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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-29
OLD HERALD BUILDING
scnIBA AND DEAN MS. 1RUEHEARL
II was the Emo Case Pvebabiy that the Ex-
Bank Examiner vAs subpen"ed In.


United States Distrjt Attorney Mitchell was
disinclined to talk yesterday when asked in
what specifc cas So re had subppnaed ex- Bank
Examiner Augustus VI. Scriba.who committed
suicide in San xnnclsco Saturday night Mr..
Mitchell said;
The sumaons for Mr.. Serbia to appear as
n vitness |, this city was sent only few days
ago and ID not have time to reach him before
be killed himself. l telegraphed to United
States darshal Long to send minute descrip-
ton Il the body in order that might be sure
1t il that Of Mr.. Serbia. The effects are I'M
deIbtedly his. but wish to be satisfied with
egard to the body. The reason do not wish
to speak OF tho case in which he was sum-
moned is that it is pending trial"
When asked II 1t was the Emo cnse Mr..
Mitchell only smiled.
friend OF Mr.. Scriba's says that several
years ago he became greatly interested in a
business scheme and sent a friend abroad as
envoy to the POPE to gain the ialters saneti9,aa
to modification at not securing the Pope's
blessing on the scheme. Mr.. Scripa's tondness
want" Is not only cvinced by the frequency. o.:
his letters to her but his repeated requests Tor
answers. lie nearly always enclosed stamped
and addressed envelope.
Many OF the letters begin My dear Mrs
Trneheart and nearly all are sig shis G , or
Gusty" and "Gusty b." her familiar names
for him. A peculiar feature in many OF the
letters was n heavy Maltese cross made at tho
bottom and followed by the words. " Do not
forget your promise"
when he went away" explained Mrs. GAR
rigan, he made mo kiss a holy prayer book
and swear l would not divulGe his where
aboutS 10 any one"
One OF the recent letters is from Portland.
Or. and was written Oct 4 1893 1t says:
u. u. meaning " Dear Daring: shall he SO glad
when soc your smilng face again and those
clear honest blue have never seen any others
mat look just like them TO me think sometimes that
better aud ma home that II VIII not cost
so much to reach ami be near New York II shou
back to 100 or POO miles of that city and rent a
small farm, will you come and take care OF me-yu
and ChRrl " II onlv had plenty OF money would
soon settle and be happy, all OF us.
The last letter received by Mrs Garrigan Is
from San Francisco and is dated Oct. ~. 1898.
1t runs:
DAISY; Write to me at once. that may know how
This Is the promised land" You shall come
here as soon as | get money enough to bring you
shall catch on to some OF the good things soon. am
tue track should not DO myself II were not truo
those who true to ID. ID. u,
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AUIC!DE IN MS DRESS SUE
Insurance Agent wIIsoa Left Nothing to
Expinin why He shot Himself

Samuel ii. Wilson. an insurance agent p
years old. committed suicide yesterday in his
room in Peter Esler's boarding house. at l,a27
Madison avenue. by shooting himself in the
right temple. He came to this city from Erie.
Pa. about year ago and seemed to be pros
porous and contented.
lie was son OF the Rev. J. {. Wilson. who Is
pastor OF a Presbyterian church at Erie is
known as the Presbyterian politician, and
has served two terms in Congress. He WAS
a gsaduato Of Cornell. He was employed
as auditor and assistant Rctuaay by
the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association.
For the past seven months he has been work
Ing night ana day. lie began work at y A. NJ.
and frequently did not finish until nearly mid
night, Friends warned him that he was kill
ing himself by OyeTwork. but he was big.
healthy young fellow, and he said that his
long hours did not affect his health
On Monday night he came home early. AZ
ter supper he nut on dress suit saying he
intended to go to the Harlem Opera House.
No one knows at what time he got back.
He and John H. Mckee, a broker at 40 Broad
way. occupied two rooms on the top floor One
was a sleeping room, containing two beds.
The other was lifted IN as a sort OF bachelor
ard other conyeniences. On awaking Yester-
day morning Mckee noticed thar wilson's bed
had not been occupied. Going into the front
room he found Wilson lying dead on the n@or
with his head on pillow. lie stu wore ms
dress suit. and he held revolver ia MS right
hand.
Friends will send the body OF the young man
to his home In Erie to-day. OyeTWork IS inc
only known cause OF the suicide. lie le4t
nothing to explain his act
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A FISH THAT ANGLES
Capture OF n Big LophIus PIseatorius In the
KIN Won Hull.


A curious denizen OF the deep. captured by
Landlord Stephen ID. Barnes and his men
while fishing in the Kill Won Kull. has been on
exhibition for two days past at the Shore
House in Bergen Point The creature is a
specimenIof that variety of.lsh known to scIen-
tihc people as toDhius piscdtoriuS. Its mouth Is
nearly as wide as the head. which Is very
broad. Its body is narrow compared with the
head. and tapers gradually to the tail 1t is
an inhabtant Of the bottom of the sea. where
II burrows in the muu. II Is supposed to en-
tice smaller fish within reach of its great laws
by means OF two long and tasselled tentAcles.
which il slowly waves to and fro. From this
belief the monster Is known as the angler :
or fishing frog"
The specimen captured measures feet 3
inches long from tue point OF its lower Jaw to
the end OF It's tail From the tip OF one wing
like side fin to the tip Of the other 1t Is . feet
IL inches broad. Its mouth. when extended
is l2a inches deep. rs inches long. and 3
inches wide IL is provided with several rows
OF sharp little teeth. so is a brans at the
entrance to the stomach. The fish 10 virtually
all mouth and stomach. 1t weighs about 100
pounds.
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II blu and u e \ very, sgtl9ispt rse g,1is
Hnother interest direetly involved is that OF
the Nova SCOTIA coal mine owners ~ mas
been held that. admitting American coal free
furious TO the Nova scotian interests; ! have
IL ON the highest authority that the Canadian
Now comes the question OF the effect q
both countries putting coal on me ire I i1s.
hs i States a. S trST o pF Canadian coal We
have large IN lnufacturing interests In our At
lantic district between this city and portland.
dian coal. although at iierlin Falls. Mechanics
Falls. Lewiston. Auburn; and other parts there
IL large daily consumption OF coal lake on
the duty and they will use Canadian coal: The
Whitney syndicate iavors Tree coal, and they
represent the lasgest q, - trse coal
the American railroad companies; which lear
70 lose the Transportation Of coal from West
to Nova scotia's interests Of freeing coal from
these com panies fear Canadian competition.
Inasmuch. therefore, as putting coal on the
free list would benefit both minors and manu-
facturers there can be no doubt OF its ad-
vantage to tho Canadian public"
The Canadian, press generally, commends
ToRoNTo. Nov 2a-The leading business
Il e The e0 Changes pToposed in the United States
tariff are carried out II. A. Massey. who Is at
the hehd OF the largest agricultural Implement
mandatory here. says his firm will be able to
export machinery to the States IL the changes
are made. Great developme emit in the Canadian
lumber industry and in nickel and iron min
ing Is also expected. 1t ia the general opinion
among business men that the Canadian Gov
eminent should also reduce its tariff to m eet
the reductions proposed at Washington. and
It is altogether likely this will be done by the
next Parliament.
HALIFAX. Nov. 29-The announcement that
the. Congress Tariff Committee have placed.
coal. lumber and iron ore on the free list is a
source OF satisfaction to Canadian free-trad-
ers end tariff reformers. and 10 regarded, II
the bill passes Congress. as certain to lead o
freer commercial relations between Canada
and the New England states. and to VASTLY in
creased trade.
Draw, Ont. Nov. 2S.-The i'm preston
created in official circles here by the proposed
Tariff bill is that IL 1t becomes law Il will
give an immense impetus to United States
trades and Industries. and will very soon re-
suit in placing the manufacturing supremacy
OF the world In tho hands OF the tied states.
It will enormously increase the trade between
the United states and Canada.
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SEVEN MILLIONS SAVED TO THE c1rr.
The Aqueauct Contractors Finally Beaten In
the Court OF Appeals.

tue Nourt " HPpSN"s
LAWYERS Elihu Root. James C. Carter. Austen
G. Fox. Wallace MacFarlane. and David ].
Dean representing tho Corporation Counsel.
have been successful in their contention that
the city is not bound to pay the 100000 to
SSOO00O0 claimed by the contractors who
built the new aqueduct for extra work per-
formed outside the contract requirements. The
Court OF Appeals handed down yesterday Its
decision affirming the judgment OF the trial
court and the decision OF tho General Term OF
tho Supreme Court in favor OF the city in the
test case brought by Contractors O'Brien and
Clark for 1892 25G for extra work on section
OF the aqueduct. There were fifteen other
>suits.
During the Legislative session OF 1890 John
O'Bren. the senior partner OF the firm Of con-
tractors, secured the passage OF an act giving
the aqueduct suits preference in all tho courts
Of the State and providing that the actions
might be brought in any county OF the state;
This measure was allowed to die by Gov. Hill
on Corporation Counsel Clarks stipulation
that tho cases might have preference in the
courts OF New York county and the appellate
The case Just decided by the Court OF Ap-
In July. 1901. and decided IN favor Of the city.
Tho counsel for the plaintiffs were Joseph III.
ChGate. Tredwell Cleveland. sxIAttorneey-GTe h.
TONED. They were successful on the trial and
was argued before the Court OF Appeals By Mr.:
Tabor and Col; lngersoll Tor the plaintiffs and
Mr. Root and Mr.. Carter for the city. The main
contention Of the contractors was that they
were entitled to payment for q greater amount
Of excavation than was certified by the engt-
neers. 1t was conceded that the extra ex-
cavation had been done. but the engineers
kept their returns within the limiting lines OF
IL was claimed by the plaintiffs. too. that
they were entitled to payment for extra back
ing and filling required by the eIRinsers-
Much of the extra work was made necessary "
defective work already done by the contractors.
The cost OF II was very great. ana the losses
will fall heavily on the contractors. The Court
OF Appeals holds that only such work as was
certified by the engineers need he paid for.
Judge PecKham,writes the decision; which is
dissented from by Judges OBrien. Maynard.
and Earl.
In his ecision Judge Peckham says;
Il apparent that the plaintiffs have failed to prove
facts scIent To constitute cause OF action sgAinss
the DEFENDANTS for any greater sum than 10 AeknoH-
edged be due In the nnal certificate IT'S net necss
sATy proceed and rnumeTate each cause OF Aetion
There can be preteNt that THIS .9ik wss ~ ,Aes
ordered by the Commissioners under this provision OF
the contract. or that u was REGARDED by them
worS or certified. The platinum should have reivssS
TO the work until the contract was MADE tort
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sHE Would NOT WEAR MOURNING.
Not Even for a MOthsT-In-iaw Who hss
Bsea Dead Twenty Years.

Pretty Louisa Lundt became the vile OF Dan-
lei Macarthur. a pianist three months ago. ana
they went to housekeeping at 80 Hull street.
BROOKLYN. How she enjoyed her honeymoon
was told by her in the Gates Avenue Polica
Court Yesterday. where she asked Justice
Connolly for warrant against her husband
Our troubles began almost as soon IS We
were married" said Mrs. Macarthur. He tried
time 1 left him once and then returned. bus
lie beat me terribly Then again ne lnsisted
that should go into mourning to1 me- motheIi
was five years old when she died. and dons
think that he remembers her himself, 1 hAd
and had them all dyed black. That Was too
much fur me. and when objected he tried to
strike me again. lett MN anu went pacA 70
4 warrant against Macarthur was granted,
hut IL is not thought that Mrs, Macarthur Will
prosecute him. She 10 now living at 49,
Pacific street.
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GooD-BY REGRETS TO PoWDERLT.
Knights of Labor AdIourn-The New Grand
Mnster Work mnn's Career.

Knights of Labor AdIourn-The New Grand
Master workmnn's Career.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 29.-The General As
sembly OF the Knights OF Labor. after a ses-
sion to-day lasting nearly four hours finished
the business before it. and finally adjourned
to meet next year in New Orleans General
Worthy Foreman Bishop occupied the chair.
Ex-General Master Workman 4. V. Powderly
was not present. but q resolution was adopted
before adjournment thanking him for
his services in tho fifteen years he has
been at the head OF the order and compliment
ing him upon his decisions. 1t also expressed
the hope that his relations with the Knights
would not be severed. Secretary Schoenfarber
read tho telegram from the newly elected
General Master Workman Sovereign. 1t was
Graeted with cheers. and after the final adj
Iournment there wasa lo!ltiiCation. >,
DIES MoINEs, Ia. Nov 2S-JnneS II. Soyer-
eiGn. who was chosen on Monday Grand Mas
ter Workman Of the knights q So Labor Vas Tis
mother died when he was an infant and he was
BROUGHT up by his grandifather. When he was
down into Texas and kansas on the Gonzales
and Abilene cattle trail In 1877 he came to
Iowa. where his father had established home
in Crescoe. Howard county. There he worked
years. In 1874 he learned the marble cutters
trade. which he followed for nine years. Sow
In 1883 at Cherokee, where he began the pub
llcatlOn OF inc F:fP I1FSS, u weekly paper.
Since then he has published tho Argus at JEFF
ferson. tho Industrial at Atlantic and Dubuque.
During this time he has delivered great
many lectures on labor topics. and has been
active in politics. He was Greenbacker and
ran for Congress on the Greenback labor
ticket in the Eleventh district in 1882 against
Struhle and Allison. and in the Ninth district
In 1888 against j. H. Reed and D.. NJ. Harri..
R hs n s ssP
ported Gov. Hoies. and in 1891 lie was APP
pointed Labor Commissioner by the Governor
as q reward. y.
Sovereign Joined the Knights OF Labor in
Storm axe Ia, where he was working at his
trade in 1891. lie has been deeply Interested
In the order ever since, and has been pron-
nent in its councils. lie had been delegate
TO the General Assembly for nine yeaIh and
was a delegate to this assembly. but did not
attend. He has been State Master Workman
OF Iowa for six years, in the General Assembly
he has heen on all the important committees.
principally working on the committees on leg
islation and law.
The new Grand Master Is poor man and is
very popular among the laboring mea here.
He left to-day for Philadelphia. Sovereign
says that he will Mt once remove the head
quarters ofthe order from Philadelphia to Des
Molnes.
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COZ. OTIS GETS HIS ADVANCEMENT.
Nominated to Bs Brigndier-GeneraI, to Sue
cted cen. W. -. tnriin.

cted cen. w. -. tnriIp.
WARRINGTON. Nov. 2a-The President has
appointed Col. L. 8. Otis. Twentieth Infantry
to be BrRddier- General in the army. to sue.
coed Gen. Carlin. retired. Tho appointment OF
Col Otis was Of more than usual interest
to army officers. owing to the circumstances
which have surrounded his case.
just before the close OF the last Administra-
tion President Harrison peremptorily retired
Brig. Gen. Carr. who had refused to volun-
tarily 60 on the retired list. ami nomi-
mated Col Otis to succeed him. There
was much feeling manifested over Gen. Carrs
other army VIE When f the Sf GarT pn
son Administration ended the nomination OF
Col Otis had not been confirmed owing to the
refusal Of the Senate to 20 into executive SOS
sion on Military COMMITTEES business.
Soon after Mr.: Cleyclands AdmnistraSrnl
coed Gen, Carr. Gen. Carin retired last EEK.
and GOSSIP among army officers over thG Tia
since thcn II was GnIi,,xysnh ,mo p's ~ other
Colonel would secure the plum Thynnmlha,
on Of Col WtiS will cause the adyseenieb"I I'm n.
iantry Major Edwin NJ. Coates Neleenth In.
lantry: Can't Clarence T. BennetkS.Giventeenlh
Chubh. Seventh Infantry anL Second Lieu
tenant Arthur johnson. ELfeenntihn MANY ,f
Although the second rankvtbe ynunpest IN in
y srTsf teiH SG s. s years Is snS viii retire IN
Gen. Otis was born MARYLAND and was
appointed to the nrmYfOn VOW otk' IN ne
volunteer service ,htlhk Tue IaIe war ne
served ns Cantnin I'D Lieutenant Colonel OF
the i4Oth New YoG Infantry: and in March,
1855, was brovcted Colonel for gallant and
meritorious serves in the battle OF Spottsyl-
the same day for gallant and meritorious
ginia DuriG the war he paI ticipated in the
6nttie Of fredericksburg. Charlottesville.
Gettysbup. RappahannoCk Station. Mine hun,
the Wi, srness, Spottsyv mia, North Anna,
Totopotinay. Bethesda Church. Petersburg.
Weldo, Railroad. and Chapel House. where
he ws badly wounded After being honor
aGIv mustered out OF the volunteer service
J;eS Otis served as Lieutenant-C olonel OF
IN Twenty second Infantry from July. 1886,
,,nll February 1850, when he became Colonel
y the Twentieth Infantry. since the war he
mas been in command OF n number OF army
posts and has served na commander of several
military districts, During the labor riots ot
1877 he commanded his regiment in Pennsyl-
yania. Since November 1877. he has been in
command OF Fort Assiniboine. Mon. and OF
his regiment. with the exception OF about two
years and quarter. when lie served as Super
intcndent Of the general recruiting service ut
New York city.
Col. Otis is said to have had less active SER
vice than any Colonel in the line. although he
was second to Col. Shaftcr in point Of seniority.
Col Shafter had the backing OF Don Manuel
Dickinson. and. had tho President followed his
rule OF selecting officers by seniority. he would
have been appointed. Secretary Lamont Is
believed to have favored Otiss selection.
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FOREIGN views OF THE BILL
KagIaAd aad Canada Thin 4 Our Proposed
TarlR WoaId BE Help InI 10 Them.


Tsri1 woald Re Help Tai 10 Them.
LONDON. Nov. 2a-The pu blished provisions
OF the new United States Tariff bill caused
special surprise In the utlsry. steel, and
electro plate industries of hefield. United
Press reporter interviewed he principal Shelf
field manufacturers tradln :. with the United
States to- day to learn their opinion OF the vii
son bill Some said the REQ auctions made were
not as large as they ex' Iected- Others said
they were satisfied with ne bill and expressed
the hope that 1t would lead TO a revival OF
orders from the United 6 tatesL
Those manufacturers v no ex pected larger re-
duotions based their hoI ss upon reports which
their agents In America sent early in the year
They now think the Tar iff bill was modified in
consequence OF the results OF the recent
elections
Manufacturers gem rally want to know ex-
aetly what kind OF cal tlery will be allowed to
come under the 1871 'er cent tariff. because u
this rate covers mec um goods they see good
prospect OF American trade revving. At the
same time they thi TIk that the low tariff will
allow German man uIaeturers to flood America
with cheap prOduo =. to the ssri Gus dstriment
Of good American manufactures
MosTREAI. Now. 2S-Ths new American
Tariff bill is mi ten discussed here. and the
general opinion il that it will. II passed. prove
very beneficial Il, Canada The new bill was
sral opinion was that 1t would help us. Bar
ley Is the cereal that would benefit most. and
no doubt the pro posed law would prove "A boon
70 the Canadian farmer. especially in Ontario.
the home Of bar eY
Before the Nc, Iiney bill was passed Canada
raised between twenty and thirty million
bushels Of Larle a year; but recently the pro-
duction had dropped to about 4,OOO.OOO
bushels. and ey On at that the mark ct has been
glutted, for now y is selling at less than one
cent q pound. the CHEAPEST grain on the
market. Month eal grain men shipped some to
England, but II was too light for that market
and would not sell al hgures that would pay
the producer.
The United States was the only market for
Canadian harlisy. hut thirty cents a bushe Ia x
was more thAg the American could ray so no
Was compelled 10 look to his own country for
the cereal. uIdted states barley Is inferior to
ths Canadian rtiels. and although the Ameri-
can farmer tri& d hard he could not produce
anything that you'd come up to the standard,
Under the n ew Till Canadian barley will be-
admitted to thu United states at "a twelve cent
rate; about tha same as before the passage Of
the Mckinley I'LL
General Maj Ager Sergeant OF the Grand
Trunk said III q placing coal on tho fres list
vas fraught u lth great consequences to the
Grand Trunk Railroad. The GrAnd Trunk IA
the pAst has been oyerbuTdened with taxa
tlon. The Cag, ldian duty OF sixty cents ton
GA bitapihOul zeal cost that road no less than
F~T6sfs sall Mr.. Sergeant -is the main
ESasoa WIZ Nt are Interested In thls neH Tar
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An Early Vote on the Tariff Bill.

TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Nov. Ex-senator voor-
hees returns tomorrow to Washington.
Sometimes used to get back day or two
late" said the Senator. but 1t is necessary
for me now. as Chairman Of the Finance Com
mittee. to be present at once"
Tho Senator thinks the House win adopt the
Wilson Tariff bill during December. that the
will be adopted and go to the President by
February.
Think" said he. that ali realize the dam
age TO business that would be caused by pro-
tracted debate OF the tariff. and that there will
be no disposition after fair debate to obstruct
a vote"
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The White House Turkey Weighs Twenty
seven Pounds.

NEW LONDON Conn. Nov. 2S. - President
Cleveland's Thanksgiving turkey this year
will not weigh so much as White House turkeys
usually do 1t weighs twenty-seven pounds and
has been shipped from Westerly by HoraceNose.
who has had tho selection of q New England
turkey for the White House ever since Presi-
dent Grants time. The largest turkey he
ever sent TO Washington was to President
Grant 1t weighed thirty-siN pounds. Mr.;
Cleveland's turkey this year is Ci tine pink and
grasshoppers, corn NJ cal. and chestnuts.
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suIsIds Of a PhlsIsIaa Nhms Ds.aaEsa.

New BRUNSWICK. n. j.. Nov. 28.-Plselng the
muzzle Of a gun in his mouth and pulling the
trigger with his toe. DR.. Woodhall SeloVsr
ended his existence yesterday at mis- home In
the pretty little village Of Rhode Hall near
this city. His wife was the first 20 discover
his dead body in an Outbullding. DIR. SeloESr
had once been confined In the Trenton asylum
for brain trouble. aud a few weeks ago he
suffered IN attack OF paralysis 1t issupDossd
that he was Temporarily dsrsnged. His age
was 40
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sho, bad. MIC and HIm.sIE

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Nov, 2S-Myron A.
King. a mason. shot and killed his wife this
morning AMI then shot himself lie will die.
The couple have not lived happily and two
weeks ago Mrs King lett her. husband. She
passed the house about 10 o'slock thl' morn tni
minutes later three shots were heard anu
neighhors found the, couple lytus IN a, bed.
dead whom found. The room showed evidences
Of "A dasnerata struggle.
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Receiver for the American Casualty Insur-
pnce Company.

ALBANY. Nov. 2S-Deputy Attorney General
Hogan to-day commenced an action to pre-
servo the rights of the American Casualty
Insurance Company OF Baltimore In this
State TO secure the appointment OF receiver
and to prevent a multiplicity OF actions. He
has also given notice OF motion Tor the ap-
nointm ent OF a receiver OF the com pany In this
State at the Albany Special Term on Dec, o.
and has obtained an Injunction restraining
nnY one from proceeding against the company
i'm thia Sfata