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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-08-17

Cough Cream" is scientific com
pound fol coughs and colds, prepared
By well-known druggist from the for
mula of celebrated physician, and
must not be classed with the many
quaok compounds in market. Your
druggist sells it. so cts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-08-17

"Castoriai $50 well adapted to children that
recommend itas superior to any prescription
known to me" H A. ARCHER, n. D.,
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, n. 7.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-08-17

"The use Of 'Castoria' is so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems work
of supererogatiOn to endorse it. Few are the
Intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach
CARLOS MARTIN, D. D.,
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-08-17

Horsford's Baking Powder
is unlike any other powder as it con
tains no cream tartar, alum or amonia.
l. is a pure phosphate powder and is a
highly nutritious food itseIf. Try it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-08-17
AN ILLINOIS BARN.

How 1t Is Constructed and Arranged
Cost of the building.
Mr.. G. G. Spear sends to the Prairie
Farmer a rough sketch of his barn at
Greenview, H., which we have had en-
graved. The elevations show it to be
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-08-17

Hoods Pills may be had by mail for
25c. of c. |. Hood q Co. Lowell, Mass.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-08-17

am an Old man and have been 8 con-
slant sufferer with catarrh for the last
ten years am entirely cured by the
use Of Eiy's Cream Balm. It's strange
that SO simple remedy will cure such
. stubborn diseas. Henry Billings u.
s. Pension Atty, Washington, y. c.
For eight Years have suffered from
oatarrh, which affected my eyes and
hearing have employed many physi-
clans without relief am now on my
second bottle of Ely 5 Cream Balm. and
feel confident of complete cure. Mary
G. Thompson. Cerro Gordo, ILL.,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-08-17
for Infants and Children.

Castoris cures Colo, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, DiarrhRa. Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di-
geStion,
without injurious medication
For several years have recommended
your Castoria, and shall always continue to
results"
EDWIN F. PARDEE. NJ. D.,
"The winthrop, 125th Street and 9TH Ave-,
New York City.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23

tollInestock vas .yery short soon. sftsrvsrd
he vas Appointed chief en- Rineer OF construo-
ton and superintendent Of operations on the
Utica and schenectady Railroad, q place he
held fourteen years. He resigned In 1S4o to
become chief eneineer q the Hudson River
Railroad, the track Of which had then been
laid from this city TO PouRhkeepsie. His most
Important engineering work on this road was
bis successful plan for crossing the Spuyten
puyylL which had proved a source Of trouble
because OF the difficulty IN getting = stable
foundation for the roadbed. He also made a
resurvey q the road from PouRhkeepsie to
dency, but after few months service he re-
signed. and at the same time severed his con-
nection with the company. He then went to
the Isthmus OF Panama TO take charge OF the
railway then building, but within short
time he was stricken with fever and had
70 return. He was elected President Of the
Panama Hallway. but held the office only
few months. In 1855 he assumed the super
intendency OF the western division OF the New
York Central Railroad. but resigned at the end
ot two years, because Of a disagreement with
the directors upon a question cenesrnine the
from the active. pursuit OF hls profession, and
for many years had lived quietly in the old
house n London terrace where he died.
Mr. Young came OF lonR-lived Irish stock.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23

The Strange Ruso Adopted by = Thief TO
Rob n broadway store.

The Strange Ruso Adopted by = Thief to
Rob broadway store.
A young man and q girl entered Jammes's
glove and notion store at 800 Broadway yes
terday afternoon and asked to look at some
rings. While the girl was examining one tray
OF rings the man stepped across the store and
stole three rings from another tray. Ho was
seen by Miss Louise Alexander. the private
detective OF the store. who said to him;
Mr.. Jammes would like to see you In his
private office. please.
The man walked toward the ONCE. and tried
to take the rings from his pocket and drop
them as he walked but the woman detective
WAS too quick for him. She caught his wrist.
he then admitted his guilt and was arrested.
On him was found u slungshot made BY tying
a stone In large handkerchief. Pawn tickets
were also found on him. The girl was nrrested,
too. The man said he was Richard Johnson
- years old. OF ~ Last Eleventh street and
the girl Francis Kline. 10 years old OF II East
Third street. She said that she had never seen
johnson before that day. and that she let him
In Hu5ers Museum. After some conversation
he asked her to go out and select ring as no
wanted to give her Christmas present Sho
consented, and they went out together.
The prisoners were nrraiGnod in Jefferson
Market Court yesterday afternoon. Johnson
said that the girls story was true, and that he
had never seen her before that morning. She
was discharged and he was held In $500 bail
for trial
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23

The funeral services over the body OF George
c. MaEoun were held nj o'clock yesterday
afternoon in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church. The kev. Dr. John Hall olIicinted
Tho pail learers were !. PierpoRt Morgan.
=. Crane. HerlrTt {. tr.-.-. Edward Ming
Alexander -. Trying. lirpiy ~ AleXander
Henry y HYDE. William q. Stgrgis. Horace
7. a. Thomas, Charles - .'aitu. II. %. Haye-
meyer, Henry Hilton. aud !TaurIs ii. leaboly
81 Boston. The Union League. the CITY the
Tuxedo. the IAWYers. aud tho Down Town
club weTo represented IN the church. fEe
hOdy Will be taken 10 cambridge Mass. on
the midnight express tonight. and will be In
tered In Mount AuGuGn Cemetery.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23
The Validity OF tho Late James Pnaleu'.
VIII Snstained by the Court OF Annrni.

ALBANY. Dec. 22.-The Court OF Appeals to-
day affirmed the judgment OF tho lower court
in the matter OF tho application OF Charles
James Phalen for the revocation OF the last
will and testament OF James Thalen, deceased.
James Phaen. a gentleman OF wealth. eitI-
zen OF New York. but resident in Paris died
there on Jan. 20. 1887 leaving a widow. two
daughters Florence Comtesse de Gabriac and
Cathlrine the wife OF Count de Nerbonno
Lara. and an only son. Charles James PhaIen
the petitioner. Three days before he q ell he
revised the provision Of his will giving his
son an equal portion with his sisters and the
control and right OF disposition Of his share
and placing his share In the hands OF trustees
for life. The son was at rho time an Inmate OF
q mao house at stuhoni Switzerland, placed
there, as his counsel alleges, at the instiga-
him loroibly seized. The respondents allego
that tho appellant was unit to control his
property. aud that their father theFefore
placed It in trust by to-day's decision the
validity OF tho will Is sustained.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23
Movements OF War vessels.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 22,-The cruiser BAlti-
more arrived at Hong Kong to-day thus prac-
tieally completing her long. roundabout Jour
nsy from the United States 20 the Asiatlc naval
station by way OF the Mediterranean. the Suez
Canal and the Indian Ocean. Her arrival was
reported TO the Navy Department by cable
The Baltimore will proceed to Yokohama
where she will become the flagship Of the
AsiAtic statiOi, relieving the old Lancaster. on
which Rear Admiral Skerrett has his flag The
Lancaster will start for tho United States on
the arrival OF the Baltimore
The cruiser san Francisco. with Rear Adj
miral Benham on board. sailed from Trinidad
this morning for Rio where she will become
the flagship OF the south Atlantic station. 1t
IL estimated that the vessel will reach lilo in
ten DAYS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23

vie survey for the Erie Canal. He received an
appointment to West Point the following
year. and was graduated in 1922. He
was assigned to the Second Artillery. and was
stationed successfully at Philadelphia. at
Washington. and at Norfolk. After serving
four years he resigned from the army and took
mp the occupation OF civil engineer. This was
In 1926. and his first work was u preliminary
survey for q canal to connect the ponds In
Duchess county with the Bronx River The
same year he laid out tho line Of the Juniata
Canal In Pennsylvania His first experience
in railway surveys and construction was In
1920 when he made tho survey for the exton-
sion OF the Western hallway OF Massach usetts
to the Hudson River. The following year he
was appointed inspector Of construction on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and a year
later resident engineer oil the Saratoga and
Schenectady Railroad. He brought into use.
while with this company. tho first crossties
that were ever put into an American railway.
Previous to that time the rails had been laid on
stone blocks. with the result that tho life OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23
MI8YLaND,s x-BILLI4RD CHAMPION.
A Champion acknowledgements One OF
III. NlciIm.-Enhhch iLis Own nnnh.


BALTIMORE. Dec. 22-H. Hart who was the
President Of tho state Bank OF Buckley. Wash,
was arrested hero yesterday on the charge OF
embezzing $50. 900 OF tho funds 81 that bank.
The authorities o! Buckley offered reward OF
$1,000 for Harris arrest
Hart Is sail to have many aliases and to
have conducted his swindling operations in
many Statos. liart's homo was originally In
Baltimore. and he was at one time known as
the champion billiard player OF Maryland. His
name then was Louis ID. kann. He Is six feot
high. weighs l05 pounds. Is II years old. but
looks younger
Here is what the police say OF him:
He is O Mason, member OF the Order OF the
Mystic Shrine and presumes n great deal on
the order in his operations. lie sometimes
disguise himself rs q Catholic priest. In 1870
or 1880 he failed in business and. It Ia alleged
swin1led his creditors. in Oskaloosa and OF
tumwa. Ia. lie went from there to Gait. Ont.
where no opened a largo boot and shoe store
under the name OF Hershman II Co. flo failed
there and swindled his creditors In 1889 He
then went to Augusta. Ga. where he went into
the wood. oil. and turpentine business. He
failed there. too. with similar results to his
Richmond. Ind. he hext visited. He con-
ductel Wholesale grocery store. but sold out
with loss TO his creditors in 1881. He then
time. He soon bohbed up In the Quaker city
a. L. l.. Cam. wholesale cigar and wine mer-
chant lio remained in business about a year
and then sold out. lie got ahead OF the United
States Government In the revenue taxes. More
creditors suffered Hart also swindled ex-
Postmaster General John Wanamaker out OF a
considerable sum. He next turned up In
Skowhegan. Me-. where he engaged In the
Wholesale shoe and boot business. Here for
the FIRST time he used the name OF Hart.
Ho finally want to Buckley. Wash, where he
started n state hank and became it's President.
AbDut A a raj
and came very near being elected. lie left
there on Nov. 10. when his accounts We're
was also In business in saltwater and st. Paul
Mimi. and also In Atchison. Kan. and Halifax
\. :. Hart has four sons and has been twice
lum In Halifax. \. S. He married his second
wife in Oskaloosa, la. Her Leople live there
Hanorb
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23
HACKETT,
CARHART & CO.
tine BpILDISo WAS sHAKIyo.

So Justice steehIer aud tho Fourth Di.,r,.,
Court Moved Rather Suddenly Yesterday.
Shortly after Justice Steckler began the
hearing OF cases yesterday morning In the
Fourth District Court a policeman rushed into
tho room and inform ed him that the building
was shaking and might collapse Mt any mo.
ment The court room and the hallway were
crowded with persons anxious to have their
cases disposed OF before tn o expiration OF jus
tice Steckler's term. There were probably
over 800 persons In the building when the
Judge suddenly raped on the desk for order.
With tho exception OF few court officers who
had overheard the words OF the policeman. no
one present had the slightest suspicion OF the
danger In quiet. matter of-dact way Justice
Steckler said:
For reasons which will explain later this
court will now be adjourned. will hear the
rest OF the cases in the Jefferson Market build.
ing. am told that there are many people In
the hall. SO to avoid accidents 1 N ust request
that you will depart in quiet aud orderly
manner"
Several lawyers protested. butthe Judge call.
ing them aside. explained tho situation. I'M
few moments the room was clear ed al the peo.
pie were assent led In the street. Thee were
ton OF the building. Many remained near i
Es J Ssissf S S
An examination Of the Fourth District Cour.
room revealed the fact that the floor
had sngGed in tho middle between two
and three inches, When subjected TO
tho slightest strain the floor vibrated
Lorceptibly. The room is. on the second
floor OF the Florence building. q hv s-story
brick and iron structure ON the corner Of SEQ.
ond avenue and First street Gt is owned BY
Edwin j. Elnstein. who has an office on the
third floor. The ground floor is occupied by
saloon and restaurant On the second floor
besides the court room, there Is n large dane.
ing hall On the fourth and fifth flo urs are
meeting rooms which arc leased by lodges
and societies. The building was put up nine.
teen years ago. and according to Janitoc Kat1
was condemned shortly after 1t wns com pleted.
New foundations were put in. and 1t wis then
declared TO be sale.
DEPUTY Superintendent vreeland OF tho
Building Department said yesterday that he
did not know whether the building lad ever
been condemned. He was also unable to say
when or by whom It had last been inspected
Inspector John OConnor was ordered yester-
day to make an invest igation and to take such
steps as he considered necessary to make the
building safe. Justice Steckler will hold court
at tho jefferson Market building for the bal.
ance OF his term IL Inspector OCmnor decides
that the Florence building is unsafe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23
tI-auIng IIouse DI.cu,.Ion..

The Clearing House Association met yester-
day and determined one or two Important
points. James 7. WOODWARD President Of the
Hanover National Bank. had notified the asso-
citation at previous meeting that he would
bring up resolution increasing the fee paid
by outside banks TO banks in the Clearing
House as their agents. This feo has baan SpUD
and Mr. WoOdwuTds resol luton increa sed il to
$500. Mr. WOodwurd's resolution was de-
fented most SummaTily nv q vote ~ Al 70 n The
association discussed the liability Tor loss on
account OF the Clearing House gold Certificates
issued 10 exchange for gold coin deposited by
House Association The association has now
a vault I'm the Mercantile Trust Company in
its gold coin balances 81 the Sub-TTeasury.
The association decided that In case nf any
loss arising from the new departure all tina
banks In the Clearing House shall be assessed
pro rata according other capital and surplus,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23
Marcus Besro Arr<stsd.

Marcus Bebro OF England has been arrested
and put in Ludlow street jail in the suit OF
Fannie J. Lemont. assignee OF Charles o. Le-
mont. an employee, to recover So 600 two
years salary. Bebro owned certain English
letters patent for q rotary Numbering
Lemont on Oct; 20 1891 at salary
OF $4,000, 20 aid him In introducing the
mont secured the Incorporation in New Jersey
q tho Rotary Ticket Printing and Numbsri :
Machine Company. with a capital Of SIOp,Uun
personal notes FOR 5000 each which Bebro
said he would pay. These notes he says have
not been paid aud LemOnt las not received
any salary
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23
NJ, seh,remnnn Refused to Reslgo.

Mayor Body OF BROOKLYN made public yes
terday tho conclusion OF his corresp ondencs
with Excise Commissioner John Schliemauu
lie had asked Mr., Sehliemann to resign be-
cause tho Commissioners voted to grant a
license 10 a saloon IN Flatbush avenue after an
alleged promise not to do so. MIR. Schliemunu
wrote that under the circumstances he did not
feel called upon 10 resign MAYOR BoOdy re-
piled ghat ha had no power 10 compel Mr.
Schliemgnn to resign. aud added:
a. / ackh"wledgo your personal assurance
that the matter was overlooked without Intpn-
tional wrong, hut, nevertheless the fact re-
mains that certain citizens nave been pre-
Nentel from exercising their Fights. aud Tor
Whatever damage they may suueT no present
IeGToss exists.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23
Says Hr. counaenuaI C,.r. Robbed Hin.

William A. Mayor Is a broker doing business
at room 4OS in the Produce Exchange. Last
July he injured his spine while diving In tho
bathing pool at the Exchange and his physi-
clan made him give up all work and advised
him TO travel for five or six months. Mayor
gave John g. Sherwood. n trusted employee
power ~ attorney to act for him and started
on u trip through Canada. Two or three days
ago the broker returned. He found. he says
bling him in his absence, an examination of
the hooks showing a shortage OF $1,000.
Sherwood was arrested at his home on Thurs
day MI ht He confessed having taken con-
siderable money, hut in the Tombs Police
Court yesterday he pleaded not guilty and
wood ls ~ years old AMI unmarried.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23
-IsrIxsy ron 4 sUaot1R AND sHon
Ne. Johrson OF Perth A-boy cot Hose Late
s,d MD No, Answer . Challenge.

| Me- Johrson OF Perth Auboy Got Hou,e Late
and MD No, Answer q Chsrenre.
James johnson was mistaken for burglar
and shot in his own house at 90 Jefferson
street. Perth Amboy. early yesterday morning
It IL doubtful II he can recover
Some months ago there was burglar about
the house and aimee then the Johnsons. who
occupy the second floor and the solelds. who
live on the ground floor, have been on the
lookout for thieves. On Thursday night Wrs'
johnson and the so0elds went to bed at tNe
usual hour. Mr.. johnson, who Keeps eotlN
leg store at 90 Smith street. had gone to New
York and had not returned at bedtime. About
half. past | the sonelds were aroused by some
one prowllng around on the piazza and appar-
entity trying to get into the house They gath
cred In the sitting room before the IRE and
listened to the noises to make surethey hadh
been awakened by q false alarm. The noises
continued and after time the Soflelds made
out that some one was walking about In inc
Johnsons' rooms overhead. Mr. johnson does
not always come home early and they thought
johnson fomethlnR to eat.
suddenly there came noise louder than me
rest and then the Sonelda standing alert III
their sitting room, heard loud rans on the floor.
That was Mrs. johnson. ta1ly ecared and try,
Earned. NeSt Mrs. JoSnson =" opened re the door
Of her room and screamed Town the stairs.
which the sofieids dld not recall yesterday.
George So1eld and his son Aiolphus rushed
IN stairs The younger SOileld was first and
he carried n 32-cHlihre RiN-Ehooter. They lo-
Gated the supposed burglar in the dining room.
Adolphus could not remember yesterday
whether In his excitement he opened the door
or whether It was opened from inside. But
when II was open be saw directly in front OF
Who are you p There was no answer and
he asked again. " Who nra youf
No answer came. and getting accustomed TO
the darkness, he saw the man coming toward
him with one arm raised. He Hired instantly
and tho man dropped
running out OF her room with lamp In her
hand, She started forward TO look at the sup
posed burglar. but stopped almost instantly
with the cry:
oh. my husbnnd"
The sofeds we're dsmnyed. hut they recov-
cred quickly. and inter assisting Mrs. john
Thoy found an ugly hole in his throa. right uD-
der the chin. Adolphus Soneld hurried to get
Dr. II. Martin Brace. DIR. Brace saw the wound
was serious and that the bullet had Dene-
trnted so far TINT Il could not safely be ex-
tracted. Last evening II was thought that Mr..
- Adolphus Soiield was arrested By Chief OF
Police Burke and committed by Judge Dillon
to the county Jail Mt New brunswick. He IL
engineer Of the tugboat Lulu, Of which his
father Is Captain.
II was learned that Mr.. johnson got back to
Perth Amboy from New York at $50 o'clock
on Thursday night, two hours before he got
in. and why he did not answer Adolphus 40
fields questions might bo explained by the
Of Chief Burke to the effect that he
was intoxicated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23

The sIgian Government May R.rnish Free
Transportation.

Transportation.
DrRMrSGHAM. Ala. Dec. pa. Fl. Daniels
formerly New Yorker. but recently a resident
OF Missouri. has plan for the removal OF
large part OF the negroes OF the South to the
Congo Free State and other African countries.
Mr.. Daniels has begun work on his scheme,
and at this time feels very much encouraged
He mas written to Alfred lie CHAT. the Bel
CLAN Minister and Envoy Extraordinary al
Washington. asking him what Inducements
the Belgian Government would offer a. colony
OF some 10000 Intelligent negro emigrants
from Alabama and Georgia. for settlement In
the Congo Free state.
Minister lie CHAT replied that no such prop
could not say positively what his Govern nent's
policy In the matter would be. He said he
thought the chances were that the Congo Gov
eminent would furnish Transportation TO 9
iels to advise him. with particulars, as to what
class OF emiRrants no would furnish, what sort
OF tradesmen, whether some would servo as
soldiers. &c. Mr.. Daniels replied that ne could
might want. They would all be good cttizens
and almost every trade and profession would
BIO represented among them.
He explained that the negroes OF the South
were anxious 10 70 to Africa, in the first place.
to redeem their fAtherland from ignorance
and heathenism secondly. because they real:
lied that the white people OF America would
never recognize them as equals, and. lastly.
because they believed their continued resi-
dence In this country would result In a race
war.
The Belgian Minister referred Daniels's COM
munications to l. De Give, ths Belgian Consul
at Atlanta. Ga. and to L. Charter. the Belgian
Consul at Savannah, Ga, with Instruction. to
ascertain oil about Daniels. his capacity. his
reliability. his past history &c. A competent
detective made an exhaustive Investigation
and reported that Daniels was all right.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23
THE BRIDEGROOM MISSING.
The Bride Finds Him, - IL Said, and They
Are Married ouietIy.

The friends OF Hulds Hemminger. young
and pretty brunette. are wondering why Will
liam Best. to whom she was to have been mar
red on Wednesday night at the home Of her
uncle. John Rcinacher. at 81 Ralph avenue.
Brooklyn. didn't appear. Miss HemminCer
was in her bridal robes. the guests were there.
and feast had been prepared. After waiting
a reasonable time she dismissed the guests.
II is said. and then left the house In search OF
her lover. 1t Is said she found him. that they
we're quietly married. ana are now living in a
fiat In Williamsburgh.
Best IA the son Of q storekceper at Great
father two weeks ago, and left the village,
taking along his tools. Miss Hemrninger also
lived in Great Neck. and when Best left she
her marriage. and she went to her uncle's
house. and. Il is said induced him to lot the
marriage take place there. Neither Miss
Hemminger's mother nor Bests father could
tell yesterday what had become Of the couple.
At Reinnchers house it was said last evening
that the girl and Best had been married.