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Outwltted by an interviewer.

Marshall Cushing, the private secre.
tary of Postmaster General Wanamaker.
was newspaper correspondent in Wash.
ington when the Philadelphian first en-
tered the Cabinet. Mr.. Gushing went to
that gentleman one day for information
upon two questions. Regarding one the
Postmaster-Generala answered freely, but
would vouchsate nothing regarding the
other. AS to the latter, however, Mr..
Gushing was able to secure light else.
where; and his paper printed a good
story about both matters next day. Mr.,
Wanamaker was sufficiently annoyed al
his being outwitted to reprove Mr.. Cush-
ing some time afterward; whereupon the
correspondent made SO good a defense Of
his course that he was invited to become
the Cabinet officers secretary.
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DR. E. G. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN
TREATMENT, a specific for Hystera. Dizzi-
ness, Fits, Neuralgia, Headache Nervous
Prostitution caused by alcohol or tobacco,
Brain, causing insanity, misery, decay, death,
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power
in either sex, Impotency, Leucorrhoea and ali
Female Weaknesses, Involuntary Losses,
Spermatorrhoea caused by over exertion OF
brain, Selfabuse, Over-indulgence. A months
treatment, 81; 6 Tor So, by mail. We guar
antee six boxes to cure. Each order for six
boxes with So will send written guarantee to
refund If not cured. Guarantees issued only
by CLARK & WEIHE, DRUGGIsTs, sole
Agents. GAO Post Street, San Francisco. Cal.
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Mr.. Tahasklma, a japanese gentleman
who appears in native dress" is enter
tanning Kansas audiences with a lecture
entitled Real Life i'll Japan.''
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Go Get or Bent.

C1O TO LET-FLAT OF FOUR ROOMS,
OlC. 626 street, corner Seventh. Inquire
ut 914 Seventh street.
FTNO LET-TWO ROOMS SUITABLE FOR
l. housekeeping; no children. 7191@ street.
felO-lwF
ITO LET-DESIRABLE ALLEY HOUSE.
i in rear OF 1913 X street; cheap. Apply
719 l. street.
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NANTED-A WET NURSE. APPLY TO
" DIX. BRIGGS, PA J street, between
IO:oO A. NJ. and Il M. or and p NJ fe l OK
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Or,teral alnttres.
Wuuten.

WANTED AN EXPERIENCED MAN
w with horses. Apply TO q. III C;IIMAV
iseu mouse, between 8 a. NJ. and IL M to-day
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w ANTED-PoSITION OPEN TO A coon
w business man. Address NJ BONNET.
$50 Suffer street, Stockton, Cal. fe1l-4tr
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SERVICES OF TEACHER IN SPANISH
- desired; lady preferred. Address TEACH
Err, this once feI IA.
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ID ELIABLE JAPANESE WANTS SITTTA-
IL ton as cook or housework; city or coun-
Try; Address FRANK, Japanese Mission.
JO3 street. fee-I W. -
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SnHt-En,tnn.

STOLEN FROM MY PLACE OF BUSI-
- hess, package of bills, one of which was
recepted. l hereby warn any person or per
sons against trying to collect or negotiate for
sale OF same. fel1-3ttl II. NJ. BERNARD.
I OST - A BLACK NEWFOUNDLAND
II pup, months old; white on breast; an
swers to name of Don" Return TO 1923 II
street and be rewarded. felO.3t*
OTRA YED-ON JANUARY 18TH, ONE
- large bay horse, bald face, left hind foot
white; nearly five years old; weighs about
1,3oo pounds. Reward paid by returning
him to CAPITAL SODA WORKS, I'LL
Front street, Sacramento.
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TOR SALE L ONE YOUNG STALLION
l. and brood-mares. Must be sold as owner
has no use for them. Call or address w NJ
GOODWIN, II? X street, Sacramento fe7 We
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EOR SALE-TEN SHARES OF SACRA-
Il mento Packing and Drying Company's
stock. Apply to CARL S1ROBEL, 3l7 ]
street. fe9-6ts
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HAY WANTED-I WANT 100 TONS or
IL good hay, which 1 want to pay for in
building lumber. Address ]. W. ESTES.
Diamond Springs, Cal. feS-6t
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Inr 4dIe.

C1OR SALE-A WE'LL LOCATED RES
l. taurant, confectionery and ice cream par
Tor, with paying run of custom. for 81 500,
Apply to S1kOBEII, 317 street. fe O-6t*
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Il Fatal FIRE.



There was fire in the house Mt 90 Bank
street. owned by Painter Edward German,
yesterday afternoon. In which Mrs German
lost her life. Tho house is II thrce.story brick
building. and Mrs German let furnished
rooms. There were very few OF the tenants in
the house when. at about $3.50 o'clock. Mrs.
German went into n rear bedroom on the
ground floor to examine tho bedding. She
carried candle. So she could carefully in
! spect the bedding, and bottle Of naphtha,
with which to clean it. She let down the
heavy folding bed and started her work.
Just what happened is not known. hut
when the fire had been extin guishod Mrs. Cor
mans body was found doubled UP in the fold
ing bed. 1t is supposed that rs she was bend
Ing over the bed with the bottle Of naphtha in
her hand and the lighted candle near Mt hand.
that the bed suddenly shut up. imprisoning
Mrs German and tipping over the candle SO
that the naphtha was ignited. which in turn
spread over the bed and started the fire.
The first known Of the fire was when Mrs.
Schultz. a tenant on the second floor saw
clouds OF SIN oke swirling out OF the windows
and up the staircase. and gave the alarm.
Truck from Charles street. near at hand,
was first at the fire. BY that timc the flames
and smoke had mounted to the third floor.
The tenants were all accounted for but Mrs.
Catharne Collins and her nine mon tbs old
child. Helen. ladder was raised to the sec
ond floor. and Firemen Joseph Coyle and Will
liam Mccarthy ran UP it and through ono OF
the windows from which smoke was pouring
in volumes Mrs Collins was Tot on the second
floor and Coyle and Mccarthy found their way
through the smoke to the stairs leading to the
top floor. whore. In rear room. Mrs. Collins
was found cinging to her child and gaspng
for breath. Mother and child were carried to
the ladder and thence to the street. They
were taken to ST. Vincents Hospital. The fire
was quickly nut out 1t is thought that Mrs.
Collins will recover. Lut the child's case is
doubtful.
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about, that In many cases tho bank had con-
stocks had dcprcciated In value and NJ ion ger
covered the amount OF the lonns. instead Of
calling In tho loans or demanding additional
security II was also said that big chances
had been taken on commercial paper. While
in ordinary times 1t would be comparatively
safe 20 take such chances. In times such as
these II was not. Included in tho resources in
the banks statement, II was learned, was tho
overdue paper carried since eN. President Cry
dprs time. 1t was down ut its face value.
Among tho loans Of the bank IL said to
he one OF $4,000 10 state Treasurer Elliott
7. Danforth, This is I'm tho shane OF II note
made by Mr.. Danforth and endorsed by
:. u. Church. grandson OF the late Chief JUS
ticc Sanford i. Church. lie is son OF Deputy
state Treasurer George b. Church. and is II
years Old.
MIR. Frod A. KunehNedt writes to THE SrS
that no resigned from tho directory OF tho
Madison Square Bank last May.
ALBANY, Aug. n-Dcputy Acknowledgement
John ". Hogan left fos New York tonight. Ho
will confer with Bank Superintendent Preston
tomorrow with regard to tho affairs OF tho
Madison square Bank.
Lieut.-Gov Sheehan arrived in town to-
night about o'clock. After meeting Secretary
Of state Rice and COMPTROLLER Campbell. tho
three went to tho Executive Mansion and wero
closotod with the Governor for AZ hour. Coy.
Flower said alterward in regard to tho with
drawal OF state funds from the Madison square
Bank. that all he knew about it was that Mr..
Danforth had saved the State con siderable
money. Mr. Danforth was expected here to-
night. but he has not arrived.
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ron FREE stLrER IN OHI0
Cleveland Condemned by the Platform Com
miiteo OF the Democratic convention.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 1o-1 A. M-The Commit
tee on Resolutions OF the Ohio Democratic
Convention remained In session until fifteen
minutes after midnight. The roll OF the
twenty-one districts was called. and each
member responded with his views OH the sill
yer question. With two exceptions the mes
sage OF President Cleveland was condemn ed
and the opinion was expressed that tho plat
form should declare for FREQ coinage at the
ratio Of 1U toll.
Finally 1t WAS decided to refer the platform
to committee. with instructions TO report at
o'clock Tomorrow morning Tho commit
tee selected Is as follows: J. J. Mcmahon, Day
ton: II. Boil. Marietta: w. w. Armstrong.
Cleveland: Judge W. Ermston. Cincnnati: II.
d. Marshall. Dayton; o, II. Clarke. Youngs-
town. The entire committee is FREQ coinage
In sentiment.
At tho meeting at Music Hall early in the
evening eX-Congressman Lafollette. II. i. Mar
shall. and Candidate Lawrence T. Neal spoke.
MIR. Neal confined his remarks to tarirr reform.
based upon the plank adopted by the last
Democratic National Convention.
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President Perkins says the Cny's Demands
VIII Be HonOreG-Drivers Impatient.

Acting Comptroller Storrs and Deputy City
Chamberlain Campbell surprised Mayor Gil
roy yesterday morning with the announce
ment that thoy were having difficulty in secur-
ing money with which to meet the city pay
rolls. The sweopers and drivers Of the Street
Cleaning department should have been paid
yesterday. but tho finance officials said they
could not get the money something like S2O.-
OOO-for the purpose.
Paymasters' warrants are usually drawn on
tho Importers and Traders National Bank.
which receives most Of the city's cash deposits.
1t was reported to the Mayor yesterday. how
ever; that that hank was not prepared 10 meet
so big demand for currency. He a"c99rdinSly
Jr., and in the afternoon held a long
eonfn'n'l9n with him Aefng bG8mE
result Of this conference that there would be
no further difficulty and that President Per-
on n the imnorters' and Traders' Bank to meet
its pay rolls would DO promptly b0nottol. o.,
TradcrG' Bank yesterday on n city warrant for
Si0i, BAT President Perkins said that tho re-
srnteI tho warrant. He was paid later.
y, the doify In the paym ,,,i:o OF the street rect
near prccipitatlng u strike. 1t is tn" custom
for the prvnaster to pay the men at the differ,
Gitcrnool. and it was not until nearly 3 o'clock
Yesterday afternoon that tho mon were in
formed that they could not have their money.
llGnorant OF tho reason for tho delay
thcy hogan nj once to talk OF n strike. and
tive drivers. WIN arc thoroughly organzed.
called meetings to consider the situation. The
chief Of these Tor the cast side stab los NJ held
ut 90 East sixteenth streot. and the west slde
men met in West Fifty second street There
was great deal of talk. but the drivers wisely
concluded that there was nrobnhly good re4-
son FOR the delay; thai they Will get their
money to-day. and that there Is no reason to
declare - strike.
Many swecpers who were present thought
there should be n strike. and said that they
had n grievance. lho grievance was over
work. occGsloncd by Commits sioner Andrews'5
I?dnetlon Of the force. one man said that
eighteen svn"pers now iattle work assigned
formerly 20 thrty-sx IN the district bounhed
by Twelfth and Seventeenth streets. Firth
avenue ana tho East River.
We can't DO it: that's all" said he. I've
20, iIistIiet now that's three times as PIG as
one OF those good nelghborhoods whore they
complain II You don't clean up to the Queens
taste"
The disc1NtcntcI sw repers wero told TO or
GanI2" ms tho delivers had done and their
ErlsNa&. - iliGit Lp a.tendei to.
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NOW THEY KILLED TIE WHITE CAPS.
The Conrad Brothers Lay In the Cornfeld
md Waited for "a Good Chimes.

The Conrad Brothers Lay In the CornneId
md Waited for "a Good Chance.
LOUISVILLE. Aug. 0.-William and Sam Con-
rad have given full statement OF the killing
OF the half dozen White Caps in Harrison
county Ind. on Sunday last. They say they
wounded moro men than they killed. and think
that other dead men will be found in the hills.
The statement was made to j. G. Harrington
OF MuldrauGh. Ky. While the Conrads were
on the Kentucky side they were at the house
of Thomas Norris near MuldrauGh. and it was
there that Harrington saw them. The follow
ing is the story which William Conrad gave:
Since our dogs were poisoned We expected
the White Caps and slept in the corn patch
with four shotGuns at hand. 1t was . O'Clock
on Sunday morning when we heard tho regu-
lators coming. We lay still while they passed
noufn M 6dSs ee1 Feet from sb "nd
until we could zee what they intended to do.
They took a rail from the fence and battered
into the yard They said they would throw
them In the cstern. and We would have fired
Finally a crowd of tho men stood on tn" porch
and one OF them carried lamp, 1t was a
good chance. and took aim at him: Two
lamp. so | knew the shot would scatter and
take in all ofthem and more. too;
When | Tired the first shot the LAM was broken
10 pieces, anu inc men lpIl. linen sam
emptied his gun. and fired the other barrel.
Every time we, fired we would jump into m
other spot SO they could not kill US. for they
fired several yolieys in the direction where
they saw the, fash OF our guns. There were
about forty In the crowd; and I am ,satis lied
many more were WOUNDED than were killed.
On sunday morning We locke at tho dead
men. and sent our mother to notify the neigh
bors to come after them. Then we left home
and came oyer to Kentucky Sunday morning.
going back Monday"
When asked u they would surrender. the
boys reEiied: No. We will not We had a
and giyo up our weanops they would surely
body else will have to die II they try to mob us
our weapons"
Each had two large reyovers in his pockets.
They were asked If they intended to live in In,
60 back. IT ID my home, and | intend 10 live
there"
Marshal Hudson OF Corydon. Ind. who I'M
dertook to serve peace warrants on the Con-
rad brothers. returned this evening unsuc.
cesstul He says the Conrads have crossed
into kentucky. Their house was not burned.
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RIVAL COROSERS.
They Race 10 the Bedside or u Dying Man
to Secure the Case After Death.

They Race TO the Bedside or u Dying Man
TO Secure the Case After Death.
SARATOGA. Aug. 9.-Coroners Miles E. yarney
and r. II. McCarty. both doctors live In Sara
toga Springs. having moved here last spring
after their election. the ono from Wilton and
the other from schuyervlllc. and each is Wy
ing with the other as to which shall get tho
most out o! his office. fow days ago Seth
Coye,l. an old man. was struck by the cars and
fatally injured. though he lived longer than
was ut first supposed he could. AS soon as tho
news OF the accident reached the ears OF the
two Coroners they started on q run to the
house OF Cove and kept close watch over him.
As he neared his end the rival Coroners
stood one on elch side OF he bed of the dying
man. who was eroaning with pain. and each
had hold Of him. As he was gasping IN death
war Of angry words was engaged in BY the
two rival toroners. onch being determined to
have charge Of the case and in tho presence OF
the relatives. TO whom tho situation became
so unhearnble that policemen were called in
and both Horoners forcihly removed from the
house. When Covell died Coroner Varney
reached tn" house first and claimed charge OF
the remains. very much to the chagrln OF
McCarty.
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REIRIEYED A SWIMMER.
But the bulldog Thumpcd and Hi,
master Arrested.


A young and foolish brindle bulldog was
moored last night oy tWo-ihch ha"ser pe
hind tho rail OF the pohco STATION on l1er A
lie was uhder nrros' ior o"ehping 10 ca,
Frank Iannon, nine-year-oid First
ward boy. VINO happened 10 De In
swimming whom the bul was unmuz'
2leu py ms ihas'o'' iooaeeoh'sI oacol
Mcister OF az SPHINX street, anu huowed to
plunge from the granile steps IN 'front.' OF fiei
into the cooihess VI 'he Noi'', hi.ef' -he's'ei
dlu not know. ne shSS' 'hu0 'ho my was III
swimming NiGht was coin'hS on' "hu oplec's
riverward were sohe"ha. obscure.
Ahe uos ia" ''o ,,., w i,''o,oi'
ana Meister was cui'iua'lne ny throwing
BUCKS IN tue wa'et. ino w "iouAn' 'he
SUCKS ashore, aehho"ious'as w Iuoi'"''
wags Oh MS tai NIB "ppte'ia''on VI Ills mas
Ter praise
no iii", ne III a., $3.50 -. y,
seize anu prihs III ni no.sa ,i "'o"nu wnen ne !,
saw FRANK Lanhon sp".nI low u munuleu
ieet out from .ne etan,o '.'ns' "ha'eVeI
may heve oeeh mo I''iI, ". ''o uo,e', -, ~
seems ilkey 'hae no eee'u'" " o'ihs III 'he
young swimmer.
He padded OUT ana ee'Aeu '',o youhEs'er ny
the left ear. The boy thumped the dog along
side the hoad with his right hand, and the dog
fastened MS teeth IN ,he manu- anu hung on
with tho tenacity OF his breed. The boy yelled
and frequently hit the dog with his disengaced
hon1
mana.
The dog just hold on. The boy fought with
nil bis strenyth for n minute or SO. and then
,., -, ,.hnro With ~. Lo- r,a..
oecioeu 10 SWIM "s"o'e Wv" Wv u.s' mgr NJ,
were several dozen eSclteu boys waiting on the
stora stens to receiye the dog. They had sticks
,.
ana Stones
was also tbore. The dog, with glazing eyes mt
,a. ~ u.onit. stona Ito uos hit ea,..
last got 10 the Gran''e s'epe' hc was "t' sew
eral times by young marksmen before he got
In ,ri.h bis TOW He held on to the boys hand
~. , - 'S ,,,s,, ~. n +nt, .,,u,, ..a;,
the biood from Whlch !e't '"ih CRIMSON Trail
in tho swim er's track
Tho how wns demornIized when be raocbed
i"e wy ""' ' ,,,'
the stops. lie trled 10 tear away MS bicedlnS
hand from the vise-ike jaws OF the brindle
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THE SEYENTH CHILD TICIIM.
Little RosnnIa Pet-rmnn Killed by the
Trolley Yesterday In BROOKLYN.

Little RosRnin Pet-rmnn Killed by the
Trolley Yesterday In BROOKLYN.
The Brooklyn trolley added another to it's
steadily increasing list Of victims yesterday.
This time it was the life OF eight een- m on tbs
old Rosania Peterman which was sacrificed.
The girl was playing about o'clock with some
other children in front OF her homo at GG9
Washington avenue. They were just outside
tho gutter when trolley car No. 40 OF the Butler
street line approached.
AS the car was passing the child stepped in
front OF it. and before Alotorman Thomas Cum
ningham could efrectually put on the brakes
she was struck by the car and hurled forward
scious when picked up and died shortly after
her removal to the Seney Hospital, 1t was
found that tho skull Was fractured. The mo-
t"rman md Contuctprr John sin,pons was ar;
been killed by the trolley in Brooklyn.
Four-year- Annie Thompson narrowly
crossing the street in front Of her home at 2O3
Iifth avenue she was struck by trolley car No
*. but only received severe bruises on her
head and face.
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Prencher Welsyvasscr and One OF His Con-
grcsation Said to Have EIoped.

greEauOn said to Have Eloped.
SCRANTON. Aug. ct was reported to the
police to-day that the Rev. c. l.. Wes wasser.
for several years past the pastor OF the Hickory
Street German Presbyterian Church. had
eloped with a member Of his congregation
Mrs George Scheur. the wife Of prominent
business man.
1t is certain that the preacher and Mrs.
Scheur disappeared from the city without no.
tice last evening. Mr.. Schcur. the deserted
husband. was the first to make the news
public.
Mr.. Weiswasser has been a frequent Wis
itor at the Scheur household for seven
months. He seemed much attached to Mrs.
Schour When any one called while he was
there they were generally found singing sacred
songs. The husband was without suspicion
and Welcomed the preacher cordially. The
o'clock this morning. going d irect to New York
Mrs. Scheur left pinned to her niilow note
OF farewell to her husband The minister
leaves here wife and five children without
means OF support but took with him his
daughter by q first wife, who is a young woman
Of twenty. Weswasser is 80 years old and
Mrs. Scheur Is 80.
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Il BABY IN 4 SEVER.
Hcscued by Brave Srwarker, Who Went
Down the ManboIe After H.

A 2l-months-old baby rolled into Newark
sewer basin on Tuesday night. while making
mud pies in the gutter at the corner OF Peshne
avenue and Wavcrly place. Tho baby was
Charley Yas!beik. whose parents live at lis
Magnolia street. Fifty persons gathered
around the sewer within Ave minutes and dis
GUESSED methods, OF getting tho baby out. but
only one adopted Il practical plan.
lie was Andrew Spengler OF l07 Magnolia
street. II raised tho iron manhole cover and
dropped into the basin. The water was nearly
W TO his neck. but he found the baby with his
feet and brought it to the surface. Then he
hosted u UP into the arms Of Henry Karieon.
and DR. Fleger resuscitatod 1t.
All OF the mu Idly water was drained out OF
the baby. and In an hour 1t was ready to begin
making mud pies again.
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runaway horse was brought to a sudden
stop last night by Policeman George Reed OF
tho West Thirieth street station. who tire W
his billy at 1t with such accurate aim that the
club struck tho horse between the eyes and
the animal fell down. Tho horse was attached
to tool wagon. and was being driven down
Fifth avenue by Thomas Ryan and + 7. Quin-
Ian, two employees Of the Department Of Pub
lie Works. A passing vehicle made the horse
run away. Ryan and Quinlan were thrown out
o. the wagon. and the horse dashed through
ThiItieth street to Broadway. Ryan was not
badly hurt. but Quinlan was severely injured
ana was removed to the New York Hospital.