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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-09
JAPANESE COMMISSIONERS HERE.

Nobuakira Yamataka. Imperial japanese Com
missioner FOR the Worlds Columbian Exposition.
together with Kotaro Konishi and *. 3 Niinomi.
also members Of the Imperial japanese Commits
sion. are the Westminster Hotel Mr.. Yama
TAXA has the title Jugoi. Third class OF the I'm
perial order of the Sacred Treasure. and is the
Director Of the Industrial and Applied Art De-
parments or the Imperial Museum at Toxic. He
is connoisseur Of porcelains. pottery and ORR
entail ware. and has spent some time ex
aiming the collections OF these objects at the
Metropolitan Museum OF Art.
The Commissioners arrived in this country in
JVly and have been in Chicago until few days
ago. attending the japanese exhibit at the Worlds
Fair They making a tour OF the prn-
cpal cities OF the East. They will remain in this
city several days and Will then go to Philadelphia
and Washington. Among other points of interest
in this city they will visit the stock Exchange
and Clearing House. the municipal buildings and
the Brooklyn Bridge
Accompanied by Churchill H. Cutting. they WIS.,
tied the Tribune Building last evening, and in
spected the editorial. business. composing and
printing departments OF The Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-09
KILLED BY ~ ELECTRIC SHOCh.

YOUNG M,N GRNSP> An INC\NDESCENT LAMP
MD LOSES HIS LIFE IN CONSEQCEN
August Farrari. twenty -four years old. employed
as a helper in Wash's ice-cream factory in Mar
ket-st. received shock of electricity from the at
tachment of electric light at yesterday
and died i'm few minutes. \ doctor who examined
him said that death was caused by heart disease
superlnduced by the shock. Farrari sitting
on an ice-cream tub I'm the basement when he
held up his hand his head and took hold of
the brass attachment Of an incandescent light
He unable to release his hand. and he called
to a fellow-workman: Hold me up, Hold me up
Before the could reach Farrari the latter
dropped his hands and fell to the floor uncon-
scious, dying before doctor could reach him.
lineman examined the light and found that the
connection out of order and that there
"A leakage. He said. however that Farrari
could not possibly have received more than fifty
volts OF electricity. Farrari was unmarried and
lived with his uncle at No 70 Pearson's Alley.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-09
ryJOy FERRY PERCENTAGES Reduced.

The Sinking Fund Commissioners took up the
application OF the Union Ferry Company yestcr-
day and as foreshadowed by The Tribune resolved
TO reduce the percentage paid the city Tor the
franchises from l2s. to q. per cent on the gross
receipts Of the five ferries. The details OF the sale
referred to the Controller, who VIII I'm inc
day and advertise IT, The Company. II IL expected.
will bid I'm the leases with the stipulation that the
one-cent commission hours from To O'Clock.
morning and evening VIII be retained. III there
must TAX. The companys property at the appraised
valuation of S. 22s iOl. which Is CONSIDERED 70 be
has ten Years to run from May 1891 The Cor
poration Counsel gave notice that me in}un E
franchise has been withdrawn The Controller will
now proceed with the sale. 1870. , e.,
So 10000 to extend It's dock system was referred
10 the Controller
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FATAL TORNADO At LOChPORT, Id.
SIX PERSONS KILLED AND MANY INJURED
DAMAGE BY STORM IN CONNECTICUT.

/ SIX PERSONS KILLED AND MANY INJURED
DAMAGE BY STORM IN CONNECTICUT.
Raceland La Sept. S-A tornado yesterday
morning devastated the pretty little town OF Lock-
port on Bayou La Fourche. Six persons were killed
and many injured Many stores and houses and
the Convent Of the IMMACULATE Conception were
DESTROYED The killed and injured are:
Klled-Sister Pulcharie. Sister Lucie, Miss Mabel
Gauthreaux Oliver Revel: Barber, the convent
servant. and an unknown man with scalp torn
of.
Seriously Injured Camille Richard, Edward Bar
bious Isadore lie Blanc. who carried by the
tornado from one side Of the bayou to the other
Miss Nettie Ago. Miss Aucern, Sister Anasthosie.
sister Joseph Arthur Seville. Mr. and Mrs. Angus
tIs Arbrbat. MIR. George. the shipbuilder, OF Al
giers. Miss Louise Forest.
Bridgeport. conn. Sept. s.The small cottage at
Milford Point occupied by Alfred Bragg, of Shell
ton and his family. consisting Of his wife. two
daughters and one son. topped over by the
wind last night during the severe storm. The
house was blown about thirty feet, close to the
waters edge. Mr. Bragg was injured so seriously
that death resulted at 1890 o'clock this morning.
During one OF The somersaults Of the house Mr..
Bragg was hurled Of the door. The other
members Of the family found inside. Mrs.
Bragg and the children badly bruised. but
not fatally injured Mr.. Bragg's body badly
his limbs paralyZed He was forty-nine years
Of age. and was employed in a shelton FACTORY.
Hartford. Conn. Sept. s-Iarge quantities Of
tobacco have been destroyed this season by hail
blown over in the East Hartford South Middle
District by severe storm the tobacco being badly
bruised and water-soaked bV the rain which fol-
lowed Tobacco barns also blown over in
Windsor and other places.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-09
4 MOTHERS CRTELTY m HEE CHiLD
CHARGED WITH HOLDING ITS H,ND 0N \ HOT
STOVE I'LL THE FLESH WAS nor


grave case Of cruelty cam" 70 Hight yesterday
in Orange Mrs Agnes Branch. = colored woman
living in South-st.. who is now under f3D ball FOR
beating her mother and her children. COM
planned of by her neghbor~ IT asserted that
she had bea her daughter. seven years Old.
inhumanly. and that she had taken ia" child by
the wrist and held her hand on the hot stove I'll
the flesh was horribly burned Superintendent
Kimball Of the Society for the Prevention Of cru
cit. 10 children went from Newark to mvestisaf"
the Gaze The child was found To have been badly
burned. ON It's head were number Of black and
blue spOs whore the mother had cruelty beaten
her and she and her eight -year-old brother vei"
thin from the lack Of food and care This IL not
the first charge made against Mrs Branch ON
August she beat her little daughter with wood
en rocker from - chair cruelty that The grand
mother inicrfercd to save the He 81 IN" child
Thereupon the Infatuated woman turned on her
mother and beat her most shockingly. Supcrin-
tendent Kimball has made arrangements To tax"
the children away and plac" them in the custody
% the society and Mrs Branch Will b" prosecuted
for her cruelty 10 her mother.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-09
is THE MACHINE AFRAID?
STRANGE RUMORS ABOUT MAYNARD.
1T Is SAID THAT HE WILL DECLINE THE NoMi-
NATION AFTER 1T Is MADE.

1T Is SAID THAT HE WILL DECLINE THE NoMl'
NATION AFTER 1T Is MADE
II there is any truth in rumors which have been
circulating for day or two. the Democratic MA
chine leaders have become frightened at the many
evidences OF popular opposition TO Isaac H. May
nard for Judge OF the Court Of Appeals VIM
dica ton is what Maynard wants. and some Oh ns
friends are representing, 1t Is said, that ne VIII
be satisfied with bare nomination by the De'i'o-
cratic State Convention at Saratoga next month.
This, according to the reports, which are peie'eu
to be authentic is to be made by reclamation. and
Immediately thereafter a letter from Maynard VIII
be presented and read TO the convention 'i,anN
ing the representatives. of the Democracy OF 'le
State for this "unsought evidence OF their conn"
dence' in the face Of 'vituperation and SANDER,
and declining to accept on the ground that ne y
abundantly satisfied with such vindcation az
the hands of his feowctizens.
\ year ago Maynard wrote a similar letter l"
Edward Murphy, jr. chairman of the Democra.'c
State Committee, declining the nomination LOT 'i'e
vacancy on the Court of Appeals bench caused ny
Chief Judge Rugers DEATH and thanking his friends
that time Maynard was looking forward ~ , ioo
which Hill and the other consprators promised him
when he assisted them to rob the electors III uIre
tatives Few Democrats seen last evening peneVe1
that Maynard would be satisfied with the KIM Vi
'vindlcation" to be extracted from nomination
II there is any truth I'm this report II was peheVe1
spring from "A dread of disaster on the part OF
Hill Sheehan and other prominent members OF the
State combine" -, 49,. Att,
"Maynard's name on the Democratic TICKET t.s
fall means a loss Of ut least 5000 Democratic votes
in the state" said a wel-known politician or TINS
city Yesterday who at time represented DEM
ocratic constituency in the State Senate. This
opinion is not confined to the one who expressed IT.
A similar belief is known to prevail among DEM
ocrats Of Intelligence I'm all parts of the State.
'Messrs. Hill and Sheehan could not md worse
year for paying off their indebtedness to Maynard,
remarked a careful observer of popular FEELING
after hearing the report alluded to, They cannot
do better thing than to get him TO wait Tor MS
pay until the voters forget who stole the Duchess
County returns Perhaps they begin to realize
that Maynard may pull down the whole ticket with
him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-09
THE YOUyG BACHELORS BALL AT LEMON

Lenox' Mass, Sept. (SpeciaD-The Schermer-
horn Assembly Hall presented IA brilliant appear
tonight when the Young Bachelors gave
their annual ball The AFFAIR was the largest social
gathering OF the season. The Young Bachelors In
charge were s. Rowland Robbins Francis Bullard.
william G. Babcock. G. Edwin Moller. Louis
Greenleaf. Phoenix Ingraham J. Searle Backlay.
jr. ~ Il. Potter Stephen Billiard W. r. Gray.
Pierre Botkine and J. Edward Davis The women
who received were Mrs David I.ydig and Miss
Furniss. Among the guests were Mrs Arson
Phelps Stokes, Miss Ada Godfrey. Miss Pauline
Braem. Prince Cantacuzcne the Russian Minister:
Mrs. Thomas Howard Frederick Weeks. Frederick
Baldwin Mrs. cadwalader Evans. of New-York
and her two daughters; Count and Countess Deher-
dia Mrs Edith Stokes. Miss Bessie Stokes Mrs
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Pnsf0mcc Notice.

Foreign mails for the week ending September 0 will
close PTGp Il AZ 80 az ' for France s%tseand
Italy, spain. Portugal and Turkey. per : 8 La Cham.
s%Ssa via VA nas st 0f France
rOsssaI and T Fur %sss r
Si,sct Velam Via Rotterdam etters must bs
ses'ed cuba S' detters Jamaica Belize Gua.s@,a
. .p%S"S cuba'Y; at for Germany direct;
PER a sremS ns rtmn Tor mn ones s1 q
& ,l,.r AZ II for Campeche. Chapas. Iabasco
"a y"cnt,n per Saratosa cfters for other Mexican
states ior o fay Cumsns and CaruplnO. per PriDs
aamrlts ,cr- other Ven, zuea ports anu for Curacao
rr rims ,Md,,mitsI at M supplementary u 80 nj
l rr'' Fortune Island and J'moea psr Aene (etters
for Jacme and oySsy d " per s. Hskla dse,;
@a. be dea s port ss p, and ns ap m,v lGr nas:
n callso GLASGOW deter. directed per CITY
Of % b. M i?r 1T ~ ma for PER Plat, ram
borough ent pcr = w,yerly at 80 for Aus
,raa and Island pSr .teamsr from Vancouver
Ws for china and japan. per Belgc from San
rra"cee eo- herr aay " to sePis%bes s az 80
p H. mean Islands per Alameda from San Francisco
close here daily ~ 20 sep'nilrr G at 20 p N; on
sar Australia Mail. Tor the Hawaiian Islands per
r p p so BIRD IRON N sns 5s Gs Society,"
here daily up to Ssm nber ~ az 10 p Mails fos
nddre.ed only close a, this oae@ daily AZ o
p m Malls for Newfoundland. by rail- Halifax and
thence by seameE close Sc az Ta, oiise daily a. $50
steamer this Office daily at 40 D. M Malls for
Cuba by rail 10 Fsmpa Fla and thence by steamer !sa!l
80 Mails for Mexico. overland unless specially
addressed for dispatch by steamer. close this ONCE
Registered eli cm. fS.f: at W SlY1S 'ssy''STs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-09
~ Am 0F IMPROVED ROADS.

The proceedings OF a convention OF the Natiohai
League for Good Roads, held In Washington nave
been unfinished. by authority OF the Secretary OF
Agriculture at the Government Printing once Tor
circulation. The addresses Of Senator Manderson
OF Nebraska: Senator Chandler. OF NeW-hainp-
shire: Judge Thayer Of Iowa. and DR.. Chauncey
r. FINLEY of New-Jersey. counsel OF the League
and others representing twenty-five states OF LIN nne
Union are given. Much Information on the popu-
lar subject OF good roads Is TO be FOUND IN thlS
mil ica tinn NJ
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cHhteAaihder s. Webb and Mr.. and Mrs Alfred c.
oft ap'n, OF Brooklyn. Dancing continued until
MONEY POURING INTO THE FAR.
HE BONDED INDEBTEDNESS REDUCED-CON-
TESTS AT THE WELSH FESIIvAL-THE
COLrMBrS CARAYFIS

Chicago Sept s-The steadily increasing attend
ance Of visitors to the Fair and the prospect that
e present average will be- sustained until the end
nave given the stockholders reason to expect some
OF their money will come back to them. The
bonded Indebtedness OF the Exposition is being
rapidly lquidated. Ten per cent was paid by the
treasurer Yesterday and 10 per cent will be turned
over to the bondhoders On September IS and %
the same financial transaction will be gone through
with. much to the relief OF the Board of Directors
When these payments are made, the bonded in
debedness will have been reduced 30 per cent.
leaving unpaid S. 222 30 1t is expected that an
other 10 per cent will be ordered paid by the En-
ecutive Committee before the end Of September.
The total paid attendance to date reaches nearly
100000 the record since September being 9S2 500.
Four great choirs sang in the principal choral
competition of the International Eisteddfod in Fes-
tival Hall to-day 1t was the most important
musical event OF the Welsh festival. The Compel
ing choirs were the Cymrodorian Choral Society.
Of Scranton. Penn. Dan Prothero. director. the
Salt Lake City Tabernacla Choir. Evan Stephens.
director the Scranton Choral Union. Scranton,
Penn. HAYDN Evans director and the Western
Reserve Choral Union. Cleveland, J. Powell Jones,
director. The first prize was S.VU with gold
medals to the successful conductors. The prize
for the second best chorus was $1,000. The awards
will be announced at the closing concert The test
pieces were: Worthy Is the Lamb" from the
Messiah: blessed Are the Men that Fear Him."
from "Eliah." and Now the Impetious torrents
Rise from David and Saul
The ceremonies for the transfer OF the Columbus
caravels from the Queen Regent OF spain TO the
l nited states Government will take place next
Tuesday at noon on the platform east OF the Ad-
Building. captain Concas VIII make
a speech transferring the caravels from the queen
Regent OF Spain to Captain Barry OF Michigan.
" no will receive them I'm behalf OF president
Palmer Of the National Commission. Senior Dupuy
DE LONE. Commssoner-Genera from spain. VIII
also respond for the Queen Regent. william Nc
Adoo Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Is coming
from Washington TO represent the President or
the I'nteh states.
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UJS rms CHILU TREITTDe
, MOTHERS STORY OF CRUELTY oN EANDALL'>
ISLAND.

MOTHERS STORY OF CRUELTY oN EsNDALL>
ISLAND
Jacob Robertson lives at 80 lol Bedfori-st.. In
the basement with his wife and seven children.
He is a hard-worklne man but has been ont OF
employment for SOM time. and. following the
advice Of friends and the doctors OF several medical
institutions he sent Of his children. boy
about four years old. named Arthur. 10 Randalrs
Island \ Tribune reporter saw Mrs. Robertson
last night at her home. She said that her SON
from the effects Of spinal meningitis had become
an idiot. and as she had two younger children and
her husband ont Of work. she hau followed
what she thought good advice and had taken
Arthur on July -, TO Randalrs Island. She and
her husband, she said. visited the island. and
noticing the treatment which her own child and
others received soon decided to take him away.
which they did August -. Mrs. Robertson says
tha- her child. while the island was fire.
quenty tied to a chair and placed In the brOilng
sun until he became almost blacN She says that
when they brought him away the child showed
the results Of most brutal treatment: he black
ana blue. covered with bruises ard and
almost starved He D. in most ravenous manner
when brought home, The mother said Mrs Rober
son said that when visiting Randalls Island she
had often a large girl also imbecile, thrash
ing the younger children with "cat -nine-tails."
Dr. George II. Elliott. OF No. 22s Yves, Eleventh
ST. VIII is "A well-known physician OF the West
Side, has beer attending the Robertson family for
several years. He said las. night that they were
good plain honest people. and until lately, when
the husband lost his work. had paid their debts
promptly. He indignant at the condition OF
the child. He said that the boy was fairly healthy
when sent to RandalI's Island. but when he
turned he was i'm "A most deplorable state. He
thought the needed most thorough nvesti-
cat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-09
A POPULAR ASSOCIATIONS OUTING.

The Thomas j. McManus Association OF the
XNIITth Assembly District will give its annual
afternoon and evening picnic and summer-nlghts
festival at Lion Park. One-hundred- and eghth-s
and Ninth-ave.. on Monday. Fifty thousand invita-
tons have been issued by this popular organization
and a large crowd will doubtless attend The head
quarters are at No ij6 West Forty-ninth-st. Will
lam H. Kelly, the president, and John L. Leehare,
the secretary, have matters in charge and promise
the greatest annual outing that the Thomas j.
McManus Association has eyer had This evening
the association will parade, headed by a band Of
nifty pieces of music. The parade will start from
Flftieth-st and Ninth-aye at 1870 O'Clock promptly.
Both the XVIIIth and XIXth Assembly Districts
will be represented
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i)IEIl.

LowERs-At summit Mountain, * y; on Thursday AZ
sept = C. Bowers, in the fortyfr-t year Of his
FGnei,l at hi. fathers home in Clinton. Mass.
CHNPMAN-on Thursday. Sept. 7th 1898. Robert Chap.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invita- ted to attend the
AZ the residence of his sister Mrs Elizabeth Mason.
CLARKsoN-on the 9TH inst james Clarkson aged SO
rS Esa g and friSad family
tts @"d tse from oh his late e ~ as Vet
ISthst on sunday O'Clock without further notice
Dunbarton tscctlaId) papers please copy.
hn fHShp@ ny Elizabeth yean Burn
Funeral ,crviess at st. Marks Church loth.st and 3D.
dYc 10 n w. OrT n. T ia ST. Marks chachyard
COwLEs-In Vermont September 7h Of pneumonia Mr.
Sarah f. Woodward Cowles formerly principal OF I"en's
Funeral saturday at o'clock p. at 49, Barrow-sS'
DAELING-september 9Th, Mary. widow Of Daniel s.
BoSsyS sSn nsr s' sfcrS
Interment at convenience OF family
Please omit flowers.
DuFF-september g. at residence Of his fashe,a.x
bs s%y only S a as h q william IT, s"d
FanSr per services e 'H % S@ Sed on satrda September O.
az 80 p M, at No. o25 Mad~ona,e.
a%n 9er Tcs at st. ss ca,
plca cars ar M S ssceS '
Central Depot at 10 80 a. m. returning feaeh New
Relatives and friends are invited attend. 1t Is 70.
uucsted that flowers should not be sent.
The members Of the 81 Nicholas Socie,y Of the CITY
n New-lork respectfully requested o. attend me
cocietv from II. Philip s.inthe. n ghlands ,isrrisons
y. y. Monday, september 1lth at II o'clock ~
FREDERIC J. DR. PEYSTER
President.
GEORGE G. DE- WITT Secretary.
FOSTER-At Quogue J.. l.. September eth. h'rah II.
friends respectfully invited attend the funeral from
her late residence Saturday. September 9th. at II
O'Clock.
IIAMLIN-On Friday September Sth 1898 Frederick ".
llanlln. In the 10Th OF his age.
Funeral services his late residence. 500 Madonave
Monday. September II, az 80 D. M
UIIDEKOPER-At hoi home Mcadyie, Penn, on
Scrtemh.r ith Anna Julia Huidckop,r.
KIMBALI- the Broadway Central Hotel. Friday. Sep.
sth 1893. Timothy e. Kimball, aged 90 years
Notice Of funeral hereafter
KYLF.-On Frd1y Sept Sth Laura H.. widow OF John J.
KYLE and DAUGHTER Of Chas. w. Copeani' Of Brooklyn.
Funeral from her late residence 81 Prospectt, East
Orange y. j.. Monday sept. 18th. at 80 D, m.
Train leave. foot Barciayst for Brick Shurch S3t'ou
> 80 p. m.
NJ ELROY-On september IN. 1893 after brief illness.
Ellen r binson. wife OF William II. Mctlroy.
Funeral saturday AT p. from family residence. 236
West 7ith-st
RoE-sudtenly on sept 7th at Cornwall on. Hudson.
y. Y. Mrs. Maria d. Roe. widow OF Albert Roe aged
-
Funeral from the residence OF her son-in-aw. VIM. A..
Seiman SUNDAY y. m. at O'Clock. 1nermeDt az
Warwick. Orange County, n. " on Monday, Sept 1ith
- m
KENSICO CEMETERY. Harlem Railroad; AZ minutes
from Grand Genital Dcpot private station at entrance
ONCE 10 East i"d-st. Telephone ta 900 3S.
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RJILRO4D INTERESTS.

NORTHERN PACIFIC DIRECTORS RESIGN
The designations of Edwin II. Abbot. Colgate
Howl and David S Wegg dircctors Of the
Northern Pacific havs been offered. These are
largely interested In the Wisconsin Contra. Com
pany and owing the litigation over tn" lease
to the Northern Pacific they consider their position
I'm the Iatter's bOaTl Incompatible with their in
terests i'm Wisconsin Central Charles l.. Colby,
another director. denies that he has resigned
The illness Of Henry G. Payne one ~ M re-
cai,ers of The Northern Pacific is said mere not
be serious. Advccs to Thomas r. CakeS say mat
Mr. Payne will be at WORK AGAIN Mo"' aS'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-09
SHOT THE PRISONER VINO CLUBBEU HIU
\ BROOKLYN POLICEMAN USES HIS PISTOL UN
DRUNKEN MAN-THE WOUND BE
IIENED 10 Hl.


IIEYED TO BE FATAL.
9Rchard Dillon a policeman attached to the
lIerbert-si. station. Brooklyn. shot and probably
fatally wounded Thomas Doran. thrty-twO years
old Of No. "a Frost-st.. l:lJ O'Clock last night
at UniOn-ave. and Frost-st The story told by The
policeman is to the effect that he attempted to
arrest DOran. who was intoxicated. DoTan re-
sisted arrest took the policemans club away and
gave him several blows with it. Dillon then
drew his revolver and fired shO' over Doran's
head as It warning Doran then drew "A revolver
the policeman says. but before he could use IT
Dillon lowered his ana shot at his prisoner. the
bulle. taking effect In the inner part Of the right
leg. the groin
Doran was taken TO the station house ana
searched but no revolver found in his pos
session lie was then taken to s.. GATHERINGS
Hospital and the physicians there say his con-
dtion is critical Dillon is confined at the station
house pending the result Of Doran's injuries.
Dillon was formerly brcklayer, and has been
on the force about year.