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3 LOST THEIR LIVES.
Fatal Accident to q Sailing Party
Near Hastings.
Boat Caught in Last Nights Thun-
der SquaII and Upset.
There Were Six Passengers, but
Three Swan Safely to Shore.

Joseph Woods. OF Go West End avenue,
reported to the West Sixty eighth street
police at 1.1O this morning an accident
to a sailboat, in which three lives are
believed to have been lost.
Woods said that while sailing on the
Hudson River opposite Hastings, n. Y,
last evening, with five other young men,
their boat was caught in the sudden
thunder squat that came up and was
upset.
All the occupants were thrown into the
water, while the boat quickly filled and
sank
Woods, John Scha effer. nineteen, of 63
West End avenue. and Hugh Wood.
twenty-one. of G5 West End avenue.
succeeded in swimming safely to shore.
but 1t is believed that George Clipper,
twenty-one, OF 23o West SiXty-seventh
street; Henry Heblein. twenty, OF 63
West End avenue and Jacob Schmidt,
twenty. OF Co West End avenue, have
been drowned
Boatmen from Tdrrytown were to-day
engaged in searching for the bodies of
the supposed victims.
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DEADLOCK SEEMS HOPELESS.
No Middle Ground in sight for Sem
ate and House tonfcrrees.

WAsHINGTON, July SO.-The Demo-
cratic members OF the Tariff Conference
Committee, are sun wide apart, and they
will go into the full conference without
being prepared for concerted Democratic
action.
When the Democratic managers of the
two houses met, as they did according 10
agreement, a, 10 O'Clock to-day. it was
soon discovered that no progress had
been made towards reaching an under
stani.as
The House members declared that
they had not been able to see their way
clear to accept the Senate sugar sched-
ulr, and the Senate conferrees refused
TO change this schedule.
Naru the House cunferrees came 20
the House for their noon recess it was
made known that the two hours dis
cussion with the Senators had been
rlluass In reaching any basis of agree
mont no middle ground was proposed
wni-h gave hope for the future. 1t
was deadlock In every sense OF the
word
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HARRlGAN SENTENCED.
Vine Years and Six Months for Rob-
hing His Sweetheart.

Luke Harrigan. the bartender, who
was convicted OF grand larceny IN the
first degree in Part |. OF the Court Of
General Sessions last Friday, was THIS
morning sentenced 10 nine years and
SIX months In State prison.
Judg- MARITIME. in imposing the SEN
teuCt, said:
"Harrigen. the complainant against
you, Miss Clark, had by diut OF hard
work as "A cook managed to lay by
81 $50 You came along, and by eNerCis-
ing your bland shments, wormcd your
self into her, affections TO such an ca
tent that she engaged 10 become your
wife. More than that she trusted you
with her savings, In return for this
confidence you went TO London with her
under promise OF marriage. and there
deliberately deserted her while III and
unable 10 assist herself"
Judge MARITIME then named the SEN
tence. Harrigan receiving II calmly.
The maximum penalty for tina crime
Ia ten years.
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ONE KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Other Members of Campins-Oui
Party Rendered Unconscious.

PITTSFIELD, Mass, July 30.-George
b. Castle, aged thirty, grocer, Of this
city. was Instantly killed by lightning
at Lake Onata last evening. The others
OF the party, Mrs. Castle. Charles john
son, II. j. Wagner. Mrs. Samuel VIII
Jams and a nurse and Miss Lake Wag-
ner. who were camping on the north
sh ore of the lake, were all rendered I'M
conscious by the shock. The storm
throughout the southern part u Berk-
shire County, was terrific. Charles
Urquhart, u local Splinter. and a com
pan on were rendered unconscious for
an hour by a shock, and bolts struck
and damaged the Pierce Block in this
city and a tenement-house at the juno
ton. At LenoX, considerable damage
was done. Il Ian"shoro a tornado CIT
swath twenty yards wide through
orchards and fields
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CAUCUS NOT GIVEN UP SHOT HIS PLAYMATE.
William Noon Killed Almost
Instantly by Matthew PurselL
The Latter Says He Didn't Know the
Gun Was Loaded.
Noon Was In the Street and the Shot
Came from q Window.

TRENTON, n. j., July 3O.-william
Noon, eleven years old, was shot and
killed to-day by Matthew Pursell. four
teen years old.
Noon was playing In the street when
Pursell pointed his fathers gun out of
the window and nred. The shot struck
Noon in the face, and, after uttering a
scream, lac fell back and died almost in
stantly,
purscll was arrested and taken to the
statiun-huuse. lie said that the shoot
ing was entirely accidental as he did
not know that the gun was loaded ana
did not see Noon playing ia the street.
Pursell is held to await the action of
the county physician and coroner.
The boys were neighbors and as far
ms known were on friendly terms.
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Springer and Holman Both Say
There Will Be One.
May Be Put OF Day 10 Give the
Conferre s a Chance.
But if n Deadlock Is Certain Ii Will
BE Held To- Morrow.


WASHINGTON, July Representa-
tive Springer Is proceeding with his PEE
titon for Il House caucus on the Tarlff
He says the report that the move tor u
caucus has be N abandoned is not war
rauted, and that it is merely held in
allegiance.
at may be found desirable" said he
ITO put on the time from Tuesday to
W ednesday In order to give the confer
rces further time to come Together. but
II 1t becomes apparent to-day that there
is IA deadlock hen the caucus will be held
Tomorrow"
Mr.. Springer says a caucus Is alto
Eether desirable al the sent time and
that IT Will be in lire OF precedent Of
caucus action always heretofore had
during the tendency OF u Tarln bin
while the Mills bill was pending
said he, we causused almost daily In
the present contest The Democratic
Senators have been Caurus.nE con-
stantiy, and their present resistance Is
the result of caucus action, in which
they agreed to stand together. IL is
rather singular. therefore, that there
should be any question as to the de-
STABILITY OF having the House Demo-
Gratis get together.
When the Banking Committee, Of
whicR | am Chairman, was considering
the state Bank question. Il caucus was
called without consulting me. and caI-
Gus resolution was passed taNOr.Lg a
state Bank bin, To which / was opposed.
Hut | took no exception to mat ACTON,
nor should there ace exception u a
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WERE THESE MEN DROWNED?
The Picketts and Martin Did Not
Return After Last Nights SuunII.

TARRYTOWN, NY, July 3O-Thomas
Pickett, aged forty-cight, his son. Ed
ward Pickett, aged fifteen, and CommO-
dore James Martin, aged twenty-eisht,
yesterday afternoon went out in 81 sail
boat ON the Hudson River at this place
They did not return to their homes last
night search was Instituted. but lao
trace could be found of them.
1t is supposed that during the squat
last evening their boat was upset and
the men were drowned. \ sharp
lookout is being kept to see II any trace
Of the boat In which the men went sail
ing can be discovered.
Martin, who was single man, was
highly respected in the village, as We're
also the Picketts.
The evening world., 1894-07-30
SMASHED WElNBERi'S SIGNS.
Rival NewsdeaIer Walsh Caught In
the Act by u Policeman.

John Walsh. a newsdealer, at 254 West
Forty-fourth street was prisoner In
Yorkvlle Court this morning charged
wi h smas Ing he signs fanoIh I'm VS.
dealer, samuel Weinberg, waose piace )
in the bas ment of lOl West FIR US cond
Stree.
Special officer Lyncn, of the West
Forty-seyenth street station, passed by
We.nberg's basement last night and saw
Walsh smashing the signs hung along
the wall of the basement stairway. He
arrested Walsh and this morning the
, There mas peen bad blood between
Walsh and Weinberg for some time.
Wa sh Z rm riy Owned the ttAni now fun
by Weinberg, and when he sold out he
Promised not TO run another In that
neighbornood. Each has had the other
srrested several times.
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Not So Warm To-Day, but Too
Torrid for Comfort.
Forecaster Dunn Can See No Marked
Change for 36 Hours.
Humidity Not So Hish-Desths and
Prostrations.

yos INV 40 wss m s5 Ssn Ss i1r amy ps
indicated 80 degrees. Last years highest tenn.
press ''' '"e ''''es'o"''"s u"' was o. ae-
New Workers have been granted sou.-
what Of n resnite of SUFFERING from haa,
TODAY. The mountaineering scorch.
demons ~ vssterday and tho d.v h.fors
- 80, -, a., -.
were not aproau tnis morning, ana al
I o'clock the thermometer registered II
degrees. which was inst five notches
lower than the record FOR yesterday at
the same nour.
/ Notwithstanding this connarativelv
,,u, ,a,r,.,,,,, -, 10y
10" temperature however there was
enough calorc standing around to make
neonis verv ,,ncomfor,ahia ana - tn"ti T
~ - 49,, -, '"pie anu W 'us','
'he rear that there would continue to be
many prostrations and even deaths from
heat
u,..
"eather Prophet Elias Dunn seemed
at peace with the whole world when he
entered his earia on tho rn,f Of ,ba
I,.,.i.a. VI" VIC 'ooi VI 'ne
EQUITABLE buiidins this morning.
Il understand" he said, that the
steamer Saale met an immense icebsrp
,o,, ,,,,,,.,.,. -.
lhst lhursday IN Latitude 1919 and Ion
gitude 43.l3. This H. something that the
city authorities ought IN take ADVANTAGE
-. 49, ~ 'aNe az
o. They might have the berg hauled to
a convenient spot in the bay and an
chored there"
somebodv su,ses,sd tho. strs.t CLAN
ooihepouy suggested that Street-Cleah-
Ing Commissioner Andrews might make
the anchored icebery .yailahla DC .
-, 30 -
source Vi ihcohe 10 the CITY pS taxing
them nm alonpside ia rnfrss hiu 'i h,ni
warks' .,, .
NJ Just as this frigid Joke was finished
from Charleston 3. {. 1t read as fol-
lows: .,,.~-- e
Besaint Malay Johnson irish
Outsiders were at first disposed to
regard Il as an order from some
renlan society ana thought 1t boded
III 10 this Guy.
That, Ihsts the way We get our weather
the anxiety of his visitors. "The mean
ing Is that the temperature at Charles
ION Is AT present o. degrees, with the
blowing from the South at velocity OF
SIX miles an hour, ana mat curing the
night there was Just a trace OF ram.
General tumlu.ty hdu zone so mucn IN
the last few days, he seemed to be en-:
tirely exhausted this morning At
ociock ne reglstered oniy % per cent
the day was an eight mile-per-hour
orseEe rom me southwest
,,. Ashed wiat n MI become or tne warm
much distress since Friday night, Sergt
Dunn said that it had gone East.
There will be little change In the
weather during the next thirty six hours
according to Weather Sage Dunn.
The coolest spot in the United States
is Lander, Wyo., where the mercury
was down to 30 degrees at o'clock this
morning.
pea'hS from heat
Annie FreIg big, ten months old, died
her home, LIZ Willett street. without
nIeu =. a,teuuan,e. she is supposed TO
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The National Arbitrntors.

WASHINGTON. July Glowing to
the delay OF Mr. Herman in reaching
Washington, the meeting OF the Com
m ssiou to INVESTIGATE the causes of the
recent railroad strike did not take place
TODAY MI. Herman h 5 wired Chair
man Wright that h expects to be here
Tonight AMI N" Commission will con-
yvue at ~ o'clock tomorrow,
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EDWARD MAN LEVY.
jeremiah S. Levy, now OF the mounted
squad, far uptown, but for nearly i've
months ward man or precinct de-
tective under Capt. Cortright, In the
Eleventh Precinct, Eldrdge street sta
ton. had been selected for the first VIC
tim. and Judge MARITIME was the Judge
before whom he was to be tried.
Abraham Levy, of IS Park Row, the
accused poicemans counsel, was very
much agitated this morning by pub
lished story that his client had dis
appeared, and that Central ONCE de-
tectives who had watched his home Sls
West one Hundred and sixteenth street.
for two days and nights, had been I'M
able to catch glimpse Of the supposed
fugitive.
Accuses the Prosecution.
such stories as that indicate the
an "Evening World" reporter. 1T is
true that Officer Levy has been out OF
the city. but he has been where / sent
him to obtain two important witnesses.
he will be mere at 10 o'clock to the min
ute; ,,,
the case Of the defendant Why. Mr..
Levy's bondsman, George Cooling; OF IA
Bowery,. who had &SW worth of fsitn
in my client, received this note a week
ago. mailed at station +. in Third ave
nue., near Twenty-eishth street:
Important Friend George YOU had better sur
render Levy. as he Is now making arrsnsemenls
a FRIEND, Headquarters.
jeremiah $. Levy is charged with
bribery. His accuser is Charles krumm.
the proprietor Of one OF the Oldest con.
is in Chrystie street. Just back of Miners
Peoples Thsatre, II has ,withstood ~
the onslaughts that have been made ~
called "kuenstler Halle"
krumm testified before the Lexow Conn
mittee, that Levy reported against his
place last January, and on, his report
Capt. Outright recommended that a re-
newal OF his license be refused. That
the Excise Commissioners did refuse to
been closed for a few days Levy APP
preached him, and told him he could
have protection for $50 week In cash.
krumm alleges that he ran his con-
cert hall for I've weeks under this ar
rangement, paying 500 weekly to Levy.
The Indictment charges Levy, with ac-
The pena.ty for bribery Is ten years or
less in State prison.
Calls Krumm u Chronic Kicker.
81 shall snow the jury" said Lawyer
Levy to-day. that krumm is chronic
kicker" He has 4ai trouble with every
branch 4 the city government. Eight
years ago he tried to break Capt.
Anthony Al.aire, charging him with ex-
tortlng money from him for protection.
Taen ne had row with the Building
Department, AMI later on he accused
Etienn,. Bsyer, AT that time police ON
Ger. and sti. later, before Judge Duffy
in Essex Market Court, he swore that
he had been paying bribery at the rate
of s. a week T. Policeman Louis Se;ig:
"Sellg was acquitted In General Ses-
slons, Charles Steckler defending him.
Il ienne Bayer was exoneratei by the
Police Comm ssioncrs and the charges
| have no fear for the outcome OF this
trial, although the public is at fever
hent "
Levy put in an appearance at MIR.
Levys office and announced his readi-
ness for trial. lii.s
Livinston Hunt, Was hanging about u
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ACCUSED BY CHARLES kRUMM.
Indictment Found on His Recent
Testimony Before the Lexow
Committee.
TWO JURORS SOON SECURED.
But Counsel Expect It Will Take
at Least Two Days to Obtain
the Remainder.

The scene OF the trials of accused
police officers was transferred to-day
from Police Headquarters to the brown
stone Courthouse. Trial before the Po-
lice Commissioners, for neglect Of duty
with penalty of dismissal from the force
and the loss of fat salary with fatter
pickings, gave place to trial before .
Judge and jury on criminal charges.
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Did lie Lead Tnr.ney's A.saiIants.

IBy AssOVINItU FTttHI
DENVER, July 30,-Joseph Wilson.
who Is believed to have been the leader
of the party that tarred and feathered
ex-Adjt.-Gen. Tarsney. at Colorado
Springs, has been arrested near Neva-
da. Mo. II Is reported that he has made
q COME ssion.
The evening world., 1894-07-30

BUFFALO, y. Y, July - send me -
ELECTRorolsE Y. All purchasers ar sltSicd ,
no one senls them back. -. l.. EATuN. lie
has old over 2Op in last three months. Il
cures without medicine. 1l21 II way. -
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Joseph IwencAy Was arrested late saturday az
ttrnoln b. Deputy sheriff Wagering upon an
order Of arrest issued by Judge Fitzsimons OF
the city Court in an action brought by Alex
an eT Latuer to recover $50, the value Of dia-
monl ring AMI pin which Latnsr alleges the de-
tsndant secured from him by false pretenses on
Oct ., 1895.
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asst $50 -
The evening world., 1894-06-19
SUPPOSED TO Be A SUICIDE.
Engineer Kearny's Body Found
in the Passaic River.

BELLEVILLE. N. j., June l9.-It is
thought that William Kearny. aged
siNty-nine years. who was employed in
the Jersey City water-works. at this
place, for the past thirty-six years. dur
ing which time he had been the chief
engineer for thirty years. committed
suicide last night by jumping into the
Passaic River from the dock leading out
from the works.
MIR. Kearny was mi Ssed by the watch
man from the works at 9 o'clock. A
search was instituted for him, but no
trace could he found. AZ u O'clock, as
the searching party was on the long
dock leading to the Passaic River, II
found MIR. kearny's hat. II was pre-
sumed that Mr.. kcarny had Jumped
overheard. further search was made
put nothing was discovered Of him until
his body was found floating in the rivel
near the works this morning.
About week ago the new Jersey City
Board of Street and Water Commits,
Vile water works. removed Kcarny and
twenty-seYen other Democrats, and an.
pointed In their stead Republicans. wifi
lam Miller was given the place OF
kearny, The latter, who lived near Tho
works, became respondent as soon a.
he learned that he had been removed
and had remained so.
He teld his friends he did not know
what he would do when he left IN,
Mr. Kearny was known to nearly nj
the residents of Belleyille, and was yer,
| popular with them. The body IL now a
his late home. 80
The evening world., 1894-06-19
TRAOING FIRM, BUT DULL.
Only Low-Prioed Stocks Yielded
to Attacks by Bears.
No News Current Calculated to Az
feet the Market.

with the exception of the stocks of
bankrupt propertles-those which are
to go through the process OF reorgani-
zation and pay big cash assessment
the share speculation this morning
was firm to strong. The bears
being unable to make any i'm
preston on the better grade
OF securities. attacked the low
priced ones, and these yielded easily un-
der pressure.
Union Pacific fell IA, to 10 81; North
ern Pacific preferred "a, to l3 rs;
Cordnge "a, to 22 SIS: Oregon Short
Line /, to 5. and Southern Pacific S-S, to
Is 1-2
The trading was of the strictly pro-
executed for foreign account Ameri-
can Sugar rose 7-S, to 50 5-S; Chicago
Gas ga. to 70 a. st. Paul IL. to 60 81.
and Lake Shore SIS. to 1872 L.
Money; l per cent, on call, There was
monsv ssh'y bt mrroyed demand for tine
namely. 3 per cent. for six to eight
months and 2 to 2 1-2 for shorter periods.
Foreign exchange firm. with the sup
ply, OF bills still inadequate. Bankers
look for further gold shipments later In
the week. Sixty days sterling sold at
~ l-2 4.S7 S-4. and sight at Ass IL a
Commercial bar silver declined to 60 3-S
and Mexican dollars to 81 IA. Bar silver
In London Is down to oS I'D. per ounce.
The stock speculation continued tame
and uninteresting, and the fiuctuat Ions
were narrow in the entire list. There
was little disposition to trade on either
news calculated to influence the course
OF the market.
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NO OBJECTION TO THE CABLE.
Metropolitan Traction Co Will
Probably Get 23d Street.
State Railroad Commissioners Meet
to Hear Its Application.

The Metropolitan Traction CompanyB
plan TO get possession OF New York's
streets for transportation purposes re-
ceived another boost to-day at the meet
ing OF the Stnte Railroad Commissioners
at the City Hail.
The meet nv was called to give hear
ing TO the property-owners who might
object to the application OF the Broadway
and Seventh Avenue Railway Company
tc change It's motive power from horse
to cable on Twenty-third street, from
broadway to Lexington avenue. and
along Lexington avenue to Thirty-fifth
street to meet the cable road to be con-
structed north from that poirt.
The Board of Aldermen has already
granted the Company permission to lay
tracks on the streets named. but only to
! be used with horse power. The COM
plicated railroad laws make 1t necessary
| for the State Commission to consent
to the use OF the cable.
| The application was presented by
Henry Robinson. AS there was no oppo-
sltion on the part OF property-owners.
there is little doubt !ha, the state Com
decision will be announced in Albany.
| Permission was granted to the New
burg and Orange Lake Railroad Com
pany to substitute trolley for the
present horsepower
roads application to change from hors|
70 trolley power between Flatbush an
Greenwood Cemetery was laid over an
! . hearing viii be had In Brooklyn's Gil
Hall on June 2Ss ~,
The evening world., 1894-06-19
WHEAT DOWN-COTTON UP.
Decline and Rise in Quotations on
the Produce Exchange.

The wheat market opened at GO Lac
here, and 60 1-2c. at the West prices
falling off to GO 1-2c. here, and 50 lac. at
Chicago very shortly. This shows a
decline of one cent against the substan-
tial rise of yesterday.
There was a good deal of selling here
for foreign account in spite Of firmer
markets abroad. Corn was easier, SELL
Ing here at Is 3-4c. and at 40 7-Sc. in
Chicago, a decline of nearly l-2 cent
Oats ruled easier, July selling at IS
here.
the opening with July at 7l3; August,
III: November, 729, and December. 734
a 7.35. The improvement was on better
Liverpool than expected. but part OF
Ing on good news in the cotton belt
which are helping the crop. Trading
The evening world., 1894-06-19
PRIVATE MA|L-D0XES ROBBED.
Expert Thieves Operating in the
Wholesale District
Checks and Drafts Taken In Spite
Of Watching.

1t was learned at Police Headquarters
this morning that two of Inspector Nc
Laughlin's men and two ward men OF
the Leonard street station have been
working for the last two weeks to cap
ture the thieves who have been rob-
b.ng mall from the private boxes OF
merchants.
From time to time thefts have been
reported in different parts Of the city,
but Tor the most part they have been
confined TO the Wholesale districts.
In the last month the neighborhood OF
broadway and Duane street has been the
In which the work has been carried on
can be understood from the fact that
one mail-box was broken open and
spector McLaughlin's detectives had been
set to watch that box especially.
The merchant latest to call the atten-
ton Of the police to the rG66eries ssoTsr was
Of III Duane street. His mail-box Is al
the entrance to the building. with those
of a number Of other merchants; The
through the malls in the form of in.
closures of checks and drafts. East
mail delivery brings large batch oil
The police believe the thieves are nc
ordinary ones, and that Broker Matte,
sons box was selected because the NAL
]
while the boxes of others close to II
were undisturbed.
on May 81 all the business mails were
heavy after the Memorial Day holiday
1t was on that day that Mr.. Matteson's
box was broken open. as well as some
others in the neighborhood. Mr.. Matte,
sons mail contained checks for seVera
| thousand dollars.
MIR. Matteson's mail-box was agar
broken open last Friday morning and the
mail carried off.
Detectives say the Matteson box wal
opened by an expert. The lock va.
| prled open with an instrument that lef
only a slight mark to show where the In
strument had been inserted.
There Is n notice on the box now
reading;
Don't put any more mail in thil
| box"
! This Is to warn letter-carriers. Th,
! detectives seem to have discovered NJ
| clue to the thieves.
| In the mean time the merchants In tn,
ncighborhood are wondering whether
sych mail as is overdue has fallen int
| the hands of the gang. or whether thei
correspondents are delinquent.