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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-11
FOUND A FOUR-STORY HOUSE.
MRS. UILL1AHYS ODD DISCOVERY IN
HER TAX BiLL.

barron Had city Lot Near Hers, and zoe
the Surveys Mix d. aud Built IN Her Lot
Thea Soid House nHi I.ot Go Mrs. .bauk..
Whom Mrs. Mary A. Williams of 435 West
Twenty-third street received q tax bill few
days ago for her property on Bradhurst ave-
nue.. near lJ4th street. sho was greatly SUR
prlsed to find that she was assessed tor 81 800
instead Of $780, as she had been for the past
four years. Upon inuuiring the cause. she
ives told that a four-stOry apartment house Of
light pressed brick could not be assessed for
less.
But there is no house on my lot" she said
In astonlshment
oh. yes. there is" they told her And there
was. sure enough.
The surprise to Mrs. Williams only eaualled
the surprise to Mrs. Ellen J Shanka, who owns
and lives In the house on Mrs. Wiliams's lot
Now that the curious complication has arisen
the facts OF the case have been learned
About five years ago Mrs. Williams bought
the vacant lot, which Is No. 40. with clear
title. The lots In tho block are not numbered
In regular order, and lot IS was owned by Mar
tin Barron OF 2,Hl5 Eighth avenue. Less than
year ago Barron began building on what he
supposed to be lot ~. but It was really lot 7a.s
Before the building was completed he sold 10
to Mrs. Shanks. whose husband was IL carpen-
ter. and the latter finished tho work. Barron
kdNo Mlbs GHanhs clear litlO To inc property
and the surveys Of the land. The property 10
worth nGout $4,000. Now neither Mrs. Will
liams nor Mrs. ShanLs knows exactly what
to do. ono owns tn" LOT and the other the
house. Al the legal rights of tho ease are on
Mrs. Nlllihms,s site. rs she can lay claim to
tho house She can tcnr 1t down or board up
the front door; and If she concluded to let IL
stand she could collect the rents o. dspossess
the owner: Mrs. Shanks said last night:
Well, Il ! have u house on the wrong lot.
where IN the world Is my lot2 / have ahso.
lutely clear title to this land by survey but I
really do not SEQ what am going to do The
matter has, lecn rlnced In the hands of my
lawyer, = '. Constant OF 400 West rwantv-
third street, and he will thoroughly invests
gate my case. think the tito ia guaranteed
by some company in the city. I hope Mrs.
Williams does not intend to move us out"
Mrs Williams refused to be soen but her
husband said:
The house Is evidently on my wfos lot,
surveyors have measured the land and told
me that the house has no right to stand where
It Ia We have decided upon no plan OF action,
but we will not Inconvenience Mrs. Shanks,
All j can say is that the lot IL still for sale.
had not thought OF any compromise"
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Thrown from IA Phaston.

James Trainor. the hotel keeper at Broad
way and Thirty-third street. drove out yoster-
day afternoon in a landau with his WIFE, Fol-
lowing close behind were william Trallor and
Mr.. Trainor's daughter. Grace, five years Old.
In pony phaeton. At Seventh avenue aud
l25th street passing cable ear separated the
two vehicles. The pony scarcely larger than
Il big dog. turned about short AMI threw VIII
liam Trainor and the child out into the mud,
The reins caught the child and she was dragged
ten feet, hut escaped injury She cried be-
cause the dress OF her new doll had been ruins
cd b. the mud.
Shortly after this accident Mrs Nora Moran
Of lil4 Avenue A and three com paniOns were
thrown from surrey In 18th street. Ne
one was seriously hurt
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NO COMPLAINANT, NO EVIDENCE.
The NoiIs Ioohed Up to Obiiee an Elevated
Guard, aud One OF Them Punched.

Theobald Noll Of 800 Boston avenue and
his son Henry spent Saturday evening with
friends down town and started home about
midnight in a Second avenue elevated car.
The air was damp and raw, but the conductor
they say insisted upon keeping the car door
open. Mr.. Noll, who is 81 years old. fearing he
would take cold. requested the conductor to
close the door. No attention being paid to the
request the Nolls closed the door thems selves.
As often as they closed It the conductor re-
opened il and. as they say. swore at them. The
conductor got Off the train at 127th street and
his place was taken by Guard Robert Brasch
OF 2lS East Thrty-eiRhth street Mr. Noll
ask ed him the name and number Of the con-
ductor. Brasch denied knowing either.
The Nolls doubted his word, and at 10th
street he ordered them to get of the train.
They. retorted that they would not go until
they learned some nay q lnfentltying that con;
no locked both the Nolls up in the East 12ith
street police station on a charge OF being
drunk 1E and disorderlydi ,o,oro rrs,,oo vo,,0 :,
the Harlem Court yesterday. Henry Noll. who
is n youth OF u. had an ugly bruise under his
left eye. The accused gave the above account
Policeman Polly was led TO admit that the elder
Nol was not iutoxic. ted. and that he had
made the arrest mainly because Brasch asked
that Young Noii had been drinking.
Henry Noll said he had not been drinking,
and added that Polly had struck him on the
way to the police staten ana caused the 9rnis &c
the alleged assault, but took no pains to deny
the accusation. Policeman Hartman. who had
taken prisoner to court IRON the last Eighty
ment that he knew them to be eminently re-
Justice Weide said he failed to see that they
had committed any offence. and disch irged
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MYSTIC INFLUESCE OF LATE COW.
The Etruria. the New York. ard = Tank
Steamship All Como within n. Sphere.

The Etruria. the New York. ard . Tank
Steamship All Como within Its Sphere.
The Cunard line steam ship Etrurla passed
the carcass OF q COW In midocean on Tuesday
last. and the shelbacks aboard shook their
heads and said there was trouble In store for
the ship. dead COW. according to sailormen
with faith in tho superstitons OF the sea. Is an
omen OF evil. The very next day the eccentric
OF the Etrurlas engine became deranged. and
the ship lay to for los hours making repairs
That 10 why she arrived over halt daY late
yesterday morning.
Light hours hefore the accident to tho eccsn-
trio tho Etruria passed the tank steamship
Burgerme ister Petersen, bound for this port,
with her rudder and rudder post gone. She waa
making jury rudder, and signaled that she
needed no assistance. but would like to be re-
ported. She also. in the opinion of the Etru-
ria's Veterans, must have passed the dead cow
The New York. which had trouble with the
eccentric OF her port engine In about the same
place whore the Etrurla was disabled did not
report the cow
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STRUGGLE Nv Ay EXPRESS CAR
Train Robber worsted with R5ouo
WIthIn His Grnsp.

BLOOMINGTON. ILL.,, Dec. 10.-At 10 o'clock
last night. when the Erie west-bound passen-
ger train stopped at the Illinois Central cross
ing. mile and "a half south OF this city. there
was crash OF glass in the south window Of
the United States express car. and Messenger
Weakley OF Lafayette. Ind. looking UP. saw
mans arm through the door, his hand reach
Ing for the latch. The messenger leaped for
the door. As he moved the door opened aud a
man rushed In.
The messenger grappied with the intruder
VINO clutched ths messengers throat. After a
desperate struggle the messenger hurled the
robber out through the door to the ground and
shut and locked the door. Tho spot where the
assault was made lie a favorite can't ping ground
for tramDs. and several murders have occurred
there. The messenger had $1,000 in money
packages out Of the safe ready for the transfer
at Bloomington.
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AN AMERICAN REyEoADE suoE
He Was ON- OF GDrzNs Hand aud Active In
the San IgnacIo Masaaere.

He Was a." of GOrzFs Hand aud Active In
the san IGnaeio Massacre.
BRoWNsvIILE, Tex. Dec 10-Last night Mt Rio
Grande city Fred Fern.the only American con-
nscted with the famous Cara outbreak on the
frontier. was found dying with bullet hole In
his head Fern turned States evidence against
the Garzaites and has been very active in
rounding up his former companions Yester-
day was the anniversary Of the massacre at
San Ignacio whore three Mexican army off,
GERS and number OF soldiers We're surprised
who escaped from the burning barracks were
thrust back into the flames. Form actively en-
gagged In this massacre and IL is thought by
many that remoTse drove him 10 suicide. This
Il the conclusion reached by the doctor who
held post-m ortem and by the COroners Jury.
that he was murdered by some of his former
associates whom he betrayed.
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TIE WIRSpI;E NEiRLY LOVE

QueeuEtown'S Gnnrd ~hIp rEns Hard Work
"eHtherInE 81 Gale.
QUEENSTOWN. Dec. 1O.-H. NJ s. Warspita
guard ship OF tl!is hRrhor. while at torpedo
practice out Mt sea on Thursday was driven
back by the gale and anchored in the evening
between Rochcs Point and Kinsale Head Al
10 o'clock tho gale was furious. and the War
spites position was so dangerous that the
crew were called to quarters.
The ship rode the gale until 2:30 In the
morning, when nll hands were ordered to fish
the anchor, which had dragged. The shin was
perilously near the rocks when the anchor
was lifted, ana the ship put out tn sea again
cable.
Tho WRrsrlte behaved badly, rolled twelve
hours in the trough of the sea, and was barely
manageable The lower deck was Hooded and
the crew became excited.
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AN ACTRESS TAKES MORPHINE
She Joins II Company . ,Iv to Find shat th,
Leading MINI L. Her Eoitlrr Euahnnl-

she joins II company q iv to Find shat ths
Leading Man Is Her Former Husband.
BALTIMORE. Dec. 10.-Harrlet Weems an
actress. is recovering from an overdose Of
morphine taken with suicidal intent. Miss
Weems last week accepted an offer rs leading
lady In the killarney company. At the first
rehearsal she found the leading man was her
husband. John Dowd. from whom she had
separated last February Tho play required
that they should act the part oflovers and she
felt that che could not endure the ordeal. She
notified tho manager that she would resign in
two weeks. She became dospondent broodina
over her dome attic and professional troubles,
ana swallowed three ErainS ot morphine Her
friends discovered her condition in time to
summon physician and aayo her life.
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Mrs.. sh,ppm.u burned to Death.

Mrs. Susan T. Shippman. 80 years old. was
burned 10 death last night in her apartments
on the second floor OF 1904 Atlantic avenue.
Brooklyn. She was trying to take down .
swinging lamp In the front psrlor. In some
way the lamp was overturned. and the burning
oil fell over her clothes. Her husband. who
was in the Eitrhen. hearing his wiie's cries,
ran TO her assistance When he arrived she
was one mass OF flames. He threw blanket
about her, hut II some time before he
could eNtinguish the flames An ambulance
surgeon from ~. AaTy's Hospital was gu uls
moned. but on his arrival tile woman was
NnaI.
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CRAZED ny THE GRIP.
\ PhiIadeIphia High school Teacher Leaps
Into a woman's Room with q knife.

\ Philadelphia High school Teacher Leaps
Into a woman's Room with q Knife.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 10.-Armed with a carv-
ing knife. Monroe h. Snyder one OF the teach
ers In the Boys High school climbed from the
second story window OF his residence on North
Broad street into the corresponding window
OF his neghboTs house at o'clock this morn
ing. Mrs. william Poole awoks to behold him
strldlng wildly up and down her bedroom.
She screamed. and the Professor fed to the
rear porch.
into the yard below whore he prowled around
until the police arrived and captured him. At
the station II was readily perceived that no
was insane. lie believed that there was plot
to XIII him. and declared that his young wife
tears, moaning, "Oh what have done2 lam
Awfully sick ." The physlcial who was sum
moned declared that he was suffering from
temporary Insanity produced by typhoid
pneumonia or grip.
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BIG ANTWERP GRANART BURNED.
Loss $1,000 OoO-The Fire Believed to He
OF Incendiary Origin.

Loss 81 600 .OOO-The Fire Believed to h.
OF IneendIRry Origin.
ANTWERP Dec. l0.-The Maison Han seatiqus,
famous Granary. caught fire at o'clock this
morning and within three hours was entirely
consumed. together with 10000 tons OF grain.
The loss Is Sl.OOO.O00.
There were 100 barrels OF naphtha upon tho
quay adjacent to the burning warehouse. and
It was feared that the flames would extend to
these and then to the shipping. but the fire.
men deluged the barrels with water and suc-
ceeded in combining the FIRE TO the warehouse
Water was pumped on the ruins throughout
the day.
II Il believed that the fire was OF incendlary
origin. The police are looking for two m on
who are suspected OF having started the fire
This evening tho facade ofthe Maison Han So
iuring @ fireman.
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4 BODY FOUND IN THE MON OYe AHEL4.
A Bioody Trail Led from . Human Foot on
Railroad to the Rivers Bank

PITTSBURGH. Dec. 10.-A boy found a shoe
with human foot in 1t this morning between
the rails OF tho Pittsburgh. Virginia and
Charleston Railroad. near Baldwin station.
lie also found blue cloth yachting cap near
by. Other searchers traced bloody trail
across the township road and across another
railroad down to the edge OF the Monong ahela
River. Later the body was found In fifteen
Both OF the mans legs were crushed below
the knee. His clothes above were not much
disturhed. Upon one arm ia tattooed the ini-
tisls " l. W. f." while In a timskeeper's mem
orandum book IN bis pocket appears three
apparently about % years old. 1t develops
that trail was stopped near that point last
night. and three zen. who were quarrelling,
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nnll.,. Elr nn a 30. nrI.an. rr.I.

Nav ORLEANS. Dec, lO-As the New Orleans
ami Jackson way passenger train pulled ouA
Of TanGipahoa station. La. on SATURDAY. sVsns
ing. three men boarded the train and begaz
shooting promiscuOuslY. seriously iniurins
Conductor kinabrew aud a section foreman.
McRAe. They then jumped from the rapidly
moving train Their Identity Is not known
passengers BY firing of their TeVOlyers and
then make their way 70 tho express car where
they expected to make haul A posses M
left to scOur the surrounding eountry Tor az
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LEFT i QCEER EPIrAPH.

Alfred &. Ray Of New York Poi<ons HIns-
self IA san An'onIo.
San ANTONIO. Tex. Dec. 10.-A well-dresssd
old man. giving the name OF Alfred G. Ray Of
New York. arrived at the Porter House here
last Friday Last night he took an ounce Of
lautanum and an ounce OF chloroform. He
died to-day. He left the following note:
Please put the following on my hsAdstone. The fu-
tuTe viii lel you why the request
In memory 10 the author and originator OF the
eArths cotton BY its own atmosphere aud the motion
OF All bodies by unequal loTc"s The Messiah
1sctcd and so all great and truths Truth
crushed 10 earth wI rise again viii the truth Ia my
epltAph Then viii be revealed"
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NO IIALI4S CABINEr ZEE
CTispi ConIerz with tho Radical Loader
Mills Tax HIOt In Sicily.


ROME, Dec lO-No Cabinet has as yet been
formed. The Marquis di Rudini hesitates to
accept a portfolio. and will probably decline to
do SO. but. instead. will offer to support any
Ministry that may he formed by signor Crspi.
The latter, following out his idea OF finding a
patriotic and bipartisan solution OF the crisis
had long conference to-day with Signor Cola
iAnni. the Radical leader. with the view OF Sc
curing the COOPERATION Of tho Radicals In =
programme accsI table to the sicilians.
During the session Of the Communal Coun-
ell at Partenice Sicily. on Saturday q crowd Of
rural labOTers who are opposed to the new
communal tax on the sale Of milk surrounded
the building crying Long live the King
Down with the tax councilloTsF
They had hardly let when q mob OF fully
set fire to tho pupers furniture, and fittings
Only tho arrival OF lro9Ps prevented further
ofliciqls. II i feared 1he re- win b more
the new tax, and the garrison has been Ts5H-
forced.
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Topeka, Kan. Dec. 1O,-Ths circular Of Gov
Dwelling instruotlnR metropolitan police
forces not to modest tramps and declaring that
the vagrant law Is unconstitutional has been
widely advertised among the army oiyaErants.
who are Hocking into the State Ia great num-
beTs They throng the railroad yards and
boldly demand food and clothin. at private
residences Reports Of petty thefts and Tob-
berries are being received from all parts Of the
State. but as the officers have teen forbidden
less TO rid the communities Of Objectionable
characters
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Il <o-DAY FAST CoMPLETEh

Ex-Attorncy-Geuerni wuiInm.'s wiz. n.
Now Ready TO Make Revelations.
PORTLAND. Or. Dec 1o-tlrs. George II.
Williams. the wife Of the Attorney. G eneral OF
the United States under Gen Grant. ia tho
leader OF fanntical body OF people, and this
week she completed fast Of forty days. which
she terms going through the Wilderness"
and says Is necessary for the publication OF
the body" Mrs. Williams is daily expected to
make some startling revelations. for she says
she has been in close communion with the
Lord during her long fast.
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BROKE $1,000 WORIH OFPLATE GLASS.

Because the " Rich Were Eating Turkey
and the Poor Were Eating Crow"
CHICAGO. Dec. 10.-Thomas Howard. a ono
legged man. smashed five large plate glass
windows. worth 81 900. in Strauss & Co. 3 fur
niture store at 5S West Madison street last
night, because. he said. The rich were eating
turkey. and the poor we're eating crow"
He was locked up in the Central station. He
atom pied to strike Sergeant Swanson with his
crutch while being taken to a cell.
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4 GIRL ON 4 PRANK FATALLY KICKED

Oue NJ Six College Maiden-, Dressed Tn In
Boys Clothing. Taken for n burglar.
PARKERsBUo. W. Va, Dec. 1o-lriss jennie
Dwight one Of six young students at tho
Barboursville College who recently dressed in
boys clothes and engaged in all sorts OF mis-
chiof Is said to te dying. Recently tho girls
hid In tho boys dormltory for the purpose OF
frightening them Miss Dwight came in con-
tact with muscular fellow who took her for
burglar. She was knocked down. kicked
and pushed out Of DOORS m ore dead than alive
All OF the girls who engaged IN the prank are
daughters OF prominent people.
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Dr. ParLaurst Appeal. GOr AIoasy.

The Rev. DR.. Parkhurst appealed to bic
congregation yesterday morning for money
with which 10 help fallen women. 81 least those
who were willing 10 return to a life Of honest
labor, He said he was assured that there Is :
great number Of such and 10 help these vas
kis aim. The congregation VAS 8 large one,
and mAny we're doubtless present In the hope
Of hearing another attack on the police aud
eity suthorltIsS but the sermon vas "a The
lie OF Christ. The preacher wanted kis
hearers to work for the good Of others before
Presuming 10 call themselves Christians.
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Aggressive n asugss Against Anarchists Ia
spain.

MApRID. Dec. lo.-At Cabinet Council held
this evening It wac resolved to take imms-
date action looking 10 an international agree
ment TO Tspress anarchy. Orders we're given
that the military and police patrols In Bar
celona Ls Increased for the purpose Of clearing
out Anarchists and Iey9lutl9narles OF al
met also resolved TO foTego the proposed
credits TO assist railways pending the settle
msnt Of the Melila trouble
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a Rm sw.n0~sa b #. eoas. BUS EsS..=ss.

Peter EeAFY OF "a Camden street Newark.
received a new IS bill from Washington yes
tsTdAY In exchange for some fragments Of an
old bill which he sent to the Treasury Depart
meRt two weeks ago The original bill vas
almost wiped out Of existence By ksaTy's bllly
Of Mr.. ksAEy's children and irisk ID away With
Il Hs va not e4ught Until n ha9 ehesed Y
and recovered he bill IN . hsaFE-brsa king con
dItion.
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mELLo GAINING SYMPATHY.
The Report OF the Destruction of NIcshsroy
Confirmed.

The Report OF the Destruction of NieshsEoy
CONFIRMED.
LONDON Dec 10.-The Lisbon correspondent
Of the United Press telsgraphs as follows:N
"Adyices from Rio Janelro. dated Nov 20.
confirm the report that Nictheroy was de-
stroyed. Rio Janoiro. It is said. was damaged
less than was expected. Admiral Mello, hav.
ing respected the city was gaining sympathy
In the different states Forces were expected
from the South to effect a landing In favor Of
Peixoto siproyincial forces, having been en-
gagged at hazard and being without discipline
are Committing acts OF rulnanism and are en-.
tirelY beyond the control OF their comm anders
In spite OF an edlet threatening with severe
punishment all found guilty OF ptlase. The
Inhabitants OF Rio JRnelro are under strict es-
pionage and are afraid TO speak except in favor
Of lelNoto- Ihe newspapers publish only
favorable reports. though they know them to
The foreign Consuls experience difficulty
in protecting their eountrymen from being re-
PTuited Provisions command famine pTlceA
CaTgoes sT 1bg IN foreign ships are respected
discharged into lighters they are captured bJ
EfBIut-Sos AYaEs. Dec. 10-Ths latest adyiees
from Rio JAnsiTo are that President Pelxoto's
forces sttaeked Fort lillegaignon and were
preparing Tor = decisive attempt 10 capture
santos aud that . fresh attack upon BAge IL
imminent
THE BTszlIIAa Public Not MHeh Interested
Bishop Pstsrkin OF western Virginia. Who
recently returned from Brazil preached at the
Church Of the Incarnation Madison avenue
and ThiFty-hfth street yesterday afternoon.
In regard to the political situation IN Brazil
he SAID;
term to apply TO the trouble there 1t is rather
3 contest between two political DoWsTA The
course Of events indicates e lack Of public
spirit among the people At largo One might
spend several weeks Ia some Of the towns ahd
know nothing Of the eOmmotIon going on.
From what fsaW Il seemed 10 me that the
people we're hardly ready for the change from
the empire % the REPUBLIC qhsy wiu uR-
doubted grew 10 1t however"
CzIIssss H zTns y Nsz.
nFspFsssnts ths latsaG VF0zEsss Ia BharmAsE-AA
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AnraaIa H.s.R.a star.

LONDON. Dec. lo-The gale prevailing In the
Irish Channel was most severe at Queenstown.
where the seas broke into the harboF. wreck
ing several Whaleboats-
Immense seas swept over the stsameF An
Ianla, which sailed from Liverpool YesterdaY
for New York Via Queenstown. while the
steamer vas nearing the latter port Three u
the crew we're injured. Richard Hore Z sea-
man having one Of his legs broken.
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4 Thsstrs COHPAHy's AEssr KuIs HIz,ssIS
RALEIoH. n @. Ds0 lQ-Adolph GoldsmidI
Sho Was the advance agent Of ths Fortunes
q War company which EsAt to- pieces -
winston, has committed suicide It Selma, u
G.. ~ taking EtrTehnina.