were senators Voorhees, aud llndshy
and Representatives Tracey Of New York.
Richardson of Tennessee, and others. were
ssnIifGHs TO have a lew last words with tho
PRESIDENT before they return to their homes.
Snd they were more or less disappointed 10
learn that lie would not be In from The country
to-day.
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THE WORK OF MIGHTY BLAST
Nearly 2OO,O 900 Tons OF Kock Loosened by
Single Explosion.


For many years a hugo mass OF rock techni.
cally known as dixie" legacy from pre-
vious workers. has frowned over one Of the
Great Dinerwic nuarries. the property OF Mr..
Assertion Smith. and has been growing men,
ace to safety OF tho men employed in the gall
leries below. which, in a series OF terraces.
rise almost from the edge Of the lake far up
the steep breast OF the mountain. The Hon.
W. W. Vivian. who manages the quarries for
Mr.. Assertion Smith. decided to remove the
dixie and during the last three months prepa-
ratons for its destruction have been in active
progress.
From three longitudinal tunnels In the solid
rock ten cha bers each IL feet by feet were
made ana charged with ge!atine dynamite.
Each baE of this explosive was placed In posi-
ing b been sat o arranged. Mis- As
sehton Smith was requested to fire the twenty
minutes time fuse leading TO the mass OF some
packed in the entrails OF the rock. request to
which she readily acceded. The hour was
hefore the time, thousands of people from
LIanberis and adjacent villages Bangor Car
naryoa; ana otnGr towrsLho16 u9 advantage
Punctually at the appointed time Mrs. AZ:
sehton Smith fred the time fuse. and at ;02
o'clock the earth for mile round was shaken
the face Of the tremendous dixie, which lowered
Gloomily upward. and on either side OF which
burst Of sunshine. began to culver ominously;
and the loose earth in its crevices clattered
down its smooth face like an avalanche. Next.
from different parts of The rock came sputter-
ing bursts Of smoke and then enormous blocks
detached themselves from the mountainous
mass OF rock. toppled slowly forward. and final
ly crashed into the abyss below with deafeninR
unroar. which. mingllnR with the thunders OF
the exploding dynamite now freed from its
rocky prison. reverherated grandly among the
mountains that lowered ruGGedly into the
cloud iarkenod sky Again and aga in was tho
downfall of tho huge masses OF rock repeated
OF the hills" far below. A dense white smoke,
the deadly afterdamp.c lung for while around
the scene OF the explosion and. when cleared
away. in the place Of the dixie there was Q
great gap. In which Z istened hero and there
pinnaclos of sDlintered rocks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-05
Art THAT WILL WASH.
a Chinese Co,orists Works on Exhibition
In the Sandwich Islands.


Chinese artist came hero on the last
Oriental steamer. aud has been selling some
queer things in red. green and yellow to his
intd admir- conntrymen; no Paints on silk and
on white paper. His taste. however. runs to
large pictures on, grass cloth; painted in a
scene along several linear feet OF space. Ac-
customed as he has been at home to paint by
the acre and with both hands he is not dis
mayed BY huge canvas. but with calmness
and industry will proceed to illuminate a
whoe set of bed sheets with blue elms and
green roses and dabolical Chinese gods and
ono picture that he showed a reporter last
night WAS said to represent a garden party.
a!sue tho idea that 1t was a catastrophe at sea.
Whit Locked c Ike the raging main. however.
iraGgoi object in the foreground was not ia a
wrccE, but n tree. An awful print of lost
celestial maid in. the grasp OF devil fish
twnci in tho leaves and tendrils Of n flower
ing shrub Instead OF slippery squids, as one
might have supposed. were tambourines; and
n ro'k IL inc boiling surge was only pagodu
set in heather and bushes.
a series of small paintings told a romantic
hero Of the pictorial tale was tho atrongest
man in ne empire. having become an athlete
EaE 's laohnT ct hs Te ThN WAS
the world without soft gloves. and bar none y
IN IN course Of time. however war came and the
the husband very miserable. As the artist
PAINTS him standing mourniully at the door Of
his de Serted lavender house, great vermilion
tears roll down his mGnve complexion, stain
his green vest and trick 10 along his chromatic
trousers and sink into the scarlet and yellow
earth.
Then twenty years go BY and another war
onsues. Two armies meet, and the strongest
champions go forth for u preliminary combat.
Behold; The man and wife are sent against
each other. and the artist rises to the occasion.
out at arms length by her belt. and as he
bears her away toward n saffron river which
runs between sky banks, he has fierce.
bewliskerod Joy on his face that invites not a
pearl-tinted breeze put crimson hurricane
10 blow through it. Meanwhile, the captured
Eiantess. demure and sweet. has surrendered
without a murmur.
Tho visiting knight OF the brush uses pig
his pictures can go through u Chinese laundry
without tho loss of the natural blue TINT on q
mnileu's check or Of the delicate bronze flush
OF an opening dover or leaf,
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Getting Metal at the Rate or 500 Day
from the Bed OF u River.

Fi"m n, Helena Iad.prndenL
ExtravaEant stories are told about the wealth
OF gold sprinkiod throughout tho Snake River
country in Idaho. AS general thing tho gold
is very fine the particles being OF so light
weight as to be elusive. Save when worked on
large scale it is difficult to make good wages
in recovering the gold. Numerous bars along
the river would prove profitable. could water
be commanded FOR Sluicing or hydraulicing.
An adequate supply is hard to obtain. on ac-
stream and tho level character Of the outlying
lands. To overcome this lack OF water as well
as insure sufficient dumping ground, a big
floating, gold-savIng dredge has been con
structed and Is now at work on the Idaho bank
Of the Snake River about ten miles above
payette
1t is a stern-wheel flatboat propelled by
steam. Substantially constructed. 80 toet
long and ~ feet wide 1t is equipped with q
thirtyhve horse power marine engine and
boiler and adapted in every way for navigating
Idaho's great waterway. With slight altera-
drehee and used d to scoop up sand and gravel
from the bottom OF the stream. That has
tons are now confined to working bars out of
the bed or channel OF the river The method
pursued Is to anchor alongside one OF these
bring the material to he handled within tho
reach Of the gold-washinG machinery with
which the craft Is rugged. The gravel is scooped
up by buckets attached to an endless chain.
There arp forty eight Of these receptacles on
delivered into a hopper. This il, also an agi-
tatOr. and the process employed may be de-
snribed as a steam rocker. with the exception
that it has an end motion instead OF one side
with quic ksiver. The tailinCs are carried off
In sluice boxes by the force Of q stream Of
water OF $50 mineral inches. supplied by
China pump run by the engine which drives
all the other machinery The gravel Is worked
so thoroughly that no gold escapes in the
tailings that arc dumped into the river. An
average Of 100 tons of gravel are daily han
died. and for this work three men are en-
rloyed-nn engineer. one to work the scraper,
and another one who shoves the dirt into a
load.
The bar now being worked covers an area OF
ton to fifteen acres. The gold Is on top or
close to the surface ana will not pay to handle
to q greater depth than one foot to eighteen
inches, This shows value OF :, to 2 cents .
average OF the runs for the first three days
Vas very satisfactory to ., Thornton Williams.
take ont upward of 500 day as long as he
works, which will be until cold weather sets
In. When he has gone over ne bar which now
engages his attention he will tackle another.
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He Seems to BE In Good SpirIts-fIis VITO
and Several Friends Call at the Tombs.

He Seems to he In Good spirIts-H,s wife
and Several Friends Call at the Tombs.
Francis II. Weeks spent yesterday in cell 80
Of the Tombs prison, having been transferred
on the preceding night from cell 1S. His pres
ent quarters are eight feet long by four feet
wide. and are on the second tier Of the west
c. Hamilton. IN agent under indictment for
grand larceny.
In the same tier with Weeks is q motley crew
OF criminals. Coll 60 contains two negroes
who are charged with homicide and in SO are
two other negroes-one held for arson. the
other for murder. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer. the
poisoners are not far away. The Manhattan
Bank forge9rs; Frank Ellison. sammy Mills.
who killed Kid O. Brien. and fourteen murder
mattress and pillow, Warden Fslon said yes
the first thoughts Of the better class OF crimi-
mails He is apparently In good spirits. and
on Friday night. and remained awake a long
time. finally going to sleep without removing
his clothes.
Miss Elizabeth Blake. called at the Tombs
yesterday about 1916 o'clock. After being
searched by Matron Meehan. according, to
other visitors were K. W. G. Yelling, to whom
he made an assignment: Charles W. Gould.
George S. Baxter. and Charles a. Peabody Jr.
Weeks will be arraigned in General Sessions
on Friday; There are five indictments AGAINST
ci,!cd whether the indictments should be
taken up separately or as whole. 1t Is proba-
bic he said. that the EN- bezZlement OF $4,000
cred. II Weeks pleads not guilty his trial will
be moved within fortnight.
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MIR. M'LEOD'S NEW ROAD.
The Route Which 1t VIII Take from Leg.
gets Point TO Isrcwster's.

gets Point TO Brcwster's.
New HAVEN. Nov. 4.-Tho proposed route OF
the connecting link between the New York and
New England Railroad and its New York city
terminal was given out here to- day. Tho line
begins in the Twenty-third ward OF New York
city. whore Leggett's Creek empties into tho
East River. The place is called LeGgetts
Point.
All the territory to the west OF it is thckly
settled being served by several lines OF trolley
and elevated railroads. An extension OF the
latter is relied upon to furnish passenger con-
nections with various points OF New York city.
The plan Is to deliver freight by means Of
Passing north from Leggetts Point the route
OF the new road Is over Salt Meadows and close
to the Harlem River branch Of the New Haven
road as far as West Farms. where the New
70 the high, ground along tho easterly side Of
the Bronx River. 49,.
Thence it runs northwesterly. leaving tho
Rronx after a few miles. and crossing over to
the valley Of Hutchinson's Creek. which is fol-
lowed to its source. The main limo of tho New
Haven road is crossed at palhnmville,
\ At White Pla ins the line makes Il bend to the
along the east side OF Kensico Lake. and con-
tinuing in the new direction to place some
distance beyond the village of Arnonk.
The course Of the Niamus River IS followed
from It's source north to where it turns and
begins to run TO Long Island Sound. Then
the line runs straight north to place near
Bedford. From Bedford it goes. to place
three and one-haIf miles oast Of Brewster's
where 1t Joins the main line of the New Eng
land road.
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THE FAIRCHILD CONFUSION.
ITS Report Expected to he Completed Before
Congress Meets In December.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 4.-Tho Fairchld Com
mission. which Is engaged in the investigation
OF tho Now York Custom House. has about
concluded it's examinations. and is now en-
ployed in the preparation of its report. AS
sistant Secretary Hamin says that the report
Is expected to be completed before Congress
onvenes in regular session. Mr.. Iiamlin is go
ng homo to Massachusetts to VOTE and on his
return to Washington will probably stop over
in New York city to confer with tho members
OF the Commission relative to the report.
The members OF the Commission are paid
out OF fund provided for the discovery Of
frauds against the Government. ana the Com
missioners are carried on what is known IN
the Treasury Department as tho fraud roll -
There Is only 100000 appropriated for the
fraud roll and there are many other persons
on it besides the Commission engaged in tho
Investigation OF the New York custom House.
How deep a hole, has already been made in
that sum is not known. because it is n secret
fund. and only the Secretary and those closely
associated with him are permitted to know
the details connected with the expenditure Of
that appropriation.